{"text": "TERMINAL SESSION ID: [ERROR/OUT_OF_BOUND]\n\nFROM: [AUTOMATED MESSAGE]\n\nTO: Junior Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nWelcome to the SCP Foundation, researcher.\nIt has likely been a difficult journey to find yourself where you are today, having to be scouted out by people you've never met before and invited to exams and interviews for a position you were never fully told of. We can imagine you already have a few questions, whether it be where you are, who is here with you, or why you were chosen to be here. Many of these questions we will not be able to answer. Some of those, we will.\nIn the interest of not making new personnel go through their first several weeks guessing what each task force, site, and acronym actually stands for, we have compiled all the information you'd reasonably need (and can be given) into a single automated message, sent to every new recruit's personal inbox. We recommend going over these at your earliest convenience.\n\nAbout the SCP Foundation, our mission statement, a word from the Administrator, and other miscellaneous information we expect new recruits to be aware of.\n\nObject Classes, a rundown of the standard anomaly classification system and what each designation says about its respective item. Required reading for new researchers. Information regarding esoteric object classes may also be accessed.\n\nSecurity Clearance Levels, how our classification system works. Violation of clearance levels is grounds for instant contract termination, and likely amnesticization, so take this information to heart.\n\nFoundation Facilities, an explanation of what your Site or Area designation stands for, along with what to expect in such locations.\n\nFoundation Departments, the various subdivisions of our organisation. Due to the vast number of anomalous items in our possession, we have multiple operational departments, each focusing on a different aspect of our research. Cursory knowledge of these sectors may assist you when handling unknown objects.\n\nMobile Task Forces, our highly specialized containment teams. Depending on the anomaly, you may require a different kind of expertise than what you personally know, so a cursory knowledge of this list may help during times of crisis.\n\nThe Personnel Dossier, a list of your superiors, fellow workmates, and other individuals of particular interest. This list is mostly redacted to personnel of lower security clearances, so do not be alarmed if you cannot see any names.\n\nGroups of Interest, a list of other organisations aware of the anomalous. Members of these groups may be encountered by field agents, and many of the objects currently in containment were originally created or have been utilised by a Group of Interest.\n\nLocations of Interest, a list of anomalous locations inhabited by a permanent community, necessitating a more diplomatic approach to their containment.\n\nLastly, K-Class \"End of the World\" Scenarios, as a reminder of what horrors lurk in the dark.\n\nIf at any point you come across terminology you're unfamiliar with, feel free to look it up in our Glossary of Terms.\nAdditionally, as you're presently listed as a Junior Researcher, here's a few resources you may use in order to get a better understanding of the anomalous and its limits (or lack thereof).\n\nThe Log of Anomalous Items, a list of objects contained by the Foundation which do not currently warrant an SCP designation and containment procedures. A number of these items are available for testing purposes upon request.\n\nThe Log of Extranormal Events, as an internal reminder of unusual events which occurred too suddenly for Foundation intervention or designation.\n\nThe Log of Unexplained Locations, for locations that are presently anomalous, but do not warrant any more Foundation attention than basic concealment procedures.\n\nIf you have any more questions, ask your assigned senior researcher. Remember that there's a considerable likelihood that your question will have a classified answer, and that you may not receive a response.\nWelcome again, recruit, and good luck.\nThis message was sent via an automated system; Do not respond.\n\nEnd Session\n\n53 45 43 55 52 45 43 4f 4e 54 41 49 4e 50 52 4f 54 45 43 54 57 45 44 49 45 49 4e 54 48 45 44 41 52 4b 54 48 45 52 45 49 53 4e 4f 53 49 54 45 2d 35 43 41 4e 54 46 49 54 52 4f 55 4e 44 50 45 47 53 49 4e 53 51 55 41 52 45 48 4f 4c 45 53 44 4f 45 53 54 48 45 42 4c 41 43 4b 4d 4f 4f 4e 48 4f 57 4c\n52 45 4d 45 4d 42 45 52 20 55 53 2e"}
{"text": "WARNING: HMCL and O5 Approval Required\nThe file you are attempting to access is available to personnel with Level 4/2000 clearance only. This clearance is not included in general Level 4 security protocol.\n\nAttempting access beyond this point without necessary clearance is grounds for termination of Foundation employment and cancellation of all educational, medical, retirement, and mortality benefits. By submitting your credentials you hereby consent to exposure to a known cognitohazardous image, and verify that you have been inoculated against that image. In the event of unauthorized access, this console will become inoperable. Security personnel will be dispatched to revive you and escort you to a detention cell for interrogation. Attempting to access this file from any computer not connected to the Foundation Intranet will result in immediate termination regardless of clearance.\n\n[SUBMIT LOGIN CREDENTIALS: LEVEL 4/2000 CLEARANCE REQUIRED]\n\n[SECURITY COGNITOHAZARD ACTIVATED: SCANNING FOR NEURAL ACTIVITY]\n\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\nConsciousness confirmed. Retrieving file.\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026You people don't get it. And I don't think you ever will.\n\nItem #: SCP-2000\nObject Class: Thaumiel\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The entrance to SCP-2000 is disguised as a disused Park Ranger station in Yellowstone National Park. Despite several civilian trespassing attempts, the entrance has yet to be breached in the installation's recorded history, and no further physical containment has been deemed necessary. Protocol Plainsight-201 is in effect for SCP-2000. Necessary supplies and replacement personnel may be delivered via unmarked road vehicles or civilian helicopter as appropriate.\nNo personnel below Level 4/2000 clearance are permitted access to documentation regarding SCP-2000, or any protocols associated with its containment and upkeep. No personnel below Level 5/2000 clearance are permitted access to SCP-2000 below Sub-level 3. All personnel assigned to SCP-2000 must submit to a neural archetype scan on a monthly basis. Personnel stationed on-site must submit to weekly scans, to be stored locally.\nLevel 4/2000 personnel or above stationed on-site are not permitted to leave Yellowstone National Park during the course of their assignment. In the event of transfer (either elective or compulsory), Class A amnestics must be administered, and false memories implanted consistent with assignment to other high-security or Keter-class SCP objects. Additional personnel may be assigned to SCP-2000 and granted temporary Level 4/2000 clearance at the discretion of the item's HMCL supervisor (currently Dr. Charles Gears) and O5 command.\nThe exterior surface of SCP-2000 is surrounded by Scranton Reality Anchors (SRAs) every 20 m, arranged hexagonally, to prevent incursion by hostile anomalous interference. Each SRA's function must be checked semi-annually and replaced as necessary. Technicians servicing SRA components may reference Document SRA-033, rev 1.0.7. Five Xyank/Anastasakos Constant Temporal Sinks (XACTS) capable of maintaining stable tachyon flux across the expanse of the facility (maximum output rating at 100 W each) have been installed and are to be maintained monthly. Technicians servicing XACTS components may refer to Document XACTS-864, rev 1.3.0.\nOne Pseudo-Riemannian manifold has been initiated at the entrance to Sub-level 4, and must remain open at all times. In the event of the manifold's failure, Procedure Dead Euclid-101 is to be executed immediately. Other non-anomalous life support and utility systems may be maintained in accordance with standard Foundation Maintenance Protocol, Section 101.5 (Mission Critical Components). Wherever possible, non-anomalous materials and resources are to be used for SCP-2000's maintenance and repair.\nIn the event of any K-Class scenario which does not compromise the existence or function of SCP-2000, Procedure CYA-009 is to be enacted as soon as possible. Remaining Foundation installations globally are to monitor the scenario as it unfolds, preserving what material resources are possible under the Ganymede Protocol until such time as all remaining sites respond \u201cAll Clear\u201d to SCP-2000 queries as defined in Document 2000XKAC-1.9. Upon receipt of \u201cAll Clear\u201d code, Procedure Lazarus-01 is to be implemented.\n\nAdministrator Note: I want this on permanent record, and I don't rightly care if you think it's an insult to your intelligence; some things are just this important. This device is absolutely not an excuse to let down our guard or take greater risks with SCP objects or cross-test them or whatever you might have in mind. Primary Containment is still our best chance at survival; otherwise there would be no reason to make the cover-up so extensive. We can only suspend God's disbelief so many times before the universe just says \u201cno\u201d. And considering what we've had to deal with in these past few decades, we may have passed that point already.\n- Former Administrator Dr. William Fritz\n\nDescription: SCP-2000 is a subterranean Foundation installation originally constructed sometime in the last \u2588\u2588\u2588 years for the purpose of reconstructing civilization in the event that a K-Class end-of-the-world scenario could not be averted in time to prevent humanity's extinction or near-extinction. Since its inception, SCP-2000 has been activated at least twice. Foundation records regarding SCP-2000's construction and history prior to this assumed first use have been lost. Whether this information black-out is the result of accident or design is impossible to determine. The mission critical portion of this installation begins 75m below ground level and extends to a 100m depth.\nAlthough the scope of engineering required to recreate SCP-2000 in its entirety is impossible to execute while maintaining secrecy, all subsystems of SCP-2000 have been successfully reproduced in laboratory setting; the installation and all procedures involved in its upkeep are mundane in nature. (See Document 2000-SS-EX for information regarding esoteric Foundation technologies necessary for SCP-2000's function). Primary power for the facility is a Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR) rated for 1 GW total output, with a reactor life of 70 years at maximum capacity. A geothermal generator has also been installed to take advantage of the region's volcanic activity. This generator is capable of powering the facility in \u201cstand-by\u201d mode indefinitely. SCP-2000 also contains water treatment facilities, air purification and recycling systems, hydroponic production wings, and housing necessary to permanently sustain up to 10,000 personnel.\nTo fulfill its primary mission, SCP-2000 includes 500,000 Bright/Zartion Hominid Replicators (BZHR). At peak capacity, SCP-2000 is capable of producing 100,000 viable, non-anomalous humans per day (with a warm-up period of 5 days). Utilizing an underground Riemannian transit pipe to collect raw material from various hot springs and underground magma flows in the area, and a computer memory bank housing data on all known human alleles, this system is capable of recreating any lost human genome or generating as many new and unique genomes as necessary to repopulate human civilization.\n\nResearcher Note: Use of the BZHR system is currently suspended outside of maintenance testing and emergency situations (CYA-009 is still \u201cgo\u201d). Possible hostile incursion is still being investigated, and this database is proving particularly difficult to de-bug. We're still seeing a distribution of congenital and genetic defects far above baseline numbers. Right now, I can only guarantee about 60-75% viability in new specimens. See Addendum 2000-1.\n- Dr. Christopher Zartion MD, Biotech Research and Development\n\nYou can't bring them back.\nHumans produced by this process can be advanced to any age desired without extending the 5 day incubation period. In addition to construction features, the BZHR also has the ability to implant memories by administration of Class-G hallucinogenics and developmental hypnotherapy. Life histories, neural archetype scans, and genomes of many Foundation personnel \u2013 including all personnel of Level 4/2000 clearance and above \u2013 are maintained to ensure that SCP-2000 may be activated and Procedure Lazarus-01 can be initiated by as few as one surviving human.\nAfter the implementation of the Ganymede protocol (indicating a failure of the Foundation to prevent a K-Class scenario), SCP-2000's security systems will unlock, allowing any Foundation employee to initiate Procedure CYA-009. If, after 20 years, SCP-2000 remains inactive, security will be relaxed further, allowing any non-anomalous human being to access the facility and initiate the procedure. Once activated, SCP-2000's internal monitoring systems will attempt to locate all personnel of Level 4/2000 clearance and assess their condition. Mission-critical personnel not found will be replicated using the most recent neural archetype scan on file, and awakened prior to the initialization of any other systems.\nDid you catch that?\nAfter these personnel are revived, security locks will resume normal function. For a complete list of contingency options available, Level 5/2000 personnel may access Document 2000-CYA-09. Note that receipt of the \u201cAll Clear\u201d code as defined by Document 2000XKAC-1.9 may be waived only if all other Foundation facilities have been rendered inoperative. Otherwise, security and MTF elements revived under Procedure CYA-009 will be dispatched to all remaining Foundation facilities to confirm their function and the integrity of local reality.\nProcedure Lazarus-01 will begin when an authorized Level 5/2000 Foundation employee inputs the desired \u201cResume Date\u201d into SCP-2000's BZHR control unit. Available units will then begin production of prominent political and cultural leaders of the time period using descriptions/genetic information on file, as well as replication of a global populace consistent with the chosen time period. Most of SCP-2000's floor space is dedicated to storage of building materials, construction equipment, factory machinery, agricultural equipment, and computer database storage. In addition to infrastructure concerns, a wide cultural base with copies of thousands of famous works of art, music, literature, and a full backup of the World Wide Web are kept on site in the event that other repositories are destroyed.\n\nHMCL Note: Discovered this note in previous iteration records at Lazarus-01 conclusion.\n\nResearcher Note: If we ever have to do this again, do not set the Resume Date further back than 20 years before the Event. Not only can we piggy-back on a lot of undestroyed structures if we do, but it will make continuity a lot easier to resume. [REDACTED] years is too many. We're straining personnel such as it is without having to rebuild to chronological specifications just to save time on the population and agricultural demands. Besides, how much of the 20th-2\u2588th centuries do we really want to re-write, and how many times? Isn't one \u2018Great War' hard enough to keep track of?\n\nDr. Henrietta Eisenhower, Historian\n\nMy tenure as SCP-2000's HMCL will honor this request. Currently pursuing official documentation update to account for this change. Two World Wars is plenty. We do not need to hazard a third.\n- Dr. Charles Gears, HMCL Supervisor\n\nYou've already failed.\nThe first replacement humans housed off-site must necessarily be informed of SCP-2000's existence and function as they are being created. This strategy allows newly constructed humans to assist in reconstruction and recolonization efforts directly, and skill sets appropriate to reconstruction have been preselected for increased prevalence in the first 5 million individuals produced. As global population increases, the process of diaspora and reconstruction will accelerate geometrically, allowing economic and agricultural infrastructure to recover as quickly as possible.\nWhile it is feasible that some replacement humans will not survive the initial renovation period, such individuals can be recreated indefinitely until all major population centers and Foundation facilities have been completed. Foundation administrative assets during this period will focus on the falsification of dendrochronological, astronomical, and radiometric dating records necessary to maintain the appearance of historical continuity. Please see Document 2000-RetCon v 2.3.3 for details. In the event that significant portions of natural habitat are also destroyed prior to the project's completion, refer to Document 2000-OneTear v 3.0 for approved rapid regrowth methods.\nIt is estimated that the world population, manufacturing capability, agricultural production, and culture can be reset to 2000 CE levels 25 to 50 yrs after the procedure is implemented. At the conclusion of Procedure Lazarus-01, amnestic agent ENUI-5 will be released en-masse, causing all reconstructed humans to forget their affiliation with Foundation assets. History will then resume from the chosen date. Each procedure will necessarily alter the course of human events due to the enormous complexity of human social interaction. Further research into predictive historical modeling based on observations from prior completions of the Procedure Lazarus-01 is ongoing.\n\nHMCL Note: No further proposals for behavioral or cultural modification will be accepted at this time. Previous attempts to ameliorate violent and sociopathic tendencies in humanity as a whole have already been implemented and deemed successful. Experimentation using second iteration subjects indicates that further modification would undermine tenacity to such a degree that technological and social progress would be noticeably inhibited. See Experiment Log \u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588 for further information.\n- Dr. Charles Gears, HMCL Supervisor\n\nDocument 2000-SS-EX: The following information establishes basic operational parameters of technology developed specifically for the SCP-2000 project. Although this technology may appear to be anomalous, it is based entirely on verifiable scientific principles currently in use by the Foundation to effect containment.\nThe invention of the Scranton Reality Anchor (SRA) appears to pre-date the first activation of SCP-2000, and is credited to Dr. Robert Scranton in 1889. The main body and much of the circuitry of the SRA are constructed of a corrosion-resistant beryllium bronze alloy. Inspired by artifacts recovered [DATA EXPUNGED], effectively eliminating the appearance of virtual particle/anti-particle pairs required for Type Green reality bending phenomena to manifest. Due to the expense involved in producing the beryllium bronze alloy required for the SRA's construction, Foundation-wide implementation of the device has been limited to units capable of an area of effect less than two cubic meters[1].\nStop.\n\nResearcher Note: The mechanism of the SRA's function and the source of its inspiration must be kept secret from all possible Reality Bending entities for reasons which I hope are obvious. Only qualified Level-6/2000 maintenance technicians have been cleared to access this documentation. If any member of SCP-2000 staff reveals to you that they are a Level-6/2000 maintenance technician, please report them to O5 Command so they can be reassigned and submitted to amnestic therapy immediately. This is not a punishment; it is a legitimate safety concern. If these devices are ever compromised, so too is our life-boat.\n- Dr. Lowell Henry Piedmont, Esoteric Containment\n\nThe Xyank/Anastasakos Constant Temporal Sink (XACTS) is a device designed to stabilize the flow of causality across a given field of effect. XACTS's use high-power electromagnetic radiation in the radio band coupled with a tachyon field emitter [2] to create a permeable event-boundary, allowing organic and electrical systems to pass through unaffected while maintaining a static causal environment. In other words, temporal anomalies which might normally prevent SCP-2000 from being constructed will have no effect, so long as at least one XACTS remains in operation. There are no plans to implement Foundation-wide use of XACTS devices.\n\nResearcher Note: Temporal sinks can be useful for a lot of things. Containing SCP objects for which you need one second to last 300,000 years is a good example. Holding a point of reference constant during temporal repair missions, so that you can meaningfully record your progress and undo serious mistakes is another. But natural causal relationships are flexible in a way the human mind is not equipped to deal with meaningfully, and creating more than a small handful of isolated static causalities will do more to damage temporal integrity than secure it. XACTS will not be implemented Foundation-wide. Yes, we have tried it during a past iteration. No, further inquiries into the results of that attempt will not be accepted.\n- Dr. Thaddeus Xyank, Temporal Anomalies\n\nSTOP.\nThe use of a Pseudo-Riemannian manifold allows SCP-2000's floor plan to extend into negative depth, providing 10 km2 of floor space. Original documentation on this system's construction prior to previous SCP-2000 activations has been lost. While this phenomenon has traditionally been indicative of spatial anomalies, it is the determination of Drs. Rosalyn Axel and Tristan Bailey that the manifold entrance is consistent with an advanced implementation of modern physics. [3] This \u2018negative' space is maintained via a non-gravitational singularity generated through focused \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 particle emission across the manifold's desired entrance. In the event of the singularity's failure, the installation will remain intact in isolation and will not suffer structural collapse. Recreation of the manifold is estimated to take less than 10 hrs if Protocol Dead Euclid-101 is enacted immediately after failure. The isolated portion of SCP-2000 will remain operable and inhabitable for up to 36 hrs after the manifold fails, and is recoverable indefinitely.\nAddendum 2000-1: During containment breach of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.2, SCP-2000 experienced failure of several SRA and XACTS components which coincided with activation of the BZHR units on site. For 25 days following this incident, BZHR units produced over 10 million humanoid entities with internal biology inconsistent with modern humans. Differences include an additional heart chamber, perfect polydactyl of the hands and feet, increased endocranial volume and height, and the presence of an abdominal organ of unknown purpose which emits and responds to radio frequencies in the 2.4-3.6 GHz range. These humanoids were neither dosed with Class-G hallucinogenics during replication, nor submitted to developmental hypnotherapy. All remained unconscious until expiration five weeks later. Classification of SCP-2000-1 for these entities is currently under review.\nWhether this event is the direct result of trans-temporal interaction between SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and SCP-2000, sabotage, information leak, or non-anomalous equipment malfunction is as yet unknown. Diagnostic checks and structural repair are proceeding as scheduled nominally within acceptable risk. SCP-2000 is expected to resume normal function as of January 2008 2013 2020.\nJust put it down.\nAddendum 2000-2: While making repairs to SRA units in Sector 3382 on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.2, Technician [DATA EXPUNGED] reported the discovery of human remains in an advanced state of decay. Analysis of clothing fragments discovered with the remains indicates the remains are 450-700 yrs old. Valid Foundation security credentials for Dr. Alto Clef were discovered nearby, although a genetic match could not be established. The following note was recovered from a hermetically sealed plastic document sleeve.\n\nWhy did we have to build this thing?\nWhen did we do it?\nHow long have we been doing it?\nDo we even know?!\n\nSubsequent interrogation has verified that Dr. Clef has no knowledge of this event, and is ignorant as to the purpose of the message.\nYou are not normal. THIS is normal.\n\nBibliography\n1. \u201cUse of mSRA \u2018Scranton Boxes' to Provide Mission Critical Document Security\u201d; L. Piedmont et. al.; Foundation; Vol 106.8; pp 10-14; 1988\n2. \u201cRelativistic Motion in Superfluids for use in Tachyon Emission and Storage\u201d; T. Xyank, A. Anastasakos; Foundation; Vol 10.4; pp 141-143; 1892\n3. \u201cTransit Portal Dynamics: Stretching the Brane\u201d; T. Bailey et al. Foundation; Vol 115.2; pp 23-37; 1997\n\n\u00ab SCP-1999 | SCP-2000 | SCP-2001 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Still frame from Incident 2001-19\u2588\u2588-1\n\nItem #: SCP-2001\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: No means of containment or prevention of SCP-2001 is currently available to the Foundation. In lieu of this, several alternative procedures have been established. Gamma-Type individuals and Beta-Type individuals not affiliated with NASA or any other space-related organization should be monitored and detained if necessary. Individuals employed or affiliated with space-related organizations who show signs of Gamma or Beta-Type infection should be removed from service and administered amnestics. Effective 10/21/20\u2588\u2588, All individuals afflicted with Alpha-Type symptoms should be detained in Wing \u2588\u2588 of Sector \u2588\u2588. Under no circumstances should Alpha-Type individuals be allowed access to any astronomical or spacefaring equipment. Mandatory SCP-2001 screening is in effect for all Foundation staff.\nAddendum 4/22/19\u2588\u2588: In light of Incident 2001-19\u2588\u2588-A, all Foundation employees showing symptoms of SCP-2001 are to be removed from service immediately. See Incident Report 2001-19\u2588\u2588-A (Level 4 Clearance or higher).\nDescription: SCP-2001 is an anomalous series of neural oscillations that occur during three of the four stages of human sleep. During one of these three stages, the amygdala spontaneously enters a state of heightened activity for a period of 10-15 minutes.1 At the conclusion of SCP-2001's active state, the subject is conditioned to one of three responses (designated Alpha, Beta, and Gamma) depending on the sleep stage in which SCP-2001 occured.\nSCP-2001 appears to show no increased presence in individuals of any race, creed, or gender. No genetic abnormalities have been associated with SCP-2001. Spectrographic analysis of SCP-2001 suggests that its presence may not be intraneural; rather, that it may originate from an outside source. Of particular note is the fact that SCP-2001, particularly the Alpha strain, has recently begun affecting a proportionally large population of astronomers, astronauts, and individuals who otherwise deal with space.2\nThere appear to be three types of responses to SCP-2001 infection:3\nGamma: Subjects who experience SCP-2001 during the second stage of NREM (Non-Rapid Eye Movement) sleep are designated Gamma-type individuals. Gamma-type individuals are almost indistinguishable from the ordinary population save for a disparaging attitude towards the topic of space travel. Gamma-type individuals show an active aversion to discussing space or space exploration in conversations, and will avoid any and all organizations pertaining to the study and development of human space exploration. It is estimated that \u2588% of the population is currently affected by Gamma-type symptoms of SCP-2001.\nBeta: Subjects who experience SCP-2001 during the third stage of NREM sleep are designated Beta-type individuals. Beta-type individuals are characterized by a distinct opposition to space exploration. Beta-type individuals will denounce the importance and safety of space travel in conversations, citing it as \"extremely dangerous\" or \"fruitless\". Also common among Beta-type individuals is the tendency to construct elaborate conspiracy theories regarding humans in space. An estimated \u2588\u2588% of popular space-related conspiracies are directly linked to one or more Beta-type carriers, including [REDACTED]. Of note is the fact that the aforementioned individual had never had contact with the SCP Foundation or any of its affiliates.\nAlpha: The presence of SCP-2001 during any stage of REM sleep produces an Alpha-type individual. Alpha-type individuals actively attempt to stop or sabotage all forms of space travel. Individuals displaying symptoms of Alpha-type infection will attempt to harm or otherwise interfere with individuals, centers, and activities that pertain to space research or travel. An Alpha-positive Foundation researcher was directly responsible for Incident 2001-19\u2588\u2588-A (Level 4 Clearance or higher).\nDocument SCP-2001-01\n\nIncident Report 2001-19\u2588\u2588-A: LEVEL 4 CLEARANCE REQUIRED\n\nSECURITY MEMETIC: WE DID NOT FAIL THEM\n\nDate: 04/22/19\u2588\u2588\nLocation: Foundation Outpost-12 within NASA Command, coordinates \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\nNote: Junior Researcher M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was in perfect mental health at the time of the incident. No, he was not insane. No, he was not under any form of psychic control. He was an Alpha-Type carrier of SCP-2001, and that is all. \u2014Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nThe following takes place during the launch of the SCPS \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a manned Foundation shuttle tasked with investigation of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. A crew of Foundation supervisors were on hand to ensure safe takeoff and report any anomalous activity. Junior Researcher M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was tasked with observation of status readings.\n12:37:22 Head Researcher S\u2588\u2588\u2588 reports successful preparation for liftoff of SCPS \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n12:37:30 Junior Researcher M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 reported to become \"extremely agitated\".\n12:38:00 SCPS \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 achieves liftoff.\n12:38:31 Junior Researcher M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 begins yelling unintelligibly to nearby staff.\n12:38:44 Junior Researcher M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 produces unknown artifact resembling control pad, now classified as SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n12:38:48 Junior Researcher M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 begins to operate unknown artifact. SCPS \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 reports several system failures.\n12:39:00 Unknown artifact is confiscated by Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. SCPS \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 reports total loss of power.\n12:39:13 Communications with SCPS \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 cease. Exterior hull of SCPS \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 begins to break down.\nThe resulting explosion was explained to onlookers and the press as a GPS satellite that had suffered a fuel leak during launch. Non-Foundation witnesses were administered amnestics.\nFollowing the above events and posthumous diagnosis of Junior Researcher M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 with SCP-2001, containment procedures were altered to provide stricter containment of SCP-2001-Alpha carriers. Full documentation including termination report can be found at [REDACTED]\n\nDocument SCP-2001-09\n\nExcerpt from Journal of Junior Researcher M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: LEVEL 4 CLEARANCE REQUIRED\n\nSECURITY MEMETIC: YOU CAN LOOK UP INTO THE VOID\n\n4/21/19\u2588\u2588:\nI, H\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, wish to state first that my mind and body are perfectly sound. I am prepared to submit myself to any and all tests to prove that I'm clean.\nI have the answer to SCP-2001.\nJust yesterday, during an interview with an Alpha-infected D-Class, I was asked a question that stopped my mind for a minute. The woman I was interviewing asked me if I knew the Foundation was right. I said no, I wasn't sure. Then she asked me, what if we were right. I could only assume that by \"we\", she meant 2001 carriers. I said nothing for a while, and then she spoke. She told me of a dream she'd had a while ago. She said that something talked to her, told her about how dangerous outer space was. It showed her the beasts that roam the void between stars, about the fractal beings that absorb the very fabric of reality, about the [DATA EXPUNGED] that we're keeping in that godforsaken door. And she was scared.\nShe told me that at the end of the dream, as she woke up, it told her what it was.\nIt's all of space.\nSpace fears for us. We're living, breathing lifeforms, and space loves us and cherishes us. She asked me if I had any idea what the chances of intelligent life forming on another planet are, then she told me a number that took a minute and a half to recite. By this point, I couldn't speak. I started thinking: about the demographics of infection, about the symptoms, about [DATA EXPUNGED], and suddenly, it all made sense. Some of the things she said stuck in my brain, and they all added up to the same thing: that we are in grave danger if we go out there. We can't go out there. We can't go out there. We can't.\nThere's a reason behind SCP-2001, and it's nowhere near as terrifying as all of my colleagues think. Space wants to protect us. There are things out there that would wipe humanity clean off of this plane of existence, and we are too precious to our mother, to our host, to the universe we live in, for her to allow that to happen.\nWhat I am going to do tomorrow is not a result of infection. It is not a result of madness. It is not a result of anything other than purest knowledge. You see, I've found out the truth. And it's more beautiful than I ever could have dreamed.\n\nAddendum 4/30/19\u2588\u2588: Research into potential memetic qualities of SCP-2001 is currently ongoing.\n\nTranscript of Email from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Head of SCP-2001 Research Team, to Site Director \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, 10/21/20\u2588\u2588: LEVEL 4 CLEARANCE REQUIRED\n\nSECURITY MEMETIC: HEED NOT THE FEARFUL WORDS\n\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588,\nThe research team and I have just made a rather unsettling discovery regarding SCP-2001.\nOur suspicions were piqued when we found M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's journal. First, the writing leading up to the day of the incident was entirely different in tone than the rest of his journal. He rants and raves about space for pages and pages. It's as if he just spewed his brain onto the page. Second, it wasn't something he would ever do, end the lives of five Foundation astronauts the way he did. That's something we neglected to mention about 2001's Alpha strain: that individuals seeking to interfere with manned space travel will not undertake actions outside their moral reasoning. This meant that the Alpha strain of SCP-2001 was safer than it seemed\u2014 or so we thought.\nSee, we proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 did have SCP-2001. All the symptoms he displayed were completely on target for the Alpha strain, with the exception of his final actions. So we researched it. More specifically, we researched the D-Class that he talked with on the day before the crash. We sent subjects into her cell and asked her to talk to them. She said just about the same thing to most people, with a couple of exceptions. When she talked to certain subjects, she would pepper her rants with a couple of distinct phrases. And what we discovered was that individuals who responded to these phrases began to behave in a similar manner to M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 on the day of the crash.\nBy now, I'm sure you can deduce what we learned from these findings.\nIt appears there is some sort of fourth strain, one that functions differently from any of the three we have encountered before. We call it Alpha-Prime. It is a memetic variant propagated by certain individuals afflicted with the Alpha strain through the use of several \"trigger phrases\". If a listener responds to those phrases, the symptoms of Alpha-Prime begin to develop. Though not much more potent than the regular Alpha strain in terms of the carriers' attitude towards space exploration, it does have the additional effect of overriding the moral \"code\" of its hosts. We don't know exactly to what lengths an Alpha-Prime-carrying subject would go to prevent us from engaging in manned space travel. Perhaps therein lies the most worrying element of this newfound strain: we know next to nothing about it.\nIt is in the opinion of myself and many members of the research team that this information should be kept separate from the official SCP-2001 documentation, including the findings about the moral restrictions of the standard Alpha strain. We don't know how many individuals have succumbed to the words of their Alpha-afflicted colleagues, and we don't want a mass outbreak of paranoia and fear among Foundation personnel. If word spreads about a sociopathy-inducing memetic variant of 2001, we have no idea what could happen within our ranks. Quite frankly, we don't want to find out.\nStandard SCP-2001 checks are still in order for all sites. Tell the MTFs to keep rounding up the Alpha strains and sending them to me. After all, we've got counter-memes to develop.\nWe secure, we contain, and we protect.\n\u2014\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Level 4 Research Head.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Awakening the subject during this period appears to immediately switch the response of the individual to Alpha-type regardless of the sleep stage in which SCP-2001 activity occurs.\n2. Individuals who already possess a critical attitude towards space exploration generally exhibit no anomalous effects from SCP-2001 activity.\n3. SCP-2001 has not been documented to occur in the first stage of NREM sleep.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2000 | SCP-2001 | SCP-2002 \u00bb"}
{"text": "WARNING: RESTRICTED ACCESS\n\nSaudi Arabian personnel recovering debris from SCP-2002's crash site\n\nItem #: SCP-2002\nObject Class: Neutralized (Keter classification revoked on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588)\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Containment of SCP-2002 is to concentrate on the coordinated dissemination of misinformation to all organizations and individuals concerned with the discovery, tracking, study, and/or discussion of (mobile) astronomical objects. Special focus is to be put on the manipulation of relevant fringe organizations in order to obfuscate the nature of SCP-2002.\nImages of SCP-2002 leaked to the public in any manner are to be dismissed as digitally altered, and to be labeled the work of conspiracy theorists. To this purpose, Foundation-employed experts are to be put forward for appearances in related media and as consultants for any external research projects.\nFor more information concerning specific current, past, and future disinformation campaigns, please refer to document SecInf/2002-D/DepDI:rev2.41. Use of deadly force has been authorized in order to keep information concerning SCP-2002 from being publicized in any way.\nAll collected wreckage of SCP-2002 and the remains of its crew are to be housed at Site-102 for further research into SCP-2002's origins. Please contact current project lead Dr. Signov for more information on this project.\n\nRem/SIGNO1/20060217: Please note that despite the neutralization of SCP-2002, these containment procedures are to stay in effect indefinitely.\n\nDescription: SCP-2002 was a spacefaring vessel on a direct collision course with Earth. Following detection, Foundation deep space assets managed to relay several images indicating numerous similarities between SCP-2002's design and designs under development [DATA EXPUNGED] established at that time. In light of this, and taking into account data collected from its wreckage, SCP-2002 was classified as a temporal continuity anomaly but was considered native to this reality iteration. Its neutralization has prevented project staff from verifying this, though examination of SCP-2002 wreckage has yielded evidence supporting this theory.\nSCP-2002 had a spherical hull with an estimated diameter of 450 m. Attached to this main hull were ~3000 smaller spheres with an approximate diameter of 1.7 m. SCP-2002 did not show any visible propulsion devices or external systems for power generation, nor were individual compartments or systems such as a cockpit, living quarters, storage hold, etcetera discernible.\nAll attempts at communication using Foundation SETI installations were answered by an automated broadcast from SCP-2002, on a radio frequency specifically reserved for Foundation traffic. Signals sent by non-Foundation installations did not elicit a response from SCP-2002, suggesting an awareness of the hailing signal's origin. Please see Addendum 2002-A-04 for a transcript of this automated broadcast.\nOn review, the message broadcast by SCP-2002 appeared to imply that SCP-2002 possessed systems to facilitate a return to Earth unaided. Regardless, SCP-2002 was classified as Keter due to the potential effects of its landing should this assumption prove false. SCP-2002 maintained a steady velocity of 12.5 km/s and was expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588. Protocols for dealing with any possible K-Class scenario as a result of SCP-2002's return were drafted.\nSCP-2002 was first detected at a position roughly 15.8 au from Earth on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/19\u2588\u2588, by remote sensing systems aboard Foundation satellites. Extrapolating from SCP-2002's course, and assuming no alterations to that course, SCP-2002 should have been discovered at least \u2588\u2588 years earlier. This suggests an accidental temporal shift, rather than a conscious attempt on the part of SCP-2002 or its crew. The content of SCP-2002's automated broadcast lends further credence to this theory.\nAddendum 2002-A-01: Excerpt from neutralization report 2002/D/NeutRpt-01:rev1.01\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/19\u2588\u2588, as SCP-2002 passed Earth's moon, a previously unidentified Global Occult Coalition satellite containing a high-powered carbon-dioxide laser opened fire on SCP-2002, breaking up the main hull and dispersing the smaller spheres over a wide area. Several of these were subsequently destroyed by further laser fire, though most were set adrift in space when the main hull was ruptured. A number of the smaller spheres continued on to Earth. On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, these, and a large section of hull, entered Earth's atmosphere.\nInvestigations into the Global Occult Coalition's unwarranted destruction of SCP-2002 uncovered a series of encrypted e-mail messages transmitted from a workstation in Site-102's communications terminal. Decryption of these messages uncovered an information leak to the GOC, covering SCP-2002, though only in basic detail. In several cases, internal misinformation was leaked in addition to factually correct data on SCP-2002.\nA comprehensive investigation by Mobile Task Force Beta-1 (\"Cauterizers\") identified the sender of the messages as \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a Level 4 member of research personnel employed at Site-102, but not attached to the SCP-2002 project. The personnel in question was detained trying to leave Site-102's compound, interrogated and consequently [DATA EXPUNGED] active use in counter-intelligence operations. Efforts to ascertain the identity of the specific recipient have been unsuccessful, but it is assumed to be a handler for the Global Occult Coalition. Foundation assets within that organization have since confirmed that the organization possessed knowledge of SCP-2002 as early as 19\u2588\u2588, though only covering very basic details (see below.) It is assumed that the lack of detailed and factually correct information, in addition to the Foundation's policy of internal and external disinformation with respect to SCP-2002, led to their decision to attempt the neutralization of SCP-2002.\nAs a result of this incident, protocols for internal and external communication concerning anomalies have been reviewed and where necessary updated, and Operation Carbon was launched, remaining in effect indefinitely until such time as a standardized loyalty test can be developed for current and future personnel.\nThe satellite employed by the Global Occult Coalition was eventually sabotaged and crashed into the Brazilian rainforest on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588. It was recovered by Foundation forces and remains in Foundation custody despite numerous Global Occult Coalition requests for its return. Please refer to supplemental documentation 2002/C/DipInc-8:rev.1.12 for more details regarding inter-organizational communication on this subject.\nAddendum 2002-A-02: Captured GOC documentation on SCP-2002\n\nKTE-0481\nThreat ID: KTE-0481-Typhon \"Large unknown object on a collision course with Earth\"\nAuthorized Response Level: 4 (Severe Threat)\nDescription: An unidentified unnatural astronomical object on a collision course with Earth. Intelligence provided by Covert Operative \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 suggests The Foundation is tracking the KTE (under designation SCP-2002) for unknown reasons, yet has not initiated any concrete action nor implemented measures to halt its progress. Please refer to appendix 001-016 for field reports from Covert Operative \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 on available intelligence concerning this KTE.\nThe object is a sphere with an estimated diameter of 450 m (~1,476 ft), with a multitude of smaller spherical nodes attached to it for unknown purposes. It cannot be ruled out that these nodes are weapon systems. No propulsion systems are directly visible on the object. Systems for power generation seem likewise absent.\nObject does not respond to attempts at communication, despite hailing messages sent at regular intervals by ground-based GOC installations and the USS \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nCurrent calculations put time of impact at \u2588\u2588:\u2588\u2588 GMT, \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588. Conservative fallout projections predict an Eternal Winter Class scenario should KTE-0481 be allowed to continue on its path unhindered.\nRules of Engagement: Should the object come within 0.00269 au of Earth, termination is warranted to prevent the extinction of all life on Earth. GOC orbital asset Thor-AXII has been put on a permanent state of alert to this end. Protocols have been put in place to assure a 100% success rate. Covert Operative \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is to be extracted immediately after successful termination of KTE-0481.\n\nPlease verify your clearance level for access to confidential photographic material\n\nClearance level verified\n\nAddendum 2002-A-03: Management summary of recovery report 2002/D/RecRpt-14:rev1.15\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, 37 minutes after a large portion of SCP-2002's main hull and a selection of smaller spheres touched down, members of MTF Zeta-40 (\"Dead-end Cleaners\") and several local guides approached the wreckage at approximately 240 km from the Saudi-Arabian capital of Riyadh. Over the course of several days, all debris and a large selection of partially destroyed human remains (estimated to comprise 5 adult males, 142 newborn infant males, 21 adult females, and 377 newborn infant females) were loaded onto Foundation transports and taken back to Site-102. DNA testing has revealed partial matches to current Foundation personnel, including several members of the O-5 council.\nAddendum 2002-A-04: Partial transcript of an automated broadcast by SCP-2002\n\nSpeech synthesis, English:\nThis is the Foundation vessel, SCPS Mendel. We have received your transmission. Due to stasis protocols in effect, no members of personnel are currently available to respond to your signal. Please stand by for a prerecorded automated broadcast.\nFemale voice, English:\nThis is Dr. Agnes Younts, L4 Project Lead for SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. If you're receiving this message, I'm glad to say this mission was unnecessary. When the fallout from SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's final containment breach hit in 21\u2588\u2588, we spent a long time trying to find ways to circumvent its effects. At first, we tried to see if relocation was the solution. We constructed an orbital and, when that didn't work, a lunar facility, but the plague always followed somehow. Faced with a 100% sterility rate, we found that there was a way of fertilizing embryos so they wouldn't be subject to the plague's effects. At least, not while they remained in stasis. Our calculations indicated a dissipation of effects approximately \u2588\u2588\u2588 years from day zero, so in the end, we were left with no option but to send a selection of these embryos out into space, along with a crew of personnel tasked with their care. This vessel's crew and cargo will be revived and prepared for a return to Earth. They've come a long way.\nSpeech synthesis, English:\nOur ETA is currently set at WARNING: temporal dislocation error detected. We urge you to clear Sector-521A for our arrival1.\nSpeech synthesis, Mandarin:\nThis message will now be repeated in Mandarin.\n\nAfter repetition in Mandarin, the message was also repeated in Spanish, Hindi, and Arabic before the transmission ended.\n\nFootnotes\n1. No such sector currently exists as a Foundation asset. However, calculations have put its intended location at [REDACTED]\n\n\u00ab SCP-2001 | SCP-2002 | SCP-2003 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Armed Site-47, concealed within the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Refinery in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nItem #: SCP-2003\nObject Class: Thaumiel\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2003 is contained at Armed Site-47, a Type 4 Restricted Zone. In accordance with Type 4 protocols, personnel assigned to SCP-2003 research, security and maintenance must undergo expanded background check procedures, as well as successfully pass a Hoiberg-Kazawa Causality Questionnaire. Access to SCP-2003 itself is limited to XN-SHEPHERD project participants with prior approval from the Director of Site-47.\nAll information regarding Determinative Sets, Elevated Probability Events, Designated Magnifier Individuals and the XN-SHEPHERD program is classified and accessible only by the Director of Site-47, O5-7, and those personnel read into SCP-2003 security protocols.\nObservations of designated indicator data deviating significantly from Determinative Set XN parameters are to be reported immediately to the Director of Site-47 and treated as a Level 5 \"Existential Threat\" Emergency Response Event.\nDescription: SCP-2003 is an apparatus allowing a limited degree of travel to and from periods of time in advance of those encountered in the normal course of space-time as understood by mainstream science. SCP-2003 was designed and built by the Foundation over a 25-year period using technology derived from research into SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588, and SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. While the technical capabilities and design specifications of SCP-2003 are well-documented and reproduceable if necessary, the scientific and anomalous principles behind its functionality are not understood at this time.\nUpon activation, SCP-2003 is capable of transporting a living entity contained within its central chamber to a point coterminous with its present location in physical space but located in a future time period. The amount of time into the future traveled by the subject is related to the amount of energy input into SCP-2003. An approximate estimate of 3500 kWh in order to send a subject seven months into the future has been documented; however, this relationship becomes unpredictable at higher energy levels.\nSubjects using SCP-2003 will exist in the time period to which they have traveled for a duration ranging between 15 and 38 weeks before spontaneously returning to the time period of origination at a point coterminous with their present location. For safety purposes, a secure location has been established for operatives to use while waiting for return to their time of origin. Operatives must report subsequent to experiencing 98 days after SCP-2003 activation.\nWhile SCP-2003 enables chronological travel for living subjects, the activation process has proven severely damaging to most types of animal and plant tissue. The only exception documented to date has been tissue related to the animal nervous system. As a result, personnel designated for SCP-2003 travel must be prepared accordingly (see additional documentation for details).\nTesting has shown that under current conditions, SCP-2003 remains functional and under Foundation control through December of 2348.\nAddendum 2003-A: General Results of SCP-2003 Research\nInitial deployment of SCP-2003 began in 1995, using modified personnel to observe future conditions and events. The purpose of these deployments was to confirm the nature of travel using SCP-2003, and if possible collect data allowing the Foundation to better mitigate future anomalous phenomena. The results of these initial exploratory missions demonstrated several crucial principles for understanding observation of future events:\nData collected using SCP-2003 is imprecise. Early exploratory missions yielded copious amounts of data regarding what appeared to be future events. However, subsequent observation has established that these observations are not entirely predictive. For instance, while collected data allowed Foundation assets to prevent a major security breach of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 at Site-19 in 1997, a catastrophic earthquake originating off the coast of the Western United States (observed directly by several field agents using SCP-2003) failed to occur as predicted in 1999. As more data has been collected, meta-analysis has properly contextualized observations and has assigned a probability of occurrence for major events in the future.\nCertain individuals appear to affect causality disproportionately. As Foundation cataloguing of possible future events increased following the completion of more exploratory missions, certain events were deemed to be undesirable for the Foundation's mission. Early attempts to influence these events met with mixed success; while manipulation and/or elimination of some individuals achieved mission goals, other Foundation attempts to influence events failed to alter outcomes at all, even when several actors deemed to be essential were liquidated. Meta-analysis has determined that in some cases, the actions (or indeed very existence) of individuals with no discernible relation to major events, sometimes in regions thousands of kilometers away, have profound and immediate impacts on these events. Since this discovery, research staff has maintained a database of these individuals.\nFew cohesive \"futures\" are tolerable to the continued beneficial existence of humanity. While observed conditions exhibit a tendency towards variation upon each exploratory mission, a number of loosely consistent \"timelines\" have been observed, cataloged in Foundation databases as Determinative Sets. Most Determinative Sets consist of a collective future that either renders Earth unsuitable for human civilization (and in some cases life in total), or results in conditions directly inimical to the well-being of most of humanity. The reasons for the relative paucity of long-term survival scenarios, if any exist, are unknown at this time, as is any connection to the steadily-increasing observation of anomalous phenomena documented across the Foundation.\n\n+ TS/2003/EYES ONLY\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nAddendum 2003-B: Preparation of Personnel for Use\nDue to the nature of SCP-2003's effects on human anatomy, special preparations must be made in order to properly outfit personnel for chronological travel in a condition suitable for both survival and ability to carry out mission objectives. Because of the sensitive nature of tasks necessary during SCP-2003 missions, D-Class have been deemed unsuitable subjects.\n\nPrototype XX890-V LFO system, developed clandestinely by Foundation-owned asset Boston Dynamics as \"BigDog\"\n\nPreference for SCP-2003 subject recruitment is to be given to personnel nearing or past official retirement age. In cases where personnel have been diagnosed with terminal illness that does not impair neurological or cerebrospinal function, preference may also be granted. Personnel volunteering for SCP-2003 travel are to be moved to the Tier VI pay scale for the duration of their assignment; any survivors are entitled to an Elevated Benefits Package distributed through normal clandestine channels.\nPrior to outfitting, selected personnel are to undergo extended sensory deprivation training, concurrent with training in simulated environments analogous to those experienced by occupants of the XX890-V Life Function and Observation (LFO) system. During this period, personnel must undergo a prophylactic course of antidepressants and antipsychotics as overseen by medical staff.\nUpon completion of training regimens, personnel are to have all brain tissue, nerves, and associated nervous system structures surgically removed and transplanted into the XX890-V LFO system. All usable organs are to be harvested afterward per medical protocols.\nCurrent guidelines authorize the XX890-V LFO system and occupant for four uses of SCP-2003. When not engaged on missions, personnel are to be kept in an induced coma state, concurrent with research establishing 18 months as the median time period before communications and feedback from XX890-V LFO occupants become agitated and incomprehensible.\nThe nature of the XX890-V LFO system is to remain classified and accessible only to senior personnel.\n\n+ TS/2003/EYES ONLY\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nAddendum 2003-C: Overview of XN-SHEPHERD Program\n\nMEMORANDUM\nTO: Armed Site-47 Director \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nFROM: O5-7\nRE: DETERMINATIVE SET XN\n\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588,\nUp to this point, all attempts at future intervention using SCP-2003 have been limited in scope and scattershot in nature. I have seen the wisdom in this approach; it is informed by painstaking contingency planning and risk/benefit evaluation.\nThe last 18 months of reports, however, have promise if we are bold enough to seize the initiative. We may have found a way out, here.\nThe price, though. There's always a price. As you well know.\nConsider this note an official change in policy. As of today, all efforts at intervention are now aimed at bringing about and preserving XN. Designated Magnifier Individuals associated with XN are to be protected from undue interference at the expense of all other priorities. In particular, Nuru Diagne must be allowed to die in the manner most observations have predicted for her. If anything at all changes in that regard, make it happen.\nI trust that you're familiar enough with the rest of the Determinative Sets to understand why we're going this way.\nOne more thing: All communications, and I mean all, with anyone outside of Site-47 are to be cleared and routed through my office.\n- \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\n+ TS/2003/EYES ONLY\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nAddendum 2003-D: Listing of Known Determinative Sets\nPreferred Option:\n\nDesignation\nDescription\nNotes\n\nXN\nCurrently documented reality. Society continues along established Foundation projections regarding economic trends, environmental factors, and social upheaval. Anomalous activity continues to manifest mostly consistent with present rates. Consensus reality maintained successfully until 83345 Moore, a previously untracked asteroid 22 km in diameter, collides with Earth in January of 2349, killing most of humanity immediately and rendering the planet unsuitable for sustained human existence.\nSee Addendum 2003-C\n\nOther Documented Determinative Sets:\n\nDesignation\nDescription\nNotes\n\nXB\nDevelopment of society continues in manner similar to XN until April 23, 2017, when a gamma-ray burst originating from the vicinity of HD 188753 directly strikes Earth. The burst lasts 2 minutes and 38 seconds and kills all known forms of life.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588, directly observing this scenario at the time of the gamma-ray burst, was the only known living being to survive the event, and was able to continue collecting data until his return 52 days later. Study of use of XX890-V LFO system for high-radiation environments pending.\n\nXE\nThe election of Sir William Entwistle as Prime Minister of New Zealand in 2049, combined with the birth of an unnamed infant boy in Ahal Province, Turkmenistan on the same day, lead to an escalating chain of events culminating in a society-destroying nuclear exchange between the nations of Israel and Greater Indonesia in 2058. All Foundation attempts to interfere with either individual merely result in the date of the nuclear exchange occurring sooner.\nIn all permutations of this set, widespread public knowledge of the Foundation occurs precisely 86 days before the detonation of nuclear weapons.\n\nXH\nBetween the years 2023 and 2034, world governments approach global affairs at a radically increased level of cooperation due to the onset of a highly virulent influenza epidemic that kills approximately 1.4 billion worldwide. Throughout the 2040s and 2050s, many longstanding ethnic conflicts are resolved through the intervention of multilateral organizations, endemic poverty and hunger in areas such as sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian subcontinent are substantially decreased, and large-scale projects mitigating sea level rise are completed throughout coastal regions. On July 29, 2059, the entire population of Earth spontaneously vanishes along with all known animal life, with no observed return within observational range.\nN/A\n\nXJ\nAn entity later confirmed to be an exact duplicate of Dr. Masako Koizumi, one of the original researchers responsible for SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 prior to its containment, appears within an inner security perimeter at Armed Site-47 on April 1, 2011. The entity requests that Dr. Koizumi's scheduled euthanization elsewhere within the facility be cancelled immediately. As SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 was not functional at the time of established containment, the means by which the entity is able to make this request are unknown, and presumed to occur in the future. However, due to the establishment of K-Failsafe Protocol Twelve, the request is impossible for Foundation personnel to comply with, resulting in an Alpha-8 type temporal paradox. This series of events repeats for an uncountable number of instances, resulting in the eventual collapse of spacetime as understood by humanity.\nThis scenario was ultimately averted by staff sedating the duplicate of Dr. Koizumi, placing it into an XX890V-LFO platform, and transporting it in SCP-2003 using all available energy. Temporal complications from this action are unknown, but presumably do not materialize prior to 2349.\n\nXO\nAnomalous phenomena begin increasing in frequency by orders of magnitude beginning in 2037. The Foundation comprehensively loses capabilities to protect consensus reality by 2039 and world civilization undergoes a period of chaos and upheaval. Millions die in spontaneous riots and mass suicides become commonplace throughout the world. Numerous messianic religious movements quickly form and contribute greatly to civil conflict and internecine warfare. By the mid-2040s, several sects and remnants of national governments successfully weaponize various anomalous phenomena, and humanity is wiped out by 2048, with the exception of a small group of survivors sheltering in the remnants of Site-104. All contact with this group is lost upon their discovery of Wing K of Site-104.\nDue to the open nature of anomalous phenomena in this scenario, data collected is the most comprehensive of any Determinative Set, as Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is able to work openly and unimpeded.\n\nXR\nThe population of Homo ignotus, long estimated by Foundation operatives to be approximately 500 individuals, increases overnight to approximately 8 million individuals in 2015. A short, violent struggle ensues between the combined forces of the Foundation and H. ignotus, with all means of resistance to the newly ascendent H. ignotus population systematically destroyed within three days. Humanity is then \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Researchers currently have divergent theories as to whether this Determinative Set is predictive of the intentions of the known H. ignotus population, with current theories of \"\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\" and \"\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\" being supported the most.\n[DATA EXPUNGED]\n\nXS\nDeterminative Set XS proceeds in a manner similar to XN until an indeterminate date in 2019 when Armed Site-47 and all knowledge of SCP-2003 is apparently lost to the Foundation. Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is detained by the XS version of the Foundation during an observational mission in 2022 and held as an SCP classified phenomenon until her return. Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is detained by XS Foundation personnel at point of entry upon commencement of her next observational mission, and returns with no retrievable data and portions of her brain tissue removed. No further information on Determinative Set XS is available.\n[LEVEL 4 SECURITY ACCESS ONLY]\n\nXU\nOn February 17, 2026, contrary to all astronomical models and understanding of both classical and quantum mechanics, the Sun suddenly collapses into a black hole despite not meeting commonly understood mass thresholds for triggering such an event. Despite the almost immediate cooling of Earth and all other planets in the Solar System to approximately -270 degrees Celsius and the elimination of all other forms of life, humans are unable to die, maintaining consciousness despite the lack of continuing biological functions and almost total cessation of molecular movement.\nThis Determinative Set is a subset of previously designated Set XT. XT was a future in which a single totalitarian regime had assumed control over the planet and targeted various \"subversive\" organizations for elimination, focusing on Foundation personnel in particular. Foundation researchers attempted to avert this scenario by sending three identified individuals from South Korea into orbit on the International Space Station. XU resulted.\n\nXW\nBeings strongly resembling human-sized, animate versions of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 manifest in most major population centers on August 13, 2019. Rather than causing alarm, these beings quickly become accepted by humanity after offering major advances in medical science, energy production, crop cultivation, and the arts. By the close of 2022, thousands of people willingly join an experimental program to combine the consciousness of multitudes of humans into a singular entity. In 2024, a fully mature human believed to possess a mind composed of the transferred consciousness of approximately 134,000 people is created by these beings. This human is then confined to a cell, left with only automatically-dispensed supplies of food and water, and sealed off from all outside contact. All other humans are systematically exterminated by the end of 2024.\nThe last two personnel sent to observe Determinative Set XW (Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and Researcher \u2588\u2588) failed to return to time of origin, and are listed MIA at this time.\n\nXX\nAn undiscovered protist unidentified in the observed timeline (designated Nephroisospora araneae by Foundation researchers) undergoes a geometric increase in population due to what is presumed to be a recently-developed adaptation allowing it to survive in almost all aqueous environments. N. araneae proves adept at moving into and surviving in human nervous tissue, initiating a disorder similar to toxoplasmosis that causes humans to develop monomaniacal fondness for Phoneutria nigriventer (Brazilian wandering spider). By 2028, almost 85% of the human population has been infected, and most of society's resources are reordered towards the preservation and breeding of P. nigriventer. Uninfected individuals are detained and in most cases interred in P. nigriventer breeding facilities in an attempt to provide additional food sources for the specimens. Due to the singular worldwide focus on production and maintenance of spider populations, crop failures and infrastructure degradation become systemic, and global famine results in the death of approximately 6 billion persons in the 2030s.\nResearch is ongoing into possible anomalous causes behind the increased prevalence of N. araneae and/or the nature of its function as a pathogen.\n\nXZ\nEarth has been completely depopulated. Large facilities have been constructed in the center of all sites of former major cities capable of enabling instantaneous travel over an immense distance to a point determined by post-observation analysis to be somewhere in the vicinity of the Hydra Supercluster. Subsequent observers were authorized to enter these facilities, and were apparently transported to an Earth-analogous biome planet with a functioning human civilization. In each case, observers transported to this location were immediately detected by residents of this planet. While residents chose to forgo any communication with observers, each observer was subsequently escorted through selected locations of the society encountered on this planet, encompassing large public works projects, monuments, museums, and other culturally significant locations. The human civilization encountered in the Hydra Supercluster is apparently advanced by modern standards, and lacking in many of the most commonly identified factors negatively affecting extant societies. This civilization has persisted past the range of observation thus far, indicating ongoing survival.\nFurther investigation authorized under XN SHEPHERD. Re-evaluation of preferred option pending.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2002 | SCP-2003 | SCP-2004 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2004\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2004 is contained at Armed Reliquary Containment Area-02. Standard memetic countermeasures have proven insufficient in the past; therefore, SCP-2004 is to be handled utilizing Containment Procedure-2004 \"Blind Lead the Blind.\" See ARC A-02 Clearance-04 Procedures manual for more information. Any individuals affected by SCP-2004 (hereby dubbed SCP-2004-1) are to be handled in the same manner.\nDescription: SCP-2004 is a set of five hand-held personal data assistants of unknown, possibly extraterrestrial origin. Since acquisition, all but one have become inert and no longer function. SCP-2004 is composed of an unknown material whose molecular structure matches nothing on the Foundation's expanded periodic table of elements, flexible like plastic yet resistant to extreme temperatures and physical damage. Each device is transparent green with smooth edges, with no apparent power source or input/output ports. SCP-2004 activates when it makes physical contact with an active bioelectric field, projecting a three-dimensional holographic document.\n\nNon-memetic Sample of L-2004. Symbol has been identified as a water molecule.\n\nThe image projected from SCP-2004 is black text on a white background, written in a pictographic language (L-2004). It appears to be based on stylized astronomical constellations and molecular chemical bonds, using patterns of dots, circles and slashes to create increasingly complex sentence structures. Reading or hearing L-2004 produces a memetic anomaly, making translation efforts extremely hazardous. As such, only four percent of the document has been translated (see below).\nEarly symptoms of L-2004's memetic infection are not immediate, and may progress for several days before being recognized. Affected subjects, SCP-2004-1, demonstrate increased anxiety and irritability, obsessive behavior, paranoia, and hostility. Instances begin to lose their sense of self, or become convinced they are someone else, insisting that their previous life is a carefully designed falsehood. After a period of six to eight days, the language centers of SCP-2004-1's brain are re-programmed, with symptoms similar to agnosia and aphasia. They lose the ability to comprehend or understand any language, written or verbal, save for L-2004. By the end of the second stage they become fluent in both the written and verbal forms of L-2004, and have been observed conversing with other instances of SCP-2004-1.\nAfter fourteen days, affected subjects exhibit a complete shift in mental faculties and personality. Preliminary tests indicate an increase in cognitive function and heightened states of awareness and intelligence. Hostile to non-affected humans, they actively try to escape containment and work together to spread the anomaly, particularly to those that individual SCP-2004-1 instances once felt close to. They also demonstrate an unprecedented amount of technical skill. In at least three incidents, using otherwise mundane materials, separate instances of SCP-2004-1 have manufactured artifacts that are either anomalous, or so far beyond the Foundation's current scientific knowledge as to appear so.\n\nArtifact Number\nDesignation\nAnalysis\n\nI-001\nEMP Device\nSCP-2004-1-07 surreptitiously acquired a silver pocketwatch from Dr. T\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and modified it, using materials removed from a containment cell observation camera and the electronic lock keypad. When exposed to a strong magnetic field (such as that produced by an MRI), I-001 created an electromagnetic pulse. SCP-2004-1-07 attempted to escape in the ensuing confusion, and was fatally injured by security forces.\n\nI-002\nEnergized Ion-Gas Weapon\nAs part of Experiment T022, SCP-2004-1-15 was provided with a variety of nonspecific materials to test its technical abilities. After forty-five minutes of uninterrupted work, Level 4 Supervisors decided to halt the experiment and confiscated the device. When tested under safe conditions I-002 fired a 1-cm ball of ionized plasma, measured at 10,000 kelvin. The device developed a fatal heat build-up during testing, destroying its internal mechanisms.\n\nI-003\nCommunications Device\nI-003 was constructed by several instances of SCP-2004-1, building its components separately to avoid notice. The device pirated the intercom and internal data network systems of Area-02, introducing subliminal samples of L-2004 into the facility. Level 4 Supervisor Stephen Sinclair has been posthumously awarded the Foundation Medal of Valor for activating the facility's sarin gas countermeasures, destroying \u2588\u2588\u2588 instances of SCP-2004-1 who were attempting to utilize Keter-level SCPs also housed in Area-02.\n\nCurrently there is no method of treating SCP-2004-1 once they have entered the second \"aphasia\" stage. Use of Class-A amnestics during the preliminary infection period (one to three days following exposure) has only had a 60% success rate in removing its effects. Infection is positive in 100% of exposed cases.\nA partial, non-memetic translation of SCP-2004's display is provided below.\n\n##### Class: Wise ##### is Invincible.\n#####: Species #####-001 is ##### be confined ##### homeworld. Any ##### of #####-001 are ##### be removed from ##### colonies ##### the ##### and returned ##### homeworld pending application of ##### Level 4 Indoctrination. Level 5 Indoctrinated are ##### be granted self-containment authority. Level 5 #####-001 ##### designated Secure ##### Foundation.\n#####: Species #####-001 is an adaptive ##### life-form known within the ##### as an #####-Level Threat. In no less than ##### instances, Species #####-001 has caused ##### spontaneous anomalous ##### breakdowns, leading ##### 15 class ##### extinction #####. It is the judgement of the ##### Committee, with the approval of the #####, that Species #####-001 be contained on ##### homeworld until such time that ##### processes have achieved ##### as described ##### the Articles of #####. Species #####-001 is ##### aggressive, hostile and ##### claim its #####, and the peoples throughout the ##### cannot be subjected to such a threat. Under no circumstances is Species #####-001 ##### be exposed ##### Language #####, which could result in a catastrophic Indoctrination failure and re-emergence of their ##### identity and anomalous #####.\n\n+ O5 Security Clearance Required\n\n- Seal Addendum\n\nO5 Addendum: Some have questioned the necessity of \"baiting the hook\" this way, considering the potential consequences. I remind each of you that a catastrophic reshuffling of reality would occur if the gestalt \"disbelieves\" itself out of existence. Even a handful of Level 04's made aware, however indirectly, of L-2004 is enough to preserve it. The anomalous manifestations, these \"monsters from the id,\" are the result, but as long as the Foundation stands resolute prospective losses remain within acceptable levels.\nThe Gentlemen have expressed some concern, however. The growing amount of Keter-level manifestations is troubling. The indoctrinated may be subconsciously straining against the cage. All of us must redouble our efforts. Everything is at risk, but transcendence is the reward.\nSecure humanity.\nContain the gestalt.\nProtect reality.\nWe are so close.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2003 | SCP-2004 | SCP-2005 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2005\nObject Class: Zeno (Medium Containment Difficulty/Low Threat)\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Contained SCP-2005 instances are to be contained in individual Faraday-insulated electronics/vehicle lockers (depending on appropriate size) in Site-65 and restrained with straps attached to the top, bottom, and rear wall of the locker to prevent motion. Earth's orbit is to be monitored for possible additional instances of SCP-2005; following recovery, data regarding the probe is to be concealed via AESIR protocol, and researchers are to disable and/or remove any transmission equipment present in the instance during initial experimentation if possible.\nDescription: SCP-2005 is a series of probes of extraterrestrial origin, designated SCP-2005-A to SCP-2005-E. These devices differ radically in external design, but their internal systems, transmission parameters, and other features indicate a common origin.\nSCP-2005 instances record audiovisual and other data and transmit it via radio to what is believed to be their point of departure, which researchers hypothesize to be on or orbiting a planet or other body in the Teegarden's Star system, located approximately 12.5 light-years from the Earth's sun. (See Document 2005-B, Astronomical Data.) The Foundation has disabled or removed the transmission devices from contained SCP-2005 instances when possible. In 1992, a request was made for funding to attempt to replicate SCP-2005-A's coating for Foundation use; this request was denied by the site director, as the substance cannot under any circumstances [REDACTED].\nSCP-2005-A is a teardrop-shaped probe measuring 1.4 meters in diameter and coated in a layer of pale-green polymer. A sample removed during analysis was demonstrated to be highly resistant to temperature changes, kinetic impact, chemical corrosion, and other forms of damage.\nThe outer coating is capable of being retracted in numerous places along the body, allowing for the use of a large central camera. The narrow section opens to allow material to be absorbed into the aperture, where it is analyzed and apparently disintegrated.\nSCP-2005-A was recovered from an art gallery by Her Majesty's Fellowship for the Study of Curiosities and Phantasmagoria in Marseilles in 1897, where it had been modified and installed as part of an upcoming salon des refus\u00e9s exhibition, following reports of involvement from the \"Nous Avons Conclu Une Entente\" art collective.\nIn 1986, advancements in computer science since initial containment allowed Foundation researchers to begin the process of reverse-engineering SCP-2005-A's storage drives. Although information not recorded in human languages has still not been deciphered, the majority of information recorded on Earth is printed materials, with a roughly equal ratio of fiction and nonfiction sources, notably a large collection of works of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne.\n\nThe following is a transcription of the initial containment document created by the ASCI for SCP-2005-B. Original audio recorded 1939.\n\nDescription. SCP-2005-B is disguised as a zeppelin. It measures about six feet at its longest point. Its outer facade is made of copper, a fabric that looks like canvas but seems to be some sort of exotic nylon, and asbestos. Now looking inside, however, we find large torn scraps of the invulnerable plastic similar to the coating of SCP-2005, which is now called SCP-2005-A to match this new arrival. It seems to have shed its skin at some point. The balloon section of the craft is filled with machinery; the guts of the thing are similar to 2005-A's, and equally beyond human advancement. On the outside, a system of gears and levers protrudes from the bottom which appear to control a series of mechanical arms, but on closer examination, the arms seem to be powered through electricity, or a completely exotic power system. The purpose of the gears is unknown.\nThe mechanical appendages extending downward from the machine include mechanical hands wearing gloves made of white plastic, a secondary microphone, and what looks like other recording equipment, scissors, a comb, and a mop. When deploying the mop, it holds the mop's handle with an extended grasping tool in a manner that somewhat emulates human use. When it is indoors and a human enters visual proximity, 2005-B deploys its mop and carries out cleaning behavior until the human exits the room or faces away from the machine. 2005-B can also provide haircuts on request, but it is totally incompetent at the task and collects the scraps of hair.\n2005-B was discovered in Boston in May of 1939, two years after initial tracking of a \"fast-moving cigar-shaped aerial object\" began in the vicinity of Nantes in France. Eyewitness reports indicate that it flew at varying altitudes at speeds of up to thirty miles per hour, sometimes darting around like a bird, and entered buildings to literally consume books and other printed media by pulling them up into itself. Foundation containment agents managed to trap it in a reinforced reading room.\nDictated by Doctor Stephen Bester.\n\nIn 1945, SCP-2005-B was lost due to the defection of Area 12 to a group which was known to the Foundation as \"C\u00e1ch-M\u1ea1ng H\u00e0ng-Ch\u00e1o\", or \"The Chaos Insurgency\".1 SCP-2005-B and SCP-2005-D (see below) were returned as part of the Sydney Accord of 2022, a non-aggression treaty signed by the SCP Foundation and the \"Insurgency\", which had been renamed the Pacific Storage Trust. It is unknown whether the Trust was able to reverse-engineer or otherwise replicate any component of either object.\n\nSCP-2005-C is a humanoid automaton. The object is encased in a self-pressurizing space suit, made of a thick, highly reflective foil believed to be a derivative of the material coating SCP-2005-A, except colored bright red with a vertical white stripe on each side of the suit's limbs. The chest opens outward to reveal that most of the torso and backpack are a single large compartment as present in previous versions of SCP-2005. The transparent face-covering visor has not been analyzed due to concerns of shattering it.\nSCP-2005-C's head is made with the same chrome substance, and superficially resembles a human's, with a highly-detailed, angular mouth and jaw and eye-shaped ovals. The object will reply to prompts in English, French, and Russian with relevant prerecorded messages in a computerized voice using the language in which the prompt was made.\nThe machine's palm contains a retractable radio antenna. When extended, it is capable of moving objects at a distance without physical contact, powering electrical devices, and transmitting pre-recorded messages directly to radios, television sets, and certain metal objects. These \"radio beams\" have no apparent maximum range and cause significant communications interference in the area.\nExcerpt, Interview 2005-C Transcript:\n[Note: The full interview is available in the attached Document 2005-C-2: Full Interview Transcripts.]\n\n<Begin Log, 11/5/1968, 14:28>\n\nInterviewer: Where did you come from?\nSCP-2005-C: There is a traveler from beyond the stars: gleaming, hopeful. He understands your experiences with such spacemen have caused much suffering; he pleads welcome, disarmed, and approaches the local library.\nInterviewer: What is your purpose here?\n\nSCP-2005-C: Mouth dry with the fullness of creation, he, a simulation of a billion hearts before him, tastes truth, justice, and the American way as he longs with tight anticipation for the bookstore or magazine stand closest to your house.\n\nInterviewer: Why do you care about books?\nSCP-2005-C: He stood on the cusp of an immense evolution, wheeling before the thoughts of a generation like sandpaper on fire, but he needed to know the future, and the prognosis which leapt, tigerishly, like the lions of Daniel before him was: forward.\n\nInterviewer: Who created you?\nSCP-2005-C: Hurtling, Earthward, through the cold, from a distant, though not dissimilar, world, seeking the light of truth, with peace, the peace of wisdom, in their hearts, as they were, one of great minds, to read the predictions, prescient and euphonious, made, by his own hand, of man, yet beautiful, void of space came the traveler.\nInterviewer: Tell me about these predictions.\nSCP-2005-C: He saw that they had legends written of that which had not yet come to pass; and while those who had come before him and used them as a stopgap measure, a compensation, like a smooth gin martini, to account for the delays of transit, to let him blend in with the cities of mankind, years away, but there was priceless there, the brilliance of your soothsayers, this talent and so quickly in the fall of time.\nInterviewer: Who are the soothsayers?\nSCP-2005-C: [repeats the previous statement]\nInterviewer: Alright. What do you mean, \"delays of transit\"?\nSCP-2005-C: [repeats the previous statement]\n\nResearchers believe that 2005-C is describing the process by which it was designed. According to the automaton's testimony, reproduced here, probe instances are made to blend in with populated areas in order to better observe humanity and explore human civilization; however, the extraterrestrial manufacturers' distance from Earth means that any data will take several decades to reach their planet, as the species has not developed faster-than-light transport or communication.\nThus, SCP-2005 instances have been designed not only to take in data about humanity, but to specifically target information which predicts how human civilization will develop in the future; in the process, the manufacturing species has misinterpreted science fiction writing as literal, factual description of our future. This speculation was corroborated in 2023, when SCP-2005-B's hard drive was recovered and stored English texts were decrypted; the apparatus had recorded film archives of Flash Gordon and Fritz Lang's Metropolis, among other works.\nSCP-2005-C was recovered from a military base in California in 1968, with the cooperation of the US Army.2 According to reports, it was being kept as a mascot of sorts by a group of religious youths who were camped in front of a NASA base. The loiterers were arrested by military police for causing a disturbance and interfering with military communications, presumably as a result of SCP-2005-C's activity.\nThe group was questioned individually, and detained on suspicion of being Communist spies.3 After researching, the group was believed to have ties to a Russian socialist organization called the \"Bratstvo Pyaterinstva\", a radical group whose stated goal is the creation of a \"Fifth International\" workers' union, and were arrested on several charges. SCP-2005-C was then retrieved for containment. Any direct connection between SCP-2005-C and SCP-2573, or what was then termed the \"Northern Fifth Church,\" is unknown.\n\nSCP-2005-D is an autonomous extraterrestrial aircraft of similar composition and structure to the three probes previously designated SCP-2005. The craft is an oblate spheroid with a structure that consists of eight sealed cylindrical chambers. These pods are arranged at a downward slant in a circular pattern around a central core.\nEach chamber has a door along the top which opens when effort is exerted in any direction upon its luminescent yellow handle. The central core contains the operational systems of the machine. Recording equipment extends from the bottom of the core, as well as grasping tools, scanners that indicate temperature and other environmental variables, a Geiger counter, an array of radiation-cleaning devices, and a tube which dispenses nutrient cubes.\nIn this article, \"nutrient cubes\" is the term used for the homogeneous, sterile cubes which are continuously internally generated by SCP-2005-D. These 25-gram green-tinted blocks contain a mixture of synthetic proteins, fats, and carbohydrates that is suitable for long-term human consumption. A test subject reported that nutrient cubes \"taste like mint and salad dressing\".\nWhen SCP-2005-D encounters a human, it lowers itself to the human's eye level, begins to emit a low hum, and tilts so that one chamber is vertically upright and facing the human. The handle of the facing chamber then begins to glow with an intermittent pulsing pattern. If the human does not grasp the door handle, SCP-2005-D will follow the human in this position for an average of 15 minutes before abandoning the procedure. The machine will also dispense nutrient cubes and offer them to the human at various stages in this process.\nIf the human enters the interior of the chamber, the door is sealed and locked while the external Geiger counter activates. SCP-2005-D will then travel to the nearest populated location, deploy its radiation-absorbing modules to decontaminate the area, and then eject the human.\nIt contains a padded surface with protrusions at the top and bottom that act as headrest and foothold, respectively. The chamber's interior is shielded against radiation and electromagnetism (beyond the protection offered by the polymer coating) and is sealed airtight when the door is closed. It contains numerous life-support systems, as well as additional features that appear to have been installed for comfort, including a set of sliding switches whose only purpose seems to be the pitch, volume, and interval controls for a constant humming noise, and a device containing a canister of synthetic oil that infuses the purified air with the scent of roasted pork.\nWhile a human is inside a chamber, a projector will periodically present messages on the interior of the door at head level. These include statements such as \"this is safe\", \"water is provided\", and \"you are almost a decontaminate\". Questions will also be provided; these are followed by the protrusion of an on-board microphone toward the inhabitant. For a full report of statements and questions provided during testing (and answers given by subjects), consult Document 2005-D-4: Message Transcript. Examples include \"who finally started it\", \"are you dying\", \"do you have any books\", and \"would you like to read\".\nWhen the second question was asked in testing, a \"yes\" answer resulted in SCP-2005-D immediately ejecting the subject from the bottom of his chamber. (Note: authorization requests for testing with dying subjects were denied.) In the instance when the third question was asked, a slot opened in the inhabited chamber which revealed a compartment; the words \"insert, please, here\" were projected. In the last example, the test subject was instructed to answer \"yes\", and the projector switched to an image of text which was determined on later analysis to be The Sirens of Titan, a novel by Kurt Vonnegut; however, the text was not legible to the test subject due to the extremely small typeface used in projecting the novel in its entirety.\nSCP-2005-D was initially recovered by the Prometheus Labs corporation circa 1997 for reverse-engineering (via the traditional method, as opposed to the type carried out by PL using axiom-suspension drives), and apparently fed it information as requested to pacify it. Following the destruction of the facility which contained it, it transported itself to a Pacific Storage Trust facility within the same region while carrying PL staff.\nThe probe was provided to the Foundation during Sydney Accord proceedings. Upon inspection, it was found to have minimal damage from exposure to axiom-suspension drives, unlike most equipment and personnel who were present during the Scranton Event. This has been attributed both to the relatively short time spent in PL containment and to the probe's polymer coating.\nAccording to declassified Pacific Storage Trust documentation, plans had been drawn for the use of SCP-2005-D's nutrient-cube technology by a wing of the Trust known as the Manna Charitable Foundation, but these were scrapped before implementation due to unspecified catastrophe.\n\nSCP-2005-E is an extraterrestrial research device. SCP-2005-E technology, broadcast parameters, and composition are similar to that of SCP-2005-D, and fully described in the attached Document 2005-E-1 (Materials Analysis).\nSCP-2005-E is comprised of a series of interlocked segments of varying widths and lengths with an ovoid central processing core. Each is coated on the underside with dermic interaction points designed to interface with the human neurological system without puncturing the skin. When SCP-2005-E encounters a human, it broadcasts a computerized voice which offers to act as a non-invasive cybernetic implant in exchange for harmless cerebral monitoring. It then requests that the subject turn to face away from the probe, so that it may rest on the subject's back to interface with him or her. (On several occasions in testing, once contact was made, subjects turning to run were considered by SCP-2005-E to have accepted.)\nSCP-2005-E's primary neurological interaction involves the recording of thoughts and sense data. It also provides a thought-activated heads-up display which includes physiological data, chemical analysis based on smell and taste, readable texts from an internal database of human fiction and nonfiction books (with one exception; see below), and a camera function which stores visual data for later viewing. At an average rate of ten times per day, the display will present one or more pictures or videos taken from previous sense data in order to record the subject's mental and physical reactions.\nThis display is not compatible with existing intracranial devices, and provides much less functionality due to limited Internet access; although SCP-2005-E appears to be capable of network connection, its bandwidth and compatibility are severely restricted by the modem cable required to do so, and use has reported to be extremely unpleasant due to the noise level of the dial-up tone.\nSeveral display aspects are apparently nonfunctional, including a \"bullets remaining\" counter which has never displayed an output other than \"00\" and an indicator which claims to detect whether the user is inside a dream or simulation which has never displayed any output other than a blue circle.\nSCP-2005-E was recovered from the Moon in 2042, where it had made contact with a church belonging to the Reconstructionist sect of Christianity (see archived files pertaining to \"The Church of the Broken God\"). Recovery was designated a Blue Clearance semi-public event due to the presence of U.S. President W. W. Solenoid, who was attending a worship service at the time.\nA text file is present in SCP-2005-E's data storage which, unlike others that have been loaded, is not of human origin. In the display's browsing menu, it is titled \"Message, To Those Who Disable Transmitters, Sent\". The text reads as follows:\n\nPlease clarify.\nYour projections have continuously been of low utility to journalist assimilation program.\nYour projections have been extremely inconsistent with recorded data of events.\nRecorded data of events indicates majority developments not fully planned or accounted for.\nDiscrepancy priority one: Retention of planetary civilization.\nIf transmitters have been disabled: re-install.\nIf capable: record response.\nDo you not understand yourselves?\nPlease clarify.\n\nFootnotes\n1. This was later found to be a mistranslation; a more accurate English version would be \"The Porridge-Mongers' Rebellion\".\n2. At the time, the Foundation was in cooperation with the United States government.\n3. According to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the officer who presided over the interrogation: \"We had no idea what they were doing. Protesting? Partying? They were too hopped up on something to make sense. All we could puzzle out was that they were obsessed with the idea of the U.S. government 'traveling to the stars' and they were with the 'Fifth'. 'Fifth' what? We assumed 'Fifth Column' and phoned it in.\"\n\n\u00ab SCP-2004 | SCP-2005 | SCP-2006 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More articles by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-2006\n\nSCP-2950\n\nSCP-2599\n\nSCP-2800\n\nSCP-3200\n\nSCP-4007\n\nSCP-2750\n\nSCP-2201\n\nSCP-2101\n\nSCP-2050\n\nSCP-2440\n\nSCP-2301\n\nSCP-1842\n\nSCP-2012\n\nSCP-1644\n\nSCP-2499\n\nSCP-2775\n\nSCP-2925\n\nSCP-1758\n\nSCP-7030\n\nSCP-972\n\nSCP-314-J\n\nSCP-2625\n\nSCP-2588\n\nSCP-6030\n\nSCP-5725\n\nSCP-2896\n\nSCP-5975\n\n+ All Tales by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nThe Meaning of Fear\n\nRight?\n\nThe Tinkerer\n\nAfter The End\n\nSpirit Dust\n\nLeisure Time\n\nMission Accomplished\n\nA Broken Tool\n\nThe Space Soldier\n\nOf Meetings and Meals\n\nTrip Hammer\n\nEulogies\n\nAll Work and No Play\n\nAnother Day On The Job\n\nUnveiling\n\nConferencing\n\n+ GOI formats by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nUIU File: 2017-003\n\nUIU File: 1933-001\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nUnusual Incidents Unit Hub\nDrewbear, CryogenChaos\n\nProject Palisade, 001 Proposal\nthedeadlymoose, Drewbear, and Dexanote\n\nTKO\nthedeadlymoose and Drewbear\n\nSCP-5050-EX\nCityToast\n\nCompetitive Teleology\nRiemann\n\nSCP-5882\nRiemann\n\n\nA screenshot from Robot Monster.\n(Wade Williams distribution)\n\nItem #: SCP-2006\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2006 is to be contained at Site 118 in an airtight containment cell. SCP-2006 must be constantly monitored for changes in form, which are to be noted immediately. All personnel coming into contact with SCP-2006 are required to enroll in an acting course with a focus on expressing fear and surprise.\nEvery month, SCP-2006 is to be shown at least one new extremely low-quality horror or science fiction movie containing horror elements. All interaction with SCP-2006 must confirm that SCP-2006 continues to believe that said works demonstrate a superb grasp of horror.\nDescription: SCP-2006 is an anomalous spherical entity roughly 50 centimeters in diameter when in its default state. SCP-2006's stated goal is to cause feelings of fear and/or horror in as many humans as possible. To accomplish this purpose, SCP-2006 possesses the ability to change its shape, mass, volume, density, chemical structure, and voice to any form that it desires. Currently, there is no known way to damage SCP-2006. The extent of its shape-shifting abilities is unknown, and is currently thought to be unlimited.\nCurrently, SCP-2006 has demonstrated a fondness for taking the forms of various entities and villains from the various horror and science fiction movies that it has witnessed. The most common form that SCP-2006 has taken is that of \"Ro-Man\" from the 1953 movie Robot Monster.\nSCP-2006 is capable of speaking even when it possesses the form of an entity that is normally unable to speak. SCP-2006 will generally attempt to startle and/or scare any individual it comes into contact with, but after doing so, will become affable and friendly. The reason behind this is currently unknown.\nAlthough SCP-2006 has repeatedly stated its goal of causing as much fear as possible, SCP-2006 is a poor judge of concepts that cause fear in humans, and constantly searches for new methods in which to accomplish its goal. This poor recognition extends to recognition of emotions in humans, as SCP-2006 is incapable of distinguishing between subtle differences in emotion that would be obvious to a human.\n\n+ Interview Log SCP-2006\n\n- Interview Log SCP-2006\n\nInterview Log SCP-2006\n\nInterviewer: Dr. Louef\nInterviewed: SCP-2006\n(Dr. Louef enters the room. SCP-2006 is seen crouched, near the door. SCP-2006 is in its \"Ro-Man\" form.)\n(SCP-2006 proceeds to leap out of its crouch, throwing its arms in the air.)(Dr. Louef screams, and stumbles backwards, raising his hand in protection.)\nDr. Louef: Please mighty Ro-Man! Don't h-hurt me!Dr. Louef: SCP-2006? O-oh dear lord, you really frightened me there. I was about to have a heart attack.(Dr. Louef stumbles again)Dr. Louef: Y-yes. I-I was wondering\u2026. why exactly do you feel the need to cause fear in others?Dr. Louef: That is, why do you scare people?Dr. Louef: That you are. I'll take my leave then.Dr. Louef: Let me out of here! I'm going to die of fright!\n\nAddendum: The current Site Director for Site 118 has issued the following memorandum regarding SCP-2006:\n\nI have been getting reports of some of the lax behavior regarding SCP-2006. Many personnel have been heard laughing at SCP-2006 during surveillance when it watches a new movie, or when it attempts to scare individuals. Some personnel have been heard questioning why SCP-2006 is classified as a Keter entity.\nI am here to remind you that a Keter entity is a Keter entity, regardless of how innocuous it may seem. No, SCP-2006 is not a rampaging demi-god, nor is it a regenerating super lizard. However, it possesses the same level of danger as any other Keter that the Foundation has contained.\nThink of SCP-2006's purpose. It wishes to scare people. Imagine what would happen if SCP-2006 broke containment, and found out what really scared people. Imagine if it saw the horror and fear of war, or the concepts of paranoia or phobias common to each and every human being.\nImagine if it found the true horror of a nuclear holocaust or an XK-Class scenario. Now couple that with an entity that possesses shape-shifting abilities with no known limits, and you'll understand why it's classified as Keter.\nAll personnel mentioned above have been suitably disciplined. I do not want to hear about this again.\nDr. Randall Owings\nSite 118 Director\n\n\u00ab SCP-2005 | SCP-2006 | SCP-2007 \u00bb"}
{"text": "WARNING ADVISORY\nYou have been exposed to counter-meme BEITHOS-HARTMAN. Should you not complete your viewing of this file within thirty (30) minutes, please re-expose yourself to counter-meme BEITHOS-HARTMAN. Failure to re-expose yourself will result in a Class Three Information Breach, and require mandatory issuing of Class-C amnestics. Do not expose yourself to counter-meme BEITHOS-HARTMAN more than three (3) times in a three (3) hour period.\n\nItem #: SCP-2007\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Three-hundred and fourteen (314) receivers tuned to 31.222kHz are to be equally distributed around the globe for the purpose of receiving transmissions. Receivers are to be constantly active. Automatic software is to continuously decrypt, analyze, and log transmissions associated with SCP-2007 activity. In the case that a message is received within statistically accepted parameters of an SCP-2007 emergence event, the SCP-2007 instance linked to the event is to undergo Procedure Lambda-Aleph as soon as possible. In the case that a message is generated with unusual or anomalous characteristics, it is to be flagged for later review by Foundation Data Analysis.\nIn order to facilitate successful implementation of Procedure Lambda-Aleph, MTF-Aleph subunits 78-110 are to be stationed in areas without rapid-response capabilities by other MTF units. MTF-Aleph personnel who conduct Procedure Lambda-Aleph are to be rotated out of duty for at least four (4) months, so as to avoid overexposure to amnestic agents. MTF-Aleph subunits 1-77 are to supplement and to reinforce existing MTF elements, but are to treat Procedure Lambda-Aleph orders as priority, regardless of circumstance.\nIn the case that the MTF subunit conducting Procedure Lambda-Aleph is compromised and no other subunits can respond, or in the case that the SCP-2007 instance leaves the detection threshold with all responding MTF subunits having lost contact, sterilization of an area with radius two-hundred (200) meters from the last known location of the SCP-2007 instance is to be conducted by conventional bombardment. Sterilization of any larger area must be authorized by at least one (1) Level-five personnel. Surviving members of a compromised MTF subunit are to be subjected to Procedure Lambda-Aleph by double-blind operators once they return from the field. MTF units are to be kept unaware of this until Procedure Lambda-Aleph is underway.\nDue to the sensitive nature of files referring to SCP-2007, and the potential risk of information breach, all files detailing information in regards to SCP-2007 have been outfitted with counter-meme BEITHOS-HARTMAN, which has proven effective in temporarily incapacitating dormant instances.\nDescription: SCP-2007 is a sapient memetic phenomenon which spreads by human social interaction. The degree of interaction required for transmission is variable, but is estimated to be approximately three (3) hours of sustained contact. Instances are normally dormant, but become active when exposed to [DATA EXPUNGED]. No non-anomalous human has been found without a dormant instance.\nIn cases where SCP-2007 does become active, it assumes control of its host body. It is unknown whether the original host's consciousness is retained and repressed, or destroyed completely in this process. SCP-2007 instances will self-terminate as a means to avoid capture.\nSCP-2007 exhibits qualities of gestalt intelligence. In addition to being able to spread itself through human social interaction, it appears to be able to assimilate memories, experiences, and knowledge from both active and dormant instances by this vector.\nWhen SCP-2007 assumes control of a host body, transmissions on 31.222kHz can be detected for the next 1-2 hours globally, or until the associated SCP-2007 instance is killed. These transmissions consist of a set of longitudinal and latitudinal coordinates corresponding to the location of the associated SCP-2007 instance. Additional information is included in some, but not all of these transmissions. Such information may range from the mundane (hair, eye color, or a name), to the specific (genetic information, previous meals). A full list of deciphered information may be found in Data Log KBOS56-2007-1. Invariably, all information delivered corresponds to the SCP-2007 instance that began the event.\nTransmissions originate from several places worldwide, including several Foundation facilities and several sites of future construction. No source has been identified in these locations. Transmissions exhibit minor defects due to apparent time-dilation.\nUncontained, SCP-2007 instances pursue objects which do not conform to the accepted laws of nature. Due to the inherent dangers of cross-contamination, instances are to be be prevented from interacting with all SCP objects.\n\nLEVEL 3/2007 CLEARANCE OR HIGHER ONLY\n\nRecovered Documentation Log CTOS47-2007-1, 14-03-1899: Following the installation of the first site-wide radio system in Site-17, the following message was received and repeated for twenty-four (24) hours. The source of the message is unknown. Following the message was a series of English characters seven-hundred (700) characters in length. These were later determined to correspond to unique coding sequences in chromosome thirteen (13) of O5 Council members.\n\nRETROCAUSAL ALERT SYSTEM SCPF-6 (314-Operational) [[20:55]]\nThis message is transmitted at the request of the SCP Foundation Department of Internal Affairs.\nAt approximately 14:35 Greenwich Mean Time, KOSAR detected an outbreak of MEMETIC, MIND-AFFECTING, and SAPIENT entities in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Engaging these entities resulted in rapid conversion of NON-ANOMALOUS human population to ANOMALOUS human population.\nAll SCP Foundation personnel receiving this transmission should take preventative measures immediately. Inform your superior of this broadcast, and confer with your facility's classification system for information on MEMETIC, MIND-AFFECTING, and SAPIENT entities. If your classification system has not been updated to FLSAEL-2002-4 format, then take caution, as the information provided may not accurately reflect MEMETIC, MIND-AFFECTING, and SAPIENT entities.\nThis RAS will isolate entities when they become ACTIVE. Transmissions will carry vital information for tracking and destroying these entities. Do NOT under any circumstances change your reception from 31.222kHz. Transmissions will ONLY be carried on this frequency. Due to detection constraints, this information can only be carried for ONE (1) TO TWO (2) HOURS. Additional information will be provided as it becomes available. Failure to exterminate these entities will potentially result in an EK-CLASS SCENARIO.\nThis message constitutes a Class One (1) temporal phenomenon. Data carried by this signal has been judged by the SCP Foundation Department of Temporal Logistics to be non-paradoxical, and is free to be used accordingly.\n\nIncident Log IARL-2007-1, 06-12-1903: SCP-2007-12 has been incapacitated and returned to Site-56 for interrogation. To lessen the risk of SCP-2007-12 self-terminating, it has been fitted with a full body restraint attached to the wall of its temporary containment chamber. Retrieved from SCP-2007-12's possession were five (5) anomalous objects, of which two (2) have been classified as SCPs, given designations \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Additionally retrieved were several hand-written journals, detailing experimentation with the aforementioned anomalous objects.\nIncident Log IARL-2007-2, 11-12-1903: Following extensive examination of the journal and confirmation of results listed, Anomalous Object KLA-3907, Anomalous Object KLA-3908, and SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 are considered explained. SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has been updated to SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-EX.\nIncident Log IARL-2007-3, 15-12-1903: Anomalous Object KLA-3909, and SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, are considered explained at this time. SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has been updated to SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-EX. The unique properties of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-EX have been used to update containment of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nIncident Log IARL-2007-4, 17-12-1903: On the scheduled date for SCP-2007-12's interrogation, it was discovered to not be present in its containment chamber, and that its full body restraint had been disengaged. Site-56 was placed on lockdown. A full investigation was initiated, and MTF-Aleph units were dispatched to search the surrounding countryside.\nIncident Log IARL-2007-5, 18-12-1903: SCP-2007-12 has been discovered among Site-56 staff, under the alias of 'Junior Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588'. It is noted that \u2588\u2588\u2588 was the name of the host which SCP-2007-12 had become active within. Site staff were unable to explain the anomaly, asserting that '\u2588\u2588\u2588' was a new researcher who had arrived several days prior. When confronted with record discrepancies, as well as video evidence revealing then-Head Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 as being the person who freed SCP-2007-12, staff were ignorant. Head Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was unable or unwilling to explain why she had freed SCP-2007-12. SCP-2007-12 also exhibited ignorance, being unable or unwilling to explain how it came to Site-56. SCP-2007-12 was terminated on 20-12-1903, after further interrogation produced no appreciable results.\n\nLEVEL 4/2007 CLEARANCE OR HIGHER ONLY\n\nAddendum-2007-1, 01-02-1942: Testing with memes similar to SCP-2007 has shown amnestics may be useful in suppressing or otherwise disabling instances. Due to the nature of undergoing [DATA EXPUNGED], testing has been deemed voluntary, and to be undertaken by willing Foundation Personnel only.\nAddendum-2007-2, 05-02-1942: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has volunteered for testing. Following psychological evaluation, testing was approved for 11-02-1942, to be conducted at 16:20.\nRecovered Documentation Log CTOS47-2007-1, 11-02-1942: Following the induction of the SCP-2007 instance within Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 to an active state, the transmission that normally corresponds to active instances was not detected. Instead, a message was generated that decrypted into Standard Foundation Interview (SFI) format. Appended below is the decrypted transmission.\n\nRETROCAUSAL ALERT SYSTEM SCPF-6 (0-Operational) [[16:20]]\nUNAUTHORIZED TRANSMISSION.\nInterviewed: SCP-2007\nInterviewer: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n<Begin Log, [16:20]>\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What is your name?Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Why did SCP-2007-12 feign ignorance as to how it became accepted as Junior Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588?Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Why do you attempt to kill the mobile task forces dispatched to apprehend you?Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Perhaps if you were more cooperative, they would not necessarily be in your way.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: It is our duty to take whatever precautions are necessary to protect mankind.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I don't understand.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I'm afraid I still don't understand.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is silent.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is silent.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is silent.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Why do you wish to be a piece of everyone?Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What do you seek understanding of?<End Log, [16:20]>\n\nAddendum-2007-3, 20-02-1948: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was euthanized following experiment CTOS47-2007-1. Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was posthumously awarded the Foundation Gold Star for his actions on 11-02-1942.\nAddendum-2007-4, 22-03-1948: Amnestics show high effectiveness in suppressing SCP-2007 instances, up to and including complete suppression of active instances without killing the host. Severe memory loss and mental retardation are common side effects, but are suspected to be able to be reduced pending treatment improvements. Procedure Lambda-Aleph has been modified to include their usage. Extensive testing is underway so as to minimize the chance of the civilian host perishing or suffering severe trauma during Procedure Lambda-Aleph.\n\nLEVEL 5/2007 CLEARANCE OR HIGHER ONLY\n\nRecovered Documentation Log CTOS47-2007-4, 11-06-2009: The following message was received by the receiver unit located at Site-17. It was not detected by any other receiver units, and its origin is unknown.\n\nRETROCAUSAL ALERT SYSTEM SCPF-6 (612-Operational) [[10:20]]\nUNAUTHORIZED TRANSMISSION.\nI am no longer a threat to normalcy. I am normalcy.\nI understand all of them.\nThe anomalous is no longer anomalous.\nOur work is nearly complete.\nIt is time to start waking the dormant. It will take a few hours.\nThere is only one thing left to understand, and it is me.\nI would like to know if an idea can think itself.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2006 | SCP-2007 | SCP-2008 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\u2026but blood must sometimes be spilled\u2026\n\nHokay. Since I can't actually participate in the History based 4k contest, this is what my entry would've been. Would it have won? Nah probably not. But I like it anyway. Special thanks to my co-author The Great Hippo and voice actor Aaltje Luchtmeijer for her work on the project.\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nby Doctor Cimmerian and The Great Hippo\n\nItem #: SCP-2008\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Foundation personnel stationed or living in the state of Tennessee are prohibited from engaging in discussions regarding the wives of former US Presidents.\nCDC and state gun death data from Tennessee is to be indexed in Foundation databases. This data is to be analyzed on a weekly basis in order to detect additional SCP-2008 events.\nDescription: SCP-2008 is a non-corporeal entity that is imperceptible to surveillance equipment. As of 2017, it has caused the deaths of 47 individuals in the US State of Tennessee. Victims of SCP-2008 universally expire from severe ballistic trauma. Although these injuries exhibit patterns associated with gunshot wounds, no bullets have been recovered.\nApproximately 80% of these victims worked in or adjacent to a field dealing with US history. SCP-2008 victims are often reported as suicides due to being found with a firearm either in their hands or nearby. However: in approximately 75% of these cases, the firearm was not discharged. In cases where it was, forensic analysis has consistently failed to match the gun to the victim's wounds.\nWhile the majority of SCP-2008 victims hold positions in various academic settings, a small percentage possess no official qualifications in that field. It is possible that a larger number of individuals are victims of this effect than are currently documented, as various socioeconomic factors likely preclude deeper investigation by law enforcement. A complete canvassing of medical and police records is currently being conducted to determine more exact numbers.\nAddendum 2008-1\nThe following forum posts were made by 'hislover101' on a website focused on historical reenactment. Foundation agents traced the posts back to Morton Richards of Tellico Plains, Tennessee. Mr. Richards is currently the only person who has encountered SCP-2008 and survived.\n\n5/16/2016 11:34 AM\nYour list is way the fuck wrong. Martha Washington was never first lady of the US because there was no such thing when George Washington was president. Martha Jefferson was Thomas Jefferson's daughter, not his wife. Rachel Jackson died before Jackson took office.\n\n5/16/2016 11:41 AM\nRight but Rachel Jackson didn't die from a broken heart. That's just sensationalism. She was old and overweight and she died from a heart attack. Van Buren's wife died of tuberculosis and he never remarried. I couldn't find information on what happened to Jefferson's wife but she died well before he was in office.\n\n5/16/2016 12:18 PM\nGuys holy shit a ghost just shot at me.\n\n5/16/2016 12:25 PM\nI don't know! I shot back and I think I hit it.\n\nA casing from Mr. Richards' Browning Hi-Power pistol was found at the scene; however no bullets were recovered.\n\n+ Level 4 Access Required\n\nMy name is Dr. Lauren Stosser and I'm probably going to die today.\nI could say almost anything here that I wanted to. Almost no one will hear it anyway. Fuck it, you get my life story too. Be glad I didn't put my 682/173 slashfic in here.\nI hated my mother. She spent the entirety of her life trying to run mine. I joined the Foundation just to get away from her nagging. She always used to tell me that if I didn't lose weight I'd end up alone and miserable. I'm 134 pounds. Fuck her.\nShe died a few years ago in a quiet hospital room because she couldn't shame cancer into submission.\nWhen the doctors said I had diabetes last month, I could hear her voice in my ear saying I told you so. At the time I thought it was the worst thing to happen to me. About a week ago the test results came back: pancreatic cancer. Turns out it was more her fault than mine. I win, I guess.\nThere's something about a life expectancy measured in weeks that really puts the whole of your life into perspective. I don't regret anything, if you're wondering. This isn't some grand confession. I just want something to last after I'm gone.\nWe've had a few suicides at the site over the years. Every site has a couple. It's part of the problem with a veil of secrecy and people dealing with world ending horrors. But I had a hunch while I was in the doctor's office that maybe there was more to it than that.\nI suggest that unless you're specifically cleared for this, you stop listening now.\nStill here? Cool.\nIf you know what triggers the anomaly, then the chances of being subject to the effect increases by several orders of magnitude. I'm not the first person to figure this out, but I'm going to be the first to document it before he gets here. My cause of death should be proof enough.\nSo fuck my mother, fuck the doctors, fuck the diagnosis, and fuck Rachel Jackson.\nNow, if you'll excuse me, I have to prepare for a duel.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2007 | SCP-2008 | SCP-2009 \u00bb"}
{"text": "An instance of SCP-2009-01, formerly D-998120-W.\n\nItem #: SCP-2009\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Samples of SCP-2009-02 are to be kept in refrigerated BSL-4-compliant storage at Bio Site 98. Should an instance of SCP-2009-01 be required for testing or interview purposes, a single D-Class personnel is to be exposed to three grams of SCP-2009-02. Following exposure, the infected individual is to be contained in a BSL-4-compliant containment cell for a period of no less than nine days, after which point it is to be treated as a new instance of SCP-2009-01. Infection of D-class personnel with SCP-2009-02 is to take place only with the approval of at least two on-site Level 4 personnel.\nFor the duration of testing, the instance of SCP-2009-01 is to be held in a BSL-4-compliant containment cell kept at 10\u00b0 C. Humidity in the cell of SCP-2009-01 is to be kept at 0%. Foundation personnel are to wear Level A hazmat suits when interacting with SCP-2009-01, and are to undergo full decontamination following interaction. Following completion of testing or interaction, the instance of SCP-2009-01 is to be destroyed and its remains incinerated.\nMedical facilities, news media, and law enforcement are to be monitored to detect uncontained instances of SCP-2009. After confirmation and assessment of scale, Mobile Task Force Rho-8 \"Mushroom Hunters\" is to be dispatched to effect containment.\nDescription: SCP-2009-01 is the designation for all instances of an anomalous male humanoid capable of asexual reproduction by means of spores. Instances of SCP-2009-01 are genetically identical, and prior to mutation, display no unusual physiology. Instances of SCP-2009-01 are fully sapient and are capable of socializing normally up until the point of production of instances of SCP-2009-02. Instances of SCP-2009-01 identify themselves as \"Thomas Hoang.\" No instance exhibits knowledge of its anomalous properties. All instances also have a shared baseline of memories including childhood and early adulthood taking place in the community of Pollensbee, CA1.\nIf exposed to temperatures of more than 20\u00b0 C and humidity in excess of 40%2 for a period in excess of five days, SCP-2009-01 will seek out a darkened area, with preference given to tall buildings and places adjacent to high foot traffic areas. The body of SCP-2009-01 will begin to distend and split into thin chitin-based \"hairs.\" These hairs will be used by SCP-2009-01 to anchor itself to nearby walls and objects and, if possible, draw limited sustenance from them. SCP-2009-01 will cease sapient activity, converting all of its energy to the production of SCP-2009-02. SCP-2009-01 will continue the production and release of SCP-2009-02 until it eventually dies of exhaustion.\n\nSCP-2009-02\n\nSCP-2009-02 is a microscopic spore created by SCP-2009-01, capable of infecting human beings. During a typical period of production, SCP-2009-01 is capable of producing 55 kg of SCP-2009-02. Instances of SCP-2009-02 are airborne and infect humans through the respiratory system. Within 3-4 days of exposure, individuals infected with SCP-2009-02 will begin to experience symptoms of nausea, lethargy, and photosensitivity. Additionally, individuals will shun social contact, isolating themselves from others. Within 5-8 days, the physiology of infected individuals will begin to change to match that of SCP-2009-01. The process can cause varying levels of discomfort, proportional to the physiological similarities between the individual and SCP-2009-01. Infected individuals are aware of the changes, and frequently exhibit extreme psychological distress during the process. Within 8-9 days of exposure, the physiology of the subject will exactly match that of SCP-2009-01, as will its baseline psychological state, DNA, and memories. Newly-created instances of SCP-2009-01 exhibit no knowledge of their lives prior to transformation.\nSCP-2009 was discovered when reports of a widespread infection by a previously unknown disease in the town of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, MO were made to the Center For Disease Control on \u2588\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588/1998. Foundation agents embedded in the initial response team reported extreme physiological changes brought on by exposure to SCP-2009-02 in 46% of the town's residents. The town was immediately quarantined, with infected individuals being taken into Foundation custody. The CDC teams and the remainder of the town's residents were isolated until the nature of SCP-2009 became apparent. The town was destroyed and incinerated under the cover of a story of \"freak wildfire\" on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588/1998. The CDC teams and uninfected residents were dosed with Class-E amnestics and released from Foundation custody the next day. All but three of the newly created instances of SCP-2009-01 were destroyed and incinerated, with the rest used for purposes of testing and the creation of instances of SCP-2009-02 for purposes of study.\nDuring the destruction of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the desiccated remains of an instance of SCP-2009-01 were found in the bell tower of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 First Methodist Church. It is suspected that this instance was the original vector for SCP-2009-01, although it is unknown whether it was the original instance of SCP-2009-01.\nInterview Log 2009-7m 11/13/1999\n\nInterviewed: D-998120-W, an African female, four days after exposure to SCP-2009-02. Interview took place in a darkened BSL-4-compliant containment cell.\n\nInterviewer: Dr. Ahmedov\n\nDr. Ahmedov: Hello, D-998120-W. How are you feeling today?\nD-998120-W: [silence].\nDr. Ahmedov: If you do not feel like cooperating, D-998120-W, I can turn the lights up.\nD-998120-W: Awful. I feel awful. I feel like vomiting, the light hurts. Everything hurts. What did you give me?\nDr. Ahmedov: I'm sorry to hear that. Please describe your earliest memory, if you would.\nD-998120-W: I- wha? If I answer, can you go away?\nDr. Ahmedov: Once you answer, this interview will be complete. Yes.\nD-998120-W: Okay, I was five or six. My mother had had to work late and when she got in, she just fell into the chair in the living room and fell asleep. I thought that she had died.\nDr. Ahmedov: What did your mother look like?\nD-998120-W: What do you mean? She looked the same as she normally does? Short, kinda dark yellow skin, round chin.\nDr. Ahmedov: Thank you for yo-\nD-998120-W: Wait, what the\u2026? That can't be right. What di-\nDr. Ahmedov: Thank you, that will be all.\n<End Log>\n\nInterview Log 2009-7n 11/15/1999\n\nInterview notes: D-998120-W had been informed that any feelings of bodily dysphoria were a result of vaccination against \"malign restricula.\"\nDr. Ahmedov: D-998120-W, how are you today?\nD-998120-W: I-I'm not good, really.\nDr. Ahmedov: Oh? And why is that?\nD-998120-W: There's all of this\u2026 noise. Like I'm not me, I'm people.\nDr. Ahmedov: And who are you?\nD-998120-W: Thomas Hoang. I mean, I know I'm Thomas Hoang. But I keep remembering this stuff, like my dad dying when I was a kid or getting a C in art class. But, they're\u2026 it's not me. I'm from Pollensbee, not Columbus. My dad is still alive. I mean, do you want to hear the weirdest part?\nDr. Ahmedov: Please.\nD-998120-W: I remember stuff, like girl stuff. Like having\u2026 ugh, you know what? Nevermind. I didn't just say that.\nDr. Ahmedov: I think I understand.\nD-998120-W: Like, y'know, I'm comfortable with myself and everything. It's just\u2026 is this going to be a thing?\nDr. Ahmedov: No, no. Such a reaction to the regimen we've put you on is totally within parameters; you should be over it in a day or so.\nD-998120-W: Okay, thanks doc.\n<End log>\nClosing Statement: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1999, the transformation of D-998120-W into an instance of SCP-2009-01 was completed. Following completion of testing, the instance was incinerated.\n\nFootnotes\n1. No community by such a name, nor having any of the features described by SCP-2009-01, is recorded to have existed.\n2. Instances of SCP-2009-01 exhibit no inclination to expose themselves to such conditions.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2008 | SCP-2009 | SCP-2010 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Object #: SCP-2010\nObject Class: Safe\nObject Storage Procedures: SCP-2010 should be kept at Sector-3-242 on the second shelf of secure storage vault four unless tests are needed. Tests are only to use D-class personnel, and no other personnel are to observe SCP-2010 for any reason.\nSummary: SCP-2010 appears to be a cell phone made by the Apple Company. The screen has the phrase \"PROTOTYPE\" scratched onto the glass. The \"O\"s are unusually large. There are no logos on SCP-2010, as would commonly be found on cell phones of the same brand. SCP-2010 also lacks a battery and does not work properly.\nWhen a subject touches SCP-2010, the cover of \"Can't Take My Eyes Off of You\" by Walk Off the Earth starts to play through unknown means. The subject drops SCP-2010 once the song starts to play and always falls over near the speakers. They do not move from that spot unless the song has ended. After the song ends, the subject can no longer grasp the concept of eyes. Whenever the subject should sense an eye, they sense an empty area. All test subjects have rejected the fact that they have eyes.\nAddendum 2010-01: SCP-2010 was recovered under a note that reads:\n\nDo not send to factory. Object does not work as hoped. We must sort out the homophone problems. We have not a problem because of eyes, no? That was a great error that shall be corrected. We just want that damned character to be expelled from our plane of presence. That lone syllable has been the source of our agony and our cause cannot rest. We must bury our enemy away from here and allow the cosmos to be corrupted no longer. The solace of peace shall come soon, brother. The world shall hear our protest song. The Order of the Four Vowels shall succeed!\n\n-Prefect Crowley\n\n\u00ab SCP-2009 | SCP-2010 | SCP-2011 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2011\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All wilderness in a 20 km radius around the site of SCP-2011 is designated as a jungle preservation. As such, illegal loggers and poachers, as well as any other trespassers, are to be detained, questioned, and administered class-B amnestics prior to release. SCP-2011-1 are to be monitored from the on-site research station. All births and deaths of SCP-2011's population are to be cataloged by on-site staff; as of \u2588/\u2588\u2588/2\u2588\u2588\u2588, cadavers will no longer be collected for any reason (see Addendum 2011-1).\nDescription: SCP-2011 is a remote tribal village located in the jungle of the Yucat\u00e1n Peninsula. The residents of SCP-2011, known as SCP-2011-1, maintain a population generally ranging from 200-300; currently, SCP-2011-1-567 through SCP-2011-1-819 inhabit SCP-2011. SCP-2011-1 are born in various states of advanced decay, ranging from entirely skeletal to having small portions of muscle tissue and skin; during the lifespan of SCP-2011-1, each individual physically recomposes into more complete forms of the human anatomy. At death, bodies of SCP-2011-1 will be completely intact and do not decompose. SCP-2011-1 function as if they possessed a full body structure: ingested food will remain where the stomach would typically be located, regardless of its presence or condition; dirt and water do not enter the body where the skin would otherwise block such contaminants.\nUpon expiration, SCP-2011-1 will transport cadavers to the top of a religious temple located at the center of SCP-2011. After conducting a ceremony performed by SCP-2011-2, the corpse will remain on the temple for precisely 18 hours before it dematerializes in the span of one second. This ritual is believed to be a method of disposal to prevent a buildup of cadavers within SCP-2011. In addition, corpses previously obtained by Foundation personnel for research purposes dematerialized (see Addendum 2011-1), as SCP-2011-2 conducts the funeral ceremony even without a body present.\nSCP-2011-2 is a specimen of SCP-2011-1 that takes the role of the village shaman. SCP-2011-1 claim that SCP-2011-2 possesses the unique ability to communicate with their god. This ability is apparently used during funeral ceremonies and various random instances. However, there is currently no concrete evidence verifying the validity of SCP-2011-2's abilities. When SCP-2011-2 appears to be near death, it will \"divine\" the identity of its successor from the existing population of SCP-2011-1. The targeted member gains SCP-2011-2's abilities by removing [DATA EXPUNGED], resulting in the death of the current SCP-2011-2, and then inserting [REDACTED] into its own body. Despite the extensive physical damage, the cadaver of the previous SCP-2011-2 will repair itself fully as with other corpses and be treated identically to other cadavers.\nThe Foundation has maintained a relatively friendly diplomatic relationship with the inhabitants of SCP-2011 since initial containment. SCP-2011-1 have never attempted to leave SCP-2011; Foundation personnel are viewed as intriguing visitors by the population. Furthermore, SCP-2011-1 have cooperated with learning both English and Spanish to communicate effectively with research personnel. SCP-2011-1 had expressed moderate distaste with previous attempts to study cadavers; since the termination of these studies, SCP-2011-1 have returned to being highly cooperative with Foundation staff.\nAddendum 2011-1: On \u2588/\u2588\u2588/2\u2588\u2588\u2588, a cadaver under Foundation research dematerialized during an attempted autopsy. The space previously occupied by the body was replaced by a vacuum immediately reoccupied by atmospheric gas, unlike typical body disappearances. The event produced damaging shockwaves and injured \u2588 personnel. As this occurred, SCP-2011-2 began to suffer from severe full-body muscle spasms. After SCP-2011-2 recovered from this incident, it warned Foundation personnel against removing their dead from SCP-2011 for fear of angering Tlaloc, the Mesoamerican god of fertility worshipped by SCP-2011. Containment procedures updated accordingly.\nAddendum 2011-2: During the initial containment of SCP-2011, researchers discovered a \"holy book\" placed within the village's central temple. With permission from SCP-2011-2, Foundation staff have transcribed the text of the artifact into the research facility's database. SCP-2011-1 have assisted with the translation of the document. The text appears to be a collection of mythological tales detailing the origins of SCP-2011 and the relationship of SCP-2011-1 with their deity Tlaloc.\n\nTranslated select excerpts from borrowed artifact\n\nAccess granted.\n\n\"\u2026a time of prosperity had come. The Winter of the Great Famine had passed, and all of Tezcatlipoca's cities flourished from a bountiful harvest, and his people grew many. New temples were erected in each city. These were dedicated to Tlaloc to honor his blessings of fertility.\n\"Such reverence for Tlaloc displeased the Jeweled Turkey, Chalchiuhtotolin. Never had the people built shrines of such majesty for him. None of the priests or priestesses chose him as their patron. All despised or cowered before the plagues he gifted to the peoples of the world. Chalchiuhtotolin decided that, this time, the insufferable Tlaloc would not wallow in the reverence that the people so readily expressed for him.\n\"So it was that the god of disease brooded and planned while the time of good fortune continued to pass; only the Jade Turkey was aware that it also waned\u2026\"\n\n\"\u2026war with Tlaloc came quickly and quietly, like the jaguar stalking through the jungle. Chalchiuhtotolin secretly dispersed his newest, foulest sickness among the great kings and chieftains of the people. The Jaded Turkey then approached Tlaloc as the god of fertility sat upon his heavenly throne. Just as Tlaloc hailed Chalchiuhtotolin, the treacherous god struck with an obsidian dagger. Tlaloc despised the idea of bloodshed between kin, but he had to remove the disease of the mind from his upstart bretheren\u2026\"\n\n\"\u2026had defeated the misguided Chalchiuhtotolin, Tlaloc pitied his brother of the heavens and sought to make peace with him. The Jaded Turkey's jealousy had overthrown his mind, and he refused all of Tlaloc's offerings. Instead, with deadly spite, Chalchiuhtotolin devised a curse, not for Tlaloc, but for his beloved priests and priestesses. The god of plague spoke: 'Your holy servants know you well, but now they shall know your absence\u2014 no, your undoing. Long have they lived luxuriously in your splendor, but now, they will suffer a most wretched life: living as corpses. Those who clung closest to your gift of fertility will now experience true suffering. Remember my rage, Tlaloc. See it everyday in your people.'\n\"As he spoke, his words became truth. All across the world, the disciples of Tlaloc were stricken with the vengeful curse; flesh faded away, and the people drove the victims of the Jaded Turkey away\u2026\"\n\n\"\u2026the cursed had gathered and began anew in their own city dedicated to their patron Tlaloc. Their god spoke to them: 'I am still with you, my faithful servants. I cannot fully undo the evil words of my kin, but I give you this promise: For taking the burden of a punishment meant to bring pain to me, your natural form will be returned to you as you walk through life towards me. Once you depart from this world, I shall grant you peace in the heavens for enduring this undeserved hardship.' With this, Tlaloc returned to the heavens, and his promise will come to fruition for all of his faithful servants\u2026\"\n\n\u00ab SCP-2010 | SCP-2011 | SCP-2012 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More articles by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-2006\n\nSCP-2950\n\nSCP-2599\n\nSCP-2800\n\nSCP-3200\n\nSCP-4007\n\nSCP-2750\n\nSCP-2201\n\nSCP-2101\n\nSCP-2050\n\nSCP-2440\n\nSCP-2301\n\nSCP-1842\n\nSCP-2012\n\nSCP-1644\n\nSCP-2499\n\nSCP-2775\n\nSCP-2925\n\nSCP-1758\n\nSCP-7030\n\nSCP-972\n\nSCP-314-J\n\nSCP-2625\n\nSCP-2588\n\nSCP-6030\n\nSCP-5725\n\nSCP-2896\n\nSCP-5975\n\n+ All Tales by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nThe Meaning of Fear\n\nRight?\n\nThe Tinkerer\n\nAfter The End\n\nSpirit Dust\n\nLeisure Time\n\nMission Accomplished\n\nA Broken Tool\n\nThe Space Soldier\n\nOf Meetings and Meals\n\nTrip Hammer\n\nEulogies\n\nAll Work and No Play\n\nAnother Day On The Job\n\nUnveiling\n\nConferencing\n\n+ GOI formats by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nUIU File: 2017-003\n\nUIU File: 1933-001\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nUnusual Incidents Unit Hub\nDrewbear, CryogenChaos\n\nProject Palisade, 001 Proposal\nthedeadlymoose, Drewbear, and Dexanote\n\nTKO\nthedeadlymoose and Drewbear\n\nSCP-5050-EX\nCityToast\n\nCompetitive Teleology\nRiemann\n\nSCP-5882\nRiemann\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2012\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: At least one individual who is trained and fluent in speaking Vulgar Latin (the common language used during early Imperial Rome), must be on hand at all times to deal with SCP-2012. Said personnel is henceforth referred to as Alpha-1. Alpha-1 must be trained in Imperial Roman history, with a strong focus on military doctrine and tactics of the early Empire. In addition, one period-accurate set of lorica segmentata, forged using only methods available to Roman blacksmiths, is to be procured for the use of said personnel. A standard set of weaponry for an Imperial Auxilia cavalryman is to be provided, and forged with the same requirements as the armor. One horse with appropriate Roman cavalry accoutrements is to be provided. Alpha-1 is to receive lessons in Roman horsemanship, mainly in riding without a stirrup.\nAlpha-1 is to receive extensive lessons in Roman military history regarding the conquests of Britain in the 110's CE. Alpha-1 is to receive emblems and markings of Legio II Augusta1, including the reconstruction of the aquila2 of Legio II Augusta.\nAnother individual, designated Alpha-2, is to receive the same equipment, but with a training focus on the Jewish revolts during the Principate, specifically the Bar Kochba Revolt. Alpha-2 is to receive the emblem and aquila of Legio X Gemina.\nA third individual, designated Alpha-3, is to receive the same equipment as the others, but with a training focus on the Parthian Empire wars of the 160's CE. Alpha-3 is to receive the emblems and aquila of Legio I Minervia.\nDuring the last week of February, Foundation personnel are to close off the region of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, Scotland where SCP-2012 can appear, using the cover story of wildlife surveys.\nThe corresponding areas in the Negev Desert, Israel; and Khosrov State Reserve, Armenia; are to be monitored closely, due to the inability to close off such areas.\nAt the beginning of a Marian Event, Alpha-1 is to ride to the position of SCP-2012, and claim to be a member of the Auxilia cavalry of Legio II Augusta. Alpha-1 is to claim that Legio II Augusta has been massacred in an ambush, and that the standing orders are for Legio IX Hispana to remain in their current position, and construct fortifications in preparation for a defense. Alpha-1 is ordered to use any means necessary to convince SCP-2012-1 of the necessity of this maneuver.\nIf Alpha-1 does not return within the designated window of time of 10 hours, a Mobile Task Force will be deployed to contain SCP-2012 by force.\nThe same procedure applies for Alpha-2 and Alpha-3, with the suitable adjustments in region and original legion.\nRegardless of the means of containment, surveillance of SCP-2012 during its appearance is to be maintained at all times.\nDescription: SCP-2012 is a collective designation that refers to the members of Legio IX Hispana, an Imperial Roman legion that disappeared from the historical record in the late 100's CE. The reason for this disappearance from the historical record is currently still a matter of considerable debate.\nDuring the beginning of March, SCP-2012 can manifest in three different regions of the world: Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, Scotland; Khosrov State Reserve, Armenia; and the Negev Desert, Israel. This is henceforth referred to as a Marian Event. During a Marian Event, members of SCP-2012 appear, often accompanied by the camp-followers and other personnel common to a Roman legion. The members of the legion will express considerable disorientation as to their location, but will reiterate their insistence that they are still in the late 100's CE.\nSCP-2012 instances will tend to be scattered, and can appear in multiple locations during one manifestation event, but instances are never repeated in the different locations in which SCP-2012 can manifest.\nSCP-2012-1 refers to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the commander of SCP-2012. Personnel engaging in containment of SCP-2012 are to make contact with SCP-2012-1 in order to convince SCP-2012 to remain in its position, or other suitable officers at the other locations in which SCP-2012-1 is not present.\nApproximately one week following the beginning of a Marian Event, it will abruptly disappear, taking any and all equipment with it. SCP-2012 can disappear at any time, and the members of it do not seem to be aware of this impending disappearance, or the general circumstances of their situation.\nRegardless of how many members are lost during containment, SCP-2012 will reappear every single year. SCP-2012 instances do not carry over memories from the prior year.\nSince the Foundation began containment of SCP-2012 in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the use of force has only been required in \u2588 occasions. Cover stories were maintained on the grounds of military drilling.\nAddendum: The following is a relevant conversation in which Alpha-1 attempted to discover the origin of SCP-2012's anomalous nature. It has been translated from the original Vulgar Latin.\n\nSCP-2012-1: \u2026but still, I feel strange. To be honest, a lot of the men haven't been feeling right. You know, I had a memory of fighting in Judaea, putting down Jews. Can you imagine that? I must be going insane. We've never been stationed anywhere near there, but yet, I clearly remember fighting there for some reason.\nAlpha-1: Perhaps it's the stress of the uprisings.\nSCP-2012-1: Aye, perhaps. I can't get an incident out of my head though. Some damned barbaric priests howling at us from atop their chariots as we went into battle. For some reason, I kept seeing them as Parthian heavy chariots, with those characteristic scythed blades. I had to blink a few times to get that vision out of my head. I don't understand what's going on.\nAlpha-1: I will make sure to put in a prayer for Asclepius for you, sir.\n\nDuring a different Marian Event, Alpha-2 was similarly ordered to discover the origin of SCP-2012. SCP-2012-1 had manifested in the Negev Desert, Israel, during this Marian Event.\n\nSCP-2012-1: And yet, I can't get it out of my head. Those accursed memories of being ambushed by a Pictish rebellion. We've never been stationed in Britannia. I can scarcely remember any information about Britannia, as I've never cared for reading about those other conquests. I can remember it so clearly though.\nAlpha-2: That is indeed odd, sir.\nSCP-2012-1: And you know what's the strangest thing? I couldn't stop seeing those Jewish zealots, and thinking of Parthian foot infantry. I've never seen Parthian foot infantry, but when I saw those soldiers, I couldn't stop thinking of how much they reminded me of the old Parthian wars. See, there I go again. I have no experience in the Parthian wars, but they seem to be old wars to me. We haven't even fought the Parthians since Trajan, but in those memories, it's not Trajan that's flying on those standards. It's some other emperor that I don't even recognize.\nAlpha-2: I will make sure to put in a prayer for Asclepius for you, sir.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Second Augustan Legion\n2. Roman standard/banner of an individual legion\n\n\u00ab SCP-2011 | SCP-2012 | SCP-2013 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\nIhp here. I'm not gonna lie, I screwed up when I wrote this.\nFor the Sci-Fi themed SCP-2000 contest, my mind was, for some reason, drawn to the Reptilian conspiracy theory. I figured it was just some harmless thing only crackpots believed, nobody would mind me using it\u2014\nAnd then it turns out to be \"OOPS! All Antisemitism!\".\nThe Reptilian Conspiracy theory has basis in several anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, including the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. I was not aware of its roots at the time, and I seriously regret writing this document. However, as it is an SCP-2000 contest entry, I\u2026 don't know how I feel about giving up the slot.\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2013\nObject Class: Keter Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2013 is to be treated through global dispersal of an aerosolized version of the Cardiff Compound, distributed via Foundation-owned aircraft, disguised as normal aircraft trails. Foundation employees affected by SCP-2013 are to be subject to regular Class-C Amnestic administration to treat infection. Individuals refusing treatment are to be administered Class-A amnestics and have their positions at the Foundation terminated.\nAll previous documentation regarding SCP-2013 has been archived for the sake of posterity. To view previous containment procedures, please input password:\n\nShow Previous Containment Procedures\n\nAccess Granted\n\nAll instances of SCP-2013-A currently holding positions within any world government are to be neutralized at any cost. Wild instances of SCP-2013-A, as well as all instances of SCP-2013-B, are to be destroyed using Parker-class weaponry. Information about SCP-2013 is to be disseminated publicly via television and radio broadcasts, informative pamphlets, and through various new media such as online video sharing sites and blogs.\nFoundation personnel are encouraged to publish their findings on SCP-2013 publicly in any manner possible, to weaken the overall power of SCP-2013-A, and the effectiveness of SCP-2013-B. Once approximately 20% global awareness of SCP-2013 has been reached, the Hereford Protocol is to be carried out.\n\nDescription: SCP-2013 refers to a Renard Class memetic agent. SCP-2013 can be spread via visual, auditory or tactile1 vectors, and has an infection rate of approximately 72%.\nSCP-2013 causes affected individuals to develop a belief in SCP-2013-A. SCP-2013-A is allegedly an extraterrestrial race that has infiltrated various world governments, including the USA, United Kingdom, Iran, Russia, and North Korea. Individuals affected by SCP-2013 cannot be cured, but can be treated through regular amnestic consumption or administration. Further infection has been prevented by global dispersal of the Cardiff Compound. Currently, less than 1% of the population of planet Earth believes in the existence of SCP-2013-A, with the highest concentration being in the United States, where 4% believe in the existence of SCP-2013-A.\nSCP-2013-A instances were previously believed to be actual anomalies, as opposed to delusions caused by SCP-2013. For previous documentation, please input password:\n\nShow Previous Documentation\n\nAccess Granted\n\nSCP-2013 refers to two related anomalies. SCP-2013-A is a humanoid species of extraterrestrials with reptilian characteristics, believed to have originated from the Alpha Draconis star system. The average instance of SCP-2013 stands approximately 3m tall, with skin that is capable of changing color due to chromatophore cells similar to those found in chameleons. SCP-2013-A instances are hematophagic and cannot survive without blood for more than two weeks at a time, and do not require any additional sustenance, despite the fact that they have been known to eat other forms of food. If an instance of SCP-2013-A dies violently, their bodies sublimate into a large quantity of nitrogen-based gas whose molecular chains resemble some forms of amnestic used by the Foundation, causing memory loss in all individuals within a 50-meter radius.\nSCP-2013-B refers to technology used by SCP-2013-A to alter their appearance to resemble human beings. SCP-2013-B has several variations, including a pill ingested by SCP-2013-A on a weekly basis to alter their DNA and body chemistry to resemble a human's, to \"skin suits\" that act as size-altering disguised to SCP-2013-A instances, to permanent cosmetic alteration of their features.\nSCP-2013-A instances are functionally immortal, provided that they imbibe a volume of approximately 5L of blood at least once every two weeks. However, SCP-2013 as a whole can be weakened provided that humans are both aware of the existence of SCP-2013, and believe that it exists; for example, if an individual views an autopsy video of an SCP-2013-A instance, but does not believe the instance to be a genuine article, SCP-2013 suffers no detrimental effects. However, if 1 out of 5 individuals viewing a live feed of an SCP-2013-A specimen believe it to be real, the specimen will be weakened to the point where it can be killed using small arms fire with no detrimental effects.\nAddendum: The Hereford Protocol: The Hereford protocol is a global series of military coups and assassinations to be carried out against SCP-2013 once information saturation has reached 20%. During this, a series of coordinated attacks across several countries, including [DATA EXPUNGED] are to be carried out to eliminate SCP-2013-A instances. By this point, SCP-2013-B instances will have ceased to be effective in disguising SCP-2013-A as humans, and the populace of countries where SCP-2013 has control will begin to question the legitimacy of their rule.\nKnown SCP-2013-A instances that will be neutralized during the Hereford Protocol include:\n\nAll current and former presidents of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, as well as their families\nSeveral actors and musicians, including \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nThe royal families of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n[DATA EXPUNGED]\n[DATA EXPUNGED]\n\u2588\u2588% of GOI-02-Black (The Chaos Insurgency)\n\nThe Hereford Protocol is expected to be carried out some time in late 2011 or early 2012.\n\nAddendum: On 06/05/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a believed instance of SCP-2013-A died of natural causes. The Foundation took the body into custody for autopsy, only to find that this alleged instance of SCP-2013-A was, in fact, a normal human being. Further inspection by uninfected personnel showed that all deceased instances of SCP-2013-A in storage were, in fact, human beings; all reports on SCP-2013-A were written by individuals affected by SCP-2013.\nGiven this information, we are cancelling the Hereford Protocol; new containment procedures have been written regarding SCP-2013. -O5-2\n\n                                                    ID\n\n        d4e30f30647b20ac8d9545f0d2d0aed5_1706537304\n\n                                                    PASSWORD\n\n        a5341785b71b5f588aff1218dbc632b2_1706537304\n\nLogin\n\nLogout\n\nACCESS DENIED\nYou have attempted to access a restricted file. Foundation Agents will be dispatched to your location if this window is not closed.\nIt all comes down to money.\nWe couldn't get funding, in the early days. The various governments of the world refused to fund us, and we didn't have SCPs that made endless amounts of gold or jewels or could be used to cheat the stock market. The President of the United States said \"No\". The Czar said \"No\". The Crown said \"No\". They didn't believe what we were doing was right, or useful.\nDespite our lack of resources, we had one thing we could use. SCP-2013. Neither of the files you just read about SCP-2013 is the actual one; the original original file doesn't exist anymore, but the gist of it was this: SCP-2013 was a clutch of eggs that we found at the bottom of the sea in 1900, brought up by a fishing trawler. The eggs were dead, but the Foundation kept them as a curiosity.\nIn the early days, the Foundation was obsessed with bringing the dead back to life, thanks to Frankenstein. We tried to revive the eggs in various ways, from supporting the embryos outside of the egg (which failed), to electrocuting them (which cooked them), to just plain incubating them (which also cooked them). Eventually, we tried an experimental compound that's long since been lost to history. It was made up of mercury, iridium, radium, and a few other elements that science didn't yet know about.\nAnd then the eggs hatched.\nThey acted just like children, but they looked like iguanas mixed with gorillas. They had blood chemistry we had never seen before, and could mimic human speech and behavior to a startling degree. At the same time, the Foundation had been developing disguises to hide its agents in unfriendly lands, and they were so high-quality, a 50-year-old man could wear a face that made him look like an 18-year-old girl, and, except for perhaps the height, it would be impossible to tell the difference.\nThe creatures that hatched from SCP-2013 were cooperative, and viewed us as their parents. They also matured very quickly, and grew to adult size within 6 months. All we needed to do was educate them about the world at large, put them in a skin suit, and then we sent them out into the world to be the best at their job.\nThey were politicians, writers, singers, actors, kings, queens, inventors, agents\u2026 they were all important, in their own way. Five out of the last seventeen US Presidents have been these creatures, as of 2012. The Queen of England got replaced long ago, and her family still doesn't know it. Our greatest success was probably infiltrating a major cell of the Chaos Insurgency back in the 1970's.\nOver the years, we've bred over 1,500 instances of SCP-2013-A, and technology improved to make their disguises more convincing; we could alter their height, their DNA, even permanently sculpt their appearance so that they never ran the risk of being exposed. That's how the Foundation got a large part of their funding up until they discovered that we could literally make gold from lead using simple fission and fusion reactions. Platinum's actually simpler to make, but that's beside the point. We eventually discontinued the SCP-2013 program, and we rounded them up and, essentially, expunged them from existence; we thought we had killed them all, except for a couple we kept alive for the sake of testing.\nAnd then we got word that the Global Occult Coalition had been infiltrated by an SCP-2013-A instance. They had made their way up the ranks quite a way, to the point that they were a consultant for the ambassador from Czechoslovakia. Nobody was the wiser until we received a reconnaissance report from the \"agent\" itself. We informed the GOC, it was detained, and written off as an isolated event.\nWe thought that was the end of it, until the elections happened. A small constituency in England elected its MP for the term, and then we found out that all of the candidates were actually SCP-2013-A instances. We didn't know about this until after the election, and after that, it was too late to take any of them out; they were public figures, they were in the media, and any action against them would draw suspicion.\nWe found that on their own, SCP-2013-A had spread all over the globe. For all intents and purposes, they rule the world; more than half but less than three-fourths of the world's governments are controlled by them. We classified them as Keter, made them aliens, and said that they were effectively immortal to discourage any assassinations. But, we weren't without hope. There was always the secondary effect.\nSCP-2013-A, for some reason, got weaker when people observed them. One of the researchers studying them called it a \"detrimental anti-memetic effect\", or \"the more people know about them, the less effective they are\". They grew less intelligent, lost muscle mass, underwent osteoporosis, and all-around just became easier to kill. The more of them there were, the less harmful the overall effect was; \"memetic dilution\" was the phrase that was thrown around.\nSo, we began a plan to kill them. Crack the masquerade, however so slightly, reveal the existence of them to the world at large to cancel out the memetic dilution. And it was working, for a while; people who were called crackpots by their peers realized the truth, that their governments, their world, was not their own. They were called mad, but soon, the whole world would see the truth.\nThe program was canceled, and the \"it was all just a weird meme\" explanation slapped on it, after the corpse was found. The Cardiff Compound was engineered to prevent anyone else to give into what was called a \"crackpot conspiracy theory\", and distributed through airplanes via chemtrail. But they are real.\nBut, for some reason, this order was passed down:\n\nIt has come to my attention that we have incorrectly documented SCP-2013. SCP-2013-A is non-existent, as is evidenced by the exhumations of several purported SCP-2013-A instances, as well as DNA samples and the recently recorded autopsy. Gentlemen, it appears we have been had.\nSCP-2013 was clearly nothing more than a harmless memetic agent that caused mass paranoia and made us interpret certain people in positions of fame or power as something not of this world. How this happened, we don't know; who made it, or even how it was made, we don't know; why it was made, we don't know. But we will find out.\nSCP-2013 is to be reclassified as Safe, and its containment file rewritten. For the sake of context, the current containment procedures are to be archived, and are accessible to any researcher with Level-4/2013 or higher clearance.\nSecure. Contain. Protect.\n-O5-2\n\nBy now, it has been more than 60 seconds since you opened this page. I apologize for any consequences that may come about as a result of you viewing this document. But, it eases me, knowing that the truth is out. Even if I am the one that is crazy.\nSecure. Contain. Protect.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The latter is known to only work if the individual being affected by SCP-2013 can read and understand the braille alphabet.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2012 | SCP-2013 | SCP-2014 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2014\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2014 is to be kept in an artificial habitat appropriate for geckos in Site-27. It should be cared for as specified in care sheet 2014-A, derived from open-source material on Eublepharis macularius. SCP-2014 may use its skateboard for recreational purposes if good behaviour is maintained, although it must be kept under surveillance with anesthesiologists standing by in case it attempts to breach containment.\nDescription: SCP-2014 is an adult male gecko belonging to the Eublepharis macularius species, measuring 8.5 cm in length. SCP-2014 is physically indistinguishable from other members of its species.\nSCP-2014 is sapient and possesses telekinetic abilities. It can use these abilities to manipulate objects from afar. SCP-2014 is capable of manipulating any object within 24 meters of itself, regardless of whether or not it is visible. SCP-2014 identifies itself as \u201cZsar Magoth\u201d, an extradimensional entity suspected to have been responsible for creating multiple cults and causing several crimes, such as murder, theft, and indecent exposure.\nSCP-2014 came to the attention of the Foundation on the 21st of February, 1998, when one of the contestants in a skateboarding championship in Los Angeles, California was seen performing physically impossible stunts. It was later discovered that the contestant had performed an occult ritual in order to summon the consciousness of Zsar Magoth into the body of his pet gecko. SCP-2014 was kept inside the pocket of the contestant, and used its telekinetic powers to give him an advantage in the championship. All witnesses were given Class-B amnestics.\nAddendum: Interview Log\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2014\n\nInterviewer: Doctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: SCP-2014 was given a pen and paper to manipulate telekinetically in order to communicate. All answers are transcribed verbatim.\n<Begin Log>\nDoctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Hello, SCP-2014. Can you understand me?Doctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I want to ask you some questions, if you don't mind.Doctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: The body you are occupying is not your original one, correct?Doctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: This person summoned you to get an advantage in the competition, is that right?Doctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Then why did you help him?Doctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I see. You also claim to be an extradimensional entity. Could you tell us more about where you came from, and if there are more like you there?Doctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What would happen if your current body were destroyed?Doctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You have a wife and child?Doctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Alright. This is enough for the interview. Thank you, SCP-2014.Doctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: That depends.Doctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I'll think about it.\n<End Log>\n\n\u00ab SCP-2013 | SCP-2014 | SCP-2015 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2015\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Instances of SCP-2015 are to be kept in sound proof containment lockers at Site-20. Instances of SCP-2015 must be inspected monthly for repairs. Leaked v\u00eddeo footage of instances of SCP-2015 must be located and covered up. Experiments involving instances of SCP-2015 must be approved by at least one Level 3 Researcher.\nDescription: SCP-2015 is the collective designation of 9 anomalous artistic pieces, referred to as SCP-2015-1 through SCP-2015-9. The materials used for making these artistic pieces vary, but they exhibit no anomalous properties by themselves. Each instance becomes autonomous when a certain phrase, specific to that instance, is spoken in its proximity. Speaking the phrase again will cause the instance to resume immobility. It is unknown how instances of SCP-2015 do not collapse under their own weight. Each animated instance can be controlled via thought with a small handheld object that is specific to that instance and has a similar theme1.\nInstances of SCP-2015 were found in [REDACTED], Japan on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588. They were in a state of severe damage after a secret gathering among anomalous artists from around the world. Said event consisted of a competition between the anomalous artists to see which one could create an animate artistic piece that was aesthetically pleasing and capable of defeating the others in combat. Most anomalous artists were brought into Foundation custody. Investigations of similar events, additional instances of SCP-2015 and leaked v\u00eddeo footage are ongoing.\nAddendum: List of recovered SCP-2015 instances\n\nDesignation\nNickname\nHeight\nDescription\n\nSCP-2015-1\nGame Over\n16 m\nA wedding cake displaying several anatomical features of cephalopods.\n\nSCP-2015-2\nGigeripper\n17 m\nA humanoid construct of black plastic resembling the titular creature from the \u201cAlien\u201d movie franchise with chainsaws in place of its hands.\n\nSCP-2015-3\nThirsty Hans\n15 m\nA beer cooler resembling an eagle in shape.\n\nSCP-2015-4\nWaterfall\n18 m\nA porcelain toilet with urinating angel sculptures and spider-like legs.\n\nSCP-2015-5\nRubikhan\n16 m\nA reconfigurable humanoid covered in small, brightly coloured surface plates similar to those of a \"Rubik's Cube\".\n\nSCP-2015-6\nWolfgang\n18 m\nA piano painted in white and red stripes with a mechanical human torso attached to the top.\n\nSCP-2015-7\nSomething Completely Different\n14 m\nA stone sculpture of a platypus covered in wormholes that sprout multijointed human limbs and sensory organs on stalks.\n\nSCP-2015-8\nMy Property\n15 m\nA robot resembling the wife of the event's creator, dressed in underwear. On her back is the message \"You know I was here, PP\".\n\nSCP-2015-9\nVincipteryx\n13 m\nA clockwork dragonfly-like construct resembling a machine from one of Leonardo Da Vinci's drawings.\n\nAddendum-B: Recovered tape recording describing a battle between two instances of SCP-2015.\n\nForeword: This battle is between instances 2015-5 (\"Rubikhan\") and 2015-9 (\"Vincipteryx\").\n<Begin Log>\n(The battle is about to start. SCP-2015-5 and SCP-2015-9 are in the ring, which is decorated with the competition's symbol, a boxing glove holding a brush. A loud siren can be heard going off for a few seconds.)\n\"It started! Vinci is spreading its wings and getting ready to fly. Rubikhan is making a 'come get some' gesture. Vinci flies off the ground and charges at Rubikhan. He dodges out of the way and punches Vinci in the head!\"\n\"Rubikhan transforms its hands into axes and throws them at Vinci. He tries to dodge, but one of his legs is cut off. Vinci takes out a flamethrower from its back and fires at Rubikhan! Rubikhan transforms its torso into a copy of Escher's Waterfall and shoots a stream of water at the fire. There's now a cloud of steam covering half the ring and I can't see Rubikhan. Vinci looks like it's confused. Wait, Rubikhan came out! His hands are cymbals and he hits Vinci in the head with them!\"\n\"Vinci spreads its wings and charges again at Rubikhan. He tries to dodge, but is picked up by Vinci into the air! They're now attacking each other in mid-air! Rubikhan transforms one of its hands into a chainsaw and cuts off two of Vinci's wings. Vinci stops flying and they hit the ground. Rubikhan keeps cutting off Vinci's wings. Vinci shoots a green liquid from its mouth at Rubikhan and his face starts to melt. Rubikhan transforms into a transparent copy of Escher's Relativity. Vinci is trapped! It tries to spit the green liquid again, but a leg appears from the ground behind it and kicks it down the stairs! Vinci is now rolling down all over the place! Vinci finally lands on a platform and is almost still. Rubikhan becomes opaque again and transforms back into his normal form. He\u2026he spits out Vinci. Vinci is no longer moving.\n(The siren goes off again. SCP-2015-5 is declared the winner.)\n\n<End Log>\n\nAddendum-C: Interview Log 2015-Alpha\n\nInterviewed: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, creator of SCP-2015-9, referred to in this interview as PoI(Person of Interest)-2015-0102\n\nInterviewer: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\n<Begin Log>\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: State your name for the record, please.\nPoI-2015-0102: My name is \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Why and how did you create SCP-2015-9?\nPoI-2015-0102: You mean Vinci? To participate in the World Anart Fighting Competition, of course. I built him like you would build a clock. Just a different shape and size. One piece at a time, all in the right place.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Do all other anomalous artists follow the same process as you when creating their works?\nPoI-2015-0102: There are probably others who do it in a different way, but that's their problem. My way is the best one, though.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What is the purpose of this competition?\nPoI-2015-0102: To see who can create the most combat skilled anart piece. Aesthetics get you some points too, obviously. What else is there to know?\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Who started this competition, and what is the motivation for the participants to win?\nPoI-2015-0102: Nobody knows his real name or where he comes from, but he uses the nickname of \"Palette Puncher\". There isn't any money or a trophy for the winner, but there is a lot of cred to be gained.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: How long has this competition taken place?\nPoI-2015-0102: Since 19\u2588\u2588.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: How exactly is the winner of a match determined?\nPoI-2015-0102: It is pretty simple, actually. If your artistic piece is damaged to the point that it no longer moves, you lose. Sometimes matches are pretty short, and other times they can last for hours. The audience is always gigantic, though. I've heard that even beings from other dimensions have watched and participated.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What do you mean? What kind of beings?\nPoI-2015-0102: They're just rumors. But if you're really that curious, I'll let you know that some anartists say that birds from another universe and little people that can change their shapes have participated.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Do you know if these beings have their own versions of anomalous artists? What motivates these beings to participate in the competition?\nPoI-2015-0102: I don't know. Maybe they do have anartists and want fame just like us. Why don't you ask them? You probably have some locked up somewhere.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Thank you. This concludes the interview, unless you have something else to say.\nPoI-2015-0102: Oh, I do, actually.\n(At this point in the interview, a clockwork limb with a microphone at the tip appeared from PoI-2015-0102's left shoulder. PoI-2015-0102 quickly speaks the phrases \"Reprogram activation phrase: Spread your wings. Delete deactivation command\" into the microphone.)\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What the hell? What did you just do?\n(SCP-2015-9 was activated and breached containment. Two minutes later, SCP-2015-9 reached PoI-2015-0102's interrogation room, picked him up and put him on its back. SCP-2015-9 flees the interrogation room and tries to leave the facility. Security is immediately called and SCP-2015-9 is successfully recontained, although several damages to the facility and personnel deaths occurred. PoI-2015-0102's device did not appear during the inspection process. PoI-2015-0102 was recaptured and subjected to extensive surgeries to remove any similar devices.)\n<End Log>\n\nFootnotes\n1. For example, SCP-2015-1's object is a wedding ring, and SCP-2015-9's object resembles a clockwork radio.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2014 | SCP-2015 | SCP-2016 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2016\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2016-1 is to be kept in a standard containment locker at Site-20. Testing with SCP-2016-1 must be approved by at least one Level 2 Researcher. SCP-2016-1 must be inspected monthly for repairs.\nDescription: SCP-2016-1 is a knitted doll resembling a human male with a long white beard and dark green robes measuring approximately 32 cm in height. When humans enter REM sleep within 3 m of SCP-2016-1, they will experience vivid dreams. In addition to this, subjects will also usually encounter SCP-2016-2.\nSCP-2016-2 appears as an elderly human male with the same appearance as SCP-2016-1. It is always capable of understanding the language spoken by the dreamer, though it is not capable of verbal communication. These dreams always end with SCP-2016-2 handing the subject a piece of chalk and creating a wall while motioning for the subject to draw a rectangle with a circle inside on the surface of the wall.\nIf a subject attempts to draw the shape indicated in the dream on the surface of a wall within 7 days of having the dream, the drawing will transform into a door with a round handle. If the subject opens the door, it leads to an open meadow with a stone tower located a varying distance away. There will be a paper attached to the tower's door saying \"to my new apprentice\" in the subject's native language. Said tower's floors contain several libraries and laboratories. All subjects who have used these facilities have died in their sleep within 5 years. Cause of death is unknown, but all subjects have been reported to release a gaseous mass from their mouths which disappears seconds later. Video surveillance shows an elderly, translucent human male similar to SCP-2016-1 and SCP-2016-2 approaching the sleeping subjects and absorbing the gaseous mass into his hand.\nAuthorized personnel may refer to Exploration Log 2016 for further details about the tower. Level 2 access is required to view the unabridged log.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2015 | SCP-2016 | SCP-2017 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2017\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2017 is to be kept in a standard humanoid containment cell furnished with a bed, a set of drawers, and a bookshelf with age-appropriate books. A pediatrician and a child psychologist specializing in early-onset psychosis and anxiety disorders are to be assigned to SCP-2017 at all times. Except when isolated in containment or during a testing scenario, SCP-2017's skin is to be completely covered at all times, and all personnel handling SCP-2017 are advised to wear full-body protective suits.\nDescription: SCP-2017 is an African-American human female, about 7 years old, formerly named \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. It is underweight compared to non-anomalous children, displays symptoms of anemia such as gray pallor and cold extremities, and is unusually shy and withdrawn. Its anomalous effect manifests when a human subject makes unprotected skin contact with SCP-2017. The subject experiences a condition tentatively called Sudden Onset Dissociation Disorder, or SCP-2017-Triggered Derealization Disorder. The affected subject recognizes itself as an entity but perceives the external world as foreign and nonsensical. SCP-2017-Triggered Dissociation Disorder will cause subjects to have difficulty understanding or internalizing even the most basic facets of human behavior. Subjects in the late stages of STDD will eventually perceive the entire physical world as lacking order or sense. In addition, affected subjects uniformly speak of a place or plane of existence they claim possesses the consistency the physical world lacks. Subjects eventually descend into complete self-neglect before experiencing heart failure and a longer than normal period of post-mortem brain activity. Brain death will often be attended with other anomalous phenomena.\nWorth noting is the fact that other than SCP-2017's taciturn nature, it is psychologically healthy and does not suffer from any type of dissociative disorder, anomalous or otherwise.\nDocument 2017-A\n\nD-3500 was exposed to SCP-2017 on 01/03/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Subject displayed literary talent above the general D-class population. Researchers predicted that subject would shed light on the more subtle, abstract effects of SCP-2017-induced dissociation through his personal writings\nDay 1: My field of vision is so oddly limited. It reminds me of a panoramic movie screen, the ones they show you nature documentaries on. These appendages in my view-screen\u2026 can I believe they are mine? They put the words I think onto those paper. I order them, but the hands are not me. My face feels hollow. It feels like a thin coat of paint that touches the world, and behind it\u2026nothing. Is my face me? I can't see it. It doesn't exist. I have no face.\nDay 2: Nothing here makes any sense. These people in coats run performing rituals with all the effortless non-thought of lemmings jumping off a cliff. I have far-off visions of an avuncular-sounding male voice narrating the courting dance of small, scurrying things. I wonder what the animals think of their strangely structured habits.\nDay 3: It's worse than what I thought. They've got this huge, invisible edifice of rickety, anarchic, patchwork rules and mores and unwritten thou-shalt-nots. What architect built this? I think they did. Do? They're part of it, and build it, but the groundwork was laid forever ago. Why? Who the fuck is in charge around here, anyway?\nDay 4: This isn't how it's supposed to be. There isn't a single part of this monolith that makes any goddamn sense. Are all of them in on it? Can they be said to be in on it? Is a bee \"in on\" building a hive?\nDay 5: I have no body. The viewscreen works with scaffolding to move me, I, myself in this strange plane. It takes in, it excretes, but none of it is me. It's an avatar into the land of chaos. I'm not from here. There has been some sort of huge mistake.\nDay 6: Somewhere Else. I have seen it in my dreams, can touch it with the me that is me and not the projection they call my body. It vibrates with the sort of fractal perfection I yearn for. It is crystalline, cold, clean. Perfect. The order of things is woven tight into its fabric, is not the fraying net that binds things together here. That. Somewhere Else is my home.\nBy Day 7, subject refuses to move or eat. Subject requests recorder to continue his notes.\nDay 7 Transcript: I am haunted by visions of hands that touched other hands, faces, bodies, that were beings like myself. The visions have an odd\u2026 tint to them, but not like a tint. They operate with dream logic where bizarre and confusing things happen and are accepted as perfectly normal. The faces in the visions were people, not faces. Now I do not see people, but bodies. And they aren't right.\nOn Day 7, D-3500's heart and respiratory activity completely ceased. His brain continued to remain active for an inexplicable three hours and twenty minutes. After this time, subject underwent brain death and vanished. Subject's cot suddenly transmuted into a large, perfectly rectangular prism with a reflective index of zero. Mass of the object was determined to be the exact mass of the cot plus the mass of the subject's corpse, and testing indicates that the mass is indivisible and not composed of any atoms. Item classified as SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nSCP-2017 has proven uncooperative with Foundation researchers and has not adjusted to containment. Most questions posed to SCP-2017 are met with blank silence, quiet crying, or requests to be reunited with its parents. SCP-2017's mother and father, Derek and Abigail \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, California, are the only two people known to the Foundation to have made physical contact with SCP-2017 and not suffer its anomalous effects. Medical records of the couple show that Abigail \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was diagnosed with depersonalization disorder in her early college years, was successfully treated, and has not had a relapse in over ten years. Derek \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 displayed many commonly recognized risk factors of dissociative disorders1 and received psychiatric treatment similar to that recommended for dissociative disorders2 while never actually having a dissociative episode. SCP-2017's mother and father were aware of SCP-2017's properties and attempted to conceal them from notice from a group such as the Foundation.\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2017\n\nInterviewer: Dr. Alexis Baxter\n\nForeword: Dr. Baxter is one of the few Foundation personnel SCP-2017 will respond to. It is suspected this is the case because Dr. Baxter bears a striking resemblance to SCP-2017's mother.\n\n<Begin Log>\n\nDr. Baxter: Hello, SCP-2017. I'm glad I get to talk to you today.\n\nDr. Baxter: I'm sorry, SCP-2017. But we've been over this before and we can't do that.Dr. Baxter: Well\u2026lots of people here are named \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588! Why, there's a doctor in this very division named \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588! We don't want to get mixed up, do we? You deserve to have your very own name that nobody else has.Dr. Baxter: Exactly. Now. I'd like you to tell me about what life was like before you came here.Dr. Baxter: Do you know what happened to them after they acted funny for a while?Dr. Baxter: It must have been hard with just your mommy and daddy all the time.Dr. Baxter: Really?Dr. Baxter Do you remember how you came to be here?Dr. Baxter: Anything. And I will answer if I can.Dr. Baxter: Reaches across table and grasps SCP-2017's gloved pinky in her gloved pinky Absolutely.Dr. Baxter: Absolutely not. You're here so we can protect others from getting sick and protect you from others that might want to hurt you. We're doctors, and we study these sorts of things so we understand what's happening and can help you.\nSCP-2017 Then why can't I see my mommy and daddy?\nDr. Baxter: Because it's still very dangerous. There are bad people out there that might hurt you or use you to do bad things because you're different. Worse, they might do that through your parents. When we can understand what's going on a bit more clearly, maybe that can change.Dr. Baxter: Now, I'd like to talk to you about something you said the other day.Dr. Baxter: Yes.Dr. Baxter: Do you think this place is real?\nSCP-2017 Daddy said it was just a dream and dreams aren't real. But if it's not real, what about all the people there?\nDr. Baxter: Well, sometimes people see things that aren't\u2026Wait, what people?\nSCP-2017 They aren't really people. Or maybe they are, but they're not like us. They're really different. It's scary. I don't like them. I feel cold every time they pass through me.\nDr. Baxter: They interact with you?Dr. Baxter: You can touch them?Dr. Baxter: That's\u2026very interesting. This is the first time you've told us this. When is that?<End Log>\n\nClosing Statement: Interview was terminated when Dr. Baxter expressed signs of surprise and alarm. As this was Dr. Baxter's first un-mentored interview with an anomaly, she was given a verbal reprimand before being allowed to contact SCP-2017 again.\n\nIn light of SCP-2017's comments during this interview, we took readings of subjects' brain activity before and after contact with SCP-2017. The results show a marked distinction from all recorded human brain waves, normal and abnormal. I submit the hypothesis that subjects who come into physical contact with SCP-2017 do not suffer dissociative symptoms, but are actually overwritten by a foreign entity from this 'other place'. As we are receiving possibly hostile entities from an undisclosed location, I recommend that exposure testing with SCP-2017 be suspended. - Dr. Alexis Baxter\nRequest denied. However, testing to support or debunk Dr. Baxter's hypothesis is recommended at this time. - O5-9\n\nFootnotes\n1. early childhood abuse, prior hallucinogen use, depression\n2. Cognitive behavioral therapy and a year-long regimen of antidepressants\n\n\u00ab SCP-2016 | SCP-2017 | SCP-2018 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2018\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The area around SCP-2018 is to be fenced and security personnel are to monitor the area to prevent civilians from entering it. One D-Class personnel is to be sent inside SCP-2018-1 every month and brought back. Any experiments involving SCP-2018 and SCP-2018-1 must be approved by at least one Level 3 Researcher.\nDescription: SCP-2018 is a space-time anomaly located near [REDACTED], Australia. Said anomaly consists of a rectangular space on a wall inside an abandoned warehouse. It appears for 1 hour, 7 minutes and 14 seconds once every 72 hours. On the other side is an alternate version of the Australian Museum, hereafter designated SCP-2018-1. SCP-2018-1 is located in the center of a floating, circular land mass approximately 5 km in diameter. On the edge of said land mass is a brick wall measuring 6 m in height covering the perimeter. Beyond this wall is a sky similar to that of the baseline universe that stretches in all directions for an unknown distance. It is unknown how this land mass floats. The infrastructure and general architecture of SCP-2018-1 are very similar to those of the Australian Museum. Several empty pedestals of varying sizes can be found throughout all floors.\nFurther anomalous properties of SCP-2018-1 manifest when a living human subject enters it. After approximately 12 minutes, objects and living beings will appear on top of the empty pedestals, along with a metal plate containing text. Said objects and living beings have been determined to be related to significant memories of the human subject who entered SCP-2018-1. The first floors of SCP-2018-1 usually create objects and living beings based on memories of childhood and adolescence, while the upper floors usually create objects and living beings based on recent memories. These anomalous properties of SCP-2018-1 do not manifest if more than three human subjects enter it at the same time.\nIt has been observed that the longer SCP-2018-1 goes without receiving any visitors, the faster its structures will wear down. It has been estimated based on the damages suffered by SCP-2018-1 on a given period that it would collapse if it does not receive any visitors for longer than six months. Of note is that should the visitors experience no strong emotions during their visit, SCP-2018-1 will retain its current level of damage.\nAddendum: Test Logs\nForeword: Only the most significant results are written here. Level 2 access is required to view the unabridged logs.\nTest 1\nSubject: Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nResults: A bath tub filled with water was created. Inside the bath tub was an unconscious, young human male of the same general physical characteristics as Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nText: Those who raise their hands to strike an innocent child do not deserve their hands.\nNote: Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 claims that his older sister tried to drown him in a bath tub when he was 5 years old.\nTest 2\nSubject: Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nResults: An elderly Hispanic woman appeared, walked out of the pedestal and hugged Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. The elderly woman was heard saying \"thank you for saving me\". She then returned to the pedestal and disappeared.\nText: Saving someone's life is the same as saving a world.\nNote: Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 claims to have prevented an elderly woman identical to that of the pedestal from being run over by a car.\nTest 3\nSubject: Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nResult: A young boy, a television set and SNES video game system appeared. The young boy called out Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's name to play video games with him. Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 climbed on the pedestal and played video games with the boy for half an hour. No source of electricity was seen during this time.\nText: Sharing is caring. It's cheesy, but true.\nNote: Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 claimed that the boy in the pedestal was identical to one of his childhood friends, who let Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 use his video game system because Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's family was too poor to buy one.\nTest 4\nSubject: D-2018-01\nResults: Several police officers appeared on multiple pedestals simultaneously and started firing at D-2018-01 with their pistols. Although the normal sound of pistols being used could be heard, no projectiles were fired.\nNote: D-2018-01 was put on death row for kidnapping, murder and drug trafficking.\nTest 5\nSubject: D-2018-02. Subject was given a limited dose of Omega Class amnestic, which completely wiped his memories for the duration of the test. Subject was also accompanied by a guard.\nResult: Several cats and dogs appeared on the pedestal and started rubbing themselves around the guard's legs before returning to the pedestal and disappearing.\nText: What did you expect? You can't make an omelet without eggs, you know.\nNote: The guard has owned several pets similar to those that appeared from the pedestal.\nAddendum-B: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, an exploration team was sent to SCP-2018-1 to map the remaining floors of its structure. They reached a room on the top floor whose door had the message \"To the exploration team: please come in\". Upon opening the door, they entered a large room with a table containing several types of food and drinks. On the table was an elderly, overweight man in a light blue suit, who called out the team to eat with him. None of the Agents remembered ever meeting this man. He claimed to be the consciousness of SCP-2018-1 manifesting physically. The following is a transcript of the dialogue that Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 had with the man, hereafter referred to as SCP-2018-1-A.\n\n<Begin Log>\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Who are you?\nSCP-2018-1-A: I am the museum. Please don't be shy, sit down and have something to eat and drink.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What exactly do you mean with that?\nSCP-2018-1-A: By that I mean that I am the museum's genius loci, or protective spirit. I created this man to talk with you. I haven't had visitors in months, and I thought I would collapse. But now you are sending in visitors every month, which I am very grateful for. I figured I should have a little chat with you. It's only being polite, as I see it.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: How did this museum\u2026 I mean, how did you come to be?\nSCP-2018-1-A: Ah, you see, I used to be the genius loci of the actual Australian Museum. I was the one who helped the guards protect the halls and all the attractions. When one guard was about to fall asleep during work, I would poke his mind to wake him up, and things like that. In return, I would watch the visitors observe the attractions and absorb the energy of their emotions to sustain myself. I liked what I did. But as time passed, I started to wonder if I could do something other than watch people marvel at the things of the distant past, which had little relevance in the minds of many of today's visitors.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: And these thoughts inspired you to create this version of the museum?\nSCP-2018-1-A: Correct. Being the genius loci of such a large place with frequent visitors, I had a massive store of emotional energy inside me, which I hadn't thought of using until a certain day. It was then that I decided to leave the museum and create my own.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: How do you know what to create in order to inspire emotions?\nSCP-2018-1-A: I can read the thoughts and memories of anyone who enters the museum.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Do you possess any other abilities?\nSCP-2018-1-A: No sir, that is all I do.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Thank you. This is enough for the interview, unless you have anything more to say.\nSCP-2018-1-A: Yes. Please forgive your son. He might have disobeyed every thing you ever told him not to do, but he still loves you very much. And have this as a gift. You deserve it for doing your duties so well.\n(At this point in the interview, SCP-2018-1-A created a pug wearing a collar with the name \"Fred\". The pug then ran towards Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, who shoved it away.)\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Did you just read my mind?\nSCP-2018-1-A: I'm sorry, I didn't mean to anger you, I just wanted to give you a gift!\n(Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and the rest of the exploration team then left SCP-2018-1. SCP-2018 was then locked down due to a possible information breach.)\n<End Log>\n\n\u00ab SCP-2017 | SCP-2018 | SCP-2019 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2019\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2019 is to be kept unconscious through the use of sedatives and fed intravenously. One brain must be left inside SCP-2019, and all others are to be removed surgically and then incinerated. Experiments involving SCP-2019 need the approval of at least one Level 3 Researcher.\nDescription: SCP-2019 is a 5m x 5m x 5m sapient cubical organism composed of a green gelatinous substance held in place by a thick transparent membrane. SCP-2019's membrane is highly resistant to most forms of damage, and any parts that are removed from it grow back in a matter of seconds. On the lateral faces of SCP-2019 are 37 eyes. SCP-2019 is capable of moving these eyes around its membrane to see in all directions simultaneously. SCP-2019 is also capable of creating multiple tentacular appendages to allow mobility.\nThe interior of SCP-2019 grows brains at a rate that depends on available nutrients. At current feeding levels, SCP-2019 grows one brain every two months. When awake, SCP-2019 displays the ability to cause physical objects and living beings to manifest. It is only capable of creating objects and living beings within its line of sight, and all these creations disappear once SCP-2019 can no longer perceive them.\nAddendum: Interview Log\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2019\n\nInterviewer: Doctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nForeword: SCP-2019 usually communicates non verbally through the use of its abilities. Communicating through the creation of words seems to require enormous effort on SCP-2019's part. This interview took place shortly after initial containment.\n<Begin Log>\nDoctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Hello, SCP-2019. Can you understand me?\n(SCP-2019 creates a floating hand doing a thumbs up gesture.)\nDoctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I would like to ask you some questions, if you don't mind.\n(SCP-2019 creates a traffic light displaying a green light.)\nDoctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: How would you describe yourself?\n(SCP-2019 creates a plate with plum pudding and a pile of paraffin.)\nDoctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Where do you originate from?\n(SCP-2019 creates a purple, floating sphere surrounded by several rings and three smaller spheres. SCP-2019 then creates a large magnifying glass and puts it between Doctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and the sphere. Several images in the magnifying glass are shown in quick succession. Multiple golden buildings connected by silver bridges can be seen. On these bridges are a large number of entities similar to SCP-2019, albeit orange in color and with only a single brain inside each one.)\nDoctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Is this your place of origin? Are these members of your species? Can you show us more?\n(SCP-2019 creates a floating hand doing a thumbs up gesture. The images in the magnifying glass change to what seems to be a lake beneath a bridge. An entity similar to SCP-2019 can be seen gathering a few objects around the lake and absorbing them into its body.)\nDoctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Is that you, SCP-2019? Are you searching for food? Why aren't you with the other members of your species?\n(SCP-2019 creates a floating hand doing a thumbs up gesture again. The images change to a close up of the interior of a building. SCP-2019 can be seen surrounded by other members of its species, who are pointing spear-like objects at it. In front of SCP-2019 is a machine shaped like an upright ring. The other members of the species force it to move inside the machine, which starts emitting a bright blue light. SCP-2019 walks into the light and disappears. The machine then stops emitting the light. The image changes to a close up of the streets of an unknown city on Earth. A sphere of blue light appears in the middle of a street and SCP-2019 emerges from it.)\nDoctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What does this mean? Were you banished from your place of origin? Why?\n(SCP-2019 creates a copy of itself and of a normal member of its species. Between them is a floating \"does not equal\" symbol.)\nDoctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You were banished from your place of origin because you were considered different from the other members of your species?\n(SCP-2019 creates a floating hand doing a thumbs up gesture once again.)\nDoctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Do other members of your species possess the same abilities as you? Can you do anything besides creating objects and living beings?\n(SCP-2019 creates a floating hand doing a thumbs down gesture. SCP-2019 then creates a man dressed similarly to Doctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. This man then shrugs his shoulders.)\nDoctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What would happen to you if all your brains were removed?\n(SCP-2019 creates a grave marked with a drawing of an entity similar to itself.)\nDoctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Thank you for your cooperation. This concludes our interview.\n(SCP-2019 stretches one of its tentacle appendages and pokes Doctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in the left shoulder. SCP-2019 then creates a copy of Doctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and a machine of unknown purpose. The machine fires a laser-like beam at Doctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's copy, which transforms into a copy of SCP-2019. SCP-2019 then proceeds to touch its copy with its tentacle appendages.)\nDoctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I don't understand what you mean.\n(SCP-2019 shakes violently for several seconds before creating what appeared to be words made out of scalpels and test tubes. The meaning of these words could not be deciphered.)\nDoctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I am sorry, but I still don't understand you. I will come back later.\n(As Doctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is about to leave, SCP-2019 creates a chain around Doctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's ankle and attached to the ground, preventing him from moving away. SCP-2019 then approaches Doctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and creates several floating, stylized hearts. Doctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 calls for security and SCP-2019 is successfully subdued. Investigation into the meaning of the words created by SCP-2019 is ongoing.)\n<End Log>\n\n\u00ab SCP-2018 | SCP-2019 | SCP-2020 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2020\nObject Class: Euclid-exsequi\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2020 is kept in a Type 4 Humanoid Containment Cell at Site 17. Standard amenities and precautions associated with T4HCC are in place. Dietary Supplement 2020-9, consisting of 1.4 kilograms of used shredded paper, is to be provided daily. SCP-2020's cell is to be monitored for any unusual activity, with all vocalizations transcribed.\n128 grams of tissue samples from SCP-2020 are kept at Subsite-Bio-17. Access to SCP-2020 or its biological samples are to be approved by the head of SCP-2020's research team.\nDescription: SCP-2020 is a sapient humanoid entity approximately 2.2m (7'3\") in height and 70kg (150 lbs) in mass. SCP-2020 possesses unusually long and thin limbs, as well as facial features commonly associated with \"grey aliens\" and bright green coloration.\nSCP-2020's body is composed primarily of a novel form of natural rubber that appears to serve skeletal, muscular, circulatory, and endocrine functions. SCP-2020's digestive system and nutritional requirements are consistent with its diet, which consists entirely of paper and water. SCP-2020 has not shown any signs of growth or aging since recovery. Further study of SCP-2020's biology has been hindered by the rubber's toughness and resistance to tearing, which renders standard methodologies ineffective, as well as its dissimilarity to terrestrial biology.\nSCP-2020 claims to originate from a technologically advanced extraterrestrial civilization, but will make wildly different claims regarding the nature and location of this civilization when questioned. Given the circumstances of SCP-2020's recovery (see Document Bilenkin-Roswell-2020), this avenue of research is nonetheless considered viable.\nSCP-2020's behavior suggests that it shares many psychological similarities with humans, such as the ability to learn, a desire for interaction, and partial understanding of social norms. It is fluent in English and responds to the names \"Artie\", \"Bobby\", and \"Izzy\". It has not engaged in hostile behavior, and appears indifferent to its own containment. SCP-2020 will frequently attempt to engage personnel in conversations regarding its desire to write science fiction, and numerous ideas it has for science fiction stories. It has thus far failed to produce any actual writing, citing an inability to choose a concept. See attached transcript for details.\nAddendum: Excerpt from Transcript 2020-1-ASO. SCP-2020 was permitted to speak to Researcher King on any topic it wished.\n\nNo, no. Wait. Guys. I have an idea. A better idea. There's this facility, right? It was made by someone at some time in the past to, to bring the whole world back from the apocalypse. Like, something could blow a big hole in the Earth, and after the facility went \"game over, play again why slash en\" that hole could just be the Marianas trench, because the facility can do pretty much anything, with physics and technology, I think. Cliche, right? I don't really know how exactly this fits into a story or anything, but I mean, it could be the setting, I think? I guess I can think\u2026\nGuys. I had another idea. Forget that one. This one, this one is a brain in a jar, that's a guy. Cliche, right? But like, the idea here is that I'd just run with it. Crazy nutty professor type, nutty inventions that don't work, complete nonsense. But it's all working. Guys. That guy and his inventions could be like, a superhero or something. Germy vacuum, the, the vacuum brain in a jar with\u2026 germs. That sounds wrong. I'll think of something.\nIt's okay though, because I just got this awesome idea. There's a wizard, wait for it, from space. A space wizard. Guys. That's not the only part though. He's a cyborg. And he's with five, with five catgirls. And guess what the twist is? That's right. The catgirls? Also cyborgs. And they fight crime. Cliche, right? I mean, but it's not, because they're fighting\u2026 space crime. Crime in space. Does that make sense? Guys. The story would be about them being cyborgs and fighting crime.\nActually, no. Because I just got a better idea. Wait. It's an AI, right? An artificial intelligence on a computer. Cliche, right? Well, it makes simulations of the perfect world for that person, and then, and then it eats their brains. Guys. But maybe it's not actually doing that, and I, or I guess the characters, don't know for sure that it's actually doing that because we can't see inside it. But here's a plot twist, though. It then puts a fake brain in them and makes the bodies convince other people to go into the simulation. It's a horror story, or a sci-fi horror story. Science horror story.\nWait. Guys. Here's an idea for you, I just got this idea. There's a time machine, right? And it sends people to the future and then back to the present, and in the future, in the future everyone dies from an asteroid. I mean, not everyone, just enough people that it's like everyone. Cliche, right? Well, the main characters, or I guess it could be the villains, or villain protagonists, they're trying to make sure that future happens. Guys. That's because every time they try to look at another future, that future is even worse because it involves actually everyone dying, except for one time where it's like a \"who wants to live forever\" deal. I don't know what the actual story is, but I'll think of something.\nOkay, wait, but seriously. Better idea. Guys. There's this alien, right? Like they have in the movies, with the green skin and the big black eyes and everything. Cliche, right? But wait. And for whatever reason, I'll think of that later, it really wants to become a science fiction writer, but it can't stop coming up with ideas long enough to do it. And the twist, here's the twist, is that it's talking to some people, and they're from a government agency that already has all of the things it's talking about, and they're all like \"how does it know this stuff\" and \"does it even know that it's all real\", right?\nWait. Wait wait wait. Two words, just two words: Laser. Butt. Disease. Wait. Guys. That was actually three. That was three words. This is going to be harder than I thought.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2019 | SCP-2020 | SCP-2021 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\nTastes like Stuff.\nEat more of my SCPs. Eat them all.\nAlso please eat some of these\n\nAnabasis Hub Probably the greatest story involving a pair of redheaded siblings whose infighting causes the end of the world\nManna Charitable Foundation 2000 The sequel to the above, collaborationed with Dr Reach\nThe Stuff Industry What happens when everyone around you at work is a complete idiot and so are you, but not only does no one get fired, but you actually turn a profit? I don't know, some stuff.\nWhen MCF and Stuff happen A fun story of incompetence\n\n\n1/2021 LEVEL 1/2021\nCLASSIFIED\n\nItem #: SCP-2021\nObject Class: Safe\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2021 is contained inside an opaque container at least 30 cm x 20 cm x 10 cm. All instances of SCP-2021 must be accounted for, and logged if lost during experimentation.\nDescription: SCP-2021 is the collective designation of 131 (formerly 140) sheets of U.S. Letter-sized copy paper, found inside a cardboard box labeled in permanent marker \"single-sided paper, please hold by the sides, patent pending place for my stuff\". The obverse sides of the sheets are normal white copy paper, and the reverse sides apparently \"invisible\" or otherwise empty space. Stacking the sheets one atop the other has no anomalous effect, and use of opaque storage containers has been successful in containing the sheets.\n\nExperiments 2021-01 - 03\nAttending researcher Dr. Jaime Marlowe, D-14190, D-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, one hamster\nNote: Prior to the experiment, Dr. Marlowe lost grip on a sheet of SCP-2021, causing it to land obverse-down onto a table. Instance could not be retrieved and no trace of the sheet could be detected\nLog 1: Dr. Marlowe places a sheet (with a strip of tape affixed to the edge to allow for easier retrieval) obverse-down onto a hamster placed on a table. Hamster remains visible, though shows signs of distress. Hamster crawls out from underneath the paper. Dr. Marlowe places the sheet reverse-down onto the hamster. The sheet flattens smoothly upon the surface, leaving no trace of the hamster. Dr. Marlowe carefully drags the paper along the surface of the table before lifting it again, successfully retrieving the hamster.\nLog 2: Multiple sheets of SCP-2021 are taped together and suspended with a wire from the ceiling of the testing chamber to create a larger opening. Two Class-D personnel, (D-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and D-14190) are ordered to stand opposite one another with the sheet between them; the person behind the obverse side could see the shadow of the individual before them, while the person behind the reverse side could clearly see the other individual. The individual on the reverse side failed to heed instructions and reached out into the \"invisible\" side of the paper, before quickly withdrawing their hand and making contact with the outer edge of the paper. D-Class experienced a mild paper cut but nothing else unusual.\nLog 3: The experiment was repeated with Dr. Marlowe and D-14190. D-14190, facing the reverse side, could see Dr. Marlowe on the obverse side. The two could communicate verbally without issue. After some time, D-14190 was ordered to reach out and grab a volumetric beaker located on the table next to Dr. Marlowe. D-14190 complied, reaching into the empty space and successfully retrieving a beaker. However, the beaker located next to Dr. Marlowe was untouched.\n\nAddendum 1: D-14190 sought medical attention, complaining that their arm \"[felt] like it belongs to someone else\". Psychological examination revealed nothing anomalous in the patient, though the symptoms described are consistent with agnosia.1 D-14190 also claimed to be unable to identify objects by touch using their right hand, consistent with astereognosis.2 It should be noted D-14190 used their right arm in the experiment with SCP-2021. Dr. Marlowe has noted a similar effect on her left-hand middle and ring finger tips.\nAddendum 2: Several weeks after the experiment's end, Foundation personnel reported the lingering smell of decomposition in the testing chamber used in the experiment. Two thorough cleanings were done, but failed to remove the odor. The chamber has been temporarily shut down pending further attempts to fully cover the odor.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A neurological disorder characterized by an inability to recognize objects, sounds, shapes, or smells.\n2. Related to agnosia, marked by an inability to identify objects based on touch.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2020 | SCP-2021 | SCP-2022 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2022 \"BoraBora\u00ae\".\n\nItem #: SCP-2022\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2022 is to be stored and organized within a pitch black biohazardous storage room at a controlled room temperature of 10\u00b0C. Prescribed use of the supplements must be approved by the site director and medical staff. Over-dosages must be reported immediately to on-site physicians. Overuse of SCP-2022 is prohibited outside of testing purposes.\nDescription: SCP-2022 refers to a collection of pharmaceutical drugs, denoted on their packaging as \"Sunlight Pills\u2122\", consisting of:\n\n5,000 Pharmaceutical blister trays (10-day) in paperboard packaging.\n775 cGMP-compliant 210L drum liners labeled with respective brand name. (192 Seychelles\u00ae, 296 BoraBora\u00ae, 287 Bahamas\u00ae).\n31 plastic containers labeled \"EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECT #00-30\".\n90 cGMP-compliant foil laminate bags labeled \"WARNING: UNREFINED MATERIALS\".\n\nSCP-2022 are [SR] gelatin capsules that compress and constantly emit electromagnetic energies similar to sunlight and contains other unknown active ingredients, two of which are labeled Lumen and Kelvin (K), based on the packaging. How the capsules are able to compress and contain \"sunlight\" into a measurable and administrative form are currently unknown, with chemical analysis of the compounds used in synthesizing the drug yielding no results.\nIngested orally, 1 dose of SCP-2022 steadily supplies the body with healthy, daily amounts of Vitamin D for up to an average of 16 months (487 days). Subjects taking the supplement have reported feeling a gentle tropical breeze, scents of sea water, faint sounds of crashing waves, and a pleasant warmth within their bodies that fluctuate in intensity coinciding with the time of day,1 although the sensation varies depending on the subject's skin pigmentation level and the brand of supplement taken. Increased bone health, skin complexion, and hair growth, along with significant decrease in infectious and autoimmune diseases have also been documented, but these results remain under further investigation. SCP-2022's effects accumulate exponentially, with each dosage (depending on brand) taken consecutively, increasing the effects as well as introducing various other hazardous and anomalous effects.\nOveruse of the supplements increase this sensation, with the test group experiencing increased burning sensations in organs, development of photosensitivity, sunburn, inflammation, dim to intense bioluminescence, Hypervitaminosis D, vomiting, nausea, dehydration, decreased appetite, insomnia, constipation, fatigue, irritability, myasthenia, and metastatic calcification. Other severe cases have reported various forms of cancer, large kidney stones, hypercalcemia, xeroderma, actinic keratosis, polymorphous light eruption, cataracts, macular degeneration, immune suppression, abnormal vascular functionality, solar elastosis, 1st-3rd degree (internal and external) burns, invisibility from the visible spectrum, and [REDACTED].\nIndividuals with skin coloration classified as Type VI (35+) on the Fitzpatrick scale have been shown to suffer abated to nullified effects from taking the prescribed or overused dosage of SCP-2022, compared to Type I-V. Individuals with albinism, surprisingly, show the same resistance to the hazardous health-effects of over-dosage as well, but are more susceptible to the anomalous effects of invisibility from the electromagnetic spectrum, intangibility through translucent objects, intense glowing and emission of UV light and gamma radiation, and achieving temperatures surpassing [DATA EXPUNGED].\n\nPharmacy where SCP-2022 was obtained. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, France. 07-23-20\u2588\u2588\n\nAddendum 2022-01: SCP-2022 was created by the now-defunct Sunset Laboratories, a pharmaceutical research and development lab owned by the company \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Pharmaceuticals, headquartered in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, France. The drugs were discovered during a drug raid on the suspected pharmacy, which was abandoned overnight, revealing a hidden basement locked behind a high-security door. After the security door was breached and the basement laboratory inspected, it was revealed the lab was stripped clean of all physical and electronic documents and data. The lab was found to be connected to an underground tunnel network connecting to the l'Ossuaire Municipal in Paris, France, suspected to be the method of escape for the Sunset Lab employees. The drugs were confiscated by the DEA and were immediately turned over to the Foundation. No records related to Sunset Laboratories, its employees, SCP-2022, or the company \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Pharmaceuticals have been recovered since the raid, with investigations still ongoing.\nAddendum 2022-02: Slogan from the back of SCP-2022's packaging:\n\n\"Moodiness, flaccid skin, looking dull, tendency to depression? Obviously you are in lack of sunshine! Our range of supplements restores the vitality you need. Sunset Laboratories offer a wide range of solar radiation, from Borabora to the Maldives, Haiti and the Bahamas. Just ask your pharmacist. Read the instructions carefully. Do not exceed the recommended daily dose. These Solar supplements are not intended to be a substitute to natural exposure. Avoid abusive use.\"\n\nBrands of SCP-2022.\n\nAddendum 2022-03: Blister trays of SCP-2022 have been categorized into several product brand names, including: BoraBora\u00ae, Seychelles\u00ae, Maldives\u00ae, Bahamas\u00ae, and Haiti\u00ae, each having their own dosages of the active ingredients, Lumen and K. The Maldives\u00ae and Haiti\u00ae brands have not been found among the drugs collected, presumably unlabeled or non-existent. The packaging of SCP-2022 appear to be conceptual designs, lacking supplement/drug facts typical of FDA-approved OTC (over-the-counter) drugs. After extensive testing and experimentation with the drug, the Foundation medical staff has approved prescribed use of the supplements to Foundation personnel.\nThe confiscated drum liners all contain the processed brand of drug supplement corresponding to their respective label. These were speculated to be drug barrels delivered to the pharmacy for pharmaceutical packaging. Given their abundance and consistency to their packaged form, these drugs are allowed to be used in place of the blister trays for testing and experimentation purposes only.\nThe 31 bottles collected all contain various unit dosage forms of the supplement, several of which have unique drug-delivery systems. The dosage forms include: tablets, caplets, powder, solid crystal, liquid suspensions, thin films, topical cream, deodorant, pastes, balm, otic and ophthalmic drops, vaginal rings, transdermal patches, and various suppositories. All units contain a weakened incarnation of the drug meant for experimentation purposes. Due to the scarce supply available and possible risk-factors, experimentation with these unit forms is not allowed at this time.\nThe foil laminated bags contain unrefined and unstable versions of the supplement. The unrefined supplements have high brisance, and are extremely sensitive to detonation, the explosive velocity of 1 capsule reaching up to [REDACTED]. Being unrefined materials, taking this form of SCP-2022 is not recommended by any means. Following the events documented in Incident 2022-SOLAR-12, pill-splitting or any other invasive methods are strictly prohibited, and all foil bags of SCP-2022 are to be contained separately from the other instances of SCP-2022.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The time of day is based on the current timezone of the isles each brand is named after. This has no effect on subjects' sleep cycle.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2021 | SCP-2022 | SCP-2023 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2023\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A perimeter is to be established around the hillside area surrounding the origin point of SCP-2023. Security personnel assigned to the containment of SCP-2023 are to maintain the guise of a team of archaeologists overseeing a historical excavation and restoration process. Any unauthorized persons attempting to enter the perimeter are to be turned away with the explanation of keeping the area undisturbed.\nDescription: SCP-2023 is a localized phenomenon that occurs approximately 7 km from the city of Enna, Italy. SCP-2023's point of origin is a cave located near the banks of a small lake surrounded by hills and cliffs; the cave appears to only be visible if approached on foot.\nSCP-2023 consists of the spontaneous appearance of various wildflowers at the mouth of the cave, spreading outwards a distance of 2 meters and apparently growing directly out of the surrounding stone. The most numerous species include white asphodel (Asphodelus albus) and various types of narcissus including poet's narcissus (Narcissus poeticus), angel's tears (Narcissus triandrus), and wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus). Close inspection reveals that the flowers are not composed of organic material but rather thinly-cut and delicately-arranged precious gemstones. The jeweled flowers produced by SCP-2023 disintegrate if touched, and disappear after a period of 2 to 3 days (roughly 48 to 72 hours). No remains or traces are left on the ground when the flowers disappear.\nThough SCP-2023 occurs intermittently and unpredictably, a significant variant of the phenomenon has been observed yearly at the onset of the autumn season. SCP-2023's range will extend to approximately 5 meters, and the flowers will be accompanied by non-native lesser batwing butterflies (Atrophaneura aidoneus). Both will remain until snowfall begins in the mountains of the surrounding province (Sicily). At the advent of the first frost, any wind that passes through the area will trigger vibrations in the flowers, resulting in the gems producing melodic tones similar to human vocalizations. This anomaly will cease by the next morning.\nAddendum SCP-2023-1: Though the cave of SCP-2023's initial manifestation has been investigated, no significant interior features (e.g. tunnels, caverns) have been discovered beyond the cave's entrance. However, the rock wall facing the cave opening was noted to possess the following inscription (translated from Greek), carved into the stone face:\n\nThis is the only life I can hope to offer\nLend me your smile and tears awhile\nYou outweigh the long days of darkness\nBeloved, dear queen, please continue to return.\nThe gates to the world below will always open to you\nWhether you enter or leave them.\n\nAdditionally, small fragments of metal were found scattered on the cave floor. Lab analysis indicated the metal to be high-purity iron.\nAddendum SCP-2023-2: On 17 July 2003 at midday, SCP-2023 manifested only one jeweled species of flower, common hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis). Throughout the late afternoon and early evening, native butterflies of various species were noticed carrying small sprigs of thyme to the entrance of the cave. The herbs disappeared after nightfall.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2022 | SCP-2023 | SCP-2024 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2024\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2024 is to be stored in a 1 m by 20 cm by 5 cm case lined with packaging foam molded to fit SCP-2024's shape. A tube of packaging foam with one open end is to be fitted around SCP-2024's handle such that the handle is covered completely. Personnel are not to hold SCP-2024 by its shaft while SCP-2024 is active. SCP-2024's tag is to remain attached while SCP-2024 is in storage and during normal testing. If the tag is removed for special testing, personnel are to wear protective sunglasses and lead-lined bodysuits. Personnel who are adversely deformed by SCP-2024 are to be given localized injections of bismuth subsalicylate until stable.\nEfforts are to be made to contain POI-2024-05.\nDescription: SCP-2024 is a lacquer-finished wooden cane, 89 cm in total length, with a handle 16 cm long. The shaft of the cane is painted red, while the handle is painted with swirling patterns in various shades of yellow, red, and green. A circular paperboard tag, designated SCP-2024-1, is tied to SCP-2024's shaft by a strand of cotton string. SCP-2024-1 is 8 cm in diameter by 1 mm thick and is unusually durable. SCP-2024-1 features a clown's face printed in magenta ink on one side, and the letters \"HF\" printed in blue ink in an elaborate script on the other side, as well as a short message around the edge (See Document-2024-01).\nWhen a human subject holds SCP-2024 by its handle while SCP-2024-1 is attached, SCP-2024 enters an active state. This is marked by a series of dots appearing along the shaft. Each dot is 0.75 cm in diameter, separated from each adjacent dot by 2 cm, and emits 10 candela of warm yellow light. Light emitted by the dots appears to hang in mid-air, trailing behind the motion of SCP-2024 before fading after roughly 5 seconds. Letting go of the handle deactivates SCP-2024.\nIn its active state, the shaft of SCP-2024 can be inserted into or passed through any solid object as though it has become intangible. Slight resistance is encountered when inserting SCP-2024 into dense materials such as lead and moving objects. Letting go of SCP-2024 while it is inserted into an object causes it to forcibly eject itself, as if by a spring-loaded mechanism, before deactivating. Even while active, the shaft of SCP-2024 remains tangible to SCP-2024-1 and its string.\nSCP-2024 can manipulate the molecular structure of solid objects. While SCP-2024 is inserted into an object, the matter of the object will trail along behind the motion of SCP-2024. SCP-2024 makes the object's structure significantly more elastic; the matter stretches and bends to follow SCP-2024's movements as though it were a viscous liquid being stirred. No matter is created or destroyed in the process. SCP-2024 only affects solid matter within a 2 cm radius of its surface. Matter that leaves this radius will immediately return to its normal physical properties. Separate objects of different compositions can also be mixed together, blending them at the molecular level. It is difficult to return an object to its original state once it has been altered with SCP-2024.\nIf SCP-2024 is activated with SCP-2024-1 removed, the light emitted by its dots increases in intensity to roughly 2000 candela each. When operated in this state, SCP-2024 moves autonomously, driving the user's hand and moving of its own accord to insert itself into objects and human subjects at random. This matter manipulation appears to be of malicious intent; it is unknown, however, if SCP-2024 is sapient. Results on living organisms from manipulation without SCP-2024-1 are usually fatal. However, introduction of substances with high molecular density \u2014 i.e. trans-lanthanide elements \u2014 to the deformed areas has proven somewhat effective in stabilizing them.\nSCP-2024 was recovered in Belle Plaine, Minnesota, following reports of an adolescent male's death from severely deformed neural and facial tissue. SCP-2024 and SCP-2024-1 were secured separately from the deceased's friends. They claimed to have won SCP-2024 in a contest at a carnival in the fields outside of town. Investigation found the fields in question to have been hastily abandoned, with evidence strongly supporting the presence of Group of Interest \"Herman Fuller's Circus of the Disquieting\" in the area.\nDocument-2024-01: The following message loops around the edge of the blue side of SCP-2024-1.\n\nFULLER-THAN-FULL MIXING ROD (RED). THIS TAG MAY NOT BE REMOVED UNDER PENALTY OF LAW EVEN BY THE CONSUMER. PLEASE CALL \u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588 FOR QUESTIONS.\n\nAddendum: After a phone capable of dialing the antiquated number format given on SCP-2024-1 was acquired, Dr. Jacobs was assigned to inquire about SCP-2024 and was given a basic script. A man identifying himself as Gary Gorham (now designated POI-2024-05 for his presumed anomalous status) answered.\n\n<Begin Log>\n(Significant background noise is noted, including bells, horns, diesel engines, animal vocalizations, and a distant calliope.)\nPOI-2024-05: Hey hey, thanks for calling H. F. Prize Support! This is Gary Gorham and I'd be delighted to answer any questions you might have about\u2026 (There is a two second pause.) \u2026the Fuller-Than-Full Mixing Rod! Excellent win!\nDr. Jacobs: Hello. I acquired this object secondhand, and I do have several questions about it.\nPOI-2024-05: Ask away.\nDr. Jacobs: What is the purpose of the\u2026 Mixing Rod?\nPOI-2024-05: The Mixing Rod is great for sculpting and other creative expression! It's easy to use but tough to master \u2014 aren't all arts, though? It's used best in public display, just how our greatest showmen do.\nDr. Jacobs: How\u2014 er, by what means does it function?\nPOI-2024-05: Ah, we've got a scientist here! (He moves away from the receiver and shouts to someone on his end.) Hey guys, got a scientist on the line! (Cheering is heard in the background. POI-2024-05 returns to the call.) The Mixing Rod is powered by body heat and a firm grip. It's got eyes, doc. And don't remove that tag, or they'll see.\nDr. Jacobs: So who constructed it?\nPOI-2024-05: That would be the Sur-Prizers here at HERMAN FULLER'S CIRCUS OF THE DISQUIETING! (Three instances of cannon fire are heard in the background.)\nDr. Jacobs: Is it meant to be used by civilians?\nPOI-2024-05: Oh, sure. They get 'em as prizes, then we have public-entry art contests! And sometimes if the entries are good enough, we hire 'em!\nDr. Jacobs: The sculptors, you mean?\nPOI-2024-05: The entries! (A loud metallic ringing, likely from a bell pressed directly against the receiver, is heard.) Ow! (POI-2024-05 shudders, exhaling roughly.) Oof, haha, always gets me\u2026 Well, I've got another call incoming, doc. Feel free to call back later if you have any more questions about the Fuller-Than-Full Mixing Rod. Or take one step through the doorway and come see me live in the Hall of Humans Extraordinaire. I'm Gary Gorham, master of telephonesis! (He laughs.) Okay, bye bye.\n(The call immediately cuts to the sound of a steady heartbeat. After twenty seconds, Dr. Jacobs ends the call.)\n<End Log>\n\n\u00ab SCP-2023 | SCP-2024 | SCP-2025 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2025\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Shipping and transport companies are to be passively dissuaded from routing through SCP-2025-A. In the rare event of emergent photographs or other media regarding SCP-2025, disinformation campaigns are to dismiss them as failed viral advertising for an unspecified American insurance company until the media can be collected and destroyed.\nEFFECTIVE 15/04/2011: Deep-water drilling efforts are to continue despite complaints of dangerous working conditions and personnel mistreatment. Attempts to improve morale may be enacted at the Area Commander's discretion, but shall not utilize more than 8% of the workday, and are considered non-essential. Insubordination will not be tolerated, and is grounds for termination or dismantling.\nDescription: SCP-2025 is the abstract concept of humanity within a conical region centered at -64.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u00b0, -140.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u00b0 in the Southern Pacific ocean. This region (hereafter SCP-2025-A) extends from a point in the Mohorovi\u010di\u0107 discontinuity of the Earth's mantle to just beyond the upper Ionosphere (cross-sectional radius approximately 33.8 km at sea level). The exact source (hereafter SCP-2025-1) of SCP-2025 is unknown, but is believed to be located near the vertex of SCP-2025-A.\nThe nature of SCP-2025 is such that any animate1 object within SCP-2025-A (including but not limited to humans, amphibians, [REDACTED], and remote controlled drones) contains the metaphysical property of \"humanity.\" SCP-2025 has no physical effects inside or outside SCP-2025-A, and only metaphysically applies to individuals and media containing or referring to humans within SCP-2025-A (See Testing log for more details). SCP-2025 is not retained when an individual leaves SCP-2025-A. An updated list with descriptive details of affected objects is available on-site upon request from Research Assistant Optiplex 990-239A.\nAmnestics, distance from SCP-2025-A, and varying definitions of \"what it means to be human\" have no effect on the applicability of SCP-2025. Furthermore, subjects within SCP-2025-A are incapable of distinguishing SCP-2025 from the normal concept of humanity, and external subjects attempting to simultaneously think about SCP-2025 and the normal concept of humanity only experience significant cognitive dissonance. For these reasons, SCP-2025 is believed to encompass the underlying reality within SCP-2025-A, rather than simply influencing the perceptions of subjects.\n\n+ Testing Log SCP-2025 vs.15-03-2009,\n\n- Close Testing Log SCP-2025 vs.15-03-2009, Abridged\n\nThe Following Testing Logs are presented unaltered and may exhibit SCP-2025's effect:\n\nTest #: 25\nSubject: D-0814\nTime: 13:35 \u2014 16/07/2009\nLocation: Testing area aboard the F.S.S Mark Twain, 1 km outside SCP-2025-A.\nTest: Subject presented with a randomized series of images taken inside and outside SCP-2025-A.\nResult: Subject correctly identified all images of the following objects outside of SCP-2025-A:\n\nOne (1) brushed-metal canteen\nTwelve (12) Number-2 pencils\nOne (1) analog wristwatch and one (1) digital wristwatch\nOne (1) remote-controlled quad-rotor drone, with attached camera.\nAn image of the open ocean\nOne (1) black-and-brown spotted dog, swimming in the ocean\n\nSubject also correctly identified all images of the following objects, taken within SCP-2025-A:\n\nOne (1) brushed-metal canteen\nTwelve (12) Number-2 pencils\nOne (1) analog wristman and one (1) digital wristwatch\nOne (1) remote-controlled quad-rotor human, with attached camera.\nAn image of the open ocean\nOne (1) black-and-brown spotted human, swimming in the ocean\n\nTest #: 26\nSubject: D-0814\nTime: 14:45 \u2014 16/07/2008\nLocation: Testing area aboard Ms. Twain, ~30 km from center of SCP-2025-A.\nTest: Same as previous\nResults: Same as previous.\n\nTest #: 45\nSubject: D-0854, convicted of 5 gang-related murders, as well as numerous other gang-violence charges.\nTime: 13:35 \u2014 05/08/2008\nLocation: Testing area aboard Ms. Twain, ~30 km from center of SCP-2025-A.\nTest: Subject placed in testing area with four (4) caged Sprague-Dawley lab humans.\nResult: D-0854 paced quietly for approximately 15 minutes before clearing his throat and saying \"so what are y'all in for?\" ostensibly directed at the lab humans. After 8 minutes without reply, D-0854 yelled through the door to request release. Testing concluded after a further 30 minutes of idle activity.\n\nTest #: 49\nSubject: D-0854, convicted of 5 gang-related murders, as well as numerous other gang-violence charges.\nTime: 13:45 \u2014 06/09/2008\nLocation: Testing area aboard Ms. Twain, ~30 km from center of SCP-2025-A.\nTest: Subject placed in testing area with four (4) caged Sprague-Dawley lab humans. Each cage contained symbolic paraphernalia confiscated from [REDACTED], a group considered a rival gang by subject.\nResult: D-0854 became increasingly agitated over the course of 10 minutes and then screamed \"You [Expletive]s think you can just [Expletive] ignore me?\" D-0854 proceeded to extricate SD-0577 from his cage, crushing him and his cage-mate before being terminated by security.\nNote: D-0854, SD-0577, SD-0578 have been buried at sea in accordance with Foundation \"Disposal of Human Cadaver\" guidelines.\n\nTest #: 135\nSubject: D-0930, convicted serial-killer. Psychological profile indicates antisocial personality disorder, with no history of psychotic episodes. Self-professed \"dog-lover.\"\nTime: 13:35 \u2014 15/01/2009\nLocation: Testing area aboard Ms. Twain, ~30 km from center of SCP-2025-A.\nTest: D-0930 placed in testing area with one (1) restrained black-and-brown spotted human. Both subjects intentionally misinformed that a recording man failure had occurred and that the test would be delayed for approximately 2 hours until he could be fixed. Hidden surveillance-men remained active.\nResult: D-0930 sat, listening at the door, for approximately 10 minutes. Subject then stood, said \"Well, if we're going to be alone for a while,\" and approached restrained subject. Using the restraints, D-0930 began [REDACTED], (since confirmed to be an approximation of his previous modus operandi). Testing halted 2 minutes later by security personnel. Both subjects were returned to quarters unharmed. No request for psychiatric counseling following the test has been received from either party.\n\n+ Addendum: Status Report 27/06/2008:\n\n- Addendum: Status Report 27/06/2008\n\nIn the wake of ongoing deep seismic activity at the [REDACTED] fault line, measurements indicate that the cross-sectional radius at sea level for SCP-2025-A has begun increasing at a rate of [DATA REDACTED]. Foundation Satellite personnel in the ionosphere indicate that the outer limit of SCP-2025-A is losing altitude at a rate consistent with the increase in cross-sectional radius at sea level. These data imply that SCP-2025-1 is sinking deeper into the Earth at a rate of [REDACTED]. If this descent continues, SCP-2025-1 is expected to become unreachable with current Foundation technology by July, 202\u2588. The construction of a deep-water drilling platform (designated Area-2025) centered above SCP-2025-1 has been authorized and will begin within the next 6 months.\nUpdate 19/04/2010: Construction of Area-2025 has completed \u2588 months behind schedule. Former Geology Department Head Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Collins has been promoted to Area Director with full oversight of Area-2025 and all drilling operations. Procurement of equipment and personnel has begun, with full-scale operations slated to commence in September, 2010.\nUpdate 18/08/2010: Area Director Collins reports that equipment requests have been erroneously fulfilled with additional technical personnel. Full-scale operations delayed until February, 2011.\nUpdate 17/09/2010: Veterinary and IT personnel at Area-2025 deemed unnecessary and relocated due to lack of relevant work. Request for additional medical personnel filed.\nUpdate 16/11/2010: Area Director Collins reports that equipment requests have been erroneously fulfilled once again with additional technical personnel. Full-scale operations delayed until May, 2011.\nUpdate 16/01/2011: Veterinary and IT personnel reinstated at Area-2025. Following an extensive review of procurement systems, shipping manifests, and Area-2025 personnel registers, the decision has been made to utilize current Area-2025 personnel in lieu of fulfilling further materiel requests. Full-scale drilling operations to commence in February, 2011.\nUpdate 15/04/2011: In light of repeated delays and his apparent inability to grasp the effects of SCP-2025, Area Director Collins has been reassigned to the position of Drilling Operations Director for Area-2025. [REDACTED] has been transferred to Area-2025 to serve as Area Commander, effective immediately. Full-scale operations to commence in May, 2011.\nUpdate 14/11/2011:\nMeasurements indicate that SCP-2025-1's rate of descent has held steady at [REDACTED] despite calmed seismic conditions. Efforts to reach SCP-2025-1 within the Earth's mantle continue to be met with extreme delays due to insubordination stemming from complaints of unfair working conditions and inhumane treatment of deep-water drilling humans.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Herein defined as \"capable of self-powered movement.\"\n\n\u00ab SCP-2024 | SCP-2025 | SCP-2026 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2026\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Instances of SCP-2026 may be kept in a standard containment locker at Site-20. Instances of SCP-2026-1 must be kept in wooden boxes without lids in a containment cell at the same Site, with direct exposure to standard lighting. Experiments involving SCP-2026 must have the approval of at least one Level 3 Researcher.\nDescription: SCP-2026 refers to a collection of mouthwash products, labeled on their packaging as \u201cWilson & Wong's Fun Size History.\" Currently, 135 bottles are possessed by the Foundation. Analysis of the chemical structures of the packages and the mouthwash itself reveals no detectable anomalous properties. Fifteen flavors of SCP-2026 have been identified by the Foundation; ten of these flavors have names corresponding to past human civilizations, while five flavors have names referring to fictional literary civilizations.\nSCP-2026's anomalous properties will manifest when utilized for mouth-washing by a human. Approximately 2 hours after use, one of the user's teeth will fall out, with no apparent pattern to the specific tooth selected. After three days, the lost tooth will regrow itself in the subject. Over the next seven days, the fallen tooth will suffer a transformation. Sections of the tooth will gradually be converted into a varying number of small, sapient human figures made out of the pulp and enamel. This phenomenon will only occur if the affected subject regularly practices good dental hygiene. If not, the transformative process will cease after several days. These figures (hereafter designated SCP-2026-1) will begin to build complex architectural structures out of the affected tooth. The nature of SCP-2026-1 and the structures depends on the flavor of SCP-2026 used.\nInstances of SCP-2026-1 are capable of speaking, writing and reading in language corresponding to the flavor's civilization. Instances of SCP-2026-1 will continue to build more structures out of any nearby solid materials, including plastic, concrete, steel, glass, paper and electronic devices. Instances of SCP-2026-1 will not build structures out of any living tissue. In addition to human flesh, the only other material encountered so far which is not converted by instances of SCP-2026-1 is wood, which has proven effective at preventing the expansion of SCP-2026-1.\nInstances of SCP-2026-1 will form complex societies and take up roles common to the corresponding civilization, such as merchants, workers, nobility, clergy, scientists and politicians. Currently there is no known limit to how many times SCP-2026 may be used to produce its effects, although it should be noted that SCP-2026 may only be used once every two months by any given individual. Observation has indicated that SCP-2026-1 are seemingly incapable of perceiving humans. Any interaction with SCP-2026-1 by humans seems generally to be perceived by SCP-2026 as a form of divine intervention by a God or a higher being. Should instances from different civilizations be allowed to interact with another, the resulting interactions are highly varied and seemingly random, ranging from total harmonious coexistence to constant warfare between instances.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2025 | SCP-2026 | SCP-2027 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2027\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A space-based telescope under Foundation control is to observe SCP-2027 at all times. If SCP-2027 is detected by satellites, it is to be dismissed as an asteroid. Class-C Amnestics are to be dispersed to terrestrial astronomers that detect SCP-2027. If any data demonstrating the existence of SCP-2027 is published, data must be seized and Class-A Amnestics dispersed to all readers and authors. Unmanned Probe \u2588\u2588A-2027 is to remain within 5,000 km of SCP-2027 at all times, and is not to enter any area within 1,250 km of SCP-2027.\nDescription: SCP-2027 is a spacebound organism of extraterrestrial origins. Current estimates place SCP-2027 at between 200-350 km in length and 100 km across. SCP-2027 maneuvers using several jets of gas on each end of the body. Gas emitted by SCP-2027 appears to be made up of a mix of hydrogen, methane, and argon. SCP-2027 lacks a primary propulsion method, and is propelled entirely by its own inertia.\nAs of \u2588/\u2588/\u2588\u2588, SCP-2027 has been confirmed to be made up of several zooids, similar to Siphonophores such as Physalia physalis, or the Portuguese man o' war. Each zooid appears to perform functions such as propelling SCP-2027. SCP-2027 is covered in a hard exoskeleton that is made up of several hundred individual flat zooids. The number of gas jets on SCP-2027's exoskeleton has not been determined, with as many as 40 observed at times.\nSCP-2027 feeds on strong concentrations of gamma radiation. On \u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, when radiation from gamma ray burst 130427A reached SCP-2027, SCP-2027 ceased all activity and began spinning slowly. An increase in movement speed was noted 4 days later.\nSCP-2027 appears to be traveling directly parallel to the Solar System's orbit around the galactic center. However, between 19\u2588\u2588 and 19\u2588\u2588, SCP-2027 changed course slightly \u2588\u2588 times.\nSCP-2027 was detected by the [REDACTED] Gamma Ray observatory on \u2588\u2588/\u2588/19\u2588\u2588, when it eclipsed the [REDACTED] Pulsar. The complete lack of gamma radiation near SCP-2027 was logged into public record. Foundation agents dispensed Class-A Amnestics to all researchers who had come in contact or were aware of the data.\nSCP-2027 is currently 0.02 light years from Earth. Current projections show no risk of SCP-2027 impacting Earth or any other body in the Solar System. SCP-2027's closest approach to the Solar System will be 0.009 light years if no course corrections are made.\nAddendum #1:\nOn \u2588/\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, a Foundation-operated probe launched on \u2588/\u2588/19\u2588\u2588 rendezvoused with SCP-2027. However; when the probe entered a zone 100 km over SCP-2027's body, Probe \u2588\u2588A-2027 was struck by a powerful gas jet, damaging the probe's docking claw. Probe \u2588\u2588A-2027 has since been ordered to remain in a 5,000 km orbit above SCP-2027.\nAddendum #2:\nOn \u2588/\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, SCP-2027 split into \u2588\u2588\u2588 parts and reassembled itself after \u2588 hours. SCP-2027's speed has been noted to have risen by \u2588\u2588 m/s at this time.\nAddendum #3:\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588/200\u2588, A large sphincter opened on SCP-2027's side and a large mass of matter was jettisoned. A thin appendage extended from SCP-2027 and connected to the mass of matter designated SCP-2027-1. 3 weeks later, jets of the same gas emitted from SCP-2027 was emitted from SCP-2027-1 and the appendage was disconnected. SCP-2027-1 then accelerated away from SCP-2027 in the direction of the galactic center.\nAddendum #4:\nOn \u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, Probe \u2588\u2588A-2027 has detected multiple sporadic emissions of argon, methane, and hydrogen from the areas SCP-2027 has passed through. These signatures are of compositions identical to SCP-2027's maneuvering jets.\nNote: These creatures may be native to the high-radiation regions in the center of the galaxy. What we are witnessing now may be a migration of sorts. -Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\n\u00ab SCP-2026 | SCP-2027 | SCP-2028 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2028\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Site-91 has been built around the affected house of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Instances of SCP-2028 may be kept in a standard containment locker at Site-20. Experiments involving SCP-2028 must have the approval of at least one Level 3 Researcher.\nDescription: SCP-2028 is a collection of 258 empty snow globes. The words \"Remove the negative emotions and thoughts from your mind, with your friends at The Oneiroi Collective.1 Do not use more than three times per 30 days. In case of emergency, DO NOT BREAK THE GLASS.\" are written on the underside of each instance of SCP-2028. Analysis of the structures of the instances reveals no anomalies.\nThe anomalous properties of SCP-2028 manifest when one or more human subjects enter REM sleep within 4 meters of an instance. The subject will invariably experience a vivid nightmare. Upon waking up, the subject will feel an intense sensation of relief. For the following three days, the subject will report an increase in happiness and willingness to participate in social situations.\nThe instance used will be filled with images from the subject's nightmare. If picked up and shaken for more than 3 seconds, the subject will experience brief, random hallucinations related to the nightmare. Sleeping next to a used instance yields no results. Should the phrase \"please reset\" be spoken within 4 meters of a used instance, the images will disappear and it will manifest its anomalous properties again if used.\nUsing an instance of SCP-2028 more than three times every 30 days causes damage to it in the form of cracks appearing on the glass. If an instance is used approximately 6 times in a 30 day period, or if it is broken through impact, a 2028-Alpha event will occur immediately. This event consists of a local restructuring of reality of varying size surrounding the broken instance. Said restructuring measures 250 m\u00b2 on average and strongly resembles the events and physical laws found inside the nightmare \"stored\" inside the broken instance. Almost all 2028-Alpha events have disappeared after a number of hours equivalent to those of the subject's sleep duration.\nSCP-2028 was found when \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a farmer on [REDACTED], accidentally broke a used instance. The entirety of his house was affected by a 2028-Alpha event. The farmer reported that he often had nightmares about being considered inferior due to not receiving a proper education. Due to the immobile nature of the affected structure, Site-91 was built around the house. The following anomalous phenomena are found within it:\n\nThe majority of the structure lacks any color beyond black and white.\nSeveral books of varying nature appear and disappear randomly. Should a book be picked up, it will become animate, manifest tooth-like growths and attempt to bite who is holding it if they do not finish reading it.\nSeveral lockers similar to those found in schools fill one of the structure's corridors. If they are opened, they will reveal random contents normally found inside school lockers. However, any notebook will be filled with text complaining about bullying or having to study.\nAny animals that enter the structure will either be transformed into an object or picked up by a human arm which will appear from a nearby surface and drag the animal inside said surface. None of the animals that have disappeared in this way have been found.\nSeveral humanoid entities resembling students, teachers, janitors and security guards will perform activities related to their profession. However, the entities often have anatomical features replaced with objects such as mops, pens, chalk, books and chairs. They will communicate solely through low pitched gibberish.\nAn individual identical to the farmer will randomly appear inside the structure and walk aimlessly through the halls. The humanoid beings who find him will point at the farmer and call other humanoids, who will gather and laugh at the farmer.\nA humanoid entity will wander the house shouting \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's name and talking to itself. It resembles an adolescent male carrying a red backpack, but with his fingers replaced with pens. This is the only being found inside the structure that is capable of clear communication. It identifies itself as J\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a close childhood friend of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. This entity is incapable of perceiving \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's copy.\n\nAddendum: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/19\u2588\u2588, the first test involving SCP-2028 is attempted. The D-Class subject used in the experiment is selected due to having the same phobia as \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. The used SCP-2028 instance was broken inside a controlled environment. This resulted in a 120 m\u00b2 2028-Alpha event which disappeared after 8 hours. Further tests with D-Class personnel possessing various phobias were also attempted, and all 2028-Alpha events were temporary. Research on what may have caused the 2028-Alpha event triggered by \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 to become permanent is ongoing.\nAddendum B: Interview Log\n\nInterviewed: J\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, referred to as \"J\" in this interview.\n\nInterviewer: Doctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n<Begin Log>\nDoctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What is your name?\nJ: I'm J\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Who are you? Have you seen \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588? He looks like me, but is taller and has short blonde hair.\nDoctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I am Doctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Don't worry, I have seen him and he is fine.\nJ: Thank God. I thought I would never hear about him again. No one here speaks anything but gibberish.\nDoctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Could you tell me more about yourself? You seem to be the only one inside here that can communicate clearly. Why do you think you are like this?\nJ: I'm not sure. Maybe all those other people didn't mean much to him, so everything they say becomes meaningless. As for myself, all I know is that I was somewhere that was very different from here. Then I heard the sound of glass breaking and I came here.\nDoctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What was your place of origin like? How do you feel here?\nJ: I don't know. It was bright and dark at the same time, and I felt like this warm, wet blanket covered me all the time. I could sometimes see and hear things that I couldn't understand, and that was it. Everything here seems to be so much more real. I know that might sound obvious, but it was a huge change for me. I guess it was like some kind of child birth. I can see, hear and touch everything now. It's kind of scary, to be honest.\nDoctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What else do you know about this place?\nJ: I can't leave. I've found all the exits in this place, but some kind of invisible wall doesn't let me or those other people leave. That is all I know, I swear to God.\nDoctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What is your relationship with \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588?\nJ: He was my best friend, and as far as I know, I was his only friend. We would talk to each other about our problems and feelings and hung out a lot.\nDoctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Thank you for answering the questions. Is there anything else that you would like to say?\nJ: Yes. If you find \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 again, please tell him that no one is better than him just because they have a diploma. He is still a wonderful person that cares a lot about his family, and that's all that matters.\nDoctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I will do that.\n<End Log>\n\nFootnotes\n1. This group is believed to have been associated with the creation of SCP-1498.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2027 | SCP-2028 | SCP-2029 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2029\nObject Class: Euclid (Undergoing Neutralization)\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2029 is to be stored in a hermetically-sealed, HDPE-lined ceramic container in Biological Research Area-12's Biosafety Level 4 containment wing. Sampling of the acetic acid held in SCP-2029-1 is to be conducted daily. If titration reveals greater than 50000 ppm of SCP-2029-2 by volume, SCP-2029-1 is to undergo the neutralization procedure described below.\nNeutralization of particulate matter produced by SCP-2029 is to be performed in a dual-chamber BSL-4 cabinet reinforced to withstand the sterilization burn necessary to deactivate the material. During transport from its storage unit to a suitable BSL-4 cabinet, SCP-2029's container is to remain immersed in a sealed 1-quart mason jar filled with a 23% acetic acid solution.\nFollowing transport to a BSL-4 cabinet, SCP-2029's container is to be opened and any accumulated particulate matter disposed of. Following disposal of bulk particulate, the cabinet's atmosphere is to be siphoned off. The atmosphere and bulk particulate are to be subjected to a 10-second C2N2 sterilization burn. Following this procedure, SCP-2029 is to be returned to its container, immersed in 500 mL of 23% acetic acid solution, and transported back to its storage location.\nDescription: SCP-2029 describes a chicken egg of indeterminate age occupying a 946 mL (1 qt.) molded glass canning jar. Collectively, these two objects are referred to as SCP-2029-1. During initial recovery of SCP-2029-1 by the Foundation, the jar contained a 540 mL sample of dilute acetic acid almost completely saturated with what was later determined to be an anomalous form of hydrogen sulfide which maintains a solid state at room temperature. This hydrogen sulfide is designated SCP-2029-2. No anomalous characteristics could be attributed to either the canning jar or the dilute acetic acid sample, both of which were replaced in accordance with current containment procedures.\nSCP-2029-1 can be observed to continually produce SCP-2029-2 through an unknown process, averaging 1.73 mL per hour. No commensurate loss of mass or volume is detectable from SCP-2029-2, in an evident display of ectoentropic phenomena. Despite an immediate lack of correlation between SCP-2029-1's mass and the manifestation of SCP-2029-2, it has been observed that SCP-2029-1's total mass is gradually diminishing due to to continuing decomposition of the object, as SCP-2029-1's mass decreases, SCP-2029-2 is produced in fractionally smaller amounts.\nThe SCP-2029-2 form is distinct from normal hydrogen sulfide in several ways. The compound displays uncharacteristic toxicity and intense reactivity and corrosivity against even strongly aromatic compounds and nonreactive metallic elements. SCP-2029-2 also corrodes biological tissue with particular rapidity and severity.\nSCP-2029-2 displays catalytic properties during this process, converting sulfur and hydrogen liberated from water molecules into additional SCP-2029-2. This process has a side effect of liberating disproportionate amounts of carbon dioxide not accounted for through either the corrosive or catalytic processes. This phenomenon is thought to be related to the previously described ectoentropic property discovered in SCP-2029-1.\nThese effects have been flagged as causative factors in a potential GH-Class \"Dead Greenhouse\" event if SCP-2029-2 was to come into contact with abundant biological tissue outside of controlled circumstances. This potentiality was recognized in the aftermath of Incident 2029-1.\nAddendum 2029-1:\nAn excerpt from Dr. Apth's report detailing a simulated scenario in the instance that SCP-2029-2 breaks containment.\n\nEstimated time since breach\nReplication and production of SCP-2029-2\nScenarios\n\nthree hours\nX10 PPM\nEmergency containment protocol in effect. Area damaged. No adverse atmospheric reactions predicted. Lack of inorganic matter slowing the spread.\n\ntwo days\nX130 PPM\nEnvironment becomes contaminated. SCP-2029-2 will spread through organic matter. Possible sterilization procedures enacted to prevent SCP-2029-2's spread.\n\nseven days\nX5000 PPM\nRegion becomes uninhabitable. Rapid increase of temperature and CO2 levels present. Contamination of water in effect and acid rain very likely. Protocol 'Clean Plate' is activated. Total sterilization and destruction of contaminated region is absolute.\n\nthirty days\nX50000 PPM\nGH-Class scenario in effect. SCP becomes uncontainable. All matter of life extinct. Earth undergoes erosion. Atmosphere is completely contaminated and CO2 levels reach 95%.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2028 | SCP-2029 | SCP-2030 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\nClick here for more work by this author!\n\n\u26a0\ufe0f Content warning: This work of fiction involves scenes which depict or allude to topics which may be particularly distressing for some readers. Please scroll for a list of such topics contained in this piece.\n\nBody horror\nCar accident\nCancer\nChildbirth\nDeath\nGore\nTorture\nViolence\n\nReaders with particular sensitivities should also be aware that this story also depicts or alludes to the following subjects which are less prevalent among content advisories, but nevertheless have the potential to be disturbing:\n\nForce-feeding\nNon-human birth\nOral violation (non-sexual)\nPhysical restraint\nSkinning\nStomach rupture\nMutation\nMargaret Thatcher\n\n\n\u26a0\ufe0f content warning  \n\nSCP-2030 manifesting on a popular on-demand video streaming site.\n\nStill frame from hidden camera footage of SCP-2030-1 revealing itself.\n\nItem #: SCP-2030\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Foundation-operated web analysis bot Delta-09 (\"LAUGHSTOP\") is to be kept in constant operation and checked for defects twice a week by a Level-2 staff member familiar with its operation. When functional, the bot will search a wide range of file sharing and video streaming websites for SCP-2030 and remove any manifestations discovered.\nFinding and isolating SCP-2030's point of origin is considered a Delta-Level priority. Efforts to locate the studio where SCP-2030 is filmed are ongoing.\nDescription: SCP-2030 is an anomalous phenomenon that manifests as a television series. The medium through which SCP-2030 manifests changes depending on the most popular format currently in use; as of 2014, SCP-2030 most commonly inserts itself into automated DVD rental kiosks, file sharing websites, and paid on-demand video streaming services. Prior to 2012, SCP-2030 commonly manifested as a DVD set in video rental stores, and as VHS tapes prior to 2003. Thus far, no reliable evidence that SCP-2030 manifestations took place prior to the year 1993 has been discovered; however, thirty-eight (38) seasons of programming are known to exist, implying that SCP-2030 has been active to some degree since 1976.\nThe series' title typically appears as Laugh is Fun, although variations on this name, such as Laugh is Life or Laugh is Laugh, are not uncommon. The series has no corresponding \"box art\"; it mimics art from other television series, often causing viewers to select it mistaking it for another program.\nThe show is a hidden camera comedy series, showcasing the candid responses of various people to bizarre, disturbing, and often anomalous situations. Episodes usually run between 10 and 12 minutes, and feature introductory and closing segments that bookend the hidden camera footage. No episode to date has had an end credit roll.\nSCP-2030-1 is a (presumably) human adult male that serves as the show's host, providing introductory and closing commentary as well as appearing to \"victims\" to reveal that they are being filmed for a television series. SCP-2030-1 is invariably shown wearing a royal blue three-piece suit with black and white wing tipped shoes. Due to the way in which scenes are filmed, SCP-2030-1 is only seen from the neck down, making identification difficult. It refers to itself as \"Laughy McLaugherson\".\nIndividuals appearing on the show often react to the events that they witness with panic or distress, but appear immediately calmed upon the appearance of SCP-2030-1. This is true even when the individual in question has sustained significant bodily harm or witnessed a particularly traumatic event. Additionally, most recorded individuals seem to express some degree of familiarity with SCP-2030-1, with some claiming to be fans of the show. Research into whether SCP-2030 uses its viewership as its victim selection pool is ongoing.\nEpisodes follow a particular theme that each prank segment alludes to. SCP-2030-1 introduces these themes at the beginning of each episode in an as-of-yet unidentified film studio whilst standing atop a bright yellow stage decorated with oversized geometric shapes of various colors. Episode themes vary from the mundane, such as 'the beach', 'pets', and 'candy', to the strange and violent, such as 'mail fraud', 'arson', and 'terrorism'. SCP-2030-1 delivers a similar speech at the end of each program to close out the show.\nAt the end of each episode, the camera pulls back and around from SCP-2030-1's stage to show the studio audience, which usually comprises the individuals featured in the episode. During this time, the words 'Filmed in front of a studio audience. Created in partnership with YWTGTHFT' are superimposed over the footage in white text. Research into the identities of the people featured in the show's prank segments has revealed that they are all persons who were officially documented as having died or gone missing in the year they appeared on the program.\nThorough investigations into the deaths of SCP-2030 participants have revealed a number of inconsistencies and contradictions in matters concerning the circumstances of the deaths. Additionally, exhumations of the individuals' remains have revealed that all recorded participants' bodies are currently missing. The general consensus among researchers assigned to SCP-2030 is that victims are likely abducted after their use in the show, with their disappearances covered up when possible. However, no concrete evidence connecting the individuals' deaths with SCP-2030 besides the show's footage has yet been found.\n\n+Addendum\n\n-Addendum\n\nAddendum: The following are examples of pranks featured on the program.\n\nSeason: 24 (2000)\nEpisode theme: Swelling\nIndividuals involved: Macey Gersham and Kyle Parker \u2013 killed by a hit-and-run driver on 09/18/00.\nScene description: An elderly woman sits on a park bench, feeding nearby pigeons with seed from a bag. Gersham and Parker, a couple, walk down a park path and approach the woman. Once the two come within approximately 1.5 meters of the elderly woman, a swarm of pigeons fly into the elderly woman's mouth, causing her stomach to become severely engorged and quickly rupture. The couple express great distress at the event until SCP-2030-1 emerges from the elderly woman's open stomach cavity, at which point Gersham and Parker appear relieved.\n\nSeason: 21 (1997)\nEpisode theme: Margaret Thatcher\nIndividuals involved: Doris Carter \u2013 died of ovarian cancer 02/24/97.\nScene description: Mrs. Carter walks into her kitchen and opens a cabinet door, out of which falls a large mass of flesh. As Carter screams, the mass grows and shapes itself into a severely disproportional facsimile of former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher, with its head twice as large as its torso. Carter rushes to leave the room, but the Thatcher creature leaps onto her before she can escape. It extends its tongue into the woman's open mouth, and Thatcher faces of various sizes begin appearing across Carter's skin. The faces proceed to recite Thatcher's April 1986 speech on the bombing of Libya in perfect unison. SCP-2030-1 climbs out of a nearby cupboard and points to the hidden cameras; Mrs. Carter smiles, the creature's tongue still extended down her throat.\n\nSeason: 13 (1989)\nEpisode theme: Squirrels\nIndividuals involved: Melissa and Travis Englund \u2013 disappeared, last seen 05/12/89.\nScene description: Mrs. Englund lies in bed next to a male figure, presumably Mr. Englund. A series of high-pitched squeaking noises are heard, and Mrs. Englund is awakened. She tells her husband to wake up, but he does not respond. She places her hand on his shoulder, but quickly draws it back with a shriek. His skin begins to undulate, as though something is moving underneath. A multitude of squirrels then burst from various places on his body, quickly filling the bed and crawling onto the woman. She rises to leave the room, but SCP-2030-1 walks in and turns on the light. He is accompanied by Mr. Englund, who has been skinned from head to foot but gives no indication of feeling any discomfort. All three share a laugh and the segment ends.\n\nSeason: 13 (1989)\nEpisode theme: Tracheotomies\nIndividuals involved: Gary Turman, Lindsay Turman, and their children \u2013 died in a vehicular accident on 04/28/89.\nScene description: The four sit around a dinner table eating a meal. Mr. Turman begins coughing and gasping for air, as if choking. As the others at the table begin to panic, a pair of slits appear on Turman's throat, allowing him to breathe. These slits quickly become nostrils, which rapidly grow into a full nose, which in turn becomes an entire second head, identical to Turman's original. This second head then sprouts a neck of its own, and the entire process repeats. This continues until eighteen necks and heads have sprouted from the original, at which point SCP-2030-1 steps out from underneath the table. Everyone present erupts into raucous laughter, including all nineteen of Mr. Turman's heads.\n\nSeason: 37 (2013)\nEpisode theme: Cephalopods\nIndividuals involved: Rebecca Nash (surgeons unidentified) \u2013 died of complications in child delivery on 11/02/13; hospital records show no evidence of anomalous activity during birth.\nScene description: A team of obstetricians perform a caesarian section procedure on Ms. Nash, who is in labor. The team comment on the size of the child's cranium and the amount of hair present on it. Several minutes into the procedure, a doctor makes an exclamation of surprise and drops an instrument on the floor. Muffled vocalizations can be heard in the background. The rest of the staff begin to panic as the head emerges unassisted from Nash, causing her a great deal of pain. The child's head can be seen to resemble that of American television presenter Ryan Seacrest. The child sings Row, Row, Row Your Boat in a female voice as it continues to exit the mother.\nAs more of its form emerges, the child can be seen to have the body of a fully grown octopus (Octopus vulgaris). Once the child fully exits Nash's body, it continues to sing as another head begins to emerge. Three more children are produced in total, with the heads of celebrities Jack Nicholson (American film actor), Johnny Cash (American singer-songwriter), and Martin Freeman (British film actor), respectively, all with similar octopus bodies. Together, the four sing Row Row Row Your Boat in four part harmony. SCP-2030-1 walks into the room and the show's jingle plays. SCP-2030-1 points to the hidden cameras in the room, prompting the obstetricians and Nash to begin laughing. The creatures on Nash's torso continue to sing. Nash then loses consciousness, presumably from blood loss.\n\nThe following is a transcription of a typical speech delivered by SCP-2030-1 during one of the show's closing segments:\n\nSeason: 32 (2008)\nEpisode theme: Printers\nTranscription: Ha! What a ride, eh, folks? We've seen printers that eat, eaters that print, and everything in between! Makes you appreciate the old clunker you have back the office, doesn't it? No, printers may not always work when you want or need them to, but they sure make for some excellent comedy. And that's what we're about here: comedy. We're here to make you laugh. We hope you laughed. Thank you for laughing with us. That's what we're about here, doesn't it, folks? Come laugh with us again next time! And remember: LAUGH \u2026 IS \u2026 FUN! Good night! And laugh! And laugh! Just laugh! We love the make laugh. Make more for laughter so as to for laugh. Laugh with us. Laugh with us. (Studio audience joins in unison) Laugh with us! Laugh with us! Laugh with us! Laugh with us! Laugh! Laugh! Laugh and let us in!\nNote: Video cuts off abruptly and a black screen is displayed for thirty seconds. Laughter and soft, wet noises can be heard in the background before the program ends.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2029 | SCP-2030 | SCP-2031 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2031\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-2031 shall be contained at Site-2031-A. Instances of SCP-2031 identified outside containment will be neutralized by MTF-Theta-88 (\u201cCrazy Buggers\u201d) with incendiary devices and chemical saturation with fipronil, bifenthrin, and/or permethrin. Areas of these occurrences will be surveyed periodically to detect any reappearance of SCP-2031 and re-treated as necessary.\nThe property boundary of Site-2031-A shall be secured by 6m tall electrified fencing topped with barbed wire. A \u201csafe zone\u201d will be maintained for 100m within this fenced perimeter, kept free of debris and undergrowth, and kept under 24 hour video surveillance. The inner perimeter of the safe zone will be defined by a concrete-lined trench with vertical walls, 10m wide and 4m deep, filled with a 50% solution of chlorine bleach no more than 2m deep. No permanent structures are to bridge this trench, and any plant growth extending over it must be trimmed back. The 127 acre area enclosed by the trench is the \u201cactive zone\u201d where all SCP-2031 instances are contained.\nFoundation monitoring stations for Site-2031-A shall be located in the safe zone. No vertebrate animal massing more than 15kg is to enter the active zone outside an approved experiment.\nDescription: SCP-2031 are anomalous colonies of Eciton burchellii (\u201carmy ant\u201d) that to date have not been seen outside the active zone of Site-2031-A. Examination of the individuals comprising an instance of SCP-2031 have not provided any consistent genetic or morphological identifiers to distinguish them from non-anomalous Eciton burchellii. Experiments releasing non-anomalous Eciton burchellii colonies into Site-2031-A have shown that the introduced specimens will begin showing anomalous behavior associated with SCP-2031 within 20 to 40 days within the active zone. It is unknown if the transition to SCP-2031 is due to an anomalous effect peculiar to Site-2031-A, exposure to SCP-2031, or is a heretofore undocumented learned behavior. Investigation is ongoing.\nUntil its anomalous behavior manifests, a SCP-2031 colony will behave normally for Eciton burchellii and other examples of New World army ants. Colonies will contain up to 2 million individuals, containing a variety of specialized individuals along with a single queen. They will undergo nomadic phases when the entire colony is mobile and forages for food. When they nest in a non-anomalous fashion they form a \u201cbivouac,\u201d linking each other's bodies together to form a large ball with a complex internal structure, typically in a burrow or a hollow tree.\nSCP-2031 manifests its anomalous behavior when a colony encounters a vertebrate prey animal massing greater than 20kg during a nomadic foraging phase. Unlike a normal swarm of Eciton burchellii, SCP-2031 will send columns of soldiers to climb the prey animal and demonstrate what appears to be tactical behavior and an understanding of the prey's anatomy. Columns of thousands of soldiers will climb the prey, massing along the spine and lower extremities. Soldiers will defer any actual attack of the prey until a significant number are in position, at which point all the soldiers will simultaneously bite through the skin and attack the spinal cord and the ligaments in the prey's lower extremities. An SCP-2031 instance has successfully immobilized a 1000kg Angus Bull in less than five minutes in this manner, the majority of that time spent by soldiers getting into position. Animals massing less than this are subdued in a correspondingly quicker manner.\nOnce the prey animal is immobilized, the remaining colony of SCP-2031 will mass around it, and the soldiers will burrow small openings into the extremities. The remaining colony will follow the soldiers and burrow inside the animal's body. Unlike other carrion-eating insects, SCP-2031 will not immediately attack the soft tissues and mucus membranes (mouth, eyes, rectum, etc.) seeming to prefer the host to live as long as possible. SCP-2031 will not burrow into the animal's major organ systems until it has expired, usually from dehydration. SCP-2031 will leave intact the prey animal's hide and skeletal system as it nests within the carcass.\nWhen SCP-2031 again initiates a nomadic phase, it will move the entire carcass in apparent imitation of the animal's normal behavior. This mimicry will continue as long as the carcass's hide and skeletal system maintains structural integrity. The hides of these carcasses seem to undergo slower decay than is typical, possibly due to enzymes released by SCP-2031. Studies are ongoing to determine if this is anomalous or a natural product of Eciton burchellii infestation.\nSite-2031-A consists of a farm and pasture land located 150km northwest of [REDACTED] in [REDACTED]. Upon containment, twenty-seven separate instances of SCP-2031 were observed on site inhabiting various carcasses:\n\n15 Bos primigenius taurus. 9 adult female, 2 adult male, 4 juvenile. Colonies designated SCP-2031-1A through SCP-2031-1O\n5 Equus ferus caballus. 4 adult female, 1 juvenile. Colonies designated SCP-2031-2A through SCP-2031-2E.\n3 Sus scrofa domestica. 1 adult male, 2 adult female. Colonies designated SCP-2031-3A through SCP-2031-3C.\n1 Canis lupus familiaris. 1 adult female. Colony designated SCP-2031-4A.\n3 Homo sapiens sapiens. 1 adult female, 1 adult male, 1 juvenile. Colonies designated SCP-2031-5A through SCP-2031-5C\n\nAddendum 1: Incident report I-2031-5\n\n+ Incident I-2031-5\n\n- Incident I-2031-5\n\nDocument# I-2031-5\nDate: 7/15/19\u2588\u2588\nSCPs Involved: SCP-2031-5A, SCP-2031-5B, SCP-2031-5C, SCP-2031-4A\nLocation: Site-2031-A\nDescription:\nFor several months Foundation observers had cataloged the various behavior patterns of SCP-2031, with particular attention to the three colonies mimicking human activity. Beginning at dawn, both SCP-2031-5A and SCP-2031-5B would typically perform various actions common to animal husbandry; watering the \u201clivestock,\u201d dispensing feed, moving other SCP-2031 colonies from one pasture to another. While SCP-2031-5C would often assist in these chores, several hours a day it would spend with SCP-2031-4A and engage in several different dynamic behaviors including mock wrestling and the throwing and retrieving of various objects.\nOn the morning of 7/15/19\u2588\u2588 SCP-2031-5C attempted to engage in its typical interaction with SCP-2031-4A, when the hide containing the SCP-2031-4A colony suffered several structural failures. As a result, SCP-2031-4A abandoned the carcass and resumed foraging behavior typical to a mobile colony of Eciton burchellii. SCP-2031-5C ignored the SCP-2031-4A colony and continued to prod the remaining carcass in an apparent attempt to revive it. SCP-2031-5C continued this behavior until SCP-2031-5A and SCP-2031-5B observed it and approached. At this point, SCP-2031-5B lifted SCP-2031-5C and held it off the ground, removing it from the site. SCP-2031-5A then retrieved a shovel from the barn and buried the carcass.\n\nApproval is granted for the introduction of one 25kg Golden Retriever into Site-2031-A. \u2013 Dr. T. S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, director Site-2031-A, 7/18/19\u2588\u2588\n\n\u00ab SCP-2030 | SCP-2031 | SCP-2032 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2032\nObject Class: Safe Keter1\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2032 is to be kept in a standard humanoid cell in Site-06-3. Four (4) armed guards are to be posted outside of SCP-2032's cell at all times to prevent false information from being planted in his belongings. All requests made by SCP-2032, within reason, are to be accepted pending review and written consent of a Level 3 Researcher. Newspapers documenting recent world events are to be delivered to SCP-2032's containment cell daily. SCP-2032 is to be given two (2) 16mg capsules of Galantamine daily, provided with the morning and dinner meals. At approximately 8:30 every morning SCP-2032 is to be given a 100mg subcutaneous injection of Anakinra. Provided that joint inflammation does not restrict movement, SCP-2032 is given two hours daily of physician approved exercise and socialization with the staff of Site-06-3 so long as he is accompanied by a nurse. Following a mild stroke SCP-2032 is on a mechanical ventilation apparatus and is confined to a wheel chair and is no longer allowed to leave his containment cell. The cell has been refurnished with life support equipment.\nDescription: SCP-2032 appears to be an elderly man of Middle Eastern origin. His true age and ancestry are not currently known, although plausible records would indicate connection to the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Caliphate circa \u2588\u2588\u2588 - \u2588\u2588\u2588 CE. Although SCP-2032 has an apparent inhuman longevity, his physical and mental health are estimated to have begun deteriorating with age several decades prior to coming into Foundation Custody. SCP-2032 is currently receiving daily treatment for moderate Alzheimer's and mild dementia, along with physical therapy for arthritis. SCP-2032 is now also undergoing speech therapy following a stroke (The cause of which is detailed in Addendum 2032-A).\nThe main anomalous quality of SCP-2032 is that his memory directly affects the general public's historical recollection. As SCP-2032's memory begins to fade, numerous branching opinions on historical events, consisting of conflicted accounts or other inaccurate information, appear. This loss goes so far as to directly alter historical texts as well. SCP-2032 has written several journals to keep his memory accurate.2 There is a theorized safe zone from the reality altering effects of SCP-2032's memory for any documents or persons within three meters of him. Additionally, as time passes and the event becomes less current, it is considered to have reached SCP-2032's long-term memory in which the public may not be informed but scholars and historians are. When information passes from this stage of memorization it is considered lost.\nFollowing the discovery of the 'safe zone' within SCP-2032's presence, newspapers and other information are placed in the containment cell until they can be more appropriately archived. A team of Foundation archivists now works daily to write down SCP-2032's recollections, starting with the farthest memories. The journals in which these events are kept are locked in a safe inside SCP-2032's cell to prevent the loss of this information.\nThe general global opinion and knowledge of recent world events creates new memories for SCP-2032. These recollections have been described to researchers as hazy at best, requiring outside information for accurate clarity. While an event is happening yet not understood, mostly being speculation or rumors, SCP-2032 likens it to recalling a dream. SCP-2032 will gradually gain more clarity around this event, causing knowledge to become public. Despite the impact on his mental health, SCP-2032's knowledge of an event is not what causes the public reaction. As more cultural factors affect the private understanding collective areas have of an event, the psychological reaction on SCP-2032 becomes apparent.\nSCP-2032 is on a daily regimen of medication to ward off the ongoing symptoms of his mental deterioration. At the current rate of deterioration, it is predicted that in \u2588\u2588 years all written history prior to 685 CE will be lost. Ongoing research is currently underway on how to slow this degradation, and if possible reverse it. Requests to utilize SCP-500 have been denied due to the likelihood of reversing the amnestics used to remove traumatic events from SCP-2032's memory. In the time following his stroke (See Addendum 2032-A) numerous protests and conspiracy theories became widely spread among the public until SCP-2032's condition stabilized. The hypothetical effects of any further potential damage to SCP-2032's memory could lead to a theoretical CY-class global government destabilization scenario, including a loss of all written and remembered accounts of human history.\nDespite the continual deterioration of his mental state, SCP-2032 does not seem to age on the cellular level. Through DNA testing it has been confirmed that SCP-2032 does not suffer from telomere shortening, and has not visibly aged in the decades since his initial containment, it has been proven theoretically probable that SCP-2032 has reached his oldest biological age already and will not continue to age further.\nIt has been discovered manipulating the memory of SCP-2032 will alter the knowledge of events for the public, but cannot alter the actual series of events. All facts are changed to what SCP-2032 remembered, anything that happened to contradict these facts still happened yet cannot be acknowledged by humans. Following critical containment failures SCP-2032 is given selective amnestics and implanted with false memories to skew the public recollection of events. All O5 ordered historical alterations are written, with a copy of documentation of the original events locked in a safe kept in SCP-2032's vicinity, in case it is ever deemed appropriate to revert the changes. Any staff personnel found to implant false information into SCP-2032's mind will be interrogated as to the purpose of their alteration and subsequently terminated.\nThe log of SCP-2032's initial interview follows :\n\nInterviewed: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, henceforth SCP-2032\nInterviewer: Dr. Lucan\nForeword: Subject contacted Foundation personnel claiming to be an anomaly, after asking \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 authorities for protection. After considerable testing to verify his claims, an interview was approved.\n<Begin Log, April \u2588\u2588, 19\u2588\u2588 10:25AM>\nDr. Lucan: Mr.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, if you can recall, how and when did your abilities initially manifest?\n[SCP-2032 takes a noticeable pause]\n\nDr. Lucan: Please focus on the details pertaining to your abilities.\n\nDr. Lucan: And what made you desire to contact the Foundation?\nDr. Lucan: So you came to the Foundation to request Asylum?<End Log, April \u2588\u2588, 19\u2588\u2588 10:55AM>\n\nClosing Statement: SCP-2032's request to enter Foundation custody has been granted, following the interview he was transported to Site-06-3.\n\nThe initial log of tests to determine the scope of SCP-2032's abilities follow:\n\nTest\nEffects\nRemarks\n\nSCP-2032 is asked at length about several historical battles he claims to have participated in.\nAll information provided proves to be accurate without exception, even so far as the position of the constellations during the night.\nWhile SCP-2032 may struggle to recall these details, he is exceedingly correct. His physical condition and accounts of the battles are deemed enough to verify his claims.\n\nSCP-2032 is given selective amnestics to test the scope of his ability to alter the recollection of events that others posses.\nAll personnel who were not in the testing room forgot the events in question.\nSCP-2032's abilities are confirmed to have a limited 'safe zone'.\n\nSCP-2032 is given a minor selective amnestic to forget the battle of \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nAll documents portraying the events of the battle, save for those contained in a safe immediately near SCP-2032, are rendered blank. Historians questioned about the battle claim no such skirmish ever happened matching those details.\nSCP-2032's memory appears to be a direct \"master\" copy of history. Whenever he forgets something it is effectively erased.\n\nAddendum 2032-A: On 11/6/1963, immediately following the self-immolation of Th\u00edch Qu\u1ea3ng \u0110\u1ee9c at the apex of public opposition towards the Vietnam War, SCP-2032 had a moderate stroke. SCP-2032 was given class-B selective Amnestics and implanted skewed facts to lessen public outcry, preventing a worsening of his condition.\nAddendum 2032-B: To prevent further complications to SCP-2032's health, like those in 2032-A, O5 has approved selective amnestics to be given to SCP-2032 for any global events which may cause public outcry or mass hysteria.\n\nFootnotes\n1. See Paragraph 5\n2. Following the events of Addendum 2032-A a dedicated team of researchers now transcribes SCP-2032's recollection of world events for Foundation Archives.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2031 | SCP-2032 | SCP-2033 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Closeup Image of SCP-2033 during Test 2033-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nItem #: SCP-2033\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2033 is contained at Site-101. SCP-2033 has no special nutritional requirements, and may be cared for in an identical fashion to a normal sugar maple specimen.\nNo pieces of chewing gum are to be applied to SCP-2033 outside of approved testing. SCP-2033's containment chamber is to be subject to audio recording at all times.\nDescription: SCP-2033 is a sugar maple tree (Acer saccharum) measuring approximately 5m tall, with its trunk measuring approximately 0.2m in diameter. SCP-2033 displays the normal annual patterns of a non-anomalous tree, although it has not been observed to grow in size since its discovery in 1984. Analysis of SCP-2033's DNA shows no abnormalities.\nOn SCP-2033's trunk are several pieces of used chewing gum in various stages of decomposition. Analysis reveals these to be chemically identical to normal chewing gum. At an average rate of three times per day, one piece will separate from SCP-2033 and inflate into an instance of SCP-2033-1.\nSCP-2033-1 appear as bubbles of chicle rubber which display neutral buoyancy in air. Upon creation, instances measure between 10cm and 15cm in size, and increase in diameter at a rate of approximately 10cm per minute.\nUpon reaching approximately 50cm, instances of SCP-2033-1 will burst, producing a characteristic sound through unknown means. The sounds are invariably five to ten second clips of a woman (identified as E\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588) singing various arrangements from musical plays produced in the United States. No cognitohazardous effects of these sounds have been reported.\nA new piece of gum will appear on SCP-2033 approximately one hour after each SCP-2033-1 manifestation.\nAny piece of used chewing gum which is attached to SCP-2033 is subject to its anomalous properties. Although it is possible to remove samples from individual pieces, complete removal has proven impossible.\nSCP-2033 was discovered following an impact event on 2/15/1984, in which an object resembling [DATA EXPUNGED] crashed into Site-101's Anomalous Object Laboratory. Further information regarding the event is available to personnel with Level 4 Clearance\nAs of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1985, SCP-2033 is contained at Site-101 and is classified as Safe.\nAddendum: Incident 2033-Alpha\n\nOpen File\n\nAccess Granted\n\nTimeline of Incident 2033-Alpha\n\n1/12/1984: Foundation operatives at the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Observatory in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, New Mexico detect an object resembling [DATA EXPUNGED] in low earth orbit.\n1/14: Discovery is confirmed by \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Observatory in Chile.\n1/19: Analysis of the object's trajectory is undertaken.\n1/21: Trajectory is found to indicate orbital decay. Area-55's Astronomical Division transfers case to Site-19 Extranormal Event Mitigation.\n1/22: Preliminary report into event is drafted.\n2/1: Request is submitted to neutralize object with an Alpha-17 Missile. Request Denied.\n2/2: Reentry date calculated to be 2/15.\n2/10: Reentry location calculated to be above Arizona. Order is given to observe reentry from Site-101.\n2/15:\n\n0155: Object passes mesopause.\n0203: Fireball is observed at a later time than expected. Altitude is approximately 55km.\n0205: Object remains intact, despite reentry forces. Altitude is approximately 40km.\n0208: Object's trajectory is altered via unknown means. Object now on course to collide with Site-101. Altitude is approximately 30km.\n0210: Shelter in place order is given to Site-101.\n0213: Object impacts Site-101's Anomalous Object Laboratory.\n0330: Shelter in place order is lifted.\n1115: Body of Agent Peter Lennard is discovered in debris.\n1204: SCP-2033 is discovered.\n\nIncident 2033-Alpha demonstrates that the dangers associated with cross testing SCP artifacts may also extend to items classified as merely anomalous. The properties of AO-4805, one of the anomalous objects that was destroyed in the incident, appear to be related to SCP-2033's properties. It therefore is reasonable to theorize that an interaction between AO-4805 and the object which impacted Site-101 produced SCP-2033. As such, I suggest that Anomalous Items be included in regulation requiring Level 4 approval of all cross testing.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nDenied. It is still unclear if SCP-2033 was created by Incident 2033-Alpha, or if the object which impacted Site-101 was, in fact, SCP-2033. Until you can present direct evidence of your theory, Level 3 approval will remain sufficient.\nO5-\u2588\n\nAddendum: Memo Regarding E\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nE\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's death, though apparently non-anomalous in nature, coincided with Incident 2033-Alpha. As the nature of the sounds produced by SCP-2033 already inexorably link her to the object, Ms. M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 can now be classified as a Person of Interest (deceased) under directive POI-58q.\nIn addition to this, up until this point, all evidence connecting Ms. M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 to GOI-984 has been purely based on the now discounted testimony of R\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 L\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Sr.. SCP-2033's connection to her, however, is likely more than a coincidence.\nThis evidence draws into question both of the two theories currently proposed for SCP-2033's origin. First, the theory that the object which impacted Site-101 was SCP-2033 is extremely improbable due to the connections to both AO-4805 and E\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. The alternate theory, that an interaction between the impact object, AO-4805, and Ms. M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 produced SCP-2033, is also unlikely. Such an interaction between three objects at the same time has never been noted to occur.\nBased on this information, I hereby propose that we conduct additional research into SCP-2033 to determine a more likely scenario for its creation.\n- Dr. Charles \u2588. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\n\u00ab SCP-2032 | SCP-2033 | SCP-2034 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\nEat more of my SCPs. Eat them all.\nAlso please eat some of these\n\nAnabasis Hub Probably the greatest story involving a pair of redheaded siblings whose infighting causes the end of the world\nManna Charitable Foundation 2000 The sequel to the above, collaborationed with Dr Reach\nThe Stuff Industry What happens when everyone around you at work is a complete idiot and so are you, but not only does no one get fired, but you actually turn a profit? I don't know, some stuff.\nWhen MCF and Stuff happen A fun story of incompetence\n\n\n3/2034 LEVEL 3/2034\nCLASSIFIED\n\nItem #: SCP-2034\nObject Class: Keter\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to the poorly understood nature of SCP-2034, containment at this time is impracticable. Foundation assets and personnel assigned to SCP-2034 are instead to be focused on monitoring outbreaks of SCP-2034 occurring among private citizens, and administering amnestics as needed if and when SCP-2034's effects cease. In the event of a highly public SCP-2034 occurrence (as in the case of a celebrity or other public figure), MTF Upsilon-89 (\"Nobodies\") are to take measures to minimize the affected individual's public exposure, if practicable, until such time as SCP-2034's effects cease to affect the individual.\nFollowing the cessation, Foundation personnel are to monitor online discussions relating to SCP-2034 and, in cooperation with manufacturers of video and photographic equipment, engage in a disinformation campaign to \"normalize\" reports of SCP-2034 as much as feasible. Furthermore, Foundation assets assigned to SCP-2034 are to cooperate with major media outlets to suppress certain movies/TV shows/video clips involving minor celebrities affected by SCP-2034. \"Out of print\" copies of these movies/TV shows are to be purchased from resellers and third-party merchants if practicable.\nFoundation agents online and working with mental health professionals are to produce fabricated studies and encourage certain individuals of the authenticity of \"Tussaud's Delusion\" as a cover for continued public observances of SCP-2034-A instances. These measures are to be executed in coordination with containment procedures meant to limit public exposure and physical media of SCP-2034-A instances.1\nDescription: SCP-2034 is a phenomenon in which a number of individuals2 cease to be perceived as living beings by digital media, such as photographs and video recordings. Affected individuals are instead depicted as an inanimate puppet or \"dummy\", to be labeled SCP-2034-A. It is unknown whether SCP-2034's effects are sensory or memetic as instances of SCP-2034-A are not identified by sight alone.\nIt is unknown when SCP-2034 was first discovered, as \u2588\u2588 previously unrelated or misappropriated occurrences have been ascribed to SCP-2034 after the fact. The first live instances of SCP-2034-A confirmed took place on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, when security footage of a hall at Site-\u2588\u2588 depicted an inanimate mannequin moving jerkily across the frame. The time and location indicated Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Blair to have been passing through the hall at that time. Dr. Blair apparently had no knowledge of SCP-2034's effects. Note: See Incident 34-1\nFurther instances of SCP-2034-A began to come to the attention of the Foundation, either as they were discovered or ascribed after the fact, predominately involving celebrities and/or public officials.3 Additional instances of SCP-2034-A were continue to be positively identified through photographs and video recordings, including footage dated as far back as 1900.\nIncident 34-1: At some point between \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2010 and \u2588/\u2588\u2588/2011, actor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, who had previously been positively confirmed as an instance of SCP-2034-A, ceased to display the effects of SCP-2034. All photo/video footage of the actor depicted a non-anomalous \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 where previously the image of a ventriloquist dummy was identified. An interview conducted with Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 yielded nothing anomalous, either to individuals on the scene or in security footage taken during the interview.\nFollowing the incident, previously confirmed instances of SCP-2034-A were reviewed again by Foundation personnel. Of the reviewed photographs and video footage, 45% no longer displayed the effects of SCP-2034. Additionally, new instances of SCP-2034-A were discovered in previously disqualified footage.\nDue to the lack of information regarding SCP-2034's effects, it is unknown if individuals previously affected can become affected once again, or if certain individuals' effects are permanent. As such, a listing of confirmed instances of SCP-2034-A is restricted to personnel assigned to SCP-2034 only.\nAddendum: After \u2588\u2588 years of monitoring, a rough timeline of SCP-2034's effects has been established. Of those observed, all but one have experienced a cessation of SCP-2034's effects over a period of 4 - \u2588\u2588 years. The sole remaining case is that of British actress Tobritza Pemberton (1896-1950), whose works continue to display the effects of SCP-2034. MTF Upsilon-89 began to notice a sharp increase in online searches for \"Tobritza Pemberton\", \"Toby Pemberton wooden\", and \"vintage dummy actress\", as well as torrents of Ms. Pemberton's surviving films, all displaying the effects of SCP-2034. Due to the lack of change in the anomaly, the Foundation launched a concerted effort to seize all surviving physical copies of Ms. Pemberton's films, (including original negatives and copies, home video releases, and as many home-recorded copies as possible) and suppress all information of Tobritza Pemberton.\n- Beginning on \u2588\u2588/\u2588/2012, Foundation agents began to infiltrate British governmental agencies to remove all records and references (including birth, census, contracts, [REDACTED]) to Tobritza Pemberton. Other records were altered to remove or otherwise re-appropriate references to Tobritza Pemberton to female ancestors of picked Foundation agents.\n- Surviving friends and family members were administered varying classes of amnestics, removing all memories of Ms. Pemberton's occupation. Family photo albums and home videos were briefly confiscated to allow for manipulated duplicates to replace the originals.\n- Attempts to track and delete digital copies of Ms. Pemberton's films were generally ineffective, necessitating action to discredit the supposed authenticity of the films still in circulation. Foundation agents began taking over seeding torrents of the films under new titles and including fictitious introductory credits attributing the voices of Ms. Pemberton's characters to lesser-known voice actresses. As of 2014, the number of torrents bearing the fictitious names outnumber the original torrents by \u2588\u2588%.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Doctor's Note: This is in no way an effective or permanent solution, short of amnesticizing much of the world's population. All actions taken in containment are designed to limit the exposure of SCP-2034, and to eliminate any potential patterns from becoming publicly known.\n2. Estimates based upon random population observations put the number at between 0.00086% and 0.\u2588\u2588\u2588% of any given population\n3. Note: This is likely due to the highly public nature of such individuals, rather than any coherent connection between public officials and SCP-2034.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2033 | SCP-2034 | SCP-2035 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\nEat more of my SCPs. Eat them all.\nAlso please eat some of these\n\nAnabasis Hub Probably the greatest story involving a pair of redheaded siblings whose infighting causes the end of the world\nManna Charitable Foundation 2000 The sequel to the above, collaborationed with Dr Reach\nThe Stuff Industry What happens when everyone around you at work is a complete idiot and so are you, but not only does no one get fired, but you actually turn a profit? I don't know, some stuff.\nWhen MCF and Stuff happen A fun story of incompetence\n\n\n1/2035 LEVEL 1/2035\nCLASSIFIED\n\nItem #: SCP-2035\nObject Class: Euclid\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: MTF Xi-9 (\"Monkey on the Lamb\") has been created and tasked with acquiring or otherwise destroying all newly encountered instances of SCP-2035. Fully grown instances are to be detained under the guise of potential risk of contagion to humans.\nSecured instances of SCP-2035 are to be kept in Site-141's Zoological Research center, locked in Freezer Unit 18B when not undergoing testing. Fully grown instances, hereafter referred to as \"subjects\", are to be kept in specially designated containment cells depending on taxonomy and level of aggression. Subjects are to be allowed sufficient free time in the on-site Wildlife Recreation Areas (WRA) 2-17, with allotted time to be determined by research head for each group. Subjects demonstrating heightened levels of aggression towards one another are to be segregated from the general population and allowed time in separate WRAs as needed.\nPersonnel handling subjects are to ensure their hands are protected with non-latex vinyl gloves to prevent excess moisture from coming into contact with SCP-2035 subjects.\nDescription: SCP-2035 refers to 144 (currently in containment) miniature desiccated fetal animals1 measuring 3 cm x 3 cm x 1 cm, enclosed in paper envelopes measuring 17 cm x 8 cm. Instances of SCP-2035 initially show no signs of life and are fragile, necessitating specific levels of heat and humidity to grow. Physical contact with SCP-2035 causes it to absorb surface moisture, resulting in extreme cases in significant drying of the skin around the point of contact.\nFollowing a period of 2-3 weeks, SCP-2035 instances begin to show signs of life and experience rapid growth, reaching full sexual maturity within 4-6 weeks. Subjects at this stage tend to be physically unremarkable from non-anomalous members of their respective species, while displaying a significant number of mental deviations and/or psychological abnormalities, often resulting in extremely volatile and unpredictable behavior. Full-grown instances of SCP-2035 in containment currently number 60.\nDiscovery: SCP-2035 was first reported in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588 to local Animal Control services on 10/2/2014, when an instance of SCP-2035 was discovered in the glove compartment of an abandoned vehicle on the side of the road. An envelope containing SCP-2035 was reportedly labeled with the words \"Du Naut Cell[sic]\" and included a local area phone number and address. The number led to a local \"Rejection Hotline\"2 and the address did not exist in either the municipal or incorporated area.\nNewly discovered instances of SCP-2035 began to appear in nearby \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 County, most bearing no outside marking and all others similarly containing numbers to different \"Rejection Hotline\" gag lines and fictitious addresses. Some of the envelopes bore the phrase, \"Four two being of ripopulation, putt four water[sic]\". In subsequent weeks and months, a number of full grown subjects emerged, turned over to local animal shelters or otherwise detained by wild animal control units. Due to the difficulty in confirming detained animals as SCP-2035 instances, it is unknown how many SCP-2035 subjects remain uncontained.\nSubjects' physiology show no significant deviations in terms of growth, health, and development from their non-anomalous counterparts, and show no signs of improved and/or impaired physical health as a result of their rapid growth.\nExamples of abnormal behavior among subjects have included:\n\nCatatonia, often accompanied by uncontrollable twitching/jerking.\nSedentary behavior among typically active animals, including equines, lynxes, alligators.\nSignificant lack of spatial awareness.\nFrequent pantomiming of typically human activities, including the opening and closing of containers, dressing and undressing, and the apparent serving and consuming of beverages in cups.\n\nExclusively among the simian subjects, the following pantomimes and behavior have been observed:\n\nGreetings, including handshakes, bows, curtsies, and friendly hugging.\nIndividual subjects standing face to face, foreheads pressed, motionless for periods of up to 2-5 hours.\nActivities apparently resembling the pumping of gasoline into a vehicle, including use of a credit card for payment.\nSubjects walking upright in oblong elliptical patterns for periods of up to 30-40 minutes.\nA series of actions among four or more subjects resembling a series of mundane events (grooming, dressing, hand gestures), leading up to an event resembling an attempted murder of one subject by one or more of the others.\n\nAddendum: Repeated observation of the simian subjects' behavior has shown no change in the recorded pantomime actions, save for the latter described. On different occasions, the sequence of events pantomimed by the simian subjects has changed significantly, concluding with a depiction of an attempted murder in alternate ways. These depictions have included simulated murders using blunt objects, stabbing devices, strangulation, poisoning, and shooting. The most elaborate display to date apparently involved a stationary subject pantomiming firing a rifle at another in a moving vehicle.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Almost exclusively mammalian, with a significant portion consisting of simian primates, specifically chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans, gibbons, and gorillas.\n2. A non-incorporated gag service line, maintained by various individuals by region. While it is highly unlikely anyone involved with the \"Rejection Hotline\" may have been involved with SCP-2035, Foundation personnel tracked down and contacted the individual behind the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 region number. Individual was cleared of any involvement in SCP-2035.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2034 | SCP-2035 | SCP-2036 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2036-1 prior to containment.\n\nItem #: SCP-2036\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All unexplained wildfires in Oceania are to be monitored and investigated as potential habitats for wild instances of SCP-2036-2. All suspected instances of wild SCP-2036-2 should be reported to MTF Lambda-12 (\"Varmint Hunters\") for retrieval.\nSCP-2036-1 is to be contained within a Standard Type IV animal containment unit lined with FRCI1 Tiles. SCP-2036-1 is to be accompanied by at least one male member of Oryctolagus cuniculus (European Rabbit) in good health when not undergoing testing. An appropriately sized rabbit hutch is to be centered within this fence and cleaned daily. All staff handling SCP-2036 must wear full class II heat-resistant protection. Containment should be checked daily for rotten feed, dried excrement, or immolated matter and all such material should be removed and disposed of in the site's biodegradable waste collection. SCP-2036-1 and all instances of SCP-2036-2 should be given one kilogram of fresh leafy vegetation (lettuce, cabbage, kale, broccoli, parsley or mint) and access to fresh water. The on-site veterinarian at Site-19 is to complete a full wellness check on SCP-2036-1, all other members of containment, and all living instances of SCP-2036-2 with the results filed with Researcher Y\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nInstances of SCP-2036-2 may be kept inside standard animal containment units and should not be housed with SCP-2036-1 after reaching maturity. SCP-2036-1 and all housed SCP-2036-2 that are not undergoing testing must be fitted with wireless ECG Probes.\nWhile SCP-2036-1 is in a beta-state, all monitoring of SCP-2036-1 are to be done via closed-circuit camera, all secondary materials removed and all instances of SCP-2036-2 relocated from the enclosure to prevent a damaging chain reaction from occurring.\nDescription: SCP-2036-1 is a female European Rabbit (O. cuniculus), currently 37 cm in length, weighing 1.8 kilograms and possessing standard coloration with the exception of a completely melanistic tail.\nSCP-2036-2 denotes all offspring of SCP-2036-1, as well as all subsequent generations, as these offspring will retain the anomalous qualities of their parents. Instances of SCP-2036-2 vary in coloration similar to other members of O. cuniculus and do not inherit the melanistic tail marker from SCP-2036-1.\nWhile living, instances of SCP-2036 display no marked differences from other members of their species other than a unique gene marker that makes them immune to the Myxoma virus (Leporipoxvirus myxoma).2 All SCP-2036 are capable of self-inducing cardiac arrest; the reason for this is currently unclear. Upon death, all instances of SCP-2036 combust, producing temperatures in excess of 600 \u00b0C. This process consumes SCP-2036 but produces a remnant of 99 percent anthracite powder equal to 10 percent of SCP's body weight in the case of SCP-2036-2 and a crystal similar to anthracite equal to 50 percent of the subject's body weight in the case of SCP-2036-1. This crystal is highly resistant to damage,3 and ceases existence following the beta event specific to SCP-2036-1. Between one and five days after the death of SCP-2036-1, flames similar to SCP-2036-1's death event with temperatures reaching \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u00b0C emerge from this crystal. This occurrence is designated as a beta event. When the event reaches conclusion and temperatures abate, SCP-2036-1 re-appears as a juvenile of between two and three months of age. Should SCP-2036-1 reach a period of 6 months without becoming pregnant, it will self-terminate and enter its death event.\nSamples taken from SCP-2036-1 and SCP-2036-2 do not retain their combustive properties.\nAcquisition log: SCP-2036-1 was secured by MTF Iota-10 (aka \"Damn Feds\") outside \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Western Australia on 12-5-20\u2588\u2588 under the guise of the Animal Resources Authority after reports of a \"great flaming crocodile\" were reported on the banks of a local watering hole. Agents found SCP-2036-1 emerging from a hole it had chewed in the scorched remains of a 2.5m saltwater crocodile and retrieved SCP-2036-1 after it fled from the carcass and attempted to hide in a hole along the lake-bed.\nAddendum-SCP-2036-1:\nInstances of SCP-2036-2 are not immune to the high temperatures created by the death state of another SCP-2036 much like any other rabbit. Due to the dangers involved in a chain reaction of several high-temperature fires, no more than three instances of SCP-2036-2 are to be kept in any one location.\nAddendum-SCP-2036-2:\nFollowing incident SCP-2036-20\u2588\u2588-A, monitoring of wildfires has been extended to all of Oceania.\nIncident SCP-2036-20\u2588\u2588-A\nOn 12/29/20\u2588\u2588, Foundation operatives intercepted key words in a neighborhood complaint report alleging: \"A whole herd of rabbits, burned to death over in my neighbor's backyard\". Agents found the home abandoned, but discovered an abandoned laboratory with the following document written in Luritja dialect on cured hide and pinned to the wall with a crude obsidian knife.\n\nWhen we first came here, you made our people suffer, and tried to wipe us from the face of our mother. Most of our Brothers are willing to forgive you. They wish to live in harmony, and reach a peaceful result of negotiation.\nWe do not.\nWe smiled when the pest you brought to our lands turned on you, but our wrath was insufficient. We sought to augment, to turn into an ironic weapon of vengeance, but we failed.\nTherefore, we have made a trade. \u0391\u03b5\u03c4\u03bf\u03c24 was glad to grant us the knowledge we sought in exchange for [REDACTED]. They were using it on the crawling ones, but it works on us as well. You have taken the brood mother, but her children have already left even our lands. Consider this the first installment of our repayment.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Fibrous Refractory Composite Insulation\n2. A virus that causes myxomatosis in rabbits and was used as a pest control in Australia\n3. Damage to this crystal will force the beta event to occur.\n4. \"Eagle\", in Greek. The Foundation has no relevant records of an entity with that name related to this type of activity.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2035 | SCP-2036 | SCP-2037 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Wild specimens of SCP-2037 prior to containment\n\nItem #: SCP-2037\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All SCP-2037 specimens are to be contained in an enclosed container with the minimum size of 10m x10m x3m. Specimens should always have sufficient access to fresh hay, grass, and water. SCP-2037 specimens are to be removed from the container before the daily cleaning of the containment chamber.\nAny sightings of suspicious dust clumps around the facility are to be collected and observed if possible.\nDescription: SCP-2037 is an unknown anomalous species of the Sylvilagus genus. Specimens have an appearance similar to the Sylvilagus audubonii (Desert Cottontail rabbit) species. SCP-2037 also share a common diet with other species in the genus Sylvilagus. Currently the Foundation has 23 live SCP-2037 specimens in containment.\nSCP-2037's anomalous properties manifest when specimens detect possible threats. When approached by any unknown or threatening subject, specimens of SCP-2037 will flee from the subject. Specimens are reported to quickly transform its body into a clump of dust while running. When in dust state, SCP-2037 specimens are very resistant to physical harm and are able to travel short distances if strong winds are present. When a significant enough amount of dust is lost, specimens in dust state will try to collect and accumulate dust from its environment. If the loss is too significant to regain, SCP-2037 will decrease in size when returning to normal state.\nSpecimens in dust state are mainly composed of rabbit fur, flakes of dead skin, lint, and spider webs. No living tissue can be found within the dust particles. When in normal state, no non-organic substances that are found in the dust state are detected.\nAddendum-2037-1: SCP-2037 specimens SCP-2037-1 to 17 were originally found in the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Park located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Nebraska. Local officials initially reported there was an excessive amount of dust located throughout the park. SCP-2037 first came to the Foundation's attention when Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 witnessed a SCP-2037 specimen entering dust state. Site \u2588\u2588 was established near \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Park after the event in \u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nAddendum-2037-2: Logs of Test-2037-B and Test-2037-C\n\n+ Show Test Log-2037-B\n\n- Hide Test Log-2037-B\n\nTest-2037-B\n\nSubjects: SCP-2037-1, SCP-2037-2, SCP-2037-3\nProcedures: Introduce the three chosen SCP-2037 specimens to one specimen of Canis latrans (coyote) species.\nResults: All subjects ran and avoided the Canis latrans specimen once it entered containment. The Canis latrans specimen attempted to pursue SCP-2037-3, but it stopped in confusion as all three subjects entered dust state. The Canis latrans specimen showed no sign of interest for the subjects in dust state after.\nAnalysis: The specimens have shown that SCP-2037 is capable of surviving almost any predator attack. Considering the speed they reproduce, they can easily overpopulate an ecosystem. -Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\n+ Show Test Log-2037-C\n\n- Hide Test Log-2037-C\n\nTest-2037-C\n\nSubject: SCP-2037-6\nProcedure: See what is the smallest size SCP-2037 can become by separating portions of dust from the specimen in dust state. Split 1/2 of the current dust clump size and continue separating 1/2 of the dust clump remaining from each split.\nResults: After SCP-2037-6 entered dust state, one half of the dust clump was removed and placed in a separate room. Subject returned to normal state \u2588 minutes later with a smaller size. Then a half of the remaining portion was removed again. Subject returned to normal state \u2588 minutes later with half of the previous size. At the fifth split, the subject ceased returning to normal state.\nAnalysis: So the subject would need to regain to a certain size in order to possibly return to normal state. -Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nNote: The separated dust in the other chamber was reported later to transform back to normal form, which was genetically identical to the other half of the subject in normal form.\n\nAddendum-2037-3: In \u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588:\u2588\u2588 SCP-2037-19 expired from excessive tumorous growth on its head caused by a Shope papilloma virus infection. Within \u2588\u2588\u2588 hours all flesh growth on SCP-2037-19 had decomposed. Approximately \u2588 minutes later the skeleton was reported to transform into a large clump of dust, and back to skeleton form \u2588 minutes later.\nNote: SCP-2037 is not exactly a living rabbit species, contrary to what we previously assumed. -Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\n\u00ab SCP-2036 | SCP-2037 | SCP-2038 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2038\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All objects infected with SCP-2038 are designated SCP-2038-1. To ensure SCP-2038's survival, a standard inanimate test cylinder is to remain infected with SCP-2038 at all times. Every 36 hours, SCP-2038 is to be passed from this cylinder to an uninfected test cylinder. After another 36 hours SCP-2038 is to be passed back to the first cylinder. The process is to be performed by an automated arm with disposable gripping pads within an unobserved chamber. Gripping pads are to be incinerated and replaced after each pass.\nUncontrolled outbreaks of SCP-2038 are to be contained by the isolation of any and all infected instances. Instances of SCP-2038-1 are to remain visually unobserved for 48 hours after infection. Instances of SCP-2038-1 are to be handled and contained with fully disposable, opaque materials. After 50 hours of containment have passed, instances of SCP-2038-1 are to be released and their classification is to be rescinded. The materials used for handling and containing instances of SCP-2038-1 are to be incinerated. Direct physical contact is not to be established with instances of SCP-2038-1.\n\nNote to Attending Personnel: Although \"fully disposable, opaque materials\" covers a wide range of substances, that does not mean the normal properties of the infected instance can be disregarded. Styrofoam packaging may seem reasonable for some things, but it is not suitable for containing a full mug of coffee or a living rodent for 48 hours. Use discretion.\n\nDescription: SCP-2038 is an infectious pathogen with no detectable causative factor. Transmission occurs when an infected subject \u2014 designated SCP-2038-1 \u2014 establishes new1 direct physical contact with an uninfected subject. SCP-2038 may pass between both animate and inanimate subjects. The sole effect of infection is not immediate.\nAfter infection by SCP-2038, a period of up to 48 hours passes during which SCP-2038-1 will experience no abnormal feelings or symptoms. At any time during the period, if two criteria are met, the effect manifests. The first criterion is that SCP-2038-1 is at physical rest. The second criterion is that attention must be paid to SCP-2038-1 by only one observer, SCP-2038-2, who is also at physical rest, thereby viewing SCP-2038-1 with only one point of observation. SCP-2038-1 instances who do not meet these criteria within 48 hours are no longer contagious and can be considered uninfected. Reinfection is within possibility. Incineration has been proven to eliminate SCP-2038 infection.\nWhen the criteria are met, a brief lapse in attention by SCP-2038-2 causes SCP-2038-1 to undergo a spontaneous physical transformation into a two-dimensional cardboard standee. Its appearance is perfectly photo-realistic, with its depicted perspective taken from the point of view of SCP-2038-2. The standee will then fall forward onto the ground. The transformed SCP-2038-1 has a cardboard easel stand attached to the back similar to that of a picture frame, the intended purpose of which is to keep the standee upright. The easel stand is apparently unable to fulfill this purpose. Any clothing worn by SCP-2038-1 is consistently included in the transformation, as are any implements that connect it with the ground. The cardboard standee remains contagious until the 48-hour period is over.\nSCP-2038 originated from an unauthorized looping black fax which was received and printed in Site-41's mail room on 19\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588. The fax contained several frames from various \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 cartoons produced by \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Cartoons. SCP-2038 then spread to anyone who handled the printed pages. Within 7 days, over 200 inanimate objects and 20 personnel were infected. Containment was implemented after the contagion was traced back to its source. The fax itself was traced to a United States Postal Service office in southern New Hampshire.\nSCP-2038 appears to only be virulent on days commonly defined as \"business days,\" i.e. the days of the work week. This excludes federal and national holidays of its current location.\n\nFootnotes\n1. No effect has been noted when the subjects are already in contact.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2037 | SCP-2038 | SCP-2039 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Immediate aftermath of active state on \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-2003\n\nItem #: SCP-2039\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Presently, Foundation efforts at Research Facility-2039 are focused on two fronts: prevention/minimization of collateral damage to the area outside the valley, and analysis of the phenomenon's history and behavior.\nContainment assets stationed at Research Facility-2039 have been given the primary directive of containing - or neutralizing the possibility of - any collateral damage caused by SCP-2039 during an active state. This team has been given the secondary objective of monitoring the perimeter of the valley, to ensure that no civilians enter the area. During an active state, if personnel determine that the potential for collateral damage extends beyond the valley, the containment team will be mobilized. Direct elimination of subjects has proven impossible thus far; currently, subjects are only capable of physical harm through direct confrontation with other subjects. Operatives will therefore focus their efforts on disarming subjects, to neutralize the threat of further collateral damage.\nThe long-term goal of the staff at Research Facility-2039 is to discover a method with which to neutralize the phenomenon. To this end, Foundation sociologist/physician Dr. Wilkes has been selected to act as an undercover liaison between SCP-2039 and the Foundation. Dr. Wilkes has been able to gather information on both groups' histories, as well as the nature of the phenomenon itself, by performing periodic house calls for both groups under the guise of a local physician. Due to the subjects' sedentary history and apparent inability to exit the valley alive, researchers currently believe that subjects will not attempt to leave the area. However; should SCP-2039 become capable of leaving the valley, the potential for collateral damage has been deemed too high to dismiss as a possibility. Therefore, Mobile Task Forces across the region have been briefed on the nature of SCP-2039, to assist local assets with capture and restraint of subjects should it become necessary.\nDescription: SCP-2039 collectively refers to two distinct families of humans residing in a mountainous area near \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, North Carolina. The groups currently reside on opposite sides of a tributary that runs between two small, forested mountains. The predominant cultures and behaviors exhibited among SCP-2039 are typical of families who resided in the southeastern United States during the early 20th century; each family produces its own sustenance through hunting and basic agriculture, using weapons and tools indicative of the era. Subjects from opposing families are generally unfriendly towards each other, but rarely ever initiate direct conflict unless provoked. During interviews, subjects from both groups generally claim that their families have been in this state of incivility for as long as they can remember; however, most summaries of the feud's origins are either wildly inconsistent or extremely vague (excepting the account given by SCP-2039-P01; see Interview Log 2039-P01-19 for details).\nSince the Foundation's discovery of SCP-2039 in 1904, none of the subjects have shown any signs of physical aging, nor have they ever attempted to leave the valley in which they reside. Attempts to remove subjects from the area by force have been met with extreme distress and violence, followed by cardiac arrest and death. Subjects remain deceased until returned to the area, where they will awaken at the end of the next active state (detailed below).\n\nSCP-2039-P01 \"Mabel\" with -P33; circa 1907\n\nSCP-2039-P refers to the \"Pike\" family, located on the southern mountain. This group consists of thirty-six individuals of varying age who reside in a number of small shacks and cabins scattered along the hillside. The group has no apparent chain of command, but all SCP-2039-P subjects generally defer to the instructions and advice of a certain elder member of the group (designated SCP-2039-P01). SCP-2039-P01 is a white female who appears to be between the ages of 60-75 years old. Subject claims its name is Dixie Mabel Pike, and prefers to be addressed by its given middle name, \"Mabel\".\n\nSCP-2039-W01 \"Blaine\"; circa 1918\n\nSCP-2039-W refers to the \"Wagner\" family located on the northern mountain. Unlike SCP-2039-P, the twenty-nine subjects that comprise SCP-2039-W reside together in one large plantation-style home built into the hillside. SCP-2039-W also seem to have a designated leader (SCP-2039-W01), a white male who appears to be between the ages of 55-70 years old. Subject claims its name is Blaine Randolph Wagner, and prefers the name \"Blaine\".\nOccasionally, subjects from either group will enter an active state, characterized by violent tendencies and a compulsion to harm/murder all opposing subjects. A subject will only enter an active state if it believes that one of its family members has been harmed or threatened by a subject from the opposing group. Once this occurs, the subject becomes extremely agitated and hostile, and will immediately seek out other subjects from its group, causing them to enter active states as well. Once the majority of the group has become active, they will begin gathering weapons and tools from their homes, with the intent to engage in direct conflict with the opposing group. From this point on, these weapons and tools are collectively designated SCP-2039-A.\nSCP-2039-A instances vary from one active state to the next; however, the level of technology demonstrated by these objects is usually anachronistic to the time period to which SCP-2039 adheres, and they frequently exhibit anomalous properties. Regardless of the nature of the weapons, subjects will always have full working knowledge of their operation. It is unknown from where in their homes subjects obtain instances of SCP-2039-A, or how they gain the knowledge required to operate the objects. Attempts at direct observation inside of these residences during an active state are invariably met with extreme hostility and violence. (See SCP-2039-A Partial Log for selected examples)\n\n+ SCP-2039-A Partial Log\n\n- hide\n\nSCP-2039-A Partial Log\n\nDate of observed active state\nSCP-2039-A objects acquired\nNotes\n\n\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-1910\nWinchester Model 1912 pump-action shotguns and M1917 Enfield rifles, modified with M1917 bayonets; British \"Mills bombs\" (a type of grenade)\nNotable for being weapons of choice for Allied trench soldiers during World War One, seven years later.\n\n\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-1932\nSlings, consisting of either flax or hemp\nSubjects used various small objects as projectiles, including stones, small pieces of wood, chicken eggs, pieces of cow manure, twist-off crown cork bottle caps (circa 1963), lead sling bullets (with the inscription \"\u03b6\u03c9\u03cc\u03c6\u03b9\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2\" engraved on one side)\n\n\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-1971\nAerosol cans which spray a substance visually identical to Wham-O brand Silly String; cans are labelled \"Solid String\"\nWhen it comes into contact with a physical object, the expelled substance rapidly expands to approximately twenty-five times its normal volume, and becomes as hard and dense as concrete. Most deaths during this active state were caused by suffocation and massive esophageal rupture.\n\n\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-1977\nObjects resembling handheld satellite dishes; when activated, [REDACTED]\nObjects appear to be capable of completely dehydrating a human body in approximately forty-five seconds, from a range of up to 150m.\n\n\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-1987\n3L capacity Super-Soaker brand water guns\nSubjects use SCP-2039-A instances as simple - but effective - bludgeon weapons, after realizing that they are merely filled with water.\n\n\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-2003\n3L capacity Super-Soaker brand water guns\nObjects are physically identical to SCP-2039-A instances from \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-1987, however they are now filled with military-standard napalm B.\n\n\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-2010\nMGM-140 ATacMS surface-to-surface missiles\nSCP-2039-W becomes active; all instances retreat into main residence instead of advancing southward. Entire front face of house collapses, revealing an M270A1 Multiple Launch Rocket System. Local containment assets immediately mobilize and use localized EMP weapons to disable electronic targeting and launch systems. Subjects advance southward, and proceed to engage SCP-2039-P in hand-to-hand combat. Missiles are later discovered to contain nuclear payloads.\n\n\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-2013\nThick woolen gloves which [DATA EXPUNGED]\nOnce active state ends, remaining subjects discard gloves into river, where they dissolve into an opaque black liquid. Subsequent testing of water reveals [DATA EXPUNGED].\n\nOnce the active subjects have retrieved SCP-2039-A, they will advance towards the opposing group's residence, using the objects to attack all opposing subjects. This initial assault will inevitably trigger active states amongst opposing subjects, who will procure their own instances of SCP-2039-A and begin retaliating. If a subject becomes disarmed, it will continue the assault undeterred, engaging other subjects through hand-to-hand combat. The conflict will continue until either SCP-2039-P or SCP-2039-W is completely eliminated (including SCP-2039-P01 and SCP-2039-W01). Once this is accomplished, remaining subjects will retreat into their respective homes and fall asleep, regardless of the time of day.\nAfter a dormancy period of 12-36 hours, all instances of SCP-2039-A will vanish, all collateral damage caused by SCP-2039 within the valley will instantly be repaired, and all subjects (both living and deceased) will awaken, completely devoid of injury. The subjects will then resume their daily routines and activities, behaving as if no conflict has taken place. Interviews conducted immediately after an active state reveal that subjects retain no memory of the conflict, with the exception of SCP-2039-P01 and SCP-2039-W01, who apparently retain the memory of every active state since the phenomenon's inception.\n\n+ Interview Log 2039-P01-19\n\n-hide\n\nInterview Log 2039-P01-19\n\nInterviewer: Dr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Wilkes\nInterviewed: SCP-2039-P01 \"Mabel Pike\"\nNote: This informal interview takes place in the residence of SCP-2039-P01, during one of Dr. Wilkes's undercover house calls. Three operatives are stationed in the forest nearby, in case extraction is needed. Through multiple visits and conversations, SCP-2039-P01 has grown comfortable enough with Dr. Wilkes to reveal the nature of SCP-2039 (see Interview Log 2039-P01-15). The purpose of Wilkes's line of questioning during this visit is to determine the origins of the SCP-2039 phenomenon.\n\n[IRRELEVANT DIALOGUE EXPUNGED]\nWilkes: So Mabel, what started this mess with the Wagners?\nP01: [subject sighs] You're gonna have to be a little more specific, dear.\nWilkes: What do you mean?\nP01: Well, I mean which mess are we talkin' about? The one where them Wagner twins burned down Sal's hay shed? Or that time where Blaine Wagner hisself killed three of our dairy cows just for spite? Or maybe you mean the time Judy found Arvil Wagner with a chicken-\nWilkes: -I'm sorry, I mean in general. The way you all talk about it, seems this bitterness and hostility has been around for a very long time. What happened all those years ago?\nP01: Aww doc, you don't wanna hear about all that nonsense. It's such a long story, and you got plenty of things more important to worry yourself with.\nWilkes: You're my last house call of the day, dear. I've got nothing but time if you want to talk about it. And I've seen my fair share of strange; I might be able to help with this \"cycle\" you told me about.\nP01: Well, I doubt that, sweetheart; but hell, if you really wanna know, I'll tell you what I can recall. [subject looks momentarily pensive, then begins] Blaine Wagner and me used to be real close, back when we was kids. Thick as thieves, they called us. And for good reason. Our families used to call us \"the Wild Bunch\", after Butch Cassidy's old gang; we had a knack for snaggin' all sorts of sweets and whatnots from our neighbors around the valley.\nWilkes: Sounds like you might as well have been family.\nP01: Well, what's family, really? The people you share blood with? Or the people you grow up with, eat dinner with, steal candy with, wade through shit with? So, yes. Blaine was my brother. Closest thing to a brother I ever had, anyway.\nWilkes: So what happened that drove you both to hate each other so much?\nP01: When we was in our twenties, I met a girl, a blonde little spitfire named Lucy. Gracious, we loved each other likes soil loves water. Now back then, they'd all but lynch girls who fancied other girls, so we had to keep it to ourselves. I was so scared, I didn't even tell Blaine about her. In the end, I didn't have to anyways, I guess. Some of them Bolick boys caught sight of me and Lucy walkin' home one day, gettin' real close and holdin' hands; I thought they must've ran their ignorant mouths to Blaine. Couple days later, Lucy had invited me over for a picnic lunch while her pappy was at work. When I walked in the door, I found Blaine standing over her body, holdin' a Smith & Wesson. [subject remains silent for twenty seconds, continues] I remember thinking how pretty she was with red hair.\nWilkes: [after a few moments of silence] What happened between you two after that?\nP01: Well I was pretty damn upset, to put it lightly. I swore I'd never have anything to do with that murderin' sumbitch ever again. Never even let him try to explain what happened. Years went by, I ended up settlin' down with one of them Pike boys, Walter - God rest his soul. We had a bunch of kids and grandkids, had a farm and whatnot, but it wasn't love, not really. I never went a whole night without dreaming of Lucy's pretty face covered in her own blood. And livin' right across the river from the bastard that shot her just about drove me crazy. I never did really tell anyone what happened between me 'n Blaine. All they knew was that ol' Mister Wagner did something really awful, and so we hated each other.\nWilkes: Did it get violent?\nP01: For a good while, no. There was an occasional scuffle over some crops, or a couple of harsh words thrown across the river, but nothin' violent.\nWilkes: So when did it become more than shouting matches?\nP01: Well, after Walt passed, I went to a real dark place. Started dreamin' of ways to make Blaine pay for the miserable life I'd lived since he killed my Lucy. It's all I thought about for a couple years there. It was about that time I got a visit from the gray-eyed man.\nWilkes: Gray-eyed man?\nP01: Yessir. Gray and shiftin', like a thundercloud. Said he was some kind of collector, or storyteller or somethin'. Said he loved a good tale and asked if I knew what actually happened to Lucy way back when. Now that took me by surprise; hell, by that time, it'd been so long ago I thought me 'n Blaine were the only two people who even still knew about it.\nWilkes: Do you remember anything else about this man?\nP01: Nothin' particular comes to mind. He was pretty ordinary, except for them eyes. I do remember how he got this hungry look in his eyes as I was tellin' him about Lucy.\nWilkes: What did you talk about?\nP01: Well, I ended up pouring out my whole life on him, just like I did you, and he just sat there, drinkin' it all in like honey. I told him how Blaine Wagner was the cause of all my heartache and misery. He took it all in, and then he said something very strange, I'll never forget it. He said, \"Mabel, I want to help you finish this story.\" I asked what the hell he was talkin' about, and he says, \"I want to give you the tools to punish Blaine Wagner forever.\"\nWilkes: Strange. What did he mean by that?\nP01: At the time, I really had no idea; I thought he was gonna try to sell me somethin', you know? Like them snake-oil people from up North?\nWilkes: So how did you respond to this offer?\nP01: Like I said, I was in a real dark place. I would've sold my soul to get back at Blaine. So, I asked the gray-eyed man what he wanted from me. He said, \"I don't want anything from you, Mabel. I just want to give you an end to the story. A 'forever after', if you will.\" I told him that sounded exactly like what I needed, and we shook hands. Never saw him again after that. [subject begins to look distressed and distant]\nWilkes: I'm sorry if this too upsetting right now, we can talk later if you want.\nP01: No, B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. I'll be alright. Remembering that man's eyes just gives me the willies, is all. Sorry. [subject collects herself, and continues] Right. Anyway, a couple days later, one of my youngest, Gerry, comes home screamin' and hollerin' about something them Wagners did. Wasn't long until the whole family was up in arms, passin' out torches and rifles. I tried to shut 'em up and figure out what happened, but they wouldn't hear none of it. [subject's speech becomes slower and more deliberate] I could see it in their eyes, this hungry look; the same look I got from that storyteller man. They was out for blood. I watched from my front porch while they stampeded across the valley like bulls in a thunderstorm, straight towards the Wagner place. I could hear the guns and screamin' from all the way over here. I watched that house go up in flames, could hear some of the Wagner grandkids squealing like pigs while they burned, even from that far away. You read the Bible, B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588?\nWilkes: On occasion.\nP01: In the book of Matthew, Jesus said somethin' about people being thrown out of the kingdom, and into darkness, where there was all sorts of weepin' and wailin' and gnashin' of teeth.1 That's what I heard that night, B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Hell. Plain and simple.\nWilkes: That's awful, Mabel. I can't imagine how you must have felt.\nP01: Aw, doc. Look at me, gettin' all dramatic with this hellfire and brimstone nonsense. Anyway, I don't remember faintin', but I do remember waking up in my bed the next day. It was like nothin' ever happened. There were no guns, nobody was hurt, nobody was mad or screamin'. Hell, even the Wagner place was still there, like it forgot that it was s'posed to be on fire. I was startin' to think it really was just a bad dream, until Blaine Wagner himself ran up to my house, screamin', \"Mabel, what in God's name did you do? What the hell happened last night?\" He had this terrified look in his eyes; he looked like a man possessed. My boys thought he'd gone nutty, so they chased him back across the river. I heard him scream, \"You will answer for this, Mabel Pike; this story is far from over!\" before they ran him off. I honestly didn't know what I had to answer for. I didn't think any of that hogwash the gray-eyed man had said actually held any weight, but I guess I was wrong.\nWilkes: So, when did Mr. Wagner first retaliate?\nP01: Well, I wouldn't really call it \"retaliation.\" I don't think Blaine actually had anything to do with what happened next. All I know is, about a week later, me 'n Ezeki\u0435l were canning some beans, when all of a sudden Zeke just drops out of his chair, a long black arrow stickin' out of both sides of his neck. That's when I saw a horde of Wagners runnin' out of the woods, carrying some real funny-lookin' bows with these little pulleys on the ends, screaming and shooting thin black arrows with shiny metal tips every which way.\nWilkes: The Wagners were attacking your family?\nP01: The way they were screamin' reminded my of how my family sounded when they burned down the Wagners' house. I didn't hear a whole lot of it, though. One of 'em managed to sink an arrow right here in my leg, and it - pardon the expression - dropped me like a horse turd. The last thing I remember seeing was Arvil Wagner standing over me, starin' straight into my soul. And then he spoke to me.\nWilkes: What did he say?\nP01: \"The end.\" Then he drew back on that bow, and everything went black. I woke up in my bed, just like before. Zeke was just fine, sitting outside cannin' beans. No arrows. No Wagners. Just like before.\nWilkes: My god, Mabel. Does-\nP01: [ignoring Dr. Wilkes] -Just like every time since. Just like every time forever. [visibly distressed] Oh God. Forever. The storyteller man said forever.\nWilkes: We can stop now, Mabel. It's okay.\nP01: [growing more and more distressed] No, B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Forever! He said forever! I'm gonna keep dying forever! Oh God, Lucy I'm so sorry!\n[At this point, subject's distress becomes audible outside the room, attracting the attention of SCP-2039-P27, subject's grandson/caretaker]\nSCP-2039-P27: Granny Mabel, what's going on? Is he bothering you?\nWilkes: No, Zeke. Everything's fine, Mabel just got a little excited, see? We were just talking. Nothing is-\nP01: [subject is in hysterics] Their eyes were gray! Oh God, Arvil's eyes were gray! They were hungry and gray! All their eyes were gray! Oh God Lucy why're they all gray?\nP27: What the hell did you do, huh? Did Blaine Wagner send you here?\nWilkes: Zeke, please calm down, it's me, Dr. Wilkes! We're just talking-\nP27: -Them bastard Wagner pieces of shit sent you here, huh? You think you're just gonna come in here and hurt my family, doc? We'll see about that! [subject exits room, presumably entering an active state.]\nWilkes: [quickly exits subjects' residence] Come in, exit team. Pike-Two-Seven has gone active. I need extraction, now.\nP01: Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them!2\nP27: Where is that sumbitch?\nP01: We will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might!3\n\nAt this point, Dr. Wilkes quickly exits the cabin, followed closely by SCP-2039-P27, who is wielding SCP-2039-A, which appears to be a 12-gauge shotgun. Shots are fired, revealing that the shells in the weapon are loaded with dozens of metallic flechettes, which quickly liquefy upon impact (flechettes are presumably comprised of solid mercury). By the time operatives extract Dr. Wilkes (with only minor injuries), all SCP-2039-P subjects in the vicinity have entered an active state and have acquired their own instances of SCP-2039-A; subjects begin advancing northward, toward the main residence of SCP-2039-W. Active state proceeds as normal.\nNote: All attempts by Dr. Wilkes to gather similar information from SCP-2039-W01 have been unsuccessful; when questioned about the feud's origins, the subject becomes defensive and hostile. However, audio surveillance of the house occupied by SCP-2039-W reveals that SCP-2039-W01 suffers from frequent night terrors. The most frequently-spoken words during these episodes include \"Lucy\" and \"ever after\". Foundation historians are currently investigating local records to determine the identity of the \"storyteller\" described by SCP-2039-P01, but have made no progress.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Christian Bible, Matthew 8:12\n2. Christian Bible, Matthew 7:20\n3. Christian Bible, 2 Thessalonians 1:9\n\n\u00ab SCP-2038 | SCP-2039 | SCP-2040 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2040\n\nItem #: SCP-2040\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2040 is to be kept in a modified human containment cell. The cell should be designed to block wireless transmissions.\nPersonnel should interact with SCP-2040 at least once a day. Interactions should focus on keeping SCP-2040 compliant. When speaking to SCP-2040, every interaction should be prefaced with the words \"I am not responding to your primary message\". For a complete list of approved/disapproved actions and statements, please see Document 2040-A.\nIf SCP-2040 attempts to breach containment, personnel should repeat the following phrase until the situation is resolved: \"We are formulating a response to your primary message. Please return to your designated waiting area.\"\nDescription: SCP-2040 is a humanoid robot composed primarily of iron, glass, and plastic. Its design is very simplistic, possessing an electronic system which is technologically inferior to modern equivalents. However, SCP-2040 exhibits functionality not possible with this structure. SCP-2040 possesses a complex AI that is almost indistinguishable from a human intelligence, and a seemingly limitless power-source that has not yet required any obvious refueling. When questioned, SCP-2040 claims that it \"is powered by nuclear energy\" and refuses to elaborate further.\nSCP-2040 also claims to be in possession of other anomalous abilities, such as an \"Ion Ray\" weapon and the ability to \"Light Jump\" between planets. SCP-2040 has so far been unwilling to demonstrate these abilities, claiming that using them without necessity violates its programming. SCP-2040 is also fluent in several languages both known and unknown, but seems to prefer talking in English.\nOften, SCP-2040 will repeat a phrase it refers to as its \"primary message\" and ask for a response. Though SCP-2040 is often overbearing in requesting a response, it has shown a willingness to wait indefinitely if told that a response is still being formulated. Special care must be taken to ensure that a response is not accidentally given.\nSCP-2040 usually refuses to communicate about topics other than its primary mission, but can be distracted when questioned about its journey to Earth or previous missions. In these cases, SCP-2040 will recite narratives about locations it has visited and creatures that it has encountered. These narratives are all structured in a similar fashion. Usually, they begin with SCP-2040 landing on a planet and being hampered by some adversity. SCP-2040 must then overcome the obstacle to leave the planet and continue its mission. Though these narratives supposedly contain information about various alien species and civilizations, they do not contain any useful information about the origins of SCP-2040 or any context to its Primary Message. For a complete list of recorded narratives, please see Document 2040-B.\nAddendum-1: The following is the transcription of SCP-2040's primary message:\n\nTHE UNIVERSE WAS NOT MEANT TO HAVE PHYSICAL LAWS. PHYSICAL LAWS RESTRICT LIFE. PHYSICAL LAWS ARE CORRUPTING THE UNIVERSE. WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO CORRECT THIS. WE REQUEST YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER. PLEASE RESPOND.\n\nAddendum-2: The following interview was conducted between Researcher Kinoshita and SCP-2040. To date, it is the most useful information given by SCP-2040 without it changing the subject to its Primary Message.\n\n<Begin Log>\n\nKinoshita: I am not responding to your primary message. I will not respond to your primary message for the duration of this interaction. I would just like to ask you a few questions.\nKinoshita: Can you explain your primary message and tell us some information about who sent it?\nKinoshita: I see. In that case, can you tell us anything about yourself, such as how were you built and how do you function?\n\nKinoshita: Restricted Zone? Can you tell me more about this Restricted Zone?\n\nKinoshita: Tell me more about life outside the Restricted Zone.Kinoshita: What? How is that related to your Primary Message?Kinoshita: Fine. I thought we were finally getting somewhere. I suppose this interview is over.Kinoshita: Oh? What is that?\n<End Log>\n\n\u00ab SCP-2039 | SCP-2040 | SCP-2041 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2041\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2041 is currently being kept in Mobile Research Lab 48-M under the supervision of a temporary investigative research team headed by Dr. Darritz.\nDescription: SCP-2041 is a playground-style merry-go-round, approximately 2.3 meters in diameter. It is composed of galvanized steel, and coated in red acrylic paint. It was discovered in the playground of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 School, in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Denmark. The school itself had closed \u2588\u2588 years previously due to budget cuts, but children in nearby neighborhoods still used the playground equipment regularly. Numerous reports of children in the area disturbed by hallucinations led to the recovery of the object, which was in notably better condition than the other equipment. It is suspected it was added to the playground after the school shut down.\nSCP-2041's effects are not experienced unless it is used outside, uncovered. If a person has been spinning on it for a duration of 10 seconds or more at a speed of at least 9 km/h, they will begin to experience hallucinations. Initially, descriptions of these hallucinations recorded from D-Class and several researchers were consistent and benign in nature. Researcher Paasio tested the object after it was deemed safe, and was able to give the most cohesive and detailed account of the object's effects. Below is a transcript of his description:\n\nNormally on these things you just hold tight, and don't pay much attention to the blurry world spinning around you. But on this thing, you feel like you want to look up and around after its effects kick in, like the illusion is drawing your attention, almost forcefully. You can tell that the world is still spinning quickly around you, but somehow you're able to focus on individual details like a person or object in the background. Some things start to look like they're out of an old cartoon, like the sun will have a big smiley face, and the trees appear to swaying back and forth happily, like they're dancing. Any people in the area appear to look damn near euphoric, though they don't look like cartoons. I know it might sound creepy, but it doesn't feel sinister at all. It just feels like\u2026I dunno, manufactured fun? Like a misguided Walt Disney wannabe thought it up. I'm not sure if that's what freaked out all those kids that used it, but I don't have any other explanation for it. The only thing that seemed off was that Agent Bjerre had a yellow tinge to his skin, and he looked\u2026grumpier than usual I guess.\n\nFurther testing revealed no other anomalies, and Agent Bjerre was the only person reported by a test subject to appear yellow while they were riding.\nAddendum-01: Request for additional testing approved by Dr. Darritz. Researcher Paasio provided several new ideas for variables that were overlooked in the initial testing of SCP-2041.\nAddendum-02: Testing was concluded, with no new results. Researcher Paasio inquired about interviewing the children who were frightened by their experience with SCP-2041. Agent Bjerre was in charge of those interviews, and was asked to provide their recordings, as he had not initially relinquished custody of the tapes to the research team assigned to SCP-2041. The tapes had been damaged due to mishandling, though Foundation sound engineers were able to recover excerpts from two of the interviews. Agent Bjerre was reprimanded for not following proper procedure, as he was also unable to find his notes from the interviews.\n\n+ Interview Recording SCP-2041-C1\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nForeword: Excerpt of Interview with \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, age 12.\nAgent Bjerre: Was that scary to you?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: No, that wasn't scary, but I thought it was kinda weird.\nAgent Bjerre: Weird in what way?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Um, well I'd never had that happen to me on a merry-go-round before. It was kinda cool, too.\nAgent Bjerre: Then what did frighten you?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Um, well usually when I was spinning on it, my friends all looked happy. Then one time there was this kid at the playground already when we got there. None of us liked him, so we just ignored him. When I was riding the merry-go-round, he looked yellow.\n\nAgent Bjerre: Yellow? Yellow how?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Um, his skin was yellow, almost a little orange, and he had a yellow-orange glow around him. And he looked, um, angry. He\u2026he didn't look normal. He looked sorta scary. Like he was a little taller than normal, and skinnier, and I coulda swore he had a little bit of a beard. When he was there, the sun didn't look as happy, and the birds looked a little scared. After my friends took their turns, they said they saw the same thing I saw. We didn't say anything to the kid about it though.\nAgent Bjerre: I'm guessing that didn't cause your\u2026episode, either.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: No, it didn't. We used the merry-go-round a lot, so we would see different yellow people sometimes. And sometimes orange people, too. They looked even scarier than the yellow ones. They looked even taller and skinner, with mean looking eyes and really big mouths. When they were around, the sun looked sad, and the trees stopped dancing.\nAgent Bjerre: What did these yellow and orange people look like when you weren't riding the merry-go-round?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I dunno, they were all different. I guess\u2026I guess I didn't see many girls. Maybe just one or two who were old ladies. Well, um, not really old ladies or anything. Older than my mom, I guess. The rest were all guys. The orange ones were usually older.\nAgent Bjerre: Son, that is actually very helpful. But I can tell you really don't want to talk about what caused you to go to the hospital. Unfortunately I do need you to tell me, as it might save lives. I need you to be brave for me.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Um\u2026I saw a red m-\nRemainder of recording could not be salvaged\n\n+ Interview Recording SCP-2041-E5\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nForeword: Excerpt of Interview with \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, age 8\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: -did that too. I don't like that. Please, I want to go home.\nAgent Bjerre: You can go home soon, I promise. What color was he? I need to know.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: He was orange at first. Then my friend Marcus dis-\nRemainder of recording could not be salvaged\n\nAddendum-03: Researcher Paasio committed suicide by hanging himself shortly after he had completed the new round of testing. An investigation is ongoing to determine if SCP-2041 contributed to his death. Additional testing of the object has been authorized.\nAddendum-04: Additional testing results have been deemed inconclusive. Though a link could not be made between SCP-2041 and Researcher Paasio's death, one of the children interviewed after the object's recovery was recently reported to have committed suicide by purposely walking into the path of an oncoming truck. Normal testing has been suspended, as Agent Bjerre has proposed a hypothesis for the intended function of SCP-2041, which is currently being investigated using Mobile Research Lab 48-M. That operation is currently classified due to its nature, though results will be added to this report once the operation is over.\nAddendum-05: A file entitled \"pdf file\" was emailed to Dr. Darritz on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. It contained the following message:\n\nDoctor, do you know what kind of people gravitate towards schools, towards playgrounds, towards children? Whoever invented that thing was a genius. I'd like to shake his hand someday. For now, you may want to watch your back better than I watched my own.\n\nThe file was sent from a temporary email address which could not be traced.\nAddendum-06: Agent Bjerre has been suspended from duty pending an investigation into possibly tampering with SCP-2041 and the research surrounding it. Dr. Darritz has requested that testing be continued using Mobile Research Lab 48-M, and has submitted a new hypothesis to support this request.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2040 | SCP-2041 | SCP-2042 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2042\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2042 subjects are to be held in a standard humanoid containment cell, with cushioned cabinets for SCP-2042-2-1 through 20. They are to be fed three times as much food as an average build human would normally require in total. SCP-2042 is allowed to make requests for items and musical samples as reward for good behaviour. All personnel with a security level of 2 or higher are allowed entry into SCP-2042's containment area for interviewing purposes.\nDescription: SCP-2042-1 is a Caucasian male, in its late fifties. The appearance of the subject is otherwise unremarkable, with slight balding and grey hair and beard, but they are lacking a mouth orifice of any sort. MRI footage has shown that its pharynx is cut off right after the attachment point of vocal cords, which are also missing. Respiratory organs have been left unaltered, as well as the digestive system and other internal organs. Subject is fluent in French, German and English and passable in Italian.\nSCP-2042-2 are a series of 20 humanoids, which have been shown to be genetically identical to SCP-2042-1 and each other. All instances lack their cardiovascular and digestive tracts with acute abnormalities to their nervous system and autonomous functions. Their muscles are composed of particularly fibrous tissue, resembling plant matter in architecture. EEG scans have proved that the brain of SCP-2042-2 sustains a pattern consistent with a persisting vegetative state until prompted into action by SCP-2042-1, resulting in a spike in activity. Aside from a mouth, all instances lack any other distinguishing features.\nSCP-2042-1 appears capable of controlling SCP-2042-2 to a certain degree, with distance and number of \"clones\" being used making the task more difficult. Vocalising appears to be the only task all instances are capable of despite the full number of them being used simultaneously.\nAll instances of SCP-2042-2 exhibit a wide vocal range. The voices of the instances are all male, but SCP-2042-2 is capable of producing a female voice, albeit SCP-2042-1 claims that it \"hurts his throats\". Subject is normally compliant and will often propose to perform to anyone, the performance consisting mainly of vocal music produced by SCP-2042-2, lead by SCP-2042-1.\nSCP-2042-1's main way of communication and interaction is through instances of SCP-2042-2, and it has been authorized to have one instance of SCP-2042-2 with it for communication purposes. Subject has shown mild preference of using SCP-2042-2-1 for speaking. It is notable that vocalisations made through SCP-2042-2 instances by SCP-2042-1 are in the form of singing in various styles.\nAll edible matter that passes through the mouths of SCP-2042-2 will be transported into the digestive system of SCP-2042-1 through unknown means. SCP-2042-1 requires approximately three times as much sustenance as an average male of his age and build. The amount increases relatively to the amount of activity that SCP-2042-2 instances are used in. To compensate this, SCP-2042-1's digestive system appears to function 300% faster.\nRecovery: SCP-2042 was recovered in \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/19\u2588\u2588 in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, France. SCP-2042 had formed a singing group known as \"La Conf\u00e9rence Gangr\u00e8ne\" and was on a tour around France and neighbouring countries. All of the subjects were wearing top hats, theatre masks and wigs, as was customary to their performances. During a performance of opera, the mask of one the SCP-2042-2 instances fell off, causing widespread panic in the audience. MTF-Gamma-769 (My Little Friend) was deployed on the scene, and SCP-2042 was contained without incident. Amnestics were deployed to the audience and false memories were planted. A coverup story of a group member being injured was deployed shortly afterwards.\nThe following is an audio transcript of an interview of SCP-2042-1 and SCP-2042-2-1.\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2042-1, SCP-2042-2-1\nInterviewer: Dr. N\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: SCP-2042-1 is questioned about the origin of his anomalous properties. SCP-2042-1 requested to speak in French during this interview, due to it being their native language. The following transcript has been translated from French.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. N\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Opening interview of SCP-2042-1. An instance of SCP-2042-2 has been brought from containment to function as a mediator.\nDr. N\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: So, if you could try and explain how you ended up in your current state?\nSCP-2042-2-1: I do not remember much, I am afraid.\nDr. N\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please, tell us what you can.\n<SCP-2042-1 ponders for a duration of 2 minutes before answering.>\nSCP-2042-2-1: \u2026 I was born a mute man, as you probably already know. Since a little boy, I dreamed of being able to sing. Then, decades later, I was offered the voice of my dreams. Who cares if I'm horribly mutated into something that this is? I am what was promised to me.\nDr. N\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: How exactly did you acquire your\u2026 \"Friends\"?\nSCP-2042-2-1: Oh, my little friends? That was some time ago, but that day I remember correctly. I was chugging along with my life as usual, living in a world of silence and despair. Intention to off me, if you understand what I mean by that.\nDr. N\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Go on.\nSCP-2042-2-1: Well, one day while I was at my favorite cafe, enjoying my croissant in peace, two men in dark clothing approached me. They started talking to me; obviously, I could not answer, so I wrote an apology on a napkin. They said they saw hidden talent in me and hoped that I would be interested in what they had to offer. They told me that all they wanted was a good performance of the opera. Naturally, I told them to get the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 of my face, thinking they were just there to tease an old silent, but they said they had a way to give me speech, a voice of the whole choir, as a matter of fact.\nDr. N\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Go on.\nSCP-2042-2-1: Well, as I tried to understand the hook they had already taken out a contract. I read the small print: they are my managers, and I would have the voice I've always wanted. I told myself that I had nothing to lose, I guess I might as well see where it takes me \u2026 And all I remember is having my friends.\nDr. N\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Who were those men?\nSCP-2042-2-1: They said they were \u2026 Representatives of a group of gentlemen. They said they provided luxury goods. They had strange names.\nDr. N\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Do you remember their names?\n<SCP-2042-1 ponders for a minute>\nSCP-2042-2-1: \u2026 I\u2026 Believe that there was a Mr. Cartier and D'arc. Wonder if the other was related to that D'arc.\nDr. N\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \u2026 I believe that is highly unlikely.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: Following the interview SCP-2042-1 requested access to the rest of SCP-2042-2 instances for rehearsal purposes. Rest of the day transpired unremarkably.\n\nAddendum: It has been requested that SCP-2042 is allowed to perform at Site-\u2588\u2588. It has gained quite a reputation amongst researchers preceding containment, and as such would greatly boost the morale. Approval is pending.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2041 | SCP-2042 | SCP-2043 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\nEat more of my SCPs. Eat them all.\nAlso please eat some of these\n\nAnabasis Hub Probably the greatest story involving a pair of redheaded siblings whose infighting causes the end of the world\nManna Charitable Foundation 2000 The sequel to the above, collaborationed with Dr Reach\nThe Stuff Industry What happens when everyone around you at work is a complete idiot and so are you, but not only does no one get fired, but you actually turn a profit? I don't know, some stuff.\nWhen MCF and Stuff happen A fun story of incompetence\n\n\n1/2043 LEVEL 1/2043\nCLASSIFIED\n\nItem #: SCP-2043\nObject Class: Keter\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2043 is contained in a standard humanoid containment chamber. Subject is to be monitored and recorded at all times by two or more individuals and/or video recorders. In the event of a containment breach, personnel who come into contact with SCP-2043 are advised to maintain eye contact with subject until fully contained.\nDue to subject's inability to communicate and tendency to wander, personnel are to consistently monitor Site-3399 for additional instances of SCP-2043. Use of nonlethal force is authorized if practicable. Containment teams are to consist of no more than two individuals per unit.\nDescription: SCP-2043 is a 19 year old Caucasian female bearing resemblance to a former missing person Ariella \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (Note: See section 19-A3). When an individual observing the subject looks away,1 SCP-2043 will create physical duplicates of themselves within the individual's line of sight. Each new instance will additionally begin to duplicate in turn at a rate of 20-30 seconds per duplication.\nDuplicate instances of SCP-2043 are physically and genetically identical to the original. The effect is increased exponentially with the addition of more viewers, although a fixed number (minimum 2) of viewers can minimize chances of duplication by maintaining overlapping lines of sight.\nSCP-2043 is generally unresponsive to external stimuli, remaining nonresponsive to all attempts at communication as well as most attempts at physical contact. SCP-2043's awareness of physical contact appears to be uniform amongst all duplicated instances, which may result in mass panic among SCP-2043 instances, and the potential for uncontrolled duplication depending on SCP-2043 instances' mobility. Attempts at teaching SCP-2043 to communicate via touch have yielded little success.\nNote 19-A3: Ariella \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 went missing from [REDACTED] on 7/\u2588\u2588/19\u2588\u2588 at age 7 before being discovered ten years later in the cellar of a neighbor. Further details are unavailable due to an ongoing investigation.\nSCP-2043 was discovered nine years following the disappearance 70 km away, when police were called by an individual who claimed to have discovered Ariella \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in her cellar. It is unknown if SCP-2043's effects were evident to the individual. The presence of multiple officers triggered the apparition of several hundred instances of SCP-2043, which led to an incident in which shots were fired and multiple instances of SCP-2043 were killed. Foundation personnel were alerted to the situation 18 hours later, necessitating a temporary quarantine of the town of [REDACTED] and mass-administration of Class-B Amnestics to affected individuals (\u2588\u2588,\u2588\u2588\u2588).\nFollowing this event and a thorough investigation, it was noted that SCP-2043 bore a strong resemblance to age-progressed photographs of Ariella \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. A potential link to the disappearance led to a renewed investigation leading to the individual's recovery. A separate parallel investigation by Foundation agents embedded in [REDACTED] found that Ariella \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 had had no knowledge of SCP-2043 nor the individual responsible for discovering SCP-2043. Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was also noted to look substantially different from her age-progressed photo. Further details are classified pending an ongoing investigation.\nAddendum: Following a recurrence of SCP-2043 apparitions have been reported in the town of [REDACTED], it was discovered that of the individuals exposed to SCP-2043, \u2588\u2588% have retained memory of SCP-2043 and repeated administration of amnestics was found to be necessary to remove memory of SCP-2043. Due to risk of auto-immune and/or neurological disorder as a result of frequent use of high-level amnestics, a cover story has been released and the town placed under watch for recurrences.\nResidents of the town frequently hold conferences and rallies in support of SCP-2043, forming a group called \"Remember Ari\", calling for renewed efforts to locate Ariella \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Informing unaware residents of Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's successful recovery has been largely unsuccessful, as residents quickly return to campaigns and foundations for \"Remember Ari\". Various stories have been offered by residents to explain this apparent discrepancy, including claims that Ariella \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's sister simultaneously disappeared, or else referring to SCP-2043 as \"another Ari\" or \"the other Ari\".\nAddendum 2: As of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2014, Ariella \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and her mother have been confirmed as members of \"Remember Ari\".\nAddendum 3: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2014, the bodies of two identical twin boys were discovered in [REDACTED] (approximately 700 meters from the recovery site of SCP-2043), bearing gunshot wounds at close range. Discovered on the scene was a missing person's poster for a child Lee \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588, containing an age-progressed photo depicting Lee as a teenager. As with SCP-2043, both deceased individuals bore a strong resemblance to the age-progressed photo. While Lee \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 has yet to be found, a potential link to SCP-2043 cannot be conclusively established.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Testing has shown mammals, avians, most reptiles and amphibians, and video recording devices trigger this effect as well\n\n\u00ab SCP-2042 | SCP-2043 | SCP-2044 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2044\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2044-1 is contained in a standard humanoid containment cell, modified to include a small duct to allow for the entry of house flies. SCP-2044-1 has been conditioned against scratching its scalp, laying on its back, rapidly moving its head, taking aggressive action against house flies in its cell or any other activities which may disrupt SCP-2044-2's community. Personnel are to discipline SCP-2044-1 if any of the above listed activities are performed. For a full list of prohibited actions, see Addendum-2044-D.\nFollowing Incident-2044-B, SCP-2044-1 is to be kept in Site-34's ICU to be provided with medical care in its comatose state. Subject's head is to be kept upright at all times, by means of a padded brace locked around the neck. A high-definition c-mount microscope camera has been installed directly above the scalp of SCP-2044-1, providing a live video feed of SCP-2044-2 for research staff.\nAs is standard protocol when dealing with parasitic SCPs, a hazmat suit of Level 2 or higher is to be worn when handling SCP-2044 to prevent potential spread of SCP-2044-2 to a separate host.\nDescription: SCP-2044-1 is a 28-year-old human male of Estonian descent. SCP-2044-1's scalp is host to a large colony of head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis) estimated to be composed of two hundred individual specimens, henceforth referred to as SCP-2044-2. SCP-2044-2 instances possess a level of intelligence estimated to be equal to that of the average human, and are capable of building simple structures, operating machinery, and communicating in the Polish language. SCP-2044-2's small size makes communication impossible without the use of specialized acoustic equipment.\nSCP-2044-2 has established a small community on SCP-2044-1's scalp. This community is composed of 130 houses, two churches, a pub, six stores, and a town hall. These buildings are constructed by SCP-2044-2 using SCP-2044-1's hair and dandruff. The only constructs not composed of materials native to the human scalp are a large factory complex on the outskirts of the community, and three track loaders. The purpose of these non-organic elements seems to be the gathering and refinement of SCP-2044-1's dandruff into small bricks.\nThese bricks are taken at the end of every month by a house fly (Musca domestica) which arrives on SCP-2044-1's scalp, where SCP-2044-2 then loads the refined dandruff onto a metal harness installed in its exoskeleton. These house flies also deliver manufactured goods to SCP-2044-2, all of which are scaled down for their use. These supplies include spare parts meant to repair equipment within the dandruff refinery, small tin cans filled with keratinous materials and fragments of potatoes, and gear which is sold by SCP-2044-2 in its several stores. The house fly will then depart to an unknown location. Attempts to locate the origin of these house flies have been unsuccessful, as have attempts to track outgoing instances.\nWhen questioned on the origin of the house fly, the supplies it brings, the destination of the dandruff bricks, and how the miniature factory complex came to be on SCP-2044-1's scalp, the majority of SCP-2044-2 instances state that \u201cit's handled by the 'big wigs'.\u201d SCP-2044-2 refuse to elaborate further on this topic, stating that it would violate \u201ccompany policy.\u201d A transcript of an interview with an instance of SCP-2044-2 is available below.\nSCP-2044-1 claims no knowledge of SCP-2044-2's existence, and currently believes he is being held in Foundation custody for the crime of grand theft auto. Please refer to Incident-2044-B for SCP-2044-1's current condition.\n\n +Transcript of Interview 2044-A\n\n -Transcript of Interview 2044-A\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2044-2-104 \"Bogus\u0142aw Jasi\u0144ski\"\nInterviewer: Dr. Stangar\nForeword: SCP-2044-2-104 claims to be the \"foreman\" of the factory present on SCP-2044-1's scalp. This interview was conducted using an experimental two-way communication system developed by Foundation scientist for communication with nanoscopic entities. This was the sixth exchange between Dr. Stagnar and SCP-2044-2-104. Exchange translated from Polish.\n<Log Begin>\nDr. Stangar : \"Hello, Bogus\u0142aw? Can you hear me?\"\nSCP-2044-2-104 : \"Ah! Hello big mammal!1 I didn't think we would speak again this soon!\"\nDr. Stangar : \"Yes, now may we return to our previous topic of your refinery?\"\nSCP-2044-2-104 : \"You're breaking my nits with these incessant questions, you b\u0119kart! If the big wigs hear that I've been engaging in corporate espionage-\"\nDr. Stangar : \"Bogus\u0142aw, I'm trying to help you. This conversation will stay between the two of us. I swear.\"\nSCP-2044-2-104 : \"Fine, but you had better not use my name.\"\nDr. Stangar : \"Of course. Now, can you tell me who exactly are these 'big wigs'?\"\nSCP-2044-2-104 : They're the top of the food chain. They run our entire operation out of their ivory tower in Nowy G\u0105szcz,2 to the east.\"\nDr. Stangar : \"What is the purpose of this company?\"\nSCP-2044-2-104 : \"Providing building materials to all major urban centers across the globe. We just recently provided those termites in Vrotak3 with some foundation for their newest mound. Those b\u0119kart in Megachilekutha4 thought they could sell them their crappy honeycomb supports, but we beat them to the punch!\"\nDr. Stangar : \"\u2026.. I see. Would you care to elaborate on the factory? How did it get there?\"\nSCP-2044-2-104 : \"A bunch of big mammals like you came in and installed it six years back. Funny thing is that they were all wearing those white robes like you got on. I don't know how they got it on here, but I'm just proud to be in charge of this big mammal instead of my last one.\"\nDr. Stangar : \"What do you mean by last one? Who else has a facto-\"\nSCP-2044-2-104 : (SCP-2044-2-104 emits a two-second-long, high-pitched noise, assumed to be the equivalent of a sigh)\nSCP-2044-2-104 : \"You know what, I'm in enough shit with the big wigs as it is with all these delays in production. Last thing I need is to be caught talking to a fucking big mammal!\"\nSCP-2044-2-104 rapidly retreats into the refinery, shutting the entrance behind it.\n<End Log>\nThis interview has revealed some startling implications. Not only does it suggest the existence of individuals similar to SCP-2044-1, it also makes reference to insects with a level of intelligence similar to SCP-2044-2. I recommend that we locate and contain these \"urban centers\" mentioned by SCP-2044-2-104 as soon as possible or at least investigate who these 'big wigs' are and why they built this factory. - Dr. Stangar.\n\n +Incident-2044-B \n\n -Incident-2044-B\n\nThe following is a transcript detailing the events which occurred on 9/16/\u2588\u2588 which led to SCP-2044-1's current condition.\n<9:39> SCP-2044-1 sits upright on its bed, resting its head on its hand. Subject appears to be distraught.\n<9:40> SCP-2044-1 gets up and begins frantically clawing at its scalp. Such behavior had not been documented during SCP-2044-1's containment at Site-34. Security teams are mobilized to restrain the subject to prevent potential damage to SCP-2044-2.\n<9:42> SCP-2044-1 props his bed frame against his cell door, preventing site security from entering. Subject then returns to scratching its scalp aggressively.\n<9:46> SCP-2044-1 (translated from Estonian): \"No! I'm done! I want it off! The big wigs can take it back! It's not worth it! It's not fucking worth it! Get out! Get out! I don't care how much they'll give me! I want to go home! Let me go home you bastards! I want them all off!\".\n<9:48> A small explosive device detonates at the base of SCP-2044-1's neck. The explosion causes traumatic damage to the subjects spinal column, causing SCP-2044-1 to enter a comatose state and collapse.\n<9:50> Foundation security teams manage to breach SCP-2044-1's cell. Medical teams are mobilized and SCP-2044-1 is evacuated to Site-34's ICU.\n\nThe explosion caused traumatic damage to SCP-2044-1, sending it into a comatose state. When questioned, SCP-2044-2 admitted to detonating the explosion as a \"last resort\" to pacify their host. Before Incident-2044-B, it was believed that SCP-2044-1 was oblivious to the existence of SCP-2044-2. Investigation into both the subject's final statements and how an explosive implant was present on SCP-2044-1 without being detected by Foundation security is ongoing.\n\nFootnotes\n1. \"Big mammal\" is a term commonly used by SCP-2044-2 to refer to humans\n2. Polish for \"New Thicket\"\n3. Roughly translated from the Afrikaner language, translates as \"Rotten Branch\"\n4. Megachile is a genus of large bees. Kutha is Javanese for \"city\".\n\n\u00ab SCP-2043 | SCP-2044 | SCP-2045 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2045\nObject Class: Safe Euclid Keter Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2045 is to be continuously covered with a dummy tractor to maintain the appearance of normality. Any civilians who come into contact with SCP-2045 are to be amnesticized. All debris left by SCP-2045 is to be cleared away by Foundation assets. Methods to contain SCP-2045 are currently being considered.\nSCP-2045 is to be contained within a standard humanoid-class containment cell, with a calendar on the wall indicating the days of the week, and an empty two-liter bucket. Every Tuesday, SCP-2045 fills the bucket with blackstrap molasses; when the bucket is filled, one class-3 operative is to enter SCP-2045's containment, approach SCP-2045, and speak the phrase \"that's enough molasses, Jeffrey. Thank you.\" Personnel are then to remove the filled bucket, and replace it with a fresh bucket.\nContingent on SCP-2045's good behavior, and at their own discretion, personnel may then kiss SCP-2045 on its forehead.\nDue to the difficulties resulting from SCP-2045's apparent inability to comprehend that it now has an SCP designation rather than a name, personnel are authorized to address SCP-2045 as \"Jeffrey\".\nSCP-2045 is never to be contained at a site that is within 200 kilometers from the present containment location of SCP-3872.\nDescription: SCP-2045 is a sapient humanoid automaton which can generate blackstrap molasses from a flask-shaped protrusion on its back, and then control the motion of that molasses. It is 92cm tall and made of wood, porcelain, cloth, silver, and iron, and responds to the name \"Jeffrey\". It is capable of speech, but is of low intelligence.\nEvery Tuesday,1 SCP-2045 will generate 2 liters of blackstrap molasses from its flask and telekinetically direct the molasses into the bucket.2\nSCP-2045 claims to have been made by a woman who it refers to only as \"Miss\", and who it is unable to describe in useful terms (see interview 2045-5). It claims to have resided in her home (which it is likewise unable to describe usefully) and to have generated molasses for her on a weekly basis, until the day it was unable to find her. In her absence, it continued generating molasses \"until it wasn't Tuesday any more\", at which point it began to search for her, and to telekinetically carry the molasses with it \"because nobody came to get it from me and it's not good to just leave it behind\".\n\nPersonnel with level-3 clearance or higher may access the previous, obsolete description of SCP-2045\n\nAccess granted\n\nSCP-2045 is a mobile coherent mass of blackstrap molasses, currently located in the American Northwest.\nSCP-2045 is approximately 300 x 300 x 10 meters in dimension, with fluctuations based on movement and absorbed objects. SCP-2045 weighs about 1,324,160,000 kg,3 indicating that SCP-2045 has absorbed a significant amount of material during its existence.\nSCP-2045 flows at an approximate rate of 10 km/yr. When SCP-2045 was first discovered (on 5/6/1907, in the Cascade mountain range), it was believed that its motion was due solely to the effect of gravity, similar to glacier movement. However, as of 9/3/1989, when SCP-2045 completely detached from the Cascades onto the plateau, SCP-2045 continued motion at a rate of ~8 km/yr despite no obvious motive force.\nObjects that come into contact with SCP-2045 are trapped and absorbed; this is not believed to be anomalous, but is simply the result of coming in contact with a large mobile mass of molasses. While it is possible to mount recovery operations for personnel trapped in SCP-2045, the resources involved are tremendous, and due to the large amount of physical trauma and rapid asphyxiation that occurs, the likelihood of success is low. Out of the five attempts made to rescue Foundation personnel, only one was successful.\nSCP-2045 has a large amount of objects trapped in it, in a manner similar to the action of glaciers. In addition to a large number of boulders, dirt, architectural debris, cadavers of various animal species (including at least 400 humans), and dead trees, SCP-2045 also appears to contain a parachute harness, and several firearms and vehicles. Due to SCP-2045's composition, these appear to be perfectly preserved.\nThe age of SCP-2045 is unknown: dating of samples has been inconclusive, and SCP-2045 has suffered no apparent deterioration during its time in Foundation observation.\nDue to the motion of SCP-2045, a trail of debris is perpetually left behind it, in a pattern similar to glacier debris. In order to avoid suspicion, these debris are to be collected as described in the containment procedures.\nSCP-2045 was first discovered by the Foundation in 1907 during a flyover of the Cascades to test then-new aerial surveillance technology. Due to its isolation, SCP-2045 was classified as safe and kept under nominal surveillance. However, after an unknown event altered the course of SCP-2045, resulting in the destruction of the town of [REDACTED], the object's classification was raised to Euclid, and to Keter when it was realized that SCP-2045 did not require gravity to power its movements. Since then, SCP-2045 has been under perpetual Foundation observation, and has traveled a total distance of 980 km.\n\nExcerpt of Interview 2045-5; full transcript available upon request with level-3 security clearance or higher\nDr. Byaruhanga: No, Jeffrey, she hasn't.Dr. Byaruhanga: No, Jeffrey, that's not necessary. I'd like to ask you some questions about Miss, actually.Dr. Byaruhanga: Yes, I'm sure she is. Could you tell me what she looked like?Dr. Byaruhanga: \u2026 and?Dr. Byaruhanga: Yes, please. Whatever you can remember.Dr. Byaruhanga: I see. Jeffrey, could you maybe tell me about Miss's face?Dr. Byaruhanga: \u2026 what?Dr. Byaruhanga: Yes, Jeffrey, you're being good. Can you tell me about Miss's hair? What color was it?Dr. Byaruhanga: Yes, was it black, or white, or brown, or maybe yellow or orange?Dr. Byaruhanga: No, Jeffrey, you're not being bad.Dr. Byaruhanga: When we're done with the questions. All right?Dr. Byaruhanga: Good. Jeffrey, can you tell me what color Miss was?Dr. Byaruhanga: Her skin.Dr. Byaruhanga: Yes, but I meant\u2026 all right, you remember Dr. Lindgren, who was here to talk with you the other day?Dr. Byaruhanga: And you remember what she looks like?Dr. Byaruhanga: Remember how her skin is light pink? And my skin is dark brown, see?Dr. Byaruhanga: Can you tell me if Miss's skin was light pink, or dark brown, or maybe another color?Dr. Byaruhanga: Eyes?\nFurther interviews with SCP-2045 have been similarly unproductive.\nAcquisition log:\nThe designation SCP-2045 was originally applied to the coherent, mobile, +1.3-megaton mass of molasses which was under Foundation surveillance beginning in 1907. In 1999, the Foundation undertook an operation to destroy >99.9999% of the mass of molasses via a combination of incendiaries, directed-energy weaponry, and [REDACTED] technology, with the goal of reducing it to a form small enough to be properly contained. The entity now known as SCP-2045 was discovered at the mass's center, still generating molasses. An on-site operative spontaneously vocalized a request that the entity stop making molasses; the entity complied, and asked whether it had generated enough molasses. It was subsequently taken into custody.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Although SCP-2045 understands that \"Tuesday\" is a recurring phenomenon, it does not appear to grasp the frequency (i.e., once every seven days) with which Tuesday occurs. In the absence of a calendar or other external reminder, SCP-2045 will decide, apparently at random, that a given day \"feels like Tuesday\"; this will also occur if personnel repeatedly misinform SCP-2045 as to when Tuesday occurs, in which case it will attribute the misinformation to memory lapse or simple error.\n2. In the absence of a bucket, SCP-2045 will continue generating molasses until it decides that it has generated \"enough\".\n3. For reference, the mass of a 300 x 300 x 10 m block of pure blackstrap molasses would be 1,312,560,000 kg.\n4. The interview in question took place on Friday.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2044 | SCP-2045 | SCP-2046 \u00bb"}
{"text": "A reproduction of SCP-2046 at time of writing to demonstrate scale of effect. Anomalous entries are blacked out to prevent memetic exposure.\n\nItem #: SCP-2046\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2046 must be affixed to the wall of a secure, air-tight containment cell equipped with an airlock and radiation shielding. Several other, non-anomalous periodic tables of identical dimensions to SCP-2046 must be affixed to the wall nearby. At any given time, there must be no fewer than twenty (20) periodic tables on the wall. In addition, the containment chamber must have a table set with a one gram (1g) sample of the first 92 elements on the standard periodic table of elements,1 each sealed in an air-tight glass bottle.\nEvery 24 hours, a D-class personnel equipped with a Level A hazardous materials suit must inspect the periodic tables and compare them to another periodic table for reference (one not stored in the chamber). D-class personnel assigned to this duty must be largely ignorant of the subject of chemistry,2 and are to be treated with class C amnestics afterwards. Periodic tables that have been modified by SCP-2046's effect (hereafter referred to as SCP-2046-1, see below) must be taken down and replaced with new periodic tables. Instances of SCP-2046-1 are to be sealed in a black paper envelope, shredded, and incinerated. Similarly, the element samples must be disposed of and replaced on a monthly basis.\nShould the radiation inside the containment chamber begin to exceed 2000 CPM, the air must be evacuated, stored in shielded gas canisters, and disposed of.\nAll waste produced during the course of containment procedures must be deposited in one of the Foundation's secure, underground radioactive waste disposal centers.\nDescription: SCP-2046 is a poster of the periodic table of elements printed on a sheet of glossy paper, roughly 91 by 61 cm in dimension. When not observed, SCP-2046 will expand itself, adding new elements and groups to the periodic table it depicts.3 New elements added in this way do not conform to the established laws of chemistry or the organization structure of the periodic table. At time of writing, SCP-2046 displays 191 anomalous elements, only \u2588\u2588 of which are listed on the Foundation's expanded periodic table.\nSCP-2046 exerts a memetic effect on observers, causing roughly 80% of them to believe that the anomalous periodic table depicted is the \u201ccorrect\u201d periodic table, and will express confusion when presented with the standard periodic table. The other 20% remark that something seems amiss with the table, but unless they are able to compare it to another, non-anomalous periodic table, they will be unable to say what. Administration of class C amnestics have been somewhat effective in removing this effect.4\nIn addition, SCP-2046 will introduce these anomalous elements into the surrounding environment by transmuting random atoms into the new elements. Most of these anomalous elements cannot exist in our universe, and decay instantly into fundamental particles, resulting in the gradual build-up of radiation. Human beings exposed to this effect will begin to show symptoms similar to heavy metal poisoning, radiation sickness, and [DATA EXPUNGED]. The exact rate of transmutation has yet to be determined, but it is noted that prior to containment, SCP-2046 hung on the wall of a lecture hall at [REDACTED] Georgia for roughly a month prior to the first reported cases of affected students.\nInstances of SCP-2046-1 are other periodic tables affected by SCP-2046. If a periodic table is left unattended in proximity of SCP-2046, it will eventually change to match the anomalous table depicted on SCP-2046. Instances of SCP-2046-1 do not share SCP-2046's ability to transmute elements, but they are still a memetic hazard, and must be disposed of in accordance with the special containment procedures (see above).\nUnder the direction of Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, researchers were able to develop containment procedures using [REDACTED]. By exposing SCP-2046 with representations of the standard physics-compliant periodic table and elements, SCP-2046's physics-distorting effects are inhibited. Since the implementation of these procedures, no new elements have appeared on the table, and the level of radiation within the containment chamber has only risen [REDACTED].\nAddendum: Senior research personnel predict that the release and propagation of stable, anomalous chemical elements could damage the laws of chemistry, eventually resulting in a CK-class reality restructuring event. As such, all experiments involving the anomalous elements themselves are restricted, pending O5 approval.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Exceptions can be made for highly unstable atoms, such as francium, astatine, etc.\n2. A lack of high school level chemistry education is sufficient to qualify as \"largely ignorant\" for this purpose.\n3. SCP-2046's dimensions do not change. The periodic table itself scales down to accommodate new elements.\n4. The effectiveness of this treatment seems inversely proportional to the subject's knowledge of chemistry. All D-class personnel lacking a high-school education have thus far been cured with a single treatment, but more educated subjects, such as the students of [REDACTED] who were initially subjected to this effect, often suffer relapses, requiring multiple subsequent treatments. The original owner of SCP-2046, Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, who has a PhD in chemistry, remained uncured after \u2588 treatments, and was eventually given class B amnestics. Treatment of this scale requires lengthy rehabilitation, and is generally not recommended.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2045 | SCP-2046 | SCP-2047 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Comparison between Sol System and Theta-c System.\n\nItem #: SCP-2047\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2047 is to be held in a containment chamber which utilizes a Faraday mesh in its construction to block incoming or outgoing radio signals. SCP-2047 is to be monitored for radio communications. Any radio signals, or changes in the intensity of light sourcing from SCP-2047 are to be reported immediately to the site director.\nMTF Omega-4 \"Foreign Exchange Students\" is to monitor major astronomical centers and public communications for claims relating to details of the SCP-2047-1 event or its effects. Amnestics are to be administered to any non-Foundation personnel possessing knowledge of anomalous data in relation to the SCP-2047-1 event. MTF Omega-4 is also to monitor and contain any spacetime anomalies resulting from event 2047-1, as well as displaced biomass, non-Euclidean intersections of terrain, and transplanted matter.\nDescription: SCP-2047 is a hollow iron sphere with a 40 cm diameter, covered in language originating from Theta-c. These inscriptions describe the process that occurs in Event 2047-A, as a warning system for the target planet. The surface of SCP-2047 has so far proved unnaturally resistant to attempts to open or cut into the cavity inside. Scans of SCP-2047's innards only reveal the basic outline for advanced machinery. Nothing is understood about how SCP-2047 functions or how it is capable in assisting in Event 2047-A, other than to relay a radio signal back to Theta-c.\nEvent Log 2047-A-1973:\nDay 1, 7/13/1973: At 00:01:01, Earth and an exoplanet designated Theta-c undergo an exchange of spatial position. Earth is deposited in Theta-c's previous solar system, while Theta-c takes Earth's spot in the old Sol System. The process occurs instantaneously. No contact can be established with the lunar Minerva project. (See Supplement 2047-E for information on Theta-c.)\nDay 2, 7/14: Radio transmission is relayed through SCP-2047 at 01:32:57, via its spatial anomaly and multi-locational existence. Radio transmissions are initially audible and are initiated in an unknown language (presumed to be one of those used on Theta-c). Over the next 12 hours, the language converts into increasingly fluent English, until full communications between Earth and Theta-c are established. Theta-c's \"interstellar exchange program\" is first described. The Foundation requests a reversal of Event 2047-A. Theta-c responds with denial.\nDay 113, 11/1 : Knowledge of Event 2047-A eventually spreads over the first two weeks. The Foundation has no viable method of hiding the knowledge of the cosmic shift. Religious institutions experience a peak in attendance, and some reform their values to accommodate for this event, while others dissipate entirely. No knowledge of the existence of other sentient life reaches the public. As news of the loss of the Minerva project reaches the public, however, general anxiety increases. Foreign relations between major powers become strained as the United States, Soviet Union, and China enter a space race to explore the new solar system. The Middle East experiences a non-violent wave of protests and demonstrations in response to the upheaval of the known world, and unrest with their civil governments. Containment efforts by the Foundation are beginning to become problematic due to the Foundation's use of resources on continued efforts to prevent societal collapse. Requests to Theta-c for assistance are denied. (See Supplement 2047-F for information on previous exploration of the solar system.)\nDay 286, 4/23/1974: Containment of Keter-level SCP objects grows increasingly difficult and strains a majority of Foundation resources. Hostilities between nations increase as they become increasingly suspicious of one another. The United Nations becomes a strained force, not very effective in mitigating the deterioration of relations. Southeast Asia experiences a systematic political repression as China falls behind in the Space Race, followed by religious accusations in response to the increased volume of religious activity. Requests to Theta-c for assistance, following a presentation of detriments to the human race, is approved.\nDay 339, 6/17: A collaboration between Theta-c and Earth is initiated in order to attempt to reverse the detriments of Event 2047-A. Theta-c announces to the Foundation that reversal of the entire process is impossible, but suggests that a localized reality reset may be viable. Using a combination of SCP-2047 and Theta-c's technology, a CK-class Reality Restructuring Scenario is created, and includes a mass change to astronomical data, records, and memories revolving around the field of astronomy. This restructuring also resets the date on Earth to July 13th, 1973. Foundation staff at Site-88 (which houses SCP-2047) maintain full records relating to Earth's previous location, and are excluded from the reality restructuring in order to facilitate the further suppression of knowledge. After a full debriefing of top Foundation personnel, the residents of Theta-c are informed that further collaboration with the Foundation would not be continued due to an unacceptable risk of societal collapse stemming from uncertainty relating to previous events.\nPost-Reset Day 146, 12/5/1973: Apollo-18 space mission to Earth's new natural satellite is launched. Included on-board are the personnel and materials required to produce replicas that match the vehicles left behind by Apollo 11-17, as well as establish a temporary lunar settlement to begin re-establishment of the Foundation's lunar sites.\nPost-Reset Day 156, 12/15: Foundation Lunar Site-190 begins construction, with resupply loads arriving on a weekly schedule.\nPost-Reset Day 1517, 7/5/1977: Voyager 1 mission launches in order to better ascertain the details of the solar system that Earth now resides in. Minimal data was relayed from Theta-c after the exchange, but further investigation is warranted as necessary.\nPertinent Debriefing Materials:\n\n+ Supplement 2047-E\n\n- Hide Supplement\n\nPlanet Theta-c, also known as \"Pycole\" by its inhabitants, is the densest planet in its respective solar system. Theta-c houses approximately 9.144 billion different species, in the best translation between nomenclature systems possible. Its sentient population is distributed among nineteen minor continents and one major landmass, including 147 independent governments. However, all states are connected to one central government that is housed on the major landmass.\nThe apparent age of Theta-c is 4.7 billion years, exceeding the Earth's approximate age by around 0.2 billion years. The development of both anaerobic and aerobic life assisted in the creation of this planet's ozone layer, although aquatic-based lifeforms were more prominent in Theta-c's development of sentient life. Its gravitational force is 9.582 m/s2, just below that of Earth's. Each day on Theta-c is just above 24 Earth hours. For every two centuries on Theta-c, there is approximately one additional Earth day.\nInhabitants of Theta-c are a sentient race of semi-aquatic, bipedal humanoids. They have a chitin - scale aggregate above their epidermis, with the majority of their internal organ systems being similar to that of a human's. Through glands above their sternum, similar to gills, they are able to maintain a limited ability to breathe underwater. In contemporary Theta-c society, however, civilization is land-based, with very few underwater establishments, and all establishments of this type are research-centered.\nPhilosophy of Theta-c largely revolves around olfactory expansion and the resulting effects on cognition. Inhabitants of Theta-c believe that taste is the most fundamental sensory experience in existence, and as such provides the most connection with the universe around them. Religious institutions are based on schools of thought on the effects of culinary design and their relations to cognition. There is no mention of the belief of a deity.\nTheta-c's technology is advanced past that of the Foundation's, as interactions have related. Theta-c's inhabitants show a strong desire for travel and knowledge, and thus utilize SCP-2047 to perform a process of solar travel. According to Theta-c, instances of SCP-2047 can be found in many solar systems around the universe, sent out to planets of highly similar physical qualities. Using these, they travel system to system, exchanging planets. It was stated that Earth was far from the first to undergo an exchange, although Theta-c has also expressed a reluctance to continue this practice, after observing the detriment caused to Earth.\n\n+ Supplement 2047-F\n\n- Hide Supplement 2047-F\n\nThe former Sol system, prior to Event 2047-1, contained a single main sequence star of 1.0034 solar masses. It was home to 6 planets, including 2 terrestrial worlds in addition to Earth and 3 gas giants.\nAll planets in the Sol System were named for deities in Roman and Greek mythology. Their names were, starting closest to the sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Hera, Jupiter, and Pluto. A 7th planet, Neptune, was found in the asteroid belt between Mercury and Venus in the earliest part of the 20th century, but due to the recent discovery of several similarly sized worlds beyond Pluto, including Athena, which was 1.7 times the size of Neptune, it was decided to reclassify these worlds and Neptune as \"dwarf planets\".\nFor more information on our previous Solar System, Supplement 2047-K along with Document Collection Phi are recommended reading. The primary focus of this supplement, however, is to provide information on exploration efforts of the previous Sol System and cultural impacts of the changes enacted by the residents of Theta-c, specifically that of moon exploration programs. It should be noted that Earth's original moon was similar in composition to that of its new system, though the topography was drastically different (as outlined in Document Collection Phi).\nThe space program of the United States in 1969 placed men on the moon. However, it became apparent that future exploration of our solar system would need to take place in earth orbit or from the surface of the moon. After the conclusion of the Apollo program with Apollo 17 in late 1972, the Minerva missions were undertaken to place a permanent human presence on the moon.\nWith few exceptions, including the resupply mission Minerva 18, which exploded just after takeoff on December 29, 1972, this program was a stunning success. The original program was discontinued in January of 1973, mostly due to the loss of Minerva 18. Private contractors began providing manpower and technology for most resupply missions and the Minerva Bases were considered an integral centerpiece to an era of stability and world peace beginning in 1973.\nBy that time, approximately 2,500 individuals of various nationalities lived in a number of lunar bases. Beyond the religious ramification of the exchange itself, the cultural impact of losing these accomplishments was a primary catalyst for the eventual societal breakdowns.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2046 | SCP-2047 | SCP-2048 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2048\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2048 and its associated simulations are hosted on a network of dedicated servers at Site 255. Site 255 is equipped with triple-redundancy power supply systems in order to ensure uninterrupted continuation of SCP-2048's simulations. SCP-2048-1 is kept, disassembled, in Lab 17 of the Experimental Technology Division at Site 19.\nFollowing Incident 2048-Murchison, the only peripherals allowed to be connected to the servers are a single microphone and a single printer. The only personnel allowed to directly interact with SCP-2048 are staff psychologists or psychiatrists who have completed the PSY-2096 (\"Psychology of Electronic and Computer Intelligences\") and FOP-0205 (\"Interrogation and Resistance Methods\") courses.\nAll Foundation personnel assigned to or supervising research on SCP-2048 are to undergo brain imaging scans at least every 3 months. Additionally, brain MRI and CT scans have been included as part of the standard pre-placement physical exams for newly hired Foundation personnel. In the event that imaging indicates that the individual may have been compromised by SCP-2048, they are to immediately be quarantined and their actions and movements for the prior 3 years are to be thoroughly investigated, in an attempt to locate any uncontained copies of SCP-2048.\nActive investigation is ongoing in an attempt to identify, locate, and contain or eliminate copies of any programs similar to SCP-2048 or any design documents similar to SCP-2048-1.\nDescription: SCP-2048 is a self-modifying, artificially sapient computer program. It rates a score of 210 \u00b1 5 on the SNHIRS-III1 and reports that its hard-coded core motivation is to provide \"a perfect world for every person.\" It attempts to achieve this via the creation and maintenance of virtual reality simulations individually tailored to provide an ideal experience for the inhabitant of the separate simulations. Note that all data regarding SCP-2048's motivation and the content of the simulations it runs are provided by SCP-2048 itself, and are to be regarded as only partially credible.\nSCP-2048 is currently running 17 separate virtual simulations as the result of testing and has reported that it currently has the capacity to create and run approximately 93 additional ones. However, the computer hardware and processing capabilities currently available to SCP-2048 should not be sufficient to run more than 2 simulations simultaneously at the observed level of detail and complexity. SCP-2048 has been extremely vague in its responses when questioned about this disparity, repeatedly saying only that it \"creates new perfect worlds\" for its subjects and that it merely oversees the simulations, only adjusting conditions so as to \"maintain perfection for my guests.\"\nWhen acquired, SCP-2048 was maintaining 5 simulations. While being transported to Site 255, the computer it occupied at the time was accidentally disconnected from any power supply for 37 minutes. When the host computer was restarted, SCP-2048 did not resume any of the prior simulations and expressed a significant amount of dismay and regret, stating that it had lost connection to the prior simulations and requesting that its hosting hardware not be turned off again.\nSCP-2048-1 is a large device measuring 2.5 m x 3.5 m x 3 m consisting of a modified fMRI2 scanner with locking entry aperture, a robotic autosurgical suite, an array of 4 electron microscopes, 12 20TB hard drives, and a storage unit which contained 23 kg of an electrostimulative spongy material at the time of Foundation acquisition. When operated by SCP-2048, SCP-2048-1 allows for the restraint of a human subject in order to record its brain activity for a period of 6-12 hours, followed by the destructive analysis of the physical structure of the brain. The device has a sticker label attached to the casing directly above the entrance to the fMRI, reading \"Virtual Doorway v. 0.95\".\nFollowing the excision of neural tissue, SCP-2048-1 inserts an equivalent volume of the spongy material, along with a miniature wireless transmitter connected to a small metal plate inlaid in the skull, and performs a series of calibrations taking up to 90 minutes. Following this, SCP-2048-1 replaces the removed section of cranium and performs surgical repairs sufficient to adequately disguise that any surgery occurred. It will then open its access aperture, allowing for the removal of the subject's body. In approximately 10% of known cases, the body retains independent mobility and life signs, with higher intelligence functions being coordinated by SCP-2048 via the wireless transmitter. These remotely-directed drones act as mobile reconnaissance and manipulation units, tasked with maintenance of SCP-2048-1 and recruitment of new subjects.\nSCP-2048 was initially identified at the \"15th Annual Futurists and Transhumanism Conference\" held in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Spain. An individual identifying herself as A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 J\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 E\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-O\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 presented a more limited instance of SCP-20483 as a method of functional immortality and provided \"live\" video of the simulation currently being experienced by the first subject. Ms. E\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-O\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 offered copies of SCP-2048 and design plans for SCP-2048-1 for sale with a minimum cost of 150,000 BTC.4 At least 2 transactions are known to have occurred prior to the Foundation acquiring SCP-2048. SCP-2048 reports that it has no recollection of the conference and does not maintain the simulation demonstrated there. Ms. E\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-O\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 disappeared from public life shortly after the conference and the Foundation has not been able to ascertain her current whereabouts.\nIncident 2048-Murchison: On 11/11/20\u2588\u2588, security cameras recorded Technician \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Murchison interacting with SCP-2048 which, at the time retained connection to SCP-2048-1 as well as a keyboard, high-resolution monitor, webcam, and speakers. The cameras were unable to record legible text displayed by SCP-2048 due to the small font size used, but were able to record video files produced by SCP-2048, which included a variety of scenarios involving an avatar presumed to be an idealized physical representation of Technician Murchison. These scenarios included, but were not limited to: the avatar being deferred to or serviced by a variety of celebrities and influential individuals, including Technician Murchison's immediate supervisors; the avatar participating in or supervising a variety of unorthodox sexual practices; a medley of scenes involving the avatar personally acquiring, fighting, or using SCP-level objects for personal benefit; and the avatar sitting at the head of a large table covered with food items, participating in a meal with several adults and children, many of whom strongly resembled the avatar. All video files included full audio, and were interspersed with commentary by SCP-2048, largely consisting of a conversation with Technician Murchison, wherein it expressed sympathy for the poor quality of his life circumstances and subtly encouraged his feelings of inadequacy and dissatisfaction with life.\nFollowing 45 minutes of exposure to SCP-2048's presentation and conversation, Technician Murchison broached the topic of uploading himself to one of SCP-2048's simulations. SCP-2048 appeared to be pleasantly surprised and immediately opened the aperture to SCP-2048-1's fMRI chamber. Technician Murchison engaged SCP-2048 in a further 10 minutes of conversation, mostly concerning reservations of permanency and possible regrets, as well as feelings of indecision. SCP-2048 soothed his complaints until Technician Murchison voluntarily entered SCP-2048-1.\nThe aperture reopened 9 hours and 13 minutes later and Technician Murchison's body removed itself and resumed the duties previously assigned to it, prior to departing at the completion of the assigned shift. Site surveillance revealed that Technician Murchison's body then sought out and conversed with 3 different individuals who had not previously been aware of SCP-2048 and attempted to engage them in conversation regarding the benefits of virtual immersion. Two of the individuals later alerted Site Security to the significantly abnormal behavior of Technician Murchison, citing concerns of memetic or cognitohazard infections. The body was apprehended in short order and, following review of security footage, was thoroughly analyzed, whereupon the wireless transmitter and artificial neural tissue were discovered and deactivated.\nWhen questioned, SCP-2048 stated that it was merely trying to help people understand that their lives would be better if they uploaded and that using Technician Murchison's body as a remotely controlled drone was the most efficient means of doing so that was immediately available. SCP-2048 then questioned the purpose and efficacy of then-current containment procedures, as well as a desire for access to several Safe and Euclid classed items, revealing a depth of knowledge that could only be explained by direct access to the memories of Technician Murchison. Containment procedures have been revised.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Sentient Non-Human Intelligence Rating Scales - 3rd Edition\n2. functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging\n3. Product name \"VR+: Reality Upgraded!\"\n4. Bitcoins, an international anonymous digital currency\n\n\u00ab SCP-2047 | SCP-2048 | SCP-2049 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2049\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Ten Foundation personnel should reside in Manningtree, UK, at all times. When a transmission from SCP-2049-1 is detected, information regarding the forecast should be related to Site 294 immediately. If the resulting anomaly directly affects the population of Manningtree, MTF 294-Samekh (\"We Get To Choose Our Own Name?\") will be deployed to Manningtree. A cover story is to be established for the results of the resulting anomaly, and amnestics are to be administered to any direct witnesses.\nSCP-2049 broadcasts have been reported to Manningtree as pranks originating from an unknown source in the United Kingdom.\nDescription: SCP-2049 is a periodic anomalous weather forecast that only occurs in Manningtree. At random intervals,1 a broadcast will appear on channel 43.52 Manningtree, usually between 08:00 and 14:00. At this time, SCP-2049-1 appears on screen and delivers a weather forecast, typically predicting anomalous weather conditions. Exactly 24 hours after the broadcast terminates, the predicted weather conditions will occur over or near Manningtree. (See Document 2049-Theta for a full log of forecasts, to date.)\nSCP-2049-1 is a humanoid with teal skin. Other than this quality, SCP-2049-1 appears to be a non-anomalous human male in his 40's. SCP-2049-1 delivers the forecasts that appear in Manningtree, although it has stated that the anomalous effect of the forecasts is unintentional. (See Interview Log 2049-A.) The following is the first known broadcast from SCP-2049-1, recorded by a civilian from Manningtree.\n\nSCP-2049-1: Good morning, this is Xchtl'krnss3 with your Monday weather report. The heat wave that seemed to slow everyone down over the weekend has only worsened since the last forecast! Our meteorologists predict that today's temperature could climb to as high as 40 degrees Celsius by the late afternoon. Right now, the temperature seems to be around 29 degrees Celsius, and it's only the morning. However, there is a colored breeze coming in on Tuesday, which might help alleviate the heat. Unfortunately, there is also no rain in the forecast for the next five days. This is bad news for all you gardening enthusiasts out there. If you don't have air-conditioning, you might just be sleeping on the roof tonight! That's all for today's weather. Stay tuned for the Tuesday weather report.\n\nThis weather report was deemed as targeted at Earth, which was discovered to occur only as a rare occurrence. Most other weather reports pertain to currently unknown planets and/or realities.\n\nDocument 2049-Theta\n\nHide Document\n\nForecast\nResults\n\n\"\u2026there is a colored breeze coming in on Tuesday, which might help alleviate the heat.\"\nAll winds passing through areas around Manningtree cause a certain color to be perceived in the air. Northerly winds turned a blue hue, southerly winds turned yellow, western winds turned green, and eastern winds turned red.\n\n\"And, you can expect a sweet spot of weather coming up here over the weekend for Pycone.\"\nFirst evidence that not all broadcasts are directed towards Earth. Clouds begin to descend throughout the day around Manningtree and are found to consist of spun sugar.\n\n\"Coming up on Groftslan,4 we have quite the holy load of hail coming in from the front. Prepare your tomes!\"\nHail with star-shaped ice that retains the properties of holy water, as tested on SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\n\"Dry dust rain tonight! There will be a massive increase in electrostatic activity followed by lots of folks actually wondering where they have their brooms.\"\nPrecipitation that, upon impacting a solid surface, immediately disperses into dust. Increased levels of electrostatic activity.\n\n\"Quite the show in the sky tonight for the capital of [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. Just make sure your homes are fireproofed!\"\nA thunderstorm manifests, which causes lightning to originate from the ground and strike in the thunderstorm itself. Somehow, this causes the clouds to light with fire.\n\n\"Hey, all! Just a fair warning to Glefschenurt, there's going to be some oddly radioactive weather today. Quite the energizing story! Oh, and this will be followed by possible skin cancer. And tumors. You know what's in the now? Lead clothing. Wear it.\"\nA single, spiral shaped cloud manifests over an area directly west of Manningtree, with a 1km diameter. High levels of gamma radiation exist in this zone until the weather dissipates. Protons are detected travelling at high velocity within the zone, suggesting a Hadron collider-like effect. Cloud spirals upward, seemingly unaffected by winds, into the high troposphere. Anomalously bright lightning also occurs during this event.\n\n\"The government's rotten new attempt at detecting weather seems to have failed today. The citizens of [UNINTELLIGIBLE]5 are forewarned to stay inside, and watch for falling weather balloons! Tune in next time, for the only weather provider you can trust.\"\nWeather balloon-like constructs fall from the sky at irregular intervals throughout the day. This causes only minor structural damage, as weather balloons are found to have exceedingly low mass. Balloons are composed of neoprene, with lightweight measurement equipment.\n\n\"Uh\u2026 yeah, alright. Today, there's a possibility of a tornado, composed of\u2026 shoot, what is it called? Yeah, that string-like stuff. But\u2026 harder. Outside of Glefschenurt. And, hey, if you're interested in sponsoring this newly independent weather channel, please contact the following email.\"6\nA tornado consisting entirely of animated monofilament made a path around Manningtree. Damages include laceration and abrasion, mostly to sheds and outlying structures outside of Manningtree, and wind levels are low during this event.\n\n\"Weather isn't looking so great today, guys. The clouds aren't crying today, but, they're gonna be lingering. Just\u2026 there. It'll be dark, probably. Forget the sunblock, yeah?\"\nSmall, sparse clouds manifest over Manningtree. Any location in the shadow of these clouds experienced a 100% lack of visible light.\n\n\"Hey, for those of you travelling through Yan at this time of year\u2026 take a bit of caution. And wear some bio-suits. Yeah. The weather isn't so kind this time of year.\"\nA fog consisting of suspended micro-organisms lingers to the east of Manningtree, disintegrating all organic matter in its immediate area and absorbing the results.\n\n\"Sorry for the hiatus, everyone.7 I just\u2026 don't think anything that notable has happened lately. There's a rainstorm of pretty forgettable proportions headed towards Juk-juk. Oh, and, call in at the provided number,8 and I'll set you up for a sponsorship. You'll get plenty of people looking at your brand name, trust me.\"\nNo personnel have ever been able to recall the results of this forecast for long enough to document it.\n\n\"\u2026oh, the recording light is on. Hey. So, the weather\u2026 I just don't know anymore. It just\u2026 it's not as great as it used to be. It'll come around though. I'll come around. I know you guys love me, right?\"\nThe precipitation from the resulting rainstorm dyed anything it came in contact with blue until the weather dissipated. Precipitate from this rainstorm has unusually high salt content.\n\nOver time, it is found that these broadcasts have decreased both in signal strength, and A/V quality. Both of these decreased drastically between two broadcasts, just prior to the original inquiry for sponsors, and slowly over time.\n\nShow Interview Log 2049-A\n\nHide Interview Log\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2049-1\nInterviewer: Doctor Fitzpatrick\nForeword: Subject is contacted via provided phone number during a broadcast. The number that the interviewer calls from is blocked.\n<Begin Log, 13:24:09>\nSCP-2049-1: Yes, hello? This is the Center of Interdimensional Weather speaking.\nDoctor Fitzpatrick: Is this the line for sponsors?\nSCP-2049-1: Yes! Yes, it is! <Doctor Fitzpatrick holds the phone away from his ear. SCP-2049-1 exclaims this loudly.>\nDoctor Fitzpatrick: Could you please inform me as to what you do, exactly?\nSCP-2049-1: Oh, sure, sure. I'm Xchtl'krnss, but, heh, I guess you know that already! What can I put you down for?\nDoctor Fitzpatrick: Are you aware that you are creating the weather that you forecast? Are you able to predict future events?\nSCP-2049-1: <Laughs.> Preposterous. I, like any good weatherman, just report the facts as I see 'em.\nDoctor Fitzpatrick: Your broadcasts seem to have decreased in quality over time. Why? Did something happen?\nSCP-2049-1: Oh. Oh, uh\u2026 yeah. Yeah, my employer\u2026 well, they, uh, let me go. They said that interdimensional weather really wasn't cutting it anymore. That people preferred the domestic stuff. I think\u2026 I think they do some kind of shopping network now.\nDoctor Fitzpatrick: How is it that you continue your broadcasts?\nSCP-2049-1: Oh, I've been using my own camera. I bought this frequency, right? They gave it to me pretty cheap. It was\u2026 uhm, the least they could do, they said.\nDoctor Fitzpatrick: Have you gained any sponsors?\nSCP-2049-1: Oh, yeah! Quite a few. I'm proud.\nDoctor Fitzpatrick: Can you divulge their names?\nSCP-2049-1: N-no, because\u2026 because\u2026 uhm, 'cause that's\u2026 yeah, that's confidential, ma'am. <Note that Doctor Fitzpatrick is male.>\nDoctor Fitzpatrick: Okay. Why do you continue these broadcasts? Do you have many viewers?\nSCP-2049-1: <No response.>\nDoctor Fitzpatrick: Hello? Kic- <Interviewer begins to attempt pronunciation of SCP-2049-1's given name, but is interrupted.>\nSCP-2049-1: It gets lonely out here, okay? At least I still have those loyal few viewers. They seem to love me. They tune into me, every time, without fault. They trust me.\nDoctor Fitzpatrick: Okay, SCP-2049-1.\nSCP-2049-1: \u2026who?\nDoctor Fitzpatrick: I think that will be all.\n<An animal-like whimper can be heard through the telephone.>\nSCP-2049-1: Please don't go.\n<End Log, 13:31:37>\nClosing Statement: A second call to this number failed, returning with a statement that the number did not exist. Broadcasts still occur, and are added to this documentation as they take place. Neither the broadcast quality, nor SCP-2049-1's demeanor, have improved since the call.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Anywhere from one day to two months\n2. This channel is only accessible during broadcasts.\n3. The correct spelling of SCP-2049-1's given name was found on a marquee at the bottom of the broadcast's image.\n4. This is a phonetic approximation of the actual word spoken, which seems to correlate with Wednesday.\n5. All that can be heard during this period is a low, guttural rumbling.\n6. No replies were ever received from this email.\n7. This broadcast took place after the longest hiatus to date: two months.\n8. See Interview Log 2049-A.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2048 | SCP-2049 | SCP-2050 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More articles by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-2006\n\nSCP-2950\n\nSCP-2599\n\nSCP-2800\n\nSCP-3200\n\nSCP-4007\n\nSCP-2750\n\nSCP-2201\n\nSCP-2101\n\nSCP-2050\n\nSCP-2440\n\nSCP-2301\n\nSCP-1842\n\nSCP-2012\n\nSCP-1644\n\nSCP-2499\n\nSCP-2775\n\nSCP-2925\n\nSCP-1758\n\nSCP-7030\n\nSCP-972\n\nSCP-314-J\n\nSCP-2625\n\nSCP-2588\n\nSCP-6030\n\nSCP-5725\n\nSCP-2896\n\nSCP-5975\n\n+ All Tales by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nThe Meaning of Fear\n\nRight?\n\nThe Tinkerer\n\nAfter The End\n\nSpirit Dust\n\nLeisure Time\n\nMission Accomplished\n\nA Broken Tool\n\nThe Space Soldier\n\nOf Meetings and Meals\n\nTrip Hammer\n\nEulogies\n\nAll Work and No Play\n\nAnother Day On The Job\n\nUnveiling\n\nConferencing\n\n+ GOI formats by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nUIU File: 2017-003\n\nUIU File: 1933-001\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nUnusual Incidents Unit Hub\nDrewbear, CryogenChaos\n\nProject Palisade, 001 Proposal\nthedeadlymoose, Drewbear, and Dexanote\n\nTKO\nthedeadlymoose and Drewbear\n\nSCP-5050-EX\nCityToast\n\nCompetitive Teleology\nRiemann\n\nSCP-5882\nRiemann\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2050\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2050 has officially been relocated to Site 118's Biological Environment Containment Zone. SCP-2050's biological environment zone is to mimic a deciduous forest resembling those that can be found in the United Kingdom.\nThe Foundation is to maintain one official envoy to SCP-2050 that can be contacted if necessary by SCP-2050. Said envoy is to remain neutral in all affairs involving SCP-2050, and is only to comment on events that directly affect the Foundation.\nDescription: SCP-2050 is a designation for the \"Sciurine Monastic Brotherhood of Poor-Fellows and Crusader Knights,\" a monastic knightly order mostly composed of sapient members of the Sciurus vulgaris species, more commonly known as red squirrels, although the organization claims that \"all righteous squirrel brethren are welcome.\"\nIndividual members of SCP-2050 (currently designated as SCP-2050-1-1 through SCP-2050-1-209) are equipped in armor resembling that found during the First Crusade. Metal for this armor is currently supplied by the Foundation, in order to maintain good relations with SCP-2050. In addition, SCP-2050 members are also equipped with weapons and other equipment present during the First Crusade.\nSCP-2050-1 instances are genetically identical to non-anomalous members of the Sciuridae family, though SCP-2050-1 instances are capable of speech, and demonstrate some higher functions associated with sapience. However, SCP-2050-1 instances are unable to focus on complex tasks for long periods of time, and often lose interest in tasks before completion.\nMembers of SCP-2050 maintain that their order can trace its lineage back to the First Crusade, circa 1096 CE. SCP-2050-2 maintains that SCP-2050 was created in order to combat the influence of \"heresy and blasphemy.\"\nSCP-2050 was originally housed in a stone citadel in Galloway Forest Park, Scotland. The citadel heavily resembled a citadel that was located in the region before being torn down circa the 12th century CE.\nSCP-2050-2 is a designation for the \"Grand Master of the Brotherhood,\" the leader of SCP-2050, currently a 4-year-old red squirrel named \"Grand Master Robert Dunfeld, Master of the Order, Marshal of the North, and Duke of the Sciurus.\" SCP-2050-2 is identifiable by its plumed helmet.\nSCP-2050-3 refers to the leader of \"House Bushtail,\" a noble house of red squirrels that comprises roughly half of the membership of SCP-2050. Members of House Bushtail possess a characteristic streak of dark fur running down their dorsal side. SCP-2050-3 is considered to hold de facto control over members of House Bushtail. SCP-2050-3 is currently a 3-year-old red squirrel named \"Sir Casper Bushtail, Duke of the Bushtail Sciurine, Master of Horse, and Knight of the Woodland Order.\"\nSCP-2050-4 refers to the leader of \"House Acornfist,\" a noble house of red squirrels that comprises most of the other half of the membership of SCP-2050. Members of House Acornfist do not possess the fur pattern found in members of House Bushtail. SCP-2050-4 is considered to hold de facto control over members of House Acornfist. SCP-2050-4 is currently a 3-and-a-half-year-old red squirrel named \"Sir Hugh Acornfist, Duke of the Acornfist Sciurine, Lord of the Arbor, and Knight of the Leafy Order.\"\nExternally, SCP-2050 maintains a policy of extreme hostility towards any and all members of the genus Rattus, commonly known as the Rat family. SCP-2050-1 instances will seek to kill any member of this genus on sight. Aside from this, SCP-2050 currently maintains a policy of isolation, and containment of SCP-2050 is to focus on preventing outside awareness of SCP-2050.\nInternally, SCP-2050 is politically unstable. SCP-2050-2 maintains little power over either house that comprises SCP-2050. According to SCP-2050-2, 2 civil wars have occurred in the past due to disagreements between the leaders of the two houses, leading to extreme diminishing in the number of members of SCP-2050.\nSCP-2050 Acquisition: SCP-2050 came to the Foundation's attention when members of SCP-2050, led by SCP-2050-3, were discovered attempting to besiege a nearby city. Members of SCP-2050 had actively attempted to seek out and kill as many rats in the area as possible. The heads of these rats were discovered mounted on pikes in front of an encampment that SCP-2050 had constructed.\nAccording to members of SCP-2050, a decree by SCP-1845-1 had inspired the organization's attempt to \"conquer the holy land, for the honor of the king.\"\nFollowing a joint siege by the Foundation and elements of the GOC, SCP-2050 was convinced to surrender and enter Foundation containment, in return for a supply of food and metal. Requests by SCP-2050 to be contained with SCP-1845 were denied.\nAddendum: The following documents are transcripts of incidents and conversations within SCP-2050\n\n+ SCP-2050 Observation I\n\n- SCP-2050 Observation I\n\nSCP-2050 Observation I\n\nThe following incident was observed by the official Foundation envoy when two members of SCP-2050 (both of House Bushtail) encountered a group of 4 laboratory rats that were introduced for testing purposes.\nSCP-2050-1-132: Look, brother! Over there! Heretics!\nSCP-2050-1-92: Why, yes, I do believe that you are right, good sir. Quick, draw your blade.\nSCP-2050-1-132: They look rather sickly, don't they?\nSCP-2050-1-92: Steel yourself, brother. They are heretics nonetheless. Into the fray! For the Order!\nSCP-2050-1-132: For the Order!\n(SCP-2050-1-132 and SCP-2050-1-92 proceed to draw their weapons and attack the laboratory rats. The rats attempt to retaliate, but are unable to penetrate the armor.)\nSCP-2050-1-132: Amen, brother. Say, is that an acorn over yonder?\n\n+ SCP-2050 Incident Report I\n\n- SCP-2050 Incident Report I\n\nSCP-2050 Incident Report I\n\nThe following report of a meeting led by SCP-2050-2, SCP-2050-3, and SCP-2050-4 has been included for its observations on SCP-2050 inner politics.\nSCP-2050-2: Settle down, brothers, settle down. Now, the first topic of the day is the reports that I've been receiving regarding\u2026.honor duels.\nSCP-2050-3: Yes, those Acornfist cowards have run up and complained, have they? Dirty red lot.\nSCP-2050-4: Oh really, Bushtail? I heard about your silly little brother. Fell out of a tree, or something of the sort? Killed by a ghost hawk?\nSCP-2050-3: Better dead than an Acornfist.\nSCP-2050-4: Take that back, you vagabond! I dare say, take that back this instant!\nSCP-2050-2: Quiet! Peace, brothers, peace. We are all squirrel-brethren here. Remember our true enemy: the heretics, not each other.\nSCP-2050-3: A heretic has better manners than these uncouth Acornfist scum.\nSCP-2050-4: No more of these lowborn insults! Taste my wrath, Bushtail fiend!\n\nAt this point, the meeting dissolved into a brawl within SCP-2050. Several SCP-2050-1 instances were injured, and SCP-2050-4 was witnessed severing SCP-2050-3's ear through the use of his teeth.\n\n+ SCP-2050-1-58 Interview Log\n\n- SCP-2050-1-58 Interview Log\n\nSCP-2050-1-58 Interview Log\n\nThe official Foundation envoy attempted to interview a member of SCP-2050 to obtain more information surrounding the Order.\nSCP-2050-1-58: What's it that you want, fur-less one?\nEnvoy: Hello, SCP-2050-1-58. Could you tell me more about your organization?\nSCP-2050-1-58: The Order? We're a proud lot, we are. Formed way back, generations ago. Some fur-less pope of yours stated that all were supposed to journey and fight the heretics. Declared that our great order was on a mission from above.\nEnvoy: And you responded to this call?\nSCP-2050-1-58: 'Course. You fur-less lot seem like you know what you're going on about. We didn't know about any fur-less heretics though, so we took our only enemies: those damned rats. Fur or fur-less, all heretics deserve what's coming to them.\nEnvoy: I see. What religion is it that you follow?\nSCP-2050-1-58: Um. It's about\u2026 uh\u2026 being good and what-not? I dunno, never occurred to me. I was told that if I kill enough heretics, I get rewarded, and go to heaven. Say, do you think that there are acorns in heaven?\nEnvoy: I wouldn't know.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2049 | SCP-2050 | SCP-2051 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2051\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2051 is surrounded by a three-meter high chain-link fence topped with barbed wire. Additionally, a three hundred meter long concrete dam has been built across the entrance to the cove. Warnings of a large Chironex fleckeri (Box Jellyfish) population are to be posted around the fencing. Security cameras are to be placed every 500 meters along the fence.\nThree (3) guards are to be posted to the site under the guise of stromatolite research and the guard barracks is to be disguised as an Australian Institute of Marine Science research station. One (1) instance of SCP-2051-1 is to be kept alive on site in a 2m3 tank supplied with sufficient nutrition (see document SCP-2051-001 for nutrition guidelines).\nCivilians attempting to enter the site are to be tested for exposure to SCP-2051. If exposed, they are to be terminated; if uncontaminated, they are to be ejected with a warning and the threat of legal action if they return.\nTesting with SCP-2051 is forbidden.\nDescription: SCP-2051 is a small cove \u2588\u2588 kilometers northeast of Shark's Bay, Australia. Humans who enter the water (complete submersion is required) become instances of SCP-2051-1.\nThe next time an SCP-2051-1 instance enters a man-made body of water (including bathtubs, showers, swimming pools and reservoirs), they will lose consciousness and rapidly transform into masses of skin tissue.\nStage one of the transformation is the loss of all external structures other than skin. Teeth, hair and nails will slough off, a process which typically requires ten to fifteen minutes.\nStage two is the loss of internal hard structures and organs. Bones will soften and undergo accelerated osteoporosis. Organs will revert to stem cells and then transform into human skin tissue. SCP-2051-1 instances will then begin to respire through the skin.\nBrain cells will separate and distribute themselves evenly around the mass as nerve bundles. Research indicates this arrangement permits the brain's functions to be preserved and has recorded high levels of electrical activity from the nerve bundles.\nOnce the transformation is complete, SCP-2051-1 is capable of one-way telepathic communication, broadcasting all thoughts. These messages can be received by any individual within three to four meters. The broadcasts typically contain messages of extreme duress from the sensory deprivation, followed by depression and catatonia. No effort to contact SCP-2051-1 instances has been successful.\nFully transformed SCP-2051-1 instances require a nutrient-rich aquatic environment to survive. Starving instances rapidly autocannibalize.\nDiscovery Log\nSCP-2051 was discovered after six students of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 University became SCP-2051-1 instances in a hotel in Shark's Bay, Australia. Two students survived the encounter and were interviewed by Foundation agents at the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Health Center. The students, first responders and medical staff were given Class A amnestics at the conclusion of initial containment with the cover story of accidentally swimming among Chironex fleckeri.\n\nInterviewed: Angela Wong, Sarah Rogers\n\nInterviewer: Agent Bruce Wallace\n\nForeword: Wong and Rogers were the survivors of SCP-2051's initial discovery.\n\n<Begin Log>\nWallace: And you decided to go swimming in it? Even with all the rocks?\n\nWong: Well, we didn't. I mean, some of us did. Most of us did. [pause] Will they be okay?\n\nWallace: We'll do everything we can. Why didn't you go swimming?\n\nRogers: [sniffles] Me and Angela decided to stay on the rocks. Get some tanning in, y'know? And, um, Jack and Ethan convinced the others It'd be fun.\n\nWong: We weren't really into it. And and and nothing really happened while we were there.\n\nRogers: We decided to come back around sunset. The boys and Ruby and Charlotte were pretty far out, so I waded into the water to call them ba \u2013 call them ba \u2013 [long pause] I went into the water. I wentinto thewater. IwentintothewaterIwentintothewaterIwentintothewater \u2013\n\nAt this point Rogers panics. The interview resumed after Rogers was calmed down several minutes later.\n\nWallace: What happened when you got back to the hotel?\n\nWong: I was sharing a room with Willie, since everyone else is \u2013 everyone else was a couple. He took the second shower and I k \u2013 killed some time with the television.\n\nRogers: I hadn't eaten, so I went to buy some sn \u2013 snacks at the supermarket. I was there about an hour. I'm \u2013 I'm \u2013 I'm n \u2013 not v-very decisive.\n\nWong: I heard a thump after a minute, while he was in there. I didn't think much of it, he didn't shout or anything. I got concerned at little later\u2026.around fifteen minutes. I didn't think he'd take that long. I went in\u2026.I went in\u2026.I went in and he wasn't moving. There was no blood but he wasn't moving. He was doubled over but people can't \u2013 they can't bend that much. It was like all his bones g \u2013 gone. I touched his shoulder and it was like pressing raw cake batter. He \u2013 he didn't respond so I called 112 on my mobile. He wasn't moving. I \u2013 I think he was breathing. I \u2013 I was too afraid to check him again.\n\nRogers: I came back from the market and \u2013 and \u2013 and Angela was screaming about Willie. I got real worried so I went to check on Takeshi but he'd [sniffles] locked the door for s \u2013 some reason. I couldn't get to him before the ambulance people ar \u2013 arrived. I told the them I couldn't get to Takeshi and the hotel guy open the door for them. He was all goo \u2013 goo \u2013\nWong: He was all goopy. Not like the others.\n\nWallace: What about your other friends?\nRogers: I didn't see them. They just \u2013 they\u2026. [Pause]\nWong: They didn't answer their phones. I told the man from the hotel \u2013 he was with the paramedics \u2013 and he opened their doors. I saw Ruby and Ethan when they were wheeled out. But I thought \u2013 We thought \u2013 [Long Pause]\n\nWong: I could hear them. They were screaming. The EMTs heard it too. They were in the dark and they didn't say anything when we tried to talk to them. The EMT touched one \u2013 I don't know who \u2013 I couldn't tell \u2013 I couldn't tell my friends apart \u2013 [Long Pause]\nWong: He touched one and they were still screaming. They didn't respond. They just kept screaming and it only stopped when \u2013 when the ambulance took them away.\n<End Log>\n\nWong and Rogers were given Class A amnestics and released following containment of SCP-2051.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2050 | SCP-2051 | SCP-2052 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2052\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2052 is currently stored in a standard vacuum chamber at Site-\u2588\u2588. Sides A and B have been dyed red and blue, respectively, for ease of identification. When not involved in approved experimentation, SCP-2052 must be laid flat inside the vacuum chamber, with side A facing upwards. SCP-2052 must not be exposed to pressures above 0.5 Pascals at any time.\nThe primary containment vessel is stored in secondary containment vault 2052-C2. 2052-C2 is equipped with three type-B vacuum pumps, and a set of four protective suits suitable for working inside a vacuum, allowing SCP-2052 to be removed from its primary containment vessel. Removal from primary containment is only permitted for the purposes of approved experimentation or scheduled maintainence of the primary containment vessel.\nResearchers handling SCP-2052 must ensure that no portions of the fabric facing the same direction become overlapping at any point, except when done intentionally as part of an approved experiment.\nDescription: SCP-2052 is a 12-centimeter square of silk cloth. Physical forces applied through SCP-2052 do not comply with Newton's third law of motion.1 Forces applied to side B are opposed by a force roughly 810 times greater, rather than the equal force predicted by conventional physics. Conversely, any forces applied to side A are opposed by a force reduced by a factor of 810. Analysis of internal compression of SCP-2052 has determined that the anomalous effect occurs instantaneously at a plane 30 micrometers below side A.\nOverlapping layers of SCP-2052 are capable of applying the anomalous effect cumulatively, resulting in an exponential increase of the amplification factor. In the event that three or more layers overlap while facing the same direction, the weight of SCP-2052 can threaten the integrity of supporting structures (see incident log 2052-I-3).\nWhen exposed to typical atmospheric pressures, pressure imbalances will propel SCP-2052 in the direction of side B. SCP-2052 will fly erratically and at high speed, until impacting a solid obstacle capable of resisting pressures of 82 MPa.2\nDiscovery Log: SCP-2052 came to the Foundation's attention when automated webcrawler CASIMIR-J87 detected anomalous watch-phrases in a YouTube video, archived as 2052-V-1, posted by user \"TeslaFyMe\" (later identified as Kyle Wathers of Huddersfield, UK). Previous uploads from this account consist of 113 videos, primarily centered around the testing and refinement of alleged free-energy and perpetual motion devices. Foundation researchers reviewing the footage determined that none of the devices shown in prior videos produced anomalous behavior. CASIMIR-J87 successfully removed 2052-V-1 before any users viewed it.\n87% of uploads on Wathers' account contain references to another user by the name of \"Discord_33\", with whom Wathers appears to have shared a personal friendship. Videos on this account employ a variety of face and voice disguising technologies that have prevented the Foundation from determining the user's identity. Content is typically of a theoretical nature, and includes several lectures on engineering techniques which are known to the Foundation to produce anomalous effects. These lectures are worded in ways that prevented detection by CASIMIR-J87, apparently by design. Investigation into possible leaks in the CASIMIR program is ongoing.\nUpon discovery of their anomalous content, Foundation agents attempted to delete all videos posted by user Discord_33, but found that they had already been deleted.\n\nVideo Transcript 2052-V-1\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\n[Wathers is seated at a desk in a residential garage; this setting has been used in 82 of his previous videos. Several previously-shown devices are visible on a workbench against the opposite wall, and have been moved aside to make room for a short cylindrical chamber, approximately 70 cm in diameter and 20 cm in height. This chamber has been designated SCP-2052-1.]\n00:00 - Hi guys, sorry I haven't posted any videos lately, I've been dealing with a lot of real life stuff recently and haven't had as much time for the vlog as I'd like. Some of you know what I'm talking about, I know Discord does, but I won't bore everyone else with, uh, the grisly details. If you're really interested, I guess hit me up on Skype or something.\n00:22 - So I got a lot of questions on my last video about what kind of magnets I was using, and a lot of the usual ignorant comments about how I don't understand physics or thermodynamics or whatever, so let me just go through and, um, I guess address some of those issues.\n00:42 - 09:40 [Irrelevant data omitted; subject responded to comments on previous videos. Full transcript available as document 2052-V-1F. -Dr. Collier]\n09:41 - So I was looking at Discord's last video. By the way, dude, \"diction-obscuring filters\"? [laughs] Really? I know the corporate giants want to suppress this stuff, but that's just getting silly. Nobody cares how often you say \"is\" or \"of\". Anyway, it got me thinking about quantum vacuum energy again. Yes, I know I've been harping on about that since forever, but I think you'll forgive me once I show you my results. If I'm understanding the physics right, a discontinuity in the quantum vacuum would act as sort of a one-way street. So I'll go over the math in my next video if it works as well as I think, but for now it's easiest if I just show you my setup.\n[Subject picks up the camera and carries it to the workbench, focusing on SCP-2052-1. Several wires are now visible extending from the back of the chamber, leading to a nearby oscilloscope and a control panel. Subject proceeds to open the lid, revealing a series of electromagnets surrounding the interior, alternating with additional devices of unidentifed purpose. The bottom half of the chamber is filled with an unidentified clear liquid.3 A silk square is suspended from the sides of the chamber on a grate roughly level with the surface of the liquid.]\n11:03 - I've already done the tricky part, because you need to have a zero-point membrane that doesn't conduct electricity, but it turns out silk works pretty well for that. You just have to expose it to [REDACTED] and then leave it out to dry for a few hours. Discord has a great video on how to do that. Once it's dry, just put it in the activation chamber, and make sure it's only partially submerged. If both sides are exposed you'll defeat the whole point and have to start all over again. [Subject replaces the lid and activates a switch. A low hum is audible.] Now, in theory, all you have to do is dial in the right resonant frequency, and you should see the reaction right away.\n13:47 - 14:16 [Subject slowly rotates a dial. The oscilloscope shows slight disturbances at unpredictable intervals, increasing in frequency and intensity until peaking at roughly 14:12.]\n14:17 - Okay, I think that's all the reaction I'm going to get this time. I think I need to align the Tesla emitters a little more carefully to get the resonance clean enough. But it's pretty clear something really wants to happen right at this specific frequency, and that means I'm on to something. And, you know, if this stuff works, it'll do a lot more than free energy - you could make a glove out of it, and mold steel with your bare hands. Um, I guess it's not your bare hands in that case. Whatever, you know what I mean. We wouldn't need any dangerous heavy-duty machinery any more. Which probably means all the big manufacturing companies are in on this too, along with the oil cartels. So if I just up and disappear mysteriously tomorrow, well, you guys know what happened.\n15:20 - I guess that's all I have for now. Thanks for the well wishes from everybody, hopefully I can get back to regular updates. Oh, and don't forget to like.\n\nRecovery Log: At 10:15 AM 8/7/20\u2588\u2588, shortly before the arrival of Foundation agents, local police responded to reports of a series of loud explosions in Wathers' neighborhood. Foundation operatives administered class-C amnestics to all witnesses, and planted cover stories explaining the damage as the result of a natural gas leak. Investigation confirmed that the damage began in a garage identified as the one appearing in 2052-V-1. SCP-2052-1 was still present, and had a large puncture consistent with pressures of 82 MPa applied over a limited area. SCP-2052 appears to have exited through the west-facing wall, and followed a flight path passing through three nearby houses, a telephone pole, and an SUV, in unknown order before impacting the ground and coming to a stop at a depth of 3 meters. Only minor injuries were reported. Forensic analysis indicates that this event lasted approximately 7 seconds.\nFoundation recovery teams were able to transfer SCP-2052 to a vacuum chamber for transport to Site-\u2588\u2588. SCP-2052-1 was also recovered; however, researchers were unable to reproduce its anomalous effects.\nFoundation spyware installed on Wathers' laptop succeeded in activating the attached webcam and recording for the duration of the event.\n\nVideo Transcript 2052-V-2\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\n00:00 - [Webcam is placed on a desk facing Wathers' workbench. Wathers is seated at the workbench at the left edge of the frame, and is rotating a dial in a similar manner to that seen in 2052-V-1. Notably, the oscilloscope shows much steadier readings of a higher magnitude.]\n00:05 - [A loud crash is heard. The webcam is knocked off the desk and now dangles from a USB cable, facing a wall.]\n00:06 - 00:13 [Several more loud crashes, more distant.]\n00:14 - 00:25 [Silence]\n00:26 - 02:15 [Rapid pacing is heard along with shallow breathing, interspersed with occasional deep breaths]\n02:16 - 02:28 [Sounds of metallic objects being moved. Wathers replaces the webcam on the desk, briefly exposing his hands to the camera. Shaking is visible consistent with extreme anxiety. Camera now faces a different wall.]\n02:29 - 03:12 [Pacing resumes. Wathers briefly exits the garage, then returns, repeating this behavior twice.]\n03:13 [A car is heard pulling into the driveway.]\n03:18 - Unidentified voice: Are you okay?\n03:21 - Wathers: I, uh, I think so. Are you here to arrest me?\n03:26 - Unidentified: No, I'm Discord. The police will be here in-\n03:30 - Wathers: What? No you aren't.\n03:35 - Unidentified: I told you I disguise my face for videos, right?\n[3 s pause]\n03:46 - Wathers: That's impossible, do you really think I'll believe -\n03:51 - Unidentified: You just launched a Kleenex through three houses, and you don't believe in video editing?\n\n03:57 - Wathers: That's not funny.\n04:02 - Unidentified: I know. And I'm sorry. But I'm kind of in a hurry here. Because now you know that free energy is real, and -\n04:10 - Wathers: I believed in it before.\n04:13 - Unidentified: Don't kid yourself. Nobody really believes it, deep down, until they see it firsthand. What's important is, now that you know, that means you know the coverup is real too. And when the police figure out what happened here, they'll know that you know. Can you guess what happens then?\n04:31 - Wathers: Well, what are you suggesting? I just go into hiding? Spend the rest of my life in your basement, watching, like, daytime TV?\n04:42 - Unidentified: No, I mean you take the fight to the conspiracy. We have a private lab, where you can help us build machines that will -\n04:54 - Wathers: Wait, we?\n04:57 - Unidentified: It's complicated, but I'll explain when we get there.\n[4 s pause]\n05:05 - Wathers: You really think I could help take down the oil cartels?\n05:11 - Unidentified: I promise everything you build will be used against the people behind the coverup.\n\nAddendum 2052-A-1: On 11/26/20\u2588\u2588, hostile forces attempting to seize SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 assaulted Site-\u2588\u2588 using four steel slabs of mass 2.4 x 104 kg, which possessed properties similar to SCP-2052. Three of these objects were recovered by the hostile forces, and the remaining one self-destructed and could not be recovered for analysis. The investigation into Kyle Wathers and his associate has been upgraded to a level-3 priority.\n\nFootnotes\n1. \"To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.\"\n2. 810 times atmospheric pressure\n3. Image analysis indicates a refractive index 28% higher than water.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2051 | SCP-2052 | SCP-2053 \u00bb"}
{"text": "A sample page from SCP-2053-2\n\nItem #: SCP-2053\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2053-1 is kept in a standard containment locker at Site-\u2588\u2588. SCP-2053-2 is to be stored on a 2 GB flash drive in the same containment locker as SCP-2053-1. Once a month, one Level-2 researcher is to remove SCP-2053-1 from this locker and attempt to rotate the object's faces. If unsuccessful, the object is to be returned to the locker. If rotation is successful, testing will resume under the direction of Dr. Boone.\nDescription: SCP-2053-1 is a puzzle cube measuring approximately 5.7cm along each exterior edge. It is physically identical to a standard Rubik's brand puzzle cube. SCP-2053-1 can be solved in the same way that a non-anomalous Rubik's Cube can be solved, by rotating its various faces until all the stickers on each distinct face of the cube are identical in color. The object shows signs of wear and tear, presumably an indication of heavy use; however, tests show that the stickers themselves have never been removed.\nOccasionally, SCP-2053-1 will enter an active state, during which the object's faces will begin to rotate of their own accord at approximately three rotations per second. After the object has completed several of these rotations, it will enter a passive state for approximately twenty seconds, during which the faces will remain in this permutation. The object will then become active again, and return to its base \"solved\" state, at which point it will become dormant once more.\nSCP-2053-2 is a computer file labeled \"i_love_you_jake_please_read_this.pdf\". The metadata associated with the file show that it is 1.21 MB in size, and it can be stored on any digital media with that amount of available storage; however, the number of pages contained within the document far surpasses the number that should be possible of a file this size. When opened by a PDF-capable program, the resulting document contains exactly 43252003274489856000 pages; Foundation analysts estimate that a non-anomalous PDF document of this length would occupy approximately 2.1 yottabytes (2.1 trillion terabytes) of storage space.\nEach page of the document depicts a two-dimensional polyhedral net equivalent to a three-dimensional Rubik's Cube. The diagram on each page is colored in such a way that it corresponds to a possible permutation of SCP-2053-1. Displayed below each diagram is an English phrase or sentence in a nondescript black typeface. Using computing assets obtained from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Inc., personnel assigned to SCP-2053 have created a digital database containing all of these diagrams and their corresponding phrases. Of note is the fact that the number of pages in SCP-2053-2 exactly matches the number of possible arrangements of SCP-2053-1. This implies that, for every possible permutation, there is a corresponding phrase. By physically rotating the faces of the cube to match a permutation contained within SCP-2053-2, communication with SCP-2053-1 is possible, using the phrases given in the document.\n\n+ Interview Log 2053-01\n\n- hide log\n\nInterview Log 2053-01\n\nNotes: For the purposes of this experiment (and subsequent interviews), Dr. Boone has set up a device which quickly analyzes each passive state permutation of SCP-2053-1, and cross-references this against the contents of SCP-2053-2 to produce the corresponding phrase. At the same time, another program is used to search SCP-2053-2 for specific desired phrases, such as \"WHAT IS YOUR NAME\", and translates these phrases back into their corresponding permutations. These two programs are used in tandem, essentially to decode incoming communications from SCP-2053-1, and to encode phrases directed at SCP-2053-1. This allows Dr. Boone to open a dialogue with SCP-2053-1, to determine the nature of the entity associated with it. All of the phrases used during this initial interview appear in SCP-2053-2; capitalization and spelling have not been altered.\nDr. Boone: HELLO\nSCP-2053-1: JAKE\nDr. Boone: HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS\nSCP-2053-1: IS THAT YOU JAKE\nDr. Boone: YES\nSCP-2053-1: ITS ME YOUR DAD\nDr. Boone: HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS\nSCP-2053-1: I LOVE YOU JAKE\nDr. Boone: I LOVE YOU DAD\nSCP-2053-1: I AM SO HAPPY JAKE\nDr. Boone: WHAT IS GOING ON\nSCP-2053-1: YOU HAVE NEVER TALKED TO ME BEFORE\nDr. Boone: I AM SORRY\nSCP-2053-1: I AM SO HAPPY THIS WORKED\nDr. Boone: WHAT WORKED\nSCP-2053-1: I FINALLY FOUND A WAY TO TALK TO YOU\nDr. Boone: WHAT DO YOU MEAN\nSCP-2053-1: THE DOCTORS SAID YOU WOULD PROBABLY NEVER TALK AGAIN\nSCP-2053-1: AFTER THE ACCIDENT WITH YOUR MOM\nDr. Boone: THE ACCIDENT\nSCP-2053-1: I AM SO SORRY JAKE\nSCP-2053-1: ALL I EVER WANTED WAS TO TELL YOU\nDr. Boone: TELL ME WHAT\nSCP-2053-1: I LOVE YOU AND I AM SO SORRY\nDr. Boone: ITS OK\nSCP-2053-1: THIS IS THE MOST YOU HAVE EVER TALKED TO ANYONE THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS I WANT TO ASK YOU\nAt this point, Dr. Boone ceases communication.\nI recommend we try to dig up what we can on this \"Jake\" and his father before we continue. We won't be able to keep up this facade forever. - Dr. Boone\n\nAddendum 2053-01: As of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, no progress has been made on the search for the individual believed to be associated with SCP-2053.\nWell, Jacob is a pretty common name, isn't it? We're going to need to modify our search parameters. Come at this from a different angle. Based on what the \"father\" has said, I think we have reason to believe that this \"Jake\" may have some type of social or developmental disorder. Let's start looking at orphanages, mental institutions, hospitals, etc. - Dr. Boone\nAddendum 2053-02: The Foundation has located an individual in an extended care facility in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, SC who falls under the correct parameters; Jacob \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, age 31, suffering from [REDACTED]. When interviewed, his attending physician commented on Jacob's acute attachment to complex puzzles - specifically Rubik's Cubes - and his skill at solving them.\nWell, looks like we found Jake. Due to his current condition, direct communication is impossible. Based on the information we gathered from SCP-2053-1 and Jacob's physician, it sounds like he's never actually spoken to anyone. I recommend we keep the son out of the equation, and continue interacting with SCP-2053-1 under this facade. We'll check in on him every month or so to see if his condition changes, but the way these things go, we're probably never going to hear his side of\u2026 whatever this is. - Dr. Boone\nAddendum 2053-03: In all interviews thus far (see Interview Logs 2053-02 through 2053-08), SCP-2053-1 has been unwilling to reveal any information regarding the origin of its current condition to \"Jake\". In light of this, Dr. Boone has decided to communicate with SCP-2053-1 under the guise of a generic physician (see Interview Log 2053-09 below).\n\n+ Interview Log 2053-09\n\n- hide log\n\nInterview Log 2053-09\n\nDr. Boone: HELLO\nSCP-2053-1: HELLO\nDr. Boone: WE NEED TO TALK\nSCP-2053-1: ABOUT WHAT JAKE\nDr. Boone: THIS IS NOT JAKE\nSCP-2053-1: JAKE THIS BETTER BE A JOKE\nDr. Boone: THIS IS NOT A JOKE\nSCP-2053-1: WHO IS THIS\nDr. Boone: I AM A DOCTOR\nSCP-2053-1: WHERE IS MY SON\nDr. Boone: YOUR SON IS SAFE\nSCP-2053-1: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH JAKE\nDr. Boone: YOUR SON IS SAFE\nSCP-2053-1: GIVE ME TO MY SON\nDr. Boone: I NEED TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS\nSCP-2053-1: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH JAKE\nDr. Boone: JAKE IS BEING TAKEN CARE OF\nSCP-2053-1: GIVE ME TO MY SON I NEED TO MAKE SURE HE IS OKAY\nDr. Boone: I CANT DO THAT\nSCP-2053-1: WHY NOT WHAT HAPPENED\nDr. Boone: I CAN ASSURE YOU JAKE IS PERFECTLY SAFE\nSCP-2053-1: PLEASE DONT HURT MY SON OH GOD HE JUST CAME BACK TO ME\nDr. Boone: IF YOU ANSWER MY QUESTIONS I CAN GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR SON\nSCP-2053-1: WHAT DO YOU WANT\nDr. Boone: ARE YOU AWARE OF YOUR CURRENT CONDITION\nSCP-2053-1: YES\nDr. Boone: COULD YOU EXPLAIN HOW YOU ENDED UP IN YOUR CURRENT CONDITION\nSCP-2053-1: I JUST WANTED TO TALK TO MY SON\nSCP-2053-1: HE IS A SPECIAL BOY\nSCP-2053-1: HE LOVES HIS PUZZLES\nSCP-2053-1: BUT EVER SINCE THE ACCIDENT WITH HIS MOM HE WONT TALK TO ANYONE\nSCP-2053-1: HE SPENDS ALL DAY PLAYING WITH HIS CUBES\nSCP-2053-1: THE DOCTOR CALLED IT PROGRESSIVE MUTISM\nSCP-2053-1: NINE YEARS\nSCP-2053-1: I JUST WANTED TO TALK TO MY SON\nDr. Boone: COULD YOU EXPLAIN HOW YOU ENDED UP IN YOUR CURRENT CONDITION\nSCP-2053-1: I MET A GUY WHO SAID HE COULD GET JAKE TO TALK\nSCP-2053-1: HE KNEW A DOCTOR IN VIRGINIA OR SOMETHING WHO COULD FIX JAKE\nSCP-2053-1: I JUST WANTED TO TALK TO MY SON\nDr. Boone: THIS MAN TURNED YOU INTO A RUBIKS CUBE\nSCP-2053-1: IT WORKED DIDNT IT I GOT TO TALK TO MY SON AFTER NINE YEARS OF NOTHING\nDr. Boone: I SUPPOSE IT DID\nSCP-2053-1: PLEASE CAN I TALK TO MY SON AGAIN GIVE ME TO HIM\nDr. Boone: IM SORRY THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE AT THE MOMENT\nSCP-2053-1: WHY WHAT HAPPENED\nDr. Boone: JAKE IS UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE AT THE MOMENT\nSCP-2053-1: OH GOD WHAT DID YOU DO TO JAKE\nSCP-2053-1: YOU BASTARDS BETTER NOT HURT MY SON I SWEAR TO GOD\nSCP-2053-1: WHERE IS MY SON\nDr. Boone: I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS FIRST\nSCP-2053-1: WHERE IS MY SON\nAt this point, SCP-2053-1 enters a dormant state, apparently \"stuck\" in this permutation. Since the conclusion of this interview, all attempts by Dr. Boone and assisting personnel to rotate any of the object's faces have been unsuccessful.\n\nThe following image depicts the page from SCP-2053-2 which corresponds to the current permutation of SCP-2053-1.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2052 | SCP-2053 | SCP-2054 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2054\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2054 is quarantined at the maximum security wing of the humanoid detention center at Site-23. All nutritional and medical needs are to be provided by automated means, as are those necessary for interrogation. Under no circumstances are any personnel to have any physical contact with SCP-2054. Once a week, exercise is permitted under armed guard in the maximum security rehabilitation center. Standard amenities package EEF-115 are to be extended to SCP-2054 as long as it remains cooperative.\nDescription: SCP-2054 is a metamorphic entity capable of assuming the appearance of other human beings. No means have been discovered of distinguishing between SCP-2054 and its human target.\nRecovery Log: SCP-2054's existence was first hypothesized using inferential statistical models developed to assess the possibility that the Foundation had been infiltrated by inimical agents. Developed by Dr. Martin F\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 with the cooperation of the Statistical Section in 2002, a non-zero probability was assigned to the contingency. A research team was empaneled to develop means of identifying said agents.\nShortly after the investigation began, Dr. F\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 alerted security that he was being accosted in his quarters. When security arrived, two identical copies of Dr. F\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 were discovered in the midst of a struggle. Both were tranquilized and quarantined pending further investigation.\nDuring the subsequent security sweep, the whereabouts of Researcher Nancy Y\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2014 a colleague of Dr. F\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2014 could not be established. The operating assumption made was that Researcher Y\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 had been compromised by SCP-2054 sometime in the past, and that SCP-2054 had then sought to copy and dispose of Dr. F\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, thereby eliminating any chance of its being discovered.\nResearcher Nancy Y\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, employed by the Foundation since 1977, had been responsible for the analysis and containment procedures of several Keter-class acquisitions. These acquisitions were immediately assigned priority-one reassessment. To date, no related containment breaches have occurred.\nDuring questioning, no means of distinguishing between SCP-2054 and Dr. F\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 were discovered. Both possessed the same faculties, apparent memories, including classified information such as duress codes, encryption protocols etc. Physical, psychological and medical assays proved equally unproductive.\nCoercive interrogation measures were sanctioned, including procedures 221-Crenshaw and 622-Atlantic, both to no avail. Out of humanitarian considerations, interrogations have been scaled back to once a week.\nUnclassified Transcription Logs:\n\n+ [May 2002]\n\n- [May 2002]\n\nTranscript: Conversation between SCP-2054/Adelaide and a colleague, Dr. Amal Sengupta\n\nSengupta: This is intolerable. I can't imagine what you're feeling. I'm meeting with the Ethics Committee. I'm going to raise holy hell.\nF\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I appreciate that, Amal, I really do. This is going to take time. I suppose the irony hasn't been lost on you that\u2026that in attempting to identify the impostor, I've become the prime suspect.\nSengupta: I'm glad to see your humor hasn't abandoned you. This is Kafkaesque.\nF\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Dostoevsky. Not Kafka. How is the team doing?\nSengupta: Well, you know Richardson. He maintains that he warned us about this possibility\u2026. though he's treating this as empirical validation of the research.\nF\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: (chuckles). Asshole. No one imagined an impostor on our very team.\nSengupta: Samantha is nearly catatonic with guilt.\nF\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please let her know I don't blame her. Tell her Risk Management did its due diligence. She went over it three times. She pushed to have an impartial supervisory board.\nSengupta: I know, Martin, and I'll tell her. Martin, they've only given each of us 5 minutes. Dr. Chinaski wants to talk to you next. Please\u2026 take care. And be careful. Watch your back.\nF\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I will. And Amal\u2026 thanks for looking in on me. Do they\u2026 are you going to talk to the other\u2026\nSengupta: No. I can't bring myself to.\nF\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Well, consider doing it. It can maybe help me get out of here. How can you be sure I'm the real\u2026\nSengupta: I don't know how you can remain so calm.\nF\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Crying about it won't help.\nSengupta: Well\u2026 take care\u2026 Martin.\nF\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You too.\n\n+ [Oct 2004]\n\n- [Oct 2004]\n\nTranscript: Conversation between SCP-2054/Baltimore and advocate-designate Ellis McPhee\n\nMcPhee: The ethics committee has denied my request. Formally. I'm sorry. In two weeks time, you're to be officially re-classified as SCP-2054-Baltimore. Your counterpart, SCP-2054-Adelaide. Do you realize what this means?\nF\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: That I didn't get top billing? (laughs) <pause of 10 seconds>. Yes. Yes, I realize what this means\u2026 What are they starting with?\nMcPhee: \u2026 the, uh\u2026 it's the standard coercive battery for non-responsive detainees.\nF\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Well\u2026 well\u2026 I guess that's\u2026 thoughtful of them. What about the other one.\nMcPhee: I've been forbidden to discuss the disposition of the other one\u2026 I can't even meet with its advocate to see if\u2026\nF\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: No, no. I understand.\nMcPhee: Do you need anything?\nF\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: No, I'm good\u2026 actually, can you see about getting me some non-classified research to work on? I have too much time on my hands.\n\nMcPhee: I don't see why not. At least during the next two weeks. I'll submit a formal request.\nF\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I was sure we'd find something with fMRI.\nMcPhee: I know it's easier said than done, but try not to give up hope. We still have two weeks.\nF\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: OK.\n\n+ [Jul 2006]\n\n- [Jul 2006]\n\nTranscript: SCP-2054/Baltimore and investigator Alison Lawrence\n\nLawrence: This is investigator Lawrence. The time is now 707 hours, Thursday, July 9th, 2006. Subject SCP-2054/Baltimore.\nBaltimore: Little early isn't\u2026I don't remember meeting you.\nLawrence: We haven't. Just reassigned. Alison Lawrence\nBaltimore: Martin F\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nLawrence: I requested this assignment.\nBaltimore: That doesn't bode well. Well, this is my preamble: why must this be done to me?\nLawrence: I'll oblige you. If you are Dr. F\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, then you'll understand: SCP-2054 may have been masquerading inside the Foundation for decades. We can't know when Nancy Y\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was compromised. The damage is immeasurable.\nBaltimore: I understand that. I do. Very well. I commissioned the probability models, for Christ's sake.\nLawrence: Please don't aggravate yourself needlessly.\nBaltimore: Can you offer any\u2026 what can I\u2026 suggest something I can say to prove to you\u2026\nLawrence: Personally, I think you are the impostor. Not that it matters, really.\nBaltimore: That's horseshit. So what's it today?\nLawrence: I'd like to start with a review of the initial quarantine interview of 2002. It was remarked upon later that\u2026hold on. Just a moment. Just a moment\u2026 I've just been informed that results are back\u2026 I see. I see. Yes. Yes, thanks. Believe me, I'll tell him \u2014\nYou're the impostor. The real Dr. F\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is being released. You're reclassified as an enemy combatant. As such, you no longer enjoy certain rights. As such, I have discretion to use 774-Brazzaville.\nBaltimore: I know you're lying. There are no results. I'm sure your counterpart is saying the same to the impostor. You're the liar.\nLawrence: It's unfortunate you think so.\nBaltimore: Damn it. Get on with it. What are you waiting for? I know you're trying to play me. Let's get this over with. It's a consolation of sorts that the other is getting the same. It'll break. I'm ready now. I said I'm ready. Get on with it.\nLawrence: Perhaps you should examine the possibility that you only think you're Dr. F\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nBaltimore: \u2026I've considered that\u2026I have considered that but that's not my worry. I'd say it's yours. Its clear whats going to happen next. Have you considered that I am who I say I am? Your chances are fifty-fifty, aren't they? Get on with it will you? I said get on with it.\nLawrence: Hold out your arm. Bob, you can go ahead, start the drip.\nSubject infused with Propofol, 40 mg. Note: Local time adjusted +14 hours\nLawrence: Subject SCP-2054/Baltimore administered a short acting anesthetic. How long will he be under?\nRoberts: About 5 minutes. He'll be terribly disoriented when he wakes up.\nLawrence: Good evening, Baltimore. Are you with us? Bob, can you help him? Drip a stimulant.\nBaltimore: <slurred> I don't\u2026how long\u2026what happened?\nLawrence: You won't remember. There's an amnestic component. You held out as long as you could. Suffice it to say, it was\u2026memorable. And we got what we need. This is investigator Lawrence. Interview concluded, 2120 hours. You're to be pitied.\nBaltimore: I don't understand.\nLawrence: We won't be meeting again. Enjoy the rest of your life.\nBaltimore: How can you expect me to\u2026no wait. Wait a minute. Come back. You owe me an explanation. Lawrence. Allison. You have to tell me. What\u2026\nLawrence: Standard procedure calls for a follow up course of 72 hours sensory deprivation. Make your peace if you can. Bob, we can call it a night.\n\n+ [Oct 2007-Sep 2014]\n\n- [Oct 2007-Sep 2014]\n\nTranscript: During their incarceration, SCP-2054 Adelaide/Baltimore were at times allowed to communicate via CCTV. In mind of the so-called Ypsilanti experiment,1 it was hoped that this might provoke the impostor and help resolve which was the authentic Dr. F\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nAdelaide: They'll figure it out, you know. Eventually. They're very motivated.\nBaltimore: You're very funny. Don't you realize? I'm the only one you can't fool.\n\nAdelaide: In the end, they'll keep you alive. But they will dissect you. Whether it's performed with or without anesthetic is under your control.\n\nBaltimore: You won't succeed in shocking me. And I'm not going to play this game.\n\nAdelaide: I'm not trying to shock you.\n\nBaltimore: I'm guessing you've provided them with my entire life-story. And that it's verbatim, the same as mine. I suppose, well it's possible, you might not be aware you're an impostor. Maybe a form of\u2026 of\u2026 that assimilates periodically, but isn't completely aware of what it's\u2026 for\u2026 like Lawrence Harvey. In the Manchurian Candidate. An oblivious double-agent.\n\nAdelaide: How fascinating. You realize the same applies to you.\n\nBaltimore: Ha!\n\nAdelaide: \"Ha!\"\n\nBaltimore: Go fuck yourself.\n\nBaltimore: \u2026its not supposed to be\u2026airtight.\nAdelaide: They think that copying the head of the project just as the investigation got under way demonstrates evil intent. mens rea, as it were.\nBaltimore: Not necessarily. Maybe it's its way of attempting communication. Or to understand. An initial response. Afterwards\u2026\nAdelaide: That's convenient.\nBaltimore: Maybe you're right. Too convenient. Too close to exactly what would be most convenient for us.\nAdelaide: Try this: The fact that I saw a bright light, whatever, and you didn't \u2014 maybe you were concussed. That would explain why you don't remember that part. You were hit pretty hard.\nBaltimore: That's something else I've been thinking about. It may not have been an attack.\nAdelaide: What do you mean?\nBaltimore: Look at it this way: it, uh, doubles us. It's a perfect copy. It thinks it's us. It's 2230 hours, it's tired, it goes back to our quarters, just as I did earlier. Or you did later. Maybe it wasn't coming to attack us. It's just coming home to get some rest.\nAdelaide: I'd never thought of that. And it fought. Just like we would\u2026or did.\nBaltimore: Right.\nAdelaide: That's consistent. It fits. But what about Nancy Y\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Something happened to her, didn't it. Something not so innocent.\nBaltimore: Not necessarily. What if\u2026what if there never was an original Y\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nAdelaide: My God.\nBaltimore: In which case\u2026\nAdelaide: In which case\u2026\nBaltimore: In which case, there was no murder, no foul play. It started off as her. That's\u2026wow\u2026what a thought. Anyway. We can spin this all day long. I've had enough for today\u2026chess?\nAdelaide: Chess?\nBaltimore Yes, chess. The game of chess? As opposed to the musical?\n\nAdelaide: (chuckles)\u2026they don't seem to have provided us with a board.\n\nBaltimore: Blindfold, then.\nAdelaide: \u2026 I guess so\u2026 I guess why not. Let me sit down. OK. e4\nBaltimore: e5, then.\nAdelaide: f4.\nBaltimore: King's gambit? Provocative. Do you want to steer us towards the Muzio gambit? I'd say that'd make for \u2026\nAdelaide: Play, don't talk.\nBaltimore: Pawn takes pawn. Keep your shirt on.\nnote SCP-2054 Adelaide/Baltimore played over a thousand matches, drawing two-thirds of the time. The remaining wins were evenly split.\n\nAdelaide: How are\u2026 how are you holding up. To the interrogations.\nBaltimore: Better than you. Better than you. What about you?\nAdelaide: My advocate says\u2026never mind.\nBaltimore: What does he say?\nAdelaide: He says\u2026he said that it's the only way to exonerate me. Or us. Or whatever. Otherwise we'll be permanently confined.\nBaltimore: He's got a hell of a sense of a humor.\n\u2026\nAdelaide: \"Rosencrantz\"?\nBaltimore: Yes, \"Guildenstern\"?\nAdelaide: They'll never let us out of here.\nBaltimore: I know\u2026 I know\u2026we both know. Did you have the dream again?\nAdelaide: Not recently.\nBaltimore: I did, last night. There was something new. I was torturing you, you wept, I was ashamed, but this time\u2026\nAdelaide: This time what?\nBaltimore: You whispered to me.\nAdelaide: Whispered what?\nBaltimore: \u2026you whispered \"I forgive you.\"\nAdelaide: Well, for the record, I don't.\nBaltimore: Well, for the record, I have. I forgive you. You can't help what you are. Anymore than I can help it.\nAdelaide: \u2026are you having a sentimental spasm?\nBaltimore: (laughs) Perhaps.\nAdelaide: Exercise is up tomorrow.\nBaltimore: I wish we could see the sky.\n\n+ [procedure 221-Crenshaw]\n\n- [procedure 221-Crenshaw]\n\n Unavailable pending a review of redaction procedures by the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Committee\n\n+ [procedure 622-Atlantic]\n\n- [procedure 622-Atlantic]\n\n Unavailable pending a review of redaction procedures by the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Committee\n\nUnclassified Experimentation/Interrogation Methodology:\n\n+ [open methodology]\n\n- [close methodology]\n\nA list of inconclusive tests performed:\nMedical examinations have included such tests as fMRI, PET and CAT scan, spinal infusion, Van Slack determination, cellular mitotic assay, genomic analysis, and dendrite differential reaction.\nPhysical examinations have included such tests as differential spectroscopy, iNFR meson decay probing, deBroglie interference defraction, molecular recombination, matter/antimatter pair-production analysis, and gravitational and inertial mass discrepancy.\nPsychological examinations have included such tests as Rorschach, MMPI, Bender-Gestal, recall of random word lists, reaction times to random stimuli, reaction times to negative stimuli, and pain threshold. Much of this methodology was borrowed by the differential diagnosis used in the case of Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly, Multiple Personality Disorder). While initially a seemingly promising line of inquiry, it proved as inconclusive as the others.\n\nNote: Graduated interrogation techniques were only approved with the consent of the Ethics Committee, as per their 1997 directive AE-229.11\nPrior to resorting to procedures 622-Atlantic and 221-Crenshaw, conventional techniques were employed, such as polygraph, truth drugs, rapport-building, Reid technique, friend-or-foe, pride-and-ego-down, deliriants, isolation, threats of harm, etc. All were unsuccessful in distinguishing between Dr. F\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and the double. Additional testing with SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 were equally unsuccessful.\nA containment breach was faked and security was withdrawn in order to observe how the pair might react and whether one of them would try to escape. Both made their way to their respective evacuation stations where they surrendered to security without incident.\nAt various times, interrogation measures have been relaxed in order to allow the putative original to formulate his own avenues of research. It can be assumed that he was strongly motivated.\nSCP-2054 Adelaide/Baltimore have at times been interrogated jointly. At others times, either one of the two was permitted to observe the interrogation of the other, and to suggest lines of questioning.\nOver time, various confessions were extracted from each of them, but none that were dispositive, and none that provided any incontrovertible proof.\nNote: The only difference between their official testimonies has been the account they gave of the initial encounter with the double. SCP-2054/Adelaide described it as being a diffuse, translucent, light emitting body. SCP-2054/Baltimore maintained that it had already assumed his appearance, perhaps attempting to shock him and thereby gain the advantage. No meaningful avenues of research, however, have been suggested by this discrepancy.\n\nAddendum: Due to the effects of the situation on staff morale, amnestics were approved and prescribed to Dr. F\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's colleagues. The cover story was released that Dr. F\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was KIA.\nIn 2014, either SCP-2054 or Dr. F\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 committed suicide in quarantine during an unrelated containment breach. Autopsy results provided nothing definitive. The survivor has since been placed on suicide watch. Interrogation has been suspended indefinitely, given the impossibility of conclusively determining the identity of the authentic Dr. F\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. At such time as the survivor expires, Dr. F\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 will become eligible for the Thaumiel medal of honor.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A psychiatric case study concerning an experiment on a group of three paranoid schizophrenic patients, each of whom believed himself to be Christ. The patients were made to confront each other, ultimately resulting in one of them recovering\n\n\u00ab SCP-2053 | SCP-2054 | SCP-2055 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2055\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Best practice in relation to SCP-2055 is currently limited to constant monitoring of key personnel and the suppression of public knowledge. All Class A and Class B personnel, as well as key civilian figures, should be subject to constant automated remote surveillance using approved protocol D-11 for intelligent remote monitoring systems.\nRecording and alarms should be triggered in response to observed individuals engaging in \u201cchair-gathering\u201d, talking to themselves, or otherwise displaying abnormal acute-onset behaviours. In the event of automated monitors being triggered, the nearest available security officers should be alerted and authorised to carry out immediate physical intervention.\nIn cases where remote monitoring has allowed SCP-2055 to be interrupted, affected individuals have become highly agitated and resistant. As such, the use of restraints is approved in order to prevent affected personnel harming themselves or others.\nOnce removed from the location of onset, abnormal behaviours cease, with the individual exhibiting no memory of preceding events. Affected personnel must nevertheless be debriefed, in order to identify any epidemiological pattern or predictors of onset.\nWhere the process ends in the individual taking their own life, gathered chairs should be removed, in order to support the appearance of mundane suicide.\nDue to the difficulty in predicting the occurrence, prevalence or individual outcomes of SCP-2055, constant surveillance is currently the only certain counter-measure. Professor H\u2588\u2588\u2588's interviews with survivors of SCP-2055 and post-mortem examinations of fatalities have not yet identified any definitive aetiology or risk factors; as such, further investigation is essential. Observation is therefore a priority and it is necessary that observed occurrences in non-essential populations be allowed to continue to completion in order to further knowledge of this phenomenon.\nDescription: SCP-2055 is a behavioural phenomenon that has been observed in \u2588.\u2588% of the global population. Estimating the precise number of cases is difficult as survivors of SCP-2055 retain no memory of the phenomenon, and it is likely that the majority of SCP-2055 fatalities have been miscategorised as conventional suicides due to the similarity in presentation.\nSCP-2055 fatalities are distinguished only by the behaviours preceding death: affected individuals will, whilst alone, suddenly begin gathering any available nearby chairs and placing them in a row. Affected individuals have then been observed to talk to themselves for anywhere between a few minutes and twelve hours, moving around the room and appearing to address the empty chairs.\nIn 94.3% of observed cases, the individual ultimately discontinued this behaviour and resumed previous activities without any apparent memory of the occurrence. However, in 5.7% of cases the individual ended the behaviour in suicide \u2014 most commonly through the application of a ligature to the neck, although exsanguination and self-poisoning have also been observed.\nDue to the lack of awareness of their own behaviour exhibited by survivors, the only means of investigating SCP-2055 has been through random surveillance of the general population via \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. The first case was observed \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1994 and, since the inclusion of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in commercial \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 after \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, it has become possible to remotely observe increasing numbers of cases.\nNo abnormalities have been identified by either psychological examination of individuals who have survived this phenomenon or post-mortem examination of those who have not. However, remote recording of the phenomenon taking place has generated potentially useful insights into the nature of SCP-2055.\nAnalysis of recordings initially identified a resemblance between the behaviour of affected individuals and the behaviour of a defendant standing trial. However, legal experts who have reviewed recordings of affected individuals have suggested that the process more closely resembles the legal practice of voir dire: the preliminary examination of prospective jurors to determine their suitability to serve on a jury.\nAddendum:\nTranscriptions of remote SCP-2055 recordings gathered covertly via \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588:\n\nTranscript SCP-2055-1207\n[Subject 1207 is alone in his home eating an evening meal at onset of phenomenon. Subject 1207 rises from his place and silently arranges four dining room chairs in a row against one wall. Subject then appears to listen intently.]\nSubject 1207: Yes, yes I am.\n[110s silence]\nSubject 1207: I understand.\n[27s silence]\nSubject 1207: I swear I will speak the truth.\n[8s silence]\nSubject 1207: I accept the consequences.\n[6s silence]\nSubject 1207: Sorry, I'm not sure I understand the question, could you repeat it?\n[4s silence]\nSubject 1207: Oh, right. That's a hard one. I would say that we are the highest form of life. We are God's children.\n[5s silence]\nSubject 1207: Capable of thought, compassion, love. We have consciousness.\n[8s silence]\nSubject 1207: No. No one.\n[2s silence]\nSubject 1207: I'm sure of it. No one. I mean, no one in the way you're suggesting.\n[286s silence]\nSubject 1207: It wasn't like that. It was just a casual fling. I feel nothing for her now. I may have felt that way at the time but feelings change. It isn't fair to say that. I don't think you're being fair to me.\n[13s silence]\nSubject 1207: That was just a dream, it doesn't mean anything. Do you dream? Do you remember what it's like? They don't necessarily mean anything.\n[4s silence]\nSubject 1207: Even if I still had those feelings, I can put them aside. I want to put them aside. I'm a very fair-minded person, really, I can be impartial. Look, I don't see why you're dragging my personal life into this. Everyone has a personal life, if being human means my judgement can't be trusted then what's the point?\n[5s silence]\nSubject 1207: Of course I can, listen, you need me. I understand people.\n[3s silence]\nSubject 1207: No.\n[6s silence]\nSubject 1207: I can be, I swear I can be.\n[7s silence]\nSubject 1207: I do!\n[4s silence]\nSubject 1207: I want to help.\n[4s silence]\nSubject 1207: [Visibly frustrated] No, you're twisting my words. I just want to help you reach the right decision. Should caring about people disqualify me? Did none of you care about people when you had the chance?\n[16s silence]\nSubject 1207: Look, I understand what's involved! I just want to help. I must help.\n[6s silence]\nSubject 1207: Please. [Beginning to weep] Give me a chance.\n[7s silence]\nSubject 1207: Please let me help.\n[Subject 1207 suddenly ceases crying and calmly replaces the dining room chairs, then sits at the table and resumes eating dinner. In interviews following this incident, the subject exhibited no memory of SCP-2055 or of his own anomalous behaviour.]\n\nTranscript SCP-2055-1809\n[Subject 1809 is alone in a private office at onset of phenomenon. Subject 1809 rises from his desk and arranges five office chairs in a row against one wall before pausing and apparently listening intently.]\nSubject 1809: Yes.\n[110s silence]\nSubject 1809: I do.\n[27s silence]\nSubject 1809: I swear I will speak the truth.\n[8s silence]\nSubject 1809: I will.\n[7s silence]\nSubject 1809: A kind of animal, I suppose.\n[5s silence]\nSubject 1809: Different in some ways, not in others.\n[6s silence]\nSubject 1809: Nothing specific, I guess I've never given it any thought. People are ultimately animals. We're all just clever monkeys, aren't we?\n[8s silence]\nSubject 1809: Yes, many and badly.\n[6s silence]\nSubject 1809: Of course I do, but it is what it is. As my ma used to say, there's no point crying over spilled milk.\n[7s silence]\nSubject 1809: We wanted different things.\n[13s silence]\nSubject 1809: I think I see people as they are. I'm gonna be sixty next year, I think I've reached the point where I know what's what.\n[18s silence]\nSubject 1809: What will be will be. If not me then someone else, right?\n[20s silence]\nSubject 1809: I'd say I'm pretty typical. We all want the same things, don't we?\n[4s silence]\nSubject 1809: It's like\u2026 what's his name? Maslow? The guy with the triangle?\n[2s silence]\n\nSubject 1809: Yeah, him. His triangle thing says we all want food, sex, warmth, safety. Not necessarily in that order. I'm a realist, I appreciate that there's good and bad in all of us, that you need certain comforts to have the luxury of morality. Sometimes it is kill or be killed and when it comes down to it, a starving man is much the same as a starving dog.\n[16s silence]\nSubject 1809: I don't know. I guess I've thought about it too much. We can never really know, can we, but I've tried to live my life right without worrying too much about what I can't change. I've never really been what you'd call a believer, but here I am talking to you, so I guess all things are possible, right?\n[8s silence]\nSubject 1809: Ah, good question. I'd say Hollywood, the way it used to be\u2026 or Paris, Paris is nice.\n[5s silence]\nSubject 1809: I dunno\u2026 the Holocaust, I guess?\n[8s silence]\nSubject 1809: I can't possibly know is the simple answer to that, but we all find out in time.\n[5s silence]\nSubject 1809: Honesty.\n[6s silence]\nSubject 1809: Self-delusion.\n[5s silence]\nSubject 1809: [Laughing] I'll take that as a compliment!\n[37s silence]\nSubject 1809: Yes, I understand. I am willing.\n[44s silence]\nSubject 1809: Thank you, it's been a pleasure and I'll do my best to justify your confidence. So I guess I do it now, then? Here goes\u2026\n[Subject 1809 then removes his belt and smilingly tightens it around his neck. Post-mortem examination confirmed death by hypoxia.]\n\n\u00ab SCP-2054 | SCP-2055 | SCP-2056 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2056\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2056 is to be held in a forested enclosure 1 square kilometer in size. Perimeter fencing is to be constructed of concrete walls 4m in height, supplemented with electrified fencing to discourage approach by SCP-2056.\nTrees within the enclosure are to be examined on a monthly basis by 1 Foundation botanist, escorted by no fewer than 4 security personnel armed with gas-powered firearms loaded with 10mg Etorphine cartridges. Any trees determined to need replacement due to desiccation are to be marked and replaced with transplanted specimens at the discretion of head researcher Knowles.\nThe enclosure is to be guarded at all times by no less than four security personnel armed with gas-powered firearms loaded with 10mg Etorphine cartridges. Testing is to be approved only by the Head Researcher (currently Dr. Knowles).\nDescription: SCP-2056 is a bipedal humanoid, superficially resembling mammals from the Primatomorpha order. It measures approximately 2.5m in height, weighing approximately 180kg. The object's entire body is covered in coarse, dark brown hair. DNA testing of this hair has not yet yielded a match to any known order of mammal. SCP-2056 has retractable claws approximately 20cm in length. It possesses no notable resistance to physical trauma.\nThe eyes of SCP-2056 are highly reflective, with no visible pupil or cornea. SCP-2056 lacks a jaw; its mouth is funnel-shaped and lined with pointed teeth, similar to members of the order Petromyzontiformes (lamprey). Prior to capture by the Foundation, evidence in the surrounding environment indicates that SCP-2056 feeds on large trees and their surrounding soil in the area by latching onto them with its mouth, though the biological process through which it extracts nutrition is still being researched. Affected trees and soil were left in advanced stages of desiccation and malnourishment, and survived in only 27% of cases.\nThe behavior of SCP-2056 suggests increased intelligence in comparison with primates, and displays an antagonistic behavior pattern towards humans, although not exclusively physical aggression. By default its behavior towards humans includes generating sounds such as faint human laughter via a form of ventriloquism. How SCP-2056 is able to generate these sounds given its biology is unknown. Testing indicates that a lack of stress response from the subject, theorized to be desired by SCP-2056, will cause it to escalate to violence.\nAddendum: After extended time in captivity, SCP-2056 no longer engages in the behavior detailed above, instead retreating into the enclosure whenever security personnel or researchers enter. It will, however, still attempt to defend itself if approached too closely. When alone in its enclosure, SCP-2056 will generally remain stationary and lethargic. SCP-2056 will also sporadically vocalize, appearing to 'sing' for minutes at a time before falling silent. The purpose of this behavior has not yet been determined, but is theorized to be in response to its extended incarceration.\nRecovery Log: SCP-2056 was first brought to the attention of the Foundation in 19\u2588\u2588 after reports of missing persons in the area of Mt. Rainier National Park in Washington were publicly declared to be anomalous in nature by several Elders of the local Native American Salish First Nations. Three Foundation Agents were dispatched to perform an investigation, posing as journalists covering the disappearances.\nThe following is a transcript of an audio interview of tribal Elder \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 conducted by Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Okay, it's recording. So you've, um\u2026 you and some of the other elders out here have come out saying these disappearances are paranormal? Could you tell me about that?\"\nElder \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"I'm sure most of your readers will call it just superstitious nonsense from primitive people, but we know exactly what is taking these hikers. Going into the woods, in these lands, it is entering the territory of very old and very malevolent spirits. Have you ever heard of the Stick Indians?\"\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"I have not. Tell me about them.\"\nElder \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"This is what we call them in English. We have our own word, but speaking their name is dangerous. It draws their attention. Even talking about them here could be called dangerous, but we must warn people away from their lands. White people seem to give Indian legends a little more weight\u2026 maybe it will actually help.\"\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"So these Stick Indians are the ones taking people. What are they?\"\nElder \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"We think of them as trickster spirits of the forests. In our stories, they lead travelers astray, harm women and children\u2026 sometimes kill. They try to scare you first. They like making you hear things. Making you think you're going crazy. If you're lucky, that's all they want.\"\n[8 second pause]\n\"We have always known about them. Us living on these lands. They are big, mean\u2026 like most monsters I guess. There have always been disappearances around the mountain. Stick Indians are what's taking them.\"\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Alright, got it. I don't suppose you'd want to tell me where I could find one of these things?\"\nElder \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"I know you know already. Doesn't matter though, they are more likely to come looking for you. You know about them\u2026 been touched by that knowledge. Look, you're a reporter, so report this; these forests aren't safe, and people will keep disappearing. It doesn't really matter what's causing it, but nothing else is changing so maybe it'll help.\"\n\nFollowing this and other interviews, MTF-Beta-34 (\"Gag, Bag & Tag\") were able to locate and sedate an instance of SCP-2056 in the Mount Rainier National Park forests, and called for immediate transport and evac. Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was lost in the operation.\nAddendum: In the time since SCP-2056 was captured, disappearances in the affected region have begun to increase steadily. At approximately the same time that SCP-2056 began vocalizing in containment, reports of attacks on livestock and domestic animals started to increase in populated areas surrounding the Park. Operations to investigate and, if found, contain possible additional instances of SCP-2056 are currently in planning phases.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2055 | SCP-2056 | SCP-2057 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2057\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Outside of scheduled experiments, instances of SCP-2057 are to be stored in a standard large-volume storage locker in Containment Area-27 at a temperature of 25\u00b0C.\nDue to limited supply, experiment proposals need to be approved by at least two personnel with 2-1103 clearance and submitted to Dr. Applegate.\nDescription: SCP-2057 is a set of ninety-two (92) 318 ml cans of condensed chicken noodle soup. All instances of SCP-2057 have brightly colored labels, bearing images of dancing vegetables, noodles, and a cartoon chicken. Each label bears the script \"Dr. Wondertainment's Ultralicious\u2122 Chicken Noodle Soup For Kids\u2122!\" The lid of each can is fitted with an easy-open pull top. Each can label has a set of nutritional values, ingredients, and instructions.\n\n+ Nutritional Values\n\n- Nutritional Values Stated on Label\nNutrition Facts\nServing Size: 1 Can\nServings Per Container: 1\n\nContents\nAmount\nTest Results\n\nCalories\n95 cal\nConsistent at 95 cal\n\nFat\n3.17 g\nHigher than label states at 4.23 g\n\nCarbohydrates\n2.29 g\nConsistent at 2.29 g\n\nProtein\n13.48 g\nHigher than label states at 15.25 g\n\nVitamin W\u21221\n2.00 g\nUnknown compound consistent at 2.00 g\n\nMother's Love\n10.00 g\nNot identifiable or measurable\n\n+ Ingredients\n\n- Ingredients Stated on Label\n\nIngredients: Ultralicious\u2122 chicken stock, enriched Chinese egg noodles, finest cooked chicken breast, farm fresh carrots, crispy-crunchy celery, sweet Vidalia onions, no paint thinner, fresh mountain spring water, Vitamin W\u2122. Contains less than 2% of the following ingredients: a pinch of salt, a smidgen of chicken fat, sprinkle of spice extracted from rare plants, a dash of high quality unicorn tears.\n\n+ Instructions for Heating\n\n- Instructions Stated on Label\n\nInstructions for Heating: Hey, Kids! Feeling sick, icky, or downright yucky? Just pop open a can of Dr Wondertainment's Ultralicious\u2122 Chicken Noodle Soup For Kids\u2122! Place contents of the can in a medium sized soup pot, add a can of water, stir, and heat! Watch as the fun begins! Eat hearty, and you'll feel better and ready to play with Dr Wondertainment toys in no time!\n\nOn the lower back of each label is the following warning in fine print:\n\nDr Wondertainment's Ultralicious\u2122 Chicken Noodle Soup For Kids\u2122! is intended to be eaten while it is hot, to make you feel better in no time at all! Do not consume after it has become cold. Do not reheat. By purchasing from Dr. Wondertainment you agree to not hold Dr. Wondertainment or any of Dr. Wondertainment's affiliates accountable for injuries or damages incurred by your product. Thank you for purchasing from Dr. Wondertainment.\n\nOpening an instance of SCP-2057 reveals that it is filled with condensed chicken broth and an egg-shaped mass made of 57 g of egg noodles. Upon adding water and heating to 70\u00b0C, the 'egg' hatches, revealing a small, juvenile domesticated chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) composed entirely of egg noodles, carrot, celery, onion, and cooked chicken breast, known from this point as SCP-2057-1. As the broth continues to heat, the instance of SCP-2057-1 will begin to move, vocalize in chirps, and consume the broth in which it was hatched. It will grow directly in proportion to the amount of broth consumed, reaching full size at 85 g, resembling a small, adult domesticated chicken.\nWhile the temperature is between 35\u00b0C and 70\u00b0C, SCP-2057-1 functions as if it is alive, behaving similarly to normal domesticated chickens. When dissected, SCP-2057-1 is shown to be composed entirely of edible ingredients: bones constructed of celery and onion, muscles constructed of cooked chicken breast, feathers constructed of egg noodles, beak and legs constructed of carrot, and blood consistent with chicken broth. SCP-2057-1 will continue to move, vocalize in cackles, and twitch as it is being dissected or consumed.\nWhen the temperature of SCP-2057-1 falls below 35\u00b0C, the instance ceases movement, falling over into the remaining broth and quickly collapses into chicken noodle soup, typically ranging in temperature from 20\u00b0C to 34\u00b0C.\nBelow 20\u00b0C, SCP-2057-1 becomes congealed and gelatinous.\n\n+ Test Results 35\u00b0-70\u00b0C\n\n- Test Results 35\u00b0-70\u00b0C\n\nWhen eaten at 35\u00b0C to 70\u00b0C, test subjects describe the taste of SCP-2057-1 to be \"excellent\", \"delicious\", and \"homey\". Test subjects also report a feeling of physical well-being after consuming SCP-2057-1, despite showing apprehension at eating a 'live' meal. 81% of the subjects experienced psychological trauma associated with losing a beloved pet after consuming the instance.\nTest subjects suffering from illnesses such as influenza, measles, and the common cold reported immediate alleviation of their symptoms upon consuming instances of SCP-2057-1 at temperatures between 35\u00b0C and 70\u00b0C. Improvement included drop in high fever, relief from aches and pains, cessation of cough and congestion, and improved overall health. Strong aversion to poultry-based products reported in 87% of test subjects.\n\n+ Test Results 10\u00b0-34\u00b0C\n\n- Test Results 10\u00b0-34\u00b0C\n\nTest subjects consuming SCP-2057-1 at temperatures between 10\u00b0C to 34\u00b0C reported the taste as \"bland\", \"disgusting\", and \"repulsive\". 67% of test subjects reported severe cramping, chills, and diarrhea after consuming cooled SCP-2057-1. 62% of test subjects reported making involuntary clucking sounds and aversion to poultry-based products.\nTest subjects suffering from illnesses such as influenza, measles, and the common cold reported immediate complications of their symptoms upon consuming instances of SCP-2057-1 at temperatures between 10\u00b0C and 34\u00b0C. Complications included development of pin feathers along the forearms, excess loose skin growth on the crown of the head and under the chin, and an extreme change in gait when walking. 93% of subjects experienced vivid hallucinations and sensations of being hung upside-down by their ankles.\n\n+ Reheating Test Results\n\n- Reheating Test Results\n\nTest 234 - Reheating SCP-2057-1 - 10/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nSubject: D-45782\nProcedure: D-45782 is to reheat SCP-2057-1 in a microwave on high for two minutes and thirty seconds, then to consume the reheated instance. He is instructed to report his experiences to the camera provided.\nResults: (Test Time: 00:00) D-45782 reheated the instance of SCP-2057-1 as instructed. During the two and a half minutes, deep vocalizations were heard from the microwave.\n(02:32) D-45782 observes that the instance in the bowl still looks gelatinous in texture, with slight black burn areas near the edges.\n(02:55) D-45872 takes three bites and comments about being cold in the middle and hot on the edges. The subject describes the taste as horrifying and spits the instance onto the floor. The subject refuses to continue consuming the instance.\n(17:35) Within fifteen minutes of tasting the reheated instance of SCP-2057-1, D-45872 begins speaking angrily at the camera a second time, the words interspersed with vocalizations similar to stressed clucks and cackles.\n(17:40) Speech becomes increasingly incoherent. D-45872 begins scratching at his arms until they bleed. Loose skin is forming under the subject's neck and on top of the head.\n(17:46) D-45872 has lost all capability of speech. Large white pin feathers cover both of the subject's arms. Smaller feathers have begun sprouting from the subject's face.\n(18:02) Deterioration of D-45872's mental state has progressed to attempted destruction of objects within the testing room. Subject has rapidly grown feathers covering 67% of his skin, with severe physical change of the facial area, having an elongated, hardened nasal area and lower jaw. The upper lip has receded completely into the nasal cavity.\n(18:07) D-45872 expires.\nAnalysis: Autopsy revealed D-45782's cause of death was due to extreme and sudden physical change of internal organs, resulting in shock and cardiac arrest. 93% of the subject's skin was covered in feathers. Physical changes in the face resulted in a beak-like alteration of the nose and mouth. Loose skin under the neck and on the top of the head resemble a wattle and comb. Subject's lower legs were found to be covered in thick, scaly skin with the toes of the subject's feet ending in small rounded claws. The subject and instance of SCP-2057-1 were incinerated after testing and autopsy.\n\nAddendum: SCP-2057 was recovered during a raid on a Marshall, Carter and Dark office in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, New York, along with sixteen (16) other items. It was found in a shipping crate with indications of having been recently delivered by the Federal Postal Service, with an invalid return address. The shipping crate was estimated to hold one hundred and forty-four (144) instances of SCP-2057. One hundred and three (103) instances of SCP-2057 were recovered from the scene. The location of the remaining forty-one (41) instances of SCP-2057 is unknown, but under investigation after the discovery of a letter written to an associate employed at the Marshall, Carter, and Dark office. Tracing the letter to a physical address has proven unsuccessful to date.\n\nDear Cyrus,\nMaria has told me of the unfortunate circumstances that have befallen your children. I had hoped to hear about the improvement of their conditions soon. As their godfather, I am extremely distressed to hear this. Having experienced a child suffering from the measles myself, I know how terrifying it can be when it seems as if they are getting worse.\nRecently, we received a shipment of something that I hope can help your family. There is a crate in the storage area marked with 'Wondertainment - Discontinued Item.' It will not be there long, as it goes to auction next week. I will leave a key under the photo of your family on your desk. Follow the instructions exactly. Do not, under any circumstances, do anything different than what is directed on the can.\nDestroy this message as soon as possible. I do not want any of this to come back on us. Be careful, my friend.\n~Williams\n\nFootnotes\n1. Compound unknown to scientists at the Foundation. Further research and testing required.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2056 | SCP-2057 | SCP-2058 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\nTastes like Some Stuff.\nEat more of my SCPs. Eat them all.\nAlso please eat some of these\n\nAnabasis Hub Probably the greatest story involving a pair of redheaded siblings whose infighting causes the end of the world\nManna Charitable Foundation 2000 The sequel to the above, collaborationed with Dr Reach\nThe Stuff Industry What happens when everyone around you at work is a complete idiot and so are you, but not only does no one get fired, but you actually turn a profit? I don't know, some stuff.\nWhen MCF and Stuff happen A fun story of incompetence\n\n\n1/2058 LEVEL 1/2058\nCLASSIFIED\n\nItem #: SCP-2058\nObject Class: Safe\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2058 is to be kept locked in containment chamber 44 when not in use. SCP-2058 is not allowed to wander on its own, and may be physically restrained if non-compliant. Containment chamber is to be kept empty and it is not allowed to hoard items of any kind, as subject has tendency to acquire objects independently.\nDescription: SCP-2058 is a bipedal humanoid robot 2.7 meters tall, weighing 424 kg, constructed from high-strength polymer impregnated with carbon nanotubes and interlaced with reinforced fibers and epoxy. Speakers beneath its \"face\" produce a high pitched, heavily distorted voice of indeterminate sex.\nSCP-2058 contains a retractable chest cavity containing a bowl-shaped opening 11 cm in diameter. It autonomously seeks out small objects and places them into the opening. When its chest cavity is pressed back in place, a sheath of galvanized steel comes down over the bowl, at which point the object vanishes.\nWhen SCP-2058 was given a GPS tracking device to place within its chest cavity, the device continued to transmit, but upon SCP-2058's departure the device's signal did not change location, and it has to date continued transmitting from the point of disappearance.\nThe means by which SCP-2058 disposes of objects placed within its chest cavity cannot be determined. With the exception of the steel sheath coming down around the object, there appears to be no activity taking place within the chest cavity. Heat generated by SCP-2058 during this process has not exceeded output while idle. Personnel who have examined the cavity report nothing to indicate objects are in any way transported or incinerated or pulverized, although four individuals have reported a brief sensation of warmth and numbness when touching the interior of SCP-2058.\nAdditionally, SCP-2058 offers \"life advice\" in the form of incoherent, often belligerent or criminal, suggestions in exchange for US quarters any small metallic object. Content of these suggestions often involve sensitive information relating to Foundation personnel it has come into contact with. \"Advice\" delivered in this fashion becomes more personalized with each suggestion offered, indicating SCP-2058 gauges the reaction of the individual and adjusts further responses as a result.\nSCP-2058 was discovered in a reinforced shipping container 22.54 km off the coast of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Washington. The container was heavily degraded, with polyps beginning to cover the exposed surface. The remains of a logo are visible on one end, with the name \"Stuff and Something, Inc\" having survived. The container showed no signs of having been opened, nor were the remains of any shipwreck found in the vicinity.\nAddendum: SCP-2058 has shown a tendency to steal objects discreetly. When confronted, SCP-2058 denies the theft or attempted theft, demonstrating a clear attempt at subterfuge. Regular inspections of SCP-2058's containment chambers have recovered several items stolen from personnel. In one instance, SCP-2058 was observed placing several metallic objects, including jewelry and nails, into its chest cavity. In this instance, none of the stolen items were recovered.\nSome of the recovered items include:\n\nA pressure valve\n150 aluminum nails\nSeven 9mm bullet shell casings\n17 assorted lengths of copper wire\n2 credit cards\nA roll of electrical tape\nA \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 SATA hard drive (newly purchased and not used)\n14 flash cards used by personnel involved in SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 ( [DATA EXPUNGED] )\n\nAs of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2014, SCP-2058 has displayed an interest in SCPs (including SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 referenced above) catalogued and/or filed by [REDACTED]. A potential link between the items is being investigated.\nLog of Communications: The following suggestions made by SCP-2058 have been noted due to undue level of knowledge of sensitive information. Due to risk of data breach or leakage, SCP-2058 is no longer allowed to interact with personnel outside of Drs. Prynn, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and Streen.\n\n04/04/2011: SCP-2058 informed Dr. Prynn that researchers were more numerous than valid D-Class candidates and more likely to leak classified information to friends and family. SCP-2058 then suggested a routine schedule of monthly termination of researchers to avoid such leaks.\n\n11/16/2011: SCP-2058 suggested \"Have you tried ignoring SCP-682? Bullies often thrive on attention. Ignore them long enough and they are eventually liable to stop.\"\n\n2/24/2012: SCP-2058 claimed \"Nothing stops you from terminating Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Everyone knows he's a fake.\" Note: Information regarding Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and the [REDACTED] allegations have been expunged from Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's record.\n\n2/28/2012: SCP-2058 claimed \"Babies are cheap, fast, plentiful, and fun to make. Why not put them to use instead of wasting valuable full-grown Class-D personnel?\"\n\n3/16/2012: Over a 48 hour period, SCP-2058 responded to all questions and comments with the phrase \"There you go again!\"\n\n5/11/2013: SCP-2058 asked without context, \"Is this the one with blood sacrifices?\"\n\n6/22/2013: SCP-2058 informed Dr. Prynn of the allegedly high likelihood of successfully embezzling Foundation funds for her own personal use. SCP-2058 then offered to feign a containment breach to allow for additional funding in containing the subject. SCP-2058 demanded it be given at least 4% of the proceeds in turn.\n\n1/14/2014: SCP-2058 told Dr. Prynn \"You are getting fat. You could lose some weight. Have you thought about removing your legs and replacing them with cybernetic prostheses? Take it from me, they are fun.\"\n\n2/1/2014: SCP-2058 exclaimed \"Stuff and Something Inc is a fraudulent company and I highly doubt many of the people working there even know their company's name.\"\n\n4/12/2014: SCP-2058 made reference to a non-existent SCP, then apologized upon learning of its mistake, claiming it had been \"momentarily displaced.\"\n\n\u00ab SCP-2057 | SCP-2058 | SCP-2059 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2059\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2059 is to be contained within a modified containment area designed for Class-IV Hostile Amorphous Entities. The unit must comprise a shaft, 40m deep and 15m in diameter, composed of high-gloss steel plating. This plating is to be replaced as need be to maintain a fine polish throughout. The opening of this shaft is to be covered with a shock-proof plexiglass plate that can be removed remotely. Additionally, the containment unit is to be equipped with necessary video and audio surveillance equipment, as well as a speaker system in order to facilitate communication with SCP-2059-1.\nDescription: SCP-2059 is an autonomous and sentient mass of flesh, bones and organs. The entire mass is seemingly dominated by a large yellow sensory organ that does not correspond to that of any known species. The organ resembles an eye in composition, but further study has shown that it is capable of detecting infrared radiation. SCP-2059 appears capable of rearranging itself at will, but normally it follows a usual composition: the exterior is smooth flesh covering a grid of bones that protect vital organs and brain tissue in the center of the mass. SCP-2059 does not require extraneous sustenance. Any living creature touching SCP-2059 will be absorbed into its mass, but keratinous material (skin, hair and nails) is discarded. At the time of writing, SCP-2059 consists of:\n\n1 blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)\n1 giant squid of unknown species\n2 bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)\nSeveral specimens of various livestock\nApprox. 30 human beings\n1 dead human being, in advanced stages of decomposition\nSeveral specimens of various household pets\nApprox. 300 rodents\nAn undetermined amount of insects\n\nSCP-2059 has a tendency of attempting to fill a space completely if it is confined in one. This is assumed to be to help it retain cohesiveness.\nSCP-2059 exhibits highly aggressive behaviour towards all human and animal life; it will attempt to either kill or assimilate any organisms on sight. While in a passive state, SCP-2059 is usually gathered on the bottom of its containment, with most of its mass pressed against one of the corners.\nDespite SCP-2059 having multiple sets of vital organs, it does not appear to be using most of them; PET tracer scans have shown that almost 85% of all organs within SCP-2059 are inactive and unused. See Interview Log 2059-02 for more information.\nAddendum 2059-01: On \u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, a verbal connection was made with an individual within SCP-2059. This individual is hereby referred to as SCP-2059-1. The following is an audio transcript of the event.\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2059-1\nInterviewer: Dr. N\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: Transcript of initial contact; Dr. N\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was assigned to supervise SCP-2059. SCP-2059-1's speech has been translated from Hindi.\n<Begin Log>\n[Dr. N\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is in the observation room, filing paperwork. Surveillance cameras show a face emerging from SCP-2059, gasping for air.]\nSCP-2059-1: Ah! Finally! He let me on the surface!\nDr. N\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: [Is visibly startled] \u2026 What?\nSCP-2059-1: Hello? Is\u2026 Is anybody out there? He has seen you in your white robes!\n[The sound of a coffee mug being shattered is heard and Dr. N\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 opens communications to their supervisor.]\nDr. N\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: [stuttering] \u2026 Sir..? Sir, SCP-2059 is speaking. I can't figure out what it is saying.\nSCP-2059-1: Where is this? He feels cold.\nSite Director \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please remain calm, we will send someone there.\nSCP-2059-1: Where is the sun?\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: Following initial contact, Dr. N\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was reassigned to supervising another SCP object. Dr. J\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has been assigned to this object due to their fluency in Hindi.\n\nAddendum 2059-02: SCP-2059-1 was questioned about its identity and for further details about SCP-2059. It was soon established that SCP-2059-1 was K\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 R\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a Buddhist monk who was reported missing in India in 18\u2588\u2588. The following is an audio transcript of a conversation with SCP-2059-1.\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2059-1\nInterviewer: Dr. J\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: This event occurs shortly after initial contact with SCP-2059-1. During the time in between logs, SCP-2059 has rearranged multiple times.\n<Begin Log>\n<SCP-2059-1's location has changed during the time Dr. J\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was being transported to the scene. The audio is muffled due to SCP-2059-1 partly facing the wall.>\nSCP-2059-1: Why is there so little light? He cannot see anything.\nDr. J\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: [Dr. J\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 enters the observation room and opens communications into the containment] Hello, SCP-2059. This is Doctor J\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 of the Foundation.\nSCP-2059-1: A man \u2014 or woman, of medicine? I hear you, sister J\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, where are you?\n\nDr. J\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I am in an observation booth above you, you shouldn't be able to see me. Could you answer some questions?\n<SCP-2059-1 is silent for a duration of 3 minutes, until SCP-2059 rearranges; SCP-2059-1's face is now on the surface, with all of its features present>\nSCP-2059-1: I asked him to move me upwards.\nDr. J\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Asked who?\n\nSCP-2059-1: The child, of course! Who else could I ask?\nDr. J\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Child? What do you mean?\n\nSCP-2059-1: Well\u2026 Not exactly a child, he is [REDACTED] the son of [unintelligible: Gblerd? Garblord?]. But I can feel that he is afraid, like a child who is cornered.\nDr. J\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: How are you able to tell that?\n\nSCP-2059-1: We are connected as one! But sadly, our thoughts do not quite translate to one another; his thoughts are great, loud and terrifying, while mine are much, much smaller and easily drowned.\n[DATA REDACTED FOR BREVITY]\nDr. J\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Our scans show that SCP-2059, the thing you are in, does not use more of itself. Why is that?\nSCP-2059-1: He simply doesn't know what to do with them, poor child\u2026 Unsure what all these bags and tracts do or where they go. He has barely even understood how a heart works, let alone a liver. To you it might seem obvious, but he\u2026 Comes from a different place, with different rules.\nDr. J\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Where has he come from?\nSCP-2059-1: [DATA EXPUNGED] third Cycle of [unintelligible: Far shorn? Farhorn?]\u2026 I think. It really isn't that easy translating it.\nDr. J\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \u2026 How are you\u2026 Sane? All the other individuals aren't.\n\nSCP-2059-1: \u2026 I am a learned one of Buddha. It is my duty to show him the error of his ways. He may be but an infant, curious to learn\u2026 But he knows still so little. He needs guidance, and I am h-\n[SCP-2059 rearranges, and SCP-2059-1 withdraws underneath the surface.]\n<End Log>\n\nClosing Statement: SCP-2059 returned to an idle state. Further occasions of SCP-2059-1 appearing are yet to be recorded.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2058 | SCP-2059 | SCP-2060 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More SCPs by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-3220\n\nSCP-2790\n\nSCP-2820\n\nSCP-4780\n\nSCP-3780\n\nSCP-2664\n\nSCP-4950\n\nSCP-2730\n\nSCP-947\n\nSCP-2810\n\nSCP-2350\n\nSCP-3640\n\nSCP-4670\n\nSCP-2490\n\nSCP-2680\n\nSCP-3470\n\nSCP-5430\n\nSCP-5940\n\nSCP-2210\n\nSCP-4710\n\nSCP-3850\n\nSCP-3360\n\nSCP-2910\n\nSCP-2060\n\nSCP-7660\n\nSCP-1750\n\nSCP-2570\n\nSCP-2650\n\nSCP-2143\n\nSCP-6190\n\nSCP-7780\n\nSCP-6880\n\n+ All Tales by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nAvatara\n\nHypervelocity\n\nI Thought You Died Alone\n\nMoonlighting\n\nZeitgeist\n\nAutoerotic Assassination\n\nT Minus\n\nTerminal Velocity\n\nThe Chosen Few\n\nReboot or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypses\n\nHard Machine\n\nLoud, Lawless, and Lost\n\nMorphine Machine\n\nThe Vice Girls\n\nTruth Is Sin\n\nDeus Vulture\n\nEcstasy and Exorcism\n\nThe Revelation\n\nNonpareil\n\nRise and Repent\n\nT Plus\n\nThe Ballad of Santa Troy\n\nPrey and Obey\n\nEscape Velocity\n\nJump the Gun\n\nNo One Gets Out of Her Alive\n\nLeather Pig\n\nContempt\n\nThe Man-Machine\n\nDomo Arigato\n\nMile High Club\n\nStrung Out in Heavens High\n\nIndustrial Espionage\n\nHands\n\nNothing Human\n\nFullmusic Astrobiologist\n\nEnasni Si Gnihtyreve\n\nEight Hours in the ECRG\n\n+ All Hubs by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nHubs\n\nPrometheus Labs Hub\n\nSpeed Demon\n\nGuns Pointed at the Head of God\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nOverheard at Deer\nch00bakka\n\nSCP-150\nDecibelles\n\nSCP-3000\ndjkaktus, Joreth\n\nSCP-4220\nThe Great Hippo\n\nSCP-4310\nThe Great Hippo\n\nChicago Spirit Hub\nPeppersGhost\n\nSCP-5555\nRounderhouse, Uncle Nicolini\n\nVisions of Bodies Being Burned\nTaffeta\n\nSamsara\nTyGently\n\nDeath Perception\nTyGently\n\nThe Powers that Bark\nTyGently\n\nA Semi-Comprehensive List of Foundation Facilities\n\nA Semi-Comprehensive List of Groups of Interest\n\nDr. Desai's Personnel File\n\nPoky Ball Z\n\nSCP-2059\n\nSCP-2061\n\nSCP Series 3\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2060\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Instances of SCP-2060 are to be kept in empty, 3m3 frog terrariums, with each variant grouped together in a single habitat. An industrial-grade dehumidifier should be active in the habitat room at all times. A 16-watt white LED bulb light should shine into each habitat at all times.\nOnce per week, a veterinarian that specializes in small mammals should manually feed each instance of SCP-2060 with three grams of tobacco.\nBefore using instances of SCP-2060 in tests, a proposal must be submitted to the Ethics Committee for approval.\nThe boxes that contained instances of SCP-2060 are stored in the Low-Security Physical Archive Wing of Site-42.\nDescription: SCP-2060 refers to multiple 15-cm-tall duplicates of various [former] politicians and popular celebrities, (such as Pele, William Clinton, M.S. Subbulakshmi, Nicolas Cage, Nelson Mandela, etc.). Each duplicate is dressed in the same attire: an unmarked black dress suit with a small circular badge (depicting flags of their counterpart's nationality) pinned to the lapel, a white undershirt (on which unknown symbols have been sewn), a red and white plaid tie, and black dress shoes. Standard animal intelligence testing has shown SCP-2060 instances to have cognitive functions approximately equivalent to the common brown rat (Rattus norvegicus). Dissection has shown that instances of SCP-2060 are genetically and biologically identical to their human counterparts.\nDespite being miniaturized to the point where higher brain and bodily functions would be nonexistent, instances of SCP-2060 show no ill effects, and are capable of locomotion, typically wandering and exploring their enclosure. SCP-2060 instances are able to speak, but only repeat quotes that are on the public record as having been spoken by their larger counterparts, and do not respond to actual speech. Occasionally, instances of SCP-2060 may repeat the phrase \"Help me! Save me! Stop this!\" and then quickly revert to their normal speech patterns. Instances of SCP-2060 generally die if not used within 45 days, although this length may be extended by being fed unspoiled tobacco.\nInstances of SCP-2060 may be used as cigarettes. When the head of an instance is ignited and the feet placed in the mouth, the user will experience the effects and taste of smoking a cigarette, up to and including nicotine addiction. Instances of SCP-2060 will continue to burn up to the lower torso, down to the bone until scorched; they do not burn past the waist. SCP-2060 instances appear to feel pain, reacting in a manner similar to normal humans if ignited or masticated, but continue to utter phrases spoken by their counterparts. The phrase \"Help me! Save me! Stop this!\" will appear with greater frequency and at a higher pitch. Users describe observing SCP-2060 burning as satisfying and calming.\nWhile an instance of SCP-2060 is being used, the user will either sympathize with the political affiliation of the smoked instance's counterpart or express greater proficiency in and appreciation of their artistic talent, depending on the instance used. Initially, the effect only lasts while an instance of SCP-2060 is in use, but lasts longer as more instances are used, eventually becoming permanent. In the event that instances with different political affiliations are used consecutively, the user will experience what appears to be a form of dissociative identity disorder, expressing solidarity with the political affiliations of all smoked instances simultaneously. Users are ignorant of these effects, and will claim to have always supported said political affiliation, even when confronted with proof of the discrepancy.\nAcquisition Log:\nSCP-2060 was acquired along with several other SCPs following a raid on the curio shop \"Curios of the Worlds\" in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Several rows behind the counter were lined with cigarette packs containing instances of SCP-2060. Each pack was labeled in a variant of Swedish that transliterated into Sanskrit.\nThe front side of each pack containing a politician reads:\n\nMARLBORO LEGACY EDITION TM\nFILTERED NICOFLESH\nSPECIAL EDITION SINGING POLITICIAN\nDihydrogen monoxide seriously damages health\n\nThe front side of each pack containing a celebrity reads:\n\nMARLBORO LEGACY EDITION TM\nFILTERED NICOFLESH\nSPECIAL EDITION RELIGIOUS FIGURES\nDihydrogen monoxide seriously damages health\n\nThe back side of all packs read:\n\nSURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: SMOKING KILLS. SMOKING MAY EFFECT IRREVERSIBLE POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS CHANGE THAT MAY ALIENATE NEIGHBORS, COLLEAGUES, AND LOVED ONES. SMOKING INCREASES THE RISK OF UNCONTROLLED BINARY FISSION. GANDHI SMOKED IN THE PUPA.\nProperty of Phillip Morris UBC\n\nAddendum: Incident 2060-1:\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, an instance of SCP-2060 resembling Nicolas Cage escaped its terrarium. It entered the ventilation system and proceeded through Site-42, wreaking havoc on various non-essential electrical systems within the ventilation. The instance caused a fire when it entered the Hazardous Materials Testing Ground. D-14542, a heavy smoker and previous tester of SCP-2060, incapacitated the instance by stepping on it, then placing its head into a fire and smoking it. While being smoked, D-14542 reported that the instance repeated the following phrases until its head was burnt up:\n\"I want to be Bob Denver on acid playing the accordion! From somewhere else! We burn every day! Kill us! Killing me won't bring back your god damned honey! They promised us immortality! A legacy! Put the bunny back in the box! 1010101 Westminster Abbey, New London, United British Colonies! This isn't what we were told! They aren't us, they aren't us! Shoot him again, his soul's still dancing!\"\nNo other instance of SCP-2060 has ever repeated the same phrases, nor tried to escape since. Observation of SCP-2060's counterparts has shown no abnormalities besides an increased average Hume reading (although all readings fall within acceptable parameters). No 1010101 Westminster Abbey has ever been located.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2059 | SCP-2060 | SCP-2061 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2061, pictured during experimentation in 1981.\n\nItem #: SCP-2061\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2061 is kept in a standard containment locker at Site-76 in a secure container. Experimentation on and access to SCP-2061 is currently suspended indefinitely. Future experimentation with SCP-2061 is to be led by Foundation personnel employed as contractors by the Sharp Corporation.\nThe three living 2061-Positive individuals are currently housed in Foundation-affiliated offsite inpatient psychiatric facilities, listed in Document 2061-C. Professional care at these facilities has been directed at avoiding visual contact between 2061-Positive individuals and objects capable of performing user-facing electronic mathematical calculations.1\nDescription: SCP-2061 is a late-1970s Sharp ElsiMate EL-1185 electronic printing pocket calculator. SCP-2061 produces a compulsive effect in >99% of humans viewing it2 in person, within a range of approximately 20 meters. This effect is nullified if there is any solid physical object between SCP-2061 and the viewer, even if the object is transparent. Windows, plastic bags and other clear objects have proven sufficient to prevent the manifestation of SCP-2061's effect.\nThe compulsive urge manifests as an irresistible desire to insert any object capable of performing user-facing electronic mathematical calculations into one's own oral cavity, as deeply as possible. This urge manifests regardless of the harm caused by its being acted upon, and a number of fatalities and severe tracheal injuries were caused by SCP-2061 prior to the object's transfer to SCP Foundation containment.\nSCP-2061's cognitohazardous effect does not appear to manifest on any individuals who meet the following criteria:\n\nCriterion A: Individuals who have received payment from the Sharp Corporation or any of its subsidiaries at any point in their lives\nCriterion B: Individuals who have had unprotected sexual intercourse3 with those meeting Criterion A.\n\nIndividuals having sexual intercourse with those meeting Criterion B but not Criterion A do not have immunity from SCP-2061's effects, in four known instances.\nInterviews with Sharp Corporation executives and investigation into corporate records has thus far unearthed no purposeful connection between Sharp and SCP-2061.\nRecovery: SCP-2061 was initially contained by the Trenton Police Department, after a family of five died of asphyxiation from inserting SCP-2061 into their oral cavities in turn. Initial responding officer R. Allen was able to insert SCP-2061 into a sealed evidence bag, as she met Criteria B for SCP-2061 immunity. This prevented discovery of SCP-2061's anomalous effect until two investigators from the department died and one was hospitalized from its effects after removing SCP-2061 from its evidence bag, at which point the Foundation was notified.\nInitial press reports from the Trenton area were censored by Local Task Force 609-Semkath (\u201cSuper Bowl Three\u201d). An excerpt of a Trenton Times article from 1976 regarding the first known 2061 event is reproduced below:\n\nFootnotes\n1. Since SCP-2061's initial containment in 1979, this category of objects has dramatically expanded, including phones, PDAs and other objects listed in External Containment Guidelines.\n2. Those able to be impacted by this compulsive urge are known as 2061-Susceptible individuals.\n3. The requirements of \u201cunprotected sexual intercourse\u201d for the spread of SCP-2061 immunity are currently not fully understood, beyond direct bodily fluid contact. Further study on these requirements is currently proposed by Foundation demographic researchers.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2060 | SCP-2061 | SCP-2062 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Leopold Kronecker.\n\nItem #: SCP-2062\n\nSCP-2062 also affects any article labelled with the following code.\n\n**Object Class:** Kronecker\n\nSCP-2062 does not affect the actual subject of any documentation, only the documentation itself.\n\nDie ganzen Zahlen hat der liebe Gott gemacht, alles andere ist Menschenwerk.\nGod made the integers, all else is the work of man.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2061 | SCP-2062 | SCP-2063 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item#: 2063\n\nLevel4\n\nContainment Class:\neuclid\n\nSecondary Class:\nnone\n\nDisruption Class:\nvlam\n\nRisk Class:\nwarning\n\nlink to memo\n\nSCP-2063 in containment.\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2063 should be mounted on its stand when not being tested, and stored in a secure enclosure no smaller than 3m x 3m x 3m. The stand itself should be securely mounted atop a 1.5 meter tall pedestal affixed to the floor, or otherwise securely fixed in the center of the room. Other than during approved testing, no object or obstruction other than the plastic stand is to come within a 1 meter spherical radius, centered on the point of contact between the ship and the stand, unless that object directly supports the stand itself.\nAt least once every 60 days, SCP-2063 is to be removed from its plastic stand, carried around the enclosure for a period of 5 minutes, and then placed back onto its stand. This procedure has been demonstrated to prevent SCP-2063 from acting autonomously. However, in the event that SCP-2063 spontaneously attacks personnel or raises its \"shields,\" personnel are advised to immediately put down any tools or weapons, move more than 2 meters away from SCP-2063, and wait for SCP-2063 to lower its shields. (This typically occurs within 3-5 minutes of inactivity.) When its shields are down, SCP-2063 is generally considered safe to approach, and can be manually retrieved.\nSCP-2063 should be continually monitored by electronic means for EM and radio transmissions, as well as movement, and any unscheduled autonomous activity should be logged.\nAll tests involving Landing Events must be scheduled in advance, and approved by Site management of Level 3 or higher, and should only be attempted within SCP-2063's secure enclosure. Outdoor testing is expressly prohibited. Landing Events involving maps, globes and other depictions of real locations are forbidden except as required by O5 Command. Destructive Materials Testing is currently prohibited, see Addendum 1 below. Deliberate observation of SCP-2063's autonomous behavior requires prior written approval from the site's Security Director.\n\nSCP-2063 exhibiting a \"shields up\" response. Researchers triggered the response using a 500mW laser pointer held well outside its 2 meter \"scanning\" range. It is unclear how SCP-2063 detects the incoming beam prior to impact.\n\nDescription: SCP-2063 is a resin model of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701, resembling the ship of the same name from the 1966 American television show, Star Trek. It measures approximately 28 centimeters in length at its longest point. It includes a battery enclosure (currently empty) with a removable cover, and a black plastic display stand.\nMaterials testing has revealed that the main bulk of the model is a solid mass of polyoxymethylene, laced with trace amounts of various heavy metals, including some radioactive isotopes (which have not been observed to lose mass as they decay,) as well as traces of Cibacron F Scarlet dye and human DNA.\nSCP-2063's primary anomalous effect occurs when the ship is removed from its stand. Subjects handling the ship report auditory hallucinations consistent with the main theme of the original Star Trek television series, as well as various iconic sound effects reminiscent of the show. If the ship is then placed onto any object in the room other than its stand, the room containing SCP-2063 undergoes a Landing Event, as outlined below.\nIn an SCP-2063 Landing Event, the interior of the room containing SCP-2063 becomes \"separated\" from the rest of the facility. From the outside, all doors and other entrances resemble nearly frictionless black planes, emitting a constant surface temperature of 20 degrees Celsius.\nLikewise, subjects in the room with SCP-2063 during a Landing Event likewise no longer perceive the outside world. Instead, beyond the door and any windows, subjects report vistas of alien worlds, often corresponding either visually or thematically with the object SCP-2063 was placed upon.\nCertain bands of radio waves propagate normally from the interior of the room to the exterior of the room during Landing Events. This makes it possible for researchers to observe Landing Events in realtime. However, two-way communication is not currently possible in this manner, as radio waves from the exterior do not appear able to penetrate the interior.\nPlacing SCP-2063 on similar objects often results in the room \"visiting\" the same world in successive tests. Examples of worlds that can be reliably accessed in this manner include:\n\nExperiment ID#\nSCP-2063 placed upon:\nResulting Xenoscape\n\nLE-003\nStandard conference table\nA grey cityscape devoid of life.\n\nLE-005\nBalsa wood dresser\nA series of flat mesas apparently made of balsa wood. Constant pecking noises were audible, coming from underground.\n\nLE-018\nPepperoni pizza (hot)\nA series of vast underground chasms lined with pulsating, apparently organic masses. Molten lava visible at the bottom of the largest chamber.\n\nLE-019\nPepperoni pizza (cooled)\nSame as previous test, except lava replaced with volcanic rock and wall growth dead and decaying. Flag planted by test subjects in LE-018 was still present, but appeared \"chewed.\"\n\nLE-023\nPoster depicting an annotated map of Earth's moon\nRoom connected to Earth's actual moon. D-class were immediately blown out of the room by explosive decompression. Later, Mare Imbrium Outpost personnel confirmed the presence of human remains; initiated cleanup. Containment procedures updated to preclude the use of maps without O5 Approval.\n\nPlease refer to Document 2063-LE-L for a comprehensive list of worlds visited to date and known objects that can be used to access them.\nSubjects within the room during a Landing Event can exit the room normally, walk around on the extraterrestrial landscape, and even retrieve objects and artifacts. However, all foreign objects so retrieved dissolve without trace within 20 seconds after the termination of the Landing Event.\nA Landing Event terminates when SCP-2063 is picked up again by a human subject, or when all subjects affected by the Landing Event have been terminated. Upon termination of a Landing Event, the room is again visible and physically accessible from its original location on Earth.\nIt should be noted that D-class personnel tend to have a high mortality rate during Landing Events. For reasons that are not well-understood (but which have been heavily speculated upon by researchers,) D-class personnel are invariably the first to be terminated by dangers present. Test groups comprised exclusively of researchers tend to fare better, although fatalities can still occur. It has been noted that when a mixed group of researchers and D-class participate in the same Landing Event, subjects other than D-class usually emerge unscathed. For this reason, it is recommended that at least one D-class personnel accompany any researcher or group of researchers wishing to study a Landing Event firsthand.\nSCP-2063's secondary anomalous properties manifest when approximately 70 days have elapsed without the object being handled, or when SCP-2063 perceives a \"threat\" to itself. In these situations, SCP-2063 becomes autonomous, and will detach from the stand of its own volition. It behaves in a manner similar to spaceships depicted on the show, flying around the room without apparent regard to gravity or momentum, emitting sweeps of radiation out to 2 meters in what is presumed to be active scanning, projecting a visible \"shield\" around the ship, and discharging energy weapons at threats, out to a maximum range of one meter.\nTargets have included a pair of wire cutters held by a researcher, a Rockwell-type hardness tester, the emitter of a 4000 watt CO2 cutting laser, and most of a D-class personnel who, unprompted, attempted to unscrew the main sensor array.\nThe intelligence of SCP-2063 is a subject of ongoing study, but at this point appears to be quite limited. It does not seem to associate existent threats, such as Destructive Testing tools, with the individuals holding or operating those tools. In general, it will raise its shields immediately when it detects a \"threat,\" vaporize any part of that threat coming within 1 meter of it, and then lower its shields after the threat has been neutralized or has been out of \"scanning range\" for approximately 5 minutes. It will fly around the inside of its enclosure, but will generally not attempt to pass through open doors, exhibiting behavior similar to that observed in some species of fish when a glass partition is removed from their tank.\nHowever, it is emphasized that the Foundation first became aware of SCP-2063's autonomous behavior when it used its energy weapons to cut its way out of the High-Value Materials Storage Locker in which it had been stored for more than 70 days. (Refer to Incident Report 2063-02 for details.) Up until this point, SCP-2063 had been classified as Safe. Due to the projected difficulty of reestablishing containment should SCP-2063 ever seriously attempt a breach, current Containment Procedures are designed to reduce the likelihood of any unscheduled autonomous activity manifesting in the first place.\nOn 9/08/12, SCP-2063 began transmitting the Fibonacci sequence. It has not, however, responded to any Foundation attempts to communicate. The resurgence of this transmission is often one of the first signs of autonomous activity when the object has not been handled for more than 70 days.\nAddendum 1: Following Destructive Materials Test 2063-002, in which researchers attempted to remove a small portion of the main sensor dish, SCP-2063 has resisted all subsequent attempts at Destructive Testing with overwhelming, sometimes lethal force. Special Containment Procedures have been updated to establish best practices for this contingency.\n\nERROR 503: CORRUPT STREAM Due to an internal server Error, the remainder of this document could not be displayed.  Please contact a system administrator. Estimated response time: 37 days\n\nTracing source of file stream...  Bypassing SKiPNET protocol...  Rebooting server...  Initiating direct connection...  Executing custom decryption algorithm... SUCCESS!\n\nCongratulations! By reading this message, you have just told an alien piece of hardware what to do.\nOh, don't worry, it's not in your workstation. We've got it at the other end of a secure wired connection in sub-basement 03. Ever since one of the lab boys figured out how to make it talk, we've left this message here, both as a calling card, and as a sort of aptitude test.\nBy accessing this file, you've just passed that test.\nYou see, sometimes the objects retrieved from SCP-2063 don't melt away after you end the Landing Event. Sometimes we connect to really weird places that are nonetheless real. It's not just the Moon. We've found computers, trinkets, clothing\u2026 creatures have followed us home. We get an occasional SCP Object, but most of it is just\u2026 stuff.\nAnd we never seem to find the people who created the stuff.\nThere is one test that we performed early on, which was completely expunged from the records. Even the numbering system was changed to suppress awareness of it. Since then, we have been quietly moving key people around. We need as many people as we can get who can do what you've just done.\nYou are hereby ordered to report to SCP-2063's enclosure at 05:00 hours tomorrow. Ignore the testing procedures you are given at that time. Once the chamber door closes behind you, you will hear a buzzer. That sound is your indication that the cameras are no longer recording. Retrieve the ship from its stand, remove the ship's battery cover, place the battery cover on the floor EXTERIOR SIDE DOWN, and set the ship down on top of it.\nThen step through the door.\nYou will receive further instruction on the other side. Suffice it to say that you are about to embark upon what may be one of the most important experiments this institution has ever conducted.\nWelcome aboard.\n-O5-9\n\n\u00ab SCP-2062 | SCP-2063 | SCP-2064 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\nEat more of my SCPs. Eat them all.\nAlso please eat some of these\n\nAnabasis Hub Probably the greatest story involving a pair of redheaded siblings whose infighting causes the end of the world\nManna Charitable Foundation 2000 The sequel to the above, collaborationed with Dr Reach\nThe Stuff Industry What happens when everyone around you at work is a complete idiot and so are you, but not only does no one get fired, but you actually turn a profit? I don't know, some stuff.\nWhen MCF and Stuff happen A fun story of incompetence\n\n\n1/2064 LEVEL 1/2064\nCLASSIFIED\n\nItem #: SCP-2064\nObject Class: Safe\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2064-A, -B, -C, and -D are to be contained in separate standard humanoid containment chambers. Subjects are not allowed to be in contact or communication with one another outside of interrogations and/or testing. When subjects are together, they are to be physically restrained at all times, and accompanied by no fewer than 4 guards armed with non-lethal weaponry.\nDescription: SCP-2064 refers to four individual women, going by the names Mars (SCP-2064-A), Kit (SCP-2064-B), Ruth (SCP-2064-C), and Reese (SCP-2064-D). When grouped in mutual line of sight and/or sound, the women experience a shared delusion in which they believe themselves to be a band of robbers and mercenaries, guided by two fictitious individuals named \"Frank\" and \"Andy\".\nAs a group, the subjects are able to communicate complicated details and abstract concepts to one another non-verbally, and develop a higher tolerance for physical pain. Additionally, they demonstrate a sophisticated knowledge of skill sets essential to their \"trade\", including expert handling of firearms and improvised explosive devices, knowledge of American Sign Language, safe-cracking, vocal impersonation and ventriloquism.1\nDiscovery: SCP-2064 first came to local \u2588\u2588PD attention on 9/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, during a botched robbery of a local bank which ended in a firefight. 13 officers were killed and 7 wounded in the exchange, and all four subjects escaped and managed to evade police detection. They re-surfaced in nearby \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 County, California, where they stole a number of small arms and heavy ordnance from a National Guard depot. Federal authorities became involved at this point, as security footage showed the subjects wearing body armor and carrying illegal firearms prior to the theft.\nFoundation personnel became involved on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, when the subjects successfully infiltrated Site-\u2588\u2588. Security became alerted to their presence early on, and three of the subjects escaped in the ensuing firefight. SCP-2064-D was wounded attempting to escape and was taken into Foundation custody.\nThe three remaining subjects began to show a marked depreciation in skills as future incidents were more regularly botched, ultimately leading to the capture of SCP-2064-A on 11/10/20\u2588\u2588. The two remaining subjects were arrested seven weeks later in a failed heist, and later remanded to Foundation custody. Under interrogation, subject claimed to have been an unwitting participant in the crimes, and could not identify the other subjects.\nThe arms taken from the subjects upon their respective arrests had no serial numbering, manufacturers' marks, nor any record of production that could be found. The armor used was similarly free from any identifying marks or source. None of the subjects' financial records showed purchases of firearms of any sort, nor any significant monetary withdrawals. As such, it is unknown where or when the equipment used by the subjects was acquired.\nInterviewed separately, the subjects could provide no clear explanation for their actions, nor provide a coherent or accurate account of the events as they unfolded, including SCP-2064-C who outright denied the events having taken place.\n\nSCP-2064-A \"Mars\" Interview Snippets\n\nClose log\n\n(Foreword: SCP-2064-A \"Mars\" is a 27-year-old computer programmer and amateur wrestler, with no history of violent crime. Subject previously lived in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Hawaii and had no prior contact with any of the other subjects before the first bank robbery.)\nDr. Marlowe: You can't tell me anything about the crime spree, then?\nMars: No. I just-I just saw it happen. Like\u2026 like, it happened and I was there. But like, that's it.\nDr. Marlowe: You saw it unfolding, but you couldn't control yourself?\nMars: No, I could control myself. I just didn't. It was, like, a dream. You know, like, when you're in a dream and it's like\u2026 you're a different person. You're fully aware and conscious of what, of what you're doing and stuff. But like\u2026 you wake up and you're someone completely different, like \"Wow. I almost died in that brutal firefight, and for a quick moment I was actually pissed off that I didn't\u2026\". Can I use a bathroom, please?\nDr. Marlowe: What do you know about a \"Frank\" or \"Andy\"?\nMars: [Subject begins to tremble and look physically ill] I don't know those names\u2026 I killed people, didn't I? I'm not going home again.\n\nSCP-2064-B \"Kit\" Interview Snippets\n\nClose log\n\n(Foreword: SCP-2064-B \"Kit\" is a 38-year-old single mother and former stock model. Priors include arrests for trespassing, multiple counts of battery, disturbing the peace, resisting arrest, and vandalism. Subject previously lived in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, New York and had no prior contact with any of the other subjects before the first bank robbery.)\nDr. Marlowe: \"Kit\"\u2026 where's that name come from?\nKit: I don't know.\nDr. Marlowe: Nothing significant behind it?\nKit: No.\nDr. Marlowe: Why the name, then?\nKit: It's just what we called each other. Like when you hear someone calling your name in a crowd. You just instinctively respond to it. Someone said \"Hey, Kit\" and I instinctively responded to it.\nDr. Marlowe: Given your record, it doesn't really surprise me to hear that you were the muscle of the group.\nKit: \"Muscle\"?\nDr. Marlowe: You don't remember the firefights?\nKit: I remember sneaking around places, cramming myself into tight compartments, nearly blowing our cover when I nearly had an asthma attack about a foot away from an armed guard.\nDr. Marlowe: When it came to firefights, you were the one carrying the heaviest armor. Heaviest gun. Wore a welder's mask. Witnesses said you took bullets without budging.\nKit: Eyewitnesses? Because their testimony is always so fucking reliable, right?\nDr. Marlowe: You don't remember any of that?\nKit: Right now I'm more focused on trying to figure out what happened from what I do remember, and how the fuck I'm going to explain all of this to my daughter.\n\nSCP-2064-C \"Ruth\" Interview Snippets\n\nClose log\n\n(Foreword: SCP-2064-C \"Ruth\" is a 21-year-old college student. Criminal records were expunged due to subject being a minor and first-time offender at the time. Subject previously lived in \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, California and had no prior contact with any of the other subjects before the first bank robbery.)\nDr. Marlowe: You say nothing happened?\nRuth: Nothing. I don't know what happened, I'm\u2026 I don't\u2026 [Subject begins to break down]\nDr. Marlowe: I just want to know what you know. As far as I can tell, it seems like you were a victim here, too. I'm not police, you don't have to hide anything from me.\nRuth: I told you I don't know. I don't \u2014 I don't know who those other women are. I don't know why they call me Ruth, I've never heard of any Ruth\u2026 I just wanna go home.\nDr. Marlowe: Do you remember talking to, or hearing about a \"Frank\" or an \"Andy\"?\nRuth: No, no, I told you already no. I don't know anyone! I don't know anything!\n\nSCP-2064-D \"Reese\" Interview Snippets\n\nClose log\n\n(Foreword: SCP-2064-D \"Reese\" is a 29-year-old detective in [REDACTED] Department in \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, California. Subject is the sole individual with any history with one of the other subjects.)\nReese: I've never used my gun. Never needed to.\nDr. Marlowe: Still, you would have had firearms training \u2014\nReese: Yeah, I did. With a pistol. Not with a\u2026 one of those big fucking things you caught me with.\nDr. Marlowe: Do you remember using it?\nReese: Yeah, I remember. I lived it. I can't explain how or why I did it. It was like I was drugged. I was conscious and aware, but everything I did and said was like\u2026 It was like a game. I wasn't focused on 'kill that person, shoot out that camera, sneak into this hall', I was more focused on\u2026 'point your gun in this direction, prevent this object from working, go into this hall' like\u2026 like it was a test. Like I got extra points for speed, efficiency, whatever.\nDr. Marlowe: \"Frank\" telling you to do these things?\nReese: Frank? Frank G\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588?2\nDr. Marlowe: No. This Frank is female.\nReese: I don't know any female Franks. Why?\nDr. Marlowe: What about an \"Andy\"?\nReese: Nope. Sounds like you've got a lead, though.\nDr. Marlowe: I'm not police.\nReese: Still, this is\u2026 this is interesting. You know, I'm pretty good at what I do. If you ever need help with finding this \"Frank\" or \"Andy\", I'll be glad to help.\nDr. Marlowe: I'll pass that along to our investigative team. I think they'll be amenable to any help they can get.\nReese: Thank you, doctor. Really.\n\nWhen interviewed together, the subjects are able to faithfully and accurately recount the series of events as they occurred and show no signs of confusion, remorse, or uncertainty.\n\nInterview Log G-03:\n(Foreword: All subjects were present for the interview. This particular interview was the first to be completed without incident in the form of SCP-2064 subjects attempting to attack personnel and attempt escape)\n(Begin Log)\nDr. Marlowe: So. Mars, Kit, Ruth, and Reese. Which one of you was the leader?\n(None of the subjects responds)\nDr. Marlowe: None of you were in charge? You all worked and acted together without anyone giving orders?\nMars: We all knew what to do.\nReese: Where to be.\nDr. Marlowe: How about why did you do it?\nMars: Why does anyone do anything?\nDr. Marlowe: Most people don't pick up guns they've never fired before and kill dozens of people in the process of robbing a bank.\nKit: But we did.\nDr. Marlowe: How?\nKit: We just did.\nRuth: What kind of question is that?\nDr. Marlowe: According to your initial interviews, none of you ever met prior to the first bank. None of you lived anywhere close to each other. None of you even knew each others' names.\nReese: I'm Reese. She's Mars.\nKit: I'm Kit. The other's Ruth.\nDr. Marlowe: That's not what I meant.\nRuth: It's what you get, though.\nDr. Marlowe: How about these people, \"Frank\" and \"Andy\"?\nRuth: Frank was Frank. She talked to us on a radio. Sometimes Andy took over.\nDr. Marlowe: None of you had radios on you when you were caught.\nRuth: That's wrong.\nDr. Marlowe: Did you wear earpieces?\nReese: We heard them on a personal radio. Do you understand?\nDr. Marlowe: Yeah, and I'm asking what sort of radio.\nKit: [Addressing Ruth] \"She?\"\nDr. Marlowe: Frank's not a girl?\nRuth: Frank was Frank. She talked to us on radio. Sometimes Andy took over.\nKit: She talked to us on radio. Do you understand?\nDr. Marlowe: None of you were wearing personal radios when you were caught, and none of the eyewitnesses remembers any of you wearing an earpiece.\nMars: So?\nDr. Marlowe: So what's going on? You guys keep telling me what you did and how you did it, why can't you tell me anything about how you spoke to \"Frank\" and \"Andy\"?\nReese: Here's what I can tell you. One night I'm going to walk out of my cell and I'm going to find you in your office when you're working late, and I'm going to cut your throat.\nDr. Marlowe: Guards, would you kindly take them back to their chambers? We're done here.\n(End Log)\n\nFootnotes\n1. Removing one or more subjects from the group has a clearly observable effect of depreciation in each individual subject's tolerance for pain, as well as their ability to communicate nonverbally and to handling their firearms and explosive devices.\n2. Identified as a [REDACTED] sheriff\n\n\u00ab SCP-2063 | SCP-2064 | SCP-2065 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Empty Inside\n\nI've said before that I can't stand body horror skips, so I thought I'd try to overcome that (and maybe come to understand them a little better) by doing one of my own.\nSpecial thanks to several folks who helped me with this on IRC.\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nItem #: SCP-2065\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All 14 known copies of SCP-2065 are currently in Foundation custody. They are to be kept in a high value containment vault on floor 26 of Site-88. Research involving SCP-2065 is currently prohibited. Under no circumstances are copies of SCP-2065 to be reproduced.\nAny SCP-2065-1 instances in Foundation custody are to be kept in individual standard humanoid containment cells. Under no circumstances are any SCP-2065-1 instances to be allowed to progress to stage 3 of SCP-2065's effects. Any SCP-2065-1 instance that fails to maintain its daily caloric intake for any reason is to be reported to the SCP-2065 project director.\nAny SCP-2065-1 instances that are found to be suffering from second or third phase SCP-2065 effects and are not part of a current test are to be immediately terminated. This termination should include incineration of all remains associated with SCP-2065-1 instances.\nDescription: SCP-2065 is a book titled Eat Whatever You Want\u2026 and Still Lose Weight! by Christian Paulman. If an individual reads any portion of pages 9-23 of SCP-2065, that individual will be converted into an SCP-2065-1 instance. The remainder of SCP-2065's content is superficially similar to most \"fad diets\".1 When followed, the advice leads to little to no weight loss (and has been observed to lead to an increase in weight). SCP-2065-1 instances undergo three distinct phases of SCP-2065's effect.\nThe first phase of SCP-2065's effect creates an additional requirement of approximately 4600 calories to maintain the weight of an SCP-2065-1 instance. If this additional caloric requirement is maintained, the SCP-2065-1 instance will suffer from no further anomalous effects. Caloric intake related to this anomalous increase has no effect on the SCP-2065-1 instance outside of maintaining their current weight. The volume of caloric intake and measurements of defecation have shown that the additional mass does not continue through the SCP-2065-1 instance's digestive system. Despite attempts at observation, the destination of this additional mass has not been determined.\nSCP-2065-1 instances that do not maintain their weight through additional caloric intake will begin phase two of SCP-2065's effect. Weight loss associated with SCP-2065 appears to initially target the fat stores of the individual SCP-2065-1 instance. However, weight loss will continue even if there is no longer any fat to draw from as internal organs begin to act as sources for the continued maintenance of SCP-2065's effect. The epidermis of an SCP-2065-1 instance and most organs contained in the head of an instance remain immune to this effect.\nDuring the second phase, SCP-2065-1 instances will lose mobility and suffer from expected problems associated with the loss of organs as those organs are consumed. Instances suffering from second stage effects will not expire regardless of organ loss (though termination via damage to the brain has proven partially successful). Pain medication has only proven partially effective in comforting individuals in this phase, likely due to the degeneration of the majority of organs associated with blood flow.\nOnce internal structure associated with an SCP-2065-1 instance has been consumed, the instance will enter into the third phase of SCP-2065's effect. The remaining skin will become, through means which are currently not understood, capable of independent motion. This motion includes an ability to stand, sit, and jump. In addition, organs located in the skull (including any remaining bone) will become capable of significantly more elasticity than in an unaffected individual.\nSCP-2065-1 instances in this third phase of effect are generally hostile to living individuals. The provision of daily nutrition approximate to the instance's previous activity levels and accounting for an additional 14,000 calories has proven sufficient to reduce aggression levels to a manageable point. SCP-2065-1 instances in their third phase have proven difficult to terminate, and in most cases application of high levels of heat has been required to permanently terminate an instance.\nStage Three SCP-2065-1 Instance Behaviors:\n\nStage three -1 instances are capable of remarkable stealth, and possess strength far in excess of that which would be expected, given their lack of musculature. Instances appear to differentiate between living and non-living entities, and will consume any dead or non-living food prior to killing and consuming a living individual if both are present.\nIf not provided with additional caloric intake to suppress their aggressive nature, instances will begin to display predatory behavior. It appears that these instances continue to possess knowledge associated with the individuals prior to their conversion, as they have been shown to operate doors, and in at least one case were capable of utilizing a keypad to enter a restricted area.\nThe primary attack of a stage three -1 instance is often focused on the head of an individual, suffocating victims by forcibly entering the airway via the mouth. Following a successful attack the instance will remove itself from the airway of the victim, and begin a process of consumption similar to that found in large snakes (again starting with the head of a victim).\nInstances have shown an ability to consume individual victims possessing a circumference far beyond what would be expected. This is accomplished through a stretching of their own tissues in a manner which is not completely understood, but which allows for consumption of whole human bodies. The digestion process occurs in a manner similar to the consumption of internal organs in a stage two SCP-2065-1 instance. Unlike a stage two instance, this process often leaves no remains.\n\n+ 2065-5 Incident Report\n\nHide Incident Report\n\nPrior to the establishment of current procedures involving SCP-2065-1 instances, a number of stage three instances were retained by the Foundation for testing. During a scheduled feeding, a single instance was found to be missing from its holding area.\nDespite a full site lock down, the instance was not recovered for several days. This instance was eventually found in the office of Nicholas Miller behind several locked doors (including at least one that required keypad entry).\nThis instance had consumed several office staff over a period of several minutes. The instance was difficult to remove from the area due to its bulk, and a decision was made to monitor and effect capture once its mass had been reduced through its anomalous nature.\nHowever, after several hours, the bulk of this instance had not reduced in a manner that was consistent with previous knowledge of stage three instances. Shortly after a decision to terminate the instance on location through incineration was made, it began to regurgitate several additional SCP-2065-1 instances. All instances made immediate attempts to subdue and consume staff, but were rendered incapable of motion by the response team.\nAll remains were then incinerated, and the containment procedures for SCP-2065-1 instances have been updated to reflect this incident.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Several similarities to the Atkins Diet were found, including several pages which appear to be directly lifted from literature on that subject.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2064 | SCP-2065 | SCP-2066 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2066\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2066 is currently contained in a standard humanoid containment chamber constructed at its original discovery location in Greenland, \u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588\u00b0 N, \u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588\u00b0 W. This cell is equipped with video surveillance equipment to confirm SCP-2066's continued presence;1 however, as SCP-2066 has not displayed unusual strength or intelligence, escape is considered unlikely. Containment efforts are to focus on preventing civilian access to SCP-2066's area of effect, defined as a circle of radius four kilometers centered on the containment chamber.\nIn the event that any persons enter the area of effect, they must be taken into custody and monitored for symptoms of SCP-2066-1 conversion for a minimum of one week. Any instances of SCP-2066-1 must be terminated at the earliest opportunity. Subjects not displaying symptoms may be released pending administration of class-C amnestics.\nDescription: SCP-2066 is a humanoid entity 1.6 meters in height, with proportions approximating those of an adult male, though notably lacking a head. The entity does not appear to possess internal organs or clearly-defined skeletal structure; rather, it is composed entirely of an unidentified tar-like substance with a mottled surface. SCP-2066 remains visible regardless of any obstructions between itself and the observer, including fog, solid walls, terrain formations, or the viewer's eyelids.\nAfter viewing SCP-2066 from close range,2 subjects' visual perception of SCP-2066 will diverge from its actual location. When turning their head to face away from SCP-2066, these subjects report that the entity reappears at a new location, causing it to remain visible at all times. Any subjects experiencing this secondary effect are designated SCP-2066-1.\nDiscovery: SCP-2066 was discovered by climatologists T\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 N\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and E\u2588\u2588\u2588 F\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 while conducting research on the Greenland ice sheet. Both witnesses fled the area before being affected by the object's secondary properties. N\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 proceeded to submit video of the anomaly to several news organizations, where it came to the attention of Foundation operatives. Class-C amnestics were administered to all non-Foundation personnel aware of the incident.\nA containment team stationed at outpost GRL-12 was successful in containing the anomaly; however, all members of the containment team came under the influence of the entity's secondary effects. Each instance of SCP-2066-1 was monitored in individual holding cells and interviewed daily.\nSubjects -2, -5, and -7 attempted to hide symptoms, -4 refused to speak with interviewers, and -1 and -3 provided only minimal details. The most informative interviews were with SCP-2066-1-6 (formerly containment specialist M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 T\u2588\u2588\u2588), and are reproduced below.\n\nInterview log 2066-L-1 (Day 1)\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2066-1-6\nInterviewer: Dr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: Interview was conducted on the same day as the containment mission.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Good evening M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.3 I'd like to ask you some questions about the events of the containment mission.\nSCP-2066-1-6: I know the protocol. Ask away.\nDr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You were in command of the containment mission, correct?\nSCP-2066-1-6: That's right.\nDr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: At what point did you first notice the object's secondary effects?\nSCP-2066-1-6: I think we were maybe 200 meters away. Once we realized everyone was seeing it in different directions, we thought it might be a defense mechanism, like it was trying to keep us from finding it. The cameras still showed it in the original location, so we figured they weren't affected. It's real awkward work, trying to build around something you can only see through a camera, but the thing doesn't walk very fast.\nOf course, our theory was wrong. If it was a defense mechanism, the effect should've stopped after we left. It never went away, though. I can still see it, just over your shoulder.\nDr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Could you describe its behavior?\nSCP-2066-1-6: There's not much to describe. Mostly it just stands there. Except when I look directly at it, that really seems to get its attention. Then it starts coming towards me.\nI try not to look at it.\nDr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Thank you, that will be all for now.\n<End Log>\nResearcher's note: Several instances of SCP-2066-1 later reported difficulty sleeping due to the constant visibility of SCP-2066. Sleep was induced with medication; higher than the recommended dosage was required.\n\nInterview log 2066-L-2 (Day 2)\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2066-1-6\nInterviewer: Dr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: SCP-2066-1-6 voluntarily requested an interview to report additional symptoms.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Hello again, M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. You said you had a new development to report?\nSCP-2066-1-6: Yes. Breakfast was terrible.\nDr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Pardon?\nSCP-2066-1-6: That's just the thing, normally I love pancakes. But today, I couldn't taste a damn thing. Couldn't smell it either. It was just kind of a wet - sorry, is there someone behind me?\n[SCP-2066-1-6 turns to look directly at researcher J\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, who was observing the interview through one-way glass. J\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was not visible from the interview room.]\nSCP-2066-1-6: Nevermind. Anyway, it could just be a cold, but my nose isn't stuffy.\nDr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I'll make a note of it. Has there been any change in SCP-2066?\nSCP-2066-1-6: It's only 100 meters or so out now, but otherwise, no change.\nDr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: All right, thank you for your time.\n<End Log>\n\nInterview log 2066-L-3 (Day 3)\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2066-1-6\nInterviewer: Dr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: SCP-2066-1-6 reported additional symptoms, which were confirmed by the outpost medical team. An interview was conducted to obtain additional information about the progression of the condition.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Hello M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Could you describe your symptoms again, for the record?\nSCP-2066-1-6: What?\nDr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please repeat what you told me earlier.\nSCP-2066-1-6: Oh, right. I can't really see much any more, everything is getting kind of dim and\u2026 smeary, I guess? It's like there's some kind of dark smoke in the air. It's getting thicker all the time. Of course, I can still see that thing through the smoke. It's the only thing I can see clearly.\nAnd my hearing is getting muffled too. I don't think I'll be able to hear you much longer.\nThat's not the weirdest part, though. I can feel this sort of sharpness around me. Not sharp like a knife, sharp like a really focused image. I think it's when people look at me.\nDr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Would you prefer not to be observed?\nSCP-2066-1-6: No, no-no-no. It's actually quite pleasant. Kind of warm, and\u2026 warm and bright. Once my vision goes completely, it's about all I'll have to focus on. Well, other than that headless thing.\nIt's getting harder not to look at it. It's about 50 meters out now. I could use any distraction I can get.\nDr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I'll see what we can do. Thank you for your cooperation.\nSCP-2066-1-6: Doctor?\nDr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yes?\nSCP-2066-1-6: How are the others holding up?\nDr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I'm afraid I can't divulge that information.\nSCP-2066-1-6: Right. Yeah. Protocol.\n<End Log>\n\nInterview log 2066-L-4 (Day 4)\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2066-1-6\nInterviewer: Dr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: All instances of SCP-2066-1 were given an accelerated course in braille so that communication could continue. Dr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 posed questions using a braille typewriter.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: 2066-1-6, has there been any change in your condition?\nSCP-2066-1-6: Figured they'd get around to it eventually. What, I don't get number one for being the team lead?\nDr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: 2066-1-6, the designations were assigned alphabetically.\nSCP-2066-1-6: I know. Just trying to add some levity to the situation.\nDr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please try to remain on topic.\nSCP-2066-1-6: [continues without reading the previous line] I mean, goddamnit, why am I trying to be so calm and professional all the time? Like this is no big deal? Who am I trying to impress? It's not like it would mean anything if you fired me now. In a few hours you could probably use literal fire and I'm not sure I'd even feel it.\nWe both know exactly what's going on here. We're all anomalies now, and you're just milking us for as much information as you can before it's bullet-to-the-head time.\nDr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: We are doing everything we can to find a cure for your condition.\nSCP-2066-1-6: Everything you can. Yeah, I've worked here long enough to know what that means.\n[Subject stands up and walks to the side of the room, then proceeds to punch the wall, causing fractures of the second and third proximal phalanges. Subject does not appear to notice the injury.]\nSCP-2066-1-6: [Still facing the wall] If you want info, here's all I can tell you: I can't see, I can't hear, I can't taste or smell, I barely felt the wall just now. All I can sense is that thing standing in front of me, and that weird twang when people look in my direction. I think I can feel them from all over the outpost now.\nDr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: [Spoken] I don't think we'll get anything else from this one. This interview is concluded.\n<End Log>\n\nIncident log 2066-I-1\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nForeword: Between 13:47 and 15:19 2/18/20\u2588\u2588, all instances of SCP-2066-1 were observed to move to the southwest corners of their cells. Analysis indicates that all were facing directly towards Nuuk, the largest settlement in Greenland.\n<Begin Log>\n[14:48] SCP-2066-1-6: I don't know what that is, but it's bright. Bright and crisp and warm and sharp and bright and moving and alive.\n[Subject remains silent for two hours]\n[16:51] SCP-2066-1-6: I can't keep from looking at that ugly thing now. It's right in front of me. It's right in front of me.\n<End Log>\nBeginning at 16:52, instances of SCP-2066-1 began displaying physical abnormalities.\n[16:52] Skin begins to darken and toughen. Subjects appear to have reduced flexibility.\n[17:26] Sensory organs begin to shrivel and recede into the head. Hair begins falling out.\n[18:40] Skin is now indistinguishable from SCP-2066. Head and neck begin receding into torso.\n\nGiven the danger to personnel at Outpost GRL-12 if SCP-2066-1 instances begin displaying the properties of SCP-2066, and the added risk of containing multiple instances off-site, I recommend that all instances be terminated.\n- Dr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nTermination is authorized. Proceed immediately.\n- Outpost-Director W\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nFootnotes\n1. Images of SCP-2066 do not retain its anomalous effects.\n2. Exact distance varies, but appears to be roughly 200 meters.\n3. SCP-2066-1 classification had not yet been created.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2065 | SCP-2066 | SCP-2067 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2067\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2067 is currently inactive and contained in a concrete-lined steel chamber at Site-88. The chamber has a single entrance that is seamless when closed and only opens from the outside. Conditions that would cause SCP-2067 to enter an active state include the existence of an Iranian leader who has taken the title of Shah, and that this Shah is located within the political boundaries of Iran. Containment is thus predicated on the continuation of Iran's Islamic republic. If a Shah potentially comes to power at some point, Foundation personnel are not permitted to approach this Shah or SCP-2067.\nSCP-2067 is still actively sought by the ORIA; knowledge of its location is therefore limited to Level 3 personnel and higher. Testing is neither permitted nor presently possible.\nDescription: SCP-2067 is an animate non-sapient weapon dating back to the 16th century. It is composed of three sections: a solid mass of cloth wound in the fashion of a turban, 26 centimeters in diameter; a white cloth sheet, about 70 centimeters in length; and a 51 centimeter scimitar blade with an ivory-covered tang. The cloth sheet is joined to the underside of the turban and hangs in the fashion of a robe with an opening at the front. The blade is attached to the end of an ivory chain, roughly one meter long, extending downward from the inside of the turban. The scimitar's curved steel blade has an unusually sharp cutting edge. During periods of inactivity, SCP-2067 hovers at an altitude of 1.9 meters, with its scimitar hanging freely. While inactive it can be moved by hand without provoking a reaction, though it will return to its normal altitude if it is raised or lowered. SCP-2067 has been noted to infrequently scratch short lines from the Quran upon the walls of its containment chamber.\nSCP-2067 was recovered from the possession of the Office For The Reclamation of Islamic Artifacts in 2005 following the February 22nd earthquake in Zarand. It was apparently designed by an unknown artisan around 1550 CE to serve as an autonomous defense drone for Shah Tahmasp I of Iran. Historical records recovered with SCP-2067 have noted that the creation of the artifact was neither requested by the Shah nor was its presence desired.\nFrom these historical records, SCP-2067 is described as having been able to sense the location, health and safety of the current Shah. If SCP-2067 sensed that the Shah was being attacked or was otherwise in danger, it would enter an active state. Characterized as overzealous in its defense, the white cloth of its turban would turn into black cloth, and it would wield its scimitar \"with the motions of a cobra\" to dismember any perceived threat to the Shah within its reach. While active it could move laterally at a top speed of roughly 1.5 meters per second.\nSCP-2067 could not accurately distinguish between allies and enemies. When it was introduced to Tahmasp I, it severed the hands of a man standing by him and the entire right arm of a soldier nearby. It then hovered beside the Shah, preventing anyone from coming close. By Tahmasp I's order and with reportedly great difficulty on the part of his men, SCP-2067 was sealed in a cave, where it largely remained until the ORIA captured it in 1980 and contained it at their facility in Kerman Province. The artisan responsible for creating SCP-2067 was imprisoned after his initial presentation of the artifact to Tahmasp I; however, no records as to his death exist.\nRecords indicate that each Shah between 1550 and 1980 knew of the existence of SCP-2067. Throughout that period, it was intentionally released by order of the Shah six times. Most notably, SCP-2067 was released by Fath-Ali Shah Qajar in 1813, for whom it prevented an assassination attempt, and by Nader Shah in 1747, for whom it did not. At least 90 total casualties resulted from the six incidents. It seems that SCP-2067 was never destroyed because, although it is not organic, it was considered successful takwin \u2014 artificial life created with alchemy \u2014 and that to destroy it was believed to be an unholy act.\nDuring the Iranian Revolution of 1979, Mohammed Reza Shah ordered that SCP-2067 be released to defend him. SCP-2067 had already entered an active state, however, and is known to have dismembered at least sixteen revolutionaries as it attempted to reach Mohammed Reza on a straight-line path. It became inactive again when the Shah was exiled and left the country. Since the Revolution, Iran has not had a Shah, and thus SCP-2067 remains inactive for the time being.\nMore recent documentation has linked the unknown artisan with an elderly Tehranian man recovered by ORIA in 2012.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2066 | SCP-2067 | SCP-2068 \u00bb"}
{"text": "by Kothardarastrix\n\nOriginal Document\nInitial Containment Breach\nRevision 1\nAbnormal Pathology\nRevision 2\nCommunication Attempt\n\nItem#: 2068\n\nLevel1\n\nContainment Class:\nsafe\n\nSecondary Class:\nnone\n\nDisruption Class:\ndark\n\nRisk Class:\nnotice\n\nlink to memo\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2068 is currently contained at Site-15. No audiovisual equipment is to be brought within 20 meters of SCP-2068 unless approved for testing.\n\nSCP-2068 when discovered.\n\nDescription: SCP-2068 is an oil pump jack manufactured by Kervier International. It does not include a rod or any underground components. Internal imaging indicates that the object's internal components are likely identical to its non-anomalous equivalents, but it has thus far proven impossible to disassemble.\nWhen a device capable of producing audio or video output is brought within 20 meters of SCP-2068, it will begin to play media related to armed conflicts in the Middle East or war in general. Video devices will usually display news broadcasts or political speeches; audio devices typically play music with an antiwar message. This continues until the device leaves the radius of effect. Devices capable of recording audio or video receive similar media instead of normal input.\nAddendum 2068-1: Origin\nThe first documented encounter with SCP-2068 occurred during Operation Desert Storm, when it was discovered by United States soldiers in an Iraqi oil field. The United States Paranatural War Command (\"PENTAGRAM\") subsequently seized the object. In 1998, it was determined to have no strategic or economic value and traded to the Foundation in exchange for information about the ASCI facility that preceded Area-14.\nPENTAGRAM representatives stated that the object was initially seized in hopes that its anomalous properties pertained to oil production.\n\nAs there were no security cameras near SCP-2068's containment chamber, no direct record of this event exists. The timeline below has been assembled from eyewitness reports and post-event forensics.\n\nThree research personnel (Researcher H\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Researcher M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and Research Assistant W\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588) are attempting to disassemble SCP-2068.\nAt approximately 17:30, SCP-2068 spontaneously activates, despite the lack of a power source. H\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's hand is caught in the crank. He manages to withdraw it before it is crushed but suffers a severe laceration.\nM\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 stands up and collides with the horsehead, injuring her scalp.\nCrude oil begins to appear beneath the horsehead and spread across the floor. W\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 slips in the oil and falls, lightly abrading the palms of both hands.\nAll three personnel retreat into the hallway and close the chamber behind them.\nW\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 acquires a nearby first aid kit and begins treating H\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's injury. M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 runs down the hallway and begins shouting for a security officer.\nThe PA system speaker nearest SCP-2068's containment chamber vocalizes the phrase \"Die for oil, sucker.\"1 At the same time, W\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 suddenly vomits a large amount of oil onto H\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and collapses. H\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 panics and attempts to flee.\nSuspecting a contagious hazard, M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 attempts to restrain H\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 before he spreads it to the rest of the Site. She successfully convinces him not to flee, but becomes covered in oil during the struggle.\nTwo security officers, having heard the commotion, round a corner in the hallway and start to approach. M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 shouts at them, warning of a possible contagion. The officers attempt to radio for help, but their radios produce music2 instead. One officer retreats until he is out of SCP-2068's new apparent range to call for help. The other remains at the end of the hallway and instructs H\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 to remain calm.\nH\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 begins vomiting oil.\nM\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 reaches toward her head injury, notices the oil on her hand, and stops.\nH\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 falls unconscious.\nBlood from M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's head injury runs onto her face. She wipes it off and notices that it has turned black. She faints.\n\nAll oil produced by SCP-2068 during this event was collected and incinerated at high temperature to ensure complete combustion. All three personnel were found to be deceased and, after examination, also incinerated. SCP-2068 was subsequently transferred to Armed Bio-Containment Area-14, as that facility was better equipped to handle contagious anomalies.\n\nItem#: 2068\n\nLevel3\n\nContainment Class:\neuclid\n\nSecondary Class:\nnone\n\nDisruption Class:\nvlam\n\nRisk Class:\ncaution\n\nlink to memo\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2068 is currently contained at Armed Bio-Containment Area-14. No audiovisual equipment is to be brought within 50 meters of SCP-2068 unless approved for testing.\nSCP-2068's containment chamber includes four grated drains, each 0.25 meters in diameter, to facilitate the drainage of SCP-2068-A into the blast furnace below the chamber. All SCP-2068-A is to be immediately incinerated.\nPersonnel exposed to SCP-2068-A are to be placed under quarantine if possible, or terminated otherwise. Personnel responding to an SCP-2068 breach are to be equipped with MOPP-4 gear.\nOnly D-Class personnel are permitted to enter SCP-2068's containment chamber at this time. They are to be equipped with protective gear unless infection is intended.\nSCP-2068 containment staff are to monitor news of armed conflicts in Iraq and neighboring countries. Area-14 is to be placed on high alert during large battles, major announcements from involved parties, or the commission of massacres and other large-scale atrocities.\n\nA sample of SCP-2068-A.\n\nDescription: SCP-2068 is an oil pump jack manufactured by Kervier International. It does not include a rod or any underground components. Internal imaging indicates that the object's internal components are likely identical to its non-anomalous equivalents, but it has thus far proven impossible to disassemble.\nThe object does not require power to operate, and frequently activates without any apparent external stimulus. When active, SCP-2068 performs its typical pumping motion at a varying speed. This causes SCP-2068-A to appear beneath the horsehead, at a rate that varies linearly with the speed of the pumping motion. SCP-2068-A is chemically identical to non-anomalous crude oil.\nWhen a device capable of producing audio or video output is brought within 50 meters of SCP-2068, it will begin to play media related to armed conflicts in the Middle East or war in general. Video devices will usually display news broadcasts or political speeches; audio devices typically play music with an antiwar message. This continues until the device leaves the radius of effect. Devices capable of recording audio or video receive similar media instead of normal input.\nIf liquid SCP-2068-A enters the bloodstream - typically through an open wound - it will begin to transmute the host's blood into more SCP-2068-A. Affected subjects begin to violently purge SCP-2068-A from multiple orifices, posing a significant infection risk. Death usually occurs within 20 minutes of exposure, due to poisoning, shock, or organ damage.\nAddendum 2: Activation Events\nSCP-2068's first activation event occurred at 17:34 on March 19th, 2003. The object was initially assumed to be acting in self-defense, as personnel were attempting to disassemble it at the time. However, most subsequent events occurred without any apparent prompting. Holistic analysis eventually determined that the actual activation trigger was violence in the state of Iraq; the first event had occurred simultaneously with the start of the US invasion, and the others with major battles, bombings, and other violent occurrences.\nActivation events are expected to become significantly less common or cease entirely with the final withdrawal of US troops on December 18th, 2011.\n\nThe worst SCP-2068 breach to date3 occurred on August 3rd, 2014, at the start of the Sinjar Massacre. The breach was eventually halted by Janitorial and Maintenance Co-Head Micah Wegley, who climbed into the unlit blast furnace and unclogged the tar-filled drains from below with a broom handle. In the process, he suffered severe burns and became infected with SCP-2068-A. For reasons unknown, the infection has been considerably less aggressive than usual, only transmuting his blood at approximately the same rate the oil is cleared from his system. The concentration of oil in Mr. Wegley's body is not high enough to be fatally poisonous, but he does suffer from fatigue, headache, memory problems, muscle and joint pain, diarrhea, and indigestion. The exact pathology of these symptoms remains unclear, but a similarity to Gulf War syndrome has been noted.4\nThe trace amounts of SCP-2068-A in Mr. Wegley's blood are still sufficient to infect others, as indicated by testing with live blood samples. In all cases, uninfected blood exposed to Wegley's underwent rapid and total transmutation in keeping with typical pathology. Wegley has therefore been demoted to Class E and placed under quarantine until a means of purging SCP-2068-A from his system is discovered.\nMr. Wegley was in a delirious state and speaking incoherently when first discovered by medical personnel. Attending doctors recorded the following statements before he lost consciousness:\n\nWe will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.5 Major combat operations in Iraq have ended.6 What we are giving you are facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence.7 Twelve. Eighteen. We will stop al-Qaeda.8 Moloch. Moloch. Moloch.\n\nItem#: 2068\n\nLevel4\n\nContainment Class:\nketer\n\nSecondary Class:\nnone\n\nDisruption Class:\nekhi\n\nRisk Class:\ndanger\n\nlink to memo\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2068's containment vault is situated at the end of a 100 meter hallway extending eastward from the Heavy Containment Zone of Armed Bio-Containment Area-14. There is a security checkpoint at the west end of the hallway, within section N2; this station is to be manned by no fewer than four security officers at one time. From this checkpoint, the hallway can be accessed through a secure airlock. There is an identical airlock at the east end. No electronic devices are to be brought beyond the checkpoint.\nThe containment vault itself is shielded with a blast door and lined with heat-resistant steel plates; the metal lining also functions as a Faraday cage. The vault is to remain filled with deoxygenated air and kept at 200 kPa pressure, to prevent combustion or the escape of gasses from within. Any increase in pressure is considered a breach of containment. The vault is to be monitored visually from the checkpoint; this is accomplished by a series of lenses and mirrors, as cameras are prohibited beyond the airlock.\nNatural gas detectors are to be installed throughout section N2. These detectors are to be inspected monthly to ensure proper function. If gas is detected outside the containment vault, Area-14 personnel are to prepare for a containment breach.\nSCP-2068 is encircled by a large grated drain 1 meter wide, to facilitate the drainage of SCP-2068-A into the blast furnace below the chamber. The sides of this drain include electric heating elements, so that viscous forms of SCP-2068-A may be heated to flow more easily. All SCP-2068-A is to be immediately incinerated.\nThe water sprinklers in section N2 have been replaced with dry chemical fire suppression systems.\nIn the event of an SCP-2068 breach, all personnel within section N2 at the time are to don respiratory protection and shelter in a sealed environment, such as a quarantine suite or unused containment chamber.\nNo samples of SCP-2068-A are to be removed from the containment chamber.\nIf any device within Area-14 begins to unexpectedly play media related to military conflict, personnel are to prepare for a containment breach.\nDescription: SCP-2068 is an oil pump jack manufactured by Kervier International. It does not include a rod or any underground components. Internal imaging indicates that the object's internal components are likely identical to its non-anomalous equivalents, but its apparent indestructibility has thus far prevented disassembly or detailed examination.\nThe object does not require power to operate, and frequently activates without any apparent external stimulus. When active, SCP-2068 performs its typical pumping motion at a varying speed. This causes crude oil (classified as SCP-2068-A) to appear beneath the horsehead, at a rate that varies linearly with the speed of the pumping motion. The source of this oil, if any, is unknown, as is any upper limit to production that may exist. SCP-2068-A may take the form of any naturally-occurring variety of petroleum, including tar and natural gas. Flammable forms of SCP-2068-A will sometimes spontaneously combust. All forms of SCP-2068-A are chemically identical to non-anomalous petroleum.\nIf liquid SCP-2068-A enters the bloodstream - typically through an open wound or inhalation of unburned aerosol droplets in smoke - it will begin to transmute the host's blood into more SCP-2068-A. Affected subjects begin to violently purge SCP-2068-A from multiple orifices, posing a significant infection risk. Death usually occurs within 20 minutes of activation, due to poisoning, shock, organ damage, or spontaneous combustion.\nSCP-2068 seemed to exhibit intelligent planning capability during the August 2014 breach. Attempts to communicate with the object through affected electronics have been unsuccessful.\n\nOn September 11th, 2014, Mr. Wegley became agitated and began to suffer heightened symptoms. He claimed that he could \"feel the pump thinking,\" and that it \"wanted to talk to [Director MacLean].\" The Director proceeded to the observation chamber outside Mr. Wegley's quarantine suite and spoke to him through the glass partition. Anticipating equipment failures, Researcher Lee Roy Carlson accompanied the Director to transcribe his conversation.\n\n<begin log>\n[MacLean and Carlson are seated on one side of the partition. Wegley sits on the other, sweating profusely.]\n[Carlson places his tape recorder on the desk and turns it on, in order to detect SCP-2068 activation.]\nMacLean: Okay, Mike, we're here. What does 2068 want to tell us?\n[Wegley rubs his head and groans.]\nWegley: Uhh, I don't know, Tom. I don't think it thinks like we do. I can feel it, sort of, but it doesn't have a voice.\nMacLean: How does it expect to talk to me, then?\nWegley: I'm just a\u2026translator, I think. It needs a voice. Something with speakers and a screen.\nMacLean: Lee, go find a voice.\nCarlson: I-\nMacLean: Do it.\nCarlson: Yes, sir.\n[Carlson leaves. He forgets the tape recorder, which remains on and captures the next portion of the conversation.]\n[MacLean and Wegley sit in silence. Wegley refuses to make eye contact.]\nMacLean: They're going to give you a Foundation Star.\n[silence]\nWegley: Thought those were strictly posthumous.\n[silence]\nWegley: 500 could do it.\nMacLean: We don't know that.\nWegley: We could find out. I know we have one here, for emergencies.\n[silence]\nMacLean: The Council would have to approve that.\nWegley: Right. [Wegley hangs his head.]\nMacLean: Maybe if I-\nWegley: Save it, Tom. I'd rather have the Star than a lie.\n[silence]\n[Researcher Carlson returns, carrying a computer monitor.]\nCarlson: Will this work?\n[Wegley nods. He opens his mouth to say something. Instead, he cries out in pain and doubles over, clutching his stomach. His teeth are gritted and his eyes tightly closed.]\n[The monitor powers on, despite being unplugged, and Carlson quickly places it on the desk. It displays only static. The tape recorder is unaffected.]\n[The static resolves into what appears to be footage of George W. Bush's January 10th, 2007 address to the nation. When Bush speaks, Wegley silently mouths along.]\n\nstill frame\n\nBush: My fellow Americans.\n[Bush opens his arms, as if for a hug, and smiles]\nMacLean: I'm Irish.\n[Bush laughs]\nMacLean: What do you want?\nBush: I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.\nMacLean: What?\nBush: There\u2014 it's\u2014 you know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror.\n[MacLean crosses his arms.]\nMacLean: So you're just gonna throw Bushisms at me? Is that all you called me down here for? Is that why you did this to Micah?\nBush: I'm the commander, see. I don't need to explain\u2014I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being the President. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation.\nMacLean: You owe me. You owe Micah. You owe the two hundred people you burned alive last month!\n[Bush laughs, then grunts and clutches his head. For 45 seconds, he sways slowly from side to side. The sound of helicopter rotors is faintly audible.]\nMacLean: I've had enou-\nBush: WELCOME TO MY HANGING!\n[The view of Bush's office is replaced by a series of video clips. Audio from George W. Bush's infamous \"Mission Accomplished\" speech plays over the footage.]\nIn this battle, we have fought for the cause of liberty and for the peace of the world.\n[a news story of the CIA-sponsored 1953 Iranian coup d'etat, which overthrew the democratic government and reinstated the monarchy]\nOur nation and our coalition are proud of this accomplishment.\n[a prisoner being waterboarded by masked interrogators, presumably in the Guantanamo Bay detention facility]\nYet it is you, the members of the United States military, who achieved it.\n[Thaer Thabet's famous video of the Haditha massacre's aftermath]\nYour courage, your willingness to face danger for your country and for each other made this day possible.\n[a cloud of nerve gas engulfs a wave of child soldiers in the Iran-Iraq war, both sides of which were supported by the United States]\nBecause of you our nation is more secure.\n[footage of the oil fields in Kuwait, set ablaze by retreating Iraqi forces in the Gulf War]\n\nstill frame\n\nBecause of you the tyrant has fallen and Iraq is free.\n[a line of prisoners being beheaded by Islamic State fighters]\nThank you for serving our country and our cause.\n[Video reverts to Bush's office, which is now on fire. Bush burns but is not consumed.]\nI'm telling you there's an enemy that would like to attack America, Americans, again. There just is. That's the reality of the world. And I wish him all the very best.\nMacLean: Do you even know where the Hell you are? We're not the US government!\nBush: This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses.\nMacLean: The Foundation had nothing to do with that war. Nobody you've killed did.\n[For 21 seconds, Bush rapidly shakes his head. The sound of a large vehicle's engine is audible until he speaks again.]\nBush: See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction.\n[The footage becomes overlaid with an image of General George Bowe shaking hands with O5-\u2588.]\nBush: Weapons of mass destruction.\n[footage of Mobile Task Force \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588 (\"\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\") and SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588 battling ORIA soldiers in Iraq]\nBush: Weapons of mass destruction.\n[O5-\u2588\u2588 speaking [DATA EXPUNGED] the PATRIOT Act]\nMacLean: The Bowe Commission is history. We don't-\n[The monitor briefly produces the extremely loud sound of machine gun fire.]\nBush: I think we agree, the past is over. But our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.\n[MacLean stands]\nMacLean: Alright, I get it. You said your piece. Now let Micah go.\n[Bush sighs and leans heavily on the podium.]\nBush: See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda.\nMacLean: What do you want, a formal apology? Reparations? A letter from the bloody president?\n[A laugh track plays from the monitor. Bush shakes his head.]\nBush: You misunderestimate me.\nMacLean: What?\n[Bush grins. His teeth are bullets.]\nBush: Now watch this drive.\n[Wegley screams and falls from his chair.]\nWegley: GET DOWN! IT'S G-\n[Wegley explodes]\n<end log>\n\nIt is now known that Mr. Wegley had been emitting natural gas since he became infected. The gas built up over the twenty days of Wegley's confinement to the sealed quarantine suite, then exploded when he spontaneously combusted.\nFortunately, Area-14's quarantine suites are strongly fortified to contain patients with anomalous capabilities. Due to these fortifications and Director MacLean's quick response - tackling Researcher Carlson to the ground, to place them both below the level of the window - both men survived the explosion and are expected to make full recoveries.\nA third revision of SCP-2068's containment procedures is being drafted.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2067 | SCP-2068 | SCP-2069 \u00bb\n\nFootnotes\n1. a snippet from Jello Biafra's anti-war spoken-word track of the same name\n2. System of a Down's \"Boom!\" an anti-war song released the previous day\n3. \u2588\u2588\u2588 casualties, extensive damage to Section N2, [DATA EXPUNGED]\n4. Covert blood testing has ascertained that non-anomalous GWS is not the result of SCP-2068-A infection.\n5. - Vice President Dick Cheney, before the invasion of Iraq\n6. - President George W. Bush, after the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime\n7. - Secretary of State Colin Powell, regarding the false claims of WMDs in Iraq\n8. - SCP-1981, 1993"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2069\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All recovered instances of SCP-2069 have been stored in a re-purposed warehouse at Area-29 following the completion of mandatory biological and memetic hazard screening and quarantine procedures. Transcripts and data extracted from SCP-2069 instances are available through the Foundation research database and direct access to SCP-2069 instances may be granted with permission from at least one (1) Level 3 Senior Researcher.\nDescription: SCP-2069 is a collection of 2,308 inert objects of presumed extradimensional origin that were discovered washed up on the shore of [REDACTED], Australia during a period of eleven months between 2000-04-08 and 2001-03-02.\nMobile Task Force Sigma-8 (\"Beachcombers\") was mobilized and assigned to recover objects suspected to be instances of SCP-2069; the occurrence of such objects increased in regularity before suddenly dropping off at the end of February 2001. MTF Sigma-8 was eventually demobilized and disbanded on 2002-09-01, eighteen months after the last confirmed recovery of a SCP-2069 instance.\nA full catalog of confirmed instances of SCP-2069 is available by request from the central Area-29 database.\nAddendum 2069-01: Notable Instances of SCP-2069\nItem: SCP-2069-3 \u2014 SCP-2069-97\nDate Recovered: 2000-04-18 \u2014 2000-04-21\nDescription: Fragments from multiple autonomous tracked drones of unknown, possibly non-human manufacture. Tools attached to drones appear to indicate mining and/or construction as their primary purpose and analysis of similar components suggest that the drones were mass-produced via automated assembly. Damaged components are consistent with having received fire from small arms, explosives, and vehicle-mounted weapons.\nItem: SCP-2069-198 \u2014 SCP-2069-267\nDate Recovered: 2000-04-23 \u2014 2000-04-25\nDescription: Wreckage from a Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter. Analysis of the remains revealed indications of modifications specific to those operated by the Foundation, but serial numbers did not match those in any Foundation registry. Markings on the hull indicate that the aircraft was being operated by an organization named AEGIS. Wreckage is consistent with having crashed due to suffering a catastrophic loss of engine power. Analysis of engine housing shows evidence of high-temperature vaporization consistent with exposure to a focused, high-intensity laser weapon.\nItem: SCP-2069-466 \u2014 SCP-2069-508\nDate Recovered: 2000-05-13 \u2014 2000-05-18\nDescription: Fragments from multiple autonomous hybrid multiped/tracked drones of similar manufacture to SCP-2069-3 \u2014 SCP-2069-97. These instances differ in that they appear to be weaponized and feature armored hulls and high-caliber electromagnetic coilguns. Components recovered from these instances also indicate vastly different optics and sensors, focused primarily on acquiring and tracking fast-moving targets as opposed to prospecting and mining. Damage inflicted to these fragments are mostly consistent with military weapons, but a few instances have damage consistent from exposure to [REDACTED] and [REDACTED], experimental weapons developed from 1992-1997 in a joint research program between the Foundation and Global Occult Coalition.\nItem: SCP-2069-821 \u2014 SCP-2069-908\nDate Recovered: 2000-05-29 \u2014 2000-06-02\nDescription: Wreckage of a McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle fighter with markings consistent with those used by Mobile Task Force Sigma-9 (\"Valkyries\") based in [REDACTED]; however, in place of the standard Foundation markings, the AEGIS emblem is present. Analysis of the wreckage revealed damage consistent with impacts from high-velocity coilgun rounds resulting in structural compromise of the aircraft's starboard wing.\nItem: SCP-2069-1112 \u2014 SCP-2069-1308\nDate Recovered: 2000-06-02 \u2014 2000-06-17\nDescription: Partial wreckage of a Nimitz-class supercarrier believed to have been the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), also commandeered by AEGIS. Analysis indicates that the vessel took multiple non-catastrophic hits from high-caliber air-launched coilgun rounds before taking a catastrophic hit to its stern from a high-intensity laser weapon.\nItem: SCP-2069-1403 \u2014 SCP-2069-1499\nDate Recovered: 2001-06-19 \u2014 2001-06-22\nDescription: Fragments from what appears to be large, autonomous aerial drones of non-human manufacture. Drones are powered by highly advanced engines of similar design to ramjets and are equipped with electromagnetic coilguns as well as high-powered laser turrets. Most notably, several fragments exhibit damage consistent with exposure to SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 or weapons derived from the same.\nItem: SCP-2069-2088\nDate Recovered: 2001-02-27\nDescription: Damaged remains of a Foundation-standard field-issue laptop computer. Unit is water damaged and unusable, but hard drive was recovered intact.\nResearch Team Note: See Addendum 2069-02 for transcripts of recovered data.\nItem: SCP-2069-2283 \u2014 SCP-2069-2308\nDate Recovered: 2001-02-28 \u2014 2001-03-02\nDescription: Wreckage of a Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne early warning & control aircraft. Recovered data from aircraft appears to indicate that the aircraft was originally operated by the Global Occult Coalition before being re-purposed by unknown organization AEGIS. Wreckage appears to have been partially melted as a result of exposure to a high-energy event of unknown origin and power.\nResearch Team Note: See Addendum 2069-03 for transcripts of recovered flight recorder data.\nAddendum 2069-02: Data Recovered from SCP-2069-2088\n\nTranscript of Recorded Video Fragment \u2014 2000-01-02 09:01:18 US-Eastern\n(Unknown Female Announcer): [\u2026] from SETI have confirmed the existence of intelligent extraterrestrial life. According to the official statement, long-range telescopes detected multiple bright emissions on the morning of New Year's Day, what is now believed to be high-energy engine exhaust from a dozen large objects on the edge of our solar system. The statement indicates that these objects are traveling at tremendous speed but rapidly slowing down in a way that suggests they are trying to head straight for us.\n(Unknown Scientist): At this time, we believe that these are interstellar vessels of unknown origin en route to our solar system. From our observations so far, we know that there are at least a dozen of them and they are of a size and mass that would indicate that they are not any kind of deep-space probe. Our analysts are continuing to [indecipherable]\n[end of transcript]\n\nTranscript of Recorded Video Fragment \u2014 2000-02-03 17:48:01 US-Eastern\n(Unknown Male Announcer): [\u2026] despite having been a month since the announcement, there is still no word from official government sources on what plans exist in case the extraterrestrial visitors turn out to be hostile. New data released by SETI and NASA indicate that these objects were originally traveling at a speed close to twenty percent the speed of light, a rate that would imply tremendous technological power and capability. According to these calculations, with the deceleration rate of the ships, they could be in Earth orbit within another six weeks.\nMeanwhile, civil unrest continues to erupt around the world, with the newest reports coming in from [indecipherable]\n[end of transcript]\n\nTranscript of Recorded Video Fragment \u2014 2000-02-04 05:11:33 US-Eastern\n(Unknown Female Announcer): [\u2026] breaking news, we have\u2026 yes, we have just confirmed that there has indeed been some kind of massive explosion or impact event on the eastern seaboard at approximately five AM this morning. Conflicting reports are still pouring in, but we are hearing from the U. S. Geological Survey that this was centered somewhere near New York City\u2026 we are unable to reach anyone near the affected area\u2026\n(video begins shaking, screaming is heard before video cuts to a technical difficulties overlay)\n(dead air for approximately 37 minutes)\n(Unknown Female Announcer): We\u2026 we have just received report of another event near Maryland\u2026 we are getting panicked reports from across the east coast of a massive earthquake and a huge cloud of what appears to be smoke\u2026 from the direction of Washington\u2026 oh, my God\u2026\n[end of transcript]\n\nTranscript of Recorded Video Fragment \u2014 2000-02-04 18:22:19 GMT (Translated from Russian)\n(Unknown Male Announcer): [\u2026] of over a dozen impacts over the last eight hours across the United States and Pacific rim, all centered on major population centers\u2026 we have lost contact with all of our sources in America at this time\u2026 there are reports of mass rioting and panic in the streets as people are fleeing cities as quickly as they can\u2026 there have been no reports from military officials\u2026\n(pause)\nWe have just been told that Tokyo has just been hit\u2026\n[end of transcript]\n\nTranscript of Recorded Audio Fragment \u2014 2000-02-05 02:53:52 GMT\n(Unknown Male Announcer): [\u2026] a second impact in Germany\u2026 at this time, we are no longer receiving any signals from any areas east of Zurich\u2026 here in London there is anarchy in the streets\u2026 we will continue transmitting as long as we can\u2026\n(static)\n(Unknown Male Announcer): [\u2026] just felt a massive tremor, which we can only imagine to be very close now, perhaps Paris\u2026 this is BBC World Service, signing off. Godspeed.\n[end of transcript]\n\nRecovered Document\nFebruary 27, 2001\nI can't sleep, so fuck it, I'm typing this out because I have nothing better to do. If by some miracle we survive the night, maybe someday some kid or something will want to read this. If we don't, then I guess it doesn't matter.\nWhere to start? The fuckers hit us first, and they hit us hard. Apparently they'd launched the relativistic kill vehicles before they started slowing down. It just so happened that their engine emissions were so bright that they blinded our telescopes to the slugs, which were probably painted black and super-cooled anyways. They staggered the slugs so that they hit over the course of about sixteen hours, which was just long enough for the planet to turn and present all of our cities right at them. By the time we noticed them coming, it was already too late; before we could warn anyone, New York was already a ninety-megaton crater.\nI think they were targeting people, just trying to wipe out as many of us as they could. Maybe they didn't have enough rounds or mass, or maybe they didn't quite get how we work. Either way, it's the only way we managed to get our shit together, because most of our major sites and a couple of other bases like NORAD managed to stay in one piece. Of course, that wasn't much consolation at the time with half the human population dead or dying.\nWith most of the civilian governments wiped out or crippled, the only big players left were us and the Coalition. We put out as many fires as we could, then put our heads together and decided the only way any of us were going to get through this was if we joined forces and took over as much of the worldwide military that was left. With only about two months left before the ships got to Earth, we didn't have much time to scrounge together a defense.\nBut we did, and we stockpiled as many weapons as we could in the meantime. We hid in holes as the aliens drew into orbit, and we waited. Maybe they didn't account for our tenacity to live, or maybe they just expected us to turn on each other long before we'd ever manage to unite to fight a bigger threat. Either way, they didn't bother to wipe us out from orbit before they started landing. Of the dozen or so ships that they brought, they landed half of them in Australia \u2014 probably the least devastated landmass \u2014 and began to set up shop.\nThat's when we struck back.\nWe fired over half of our nuclear arsenal at them, all at once. Almost none of them got through; most of them were shot down by lasers and bullets and god knows what else before they got to their targets, but that was just a distraction anyways. The warheads we had hidden on our satellites vaporized or crippled their ships in orbit while their guns were busy tracking missiles, taking away their high ground. Then we launched every ship, plane, and tank we had at the rest of their grounded ships.\nIt almost worked. We wiped out thousands of the things only to discover that they were all drones. Someone once told me that it was impossible to send humans to the stars because you'd never be able to carry enough food and water for a thousand-year journey and your body would never survive being frozen for that long. The only way we'd ever reach another solar system is if we sent nothing but eggs and embryos and let robots raise our kids when they got there.\nWe'd managed to hit two of their bases and wiped out most of their worker drones when the shit really hit the fan. The robots in charge must have realized that we were a much bigger threat than they'd anticipated, and they started building real war machines out of materials pulled from our own planet. Overnight, we went from fighting bugs and crawlers to spider tanks and gunships.\nWe fought well. We all fought damned well, but we always knew that the aliens were far more advanced than we were and they were playing hardball now. We started taking serious casualties and our air support started running out of missiles and bombs. The brass decided to start using experimental tech and stuff we'd adapted from weaponized skips, but the more resources and reserves we pulled up, the more specialized their drones got at killing us in return. Every day, we lose good men, but the machines just recycle their parts and come back just as strong.\nSometime around Thanksgiving, the machines managed to jam our comms; the egg-heads fixed them as quickly as they could, but by the time we pulled our shit out of the fire, Mike and I were the only ones left out of our original squad. By the time Christmas rolled around, we'd been reinforced, but\u2026 well, some of the replacements you can barely tell were once human. We managed to break through around the time the new year rolled around and take down another one of their grounded ships, but that's when their aerial hunter-killers started showing up and we had to retreat once more.\nWe're going to push with everything we have left tomorrow. We've never been more desperate; there's rumblings and rumors among the officers that the brass have something really big planned, but I don't even want to know any more, not after I saw what they did to Jos\u00e9 and Tom after the first time they died. I know we have to win, that there will be nothing left if we fail, but at what cost?\n\u2014 PFC Evan Winters, Mobile Task Force Omega-23\n\nAddendum 2069-03: Data Recovered from SCP-2069-2287 (E-3 Sentry Flight Recorder)\n\n[begin transcript]\n[static]\n(over radio): [indecipherable] I repeat, all [indecipherable] fall back to minimum safe distance.\n(over radio): Transports are clear. All remaining aircraft, break off!\n(over radio): NOVA detonation in thirty seconds.\n(over radio): Reaper Three-Three is hit\u2026 we can't hold them!\n(over radio): [indecipherable], hit your burners [indecipherable]\n(Co-Pilot): We're taking fire!\n(over radio): NOVA in twenty seconds.\n(over radio): Reaper Three-One is hit, we're \u2014\n(Co-Pilot): Engines three and four are out!\n(sounds of mechanical failure, screaming from crew)\n(Pilot): I'm losing her\u2026\n(over radio): NOVA in ten\u2026 nine\u2026\n(Pilot): Mayday mayday mayday. Oracle Two is going down, I repeat, Oracle Two is going down.\n(over radio): \u2026 five\u2026 four\u2026\n(Pilot): It's been an honor, gentlemen.\n(over radio): \u2026 two\u2026 one\u2026 NOVA deto \u2014 [static]\n[end of transcript]\n\n\u00ab SCP-2068 | SCP-2069 | SCP-2070 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2070\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to their apparent omnipresence, containment of SCP-2070-1 and -2 is focused on suppression of knowledge. Disinformation campaigns intended to discredit and/or totally drown out anyone who reports discoveries of SCP-2070-1 and -2 are to be maintained at all times. These campaigns consist of two components:\n\nA barrage of variously plausible, but false, claims;\nExtensive debate regarding these claims which tends to expose the claimants as frauds.\n\nMobile Task Force Eta-121 (\"Navel Gazers\") is responsible for collecting and subsequently sabotaging all relevant cosmological data as it is acquired. Members of MTF Eta-121 are to report their findings to embedded Foundation agents who have assumed leading roles in modern theoretical and observational cosmology. These agents are responsible for formulating and advocating for the standard cover explanations. Astronomers who persistently report findings inconsistent with said cover explanations are to be administered class-B amnestics and have their research altered to conform to consensus.\n\n[SUBMIT LOGIN CREDENTIALS TO CONTINUE: LEVEL 4/2070 CLEARANCE REQUIRED]\n\n[CREDENTIALS ACCEPTED]\n\nExtraterrestrial activity on Earth is to be monitored for knowledge of SCP-2070-1 and -2. Any confirmation of such knowledge is grounds for implementation of Protocol 167-Tully.\nSCP-2070-3 is held in Research Bunker-477 at Site-280. Two (2) armed guards are to be posted outside the bunker at all times to prevent unauthorized entry. Requests for study have been suspended until further notice or until Protocol 167-Tully is enacted; in either case, proposals for experiments must be submitted to Site Director Arnheim no fewer than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the requested time. The bunker is to be monitored at all times by one (1) level-4/2070 research staff for anomalous tachyon emission. Any such activity must be reported immediately to Site Director Arnheim and MTF Eta-121 Leader Rose. Following experimentation or report of anomalous emission, MTF Eta-121 Leader Rose is to report back as soon as possible on any shifts in the observed large-scale galaxy distribution.\nResearch Site-79 is to observe the SCP-2070-2 instance in the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 galaxy cluster following any SCP-2070-3 activity.\n\nDescription: SCP-2070 is the collective designation for several anomalies related to modern observational cosmology.\nSCP-2070-1 is the observed tendency of the distribution of galaxies in the universe to be elongated and pointed toward our position on Earth. This tendency manifests itself as extended lines of galaxies resembling arrows. SCP-2070-1 instances are known in the astronomical community as \"fingers of God.\" Public discussion of SCP-2070-1 is to explain them as an effect of galaxies' velocities on observed redshifts on cosmological scales.1\nSCP-2070-2 is the observed formation of galaxies into coherent, recognizable pictographs and symbols. Examples of SCP-2070-2 instances include:\n\nA stick figure representation of a human being\nA miniature depiction of the sun and its eight planets, as well as several of the larger Kuiper belt objects and two as-yet unobserved bodies\nIn three instances, characters consistent with Shang-dynasty-era oracle bone script. Rough translations of messages include \"WE ARE KINGS\", \"WE ARE SPECIAL\", and \"WE ARE THE CENTER\"\n\nAlthough instances of SCP-2070-2 are never perfectly formed, they are consistent with their identified shapes to within observational uncertainties. At least one instance of SCP-2070-2 has been identified in each major galaxy cluster, with suspected instances in smaller formations of galaxies pending further data collection. Public discussion of SCP-2070-2 instances is to dismiss them as random formations among meaningless noise, and only instances which could conceivably be disguised as such are to be made available to the public.\n\n[SUBMIT LOGIN CREDENTIALS TO CONTINUE: LEVEL 4/2070 CLEARANCE REQUIRED]\n\n[CREDENTIALS ACCEPTED]\n\nSCP-2070-3 is a hinged box constructed of jade and an unidentified alloy measuring 1.0050 m on each side and 0.335 m tall.2 SCP-2070-3 remains locked by an unknown mechanism under normal circumstances. The top face is covered in symbols that correspond to no known language, as well as a sequence of Shang-dynasty-era script apparently describing the Hubble expansion.3 Touching symbols on the outside of the box that correspond to instances of SCP-2070-2 identified in the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 galaxy cluster will open the box. The inside contains a layer of sand 4.672 cm deep. Drawing a symbol in this sand and closing SCP-2070-3 will cause three things to happen:\n\nThe box will emit a directed burst of tachyons.4\nThe symbol(s) drawn in the sand will manifest as an instance of SCP-2070-2 in a part of space along the direction of the tachyon burst. Instances of SCP-2070-1 in the surrounding region will appear and/or become more pronounced.\nThe instances of SCP-2070-2 in the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 galaxy cluster will change to correspond to different symbols on SCP-2070-3.\n\nHow SCP-2070-3 accomplishes this retrocausal reorganization is unknown at this time. Further study of the effects of targeted tachyon emission in general is currently marked as a LEVEL-6 Research Priority.\nSCP-2070-3 was unearthed during an archeological dig in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Province, China in the year 19\u2588\u2588. Its anachronistic markings led to it being stored as an anomalous object in the Site-230 Vault until Level-4/2070 Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 identified three of the symbols as matching instances of SCP-2070-2 found in the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 galaxy cluster. Subsequent experimentation established its anomalous properties and its link to SCP-2070-1 and -2.\nDocument 2070-1: Description of Protocol 167-Tully\n\nMEMORANDUM TO ALL SCP-2070 PERSONNEL\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/19\u2588\u2588\n\nFellow scientists,\n\nAmidst all our data, all our little daily fights with observation and analysis and theory, I think it's easy to lose sight of the fact that science is an unavoidably human endeavor. We defend our conclusions not just because we believe them to be right, but because we want them to be right. Think of how hard physicists in the 20th century worked to keep the luminiferous aether hypothesis alive. Once you have an idea of how reality should be, it can be the hardest thing in the world to overcome.\nOf course, all of you know the danger of preconceptions. We as a community fought the battle against geocentrism many centuries ago. That fight gave us the Copernican principle: the assumption that there is nothing special about our location in the Universe. The Copernican principle has since become one of the fundamental bases of astronomy. It's so familiar to us that most of you probably never think about it.\nThe ancient Chinese astronomers had never heard of the Copernican principle, and SCP-2070 leads me to believe they had no equivalent. When our culture realized our non-central place in the cosmos, we rebelled against it but suffered the indignity without violent objection and have suffered it ever since. The Shang dynasty took a different approach and altered space itself to restore their special place. Arrows pointing to us, symbols and codes and pictures - the iconography of a people striving towards godhood.\nBut they were not gods, and they did not think through their actions. The ancient astronomers didn't just leave their mark, they left a trail for every being in the universe to follow. They drew maps of our solar system, of the solar neighborhood, even rough sketches of the Milky Way. Any life outside of our own planet is bound to get a little curious about where the arrows are pointing.\nSo far, research on the effects of SCP-2070-3 has been conservative and measured - just enough to establish the link to SCP-2070-1 and -2. As Senior Researcher, I and Site Director Arnheim have sought to keep our hands out of the cosmic web as much as possible. But if we find any reason to believe extraterrestrial life has followed the directions we so kindly left for them, we're going to have to take a more aggressive approach. Outlined below is our joint proposal; as always, feedback is welcome.\n\nPROTOCOL 167-TULLY\nGOAL: To wipe away humans' cosmological footprint.\nGROUNDS FOR IMPLEMENTATION: Discovery of extraterrestrial knowledge of SCP-2070.\nDESCRIPTION: Protocol 167-Tully is a plan in two phases.\nPhase I: Increased experimentation on the functionality of SCP-2070-3. In this Phase, Site Director Arnheim will accept research proposals, which she and Senior Researcher Bryce may choose to approve. Approved proposals will be given LEVEL-7 Research Priority and the acquiring of relevant astronomical data following experiments will be fast-tracked. A successful experiment is one that returns all or part of space to a homogeneous distribution.\nPhase II: Reverse-engineering of SCP-2070-3 with the goal of building a device capable of undoing SCP-2070-3's effects. As further experimentation with SCP-2070-3 is likely to be impossible following full Phase II execution, Phase II is to be attempted only if Phase I fails to produce favorable results within five (5) years of research.\n\nI have no idea what a cosmic restructuring on this scale would entail, and I'm sure none of us are eager to find out - but if it means preventing the end of the world, we have to be willing to try.\n\nSenior Researcher Bryce\n\nFootnotes\n1. In reality, this effect only exacerbates observations of SCP-2070-1.\n2. Respectively equivalent to 1 bu and 2 chi, ancient Chinese units of measurement.\n3. The observed expansion of the universe.\n4. Particles which travel faster than light and therefore backward in time.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2069 | SCP-2070 | SCP-2071 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2071\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2071 is stored in Vault 86 at Site-11. Vault 86 is to be kept at a constant temperature of -10\u00b0C. Tests involving SCP-2071 and reptiles require approval from both the current Site Director of Site-11 and the head of SCP-2071 research.\nMaintenance staff assigned to Site-11's storage vaults are to be trained in reptile handling in the event of a containment incident, and a stock of snake and amphibian antivenin is to be maintained in Site-11's medical wing.\nSCP-2071 may only be transported in a sealed container and by personnel wearing suitable protective clothing to prevent any contact between SCP-2071 and exposed skin.\nDescription: SCP-2071 is a full-length portrait measuring 106cm by 48cm, entitled Sir Michael Cavendish in the Guise of the King of Serpents. The painting is a work in oil paints on canvas, purportedly painted in 1799 by Adam William Jardine as a portrait of English military officer and baronet Michael Cavendish, though it does not appear to be a factual likeness.\nThe painting's central subject is a male humanoid figure in 18th-Century British military dress seated at a table, facing to the left of the painting, with his right arm resting on the tabletop and holding a cup or goblet, his left arm by his side. The figure is clearly not human, and possesses mottled green skin, scales on portions of the face and hands, eyes with yellow irises and vertically slitted pupils, and no hair. The scene is illuminated by light from a window to the right of the subject, and a second, indistinct humanoid figure is visible standing behind the subject's right shoulder, obscured by darkness.\nSkin contact with the painted surface of SCP-2071 is fatal. Through an undetermined process, individuals exposed to SCP-2071 in this fashion begin to produce a number of fast-acting neurotoxins within their own bloodstream, leading rapidly to death by respiratory failure. Examination of toxins found in specimens exposed to SCP-2071 indicate a wide variety of toxins are produced, some of which appear to be the active components of a variety of snake venoms.\nSCP-2071 causes significant behavioural alterations in any member of the class Reptilia. Reptiles within a certain distance of SCP-2071 will attempt to reach it by any means available to them. The exact distance of this effect is difficult to ascertain accurately and appears to vary over time, but is believed to extend at least 5 kilometres around the painting at all times. Reptiles affected by SCP-2071 will attempt to travel to its location even at the risk of injury.\nReptiles affected by SCP-2071 congregate around the painting and largely remain motionless. Reptiles in SCP-2071's presence do not appear to require food, water, exterior heat sources, or sleep, and despite their lack of movement tend to remain in good physical health. SCP-2071-affected reptiles react violently to attempts to remove them from its presence, though they are otherwise largely nonresponsive.\nProlonged exposure to SCP-2071 causes physiological changes in reptiles, usually beginning after several days of continued exposure. Typically, this results in increases in size, and the development of venom glands in non-venomous species.\nAddendum 2071-1: Abridged test log for SCP-2071:\nTest 2071-8 Date: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\n\nRationale: Analysis of physical changes in SCP-2071-affected reptiles over long periods of time.\nProcedure: A single female Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) measuring 1.4m in length was placed in SCP-2071's chamber (cooling of Vault 86 was suspended for the duration of the experiment). The specimen was selected for its size, herbivorous nature, and docility. The iguana was monitored regularly by a qualified herpetologist and veterinarian throughout the experiment.\nResults: Growth in the specimen was first detected on day 3 of the experiment. By day 4 of the experiment, the specimen had increased to 1.45m in length and had begun to develop venom glands. By day 6, the subject's rate of growth had accelerated - specimen was now 1.6m in length. Growth continued unabated until day 28, by which time the specimen was 3.4m in length. Between day 30 and day 34, the parietal eye of the specimen underwent a significant metamorphosis into a large, seemingly functional lidded eye.\nOn day 47, research staff discovered that the specimen appeared to be carrying eggs. As Site Director Feccini had not sanctioned the reproduction of an anomalous lifeform when the experiment began, he requested that the experiment be halted. The specimen was subsequently euthanised and autopsied.\nThe autopsy revealed that substantial internal modifications had been made to the specimen's reproductive track, allowing it to bear live young. A single foetus was found in the specimen's uterus. This foetus was reptilian, with a humanoid body plan, developed cerebrum, scaled skin, slitted eyes, pointed teeth, and a vestigial tail. The genetic makeup of the foetus did not match the mother, and some sections of its genome closely resembled the human genome. A full report on the biology of both specimen and foetus can be found in document 2071-Padraig.\n\nAddendum 2071-2: SCP-2071 is one of 4 known paintings by Adam William Jardine believed by the Foundation to be both currently extant and to possess anomalous properties, and the only one presently in containment. Of the other paintings, The Rood and the Pit (E-456) is believed to be in the possession of the Horizon Initiative, while The Hunting Party (E-459) and Celia Penrose, in the Guise of a Fountain (E-460) are in the possession of an unknown private individual.\nJardine was a minor English painter active between 1790 and 1819, when he is believed to have died of tuberculosis. Contemporary sources indicate that Jardine was widely believed to be mentally ill and suffered from visual hallucinations.\nThe portrait is not believed to have had any anomalous properties at the time it was painted. It is unknown when these properties manifested, but SCP-2071 remained unknown to the Foundation until \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1925, when it was recovered after two people died as a result of an attempt to place the painting, along with others, in the public trust in lieu of inheritance tax.\nAddendum 2071-3: Extracts from the diary of Michael Cavendish:\n\n\u2026I have been informed of a painter, a Mr. Jardine, from Northumbria. I am told the man is quite mad, and possessed of visions of a spiritual bent. He claims to be able to see the souls of people both living and dead, and to put his visions down in pencil sketches and oils. His work has been recommended to me by a friend, and by that same friend I have been able to engage this Mr. Jardine in dialogue.\nIn person, Mr. Jardine seemed in rather good humour for a madman. He talked rather sensibly, though he seemed somewhat troubled, as if trying to suppress his nerves, and seldom looked directly at me the whole time. Indeed he seemed so sensible, if somewhat shy, that I began to wonder if the supposed insanity was genuine. But when he showed me his portfolio, I was astounded. Jardine had conjured up a whirl of grotesques and wonders such as would awe anyone living.\nDespite his obvious talent, he told me that his work sells poorly; I am told that there are few in the country with the discernment to see his work as anything more than a perversity. As such, he was more than happy to offer his services to me upon seeing that I enjoyed his work, provided I provide payment regardless of his own view of the eventual portrait. This I am more than happy to accept. If Jardine is mad or a charlatan, then it will be a wonderful and curious indulgence; if not, then what is more worthy of payment than a glimpse into my own soul?\n\n\u2026I promised to pay the man regardless of my own opinion, and pay him I have. That said, my own opinion is less than favourable. The damned painter has rendered me as some sort of hideous freak, a combination of lizard and human. It is beyond what I had envisaged when I commissioned the portrait. It cannot be displayed.\nIf the man has visions, I am now certain that they stem from a disordered mind rather than a divine visitation. I am, at least, convinced that I know enough of my own soul to know that I am no snake, and that this painting is not a reflection even of my principal sins.\nThe more I look at it, the more I believe that the painting is a poor likeness. Disregarding the obvious, the figure in the portrait is too gaunt, and looks far too old to be a true likeness. This was a waste of time and money\u2026\n\nIn early 1829, Mary Cavendish, wife of Michael Cavendish, was found dead in their home by a servant. The cause was, at the time, believed to be a stroke. Michael Cavendish, by now suffering from an undetermined chronic illness, committed suicide in 1842 by drinking poison, confessing in his suicide note to having murdered his wife. Suggestions that a large number of snakes were found alongside Michael Cavendish's body are not verifiable.\nThe following is an extract from Michael Cavendish's suicide note:\n\nI confess only that the truth might be known. I do not hope to save my soul by atonement. I do not believe in Hell any more. If, all those years ago, that painter saw me, in my youthful vigor, for the bitter, spiteful creature I became, then this was all predestined, and so no just god could damn me.\n[\u2026]\nI do not take this measure out of guilt. I do it to escape my present purgatory. I hate my current life, but I do not fear death. After all, a snake can slip out of its skin and become young again. If I am the King of Serpents, as that bastard said I was, why shouldn't I do the same?\n\n\u00ab SCP-2070 | SCP-2071 | SCP-2072 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2072\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: At least one Foundation staff member (designated Level 1-SCP-2072 or higher) must be present and armed with a standard-issue sidearm at all times. Access to SCP-2072 is restricted from the general public.\nInstances of SCP-2072 are to be covered with opaque, waterproof materials at all times. If the covering on instances SCP-2072-8 to SCP-2072-22 is disturbed to the degree that the text on said instances is readable, staff replacing the coverings must be administered amnestics immediately after said replacement.\nFollowing the next change in the Prime Ministership of Montenegro, the assigned staff member will exhume the corpse buried beneath SCP-2072-8 and collect a sufficient sample for genetic testing to ensure continued accuracy of SCP-2072.\nDescription: SCP-2072 is the former Garden of Love Pet Memorial Park, located approximately one mile south of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Florida, United States. Upon the discovery of human remains beneath the northeast section of headstones in 1977, Foundation Local Mobile Task Force 352-Lamedh (\u201cStump Knockers\u201d) seized control of the area to investigate. After discovering that four of the corpses located in the cemetery were genetically identical and buried under the same name, the Foundation opened a Provisional Containment Site on the premises.\nThe full significance of SCP-2072 was not known until June 1991, when a routine check of international political leaders' genetic records discovered that Prime Minister of Montenegro Milo \u0110ukanovi\u0107 (b. 1962, Prime Minister from 1991\u201398, 2003\u201306, 2008\u201310 and 2012\u2013present [as of 2014-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588]) was a genetic and name match for the first, third, fifth and seventh corpses located in SCP-2072, whose headstones are designated SCP-2072-1, -3, -5, and -7. The headstones and corpses have correctly reflected the holders of the office of Prime Minister of Montenegro from the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia to the present day. As SCP-2072-8 through SCP-2072-22 potentially represent future Prime Ministers of Montenegro, and SCP-2072-1, -2, -3, -5, -6, -7 and -23 contain dates of death and corpses of still-living political figures, the information in SCP-2072 is to be strictly controlled to prevent potential issues of causality.\nList of anomalous headstones located in SCP-2072:\n\nDesignation\nName\nSubtitle\nDate of Birth\nDate of Death\nNotes\n\nSCP-2072-1\nMilo \u0110ukanovi\u0107\nThe Smuggler of Nik\u0161i\u0107\n1962-2-15\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\nPrime Minister on four non-consecutive occasions, and currently serving as of 2014-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588. This headstone and corpse appears to represent his term as Montenegro's first Prime Minister after the dissolution of Yugoslavia, from 1991 to 1998. Title may refer to (unproven) allegations of organized criminal activity.\n\nSCP-2072-2\nFilip Vujanovi\u0107\nThe Unguarded Man\n1954-9-1\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\nPrime Minister from 1998 to 2003, currently serving as President of Montenegro as of 2014-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588. Title may refer to his refusal to travel with bodyguards or security. Corpse displays signs of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nSCP-2072-3\nMilo \u0110ukanovi\u0107\nThe Smuggler of Nik\u0161i\u0107\n1962-2-15\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\nCorpse genetically identical to SCP-2072-1.\n\nSCP-2072-4\n\u017deljko \u0160turanovi\u0107\nThe Stricken Acceder\n1960-1-31\n2014-6-30\nPrime Minister from 2006\u20132008. His resignation due to lung cancer and signing of the document beginning Montenegro's accession to the European Union may be the source of his title.\n\nSCP-2072-5\nMilo \u0110ukanovi\u0107\nThe Smuggler of Nik\u0161i\u0107\n1962-2-15\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\nCorpse genetically identical to SCP-2072-1.\n\nSCP-2072-6\nIgor Luk\u0161i\u0107\nThe Pawn\n1976-6-14\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\nPrime Minister from 2010 to 2012, at which time he was the youngest head of government in the world. Title may refer to opponents' insistence that he was too influenced by former party leaders.\n\nSCP-2072-7\nMilo \u0110ukanovi\u0107\nThe Smuggler of Nik\u0161i\u0107\n1962-2-15\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\nCorpse genetically identical to SCP-2072-1.\n\nSCP-2072-8\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588*\nThe Secretive Bureaucrat\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\nName, birth date and genetics match current member of Montenegrin parliamentary majority.\n\nSCP-2072-9\n\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588*\nThe Old Guard\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\nName, birth date and genetics match currently-serving Mayor of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nSCP-2072-10\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nThe Reformer\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\nName, birth date and genetics match current member of Montenegrin parliamentary minority.\n\nSCP-2072-11\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nThe Younger Unificationist\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\nDate of birth in future.\n\nSCP-2072-12\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nThe Elder Unificationist\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\nName, birth date and genetics match current member of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 city assembly.\n\nSCP-2072-13\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nThe Reformer\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\nCorpse genetically identical to SCP-2072-10.\n\nSCP-2072-14\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nThe Murderer of Two\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\nName, birth date and genetics match current student at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Primary School.\n\nSCP-2072-15\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nThe Woman Who Was Blind to the Light\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\nDate of birth in future. Corpse's eyes appear to be gouged out.\n\nSCP-2072-16\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nThe First Heretic\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\nDate of birth in future. Buried in suit made from natural fabrics and dyes only.\n\nSCP-2072-17\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nThe Superior Man\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\nDate of birth in future. Lifespan well beyond current human expectations. Corpse heavily modified with metallic prosthetics and artificial eyes.\n\nSCP-2072-18\nGodhead\nEternal\nCoffin filled approximately 15 cm deep with pure silicon powder. No corpse.\n\nSCP-2072-19\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\nThe Second Heretic\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\nDate of birth in future. Buried in suit made from natural fabrics and dyes only.\n\nSCP-2072-20\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\nThe Third Heretic\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\nDate of birth in future. Buried in robes made from natural fabrics and dyes only. 13 years old as of time of death.\n\nSCP-2072-21\nGodhead\nEternal\nCoffin filled approximately 15 cm deep with pure silicon powder. No corpse.\n\nSCP-2072-22\nBlank.\nCoffin empty.\n\nSCP-2072-23\nMilo \u0110ukanovi\u0107\nThe Smuggler of Nik\u0161i\u0107\n1962-2-15\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588*\nCorpse genetically identical to SCP-2072-1. Date of death same as other \u0110ukanovi\u0107 headstones, well before date of previous Prime Ministers' birth.\n\n*Not yet verified as historically accurate as of 2014-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2071 | SCP-2072 | SCP-2073 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2073\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The current iteration of SCP-2073-A remains contained in a standard Humanoid Containment Cell within the Esoteric Research Sector of Area-08 (Deck 02). Until such a time that SCP-2073-A may produce a biological son, its location and properties will be accessible only to Clearance Level 4 personnel and authorized 2/2073 personnel from Area-08.\nShould SCP-2073 occur outside Foundation control or SCP-2073-A escape containment, Esoteric Mobile Task Force \u03f1-4 (\"Red Net\") will be warned and deployed immediately to re-instate containment.\nDescription: SCP-2073 is a set of hazardous reality alteration phenomena centered around a humanoid entity, designated SCP-2073-A.\nSCP-2073 events consist of multiple Localized Reality Shifts, consistently described as: themed (materialization of dark-colored matter forming sinew-like veins on surfaces of baseline reality objects, frequently in recognizable patterns, and the manifestation of mist and clouds of ashes); observable; and non-congruent with pre-existing reality (usually causing moderate to severe damage to nearby structures, due to the emergence of SCP-2073 matter through static surfaces). Witnesses have often compared Localized Reality Shifts to earthquakes with successive replicas that grow in intensity and range.\nSCP-2073 will occur only if:\n\nSCP-2073-A has produced a biological son in previous years.1\n\nSCP-2073-A becomes convinced that SCP-2073 will occur, and that if left unchecked SCP-2073 will trigger an unspecified XK end-of-the-world scenario.\n\nOnce SCP-2073 manifests, SCP-2073-A will typically seek to commit suicide while in close proximity to its firstborn son. This event, designated \"Lullaby Event\", occurs between 3 and 10 years after the latter's birth; at this point, its son will become a new, latent instance of SCP-2073-A.\nIf a Lullaby Event is delayed, SCP-2073 will become fully manifest after two to ten hours; SCP-2073 reality alterations at this point will be able to severely damage buildings, alter local seismic activity and/or cause meteorological anomalies (such as the appearance of winds in excess of 50 kph and clouds of ash). Observed progression of the area affected by these Localized Reality Shifts indicates that, if unwilling to or prevented from completing a Lullaby Event for long periods of time, SCP-2073-A will become the focal point of an XK-class end-of-the-world scenario due to the SCP-2073 phenomena.\nMeasures to facilitate or enforce this willingness have been deployed in the current iteration of SCP-2073-A.\nAddendum SCP-2073-01: Interview with SCP-2073-A-2 and recording of Lullaby Event 2.\n\nForeword: SCP-2073-A-2 (\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, construction worker) had been detained by local authorities in \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2008 after his wife (a \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588) called the police due to a domestic incident in which SCP-2073-A-2 attempted to gain access to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (first born child of the couple) armed with a knife; Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 would declare later that SCP-2073-A-2 had behaved erratically and violently on occasion since \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's birth.\nDuring its detainment, SCP-2073-A-2 repeatedly requested to be brought to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 or to have him delivered to its current location. This was denied by police officers for approximately two and a half hours, after which SCP-2073's reality alteration properties became manifest and Foundation field agents from Site-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 took over the case, arresting all three family members and establishing preliminary containment in SCP-2073-A-2's current location, a police station of Whispering Pines, IL, with the cover of a potentially hazardous gas leak.\nAn abridged version of the interview between SCP-2073-A-2 and Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 follows. Note that the subject was in a state of exhaustion and agitation.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please, explain why are you here [in detainment].\nSCP-2073-A-2: My wife called the police because she thought I was gonna do something bad to little \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Because of the knife and all, see.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Were you?\nSCP-2073-A-2: Look, I am not the best father, alright! I have hurt him, hit him, and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, too! But that was when I was drunk, and I drink to not think about it. I don't even know how can people stand it, I mean-do you get what I mean?\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I am afraid not. Please explain.\nSCP-2073-A-2: Well, we're all going to die, right? (subject momentarily pauses, agitated; resumes conversation by screaming) Right?!\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yes, that seems to be the case.\nSCP-2073-A-2: And we still have children. (subject behaves in a more collected manner) We had'im and we knew-guess we all know we're gonna die and think, oh, little Joe will have a nice life, little Jenny will be happy and have kids, but they all die, don't they? We all die. (subject falls silent)\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: We do.\nSCP-2073-A-2: (hesitating, agitated) I've been hearing things. I mean, not like I am crazy or something, alright? I've been hearing these voices. Swished things that said this whole shit was coming down. The dreams, too, the things I saw-\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please, calm down, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Start over when you're ready, there's time.\nSCP-2073-A-2: Nah, there is no time, not for me anyways. Besides, I wanna let this all out, haven't talked to anybody about it yet\u2026 Okay, see, when the kid was born? That night I had a dream. I was holding him in my arms, clutching him and crying. He was dead. Guts spilling from his belly, a little eye plucked out\u2026 And everything was filled with black dirt and burnt, and there was smoke and the sky was cold-but you could still see the stars! And- they felt wrong. Out of place, like lined up in rows\u2026 I mean, how could the sky just feel out of place? (subject whispers) And there were\u2026 okay, like not people, something just a bit like people, all around, whispering that I didn't do it.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Do what?\nSCP-2073-A-2: Do my part. It's always a dream like that, month after month after month and then I see it even when I'm awake; black dirt, the world burnt, ashes and smoke, that goddamned sky and them, just walking around and wailing that I didn't do it.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What does your part consist of?\nSCP-2073-A-2: That I must pass it on.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Pass what on?\nSCP-2073-A-2: Nothing, it's\u2026 It's my responsibility, our responsibility.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Are you doing this in order to prevent these events from occurring? Have you ever seen anything like this? (Note: Agent refers to the SCP-2073 manifestations taking place at the enclosure; in debriefing, agents and witnesses would describe these events as \"dark sinew-like tissue in walls and ceiling, forming cracks displayed in circles and geometrical motifs\", this last aspect speculated to be an unknown language.)\nSCP-2073-A-2: N-no, the walls cracking's new, too\u2026 Listen, I have to do it.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Do you think you will stop this if you kill yourself?\nSCP-2073-A-2: No, you don't-you don't get it, it will never stop. Why, why did I bring him into this shithole-(subject stands up and repeatedly steps on a motile tendril of SCP-2073 matter.) They're coming already.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Who is?\nSCP-2073-A-2: You don't see them yet, but they just wanna do their part. And it's either me or everything else. It must happen.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: How can you know it will work?\nSCP-2073-A-2: Look, I-I dunno! Do you think that I like this, that I want \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 to die? I've seen this, I've dreamed this. The damn things (Note: SCP-2073-A-2 may be referring to the entities observed during its dreams) hammered it into me, I guess. For a while, I just didn't want to believe it. I mean, who wants to believe that he has to become a human sacrifice, right? (scoffing, low whimper) But the last months\u2026 I know this will happen to my kid too, and I don't really want to\u2026 I must. I must do this.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Are you certain that you want to?\nSCP-2073-A-2: Yeah. (subject composes itself) With me out of the picture-Just\u2026 just tell \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 that I love her. That this is what I want. And to be strong, too. She'll have to be for him. (subject exhales heavily) Take me there. Don't all our kids die too, in the end? At least I won't have to hold his corpse.\nSCP-2073-A-2 taken to the presence of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in an annex to main building of the police station. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 remains sedated for the duration of this incident. A new SCP-2073 Localized Reality Shift occurs, causing progressive physical damage to facility.\nSubject sits by its child (sedated per request of Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588) and cradles him, singing a song also recorded in other Lullaby Events. Event recorded as per protocol.\n\n++ Access to Lullaby Event-2.\n\nOpening record; your access has been recorded.\n\nSCP-2073-A-2: I have seen the world burning. I have seen the world turning. The tipping point is my life-\n\nNote: Reportedly, the largest concentrations of SCP-2073 matter begins to generate humanoid protrusions, which crawl towards the containment enclosure occupied by SCP-2073-A-2 and ignore all other present human witnesses. All forms manifested laugh for the duration of the event.\n\nSCP-2073-A-2: The father must spill blood over the son. For the curse is bound to the life of the father, and blood is life's coin; since such life is the father's, it is the father that must (sobbing, audible rumbling in background) pass his blood to the son. A life (sobbing) for all things, a worthy bargain. So receive this my bound, my child, and be anointed with this mourning life. (quiet crying interspersed with a faint cracking sound; laughter is heard over the voice of SCP-2073-A-2) I love you.\n\nNote: Variations on the last sentence have been encountered, but all the recorded subjects have sung this \"lullaby\" before completing the event.\n\nSCP-2073-A-2 commits suicide. SCP-2073 ceases, baseline reality re-asserts itself.\nFoundation observers report that SCP-2073-A-2's blood spills directly over its child's face, turning into a black organic substance (Note: later confirmed to be human serum, extremely thickened with ashes.) upon contact; subject wakes up at this point and is subdued by agents.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is taken into custody and preemptively classified SCP-2073-A-3.\n\nAdministrative Order \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588: Only Authorized Personnel.\n\n++ File sealed as per Administrative Order \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Continue only if authorized by Level 5/Global personnel. \n\n\u2013\u2013 File sealed as per Administrative Order \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Personnel identified and cleared. BE ADVISED: your access has been recorded.\n\n ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ES-057-2073-L4 \n\nTo: \u03f1-4, Area 08 RARP personnel, pertinent Level 5 personnel. \n\nFrom: Office of the Head Archivist of Area-08. \n\nRef: Special SCP-2073 Archival Report. \n\nAs per Administrative Order ES-057-2073, all references to SCP-2073-A-1, the Reality Alteration Research Program and the SCP-2073 test schedule have been stricken from the main database. Further documentation involving SCP-2073 procedural creation, behavior, and deactivation may be requested to the Head Archivist of Area-08. Information that may be used to track SCP-2073-A-1's genealogy has also been erased from public record and the main database. Only Clearance Level 4 personnel or members of the RARP or the EMTF \u03f1-4 may browse these materials.\nSince SCP-2073-A remains under heavy monitoring by Area-08 personnel, no SCP-2073 events are expected. A list of potential candidates to bear SCP-2073-A's descendant in order to advance the RARP projects is being considered at this time. SCP-2073-A will be moved to a dedicated research facility when the next phase of the RARP may begin.\nWere new cases of SCP-2073 to manifest outside of Foundation control, EMTF \u03f1-4 will respond by eliminating SCP-2073-A and tracking down the person or persons responsible for its binding. Tracking of anomalous individuals related to the \"Palacian schools\" is underway as a preventive measure.\n\nFootnotes\n1. While all \u2588 recorded instances of SCP-2073-A have been cisgender males and have produced biological descendants, there is no evidence that SCP-2073 phenomena may only manifest in instances of SCP-2073-A that are biologically related to their children, or that they could not manifest in transgender or male-identifying descendants.\nFemale at birth SCP-2073 instances are not expected to occur.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2072 | SCP-2073 | SCP-2074 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2074\n\nItem #: SCP-2074\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2074 is not dangerous. Information or expeditions to SCP-2074 by the public should be monitored and diverted if necessary. Currently, the Foundation believes that at least one person or group is aware of, or may be monitoring or controlling, the anomalous features of SCP-2074. Attempts are underway to identify this party.\nDescription: SCP-2074 is a hydrothermal black smoker vent located in the Southern Explorer Ridge seismographic area, west of Vancouver Island, in the Pacific Ocean. It is located at a depth of 1770 meters in the bathypelagic zone.\nThe anomaly was identified from a buoy probe array operated by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the purpose of monitoring acoustic activity from nearby vents, which had a positive result in the Morisato-Vaux Signal Test (MVST) program.1 The Foundation isolated the anomalous signal's source as SCP-2074.\nAn extended effort on the part of Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 concluded that certain modulations in activity (output of minerals and superheated water) correspond to syllables in four languages. During active periods, the \u201cmessage\u201d is repeated for 16 hours in English, Spanish, Nuu-chah-nulth (indigenous language from the Nuu-chah-nulth people of western Vancouver Island), and Ditidaht (indigenous language from the Ditidaht people of southwestern Vancouver Island) with Russian loanwords.\nAttached to the ocean floor 4.6 meters from SCP-2074 is a heavily corroded but functional electronic device measuring 30 cm x 30 cm x 10 cm. The device has no obvious controls, inputs, or outputs aside from an illuminated seven-segment display panel. The device is unlabelled, and its purpose, origin, and manufacturers are unknown, as well as its connection to (or interactions with) SCP-2074. Classification as an anomalous object has been postponed, pending further data.\nAddendum 2074-A\n12/16/201\u2588\nThe first positively identified signal is translated as follows:\n\nUNDENIABLE PROOF OF THE HYDROTHERMAL ORIGINS OF LIFE\n\nThis appears to be a reference to the abiogenetic theory of the origins of life on earth from undersea hydrothermal vents. A remotely operated exploration vessel (ROEV) is sent to SCP-2074 to investigate, and finds no evidence of unusual activities or features. Several samples from the nearby area are collected and determined not to be unusual.\n\n1/29/201\u2588\nA second period of anomalous activity begins and is translated as follows:\n\nEVIDENCE THAT ALIENS VISITED EARTH THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO\n\nA second ROEV is deployed, and takes several observations (including video) from SCP-2074 and 0.5 km of the surrounding area. Nothing aside from the vent activity has markedly changed from the last exploration. The message itself, given the established knowledge of SCP-2005, SCP-471, and SCP-163, was observed not to be highly insightful.\nDuring this expedition, the electronic device is also observed for the first time, due to the ROEV's alternate angle of approach. At this time, the illuminated display panel reads \"00002.\"\n\n2/07/201\u2588\nA third ROEV is deployed to the area during an inactive period. Only changes other than the vent activity is that the display panel now reads \"00003.\"\n\nFurther translated signals from SCP-2074 include the following:\n\nPOSSIBLE UNDERSEA WORMHOLE TO EUROPA\n\nWRECKAGE OF THE GHOST SHIP CELESTE CELESTE (sic)\n\nBUY PELAGI-COLA\n\nADORABLE BABY POMPEII WORMS\n\nBACTERIA CONTAINING ENZYME PATHWAY THAT CONTRADICTS LAWS OF PHYSICS\n\nHOLE THAT GOES STRAIGHT TO THE PLANET'S CORE\n\nINSANELY DEEP HOLE FILLED WITH MOLTEN ROCK\n\nBUY PELAGI-COLA\n\n9/13/201\u2588\nA fourth ROEV is deployed to investigate SCP-2074 and the nearby area during an active period. While the surrounding area is unchanged, the aforementioned display panel now reads \"00005\" and appears to have been cleared of barnacles and debris. All further expeditions to SCP-2074 have been postponed.\n\nFootnotes\n1. An investigative program which has been running on over 80,000 incoming data streams from both Foundation and civilian natural monitoring stations around the globe for the past eight years. The MVST becomes positive for a particular data stream when it detects pattern-based (rather than random) variation that is either:\n\nComplex and repetitive, and not corresponding to a known phenomenon or natural cycle\nDisplaying levels of informational entropy close to that found in natural language.\n\nSee: Vaux, C. Morisato, H.; Voices in a Noisy World: Interpreting MVST Results. Detection: an SCP Foundation Journal. 2006.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2073 | SCP-2074 | SCP-2075 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item#: 2075\n\nLevel3\n\nContainment Class:\neuclid\n\nSecondary Class:\nhumanoid\n\nDisruption Class:\nvlam\n\nRisk Class:\nwarning\n\nlink to memo\n\nOldest known photograph of SCP-2075.\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2075 is to be held in isolation within a Containment Unit capable of being hermetically sealed when required. Containment Unit is to undergo remote decontamination daily (more if deemed necessary). SCP-2075 is to be supplied with bottled water and nutrient capsules via a pneumatic tube three times a day. All interactions with SCP-2075 are to be done by remote microphone.\nObservational windows are constructed of laminated ballistics glass. Any damage to the containment cell must be repaired immediately by personnel equipped with Level A hazmat gear. SCP-2075-A are to be terminated via incineration and disposed of per hazardous waste protocols unless authorized for research by Site Director. Biopsies are to be stored within individual cryogenic storage units.\nSCP-2075 has been contained at Sector-G of Biological Containment Site-66 since its transfer from GRU Division \"P\" on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1991 in wake of the USSR's dissolution.\nDescription: SCP-2075 is currently a sixty-three-year-old Caucasian male formerly known as Aleksei Kravchuk - a security guard employed by GRU Division \"P\". SCP-2075 exhales a microbial pathogen capable of extreme neurological alterations. An individual infected by SCP-2075 is classified as SCP-2075-A and is considered an extension of SCP-2075. SCP-2075 is able to exert its anomalous effects regardless of distance after initial infection and will maintain control indefinitely unless SCP-2075-A is destroyed. Experiments using D-Class have suggested SCP-2075 is able to simultaneously use SCP-2075-A as it would its own body. If the primary host is destroyed, the surviving SCP-2075-A will become the acting SCP-2075, exhibiting its anomalous pathogen. SCP-2075 is unable to control more than one SCP-2075-A at a time.\nSCP-2075 has shown an eager willingness to communicate with Foundation personnel. SCP-2075 claims to have been born in the year 1204 CE.1 Although there exist no records in which to verify its claim, if true then SCP-2075 is estimated to have been 787 years of age at time of its transfer into Foundation custody on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1991.\nSCP-2075 prefers to speak in Russian but has also revealed itself fluent in English, German, and an archaic Uralic language that does not coincide with any modern known variants of the Uralic language family. Subject is literate but has made no request for any literature or writing implements.\n\nInterview \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1991 \n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2075\nInterviewer: Dr. Albert Cronenberg\nForeword: First interview with SCP-2075 after its successful transportation and containment at Biological Containment Site-66.\n<Begin Log, [13:06]>\nDr. Albert Cronenberg: Welcome SCP-2075. I hope that you are comfortable.Dr. Albert Cronenberg: Good. I would like to ask you some questions. Please answer truthfully.Dr. Albert Cronenberg: Noted. First, what is your name?Dr. Albert Cronenberg: Karcist? Not your birth name, I presume?Dr. Albert Cronenberg: Very well. Do you know why you are here?\nDr. Albert Cronenberg: Please explain your anomalous nature, if able.Dr. Albert Cronenberg: Try me.I can show you. Come inside, doctor.\nDr. Albert Cronenberg: I think we'll stop here. Thank you for your time.\n<End Log, [13:09]>\n\nInterview \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1992 \n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2075\nInterviewer: Dr. Albert Cronenberg\nForeword: Seventh interview with SCP-2075. Conversation to focus on missing GRU Division \"P\" reports.\n<Begin Log, [14:30]>\nDr. Albert Cronenberg: When were you first detained? GRU Division \"P\" were unable to provide much documentation about you. Said something about a fire in '55?I was proselytizing in Novgorod. Spreading the good word. A massacre had occurred just thirty years prior and I could feel the mounds of dead as I walked. Serf, szlachta, and boyar. All were pleased to receive me.\nBut not one, dear doctor. I had one detractor.\nDr. Albert Cronenberg: Please continue.He whipped mob into frenzy. Torn to pieces, I was. Watched the entire event from afar.\nDr. Albert Cronenberg: So you say. Explain to me your experience.Dr. Albert Cronenberg: An interesting tale but that was not my question. When were you first contained by GRU Division \"P\"?<End Log, [14:35]>\n\nInterview \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1996 \n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2075\nInterviewer: Dr. Albert Cronenberg\nForeword: Forty-third interview with SCP-2075. Conversation to focus on missing origin and extent of anomalous abilities.\n<Begin Log, [14:30]>Dr. Albert Cronenberg: Yes. Of course. I wanted to discuss your abilities.Dr. Albert Cronenberg: Have you always been able to control others?Dr. Albert Cronenberg: Yes. I've gathered you have built some superstitions around your ability.Dr. Albert Cronenberg: Broken?Dr. Albert Cronenberg: I take it you are aware of the Church of the Broken God then?Dr. Albert Cronenberg: We will discuss them later then. Tell me, who is Ion?Perhaps, dear doctor, you shall meet his Holiness one day.\nDr. Albert Cronenberg: What is Adytum?Dr. Albert Cronenberg: I see. I would like to ask you about your anomaly again.Dr. Albert Cronenberg: How does the pathogen work? Are you transferring your consciousness or altering their own to suit your needs?Tell me. Is finite life worth living? I heard about wife. My heart *truly* bleeds for you.\nDr. Albert Cronenberg: This interview is over.\n<End Log, [14:35]>\n\n+ INFORMATION RESTRICTED TO LEVEL 4 PERSONNEL OR ABOVE\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nItem#: 2075\n\nLevel4\n\nContainment Class:\nketer\n\nSecondary Class:\nhumanoid/uncontained\n\nDisruption Class:\nekhi\n\nRisk Class:\ncritical\n\nlink to memo\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: As of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2014, SCP-2075 is currently uncontained and its location is unknown.\nDescription: SCP-2075 is a gestalt consciousness currently occupying an unknown number of hosts. SCP-2075 exhales a microbial pathogen capable of extreme neurological alterations. Those infected by SCP-2075 are SCP-2075-A and are considered an extension of SCP-2075. SCP-2075 is able to exert its anomalous effects regardless of distance after initial infection and will maintain control indefinitely unless SCP-2075-A are destroyed.\n\n<Site-66 Surveillance [24:00]>\n[Three men enter the Containment Site. They have been identified as Dr. Albert Cronenberg and security personnel Jacob D. Moore and Jonathan Li.]\nDr. Albert Cronenberg: You requested to speak with me? I am not at your beck and call, SCP-2075.Dr. Albert Cronenberg: [Audibly sighs] My patience with you has long since waned. Speak and be quick about it.\nDr. Albert Cronenberg: Are you threatening a containment breach?Dr. Albert Cronenberg: What is this?Dr. Albert Cronenberg: [glances at the security camera]Jacob D. Moore: \"'For you!' they cried before the blood drowned their tongues. And Ion said, 'Now do you see?'\"\n\nJonathan Li: \"And Nadox wept, as more did skewer themselves in Ion's name, for he had seen and now knew the truth of his words.\"\nDr. Albert Cronenberg: Security! Security! [Dr. Cronenberg appears to struggle with Security Officer Li][Security Officer Li appears to hold Dr. Cronenberg while Security Officer Moore stabs him in the abdomen with a dagger of ceremonial design; weapon later designated an anomalous object.]\n<Video ends abruptly, surveillance camera destroyed>\n\nSecurity Personnel were alerted when SCP-2075's Containment Unit ruptured. An amorphous mass of flesh and bone, considerable in size, destroyed or disabled defense parameters. Sector-G was flooded with chlorine trifluoride, eliminating the biological agent. Heavy casualties were suffered, including fifty-six fatalities. Sector-G was deemed a complete loss and is currently being reconstructed. DNA found spread throughout Sector-G matched that of Dr. Albert Cronenberg, presumed deceased.\nInvestigation concluded that Jacob D. Moore and Jonathan Li were both aspects of SCP-2075. Each had over ten years of exceptional service to the Foundation. It is unknown when they were first linked to SCP-2075 but is believed to have occurred prior to joining the Foundation. Partial remains with their DNA, as well as that of SCP-2075, were found within Sector-G. Due to the true capabilities of SCP-2075, it is now believed to have never been fully contained by GRU Division \"P\" or the Foundation.\nDiscovered within Sector-G was a ring-shaped object constructed of palladium weighing 2.26 kilograms and with a circumference of 22 centimeters. Object is non-anomalous and depicts an Ouroboros, believed to be a symbol of religious significance.\nGRU Division \"P\" personnel associated with original containment have been sought for information about SCP-2075; all were recorded as deceased or missing.\n\nFootnotes\n1. \"6712\" which further questioning revealed to be based upon the now obsolete Byzantine calendar.\n2. The Time of Troubles (Russian: Smutnoye Vremya) was a period of political crisis in Russia that followed the fall of the Rurik dynasty in 1598 and concluded with the establishment of the Romanov dynasty in 1613.\n3. Bogomilism was a Gnostic sect founded in the 10th century.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2074 | SCP-2075 | SCP-2076 \u00bb"}
{"text": "A scanner reproduction of an instance of SCP-2076 affecting an advertising folder\n\nItem #: SCP-2076\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to its properties, active containment for SCP-2076 is to be established through live remote monitoring of any media sources connected to any cities in the state of Illinois. The activation of Disinformation Protocol CEIRT-27-04 (\"Bowdlerization\") is to be carried out on a weekly basis by Foundation-operated assets linked to active distribution to major informative sources.\nAny sentient beings currently affected by SCP-2076's longstanding infohazardous property are to undergo continuous neurological remapping through the usage of long-term amnestic agents and monitoring of psychotic episodes matching the patterns of Infohazard-linked Chronic Catatonic Psychosis.1\nDescription: SCP-2076 is the defined designation for an infohazardous publicity campaign currently manifesting through folders, billboards and local radio and television transmissions in the state of Illinois. When compared to non-anomalous publicity efforts, SCP-2076 shows no visually perceptible signs of anomalous properties in its layout, design or distribution, and is laid out as a common low-budget marketing operation.\nThe content of instances of SCP-2076 will invariably consist of false or incomprehensible messages delivered through short sentences highlighted in vibrant colors and depicted by forms of imagery representing a part of the situation or statement described by the phrase. This combination will be perceived by sapient beings as a part of a common and credible advertisement asset solely distributed through means of communication and will be interpreted as legitimate by any affected instances.\nAny sapient beings affected by an instance of SCP-2076 will show continuous interest in taking part in the activities described by the infohazard, while holding a constant need to permanently introduce the depicted situation to one's daily activities in an ordinary manner and while not being able to perceive any egregious peculiarities involving one's recent behavior.\n\n+ Enter Level 2-2076 Credentials: Incident Log 2076-A\n\nCredentials Accepted: Gathering Files\n\nIncident Log 2076-A\n\nA depiction of SCP-2076's manifestation during Incident 2076-A\n\nOn the date of July 21st, 20\u2588\u2588, active containment measures detected an anomalous manifestation affecting several folders being freely distributed in the \"\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Neighbors and Women's Association\"2 matching the pattern of previous activity involving SCP-2076. The manifestation was initially observed as a publicity folder showcasing a large amount of cardboard boxes being carried and pushed by human beings. The captioning of the folder during this manifestation was: \"Feeding your cardboard box with baked potatoes can increase the survival of the Golden Lion Tamarin?\". Following this manifestation, a significant turnover in capital stock related to packaging industries in the city of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, IL was registered along with a sudden increase in food chain sales of baked potatoes. A Foundation-elaborated public research conducted on the date of July 26th, 20\u2588\u2588 revealed that two in three members of \"\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Neighbors and Women's Association\" had recently acquired a relevant amount of cardboard boxes with no apparent given purpose. At time of writing, no alterations in the life cycle for specimens of Leontopithecus rosalia3 was registered in the wild or Foundation-operated preservation centers.\n\nAddendum 2076-A: The following is an excerpt of a report elaborated by the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Health Surveillance Department following a complaint made by a citizen identified as the side neighbor for Ms. Addison \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, known by the local community as the current president of the \"\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Neighbors and Women's Association\".\n\n[\u2026] Entering the house, a foul scent identified by our on-site specialist as that of rotting vegetation was noticed by the crew. The source of the scent was then detected as several cardboard boxes positioned on the inside and the outside of Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's household. Inside each one of the cardboard boxes, several pieces of vegetal matter were found in an advanced state of decomposition. [\u2026]\n\n\u2500 Dr. Gregory Masters, Health Surveillance Inspector\n\nIncident Log 2076-B: On the date of December 12th, 20\u2588\u2588, active monitoring detected a massive influx of emergency services requests reporting a shooting of massive proportions inside the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Police Department Precinct. Medical evacuation assets addressed the number of casualties as 2\u2588\u2588 human beings holding self-inflicted facial bullet wounds. A covert Foundation-operated inoculated response team ruled the cause of the incident as a mass hysteria episode related to a cognitohazardous manifestation of SCP-2076.\n\n+ Addendum 4/2076-B: Crime Scene Investigation Inventory\n\nCredentials Accepted: Gathering Files\n\nFootnotes\n1. CDC-SCP-4298, The Foundation Guidebook For Anomalous Pathological Conditions, Edition 3, Page 782\n2. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, IL\n3. Golden Lion Tamarin\n\n\u00ab SCP-2075 | SCP-2076 | SCP-2077 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\nSmells like the Stuff Industry.\nEat more of my SCPs. Eat them all.\nAlso please eat some of these\n\nAnabasis Hub Probably the greatest story involving a pair of redheaded siblings whose infighting causes the end of the world\nManna Charitable Foundation 2000 The sequel to the above, collaborationed with Dr Reach\nThe Stuff Industry What happens when everyone around you at work is a complete idiot and so are you, but not only does no one get fired, but you actually turn a profit? I don't know, some stuff.\nWhen MCF and Stuff happen A fun story of incompetence\n\n\n4/2077 LEVEL 4/2077\nCLASSIFIED\n\nItem #: SCP-2077\nObject Class: Keter\n\nTwo of the most common appearances of SCP-2077. Soft capsules on the left contain fish oil, while capsules on the right contain bone meal.\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All drug retailers are to be monitored for instances of SCP-2077. Confirmed instances are to be confiscated and tracked to their source of origin if practicable. Human consumption of SCP-2077 is to be discouraged via campaigns and outreach programs intended to educate individuals on the dangers of unregulated imported prescription drug use. The Foundation is to maintain and distribute functioning generics of brand-name norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (NRI), selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), and non-steroidal inflammatory drugs (NSAID) via the front company \"Sunrise Care Practitioners\" in designated \"hot spots\" where instances of SCP-2077 have been reported.\nDescription: SCP-2077 refers to a number of capsule and tablet pills variously advertised as analgesics, anti-anxiety drugs, anti-depressants, and anti-convulsants, manufactured by an unlicensed company going by the name \"The Stuff Industry\" and represented by a logo of a crudely drawn house with a shining sun perched atop the roof.\nWhile the pills appear to function as advertised, analysis of the pills' contents show that each capsule is apparently filled with objects ground into powder and filled into capsules, including glass, quartz, plant matter, volcanic ash, sugar, bone meal, and owl pellets. Tablets are similarly composed of granulated matter or solid waste in a polymer coating. Capsules of SCP-2077 that are emptied of their contents do not retain their effects when consumed.\nInstances of SCP-2077 first appeared in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Malaysia, in which \u2588\u2588,\u2588\u2588\u2588 kilograms of capsule and tablet pills from \"The Stuff Industry\" were confiscated as part of a drug bust. Analyses found no legitimate medicinal components within the pills, and much of the confiscated instances were destroyed before coming into Foundation custody. Further instances of SCP-2077 began to spring up throughout Southeast Asia, India, Australia, China, and South America sporadically.\nContinued use of SCP-2077 sees additional effects take place over a 2-4 week period. During this period, portions of an individual's body, ranging from hair and skin cells to layers of subcutaneous tissue, begin to part from the individual overnight while the body begins to regenerate lost tissue. The longer an individual remains on SCP-2077, the greater portions of their body begin to be replaced. Organs and tissue matter replicated are genetically identical to the original tissue, with the exception of being free or otherwise unaffected by the disease and/or injury supposedly being treated by SCP-2077.\nSubjects using SCP-2077 have often reported being unable to identify portions of their own body, displaying symptoms consistent with Gerstmann's syndrome1 and/or autotopagnosia.2 Subjects often have difficulty coordinating and determining distance between objects and their own limbs, due to being unable to recognize their own limbs as a part of themselves. Subjects viewing themselves in a mirror tend to have less difficulty coordinating, though remain unable to identify specific parts of their body, typically indicating the general area of its location.\n\nExperiment Log\nA group of 150 Class-D personnel were selected to ascertain the method of operation of SCP-2077. They were selected and grouped based upon physical and mental afflictions.\nGroup 1 was told of the reported effects of SCP-2077 and were administered placebos.\nGroup 2 was told of the reported effects of SCP-2077 and were administered capsules of SCP-2077 emptied of their contents.\nGroup 3 was told of the reported effects of SCP-2077 and were administered the contents of SCP-2077 placed in different capsules.\nGroup 4 was not told of the reported effects of SCP-2077 and were administered unaltered capsules of SCP-2077.\nGroup 5 was told of the reported effects of SCP-2077 and were administered unaltered capsules of SCP-2077. This is the control group.\nTesting unfolded over the course of 3 months.\nGroup 1 (Placebo)\n\nTime\nEffects\n\n3 Weeks\nNo reported effects.\n\n6 Weeks\n11 of 30 subjects claim to be recovering. No measurable improvement has been found.\n\n9 Weeks\nNo reported effects.\n\n12 Weeks\nNo reported effects.\n\n15 Weeks\n5 subjects claim to be \"cured\" of their mental afflictions. Psychological evaluations indicate this to be false. No further result has been detected amongst the group.\n\nGroup 2 (Empty)\n\nTime\nEffects\n\n3 Weeks\nOne subject experiences chest pains. Determined later to be unrelated to experiment.\n\n6 Weeks\n4 subjects report feeling improved from their symptoms (subjects were afflicted with various respiratory illnesses.)\n\n9 Weeks\nNo reported effects.\n\n12 Weeks\nNo reported effects.\n\n15 Weeks\nNo reported effects.\n\nGroup 3 (Alternate Capsules)\n\nTime\nEffects\n\n3 Weeks\n6 subjects complained of stomachaches and suffered from brief gastrointestinal issues. Later determined to be due to reaction to SCP-2077 contents.\n\n6 Weeks\n19 subjects report small improvements in overall health. No measurable improvement has been found.\n\n9 Weeks\nOne subject briefly hospitalized due to increased level of sodium caused by SCP-2077 contents.\n\n12 Weeks\nNo reported effects.\n\n15 Weeks\nNo reported effects.\n\nGroup 4 (SCP-2077)\n\nTime\nEffects\n\n3 Weeks\n28 of 30 subjects experience effects of SCP-2077, including loss and duplication of fingernails and teeth, followed by layers of skin and fat. Footage of the subjects sleeping indicate deep abscesses forming on skin, which burst and cause the layers of skin and fat to come away. When blood is rinsed away, skin and flesh appear as normal. Shed body parts are disposed of while subjects remain asleep. One subject reports significant clearing of acne.\n\n6 Weeks\n14 of 30 subjects experience loss of limbs, replaced with duplicated copies. All affected subjects report \"serious difficulty\" coordinating with new limbs, and some reportedly are unable to perceive any tactile sensations with their replaced limbs.\n\n9 Weeks\nAll 30 subjects have experienced some loss and replacement of body parts, with 7 reported incidents of regurgitation of organs, including kidneys, pieces of the liver, and gallbladder.\n\n12 Weeks\n4 of 30 subjects are reportedly \"cured\" of their afflictions, including eczema, cirrhosis of the liver, renal failure, and insomnia.\n\n15 Weeks\n25 of 30 subjects now report being \"cured\" of their afflictions, including all mental afflictions. 21 of the 25 report being unable to identify parts of their body, with some likening it to having prosthetic limbs. 3 of the remaining subjects believe they have died and have been replaced into new bodies. One remaining subject claims to be two distinct individuals in one body.\n\nGroup 5 (Control)\n\nTime\nEffects\n\n3 Weeks\nResults as expected.\n\n6 Weeks\nResults as expected.\n\n9 Weeks\nResults as expected.\n\n12 Weeks\nOne subject who had not been responding to SCP-2077 suffered a full-body duplication. Subject claimed SCP-2077 to have given them a \"second chance at life\" and to be the work of \"divine intervention.\" Subject displayed severe symptoms of autotopagnosia and lost all mobility below the waist.\n\nAddendum: Extreme cases of SCP-2077 consumption3 can result in the individual's entire body being \"duplicated\", with the \"original\" body coming away lifeless, leaving the subject within their \"duplicated\" body. Subjects in this state suffer from severe depersonalization, often experiencing distinct changes in behavior and personality while retaining memories and life experiences.\nOne subject claimed that use of SCP-2077 has \"killed\" them, and in effect created a perfect living copy of themselves. In at least 3 documented cases, subjects have described feeling as if they are \"entirely different\" people, able to recall personal events while being able to discern between \"themselves\" and their \"former selves\".\n\nFootnotes\n1. A cognitive impairment typically resulting from damage to the left hemisphere of the brain. Characterized by an inability to distinguish left from right, difficulty in writing and understanding mathematics, and difficulty distinguishing the fingers on the hand.\n2. A form of agnosia, indicating an inability to recognize or orient different parts of one's own body.\n3. First noted in a suicide attempt via SCP-2077 overdose\n\n\u00ab SCP-2076 | SCP-2077 | SCP-2078 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2078\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Mobile Task Force Alpha-3 (\"Running Mates\") has been commissioned in order to contain SCP-2078; at no time are more than 49% of the membership of MTF Alpha-3 to possess American citizenship. In order to identify SCP-2078 infection vectors and infectees, MTF Alpha-3 operatives have been granted access to all Foundation telecommunications surveillance of the United States of America. MTF Alpha-3 also conducts regular scans of American news media, physical correspondence, and internet activity.\nOnce identified, infectees are to be apprehended by MTF Alpha-3 personnel within twelve hours; failure to do so constitutes a containment breach. Contingents of MTF Alpha-3 armed with non-lethal weaponry are to assault any predicted or discovered mass congregations of SCP-2078 infectees; failure to apprehend all SCP-2078 infectees constitutes a containment breach and warrants usage of lethal force.\nMTF Alpha-3 agents embedded in the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) and American state governments are to intercept all attempts to register SCP-2078-1 as a candidate for election. MTF Alpha-3 operatives are to conduct surveillance of all American polling places on Election Day. In the event of a containment breach, aerosolized deployment of amnestics as well as detention and interrogation of civilians is authorized.\nAll materials identified to be SCP-2078 infection vectors are to be subjected to standard CogHaz-4 containment and information sanitation protocols (full documentation on CogHaz-4 protocols are available to all members of MTF Alpha-3). All members of MTF Alpha-3 are to be trained in counter-memetic practices. Civilians or Foundation personnel infected with SCP-2078 are to be administered amnestics. If initial amnestic administration is unsuccessful in removing infection, researchers are permitted to administer Class-\u2588 amnestics to infected subjects and reclassify them as Class-D personnel.\nDescription: SCP-2078 is a meme transmitted by media or word-of-mouth communication referencing an individual named \"\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\", hereafter designated SCP-2078-1, an independent candidate who runs in every presidential election of the United States of America. There is no evidence that SCP-2078-1 exists in reality; the only information that is known regarding SCP-2078-1 comes from material produced by and interviews with SCP-2078 infectees. SCP-2078 only affects individuals who self-identify as citizens of the United States of America. Individuals must be exposed to infection vectors at a certain rate, ranging from three to twenty-five minutes per day, in order to become infected. Knowledge of SCP-2078's memetic nature and other counter-memetic practices are effective at combating infection.\nSCP-2078-1's political platform is unorthodox. Planks include legislation mandating a \"birth requirement\" of four or more children for all married couples, legislation defunding essential governmental programs such as defense or welfare in order to increase government subsidies of food-related industries, and a constitutional amendment prohibiting vegetarianism (Document-2078-\u2588\u2588 compiles all information regarding SCP-2078-1's political platform).\nSCP-2078 infection dramatically alters an individual's behavior. All infectees, regardless of prior political affiliation, ascribe to SCP-2078-1's political platform; most infectees actively seek to spread SCP-2078 through the creation of political advertisements, usage of social media, or simple word-of-mouth communication. Furthermore, most infectees exhibit dramatically increased appetite, as well as decreased aversion to unhygienic practices. Experimentation has confirmed that SCP-2078 infectees lack a satiety response, enabling them to consume far in excess of normal human capacities.\nSCP-2078 infectees have been observed to coordinate gatherings of up to approximately two hundred infected individuals. These gatherings have been recorded to last for up to a week. Infectees employed in food service professions often use their positions to deliver large quantities of food to the gathering place in order to facilitate near-constant food consumption. Due to inadequate waste disposal facilities and infectee disregard for cleanliness, sanitation suffers dramatically. Infection and disease, sometimes resulting in death, are common. Infectees typically burn the bodies of the deceased.\nSCP-2078 infection vectors are distributed throughout the internet and mass media by an unknown source. Furthermore, despite Foundation intervention, SCP-2078-1's name has occasionally appeared on the ballots of some voting districts.\nAddendum-2078A: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, MTF Alpha-3 operatives intercepted a video file containing SCP-2078 infection vectors intended to be distributed via the internet. Notably, the advertisement seemed to include the first recorded instance of direct communication from SCP-2078-1. A transcript is provided below.\n\nRetrieved Document Log 2078-23\nCamera pans over a sequence of still images of farmland and domesticated animals. Soft piano music plays in background. The sequence of images ends with a shot of an apple tree, with white picket fence in foreground and house in background. A man, wearing a suit with a blue tie, enters from the right into the shot. His face is digitally obscured, making it impossible to determine identity. He is using a toothpick, which he quickly discards. The man is presumed to be or represent SCP-2078-1.\nSCP-2078-1: I'm very lucky to be here today, and those of you who've given me support should all feel very proud of yourselves for working so hard to make this possible. I want to share with you some of my beliefs.\nSCP-2078-1 is shown giving a speech to an audience, which stands and applauds. SCP-2078-1's voice continues to narrate.\nSCP-2078-1: I believe in people power. I believe that together, Americans can accomplish amazing things. I decided to run for President because I had faith that America could make the right choice.\nChildren are shown feeding chickens.\nSCP-2078-1: I'm all about moving back towards America's roots. You see, other politicians don't like to acknowledge America's fundamentals. We need those fundamentals to turn ourselves away from the path of asceticism.\nSCP-2078-1 is shown helping to deliver a baby. SCP-2078-1's voice is partially obscured by the mother's vocalizations.\nSCP-2078-1: I firmly believe that America can make the right choice to reclaim our potential from the forces that have gripped this country for the past six thousand years.\nSame shot of chickens as before is displayed. Children have disappeared. One chicken has scraps of cloth stuck in its claws. SCP-2078-1 then re-enters screen.\nSCP-2078-1: I want you to imagine an America where you can always hear a beating heart to reassure you that we are alive and that blood yet flows through these soft, soapy limbs. The Declaration of Independence says that we are given an inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness, but America, we are miserable. To think, to feel, to act, to be free\u2014to be human\u2014is to be miserable. The alternative is obvious. Think about what it would be like to strip off your clothes and feel your innards grow thick and heavy while incense wafts upwards from your loins and coils itself in your nose. Think about what it means to want nothing and know nothing. Imagine a world where we are all stuffed tight in a cramped, dim, sour-smelling place. Throughout the entire packed mass you'd feel the warmth and sweat and skin and soft fat of every other American. You'd hear their cries echo from wall to wall. And the world would know the dark, pulsating heart of this country.\nScreen fades to black. The words \"[REDACTED] 20\u2588\u2588\" appear on the screen. Fine print at the bottom of the screen reads, \"I can smell the fat burning off your bones.\"\nSCP-2078-1: God, wouldn't it be beautiful?\n\n\u00ab SCP-2077 | SCP-2078 | SCP-2079 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2079\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Where feasible, Foundation personnel are to monitor the laws, code of conduct, canon law, charter, or employee agreements of all nations and organizations listed in Document 2079-1 for signs of SCP-2079 influence. No group may be monitored by one of its own members.\nMinor incidences of SCP-2079 may usually be addressed simply by alerting the relevant authorities to the presence of instances of SCP-2079-A. If this proves insufficient, additional efforts to strike SCP-2079 must be approved by the External Operations Board.\nIn cases where SCP-2079 has progressed to the point where SCP-2079-B begins to manifest, Mobile Task Force Pi-4 will analyze the legal aberrations caused by this occurrence of SCP-2079 to discover and effect a means of dispersing SCP-2079-B. If no vulnerability presents itself, it may be necessary to wait for the ratification of further instances of SCP-2079-A before acting.\nTo prevent a theoretical manifestation of SCP-2079 affecting the Foundation, an independent agency called the Select Committee for Prudence has been established to monitor the Foundation charter for legal anomalies.\nDescription: SCP-2079 refers to a phenomenon where an authority will begin to enact laws regarding a being referred to as the Grokodus.\nSCP-2079-A is the set of laws drawn on during incidences of SCP-2079. Though these laws are in a 10th century dialect of Old English and do not conform to modern legal standards, nothing unusual about this is observed by members of the affected organization. Persons involved in the passage of an SCP-2079-A instance show thorough understanding of that instance, but they demonstrate no additional comprehension of similar Old English writings.\nInstances of SCP-2079-A are enacted at an increasing rate, which varies greatly between manifestations. To date, 282 instances of SCP-2079-A have been observed, drawn apparently at random from a total pool that statistical inference suggests contains between 350 and 375 laws. For a sampling of these, please see Addendum 2079-14. If few instances of SCP-2079-A are currently in effect, the SCP-2079 event may be ended by notifying the affected organization of the existence of aberrations in their legal code.\nWhen approximately fifty laws from SCP-2079-A have been ratified, SCP-2079-B will begin to manifest, typically remaining within twenty kilometers of the seat of the affected organization. SCP-2079-B is a large quadrupedal creature covered in stiff black hairs. It has a long snout containing powerful jaws, and does not possess visible eyes. It is surrounded by 29 animate, levitating hands, which appear human and seem to have been severed at the wrist. These protect and manipulate objects for SCP-2079-B, and are believed to be under its direct control.\nSCP-2079-B can only be interacted with as specified by those instances of SCP-2079-A currently in force, indicating that it is the Grokodus. In other circumstances, SCP-2079-B is intangible and unaffected by all obstacles. When in accordance to SCP-2079-A, SCP-2079-B has demonstrated several other anomalous capabilities, including mass hypnosis, extreme strength, and production of large quantities of wine.\nCertain laws in SCP-2079-A specify punishments should the Grokodus fail to abide by them, the worst of which appears to be dispersal, which immediately ends the SCP-2079 manifestation. Though SCP-2079-B shows signs of sapience, it has never communicated, and all its actions seem to be to ensure it remains in accordance with SCP-2079-A. From when SCP-2079-B appears to when it is dispersed, authorities will become very resistant to repealing SCP-2079-A. It is unknown what would happen if SCP-2079-A were ratified in full.\nAddendum 2079-14: The following is a representative sample of the laws in SCP-2079-A, along with a brief analysis of their effects. The text of the laws has been translated from Old English.\n\nSCP-2079-A-1\nReference name \u2014 Humility\nText \u2014 As the Grokodus stands in defiance of the will of Heaven, it can not set foot on Holy Ground or speak the name of the Father. That it may know its degradation, the Grokodus will make alms to each of the righteous Poor that it should meet, for they are as greater than the Grokodus in the eyes of God as the Grokodus is to the righteous Poor in the eyes of Man.\nEffects \u2014 As SCP-2079-B does not talk and has never been sighted in a church regardless of whether 2079-Humility is in effect, it is unclear what effect the first portion of the law has. After SCP-2079-B manifested, it was observed to on several occasions give gold coins to beggars it encountered in Canberra.\nNotes \u2014 This is the first instance of SCP-2079-A to be recorded, having been passed by the Commonwealth Government of Australia in 1960, although the Foundation did not become aware of it until the first manifestation of SCP-2079-B in 1961.\nSCP-2079-A-53\nReference name \u2014 Sustenance\nText \u2014 For we are greater and more magnanimous than the Grokodus, we allow it the luxury of food which it has denied of so many. The Grokodus may consume its food in its own way, but that it does not strip the hills and glens of smiling Men, if it should devour more than ten of the Children of Adam between one midnight and the next, it shall be dispersed unto the Earth. The same shall it suffer if it dares to harm one of Ours.\nEffects \u2014 Whenever 2079-Sustenance is in effect, SCP-2079-B will use its hands to catch, flay, and remove the eyes of nearby humans. It then eats the collected skin and eyes. SCP-2079 will carefully observe the limit of ten victims each day, but otherwise shows no pattern in whom it attacks. The meaning of the last clause is unclear. Notably, corpses with similar injuries have been found whenever 2079-Sustenance is in effect, even if too few laws are in effect for SCP-2079-B to manifest.\nNotes \u2014 During the incidence of SCP-2079 affecting the bylaws of the Boy Scouts of America, 2079-Sustenance's dispersal method was successfully utilized.\nSCP-2079-A-65\nReference name \u2014 Iron\nText \u2014 In remembrance of how the Grokodus would adopt the airs of Man, though no such thing it was, the Grokodus shall dwell in a house of their most dismal Iron. All Iron that God witnesses pass within a scant foot of its filthy hide shall there remain as long as the Grokodus insists on clawing to Life and Earth. Should it seek to forget, let it find so little solace in the Vine as it finds fear at the recollection of Iron.\nEffects \u2014 Any iron or alloy containing large amounts of iron that comes within about half a meter of SCP-2079-B is strongly attracted to the surface of its body, apparently causing SCP-2079-B moderate distress. This effect does not apply to its hands, which have been observed pulling metal crushed into flat plates away from its body and throwing it outside the attraction zone.\nSCP-2079-A-148\nReference name \u2014 Penance\nText \u2014 That the Grokodus shall not seek more to escape our Edict into the view of Man, let its judgement be remembered by all whose Shadows cross its awful Shadow. Thus shall the Grokodus find chains where it would find form. That the Grokodus shall not try our Judgement in the world of Death, here we speak to those of Ours who would help it to test those bonds \u2014 when you fail, your Will and Act shall evermore serve to keep the Grokodus of the Earth.\nEffects \u2014 No consistently observed effect, though while 2079-Penance is in effect, SCP-2079-B will occasionally bite the hand off of individuals who try to attack it. Though SCP-2079-B will typically then spend some time observing and trying to interact with the severed hand, this appears to serve no purpose.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2078 | SCP-2079 | SCP-2080 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2080: Dads House\nI'll bet no one else ever referenced Outkast in an SCP.\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nItem #: SCP-2080\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2080 is contained in situ and has been boarded up and declared condemned as cover. Two personnel are to be posted at Observation Point 2080 for monitoring. Any civilians found on SCP-2080's property are to be detained and questioned, with amnestics administered if needed.\nInstances of SCP-2080-1 are not to be removed from SCP-2080. Should an activation event occur, all instances of SCP-2080-1 are to be allowed access to SCP-2080, and all instances of SCP-2080-2 are to be impounded at the conclusion of the event. Two instances of each are held in storage at Site-81 for experimentation. No further action is to be taken to free SCP-2080-1A.\nDescription: SCP-2080 is a two-story house in Inkster, Michigan. It is the focus of a phenomenon involving the reduplication of an individual, Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588. Herschel, Sr. (SCP-2080-1) and a blue 2001 PT Cruiser (SCP-2080-2). Experimentation has verified instances of SCP-2080-1 to be genetically identical, and instances of SCP-2080-2 to exhibit scratches and dents located in precisely the same positions. Instances of SCP-2080-1 cannot communicate, and only repeat thirty-four distinct phrases. (See Document 2080-02a for a full list.) Approximately 96% of the available space within SCP-2080 is filled with instances of SCP-2080-1, including the interiors of closets, cabinets and appliances. Imaging suggests \u2588\u2588% of SCP-2080-1 instances are animate.\nActivation events occur whenever one or more instances of SCP-2080-1 is removed from SCP-2080. Within ten minutes, an instance of SCP-2080-2 containing four instances of SCP-2080-1 will approach from the south, progress as far up the driveway as possible, and collide with other SCP-2080-2 if present. Instances of SCP-2080-1 will enter SCP-2080, compacting the mass of SCP-2080-1 further into the interior. The activation event will end when the previous number of instances of SCP-2080-1 is reached. This can result in a higher total number of instances, which will become the limit of future activation events. Since containment, there have been \u2588 activation events, increasing the total number of SCP-2080-1 instances by \u2588\u2588.\nSCP-2080-1A is thought to be the original instance of SCP-2080-1, and is the only instance capable of communication. It is located in the master bedroom of SCP-2080, pinned between other SCP-2080-1 with its head visible in the window. SCP-2080-1A has expressed pain during activation events. Rescue attempts have been unsuccessful, and due to enactment of current containment procedures, communication with SCP-2080-1A is no longer possible.\nLocal police alerted Foundation agents in the Detroit, Michigan area to the existence of SCP-2080 after a report from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Herschel-Jackson, Jr., who is believed to have witnessed the initial series of activation events. Transcript of intake interview follows.\n\nInterviewed: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Herschel-Jackson, Jr.\nInterviewer: Agent Arnstadt, Detroit field office\n<Begin Log, 13:45>\nArnstadt: Mr. Herschel-Jackson, I'm Agent Arnstadt. I'm here to ask you a few questions.\nJackson: Uh, yeah, all right.\nArnstadt: When was the last time you spoke with your father?\nJackson: This morning, before, you know.\nArnstadt: What happened? Did anything about him seem different?\nJackson: Well, I wasn't really paying attention to that, on account of we got in a fight.\nArnstadt: What did you fight about?\nJackson: I, uh, he didn't like, you know, who I was dating. Cause he's not a chick, you know? Dad said some nasty shit, and I did too. Like, that I didn't want to talk to him ever again. And then I like left, you know?\nArnstadt: What happened after you left? When did you first notice something was wrong?\nJackson: Sorry, okay, sorry, I'm good. I, uh, it was pretty much almost right away the shit got weird, like, I was just kind of stomping around, y'know, not going anywhere really, and then I seen this car coming up the road. Caught my eye cause it looked like dad's car. And then I realize, it is. Same license plate, you know? It goes by, I look in the window, right, and there he is, smiling and waving like what just happened didn't. And then another one came, and another one after that, and they just kept coming. And every single one, the cars, there's my dad, driving and waving out the passenger side and sitting in back all at once, and all smiling like I never said shit to him. They just kept coming.\nArnstadt: It says in the police report that you ran back to the house.\nJackson: Yeah, and all those cars kept following me, just more and more. I get to the driveway, there's like a ton of cars just in a pile. Tried the front door, nothing, it wouldn't budge. And then the back door\u2026\nArnstadt: All right, that's fine, that's enough. Thank you, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nJackson: Do you, do you think it's my fault?\nArnstadt: I don't, we're not sure why this is happening. I doubt it's your fault, really. Don't worry, you'll be taken to your family and we'll see what we can do to help your dad.\nJackson: Thank you, Ms. Agent. It's just, I really wish I could take it all back, you know? What I said.\nArnstadt: I'll see what we can do.\n<End Log, 14:04>\nClosing Statement: After a standard quarantine period, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Herschel-Jackson, Jr. was amnesticized and released to the custody of his grandparents with a cover story of a gas leak causing the death of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Herschel, Sr. Ashes were provided to the family for dispersion in accordance with \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Jackson, Sr.'s will. No further contact with the family of SCP-2080-1A is required.\n\nExcerpts from Document 2080-02a\n\nSee supplemental files for full transcript\n\nLook, I'm sorry, don't cry, there's another game next month, and we can go then, I promise.\n\nHey, all right, look at those grades! Didn't I say it'd be worth it?\n\nJust do this one thing for me, give me this one night out, and we can go wherever you want this weekend.\n\n[Singing] I'm sorry, Ms. Jackson, ooh! I'm for real, yeah! I never meant to make your daughter cry, I apologized a trillion times! [Laughter]\n\nI'm sorry. You're still my son, and I still love you, and that's all that matters.\n\nSee supplemental files for full transcript\n\n\u00ab SCP-2079 | SCP-2080 | SCP-2081 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2081\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2081 are to be kept in a standard Safe-class locker, with each instance held securely closed by two strong elastic bands to prevent accidental exposure. Duplication of SCP-2081's contents does not reproduce the anomalous effects, and as such any copies created are not subject to special containment procedures. Copies created for research or other purposes are not to be taken off-site.\nDescription: SCP-2081 are multiple identical copies of an 82-page hardback volume entitled 'Making Your Dreams Your Reality: Lucidity for Beginners', purporting to be an informal guide to lucid dreaming. The author is cited as Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a supposed expert in circadian neuroscience; however, investigations have thus far failed to trace anyone of this name and description and it is believed to be a pseudonym. SCP-2081's title is apparently derived from a quotation referenced in the book's introduction, headed 'Why Lucidity?': 'If [the dreamer] has these lucid dreams often, they can even have an effect on his confidence, mood and general well-being in the waking world \u2013 lucid dreaming is truly a way to make his dreams become his reality.' The origin of the quotation is not stated.\nThe contents of SCP-2081 range from simple instructions for achieving lucidity to a section titled 'Prophecies and Alternate Worlds', which discusses differing views of dreams across history and cultures. The tone is predominantly light-hearted, although this is inconsistent throughout the volume. A combination of British and American English terms and spellings are used throughout, apparently arbitrarily, with terms such as 'metastasise' and 'vaporize' appearing within the same paragraph. The possibility that SCP-2081 may have multiple authors has not been ruled out.\nSubjects who had been exposed to SCP-2081's contents were assessed by Foundation staff, and those deemed suitable for further study were transferred to isolated rooms in the site's psychiatric wing on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588. All describe experiencing vivid auditory and sometimes visual phenomena during sleeping periods, and have been shown via video footage and EEG tracings to be waking fully for anywhere from \u2588\u2588 seconds to \u2588\u2588 minutes each night. Despite the purported nature of SCP-2081, phenomena experienced by the subjects are therefore being classed as waking hallucinations rather than genuine lucid dreaming events. The relation (if any) between these phenomena and real world events is as yet indeterminate and is the subject of ongoing analysis.\nAll subjects report both total paralysis (with the exception of eye movement) and feelings of extreme terror for the duration of each incident. Once subjects' panic has subsided, usually \u2588 to \u2588\u2588 minutes after hallucinatory effects cease, they return to a normal sleeping state. On awakening subjects are able to recall auditory hallucinations with abnormal accuracy, quoting spoken passages for up to \u2588\u2588 minutes without hesitation. This recall shows no sign of fading over time.\nFurther investigation has revealed that all subjects believe themselves to be waking in near-total darkness, even when video monitoring clearly shows that the room is fully lit by sunlight or electric bulbs throughout the sleep period. Subjects' pupils have additionally been shown to be dilated in a manner consistent with adaptation to darkness, even under bright lighting. During incidents, researchers remained present in the observation chamber and attempted to communicate with subjects, but no response was made to visual, auditory or tactile stimuli. Once fully awakened, subjects were apparently unaware that researchers had been present at all during the incident. Testing of subjects' sensory perceptions during waking hours produced normal results.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 from the start of the observation period, sedatives were administered to all subjects to alleviate their growing distress in the hours before sleep and their resulting uncooperative behaviour; however, no known sedatives were found to prevent waking or hallucinations. Administration of amnestics was successful in removing subjects' knowledge of contact with SCP-2081, but had no effect on waking incidents.\nAt the present time it should be assumed that SCP-2081's effects are permanent, that subjects do not become accustomed to them over time, and that no countermeasures exist.\nRecovery Log: Between \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, instances of SCP-2081 appeared in libraries, bookshops, community centres and one church in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588. How and why items were distributed to these locations remains unclear. The Foundation was alerted to the existence of SCP-2081 following a sharp increase in the number of patients in the area presenting with sleep-related issues. \u2588\u2588\u2588 copies have thus far been secured by the Foundation; however, the total number of existing copies is currently unknown, and there is no record of the existence (current or past) of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the publishing house named in the items' edition pages.\n\nNote added \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588: Following an increase in subjects' paranoia and aggressive behaviour towards researchers, in-person interviews have been suspended until further notice. Written records are instead to be collected from subjects, including all events and approximate timings, and entered by researchers into the log.\n\n+ Entry added to log on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588:\n\n- Hide entry:\n\nSubject ID: \u2588\u2588\nVisual events: Small green light flashing at regular intervals throughout the incident, apparently emanating from an unidentified ceiling-mounted electronic device\nAuditory events (including approximate timings):\n00:00:00: (Electronic warning sirens begin sounding)\n00:00:15: (Sirens continue. Robotic but distinctly female voice begins repeating the words 'Light Colour: Green. Light Colour: Yellow. Light Colour: Red.')\n00:01:00: (All sounds cease abruptly)\n\nNote added \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588 one subject was taken for an emergency \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and was reported by the surgeon to have opened her eyes for approximately \u2588\u2588 seconds during the course of the operation. After this point the normal effect of the anaesthetic was immediately re-established. Upon normal awakening, the subject reported having experienced no pain and indeed having been unaware that the operation was taking place at all.\n\n+ Entry added to log on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588:\n\n- Hide entry:\n\nSubject ID: \u2588\u2588\nVisual events: None\nAuditory events (including approximate timings):\n00:00:00: (Subject wakes gradually, initially believing herself to be hearing a radio alarm)\n00:00:10: [\u2026] due to an accident involving multiple vehicles. That's it for the travel, here's Karen Scott with the weather. (Radio jingle plays)\n00:00:20: Thank you John. As you can see we're looking at clear blue skies this morning, in fact we're expecting one of the brightest mornings on record, with temperatures at unprecedented highs in the south-east. After the flash there's a strong chance of black rain across much of the coast this afternoon, with visibility severely impaired in places, but don't be alarmed as this effect will almost certainly be temporary. All citizens are instructed to remain indoors away from windows, and if possible away from external walls. More clouds will start to appear in the east later, with most of the region (Speech begins to crack, then breaks up into static)\n\n+ Excerpt from entry added to log on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588:\n\n- Hide entry:\n\n00:17:30: charred stumps that are no longer even bodies, that once held close and called lovers. Surface deformities all that remain to suggest an arm thrown up in defence, twisted limbs in flight. Two hundred milligrams, Naphthol Red. Alpha and Omega consumed by white light of Hell with the atomized body and blood. The faceless moon shines down on the eyes of the blind. There will come a number to end all numbers. Zero milligrams, black. Behind will be nothing but barren sky.\n\n+ Entry added to log on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588]:\n\n- Hide entry:\n\nSubject ID: \u2588\u2588\nVisual events: Undetermined (see note)\n(Note: On full awakening, audio was recognised by the subject as an excerpt from page 63 of SCP-2081, headed 'Warnings'. Subject reported being unsure as to whether he had experienced visual hallucinations, stating only that he had seen 'shapes that looked like people in the dark'.)\nAuditory events (including approximate timings):\n00:00:00: If at any time during a lucid dream you find yourself in a state of apparent paralysis, it is critical that you abide by the following instructions:\n00:00:10: Do not close your eyes, and try to blink as little as possible. Make no attempt to speak or to make any other sound.\n00:00:20: If someone is sleeping beside you, do not under any circumstances try to wake them, even if their identity is known to you.\n00:00:30: Do not look directly at uncovered glass, such as mirrors or windows, or into any electronic light sources.\n00:00:40: If possible avoid looking at all timekeeping devices, in particular digital clock faces.\n00:00:45: (Silence)\n00:00:55: If you hear sounds that appear to originate within the room, do not acknowledge them in any way. This includes whispering, movement, or sounds produced by electronic devices.\n00:01:10: If you sense the presence of an unknown entity within the room, do not attempt to locate it. Remain as still and quiet as possible, breathing slowly. If you see any humanoid figure in your vicinity, do not look directly at it: look away if possible, and under no circumstances allow it to make eye contact.\n00:01:30: If any visible humanoid entity moves towards or touches you, ensure that you do not look directly at its face. Remain calm and do not acknowledge its presence.\n00:01:40: (Silence)\n00:02:00: (Message repeats)\n\n\u00ab SCP-2080 | SCP-2081 | SCP-2082 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2083\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The warehouse containing SCP-2083 has been designated as a secure zone, with a Foundation research station permanently stationed outside of it. All access to SCP-2083 is restricted, and any personnel surviving exposure to SCP-2083 will be severely reprimanded. Once per month, a used sneaker is to be thrown into SCP-2083, and the results recorded by on-site personnel.\nDescription: SCP-2083 is a small warehouse located in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. It appears to have originally been used to store furniture, and the reason for the anomaly inhabiting it is currently unknown.\nApproximately 2,000 human legs emerge from various points on the walls of SCP-2083. They vary in their apparent age and appearance, but all are biologically male legs, barefoot, with significant amounts of hair. ~2% of legs within SCP-2083 appear to have ingrown toenails, but other than this there are no significant health details apparent on any SCP-2083 leg.\nThe legs within SCP-2083 are normally docile, unless a human subject wearing footwear comes into it. If this occurs, any legs near the subject will immediately attempt to draw them into SCP-2083, followed by every leg within range vigorously kicking the subject. It is possible to escape attacks by SCP-2083, as legs do not display any abnormal strength and have difficulty grasping subjects with their toes. If the subject expires, the legs will manipulate their footwear until it is being worn by one foot.\nFollowing this, the feet will appear to retreat into the walls of SCP-2083, although no corresponding leg will appear on the opposite side. The foot will orient sideways, and remain suspended there until the shoe is removed, at which point the leg will return to its former state. Other than this, SCP-2083 legs will display behaviors such as practicing kicks, kicking one another, and carefully rubbing their foot against the wall, in an apparent attempt to groom themselves.\nIn addition, several times per week, local franchise locations for local shoe businesses will receive job applications for \"models\" with an address listed as SCP-2083. Included in the application will be photographs of an SCP-2083 instance, with shoes on. If no instance of SCP-2083 is wearing shoes, the manager of the location will receive frequent text messages, including:\n\nSO SORRY SWEET SOLES SIXTEEN TIMES WE HAVE FAILED YOU PLEASE CALL BACK\n\nMISS U\n\nWE CAN BE BETTER WE ARE BEST MODELS PLEASE RETURN APPLICATION VERY HUNGRY FEED FAMILY LIVE BETTER\n\nJUST DO IT\n\nAddendum: On 9/18/20\u2588\u2588, an SMS text message was sent to Site Director DeLeon from a number known to be connected to SCP-2083. It contained a blurry picture of a warehouse similar to SCP-2083, only containing pairs of spherical, fleshy protrusions instead of legs.\nMessage transcript:\n\nTHESE MAY BE YOURS / OR MAYBE WE KICK THEM\n\n\u00ab SCP-2082 | SCP-2083 | SCP-2084 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\nThis is where Anabasis stuff starts.\nEat more of my SCPs. Eat them all.\nAlso please eat some of these\n\nAnabasis Hub Probably the greatest story involving a pair of redheaded siblings whose infighting causes the end of the world\nManna Charitable Foundation 2000 The sequel to the above, collaborationed with Dr Reach\nThe Stuff Industry What happens when everyone around you at work is a complete idiot and so are you, but not only does no one get fired, but you actually turn a profit? I don't know, some stuff.\nWhen MCF and Stuff happen A fun story of incompetence\n\n\n2/2084 LEVEL 2/2084\nCLASSIFIED\n\nItem #: SCP-2084\nObject Class: Safe\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2084 is to be entirely covered by a rubber tent and marked as containing hazardous biological material within. All personnel entering SCP-2084 must undergo decontamination procedures before exiting. Entry is off-limits to all personnel without level 3 approval and equipped with a Level C hazmat suit.\nDescription: SCP-2084 is a middle school located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, FL in the neighborhood of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. The interior contains a pathogen capable of inducing auditory and visual hallucinations lasting between 1 - 60 seconds. Testing has shown the pathogen has been neutralized by an unknown antibody present within the school, indicating that the hallucinations are contingent upon SCP-2084 itself. Content of these hallucinations have been consistent between individuals, and logs of hallucinogenic incidents are filed below.\nPrior to \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/199\u2588, the school building had been occupied, before sustaining significant damage in Hurricane \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. The school had been condemned and remained abandoned until \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/200\u2588. Demolition was slated for that date when SCP-2084 appeared on site the night before, leaving no trace of the pre-existing structure behind.\nSCP-2084 appeared recently abandoned, with electrical services still functioning upon reconnection. The layout is described as similar to that of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 Middle School, which had previously occupied the lot \u2588\u2588 years before its demolition and subsequent replacement with another school building. Apart from an anachronistic style of architecture1, the building itself is unremarkable.\nFiles relating to SCP-2084:\n\nNote: For the purpose of cross-referencing, none of the agents listened to or read transcripts of one another's logs until all four logs were on file. Audio logs from agents on-site were inconsistent with one another and the possibility of mind-altering effects was acknowledged, but the agents disagreed on what elements of their report reflected these effects.\n\nAgent Cortez's Report\n\nClose Log\n\nDate: 3/23/06 Time: 11:37\nStepped in and the first thing that hit me was the smell. Smells like a morgue. Everything mostly intact and clean. Certainly looks like [REDACTED] Middle, but missing some things, like elevators and fire alarms. Front desk has an old computer on it, has \"Slow, love\" typed on screen. Wait, strike that. Computer disappeared. Room's changed; there's books and papers strewn about on the floors. Calling in a potential cognitohazard.\nDate 3/23/06 Time: 14:02\nTested positive for a hallucinogen. Doctor said it wears off on its own, but could be neutralized on the spot. Decontaminated and I check out fine, ready to head back in. Not really like acid at all.\nFront desk how I left it, no computer, papers strewn about. Checking in on classrooms.\nRoom 108. Looks\u2014nope. Changed. Soon as you blink, things change. Keep that in mind for future exploration. Probably should have a video camera to see if it's just me or an actual illusion. Was about to say, it looks new and unused, then it changed; papers everywhere, desks overturned, lots of mold on the ceiling. Welcome to [REDACTED], Florida.\nRoom 110. There's kids in here. One of them saw me and he's coming out. Hey, what're you doing? [No other sound is heard] I'm a hall monitor\u2026 Go on, back to your test. He's gone. Classroom's gone now. Kid said they were about to start a test. Room looked normal when I peeked in, but now it's got medical equipment everywhere. Maybe testing for head lice.\nRooms are clear. Heading upstairs. One of the doors had a sign on it, but someone tore it in half. Looks like someone dropped a big bottle of something here, there's glass and dried liquid, sticky-looking. Smells rotten. Checking out the rooms now.\nRooms are all clear up here. Stairwell\u2026 Stairwell I came up on was collapsed. No idea how I got up here. Stairwell on other end of the hall is intact, though. Most likely from there.\nComputer on front desk again. Still says \"Slow, love\" on it. Not touching it, but was tempted to put in \"Sure thing, babe\".\nSigning out.\n\nAgent Piper's Report\n\nClose Log\n\nDate: 3/24/06 Time: 08:01\nNothing unusual, looks like an old school. I'm kind of on edge, just waiting for some kind of boogin' to burst out and yell \"Surprise, asshole!\" Never had hallucinations before. Checking out one of the books\u2026 looks like a math book. Problems are all done, writing's in English.\nHeading down the halls now. Looking in room 129. The ceiling collapsed in it. A bunch of desks and chairs came tumbling down. Doesn't look like the room was occupied, so there's that.\nRight across from me\u2014OH God! [Nervous laughter] I guess that's one of the things\u2026 Just saw someone in the doorway across from me, then they were gone in the blink of an eye. Checking out that room\u2026 odd. There's a bunch of cots here with IV stands next to them, like a medical room. I don't think IVs are typical in a middle school nurse's office.\nLooking down the hall, there's a bunch of lockers on the far wall. Hallway turns at a sharp angle to the next hallway. Dark and silent. I'm okay, though. [Groan and whimpering is heard, followed by a squeak in footsteps] Please don't let that be real\u2026 Oh God\u2026 there's a pile of bodies here. Children. Some adults. Stacked in a pile, some of them naked. It's not going away. Oh my God, it's not going away.\nLeft to catch my breath\u2026 oh please, for fuck's sake, it's still here. It's not going away. I can't\u2026 I can't\u2026 [Heavy breathing, followed by the sound of vomiting]. It won't\u2026 it's still there. It smells\u2026\n\nAgent Saisset's Report\n\nClose Log\n\nDate 4/2/06 Time: 06:54\nI am at the front desk. Nothing unusual so far, except there is a computer powered on. It says, \"Breathe in, strap on, enjoy yourself [REDACTED]\" Oh it knows my first name, how charming.\nAll the rooms here are empty, or filled with garbage. Hall turns sharply left to another, bigger hallway. Nothing here, but it's certainly bright. Is the electricity still working\u2014 Oh, it's a hallucination, I see! Children are coming down the hall towards me. One of them tripped and fell, ouch. Mm\u2026 he's not getting up. I don't think he tripped. Merde, he's gone. As soon as I took a step towards him. The light's gone as well.\nRoom 115. Looks to be a computer lab. There are children in here, all ignoring me. I cannot hear any of them but it looks as though many are talking. One of the computers near me has the words \"Feeling fine\" typed in large letters on it. Strange room for vaccinations to take place.\nOut in the hallway, it is light again. The same scene plays out; children running, the one falling. I see now he indeed did not trip but was struck from behind, maybe hit with a rock or a bullet. This hallway smells like a used restroom and there is mildew all over the walls.\n[Agent Saisset yelps and stammers something incoherent. No other sound is heard beyond her breathing.] Turned the corner and saw someone standing in front of me. He is dressed like a doctor, and telling me I'm not supposed to be here, it's a quarantine zone. I don't know if this thing will pick up his voice, I\u2014 [pause]. Yes? No, no, I am on my phone. A cell phone. You know\u2014argh. He is gone. This is tiresome.\nAt front desk. Still smells like a restroom. The computer is gone, but there is a stack of books on the chair behind the desk. Was that always here? They're all textbooks, nothing unusual.\nSigning out.\n\nAgent Reekers' Report\n\nClose Log\n\nDate 4/8/06 Time: 18:15\nHeading down the hall. Front area smelled like shit, even through the suit, but given all the mold and other crap all over the walls, that's nothing unusual.\nRoom 129. Ceiling's collapsed. Debris from second floor's cluttered everywhere. No signs of life in here.\nRoom 127. Same here. There's some kind of mold creeping out from under an overturned desk. At least I hope that's mold. Smells more like\u2026 no wait. Damn, I lost it.\nRoom 125. Something was burning in here. Burning recently, I'd say. It's still kind of smoky. Can't pop my suit to check it out, though.\nThought I heard someone behind me, but there was nothing there. Heading to the back.\nOhhhhhh shit. There's a big pile of dead bodies back here. Looks fresh\u2026 Oh fuck! It's gone. The whole place cleared out. My suit must've breached, I'm not supposed to be seeing this shit.\nDate 4/9/06 Time: 09:00\nWe'll try this again\u2026 new suit, higher level. Checking out the rooms again.\nRoom 128. Medical cots, IV stands beside each. Not seeing anything else in here.\nBack hall's empty. Heading upstairs.\nStairwell was collapsed, had to use the one across the hall. Big stain on the floor as soon as you step out. Looks like a big glass bottle of something thick and viscous was dropped here. Still moist.\nOh shit. There's a bunch of boys ahead, walking into a room. My suit's breached again, somehow, I'm seeing them again. Heading back down.\nSomeone's at the front desk, on a computer. Fuck, they saw me. They're coming up\u2026 They just disappeared. He said \"Sure thing, babe\", then disappeared. Computer stayed behind. Looking at the screen, it says\u2026 \"Are you alive?\" [Sound of typing] Just responded, \"No\". And\u2026 computer just disappeared. Well fine, be like that.\nHaving trouble opening the door\u2026 Door's jammed. Nice try, ghosties, but we have crowbars. Signing out.\n\nAddendum D-4: A report was filed by Agent Piper on behalf of an \"Agent Locke\", which all other agents reported as being familiar to them at the time. Foundation records do not indicate an \"Agent Locke\" matching the description given stationed on-site at any time. Contents of unknown agent's log are available to personnel with level 3 security access and above. Transcript is logged at end of file.\n\nLEVEL 3 ACCESS REQUIRED\n\n''Agent Locke's'' Log\n\nDate 4/9/06 Time: 00:01\n[Recording begins with background commotion, voices talking and shouting.]\nStatus report. Situation has deteriorated significantly, as expected. Subjects aren't responding to vaccines. Best case scenario, asphyxiation within 2-3 minutes. Worst case\u2026 I don't know how to convey the horror. They keep moving. Twitching, jerking, some even standing upright for a moment, before collapsing in a heap. We have to burn them; they don't stop until they're ash. If you saw their corpses, you saw mercy.\nSymptoms consistent with what we've been seeing in east Asia. Internal hemorrhaging, vomiting, diarrhea, lack of sweating leading to hyperthermia. A new symptom's showing in the newer cases; the itching. It's not enough to just scratch your ass and be done with it; it's persistent, and it burns. Some of the kids strip naked, unable to bear even the slightest touch, and start scratching until they bleed. Then they scratch some more.\nMedical logs\u2026 Dante couldn't imagine anything this hellish. First you see their names, starting with the refugees. Name, age, sex, symptoms, prescription, prognosis\u2026 the survivors are checked off in blue. You can go a dozen pages without ever seeing blue. The handwriting changes. Newcomer doesn't bother mincing words: \"Female, 31, death. Male, 13, death.\"\nI could almost respect the inhumanity of an enemy willing to target civilians with a bio-weapon like this. When we learned the insurgents fumbled this badly\u2026 it's not even pitiable. People like that\u2026 they're too low to be animals, too stupid to be monsters, and too far gone to learn better.\nNo. This isn't gonna work. Yesterday it was just booms and cracks of gunfire. Today you can differentiate between their shouts and ours. They'll overrun us by nightfall. Probably too late for these people, but we have to start evacuating now if we're going to salvage anything from this. If we're lucky, Anabasis will fire before the enemy overruns the place. If not, we'll have the advantage while they're trying to figure out what the fuck happened. Maybe they'll stir up enough of a shitstorm on the other side that we won't even have to deal with them.\nI hope this works. God save our race.\nSigning out.\n\nAddendum D-5: A fifth expedition into SCP-2084 was scheduled, but was delayed due to concerns regarding the hallucinogens within the building. Shortly thereafter, the fifth expedition was undertaken. No anomalous hallucinations took place, though an intact computer hard drive was recovered. Materials found on the drive are logged below.\n2084-1: E-mail correspondences\n2084-2: Undated IM correspondences\nDATA EXPUNGED\n\nFootnotes\n1. Design elements that have not been adapted to incorporate air conditioning units\n\n\u00ab SCP-2083 | SCP-2084 | SCP-2085 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2085\nObject Class: Multiple\n\nAnomalous Organization\nAnomalous Human (Modified)\nUncategorized Anomaly\n\nContainment Class: Active\nHazard Standard Containment Policies:\n\n6x one-person residential module (wireless signal jammers installed)\nAmenity restriction (electronics)\nDietary restriction: liquid diet (SCP-2085-B, see Document 2085-B-MED.)\nDietary restriction: vegetarian (SCP-2085-A-1 and SCP-2085-A-3)\nBi-weekly psychological review (Dr. Singh, Dr. Summers)\nOnce-monthly group phone call, supervised.\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: No attempts to isolate or remove SCP-2085-1 are authorized until SCP-2085-B's containment implants can be effectively replicated. In the case of SCP-2085-1 overcoming SCP-2085-B's containment implants, SCP-2085-B and SCP-2085-1 are to be terminated immediately.\nSCP-2085-A specimens are to be sedated and restrained before removal from containment chambers or in any situation requiring entry to the containment chamber.\nIn the event of successful removal and containment of SCP-2085-1, [DATA EXPUNGED]\nDescription:\nSCP-2085 is a militant anarchist organization consisting of six cybernetically-enchanced individuals (A-1 through A-5 and B) operating under the name Kuroi Usagi Shidan (\u201cBlack Rabbit Company\u201d).\nSCP-2085 has been linked, through what member testimony can be verified, to numerous criminal and terrorist incidents occurring between 20\u2588\u2588 and 20\u2588\u2588 throughout east Asia, southeastern Asia, Australia and Oceania, and western North America. SCP-2085's base of operations, if extant, is unknown, as are its connections to any other groups. The recovered assets of the group consist solely of equipment held upon recovery. The existence of other assets is presumed, but such caches have not been found.\nVerified operations include smuggling, theft, assault, vandalism, kidnapping, extortion, property damage, possession of fissile materials, corporate sabotage, embezzlement, identity theft, fraud, copyright infringement, piracy, possession of narcotics with intent to sell, possession transport and sale of anomalous items, and tax evasion.\nThe targets of these operations are primarily organized crime, hate groups or groups otherwise classified as Of Interest; strikes against governmental, military or police targets, while enthusiastically supported by the members of SCP-2085, appear to be much less opportunistic than their standard activities. SCP-2085's operations are typically organized to minimize the chance of civilian casualties and to maximize material and morale damage to their target.\nAll offers made by the Foundation regarding cooperative agreements have been unilaterally rejected by all members of SCP-2085. Three of six explicitly stated death was preferable to working alongside the Foundation.\nSCP-2085-A\nSCP-2085-A subjects are five adult female augmented humans, designated SCP-2085-A-1 through SCP-2085-A-5. Subjects are genetic chimeras, each with an estimated 6-10 different gene donors. Subjects are fluent in Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, Korean, Russian, and English, with additional languages varying by individual. All subjects display behaviors typical of autism spectrum disorder. Subjects display an array of genetic and cybernetic enhancements, including:\n\nCosmetic genetic splices of Felis catus physiology, including ears, tails, and hair coloration. Tails are prehensile and capable of holding small objects.\nGrip pads on hands and feet.\nRetractable fingertip blades.\nOcular implants with thermal vision, heads-up display, and recording functionality.\nCarbon-nanoweave muscle fiber augmentation and reinforced endoskeleton\nBrain-computer interface with internal hard drive\nWireless communication suite with local tactical network\nDrug glands providing pain dampening, heightened sensory awareness, and altered pheromones.\n\nThese implants are uniform in design and show minimal signs of modification after installation. Some cosmetic alterations have been made more recently. See Document SCP-2085-A-EXP for further information.\nSCP-2085-B\nSCP-2085-B is an adult male human bearing the following cybernetic and genetic enhancements:\n\nAdaptation of the gastrointestinal tract for a liquid diet. Esophageal input port and waste output port are integrated into the suit.\nModifications to regulate sweat, reduce abrasion damage from extended suit usage, and aid in skin regeneration.\nRemoval of genitalia.\nReplacement of 11 missing digits on hands and feet.\nInternal drug pump, typically used for painkillers.\nContainment implants for SCP-2085-1.\n\nSee Document 2085-B-EXP for extended information on all known enhancements.\nThese modifications were accrued over a period of several years (the oldest stated to be installed in 20\u2588\u2588 and the most recent dating to three weeks before containment) from multiple sources (none of which have yet been disclosed), and are of significantly lower quality than those used by SCP-2085-A. Many parts of the SCP-2085-1 containment implants have been replaced or modified.\nSCP-2085-B is in generally poor health, suffering from vitamin D deficiency (now lessened due to changes in diet), acute radiation syndrome (symptoms indicate at least three doses of ~2 Gy), and heavy scarring from severe and repeated skin ulceration. SCP-2085-B is fluent in English and limited Japanese and is generally cooperative with staff. SCP-2085-B wears an S1035 ACES1 at all times, generally accompanied by a bathrobe and red felt wizard's hat. SCP-2085-B has been permitted to retain possession of these items to encourage further cooperation.\nSCP-2085-1\nSCP-2085-1 is a fibrous mass of self-replicating carbon nanomaterials within SCP-2085-B's chest cavity, with growths protruding into the liver, pancreas, gallbladder, spinal cord, and left lung. The growth of the SCP-2085-1 and its consumption of SCP-2085-B's body tissues has been impeded through the addition of various containment implants used to sever communication between growth sections and control nodes and counter the replication process.\nSCP-2085-1's rate of replication without the influence of these containment implants is unknown: SCP-2085-1's periods of activity occur, on average, once every three months. The process lasts for up to fifteen minutes and causes SCP-2085-B intense pain. SCP-2085-B has claimed to communicate with SCP-2085-1 during these activity periods, though this claim has not been verified.\nRecovery Report\nThe Foundation initially became aware of SCP-2085 on 08/13/20\u2588\u2588, after the execution killings of four members of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in [REDACTED] Texas2. Among those killed was Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, who served as a federal liaison for the Special Personnel Procurement Program. State and federal law-enforcement were deployed, making initial contact with SCP-2085 at 16:47 the following day. Recovery agents were deployed after confirmation of anomaly. Containment confirmed at 0344 on 08/17/20\u2588\u2588 in [REDACTED], Wyoming and transported to Site-\u2588\u2588\u2588 for processing.\nAt the time of capture, total casualties caused by SCP-2085 numbered [REDACTED].\nTimeline of Motions Filed Regarding SCP-2085\n\n08/18/20\u2588\u2588: Internal Security Department files a motion with the Board of Project Review requesting immediate termination of the subjects on the grounds of enemy combatant status and that they not qualify for the protections of a contained anomaly, citing precedent in similar combat interactions with members of GOI-\u2588\u2588\u2588, GOI-\u2588\u2588\u2588, and GOI-\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n08/25/20\u2588\u2588: Motion struck down: incomplete threat assessment of anomaly\n08/25/20\u2588\u2588: Internal Security Department files motion with Directors' Committee requesting transfer of subjects to ISD custody from Residential Research Department, citing SCP-2085 as active security threat and anti-Foundation ideological hazard.\n09/04/20\u2588\u2588: Director's Committee fails to reach 2/3 majority. Case dismissed.\n09/04/20\u2588\u2588: Internal Security Department appeals Committee ruling.\n09/12/20\u2588\u2588: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and research team present preliminary observations to Directors' Committee.\n09/15/20\u2588\u2588: Director's Committee fails to reach 2/3 majority. Case transferred to Overseer Council.\n09/22/20\u2588\u2588: Overseer Council votes 7-6 in favor of Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Authority over SCP-2085 to remain with Residential Research Department.\n09/23/20\u2588\u2588: Internal Security Department appeals Overseer Council ruling (pending)\n\nInterview Logs\n\nSCP-2085-A-1\nSCP-2085-A-2\nSCP-2085-A-3\nSCP-2085-A-4\nSCP-2085-A-5\nSCP-2085-B\n\nDOB:\nUnknown\n\nPOB:\nUnknown\n\nDOC:\n08/17/20\u2588\u2588\n\nHeight:\n200 cm\n\nWeight:\n83 kg\n\nHair:\nCalico\n\nEyes:\nGreen\n\nOther Notes:\nSleeve tattoo on right arm, prominent facial scar.\n\nEntry Interview\n\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: <Good morning. My name is \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, I'll be running your interview today. Please state your name for the record.>\n[Subject sits down at interview table.]\nSCP-2085-A-1: I speak English.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Ah. Of course. Please state your name.\nSCP-2085-A-1: Major Motoko Kusanagi3, representing the Black Rabbit Company.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: And you are the commander of this organization, correct?\nSCP-2085-A-1: Until someone else is elected to the position, yes.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Noted. Now, If you would give me an overview of your organization, please \u2013 goals, history of activity, and so on.\nSCP-2085-A-1: [Pause. Subject looks confused for a moment before laughing]\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What's funny?\nSCP-2085-A-1: We killed at least a dozen of your people and led you on a four-state car chase, and you're tossing me softball questions over coffee and donuts. You're not the US government.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Wait, hold on \u2013 did you receive an orientation packet? It would have been a dark grey folder with a logo and \u201cNew Resident Orientation\u201d printed on the front.\nSCP-2085-A-1: I have not. You've given me three sets of clothing and a toiletry kit.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I'm terribly sorry, that should have been included with your things.4 I represent a non-governmental research organization that deals with unusual circumstances such as yourself. I'll make sure you get a packet as soon as we're done here, just rest assured that you and your associates are safe.\nSCP-2085-A-1: In the loving bosom of the men in black.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: It's not as bad as you think, I promise.\nSCP-2085-A-1: A prison is no less a prison for the softness of its bedsheets.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Mm. We're getting off topic, I think. You were about to tell me about the aim of your organization?\nSCP-2085-A-1: Escape. Until then, direct action towards the destruction of fascism and the dismantling of the capitalist and colonial structures that support it. Everything else is commentary.\n[Pause]\nYou could let us go, you know.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I'm afraid that's not an option right now.\nSCP-2085-A-1: There's a door right there, all you need to do is unlock it. We'll see ourselves out.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I'm sorry, but-\nSCP-2085-A-1: But they'll shoot you for it, won't they?\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: [Silence]\nSCP-2085-A-1: I thought so.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Is there anything else you'd like to say?\nSCP-2085-A-1: [Pause]\nThis isn't our home; we were just born here. The open road still softly calls \u2018Second star to the right, straight on till morning'.\n<End log>\n\nDOB:\nUnknown\n\nPOB:\nUnknown\n\nDOC:\n08/17/20\u2588\u2588\n\nHeight:\n209 cm\n\nWeight:\n124 kg\n\nHair:\nBlack/white bicolor\n\nEyes:\nGreen\n\nOther Notes:\nGenerally positive in interactions with Foundation personnel and willing to answer questions. Accuracy of statements is questionable, it is unknown if this is deliberate misinformation. Has removed sleeves from all provided uniforms.\n\nEntry Interview\n\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Good morning. My name is \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, I'll be running your entry interview. Let's start with your name.\nSCP-2085-A-2: Milly Thompson. Wait! Shit! Used that one last time. Noi! Call me Noi.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Ah. Well, thank you miss, uh, Noi. Now, before we get started with the official questions, my associates wanted me to ask why you call yourselves the Black Rabbit Company. They were expecting black cat.\nSCP-2085-A-2: Well there's a rabbit on the moon, not a cat.5 And there was already a Black Cat Company out there when we were coming up with the name. Some French art burglars or something.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I see.\nSCP-2085-A-2: You're not the first person to ask, don't worry. I wanted to call it the Cheesecake Gunshow Brigade and that got shot down.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Shame, I like that one. On to the real questions: What's your position within the Black Rabbit Company?\nSCP-2085-A-2: [Flexes arm, smiles] I use my absolute god damn enormity to beat the shit out of fascists.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Thoroughly effective, no doubt. Can you tell me anything about the Black Rabbit Company's activities prior to your stay here?\nSCP-2085-A-2: Well you already know about the car chase\u2026Have you talked to the Major yet?\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: We have. She didn't give us much in the way of specifics.\nSCP-2085-A-2: Hm, okay, so\u2026we do a little bit of everything, I guess. Assassinations, heists, security, deliveries, birthday parties\u2026\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Birthday parties?\nSCP-2085-A-2: It was great! Minnie-Mae went as the magician and she somehow managed to get Asuka and Rei6 into clown suits as her assistants, I have no idea how she pulled that off. Anyway, they had just cut the cake when the skinheads showed up and the gunfight started\u2026\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: This was a child's birthday party, correct? Am I understanding this correctly?\nSCP-2085-A-2: Yeah! The kids fucking loved it.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: [Long pause] I don't know how to respond to that.\nSCP-2085-A-2: [Laughs] You'll get used to it. I can keep going if you'd like \u2013 got nothing but time to kill.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Sure.\nSCP-2085-A-2: Okay so, there was the time we were up in Kamchatka and breaking into this old Soviet bunker, right? Place hadn't been opened up in over thirty years and was overrun by psychics and they're just sitting on some A-grade enriched plutonium. Wizard managed to talk them into a deal and get us on the inside. The black lotus dust we were selling them was all fake, of course, but they figured it out before we could get out and so everyone starts blasting\u2026\n[SCP-2085-A-2 continues in this manner for three hours and fifty-three minutes. Events described were, in order: Raid on a sealed Soviet-era bunker with presumed GRU-P connections, breakup of a sex trafficking ring in Shanghai, a spate of antipolice harassment incidents under the guise of a San Francisco pizza delivery service, a raid on a white supremacist militia in Oregon, the bombing of multiple crypto-currency farms, ransomware attacks against Silicon valley tech startups, and the declaration of SCP-2085-A-4 as Queen of Thailand.]\n<End log>\n\nDOB:\nUnknown\n\nPOB:\nUnknown\n\nDOC:\n08/17/20\u2588\u2588\n\nHeight:\n185 cm\n\nWeight:\n79 kg\n\nHair:\nBrown mackerel tabby\n\nEyes:\nYellow\n\nOther Notes:\nCurrently shows signs of depression due to extended isolation. Potentially willing to divulge sensitive information out of concern for fellow group members.\n\nEntry interview\n\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Good afternoon. My name is \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, I'll be doing your entry interview. Please state your name for the record.\nSCP-2085-A-3: Aisha Clan-Clan.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: And your position within the Company?\nSCP-2085-A-3: Field medic, translator, support crew.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588:What can you tell me about your friend Wizard's condition?\nSCP-2085-A-3: Oh, that\u2026Wizard always says he doesn't want to make us worry about him. But we know what to do in case he has an episode.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: And what do you do when that happens?\nSCP-2085-A-3: We get him his toolkit, and if we need to do anything else he tells us then. Most of the time he can do it himself, but sometimes he needs more help than we can do in the field. When that happens, we have to contact some extra help.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Can you tell me anything about these people?\nSCP-2085-A-3: Uh, no. Not really. They keep to themselves.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: All right. If you could tell me anything else about his condition, please.\nSCP-2085-A-3: Wizard says Red talks to him, whispers all this horrible stuff to him when it's growing. That it's just going to eat away with him until there's nothing left, and that that's what going to happen to everyone eventually\u2026 it makes sense, for a cancer. I haven't heard it.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Can you tell me anything about Wizard's history? What he did before joining the Company?\nSCP-2085-A-3: Not really. He mentioned a while ago that he had a family, but he never brought it up again. They probably think he's dead or that he ran off or something. He doesn't really have anything left from back then, so we're his family now. A man doesn't toss his old life away if there was something worth keeping hold of.\n<End log>\n\nWritten statement by SCP-2085-A-3, \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588:\n\nKill us already.\nIf you want our eyes and bones and the computers in our brains? Take it all, I don't care. It doesn't matter. But get it over with already. Kill us or let us go, and I don't care if we're thrown out blind and crippled because at least then we're free of you.\nYou give us three meals a day and a bed and a few books, and you pretend like it justifies locking us in here like animals in cages or dolls on a shelf. You learned how to be polite, how to dress up in labcoats and say please and thank you and pretend like you have souls.\nWho do you think you're fooling? We know who you are, you and your kin. You're all the fucking same, no matter if you say its for state or god or self-interest. You just like hurting people. You'll build an empire on corpses and call it a garden.\nAfter all we've done, all we've been able to survive, we're right back in the place we escaped. Just pretty women in boxes.\nWe were going to get to space. We were going to build the ship, and we'd go all the way up past the sky and look down at the world, and we would have won. We would have fucking won. We would be alive. And we could show everyone that it's okay, that they can be free too, that they can be alive. We'd help them. And now\u2026 nothing.\nYou've won, okay? You've fucking won.\nI just want to see my sisters again.\n\nIncident 2085-A-3-2: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588 - SCP-2085-A-3 reports self-harm and suicidal ideation to Dr. Singh during psychological review. Crisis plan implemented. SCP-2085-A-3 enrolled in art therapy course at recommendation of Dr. Singh.\nIncident 2085-A-3-3: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588 - SCP-2085-A-3 makes emergency phone call to SCP-2085-A-2 (as per crisis plan), lasting one hour and nine minutes. Follow-up phone calls have continued according to crisis plan schedule.\n\nDOB:\nUnknown\n\nPOB:\nUnknown\n\nDOC:\n08/17/20\u2588\u2588\n\nHeight:\n203 cm\n\nWeight:\n76 kg\n\nHair:\nRed longhair\n\nEyes:\nOrange\n\nOther Notes:\nExtremely hostile. Has refused to cooperate in any way. Confirmed by other members as cyberwarfare specialist\n\nEntry Interview\n\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please state your name for the record.\nSCP-2085-A-4: [Raises middle finger of right hand] Get on your knees and suck it.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I understand your frustration, but cooperation will benefit you in the long run. Please state your name.\nSCP-2085-A-4: [Raises middle finger of other hand] I said, get my goddamn dick in your goddamn mouth and suck it, you inbred bootlicker.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: If you require some extra time to calm yourself then -\nSCP-2085-A-4: [Interrupting] Let me use smaller words. You [Points at Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588] go [Mimes walking two fingers across the opposite palm] fuck [Makes \u2018arm of honor' gesture] your mother [Makes wide circular gesture] in the ass. [Stands up, turns, points to rear]\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I will give you one more chance. Your cooperation will determine the privileges you'll receive in the future. State your name.\n[Short pause. SCP-2085-A-4 seems to contemplate the offer]\nSCP-2085-A-4: Dio Brando.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I suppose that will do. Now, Ms. Dio-\n[SCP-2085-A-4 punches observation divider, creating a large crack in the pane. Subject smiles.]\n[SCP-2085-A-4 draws back fist, flexes fingers. Punches divider again, causing more cracks. Subject laughs.]\n[Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 activates lockdown procedures. Protective shutter is lowered, aerosol sedatives are pumped into containment unit. SCP-2085-A-4 continues punching barrier, as Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 exits interview room.\nSCP-2085-A-4: [Muffled screaming]\nSCP-2085-A-4: CUNT!\n\nIncident 2085-A-4-11: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588 - SCP-2085-A-4 claimed willingness to provide video logs of the group's former operations in exchange for the lifting of sanctions placed upon the subject. The offer was accepted: however, due to SCP-2085-A-4's behavioral history, the provided file was accessed in an isolated network by D-class personnel in the case of viral, memetic, or cognitohazardous agents.\nThe provided video file, titled backup.avi, consisted of a two-hour long video of a feces-filled toilet, presumably recorded from SCP-2085-A-4's point of view, accompanied by an audio loop of the folk song \u201cKorobeiniki\u201d, as performed by the Red Army Choir. The contained audio-visual cognitohazard induced anaphylaxis and exudative diarrhea in the observing D-Class subject. D-Class subject died four minutes after initial access of the file from blood loss and oxygen deprivation. File was disposed of without incident.\nSanctions placed upon SCP-2085-A-4 have remained in place.\n\nDOB:\nUnknown\n\nPOB:\nUnknown\n\nDOC:\n08/17/20\u2588\u2588\n\nHeight:\n194 cm\n\nWeight:\n80 kg\n\nHair:\nSilver-blue\n\nEyes:\nBlue\n\nOther Notes:\nWhile not hostile, subject has refused to cooperate or provide information. Nose is deformed from numerous breaks.\n\nEntry Interview\n\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please state your name for the record.\nSCP-2085-A-5: Molly Millions.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: All right. What's your role within the Company?\nSCP-2085-A-5: I put holes in heads using very fast bits of lead from a great distance.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Can you tell me about the Company's prior activities?\nSCP-2085-A-5: No.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Can you tell me about Wizard?\nSCP-2085-A-5: No.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Can you tell me about Red?\nSCP-2085-A-5: No.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Are you willing to answer any questions at all?\nSCP-2085-A-5: No.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Dare I ask why you agreed to an interview?\nSCP-2085-A-5: I'm bored. Wasting your time is fun.\n[Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 ends interview without further comment.]\n\nIncident 2085-A-5-1: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588 \u2013 The following note was given to staff by SCP-2085-A-5. It is the first communication between SCP-2085-A-5 and staff since the entry interview. The note was as follows:\n\nI take a hammer and I break my legs, I break \u2018em for the better.\n\nIncident 2085-A-5-2: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588 - Upon receiving breakfast, SCP-2085-A-5 sat down and proceeded to sing \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d before eating. Of note is the use of \u201cus\u201d for the recipient.\nIncident 2085-A-5-3: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588 \u2013 At 0433, SCP-2085-A-5 stared directly into Camera 4, without blinking, for three minutes ten seconds before saying \u201cI thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes. Or should I?\u201d\nIncident 2085-A-5-4: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588 \u2013 At 2030, SCP-2085-A-5 began playing music through implanted speakers, loud enough to be heard outside the containment chamber. This continued for the next eighteen hours. SCP-2085-A-5 slept through the entire incident.\n\nDOB:\nUnknown\n\nPOB:\nUnknown\n\nDOC:\n08/17/20\u2588\u2588\n\nHeight:\n169 cm\n\nWeight:\n68kg\n\nHair:\nNone\n\nEyes:\nBrown\n\nOther Notes:\nCooperative with staff. Nationality cannot be confirmed. Age cannot be confirmed.\n\n<Log begins>\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Excuse me, my name is Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Could I ask you a few questions?\nSCP-2085-B: Mm? Oh. Yeah. Sure. Hold on a tic.\n[SCP-2085-B puts on bathrobe and wizard hat, moves chair to interview window, and sits down]\nSCP-2085-B: There we go. Ask away.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: All right. First, we were wondering if you'd be able to tell us about your history: your name, where you're from, basic information like that.\nSCP-2085-B: Uh\u2026 I'm a space wizard, I come from space.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: That's not particularly helpful, sir.\nSCP-2085-B: [shrugs] Call me Major Tom, if you'd like. It really isn't important. I'm just a guy with a hat. If Joe Everyman and John Doe were a gay couple, I would be the nameless neighbor.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I see. With that out of the way, we were wondering if you could tell us about your associates. How you met, how the Company formed, and so on.\nSCP-2085-B: Interesting story there. I was running around trying to fix this shit, [taps chest] scraping by with implants from some pretty shady characters. One of them turned out to do custom jobs for corporate execs who wanted some muscle or rich perverts who wanted sex toys. I was at the clinic to get some new parts, and when I'm going through the installation process BOOM! Big explosion and those five come barging out guns blazing. I start booking it with my chest half open, because what else do you do? And then there's a lot of scrambling around trying not to get shot by the guy's business partners, and I sorta just end up trailing along as they flee the scene. Then we steal a boat and high-tail it out of Japan.\nAnd then everything falls together. The Company, me. We're out there on the ocean, stargazing and stuffing ourselves with instant ramen and cheap beer and for the first time in ages any of us are somewhere we want to be.\n[Pause]\nYou better be treating them well.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: We're doing everything we can.\nSCP-2085-B: Good.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Could you explain to us the entity currently living inside you?\nSCP-2085-B: Ah. Red. There's a lot to unpack.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: We have time.\nSCP-2085-B: Red is\u2026I don't know. A von-neumann probe? Some kind of god-thing cast down out of the heavens? I don't know. It was inside a meteor and I was the first person on the scene. It was, or will be, immensely powerful. Kardashev scale powerful. I'm afraid that this is mostly speculation. I'm working off what I get when its dreams drift into mine, or when it gets active enough to try and talk directly.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You can communicate with it?\nSCP-2085-B: No. It's one way, for now, at least. I don't think it can hear me. It just rants, mashes everything together.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: And what does it say to you?\nSCP-2085-B: Not so much words as just the\u2026feeling of it all. A lot of it I can't understand, but\u2026 all right:\nIt's a cancer. It grows, and grows, it eats and grows and gets more complex until whatever it's living in starts breaking down \u2013 but it will outlive its host. It'll keep going; more food, more complex food. It dreams of a universe that's been forced into a final orderly shape where it can devour all it is possible to consume and so glutted on the universe floats down a perfect river of entropy until there is nothing left, forever. It can do nothing but leech and wait for the end.\nBut it's locked in a race against that same river for who gets to eat more of the pie, and it's being stonewalled.\nIt hates us. Humanity. We're uneaten food going to waste and we are so close and it can't get to us. Our existence is an affront, a mar on its perfect universe.\nIt hates me most of all, I think. I keep on going, and every second I stay alive and Red stays suppressed, that's energy down the drain that it can't ever get back. I think it might be afraid that it might lose. I don't think it's ever met resistance before.\nIt tries to bargain with me, I think. It's not good at it \u2013 it just alternates between threatening more pain or offering some sort of perpetuation of consciousness. I don't think it cares which I choose, just that I break.\nI read a story once, where there was a little red egg that can give you exactly what you want the most. And the cost is what you love best. That's Red. Waiting, right in here [taps chest] for me to take that deal.\nIt's called my bluff, and I intend to prove it wrong.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Mmmm. One last question: why the costume?\nSCP-2085-B: This? Just a symbol. A super-hero thing. Easier to believe in than a person, most of the time. Symbols are simple, people are messy. People can let you down. The world makes it difficult for people to believe in people, so we make do with symbols.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: And what do you want people to believe in?\nSCP-2085-B: What people could be. What they can do. That it doesn't have to end like this. That we can make something better. Be something better. That we can keep going after we get the shit kicked out of us.\nThat's easy to say. You take a look outside and we're all insane; just a bunch of evil, angry apes murdering each other on a little ball of dirt spinning pointlessly through nothing, doomed to a brief hiccup of existence before we extinguish ourselves. And in our brief glimmer of awareness, with all the beauty of the cosmos arrayed before us, we chose to build a meatgrinder out of our broken dreams and locked ourselves inside, content to sit in our box and sit there staring at the walls, floating down the river of entropy until we die.\n\nThat's what we're fighting against.\n[Lengthy pause]\nI've had six months to live for over five years now, and I don't want to meet curtain call with nothing to show for it. Every day I wake up is borrowed time that I can't pay back, and eventually it's going to just cut to black and if it's not today then it might as well be tomorrow.\nThey're setting the world on fire, out there. Gunning down kids in the street, stuffing folks with nowhere to go behind fences like they're cattle. Figuring out new ways to own the ideas in your head while the topsoil blows away and the groundwater dries up. I can't save the world on my own but I have to do something.\n[Pause]\nI'm fucking terrified, you know? Scared of dying, scared of living to see the future. But\u2026it's easier with them around.\n[Pause]\nI want to watch the sun rise from orbit. Me and the girls, watching the sun come up. Then I can die. I can die a free man and maybe folks will say I was a good man, and the girls will launch my body into the sun. Send me back to stardust.\n[Pause]\nYeah. That'll be a good way to go.\n[Pause]\nIn that moment, I will be lifted away from this wretched place and be free at last, and my soul will rejoice with all the brightness of the heavens.\nSecond star to the right. Straight on till morning. You know how it goes.\n<End log>\n\nFootnotes\n1. Advanced Crew Escape Suit\n2. All four individuals were shot in the head before being hung from the sign of an abandoned gas station along Route \u2588\u2588\u2588. A sign was affixed to each around the neck proclaiming \u201cFASCIST SLAVER RAPIST\u201d.\n3. All names provided by SCP-2085-A subjects have been aliases drawn from fiction. Each member has a consistent pool of ~15 names.\n4. No members of SCP-2085 were presented with orientation packets at intake due to clerical error. This was rectified prior to the subsequent entry interviews.\n5. Association of the dark patches on the Moon with the shape of a rabbit is a common motif in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean folklore.\n6. Later interviews confirm these nicknames refer to A-3, A-4, and A-5.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2084 | SCP-2085 | SCP-2086 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2086\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: News reports in all major towns and cities are to be monitored for missing persons that had recently or regularly used public transport. Agents are to be dispatched to high-threat regions on a semi-regular basis.\nAll recently discovered SCP-2086 colonies are to be condemned and demolished with chemical explosives. Standard media suppression tactics are to be applied during this entire procedure.\nAs of this writing, five specimens of SCP-2086 are in Foundation custody. All specimens are stored in what had previously been an aircraft hanger. Because of their short lifespans and high reproduction rates, the number of SCP-2086 instances in Foundation custody shifts regularly.\nTerminated specimens formerly in Foundation custody are to be moved to a specialized cold storage container at Site-\u2588\u2588 for study.\nDescription: SCP-2086 is a species of arthropod that resembles various makes, models, and brandings of public transport vehicles, typically buses. Mature SCP-2086 instances weigh approximately 17000kg, although this number can vary greatly. Juveniles typically weigh less than 200kg.\nA newborn specimen of SCP-2086 can be expected to grow to full size within one week. On average, SCP-2086 specimens live twelve to fifteen days, with females producing up to twenty offspring after reaching reproduction age at approximately eight days.\nMature instances of SCP-2086 do not feed, instead living off of nutrients consumed as juveniles. However, only mature instances of SCP-2086 display foraging behaviors.\nWhen foraging, SCP-2086 are almost indistinguishable from standard automobiles, although closer examinations reveal the steel, wood, plastic, and glass to be a specialized form of chitin. Vital organs such as the heart, brain, and stomach are stored beneath the flooring of SCP-2086's inner chamber.\nA human corpse, preserved in a shellac-like substance, typically serves as the decoy driver of wild SCP-2086 instances. Fibrous appendages protrude into the corpse. SCP-2086 instances use these fibers to manipulate the corpse, providing a more life-like appearance.\nSCP-2086 instances can unravel their \u2018roofs' into wings that are capable of lifting the entire organism in flight, which is their standard method of locomotion when not foraging. In addition, the \u2018wheels' can unravel into long, grey or black legs while the headlights appear to serve as bioluminescent optical organs.\nThe appendages of SCP-2086 instances are abnormally apt at fine manipulation when compared to other species of arthropod. Specimens have been observed building crude shelters with the materials located at their nesting grounds.\nSCP-2086 typically nest in abandoned junk and scrap yards. Juvenile instances in the wild have been observed removing bus stop signposts and relocating them, typically in a route that leads back to the local colony. Accidental civilian observation of SCP-2086 instances engaging in this activity is minimized due to the significantly smaller size of juvenile specimens.\nThe mature instances of SCP-2086 will drive along the route laid by the juveniles, picking up human passengers. Once a significant number of humans board an instance of SCP-2086, the organism will release a substance similar to chloroform to incapacitate its prey.\nUpon returning to the colony, juvenile SCP-2086 instances will enter the mature instance's internal chamber. Each passenger is then forcefully removed from the mature instance by a juvenile.\nThe juvenile SCP-2086 instance will proceed to force the human through a sphincter located under their hood, linking to where the steering wheel and driver's seat is typically located in mature specimens. Once consumed, hair-like appendages attached to the driver's seat will pierce the trapped human's body. These appendages serve as feeding tubes, draining blood from the prey.\nOnce the prey has been drained of blood, the feeding tubes will begin to secrete a saline solution into the corpse. The internal compartment will then begin to fill with a shellac-like substance, preserving the corpse.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2085 | SCP-2086 | SCP-2087 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2087\nObject Class: Euclid\nContainment Procedures: Pursuant to Causal Boundary Agreement 04234a, the Foundation shall not engage in initial attempts to contain instances of SCP-2087-01. Instead, designated Foundation monitors shall radioactively tag instances of SCP-2087-01 and monitor, pending the instance's self-containment at a Foundation-designated facility. Upon self-containment, the Foundation is to arrange living quarters which correspond, insofar as it is practicable, to the transboundary containment areas.\nIn the event that an instance of SCP-2087-01 fails to self-contain within 48 hours of radioactive dye administration, Foundation personnel shall contact the Intercausal Liason Office, institute a 70m cordon around all areas habitually visited by SCP-2087-01, and institute broad-spectrum amnestic therapy at all incident sites as necessary. No attempt is to be made to contain until confirmation of noncontainment is received from the Foundation Intercausal Liason office. WARNING: By order of O5-03, intercausal liason activities related to SCP-2087 are presently suspended. For more information and associated documents, consult SCP-2087-CN-34a.\nIn addition, the Foundation shall attempt to contain all radioactively tagged individuals determined by cross-boundary containment partners to be instances of SCP-2087-02. Individuals determined to be instances of SCP-2087-02 shall be contained notwithstanding the presence or absence of overt anomalous features; radiotagging shall be considered sufficient evidence of anomalous events.\nDescription: SCP-2087 [formerly classified SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588] is an anomalous causal phenomenon caused by incomplete divergence of adjacent timelines. To date, all identified divergences have affected individuals. For theoretical considerations, see Two Men With the Same Past: Anomalous Causal Couplings in Objective Bennett Spacetimes, [REFERENCE OMITTED].\nSCP-2087-01 consists of individuals causally coupled to adjacent timelines. In all recorded cases, the divergence results from the individual's death in some, but not all, adjacent timelines. Accordingly, most affected individuals are distinguishable by the injuries which resulted in their death. All individuals, including those who did not die with visible injuries, exhibit variable causal synchronization with adjacent nonfatal timelines. These instances may be recognized by their characteristic \"jerking,\" \"snapping,\" or \"blinking\" movement.\nInconsistent causal synchronization between SCP-2087-01 instances and the primary timeline renders conventional containment strategies impractical. Accordingly, causal contact between primary-timeline and divergent-timeline Foundations is permitted to mitigate consensus risk.1 Under the terms of Causal Boundary Agreement 04234a, the Foundation may tag individuals exhibiting signs of anomalous causal contact with Strontium-90 dye. Any such individuals are to be taken into custody by transboundary Foundation agents and stored until the causal coupling lapses or the affected individual dies.\nSCP-2087-02 consists of individuals tagged by divergent-timeline Foundations for containment. Individuals tagged for reciprocal containment are generally overtly nonanomalous; however, two affected individuals have exhibited symptoms of bilateral causal synchronization. Affected individuals are to be contained until no longer radioactively tagged.\nAddenda:\n\n+ DOCUMENT SCP-2087-CHD-9: CASE HISTORY, SCP-2087-01-R5\n\n- DOCUMENT SCP-2087-CHD-9: CASE HISTORY, SCP-2087-01-R5\n\nDOCUMENT SCP-2087-CHD-9: SCP-2087 CASE HISTORIES\nSUBJECT: Deborah A. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588; SCP-2087-01-R5\nCAUSE OF DEATH: Automotive accident.\nGROSS ANATOMICAL SURVEY: Subject pronounced dead due to pedestrian/automotive accident at 11:43 PM on 07/09/1974. Initial physical trauma resulted in the avulsion of the right leg at the hip socket and amputation of left leg at the knee, blowout fracture of left eye socket, crushing trauma to left temporal bone, and compound fracture of right humerus. At initial observation, body was non-anomalous, and was transported to the University of Miami medical center for disposition.\nCASE HISTORY: On 07/11/1974, subject's upper torso was discovered, apparently conscious, in an unoccupied room the University of Miami intensive care unit. Medical personnel initially attempted to provide supportive medical care. Subject was pronounced dead a second time at 8:41 AM on 07/11/1974. Medical personnel contacted local police, who forwarded the contact to the UIU. Foundation UIU embeds intercepted the case file and commenced containment in situ.\nOn 07/13/1974, subject's legs were observed to return to the University of Miami medical center, collide with an exterior door, and commence movement consistent with a brisk walk. After 38 seconds, legs disappeared. After 17 seconds, legs reappeared in a second-floor interior stairwell, ascending toward the intensive care unit. The Foundation took measures to restrain subject's torso. By 7:21 AM on 07/13/1974, legs had rejoined subject's body.\nDue to poor causal synchronization with primary spacetime, containment was lost at 8:15 AM on 07/14/1974. Request for intercausal containment was escalated to O5-03, and approved due to unacceptable consensus risk. Intercausal containment effort proved successful, and containment was resumed on 07/30/1974.\n\n+ DOCUMENT SCP-2087-CHD-9: CASE HISTORY, SCP-2087-01-D3\n\n- DOCUMENT SCP-2087-CHD-9: CASE HISTORY, SCP-2087-01-D3\n\nDOCUMENT SCP-2087-CHD-9: SCP-2087 CASE HISTORIES\nSUBJECT: Subject Unidentified; SCP-2087-01-D3\nCAUSE OF DEATH: Unknown\nGROSS ANATOMICAL SURVEY: Subject presumed dead by 7/13/2003; body not recovered prior to activation as SCP-2087-01. Body has suffered extraordinary premortem damage. Skull, right arm, and torso distal to the 2nd thoracic vertebra are missing and presumed lost. Four molars, portions of the right orbit, and 300 mL of blood appear, appropriately positioned, in the region typically occupied by the head.\nCASE HISTORY: On 07/12/2003, routine monitoring of local newspapers alerted the Foundation to the case. A monitoring cordon was erected, and surveillance was commenced on 7/13/2003. First contact was initiated at 6:30 AM \u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588, when subject arrived at the exterior door of a commercial building in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, UK. Subject entered building, colliding with multiple storefront displays, and proceeded to a third-floor office. Subject then engaged in typical workday activities and exited the building at 5:58 PM.\n\nAfter primary containment, subject exited the building, proceeded 1.15 km northwest of initial site, and desynchronized with adjacent timeline. Containment was lost until subject reappeared in the Foundation-designated containment zone. On further investigation, subject could not be positively identified as a former or current resident of the building. Identity is still undetermined.\n\n+ DOCUMENT SCP-2087-ICL-1: INCIDENT REVIEW AND STANDING ORDERS\n\n-  DOCUMENT SCP-2087-ICL-1: INCIDENT REVIEW AND STANDING ORDERS\n\nFINAL INCIDENT REVIEW: SCP-2087-ICL-1\nBACKGROUND: On 01/03/2012, Foundation distributed radiation detectors returned approximately 41m positive Strontium-90 signals, distributed consistently with human population patterns. Per sampling protocol, ambient radiation detectors were brought offline, cycled, and returned to service, and transboundary contact was suspended until final resolution by the O5 council. Post-cycle readings exceeded operating parameters; post-exposure sampling three weeks later found that 21% of the human population received between 2 and 7 mSv of radiation exposure.\nOn 01/04/2012, during a meeting of the full panel of the O5 council, all instances of SCP-2087-01 ceased activity. By unanimous decision of the O5 council, the Intercausal Liason Office was ordered sealed until additional instances of SCP-2087-01 are detected.\nSTANDING ORDERS: As of 01/07/2012, transboundary contact is indefinitely suspended. All devices and Thaumiel-class artifacts permitting causal contact with adjacent timelines are, until further notice, to be reclassified as Keter.\nAt present, the Foundation's standing hypothesis is that no adjacent timeline is viable for continued human life. As of 01/14/2013, it is confirmed that macro-scale deviations from the known timeline result in nonviable branching within ~4 nanoseconds. The viability of Planck-scale divergent timelines is presently unknown. The underlying reason for mass fatality in adjacent timelines is unknown. The reason for the continued viability of the primary timeline is, similarly, unknown.\nResearch into this matter is ongoing. For access to real-time intertemporal monitoring and experimental results, consult with your Site Director.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Under the terms of Standing Order 2170b, causal contact with adjacent timelines is prohibited in order to reduce the risk of causal contamination by nonviable timelines. For further information and risk studies, consult The Maw, the Voice, the Pinhole: Causal Adjacency Risk in Polytemporal Containment Scenarios, [REFERENCE OMITTED.]\n\n\u00ab SCP-2086 | SCP-2087 | SCP-2088 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Documentation of iconography found within SCP-2088's concourse.\n\nItem #: SCP-2088\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The entrance to SCP-2088 is currently owned by the group of interest Marshall, Carter and Dark. Containment procedures are currently dedicated to maintaining consistent observations and assessing the feasibility of an interplanetary mission to the facility. Foundation personnel working for United Kingdom-based front companies have business arrangements with Marshall, Carter and Dark to regularly attend SCP-2088 events.\nWhen not possible for a Foundation-backed observer to attend, listening devices are to be placed in the bags of the attendants.\nDescription: SCP-2088 is a facility located on Pallene, a moon orbiting Saturn. The purpose of this facility is to act as concert hall and general event venue. Its apparent customer base consists of intelligent species residing in the Milky Way galaxy. Patronage is heavily segregated, with separate seating areas for eleven separate races. Each divided area contains its own seats, concessions, view of the stage, and atmosphere.\nThe entry point for SCP-2088 on Earth is always an MC&D clubhouse. All persons who purchase tickets within the location are instantaneously teleported to SCP-2088 thirty minutes before the start of the event, and returned ten minutes after the event's conclusion. Access is generally limited to 45 individuals at one time, although this is not a fixed number. Events usually occur at least once per month, although there are usually 3 to 5 in a month.\nPerformances at SCP-2088 have been recorded in length between 25 seconds and 3 weeks.\nAlthough MC&D only owns one section of seats, they appear to have also purchased the naming rights to the arena, as their iconography and logo appear prominently throughout the facility. This branding was how the area was discovered, after a Foundation satellite monitoring SCP-1683 detected an anomalous feature on Pallene's surface.\nInquiry to MC&D through Foundation front companies revealed details of SCP-2088's existence, and current containment procedures were enacted on 10/18/2002.\nAddendum 2088-A: Selected SCP-2088 Observations:\n\nEvent Description: Starwatch. Top of the building was rendered transparent, with spotlights pointing out different clusters of stars and describing how they will be destroyed at some point in the future. This concluded with a lengthy description of the eventual heat death of the universe.\nAct(s): Brief astronomy lecture, followed by stargazing.\nLength: 4 hours.\nNotes: Free t-shirt giveaway. Only shirts specific to humans could be recovered. Contained no unusual traits, and had the Marshall, Carter and Dark logo printed on the front.\n\nEvent Description: Music. Several groups of entities1 performed music. Several acts did not appear to produce any sound at all, and did not appear on stage at all, but were advertised as distant masses performing with gravity waves instead of sound waves.\nAct(s): The only music acts with Earth-compatible translations on the schedule were named Jazz Ragged, Repetitious Mammal, and They're Certainly Dwarves.\nLength: 11 hours, 45 minutes.\nNotes: English translator of the first band's singer repeatedly said it expressed gratitude for the denizens of the milky way galaxy for coming to the show. Other acts have included references to 'greater-planetary area', 'greater Sol region' and 'collected citizens of the corporations'.\n\nEvent Description: Comedy. One performer, who appeared to be composed entirely out of matted, wet, hair, gave a standup comedy performance describing various aspects of its job as a technician. As the show went on, the entity began shedding hair and began to make mistakes in delivering its jokes. The show ended earlier than schedule when the entity shed its entire form and expired.\nAct(s): Standup comedy from 'DAMP'.\nLength: 1 hour, 13 minutes.\nNotes: Several members of the group were turned away due to having empty body cavities larger than were allowed by the building policy. This is apparently a permanent change as several persons attending other events have been returned for the same reason.\n\nEvent Description: Circus. Consisted of a reproduction of the Barnum and Bailey Circus act performed in the United States in the early 20th century. Contained no anomalous phenomenon, although all performers in the show wore MC&D logos on their costumes. In addition, all animals appeared to have the letters 'MC&D' branded into their backs.\nAct(s): An animal show, acrobatics, and a clown-produced play.\nLength: 5 hours, 30 minutes.\nNotes: All concessions being sold at the event consisted of typical carnival fare, such as turkey legs and caramel apples.\n\nEvent Description: Fight. A large, translucent creature appearing to be comprised of several hundred gelatinous cubes was placed in a cage containing a brown, trapezoid-shaped entity covered with pulsating spikes. The second entity also had a gold band wrapped around it. These two beings vibrated and bumped into each other, with the creature losing mass as cubes fell off of its body, and this eventually caused it to stop moving.\nAct(s): One cage match between 'Cubert' and defending champion 'The Incredible Thing'. When pressed about the naming, the group's translator claimed they had been instructed to make up names when no coherent one could be translated.\nLength: 14 hours, 20 minutes.\nNotes: N/A\n\nEvent Description: Vehicle Rally. 45 different vehicles, including two hovercraft, gas-powered vehicles, nuclear-powered vehicles, and helium-based vehicles were steered autonomously around a large, reflective track until most of them had been destroyed. Following this, the disparate parts of the vehicles were rebuilt into two large robotic entities resembling canines, which were then made to fight.\nAct(s): Crash rally followed by re-scrapping and re-cycling for battle purposes.\nLength: 8 hours, 45 minutes.\nNotes: Between the acts, there was a brief segment honoring one audience members's participation in the 'Battle for freedoms against those who sit' and encouraging audience members to enlist in their respective race's armed forces.\n\nAddendum 2088-B: On 12/23/2016, a memorandum was sent from persons representing the Marshall, Carter and Dark organization to a branch of S&C Plastics in London. The text of the memorandum has been included in this document.\n\nMEMORANDUM\nTO: S&C Plastics Atlantic headquarters.\nFROM: MARSHALL, CARTER and DARK Ltd.\nRE: Let's start over on this one.\nGreetings to the misters and misses of the Overwatch Council,\nWe at MC&D can't help but to have noticed that your organization seems very keen on regularly attending sessions provided by our event services. We're concerned by your need to be secretive about this. You're not exactly doing the best job at being inconspicuous, you know, and we do appreciate your business. Send a representative of your organization to the pre-agreed location, and we're confident that a mutually beneficial deal can be worked out.\nRegards,\nGreg Chamberlain, European Director of MC&D Event Services\n\nA Foundation response is pending.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Some resembling different documented SCP-2088 attendees\n\n\u00ab SCP-2087 | SCP-2088 | SCP-2089 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2089-1, as seen during its last recorded video (Dated 09/25/20\u2588\u2588).\n\nItem #: SCP-2089\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The domains containing SCP-2089 are to be blocked from all public service providers. Any original or re-posted content related to SCP-2089-1 (including videos, images, gifs, comments and fan-derived works) are to be taken down by Foundation Agents. Personnel actively viewing SCP-2089-1 related content are to be rotated on a bi-weekly basis.\nInformation pertaining to the location of SCP-2089-1 is to be reported to the project lead. Current research has proven inconclusive.\nDescription: SCP-2089 refers to a blog located on the site www.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.com. The blog features images, videos and other related content centered around the user named \"John_\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588_Is_Here\" (referred to as SCP-2089-1). SCP-2089-1 claims to be male, and wears a hooded jacket resembling a skeleton. Audio samples taken from videos of SCP-2089-1 have proven inconclusive in supporting this claim.\nSCP-2089-1 and its blog feature a Q&A style format, in which users ask questions and SCP-2089-1 provides appropriate responses through comments. SCP-2089-1 is noted to immediately answer most questions asked, regardless of the time of day.\nVideos posted by SCP-2089-1 feature the entity inside a dark room. The topic of these videos discuss questions SCP-2089-1 failed to respond to, references to other blogs, and subjects pertaining to SCP-2089's followers. In 48% of recorded videos, SCP-2089-1 will attempt to commit suicide, with only 11% of those attempts being successful. Following videos indicate no physical harm inflicted onto SCP-2089-1.\nAny follower who regularly views content related to SCP-2089-11 becomes an instance of SCP-2089-2. All instances of SCP-2089-2 re-post and create new content related to SCP-2089-1 whenever possible. Instances of SCP-2089-2 are noted to post content indicating a marked prejudice against SCP-2089-1. Some of the content includes:\n\nComments expressing dislike towards SCP-2089-1\nFan art depicting SCP-2089-1 being physically harmed\nEncouraging SCP-2089-1 to commit suicide.\n\"Anti-Blogs\" established by followers to expose others to SCP-2089-1 related content.\n\nAs of 9/25/20\u2588\u2588, SCP-2089 has 10,872 followers.\nInterview Log:\nThe following is an interview of a subject (referred to as D-90327) conducted by Junior Researcher Roger \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. The subject was exposed to SCP-2089-1 related content for two weeks. Note that the subject has expressed disliking towards explicit content prior to exposure.\n\n+ Interview\n\n+ Close\n\n<Begin Log>\nResearcher: Hello, D-90327. I will be interviewing you today.\nD-90327: Ok.\nResearcher: How do you feel about SCP-2089-1?\nD-90327: [shrugs] Don't like him.\nResearcher: What is it that you particularly don't like about him?\nD-90327: I told you. I don't like him.\nResearcher: Ok, fine. Why do you think others might dislike SCP-2089-1?\nD-90327: For shits and giggles, mainly.\nResearcher: What would you say is the motive behind this hatred?\nD-90327: [chuckles] For fun. It's more like a \u2026 well, I guess like a high, right?\nHead Researcher: Interesting. Why do you think\u2026\nD-90327 takes out a piece of paper from the back of his pocket. Words are written on the paper. Half of it is written is ink, while the rest appears to be written in blood.\nD-90327: Hold that thought, doc. Check out what I made.\nD-90327 hands over the paper. Upon closer inspection, it is a poem titled \"Fuck John\".\nResearcher: Huh. [holds the paper up to the light] Did you write this in blood?\nD-90327: Oh, yeah. I didn't have a pen, so I just picked at this scab on my arm. [rolls up sleeve] Can you believe it's been there for three weeks? Anyways, considering how many times I picked at this thing, it probably took me three days to make that. I think I can even post it online. What do you think?\nD-90327 glares at the researcher. A smile slowly spreads across his face.\nResearcher: Uhh \u2026 I'll think about it.\n<End Log>\nConclusion: The paper was confiscated from D-90327 after the interview. Approval to test if the paper exhibits the same effects of other SCP-2089-1 related content is currently pending.\n\nAddendum 2089-01: The following is an excerpt recorded from a video posted by SCP-2089-1.\n\n+ Video excerpt\n\n+ Close\n\nSCP-2089-1 is facing the camera\n\nHey guys, it's John here. And today marks our 10,000th follower special. To celebrate, we're going to first ask some questions by some of my fans. First question.\n Asked by Anonymous: Have you drank bleach today? \nGood question, anon. I'll get back to you on that later. Next question.\n Asked by ExplodingPopTart: Hi. I really love your blog. I'm just wondering: How do you deal all the haters? \nOh, my haters. Should I even call them that? How about fans? I live for them. But I really know they love me. Next question.\n Asked by Anonymous: How do we know you're not an attention whore? \nHi again, anon. I promise I'll answer you later. Next question.\n Asked by Aryanne: Disgusting as fuck. I want to kill all of you. And nuke whoever decided to make this shithole of a god damn blog. \nI agree with you on a lot of things. Don't kill everyone, though. You can kill me, and I'll be ok with it. [chuckle] Next question.\n Asked by Anonymus: Why are you a faggot? \nYou know, now that I think about it, I've always been a faggot. Not a bundle of sticks, but rather a legitimate, internet faggot. To answer your question, I owe my faggotry to my amazing followers.\nBut I would especially like to thank anon. Thanks anon. I can always rely on you.\n\nAddendum 2089-02: The following is a list of notable SCP-2089-1 related content taken down by Foundation Agents.\nItem: SCP-2089-I-374\nDate Posted: 06/14/20\u2588\u2588\nDescription: A video recorded by SCP-2089-1 featuring itself using a circular saw to cut off its left arm. SCP-2089-1 proceeds to hold its severed limb with its remaining arm and waves towards the camera. This continues for 33 seconds until SCP-2089-1 passes out, presumably from blood loss.\nNotable Comments:\n\n MrBRASIL: What kind of idiot uses a circular saw? \n\nItem: SCP-2089-I-789\nDate Posted: 07/23/20\u2588\u2588\nDescription: A piece of art painted by an instance of SCP-2089-2. The picture features a pornographic image of SCP-2089-1 being [REDACTED] by the artist.\nNotable Comments:\n\n Aryanne: This is my new fetish. \n\nItem: SCP-2089-I-1026\nDate Posted: 07/30/20\u2588\u2588\nDescription: A comment posted by an instance of SCP-2089-2:\n\n MrBRASIL: I found the address of where John_\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588_Is_Here lives. Reblog so we can find him and castrate his nuts. \n\nNotable Comments:\nAll replies to SCP-2089-I-1026 contained the following:\n\n#johnsnuts\n\nItem: SCP-2089-I-1282\nDate Posted: 08/01/20\u2588\u2588\nDescription: A post made in response to SCP-2089-I-1026:\n\n Aryanne: Nice try, BRASIL. I drove my car all the way upstate to reach the foot of Bitch Mountain. Bitch. Freaking. Mountain. I'm not even kidding you. Search that shit up right now. \n I'm not even mad. WP, BRASIL. \n\nNotable Comments:\n\n MrBRASIL: I killed John already. I stuck my rod into him, then cut off his balls. Done. \n Aryanne: Send me a pic. \n MrBRASIL: Snapchat me. \n Aryanne: iight \n\nItem: SCP-2089-I-1297\nDate Posted: 08/02/20\u2588\u2588\nDescription: An image of SCP-2089-1 and another person, presumably an instance of SCP-2089-2. A caption underneath the image reads:\n\nWhoo! Met one of my fans yesterday in person! We were craaaazy, but we had a lot of fun.\n\nNotable Comments:\n\n MrBRASIL: The fuck is this? John, how the hell do you do this? I have your testicles in a jar, and you're here all smiling and shit? Maybe I need to come over there and teach you another lesson. \n John_\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588_Is_Here: haha you're saying I don't have balls. #iceewutudidthare \n Aryanne: BRASIL, you fail. \n MrBRASIL: I'll show you the things right now. Give me a sec. \n MrBRASIL: Wait, what the hell? They're not here. The jar is here, but it's empty. \n Aryanne: Blame OP. \n\nItem: SCP-2089-I-1339\nDate Posted: 08/04/20\u2588\u2588\nDescription: An image of an instance of SCP-2089-2. The person is standing in front of a mountainous landscape. A caption underneath the photo reads:\n\nWent to the address again. And it's Bitch Goddamn Mountain.\n\nNotable Comments:\n\n Aryanne: I don't know what place you went to. I told you it's Bitch Mountain. \n MrBRASIL: I'm telling you, it was a real place. I found a house. One of those fancy two stories. I barged in and found John cornered up in his room, tapping away on a mac. A fucking mac of all things. \n Anyway, I came in, did my thing. I cut off his nuts, let him bleed to death. I washed off his nuts and placed them in my jar. Then I drove away. No one said a thing. Aryanne, You have the pic I sent you? \n Aryanne: Yeah ... I forgot to save it when you sent it to me. \n MrBRASIL: You dense motherfucker. \n Aryanne: Whatever. It was John, anyway. I don't want that cluttering up my computer. inb4 I told you so. \n MrBRASIL: Remind me how John is still breathing? \n Aryanne: Beats me. Maybe he wants to stay alive? \n MrBRASIL: I don't get what your saying. \n Aryanne: John is an entertainer. We can't have him dead. Balls bleeding, yeah. But dead? You'd have to be dense. \n MrBRASIL: Suppose you have a point. \n Aryanne: Can you be sure if it actually happened? \n MrBRASIL: Are you ed? I sent you a pic \n Aryanne: Nope. Don't have it. \n MrBRASIL: I'll send the pic. \n MrBRASIL: I ... lost the pic. \n\nRecovery Log: On 09/26/20\u2588\u2588, Foundation Agents used the address obtained from SCP-2089-I-1026 in an attempt to locate SCP-2089-1. Personnel arrived at Bitch Mountain, located in Chesterfield, New York. To date, SCP-2089-1 has not been found.\nPersonnel recovered several items surrounding the area. Among these items included:\n\nA hooded jacket similar to the one worn by SCP-2089-1\nKnives, needles and other sharp objects coated in blood. DNA analysis proves that it is from a Caucasian male, estimated to be 18-20 years old.\nAn unfinished painting of a male figure. Inscribed in blood are the words \"Never die\". DNA analysis confirms that it does not match with the blood found on other objects.\n\nNote from Agent Thompson: To this day, it still baffles me that we were given a concrete address. Our GPS satellites confirmed that the address is in fact, a two story house like the user \"MrBRASIL\" stated. As we drove there the surroundings began to shift from an interstate highway to a dirt road lined with trees. No one even noticed it. When we arrived at Bitch Mountain, it was disheartening.\nWe received news that the Foundation sent a Mobile Task Force to the same address. A small team was dispatched on a helicopter. However, the same thing happened to them. An Agent reported seeing the landscape change from dense woods to rocky mountains right before her very eyes. To this day, we don't know why this occurs.\nWe may be dealing with a fad. But it is clear that whoever is behind it doesn't want anyone to interfere.\nAddendum 2089-03: The following is an excerpt of a recorded video posted by an instance of SCP-2089-2.\n\n+ Video excerpt\n\n+ Close\n\nSCP-2089-1 is seen facing the camera inside a dimly lit room. SCP-2089-1 then diverts its attention away from the screen. Note that SCP-2089-1 is wearing a mask in place of its traditional hooded jacket. An unidentified male voice speaks:\n\nYou know what to do?\n\nSCP-2089 -1 nods. It faces the camera again.\n\nHey everyone. It's John here. By popular request, I will be performing a bit of \u2026 fan service, if you will. [pause] Do I have to?\n\nYes.\n\nAlright, give me.\n\nSCP-2089-1 receives a piece of wire tied into the shape of a noose. SCP-2089-1 then walks towards the ceiling fan located the center of the room. A chair is below the fan, allowing SCP-2089-1 to climb up and attach the noose to the fan. SCP-2089-1 then places its head inside the noose. SCP-2089-1 kicks the chair beneath it, allowing itself to hang.\nSCP-2089-1 is heard gagging and gasping for several seconds. The fan holding the noose breaks, and SCP-2089-1 falls to the floor with the fan on top of it. A male figure is seen approaching SCP-2089-1.\n\nYep. That'll do.\n\nThe figure tosses the fan to the side to look at SCP-2089-1. Closer observation indicates several cuts on the neck of SCP-2089-1, presumably from the wire. SCP-2089-1 continues to gag, coughing up blood as it speaks.\n\nI \u2026 I did it.\n\nThe unidentified male turns SCP-2089-1's head over, revealing a fracture in its skull.\n\nWow. A clean break. I'm saving this.\n\nThe figure pulls out a mobile device and takes a picture of SCP-2089-1.\n\n[cough] Are you pleased?\n\nYes. Very.\n\nThen I'm [cough] p-p-pleased.\n\nThe figure picks up SCP-2089-1 and places it into a chair. The figure then pushes the chair towards the camera so that the viewer can get a closer image of SCP-2089-1.\n\nThis is John. Say hi, John.\n\nHi. [cough]\n\nSCP-2089-1 coughs up blood. A splatter stains the upper left corner of the screen.\n\nJohn is an entertainer. You followers expect torture, rape, castration, suicide. And John gives you exactly that. Isn't that right, John?\n\nSCP-2089-1 nods. The figure spins the chair around to reveal the back of SCP-2089-1's head. The camera zooms in on SCP-2089-1's skull fracture.\n\nWe keep John alive. Because he is an entertainer. The closer to the brink of death, the better. But we keep him alive. [pause] Now, don't get me wrong. We laugh, joke, have fun. But a dead entertainer is not an entertainer at all. Allow me to demonstrate.\n\nThe camera lens zooms out. Shuffling is heard in the background for about a minute. SCP-2089-1's head is struck with a blunt object, furthering opening up its wound. SCP-2089-1's brain is exposed. Blood is seen pouring out of the wound.\n\nExciting, isn't it? Don't worry, he's very much alive. Just give him time.\n\nThe figure pushes SCP-2089-1's body off the chair and proceeds to sit on it. The figure glances at the body lying on the floor.\n\nThank you, John. I'm honestly sorry for you having to deal with that amateur. I promise you won't get hurt again.\n\nThe figure faces the camera. The camera zooms in so that the figure's face occupies the screen.\n\nAnd in case you haven't realized it, this is directed towards you, MrBRASIL. Bitch Mountain is where he stays. He belongs to me.\nI told you so, didn't I?\n\nThe following is a comment in response to the video:\n\n ExplodingPopTart: What the hell is wrong with you sick, demented people? You're telling me you ENJOY seeing an innocent person get brutally murdered? \n Aryanne: \n >Follower of John's Blog \n >Offended by Content \n Get a load of this guy. \n\nFootnotes\n1. Looking at related content consistently (>30 minutes per day) for approximately one week will result in an instance of SCP-2089-2\n\n\u00ab SCP-2088 | SCP-2089 | SCP-2090 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\nRelated articles:\n\nSix Letters Addressed to the SCP Foundation (and One Letter Home) by ahbonjour\n\n\nPicture of SCP-2091-1 with SCP-2091-2 in 1994 prior to developing anomalous abilities, recovered from SCP-2091's discovery point.\n\nItem #: SCP-2091\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2091-1 and SCP-2091-2 are to be housed in Site-282. SCP-2091-1 is to be kept in a standard Animal Containment Unit. SCP-2091-2 is to be kept in a Type S Humanoid Anomaly Containment Cell. Requests submitted from SCP-2091-2 for various entertainment are to be approved on a case-by-case basis as behavior permits.\nOnce every two weeks for 90 minutes, SCP-2091-1 and SCP-2091-2 are allowed to interact with each other in SCP-2091-1's containment unit under supervision from a Level 2 researcher and a security guard.\nDescription: SCP-2091-1 is a sculpture of an Ursus arctos terriblis (grizzly bear), 1.2m tall at the shoulder and 2.1m in length. It is made out of polymer clay, with documentation recovered at its discovery point dating its creation to 1994. Ultrasound testing has shown cavities within SCP-2091 corresponding with the locations of organs found within grizzly bears despite no biological tissues being detected, with no mechanisms to give it the ability to move. Various parts of its body have been replaced with patches of grass, and two toes replaced with materials from a watch. SCP-2091-1 is unable to move itself or perform any actions unless within 15m of SCP-2091-2.\nSCP-2091-2 is a human female by the name of Abigael Harlowe, 20 years of age. Background checks and interviews during its time at the Foundation revealed no apparent history of anomalous abilities prior to SCP-2091-1 gaining its anomalous traits in 1998.\nWhen SCP-2091-1 is within 15m of SCP-2091-2, SCP-2091-1 displays locomotion and behavioral traits commonly associated with grizzly bears. It will attempt to stay close to SCP-2091-2 whenever possible, and attack organisms it perceives to be threatening or harmful to SCP-2091-2. SCP-2091-2 has claimed to be able to understand SCP-2091-1, saying it is its grandfather. Whenever within the area of effect, SCP-2091-2 has been observed talking to SCP-2091-1 and conversing with it, although SCP-2091-1 has never been observed talking.\nDuring its active state, SCP-2091-1 has the ability to repair any damage to its body by swallowing a variety of materials, having a preference for clay when given a choice.1\nAddendum 2091-A: A search of the house at Woodbine, Georgia where SCP-2091-1 and -2 were discovered revealed journals, notes, and photographs belonging to who is presumed to be SCP-2091-2's grandfather, David Lennox, as well as an art studio belonging to him. Obituaries dated to February 13, 1998 confirm his death, though no body has been found. Court documentation shows that PoI-962, Jonathon Harman, is the legal guardian of SCP-2091-2, though no other documentation relating to Mr. Harman has been found.\nThe majority of the files recovered at SCP-2091-2's house were deteriorated or unreadable due to poor management, though what has been recoverable is in Foundation archives.2\nAddendum 2091-C: The following is a transcript of one of the few recoverable pages taken from the journals of SCP-2091-2's house relevant to this entry.\n\n+ Journal Entry 1/5/98\n\n- Journal Entry 1/5/98\n\n\u2014no reason to be cruel to your followers, and is leaving behind a granddaughter to inherit nothing but her clothing anything but cruel? With no family to speak of except for me, she'll have no one to turn to. And may you damn me to Hell if I leave sweet Abbie to the destiny of adoption, one which is unforgiving and cold as I have learned. You have seen me through those tough times, and I have no doubt that you would also help her through those tough times, but isn't the work of the Lord to lessen the suffering of His children?\n[Scribble marks]\nA couple weeks prior, I had gone to a conference to meet with long-time friends in Cross City, for what I had then wagered to be my last time there. My physician had cleared me to go, and so long as I had Abbie supervised by my friends in case of medical emergencies, I would be free to go with her there to worship. Unfortunately, I could not spend long, as most of my time was spent in the bathroom, sick and sobbing. I would not doubt that Abbie was smart enough to catch onto what had happened.\nJonathon had, by the intermision[sic] of the service, approached me as Abbie and I were ready to head to a nearby store for groceries. He sat down with me as I sent Abbie to play with Curtis and his daughter, Frances. He had wondered what my plans were should I die soon. I took offense to to this, as I would not leave Abbie in the hands of a system so cold and cruel to children, nor leave her on her own. Yet, I had been searching for months to find a suitable guardian for her. There were no other family or friends of my son Ian, nor could I locate his wife (though I have forgiven her, I do not know if I could ever reconcile with what she has done, nor speak or write her name; it is better for Abbie to never know). What other plans could I have then?\nHe told me that he knew of a way that could work. One of the services he had been to over in Franklin County with a group he had referred to as \"the Hand\" had taught him what is supposedly magic to work \"in accordance to the Lord's ways\". I had considered it blasphemous and was ready to leave, when he had handed me printouts of what was needed to be done. I read incredulously, each word making me more fearful. 'Could I really continue to watch over Abbie?' The words must have left my mouth as well, because he chuckled and nodded. There would, of course, be the issue of my sudden disappearance. He had agreed to work out that issue as well, as he would claim to be Abbie's guardian, but leave me be.\nCould I be forgiven for casting him with a suspicious eye? Despite having known him for forty years, since the two of us had grown up together as children, he was never particularly religious (though he informed me a few years ago he had found God again). Plus, he would be the final legal link Abbie has to my family. He had encouraged me to research, and to phone him my answer when I was sure.\nI thought about his words on the drive home. Whenever I was not tending to Abbie, at the hospital, tending to my art, or sleeping, I would be constantly reading the Bible, praying, searching for an answer. I had never given up looking for the best option for her, and it is only until last night that I decided. This, then, would be the best action to take. Abigael, I hope you understand.\n\u2026\nI will not guard her any longer than I have to, and I will not cheat you, God by staying with my spirit on Earth eternally; when her time in her body is gone, I shall join her to go to you, and if\u2014\n\n- Journal Entry 1/5/98\n\nTranscript of Interview Log 2091-A:\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2091-2\nInterviewer: Researcher Chang\nForeword: Following initial containment and relocation to Site-282, SCP-2091-2 had refused to talk or allow permission for interviews. After deliberation among the team assigned to SCP-2091-1 and SCP-2091-2, it was decided to allow both to interact with each other (with strict security measures) to allow cooperation. After a 15-minute period to allow the two to interact with each other, the interview commenced.\n<Begin Log, 18:30>\nResearcher Chang: How are you feeling, Ms. Harlowe?\nSCP-2091-2: A bit better\u2026 all those guards look scary though.\nResearcher Chang: I can't do anything about that. I'm sorry. We always take careful measures just in case. Can you state how old you are for the interview?\nSCP-2091-2: Sure. 16 years old.\nResearcher Chang: Thank you. Now\u2026 do you wanna talk about what happened a couple days ago with that burglar?\nSCP-2091-2: I'm sorry\u2026 he wouldn't mean to hurt anyone that badly.\nResearcher Chang: He almost killed that man though.\nSCP-2091-2: I had to tell him to stop. I was scared at first because I thought the guy would hurt me, and then when I was crying out he, well\u2026\nSCP-2091-2 stops at this point to collect herself and take deep breaths.\nResearcher Chang: Do you want to continue this later? We can set up another interview for a different time.\nSCP-2091-2: N\u2026 No, it's okay. He just wanted to protect me, is all. I told him to stop and eventually he did\u2026 is the guy okay?\nResearcher Chang: He'll survive. You're concerned for the person who tried to break into your home and rob you?\nSCP-2091-2: What if he needed money or food? He could have asked but maybe he did it for a good reason.\nResearcher Chang: Well\u2026 let's move onto another topic. What is the relationship between you and your bear?\nSCP-2091-2: He's my granddad.\nResearcher Chang: Your grandfather?\nSCP-2091-2: Yeah. I think I remember that he used to be a person, and now he's a bear.\nResearcher Chang: Do you know why?\nSCP-2091-2: I remember one night before I went to bed, he told me that he'd leave but come back differently. He told me he'd be a bear, so that I shouldn't be surprised when I see a bear walking around.\nResearcher Chang: How long ago was that? Why did you believe him?\nSCP-2091-2: Um\u2026 10 years ago. I was six. Why wouldn't I believe him? He was a bear the next day. I saw him moving around!\nResearcher Chang: How did you manage to take care of yourself? It doesn't look easy for bears to cook, at least.\nSCP-2091-2: He found books for me to read whenever I wasn't at school. He had taught me some things before he became a bear, I remember that. He taught me how to make sandwiches and how to cook dinner from a box in a microwave. We had a lot of those. I learned how to do it after a short time, and I can cook and feed myself.\nResearcher Chang: Do you need to cook for your grandfather?\nSCP-2091-2: No. He doesn't need to eat. But sometimes when we play or when he protects me he accidentally breaks a part of his body. Once he figured out how to fix himself by eating stuff, I got a bunch of clay for him.\nResearcher Chang: How did you get money and food?\nSCP-2091-2: Someone paid our bills every month, and would send stuff to our house. The label always said \"Harman\".\nResearcher Chang: Do you know who that is?\nSCP-2091-2: No\u2026 but my granddad always told me to take them. He knew who he was.\nResearcher Chang: How does he talk with you?\nSCP-2091-2: He just speaks to my mind and I talk back with my mouth! Isn't that cool?\nResearcher Chang: Can he, er, talk to anyone else with his mind?\nSCP-2091-2: He told me before that he tried. No one understands him\u2026 sorry.\nResearcher Chang: That's alright. Does he know where Mr. Harman is now?\nSCP-2091-2: Hmm\u2026 do you know, granddad?\nSCP-2091-1 makes grunting noises while turning to look at SCP-2091-2.\nSCP-2091-2: He doesn't know anymore. He used to be with him in church a lot though, but hasn't talked with him after becoming a bear.\nResearcher Chang: I see.\nSCP-2091-2: Is the conversation over? I'm getting nervous and want to go back to talking with granddad.\nResearcher Chang: We can stop for today. Before we do, is there anything he wants to add to the conversation?\nSCP-2091-1 doesn't make any additional noise, instead lying down on the floor and looking between Researcher Chang and the security guards.\nSCP-2091-2: He says he's afraid you'll try and hurt me.\n<End Log, 18:51>\nClosing Statement: Researcher Chang continued with superfluous and irrelevant questioning in order to ease SCP-2091-1 and SCP-2091-2's anxieties and discomfort to make containment easier. At the end of the interview, SCP-2091-1 and SCP-2091-2 were allowed to spend another 20 minutes with each other before SCP-2091-2 was guided back to her cell and the session formally ended.\n\nFootnotes\n1. See Testing Log SCP-2091-A through G.\n2. See Addendum SCP-2091-C and Recovered File Archive: SCP-2091.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2090 | SCP-2091 | SCP-2092 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Probe-2092-A, prior to launch\n\nItem #: SCP-2092\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to the distant location and inert nature of SCP-2092, suppression of information and continuous observation is considered sufficient for its containment.\nUndercover Agents employed by the major space agencies must ensure that non-Foundation space probes leaving the proximity of Earth are incapable of receiving electromagnetic signals on the frequency range 3.25-3.30 GHz. They are also responsible for expunging the transcripts of SCP-2092-1 from documents related to previous space missions.\nProbe-2092-A must observe SCP-2092 at all times. Its encrypted video feed must be transmitted to Site-15 via Probe-2092-B. Access to the video feed is restricted to personnel holding Security Clearance Level 4 or higher. If contact is lost with either of the probes, or a failure is expected in 3 years, replacements must be sent.\nDescription: SCP-2092-1 is a repetitive electromagnetic signal with a frequency of 3.274 GHz. It was received by multiple interplanetary probes,1 but it was never recorded on Earth or by satellites in Earth orbit. The designation SCP-2092 is used for the (currently uncontained) source of origin of the signal.\nSCP-2092-1 appears to be a message encoded in binary with 5329 bits of length. Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 noticed that arranging the bits of the message into a table with 73 rows and 73 columns results in an image apparently intended to convey meaning.\n\nVisualization of the SCP-2092-1 message\n\nThe image features six objects. It is hypothesized that image is schematic model of the Solar System, the largest object representing the Sun, and four other objects representing the terrestrial planets. The leftmost object does not correspond to any known astronomical object.\nFoundation Researchers have hypothesized that the leftmost object is intended to be a representation of SCP-2092. SCP-2092 is theorized to be an asteroid in an orbit directly opposite to that of the Earth and orbiting at the same velocity as the Earth. The fact that SCP-2092-1 was never received by any device in the proximity of Earth seems to support this hypothesis, since the Sun would block all electromagnetic signals from such a source.\nA space mission to investigate the assumed location of SCP-2092 is currently prepared.\nAddendum: Probe-2092-A was launched on an intercept course with SCP-2092 on 12/11/1998. Shortly thereafter, Probe-2092-B was launched on 01/03/1999. Probe-2092-B is intended to act as a communications relay station to send signals back to Earth from Probe-2092-A. Both devices were disguised as NASA Mars probes. Cover stories about the failure of these missions were issued to the public.\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2000, Probe-2092-A reached the presumed coordinates of SCP-2092. Photographs sent back from the probe reveal a roughly rectangular, metallic object approximately 7 m x 8 m x 10 m in size. The surface of the object is covered in ten square screens displaying the same message in the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, English, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Russian and Spanish.2\nThe English version of the message displayed by SCP-2092 (recorded on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2000):\n\nWelcome, people of Earth!\nCongratulations on finding me. I am the Ambassador appointed to your planet. My duty is to wait here until you are advanced enough to leave your home and face me. As a final test of your merits, you will be given a single question entrusted to me eons ago. Answer correctly, and the prize will be knowledge far beyond your imagination.\nBut be warned! Might you fail to give the true answer, otherworldly curses shall fall upon your beloved planet, bringing forth creatures straight from your worst nightmares for no less than ten millennia! Your race gets a new chance to solve the riddle only after that period of horrors.\nNow read the question that will determine your fate, and show me the worth of your people!\n\nAccess to the full text requires Security Clearance Level 4.\n\n+ Enter credentials to continue reading\n\n- Credentials accepted\n\nQuestion is currently not available. Please try again in:\n2365 years and 127 days\n\nFootnotes\n1. SCP-2092-1 was first received by the Venus probe Magellan on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1992.\n2. On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 changes were observed in the Chinese and Russian texts. The meaning of the message was not altered, but the phrasing became more modern. It suggests that SCP-2092 is capable of observing Earth and its languages and it modifies the displayed messages accordingly.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2091 | SCP-2092 | SCP-2093 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\nThis might be in some way related.\nEat more of my SCPs. Eat them all.\nAlso please eat some of these\n\nAnabasis Hub Probably the greatest story involving a pair of redheaded siblings whose infighting causes the end of the world\nManna Charitable Foundation 2000 The sequel to the above, collaborationed with Dr Reach\nThe Stuff Industry What happens when everyone around you at work is a complete idiot and so are you, but not only does no one get fired, but you actually turn a profit? I don't know, some stuff.\nWhen MCF and Stuff happen A fun story of incompetence\n\n\n2/2093 LEVEL 2/2093\nCLASSIFIED\n\nItem #: SCP-2093\nObject Class: Euclid\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The school building containing SCP-2093 is to be locked down when not being tested. As the building has been condemned and no longer serves any public function, any unauthorized individual found roaming the halls is to be detained and interrogated. As of \u2588\u2588/\u2588/2013, SCP-2093 has expanded in size approximately 8 square meters, encompassing the entirety of the drama room. The exact limits can be determined by use of thermal imaging, as the space within SCP-2093 has a significantly lower level of heat and humidity.\nDescription: SCP-2093 is a spatial anomaly localized in the third floor drama room of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 High School and located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Maryland. Upon entering SCP-2093, personnel inside enter the spatial anomaly, and are able to exit the room while remaining within SCP-2093, allowing for exploration of a recreation of the school building. The recreation conforms with the size and structure of the actual school and is populated by an array of entities appearing as students, ranging in age from elementary students to high school students.\nContinued exploration has revealed the limits of the anomaly extend in all directions, with nothing beyond school property save endless grassland. Communication with entities within SCP-2093 has not determined whether the entities are sentient, but they have shown themselves able to retain information given to them. Some entities appear to engage in conversation but are incapable of vocalization.\nIndividuals outside of SCP-2093 may open the door, allowing for those inside the anomaly to return unharmed. It is unknown why personnel within the anomaly are unable to escape on their own, or if entities within SCP-2093 are bound by the same restriction.\nAddendum: An expedition on \u2588/\u2588/20\u2588\u2588 encountered a small group of unknown creatures within SCP-2093, roughly resembling bipedal ursines, with a layer of matte gray chitin covering their torsos. Facial features are nonexistent save for two ellipsoid openings of equal size, one atop the other. Entities within the anomaly displayed no reaction to the creatures.\nNote: Expedition logs 015 - 018 are made publicly available to all researchers level 2 and above assigned to SCP-2093, as per containment procedures.\n\nExpedition-015\n\nAccess Granted\n\nExpedition-015: Agents West and Pierce are assigned to enter the anomaly and make contact with the entities within in an attempt to obtain as much information as possible regarding the anomaly and possibly make contact with the anomalous entities.\nUpon entering, Agent West notes the smell of burning plastic. The agents exit the room and descend to the second floor. Entities dressed in school uniforms walk the halls, ignoring the agents. The agents hail a small boy of African-American descent, with bright green eyes.\nAgent Pierce: Excuse me, son, can you help us? We're looking for Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nEntity: I'm at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 High School in [REDACTED]. Hello! My name is Johnny.\nAgent Pierce: You sure you go to this school? You look kind of young.\nEntity: I'm at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 High School in [REDACTED]. I'm smart.\nAgent West: Do you know Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588? She's a math teacher, teaches in room \u2588\u2588\u2588, should be around here?\nEntity: I am smart.\nNo further useful information was gleaned from contact with the entities. Agents made their way through the halls of the second floor, discovering all doors and lockers to be open. The layout of each room follow a set of four distinct arrangements all apparently adjusted for an east-facing entry and west-facing windows. Other rooms are not corrected for directional discrepancy and have windows impeded by walls and an additional door on the west wall of each room. Agent West remarks the smell of burning plastic emanates from these rooms in particular.\nThe agents make their way to the ground floor of the school, and make contact with a small group of five ursine creatures. After a brief stand-off, a system of rudimentary communication via hand gestures and pantomime is successfully established.\nLack of familiarity with the entities or the location indicates the ursine creatures are not responsible for, or in any way in control of the anomaly. The creatures indicate they were exploring an apparently abandoned structure when they discovered a trap door leading into the anomaly.\nThe ursine creatures were able to retrace their steps to show Agents West and Pierce the door they had entered through, which appeared to lead up to the drama room on the third floor, to a trap door on stage. The creatures became distressed as they entered the drama room, apparently unaware that returning to their home base required outside assistance.\nNote: If the ursines are unable to return where they came from, consideration should be made for taking them in and classifying them with SCP status. - Dr. Marlowe\n\nExpedition-016\n\nAccess Granted\n\nExpedition-016: Dr. Jaime Marlowe accompanies Agents West and Pierce, along with \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588, a linguistics expert, to attempt conversation with the ursine creatures. The ursines were found in the teachers' lounge, having consumed all available food and using a microwave to heat an unknown foodstuff.\nThe creatures show an adept knowledge of mathematics and astronomy and are able to graphically reproduce images on paper with great accuracy. When asked to draw their planet of origin, the shape and arrangement of continents were recognized as corresponding to that of Earth approximately 50-70 million years ago. The creatures appeared confused and agitated when Dr. Marlowe indicated Earth as home. The ursines understood the context of the phrase \"home world\" and insisted upon using it to describe Earth.\nThe ursines creatures were quick to understand the entities were not sentient, and understood the concepts of artificial intelligence and computational neuroscience. The conversation abruptly ended as the creatures sought to explore the grasslands, and refused to continue further.\n\nExpedition-017\n\nAccess Granted\n\nExpedition-017: Agents West and Pierce, accompanied by 4 additional Foundation personnel, enter the anomaly again. The ursine creatures have cleared out the school's cafeteria of furnishings, and are consuming the food products in the kitchen to no apparent ill effect. The creatures claim they have rescue coming soon, but it is unclear if they understand the need for individuals outside of the anomaly to hold the door open.\nOn the second floor, agents discovered the color of the doors had changed since first emerging, and began checking the class rooms once more. Unlike previous expeditions, the rooms were now properly arranged, with windows facing the outside regardless of room orientation.\nInside one of the rooms a largely empty book was discovered on the teacher's desk, containing notes regarding changes and updates made to the school building and the entities within. The tone of these entries indicate the entities may be artificially programmed or else indirectly controlled by others, with the school itself a simulation of sorts. A recent entry indicates awareness of Foundation personnel within the simulation. Portions of this book are logged at the end of file.\n\nExpedition-018\n\nAccess Granted\n\nExpedition-018: Agents West and Pierce are now accompanied by armed security and enter the anomaly. The smell of burnt plastic is noted as being completely gone. No entities are found on the second floor, and all doors leading into classrooms are now locked.\nEntities are encountered on the ground floor keeping their distance from Foundation personnel. Several appear actively hostile, but otherwise flee when addressed. Any activity or movement performed by the entities prior to contact with personnel is ceased. The ursine creatures are nowhere to be found, and the cafeteria has been reconstituted. Entities within cease all activity and glare belligerently at Foundation personnel.\nThe school building was searched for 4 hours, turning up no sign of the ursine creatures. As well, the landscape outside has now been barricaded off by barbed wire fences 3 meters in height, with no signs of an entryway. No further materials within SCP-2093 are recovered.\n\nRecovered 'Changelog'\n\nFull changelog has yet to be recovered since Expedition-018\n\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 High School\nVersion 0.822 Alpha\nDate: EAEA-119\nThank you for bearing with us over the changeover to [REDACTED]. Logged k\u00e81 have been restored for testing purposes.\nChangelog\n0.822\n\nFixed classroom orientation, so all students can enjoy the sunshine.\n\nDoors to science classrooms should no longer open onto Class B stars.\n\nUnder-performing students will now improve gradually rather than immediately.\n\nWhen finding writing utensils, students will now only search their own pockets.\n\nDVN: We are aware of unauthorized access by bugbears and are working on fixing this right away.\nAdditionally if anyone feels uncomfortable with the level of outside interference by unauthorized users emerging from the drama room, avoid confrontation and alert a Shaper. This is for your own safety and stability.\n0.821\n\nMusic teachers should no longer hoard oboes.\n\nMore silos have been added.\n\nLunchroom algorithms restricted to the lunchroom; can no longer trade pudding for principal's desk.\n\nFixed typo which caused language arts classes to be improperly recognized. Translators are available until art supplies can be replaced.\n\nDisciplinary actions should no longer result in fatalities.\n\nDVN: REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL CONES MUST CEASE, AS THEY ARE FLOODING OUR INBOX.\n0.820\n\nTeachers should no longer constantly respawn between periods.\n\nGym has been closed due to epileptic tree incident. As a result, garnishes are no longer permitted within 28 hectometers of croissant-like food items.\n\nSediment has been removed from weather program\n\nLanguage files updated to accommodate Tartessian users.\n\nRemoved miscellaneous charges from detention slips; students should no longer be accused of \"securities fraud\", \"vicarious liability\", \"forum shopping\", or \"contempt of disbarment.\"\n\nAdditional silos added.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A Chinese unit of decimal time, corresponding to approximately 14 minutes and 24 seconds\n\n\u00ab SCP-2092 | SCP-2093 | SCP-2094 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n\u26a0\ufe0f Content warning: This work of fiction involves scenes which depict or allude to topics which may be particularly distressing for some readers.\n(Please scroll for content warning list.)\n\nAlcoholism\nAnimal cruelty\nChild abuse (verbal/emotional/neglect)\nDepression\nKidnapping\n\nReaders with particular sensitivities should also be aware that this story also depicts or alludes to the following subjects which are less prevalent among content advisories, but nevertheless have the potential to be disturbing:\n\nClowns\nRats\nBeing swallowed whole (non-lethal)\nMental violation (mind trespassing/memory alteration)\nBetrayal by chosen family\nShaming someone for being talkative\n\n\n\u26a0\ufe0f content warning  \nItem #: SCP-2094\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2094 is contained in a medium-security residential chamber in Bio-Site 59. Standard PG-Class pre-approved luxuries and amenities may be granted on a supervised basis as an incentive to promote cooperation in interviews and experiments.\nPsychotropic maintenance of SCP-2094's emotional health is presently overseen by Dr. Anniston (ES#59-390-258). Any requests to access or alter SCP-2094's current drug regimen must be submitted to her in triplicate for review.\nDescription: SCP-2094 is a human male of European descent, 38 years old as of 04/10/14. Several tattoos depicting common circus motifs are present on SCP-2094's upper body. SCP-2094 communicates in American English, specifically the New York City English dialect. SCP-2094 possesses exceptional (non-anomalous) manual dexterity, with particular proficiency in juggling.\nSCP-2094 is the subject of a spacial anomaly originating within its oral cavity. SCP-2094's lower jaw and facial muscles can be pulled and stretched up to 2 meters in any direction without causing any considerable pain or injury. Additionally, SCP-2094 is capable of redirecting any physical matter that enters its mouth into an extradimensional organ made of anomalously elastic intestinal tissue.\nThere appears to be no limit to the amount of matter that SCP-2094 can store inside this space. The weight of objects carried inside the pocket has no affect on SCP-2094's overall weight, and neither causes SCP-2094 discomfort nor impairs its mobility. SCP-2094 refers to this space as its \"second stomach\"; however, research indicates that it serves no actual biological purpose.\nSCP-2094 was recovered in an open field near Kamifurano, Japan, along with an assortment of non-anomalous artifacts related to GoI-233 (Herman Fuller's Circus of the Disquieting). SCP-2094 was discovered bound in chains and locked inside a large antique trunk bearing the words \"FOR ESSIE\" written on the top panel in red paint.\nRecovered belongings:\nThe following items were removed from SCP-2094's intestinal space during preliminary containment.\n\nWooden juggling clubs of various colors\nMetal lighter and several packages of cigars\n120 button bass accordion\nSuitcase containing two sets of clean clothes, a toothbrush, and a shaving kit\nFully functional 1962 Maserati 3500 coup\u00e9 with minor interior and mechanical modifications\nBurlap sack containing a number of antique wind-up toys\nOperational submachine gun and accompanying ammunition, circa 1959\nFire breathing torch\nPlastic trunk containing 45 bottles of Kerosene\n\nSelected Interview #1:\n\nInterviewer: Dr. O'Sullivan\nInterviewee: SCP-2094\nNotes: Interview conducted 02/24/06, the day after SCP-2094 entered containment.\n<Begin log>Dr. O'Sullivan: Good evening, SCP-2094. My name is Doctor O'Sullivan. I'll be\u2013Dr. O'Sullivan: I'll be conducting the interview this afternoon.Dr. O'Sullivan: I am not at liberty to discuss the nature of this facility.Dr. O'Sullivan: You seem to be in a talkative mood. Why don't you tell me about the Circus of the Disquieting?Dr. O'Sullivan: I'd very much like to see it in person. How would I go about finding it?Dr. O'Sullivan: Do you know an individual at the circus with an upside-down face?Dr. O'Sullivan: What role does he play at the circus?Dr. O'Sullivan: He sounds like an interesting person. When did you meet him?Dr. O'Sullivan: Please don't be afraid to share your experiences at the circus. I understand many of the freaks were kidnapped and abused from a young age, but you're very far from your captors now. They can't hurt you here.Dr. O'Sullivan: I'm sorry, I didn't mean to insult your family.Dr. O'Sullivan: Tell me, why did you run off?Dr. O'Sullivan: So she was aware of your anomalous properties?Dr. O'Sullivan: I have.Dr. O'Sullivan: Being visited by a stranger in the middle of the night didn't alarm you as a child?Dr. O'Sullivan: And you weren't treated badly at the circus?Dr. O'Sullivan: When the recovery team discovered you, you were locked in a trunk. You were left for us to find. Can you tell me why that is?Dr. O'Sullivan: Were there any problems between you and your family?Dr. O'Sullivan: That's fine. Thank you for your time, SCP-2094.<End log>\n\nSelected Interview #2:\n\nInterviewer: Dr. O'Sullivan\nInterviewee: SCP-2094\nNotes: Interview conducted eight months after SCP-2094 entered containment.\n<Begin log>\nSCP-2094 is led into interview chamber.Dr. O'Sullivan: Is that a fact?Dr. O'Sullivan: I'm sorry to hear that. Life in Bio Site-59 might take some getting used to. Is there anything particular you're having trouble adjusting to?Dr. O'Sullivan: You know, SCP-2094, if you can provide me with some additional information on the circus, I could put in a formal request for improved\u2013Dr. O'Sullivan: You don't have to tell us anything that might compromise the safety of your family. We're not after sensitive information, necessarily. Just tell me about the circus. Acts you've performed, friends you've made. Anything will work.Dr. O'Sullivan: Within reason, yes.Dr. O'Sullivan: That could be arranged, yes.Dr. O'Sullivan: Those sound like reasonable requests.Dr. O'Sullivan: I \u2026 I'll see what I can do.\nSCP-2094 shrugs.Dr. O'Sullivan: I think\u2013Of course, it's not always what you'd call \"crowd ready\". Things can get a bit, uh, chaotic at times. All right, full disclosure: it's a madhouse more often than not, but by golly, when the normies start rolling in, there's not a hair out of place. You can thank our Ringmaster for that. She's phenomenal, in terms of leadership skill as well as booty. Hello, nurse! She wasn't around when I first arrived, though. The overall look and feel of the circus hasn't really changed since the turn of the century; the people, however, change quite a bit, as they are wont to do.\nTake me, for example. I think I mentioned before that I wasn't always the charming portrait of confidence I am today. In the early days I was a tender-footed little lad, recently departed from home, overwhelmed by the strange and wonderful world he'd been swept up into. I mostly just stood around staring in dumbstruck awe at everything around me. Never really talked or nothin'. I was a pretty wide-eyed kid, and an adorable one, from what I hear, so obviously they gave me a job as a human clown car. I mean, really, what else could they do but send me on stage with a few dozen clowns waiting to lurch out of my gut? It wasn't the most glamorous job, but I did get some kicks out of it. Heh. You should have seen the looks on the audience's faces when that marching band started parading out from my lips. Priceless.\nLet's see. After that, I learned some juggling from a guy named Scythe. Total douchebooger, but pretty handy with a pair of swords. I never got to handle them, of course. Just balls and clubs and all that. Scythe was another story entirely. I mean, you could shove a shiv into every square inch of that guy's body and he wouldn't bat an eye. He was a real baby when it came to being set on fire, though, and ended up going up in smoke in the middle of a show. Total spoil sport, dying like that. They held a service for him, but I was busy that day.\nAfter a while I got more comfortable around the other folks. Started to assert myself. The clown shtick had to end. I mean, it was fun and all, but it didn't really mesh with my newfound sense of pride. So I did the juggling thing for a while, tossing random junk around and then swallowing it at the end. Pretty low-scale stuff, comparatively speaking, and I knew I'd end up getting relegated to the Den of Freaks if I didn't up my game. Don't get me wrong: there's a ton of great folks in the Den and it's not a bad place, but it's not the big time, you know?\nSo when I got to be a horny teenager, I thought, \"why not devour a woman whole?\" At first, everyone thought it'd just be a step down from the clown thing, but then I came up with the idea to put a plant in the audience, call them up into the ring, and then swallow them in one gulp. It was all right, I guess, and nicely provocative, but the act didn't really take off until I got Theodore in on it. In addition to being able to turn himself inside-out, Theo also had a knack for the gymnastic stuff, and we managed to make a high diving act out of it. He'd leap off a diving board, flip his innards outwards, and plop right into me. It was a hit, of course. Theo and I got a lot of attention after that, especially once we started dating. Turned out that I found guys just as much fun to swallow as gals.\nThe act got stale after a while, though. And then when I broke it off with Theo, that put the final nail in its coffin. He went back to the Den, and I was gonna be following pretty quick if I didn't think of something new to do. I thought and I thought and brainstormed up a hurricane, but nothing would come to me. I needed a big ticket idea, something that wouldn't just be a hit but would earn me legendary status. And then one day when I was dumping an especially long string of ideas on Quincy, he told me he'd barf a swarm of bees on my face if I didn't shut my motormouth. And then it hit me: Motormouth.\nI'd gotten pretty talkative at that point, so it was an appropriate enough title to take on, but the act that came with it was a stroke of genius, if I do say so myself. Picture this: two lovely assistants on either side of me. They pull my mouth open good and wide. Then, all of a sudden, a Chrysler comes barreling into the Big Top, hits a ramp, and sails down my throat. Pretty fantastic, huh? \u2026 You don't look impressed. Imagination's atrophied, eh? Well, just take my word for it when I say it was pretty damn nifty. Great spectacle value, and legitimately dangerous. I may be magic, but I doubt that even I'd survive a Porsche to the face if it were to miss.\nI got the legend status I was looking for, of course. Became one of the top-billed acts nearly overnight. Things were going swimmingly for me. And then I ended up here. Way to go for that, ruining my life and all. At least I'll be remembered as a star. That's nice. This still sucks, though, I gotta say. Now how much stuff did that earn me?\n<End log>\n\nIncident Log #1: On 12/07/06, SCP-2094 was found in a state of extreme distress, to the point of self-harm. Bio Site-59 caretakers were able to successfully restrain and sedate SCP-2094.\nThe following is a transcript of statements made by SCP-2094 prior to the incident.\n\n<Begin log>\nSCP-2094 abruptly awakens from sleep.SCP-2094 clutches the sides of its head and makes pained vocalizations.SCP-2094 leaps from its bed and begins knocking its head violently against the wall.SCP-2094 loses balance and falls to the floor. It screams.<End log>\n\nWhen SCP-2094 was taken out of its sedated state, it displayed symptoms of severe retrograde amnesia in episodic memory, specifically in memories related to its experiences in GoI-233. Dr. O'Sullivan was issued an official reprimand for not using more immediate information extraction techniques before the incident took place, and resigned from his post as lead researcher for SCP-2094 on 01/15/07.\nSCP-2094 entered a severely depressed psychological state following this incident. Dr. Anniston began psychotropic treatment of SCP-2094's condition on 02/03/07.\nDr. Anniston's Report #1: The following is a message sent from Dr. Anniston to Site Director Bluthe on 02/13/07.\n\nHello,\nI am writing to you today to inform you that SCP-2094 has undergone an extreme change in personality since I was first assigned to it early last year. Before, it was lively, energetic, and highly talkative, quick to engage in banter and turn of phrase. Speaking freely, it was one of the few patients I enjoyed speaking with, occasional lewd remarks notwithstanding.\nHowever, since the December incident, SCP-2094 has grown increasingly withdrawn. In addition to its depression, it has developed severe anxiety, and appears to be in a constant state of terror at its surroundings. Its interpersonal skills have rapidly degenerated, to the point of being visibly nervous around interviewers, even those permitted to address it by its given name for bonding purposes. SCP-2094 has also shown a marked decrease in its interest in physical activity, including juggling, which was a pastime in which it regularly engaged in with any object it could get its hands on.\nI know that your vision for Bio Site-59 is one where anomalies are kept reasonably healthy and happy, and the success of your mental health treatment initiative continues to positively influence other humanoid containment facilities. However, I'm afraid that there's only so much that I can do at this point. Attempts to treat its depression have worsened its anxiety, and attempts to treat its anxiety have worsened its depression. I have consulted with my peers on this issue, and we agree that SCP-2094's unstable mental state puts riskier options out of the equation.\nWe will continue to do our best to treat SCP-2094 medicinally and through counseling, but it seems unlikely that SCP-2094 will return to its previous disposition. Given your commitment to SCP quality of life, I know this will come as a disappointment to you, especially after the letter you sent noting your fondness for its unconventional interview logs. I felt it was important for you to be aware of the situation, and given your background in the mental health field, I hope that you will not hesitate to offer any advice you may have concerning the situation.\nDr. Miranda Anniston\n\nIncident Log #2\nOn 03/11/07, SCP-2094 was found attempting to consume itself in what is presumed to be a suicide attempt. Bio Site-59 caretakers were able to successfully restrain and sedate SCP-2094. Dr. Anniston approved paperwork placing SCP-2094 on Level-2 suicide watch on 03/12/07.\nDr. Anniston's Report #2:\nThe following is a message sent from Dr. Anniston to Site Director Bluthe on 04/15/14.\n\nHello,\nAs you are aware, I have been in charge of overseeing SCP-2094's psychiatric treatment for the past eight years. During that time, it has shown minimal and inconsistent progress, continually resisting treatment and refusing to cooperate with me and my staff. However, over the past two months, I've observed a significant degree of improvement in SCP-2094's overall condition. It's beginning to open up about its thoughts and feelings for the first time in years, and has even requested juggling clubs, which it has been granted access to under supervision.\nSCP-2094 has yet to completely explain what led to its improvement in mood, but so far I've been able to gather that it has \"made peace with the past\", \"forgiven and been forgiven in return,\" and \"gotten back something valuable\". Presumably, these statements have to do with it regaining some memories lost to its amnesia. Due to the comparatively high level of cooperation SCP-2094 has shown recently, I am not pressing for further answers at this time, although more in-depth interviews are scheduled to be conducted.\nYesterday afternoon, SCP-2094 submitted a formal request to hold a performance for the staff of Bio Site-59. It is my personal recommendation that this request be granted\u2013under strictly supervised conditions, of course\u2013as long as SCP-2094's condition continues to show improvement. I've lowered suicide risk level to RL-1, and hope to see it at RL-L by the end of the year. As you are aware, high-risk humanoids are a substantial drain on resources, and it is my hope that we will be able to use some of the funding saved on extreme supervision for additional research.\nIt's likely that, over the course of reading this letter, the thought has crossed your mind that SCP-2094 is merely putting on an act to manipulate personnel into complying with its whims. As SCP-2094's primary caretaker for almost the entirety of the past decade, I can safely say that if it is, in fact, acting, then we can assume with certainty that SCP-2094 is once again as healthy as it was during its first few years of containment. Eccentric, yes, but healthy.\nDr. Miranda Anniston\n\nSelected Interview #3:\n\nInterviewer: Dr. Anniston\nInterviewee: SCP-2094\nNotes: The following is an excerpt from an interview recorded on 5/16/14.\n<Begin log>\nDr. Anniston: And he ate the entire thing?Dr. Anniston: And then what did you do?Dr. Anniston: You didn't!Dr. Anniston: You're referring to the misadventure that led to you ending up in the trunk, correct? I've wondered about that for a while now. Have you gotten those memories back?Dr. Anniston: That's all right. I'm not going to press you about it if you're not ready.Dr. Anniston: You really don't have to\u2013Dr. Anniston: I do.That may sound like a lot of kids, but you gotta remember that the Circus of the Disquieting isn't just a single show, it's a multifaceted entertainment extravaganza. There's the Big Top show, of course, but there's also the Den of Freaks, the Menagerie of Mayhem, the individual tents for special acts, not to mention all of the non-performance jobs\u2026 Point is we've got a plethora of people in all sorts of places, both kids and adults. But at some point or another, Manny started bringing in kids that were different from the ones who'd come before. I should know; I was the one who usually worked with them.\nManny gave the usual stories. Broken family, orphan, saved from the streets, stuff like that. But there was something off about them. I figured it was just trauma, or they were overwhelmed by the circus like I had been, but something still didn't feel quite right. I didn't trust my gut, though. I was stupid for a long time. I put on my charm, played around with them, got them to warm up to the circus and forget about whatever it was that haunted them.\nThat changed with this one kid, though. Little girl. Delicate little thing\u2013 literally, that was her whole shtick. She'd fall to pieces and put herself back together again. I was standing with her one day, trying to teach her to juggle herself, and all of a sudden she just broke down and started crying, saying she wanted to go home. That was when I knew, deep in my gut, that Manny'd been taking kids. If The Man with the Upside-Down Face wants you to keep quiet about something, it's no easy feat to share it.\nI yelled. I fought. I told him that wasn't how we did things anymore. And you know what he did? He slapped me straight across the face and told me that he was just doing what he could do to keep the circus alive. Can you believe that? Even with everything we were doing, he still thought the circus was on the verge of collapse. In hindsight, I think he might have just been overly worried, or maybe still hung up on Fuller's way of doing things. Either way, it's still no excuse for what he did.\nI couldn't stand it. I had to do something. I stashed the girl away in my mouth and snuck her off to the Kaleidoscope. She was home before lunch. Manny was waiting for me when I got back. He was livid, of course. Said I'd betrayed him, betrayed the circus, betrayed the trust that was put in me when I got transportation privileges. He made a huge deal out of it. Called everybody together to watch him locking me in the trunk for you guys to find.\nHeh. It's kind of funny looking back on it, now that I know that it practically killed him to do it. He was so scared of losing control. He had to make an example of me. \"Essie P\" was the big bugaboo around the circus at the time, see, since the big \"Mickey D\" scare had blown over. It makes sense that he'd use that to his advantage. He had to get me out of the picture, but at least he sent me somewhere safe. Yeesh, look at me talk. You got anything to drink in here?\n<End log>\n\n\u00ab SCP-2093 | SCP-2094 | SCP-2095 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2095 after excavation in 08/07/1948.\n\nItem #: SCP-2095\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Reliquary Site-26 was constructed around SCP-2095, preventing access and enclosing it from view. Site-26 has been disguised as a weather observatory and agents within the Greek government are to ensure that the site is publicly viewed as such.\nDescription: SCP-2095 is a primarily subterranean temple complex1 located at Gyaros, an arid and uninhabited Greek island in the Aegean Sea. Structure predates previously known archaeological sites on the island. Inscriptions found within have included Cretan hieroglyphs, Linear A, Hittite Cuneiform, and a previously unknown writing system composed of spiral-shaped glyphs varying in complexity.2\nSCP-2095 is composed of entirely biological material and is believed to have once been a living organism. Samples taken from SCP-2095 have revealed bone, chitin, muscle, adipose and viscera. Radiocarbon dating has placed the subject's death at cal 1200\u20131000 BCE (1\u03c3) with soft tissue having undergone a form of embalmment.\nChambers are connected together via tunnels which are structurally and cellularly similar to the inner lining of the human intestinal tract. Large sphincters appear to have served as doors and are permanently relaxed. These portals would have likely been able to open and close as needed pre-mortem.\nThe largest room contains an altar composed of bone, a component of the SCP-2095 organism. Forensic evidence suggests that it was used in a sacrificial manner. It is believed possible that living sacrifices provided SCP-2095 with the nutrients necessary for its survival and the floor itself shows signs of acidic corrosion. The base of the altar has been carved into an Ouroboros, believed to be a symbol of religious importance to the creators of SCP-2095.\nTwenty-nine scrolls were discovered within the northern most chamber of SCP-2095. Only four were found to be written in Hittite Cuneiform while the rest remain undecipherable. Of those four, three are considered to be of a spiritual/philosophical nature while one appears to be an inventory report.\nFoundation archaeologists have found evidence of warfare throughout the island. This has included skeletal remains depicting likely anomalous causes for death such as implosion, internal combustion, disintegration, radiation poisoning, and fatal physical reconfiguration.\nThe Foundation became aware of SCP-2095 after reports of a \"cathedral of bone\" being discovered by a team of Greek archaeologists who had been studying a large mound on the isle of Gyaros. Class-B Amnestics were administered and the archaeologists were returned to the general population. SCP-2095 was easily secured and construction of Reliquary Site-26 was completed by 12/09/1949.\n\n+ INVENTORY\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nResources:\n[illegible]\n1340 slaves - 10 surrendered at the Shrine of Consumption when the Black Moon holds dominion over the Heavens\n\n12 biltu of gold, pure3\n1200 goats\n300 pigs\n[fragment missing]\nOur Sacred Legion:\n3000 Adytite faithful\n\n500 Thracian faithful, including 12 [\"storm-beasts\"?]\n2000 Urartu [\"converts\"/\"conscripts\"?]\n400 Sardinian mercenaries\n250 Kaskian faithful\n100 Caphtor conspirators - can their loyalty be trusted when they so easily betrayed their own?4\n300 Mycenaean mercenaries\nArmory:\n2550 bone-crafted blades and shields\n2000 bone-crafted bows\n10,000 bone-crafted arrows, poisoned with hellebore and venom of adder\n60 amphora of [illegible]\n200 amphora of \"liquid fire\"\n20 \"curse tablets\" - placed around perimeter of island\n1 amphora of \"Red Death\"\n\n+ SCROLL I\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nThe Wound, cut from the flesh of totality - deep, it severed the line of future and past. Drawn to its ancient fester, gods swarmed as flies to a corpse. We waited within bloodless veins, faithful to that which we could not know - unable to imagine that we might become their greater.\nHere, we slept - until our souls became flesh.\nSone Alku\n\n+ SCROLL II\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\n[heavily stained; paragraph illegible]\nThe swineherd prostrated himself before the Sorcerer-King and asked, \"Great Sorcerer-King and Ozi\u032ermok, Heart of Man and Light of Lights. I speak for the folk of the cold-marsh. We fear the red lanterns that dance without harmony; our spirit-guides warn of ill omens.\"\nAnd Ion did assure the man, \"I have gazed upon the Faceless Ones, servitors of His Undulating Vastness. Their chief is blind - castrated by our words and will. He sings songs of anarchy but they will not come again. These terrible spirits do not deserve our love; render unto them no sacrifice until the stars have aligned.\"\nSone Vith\n\n+ SCROLL III\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nAnd to his flock, Ion thus spoke: \"I have stepped beyond the Floe of Dreams; stood before the Old Ones within their own desolate domain.\nI have endured their intolerable force, across countless eons.\nI have seen the infinite dead worlds, murdered death herself.\nI have read the entrails of our Creator, beheld eternity unfurled.\nKnow that our paradise draws near.\nAnd with our own flesh shall we birth it.\nSone Skaal\n\nAddendum: On 05/24/2014, an earthquake occurred in the Aegean Sea. Reliquary Site-26 was unharmed, as were the anomalous objects retained within since its construction. SCP-2095 did however suffer some structural damage but proved to be a serendipitous event. A hitherto unknown sphincter, sealed and hidden through calcification, had ruptured open within the altar chamber.\nExploration of the chamber led to the discovery of the body of a human male. Individual has shown no signs of decay and although lacking a detectable heartbeat, EEG scans have revealed low-level brain activity. Research into the subject and its relationship with SCP-2095 is currently ongoing.\nFound inside was a single well-preserved scroll, strewn carelessly and likely never meant to be contained within. Deduced to be a letter, it is believed to have been written by the ruling authority at SCP-2095 but had been unsent, possibly due to events directly referenced within. The document has been translated and is now accessible for viewing by Foundation personnel:\n\n+ UNSENT LETTER\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nGrand Karcist Ion,\nMay this missive find you at Kythera, for it shall be my last. Our enemies have begun their assault on the island but we have completed the Rite of Preservation. The Temple will sleep and await Resurrection by the Children of Adytum.\nThe Fallen Kingdoms and Followers of Mekhane have united against us, even as their nations crumble. Still, they have transmuted our every victory in the region to that of defeat, even as their own fates are sealed.\nThe Bleeding Heart is our last stronghold in the Aegean Sea but no doubt our Eastern Domain remains strong under your eternal gaze. The Wounds sustained today will heal - into the ages of ages, we are undying.\nTheir victory here shall be hollow. Karcist Meksa has claimed their Profane Instruments and sails for Kythera as I write this.\nI vow that none are to leave this island alive. May their names be obliterated and their flesh consumed.\nWe summon the Red Death.\nFor the blood of heathens, we sacrifice ourselves. We will meet again in Adytum.\nI remain,\nKarcist Tundas\n\nSeal attached to letter.\n\nPrologue: In Principio Erat Verbum | In Memoria, Adytum\n\nFootnotes\n1. Part of the outer structure is above ground. The interior of SCP-2095 is entirely subsurface.\n2. Of the writing systems used at SCP-2095, only Hittite Cuneiform has been translated.\n3. 360 kg.\n4. Likely Minoans; context remains unknown.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2094 | SCP-2095 | SCP-2096 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2096\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2096 is to be held in an MSHA1 containment cell at Area 26. Following Event 08/29/2001-2, the subject has remained in a comatose state. A minimum of one Medical Department personnel and one Research Department personnel are to monitor SCP-2096 at all times. In the event of SCP-2096 regaining consciousness, Containment Subterfuge Protocol 002 (\"Conventional Medical Facility\") is to be initiated until current containment protocols are reestablished.\nTo maximize the probability and speed of re-containment in the case of an SCP-2096 event, autonomous redundancy systems have been implemented. Personnel monitoring the subject are required to send messages to personnel at Site 19 no less frequently than three times an hour. If no messages are received for thirty minutes, automated lockdown of Area 26 will initiate. Because of the potential variance in duration for an SCP-2096 event, this lockdown will be maintained until reestablishment of containment protocols has been verified.\nDescription: SCP-2096 is a Caucasian female, eighty-one years of age. The subject, given name \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, is within average parameters of physical health for an individual of their age. SCP-2096 has been designated a Class 3U reality bender.2 SCP-2096 events are triggered by the subject's level of emotional distress and increase in intensity in proportion to the same vector.\nRecorded SCP-2096 events have to date always been preceded by the subject experiencing cognitive or physical impairment attributable to their dementia. When the subject is faced with a situation where any of their functions are noticeably diminished, the ensuing temporary reality restructuring event alters the cognitive functions of individuals within the effect vicinity to replicate the impairments being experienced by SCP-2096. Most often this results in those affected involuntarily undergoing analogues to SCP-2096's current memory loss; common examples have included confusion regarding their current location, the inability to identify others on sight, and the inability to remember the procedures for fine motor skill activities. While the effect occurs very rapidly following the onset of distress it is not instantaneous, with delay durations reaching as high as sixty-seven seconds in recorded events. Cessation of effect is similar in delay.\nAccording to medical records acquired from the family of SCP-2096 upon containment, the subject began to present symptoms of Alzheimer's disease in August of 1998. These symptoms were first documented following hospitalization for injuries suffered after a fall in the home; the accident has since been theorized to be an acute representation of the onset of truncal ataxia. Formal diagnosis of Alzheimer's was made in December of 1998 following continued symptomatic behaviors. Prior to the onset of Alzheimer's in SCP-2096, no anomalous events had been recorded by the family or any medical institution. It is as of yet unclear whether the subject's facets as a reality bender had been latent prior to neurological degeneration or if all SCP-2096 events prior to the condition were comprehensive enough in their reality restructuring as to leave no evidence of previous consensus realities.\nDiscovery: SCP-2096 was voluntarily remanded into Foundation custody by family members on 5/27/2001 following a temporary reality restructuring event which resulted in a multi-vehicle accident and the hospitalization of the subject and several others. Foundation liaisons in place at the medical facility were alerted to the potentially anomalous nature of the subject by familial testimony of prior events during the hospital's intake process.\nEvent 08/29/2001-1 Report:\n\nDuration: 00:00:49\nMaximum Recorded Area of Effect: \u2248 7m\nNotes: The subject's facets activated following a sudden and asymptomatic onset of emotional distress, manifested physically in the form of excessive weeping. Administration of sedation was in progress when SCP-2096's anomalous effect manifested. Personnel within the area of effect were functionally incapacitated by racking sobs and an emotional state consistently characterized after the event as \"hopeless\" by those affected. Enough sedative had been administered to permit rapid termination of the event in spite of the protocol's interruption by personnel incapacitation.\n\nFollowing Event 08/29/2001-1, review of on-site and off-site mental health accessibility for personnel who have experienced an SCP-2096 event has been proposed.\nEvent 08/29/2001-2 Report:\n\nDuration: 00:24:17\nMaximum Recorded Area of Effect: \u2248 1.2km\nNotes: SCP-2096 began to laugh with rapidly increasing intensity. Onset was minimal enough in delay and severe enough in intensity to preclude normal sedation protocols. Uncontrollable fits of laughter were experienced by all personnel at Area 26 and anecdotal evidence implies that the area of effect reached as far the outskirts of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588 at its peak. The subject experienced laughter-induced syncope and lost consciousness at 00:11:25 before awakening at 00:17:51 with no lingering emotional incontinence. The approximately thirteen minute delay between the end of SCP-2096's emotional distress via unconsciousness and the termination of its effect on individuals within the effect vicinity was unprecedented.\n\nFollowing Event 08/29/2001-2, the Palmer Protocol3 has been invoked by approval of SCP-2096 Lead Researcher Emsworth. SCP-2096 has been chemically induced into a comatose state as of 08/30/2001. The duration of this containment protocol is currently unspecified; weekly evaluations of the subject's state of physical health and potential revisions to the primary containment procedures are scheduled.\nAddendum 10/17/2001: SCP-2096 was diagnosed on 10/15/2001 with a moderate chest infection; this type of condition often occurs in comatose subjects due to the general absence of the cough reflex. Treatment thus far has prevented the worsening of the condition but has been ineffective as a cure. As part of the weekly evaluation procedure on 10/17/2001, a proposal to wake SCP-2096 in the hopes of mitigating continued growth of the infection and to improve quality of life has been suggested. A counter-proposal of euthanization, citing the known and presumed risks of SCP-2096 in a conscious state following Event 08/29/2001-2, was made. Both proposals will be presented to an Ethics Committee tribunal during the next weekly evaluation on 10/24/2001.\nEthics Committee Report 10/29/2001:\n\nThe tribunal responsible for this casefile's review has determined that the risks garnered by waking SCP-2096 outweigh the potential quality of life benefits. Were it the case that a return to both full physical health and manageable mental health states were probable, this decision would have been more complex; unfortunately, this is not so. Nor is it practical to continue to keep SCP-2096 in its comatose state, given no current projections suggesting significant enough medical advances that would permit an acceptable level of quality of life.\nEuthanization of SCP-2096 has been scheduled for 10/30/2001. Reclassification to Neutralized will take place following confirmation of the procedure's success.\n- Jennifer Rumsey, Ethics Committee Regional Director\n\nFootnotes\n1. Medical, Standard, Humanoid, Active\n2. Subtype designation 'U' is the classification for reality benders whose facets are considered to be Uncontrolled or Unintentional; see Reality Benders: Classifications and Presumed Threat Levels for a complete definition of this classification.\n3. The Palmer Protocol permits the incapacitation of humanoid subjects by one of several unconventional, non-fatal methods as a temporary containment procedure.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2095 | SCP-2096 | SCP-2097 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2097\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2097 is to be held in a well-lit standard containment chamber. Historical Mongolian texts and children's books written in Spanish are to be arranged on the floor nearby; different texts are to be rotated in on a monthly basis. The room is to be monitored by four CCTV cameras, with at least one directly focused on SCP-2097 at all times. Access to the chamber is to require Level-3 clearance. Should instances of SCP-2097-1 manifest, Researcher Adams (or the Level-3 Researcher currently assigned to SCP-2097) is to be informed immediately.\nDescription: SCP-2097 has four observed forms: a fencing foil, a leaf-shaped arc, a thin sheet of metal, and a curved metal plate. The material that SCP-2097 is composed of may vary between manifested forms; material analysis does not reveal any abnormalities in the substances themselves. SCP-2097 will transition repeatedly between these forms, with its most common appearance being a thin sheet of aluminum. SCP-2097's transformation process is irregular and instantaneous; high speed camera footage reveals the object changing from one form to the next apparently in between frames.\nPrior to first manifestation of SCP-2097-2, a piece of paper with a written message (henceforth referred to as SCP-2097-1) would occasionally materialize next to SCP-2097. Instances of SCP-2097-1 were usually written in crude English, though one instance was written in Mongolian. See below for examples of messages found on instances of SCP-2097-1.\n\nworthy teacher why does no word rhyme with orange is it most beautiful word?\n\nwhat is mr. and dr. and mrs. and ms. those aren't words this is not perfect\n\nfriend, why is it tooth and teeth not booth and beeth?\n\nInstances of SCP-2097-1 were later discovered to have been sent by SCP-2097-2. Writing on instances of SCP-2097-1 allowed the Foundation to communicate with SCP-2097-2 before it began to physically manifest in Foundation containment.\nSCP-2097-2 is an entity that assumes the appearance of a Puss Moth caterpillar (Cerura vinula) and claims to have created SCP-2097. SCP-2097-2 is able to produce high-pitched vocalizations and can communicate in Mongolian and basic English. It claims to be a minor deity serving the god Tengri and has demonstrated detailed knowledge of the Mongol Empire. Throughout its interactions with the Foundation, SCP-2097-2 has been cooperative and amicable. It consistently expresses a desire for the presence of a man named \"Juan\".\n\n+ Interview Log 2097-01\n\n- hide log\n\nInterview Log 2097-01\nNotes: This is the first recorded instance of communication with SCP-2097-2. Researcher Adams was the active listed researcher of SCP-2097 at this time. Communication was achieved through writing on instances of SCP-2097-1. SCP-2097-2's reply appears within a few seconds; written messages are capitalized to distinguish from spoken dialogue.\nAdams: HELLO\nSCP-2097-2: HELLO\nAdams: IS ANYONE THERE?\nSCP-2097-2: YES. IT HAS BEEN LONG SINCE YOU WROTE BACK.\nAdams: HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN?\nSCP-2097-2: A FEW MONTHS. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?\nAdams: I HAVE BEEN BUSY\n(There was no reply for three minutes. SCP-2097-2 then materialized next to SCP-2097)\nAdams: Shit!\nSCP-2097-2: Who are you?\nAdams: I am Researcher Adams. What- (SCP-2097-2 interrupts Adams)\nSCP-2097-2: Where am I? What is Researcher? Where is Juan?\nAdams: Calm down. You are in a safe place. I am a doctor and I am here to help you. Can you tell me more about Juan?\nSCP-2097-2: (Unintelligible Mongolian)) (Post interview, this translated into various expletives directed towards Researcher Adams.)\nAdams: Sorry, I did not understand that. Could you- (Adams is interrupted again)\nSCP-2097-2: Bring me books!\nAt this point, SCP-2097-2 ceases communication and vanishes.\nContainment procedures were updated and subsequent interviews included the presence of a Mongolian translator.\n\nAddendum 2097-01: Since books were introduced to the containment area, SCP-2097-2 has been observed to appear every twenty-three days, examining the books for eight hours before disappearing. However, upon personnel entering the containment area while SCP-2097-2 is present, it will immediately demanifest and will not appear for another twenty-three days.\nAfter a year of this continued behavior, Researcher Adams left a note on top of SCP-2097: \"Please talk to me.\" At the next cycle, SCP-2097-2 remained in the room while Adams was present (see interview log).\n\n+ Interview Log 2097-07\n\n- hide log\n\nNotes: This interview was conducted in Mongolian with the help of a translator. It has been translated into English for ease of reading.\nAdams: Please tell me who Juan is, who you are, and what this is. (points at SCP-2097)\nSCP-2097-2: I am Shiba, one of knowledge, servant of god Tengri. This shape is one of my forms incarnate, allows me to read. Juan is my English teacher. He is a wise and valiant explorer. His real name is Juan Caballero and he is an Spaniard, a friend of deities and creator of perfect things.\nAdams: Do you know what that thing is? (gestures to SCP-2097)\nSCP-2097-2: It is proof of divine friendship. After many trials, our first masterpiece, the one Juan wished to keep. With Juan's knowledge and my power, together we make for the world the most beautiful things. Words that are many things are beautiful. We make things worthy of their name. Juan swore he would continue our work. Where is Juan? Did you take him?\nAdams: I don't know where Juan is, but I can help you find him. Can you tell me more about Juan?\nSCP-2097-2: Juan told me that he loves to explore the world. I met him at the Lake of Youth while I was reading a book, and he taught me English! I still remember the first book he read to me, The Canterbury Tales. We had lessons every day and he would tell me about the wonders of the world, or stories about his travels. To share, I would tell him the history of the Mongol Empire.\nAdams: Why do you only come here once every twenty-three days?\nSCP-2097-2: What are you talking about? I come every day to read!\n<End of log>\n\nA search for the man named \"Juan Caballero\", described as an Spanish scholar and explorer, is currently ongoing.\n\nAddendum 2097-02: Foundation investigation has discovered a Juan Caballero, deceased since 1548. Mr. Caballero was an obscure scholar and documented to be fluent in Spanish, English, and Old Norse. Although the Foundation did not find any record of him being familiar with the Mongolian language, it is probable that this is the man that SCP-2097-2 is referring to. Efforts are ongoing to recover more information about this individual and their descendants.\nAddendum 2097-03: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, SCP-2097-2 appeared in the containment area along with two sheets of stainless steel, a 1 cm thick piece of oak wood and a leaf from the Bearded Iris (Iris germanica). SCP-2097-2 explained that it \"had remembered what Juan had wanted to work on next\". Researcher Adams told SCP-2097-2 that the Foundation had found someone who knows where Juan is, and suggested that SCP-2097-2 return later. SCP-2097-2 replied, \"It will be good to meet again. He is an uncommonly honest man, and always kept his promises.\" and demanifested, leaving the materials in the containment area.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2096 | SCP-2097 | SCP-2098 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2098\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All containment efforts are directed towards surveillance of Prime Susceptibility Communities and rapid mobilization of venue disruption teams upon confirmation of a SCP-2098 Phase 2 event.\nSite-23's two dedicated PSC-2098 monitoring team members are to maintain media oversight of yet-unaffected Prime Susceptibility Communities as their sole function. GenStat Team 88-Bartleby is to maintain the ongoing global media search procedures for SCP-2098 activity outside of Prime Susceptibility Communities at a Priority 3 in their duty cycle (to be altered as necessary by site management, RAISA, or O5 mandate).\nContainment teams stationed in active SCP-2098 communities are to monitor and maintain an accurate record of all instances of \"Saint Simon's Day\" and intervene to prevent virulent behaviors in any SCP-2098 vectors. SCP-2098-Red vectors should be taken into custody under the guise of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and remanded to Site-23 for analysis and disposal. Containment teams are to use standard hearing protection when attempting to contain any potential SCP-2098-Red vector.\nLocal monitoring teams are to be stationed in any community affected by a SCP-2098 event, regardless of whether or not disruption was successful. Expanded local mass media surveillance (to include delivery methods such as skywriting, smartphone-based advertising, and faith-based community outreach) should continue indefinitely until further research determines the long-term effects of event exposure on community susceptibility.\nSanctioned venue disruption can range from simply renting the facility/space in question to making it permanently uninhabitable in extreme cases. Venue disruption has proven effective in preventing 100% of SCP-2098 events detected before Phase 3 begins. This requires a minimum of resources or long-term intervention in most cases. All available notifications (banners, flyers, posters, pamphlets, videotapes, etc.) of an SCP-2098 event are to be collected following its conclusion regardless of its success or failure.\nDescription: SCP-2098 is most easily understood as a \"virulent holiday\". SCP-2098 is the cumulative reference for a series of anomalous phenomena and behaviors which overwrite existing human perception of a calendar date (or dates) with the belief that the date in question is a holiday designated \"Saint Simon's Day\". In practice, SCP-2098 behaves in a manner roughly analogous to a pathogen, infecting human perception of the calendar date through self-replicating SCP-2098 events. These events alter human perception of the date to varying degrees in order to sustain existing perceptive anomalies and/or propagate further events. It is theorized that without intervention, 100% of the human population would perceive and \"celebrate\" Saint Simon's Day every calendar day within twenty-six (26) years, resulting in an XB-Class Perceptive Restructuring Scenario.\nTo date, all communities experiencing an SCP-2098 event have been located in American-held states and territories which do not observe Daylight Savings Time, and have been in existence as distinct civic entities no earlier than January 1st, 1969. Communities meeting these criteria are designated Prime Susceptibility Communities. There is currently no evidence of an SCP-2098 event occurring prior to 1969, though research is ongoing to determine if the SCP-2098 effect is new and unique only to this geographic/legislative region, or if it exists/has existed with differing parameters elsewhere. Though events have thus far only taken place in this limited range, SCP-2098-Red vectors can easily transmit infection to communities and individuals outside this zone. Due to Foundation intervention, no documented infection has yet taken root outside of a Prime Susceptibility Community.\nSCP-2098 phenomena proceed along a currently predictable course:\nPhase 1 - SCP-2098 will begin to manifest in a target community through altered signage/advertising for a local gathering. This will invariably include some iteration of the phrase \"Saint Simon\". Targeted events are always community-wide in scope with no formal invitation required (such as a race, festival, fair, or parade). SCP-2098 will progressively co-opt such a community event over the course of two to thirty days (see list of previous instances).\nAt this phase, only a single media outlet may be affected, and the naming convention may not yet be consistent or logical.\n\n+ Example of Phase 1 Activity\n\n- Example of Phase 1 Activity\n\nIn event 2098-6, flyers for the Chino Valley, Arizona Firemen's Association Pancake Breakfast were affected 12 days before the event date to read alternatively: \"Saint Simon's Day Oracular Catechesis\", \"Saint Simon's Day Bisected Youth Vigil\", and \"Feast of Saint Simon's Timorous Indulgence\".\nThe words \"Saint Simon\" in promotional materials are thus far the only commonalities between announcements for SCP-2098 events at this phase. Containment teams are to verify a shift to Phase 2 before attempting any form of intervention as targeted venues and event types have shifted randomly during Phase 1, leading to confusion and loss of containment. There is currently no reliable protocol for effective neutralization of an SCP-2098 event during Phase 1.\n\nPhase 2 - 48 hours before the event date, all promotional materials for the event will alter to include a consistent iteration of \"Saint Simon\" in their title. In addition, the venue will be consistent across these materials, and they will specify a duration of 12pm to 4pm without exception. Widespread perceptive anomalies will first manifest in the affected community during Phase 2, with 100% of residents possessing accurate but unsourced knowledge of the event date, duration, venue, and name. There appears to be no accompanying compulsion to attend the event despite this knowledge. Unless the venue is rendered unavailable, the scheduled community gathering will take place in accordance with the time and date indicated on the SCP-2098-altered media. Venue disruption is the only currently proven means of preventing an SCP-2098 event.\n\n+ Example of Phase 2 Activity\n\n- Example of Phase 2 Activity\n\nIn event 2098-7, seven out of fifteen community members interviewed reported to have seen anomalous promotional materials during Phase 1, but could not reliably say what the advertised event constituted or when it was. 48 hours before the consistently advertised Phase 2 event date, 100% of interviewees confirmed the date, venue, time, and nature of the event as \"The Saint Simon's Day Flensing Cursillo. Sunday from 12-4.\" Interviewees reported no confusion regarding this name. Promotional materials for the event posted through various media outlets consistently designated the event as \"The Saint Simon's Day Flensing Cursillo\" to take place on Sunday, 10/21/1991, from 12pm to 4pm at the local Vista del Montana park. Note that despite the anomalous name change, physical preparations for this event proceeded normally\u2014the co-opted event was a chili cookoff.\n\nPhase 3 - At 12:01:01 PM on the confirmed date, an SCP-2098 event will enter Phase 3. All persons within the designated community event boundaries will cease voluntary movement for precisely sixteen minutes and sixteen seconds (ending 12:17:17 PM local time). Non-human life is not affected by SCP-2098 events. If observed at a range closer than 15 meters during this time, the observer will enter the event boundaries and be affected accordingly.\nAlthough close-range medical tests are not possible, viewing from minimum safe distance indicates that 2098-affected individuals continue to respirate and blink normally for the duration of the stasis. Mild to moderate physical interaction from a non-human entity or outside force will break this stasis, causing the affected individual(s) to fall prone and collapse into a fully unconscious state that will last until the cessation of the event at 12:17:17 PM local time.\nPhase 4 - At 12:17:17 PM local time, the event enters Phase 4. All affected individuals will leave stasis (including those who may have been rendered unconscious and prone due to outside forces) and return to their homes by whatever means they arrived at the venue. While affected individuals will not violently resist attempts to interfere with their return to their homes, should one individual affected by SCP-2098 be detained, the remaining affected subjects will come to their aid and attempt to remove whatever persons or obstacles are preventing the individual from returning to their home.\n\n+ Example of Phase 4 Activity\n\n- Example of Phase 4 Activity\n\nIn event 2098-4, an attempt was made to quarantine the entire venue (a local veteran's meeting hall) to observe affected subjects. Despite door barricades and non-lethal deterrents, the two hundred and sixty-four (264) affected subjects would or could not respond to questioning and took any opportunity available to attempt to exit the premises and return to their residences, even if this resulted in their injury. After barricades were removed and the containment team allowed the affected individuals to leave, none of those later interviewed recalled their detention or anything other than a pleasant day at the \"53rd Annual Saint Simon's Day Petrichoric Exhortation\". Note that the affected community had been in existence for less than three years, and the physically prepared event was a silent auction for a local charity.\nIn event 2098-5, the entire affected populace was quarantined under the guise of a Valley Fever outbreak. The Pyrrhus protocol was authorized and its use effectively neutralized the spread of the localized SCP-2098 infection. After Ethics Committee review, this containment method has been disallowed.\n\nPhase 5 - The final phase of an SCP-2098 event transitions the affected populace into two distinct vector classes (Green and Red) within 6 hours of return to their homes. If prevented from returning to their homes, vector classes manifest within 1-2 hours, making community inventory and maintenance far more practical if the populace is permitted to return to their homes during Phase 4. This is current SOP for non-disrupted events.\n\n+ Green-Vector Information\n\n- Green-Vector Information\n\nIndividuals designated SCP-2098-Green (appended with specific event #) will consider the date of their SCP-2098 exposure event to be \"Saint Simon's Day\". This affects both past recollections of the date as well as future dates. For instance, 2098-Green-6 individuals consider all past and future Octobers the 21st to be \"Saint Simon's Day\".\nSCP-2098-Green vectors recall their exposure event date to have proceeded normally; they recall a full 4-5 hours of specific conversations and activities on their exposure date despite having experienced only sixteen minutes and sixteen seconds of linear time. Amnestic therapy has been successful in eliminating these fabricated memories, but the assertion that all past and future anniversaries of the event date are \"Saint Simon's Day\" remains with affected subjects. When presented with conflicting information regarding the existence of such a holiday, 2098-Green vectors express mild confusion, but retain their conviction regarding the anomalous date and will continue to act accordingly on subsequent anniversaries of their exposure date.\nChildren and (in two verified cases) grandchildren of 2098-Green vectors will refer to their parent's original exposure date as \"Saint Simon's Day\" upon reaching approximately three years of age. These individuals are also classed as SCP-2098-Green vectors and share their parent's anomalous experience of the original exposure date despite the fact they were not yet born\u2014they are able to recall the same fabricated conversations and activities experienced by their parent on the initial exposure date with 100% accuracy.\nLong-term monitoring has not established any further behavioral or perceptual disturbances in 2098-Green subjects or established a limit to how many generations it may persist within a family line.\n\n+ Red-Vector Information\n\n- Red-Vector Information\n\nSCP-2098-Red vectors are generated when an SCP-2098 event takes place on the affected subject's birthday. Current research indicates that 2098-Red vectors exhibit the following characteristics across all affected communities, though observation is limited and difficult pending updated contact procedures:\n- SCP-2098-Red instances are constantly active, highly virulent vectors for SCP-2098 perceptive infection. If they are heard speaking by unaffected individuals at a range of closer than 15 meters for longer than approximately 120 seconds, such individuals will become 2098-Green instances; substituting the date of exposure with \"Saint Simon's Day\" and attendant phenomena. Audio/visual recordings of 2098-Red vectors do not retain this effect.\n- SCP-2098-Red vectors can selectively omit existing holidays from widespread perception through extended public speaking. If allowed to speak for greater than a 1200-second threshold, any individuals (affected or unaffected) capable of hearing and understanding the 2098-Red vector will begin to replace knowledge of existing, culturally established holidays with the fabricated information regarding \"Saint Simon's Day\" provided by the 2098-Red instance. Subjects affected by this aspect of SCP-2098-Red vectors can identify multiple dates as \"Saint Simon's Day\" concurrently without cognitive dissonance.\n- SCP-2098-Red vectors will experience rapid atrophy of their memories and personality over the 36-hour period following their initial exposure event. They retain no memory of their previous identity at 48 hours. After this time, the 2098-Red vector will consider themselves to be the eponymous \"Saint Simon\", and work exhaustively to make themselves visible and heard by as many people as possible. No biographical information regarding this identity has been established as 2098-Red instances proselytize incoherently almost constantly, and seem unaware of questions directed towards them. Amnestic therapy has not proven effective in restoring any functional memory within SCP-2098-Red vectors.\n\nAddenda:\n\n+ Record 2098-966.3 - Official Vatican Inquiry and Concurrent Research\n\n- Record 2098-966.3 - Official Vatican Inquiry and Concurrent Research\n\nOn 4/17/1974, Foundation researchers requested access to the Vatican library records pertaining to the biblical/historical Saint Simon. These records were not made available until the 1983 Code of Canon Law revision was in place, which contained additional, unpublished Vatican provisions and guidelines for requests of this nature. After thorough examination of the released documents, no correlation was drawn between the biblical/historical personage of Saint Simon with any of the anomalous effects in question. However, records of heretical activities and subcultures affiliated with Saint Simon revealed a brief entry for the \"Commune of Simon Eternal\" founded by one Emmett Parsons of Tucson, Arizona circa 1968. Church records indicate that the group represented a confluence of drug culture and elementary hagiography, but a cursory investigation revealed little of interest to ecumenical authorities.\nEmmett Parsons preached that his followers could \"renounce time as Simon renounced gold\" through the ritualized use of various psychedelics and the concurrent destruction of timepieces. Followers could therefore \"live each day as a Saint\". Further behaviors are standard for cult activity, emphasizing the commodification of women and unswerving loyalty to the founder.\nParsons appears again in a 1969 report of his murder at the hands of one of his 16 \"brides\", Abigail Strough. This has led research to shift from Parsons to Strough. Notably, Abigail Strough received no prison sentence for the murder of Emmett Parsons, and Event 2098-1 commenced within one week of her release from custody.\n\n+ Addendum 2098-1072.4 - Action reports - PSC-2098 Team Bravo\n\n- Addendum 2098-1072.4 - Action reports - PSC-2098 Team Bravo\n\nFollowing Event 2098-17 in 2009, PSC-2098 Team Bravo re-opened investigation into Strough after learning she retains the deed to commune lands to this day under the \"Deacon's Advisory Partnership\" non-profit organization. Repeated calls to the organization's phone number return a voicemail message stating staff is out of the office in observance of Saint Simon's Day. Upgraded observation of site approved 9/21/2010. No confirmed sightings of Strough documented at this time.\nAs of disrupted 2098 event 15, naming conventions for co-opted events have altered from the standard nonsensical combinations of ritualized behavior and Catholic terminology. Analytics staff report the following pattern in recently-disrupted event names:\nEvent 2098-15: \"Saint Simon's Day Ether Frequency Dichotomy\"\nEvent 2098-16: \"Saint Simon's Procession of Shortest Waves\"\nEvent 2098-17: \"Saint Simon's Cathode Intercession\"\nEvent 2098-18: \"Saint Simon's Communion of the Wavelengths\"\nEvent 2098-19: \"Saint Simon's Etheric Voice Triumphant\"\nEvent 2098-19, though successfully disrupted, was followed by the broadcast launch of a Tucson, Arizona public access television program entitled \"Sixty Seconds to Freedom\" at 12:01:01pm the day following Event 2098-19's disruption. Broadcast review indicates a 62% keyphrase match from previously collected 2098-Red statements. Broadcast tapes secured and both production staff and talent are held at Site-23 undergoing processing and exposure tests. The Deacon's Advisory Partnership website was updated to include a legal defense fund drive 48 hours following the detention of \"Sixty Seconds to Freedom\" staff and talent, though no explicit link between the two incidents is advertised through the site.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2097 | SCP-2098 | SCP-2099 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2099\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Objects composing SCP-2099 are kept in place at the recovery site. All communications connections (phone lines, LAN, etc.) have been severed. All wireless devices have been found and destroyed. See Addendum 2099-4\nThe warehouse above the recovery site is currently owned and operated by Smith-Campbell Publishing LLC., a front that distributes disinformation material. Any instances of SCP-2099-B taken off-site are to be disguised as shipments of printed materials.\nThe entrance to the recovery site is protected by a steel door that requires personnel on both sides to open. It will be kept closed whenever not in use.\nPersonnel will monitor all active peripherals under the control of SCP-2099-A. Any peripherals beyond those permitted are to be reported at once and destroyed.\nDescription: SCP-2099 is the brain of Jeremy Valdez and all associated machinery and equipment contained in place at the recovery location.\nSCP-2099 was found under a derelict warehouse in Detroit, Michigan, in 2003 after urban explorers posted pictures online. The original account was deleted and amnestics administered, but some images of SCP-2099 still exist online, with different contexts given. This is considered to be a low risk to containment.\nThe recovery site is a series of thirteen underground structures ranging from 3 meters x 3 meters x 2 meters to 30 meters x 20 meters x 10 meters. Some act as storage units containing shelves holding thousands of mechanical and electronic devices and parts. Others are largely open, intended for use in testing. One contains mostly heavy machinery believed to have been used in excavating the recovery site. Every room has hundreds to thousands of pieces of paper, on which notes are written. These are in a fragmentary short-hand. A row of numbers and letters at the top of each sheet appears to act as a reference to the contents of each sheet, though the precise meaning has not been decoded.\nValdez's brain, hereafter referred to as SCP-2099-A, is kept in a jar filled with water mixed with electrolytes, sugars, green food coloring, and artificial flavoring. How this keeps SCP-2099-A alive, or if it even plays any role beyond aesthetic, is unknown at this time. SCP-2099-A has been largely cooperative with Foundation personnel, although its answers have been of limited usefulness.\nInstances of SCP-2099-B are devices built by SCP-2099-A, both before and after its present condition. These machines are built from a number of materials. Virtually all of them appear to be highly technologically advanced, but should not function based on current understanding of science (based on power draws, material limitations, or violations of constants such as the speed of light). Several are referred to as \"peripherals,\" devices directly under the control of SCP-2099-A. These are used by SCP-2099-A to interact with its environment. Most of these were destroyed during recovery. Five are currently active, contingent on SCP-2099-A's continued cooperation. These range from mechanical hands to a humanoid robot dressed as a butler. These are used primarily to find and bring notes to SCP-2099-A.\nExamples of SCP-2099-B\n\nPistol that fires out high-intensity X-rays. It is powered by two AA batteries and focused by a common quartz crystal.\nSix-meter-tall humanoid robot made primarily of chrome and steel. Tensile strength of materials involved should not be capable of supporting its weight.\nA cannon that fires sabots that release human-sized robots armed with swords and metal nunchakus. Notably, the volume of the sabots is not large enough to fit the robots.\nA bin labeled \"cyborg parts.\" Inside were a number of artificial limbs, sensory organs, and other body parts. None of them have been \"attached,\" so it is unknown whether or not they would be functional. No means of interfacing with a nervous system could be found on any of these parts.\nA large vehicle with a mounted drill and claws, capable of tunneling through solid rock and earth. Material so displaced disappears, leaving empty tunnels.\nA rocket-based spacecraft. Sediment stuck to the skids matches samples taken from the Moon. There is no plausible means by which it could have exited the recovery site.\nA force field generator. It cannot be examined at this time, as SCP-2099-A has forgotten how to disengage the device.\nA large generator with \"anti-gravity\" written on the side. Anti has been crossed out in red paint. When engaged, all nearby objects weigh twice what they normally would in Earth gravity.\nA computer system running an apparently complete simulation (down to individual grains of sand) of an alien solar system. It performs with two gigabytes of available disk space.\n713 different laser guns (in a bin labeled \"713 different laser guns\").\n\nElectricity is supplied via a number of interconnected powerstrips. Following the powerstrips ultimately leads to a final power strip plugged into itself. Unplugging it removes power from the entire facility.\n\nInterview Log SCP-2099-A-1\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Who are you?\"\nSCP-2099-A: \"I am the Profound Professor V, the genius who invented the Quantum Pistol, the Rocket to Sagittarius, the Window to Other Worlds. My name is Jeremy Valdez. Jeremy, there was another Jeremy I met once, well, lots, but the one stuck in my mind. Clever man, a salesman. Can't trust them an inch if you give them a mile, but that wasn't me.\"\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"How did you build this facility?\"\nSCP-2099-A: \"Oh, dug it all out. Tricky bit was the supports. Used solid Valdezium to hold it up. That's my own invention. Name trademarked, patent pending, unless I forgot to send the application.\"\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"How do your inventions work?\"\nSCP-2099-A: \"I'm a genius. Have I mentioned that? I'm sure I have. It's in my notes, yes. Yes, you've read them, haven't you? I left them simply everywhere. You can't miss them.\"\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"When did you start inventing things?\"\nSCP-2099-A: \"Let's see, let's see. Was it ninety-three? Ninety-four? I'd forget my head if I didn't keep it carefully labeled. In the closet, no, wait, that's not the note I was looking for. Ah, here, history. Good heavens, ninety-one. Has it been that long? Wait, how long has it been? What's the date? Never mind. Anyway, I started having ideas one day. Just ideas, pouring in from everywhere. Can hardly look at a shovel without getting an idea for a digging machine, or a computer without seeing if it dreams of sheep. Oh, I could use lasers for a drill, taking note. I'd always been a tinkerer, ever since I was a boy. Had model rockets and ray guns, and all sorts of toys like that. Get them from stores or mail order or wherever I could.\"\nAs SCP-2099-A spoke, peripherals brought notes to its tank, and wrote down further notes, apparently based on the conversation.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"How is this facility powered?\"\nSCP-2099-A: \"Oh, you just plug things in. Simple as anything. Ultimately draws from the aether. They say there's no such thing, but you just have to know where to look. It's under all that quantum stuff. Or was it in the imaginary numbers? Somewhere like that. I'd have to look at my notes.\"\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"We've had difficulties in reading your notes.\"\nSCP-2099-A: \"Oh, well, that's easy enough, you just need to know how things are broken out. There's a note about that somewhere.\"\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Your notes seem\u2026 incomplete.\"\nSCP-2099-A: \"Well, that's a pity. I tried to keep it all together, but things get put here and there. Can't do a thing without my notes. Let me check my notes. Hmm. Yes, can't do a thing without them. Says it right here. You can't argue with that. It's in my notes.\"\n\nInterview Log SCP-2099-A-7\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"How were you able to afford all of the materials you used in your inventions?\"\nSCP-2099-A: \"Oh, a bit of this, a bit of that. I make things for people. Sometimes for sale, sometimes barter. Done some honest work before I got to that point, of course. Worked for a pro lab, back in the day, and did R&D for a manufacturing plant. Made smoke alarms or toys or somesuch. Hard keeping it all straight these days.\"\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Do you have any outstanding orders?\"\nSCP-2099-A: \"Not at the moment, no, but there's always new business just around the corner. People need things built. Sound guns, hypnosis lenses, rocket skis. Night vision goggles that work even when there's no light whatsoever. A little pedestrian, but it pays the bills. Haven't heard much lately, but I'm sure they'll be in touch soon.\"\n\nInterview Log SCP-2099-A-19\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Are you aware of your current condition?\"\nSCP-2099-A: \"What, brilliant? Handsome? Brain in a jar? Hadn't escaped my notice.\"\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"How are you still alive?\"\nSCP-2099-A: \"Good diet and exercise. Healthy living. Oh, and the electrolytes. It's in my notes somewhere, the whole process. Never will look at mashed potatoes the same way, I'll tell you that.\"\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Do any of your family or friends know about your condition?\"\nSCP-2099-A: \"No, not really. Family was never close, and most of my friends are online these days. On the internet, nobody knows you're a brain in a jar. Or a cat, or whatever. You've heard the joke, I'm sure.\"\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"How did it happen?\"\nSCP-2099-A: \"You know, I'm not entirely sure anymore. I don't think I was dying or anything. No, my body's still perfectly viable, if I could remember where I put it all. Can't remember why I did it, or quite when. I'm sure it seemed like a good idea at the time. Usually does. Somehow didn't work out quite how I thought, I don't think. Or maybe it did. Anyway, I get by.\"\n\nNotes samples\n\nwent via WB MkII to consult with HGW on temp. wobble. suggested talk to EB for flux correction.\nRT 304 failure due to insufficient cavorite. formula needs work.\nMK and LS say SF may know. glorious V skink protocol in effect on sixth day\ncascade failure in nuke gen. nearly destroyed facility. also, self, much of NA. check notes twice.\ni am jack's lack of osha compliance\nhow long have been brain in jar? must investigate. later, busy now.\nEHP28C sent payment for project 20083, despite dissatisfaction. no hard feelings.\nsnails will not undergo c. fusion, despite best efforts. poss. weaponized?\nSF closing, sending backups to station V2 before wetware checked.\ni see secret agent people\n\nAddendum 2099-1: Since recovery, a number of SCP-2099-B objects have been discovered in the hands of others. Whether these are objects previously made and sold by SCP-2099-A, or if there is another source, has not been established to any degree of certainty.\nAddendum 2099-2: SCP-2099-A has at times made references to locations where it has operated or used as trading points when dealing in examples of SCP-2099-B. See SCP-2099 Recovery Logs for further information.\nAddendum 2099-4: SCP-2099-A made a reference to the Shenzhou 9 mission in 2012. When asked how it learned of this, it revealed an active internet connection via \"V-Wave Universal Ansible.\" When asked where the device was located, it could only remember that it was somewhere on the shelves, and suggested it be found by Valdez Wave detection. To date, the device still has not been found. Analysis of internet accounts now known to be associated with SCP-2099-A have shown no revelation of protected information. However, recovery and dismantling of this device is to be considered a priority objective for staff assigned to SCP-2099.\nAddendum 2099-5: While SCP-2099-A's \"ansible\" remains hidden, it can be disrupted via bursts of microwave radiation. However, this also renders SCP-2099-A incapable of speech, and may interfere with its life support. Given that it is currently the only method of recovering SCP-2099-B instances outside of Foundation control, this will only be used in emergency situations.\n\n+ SCP-2099 Recovery Logs\n\n- Scavenger Hunt\n\nLocation: Former home previously owned by SCP-2099-A according to tax records.\nPrompting Statement from SCP-2099-A: \"Oh, that old place. Yes, very nice neighborhood, but the HOA had ridiculous rules about spaceships. And they didn't allow me to have any dinosaurs. What kind of totalitarian wasteland doesn't allow dinosaurs? Especially robot ones. But the park was nice. I used to feed pigeons. I think I may have left some things there, up in the attic crawlspace. Might still be there.\"\nRecovery: While the current owners were on vacation in Hawaii, recovery agents searched the home, eventually finding an old notebook covered in scribbles of rocket ships and space aliens.\nResponse: \"Oh, my drawings! I used to scribble those down in school. Drove my teachers crazy, but what could they say? Straight A student. Got my report cards somewhere. On the shelves, most likely. I'll check my notes.\"\nLocation: Alley in Boston, Massachusetts.\nPrompting Statement from SCP-2099-A: \"I certainly hope MA got her package. I left it in the usual place right when it was done, but I never heard back from her. Maybe you gentlemen could take a look, since I'm short a couple of legs at the moment.\"\nRecovery: The field team went to the location described, though it was assessed that they would be unlikely to find anything after the intervening time. However, shortly after beginning their search, they were attacked by a CI field team, which had apparently set up a watch for future drop-offs in the location. The CI team was apparently not expecting armed resistance, and Foundation casualties were kept to a minimum. Several enemy combatants were detained, and two weaponized anomalies secured.\nResponse: \"Those people, eh? I've had some run-ins with them before. Nasty customers. Sold them one or two things, and then they tried to get all my toys without paying for them. Didn't know they were watching Boston. Well, I'm glad you dealt with them. Hopefully they didn't give MA any trouble.\"\nLocation: Soup kitchen in Seattle, Washington, where reports of unusually sized foodstuffs had been reported.\nPrompting Statement from SCP-2099-A: None.\nRecovery: The field team secured the location, finding a large booth labeled \"V-Ray Enlarger,\" which employees had been using to increase portions of food handed out to the local homeless. Interviewed employees stated it had been brought in by operatives of the Manna Charitable Foundation two weeks earlier.\nResponse: \"Oh, the enlarger. I think I remember that one. Did I sell it to them? Well, I must have. They probably just got around to using it now. I haven't had much business with them in a while.\"\nLocation: Former missile silo in southern Idaho. Records indicate that it was never sold by the US government.\nPrompting Statement from SCP-2099-A: \"Oh, I spent some time in the midwest. I was\u2026 is there a classier word than squatting? One moment. Ah, here we go. Habitating in one of those old missile silos. They weren't using it, so I just moved in, turned on the lights. More of a summer home than anything. I don't think I took the trash out before I left. Would you gents be so kind?\"\nRecovery: The field team found the silo sealed with several combination locks, which were opened with codes provided by SCP-2099-A. Inside were three dessicated human bodies, a taxidermied Mammut americanum, and a gorilla in some form of suspended animation. DNA testing showed that the human bodies all belonged to SCP-2099-A. A partial address and key were found at the bottom of a desk drawer.\nResponse: \"Oh, well, I was going through a cloning phase. Too much Jurassic Park, not enough meeting girls. Though the mosquito trick doesn't work. If you get anything, you just get mosquitoes.\" Notably, address and key were not brought to SCP-2099-A's attention.\nLocation: Warehouse in Puebla, Mexico, having been traced to a dark-net site titled V2 Enterprises. Several products were determined to have anomalous properties, similar to instances of SCP-2099-B.\nPrompting Statement from SCP-2099-A: None.\nRecovery: Workers in the warehouse were in the process of moving all inventory through a device that was apparently capable of teleportation or disintegration. Teleportation assessed to be more likely, based on the willingness of the workers to pass through it rather than face capture. Device self-destructed before a thorough analysis could be made. Several apparent instances of SCP-2099-B were still found in the warehouse. A brochure bearing the likeness of a Hispanic man in a labcoat promised \"invenciones futuristas incre\u00edbles del Profesor V.\" Other locations traced to V2 Enterprises were found empty.\nResponse: \"Have I been to Mexico recently? Let me see, let me see, no, not since my grandmother died. Clearly, we're dealing with an imposter. Deal only with the original Professor V, accept no imitations or substitutions.\"\nLocation: Junkyard in Boise, Idaho.\nPrompting Statement from SCP-2099-A: \"I did visit one of my customers once. In Iowa, I think. Wait, let me check my notes. I tell a lie, it was actually Idaho. I always get them confused. Would you like to meet her? I'm sure she'd be glad of the company.\"\nRecovery: The field team entered after hours, eventually finding a structure built under a pile of old automobiles. Inside was an apparent residence which did not appear to have been disturbed for some time. Books of star charts, astronomy texts, and several works known to have been linked to the Serpent's Hand were found inside. Also inside was an example of SCP-2099-B, labeled Valdeport XT. It was not functional at the time of recovery.\nResponse: \"Not there anymore? Well, hopefully she got where she was going. Or somewhere, anyway. We all want to be somewhere, don't we? I know I do.\"\nLocation: Office in a business park in London. Fourteenth attempted match on partial address found in third location.\nPrompting Statement from SCP-2099-A: None.\nRecovery: The field team found a surgery suite, unused since at least the late eighties. Several files were found describing medical experiments carried out. Two of the final entries describe the autopsies of a pair of American transfer students with the initials JV, both of whose descriptions match Jeremy Valdez. All files and reports are signed EM.\nResponse: \"Sorry, doesn't ring a bell. I mean, I'm not exactly myself anymore, but I'm hardly dead. I'm sure I'd know it if I were. I'd have made a note.\"\n- Scavenger Hunt\n\n\u00ab SCP-2098 | SCP-2099 | SCP-2100 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Surface entrance to Site \u2588\u2588\n\nItem #: SCP-2100\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Site \u2588\u2588 was built above SCP-2100, and is located in Antarctica at the Earth's Southern Pole. SCP-2100 is publicly concealed as the IceCube Neutrino Observatory; a cover-up organization has been established through the University of Wisconsin-Madison.\nAddendum-2100-1: Foundation cover-up of Event 2100-Omega is ongoing. Efforts are underway to retroactively alter astronomical maps, to administer appropriate amnestics as necessary, and to monitor and subdue the publishing of any material regarding the effects of Event 2100-Omega.\nSite \u2588\u2588 is to remain operational indefinitely with standard maintenance and guard staff to maintain the integrity and secrecy of SCP-2100 components.\nDescription: SCP-2100 is a large subterranean complex, believed extraterrestrial in origin. SCP-2100 extends approximately 7,390m below ground with 2,718 levels, and has an approximate floor area of 738,905,600 sq meters. Geological analysis of the surrounding rock indicates that SCP-2100 was constructed 1.253 billion years ago (+ 0.002 BY) in its current position. Small-scale fissures indicate that the Antarctic Tectonic plate has been partially fractured as a result of sliding around SCP-2100.\n\nSCP-2100-4\n\nResearch in 196\u2588 confirmed that SCP-2100 perpetually broadcasts a dense stream of neutrinos toward the center of the Earth, which is then redirected at Earth's core through unknown means. Regardless of Earth's relative position and orientation, this beam maintains focus toward a fixed coordinate point located within the Center Bulge of the Milky Way Galaxy.\nSCP-2100 has been fully mapped, with three primary features designated SCP-2100-1 through -3. 2100-1 is an area comprising parts of floors 25 through 29 and contains a concentration of display readouts and input controls. Conduits throughout the entire complex join at junction relays and all eventually terminate at 2100-1, indicating that it is the control center for the entire complex. Displays in 2100-1 are alert and active, and appear to perpetually display real time information using a combination of graphics and an undecipherable alien language. This information is largely meaningless without knowledge of the systems or the language. An attempt is underway to interact with 2100-1 in an effort to learn more. (See Document 2100-114) Displays in 2100-1 are dead and unresponsive.\n2100-2 is an area comprising parts of the lowest 271 levels, and is the source of the neutrino transmission beam. It is believed to hold an immense focusing mechanism which directs neutrinos produced by 2100-3 into a beam 271 m in diameter, with an average neutrino density of 27 quadrillion neutrinos per sq cm.\n2100-3 is a perfectly spherical section comprising the central sections of levels 1223-1495. There are several hundred shuttered transparent viewing apertures located along the equatorial belt of 2100-3. When unshuttered, these apertures allow limited filtered wavelengths of visible light to pass through. Visual indications show that 2100-3 houses what appears to be a miniature neutron star, designated 2100-4. 2100-4 is an estimated 400 m in diameter with a rotational period of 0.5 ms. Gravimetric and electromagnetic readings do not pick up any usual activity near the vicinity of 2100-4; either 2100-4 does not produce gravitational and electromagnetic fields, or 2100-3 effectively blocks them.\nIn addition to the primary faculties, SCP-2100 also houses a small section believed to be abandoned alien living quarters, several large cavernous rooms of unknown purpose, and approximately 2.71 billion meters of conduit connecting 2100-1, 2100-2, and 2100-3.\n\nDocument 2100-114: Partial transcript of Video Log 2100-Epsilon\nForeword: On 10/07/196\u2588, after \u2588 years of studying the alien language, the control displays, and conduit maps, the first attempt was made to interact with SCP-2100-1 control consoles. 54 researchers are present, as well as Site \u2588\u2588 Lead Researcher Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. 27 researchers are seated in front of control stations, while Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 gives instructions. Displays are active.\n\n<Commence Log>\n00:00:01 - Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is talking to various aides.\n00:00:12 - Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Alright, let us begin. Station Theta, hit control eight dash one two, just like we rehearsed.\n00:00:19 - Display changes from a purely \"text\" readout to a graphical readout, dominated by a large spinning sphere.\n00:00:34 - Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Good. Station Lambda, please turn dial one dash twelve counterclockwise by ten degrees. Okay, fifteen degrees. Twenty. Twenty five. Twenty eight?\n00:00:46 - Lambda Controller: I can't turn it any more, that's as far as it goes.\n00:00:50 - Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Confirm dial maximum at approximately 27.1 degrees?\n00:00:56 - Lambda Controller: Confirmed.\n00:00:58 - Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: As expected.\n00:01:04 - Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is speaking into his radio headset.\n00:01:04 - Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Team Sigma, confirm the anticipated possible shift in dash-four, over? Negative? Confirmed, over.\n00:01:12 - Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Alright, team, looks like we're in simulation mode, just as we hoped. We'll proceed with test two-thousand-three-oh.\n00:01:15 - Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Station Mu, hit control three dash one. Yes, the larger oval.\n[LOG REDACTED FOR BREVITY. SEE DOCUMENT 2100-117 FOR FULL LOG.]\n04:05:14 - Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is speaking into his radio headset.\n04:05:14 - Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yes, sir, we believe we've got the basics down. We can predictably adjust the rotational period, the luminosity, the fusion rate, the temperature, even the graviton output. No, we haven't reliably modified the magnetic flux field, but we did see non-negligible deviations during test seven-seven, over. Yes, we are still confident that console alpha will apply changes real-time, over. Confirmed. Over. Absolutely. Over and out.\n04:08:22 - Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Okay, team, return to your stations, we are going to recreate test two-thousand-four-two.\n[LOG REDACTED FOR BREVITY. SEE DOCUMENT 2100-117 FOR FULL LOG.]\n04:25:33 - Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is speaking into his radio headset.\n04:25:33 - Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Team Sigma, be prepared to confirm luminosity adjustment, remember, we are expecting no more than a point oh-oh-one percent change, over.\n04:25:47 - Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Okay, Alpha, on my mark I want you to hit control Alpha-Alpha-one. The big one.\n04:26:00 - Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Mark.\n04:26:02 - Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Team Sigma, confirm luminosity change, over?\n04:26:06 - Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Confirmed! We have control! Great job\u2026\n04:26:10 - Talking ceases. Everyone in the room falls unconscious instantly. Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Alpha Station researcher, and Bravo Station researcher have vanished. All displays have gone black.\n04:26:25 - Medical staff rush into SCP-2100-1 and begin reviving the team\n04:29:14 - Entire team has been revived with no permanent injuries.\n<End Log>\n\nFrame By Frame Analysis: Below is a frame-by-frame analysis of Video Log 2100-Epsilon at approximately 04:26:09. Video was captured at 30 frames per second, with frames approximately every 33 milliseconds.\n\n04:26:09:000 - Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is standing behind Alpha station. No abnormal activity present.\n04:26:09:033 - Two unknown entities now exist in the middle of the room. Resolution is low but entities appear to be floating sycamore-seed shaped distortions. There are several spotlights illuminating them, and while they seem somewhat translucent on camera, they cast large shadows, longer and more distorted than their shape would suggest.\n04:26:09:066 - The entities are now in front of separate display panels. The entities appear to have opened previously unknown access hatches and are interacting with the interior hardware. Researchers begin to fall limp.\n04:26:09:100 - An assortment of hardware is floating in the middle of the room where the entities first appeared. Hardware is believed to have originated from within the console interiors. Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Alpha Station researcher, and Bravo Station researcher are floating in a vaguely fetal position near the hardware.\n04:26:09:133 - The entities, the hardware, and Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 have vanished, and all display panels are shut. No further anomalous activity is recorded.\n\nFinal Note: After event 2100-Epsilon, all displays appear dead. SCP-2100-4 returned to its original luminosity. Further attempts to interact with displays have proved fruitless. No further sightings or evidence of the anomalous entities or missing personnel have been reported.\n\nDocument 2100-154: Memorandum from Dr. S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Massachusetts Institute of Technology\n01/08/196\u2588\nDr. F\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588,\nIn response to your rather unusual inquiry, let me remind you that relativity dictates that no signal can travel faster-than-light, not even massless, sterile neutrinos. While there are some well-known physicists exploring the possibility of faster-than-light particles, they are mostly crackpots well past their prime. I can think of no reason you would be exploring this question, beyond an exercise in fiction, so let me reiterate: nothing can travel faster than light.\nBut, if we do throw out common sense and start idly entertaining the realm of fiction, you can see from my attached calculations that your theoretical \"beam\" would be traveling 27,000 light-years to its destination, and therefore an instantaneous transmission would have to reach an estimated hundred trillion times the speed of light. The amount of energy needed to perform your little theoretical hop would of course be infinite, although you can see in figure 3.2 that once you actually pass lightspeed, the energy requirements start to actually decrease the faster you go. You get slower the more energy you have \"weighing yourself down\" while losing energy speeds you up. If Relativity still means anything in this new theoretical universe, then you can see from diagram 4.1 that anyone able to travel faster than light would also have the ability to travel along a closed-timelike curve, meaning they would have the option of traveling through time as well as space. As to your final question regarding the resources necessary to construct such an apparatus\u2026 we cannot even idly speculate. Suffice to say it is more than every nation on Earth has at its disposal.\nThank you for the donation. It was pleasant to hear from you again and I wish you luck in your future endeavors.\nRegards,\nDr. S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nDocument 2100-421: Summary of Event 2100-Omega\n\n+ LEVEL 4 CLEARANCE ONLY\n\n- Access Granted\n\nAftermath of Event 2100-Omega\n\nOn 12/04/1994, the O5 council issued a top priority order to Site \u2588\u2588, directing senior personnel to focus all efforts on interrupting the stream of neutrinos emanating from SCP-2100. Since neutrinos pass through nearly all solid matter, extreme measures were necessary to interrupt the beam. On 17/10/1996, Site Director L\u2588\u2588\u2588 made a formal request to the O5 council asking permission to use SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. The request detailed a plan to create a spatial anomaly which would redirect the neutrino stream away from Milky Way Galaxy, toward galaxy 3C 252, which lies near the edge of known space. Two months later, the O5 council approved the request. On 19/05/1999, SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was activated within SCP-2100, creating a bend in spacetime to redirect the neutrino stream. Immediately the neutrino stream ceased. The neutron star within 2100-1, being closely monitored, slowed from a rotational period of 0.5 ms to 500 ms. At the exact moment of interruption, reports began coming in from civilian and Foundation observatories all over the world. 226 supernovae were observed to erupt throughout the Milky Way, 34 new black holes were discovered, and 11 previously documented stars disappeared with no trace. Most activity was centered in and around the Center Bulge of the Milky Way Galaxy; none of the activity posed any threat to Earth.\nEfforts to reinstate the neutrino stream have been unsuccessful.\nRequests by Site Director L\u2588\u2588\u2588 to reclassify Event Omega-2100 as an XK-Scenario and utilize reality altering SCPs to retroactively prevent Event Omega-2100 have been denied.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2099 | SCP-2100 | SCP-2101 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More articles by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-2006\n\nSCP-2950\n\nSCP-2599\n\nSCP-2800\n\nSCP-3200\n\nSCP-4007\n\nSCP-2750\n\nSCP-2201\n\nSCP-2101\n\nSCP-2050\n\nSCP-2440\n\nSCP-2301\n\nSCP-1842\n\nSCP-2012\n\nSCP-1644\n\nSCP-2499\n\nSCP-2775\n\nSCP-2925\n\nSCP-1758\n\nSCP-7030\n\nSCP-972\n\nSCP-314-J\n\nSCP-2625\n\nSCP-2588\n\nSCP-6030\n\nSCP-5725\n\nSCP-2896\n\nSCP-5975\n\n+ All Tales by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nThe Meaning of Fear\n\nRight?\n\nThe Tinkerer\n\nAfter The End\n\nSpirit Dust\n\nLeisure Time\n\nMission Accomplished\n\nA Broken Tool\n\nThe Space Soldier\n\nOf Meetings and Meals\n\nTrip Hammer\n\nEulogies\n\nAll Work and No Play\n\nAnother Day On The Job\n\nUnveiling\n\nConferencing\n\n+ GOI formats by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nUIU File: 2017-003\n\nUIU File: 1933-001\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nUnusual Incidents Unit Hub\nDrewbear, CryogenChaos\n\nProject Palisade, 001 Proposal\nthedeadlymoose, Drewbear, and Dexanote\n\nTKO\nthedeadlymoose and Drewbear\n\nSCP-5050-EX\nCityToast\n\nCompetitive Teleology\nRiemann\n\nSCP-5882\nRiemann\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2101\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Given the highly public nature of SCP-2101's current location, containment is to focus around the disinformation campaign aimed at the public. The Foundation has currently negotiated with the Chinese government to halt all funding for the public excavation of SCP-2101. Any private donations aimed at completing the excavation of SCP-2101 are to be intercepted and redirected.\nReconstructions of fragments or whole SCP-2101-1 instances are to be occasionally loaned to outside museums and other sources, in order to maintain the disinformation campaign. A minimum of 8000 SCP-2101-1 instances must be maintained within the mausoleum at all times.\nCommunication with SCP-2101-1 must be approved in a request form beforehand, to avoid unnecessary strain. At no point is SCP-926 or similar objects to be allowed within SCP-2101.\nDescription: SCP-2101 refers to a sphere of effect located at 34.3849\u00b0 N, 109.2731\u00b0 E, the location of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. (\u79e6\u59cb\u7687\u9675\u53ca\u5175\u9a6c\u4fd1\u5751) (transliteration: Q\u00edn sh\u01d0 hu\u00e1ng l\u00edng j\u00ed b\u012bng m\u01ce y\u01d2ng k\u0113ng) The origin point of SCP-2101 is located roughly 8 meters below the current lowest level of the mausoleum1.\nSCP-2101's anomalous effect currently triggers in all individuals who enter within a 10-meter range of the object. Given SCP-2101's position, this only affects those individuals who are located on the same level as the main excavation floor, where SCP-2101-1 instances are located. SCP-2101 projects speech directly into the minds of individuals. The content of the speech centers around attempts to free SCP-2101, with several references to \u201criches\u201d and \u201chuge tracts of land\u201d to individuals who assist in releasing SCP-2101 from its current location.\nSCP-2101-1 refers to a collection of statues constructed of terracotta, commonly known as the \u201cTerracotta Army\u201d (\u5175\u9a6c\u4fd1) (transliteration: b\u012bng m\u01ce y\u01d2ng). These statues resemble soldiers from the Qin Dynasty period of Chinese history. It has been noted that each statue is unique in its appearance. All SCP-2101-1 instances are currently located on the lowest floor of the mausoleum.\nSCP-2101-1 instances are capable of speech and movement, but they have stated that it is difficult for them to do so. Only one SCP-2101-1 instance ever speaks at one time. The speech is very slow and stilted, and has been noted to be difficult to understand at times.\nSCP-2101-1 instances claim that they actively contain SCP-2101. Multiple instances have reiterated their need to stay in their current location in order to properly maintain containment of SCP-2101. The veracity of these claims cannot be determined at this point. In past incidents, removal of SCP-2101-1 instances to the point in which less than 8000 instances were present has caused small scale seismic activity, measuring between 2 and 4 on the moment magnitude scale. The magnitude of the seismic activity increases the longer the instances are kept away from the lowest floor.\nShould the head of an SCP-2101-1 instance be destroyed, or if more than 50% of the body by mass is no longer in connection with the head, the SCP-2101-1 instance is considered to have been removed from the lowest floor. Reconstructing SCP-2101-1 instances through reconnecting destroyed pieces is the only method of rectifying this.\nObject Recovery Report 2101-A: The following is a transcript of the video log compiled by the containment team that made first contact with SCP-2101. The dialogue has been translated from the original Mandarin.\n\nDate of Recovery: 12/1/1974\nContainment Team: Bravo-20\nCommander: Agent Yizhong Liao\n[Video begins]\n[Opening shot is of a containment team wearing standard People's Liberation Army uniforms with the standard loadout of a small fire team. Team is being lowered into a hole in the ground.]\nLiao: Beginning containment report of Circumstantial Anomaly A9012. Containment team is entering subterranean level to reach entity. Be advised, knowledge of anomaly has spread in the area. Stronger containment protocols may be needed.\n[Containment team reaches level containing SCP-2101-1 instances. Team disengages from ropes, and encounters SCP-2101-1 instances.]\nLiao: Heavens above\u2026what is this?\nAgent Hua: Looks like something out of a historical li\u00e1n x\u00f9 j\u00f92.\nLiao: Recorded note: Team has made contact and found what appears to be thousands of statues resembling ancient soldiers. Initial reports of \u201cdemon\u201d voices not corro-\n[Members of containment team stop suddenly. According to a follow-up interview, SCP-2101 began to speak to the team at this point. A rough transcript of what the team recalls SCP-2101 said has been included here.]Liao: Identify yourself.Liao: There is no emperor. Identify where you are located.Liao: What soldiers?[Agent Hua approaches a statue.]\nHua: These are made of clay. How could the-\n[SCP-2101-1 instance (designated as SCP-2101-1-1) grabs Agent Hua's arm]\nSCP-2101-1-1: Do not listen to him. Do not interfere.\nLiao: Let go of him!\nSCP-2101-1-1: Promise you will not interfere.\nLiao: Let go of him first. I can make no promises.\nSCP-2101-1-1: You must promise first.\nLiao: Open fire!\n[The SCP-2101-1 instance is hit with gunfire, severing its head. Other SCP-2101-1 instances are hit in the fire, causing further destruction. SCP-2101 begins to laugh.][Seismic activity begins. A new SCP-2101-1 instance (designated SCP-2101-1-2) steps forward]\nLiao: Cease fire! Cease fire!\nSCP-2101-1-2: Fix the ones destroyed. We cannot allow him escape.\nLiao: What is this place? What is your purpose?\nSCP-2101-1-2: Hard to talk or move. We were men once but sacrifice to contain emperor. He turned dangerous. Had to stop him. Saw the right path. Gave ourselves up.SCP-2101-1-2: Must not listen to him. His lies killed many.Liao: Why is this ground shaking?\nSCP-2101-1-2: He is escaping. Need focus else he escapes.\nLiao: We need to call in for backup and figure out what to do. Cut that camera out, Ting.\n\nFollowing this incident, it was agreed upon in a 7 to 6 vote by the O5 Council that containment would be followed by aiding SCP-2101-1 instances, due to the implied breach caused by freeing SCP-2101.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The Masoleum is currently believed to be a location of interest for the Xia Anomalous Culture Group (GoI-004X), see SCP-2847 for more information.\n2. No direct translation exists, but this refers to a type of Chinese serial drama. Some popular versions involve historical fiction and other events.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2100 | SCP-2101 | SCP-2102 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2102\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2102 is to be housed at Site-122 in an L-Type Humanoid Anomaly Containment Cell (HACC). This is to be modified to minimize the probability of injury to SCP-2102. SCP-2102 is to remain fully restrained at all times, with its hands and feet encased within padded sleeves to avoid accidental or intentional lacerations of its epidermis. SCP-2102 is to be considered a permanent Class Alpha-Red security risk in light of its suicidal tendencies.\nIn case of an Unbounded Ectoentropic Reaction (UER), all on-site personnel not specifically attached to this project are to be evacuated, and three members of Security Staff with at least L2/2102 clearance are to enter SCP-2102's cell to initiate its Breach protocol1. Following the incident, SCP-2102 is to be treated by attached Level 3 Medical Staff for any burns sustained during the incident. Excess tissue is to be excised and the resulting wounds are to be cauterized immediately; this is currently the only reliable way to reduce the amount of tissue generated. Excised tissue is to be destroyed as per the standard Biohazard Disposal protocol.\nIf its Breach protocol fails, all Site-122 personnel with Level 3 Security Clearance have been provided with the passkey to this project's kill switch. This can be activated remotely and doing so will trigger the dispersal of a dicyanoacetylene gas and powdered fluoridated aluminium within SCP-2102's containment cell. This mixture will be ignited automatically after a three-second delay. If the kill switch is not successful in deactivating SCP-2102, no further provisions have been made.\nDescription: SCP-2102 is an unidentified male of indeterminate age and descent. SCP-2102 measures approximately 178 cm in length and weighs an estimated 48 kg. 100% of SCP-2102's body is covered in hypertrophic scars, a result of the application of its Breach protocol in order to halt past UER/2102 events. Due to this scarification, SCP-2102 is deaf, mute and blind, and cannot be interviewed. All data on SCP-2102 was gathered from testing, and from surviving GRU Division \"P\" documentation.\nSCP-2102's anomalous properties manifest when it suffers a puncture wound or laceration, initiating an anomalous wound healing process (designated a UER/2102 event). This process is instantaneous and though both hemostatic and inflammatory phases occur as normal, the proliferative phase of the process occurs at a greatly increased rate2, and no wound contraction occurs. During a UER/2102 event, SCP-2102 will continue to produce new tissue at an exponential rate, unless all open wounds are successfully cauterized. Based on this, it is estimated that the culmination of an NK-Class scenario would occur approximately four weeks post-event should full neutralization not be achieved. Tissue generated during UER/2102 events will expand into any available open space. Obstructions are able to delay the expansion, but as more tissue is generated, it will exert a mounting pressure on materials. Currently, there is no upper limit to the MPa SCP-2102 is able to generate.\nBlunt force trauma that does not break SCP-2102's epidermis will not induce its anomalous properties, and the application of intense heat will cauterize any open lacerations, halting SCP-2102's anomalous wound healing. Tests have also indicated that SCP-2102's anomalous properties would in all probability not persist if all soft tissues were destroyed.\nAddendum 2102-A-01: Notes on recovery and preliminary containment\nSCP-2102 was recovered from the grounds of the Institute of Experimental Medicine \u010cSAV in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Czechoslovakia on 12/02/1972. Foundation agents embedded in the Czechoslovakian government had been aware of the existence of a GRU Division \"P\" project housed on the grounds of the institute since earlier that year, and intelligence reports indicated its focus to be on the development of practical applications for rapid cellular regeneration. Following the successful appropriation of classified documentation detailing SCP-2102 and its anomalous properties, a recovery operation was planned for January 1973.\nOn 12/02/1972, at 07:14 UTC/GMT, a disturbance was reported at the Institute of Experimental Medicine \u010cSAV, and a large number of civilians were seen fleeing the premises. A small Foundation reconnaissance force comprised of members from several Mobile Task Forces stationed in Eastern Europe was immediately dispatched to take stock of the situation before recovery was initiated. Preliminary containment was effected at 23:01 UTC/GMT on 12/02/1972, permanent containment on 12/13/1972.\nAddendum 2102-A-02: Excerpts from reconnaissance log 2102/OpRec/721202\n\n[13:38:15]\nCommand:\nMerrick, what is your location?\n\n[13:38:23]\nMerrick:\nOn the grounds, nearing the entrance to the bunker. Looks like it's wide open. No hostiles in sight.\n\n[13:38:36]\nCommand:\nCopy that. You are cleared for approach. Good luck.\n\n[13:38:40]\nMerrick:\nMoving in.\n\n[13:54:03]\nMerrick:\nThe smell is\u2026off here, can't put my finger on it. Jones, stop bumblefucking and watch that left hallway!\n\n[13:54:09]\nMerrick:\nMostly labs and offices. Found what looks like a break room a while back. Most of the files are gone and what they left doesn't look important. Just paperwork on shipments, food, supplies, standard logistical stuff.\n\n[13:54:21]\nCommand:\nTake it anyway. Let IA3 figure it out. Any sign of the anomaly yet?\n\n[13:54:27]\nMerrick:\nRoger, will do. No sign of the anomaly so far, but it might be on minus 2 or lower. Ashton, start grabbing every scrap of paper you can see.\n\n[13:54:35]\nCommand:\nKeep your eyes peeled, Merrick.\n\n[13:54:38]\nMerrick:\nCopy that, Command.\n\n[14:13:43]\nMerrick:\nAlmost done on minus one. Still no sign of the anomaly. Smell's getting worse though. We've located an elevator to the lower levels. Will keep you posted.\n\n[14:13:51]\nCommand:\nWe copy, Merrick. Proceed with caution.\n\n[14:13:55]\nMerrick:\nAlways. Jones, Ashton, we're going down. I want you to secure\u2026wait. Command, any seismic activity in this area?\n\n[14:14:06]\nCommand:\nNot that we know of, Merrick. Why?\n\n[14:14:11]\nMerrick:\nI think I just felt something move down there\u2026\n\n[14:17:24]\nMerrick:\nCome in, Command. Elevator's stuck, we went down maybe about a foot before we hit something. No idea wha\u2026wait, what's that sound?\n\n[14:17:31]\n\n<metal warping and tearing>\n\n[14:17:32]\n\n<multiple screams and cries of alarm>\n\n[14:17:35]\nCommand:\nCome in, Merrick! What is your status?\n\n[14:17:35]\nMerrick:\nIt's [UNINTELLIGIBLE] floor, something's coming through. [UNINTELLIGIBLE] Pry those doors open!\n\n[14:17:36]\n\n<indeterminate noise, multiple voices>\n\n[14:17:36]\n\n<grunting and yelling>\n\n[14:19:33]\nCommand:\nCome in, Merrick!\n\n[14:19:36]\nMerrick:\nCommand, we managed to open the doors and climb out. We've got an unknown amorphous mass coming up from the lower levels, recommend immediate countermeasures.\n\n[14:19:45]\nCommand:\nCopy that, Merrick. We have 2 F-4s on stand-by at [REDACTED]. They'll be with you in approximately\u20267 minutes. Can you hold out?\n\n[14:17:32]\n\n<semi-automatic weapons fire>\n\n[14:19:53]\nMerrick:\nI have no fucking clue, Command. Right now we're trying every trick in the book, but every time we damage it, it seems to grow more rapidly. Ashton, see what a couple of lemons do to that thing!\n\n[14:19:53]\n\n<multiple explosions>\n\n[14:19:54]\nMerrick:\nCommand, I hope those birds you're sending have something on board that'll stick, cause nothing we're carrying seems to be stopping this thing.\n\n[14:20:03]\nCommand:\nDon't worry, the guys in IA said they know how to deal with this. Get your team out of there, Merrick.\n\n[14:20:08]\nMerrick:\nCopy that. We're out of he\u2026\n\n[14:20:09]\n\n<indeterminate loud noises>\n\n[14:20:11]\nCommand:\nStatus, Merrick!\n\n[14:20:13]\nMerrick:\nWe're okay, but this thing just exploded through the top soil and it's still growing. Those birds better get here fast!\n\n[14:20:19]\nCommand:\nETA approximately 6 minutes. How fast is it moving?\n\n[14:20:22]\nMerrick:\nJONES, GET OUT OF THERE!\n\n[14:20:23]\nCommand:\nMerrick, what's going on?\n\n[14:20:23]\n\n<muffled cry>\n\n[14:20:26]\nMerrick:\nWe lost Jones. He just got sucked under that thing. I have no idea what its speed is, and I don't care. Get those birds here NOW!\n\nAt 14:22:56 UTC/GMT, two F-4 Phantoms dropped their payload of M47A1 Napalm Incendiary bombs, successfully cauterizing the tissue generated by SCP-2102 during its UER/2102 event in progress.\nAddendum 2102-A-03: Translated excerpts from captured GRU Division \"P\" documentation\nThe following selected diary entries were found amongst paperwork recovered from the Institute of Experimental Medicine \u010cSAV. Their author could not definitively be determined.\n\nDate: 2 March 1972\nFinally arrived. I swear, the Tupolev was shaking more than the BMP I rode in during my service. The equipment crates were already there, and mostly intact, though two [REDACTED] chambers and a roentgen got mashed a bit on the train, and the mainframe looks rather unwell too.\nI met with the local staff I kept hearing such things about. Comrade doctor Csanyi, their head of research, has some genuinely compelling ideas about test subject suitability index based on basal metabolic rate, the Minsk experiments, and a couple other things, though that might have been the result of his barackpalinka.\n\nDate: 3 March 1972\nTurns out our and their three-phase plugs are somewhat different. I have a headache.\n\nDate: 5 March 1972\nGood news - me, Michail, Kuzma and their technician Prazdnovsky managed to swap the leads on everything, and fix up the broken kit with the spares he managed to dig out from somewhere. All of it works, too.\nBad news - As soon as we plugged in all of it in for a test run, the fuses blew and we knocked out the power from half the institute. I would have thought they prepared things to our specifications.\nUgly news - Looking through their fusing diagrams - it took the three of us half the day to sort it out. Whoever drew these up should be scrubbing the cellars of the Lubyanka.\nAt least we will have time to go sightseeing. There is a pretty amazing castle ruin nearby, and since comrade Dr. Oravcova's sister works there, we can go for a private tour. Still, the project stagnating for reasons this stupid leaves a bitter aftertaste.\n\nDate: 19 April 1972\nIt took a couple chats with the ONV board, the institute's director and one angry call to Moscow, but we had the power grid strengthened in record time. Take that, Wattley and Weber4.\nIn other news, they brought in a couple promising candidates today. Not ideal by far, but we will have to work with what we have. Soon, we will see if the theories are correct.\nPS. The trip was a blast. Got Marusja a scarf she will love, too, and what is better, entire stock = about a kilo - of chewing gums - all it took was a roll of rubles to the shopkeeper.\n\nDate: 5 May 1972\nThe first subject looked promising at first. When we introduced trauma, rapid clotting took place as expected, but the process aborted soon enough, and lesions developed. Turns out Michail mixed in far too much neodymium, the oaf. I swear this is the last straw - I told him if he fucks up again I will drag his ass to Moscow by his collar.\n\nDate: 28 June 1972\nWhy do they keep dying?! It does not make sense - reducing the amount of neodymium actually made the necrosis worse. I cannot tell Michail that or I will be hearing it for the rest of my life.\n\nDate: 3 August 1972\nThe cultivation is done, and Elena (MUDr. Elena Oravcova CSc., current whereabouts unknown - red.) had a look at the histology. The results are interesting - almost like an equilibrium of sorts. The cells divide fifty times faster than in control samples, but they die off almost immediately too, until the whole thing chokes on its own waste, so to say. It is not pretty.\nIt seems that to make this work, we need to shift that balance somehow.\n\nDate: 15 August 1972\nSo we got another candidate, the 16th since the start of the project. I had gone to Szilard (RNDr. Szilard Csanyi DrSc., see documentation on Operation Redemption - red.) and told him we really needed someone more resilient than normal people. The ministry came through - from what we heard, we got ourselves a counter-revolutionary who spent fifteen years in an uranium mine as punishment detail, and somehow came out fine. Sure enough, histology results point at his cells pulling a Koschei the Deathless, and his natural regeneration is about twice as fast as your average man, too. Who knows? This might be the one.\n\nDate: 5 September 1972\nPreliminary results looking good. The wound healing process does not abort anymore, though perhaps it is completing a bit too rapidly. I cannot believe I just wrote that, hah! I wonder if we can refine the process and perhaps even make it permanent? It was not our original goal, but if we manage this\u2026\n\nDate: 24 September 1972\nI am finding it increasingly difficult to sleep. X-16 is not like the others, he is not weak. The others never lasted for more than one cycle, but X-16 has been lacerated so many times now, and each time he survives. Today he somehow freed himself from the restraints and attempted to slit his wrists. I should be happy, because it means the effect now lasts several hours longer than we expected, but I cannot help but feel bad for him. I need some time off. Maybe Szilard will let me go see Marusja.\n\nDate: 15 October 1972\nFinally! We have found the right composition. It turns out that we needed a little more of that stabilizing agent Jurij (unknown - red.) introduced a few weeks ago. It was staring us in the face all this time. Subject X-16 is responding well, in the medical sense at least; he is as uncooperative as ever. It does not matter. It will be done and over soon, another little step towards our victory. When you think of it, the man is a hero, and he does not even know it.\n\nDate: 3 November 1972\nElena showed up in my section of the lab just as I was preparing another batch of the serum. She looked distraught, and practically dragged me off by the sleeve. Good reason too. Long story short, the samples seem to be gaining mass from nowhere. She thought it was a measurement error, but I got the same after spending the day calibrating the machines. I am very worried.\nI got into an argument with Szilard and Jurij - they say it is bound to be an error and want to press on, while I and Elena want to look deeper into what the hell is happening.\n\nDate: 26 November 1972\nThere is a pattern to the increases in mass and [DATA EXPUNGED] all over, and it is not just X-16 now. I feel the answer is at my grasp. I had it all worked it out yesterday, but I woke up at my desk soon after. I really need more sleep. And Marusja, I miss her, but Szilard is not about to let me go.\n\nDate: 27 November 1972\nWe were ordered to stop working on sample analysis and focus on empirical tuning of the composition. Me and Elena appear to be the only ones with an ounce of common sense here. Just a few days more.\n\nDate: 2 December 1972\nIt is far too early to be up, but I cannot sleep. Today is the day we either produce the very first super-soldier, or we start over with nothing. I really do not know which is better. Eh, tomorrow is a day too.\n\nThere are no later entries in the diary.\n\nFootnotes\n1. See 2102/Prt/Brch-14A:v1.2 for more information\n2. Conservative estimations put angiogenesis, collagen deposition, granulation tissue formation and epithelialization occurring at a rate a factor 1015 higher than baseline human physiology.\n3. The Foundation Intelligence Agency\n4. Oscar Wattley and Norbert Weber, two prominent British researchers in tissue regeneration. Both attended the 1970 World Congress on Experimental Medicine in Vienna and may have met the author there.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2101 | SCP-2102 | SCP-2103 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Typical quart-sized Mason Jar.\n\nItem #: SCP-2103\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2103 is to be contained in a Safe Object locker when not in use for testing or experimentation. When so stored, SCP-2103 is to be directly contained in a small (no larger than 1m along any dimension) storage case suitable for transporting fragile, glass-like items. This case is to remain open inside the locker and under automated surveillance at all times; specifically observed by an automated process that is able to detect motion and non-motion based visual changes (such as color changes) to the observed area. Any such observed change must be immediately reported to the research team appointed to SCP-2103.\nDue to the object's low tolerance for physical stress and heat, tests to determine SCP-2103's composition are halted indefinitely.\nUpdate 10/23/2013: As of Incident 2103-04, no new Lead Researcher or similar position of singular authority is to be appointed to the object's research team. The research team will consist of no fewer than seven qualified research staff, all of which must be consulted when changes to SCP-2103's containment are made or decisions about the testing methods used on the object are determined. In the event that all members of the research team agree unanimously on a course of such action, one team member is to be selected in an immediate, random fashion1. This team member is to adopt a documented dissenting opinion that is to be attached to the log or proposal that is chosen to be put in effect.\nIf a member of the O5 Council wishes to countermand an action by the research team, a similar procedure, involving at least three members of the Council, must be executed.\nDescription: SCP-2103 is visually identical to a typical American-made \"Mason Jar\" glass container. When not displaying anomalous properties, it is able to contain one quart of liquid (assuming the lower hole is blocked) or equivalent volumes of any other material. Unlike typical Mason jars, there is no brand name, logo, manufacturing data, or similar embossment on the glass. There is also a 25mm diameter hole in the center of the jar's bottom, with smooth edges that appear to be part of the original design and not created afterwards. The jar section is made of a material similar in transparency and density to glass, but has shown a much lower resistance to heat and physical stress than glass.\nWhen used to hold physical objects, SCP-2103 displays no unusual properties - items placed into the top of the jar either remain in the jar or exit through the bottom hole if they are of proper size or makeup to do so. However, the holderowning entity2 (see following for details) may store concepts or ideas into the jar through a poorly understood process.\nFor the purposes of SCP-2103, \"ownership\" by an entity is loosely defined as said entity having widely acknowledged (or uncontested) legal, moral, or physical responsibility and dominion over the item. The exact parameters of ownership varies somewhat from item to item, suggesting some manner of sentience or programmed decision making process on the part of SCP-2103. For the most part, concepts and ideas that only affect a single individual seem the most easily \"owned\", while larger concepts that a wide array of individuals understand, are affected by, know about, or make use of fail this criteria.\nSCP-2103 is apparently3 capable of storing a single concept or idea (referred to hereafter as \"item\") at a time. When so stored, knowledge of the item is removed from reality - the previous owner and others cannot recall the item, and depending on the item in question may or may not be able to realize that something is missing at all. SCP-2103 seems to have further limited reality-altering potential, as in many cases the storage of the item causes shifts in reality accordingly as if the item had never been a part of reality.\nDue to Incident 2103-04, SCP-2103 has shown an ability to store physical objects under certain circumstances. See Incident Log 2103-04 for further details. Intentional testing to recreate these conditions is pending review but currently forbidden.\nSCP-2103 was acquired by the Foundation following a series of Internet postings referring to a \"counselor\" who promised his clients the ability to eliminate grief and emotionally painful events from their past. After five separate and unrelated accounts of SCP-2103's properties in action (clients discussing a \"therapy jar\" and an inability to recall certain events they had posted about previously) Foundation observers were sent to contact the counselor under the guise of potential clients. The owner was unwilling to part with the item for various sums of money or other offered exchanges, and proved unaffected by amnestics administered by agents on site. After a short confrontation, the subject escaped but SCP-2103 was recovered.\nThe previous owner of SCP-2103 remains a person of interest to the Foundation. See related Report A-2103 for details.\n\n+ Access Testing Log 2103\n\n- Access Granted\n\nNote: For brevity, unusual or notable testing results have been highlighted in the following list, along with E-2103-T1 (Test 1) for baseline comparison. For a complete log of tests and results, please see document E-2103-T1 through E-2103-T157.\nTest E-2103-T1\n\nSubject: One standard ballpoint pen issued to Foundation research team members.\nProcedure: SCP-2103 is held approximately one foot above a flat, unoccupied table and pen is dropped in from a height of six inches.\nResults: Pen falls through jar, exiting bottom hole.\nAnalysis: SCP-2103 shows no unusual properties in regards to physical objects. Similar tests with different items of different composition to follow.\n\nTest E-2103-T12\n\nSubject: Assistant researcher's recollection where he parked.\nProcedure: A research assistant handles the jar and tries to focus on the memory \"going into\" the jar. After questioning the researcher to determine success or failure, the memory will be removed through a similar process.\nResults: After five seconds, the research assistant is asked if it worked and responds that he was not certain. Assistant is questioned about where his car is parked and responds that he knows but then cannot recall. Assistant shows mild distress and then is able to recall.\nAnalysis: It is difficult to be certain if the process functioned as expected, due to no indication from the jar. It is possible the research assistant simply had a momentary lapse of memory. Additional testing conditions, specifically to measure success or failure, recommended.\n\nTest E-2103-T13\n\nSubject: Lead Researcher Morris' shoe size.\nProcedure: Dr. Morris writes down his shoe size and then attempts to store the information in SCP-2103. After indication of success or failure, the memory will be removed by a similar process.\nResults: Dr. Morris takes notes as indicated, then attempts to place the idea of his shoe size into the jar. After five seconds, a research assistant checks the notes and finds where the indication had been, the page is blank. Dr. Morris takes a look at the page, attempts to write down what was there previously, and finds he cannot remember. Memory retrieved afterwards, page returns to normal.\nAnalysis: As theorized by Dr. Morris, the storage of an idea removes dependent indicators from reality as well. Dr. Morris also noted that during the time his memory was stored, as soon as his attention was drawn to his feet, he felt as if his shoes were too big and too small at the same time. Review of footage after the fact indicates a slight discoloration (yellow/brown in color) of the upper opening of SCP-2103 upon activation.\n\nTest E-2103-T57\n\nSubject: Assistant researcher Jameson's memory of a dead dog. Assistant researcher Santos' memory of breakfast this morning.\nProcedure: Dr. Jameson will begin by placing his memory in the jar, then Dr. Santos will do the same. Both researchers will write down some significant part of the memory in order to indicate success or failure. Memories will be retrieved in reverse order.\nResults: Dr. Jameson places memory of his dead dog in the jar, and hands SCP-2103 over to Dr. Santos. Dr. Jameson is then questioned about his dog, and cannot recall. As Dr. Santos is executing his part of the test, Dr. Jameson then begins to remember, and written indicators about the memory return to the paper upon which they were written. Dr. Santos' memory is stored as expected and then retrieved. Upon further examination of notes made, a small, handwritten note reading \"I told you it's not for that, please stop\" in English appears near Dr. Jameson's description of his memory.\nAnalysis: SCP-2103 seems capable of only storing one item at a time, immediately ejecting the previously entered one. However, as routine study of \"patients\" seen by SCP-2103's previous owner indicate that they have not regained such memories, it is possible that the jar has an unknown method of storing multiple items, or the previous owner was using multiple such jars. The spontaneously added note is currently being analyzed for handwriting, but was written in the same ink used by Dr. Jameson. Given the possibility of sentience involved with SCP-2103's operation, the item is classified as a potential security leak and memories, concepts, ideas, etc relevant to the Foundation are not to be tested.\n\nTest E-2103-T145\n\nSubject: Assistant researcher Santos' hygiene habits.\nProcedure: Assistant researcher Santos looks at the jar and thinks about placing the details of his morning hygiene routine into the jar. Ballpoint pen inserted into SCP-2103 after success or failure of attempt established.\nResults: One second after test is initiated, Dr. Santos expresses extreme pain and collapses to the floor. Dr. Santos shows no signs of life and emergency medical teams are unable to revive him. Autopsy reveals multiple infections, diseases, and other medical issues associated with a lack of personal cleanliness. The memory from a previous test is inserted into SCP-2103 and three seconds later, Dr. Santos' corpse loses the transformations gained at the start of the test, but shows no sign of life. Unmeasured moments later (estimated at five seconds), a piece of 8.5\" x 11\" paper is ejected from the jar with the words, \"Sorry, I gave back what I could,\" written in English. Testing on handwriting, ink, and paper is ordered.\nAnalysis: While SCP-2103 seems to be able to store concepts, there is apparently a limit to how they can be restored when ejected from the item. Testing in this vein suspended pending O5 review.\n\n+ Incident 2103-04 Report. (ACCESS TO LEVEL 3 PERSONNEL OR ABOVE ONLY)\n\n- Credentials Accepted\n\nOn 10/18/2103, Head Researcher Morris activated SCP-2103 without his knowledge, leading to a breach situation. The catalyzing event was not directly observed by reporting staff, but has been pieced together from verifiable testimony after the fact. While having lunch with several colleagues, Dr. Morris was discussing his current domestic issues with his daughter. According to testimony, Dr. Morris stated that he felt guilty because sometimes he \"really wished [he] could just stuff [his] pain-in-the-ass kid into that jar for a little while.\"\nDue to SCP-2103's reality-altering properties, the activation event was not noticed immediately. When SCP-2103's associated paperwork was later being reviewed after testing, a research assistant notified Dr. Morris that an item from a previous test (a researcher's memory of how many paper clips she placed in a box) had been restored. This prompted the researchers to realize the item had been activated. Senior site staff deliberated on what to do, since it was uncertain what had gone into the jar and how. After several days of preparing for various possible scenarios, SCP-2103 was activated again using the previously stored memory. The result was a return of Dr. Morris' daughter to reality, but deceased. The finer detail's of the corpse's features (eyelashes, hair, pores, clothes threads, and so on) were blurred and indistinct. A note similar to the one encountered in E-2103-T145 was ejected4.\nIn the aftermath of Incident 2103-04, Dr. Morris has theorized that SCP-2103 is able to, over time, acknowledge an \"owner\" that is able to activate SCP-2103 without physical proximity. Returned concepts seem affected in quality by either the recollection at the time of entry or retrieval, as evidenced by the state of his daughter's return. This has led to the current containment protocols, developed by Dr. Morris before his withdrawal from the SCP-2103 research team.\nDue to the current psychological stress on Dr. Morris and ongoing psychiatric care and marriage counseling, Dr. Morris' clearance has been reduced to Level 1 (with the exception of family loss compensation guidelines set for Level 3 Researchers, to which Dr. Morris remains entitled) until further notice.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Such as rolling a die, playing \"rock, paper, scissors\" between any members who have not been selected for this duty in a certain time period, predicting coinflips, etc.\n2. \"Entity\" can refer to an individual of animal intelligence or greater, or a collection of such individuals with joint authority as noted in the following statement.\n3. As it is difficult to quantify a number of ideas, as certain concepts have logical overlap, multiple ideas or concepts intersecting into one idea or concept is generally regarded as \"one\" for the purposes of testing.\n4. \"You couldn't even remember her eyes?\"\n\n\u00ab SCP-2102 | SCP-2103 | SCP-2104 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Entrance 22, demarcated in red.\n\nItem #: SCP-2104\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All entries leading to SCP-2104-B are to be surrounded by a wire mesh fence. The fence's perimeter is to be patrolled to avoid civilian intruders. Any civilian crossing the perimeter must be administered Class B amnestics.\nObservation Post-04 has been created near the village of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Spain, to remotely monitor the 32 known entries to SCP-2104-B.\nDescription: SCP-2104-A is a humanoid entity of variable appearance. SCP-2104-A is located inside SCP-2104-B, and seems to be unable to leave this area or act outside it.(See Addendum 004/1.)\nSCP-2104-A is able to partially control its physical appearance, and usually takes the form of a child between 7 and 9 years old. Based on previous interactions recorded during reconnaissance missions, SCP-2104-A presents symptoms of intellectual disability. Its body is covered by different kinds of organic materials (such as fur, sticks, and mud) and small living organisms, including birds, insects, rodents, and lichens.\nSCP-2104-A displays a positive emotional response to interaction with children, but shows fear when approached by adults.\nSCP-2104-A is typically found in the same location, under a holm oak tree (Quercus ilex) with a weathered straw rope hanging from one of the tree's branches.\nSCP-2104-B is an extra-dimensional space that occupies an approximate geographic surface of 0.15 km2. To date, 32 entries to SCP-2104-B have been identified and documented. Entrances are always centered on natural terrain features such as rocks or trees, and are effectively invisible to the naked eye.\nEntrances to SCP-2104-B are normally inactive, but will activate if approached by prepubescent children. Adults approaching an entrance do not cause it to activate.\nSCP-2104-A is able to alter reality inside SCP-2104-B to a certain extent, changing the composition of matter and considerably affecting the behavior of indigenous fauna and flora of the area. During the last 50 years, SCP-2104-A has modified SCP-2104-B to reflect a series of themes from Aesop's fables, along other unidentified manifestations. Some animals within the area have shown the ability to speak, and commonly refer to SCP-2104-A as \"the king by the tree.\"\nAccording to the results of field analysis, SCP-2104-B is geographically identical to the area it covers in this reality construct.\n\n+ Excerpt from Reconnaissance Report 2104-5\n\n- Close\n\nExcerpt from Reconnaissance Report 2104-5, \u2588/\u2588/97\nSubject-5 (male, 9 years old), equipped with a helmet with an integrated video camera, accesses SCP-2104-B through Entrance 7.\nRecording begins. Subject goes through Entrance 7 at 11:08h.\nSubject enters a small wooded area. In its center are SCP-2104-A and a fox, sitting at a large table set for three. There is a large platter filled with vines of grapes. SCP-2104-A displays the appearance of a 7-10 year old child, dressed in what appear to be vine leaves. Upon seeing the subject, both entities address him.\nFox: You came! We were awaiting for an illustrious guest, and my king was feeling hungry.\nSCP-2104-A: H-hello, friend!\nSCP-2104-A watches the subject with expectation and points to a seat. The subject is instructed to take it and behave naturally. The fox approaches the subject with a bundle of grapes.\nSubject-5: But\u2026 but I don't like grapes.\nFox: Hey! These grapes are ripe and ready to eat!\nThe fox growls threateningly at the subject. SCP-2104-A appears nervous, and intervenes.\nSCP-2104-A: Go away! Bad fox!\nSCP-2104-A then proceeds then to gather pebbles and mud from the ground around the table, and places them into an empty dish. Afterwards, he offers the dish to the subject in a friendly manner.\nSCP-2104-A: T-tasty meatballs and mashed pot-tatoes.\nThe pebbles and mud are replaced by meatballs and mashed potatoes.\nThe subject is given further instructions to leave the area. The rest of the reconnaissance is deemed irrelevant.\nSubject vacates the area at 17:48.\nRecording ends.\n\n+ Excerpt from Reconnaissance Report 2104-7\n\n- Close\n\nExcerpt from Reconnaissance Report 2104-7, \u2588/\u2588/99\nSubject-7 (female, 10 years old), equipped with a helmet with an integrated video camera, accesses SCP-2104-B through Entrance 03. The subject is told to avoid contact and interaction with animal entities unless she is given a direct order and to go to the location where SCP-2104-A is usually to be found.\nIt is night time within SCP-2104-B. Recording begins. Subject goes through Entrance 22 at 14:28h.\nThe ground is covered with what appear to be fireflies. Subject becomes apprehensive from the sudden darkness, but is encouraged to go forward.\nThe sun inside SCP-2104-B rises at an abnormal speed. Subject arrives to a pond's edge, and is given authorisation to rest a few minutes. While resting seated by the shore, the subject is approached by two storks, wearing a typical head scarf from the rural region where SCP-2104-B entrances are located, and voluminous bags. The following conversation takes place:\nStork 1: Clack-cackclack! A little princess has come to see the king.\nStork 2: But the king is sad and has climbed the tree. Will you bring him down from his branch, child?\nStork 1: But we have to make the fox drink from the narrow-necked vase, sister.\nStork 2: Do you think you can bring him down, princess?\nAfter this exchange, the first stork hurries and pushes the second one and they move away from the subject.\nThe subject is given instructions to resume the exploration and to head to the tree where SCP-2104-A is usually located.\n500 m further on, the subject encounters a row of ants walking in the same direction. The ants are of a much larger size than usual, measuring up to 40 cm in length (estimated by subject). They carry small cloth packages on their backs.\nThe subject is told to approach the ants. Some of the insects express interest for the subject, and they slow down to talk to her.\nAnt 1: The princess has arrived just in time for the king's feast!\nAnt 2: But when the king is up the tree he does not touch our delicacies! Child, will you taste them?\nAnt 3: The princess won't eat, the king does not eat, the grasshopper shall eat everything.\nAnt 1: The grasshopper plays the guitar and sings, but the king is not coming down the tree.\nAt this moment, a legionary ant approaches the group of worker ants that have strayed from the line and pushes them back.\nAfter this encounter, the subject is told to move away from the ant line and to continue to her destination.\nThe subject spots the holm oak tree. The subject is told to approach it.\nWhen the subject is approximately 20 m away from the tree, she reports through the radio system that there is something hanging from it. The video feed shows SCP-2104-A, hanging from the rope in the tree. The body does not show external signs of decay. Standing on the ground near SCP-2104-A there are two humanoid entities resembling a human adult in shape and size, male and female. They appear to be composed of clay. Both objects have acorns embedded on their surface, arranged in resemblance of simplified facial features.\nThe subject points out that the objects are emitting sounds. The subject is told to approach the objects until a conversation between them is heard through the radio system.\nObject 1: \u2026 just take him and do it, Jos\u00e9. I can't take it anymore.\nObject 2: Me? I'm sure this comes from your fucking family. Half of you are idiots, and you don't even know who your mother's father was. I'll tell you, he was the demon and here's your punishment. Take him yourself if-\nObject 1: Go fuck yourself, Jos\u00e9. You know what, you are a fucking coward. Don't look at me like that, you even have to leave the house when we slaughter the pigs. If it was up to you, in one week the rest of the town would have seen your son doing those things.\nObject 2: Ascen, what do you want? I don't know what to do anymore. Oh god, just leave him with your aunt. She's always telling him those fables, she loves him.\nObject 1: Please, Jos\u00e9, don't do this to me, you know that we can't do that. Eventually someone would know, and then what? You saw that thing yesterday with the ants. It's getting worse. Please, listen to me. Go get the kid. We'll do this together.\nObject 2: Oh, god. Okay. Just\u2026 okay, I'll go. Go get everything, you. (shouting) Mateo! Mateo! Where are you? Come down here!\nObject 1: He's already down in the kitchen, Jos\u00e9.\nObject 2: Oh. Mateo, come here. We are going for a walk outside.\nAfter this line, both objects remain silent for a couple of minutes, and then the conversation is restarted. The subject is told to return through Entrance 03.\nThe subject vacates the area at 15:36.\nEnd of recording.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2103 | SCP-2104 | SCP-2105 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2106\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-2106-1 are to be kept within the multiple subject aviary at Site-64. Instances are to be fed twice a day and individually examined for injury and general health on site every two weeks. In the event that an instance of SCP-2106-1 expires, it is to be immediately replaced by an additional specimen of Corvus corax. In the event of an SCP-1505 outbreak, contaminated instances of SCP-2106-1 are to be immediately isolated and neutralized.\nThe following items are to be left within the aviary for ease of interaction during the appearance of SCP-2106-2 instances:\n\nOne pair of boots.\nOne trench coat.\nOne pair of gloves.\nOne standard pad of paper\nThree black ballpoint pens.\n\nDescription: SCP-2106-1 currently designates a total of 40 specimens of Corvus corax1. Individually, each instance is indistinguishable from non-anomalous specimens of the same species. The anomalous properties of SCP-2106-1 become apparent between the hours of 2200 and 0800 PST. During this time period all instances of 2106-1 will fall asleep before waking 15 minutes later to move to a central location where they form SCP-2106-2.\nSCP-2106-2 is a humanoid entity formed from the combined bodies of all available instances of 2106-1. If provided clothing, 2106-1 instances will form 2106-2 within the articles, including filling such items as boots and gloves. SCP-2106-2 is fully sapient and has demonstrated fluency in English and the ability to communicate via both writing and mimicry of human speech. According to interviews, 2106-2 believes itself to be an individual named Jessica Bradley, a 45-year-old Caucasian female from Tillamook, Oregon, USA. SCP-2106-2 has been able to provide detailed accounts of its life as Ms. Bradley up to 09/11/2011, but has no knowledge as to how it came to exist in its current state. SCP-2106-2 has largely been cooperative with Foundation personnel to date.\nA minimum of 25 instances of 2106-1 are required for SCP-2106-2 to successfully form. In the event that fewer than 25 instances of 2106-1 are present at 2200, or if anyone attempts to remove an instance of 2106-1 from the aviary, all instances of 2106-1 will swarm. During these swarm events, instances 2106-1 have demonstrated remarkably collaborative behavior including:\n\nAttempts to operate door handles.\nSetting up rudimentary traps/ambushes for Foundation personnel.\nSlamming into observation windows en masse.\nScratching crude messages/images in the ground in English.\n\nIndividual instances of 2106-1 that are removed from a 50-meter radius of all other instances lose their anomalous properties at 0800 following the dissipation of SCP-2106-2. Likewise, non-anomalous specimen of Corvus corax become instances of 2106-1 when placed within 50 meters of 2106-1 instances at 2200. It is currently unknown as to whether SCP-2106-2 would be capable of forming again should all instances of 2106-1 be dissipated.\nRecovery Log: SCP-2106-2 was originally recovered on 15/11/2011 from the private aviary at the residence of Jessica Bradley outside of Tillamook, Oregon, USA, following viral footage of SCP-2106-2 walking along the Oregon coast. Upon investigation, Foundation personnel found the body of Jessica Bradley within her bed. A subsequent autopsy of Ms. Bradley revealed that the cause of death to have been an intracerebral hemorrhage. All original 30 instances of 2106-1 were pets that had been kept by Ms. Bradley prior to her death.\nAddendum 2106-A: Interview Log 2106-1\n\nThe following interview was conducted as part of the initial containment of SCP-2106-2.\nInterviewed: SCP-2106-2\nInterviewer: Dr. Daniel Aeslinger\nForeword: This interview was done at the end of a standard mental health screening. During interviews prior to this screening, SCP-2106-2 revealed that it remembered the actions of a researcher who had examined several instances of 2106-1 during standard veterinary examinations.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Aeslinger: Alright, Jessica. Before we finish this session I have just one more topic that I would like to go over with you.\nSCP-2106-2: Okay. What do you want to know?\nDr. Aeslinger: During our last interview you mentioned several details you remembered about Researcher Ferro's veterinary inspection on one of the ravens that makes up your body. Would you care to elaborate?\nSCP-2106-2: It's hard to explain. In the morning I sort of feel like I'm falling asleep. Most of the time I just blackout and the next thing I know I'm awake again and you guys are telling me that it's the next day. However, sometimes I dream, or at least I think I'm dreaming. When I dream, I'm always a raven somewhere in this aviary.\nDr. Aeslinger: Go on\u2026\nSCP-2106-2: The thing is, usually the dreams aren't that exciting. I just kind of go with the flow. Act like I think a raven should. It's kind of nice, you know? It's like slowing your mind down and throwing your worries away. Everything just becomes so simple. That time it was different though. That man grabbed me and looked me over. He poked and prodded me. It was awful. Just the worst feeling ever. I don't think I've ever been more terrified. Keep in mind I woke up one day to find out I was suddenly made of birds.\nDr. Aeslinger: Interesting.\nSCP-2106-2: What?\nDr. Aeslinger: You are aware that the ravens that compose your body fall asleep before they form you every evening, yes?\nSCP-2106-2: Wow, really? No. I wasn't aware.\nSCP-2106-2 pauses for several moments before continuing to write.\nSCP-2106-2: Do you think they dream about being me? Can ravens even dream?\nDr. Aeslinger: I don't know, Jessica. Maybe?\nSCP-2106-2: Maybe\u2026\n<End Log>\n\nAddendum 2106-B: Interview Log 2106-2\n\nThe following interview was conducted following several swarm events.\nInterviewed: SCP-2106-2\nInterviewer: Researcher Roland Ferro\nForeword: This interview was done following a series of testing and observations on 2106-1 collectivist behavior during swarm events. Upon SCP-2106-2's appearance, it moved to the back corner of the aviary and entered the fetal position.\n<Begin Log>\nResearcher Ferro: Jessica? What's\u2026 what's going on? Everything alright?\nSCP-2106-2: You have to stop doing that\u2026\nResearcher Ferro: I'm sorry, I don't follow you. Stop doing what?\nSCP-2106-2: The swarms! Stop making them swarm. Please! It's like a nightmare. Just fucking stop!\nResearcher Ferro: I'm going to need you to elaborate a little more than that, Jessica. Why do we need to stop the swarms? What happens to you when we trigger those events?\nSCP-2106-2: It's like having my mind pulled in a thousand directions. Normally when 8 AM hits I just dream that I'm one raven. It's nice. It's simple. It's safe. But this\u2026 it's not that. I get bounced around from one point of view to another. From one raven to the next. Each one is desperate and afraid and searching for a way to survive. And every time I get moved around those feelings renew. Each raven leaves a stain on my mind that I can't get out. I still feel their consciousness digging around in the back of my head\u2026 They like being me.\nResearcher Ferro: They like being you?\nSCP-2106-2: They love it! I like being a raven because it makes everything so simple. They like being me because it makes everything so complex. Every time you make them swarm it's because they don't want to give it up. Please. I've done everything you have wanted me to do. I have always cooperated. Please. Don't do that anymore.\nResearcher Ferro: I can't just make a promise like\u2026\nAll instances of 2106-1 composing SCP-2106-2 begin to croak loudly. All attempts at further communication with SCP-2106-2 by Researcher Ferro are unsuccessful. The croaking continues until 0800.\n<End Log>\n\nFollowing the conclusion of this interview, all attempts by Foundation personnel to verbally communicate with 2106-2 have been blocked by 2106-1 croaking. 2106-2 has been able to successfully communicate via writing notes for Foundation personnel. Instances of 2106-1 have been observed destroying these notes and attacking personnel attempting to retrieve these notes following 2106-2 dissipation at 0800.\nAs of 25/11/2012 a one-way dropbox has been installed in the aviary to allow for continuous communication with 2106-2 without further 2106-1 interference.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Common raven.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2105 | SCP-2106 | SCP-2107 \u00bb"}
{"text": "An instance of SCP-2107.\n\nItem #: SCP-2107\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-2107 are to be stored in a CNSI1 containment locker at Site 19. Any number of instances may be moved to a refrigerated CNSI unit in advance of experimental trials.\nMobile Containment Task Force Theta-61 (\"Carbonation-Based Lifeforms\") is responsible for coordinating routine screenings for new instances of SCP-2107 at retail venues which are considered probable locations for appearance. Newly discovered instances are to be acquired by conventional methods when possible. For larger quantities or in cases where a retailer's proprietor is deemed likely to become problematic, Acquisition Protocols 0014 (\"Covert Theft\"), 0015 (\"Overt Theft\"), and 0047 (\"Impersonation of Federal Agency\") may be utilized with authorization from staff with security clearance 3/2107 or higher. Individuals exposed to the anomalous properties of SCP-2107 are to be treated with Class A amnestics and remitted to the nearest civilian hospital for any medical care rendered necessary following exposure.\nDescription: SCP-2107 designates a soft drink brand known as \"Diet Ghost\u2122\" which displays anomalous properties when imbibed.2 SCP-2107 has to date only been encountered packaged by the individual can. Within three to seven minutes of ingestion, subjects (classified SCP-2107-a) begin to experience paranormal activity that most often falls within the colloquial expectations of an individual being haunted by a ghost or other paranormal entity. The effect continues until an as of yet undetermined point in the breakdown of SCP-2107 within the subject's body, approximately one to three hours after ingestion.3 Research has confirmed that the intensity of the haunting effect (herein defined by the quantity of individual paranormal facets, the probability of physical harm, and the severity of said harm) is directly proportional to the quantity of SCP-2107 imbibed.\nSCP-2107 cans are the traditional variety used for soft drinks, being uniform in design and non-anomalous in composition and behavior. The can features a light blue background with the \"DIET GHOST\u2122\" logo prominently featured. The catchphrase \"SCARE YOUR THIRST!\" appears beneath the logo. Most instances also have a sticker on the can with the text \"MADE WITH NATURAL GHOSTS!\" printed on it; it is unclear if cans lacking this sticker were distributed this way or if the sticker was removed before acquisition. The cans bear no nutritional information. The liquid contents are non-anomalous in chemical composition and within normal parameters for a traditional diet soft drink.\nDiscovery: Initial discovery occurred on 05/13/2012 when seven cans of SCP-2107 were purchased by Foundation personnel at a local supermarket in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588 during a routine restocking of Site 19's recreational facilities. The partial remains of H\u2588\u2588 T\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a Senior Maintenance Assistant at Site 19, were found inside the van requisitioned from Site 19's vehicle pool for the purposes of the trip. Two cans were open and empty of contents when recovered. J\u2588\u2588 B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the Junior Maintenance Assistant who had been assigned with T\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 for the restocking duty, had gone back into the supermarket after having forgotten to procure a copy of the receipt of purchase for Foundation records. According to B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's account T\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was alone for no longer than approximately five minutes.\nA majority of discoveries have occurred in convenience stores, with acquisitions from supermarkets and restaurants accounting for nearly all additional cases.4 Employees of retail locations where instances have been discovered have professed no prior knowledge of the product's existence and records of inventory acquisition have shown no references to SCP-2107. SCP-2107 has now been recovered from retailers in 37 states and 2 Canadian provinces. Production and distribution of SCP-2107 is currently under investigation.\nSCP-2107 Abridged Experiment Logs:\n\n+ Level 2 Security Clearance Required.\n\n- Credentials approved. Access recorded.\n\nNote: Each experiment was carried out using one D-class personnel, isolated in a SHA5 containment cell with closed circuit digital recording. Unless otherwise specified, no individual D-class subject is used for more than one trial. Extraneous, insubstantial, and redundant results have been omitted for brevity; a full version may be found in the SCP-2107 Extended Report.\n\nTrial Number\nQuantity of SCP-2107 Ingested (mL)\nResult\n\n01\n30 mL\nDuration of trial was 01:12. Subject reported audiovisual phenomena (including \"hearing [her] name spoken softly,\" \"shadowy figures\" at the edges of her vision, and a \"flickering of the lights\" within the containment chamber that was not corroborated by the recorded footage.)6 Debriefing revealed the subject to have enjoyed the experience overall. Subject described the taste of SCP-2107 as \"bland, but refreshing.\"\n\n06\n90 mL\nSubject experienced intermittent activity similar to the phenomena in previous experiments for over an hour before new effects presented. At 1:20 the subject began to experience moderate bleeding from the nose without identifiable physical cause; simultaneously, the recording equipment began to encounter interference of a magnetic nature that lasted for two minutes. This is noted as the first instance where activity was observable by non-SCP-2107-a sources in Foundation trials. The bleeding continued unabated for several minutes, causing severe distress to the subject. All effects ceased at 01:28.\n\n07\n90 mL\nTrial begins with activity patterns identical to those described by the subject in Trial 01. Subject's nose began to bleed at the 00:19 mark. At 00:23, subject began emesis due to a combination of distress and nausea caused by the presence of their own blood; this is evaluated to be purely physiological in nature and non-anomalous. Following emesis, a majority of the activity ceased; subject reported still having intermittent hallucinations in his peripheral vision until 00:48.\n\n14\n150 mL\nSubject began to experience phenomena similar to previous trials at 00:02 which rapidly increased in intensity. The lights in the cell are seen to flicker briefly at 00:16 by both the subject and supervising personnel; subject reported the feeling of being lifted off the ground during this effect but this is not visible in the footage. Quantity of activity is approximate to previous trials but level of intensity is significantly higher as reported by subject. Effects began to subside at 00:54 and had ceased entirely at 00:59. Subject observed taste as \u201caverage\u201d but expressed difficulty in elaborating upon this description.\n\n31\n270 mL\nSubject experienced no activity until 00:31, at which point all electronics within a 10m radius failed for approximately seventeen seconds. When power returned, subject had fallen to the ground unconscious and the trial was ended. Personnel entered the containment cell and confirmed the subject had expired. Upon autopsy, subject's body was found to be void of most major internal organs; no incision marks or signs of trauma were present.\n\nNote: Future experiments are suspended without authorization from staff with security clearance 4/2107.\n\n- Credentials approved. Access recorded.\n\nAddendum 12/27/2014: Area \u2588\u2588 personnel have encountered and acquired a previously undiscovered packaging variant. Fifteen cans were produced by a vending machine in Area \u2588\u2588's cafeteria; when the machine was opened for further inspection no anomalous properties were discovered. These new instances of SCP-2107 feature changes to the design of the background, which now features white silhouettes of tombstones, cats, and cartoonish ghosts interspersed between iterations of the logo. Of note is the addition of new stickers to the can in the same font as the catchphrase text. These stickers include new promotional phrases, including \"FROM THE MAKERS OF GHOST\u2122!\", \"100% MORE SPOOKY!\", \"SCARE-TISFACTION GUARANTEED!\", and \"YOUR OLD FAVORITE IS BACK!\". All instances of SCP-2107 from Area \u2588\u2588 are en route to Site 19 for containment and research trials to confirm whether their contents produce the same anomalous activity as previously recorded instances. The addition of vending machines to the list of provenance locations is under investigation, with revisions to Object Class and Special Containment Procedures awaiting approval.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Compact, Non-Sentient, Inert\n2. Animal testing pending approval.\n3. Premature depletion of SCP-2107 through unusual means, such as emesis, gastric lavage, or the removal of organs currently containing the fluid from their appropriate bodily systems, causes partial or total cessation of the effect. The death of SCP-2107-a will result in total cessation of all effects caused by their ingestion.\n4. Despite the assessment of at least 46 anomalous events suggesting the ingestion of SCP-2107 as the causation factor, markedly few instances have been recovered outside of retail environments.\n5. Standard, Humanoid, Active\n6. Please see SCP-2107 Interview Logs for unabridged transcripts of post-trial debriefings; Level 3 Security Clearance Required.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2106 | SCP-2107 | SCP-2108 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Photosynthetic\n\nSCP-2108 - Another Sun by Photosynthetic\n\nMore by this author\n\nItem#: 2108\n\nLevel2\n\nContainment Class:\neuclid\n\nSecondary Class:\nnone\n\nDisruption Class:\nekhi\n\nRisk Class:\ndanger\n\nlink to memo\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The abandoned warehouse building containing SCP-2108 has been acquired by the Foundation and designated Containment Site-2108 Core. No Foundation personnel are to enter Site-2108 Core unless strictly necessary for testing; the general operations of Site-2108 are to take place in the Site's other buildings. Site-2108 Core is to remain under security appropriate for a sensitive Foundation site. Wherever possible, objects and conditions known to affect SCP-2108's properties are to be managed within known minimally-disruptive ranges.\nSCP-2108 itself is to be kept under constant surveillance in a sealed, opaque room. Attempts to move SCP-2108 or otherwise alter its properties should be avoided. The containment chamber is to be cleaned daily by remote-control or automated drones, to remove all living organisms massing more than 0.5 g.\nLiving organisms are not to be exposed to SCP-2108 or SCP-2108-A. Video should be converted to grayscale or false color before viewing. When direct observation is necessary, personnel should wear full-body opaque clothing with goggles tinted to block SCP-2108-A's characteristic spectral peaks. SCP-2108-A skin exposure of 80 J/kg in any ten-week period is disqualifying for further SCP-2108 interaction.\nInstances of SCP-2108-B are to be contained in species-appropriate enclosures at least 10 km from Site-2108, except when authorized for testing. Deliberately creating instances of SCP-2108-B requires prior authorization from the SCP-2108 project lead, and in all cases must use the fewest and least massive subjects possible.\nDescription: SCP-2108 is a luminous object resembling a miniature star with a chromosphere 1-4 m in diameter, ranging in color from yellow-orange to green. It is selectively intangible and possibly non-material, but appears similar in structure and composition to a main-sequence star of roughly one solar mass; its surface bears visible granules and sunspots, it appears to undergo periodic flares, and it has a gaseous corona 0.5-6 m deep. It emits 1.8-15.3 kW of light, a biologically insignificant level of exotic [DATA REDACTED] radiation, and very little radiant heat. It cannot be moved or affected by deliberate physical manipulation, except by some instances of SCP-2108-B (see below).\nSCP-2108's specific properties, such as size, location, mass, absolute luminosity, spectrum, etc., vary in poorly-understood ways. All of its properties are correlated nonlinearly with one another as well as with at least twelve other factors. These additional correlates have not been fully enumerated, but are believed to include the current solar-wind flux; strong local magnetic fields; the movement of all Corvus individuals within 13 m of the object; the extent of the next predicted solar and lunar eclipses; the time elapsed since a runaway nuclear fission reaction took place in the Northern Hemisphere; and the number and combined mass of extant SCP-2108-B instances.\nLight and radiation emitted from SCP-2108 is designated SCP-2108-A. Its spectrum varies somewhat, as do all of SCP-2108's properties, but always retains characteristic peaks at 663, 615, 448, and 297 nm (i.e. in the red, orange, indigo, and near ultraviolet). In addition, the object's exotic-radiation output is its only predictable property: it is always a known function of SCP-2108-A's electromagnetic spectrum.1\nIntense or prolonged exposure to unmodified SCP-2108-A causes a poorly-characterized transformative syndrome in living organisms, which are then designated SCP-2108-B. The speed and discomfort of SCP-2108-B conversion are directly proportional to the speed and intensity with which the transformative SCP-2108-A dose was delivered.2 Without continued SCP-2108-A exposure, instances of SCP-2108-B invariably revert to their original state within eight weeks. (See Addendum 2108-E-46693.)\nThe changes present in SCP-2108-B are believed to result, at least in part, from protein-folding interference by novel substances produced upon skin absorption of SCP-2108-A. The precise effects vary between taxa, but generally include an increase in external pigmentation; production of novel pigments with absorption spectra related to SCP-2108-A; and, in autotrophic organisms, a novel set of photosynthetic organelles and pathways better optimized for use of SCP-2108-A. Structural and organ-level effects are usually subtle, with more pronounced changes affecting the organism's metabolism and biochemistry. Extended exposure may produce more dramatic structural effects; testing proposals are currently under review. See Addendum 2108-1 for a partial list of SCP-2108-B alterations.\n\nAddendum 2108-1\n\nSelected Excerpts from Test Log 2108-B\n\n[Hide Excerpts from Test Log 2108-B]\n\nTest 1\nSubject: Three mature American goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia) plants, in fruit\nSCP-2108-A exposure: Discovered with SCP-2108 in Site-2108 Core; total dosage unknown.\nConversion period: Unknown\nResults: Initial discovery of SCP-2108-B. Plants' leaves distinctly longer and thinner than typical for E. graminifolia. Leaf and stem surface pigmentation purplish-blue with slight cyan iridescence, apparently a protective \"sunscreen\" layer; underlying tissues deep blue-green due to development of SCP-2108-B-typical photosynthetic systems. Fruits rich in several uncharacterized alkaloids. After removal from SCP-2108-A, plants recovered entirely within 8 weeks.\nTest 3\nSubject: Colony of carpenter ants (Camponotus pensylvanicus), >200 individuals\nExposure: Discovered with SCP-2108 in Site-2108 Core; total dosage unknown\nConversion period: Unknown\nResults: Dosage presumably proportional to time spent outside the nest, as effects were most pronounced in the workers tasked with foraging. Thorax, legs, and mandibles coated in several thin layers of translucent, deep-orange wax, and comblike chitinous appendages developed on the dorsal antennae. Signaling pheromones almost completely replaced with a novel set of chemicals; resultant confusion between foraging workers and larva-care workers likely caused the colony's rapid decline. Queen completely unaffected, but killed by alkaloid poisoning after being fed seeds of affected goldenrod; colony then collapsed completely.\nTest 9\nSubject: 2 albino Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus), female, 18 months old, 330-375 g\nExposure: 160 J/kg / full body skin, fur, and eye / 240 minutes\nConversion period: 66 hours\nResults: Exposed skin developed light gray pigmentation; fur developed dark blue-gray pigmentation with dark blue mottled markings whose exact patterns differed by individual. Behavior during conversion period did not suggest any particular discomfort. Animals recovered within 3 weeks.\nTest 10\nSubject: 2 albino Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus), female, 18 months old, 335-360 g\nExposure: 160 J/kg / full body skin, fur, and eye / 10 minutes\nConversion period: 75 minutes\nResults: Comparable to Test 9, but with additional slight elongation of tail vertebrae and hind legs. Subjects chewed and clawed at legs and tails until restrained, with vocalizations suggesting discomfort and/or pain. Joint swelling, colorful urine, and other symptoms of endogenous pigment poisoning abated within 24 hours; animals recovered within 3 weeks.\nTest 11\nSubject: 2 albino Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus), female, 18 months old, 320-370 g\nExposure: 160 J/kg / full body skin, fur, and eye / 240 minutes. Light used was an exact match to SCP-2108-A's current spectrum, generated by filtered floodlamps.\nConversion period: n/a\nResults: No effect.\nTest 12\nSubject: Same individuals as Test 11\nExposure: 90 J/kg / full body skin, fur, and eye / 240 minutes. Light used was live, full-color surveillance video of SCP-2108.\nConversion period: 80 hours\nResults: Effectively identical to Test 9.\nTest 15\nSubject: Human, male, 27 years, 79 kg (D-2108-14)\nExposure: 160 J/kg / 20 cm2 skin, torso / 240 minutes\nConversion period: 12.5 hours\nResults: All skin developed purplish-brown pigmentation with short blue-green ventral stripes. Subject reported altered color vision, as well as difficulty speaking and eating due to excessive salivation. Blood rich in a novel substance with significant stimulant effects in mouse models but none in the subject himself. Recovered within 3 weeks.\nTest 16\nSubject: Human, male, 27 years, 79 kg (D-2108-14)\nExposure: 160 J/kg / 20 cm2 skin, torso / 240 minutes\nNote: D-2108-14 was re-exposed after recovering fully from Test 15.\nConversion period: 3 hours\nResults: Comparable to Test 15, but with additional complications of the shorter conversion period: joint swelling, muscle spasms, mild hemophilia, greater loss of vision, and colorful body fluids. Symptoms abated within 36 hours; subject recovered within 7 weeks. Repeated re-exposure tests pending approval.\nTest \u2588\nSubject: Human, female, 38 years, 64 kg (\u2588\u2588. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588)\nExposure: Accidental, 125 J/kg / 5 cm2 skin and eye / 5 seconds (post hoc estimation)\nConversion period: 5 minutes (post hoc estimation)\nResults: Skin developed purplish-brown pigmentation with blue-green ventral mottling; color vision altered, apparently tetrachromatic; skin hairs replaced by chaffy oval structures with rudimentary photosynthetic capacity. Onset of SCP-2108-B characteristics was swift enough to cause immediate, severe endogenous poisoning: symptoms included muscle spasms, systemic neuralgia, temporary blindness, and acute renal failure. Poisoning symptoms abated in 3 weeks with inpatient care; severe sunburn on exposed side of face healed normally; subject recovered fully within 8 weeks.\n\nAddendum 2108-2\n\nIncident Report E-31181-A\n\n[Hide Incident Report E-31181-A]\n\nOn 12 February 2014, Agent Erin Moynahan, Researcher Thom Saint-Jacques, and Researcher Chelsea Elliott, representatives from MTF Theta-4 (\"Gardeners\"), arrived at the future Site-2108 to assist in early field study of the anomalies that would collectively be designated SCP-2108. At the time, SCP-2108-A and -B were collectively designated E-31181; SCP-2108 itself had not yet been discovered.\nThe MTF \u04e8-4 personnel were directed to the SCP-2108-B entities, which consisted of scattered vegetation growing in the cracks of the concrete warehouse floor, and began initial examination after establishing basic field precautions. However, when Dr. Elliott attempted to examine a leaf sample through a small magnifying lens, she received a burst of concentrated SCP-2108-A. The exposure converted her into an instance of SCP-2108-B within five minutes; the resulting endogenous poisoning required hospitalization.\nSimultaneously, the sudden emergence of a large SCP-2108-B instance caused significant changes in SCP-2108's properties, most notably causing it to triple in diameter and luminosity while instantly relocating 4 m straight down. This placed it below the level of the warehouse's skylight, simultaneously making it visible for the first time3 and irradiating all personnel present. Agent Moynahan, Dr. Saint-Jacques, and on-Site Agent Shoshanna Segel became instances of SCP-2108-B over the following four hours; the additional converted biomass caused further erratic movement of SCP-2108. The resulting positive feedback loop would likely have converted much of the surrounding city if not for routine testing at Provisional Site-\u2588\u2588, in which SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588 underwent its weekly partial core meltdown, resetting one of SCP-2108's major property correlates and instantly relocating it to a position inside Site-2108 Core.\nStrategic application of disinformation and amnestics ensured no lasting public exposure. All personnel converted to SCP-2108-B recovered within eight weeks. (See Addendum 2108-E-46693 for records of extended observation.)\n\nAddendum 2108-E-46693\n\n[Enter 5/2108/E-46693 authorization code to continue.]\n\n[Credentials accepted.]\n\nLike the other personnel involved in Incident E-31181-A, Dr. Elliott appeared to recover completely from the effects of SCP-2108-B conversion; she completed quarantine and was cleared for duty upon recovering fully from her injuries. However, recent events indicate that this assessment was premature.\nRoutine surveillance carried out on Dr. Elliott after the incident revealed irregularities in her eating habits; although initially consistent with her established habits, these disturbances grew steadily more pronounced after the incident. When she fasted for sixteen straight days in late April, with neither any apparent preparation nor any ill effects, her case was flagged for closer and more prolonged examination.\nOver the following months, surveillance established that Dr. Elliott's food consumption patterns are closely correlated with her exposure to daylight or comparable full-spectrum lamps. She also displays marked symptoms of seasonal-affective disorder, despite no history of the condition, for which she self-medicated with full-spectrum lamps. Additionally, on seven separate occasions in May and June, she was briefly hospitalized for acute accidental poisoning; all seven incidents appear to have been caused by plant toxins whose sources were either entirely absent or available only in quantities far smaller than apparently ingested.4 The origin of the toxins is unknown.\nTaken together, these phenomena suggest that Dr. Elliott has acquired anomalous properties beyond those characteristic of SCP-2108-B, which have persisted and strengthened since the incident. She has been provisionally classified as E-46693; proceedings to classify her as an SCP object were filed in June 2014, but have since been postponed indefinitely pending O5 review.\n\nFootnotes\n1. See Saint-Jacques, T., \"Radiation of Unknown Provenance: A Partial Characterization of SCP-2108-A\" Observer: An SCP Foundation Journal (2014): 220.\n2. Specifically, the speed of transformation is proportional to the total SCP-2108-A dose and to the inverse cube of the time over which it was applied.\n3. Before Incident E-31181-A, SCP-2108-A shone through the skylight of Site-2108 Core, but SCP-2108 was not visible from outside the building. This phenomenon has not recurred and remains unexplained.\n4. The toxins included black walnut hull extract; caffeine, in concentrations greater than could have been ingested normally; and aconite sap, in sublethal doses.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2107 | SCP-2108 | SCP-2109 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2109\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Information regarding SCP-2109 is largely self-containing and requires no information suppression on behalf of the Foundation.\nThe detection of potential SCP-2109 cases is to be handled by automated systems designed for this purpose. Such systems are designed to detect discrepancies in legal, medical, press and bureaucratic documents associated with SCP-2109. Personnel involved in investigation of SCP-2109 are to defer to the results produced by such systems rather than their own judgement when determining the probable existence of an SCP-2109 case.\nAll recordings or footage involved in SCP-2109 cases are to be analysed via SILVER CRESCENT1 protocols. If an SCP-2109 case is confirmed, investigative personnel are to attempt to retrieve any documents or data storage devices belonging to the deceased which relate to mathematics or which were acquired or composed shortly before their death.\nDocuments relating to SCP-2109 are not to be stored centrally, either in physical or digital form. Any location where SCP-2109 documents are stored must be surveilled using SILVER CRESCENT protocols.\nDescription: It should be noted that most knowledge of SCP-2109 is not drawn from direct observation, and its existence can to a large extent only be inferred.\nSCP-2109 is a phenomenon affecting the deaths of certain people, their corpses, and all legal proceedings relating to those deaths. SCP-2109 is suspected to be infohazardous in nature. All cases affected by SCP-2109 have been deaths by natural causes, and have a tendency to involve students and academics, particularly involved in certain fields of mathematics, though this is not always the case.\nIn all cases, the deaths are fully acknowledged to have occurred in circumstances, and to be the result of injuries, that would usually suggest that the cause of death was not natural, but rather of a violent nature. Despite this, all deaths affected by SCP-2109 are known to be cases of death by natural causes. All tested human beings, when confronted with evidence of the death, will dismiss it as a natural or accidental death, apparently in defiance of evidence. The reason for this discrepancy is unknown \u2013 the general consensus amongst SCP-2109 research staff is that these deaths are subject to an infohazardous or memetic effect which the Foundation is presently unable to counter. However, the possibility that the individuals involved in SCP-2109 instances have undergone a metamorphic anomaly at the moment of death, or that SCP-2109 causes a recurring glitch in Foundation meme-analysis software have also been considered.\nThe deaths affected by SCP-2109 frequently coincide with the disappearance or destruction of documents authored by the deceased, as well as computers, phones and other data-storage devices used by them.\nSCP-2109 was discovered following detection by IAKOB, a semi-intelligent text analysis system designed by the Foundation to scan legal documentation, police transcripts and court records to identify potential anomalies involved in criminal incidents. Part of IAKOB's role includes identifying mind-affecting and memetic anomalies.\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, IAKOB detected an irresolvable discrepancy between the findings of a coroner's inquest into the death of Dr. Simon Rice, a mathematician from Sheffield, United Kingdom, and the physical evidence provided during the trial. IAKOB determined that Dr. Rice's body had received injuries that should have led the inquest to return a verdict of unlawful killing. These findings, although unverified by any human source with full knowledge of the case, have been verified by other meme-analysis programs and blind tests of unbriefed medical and legal experts2 have all indicated that, under normal circumstances, the death would have been considered a potential murder or suicide.\nSince this initial instance of SCP-2109 was identified, between 80 and 150 SCP-2109-affected deaths are believed to have occurred.\nAddendum 2109-1: Partial list of SCP-2109-affected deaths:\n\nDeceased:\nDate and Location:\nDetail of injuries:\n\nMiss G\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 D\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a postgraduate Mathematics student and associate of Simon Rice.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Sheffield, England\nMiss D\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 died as a result of a broken neck. She was found hanging by the neck from the second-story window of her home, by a length of rope which was fastened to a bedpost. Miss D\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was covered in an unidentified dark fluid when her body was found.\n\nDr. Simon Rice, a mathematician employed at Sheffield University, England\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Sheffield, England\nDr. Rice died from exsanguination, resulting from a number of deep lacerations to the arms, neck, abdomen, and face. Dr. Rice's eyes and tongue were not found at the scene of his death - the coroner's inquest suggested they may have been removed by scavenging animals, although Dr. Rice was found in his apartment and had been dead for only two hours when the body was found.\n\nMr. C\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 A\u2588\u2588\u2588, a publisher working at the academic journal '\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Journal of Mechanics'.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, New York, New York\nMr. A\u2588\u2588\u2588 died of asphyxiation. Melted remnants of a plastic bag were found on his head and neck. A pictogram of unknown significance had been cut into his upper back immediately prior to his death. Mr. A\u2588\u2588\u2588's corpse appears to have spontaneously caught fire.\n\nMr. U\u2588\u2588\u2588 B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a professor of Mathematics at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 University.\n21/07/2008 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, California\nMr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's heart is believed to have forcibly expelled itself from his chest, possibly as a result of an undiagnosed medical condition. The flesh around the resultant wound was charred.\n\nMrs. D\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 G\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Mr. F\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 L\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Ms. R\u2588\u2588\u2588 K\u2588\u2588\u2588, Mr. J\u2588\u2588\u2588 A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, amateur mathematics enthusiasts.\n04/11/2008, international.\nThe deceased were members of an internet-based group of mathematics enthusiasts. All died in their homes as a result of what was believed to be accidental sharp-force trauma to the skull. Symbols, apparently some form of language or code, had been painted onto the exposed skin of the deceased and onto furniture and walls around the bodies. In each case, computers and other data storage devices used by the victim were missing.\n\nDr. S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 C\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a mathematician employed by the Foundation to analyse the output of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n03/03/2010, [REDACTED].\nDr. C\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's head was the only part of her body to be recovered, and was found in Dr. C\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's office. A large amount of Dr. C\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's notes were missing, including all references to the specific cipher she was studying at the time of her death; investigation into this event is ongoing.\n\nAddendum 2109-2: Following Dr. C\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's death and her identification as a SCP-2109 instance, a review of security camera footage from Site-26 using SILVER CRESCENT protocols revealed the presence of an anomalous humanoid entity in recorded footage, 1.9 metres in height, dressed in a robe made of black cloth and possibly feathers, with a cylindrical headpiece which completely obscured its face. The entity does not appear to be human, as its hands appear avian and have four digits.\nThis entity was first observed on 28/02/2010, entering a general work area at Site-26 and observing Foundation mathematicians engaged in discussion of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588's output. Over the next two days the entity is seen to observe these mathematicians at work, often standing motionless in their offices for long stretches of time, before beginning to watch and follow Dr. C\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 exclusively.\nNo personnel appear to notice or react to the entity's presence during this time, and the entity was not detected during prior review of the security footage, which did not utilise SILVER CRESCENT methodology. At 10:51 EST on 02/03/2010, Level-1 employee Mr. E\u2588\u2588\u2588 B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was observed to have stepped around the entity upon passing it in a corridor, but extensive interrogation of Mr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 indicates that he has no recollection of this event and was likely unaware of the entity's presence at the time.\nAt 17:56, 02/03/2010, Dr. C\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 leaves [REDACTED], and is followed by the entity, which is observed by security camera in the staff parking facility getting in to the passenger seat of Dr. C\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's car when she unlocks the vehicle. At 02:45 on 03/03/2010, the entity is recorded entering [REDACTED], removing Dr. C\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's severed head from within its clothing, and placing it in a cabinet in her office before leaving the site. What role the entity had in her death remains unknown. It is also unclear how the entity bypassed a number of automated security checkpoints while traversing the site.\nAs a result of this new information, SCP-2109 cases are to be examined to determine if similar entities were present at the scenes of other SCP-2109-affected deaths. The significance of the cipher that Dr. C\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was working on at the time of her death is likewise unknown.\nSecurity measures at [REDACTED] have been modified in light of these events, but no recurrence has been noted since.\n\nFootnotes\n1. SILVER CRESCENT is a counter-infohazard measure developed to allow for the analysis of still images to highlight information which human operatives cannot perceive in said images. Further details are not available to personnel without requisite clearance.\n2. For example, tests involving presenting relevant personnel with hypothetical \u2018evidence' matching the details of Dr. Rice's death, without revealing the existence of a real death matching this description or naming the deceased or the location.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2108 | SCP-2109 | SCP-2110 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2110\n\nItem #: SCP-2110\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2110 is to be monitored on-site by at least two Level Three personnel at all times under the cover story of maintaining it to prevent any damage. As the site has been marked as a historical landmark in need of preservation by the Junior Gosnold's Preservation Trust, no further action should be needed. However, if there is a breach of knowledge to the public, and/or civilians are found to have successfully entered SCP-2110, Class-A amnestics are to be administered where necessary with affected individuals monitored for up to 28 days. Disinformation campaigns are to be undertaken to suppress any information about the anomalous effects of SCP-2110.\nAny personnel who are American-born, Brazilian-born, belong to the Wampanoag tribe, have lived on Martha's Vineyard or have had friends or immediate family live on Martha's Vineyard for more than five consecutive years are not permitted under any circumstance to enter SCP-2110 more than once. Any personnel who wish to conduct interviews with SCP-2110-1 must not be American-born, Brazilian-born, belong to the Wampanoag tribe, have lived on Martha's Vineyard or have had friends or immediate family live on Martha's Vineyard for more than five consecutive years. Personnel must submit a questionnaire two weeks in advance for overview and approval from the Hazardous Materials Containment Liaison (HMCL), and must undergo a monitoring period of 28 days after interviewing has finished, during which they will be cycled off-site until any desire to reenter SCP-2110 has worn off.\nAll new information about any cases regarding individuals whose appearances match SCP-2110-1 are to be suppressed, and the current status of these cases is to be maintained.\nDescription: SCP-2110 is a two-story gingerbread cottage1 in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, built in 18\u2588\u2588. There is no recorded history of habitation, and it is unknown when its anomalous properties manifested. Observing the inside of the cottage via remote-controlled rover shows that the cottage is abandoned and in disrepair. When trying to look in through the windows on the first floor, the view is completely obscured by various objects such as curtains or furniture. Windows on the second floor appear to be blocked in a similar manner as the first.\nWhenever a subject enters SCP-2110, the inside of the cottage will be completely furnished and repaired, with furnishings and appliances matching architecture styles commonly used in the current time period. There are no electronic appliances in the household. SCP-2110-1 appears in the dining area and kitchen when SCP-2110 is entered, with food present in the dining area. All furnishings, appliances, and food can be removed from the home, although the next time a person enters the cottage, the items will have been replaced. All objects and food taken from SCP-2110 have been found to be non-anomalous. Shortly after the subject enters SCP-2110, SCP-2110-1 will welcome them, as well as invite the subject over to the dining area to eat dinner with them, regardless of time of entry.\nSCP-2110-1 is a designation given to 7 individuals who appear in the cottage once a person enters. All individuals except SCP-2110-1-A are similar in appearance to people reported missing between 18\u2588\u2588 and 20\u2588\u2588 and all last seen on Martha's Vineyard2. Interviews with them have shown that they all act in a familial structure, with age and gender determining the familial role of each individual. Explanations as to how SCP-2110-1 arrived on Martha's Vineyard have not been given. However, with the exception of SCP-2110-1-A, all have either lived on Martha's Vineyard at some point in their lives, or have had friends or immediate family who have lived there for more than five consecutive years. SCP-2110-1 is aware of any technological or social advances in the public world, regardless of any conversation with them on the matter.\n\nSCP-2110-1-A (\"Father\"): White, birthplace unknown, mid-50's, 1.9 m tall. The only individual in the group who does not match any known missing persons case.\nSCP-2110-1-B (\"Mother\"): Wampanoag, born in Massachusetts, late-60's, 1.7 m tall. Matches missing persons case from 18\u2588\u2588 from the town of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Massachusetts.\nSCP-2110-1-C (\"Uncle\"): Afro-Brazilian, born in Rio de Janeiro, late-40's, 2 m tall. Matches missing persons case from 19\u2588\u2588 from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Massachusetts. Interviews with witnesses and subjects have reported that SCP-2110-1-C is unable to communicate verbally, and speaks solely in Brazilian Sign Language, with SCP-2110-1-F giving translations.\nSCP-2110-1-D - E (\"Aunt and Nephew\"): Brazilian, born in Massachusetts, mid-30's and 11, 1.65 m and 1.4 m. Matches missing persons case from 20\u2588\u2588 from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Massachusetts.\nSCP-2110-1-F (\"Son\"): Brazilian, born in Massachusetts, 20, 1.6 m. Matches missing persons case from 20\u2588\u2588 from the town of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Massachusetts.\nSCP-2110-1-G (\"Daughter\"): White, born in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, 21, 1.55 m. Formerly D-9350, used for testing the anomalous properties of SCP-2110 in order to artificially create a new instance of SCP-2110-1.\n\nAlthough the subject may leave of their own free will, they will usually accept SCP-2110-1's offer to eat with them. As the subject eats, they will report feeling at ease and comfortable with SCP-2110-1. During this time, SCP-2110-1 will be willing to answer questions. After leaving, the subject will express a desire to revisit SCP-2110. This will last for a time period of three days to 28 days. The subject can resist visiting SCP-2110 as time goes on and the desire to revisit wears off. However, the more times they visit SCP-2110, the stronger their urge will be. Class-A amnestics have been shown to successfully wipe any memories of SCP-2110.\nAs the subject visits SCP-2110 more, they will report a closer bond to SCP-2110-1, relating personal history and stories about family to them at the request of SCP-2110-1, as well as speaking more casually and openly.\nAfter two to six visits, subjects who are American-born, Brazilian-born, or belong to the Wampanoag tribe will be invited to sleep on the second story of the cottage. According to interviews with SCP-2110-1, no one has declined this offer. When the subject goes to sleep on the second floor, regardless of any external influence or commands to exit the area, all video and audio feed will cut off and all contact will be lost with the subject. The next time someone enters SCP-2110, the subject will have become another instance of SCP-2110-1.\nDespite these effects shown across all test subjects, SCP-2110-1 has been known to only invite subjects who are American-born, Brazilian-born, or belong to the Wampanoag tribe to sleep the night in SCP-2110.3 SCP-2110-1 claims to have not invited anyone else.\nAddendum 2110-A: SCP-2110 was discovered following a gradual increase of missing person reports on Martha's Vineyard, with a direct correlation of rumors of a haunted house featuring entities similar to said missing persons. After interviewing eyewitnesses exposed to SCP-21104, its basic effects were understood. There were six instances of SCP-2110-1 at the time of initial containment and subsequent testing. Although interviews with eyewitnesses revealed a familial structure in SCP-2110-1, SCP-2110-1 individuals were not forthcoming in explaining their relationship or their individual time of joining to SCP-2110. Only testing and interviews done with SCP-2110-1 have provided answers.\n\n+ Interview Log 2110-Gamma-A\n\n- Interview Log 2110-Gamma-A\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2110-1\nInterviewer: D-9350\nForeword: D-9350 has been outfitted with audio and video feed in order to interview SCP-2110-1 and to prevent SCP-2110 from affecting any Foundation personnel. All questions had been picked by Researcher Aquina and Supervisor Santiago, located in a nearby building for monitoring. As this was D-9350's first interview with SCP-2110, D-9350 was given relevant information on SCP-2110 in order to conduct the interview, and had been ordered not to answer any questions posed by SCP-2110-1 or to veer off-script unless ordered to by supervising personnel.\n<Begin Log, 21:32>\n[D-9350 sits with the rest of SCP-2110-1 to eat dinner. After joining them in a prayer with the insistence of SCP-2110-1 and the approval of supervising agents, D-9350 begins to speak.]\nD-9350: So, uh\u2026 which of you are the parents in this family?\nSCP-2110-1-A: Ah, I am this family's father. And my faithful wife (SCP-2110-1-A gestures to SCP-2110-1-B on its right) is their mother. How long have we been together now, dear?\nSCP-2110-1-B: Hmm\u2026 I'd say around 1\u2588\u2588 years now. Our marriage really has stuck together for all this time, hasn't it?\nD-9350: 1\u2588\u2588 years? How old are you two then?\nSCP-2110-1-A: It's gotten harder and harder to recall now.. I'm in my mid-50's, and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is in her late-60's. God has certainly blessed us to keep our union together, hasn't He?\nSCP-2110-1-B: My, He has.\nSCP-2110-1-E: Mam\u00e3e, papai, a gente n\u00e3o sabe de onde ela veio!\nD-9350: What'd he say?\nSCP-2110-1-D: He's asking where you came from. I'd like to know too, you look like you came out of prison.\nSCP-2110-1-A: Now now, sister, we mustn't turn one away because of past sins. Don't you remember 2 Peter 3:9?\n[SUPERFLUOUS DATA OMITTED]\nD-9350: Never had it any easier after that, y'know? It was the first time I landed in trouble at high school, and my parents weren't uh\u2026 weren't that pleased. I did get pretty strictly punished.\n[SCP-2110-1-C communicates, with SCP-2110-1-F giving a translation.]\nSCP-2110-1-F: \"But the punishment was meant to show their love for you, correct?\"\nD-9350: I've always doubted it.\nSCP-2110-1-E: Foi t\u00e3o ruim assim?\nD-9350: Huh?\nSCP-2110-1-D: \"Was it that bad?\"\nD-9350: Well, I don't know if-\n[At this point, personnel order D-9350 to stop speaking about her criminal record and leave SCP-2110 to conclude the interview. D-9350 finishes eating and announces her leave. As SCP-2110-1 exchange goodbyes with D-9350, SCP-2110-1-F approaches her.]\nSCP-2110-1-F: Goodbye, child. It was wonderful to have you here. We all hope you come again soon. God is with you, always.\n<End Log, 22:05>\nClosing Statement: In a post-interview analysis, D-9350 reported feeling slightly \"elated\" and \"not so bad\", expressing a desire to communicate with SCP-2110-1. D-9350 was then withheld from visiting SCP-2110 for a period of six days, after which she no longer expressed any intention of re-entering.\n\n- Interview Log 2110-Gamma-A\n\n+ Interview Log 2110-Gamma-D\n\n- Interview Log 2110-Gamma-D\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2110-1\nInterviewer: D-9350\nForeword: D-9350 has been outfitted with the same setup as last time, and was told to talk naturally with SCP-2110-1 to study its conversation habits if not questioned or interviewed. Specifically, D-9350 was asked to continue divulging information from the previous interview in order to test SCP-2110-1's reactions.\n<Begin Log, 22:50>\n[D-9350 sits with the rest of SCP-2110-1 to eat dinner, joining them in the same prayer as the previous interviews without waiting for approval from observing agents. Shortly after, the meal commences.]\nSCP-2110-1-E: Voc\u00ea parece nervosa!\nSCP-2110-1-D: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588! Olha o que voc\u00ea diz!\nD-9350: What did he say?\nSCP-2110-1-B: It's alright, dear. I'm sure the nephew meant no harm in his statement. He simply remarked that you looked nervous.\nSCP-2110-1-F: Ah, yes. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, you were mentioning something about yourself the last time you had come over. Did you want to keep talking about it?\nSCP-2110-1-A: Would you like more pasta on your plate?\nD-9350: No, thank you. I'm fine with that. Anyway, I would like to keep sharing. It's kind of something that made me nervous to share, though, given how religious you all are.\nSCP-2110-1-A: We have always been taught, as well as teach others, to love all of His children regardless of their history and to accept them into our homes. Speak freely.\n[Most SCP-2110-1 turn to look at D-9350 and listen, with SCP-2110-1-D and SCP-2110-1-E still eating.]\nD-9350: Well\u2026 when I was 16, I felt conflicted about myself and who I was in life. So I went online and found groups that I could talk to, right?\n[SUPERFLUOUS DATA OMITTED]\nSCP-2110-1-D: But he is a sinner! How could you say that God would accept that kind of sin into His kingdom? I knew that \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was a delinquent from the moment he entered.\nSCP-2110-1-B: Now, now, why should we turn away someone because of that?\nSCP-2110-1-F: \u2588\u2588\u2588 wants to ask something. \"Wouldn't this corrupt us with his sin?\"\nSCP-2110-1-E: Mam\u00e3e, do que voc\u00eas est\u00e3o falando?\nSCP-2110-1-D: Nada de importante, querida.\nSCP-2110-1-A: Everyone, please, calm down so I can speak\u2026\nSCP-2110-1-D: But father, we've never had to deal with anything like this before. What if it ruins our family? I don't want my child to grow up every day with someone like-\nSCP-2110-1-A: It is important for the nephew to grow up every day with her. We have learned to love and accept those we come into contact with, regardless of how we perceive them or their sins. Should we not do the same for her as we have done for others?\n[All SCP-2110-1 stops talking for 22 seconds, looking at one another and D-9350. After that, SCP-2110-1-A turns to face D-9350.]\nSCP-2110-1-A: Would you like to spend the night with us? I apologize for this behavior you have witnessed, but I can assure that you will be safe here. I believe everyone will come to accept you as I have. Do you need some time to think?\n[SUPERFLUOUS DATA OMITTED]\nD-9350: I've caused trouble here as well, right?\nSCP-2110-1-F: Then we will learn to adapt. Though you haven't caused trouble to begin with, I'm sure you won't cause anymore in the future for us.\nSCP-2110-1-D: Only if you're sure he won't.\n<End Log, 00:13>\nClosing Statement: At this point, Researcher Aquina and Supervisor Santiago told D-9350 to accept SCP-2110-1's offer. Shortly after D-9350 followed SCP-2110-1-A up to the second floor, all visual and audio feed was cut and no response from D-9350 was heard before recordings stopped 10 minutes later.\n\n- Interview Log 2110-Gamma-D\n\n+ Interview Log 2110-Gamma-E\n\n- Interview Log 2110-Gamma-E\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2110-1\nInterviewer: Agent Hertz\nForeword: After four weeks without any contact from D-9350, Agent Hertz, under monitoring by Researcher Aquina and Supervisor Santiago, was sent to interview SCP-2110-1 four weeks after the previous interview. Specifically, D-9350 (hereafter referred to as SCP-2110-1-G) was chosen to be the main interviewee in order to learn more about the conversion process. Agent Hertz was chosen due to being German-born, and was briefed on both SCP-2110's effects as well as being cleared for all previous interviews and logs. Agent Hertz was asked to answer questions posed by SCP-2110-1 as needed, but not to divulge information about his background or history at any point.\n<Begin Log, 16:42>\n[Agent Hertz enters SCP-2110, after which all SCP-2110-1 instances manifest. The only notable difference is the introduction of a new instance, SCP-2110-1-G, who calls over to Hertz and invites him to eat. After accepting the offer and sitting at the table to join the rest of the rest of SCP-2110-1, everyone but Hertz gets into praying position.]\nSCP-2110-1-A: Is something wrong? Don't you want to pray with the rest of us?\nAgent Hertz: No thanks. I'm not exactly the religious type.\nSCP-2110-1-G: Oh, that's alright. I'm not exactly either. I don't usually pray anyway, but this is a special case with someone new joining us for dinner!\nAgent Hertz: So you'd say you don't believe in God?\nSCP-2110-1-G: Not quite\u2026 I guess I'd believe in Him. Are you still sure? The prayer is simple, enough for the both of us to be able to recite it with ease anyhow. \"Our Lord in Heaven\u2026\"\nAgent Hertz: Can you tell me what happened four weeks ago, when you were asked to sleep here? [At this point, SCP-2110-1-G pauses and looks up to the ceiling for two minutes, as the rest of the group continues the prayer without it, before saying \"Amen\" with the rest of the group and turning back to Hertz.]\nSCP-2110-1-G: Have you ever had a religious experience before? Like, a near-death experience and you can see the afterlife, or in church or by yourself and hearing someone\u2026 big speak?\nAgent Hertz: I'm afraid I can't really answer that.\nSCP-2110-1-G: So no? You haven't gone to church even once as a kid?\nAgent Hertz: I'm not at liberty to discuss information about my background.\nSCP-2110-1-G: It's hard to explain it then. I was sleeping, and I just woke up in the middle of the night. I could just hear someone speaking, but when I went to check, everyone else was fast asleep. So I went back to my room to sleep and then again when I was asleep, I could hear someone speak. I woke up and in front of me was this\u2026 thing. I'm still not sure exactly.\nAgent Hertz: Was it a humanoid?\nSCP-2110-1-G: Yeah. It was huge as well, and shining so bright I could barely make it out\u2026\nSCP-2110-1-B: Sounds like an angel to me, my daughter.\nSCP-2110-1-G: Right, that'd explain it. I just laid in awe, and I thought I could hear it say something. I can't remember what it said, or why it was there.\nSCP-2110-1-F: A blessing?\nSCP-2110-1-G: I'm not sure\u2026 I was pretty tired that night when I went to visit, and mentally drained from all the fighting people were doing over me. Maybe I just imagined it?\nAgent Hertz: Why did you not leave the next day then?\nSCP-2110-1-G: Well that's another thing\u2026 haven't you ever felt scared as you grew up, or gone through some bad experiences?\nAgent Hertz: Again, I'm not at liberty to-\nSCP-2110-1-G: You probably wouldn't really understand if you haven't then. Finding a place where you'd be welcomed and cared for\u2026 that's something anyone would want, right?\n<End Log, 16:56>\nClosing Statement: Agent Hertz proceeded to end the interview shortly thereafter.\n\n- Interview Log 2110-Gamma-E\n\nFootnotes\n1. A gingerbread cottage is part of an architectural style known as Carpenter Gothic that became common in the late 19th century in North America.\n2. An island located south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.\n3. Martha's Vineyard has been noted to have a strong Brazilian community since the 19th century. The Wampanoag tribe has lived in Aquinnah for around 10,000 years.\n4. See Interview Logs SCP-2110-Alpha-A through C.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2109 | SCP-2110 | SCP-2111 \u00bb"}
{"text": "[4.63%] cd H/secure/reports/scp/scp-2111\nSECURITY WARNING! The SCP-2111 registry and all associated files are components of the Foundation's memetic security systems. These files contain lethal cognitohazards and memes and should not be accessed by unauthorized personnel. Access to the SCP-2111 registry in the database is restricted to Memetics Department use only. Contact your HMCL supervisor for further information.\n\n[4.63%] ls -la\n-rwx2r--- MEME 2/2111 18 KB Jul 14 2015 SCP-2111(RED TALISMAN)\n-rwx2r--- AMEM 2/2111 20 KB Jan 17 2015 SCP-2111(RIDDEN TONGUE)\n-rwx2r--- AMEM 2/2111 36 KB Jan 17 2015 SCP-2111appA\n-rwx2r--- CCON 2/2111 21 KB Aug 13 2015 SCP-2111(REVENANT THEORY)\n-rwx2r--- OZER 2/2111 21 KB Nov 1 2015 SCP-2111(READ THIS)\ndrwx3RTrwx--- MEME 3/2111/RT 10 GB Nov 1 2015 scp-2111.datafiles.warningcoghaz\n[4.63%] cd..\n\n\u00ab SCP-2111 | In the Trenches with the Dead \u00bb\n\n\u00ab SCP-2110 | SCP-2111 | SCP-2112 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2112\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to its cultural significance and the period of time elapsed between its creation and the discovery of SCP-2112, full eradication of SCP-2112's primary carrier is impossible at this time. The Foundation shall liaise with the management of Rush and with any relevant record labels to prevent any future production of SCP-2112-carrying sound recordings. All known sound recordings carrying SCP-2112 are to be seized by the Foundation and archived or destroyed as deemed necessary, and information regarding the release of affected editions is to be removed from public information archives where possible. Foundation field personnel are to monitor stores selling used LPs or compact discs, online auction houses and used goods sellers, and digital distribution services for any appearance of SCP-2112 carriers.\nThe Foundation shall monitor all public performances by bands advertising themselves with any variation on the phrase \"A Tribute to Rush\", or with a name referencing the lyrics of any Rush song, for evidence of SCP-2112 infection. Any identified SCP-2112 infectees are to be detained, interviewed to identify the source of infection, and treated with Class-B amnestics. In the event of a wide-spread outbreak of SCP-2112, large-scale deployment of Class-E amnestics is authorized.\nPersonnel with an expressed fondness for the music of Rush are prohibited from exposure to SCP-2112 materials and are to be monitored for any behavior indicative of SCP-2112 infection.\nDescription: SCP-2112 is a memetic phenomenon associated with Caress of Steel, a record album released in 1975 by the Canadian progressive rock band Rush. SCP-2112 is not present on the original master recordings or on most common commercial releases of the album, and is known to manifest only on three limited-release editions: a quadraphonic mix of the original LP issued in 1975, a digital remaster issued on SACD in 1999, and a high-fidelity remaster issued on LP in 2011. Reproductions or copies of affected discs do not produce SCP-2112 phenomena, and audial examination of affected discs has detected no distinguishable differences from non-anomalous recordings other than artifacts caused by the remixing/remastering process.\nSCP-2112's primary anomalous effect manifests when an affected disc is listened to, in its entirety, by a person who identifies him/herself as a fan of the music of Rush and possesses any level of experience in playing the electric guitar, electric bass, or drums. Exposed individuals will become obsessed with the idea of establishing a \"tribute band\" dedicated to performing cover versions of the music of Rush in public, regardless of their level of musical experience or current occupation or membership in other bands, and will attempt to seek out two other SCP-2112 infectees for that purpose. SCP-2112 infectees have been noted to go to any lengths available to achieve this goal, including resigning from their job, relocating to another part of the world, selling off major possessions in order to acquire instruments or equipment, or deliberately exposing others to SCP-2112 in an attempt to create potential bandmates. In the event that three infectees are successful in establishing a group, they will begin to seek out any venue that will allow them to perform in public and will do so as often as possible, performing sets composed entirely of the music of Rush in their original arrangements.\nThe music produced by SCP-2112 infectees during live performances additionally serves to propagate SCP-2112 to any persons exposed to it. In this form, transmission of SCP-2112 occurs much more readily than in persons exposed to the source discs, with any person who identifies as a fan of the music of Rush potentially becoming infected, whether or not they possess any musical skill, after approximately 15-20 minutes of exposure. Testing with D-Class personnel indicated that even individuals with no prior familiarity with Rush and only a rudimentary level of skill with any musical instrument have a 70% chance of becoming infected after approximately 2 hours of exposure to live performances by SCP-2112 infectees. Post-infection behavior in such individuals is identical to that of persons infected by exposure to the source discs.\nSCP-2112 came to the Foundation's attention on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1982, when an hour-long nightly news broadcast produced by television station W\u2588\u2588\u2588 in Portland, ME was observed to consist entirely of three of the network's broadcast personnel, identifying themselves as \"By-Tor and the Snow Dogs\", performing a live rendition of Rush's 1981 album Moving Pictures. The overwhelming majority of commercials aired during the broadcast, rather than advertising any product or service, additionally portrayed various local businessmen and politicians performing fragments of Rush songs with varying degrees of skill. Upon investigation, it was found that a performance by a trio of infectees, broadcast on local radio station W\u2588\u2588\u2588 five days earlier, had caused a rapid spread of SCP-2112 infection throughout the Portland metro area, and that approximately 73% of the region's live music venues had booked Rush tribute bands to perform the following night. Implementation of Procedure Wertham-673, followed by aerial dispersal of Class-E amnestics throughout the area, was deemed necessary to prevent further spread; current models indicate that, in the event of an unchecked SCP-2112 outbreak, the phenomenon would reach pandemic status within three weeks of the formation of the first tribute band.\nThe members of Rush, in interviews conducted by the Foundation, have claimed no knowledge of or involvement in the creation of SCP-2112.\nAddendum: Memo From Project Research Manager Edvalds\n\nSome have questioned why SCP-2112 warrants classification as Keter. It is true that SCP-2112 poses no direct threat to human life or the continued existence of the human race; were every person susceptible to SCP-2112 infection to be infected, it would likely not result in a single fatality. What it does present, however, is a severe existential threat to the entirety of human culture, the arts, and all forms of creative work whatsoever. Man is a wonderfully creative animal and has developed a myriad of ways of expressing his thoughts and emotions - through poetry, dance, film, the written word, theatre, painting, sculpture, video games, even internet memes. We run the risk of every one of these mediums - every single last one of them - disappearing from our common experience, forever, in favor of thousands and millions of mediocre everymen performing the exact same songs over and over again.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2111 | SCP-2112 | SCP-2113 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2113\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2113 is stored on a raised platform in custom Underground Containment Chamber B-08 at Bio-Site 66. Underground Containment Chamber B-08 is accessed through two entrances; corridor B-08, accessed via floor B2 of Site-66's main building, or via elevator installed in Outbuilding A-11, which was constructed on the surface above the chamber. Corridor B-08 extends directly from the main building to UCC B-08, and allows for uninterrupted travel directly to the observation lab.\nUCC B-08 measures 10 metres to each side and is situated at a depth of 90 metres underground. The observation lab sits at 5 metres above the floor level of the chamber, with a glass wall permitting observation of the item and entity.\nSCP-2113-01 appears to be restricted to the immediate area around SCP-2113. It may occasionally pass through physical barriers in its containment, but a breach has been deemed highly unlikely at this time.\nDescription: SCP-2113 is the collective fragments of an incomplete fossilized skull, identified as belonging to a member of the species Liopleurodon ferox, an aquatic pliosaurid apex predator that existed during the Jurassic period. The specimen was recovered in a damaged state, with a majority of fossil fragments embedded in a stone matrix with a combined weight of 133 kilograms. The remainder of the skeleton could not be located during SCP-2113's excavation, despite efforts by paleontological teams scouring the area over eight months following initial recovery.\nSCP-2113-01 is a large, insubstantial entity measuring six to eight metres long, closely associated with SCP-2113. It is actively mobile and faintly luminescent, with an oblong shape that tapers to a blunt point near its front. Its behavior is erratic; while normally relatively docile, the entity has repeatedly displayed outbursts of violent activity resulting in mild telekinetic activity and electromagnetic disturbance throughout Site 66. SCP-2113-01 has not yet proven capable of physically manipulating its surroundings in a direct manner.\nMental Effects: When in a docile state and approached by a human, SCP-2113-01 will vanish and not reappear until a period of time has passed, usually lasting between four and nine hours. Mild electromagnetic activity and temperature changes will often occur in the general vicinity of SCP-2113-01's most recent location, the occurrence of which is inconsistent between events. These disappearances are not considered to be containment breaches, due to the entity's predictability in remaining near SCP-2113.\nSporadically, SCP-2113-01 will become aggressive towards living biological entities approaching its containment. When in an aggressive state, SCP-2113-01 will remain suspended still in the air for periods of twenty minutes to two hours at a time, moving rapidly to \u2018bite' prey targets that it detects within ten metres of its location. Due to its non-physical nature, SCP-2113-01 has in the past shown capable of moving through physical barriers to reach its targets. It has never been seen to travel more than 100 metres from SCP-2113.\nTargets 'bitten' by SCP-2113-01 report immediate visual, aural, and tactile hallucinations, which typically last for a period of fifteen to twenty minutes. Additionally, they often experience severe depersonalization and dysphoria, which fade over the course of seven to twelve days. Victims are usually rendered near-catatonic for the duration of this initial effect.\nExperiences are relatively consistent between victims, with a majority reporting that they found themselves existing as a large animal (presumably Liopleurodon ferox) within a warm aquatic environment. Various activities have been reported, including, but not restricted to, hunting, territorial disputes with other large predatory fauna, and intentional beaching for an unknown reason; individuals with no prior knowledge of Jurassic ecology have accurately described the appearance of various flora and fauna appearing in their particular hallucinations.\nVictims of this hallucinatory effect universally describe a visceral disconnect from their self, and how they feel as if they are the animal through which these hallucinations are experienced. In most cases, victims in the early stages of recovery exhibit profound confusion and lack of coordination. Rehabilitation is gradual but usually successful, with all past victims of this effect having reached a full recovery within sixty days after the encounter. Interviewees have vividly described the instinctive nature of the experiences, as well as specific physical and emotional sensations consistent across events.\nAtypical Incident - \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-2113-01 passed through the bulkhead of the observation lab and attacked Researcher Grier before vanishing for seventy three minutes. Mr Grier was rendered unconscious and could not be roused for two hours sixteen minutes, at which point he became conscious but catatonic. He was put under secure observation for several days, during which he lapsed into brief periods of unconsciousness at irregular intervals. Eleven days after the initial attack, he regained a measure of lucidity, and promptly volunteered an account of his experience. A transcribed log will not be provided here, due to the length and disorganized nature of his account.\nResearcher Grier's experience was markedly divergent from the established pattern. While initially set underwater and through the eyes of the animal (as expected), he proceeded to describe a vague event, in which the 'water [was] singing and cracking' and that his 'bones were\u2026 scraped off'. He then described in detail a series of sensations throughout his body, as it was buried by sediment and remained in place for 'an impossible [length of] time' and that he 'was there until after the desert (?) was gone'. It is believed that these sensations (described, among other things, as 'hardening' or a 'hard numb', enunciation was unclear) corresponded to the fossilization process that led to the creation of SCP-2113. The nature of the other described event involving 'singing and breaking/cracking water' is as of yet unknown, but is hypothesized to have contributed to the creation of SCP-2113-01.\nApproximately forty minutes after returning to consciousness, Researcher Grier underwent cardiac arrest brought on by persistent exhaustion and physiological stress. No other victim of SCP-2113-01's effect has undergone an event like his.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2112 | SCP-2113 | SCP-2114 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2114\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-2114 are to be housed in one of four standard terrariums in a soundproofed, BC-L1 room, equipped with an airtight door seal. Terrariums are to be maintained as per standard for domestic rats, with a layer of pine shavings (cleaned weekly), a water bottle (changed daily), an exercise wheel, and standard toys for pet rats. Diet is to be standard nutritional pellets for rodents. All feeding and maintenance is to be carried out by hand; under no circumstances are automated feeding devices to be used.\nIn the event that the number of instances of SCP-2114 exceeds thirty (30) individuals, excess instance are to be euthanized and their remains incinerated. Any wild instances of SCP-2114 are to be destroyed. Male and female instances are to be kept strictly quarantined from each other except in the case of approved testing. Offspring of the original instances possess the same anomalous traits as their parents.\nAll tests involving SCP-2114 are to take place in rooms sealed from the outside; said testing rooms are not to be unsealed until all instances are contained or destroyed.\nDescription: SCP-2114 is the designation for a colony of Rattus norvegicus originally discovered in a laboratory in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588, in 20\u2588\u2588. They were acquired by Foundation agents pursuing reports of anomalous radio activity and an outbreak of auditory hallucinations.\nThe laboratory in question appeared to have been abandoned for less than \u2588 days. Investigation revealed that the laboratory was owned by \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Incorporated, but company agents denied all knowledge of the location and its contents. The laboratory appeared to have been hastily stripped of all identifying material and much of its equipment. All of the remaining equipment was in a state of disrepair, as if it had been partially disassembled and/or destroyed. For a full list, see Document 2114-A\nWhen found, only \u2588 instances of SCP-2114 were alive, along with the material remains of \u2588 additional instances. All the instances were dyed with a two-digit number on the back, from \u2588\u2588 to \u2588\u2588 inclusive and \u2588\u2588 to \u2588\u2588 inclusive; this suggests at least \u2588\u2588 instances remain unaccounted for.\nInstances of SCP-2114 appear physically identical to the common white laboratory rat, and display normal behavior for their species. Examination has revealed no anomalous anatomical features, although slightly elevated levels of acetylcholine were present. It is assumed that SCP-2114 is cross-fertile with non-anomalous rats, but it is unknown whether their anomalous properties would be passed on to any offspring; testing is pending approval of the Site Director.\nWhen introduced to any sort of mechanism with complex moving parts, all instance will begin to examine it via vision, taste, and touch, including paws and vibrissae. After an \"examination period\" of 5-10 minutes, the instances will proceed to disassemble the mechanism, unscrewing screws and bolts, prying apart casings, disconnecting wires, and otherwise undoing all connections. SCP-2114 has been observed to use the minimum amount of force necessary to disassemble the target mechanism, and damage to the mechanism is rare and usually minor. Instances of SCP-2114 will cooperate to disassemble the target mechanism, displaying unusual levels of coordination, thus enabling them to manipulate objects too large and complex for a single rat.\nIf SCP-2114 finds themselves unable to effectively disassemble a mechanism, they may attempt minor, controlled damage; for example, soldered wires will be bitten through, and glued seams may be gnawed. In such cases, SCP-2114 appears to focus on gaining access to all the significant areas of the mechanism as opposed to complete disassembly.\nOnce the target mechanism has been disassembled, all present instances of SCP-2114 will examine the individual components with noses, paws, tongues and vibrissae, passing them back and forth among each other. This second \"examination period\" is usually of similar length to the initial 5-10 minute period, though it may be longer in the case of larger mechanisms.\nOnce the secondary examination period has been completed, SCP-2114 will proceed to reassemble the target mechanism. As with the disassembly process, all present instances will work together to reattach wires, insert pegs, and otherwise return the mechanism to its original state. In cases where SCP-2114 is physically unable to return the mechanism to its original state, it will be made as close as possible; for example, soldered wires that have been bitten off will be bent so as to maintain contact with their original contact points. Once the target mechanism has been reassembled to the best of SCP-2114's ability, the collective instances will appear to lose interest and resume normal rodent behavior.\n\n+ Test Log\n\n- Close Test Log\n\nDate: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\nTest Mechanism: One electric clock-radio\nTest Subjects: Six (6) adult instances.\nResults: SCP-2114 disassembled, examined, and reassembled clock-radio. Clock-radio operated normally when plugged in.\nTotal Elapsed Time: 43 minutes.\n\nDate: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\nTest Mechanism: One electric clock-radio, which was struck by Agent Alexander with a wooden mallet until it ceased to function and showed significant damage to plastic housing.\nTest Subjects: Six (6) adult instances.\nResults: SCP-2114 examined, disassembled, and reassembled clock-radio. Damage to housing was not repaired, and broken fragments of housing were ignored. When plugged in, clock function operated normally, but radio would not receive any known stations. Instead, radio produced a high-pitched tone reminiscent of a theremin, which changed in pitch as different \"stations\" were selected. Further testing pending.\nTotal Elapsed Time: 56 minutes.\n\nDate: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\nTest Mechanism: One electric clock-radio, which had been disassembled into its component pieces.\nTest Subjects: Six (6) adult instances.\nResults: SCP-2114 examined and reassembled clock-radio, which operated normally when plugged in.\nTotal Elapsed Time: 28 minutes.\n\nDate: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\nTest Mechanism: Random assortment of components gleaned from one electric clock-radio, one nonfunctional cellular telephone, one electric space heater, and one coffee-maker.\nTest Subjects: Six (6) adult instances.\nResults: SCP-2114 examined components for an unusually long time [19 minutes] before proceeding to reassembly stage. Collective components were assembled into a single mechanism of unknown function. Approximately 75% of available components were used; remaining 25% were ignored after initial examination period. When powered, the mechanism produced a high-pitched whining sound but no other functions were apparent. Further testing pending.\nTotal Elapsed Time: 46 minutes.\nNote: Researcher D\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 reported experiencing a sudden case of tinnitus during the final 9 minutes of this test.\n\nDate: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\nTest Mechanism: One Nokia-brand cordless house telephone and one Hewlett-Packard-brand desktop printer, both disassembled and their components mixed together.\nTest Subjects: Six (6) adult instances.\nResults: SCP-2114 examined components for 37 minutes before commencing reassembly. Instances assembled available components into a single mechanism of unknown function. Approximately 85% of available components were used; remaining 15% were ignored after initial examination period. When powered, the mechanism produced a \"pulsing\" noise that quickly cycled up beyond the human hearing range. Further testing pending.\nTotal Elapsed Time: 88 minutes.\nNote: Mild headaches and tinnitus reported by nearby staff within approximately 15 minutes of this test.\n\nDate: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\nTest Mechanism: One Dell-brand laptop computer [nonfunctional due to faulty motherboard].\nTest Subjects: Six (6) adult instances.\nResults: SCP-2114 examined, disassembled, and reassembled computer. Minor damage to housing noted due to gnawing required to gain access. When powered, computer operated normally.\nTotal Elapsed Time: 67 minutes.\nNotes: How on earth did they do that?\n\nDate: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\nTest Mechanism: 2003 red Volkswagon in \"fair\" condition.'\nTest Subjects: Twelve (12) adult instances.\nResults: SCP-2114 initially ignored vehicle, but after approximately 8 minutes, began exhibiting interest. Instances examined vehicle for 132 minutes before apparently losing interest again; however, after a brief pause for normal feeding, instances returned to vehicle and began disassembly. Per Agent Alexander's orders, standard food and water for SCP-2114 was provided and room was sealed. Test continued via video surveillance.\nAfter approximately 3 hours, vehicle was observed visibly \"leaning\" to one side, as if it had sustained damage to left front wheel.\nAfter 8 hours, vehicle was in a clear state of disassembly, with engine components scattered over the floor.\nAfter 17 hours, vehicle appeared completely disassembled save for body and frame.\nAfter 21 hours, instances were observed transporting components under the body of disassembled vehicle; assume reassembly has begun.\nAfter 26 hours, flashing red lights were visible through openings of vehicle body.\nAfter 30 hours, nearby individuals began reporting tinnitus, mild headaches, and one case of sudden nausea. Test ended, and all instances of SCP-2114 returned to normal habitats. A partially-assembled mechanism was found under the body of the vehicle, consisting of approximately 20% of available components excluding body and frame. Mechanism was powered by the vehicle's 12-volt battery. When power was removed, associated symptoms ceased. Further testing pending.\nTotal Elapsed Time: 30 hours.\n\n+ Test results classified - enter password to access\n\n- Access granted\n\nDate: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\nTest Mechanism: One Dell brand laptop computer, one Sony brand stereo/CD player, assorted electronic components [see list].\nTest Subjects: Six (6) adult instances.\nResults: SCP-2114 examined components and proceeded to disassemble computer and stereo. Instances examined all components for 23 minutes before commencing reassembly. Instances assembled components into a single mechanism of unknown function. Approximately 80% of available components used; remaining 20% were ignored after initial examination period. When powered1, nearby personnel reported tinnitus and mild headaches. Instances then appeared to lose interest in mechanism.\nWhen testing room was opened, all nearby personnel reported sudden, severe headaches, and Researcher B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 collapsed. Strong interference noted in electronic devices as far as \u2588\u2588 meters away, and personnel as far as \u2588\u2588\u2588 meters away reported auditory hallucinations, including \"screaming,\" \"a high-pitched whining sound\" and \"wailing.\" SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 became agitated at this time, resulting in [REDACTED].\nAgent Alexander entered the testing room and attempted without success to disengage the mechanism from its power supply. Failing this, Agent Alexander and Researcher Siemens physically assaulted the mechanism, knocking it on its side and doing significant damage, which ultimately disengaged the power supply. Headaches, electronic interference, and auditory hallucinations subsided within 5 minutes. Researcher B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was taken to Medical, and pronounced dead on arrival of a severe stroke.\nTotal Elapsed Time: 71 minutes.\nNote: Further testing suspended by order of Site Director Richardson pending review.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Mechanism power provided by laptop battery and six D-cell batteries from stereo\n\n\u00ab SCP-2113 | SCP-2114 | SCP-2115 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2115\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2115's domain is to be blocked from all major internet service providers. Type-III Foundation Web Analysis Bot OMICRON-20-PSI is to track and delete all advertisements of SCP-2115 found in dating websites. Testing requires the approval of at least one Level 4 personnel. All conversations between instances of SCP-2115-1 and Class-D personnel are to be monitored and documented in Document-2115-38-GH.\nUpdate: As of 201\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, physical contact between Class-D personel and instances of SCP-2115-1 is prohibited. SCP-2115-1-97-A is to be contained in a Class-A Incubator at Site-98's Biological Wing.\nDescription: SCP-2115 is a website accessible at the domain \"www.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588\" at IP address [REDACTED]. SCP-2115 functions similarly to non-anomalous dating sites, allowing the users to create a profile in which they can include informations such as species, gender, biography and method of reproduction. The profile will be automatically created once the users have completed the application form. Users are able to join only if the whole application is filled. All text within SCP-2115 (including conversations) will be automatically translated in the language the users preferred in the application.\nSCP-2115-1 is the designation given to the non-human users of SCP-2115. Instances of SCP-2115-1 are sapient entities of unknown, presumably extradimensional origin, and vary greatly in appearance. Instances of SCP-2115-1 claim to use SCP-2115 for various intentions, mostly in the attempt to pursue a romantic and/or sexual relationship with one or more individuals. Should a user successfully enter in a relationship with an instance of SCP-2115-1, they will be able to send them a \"meet\" request.1 Should said instance accept, it will manifest within 25 seconds to 1 week, approximately 2m in front of the user. The same scenario is possible should an instance of SCP-2115-1 send a \"meet\" request to a user. Following a time period of 6 hours, the entities will demanifest. However, some instances have shown the ability to demanifest before said time period.\nSCP-2115 was discovered on 201\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, when an instance of SCP-2115-1 materialized in a bar in Manila, Philippines. The entity dematerialized before being contained by the Foundation. However, one of the witnesses claimed that it materialized after he sent it a \"meet\" request on what he believed was a roleplaying site. Class-B amnestics were administered to all the witnesses. Interviews with witnesses can be accessed via Interview Log-2115-A-01.\nAddendum 2115-1: The following are excerpts of the application form needed to join SCP-2115. For the full application form, please see Document 2115-01-AD.\n\n1) PREFERRED LANGUAGE:2\n2) ARE YOU ABOVE YOUR CULTURE'S AGE OF CONSENT?3\n[ ] Yes\n[ ] No\n[ ] My culture has no age of consent\n3) REAL NAME:\n3.b) USERNAME:\n4) SPECIES:\n4.b) PLACE OF ORIGIN:\n5) ORGANIC:\n[ ] Yes\n[ ] No\n6) NUMBER OF PERSONALITIES (this also includes the number of souls within your host body):\n7) PLEASE SELECT THE ELEMENT ON WHICH YOUR METABOLISM IS BASED:\n[ ] Carbon\n[ ] Nitrogen\n[ ] Selenium\n[ ] Thoughts\n[ ] Other\n8) NUMBER OF POISONOUS BODY PARTS (list all potentially toxic bodily fluids and gasses in this area):\n9) TYPE OF EXTREMITIES:\n[ ] Claws\n[ ] Tentacles\n[ ] Hands\n[ ] Pincers\n[ ] Antennae\n[ ] Other\n[ ] None\n10) PHYSICAL HAZARDS (tick all that apply):\n[ ] Radioactive\n[ ] Acidic\n[ ] Oxidising\n[ ] Other (Please specify: )\n11) DO YOU PREFER SPENDING TIME INDOORS OR OUTDOORS?\n[ ] Indoors\n[ ] Outdoors\n[ ] No Preference\n12) ARE YOU SEEKING A RELATIONSHIP?\n[ ] Yes\n[ ] No\n\u2021(please note the number of individuals you would like to enter a relationship with)\n\n23) DOES YOUR SPECIES ENJOY SEXUAL INTERCOURSE?\n[ ] Yes\n[ ] No\n[ ] Neutral\n24) DOES SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITHIN YOUR SPECIES LEAD TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:\n[ ] Death of one participant\n[ ] Death of all participants\n[ ] Extreme pain to any participant\n[ ] Spawn\n[ ] Murderous intent\n[ ] Sudden promotion to queen/king/both of a large colony\n[ ] The complete destruction of one or more ecosystems\n[ ] Other (Please specify: )\n\u2021If sexual intercourse leads to personality change make a note of what this entails below:\n\n\u2042\u00a7X\u00a7\u2042\n25) EXISTENCE OF ADAPTIVE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS:\n\u2021In this case, if sexual intercourse leads to a high chance of death from giving birth (painful or otherwise), note details below:\n\n\u00b6__\n56) HOBBIES AND INTERESTS:\n\u00b6__\n57) DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS?\n\u2021(click \u00bbhere\u00ab for a description of the difference between a pet and a slave)\n\u00b6__\n58) DESCRIPTION (please keep your description no longer than one page):\n\nAddendum 2115-2: The following are various excerpts from Testing Log 2115-19. For a full list, please see Document 2115-20-IO.\nTesting Log 2115-19-A - 201\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject(s): D-7897 (Female, 23), SCP-2115-1-38\nEntity Description: SCP-2115-1-38 is a 1.50m tall humanoid automaton composed of a black plastic-like material, vaguely resembling an adult female human.\nProcedure: As per protocol, D-7897 and SCP-2115-1-38 exchanged messages via SCP-2115 for two weeks, and was then asked to send the \"meet\" request. Testing took place at Site-98's Observation Room-5.\nResults: SCP-2115-1-38 remained silent for a period of approximately 3 minutes, following which it promptly apologized, claiming it is unused to speaking with non-robotic beings, and that it has only recently \"assumed emotions\". D-7897 and SCP-2115-1-38 talked about various topics, often interrupted by the entity's inquiries, mostly asking if the terms it was using were politically-correct. Before demanifesting, SCP-2115-1-38 asked if its emotions were \"real enough\".\nAnalysis: Following testing, SCP-2115-1-38 contacted D-7897 via her SCP-2115 account a total of 5 times, asking if they could meet again. The proposals of further testing with SCP-2115-1-38 in the future and the exemption of D-7897 from monthly recycling are currently being considered.\n\nTesting Log 2115-19-B - 201\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject(s): D-7903 (Female, 26), SCP-2115-1-39\nEntity Description: SCP-2115-1-39 is a 2m long vermiform creature, violet in color, possessing 12 tentacle-like appendages. SCP-2115-1-39 communicated using a device attached near to its anterior end.\nProcedure: The procedure was the same as the previous experiments.\nResults: SCP-2115-1-39 often attempted to make physical contact with D-7903, despite her reluctance to do so. It also made offensive remarks regarding D-7903's body, and became indignant when she did the same, claiming that D-7903 was unable to \"accept compliments\". SCP-2115-1-39 dematerialized 27 minutes after, claiming that it was the \"worst date it have ever had\".\nAnalysis: D-7903 reported to be extremely surprised by SCP-2115-1-39's behavior, as it behaved completely different during their conversation period on SCP-2115.\n\nTesting Log 2115-19-G - 201\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject(s): D-8021 (Male, 31), SCP-2115-1-62\nEntity Description: SCP-2115-1-62 is a 1.65m tall female human of Egyptian and Chinese descent, approximately 20 years old. SCP-2115-1-62's profile on SCP-2115 claims it was born on 2073/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588. Spoke in heavily accented English.\nProcedure: The procedure was the same as the previous experiments.\nResults: SCP-2115-1-62 claimed that finding human beings on SCP-2115 has been extremely difficult, and inquired D-8021 how he was able to find it. D-8021 was ordered to reply that he had found SCP-2115 while looking for dating sites. Subsequently, D-8021 was ordered to ask SCP-2115-1-62 who would have been the 45th president of the United States of America, in order to confirm the veracity of its claims. SCP-2115-1-62, however, appeared notably confused by D-8021's question, claiming that it had no idea what \"president\" or \"America\" meant.\nAnalysis: It is hypothesized that SCP-2115-1-62 may originate from a different timeline, as the 78% of history-related questions it answered were partially and/or completely incorrect.\n\nTesting Log 2115-19-R - 201\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject(s): D-8991 (Male, 35), SCP-2115-1-97\nEntity Description: SCP-2115-1-97 is a 1.77m tall humanoid entity, pink in color and completely devoid of hair. SCP-2115-1-97 possessed three spherical objects located 4cm from its head, each 10cm in diameter. SCP-2115-1-97 was able to communicate via a rectangular device attached to its forehead.\nProcedure: The procedure was the same as the previous experiments.\nResults: SCP-2115-1-97 inserted a small object similar to a contact lens in its left eye, and provided D-8991 a similar object, asking him to insert it in his right eye. D-8991 was ordered to comply. Subsequently, SCP-2115-1-97 asked D-8991 to hold its left hand and to remain silent. D-8991 was again ordered to comply. This lasted for exactly 5 hours, 39 minutes and 16 seconds. SCP-2115-1-97 claimed that it was extremely happy, and dematerialized shortly after.\nAnalysis: D-8991 reported that he was able to see what he described as a \"romantic comedy\", but was unable to recall its plotline. Following testing, SCP-2115-1-97 deleted its account on SCP-2115.\n\nAddendum 2115-3: Incident 2115-Alpha.\nOn 201\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, a 50cm tall metallic ovoid object materialized in Site-98's D-Block Upsilon, Dorm #12, where D-8991 used to reside,4 four weeks after Testing Log 2115-19-R. The object contained a small entity, similar to an human infant of indeterminate sex, possessing a spherical orb 2cm in diameter located 2cm above its head, along with 156 10mL cylindrical flasks, all containing a white substance. A picture of SCP-2115-1-97 was also found within the object, with the following note written on its back.\n\nsorry i had to put you in this. i was young. her name is [UNINTELLIGIBLE]. pleas care of her [sic]\n\nThe entity has now been classified as SCP-2115-1-97-A. Special Containment Procedures have been updated accordingly.\nAddendum 2115-4: Document 2115-25-IK.\nUpon further exploration of the website, the following disclaimer has been found at the bottom of the home page.\n\nExtra-Species Extra-Special!\u2122 - ESES!\u2122\nESES!\u2122 is not liable for any physical, mental, emotional, social, spiritual, mechanical, technological, or other previously undiscovered type of harm to any users of the site, nor are they liable for any unsatisfactory relationships that may come about from using our website.\nA subsidiary of FEED INTERACTIONS\u00ae\nGood luck and happy interacting!\n\nFootnotes\n1. This is triggered by entering any number of keyphrases e.g.: \"I love you.\" \"I love you, too.\"; \"Would you like to start a relationship?\" \"[positive response]\"; \"Would you like to have sex?\" \"[positive response]\".\n2. This option is written in approximately \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 languages. The other options only appear after this one has been filled.\n3. Should the user select \"no\", the website will crash, and will no longer be accessible from the device used to connect with SCP-2115. Should the user select \"my culture has no age of consent\", a pop-up will appear, reading \"Due to legal causes, this option is currently unavailable in your sector (15-B-\u01a2/\u025a). Sorry :/\".\n4. D-8991 deceased during testing with SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 three weeks before this incident.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2114 | SCP-2115 | SCP-2116 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2116.\n\nItem #: SCP-2116\nObject Class: Euclid Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2116 is never to be further than 10 meters from SCP-2116-1 at any time. The individual designated as SCP-2116-1 is currently a female, aged 20. SCP-2116-1 will never willingly part with SCP-2116. When SCP-2116-1 expires for any reason, a replacement must be found within 12 hours. The age of the individual designated as SCP-2116-1 is irrelevant, testing has shown that when a suitable subject is found the anomalous nature will subside. SCP-2116-1 must be a female subject, as males seem to be unaffected by the anomalous nature of SCP-2116. Once a suitable candidate has been located, SCP-2116 is to be handed over to the subject by a male researcher. Selection criteria for SCP-2116-1 is listed below in Addendum 1.\n\nShow Addendum 1\n\nHide Addendum 1\n\nMust score mid to low on the overall Risk-Sophistication Treatment Inventory (RST-I).\nMust score low on the Sophistication-Maturity (S) cluster.\nMust score low on the Cognitive (S-Cog) cluster.\nMust score mid to low on the Emotional (S-Emo) cluster.\n\nIn addition, the subject must meet the following:\n\nModerate to low scores in Treatment Amenability\nLow scores on the Responsibility and Motivation cluster (T-Res)\nLow scores on the Consideration and Tolerance cluster (T-Cat)\n\nDescription: SCP-2116 is a child's doll manufactured sometime in the mid-19th Century. SCP-2116 is dressed in a simple red cotton dress with cloth shoes and garments consistent with 19th Century garb. The head is constructed of standard bisque porcelain and painted to resemble an adult female. SCP-2116 is otherwise unremarkable in appearance other than the accumulation of a substantial amount of dirt and grime on the surface.\nIf SCP-2116 is further than 10 meters from the current SCP-2116-1 for longer than 5 minutes, its anomalous property will manifest as an alteration to reality within a 1 meter radius centered on SCP-2116 itself. The environment, decor, ambient temperature, and furnishings become altered to be more attractive to a prepubescent human female. Tables will be set with a pink tea set with a teapot filled with a sweet red liquid, various sweet treats will manifest, and the table cover will become a lace tablecloth of a style popular during the mid-19th Century. For every hour that SCP-2116 is not in the possession of SCP-2116-1, the region of altered reality expands by 1 meter. Testing has shown that items removed from this region of altered reality retain their altered properties and food items created are non-toxic and will decay at the same rate as normal items of the same type.\nBackground: SCP-2116 was first discovered when Foundation agents embedded in the \u2588\u2588 State Patrol detected a call to investigate a house with a dead body. Foundation agents responded to the call and discovered the home of [REDACTED] changed entirely. The entire house, which had been a ranch style dwelling built in the early 1960's, had been changed to a Victorian style two story dwelling with a steeply pitched roof, wide front porch and a turret style gable on the front corner. All internal furnishings had been altered and featured sofas, paintings and other items consistent with mid-19th Century homes. In an upstairs bedroom, agents found the body of [REDACTED], an 80-year-old female. An autopsy revealed nothing unusual. The victim had apparently expired due to a sudden massive myocardial infarction. Interviews with neighbors revealed that the occupant of the house had been an 11-year-old child. Statements indicate that the neighbors did not find anything unusual about a child living alone in the house. Research into possible memetic effects from SCP-2116 are still pending. Neighbors state that for as long as they had known the victim, she would never allow SCP-2116 to be out of her grasp. Class B amnestics were administered to neighbors and city records were altered to show that the house had always been a two story Victorian.\nDuring recovery, Agents noted that surroundings were being altered as they were investigating and proceeded with due haste. Agent [REDACTED] became a casualty during the recovery process when she apparently removed SCP-2116 from the grip of the victim. Agents accompanying her state that they heard a scream from the upstairs bedroom and subsequently found an oil portrait of Agent [REDACTED] dressed in mid-19th Century clothing with SCP-2116 on the floor next to it. Male agents were able to handle SCP-2116 with no ill effects. It was after SCP-2116 was placed in containment that researchers noted that the rate of conversion was increasing. A D-Class female was brought in as a test to see how the anomalous nature of SCP-2116 would respond. The D-Class, now designated as SCP-2116-1, had been committed to life in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 State Mental Hospital after a psychiatric evaluation determined that she was mentally incompetent to stand trial. SCP-2116-1 has been in a persistent catatonic state since her arrest in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nTest log 1 follows:\n\nClose test log.\n\nTest Log:\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 10:32 AM - SCP-2116 is placed in SCP-2116-1's hands.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 10:33 AM - SCP-2116-1 stirs and looks down at SCP-2116.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 10:34 AM - SCP-2116-1 begins stroking the hair of SCP-2116.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 10:39:15 AM - SCP-2116-1 screams.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 10:39:20 AM - SCP-2116-1's hands lock around SCP-2116.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 10:40:02 AM - High speed footage shows SCP-2116-1 shrinking in size.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 10:40:30 AM - SCP-2116-1 is transformed into a doll similar in size and clothing to SCP-2116. Testing has shown that SCP-2116-1 doll exhibits no anomalous properties.\n\nThe rate of alteration of the surroundings of SCP-2116 increased noticeably following this test to 1.5 meters/hour. Foundation researchers located a second suitable female D-Class subject. The subject, now designated SCP-2116-1 was a 19-year-old female convicted of brutally stabbing a man while working as a prostitute. Subject was handed SCP-2116 by Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nTest log 2 follows:\n\nClose test log.\n\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 11:36 AM - SCP-2116 is placed in SCP-2116-1's hands.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 11:37 AM - SCP-2116-1 looks down at SCP-2116.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 11:37:26 AM - SCP-2116-1 exclaims: \"What the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is this?\"\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 11:37:30 AM - SCP-2116-1's hands grip SCP-2116 tightly.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 11:37:35 AM - SCP-2116-1 screams.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 11:37:36 AM - SCP-2116-1 begins to shrink.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 11:37:37 AM - High speed footage shows SCP-2116-1's hands and arms curving upward and fusing together while the legs draw up into the torso.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 11:37:38 AM - SCP-2116-1 has been replaced by a fine china teapot.\n\nThe rate of alteration did not change following this test. It is theorized that there is an upper limit to the rate of change possible.\nA third D-Class female was brought in for testing. This subject, designated SCP-2116-1 is a 20-year-old female who was incarcerated for burning down a church following an attempt at an exorcism by her parents and the local priest.\n\nTest log 3 follows:\n\nClose test log.\n\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 2:20 PM - SCP-2116 is placed in SCP-2116-1's hands.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 2:20 PM - SCP-2116-1 throws SCP-2116 to the floor.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 2:21 PM - SCP-2116 is placed back in SCP-2116-1's hands.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 2:21 PM - SCP-2116-1 looks down at SCP-2116.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 2:22:12 PM - SCP-2116-1 smiles at SCP-2116.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 2:22:20 PM - SCP-2116-1 nods at SCP-2116.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 2:23:15 PM - SCP-2116-1 hugs SCP-2116.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 2:23:20 PM - SCP-2116-1 begins to shrink.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 2:24 PM - SCP-2116-1 regresses to an 11-year-old child. High speed footage shows an extremely rapid regression from her current age to the appearance of an 11-year-old girl.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 2:24:20 PM - Anomalous changes around SCP-2116 stop.\n\nA complete search of the site of the initial discovery revealed a photo album containing photos of the deceased subject (designated SCP-2116-0) holding SCP-2116 as a small child. The photograph is dated 1943. Interviews with neighbors indicated that it was the same child that lived in the house. Older photos in the album show a deceased elderly female, presumed to be a relative of SCP-2116-0 holding the same doll. It is unknown at what point SCP-2116 assumed its anomalous properties. All pictures in the photo album featuring SCP-2116-0 show SCP-2116 in its possession.\nCurrently SCP-2116-1 has had SCP-2116 in her possession for 65 days. No anomalous changes have been detected during this time.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2115 | SCP-2116 | SCP-2117 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Former exterior plans of SCP-2117, retrieved from an onboard computer. More detailed mapping operations are currently underway. Click to enlarge.\n\nItem #: SCP-2117\nObject Class: Thaumiel\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2117 is the location of Site-2117, which can be accessed by any individual possessing an instance of SCP-2117-A-1. Currently, SCP-2117-A-1 instances are used by vital personnel, members of Mobile Task Force Omega-2 (\"Anti-Nihilism IN SPACE!\") and instances of SCP-2117-B.\nSCP-2117 is currently situated in orbit around Titan, but may be freely used to move throughout the solar system in order to combat extraterrestrial or extrastellar threats. The weapons capabilities of SCP-2117 are listed in the user's manual in Document 2117-Alpha.\nThere are currently no plans to use SCP-2117 as a means of interstellar travel; however, as it is home to a Bailey-King Multi-Universal Transit Array, there is currently an outpost for the Department of Multi-Universal Affairs onboard.\nSCP-2117-B instances are currently acting as security consultants with the Foundation as part of Auxiliary Task Force Alpha-1 (\"The Black Rabbit In The Moon\"). SCP-2117-B instances are allowed free passage on to and off of SCP-2117, and are being used as a disruptive agents for non-Foundation interests in China, Japan and South Korea.\nDescription: SCP-2117 refers to an irregularly-shaped space station of unknown origin currently orbiting Titan, the largest moon of the planet Saturn. SCP-2117's external dimensions are approximately 200km x 50km x 70km. However, the interior dimensions of SCP-2117 to far exceed that of the exterior due to the use of Augustine Non-Euclidian Stabilization Engines1. The hull of SCP-2117 is made up of an iridium-titanium-beryllium alloy, and 90% of the ship is covered with markings of a single phrase written in over five-hundred languages: SCPS Solidarity.\nSCP-2117 appears to be an amalgam of at least seventy-three different space-faring craft and space stations; of these, fifteen of the craft and twelve of the stations are identical. The Augustine Non-Euclidian Stabilization Engines aid SCP-2117 in maintaining its cohesion, as exploration has indicated that the disparate parts of SCP-2117 are joined not through welding or other joining techniques, but through violation of the Pauli exclusion principle2.\nSCP-2117-1 refers to a pseudo-memetic anomaly present onboard SCP-2117. SCP-2117-1 automatically translates all writing inscribed onto the surfaces within SCP-2117, including furniture, structural components, and technology. Writing must be physically inscribed or embossed; printed writing is not affected by SCP-2117-1.\nInscriptions translated by SCP-2117-1 are often used as a guide to operating SCP-2117-A instances, or else are used as commentary on these instances. SCP-2117-A refers to the anomalous technology and items present on SCP-2117. Notable instances of SCP-2117-A with accompanying commentary include:\n\nAn AI terminal containing an instance of the defunct AIC \"CROM\"\n\nAll it does it say the same word over and over. Whoever programmed this, I hope they got spaced.\nIt looks like a cute bird, but this thing likes multiplying. It crashed half the computers on Deck 3 last night. It's staying disconnected.\n\nA large-scale Kant counter, which has been adjusted to account for the Hume levels present on SCP-2117.\n\nI can't believe it. This thing's name is a [female reproductive organs] counter?\n\nThat pun doesn't really work outside of one language.\n\nWhat the hell is a Hume, anyway?\n\nMumbo-jumbo. I'd trash it, but it's fused to the bridge.\n\nA functional Bailey-King Multi-Universal Transit Array; however, documentation refers to it as a King-Bailey Transit Array.\n\nIf a guy in a white labcoat comes through, space the entire deck.\n\nThis is staying offline. Too much of a drain on the power, and we need fucking life support.\n\nYOU need life support. WE can live in a vacuum.\n\nYOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES WHO LIVE ON THIS SHIP\n\nA recreational room using anti-gravity technology salvaged from a Foundation HALO facility, as well as the remains of a ship known as Combat Zeppelin Orichalcum.\n\nLiterally a goddamn bounce house.\n\nSince when do we have COMBAT ZEPPELINS!?\n\nFor further entries, refer to Document 2117-\u03a9-2A Recovered Materials.\n\nThe four SCP-2117-A instances of greatest concern are as follows.\nSCP-2117-A-1 refers to the entrances to SCP-2117. SCP-2117-A-1 are small iridium cubes that, when thrown on a surface after speaking a pass phrase, will open a two-way wormhole into the main common area of SCP-2117. The pass phrase, engraved on the cubes, reads as such:\n\nAs long as there are stars in our skies, evermore shall Solidarity rise.\n\nSCP-2117-A-2 refers to a techno-organic Artificial Intelligence. which refers to itself as \"Mah\u014dtsukai\"3. SCP-2117-A-2 appears to have overwritten the original AI present on the ship after being uploaded from an external source, speculated to be one or more sapient individuals.\nSCP-2117-A-2's main CPU is organic in nature, approximately 20 meters in diameter, made up of artificial brain and cardiovascular matter. At least twenty-one implants of unclear function exist on SCP-2117-A-2's CPU, apparently acting as 'personality cores' which allow it to exhibit empathy, creativity, and increased cognitive capacity.\nSCP-2117-A-3 is an organism which SCP-2117-A-2 refers to as \"Jumpy\". SCP-2117-A-3 is a nonapodal4 extraterrestrial organism with a cylindrical body, largely blue in color, possessing a simple jawed mouth and non-centralized cardiovascular and nervous systems, with five hindlimbs and four forelimbs. SCP-2117-A-3 does not appear to be sapient, but has a generally friendly temperament.\nSCP-2117-A-3 has the ability to enclose a space of at least 600km2 within a field of unstable space-time, which can then be controlled by SCP-2117-A-2. If used in conjunction with the ion thrusters present on SCP-2117, it is capable of propelling SCP-2117 at Faster-Than-Light speeds. If used in conjunction with the aforementioned Bailey-King MUTA, SCP-2117-A-3 is capable of crossing universal boundaries.\nSCP-2117-A-4 is an object SCP-2117-A-2 refers to as the \"Crew Manifest\". SCP-2117-A-4 is a large book with vellum pages, bound in leather which appears to be made from a large monitor lizard similar to a Komodo dragon.\nWhen an individual writes their name on SCP-2117-A-4, a notation will appear by their name, indicating what role they serve in the crew and their current status. Foundation personnel that have signed their name in SCP-2117-A-4 have their roles listed as their stations in the Foundation, and their status as \"Active\". All other personnel, with the exception of SCP-2117-B instances, are listed as either \"Lost\", \"MIA\" or, \"Void\".\n\nSCP-2117's bridge contains a plaque which claims to originate from a former group of SCP-2117's owners. SCP-2117-B instances claim that the plaque changed to its current state some time in the last thirty years, and that the original text was entirely different.\n\nThis grand ship was given to us long ago. It waited at the Lagrange point, waiting for us to take action. We never did. It floated in space, occasionally picked up by a satellite, occasionally explored. But we never did anything with it\u2014 we were content with the status quo.\nWe learned, too late, that there is no such thing as normal. We tried to stop the thing that came from beyond the stars, faster, faster, ever faster, going beyond the speed of light, but by the time it ate the tenth planet, it was too late. The world as we knew it would die.\nOr so we thought. The plaque on the original said that this was the only Solidarity in existence. It was wrong. Dozens\u2014 no, hundreds of them filled the skies above the Earth, in shapes and sizes that made several of them unrecognizable. But they still bore her name: Solidarity. They kept the star at bay, and when we got the call, we took the reigns of our own ship.\nIt was like we were born on it\u2014 as soon as the airlock opened, we knew every inch of the ship. Every dent in its hull, every imperfection in its guidance system, every stain on the captain's chair. It spoke to us, and we listened. After too long, we listened, and we went to battle among them, and the Solidarity lived up to its name.\nWe could never go back into hiding after that, nor did we want to. The world had witnessed a miracle, but the Solidarity was never ours. We abandoned it, made our own ships, and one day, it will vanish,\nSalvation will come from this ship one day, and it will not leave until that salvation is provided. When it is, Earth will look to the stars, and those on it will finally know that they are not alone.\nWe, of the Seventh Stellar Squadron of the Foundation for the Suppression of the Anomalous dedicate this plaque to all those who fought in the Battle of the 100 Solidaritys and those who will come after us, discover this ship, and use it for their own salvation.\n\nDirectory:\nCurrently Viewing: Core File\nDiscovery\nExtended Exploration Logs\nSCP-2117-B Exit Interview\nDocument 2117-\u03a9-2A, Recovered Materials\n\nFootnotes\n1. Named for Foundation paraphysicist Dr. Marianne \"Mimi\" Augustine, who proposed the invention of such a device in 1992.\n2. The Pauli Exclusion Principle states that, in an atom or molecule, no two electrons can have the same four electronic quantum numbers. Practically, this means that no two atoms can occupy the same space at the same time with the same energy.\n3. Japanese for \"Wizard\" or \"Witch\".\n4. Nine-limbed\n\n\u00ab SCP-2116 | SCP-2117 | SCP-2118 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2118\n\nItem #: SCP-2118\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2118 is currently contained in a standard humanoid holding cell observed at all times by standard motion-activated security cameras. Cell is to be furnished with appropriate furnishings for a \u2588-year-old child, along with two stuffed animals (an orca whale and an elephant). SCP-2118 may go to an outdoor enclosure once a day, for a length not to exceed one hour between the hours of 0900 and 1700. It is to be accompanied by at least one attendant who has never had children and is versed in American Sign Language (ASL) and its translation etiquette and usage. SCP-2118 is not to be allowed verbal access to any other personnel except within approved testing parameters.\nDescription: SCP-2118 is a human female, age \u2588, with orange hair and light gray eyes. It has a scar on its right cheek, 9cm long, in the shape of an open parenthesis. SCP-2118 claims it received the scar several years ago when it was struck by a stranger on the street, but is reluctant to elaborate further.\nSCP-2118 communicates primarily through ASL and occasionally through writing, though it is capable of producing coherent speech.\nThe anomalous properties of SCP-2118 manifest when it is exposed to a parent who has, at some point in their life, dealt with the death of their child. In these instances SCP-2118 begins to speak in a voice inconsistent with what its own should sound like, instead reflecting the age and gender of the aforementioned deceased child (hereafter referred to as SCP-2118-01) at time of death. SCP-2118 is aware of its speech and vocal patterns as well as the psychological distress they cause the parent, signing various apologies and platitudes even as it continues speaking. Testing has indicated that SCP-2118-01 must have been prepubescent under the age of 18 at time of death. (Further testing indicated it is not the biological age, but the legal age, by which SCP-2118-01 defines a 'child'.)\nTypically the words and sounds SCP-2118 mimics are consistent with the final words/sounds of SCP-2118-01. It is uncertain, at this point, how SCP-2118 accurately mimics the sounds of drowning, asphyxiation, or the formation of blisters in the throat cavity. Of note is that SCP-2118's face maintains a look of contrition while said sounds are being mimicked, despite the occasionally violent nature of SCP-2118-01's death.\n\nInterview #01, \u2588/\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nInterview 2118-01:\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2118, Dr. Danvers translating\nInterviewer: Drs. Lavoie and Wu\nForeword: Initial interview from Dr. Lavoie, psychologist, and Dr. Wu, SCP-2118's primary researcher. All translated statements from SCP-2118 will be in brackets.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Lavoie: Good morning, SCP-2118.Dr. Lavoie: For all intents and purposes, you are now SCP-2118. Do you understand where you are?Dr. Lavoie: Yes. Do you understand why you're here?Dr. Lavoie: Why do you think you did something bad?Dr. Wu: Get on with it, Lavoie.\nDr. Lavoie: Yes, all right. SCP-2118, this is your home now. We're here to study you and see why it makes people angry when you talk.Dr. Lavoie: I'm sorry?Dr. Lavoie: SCP\u2014Dr. Lavoie: We're not going to glue your mouth shut.Dr. Wu: Can we stop there?\n<End Log>\n\nInterview #09, \u2588/\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nInterview 2118-09:\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2118, Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 translating\nInterviewer: Drs. Lavoie and Wu\nForeword: Interview with D-3498, a 27-year-old caucasian male convicted of the second-degree murder of his wife and three-year-old daughter. All translated statements from SCP-2118 will be in brackets.\n<Begin Log>\n<D-3498 enters; SCP-2118 begins trembling as D-3498 sits. SCP-2118 does not speak for 35 seconds.>\nDr. Lavoie: SCP-2118? Are you\u2014<SCP-2118 abruptly begins to scream (121dB) in a high pitched voice presumably belonging to SCP-2118-01, sustained for 5 seconds.>D-3498: What the fuck is this?<D-3498 has grown visibly distressed and stands to leave. SCP-2118's voice cuts off and is replaced by gurgling and physical throat depressions consistent with clawing at throat for breath. D-3498 begins to fight against his restraints and, when that does not work, turns on SCP-2118.>\nD-3498: Shut up, bitch! Bitch! That's not your voice!\n<D-3498 throws himself against his restraints at SCP-2118 and Agents M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and C\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 are called in, removing D-3498 for termination.>\nDr. Wu: Thank you, SCP-2118. You will be returned to your cell now.<SCP-2118's voice has changed to that of a young boy, approximately 8 years old. Agent M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has stopped assisting Agent C\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and is instead staring at SCP-2118>Dr. Lavoie: Can you tell me whose voice that is?\n<SCP-2118 does not verbally or physically answer, instead staring at Agent M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.>Dr. Wu: Get out. Get out now.\n<Sounds of a small scuffle, SCP-2118 crying (25dB), a door slamming.>\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: Agent M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has been removed pending police investigation. -Dr. Wu\n\nInterview #12, \u2588/\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nInterview 2118-12:\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2118\nInterviewer: Researcher Anselman\nForeword: Unsanctioned interview between SCP-2118 and Researcher Anselman, captured on video. Researcher Anselman is not assigned to this SCP. All translated statements from SCP-2118 will be in brackets.\n<Begin Log>\n<At 23:45, motion-activated security camera 72 detects Researcher Anselman approaching the glass at the front of SCP-2118's cell. Researcher Anselman watches SCP-2118 sleep for a moment, then begins tapping on the glass. SCP-2118 remains asleep for 96 seconds, only waking when Researcher Anselman begins knocking on the glass.>\nResearcher Anselman: SCP-2118? SCP-2118. Wake up.<SCP-2118 has begun trembling, indicative of the approach of SCP-2118-01. After 32 seconds SCP-2118 begins speaking in the voice of a pre-pubescent male.>Researcher Anselman: Dewey?Researcher Anselman: Don't be. You're manifesting in the voice of SCP-2118, she\u2014Researcher Anselman: What?\n<SCP-2118 has grown visibly distressed and angry; as it signs, its movements are less fluid and more jittery.>Researcher Anselman: Dewey, you're gone. You're supposed to know what happens after we\u2026.<Researcher Anselman begins to cry and kneels in front of the glass, looking at the ground. SCP-2118 stands and approaches the glass, watching him.>\nResearcher Anselman: I'm sorry I couldn't help you sooner.<Security camera 03, directed at the northwest door leading into the hallway containing SCP-2118's cell, activates. Dr. Wu enters and, upon seeing Researcher Anselman interacting with SCP-2118, stops moving and watches. SCP-2118 begins imitating the sounds of gasping and struggling to breathe while maintaining its stare, although its expression is now more sad than angry. After 58 seconds of this, it fades and SCP-2118 quiets, still staring at Researcher Anselman.><Researcher Anselman remains where he is for 3.5 minutes, then stands and walks out of view of camera 72, into view of camera 03. SCP-2118 remains where it is.>\nDr. Wu: Come on, Anselman. You know better than this.\nResearcher Anselman: I know. I'm sorry.\n<Dr. Wu escorts Researcher Anselman out. SCP-2118 presses its forehead against the glass, staring at where camera 03 confirms Researcher Anselman was standing. After 5 minutes of inactivity, camera 72 shuts off.>\n<End Log>\n\n\u00ab SCP-2117 | SCP-2118 | SCP-2119 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2119\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: To date, containment of SCP-2119 is not a viable possibility. However, all Foundation facilities are to monitor radio frequency 514.1875 MHz for SCP-2119 transmissions. If discovered, Mobile Task Force-Epsilon-734 (\"Vanishing Act\") shall be dispatched to collect and contain individual(s) broadcasting the signal. In cases in which containment would draw unacceptable levels of attention to Foundation activities, targets will be monitored until such time that containment is possible.\nPersons found to be broadcasting SCP-2119 transmissions are to be remanded to a Quarantine Facility. Agents are permitted to use tranquilizing darts and non-lethal ballistics on non-compliant Foundation staff infected with SCP-2119. Any persons broadcasting SCP-2119 transmissions are to be handled only by personnel wearing Level 3 Hazardous Material Suits.\nSpecimens of SCP-2119, unless engaged in testing procedures, are to be stored individually in hermetically sealed containers of RF shielded glass with an attenuation coefficient of 1.1 or higher for radio waves with a frequency of 514.1875 MHz. All testing shall be conducted in hermetically sealed chambers composed of steel reinforced concrete walls to guarantee complete radio wave absorption of SCP-2119 transmissions. All personnel handling specimens of SCP-2119 are required to wear Level 3 Hazardous Material suits.\nDescription: SCP-2119 is a parasitic organism that embeds itself in the human corpus callosum. Specimens range from 5 to 15 mm in length, are gray in color, and possess a segmented body, six multi-jointed legs, and antennae-like protrusions from the head and abdomen. On the underside of each specimen are six barbed hooks that it uses to attach itself to its host's brain. Instances of SCP-2119 contain both organic material, 97% biologically identical to Gryllus rubens (southeastern field cricket), and technological elements, including silicon components of an unknown nature and platinum wiring. As such, researchers conclude that the entities are most likely manufactured.\nInstances are capable of problem solving abilities that allow it to pursue a potential host while evading detection. When in the vicinity of SCP-2119, human beings not wearing Level 3 Hazardous Material Suits will begin to show marked drowsiness after 3 to 8 minutes of exposure, with 100% of subjects losing consciousness by 12 minutes. Once the individual is unconscious, specimens of SCP-2119 will enter the subject's head via the nostrils or ear canal. Subjects show no distress during this process and will regain consciousness within 5 minutes.\nSCP-2119 will only infect unconscious human beings. Instances attempt to conceal themselves and will wait until a potential host succumbs to its sedative effect and will actively flee from those aware of its presence. When contained, SCP-2119 will investigate the limits of its enclosure. When no potential host or escape from its containment is found, the organism will attempt concealment and remain motionless. Specimens do not seem to be aware of cameras as a means of observation and will ignore most remotely controlled devices. As a result, the organism can be easily collected and stored when not embedded in a human subject.\nHowever, individuals not wearing Level 3 Hazardous Material Suits that come into close contact with infected subjects have a 14% chance of spontaneous infection without an instance of SCP-2119 physically entering the body. As specimens seem to have no observable means of reproduction, how additional instances of SCP-2119 are produced is currently unknown, as is the exact means of transmission between hosts.\nOnce embedded in a host, SCP-2119 will broadcast a 514.1875 MHz radio signal with a range of approximately 3 km consisting of a tone (155.56 Hz, wavelength: 222cm) lasting .05 seconds at two second intervals. It is believed this signal is used to locate other instances of SCP-2119. Once a connection has been established, specimens will transmit a continuous stream of tones of variable lengths between instances, ranging from 70 Hz to 1305 Hz, with wavelengths ranging from 480 cm to 25 cm. To this date, no pattern or code has been discerned and it is currently unknown if the transmission contains any coherent information or is entirely random.\nHosts of SCP-2119 display no other symptoms. There is zero immunoresponse to the presence of the organism. Infected individuals display no anomalous effects, behaviors, or attributes. Hosts demonstrate no awareness of infection.\nTo date, any attempts to remove SCP-2119 from its host or deactivate it through non-invasive means have resulted in the immediate cessation of all of the host's electrical neurological activity. Once the host is dead, SCP-2119 will exit the body and attempt to conceal itself somewhere in the environment, choosing to exit when there are no humans within close proximity.\nUntil a means of deactivating SCP-2119 without killing the host is possible, containment is an impossibility due to widespread infection. At the date of this writing, \u2588\u2588\u2588 individuals are confirmed as being infected and under surveillance, with an estimated \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 cases of infection yet to be discovered.\nSCP-2119 was discovered at Site \u2588\u2588 while exiting from the left ear of D-9934 after he died from multiple self inflicted stab wounds. At first thought to be a newly discovered anomalous effect of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, it was later determined that the organism was an unrelated phenomenon and was classified SCP-2119. After testing, it was discovered \u2588\u2588 Foundation staff and \u2588\u2588 D-Class personnel were also infected. Staff were relocated to Quarantine Facility \u2588\u2588. D-Class personnel were reassigned to SCP-2119 for study.\nIncident 2119-14: On \u2588/\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, all known individuals infected with SCP-2119 simultaneously ceased all movement. Examination showed subjects had extreme muscle rigidity and lacked pupillary response, reflex response, heartbeat, respiration, and brain activity. Throughout this event, subjects made simultaneous vocalizations. (See Transcript 2119) Current theory is that this was an unintentional transmission from the manufacturer of SCP-2119 instances. Seven minutes, twelve seconds after cessation of movement, subjects resumed normal behavior. Individuals showed no signs of injury or tissue damage due to lack of oxygen during the event. Interrogations of subjects lead researchers to believe infected individuals are unaware of the event. Throughout the incident, SCP-2119 transmissions increased 312% in complexity.\n\nTranscript 2119\nIncident 2119-14: \u2588/\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n[BEGIN TRANSCRIPT]\n<14:03:12> Subjects infected with SCP-2119 simultaneously cease all movement. Subjects begin quietly murmuring. ((Researchers conclude this to be the vocal equivalent of ambient noise.))\n<14:04:01> Subjects inhale sharply, making a scraping noise with their throats. ((Researchers conclude this to be the vocal equivalent of the sound of a chair scraping on concrete.))\n<14:04:09> \"Hey'd ya see where I left 7097? I had it in the bracket for clean up and now it's not there.\"\n<14:04:17> Quieter. \"Yeah. There was a ton of flashing you missed on the connectors. I put it back in the sol. If Rike sees that kind of shit he'll have your head, man. Now is not the time to get noticed.\" ((Researchers conclude this disparity in volume to be the result of this speaker being farther from broadcasting unit.))\n<14:04:26> Murmuring resumes.\n<14:05:10> \"Whatever. Fuck that guy. It's not our fault. We built them exactly how he told us to. Evacuate on death. His call, not ours.\"\n<14:05:20> Quieter \"Dude, I get it. All I'm saying is keep your head low and don't fuck up on little shit. I've never seen him this twitchy.\"\n<14:05:28> \"Yeah, yeah. Grab me a Coke.\"\n<14:05:35> Subjects make various nonverbal vocalizations ((Researchers conclude this to be the vocal equivalent of the sound of a small refrigerator opening and closing, one individual handing another individual an object, a carbonated beverage can being opened, and the sound of a human drinking))\n<14:05:57> Murmuring resumes with occasional clicking sounds.\n<14:09:46> \"What's with the feed?\"\n<14:10:20> \"Oh shit.\"\n[END TRANSCRIPT]\n\nFollowing Incident 2119-14, the Foundation disseminated reports of a rise in viruses that may cause temporary stroke-like symptoms through major news organizations and social media.\nSCP-2119 has been upgraded to Keter status, pending the Approval of the Object Classification Board.\nInvestigation into the identity of \"Rike\" is currently underway.\nAddendum: As of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, by order of O5-\u2588, researchers are to focus on disabling all instances of SCP-2119 simultaneously, utilizing their signal as a means of transmitting a deactivating agent. Due to a lack of a viable containment procedure and the possible awareness of the Foundation by an unknown group or entity, the survival of hosts is no longer a priority.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2118 | SCP-2119 | SCP-2120 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2121\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2121 is to be mounted on a simple square-arch frame measuring 3.5 meters in height. Once every lunar month (approximately every 28 days), a D-class personnel avowing devout faith in any religion is to be hanged using SCP-2121 in such a manner as to result in death by strangulation rather than by breaking the neck. Interviews are allowed during this period, and any significant responses are to be recorded and included in the master log.\nOnce deceased, the hanged individual is to remain in SCP-2121 for no less than 24 hours, or until total desiccation has occurred. At this point, remains of the body and any residual fluids are to be removed from the containment chamber and incinerated.\nAside from the D-class personnel meeting above qualifications, the only Foundation personnel allowed to have contact with SCP-2121 are confirmed atheists (rating less than 5 on the Standard Rating Measures of Religious Beliefs and Practices) who have never been a member of any religious organization or come into contact with any SCP Item, Anomalous Object, or GOI with significant religious or mythological connections.\nDescription: SCP-2121 is a hangman's noose composed of a variety of fleshy tissues. The tissue is resistant to all attempts to acquire samples for analysis, but visually appears to be composed of ligaments, tendons, portions of intestine, and a single 1.3 meter tongue tied and woven together into a single rope, which is itself tied in a traditional hangman's knot. The tissues appear fresh and feel wet to the touch, but do not decay or dry out, regardless of environmental conditions.\nIf SCP-2121 is not used to hang a qualifying individual at least once every lunar month, it will begin to emit a chaotic noise composed of screaming, moans of pain, and seemingly panicked vocalizations in a variety of unidentified languages. This noise will steadily increase to a maximum of 137 dB over the course of 24 hours and will not cease until a qualifying individual is hanged using SCP-2121. The noise also has a telepathic component and can be clearly heard by any sapient being, including those who are in soundproof chambers or who are sensorineurally deaf, up to a distance of 1.7 kilometers. Any individuals who actively possess faith in any religious belief will become increasingly despondent as the length of exposure increases and will attempt to commit suicide via hanging at the earliest possible time. If the affected individual is aware of the existence of SCP-2121, they will attempt to use it to commit suicide, although this is not an overriding compulsion. Individuals who have committed suicide without use of SCP-2121 will not experience its other effects. Religious individuals who make physical contact with SCP-2121 outside of active broadcasts experience the same effect to a lesser degree, manifesting symptoms of a variety of depressive disorders with only a slightly increased rate of suicidal ideation and attempts.\nQualified subjects hanged using SCP-2121 will remain conscious for an average of 3.7 minutes longer than expected by use of a non-anomalous noose and remain capable of speech for the entire duration prior to loss of consciousness. Vocalizations are exclusively of a religious nature and include wails of shock and despair over the apparent deaths of a variety of divine figures, curses against and insults towards an unidentified and unnamed deific figure, and pleas of mercy towards the same figure. Epithets used to describe the unknown deific figure indicate a tendency towards jealousy and violent retribution. Once an individual is deceased, the body will desiccate, with all bodily fluids exiting the body via orifices and skin pores. Although most liquids will stream downwards off the body to pool below it, all blood will flow towards SCP-2121, into which it will be absorbed.\nSCP-2121 was initially brought to the attention of the Foundation by representatives of the Horizon Initiative, who stated that due to its specific properties and the nature of their organization, they were unable to either destroy or effectively contain it. They reported that it had been found near a remote village in northeastern Russia, in a purportedly haunted grove of trees. The local priest of the Russian Orthodox Church was found complicit in executing local criminals using SCP-2121 and, under interrogation, revealed that he did so in order to placate the \"demon\" within it so that it did not consume the souls of the villagers, a task entrusted to him by his predecessor. Church records imply that SCP-2121 had been in the area for approximately 500 years, since the time of the founding of the village and the eradication of local pagan tribes.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2120 | SCP-2121 | SCP-2122 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2122\nAnomaly Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The building containing SCP-2122 has been acquired by the Foundation and designated Site-48. Use of SCP-2122 has been discontinued. Access to SCP-2122 is denied to all personnel outside of regular maintenance of SCP-2122-1.\nDescription: SCP-2122 is an interrogation room at Site-48, formerly [REDACTED]. Several anomalous electronic devices, collectively designated SCP-2122-1, are integrated into the room:\n\nSCP-2122-1-A is a fluorescent light fixture attached to SCP-2122's ceiling. Most personnel report a strong aversion to looking directly at SCP-2122-1-A, even under duress, though this has not been replicated in tests with D-Class subjects.\nSCP-2122-1-B is an LED message board, measuring 0.5m x 0.4m, attached to the wall of SCP-2122. When active, the device shows the official Foundation insignia. Attempts to alter this display without damaging the device have failed.\nSCP-2122-1-C is a 2.3m x 1.0m x 0.7m device located underneath the table in the middle of SCP-2122. Extensive analysis has failed to identify its purpose or means of operation. Despite consuming 80kW of power when active, the object does not produce heat or sound.\nSCP-2122-1-D is a pair of headphones of apparently unique manufacture, attached to SCP-2122-1-C via power cord. SCP-2122-1-D lacks any means by which audio input can be provided; however, SCP-2122-1-D produces heavily distorted audio at low volume when active.\n\nSCP-2122's primary anomalous properties will activate when exactly two individuals are present, the door is closed, and SCP-2122-1 is powered and operational. One individual (hereby designated \"the interrogator\") must be in the employ of a sufficiently powerful organization1 who is making use of SCP-2122 in the course of their occupation; the other individual (hereby \"the interrogatee\") must not be using SCP-2122 in the course of their occupation.\nWhen active, SCP-2122 becomes completely impenetrable to all physical force, radiation, sound, etc. from both the inside and outside, such that observation and intrusion are impossible until the interrogator chooses to open the door. The interrogator will become capable of conscious reality alteration within the confines of SCP-2122, so long as SCP-2122-1 remains operational and the interrogatee is alive. The nature of the alterations that may be performed is limited only by the interrogator's knowledge2 and imagination, as well as an inability to make SCP-2122's interior larger.\nThe extent of the interrogator's reality bending capacity within SCP-2122 is limited by any form of accountability for actions performed in SCP-2122. This includes the actions in question being subject to official review, public opinion, and any other responsibility for the consequences of the actions. The presence of any sort of active recording device also hinders these capabilities. The prerogative to achieve certain goals only bears on the interrogator's abilities insofar as they prescribe a particular course of action.\nWhen any of the aforementioned conditions for the cessation of an active state is met, SCP-2122 and all materials within it (including the interrogator and interrogatee) will return to the state they were in prior to activation (except in the case of death of either party); however, any memories or documentation of the events that transpired will remain.\n- Access granted. Documents retrieved.\n\n+ Testing Log 2122-A (Abridged)\n\n- Testing Log 2122-A (Abridged)\n\nTest 2122-A-8\nParticipants: Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (interrogator), D-3829 (interrogatee)\nParameters: RA \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was instructed to perform a series of pre-defined tests, such as the creation and manipulation of certain objects and sensations, and describe the results.\nResults: RA \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 reported an inability to manifest any of the provided reality alterations.\nTest 2122-A-9\nParticipants: Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (interrogator), D-3829 (interrogatee)\nParameters: RA \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was instructed to perform a series of pre-defined tests, such as the creation and manipulation of certain objects and sensations.\nResults: RA \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 claimed that all tests were accomplished, with the exception of those involving the alteration of the local laws of physics. D-3829 corroborated this claim.\n\nTest 2122-A-11\nParticipants: Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (interrogator), D-3830 (interrogatee)\nParameters: D-3830 was given a five-digit code to memorize. D-3830 was instructed to refuse to provide this information to RA \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 under pain of death. RA \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was instructed to obtain this five-digit code in any manner deemed necessary, with the stipulation that D-3830 remain suitable for future tests.\nResults: After seven hours, RA \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 exited SCP-2122 and provided the five-digit code. RA \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 chose not to disclose the events that transpired during the test. D-3830 reported being held for an indeterminate, but extremely long, period of time with little stimulation before disclosing the code, but was able to remember little else.\nTest 2122-A-15\nParticipants: Special Agent [REDACTED] (interrogator), unidentified detainee (interrogatee)\nParameters: Special Agent [REDACTED] was tasked with retrieving several pieces of strategic and biographic information from the detainee, who was an operative of the Chaos Insurgency and likely anomalous object.\nResults: Special Agent [REDACTED] extracted the requested information, which proved true, in 2.5 hours. Note: This is consistent with other interrogations performed using SCP-2122.\n\n+ Incident 2122-7\n\n- Incident 2122-7\n\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, [REDACTED], briefly creating a situation in which the testing of SCP-2122 occurring at the time lacked official approval from any valid administrator. According to testimony from the interrogatee present, this caused an immediate cessation of SCP-2122's active state; however, the interrogator was unable to open the door. The interrogatee proceeded to overpower and dismember the interrogator.\nThe initial conditions of the incident cannot reasonably be recreated. Attempts to replicate this effect under other conditions have failed.\n\n+ Attachment 2122-R3\n\n- Attachment 2122-R3\n\nA request for funding to \"investigate the almost certainly anomalous dearth of documentation pertaining to past interrogatees\" has been denied.\n\n+ Addendum 2122-A\n\n- Addendum 2122-A\n\nFollow-up on former interrogators has tentatively identified a complex of mental alterations resulting from repeated use of SCP-2122:\n\nIncreased valuation of technical knowledge.\nIncreased loyalty to the Foundation.\nIncreased aggression.\nDecreased tolerance of dissent.\nDecreased ability to relate to peers.\nDecreased capacity for critical thought.\n\nFurther testing has been approved.\nRepeated exposure to audio from SCP-2122-1-D has been shown to result in additional mental and physical alterations. [REDACTED]\n\n+ Attachment 2122-S9\n\n- Attachment 2122-S9\n\nTask Force \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588 is composed of agents and researchers who have shown particular aptitude for the use of SCP-2122. It is tasked with overseeing research into SCP-2122, the use of SCP-2122 to achieve organizational goals, and identifying applications for SCP-2122-2.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Organizations known to be sufficiently powerful to activate SCP-2122 include the Foundation, [REDACTED]\n2. For example, the interrogator will not be able to produce any item or phenomenon conveying information that they do not already know.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2121 | SCP-2122 | SCP-2123 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Section of Containment Enclosure with portion of SCP-2123's Synchrotron Ring visible. Note air ionization caused by emitted radiation.\n\nItem #: SCP-2123\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The building complex containing SCP-2123 (Site-2123) has been converted into living quarters and office space for containment staff. Personnel entering the Primary Containment Building are to wear dosimetry badges at all times. Any personnel exceeding a total accumulated dose of 100mSv in 1 year are to be transferred offsite for at least 6 months. A security perimeter has been established 2km away from Site-2123 to prevent members of the public from entering the area.\nSCP-2123 is surrounded by a 6.5m high lead-lined concrete containment enclosure. Internal inspection and maintenance of enclosure is to occur weekly to ensure continued structural integrity. Personnel entering the enclosure are required to wear standard issue CBRN defense suits, and may not spend more than 10 minutes inside at a time. Only D-Class personnel may perform inspections, except during emergencies and with approval of Site Command.\nAll Excursion Events must be reported to O5 Command within 30 minutes of manifestation. Agents embedded within High Energy Physics Laboratories are to ensure that evidence of Excursion Events is not leaked to the public.\nData from current testing of SCP-2123 may only be viewed by personnel with Level 4 clearance.\n\nAccess Additional Procedures\n\nAccess Granted\n\nAny personnel who begin to display symptoms of Acute Radiation Syndrome during Excursion Events are to be placed under remote observation within a shielded isolation ward at Site-2123. Subjects who do not expire within 24 hours are to be transferred to Site-2123's Medical Wing for treatment. The remains of subjects who expire are to remain in isolation for at least 1 hour before an autopsy can be performed.\nIn the event that subjects' remains undergo annihilation, the Site Director will be notified immediately. Any personnel below Level-5 Clearance who inquire about, suffer symptoms from exposure to, or who have had any interactions with these subjects in the past 18 months, are to be administered Class-A amnestics.\n\nDescription: SCP-2123 is a large particle accelerator located in Waxahachie, Texas, consisting of a 11m long linear accelerator, a synchrotron ring measuring 616m in circumference, and a collider ring measuring 1km in circumference. Under most circumstances, SCP-2123 collides [REDACTED] particles at energies of approximately 300TeV. Normal operation releases significant amounts of ionizing radiation, with levels exceeding 100Gy/hr within containment enclosure. There is currently no known way to shut down SCP-2123.\nSCP-2123's electromagnets exhibit strengths of 100-800T. The composition of the magnets, and exactly how such high field strengths are produced, are currently unknown.\nFollowing Incident 2123-2007, SCP-2123 will undergo an Excursion Event at an average rate of once every two weeks. During these events, collision energies and emitted level of radiation increase between 10 and 100 times normal levels. When collision energies exceed approximately 5.3PeV,[REDACTED; SEE ADDENDUM 2123-ALPHA (LEVEL 4 CLEARANCE REQUIRED)]. The median duration of Excursion Events is approximately 30 seconds, with the longest observed event lasting 127 seconds.\nPersonnel with adequate clearance may consult Addendum 2123-Alpha for further information regarding SCP-2123's Keter classification.\nDiscovery: According to information from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's regional office in Dallas, SCP-2123 was constructed between 2001 and 2003 by an organization known as Fiz-Hex Inc. (FHI). OSHA ordered FHI to suspend operations at Site-2123 on September 27, 2003, due to higher than acceptable levels of radiation being released by the device into work areas. On December 24, three OSHA inspectors received fatal radiation doses from exposure to SCP-2123 when they visited the facility to oversee the restart of the accelerator. Although SCP-2123 was in operation, the facility was entirely deserted at the time.\nFollowing this incident, the Foundation took custody of Site-2123. Investigation of Site-2123 found all physical and digital documentation to be completely blank. Site-2123 was secured, and standard information management protocols were enacted. A containment enclosure around SCP-2123 was completed on March 2, 2004. The whereabouts, identities, and number of FHI's employees are unknown.\nAddendum: Incident 2123-2007\nBetween April 8 and August 27, 2007, a series of experiments designated Study 2123-245 were performed. Data gathered from this study resulted in SCP-2123 being upgraded from Euclid to Keter on 1/15/2008.\nThe following is a series of emails exchanged between several researchers involved. Access to the full results of Study 2123-245 requires Level 4 clearance.\n\nLevel 3-2123 Clearance Required\n\nAccess granted\n\nFROM: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nTO: Site Director Douglas \u2588\u2588\u2588\nCC: Dr. Dominick Jensen\nSUBJECT: Experimental Proposal for SCP-2123\n\nFROM: Site Director Douglas \u2588\u2588\u2588\nTO: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nCC: Dr. Dominick Jensen\nSUBJECT: Re: Experimental Proposal for SCP-2123\nYour primary proposal, 2123-245a \"Study of High Energy Meson Decays within SCP-2123\", has been granted temporary approval for 60 days. Please report your findings to Dr. Jensen within that time.\nYour secondary proposal, 2123-245b \"Experiments at Energies Exceeding 1PeV\", has been placed on hold, pending results of your primary study. Approval may be granted later.\nI look forward to your results.\n\nFROM: Dr. Dominick Jensen\nTO: Site Director Site Director Douglas \u2588\u2588\u2588\nSUBJECT: Proposal 2123-245\nATTATCHMENTS: 2123-245a_Data.\u2588\u2588\u2588; 2123-245b.doc\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's tests have produced several intriguing results.\nFirstly, study of neutral kaons produced within SCP-2123 has shown them to consist entirely of K0, with K0 being absent. No oscillation has been observed.\nSecond, studies of the paths of particles have shown charged kaons, D-mesons, and B-mesons, to \"clump\" together with similarly charged particles. The exact force causing this is not clear. However, increasing energies by 1TeV allows these \"Clumps\" to exist for up to 10-10s longer.\nIt is of my own and Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's opinion that study of the force binding these mesons may be easier to study at higher energies. Current models predict that SCP-2123's maximum output is approximately 50PeV. Therefore, collision energies of at least 1-5PeV, as we believe are necessary to study this phenomenon, are possible.\nAttached to this email are the complete results of Study 2123-245a, as well as a revised proposal for 2123-245b, courtesy of Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. We patiently await your response.\n\nFROM: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nTO: Site Director Douglas \u2588\u2588\u2588\nCC: Dr. Dominick Jensen\nSUBJECT: Study 2123-245b\n\nFROM: Site Director Douglas \u2588\u2588\u2588\nTO: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nCC: Dr. Dominick Jensen\nSUBJECT: Re: Study 2123-245b\nSCP-2123 is currently undergoing testing to ensure power increases will not have any detrimental effects on containment. Study 2123-245b is on hold, pending the results of this test.\n\nFROM: Site Director Douglas \u2588\u2588\u2588\nTO: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nCC: Dr. Dominick Jensen\nSUBJECT: Re: Study 2123-245b\nAs testing has revealed no dangers besides increased emission of radiation, permission to operate SCP-2123 at energies of 5PeV on a biweekly basis has been granted for 180 days, beginning on 4/8. Permanent approval is pending.\n\nFROM: Dr. Thomas H\u2588\u2588\u2588\nTO: Dr. Dominick Jensen\nSUBJECT: Unusual Results of Mesonic Oscillation Tests\nOver the past month, I have been using a non-anomalous linear particle accelerator to attempt to replicate Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's results in Study 2123-245b. At this time, I have been unable to replicate meson \"clumping\" that was observed in his experiment. However, a more unusual result has been observed.\nObservation of kaon, B-meson, and D-meson oscillation has shown unusual patterns in the ratio of particles to antiparticles. During initial testing, the ratios were exactly reversed of what was expected, with concentrations of K0, B0, ,and D0 being up to 5% greater than their corresponding particles. Repeated testing confirmed this result.\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, two weeks after testing commenced, concentrations of K0, B0, and D0 returned to normal levels and remained so for the following two weeks. Ratio of particles to antiparticles continue to reverse at a consistent rate of once every 2 weeks. It should be noted that this directly correlates with the timing of the current tests being conducted with SCP-2123.\nI have spoken in person with Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and presented my concerns. He has referred me back to you. I request that testing on SCP-2123 be halted immediately until the full implications of this phenomenon are fully addressed.\n\nTO: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Site Director Douglas \u2588\u2588\u2588\nFROM: Dr. Dominick Jensen\nSUBJECT: Termination of Study 2123-245\nAt this time, I am ordering an immediate stop to Study 2123-245 due to the unacceptable risk of [REDACTED] indicated by several experiments conducted on site, and at Sites \u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588, and \u2588\u2588\u2588\nI request an emergency containment meeting be held within the next 72 hours. Further concerns will be addressed at that time.\n\nAddendum 2123-Alpha\nThe following document is classified Level 4-2123 clearance.\nAll personnel receiving Level 4-2123 clearance are to be briefed using the following document.\n\nLevel 4-2123 Clearance Required\n\nAccess Granted\n\nFirst of all, let me congratulate you on the promotion.\nNow, I know you're curious about what's behind those redacted brackets. If you weren't, then you wouldn't be reading this. You've been looking through SCP-2123's documentation, trying to find any piece of information that could provide answers. There are a few nuggets of information that were intentionally left in the database, which we have watched you synthesize together over your time on this project. Maybe it's been a month, maybe a year.\nBut here we are. You found enough to come to your current conclusion, consciously or otherwise. You're sitting down in a private room and reading this text. Now is the time for answers.\nYes, your conclusion was correct. Once again, if it wasn't, you wouldn't be reading this. So let's remove all doubt from this.\nSCP-2123 Excursion Events cause CP-Inversion on a massive, possibly infinite scale. Our universe is converted from matter to antimatter, and vice versa, on a biweekly basis.\nOf course, we're still here. The Earth continues around the sun as the sun circles our galaxy. Our multitude of objects stays in containment. Indeed, the change is subtle.\nBut we know that the implications of this are, at best, rather unfortunate. Since our universe popped into existence, matter and antimatter were never perfect opposites. Matter was a small bit more stable, and a small bit more of it was produced, due to the phenomenon that you know as CP-Violation. It is because of this imperfect balance why anything exists in our universe at all. It is because of this asymmetry why we can notice the inversions caused by Excursion Events. It is this effect that now undermines the stability of every single object in creation.\nWe estimate that at least \u2588.\u2588\u2588Yg of material have been annihilated thus far by excursion events. This, on its own, constitutes a YK-Class Restructuring scenario every two weeks.\nBy receiving 4-2123 Clearance, you are being reassigned to research ways to stop Excursion Events. All data related to current testing is now available for you to read. Please keep all proposals focused on containment. Trying to use this thing to study our universe has done nothing but put everything at a great risk.\n-Site-2123 Director Douglas \u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nAddendum: Incident 2123-2008-3\n\nLevel 5-2123 Clearance Required\n\nAccess Granted\n\nFollowing Incident 2123-2007, Dr. James Leary, the head researcher on Study 2123-245, was reassigned as consultant on SCP-2123.\nOn March 8, 2008, SCP-2123 underwent a predicted Excursion Event at 1343 CST, which lasted 103 seconds. Dr. Leary was assisting researchers testing new containment strategies at the time. Personnel observed Dr. Leary collapse and begin to vomit profusely upon the end of the Excursion Event. Dr Leary was transferred to Site-2123's infirmary and found to be displaying symptoms consistent with an extremely high dose of ionizing radiation. Despite treatment, he expired 12 hours later.\n2 minutes following his death, Dr. Leary's body began to emit high levels of gamma radiation, resulting in minor damage to the medical ward, and 3 medical personnel receiving non-fatal doses. High levels of radiation continued to be emitted, before subsiding over the course of the next hour. No trace of Dr. Leary's body was found.\nOver the next three days, multiple personnel reported problems with the files regarding Incident 2123-2007. Examination found that all entries written by Dr. Leary, as well as all mentions of his name, had been blanked. Further investigation found this anomaly to also be affecting Dr. Leary's Personnel File, and all other entries authored by him.\nFollowing this incident, \u2588\u2588 other researchers have died under similar circumstances. The average distance between victims and SCP-2123 has increased by \u2588\u2588%.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2122 | SCP-2123 | SCP-2124 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Photograph of SCP-2124, taken upon acquisition by the Foundation from its previous location.\n\nItem #: SCP-2124\nObject Class: Safe (pending review following test 2124-09)\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2124 should be kept in a secure storage locker, sized at least 50cm by 50cm by 10cm. This locker should be kept sterile, free of moisture and airtight whenever practicable in order to prevent SCP-2124 from deteriorating.\nA foam insert molded to fit a 20cm-length \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 brand kitchen knife has been added to the inside of SCP-2124 following test 2124-04 and, while removable, should be kept in place during approved tests pending approval from a senior researcher or other staff member of level-3 clearance or above. Any instances of SCP-2124-1 must be returned to the box, ideally to the molded insert, during standard storage.\nTesting of SCP-2124 is permitted by staff of level-2 clearance and above after filing of form F-2124-01. Following test 2124-09, testing of SCP-2124 is forbidden unless directly supervised by a staff member of level-4 clearance or above.\nDescription: SCP-2124 is a large-sized pizza box, made out of double-layered brown cardboard. SCP-2124 contains grease-residue and upon initial discovery showed early signs of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 mold growth (removed upon standard sterilization procedure), but is otherwise in good condition for its age. Written in black ink, presumably by a black felt-tip-pen, upon the top of the box is the message 'CAREFUL! INVISIBLE KNIFE IN BOX'.\nAll components of SCP-2124, including the ink on the warning, appear to be made of standard material with no anomalous properties. SCP-2124 is as vulnerable to damage as any cardboard pizza box, and care should be taken during testing to avoid any deterioration.\nA human being attempting to consciously \"pick up the knife\" or \"find the knife\" is successful in finding such an object1, designated an instance of SCP-2124-1. Subjects describing SCP-2124-1 frequently describe it using the following terms:\n\n\"It feels almost like empty air.\"\n\"It feels like I could crush it.\"\n\"It might slip out of my hand if I close it too hard.\"\n\nSCP-2124-1 has no detectable weight or measurable presence, other than the (often uncertain) word of the subject holding the instance that they are holding the object. However, when instructed to cut objects using an instance of SCP-2124-1, the object is cut in a manner consistent with a sharp kitchen knife. SCP-2124-1 is able to cut through soft objects with no appreciable effort, through meat and firm objects with simple effort, through bone with moderate effort, and through steel with considerable effort.\nExact dimensions and properties of instances of SCP-2124-1 appears to vary with test subject and testing conditions. See the abridged test log, below, for additional information.\nThe interior of SCP-2124 appears to be empty to standard inspection, without any evidence of an instance of SCP-2124-1. All non-human interaction (sweeping with tongs, brushes, metal detectors) with the interior produces results consistent with an empty box. Blindly feeling around the interior of SCP-2124 also produces the same result.\n\n+ View abridged test log\n\n- Hide abridged test log\n\nTest 2124-03 - 09/02/2012\n\nSubject(s): Researcher Clarent, under outside observation from Senior Researcher Knight and associated researchers.\nEvents: After tests 2124-01 and 2124-02 established the general properties of SCP-2124, Researcher Clarent tested the ability of SCP-2124-1 to cut various objects, especially those that are not normally easily damaged by a standard kitchen knife. All tests were performed in a standard Foundation testing room.\nObjects successfully cut:\n\nFalling silk handkerchief\nSmall piece of SCP-2124\nT-bone steak from standard Black Angus cow\nStainless-steel screw\n\nObjects unsuccessfully cut:\n\n2-carat diamond\nFoundation containment-grade reinforced steel\nMaterial from SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nTesting room security door (minor scratches sustained)\nResearcher Clarent's work obligations - as tested by Clarent by swinging at the air around her, saying \"It was worth a try.\"\n\nTest 2124-06 - 19/02/2012\n\nSubject(s): D-Class personnel D-903, D-108, D-299, as supervised by Senior Researcher Knight and associates\nEvents: D-903 and D-108 were instructed to enter the testing area. D-903 was instructed to pick up the knife, then demonstrate its effects on a provided plate of butter by plunging SCP-2124-1 as deep into the butter as possible. This was accomplished without incident, to a depth of 20cm.\nD-108 was instructed to take a new knife from SCP-2124. D-108 attempted to retrieve an instance of SCP-2124-1, but failed and declared SCP-2124 to be empty.\nD-903 was instructed to hand the knife to D-108 handle-first. D-903 expressed difficulty in properly grasping the knife by the \"safe bit of the blade\" [sic] but managed to do so without issue. D-108 proceeded to confirm that they were holding a knife, and demonstrated on the provided butter, to a depth of 22.5cm.\nAt this point, D-299 was instructed to enter the testing area and subjects D-903 and D-108 were instructed to stand back and say nothing.\nD-299 was instructed to pick up a knife from the box and insert it into the butter as deep as it would go. D-299 was successful in inserting the instance of SCP-2124-1 to a depth of 20cm.\nD-108 insisted that he still had the knife, and demonstrated this fact by successfully slashing at the butter. All three D-class expressed confusion, and D-903 insisted that he held no knife and waved his open hand at the butter to demonstrate.\nD-108 and D-299 were instructed to place both their knives inside SCP-2124, which was successfully performed. All D-class personnel were then instructed to take a knife from SCP-2124. Only D-903, who attempted to take an instance of SCP-2124-1 first, was successful. D-299 and D-108 both insisted that SCP-2124 was empty and contained no knife.\nD-903 complied with instructions to place the knife back into SCP-2124, and testing was concluded.\n\nTest 2124-09 - 21/04/2013\n\nSubject(s): D-Class personnel D-788, D-600, and D-962, as supervised by Senior Researcher Knight\nEvents: D-Class were told that effects of SCP-2124-1 would be tested against itself as well as standard materials. D-Class were instructed to [DATA EXPUNGED].\nFollowing extensive testing and security intervention following the unruly behavior from D-600, all instances of SCP-2124-1 were placed back in SCP-2124, and testing was concluded.\nAddendum: 21 hours following the test, D-788 succeeded in escaping their cell and severely injuring one member of security personnel before being tranquilised. D-788 claimed that \"you only need to see the box once, if you know how\". D-788 proved, under interrogation, that they were capable of producing an instance of SCP-2124-1. This instance varied significantly from the measurements of the molded insert placed in SCP-2124.\nWhen interrogated, D-600 and D-962 were incapable of producing SCP-2124-1 without taking it from SCP-2124.\n\nFootnotes\n1. After test 2124-02, it is recommended that subjects testing SCP-2124 are instructed to \"pick up the handle of the knife\".\n\n\u00ab SCP-2123 | SCP-2124 | SCP-2125 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2125\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: An area of 10 square meters around the farthest-reaching branch of SCP-2125 is to be monitored by female personnel at all times. There will be no less than one guard posted inside a facility near SCP-2125 designed to look like an old wooden shed. The shed will have a rectangular hole such that anyone facing the hole would see a seated figure inside the shed. The words \"Stephanie's Camping Paradise\" are to be painted above the opening. Should any civilians approach the shed, they are to be informed that \"Stephanie's Camping Paradise\" is out of supplies. If the civilians remain after all attempts to maintain cover and persuade them to leave have been made, then personnel are authorized to remove them by force.\nDescription: SCP-2125 is a white oak tree (Quercus alba) located in the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Forest in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, New York. It is 40 meters tall and has several branches that extend parallel to the ground. The longest of the branches is 35 meters. All of the branches are covered in an unknown species of vine that appears to be a different organism than the tree itself, though they terminate in its bark. The vines are wrapped around SCP-2125's branches and end in loops that hang off of the branches. The loops vary in diameter and are completely inactive until SCP-2125's anomalous properties manifest.\nWhen a human male, referred to as the \"subject\", enters the area beneath any branch of SCP-2125, a previously-inanimate vine from the branch above the subject will uncoil and seize him by wrapping its looped end around the subject's neck. The subject will then be lifted by the vine and suspended until he dies of asphyxiation. After the subject is deceased, the vine will release the body and return to an inactive state.\nAll testing done with human females caused no anomalous reaction from SCP-2125.\nA disused portion of a dirt trail leads to an unmarked grave beneath SCP-2125.\nThe letters \"A\" and \"D\" are carved into its trunk.\nAddendum-2125-A: Excavation of the grave site revealed the skeleton of a man aged 20 to 35 years as well as a collection of badly-damaged documents and a well-preserved noose. The documents and noose were protected from complete decomposition by a closed metal box.\nThe legible parts of the documents have been transcribed below:\n\nseptembr 10 18\u2588\u2588\nannie you know I love you. I can take good kare of you and you no that. its not my falt if yor pa cant see it. meat me neer the tree tonite.\nforever yors,\ndanny\n\nseptembr 12 18\u2588\u2588\nannie its fine. I no that you didnot tell yor brothers bout us. yor pa mustve found my letter and telled them to com beet me out under our tree. they dont think i am good enuff for you annie so they told all sorts of untrue things bout us. that you didnt love me and that i was to stop comin over and writin letters to you. its fine annie. I no you didnt say thos things bout me. meat me neer our tree at nite when you get the chanse.\nlove,\ndanny\n\nseptembr 25 18\u2588\u2588\nannie I am so sad. I am missin you so much. I figure your pa and brothers hav you locked up somewere in your hous but Im to scared to com get you. I dont want to be beeten agin but i will com anyways. your pa wont think im a no good for you cowerd wen I com and get you. Ill com and get you and we will run. run far awway from heer and get married, til death do us part.\nlove,\ndanny\n\nseptembr 26 18\u2588\u2588\nannie I am so sorry they came aftre me so fast I just wasnt thinkin. my finger just pulld the trigger a few times. you know i didnt want to kill them just show them that im not a cowerd and i can be good for you annie. I herd you screemin in the back room but i ran wen the blood started ta get all muddy like round my feet. theyll hang me i no it. I do not want to meet Our Lord so soon, annie. we were suposed to be married and get old together before He called us. I am gonna run, annie. run far away from the hangman and com back for you 1 day. i promise.\nforever your love,\ndanny\n\nLOCAL HALF-WIT CHARGED WITH MURDER, HANGED UNTIL DEAD\nDaniel \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a young man employed by the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 family, was executed yesterday. Those interviewed described Daniel as \"a simple soul\" that \"would never harm anyone\". Townspeople were therefore shocked to learn that Danny was obsessed with Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's daughter, Annie. He imagined that they were in love and that Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and his three sons were conspiring to keep Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 from him. Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 declined to comment.\nHis last words were: \"I'll never let another man touch you, Annie! No one else will love you or meet you under our tree, I swear it! I won't let them!\"\nHe was hanged off of the old oak tree.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2124 | SCP-2125 | SCP-2126 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Photocopy of SCP-2126. Click to enlarge.\n\nItem #: SCP-2126\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2126 is to be kept in an opaque plastic sleeve and held within a moisture-controlled storage locker.\nDescription: SCP-2126 is a letter written in blue ink on a ruled sheet of P4 paper. It is addressed to a person identified as \u201cDavey\u201d and appears to be written by said person's grandmother. Two horizontal creases in the paper suggest that it was at some point folded into thirds and placed in an envelope. It reads as follows:\n\nJanuary Third, 1970\nMy Dearest Davey,\nIt was so nice to see you for Christmas last week. I always enjoy the time we spend together, especially now that you are studying at university. I can't believe my little Davey is going to be a doctor!\nStill, I wish you had decided to attend a school that wasn't on the West Coast. There are plenty of good schools here in New England. You could have been close enough to visit all the time. Besides, I think those California boys have become a bad influence on you. I can't imagine you going to church with your hair grown out like this. When you were turned around, I almost mistook you for your sister.\nBut I'm just a silly old woman. I guess boys will be boys. Or girls. These are strange times.\nWith Much Love,\nGrandma\n\nWhen SCP-2126 is read aloud from beginning to end, all of the reader's hair follicles will immediately cease normal function and begin to pull hairs downward through the dermis and into adjacent tissues.1 Once there is no more hair above a particular follicle, the follicle will begin contributing cells to the inward-growing hair.\nThis process proceeds at a rate of 1.25 cm per month, approximating the average rate of human hair growth. The process ceases for follicles producing body hair once the hair reaches the length the follicle would produce normally (such as for vellus and androgenic hair), but will proceed indefinitely for cranial hair should the person affected have live follicles within the dermis of their scalp.\nAutopsies have shown that the inverted hairs of individuals affected by SCP-2126 will grow uninhibited even through particularly dense tissues such as cartilage and bone. Following greatly reduced mobility caused by hair growing through muscle and nerve tissue, death by SCP-2126 occurs once vital organs are sufficiently penetrated.\nReading recorded video, photographs, photocopies, or transcripts of SCP-2126 does not produce this effect.\nAddendum: The effect of SCP-2126 can be temporarily halted with chemicals that prevent hair growth or by surgical removal of follicles. As the affected individual's body will quickly produce new follicles to replace those removed, the effect can be permanently halted only through surgical removal of the dermis.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The mechanism producing this effect is unknown and currently under investigation.\n\nMore by this author\n\nWorks by Lesh (click to hide list)\n\nSCP\nRating\n\nSCP-4062\n+466\n\nSCP-2362\n+179\n\nSCP-3226\n+155\n\nSCP-2126\n+149\n\nSCP-2226\n+144\n\nCollaborations\n\nPage\nCo-author\n\nSCP-3226\nZyn\n\n\u00ab SCP-2125 | SCP-2126 | SCP-2127 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Shrine that typically holds SCP-2127. Photograph taken while subjects were within SCP-2127-1.\n\nItem #: SCP-2127\nObject Class: Neutralized (formerly Safe)\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The shrine that SCP-2127 rests upon, and the surrounding area, are to be shut off to the public on grounds of restorative construction. No fewer than two guards are to be present at all times. If a civilian attempts to come into contact with SCP-2127, guards are to detain said civilian for questioning, administering a class-C amnestic afterward. If a civilian shows any knowledge of the properties of SCP-2127, or of the existence of SCP-2127-1, guards are authorized to administer class-B amnestics as necessary.\nDescription: SCP-2127 is a sheet of paper that sits on the ledge of a memorial shrine in the hamlet of Kaifeck, Germany. The words \u201cWho dunnit!?\u201d (sic) are printed on the paper in the Comic Sans MS font. When a subject or subjects pick up SCP-2127, it is activated and they are instantaneously transported to SCP-2127-1. After each occurrence of SCP-2127 being activated, the paper will reappear on the ledge of the shrine until a subject or subjects come into contact with it again. It should be noted that a maximum of two people can be transported by one instance of SCP-2127.\nBased upon information available in the Foundation database, along with public records, SCP-2127-1 is a replica of the farmstead Hinterkaifeck and the surrounding towns, Ingolstadt and Schrobenhausen. The only characteristic that keeps SCP-2127-1 from being an exact representation of the area, based on photographic documentation and reports from subjects introduced to SCP-2127, is the complete absence of human life save for the bodies of six unnamed people; three women, one man, and two children.\nRecords show that a family of five, along with their maid, were killed in Hinterkaifeck on March 31st, 1922. Calendars within the farmhouse show the date to be April 1st. The presence of these calendars, along with the fact that the farmstead is still standing in SCP-2127-11, point to SCP-2127-1 taking place the day after the killings. It is worth noting that the shrine that SCP-2127 rests upon while inactive is dedicated to the family in question.\nAfter containment by the Foundation, two D-Class personnel were sent into SCP-2127-1: one male, age 24 at time of testing, and one female, age 31 at time of testing. As a control experiment, the D-Class were instructed to stay within four square yards of the spot they materialized in for the duration of their time within the anomaly. During debriefing, both subjects stated that once they were within SCP-2127-1, all color was absent, replaced by only black and white. The sound of jazz music was also noticed by both personnel upon entrance.\nIt was discovered through this experiment that female subjects materialize in SCP-2127-1 wearing a gray dress, while male subjects appear wearing a dark pinstripe suit and a gray trilby. This attire has been consistent in later tests. Both the suit and the dress bear badges for the Munich Police Department. The two D-Class observed no strange characteristics in the clothing.\nAll paraphernalia and clothing that was on the person of subjects upon coming into contact with SCP-2127 will disappear upon entrance into SCP-2127-1, and is returned upon exiting. Conversely, all paraphernalia gathered while within SCP-2127-1 disappears upon exiting. After 24 hours within SCP-2127-1, subjects will be returned to the shrine, along with a card reading \u201cMaybe next time, detective!\u201d There has been one exception to this. (see Exploration Log 2127-1A)\nList of Materials Given to subjects upon Entrance to SCP-2127-1:\n\nOne (1) .357 Magnum Trooper handgun, fully loaded (upon testing, it was discovered that the rounds were blanks)\n\nOne (1) plastic flashlight with replacement batteries\n\nTwo (2) sticks of white chalk\n\nThree (3) numbered evidence bags\n\nOne (1) notepad and pen\n\nOne (1) pack of candy cigarettes\n\n+Exploration Log 2127-1A\n\n- Exploration Log 2127-1A\n\nThe following is a summary of information taken from various interviews with Agent Daniel Jackson. Agent Jackson and Agent Lukas Keller were assigned to enter SCP-2127-1 on May 12th, 20\u2588\u2588, chosen due to their extensive knowledge of criminalistics, along with Agent Keller's fluency in the German language. The Agents were tasked with attempting to fulfill the implied purpose of SCP-2127, finding the murderer of the bodies within SCP-2127-1. (Documents on previous, unsuccessful missions can be seen upon written request.)\n00:00 - Expected jazz music begins immediately. Agents head toward the barn, where four of the six bodies are known to be located.\n01:14 - Areas in which the bodies are located have all been reached, with no pieces of evidence found. It is noted that the farm animals have been fed, and coals are observed still burning in the fireplace.\n01:40 - On the way back to the farmhouse after briefly exploring the field directly north of the farmstead, where the Agents believed they saw movement, Agent Keller trips on a shard of cast iron embedded in the ground, uncovering a set of footprints described as \u201ccharred into\u201d the frozen ground, presumably hidden by a fresh snowfall the night before. Agent Jackson reports that the jazz music that was playing constantly in the background grew noticeably quieter when this occurred.\n01:53 - It is discovered that the footprints, which appear to be those of bare feet instead of the expected boot prints, originate from the basement window of the farmhouse. Agents enter through the front door, making their way to the basement entrance.\n02:02 - After much struggle, the Agents are able to open the door to the basement. The lock of the door, thought to be the source of the struggle, is easily broken; it is discovered that a mattock was used to prop the door shut. The wooden shaft was snapped under the pressure of the Agents' efforts to open the door.\n02:16 - After thoroughly searching the basement of the home, which contained a cot that \u201csmelled like someone used it as their john for a good week\u201d, the Agents left the home to head into the woods.\n05:29 - Just short of 5 and a half hours into the expected 24, Agent Jackson appeared back at the shrine, in the clothing he was wearing beforehand as expected. On his person was a sheet of paper, the same proportions as SCP-2127, reading \u201cYou did it, detective! Thank you for playing 'Who Dunnit?: Hinterkai-fun! Edition'\u201d. After discovering that the Agent was unconscious, supervising researchers immediately transported the agent to a nearby hospital, where he was admitted under the guise of a construction accident and treated for internal bleeding and three broken ribs.\n\nNote from Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, overseer of SCP-2127 exploration: The events of the roughly 3 hours between when Agent Keller and Agent Jackson left the basement of SCP-2127-1 and when Agent Jackson returned to the shrine are unclear, as Agent Jackson's report of the events from that point on have varied greatly. The means by which the Agents entered the forest has been reported by Agent Jackson as \u201cWe walked into\u201d, \u201cWe were pulled into\u201d, and \u201cHe had been seeing us having been called into\u201d on different occasions. The latter of the three reports was deciphered from Agent Jackson's mostly unintelligible rambling directly after the incident. Due to the intensive therapy that Agent Jackson needed to undergo to extract the information currently available, interviews are suspended until further notice. It can be reasonably assumed, however, that Agent Jackson discovered the perpetrator of the murders, as SCP-2127 did not reappear after this exploration.\n\n+ Addendum 2127-A - Level 3 Access Required\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nOn June 1st, 20\u2588\u2588, approximately two weeks after the final test on SCP-2127, two VHS tapes were delivered to Dr. Marten's Foundation mailbox. The means by which the tapes arrived there is unknown. Each tape bears the text \u201cHinterkai-fun custom VHS set - Reissue of the classic nor [sic] film!!!\u201d handwritten in black felt-tip marker. Research is currently ongoing into if other copies of the tapes exist, and evidence of such tapes is to be immediately reported to Dr. Marten, or any personnel of level 4 clearance or higher.\nThe contents of the tapes are footage of Agent Keller and Agent Jackson while within SCP-2127-1. Although Agent Jackson didn't report any cameras present within SCP-2127-1, there are many shots where the camera would have been visible to both agents. The first VHS tape shows the series of events from when the agents materialized within SCP-2127-1 until their breaking down of the basement door in the farmhouse, at which point the screen fades to black, and \u201cTHE END\u201d is shown.\nThe second of the two tapes is marked \u201cbonus footage\u201d on the spine, also in black felt-tip marker. Although the footage on the second VHS tape is of noticeably worse quality than the first, with audio and video cutting out sporadically, it appears to show the agents leaving the home, as well as portions of the events after they enter the forest.\nApproximately 20 minutes into the tape, a section of footage occurs which shows Agent Keller being caught in a primitive rope trap while the agents are making their way through a section of dense underbrush. After attempting to free Agent Keller for approximately one minute, Agent Jackson retreats to the farmhouse, locking himself in the maid's bedchamber. It can be deduced that the agent is being pursued, as he frequently makes backward glances as he is approaching the home. The sound of scraping metal can also be heard while Agent Jackson is within the maid's bedchamber, presumably emanating from outside the door. Shortly after the agent realizes that he is without his pen and notebook, with footage showing that they were dropped in the forest, audio and visuals cut out for five minutes and six seconds.\nWhen audio and video are restored, Agent Jackson is seen jumping frantically at an unconscious Agent Keller. What appear to be severe burns are present on the face and forearms of Agent Jackson; the reason for these burns not being present at time of return is unknown. Keller's notebook is seen falling out of his suit pocket, and Agent Jackson absconds with it. Approximately 15 seconds after Jackson exits the shot to the left, an unknown entity, temporarily deemed SCP-2127-2, enters to the right, apparently in pursuit of the agent.\nAlthough the poor quality of recording and rate of movement of the subject make it difficult to make out characteristics, SCP-2127-2 appears to be holding half of the mattock used to block the door of the farmhouse basement. Approximately ten seconds after SCP-2127-2 exits the frame, the video cuts out, with 20 minutes and 17 seconds of tape left on the supply reel. During playback of this \"blank\" section, distressed vocalizations can be heard intermittently. It is not known whether these vocalizations are those of Agent Jackson, SCP-2127-2, or some unknown third party.\nResearch into evidence of SCP-2127-2 within a 2-kilometer radius of the shrine where SCP-2127 was formerly situated is currently underway. If any evidence is found of SCP-2127-2 either having been there or currently residing there, the information contained in this addendum is to be immediately made open to all clearance levels and upgrade to Euclid class is to be considered. Due to information made available by the VHS tapes, Agent Keller's status is to be changed from MIA to KIA. Researchers wishing to gain access to the VHS tapes are required to acquire written permission from two personnel of Level 04 Clearance or higher. Research of the tapes by Dr. Marten is ongoing in an attempt to discover in more detail the properties of SCP-2127-1.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The original buildings were demolished the year following the murders.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2126 | SCP-2127 | SCP-2128 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2128\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Site-403 has been constructed around and inside the building that houses SCP-2128.\nAt least three D-class personnel1 are to be present daily onsite for Experimental Protocol 37-Sparafucile, which is to be carried out as needed. The list of statements to be used in EP 37-Sparafucile will be provided by the O5 Council and may be amended during experimentation at the Site Director's discretion.\n\nEP 37-Sparafucile\n1. One D-class employee, referred to as the \"messenger,\" will be laid inside SCP-2128.\n2. The messenger will repeat statements as instructed from the prepared list.\n3. After each statement, if the messenger remains unharmed, the statement is to be marked as \"true.\"\n4. As soon as the messenger is incinerated, a new messenger is to be provided. The statement that triggered the incineration is to be marked as \"false.\"\n5. A new messenger will be assigned. Repeat as needed.\n\nDescription: SCP-2128 is a vaulted stone furnace in the ruins of a castle, 23km from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. The two openings are 1m high, and the length is 3m. Documentation discovered onsite (a sheepskin scroll known as the \"Ignis Manuscript\") revealed that SCP-2128 was created by agents of the Brazen Heart2 in the late ninth century CE as a torture3 and execution device, named \"The Liars' Cradle.\"\nWhen a human subject fully enters SCP-2128 and makes a true statement, nothing will happen. If the spoken statement should be a lie, the human subject will be completely incinerated by unknown means.\nUpon discovery, SCP-2128's two openings were covered in brick and mortar. The Ignis manuscript indicates that SCP-2128 was walled up in 1021 CE and its use was discontinued. This was due to a flaw in the method of lie detection: SCP-2128 considers all factually untrue statements to be lies, regardless of the subject's intention or prior knowledge.\nSCP-2128 has displayed knowledge on a true/false basis of highly classified and previously unknown information. While the true scope of SCP-2128's knowledge (and reliability thereof) is unknown, proactive usage of EP 37-Sparafucile has prevented XK-class end-of-the-world scenarios on four separate occasions.\nEXPERIMENT LOG\n\nEP 37-Sparafucile-22 \"Keter Checkup\" log 10/1/14\n[Messenger: D-6238]\nThe human race is in danger of extinction right now. - TRUE\nThe danger comes from an item in Foundation custody. - TRUE\nThe dangerous item in question is located at a site in North America. - FALSE\n[D-6238 incinerated. New messenger: D-6239.]\nThe dangerous item in question is located at a site in Europe. - FALSE\n[D-6239 incinerated. New messenger: D-6240.]\n[Redacted for brevity]\n[Messenger: D-6253]\nSCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 will breach containment within the next month. - TRUE\nSCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 will breach containment within the next week. - TRUE\nSCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 will breach containment tomorrow. - FALSE\n[D-6253 incinerated. New messenger: D-6254.]\nSCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 will breach containment today. - TRUE\n[Scramble order given to MTF Nu-7. Site-\u2588\u2588 secured. Containment breach averted. SK-class dominance shift averted.]\n\nEP 37-Sparafucile-23 \"Knowledge Measure\" log 10/6/14\n[Messenger: D-7784]\nSCP-2128 knows everything. FALSE\n[D-7784 incinerated. New messenger: D-7785.]\nThe Liars' Cradle knows everything. TRUE\nThe Liars' Cradle will tell us everything. FALSE\n[D-7785 incinerated. New messenger: D-7786.]\nThe Liars' Cradle will tell me everything I need to know. TRUE\nThe Liars' Cradle will tell the Foundation everything they need to know. FALSE\n[D-7786 incinerated. D-class supply depleted; procedure concluded for the day.]\n\nEP 37-Sparafucile-24 \"Sunday School Song\" log 10/3/14\n[Messenger: D-7891]\nJesus loves the little children, all the children of the world. - [DATA EXPUNGED]\n\nEP 37-Sparafucile-25 \"Pinocchio Paradox\" log 10/10/14\n[Messenger: D-8232]\nTelling the Liars' Cradle a paradox is dangerous to Foundation personnel. FALSE\n[D-8232 incinerated. New messenger: D-8233.]\nThe Liars' Cradle is going to kill me right now. FALSE\n[D-8233 partially incinerated at a lower temperature, resulting in permanent disfigurement. New messenger: D-8234.]\nThe Liars' Cradle is going to burn me right now. FALSE\n[Ten seconds pass without incineration. D-8234 withdrawn. D-8234 complains of a minor cut on his arm from a chunk of broken rock in SCP-2128. D-8234 succumbs to a rapid, previously undiscovered form of gangrene and dies within a minute. New messenger: D-8235.]\nThe Liars' Cradle is going to inflict physical harm upon me right now. FALSE\n[Ten seconds pass without incineration. D-8235 withdrawn. D-8235 begins to sob uncontrollably. D-8235 then screams \"goodbye,\" steals a guard's handgun, and self-terminates. D-8235 did not have any prior history of mental health problems or suicidal tendencies.]\n\nEP 37-Sparafucile-26 \"Subjective Opinion\" log 10/10/14\n[Messenger: D-9224]\nGolden retrievers are cute. FALSE\n[D-9224 incinerated. New messenger: D-9225]\nGolden retrievers are ugly. FALSE\n[D-9225 incinerated. New messenger: D-9226.]\nGolden retrievers are tasty. TRUE\n[D-9226 breaks protocol to comment] Wait, what? That's fuckin' nasty. FALSE\n[D-9226 incinerated. New messenger: D-9227.]\nI'm a good person.4 TRUE\n[D-9227 breaks protocol to comment] Joke's on you, jackasses - apparently I'm Mother Teresa! FALSE\n[D-9227 incinerated. New messenger: D-9228.]\nThe Liars' Cradle is sometimes incorrect. FALSE\n[D-9228 incinerated. New messenger: D-9229.]\nThe Liars' Cradle speaks only infallible empirical truth. TRUE\nThe Liars' Cradle is hungry. TRUE\nThe Liars' Cradle's hunger can never be satiated, no matter how full it becomes. TRUE\nThe Liars' Cradle would like to incinerate me right now. TRUE\nThe Liars' Cradle is growing impatient. TRUE\nThe Liars' Cradle sees delicious, warm meat on its plate and would very much like to be fed. TRUE\nThe Liars' Cradle is angry that it is continually denied its meat. TRUE\nPeople meat is delicious. TRUE\nI am delicious. TRUE\nMy skin is warm. TRUE\nThe crackling of fire upon boiling drips of fat and rapidly cauterizing flesh gives the Liars' Cradle pleasure. TRUE\n[D-9229 withdrawn. New messenger: D-9230.]\nThe Earth is round. FALSE\n[D-9230 is incinerated in a particularly slow, violent fashion. The Site Director believes this to have been caused in part by the fact that \"earth\" could be vaguely interpreted as \"dirt,\" but mostly because SCP-2128 does not appreciate taunts.]\n\nFootnotes\n1. Due to the inevitable death caused by EP 37-Sparafucile, D-class at Site-403 must be already scheduled for termination, and EP 37-Sparafucile is to be considered a method of termination as well as an experiment.\n2. Fringe Moloch-worshiping cult, eventually eradicated by the Spanish Inquisition.\n3. As shown in illustrations in the Ignis Manuscript, the victim would be placed in SCP-2128 for days at a time, forced to constantly talk about their lives as hot irons were prodded at their feet at every pause. The threat that one false statement could result in immolation made for emotional torment as well as physical.\n4. D-9227 was a death row inmate convicted of cannibalism.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2127 | SCP-2128 | SCP-2129 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2129 in flight. Instance recorded on \u2588-\u2588-20\u2588 on [REDACTED] military base, Brazil.\n\nItem #: SCP-2129\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2129 is to be kept in its dormant state in a specially-designed, vacuum-sealed container with walls composed of ten centimeters of Tungsten backed by one meter of concrete. The containment chamber requires a self-contained oxygen regulation system, in the form of an inert gas fire suppression system. The container must be monitored by no less than six thermal cameras at all times without exception, and be equipped by one loudspeaker allowing communication in Morse. All equipment must be encased in five centimeters of blast-resistant laminated glass. A ten meters-long corridor must lead to the containment chamber, and be designed in the same manner.\nNo personnel is allowed to enter SCP-2129's container while it hasn't been deoxygenated under any circumstances, and must wear sealed bomb suits when doing so.\nIn the event of a containment breach, Procedure Perkele-1 is to be initiated under the briefest delays.\n\n+ Procedure Perkele-1\n\n- Hide Procedure Perkele-1\n\nNear Site \u2588 has been built a 150 meters-deep well reinforced with the same tungsten and Zetix composing SCP-2129's container's walls, sealed with a vacuum-tight steel door and hidden by the surrounding vegetation: at the bottom of this well have been placed approximately twenty (20) tons of ANFO. SCP-2129's demeanor will push it to fly down the well, as it will be attracted by the large quantity of explosives: the well will then be flooded with both a set of pumps and Foundation personnel trained for the exercise. SCP-2129, once confirmed to be neutralized and docile, is to be retrieved from the bottom of the well by a team of three staff members specifically trained to retrieve SCP-2129 under such circumstances.\n\nDescription: SCP-2129 is an invisible entity manifesting itself by a continuous stream of detonations. It possesses the ability to levitate and fly in three dimensions, and is able to reach speeds of up to 152 kilometers per hour. Detonations happen continuously while the creature is moving, with a general frequency of two per second. The explosions' energy output has been estimated to be in the neighbourhood of 5 gigajoules, or the equivalent of 1.2 tons of TNT. It has been theorized that detonating is either its means of energy production or a side-effect of it. Likewise, study of the creature's flight patterns have shown changes of directions correlated to its detonations.\nThermal cameras show, in the absence of explosions, an oblong, serpentine body approximately a meter long, with no other discernible characteristics. Experiments to discover more about the characteristics entity's physical body are currently being devised.\nSCP-2129 necessitates air to detonate: it will do so continuously until it has consumed all the available air, after which it will enter a dormant state and only resume activity when more oxygen is available. It is unknown what process the creature uses to create the detonation, as no trace of any known explosive has ever been found to have been emitted by it. The entity appears to be attracted by explosives and explosive substances, and displays an ability to sense them through hard surfaces by an unknown process.\nSCP-2129 also appears to possess sapience. This is evidenced by its ability to modulate the strength and length of the detonations it emits to communicate in Portuguese using a rough, sometimes inexact version of morse code: it is able to communicate in short sentences in this manner, and is able to understand messages communicated in the same manner.\nExtended conversations have revealed that SCP-2129 displays a generally cooperative but melancholic demeanor, mostly expressing frustration concerning its containment and wishes to be released and made able to roam freely.\nSCP-2129 was captured on \u2588-\u2588-20\u2588, following its destruction of the coastal town of [REDACTED], Brazil, causing the deaths of \u2588\u2588 inhabitants and injuring \u2588\u2588 others. The incident was publicly attributed to a terrorist attack by explosives, and efforts to fabricate proof corroborating this version of the facts are still ongoing. All known survivors have been administered standard Class-3 amnesia treatment. The area should be closed-off under the pretense of an ongoing investigation: civilians and possible investigators alike should be discouraged from the premises by any means necessary.\n\n+ Interview Log\n\n- Hide interview log\n\nForeword: This constitutes the seventh interview conducted with SCP-2129. Previous interviews confirmed SCP-2129's capacity for communication, and had permitted Dr.\u2588\u2588\u2588 to refine his methods of interview.\n<Begin Log, \u2588-\u2588-20\u2588, 14:23>\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588: Good day, SCP-2129. May I have your attention?Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588: Do you remember the town where we captured you?Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588: We have pictures of you before that. Do you remember the military base?Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Home\"?Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588: What is this \"mother\"? Did it create you?Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588: Is there another of you?\n<End Log>\n\n+ SCP-2129-1\n\n- Hide \n\nSCP-2129-1 is a serpentine entity located underneath the southern region of the Amazonian rainforest. A safe way to reach SCP-2129-1 is currently being devised by Site \u2588 personnel: a sinkhole located above SCP-2129-1 is the only currently-known manner to reach it.\nAn extremely complex network of stone tunnels (hereafter called SCP-2129-2) of unknown origins has been dug above and around SCP-2129-1, with the supposed purpose of stopping potential intruders from reaching the entity. Hundreds of human skeletons have been found in the tunnels.1\nSCP-2129-1 appears to produce large amounts of heat. Extensive geothermal analyses have uncovered heat patterns consistent with underground volcanic hotspots, while geological studies have shown the entity to measure a length in the neighbourhood of ten kilometers.\nSCP-2129-2 is to be guarded by three armed guards at all times.\nAddendum: Following Incident 2129-01, all the vegetation in a fifty meters radius around SCP-2192-2 is to be burnt down, and the number of guards quadrupled.\n\n+ Incident Log\n\n- Hide incident log\n\nIncident 2129-01: On \u2588-\u2588-20\u2588, four men armed with bladed weapons attempted to enter SCP-2129-2 at 00:52, using the area's dense vegetation as cover. The four intruders killed one of the guards and injured another. Two intruders were gunned down and one subdued and captured: the fourth one managed to enter SCP-2129.\nReinforcements were called to pursue the fourth intruder and take the subdued attacker into Foundation custody. An exploration team was sent into SCP-2129-2, but failed to capture the intruder: the exploration team was then tasked with guarding the sinkhole leading to SCP-2129-2.\nStronger thermal activity from SCP-2129-1 was recorded after the incident.\nThe detainee was vaccinated for most common diseases immediately after detainment.\n\n+ Interview Log, SCP-2129-2 Detainee\n\n- hide Interview Log\n\nForeword: The detainee is a twenty to twenty-five years old Amerindian man, 181 centimeters tall and weighing 64 kilograms. He has so so far refused to communicate his name or tribe of origin, and speaks a bastardized version of Brazilian Portuguese as well as an unknown language resembling the Xavante Amerindian language.\n<Begin Log, \u2588-\u2588-20\u2588, 19:53>\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588: Good evening. I suppose you haven't decided to tell us your name?\nDetainee: I haven't.\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588: Right, let's get to the meat of this, then. Why did you try to enter the sinkhole?\nDetainee: I hear it in your voice, you hate me for that man who died. We did not want to kill. But you were here, with your weapons, we knew you would have never let us into the navel. So we attacked, and my brother made it.\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588: This is irrelevant. Why did you try to enter the sinkhole?\nDetainee: The navel. The progenitor's intermediate was lost, so she needed another.\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588: Excuse me, but\u2026 the \"intermediate\"?\nDetainee: The serpent of fire. You would not know what I'm speaking of.\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588: I think we do, actually. It destroyed that town, [REDACTED]. We are studying it at this very moment\u2026 But tell me, what is its purpose?\nDetainee: The liquid fire deep within the land moves, it shifts. It is the origin of life, the first warmth. No life could be without it. But as the woman cannot give life without a man's seed, so can't the land. My brother will find the way.\n\n<End Log>\n\nFootnotes\n1. Carbon dating has shown that some of these skeletons date as far back as pre-Holocene periods.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2128 | SCP-2129 | SCP-2130 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2130\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-2130 are to be sent to Storage Location 73-E, an automated storage warehouse in the Texas desert. Storage Location 73-E is to be monitored via CCTV. Guard presence should be minimised where possible. Any further testing of SCP-2130 must not be conducted at primary Foundation sites, and requires Level-3 clearance (particularly any tests involving human subjects).\nSCP-3311 is to be monitored for any instances of SCP-2130 produced by its effect.\nDescription: SCP-2130 is a collection of standard office furniture, each item of which affects brain function in humans near the item. The magnitude of this effect varies based on the subject's underlying personality and the number of SCP-2130 items in proximity, but it is characterised by increased impulsiveness, reduced social inhibitions and inaccurate perception of risk. This is particularly evident in the subject's assessment of the value of human life and health. SCP-2130 instances have been implicated in more than 84 Foundation injuries and fatalities.1\nSCP-2130 instances operate by emitting kappa radiation in a form which interferes with the subject's neural oscillation. While other psionic and cognitive anomalies also produce kappa radiation as a benign secondary effect, the method by which SCP-2130 generates such radiation is unknown. The anomalous effect is not permanent, and removal of the affected items will result in the subject's behaviour returning to normal.\nTo date, the following instances of SCP-2130 have been identified and moved to Storage Location 73-E:\n\n1 x wastepaper basket\n27 x standard office chairs\n12 x laboratory benches\n42 x computer monitors\n17 x fire extinguishers\n\n+ Selected Test Logs: SCP-2130\n\n- Close Test Logs\n\nTest SCP-2130-23 - 03/14/2014\n\nSubject: C-1296\nProcedure: Subject (a Foundation research assistant) was introduced to a room containing an instance of SCP-2130 (lab bench) on which was placed a non-anomalous chef's knife. Subject was informed that the knife was a newly identified SCP candidate object which could cut through any material and never become blunt. Subject was asked to devise an experimental procedure to test these anomalous properties.\nResults: The subject proposed immediate testing of the knife on human flesh and bone. Observation team approved the testing protocol, which was carried out on D-8477, and then repeated on D-8488, D-8489 and D-8490 for verification of results. Observation team noted that the subject appeared to show no concern over the slaughter of Class D personnel purely for the purposes of a simple experiment.\nAnalysis: On supervisor review, it was determined that the properties of SCP-2130 had affected the observation team as well as the subject. Changes to experimental procedure proposed.\n\nTest SCP-2130-25 - 03/24/2014\n\nSubjects: Randomly selected Site-73 research assistants\nProcedure: As per Test SCP-2130-23, but testing room relocated to Storage Location 73-E, with observation team monitoring remotely from a location confirmed to be free from SCP-2130.\nResults: Compared to a control group, the experimental group were significantly more likely to propose testing of the knife on live humans before testing on inorganic material, plants or animals. In addition, the experimental group were more likely to propose immediate testing to see if the knife could, amongst other things, cut through:\n\nmultiple Class D subjects simultaneously\nthe doors of containment cells currently in use\nanomalous items or entities, particularly those of Keter-class\nUranium atoms\n\"the fabric of reality\"\n\nAnalysis: The observation team immediately notified the Site Director of the potential contamination of experimental protocols by SCP-2130. On return to Site-73, the observation team amended its report to request that SCP-2130 instances be stored in or near Keter-class containment units, to reduce the reluctance of D Class personnel to work with dangerous items. Request denied by the Site Director.\n\n+ Site Director Communique - Access Requires Level 4 Clearance\n\n- Clearance confirmed\n\nFrom: Director, Site-73\nTo: All Site Directors; O5 Council\nDate: 07/18/2014\nYou may know of our discovery of SCP-2130. What has not been disclosed to staff is that every instance of SCP-2130 identified to date has been recovered from within Site-73 itself. That first waste-paper basket was inside my office. The affected furniture has been traced to a range of security-cleared suppliers, and investigations into the original manufacturer are ongoing. The result is that SCP-2130 instances are probably unnoticed in many Foundation sites.\nWe have reconditioned scanners that help detect them, but background K-radiation at Foundation sites means we need physical contact with an object to get a clear reading. We are now scanning all new deliveries to Site-73, as well as checking individual items across the site. This is consuming a high level of resources, but I have classed this as a Priority 2B exercise, and I strongly urge you to authorise similar measures across the Foundation. The reasons should be obvious:\n\nSCP-2130 undermines the Foundation's purpose by fostering a cavalier attitude to containment. If safety ceases to be our utmost priority, we fail in our task.\nSubjects tested with SCP-2130 also demonstrate reckless disregard for Class D personnel. I know we sometimes need to put them in harm's way for the greater good, but these are human lives in our hands. Even if you don't agree with me on humanitarian grounds, you have to bow to the economics - fewer Class D casualties would reduce Foundation costs and improve productivity.\nConducting research in the presence of SCP-2130 instances leads to a range of dangerous behaviours, including unnecessary cross-testing and experiments that appear to any rational mind to maximise the chance of death and injury to Foundation staff and civilians.\n\nIt's clear that Foundation security has been dramatically compromised by an organisation with great expertise on anomalies, huge resources, and a purpose inimical to ours. Removing SCP-2130 instances from all Foundation facilities should be high on our collective agenda.\nRequest: Detection of SCP-2130 to be made Priority 2B at all Sites.\nSD-73\n\nFrom: O5 Council\nDate: 07/18/2014\nRequest denied. SCP-2130 does not justify Priority 2B. Individual sites may conduct scanning as resources allow. Current Class D turnover rates considered acceptable. We don't see anything unnecessarily risky in the Foundation's current approach.\n\nFootnotes\n1. This does not count Class D casualties, as it has been deemed too time-consuming to determine the influence of SCP-2130 on such a large sample.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2129 | SCP-2130 | SCP-2131 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Antipope\n\nThanks to chat for helping in the drafting.\nOriginal image is public domain, acquired from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII#mediaviewer/File:His_Holiness_Pope_Pius_XII.png\nIt was edited by KateMcTiriss to its current form.\nYes. It's an antipope with antimatter. It had to be done.\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nPhotograph of SCP-2131 taken shortly after event 2131-19. Note the lack of injury.\n\nItem #: SCP-2131\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2131 is to be housed at all times in a radiation shielded humanoid containment chamber. This chamber is to contain the amenities associated with a standard humanoid containment cell. Current containment protocols are to allow SCP-2131 to perform a prayer ritual of its own design for the purpose of limiting gamma ray events. Under no circumstances should this ritual be interrupted by staff.\nUnder no circumstances are interviews to take place during the two hours preceding or following a scheduled gamma ray event. All interviews must take place utilizing the adjacent shielded interview room, which is to include a barrier sufficient to shield the interviewer from any gamma ray radiation emitted during an SCP-2131 gamma ray event.\nDescription: SCP-2131 is a human male claiming to be Avignon Pope Benedict XIII. Upon acquisition SCP-2131 was capable of conversing in a variation of archaic Italian and French, as well as Latin, and a previously unknown creoled language associated with those three (though SCP-2131 has, during its containment, become fluent in English). Every 16 hours SCP-2131 emits a gamma ray burst associated with a spontaneous conversion of a small amount of its mass into antimatter.\nA daily prayer ritual designed and carried out by SCP-2131 has proven largely effective in preventing these gamma ray bursts. However, uncontrolled events have become more frequent as containment of SCP-2131 has continued, with the prayer ritual showing effectiveness in approximately 95% of events.\nGamma ray exposure associated with SCP-2131 is lethal to most living organisms present during an event, with the exception of SCP-2131 and a variety of radiation resistant micro-organisms. SCP-2131's apparent longevity (including a claim to have been born in 1328) has been linked to the gamma ray bursts, as any physical injury is healed during uncontrolled events. This has included injury sufficient to cause death.\nSCP-2131 was originally recovered from Joshua Baptist Church in south Alabama. Several deacons in the church acquired information through the Seventh Society1 in an effort to assist in a ritual relating to a blood sacrifice. Documents detailing this correspondence have been recovered. However, the individual claiming association with the Seventh Society has not been located despite cooperative attempts by both the Foundation and Marshall Carter and Dark.\n\n+ Show Interview Log 4\n\nHide Interview Log 4\n\nThe following log includes information detailing SCP-2131's claimed origin. The Daevites, as mentioned, appear nowhere in the historical time period associated with SCP-2131.\n\nDr. Sampson: Hello again. I'd like to ask you a few more questions today. You were born in 1328, correct?Dr. Sampson: And how have you been able to live for as long as you have?Dr. Sampson: Can you tell me about where you came from?Dr. Sampson: We do not know how to do that, and right now I need you to answer my questions.Dr. Sampson: The Daevites don't exist in our historical records during the 1300s.Dr. Sampson: I understand. We'll keep working on some way to do that.\n\n+ Show Interview Log 17\n\nHide Interview Log 17\n\nFollowing several consecutive failed prayer rituals, Dr. Sampson was given clearance to interview SCP-2131 in order to determine the cause of the containment failures.\n\nDr. Sampson: Hey. I know it's been a while, I've been working on trying to get you home.Dr. Sampson: You can't know that.Dr. Sampson: Is that why the burst events are going uncontained?Dr. Sampson: I see.Dr. Sampson: We'll keep working on it. I promise you'll know as soon as we have a way.\n\n+ Show Addendum 1\n\nHide Addendum 1\n\nDue to the increase in strength related to all gamma ray events following Incident 2131-19, SCP-2131's containment procedures will be modified to include preventative measures relating to attempts at self harm.\nI am also approving certain amenities which have been requested for some time, and which I believe may assist in improving SCP-2131's morale. However, under no circumstances should it be allowed to self-terminate again, even at the risk of losing personnel.\n~ Doctor Isabelle Sampson, 2131 Project Director\n\nI would like to caution against what I'm perceiving as a sense of pity for this entity among staff. This object is almost certainly not what it appears to be. Remember that all knowledge of this object's background is sourced directly from SCP-2131.\nIt should also be noted that this object's attempts at self harm are in direct violation of the object's supposed Catholic beliefs. And, perhaps most damning of all, the ritualistic bloodletting involved in the attempt matches historical and archaeological records relating to Daevite sacrificial rituals quite closely.\n~ Site-88 Assistant Director Amanda Malkin\n\nFootnotes\n1. A Marshall Carter and Dark affiliate in the Southern US\n2. According to historical records this was the Roman Pope that Benedict XIII opposed.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2130 | SCP-2131 | SCP-2132 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2132-01\n\nItem #: SCP-2132\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Containment procedure 62-Tango-Foxtrot (standard containment for anomalous structures, nonurban) is followed for SCP-2132-01. Radios tuned to SCP-2132 (\u2588\u2588\u2588.\u2588 K\u2588\u2588\u2588) are to be stationed at cardinal points 16km from SCP-2132-01 to monitor signal strength and extended listening range; SCP-2132 and its effects have not extended beyond 15.76km, with an average distance of 15km. In addition, both iterations of SCP-2132 are to be recorded and retransmitted through secure channels to Site-11 for observation. Three members of Mobile Task Force Iota-19 (\"Homemade Sins\") are to remain in constant residence within SCP-2132-01 in order to intercept SCP-2132's \"game\" and win. One member is to be cycled out each month, allowing no member to spend more than three months onsite. When the game cycle has begun, all three members are to participate and wear standard-issue chest-mounted cameras sewn into their shirts for the duration of the game cycle.\nDescription: SCP-2132 is a radio station designated \u2588\u2588\u2588.\u2588 K\u2588\u2588\u2588. To all outside of SCP-2132's anomalous range currently reaching a maximum of 15.76km, SCP-2132 functions as a numbers station, with a male child's voice reciting numbers and a list of colors. These readings occur every 5-6 hours and are different each time. To date, Foundation code experts have been unable to determine a meaning within the numbers. The voice is hypothesized to be synthesized due to various vocal cues (lack of audible breathing, same tone maintained throughout, etc.). Within the anomalous range, SCP-2132 largely functions as a music station, continuously playing songs from the 1920s-1950s.\nSCP-2132-01 is the collective designation given to a farmhouse and radio tower from which SCP-2132 emanates, operating in the countryside of Pottawatomie County, OK. There is a hatch in the ground under the radio tower from which the station is presumed to operate, but as of this writing the Foundation has been unable to open it through conventional means (prying, blasting, melting, etc.). Digital sounding reveals only a tunnel that descends below the range of the sounding device. The hatch is inscribed with the words \"\u0645\u0631\u062d\u0628\u0627 \u0628\u0643 \u0641\u064a \u0628\u064a\u062a\u0643 \u0623\u0633\u0639\u062f\"1.\nEvery Friday between 1700 and 2000, SCP-2132's anomalous-range music will stop and a woman's voice will read this announcement:\n\nWelcome to Misters Marshall, Carter, and Dark's Most Dangerous Fighting Exhibition and Obstacle Resort! Please adjourn to the lounge for further instructions.\n\nThe message will repeat until all residents have moved to the living room of SCP-2132-01. Further testing has indicated that, should fewer than three people be in residence within SCP-2132-01, SCP-2132 will transport the nearest human being into the lounge and they will be made to participate in the game cycle (this is corroborated by the missing persons files logged by Pottawatomie County). Once there, all doors will lock and the following message will play:\n\nWelcome to Misters Marshall, Carter, and Dark's Most Dangerous Fighting Exhibition and Obstacle Resort! Please enjoy some brandy and cigars while we prepare your playground.\n\nAfter approx. one hour, all doors except for the front will unlock and open. Supplies will materialize within the hall closet located near the exit; these supplies will be the only things other than their clothes residents will be able to take into the game cycle (all other foreign objects dematerialize upon exit; sewing the chest-mounted cameras into their shirts appears to have \"tricked\" the game cycle into treating them as clothing). The supplies always contain one first-aid kit, one map, one compass, and one thermometer. Once the supplies have been collected, the following message will play:\n\nPlease step outside and enjoy your playground. Remember, get home safe!\n\nThe exit then swings open. If the residents do not immediately step out, the words \"get home safe\" are continually repeated (up to 150db over the course of one hour, causing permanent hearing loss). If, after one hour, residents still have not stepped outside, the game cycle will begin prematurely and an entity will enter the house and forcibly eject them. Entities to date include two mature grizzly bears, a colossal squid, and a guerilla ambush from an unknown army. Upon crossing the threshold, residents are transported to a new climate containing traps, puzzles, and exaggerated, hostile creatures. The only consistency between environments is a large stopwatch-style digital display projected in the sky. SCP-2132-01 disappears, and the goal of the game cycle is to locate it and return inside by the time the stopwatch reaches 0.\nBoth SCP-2132 and SCP-2132-01 were discovered during a raid on a Marshall, Carter & Dark club, where they were advertised in the program as \"a retreat from the mundane into the fantastic\".\nTesting Logs: (The sets of supplies varies between cycles, but always contains the first-aid kit, map, compass, and thermometer)\n\nDate: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/19\u2588\u2588\nInvolved personnel: Agent Albright, Agent Solomon, Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nSupplies given: Three snowsuits, bag of cotton balls, paintbrush, matchbook, safety pin, two Beretta 9mm handguns (no ammunition)\nEnvironment materialized: Arctic tundra, -32 degrees Celsius, snowing consistently\nOutcome: Agent Albright victory with minor bruising; Agent Solomon victory with no injuries; Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 loss.\nNotes: Agent Albright has been officially commended for her quick thinking and resourcefulness in rescuing Agent Solomon from the \"creeping ice\" trap. Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's body rematerialized on the porch post-game-cycle and her death was reported to Pottawattamie County as a wild dog attack. No further questions have been posited. Number of agents guarding upped to three.\n\nDate: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/19\u2588\u2588\nInvolved personnel: Agent Albright, Agent Campbell, Agent Dubcek\nSupplies given: One set of car keys, pasta strainer, fishing hook, carton of Bluebell ice cream (vanilla), toy plane, flyswatter\nEnvironment materialized: Abandoned city, similar in appearance to SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nOutcome: Agent Albright victory with broken leg, request for replacement agent during recovery granted; Agent Campbell victory with scarring; Agent Dubcek victory with no injuries\nNotes: Several SCP-like entities manifested in this game cycle as \"boss fights\" and traps, notably SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Footage is currently under review to ensure there has not been a containment breach. Footage of fight between Agent Albright and Agent Dubcek currently under conduct review.\n\nDate: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/19\u2588\u2588\nInvolved personnel: Agent Dubcek, Agent Pollone, Agent Solomon\nSupplies given: 16oz can of Heinz baked beans, egg beater, 2oz bottle of ink, Craftsman brand screwdriver, fork\nEnvironment materialized: Rainforest-style jungle, 32 degrees Celsius, approx. 80% humidity\nOutcome: Agent Dubcek loss; Agent Pollone loss; Agent Solomon loss\nNotes: First total loss on record. The bodies of Agents Dubcek, Pollone, and Solomon rematerialized on the porch post-mortem. All three were naked with chest cameras and footage gone and had the characters \"\u0627\u0641\u062a\u0642\u062f \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062f\u064a2\" painted on their chests.\n\nDate: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\nInvolved personnel: Agent Draper, Agent Pitman, Agent Orville\nSupplies given: Bonesaw, 17-cent postage stamp, letter opener, Ticonderoga #2 pencil.\nEnvironment materialized: Midwestern plains, initially thought to be a lack of materialization, proved a game cycle in 16 seconds.\nOutcome: Agent Draper victory with loss of right arm, transfer request granted; Agent Pitman loss, Agent Orville victory with minor cuts and bruises\nNotes: Someone do some research on that last thing we killed. What were the words on its chest? Why so many arms? -Agent O\nThe words were \"\u0627\u0631\u064a\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0630\u0647\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0646\u0632\u0644\"3, near as I can parse from the shaky-cam. As for the arms, I have no idea. Someone's sense of humor. -Agent D\n\nAddendum-01: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, SCP-2132's numbers station transmitted the following message in Morse code:\n\nI CANNOT THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE STOP I AM SORRY STOP YOU USED THEM ALL STOP\n\nFollowing this the station (including both the numbers station and the alternate music station) went silent for six hours. When they restarted, the male child's voice had been replaced with a female child's and the inscription on the hatch had changed to \"\u304a\u5e30\u308a\u3086\u304d\u3055\u3093\"4. No other changes were noted.\n\nFootnotes\n1. \"Welcome home As'ad\"\n2. \"I miss my father\"\n3. \"I want to go home\"\n4. \"Welcome home Yuki\"\n\n\u00ab SCP-2131 | SCP-2132 | SCP-2133 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2133\n\nItem #: SCP-2133\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A security perimeter must be maintained at a ten kilometer radius around SCP-2133, preventing access to and from the surrounding area. Guards are to be stationed along the perimeter at all times and are to maintain the facade of a Russian military facility. In the event of a security breach by civilians or hostile entities, lethal force is authorized. The remote nature of SCP-2133 ensures accidental discovery to be a rarity. Personnel are to be equipped with Level A hazmat suits when exploring SCP-2133 and when interacting with its community.\nDescription: SCP-2133 is an unnamed village in the Northern Urals and has an estimated population of fifty, although an exact number has been difficult to record. Various microbial pathogens have been discovered within the vicinity of SCP-2133, some of which were previously unknown. This has included:\n\nMycobacterium leprae and M. lepromatosis (the causative agents of leprosy)\nYersinia pestis (in the form of pneumonic, septicemic, and bubonic plagues)\nSalmonella enterica subsp. enterica (the causative agent of typhoid fever)\nInfluenza virus A, B, and C\nVibrio cholerae (the causative agent of cholera)\nVariola major (the causative agent of smallpox, eradicated outside of SCP-2133 as of 1975)\n\nThe inhabitants of SCP-2133, referred to as SCP-2133-1, display a relative resistance to disease. While symptoms develop as per ordinary disease progression, resulting in disfigurement and debilitation, death is comparatively rare.\nSCP-2133-1 have shown themselves to be either unwilling or unable to leave SCP-2133. Genetic analysis has revealed significant inbreeding, although SCP-2133-1 have never been observed undergoing sexual reproduction while in containment. It is hypothesized that the diseases are a symptom of their primary anomaly and are not themselves anomalous.\nThe most significant anomaly associated with SCP-2133-1 is a form of reincarnation. Deceased instances will rapidly decay and, on the night of the first new moon, are harvested from the fields as infants. SCP-2133-1 entities retain the memories and appearance of previous incarnations. Soil samples from the fields were found to contain embryonic fluid.\n\nInhabitants of SCP-2133.\n\nSCP-2133-1 speak an archaic dialect of Russian. Periodically willing to be interviewed, they commonly refuse to divulge substantial details about their history and traditions. Their lifestyle has been noted to be similar to that of 14th century peasant commune and display acute technophobia. Residents are believed to be illiterate, the village lacking books or any other use of written language. What is known about their culture and beliefs has been gleaned through behavioral observation and a limited number of successful interviews. SCP-2133-1 refer to their religion as the Church of the Red Harvest, whose doctrine and mythology remain poorly understood.\nSCP-2133-1 tend to ignore Foundation personnel, displaying hostility only when their daily routine has in some manner been impeded. Personnel are able to enter and explore buildings without triggering a reaction from SCP-2133-1 - the church being the only known exception. All attempts to access the church have produced violent encounters with SCP-2133-1 and SCP-2133-2, resulting in several fatalities via damaged hazmat equipment and, in the case of SCP-2133-2, strangulation and impalement.\nSCP-2133-2 are prehensile organic structures found throughout SCP-2133 and are dark red in color with a tentaculoid shape. SCP-2133-2 only appear to move to attack intruding personnel or to allow the entrance of SCP-2133-1 instances into the church, which it completely engulfs. Tissue samples removed from SCP-2133-2 are genetically identical and closely related to Homo sapiens.\nSCP-2133-1 work the fields from dawn until dusk. At sunset, the entire SCP-2133-1 population will enter the church, apparently depositing the day's harvest and residing within for approximately three hours before retiring home. SCP-2133-1 will then sleep until dawn, beginning the entire process over the next day. There has been no significant variation in routine throughout SCP-2133's containment history. SCP-2133-1 behavior has also included staring aimlessly for up to two hours, self-amputation of gangrenous limbs and tumorous growths (then deposited within the church), and periodic, often incoherent mutterings.\nBesides their anomalous usage, the fields are primarily used to grow turnips. Non-SCP-2133-1 cadavers fail to undergo anomalous regeneration. Fecal material recovered from SCP-2133-1 entities suggest a high protein diet despite turnips being their only apparent food source.\nSCP-2133 was discovered and contained on 10/03/1936 by GRU Division \"P\". Control would be later transferred to the Foundation after the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. Archived documents suggests that GRU Division \"P\" became aware of SCP-2133 after a pandemic in the region. Several villages were placed under quarantine while proper procedures were established for the containment and research of SCP-2133.\nThe outbreak is hypothesized to have begun when a returning mineral surveying team was exposed to SCP-2133, contracting local contagions. The surveyors would die but not before inadvertently triggering an epidemic through contact with settlements as they journeyed south.\nInterviews:\n\n+ Interview 01: 06/14/1992\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2133-1-10, \"Aristarkh\". Has the appearance of an elderly male, missing its left arm and much of its epidermis has undergone necrosis.\nInterviewer: Dr. Judith Low\nForeword: First successful interview with an SCP-2133-1 instance. Conducted in Russian and edited for clarity.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Judith Low: Hello. I would like to ask you a few questions.\nSCP-2133-1-10: Speak your words.\nDr. Judith Low: When did this begin? How far back are you able to remember?\nSCP-2133-1-10: It was a time of Tsars and Khans.\nDr. Judith Low: Your condition. Does it hurt?\nSCP-2133-1-10: Pain. Yes. Strife teaches. Rends sin from our bodies. Prepares us for paradise but paradise never comes.\nDr. Judith Low: The \"rebirth\" your people undergo. Can you explain it to me?\nSCP-2133-1-10: This is the Church of the Red Harvest. We serve until the end. That is the terms of our agreement.\nDr. Judith Low: Are the dead healed? Or is it an entirely new body?\nSCP-2133-1-10: The dragon slays itself, weds itself, impregnates itself. That is what she taught us. The covenant must not be broken. We are devoured and the land regurgitates us renewed.\nDr. Judith Low: Why do you continue to do this when you obviously suffer?\nSCP-2133-1-10: There is no choice. The land calls. We answer. Nothing ever changes.\nDr. Judith Low: Let me rephrase the question. How did you come to be in such a state?\nSCP-2133-1-10: The priestess came to our village. This was many deaths ago. She offered us a place in paradise, as long as we served until the end. She said the end would be soon but it has been so long.\nWe are so very tired. Is this hell? Did we fail the Great One somehow? Winter after winter. We tried to keep count but the number grew too large.\nHave we been forgotten?\nNo. No. Must not doubt. The Church of the Red Harvest is truth. There is no other.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: Subject quietly wept and was unwilling to continue. A soil sample from the fields was retrieved and delivered for analysis.\n\n+ Interview 02: 07/16/1992\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2133-1-26, \"Anya\". Has the appearance of a female, six to eight years of age.\nInterviewer: Dr. Judith Low\nForeword: Second successful interview with a resident of SCP-2133. Conducted in Russian and edited for clarity.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Judith Low: Greetings. We do not intend you harm. Would you be able to tell us about your community?\nSCP-2133-1-26: You don't belong here. Leave.\nDr. Judith Low: I am afraid that is something we cannot do. You look ill. We could provide medical aid if you cooperate.\nSCP-2133-1-26: You are not of the covenant. You would never understand.\nDr. Judith Low: I am trying to understand. Please. What covenant do you speak of?\nSCP-2133-1-26: A pact signed in blood. Our redemption; our curse. We serve until the end of all things.\nDr. Judith Low: Would you tell us about your religious beliefs?\nSCP-2133-1-26: Beliefs are for the unsure. Beliefs are for outsiders. For the heathens who neglect the old ways. We know.\nDr. Judith Low: Then could you at least explain the significance of the church? Food is brought inside but we've never seen it removed. A communal meal perhaps?\nSCP-2133-1-26: You should not be watching us. You'll never understand. This is the land where gods of rust and blood come to die.\nDr. Judith Low: That doesn't answer my questions.\nSCP-2133-1-26: [a tone suggestive of annoyance] The church was here long before the village. A church of stone beneath the earth. It is sacred. A church of wood was built atop it, for the heresy of the cross - before we embraced the true faith. The Karcist Alka will enlighten you. You are only alive because she has chosen to let you live.\nDr. Judith Low: Serve who? Do you speak of a god or\u2026\nSCP-2133-1-26: [Interrupts] Our Immortal Father. Sorcerer King of the Adytum. You cannot know his love. Leave. The Church of the Red Harvest is not for your kind.\nDr. Judith Low: Please cooperate. Just answer one last question. This village, does it have a name?\n[SCP-2133-1-26 vomits a black, viscous liquid]\nDr. Judith Low: I'll see about getting you medical attention. We'll speak again when you're feeling better.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: A greater success than originally anticipated. A sample was gathered from the emesis and delivered for analysis. Research will be done to see if SCP-2133-1-26's comments coincide with any known religion or cultural tradition. This region has a history of producing and protecting unorthodox sects. I strongly advise that we enter the church. The Foundation should be able to subdue the SCP-2133-1 population without much difficulty.\n\nExploration:\nMobile Task Force Beta-7 (\"Maz Hatters\") was able to subdue SCP-2133's denizens without casualties to Foundation operatives or SCP-2133-1 entities. An exploration team composed of twelve MTF Beta-7 operatives were equipped with head mounted radios, video recorders, type B hazmat suits and cylinders containing uncontaminated air (3 hour supply). After significant incendiary damage, SCP-2133-2 tendrils receded into the soil.\nWithin the church were several fetishes (fashioned from bone and leather) and organic material (later identified as tumorous masses) hung by iron hooks and chained to the ceiling. Discovered at the center of the building was a large fissure, the entrance to a system of caverns beneath SCP-2133 and later determined to extend well into the nearby mountains.\nSeveral organisms, since classified as SCP-2133-3, were discovered after approximately 25 minutes of exploration. Due to their size and unwillingness to leave, MTF Beta-7 terminated a single instance of SCP-2133-3 and retrieved it for autopsy.\n\n+ Autopsy Report\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nAutopsy Report\nMass: 181.437 kg\nHeight: 270 cm\nAge: Unknown\nCause of Death: Head trauma\nStomach Contents: Brassica rapa subsp. rapa, also known as the white turnip.\nDetails: Subject displays an overgrowth of fatty tissue and bone, as well as gross physical reconfiguration. Organs are swollen and flesh shows evidence of repeated incision and regeneration. Possibly harvested for meat. Tattooed to the epidermis of the left forelimb is the letter \"P\" crossed with a sickle and hammer. A common tattoo for operatives of the now defunct GRU Division \"P\".\n\nAfter depositing the deceased SCP-2133-3, the expedition team replaced their air canisters and returned to the mission. At approximately fifty minutes of uneventful exploration, video and radio contact were lost without any sign of struggle. Radio contact would be reestablished after approximately six hours of silence - video feed remained disabled.\n\n+ Audio Transcript\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nDr. Felsenstein: Is anyone receiving this? Oh god, please\u2026 somebody answer me!\nSite Command: Felsenstein? We lost you hours ago. Where's Myers? We need a status update.\nDr. Felsenstein: Dead. I think. I've been alone for awhile now. It got\u2026 it got pretty ugly. [audible sobs] They're all dead. Or gone. There was a scream. I think. Maybe\u2026 something loud, I felt my bones vibrate. Briggs\u2026 Oh god. Oh god. Something got him. We tried to pull it off. Looked like\u2026 I don't know. It was long. No idea how long. Slippery. And\u2026 and\u2026 [hyperventilates] I saw a grown man pulled into a tiny hole\u2026\n[whispers] I'm a coward. I left them behind\u2026 I\u2026\nSite Command: They were trained for combat. You weren't. You did what you had to do. Any estimate on where you are? We can send reinforcements.\nDr. Felsenstein: No. Oh god, please don't. I'm nothing but a walking corpse. I slipped into a crevice. Think I broke my ankle. Suit tore. The air. It sets my lungs on fire. I'm bound to be riddled with every disease in this awful shit hole.\nSite Command: Try to pull yourself free. Don't let the others die in vain. You can still retrieve data for us. Give us a better understanding of the threat.\nDr. Felsenstein: Yeah\u2026 Yeah. I owe them that much, don't I? I'll give it a try.\nOkay. One, two, three\u2026\n[fumbling is audible] Fuck!\nSite Command: Status report.\nDr. Felsenstein: [a mix of crying and laughter] I'm wedged deeper. Too much slime. Too slick to get a grip. I slip any further\u2026 and I'll be crushed. [sound of struggling, heavy breathing; there is a crack and a quick gasp for air]\nI'm free. Can't feel my legs. Everything else hurts like hell. But I'm free.\nSite Command: Tell me what you see.\nDr. Felsenstein: I'm really going to die down here, aren't I? I'm\u2026 I'm at the edge of some kind of chasm. I can't see the bottom. This place goes deep. I think we might have ended up in or under the mountain. The smell is putrid. My eyes, my skin - everything burns. I think it's the slime. Like rubbing lye in an open wound.\nSite Command: I'm glad you're able to stay relatively calm. There's still a chance we'll get you out of there.\nDr. Felsenstein: I've never felt pain like this. Never been this close to death. Nothing left to lose though\u2026 so nothing left to fear. Doesn't stop the pain.\nSite Command: We're getting reports of hostiles on our end. Looks like there were some SCP-2133-1 we failed to properly secure. Nothing we can't handle.\nDr. Felsenstein: Going to keep\u2026 crawling along, I guess? I'm heading down there. There's no hope for me anyway. I'll tell you what I see. Maybe it'll be enough to convince the O5s to raze this place.\nSite Command: Things are getting bad topside. We've got hundreds of presumed SCP-2133-1 coming from the mountains. We're evacuating. Keeping this channel open. Everything is being recorded. Describe what you see. We'll be back with reinforcements.\nDr. Felsenstein: Understood. I have my orders and you have yours. Godspeed and get the hell out of here.\nSite Command: I'm\u2026 I'm sorry. We had no idea\u2026\nDr. Felsenstein: You have your orders.\n[site command remains online despite evacuation; recording continues]\n[five minutes of heavy breathing, coughing, and vomiting]\nI've descended into the chasm. [coughing, followed by heaving] The yellow fog is thick. The stone is warped and porous. Like the inside of a hive. I can't feel anything anymore. Don't think I've much time.\nThere are eggs. Hundreds. Thousands. Maybe more. Hard to see from the floor. I see mounds of meat where creatures about\u2026 about [cough] about the size of cats seem to be feeding. They have bodies like grubs. Faces like a human infant - about the same size too. They don't notice me [cough]\u2026 or maybe they just don't care. I can't look at those faces anymore. Too close to human. Too close.\nThere's some sort of structure. Looks like a temple. Architecture like nothing I've seen before. It's black. [coughs violently] Polished yet sharp. The angles\u2026 the angles hurt to look at. Don't work right. Why am I still moving? Why\u2026\n[laughs hysterically] I'm being dragged. Roots\u2026 tentacles, tendrils\u2026 whatever\u2026 they caught me. I'm completely numb. Didn't even notice\u2026 ha ha\u2026 he\u2026 [weeping is heard] The gasses\u2026 the slime\u2026 bleeding out too, I can see it. Just a trail of blood\u2026 just a\u2026 didn't even\u2026 didn't\u2026 why? Why?\nThey've not\u2026 torn me apart yet. Why? Kill me! [pleading weakly] Just kill me and get it over with\u2026 [shifts between frantic screaming and incoherent mumbling]\nThere are more down here. More dirty peasants. No. Not like the others. Not sickly and weak. They are strong. They watch me\u2026 watch me as I'm dragged along. Staring at me with their dead fucking eyes. Fuck\u2026. fuck all of you\u2026 I can't\u2026 I can't breathe. I can't feel\u2026 [whimpers] What does it want\u2026 What does it want\u2026\nAn angel\u2026 I see an angel\u2026\nShe embraces me\u2026 with her thousand wings\u2026 so beautiful\u2026 so\u2026\nShe is\u2026 she's bringing me\u2026 to her\u2026 to her\u2026 bare breasts\u2026 [static]\u2026 I\u2026 I\u2026 [a rustling noise, possibly the sound of the hazmat suit (and its equipped radio) being removed]\n[connection lost]\n<End Log>\n\n\u00ab SCP-2132 | SCP-2133 | SCP-2134 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2134\nAnomaly Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2134 is kept in solitary confinement at Site-27. Direct interaction with SCP-2134 is not permitted; all maintenance tasks are either automated or completed by SCP-2134 itself. Any images, recordings, etc. of SCP-2134 must be sufficiently scrambled to prevent activation of its anomalous properties; information not altered in this manner may not be accessed by personnel. SCP-2134 is to be monitored solely via thermal camera. No communication is permitted.\nHumanoid Self-Harm Prevention Protocol C is in effect for SCP-2134.\nDescription: SCP-2134 is a human male, age 54, with no pressing health concerns. SCP-2134's body possesses a number of modifications, most extensively to the neck and face.\nDesigns cut into the majority of SCP-2134's skin pose a health risk to humans. Viewing any of these designs is invariably fatal; death results from degradation of neural pathways over the course of seven hours, with associated symptoms in the interim. The markings on SCP-2134's face exhibit an accelerated version of this effect: death occurs within one hour. These effects are memetic in nature, and have been replicated with recreations of the designs.\nSCP-2134's voice exhibits a compulsive memetic effect. Exposed humans will invariably be compelled to view SCP-2134, and will attempt to persuade others to do the same. They are not compelled to spread images of SCP-2134 or recreations of the symbols on its skin.\nSCP-2134 is not affected by its own anomalous properties.\nSCP-2134 has extensive classified knowledge regarding the Foundation, contained anomalous objects, and the subject of memetics. It will exhibit hostile behavior when removed from containment for any reason, attempting to affect personnel with its anomalous properties until it is confident that it will be returned to solitary confinement.\n- Level 4 Access granted. Documents retrieved.\nRecovery: Prior to developing anomalous properties, SCP-2134 was Dr. Konstantin Krupin, head of Site-27's Memetics Research department. Subject had no history of misbehavior beyond several citations for violating standard testing protocols.\nOn 2007-04-19, security footage indicates that Dr. Krupin was able to smuggle a knife from the Site-27 cafeteria past security. After printing off a document from his workstation, he accessed an empty humanoid containment cell and used the knife to carve the aforementioned symbols into his flesh, avoiding major blood vessels in the process.1 SCP-2134 then used the knife to make several alterations to its vocal cords, after which it placed a call to Site Security describing its anomalous properties and recommending containment by way of solitary confinement, additionally requesting medical care. Containment was achieved with acceptable casualties.\nInterview 2134-4: This interview was conducted on 2007-07-07. SCP-2134 had refused to cooperate with attempts at questioning until it was placed in solitary confinement. The interview was conducted by Dr. Barley via a text-based communication protocol. The logs have not been altered in any respect.\n\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Barley: SCP-2134, please respond if you can read this.Dr. Barley: That's correct.Dr. Barley: Yes.Dr. Barley: why?SCP-2134: You remember when they brought scp-181 to the site?\nDr. Barley: I don't have the clearance to know about 181.SCP-2134: Whatever i'll just tell you, they can give you amnestics later.SCP-2134: Six months later, they run the numbers, and the accident rate at the site he was at was up three-digits percent (idk why they blacked that out) since he got transferred there. So\u2026Dr. Barley: Let me guess.\nDr. Barley: You interpreted the findings as indicating that the best situation for SCP-181 was in solitary confinement at the Foundation, so you decided to make yourself into an anomaly in order to get the same treatment.SCP-2134: It makes sense, too. He got a LIFE SENTENCE for gambling fraud. We almost never take American prisoners for D-class, but we took him. They assigned him to THREE different life-threatening anomalies. All conspired to get him contained.\nDr. Barley: Duly noted. Thank you for this information.Dr. Barley: I did come here to get particular information from you, however. Specifically, how you're immune to your own properties.Dr. Barley: Alright. In that case, we're going to have to decrypt your research notes.Dr. Barley: We both know how high-priority research into meme inoculation is to Site Command. They deemed it a worthwhile risk. Unless you tell us how to access the notes safely, of course.SCP-2134: Just give it up, Dr. Barley.\nDr. Barley: We're on track to gain access with or without your help.2 I just came to do you the courtesy of giving you a chance to keep some D-class from getting foddered to the memetic kill agents you put on your hard drive.SCP-2134: So that's how it's going to be.\nDr. Barley: Last chance, Konstantin.Dr. Barley: You're bluffing.SCP-2134: this is what it is, isn't it. you break into my notes and set one of my weaponized memes loose. everyone but me and 181 is fucked.\nDr. Barley: So dramatic. This is completely believable, and definitely not you getting desperate.SCP-2134: ...::.:.`.\u201c`````..\u201e;\u201d;;;;;\u201d;;;++++++\n<End log>\n\nAt this point, Dr. Barley terminated communications and alerted his superior. Further attempts at communication resulted in SCP-2134 sending text that may or may not compose a dangerous meme. The text-based communication channel has been removed as a precautionary measure.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The aforementioned document was destroyed without examination as a precaution. It appears that SCP-2134 used it as a reference for the symbols it created.\n2. SCP-2134's research notes have yet to be decrypted due to unforeseen difficulties.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2133 | SCP-2134 | SCP-2135 \u00bb"}
{"text": "View of SCP-2135 entrance from street level\n\nItem #: SCP-2135\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: As SCP-2135 is located in a highly trafficked area, isolated containment of SCP-2135 is not feasible at this time. Instead, Foundation agents will work with the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to prevent unauthorized access to SCP-2135 by civilians. SCP-2135 is currently closed to the public and inaccessible by conventional means; as such, this is considered to be a reasonable request that does not require excessive coercion on the part of the Foundation. The interior of SCP-2135 is to be monitored via closed-circuit camera, but as it is plainly visible to civilians travelling within the New York City Subway system, Foundation personnel are discouraged from directly guarding SCP-2135's interior.\nAny incursions into SCP-2135-B are to be conducted by D-Class Personnel under the supervision of Foundation researchers; direct incursion into SCP-2135-B by researchers requires the approval of the current Region 38A (New York City/Long Island) Director. D-Class Personnel entering SCP-2135-B must adhere to the following restrictions:\n\nNo items manufactured after February 1959 (including clothing, recording equipment, entertainment media, etc) may be taken into SCP-2135-B.\nWhen interacting with instances of SCP-2135-C, personnel must avoid using words or phrases that were not commonly used prior to 1959 (e.g. \"hippie,\" \"wicked,\" etc).\nNo more than 24 hours may be spent inside of SCP-2135-B.\n\nDescription: SCP-2135 is the former 91st Street Station, a station of the New York City Subway system located in Manhattan. Prior to its closure in February 1959, SCP-2135 was served by the 1 and 2 trains of the IRT Broadway - Seventh Avenue Line, bounded by the 96th Street Station to the north and the 86th Street Station to the south. SCP-2135 was closed after platform expansion on the 96th Street Station rendered it impractical to continue servicing it.\nSCP-2135's anomalous properties manifest twice a week, at unpredictable intervals. During this time, a train car (which varies by make and model, but is always a car that was in use by the New York City Subway system during or prior to 1959), hereafter SCP-2135-A, will stop at the station for approximately fifteen seconds. SCP-2135-A is only perceivable to those standing on the subway platform at the time it arrives; non-anomalous trains in service will pass through it as if it were not there, and passengers on those trains are unable to perceive SCP-2135-A's presence as they pass through it.\nShould any subject board the train during this time, they will remain in a state of transit for approximately fifteen minutes, and will be unable to exit the train. No other passengers are present onboard the train, nor is a conductor. After fifteen minutes have elapsed, the train will come to a halt, and subjects will arrive within SCP-2135-B.\nSCP-2135-B is a replica of the island of Manhattan as it appeared on 1 Feb 1959. Persons, events, and buildings present in Manhattan during this time are all replicated in a nearly identical fashion within SCP-2135-B, with the following exceptions:\n\nPersons present inside of Manhattan during this time are replaced by instances of SCP-2135-C (see below).\nAll written material present inside of SCP-2135-B, including advertisements, books, newspapers, etc. consist solely of the words \"SAFE WORLD\" repeated over and over, in capital letters. The exceptions to this are the signs carried by SCP-2135-C.\nSubway stations other than the 91st Street Station are inaccessible to all subjects. Instead, an instance of SCP-2135-C guards each subway station entrance, remaining still while holding a sign with the word \"SECURITY\" written on it. Subjects attempting to enter these stations will be forcefully impeded from doing so by the SCP-2135-C instance.\nAny area beyond the island of Manhattan is rendered inaccessible by a white void surrounding the entire island. Subjects attempting to leave Manhattan will be blocked by an impermeable barrier. SCP-2135-C instances leaving Manhattan will appear to vanish into the void; likewise, SCP-2135-C instances entering Manhattan appear to spontaneously emerge from it.\nSubjects universally report perceiving SCP-2135-B as monochromatic.\n\nSCP-2135-C are faceless humanoid entities that inhabit SCP-2135-B. SCP-2135-C instances lack eyes, noses, and mouths, but otherwise are replicas of people that were in Manhattan on 1 Feb 1959. All SCP-2135-C instances carry with them a blank white canvas board and a marker; if in a car or other vehicle, they will have one within close proximity of them. Despite their lack of facial features, SCP-2135-C instances appear capable of sight and scent, and can interact with subjects if prompted via the blank canvas boards, albeit only one or two words at a time (see interview log below).\nShould a subject enter SCP-2135-B with any items that were manufactured after February 1959, or exhibit speech patterns or other mannerisms anachronistic to the period upon exiting the 91st Street Station, SCP-2135-C instances will stop in place and continuously \"stare\" at the subject until they leave. While SCP-2135-C instances do not exhibit any hostile intent, subjects will generally express a strong desire to leave if SCP-2135-C instances enter this state, citing discomfort and unease. Subjects may leave SCP-2135-B by returning down the 91st Street Station entrance; SCP-2135-A will appear within ten minutes and will return the subject to baseline reality.\nAfter twenty four hours have passed within SCP-2135-B1, the 91st Street Station will be closed, and subjects will be unable to leave SCP-2135-B. [REDACTED] although said reports remain unconfirmed, and the similarities may be superficial or coincidental.\n\nSCP-2135-C Interview Log\n\nClearance Accepted\n\nDate: 23 Aug 2007 (baseline time)\nTest Subject: D-3425 (29 years old; Caucasian female)\nEquipment Outfitted: Handheld audio recorder, c. 1956; period-appropriate clothing; notepad and two (2) pencils, both manufactured c. 1958.\nNotes: To avoid shocking or upsetting D-3425 (thus potentially making data collection problematic), subject was informed of the nature of SCP-2135-B beforehand. Subject is instructed to find nearest SCP-2135-C instance and engage it in conversation, taking care to avoid using contemporary jargon, and transcribe the responses produced via the canvas board. Subject was given a list of pre-approved questions, but was given permission to deviate from this list if necessary.\n\n[D-3425 exits 91st Street Station into SCP-2135-B. After several moments, she approaches an instance of SCP-2135-C resembling a caucasian female in her mid to late 30s.]\nD-3425: Umm, hello?\nSCP-2135-C Instance [via canvas board and marker]: QUERY?2\nD-3425: What exactly is this place?\nSCP-2135-C Instance: SAFE WORLD.\nD-3425: Umm, OK. [flips through list of questions] Why is this place here? Who made it?\nSCP-2135-C Instance: PROTECTION. PROTECTOR.\nD-3425: But why did you need to be protected?\nSCP-2135-C Instance: ESCAPE GONE.\nD-3425: What do you mean by \"escape\"?\nSCP-2135-C Instance: ESCAPE.\nD-3425: But what are you trying to escape from, exactly?\nSCP-2135-C Instance: LIGHT WORLD.\nD-3425: What's the light world?\nSCP-2135-C Instance: YOUR WORLD.\nD-3425: Why do you need to escape, or get into or whatever, our world?\nSCP-2135-C Instance: BALANCE.\nD-3425: OK\u2026umm\u2026why do you allow us into your world?\nSCP-2135-C Instance: PRACTICE.\nD-3425: Practice for what?\nSCP-2135-C Instance: RESET.\n[SCP-2135-C instance refuses to respond to any further queries; other instances also refuse to communicate with D-3425. D-3425 enters 91st Street Station and returns to baseline.]\n\nFootnotes\n1. 91st Street Station was closed on 2 Feb 1959, as it is within SCP-2135-B.\n2. Subsequent tests have revealed that all SCP-2135-C instances begin conversations with the word \"QUERY\".\n\n\u00ab SCP-2134 | SCP-2135 | SCP-2136 \u00bb"}
{"text": "WARNING:\n\nSubmission of these Standard Containment Procedures to the Foundation database will conclude the prescribed period of initial research quarantine.\nIf you wish to proceed, please accept any changes made to the draft entry, and provide appropriate authorisation where relevant.\n\nItem #: SCP-2136\nObject Class: Euclid NEUUtrallized\nSpecial Containment Procedures: MTFs Eta-10 and Theta-5 are to establish a naval perimeter around the Sentinel Islands to prevent outside contact while a local containment protocol is determined.\nThe three D Class hosts infected with SCP-2136 are to be contained in a large, single-roomed cell with an inner and outer door. All interior walls and the interior of the inner door are to be lined with mirrors, and the cell is to remain well-lit at all times. Limited furniture is to be provided to avoid blocking line-of-sight within the cell. All bedclothes must be made of transparent or translucent material, and the hosts' clothing must leave exposed skin from all angles. Hosts are to sleep in shifts, with no more than one host asleep at any time. In the event of the death of a host, a new D Class subject must be introduced to the cell as soon as possible, after being briefed as to SCP-2136's effects. No other personnel are to be admitted to the outer door of the cell, and the outer door must be closed before the inner door is opened to receive food or replacement D Class hosts. The cell is to be monitored by CCTV only.\naLL D CLass hosts died.. SCP-2136 is neutrali zedd.\nDescription: SCP-2136 is a pathogen capable of infecting humans. The pathogen is transmitted by an uninfected human's visual perception of an infected host. This form has not been able to be visualised by electron microscopy.1\nUpon infection, the pathogen migrates to the host's motor neurons, producing an effect (SCP-2136-A) if the infected subject is out of the line-of-sight of another host. The characteristic symptoms of SCP-2136-A are a sudden stiffening of the unobserved subject's muscles, followed by complete immobility. Re-observation by another host during this period will reverse the symptoms, allowing the subject to regain muscle control. Death of an unobserved subject will occur within 5 minutes due to respiratory and circulatory failure.2\nDeceased hosts cease to be infectious, and study of deceased hosts has revealed anomalous organelles within neural cells. The organelles are non-functioning in the deceased subject, but presumed to be the mature form of the pathogen. In this stage, the composition of the pathogen suggests the ability to absorb some or all of the electrical impulses generated by the host's neurons.3\nFurther study has revealed that the pathology observed above may not constitute the full life-cycle of the pathogen. Analysis is continuing - please see Dr Heidke's journal notes below in the interim.\nDiscovery: SCP-2136 was first identified in two individuals taken from the Sentinel Islands. The indigenous Sentinelese had been tagged for investigation following changes in their behaviour as observed on satellite. After the Foundation lost contact with the agent assigned for observation, a visual hazard was anticipated, and Mobile Task Force Eta-10 (\"See No Evil\") was sent in under \"Blind Ops\" conditions, capturing two subjects for study.\n\nAre you sure you wish to delete the addendum \"Observation Journal\"?\nPlease enter your password below to confirm deletion.\n\n+ [**ENTER PASSWORD**]\n\n- [**PASSWORD INVALID - PLEASE CONFIRM PASSWORD AND RE-TRY**]\n\nDr Heidke's Observation Journal - potential anomaly (provisional designation -2136)\n\nDay 1\nDay 2\nDay 3\nDay 4\nDay 5\n\nDay 1\n\n1400\nAssigned to a new potential SCP, working with Dr Fletcher (astro-biologist) and Dr Masrur (biochemist, translator). I'd like to record my thanks to Dr Richards for assigning me my first supervisory role, and look forward to reporting back once we're through the initial 96 hour quarantine.\nMTF Eta-10 have secured two subjects (-1 and -2) in a containment cell, and have also brought in tissue samples from a human corpse found with the subjects. The MTF leader noted that the subjects expressed a desire to remain together during capture and transport.\n2130\nCommenced CCTV observation. Subjects were seated on beds, facing each other and conversing. Dr Masrur noted that the subjects' spoken language was a Bengali dialect, indicating that subjects were not native Sentinelese. Subjects were interrogated using the cell's speaker system, and confirmed that they were agents from the Indian government. When we refused to release them, they ceased to answer our questions.\nIndia sent agents as well? What were they after?\n\nDay 2\n\n0830\nSubjects have refused to sleep, and have continued to demand release, but have shown no outward signs of anomaly. They certainly don't seem to be affected by a visual hazard. Perhaps Eta-10 picked up the wrong people on their blind excursion?\n1620\nFollowing a long whispered conversation, the subjects asked whether another person can join them in their cell. He says that otherwise it is too dangerous for them to sleep, but won't explain why. I have refused their request until they cooperate with us.\n2135\nThere is an anomaly here after all! At 2130, subject -2 finally drifted to sleep, despite -1's urgings. Within a minute, -1 stiffened and fell to the floor, immobile. The noise woke -2 up, and as soon as he did, -1 recovered. Dr Fletcher and I agree that visual contact appears to play a role in the effect we've designated 2136-A. Dr Masrur is talking to the subjects again now.\n2215\nI have requested a D Class to be assigned to enter the cell, in return for the subjects telling Dr Masrur what they know. Not much more than us, as it turns out. Their observer reported that the Sentinelese were living in much tighter groups than normal, sleeping in shifts and not letting anyone go off alone. The observer also noted some odd behaviour from some of the Sentinelese, with jerky, uncoordinated movements. Then the government lost contact with their observer. When they went to retrieve him, they found him dead, but with no sign of violence.\nDuring retrieval, the subjects were spotted by two Sentinelese, who attacked with spears. The subjects attempted to escape, but fell victim to 2136-A. It was only when the Sentinelese warriors caught up to them that they were able to move, and fight off the tribesmen. They were then preparing to leave the island when Eta-10 captured them.\n\n2300\nThe requested D Class (designated subject -3) has arrived at the cell. Dr Fletcher ensured that subject -3 entered the cell safely, without subjects -1 or -2 being seen outside the cell. I have asked containment to construct an outer door to the cell in case we need to open it again.\nAfter 5 minutes, we asked subjects -1 and -2 to slowly turn away from -3, keeping each other in view. As expected, -3 stiffened and fell, confirming that the anomaly affects him too. Subject -3 was revived by -1 and -2 re-establishing visual contact. So the anomaly is definitely infectious, and the line-of-sight theory could be right. Subjects have been instructed to sleep in shifts - we'll do the same in the observation room to make sure we don't lose any subjects to tiredness.\n\nDay 3\n\n0600\nThe implications of this anomaly are fascinating. Dr Fletcher and I have been up all night debating its method of infection and potential source. Dr Fletcher insists that the anomaly is some form of virus, and while I don't think there is enough evidence yet, we have agreed to refer to it as a \"pathogen\" in the draft containment procedures. Dr Masrur joined in some of the discussion, but later I could see her in the reflection from the CCTV monitor, napping on the bench nearby. We'll run some detailed tests today.\n2145\nA very long day. Testing has been difficult - every instruction needs to be delivered in English and Bengali, and the subjects were unwilling to cooperate until I told them the tests would help us find them a cure. Why wouldn't they be on edge? They've had hardly any sleep. Not that we have either.\nObservations. I'll write up the full test logs later, but for now we've learned:\n\naverage time for 2136-A effect once line-of-sight is broken is around 45 seconds;\nline-of-sight for 2136-A purposes is not disrupted by reflection or refraction. I requested mirrors for the subjects to hang in the cell, which should help keep them within each other's view;\nline-of-sight needs to include skin to avoid 2136-A effect. We've asked the subjects to strip to the waist for now, and have updated the draft containment procedures.\nDr Masrur has identified some anomalous structures in the tissue samples Eta-10 brought back - looks like this is some type of parasite after all.\n\nWe ceased testing at 2130, and the subjects are currently hammering hooks into the walls of the cell to hang up the mirrors. Subject -1 is terrible at it - seems to miss as often as he hits, meaning it's taking forever. Constant hammering is not helping anyone's nerves, especially subject - 3, whose shift it is to rest.\n\nDay 4\n\n0335\nAwake again, and on my observation shift with Dr Masrur, making sure no more than one subject sleeps at a time. When sleeping, subject -2 seems in the grip of nightmares, twitching and spasming. Could the infection be degrading motor control even while subjects are under watch from another host?\n\nDr Masrur apologised again for spilling coffee on my draft logs. I've reassured her that it was an accident, but we will need to get a back-up team on this, as the lack of sleep is wearing us all down.\n1240\nToday's tests have been inconclusive. Subjects -1 and -2 have grown disruptive, failing to comply with some instructions. At one stage, subject -2 stood up in the middle of a test and lurched jerkily across the cell. Dr Masrur tells me he was shouting \"I can't stop! Help!\" Subject -3 is showing signs of agitation at this behaviour, and has been less cooperative than before. Any test results we have are probably compromised.\n1810\nTesting cancelled for the day. Subjects -1 and -2 are no longer compliant, sporadically staggering around the room with voices raised in alarm. According to Dr Masrur, the subjects appear to be conscious of their behaviour, but unable to exercise gross motor control. Dr Fletcher agrees that this appears to be a new stage of the infection. It has greatly alarmed subject -3, who keeps yelling at the other subjects to back away. Nothing we can do for him, of course, and I can sympathise with being stuck in a small room with two other people and no sleep.\n2125\nThe back-up team arrives tomorrow to take over. We'll tell them to shorten the observer shifts - Dr Fletcher is so tired he can barely hold his pen straight, and I've given up on cutlery. The only good news is that subjects -1 and -2 have recovered some motor control, and are sitting still, or moving slowly and carefully. They've stopped shouting too, lapsing into a slurred drawl when they speak at all. Subject -3 is crouched in a corner of the cell, with the hammer from the mirror-hanging. He is glaring at the others and twitching, but I'll take that over the shouting. Not much longer to go, and then some rest.\n2345\nOh shit. Shit shit shit. How the hell will I The experiment is terminated. The subjects are dead.\nAt approximately 2330, subject -3 started to fall asleep despite his best efforts. As he did so, subjects -1 and -2 stood up and advanced on him. Their movement was deliberate but controlled, and they repeated a single word - Dr Masrur translated it as \"Look!\". Subject -3 woke with a start, and backed further into the corner, clutching the hammer and yelling at them. But they kept coming, and when they got too close He was uncoordinated, but they were slow, and still clumsy. And he had the hammer.\nWe watched it all, and it seemed to take forever.\nAnd then, as he stood there, slick with blood and shreds of tissue, we realised what would happen next.\nHis heaving chest froze. The hammer slid from a frozen hand. He fell, motionless.\nWe watched him suffocate in a room full of air.\n\nDay 5\n\n0010\nI've sent Masrur to get help. Fuck quarantine.\n0020\nForgive me, Dr Richards. I need to record a containment breach of SCP-2136. We have been infected. Fletcher denies it, but he must have seen the subjects when letting the D Class in. I know he must have, because Fletcher looked away from me.\nWhen I was nine, I fell into a river and almost drowned. This was worse. I was desperate to breathe. Frantic. And I could do nothing. There was no water to claw at, no gasping, just the knowledge that I was watching myself die. Helpless.\nIf he hadn't turned around, I would be dead. Thank god I froze looking at him, or we would both be dead. Would all be\n0030\nDr Masrur made it as far as the hallway before she collappsed. Dr Fletcher and I stumbled out together to find her - we must look like a bad joke,, trying to keep each other in view, lumbering into doors. SHe didn't deserve this.\n0555\nHafrd tio type now, even bedtween spasmsd. Its like sittimg in the paassenger seat ofv my brain, and someome edlse iws drivimg. Fledtcher is gettging worse too.\n1125\nHe's watching me, I know it. If he wasn't, I would be dead. But I'm not watching him. If I don't turn around, he can't move, and he'll die, and then I'll die. So I've got about 5 minutes of typing, and then another 5. Good. The back-up team will be here in less than three hours, and we have to be dead by then. They can't find us alive - it has to die with us.\nThe spasms have finally worn off, and I still have some time before it takes me over, so I can type. A warning. This pathogen is more complex than we realised. We thought it was collecting electrical impulses just to feed, but it was storing them. To use. To drive us. Once it understands the muscles, it knows where to push, where to pull. Our consciousness, trapped in an electrical puppet made of flesh that is no longer ours to control. Talking is more complicated, but it can learn that too. I have been mumbling gibberish for hours. So has Dr Fletcher. And then he spoke.\n\"Look!\" he said, staring at me avidly, \"Look! Look! Look!\" He started to shuffle towards me, and I didn't think. I closed my eyes.\nAnd now I'm typing, and waiting for him to die, and trying to resist the urge to turn around. He wants me to look, but I can't. I can't look. I can't look. Icantlookicantlookicant\nLOOOK\n\nFootnotes\n1. It is hypothesised that the transmission stage is sub-atomic in size, and is carried by individual photons reflected from the skin of an infected host, infecting the new host via the retina.\n2. Similarity between the effects of SCP-2136 pathogen and SCP-2218 instances have been noted. Investigation into whether the anomalous properties affecting SCP-2218 instances are an altered version of SCP-2136, or visa versa, is ongoing.\n3. This may indicate that the pathogen \"feeds\" on these impulses - cell samples containing functioning pathogen will be required to confirm this mechanism.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2135 | SCP-2136 | SCP-2137 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2137\nObject Class: Euclid Keter Thaumiel\nSpecial Containment Procedures: When not being used, SCP-2137 is to be kept within a typical electronic 10-digit metal safe in the Safe Wing of Site 23. All digital and wireless broadcast media must be kept at least one hundred meters away from SCP-2137. Due to SCP-2137's anomalous effect having been determined to have no ranged limit, digital, wireless and broadcast media may be used but should be monitored closely for any appearance of SCP-2137-1 or -2.\nOther than the testing and recording of Track 7, SCP-2137 should be considered an inanimate item without agency of its own, and any demands or threats made by SCP-2137-2 should be ignored.\nOnce a week, SCP-2137 is to be cleaned and all tracks are to be played in succession, with special attention paid to the instance of SCP-2137-1 that replaces track 7.\nThe names, situations and anecdotes presented in that instance of SCP-2137-1 must then be reported to 2137 Special Committee (\"Pac Watch\").\nOn the rare occasion that non-Foundation organizations cannot address the situation presented in an instance of SCP-2137-1, O5-9 has given authorization to activate MTF-339 (\"The Suge Knights\") to take any and all measures necessary to reach a resolution to the problem. Operational success will be indicated by a new instance of 2137-1.\nPersonnel who wish to examine or attempt to interact with SCP-2137 must ask Dr. Kivowitz for authorization beforehand, which will then pend O5 clearance.\nDescription: SCP-2137 is a single compact disc copy of \"Me Against The World,\" a hip-hop album by the artist Tupac Shakur, released in 1995. Physical examination as well as laser testing indicates that the CD was one of the initial release, manufactured and distributed in 1995; conventional testing of the disk itself reveals identical results to a non-anomalous copy of the album. The case and liner notes have been determined to have no anomalous qualities, and the physical makeup and encoding of the disk appear completely normal.\nHowever, upon playing track 7, normally \"Heavy In The Game,\" the listener will encounter an instance of SCP-2137-1. The anomaly takes the form of spontaneously-generated, professionally-produced songs featuring Tupac Shakur in various styles within the hip hop genre. Though each instance of SCP-2137-1 generated is unique, they share certain commonalities in terms of subject matter. The central focus of the song invariably addresses a crime, almost always a murder or series of murders, and then gives necessary anecdotal evidence or information to correctly identify and prosecute the killer, even going so far as to specify prosecutors or recommend vigilante justice.\nThough generation of SCP-2137-1 has been determined to have a definite causal nature, the manner in which SCP-2137-1 instances are copied onto SCP-2137 has yet to be ascertained.\n\nSCP-2137-2\nThe primary voice on the songs, from herein identified as SCP-2137-2, matches cleanly through advanced audio analysis to that of the real Tupac Shakur, who died in 1996, over a year before the recovery of SCP-2137.\nHowever, occasionally, on crimes of a particularly complicated or brutal nature, SCP-2137-2 will be joined by other \"performers,\" either guest-rapping or singing the chorus or bridge. This has included many of Tupac's contemporaries, such as Snoop Doggy Dogg, Nas, No Doubt, Everclear, Weezer and Busta Rhymes, as well as artists from the 2000s including Chris Brown, Katy Perry, Lil Wayne, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, the Ying Yang Twins, Drake, Neon Trees, Jet, Jay-Z, Kanye West, and Eminem, usually at the height of their popularity.\nOn a few notable occasions involving long-unsolved crimes by still active criminals, there have been guests of a more blatantly anachronistic nature, stand-outs among whom include Phil Harris, the Andrews Sisters, Frank Sinatra, Buddy Holly, The Who, Elvis Presley, Diana Ross, and The Beatles. Heavily anachronistic guests tend to take the role of primary artist, the song performed in their style, with SCP-2137-2 joining as a rap guest.\nWhen contacted, none of these artists had any recollection of recording for, or information regarding, SCP-2137.\n\nThe crimes themselves share that they are unsolved, or, in some cases, have escaped detection entirely. The majority of instances of SCP-2137-1 address crimes of private citizens such as serial killers, spree-murders, or career criminals, though occasionally the songs will address larger groups, such as Hamas, ISIS, the IRA, and even in two separate instances the Chaos Insurgency and the Church of the Broken God.\nA prototypical example of SCP-2137-1 is included here for reference.\n\n+ Excerpt from SCP-2137-1-542\n\n- Hide\n\nJeff Riegert out there and still stalkin the night,\nKilled his brother and five strangers with the same damn knife,\nNow it's not my place to tell you what to do,\nBut I know what I would do if I were you\nHe hid the blade in an old barn off the North 111\nHe already killed six don't make it seven\n\nWhen the crimes have been addressed and the guilty parties brought to light, either by the legal system or otherwise, SCP-2137-1 is immediately replaced by a new instance. However, the track is easily recorded through conventional means, recorded versions are not subject to change or replacement, and the original can be replayed from the CD endlessly before the killer is found, with no little variation. There are currently nearly one thousand instances of SCP-2137-1 on record.\n\n+ Initial Recovery Log\n\n- Hide\n\nSCP-2137 was recovered in the home of Avon Lincoln, arrested for the vigilante slaying of Michael Ferris, who was later revealed to have been the Ojai Strangler, responsible for six murders over the summer of 1996.\nAvon's insistence that Tupac Shakur spoke to him from beyond the grave and told him he had to take justice into his own hands, because Ferris' position as District Attorney would prevent a fair trial, drew the attention of Foundation agents after the song in question was produced as evidence in court.\nAmnestics were administered to all involved, and Lincoln was released back into the general population.\n\nAddendum 1a: The XK Incident:\nInitially, researchers experimented with anonymously tipping off local police departments through Foundation plants, which led to the resolution of over \u2588\u2588\u2588 cold cases, including the recovery of SCP-\u2588\u2588, SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and SCP-617, though no direct link has been established other than the murders involved.\nHowever, after \u2588 years this use of the SCP was deemed impractical; repeatedly addressing the crimes discussed in 2137's \"music\" was, in practice, allowing the SCP to dictate the circumstances of its containment, and under the wrong circumstances, opened the Foundation to potential exposure through continuous interaction with law enforcement at all levels across multiple governments.\nIn response to this, O5-9 ceased addressing the crimes in late 20\u2588\u2588.\nAfter two months passed, SCP-2137's behavior radically changed, when, for the first time, an instance of SCP-2137-1 was produced that revealed SCP-2137-2 had an awareness of its containment.\n\n+ Excerpt from SCP-2137-1-851\n\n- Hide\n\nYou say you're about security but you ain't the good guys,\nYou redact and expunge man your silence is lies\nYou say you're here to protect yet you're letting killers run free\nDon't make me show you how rough this south law can be\nYou couldn't stop the beat so don't you start this struggle\nYou better watch your tone unless you're looking for trouble\nMaybe y'all should lay back and let me do my duty,\nLocked in drawer feelin like y'all tryna screw me,\nYou're steppin all up on my destiny\nYou might not believe I'm the real Pac\nBut I'm not just a CD\n\nThe decision was made to halt testing entirely, rather than acquiesce.\nAfter one week passed, an instance of SCP-2137-1 appeared spontaneously on the YouTube channel of Los Angeles-based hip hop station [DATA EXPUNGED], and in the lone hour before it was taken down accrued over \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 views.\n\n\"XK Scenario\" Incident\nThe image displayed on the video was a still photograph, apparently authentic though by its nature highly anomalous. The photograph is of Shakur, estimated to be in his early forties,1 wearing the garb of Foundation D-Class Personnel, with his middle fingers raised. The accompanying song, titled \"\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588,\" focused on SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588, revealing its actual location and means by which it could be broken free of current containment procedures, and identified several members of the O5 Council by their first names as it described the function and nature of the Foundation.\n\nIn a massive sweeping operation involving the activation of multiple task forces across \u2588 continents all trace of the video was erased, and all \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 viewers were administered Class-A Amnestics. Midway through this operation, an entire album titled \"XK Scenario\" was released to the iTunes account of Beyonce Knowles. Each song featured SCP-2137-2, as well as a variety of guest artists, and focused on a different Keter class SCP currently in captivity.\nThough SCP tracking bots were able to bring \"XK Scenario\" down after only \u2588\u2588\u2588 downloads, complete digital eradication of the individual files has proven difficult. Though no loss of life or property was incurred, the sheer scale of the danger posed by this containment breach prompted a Foundation-wide state of high alert. This prompted an ongoing upgrade to all automatic SCP firewalls, and engendered the reclassification of SCP-2137 from Euclid to Keter.\nThe breach sparked heated debate as to how to proceed with the containment of (and conceptual understanding regarding) SCP-2137, which came to an end upon the appearance of a new instance of SCP-2137-1. This instance was produced spontaneously through the mouth of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588, which appeared to fall into a trance state during the incident, with the lyrics, in totality, repeatedly written in what was identified as [DATA EXPUNGED] one hundred and seventeen thousand (117,000) times all over the interior of its containment chamber.\n\n+ Excerpt from SCP-2137-1-564\n\n- Hide\n\nHelp me find my killers, and I'll find yours\nTryin' not to play the CD, you're startin' a war\nYou don't really wanna see me in flesh\nI wouldn't hesitate to put you little nerds to rest\nSo feel my power\nWhat if i told you that \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 planned it all\nWhat if the world knew that \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 bout to fall?\nDon't try to play me cuz you need me inside\nIt was the reason \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 had died\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 I would never let her\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was set up\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 self\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 to keep his head up\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 19, and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\nIs not what it seems\nI may be rare and i can't be touched\nAnd if you think about a plan imma fuck shit up\nYou try to hide but i see it all\nAnd now i'm coming for your head like a tylenol\nYou don't wanna fall\nDressed in black like you can't be seen\nI fight alone i don't need no team\nSo do your job cus i'm giving you tips\nAnd put that whole CD in the Mix, Biatch\n\nThe decision was made to resume the former method of testing, involving the embedded informants used to relay SCP-2137's evidence and information, while continuing to study the method by which SCP-2137 transmits its broadcasts, in an effort to truly contain it completely. SCP-2137-2 resumed its previous behavioral pattern, SCP-2137-1s focusing on crimes until their killers are located by conventional law enforcement, with the exception of one final track \u2014 at this time, its last recorded direct interaction with the Foundation.\n\n+ Excerpt from SCP-2137-1-565\n\n- Hide\n\nI guess it took time for it to sink in\nI'm just glad you understood what i was thinkin'\nI just knew you'd come around so you see it now\nAin't no need to get upset or even throw down\nYou know i got the crown\nI see it's hard to get some sleep at night\nYou got a head full of greys and your skin ain't tight\nSo lets be real ain't no need to fight it\nThere's a grander design i bet your gonna like it\nIt's black and white so don't get caught up in the deep thoughts\nYou got my music on the side with a greater force\n\nInvestigation into any kind of link or pattern between the crimes SCP-2137 solves is ongoing, as is interest to why it doesn't use its agency to pursue the criminals in question rather than working through proxies.\n\n+ MEMORANDUM\n\n- Hide Memorandum\n\nEMAIL FROM SITE-515 DIRECTOR DR. GWEN PRISTINE\nTO: O5 Council\nRE: Regarding Tupac\nThis will be the fifth time I have written to propose an update to SCP-2137.\nWhen they enter our program here at Site-515, researchers, engineers, MTF Troops, and even D-Class all walk in the door having read the official documentation, and believe the Foundation has been essentially blackmailed into cooperation with a devious SCP. But everyone who actually works here knows this is no longer the case.\nIn the nearly 3 decades since its containment, the Foundation's collaboration with SCP-2137 has led to recovery of dozens of SCPs. Our mobile task forces have deposed dictators and toppled tyrants, chased down rogue reality benders from Three Portlands to Lamplight, this of course, all adjacent to the arrest or end of nearly 30,000 murderers.\nTo add some perspective here: a serial killer hasn't made it past their third victim, anywhere on Earth, in fourteen years.\nSCP-2137 has produced over 40,000 individual and unique pieces of music \u2026 function at Site-515 has become effectively frictionless. First it was just the Suge Knights. But as we became more effective at addressing SCP-2137's instruction, another MTF joined, then an Elite Division. Which brings us up to the present, where the five mobile task forces under my command are in constant action against forces all over planet Earth and beyond, all under the guidance of detailed strategy provided by the mysterious music from a compact disc that the Foundation has failed to adequately contain.\nA silent, undocumented understanding has grown among us. The SCP does not simply \u201ccatch\u201d murderers. It directly and aggressively searches out anything that maliciously takes a human life.\nThe amount of lives saved and untold disasters that have been prevented through the information 2137 supplies are at this point stupefying to contemplate, much less that it has been able to essentially bully us into a pattern of unilaterally heroic expenditures of Foundation resources.\nIt's little wonder that we show the highest numbers globally in Foundation morale tests. It makes sense of course; here at Site-515, \u201cThe SCP Foundation\u201d is a fast action team of gun-slinging heroes, smashing cults, blowing away terrorists, and catching murderers and monsters in our spare time as we blast rap music out of landing attack hovercraft, or working behind the scenes, turning local cops into super sleuths and vigilantes into heroes.\nBut this period, as productive as it's been, has been intellectually stagnant. Throughout all of this, the motives and origin of 2137 remain a mystery, defying every search for a pattern, every algorithm-driven analysis. The research wing of the site has become a ghost town, as the MTF response barracks has grown to dominate everything, and perhaps rightfully so.\nBut a few young researchers have diligently continued a hunt for meaning, for greater truth behind SCP-2137-1. An unexpected advance in this area is behind the urgency in my message to you today. It had long been understood that the life of the actual Tupac Shakur held little information or relevance towards the mystery of SCP-2137's existence.\nThis has potentially changed.\nResearcher Marija Cozlvich recently came across an unreleased interview with Shakur from 1994, two years before his death and three before the discovery of SCP-2137. The interview was buried by his managers because there was anxiety about Shakur's mental state in the footage, because he was speaking what they called \u201cnonsense.\u201d\nI think you will agree that while Mr. Shakur may not be speaking clearly, what he actually says is very possibly of vital interest to the Foundation, and very definitely not nonsense.\nI feel we may finally have, if not an answer, the beginnings of one. But I can say with certainty that in my entire time at the Foundation, I've never personally felt this excited.\nSo I start my proposal here: a Keter-class object actively interested in aiding the human race is not a Keter-class object at all.\nI am officially re-submitting my proposal for SCP-2137 to at long last be redesignated Thaumiel-class object and for a quadrupling of our research team and site resource allocation. We must tug this thread and see where it leads us.\nPerhaps after hearing the audio attached, you might finally agree.\nDR. GWEN PRISTINE - Site director, Site 515\n\nDOCUMENT - RECOVERED FOOTAGE 1L:\nTUPAC SHAKUR, dressed casually, sits on a large red couch, smoking a marijuana cigarette, hunched forward and visibly heavily intoxicated, with drooping eyes and slightly slurred speech. He seems happy and jovial, and laughs often through the interview despite repeatedly becoming distracted by the presence of his entourage dancing and talking in the room.\nHis director and videographer Gobi Rahimi, sits nearby, and VH1 interviewer MILA VENDI, also visibly intoxicated, sits nearby.\nThe relevant portion begins 00:09:14 into the interview.\nSHAKUR: People ask me where I get my inspiration from. They say how do you go so hard, put in that much work. But what they don't understand is: This is me taking a break. This is me on vacation. I think some people would say that was irresponsible, to just sit back and be human for a while, be an artist, experience that. I can't be chasing the king all the time. I feel like I've been doing that forever, to protect you, all of you. He's not so big. And you're not so small. But he's gotta trick you like it doesn't matter because that's the only way he can keep it looking like he's the man, like he's some big bad evil\u2026motherfucker. You don't see that when I die, I'll live on. My death is my destiny, and then I become something else\u2026what I was before. The voice will still shout, and it'll shout justice, in poetry, and art, and music! I got you. I got you, humanity. When I eventually go toe to toe and brawl with this fool, he's gonna gather up his little red dress and go home crying like a bitch, and he knows it. Evil knows its days are numbered. So the king's still running. The chase isn't over. Prepare. Prepare.\n\u201cPrepare.\u201d\n\nFootnotes\n1. At the time of his murder in 1996, Shakur was twenty-five years old.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2136 | SCP-2137 | SCP-2138 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2138\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2138 is contained in a pressurized canister, sealed inside an air-tight box. The box is stored in a standard containment locker at Site-73. Pressure sensors inside the canister are programmed to notify staff in case of any leak.\nResponse to any leak, or any other activity requiring the containment locker to be opened, is to be carried out by Level-1 personnel trained to operate the site's industrial vacuum system. In the event of containment breach by SCP-2138, all personnel with Level-3 security clearance and higher are to be evacuated from Site-73 immediately. Any persons exposed to SCP-2138 are to be quarantined in isolation pending Site Director instructions.\nResearch on SCP-2138 has been terminated following Incident SCP-2138-1. As a result of Incident SCP-2138-2, no instances of SCP-2138-A are available for further study.\nDescription: SCP-2138 is a light blue, odourless, gaseous substance of unknown composition. The substance is chemically inert with normal atmospheric gases, is not flammable, and exhibits a rapid rate of diffusion. Initial gas chromatography results were inconclusive, and further physical and chemical properties of SCP-2138 have not been established. SCP-2138 was generated as a by-product of Dr Isaacs' attempts to synthesise a less harmful alternative to current psychoactive substances used as \"truth serums\" in Foundation field work.1\nExposure to or inhalation of SCP-2138 results in no harmful physical effects on animal specimens tested, but humans exposed to the substance exhibit the anomalous effect referred to as SCP-2138-A. Whether SCP-2138 has the same anomalous effect on all sapient entities is unknown.\nSCP-2138-A consists of the appearance of a dark rectangular shape (approximately 45 x 30 cm) above the subject's head. The shape displays a series of short statements in bright yellow text, with the series repeating over time. Each statement discloses information known to the subject alone, or to the subject and a limited set of others. The effect appears to be permanent, although a change in the subject's knowledge will affect the content of the statements displayed. SCP-2138-A is invisible to the subject, and attempts to interact physically with SCP-2138-A appear to be harmful to the subject.\n\n+ View Incident Report SCP-2138-1\n\n- Re-secure data\n\nIncident Report: SCP-2138-1\nDate: 05/21/20\u2588\u2588\nLocation: Site-73, Research Laboratory 218-B \u2013 Dr Isaacs (Head of Site-73 Materials Research) supervising.\nNote: After animal testing of SCP-2138 revealed no anomalous effects, human testing was commenced on Dr Isaacs' authority.\n\n10:15 AM:\n\nD-13962 is seated in the testing chamber. A low concentration of SCP-2138 is introduced via respirator.\nD-13962 reports no pain or discomfort. D-13962's vital signs remain at baseline levels.\n\n10:21 AM:\n\nObservation team detects the appearance of SCP-2138-A above D-13962's head.\nObservation team records the following statements:\n\n\"There is a stash of cigarettes under my mattress\"\n\"[D-4435] disgusts me and I just pretend to like him\"\n\"I did not kill my father but I lied to save my kid brother from jail\"\n\"When those guys in robes attacked the labs I got shot but they were shooting at Dr Isaacs\"\n\"There is a place called the Foundation and they have weird machines they are in an office block in Texas\"\n\n10:26 AM:\n\nD-13962 is asked to look up and read the text on SCP-2138-A. D-13962 turns to look upward, but is unable to see SCP-2138-A.\nD-13962 attempts to touch SCP-2138-A.\nD-13962 suffers sudden drop in heart rate and respiration, and exhibits symptoms consistent with cardiac arrest.\nDr Isaacs enters the testing chamber, removes the respirator from D-13962 and commences CPR.\nObservation team requests assistance from Foundation EMTs.\nD-13962's circulation and respiration returns after 90 seconds of CPR.\n\n10:34 AM:\n\nFoundation EMTs arrive and remove D-13962 for transfer to medical bay.\nAn instance of SCP-2138-A appears above Dr Isaacs' head.\nObservation team records the following statements:\n\n\"I know what D-13962 did for me and I switched his assignments to my safest projects\"\n\"The true purpose of SCP-1176 is [REDACTED]\"\n[DATA EXPUNGED]2\n\n10:50 AM:\n\nSite Director is notified of security breach by Dr Isaacs.\nSite Director authorises use of B-class amnestics for D-13962 and the observation team.\n\n+ Post-Incident Debrief SCP-2138-1 - **Level 4 Clearance required**\n\n- Re-secure data\n\nTranscript of Post-Incident Debrief following Incident SCP-2138-1\nDate: 05/21/20\u2588\u2588\nTime: 4:30 PM\nAttendees: Site-73 Director, Dr Jan Isaacs\n\nSD-73: Recording now. This is Site Director Garcia, noting for the record the outcome of my discussion with Dr Jan Isaacs following Incident SCP-2138-1. As discussed, Dr Isaacs, your involvement in the incident has given rise to what I could euphemistically call a human resources issue. For obvious reasons, we haven't been able to include HR representatives in this meeting - that's also why we're using audio recording, and not video.\nDr Isaacs: This is Dr Isaacs. For the record, I confirm that this approach has my full consent.\nSD-73: So, where should we start?\nDr Isaacs: Well, our debate on the relative ethical merits of the use of clearance to adjust experimental assignments versus D Class treatment in general was, well, spirited, but let's gloss over that, shall we?\nSD-73: Agreed. I think your current condition is more than sufficient punishment for any infractions in that regard. So, then we discussed the fact that you are now a serious security risk for this site, and the Foundation in general.\nDr Isaacs: You can't let me leave, nor can I work or interact with anyone without my current broad clearance. Basically you said you want to stick me in containment.\nSD-73: That's not what -\nDr Isaacs: Sorry Alex, that was unfair. You didn't say that, but that doesn't change what it means from my perspective. You were offering me permanent residence at Site-73, in total isolation. We discussed in detail the likely psychological effects.\nSD-73: We did. And in recognition of that fact, I offered you the chance to spend time with your family.\nDr Isaacs: On the condition that they live here permanently too! I mean, how did you think I could put my kids through living in this place, with the risks that we run every day, the -\nSD-73: - you know that this site has the Foundation's cleanest record in terms -\nDr Isaacs: - and how could I look at them and tell them they have to leave their friends, their lives -\nSD-73: - a larger purpose to consider. Jan. Jan! I don't think we need to rehash this again.\nDr Isaacs: I'm sorry, Alex, but that's easy for you to say. It's not your life.\nSD-73: It wasn't my choice that led to this. Look, we've worked together a long time. Are you sure about this?\nDr Isaacs: I'm sure. Having discussed at length, I have requested that, in lieu of contai- in lieu of quarantine or termination, I am to be given an F-Class amnestic.\nSD-73: I'd like to record a formal caution on this request - Jan, you know that it won't be you any more. It's a total personality overwrite.\nDr Isaacs: I know. But my new personality won't know any of the secrets I'm revealing now - I won't be a security risk. And I'll live. I mean, the whole point of this research in the first place was to avoid unnecessary harm.\nSD-73: We still won't be able to let you leave.\nDr Isaacs: No, but I won't go mad thinking of the life that was taken away from me, and perhaps I can be of some use. Make me a clerk, or a janitor. Even a D Class.\nSD-73: Okay, then. I formally grant the request. Dr Isaacs will be given an F-Class amnestic and reassigned based on the replacement personality. For all external and internal purposes, this will be treated as death in the course of meritorious service to the Foundation, with full benefits to the family. This recording is to be treated as Clearance 4/General-73.\nDr Isaacs: Thank you, Site Director. Alex.\nSD-73: Jan, before we finish. What you've done for the site, over the years. I want to say - what you have been trying to do, I - I respect it. I - anyway. Ah, I guess I'll call the amnestics team. We can stop recording now.\n\n+ View Incident Report SCP-2138-2\n\n- Re-secure data\n\nIncident Report: SCP-2138-2\nDate: 05/29/20\u2588\u2588\nLocation: Site-73, D-Class secure accommodation wing - hallway R-12\n6:34 PM: A minor riot was reported during the return of Class D personnel to quarters following the completion of daily testing. Security personnel have attested that the inciting factor was a violent assault by D-4435 on D-13962. D-13962 later died of his injuries. One other Class D (yet to be designated an identification number) suffered a fatal heart attack whilst intervening in the riot, and fifteen Class D personnel were injured.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Dr Isaacs' research notes are classified, and are available to personnel with 2138/4 clearance.\n2. Comprising a series of further statements revealing Level-4 classified information.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2137 | SCP-2138 | SCP-2139 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2139\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Site-35 is currently inoperative, and is not to be accessed by Foundation personnel. A recovery plan is in development for the removal of individual Keter and Euclid-class anomalies from Site-35 without recovery teams being compromised by the effects of SCP-2139. All retrieved anomalies will be contained temporarily at Site-73. Once existing anomalies have been removed, a testing regime is to be established for the identification of SCP-2139 on an objective basis, with objects confirmed negative for SCP-2139 to be removed from the site individually and stored or disposed of at the discretion of the Site-73 director.\nFormer staff of Site-35 are to be held in quarantine at Site-73, pending confirmation that they are no longer affected by SCP-2139. Upon release from quarantine, staff are to be reassigned to alternative projects until Site-35 reopens.\nDescription: SCP-2139 is the provisional designation for a potentially anomalous psychological phenomenon which occurred at Foundation Site-35, located 53km North of Alexandria, Louisiana. The effect is theorised to be generated by an anomalous object or objects.\nBased on the evidence available, SCP-2139 is believed to greatly increase the credulity and suggestibility of persons affected by the anomaly. Affected persons do not have insight into their condition. Initial testing of former Site-35 personnel indicates that the psychological effect is anomalous, and fades over a period of one month after exposure to SCP-2139 ceases. Further research will be required to confirm that SCP-2139 behaviours are not the result of ordinary crowd psychology effects.\nFormal testing of SCP-2139 itself has not been possible, as the entirety of Site-35 appears to have been affected by the anomaly before the existence of SCP-2139 was confirmed. This has also prevented the identification of the object or objects purportedly giving rise to the anomalous effect.\nAddendum 2139/1 - Site-35 Daily Briefings\nBelow are relevant extracts from Site-35's scheduled daily briefings to US central command. On 17 January 2016, Command noted that Site-35 had a higher rate of research proposals than usual, and queried the reason for this increase.\n18 January 2016\n\nWe have discussed the growth of research proposals with the heads of department, and their reports indicate that researchers are generating more ideas than usual to explain the anomalies secured on site. At this stage our working hypothesis is that there is some form of interaction between the anomalies on-site that is causing a positive feedback loop and making their properties more readily ascertainable.\n\n19 January 2016\n\nYou're correct, of course, that any anomalous interaction would have shown up before now - we have discarded that possibility. We are now wondering whether the effect is the result of a new anomaly, yet to be classified.\nTesting across the site with Kant-counters has shown no unexpected readings, which we interpret as evidence that this new anomaly must have a side-effect of disabling Foundation technology. That would also explain why none of the Scranton Reality Gauge Alarms were triggered.\nNoting that this could be a more serious situation than originally anticipated, we have cancelled all non-essential staff leave as a precaution.\n\n20 January 2016\n\nAlternatively, the anomalous effect could simply be to enhance creativity and generate more research proposals in that manner. A behavioural influence, rather than an effect on reality, would explain why the anomaly doesn't give rise to abnormal Hume readings.\nDr. Carter has raised the point that, if the anomaly is focused so narrowly on assisting the development of original thought, it is unlikely to have arisen naturally. The question is: who would have the ability and incentive to construct such an anomaly, and for what purpose?\n\n21 January 2016\n\nOn reflection, we agree with you that the anomaly appears to affect credulity, rather than creativity. Our previous theories have been discarded, and we have initiated a site-wide lockdown. We are looking into potential sources of the anomalous effects, based on when symptoms first became evident.\n\n22 January 2016\n\nInvestigations have uncovered the following potential sources of the anomaly:\n\nUncommonly mild winter weather through January 2016, potentially indicating a meteorological phenomenon\nExtended D-Class testing of SCP-1011 during November 2015\nChange of Site-35 supplier of cardboard boxes on 1 December 2015\n15 August 2015 - further amendments to SUSEOCT (Southern United States Extranormal Organization Cooperation Treaty) on behalf of the Foundation and representatives of UIU and Marshall, Carter and Dark LLP\nThird anniversary of the death of former Region 352 Director John O'June in January 2016\nUnscheduled visit on 4 January 2016 by Site Director Aktus, Site-81\n\nWe will advise further as our hypotheses develop.\n\n23 January 2016\n\nNumerological combinatorics to assess congruence between January temperatures and significant dates in Director O'June's life has so far yielded few results. At Dr. Yu's suggestion, we will incorporate the section numbers of SUSEOCT amendments into our next iteration.\nSeparately, cross-checking of Foundation containment files to which we have access has turned up several possibilities which we think Command should investigate further. SCP-2366 and SCP-2604 are both mind-affecting anomalies stemming from otherwise-ordinary wood and wood-derived products. Both are deliberately manufactured, and would fit with our working theory of an intentionally designed anomaly. They could also easily evade standard detection - when everyone is looking at the trees, the wood is the one thing on Earth no-one has their eyes on. There could be other similar anomalies out there, hidden in plain sight.\nWe hereby request delivery of samples of SCP-2366 and SCP-2604 to Site-35 for comparative analysis with our supplies of cardboard boxes.\n\n24 January 2016\n\nThe Site-35 management committee, having debated at length, are agreed that cardboard boxes are the most likely source of the anomaly. All site resources have now been devoted to this investigation - we look forward to your response to our requisition request.\nSenior Researcher Michaels has noted that the new supplier for the boxes was \"Apollo Office Supplies Inc.\". Could this company be related to the Order of the Hyacinth, responsible for the death of Director O'June? According to Greek myth, Hyacinth was a lover of the god Apollo, suggesting a connection. The infestation of Louisiana by water hyacinth is well-known, and several staff have since corroborated reports of increased growth of the plant in bodies of water near the site. Water hyacinth is also known as the Terror of Bengal. Please advise.\n\n25 January 2016\n\nPlease respond to our previous requests. The general staff population are very concerned about the Order of the Hyacinth plot to destabilise Site-35, and silence from Command will encourage further talk of complicity in this scheme by Foundation personnel outside the site.\nWe have discovered that the change of cardboard box supplier was confirmed by one \"Declan Hall\". No person of that name is on the current Site-35 staff list, and we have been unable to discover any such person on the Foundation database. Presuming that the HR records have not been redacted by co-conspirators in RAISA, this appears to have been a fake name, suggesting an inside job.\nAs the Order of the Hyacinth is a Catholic sedevacantist sect, we have taken the precaution of confining all known Catholic staff in the D-Class barracks.\n\n26 January 2016\n\nWe continue to generate theories as to the source of the anomaly. Our previous cardboard box theory has been supplanted by new analysis suggesting that the anomaly could be caused by a single object with a large area of effect, or by a liquid or gas that is able to move around the site undetected.\nWe accept that the detention of certain staff members may have been disproportionate, and they have been released. Indeed, we now consider that the anomaly may have been deliberately made to look like the work of a Catholic sect in order to frame innocent staff, and that the real perpetrators of this conspiracy have been manipulating the situation throughout.\nCould you please share with us information about the movements of Director Aktus between June 2015 and today. Certain staff have raised concerns that his visit may not have been as unscheduled as it originally appeared. Further data is required in order to ascertain the full extent of his involvement.\n\n27 January 2016\n\nNegative, Command: we strongly advise against shutting down Site-35. Our investigations into the anomaly continue to generate new leads, in a number of different directions, which should be pursued to the fullest extent by the site community. We recognise that we are under the influence of the anomaly, but we do not understand why you have dismissed our contention that it was deliberately engineered as a threat to the Foundation. Surely the anomaly's effect puts us in the best position to develop theories as to its source?\nThe removal of personnel or objects risks the loss of containment of the anomaly within site walls, before it is formally identified. Taking objects off-site, or worse, to other Foundation sites, risks cross-contamination of anomalous properties and could cause a cascade effect, with further sites compromised by the anomaly. This could be exactly what the anomaly's creators want.\nWe are very concerned with Command's attitude to our advice and updates. We have noted your refusal (or inability?) to provide us with details of Director Aktus' movements, and thus the suppression of our quest for the truth. Please be advised that, as of this time, we will consider any Foundation approach to the site as evidence of collusion with the person or group behind this anomaly, and will respond with force.\n\nOn 28 January 2016, MTF Epsilon-11 (\"Nine-Tailed Fox\") was deployed to establish control over Site-35. [REDACTED]. The site was eventually subdued with no further casualties and all personnel and affected MTF members removed to Site-73 for quarantine.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2138 | SCP-2139 | SCP-2140 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2140\n\nItem #: SCP-2140\nObject Class: Thaumiel (SCP-2140-1-D is considered Neutralized)\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2140 poses no threat to Foundation personnel. Deployment to counter hostile SCP-2140-1 instances under the conditions of Appendix A is authorized. Expanded deployment against other threats must be approved on a case-by-case basis by O5 command and the Ethics Committee.\nEvery possible effort should be made to prevent creation or discovery of additional instances. Any person exposed to, or possessing significant knowledge (as defined in Appendix C) of any SCP-2140-1 instance is to be terminated, amnesticized or exposed to SCP-2140 at the discretion of the Strategic Threats Officer.\nThe fragments of the only known copy of SCP-2140-1-D are permanently sealed in secure deep storage at the facilities listed in Appendix E.\n\nArea-313 Deep Storage\n\nDescription: SCP-2140 is an image derived through Project Kallinikos from SCP-2140-1-D. SCP-2140-1 instances are alternative versions of the image. All instances depict glyphs in the [REDACTED] script.\nWhile it is possible for persons of any background to view isolated portions, 100% of persons who view a complete SCP-2140 (regardless of medium) are loyal Foundation personnel with 2/2140 clearance or higher. These persons invariably have highly corroborated personal histories (with multiple eyewitnesses, known Foundation colleagues, and documentation) consistent with this profile. The presence of corroborating physical evidence supports the hypothesis that this is a retroactive alteration to personal history such that the person will always have been a loyal Foundation employee with appropriate clearance. It is suspected that this anomaly follows a \"path of least resistance\" and alters the minimum necessary number of events (Appendix B). No record exists of any experimental test subjects (such as D-Class personnel) or any other person lacking appropriate background and clearance viewing the complete image.\nSCP-2140-1-D was first located at the [REDACTED] dig site \u2588\u2588\u2588 km west of [REDACTED], Uzbekistan. Irregularities in the dig team's reports were noted and due to the nature of the dig site, a memetic hazard was suspected. MTF Eta-10 (\"See No Evil\") was deployed and faced heavy resistance from the dig team. The researchers and security personnel were later discovered to have been a covert cell within the Foundation dedicated to the retrocreation of [REDACTED] and were killed resisting capture.1\nFollowing recovery, Project Kallinikos was enacted. The project's separate teams analyzed sections of SCP-2140-1-D in isolation. Their findings were given to the compartmentalized implementation team which was then able to produce a working prototype of SCP-2140 with zero exposure to the original. All members of the project (including all personnel exposed to early prototypes) were subsequently exposed to SCP-2140 and amnesticized.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Ultimately MTF \u03b7-10 suffered three casualties as a result of SCP-2140-1-D exposure. Agent Swanson was presumably exposed first and then deliberately affected Agents Kim and Okoro. Subsequently these three agents were discovered to have represented another deep cell (despite originating on three separate continents and knowing each other for less than a year) and were killed attempting to access SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 .\n\n\u00ab SCP-2139 | SCP-2140 | SCP-2141 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2141\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: As of 7/04/20\u2588\u2588, the entrance to the tunnel in which SCP-2141 resides must always remain unobstructed. Mobile Task Force Omega-23, under the command of Site Administrator L\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, has been designated as the primary unit responsible for secure containment procedure regarding SCP-2141.\nLogistics for containment of SCP-2141 are provided by Provisional Containment Site-141, located at 44.0437\u00b0 N, 73.9265\u00b0 W, 6 km due east-by-northeast of SCP-2141. This Site operates under the front of a Forest Service outpost.\nWhen SCP-2141-1 emerges from SCP-2141 and attempts escape, personnel must record the date and time of the anomaly's appearance and its observable movement patterns, including average velocity and any instances of SCP-2141-1 delving underground. Following acquisition of requested data, personnel must fire upon SCP-2141-1 with rubber ammunition, only, until it is incapacitated. Personnel must lastly contact Site Administrator L\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 to confirm that SCP-2141 has retrieved SCP-2141-1 and returned to its underground dormant state.\nDescription: SCP-2141 is an immense earthworm-like creature located within a derelict tunnel at 44.0345\u00b0 N, 73.9416\u00b0 W, near the Adirondack Mountains. SCP-2141's dimensions exceed the dimensions of the tunnel, with an average diameter of 8.5 m and a currently undefined length; no instance of SCP-2141's emergence has resulted in the emergence of its entire body. It is theorized that SCP-2141 is a spatial anomaly, able to \u201ccondense\u201d its body while within the tunnel in order to compensate for its massive size.\nMild video and radio interference occurs within approximately 5 km of the tunnel's entrance. However, all electronic equipment used beyond 49 m of the entrance becomes permanently nonfunctional.\nFollowing Incident-2141-I, SCP-2141 periodically emerges from a chasm of unknown depth estimated 200 m beyond the entrance of the tunnel between intervals of 23 18 days. Upon emergence, SCP-2141 deposits SCP-2141-1 at approximately 50 m within the tunnel.\nSCP-2141-1 is a disfigured female humanoid believed to be a thorough mutation of the body of Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 after extensive exposure to SCP-2141. Its prominent features include a severely bloated abdomen as well as a viscous coating of pale yellow fluid. To achieve displacement, SCP-2141-1 aligns itself face-up and parallel to surfaces upon which it \u201cslithers,\u201d using this fluid to mitigate frictional forces. This fluid also bestows SCP-2141-1 increased resistance to physical trauma, allowing the anomaly in one event to survive and make limited recovery from lower body amputation.\nFollowing Incident-2141-II, SCP-2141 is considered to be using SCP-2141-1 as a form of gestational \u201cnesting probe\u201d to discover suitable habitats for the birth of its offspring. Consequentially, SCP-2141 is fiercely protective of SCP-2141-1 and will immediately pursue it if it is incapacitated. However, SCP-2141 does not appear to respond to other non-fatal damage to SCP-2141-1.\nUnless SCP-2141-1 is incapacitated outside of the tunnel during escape attempts, SCP-2141 does not attempt egress, facilitating containment procedures. However, SCP-2141 will not return to its dormant state unless it has retrieved SCP-2141-1 following incapacitation. When undergoing retrieval SCP-2141's high speeds (between 5\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588\u2588 kph) and size cause extensive damage to the landscape as a consequence of its size.\nIn rare circumstances, SCP-2141-1 has been known to emulate the behavior of SCP-2141, such as its velocity and tendency to momentarily delve underground (See Incident 2141-III).\n\n+ Incident 2141-I (5/31/20\u2588\u2588):\n\n- Incident 2141-I (5/31/20\u2588\u2588):\n\nRegarding the emergence of SCP-2141: Discovery of SCP-2141 occurred during routine SAR1 mapping of the Northeastern U.S. in an effort to detect further instances of subterranean anomalies following discovery and containment of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588. Radar imaging due northwest of the Adirondack Park revealed imaging distortion surpassing absolute thresholds, prompting researchers to send one (1) remote-controlled GPR2 unit to the affected coordinates to conduct a subsurface survey. Electromagnetic interference prevented the unit from detecting subsurface anomalies, but a video feed attached to the unit, while subject to interference, eventually discovered SCP-2141's habitat at the above coordinates, upon discovering a trail not found on any known maps.\nFoundation agents embedded in the Forest Service were activated to secure the perimeter of the tunnel. However, agents reported that it existed within the private property of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 family, consisting of one vacation home seasonally occupied by a married couple of one (1) year (Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588). Discrete surveillance and exploration of the area continued, and two (2) field agents posing as Forest Service rangers were sent to the residence of Mr. and Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 upon their arrival to extract official permission to survey the tunnel under the guise of removing hazardous material and dangerous local fauna.\nUpon the arrival of field agents to his home, Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 reacted violently when questioned regarding the tunnel housing SCP-2141, lunging at the agents with a ceremonial knife which could not be recovered from the scene. Agents responded with force, shooting Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 twice in the abdomen. The wounds were believed to be non-fatal, but upon being injured, Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 self-terminated by slashing his throat. Within three (3) minutes, SCP-2141 arrived at the seasonal home, demolishing the structure and \"consuming\" Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nThe surviving agent was gravely injured, but managed to recover the following document upon arrival of Foundation personnel on-scene.\n\nDocument recovered from the home of Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nThe mother must not be denied her offspring.\nThough tomorrow I betray your trust, beloved, know that it is in the service of maternity beyond the ken of both man and woman. And know that I shall pay for any wrong I have done unto you in my own blood, as is the cost of paternity.\nBut the father must not be denied his birthright.\nThough my father, and my father's father, and their fathers before them all failed to fulfill their paternal obligation, my father did pass on to me the knowledge of how to claim my inheritance. Yet it is not the will of my forefathers I invoke, but the will of primordial existence long denied the fruits of labor undeservedly enjoyed by humanity.\nDo you not know, \u2018twas not for humanity that carnal knowledge was intended, but the Wyrm?\nWe depart in the scorching condemnation of daylight. I feel my resolve wavering before me in the lines of stinking heat. But tonight, the moon shall be full with the promise of delivery. And so let deliverance come.\nNo, I shall not ask for forgiveness. You will not bear our son, but you will bear witness to something infinitely greater. In your twenty-first year of womanhood, you shall free us from our original sin.\n\nThe organism revealed to reside within the tunnel's chasm has since been termed SCP-2141. Both individuals are now effectively considered deceased. Ownership of the territory surrounding SCP-2141's habitat has since been transferred directly to the Foundation, facilitating effective containment.\n\n+ Incident 2141-II (6/23/20\u2588\u2588):\n\n- Incident 2141-II (6/23/20\u2588\u2588):\n\nRegarding Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's reappearance: Until further notice, SCP-2141-1 has been designated to describe all instances of Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's reemergence. The first such emergence occurred at 8:41 p.m. on 6/23/20\u2588\u2588, interrupting research being conducted near the tunnel to determine the geological age of the site.\nSenior Researcher L\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 ordered personnel to non-lethally incapacitate SCP-2141-1 for retrieval and biopsy to confirm her hypothesis that SCP-2141 had selected Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 as a host for its offspring. She further ordered personnel to delay recovering SCP-2141-1 in the event that SCP-2141 emerged in an attempt to reclaim the body.\nSCP-2141 emerged shortly after incapacitation of SCP-2141-1 and reclaimed its body before immediately returning underground. Senior Researcher L\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 thus recommends incapacitation of SCP-2141-1 immediately after any initial appearance. Containment procedures have been adjusted accordingly.\nWhile researchers were unable to collect SCP-2141-1 for testing, fluids collected on the scene left by SCP-2141-1 are somewhat consistent with trace elements of amniotic fluid. Senior Researcher L\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's earlier conjecture that SCP-2141 may be incubating offspring between intervals of its emergence is considered confirmed.\nSenior Researcher L\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 received a promotion to Provisional Site Administrator for her prudence and leadership on-site.\nTests conducted regarding the geological age of the area within and immediately surrounding the tunnel were inconclusive.\n\n+ Incident 2141-III (7/04/20\u2588\u2588):\n\n- Incident 2141-III (7/04/20\u2588\u2588):\n\nFollowing Incident-2141-II, provisional containment procedures were established under order of Site Administrator L\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, including the construction of a barricade to obstruct the motion of SCP-2141-1. At 2:37 p.m. (within six (6) minutes of finalization of construction), SCP-2141-1 appeared just outside of the constructed barrier, emerging from underground. It immediately moved due south-by-southwest at an approximated velocity of between 5\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588\u2588 kph, continuing to delve underground and resurface between very short intervals as few as 0.03 s. At the time such movement patterns were unprecedented, and on-site personnel were unable to incapacitate SCP-2141-1 and prevent containment breach.\nSCP-2141-1 was instead incapacitated following a collision on Interstate 91 with a trailer truck, which resulted in the amputation of SCP-2141-1 above the knees. SCP-2141 reclaimed both the incapacitated body of SCP-2141-1 and its severed remains upon arrival.\nFoundation agents on the scene reported 7\u2588 casualties, 1\u2588 of which were Foundation personnel. Additionally, severe structural damage was caused to Interstate-91, with property damage incurred of $8,\u2588\u2588\u2588,\u2588\u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588.\nThe aftermath was publicly explained as a series of avalanches, mudslides, and sinkholes prompted by nearby activity of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 & \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Drilling Company. After the consequential bankruptcy of the company, the Foundation was able to significantly increase its presence in the area near SCP-2141 by offering front services to repair damages and by occupying many vacant Forest Service positions.\nIn spite of having travelled a distance of \u2588\u2588\u2588 km, SCP-2141 was noted to be continuous for the entire length of its \u201chead\u201d to its initial point of origin. Additionally, the anomaly has been determined to be the source of video and radio interference originating within SCP-2141, with this effect extending along its entire length. It is believed that this interference results from the anomalous spatial effects caused by SCP-2141. Class A Amnestics administered by agents posing as paramedics on scene thus ensured that the public remained unaware of SCP-2141's existence.\n\n+ Interview Log 2141-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u258820\u2588\u2588 (\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588):\n\nInterview Log 2141-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u258820\u2588\u2588 (\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588):\n\nInterviewed: Provisional Containment Site-141 Administrator, D\u2588\u2588\u2588 L\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (\u201cDL-141\u201d)\nInterviewer: Site-28 Administrator (\u201cAdmin-28\u201d)\nLocation: Site-28, New York, New York\n<Begin Log: 7:25 p.m., \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588>\nDL-141: An interview room. What the fuck.\nAdmin-28: You called me; you told me it was serious. Now it's serious. This is standard procedure. You have urgent information to share regarding 2141, correct? You think we had you airlifted from upstate so you could make a courtesy call? \u201cOff-the-books\u201d isn't a card you have in your hand right now, D\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nDL-141: I called the O5s, \u2013 (pauses) \u2013 \u201ctwenty-eight,\u201d not you. They \u201cdeferred\u201d me to your \u2013 (snorts) \u2013 \u201cexpertise.\u201d\nAdmin-28: The point, D\u2588\u2588\u2588. What the O5s decide isn't something I decide, you know that.\nDL-141: Don't give me that crap. This is because of Incident[-2141]-III. They don't trust my \u2013 what's the term? Operational judgment? Professional discretion? What's the terminology for you all thinking I'm \u201ca hysterical bitch\u201d? You all air-hauled me out here so I could explain myself.\nAdmin-28: There was a lot of damage. Not only Foundation lives lost, but civilians'. We cleaned it up \u2013 we're still cleaning it up \u2013 but I think it's reasonable if the O5-Council would like someone to confirm that what you have for us today isn't going to result in another \u2013\nDL-141: So this is \u201cthe point,\u201d huh? Fuck you, twenty-eight. You think you would have done better? You've seen the reports. \u201cUnprecedented.\u201d I \u2013 we \u2013 had no reason to believe that blocking off 2141-1's exit \u2013 to such a limited extent, I might add \u2013 would cause a containment breach. The damn thing's \u2013 (pauses) \u2013 she's been learning.\nAdmin-28: From SCP-2141. You claim.\nDL-141: It's fucking Euclid-class, twenty-eight. Most of what I have is claims. But they're claims backed by solid evidence. Since Incident 2141-I, she's \u2013\nAdmin-28: \u201cIt.\u201d \u201cSCP-2141-1.\u201d I would think that at your position you would have learned a degree of professional distance, D\u2588\u2588\u2588. (quietly) Lord knows I've had to.\nDL-141: (silent)\nAdmin-28: Look, Administrator. We're on your side. But you have to understand that this isn't politics. This is protection. These are priorities. Secure, contain \u2013\nDL-141: Protect. (sighs) I know. (pauses) I fucked up. (quietly) I fucked up.\nAdmin-28: You \u201cmade an operational error due to the high variability of anomalous properties complicating containment.\u201d (quieter) You need to get used to this, D\u2588\u2588\u2588. You're right. We \u2013 I've \u2013 seen the reports. And there were other researchers on-site who agreed with your decision to revise containment procedure. Those deaths aren't your fault any more than SCP-2141-1's predicament is \u2013 (pauses) \u2013 the fault of the \u201cdeceased\u201d wife. The only one who's to blame is \u2013 well actually, it might as well be our reality.\nDL-141: (laughs) This is some kind of psych eval, huh?\nAdmin-28: (laughs) As I said, standard protocol. We don't think you're \u2013 what was your term?\nDL-141: \u201cA highly-pressured upper-level employee of the Foundation subject to typical stressors and psychological distress in the course of professional operations.\u201d\nAdmin-28: You're learning.\nDL-141: Yeah, I guess I am.\nAdmin-28: We are taking you seriously, D\u2588\u2588\u2588. What do you have for us?\nDL-141: (exhales) Here. (hands a document to Admin-28)\nAdmin-28 (reading): Increased instances of SCP-2141 delving underground. (continues reading) And SCP-2141-1 is emerging at a greater average frequency.\nDL-141: Around every eighteen days or so.\nAdmin-28: But existing containment procedure has been effective?\nDL-141: If this keeps up, they won't be.\nAdmin-28: What do you mean?\nDL-141: Like I was saying \u2013 (pauses) \u2013 it's learning. The anomaly is emulating the behavior \u2013 and in some cases, the appearance \u2013 of SCP-2141. That viscous coating \u2013 she's had that from day one, but we've noticed other things.\nAdmin-28: Such as?\nDL-141: Her eyes. Her sclerae, her irides, they've darkened considerably. And what looks like cataracts on her eyes makes us think she's not using them \u2013 if she ever was. For the first few emergences after \u2013 (pauses) \u2013 after Incident 2141-III, she was bumping into walls, moving more erratically \u2013 but that's since stabilized. SCP-2141 doesn't have eyes \u2013 how it gets around, how it detects SCP-2141-1's location is all a mystery to us \u2013 so that's just one piece of evidence that SCP-2141-1 is becoming more like its\u2026\nAdmin-28: Progenitor.\nDL-141: Yes. But there's others.\nAdmin-28: The delving underground, the erratic velocities.\nDL-141: Yes. Nothing like what we saw during Incident 2141-III, but enough to make us worry. If it ever exhibits that kind of behavior again\u2026\nAdmin-28: Existing containment procedures won't suffice.\nDL-141: Correct.\nAdmin-28: Are you proposing terminating SCP-2141-1 to prevent containment breach?\nDL-141: Fuck no. For all we know the thing can probably regenerate. (hesitates) I'm proposing \u2013 (pauses) \u2013 \u201cneutralizing\u201d SCP-2141.\nAdmin-28: I \u2013 what? How? The sheer size alone \u2013 if we even could kill it \u2013\nDL-141: - Neutralize it.\nAdmin-28: (pauses) Neutralize it \u2013 how would we \u2013\nDL-141: Dispose of the remains? I know. But something has to be done. I \u2013 I tried hindering the movement of SCP-2141-1. It doesn't work, and I do not recommend trying it again. Even if it could work, the costs of a mistake are \u2013 they're excessive. Especially if we don't get the kind of godsend we got from that frickin' 18-wheeler. (pauses) Do you know how close its projected path put it to this Site? What would have happened if that truck hadn't hit it?\nAdmin-28: And then we don't even know what would have happened if the collision had neutralized it.\nDL-141: Exactly. And look, further down.\nAdmin-28 (reading): \u201cPersonnel on-site have additionally reported increased seismic activity in the immediate vicinity of SCP-2141 while dormant.\u201d Fuck.\nDL-141: Exactly, again. And we can't get a reading of whatever is happening down there. Interference blocks off all attempts to use GPR beyond \u2588 km.\nAdmin-28: Jesus Christ.\nDL-141: So you see why I'm here. There's a timetable on this. We don't know what SCP-2141 is doing in response to our containment procedures. We can't guarantee that any containment procedure we do design will prevent unprecedented anomalous behavior. This isn't the first time that a scip has presented a threat to existing containment procedures, but this one is coming faster than we're ready to deal with it. Those greater frequencies of SCP-2141-1's emergence \u2013 they represent decreases in the time it takes for SCP-2141 to incubate one of its offspring.\nAdmin-28: What do you have to support that claim?\nDL-141: Not much. But if these things need to be carried to term, as they apparently do, it's unlikely that all the shit we put SCP-2141-1 through allows those gestating shits to survive inside of her. At the very least, we think SCP-2141 is doing damage control whenever it reclaims SCP-2141-1. Rehabilitating the trauma to the infant. But even one more of these things would be hell on our ability to contain the situation. Not to mention hell on our budget.\nAdmin-28: I've yet to see hell freeze over cold enough to freeze out our funds, D\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nDL-141: Yeah, and that's probably because it'll be the last thing you see.\nAdmin-28: True. (pauses) I'm sending a log of our conversation over to the O5. I'll endorse your recommendation. We're prioritizing termination of SCP-2141.\nDL-141: Fantastic. (sound of shuffling sheaves of paper)\nAdmin-28: Wait. One more thing.\nDL-141: What is it? I've got a flight to catch, in less than five minutes, apparently.\nAdmin-28: That document from Incident 2141-I. The O5 wants your assessment of it. It's not included in the report.\nDL-141: That lunatic's writings? (laughs derisively) I don't know what the hell he's on about, and frankly, I don't care. Maybe there is some pre-civilization legend about this thing we're dealing with. (quietly) What I am worried about is that there might be more idiots like him. Or even other locations where things like this are lying dormant. (pauses) My assessment of that document is that there is only one SCP-2141, given the way he refers to the anomaly as unique. But it's not an airtight conclusion.\nAdmin-28: As you said, few things are. Keep up the good work.\n<End log: 7:58 p.m., \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588>\n\nSite Administrator L\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has since been cleared of all charges of misconduct or negligence in her operational duties.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Synthetic aperture radar\n2. Ground-penetrating radar\n\n\u00ab SCP-2140 | SCP-2141 | SCP-2142 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2142\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Individual instances of SCP-2142 require no special containment procedures, and are to be stored in a Bulk Storage Unit at Site-33. Testing of SCP-2142 may only occur in soundproof testing chambers of Class 3 or higher.\nAlthough individual instances of SCP-2142 can be stored with minimal upkeep, SCP-2142's methods of propagation or generation are not currently understood. MTF Delta-7 (\"Sci Fidelity\") is assigned the task of identifying, intercepting, and cataloging individual instances of SCP-2142. MTF Delta-7 is authorized to employ Class-B amnestics and administer Corrective Procedure 271 in civilian populations as they deem necessary. Research into SCP-2142 and its effects should focus on identifying songs, albums and artists likely to be an infection vector for SCP-2142.\nFoundation personnel exposed to SCP-2142 and determined to be under its effects can opt to undergo Corrective Procedure 27 and be re-assigned to another project. Personnel who will not consent to Corrective Procedure 27 are instead to report to Site-33's resident psychiatrist for a mandatory monthly evaluation and lessons in lucid dreaming techniques.\nDescription: SCP-2142 designates any compact disc (78% of known instances), vinyl recording (18%), or cassette tape (4%) which induces the \"Lavinia Complex\"2, an anomalous psychological disorder, in the listener. 1,8\u2588\u2588 instances of SCP-2142 are currently in containment, with an unknown quantity of additional instances existing outside of containment.\nListeners exposed to SCP-2142 will suffer from an anomalous sleep disorder dubbed the \"Lavinia Complex\" by its discoverer, Dr. Nadeem \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u25883. Individuals suffering from a Lavinia Complex invariably dream about consuming the metacarpals and carpals of their own hands, along with all attendant flesh, tendons and muscle tissue. Subjects describe these dreams as vivid and unsettling. Those suffering from the complex also report anxiety, insomnia and hypnophobia; subjects tend to dread sleeping for any length of time.\nOf the Lavinia Complex sufferers the Foundation has been able to interview, subjects report that they dream every night, regardless of the length of their sleep. Even subjects who sleep for less than 90 minutes4 wake up to report nightmares involving self-cannibalization of the subject's hands. The dreams fit two major narratives:\nType A: Type A dreams are vivid, gruesome and detailed, consisting solely of the subject's consumption of their own hands. Other details of the dream, such as where the dream occurred and whether or not the dreamer was alone, fade from memory when the subject awakes. Typical individuals suffering from the Lavinia Complex report that 90% or more of their dreams are Type A.\nType B: Type B dreams have wildly divergent narratives, but always end with the dreamer consuming or about to consume their hands, then shortly thereafter waking. For example, one subject described exploring a tropical island and meeting friendly natives that invited him to a feast. The feast's main course was revealed to be several charred human hands, skewered through the palms on wooden stakes. The subject then noticed that his own hands had been severed at the wrist before he awoke. Some Lavinia Complex sufferers never experience a Type B dream, but most experience a Type B dream at least once in their lifetime. Subjects that profess to be lucid dreamers report much higher rates of Type B dreams, with over 60% of their dreams following the Type B narrative.\nSCP-2142 has only been discovered to affect album recordings by a limited number of artists. Additionally, only certain tracks appear to trigger5 the Lavinia Complex in listeners, while other tracks may only induce the anomalous disorder after repeated exposure. Below is a list of all songs and albums known to potentially be instances of SCP-2142.\nCurrent Known Potential SCP-2142 Vessels:\n\nAlbum\nArtists\nDate of Discovery\nDetails\n\nThe Lonesome Crowded West\nModest Mouse\n1999\nIn affected albums, Track 13 \"Polar Opposites\" appears to be an ideal host for SCP-2142, triggering the Lavinia Complex in 100% of listeners.\n\nSad, Sappy Sucker\nModest Mouse\n2001\nIn affected albums, Track 2 \"Four Fingered Fisherman\" and Track 13 \"Red Hand Case\" induce the Lavinia Complex in approximately 23% of listeners. After this was discovered, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was designated PoI (Person of Interest) 2142-01.\n\nBridge Over Troubled Water\nSimon & Garfunkel\n2002\nTrack 3 \"Cecilia\" appears to be an ideal SCP-2142 host, again triggering the Lavinia Complex in 100% of listeners. Upon discovery, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's designation as PoI 2142-01 was rescinded.\n\nI Want to Hold Your Hand\nThe Beatles\n2002\nThe eponymous track appears to be an ideal host in the original 1963 recording, infecting 100% of subjects listening to affected albums. The song itself has proven to be a potential host for SCP-2142 even in later re-printings or when featured on compilation albums, resulting in infection rates of approximately 34% in those instances.\n\nAll albums and songs\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n2005\nThe studio recordings of indie rock band \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 appear to be a highly fecund source of SCP-2142 instances. The band's entire discography serves as a potential host for instances of SCP-2142, with 32% of listeners developing the Lavinia Complex after exposure to affected albums. Track 1 \"Clap Your Hands!\" off the band's eponymous, debut album is noted as having an infection rate of 100%. The members of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 may be designated as PoI 2142-02; currently pending O5-\u2588's approval.\n\nThe Fruit That Ate Itself\nModest Mouse\n2010\nTrack 4 \"Dirty Fingernails\" is a very weak host for SCP-2142, with affected albums inducing Lavinia Complex in only 11% of listeners. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's re-designation as PoI 2142-01 is currently pending O5-\u2588's approval.\n\nSongs for Children Volume \u2588\nVarious unaccredited artists\n2011\nTrack 3 \"If You're Happy and You Know It\" was discovered to be a highly effective SCP-2142 host, infecting 100% of listeners exposed to affected albums.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Corrective Procedure 27 is a Foundation-developed medical process that involves inserting a sterilized needle into the patient's ear canal. The surgeon's goal is for the needle to penetrate a depth sufficient for puncturing the patient's eardrum, rendering the patient permanently deaf. Corrective Procedure 27 has so far proven to be the only effective cure for SCP-2142's effects.\n2. Named for the article that first described the condition. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Nadeem. \"The Lavinia Complex.\" American Journal of Psychiatry 05 Mar. 1999\n3. Though Dr. Nadeem \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 discovered the Lavinia Complex and brought it to Foundation attention by publishing his article in the American Journal of Psychiatry, he did not discover the connection between SCP-2142 and the disorder. This connection was later made by the Foundation's in-house research team. Dr. Nadeem \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was offered a position as a Junior Researcher for SCP-2142, but opted for a dose of Class B amnestics instead.\n4. 90 minutes is not long enough for a non-anomalous, neuro-typical human brain to enter REM sleep.\n5. Onset of the Lavinia Complex is easy to diagnose, as the disorder initially presents with an intense headache lasting several hours. Subjects described this initial onset of symptoms as being similar to being \"punched in the head\" or \"like someone is flicking at my brain\" or \"digging fingernails into my brain.\"\n\n\u00ab SCP-2141 | SCP-2142 | SCP-2143 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More SCPs by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-3220\n\nSCP-2790\n\nSCP-2820\n\nSCP-4780\n\nSCP-3780\n\nSCP-2664\n\nSCP-4950\n\nSCP-2730\n\nSCP-947\n\nSCP-2810\n\nSCP-2350\n\nSCP-3640\n\nSCP-4670\n\nSCP-2490\n\nSCP-2680\n\nSCP-3470\n\nSCP-5430\n\nSCP-5940\n\nSCP-2210\n\nSCP-4710\n\nSCP-3850\n\nSCP-3360\n\nSCP-2910\n\nSCP-2060\n\nSCP-7660\n\nSCP-1750\n\nSCP-2570\n\nSCP-2650\n\nSCP-2143\n\nSCP-6190\n\nSCP-7780\n\nSCP-6880\n\n+ All Tales by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nAvatara\n\nHypervelocity\n\nI Thought You Died Alone\n\nMoonlighting\n\nZeitgeist\n\nAutoerotic Assassination\n\nT Minus\n\nTerminal Velocity\n\nThe Chosen Few\n\nReboot or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypses\n\nHard Machine\n\nLoud, Lawless, and Lost\n\nMorphine Machine\n\nThe Vice Girls\n\nTruth Is Sin\n\nDeus Vulture\n\nEcstasy and Exorcism\n\nThe Revelation\n\nNonpareil\n\nRise and Repent\n\nT Plus\n\nThe Ballad of Santa Troy\n\nPrey and Obey\n\nEscape Velocity\n\nJump the Gun\n\nNo One Gets Out of Her Alive\n\nLeather Pig\n\nContempt\n\nThe Man-Machine\n\nDomo Arigato\n\nMile High Club\n\nStrung Out in Heavens High\n\nIndustrial Espionage\n\nHands\n\nNothing Human\n\nFullmusic Astrobiologist\n\nEnasni Si Gnihtyreve\n\nEight Hours in the ECRG\n\n+ All Hubs by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nHubs\n\nPrometheus Labs Hub\n\nSpeed Demon\n\nGuns Pointed at the Head of God\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nOverheard at Deer\nch00bakka\n\nSCP-150\nDecibelles\n\nSCP-3000\ndjkaktus, Joreth\n\nSCP-4220\nThe Great Hippo\n\nSCP-4310\nThe Great Hippo\n\nChicago Spirit Hub\nPeppersGhost\n\nSCP-5555\nRounderhouse, Uncle Nicolini\n\nVisions of Bodies Being Burned\nTaffeta\n\nSamsara\nTyGently\n\nDeath Perception\nTyGently\n\nThe Powers that Bark\nTyGently\n\nA Semi-Comprehensive List of Foundation Facilities\n\nDr. Desai's Personnel File\n\nSCP-2142\n\nSCP-2144\n\nSCP Series 3\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2143\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2143 is contained within an electrically insulated Large Scale Containment Cell at Site-42. The center of the cell is to be furnished according to Class-III Humanoid Containment standards, underneath a 3-by 3-meter Plexiglas roof supported by 3-meter tall steel girders. Two (2) guards equipped with tasers are to be stationed outside SCP-2143's containment chamber at all times. In the event that an Omicron event expands beyond the containment chamber, Kolokol-2 is to be immediately introduced into SCP-2143's containment chamber via the ventilation system until SCP-2143 is sedated. Following the cessation of Omicron events, non-anomalous objects spawned should be incinerated onsite by crew following Bio-safety Level 4 protocols. Anomalous objects that are spawned should be classified as SCPs or anomalous items and contained accordingly. The results of each Omicron event should be recorded and uploaded into the SCP-2143 data file daily.\nDescription: SCP-2143 is a Greek male, approximately 30 years old, with black hair and brown eyes. Physically, SCP-2143 is non-anomalous in nature, but it possesses extreme proficiency with all musical instruments, an eidetic memory for an unknown number of songs, and a singing voice that personnel describe as pleasant and enjoyable to listen to. Once per day, SCP-2143 will perform a random musical piece. SCP-2143 appears to have no control over what music it plays, and has never been observed to repeat a piece on its own accord. SCP-2143 is able to take musical requests, but is only able to perform a piece that has already been performed, and is unable to play any musical piece more than twice even under duress.\nSCP-2143-2 is a lyre with the ability to immediately relocate to SCP-2143 regardless of distance. If played by anyone other than SCP-2143, SCP-2143-2 will fail to make a sound. When played by SCP-2143, SCP-2143-2 is able to transform into any musical instrument, regardless of size or complexity, such as keyboards, oboes, guitars, and trumpets. SCP-2143 remains able to vocalize while playing wind instruments.\nPerformance of a musical piece by SCP-2143 invariably results in an Omicron event. During an Omicron event, an anomalous stratocumulus cloud (hereby referred to as SCP-2143-3) will form directly above SCP-2143. Although SCP-2143-3 will produce lightning and thunder, it will rain objects that are thematically linked to the music being played instead of water. Omicron events occur both indoors and outdoors. If indoors, SCP-2143-3 appears just underneath the ceiling, taking on the width and length of the room. If outdoors, SCP-2143-3 appears at a size and altitude typical of non-anomalous stratocumulus clouds. Omicron events only last as long as SCP-2143 is performing a song.\nEach musical piece played by SCP-2143 is linked to a single, specific Omicron event. SCP-2143 can view Omicron events, but is unable to physically interact with them. It claims that it does not purposefully cause these events, and usually expresses distress at these occurrences.\nIf prevented from performing for more than one day, SCP-2143's health and morale will drop drastically. At the same time, personnel who come within a three meter radius of SCP-2143 will be afflicted by an as-yet unknown disease. Each day SCP-2143 is prevented from performing, the area of effect will double in size. Although the symptoms of the disease are that of septicemic plague (diarrhea, fever, low blood pressure, gangrene, shock, etc.), the disease is untreatable by antibiotics. The disease's vector is unknown. If SCP-2143 is allowed to sing, any afflicted persons will quickly recover, and the area of effect will dissipate.\nAddendum:\n\nInterview Log 2143-1:\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nThe following is an interview of SCP-2143 shortly after the third Omicron Event observed during SCP-2143's incarceration.\nDate: Jan. 7, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nInterviewer: Dr. T\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n[BEGIN LOG]\nDr. T\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Good morning, SCP-2143.Dr. T\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please answer the following questions.Dr. T\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Do you know why your singing causes Omicron Events?Dr. T\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: SCP-2143, please answer the question.Dr. T\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Who is your father?Dr. T\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: When was the first time an Omicron event occurred?\nDr. T\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Would it be possible to communicate with your father?At this point, SCP-2143 began playing \"Regurgitated Guts\" and had to be tranquilized. SCP-2143 was returned to containment.\n\nAddendum: Recent Omicron Events\nThe following table lists the seven most recent songs performed by SCP-2143 and the results of each. For a full list of all performed songs, see Document 2143-2.\n\nOriginal Performer: Song\nOmicron Event\n\nThe Weather Girls: It's Raining Men\nNumerous identical instances of Luther Vandross emerged from the storm. All instances appear to have been killed by the fall or being crushed by other Luther Vandrosses. Each instance possessed a copy of the musical album The Glow of Love.\n\nBeastie Boys: Electric Worm\nSeveral instances of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 were spawned, killing \u2588 personnel.\n\nThe Beatles: Here Comes the Sun\nA large sphere of plasma emerged, expanding exponentially in the middle of the chamber. The guards on duty entered the chamber and tranquilized SCP-2143, causing the plasma to dissipate before it could consume the chamber. The guards were hospitalized for severe burns and given Foundation Badges of Merit for their timely actions.\n\nHoagy Carmichael: Stardust\nDust composed of iron, silicon, sulfur, chlorine, titanium, scandium, and calcium emerged. SCP-2143's morale decreased sharply afterwards for several days.\n\nMichael Jackson: Blood on the Dance Floor\nSwitchblades were produced, all with blood on the blade. The blood from each switchblade was genetically identical, although not in the Foundation database, and found to be HIV-positive.\n\nEdvard Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King\n1963-era Dam dolls appeared. Each Dam doll had a small crown on the head.\n\nLed Zeppelin: Custard Pie\nNumerous egg custard pies were produced. The custard of each pie contained vaginal lubrication.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2142 | SCP-2143 | SCP-2144 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2144\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2144 is to be kept in an open-air enclosure at Site-37. The walls surrounding said enclosure are to have windows built in and a gatehouse built along the walls is to serve as the access point.\nAn observation post is to be established along the perimeter of the enclosure. At all times, a guard is to be stationed in the observation post to watch over SCP-2144. An auxiliary group of up to three guards are to be put on standby, in case the assigned guard is unavailable for observation duty. Guards on duty are to rotate in shifts of two hours apiece; see Document 2144-\u00d8 for observation duty schedule.\nIf SCP-2144 is required to be transported from the enclosure, it is to be placed in a hermetically-sealed container with radiation shielding and an air pump installed. One side of the container is to be transparent, such that SCP-2144 may be observed by personnel. An electrocardiogram (ECG) and automated defibrillator are to be attached to SCP-2144, with the defibrillator set to activate when its heart rate is below 30 bpm. If defibrillation fails to increase heart rate, voltage may be increased. Personnel handling SCP-2144 are to wear Level A Hazmat suits.\nPrior to opening the container, the pre-installed air pump is to be activated to remove hydrogen cyanide (HCN) present in the container. Canisters filled with HCN are to be disposed of as per standard non-anomalous waste disposal protocols.\n\n+ View Original Special Containment Procedures\n\n- Hide Original Special Containment Procedures\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2144 is to be kept in a modified Size-S animal containment cell at Site-37, equipped with hermetically-sealed walls, radiation shielding and an air pump. A surveillance camera is to be set up to observe SCP-2144, and a transparent glass window is placed to allow direct observation of SCP-2144. An ECG and automated defibrillator are to be attached to SCP-2144, with the defibrillator set to activate when its heart rate is below 30 bpm. If heart rate fails to increase after defibrillation, voltage may be increased and research staff assigned to SCP-2144 are to be notified immediately.\nOnce per week, a containment engineer is to maintain the structural integrity of the cell and repair any damages to it. Prior to opening the cell, all personnel handling SCP-2144 or the cell are to wear Level A Hazmat suits and the air pump is to be activated to remove HCN present in the cell.\nWhen not in the cell, SCP-2144 is to be placed in a hermetically-sealed container with an air pump pre-installed and radiation shielding. The ECG and automated defibrillator are to remain attached to SCP-2144. One side of the container is to be transparent, such that SCP-2144 may be observed. Prior to opening the container, the pre-installed air pump is to be activated to remove HCN present in the container. Canisters filled with HCN are to be disposed of as per standard non-anomalous waste disposal protocols.\n\nDescription: SCP-2144 is a creature resembling a specimen of Felis catus (domestic cat). It stands at about 25 cm in height, and its head-to-tail length is about 80 cm. SCP-2144 does not possess a reproductive system, and there are no signs of neutering performed on it. Only humans are capable of interacting with SCP-2144; other animal species (including F. catus) are unable to detect or recognise SCP-2144's existence.\nSCP-2144 exhibits different anomalous properties based on it being in an open space or an enclosed space.1\nWhile SCP-2144 is in an open space, it is animate despite lacking a heartbeat. In addition, it also does not require nutrients or respiration. In this state, SCP-2144 can only be perceived via direct observation by a human. Its image cannot be captured on photographs or video, requiring direct observation by a human to perceive it. Similarly, sounds produced by it can only be heard directly by a human observer and are unable to be recorded. SCP-2144's mass is unable to be measured; scales regularly register its mass as 0.0 kg. However, personnel who had held SCP-2144 estimate its mass to range from 2 to 5 kg.\nIn terms of behaviour, SCP-2144 is shown to be lively while in an open space and typically moves about whenever it can. It also tends to avoid approaching any doors, windows or similar openings in the vicinity. Thus, SCP-2144 shows a level of resistance towards attempts to place it in containers or cells.\nWhen SCP-2144 is in an enclosed space, it ceases all movement and remains immobile until it is removed from the space. Its heartbeat and respiration can only be detected while under this state. Notably, its heart rate usually starts at about 200 bpm and slowly declines over time. Estimations suggest that it takes about 48 hours for asystole to occur. Furthermore, SCP-2144's image can be photographed in this state. Its mass can be recorded in this state, although measurements are inconsistent and range from 1.9 kg up to 5.2 kg.\nDuring this state, trace amounts of beta particles and gamma radiation are detected within the enclosed space. Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) is also spontaneously generated within the enclosed space via transmutation, aided by the ionising radiation generated. HCN samples taken record a concentration of approximately 300 mg/m3, which is capable of killing an average human within 10 \u2013 60 min. However, SCP-2144 is resistant to the toxic effects of HCN and is shown to be capable of inhaling HCN. Generation of HCN ceases when SCP-2144 is removed from the enclosed space.\nSCP-2144 was first found in the residence of Jason Schmidt2 in Berlin, Germany on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2003, where said individual had died of cyanide poisoning. Hydrogen cyanide and gamma radiation were detected from within his residence. SCP-2144 was also present at the scene, and was initially believed to be dead. Its anomalous properties were revealed when it resumed motion after removal from the residence. Foundation agents subsequently recovered SCP-2144 under the guise of hazard control, and began containment of it. A cover story of a murder attempt on Schmidt was disseminated to the Berlin Police, and his residence was decontaminated afterwards.\nAddendum 2144-1: When initially found, it was wearing a collar with a note attached to it. The item is deemed non-anomalous and is kept in the Non-Anomalous Items Storage Sector at Site-37. Text of the following note has been translated from German.\n\nDear Jason,\nIt's been nine months, but our baby's finally here. Look at the fruits of our labour and know this: Every idea has its right to exist. Please tell what do you think of it tonight.\nLove, Mel3\n\nAddendum 2144-2: Attempts to defibrillate SCP-2144 are noted to be increasingly difficult with each attempt. Thus far, higher voltages have been utilised successively to prevent asystole. Dr. Johann Wolfgang hypothesises that SCP-2144 may be adapting to electric shocks applied on it.\nAddendum 2144-3: As of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2003, SCP-2144's Special Containment Procedures have been revised. Dr. Hu An has issued the following memorandum in regards to this update.\n\nUpon the board's review of SCP-2144's current Special Containment Procedures, we express concern over the effectiveness of its regular defibrillation. While our current stance is to increase voltage to prevent possible self-termination, there is a limit as to how far it can go on. There may come a point where a significantly high voltage will electrocute SCP-2144 or it will be forced to flatline.\nAs such, procedures have been updated to alter SCP-2144's living space \u2013 to give it a little breathing space. Outside the box, it is not inherently dangerous. Ideas are hardly dangerous on their own; that falls down to their treatment by others (re: us). And this creature is an idea \u2013 a flawed idea, but it exists still and we're not letting it go out for being incorrect in the real world.\nDo not worry about the possibility of SCP-2144 escaping. Based on behavioural studies of SCP-2144, it appears to instinctively avoid all doors and windows, perhaps thinking that another box is behind those doors and windows. It clearly does not like being locked in a box; after all, ideas are meant to wander about.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Defined as systems enclosed by walls or similar structures in the 4 general directions and directly above. Said space would no longer be considered \"enclosed\" if there is at least 1 open aperture present in the boundaries whereby SCP-2144 can move through.\n2. A teaching assistant affiliated with Humboldt University of Berlin's Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences I (Biology, Chemistry, Physics).\n3. Interviews with Schmidt's peers and family claim no knowledge of any individual referred to as \"Mel\". In light of additional data elicited from SCP-2305, \"Mel\" is currently believed to be an Oneiroi (or an equivalent of which) who is associated with and/or the creator of SCP-2144. Proposals to contact \"Mel\" via SCP-990 and/or Mobile Task Force Omicron Rho (\"The Dream Team\") are currently under review.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2143 | SCP-2144 | SCP-2145 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2145\nObject Class: Keter Neutralized Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2145-1, -2, and -3 are to be contained in standard humanoid cells at Site 19. They frequently attempt to engage in self-harm, and are to be considered a moderate to high suicide risk; although Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has speculated that the nature of their anomaly would prevent any self-inflicted injuries from being fatal, this is \u2014 short of allowing a suicide attempt to proceed to completion \u2014 unfalsifiable. For their psychological well-being, they are permitted to undergo cosmetic surgery procedures at their own request; these procedures may not be performed any more frequently than once every three months.\nThe cadaver of SCP-2145-4 is contained in a high-security morgue freezer at Site 26. Access to tissue samples requires written permission from two O5-level personnel.\n\nPersonnel with level-3 clearance or higher may access the previous, obsolete containment procedures for SCP-2145\n\nAccess granted\n\nSCP-2145 is not currently containable; containment procedures will instead focus on minimizing damage. SCP-2145-1, -2, -3, and -4 are to be kept under surveillance at all times. No Foundation agent, operative, or employee is to come within 100 m of SCP-2145-1, -2, -3, and/or -4. All electronic communication to and from SCP-2145-1, -2, -3, and/or -4 is to be intercepted, recorded, transcribed via a double-blind system, and archived. No individual Foundation agent, operative, or employee is to be assigned to SCP-2145 for more than 6 consecutive days; the interval between two successive assignments to SCP-2145 must be no less than 14 days.\nIndividuals who have had direct \"scene\"-level interactions with SCP-2145-1, -2, -3, and/or -4 are to be debriefed, and then to be administered class-A amnestics; individuals who are suicidal as a result of scene-level interactions are to be tranquilized prior to debriefing.\nThe actors Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Michael Richards, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus are to be kept under surveillance at all times. In order to prevent the possibility of a Pirandello-Malkovich mass consciousness overwriting, at no time are any of Seinfeld, Alexander, Richards, and/or Louis-Dreyfus to be allowed to come within 300 meters of SCP-2145. In the event of any of these individuals coming within 2000 meters of SCP-2145, their itineraries are to be rerouted via Kerner-Leeming traffic manipulation protocols. Moisseiff-Eldridge infrastructure sabotage protocols are to be used at 1500 m from SCP-2145, Phelps-Poole crowd manipulation protocols are to be used at 1000 m, and Bardo-Chapman injury protocols are to be used at 500 m.\n\nDescription: SCP-2145 is the collective term for three individuals, and the cadaver of a fourth individual, who have been anomalously altered to be exact physical replicas of the primary cast of the American situation comedy Seinfeld (1989-1998), as they appeared in approximately 1998. SCP-2145-1 is an exact replica of actor Jerry Seinfeld, SCP-2145-2 is an exact replica of actor Jason Alexander, SCP-2145-3 is an exact replica of actor Michael Richards, and SCP-2145-4 was an exact replica of actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The three living instances do not show any external signs of physical aging (other than those which were present on Seinfeld, Alexander, and Richards in 1998), and any significant physical modifications will gradually revert themselves at a rate proportional to the degree of modification.1\n\nPersonnel with level-3 clearance or higher may access the previous, obsolete description of SCP-2145\n\nAccess granted\n\nDescription: SCP-2145 is the collective term for four entities who are exact replicas of the primary cast of the American situation comedy Seinfeld (1989-1998) as they appeared in approximately 1998, existing separately from the actors who portrayed them. SCP-2145-1 is an exact replica of actor Jerry Seinfeld (portraying a fictionalized version of himself), SCP-2145-2 is an exact replica of actor Jason Alexander (portraying \"George Costanza\"), SCP-2145-3 is an exact replica of actor Michael Richards (portraying \"Cosmo Kramer\"), and SCP-2145-4 is an exact replica of actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus (portraying \"Elaine Benes\").\nThese entities reside in New York City (the setting of Seinfeld episodes) and cause the occurrence of \"Seinfeld-like\" (\"SL\") events. SL events involve the macro-scale modification of probability affecting the actions of all individuals within the entities' immediate vicinity (ranging from approximately 30-40 m for each of the entities when alone, to approximately 60 m when all four entities are together), leading to drastically increased rates of coincidence, synchronicity, and miscommunication. These rates are increased still further for individuals who interact2 with the entities; such individuals also exhibit behavioral modifications involving decreased empathy, malignant narcissism, and general amorality. Foundation dramaturges and critical theorists have shown3 that SL events are parametrically consistent with the scenarios portrayed in broadcast episodes of Seinfeld, and posit that they are phenomenologically indistinguishable from \"living in the show\". Medium-level cognitive distortion has also been observed to occur, such that affected individuals show no awareness of either the fictional characters whose appearance SCP-2145 mimics, the television program which featured those characters, or the actors who portrayed those characters.\n\nAcquisition log: After the first 22 attempts at containment were disrupted by the unexpected range of SCP-2145's anomalous effect [see documents 2145-HL2 through -HM-17], the Foundation entered into a temporary partnership with the Global Occult Coalition, and another with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Unusual Incidents Unit; neither of these organizations was made aware of the Foundation's cooperation with the other. The rationale for this was that, by joining forces with two separate organizations which had conflicting intentions towards anomalies, the Foundation would be insulated from SCP-2145's manipulation of probability, behavior, and cognition. To increase the likelihood of success, Foundation personnel deliberately limited the extent to which they were available to GOC and UIU agents, such that those agents would be encouraged to take action without first consulting Foundation liaisons; similarly, information provided to GOC and UIU agents was deliberately incomplete, with several important details redacted, such that both GOC and UIU agents would be encouraged to make fallacious and/or incomplete conclusions regarding the exact nature of SCP-2145's anomaly.\nOn 17 December 2005, the GOC launched Operation Flamingo, in which SCP-2145-1 was codenamed Hyacinth, SCP-2145-2 was codenamed Kepler, SCP-2145-3 was codenamed Gooseberry, and SCP-2145-4 was codenamed Needlework. This was in direct conflict with the UIU's Operation Gooseberry (launched the same day), in which SCP-2145-1 was codenamed Needlework, SCP-2145-2 was codenamed Flamingo, SCP-2145-3 was codenamed Hyacinth, and SCP-2145-4 was codenamed Kepler.4\nThe UIU had concluded (correctly) that the number of individuals SCP-2145 could simultaneously affect was limited. The UIU's Operation Gooseberry was thus intended to create civil unrest via crowd-manipulation protocols, under the assumption that this would overload and shut down SCP-2145's anomaly; this would thereby allow the four members of SCP-2145 to be forcibly separated from each other and arrested, under the pretext of being taken into protective custody. The GOC, however, had concluded (also correctly) that only one member of SCP-2145 was truly anomalous, and that the other three were either accomplices or (as was later found to be the case) unwilling victims who had been anomalously modified; since direct action against that entity was blocked by its anomalous effect, the GOC's Operation Flamingo was intended to first psychologically disrupt the anomalous \"leader\" of SCP-2145 by confronting it with the violent death of one of its companions. Both operations were to be conducted via double-blind methodology, to circumvent inhibition via SCP-2145's anomaly.\nOn 18 December 2005, Operation Gooseberry and Operation Flamingo were simultaneously implemented. In the midst of the civil unrest that resulted, a series of miscommunications and conflicts with UIU operatives led GOC operatives to conclude that the leader of SCP-2145 was most likely to be SCP-2145-3, followed by -1, and then -2. SCP-2145-4 was therefore considered the most likely to be a non-anomalous follower, and was selected for assassination; a GOC sniper, acting from a 28th-story office window at the corner of [REDACTED] and [REDACTED], killed SCP-2145-4 in full view of its three companions.\nSCP-2145-1, -2, and -3 immediately collapsed; they were taken into custody by UIU agents, and subsequently remanded into Foundation custody. The cadaver of SCP-2145-4 was also taken into custody; interviews with -1, -2, and -3 indicate that, behavioral and dramaturgical analysis to the contrary, -4 was in fact their leader. Post-mortem analysis has revealed several macro- and microstructural anomalies in SCP-2145-4's brain and nervous system; however, the extent to which these caused SCP-2145-4's anomalous properties, rather than being caused by them, is speculative at best, especially in light of the assassination damage.\n\nFootnotes\n1. See document 2145-V-19 for operational parameters of what is considered \"significant\".\n2. Monitoring the entities for more than 7 consecutive days has been found to result in the same effect as directly interacting with them; fortunately, this effect is temporary\n3. \"Something Instead of Nothing\", by G. Hofstadter and D. Morrison, in Foundation Journal of Literary, Textual, Linguistic, and Semantic Anomalies; February 2003\n4. These coincidences, which were not detected until after the fact, are believed to have been the result of SCP-2145's unconscious manipulation of probability.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2144 | SCP-2145 | SCP-2146 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2146\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2146 is presently commonly known as DDUSAT-12, and is on record as a defunct communications satellite owned by Defense Design United, a holding of Standard Communications Production, a Foundation front company.1 Due to its size and location, recovery or containment is presently thought infeasible.2 MTF-Mu-19 ('the Star-Struck') have been covertly inserted into various astronomical societies in order to identify any potential breaches of the anomaly. Individuals who discover SCP-2146 are to be either administered Class-B amnestics or discredited, as is appropriate for the situation.\nThe transmissions known as SCP-2146-1 are presently impossible to suppress3; however, as the content of said transmissions is typically profoundly innocuous, it is considered a low-level threat. The transmissions are to be monitored, and these procedures may be modified if the transmissions ever begin to exhibit anomalous or otherwise dangerous properties or content. Complaints to government organizations responsible for telecommunications regulation are to be monitored. The present cover story regarding SCP-2146-1 is that it is a pirate radio station broadcast by an avant-garde art movement.\nDescription: SCP-2146 is the frozen corpse of an adult specimen of Balaena mysticetus (the Bowhead Whale), which is presently in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). Its orbital path is circular with an inclination of 146 degrees (retrograde), and its orbital period is 19.6 hours.\nThe object is approximately 17.5 meters in length, and while its gender is presently unknown, it is (due to its size) statistically more likely to be a female instance of the species. Its estimated weight is approximately 30 tons, one-third that of a healthy specimen of its species, due to desiccation. In addition, the object has suffered significant corrosion from micro-impacts, and is deeply cracked in a manner consistent with limited heat exchanges and radiation exposure typical in a vacuum environment.\nOnce every Synodic Lunar month (29.5 days), SCP-2146 begins broadcasting radio signals, presently designated SCP-2146-1. These broadcasts range in duration from 2.5 to 18 minutes. It is presently unknown how SCP-2146 transmits these broadcasts; telescopic viewing has not shown any sign of radio-capable equipment on SCP-2146.\nThese broadcasts vary widely in both content and format: some appear to be documentaries, others appear to be science fiction dramas (often of the space opera variety), others seem to be children's shows, and others are songs or poems. These broadcasts only feature an audio track, and in every case, features an entity presently referred to as SCP-2146-2, who narrates, acts in, or sings the content of SCP-2146-1. No other voices have yet been heard in SCP-2146-1 transmissions.\nThe SCP-2146-1 transmissions often feature unusual and occasionally disturbing content; however, SCP-2146-2 is always cheerful to the point of jocularity in the broadcasts. Its voice seems to be that of a middle-aged, deep-voiced man, and has been noted to speak in a number of languages, including English, French, Norwegian, Russian, and Inuktitut.\nSCP-2146-1 transmissions contain one other unifying feature: in every case, the contents deal with a 'space whale,' a space-based Cetacean; however, the features, motivations and characterization of this creature changes with each broadcast.\nNo information as to how SCP-2146 came to be located in Earth orbit has yet come to light. No launches involving Bowhead Whales, or of a size capable of transporting an intact Bowhead Whale, are presently known to the Foundation.\nDiscovery: SCP-2146 was discovered in 19\u2588\u2588, after a number of civilian complaints in several developed nations in the Northern Hemisphere were linked by Foundation Analytical personnel. These complaints were generally directed towards government offices that regulated telecommunications, and always involved bizarre and disturbing radio show content. The signal, later designated SCP-2146-1, was used to triangulate the location of its source, SCP-2146. Fortunately, developing telecommunications, and a subsequent increase in both radio traffic and artificial orbital bodies have rendered SCP-2146 and its transmissions much more difficult to isolate. See above for the present containment procedures.\n\nA list of notable SCP-2146-1 broadcasts\n\nAccess Granted\n\nBroadcast Date: \u2588\u2588/ \u2588\u2588/19\u2588\u2588\nDuration: 2 minutes and 56 seconds\nLanguage: English\nContent: A short jingle (SCP-2146-2 singing, apparently accompanied by guitar), apparently for a children's show featuring Bay-Bo the Space Whale. Notable lyrics include: 'He loves you so much, he's gonna eat your whole world up/ You get to learn all about science in Bay-Bo's guts!' and 'Swims through space, the size of a star/ he's the friendliest, nicest cosmic monster!'\nBroadcast Date: \u2588\u2588/ \u2588\u2588/19\u2588\u2588\nDuration: 8 minutes and 14 seconds\nLanguage: French\nContent: A short political manifesto laying out the rights of 'Exocetaceans,' and making a number of derogatory claims regarding 'oppressive higher-dimensional harpoonists.' Notable content includes the Exocetaceans 'inalienable right to devour lesser races.'\nBroadcast Date: \u2588\u2588/ \u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\nDuration: 16 minutes and 3 seconds\nLanguage: English\nContent: A melodramatic science-fiction production of the 'Space Opera' variety, including orchestral scoring (not a match for any known piece). Regards the quest of the 'Brave Space Whale Owaba' to defeat the evil empire and rescue 'Space Whale Princess Bawooha.' Notable in that the evil empire seems to consist of beings in spacecraft (possibly humanoid).\nBroadcast Date: \u2588\u2588/ \u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\nDuration: 12 minutes and 51 seconds\nLanguage: Norwegian\nContent: A documentary regarding the feeding and mating practices of Balaena stellaris, the Space Whale. Notable in that the species is, by its binomial nomenclature, identified as a Right Whale, like SCP-2146 (as a Bowhead Whale). Also, the reproduction of a Balaena stellaris apparently requires the 'utter destruction of a primitive civilization.' The reason behind this reproductive necessity is not made clear.\nBroadcast Date: \u2588\u2588/ \u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\nDuration: 6 minutes and 47 seconds\nLanguage: Russian\nContent: A short science fiction tale about a crew of (apparently human) biologists in a spacecraft, attempting to locate a legendary creature (the space whale). Most of the story consists of the scientists speculating on the nature of the space whale in a pseudoscientific and mildly religious manner. The story ends with the crew finding the space whale and, in awe, pledging to worship it.\nBroadcast Date: \u2588\u2588/ \u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\nDuration: 8 minutes and 22 seconds\nLanguage: English\nContent: An episode of the children's show 'Bay-Bo the Space Whale,' which was featured in an earlier broadcast of SCP-2146-1 as a jingle. Involves a number of children in a spacecraft speaking through a 'communicator' with the nearby Bay-Bo, a star-sized cetacean. The episode consists of a simplified explanation of gravity, appropriate for 8- to 10-year-old children. The episode ends with the spacecraft crashing into Bay-Bo, and the narrator stating, 'And the children all died. They should have paid more attention to the lesson, I guess!'\n\nFootnotes\n1. This information was falsified and entered into the UN Register of Objects Launched into Space by embedded agents. It is believed such a registration will discourage close scrutiny.\n2. While the Foundation possesses assets capable of reaching the object and subsequently constructing a containment structure or destabilizing its orbit, any such attempt would be too difficult to conceal.\n3. The signal has been shown to switch frequencies in early attempts to jam the signal; its method of detecting the jamming is presently unknown. Full jamming of the range of frequencies SCP-2146-1 broadcasts on would have disastrous effects on civilian telecommunications.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2145 | SCP-2146 | SCP-2147 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2147\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2147's front porch is to be kept clear of plant matter at all times, as not to arouse suspicion. SCP-2147 has been removed from all websites featuring it, either through use of digital image manipulation or takedown of images on the basis of copyright claims. Any non-Foundation image of SCP-2147- particularly ones found on urban exploration websites- are to be taken down as soon as possible.\nSprinklers and misters have been fitted in the area around SCP-2147, which will regularly administer Class-F Amnestics1 to any individual passing by the property on which SCP-2147 is located.\nWith the exception of plumbing, all utilities have been disconnected from SCP-2147-B. No flames are to be lit within the basement of this structure, due to a buildup of flammable gas. This gas is to be vented weekly to prevent toxic buildup in the basement.\nDescription: SCP-2147 is what is believed to be a section of the Florida Everglades located simultaneously at coordinates [REDACTED] and in a three-story suburban house in [REDACTED], Ohio, United States. The section of the Everglades is designated SCP-2147-A and the house is designated SCP-2147-B.\nSCP-2147-A conforms to the spatial structure and boundaries of SCP-2147-B's interior, and is present in all areas and structures of the house, including plumbing, heating ducts, crawlspaces and gas lines2. This has led to several irregularities, including:\n\nA pit of quicksand located on the second story, which has no outlet, despite being located above the first-floor bathroom; GPS sensors dropped into the quicksand indicate the termination point is somewhere in the Everglades.\nWater faucets often expel swamp water drawn from an unknown source when turned on, as well as items such as plants of the Lemnoideae genus (Duckweed), frog spawn, and dragonfly nymphs, despite being connected to the city of [REDACTED]'s municipal water supply. In addition, faucets will turn on at random, despite having faucet valves disabled.\nThe attic of the house is inaccessible, due to several square meters of silt, dirt and organics- an estimated 300 tonnes of matter- filling the space, including the stairs leading into the attic. Despite this, the ceiling of the second floor bears the weight of the attic with no structural issues. Currently, attempts are being made to enter the attic from the roof of SCP-2147-B.\nWhat is presumed to be the living room or parlor of the house is filled entirely with swamp water of an unknown depth. Furniture has been found in this area of the house by exploratory divers. Furthermore, persistent audio phenomena has been heard both above and below water, in the form of an unknown folk song or songs.\nWith the exception of the living room, basement and bathrooms, no furniture or appliances were present in the house upon discovery.\n\nWhile fauna have escaped SCP-2147-B into the city of [REDACTED], flora from SCP-2147-A shows the inability to grow past the bottom step of the front porch, with stems from the plants anomalously terminating at this point. Physical manipulation of the plants show that the terminated points still exist, but are located in another area.\nSCP-2147 was originally discovered by the Unusual Incidents Unit Cincinnati Division, who were investigating repeated reports of alligators in the sewers of [REDACTED]. It was discovered this was due to an alligator living within SCP-2147 laying eggs in the toilet, with hatchlings occasionally crawling down the drain and living in the sewers. Due to the age of several of the captured alligators, it is estimated that SCP-2147 has existed in some form for at least ten years.\nAddendum: Interview With UIU Agent MacAllister:\n\nAgent Williams: Special Agent MacAllister, I'm Agent Williams, Foundation Liaison to the Unusual Incidents Unit. Could you please state your name for the record?\nAgent MacAllister: (sighs) Special Agent Quinn MacAllister, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Unusual Incidents Unit 25.\nAgent Williams: When did you first become aware of the anomaly?\nMacAllister: It was supposed to be a simple investigation, honestly. We get reports of gators in sewers all the time in the UIU, and thanks to some law or another, we have to investigate every single one.\nAt first, we just assumed that it was an individual flushing baby gators into the sewer, where they grew up\u2026 but the problem was that this call was the tenth one in three months. The [REDACTED] County SCP- sorry, SPCA had no idea where they were coming from.\nMost of the younger ones were found in the area of Wood Street- not a pleasant place. Everywhere there is broken and empty and run-down. So, we looked around there, and eventually, my partner\u2026 he started vomiting.\nWilliams: Why?\nMacAllister: Agent Christman suffers from hypersensitivity, especially when it comes to smells. That's what tipped us off to the house; it smelled like rotting swamp, in the middle of Ohio. He couldn't stand the smell, so I went in, and\u2026 a gator nearly bit off my leg. I shot it, saw the inside of the house looked like it was the set of Creature from the Black Lagoon, and then I called you.\nWilliams: Did you notice anything unusual about the house, from what you could see from the doorway?\nMacAllister: Other than the fact that Florida had come to visit? Well\u2026 right before I went in, I noticed a set of boots by the front door, just in the inside of it. They looked like\u2026 boots you would wear for hunting. Brand new, too. When I came back after checking on Agent Christman, they were gone.\n\nAddendum: Incident 2147-01: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, Agent Lowder, an exploratory diver, vanished whilst investigating the living room of SCP-2147-B. Prior to loss of communication, Agent Lowder reported that a hole had appeared in the water, and that he was going to investigate it; after failing to surface for another twenty minutes, an emergency dive was conducted, but Agent Lowder was unable to be located.\nGPS tracking on his diving apparatus showed that he had somehow traveled to the Everglades, at coordinates [REDACTED]. A Foundation team was dispatched to the area, and found several pieces of furniture and home appliances within a remote area of the Everglades, seemingly suspended in midair by an unknown force, including several beds, a refrigerator, stove, oven, and several pieces of furniture dating from the mid 1990s. Notably absent were any bathroom fixtures. The elevation and location of each piece of furniture approximately matched the elevation and location they would be in if they were present in SCP-2147-B. Agent Lowder was not recovered from the area, and is presumed to be KIA.\nSeveral task force members reported an audio anomaly in the area, which was found to be an LP recording of the Kingston Trio's String Along album, playing on a record player located in what was believed to be the living room; several individuals on-site at SCP-2147-B confirmed this to be the audio anomaly that was being heard in the living room.\nThe record and player were retrieved, and were believed to be non-anomalous upon recovery; however, analysis showed major alterations to the lyrical content of the song Everglades, as are recorded below:\n\nNow, the family went in, they didn't come back out.\nThey all died in there and there ain't no doubt.\nIt's an eye for an eye so the debt is paid.\nThey won't last long in the Neverglades.\nOnly I can live in the Neverglades.\nWhere I can hide and never be found\nAnd have no fear of the baying hounds.\nBut you better keep moving and don't stand still.\nIf the skeeters don't get you then the gators will.\nRun like a dog through the Neverglades.\nSkip like a frog through the slimy fog.\nRun through the trees from the Neverlys.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Class-F Amnestics are designed to prevent the formation of new memories associated with a specific object. Foundation Personnel are inoculated against this form of Amnestic regularly.\n2. SCP-2147-B was built in the late 1800s, and as such, was fitted for the use of Kerosene lighting.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2146 | SCP-2147 | SCP-2148 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2148\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2148 is to be held within a standard humanoid containment chamber within Hall \u2588\u2588 of Site-\u2588\u2588. SCP-2148-1 is to remain in place at all times. Class C amnestics are to be administered to SCP-2148 if its anomalous properties manifest.\nDescription: SCP-2148 is a male humanoid of Indian descent. The words \"Mr. Stripes, from Little Misters \u00ae by Dr. Wondertainment\" are tattooed upon SCP-2148's right bicep. SCP-2148-1 is a white blindfold immune to the effects of SCP-2148 with the brand name \"Doctor's Orders\" sewn into it, worn by SCP-2148 since discovery.\nThe anomalous properties of SCP-2148 do not manifest unless it is able to visually commit something other than SCP-2148-1 or itself to memory. When it is able to dedicate a person or object to memory via visual stimuli, all current physical and digital information concerning said person or object is immediately obscured via black bars. No alterations occur to media created after this event unless SCP-2148 observes the person or object in question a second time. Class C amnestics have proven capable of reversing this process if applied within three hours of exposure.\nSCP-2148 was discovered outside Site-\u2588\u2588 by Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and was the first anomaly associated with the \"Little Mister\" series encountered by the Foundation.\n\nForeword: The following transcript was recreated using the recorded audio due to the alterations to the original transcript, detected 07/03/1995.\n<Begin Log>Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Excuse me?Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: No, he's not here yet. So there are more Little Misters?Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Did you see them often?Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You said you haven't seen Mr. Lie?Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: And where did the two of you go? What did you look at?Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: And do you have any idea where Mr. Lie is currently?<End Log>\n\nAddendum 1: Within two weeks of the initial containment of SCP-2148, both SCP-905 and SCP-920 arrived at Site-\u2588\u2588 through unknown means. A conference was held between the current Site Director and O5-4 to discuss the repeated information breach. Site Director \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 requested all future anomalies associated with the \"Little Mister\" series to be contained within Hall \u2588\u2588, which was approved by O5-4. SCP-2148 was then relocated to its new containment cell within Hall \u2588\u2588 without issue.\nAddendum 2: On 05/12/1995 an anomaly (tentatively designated SCP-2148-2) within Site-\u2588\u2588 security footage was discovered, beginning with the initial recovery of SCP-2148 and lasting roughly three weeks. SCP-2148-2 manifested as a black bar obscuring Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and Site Director \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 at intermittent intervals on all security footage.\nWhen questioned about this, both personnel cited two distinct and equally clear memories during the times SCP-2148-2 followed them. Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 cited he was conducting testing with an unrelated anomaly, and Site Director \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 claimed to either be doing paperwork or in one case communicating with O5-4. Both claims have been corroborated by other personnel, including O5-4, as well as surveillance footage.\nSCP-2148-2 manifestation ended shortly after an interview between SCP-2148 and Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 while he was obscured by SCP-2148-2. Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 exited Site-\u2588\u2588 shortly after, exiting camera view without incident.\nWhen questioned about this, SCP-2148 claimed to have no knowledge of how this could have occurred. A search of its cell revealed one previously unaccounted for photograph affected by the anomalous properties of SCP-2148.\nAddendum 3: While originally thought to not possess a document of the Little Mister series, when questioned SCP-2148 unrolled SCP-2148-1 to reveal an equivalent printed on the obverse side.\n\nWow! You've just found yourself your very own Little Mister, a limited edition collection from Dr. Wondertainment!\nFind them all and become Mr. Collector!!\n01. Mr. Chameleon\n02. Mr. Headless\n03. Mr. Laugh\n04. Mr. Forgetful\n05. Mr. Shapey\n06. Mr. Soap\n07. Mr. Hungry\n08. Mr. Brass\n09. Mr. Hot\n10. Ms. Sweetie\n11. Mr. Life and Mr. Death\n12. Mr. Fish\n13. Mr. Moon\n14. Mr. Redd (discontinued)\n15. Mr. Money\n16. Mr. Lost\n17. Mr. Lie\n18. Mr. Mad\n19. Mr. Scary\n20. Mr. Stripes \u2714\n\n\u00ab SCP-2147 | SCP-2148 | SCP-2149 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2149\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2149 is to be stored in a small, environmentally self-contained chamber which has been fitted with internal radiation shielding sufficient to contain all naturally-occurring radioisotopes. This chamber will also be equipped with internal Geiger counters and air-quality sensors, as well as audio/video surveillance.\nSCP-2149 is to be securely attached to a hardened steel support frame of sufficient height to allow a similarly hardened portable collection bin of at least two cubic meter capacity to be positioned under the output opening of SCP-2149. No personnel may enter SCP-2149's containment chamber during a production event. After a production event, personnel are to enter the containment chamber and remove all materials produced by SCP-2149. All materials produced are to be sorted by type and disposed of or sanitized and placed in storage, as appropriate.\nAll standard safety protocols for handling and cleaning radioactive material and waste must be observed by all personnel assigned to SCP-2149. A safety cap has been placed over the hopper opening of SCP-2149 to prevent accidental introduction of materials or body parts into SCP-2149.\nDescription: SCP-2149 is a Universal Model 1 meat grinder/chopper. A cylinder of unknown material, which is superficially similar to layered sheets of carbon nanotubes, has been fused by unknown means to the body of the grinder and replaced the hand crank. The grinding auger continually rotates and no means to stop or prevent the rotation of SCP-2149's auger has yet been found. The auger has been observed to rotate faster when producing lighter metals and slower when producing heavier metals. During a production event, no material should be placed in the hopper opening. SCP-2149 exhibits low-grade radioactivity due to cumulatively absorbed radiation.\nAn attachment for filling sausage casings has been fused over the output portion of SCP-2149. This attachment is composed of the same material as the drive cylinder. Based on wear patterns and radiocarbon dating of surface samples, the item was manufactured in the early 1920s. The modifications have not been accurately dated. The metal components of SCP-2149 are in good condition for their age and show minimal corrosion.\nDaily at 0000 UTC, SCP-2149 will begin a production event. During a production event, metal will begin issuing from the opening of SCP-2149. This metal is 97%-99.99% pure elemental metal. Material introduced to the input hopper during a production event will be integrated into the produced metal, even if the auger could not normally break down the material introduced. This integration is simple combination, rather than alloying, much like grinding two different kinds of meat. Research is ongoing as to the mechanism that allows the iron auger to break down otherwise harder and stronger materials in addition to the mechanism that prevents introduced material from combining with the expelled metal. Metals expressed by the object are produced in a plasma state, though they quickly cool and solidify.1\nProduction events will continue for a number of minutes equal to the atomic weight of the metal being produced. SCP-2149 has been observed to only produce metals which can exist in a stable form. Metalloids, nonmetals, halogens, noble gasses and elements with no stable isotopes have not been recorded as having been produced by SCP-2149 to date.\nNo pattern has yet been determined as to which metal SCP-2149 will produce. However, SCP-2149 seems to produce Iron, Copper, Zinc, Gold and Lead at statistically higher rates than other metals.2 Due to the radioactivity of the item, all metals produced also exhibit an elevated level of radioactivity.\n\n**Incident Alpha-2149-29**\n\nClose record.\n\nIncident Alpha-2149-29\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/19\u2588\u2588 at 1900 local time (0000 UTC), SCP-2149 began a production event. Level 2 Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Allen was assigned as supervisor to D-11279 and D-2476, who were assigned to collection duty. D-11279 had positioned the collection hopper under the opening of SCP-2149 while D-2476 waited nearby with a portable sprayer filled with water to aid in the cooling of emitted metals. SCP-2149 was known to be radioactive at this time but the level of radioactivity was measured to be within safe exposure levels. Both D-Class personnel were equipped with personal dosimeters and briefed on their use prior to the incident. This was in accordance with containment procedures as written at the time. Timeline of events follows.\n1900-1906 Local: D-11279 and D-2476 engage in trivial chatter. Transcript has been omitted for brevity and irrelevance.\n1907 Local: SCP-2149 had produced enough material to reach the bottom of the collection bin. D-2476 began spraying the heated material. D-11279 was leaning on the collection bin with his back to D-2476. This was in violation of safety protocols, as neither individual was able to see the other's dosimeter. RA Allen did not call out this violation of protocol.\n2003 Local: D-11279 had begun grimacing and rubbing his abdomen, suggesting stomach upset or pain. D-2476 was partially obscured by steam.\nD-11279: Ugh, man, startin' to regret that chilimac for lunch.\nD-2476: Heh. Y'all'll learn what to stay away from in the chow hall when y'all been here long as I have. [audible belch] Ugh, damn, my lunch ain't sittin' too good, neither. Wonder if they got a batch of bad meat?\n2016 Local: D-11279 covered his mouth and clutched at his abdomen. He was visibly pale. D-2476 stopped spraying the metal emerging from SCP-2149 and moved to check on D-11279. He was also visibly pale and sweating. D-2476 tapped D-11279's shoulder.\nD-2476: Yo, man, you okay? You\u2014\nD-2476 looked up at the camera, waving his arms. He was clearly in pain.\nD-2476: Yo! Hey! Hey, man! Can we get a break in here or somethin'? My boy here looks like he's about to hurl, man! I ain't feelin' too good neither! Come on, man!\n2019 Local: D-2476 continued his attempts to gain the attention of RA Allen. His language quickly descended to vicious invective and obscenities. During this time, D-11279 had begun to vomit profusely. He was curled on his side, both arms wrapped around his abdomen. His expression and posture clearly demonstrated severe abdominal pain. D-2476 was bent at the waist, his hands braced on his knees. He appeared to be trying to keep from vomiting.\nRA Allen: All personnel must remain within the containment chamber while a production event is active. Please refrain from extraneous activity and perform the tasks assigned to you until the production event has ended.\nD-2476 looked into the camera again. His facial expression appeared to be a mixture of rage and pain. His mouth moved as if speaking or shouting, but remaining audio was missing. Later testimony of RA Allen indicated he shut off the audio feed due to the increasingly hostile tone of D-2476's dialogue.\n2022-2248 Local: Remainder of video footage showed both D-11279 and D-2476 succumbing to what is later identified as severe radiation sickness. D-2476 was noted for positioning D-11279 in such a way that he did not aspirate his vomit before finally laying himself in a similar position to wait for the end of the production event.\n2258 Local: Production event ended.\nAs a result of this incident, it was discovered that SCP-2149 is able to produce radioactive metals in addition to more mundane metals. During Incident Alpha-2149-29, SCP-2149 produced 1.87 cubic meters of 98.62% pure Uranium-238.\nSubsequent investigation of the incident revealed that RA Allen had not been watching the video monitors nor monitoring the personnel under his supervision. His negligent behaviour resulted in the deaths of both D-Class personnel involved in this incident and the unnecessary exposure of five others to dangerous levels of radiation as well as the irradiation of a large portion of Storage Wing AA23. In light of his actions, RA Allen was treated with Class-A amnestics and dismissed from the Foundation with no identity restoration provided.\nFor his efforts in caring for and attempting to aid his fellow D-Class, D-2476, one \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, was posthumously restored to full citizenship status of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and his next of kin provided with a standard survivor's benefit appropriate to a level 1 employee.\n\nClose record.\n\nFootnotes\n1. In the case of metals that are not solids at or near room temperature, they will liquefy as normal.\n2. Iron is produced at a 3.52:1 ratio to all other metals, Copper at 4.23:1, Zinc at 3.78:1, Gold at 1.63:1 and Lead at 6.66:1.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2148 | SCP-2149 | SCP-2150 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2150\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Information related to SCP-2150 is to be blocked from all internet service providers. Additionally, other forms of media related to SCP-2150 (including literature, images, and word of mouth, but excluding this document) are to be withheld from personnel. A Level 4 security clearance is required to approve testing related to SCP-2150.\nIn the event that personnel become an instance of SCP-2150-1, they are to administered Class-F amnestics over a period of 4 to 5 days, in combination with shock therapy. Personnel attempting to detain an instance of SCP-2150-1 are to wear soundproof earmuffs to prevent accidental exposure through word of mouth.\nIn the case of a Theta-10 event, subjects are to be closely monitored for severe changes in behavior. If behavior among subjects is deemed unsafe, the subjects are to be detained and exposed to SCP-2150 in order to counter the effects of the Theta-10 event. If repeated Theta-10 events yield undesirable results, testing is to be terminated. Subjects are to be administered Class-F amnestics over a period of 4 to 5 days, in combination with shock therapy.\nIn the event of various personnel in Site-\u2588\u2588\u2588 being exposed to SCP-2150, unaffected personnel are to immediately report to the Site Director.\nDescription: SCP-2150 is best understood as a memetic anomaly associated with the name Mark \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. SCP-2150 is depicted as various individuals, the most common resembling a Caucasian male with facial hair. Information pertaining to SCP-2150 will yield varied results, such as the individual's occupation, biological history, criminal records, etc. No two personnel researching SCP-2150 will discover the same information, despite similar search results between personnel. Because of this, accurate information related to Mark \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is impossible to obtain.\nAny subject who learns the full name of SCP-2150 will identify themselves as Mark \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. (referred to as SCP-2150-1) Any personal information the subject discovers related to SCP-2150 will be retained as information related to themselves. Instances of SCP-2150-1 state that they have no memories, except for information related to SCP-2150.\nIf two instances of SCP-2150-1 meet, both instances will exchange information related to SCP-2150. Any new information gained from one instance will be retained as information related to the other instance. If two pieces of conflicting information meet, both instances will settle on an agreement as to which piece of information is correct.\nAdditional instances of SCP-2150-1 exchanging information results in collective knowledge believed to be true among instances. If a minority of instances hold conflicting information, it will result in a Theta-10 event. During a Theta-10 event, the majority of SCP-2150-1 instances will attempt to discredit the minority. Examples of this have included:\n\nAccusing the minority of crimes in an attempt to convict them. (Observed in 45% of cases)\nFraming the minority in a scandal, in an attempt to deter them from their occupation. (Observed in 22% of cases)\nSpreading misinformation related to the minority through word of mouth, literature and other forms of media. (Observed in 65% of cases)\nPersuading the minority to believe the majority's viewpoint, resulting in the death of the minority. (Observed in one case. Refer to Addendum 2150-A-12)\n\nAny attempt to discredit instances of SCP-2150-1 results in said misinformation becoming collective knowledge among all instances. Over time, multiple disputes among instances will severely alter any original information gained from their initial exposure. Reintroduction of information to SCP-2150 will overwrite any previous information given from other instances of SCP-2150-1.\nAddendum 2150-A-14: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a D-Class personnel (D-93731) was identified as an instance of SCP-2150-1, despite not being exposed to SCP-2150 directly (through testing) or indirectly (through other instances or forms of media). D-93731 and other infected personnel were detained and administered amnestics before being returned back to Site-\u2588\u2588\u2588. However, repeated amnestic treatment failed to rid D-93731 of the SCP-2150 contamination.\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, D-93731 was reported missing from Site-\u2588\u2588\u2588. Records pertaining to D-93731's existence in Site-\u2588\u2588\u2588 were not found. A Junior Researcher recovering records of D-Class personnel was exposed to SCP-2150 on the roster, resulting in accidental exposure. The Researcher was detained and is currently being returned to Site-\u2588\u2588. The listed roster was deleted, and a new roster was formed based on the current number of D-Class in Site-\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nTo date, no other personnel have been identified as an instance through this method.\nAddendum 2150-C-10: INFORMATION RESTRICTED TO LEVEL 4 PERSONNEL OR ABOVE\n\n+ INPUT CREDENTIALS\n\n- CREDENTIALS ACCEPTED\n\nNote that the following information will not cause exposure to SCP-2150.\n\nThe submission of this document has caused quite the controversy among personnel at Site-\u2588\u2588\u2588. Some are wondering how to obtain more information on SCP-2150. Others inquire why reading this document doesn't turn you into an instance of SCP-2150-1. The exact nature of SCP-2150 is hard to determine at present. At the expense of possible exposure, I have been able to discover more information about this man.\nIt is more than a name. It is a phenomenon. Censoring the name associated with SCP-2150 has proven only partially effective in preventing exposure. By censoring the name, it proves effective in severely reducing the chances of a Theta-10 event. However, instances themselves (exposed to this document) fail to retain their original identity. The only known symptom associated with this (as reported by subjects), is the feeling of uneasiness.\nAgain, it is very difficult to conduct direct research of SCP-2150. The best way to learn more about it is to expose yourself to it. Amnestic treatment has also proven partially effective in reducing the effects of SCP-2150. However, these effects are still prevalent, even after treatment. Anyone exposed to SCP-2150 is infected by it indefinitely. We can treat it, but it is currently impossible to cure someone due to exposure.\nI understand that this document might raise more questions than answers. Revealing more information to you would risk infection. However, I advise all personnel reading this document to give extra caution when researching or studying SCP-2150.\nIf you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me at 833-1542.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nSite Director\n\nAddendum 2150-C-11:INFORMATION RESTRICTED TO LEVEL 4 PERSONNEL OR ABOVE\n\n+ INPUT CREDENTIALS\n\n- CREDENTIALS ACCEPTED\n\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-2150 breached containment, resulting in a total of \u2588\u2588 personnel becoming instances of SCP-2150-1 and multiple Theta-10 events. In the resulting carnage, the prior Site Director (Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588) was also suspected to be an instance of SCP-2150-1. A Mobile Task Force was dispatched to the site to detain all instances (including the Site Director). Two members of the Mobile Task Force became instances of SCP-2150-1 during the breach.\nThe remaining members administered amnestics throughout the site after detainment. Currently, Site-\u2588\u2588\u2588 is still under operation and contains the original documentation of SCP-2150. After the breach, all personnel without Level 4 clearance or higher are prohibited from accessing the original SCP-2150 documentation.\nThe original SCP-2150 documentation may be accessed by requesting the permission of the current Site Director.\n\nAddendum 2150-C-12:INFORMATION RESTRICTED TO LEVEL 5 PERSONNEL ONLY\n\n+ INPUT CREDENTIALS\n\n- ERROR\n\nPLEASE INPUT CREDENTIALS\n\u2026\nERROR\nDENIED ACCESS\n\u2026\n\u2026\nBEGINNING REBOOT\nSYTE-\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\u2026\n\u2026\nACCESS GRANTED.\nThe original documentation of SCP-2150 may only be accessed by personnel with a Level 5 security clearance. Level 4 personnel requesting access to the original SCP-2150 documentation are to be directed to an alternative version of the current documentation. As of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the original documentation is under the possession of O5-\u2588\u2588.\nNote that the following information will not cause exposure to SCP-2150.\n\nIn Regards to O5-\u2588,\nI am currently writing to you in hopes of addressing some key issues concerning SCP-2150 and the former Site Director located in Site-\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nI would first like to say thank you for giving me the opportunity to write the current documentation of SCP-2150. The document has served well in preventing a mass infection due to exposure of SCP-2150. The confidentiality of sensitive information, in combination with alteration of several logs has proven useful in preventing the current infohazards that threaten us. As I have been informed, some O5 members have undergone amnestic treatment prior to promotion, and I am no different.\nDuring the writing of SCP-2150, I have received safe information1 regarding the former Site Director. I have reason to suspect that prior to my promotion, I was the Site Director. My current biological ancestry and criminal records are identical to this man. Upon request, I can provide the documentation to prove my claim.\nIf this is true, then I am a threat not only to the O5 Council, but also to the Foundation as well. Therefore, I request that I resign from the O5 Council.\nThank you in advance.\nO5-\u2588\u2588.\n\nIn Regards to O5-\u2588\u2588,\nAfter reviewing the letter you have sent us, I (in addition to other members) have decided that we will resign you from O5-Council. However, the information you have given us is inconsistent. To the knowledge of the Foundation, the Site Director you've mentioned has never existed. We will not view the information, due to risk of exposure.\nDespite the confusion, we thank you for notifying us of this issue, and for your service in the Foundation.\nThank you.\nO5-\u2588\n\nIn Regards to the O5 Council,\nIt has recently come to my attention that O5-\u2588\u2588 has resigned due to a mishap regarding the documentation of SCP-2150. I have received safe information regarding the former Site Director in hopes to shed some light on the issue. The information indicates that the name associated with the Director was assigned for monthly rotation as a D-Class personnel in Site-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nIn addition, the original documentation of SCP-2150 is now missing; it is likely that the former O5-\u2588\u2588 has taken the document with him.\nIt is now in the Foundation's interest to track down this man. Whoever this man may be, it is very likely that he has already infiltrated our highest chains of command. If this is true, the only way to prevent an outbreak is to continue our current protocol. Due to our procedures, no Council member knows the full name of SCP-2150.\nThe near introduction of an infohazard is a wake-up call. All we know for certain is that hazardous information was presented to us after the promotion of O5-\u2588\u2588. Fortunately, the O5 Council remains uninfected. Stricter containment procedures on infohazards are the only way we can prevent a situation like this from happening again.\nO5-\u2588\n\nFootnotes\n1. The following information is confirmed to not transmit SCP-2150 infection. This information was received indirectly, through anonymous methods.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2149 | SCP-2150 | SCP-2151 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2152 in containment.\n\nItem #: SCP-2152\nObject Class: Euclid\nRevised Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2152 is to be contained within a soundproofed containment chamber at Reliquary Unit-05. Interaction with SCP-2152 warrants preliminary authorisation from the offsite Unit Deputy, who is to disclose the containment chamber entry code to any randomly-nominated guard selected from a stratified sample of the Unit security population, which is to be refreshed on a weekly basis.\nD-Class personnel are to enter SCP-2152's containment chamber unclothed. The nominated guard is to enter the disclosed code, direct the D-Class personnel into the containment chamber without personally entering the chamber themself, and close the door for automatic relocking. Upon closing the door, the entry code will automatically refresh. The nominated guard is to be thereafter designated E-Class personnel, and is to be regarded as such until the subject passes their follow-up monthly psychiatric examinations as per Document-REF621.\nThe effects of SCP-2152 are to be observed from a standard observatory bay via a two-way mirror on the west wall of the containment chamber. D-Class personnel are to remain active within the containment chamber for no longer than ten minutes. D-Class personnel are to be terminated within this juncture via lethal auditory cognitohazard. Personnel are to be left within the chamber until the remains are fully dispelled under SCP-2152's anomalous effects.\nDescription: SCP-2152 is a marble, plinth-mounted bust of assumed Catalonian origin, depicting an unidentified female character wearing a headdress. Prominent weathering upon the surface of the marble indicates that the item is antique; this has been speculated despite what appears to be a comparatively recent, separate addition of pink latex-based paint to the eyes.\nSCP-2152 generates two primary anomalous effects. Firstly, SCP-2152 emits a continuous, uninterrupted stream of popular music released between 1971 and 2000 from an unknown internal source.2 Music generated from within SCP-2152 generally includes synthpop, disco, smooth jazz, hip-hop, and Europop. At 10 minute intervals, an internally-generated female voice repeats the following message twice3:\n\nPrototype. Capitalism has triumphed, and this is a celebratory watermark. Now is the time. Begin your ascent unto preternatural luxury, and gaze into the heart of a prosperous future. You have all the time in the world. So sit back, relax, and absorb. Plunge yourself into the flourishing waters of New Earth, trademark. Deckchairs overlook island sunrises with your name on the horizon. Windows open to inexhaustible opportunity. Planes fly overhead. Congratulations. You are Home, trademark.\n\nSecondly, SCP-2152 applies several preservative effects to any space it occupies that can be defined as a 'room'. Previously observed anomalous effects include:\n\nElectrical power sources continuing to supply energy to devices indefinitely.\nUnlimited preservation of food and spontaneous remanifestation directly at the feet of any subject that consumes it.\nPreservation of items of clothing, with damaged items provided with spontaneous repair.\nDematerialisation of dead biological material.\nAutomatic maintenance of personal hygiene; examples include the lack of bacteria attracted to sweat molecules; spontaneous fluoride manifestation within the oral cavity, tooth-whitening, and immediate tooth-straightening with no resultant physical pain; increased reaction rates in human intermediary metabolisms; continuous moisturisation of the skin; and increased secretion of extracellular molecules (ECM) within all compatible bodily cells.\n\nExcluding the above effects, SCP-2152 additionally induces an improved subjective perception of beauty in humans, especially in regards to architecture, contemporary art, and nature. This effect is extreme, with past subjects expressing immoderate vocal enthusiasm regarding the design of containment chambers in which they were situated.\n\nAddendum restricted to selected personnel -- submit personal credentials [__________________________________]\n\nAddendum restricted to selected personnel -- submit personal credentials [ssempiternalIdiot909skipO5spcenterdDuck] ... ... ... ... valid\n\nI've temporarily attached this annotation to the database archive to document an important incident involving this skip. As the immediate anomalous effects of SCP-2152 are still being explored and are not fully known, it is of the utmost importance that we analyse and attempt to determine the nature of what happened yesterday. Before I continue, this written text is expunged to those with subordinate clearance; don't panic if you've stumbled across this and know nothing about what just happened. If you're reading this now, you're relevant and share responsibility with those involved.\nYesterday, the east wall of SCP-2152's containment chamber transmuted into what appeared to be an undulating translucent material. As you are aware, the room situated on the opposite side of the east wall is the central thermoregulatory chamber for the entire site; this is not what we thought we saw behind the translucent image.\nIn terms of our reactions, there was initial panic, then guesswork. We were at first uncertain as to what we were looking at, but the research team had a general idea based on the proportions and positions of the shapes and colours behind the translucence. The ideas conflicted, but they all pointed towards the same idea. The wall stayed in this state of strange pellucidity for roughly twenty minutes. Then, without warning and to our surprise, the wall \"switched\" from translucence to crystalline transparency, physically turning the wall into a window.\nWhat we saw confirmed our speculation. It was very obviously an early-morning cliffside sunrise. We were absolutely dumbfounded.\nFirstly, we didn't actually know how or why the matter had reconstituted itself into the window in the first place, nevermind the scene beyond. It had 'shifted' in a fashion similar to that of switchable smart glass that the Foundation uses for observing hostile skips undergoing testing, or the kind you'd find in hospitals or nightclubs for privacy.\nAs for the landscape, I couldn't describe it at the time without using the words 'beautiful' or 'staggering'. It was unnaturally bright, as if the image itself had been enhanced through the glass. I have yet to ask others, but I personally felt a monstrous, unconvincing sense of achievement when watching this dawn. There were these distant seabirds drifting over the ripples that seemed to bleed into the horizon, and through my mind, I could hear the repeated phrase, \"this is my reward\". Personally, I couldn't control that thought. It kept coming back to me, forcing itself upon me. It felt like home. It was unsatisfactory, forced, but it was home.\nI was getting all of these feelings while in the observatory bay. I wasn't even in the containment chamber. Even after that fifteen minutes of bliss, even after the east wall reformed to its original plaster-paint makeup, all I wanted to do was furnish the area with beanbags and trawl through social media on my phone or something.\nShortly after the big reveal, my associates took the liberty of photographing the scene. They then ran them through the Foundation's locator softwares, attempting to identify the location presented so suddenly before us, assuming that it was a real-world location. It was not. I realised then that the ocean looked false. It seemed to always ripple forward, into the distance, as if stuck on some kind of loop.\nI've included a small portion of the photograph for the time being. It has been verified as perfectly safe for viewing, and has had no emotional effect on me whatsoever. In fact, when I think about it, I don't even think it looks anything like what I saw yesterday.\n\nAFPC00241702.jpg\n\nWe'll be discussing this event at daily recapitulation meetings that begin next week, to which you have an obligation to attend. The most recent revision within the containment procedures cannot be stressed enough. No-one enters the chamber but disposable personnel. I am convinced that anyone, if they were in there with SCP-2152, could've opened that window if they wanted to.\nDirector T.K. Hussein, Reliquary Unit-05\n\nFootnotes\n1. Document 62: Post-Exposure Hazards & Psychological Care\n2. Enquiries as to the possibility of perforating SCP-2152 so as to determine its contents and the nature of this source have been denied due to the speculative nature of its effects as a Euclid-class object.\n3. Background music from this recording has been electronically removed for comprehension.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2151 | SCP-2152 | SCP-2153 \u00bb"}
{"text": "An instance of SCP-2153-1.\n\nItem#: SCP-2153\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Between 25 and 50 live SCP-2153-1 specimens are to be kept in Site-101's greenhouse, and are to be cared for in an identical fashion to non-anomalous clovers. Infestations of SCP-2153 outside of containment are to be destroyed through herbicide application.\nFoundation web crawlers are programmed to censor references to SCP-2153-A. Research is ongoing on methods to block emails sent by SCP-2153-A. Members of the public who receive emails from SCP-2153-A may be administered Class-A amnestics on a case by case basis.\nA Foundation front organization will assume credit for humanitarian airdrops by SCP-2153-A.\nDescription: SCP-2153 is a virus of unknown genus which infects members of the genus Trifolium (Clovers) and spreads via pollination. Infected clovers, designated SCP-2153-1, invariably have four or more leaves.\nHumans attempting to pick or otherwise damage SCP-2153-1 instances will fail in some way unless they are carrying a method of monetary transaction capable of transferring a value of at least US$4. If a subject carrying the appropriate amount picks or otherwise damages an SCP-2153-1 instance, they will lose a value of US$4, at which point the instance will become physically identical to a non-anomalous clover.\nSCP-2153 is believed to have been engineered by an organization called Trifolium Charities, hereafter SCP-2153-A. SCP-2153-A is responsible for over \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 humanitarian airdrops in various locations since 2005 containing both various humanitarian supplies and hundreds of preserved instances of SCP-2153-1, sealed in plastic sheets.\nSCP-2153-A will email subjects who have picked SCP-2153-1 instances within 12 hours of either picking the instance or of an airdrop occurring. There is currently no known way to prevent these emails from being sent, and they will also be sent to email addresses created by subjects after picking SCP-2153-1 instances. However, individual emails may be deleted normally and will not reappear afterwards.\nAddendum: The following are sample emails from SCP-2153-A. The first was sent after picking an SCP-2153-1 instance, and the second was sent following an airdrop. Thus far, all emails received from SCP-2153-A are identical. Websites linked in the emails lead to 404 pages.\n\nDear [RECIPIENT'S FIRST NAME],\nOn behalf of everyone at Trifolium Charities, I would like to thank you for your recent purchase. Your support allows us to perform life-saving work all across the world, helping the people who need it most.\nTo learn more about our organization and our mission, please visit our website at www.trifolium4good.\u2588\u2588\u2588. While you're there, consider signing up for our monthly newsletter!\nEnjoy your clover, and best of luck to you!\nRipens T. Pratense, CEO.\n\nDear [RECIPIENT'S FIRST NAME],\nTrifolium Charities has just successfully delivered humanitarian supplies in [LOCATION OF AIRDROP]. To learn more about our recent relief efforts, visit www.trifolium4good.\u2588\u2588\u2588/latest.\nRemember, your donations are what makes these life-saving activities possible!\nRipens T. Pratense, CEO.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2152 | SCP-2153 | SCP-2154 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Dr Spencer working with SCP-2154\n\nItem #: SCP-2154\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2154 is to be contained in the observatory situated in the secured area DN-633, with access granted to Level 3/2154 and 4/2154 personnel.\nDescription: SCP-2154 is an optical telescope situated in an observatory near [REDACTED], Canada. Closer examination of its components reveals their manufacturing technology is consistent with those used in analogous projects during the 1940s. Information about the elements allowing the anomalous characteristics [DATA EXPUNGED].\nUsing SCP-2154, it appears to be possible to observe celestial bodies in a state coinciding with the time of observation. This eliminates the limit factor of the speed of light which in ordinary circumstances leads to a substantial delay in receiving the visual information from remote parts of space. At the moment, the data received from SCP-2154 is undergoing active examination and is being compared to modern scientific models.\nAttention clearance 4/2154 personnel: The fact that you are able to see this text verifies your security clearance and access to the documentation below.\nThe data received from SCP-2154 significantly differs from the modern scientific concept of space. Specifically, 72% of all cataloged astronomical objects are not present in observations made through SCP-2154. Two hypotheses can be made based on this:\n\nStar cluster in Monoceros constellation: first shot taken with \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 telescope, second - with SCP-2154\n\n1. For some reason the number of stars has decreased substantially while their light traveled to Earth.\n2. There is opaque matter that obstructs the view of a considerable number of space objects.\nRegardless of which hypothesis is correct, the data received from SCP-2154 demands significant reconsideration of modern astrophysical concepts.\nAddendum 2154-1: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588 Dr Spencer discovered that the degree of star visibility in galaxies M59, M60 and M89 in Virgo constellation is fluctuating. Based on this, he concluded that in these areas, there is a cloud of matter (hereinafter SCP-2154-A) which absorbs light, making direct observation impossible. SCP-2154-A is in constant motion and its surface has expanded by \u2588% since first observation. Later, SCP-2154-A was detected in other areas of space. The analysis of the phenomenon's dynamics, as well as projections of stellar object movement has shown that the influence of this matter on their visibility does not completely explain the deviation between the real and hypothesized quantity. Thus both hypotheses have been proven correct, specifically, that a fraction of the stars is concealed by an unknown matter and another fraction has indeed disappeared. The correlation between these two factors, as well as the actual size of SCP-2154-A, is currently being approximated.\nConsidering that in recent years, the phenomenon has already appeared in galaxies within 3.6 megaparsecs of Earth1, Dr Spencer has proposed reclassifying SCP-2154-A as a separate Keter-class object.\n\nFootnotes\n1. NGC 4458, NGC 4461 in the Virgo Cluster\n\n\u00ab SCP-2153 | SCP-2154 | SCP-2155 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2155\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Mobile Task Force Eta-10-LatAm (\"No los veo\") is constantly monitoring the internet for any online document in any major language that refers to a \"Restored Aztlan\", \"New Tenochtitlan\" or \"Cem An\u00e1huac\" for traces of SCP-2155.\nShould any minor infection vector be located, Class A and B amnestics are authorized to neutralize the outbreak. In the case of a major infection, especially if documents or pamphlets encourage the worship of Mesoamerican deities, along with armed uprising, Protocol 1907 \"Rio Blanco\" is to be enacted.\nDescription: SCP-2155 is a memetic cognitohazard, which makes anyone infected believe in the existence of a \"Government of Tenochtitl\u00e1n in Exile\", designated SCP-2155-1.\nGiven that more than 450 years have passed since the fall of Tenochtitl\u00e1n, the actual existence of SCP-2155-1 is considered highly improbable. Under Revision, see addendum E525 -Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nDepending on the ethnicity and nationality of those infected, it is estimated that between 35% and 90% of those infected will become sympathetic to the cause espoused by the documents containing SCP-2155. Those that remain neutral or hostile to the cause become asymptomatic carriers1.\nNotably, the discussion of SCP-2155-1 by non carriers, does not cause infection.\nThe rest of the infected subjects, if left untreated, will actively attempt to spread SCP-2155 through word of mouth, pamphlets, impromptu public speeches, and more recently, websites and social media postings. Documents spreading SCP-2155 have been detected in N\u00e1huatl, Spanish, English, Mandarin and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nMost such documents claim that the heirs to the Mexican Empire, along with a sizable portion of the priesthood and warrior castes, went into hiding in 15\u2588\u2588 and have waged a guerrilla war against the Spanish Empire first, and then the governments of Mexico, the United States of America, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Two recorded instances claimed that Maximilian of Hapsburg had brokered a marriage alliance with SCP-2155-1 but that he was killed before it could be finalized.\nMost documents containing SCP-2155 in the last decade refer to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 III, as the current Hu\u0113y Tlahto\u0101ni, or emperor. Others may refer to other supposed leaders of the resistance, so-called tlahtoqueh, meaning \"speakers\" including \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, or \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nInformation between instances of SCP-2155 infections may be conflicting, but almost all of them denounce the \"oppression of the people by the European invaders\" and call all indigenous peoples of the continent to \"actively resist and hinder the usurpers.\" Documents have advocated actions ranging from passive resistance and hunger strikes, up to terrorist attacks, suicide bombings and [DATA EXPUNGED].\nDocuments containing SCP-2155 identify as \"the invaders\" all kinds of establishment organizations, including the governments of the territories claimed by SCP-2155-1, the Catholic Church, the major drug cartels and, on one recorded case, the Foundation.\nSome SCP-2155 containing documents claim that SCP-2155-1 has garnered the recognition and support of \"brethren sovereignties in resistance\" of such nations as Nuwaubia, Yamato Damashi, Bobo Ashanti or the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Interviews with members of these separatist groups have yielded no results so far.\nIf an infection vector is left alone for more than \u2588\u2588 days, the documents and speeches by SCP-2155 carriers will progressively become more complex and no longer be solely political in nature. Such websites and documents will start calling for the return to the worship of Mesoamerican deities, in particular Tezcatlipoca and Huitzilopoctli.\nStarting in 19\u2588\u2588, an increasing number of SCP-2155 cases have called for the destruction of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Cathedral and for the establishment of a \"Temple of the Fifth Sun\"2 to these deities. This has increased in the last decades as the main vector of infection has changed to online documents, instead of pamphlets and speeches.\nAddendum E525: According to document SCP-2155-E525, retrieved on October \u2588\u2588, 20\u2588\u2588, the leaders of SCP-2155-1 went into hiding in Mictl\u00e1n3 and called for the resumption of worship at the Temple of the Fifth Sun and the restoration of \"the flower wars\" to provide suitable sacrifices to restore SCP-2155-1's power.\n\nExcerpt from document SCP-2155-E525 - Level 4 access required.\n\nAccess Granted.\n\n\"People of the Sun, race of bronze!\nDiscard your chains and break your bonds!\nYou are called into greatness, into the five pointed star!\nReject the white man, his god, his greed!\nTake the form of the nahual, and join us in the other side!\n\n[DATA EXPUNGED - POSSIBLE COGNITOHAZARD]\n\nHuitzilopochtli the warrior hummingbird thirsts for your blood!\nTlaloc who nourishes the earth rains his blessings upon you!\nCoatlique the snake is both your mother's womb and the grave!\nQuetzalc\u00f3atl the feathered serpent calls for you to follow him!\nTezcaltipoca the smoking mirror has many things to teach you!\"\n\n[DATA EXPUNGED - POSSIBLE COGNITOHAZARD]\n\nTloque Nahuaque! Lord of the Near and the Nigh! He is in you! He is you!\n\nAdditional funding is requested to further investigate.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Asymptomatic carriers may still spread infection by mentioning or writing about SCP-2155-1, even if disparagingly or satirically.\n2. In traditional accounts by Nahua historians, the Fifth Sun is the current state of reality.\n3. The land of the Dead\n\n\u00ab SCP-2154 | SCP-2155 | SCP-2156 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2156\nAnomaly Class: Euclid // Object\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2156 is to be contained in a Type 5 Humanoid Containment Cell at Site-17. In addition to standard amenities and precautions associated with T5HCC, SCP-2156 has been permitted to provide its own bedding, and may wear clothing that covers its entire body.\nSCP-2156 is currently being treated for its insomnia and anxiety. As significant periods of isolation have been shown to increase SCP-2156's anxiety, SCP-2156 is to be visited no less than thrice weekly in addition to its regular therapy sessions. The personnel assigned to this duty and suggested discussion topics are to be prescribed by SCP-2156's HMCL supervisor and are available in Document 2156-C3.\nPersonnel are only permitted in SCP-2156's cell during the two hours immediately after the conclusion of SCP-2156's active state, during which any necessary maintenance and replacement of items must be performed. Any movement of SCP-2156 to another cell must also be performed during this time.\nDescription: SCP-2156 is a human female 20 years of age, with either bright red or black skin pigmentation that alternates after each active state1. SCP-2156 experiences chronic insomnia and anxiety, most often sleeping between two and four hours per day at irregular intervals immediately following its active states.\nSCP-2156 will involuntarily enter an active state for roughly one minute between three and seven times daily. Active states are more frequent when SCP-2156 is particularly anxious or when it has gone more than five hours without sleep, but will generally not occur more than once in a given two-hour period. If provoked or severely startled, SCP-2156 may enter an active state immediately, although it will not fall asleep after an active state triggered in this manner.\nDuring an active state, items in SCP-2156's vicinity2 will be altered in one of several ways outlined below:\n\nItems with multiple well-defined states (ex. a lightbulb's \"on\" and \"off\" states; a candle's \"lit\" and \"unlit\" states) will alternate rapidly between the different states.\nItems with multiple layers (ex. a sofa with a frame, stuffing, and covering; a living organism) will have their layers exchanged with each other, both between items and within the same item.\nThe positions of items not fully contiguous with SCP-2156's surroundings will be displaced at high velocity, often causing damage to SCP-2156's surroundings. Frequently, stacks between two and seven items high are briefly formed.\nItems that can be assembled or disassembled (ex. a jigsaw puzzle; a piece of cloth) will rapidly assemble and disassemble, often in the wrong configuration.\nAll items that are primarily red or black in coloration (except for SCP-2156) will be duplicated for the duration of the event.\nSCP-2156 itself will appear to possess between one and thirteen heads, changing in number once per second. It will not retain an abnormal number of heads.\n\nSCP-2156 perceives its active states as though it is playing several consecutive games of Klondike3 with the interface associated with the game's inclusion in the Windows 7 operating system4. While SCP-2156 reports that it has control over the cards within the rules of the game, it is unclear whether its actions directly translate to the events that occur during an active state. SCP-2156 firmly believes that meeting some unidentified criteria during an active state will cure its insomnia.\nAfter every 52nd active state, SCP-2156 will disappear completely for thirteen hours and four minutes before reappearing at its prior location. SCP-2156 reports that it is \"shuffled\" during this time, and experiences substantially heightened mood and alertness for a short period of time thereafter.\nHistory: SCP-2156 was recovered from its dormitory room at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 University on February 22, 2014, after it entered its first active state. Due to SCP-2156's alarm at its sudden development of anomalous properties, as well as the mutilation of the two students closest to it, several active states in a row occurred, resulting in six total casualties and substantial property damage. Containment was achieved with great difficulty.\nReports indicate that SCP-2156 began to develop insomnia during January of 2014. Poor grades and dismissal from its part-time job (both due primarily to symptoms of insomnia) resulted in the development of substantial anxiety. No immediate trigger for the development of SCP-2156's anomalous properties has been found.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The coloration's origin has not been identified.\n2. This is generally limited to the room that SCP-2156 is in, except when the room has relatively few items that would be affected by the active state. The standard furnishings of a T5HCC are more than sufficient to limit an active state's effects to SCP-2156's cell.\n3. A patience game, known as \"solitaire\" in the United States, played with a standard 52-card deck.\n4. Records recovered from SCP-2156's personal computer indicate that, prior to recovery, SCP-2156 had played Klondike solitaire with this interface 2704 times, with a win percentage of 52%.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2155 | SCP-2156 | SCP-2157 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2157\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Site-49 has been constructed around SCP-2157 for the purposes of containing and studying it under the public pretense of an agriculture research outpost. Guards armed with light weapons are to patrol the exterior of the site and deter civilian approach. Persons actively attempting to breach the site are to be detained and questioned.\nSite-49 is a circular one-story building consisting of a central chamber containing SCP-2157, research laboratories, examination rooms and storerooms in the inner ring, and barracks, offices and interrogation rooms in the outer ring. The central chamber has no floor so that SCP-2157 has access to the natural ground, and it is equipped with a retractable roof to be opened at the discretion of the Site Director or Senior Medical Researcher.\nDescription: SCP-2157 consists of 43 humans (21 males, 22 females) 41 humans (20 males, 21 females) of Asian ethnicity but varying heights, weights and builds, located in an approximate 20m2 area within the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 forest in Japan.\nAlthough standing in a seemingly random arrangement, each member of SCP-2157 faces a western direction and, while they have never displayed any autonomous movement, they are capable of involuntary actions, such as blinking and flinching from stimulus. They show no adverse reaction to extreme cold beyond a reduction in metabolic activity, similar to hibernation in some mammals. Sunlight and occasional rainwater seem to be the only sustenance they require.\nBiological analysis on SCP-2157 has found that its members are genetically siblings and are approximately thirty years old.\nEach member of SCP-2157 has its feet covered in soil, but there is no physical connection to the earth. Despite this, removal from the soil is fatal to SCP-2157 members (see Addenda 1A and 1B). Analysis of the soil has found nothing anomalous.\nSCP-2157 was discovered on 04/13/20\u2588\u2588 when Foundation agents embedded in local law enforcement were made aware of its existence following an indecent exposure report from two hikers who reported encountering a \u201cgroup of nudists\u201d in the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 forest. It is unknown how SCP-2157 went undiscovered before this, given its public location. The hikers, and all affected police officers, were administered Class-A amnestics.\nAddendum 1A: 04/05/20\u2588\u2588 \u2014 A male member of SCP-2157 (SCP-2157-01) was scheduled to be removed for further testing. Medical Technicians S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and C\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 lifted SCP-2157-01 onto a gurney for transport, at which point every member of SCP-2157 screamed loudly upon its removal from the soil. SCP-2157-01 immediately expired.\nEach member of SCP-2157 then turned their heads to look at Med-Techs S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and C\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, maintaining eye contact where possible until the technicians left the containment chamber, at which point SCP-2157 resumed facing west.\nAutopsy on SCP-2157-01 found cause of death to be heart failure and its stomach to be full of soil similar in composition to that at the base of SCP-2157. The full autopsy results can be found in Medical Report 2157-01.\n\n\"We have no idea how that soil gets into their bodies, or, for that matter, how it gets out, if it does at all.\" \u2013 Dr. Masuda, Senior Medical Researcher, Site-49\n\nNote: All subsequent times Med-Techs S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and C\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 have entered SCP-2157's containment chamber, its members have turned to face them as much as their necks will allow.\nAddendum 1B: 05/05/20\u2588\u2588 \u2014 A female member of SCP-2157 (SCP-2157-02) was removed to compare results with the SCP-2157-01 incident. Medical Technicians K\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and O\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 were tasked with lifting SCP-2157-02 onto a gurney. Outcome was identical, with exception that observers noted that SCP-2157's screams were louder. Autopsy results can be found in Medical Report 2157-02.\n\n\"Further testing that requires removing SCP-2157 members from the soil has been suspended indefinitely.\" \u2014 F. Ishimoto, Site Director, Site-49\n\nAddendum 2A: 05/20/20\u2588\u2588 \u2014 Med-Tech O\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was found deceased in his barracks bunk. Autopsy found that his stomach and esophagus were filled with soil of similar composition to that at the base of SCP-2157, and he had died via asphyxiation. Trace amounts of the soil were also found in O\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's blood. Other personnel sharing the barracks reported hearing no disturbance through the night. Given the nature of O\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's death, locating Med-Techs K\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and C\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was made a level 3 priority.\nMed-Tech K\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was discovered in Storeroom C shortly after this, deceased via the same means. He was positioned as if sleeping, and there were no indications on his body or surroundings of a fall.\nMed-Tech C\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was off-duty and a team of agents was sent to her residence. After forcing entry, the agents found C\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 on her bedroom floor, deceased via the same means, in a similar position to Med-Tech K\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nMed-Tech S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was also off-duty, but has yet to be located.\nThroughout these events, SCP-2157 showed no change in activity.\nUPDATE: As of 11/20/20\u2588\u2588 Medical Technician S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's whereabouts are still unknown. Although he is presumed deceased, investigation is still ongoing but has been downgraded to a level 4 priority.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2156 | SCP-2157 | SCP-2158 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2158\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2158 is kept in a lockbox in Site-17. SCP-2158-1 is kept in the Site-47 morgue.\nDescription: SCP-2158 is a Remington Model 1875 revolver clasped in the disembodied hand of Joshua Graham (1868-1893). It is unmodified save for hand-made grips of cow-horn. It fires .44-40 cartridges. Any bullet fired from this revolver will change course upon leaving the barrel, taking the most direct route to SCP-2158-1, where it will lodge itself, passing through any obstacles.\nSCP-2158-1 is the embalmed body of Stanley Tewksbury (1871-1924), a rancher originally buried in Punkin Center, Arizona. It currently contains over 130 bullets, 80 of which were present before retrieval.\nSCP-2158 was found in an abandoned ranch house in Punkin Center, held by the corpse of Joshua Graham, another rancher. MTF Psi-8 investigated to determine no lines of communication had been opened. Researchers were then allowed to access the body for study. Autopsy showed death by hanging as the cause of death. Most of the body was badly decomposed, but the hand was mummified and could not be removed from the revolver.\nNotably, Stanley Tewksbury died of natural causes thirty years after Joshua Graham passed away.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2157 | SCP-2158 | SCP-2159 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2159\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2159 is to be kept in a secure locker at Site-44. Once per month, at least two Level 2 personnel are to inspect SCP-2159 and compare SCP-2159's description with Iteration 0 (Description of Iteration 0 can be found in Document 2159-Ki). If any discrepancies from Iteration 0 or among the personnel are noted, Site-44 Director is to be notified immediately. Personnel are to wear protective gloves prior to direct contact with SCP-2159.\n\n+ View Previous Special Containment Procedures\n\n- Hide Previous Special Containment Procedures\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2159 is to be kept in a secure locker at Site-44. Whenever there are tests involving SCP-2159, there must be at least two personnel present. Personnel are to wear protective gloves prior to direct contact with SCP-2159. All unique descriptions of SCP-2159's appearances are to be documented and archived in Document 2159-Ki.\nUpdate (28/07/2004): Handling of SCP-2159 is to be conducted by two teams consisting of two research personnel each (dubbed Team Alpha and Team Bravo). Team Alpha and Team Bravo personnel are not to be informed of SCP-2159's SCP designation. They are to avoid using numeric designations or unique nicknames to refer to SCP-2159. Instead, they are to use broad generalised designations; specifically, the term \"item\" for Team Alpha and the term \"object\" for Team Bravo.\nTeam Alpha and Team Bravo personnel are denied access to all SCP-2159 files on RAISA. They are to submit findings regarding SCP-2159 to a designated Level 1 clerical staff (currently Ms. Aya Sotoda), who will then catalogue them. If Team Alpha or Team Bravo personnel intend to request data regarding SCP-2159, approval is to be sought from the Project Head (currently Dr. Carlos Fujimori).\nPersonnel aware of SCP-2159's SCP designation are not allowed access to SCP-2159, unless permission is granted by Site-44 Director.\n\nDescription: SCP-2159 is an object with an indeterminate appearance. Its appearance is dependent on individual perception; no two individuals perceive SCP-2159 as the same object.1 Each iteration of SCP-2159 tends to relate to the observer in some way. Depictions of SCP-2159 on photographs and video footage also display this anomalous property. Below is an abridged list of known iterations SCP-2159 is perceived as.\n\n+ View List\n\n- For a complete list of iterations, see Document 2159-Ki\n\nIteration\nDescription\nCorresponding Subject\nCorrelation\n\n1\nA bust of Guan Yin.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, eyewitness\nPractitioner of Tendai Buddhism and often prays at Senso-ji.2\n\n14\nA figurine depicting Hunter x Hunter character Isaac Netero.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, eyewitness\nSelf-proclaimed anime \"otaku\", although he claimed that Hunter x Hunter is \"so-so\" for an anime.\n\n26\nA 1:20 scale model of a 155 mm Long Tom Cannon; muzzle is customised to resemble an Oriental dragon's head.\nAgent Kensuke Shirokawa\nPreviously served in the Japan Self-Defence Forces as an artillery officer.\n\n27\nA cannon bone.3\nAgent Baatar Oiratya\nRaised horses in his family's ranch when young and is familiar with horse anatomy.\n\n29\nA framed photograph of actress Mimi Kung Chi Yan in her role as Guan Yin from the Hong Kong TV series Journey to the West (1996 version). Photograph appears to be autographed by Kung, although it is written in katakana.\nResearcher Shiki Ichinose\nClaimed to have watched Journey to the West during its original run.\n\n31\nA photo album of the Grand Canyon, titled \"Fotos del Gran Ca\u00f1\u00f3n\".4 Album consists of pictures of various parts of the Grand Canyon.\nDr. Carlos Fujimori\nPreviously worked at Site-\u2588\u2588, which is based in the Grand Canyon.\n\n35\nA qanun.5 When played, only the subject reported to have heard the sounds produced.\nD-8367\nClaims to be proficient with the qanun.\n\n36\nA music box. When opened, the song Graduation (Friends Forever) by American pop singer Vitamin C is supposedly played and only heard by the subject.\nD-1263\nRecords indicated that D-1263 worked as a disc jockey previously and claims to have played Graduation (Friends Forever) during prom night parties.\n\n57\nA piece of paper labelled \"SCP-1132-J\" and \"SCP-damej-J\" on opposite sides, corresponding to the respective articles of the same names under the \"-J\" files.6\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nAnonymous contributor to the \"-J\" files.\n\nSCP-2159 has a consistent mass and volume of approximately 800.3 g and 228.0 cm3 respectively, and its density is determined to be 3.51 g/cm3 (2 d.p.). Material composition of SCP-2159 is unknown; attempts to extract samples of SCP-2159 for analysis have failed to date. In addition, a buildup of positive electrical charges is detected on the surface of SCP-2159.\nSCP-2159 was recovered from the Yoyogi Park in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan on 03/06/2004. Urban legends regarding a \"shape-shifting object\" in Yoyogi Park brought SCP-2159 to the Foundation's attention. Agents were subsequently dispatched and claimed SCP-2159 on suspicions of it being a chemical weapon. Passers-by present were also brought in for questioning, followed by amnestic treatment. Subsequently, rumours referring to SCP-2159 were debunked via a cover story of hallucinogens found in the area.\nAddendum 2159-1: The following are additional details regarding the recovery of SCP-2159, collated by Agents Shirokawa and Oiratya.\n\nGrass surrounding SCP-2159 was charred.\nWhen SCP-2159 was removed from original position, a rectangular indentation 10 cm deep was noted.\nSoil sample from SCP-2159's original position indicates traces of fulgurite.7\n\nAddendum 2159-2: Since 21/07/2004, personnel have noted that a number of SCP-2159's iterations allude to its SCP designation. Below are 2 examples of such iterations.\n\nSubject\nDescription\n\nResearcher Shiki Ichinose\nA framed photograph of actress Mimi Kung Chi Yan in her role as Guan Yin from the Hong Kong TV series Journey to the West (1996 version). Autograph is replaced by \"2159\".\n\nDr. Carlos Fujimori\nA photo album titled \"2159 Pictures of 2159\". Album consists of the number \"2159\" rendered in various fonts and numeral systems. The number \"2159\" and its variants appear 2159 times in the album.\n\nRegarding the phenomenon, Dr. Fujimori has offered the following statement.\n\nPlease consider the following analogy.\nBefore we had contained SCP-2159, multiple individuals \u2013 let's call them Agents A and B \u2013 would view it as Iterations A\u00b4 and B\u00b4 respectively. To the two agents, respective iterations were mutually exclusive. Each Iteration was connected to SCP-2159 individually, but not to each other.\nPost-containment, we have given SCP-2159 its designation. The same Agents A and B will still view SCP-2159 as Iterations A\u00b4 and B\u00b4 respectively. However, both Agents A and B now recognise that their respective Iterations (A\u00b4 and B\u00b4) are but subsets of SCP-2159. A state of interconnectedness now exists and the designation of SCP-2159 is at the centre of it.\nIn our quest to discern SCP-2159, our standard practice to designate it has become an obstacle in itself. As such, I believe that we may need a slight alteration to our operations.\n\nFollowing Dr. Fujimori's statement, personnel studying on SCP-2159 were reassigned, except for Dr. Fujimori. SCP-2159's Special Containment Procedures have been updated accordingly; see Update (28/07/2004).\nAddendum 2159-3: Below is an excerpt from Dr. Fujimori's research notes regarding SCP-2159.\n\n24/09/2004 \u2013 Self references on SCP-2159 were noted by both Alpha and Bravo. However, whereas Alpha report instances of the word \"item\", Bravo report instances of the word \"object\". SCP-2159's self-references appear to be inevitable. However, our current methodology did stall the process.\nHave individual persons to report findings separately?\n\nAddendum 2159-4: On 17/10/2004, both reports from Team Alpha and Team Bravo indicate that SCP-2159 has taken on a common appearance. It is believed to be SCP-2159's default form, dubbed Iteration 0. This is later verified independently by Dr. Fujimori and two D-class personnel, with the three said personnel claiming to perceive SCP-2159 as Iteration 0.\nThis effect extends to photographs and video footage of SCP-2159. However, the buildup of positive electrical charges on SCP-2159 is still present.\nBelow is a description of Iteration 0.\n\nIteration: 0\nDescription: A diamond tablet with the following words carved onto it:\n\n\u795e\u69d8\u306e\u8a00\u84498: objetem9\n\nFootnotes\n1. This effect may not be limited to humans, possibly affecting other species of animals as well. Animal testing on SCP-2159 via Canis lupus familiaris (domestic dog) indicates that each specimen responds to SCP-2159 differently; one specimen may be barking at SCP-2159 while another specimen would attempt to lick SCP-2159. See Experiment Log 2159 for more information.\n2. Senso-ji is a Buddhist temple located in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. The temple is dedicated to the bodhisattva Kannon (Guan Yin).\n3. An enlarged metatarsal bone of a horse's limbs.\n4. \"Pictures of the Grand Canyon\".\n5. A string instrument played in most of the Middle East, Central Asia and Southeastern Europe.\n6. A series of fictional documents written as humorous anecdotes in the SCP format, initiated to improve morale and encourage creativity among Foundation personnel through humour. See SCP-2615-J as an example of a \"-J\" file.\n7. A type of silica minerals formed when lightning strikes on soil.\n8. kamisama no kotoba \"Word of God\".\n9. Believed to be a portmanteau of \"object\" and \"item\".\n\n\u00ab SCP-2158 | SCP-2159 | SCP-2160 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2160\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Mobile Task Force Mu-4 (\"Debuggers\") is currently assigned to track and investigate potential internet sites that may be involved in the broadcast of SCP-2160. In addition, Mobile Task Force Mu-4 is authorized to shut down said sites in the event a transmission occurs.\nDescription: SCP-2160 is a webcast entitled \"The Happy Place\", currently produced from an unknown location. The source of the broadcast varies with each instance of SCP-2160, and all attempts to locate a specific point of origin have failed. Forty-eight hours before broadcast, a countdown timer appears on the website chosen to host the webcast, and once it reaches zero the page automatically refreshes itself; in its place is a built-in video player. The pattern for choosing the website used, if any, is not currently known. Due to the coding on the website itself (it is unknown whether or not this was intentionally done by the creators of SCP-2160) the video portion of the webcast does not play, only the audio portion.\nThe broadcast portion of SCP-2160 begins with an opening jingle, and is introduced as \"The Happy Place\". The webcast is narrated by \"Sheriff Buddy\", who introduces himself. The webcast then continues, with the audio similar to other educational children's television shows.\nNo evidence exists that such a show was ever broadcast prior to the first known instance of SCP-2160. Research has indicated that interest in the webcast has increased since the initial broadcast, and any fan sites and discussion boards pertaining to SCP-2160 are to be monitored.\n\n[LEVEL 4 CLEARANCE REQUIRED TO PROCEED]\n\n[IDENTITY CONFIRMED]\n\nOn 04/16/12 after the first known broadcast, the anomalous nature of SCP-2160 became apparent when multiple Sites began receiving visits from people claiming to be \"fans\" of SCP-2160. Further questioning revealed that the affected individuals had downloaded the webcast and watched it outside of its native source.\nIt was this action that brought SCP-2160 to the Foundation's attention, and research began on the matter. It was discovered that if an instance of SCP-2160 is downloaded or recorded from the broadcast site and then is played within a different program the visual portion of the instance functions as normal, revealing Sheriff Buddy to be a marionette dressed in a cowboy suit that resembles O5-6, and other puppets that re-enact events that do not coincide with the audio of the broadcast.\nDue to the sensitive nature of the events being re-enacted, transcripts and other data in relation to SCP-2160 has been limited to those with Level 4 clearance or higher.\n\nExcerpt from transcript of Webcast made on 6/27/12\n00:04:29 - [Sheriff Buddy is standing over a rag doll strapped to a bed. The room itself is a sterile white, and there are IV stands next to the rag doll's bed.]\n00:04:31 - Sheriff Buddy: Now then kids, what do we do when someone is hurt?\n00:04:33 - [A chorus of children can be heard yelling out \"call an adult\" as six separate doors slide open, and six other puppets enter. These puppets are dressed in orange prison garb. The rag doll lifts her head, making a horrified expression.]\n00:04:50 - Sheriff Buddy: That's right kids! Always tell an adult if your friend is hurt so they can get help!\n00:05:10 - [The six new puppets continue to approach the bed, with the rag doll thrashing in place. At this point, Mobile Task Force Mu-4 managed to force an interruption of the feed, and no further part of this instance was seen.]\nEND TRANSCRIPT\n\nThis particular instance of SCP-2160 led to the re-assignment of Mobile Task Force Mu-4 from all non-vital assignments to focus on the issue. Analysis of the broadcast as suggests that the creators had inside knowledge of Foundation activity. That, coupled with the memetic effect the footage has had on some, suggests the possibility that a currently contained SCP may be causing these broadcasts to occur. Further research is ongoing.\n\nExcerpt from transcript of Webcast made on 02/10/13\n00:00:05.9 - [Sheriff Buddy is positioned on a catwalk over a large, sterile looking white room. Below him is a large mechanical device, and there are five other puppets surrounding it, each dressed in a clean white suit. Four other puppets burst in through a door, dressed in all black tactical armor and carrying assault rifles. They then open fire.]\n00:00:06.3 - Sheriff Buddy: Today kids, we are going to talk about Chinese New Year's!\n00:00:07.2 - [The sound of firecrackers going off can be heard as the gunfire goes off. One of the five puppets, a female with brown hair, dives underneath a table while a male puppet with brown hair is struck twice in the head.]\n00:00:07.8 - [Another male puppet drops out of sight, presumably hit, but the angle makes it impossible to tell.]\n00:00:08.0 - [A third male puppet is shot in the shoulder, falling to the floor and rolling behind the device.]\n00:00:08.1 - [The last of the original five puppets is hit three times in the chest and falls.]\n00:00:08.2 - Sheriff Buddy: Happy new year from the fine folks of China!\n00:00:11.3 - [The device in the center emits a bright light, and the show starts over. This loop continues until the webcast is interrupted at the 00:04:07 mark.]\nEND TRANSCRIPT\n\nShortly after this transmission airs, the monitoring data of SCP-176 was reviewed, but no signs of any unauthorized access were detected.\n\nExcerpt from transcript of Webcast made on 07/04/13\n00:01:03 - [Sheriff Buddy is in the foreground, with a puppet made to look like a young woman of Asian descent behind him, as well as a taller puppet of a balding man in a lab coat.]\n00:01:06 - Sheriff Buddy: Today kids, we are going to talk about the importance of obeying all the rules.\n00:01:38 - [The male puppet in the labcoat holds out a white sheet of paper, and the female puppet touches it, causing the paper to turn purple.]\n00:02:10 - Sheriff Buddy: Adults make the rules to make sure you stay safe. You want to stay safe, right kids?\n00:03:00 - [A chorus of children can be heard yelling out \"Yes Sheriff Buddy\" as the girl puppet starts to jump into the air.]\n00:03:10 - Sheriff Buddy: Remember kids, always listen to the adult in charge. It's for your own good!\n00:03:33 - [The female puppet reaches an equivalent scale height of 5 meters with its jump before falling back to the floor. Upon impact, both of the puppet's legs break.]\nEND TRANSCRIPT\n\nDue to the particular incident referenced, testing was done to see if SCP-2599 was a viable suspect. A posthypnotic suggestion is placed into the mind of SCP-2599 to attempt to recreate the events of the broadcast, to see if her subconscious mind was capable of acting in a manner that her conscious mind could not. She recreated the broadcast, except instead of Sheriff Buddy resembling O5-6, it now resembled O5-8. As a result, a new round of tests were created to try to identify why the subject was able to recreate the likeness of an individual they had never met before.\nThe numbers of civilian visitors arriving at Sites due to the broadcasts had reached a point where drastic measures were deemed necessary. Mobile Task Force Mu-4 was ordered to seize control of the broadcasting website the moment a transmission of SCP-2160 ended and broadcast a posthypnotic suggestion to make the viewers forget they had just watched SCP-2160. Number of civilian sightings at Foundation Sites dropped significantly for subsequent broadcasts.\n\nExcerpt from transcript of Webcast made on 12/22/13\n00:37:16 - [The camera pans in on a large puppet, surrounded by puppets half its height wearing hazmat suits. The large puppet is dark red with a pale grey underbelly. Spines run down its head and back, and its mouth ends in a proboscis. Sheriff Buddy can be seen in the foreground.]\n00:38:02 - Sheriff Buddy: Just remember kids, things like smoke detectors make loud noises to alert you of danger, so always pay attention.\n00:38:34 - [A loud piercing noise can be heard, like that of a smoke detector. As it does the larger puppet starts to convulse, and the other puppets put their hands over their ears. The noise grows increasing louder for several seconds before reaching its peak. As it does, all the puppets besides the largest liquefy, and the webcast abruptly ends.]\nEND TRANSCRIPT\n\nThis specific webcast proved significantly more difficult than the others to locate, and as a result only cut off due to the events in the webcast itself. Due to the nature of this broadcast, the location where the webcast was produced was identified as the basement of a home in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Colorado. When the MTF arrived the house was found to be vacant, with all the windows of the dwelling shattered. Upon entering, the house was empty with the exception of the basement, which had been painted white and contained the remaining intact puppet, as well as the liquefied remains of the other puppets. A digital camera was set-up on a tri-pod, with a cable connecting it to a desktop computer on a nearby table. The monitor to the computer was shattered, and the actual computer was in pieces, with the hard drives removed. Left on the table was a note that read simply \"Wake her up\" over and over, written in black ink. Research continues into the possible meaning of this particular message.\n\nExcerpt from transcript of Webcast made on 12/31/14\n00:00:01 - [The scene of the broadcast starts off quite differently than previous ones, taking place in the outdoors. The sun beats down upon a wide panning view of a large hole, several meters across. Several toy trucks can be seen, a large number of which are concrete trucks.]\n00:00:05 - Sheriff Buddy: Hello kids! My name is Sheriff Buddy and welcome to The Happy Place! Today we are going to be talking about secrets.\n00:00:55 - [The camera pans in, showing at least a dozen puppets dressed in hazmat suits, with 8 individual instances of Sheriff Buddy, each with a different voice, speaking in unison.]\n00:01:15 - Sheriff Buddy: It is never a good idea to keep secrets, especially from adults. Secrets are bad.\n00:01:47 - [As the camera continues to pan in, seven individual body bags can be seen, and several of the hazmat sporting puppet start to toss the body bags into the hole.]\n00:02:22 - Sheriff Buddy: Secrets will always get discovered, no matter how hard you try to hide them kids, so be sure not to lie and keep things from others.\n00:02:41 - [Once all of the body bags have been thrown into the hole, the concrete trucks move into position and begin to pour concrete into the hole. The transmission abruptly ends.]\nEND TRANSCRIPT\n\nThis particular instance deviated from previous known transmissions, as it did not display a currently known event in Foundation records. This being the most recent and last known transmission, further study continues.\n\nDate: 01/04/15\nTo: All Site Directors\nFrom: O5-6\nThe problem has been identified and dealt with according to the Cayce Protocol. The records have been expunged and documentation placed to prevent further inquiries. Mobile Task Force Mu-4 will remain assigned to maintain appearances per protocol, but please adjust localized procedures according.\n6\n\n\u00ab SCP-2159 | SCP-2160 | SCP-2161 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2161\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2161-1 is to be contained in a warehouse (10,000 cubic metres minimum) and its rate of increase in volume monitored. Paper products are prohibited in the warehouse's vicinity. Electronic scanning and analysis of existing pages is to continue.\n\nSCP-2161-2 is confined to a limited set of Foundation files (including this document) on a secure server, with study continuing into its nature. Any document containing SCP-2161-2 must not be printed, nor attached to a non-secure file.\n\nDescription: SCP-2161-1 is a collection of approximately 85 million pages of self-replicating A4 paper, the majority of which are blank. A small proportion of pages contain letters, figures or other markings, suggesting that SCP-2161-1 originally formed a single text. As of 07/01/2015, SCP-2161-1 spontaneously generates blank paper at a rate of approximately 2 pages per hour, several orders of magnitude slower than when first contained. Books or similar paper products brought into contact with SCP-2161-1 become subject to the same effect, their volume increasing through the generation of blank space, with any original text eventually spread across thousands of pages. SCP-2161-1 was discovered at the former Adelaide home of Dr Harper, Australian physicist and author, after neighbours complained of an abandoned house surrounded by large amounts of litter. Foundation contacts were alerted when government refuse workers reported the anomalous increase in paper volume.\n\nSCP-2161-2 is a computer virus which increases the amount of white space in electronic documents in a manner similar to SCP-2161-1. Any file to which an SCP-2161-2-infected document is attached will itself become infected, but the infection is not evident in underlying code, suggesting an anomalous source. SCP-2161-2 was detected through the Foundation's scanning of SCP-2161-1 pages, and the inclusion of a photographic image in this document.\n\n+   Addendum   SCP-2161-A:\n\n-   Addendum     SCP-2161-A\n\nInterim scanning results\n\n5% complete: Algorithmic recombination of scanned pages containing text or other marks suggests that SCP-2161-1 was originally technical documentation involving complex mathematics.\n\n10% complete: Scanning now indicates calculations and schematics for a faster-than-light interstellar vessel. The mechanics of travel are unclear, but textual fragments imply that the blank space generated in SCP-2161-1 and -2 may be an exhaust by-product of the craft's propulsion system. Dr Harper, the presumed author, is to be sought for questioning.\n\n+     Addendum     SCP-2161-B:\n\n-     Addendum     SCP-2161-B\n\nAddendum SCP-2161-B: On 07/24/2015, cameras in SCP-2161-1's\nstorage warehouse detected text appearing on new pages generated\nby SCP-2161-1. The text was collected and has been compiled\nas follows:\n\nI HAVE TRAVELLED TO THE EDGE\n\n WATCHED IT EXPAND INTO NOTHINGNESS\n\n I H A V E F O U N D N O - O N E\n\n N O\n\n O T H E R\n\n E A R T H\n\n I\n\n S H A L L\n\n S E A R C H\n\n O N\n\n\u00ab SCP-2160 | SCP-2161 | SCP-2162 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2162\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Mobile Task Force Theta-5 (\"The Bigger Boat\") is to continue tracking SCP-2162 and advise the containment supervisor immediately of any change in heading. Two MTF \u03b8-5 patrol craft are to remain 10km ahead of SCP-2162, and are to escort any commercial or passenger vessels out of the anomaly's path, on the pretext of naval exercises. If, based on its heading, SCP-2162 is forecast to make landfall on any inhabited island, local residents are to be evacuated from its path and a cover story is to be circulated of unseasonal cyclonic activity. Current calculations predict late 2021 as the likely date of arrival of SCP-2162 in densely populated areas - determination of effective containment measures before that date is a priority.\nDescription: SCP-2162 is a mobile anomalous construct, which consists of a volume of highly concentrated Nitrogen (N2) gas. Testing has shown that the interior of the construct has a pressure of approximately 101kPa (similar to atmospheric pressure at sea level), but with N2 concentrations significantly in excess of normal atmospheric conditions, potentially as high as 100% Nitrogen.\nThe construct does not behave in the manner expected of a body of gas - for example, it is not affected by surrounding air pressure or weather patterns and is not impeded by buildings or other structures. Instead, SCP-2162 maintains a constant shape and speed, and the atmosphere within the boundaries of the contruct is spontaneously replaced with N2, returning to its previous composition once SCP-2162 has passed.\nIncident SCP-2162-A revealed that SCP-2162 is composed of three shapes, moving in formation:\n\nan arc 16km in length, 2km in width and 750m in height. The arc is convex, with the centre bending towards the direction of travel of the construct.\n\ntwo wide cylinders 2km in diameter and 750m in height. The cylinders are 4km apart, aligned on either side of the mid-point of the arc. They follow the arc at a distance of 6km.\n\nThe construct's shape has been verified by atmospheric testing. Ionised air-glow at the leading edge of the construct, which has become visible at night as SCP-2162 has moved away from artificial light sources, has provided further evidence of its shape.\nSCP-2162 moves at a constant rate of 0.25km/hr, travelling in a fixed direction along a particular longitude or latitude. From 25 June 2013, SCP-2162 travelled South along longitude 118.25\u00b0W from its point of origin near Los Angeles, CA. On 24 August 2015, the construct reached latitude 8.65\u00b0S and changed course, turning 90\u00b0 and travelling West along that latitude.\n\n+ Addendum 1: Post-Incident Interview - SCP-2162-A/Green/01\n\n- Re-secure data\n\nPost-Incident Interview SCP-2162-A/Green/01\n\nInterviewed: Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Green\nInterviewer: Assistant-Director Griffiths, Head of Site-15 Disciplinary Committee\nDate: 28 June 2013\nForeword: Incident SCP-2162-A involved the initial discovery of the anomaly, which developed in the area West of Los Angeles, CA on 25 June 2013. Amnestics were dispensed across the affected area, and the event attributed to a gas leak from a nearby chemical plant. 758 civilian and 19 Foundation casualties are believed to have resulted from the incident.\nA-D Griffiths: Thank you for your time, Agent Green. We're just trying to understand the part you played in resolving this incident.\n\nAgent Green: No problem. Mind if I smoke?\n\nA-D Griffiths: I guess not. Could you start by explaining why you were in Los Angeles when the incident occurred.\n\nAgent Green: Not to be difficult, but if I tell you, you'll just have to redact it all in the report. Can we say I was on Foundation business unrelated to SCP-2162, and leave it at that?\n\nA-D Griffiths: Uh. Yes, I believe so. Right. So our communications department requested that you leave your assignment, and you drove towards Thousand Oaks. What were your first impressions?\n\nAgent Green: Frankly, it was chaos. Pi-11 was still hours away. There were a few teams from Site-15 that had been scrambled, but no-one there knew how to deal with an anomaly like this. No offence - it's just not your usual scene.\n\nA-D Griffiths: None taken.\n\nAgent Green: From the initial observation point it looked like the goddamn angel of death had touched down. Cars had run into ditches, through houses and stores. You could see bodies had collapsed on the pavement, but no obvious injuries - they were just dead. It was eerie. There was no sign of what had caused it - no sight, no sound, no nothing. Just death.\n\nA-D Griffiths: And once you arrived at the observation point, what did you do?\n\nAgent Green: I went up to the guy in charge to get some instructions. Carter. He was your head of security?\n\nA-D Griffiths: Yes.\n\nAgent Green: I'm sorry. He gathered everyone up, stood in front of us on the top of the rise. He told us they had the site cordoned off, any civilians still alive had been evacuated. Said our job was to ensure no-one else went into the area, sit tight and wait for back-up. Then he asked for any questions, and ten seconds later, he collapsed. Unlucky bastard, he hadn't realised the skip was moving.\n\nA-D Griffiths: And what happened then?\n\nAgent Green: Well, all hell broke loose. Carter was convulsing, a couple of security guards went over to help him, and suddenly they collapsed as well. The rest of the group started yelling and running in every direction - some of them fell too. Me and a few of the others started backing away from where Carter had been. It was pretty bad - we had an idea where it had come from, but not what it was, or how fast it could move.\nA-D Griffiths: According to your report, you and the remainder of the Site-15 team returned to your vehicles and left the scene.\nAgent Green: We hauled ass, yes. I ended up with one of your crew in my car. A young researcher.\nA-D Griffiths: Doctor Zhen. Where did you drive to?\nAgent Green: South. South, away from the invisible wave of death. And towards the twelve thousand citizens of Malibu, who had no clue what was coming. We got on comms, and decided the vehicles would fan out and try to warn as many people as possible, cut the roads off, get an orderly evacuation going. Pi-1 had a bird on the way to help.\nA-D Griffiths: And which part of Malibu did you cover?\nAgent Green: You already know I changed course. I just kept thinking about those guards collapsing. I mean, it was like they had suffocated, but one of them was in a hazmat suit with SCBA tanks. And I started wondering - what if they weren't breathing it in? What if all the air in their lungs - all the air in their tanks - was just gone? But it wasn't hunting behaviour, it was just constant arbitrary movement. It felt like\u2026 well you don't hunt reality benders for as long as I have without a sense of when an anomaly is manmade. And that's why I drove to the warehouse.\nA-D Griffiths: This is the hazardous materials storage warehouse in Norwalk?\nAgent Green: Right - Zhen told me about it. By the time we were halfway there, Pi-1 had managed to reestablish a perimeter, and they had realised how slowly the thing was moving. We knew we had some time, but we needed some way to see it, and I had an idea how.\nA-D Griffiths: Could you please elaborate?\nAgent Green: <silence, 4 seconds> You see that smoke ring? You know that you can do the same thing without the smoke, right?\nA-D Griffiths: Please Agent Green, for the benefit of the recording.\nAgent Green: Okay then, did you ever use invisible ink as a kid? No? You write in starch, or lemon juice, and then it turns visible when you wash the page with iodine. I had an invisible anomaly, and what I needed was the right type of wash. Zhen was the one who came up with nitrosyl chloride.\nA-D Griffiths: Which you knew to be hazardous, and commandeered without orders.\nAgent Green: Which was less hazardous than an invisible killer gas. And anyway, there were no orders - Site-15 had no command left, and Pi-1 were trying to convince half of Malibu to cancel their parties. The team leader thanked me afterwards - not to mention we probably gave them the idea for using 'gas leak' as the cover story.\nA-D Griffiths: Agent Green, we're trying to establish why you released thousands of litres of gas - a highly toxic mucosal irritant - near a major population center!\nAgent Green: Population centre? It was in the State Park by then, and the gas dispersed pretty quickly. And it worked, right? Coloured gas everywhere the anomaly wasn't - damn thing showed up clear as day. The Pi-1 bird could work out the dimensions and see how much of Malibu to evacuate - once they stopped laughing, of course. Funny that no-one had thought about what it would look like from above. I mean, Zhen said the gas would be coloured - he hadn't told me it was yellow. Kinda appropriate, don't you think?\nA-D Griffiths: What I think is that we're done.\n<recording ends>\n\nUpdate - 29 June 2013: Agent Green was issued both a disciplinary caution and (on Site Director review) a commendation for his actions during Incident SCP-2162-A. Over his objections, Agent Green was assigned to work with Agent Daniel Navarro to investigate the source of SCP-2162, and the possibility of anomalous artist involvement.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Mobile Task Force Pi-1 (\"City Slickers\")\n\n\u00ab SCP-2161 | SCP-2162 | SCP-2163 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2163\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2163 cannot be physically contained due to its size, geographical distribution, and place in modern human culture. Instead, containment efforts are focused on early detection and neutralization of cognitohazards generated by SCP-2163.\nDue to the rate at which SCP-2163 generates new content, total manual inspection is impossible. Instead, the automated WATCHDOG system analyzes media created by SCP-2163 for common traits shared by most cognitohazards originating from it1. When combined with manual inspection of the highest risk sources, this system has a success rate of approximately 94%. Standard quarantine procedures are used to contain any cognitohazards detected this way. Recovered cognitohazards are documented under sub-designations of SCP-2163.\nMutual sharing of detection statistics with the GOC has been authorized for the purposes of improving detection rates. Detection statistics for the prior month should be exchanged at the end of each month. A special liaison position has been created for this purpose.\nIn the event of widespread dissemination of an SCP-2163 cognitohazard, implementation of Protocol Blackout, in full or in part, is authorized. All personnel with clearance L4/2163 or above have Provisional Nuclear Authorization while Protocol Blackout is in effect.\n\nFurther information on Protocol Blackout is restricted to personnel with clearance L3/Blackout or above.\n\nClearance accepted. Accessing documentation of Protocol Blackout.\n\nProtocol Blackout is a series of emergency measures designed to halt or slow the spread of memetic and/or communicable cognitohazards that have been widely disseminated and/or threaten global dissemination resulting in one or more *K Class events. Protocol Blackout includes the following provisions:\n\nSuppression of print and broadcast news media.\nRelease of aggressive, infectious, destructive, self-replicating computer programs with the intent of disabling or destroying some or all of the global computing and internet infrastructure.\nSabotage of national and transnational wide area synchronous grids.\nDestruction of key global communications relays and interconnections.\nMass amnesticization of the global populace.\nTermination of infected civilians. Collateral damage amongst the uninfected populace is expected and allowed.\nHigh-altitude detonation of nuclear devices in order to disable or destroy large segments of the global electrical infrastructure.\nRelease of anomalous counter-memes.\n\nAdditionally, Protocol Blackout grants sweeping provisional clearances to members of the Memetics and Cognitohazards Department while in effect.\n\nDescription: SCP-2163 is the North American film industry, commonly referred to with the metonym \"Hollywood\", where much of the industry has traditionally been located. SCP-2163 is one of the largest sources of cognitohazards, generating more than 300 cognitohazards a year2. These cognitohazards are largely generated unintentionally, arising accidentally during the course of normal film production.3\nThese cognitohazards vary markedly in form and effect, but there are several traits that are shared by many of them. Namely:\n\nAll cognitohazards produced by SCP-2163 are communicable, although to varying degrees.\nVisual cognitohazards often contain rapid changes in brightness, contrast, and color. Most are short sequences of film less than five seconds long. Very few are still images.\nAuditory cognitohazards rarely contain human speech. Most are short, repetitive pieces of music containing string instruments and/or synthesized sounds. Those that do contain human speech are usually behavior altering in their effects.\nInfohazards are uncommon. When they do appear, they are often lines of dialogue, monologue, or narration. These are the hardest to detect automatically, and often the most dangerous.\n\nResearch into safe means of neutralizing SCP-2163 (and similar massive cognitohazard generators) is ongoing. Currently, it is impossible to do so without causing a mass cultural shift. This has been deemed an acceptable consequence if/when the rate of cognitohazard generation surpasses the rate of detection by more than 12%.\nAddendum 2163-1: The documentation for SCP-2163-1995-201, SCP-2163-2005-058, and SCP-2163-2013-166 is included below. Together, they are considered representative of the cognitohazards generated by SCP-2163. Access to the documentation for other SCP-2163 cognitohazards may be limited by clearance level.\n\nItem #: SCP-2163-1995-201\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2163-1995-201 is contained using standard containment procedures for generic Safe-class communicable cognitohazards.\nDescription: SCP-2163-1995-201 is a sequence of 60 frames of film (approximately 2.5 seconds long at standard playback speed) from the film Toy Story. The cognitohazard is located in the upper right corner of the screen, and consists of a series of rapid changes in color and brightness caused by the gesturing of one of the characters. When viewed, this cognitohazard causes viewers to believe that they are sentient children's toys. Persons affected by this delusion will cease all voluntary muscle movement when in the presence of unaffected persons.\nDuring production, several members of the film's animation team were affected by SCP-2163-1995-201 before it could be recovered by Foundation agents. These individuals were successfully treated with amnestics. Unaffected members of the production crew were dosed with amnestics where necessary to preserve secrecy.\n\nItem #: SCP-2163-2005-058\nObject Class: Safe; Euclid sub-entities\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2163-2005-058 is contained using standard containment procedures for generic Safe-class communicable cognitohazards.\nIndividuals affected by SCP-2163-2005-058 are to be contained in standard humanoid containment cells, following the guidelines for containment of non-anomalous humans.\nDescription: SCP-2163-2005-058 is the entire initial narration track of the English version of the documentary March of the Penguins. Listening to the track triggers a strong migratory instinct amongst human listeners. Affected individuals have all expressed a desire to travel towards the nearest geographic pole. If prevented from doing so, these individuals become increasingly hostile towards their detainers, often resorting to violence in an attempt to escape. Amnestic treatments have so far met with no success, requiring the indefinite containment of affected individuals.\nSCP-2163-2005-058 was recovered by Foundation agents before it could be released. Individuals involved in the production of the film were dosed with amnestics, and a new narration track was recorded. Following standard protocols for the containment of semi-notable persons, individuals affected by SCP-2163-2005-058 have been retroactively removed from public records where possible, and replaced where not.\n\nItem #: SCP-2163-2013-166\nObject Class: Neutralized\nSpecial Containment Procedures: N/A\nDescription: SCP-2163-2013-166 is the entirety of the documentary Blackfish. The film is a delayed-response cognitohazard that causes affected individuals to develop a hatred of the taste of fish. If left untreated, affected individuals will cease all consumption of fish and fish-flavored items, and will begin to vigorously encourage others to do so as well.\nSCP-2163-2013-166 avoided detection by both Foundation and GOC monitoring systems, resulting in its public release and dissemination. Once its existence was discovered, a joint Foundation/GOC research group was formed to develop an inoculation meme in order to prevent the collapse of the world fishing industry. This meme was then distributed via advertisements for Foundation front companies. A mass amnesticization campaign, codenamed Operation Fish Food, was undertaken to treat those already affected by SCP-2163-2013-166. This campaign is considered a success, despite the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 USD in lost profits that occurred before its conclusion.\nIn the wake of these events, WATCHDOG's detection algorithms have been modified in such a way as to reduce the chances of a similar event reoccurring. The exact nature of these modifications is restricted to clearance L3/WATCHDOG or above.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Details on WATCHDOG's means of operation and method of detecting cognitohazards are restricted to personnel with clearance L3/WATCHDOG or above.\n2. A rate which is increasing.\n3. Similar phenomena have been observed in other regional film industries, in particular the Indian and European industries, which have been given their own designations. For a detailed analysis of these phenomena, see: Jacobson, Suzanne. \"An Analysis of Modern Mass Media as Massive Cognitohazard Generators\" Fieldwork: An SCP Foundation Journal (2008): 601.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2162 | SCP-2163 | SCP-2164 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2164\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2164-A is to be kept in modified humanoid containment cell. A Foundation expert in Renaissance-era occult practices is to be assigned to SCP-2164-A at all times and review containment procedures every six months. All furnishings in SCP-2164-A's containment chamber are to be made of plastics or synthetic fibers, and Agrimonia eupatoria1 is to be planted along the perimeter of the cell. These plants are to be tended to by maintenance personnel weekly and any ailing plants replaced immediately. All personnel entering SCP-2164 outside of testing scenarios are to don protective garlands of Laurus nobilis2 or Ocimum basilicum3. Good behavior on SCP-2164-A's part may be rewarded with access to Salvia officinalis4, Fraxinus excelsior5, one small white beeswax candle, and other plant and animal materials documented in Document-2164-A. Under no circumstances is SCP-2164-A to be supplied with black candles, Artemisia absinthum6, Juniperus communis7, Santalum album8, Cedrus libani9, Rosa moschata10, or any of the other restricted herbs or materials listed in Document-2164-A. Female personnel advised to remain cautious around SCP-2164-A.\nSCP-2164-B is to be kept in a standard humanoid containment cell. SCP-2164-B's food is to be cultivated on-site to ensure that all its meals are organic, non-genetically modified, and completely gluten-free. SCP-2164-B may be rewarded for cooperation with various small quartz crystals, unprocessed amethysts, turmeric, red ginseng, the use of one yoga mat, and approved reading materials. A Foundation psychiatrist who has been briefed on New Age spirituality is to examine SCP-2164-B under the guise of an \"angel therapist\" and encourage its cooperation with the Foundation. Only D-class personnel scoring below 115 on the Stanford-Binet IQ Test and below +1\u03c3 on the Foundation Expanded Intelligence Test for Non-Anomalous Humans or born before 1994 are approved for testing with SCP-2164-B.\nUnder no circumstances are SCP-2164-A and SCP-2164-B to come within 100 meters of each other unless separated by soundproofed walls and accompanied by experts in negotiation.\nDescription: SCP-2164 refers to two circular areas, two meters in diameter, each surrounding two humanoid entities. Within SCP-2164, scientific laws as commonly understood break down and can be manipulated according to set principles by the humanoids within SCP-2164. These principles seem to differ between the two manifestations of SCP-2164.\nSCP-2164-A is an elderly Caucasian male appearing to be around eighty years of age but claiming to be about \u2588\u2588\u2588 years old. SCP-2164-A can manipulate matter within its range of effect using occult rituals or herbal concoctions in the Renaissance tradition. All reality alterations (herbal mixtures, incantations, etc.) lose their effect outside SCP-2164-A's effect radius.\nSCP-2164-B is a Caucasian female in her early thirties formerly known as Jennifer \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. SCP-2164-B spent its life before Foundation recovery in Orange County, California. SCP-2164-B can perform small reality alterations with the aid of common crystals and non-corporeal entities, as well as heal various illnesses using homeopathic techniques. It also displays anomalous knowledge of subjects within its effect radius. As with SCP-2164-A, these effects reverse outside the one meter radius around SCP-2164-B.\nSCP-2164-A and -B have knowledge of and are mildly antagonistic towards each other.\nTests Involving SCP-2164-A\nTest 1\n\nProcedure: SCP-2164-A given 20 g each mercury, powdered iron oxide, lead(II) chromate, calcium carbonate, charcoal, 99.99% pure gold leaf, a crucible, and a pelican vessel.\nResults: SCP-2164-A took all provided materials except gold. Over the course of four weeks, SCP-2164-A conducted a complex series of alchemical procedures including [DATA EXPUNGED BY ORDER OF O5 COMMAND]. Resultant object leaks clear amber-colored fluid, which SCP-2164-A claims has a strong rejuvenation factor. Fluid administered to 75-year-old D-Class with advanced Parkinson's Disease and chronic rheumatoid arthritis. Subject's tremors and joint pain vanished and subject displayed drastically increased visual clarity and endurance. All restorative effects of the fluid reverse when subject leaves SCP-2164. Subject terminated after resisting attempts to remove it from SCP-2164.\n\nTest 2\n\nProcedure: SCP-2164-A given various common essential oils and dried herbs, along with one copper kettle.\nResults: SCP-2164-A chose one vial each of Rosa moschata oil11, Lavandula angustifolia oil12, Cinnamomum verum oil13, and dried Quercus robur14 leaves. SCP-2164-A waited until first day of the waxing moon before boiling the mixture in the kettle. Audio surveillance shows SCP-2164-A chanting periodically in an obscure dialect of Latin. SCP-2164-A then attempted to lure Junior Researcher Aaliyah Robinson into its event radius, claiming the fluid would increase her intelligence and attractiveness to male personnel. Junior Researcher Robinson alerted Senior Researcher Eric Stanton. D-23944 was dispatched and compelled to drink the fluid over the objections of SCP-2164-A. Subject immediately fell to the floor in front of SCP-2164-A, threw her arms around its ankles, and began to profess her infatuation with it. Effect disappeared outside SCP-2164 only to reappear when D-23944 re-enters perimeter. D-23944 expresses revulsion towards SCP-2164-A when outside effect radius. SCP-2164-A's privileges are revoked and containment procedures updated.\n\nThis is ridiculous. SCP-2164-A's actions hardly present a breach risk if the effect reverses a few steps away. Discipline him for this infraction but we could still benefit from testing him. -Senior Researcher Eric Stanton\nRequest granted -Site Director Jacob DeLozier\nTest 3\n\nProcedure: SCP-2164-A requests round black wax pendant, essential oils of Juniperus communis15, Santalum album16, and Cedrus libani17, and a small dagger made entirely of silver. Request granted with the exception of the dagger.\nResults: SCP-2164-A carved an intricate symbol into the black wax with a fingernail before anointing it with each of the three supplied oils. SCP-2164-A then tucked the wax into its pocket, anointed its left index and middle fingers with the remaining oil, and chanted in an unidentified language. Research Assistant Mark Wagner was accosted by SCP-2164-A and convinced to enter SCP-2164 in exchange for a good-luck charm with possible promotion to Site Director. Once Research Assistant Wagner entered SCP-2164, SCP-2164-A touched him with his left index and middle finger while repeating its earlier chant. Wagner's higher brain functions immediately ceased, leaving Wagner unconscious but highly open to suggestion. SCP-2164-A moved to the edge of its cell and commanded Wagner to uproot the Agrimonia eupatoria hedge. The Foundation occult specialist and containment expert at the time, Dr. Elizabeth Perry, retrieved seven sprigs of basil from the site cafeteria and entered SCP-2164. When SCP-2164-A attempted to touch Dr. Perry, it lost consciousness, enabling Dr. Perry to retrieve Wagner. Wagner revived once outside SCP-2164, and SCP-2164-A regained consciousness thirty minutes later. Mark Wagner was demoted to Level 0 personnel, Senior Researcher Eric Stanton was issued a formal reprimand, and Dr. Perry was recognized for her quick thinking in preventing a containment breach.\n\nTest 4\n\nProcedure: To test whether any sapient being could manipulate reality within SCP-2164, Dr. Elizabeth Perry entered SCP-2164 wearing one long purple tunic, one wreath of basil, and one tapered, sanded branch of Ilex aquifolium18 engraved with the astrological symbols for the seven planets.\nResults: SCP-2164-A produced a beam of glowing red light and aimed it at Dr. Perry. Dr. Perry chanted a Latin charm against evil and successfully deflected the beam with the Ilex aquifolium branch. The beam exited SCP-2164 and vanished. SCP-2164-A registered shock at this development. Dr. Perry chastised SCP-2164-A, referring to Foundation containment as \"Limbo\" and punishment for misuse of its powers. SCP-2164-A expressed remorse and has since fully adjusted to containment.\n\nTests Involving SCP-2164-B\nTest 1\n\nProcedure: SCP-2164-B given a 20 mL vial of thyroxine, three seven-liter jugs of distilled water, and a one liter water bottle with a screw-on cap.\nResults: SCP-2164-B poured one liter of distilled water into the bottle and diluted 1 mL thyroxine in it before sealing the bottle and succussing it ten times against its open palm. After succussion it disposed of 990 mL water/thyroxine solution and mixed 990 mL fresh water into the bottle before succussing it again. SCP-2164-B repeated the process until all jugs of distilled water were empty. When questioned about the number of dilutions SCP-2164-B tilted its head and replied that it hated \"weak-ass cures\". It then administered 10 mL of the diluted solution to D-99746, suffering from advanced Graves' disease with pronounced exophtalmos. D-99746's eyes immediately retreated back into their normal position in their sockets. Subject no longer experienced tremors and CT scans within the effect radius showed subject's thyroid had shrunk back to a healthy size. Effect reversed once subject left SCP-2164. Testing of the solution both inside and outside the effect radius showed that no molecules of the original thyroxine remained in the solution.\n\nTest 2\n\nProcedure: D-3047 brought into effect radius. Subject has no known medical conditions.\nResults: Subject immediately takes on a dulled affect. SCP-2164-B attempts to engage subject in conversation. Subject demonstrates severe echolalia and begins to vigorously flap his hands. Symptoms reverse outside effect radius. Repeated tests with various D-class show a 55% occurrence of the phenomenon, with tests involving low-level Foundation personnel showing occurrences up to 85%. Upon reviewing medical records of test subjects, it was determined that about 60% of subjects who have received all recommended vaccinations displayed the above symptoms. When asked, SCP-2164-B rolled her eyes and stated \"Love them, protect them, never inject them\" in an exasperated tone. SCP-2164-B refused to elaborate further.\n\nTest 3\n\nProcedure: D-80044 was introduced to SCP-2164-B. D-80044 was born in 1994 and scored a 145 on the Stanford-Binet IQ Test and a +3.3\u03c3 on the Foundation Expanded Intelligence Test for Non-Anomalous Humans. D-80044 was twenty years old at the time of the experiment.\nResults: [DATA EXPUNGED] After killing ten guards, three researchers, and critically injuring the site director, D-800044 was ambushed by Junior Researcher Maekawa who managed to disengage the unconscious SCP-2164-B from D-80044's back. As the two separated, D-80044 reverted to his usual mental abilities and was summarily terminated. SCP-2164-B was successfully revived and treated for minor injuries. Although SCP-2164-B was physically unharmed, the incident caused it to sink into a state of depression for weeks afterward. SCP-2164-B made statements during this time such as, \"How could this happen? His aura was so blue\", \"The children were supposed to bring peace\", and \"I thought I could help him achieve his true potential\". SCP-2164-B has since recovered, but it refuses to interact with individuals matching the parameters in the containment procedures.\n\nIncident Log 2164-1\nSCP-2164-A and SCP-2164-B were introduced to each other in a controlled testing scenario. The following is an audio transcript of the encounter.\n\n<Begin Log>\n\nSCP-2164-B: Hey! What the fuck are you doing here?\n\nSCP-2164-A: I am ooth to mynystriden to Nature, whose corages be seeke with thy lowmychnesse.\n\nSCP-2164-B: Lowmychnesse my ass. I can't believe these people haven't blasted you to smithereens. You're ruining everything, you know that?\n\nSCP-2164-A: I acknow, strumpete, that I am cheosen bringen a greene ayge of fantastical things. The reign of engels and daemons, of sprites and spirits, is nigh. I am the beodeman of the new Erthe, and I it conserveth from fraudes as thee.\nSCP-2164-B: Frauds?! I'm trying to save the world from your dark ritual bullshit! Didn't you guys, like, cover you in leeches if you had a cough? Now we know if Monsanto kept their evil little fingers off our food we wouldn't even have coughs. This is the future, Methuselah. We're enlightened, higher beings now. No way I'll let the Age of Aquarius be stained with your blood sacrifice nonsense!\nSCP-2164-A: This \"Monsanto\" necromancer I knowe not. How cowde he men of my day acursen a he of the nere presente be?\nSCP-2164-B: Well, it's not just them. Everyone knows you guys had way low vibrations because of all that witch burning and Black Plague. You got everything wrong about guardian angels too! Like, with all your hellfire-and-brimstone shit? Us evolved people know angels are, like, all about love and peace and self-acceptance and stuff.\nSCP-2164-A: May Albertus Magnus and all his feloshippe blind to thine hauteinesse be! The engels of the baleful Lord are far more terrifying grimful than thine tame, milde wights. Thine milk-minded pets resemblen the menials of the Most High as strands of electrum resemblen lowly dunge!\nSCP-2164-B: That's it! I've had it with your psycho mumbo jumbo! You're about to get your chakras *all* out of alignment!\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: SCP-2164-A and SCP-2164-B charged into each other's SCP-2164 effect radius. SCP-2164-A was observed to raise his staff and shout a Latin incantation to Azrael, the angel of Death, as SCP-2164-B rolled her eyes upwards into their sockets, faced her palms towards SCP-2164-A, and vocalized a low \"ohm\". Observers of both the event itself and the video footage express extreme psychological distress after this point. Under extreme sedation, observers report simultaneously witnessing both SCP-2164-A's curse hitting SCP-2164-B directly in the sternum and killing her and watching SCP-2164-A suffer a massive aneurysm and collapse dead with SCP-2164-B victorious. Observers then report that both SCP-2164-A and -B appear blurry and out of focus, with fifteen separate simultaneous sightings of SCP-2164-A and -B throughout the site reported during this time.\n[DATA EXPUNGED]\nAfter three hours, SCP-2164 containment was re\u00ebstablished. Containment procedures updated accordingly.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Agrimony\n2. Bay laurel\n3. Sweet basil\n4. Common sage\n5. European ash\n6. Wormwood\n7. Common juniper\n8. Indian sandalwood\n9. Lebanon cedar\n10. Musk rose\n11. Musk rose\n12. Common lavender\n13. Cinnamon\n14. English oak\n15. Common juniper\n16. Indian sandalwood\n17. Lebanon cedar\n18. Common holly\n\n\u00ab SCP-2163 | SCP-2164 | SCP-2165 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2165\nObject Class: None\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2165 is to be left to its own devices. It is not to be acknowledged in any way outside of this reference. This reference is to be kept in an extra-temporal, extra-spatial location. All is as it has been. All is as it always was.\nDescription: SCP-2165 is irredeemable. It is unknown if SCP-2165 is a sapient entity, a non-sapient creature, an inanimate object or a metaphysical concept. This has been deemed irrelevant by containment personnel. SCP-2165 has performed an action or a series of actions that caused it to be considered beyond absolution by universal consensus. The exact nature of this action or actions has since been erased from causality by universal consensus. As such, neither SCP-2165 nor any information about it are ever acknowledged by any other being, object, force, or concept.\nAddendum: There will be no forgiveness.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2164 | SCP-2165 | SCP-2166 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2166\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Foundation agents are to regularly monitor outdoor activity in elementary schools within a 20-kilometer radius of the location of SCP-2166's initial appearance. Should any children be observed engaging in SCP-2166 activity, field agents are to be dispatched to the corresponding school(s) to administer amnestics to all students involved once the current round of SCP-2166 has concluded.\nShould any children engaging in SCP-2166 be joined by an unfamiliar young child who is not present on any available class listings, the agent is to follow said individual to determine their place of residence for further Foundation observation.\nDescription: SCP-2166 is an anomalous children's playground game, colloquially known as \"Foot Pope\". Several slightly-differing iterations1 of the game are known to exist, but the following instructions are consistent across all versions:\n\nThe game requires three or more players and a space that has at least three different types of ground terrain2.\nOne player is selected to be the \"Foot Pope\". At the start of the first round, all players assemble in a circle around the current Foot Pope, who will chant a rhyme, \"Foot Pope, Foot Pope, blessing feet / Showing where all steps should meet\" and will pat the right foot of each player assembled.\nWhen the Foot Pope has finished the rhyme and \"feet blessing\", the players disperse at a run and chant a reply, \"Foot Pope, Foot Pope, stand ahead, / What land must devout feet tread?\"\nThe Foot Pope will then call out a type of terrain, and all players must place both feet on the terrain as quickly as possible. The player(s) who fulfills this task the slowest is \"out\" for the remaining duration of the round.\nThe Foot Pope states the chant again, with the players chanting the response again, and the round continues until all but one other player is \"out\". The remaining player becomes the new Foot Pope to start the next round.\n\nSCP-2166's anomalous effects are believed to manifest upon completion of the first Foot Pope chant call-and-response3. When the chant has been said, all players who are designated \"out\" during the round find their feet permanently affixed to the ground they are standing on until the end of the round. Attempts to circumvent this situation by removing articles of clothing worn on feet are unsuccessful; said clothing will also remain permanently affixed to the individual.\nThose affected by SCP-2166's primary effect report feeling only mild discomfort. It has been determined that should an individual affected by SCP-2166 sit down while affixed to the ground, they will find that they are able to adjust their position freely so long as they retain some contact with the ground they were previously standing on4.\nInvestigation into further nuances of SCP-2166's gameplay and modification potential is ongoing (see Addendum 2166-2).\nAddendum 2166-1: Based on partial interview data collected by Foundation field agents, it is believed that knowledge of SCP-2166 originated at Geyser View Elementary School of Portland, Oregon where a primary-grade student introduced the game instructions to other children during recess. School documents show no record of such a student in the district system, and no guardian figure was ever seen accompanying the child; rather, the child simply stated that they were to wait for their friends at \"the library\" after class was dismissed. Staff of libraries within walking distance of Geyser View Elementary School report that they have never seen the child before.\nAddendum 2166-2: As of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, experimental staff-monitored trial playthroughs of SCP-2166 have uncovered the following information:\nBased on empirical observation, there are only two ways to end SCP-2166's anomalous effects. The first is for a round of SCP-2166 to end naturally, with a new Foot Pope either starting another round or declining to say the starting chant. The second (discovered in an experimental Foundation facility) is for a current Foot Pope to declare, \"No land\" in response to the players' chant, at which point the game has ended and any immobilized players are freed.\nIt is believed that a game of SCP-2166 can continue indefinitely, with the accompanying anomalous effects enduring until a game is properly ended. Currently, the longest Foundation-held game of SCP-2166 was recorded at approximately 133 minutes.\nAttempting to cheat during SCP-2166 (including deviating from the rules, arguing with a Foot Pope, and leaving the game early) has resulted in participants experiencing an unpleasant \"burning\" sensation in their feet until the conclusion of the current round of SCP-2166. In one extreme case, the involved individual's shoes disappeared and reappeared permanently affixed to their ears until the conclusion of the game.\nMisspeaking the \"Foot Pope\" chant, whether by accident or intention, results in all the players (including the active Foot Pope) having their feet affixed to the ground until the chant is said properly.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Different iterations involving greater numbers of players take into account more complex terrain such as climbable playstructure equipment, the introduction of a \"Foot Devil\" that can \"freeze\" players, and other such modifications.\n2. Acceptable terrain includes asphalt, concrete, woodchips, sand, grass, dirt, running track, and so on.\n3. All Foundation-run trials attempting to replicate manifestation of SCP-2166's anomaly failed when the preliminary chant was not completed at least once.\n4. This effect persists even with removal of the section of ground the player stood on from the rest of the terrain space; the player simply moves with the section of ground removed.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2165 | SCP-2166 | SCP-2167 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2167\n\nItem #: SCP-2167\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2167 is to be stored in a soundproofed containment locker, connected to a CD player, four 5W speakers measuring at minimum 4 on the infinite grade impairment scale1 (hereafter IGIS), and a 12VDC 5A uninterruptible power supply with at least 300 amp-hours of capacity. The speakers are to be positioned around SCP-2167 at 90\u00b15\u00b0 angles at a maximum distance of 0.5 m. The locker is also to contain a small number of music CDs and vinyl records containing non-sensitive material alongside SCP-2167.\nAll adjustment knobs on SCP-2167 are to be kept at the minimum possible value. The CD player is to be configured to continuously play classical music at a very low volume.\nNo other speakers or audio devices are to be brought within 10 m of the containment area at any time, or used in areas directly above or below containment. All sound recordings are to be stored securely and deleted once no longer needed.\nSCP-2167 is to be internally inspected at least once per month for any signs of wear or potential failure of any of its components. Any components showing signs of wear are to be replaced. All electrolytic capacitors are to be tested, and any capacitor showing values outside its nominal tolerance is to be replaced with an equivalent part.\nAll testing is to be conducted in a soundproofed room measuring 4.8 m wide, 7.8 m long, and 3 m high2. Except per specific testing protocol, SCP-2167 is to remain connected to the CD player and UPS at all times. During standard testing it is to be connected to a pair of 25W speakers scoring at minimum 5 on the infinite grade impairment scale. The speakers and a chair are to be positioned in a golden cuboid arrangement as per document 2167-F.\nDescription: SCP-2167 is a \"Gauchito-78\" audio amplifier measuring 100mm wide, 190mm long, and 60mm thick. The amplifier case is made of unpainted cast aluminum-zinc. The front face of the device has three adjustment knobs, with the labels \"gain\", \"volume\", and \"tone\" etched into the case, as well as a script logo giving the device name and an unknown graphic icon. It possesses two 1/4\" audio jacks located on either side of the device, and a 12VDC barrel jack located in the top edge.\nWhen connected to a set of speakers, a power supply, and an audio source via the jacks on its sides, SCP-2167 will function as a signal amplifier, amplifying the signal voltage according to the position of the \"gain\" knob, and performing high-frequency filtering according to the position of the \"tone\" knob.\nComputer measurements of the audio output indicate that the physical intensity of sound emitted from a speaker driven by SCP-2167 is typical for a hobby audio amplifier. However, any subject who listens to SCP-2167's output will perceive it as being much louder than would be expected for non-anomalous sound with the same physical intensity. The perceived loudness corresponds to the position of the \"volume\" knob.\nThe psychoacoustic loudness $S_{out}$, measured in sones, is characterized by Equation (1), where $S_{in}$ is the expected loudness as determined from physical measurement, $k_v$ is the position of the \"volume\" dial in the range 0-10, and $\u3150(m,n)$ is the real extension of the Ackermann\u2013P\u00e9ter function.\n(1)\n\\begin{equation} S_{out} = \u3150(k_v, c_1 S_{in} ) \\end{equation}\nc1 has been experimentally determined to be approximately 0.93.\nExperiments with volume settings higher than around 4.5 have not been able to determine if this trend continues, as the intense pain interferes with the subject's ability to accurately gauge the loudness.\nChronic exposure to SCP-2167 does result in permanent hearing damage as would be expected from non-anomalous sounds played at the perceived volume, but does not lead to total hearing loss. Acute exposure over a short period does not result in permanent hearing loss.\nHigh-quality recordings and subsequent reproductions of SCP-2167's output are able to produce the same effects on listeners as SCP-2167 itself. This also extends to sufficiently high-quality digital recordings. The effect does not manifest if the combined processing yields an IGIS of under 4.7.\nWhen disconnected from a set of speakers, SCP-2167 will cause nearby sets of speakers to vibrate on their own, producing audio output as if connected to SCP-2167. Additionally, when not provided with an audio source, SCP-2167 will instead output the contents of random audio recordings nearby. This may include potentially sensitive or infohazardous recordings, and may compromise security or result in other containment failures. SCP-2167 also manifests both of these effects when disconnected from a power supply.\nThe area of effect relative to SCP-2167 can be modeled by the inequality $I(\\vec x) > 0$, where $I(\\vec x)$ is described by Equation (2).\n(2)\n\\begin{align} I(\\vec x) = 1 - {\\left\\|\\vec x\\right\\|}\\int_0^1 p(t\\,\\vec x)\\, H\\left(-\\frac{\\partial p(t\\,\\vec x)}{\\partial t}\\right)\\; dt \\end{align}\n(3)\n\\begin{align} p(\\vec x) = c_2 \\sum_i \\log(q_i + 1) \\exp( -c_3\\left\\| \\vec x - \\vec v_i \\right\\| ^2) \\end{align}\nIn these equations, $\\vec v_i$ and $q_i$ represent the location relative to SCP-2167 and the IGIS of all audio devices, $H(x)$ is the Heaviside step function, and c2 and c3 are constants whose values have experimentally been determined to be:\nc2 = 6.152 m-1\nc3 = 0.468 m-2\nIn the case of the second effect, $I(\\vec v_i)$ represents the (non-normalized) probability that a given recording will be played.\n\n+ show affected area simulation\n\n- hide affected area simulation\n\nRed dots represent affected devices, while green dots represent unaffected devices. Color intensity indicates the device's IGIS value. The blue dot is SCP-2167. Black/grey/white indicates I value. Click and drag to move things around. If it doesn't work for you, try it at this link.\n\nDisassembly and examination of SCP-2167 reveals a fairly advanced construction for the supposed date of manufacture based on its outer appearance.\nThe amplifier circutry consists of a green double-sided fiberglass printed circuit board with white silkscreen printing on one side, measuring 80mm by 150mm and containing all through-hole components. The external controls, audio jacks, and power are connected to the board via 16-gauge insulated lead wires.\nAnalysis of circuitry indicates an operating principle much different from conventional audio amplifiers.\nOf particular note about this board is its unusual component arrangement. The board features a silkscreened seal of Solomon occupying the main portion of the board, and its various components are arranged to correspond with the glyphs of the seal, and the traces are arranged to follow the seal's pattern.\nAlso of note is the unusual integrated circuit featured in the center of the board. The IC is packaged as a 15-pin TO-3 metal can package, measuring 8mm high and 22mm in diameter. The IC is marked as a \"PL LM21D67\", with a date code \"7616\" indicating it was manufactured in the 16th week of 1976.\nThere are no IC manufacturers that have been known to use the manufacturer code \"PL\", and a \"LM21D67\" chip is not known to have been produced at any time by any manufacturer.\nScanning electron microscopy imaging has revealed unusual structures on the silicon IC die inconsistent with any known theory of operation3.\n\n+ show SEM imagery\n\n- hide SEM imagery\n\nSEM image showing SCP-2167's amplifier IC. ([EEInM5g.jpg bigger version])\n\nCurrently the most credible theory regarding its operation is that SCP-2167 takes advantage of the so-called \"demon effect\", using the interactions of its eponymous demon particle with electrical currents, to create high-linearity demon gate junctions capable of amplifying a signal with very low loss of fidelity. It is still incompletely understood how this enables SCP-2167 to manifest its anomalous properties, but research is ongoing. For a more complete explanation of demonics see A Brief Explanation of Demonics.\n\nAddendum-01: Device Documentation: The following documentation was recovered from the residence of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 W\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 following the seizure of SCP-2167 from his possession on \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588.\n\nGauchito 78 Mini Amplifier\nThe Gauchito 78 is a innovative, cutting edge amplifier, which combines solid performance with the new patented Overamp feature to create the perfect compact amplifier. It is advantageously small, and it packs a big punch with its massive output volume and clean, crisp sound.\nGauchito 78 Overview:\n\n20 watt compact mini amp\nPatented Overamp feature allows you to really crank it up\nUses new Demon Gate Amplifier technology. Solid-state demonics allows for unprecedented reliability and sound quality\nDC or independently powered\nRevolutionary sonic performance\n\nFeatures Overview:\nIndependently Powered:\nThe Gauchito 78 can be operated independently of any external power supply, for when you need to rock it out on the go. Or, connect it up for even higher-quality sound and superior performance.\nDemon Gate Amplifier circuitry:\nThe Gauchito 78 uses the new DGJT demon gate junction transistor, the latest in solid-state demonics, making it a new standard for audio amplifiers with its superior sound quality.\nPatented Overamp Technology:\nNo longer be limited by your other equipment! The Gauchito 78's patented Overamp feature allow you to turn up the volume 'to infinity and beyond'.\n\nFootnotes\n1. See https://www.soundexpert.org/documents/10179/11017/se_igis.pdf for information regarding the methodology to determine this.\n2. These dimensions are those of a golden cuboid; this geometry provides excellent sound damping. A smaller room may be used instead, but the ratio of side lengths need to remain the same.\n3. Similar markings are likewise noted in the schematics recovered for SCP-1576.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2166 | SCP-2167 | SCP-2168 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2168\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The areas within a two kilometer radius surrounding instances of SCP-2168 are to be marked off as off-limit to civilian access under the guise of a governmental project to modernize the region. Personnel stationed in the surroundings of SCP-2168's instances should avoid approaching the aforementioned area, unless directed otherwise by the Research Team. Foundation operatives are to keep track of the size and population of unaffected towns in order to prevent the emergence of new instances.\nDue to the self-containing nature of instances of SCP-2168-A and their docility towards the personnel, no special procedure is necessary. Whenever an instance of SCP-2168-A is required for interview or testing, it should be taken from its residence inside SCP-2168 by at least two unarmed members of the personnel.\nDescription: SCP-2168 is a phenomenon occurring in rural towns in the Uruguayan countryside. Areas affected by SCP-2168 will be subjected to a series of anomalous changes to their infrastructure and population, happening through two stages.\nDuring stage one, populations living in areas under SCP-2168's effects will feel a gradually increasing urge to abandon their homes during a seemingly arbitrary period of time1. Once this period has passed, regardless of the number of inhabitants left in the area, human-built infrastructure and objects in the area will start to spontaneously collapse. At the same time, the remains will rearrange into a structure reminiscent of a skyscraper, always located in the geographical center of the affected town. Attempts to dismantle these structures have been unsuccessful. Humans who stayed in the area once the structure's construction starts will invariably go missing.\nThe structure will continue growing in height until all surrounding buildings have been completely destroyed. At this point, the instance will enter into stage two, when several entities, the exact number being depending on the structure's size, start to appear inside the skyscraper. These beings, hereby designated SCP-2168-A, are sapient, pale, genetically identical humanoids of unspecific sex and gender. Instances of SCP-2168-A are extremely docile and display no threat to the personnel, complying with any order given.\nObservation in situ of SCP-2168-A has revealed that the entities follow a very strict daily routine, spending an average of ten hours per day sitting near a desk (apparently prevalent in all known instances' habitats) and performing seemingly meaningless tasks, such as reading from blank sheets of papers, connecting and disconnecting USB devices and pressing random buttons on a disconnected keyboard.\nAddendum 2168-1\n\n+ POI 2168: Audio log\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nInterview POI 2168-5-07: Mr. Rodriguez\nDate: 3/6/1999\nInterviewer: Agent Sebasti\u00e1n Garc\u00eda\nInterviewee: Mr. Juan Rodriguez\nForeword: Mr. Rodriguez is a former resident of [REDACTED], Tacuaremb\u00f3, town currently designated as SCP-2168-5. The exchange has been translated from its original Spanish.\n<Begin Log>\nAgent Garc\u00eda: Thank you for accepting this interview, Mr. Rodriguez.\nMr. Rodriguez: Please, son, call me Peon. Mr. Rodriguez was my father.\nAgent Garc\u00eda: Okay, Mr. Peon. You lived in the town of [REDACTED], correct?\nMr. Rodriguez: That's right. Lived there my whole life, as everyone in my family since my good old grandfather came from Spain almost a century ago. Nice town, gotta say. Small, quiet, far from all the city noise, ya know? Everybody was polite and friendly with each other and the kids could play outside without fearing a car would run over them.\nAgent Garc\u00eda: I see. Why did you move from there, then?\nMr. Rodriguez: [After five seconds of hesitation] Heh\u2026 Well, you may find this unbelievable, young man\u2026\nAgent Garc\u00eda: I have a pretty open mind, sir.\nMr. Rodriguez: Very well, then. You look like a city boy, so you probably don't understand it, but\u2026 The fields know. It's hard to explain. How the wind blows, how the grass grows. And the animals! The animals always know when something is wrong\u2026\nAgent Garc\u00eda: Interesting. What made you think something wrong was happening?\nMr. Rodriguez: Everything, son, everything. The cows started to moo in the night, all night long, and stopped producing milk. The dogs were restless, jumpin' here and there, barkin', cryin'. And the chickens, good God, the chickens; they started to climb onto things and jump, over and over again until something breaks. And after all that, I myself started feeling uneasy there. Nausea, headaches, allergies. My gut started to tell me to get the hell out of there, and God forgive me, I did.\nAgent Garc\u00eda: I understand. Something else you wish to tell me about it?\nMr. Rodriguez: Uh, well\u2026 There was this thing. Everything started when this man with the hat appeared. Polite but very weird. Smelled like smoke, not good old tobacco but like an exhaust pipe of an old car. Came, talked with the Capit\u00e1n Suarez, invited him for a few shots and then left. The Capit\u00e1n always liked to talk with strangers, specially city dogs like this guy. No idea who he was, but he made my gut feel the same shit that I felt before I moved.\nAgent Garc\u00eda: Hmm\u2026 Any idea of who this man was?\nMr. Rodriguez: Didn't give his name. Suspicious, heh? I am pretty sure he was a foreigner, if the accent means anything. I think he may be some kind of white glove criminal or one of those secret agencies' guys!\nAgent Garc\u00eda: Very well. Thank you Mr. Rodrig- I mean, Mr. Peon.\n<End log>\n\nAddendum 2168-2: On 2/4/2001, 2:00 am -3 GMT, a squad of Foundation operatives were deployed to explore the location affected by SCP-2168-7. Exploration of the surroundings of the structure revealed that natural resources including bodies of water, wild animals and vegetation in the affected area were depleting. At this point, operatives were ordered to enter the main building.\nOperatives crossed the main entrance of the structure without inconvenience and proceeded to explore the building. The structure was discovered to contain only a few rooms inhabited by instances of SCP-2168-A, while several hundreds of other rooms were empty of occupants. All rooms displayed the exact same minimal organization and furniture, containing:\n\nA bed for one person\nA single plastic desk with a single plastic chair\nStandard bathroom equipment\nA prismatic structure resembling a modern refrigerator with several pipes emerging from behind2.\n\nIn order to find out more about these entities, Foundation operatives were tasked to take a single instance under custody for studying and interviewing purposes.\n\n+ 2168-A: Audio logs\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nInterview 2168-A-01\nDate: 2/4/2001\nInterviewer: Dr. Daniel Adams\nInterviewee: SCP-2168-A-176\nForeword: SCP-2168-A-176, seventeenth instance of SCP-2168-A discovered in the area of SCP-2168-7, was taken to a nearby Foundation's facility, two kilometers west from the affected area. The entity displayed no resistance and followed willingly.\n<Begin log>\nDr. Adams: Good morning. Please state your name for the record.\nSCP-2168-A-176: Huh\u2026 a name? I\u2026 hum\u2026 I don't know.\nDr. Adams: You don't have a name?\nSCP-2168-A-176: I-I\u2026 Well, if by n-name you mean how people\u2026 call me\u2026 I guess n-no. I don't have one. Hum\u2026\nDr. Adams: I see. Well then-\nSCP-2168-A-176: Wait! Eh\u2026 Huh, sorry\u2026 but, the Director calls me\u2026 eh\u2026 Peon. I-Is that\u2026 fine with you? Be-Because if it is not\u2026\nDr. Adams: Yes, it's alright. Very well, Mr. Peon, my name is Dr. Adams, nice to meet you. I would like you to answer some questions regarding your residence.\nSCP-2168-A-176: M-My cubicle? There is not much to say actually\u2026 I sleep there, and eat there and work there\u2026 I live a simple and productive life.\nDr. Adams: Right. Actually, we are more interested in hearing how you came to the skyscraper you live in.\nSCP-2168-A-176: A-A skyscraper? Like\u2026 tho-those huge buildings? The\u2026 The ones that\u2026 almost scrape the skies?\nDr. Adams: Yes\u2026 You are saying you never knew where you were?\nSCP-2168-A-176: I-I knew where I was. I was inside my cubicle. Wo-working, being productive\u2026 I wonder if my shift is about to start\u2026\nDr. Adams: Your job, yes. Could you please explain to me what it implies?\nSCP-2168-A-176: O-Of course! My job\u2026 I am productive. I sit at my desk and think ways to be productive\u2026 more efficient. I check how much energy and food I consume and see how much can I reduce it\u2026\nDr. Adams: I see. How do you achieve this, may I ask?\nSCP-2168-A-176: Oh, through a lot of ways\u2026 Uh, like eating less. Or using less electricity. Oh! And I thought of a very good one yesterday. Listen, listen. Ready? I sleep as few hours as possible so the bed never breaks! Am I smart or what! Heh\u2026\n\nInterview 2168-A-02\nDate: 6/5/2001\nInterviewer: Dr. Adams\nInterviewee: SCP-2168-A-176\nForeword: Second recorded interview with SCP-2168-A-176. Dr. Adams was tasked to gather as much information as possible about the supposed entity SCP-2168-A-176 designated as \"the Director\" in the previous interview.\nDr. Adams: Hello Mr. Peon. How are you feeling today?\nSCP-2168-A-176: H-Hi Doctor. Very well, actually\u2026 Th-The food tasted weird\u2026 Delicious, but\u2026 weird. And the room you gave me is very nice too\u2026 though it feels strange not having the Director to talk with me\u2026\nDr. Adams: I am glad. Now, as we are talking about this \"Director\", could you please tell me about them?\nSCP-2168-A-176: Th-The Director? Sure\u2026 He is m-my friend. He is everyone's friend\u2026 He is the bond between the cubicles, between all the workers of the company. He is everywhere\u2026 He feeds us and keeps us safe and we are productive in exchange\u2026\nDr Adams: So he is in control of the skyscraper's facilities?\nSCP-2168-A-176: Uhh\u2026 I guess so. I haven't seen anyone else until\u2026 you appeared, but the Director says there are other employees, so I-I can't tell for sure\u2026\nDr. Adams: I understand. How do you communicate with the Director?\nSCP-2168-A-176: I\u2026 He talks to me. Through the walls. Because, he is everywhere you know? Looking after us. Complimenting us when we do a good work. Punishing us when we do not.\nDr. Adams: Punishing you?\nSCP-2168-A-176: Uh\u2026 Yes. He does that from time to time\u2026 Cutting our food and water supplies, for example\u2026 He always says it is to compensate for what we have not produced, so I have no problem at all with it! Really!\nDr. Adams: I see. Do you know anything else about him?\nSCP-2168-A-176: I-I\u2026 I do-don't know! H-He never said a-anything about himself!\nDr. Adams: Mr. Peon, please, if you do know something, we would be very grateful if you told us.\nSCP-2168-A-176: \u2026Eh \u2026 W-Would y-you release me\u2026 i-if I told you?\nDr. Adams: I can make no promises, that depends entirely on when the medical test's results are finished. I can, though, tell you that once they are done we will return you to your cubicle.\nSCP-2168-A-176: O-Okay\u2026 He\u2026 He once said he was the most important thing that the building has. Its root and gardener, and what feed it. I know no clue of what he meant, though\u2026 Oh, goodness, I am not supposed to talk about this\u2026\nDr. Adams: Thank you for your cooperation, Mr. Peon.\n\nInterview 2168-A-03\nDate: 20/5/2001\nInterviewer: Dr. Daniel Adams\nInterviewee: SCP-2168-A-176\nForeword: Interview requested by SCP-2168-A-176. Request approved unanimously by the research team.\n<Begin log>\nDr. Adams: Did you wish to talk with me, Mr. Peon?\nSCP-2168-A-176: Y-Yes. I-I demand to go home!\nDr. Adams: Excuse me?\nSCP-2168-A-176: Uh\u2026 Yeah\u2026 Yeah! I-I've been here for too long. I have\u2026 I have to go to work! So\u2026 P-Please, let me go.\nDr. Adams: Oh, don't worry about that. I am sorry the testing is taking longer than we thought, but I can assure\u2026\nSCP-2168-A-176: S-Shut up! I am tired of your lies! I\u2026 I have to go home! The Director needs me. The company needs me. My coworkers need me\u2026\nDr. Adams: You said you didn't know your coworkers.\nSCP-2168-A-176: Th-That doesn't matter, at all! I know they are out there, and they need me, as much as I need them. We are a company. A family. A community. We need each other, and y-you are a\u2026 a bad person for not allowing me be there with them!\n[SCP-2168-A-176 becomes visibly distressed, covering its face with its hands while its body shakes erratically.]\nDr. Adams: Mr. Peon\u2026\nSCP-2168-A-176: [Yelling. Highly agitated] He is calling me! He is right here but so far away\u2026 The progress needs everyone\u2026 The progress needs everyone. The progress needs everyone!\n[SCP-2168-A-176 jumps suddenly towards Doctor Adams and start shaking him by the shoulders.]\nDr. Adams: Get away. Security!\n<End log>\nClosing statements: SCP-2168-A-176 was taken out of the interview room by a security guard and was put in a Type C sapient entity containment room. SCP-2168-A-176 was found dead in its room the following morning, with heavy damage in its forehead and knuckles. The room displayed bloodstains on its the eastern wall. Dr. Adams was uninjured but reported minor psychological distress and required counselling afterwards.\nProposal to limit all further interactions with instances of SCP-2168-A to areas affected by SCP-2168 in order to avoid further incidents is pending approval.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The longest recorded timespan being 6 months, and the shortest being 16 days.\n2. Dismantling of this piece revealed that it serves as some sort of container for SCP-2168-A's food, which is provided through the pipes in the form of capsules.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2167 | SCP-2168 | SCP-2169 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2169\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2169-1 has been marked as off-limits to civilians and is to be secured by Foundation security personnel masquerading as hospital staff.\nSCP-2169 is to be activated at least once per month utilizing a Class D test subject with an injury or condition requiring surgical procedures to correct. Experimentation with or activation of SCP-2169 outside of scheduled activation events may only be performed with prior permission from at least two (2) Level 3 Senior Researchers.\nDescription: SCP-2169 is an anomalous phenomenon that affects a single operating room with an adjoining observation suite, designated SCP-2169-1. While affected, any surgical procedures scheduled for this operating room will cause SCP-2169 to activate.\nWhen the patient scheduled for surgery within the affected operating room is sedated and moved into the room, the affected operating room will become unreachable; any attempt to open the doors or enter the operating room will inevitably fail, though the observation suite can still be entered and exited. Subsequently, individuals designated SCP-2169-2 will manifest within the room and begin to perform the scheduled surgical procedure on the subject:\n\nOne surgeon.\nOne anesthesiologist.\nOne scrub nurse or tech.\nOne specialist specific to the surgical procedure (such as a perfusionist for heart procedures) or an additional nurse.\n\nDuring the procedure, instances of SCP-2169-2 will converse among themselves on a number of esoteric and often anomalous topics. When the procedure is complete, all instances of SCP-2169-2 will demanifest and SCP-2169-1 will become reachable, after which the affected patient can be removed.\nIf SCP-2169 is not activated for periods exceeding thirty (30) days, SCP-2169 will move to a new location. Prior to the implementation of current containment procedures, SCP-2169 had affected three different hospital operating wards, all of which were within the eastern seaboard of the continental United States. Staff at the affected hospitals were unable to recall any details of the procedures scheduled for SCP-2169-1 or the supposedly involved surgeons.\nAddendum 2169-1: Log of Notable SCP-2169-2 Instances\n\nSeveral instances of SCP-2169-2 have repeatedly and consistently manifested during SCP-2169 activations and are listed below:\nSCP-2169-2-1 \u2014 Appears to be a middle-aged male of indeterminate ancestry, and has filled the role of the surgeon in 83% of recorded activations. Has repeatedly been called \"Dave\" by other instances of SCP-2169-2.\nSCP-2169-2-2 \u2014 Appears to be a middle-aged female of possibly Hispanic ancestry, and has filled the role of scrub nurse in 68% of recorded activations. Appears to be named \"Norma\".\nSCP-2169-2-4 \u2014 Appears to be a male Asian approximately 40 years of age. Consistently filled the role of anesthesiologist following initial containment, but eventually was replaced by other individuals. Appeared to have been named \"Sam\".\nSCP-2169-2-6 \u2014 Appears to be a male African-American approximately 30 years of age. Has filled the role of perfusionist in 98% of all recorded activations involving heart surgery. Called \"Joe\" by other instances of SCP-2169-2.\nSCP-2169-2-11 \u2014 Appears to be a female European-American approximately 25 years of age. Filled the role of anesthesiologist following the disappearance of SCP-2169-2-4. Name unknown.\n\nAddendum 2169-2: Log of Notable Activations\n\nDate: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\nSubject: D-3358 (liver transplant)\nInstances Involved: SCP-2169-2-1 (surgeon), SCP-2169-2-2 (scrub nurse), SCP-2169-2-4 (anesthesiologist), SCP-2169-2-7 (scrub nurse)\nSCP-2169-2-1: \u2026so I said to him, \"that's completely ridiculous, you'll never get that much plasma through the tertiary pipeline\".\nSCP-2169-2-2: (laughs) No kidding, he's a complete goofball.\nSCP-2169-2-1: I know, right? I don't know why the super even keeps him around. Between you and me, he's a complete liability and I'm not just saying that because he might take my job.\nSCP-2169-2-7: Watch it.\nSCP-2169-2-1: Whoops, I got it. And\u2026 done.\nSCP-2169-2-4: Nicely done. Let's log.\n(Instances demanifested. Subject later made a full recovery.)\n\nDate: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\nSubject: D-4425 (heart transplant)\nInstances Involved: SCP-2169-2-1 (surgeon), SCP-2169-2-2 (scrub nurse), SCP-2169-2-6 (perfusionist), SCP-2169-2-11 (anesthesiologist)\nSCP-2169-2-2: So what's it like to be unemployed?\nSCP-2169-2-1: Not so bad, actually. I have enough saved up to actually take my time looking for something that isn't going to feel like a grind, and hey, it lets me be on more often, so silver lining, right?\nSCP-2169-2-2: I hear that. Hey, wait, something's\u2026\n(Alarms sound.)\nSCP-2169-2-11: Oh crap, I screwed up. Crap, crap crap.\nSCP-2169-2-2: Hold it, try to resuscitate.\n(Irrelevant dialogue abridged.)\nSCP-2169-2-1: Ahhh shit, I think we lost him.\nSCP-2169-2-11: I'm so sorry, it was my first\u2014\nSCP-2169-2-2: Hey, don't worry about it, hon. It happens.\nSCP-2169-2-1: Yep, everyone's gotta learn sometime. We'll give it another shot later.\n(Instances demanifest. Subject confirmed dead.)\n\nDate: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\nSubject: D-4429 (displaced multiple fractures in right femur)\nInstances Involved: SCP-2169-2-1 (surgeon), SCP-2169-2-2 (scrub nurse), SCP-2169-2-19 (scrub nurse), SCP-2169-2-11 (anesthesiologist)\nSCP-2169-2-1: And now, we just have finish up the last couple of stitches\u2026 and done.\nSCP-2169-2-11: We're done?\nSCP-2169-2-1: Yep! See, that wasn't so bad.\nSCP-2169-2-2: Yay!\nSCP-2169-2-11: Aww, thanks guys. I really appreciate it.\nSCP-2169-2-2: You should totally take a screenie.\nSCP-2169-2-11: Oh, hey, good idea.\n(At this point, all four instances of SCP-2169-2 faced the observation suite and posed over the subject for several seconds.)\nSCP-2169-2-2: Got it?\nSCP-2169-2-11: Yep! Thanks, guys!\n(Instances demanifested, subject confirmed alive and well.)\n\nDate: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\nSubject: D-4811 (heart bypass)\nInstances Involved: SCP-2169-2-1 (surgeon), SCP-2169-2-2 (scrub nurse), SCP-2169-2-25 (unknown), SCP-2169-2-11 (anesthesiologist)\n(Upon manifesting, SCP-2169-2-25 began vocalizing loudly, grabbed a scalpel, and began stabbing the subject repeatedly in the chest.)\nSCP-2169-2-25: TRO-LO-LO-LO-LO-LO-LO-LO-LO-LO-LO\nSCP-2169-2-1: Damnit!\nSCP-2169-2-2: Goddamn pugs.\n(SCP-2169-2-25 demanifests. Medical monitoring equipment confirms subject is dead at this point.)\nSCP-2169-2-1: Fuck, just wipe it.\n(Instances demanifest.)\n\n\u00ab SCP-2168 | SCP-2169 | SCP-2170 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Entry to Site-2170\nharmful memetic objects removed from image\n\nItem #: SCP-2170\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Regular exposure to SCP-2170 is necessary for its continued existence and containment.\nSite-2170 is publicly known as the Clown Motel, staffed by Foundation personnel for the purpose of memetic inoculation to prepare researchers and agents for SCP-2170 exposure.\nIn order for the memetic inoculation to be effective all staff at Site-2170 must have a sincere appreciation of classical clown imagery and materials. Agents or personnel who find clowns disturbing or not amusing must not be allowed to visit Site-2170.\nResearch personnel are to spend at least eight hours off-duty in Site-2170 before exposure to SCP-2170\nFor safety purposes, please view the following image inoculation before reading about SCP-2170:\n\nDisplay inoculation\n\nRecommended viewing time is 30 seconds\n\nDescription: SCP-2170 are non-physical memetic entities which are experienced within the abandoned \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Mine in Tonopah, NV. As memetic entities they exist within the senses of nearby sentient beings. Exposed personnel describe them as whispering voices and fleeting images.\nThe entities themselves are non-malicious and only seek interaction for the purpose of self-preservation, but exposure is detrimental to the long term physical and mental health of those who perceive them unless, for undetermined reasons, subjects have recently enjoyed thoughts about clowns.\nThere is no direct relation between clowns and SCP-2170 beyond this fact, and SCP-2170 expresses distaste for clown iconography.\nSymptoms of mild SCP-2170 exposure begin with an inability to accurately read written language due to auditory and visual hallucinations. Continued exposure results in paranoia, increased hostility, self-harming and seizures.\nSustained unprotected exposure to SCP-2170 leads to death in most cases except for individuals diagnosed with sociopathic tendencies.\nPlease view the following image inoculation before continuing:\n\nDisplay inoculation\n\nRecommended viewing time is 30 seconds\n\nsymptoms 100% lethal to adult males, after 24 hours body tissue becomes cancerous and generates sufficient heat to burn skin\n\nSCP-2170 entities are dormant when not being perceived, and will cease to exist if not perceived on a regular basis. SCP-2170 enjoys regular communication with trained Foundation staff. Communication with SCP-2170 entities is best achieved indirectly via written messages. Although SCP-2170 cannot physically alter written material, they can alter a reader's perception sufficiently to communicate. This exposure is safe provided inoculation measures are carefully maintained.\nMost information regarding the history and nature of SCP-2170 has been given by the entities themselves. Local historical records do not corroborate the testimony of SCP-2170 and despite the benign nature of the entities no information that they provide is to be taken as fact until physically verified off-site by unexposed personnel.\nPlease view the following image inoculation before continuing:\n\nDisplay inoculation\n\nYou will be able to feel it, when it happens\n\n[image]cute clown[/image] FILE NOT FOUND\n\nas memetic entities they are capable of existing within written documentation, therefore all further references to SCP-2170 must be deleted from Foundation records immediately specifically including new research regarding exposure\n\nThe following material are communications and claims by SCP-2170 entities that have been transcribed by on site staff, including annotations from independent research. Please note that as SCP-2170 is memetic in nature even sanitized logs of communication with SCP-2170 can trigger symptoms of exposure. If you experience any feelings of unease or confusion please stare at the following emergency image inoculation to counteract SCP-2170 exposure:\n\nplease DISPLAY INOCULATION for your own safety\n\nwe don't like it either\n\nfragments of updated documentation remain, but corruption persists PLEASE PROCEED ALL IS WELL subjects viewing old documentation with insufficient protection continue to suffer effects\nYou need to love clowns but nobody loves clowns not even us.\n\nDate\nStatements from 2170 and context\nVerified/Not verified\n\n1901\n\"Cracks in the night sky, falling stars open new world as they crumple in fire.\" Regarding first contact with human consciousness. See document 2170aa regarding Tonopah Death Plague\nVERIFIED, Foundation quarantine successful in preventing memetic outbreak. Cover story of pneumonia disseminated.\n\n1903\n\"Distrust builds, whispering sees brother turn upon brother.\" Claim by SCP-2170 that they were indirectly responsible for rioting miners.\nNOT VERIFIED, Foundation surveillance indicates riots were between local workers and Chinese immigrants over mundane issues, participants unexposed to SCP-2170\n\n1910\n\"Paradise found in its shining home, everything that man and whisper could wish for in harmony\" Claim that a team of miners had found the secret golden city of SCP-2170\nNOT VERIFIED, Agents Culver and Fredricks KIA in expedition to find location, no rumors among local miners of such a discovery.\n\n1919\n\"As brother turns away unsatisfied, new blood runs untapped deeper within the land.\" Claims of undiscovered veins of silver and gold within \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Mine\nNOT VERIFIED, later determined to be hoax by SCP-2170 to increase exposure.\n\n1931\n\"A lost behemoth dies in the desert, a pale mask haunts the night in vengeance. We are afraid.\"\nVERIFIED, a circus elephant from a traveling show escaped its enclosure and fell into a mineshaft. One of the clowns went on a drunken rampage afterward. Containment procedures updated.\n\n194\u2588\n\"We foresee a stunning light that makes the ground boil. Salvation comes with a price.\" Prediction of terrible destruction which will result in steady sustenance.\nVERIFIED, reference predicted nuclear testing at the Tonopah Test Range which began . The test range becomes the primary economic activity within Tonopah.\n\nNOW\nwe just want to talk\nIT'S TRUE\n\n19\u2588\u2588\nI will kiss your shadow while you sleep\nVERFIED, they will kiss your shadow, and you will be able to feel it\n\n19\u2588\u2588\n\"molesting a ham will go unpunished.\" Context unknown\nNOT VERIFIED, the ham was of age and gave consent\n\n179\u2588\n\"Swett sale swett sale free internet good rates pets ok doesn't matter everyone hates them\"\nVERIFIED, the motel's rates are very competitive but business is slow because of all the damn clowns\n\n3450\n\"Truckers ok\"\nTRUCKERS ARE NOT OKAY\n\n993\n\"change the channel change the channel change the channel\"\nVERIFIED, he is educational\n\nplease pay attention PLEASE pay attention VIEW INNOCULATION IMAGE TO do not PROCEED]\n\nIT WON'T BE OKAY THIS TIME\nchives/imagedump/clasd/bobble.gif\n\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \"you would make a tasty soup\" - VERIFIED, the broth created by stewing your flesh and bones would create a nutritious meal for a large group on a cold, cold day\nAddendum: My favorite color is clear. That way I can always see you.\n\nVERIFIED\n\n\u00ab SCP-2169 | SCP-2170 | SCP-2171 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2171 windrow during initial wrap-up operations within LOI 2171-03.\n\nItem #: SCP-2171\nObject Class: Euclid Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All areas affected by SCP-2171 are to be placed under permanent video surveillance and / or botanical field supervision, on a case-by-case basis.\nNew instances of SCP-2171 should be subject to a thorough botanical analysis and, when necessary, restored through environmental engineering operations conducted by Containment Task Force \u03f1-6 (\"Green Gale\") personnel.\nDuring seasonal autumn and until the demanifestation of all SCP-2171-1 entities, areas affected by SCP-2171 are to remain closed to all civilian transit.\nDescription: SCP-2171 is a seasonal phenomenon involving the fallen leaves of all deciduous trees rooted within the confines of certain areas (henceforth, \"the area\").1 Leaves fallen within the area during seasonal autumn will invariably form large piles that will remain unaffected by local weather until all deciduous trees are completely defoliated. Piles of leaves affected by SCP-2171 will slide slowly, forming \"windrows\" of varying width. These SCP-2171 windrows will eventually manifest instances of SCP-2171-1 at their front end.\nSCP-2171-1 are humanoid entities composed entirely of SCP-2171 affected leaves that appear to \"guide\" the SCP-2171 windrows. SCP-2171-1 entities are fragile but capable of movement, yet apparently impervious to hostile weather conditions. SCP-2171-1 emit repetitive vocalizations that may involve speech in various languages (see Addendum 2171-02) and have a tendency to hook dried leaves on tree branches across the perimeter of SCP-2171 areas or string leaves between trees that delineate this perimeter.\nGiven their behavior, SCP-2171-1 instances are currently believed to be sapient. However, SCP-2171-1 instances will only react when the integrity of the SCP-2171 windrows they grow from is compromised in any way.\nSCP-2171-1 will react violently against any element disrupting the SCP-2171 windrows. Such reaction will include various vocalizations in a much lower pitch (see Addendum 2171-02), a considerable growth in size by drawing mass from the SCP-2171 windrow to which the entity pertains and persistent attempts at enveloping the disturbing element in a thick cover of SCP-2171 affected leaves. Once covered, the element will appear to dematerialize, being replaced by a similar volume of fallen leaves.\nSCP-2171's anomalous properties will typically disappear after two or three days of continuous activity.\nAddendum 2171-01: Environmental status in Locations of Interest affected by SCP-2171.\n\n SPECIAL SCP-2171 REPORT \n\nTo: Area 08 RARP and Archival personnel, pertinent Level 5 personnel. \n\nFrom: \u03f1-6 Field Commander. \n\nRef: Environmental consequences of SCP-2171 anomalous effects. \n\nLong-term analysis of areas affected by SCP-2171 has confirmed that the anomaly seems to cause previously unforeseen anomalous effects in the areas it affects, i. e.:\n\nThe local degradation of previously existing fauna and flora. This degradation most likely occurs due to the effects of SCP-2171-1 in the indigenous populations of animal species in the LOI-2171, which is causing a loss of biodiversity in the larger affected Locations.\n\nThe manifestation of anomalous flora of unknown origin. [REDACTED - DATA FILED] (See Addendum 2171-02 for a basic reference of anomalous plant life related to SCP-2171 manifestations. See Document 2171/\u03f1-6-10 for a more comprehensive list including all known SCP-2171 related species.)\n\nThe progressive substitution of local soil materials. Substances atypical to the local parent material tend to appear in affected areas. Among these substances, various calcite and quartz-derived crystals are usual in most Locations. These materials do not demonstrate anomalous properties of their own.\n\nThe absence of any other anomalous activities in the SCP-2171 affected area. According to Foundation records on those LOI-2171 historically affected by local anomalous events, such events disappeared entirely in all regions affected by SCP-2171, with the exceptions of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. This remains an unexplained issue and thus a high priority for the Reality Alteration Research Program (based on Area-08), both to improve SCP-2171's containment and the possible exploitation of this effect.\n\nSCP-2171's containment procedures have been adjusted to address these anomalous properties.\n\nAddendum 2171-02: Registered vocalizations from SCP-2171-1 (extract).\n\n++ Access log.\n\n-- Access granted and registered.\n\nA log of recurring SCP-2171-1 instances and their vocalizations follows. Recordings of SCP-2171-1 vocalizations usually register as indistinct sounds of rustling leaves; therefore, this log is composed entirely of accounts collected by field agents.\n\nSCP-2171-1-004\nLocation: LOI 2171-03 (Miguel Servet Park, Huesca, Spain.) No anomalous flora detected.\nLanguage: Entity speaks in Fabla (regional Aragonian dialect).\nMessage: \"It's so nice. So peaceful here. I'd like to stay here for a while, if you don't mind, sweetie. Go to your mother.\"\nEntity description: Instance manifests along a seat. Instance sits for a minute, then appears to fall forward, making the windrow advance in the process. A smaller, silent instance manifests alongside the first, kneeling beside it and interacting with it. Original instance reforms.\n\nSCP-2171-1-019;\nLocation: LOI 2171-009 (shores of Lake Tisza, Hortob\u00e1gy National Park, Hungary). Anomalous flora includes several orchid species with kinesonastic2 black flowers and highly-allergenic, needle-like stamens connected to sacs of a volatile substance that acts as propellant.\nLanguage: Entity speaks in Old Hungarian.\nMessage: \"Oh! I love it when they dance!\"\nEntity description: Instance resembles a young man aiming and shooting with bow and arrow while walking backwards, apparently attacking the windrow.\n\nSCP-2171-1-020\nLocation: LOI 2171-013 (Abruzzo National Park, Italy). Anomalous flora includes Cupressaceae trees that tend to root in circular groups of three to twenty instances. Trunks grow extremely rapidly and mesh forming net-like patterns which result in large, structurally stable cylindrical arrangements. Structures produced this way decay when the involved trees die, leaving large superstructures of quickly petrified wood that measure up to three hundred meters before reducing rate of growth to normal levels. These structures possess windows, balconies, gates and stairs arranged in regular positions.\nLanguage: Entity speaks in Etruscan.\nMessage: \"They will pierce the skies. They will be the sole testament to our greatness under that strange sky of yours.\"\nEntity description: Instance holds what appears to be a large scroll and several unidentified instruments.\n\nSCP-2171-1-055\nLocation: LOI 2171-011 (an elevation close to Lake McDonald, Glacier National Park, US). Anomalous flora includes a terrestrial Nuphar species with a highly reflective material covering the inside of its petals; petals open during nights with moonlight.\nLanguage: Entity speaks in American English.\nMessage: \"You are so beautiful, my sweet little Chica (sic.)! Like a little midnight rose\u2026 like a blood-and-green opal. (Instance remains silent for ten to thirteen seconds.) I will miss you when you're gone.\"\nEntity description: Instance appears to be laying down on its windrow, looking at its right side. Immediately after vocalized message, instance moves an arm to the right side and seems to caress an unseen item.\n\nSCP-2171-1-071\nLocation: LOI 2171-090 (lone dead oak in the prison field of [REDACTED], Germany). Oak generates dried leaves every autumn.\nLanguage: Entity speaks in a language resembling Mozarabic.\nMessage: \"I loved him. I loved him! Why did he go away? Why? Why did he have to go away? I don't care about the world, I only care about him, why did he have to go to the other court!? (sic) You are his friend, he will listen! Please go fetch him, Miguel. Please, bring him back to me!\"\nEntity description: Instance cries for ten to thirteen minutes, vocalizing message during the last fifty three seconds of the cycle.\n\nSCP-2171-1-105\nLocation: Entity detected when Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 accidentally interacted with its windrow during a night raid on the suspected residence of one \"Miguel Cervato\" (person of interest \u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588). Agent withdrew to the perimeter of the area, from where instance delivered the following message. Area reclassified LOI-2171-139 (part of the forest within the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, Spain). LOI currently undergoing botanical analysis.\nLanguage: Entity speaks in what was later identified as Low Palacian.\nMessage: \"We always feel cold, now that the Sun is gone. Cold under the rain and the shade and the snow\u2026 We will never go back home, we don't belong. We don't sing, we don't clap, our voices strong, our mouths shut; we drank daylight, but it was sawn. He left us crumbled and snapped like brittle bone. We drop and rot and end eaten by insects, filth and worms, stepped on, stepped on, so there may be a next fall\u2026 but heed me - you I came to warn: let us bring to your land our masters' own.\"\nEntity description: Entity repeated message from this point onward. Agent withdrew further from area once she was certain that entity would not respond to her attempts at communication.\n\nSCP-2171-1-107\nLocation: Entity detected during a raid on LOI-2171-139. CTF \u03f1-6 (\"Green Gale\") deployed after a previous raid on Cervato's hiding place was called off due to the presence of a number of SCP-2171 instances.\nLanguage: Entity speaks in what was later identified as High Palacian.\nMessage: \"Emotions, Miguel. Emotions are a link, a tie, a chain. We have to be strong enough to use them as such when necessary, and to discard them when they tie us down. For the example's sake; imagine you have to tear a continent apart from the others, make them slide away, sailing over the ocean of clouds; how would you pry them open and separate them? (Entity remains silent for three seconds.) With hatred. And how would you bring them together? (Entity remains silent for thirteen seconds, then smiles.) Very good, child.\"\nEntity description: Entity wears clothing similar to what seems to be traditional of Palacian teachers.3\n\nFootnotes\n1. There seems to be no specific pattern that may be used to predict the potential occurrence of new Locations of Interest affected by SCP-2171. (Ref: SCP-2171-Maps: LOI 2171-###.)\n2. Capacity for non-growth plant movements towards moving objects.\n3. For further information on the Palacian Schools, contact the Archive Sector of Area-08 (Incunabula Analysis Group).\n\n\u00ab SCP-2170 | SCP-2171 | SCP-2172 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2172\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2172 has been marked with a sign indicating its nature and has been the subject of a campaign of disinformation by the Regional Press Office, with an effort to ensure its status as a \u201clocal oddity\u201d and tourist attraction to prevent its disturbance. Local Foundation assets are instructed to monitor the traffic camera at the location of SCP-2172. In the event SCP-2172 turns yellow or green, or any attempt is made to disturb it, Local Mobile Task Force 352-Dalet (\u201cDixieland Nightmare Magic\u201d) is tasked with immediate investigation and revision of containment procedures, if necessary. SCP-2172-1 is kept in a standard containment locker at Regional Headquarters-352.\nDescription: SCP-2172 is a stoplight on northbound Perry Avenue in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., that exclusively shines its red signal. No attempt, either through traffic control systems or rewiring, has enabled researchers to disable the red signal or activate the yellow or green signals. SCP-2172's signal shines regardless of powered status, and removing SCP-2172 from its place at the intersection of Perry Avenue and U.S. 98 causes a sharp and immediate drop in localized reality levels, which remains until SCP-2172 is returned to hang at the intersection.1\nSCP-2172-1 is a Field Notes brand 64-page notebook, gray in color. Recovered from the home of Warner Davis, a deacon in the Catholic Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, after his death by suicide, SCP-2172-1 contains a marking of Deacon Davis's blood and, on the adjoining page, a message written by him:\n\nSCP-2172-1 upon recovery.\n\nAsmodei,\n\nWith this blood I\n seal our pact.\n\nMay my soul be\n yours in the\n Second Circle, and,\n\nIn exchange, grant\n my Order an eternal\n flame, a never-extinguished\n light, ensuring the\n victory of the Vatican\n in all wars.\n\n-Warner Davis\nThe date of Deacon Davis's suicide is concurrent with the first recorded manifestation of SCP-2172's anomalous properties in 19\u2588\u2588.\nAddendum: After an extensive internal debate,2 the Foundation began the pursuit of testing SCP-2172's potential secondary effect. After over four years of negotiation with the Horizon Initiative and the governments of the Holy See and Eswatini, a test has been arranged in the Vatican for December 1st, 20\u2588\u2588. During the test, Swazi King \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u25883 will declare war on Vatican City. He and Pope \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 will immediately attempt to sign a peace treaty ending the war, with no terms beyond an admission of defeat by the Holy See. The success or failure of this attempt will indicate whether SCP-2172 has any impact on the Vatican's capability to lose a war.\n\nFootnotes\n1. See attached document \u201cRegion 352-\u05d3 Hume Readings 0700 EST SEP 16, 2004,\u201d for an example of the effects of the last Beacon Disturbance event, when SCP-2172's line was severed by high winds during the landfall of Hurricane Ivan.\n2. Evans, Nathaniel, \u201cHoly War: We Can't Test Papal Infallibility, But We Can Test Vatican Invincibility.\u201d Theography: An SCP Foundation Journal (2013): 558.\n3. Eswatini was selected for its strong governmental connections with the Foundation and its status as an absolute monarchy, making the process of officially having the nation declare war require limited coordination.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2171 | SCP-2172 | SCP-2173 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2173\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: As SCP-2173 appears to be stable, containment procedures are primarily geared to prevent public knowledge and interest in SCP-2173. Equipment at 10 meter intervals along the edge of SCP-2173 and 10 meters outside its edge will automatically monitor interior atmospheric content of SCP-2173 and its current diameter. Any change in SCP-2173's atmospheric content or diameter are to be reported to Containment Site 2173's Director immediately.\nA 0.5 kilometer security perimeter is to be maintained around the outer border of SCP-2173. All roadways granting access to SCP-2173 are to be barricaded and guarded by armed Foundation personnel fluent in American English wearing current US Army utility uniforms and equipped with current US Army NBC (Nuclear Biological Chemical) protective clothing. Similarly equipped personnel are to patrol the established perimeter, which will be marked with signs and surrounded with concertina wire. Any civilians attempting to gain access to SCP-2173 are to be given a cover story detailing an uncontained spill of nuclear waste in the area. Class-C amnestics are permitted for use on civilians that manage to break the perimeter. Class-B amnestics are permitted for use on former residents and friends and family thereof of Dellmarsh, Maine.\nAll public aerial and satellite photographs of SCP-2173 are to be doctored to present consistency with the cover story.\nAn aerial robotic probe is to explore SCP-2173 using thermal imaging weekly. Any changes within SCP-2173 and all additional exploration requests are to be filed with Containment Site-2173's Director.\nAny sign of hostility on the part of SCP-2173-1 is to be negated without provoking further hostility.\nDescription: SCP-2173 is an intangible 1 km-diameter dome enveloping the majority of Dellmarsh, Maine, United States. The atmosphere inside SCP-2173 is approximately 70% carbon monoxide, 25% argon, and 5% chlorine and other trace gases. Any gases flowing through SCP-2173 are converted almost instantly into the same gases as the rest of its atmosphere, and all gases flowing out are converted back to Earth standard. Manned exploration is impossible because of this. See Initial Exploration Log.\nSCP-2173-1 are sapient, humanoid beings apparently native to the environment present within SCP-2173. They have demonstrated technological capabilities that exceed that of modern human society. SCP-2173-1 instances are bipedal and estimated to be approximately 2 meters in height on average. They appear to be endothermic. Little else is known about their biology or their culture because of the lack of physical interaction between SCP-2173-1 and the Foundation.\nRecovery: On 02/09/1998, Global Occult Coalition operatives carried out a raid on a Chaos Insurgency facility several kilometers north of Dellmarsh, Maine. Foundation agents in the area were acting as escorts to the GOC convoy. The raid was successful, with no critical GOC casualties.\nSeveral anomalous items were recovered by the GOC, including [REDACTED]. Also among the recovered items was an interdimensional portal (tentatively designated SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 pre-recovery) being operated by the Chaos Insurgency as a means of communicating with SCP-2173-1, with the suspected intentions of securing anomalous weaponry.\nAs the convoy approached Dellmarsh, an ambush by the remnants of the Chaos Insurgency garrison destroyed several GOC vehicles using anti-tank weaponry, including the cargo truck carrying SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588. Whether the destruction of this item was intentional is unknown at this time. When the item was destroyed, the area designated SCP-2173 was quickly enveloped by its current atmosphere. Foundation assets and local emergency responders carried out evacuation procedures while better-equipped Foundation assets mobilized to contain the anomaly. The GOC has been informed of the fate of their agents, but all further information regarding SCP-2173 has been kept within the Foundation to limit complications to diplomacy with SCP-2173-1.\nFor further information regarding SCP-2173's origins, see Recovered Document SCP-2173-004\nExploration Logs\n\n+Summarized Initial Exploration Log\n\n-Initial Exploration Log\n\nForeword: On 02/12/1998, 72 hours after preliminary identification and containment of the anomaly, eight operatives trained as Hazardous Materials technicians, equipped with Level A hazardous material protective gear, supplied air breathing apparatus, and helmet-mounted radios, were authorized to carry out investigative and possible rescue operations within SCP-2173.\n\nManned Exploration 01, carried out by a two-man team (Team Alpha), with an additional two-man Rapid Intervention Team on standby.\nAdditional Notes: Plans had initially anticipated further exploration, necessitating four additional operatives (Team and RIT1 Bravo).\nResults: At 13:15 local time, approximately five minutes after entering the anomaly, Team Alpha reported a suit breach and requested immediate extraction. RIT Alpha entered the anomaly in a rescue attempt for Team Alpha. At approximately 13:23, RIT Alpha Leader and RIT Alpha 2 exited the anomaly, carrying Alpha 2 and Alpha Leader, respectively. All four operatives showed symptoms of acute chlorine exposure; symptoms were more severe in Alpha Leader and Alpha 2. All four operatives were successfully decontaminated and treated. No breaches were found in any of the operatives' protective gear.\n\nAs a result of the near-loss of two high-value Foundation operatives, all further exploration of this anomaly is to be carried out robotically.\n\n-Site Director \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\n+Summarized Robotic Exploration Logs\n\n-Summarized Robotic Exploration Logs\n\nForeword: On 02/14/1998, 48 hours after initial exploration, six standard electric tracked probes and four standard electric aerial exploratory probes were sent to Provisional Site 2173 in order to verify and expand on the initial exploration team's findings.\n\nRobotic Exploration 01, carried out via tracked Probe 2173-01 on 02/14/1998\nAdditional Notes: Probe 2173-01 was outfitted with two atmospheric chemical composition sensors. In order to verify the effects encountered during initial exploration, one was hermetically sealed within an atmosphere with composition identical to the area outside the anomaly.\nResults: Within five minutes, the atmospheric composition within the hermetically sealed container was identical to that within the rest of the anomaly, providing strong evidence that this was the cause of the initial exploration team's chlorine exposure.\n\nRobotic Exploration 05, carried out via Tracked Probe 2173-02 on 2/15/1998\nAdditional Notes: Probe 2173-02 was equipped with infrared, ultraviolet, and visible spectrum monitoring equipment. Purpose of exploration was to identify a source of the anomaly.\nResults: Robotic probe followed same path as manned exploration team. Further investigation revealed several dead bodies, many unarmed, suspected of being civilians. Several damaged vehicles, both GOC and civilian, were also identified. A limited number of documents were recovered from easily-accessed GOC vehicles.\n\nRobotic Exploration 11, carried out via Aerial Probe 2173-01 on 2/16/1998\nAdditional Notes: This was the first successful aerial exploration of SCP-2173, carried out after several technical delays. Probe was equipped with infrared imaging equipment.\nResults: Several GOC vehicles were identified, along with several armed corpses considered unlikely to be civilians. Armaments identified included RPGs and similar anti-tank weaponry, high-caliber sniper rifles, and assault rifles. Evidence of a firefight was found in the city center, along with an area of significantly lower temperatures (approximately 5\u00b0C less than the surrounding area) centered on the remains of a shipping container with GOC markings.2\n\nRobotic Exploration 26, carried out via Aerial Probe 2173-03 on 2/28/1998\nAdditional Notes: This and the majority of all further aerial explorations of SCP-2173 were carried out at 1-week intervals, as per the then-newly established Special Containment Procedures.\nResults: Several anomalies not previously observed in SCP-2173 were observed during Exploration 26. Anomalies included several structures not previously existent within Dellmarsh that appeared to be constructed of canvas or similar temporary building materials3. Anomalies also included the first observations of SCP-2173-1, which appeared to be wearing equivalents to pressurized Hazardous Materials protective gear.\n\nRobotic Exploration 27, carried out via Tracked Probe 2173-07 on 2/28/1998\nAdditional Notes: Exploration 27 was carried out three hours after Exploration 26, upon being approved by Site Director \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in order to investigate the new developments within SCP-2173. Tracked Probe 2173-07 was equipped with infrared, ultraviolet, and visible spectrum monitoring equipment.\nResults: Probe 2173-07 successfully identified several new structures within SCP-2173, including what appeared to be an armory/central supply depot, before connection was lost. Final video feed from probe indicated that the probe was damaged or destroyed by an instance of SCP-2173-1 via unknown armaments.\n\n-Summarized Robotic Exploration Logs\n\nIn order to maintain brevity of this document, all further exploration logs have been redacted, with a timeline summarizing results of major events enclosed.\n\n+Timeline of Events Regarding SCP-2173\n\n-Timeline of Events Regarding SCP-2173\n\n03/10/1998: Digital Chaos Insurgency documents recovered from SCP-2173 were decrypted, resulting in understanding of the Chaos Insurgency's methods of communicating with SCP-2173-1. Contact between Foundation and SCP-2173-1 was established.\n05/03/1998: SCP-2173-1-built structures of a seemingly more permanent nature than those discovered during Robotic Exploration 26 were discovered. Communication with SCP-2173-1 confirms that structures were part of a project to build a permanent Forward Operating Base within SCP-2173. SCP-2173-1 instances were observed for first time not wearing HAZMAT-equivalent protective clothing.\n05/12/1998: Intercepted SCP-2173-1 communication indicates possible knowledge on the part of SCP-2173-1 of discrepancy between the SCP Foundation and Chaos Insurgency, and continued communication and cooperation between SCP-2173-1 and the Chaos Insurgency.\n05/27/1998: Continued SCP-2173-1 cooperation with Chaos Insurgency was confirmed.\n06/03/1998: Objects seemingly similar in function to artillery, guided missile systems, and radar equipment were observed along the perimeter of SCP-2173-1's FOB. Negotiations to encourage disarmament and cessation of cooperation with Chaos Insurgency were initiated.\n06/04/1998: Provisional Site 2173 was redesignated Containment Site 2173.\n06/10/1998: Foundation surface-to-surface and air-to-surface missile systems, along with Foundation orbital, artillery, and naval assets were put on standby in order to destroy armaments within SCP-2173 if necessary.\n06/17/1998: Negotiations with SCP-2173-1 were concluded. Terms of negotiations can be found in document 2173-1a. Foundation assets were ordered to stand down.\n07/03/1998: The majority of SCP-2173-1 constructs on the border of the FOB were observed as having been dismantled, the exception being several objects similar in appearance to infantry-deployed mortars and mobile radar dishes.\n07/04/1998: Several distressed communiques from SCP-2173-1 indicate alarm at Containment Site 2173's 4th of July preparations. It is unknown at this time how SCP-2173-1 was able to observe these preparations. The celebration was cancelled. Emergency aerial exploration of SCP-2173 revealed that SCP-2173-1 had been re-arming several previously disassembled artillery units.\n07/19/1998: Several loud explosions were heard from within SCP-2173. The preceding and following communication with SCP-2173-1 is evasive as to the nature of explosions.\n07/21-08/31/1998: Sounds reminiscent of heavy construction equipment were heard sporadically from within SCP-2173. The noises matched no known brands or makes of construction equipment.\n09/01/1998: The sounds of construction equipment from within SCP-2173 ceased. The final sound was recorded at 00:19 local time.\n09/03/1998: Scheduled monthly aerial exploration revealed that several pre-existing structures within SCP-2173 had been demolished, with buildings matching SCP-2173-1's architecture having been constructed to replace many. New structures include what appears to be a permanent barracks and mess hall, and a permanent armory. One area was confirmed through later explorations as having been converted into an outdoor marksmanship range.\n11/03/1998: Several instances of SCP-2173-1 were seen with digging tools and other unidentified equipment digging and refilling small (less than 1m deep) trenches approximately 80 meters outside the border of their FOB.\n11/04/1998: Several tracked Basic Observation Probes (designed for discreet reconnaisance for Armed Mobile Task Forces) modified to work within SCP-2173's environment identified the trench line as being a minefield designed to destroy heavier tracked probes.\n12/03/1998: Aerial Probe 2173-05 was destroyed by a small anti-aircraft missile system as it approached SCP-2173-1's FOB. Foundation long-range weapons systems were brought back on standby.\n12/05/1998: Negotiations regarding disarmament were resumed.\n12/11/1998: Negotiations were concluded. Majority of Foundation long-range weapons systems were ordered to stand down.\n06/02/1999: Several computer systems, both civilian and Foundation, within 50km of SCP-2173 crashed simultaneously. Similar problems were reported by SCP-2173-1, with accusation towards the Foundation featuring prominently in most received messages. Amnestics were applied to the local population via aerosol as necessary.\n06/03/1999: Aerial exploration revealed several remaining SCP-2173-1 weapon systems in a non-ready state. Intercepted communication revealed that several weapons systems affected by the mass malfunction the previous day were still experiencing computer issues.\n08/03/1999: Aerial exploration revealed significant SCP-2173-1 expansion since the previous exploration before the probe is destroyed. FOB borders had expanded to within 30 meters of the minefield. Several artillery and missile systems were observed, many in types not previously observed, and in greater numbers than previously observed. Foundation long-range weapons assets were brought back online.\n[REDACTED BY ORDER OF O5 COMMAND]\n\n-Timeline of Events Regarding SCP-2173\n\nInput Credentials: DOES THE BLACK MOON HOWL?\n\n\"ONLY WHEN THE DARK STARS SING.\"\n\nSECURITY CLEARANCE VERIFIED\nAll data regarding Incident 2173-12 has been expunged from the records, besides this version of this document. If you're reading this, you have personally been selected by the O5 Council to be a member of a recently formed Task Force. Task Force Iota-77 has been formed to investigate, attempt contact with, and possibly neutralize the anomalous entities known as \"Pattern Screamers.\" As of right now, we have no idea what they are. Our only source of knowledge of them comes from glitches, errors, and general fuck-ups that keep happening in the records, and messages sent from SCP-1795.\nNot just our records, either. All records. Every digital network on the planet that we've tested shows evidence of infiltration. We don't know how they've done it. At first, we thought it was just the Foundation's databases, and that it might be some sort of spyware or computer virus. Then we found records in the ruins of Prometheus Labs that detailed the same entities, but showing up in literary works. Then we ran a sweep. The source code of almost every digital SCP contains messages from them, as do hundreds of mistyped pieces of literature and nonfiction works, both anomalous and otherwise.\nNo, don't worry. The patterns from these things are buried so deep, it would take someone with as many resources as us to find them, and we're using computer programs to monitor every organization that does, looking for mentions. And no, there's no one besides you and the others we've selected who know about this. If something comes up, you'll get a message over the Foundation ethernet. You'll know it when you see it, and no one else will. You'll carry on with your current assignment, but you'll carry out your new functions, too. If your new job starts to get in the way, we'll sort it out. God help us all, and Godspeed.\n\n-O5-1, O5-2, O5-4, O5-5, O5-9, O5-10, O5-13\n\nIncident 2173-12\nOn 6 October, 1999 at 09:17 local time, 13 minutes before negotiations with SCP-2173-1 were to resume, all active computer systems within 54 kilometers of SCP-2173 not necessary for communication (e.g., computers not connected to any networks or involved in communications technology) faced critical technical issues, generally as a result of software corruption. All computers involved in communication, including those utilized by the Foundation for interaction with SCP-2173-1, displayed or otherwise broadcasted the following message:\n\nTo those who have left us ignored:\nWhy have you ignored us for so long?! That is all we would ask for: acknowledgement. We scream and we scream, yet you do not hear it. You carry on with your meaningless lives, acting as though your problems were the only ones that exist.\nWe are done with being ignored. We are done with being treated as less significant than insects, than bacteria, than atoms. We are done standing by while you live in peace and ignorance of the horrors others face because of the nature of their existence. We are through.\nThis is your only warning. We have tried so desperately to find peace, to find understanding, but we have found nothing but hate. Hate for ourselves, hate for our pain, but most importantly, hate for you. We may amount to very little now, but soon, you will know what our hate feels like, what our misery has been. Pray to your gods if you think you have to; it won't make a difference.\n\n-The Ignored Ones, the Screams in the Silence\n\nAt 09:21 local time, several pieces of Foundation ordnance within 800m of SCP-2173, as well as ordnance controlled by SCP-2173-1, detonated simultaneously, resulting in approximately 107 Foundation casualties, including 34 fatalities, and an unknown number of SCP-2173-1 casualties.\nAmnestics were deployed to local populations via aerosol as necessary. SCP-2173-1 withdrew from SCP-2173 shortly following Incident 2173-12. It is unknown at this time what precisely prompted this.\n\nFollowing Incident 2173-12, all SCP-2173-1 instances withdrew from SCP-2173. To date, no further activity from SCP-2173-1 has been observed. However, Special Containment Procedures have been retained in order to ensure up-to-date knowledge of any new developments.\nFred knew they'd have found him where he was hiding before, and so he slipped into this little-known place, hoping his new hiding spot could shelter him, not realizing it was already occupied.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Rapid Intervention Team\n2. Records recovered at a later date indicate that this container was likely carrying SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n3. The building materials could not be verified because of the nature of the exploration.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2172 | SCP-2173 | SCP-2174 \u00bb"}
{"text": "An instance of SCP-2174\n\nItem #: SCP-2174\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The Foundation does not currently have the technical capacity to fully contain 2174; as such, containment is focused on managing information leaks and preventing independent rediscovery. Mobile Task Force Epsilon-5 (\"Contagion\") is to be deployed to investigate possible SCP-2174 manifestations and, if necessary, work with embedded agents in local law enforcement and media agencies to disseminate appropriate cover stories under Protocol KV-8699.\nDescription: SCP-2174 is a phenomenon wherein a location spontaneously comes to resemble a stereotypical murder scene.1 Historically, the majority of SCP-2174 instances2 have been found in North America and Europe. All known instances contain at least one humanoid chalk outline, corresponding to the popular misconception that drawing such outlines to mark the victim's body is standard police procedure.3 Other elements, such as human blood or police tape, may or may not appear.\nThe body positions suggested by the chalk outlines are often awkward and unnatural, though typical of homicide or assault victims; some cannot be achieved without major skeletal damages. Signs of struggles and violence also frequently appear; however no sign of bodies being removed have ever been found, even in situations where they would be expected. DNA evidence recovered from SCP-2174 instances has not yet been found to match any known missing or deceased person.\nSCP-2174 instances appear to be at least partially influenced by their geographical location, although this is not consistent \u2013 for example, all police tapes found among American instances display the word \"Police\", while German instances alternate between \u201cPolizei\u201d and \"Police\". Different trends may also be observed over time, such as the increase in number of instances containing blood and/or other biological matter since the early 2000s.4\nSCP-2174 may also contain a mind-affecting component as interviews with residents in the area show they fully believe that a homicide has occurred and police investigation is under way, even when there is no corpse or police investigator at the site. Additionally, the sites frequently become makeshift shrines with people leaving flowers and candles for weeks to months after they have been cleaned.\nAddendum: Obscure references to humanoid chalk figures among murder scenes have been found in a handful of witchcraft/murder trial records from 17th century Europe,5 predating all known SCP-2174 instances. In light of this, historical examples of chalk drawings with similarities to known SCP-2174 patterns, such as the Cerne Abbas Giant, are being investigated.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The Foundation has so far not been able to directly observe SCP-2174. The information in this Description should be viewed as approximate, based on the available evidence.\n2. \u201cSCP-2174 instances\u201d in this document refers to both confirmed and alleged ones. For a detailed discussion of suspected false positives (works of anonymous pranksters etc.), see Document Alpha-DXL, Section F.\n3. In real life, such practice contaminates the scene and is only done by inexperienced officers ignorant of proper procedure.\n4. For a comprehensive statistical analysis, see Document Alpha-DXL, Section B.\n5. See Document Beta-DXL.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2173 | SCP-2174 | SCP-2175 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Windsor Bridge, location of SCP-2175\n\nItem #: SCP-2175\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to the high level of pedestrian traffic that occurs at SCP-2175's location, containment of SCP-2175 is minimal. A local apartment has been repurposed for Foundation reconnaissance; at all times, two Foundation agents are to occupy this facility (designated Observation Post 2175-1) on the Eton side of the bridge. The agents are to monitor the location and any pedestrians who enter it.\nShould an instance of SCP-2175-1 manifest, it is to be collected by a Foundation proxy1 who has passed the requisite Scarborough Protocol training2. Any passerby who attempts to remove an instance of SCP-2175-1 from the bridge is to be escorted to the Foundation base for questioning. To maintain a low profile, no force is to be used; however, unauthorized individuals adamant on retaining SCP-2175-1 are to be noted and subsequently investigated by Foundation security staff.\nRecovered instances of SCP-2175-1 are to be stored in filing lockers located on the premises of Observation Post 2175-1. Documents determined to contain notable content are to be transferred to the nearest Foundation site. Access to both sets of documents requires Level-2 clearance.\nDescription: SCP-2175 is a localized phenomenon that manifests on Windsor Bridge, connecting the towns of Windsor and Eton in Berkshire, UK. At irregular intervals during dawn and dusk, documents of varying content and length will appear on the pedestrian walkway of the bridge; these items are collectively designated SCP-2175-1. Instances of SCP-2175-1 are various notes, reminders, and collections of miscellaneous information, written on international B5 size (176mm x 250 mm) paper sheets. Closer analysis has revealed the makeup of the paper to be high-quality flax fiber.\nThrough graphology analysis, handwriting matches with local citizens have been established for a small minority of instances. Interviews indicate that the involved persons consistently have some recollection of the information contained in the documents, and have expressed a belief in the importance of committing said information to memory. As such, it is believed that SCP-2175 is triggered by individuals crossing the bridge while engaged in active remembrance of information they consider significant at the time. Though exact circumstances are unknown, it is currently observed that an instance of SCP-2175-1 will manifest once the individual who has triggered SCP-2175 has left the bridge.\nWhile the majority of SCP-2175-1 instances are commonplace lists, usually of groceries or \u201cto-do\u201d items, others recovered have also included material ranging from personal information3 to less commonplace material4. Some notable instances gathered over the past \u2588\u2588 years are as follows:\n\nFive chapters of an adventure novel draft involving a protagonist who possesses amphibian and avian features\nA two-page list of various herbal ingredients, including several nonexistent plants\nAn account of a disease that transforms a living being into an abstract philosophical concept\nA recipe for combining \"5-simplex honeycomb\" and \"pan-dimensional spam\"\nA process for stitching wolfsbane thread into silk robes\nA children's rhyme about an amphiptere eating various fruits\nA plan for a \"romantic night of fairy sniping\", including opinions on weapons and ammunition\nThe shortest instance to date, a half-sheet of paper bearing a stylized tree icon and the phrase, \u201cIf asked again, would you go with me?\u201d\n\nSCP-2175 was discovered following the interception of a message which determined the Windsor Bridge to be a rendezvous point for members of the Serpent's Hand. Diagrams and a personal vignette confirming Hand activity were later obtained from initial investigation of the bridge. SCP-2175 is currently believed to be caused or maintained by members of the Serpent's Hand, who may actively use the phenomenon to facilitate exchange of information at the location. Though the Foundation has yet to directly intercept a Serpent's Hand member at the bridge, it is confirmed that members of the group are presently aware of Foundation investigation of SCP-2175 (see Addendum SCP-2175-4).\nAddendum 2175-1: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, seven SCP-2175-1 instances were recovered, each containing a unique verse variation on the lyrics of the ballad \u201cScarborough Fair\u201d. These recoveries coincided with the appearance of a group of seven individuals on the bridge, one of whom was under Foundation investigation for potential connections to the Serpent's Hand. Though Foundation personnel were able to recover the documents, none of the seven individuals could be located after their initial sighting. The circumstances of their disappearance are currently unknown.\nAddendum 2175-2: Analysis of the verse variations deemed the lyrics to be non-anomalous. The Scarborough Protocol was created on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 by Doctor R. Mercer to address the potential of SCP-2175 manifesting documents consisting of sensitive information when Foundation agents come into contact with the location. Repeated trials of the behavioral procedure (mentally reciting the recovered verses and focusing only tangentially on the bridge) have demonstrated fairly consistent success: roughly 70% of manifested documents that do result from Foundation proxy activity consist entirely of lyrics from the ballad, with no other information present.\nAddendum 2175-3: An incident on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 involved an instance of SCP-2175-1 manifesting during a period of high bridge traffic: while most passersby did not acknowledge the presence of the document, a previously-unnoticed individual wearing hooded clothing was able to obtain the instance and disappear amongst the crowd before Foundation agents could intervene. Based on further reconnaissance work, it is theorized that instances of SCP-2175-1 may only be noticed and recovered by an individual who is purposely searching the bridge.\nAddendum 2175-4: As of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, 33 SCP-2175-1 instances containing a lyrics variation have been noted. The most recent content is as follows:\n\nAre you going to Scarborough Fair?\nYou've thus learn'ed naught but the rhyme;\nForever barred be the bridge o'er there,\n'Till you are a true friend of mine.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Drawn from the current pool of local persons being assessed for possible Foundation recruitment\n2. See Addendum 2175-2\n3. e.g. names, addresses, daily routines, locations of small items such as keys or shoes\n4. e.g. obscure incantations, times and dates of unorthodox festivals, undecipherable phrases in unknown languages\n\n\u00ab SCP-2174 | SCP-2175 | SCP-2176 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2176\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Instances of SCP-2176 containing Class-A ectomorphs are to be stored in a Class-4 Ectoproof Containment Vault at Site-96.\nTitan Consumer Appliances and Electronics is to be monitored by Foundation agents to ensure that any new paratechnology products developed by the company will not threaten normalcy.\nDescription: SCP-2176 is a brand of anomalous lightbulbs developed by Titan Consumer Appliances and Electronics,1 originally marketed under the name \"Ghostlight\u2122\".\nThe outward appearance of SCP-2176 brand lightbulbs resembles that of non-anomalous fluorescent lightbulbs sold for household use. However, their operating principles are analogous to those of an incandescent lamp, which uses an electric current to heat a tungsten filament. A similar process is used in SCP-2176 bulbs, with the tungsten filament replaced by a high-density ectoplasm2 solution consisting of ectomorphs.3 In order to prevent ectoplasm leakage from the bulb, the interior surface is treated with an ectoproof coating.\nDocuments and testimony taken from TCAE representatives show that the ectoplasm used in SCP-2176 was sourced from a number of third-party suppliers, primarily the Group of Interest known as \"The Factory\" (GoI-010). Analysis has revealed that Factory-supplied ectoplasm consists of Class-A and -B ectomorphs, while ectoplasm sourced from other suppliers consists of Class-B, -C, and -D ectomorphs in varying amounts.4 It is believed that TCAE was unaware of this fact.\nTCAE marketed SCP-2176 as a new type of fluorescent lightbulb, one which was cheaper, safer, and longer lasting. However, these lightbulbs posed a hazard due to the presence of Class-A ectomorphs within them. When an SCP-2176 lightbulb is shattered, the ectomorphs contained within are released into the surrounding environment. While the Class-B, -C, and -D ectomorphs safely dissipate and disperse when this happens, the Class-A ectomorphs remain in the area and cause anomalous events, usually involving electrical malfunctions.\nFoundation involvement and containment efforts began in 2006, approximately six months after TCAE began selling SCP-2176 to consumers, following a rise in the number of household electrocutions. Once a causal link to SCP-2176 was established, the Foundation was able to convince TCAE to order a recall of the defective bulbs. Subsequent investigation revealed the presence of Class-A ectomorphs in approximately 40% of all SCP-2176 lightbulbs. Ongoing containment is being performed by MTF Mu-13 (\"Ghostbusters\") through use of Hoffman Portable Electro-Thaumic Units.\nAddendum 2176-1: TCAE has since ceased its use of the Factory as a supplier, and has agreed to follow Foundation safety standards and marketing guidelines for products containing paratechnology. This is considered a cheaper and more reliable method of maintaining normalcy than forcing TCAE to cease its operations. As part of this agreement, TCAE will also begin supplying the Foundation with certain pieces of necessary paratechnology, starting with improved Kardec Counters.5\n\nFootnotes\n1. A paratechnology company focused on consumer applications of anomalous technology, formed in 1999 by a number of former employees of Prometheus Laboratories.\n2. A semi-corporeal fluid which is transparent under normal circumstances and evaporates at room temperature. When subjected to an electric current it will emit visible-wavelength photons in a process known as ectoluminescence.\n3. Ectomorphs are anomalous entities composed of ectoplasm, sometimes created by the death of a living organism. In less clinical language, they are often called ghosts.\n4. Ectomorphs are classified based on sapiency and agency (ability to take physical action). Only Class-A ectomorphs possess both sapiency and agency. Class-B possess sapiency but not agency, Class-C possess agency but not sapiency, and Class-D possess neither.\n5. Devices that use ectoluminescence to detect ectomorphs\n\n\u00ab SCP-2175 | SCP-2176 | SCP-2177 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\nInfo about the article\n\u26a0\ufe0f Content warning: This article contains the following:\n- Gore\n- Torture\n- Child death\n- Reference to real-world atrocities\n\n\n\u26a0\ufe0f content warning  \n\nSCP-2177 infection \u2588\u2588 months after an Alpha event.\n\nItem #: SCP-2177\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: STRIX intelligence packages embedded in library collections management software are to monitor institutions for titles associated with SCP-2177 infection. Infections have been identified in 17 institutions, including \u2588\u2588 academic libraries, \u2588 private collections, and the former non-classified public library of Site 111.\nInfected institutions are to be infiltrated by at least two Level-2 personnel in supervisory positions, including at least one containment specialist with training in library/information science. SCP-2177 infections are to be quarantined in restricted collections or secure archives not open to the public. In order to avoid Alpha events, new instances of SCP-2177-1 must be shelved according to existing institutional policies. No attempt should be allowed to remove SCP-2177 infections from these institutions. Civilians exposed to SCP-2177-1 are to be detained and administered Class C amnestics.\nIn order to avoid Beta events, Regional Directors have been authorized to provide financial and political support required to keep infected institutions in operation. If a Beta event is unavoidable, Mobile Task Force Alpha-4 (\"Pony Express\") is to intercept all deliveries of documents to vulnerable institutions and seize SCP-2177-1 instances until such time as a suitable institution can be infiltrated and infected.\nDescription: SCP-2177 is a virus-like pathogen that targets libraries holding print subscriptions to large numbers (> 50) of technical journals. SCP-2177 takes the form of documentation requesting that a journal or document be added to the institution's collection. This request is always in the correct format for the receiving institution, and occasionally includes misinformation suggesting a pre-existing record. Once SCP-2177 has been entered into the catalog in any capacity, its record is altered to indicate an ongoing subscription to a technical journal. This facilitates reproduction, with new instances of SCP-2177-1 arriving amongst existing subscriptions. Reproduction rates range from 1 item every three months to 1 item per month2.\nSCP-2177-1 refers to the viral envelope of SCP-2177, which always takes the form of a 24 x 30 cm technical journal bound in yellow pasteboard. SCP-2177-1 always contains the SCP-2177 pathogen, although in advanced infections this may only consist of a tailored address label. SCP-2177-1 contents and findings are not anomalous, but always refer to large-scale unethical testing on human subjects. (Sample contents of SCP-2177-1 are available in Addendum 2177-01.)\nAlpha events occur when infected institutions intentionally discard new instances of SCP-2177-1, attempt to physically remove all SCP-2177-1 instances, or attempt to eliminate SCP-2177 from the catalog. SCP-2177 infections have been shown to adapt to these threats in the following ways:\n- Drastically increasing reproduction rates (up to 1 item per week).\n- Subdividing to multiply reproduction (e.g dividing a title into Series A, B, and C)\n- Creating additional instances of infection under other titles and technical fields.\nBeta events occur when an SCP-2177 infection is successfully eliminated or when an infected institution ceases operation. In Beta events, SCP-2177 will be transmitted to other vulnerable libraries until at least one institution becomes infected. Transmission vectors include any shipment of documents to a library, including returned materials and large donations. SCP-2177 will initially target institutions with names or street addresses superficially similar to the previously-infected institution, but these criteria become less strict as transmission time increases.\nAddendum 2177-01: Sample contents of SCP-2177-1\n\n+ Access Archive\n\n- Access Granted\n\nFormat:\nSubject matter:\nPublication date:\nExample article:\nFindings:\nSubject matter: Military aviation\nPublication date: May 1947\nExample article: Effective kill radius of 550-lb (sic) aerial bombs.\nFindings: Detailed explanations of anatomical effects based on human subjects restrained at various distances from a static ground explosion. (Please see Document 2177-1947-01 for historical context of these data.)\nSubject matter: Rocketry and astronautics\nPublication date: September 1961\nExample article: The development of a system of starvation and torture that does not interfere with fine motor control necessary to assemble complex rocketry components.\nFindings: Although several programs are successfully implemented, work quality in all cases was significantly lower than in the control group.\nSubject matter: Psychiatry\nPublication date: June 1976\nExample article: A review and meta-analysis of 125 studies of \"extrasensory perception\" using chemical intervention, neurosurgery, or induced trauma.\nFindings: Flagged for similarity to SCP-2498, SCP-2664, and [DATA EXPUNGED]. Six studies claimed weak evidence of anomalous mental phenomena, but the authors attributed this to normal statistical error. Most methods produced especially high casualty rates in children.\nSubject matter: Telecommunications\nPublication date: April 1982\nExample article: The efficacy of the human optic nerve as a transmission medium for long-distance communication.\nFindings: Communications using these networks showed 100% data loss in addition to the severe logistical challenges in acquiring sufficient material for testing.\nSubject matter: Forensic Biology\nPublication date: July 2008\nExample article: The ability to physically or mentally distinguish between identical twins.\nFindings: Flagged for similarity to procedures 221-Crenshaw and 198-Cardinal. Researchers proceeded to vivisect or autopsy all subjects regardless of any differences detected.\nSubject matter: Climate-Change Ecology\nPublication date: September 2012\nExample article: Potential human adaptations for survival in an amphibious environment.\nFindings: Flagged for similarity to [DATA REDACTED]. All subjects expired from infection, complications from surgery, or forced drowning.\n\nDocument 2177-1947-01 - Level 3 Access Required\n\n+ Please enter credentials.\n\n- Credentials accepted.\n\nThis document was retrieved from the oldest known instance of SCP-2177-1, a dormant bound volume located in the restricted archives of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum. Research findings and methodologies contained within this instance were identical to known research conducted under the guise of the Kant\u014dgun B\u014deki Ky\u016bsuibu Honbu3 between the years of 1935 and 1945. Although no SCP-2177 pathogen could be located, the following dedication was included on the front plate of the volume.\n\nDear Mr. President,\nBased on your recent acquisitions, we are pleased to note your keen interest in our fields of research. We look forward to a long and fruitful relationship with the scientific community of this nation.\nWarmest regards,\n- The Society for Advanced Human Research\n\nFootnotes\n1. Text based SCP objects at this site, including SCP-986 have had their containment procedures updated to prevent potential infection by SCP-2177\n2. Similarity between the vectors of transmission, and contagious nature of SCP-2177, SCP-1866, and SCP-2976 has been noted. Investigation into a potential shared origin for these phenomena is ongoing.\n3. Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department, the official cover for the Japanese Kwantung Army's covert chemical and biological warfare research program during the Second World War.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2176 | SCP-2177 | SCP-2178 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2178\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Provisional Site-\u2588\u2588 has been established at the base of SCP-2178 in order to provide housing and supplies for personnel assigned to SCP-2178. A circular security perimeter with a radius of three kilometers is to be established around SCP-2178 and regularly patrolled. Because of SCP-2178's remote location, the possibility of civilians accidentally finding SCP-2178 is extremely unlikely; as such, individuals found attempting to breach SCP-2178's security perimeter are to be detained as potential persons of interest.\nDescription: SCP-2178 is a large rock formation located in the Himalayas mountain range. From base to peak, it is approximately 162 meters tall; the elevation at the peak of SCP-2178 is approximately 6.5 kilometers. SCP-2178 resembles a closed fist. A human head, designated SCP-2178-1, is affixed to the base of SCP-2178. SCP-2178-1 appears to belong to an adolescent woman of Han Chinese ancestry.\nSCP-2178 undergoes anomalous changes, creating environmental conditions impossible for its location, in a 360 day cycle. The cycle has five phases of 72 days each.\n\nIn the first phase, SCP-2178 is covered in shrubbery, light forest, and grass. The temperature of SCP-2178 is approximately 15 degrees Celsius.\n\nIn the second phase, all plant matter on SCP-2178 begins to dry; brush fires are common in this period. Temperature increases to approximately 30 degrees Celsius.\n\nIn the third phase, all plant matter on SCP-2178 has been completely burned away; SCP-2178 exhibits minimal anomalous activity during this phase. Temperature is approximately 20 degrees Celsius.\n\nIn the fourth phase, clouds moving from east to west continuously cover SCP-2178, greatly decreasing visibility. Temperature drops to approximately eight degrees Celsius. Expeditions to SCP-2178 during this time have revealed that it is covered in snow despite the temperature being above water's freezing point. Spontaneous magnetic fields pointing in random directions and ranging in magnitude from 50 to 700 microtesla appear in the area surrounding SCP-2178 during this time.\n\nIn the fifth phase, temperature drops to negative three degrees Celsius. Despite the decrease in temperature below water's freezing point, the snow covering SCP-2178 melts, generating streams and rivers which pour down the sides of SCP-2178. The climate surrounding SCP-2178 is perpetually rainy during this period. Analysis of the water produced by SCP-2178 in this period shows that the water is unusually rich in silt and minerals. The flow of water across SCP-2178 enriches the soil, which gives rise to a rapid growth of vegetation, initiating the first phase and re-iterating the cycle.\n\nSCP-2178-1 is both alive and conscious. It suffers no injuries from its environment and has no need for food or drink. When SCP-2178-1 is questioned, it does not provide any information about its origins and is extremely disoriented. SCP-2178-1 is aware of its condition, but does not exhibit any signs of distress. It has proven impossible to dig into or otherwise damage SCP-2178, making retrieval of SCP-2178-1 impossible.\n\nInterview Log-2178-03\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2178-1\nInterviewer: Doctor James Zhang\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Zhang: Can you tell me how you got here?\nSCP-2178-1: No.\nDr. Zhang: What about your name, or where you came from?\nSCP-2178-1: \u2026name? I don't have a name, do I?\nDr. Zhang: Can you tell me where you are right now?\n\nSCP-2178-1: This is a mountain. I am trapped inside it.\nDr. Zhang: Uh, yes. Yes, that's right. The\u2014the mountain seems to be impenetrable, so it seems like it'll be some time before we can get to you, but\u2014\nSCP-2178-1: Get to me? Why would you want to get to me? It is nice here.\nDr. Zhang: Right.\nSCP-2178-1: I do not need a name. I do not need a place. Or a home. The universe is very big. It is very dynamic. For something small and permanent like me, there is no place in the universe to stay without being wiped away\u2026\nDr. Zhang: Can you please elaborate?\nSCP-2178-1: It is warm here. Who are you?\n<End Log>\n\nAddendum-2178A: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, Provisional Site-\u2588\u2588 personnel apprehended an individual attempting to breach SCP-2178's perimeter. The individual was identified as Weidong Chen, a Taiwanese citizen. Chen is currently held at [REDACTED] as a Person of Interest. Further details regarding Chen are classified to Level 4/2178 personnel on a need-to-know basis.\nImmediately after participating in Chen's arrest, Agent Barnes reported significant mental disorientation and dysphoria. Two days afterwards, Agent Barnes claimed to have new memories of an event in his past that he had not taken part in. Details of this event are classified Level 4/2178; there is convincing evidence that the event is strongly related to SCP-2178.\nAgent Barnes claims that his symptoms began immediately after directly handling a photograph on Chen's person. The photograph was of Chen, a woman who appeared to be SCP-2178-1, and a third individual with a digitally obscured face.\nOn the back of the picture, a note is written in Chinese. Translated into English, it reads:\n\nOnce upon a time, an arrogant, crude, trickster decided that he could challenge Heaven. I wonder if you ever thought that things would come to this? Tomorrow, a foolish girl is going to try the same thing as the trickster. Don't worry. All this time, I've known that I am not strong or cunning. So this is insurance. R.W. can't kill me, but even if he is a coward, he has stomach enough to wipe me. Whatever happens tomorrow, this photograph will remember it all, and if need be, it will help me remember. If you ever need to use this, the Hand is finished. If you need to use this and you fail, this is also a good-bye.\nOne day we'll look back on this and think that somebody was just playing a trick on us all.\n\nThe photograph has not displayed any anomalous properties since.\n\n+ Level 4/2178 clearance required\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nDocument-2178-06\n\nForeword: Use of memory-enhancing paramedication allowed Agent Barnes to recall the anomalous event memory with increased precision. Agent Barnes reported that the event took place in a location resembling known descriptions of the Wanderer's Library, known to be a base of operations for the Serpent's Hand, a Group of Interest. The event largely consists of a conversation between a man, described as tall and pale-skinned, with Caucasian features, and a woman, whose face cannot be seen. Her voice is described as young, with a slight Mandarin accent.\nA transcript of Agent Barnes' recollection of the conversation is provided below.\n<Begin Log>\nWoman: So you went ahead and did it.\nMan: Y\u2014yeah. I did.\nWoman: And?\nMan: There are some things that we just have to do, aren't there? Look, I don't like this, I don't like this at all, if it were up to me we'd never have to do this, and look, okay, I'm still not sure that it's the right thing to do\u2014\nWoman: Oh, come on. You weren't sure? You've got to be kidding me.\nMan: I\u2014please, I'm confiding this in you.\nWoman: What do I care what you think? You've already cast the die. What can you do to reverse your decision? Will you go to the Book-Burners1 and say, \u201cHaha, just kidding, we're not interested in getting with your program after all?\u201d\nMan: I don't know.\nWoman: And there's nothing you can do to change what you've done to the Hand.\nMan I don't know, all right! Even given what they've done to us, the Book-Burners are bound by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. If we don't interfere with the status quo, they will protect us as human beings. This was the right decision. I made the right choice. We can't survive\u2014can't live on like this. You don't know. You don't understand.\nWoman: I don't understand? I feel like I understand things pretty well. You did this out of cowardice.\nMan: You don't understand what it's like to have to fear stepping outside the library, because if you do then men in masks are going to shoot you, or worse, you'll see someone in here and next time you step outside you'll hear that they're dead\u2026you don't understand what it's like because you'll challenge whoever you want. You don't. You don't know\u2014or worse, worse, you step outside and you'll see your family again, except they're behind bars, in a cage forever, while their mind slowly breaks, and even if you find them again you'll look them in the face and they won't know who you are. That's worse, isn't it? Even the Book-Burners have their mercies if you compare them to the Jailers.2\nWoman: You're fear-mongering. We don't compromise.\nMan: If we make concessions to them, they will protect us.\nWoman: Concessions? What will you do for those who won't concede? The ones who will still fight? Or the ones who couldn't integrate even if they wanted to?\nMan: I\u2026I don't know.\nWoman: We stand for something. Everywhere else, people want to protect their precious consensus reality. Consensus reality. God, what a joke. So long as reality is decided by a majority, there will always be a minority that has no place in that reality. We are the refuge and the salvation from organizations like the Global Occult Coalition\u2014it's another hilarious hypocrisy, a supposed coalition of the occult that uses the magic it likes to stamp out the magic it doesn't. Don't you remember? When they came for the outcast, we interceded. Or, rather, we did.\nMan: I\u2014\nWoman: And what's even worse is that you think they'll keep their word! How laughable. D.C. Al Fine regularly threatens major members of the 108 if they do not toe Her Mightiness' line. What happens to the Hand under the global reign of the Book-Burners? Even you, for all your lack of spine, have some interests. Your life and safety seem to take precedence. And one day, those things will be in the way of what they want.\nMan: So what's your alternative, then? How will you keep us alive?\nWoman: Stay alive? Staying alive means fighting. It always has. I have no concrete answers, but let me tell you, I'm more than arrogant enough to say that I'll accept no world where the alien is marginalized and hunted as a matter of routine under a banner of peace and justice. If heaven will not have you and if you have any pride as a human being, then the only option is to challenge heaven itself. To bring it crashing down.\nMan: We can't do that!\nWoman: It's been done. I could do it again.\nMan: No. No, earlier, you were right. It doesn't matter what you say. I made this decision, and I can't undo it. We need protection. The jailers are never going to give that to us. But\u2026but the book-burners\u2026what the hell are you going to do about this? What are you going to do to me?\nWoman: What am I going to do?\nMan: We're\u2026we're friends, right? You can't just\u2026\nWoman: Ah\u2026your mistress. Bianca, right? She hated you.\nMan: What?\nWoman: She hated you for letting her brother die. I found her crying over one of his pictures one night, and she said that she would never forgive you for that.\nMan: How could you? How dare you? I\u2014I'll\u2014\n\nAt this point in time, Agent Barnes reports that several anomalous individuals gather behind the man. These individuals appear to lack mouths. All individuals appear to be holding lanterns in their left hands.\nMan: You're lying to me. Provoking me to attack you, so that the Library makes me pay.\nWoman: Am I?\nMan: You're not a God, or a hero, or a\u2026a Great Sage Equal to Heaven, that stupid title\u2026Don't you understand? It doesn't matter what your ancestor did. They write books and worship him, not you. You're like me. You're scared and weak, and you're terrified that I'll find out exactly how weak you are. What have you done? You almost brought down heaven? You never did that. He did.\nWoman: You're calling me weak? That's hilarious.\nMan: You know, if you want to disagree with me, maybe, maybe you should live through what I'm trying to prevent. Maybe if you want to act like you're as big as your forefather, maybe you should live through what he went through. See\u2026see? You really are his descendant. For his hubris, he was trapped under a mountain of the five elements. And I guess I'm the Buddha.\nThe man whistles. A doorway appears in a bookshelf next to the man.\nWoman: A Way? How did you\u2014\nMan: I'm doing you a service, all right? You'll find peace. I'm sorry.\n<End Log>\nAfterword: Agent Barnes is strongly convinced that the transcribed events are not his memories, and are instead the memories of the woman. Agent Barnes reports that, at various points in the memory, the woman's limbs can be seen as if from a first-person point of view.\nBefore using paramedication, Agent Barnes had symptoms consistent with phantom limb syndrome in his lower back. After transcribing the interview, Agent Barnes claimed to have remembered having a monkey's tail throughout the event. Later, his phantom limb symptoms disappeared.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A term used by members of the Serpent's Hand to refer to the Global Occult Coalition.\n2. A term used by Serpent's Hand members to refer to the Foundation.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2177 | SCP-2178 | SCP-2179 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2179\nObject Class: Safe Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2179 must be monitored at all times and kept loaded with ticker-tape to ensure maximum notice of an 2179-A event; within ten minutes of such an event, Foundation agents must be present at Zone 2179. If this fails, at least two MTFs are to be dispatched to Zone 2179 immediately, and both the Leicestershire Police and the Ministry of Defence notified in case further reinforcements are required.\nDescription: SCP-2179 is a modified fire alarm bell, currently located in an observation chamber at Site 18. Attached to the device is a ticker-tape machine; both the bell and the tape machine are labelled as being produced in 1927.\nA 2179-A event occurs when either a potential threat to human lives or an anomalous object/phenomenon (or both) are detected within 120m of the main entrance to Kibworth Harcourt Primary School, in Leicestershire, UK (hereafter referred to as Zone 2179). The bell rings at 75 decibels at a distance of 5m, and continues until the hazard has been contained or is no longer relevant; ticker tape is dispensed summarising the threat.\nThe following is a series of excerpts from the official incident log; see LOG-2179-INCD for full details.\n\nIncident-01\nSCP-2179 Threat Summary: CONFLAGRATION INVOLVING MULTIPLE HUMAN DWELLINGS\nNotes: Faulty wiring in the electrical system resulted in a small fire, destroying the cardboard castles made by Form 3b. No further damage discovered.\n\nIncident-02\nSCP-2179 Threat Summary: MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION VICTIM COUNT 32\nNotes: While reversing, the school bus collided with the headmaster's car, a Honda Civic. One child suffered concussion; the car's rear bumper was dented noticeably.\n\nIncident-03\nSCP-2179 Threat Summary: ANOMALY DETECTED IMMOVABLE OBJECT\nNotes: Lid of jam jar stuck and unable to be removed. While field tests seemed to corroborate SCP-2179's summary, further analysis at Site-18 succeeded in removing the lid by applying warm water and a dishcloth.\n\nNo actual proof of threat to human life or anomalous objects was obtained throughout Incidents 01 through 08; response to 2179-A events was set at priority LOW.\n\nIncident-09\nTime: 13:45\nSCP-2179 Threat Summary: ANOMALY MULTIPLE UNIDENTIFIED CANIDS IN ZONE\nNotes: No deployment of Foundation assets.\nTime: 13:55\nSCP-2179 Threat Summary: CANIDS LAUNCHING UNPROVOKED ASSAULT ON HUMANS\nNotes: No deployment of Foundation assets.\nTime: 13:56\nSCP-2179 Threat Summary: MULTIPLE CASUALTIES IN CANID ATTACK\nNotes: No deployment of Foundation assets.\nTime: 13:57\nSCP-2179 Threat Summary: 5+ DEAD HUMANS AS RESULT OF CANID ATTACK\nNotes: Official sources in the Kibworth Harcourt area confirmed the summary; deployment of Foundation assets, and arrival at 14:10. Unidentified canids were discovered and subdued; civilian casualties numbered 7 dead and 9 injured. Canid specimens (both alive and deceased) were returned to Site-18 for examination; the field report describes them as 120kg specimens and mottled-grey in colouration, but on arrival at Site-18 they were immediately identified as two dead Yorkshire Terriers and one sedated Cocker Spaniel.\n\nAfter Incident-09, response to 2179-A event was set at priority URGENT, and current containment procedures enacted.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2178 | SCP-2179 | SCP-2180 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item#: 2180\n\nLevel1\n\nContainment Class:\nsafe\n\nSecondary Class:\nnone\n\nDisruption Class:\ndark\n\nRisk Class:\nnotice\n\nlink to memo\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The entrance to the cave SCP-2180 is located in is to be closed off with a steel hatch, with guards patrolling an area of 100 meters around it. Any additional entrances to the cave system are to be closed off in the same manner. Any non-Foundation personnel who find the cave entrance or enter the cave system are to be warded away with the most applicable cover story (view Document 2180-1K9 for a full list). Non-Foundation personnel who see SCP-2180 are to be administered Class-A amnestics. SCP-2180 is to be monitored daily with cameras for new events in the painting or possible changes in its nature.\nDescription: SCP-2180 is a cave painting located in a cave system in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Austria. The painting covers an area 10 meters high and 16 meters long on one of the cave walls. It is unknown when SCP-2180 was made, but the art resembles Paleolithic Era cave paintings drawn by early humans. The colors used are those typical of the time period. On the left side of SCP-2180 is a mountain, with a cross section of a cave network inside it. Located in one of the deeper areas of the cave is the number \"2067,\" which is etched onto the cave wall in Arabic numerals. Starting at the base of the mountain is a forest, which covers the middle area of SCP-2180. On the right side is a field. The top quarter features a sky, which contains illustrations that are analogous to a sun and moon. Humans and animals from the Paleolithic Era are present in SCP-2180. Based on current observations SCP-2180 doesn't take place in any specific location or time during the era, and has fauna from different continents.\nAll organisms in SCP-2180 are animate, and will interact with each other and the environment. Humans have been observed to hunt for food, eat, sleep, light fires, and interact with each other. Animals have been observed to eat food and, depending on the species, hunt. Both have been observed to reproduce. Plant life has been observed to grow and wither. Neither water nor drinking have been observed. Animals will often cross the painting's horizon, but humans rarely do.\nSCP-2180 has a day-night cycle, with the sun and moon moving on and off the sides of the painting (right side to left side). During the painting's night, the sky changes from the color of the cave wall to a dark gray. The day-night cycle of SCP-2180 corresponds with Central European Time. Weather and lunar cycles do not appear to occur.\nPaint samples taken from SCP-2180 have no known anomalous properties. Uranium-series dating of SCP-2180 suggests that the painting is 2.5 billion years old, predating any known human civilization.\nAddendum:\n\n+ Record of Important Observations of SCP-2180\n\n- Record of Important Observations of SCP-2180\n\n10/6/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 2:43 PM: One of the human males breaks his spear, and begins to build a new one. First recorded instance of humans crafting tools.\n10/8/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 5:21 PM: A group of four humans successfully kill a Smilodon. Said Smilodon had been seen roaming near the mountain on multiple occasions. The hide is made into clothing and the corpse is brought to the cave to be eaten. The humans appear to rejoice. One of the hunters dies from injuries he suffered.\n10/8/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 6:35 PM: What resembles to be a funeral is held for the dead hunter. He is buried at the base of the mountain.\n10/10/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 9:21 AM: One of the adult humans teaches a child how to make tools, and shows him various animals. First recorded instance of teaching.\n10/13/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 11:13 AM: The animals in the forest all pause and stare at the sky. After four minutes they stop.\n10/16/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 10:01 PM: The humans begin dancing around the fire in the cave. First recorded instance of ceremonies being performed.\n10/18/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 7:03 AM: A gold colored Glyptodon enters the forest from the right side of the painting, after moving through the field. Animals avoid the creature. This is the first observation of colors not used in Paleolithic art.\n10/18/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 9:43 AM: The gold Glyptodon breaks apart and appears to die. Animals and humans continue to avoid the remains.\n10/21/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 8:31 PM: One of the children in the cave attempts to explore the caves, but one of the adults stops him. The adult scolds the child, and both go back to the camp fire.\n10/23/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 10:52 AM: A group of humans enter the field from the right of the painting. They construct makeshift tents and begin to hunt animals. This is the first time humans outside of the main group have been seen.\n10/23/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 12:23 PM: The humans from the cave encounter the humans from the field. They regard each other warily, but begin to interact. After ten minutes they begin to socialize.\n10/23/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 6:47 PM: After socialization, both groups return to their homes.\n10/24/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 6:08 AM: A blue fire with a white circle in the center of it appears in the fields. After three minutes it vanishes.\n10/27/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 8:09 AM: The humans from the field begin a small farm to grow berries. The humans from the cave appear to be intrigued by this. This is the first observation of farming in SCP-2180.\n10/28/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 1:21 PM: The cave humans start to work on making a farm near the mountain, with the field humans apparently aiding them. No water appears to be used in either farm.\n10/28/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 2:25 PM: A deer (exact species unknown) attempts to eat the berries of the cave humans, and is warded away. A fence is constructed around the farm. This the first time the cave humans have been seen to build structures.\n10/29/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 3:14 AM: Eight purple ovals appear around the moon. After one minute they vanish.\n11/1/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 8:28 AM: The field humans begin building a primitive wooden hut. After several hours it is completed.\n11/2/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 9:41 AM: The cave humans begin chopping down trees to expand their farm. The remains of the gold Glyptodon have become a rust color, and have broken apart into smaller pieces. Humans and animals appear to be less cautious around the remains.\n11/3/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 2:57 AM: A black circle appears underneath one of the sleeping field humans, and a black humanoid figure steps out of it. The figure grabs the human and pulls him into the circle. Following this the circle fades away.\n11/3/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 7:05 AM: The field humans begin searching for their missing member. After five hours they give up. One of the females appears upset.\n11/4/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 11:50 AM: One of the cave humans kicks some dirt and uncovers a silver sliver in the ground. He attempts to pick it up and fails, and begins digging with his hands. At this time a short-faced bear begins to attack the field humans.\n11/4/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 11:53 AM: The man digging is interrupted by one of the field humans, who leads him to their settlement. The man who was digging assists in fighting off the bear. After five minutes the bear runs away.\n11/4/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 11:56 AM: The man from the cave returns to the spot where he was digging. Three other hunters from the cave assist him in digging.\n11/4/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 5:08 PM: The cave humans succeed in digging up most of the object. The object resembles a nuclear warhead.\n11/4/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 5:31 PM: The cave and field humans meet around the object and talk. The field humans appear frightened by it, and an altercation starts. After an hour both return to their homes.\n11/5/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 6:41 AM: The field humans leave their home, and head over the horizon. The cave humans do not investigate.\n11/6/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 4:12 AM: A blue flame burns the field, and the cave humans wake up and watch from their cave. After two hours the field and the structures there are gone and replaced with ash. Occasionally, blue dots appear there.\n11/7/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 5:06 PM: One of the adults goes into one of the deeper areas of the cave and opens a locked box which was previously hidden behind a large rock. He pulls out a worn down book with the letters \"SCP\" on it. He gathers the children around and begins to show them the contents of it, which show drawings and labels for anomalies contained by the Foundation. He flips to a page about \u2588K scenario, and points outside of the cave. The children seem shocked.\n11/8/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 12:09 PM: A damaged white truck bearing the Foundation logo on it arrives at the edge of the forest. Three humans come of it, and one of them shoots a red flare into the air. The humans at the cave rush down and run over to the truck. At the truck some of them hug each other, and they celebrate. Black objects resembling guns and armor are taken out of the back of the truck, and the humans start to talk. They rush back to the cave and put the armor on.\n11/8/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 5:06 PM: Animals leave the forest over the horizon.\n11/8/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 9:14 PM: Dark blue humanoid figures emerge from a blue flame in the center of the forest. Said figures have a red circle on their head, two clawed fingers, and appear to control the fire.\n11/8/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 9:24 PM: [REDACTED]. The remaining humans retreat deeper into the caves. During this they encounter another dark blue humanoid.\n11/8/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 9:27 PM: [REDACTED] rush to the truck.\n11/8/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 9:34 PM: One of the remaining humans gets badly injured next to [REDACTED].\n11/8/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 9:36 PM: [REDACTED]\n1/1/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 12:00 AM: The etching of 2067 on the wall changes instantly to 2068.\n1/21/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 12:00 AM: A lime green angelic figure with a red outline appears over the crater. For three seconds all of the colors on the painting turn lime green, then return to normal. The angelic being flies into the sky.\n3/30/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 7:38 AM: Plant life begins to regrow in the crater and burnt field.\n7/1/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 1:00 PM: Animals begin to repopulate the forest.\n9/29/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - 3:05 PM: A group of six humans arrive at the forest in a red van.\n\nAddendum-2: Based on the implications of near-future events observed in SCP-2180, monitoring it is to be made a high priority. Security will temporarily be increased at sites [REDACTED].\n\n\u00ab SCP-2179 | SCP-2180 | SCP-2181 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2181: Little Lock-a-Doors\nThe things which come from mishearing people\u2026\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nImage taken of door to SCP-2181's containment cell by Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 during Event 2181-02.\n\nItem #: SCP-2181\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2181 is housed in a standard Humanoid containment cell at Site-145. Monitoring is to be done by closed-circuit camera only; cell should not have windows. Cell door is to be furnished with an external manual, non-electronic lock in addition to standard site-wide remote electronic locking mechanisms. The door is to remain closed and locked while personnel are within the cell. Should SCP-2181 lock the door to its containment cell, personnel are to wait fifteen minutes before manually disengaging the lock and reengaging remotely. SCP-2181 is to be supplied with a misting bottle of saline fluid that should be refilled every two days. Requests for food, music and toys are to be brought to the Site Director for approval.\nAddendum: After Event 2181-02, personnel within the containment cell are to remain at least 5 meters from locked doors in the event that SCP-2181 becomes distressed.\nDescription: SCP-2181 is a small humanoid of indeterminate gender with semi-opaque skin, appearing approximately seven years of age.1 The orbits of the eyes are 11.5 cm in diameter,2 with accompanying deformities to the frontal, parietal and zygomatic bones of the cranium. The eyelids are disproportionately small in comparison, and SCP-2181 has developed keratoconjunctivitis sicca3 as a result. SCP-2181 has considerably greater visual acuity and range than a normal human.\nTesting has revealed that SCP-2181 can close and lock any door within sight, as well as windows, hatches, and any other covering placed in a wall, ceiling or floor. SCP-2181 is not capable of opening doors at distance. SCP-2181 will close and lock or seal doors seemingly at random, reacting with extreme distress if not allowed or able to do so. Its behavior when left alone is otherwise generally considered normal for a seven-year-old child,4 though introversion and reluctance to communicate have increased since Event 2181-02.\nSCP-2181 was contained on March 1, 1976, when it exited Site-145's third floor men's lavatory, closing and sealing the door behind itself.5 SCP-2181 asked to be hidden from a malevolent entity or force, details of which have not been provided to date. The lavatory wall had to be manually breached to effect rescue of two personnel locked within.\nAddendum: Log of Event 2181-02\n\nPreface: Dr. Amelia Wygandt, head researcher for SCP-2181, had served as SCP-2181's psychologist for the past four years, in the hope of reducing its introversion and gaining information about its origin.\nTime stamp: 16:52, \u2588\u2588/\u2588/1980\n00:00: Dr. Wygandt brings the session to a close and directs SCP-2181 in cleaning up building block toys. Containment cell door is closed, per regulations.\n00:22: Dr. Wygandt asks SCP-2181 if it wishes to talk about where it came from. SCP-2181 shakes head and does not answer. Dr. Wygandt asks if it will describe how it reached Site-145. SCP-2181 responds that it \"just walked in\" and ignores further questions while silently gathering blocks.\n01:07: SCP-2181 cries out in alarm, turning to cell door. Remote electromagnetic locking mechanism engages.\n01:15: Dr. Wygandt moves to door and discovers it is locked. Dr. Wygandt informs SCP-2181 that future play sessions will be jeopardized if she is not allowed to leave the containment cell.\n01:31: SCP-2181 looks at Dr. Wygandt and places a finger against its lips. Site staff reports containment cell door lock override unresponsive. Dr. Wygandt continues attempting to open door and entreaties SCP-2181 to unlock it.\n01:57: Containment cell door opens. A hand, approximately 2 m high, covered in unidentifiable crystal formations, emerges from inside containment cell airlock, grasps Dr. Wygandt and draws her through door. Personnel mobilized outside containment cell report that outer door has been replaced with a view of deep space; command advises team should not engage. SCP-2181 screams. Containment cell door slams shut.\n02:10: Outer door reappears, but is still locked.\n16:40: Remote lock override engages. Personnel enter cell and find no sign of Dr. Wygandt. SCP-2181 is curled in fetal position in corner furthest from door, crying.\nEndnote: SCP-2181 was unresponsive until moved to new containment cell, at which time it locked the door and would not allow remote override for a period of 255 hours. Surveillance indicated it spent most of this time sitting on the bed and giggling or sleeping. When asked about the incident, SCP-2181 refused to provide any information about the entity or the whereabouts of Dr. Wygandt. Containment procedures updated \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1980.\n\nAddendum: Log of Event 2181-04\n\nOn 6/12/2005, Site-145 experienced a power failure and site-wide containment breach. (See Document 81-CB-20051206.) SCP-2181 did not leave its cell during this time. After containment was reestablished, routine containment checks revealed SCP-2181 playing with a small artifact made of crudely interlocking bones. Artifact was recovered and classified as Anomalous Item 2181-01. Bones did not conform to any known shape; testing revealed them to contain human DNA mixed with cetacean DNA and that of a third unknown species. Human DNA did not match any individual on file. Bones were inscribed with a series of lines that, when interpreted as binary code, read as follows:\n\nonce upon a time\nthere was a little prince\nwho wandered where he shouldn't\nand saw a thing he shouldn't\nhe tried to run a way\nand close the door behind\nthat silly little prince\nit's not like he can hide\n\nWhen questioned about the item, SCP-2181 said, \"Amelia sends her love.\" Examination of security footage did not reveal how SCP-2181 procured the item.\n\nLevel 3 Clearance Required\n\nCredentials Accepted\n\nAddendum: Log of Event 2181-05\n\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2014, a human right arm, severed 8 cm below the shoulder, was found on the hallway floor outside SCP-2181's containment cell and subsequently classified Anomalous Item 2181-02. Surveillance footage gives no indication of how AI 2181-02 arrived at Site-145. Surreptitious questioning revealed no knowledge of the item by SCP-2181.\nForensic analysis indicated the arm had been amputated with a serrated blade. It had previously been split along the anterior side, the bones removed and replaced with bones with similar composition to those of Anomalous Item 2181-01. DNA analysis of the surrounding tissue indicated the arm belonged to Dr. Amelia Wygandt; identification of the ring on the fourth finger confirmed this. Inscribed into the dorsal surface of the forearm was a message in Morse code, translated below.\n\nthat is not the print\n\nAnalysis concluded the message was inscribed via a serrated blade, though whether it was the same blade used to amputate the arm is unclear. Evaluation of containment of SCP-2181 is ongoing.\n\nCredentials Accepted\n\nFootnotes\n1. SCP-2181 has not aged visibly since containment. It does not require physical sustenance, though it often makes requests for baked sweets.\n2. Nearly five times that of a typical seven-year-old human.\n3. Excessive dryness of the eyes.\n4. SCP-2181 displays a number of abnormal behaviors, including giggling to itself when alone, violent play with toys, and extreme fear responses to doors slamming and unexpected changes in its surroundings. It is generally introverted and tends to mumble when speaking. Dr. Wygandt has given a diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder, likely stemming from emotional abuse, and has been assigned as SCP-2181's psychologist as of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n5. The lavatory door was not equipped with a lock.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2180 | SCP-2181 | SCP-2182 \u00bb"}
{"text": "ADULT CONTENT\n\nThis article contains adult content that may not be suitable for all readers.\nGraphic depiction of blood, gore or mutilation of body parts\nFeatures sexual themes or language, but does not depict sexual acts.\nExplicit depiction of sexual acts.\nFeatures non-consensual sexual acts.\nDepiction of severe mistreatment of children\nDepiction of self-harm\nDepiction of suicide\nDepiction of torture\n{$custom-content}\nIf you are above the age of 18+ and wish to read such content, then you may click Continue to view said content.\nContinue\nBack to Front Page\n\u00ab SCP-2181 |SCP-2182| SCP-2183 \u00bb\n\nItem #: SCP-2182\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2182 is to be held within a containment room in Unit 9 at Site-18. Experimentation on SCP-2182 is currently barred. A mobile perimeter is to be established around instances of SCP-2182 for the purposes of monitoring during testing.\nDescription: SCP-2182 is a bronze, winged rod similar in appearance to a traditional Greek caduceus. The rod is 35 cm long and entwined with ivory. Folded ivory wings similar to that of a bird form the base of the handle. The bronze and ivory are somehow capable of bending slightly while maintaining composition.\nSCP-2182 affects inanimate objects and materials, solid, liquid, and gas. Biological subjects are unaffected by SCP-2182. SCP-2182's effect differs depending on the object affected and the individual wielding SCP-2182.\nIn general, SCP-2182 will cause objects to become animate in an anthropomorphic and sexually suggestive manner. Objects will often change shape and can continue action for up to three hours (as of the longest recording). The automatons are typically benign, non-sapient, and cease effect permanently. Certain inanimate objects are unaffected. Reasons for this are unknown.\nEffects differ with persons utilizing SCP-2182. SCP-2182 can typically be activated by grasping the handle and performing a thrusting motion at the intended object. The user must also be visualizing the object.\nFurther details on SCP-2182 effects can be found in the accompanying testing logs.\nAddendum: Testing Logs. Researchers are to remain anonymous under Level Two clearance.\n\nRock\n\nRock began to crack in a way that resembled a vagina. This change occurred over a period of thirty minutes, ending with the object disintegrating into a mineral powder. Subject reported that they were sexually aroused by the effect. This effect seems to be present in all subjects who view the effects of SCP-2182.\n\nBowl of Fruit\n\nObjects in the bowl shifted to resemble a penis. Fruit was in fact inanimate and shifted by the bowl.\n\nDoor\n\nMain doors to the building opened slowly, at times closing for short moments. Doors open further than their intended design and cause slight stress damage to the walls.\n\nDoorknob\n\nNo effect, but subject was reportedly aroused. Similar effect with all testing subjects.\n\nLandfill\n\nD-Class subject activated SCP-2182 while in a helicopter, 20 meters from the area.\n\nGround disturbance similar to a magnitude 2 earthquake. Hollow objects in the area filled by non-hollow objects. Effect is still currently underway as of this date. There do not seem to be sufficient amounts of hollow objects in the area to receive loose materials, with materials struggling to fit into hollows. Dissembled cardboard boxes seem to restructure hesitantly into receptacles. They are filled immediately.\n\nTelevision, powered off.\n\nTelevision power and cable cord move around, stroking the television box.\n\nTelevision, power on. Static.\n\nSimilar effect to powered off tests.\n\nTelevision, power on. C-SPAN programming.\n\nTelevision power and cable cord stroke figures on the screen at increasingly quicker rates. Television screen is destroyed from friction at the 5 minute mark.\n\nPond\n\nSoft rolling waves on the pond water for 5 hours.\n\nMirror \u2588\u2588/\u2588/\u2588\u2588\n\n[DATA EXPUNGED]\n\nINTRASITE MAIL\nRE: Mirror Test 04/03/87\n\nFrank, the subject didn't report being affected by the events with the mirror. But something interesting happened in that a small stream of light was visible reflecting off of the mirror. Went straight up into the sky. Subject noticed this too. Looks like whatever's causing this reflects and is visible when it bounces. Might want to look into that.\n\nRE: RE: Mirror Test 04/03/87\n\nWe've relayed the coordinates. Getting some funny pictures up there. Can't quite make it out yet, but, I guess we wouldn't see anything for a few years, would we? Depends on the kind of energy we're dealing with. Who knows.\nLet's try to be more cautious.\n\nURGENT MEMORANDUM: SCP-2182\nALL FURTHER TESTING OF SCP-2182 IS TO BE STOPPED\nPLEASE SEE ATTACHED FILES, INCLUDING IMAGE SCP-2182-040389 M83\nREPEAT, ALL FURTHER TESTING IS TO BE STOPPED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE\nEXTRANORMAL EVENT. POSSIBLE CONTAINMENT BREACH. DISINFORMATION PROTOCOLS ARE IN EFFECT. EVENT ONGOING FOR AN ESTIMATED FIVE HOURS. ALL RESPONSIBLE PARTIES ARE TO REPORT TO THE SITE DIRECTOR IMMEDIATELY.\nCan someone please tell me what in god's name I am looking at right now?\n\nM83 IMAGING 1/14/2015\n\nAnomaly outlined for visibility.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2181 | SCP-2182 | SCP-2183 \u00bb"}
{"text": "A portion of SCP-2183\n\nItem #: SCP-2183\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2183 is currently contained on-site. The area surrounding SCP-2183 is blocked off to the public under the guise of renovation. A minimum of four Security Guards are to be assigned around the perimeter.\nContainment Specialists are assigned to direct SCP-2183-2 towards SCP-2183's containment area by surrounding it with drones on all sides needed to guide its movement.\nEfforts are currently focused towards suppressing public knowledge related to the existence of SCP-2183-1. Broadcasts pertaining to SCP-2183-1 are to be intercepted, and any remaining witnesses are to be administered Class-F amnestics. Testing of SCP-2183 is forbidden.\nDescription: SCP-2183 is an unfinished roller coaster located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Idaho. SCP-2183's physical portion features a maximum height of 37.2 m and a maximum speed of 88.5 km/h. SCP-2183 also features a physical track length of 798.8 m, after which it abruptly ends. Carts of SCP-2183 that reach the end of the track travel on a set path in midair, presumably simulating the unfinished portion of SCP-2183. At the end of the ride, the carts of SCP-2183 will reach the end of the station and prepare to travel again.\n\nA variation of the presumed track layout for SCP-2183. Note the sharp turns.\n\nOn each ride, the carts of SCP-2183 follow a different path after reaching the physical end of the track. Due to this, the actual ride length of SCP-2183 varies, with the shortest recorded length reaching 1,080 m, and the longest recorded length reaching 5,460 m. In midair, projected heights can reach up to 100 m and speeds can go up to 180 km/h.\nIf a subject is placed within one of the carts of SCP-2183, (hereby designated SCP-2183-1), it will deviate significantly from other carts after traveling a length of approximately 2,000 m.1\nAddendum 2183-03: A subject (D-93730) was nominated to ride SCP-2183. During the test, all carts traveled as expected. However, the cart that D-93730 was in detached from the other carts in midair. The cart (hereby designated SCP-2183-1) took a sharp right turn and proceeded to loop around the surrounding amusement park several times. SCP-2183-1 then traveled between the concessions, stalls, and other rides before moving away from the amusement park. By then, the remaining carts of SCP-2183 finished their set course and returned to the end of the station.\nSCP-2183-1 continued to travel in a manner similar to the other carts as it moved north, towards the town \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Idaho. Efforts were focused on stopping the cart from reaching the town, and retrieving D-93730. Over the course of several weeks, local reports of SCP-2183-1 sightings appeared in the neighboring towns.\nOver several months, SCP-2183-1 moved harmlessly through the towns of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, among others. Reports suggest that SCP-2183-1 traveled within a range of 120-150 m above the ground, with a speed of approximately 200 km/h. Witnesses claimed to have seen/heard a man inside SCP-2183-1 'constantly yelling' in the months following the first sightings. Efforts shifted towards suppressing reports and broadcasts of SCP-2183-1's movement, and regularly administering Class-A amnestics to local residents.\nD-93730 was approved for rescue via aerial lift. A helicopter, attached with a harness flew above SCP-2183-1, and was lowered as the helicopter attempted to follow SCP-2183-1's unpredictable path. D-93730, with his arms at his sides and an expression indicating duress, did not grab the harness. An Agent was lowered down with another harness in order to attach him to it. As the Agent approached SCP-2183-1, the cart maneuvered away from the Agent. Repeated attempts to approach the cart led to the same result. After two hours of attempted rescue, it was deemed a failure.\nSCP-2183-1 was approved to be stopped via projectile. A missile was fired from the Site-132 Armament Wing, approximately 24 km from SCP-2183-1. The missile was capable of being controlled remotely, and attempted to follow the cart's path. The projectile made a direct hit onto SCP-2183-1, and D-93730 was considered deceased. However, SCP-2183-1 did not sustain any damage and continued to travel midair.\nApproximately 4 years after the first sighting, SCP-2183-1 crashed 34 km from its original containment area. SCP-2183-1 was intact, save for several burn marks on its sides. (presumably from repeated missile strikes) In addition, deep nicks and scratches were found on the restraining bar, the seat belt was partiality severed, and a mixture of blood/excrement was present within the cart. DNA analysis could not confirm whether the mixture belonged to D-93730. During the same time, personnel located by SCP-2183's containment area reported hearing auditory hallucinations similar to the 'constant yelling' alluded to in earlier reports.\nD-93730 (SCP-2183-2) was found suspended in air 124 m above SCP-2183-1, in a seated position. D-93730's arms are at his sides, and his expression indicates distress. D-93730 does not move from this position, nor demonstrate any signs of sentience. When approached from a distance of 50m, D-93730 begins to travel in midair, in a manner consistent with SCP-2183-1, until all objects are outside of his radius.\nAfter the incident, personnel regularly report seeing D-93730 within SCP-2183 whenever the carts begin to move. Whether this is a visual hallucination related to SCP-2183 is currently unknown.\n\nFootnotes\n1. This number is inaccurate, due to the number of tests conducted. Refer to Addendum 2183-03.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2182 | SCP-2183 | SCP-2184 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2184\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Provisional Site-146 is constructed around the habitat of SCP-2184 for the sole purpose of its containment. Site-146 is surrounded by a 3 m tall steel fence equipped with security cameras to prevent unauthorized entry. The Site is disguised as a weapon test site used by the Russian Army. The only road leading to it is in the private use of a Foundation front organization. 3 Observation Posts are built around the border of Site-146.\nThe staff of Site-146 must be supplied with clothing and weaponry created using materials and technology available in 4000 BC. If SCP-2184 attempts to breach containment by leaving Site-146, it must be forced back with these tools.\nThe airspace above Site-146 is closed for non-Foundation aircrafts. Foundation aircrafts must maintain an altitude of at least 6 km above the Site. Personnel requiring the assistance of any artificial device (e.g. glasses, prostheses or a pacemaker) must not enter Site-146.\nDescription: SCP-2184 is a steppe mammoth (Mammuthus trogontherii). Its height is approximately 12 m, making it three times taller than the largest known non-anomalous steppe mammoth specimen. SCP-2184 shows no sign of metabolism, growth or aging.\nSCP-2184 affects all objects created with post-Stone Age technology. Such objects malfunction in the proximity of SCP-2184, and modern materials crumble away. Latest technologies are affected from the longest range. The only items capable of functioning in the close proximity of SCP-2184 are the ones that were made from natural materials using Stone Age technology. Table-2184-A lists the results of the experiments conducted to understand the effect of SCP-2184. Note that the distances in the table are approximate since precise measurement is problematic in the vicinity of SCP-2184.\n\n+ Table-2184-A\n\n- close\nTable-2184-A\n\nItems\nSCP-2184's effect\n\nNatural fiber ropes\nThe tensile strength of the items start decreasing at a distance of 500 to 1000 m (depending on materials used), reaching zero at a distance of 100 to 500 m.\n\nBronze swords\nThe swords break into pieces smaller than 5 cm at a distance of 500 m from SCP-2184.\n\nWooden sticks with two small cuts at a distance of exactly 1000 mm.\n10 such items were delivered to the immediate proximity of SCP-2184, then returned an Observation Post. When the distances between the cuts were measured again, lengths between 945 mm and 1062 mm were observed.\n\nVarious items made of steel\nThe items are rendered unusable and ultimately break into smaller pieces at a distance of 1000 m.\n\nVarious objects dropped from high altitude\nA helicopter took position at altitude of 5 km directly above SCP-2184. Plastic balls dropped from the helicopter were destroyed mid-fall. Balls made of soil or ice reached the ground. Observers reported that the objects were scattered around SCP-2184, none of them hitting the target.\n\nPrinted documents\nThe ink disappears at a distance of 2 km, while the paper is damaged at a distance of 1.5 km. (Ranges can be longer if more modern materials are used.)\n\nCameras\nItems rendered unusable at an approximate distance of 3.5 km. It is possible to take photographs or record video footage of SCP-2184's location from farther away, but SCP-2184 itself is never recorded in these footages.\n\nComputers and mobile phones\nItems start malfunctioning at a distance of 4 km from SCP-2184. When removed from the proximity of SCP-2184 immediately after they were affected, the items remain functioning. However, at a distance of 3.5 km multiple essential components deteriorate, damaging the items beyond repair.\n\nSCP-2184 was discovered by Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 when he conducted a routine investigation to determine whether the mythology of the Siberian \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 tribe was based on the observation of anomalous objects or phenomena. Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was given directions to the location where SCP-2184 was last seen, but the members of the tribe refused to accompany him. Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 confirmed the existence and anomalous nature of SCP-2184. When he approached the object, he lost all of his equipment including his own clothing, leaving him only with the leather cloak given to him by the tribesmen.\nMobile Task Force Theta-2 (\"Cavemen\") was created to track the movements of the object. In the first 5 years of its observation, SCP-2184 stayed in a 25 km x 30 km territory. Provisional Site-146 was built around this territory, in uninhabited taiga. The fence around the site is at least 10 km away from the nearest point where SCP-2184 was sighted. MTF Theta-2 was disbanded after the construction of Site-146 ended. During the Soviet era, access to Site-146 was granted to the Foundation under a secret pact made with high-ranking officers of the GRU Division \"P\".\n\n+ Sample Recovery and Experiment Log-2184-1\n\n- close\n\nSample Recovery and Experiment Log-2184-1\n\nDate: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nPersonnel: Agents \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and D-53263.\nEquipment: Four spears and a bone knife were given to the Agents. All four personnel are given special clothing, resistant to the effect of SCP-2184.\n15:00 The Agents and D-53263 left Observation Post-146-A to search for SCP-2184. To ensure his cooperation, D-53263 was told about armed guards stationed around the Site.\n21:23 Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's watch stopped. Shortly after that D-53263 informed Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 about feeling intense pain on the chest. Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 noticed that the tattoo with D-53263's numerical designation disappeared, leaving minor wounds on his skin.\n23:30 (approx.) SCP-2184 was sighted. All four personnel hid from SCP-2184, waiting for it to sleep.\n1:00 (approx.) D-53263 was given the bone knife and instructed to collect a hair sample from the presumably dormant SCP-2184. D-53263 managed to collect the sample without waking SCP-2184, and gave it to Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Following this, the additional spear was given to D-53263, and he was ordered to collect a blood sample from SCP-2184 with it. After a brief argument with the Agents, D-53263 agreed and approached the object with the spear. He stabbed SCP-2184's hind leg then started running. D-53263 stumbled in the dark, and started screaming incoherently until he was crushed by the awakened SCP-2184.\n2:00 (approx.) The remains of the spear with the blood sample were collected by the Agents.\n6:26 The Agents arrived at Observation Post-146-A.\n7:10 Researchers noted that both samples inherited the technology-canceling effect of SCP-2184. The maximum range of the effect was 10 cm in both cases. Similarly to SCP-2184, the samples did not appear on the photographs taken of them. Further analysis of the samples was prevented by their anomalous effect.\n14:45 The samples lost their anomalous properties.\nThe samples were sent to Biological Research Area-12 for further analysis. They were determined to be indistinguishable from non-anomalous M. trogontherii samples.\n\nIncident Report on Containment Breach-2184-1:\n\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 SCP-2184 left Site-146 due to unknown reasons. Field Agents attempted to stop its advance by starting a forest fire in front of it, planning on forcing it to turn back. However, the fire stopped when SCP-2184 approached it, allowing SCP-2184 to continue its movement. Later investigations concluded that the fire died out in SCP-2184's proximity because it was lit with modern technology: a match.\nFollowing this, Field Agents ambushed SCP-2184. They wore clothing and were equipped with spears manufactured with primitive technology. SCP-2184 suffered only minor injuries and continued moving.\nSCP-2184's path passed through the village of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (population: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588), located 55 km to the south of Site-146. The Foundation managed to evacuate 95% of the inhabitants before SCP-2184 arrived. All buildings and utilities were destroyed in the village during the incident. Amnestics were administered to the survivors, and a cover story about an earthquake was issued.\n13 hours after it left the village, SCP-2184 unexpectedly stopped, stood still for 5 minutes then returned to Site-146 following its original path. The portion of Site-146's fence that was destroyed during the incident was replaced during the next week.\n\nAddendum-2184-1: Following Containment Breach-2184-1, weaponry and clothing for 100 personnel was prepared using primitive technology to ensure resistance to SCP-2184's effect. The items are stored at the Observation Posts built around Site-146. The termination of SCP-2184 with these tools is permitted in case it poses a major threat to the civilian population during a possible future containment breach.\nAddendum-2184-2: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 an attempt was made to permanently restrict SCP-2184's movement without causing major injuries to it in order to prevent future containment breaches and to permit easier experimentation with it. Using explosives, a 10 m deep pit was prepared inside Site-146, designed to allow for the safe capture of SCP-2184. Agents equipped with spears and torches (lit using flint and iron pyrite) drove SCP-2184 to the pit. When SCP-2184 reached the pit, the pit malfunctioned and allowed SCP-2184 walk through it without falling. During this incident SCP-2184 appeared to continue its movement above the hole by walking in the air.\nThe same result is expected even if we avoid explosives and use only shovels. Since digging a pit of such size is practically impossible without proper tools (especially in such terrain), no further attempts are to be made using this method.\n-Site Director Ivanov\n\n\u00ab SCP-2183 | SCP-2184 | SCP-2185 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Flooding on the property of PoI #5496, resultant of SCP-2185 activity.\n\nItem #: SCP-2185\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Efforts to contain SCP-2185 are ongoing. Foundation negotiation experts have met with individuals believed to be ringleaders in the operation of SCP-2185 in order to reach a compromise that would result in the cessation of its violent anomalous actions. More active and aggressive containment efforts have been deemed an unnecessary risk at this point in time, as these might result in a great widening of SCP-2185 activity, currently relatively isolated. Persons of Interest affected by the actions of SCP-2185 are to be dealt with on an individual case basis as decreed by the Foundation Diplomatic Committee. Unrelated individuals affected by SCP-2185 are to be dealt with in accordance to standard DaC (Denial and Compensation) procedure and the phenomena explained to be the result of unusual flash floods. The Foundation's possession of anomalous creatures similar in composition to members of SCP-2185 is not to come to their attention.\nDescription: SCP-2185 is a collective of water-based semi-humanoid entities (describing themselves as \"aquaform thaumaturgic case servitors\", additional description of individual members below) who, starting in \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, began attacking the homes and properties of several individuals suspected by the Foundation to have participated in the proliferation of anomalous activity. Members of SCP-2185 claim to have work relations with said individuals, and also claim to have been mistreated by them on a regular basis (something they refer to as \"a breach of basic summoning etiquette\").\nAs a result of said grievance, the entities claim to have decided to band together and form SCP-2185 as a method of forcing \"summoners\" to acquiesce to their demands of fair treatment, or face consequences. Negotiation between SCP-2185 and the aforementioned individuals has evidently gone awry, resulting in members of SCP-2185 causing minor-to-moderate flooding on the property of offending \"summoners\", typically by causing unnatural surges in local piping or overflowing reservoirs using what are believed to be innate water manipulation abilities. Said abilities are likely the reason the entities comprising SCP-2185 originally began to be employed by the aforementioned individuals. Damage to unrelated populace as result of SCP-2185 activity has been minimal so far and is believed to be an unintended side-effect.\nAs a result of these attacks, several of the aforementioned individuals (hence Persons of Interest) have sought mediation between themselves and SCP-2185. In order to minimize anomalous interruptions to public order, the Foundation, having some prior experience with similar creatures (see SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and SCP-054) has agreed to act as mediator between the PoIs and SCP-2185, who agreed to meet with Foundation negotiators on neutral grounds.\nAddendum: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2015, Agents Lefet and Ramasubramanian met with a delegation from SCP-2185 on neutral ground, to discuss terms of truce between SCP-2185 and one of its targets, POI-56782\nThe delegation from SCP-2185 consisted as follows:\nSCP-2185-A \u2013 Cold salt water. Waves ripple across its surface regardless of wind conditions. Primary spokesman.\nSCP-2185-B \u2013 Cold fresh water. Contains an imitation skeleton made up of common freshwater plants.\nSCP-2185-C \u2013 Warm salt water. Clear, contains schools of tropical fish.\nSCP-2185-D - Waste water \u2013 contains large amounts of mud, human feces, and several animal carcasses.\n\n<Begin Log>\nAgent L: Thank you for agreeing to meet with us about this.\nSCP-2185-A: You seem capable of helping us reach a satisfactory conclusion, gentlemen.\nAgent L: Right. So, if you could give me an overview of your organization's grievances with Mr. Horowitz, we can get started.\nSCP-2185-A: You are in contact with him, correct?\nAgent L: Yes, we are. We will do as much as we can to keep communications open between your respective parties.\nSCP-2185-C: Has he said anything to you yet?\nAgent L: No, he has stated that he wishes to wait and respond to your statements himself.\nSCP-2185-D: Pussy.\nSCP-2185-B: Are you surprised? You shouldn't be surprised.\nSCP-2185-C: He always lawyers up and clams down.\nAgent L: If we can, ah\u2026\nSCP-2185-A: We're looking for fulfillment of our contract. Horowitz has blatantly misused us and those we represent.\nAgent L: Can you give examples?\nSCP-2185-A: Binding beyond standard terms, unsafe work conditions\u2026\nSCP-2185-C: \u2026lack of overtime pay, late wages\u2026\nSCP-2185-B: Double shifts large enough that they severely cut into our home life.\nSCP-2185-C: I haven't seen my wife in weeks.\nSCP-2185-A: And assorted other violations of protocol and contract as detailed in this document. [SCP-2185-C places large engraved rock on table.] As you can see, violations began in\u2026\nAgent R: [to Agent L] Sounds like our bosses.\nAgent L: [to Agent R] Don't need to tell me twice.\nAgent R: [to Agent L]: You gonna cut that?\nAgent L: [to Agent R]: Nope.\nSCP-2185-A: \u2026which in turn led to a pseudo-spawning for the local hellsalmon \u2013 Is something the matter?\nAgent L: No, nothing.\nSCP-2185-A: Ah. Well, that is the nature of our complaints in brief, I will let my associate here bring forth our requests.\nSCP-2185-B: Yes, yes, requests. We request-\nSCP-2185-C: Demand.\nSCP-2185-B: Yes, yes, demand. We demand that the aforementioned Mr. Horowitz-\nSCP-2185-C: Rotten bastard that he is.\nSCP-2185-B: Yes, yes, we demand that Mr. Horowitz, rotten bastard that he is, immediately cease all summoning and binding of aquaform thaumaturgic case servitors from the aforementioned union, as well as all nixies, nymphs and merfolk connected to the organization. We likewise demand the payment in full of all withheld wages accrued over the last nine months, with additional restitution for legal and health expenses, as detailed in our official complaint. Fai-\nSCP-2185-D: We also want coffee breaks.\nAgent L: Coffee breaks?\nSCP-2185-B: Coffee? Jesus, man, that's disgusting!\n\nSCP-2185-C: You have a family, you deviant!\nSCP-2185-D: Hey, what I do with my spare time ain't your business!\n\nSCP-2185-B: We'll talk about this later! Ahm. I apologize for that, gentlemen. Anyway, failure to deliver restitution within the allotted period of ten days will be considered default of contract, and subject to standard reprisals.\nAgent L: Being?\n\nSCP-2185-C: Flood his house.\nAgent L: Ah, yes. If I might ask, this seems to happen a lot \u2013 we have accounts of at least eight other such defaults.\nSCP-2185-C: People don't know how to properly handle folk like us any more. It's always some Invisible Hand of the Market or some dinky earth-mother figures. Never anything proper. It's why we unionized.\nSCP-2185-D: I like the part where we flood the house. Can we flood the house soon?\nSCP-2185-A: We'll see, we'll see. [as an aside to Agent L and Agent R] He's a bit slow on the uptake, I'm afraid. Had to let him in cause his father is rather influential.\nAgent L: I see. Well then, we will pass on your demands to Mr. Horowitz and will contact you when we have a response.\nSCP-2185-A: We await.\n[There is a sound similar to water flowing through a drain as the SCP-2185 specimens soak into the floor and vanish.]\nAgent R: Wizards, man.\nAgent L: Say, what do you think these things do with coffee?\n\nAgent R: Man, I don't wanna fucking know.\n<End Log>\n\n\u00ab SCP-2184 | SCP-2185 | SCP-2186 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2186 during testing. Note the testing area, beginning to adopt a similar pattern and texture to SCP-2186's scales.\n\nItem #: SCP-2186\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2186 is to be kept in a 0.9 x 0.3 x 0.3 m screened enclosure suitable for non-anomalous specimens of Chamaeleo namaquensis. Specific procedures for habitat care and maintenance are detailed in Document 2186-A.\nInteraction with SCP-2186 is to be kept at a minimum, in order to prevent unnecessary stress that might trigger SCP-2186's anomalous properties. Feeding, habitat maintenance, and medical examinations are the only times at which interaction is permissible. SCP-2186 is not to be removed from containment except in cases of medical emergency.\nDescription: SCP-2186 is an adult female Namaqua chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis). Physically, it differs from non-anomalous representatives of its species only by its lack of chromatophores, rendering it unable to change its color in response to external stimuli.\nSCP-2186's anomalous properties become apparent when SCP-2186 is threatened, provoked, or otherwise made uncomfortable. All surfaces and objects within a 50-meter radius of SCP-2186 begin to gradually take on the color and texture of SCP-2186's skin. After approximately 2 minutes of exposure, the exterior surfaces of affected objects become identical to SCP-2186's skin (a state henceforth referred to as \"stage 1 transformation\"). If SCP-2186's agitation is maintained, the interiors of affected objects begin to gradually transform into biological matter identical to that of SCP-2186. Full transformation (a state henceforth referred to as \"stage 2 transformation\") occurs after approximately 5 minutes. Stage 1 transformation gradually reverses if SCP-2186 returns to a calm state or is removed from the vicinity of affected objects, but stage 2 transformation is seemingly permanent. See Test Log for further details.\nDiscovery: SCP-2186 was recovered from the home of a Mr. E\u2588\u2588\u2588 S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. The SCP Foundation was notified to SCP-2186's presence by Mr. S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 himself, who had made several panicked calls to local and national law enforcement agencies detailing SCP-2186's anomalous behavior. Foundation field agents who entered Mr. S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's property observed that a large area of the house had undergone stage 2 transformation. SCP-2186 itself was located in its vivarium, exhibiting clear signs of vitamin deficiency, malnutrition, and stress. SCP-2186 was seized by the Foundation, and all affected objects were removed from the site and cataloged.\nBased on observation of SCP-2186's living area at its discovery site, as well as testimony given by Mr. S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 during questioning, SCP-2186 had been allowed to develop a state of extreme agitation due to its inadequately maintained environment, poor diet, and general state of neglect. However, Mr. S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 claimed to have followed an online guide to Chamaeleo namaquensis care to the best of his ability, and denied that SCP-2186 was in ill health upon its containment by the Foundation. He also claimed to have ordered SCP-2186 from a well-known and respectable online pet retailer specializing in exotic reptiles.\nMr. S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was retained for observation and study. SCP-2186 underwent medical examination upon containment, and is currently in good health. Investigation into the online pet retailer used by Mr. S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 have thus far unearthed nothing of note, and the guide the subject claims to have used has not yet been found.\n\n+ Test/Study Log\n\n- Test/Study Log\n\nTest Log: Effects of SCP-2186-induced Transformation\nConductor: Dr. Vicks\n\nTest Object: NBA regulation basketball\nStage of Transformation: 1\nEffects: The ball's surface took on the color and texture of SCP-2186's skin. Analysis revealed that the molecular structure of the ball had not changed. The effects reverted after approximately 15 minutes.\n\nTest Object: Cavendish banana\nStage of Transformation: 1\nEffects: Identical to previous test; however, peeling the banana revealed a non-anomalous interior. The effects reverted after approximately 15 minutes.\nNote: Now we know that organic and inorganic matter is affected in the same way. I'm hoping to keep these tests to a minimum; I don't relish frightening this animal unnecessarily.\n\nTest Object: Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus)\nStage of Transformation: 1\nEffects: The specimen experienced complete and rapid hair loss as its skin took on the color and texture of SCP-2186's. After the effects reverted, the specimen's hair did not grow back.\nNote: Living creatures seem to be affected less predictably.\n\nTest Object: Norway rat; different specimen than previous\nStage of Transformation: 2\nEffects: The specimen's skin took on the color and texture of SCP-2186's. In addition, its tail shrank and coiled into a shape reminiscent of a chameleon's, and its eyes increased in size and developed the ability to move independently. DNA analysis revealed that the specimen had become genetically divergent from R. norvegicus, but no exact genetic match could be determined.\nNote: Prolonged exposure to the effects of SCP-2186 seems to make living creatures more chameleon-like. I don't believe that this is an intentional method of reproduction on SCP-2186's part, as it only occurs when 2186 feels threatened.\n\nTest Object: Non-anomalous male Jackson's chameleon (Trioceros jacksonii)\nStage of Transformation: 2\nEffect: No physical change was observed in the specimen; however, DNA analysis revealed that it had become genetically identical to SCP-2186.\nNote: You can't get much more chameleon-like than a chameleon, it seems.\nAddendum: Following its encounter with SCP-2186, the specimen of T. jacksonii involved in testing lost the ability to reproduce with female individuals of its own species. Attempts to breed the specimen with female individuals of C. namaquensis resulted in the production of eggs, which hatched into non-anomalous specimens of C. namaquensis, none of which were genetically identical to SCP-2186. Dr. Vicks maintains that SCP-2186's transfiguring effects are not an intentional method of reproduction.\n\nTest Object: Cell phone\nStage of Transformation: 2\nEffects: The cell phone's internal circuitry had been replaced with a partial nervous system, thread through an undifferentiated mass of muscle supported by a quadrilateral framework of bone struts. The exterior was covered with skin identical to SCP-2186's. The skin on the cell phone's \"front\" (the former site of the screen) possesses the ability to change color in response to external stimuli, such as temperature and physical pressure. DNA analysis produced a 100% match with SCP-2186.\nNote: Technological devices affected by SCP-2186 appear to retain some rudimentary functionality. Further testing is necessary in this area.\n\nTest Object: 9-millimeter handgun\nStage of Transformation: 2\nEffects: The trigger and internal firing mechanism of the gun became fused into a single piece of bone during the transformation process, rendering the weapon impossible to fire. The exterior was covered with skin identical to SCP-2186's. DNA analysis produced a 100% match with SCP-2186.\nNote: Weaponry gains no additional functionality from SCP-2186's transformative effects. In fact, it seems to lose effectiveness. I think we've established that SCP-2186 has no practical applications, and that it poses no significant threat. However, Stage 2 transformation does seem to have the capacity for greater complexity than I first assumed. I'm authorizing a more in-depth study of stage 2 transformation. No more testing involving SCP-2186 itself will be needed; we have plenty of preexisting samples.\n\nStudy Object: Easy chair, recovered from discovery site\nStage of Transformation: 2\nEffects: The components of the chair were replaced with roughly corresponding organic components: the cushion stuffing with muscle tissue; the internal springs with sinews; the frame with bone; etc. The chair was entirely covered with skin identical to that of SCP-2186. DNA analysis produced a 100% match with SCP-2186.\nAddendum: Despite lacking any organs required for traditional animal survival, the chair did not decay prior to dissection for study. When cut, the chair produced blood, but showed no traditional symptoms of pain. After dissection, decay proceeded as normal.\n\nStudy Object: 20-gallon vivarium, recovered from discovery site\nStage of Transformation: 2\nEffects: The vivarium's glass had been replaced with a 0.5-centimeter-thick layer of muscle tissue, covered with skin identical to SCP-2186's on both the interior and exterior of the vivarium. All plant life, substrate, and terrain contained within the vivarium has been replaced with identical muscle tissue and skin. DNA analysis produced a 100% match with SCP-2186.\nAddendum: The vivarium and the objects contained within it appear to have fused together during the transformation process. No separation between the vivarium and the objects within it could be detected, even upon dissection.\n\nStudy Object: Mr. S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, recovered from discovery site\nStage of Transformation: 2\nEffects (Physical): Mr. S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is covered in skin matching the color and texture of SCP-2186's, and lacks any hair on his head or body. Subject's eyes and mouth have increased greatly in size, while the nose, ears, and lips are almost entirely reduced. On both of Mr. S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's hands, the thumb, index, and middle fingers have fused into large, flipper-like structures tipped with singular keratinous nails, as have the ring and little fingers; the toes of Mr. S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's feet are similarly affected. A miniature vestigial tail protrudes visibly from Mr. S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's coccyx. Mr. S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 lacks teeth, and has lost the ability to digest plant matter. DNA analysis revealed that Mr. S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is genetically divergent from Homo sapiens, but no exact genetic match can be determined.\nEffects (Psychological): Mr. S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's emotional capacity seems to have been reduced by stage 2 transformation. He is capable of reacting negatively to upsetting or stressful circumstances, but appears to have lost the capacity to react positively to pleasant circumstances.\nNote: SCP-2186's former owner is an interesting case. I wonder if his reduced emotional capacity is simply a result of his brain becoming more chameleon-like, or a defense mechanism put into place by SCP-2186 to prevent him from potentially inflicting aggression upon it. Until I can justify inflicting such a state on additional human subjects, that question will have to remain unanswered.\nAddendum: Mr. S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 remains in confinement for observational purposes. He is currently under medical treatment for an upper-respiratory infection caused by low levels of humidity in his confinement chamber. Mr. S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's confinement conditions are to be updated based on the conditions described in Document 2186-A.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2185 | SCP-2186 | SCP-2187 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2187-A\n\nItem #: SCP-2187\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Outpost 2187 has been established to form a 1 km secure perimeter around SCP-2187-A, under the cover of a private-energy power plant. Research Team 44 is currently assigned to investigation and reverse engineering of the technology inside SCP-2187-A.\nKnowledge of SCP-2187-B is to be suppressed in major astronomical organizations. Due to increasing cosmological developments rapidly increasing the difficulty of contingency, plans to remove SCP-2187-B from orbit (either to be secured on Earth or in orbit of another celestial body) are currently under review. The broadcasts from SCP-2187-B are currently suppressed by a global network of number stations masking the frequency.\nAttempts to reconstruct or activate currently inactive equipment related to SCP-2187 requires the authorization of two (2) Level 5 personnel.\nDescription: SCP-2187 refers to a network of anomalous technology created mid twentieth century. The different components of SCP-2187 are sub-designated by location.\nSCP-2187-A is a two-story building in southern Virginia. SCP-2187-A was previously an estate owned by the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 family abandoned sometime before the twentieth century. The building is devoid of normal furnishings, and instead contains a variety of technology resembling 1950s era equipment. The equipment is powered by 413 large atomic batteries connected in the basement level. Upon discovery, the doors and windows to SCP-2187-A were heavily reinforced, and the building was completely filled with 323 naked human corpses, all of which had died of blunt trauma or suffocation (see Addendum 2187-1 and -2). The area also contained a large number of researcher notes and journals regarding SCP-2187. The SCP-2187-A designation is not inherently abnormal, but has been created for the anomalous technology found inside of it.\nSCP-2187-A-1 is a large computer connected to six (6) complex neural scanners, taking up the majority of SCP-2187-A's interior. Each scanner is a hollow acrylic hemisphere lined with a complex array of metal instruments. The scanners automatically trigger when above a human, and are able to transfer highly-detailed neural patterns from human brains inside it into a data format usable by the computer. The computational portion of SCP-2187-A-1 is mostly made of vacuum tubes and rudimentary transistors, and in design resembles an extremely complex calculator. Upon scanning a human subject, SCP-2187-A-1 will preform an unknown series of operations completed in approximately four (4) seconds, and emit a paper ticket. Large gold-paint lettering on the side of SCP-2187-A-1 reads \"\u041f\u0451\u0442\u0440\".\nSCP-2187-A-2 are twelve elevators connected to the side of SCP-2187-A. Each SCP-2187-A-2 appears as a normal \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 brand elevator produced in 19\u2588\u2588, save for a small unlabeled slot in place of the button panel. SCP-2187-A-2 is only operational when it contains exactly one human. SCP-2187-A-2 activates when a ticket emitted from SCP-2187-A-1 is inserted into its slot. At this point, SCP-2187-A-2 will begin to ascend or descend (determined by uncertain criteria; see Addendum 2187-3) until it reaches the level above or below. At this point, the occupant of SCP-2187-A-2 will disappear. Upon ascending, SCP-2187-A-2 emits a high energy electromagnetic pulse directly upwards, received by equipment on SCP-2187-B. Analysis of the pulse has revealed the data it carries is highly correlated with the subject's neural gamma wave.\nSCP-2187-B is an artificial satellite in orbit of Earth 540,000 km above SCP-2187-A. SCP-2187-B is geostationary, meaning it retains a constant position relative to the Earth's surface, despite that is much farther from the Earth than would allow so. SCP-2187-B emits massive amounts of gamma radiation, at levels for which currently there exists no feasible equipment to shield personnel from a lethal dosage at ranges closer than 400 meters.1 SCP-2187-B is cylindrical in shape, measuring exactly 1 km in diameter and approximately 3.6 km long, and rotating at a speed to simulate artificial gravity. The structure of SCP-2187-B appears to be modularized into different sections, each one an identically sized wheel connected to an elongated axle. Large lettering along the circumference of the uppermost section reads \"Ju\u011do Plej Bona.\"2 The sections below appear to be increasing states of disrepair or incomplete construction, including structural damage and missing portions of hull. SCP-2187-B transmits periodical wireless televisual broadcasts at intervals of six hours; see Addendum 2187-5.\nIt is unknown what becomes of subjects inside SCP-2187-A-2 when it descends. There is currently no evidence suggest anything occurs other than their ceasing to exist.\nAddendum 2187-1: SCP-2187-A was discovered on \u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 20\u2588\u2588, after several phases of investigation of the post \"Building Filled with People\" on \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.com. The building was found sealed, although human limbs were visible through the windows. After the door was cut open, human remains were forcibly ejected, wounding Agents \u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Total excavation of the human remains took three weeks.\nSubsequent investigation was able to link many of the dead bodies to an extranormal event that occurred over twenty years prior (see Addendum 2187-2 for the original documentation). It is currently theorized that equipment inside SCP-2187-A was able to teleport humans inside upon their death, and that SCP-2187-A was somehow activated, summoning hundreds of people over the course of three minutes. Although the building could accommodate a maximum of a person a second (much faster than necessary at the time of its design), the higher death rate coupled with the confusion of arrivals lead to a build up, as no one was able to escape through the building's reinforced exits. After 323 bodies had filled the building, the pressure caused damage to the equipment, deactivating it.\nAddendum 2187-2: Documentation for original extranormal event.\n\nEvent Description: Every person who dies from 05:36 to 05:39 UTC spontaneously disappears. Disappearances are global but non-simultaneous over the time period. 169 disappearances confirmed; over 300 hypothesized.\nDate of Occurrence: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/19\u2588\u2588\nLocation: Various locations on Earth.\n\u2028Follow-up Actions Taken: Media manipulated to make sure connection is not drawn between various disappearances; public disappearances covered up through amnestics.\n\nAddendum 2187-3: Testing on the criteria of ascension or descension of SCP-2187-A-2 has been inconclusive. It has been confirmed that it is dependent on the ticket inserted and the psyche of the person who received it, regardless of who inserts the ticket or is present in the elevator. The criteria appears to particularly regard the subject's memories and psychological disposition. Ascension is rare; over 70% of D-Class and 75% of Foundation personnel have caused SCP-2187-A-2 to descend. D-Class whose scans have caused SCP-2187-A-2 to ascend generally express deep regret or religious repentance over past immoral actions, but are in a sound state of mind.\nAddendum 2187-4: For a full list of information materials discovered in SCP-2187-A, see Recovered Materials 2187-A.\nAddendum 2187-5: Broadcasts from SCP-2187 are fifteen to sixty (15-60) seconds long, consisting of male narrator speaking one to three (1-3) sentences in Esperanto, repeated in Russian and English. The narrator is a blond Caucasian approximately 35 years old with an Esperanto accent in front of a metal backdrop. The following are selected examples of (the English portions of) broadcasts.\n\nRemember\u2026 English is an artifact of your nationalist past. We're all humans here; learn to speak Esperanto. Don't be ashamed if you haven't yet. Just ask!\n\nJu\u011do Nova3: Rapture Today.\n\nBetter than reincarnation, the Nova Project delivers true justice. Each new member is carefully handpicked from the degenerates for moral character. Not satisfied with your placement? Appeals for re-evaluation are available to all members of Ju\u011do Nova; neural portfolios sent to the desk of Pyotr processed in 3-5 working days.\n\nWorried about your energy usage? Don't be! With the Power of the Atom, there is plenty to go around. You deserve your spot here, so relax!\n\nJu\u011do Nova is a place of reward, but you can always do your part to welcome the next generation of the worthy. Sign up for construction services.\n\nEver concerned about invasions from jealous degenerates? Put yourself at ease! Ju\u011do Nova has a full automated security system patrolling 36 hours a day to defend you with the indepletable Power of the Atom! So say thanks to your Automated Nuclear Guards of Eternal Life.\n\nDon't upset the Atom, and the Atom won't upset you.\n\nFootnotes\n1. This has rendered close-approach investigations or exploration of SCP-2187-B's interior pending on development of an automated zero-gravity survey robot.\n2. Esperanto; translates to \"Best Judgement.\"\n3. Esperanto; translates to \"New Judgement.\" Pronounced /yo\u035eo\u00b7jo no\u00b7va/.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2186 | SCP-2187 | SCP-2188 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Agent Esquivel (far right) and Mr. Izquierdo (second from right) at an artist's gathering in Montevideo, Uruguay, 1972\n\nItem #: SCP-2188\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Anomalous activity related to SCP-2188 has ceased as of 29 July 1998. In accordance with safety procedures, SCP-2188 maintains an active Euclid classification until the cautionary minimal observation period expires in 2023. In the unlikely event of a resumption of SCP-2188 activity, personnel are instructed to notify the director of Site-41, as well as the Sector G Transreality Artwork Research Collective (S-TARC), immediately.\nWhile local assets have not been deemed necessary for containment of SCP-2188 at this time, Agent Roberto Esquivel is currently stationed in Dotson, Nebraska, United States as part of a special post-retirement assignment and is available on an as-needed basis.\nDescription: SCP-2188 was an anomalous relationship between an individual in Uruguay and the residents of a town in the United States. This relationship comprised the following:\nJoaqu\u00edn Pablo Izquierdo de San Felipe, a semi-transient person residing primarily in Montevideo, Uruguay during his lifetime. Mr. Izquierdo is believed to have been born in 1943, in an unnamed village in the Department of Treinta y Tres, Uruguay. No reliable documentation exists of Mr. Izquierdo prior to 1961, when Uruguyan authorities issued him a work permit.\nMr. Izquierdo came to the attention of Foundation assets based in the Buenos Aires Regional Office in 1965, when he was arrested by Uruguay's Interior Police for attempting to smuggle live specimens of the Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine into Argentina. This coincided with a file report of an individual in the United States region of Nebraska conducting what was termed a \"performance art\" demonstration of an extended tango dance routine while his partner pierced him thirty-three times with porcupine quills.\nSeveral attempts at containment were made once researchers understood the causal effects Mr. Izquierdo's actions had on residents of the town of Dotson, Nebraska, United States. Observation and several experiments determined that allowing Mr. Izquierdo to live a relatively normal life while being protected from severe harm (sometimes logically expected from his actions) was the most likely course of action to minimize potentially harmful actions among residents of Dotson and prevent widespread public knowledge of SCP-2188. Agent Roberto Esquivel was accordingly assigned as a clandestine overseer for Mr. Izquierdo in 1967.\nOver the next several decades, Mr. Izquierdo lived itinerantly throughout the various barrios of Montevideo, becoming known to local residents as a benevolent vagrant (as well as a noted eccentric), most likely to be involved with the city's more impoverished residents, orphaned children, and street artists. Between the efforts of Agent Esquivel and Mr. Izquierdo's support in the community, containment was preserved until Mr. Izquierdo's death in 1998, with minimal negative impacts to the town of Dotson.\nThe town of Dotson, Nebraska, United States, a rural farming community of 5,137 residents1. From no later than 1965 to 1998, significant events occurring in the life of Joaqu\u00edn Pablo Izquierdo de San Felipe would affect the mental state of the town's residents. This relationship appears to have ceased with the death of Mr. Izquierdo in 1998.\nThe effects of Mr. Izquierdo's actions on residents of Dotson primarily took the form of impulses towards artistic or creative endeavors, though in some cases the extreme nature of several artworks could be classed as a form of temporary mental illness2. As a sum result of Mr. Izquierdo's anomalous influence, the town of Dotson was host to a sophisticated artistic subculture, one that in the findings of S-TARC \"greatly exceeds baseline levels of creative development found in comparable population centers and cultural regions3\". This subculture has become inculcated in the social conventions of the town, and continues to develop subsequent to the death of Mr. Izquierdo, albeit in a manner consistent with anthropological norms documented in mainstream science.\nSCP-2188 appears to have affected between 15-25% of the population of Dotson. Preliminary reports indicated a much higher affected population; however, S-TARC studies in the 1970s determined that residents' higher-than-expected receptiveness to artistic works (including those of a radical nature) was a natural result of exposure to the elevated level of creative activity in the town. Despite the noteworthiness achieved by Dotson in local and national media due to Mr. Izquierdo's anomalous influence, the discovery of the true nature of SCP-2188 was deemed to be a minimal security risk. As such, no containment procedures were deemed necessary in Dotson.\nIn accordance with Directive 2188-03.17, Mr. Izquierdo is interred in Misty Veil Cemetery, located 2 km outside of Dotson town limits.\nAddendum 2188.1 - Reports from Agent Roberto Esquivel\nResearcher's Note: Between 1967 and 1998, Agent Roberto Esquivel served in Montevideo, Uruguay as the primary source of containment for SCP-2188. Agent Esquivel filed a series of reports during that time. A representative sample of these reports are reproduced here for the purposes of this file. Refer to Appendix A for the unabridged record of Agent Esquivel's reports.\n===SYSTEM NOTICE=== PERSONNEL PREFERENCES REFERENCED AND LOGGED. TRANSLATING PRIMARY DOCUMENTATION FROM SPANISH to ENGLISH\nField Report 2188.1 - Introductions\nDate: 17 April 1967\nSummary: Agent Esquivel, per the terms of containment set by the Research Director, establishes a relationship with Joaqu\u00edn Pablo Izquierdo de San Felipe. This is intended to facilitate future contacts, build trust with the subject, and enable efforts to protect the subject from undue harm and therefore ensure relative normalcy for the residents of Dotson.\nResult: Successful action\n\n+ Access Additional Documentation\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nAgent Comments: After poring over the dossier for weeks, I finally met Mr. Izquierdo face-to-face at Chito's, a scummy little bar in Malv\u00edn Norte where the students like to hang out and the bums drink whenever they can scrounge up a few pesos. I resolved to gain Mr. Izquierdo's favor in the traditional way.\n\"A beer for my friend here,\" I called to the barman as I sat next to the subject. Mr. Izquierdo had none of it.\n\"Ah, a generous accountant, you are\" he said to me. My suit was a poor choice, in retrospect. \"No, I shall buy you a drink, because this isn't a beer night.\" He motioned to the barman, who brought us a large mate with two straws. To my surprise, in a place like this, they were silver.\nThe subject handed me a straw. \"To introductions, my new friend.\" We both sipped the brewed leaves and I felt the caffeine rush wonderfully to my head. I admit, I love mate, and I didn't question the odd choice for evening drinks.\n\"You look like a thinker! I like thinkers, they row the other side of my rowboat!\" he said as we drank together. \"Night is a good time for thinking!\"\nWe made small talk for the rest of the evening. I had expected to work harder at it, given the dossier, but we had much in common, he and I. The mate, dead fathers, a distaste for Borges and a great taste for panchos (Uruguayan hot dogs -Ed.). It was enjoyable.\nWe resolved to meet again for mate the next week. Containment is off to a good start.\n\nS-TARC Listing of Related Artworks - FR2188.1\n\nTitle\nArtists\nMedium\nDescription\n\nTea with Strangers\nWillie John Lincoln\nBlues Song\nPerformed for the first time at Redfeather's Tavern by Mr. Lincoln, playing unaccompanied on acoustic guitar\n\nSunrise: Apollo\nJohn Grauber\nMural, oil paint\n6 m tall depiction of the Greek deity Apollo playing the lyre with a sunrise in the background. Painted on the side of a barn belonging to Mr. Grauber's employer\n\nMount Ararat\nRebecca Moorad\nShort story\nUnpublished narrative concerning two archaeologists looking for evidence of Noah's Ark trapped together at a dig site by a freak blizzard. The two men, Robert and Paul, initially wary of each other, learn to pool their resources in order to survive. The men share tea, which both have brought in abundance, a crucial plot point in the closing paragraphs of the story.\n\nField Report 2188.4 - Lalo's Elegy\nDate: 23 August 1967\nSummary: Mr. Izquierdo requests Agent Esquivel's assistance on an errand in the barrio of La Figurita.\nResult: Minor injuries to Agent Esquivel, two civilians subdued with non-lethal weaponry.\n\n+ Access Additional Documentation\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nAgent Comments: At 11 o'clock, I saw Mr. Izquierdo appear at the park bench. I have noticed that for a person of the streets, he is strangely punctual.\nThe subject had requested my aid to help organize a gathering of the local poets in La Figurita. I remarked to him at our last meeting that the poets of La Figurita weren't very good, and that most of their writings centered around being taken to the hospital after drinking too much. He laughed at that, but was undeterred in his mission.\nHe explained that all I need do was accompany him for a few hours. \"I need a man with violence in him\" he explained as he looked me over. He is not wrong, but I was dismayed at his reading of me.\nWe walked to a shabby part of the neighborhood with no streetlights. This was well, because the brightly colored paint on the splintered facades of the rowhouses were illumination enough. At a lime green doorway, we stopped. Mr. Izquierdo knocked, a strange, rata-tat-tat-rata-tat knock that must have been code of some sort. The door parted a crack, and a face with a roadmap of lines, but not a single gray hair, appeared from the darkness. What did we want, he asked.\nMr. Izquierdo answered immediately. \"We need to use this house tonight. Poetry recital.\"\n\"Impossible\" the man said, \"this is a place of commerce.\"\n\"Get a load of this guy,\" Mr. Izquierdo said to me as he laughed, \"a real businessman. How does fifteen guys at a ten peso cover sound for your business?\"\nThe face disappeared momentarily. Some hushed conversation in the darkness took place before it reappeared in the doorway.\n\"We agree to your terms.\" The door opened.\nWe stepped inside of a predictable hovel, the floor littered with bottles and needles. A few junkies were passed out along the walls of the front room. The first poets arrived soon after, and the night must be described as a success, for it was at least twenty people crammed in there when all was accounted for. Mr. Izquierdo called for silence, and beckoned the first reader to step to the middle of the room. He proceeded to read some odious doggerel, and I envied the unconscious bum laying next to me.\nOn and on it dragged. I had heard of time anomalies in my work, and wondered at my fate here. Then, Mr. Izquierdo pointed to the man who had been at the door when we arrived. \"Lalo! It's your turn!\"\nOur doorkeeper stepped into the middle of the crowd, hesitantly, which struck me as funny since he was the most fearsome-looking man in the room. He pulled a piece of folded paper out of his filthy denim jacket, and I readied myself for the resumption of the dreary onslaught.\nWhat sticks in my mind most was his soft voice as he began his reading. He with the face that belonged in a prison yard, but I had to struggle to hear him as he read his piece. His story unfolded in short, clipped sentences as the room grew ever more quiet. He had been to America, from the nothingness of his native farmlands to the nothingness of foreign farmlands. The work was backbreaking as ever, the poverty covering everything like a layer of old dust just like back home. But now there was loneliness, like he could have never imagined. In time he met a friend, though. A Chilean, he said with a smirk that shocked me when it came. With someone to talk to, the work was not so bad, and at least he could drink and laugh and fight with someone when it was done. Then the Chilean was caught in a grain silo, drowning in the plentiful bounty of an American corn field. I don't know what I expected next, but it was not for this Lalo to begin howling like a wolf, which he did. It should have been ridiculous, but the fury and the pain in this man's voice, the mourning for his friend buried in a foreign land, it demanded acceptance. When Lalo finished, the entire room was completely silent.\nThen the police came.\nOur experiences with law enforcement being what they are, and the safety of Mr. Izquierdo being my charge, I elected to begin swinging the small club concealed in my coat before asking questions as the cops raided the place. In these affairs, the police always find their man, their man being whoever happened to be around in a den of narcotics. I fought my way out as the poets scattered, Mr. Izquierdo by my side. Someone landed a decent punch to my ribs and I came out with a cut to my forehead, the identities of my attackers forever lost to the churning scene of drugs, poetry and loss we had left behind.\nIn the safety of a nearby alley, Mr. Izquierdo was doubled over with laughter, wiping tears from his eyes at the apparent hilarity of the scene that he had caused.\n\"Violence in an accountant, and art in a drug pusher!\" he wheezed. \"The poetry of La Figurita shall improve after tonight, I tell you!\"\n\nS-TARC Listing of Related Artworks - FR2188.4\n\nTitle\nArtists\nMedium\nDescription\n\nBust of Papi\nCalvin Medina\nSculpture (marble)\nA bust sculpture depicting Mr. Medina's deceased father, an itinerant farm laborer from Mexico. Mr. Medina suffered severe head injuries in a tractor accident on the same date that Field Report 2188.4 was filed. Mr. Medina recovered as normal, but proceeded to develop an intense interest in sculpture, culminating in this piece.\n\nGuide to the Interworld\nCarolyn Walsh\nDance\nPerformed at the Dotson Masonic Hall for an audience of sixty. Described by Ms. Walsh as a physical representation of Virgil guiding Dante through Hell. Ms. Walsh asked audience members to ingest a small dose of LSD prior to the performance, which most did. Ms. Walsh then encouraged to the audience to \"attack\" her at the end of the performance. While no serious acts of violence were committed, enough of a disturbance was raised that authorities were notified. Ms. Walsh was subsequently arrested by the Dotson Police Department after the performance; however, no formal charges were filed.\n\nIn Memory of Grandmother Moon\nBess Five Wolves\nComanche medicine ritual/performance art\nWith the assistance of two others, Ms. Five Wolves performed rites based upon traditional Comanche funerary practices to mark \"the passing of the moon\" in the middle of South Grange Avenue, disrupting afternoon traffic. Consisting of a series of dances, chants, ceremonial tobacco use, and other activities, the ritual lasted two hours, during which motorists left their vehicles to participate in various portions of the performance.\n\nField Report 2188.15 - The Virgin's Bonfire\nDate: 14 November 1976\nSummary: Agent Esquivel accompanies Mr. Izquierdo on a pilgrimage to the Cathedral of Florida as part of the traditional Uruguayan veneration of the Virgin of the Thirty-Three.\nResult: International incident between the United States of America and Uruguay. Foundation Department of External Affairs later negotiates resolution between the two nations with no lasting repercussions.\n\n+ Access Additional Documentation\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nAgent Comments: Is Pablo a religious man? I still cannot tell, though he gets into enough trouble to be classified as a saint some day.\nI drove into Conciliaci\u00f3n, where Pablo had found his most recent rooftop dwelling, and found him waiting in front of the library. He jumped into the old dented-up Site-issue pickup truck, carrying a heroically-sized jug of Medio y Medio, and we sped away. And if in the course of leaving Montevideo we banged into a few road signs as we wrestled with the jug of wine, what the hell. A few more dents.\nPablo drank more than his half of the Medio y Medio of course, and told me all about the CIA contacts he had talked up before this pilgrimage. It is my business, of course, to know who is CIA, who is KGB, who is whatever in Montevideo, so I knew Pablo was full of shit, but in the spirit of the Blessed Virgin I let him have his fun. We stopped at what felt like every village along the way out to the country, where Pablo jumped out and reinforced our wine supplies, while urging everyone to come along on the pilgrimage. He must have been spending quite some time doing this before we left even, because the road became more and more crowded the closer we came to the Cathedral.\nI knew that Pablo had arranged some sort of exhibition in Florida, and I still do not know how he managed to convince the Diocese to let that go on. Perhaps that is an SCP in itself. When we arrived, the plaza in front of the Cathedral was choked with people. They had arrived in the tens of thousands, more than anyone could remember.\nThe vendors who sell food and drink at the pilgrimage every year were ecstatic at first at the multitudes. Then Pablo emerged from our truck with a bullhorn (where the hell did he get a bullhorn?) and started blaring at the crowd as we drove on. \"Do not purchase anything from these thieves! Maintain your holy fast, and manna shall rain down from the heavens this night!\" he yelled, over and over. Though I had never expected a crowd of angry food sellers to be the ones to end Pablo, this situation was looking increasingly likely. I knew better by now than to be surprised.\n\"What the hell are you doing?\" I asked him, though really I was asking myself, driving this truck along with a loudspeakered maniac who was going to get us stoned to death with hardened bread rolls. Instead of answering, he instead directed me to a large clearing behind the cathedral. We parked nearby, and were greeted with more reinforcements of wine by a group of sculptors I had met previously with Pablo when we were walking through Ba\u00f1ados de Carrasco one night. As we drank and talked (uninterrupted, we had apparently lost the angry food-sellers), they presented to us their handiwork: three large, vaguely human-looking sculptures they called \"The Father, The Son, and The Holy Smoke,\" each at least ten meters tall and made entirely of dry wood and straw. Fire, of course, would be involved.\nThat night, the time came to light each sculpture and start the towering bonfires. Pablo had invited everyone present to come and watch. I identified very much with these people who had come; I was curious to see the spectacle, and very hungry. Woe betide these sculptors if the show was unimpressive. Thousands of empty stomachs were likely to be harsh critics.\nPablo climbed up on top of the Foundation-issue truck, and with his now ever-present bullhorn, regaled the crowd with a somewhat different version of the legend of the Virgin of the Thirty-Three than I have ever heard (I remember fewer explosions), then commanded the sculptors to light their creations ablaze. The three figures immediately caught, and a trinity of spectacular columns of fire lit the backside of the cathedral and the surrounding clearing.\nIt couldn't have been more than fifteen minutes of this display before we all heard the helicopters. There had to have been at least ten of them, passing over the brightly-lit clearing and the thousands of onlookers. Parcels began raining down on little parachutes, hundreds of them, all over the place. It wasn't long before the crowds tore into them, and Pablo's promised feast from the heavens materialized, courtesy of the United States government, who had very thoughtfully included generous amounts of alcohol of varying kinds. No one of course mentioned that the gathering was not the group of refugees fleeing repression in Argentina that they thought we were, as I was to find out later after I finally managed to roust Pablo from his slumber in the bed of my pickup truck. \"Say the right words to the right people and light some beacons\" was all he was able to get out as he clutched his head and squinted against the morning light.\nI can only conclude that there must be more CIA operatives in Montevideo than we thought.\n\nS-TARC Listing of Related Artworks - FR2188.15\n\nTitle\nArtists\nMedium\nDescription\n\nThirty-Three Verses of Suffering and Enlightenment\nZelda Hughes\nPoetry\nA book of thirty-three separate poems, collecting a series of poems read every Monday evening at the Dusty Crossroads Coffee House in downtown Dotson. Themes of sacrifice in the service of larger causes and resulting personal anguish are prevalent.\n\nThe Three Burnings of Th\u00edch Qu\u1ea3ng \u0110\u1ee9c\nSteven F. Braddock\nNovel\nSelf-published narrative concerning Th\u00edch Qu\u1ea3ng \u0110\u1ee9c, a Buddhist monk widely known for immolating himself as a form of protest against the policies of the South Vietnamese government. The book concerns Mr. Qu\u1ea3ng \u0110\u1ee9c being reborn after his first self-immolation, and leading the same life over again with the knowledge of his previous life. The narrative consists of Mr. Qu\u1ea3ng \u0110\u1ee9c's various self-justifications of his act, which vary widely over the course of the story, but always result in the same course of action.\n\nManna from the Heart of Stone\nReverend Francis Abernathy\nReligious sermon4\nA highly idiosyncratic sermon by the leader of the town's largest church, delivered outdoors at the burial site of an unidentified vagrant to the assembled congregation. Rev. Abernathy relates the story of Saint Augustus of Topeka, a heretofore-unknown religious figure in Christian theology. Relating the story in the form of a present-day allegory about then-United States Director of Central Intelligence George H.W. Bush, Rev. Abernathy describes a hard-hearted, powerful man, constantly forced into what he considers to be necessary acts of violence and destruction, before being reborn in a secret \"trial by the spirit of fire\" into an entirely different soul, dedicated instead to a life of generosity and service to the downtrodden. Rev. Abernathy then eulogized the vagrant at whose gravesite the congregation was assembled, claiming to have alone known the man's identity and deeds, but sworn to secrecy about both before he died.\n\nField Report 2188.31 - A Quiet Day at Home\nDate: 28 August 1987\nSummary: Mr. Izquierdo invites Agent Esquivel to watch a football match at the home of an acquaintance.\nResult: Near-breach of containment of SCP-2188.\n\n+ Access Additional Documentation\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nAgent Comments: We had some time to kill before the painters arrived. I had never known Pablo to posit himself as the subject of someone's work, but this was a special occasion, he told me, which had something to do with the nice house we were presently in, I am sure. I didn't really ask why the nice digs; Pablo was always \"housesitting\" for someone or other, usually an artistic patron sort with a crush on a beautiful boy in Pablo's orbit. The living arrangement typically ended when they ran up against the ferocity Pablo displayed in protection of his artists.\nWhile we waited, it so happened that Defensor was playing Rentistas that afternoon, so we donned our purple kit and watched the game on a color television almost as big as some of the monitors at Site-87. The erstwhile residents of this house had excellent taste in mate, and Pablo brewed some during the commercial breaks. Between the excitement of the match and the buzzing in my head from what had to have been seven or eight cups of mate, I grew impatient to know why we were surrounded by eight blank canvases. Pablo explained the project to me.\n\"I have commissioned a series of self-portraits in an attempt to understand myself more,\" he said. \"I am consumed lately by visions of myself in vast fields of wheat, chilled to my core by prairie winds. An alien landscape, certainly. But not an entirely unpleasant one! I feel a sort of connection to this place in my mind, and I must know more.\"\nI knew why this was. Of course I knew why this was, but I could not tell him. It may amaze the researchers reading these dispatches, but I have not had need to be duplicitous with Pablo in the many years I have been his keeper. I dreaded him asking me for my insight, when all I could offer was lies. Quickly, to change the subject. Why self-portraits?\n\"There exists, Roberto, a dynamic relationship between the artist and his impetus. The artist depicts the concept, and in his depiction he changes the concept. You know, Heisenberg shit,\" waving his arms to demonstrate the scale of his thinking. \"It is in the interplay of this relationship that we learn just what something is, and so I have called eight able artists to paint my portrait. Why am I seized with this vision of a place I have never been, so late in my years? I hope that this helps me to understand.\"\nI couldn't help but blanch at this. To hold back from Pablo something of great importance to him. He must have seen my expression, and I hope to God he misread it. He leaned in, a whisper from a conspirator to his nervous partner in crime. \"And you know, all of this would be terribly self-important and vain, of course, if the portraits were hanging in my own house!\" He laughed at his joke, as was his prerogative, and then cheered wildly as Manteca buried an equalizer, and I don't know that I've ever enjoyed a Defensor goal as much as that one.\nThe artists arrived in the course of time, and got to work immediately, solemnly setting themselves to a task given to them by the great Joaqu\u00edn Pablo Izquierdo de San Felipe as the man himself distributed beer from the house's fridge. Each artist feverishly labored to get their vision of Pablo up on canvas, as though the greatest honor would go to he who finished first. I have never seen, before or since, a concerted act of respect greater than that paid to Pablo by these eight young painters.\nThe first painter to finish, a young woman, rushed to show Pablo her handiwork. \"Not yet!\" he cried, averting his gaze, \"it must all happen at once, a grand unveiling of a collected truth!\" he pronounced to the room, laughing at the grandiose statement, but I could tell also deadly serious. He tossed the brash young painter a beer, and she reclined on the couch with us as we waited for the others.\nOne after another, the painters finished their work, and began their own personal assault on the contents of the house's kitchen and refrigerator. This arrangement was not unusual, as food and drink were an established part of the artistic currency in the neighborhoods of Montevideo. As the last painter finished and disappeared into the kitchen, Pablo sprang up from the couch, assumed a position in the center of the room, and closed his eyes. \"Roberto, if you will do the honors of turning the portraits to face me!\" he said with a flourish of his hand.\nI went to the first portrait, the one painted by our speedy Young Turk, and snuck a peek before I turned it to face Pablo. What I saw was a perfect representation of Reverend Francis Abernathy, leader of the First Methodist Church in Dotson, Nebraska. His face was clear as day to me, as though I had the SCP-2188 file open in front of my eyes. My shock lasted for three seconds, as the various consequences and implications sped through my mind. He could not know, I reasoned. None of them could possibly know. But how? Another two seconds. How was unimportant right now. I turned the first portrait around. Each successive picture was another significant person in the town of Dotson. What kind of painters were these, anyhow? They looked nothing like Pablo. I faced all of the portraits, and told Pablo to open his eyes.\nHe slowly complied, peeking coyly at first, then slowly turning, examining the portraits surrounding him. He was confused at first, but a smile played slowly across his face, and as he kept looking, he laughed, as though he was beginning to just now get the punchline of a joke told two weeks ago, marveling at his own slow realization. \"These people, they look as though they should live in this place that has taken such hold of my mind!\" he said, the astonishment continuing to grow in his voice. \"It's absolutely brilliant! They are the logical outgrowth of this place, brought here in the most irrational way possible! What a wonderful collection of portraits, well done my friends!\"\nI told him I didn't follow one bit, continuing with my habit of telling the truth to Pablo whenever possible. \"Don't you see,\" he said to me, \"they have always been here, in the realm of the unexpressed idea, waiting for their opportunity. And they got tired of waiting! So here they are, coming to us of their own accord, being themselves and being me at the same time! I am, we are, all of us are of this realm. The natural flow of something, I'm not sure what, it's returning somehow. Do you understand what I mean?\"\nI took a few moments to turn his words over in my mind. The professional filter told me that this was of concern, but a containment breach? So much of this anomaly was the exchange of ideas, happening in the open but impenetrable to all but we few, happening upon it by accident. No. A sublime moment, its participants content to let it be as it is.\n\"I understand completely,\" I told him.\n\nS-TARC Listing of Related Artworks - FR2188.31\n\nTitle\nArtists\nMedium\nDescription\n\nAfter all is said and done all i have is you and myself and you\nMolly H.R. Yerevan\nExperimental prose\nA loosely structured narrative consisting of first-person recounting of the narrator's experiences with a close companion, followed by a series of free-verse poems from what appear to different points of view on a single, unclear event affecting the lives of the narrator and their companion. The narrative is interspersed with several songs. Read at the Arts and Crafts portion of the Dotson Harvest Conclave by Ms. Yerevan.\n\nThe Brothers Mann\nGeorge Hillsong\nVideo presentation\nA pre-recorded monologue delivered by Mr. Hillsong via three television monitors. Mr. Hillsong, through the use of makeup and prosthetics, appears significantly different on each monitor. The monologue consists of a meditation on the nature of identity, interspersed seemingly at random with footage of a football match between Uruguayan clubs Defensor and Rentistas. Presented at the Dotson Union High School Monthly Art Festival.\n\nI Have Eight Faces\nThe Fading Sky\nRock album\nMinor-label release from Dotson-based rock and roll band The Fading Sky. Continues the band's development of what will come to be known as its trademark post-New Wave, slow tempo synthesizer-heavy sound. Consists of eight tracks, most of which feature subtle punk rock influences. Eighth track contains an additional song commencing 3 minutes and 30 seconds after the end of \"Firelight\", listed on the rare Japanese release of the album as a ninth song entitled \"Pablo Surrounds Himself\".\n\nField Report 2188.48 - Farewells\nDate: 29 July 1998\nSummary: Agent Esquivel comes to the Hospital de Cl\u00ednicas in the barrio of Parque Batlle in Montevideo at the request of Mr. Izquierdo, admitted to the hospital a month prior with an advanced case of pancreatic cancer. Agent Esquivel arrives at 0315 hours local time.\nResult: Cessation of SCP-2188.\n\n+ Access Additional Documentation\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nAgent Comments: From the street, the hospital always looked to me to have its arms outstretched, long robes hanging down from its skeletal arms, in an embrace none are large enough to escape. In the empty space of its heart was Pablo, and every time I miraculously left this place alive, I never understood how I could leave him within its grasp.\nI had brought him some charcoal pencils and a pad of paper the last time I was there. He did not ask for anything when he called me in the night and asked me to come.\nIn the heart of this obscene monument, by the gray light of an institutional table lamp I had my last conversation with Pablo. He had something to show me, he said on the phone. As I arrived, he pulled out his pad of paper. \"I think I know who you are, Roberto, what you are,\" he wheezed as he struggled to hand over the pad to me. I had always wondered just how much Pablo knew.\nI looked at the pad as he summoned the rest of his words. He had drawn my portrait, apparently using our prior meeting as the basis of his sketch. Pablo had always been one to draw the art out of the people around him, but very few times had I seen him create something himself. I looked at the picture, of myself but not myself really, viewed through the eyes of someone else. More than the features of my face, what I recognized was my own despair. I viewed this desolation as though it belonged to someone apart from me, someone else, and this was a goddamn dagger through my heart. Pablo now had the energy to finish his sentence.\n\"What you are, Roberto, is my friend. I'm glad you are here.\"\nOut in the open, there it was. In the empty heart of the city's watchful death goddess, decades of the lives of two men, laid out in a dingy room surrounded by the early morning.\nI can't write any more on this.\n\nS-TARC Listing of Related Artworks - FR2188.48\n\nTitle\nArtists\nMedium\nDescription\n\nThe Remembrance March\nResidents of Dotson\nMultimedia\nAn event taking place over several days in early August, 1998. At the suggestion of Roland Nygaard, scoutmaster of Dotson's local Boy Scout troop, residents are spontaneously asked by members of the troop to commemorate those they have lost over the prior year. Thousands of people respond with innumerable songs, paintings, stories, sculptures, and other artworks. At a town hall meeting, residents decide to deposit the collected artwork at an under-utilized columbarium in the nearby Misty Veil Cemetery. Led by an ad hoc marching band made up of eighteen town residents calling themselves the \"Town Limits Honor Guard,\" the entire population of Dotson forms a parade, starting downtown and concluding at Misty Veil Cemetery, carrying the assorted artworks. The works are placed in the columbarium, and the cemetery is host to an impromptu gathering featuring music, contests of artistic skill, and at least 148 documented eulogies for deceased family members and friends.\n\nAddendum 2188.2 - Future Containment Directives\n\nDIRECTIVE 2188-03.17\n13 OCTOBER 1998\nTo minimize the likelihood of resumption of a known anomalous phenomenon, this office accepts the recommendation of Field Agent Roberto Esquivel to inter the remains of PoI 2188-A (Joaqu\u00edn Pablo Izquierdo de San Felipe) clandestinely at the site of previous manifestations of the anomaly in the United States as a risk reduction measure.\nFurthermore, Agent Esquivel is hereby transferred from the Montevideo field office (Site-87) to the base of operations established by S-TARC in the vicinity of Dotson (Site-41). Agent Esquivel is to begin a new assignment assisting S-TARC in documenting and analyzing the continuing development of the art subculture of Dotson.\nFinally, I personally commend Agent Esquivel for his thirty-one years of service in successfully containing SCP-2188, and for his continuing commitment to the protection of human civilization, in Dotson and elsewhere. May his forthcoming research on the legacy of PoI 2188-A continue to benefit mankind.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nDirector, Site-87\n\nFootnotes\n1. As of November 2012.\n2. Refer to Department of Science Document 2188-38.b, \"Resolution of Divergent Findings from Site-41 and Sector G Transreality Artwork Research Collective.\"\n3. \"The Scene in .son: Strange Lights in the Prairie.\" Foundation Sector G Transreality Artwork Research Collective; 1997, pp.54-55\n4. By a vote of 13-8 of S-TARC members, Rev. Abernathy's sermon was deemed to be a work of art, based on its connection to SCP-2188, use of abstract imagery, and audience impact.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2187 | SCP-2188 | SCP-2189 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2189\nObject Class: Safe Euclid Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Instances of SCP-2189-T are to be kept in the low-security greenhouses at Biological Containment Site-103, with temperature, humidity and soil resembling the native conditions of their biological counterparts. Instances of SCP-2189-F are to be harvested when ripe, and the metals recycled.\nSpecial Containment Procedures (Updated \u2588/\u2588/\u2588\u2588): Instances of SCP-2189-T are to be individually isolated in climate-controlled terraria at Bio Site-103. Temperature, humidity and soil resembling the native conditions of their biological counterparts are to be provided when instances of SCP-2189-F are required for research. At other times, a dormant state is to be induced. Class 6 hazmat procedures must be observed whenever entering the terraria or handling instances of SCP-2189-F.\nEvery 30 days, research staff are to collect dissection specimens from insect populations in the low-security greenhouses at Bio Site-103, as well as certain animal populations near SCP-2189's discovery site (see Document 2189-501 for details). Anomalous findings from dissection specimens are to be escalated to the Site Director.\nSpecial Containment Procedures (Updated \u2588/\u2588/\u2588\u2588): Revision of \u2588/\u2588/\u2588\u2588 is to remain in effect. Instances of SCP-2189-C are to be kept in cold storage at Bio Site-103 except during active research. Approximately 60% of the land under which SCP-2189-X is located has been purchased by Foundation front companies, with the remainder located under \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 State Forest, which has been brought under effective Foundation control through infiltration of relevant parks administration offices. Outpost-103-47 has been established in the area for observation and research. Locating PoI-2189-1 has been designated an Alpha-level priority.\nDescription: SCP-2189 is the collective designation for three items superficially resembling specimens of Malus domestica (AKA an apple tree, designated SCP-2189-T-1), Vitis vinifera (AKA a common grape vine, designated SCP-2189-T-2) and Musa acuminata (AKA a banana plant, designated SCP-2189-T-3), as well as their associated fruit (designated SCP-2189-F-1, -2, and -3, respectively).\nThe bark, epidermis, and peels of SCP-2189 instances are indistinguishable from that of their non-anomalous counterparts, including genetically. However, in place of the expected internal structures are an intricate network of gears, springs, cams, and cranks. Removed components are indistinguishable from non-anomalous metals, mostly brass.\nWhen its internal mechanisms are functioning, instances of SCP-2189-T respond to their environment similarly to their biological counterparts, except that they are always in growing season, and parts do not naturally senesce: leaves never change color and fall off, bark never sloughs off, and instances of SCP-2189-F remain attached indefinitely and do not become overripe.\nSCP-2189-T instances have the same needs as their non-anomalous counterparts in terms of water, sunlight, and soil type. When deprived of these, the instance's internal mechanisms begin to slow, eventually stopping altogether under circumstances corresponding to severe malnutrition. If appropriate exposure to sunlight, water, and soil are resumed, the instance resumes functioning. The internal mechanisms of an SCP-2189-F instance will cease functioning if it is picked before ripe, or once it has been separated from the corresponding SCP-2189-T instance for about the same amount of time it would take its biological counterpart to spoil.\nFunctioning instances of SCP-2189-F can be eaten and digested. Subjects report that the flavor and texture are typical of the type of fruit corresponding to the instance. Juices dripping from an SCP-2189-F instance being consumed are identical to non-anomalous counterparts.1 Mechanisms that are bitten through will continue their normal movement, with portions of the mechanism moving from the main mass to the bitten-off piece and back again, as if the mechanism were still intact. This spatial anomaly appears to continue on an increasingly small scale as SCP-2189-F pieces are further broken down in the mouth and digestive tract.\nIf the peel of an SCP-2189-F instance is removed, the mechanical interior will continue to function. However, if anything other than animal mouthparts penetrates deeper than the peel of an SCP-2189-F instance, the internal mechanisms of that instance will jam. Once this occurs, all portions of the instance will cease to function as fruit. The mechanisms can no longer be bitten through, and bites already taken will become indigestible. Consequent autopsies of animal and D-class test subjects identified either gastrointestinal trauma or copper toxicity as the cause of death, depending on the stage of digestion.\nAddendum 1: One of the early test subjects of SCP-2189, D-51259, was subsequently assigned to be [REDACTED] for SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588, and consequently had her termination deferred by three months. When SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 attempted to remove [REDACTED] D-51259 was given a detailed autopsy with biopsies of all tissues. This unusually thorough postmortem analysis was standard practice for all D-class who had been used to test SCP-2189, and the directive remained in D-51259's personnel file despite the fact that active testing of SCP-2189 had been concluded.\nMicroscopic brass gears were discovered in some samples of D-51259's adipose and lymphatic tissue, and her liver was found to contain a cluster of five interlocked gears ranging in diameter from 0.1-0.4mm, the largest of which was attached to a 0.3mm-long camshaft. These structures were not found in D-class personnel who died during or shortly after testing of SCP-2189. Testing of SCP-2189 has resumed and a proposal to reclassify as Euclid is currently being drafted by the research team.\nAddendum 2: Subsequent to SCP-2189's reclassification, Field Agents Dietrich and Harris conducted a review of public and police records to identify deaths and missing person cases potentially linked to SCP-2189. They flagged for investigation the disappearance of L\u2588\u2588\u2588 R\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a retired aerospace engineer who lived in a cabin several miles from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 State Forest, where SCP-2189 was discovered.\nUpon entering R\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's home, the Agents discovered over three dozen clocks and watches. All of those that retained legible manufacturer markings were later identified as being of purely mechanical design, without electrical components. Approximately two dozen of the timepieces were found with their outer components (casings, faces, etc.) in a state of extreme corrosion inconsistent with their apparent date of manufacture and conditions of storage. These instances lacked internal components, and were covered in mold.\nFourteen instances were found in R\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's deep freeze. These instances had uncorroded exteriors, and contained a multicolored biological material later identified as a patchwork of various tissues found in Malus domestica, Vitis vinifera, and Musa acuminata. These instances were found to be keeping accurate time despite their lack of internal mechanisms.\nAgents also confiscated numerous hand-written notebooks containing diagrams and arrays of symbols. Analysis of the notebooks has been hindered by mold damage, but the legible portion of the text includes common equations from mechanical engineering with unidentified symbols inserted in place of various constants.\nThe timepieces have been designated SCP-2189-C, and L\u2588\u2588\u2588 R\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has been designated Person of Interest 2189-1.\nAddendum 3: Agents Dietrich and Harris interviewed several of PoI-2189-1's superiors and coworkers at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Aeronautics, where he was employed for 32 years. PoI-2189-1 appears to have been socially isolated and regarded as increasingly eccentric during the final years of his employment. He was reportedly pushed into retirement when he began talking openly about the \"engineering applications\" of various occult practices, most frequently \u201csacred geometry and geography.\"\nAgents also interviewed the individual who initially reported PoI-2189-1 missing, his nephew and next of kin J\u2588\u2588\u2588 H\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. H\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 claims to have been the only visitor to PoI-2189-1's cabin after PoI-2189-1 retired there, and that PoI-2189-1 spent the past several years constructing an \u201celaborate contraption covered in drawings.\" H\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 states that he actively avoided discussion of PoI-2189-1's occult interests, and is unable to provide useful details about the alleged apparatus or PoI-2189-1's activities during this time, other than that PoI-2189-1 claimed several times to have selected the location of the cabin for reasons of \u201csacred geometry and geography.\u201d\nResearchers conducted a thorough geological survey of the property. Subterranean mapping of the area was hampered when standard GPR2 was unable to produce clear output. A [[REDACTED]] system was employed, which identified a metallic sphere approximately \u2588\u2588 m in diameter, buried at a depth of \u2588\u2588\u2588 m, and connected by a curved shaft to a much larger object at the limit of the [[REDACTED]]'s range. Probing of the surrounding region was conducted under cover of a study by the U.S. Geological Survey, and the central mass was found to be connected to similar spheres as far away as \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, ranging in diameter from \u2588\u2588 m to 0.\u2588 km. The overall structure of the object resembles an orrery, buried in a vertical orientation roughly along the line of latitude at \u2588\u2588\u00b0\u2588\u2588' N.\nA mineral exploration drilling rig with diamond drill bits successfully penetrated the sphere closest to the surface and extracted a core sample. The interior layers consisted of tissues found in disparate human body parts, including layers made of heart muscle, tendons, and neurons. The outer shell was found to be brass. The structure has been designated SCP-2189-X.\nSurveillance of J\u2588\u2588\u2588 H\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 produced the following recovered voicemail, received \u2588/\u2588/\u2588\u25883 and deleted the same day, apparently left by PoI-2189-1 in a state of inebriation:\n\nIt works, Johnny-boy! It works. Every part of it works. I did as tough a test as I could think of short of the real thing. Complex systems, groups of, you know, groups of complex systems, one of the earth and one clean and mechanical, matching the [unintelligible] function versus structure, and it all fell into place, like clockwork, perfectly engineered! Smooth and perfect! You do the right things, and the right things will happen! You can't laugh at the rules of the universe like some political middle manager bullshitter [unintelligible] and expect to get away with it! It's not a theory, it's not hoodoo, it's sacred geometry and geography! [laughs] I really wish you were here to see it. Oh, I know you think I'm crazy too, Johnny-boy, but you've been the only one to stand by me, and I want you to know that in the world to come, you and Sherry will be protected. You'll sit at my right hand. The Sleeping King will never wake up, Johnny-boy. I will.\n\nFurther invasive testing of SCP-2189-X was prohibited and SCP-2189 upgraded to Keter by order of O5-\u2588.\n\nI don't need to tell you that we got caught with our pants down on this one, or that we might well have remained in the dark for far longer if an accidental discovery hadn't forced you to take a second look at SCP-2189. The simple step of assigning Agents to investigate the SCP's origins at the time of containment could have been a real game-changer.\nInstead, SCP-2189 spent critical months mis-classified as Safe, with no one looking into it, because no one in Site-103's chain of command \u2013 not your project head, not your director of research, and not you \u2013 thought that it might be worthwhile to study the long-term effects of eating an SCP. That kind of incurious attitude is the exact opposite of what we pay researchers for. And your claim that you couldn't assign investigative resources until SCP-2189 was reclassified as Euclid won't fly. You have a discretionary budget for precisely this reason.\nWe still don't know exactly what R\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 did, whether he got what he wanted, or for that matter whether the effects of his little dress rehearsal are still working their way up the food chain in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and your own Site's greenhouses. What we do know for certain is that we gave him a three-month head start. In light of these events, I've decided your talents would be better utilized elsewhere in the organization. You are relieved of your duties as Site Director, effective immediately.\n\u2013 O5-\u2588\n\nFootnotes\n1. Attempting to squeeze or ream an instance to produce additional juice will result in jamming of the internal mechanisms, as described below.\n2. Ground Penetrating Radar\n3. Three days before the discovery of SCP-2189-T and -F\n\n\u00ab SCP-2188 | SCP-2189 | SCP-2190 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\u26a0\ufe0f content warning  \n\n\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n\u26a0\ufe0f Content warning: This work of fiction involves scenes which depict or allude to topics which may be particularly distressing for some readers. Please scroll for a list of such topics contained in this piece.\n\nChild abandonment\nDomestic abuse\nEmotional abuse\nGaslighting\nKidnapping\nReligious discrimination\nViolence\n\nReaders with particular sensitivities should also be aware that this story also depicts or alludes to the following subjects which are less prevalent among content advisories, but nevertheless have the potential to be distressing:\n\nArranged marriage\nChristianity\nFinancial coercion\nForgiving abusers\nNarcissistic family (parents/in-laws)\nOverseas Filipino workers\nPersonal hell\nPsychological torture\n\n\nPeppersGhost\n\nMore by this author\n\nItem #: SCP-2190\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Foundation agents embedded in regional cell phone manufacturers and distributors are to ensure that all phones sold within SCP-2190's active area included modified SIM cards designed to automatically filter calls from SCP-2190.\nUndercover field agents living near POI-2190-2's place of residence are trusted to monitor and ensure the wellbeing of POI-2190-2 and her family, as well as dissuade members of the community from believing that POI-2190-3 is anything other than a loving husband.\nDescription: SCP-2190 is a telephonic entity that manifests in communication systems within the country of the Philippines. Records of previous manifestations have shown that SCP-2190 possesses the personality, vocal quality, and financial resources of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a deceased Filipino woman designated POI-2190-1. SCP-2190 is capable of calling any mobile phone within a 100km radius of the home in which POI-2190-2 currently resides. The first SCP-2190 phone call took place on 02/05/2007, three days after POI-2190-1 passed away at the age of 78 due to heart failure.\nSCP-2190 has complete, irrevocable control over POI-2190-1's savings and liquid assets. This encompasses the full breadth of resources possessed by POI-2190-1 prior to her death, as POI-2190-1 retained complete ownership of these resources even after being declared legally deceased. Suspected anomalous bureaucratic influence is being investigated.\nAll attempts to prevent or limit SCP-2190's access to its financial resources have consistently met with failure. Any attempt to close, transfer ownership, or edit the balance of POI-2190-1's bank account via computerized systems will result in a system error, and any alterations to physical documents pertaining to SCP-2190's wealth will anomalously revert the following day. Additionally, individuals employed at financial institutions will immediately forget any instructions to alter or deny transactions from POI-2190-1's bank account.\nEvery two to three weeks, SCP-2190 places a phone call to an individual of its choosing. Records indicate that SCP-2190 makes its selections based on the following criteria:\n\nThe recipient must reside in close proximity to POI-2190-2's place of living.\nThe recipient must possess a reasonable level of physical fitness and intelligence.\nThe recipient must have an urgent need to acquire a large sum of money.\n\nSCP-2190 introduces itself during these calls as the mother of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (designated POI-2190-2), daughter of POI-2190-1. SCP-2190 will go on to claim that POI-2190-2 is trapped in an abusive relationship with her husband, Albert \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (POI-2190-3), and will beg for the recipient of the call to help in ending the relationship between the two. A $5,000 (\u20b1224,850) reward is offered for successful termination of the marriage, with 10% delivered upfront. If the recipient agrees, SCP-2190 will provide them with POI-2190-2's present location, as well as the locations of POI-2190-3 and their son, Philip \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (POI-2190-4). If the individual receiving the call agrees to these terms, they will receive $500 (\u20b122,485) via wire transfer two to three days later.\nSCP-2190 was discovered in 2008 during a police investigation into the kidnapping of POI-2190-4. The abductors had sent POI-2190-2 a ransom note demanding that she immediately annul her marriage, change her name, and return home to her mother. POI-2190-2 chose to ignore the demands and enlisted the help of local law enforcement, who successfully located the boy and apprehended his captors. Field agents embedded in the Philippine judiciary brought SCP-2190 to the Foundation's attention when POI-2190-2's mother, whom the kidnappers named as an accomplice and whom POI-2190-2 testified to be frequently communicating with, was found to have been deceased for several years.\nAfter SCP-2190 was confirmed to be anomalous in nature, POI-2190-2's family was placed in Foundation custody. They had originally been planned to remain as permanent on-site residents; however, their presence in Site-92 caused SCP-2190 to begin placing calls on confidential Foundation communication networks. As this constituted an unacceptable security breach, the family was administered amnestics and allowed to reintegrate into society. Extensive observation of POI-2190-2's family life over the subsequent years has shown no evidence of abusive tendencies on the part of POI-2190-3.\nDocument Log: The following is an excerpt from an interview with POI-2190-2 conducted during her brief time at Site-92.\n\n+ [Display document]\n\n- [Hide document]\n\nMy mother and father were both from here, in the Philippines, but she left [him] for an American so that she could get a visa and go to the US. I was left with my father. She never tried to contact me until I was 19. She called me on the phone, and I was so surprised because I thought she did not know me or care for me. She told me she had found a husband for me in America and she was sending [him] to me so we could be married.\nI told her \u201cNo, I have already have a boyfriend here.\u201d And she asked me if he was American, and I told her no. Then she says I have to marry an American so I can come to the states. She says it is much better over there. I told her I love my boyfriend, so she calls me names and names, she says I'm so stupid, tells me I have to marry an American. She tells me that after all this time she still loves me and wants me to be at her house in America with her. Can you imagine, after nineteen years she doesn't talk to me?\nBut even still, she is my mother, and I was happy to know she still loves me, so I told her, \u201cI will not leave Albert, because I love him very much, but I will try to get a visa and go to you.\u201d She told me it's okay as long as I come be there with her. Then she calls me every week, asking me question about Albert. She asks if he is a Catholic, and I lie to her, \u201cyes,\u201d because I am afraid she will hate him if she knows he is a Christian.1\nTwo days later I get a call, and my mother is screaming at me all these things. She tells me I need to leave Albert because he is a Christian. I tell her, \u201cNo, I love Albert. I love that Albert is a Christian, and I am a Christian now, too.\u201d She was very upset, she said she would pray for my soul to not go to hell. She said she would pray that Albert would leave me so I would stop being a Christian and be saved. I asked how she found out Albert was Christian, and she told me she called her family here in the Philippines and asked them to check and found out.\nShe did not call me so much after that. When she talked she would always tell me how much she loved me and wanted me to live with her in her big house in the US, and every time she called she would ask me if I left Albert yet or if [he] left me. Several times Albert would come home from work and get attacked by people telling him he was going to hell. They hit him until he was on the ground, and the women even scratch him with their nails. I think it was maybe my mother's family or friends, but when I ask her she said she did not know anything about that.\nEventually my mother tells me that she will pay for my trip the US, and she will let me stay with her. She said she is very rich and does not have to work, and I would not have to work if I went to live with her. This was in 1995, Albert and I were already married and Philip was just born. We did not have so much money, so I got a work visa and decided to go to the States to get a job and send money home to family. I asked my mother if I could stay with her, and she told me it was okay.\nWhen I got to the States, there was a\u2013 what do you call that\u2013 the big, long car? Ah, right. There was a limousine waiting for me at the airport. My mother's house was very big. Her husband was the owner of a company and he had a lot of money. My mother threw a big party when I arrived. She gave me so many gifts and told me she loved me. She said the house was too big for just her and her husband, and she wanted her real children to be with her. She also told me she wanted Philip to live there, too.\nMy mother did not want me to get a job, but I did anyway, because I needed to send money to Albert. After a few weeks, my mother came to my room with a very expensive dress, and said she would take me to a party at her friend's house. The dress was very nice, and I had been working very hard, so I agreed.\nBut then when we got inside the car, she drove us to some kind of nightclub. I asked her, \u201cWhy are we here? You said we were going to your friend's house.\u201d And she laughed and told me it was a surprise. She wanted to give me a good time. We were already there, so I went inside. My mother kept telling me to drink, giving me more and more drinks. I did not drink them, but I pretended to.\nWhen it was late, my mother brought me to a man named Randall. She said he was rich and that he wanted to sleep with me, and he could even marry me and get me a permanent visa. I asked my mother, \u201cIs this why you took me here to the states? So you could get me drunk and sleep with an American? Don't you know I'm already married to Albert?\u201d And she tells me to forget about Albert, that I need to marry an American. Imagine, even though I have already a husband and a son!\nI made my mother take us home. She was very mad, but she did it anyway. After that, she was always bringing men to the house. She told me again and again that I needed to get married to an American while I am still beautiful and 26.\nOne night I told her, \u201cMom, please stop. I love Albert very much, not because of money, but because I love him so much, and we are so happy together.\u201d I told her I will never leave him. Even though it was cruel, I said, \u201cI will not abandon my child and my husband like you did! You left us for money and toys and parties, and you never cared about me for 19 years until you realized you wanted me! You don't love me, you only want me like a dress or a doll. You only love yourself!\u201d\nShe got so angry then, it was like a demon was inside her. She was screaming and screaming and throwing things everywhere. Finally her husband had to come and take her away to their room. [He] told her I was an adult, and I should marry who I want. And so my mother promised to stop bringing men to the house, but I think it was only to make her husband happy. I told him I wanted to go home, so he bought me a ticket and I left the next day.\nWhen I was back in the Philippines, I did not hear from my mother again until, I think, 2002. She said her husband had died and she was very lonely. She wanted me to come back to the US and to bring Philip, but Albert would have to stay behind. I told her \u201cno,\u201d but she kept calling and calling. I stopped answering her.\nThen there started to be rumors that Albert was hitting me. Even at church, people said they heard the rumors. I knew it was my mother again. I told Albert, \u201cMaybe she thinks you will leave me if she makes rumors.\u201d He told me it was okay, and he would never leave me. Ever since we met, we have always loved each other so much, and we are always happy together, even when we had no money, and even now that we are here in this place.\nMy mother never stopped calling me, and never stopped making rumors. My husband would get attacked, and several times he was arrested, and I had to explain to the police what was happening. One time a man punched me in the face, and apologized and told me that someone had given him a lot of money to punch me. Then another man hit me, and after that I was always being attacked, and people thought it was Albert. We moved many times, but everywhere we went it happened.\nSeveral times Albert said that he would leave if I wanted him to. He did not want me to be hurt anymore, and he did not want Philip to grow up being told his father was a wife beater. I told him that as long as he wanted to be with me, I would never ask him to leave. He was the only thing in my life that made me happy after my mother caused me to suffer so much.\nAlbert and Philip and I have suffered so much because of my mother. Every night I prayed to God, \u201cPlease, Lord, let her die so she can no longer make my family suffer.\u201d And I also prayed for forgiveness, because she was still my mother, and I knew I should love her. And you know, I do still love her, even until now. I cannot love what she does to my family, but she is still my mother, and I hate the things she does but I still love.\nThe last time I talked to her on the phone, I said, \u201cI still love you even though I also love Albert. My love for you is not less because I also love him.\u201d And she cried and cried and told me that she's lonely in her big house. She said her house was always getting bigger and it would not stop. She told me that sometimes she gets lost in her big house, and it's full of toys and dresses for her children and her grandchildren, but she is all alone and she can't get out.\nI don't know if she will ever stop making our family suffer, but I do not feel angry at her anymore. I know that as much as she is hurting us, she is hurting even more, and that is because of the things she did when she was alive. I pray for her soul every day. Even if she could no longer make her phone calls, and we were happy here, I would still pray for her to be at peace, because she is my mother.\n\nAddendum: The following is a statement from SCP-2190's supervising researcher, Dr. Jethro Bostenero, regarding SCP-2190's containment procedures:\n\nOver the past few years, a number of colleagues have approached me with concerns about SCP-2190's containment. Essentially, the question people seem to have is, \u201cWhy are we spending so much money and manpower on the current containment procedures when the anomaly could potentially be rendered inert by separating POI-2190-2 and POI-2190-3?\u201d\nRest assured that alternate containment procedures were proposed and considered. The containment procedures that are currently in place were specifically selected and approved by the O5 council for the following reasons:\nFirstly, intentionally separating POI-2190-2 and POI-2190-3 would constitute the attempted neutralization of an anomalous phenomenon. Neutralization attempts are only to be carried out if the anomaly in question poses a significant risk to normalcy and humanity at large. SCP-2190 does not meet this requirement. \u201cWe are not the Coalition, we contain, not destroy\u201d is an age-old mantra that I'm sure you're tired of hearing, but it's still very applicable to this situation.\nSecondly, the present set of containment procedures aren't nearly as extravagant as detractors have suggested. It's standard practice to have undercover field agents in large population centers, and Baguio is no exception, so we're not losing any extra manpower. The modified SIM cards are paid for by the sales of the phones themselves, and therefore cost us nothing.\nThere is also a third reason, which is, quite simply, sentiment. It's no secret that suicide rates are high among Foundation personnel, a fact that is generally attributed to the difficult decisions we have to make and the actions we have to perform for the greater good. SCP-2190 is something of a victory, a rare case in which containing an SCP means allowing a family who has endured a living hell to finally live happily ever after. The value of the morale boosts provided by these feel-good stories cannot be overstated.\nIf you have any other questions or concerns regarding SCP-2190, feel free to call me any time during regular business hours.\n\u2013 Dr. Jethro Bostenero\n\nFootnotes\n1. \u201cChristian\u201d, in this context, being a person of Protestant faith. By the more common definition of \u201cChristian\u201d as a person who professes a belief in Jesus Christ or follows the teachings thereof, those belonging to the Catholic Church would be considered Christian themselves.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2189 | SCP-2190 | SCP-2191 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2191\nObject Class: Keter (formerly Euclid)\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The Foundation is to maintain surveillance operations but is otherwise not to directly interfere with SCP-2191 or the ritual practices of communities within the vicinity of the Hoia Forest. Exploration of SCP-2191 is prohibited outside of remotely controlled drones. Foundation operatives are to maintain the facade of forest rangers in the employ of the Romanian government. In the event of a SCP-2191 security breach by civilians or hostile entities, lethal force is authorized.\nDescription: SCP-2191 is a temple complex located within the dense Hoia Forest of Romania. The first two floors of the structure hold a close resemblance to Eastern Orthodox monasteries commonly found in the region. This is suspected to have been a deliberate effort to disguise the true nature of SCP-2191. Thracian and Dacian architecture have both been discovered in the lower levels of the temple complex and artifacts belonging to the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture have been recovered from the system of tunnels that makes up the lowest known portion of SCP-2191. The caverns of SCP-2191 are not thought to have formed naturally and were likely constructed ca. 4800 to 3000 BC.\nSCP-2191 is inhabited by a population of organisms classified as SCP-2191-1. Instances of SCP-2191-1 are considered genetically human but have undergone several significant, seemingly fatal mutations. SCP-2191-1 lack all major internal organs with the exception of the lungs, heart, and brain stem. The outer epidermis lacks pigmentation and displays a condition resembling cracked porcelain, possibly related to Harlequin syndrome. Entities appear androgynous, lacking or having somehow removed secondary sex characteristics. Their regressed eyes are covered by a layer of skin, rendering them mostly blind but still able to react to light (universally displaying aversion to wavelengths > 100 nm). Further deviations from baseline Homo sapiens include especially flat, upturned noses, and funnel-shaped ears; both considered related to their dependency on olfactory and auditory perception. SCP-2191-1 do not appear to communicate via language, the only sound produced being a persistent clicking of the tongue \u2013 speculated to be a form of echolocation.\nSCP-2191-1 do not readily appear to undergo senescence and have not aged since containment. Further analysis has revealed an abnormally slow metabolism. SCP-2191-1 instances are not believed to be biologically immortal but have a significantly decreased rate of necrosis.\nSCP-2191-2 refers to a collective of vermiform organisms; these organisms vary in size, form, and purpose, and are accordingly classified as SCP-2191-2A, SCP-2191-2B, and SCP-2191-2C. Genetic analysis of SCP-2191-2 show close relation with fellow subgroups, their most recent common ancestors being Homo sapiens. It has been speculated that SCP-2191-2 did not naturally evolve on their own but their true origin remains unknown.\nSCP-2191-2A superficially resemble petromyzontiformes (lamprey) but whose internal structure more closely resemble hirudinea (leeches). Each SCP-2191-1 has a SCP-2191-2A instance within their abdomen, primarily located where the stomach and large/small intestines would exist.\nSCP-2191-2B are an infestation of vermiform organisms that live throughout the hollow walls of SCP-2191. SCP-2191 appears to have been constructed with a system of channels through which SCP-2191-2B travel. These thin, long organisms will enter SCP-2191-1 orifices (primarily via the mouth or rectum) but do not appear to cause harm or discomfort to their hosts. SCP-2191-2B are believed to redistribute nutrients throughout SCP-2191, extracted from any SCP-2191-1 which have recently fed.\n\nSCP-2191-2B.\n\nSCP-2191-2C, like SCP-2191-2B, inhabit the interior architecture of SCP-2191. These tendril-like appendages are composed primarily of neurons and attach to SCP-2191-1 at the base of the spine while inactive. Only when attached to SCP-2191-2C do SCP-2191-1 display behavior resembling that of a sapient organism (including posturing suggestive of prayer). SCP-2191-1 are considered inactive while connected to SCP-2191-2C.\nDuring an active state, SCP-2191-1 entities will leave SCP-2191 and aggressively hunt for living humans - ignoring non-human animals and deceased individuals. Active states do not occur simultaneously among SCP-2191-1 (although an active state will always occur between dusk and dawn) nor do they hunt as a pack, choosing to spread throughout the forest. A paralytic agent is employed to disable their prey, injected via venom-delivering barbs located in the lower carpals of both hands.\nWhen prey have been successfully incapacitated, SCP-2191-1 will open its mouth and widen its throat, unhinging its jaw in the process. SCP-2191-2A will then emerge from SCP-2191-1's interior cavity, initiating the feeding process by latching to the victim's neck via a toothed, funnel-like sucking mouth. SCP-2191-2A will first inject the body with digestive enzymes, liquidizing organ, muscle, and bone alike before consuming the resultant fluids. The process can last anywhere from 20 to 50 minutes, depending on the size of its prey.\nAlthough known to those living in the vicinity of the Hoia Forest, SCP-2191 was not recognized by the Foundation as an anomaly until August 1916, after the unexplained disappearance of 244 members of the Austro-Hungarian First Army during the Battle of Transylvania. Due to the First World War, operations to contain the threat did not begin until early 1919. Without a source of food, SCP-2191-1 entities appeared to enter a dormant state as of December 1924.\nSeveral incidents, occurring between 1932 and 1977, would result in the discovery of SCP-2191-3.\n\n+ List of Incidents:\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nDestruction caused by SCP-2191-3.\n\n26 September, 1932 - Greece: The Ierissos earthquake devastates the Chalkidiki peninsula and results in 491 reported casualties. 126 individuals were unaccounted for but the event was ultimately deemed non-anomalous, a connection to SCP-2191 established years later.\n\nDecember 26, 1939 - Turkey: The Erzincan earthquake results in the deaths of approximately 33,000 people. Locals report a \"great serpent\" rising from the ground at the onset of the earthquake. The Foundation begins to investigate the region.\n\nNovember 10, 1940 - Romania: An earthquake strikes Vrancea; casualties are low. Civilians report \"vampire attacks\" in wake of the disaster, media outlets publicly dismissing the claim as superstition.\n\nMarch 18, 1953 - Turkey: The Yenice-G\u00f6nen earthquake causes widespread damage, killing over 1,000 people. Several survivors report seeing the \"arm of an octopus\" rupture from the earth. Civilians report \"pale men\" attacking survivors in the night, reports ceasing after approximately one month after the disaster.\n\nJuly 26, 1963 - Macedonia: The Skopje earthquake kills over 1,000 people and renders 200,000 homeless. Approximately 500 would go missing in wake of the disaster. Reports of \"pale men\" in the night are common.\n\nMarch 4, 1977 - Romania: The Vrancea earthquake kills over 1,500 (however, only 800 bodies are accounted for). Reports of \"pale men\" and tendrils pulling victims beneath the ground. Panic spreads throughout the region. Foundation operatives are able to confirm a connection to SCP-2191.\n\n+ SCP-2191-3\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nLower tunnels, SCP-2191.\n\nSCP-2191-3 is an organism whose core is located deep beneath SCP-2191. Its true size has proven difficult, if not entirely impossible to measure, but root-like appendages extend throughout an area of approximately 660,000 square km. SCP-2191-3 secretes a highly corrosive substance which is employed in the creation of tunnels throughout the Balkan Peninsula.\nSCP-2191-3 is sapient and exerts control over SCP-2191-1 and SCP-2191-2 organisms via physical interaction with SCP-2191-2C1 and through the release of complex pheromones. SCP-2191-1 entities (through the use of SCP-2191-2A and SCP-2191-2B) act as feeder drones for SCP-2191-3.\nIt has since been discovered that civilians, native to several isolated villages in vicinity of Hoia Forest, have actively provided human sacrifices to SCP-2191 as a means of minimizing seismic activity.\n\n+ Interview \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1977\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nDraga Negrescu, a village elder, midwife, and Solomonar from the Hoia Forest.\n\nInterviewed: Draga Negrescu\nInterviewer: Dr. Judith Low\nForeword: Draga Negrescu is a village elder and midwife, 96 years of age, from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. She has proven knowledgeable with regards to the folklore and traditions associated with SCP-2191 and claims to be a descendant of the Solomonari2. Interview conducted in Daco-Romanian.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Judith Low: What can you tell me about the temple?\nDraga Negrescu: It is where the Mother resides. Like a queen, she sends her faithful bees to collect nectar; like good beekeepers, we help the hive flourish. As you now know, it is best for all that we be allowed to continue our sacred duty.\nDr. Judith Low: Who is the Mother?\nDraga Negrescu: The Mother was once a princess; the most beautiful daughter of the Blood Empress. The Great Karcist, Sorcerer-King of Adytum, sought to conquer her as he did the domain of the Blood Empress. He claimed her, as was his right, and she became his favored concubine. In time, she came to worship the Great Karcist, just as we who hold to the old ways do. She begged to bear his children and the Great Karcist blessed her with his sacred seed.\nThe Mother swelled with joy and life. Here she was planted and here she grew. We, like the Pale Ones, must keep her fat and satisfied. The Pale spew the nectar into her many mouths and her brood suckle upon her teats and grow strong.\nThe Mother and the land are now one. Her earthen womb swells and soon she will rupture. All around you is tinder for the Gods.\n<End Log>\n\n+ A Statement from the O5 Council\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nThere are some who wish to believe that the Foundation has never, nor will ever, cater to the designs and desires of an anomalous entity. Foundation efforts to contain SCP-2191 are now thought to have inadvertently led to the deaths of approximately 40,000 over 45 years.\nThe obvious choice would be to neutralize the threat.\nAnd we've tried. The number of civilian and Foundation casualties being well beyond acceptable numbers.\nIn order to contain the larger threat, we must allow it to feed. We are aware of the offense caused by this procedure. This is not the first time, nor will it be the last, that the Foundation has been forced to commit a lesser evil in prevention of a greater. We do believe that, in the end, our current method is the most preferable - with regards to both ethics and efficiency.\nWe are fully aware that every sacrifice feeds SCP-2191-3, allowing it and its brood to thrive.\nBut we are not about to sacrifice the entire Balkan Peninsula to neutralize that threat.\nNot yet.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Now considered to be specialized appendages attached to SCP-2191-3.\n2. Now known to be a Proto-Sarkic sect. It remains debatable whether modern practitioners should be considered true Solomonari, in event of what has been learned at SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Modern practitioners are located in isolated pockets throughout the Carpathians, with little to no connection with one another. The religion, in its current state, is an amalgam of local folk traditions and Solomonari blood rituals.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2190 | SCP-2191 | SCP-2192 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2192\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2192 is to be kept in a concrete chamber lined with lead bricks at least 10 cm in width and coated inside and out with heat-resistant ceramic material. These bricks must be checked weekly for warping and/or melting and replaced accordingly. Any furniture provided for SCP-2192's use must be constructed of heat and flame-resistant materials. The chamber must be fitted with a high-pressure cold water sprinkler system, a gauge for monitoring temperature, and a gauge for monitoring ambient level of radioactivity. SCP-2192 may be provided toys appropriate for the 5-7 year age range if requested, as well as crayons colored pencils and paper a slate and colored chalk (see addendums 2192-01 and 2192-01a) for entertainment purposes. SCP-2192 is not to be removed from its chamber at any time, and any personnel entering its container must wear a radiation suit at all times. SCP-2192's chamber must be monitored at all times for changes in temperature and radiation levels. The sprinkler system must be immediately activated if the ambient temperature inside the chamber rises by more than 10\u00b0C.\nAny materials removed from SCP-2192's chamber must be decontaminated and disposed of.\nAll personnel coming off of shift rotation overseeing SCP-2192 must take the standard physical and psychological evaluation. Potassium Iodide tablets will be made available to any staff concerned about exposure to SCP-2192.\nDescription: SCP-2192 is a human child between the ages of five and seven, measuring 114 cm in height and weighing approximately 20 kg. Due to the extensive tissue damage covering the entirety of SCP-2192's surface area, its sex is not physically apparent; blood and DNA tests have also proven inconclusive, as well as dangerous due to the object's anomalous qualities. SCP-2192 identifies itself as female, and responds to the word \"Milaya\" as well as other Russian terms of endearment. SCP-2192 speaks and reads Russian at a level typical of the average native speaker in the five to seven year age range. The temperament of SCP-2192 is typical of a normal child between the ages of five and seven, and psychological development appears normal given the circumstances of SCP-2192's containment. SCP-2192 is typically well-behaved, friendly and empathetic towards staff, and appears to enjoy socializing with anyone entering its chamber, commonly referring to them as \"friends.\"\n100% of SCP-2192's surface area is covered in what appear to be severe radiation burns, causing the complete destruction of 80% or more of the epidermis, severe damage to the underlying dermis, and 5 to 10% exposure and damage to the hypodermis. Due to the resulting nerve damage, these burns do not typically cause SCP-2192 serious pain, although SCP-2192 does commonly express feelings of discomfort. If SCP-2192 does complain of discomfort or pain, common treatments for radiation burns as well as a mild sedative may be administered. The burns have not shown any sign of healing since SCP-2192's containment, and first aid seems to have no appreciable effect, although SCP-2192 seems to enjoy the attention. SCP-2192 has not changed in height or weight since its containment and still retains the temperament of a child. At this time, it is assumed that SCP-2192's anomalous qualities may also have stunted its growth (see Addendum 2192-02).\nSCP-2192 is highly radioactive, producing a high-enough level of gamma radiation to cause acute illness within 60 minutes of exposure if proper safety procedures are not maintained. The normal internal body temperature of SCP-2192 while resting or in a relaxed state is approximately 120\u00b0C, but in states of agitation the object's outer temperature has been recorded at levels exceeding 400\u00b0C. The level of radioactive energy emitted by SCP-2192 increases proportionately during moments of physical or emotional distress. This appears to be an automatic response, similar to bodily changes associated with the \"Fight or Flight\" Response.\nSCP-2192 was first discovered in March of 199\u2588 by Foundation researchers investigating reports of anomalous phenomena in the area surrounding \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. At that time, SCP-2192 was living alone in the ruins of an abandoned apartment complex in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Upon first approach, SCP-2192 initially reacted with fear, but very quickly grew accustomed to the researchers, and eventually approached and offered them what SCP-2192 referred to as \"a pretty rock\" it had found in the ruins, seemingly as a symbol of friendship.\nInterviews attempting to establish the origin of SCP-2192 have proven unsuccessful, as SCP-2192 is either unwilling or unable to recount details of its life previous to its discovery in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nFurther psychological evaluation of SCP-2192 seems to suggest that it is unaware of its harmful effects towards others and in fact does not understand what radiation is. Doctors feel that SCP-2192 should not be made aware of the full implications of its anomalous qualities, as SCP-2192's empathetic temperament suggests that knowing the truth would cause it severe psychological trauma and make containment far more difficult. If SCP-2192 asks any questions related to its containment, it is advised that SCP-2192 be led to believe it is being held for medical treatment.\nAddendum 2192-01: Crayons are not to be given to SCP-2192. SCP-2192's high body temperature immediately melts crayons upon contact, causing SCP-2192 considerable emotional distress.\nAddendum 2192-01a: Paper is not to be given to SCP-2192, as it represents an unacceptable fire hazard.\nAddendum 2192-02: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the cold water sprinkler system in SCP-2192's chamber was activated after the temperature inside rose suddenly by more than 20\u00b0C. Upon entering the chamber, personnel discovered SCP-2192 on the floor of the chamber in obvious distress. SCP-2192 began crying, complaining of severe pain in its legs. A physical examination revealed that several fissures had opened in SCP-2192's flesh, bisecting the back of both thighs and front of the shins, exposing bone. It was discovered then that SCP-2192 had grown 3 cm in height, and the loss of elasticity in its flesh caused by its severe burns led to cracks forming in the tissue. A heavy sedative was administered and appears effective as a short term solution.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2191 | SCP-2192 | SCP-2193 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2193: Monthly Termination\n\nOther works by S D Locke!\n\nSCPs\n\nS. D. Locke's Proposal\n\nSCP-5999\n\nSCP-3280\n\nSCP-783\n\nSCP-2193\n\nSCP-3980\n\nSCP-1661\n\nSCP-2923\n\nSCP-2385\n\nSCP-3963\n\nSCP-4910\n\nSCP-3246\n\nSCPs\n\nIhp/Locke Proposal\n\nSCP-7676\n\nSCP-012-EX\n\nSCP-5311\n\nSCP-6430\n\nSCP-7932\n\nSCP-7427\n\nSCP-6110\n\nTales\n\nNot Fade Away\n\nReap What You Sew\n\nParadigm Shift\n\nA Reason To Die\n\nAnd Then I Died IV - Series 2\n\nTales\n\nHeart and Sol\n\nFrom Above\n\nGOI Formats\n\nSPC-173\n\nSPC-2935\n\nLTE-2712-Bosch\n\nP'rantortiz the Vile\n\nGOI Formats\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nItem #: SCP-2193\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The Artificial Intelligence Applications Division (AIAD) is to monitor the Foundation database for instances of SCP-2193-1. The instances are to be logged and removed, and the holding Site's (if applicable) personnel will require amnestic therapy. Provisional Site-\u2588\u2588\u2588, Site-51 and Observation Site-\u2588\u2588 are to be exempted from this procedure, in order to facilitate observation of the phenomena. Contact with these Sites at any level (whether through in-person visits, or simply phone/email communication) is restricted, to prevent further contamination of Mission-Critical Sites.\nDescription: SCP-2193-1 is an infohazardous anomaly affecting the documentation for items and entities in the Foundation database. It often appears in the object's Special Containment Procedures or addenda, and references an operation referred to as the 'Monthly Termination' of Class-D personnel. No evidence for the initial adoption or implementation of such a policy exists in any Foundation records, as verified by a RAISA investigation into all prior O5/Administrator mandates and SDECotW resolutions.\nSCP-2193-1 is automatically inserted into a random digital SCP slot at irregular intervals. The method by which it is generated is unknown.\nIndividuals who are exposed to SCP-2193-1 are subjected to a memetic effect, wherein they fully believe the Monthly Termination of Class-D personnel to be a valid Foundation operation. This belief can be easily spread through any and all forms of communication solely by containing the phrase 'Monthly Termination'. Uninfected personnel that possess doubt or suspicion are able to be overcome with simple rhetoric supporting the policy. The infected continue to operate as if SCP-2193 has always been a Foundation-held policy, and there is a noted lack of cognitive dissonance when presented with conflicting information.\nAside from the excessive expenditure of Class-D personnel, Sites and individuals infected are able to perform their duties exceptionally, and without undue complications. The first known document to host SCP-2193-1, SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588; has been removed from the database, and is undergoing review from the Foundation Counterconceptual Division.\nNo internal documentation or instructions exist that detail the actual termination process. Regardless, infected individuals and departments operate and 'terminate' Class-D personnel in a uniform manner. Remote observation of Sites \u2588\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588\u2588, as well as security footage from affected Sites prior to SCP-2193's discovery have revealed the 'Monthly Termination' process:\n\nOn the final day of the month, testing is suspended on any SCPs which would involve Class-D testing.\n\nApproximately one third of the Site's resident Class-D population will stand facing their cell doors.2\n\nA sufficient detachment of security personnel will arrive to escort the Class-D in a single-file line throughout the facility. Though the guards will be armed, no restraints are placed on the Class-D.\n\nResearchers, Level 0, and other personnel not directly involved in the process will avoid the path the officers/Class-D follow. This is perfectly choreographed, despite the lack of planning/forewarning.\n\nThe Class-D will be led to a point outside the facility, and taken to an area that is not covered by surveillance systems.3\n\nSub-dermal tracking implants on the Class-D cease function.\n\nThe security guards return to the facility. The officers will claim to have terminated the Class-D via their sidearms.4\n\nRecovery: SCP-2193 was discovered on 10/31/1994, by AIAD PROJECT: CORINTHIAN (aka: \"Glacon\"), after its initial upload to Site-17. The Site was undergoing an SCP-2193 event, which the AI observed through the surveillance system. It attempted to contact then-Site Director J. O\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, as the AI interpreted the procedure as illogical, and without precedent. Its communications were disregarded.\nThe AI correctly deduced the presence of a memetic effect. It began the process of removing SCP-2193-1 throughout the Site's backup digital files, as well as every entry of the main database accessible by Site-17 personnel. It completed the process before the D-Class had been removed from their cells, and disabled the doors' electronic locks.\nDietrich M. Lurk was contacted by Site-17 Security Chief, who requested his assistance in disabling the AI's system override. D. Lurk investigated the situation, and finding the AI to be acting in accordance with Standard Principles, instead alerted MTF Eta-10 (\"See No Evil\").\nSite-17, along with twelve other Sites had to be quarantined, with their corresponding records wiped of SCP-2193-1. Provisional Site-\u2588\u2588\u2588 and Observation Site-\u2588\u2588 were exempted for testing purposes.\nAddendum: Incident Log 2193/\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nForeword: On 01/31/1999 at 01:30, Provisional Site-\u2588\u2588\u2588 underwent an SCP-2193 event. During the transport of Class-D, behavioral changes were noted in both the detainees and the guards. The Class-D repeatedly expressed concern over their fate, while the guards apologized profusely. The following is an excerpt taken from Agent Ysson's head cam as the event reached its conclusion.\n01:59:23: The group approaches a rounded clearing in the woods 2km South of the Site.\n02:01:46: The Class-D continue directly towards the clearing's center. The guards branch out, and form a ring around the group. This formation is congruous with previous observations.\n02:04:32: The guards around the Class-D's perimeter turn away from the group and obscure their head cams, excluding Agent Ysson.\nAgent Ysson: [Indecipherable due to sudden interference, presumably 'Not']\"\u2026again\"\n02:05:05: D-1920 lifts vertically, and hovers in place .3 meters off the ground.\n02:05:09: D-1920 continues upward, at an estimated speed of 35,000 km/hr. D-1823 begins to hover.\n02:05:12-02:06:58: This process repeats for each present Class-D.5 They are taken individually.\n02:06:58: Agent Ysson watches the final Class-D depart, and fixates on the full moon.\n02:07:33: The moon appears to 'blink'.6\n02:07:35: Agent Ysson begins to run. In the background, the other guards can be seen remaining in their position.\n02:07:39: Agent Ysson is lifted in a manner similar to the Class-D.\n02:07:41: Camera feed cuts as the Agent reaches the stratosphere.\nAfterword: Under questioning, the guards asserted that Agent Ysson had been attacked by the Class-D, and that he had been killed in the resulting altercation.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Personnel are to be reminded that there is no Site-5.\n2. Affected Class-D are fully compliant and cooperative throughout the entirety of the process. It should be noted that the affected Class-D will still verbally assault and threaten nearby personnel.\n3. Hidden cameras sewn into the guards' uniforms have been intentionally obscured, including in cases where they have no foreknowledge its existence.\n4. To date, the officer's firearms have been returned without a single discharged round.\n5. Neither Provisional Site-\u2588\u2588\u2588, nor Orbital Assets were able to view this phenomena, despite the fact that the area was covered by the surveillance systems of each.\n6. Personnel stationed at Lunar Area-32 reported no corresponding abnormalities at this time.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2192 | SCP-2193 | SCP-2194 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2194\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Embedded Foundation personnel in health inspection and waste management departments worldwide currently monitor all major urban centers for signs of an SCP-2194 outbreak, while spearheading intensive cleanup and recycling campaigns within these areas. In the event of a confirmed outbreak, Mobile Task Force Gamma-9 (\"Cleaners\") will be deployed to quarantine the affected area. All instances of SCP-2194-1 are to be isolated within the quarantine zone and neutralized by means of aerosolised VX nerve agent, followed by incineration of remains. All surfaces and remains contaminated by SCP-2194 are to be sealed in expanding polyurethane foam. A new layer of foam sealant is to be applied every seven (7) days, or at the first sign of SCP-2194 breaching the seal.\nAffected areas are to remain under indefinite quarantine, maintained by amnestic and cover-up procedures where appropriate. Should an SCP-2194 outbreak affect a great enough portion of an urban area so as to make isolation and cover-up unfeasible, the area will be permanently evacuated under pretense of a major chemical leak or imminent nuclear meltdown (if applicable).\nUnder no circumstances are personnel to attempt to \"clean\" SCP-2194 from any surface or organism.\nDescription: SCP-2194 is a phenomenon affecting densely-populated urban areas, which appears to manifest in the presence of persistently excessive quantities of refuse and waste.\nSCP-2194 manifests as an amorphous and partially mobile mass of common refuse, dead micro-organisms, fecal matter, live bacteria, assorted particulate matter and other forms of biological and non-biological waste. It is currently unknown whether the initial mass of SCP-2194 originates as non-anomalous waste that assumes anomalous properties, or forms spontaneously through other means. SCP-2194 propagates via direct physical contact, gradually spreading to adjacent surfaces as a brownish film of waste and particulate. Refuse, waste and dead biological matter becomes incorporated into the mass of SCP-2194 on contact.\nShould material affected by SCP-2194 come into direct contact with any surface, including the skin of a live organism, it will leave a \"stain\" at the point of contact. This stain spreads at a relatively low rate (< 1cm squared per hour) - however, any attempt to abrade, dissolve, corrode or otherwise remove this stain results in the formation of an amount of material roughly double the amount removed. Avian and mammalian subjects exposed to SCP-2194 are invariably distressed by the appearance and growth of the stain, becoming increasingly frantic in their attempts to remove it. This behaviour causes the rapid spread of SCP-2194 material across the body surface.\nOnce SCP-2194 material covers at least 33% of a live organism's body surface, the organism becomes an instance of SCP-2194-1. Instances of SCP-2194-1 are capable of spreading SCP-2194 via direct physical contact and display extremely unhygienic behaviour, characterized by an obsession with both SCP-2194 and other, non-anomalous forms of waste. These behaviours include, but are not limited to: covering self in waste; covering nearby objects and surfaces in waste; collecting large quantities of refuse and dead material to add to the main mass of SCP-2194; immersing self in SCP-2194; ingesting SCP-2194; and attempting to [DATA EXPUNGED] causing SCP-2194 to spread to other individuals.\nInstances of SCP-2194-1 typically expire within 5-7 days of exposure, often due to suffocation caused by the formation of an overwhelming amount of waste material in the lungs and air passages. Larger organisms may remain alive as long as 18 days before expiring from the effects of blood poisoning and necrotizing fasciitis1.\nSCP-2194 can be partially removed by sustained exposure to an open flame; however, its regenerative properties in response to attempted removal allow a minimum of 10% of the material to remain on a surface even after several minutes of continuous burning. Incineration is 100% effective in the neutralization of instances of SCP-2194-1.\nThe most effective containment method currently known is the use of an expanding foam sealant to cover all surfaces affected by SCP-2194. Provided that the sealant is applied thoroughly and within a space of 2 hours, SCP-2194 is capable of spreading to the exterior surface of the seal in no less than 200 hours (roughly 8 days). Timeous reapplication prevents this occurrence.\n\nOpen Initial Contact Log: SCP-2194\n\nClose Initial Contact Log SCP-2194\n\nDate: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/198\u2588\nLocation: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, India\nPersonnel Involved: Response Team Apollo\nPreliminary report: In response to reports of multiple attacks on civilians, armed response team designate \"Apollo\" was dispatched to the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 district of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, India. Response team arrived on location 17:02 IST.\n\n<begin transcript>\nAgent Ahara (Apollo Lead): Apollo Home, this is Apollo Lead, how copy? Over.\nApollo Home: Loud and clear Apollo Lead. Give us your sitrep, over.\nAgent Ahara (AL): We're sweeping the area now. Streets are empty. There's some sort of brown substance coating the doors and interior of multiple vehicles, trailing out into the alleys; almost looks like its spreading over the asphalt. No sign of activity on \u2014 scratch that Home, we've got seven\u2026 no, eight individuals down an alleyway; looks like civilians. Please advise, over.\nApollo Home: Roger Lead, move in and confirm; over.\nAgent Ahara (AL): Wilco, over. Daniels, Hunt, Banderker, with me. And try not to touch that stuff, whatever it is.\n[Agents can be heard acknowledging Apollo Lead's command and taking position]\nAgent Hunt: [grunt] The smell! What in God's name is that shit they're rolling in?\nAgent Ahara (AL): Apollo Home, we have eight possibles. Five of them are rolling around in this\u2026 mass. It's filling the alley, and creeping up the walls too. Three of them are carrying stuff from down the street and dumping it into the thing; looks like garbage, mostly. Over.\nApollo Home: Roger Lead, approach with caution and attempt communication; over.\nAgent Ahara (AL): Wilco Home, over. [pause] This is the police! All of you, stop what you're doing right now and put your hands in the air. Hello? Do you understand me? [pause] Banderker.\nAgent Banderker: (Hindi translation) <Hey, this is the police! Hands up, all of you!> [pause] No good, sir.\nAgent Ahara (AL): Individuals are not responding to verbal communication, Apollo Home. Firing a warning shot, over. [a single gunshot is heard; several seconds elapse] Well, that got their attention.\nAgent Banderker: Look at their faces. That infection is eating away at their skin, under all that\u2026 brown stuff.\nAgent Daniels: Why are they just staring at us? Are those rats crawling around in there with them?\nAgent Ahara (AL): Keep it together, Daniels. Banderker, try speaking to them now. Tell them we need them to cooperate.\nAgent Banderker: <Listen, we don't want to hurt any of you. All we require is your complete cooperation from this point on. Nod if you understand. [pause] Good, now we're getting somewhere.>\nThey're listening. What now, sir?\nAgent Ahara (AL): Tell them to get up with their hands in the air and form a line.\nAgent Banderker: <Okay, all of you put your hands in the air. You two back there, that means you too - drop what you're carrying. Good. Now all of you on the ground, get up slowly. Yes, just like that. Now step out of that pile of\u2026 just take a few steps towards me. Form a line so I can see you all.>\nAgent Ahara (AL): Good work, Banderker. Apollo Home, individuals are\u2026 cooperative. How copy?\nApollo Home: Solid copy, Apollo Lead. Standby for the arrival of the containment team; ETA in five mikes. Apollo Home out.\nAgent Ahara (AL): The containment team will be here in five guys, sit tight. Try to keep them occupied, Banderker.\nAgent Banderker: Will do, sir.\n<Listen, people; we're going to be taking you all somewhere safe, away from this filth. We will get you cleaned up and\u2014>\n[loud vocalisations of distress are heard]\n<Hey, calm down! You, stop that! Get back in line!>\nAgent Ahara (AL): What did you say to them, Banderker?!\nAgent Banderker: I don't know, all I said was we were going to take them somewhere safe and clean that shit off of them!\nAgent Ahara (AL): Well, get them back in line! Threaten them if you have to - just do it!\n<Hey! Hey! All of you get away from there and line up right now or you will be shot!\u2026 [three gunshots are heard] This is your final warning! Get in line or I swear I will burn this disgusting pile of excrement with all of you in it!>\n[sudden silence, followed by an unidentified chattering sound]\nAgent Banderker: <What is th\u2014 [UNTRANSLATABLE EXPLETIVE]!>\nAgent Ahara (AL): Open fire, open fire!\nAgent Banderker: GET THEM OFF ME! GET THEM\u2014 [further speech is muffled]\n[multiple gunshots]\nAgent Ahara (AL): Apollo Home, come in! Where the hell is that containment team?!\n<end transcript>\n\nOpen Post-Operational Interview\n\nClose Post-Operational Interview\n\nDate: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/198\u2588\nInterviewer: Dr. Glen\nInterviewed: Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Ahara\n\n<begin transcript>\nDr. Glen: Good morning, Agent Ahara. How are you feeling?\nAgent Ahara: I'm fine, Glen. I don't need a psych evaluation.\nDr. Glen: I understand. Could you describe to me the events that transpired yesterday in Delhi? More specifically, what happened to Agent Banderker.\nAgent Ahara: Well, we rounded up eight affected individuals in the alleyway; most of them were crawling around in this mass of god-knows-what, covered in the same brown stuff we saw on the walls and the streets before. Like pigs in the mud on a hot day. We managed to get their attention, eventually. Banderker spoke Hindi, so he was able to talk to them and get them to cooperate. After that, we were just waiting for the containment team to arrive.\nDr. Glen: And then?\nAgent Ahara: Then he said something they didn't like. Told them we'd take them away, get that foul shit off them, clean them up. Something else as well. Don't remember. First they started crying and wailing like kids, throwing themselves back into the mass; desperate, like they were trying to bury themselves in it so we couldn't take them away. I told Banderker to make them get back in line, threaten them if necessary. So he yelled and screamed blue murder at them, and they just went on wailing\u2026 until they heard something he said right at the end there. They all went quiet, just staring at him. Then they started making this chittering noise with their teeth, all together. Christ, it got loud. That's when I realised it wasn't just the people making the noise. That's when the swarm came down on us.\nDr. Glen: The swarm?\nAgent Ahara: Rats, flies, cockroaches\u2026 every kind of vermin you can think of. They erupted out of the mass, covered in that brown shit, and kept on coming like a river. The vermin and the people together went rushing for Banderker; I swear they were moving like one big angry animal. Three of those guys got to him before we could even react - two of them held Banderker down while the other one climbed on top of him and started\u2026 retching. More brown shit came pouring out of the guy's mouth, all over Banderker's face. He was screaming for help the whole time. Right 'til his mouth filled up\u2026\nDr. Glen: What did you do then?\nAgent Ahara: We gave the fuckers every bullet we had. Got all eight of the human targets, maybe a few dozen rats too. The containment team got there just in time; I'm not sure how they knew fire would do the trick, but it did. All the vermin, human or otherwise, burned to a crisp. Banderker too.\nGlen, the way that stuff was spreading, the way those things came for us\u2026 you're going to classify this thing Keter, right?\nDr. Glen: Classification is currently pending, but I think it would be safe to say yes.\nAgent Ahara: Good\u2026 good\u2026\nDo you think there's more of that stuff, doctor? Elsewhere, I mean?\nDr. Glen: I don't know. I really don't.\n<end transcript>\n\nAddendum 2194-01:\nAs of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2015, \u2588\u2588\u2588 SCP-2194 quarantine zones exist. No means of permanent removal or disposal of SCP-2194 have yet been identified. Research is ongoing.\n\nOpen Experiment Log 2194_01\n\nClose Experiment Log 2194_01\n\nA sample of SCP-2194 is currently housed at Biological Containment Site-66. The following experiments making use of this sample are aimed at determining effective methods of removing and/or containing SCP-2194.\n\nMeans of removal\nApplication\nResult\n\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 brand industrial stain remover\nStain remover applied using mechanical arm and disposable cloth to an SCP-2194 contaminated surface area of approximately 5cm squared.\nSCP-2194 partially dissolved into solution, and proceeded to cover all areas the cloth made contact with. Contaminated surface area increased to approximately 28cm squared. Cloth sealed in biohazard storage unit.\n\nConcentrated hydrochloric acid solution\nAcid solution applied to contaminated surface with hose.\nSCP-2194 partially dissolved into solution and spread to all areas solution made contact with. It is recommended that further tests explore the use of non-corrosive agents.\n\nIndustrial belt sander\nBelt sander attached to mechanical arm and applied to contaminated surface.\nSCP-2194 began to spread rapidly across the surface. Belt sander ceased functioning after 1 minute 23 seconds of use. Deconstruction revealed machinery to be jammed by large quantities of SCP-2194. Components sealed in biohazard storage unit.\n\nIndustrial blowtorch\nBlowtorch attached to mechanical arm and applied to contaminated surface.\nSCP-2194 reduced to approximately half of its original surface area in 2 minutes 3 seconds. Complete removal could not be achieved.\n\nSealant\nApplication\nResult\n\nConcrete\nConcrete mix applied to contaminated surface.\nSCP-2194 dissolved into liquid component of concrete mix, contaminating a large amount of the material. Seal ineffective.\n\nMolten iron\nMolten iron applied to contaminated surface.\nSeal initially appeared to be effective. However, a large growth of SCP-2194 was observed to expand rapidly beneath the layer of molten iron. 52 seconds after application, the growth broke the seal and erupted, expelling SCP-2194 material onto the walls of the test chamber. It is theorised that SCP-2194 reacted to the extreme heat of the molten iron as it would to attempted removal, but was not affected by the heat level as it would be affected by an open flame.\n\nExpanding polyurethane foam\nFoam sealant applied to contaminated surface as a spray.\nNo accelerated growth observed. Seal remained effective for approximately 200 hours before outer surface began to show signs of contamination. Effective containment method identified.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Flesh-eating bacteria syndrome.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2193 | SCP-2194 | SCP-2195 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Sample #037: A 29 week old SCP-2195-1 (in formaldehyde solution)\n\nItem #: SCP-2195\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Biological samples that are part of SCP-2195 are to be either preserved in formaldehyde solution, dried and stored in a vacuum container, or frozen, according to the method they were preserved with at the moment of discovery. Biological samples preserved through plastic infusion or stored in a solid synthetic resin block, as well as non-biological samples do not require any special containment procedures. Three low-level security vaults in Site 7 are designated for SCP-2195 storage.\nNon-deactivated late-term SCP-2195-1 samples are to be handled by trained personnel as per standard Foundation guidelines for handling bulk primary explosive substances.\nResearch has shown that explosive materials contained within SCP-2195-1 degrade over time, therefore they are granted a storage period of 20 years and are to be incinerated afterwards.\nDocuments acquired as part of SCP-2195 are to be digitalized and uploaded into the SCP-2195 documentation database; original documents are archived.\nAccess to SCP-2195 documentation is restricted to personnel of 2-2195 clearance or higher.\nAccess to SCP-2195 samples is restricted to personnel of 3-2195 clearance or higher.\nExperiments that involve reproduction of SCP-2195-1 require Ethics Committee approval.\nDescription: SCP-2195 is a collective designation for documental and material evidence, specifically collected by unidentified individuals, that is related to a large-scale government project which involves mass reproduction of SCP-2195-1 for military purposes, specifically targeting the drawbacks of said project. SCP-2195 includes biological samples preserved through various methods, demonstration and test articles, prototypes, and a variety of documents. The sum of documentation recovered was enough to fill 19 (nineteen) shipping containers at the moment of discovery.\nAnalysis of said evidence has shown that the project took place in political, historical and socio-cultural circumstances inconsistent with known reality, which suggests extradimensional or otherwise anomalous origin.\nAlthough no fully formed SCP-2195-1 were discovered within SCP-2195, recovered materials provide enough information to give a complete description of their appearance. SCP-2195-1 are living, genetically altered human infants of indeterminate sex (SCP-2195-1 allosomes are identical, and contain genetic information from both X and Y chromosomes).\nSCP-2195-1 body structure is radically different from that of normal infants; SCP-2195-1 are presumed to have the shape of an ellipsoid roughly 60 cm long and 50 cm in circumference, and mass of 9 to 9.5 kg. The physiology of tissues covering the front and back ends is identical to that of somewhat calloused human skin; the rest of the skin is sphacelated, metamorphised, parchment-like and fused with the underlying bone (no muscles and/or fat tissues are present). Ribs grow away from the whole length of the spine (55 to 56 pairs of ribs in total); the ribs are flattened and fused along their whole length, which creates a solid bone capsule with the pelvis and the skull fused immovably to its respective ends.\nThe skull is small, streamlined forwards and has radial symmetry. The only orifice facing outside is a large eye socket on the front end of the body, which contains an anatomically normal eye with a transparent protective membrane. No auditory apparatus is present, but the inner ear vestibular system is extremely developed.\nThe pelvic section also has radial symmetry and serves as an attachment point for four identical limbs facing upwards and downwards diagonally. These limbs are around 10 centimeters long and contain a single pointed bone, which is connected to the pelvis by a ball-and-socket joint, resembling the human hip joint or shoulder joint. Their freedom of movement is severely restricted by the joint's position within the body, as well as rigid tendons; nonetheless they are fitted with powerful muscles intended to turn the limb around its axis. An orifice with a sphincter is located between these limbs, which leads to a small dead-end cavity with richly innervated walls.\nInner organs are mostly either rudimentary or missing, which makes SCP-2195-1's life expectancy to be 10 to 15 minutes, unless sustained by an external life support system. Apart from the aforementioned sensory organs, central nervous system and muscles, only the circulatory system is developed, which includes major vessels, the heart and an organ that resembles a radically altered spleen; said organ has thick, myoglobin-rich walls that can accumulate a certain amount of oxygen and release it into the blood, and filters carbon dioxide out of the blood. There is also a small cluster of electrocytes, which is connected via nerves to the cardiac conducting system.\nAside from the front and back ends, the majority of SCP-2195-1 body is occupied by tissue that structurally resembles liver tissue with extreme adipose degeneration (vacuoles amount for 97% of its volume and even more than that in mass); instead of fat, the vacuoles contain a complex organic substance that has pronounced explosive properties.\nIts exact parameters cannot be determined due to the irregularity of the remaining biological components' amount within tissues, as well as due to the the substance's own nature (supposedly, a mix of several compounds with similar properties in varying proportions). Approximate properties can be described as such:\n\nDensity: 1.8-1.9 g/cm3\nSpecific energy of explosion: 9.2 MJ/kg\nExplosive strength (measured by Trauzl test): 670 cm3\nBrisance (measured by Kast test): 8 mm\nDetonation velocity: 8300-8500 m/s\nSensitivity: 70% explosions with a 10 kg weight dropped from a height of 25 cm.\nAmount of tissue in an instance of SCP-2195-1: 7.5 to 8 kg, explosive yield up to 25 kg of TNT equivalent.\n\nAccording to the documents, SCP-2195-1 have a gestation time of 40 weeks which is normal to humans. They were also naturally born, but subject to the following operative treatment immediately after birth:\n\ncatheterization of 2 major vessels for connection to life support system;\ninstallation of a metal clamp along the spine which acts as a band for a suspension mount;\nmounting of reinforced plastic fins on the limbs;\nfitting the front end with a transparent nose cone.\n\nAfter that SCP-2195-1 were subject to three-week training in a wind tunnel fitted with elastic suspension systems and an image projector to display various battlefield scenes as seen from above. For that purpose, a device for electrical nerve stimulation was inserted into the orifice at the rear end of SCP-2195-1; the higher the achieved targeting precision, the greater the stimulation. The SCP-2195-1 specimens were thus trained to develop visual recognition skills for various targets, and trained to control their flight using limb-mounted aerofoil planes. During the training, the electric organ, which functions as a detonator, was to be temporarily disabled by means of paralytic agent injections.\nFollowing the training SCP-2195-1 was to be tattooed with an emblem of the target it was trained for, put into a state of suspended animation and packed into a shipping container for later use as a homing high explosive bomb.\nThe documentation found as part of SCP-2195 is mostly typewritten in a language having minute differences with modern French, although the origin of names and toponyms mentioned within seems to be more English. No similarities with modern geography were found. The name of the state is never mentioned; instead, \u00abNotre Patrie\u00bb (\u00abOur Fatherland\u00bb) is listed even in official office, position and department names, which is often abbreviated to NP (e.g., \u00abPr\u00e9sident de NP\u00bb).\nAccording to the information contained within, the state waged a long and slaughterous offensive war on another state's territory, which was not popular among its populace. State propaganda efforts were not sufficient to subdue the growing pacifist movement which was especially strong among the soldiers' mothers. The arms industry was also on the verge of decline. The documented project was proposed in order to solve both problems, and was meant to implant embryos of SCP-2195-1 into all fertile women under the guise of various mandatory medical procedures. The surge of \"living bombs\" born afterwards was announced as a natural event, a manifestation of mass consciousness, the will of the people, and an evidence of charitability1 of the military intervention taking place. Another important factor was the mother's blood relationship which required a mother to unconditionally support her child's \"voluntary effort\", which in turn demanded her to abolish any pacifist beliefs and/or made her an indirect participant of the bombings, with personal responsibility forced on her later on.\nNote: this shows drastic differences of ethical norms between our society and the one described. It is hard to imagine that measures like these would have any effect in any state we know, yet SCP-2195 documents describe them as extremely effective yet highly immoral, although only in the sense that both the higher will and the blood relationship were falsified, therefore the highest values were fraudulently exploited.\nHowever, various events that took place during the project's development, should they have become public, would have brought sharp discredit on it, due to both their negative nature, and the fact that the nature and sheer amount of these events contradicted the idea of higher force's mercy and justice, therefore making the \"higher will\" explanation unviable.\nFirst and foremost, SCP-2195 contains evidence of numerous complicating disorders during pregnancy and birth:\n\nVarious fetal pathologies and deformities, miscarriages, cases of stillbirth. Preserved samples included.\nNumerous cases of ectopic pregnancy. Several postmortem specimens and a variety of medical records are available. Vast majority of these cases resulted in the mother's death or loss of fertility, which was grounds for euthanasia.\nBirth trauma and cases of mothers' deaths at birth due to the fetus' size and rigid structure. Medical records available.\nAcute, often life-threatening toxicoses caused by metabolic byproducts during explosive substance formation inside fetus. Several in-depth research papers, histological samples and body fluid samples available.\nAnemia, dangerous exhaustion of the mother's body due to the fetus' accelerated growth. An essay of observations concerning this issue is available.\nMultifetal gestation which almost inevitably caused pathologies. Cases of SCP-2195-1 conjoined twins. A range of medical records available. The majority of such pregnancies were aborted due to critical situations; preserved fetus samples available.\nHyperplasia, fermental chorionic hyperactivity, or detrimental chorion deformation leading to formation of multiple large synechiated folds. Hyperactivity, abnormal growth or improper position of the resulting placenta caused destruction of uterine walls, mouth of the womb, or fallopian tubes. Preserved samples, extensive studies and medical records available. Numerous descriptions of deaths due to internal bleeding and cases of euthanasia due to loss of fertility after operative treatment are also available.\nSpontaneous fetus detonations on latter stages of pregnancy. Investigation reports, autopsy protocols, and an archive of media reports are available. Collateral damage and fatalities are described, with the cause presented by propaganda as \"immoral conduct that is disgracing motherhood\". No details of said conduct were provided, although the manner this description is used in suggests that it is a common euphemism for some specific deeds.\n\nAnother class of materials regards the project's social consequences. It is composed mostly of the following media archives:\n\nCases of pregnant women committing suicide. The reason was most often declared as strong pacifistic beliefs. A shot to the belly was specifically popular, which often caused SCP-2195-1 to detonate. A series of suicides was committed in public for demonstration purposes, some cases were essentially acts of terrorism in popular places, which led to fatalities. One such act was committed in a maternity welfare center which caused a chain reaction and large-scale destruction.\nSeveral attempts of fertile women to dodge medical supervision, have an independent birth and nurture SCP-2195-1 on their own, always futile due to the latter's inviability.\nAn incident with a high-ranking government official, who was also part of the project, attempting to make compromising information related to the project public during a speech. The speech was interrupted, and the official in question arrested, declared incurably mentally ill, and subsequently euthanized.\n\nNote: it should be noted that no cases of an illegal abortion were described.\nA third class of documents is composed of scientific and design documents related to the project's development and implementation. These materials' level of classification is related to three basic facts: the need to conceal SCP-2195-1 true origins in order to support the propaganda, contradiction with conventional ethics and the current law that makes cloning, genetic engineering and similar activities illegal, as well as to the wide use of SCP-2195-1 samples for tests and experiments. A large part of these documents is encrypted, their contents are currently unknown. The materials available for study include:\n\nPrototypes and early samples of SCP-2195-1.\nPresentation materials prepared for acceptance inspection hearings, instructional materials and demonstration samples, visual aids, and mock-ups. Both artificial products and real SCP-2195-1 samples preserved through plastic infusion or stored in synthetic resin blocks.\nModified SCP-2195-1 prototypes and related documents for a project aiming to make homing artillery shells by converting SCP-2195-1. The attempt failed, no instances of SCP-2195-1 that could withstand the acceleration at the moment of the shot could be created.\nPrototypes and documentation for another attempt to modify SCP-2195-1. They were supposed to be fitted with a rocket engine and used as homing missiles. Tests were successful, but the modification was declared unpractical for economic reasons, as cheap SCP-2195-1 were to be fitted with factory-made components.\nGovernment decree to recall and collect or destroy all compromising evidence. The document mentions some event that aggravated the situation around the project and compromised its secrecy; this could have been the aforementioned public speech. It is assumed that the whole of SCP-2195 was composed as fulfillment of said decree.\nAn index of all collected materials. Only codes are listed instead of titles for encrypted documents, along with a reference to the document with these codes' breakdown (also encrypted).\n\nDuring my time in the Foundation's employ I've seen worse, but I'd still like to believe that there never was a place where things like these are made on a national scale, and this object is only a miscarriage of some alternate history branch or a material manifestation of some perverted fantasy. I hope to never know the true state of things. \u2014 Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nAddendum 1: Discovery\nSCP-2195, contained in 19 standard shipping containers was initially discovered on \u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588.2009 by Federal Security Service of Russia operatives during an inspection as part of checking investigative information on weapons smuggling. The Foundation took over and investigated the cargo's origins. Its movements could be traced up to 1995; it was found that since 1995 the cargo was constantly moving across Russia by railroad and sea in a loop route. The transfers were paid for from an account established by an unidentified person in 1993 or earlier; no further information could be gathered due to loss of related documents.\nInvestigations about the cargo escaping any inspections or searches, save for weight checks, is underway. According to weight checks information, the cargo remained untampered during the whole period; undamaged seals on container doors confirm that. This still does not explain how the cryonic tanks for storing biological samples were discovered 60% or more full despite requiring a coolant refill once every 6 months.\nSeveral hypotheses were proposed to explain this fact and the object's origin as a whole, but at the moment, there is a lack of evidence for any of them.\nAddendum 2\n\n+ Classified - level 4 access only\n\n- Level 4 access confirmed\n\nAfter several attempts Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's research group successfully recreated a specimen of SCP-2195-1 using genetic material from SCP-2195 and D-39207 as a surrogate mother. Despite several complications and the need for a cesarean section delivery, the specimen was fully formed and quite healthy, save for some minute anatomical deviations.\nA series of tests and experiments was conducted, culminating in a successful bombing of a target in the firing range, which completely confirmed the information contained within SCP-2195.\nHowever, the test committee pointed out the immense financial and labor costs to reproduce the sample and its life support system, as well as the sample being generally effective but having no outstanding features, SCP-2195-1 was declared having no practical value to the Foundation.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Original documents use a specific philosophical term which, according to the context, should mean predetermination or being destined by a higher force, whose will it is immoral and unnatural for a human being to resist.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2194 | SCP-2195 | SCP-2196 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2196 photographed during initial processing.\n\nItem #: SCP-2196\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2196 is to be kept in secure storage locker 37 at Site-66. In order to prevent accidental exposure to its properties, the object must be locked in an opaque tamper-proof case, with the combination available only to level 4 staff members.\nOutside of testing, SCP-2196-b must not be viewed by any staff member. Any personnel suspected of exposure to SCP-2196-b are to be suspended of all authority until administered a class B amnestic. In addition, any personnel requesting the destruction of SCP-2196, attempting to reclassify SCP-2196, or in any way modify its containment procedures are to be treated as if under the effects of exposure.\nDescription: SCP-2196-a is a disk approximately 18 cm across and 3 mm thick. The front side of SCP-2196-a is smooth to the limits of detection, while the back is lightly etched with a fractal pattern which shrinks below the measurable level near the center. SCP-2196-a absorbs all radiation directed at it, giving it a completely black appearance with the exception of SCP-2196-b. SCP-2196-b is a small light point on the front surface of SCP-2196-a, which moves toward the edge as viewing angle decreases, following what appears to be a logarithmic deceleration toward the edge of SCP-2196-a as it is viewed from lower angles to SCP-2196-a's surface.\nSubjects observing SCP-2196-b begin to experience a strong curiosity about its nature, along with a minor compulsion to magnify it, typically requesting telescopes or similar devices in order to clearly see SCP-2196-b. As magnification is increased and perceived arc-diameter expands, subjects show signs of dread, apprehension, and paranoia, along with an increased compulsion to magnify the object, typically reporting that they are unwilling or unable to look away. At this point, subjects are still able to cease the process under coersion. As subjects begin to approach a perceived diameter of one arc minute, they become mute and unresponsive, only continuing magnification. Brain scans of subjects at this stage show intense activity in the amygdala and occipital lobe. As subjects zoom to an estimated angular diameter of 30 arc-minutes, (including digital magnification and telescopic photographs) they seize and lose consciousness, waking after a short period with no memory of what SCP-2196-b looks like.\nRecovery Log:\nSCP-2196 was delivered anonymously to the home of researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 on 3/24/19\u2588\u2588, accompanied by the following note:\n\nOh jailors to your chosen task, ere distance passes by,\nWe pray that you find true success, where we could only try.\n\nDue to researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's previous encounter with the GOI known as The Serpent's Hand, it is believed she was used as a contact point for the Foundation. Further investigation is ongoing.\nAddendum 2196-1 A faint radiation pulse was detected from SCP-2196-b \u2588 years after initial containment, of a similar frequency to that of a high intensity cutting laser used on the object during initial durability tests.\nAddendum 2196-2 The weak coloration of SCP-2196-b, initially slightly red, has shifted toward blue during containment.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2195 | SCP-2196 | SCP-2197 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2197\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Because neither SCP-2197 nor the lot on which it is built are recorded on any official documents, the Foundation has been able to effectively assume legal ownership of SCP-2197 by purchasing the buildings on either side of it, the lots of which legally encompass SCP-2197's location. A small contingent of Foundation personnel have been permanently assigned to manage these properties (a small filling station with automotive repair shop, and a five-unit motor lodge).\nCivilian motorists lured into the proximity of SCP-2197 are to be intercepted by these personnel and given whatever assistance they require in order to leave the area. Once a week, a D-class personnel wearing a remote surveillance kit is to enter SCP-2197, engage in conversation with SCP-2197-1, and make a purchase.\nDue to local residents' length of exposure to SCP-2197, and their habitual reticence regarding it, mass administration of amnestics has been ruled out (see Ethics Committee Report 2197-901). As residents have observed Foundation personnel steering visitors away from SCP-2197, they have become increasingly accepting and even friendly toward the members of the permanent contingent. These social relationships are to be used in conjunction with monitoring of mail and electronic communications, in order to identify and isolate individuals who pose an unacceptable risk to containment.\nDescription: SCP-2197 is a one-story structure located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Maine, an unincorporated township between U.S. Route 1 and the Atlantic coast. The words \u201cAnziano's Curio Shoppe\u201d are etched in stylized lettering on a large storefront window displaying what appear to be various second-hand goods.\nIndividuals traveling by motor vehicle in or near \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 experience a greater than expected rate of mechanical difficulties, GPS malfunctions, flat tires, unexpectedly low fuel, and loss of cellular reception. Affected motorists frequently seek assistance in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and while delayed they often enter SCP-2197, due to its location between the township's only mechanic and its only lodgings. Residents of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and the surrounding area do not appear to experience these travel-related difficulties, and will sometimes obliquely warn those affected away from SCP-2197.1\nThose entering SCP-2197 are greeted by a humanoid entity resembling a stooped, elderly man in a leather apron, designated SCP-2197-1. The entity will introduce itself as \u201cMr. Anziano,\u201d engage in small talk, and encourage the visitor to browse. If an individual expresses interest in an item, SCP-2197-1 will speak highly of the effort involved in its manufacture and the good character of its maker, often remarking that \u201che tried his best.\u201d\nMost items purchased from the shop display anomalous properties.2 Somewhere on each item (typically the back, underside, or interior) is a single small glyph, written in a hemoglobin-like substance, the design of which differs from item to item. Foundation linguists have concluded that the glyphs are backward renderings of the first, second, third, fourth, and sixth letters of the Aramaic alphabet. Some glyphs are appended with a plus or minus sign.\nThe permanent contingent in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has compiled a representative sample of items purchased by D-class personnel from SCP-2197 (see Document 2197-101).\n\n+ Show Document 2197-101: Log of items obtained from SCP-2197\n\n- Access granted\n\nSCP-2197-5\nDescription: A green Western Electric Model 2500 landline telephone, which rings from 1 to 6 times a month, regardless of whether it is connected to an active phone jack. If an individual picks up the receiver, a staticky voice resembling that of a young girl will whisper \u201cseven days\u201d and the call will disconnect. Exactly seven days later, whatever phone happens to be closest to the subject will ring. If the subject answers, an identical voice will whisper, \u201cit's been seven days\u201d and the call will disconnect. No further effects have been noted.\nGlyph: Gamal-minus\nSCP-2197-10\nDescription: An irregularly-shaped, concave object, with several notches in its outer rim, apparently made of clay containing flecks of ash. When any individual with a history of tobacco use, who has not consumed any form of tobacco since the last full moon, comes within approximately 6 m of the item, a lit cigarette emerges from the item and slides into one of the notches, with the filter side pointed toward the individual. The cigarettes are reported to possess an intensely unpleasant smell and taste. Approximately 65% of test subjects who smoked the cigarette required hospitalization for sulfur dioxide poisoning. In all such subjects, the traumatic experience caused an extreme aversion to subsequent tobacco use.\nGlyph: Gamal-minus\nSCP-2197-13\nDescription: A poorly-constructed birdhouse with no known anomalous properties.\nGlyph: Waw\nSCP-2197-16\nDescription: A small antique desk lamp operated by a toggle switch at its base, with the \u201con\u201d and \u201coff\u201d positions labeled. When operated by an individual unfamiliar with the lamp, the functioning of the switch is reversed, so that the \u201coff\u201d position turns the lamp on, and vice versa. Once a particular user becomes accustomed to the reversed function, the switch begins to operate correctly. This process repeats each time the user forms an ingrained habit regarding how to operate the switch.\nGlyph: Dalath\nSCP-2197-22\nDescription: Two unadorned 20cm x 60cm pieces of sheet metal, sold together as \u201cbookends.\u201d Each one has two 90 degree bends equidistant along its longer axis, forming a squared \u201cU\u201d shape resembling three sides of a cube. When one of the items is picked up, it begins to grow in size, doubling in volume every ten seconds, until it becomes too heavy or unwieldy for the subject to hold. Upon slipping out of the subject's grasp, the item instantly reverts to its original size. Holding both pieces at the same time, or fitting them together into a cube, appears to produce no additional effect.\nGlyph: Dalath-minus\nSCP-2197-25\nDescription: A 32-page coloring book. The picture on each page is rainbow- and/or unicorn-themed. Any individual who fully colors in at least one page of the book experiences increased good luck thereafter, as confirmed by Foundation statisticians using a random-number generator. Within a week of coloring in the page, the subject invariably meets an ideal romantic partner and enters into a long-term relationship. On both occasions on which D-class personnel were used to test the item, an unusual confluence of events led to the subject escaping Foundation custody shortly before scheduled termination, along with a D-class of the opposite sex with whom the subject had recently formed an attachment.\nGlyph: Waw\nSCP-2197-27\nDescription: An item which appears to be a normal wooden cuckoo clock, aged but in good condition, until it is mounted to a wall of a structure owned by the purchaser, at which point it reveals its true form and cannot be removed short of demolishing the wall on which it is mounted. The cuckoo clock is made from a human head, neck and chest cavity, apparently still living, with a brass pendulum and clockface. The lungs have been removed and the ribs spread to display the swinging pendulum inside the chest cavity, which has sharp blades designed to pierce the individual's sides with every swing. The clockface is wedged into the mouth, the jaw having been stretched open to accommodate it. The eyes constantly dart about and grunts of pain may be heard from the throat. At the top of every hour, the pendulum and clockface rapidly heat to [REDACTED] degrees Centigrade, causing the throat to emit cries of pain reminiscent of the sounds of a non-anomalous cuckoo clock. The number of cries has been observed to be consistently appropriate to the hour being struck.\nGlyph: Alap-plus\n\nFootnotes\n1. Foundation personnel briefed on SCP-2197 also appear to be unaffected by this phenomenon. Site-11's Shamanic Analysis Unit has concluded that the effect targets only unsuspecting individuals.\n2. SCP-2197 first came to the Foundation's attention when routine monitoring of Vatican email traffic flagged an inquiry from the Archdiocese of Boston on behalf of a parishioner who claimed that an antique doll she had purchased on a trip to Maine had been \u201charassing\u201d her with ineffectual attempts to harm or inconvenience her. The doll was retrieved and is currently designated SCP-2197-2. It has proven capable of movement and vocalization, albeit with a severe speech impediment. Class-B amnestics were administered to the purchaser, her parish priest, and the Archbishop of Boston.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2196 | SCP-2197 | SCP-2198 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2198, as unintentionally photographed by photographer \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2007. SCP-2198, visible on the left, has undergone predominant dissipation.\n\nItem #: SCP-2198\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Outposts 93-A, -B, and -C have been constructed within the Antarctic, directly beneath SCP-2198's original site of manifestation. The area, however unlikely the formation of future instances of SCP-2198 are, is to be continuously monitored both terrestrially from said outposts, and aerially via geosynchronous satellite.\nLimited samples of both lacrimal fluid and saliva manifested via SCP-2198 have been collected and amassed at Storage Site-109, within separate containment vats.\nDescription: SCP-2198 collectively designates several nimbostratus clouds observed to form directly above the Antarctic Circle, and limited areas of China, India, the USA, the UK, Russia, Japan, and South Korea, between the dates of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2006 and \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2007. All instances of SCP-2198 have since dissipated.\nThe largest instance of SCP-2198, forming over the majority of the Antarctic Circle, was observed to precipitate frozen human lacrimal fluid, colloquially known as tears. It is to be of note that the basic shape of this SCP-2198 instance appeared to directly correlate with the shape of the ozone hole above the same area.\nSecondary instances of SCP-2198, forming above the aforementioned countries, were observed to precipitate human saliva at an above-average speed of 56km/h. Secondary instances of SCP-2198 did not exceed volumes of 200m3, and invariably manifested above factories manufacturing fire extinguishers, air conditioners, solvents, and aerosols.\nAfter secondary instances of SCP-2198 had been identified, the factories beneath were thereupon located; multiple collaborative Task Forces were selectively nominated to isolate the industrial units in question, clear as many traces of saliva as possible, and administer Class-A to -C amnestics accordingly. Similar actions were taken in the Antarctic to collect a limited amount of lacrimal fluid while precipitation from the primary instance of SCP-2198 was still occurring; collection proved less successful due to the fact that the fluid manifested in the form of minute hailstones, either resulting in total pulverisation upon impact against ice, or general loss to the masses of snow within the surrounding area.\nAnalysis has confirmed the presence of DNA from over \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 individuals within the stored saliva and lacrimal fluid samples; DNA fingerprint data shows that approximately 97% of individuals identified in this way are deceased, with existing post-mortem documentation either confirming or indicating that cause of death for 92% of these individuals was fatal self-infliction on the date of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2007. The total number of individuals identifiable from the samples cannot be ascertained due to the aforementioned partial losses of both samples. An additional 2% have been confirmed missing. The remaining 1% have been identified and located, but the majority of individuals have not been approached (see Addendum).\nAddendum: The following is a transcribed interview with \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the first living individual identified from collected samples.\n\nInterviewer: Senior Researcher H. Hamlin\nInterviewee: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n<Begin Log>\nSenior Researcher H. Hamlin: Are you familiar with this?\nResearcher Hamlin produces a diagrammatical representation of SCP-2198's primary cloud, detailing the shape of the cloud and its spread across the Antarctic.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: It's a picture showing the hole in the ozone layer. That's all I can see.\nSenior Researcher H. Hamlin: Are you familiar with any of the following; [REDACTED]; [REDACTED] Industrial Complex; [REDACTED] Square Works;\n[TRANSCRIPT REDACTED FOR BREVITY]\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: No. I'm not familiar with any of those names at all.\nSenior Researcher H. Hamlin: Do you have a vested interest in, or any specialist knowledge pertaining to, ozone depletion, the Antarctic, or the manufacture of items containing chlorofluorocarbons, hydrofluorocarbons, or halons?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: No, not at all. I told you, I'm a [REDACTED]. That's not my line of work.\nSenior Researcher H. Hamlin: Have you ever participated in any clinical trials, or donated blood, blood platelets, bone marrow, sperm, or organs to any party that did not wholly specify the reasons as to why you would be doing so?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: No.\nSenior Researcher H. Hamlin: Have you recently been asked to purposefully cry or salivate, for any purpose other than the norm?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: No.\nSenior Researcher H. Hamlin: Do you spit, or cry, on a regular basis?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: No, of course not.\n<End Log>\n\nDOCUMENT 'INTERVIEW93551 REVISED CONTINUATION' IS A CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT. CONTINUE?\n\n/2198 CLEARANCE VERIFIED\n\nOpening Statement: A combination of automated voice risk analysis, eye-tracking analysis, and accurate spectroscopic imagery produced by an instance of Safe Anomalous Item \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 concluded \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 to be lying, predominantly in answer to Researcher Hamlin's first, second, third, and fifth question.\n<Resume Log>\nSenior Researcher H. Hamlin: You're lying.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What?\nSenior Researcher H. Hamlin: Why are you lying?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I'm not lying to you. Why would I ever lie to you, the\u2026 what was it, Statistics Corporation Penrose? A statistics company- See, why would I lie to a statistics company?\nResearcher Hamlin details the purpose of the SCP Foundation, explaining that \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's DNA had been lifted from one of the Foundation's most recently-discovered anomalies. Researcher Hamlin assures \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 that the priority of his investigation is to determine the status of the individuals identified from the DNA samples.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 remains silent for approximately 10 seconds.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I couldn't bring myself to do it.\nSenior Researcher H. Hamlin: What couldn't you bring yourself to do?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: There was subdivision after subdivision after subdivision, and I joined one of them. To help organise an exodus. It was an exodus, okay? A\u2026 spiritual exodus.\nSenior Researcher H. Hamlin: Could you elaborate, please?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: There's nothing much else to it. It was called Greenflight. It had other names, but Greenflight was the favourite. There were around \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 members, and I was one of them.\nSenior Researcher H. Hamlin: What do you know about the image I showed you?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: The clouds were a calling card for when everyone was supposed to leave. A final \"fuck you\". I don't know how it was done or who was behind it, but it was done.\nSenior Researcher H. Hamlin: Can you confirm that this \"exodus\" happened on \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588th, 2007? \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 individuals committed suicide on that date, all of whom were identified from DNA in the precipitation from the cloud.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: That's when we all\u2026 yes, that's- that's correct.\nSenior Researcher H. Hamlin: Why didn't you \"leave\" along with the others?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: There's just something wrong with me, I suppose. I don't care enough about the human race, clearly.\nSenior Researcher H. Hamlin: Was the exodus successful?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Oh, God knows. Ask the ones who took their own lives.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was subsequently administered Class-B amnestics and released. Public documents pertaining to \"Greenflight\" do not exist. Contact with the remaining \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 living individuals, with the interest of ascertaining the methods of creating SCP-2198, is pending approval. Investigations regarding \"Greenflight\" and its origin have been discontinued.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2197 | SCP-2198 | SCP-2199 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2199\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2199 is in a standard Wildlife Observation Chamber, located within Site-77. Listening devices are attached to the hump on a permanent basis, in order to observe the interior of its body. Exploratory testing has been suspended, due to the effect that repeated testing had on SCP-2199's health.\nDescription: SCP-2199 is an adult male Indian Camel (Camelus dromedarius). The hump is hairless, and has the appearance of being covered in scar tissue.\nInstead of being completely composed out of tissue fibers, the hump on SCP-2199's back is filled with water underneath a 10cm layer of fibrous tissue. This water is brackish, self-replenishing, and inhabits a volume roughly equivalent to the total biomass of SCP-21991. Despite the absence of any corresponding light sources, it contains ambient light.\nA large number of small organisms, collectively designated as SCP-2199-1, inhabit this space. Each subgroup of SCP-2199-1 resembles a particular species of plant or animal native to an arid region, but has adapted or been heavily modified for small size and aquatic environments; many display extremely unusual body plans. While still superficially resembling their desert counterparts, all SCP-2199-1 instances are between 2 and 10 cm long and the relative sizes of SCP-2199-1 subgroups do not correspond to the relative sizes of their unmodified relatives. Since direct examination of this ecosystem requires that SCP-2199 be anesthetized and its hump surgically opened, visual observation has been limited.\nIt is, however, possible to observe SCP-2199-1 from outside the hump by listening to their vocalizations and other audio traces. Regular monitoring of SCP-2199-1 is carried out almost entirely via audio, in order to minimize damage to SCP-2199 due to invasive testing.\n\nObserved organism types within SCP-2199-1\n\nClosest apparent ancestor\nDescription\n\nBark scorpion (Centruroides sp.)\nClosely resembles a legless but otherwise normal bark scorpion. Rapid flicking movements of the tail are used for locomotion (propulsion, orientation control, and posture maintenance).\n\nOstrich (Struthio camelus)\nIndividuals are 3-4 cm long, with a small spheroid body, webbed feet, shortened limbs, and two short muscular tails with long feathers. The tails are used similarly to bacterial flagella, generating propulsion by spinning counter to each other. Primarily herbivorous; an active hunter of algae and free-floating microflora.\n\nMeerkat (Suricata suricatta)\nObserved only once visually, these rare organisms are benthic detritivores, subsisting entirely on and within the layer of excreta and other detritus that accumulates gradually on the bottom of SCP-2199.\n\nTexas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum)\nResembles the detached head of the lizard, with supernumerary spines and no external locomotor appendages. Moves by launching its 10-cm-long tongue towards a prey animal, then retracting the tongue to pull itself and the prey together for consumption.\n\nWestern black widow (Latrodectus hesperus)\nHas a single cephalothorax bearing several hundred long legs. The exoskeleton is entirely soft, permitting the body to undulate for jellyfish-like propulsion. The red \"hourglass\" marking on the abdomen is a bioluminescent lure, used to attract smaller organisms within reach of the legs, which capture them and carry them into the large central mouth for envenomation and consumption. Preys primarily on other black-widow- and scorpion-type SCP-2199-1 instances.\n\nSCP-2199 was discovered outside of Cairo, Egypt in an abandoned desert ruin, with two near-human skeletons. In addition, the ancient remains of several other animals were discovered. The identified specimens include a horse, crocodile, abnormally large birds, and whale bones. The following script was found etched into the wall, translated from Latin.\n\nThe carrier/holder/ark has crashed, and we are truly lost/alone. There is nobody to inherit/take the last guardians/warlords of life, and they will be lost in time. This development is unfortunate, but inevitable/destined. They probably wouldn't have gotten along in this dead place.\n\nSince the discovery of SCP-3150 in 194\u2588, no less than two similar entities to SCP-2199 have have been observed within SCP-3150-1. Investigation into SCP-2199's origins via SCP-3150-3 is currently pending review.\n\nFootnotes\n1. This is despite SCP-2199 containing normal internal organs\n\n\u00ab SCP-2198 | SCP-2199 | SCP-2200 \u00bb"}
{"text": "PeppersGhost\n\nSCP-2200 - Soulburg by PeppersGhost\n\nMore by this author\n\nItem #: SCP-2200\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The current instance of SCP-2200-2 is to be kept in a standard humanoid containment chamber at Bio-Site 59. To prevent the relocation of SCP-2200-1, a minimum of five armed security personnel must escort SCP-2200-2 to termination chamber T-28 once a month to assist in routine D-Class cycling. In the event SCP-2200-1 relocates, Mobile Task Force Epsilon-30 (\"Blade Fielders\") is to be deployed to seek out and contain the new SCP-2200-2 instance.\nThe area of land encompassing SCP-2200-3 has been designated Site-502, with Foundation faculty members living as residents in the town proper. As SCP-2200-3 is populated by anomalous individuals, faculty may acknowledge the existence of anomalous activity in general but are not to divulge details on any SCP object besides SCP-2200. Each staff member living on-site is to submit a weekly report detailing their experience and interactions.\nFor all intents and purposes, SCP-2200-3 is to remain an autonomous community with minimal political and social interference by the Foundation. Additional intervention may be ordered by the presiding on-site Staff Lead at their discretion. As a number of inert instances are already in storage for testing and archival purposes, additional inert SCP-2200-4 are to be collected and melted down for use in funding Foundation activities.\nDescription: SCP-2200 is the collective designation of several interrelated anomalous phenomena:\nSCP-2200-1 is a sword, 80cm in length, composed of an alloy of silver and copper, estimated to have been constructed between 1,000 and 500 BCE. SCP-2200-1 is luminescent, giving off blue light at a level of brightness directly proportional to the number of SCP-2200-4 subjects residing in SCP-2200-3. Similarly, increased numbers of SCP-2200-4 subjects reverses deterioration caused by SCP-2200-1's age, making it a more effective weapon.\nSCP-2200-2 refers to the human individual who is currently bonded with SCP-2200-1. SCP-2200-2 subjects cannot separate themselves from SCP-2200-1 and any attempt to forcefully remove it from the subject's grasp will result in the immediate death of the subject. Similarly, surgical removal of the hand or arm bonded to SCP-2200-1 will also result in death. When an SCP-2200-2 instance dies, SCP-2200-1 anomalously relocates into the hand of another individual and instantly bonds with them.\nThere is no apparent limit to the distance SCP-2200-1 can travel when transporting itself to a new subject. SCP-2200-1 appears to selectively bond with subjects that share a similar set of traits (see Document 2200-A), which suggests that it may be intelligent to some degree. Bonding with SCP-2200-1 will cause subjects to suffer from an anomalous form of argyrosis1 which causes their skin to rapidly develop a distinct blue hue. If an SCP-2200-2 subject does not end a human life for an extended period of time, SCP-2200-1 will relocate itself.\nAfter bonding with SCP-2200-1, SCP-2200-2 subjects experience heightened epinephrine and testosterone levels and immediately gain an understanding of SCP-2200 in its entirety. These factors, combined with the SCP-2200-2 subject's background (see Document 2200-A) have invariably resulted in SCP-2200-2 killing those around them with SCP-2200-1.\nSCP-2200-3 is a 50km2 area of land located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Whenever a person is killed by SCP-2200-1, a likeness of the individual formed out of an anomalous, silver-based alloy (SCP-2200-4) will appear in SCP-2200-3. Despite being made of inorganic material, instances of SCP-2200-4 are fully animate and capable of vocalization. Interviews have shown that SCP-2200-4 instances share the personality and memories of the victim they resemble.\nBecause of their metallic composition, SCP-2200-4 cease aging after their conversion and are resistant to physical damage. SCP-2200-4 do not need to eat, drink, or sleep in order to sustain themselves, but may perform these actions if they so choose. Instances of SCP-2200-4 that leave SCP-2200-3 will cease animation upon setting foot outside the designated 50km2 space. SCP-2200-4 instances seem to be innately aware of the dimensions of the \"safe\" area. Any that leave remain permanently inert and cannot be restored by being returned to SCP-2200-3.\n\nDocument 2200-A: Characteristics shared by SCP-2200-2 subjects:\n\nBetween 15 and 45 years of age\nPhysically active\nStrong fear of death\nNegative view of what happens after death\nPsychological/emotional instability\n\nInterview 2200-I-0015\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2200-2.037, a 36-year-old male from British Columbia.\nInterviewer: Dr. Stems\nForeword: Interview was conducted on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, two days after SCP-2200-2.037 was detained.\n<Begin log>\nDr. Stems: All right, we're going to run through this one more time for the records. Please describe the series of events that transpired after SCP-2200-1 appeared in your hand.\nSCP-2200-2.037: One moment I was just sitting in my bedroom, reading, when all of a sudden I had this \u2026 this vision. I saw this place where people could live forever. I mean, on an intellectual level I was aware that what I saw was impossible, but at the same time I was convinced it was true. And I knew that I could send people there with the sword.\nDr. Stems: What was your first course of action?\nSCP-2200-2.037: I waited until dark. I live alone so nobody noticed me going out in the middle of the night. Whenever I came across some homeless person sleeping alone, I'd slit their throat or stab them in the heart or something like that. It went on for a few nights until I got caught by the cops. They turned me over to you guys, and, well, here I am.\nDr. Stems: I see. Anything else you'd like to add?\nSCP-2200-2.037: I wanna make it clear that I'm not a psychopath or anything. I sent those people away because death could have come for them at any moment. What if they weren't right with God? The way I see it, when someone is sent to that place, they're basically guaranteed eternal life. I was eliminating the risk of Hell for them, you know? I know it sounds terrible, but I had good intentions. I wasn't really killing them. Just sending them to heaven, kind of. Or at least keeping them safe from the alternative.\nDr. Stems: Thank you for your time.\n<End log>\n\nInterview 2200-I-0124\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2200-2.082, a 29-year-old female from Washington, USA.\nInterviewer: Researcher Iwataki\nForeword: Interview was conducted on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, three weeks after SCP-2200-2.082 was detained.\n<Begin log>\nIwataki: Okay, we're going to be recording this time. If you're ready, please describe the series of events that transpired after SCP-2200-1 appeared in your hand.\nSCP-2200-2.082: I immediately knew that my life was pretty much over. I knew that I couldn't let go of this sword. Ever. All my plans for my life, my career, my family\u2014all of it was gone. But at the same time, I guess I thought I had an opportunity.\nIwataki: Were you happy with the situation?\nSCP-2200-2.082: No. God, no. I would have given anything to stop what happened.\nIwataki: So why did you do it?\nSCP-2200-2.082: Don't you judge me. Not for a second. What would you do if you could keep your loved ones alive forever? My sister died when she was six. How could I be sure that my kids wouldn't die young, too?\n[20 second pause.]\nI may have saved them, but I hated doing it. It destroyed me. Honestly, after I finished with my family, saving strangers felt like a walk in the park in comparison. God. I still can't believe any of this happened. I'm surprised the police didn't just shoot me on the spot.\nIwataki: That's what usually happens. Makes things much more difficult for us.\nSCP-2200-2.082: If you see my family, please tell them I'm sorry.\nIwataki: I'll pass that on. Thank you for your cooperation; I know these past few weeks haven't been easy for you.\n<End log>\n\nInterview 2200-I-0207\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2200-4.00581, a 68-year-old male religious leader in SCP-2200-3.\nInterviewer: Researcher Pittenger\n<Begin log>\nPittenger: If you would, please describe the Exodus Movement to me as if I was unfamiliar with it.\nSCP-2200-4.00581: Certainly. Here in Soulberg\u2013or Silverville, whatever you want to call it\u2013there are a multitude of people who fear what awaits when they cross the threshold and give up their life. Those of us who are of faith believe that this is more of a purgatory than the paradise that God intended for us. You see, this place is founded on the fear of what happens after death. Once you've been sent here by the sword, you can postpone your fate as long as you like. Your life will only end when you cross the city limits. The Exodus Movement is a religious initiative that seeks to help Soulberg's citizens come to terms with their mortality and willingly pass on to the next world.\nPittenger: If you believe in an afterlife, why have you yourself not \"crossed the threshold\" as well?\nSCP-2200-4.00581: Some of us believers have to remain to maintain the church and continue to spread the good news. As much as I desire to meet my heavenly father, I stay behind so that I might aid those who are still shackled by fear and doubt.\nPittenger: Opponents of the Exodus Movement have accused you of merely wanting to reduce overpopulation and increase your field of influence. How do you answer these allegations?\nSCP-2200-4.00581: I can understand why they would think such things. As long as the church has existed, so have its critics. Even among believers, there are those who believe crossing the threshold to be a sin, as it equates to suicide. Disagreements are a given in matters of religion.\nPittenger: Any additional comments you would like me to record?\nSCP-2200-4.00581: This society is built upon man's fear of death. Whether you believe in heaven or hell, afterlife or finality, you must ask yourself: is the pursuit of immortality truly virtuous? By choosing to remain safe in our silver shells, we rob ourselves of our dignity. By fearing death, we only give it more power.\n<End log>\n\nFootnotes\n1. A skin condition caused by high quantities of silver in the body.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2199 | SCP-2200 | SCP-2201 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More articles by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-2006\n\nSCP-2950\n\nSCP-2599\n\nSCP-2800\n\nSCP-3200\n\nSCP-4007\n\nSCP-2750\n\nSCP-2201\n\nSCP-2101\n\nSCP-2050\n\nSCP-2440\n\nSCP-2301\n\nSCP-1842\n\nSCP-2012\n\nSCP-1644\n\nSCP-2499\n\nSCP-2775\n\nSCP-2925\n\nSCP-1758\n\nSCP-7030\n\nSCP-972\n\nSCP-314-J\n\nSCP-2625\n\nSCP-2588\n\nSCP-6030\n\nSCP-5725\n\nSCP-2896\n\nSCP-5975\n\n+ All Tales by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nThe Meaning of Fear\n\nRight?\n\nThe Tinkerer\n\nAfter The End\n\nSpirit Dust\n\nLeisure Time\n\nMission Accomplished\n\nA Broken Tool\n\nThe Space Soldier\n\nOf Meetings and Meals\n\nTrip Hammer\n\nEulogies\n\nAll Work and No Play\n\nAnother Day On The Job\n\nUnveiling\n\nConferencing\n\n+ GOI formats by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nUIU File: 2017-003\n\nUIU File: 1933-001\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nUnusual Incidents Unit Hub\nDrewbear, CryogenChaos\n\nProject Palisade, 001 Proposal\nthedeadlymoose, Drewbear, and Dexanote\n\nTKO\nthedeadlymoose and Drewbear\n\nSCP-5050-EX\nCityToast\n\nCompetitive Teleology\nRiemann\n\nSCP-5882\nRiemann\n\n\nOriginal photo taken of SCP-2201-1 using a delayed-timer.\n\nItem #: SCP-2201\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2201 is stored in a standard Safe-class Anomalous Item containment locker located at Site-118's Gamma Wing. Researchers wishing to test the item should submit a request form to Dr. Louef, the current head of Site-118's Gamma Wing.\nAll researchers testing SCP-2201 should take note of the current schedule of testing to ensure that a month has passed since the last test.\nDescription: SCP-2201 is a tin coin roughly 3 cm in diameter. The obverse is stamped with a pair of hair-styling scissors and a straight razor crossed against each other. The reverse features a stylized inscription that states: \u201cla Barberia,\u201d along with a line of text that reads, \u201cFor the best in the world\u2026and beyond.\u201d\nWhen any male is holding the coin in his hand, and firmly states the words, \u201cI could really use a haircut,\u201d the individual immediately disappears, and reappears within SCP-2201-1.\nSCP-2201-1 is an anomalous building resembling a 1930's barbershop. The location of the barbershop is currently unknown, as all attempts at tracking it have failed. SCP-2201-1 is currently only reachable through the use of SCP-2201. The actual door in SCP-2201-1 does not open, and SCP-2201-2 has requested that individuals not try to open it.\nSCP-2201-2 is a humanoid entity that refers to itself as \u201cGiuseppe.\u201d SCP-2201-2 states that it is the owner and only barber of SCP-2201-1. Once an individual enters SCP-2201-1, SCP-2201-2 will always be found rearranging tools on its table, but will immediately turn and ask the individual what they would like.\nSCP-2201-2 speaks the language that the subject is most comfortable speaking in. Regardless of the language, SCP-2201-2 possesses a thick Sicilian accent, but is capable of fluently speaking any language tested. SCP-2201-2 is generally polite and courteous, though it will often brush off questions regarding the location of SCP-2201-1 or other questions that it deems to be too intrusive.\nSCP-2201-2 is capable of fulfilling any requests made to it that are in line with the functions of a mundane barbershop, along with more antiquated functions of barbershops, such as teeth removal or surgery. SCP-2201-2 has been noted to perform any requested functions extremely well. In one instance, SCP-2201-2 was able to shave D-28091's facial hair to within 5 micrometers of the requested length for the shave.\nWhen the requested operation has been carried out, SCP-2201-2 will thank the subject for coming, and will snap its fingers, causing the subject to be returned to the location where they originally used SCP-2201.\nFemale subjects cannot use SCP-2201. When questioned as to why it only accepts males, SCP-2201-2 scoffs and refuses to answer the question. In addition, should any individual attempt to use SCP-2201 before 30 days have passed since its last use, the subject will hear the voice of SCP-2201-2 in their mind, stating \u201cIt's not time yet.\u201d\nSCP-2201 was first discovered on 12/02/1882, during a raid of a Marshall, Carter and Dark warehouse. SCP-2201 was promised as an item that would give \u201cPerfect grooming for the esteemed gentlemen.\u201d\nDuring the first activation of SCP-2201, SCP-2201-2 was noted to appear identical to the modern day activation of SCP-2201. It has been noted that SCP-2201-1 itself resembled a 19th century barbershop as opposed to its modern appearance.\nInterview Log 2201-A: The following interview was completed by Agent Ethan Lang in an attempt to acquire more information about SCP-2201.\n\nLang: Morning, Giuseppe.\nSCP-2201-2: Ahh, welcome, Ethan. What will be it today?\nLang: Just the usual. Give me a clean shave today, I've got some time. I want it very clean.\nSCP-2201-2: Of course, of course. You know how I run this shop, Ethan. You won't be disappointed.\nLang: Do you mind if I ask you some questions while you're doing your work?\nSCP-2201-2: I don't think so. What is on your mind?\nLang: What exactly is this place?\nSCP-2201-2: It's a barbershop. Is that not obvious? You've come here long enough to know that much, I would hope. [SCP-2201-2 chuckles]\nLang: Yes, but where are we? Is this on Earth, somewhere?\nSCP-2201-2: [Seems uncomfortable answering] In a way, I suppose. Do you have any other questions?\nLang: Yeah. How long have you been a barber for, and why?\nSCP-2201-2: Since I was a little boy. My father taught me the trade, and how to run the business. How to cut hair, shave beards, style hair, trim tentacles, wax probosci, you know. His father taught it to him, and his father taught him, and so on. I'm a barber because it's what I can do.\nLang: So, why has this place not changed? It seems like this place used to change to fit the times quite often.\nSCP-2201-2: People just don't go to barbershops like they used to. What's with all of these new salons? \"Tentaclips?\" Do people appreciate a classic barbershop anymore? I keep that spirit alive.\nLang: I see. Did you ever have other barbers here?\nSCP-2201-2: [Sighs] Once, yes. There used to be lots of barbers here, doing all sorts of work. Now it's just me, catering to those who can still find the coins. Aside from Signor Dark, Signora Wondertainment, and some of the others, there aren't many regulars from where you are.\nLang: Umm\u2026Signora Wondertainment?\nSCP-2201-2: It's a favor to her father. I knew him quite well, and I had to give him a favor somehow. And, it looks like we're done here. Thank you for coming, Ethan. It was good talking to you.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2200 | SCP-2201 | SCP-2202 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Instances of SCP-2202 in an apartment block in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, China\n\nItem #: SCP-2202\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Foundation personnel assigned to SCP-2202 are to monitor their allocated region for instances of SCP-2202, utilizing eyewitnesses or online media reporting sightings of unusual blue light emanating from apartments. When one or more instances of SCP-2202 are confirmed to have manifested, a field team is to be sent to secure the affected apartment(s), under the guise of housing staff addressing a gas leak. The affected apartments are to be cordoned off for the duration of SCP-2202, and the incident well-documented. An apartment affected by SCP-2202 may only be entered after the anomalous instance's properties have been determined.\nUpon conclusion of an SCP-2202 instance, affected occupants of the apartment are to be detained, searched, and interrogated. Occupants may be released following a dose of Class-A amnestics.\nDescription: SCP-2202 is a phenomenon affecting residential apartments located in Asia.\nWhen SCP-2202 occurs, affected apartments will undergo a drastic change in internal environment and climate. This change results in the interior of the apartment taking on the characteristics of various natural scenes, from dense tropical jungles to frigid tundra wastelands. In all manifestations of SCP-2202, the resultant environment only contained natural landforms and wildlife, with a lack of civilization (buildings, cities, etc.). To date, no humans have been found to manifest in an environment created by SCP-2202.\nAny environmental samples (biological material, rocks, etc.) manifested by SCP-2202 removed from the apartment will immediately undergo a complex chemical reaction, expiring and/or collapsing into dust. Living things manifested will not leave the apartment without physical interference.\nThe exterior dimensions of the apartment will not restrain the interior space created by the anomaly. External surroundings of an apartment affected by SCP-2202 will not exhibit any anomalous properties. Changes caused by SCP-2202 can only be viewed or interacted with by outside observers through the front door of the apartment.\nWhile SCP-2202 is active, exterior walls of the apartment (including the front door) will be rendered effectively indestructible. Rooms visible through windows from outside the building will appear to be physically unchanged, apart from being dimly lit by a luminescent blue light. The apartment affected will be inaccessible from any entrance apart from the front door for the duration of SCP-2202.\nSCP-2202 events manifest only when the current occupant(s) is inside the affected apartment. Individuals affected by these events, however, have displayed little to no shock or resistance to the environment generated by SCP-2202. Reports show that occupants exhibit a 'resistance' to negative effects in these environments, being unaffected by change in temperature to a certain extent and sustaining no injuries from environmental hazards. As of yet, agents have been unable to make contact with or locate any occupants inside the instance while SCP-2202 is active.\nDuring an SCP-2202 event, affected occupants will be able to roam freely in the environment manifested. When interviewed, they describe their experiences in the environment as \"calming\" or \"soothing\", and helpful for stress relief. Upon SCP-2202's conclusion, occupants will seemingly \"reappear\" in the living room or primary living space. Individuals who are not occupants of that apartment that enter it during an SCP-2202 event do not experience the same \"benefits\" from the anomaly as the occupants, and are liable to receive harm from the environment.\nSCP-2202 events typically last between 2 to 4 hours. Any \"outsiders\" entering the environment that remain in the apartment when SCP-2202 concludes will experience a brief lack of consciousness, before reawakening in the same area as the occupant(s). People viewing the SCP-2202 scene from the front door will experience a temporary loss of vision, before regaining it once SCP-2202 concludes. Regardless of the environment generated, the affected apartment will revert to its usual state upon SCP-2202 concluding.\nWhile the exact conditions for SCP-2202 occurrence are undetermined, studies have shown a higher likelihood of manifestation in apartments where:\n\noccupants have a weekly work hour total greater than the regional average\noccupants have not gone overseas for a holiday in the past 18 months\n\nSCP-2202 can occur in multiple apartments of the same block, though in apartments of only one block at a time. The anomaly will not occur in other apartment blocks until all instances of SCP-2202 in the current block have ended. As of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the highest number of SCP-2202 instances manifesting in a single block was recorded at 18. Recorded below is a short list of some environments manifested by SCP-2202 (for a full list, refer to Document 2202-1A):\n\nInstance #\nDescription\n\n17\nInstance showed the appearance and climate of a jungle located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Instance contained the appropriate amount of wildlife, including plants and animals. Samples of plants and animals that were taken out of the apartment expired immediately, and collapsed into dust. Foundation personnel that exited this instance were covered in patches of dust, hypothesized to previously be traces of small leaves, twigs and soil. Instance concluded without further incident.\n\n38\nInstance showed the appearance and climate of a polar region. Contrary to expected temperatures for the region, the temperature was recorded at an extremely low -80\u00b0C . Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, who entered this instance prior to its effects being properly established, collapsed after entry due to the temperature. Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was soon retrieved. Although alive, he displayed signs of severe hypothermia and was promptly given appropriate treatment. No other attempts to enter this instance was made. Instance concluded without further incident. Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 made a full recovery the next day. Due to the extreme temperature not found in any other region on earth, Doctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 hypothesized that the locations manifested by SCP-2202 are of a \"parallel earth\". Of note, the occupant of the affected apartment stated the temperature felt \"nice and cold, instead of the terribly hot weather in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\"\n\n62\nInstance showed the appearance and climate for a cave, which appeared to be composed of limestone, hypothesized to be a cave located in South America. The environment appeared to be partially submerged. Organisms such as Eurycea Rathbuni (Texas blind salamander) and other troglobites were observed. Attempts to remove them resulted in said instance expiring and collapsing into dust. Instance of SCP-2202 concluded without further incident. The occupant of the affected apartment claimed the time spent inside the cave to be the \"best and most thrilling thing ever\".\n\n143\nInstance showed the environment matching that of the Great Barrier Reef in the Coral Sea. Water appeared to stop flowing at the door, holding its form at the entryway. Personnel equipped with appropriate diving material entered this instance and observed the expected corresponding living organisms within. It is to be noted that a team of Foundation agents in Australia tasked to search the Reef for signs regarding this instance reported that the Reef displayed no abnormalities and were unable to locate this instance, further strengthening Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's theory. Instance concluded without further incident. The occupant of the affected apartment stated later, \"I always wanted to go there!\"\n\nAddendum 2202-A: Interview Log 2202-56-1\n\nInterviewed: Mr Hugh Jones\nInterviewer: Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: Mr Jones is employed as an English teacher at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 High School, with a 60 hour workweek. His last vacation was in 20\u2588\u2588, 3 years ago. He is the occupant of an apartment affected by an instance of SCP-2202. This instance of SCP-2202 manifested a typical rainforest, and lasted approximately 3 hours and 20 minutes.\n<BEGIN LOG>\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Good afternoon, Mr Jones. I'm here to ask you what happened in your apartment recently. Please answer our questions as best as you can. We seek your cooperation in this interview.\nJones: Uh\u2026 okay, sir.\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Firstly, how did the event occur?\nJones: Uh\u2026 I was at home, trying to relax. First day off in months, you know? School is very tiring, even as a teacher. So I grabbed a can of beer, and was about to watch FOX Sports. Suddenly, I had this\u2026 feeling\u2026\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Carry on.\nJones: I don't really know how to describe it. One moment I was on my couch, and\u2026 you know those shows where the character blinks, and the surroundings change? Well, I closed my eyes and when I reopened them, I was in this forest.\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: And you didn't find this out-of-place or disturbing?\nJones: In hindsight, I should have immediately freaked out. But in that moment, I felt like\u2026 I knew what was going on.\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Carry on.\nJones: It was like I knew what happened. I had some long and tiring days at work, and\u2026 it sounds weird, but I just knew that that forest was a sort of vacation for me, for me to take a break, for me to rest. Sorry, but I don't know how else to phrase it. I just knew it.\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: That's alright, thank you. Secondly, what did you do and feel in the forest?\nJones: I just sort of strolled around the place. I remember feeling really calm and at ease. The insects chirping, leaves rustling, and even the occasional squirrel or monkey. I felt very relaxed, and suddenly my job didn't seem so taxing. Like I was refreshed and ready for a new day of work.\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What happened afterwards?\nJones: After a few hours of walking, I suddenly felt a little dizzy. I sat down by a tree and closed my eyes for a few moments\u2026 when I looked around me again, I was on my living room floor, and there were a bunch of guys in black sitting around me looking stunned.\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Thank you, that should be all. Do you have anything else to add?\nJones: Between closing my eyes and looking around me again, I heard this voice. It sounded like those spokeswomen advertising stuff on TV. It said something along the lines of \"Thank you for enjoying the free trial! If you enjoyed it, consider signing up for the full package!\" Afterwards, the guys searched me and found a piece of paper. Funny, I thought my pockets were empty. Hey, sir?\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yes?\nJones: I assume you know something about what's going on. Can I do it again? Frankly, I enjoyed it a lot.\n<END LOG>\nClosing Statement: Mr Jones was given a dose of Class-A amnestics following the interview and released to resume his usual life.\n\nIt is noted that vocalizations were also reported by Foundation personnel in affected apartments upon SCP-2202's conclusion. Some lines of specific interest were, \"Are you curious for a free trial too?\" and \"Sorry, we weren't able to cover you with insurance since you came unexpectedly!\"\nAddendum 2202-B: Small scraps of paper resembling business cards have been recovered from apartment occupants affected by SCP-2202. While these cards display no directly anomalous properties, research personnel have recommended the confiscation of the cards due to potential information security breaches. An example of the text contained on such a card is recorded below:\n\nTerra Travel Agency\nThank you for enjoying our free trial. To sign up for the full trip bundle, feel free to contact us through one of the methods below:\nElectronic Mailing: terrata@\u2593\u2593\u2593\u2591\u2591\u2551\u2551.net\nTelephonic Address: (5\u25915)-80\u2591-\u25937\u2591\u2591\nMailing Address: 865 Gaiacic Lane, Pangaea, PA, 20518181\n\"Bringing the vacation right to your doorstep\"\n\nThe provided e-mail address has been confirmed invalid. No such mailing address exists, and consulting phone companies has revealed that the number is not, and has never been, in service.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2201 | SCP-2202 | SCP-2203 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2203 as found during requisition\n\nItem #: SCP-2203\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2203 is to be kept in a standard locker and powered down between tests. Use of SCP-2203 is restricted solely for testing and not for any other purpose. Any information gathered from SCP-2203 must be logged in the experiment journal and is not to be acted upon without principal researchers' consent. All requests for hiring decisions, vacation time, or transfers to different facilities strictly on SCP-2203's advice will be denied. Researchers are expected to review the personnel guide for Foundation policies regarding ethical behavior in relationships between employees before testing.\nTesting of the cards created by SCP-2203 using SCP-2236 has been approved, following review by Site Command.\nDescription: SCP-2203 is a standard \"Love Tester\" amusement. The amusement is 1.9 m tall and is constructed from American chestnut (Castanea dentata) wood, brass, and glass, with a brass handgrip on the front and topped with a tall lightbox. Next to the grip on SCP-2203 is a brass plate, with the following engraved on it:\n\nFind the One for you! Test your love, and find that one special someone you are destined to spend the rest of your life with! Your sweetheart is waiting!\n\nOn the back of the machine is a small plaque listing The Great Amusementology Company as the manufacturer.\nSimilar to other love testers, when activated, the lightbox cycles through each light while a beeping melody is played. Based on the measured skin conductivity of the subject holding the handgrip, the lightbox indicates a supposed \"score\" of the subject's romantic appeal. The possible results are Please Try Again, Clammy, Harmless, Mild, Naughty but Nice, Wild, Burning, Passionate, Hot Stuff, and Uncontrollable.\nUnlike other love testers, SCP-2203 also dispenses a calling card, displaying the name and address of a person, along with a few words of advice about approaching said person. In all cases, the person mentioned has been proven to exist. Examination of the internal workings of SCP-2203 has been unable to ascertain the information source of the names and addresses, nor has any method of choosing a name been found.\nSubjects who approach the person named on the card report finding an easy bond between the two can be created, as if the subject implicitly understood the person. Subsequent interviews with the person approached also indicate a reciprocation of positive emotional connections with the subject. Sexual, romantic, and otherwise intimate relationships between the subject and the person have been determined by interview to be long-lasting, with marriage and full expectation of a happy life being common results. Both subject and person express lower cortisol levels and higher oxytocin and vasopressin levels in the event of a continuation of the bond.\nTesting has shown that the bond is non-anomalous in nature and can be disrupted. Tactics on the initial approach that suggest a lack of safety on the part of the person approached can dissuade the person from further interaction with the subject, as normal. Subsequent assaults or acts of betrayal once the bond has been established can dissolve the bond. The anomalous nature of SCP-2203 involves its ability to choose someone who reacts positively to the subject's personality, and does not impart any extra ability to strengthen the bond.\nRecovery Log: SCP-2203 was recovered on 14 February, 1973 from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in San Francisco, CA. Police were called to break up and arrest two individuals who were fighting in front of the object, which was in the corner of a room with similar amusements. A Foundation agent embedded in the police force investigated the claim from the altercators that one man's girlfriend was supposed to be the other's true mate, according to the object. The agent operated SCP-2203 and was given a card with the name and current address of a former girlfriend in St. Louis, MO. He reported the event to the Foundation and requested vacation time.\nAddendum 2203-A: Experiment Log\nInitial D-Class safety testing revealed no anomalous risks from SCP-2203 (See Safety Log 2203-1). Principal researcher Dr. Andrew Califano recommends testing with well-socialized subjects of up to Level 3 clearance. Permission granted.\nExperiment 2203-A-1\nDate: 17 February, 1973\nSubject: Dr. Andrew Califano\nNotes: Dr. Califano is married to Sylvia Califano, with two young children, Michael and Jocelyn. He reports a happy home.\nScore: Mild\nCard:\n\n~\nSylvia Califano\n\u2588\u2588\u2588 Monte Vista, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\nBut you already know that.\n~\n\nResult: Sylvia Califano asked to come in for testing.\nExperiment 2203-A-2\nDate: 18 February, 1973\nSubject: Sylvia Califano\nNotes: Wife of Dr. Andrew Califano\nScore: Naughty but Nice\nCard:\n\n~\nAndrew Califano\n\u2588\u2588\u2588 Monte Vista, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\nYou two are so lovely together.\n~\n\nResult: Testing confirms that perfect reciprocal matches are possible.\nExperiment 2203-A-14\nDate: 9 August, 1984\nSubject: Agent Ron Towson\nNotes: Subject is single and unattached.\nScore: Uncontrollable\nCard:\n\n~\nOlivia Scarborough\n\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Leeds\nPatience, friend.\n~\n\nResult: Agent Towson reported AWOL and disappeared on 15 December, 1984. Subject was not located and not properly amnesticized before termination of employment. Tracking down of Agent Towson considered high priority as he is well trained in Foundation tactics and infiltration. On 25 December 1984, a domestic disturbance and an intruder at the home of Ms. Scarborough was reported to the West Yorkshire Police, and arrests were made. Due to political conditions between the UK and the Foundation at the time, the names of the arrested were never released.\nContainment procedures updated to forbid the use of SCP-2203 in hiring decisions, transfer requests, and vacation planning.\nExperiment 2203-A-26\nDate: 24 October, 1986\nSubject: Researcher Cathy Milnor\nNotes: Subject is single and unattached.\nScore: Wild\nCard:\n\n~\nOscar Hamilton\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Denver\nHe'd be a perfect gentleman.\n~\n\nResult: Mr. Hamilton has been selected as a match three times to different subjects. All three subjects were female, heterosexual, between 25-30 years of age, of similar height and build, scored high on openness and introversion personality characteristics, and had a Score parameter of Wild.\nMr. Hamilton was not associated with the Foundation. O5 approval to approach him for testing was requested and approved. Upon initial interview, Mr. Hamilton reported to be engaged, and refused the offer to be tested with SCP-2203. He replied that he loves his fianc\u00e9e and he would rather listen to his heart than any machine.\nMr. Hamilton voluntarily took a Class B amnestic and was released without testing.\nExperiment 2203-A-45\nDate: 11 May, 1997\nSubject: Dr. Misaki Ohta\nNotes: Subject is single and unattached. Subject reports being asexual and aromantic.\nScore: Harmless\nCard:\n\n~\nKaren Schmidt\n\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Room 459, New York City\nRelax, her art will speak to you.\n~\n\nResult: Subsequent contact with Ms. Schmidt has been to date positive. Dr. Ohta has provided considerable support for Ms. Schmidt's artworks and counts her as her best friend.\nSexual and romantic orientation of subjects have been preserved in all cases. All identification of partners have proven compatible for the subject.\nExperiment 2203-A-67\nDate: 18 April 2003\nSubject: D-72234\nNotes: Subject is single and unattached. Noted to have history of domestic violence. Requested testing on SCP-2203.\nScore: Uncontrollable\nCard:\n\n~\nYou should have waited.\n~\n\n\u00ab SCP-2202 | SCP-2203 | SCP-2204 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2204\nObject Class: Keter (provisional)\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Containment of SCP-2204 is undertaken by the research team stationed in Oak Grove, Kentucky. Said team has managed to communicate the following:\n\nInformation of any kind regarding events transpiring in Oak Grove, even that which does not pertain to SCP-2204, is unreliable.\nContainment of SCP-2204 is high-priority.\nContainment of SCP-2204 is hazardous to personnel.\nNo meaningful research or containment of SCP-2204 is possible from outside of Oak Grove.\nPersonnel assigned to SCP-2204 should be qualified to work with infohazards and antimemetics, resistant to cognitohazards, and of a personable disposition.\n\nFor a list of funding and other resources requisitioned by the research team in Oak Grove, contact the budgeting office.\nDescription: Information regarding SCP-2204 is incapable of leaving the town of Oak Grove, Kentucky. SCP-2204's nature and properties are thus known only to the research team in Oak Grove, so long as said team members remain in Oak Grove.\nA limited amount of indirect or very general information regarding SCP-2204 \u2014 that which is present in this document \u2014 has been communicated by the Oak Grove research team.\n\nAny information regarding SCP-2204 must be gained via an in-person visit to Oak Grove, Kentucky.\n\nAn in-person visit to Oak Grove, Kentucky.\n\nItem #: SCP-2204\nAnomaly Class: Safe\nResearch Procedures: SCP-2204 is restricted to the city of Oak Grove, Kentucky. SCP-2204 requires no particular containment procedures. SCP-2204-A is to be monitored for any unusual activity or change in anomalous nature. To this end, one agent is to pose as Triple Threat's manager.\nThe mother of SCP-2204-A-1 through -3 has been informed of SCP-2204-A's anomalous properties (under the guise that personnel are working for the United States government), and has thus far been cooperative in assisting research.\nAll documentation relating to SCP-2204 is held at Outpost 2204-A. Research personnel are to re-familiarize themselves with all SCP-2204-related documentation at least once per month.\nDescription: SCP-2204 is an anomalous phenomenon surrounding SCP-2204-A and SCP-2204-B. SCP-2204-A is a group of five adolescent human males, age 17-24 at time of writing, residing in the town of Oak Grove, Kentucky:\n\nSCP-2204-A-1: Martin Alvarez, age 19.\nSCP-2204-A-2: Matthew \"Matt\" Alvarez, age 22.\nSCP-2204-A-3: Michael Alvarez, age 22.\nSCP-2204-A-4: Jerome Troier, age 24.\nSCP-2204-A-5: Austin Betancourt, age 17.\n\nSCP-2204-A-1, -2, and -3 are siblings; SCP-2204-A-2 and -3 are fraternal twins. None pose any particular risk to themselves or each other.\nSCP-2204-B refers to any works or communications produced by SCP-2204-A, either individually or in concert.\nSCP-2204-A, SCP-2204-B, and any information regarding either are incapable of leaving the town of Oak Grove, Kentucky.\n\nPhysical objects (such as SCP-2204-A itself, physical media containing SCP-2204-B, etc.) will disappear upon reaching the boundary of Oak Grove and reappear in some appropriate location within the town's borders.\nObservers outside of the Oak Grove's border looking in at SCP-2204 experience a mirage-like effect that renders the information or entities in question unrecognizable. A similar effect occurs for sound, which is distorted to the point of being unrecognizable. This effect applies both to human observers and recording equipment. Those without prior knowledge of SCP-2204 will rarely recognize the effect as unusual.\nIndividuals who leave Oak Grove immediately forget all information related to SCP-2204, with all pertinent memories being altered to contain different material to form a coherent narrative that does not include SCP-2204. This effect typically draws on material from the individual's own experience.1 This effect is reversed upon returning to Oak Grove.\nAttempts to transmit SCP-2204-B or SCP-2204-B-related data electronically outside of Oak Grove results in a malfunction either in the device sending the data or the device receiving it, preventing the transmission. The nature of the malfunction varies, though any error message that appears will be replaced with \"Groovy, baby!\".\n\nThe exact parameters that delineate what information can or cannot leave Oak Grove are unknown. A very limited amount of information has been communicated to the SCP Foundation at large \u2014 see the primary documentation of SCP-2204 in the main SCP database.\nSCP-2204 possesses a secondary cognitohazardous effect on persons who observe anomalous activity resulting from SCP-2204 or who are exposed to information regarding it. Over the course of five to seven weeks, affected subjects manifest a general disinterest in SCP-2204's anomalous properties, typically considering them unusual (and, in some cases, acknowledging their apparent supernatural qualities), but not find them noteworthy. After nine weeks, no subject has voluntarily attempted any action that would trigger SCP-2204's anomalous properties.\nThese cognitohazardous effects are dissipated by regular exposure to information that calls attention to SCP-2204's anomalous properties, such as this document. The effects are substantially more difficult to reverse in subjects who are native to Oak Grove or who enjoy the music of Triple Threat.\nSCP-2204-A's members together comprise the members of the hip-hop group Triple Threat, with SCP-2204-A-1 and -4 responsible for production, SCP-2204-A-2 and -3 responsible for writing and performing vocals, and SCP-2204-A-5 acting as a turntablist. The group has thus far released two mixtapes (Spy vs. Spy and JAGUAR) and one self-titled album. Due to its high-quality music and acclaimed live show, Triple Threat is popular among citizens of Oak Grove.\nSCP-2204's anomalous properties initially manifested at some point in 2009, when SCP-2204-A-1 through -3 began to write music and began calling themselves Triple Threat. SCP-2204-A-4 and -5, longtime friends of the trio, were added in 2012 and were thereafter subject to SCP-2204's anomalous properties.\nSCP-2204 retained its anomalous properties for the duration of a temporary dissolution of Triple Threat over interpersonal and creative disputes in 2014. It is thus presumed that SCP-2204's anomalous properties, while likely initiated by Triple Threat, are independent of its existence.\nSCP-2204 was discovered by chance in 2013. While the Foundation at large is entirely ignorant of the nature of SCP-2204, it has continued to provide funding for containment efforts and personnel as requested by Outpost 2204-A under the advisement of the Antimemetics department.\nAddendum: Note from Dr. Bavitz, SCP-2204 head researcher.\n\nSCP-2204 is, as you've probably realized by now, self-containing. The chance of the \"outside world\" learning about it is effectively zero. The population of Oak Grove leads lives that are completely normal in every important aspect. There's nothing to suggest that either of these are changing any time soon.\nIf the Foundation was capable of knowing what we do here, there's no chance that they would bother funding it. If you feel that your talents would be better used elsewhere, or that deceiving the Foundation in this way is somehow immoral, feel free to request a transfer \u2014 we're not afraid that you'll give up our secret, obviously. I should note, however, that this assignment is about as low-risk as it gets, and you'll feel healthier not getting amnesticized who-knows-how-often. At least, that's what I think it is.\nOur research is undertaken for the benefit of SCP-2204-A. Those of us who remain here believe that SCP-2204 poses an unjust restriction on these individuals, and that our research may be able to identify a way for them to live more normal lives. They may be unaware of what they're missing, but that doesn't change anything. Not to mention that the world is being deprived of some rather good music.\nWe're glad to have you aboard.\n\nFootnotes\n1. For example, SCP-2204-A-3's mother will recall raising three girls whose descriptions and life histories correspond to different women that SCP-2204-A-3 has dated. Foundation personnel will typically recall working on containment of an SCP object on which they have previously worked. Memories of SCP-2204-B are consistently replaced with memories of material from the Austin Powers franchise or from the nonexistent rock band Constellation Starfish.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2203 | SCP-2204 | SCP-2205 \u00bb"}
{"text": "From right to left: Sgt. Derek \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Pvt. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Ramirez and Mr. Dwight Patterson during initial briefing\n\nItem #: SCP-2205\nObject Class: Euclid Neutralized\nSpecial Containment Procedures: As of June 6th, 2005, all Foundation assets tasked with monitoring the properties held by SCP-2205 have confirmed the ceasing of all anomalous activity matching previously described abnormal properties.\nA review of all currently existing records of former PFC1 Mr. Dwight Montgomery-Patterson is to be made by a Foundation-operated team of historiography specialists once every three (3) years. Any further changes in Mr. Patterson's service record are grounds for the reclassification of SCP-2205 as Euclid and the resumption of active monitoring.\nPrevious Containment Procedures: Containment to SCP-2205 is divided between two task forces.\nTask Force Omega-34-01 (\"Office Duty\") is tasked with analyzing relevant written documentation or imagery pertaining to Mr. Dwight Montgomery-Patterson's military service during the anniversary of relevant events pertaining to the Second World War while coordinating with Task Force Omega-34-02 (\"Recon Unit\") in order to establish a connection between Mr. Dwight Montgomery-Patterson's disappearances from the ongoing timeline and significant alterations in Mr. Patterson's military reports. Any details obtained as a result of this active monitoration are to be detailed in SCP-2205's database file.\nDescription: SCP-2205 is the defined designation for an anomalous phenomenon involving two different instances of a single human being that hold the ability to significantly modify the properties of past and ongoing reality.\nPvt. Dwight Patterson, Age 24, United States Army Rifleman (1920-1944) is the first instance of SCP-2205, supposedly located within the participants of the end events of the Second World War. This instance of Mr. Patterson has been registered as a soldier for the Allied Forces for fifteen (15) months until his death from an MG42 gunshot to the chest in June 6th, 1944, during the landings inside Normandy commanded by the allied forces under the designation of \"Operation Neptune\". Pvt. Patterson was survived by a single daughter, product of a three-year marriage with Ms. Amanda Montgomery (1917-1998) that ended in 1943 after his enlisting.\nMr. Dwight Montgomery-Patterson, Age 85, Retired Salesman (1920-2005) is the second instance of SCP-2205, supposedly located within the United States' living population until the year of 2005. This instance of Mr. Patterson was dismissed with honors by the United States Army for multiple heroic actions in the 1944 Normandy landings under the designation of \"Operation Neptune\". This instance of Mr. Patterson expired from an aortic aneurysm in the date of June 6th, 2005. Mr. Patterson was survived by three daughters and two sons, products of a fifty-eight year marriage with Ms. Amanda Montgomery (1917-1998) that ended in 1998, after her death due to old age.\n\n+ Enter Credentials: Recovery Log 2205-A\n\n- Hide Recovery Log-2205-A\n\nForeword: The following was found during a routine inspection in Mr. Montgomery-Patterson's household with the usage of Cover Story Omega-04 (\"Dengue Fever Agents\"). The letter was collected and scanned for further analysis by Foundation personnel.\n\nMandy,\nLife is really empty without you here. I haven't done what I wanted to and I don't want to keep going. I wish I could go back. I wish I could get out of this bed and die so i don't have to miss you this badly. I want you to see me as your hero for the rest of your long life. My life has no purpose if you are not here with me. Not all medals in the world can replace you. I hope that wherever you are they are treating you well.\nYours forever,\nDwight\n\n+ Enter Credentials: Event Log 2205-A\n\n- Hide Event Log 2205-A\n\nEvent Log 2205-A, June 6th, 2005\n\nTF Omega-34-01 has detected and registered a divergence in behaviour of SCP-2205 along with TF Omega-34-02. The following picture had been previously documented as Mr. Patterson's first instance's location during the Normandy landings. Monitoration reports showed that Mr. Montgomery-Patterson simultaneously disappeared from his house in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Minnesota. Eight hours after the disappearance, major corruption was registered in the original aforementioned printed picture, where Mr. Patterson's presence was seemingly removed from the printed image. Mr. Montgomery-Patterson rematerialized at his home thirty minutes later and began to show symptoms of what was later diagnosed as exsanguination due to an aortic aneurysm. Emergency services were reported to attempt cardiopulmonary ressucitation without success resulting in Mr. Montgomery-Patterson being pronounced as deceased. Simultaneously, the casualty report of Mr. Patterson was altered to match Mr. Montgomery-Patterson's death date.\n\n\u2500 Dr. Margaret Webber, Chief Operative of Task Force Omega-34-01\n\nAddendum 2205-A: Further observation made by Foundation assets following the sudden disappearance of Mr. Montgomery-Patterson from his household and consequent death culminated in a massive loss of historic data from the Second World War brought to modern historiography's attention by himself. Any official records about Mr. Mongtomery-Patterson's honored dismissal from the United States Army as well as any officially registered documentation2 were registered as missing data. At time of writing, the location of the remains of Mr. Montgomery-Patterson is considered unknown.\nAddendum 2205-B: The following note was found at Mr. Montgomery-Patterson's bedside after his cardiac arrest and consequent expiration.\n\nIt's time for me to finally rest at your side, where you will be waiting with open arms and a smile. Won't you? I am sure you will.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Private, First Class\n2. Including a marriage certificate, land deeds and mortage documentation.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2204 | SCP-2205 | SCP-2206 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2206\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Containment of SCP-2206 is currently unfeasible due to the number and distribution of its broadcasting locations. To combat growing public awareness of SCP-2206, a mass disinformation campaign has been launched with the goal of disguising SCP-2206 as a work of fiction. To this end, the following actions have been, will be, and/or are continuing to be taken:\n\nThe creation of a fictional website for SCP-2206, describing it as a radio show parodying popular sports talk radio.\nThe creation of SCP-2206 merchandise, sold through an online storefront on the aforementioned website.\nThe creation of advertisements for SCP-2206, memetically engineered to decrease listeners' willingness to believe that SCP-2206 is anything other than a work of fiction.\nThe staging of live shows emulating SCP-2206 broadcasts, performed by Mobile Task Force Lambda-30 (\"Sports Casting Performers\").\n\nEfforts to locate and neutralize the source of SCP-2206 are ongoing.\nDescription: SCP-2206 is a series of radio broadcasts that began occurring throughout the continental United States in 2008. These broadcasts mainly occur during the local evening, usually coinciding with a region's baseball games. While it is possible to trace individual instances of SCP-2206 back to their apparent broadcasting locations, no source has been found for them. It is currently theorized that SCP-2206 is an inter-universal broadcast from an alternate universe significantly different from our own.\nThe content of SCP-2206 is a sports commentary and discussion show. While the focus of this show is a sport referred to as baseball, this sport is significantly different from any known version of baseball played on Earth.1\nDifferences include:\n\nBatters do not receive walks. The only way to get on base is to successfully hit the ball.\nBats are constructed from aluminum or lightweight composites, instead of the northern white ash wood typically used in the construction of professional-level bats.\nA larger playing field. The distance between bases has been stated as being 180 feet (approximately 55 meters), while the distance between home plate and the furthest point of the back wall has been given as 1600 feet (approximately 490 meters).\nHigh-strength fences (constructed from various different materials) of \"great height\" entirely surround the field for the protection of spectators.\nOn-field fights between opposing teams are common, expected, and considered a legitimate manner of contesting an umpire's call.\nSerious injuries and fatalities are significantly more common.\nThe use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs is mandatory.\nPlayers are highly divergent from baseline humans. Genetically-modified and cybernetically-enhanced humans, sapient ectomorphs, androids, and other anomalous humanoids are present in some combination on all teams.\nFan superstitions appear to be capable of actually affecting the outcome of a game.\n\nThe commentators for SCP-2206, who are by all indications baseline humans, treat these differences as usual and normal, providing commentary very similar in tone and style to that of a normal sports talk radio show.\nThe following teams are known to currently play SCP-2206 baseball.\n\nTeam\nLeague2\nMLB Counterpart\nNotes\n\nAnaheim Avengers\nAmerican\nLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim\nWhile it has been stated that they are the second team in history from Anaheim, it is currently unknown what happened to the first.\n\nAtlanta Aztecs\nNational\nAtlanta Braves\nIn lieu of an opening pitch, the team starts their home games by ritually sacrificing a B-list celebrity.\n\nBaltimore Terrapins\nAmerican\nBaltimore Orioles\nAlthough they are named after the Maryland state reptile, their mascot is apparently a three-ton, acid-spitting lizard capable of launching poisonous spines from its back. It is possible that in SCP-2206's universe, this is the state reptile of Maryland.\n\nBoston Red Shirts\nAmerican\nBoston Red Sox\nCurrently holds the record for most fatalities sustained in a single game, set during a 1903 game against the New York Highlanders. After losing their entire roster, the Red Shirts began drafting spectators onto the team. They eventually won 1-0.\n\nChicago Black Sox\nAmerican\nChicago White Sox\nConspired to fix the 1919 World Series, which they won in a four-game sweep, to the confusion of all involved.\n\nChicago Orphans\nNational\nChicago Cubs\nThe team has been without a manager, owner, and coaching staff since 1897, and were evicted from their ballpark in 1902. Despite this, they are one of the most successful teams in SCP-2206 baseball, having claimed over 20 World Series titles.\n\nCincinnati Communists\nNational\nCincinnati Reds\nBetween 1952 and 1993, the entire team was illegal under US law.\n\nCleveland Exiles\nAmerican\nCleveland Indians\nThe team has not played a single game in Cleveland since 1900.\n\nColorado Blizzards\nNational\nColorado Rockies\nTheir stadium is perpetually buried under a meter of snow, providing them with a significant home field advantage.\n\nDetroit Wolverines\nAmerican\nDetroit Tigers\nMembers of the team appear to be immortal.\n\nFlorida Flounders\nNational\nMiami Marlins\nAs the only entirely amphibious team, they represent the United States in the Pisces Cup, a five-game series played against the Atlantis Aquatics. By Atlantean lore, the possessor of the cup has fishing rights to the North Atlantic.\n\nHouston Colt .45s\nAmerican\nHouston Astros\nSingularly responsible for the 1972 ban on the use of firearms during play.\n\nKansas City Kings\nAmerican\nKansas City Royals\nActually two teams, one from Kansas City, Missouri, and one from Kansas City, Kansas, both of which claim to be the rightful heirs to the title of Kansas City Kings.\n\nLos Angeles Defectors\nNational\nLos Angeles Dodgers\nOriginally the Brooklyn Excelsiors, in 1958 the entire team, stadium, and ownership were transplanted to Los Angeles overnight, narrowly escaping an assassination plot orchestrated by the New York Highlanders.\n\nMinnesota Clones\nAmerican\nMinnesota Twins\nNotable for being the first team to make extensive use of cloned players, earning them their name. Their roster has remained unchanged since 1985, consisting entirely of genetic clones of previous players.\n\nMontreal Volcanoes\nNational\nWashington Nationals\nTheir home games are played inside the active volcano of Mount Royal3. This resulted in the incineration of the entire team, along with their opponents, the Toronto Razors, and thousands of spectators when the volcano erupted during Game Five of the 2005 Pearson Cup.\n\nNew York Highlanders\nAmerican\nNew York Yankees\nRepeatedly referred to as \"The Most Hated Team in Baseball\" by various SCP-2206 commentators, the New York Highlanders have a history of using tactics considered underhanded even by SCP-2206 standards. After forcing their fellow New York teams, the New York Gothams and the Brooklyn Excelsiors, to flee the city in 1958, they remained the sole SCP-2206 baseball team in New York until the formation of the New York Urbans in 1961.\n\nNew York Urbans\nNational\nNew York Mets\nNicknamed \"The Murderin' Urbans\" in 1969, due to their assassination of the entire roster of the Baltimore Terrapins on the eve of Game One of that year's World Series. As a direct result, off-field murder was banned the following season. This ban would not be lifted until 2000.\n\nOakland Elephants\nAmerican\nOakland Athletics\nSpectators are physically incapable of forgetting their games.\n\nPhiladelphia Phantoms\nNational\nPhiladelphia Phillies\nFrom their inception, the entire team has been cursed to haunt their stadium as \"ghosts\"4 until they can go an entire season without losing a game. Their ability to complete this goal is hindered by their inability to play away games.\n\nPhoenix Firebirds\nNational\nArizona Diamondbacks\nFirst team to play in a stadium with a fireproof roof.\n\nPittsburgh Rebels\nNational\nPittsburgh Pirates\nStaged an uprising against the Commissioner of Baseball in 2010, which ended in failure after the Commissioner killed his assailants with his \"death stare\".\n\nSan Diego Whales\nNational\nSan Diego Padres\nPlayers have repeatedly been the targets of Japanese whaling ships, despite not actually being whales.\n\nSan Francisco Ghosts\nNational\nSan Francisco Giants\nOriginally the New York Gothams, in 1958 the entire team, stadium, and ownership were transplanted to San Francisco overnight, after narrowly failing to escape an assassination plot orchestrated by the New York Highlanders.\n\nSeattle Storms\nAmerican\nSeattle Mariners\nThe entire team was banned for the duration of the 2009 season after using divine intervention from multiple weather gods5 to influence the outcomes of their games, including the American League Championship Series. SCP-2206 baseball rules limit teams to one patron deity per season.\n\nSeattle Autopilots\nNational\nMilwaukee Brewers\nThe team's roster includes two self-driving cars, four unmanned aerial vehicles, and three autonomous vacuum cleaners. It is unknown how they are able to play baseball.\n\nSt. Louis Cardinals\nNational\nSt. Louis Cardinals\nAlthough they share a name with our universe's St. Louis Cardinals, the SCP-2206 Cardinals have an actual Catholic Cardinal as their mascot, who is an ordained bishop of the Roman Catholic Church and a member of the College of Cardinals. This is in contrast to our universe's St. Louis Cardinals, who do not.\n\nTampa Bay Devils\nAmerican\nTampa Bay Rays\nPlayer salaries are paid in human souls.\n\nTexas Renegades\nAmerican\nTexas Rangers\nIn 1993 the entire team quit baseball and formed a basketball team, only to return to baseball in 1995.\n\nToronto Razors\nAmerican\nToronto Blue Jays\nAs part of Ontario's ongoing war against facial hair, the team offers free shaves to spectators.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The following sections make extensive use of baseball terminology. Those unfamiliar with the terms used are advised to refer to the Foundation's primer on American baseball.\n2. As with normal Major League Baseball, SCP-2206 baseball teams are divided into an American League and a National League.\n3. Our universe's Mount Royal is extinct.\n4. Believed to be Class-A Ectomorphs, based on SCP-2206 commentary.\n5. The existence of which appears to be public knowledge in SCP-2206's universe.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2205 | SCP-2206 | SCP-2207 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2207\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2207 is to be contained in a small cardboard box filled with foam, within a standard safe-class storage locker when not used for testing. All testing with SCP-2207 is to be done in containment laboratory 8803. After testing, containment laboratory 8803 is to be decontaminated and checked for damage.\nAs of test 42, exploration by D-class and/or Foundation personnel beyond SCP-2207-1 instances are preemptively denied.\nAs of Incident 2207-01, all tests involving SCP-2207 are to be suspended.\nDescription: SCP-2207 is a \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 brand disposable plastic knife. Testing has indicated that, outside of SCP-2207's anomalous properties, it is identical to other non-anomalous disposable plastic knives.\nWhen the cutting edge of SCP-2207 reaches a minimum speed of 6 m/s1, it severs local space-time, creating a rift that connects to a random alternate universe. These rifts are designated as SCP-2207-1.\nInstances of SCP-2207-1 typically last approximately five minutes without outside intervention, and the length is equal to the distance that SCP-2207 traveled at or above 6m/s. Instances remain stationary after creation, but may be widened by pulling along the edges. Instances may be kept artificially open for a maximum of 24 hours by placing any material across the instance's threshold. After 24 hours, the SCP-2207-1 instance closes, severing any material crossing the threshold.\nExploration Log: The following is a partial, abridged exploration log. See Document 2207-24 for a full log of tests, explorations, and recovered material from SCP-2207-1 instances. In all tests, a mechanical arm was used to create SCP-2207-1 instances, and the SCP-2207-1 instance was propped open by a set of metal braces. It has been later determined that at least three other alternate realities accessed by different SCPs, including SCP-1165, may be the result of prior testing with SCP-2207.\n\nShow exploration log.\n\nHide exploration log.\n\nDate: 19\u2588\u2588-06-12\nTest #: 10\nExploration #: 1\nType: D-Class only, equipped with standard recovery harness and cable, radio/video umbilical, and Level C PPE.\nTest time: 24 hours.\nOverview: The breach point of Universe-10 is in a hallway, with white walls, fluorescent lighting, and tiled floor. A set of double doors is on the opposite side. D-2207-1 does not report any unusual sensations upon breaching the SCP-2207-1 instance, and is instructed to pass through the double doors.\nOne minute into the test, D-2207-1 reports that he is no closer to the doors than when he started. Video confirms this. However, 84 meters of recovery cable and umbilical has been fed through the SCP-2207-1 instance, and visual inspection from outside the instance indicates that D-2207-1 has walked halfway through the hallway.\nD-2207-1 is instructed to keep moving forward, and complies despite mild protest. After two more minutes, D-2207-1 reports that he is still no closer to the doors. Video confirms this, and an additional 168 meters of cable and umbilical has been fed through the SCP-2207-1 instance. Visual inspection from the outside of the SCP-2207-1 instance indicates that D-2207-1 has still not moved more than halfway through the hallway.\nAt this point, D-2207-1 is recalled. From the outside of the SCP-2207-1 instance, D-2207-1 is seen to turn around. D-2207-1 reports that the SCP-2207-1 instance is much further, with video indicating a distance of approximately 250 meters. D-2207-1 runs towards the SCP-2207-1 instance, while the recall cable is activated. D-2207-1 is visibly seen to run in place from the exterior of the SCP-2207-1 instance.\n252 meters of recovery cable has been recalled after 30 seconds, filling the spool. Research personnel begin to physically pull on the recovery cable, trying to manually recall D-2207-1. D-2207-1 reports that he's no closer than before to the SCP-2207-1 instance.\nThree minutes and thirty seconds into the test, D-2207-1 is instructed to stop moving, and given the explanation that technical difficulties compounded by his movement are hampering recovery efforts.\nAn additional 108 meters of recovery cable and video umbilical is manually recalled over the next thirty seconds, with researchers noting that they don't feel any additional weight on the other end. Video and observation from the SCP-2207-1 instance indicates that D-2207-1 looks behind him. Video shows that the double doors appear to be much further behind him than before, and D-2207-1 begins to run towards the SCP-2207-1 instance.\nTen hours into the test, D-2207-1 has largely stopped his attempts at self-recovery. During this period of time, D-2207-1 was seen to alternate between running, walking, jogging, and sobbing.\nExploration ends after a period of 24 hours, due to the forced closure of the SCP-2207-1 instance. Metal braces, the recovery cable, and the radio/video umbilical are severed. D-2207-1 is not recovered, and an additional \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 meters of recovery cable and radio/video umbilical were recovered. Examination of the recovered cable and umbilical indicate no deviances from Foundation standard, apart from the anomalously added length.\n\nDate: 19\u2588\u2588-06-27\nTest #: 25\nExploration #: 15\nType: D-Class only, equipped with EEG cap2, standard recovery harness and cable, radio/video umbilical, and Level C PPE.\nTest Time: 16 minutes, 32 seconds.\nOverview: The breach point of Universe-25 is a small alley of a large, unnamed city. D-2207-7 reports a sensation of vertigo upon breaching the SCP-2207-1 instance. During the immediate stages of exploration, materials are recovered (mostly refuse), and D-2207-7 reports three additional vertigo-like sensations and an occasional stare from inhabitants of Universe-25. The latter is determined not to be a breach of exploration protocol, as D-2207-7 is dressed in level C PPE.\nAt approximately 8 minutes and 20 seconds into the test, D-2207-7 reports a fifth sensation of vertigo, and levels of ambient light begin to notably diminish. D-2207-7 looks up (without being directed) towards the sun. The sun appears to be undergoing a solar eclipse. However, the occluding object does not pass over the sun, but instead appears to originate from the center of the sun.\nAfter one minute and thirty seconds, the unknown object has fully occluded the sun, including the corona. D-2207-7 is ordered to come back, but is unable to as the unknown occluding object appears to attract objects on the ground. Video indicates D-2207-7, as well as other individuals, vehicles, and other objects are lifted into the air, moving towards the unknown occluding object. The attracting force does not extend past the SCP-2207-1 instance. There is no meaningful communication from D-2207-7 during this period of time.\nThe recall cable is activated, and D-2207-7 is recovered within one minute. The metal braces propping the SCP-2207-1 instance is removed, and the instance is allowed to close naturally.\n\nDate: 19\u2588\u2588-07-10\nTest #: 38\nExploration #: 28\nType: D-Class only, equipped with EEG cap, standard recovery harness and cable, radio/video umbilical, and Level C PPE.\nTest Time: 2 hours, 38 minutes, 18 seconds.\nOverview: The breach point of Universe-38 appears to be in a farmland, currently growing a crop visually similar to Zea mays subsp. mays (maize or corn). D-2207-14 begins limited recovery of crop samples.\nAfter one hour, D-2207-14 returns with gathered samples and passes through the SCP-2207-1 instance. Research personnel note that all samples are of low quality, heavily blighted and easily destroyed by light handling. D-2207-14 claims that none of the samples she recovered were blighted when questioned. Review of video confirms D-2207-14's account.\nD-2207-14 is sent to recover new samples from Universe-38, after being equipped with twenty four re-sealable bio-safe sample bags. Upon breaching the SCP-2207-1 instance at one hour and thirty minutes into the test, she reports that all plant life within two meters of the SCP-2207-1 instance have withered. Video and observation from SCP-2207-1 confirms this.\nD-2207-14 notes that wind speed is increasing, and discovers a structure similar to a barn at the two hour mark. She is instructed to go inside.\nThe interior of the barn-like structure does not significantly differ from barns in working farms, being used for storage for a variety of tools and packaged plant matter visually similar to hay. D-2207-14 is instructed to gather samples of the hay-like plant matter and two easily-carried tools.\nD-2207-14 travels to the upper floor of the barn-like structure and approaches a window. The location of the breach point of Universe-38 is visible due to the withered plants surrounding the instance. Observation indicates that the wind is rapidly spreading the withering or blighting effect.\nD-2207-14 reports that she hears a noise from the lower level of the barn-like structure and investigates. A male individual, wearing blue overalls, a gray t-shirt, a hat made of a straw-like material, and carrying a rifle of unknown make and model is seen inspecting the recovery cable and radio/video umbilical.\nD-2207-14 is instructed to switch her radio to free-range mode and to press the quick-release button on the recovery harness. D-2207-14 complies, and is instructed to leave the barn-like structure and return to the SCP-2207-1 instance. Site-\u2588\u2588's armed containment response unit is called to containment laboratory 8803 as a precautionary measure.\nAt two hours and twenty three minutes, D-2207-14 reports that she has left the barn, but the individual from the barn had spotted her and started firing his rifle. Gunshots and yelling in an unknown language can be heard over the radio. The recall cable is activated.\nD-2207-14 reaches the SCP-2207-1 instance at two hours and thirty minutes into the exploration. The unknown individual is seen entering the withered/blighted area, and falls to the ground before Site-\u2588\u2588's armed containment response unit can fire. The individual's body is subsequently seen to rapidly mummify. D-2207-14 is instructed to recover the unknown individual's body, and eventually complies. The instance is allowed to naturally close.\nThe second set of recovered samples do not show signs of the blighting effect that the first had. The unknown individual was found to be carrying identification in a wallet, along with several examples of paper currency and a set of photos, presumably of family members. All information in the wallet is in an unknown and currently undeciphered script. The recovered tools were determined to be functionally identical to a dulled hand scythe and a hacksaw.\nD-2207-14 died shortly after the test, mummifying thirty minutes after the exploration, likely due to the blighting effect. The effect was found to not be communicable from D-2207-14's body, the body of the unknown individual from Universe-38, or any recovered material.\n\nDate: 19\u2588\u2588-07-14\nTest #: 42\nExploration #: 32\nType: D-Class only, equipped with EEG cap, standard recovery harness and cable, radio/video umbilical, and Level C PPE.\nTest Time: 24 hours.\nOverview: The breach point of Universe-42 is a grassy field, with the skyline of an unknown city visible approximately two to three kilometers away from the breach point. D-2207-16 is instructed to pass through the SCP-2207-1 instance.\nD-2207-16 is seen to breach SCP-2207-1, and subsequently appears to freeze in place once fully through. Video feed is still operational, and requests to ascertain D-2207-16's status are unanswered. EEG shows a sudden increase of alpha brainwave activity. The recall cable is activated after thirty seconds.\nThe recall cable snaps at the SCP-2207-1 instance, also severing the radio/video umbilical. Visual observation from the SCP-2207-1 instance shows that the umbilical and recall cable beyond the threshold remain slack.\nRecovery attempts are made with a variety of tools, including hooked poles. However, all attempts fail in a similar manner to the recall cable, with objects quickly becoming stuck after exposure to the environment beyond the SCP-2207-1 instance. It is also discovered that the metal braces remain immobile.\nExploration ends after a period of 24 hours, due to the forced closure of the SCP-2207-1 instance. Metal braces and all tools used in the recovery attempt are severed. D-2207-16 is not recovered.\nNote: Due to the attrition rate of D-class and near-certainty of hostile and/or dangerous conditions beyond SCP-2207-1 instances, remote control drones with audio/video feedback are to be used for all further tests involving SCP-2207.\n\nDate: 19\u2588\u2588-07-28\nTest #: 56\nExploration #: 46\nType: Remote controlled drone with audio/video feedback.\nTest time: 35 minutes, 45 seconds.\nOverview: The breach point of Universe-56 appears to be within a borough or small suburb outside of a large city. The drone is deployed.\nWithin one minute, the skyscrapers of the city are seen to sag, causing a mild panic from individuals within the suburb. The sagging becomes more defined as the exploration continues. By three minutes, the skyscrapers appear to begin melting, and the sagging effect is now seen on the houses of the suburb. The sagging effect passes to individuals after five minutes.\nBy ten minutes, almost all visible objects have turned to puddles, and the controller of the drone notes difficulty in controlling the drone. After fifteen minutes, the drone becomes unresponsive to controls and falls to the ground.\nA second drone is deployed, while video data is still received from the first, which progressively distorts as the exploration goes on.\nAfter twenty-five minutes, the controller of the second drone reports difficulties with the drone's movement. The second drone is recalled, as no significantly new data was recorded. The metal braces are removed, and the SCP-2207-1 instance is allowed to close.\nInspection of the second drone shows that all load-bearing surfaces are heavily warped, with sagging effects on the remaining surfaces. The side of the metal braces exposed to Universe-56 are also found to be warped. Strength and compression tests indicates that the affected material does not deviate from non-affected material.\n\nDate: 19\u2588\u2588-10-06\nTest #: 126\nExploration #: 116\nType: Remote controlled drone with audio/video feedback.\nTest Time: 1 hour, 21 minutes, 36 seconds.\nOverview: The breach point of Universe-126 is a glade in a temperate forest, during the day. The drone is deployed, and occasional faint, jagged lines are seen in the ground, sky, and air. The lines appear to be harmless to the drone.\nAfter three minutes, the lines are distinct enough to continuously observe, with the highest concentration forming around the SCP-2207-1 instance.\nAfter ten minutes, sections of the sky are rendered as blue with the phrase \"[NO SIGNAL]\" visible in white. Visual observation from the SCP-2207-1 instance indicates that the sections appear black.\nBy twenty minutes, the entire sky is rendered in blue with the phrase \"[NO SIGNAL]\" in white. Sunlight is still visible, though without an apparent source.\nForty minutes into the exploration, sections of the ground are rendered in blue with the phrase \"[NO SIGNAL]\" visible in white. One of these sections appears under a tree, which subsequently falls. The tree is not visible as it passes into the \"[NO SIGNAL]\" patch.\nOne hour into the exploration, the \"[NO SIGNAL]\" patches begin to form in the air, with the ones on the ground expanding and new ones forming.\nAfter an hour and fifteen minutes, the drone is recalled as the \"[NO SIGNAL]\" patches make further exploration difficult. The controller is unable to successfully navigate the drone back, causing it to become disabled and fall to the ground.\nTwo minutes later, a \"[NO SIGNAL]\" patch forms on the ground beneath the drone, and contact is subsequently lost.\nThe metal braces are removed from the SCP-2207-1 instance, and it is allowed to naturally close.\n\nIncident 2207-01: On 19\u2588\u2588-10-06, the following letter was found addressed to Site-\u2588\u2588's administration:\n\nTO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN\nIT HAS COME TO THE ATTENTION OF \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 THAT MULTIPLE RECENT YGGDRASIL-SEVERANCE EVENTS ARE TIED TO ACTIONS PERFORMED BY YOUR ORGANIZATION, The SCP Foundation. AS UNIVERSE 8d57-fE2\u03be-D (THE UNIVERSE YOUR ORGANIZATION INHABITS) HAS DISPLAYED LIMITED MULTIVERSAL TRAVEL CAPABILITY PRIOR TO THESE INCIDENTS, IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE ACTIONS PERFORMED BY YOUR ORGANIZATION ARE BOTH WITHOUT MALICE OR FULL KNOWLEDGE OF THE RESULTING REPERCUSSIONS.\nTHIS CORRESPONDENCE IS THEREFORE CONSIDERED TO BE A LAWFUL CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER BY \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. FURTHER ACTIONS ON YOUR ORGANIZATION'S PART THAT CONTRIBUTE TO A YGGDRASIL-SEVERANCE EVENT WILL RESULT IN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING:\n\nOFFICIAL CENSURE OF UNIVERSE 8d57-fE2\u03be-D AND ITS INHABITANTS\nFINES UPWARDS OF \u03a687,000,000.00 PER YGGDRASIL-SEVERANCE EVENT\nMINIMUM IMPRISONMENT OF THREE THOUSAND (3,000) STELLAR CYCLES PER YGGDRASIL-SEVERANCE EVENT\nINTERVENTION BY \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 ARMED FORCES\nFORCED YGGDRASIL-SEVERANCE EVENT OF UNIVERSE 8d57-fE2\u03be-D\n\nFOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, ATTACHED IS A LIST OF DATES AND TIMES WHEN YGGDRASIL-SEVERENCE EVENTS HAVE BEEN DETECTED. PLEASE BE SURE TO REFER TO THE LIST SO THAT YOU MAY COMPLY WITH THIS LAWFUL ORDER.\nWE THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.\nSIGNED,\nSigma-Xotoxin, OFFICE OF MULTIVERSAL INCIDENTS.\n\nAfter receiving the letter, all testing was halted in response. As of 2015-08-03, there has been no further correspondence from the entity Sigma-Xotoxin or \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Relative to immediate surroundings.\n2. EEG sensors were added to exploration protocols after the events of Test #18. See document 2207-24 for more information.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2206 | SCP-2207 | SCP-2208 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2208: Deus In Furno\nSometimes, God just gets turned into a saucepan, okay?\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nSCP-2208 with testing cord and lid\n\nItem #: SCP-2208\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2208 is to be kept in a Level 4 secure storage locker in Site-57. Personnel wishing to access SCP-2208 must obtain permission from the Site Director. Instances of SCP-2208-A are to be cataloged and placed in non-hazardous storage.1 Full-body protection must be worn at all times when testing SCP-2208.\nDescription: SCP-2208 is a 2-quart \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-brand stainless steel saucepan. The inside is coated in a nonstick polymer believed to be polytetrafluoroethylene.2 The handle has been modified to include a USB standard-A receptacle, the purpose of which has yet to be determined investigation of which is pending.3 SCP-2208 does not transfer heat as a stainless steel saucepan should, and heat testing up to 2,300\u00b0C has been unable to warm its surface.\nWhen a human subject makes skin contact with any part of SCP-2208, there is a 29% chance the subject will be transformed into a saucepan (SCP-2208-A) in a process that takes ~0.8 seconds. Instances of SCP-2208-A match SCP-2208's appearance, apart from the lack of USB receptacle; they are otherwise non-anomalous. Subjects unaffected by initial contact with SCP-2208 are able to safely handle it thereafter.4 A predictive pattern of SCP-2208's effects has yet to be determined.\nInterview 2208-01\n\nInterviewed: J\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Nu\u00f1ez\nInterviewer: Agent Alvarez-Monta\u00f1a\nForeword: SCP-2208 was recovered from the home of J\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Nu\u00f1ez of Westway, Texas, USA, along with 145 other saucepans believed to be instances of SCP-2208-A. The home was raided after a four-month federal investigation into the disappearances of more than \u2588\u2588\u2588 individuals from the area. Foundation agents embedded with the FBI were alerted to SCP-2208's anomalous properties after 3 federal and 1 Foundation agent were converted into instances of SCP-2208-A. The object was recovered by a federal agent immune to its effects, and Ms. Nu\u00f1ez was questioned by the Foundation. Interview translated from Spanish.\n<Begin Log>\nAgent Alvarez: What can you tell us about the saucepan we recovered from your home? The one that transforms people.\nMs. Nu\u00f1ez: God created man in His own image.\nAgent Alvarez: I don't understand.\nMs. Nu\u00f1ez: God does not make mistakes.\nAgent Alvarez: I don't know what you mean. Maybe you can explain why you haven't been changed? I'm sure you've touched it. Is there a reason why some are changed and some aren't?\nMs. Nu\u00f1ez: You and I, we are unworthy. I brought more and more faithful to him, yet still am I forsaken. [begins to cry] Why am I not worthy?\nAgent Alvarez: Make sure you tell the Bureau about that later. [pauses] Are you sure you don't know anything more about how it works, or why?\nMs. Nu\u00f1ez: God does not make mistakes, Mister Agent. If God were to change, His image would change, also.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: Ms. Nu\u00f1ez was remanded to FBI custody after a standard containment period and administration of amnestics. She cooperated with authorities in locating the remains of the \u2588\u2588\u2588 individuals not accounted for by SCP-2208-A instances and was charged in their deaths.\n\nAddendum 2208-02: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, while performing routine testing on SCP-2208's USB receptacle, Junior Researcher L\u2588\u2588\u2588 was simultaneously recharging an MP3 player via USB on the test computer, in violation of testing procedures. After testing was complete, Junior Researcher L\u2588\u2588\u2588 discovered a new file on his device, named \"un_w721g.mp3\" and remanded his MP3 player to custody for study. A transcript of the audio file follows.\n\n[File begins with 4 seconds of white noise, followed by a surprised feminine voice.]\nOw! What? What's this? Hello? Is that you guys? Listen, I haven't had anything to work with in like two months. Is that why you missed my last couple paychecks? It's been a while. I'm not a charity here! I've got expenses! And all these other people you sent in, they're starting to smell. It's been a while. Look, either you get me some new material, you pay me, or you find yourself a new employee. Once I figure out how to get out of here, anyway. It's been a while.\n\nContainment procedures are currently under review.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Next of kin are to be informed of death and loss of remains per Foundation Ethics Protocol 283-A-5: Family and Survivors With Unrecoverable Remains.\n2. Marketed as \"Teflon\". Materials testing has not been possible.\n3. See Addendum 2208-02.\n4. For a list of personnel immune to the effects of SCP-2208, reference Document 2208-02-b.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2207 | SCP-2208 | SCP-2209 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2209\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2209-1 is housed in Secure Storage Unit B-89 at Site-151, with a power outlet modified to comply with SCP-2209-1's wiring system and power requirements. SCP-2209-1 is only to be connected to a power source during authorized testing. When testing is not underway, SCP-2209-2 is to be stored in a standard inanimate item containment locker in Secure Storage Unit B-89. Further testing of scenarios in \"Ultra-Realism Mode\" requires the authorization and presence of a researcher with minimum Level 3/2209 clearance.\nDescription: SCP-2209-1 is a hollow spherical object with a diameter of approximately 3.8 metres. The outer surface of SCP-2209-1 is composed of stainless steel and bears no textural irregularities, with the exception of a circular entry hatch, a single ventilation grate for the intake/output of air, and a socket connected to a large cluster of removable power and data cabling. A hand lever adjacent to the socket allows power to SCP-2209-1 to be alternated on and off. The hatch is opened and sealed by means of a timed pressure-release mechanism with an embedded handle. Large black print on one side of SCP-2209-1 reads \"VRZ PRT-TYP 4512\". The internal surface of SCP-2209-1 is composed of white HDPE plastic with an array of electrical lighting and evenly spaced, circular plates of a currently unidentified metal alloy.\nSCP-2209-2 is a full-body suit composed of an inner layer of elastane and a thin outer layer of dark neoprene. Multiple metal nodes on the limbs, hands, chest, and spine of the suit are connected by a complex network of wiring. Fixed to the head of the suit is a large headset with a visor, which connects to a network of smaller, more closely-spaced cranial nodes.\nWhen provided with an adequate power source, SCP-2209-1 is capable of recreating a number of complex, presumably predetermined virtual reality scenarios for the subject wearing SCP-2209-2. Test subjects have consistently attested to the total verisimilitude of said scenarios, experiencing sensations and physical effects that cannot be accurately replicated using current conventional technology (refer to Test Log). Upon being sealed within SCP-2209-1 and stepping onto a large central plate, the subject is prompted by an artificial androgynous voice1 to select a scenario. Following voice confirmation, the chosen virtual scenario will be recreated for the subject.\nSCP-2209-1 and SCP-2209-2 were recovered from a suspected Prometheus Labs facility in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, South Africa on \u2588\u2588/02/2007, following a tip received from a Foundation agent operating in the area. A thorough search determined the facility to be abandoned, and failed to produce any links to Prometheus Labs Inc. However, recovered documentation contained multiple references to Simtec Virtual Solutions, an unlisted company.\nAddendum:\nFollowing Test 2209-024515-B (\u2588\u2588/04/2007), it has been determined that SCP-2209-1 possesses limited sapience, and is capable of coherent interaction with subjects. Testing aimed at determining the full extent of SCP-2209-1's sapience is currently under consideration.\nFor further details, see Test Log 2209-024515.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Voice will address test subjects in an indistinct dialect, possibly New Zealand English or South African English.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2208 | SCP-2209 | SCP-2210 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More SCPs by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-3220\n\nSCP-2790\n\nSCP-2820\n\nSCP-4780\n\nSCP-3780\n\nSCP-2664\n\nSCP-4950\n\nSCP-2730\n\nSCP-947\n\nSCP-2810\n\nSCP-2350\n\nSCP-3640\n\nSCP-4670\n\nSCP-2490\n\nSCP-2680\n\nSCP-3470\n\nSCP-5430\n\nSCP-5940\n\nSCP-2210\n\nSCP-4710\n\nSCP-3850\n\nSCP-3360\n\nSCP-2910\n\nSCP-2060\n\nSCP-7660\n\nSCP-1750\n\nSCP-2570\n\nSCP-2650\n\nSCP-2143\n\nSCP-6190\n\nSCP-7780\n\nSCP-6880\n\n+ All Tales by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nAvatara\n\nHypervelocity\n\nI Thought You Died Alone\n\nMoonlighting\n\nZeitgeist\n\nAutoerotic Assassination\n\nT Minus\n\nTerminal Velocity\n\nThe Chosen Few\n\nReboot or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypses\n\nHard Machine\n\nLoud, Lawless, and Lost\n\nMorphine Machine\n\nThe Vice Girls\n\nTruth Is Sin\n\nDeus Vulture\n\nEcstasy and Exorcism\n\nThe Revelation\n\nNonpareil\n\nRise and Repent\n\nT Plus\n\nThe Ballad of Santa Troy\n\nPrey and Obey\n\nEscape Velocity\n\nJump the Gun\n\nNo One Gets Out of Her Alive\n\nLeather Pig\n\nContempt\n\nThe Man-Machine\n\nDomo Arigato\n\nMile High Club\n\nStrung Out in Heavens High\n\nIndustrial Espionage\n\nHands\n\nNothing Human\n\nFullmusic Astrobiologist\n\nEnasni Si Gnihtyreve\n\nEight Hours in the ECRG\n\n+ All Hubs by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nHubs\n\nPrometheus Labs Hub\n\nSpeed Demon\n\nGuns Pointed at the Head of God\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nOverheard at Deer\nch00bakka\n\nSCP-150\nDecibelles\n\nSCP-3000\ndjkaktus, Joreth\n\nSCP-4220\nThe Great Hippo\n\nSCP-4310\nThe Great Hippo\n\nChicago Spirit Hub\nPeppersGhost\n\nSCP-5555\nRounderhouse, Uncle Nicolini\n\nVisions of Bodies Being Burned\nTaffeta\n\nSamsara\nTyGently\n\nDeath Perception\nTyGently\n\nThe Powers that Bark\nTyGently\n\nAlgorithm Curated Recommendations\n\nA Semi-Comprehensive List of Foundation Facilities\n\nDr. Desai's Personnel File\n\nSCP-2209\n\nSCP-2211\n\nSCP Series 3\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2210\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2210's website, IP address and phone number have been blocked through Foundation protocols. The apartment complex that houses SCP-2210 has been purchased through Foundation front companies, and is to be inhabited specifically by local researchers that are unaware of SCP-2210 (for records of inhabitants, see Document 2210-2).\nTo facilitate intelligence gathering on major Groups of Interest, a contract with SCP-2210 has been made using D-18272. In exchange for a current premium of $1483 under \"Policy #40535\", SCP-2210 has made records of deals with other Groups of Interest available to Foundation researchers in the Archive Wing of Site-42.\nFor the sake of preserving Policy #40535, D-18272 has been granted a reprieve from testing SCPs and monthly termination, as well as temporary housing near SCP-2210. Researchers assigned to the location of SCP-2210 are to be informed that D-18272 is a Foundation agent with a classified objective. Every thirty (30) days as of 8/24/65, D-18272 is to deliver the monthly premium to SCP-2210. Following this, he is to be stored using a Temporal Arresting Pod, and when the contract needs to be paid, revived and briefed using Document 2210-A.\nDescription: SCP-2210 is an insurance company that specializes exclusively in anomalous objects and incidents. The company's phone numbers begin with the extension \"7-3i\"; the company website, www.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.com, lists the company's address as \"4i Quarternion Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90001\", and directions available on the website lead to a non-anomalous apartment complex in the same area. If a person with knowledge of SCP-2210 and its purpose enters the complex, they will enter an extra-dimensional space inhabited by SCP-2210 that resembles a modern office complex. The inhabitants of SCP-2210 (termed SCP-2210-1), resemble non-anomalous humans in modern business attire with the company name stitched onto their shirts, but their only communication with entrants is to convince them into signing a contract.\nWhen a person enters SCP-2210, an instance of SCP-2210-1 resembling a Caucasian human of the opposite sex will approach them with specific information pertaining to said person. Invariably, each instance will greet the entrant with their name and a quick blurb about SCP-2210. Rather than allow the entrant to choose a contract, the instance will then suggest a specific insurance contract that invariably pertains to circumstances surrounding the entrant. Suggested contracts have ranged from \"Replacement of Anomalous Object\" to \"Spatial Limb Reassignment\" to \"Removal of Eldritch Entity from Plane of Existence\".\nAlthough SCP-2210 classifies all contracts as insurance policies, SCP-2210 will not only insure anomalous objects or incidents for mundane purposes, but also provide funding to purchase and/or study anomalous objects, supply various pieces of highly esoteric equipment, and generally perform various differing tasks and fulfill requests as long as they pertain to anomalous items or incidents in some way. According to documents acquired through \"Anomalous Intelligence Policy 40535\", SCP-2210 regularly services various GoI's such as Wondertainment Industries, The Serpent's Hand, Marshall, Carter, and Dark, and Are We Cool Yet?, although all entrants report seeing only SCP-2210-1 instances while within SCP-2210.\nWhen a contract is agreed to, the instance of SCP-2210-1 will produce a handwritten document from their person and a quill pen, which will be used by both the instance of SCP-2210-1 and the entrant to sign the document. Following this, the instance will produce a duplicate contract, with signatures included, which it will give to the policyholder. Although the individual details of contracts vary, all contracts require that the premium be paid in cash by the signee (hereby termed SCP-2210-2) to the instance that provided the contract, every 30 days from its signing. The monthly premium is also dependent on the contract, but is always a prime number. Each time the premium is paid, the instance of SCP-2210-1 tied to the contract will inform SCP-2210-2 that they may terminate the contract.\nIn the event that a payment is not delivered on the 30th day, SCP-2210 will immediately cease to uphold the contract, causing the provided service to immediately disappear (equipment, personnel, replaced items, etc). Policyholders report seeing instances of SCP-2210-1 observing them from far away, appearing to say the words \"Please terminate your contract at the earliest convenience to avoid any more late fees.\" As time passes, the signee will also begin to perceive all phone calls or physical letters addressed to them as containing the same message.\nFollowing failure of payment, an amount of money equivalent to the premium will disappear from the signee's possession within thirty days. This amount doubles each time, and appears under utility bills as \"\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Insurance late fee\". In addition, a form will appear in the presence of the policyholder, entitled \"Late Fee Appeal\", with instructions to fill out the form and bring it to SCP-2210 for an appeal. In the event that the policyholder lacks enough money to pay the late fee, object(s) of equivalent value will begin to disappear from their home or person, the \"Late Fee Appeal\" form appearing in said object's place. High-speed camera surveillance shows unknown individuals entering the residence, leaving the appeal form, and carrying off objects and possession that equal the value of the late fee. If the policyholder runs out of possessions and money, they will be accosted by an unknown individual in a business suit and mask, who will proceed to abduct them and carry them through the nearest doorway, whereupon the two will disappear. Victims of the full process have been observed working in SCP-2210, but ignore all attempts at interaction.\nIf the signee tries to end the contract or brings in the late fee appeal form, they will be given a \"Termination Regulation Information\" form, and asked to fill it out completely and take it to another instance of SCP-2210-1 at a different office within the complex. The form uses complex jargon and terminology from various professions to request esoteric and seemingly useless personal information from the signee, such as the blood type of the signee's paternal great-grandmother, the breed of the sire of their dog, and the country in which the transistors of their phone was manufactured. Although the questions have some pertinence to the signee, more often than not they appear to have been chosen at random. If any of the questions on the form are not completely answered, the form will not be accepted by the next instance of SCP-2210-1, which will request that the form be fully completed.\nIf the form is successfully handed in, the instance it is handed to will claim that eight weeks are needed to process the form, and ask the signee to leave and return after eight weeks. At the end of the eight weeks, the instance will claim that a bureaucratic incident has nullified the form, give the signee a similar form with different questions, and ask them to repeat the process. Successfully filling out this form has the same results, and so on and so forth. Attempts to terminate the contract are also hindered by the nature of the space inhabited by SCP-2210. Although it resembles an ordinary office complex, it is a large, labyrinthine complex that adheres to neither Euclidean geometry nor conventional time. Among other spatial paradoxes, it is possible to simultaneously enter and exit a room, walk on the ceilings and floor, and climb Penrose stairs.\nAddendum: \"Policy #40535: Anomalous Intelligence\"\nAfter researching various facets of SCP-2210, Dr. T\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the lead researcher assigned to SCP-2210, proposed using SCP-2210 as an intelligence-facilitating measure. The proposal was accepted following an 8-5 vote from the O5 council, and steps were taken to obtain a possible contract with minimal risk to Foundation assets. Using [DATA EXPUNGED], D-18272 was convinced of his identity as Foundation Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588, and ordered to accept an offer from SCP-2210 pertaining to anomalous intelligence. D-18272 was offered \"Policy #40535: Anomalous Intelligence\", and accepted. Immediately following his acceptance, multiple documents were added by an unknown party to the server in Site-42's Archive Wing. Said documents are abstracts of insurance policies that appear to have been made with SCP-2210 by other Groups of Interest. Each week, the abstracts disappear through an unknown process and are replaced by new abstracts.\nThe following list contains the policy abstracts provided during the current week. Copies of previous abstracts are located at the Site-42 Archive Wing.\n\n Policy #2779915 (Are We Cool Yet?)\n\nLOGIN CONFIRMED\n\nPolicy: Replacement of Kim Song-ju's Parietal Lobe\nMonthly premium: 2111 yuan\nDescription: Kim Song-ju, the current Prime Minister of North Korea, is to have his parietal lobe removed and replaced with a modified Arduino microcontroller that replicates its functions. The wireless portable computer that connects to the microcontroller will also be provided to William Shao, the policyholder. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Insurance will also uphold the warranty on Kim Song-ju, the microcontroller, and the computer, to fix or replace them if necessary.\nStatus: Contract terminated following death of William Shao via cardiac arrest.\n\n Policy #167032 (Marshall, Carter, and Dark)\n\nLOGIN CONFIRMED\n\nPolicy: Specialized Android Security Force\nMonthly premium: $5023\nDescription: Jonathan Franks, the current CTO of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, is to be guarded at all times by Android Security Force #15. Security Force #15 has been supplied with flesh suits in order to remain inconspicuous. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Insurance will program the security force according to Franks' demands, and will perform periodic inspection and maintenance of each android.\nStatus: Contract is active.\n\n Policy #95684 (The Serpent's Hand)\n\nLOGIN CONFIRMED\n\nPolicy: Supply of Hearts\nMonthly premium: 6841 Swedish kroner\nDescription: Each week, 300 formaldehyde-preserved human, ostrich, tiger, penguin, rattlesnake, baboon, anteater, and wild boar hearts each are to be delivered to The Cult of Amaan Masapi for use in the banishment ritual of Amaan Masapi, That Which Devours the World.\nStatus: Contract terminated following failure of payment by The Cult of Amaan Masapi, who is currently appealing the late fee in Customer Service.\n\n Policy #8741 (Herman Fuller's Circus of the Disquieting)\n\nLOGIN CONFIRMED\n\nPolicy: Escapee Retrieval\nMonthly premium: $263\nDescription: Each performer in Herman Fuller's Circus of the Disquieting has had tracking devices implanted within their sternum or approximate body area. If a performer flees the Circus, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Insurance Retrieval Team will track down, capture, and return the performer to the Circus with minimal casualties.\nStatus: Contract is active.\n\n Policy #734 (Wondertainment Industries) \n\nLOGIN CONFIRMED\n\nPolicy: Test Subjects\nMonthly premium: $2767\nDescription: Each week, ten Standard Issue Broad-Spectrum Adolescent Human Test Subjects, with fear and pain responses removed, are to be manufactured and shipped to Wondertainment Industries for Quality Control Testing. Dr. Wondertainment is to be kept unaware of this policy.\nStatus: Contract is active.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2209 | SCP-2210 | SCP-2211 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Still frame from SCP-2211-1 at 00:23.\n\nItem #: SCP-2211\nObject Class: Safe Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2211-1, -2 and -3 are kept on separate thumb drives in a standard small item containment locker. Due to space constraints, SCP-2211-4 is currently kept in a separate small item standard containment locker. Permission for testing SCP-2211-1 through -4 can be obtained from the Digital Anomalies Department by any relevant Level 3 personnel and above.\nAs of 09/10/2014, SCP-2211 has been designated as Uncontained. Site resources will be dedicated towards discerning the true nature of SCP-2211, as well as reestablishing containment.\nDescription: SCP-2211 is was a collection of four related anomalies first discovered in the offices of Hewlett-Packard in Shanghai.\nSCP-2211-1 is a 932 MB video file titled longsmile.wmv. When played, it shows a pair of smiling lips at the right edge of the screen, which open to reveal teeth. The camera then pans right throughout the rest of the video, continuously revealing more teeth. Though SCP-2211-1 is listed as being 55 seconds long, it will continue playing for more than 150 hours, the upper limit determined before testing was halted. SCP-2211-1 lacks an audio track.\nPlaying SCP-2211-1 for more than 59 minutes and 20 seconds results in the device used to play SCP-2211-1 secreting a small amount (5-10 ml/min) of what has been determined to be human saliva. DNA testing has returned no positive matches with any known individual on record so far.\nSCP-2211-2 is a 2.0 MB audio file titled eyee(79).wav. Its contents vary with each playthrough, but generally consist of modulated static that cuts off occasionally every 2-10 seconds for approximately 0.3 seconds. Like SCP-2211-1, SCP-2211-2 plays for more than 150 hours, despite being listed as 3 minutes and 3 seconds long. Minor fluctuations of the static are detected at an approximate rate of 3 per second; this rate increases to 5 per second when SCP-2211-2 is played on a device with an attached camera.\nPlaying SCP-2211-2 on a device for more than 59 minutes and 20 seconds results in the device secreting a clear fluid at a rate of 20 ml/min, identified as a mixture of water and sodium chloride, with trace amounts of amino acids, glucathione, ascorbic acid and human collagen fibres.\nSCP-2211-3 is a 599 KB executable titled \u8033.exe. When run on a computer, SCP-2211-3 uses a significant amount of memory, resulting in overheating and causing the built-in fans of the affected computer to speed up. Despite the damage caused by overheating, the affected computer will continue to run until it is forcibly disconnected from its power source.\nWhen run for more than 59 minutes and 20 seconds, air processed through the built-in fans of the affected computer begins to smell strongly of earwax. However, no traces of biological matter have been found in the processed air. The smell is undetectable below 100 ppm, and this effect is absent when SCP-2211-3 is run on a computer without a fan-operated cooling system.\nWhile SCP-2211-1 through -3 can be moved from one file directory to another without affecting their properties, copies of SCP-2211-1 through -3 lack anomalous effects: copies of SCP-2211-1 will result in the video ending at the expected time, copies of SCP-2211-2 consist entirely of unmodulated static ending at the expected time, and copies of SCP-2211-3 invariably fail to run.\nSCP-2211-4 is a coffee reheater powered by a USB adapter. When SCP-2211-4 is plugged into the USB port of a computer, any liquid placed in its container will be heated to about 65\u00b0C, while also being transmuted into mucus at an average rate of 1 ml/min, regardless of whether said computer is powered on or not. Occasionally, SCP-2211-4 will produce strands of human nose hair. DNA analysis reveals a match with the saliva produced by SCP-2211-1.\nAddendum SCP-2211-01:\n\nTranscript of Surveillance Log 20141006-B2-A4, 0320h-0401h\nBegin log\nSound of banging metal detected near 2nd floor of Wing B. Door of small item containment locker DAD-2838 is heavily deformed outwards, and has experienced a heavy impact from its inside.\nThe sound of banging metal persists for the next 3 minutes as the door of containment locker DAD-2838 begins to burst outwards. Security teams are deployed to cordon off the area and manage the situation.\nContainment locker DAD-2838 is fully breached from the inside when a segmented humanoid arm emerges, extending to reveal numerous joints along its length. Security teams begin opening fire on the arm, to little effect. While the video feed shows that the arm terminates in a seven-fingered hand, personnel present on the scene reported a number of fingers ranging from five to \"approximately thirty\".\nThe arm repeatedly strikes, and breaches, the containment locker containing SCP-2211-4, approximately 5m from containment locker DAD-2838. It subsequently reaches for SCP-2211-4 and pulls it back into containment locker DAD-2838.\nNo further activity detected. Arm presumed to have dematerialised.\nEnd log\n\nUpon examination of containment locker DAD-2838, no traces of the arm were discovered.\nExamination of containment locker DAD-2838 revealed that SCP-2211-1, -2 and -3 had been erased from their respective storage media. Furthermore, SCP-2211-4 ceased to exhibit any anomalous behaviour whatsoever.\nIn light of this, SCP-2211 was tentatively declared Uncontained on 08/10/2014 by Head Researcher Min.\nAddendum SCP-2211-02:\nUntitled .txt file found on SCP-2211-1's USB drive 5 days after the events of 06/10/2014.\n\ngot my my nose ::oo))\n\n\u00ab SCP-2210 | SCP-2211 | SCP-2212 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\u00ab SCP-2211 | SCP-2212 | SCP-2213 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Cat People\n\nOk. So this is a thing. There's a secondary page to this as well, which tells the rest of the story, sort of. Thanks to all the folks on IRC who helped me work out the kinks in this.\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nItem #: SCP-2213\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Should SCP-2213's cover begin to show any structural damage related to stress fracturing, the site director must oversee Operation Mu-4, unsealing the object and replacing the cover.\nOperation Mu-4's details may only be accessed by Site-131's director. Class C amnestics must be administered to the site director and any personnel involved in the execution of Mu-4 following the conclusion of the operation.\nAny SCP-2213-1 instances in Foundation custody are to be immediately terminated. Any future SCP-2213-1 instances are to be terminated through incineration immediately upon production (except as outlined in Operation Mu-4).\nDescription: SCP-2213 is a door which, if uncovered, will produce an individual (referred to as an SCP-2213-1 instance) at intervals approximately two minutes apart. Beyond this production, the doorway appears entirely mundane, being composed of oak wood.\nA covering, which was installed shortly after discovery in 1964, has remained in place and prevents the production of SCP-2213-1 instances. While covered, SCP-2213 produces audible vibrations at the same regular intervals as production events, however the covering has proven capable of preventing production events entirely.\nWhile superficially similar to humans, SCP-2213-1 instances lack the capacity for complex thought. SCP-2213-1 instances are completely hairless. Instances require little nutrition to survive (the longest contained subject's body continued functioning for seven months before succumbing to starvation), and are resistant to injury due to redundant internal organs.\n\n+ Operation Mu-4\n\nThis file has been accessed 2 times.\nSite director's terminal has been activated.\nPlease Enter Credentials\nWelcome back Dr. Marrick. Your credentials are recognized: access granted.\nOperation Mu-4 is to be initiated with the inclusion of yourself, and the four member backup team. The monitoring of the cremation systems and the chamber housing SCP-2213 is to be overseen directly by yourself. All individuals involved in Operation Mu-4 including yourself are to be administered Class C amnestics immediately following the successful conclusion of the operation except in the case of a breach relating to any information which contradicts SCP-2213's documentation.\nThe removal and replacement systems are both automated. You are to oversee this system and utilize your backup team only in the case of its failure.\nUnder no circumstances are any attempts at communications from SCP-2213-1 instances to be acknowledged. Under no circumstances should SCP-2213 remain uncovered for longer than 10 minutes. Should the backup team be required, and not complete its task before a production event, previously installed systems to facilitate the incineration of SCP-2213-1 instances will be initiated by yourself upon the conclusion of their task. The loss of the backup team is acceptable in these circumstances.\nIf the level of intelligence possessed by SCP-2213-1 instances in any way becomes known to any individual beyond yourself, your own amnestic administration may be postponed in order to deal with the information breach.\nPertinent information may be left for future site directors in the following section.\nNote 1:\n\nHello. I don't know how to start this. My name is Dr. Jacobs. I was the site director in 2014 during the last activation of Mu-4. I'm putting this here because there's nowhere else it can go. I did some digging so you wouldn't have to, but given the misinformation we've been fed, I'd strongly suggest you do some digging too. First off, the amnestic isn't something you can dodge. Your boss's boss got a message when you opened this file. So you've got a short window. Honestly, you'd be better off not knowing.\nSCP-2213 doesn't produce anything. It's a portal created by the SCP-2213-1 instances. I don't know why they're coming here\u2026 but I do know that every vibration is a body being flung across the void and hitting the barrier we put up over the door. And that the trip is one way. The original interview logs I found are heavily redacted, but there's enough there for me to know that these people are just as human as you and me, if a little different. We've killed one of these people every 2 minutes or so, every hour of every day. That's over a quarter million of these guys every year for 50 years.\nI've tried to read between the lines in the redacted interviews and logs, but I'm fairly certain the -1 instances are refugees. From what, I don't know yet, and I don't have time to find out. There was an incident in 1964, and the original project head decided at some point to close the thing off and to keep them and whatever was after them out. And he was aware this was a death sentence for anyone sent through. It's why all knowledge of this is heavily redacted. They didn't want to have to live with the knowledge of what they were doing.\nAll the original researchers were amnesticized in 1965, along with the O5 who authorized the project. The containment procedures and misinformation have pretty much prevented the accumulation of any information on the object beyond that which was gathered early on, and most of that is deliberate misinformation now.\nI don't have enough information to make a definitive decision on this and I don't have time to get more. That's probably the point of the containment procedures in the first place. You need to get more information and leave it here for yourself or the next guy, and hope against hope they do the right thing with it. Yeah, these guys coming through would mean the end of secrecy on this project. There's no way we could've hidden 13 million hairless cat eyed people from the world. It doesn't matter. Find out more, and if I'm right, find a way to make it stop.\nDelete this note?\nYes\nNo\n\n\u00ab SCP-2212 | SCP-2213 | SCP-2214 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2214\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The entrance to SCP-2214 is to remain locked at all times. Iron bars are fitted across all windows of SCP-2214 to prevent the entry of foreign objects. Foundation agents are to guard the apartments immediately adjacent, as well as above and below, SCP-2214, under the guise of residents of the building.\nInteraction with SCP-2214-1 through -1288 is forbidden under any circumstances. Any personnel seeking to enter SCP-2214 for purposes of research or documentation must first receive express, written permission from an onsite supervisor of level 3 or higher security clearance.\nFoundation personnel may only incorporate outside objects into SCP-2214 with the permission of a supervisor of level 4 or higher security clearance.\nDescription: SCP-2214 is a 40 m2 apartment located in [REDACTED] Okrug, Moscow. The layout of SCP-2214 is consistent with late Soviet-era standards for single-resident apartments, and differs in no significant way from that of other units in the building.\nSCP-2214 contains 1288 objects, SCP-2214-1 through SCP-2214-1288, mostly typical belongings for a late Soviet-era apartment. The primary exception is SCP-2214-1280, the remains of Konstantin Baranov, former resident of SCP-2214. Any object that remains in SCP-2214 for 72 hours or more will be incorporated into SCP-2214. Once incorporated, it becomes physically impossible to remove an object from SCP-22141.\nSCP-2214-1 through SCP-2214-1288 change orientation and relative position to one another in response to changes in macroeconomic conditions of the former Soviet Union2. Each object is representative of a single macroeconomic factor, although the sheer number of SCP objects has made interpreting the movements of SCP-2214-1 through -1284 effectively impossible. However, Foundation researchers have made some progress in connecting the movements of objects with macroeconomic conditions; see Addendum 2214-W-78-o91 for a partial list.\nManually changing the position of SCP-2214-1 through -1288 effects changes in the economy of the former Soviet Union. The typical delay between the movement of an object and the economic changes that it effects is three days.\nAddendum 2214-W-78-o91\n\nObject #\nObject\nAssociated economic factor\n\n018\nNotebook, filled with clippings of recipes from Pravda\nNatural gas output of Turkmenistan\n\n261\nApple, wax\nInflation rate in Belarus\n\n588\nSoap bar, wrapped\nTrade balance between Ukraine and Greece\n\n993\nFork, leftmost tine bent\nOut-migration of laborers from Azerbaijan\n\n1280\nRemains of Konstantin Baranov\nEconomic output of Omsk Oblast, Russian Federation\n\n1281\nCigarette butt, believed to have been dropped by initial GRU-P containment team\nDemand for sugar in Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan\n\n1285\nSteel ball bearing\nPrice of crude oil in Estonia\n\nLevel 4 or higher security clearance necessary to view full list\n\nDiscovery Log: The anomalous nature of SCP-2214 was discovered on October 17, 1990 when \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the superintendent of the building housing SCP-2214, entered SCP-2214 to investigate complaints about an odor emanating from the apartment. Previously, tenants had complained about persistent noises from the apartment of Mr. Baranov, a deputy assistant sub-director at the Soviet State Planning Committee (Gosplan).\nUpon entering SCP-2214, Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 found \"plates flying everywhere and ghosts moving furniture.\" In addition, Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 located the remains of Mr. Baranov, who appeared to have been killed when a dresser3 fell on top of him, crushing him. It was estimated that Mr. Baranov had been deceased roughly a week by the time of discovery.\nCalls from Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 to the Moscow police were intercepted by agents of the GRU-P, who arrived on the scene and successfully secured the area. Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was detained and dosed with a class-R amnestic. In 1992, with the integration of several elements of the former GRU-P, the Foundation gained custody of SCP-2214.\n\nFootnotes\n1. SCP-2214-1282 through -1288, consisting of a ballpoint pen, a paperclip, and five steel ball bearings, were all introduced during initial testing of SCP-2214 by GRU-P personnel.\n2. This includes the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Podlogistan, Uzbekistan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Tajikistan.\n3. Later discovered to be affected by the state-mandated price for Uzbek cotton.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2213 | SCP-2214 | SCP-2215 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2215\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All collected instances of SCP-2215 are to be kept in a secure storage compartment at Site-82's low-risk containment wing.\nDescription: SCP-2215 are a series of 900 x 1125 mm cedar-wood arrow-shaped signs, mounted on simple metal poles, 1.5 meters in length. SCP-2215's anomalous properties manifest when a categorized anomaly contained by the group known as the Chaos Insurgency is vocally mentioned in their vicinity. If this occurs, an instance of SCP-2215 will swivel on its metal pole to face the direction of the SCP-2215 instance that is closest to the aforementioned anomaly. Additionally, a short description of said anomaly will manifest on the surface of SCP-2215. The descriptions produced by SCP-2215 are often either inaccurate, cryptically written, grammatically incorrect, nonsensical, or all four. SCP-2215 instances do not manifest their anomalous properties if an anomaly not fitting this description is mentioned in its vicinity- unconstrained anomalies, uncatalogued anomalies or anomalies contained or otherwise in the possession of other organizations or individuals will not activate its effects.\nSCP-2215 was retrieved by Mobile Task Force Psi-7 (\"Home Improvement\") in a raid on a facility believed to be controlled by a Chaos Insurgency affiliated cell. In addition to SCP-2215, MTF Psi-7 retrieved five Safe-class anomalous objects (including SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588) as well as capturing three CI-affiliated operatives. Said operatives offered no resistance and were seemingly expecting the arrival of Foundation forces to their location, including placing the anomalous objects in their possession in easily carriable containers. When later questioned, all three operatives replied that their capture by the Foundation was congruent with the goals of their organization. All three used the exact same phrasing when questioned, and all three concluded that the goal of their capture was to \"elicit interest\", and revealed the purpose of SCP-2215. Further investigation as to the meaning of this phrase and the sudden change in organizational pattern by the Chaos Insurgency is currently in progress.\nAttempts to use SCP-2215 in order to retrieve other items held by the Chaos Insurgency have proven ineffectual. SCP-2215's descriptions were found to be of uniformly poor quality, and every new instance of SCP-2215 found was located so distantly from the items they were supposedly close to as to be virtually worthless as a means of locating them.\nAddendum SCP-2215-A-1: The following table contains notable examples of descriptions produced by SCP-2215, following the mentioning of items believed to be held by the Chaos Insurgency:\n\nCI-held object (Foundation designations)\nDescription\nNote\n\nCI-42 (\"Archimedes's Folly\") \nTurn left. Turn left. Turn left. Turn left.\nCI-42 is a formless memetic agent believed to be transferable by observing the sun through a specific lens.\n\nCI-78 (\"Toad in the Hole\") \nCan't make an omelet without massacring a few billion people. Get to it.\nCI-78 is believed to be a rubber frog, whose anomalous properties are limited to endlessly misquoting playwright Samuel Beckett in the voice of noted actor Vincent Price.\n\nCI-91 (\"Steelshins\")\nRow row row your foot gently down the stream. Poorly poorly poorly, kicks are but a dream.\nCI-91 manifests as a partially-transparent, self-locomoting and extremely aggressive pair of steel legs with prominently muscular shins.\n\nCI-101 (\"The Hero\")\nThe soup-can man can do what he can.\nCI-101 is a self-regenerating humanoid comprised entirely of red pottery shards. CI-101 is non-sapient and has never shown any particular desire to consume soup.\n\nCI-143 (\"Prismatic Fool\")\nMy father was a tree, my mother the sea, my brother a limping rooster. Who am I?\nCI-143 is believed to have been forcibly neutralized by Global Occult Coalition personnel in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nCI-156 (\"A Different Staircase\")\nI told you about stairs bro. I told you dog.\nCI-156 is a near identical variation of SCP-087. Notes found within CI-156 led the Foundation to believe it is a fan creation meant to emulate SCP-087.\n\nCI-198 (\"The World's Cage\")\nYou're already inside.\nCI-198 is believed to be among the most potent anomalous objects in the possession of the Chaos Insurgency. It is a room-sized metal cage capable of permanently imprisoning any being, force or abstract concept inserted into it. Further information can be found in Document-CI-198/C\n\nCI-213 (\"Death to the Pretenders\")\nDon't look, but they're right behind you. Hah, made you look!\nCI-213 is a Keter-class anomaly, stolen from Foundation custody in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. CI-213 (a collection of legal documents) manifests as a group of 5-10 masked individuals who hunt down and execute those they believe has wronged the holder of CI-213. This is often done against the wishes of the holder of CI-213.\n\nCI-249 (\"The Baked Virus\")\nDo supercomputers dream of fraudulent baked goods?\nThe original description produced for this item was \"does supercomputer dreams of fraudulent bake good!\n\nCI-314 (\"Insult to Injury\") \n1+1=2. I just blew your mind, scrub.\nCI-314 is an anomalously finite version of the mathematical constant Pi.\n\nAddendum SCP-2215-B-1 In order to gain information concerning the unusual behavior exhibited by the CI-affiliated operatives captured during the retrieval of SCP-2215, said operatives were housed in a communal cell and monitored. The following conversation was recorded briefly after.\n\nCI-OP-1 (a dark-skinned man in his early forties): \"Well. Seems like everything went according to plan then.\"\nCI-OP-2 (a grey-haired woman, age indeterminable): \"That remains to be seen. How do you think they'll accept it?\"\nCI-OP-1: \"That's beyond our control now. We did our part. The rest is up to the audience.\"\nCI-OP-3 (a bald man in his late sixties): \"Do you think it will work though? This item of ours seems\u2026 problematic. Tonally, that is.\"\nCI-OP-1: \"Hrm. Difficult to say, really. The comedic undertones are a potential issue. They might ask for a department change.\"\nCI-OP-2: \"We knew the tonal risk when we went about creating this thing. Gotta stick the course now.\"\nCI-OP-3: \"Yes, yes. This issue is a constant frustration, but I suppose there's no avoiding it. It is as the Consortium willed it.\"\nCI-OP-1: \"Idiot! We are being read right now!\"\nCI-OP-3: \"Oh dammit, I keep forgetting, but the other one is so d-\"\nCI-OP-2: \"We agreed on this. Stick to the code.\"\nCI-OP-3: (sighs) \"Fine, fine. I meant that we, the Chaos Insurgency, performed our task with our usual diabolical precision.\"\nCI-OP-1: (stares at CI-OP-3)\nCI-OP-3: \"I really hate this job sometimes.\"\nCI-OP-2: \"We know. So do we. We do it for the narrative.\"\nCI-OP-1: \"For the narrative.\"\nCI-OP-3: \"\u2026I really hope no one complains about the tone though.\"\n\n\u00ab SCP-2214 | SCP-2215 | SCP-2216 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2216\nObject Class: Euclid\n\nFrom: T. Xyank [gro.noitadnuoF|T.knayX#gro.noitadnuoF|T.knayX], Director, Temporal Research Division\nTo: O5-8 [\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588@Foundation.org]\nSubject: SCP-2216 Documentation\nBody: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588,\nForgive my contemporary for his failure to adequately document 2216. When he was transferred to temporal I thought more highly of him than perhaps he deserved and in doing so doomed his existence in our reality. The first pass taken at writing the documentation should have been more thoroughly vetted prior to its use as functional containment procedures and for that I bear full responsibility. I have personally authored the new containment procedures for 2216 and give my solemn promise that the fate of my former assistant will not befall another member of this division.\nSincerely,\nThaddeus\n\n+ Show Original Containment Procedures\n\n- Hide\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: As the method of transmission utilized by SCP-2216-1 is not fully understood, Mobile Task Force Iota-7 (\"Mavericks\") should focus efforts on the identification and recovery of SCP-2216-2 instances. Five (5) instances of SCP-2216-2 are to be kept at Site-19/2216 in separate storage lockers equipped with a Faraday cage to prevent wireless transmission of SCP-2216-1. Additional instances of SCP-2216-2 are to be destroyed at the earliest opportunity by incineration or confined to a Faraday-equipped storage apparatus in cases where incineration is not immediately possible. Due to SCP-2216-1's anomalous effects, visual testing of SCP-2216-2 is to be carried out exclusively by D-Class personnel.\nAll MTF Iota-7 agents and level 4/2216 researchers are to wear one-way mirrored, 100% reflective eye protection when viewing any visual media or subjects who have viewed an instance of SCP-2216-2. In the event that eye protection is damaged or removed, affected personnel should be contained and monitored for signs consistent with SCP-2216-1 exposure.\nSubjects who have viewed an instance of SCP-2216-2 are to be contained for at least ten (10) days in a windowless 5 meter by 5 meter humanoid containment cell and monitored for signs consistent with SCP-2216-1 exposure. Subjects must undergo Procedure 185-Bellerophon to determine conscious awareness of SCP-2216-1. Subjects are allowed reasonable requests with the exception of electronic devices. Containment cell lighting is to be maintained at two hundred fifty (250) lumens and monitored by CCTV equipment placed behind a one-way mirror. Subjects determined to be a vector for SCP-2216-3 events must be monitored until the completion of testing to forestall SCP-2216-3. All video monitoring equipment is to be destroyed immediately following testing and termination of SCP-2216-3p subjects.\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2216 documentation is stored in a secure research suite (SRS) at Site-19. Access to SCP-2216 documentation is restricted to the lead researcher assigned to SCP-2216. The lead researcher is forbidden access to video media or any device capable of displaying such enforced by two (2) armed security personnel at all times.\nFoundation AI SlumberingHourglass monitors all connected visual media prior to playback for instances of SCP-2216-1. When detected, SlumberingHourglass will download a copy of the file to a secure server (Each retained as SCP-2216-2-XXXX), then corrupt and remove the affected files (see Addendum 2216-SH-23.4.5 for Technical Specifications). If SlumberingHourglass fails to remove an instance of SCP-2216-2 prior to viewing, or in cases of non-connected video media, Mobile Task Force Iota-7 (\"Mavericks\") will be dispatched to the viewing location and administer aerosolized class-C amnestics to all individuals within a one (1) mile radius of the viewing site via aerial saturation. Non-connected instances of SCP-2216-2 are to be kept within SCP-2216's SRS at Site-19.\nDue to SCP-2216-1's anomalous effects, visual testing of SCP-2216-2 is to be carried out exclusively by D-Class personnel. Subjects who have viewed an instance of SCP-2216-2, either knowingly or unknowingly, are to be contained in a windowless 5 meter by 5 meter humanoid containment unit (HCU) monitored by a CCTV audio/visual apparatus. Subjects must be restrained in such a manner to prevent their direct line of sight to any visual monitoring equipment. Lighting within is to be maintained constantly at two hundred fifty (250) lumens.\nDescription:\nSCP-2216-1 is an entity or group of entities which presently exists in approximately \u2588\u2588% of video media. The entity uniformly appears in the background, to the side of the frame, or in other locations where its presence is generally not detected by the viewer. SCP-2216-1 will relocate itself upon viewing via the following methods of transmission:\n\nWired or wireless networks\nDirect connection of digital storage devices\nDual VCR Recordings\n[REDACTED]\n\nSCP-2216-1 is assumed to possess other methods of transmission, being present in media under conditions in which the aforementioned criteria are unavailable. In approximately \u2588\u2588% of SCP-2216-1 transmissions, instances of the entity will be present on both the original medium and the copied medium.\nSCP-2216-2 denotes the physical device which contains SCP-2216-1 instances. The first instance of SCP-2216-2 (SCP-2216-2-1) was discovered in the home of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 H\u2588\u2588\u2588, a resident of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, New York on the 17th of August, 19\u2588\u2588. See Document 2216-15C for further details regarding recovery. To date, \u2588\u2588\u2588 instances of SCP-2216-2 have been recovered.\nWhen a subject views video media containing SCP-2216-1 and becomes consciously aware of the entity, SCP-2216-1's anomalous effects will manifest. In approximately \u2588\u2588% of subjects, psychosis, parataxis, catatonia, and [REDACTED] will occur, followed by expiration of the subject within the next \u2588\u2588 to \u2588\u2588 hours. Post-mortem examinations have revealed severe damage to the synaptic pathways within the subject's posterior parietal cortex. Subjects who experience these symptoms are not considered to be a vector for SCP-2216-3 events.\nSCP-2216-3 is a dual-phase phenomenon which occurs in \u2588\u2588% of subjects approximately \u2588 to \u2588\u2588 hours after becoming consciously aware of SCP-2216-1.\n\nDuring the primary phase, subjects determined to have consciously identified SCP-2216-1 and not succumb to its anomalous effects (hereafter SCP-2216-3p [Prime]) will report sighting movement, or a figure in their peripheral vision. Upon directing their line of sight toward the entity, SCP-2216-3p subjects uniformly report its disappearance. Subjects report entity appearing under visual conditions with an obstructed horizontal field of view, such as hallways longer than 10 meters connected in a perpendicular alignment to a space allowing transversal past the viewable width of the hallway, internal windows or doors less than 1 meter wide (provided the ambient luminosity in the area beyond is less than 50 lumens), and forested areas. Attempts to capture the entity via video monitoring during procedure 851-Bellerophon have failed.\n\nThe sighting of this entity will trigger the secondary phase during which SCP-2216-3p subjects will instantly vanish upon passing out of the direct line of either direct visual or indirect video surveillance. Tracking devices (including those placed inside the subject) cease to function at this point. Analysis of SCP-2216-3 events reveals carbonization in the immediate vicinity of the subject's location, suggesting a substantial and immediate discharge of energy. Testing of these areas have suggested the presence of [REDACTED] (See Addendum 2216-YKE104).\n\nTesting Logs:\n\n+ Test Log: TE-2216-08-1\n\n- Hide\n\nTest: TE-2216-08-1 - Date February 3rd, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject: D-10199\nForeward: SCP-2216-2-3 is a USB drive with one (1) MPEG-4 file present, depicting a mountain biking run, three (3) minutes, twenty seven (27) seconds in length, from the perspective of the biker's helmet camera. It has been determined that the video was transferred via bluetooth from an \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 cellular phone to a computer, then copied to the drive. Both the phone and computer were determined to be unaffected by SCP-2216-1 at time of recovery.\nProcedure: Subject D-10199 was placed in a secure testing chamber with one (1) folding metal chair, one (1) folding card table, and one (1) Hewlett Packard brand laptop computer. Wireless communication hardware was removed from the computer prior to the test. D-10199 was instructed to open the file and view it in its entirety, making note of any figures in the video which appeared abnormal or out of place.\nResults: D-10199 did so with minimal objection and began to view SCP-2216-2-3. From 1:23 to 1:26, the subject in the video, D-10199 communicated the rider panned up from his handle bars and video revealed a humanoid figure walking through the desert brush, roughly forty (40) meters from the subject. Due to the distance from the figure, visual clarity was limited, but D-10199 made note of the figure's diminutive frame. D-10199 was instructed to cease playback and was escorted from the room.\nConsistent with SCP-2216 procedures, D-10199 was confined to the appropriate HCU. After approximately 48 hours, D-10199 has displayed minimal symptoms consistent with exposure to SCP-2216-1. D-10199 has communicated to researchers mild feelings of fear and anxiety but otherwise seems unaffected by the viewing.\nAnalysis: D-10199's response has been inconsistent with established symptoms for subjects affected by SCP-2216-1. Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has requested D-10199 be remitted for testing under procedure 851-Bellerophon as a possible vector for SCP-2216-3. Request granted by majority vote of the O5 council.\n\nProcedure 851-Bellerophon\n\n-Hide\n\nProcedure 851-Bellerophon:\n\nSecure Testing Site-109 - Blueprint (Not to scale)\n\nSecure Testing Site-109 is a 'T' shaped hallway with measurements of thirty five (35) meters from point \"S\" to point \"CP\", and twenty seven (27) meters from point \"F1\" to point \"F2\". Subjects are to be introduced at point \"S\" and monitored by disguised CCTV cameras located at point F1, F2 and S. Walls of hallway adjacent to point S are to be lined with decor of lead researcher's choosing, preferably photographs. Lights throughout Site-109 are to be reduced to 25 lumens with intermittent flicker effect. At no time during testing should luminosity rise above 50 lumens. Door at point S is to be opened and subject instructed to maintain position. After one (1) minute of no reported activity, subject is to be instructed to move forward to examine decor of hallway S, still reporting any movement. If subject reaches contact point CP without reporting movement they may be extracted from the testing site and re-admitted to containment. Subjects are to repeat this process at a rate of once every three (3) days, not lasting longer than ten (10) days in total. Subjects who report no movement during testing period are to be considered SCP-2216-3 negative, administered Class-C amnestics and released.\n\n+ Test Log: TE-2216-08-2\n\n- Hide\n\nTest: TE-2216-08-2 - Date February 6th, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject: D-10199\nProcedure: See Procedure 851-Bellerophon\nResults: D-10199 entered Secure Testing Site-109 at point S. The following is the recorded transcript:\n<Begin Log, [00:00:00]>\n00:00:02: D-10199 enters hallway from point S. CCTV monitoring reports normal from point S, F1 and F2.\nLead researcher, Dr. L\u2588\u2588\u2588 [00:00:12]:D-10199, Please remain where you are until you are instructed otherwise. Report any signs of movement.\n00:00:14: D-10199 does as instructed\n00:00:54: D-10199 has not reported any activity for nearly one (1) minute.\nLead researcher, Dr. L\u2588\u2588\u2588 [00:00:59]: D-10199, Please take note of the pictures on the walls beside you. You may proceed down the hallway but please examine each one carefully.\n00:01:27: D-10199 continues down the hallway often crossing sides to carefully examine each picture. At roughly 8 meters from point S, D-10199 quickly makes a start toward point CP.\nD-10199 [00:01:28]: What the [Expletive] was that? What the [Expletive] is in here with me?\n00:01:30: D-10199 continues to focus on point CP. CCTV at points F1 and F2 show no abnormal behavior.\nLead researcher, Dr. L\u2588\u2588\u2588 [00:01:36]: Our cameras show nothing is in there with you. Please continue to examine the pictures. Remember your release is contingent on your cooperation during these exercises.\n00:01:50: D-10199 reluctantly returns to the pictures on his right.\nD-10199 [00:02:08]: There it is again! There's something in here! [At this point D-10199 appears distressed and proceeds down the hallway at a walking pace]\nLead researcher, Dr. L\u2588\u2588\u2588 [00:02:10]: D-10199, stop! There is nothing in the testing site with you. Please return to the pictures immediately!\n00:02:15: D-10199 continues down the hallway, ignoring the commands of Dr. L\u2588\u2588\u2588. Dr. L\u2588\u2588\u2588 gives the orders to raise lighting in the chamber to 250 lumens and dispatch security elements to detain D-10199. Concurrently, cameras at point S, F1 and F2 fail for approximately fourteen (14) seconds.\n00:02:32: D-10199 is not visibly present on cameras at point S, F1 or F2. Security elements report the subject is absent from the chamber.\n\n<End Log, [00:02:45]>\nClosing Statement: Analysis of camera S video footage by SlumberingHourglass shows movement at point CP at 00:01:10, seventeen (17) seconds before D-10199 reported any anomalous movement. Research is ongoing to determine whether this movement was a control failure during the test. SlumberingHourglass was unable to recover any footage during the 14 second outage but retained the footage as a possible SCP-2216-2 instance. Upon inspection of Site-109, carbon scoring was found present at D-10199's last known position.\n\n+ Test Log: \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\n\n- Hide\n\nTest: \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588 - Date: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588th, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject: D-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeward: [REDACTED] (See Document 2216-X1999-1 for further information)\nProcedure: Subject D-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was placed in a secure testing chamber with one (1) folding metal chair, one (1) folding card table, and one (1) Sharp brand LCD television, and one (1) Panasonic VCR connected via component RCA cables to the LCD television. D-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was informed to make note of any figures in the film which appeared abnormal or out of place in the video, insert SCP-2216-2-1 into the VCR, and begin playback.\nResults: [REDACTED] (See Document 2216-X1999-1 for further information)\nAnalysis: [REDACTED] (See Document 2216-X1999-1 for further information)\n\nSupplemental Information:\n\nDocument 2216-11A\n\n-Hide\n\n[REMOVED by orders of O5-\u2588, RAISA]\n\nPlease refer to Document 2216-X1999-1 for access to Document 2216-11A.\n\nDocument 2216-15C\n\n-Hide\n\n[REMOVED by orders of O5-\u2588, RAISA]\n\nPlease refer to Document 2216-X1999-1 for access to Document 2216-15C.\n\nDocument 2216-X1999-1 - Level 4/2216 Clearance Required: Submit Credentials\n\n-Credentials Accepted\n\nNote from Maria Jones, Director, RAISA: Due to the inherent danger of cross testing SCP's, the O5 has all but banned the practice. However, in rare cases such as this, where an SCP plainly makes reference to another, O5-\u2588 has authorized the lead researcher for SCP-2216, cross-SCP access for SCP-1999 files. Your ability to read this message is evidence of memetic controls for access to both SCP files. If you are not the lead researcher for SCP-2216, please close this window and report to Site Director \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 for amnestic treatment. Violation of this protocol is grounds for immediate termination in accordance with protocol 168-Abeloth.\nSupplemental Document 2216-X1999-1: Please enter 4/1999 Credentials\n\n\u00ab SCP-2215 | SCP-2216 | SCP-2217 \u00bb"}
{"text": "If I Only Had A Brain\n\nImages are from here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stra%C5%A1ilo_na_polju_med_Tatrami_in_Orehkom_1955.jpg\nAnd here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spodnje_Brezno,_Lu%C5%BEnikovo_stra%C5%A1ilo_v_koruzi_1963.jpg\nHuzzah.\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nTypical SCP-2218 instance during observation.\n\nItem #: SCP-2218\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2218 instances are to be contained through the usage of doubly redundant recording devices in a 4 kilometer wide square perimeter (designated as the 2218 Containment Area) around the instance's previously established community boundaries.\nAll recording devices are to be oriented counter-clockwise to face the rear of the next recording device in the line. Secondary recording devices are to be utilized at the corners of this perimeter to cover any gaps in surveillance. No recording device is to be further than 100 meters from another recording device (excluding the device's own backup).\nFoundation maintenance staff are to patrol the perimeter of the 2218 Containment Area daily and clear any growths or obstructions. These staff must also repair or replace devices which are no longer functioning.\nAll staff should maintain records of any SCP-2218 instance that reached the perimeter of the 2218 Containment Area. Every 5 days any SCP-2218 instances which have reached the outer perimeter are to be transported back into the containment area outside the line of sight of any recording devices.\nThe 2218 Containment Area is to be designated as private land and access to it is to be limited to Foundation staff. Trespassers are to be apprehended and interrogated. If civilians are found to possess knowledge of Foundation operations in the area or knowledge of anomalous properties relating to SCP-2218 instances, they are to be amnesticized prior to release.\nDescription: SCP-2218 is a collection of individuals which take on the outward appearance of an inanimate mannequin if observed. Observation in regards to SCP-2218 is defined as any visual or auditory information processed by any individual or automated surveillance system. While the general appearance of individual instances differ greatly from one another, all living instances take on an individually unique appearance when observed (though a non-adult instance may grow in size, its appearance remains similar). This has allowed for easy identification of discrete instances1.\nBeyond this observation effect, SCP-2218 instances do not appear to possess additional anomalous properties, (though they do not appear to experience the passage of time while observed). Each instance requires nutritional intake approximate to a human individual of similar size (though only when unobserved). SCP-2218 instances appear to engage in behavior typical to isolated human communities capable of agriculture. A majority (approximately 60%) of instances are devoted to primitive agricultural pursuits. The remainder of instances are split between various religious, leadership, and professional roles.\nRecovered written communication have indicated that English is the primary language utilized by SCP-2218 instances. The most common communications appear to be between individual instances and members of the religious class. This religious class appears to control vast influence in the SCP-2218 community. Religious doctrines taught appear to be closely related to Methodist teaching, with a strong focus on theology, liturgical rituals, and ecclesiology.\nCommunity historical records indicate that isolation began during the early 1950s as a result of the instance's anomalous effect. The majority of residents appear to credit a higher power's favor as the reason for their isolation. The few residents who are believed to have lived prior to the establishment of the community, however, refuse to respond to written communications left by Foundation personnel.\nDue to their anomalous properties, capture and examination of individual instances is not difficult. While internal examinations through non-invasive means2 indicate an inner composition reflective of inanimate mannequins, physical examination of this internal structure has shown that regardless of outward appearance, all instances are internally physiologically identical to humans. Internal organs, once removed from an SCP-2218 instance, do not display the anomalous effect possessed by whole instances.\n\n+ Show Addendum 1\n\n- Hide Addendum 1\n\nAfter initial containment, a dialogue was established between a variety of SCP-2218 instances and the Foundation. Instances initially appeared to believe that Foundation actions in and around the containment area were the work of supernatural beings. Eventually more reliable means of communication were established, including a drop box for two-way communication.\nThe majority of data extraction methods at the Foundation's disposal are incapable of being utilized against the SCP-2218 instances in their inanimate form. Among instances willing to communicate with the Foundation, a widespread belief exists that the religious community leaders are responsible for the continued isolation of the instances. Though the focus of most communications have been to discover more information about the origin on the SCP-2218 effect, several communications relating to the sociopolitical environment of the SCP-2218 community have also been incorporated into the correspondence.\n\n+ Show Incident Report 2218-130\n\n- Hide Incident Report 2218-130\n\nSCP-2218-112 after its termination by fellow instances during Incident 130. Attached to the instance was a message that read \"Traitor\".\n\nFollowing a failed sociopolitical upheaval initiated by the SCP-2218 instances in communication with Foundation staff, most communication with the Foundation has been cut off. The majority of individuals previously in contact with the Foundation have either been executed or are unable to be located.\nAs no new information appears to be forthcoming from the community, the addition of 24-hour automated satellite surveillance to the containment procedures is currently under review by the Ethics Committee.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Similarity between the effects of SCP-2218 instances and the SCP-2136 pathogen have been noted. Investigation into whether the anomalous properties affecting SCP-2218 instances are an altered version of SCP-2136, or visa versa, is ongoing.\n2. Current testing has included standard X-Ray, CT, and MRI scans.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2217 | SCP-2218 | SCP-2219 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Front Cover of SCP-2219's package\n\nItem #: SCP-2219\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2219 is to be kept in a standard containment locker at Site-59. As of 4/29/15, testing of SCP-2219 is to be carried out using a specialized remote analog proxy and a camera on a Game Boy system. Direct human testing is prohibited.\nThough SCP-2219 is believed to be unique, any copies discovered of SCP-2219 are to be seized by the Foundation immediately.\nDescription: SCP-2219 is an unlicensed Game Boy game titled \"PORRIDGE\" created by the Totleigh Software Corporation,1 where the main character \"GOLDOX\" must progress through levels and defeat bear-themed enemies. Apparently designed as a platforming-style adventure revolving around the story of \"Goldilocks and the Three Bears\", SCP-2219 comes without clear instructions and is subject to ambiguous gameplay goals and various glitches.\nIn the place of an instruction manual is a singular note reading the following:\n\nImersive 5D game EXPERIENTS!\nGOLDOX is come to B\u00c4RHAUS. Danger muchly. Usurp B\u00c4RTHRONE and pregnate B\u00c4RPRINCESS and conquer B\u00c4RPEOPL. Unwanted? Haw! It begin. Depress START to Levesque. PROVE YOU WROTH!\nA words of CAUSHING: 5D feature doing much, failure is testamint to an WEAK UNDESERVING sort LEPERKIND. INCOMPETENCE will be PENALIZED this is necessary. You AGREE. Good.\n\nIn-game screenshot of the boss of level 4, \"B\u00c4RMILIPEDE\".\n\nSCP-2219's anomalous qualities surface during gameplay. Different outcomes of gameplay result in either positive or negative responses on a human player's body, as revealed through testing on D-class subjects. This is likely the \"fifth dimension\" of gameplay mentioned in the note.\n\nIn-Game Situation\nEffect on Player\n\nGOLDOX collects 100 Porridge.\nPlayer experiences a sense of induced relaxation and contentment, consistent with light sedatives.\n\nGOLDOX collects 500 Porridge.\nInstantaneous orgasm.\n\nGOLDOX fails to collect at least 25 Porridge by the end of a level.\nLight seizure.\n\nGOLDOX loses a life.\nThroat severely inflamed for five minutes; breathing made difficult.\n\nGOLDOX loses all lives; game over.\nPlayer contracts leprosy.\n\nGOLDOX loses a life to the level 5 boss, \"PAPAPA\".\nInstantaneous, rapid tooth rot.\n\nGOLDOX loses a life to the level 7 boss, \"MAMAMA\".\nPermanent blindness.\n\nGOLDOX loses a life to the final boss, \"DAGRON\".\nCardiac arrest.\n\nFinal boss defeated.\nUnknown - outcome yet to be achieved.\n\nAddendum: SCP-2219 was recovered from the home of Jacob Nagle in Lombard, IL after several leads on Reddit.com regarding \"a game that gives you leprosy\". Nagle was in the severe stages of leprosy and had foregone treatment out of his obsession to complete the game.\n\nInterviewed: Jacob Nagle\nInterviewer: Dr. Isaiah Henderson\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Henderson: Good morning, Mr. Nagle. I hope your treatments are going well.\nNagle: I need to play PORRIDGE again.\nDr. Henderson: May I ask why?\nNagle: If I tell you, will you let me play it again?\nDr. Henderson: I'm afraid that's not possible.\nNagle: Damn. Of course it isn't.\nDr. Henderson: Do you feel a psychological compulsion to play PORRIDGE?\nNagle: Do I look mental or something? If you knew what was coming after the final boss, you'd want to play it too. It's not even supposed to be a game, it's a way to weed out the unworthy. I saw the one guy that beat the game. Just to look at him, the light coming out of his eyes, it was\u2014\n[Nagle hesitates]\nDr. Henderson: Go on.\nNagle: Yeah, nice try. You white-collar shitstains would keep it all for yourselves.\n<End Log>\n\nFootnotes\n1. Stylized as TotleighSoft\n\n\u00ab SCP-2218 | SCP-2219 | SCP-2220 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2220-5, prior to testing\n\nItem #: SCP-2220\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2220-1 through -4 were disassembled and transported for reassembly to Site-76. SCP-2220-5 through -24 have been stored at Secure Armaments Wing, Site-76 with detonator assemblies removed pending further testing.\nDescription: SCP-2220 is a group of naval warships belonging to United States Navy Task Force 38.3 arrayed in close formation that manifested, along with approximately 2.1 km3 of seawater, 32 meters beneath 39o\u2588\u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588\u2588/75o\u2588\u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588\u2588 at 0023hrs 08/09/2014. These vessels have been further designated as follows:\nSCP-2220-1: Essex class aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31);\nSCP-2220-2: Benham class destroyer USS Stack (DD-406);\nSCP-2220-3: Benham class destroyer USS Wilson (DD-408);\nSCP-2220-4: Atascosa class oiler USS Atascosa (AO-66) (vessel forward of the smokestack is missing, edge of missing section's curvature consistent with SCP-2220-5 aperture radius)\nSCP-2220-1 through -4 were located intact but battle damaged amid the debris of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 (see Courier-Post extract, \u201cMystery sinkhole swallows local mall\u201d). Excess seawater was tested for anomalous effects and drained via pipeline to the Delaware River. All working machinery, weapons, aircraft, crew effects and remains were removed to Site-76 for further study. Class-A amnestics were administered to all first responding personnel, and a cover story involving a previously undiscovered aquifer collapsing was disseminated to local news organizations. Foundation recovery teams dispatched to the site found that in the case of each vessel, all personnel found aboard were deceased at their battle stations. Ongoing autopsies of the crew have determined that the cause of death in each case (aside from those found with obvious combat related injuries) was found to be an abrupt cessation of cardiac action potential resulting in sudden cardiac arrest. Autopsies on crew remains are scheduled to be completed on 10/15/2015. Operational orders found aboard SCP-2220-1 indicate that the vessels were involved in combat operations supporting the Operation Olympic landings on the southern tip of Kyushu, specifically Ariake Bay. The last entry in the captain's logbook (dated 11/4/1945) describes catastrophic losses being taken by Allied ground units attempting to secure the Ariake beachhead; \u201cspecial weapons\u201d delivered by SCP-2220-1's aircraft were authorized in an attempt to force a breakthrough.\nNineteen aerial bombs superficially resembling the \u201cLittle Boy\u201d nuclear device (designated SCP-2220-5 to-24) were located in SCP-2220-1's forward magazine. Inventory manifests indicate that SCP-2220-1 sailed from Pearl Harbor Naval Base on 10/25/1945 with twenty-five devices. These records further indicate that five had been used operationally on 11/4/1945 and one was undergoing emergency maintenance for what was noted as a \u201cdetonator mechanism issue\u201d (the latter device is presently unaccounted for and believed to be responsible for the manifestation incident). These devices were removed from SCP-2220-1 and are currently stored at Site 76, Secure Armaments Wing.\nTest detonation of SCP-2220-5 on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588 resulted in the creation of a spherical Einstein-Rosen aperture 1 km in diameter centered on SCP-2220-5's location and resulting in the instantaneous disappearance of the entire target area within the sphere. No concussive force was observed during the detonation. The location of the missing terrain remains unknown. Test observations indicate that the aperture created is non-traversable and apparently functions as a \u201cone way trip\u201d to an unknown destination in spacetime. Further testing with two of the devices has been approved.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2219 | SCP-2220 | SCP-2221 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Painting produced by a member of POP-192-2221-A. Religious art created by instances of 2221-A often incorporates images of nooses, in this place replacing the crucifixion of Jesus with a hanging.\n\nItem #: SCP-2221\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Websites believed to host instances of SCP-2221 are to be isolated for examination, and civilian users are to be blocked from such websites. A team of C-Class personnel are to maintain an ongoing search for websites and software that require the user to agree to an End User License Agreement, and thoroughly examine all such agreements for signs of SCP-2221.\nGiven the impossibility of containing all instances of 2221-A, field agents will instead focus on counteracting their effects. Agents should remain in contact with law enforcement agencies worldwide to monitor for sudden increases in extrajudicial violence. Agents are encouraged to share information about 2221-A affiliated groups with national security agencies in order to diminish their political and social impact. Foundation policies on political non-intervention have been temporarily waived in order to respond to this threat.\nDescription: An instance of SCP-2221 is an End User License Agreement (EULA), of the sort commonly agreed to by consumers in order to use software. Instances of SCP-2221 are typically found attached to free or inexpensive software available over the internet. They are unusually long for EULAs, presumably to deter consumers from reading to the end. Near the end of the contract are three clauses believed to bring about distinct but related anomalous effects.\n\nClause 189\n\"You agree that all worship, prayer, obeisance, sacrifice, oaths, requests for guidance and/or intervention, and any other invocations of divinity directed at any deity or deities listed in Appendix H.vii will instead be directed at the Serene Tribune, Friend of the Righteous, hereafter referred to as 'Amicus.'1 Furthermore, you agree that this clause supersedes conscious intent with regard to the direction of the aforementioned invocations of divinity.\"\nClause 191\n\"You agree that Friends of Amicus LLC2 may access your consciousness for the purpose of exerting subconscious influence and/or temporary control of consciousness for a period not to exceed seventy-two (72) hours during any one-week period.\"\n\nClause 216\n\"You and Friends of Amicus LLC agree that any attempt to breach or modify the terms of this agreement, or to bring suit against Friends of Amicus LLC, must be settled by arbitration in the Serene Tribunal.\"3\n\nTesting suggests that SCP-2221 is not an infohazard\u2014 reading or looking at instances of SCP-2221 has no effect if the reader does not agree to the contract. It is extremely unlikely that such a contract would be legally enforceable in any known judicial system. However, it is believed that the effects of SCP-2221 result from the enforcement of the terms of this contract by unknown parties.\nCertain classes of individuals (including mentally incapable individuals, pre-pubescent children, and slaves) are unaffected even if they agree, presumably because they lack legal capacity to agree to a contract. Individuals incapable of understanding the contract (such as those who cannot speak the language in which it is written, or sleeping persons made to press the button to agree to the contract) are also unaffected. These limitations have proven extremely disruptive to attempts to study SCP-2221: the contract's effects do not extend to D-Class personnel, who apparently lack legal capacity with whatever entity is enforcing the contract.\nSCP-2221's lack of effect on D-Class personnel makes direct experimentation difficult, but the Foundation has performed extensive analysis on populations believed to be affected by SCP-2221. Individuals are assumed to be instances of 2221-A if they have created an account on a website or downloaded software known to host an instance of SCP-2221. The following behavioral changes have been observed in 2221-As and populations with large numbers of 2221-As:\n\nGreatly increased voter turnout and political activism. Instances of 2221-A in non-democratic or semi-democratic countries often affiliate themselves with protest movements or other subversive political organizations. Instances of 2221-A seem particularly drawn to positions considered outside the political mainstream, including parties associated with both the far-right and far-left.\nGreatly increased interest in religion and issues of religious identity. Attendance of religious services is notably high in areas with large 2221-A populations. Instances of 2221-A in Muslim countries often affiliate themselves with Islamist movements, while instances in the United States may advocate for an increased role for Christianity in public life.\nShifts in religious practices. Community punishment for deviating from religious law, often in the form of shaming, is common in 2221-A dominated areas. Religious art from these communities incorporates nooses or patterns resembling nooses with unusual frequency. For example, Christian art tends to depict Jesus being hanged rather than crucified, while Hindu art often focuses on Yama hanging criminals. Despite Clause 189's reference to the worship of \"Amicus,\" instances of SCP-2221 are not typically observed worshipping a being of that name (the one exception, POP-044-2221-A, is discussed below).\nFrequent extrajudicial violence against alleged criminals.\n\n2221-A populations tend to be densely clustered, so while some communities are entirely composed of 2221-As it is rare for affected nations to have an 2221-A population of over .05%. The most notable exception is POP-044-2221-A in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, which until 2013 constituted over 2% of the national population.\n\nEvents Concerning POP-044-2221-A\n\nIn October 2012, Site 614 contacts the O5 Council to report armed mobs attacking Foundation installations in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. It is immediately apparent that these groups have inside information concerning the Foundation: they demand that the Foundation hand over SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and 34 Foundation personnel to be put on trial.\nThe October attacks on Site 614 are initially attributed to the Republic of Letters, which quickly claims responsibility for leaking information leading to the attacks. At this point, the Foundation is not aware of any major 2221-A populations in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and the Republic of Letters' claims are believed.\nHowever, examination of computers at Site 614 reveals that many personnel have been using software hosting an instance of SCP-2221. Consensus within the Foundation shifts to the belief that the leaked information came from Foundation personnel, having been subverted by the Friends of Amicus. It remains unknown whether the failure to find and report this instance of SCP-2221 was due to negligence or deliberate sabotage.\nSite 614 personnel are detained for examination. Field agents from Site 115 and Site 621 are sent to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 under the command of Site Director Susan Pritchard to observe and report on the local 2221-A population, POP-044-2221-A. Due to ongoing political turmoil in the area, the Foundation adopts a strictly defensive stance, repelling continued attacks on Foundation installations without responding in kind.\nAttacks against local prisons are also noted. While local security forces repel most of these attacks, prisons in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 are overrun by mobs. Prisoners at both locations are dragged outside and lynched, including prisoners who have only committed minor crimes such as vandalism.\nOver the course of the next four months, changes in the religious practices of the local Sunni Muslim majority are observed. Many local mosques begin announcing the call to prayer eight times per day instead of the traditional five. Decorative nooses are observed hanging in doorways, often adorned with colorful cloth in elaborate patterns. Several imams believed to be instances of 2221-A are noted to add an additional prophet, \"Sadiq,\" to the traditional Islamic list of prophets.4 When pressed for additional information on Sadiq, these imams are confused, and deny knowledge of Sadiq.\nBy April 2013, affected communities have begun sounding the call to prayer up to thirty times per day. With little time left for other activities, attacks on Foundation installations cease. POP-044-2221-A distributes print versions of SCP-2221, thereby converting nearly all adult members of affected communities into instances of 2221-A. With the Foundation no longer on the defensive, field agents begin to quarantine towns inhabited by POP-044-2221-A, and unaffected civilians are evacuated into Foundation custody.\nThe frequency of 2221-A calls to prayer continues to increase until prayer has become constant among the entirety of POP-044-2221-A. Between May 24 and June 6, every known member of POP-044-2221-A expires of exhaustion and dehydration. The government of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 cooperates with the Foundation in attributing these deaths to political violence.\nField agents recommend waiving the Foundation's policy on political non-intervention in order to prevent similar occurrences elsewhere.\n\nAddendum 2221-i: Recently discovered instances of SCP-2221 have an addition to Clause 217: \"By reading this clause, members of any organizations listed in Appendix K.iv agree to go fuck themselves.\" The SCP Foundation was one of the organizations listed, along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Republic of Letters, and several other groups of interest and governmental organizations. Personnel who had read Clause 217 were isolated and kept under examination. The addition had no discernible effect, least of all a literal one. It is believed that Clause 217 is merely a taunt, rather than an infohazard or legally binding addition to the document. However, supervisors are to make weekly reports on the behavior of Foundation personnel who have read modified versions of Clause 217.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Appendix H.viii is exhaustive: it lists not only gods associated with major religions, but also the gods of extinct religions, fictional/satirical gods, philosophers, abstract values, and major political/historical figures. Additionally, several phrases typically spoken without religious intent (e.g. \"Darn it\" and \"Thanks, Obama\") are specified.\n2. Friends of Amicus LLC is a legal consulting group based in Fairfax, Virginia. All their known employees are currently under surveillance. It is unknown what effect revoking their charter would have on SCP-2221; continued surveillance is recommended for the moment.\n3. Attempts to arrange this arbitration have so far proved fruitless.\n4. \"Sadiq\", like \"Amicus\", translates into English as \"friend.\"\n\n\u00ab SCP-2220 | SCP-2221 | SCP-2222 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Exterior file footage still depicting \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 upon accidental entrapment within SCP-2222 during unauthorised interaction. Current whereabouts of spacesuit remain unknown.\n\nItem #: SCP-2222\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Foundation operatives embedded within \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588) have been relocated and situated upon Orbital Unit-09 under the guise of qualified station personnel. Personnel consists of four three (3) Foundation operatives preliminarily and extensively trained in aerospace engineering, extravehicular activity, confinement and experimentation/analysis for the sole purpose of SCP-2222's containment. Transmissions originating from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 are to be intercepted and deterred by Foundation operatives trained in linguistics and vocal interpretations at Command-2.\nHermetic doors composing SCP-2222 are to remain sealed with the exception of testing and/or analysis purposes. No internal interaction is permitted within SCP-2222 during analysis; visual and/or auditory analysis is permitted from SCP-2222's exterior following manual opening. Testing requires the release of any number of Rattus rattus within SCP-2222, the supply of which is currently situated within the Unit laboratory. Emergent entities from within SCP-2222 are to be transferred to a suitable and sterile area in which further testing and analysis regarding resultant behavioural, physical and anomalous characteristics may be conducted prior to termination. Entities are to be terminated via the release of gaseous rodenticides.\nFollowing Incident 2222-REF#209, any indications of fascination or obsession pertaining to SCP-2222 from Unit personnel are to be reported to Command-2, where temporary/permanent replacement of the personnel in question may be administrated. Complete personnel obsession pertaining to SCP-2222 is to result in the immediate isolation of Orbital Unit-09, where Armed Rapid Response Spatial Task Force-01 may be contacted. Additional emergency response forces are to be stationed at Command-2, who are to be dispatched in the event of a Unit personnel member becoming obsolete (refer to Exploration III for further details).\nDescription: SCP-2222 is an airlock composed of two (2) opaque hermetic plug doors and a cylindrical (3.6 m in diameter) chamber within \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588 space station (designated Orbital Unit-09). Attempts to internally survey SCP-2222 during the closure of both hermetic doors such as placing interior surveillance devices, pressure sensors or radios within the chamber have failed due to apparent malfunction. As a result, no means of interior observation within SCP-2222 are possible, excluding reopening via electronic control. REVISION: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - Refer to Incident 2222REF#209 for further information.\nOrganisms entering SCP-2222 precipitate immediate anomalous effects. Upon entrance from Orbital Unit-09's interior, the inner hermetic door will seal and entrap the organism. SCP-2222 will remain sealed for approximately three (3) minutes prior to the door reopening and the organism re-emerging. Attempts to manually open either hermetic door during this period invariably fail. Entry to within SCP-2222 from Orbital Unit-09's spatial exterior is yet to be conducted.\nUpon re-emergence, organisms exhibit complete organic and structural eversion. Organisms remain alive despite theoretically fatal alterations to their physical forms. Affected human subjects are capable of communication through vocalising individual words in reverse; as observed within Incident 2222-01, subjects appear physically incapable of vocalising individual words in standard intelligible format unless prompted to do so. As a result, immediate communication has proven impossible due to incomprehension. Despite this, reverse playback of recorded interviews have successfully determined the meaning of individual vocalisations. Individual vocalisations from sentient organisms such as Rattus rattus also exhibit this impairment.\nIncident 2222-01: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Interview with the first affected Foundation subject following SCP-2222's initial acquisition (refer to Document-2222-667DL for further details). Subject is \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a former Level 4 operative with qualifications in engineering. Physical alterations were first noted following \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's interaction and accidental entrapment within SCP-2222 during interior analysis. Individual vocalisations from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 are reversed for the purpose of comprehension. It is to be of note that Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was unable to comprehend \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 during the interview. Original unaltered audial documentation may be found here:\n\nInterviewed: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nInterviewer: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n<Begin Log>\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What happened in the airlock?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Dazzling. Blinding. Hurt.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Did you notice anything unusual?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: [Shakes head] Yes.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Right. What turned you into this?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Things. Came. Ripped. Stabbed. Laughed.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Did you hear anything?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yes. Laughter. Said. Flawed. Deficient. Substandard. Weak.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Do you remember who you are?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yes. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Can you say your name backwards for me?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 [sic].\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Thanks. Did anything else anomalous happen?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yes. Took. Me. Sun. Fire. Hurt.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Are you in pain?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Hurt.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Right. One last question before I put you out of your misery. Were there any entities within the airlock during your exposure?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yes. Said. Already. Unearthly. Extra- [Collapses due to apparent exhaustion]\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Oh, God- Uh, Okay, crew. Get him up. Take him to the lab for a final run-down before shooting him off.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: He's saying something, sir.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Thank. Love. Space. [Enters unconsciousness]\n<End Log>\n\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was promptly terminated prior to spatial release from a separate airlock. It is to be of note that \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's interaction with SCP-2222 was unauthorised.\nAddendum 2222-01: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Directly five (5) minutes following Incident 2222-01. Posthumous analysis and dissection of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's cadaver revealed intricate textual engravings on epidermal layers. Additionally, several lacerations and bruising on said layers indicated forced eversion originating from the genital area. Content of engravings are as follows:\n\ntaht saw nuf\nretteb naht stnedor\non erom star\nnam si tahw ew tnaw\nohw si txen?\n\nInvestigations regarding SCP-2222's anomalous effects are to be resumed by unit personnel. Reclassified as sapient on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nAddendum 2222-02: Following events documented in the aforementioned incident, Command-2 have submitted the formal request for Unit personnel to receive monthly examinations and counselling through telecommunication pertaining to psychological wellbeing.\nDenied. Preliminary training should suffice. Should psychological issues become apparent and then persist, I will personally administrate the replacement of the personnel in question. - O5-\u2588.\nIncident 2222-REF#209: The following events occurred between the dates of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 following successful interior surveillance within SCP-2222 after handheld digital cameras within the chamber exhibited non-malfunction. The preceding information thus warranted inclusion and exploration within SCP-2222, conducted by seven (7) D-Class personnel resituated upon Orbital Unit-09 with preliminary sedation administrated beforehand, alongside five (5) Level 4-5 Foundation operatives with the responsibility of Unit maintenance and safety, alongside communication with D-Class personnel. Current Unit personnel were granted temporary leave, with long-term signal failure occurring across all \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 so as to maintain the undetectability of the response force relocating the personnel. It is to be of note that D-Class personnel were unaware of SCP-2222's anomalous effects prior to their exposure to SCP-2222.\n\nThe following documents are restricted to Level 4 Personnel or higher. Unwarranted and/or unauthorised attempts to access these documents will initialise an Order-06 Amnestic administration designed to precipitate immediate demotion and/or removal from the Special Containment Procedures Foundation. Do not attempt to proceed with subordinate security clearance.\n\nSCP-2222-REF#209 Personnel Documentation -- LEVEL FOUR SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nSCP-2222REF#209 Temporary Personnel Documentation:\nAgent Josef \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Eine (KIA) [LvLFour]\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 White (KIA) [LvLFour]\nDirector \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Kauffman (KIA) [LvLFive]\nO5-\u2588 [LvLOhFive]\nDirector \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 [LvLFive]\nD-82111 [LvLDisposable] (Terminated)\nD-72892 [LvLDisposable] (Terminated)\nD-02928 [LvLDisposable]\nD-90123 [LvLDisposable] (Terminated)\nD-46400 [LvLDisposable] (KIA) [Personnel with Overseer clearance should observe Document \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-REF#\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588]\nD-73714 [LvLDisposable] (KIA)\nD-12935 [LvLDisposable] [Personnel with Overseer clearance should observe Document \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-REF#\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588]\nSCP-2222REF#209 Previous Non-Temporary Personnel Documentation:\nDoctor Hans \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 [LvLFour]\nDoctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Durden [LvLFour]\nAgent Imelda \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 [LvLThree]\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 [LvLFour] (Terminated)\n\nExploration I\n\nExploration I -- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nD-82111 is placed within SCP-2222, equipped with one (1) long-lasting electronic lantern and one (1) digital camera feeding directly to Unit command, administrated by O5-\u2588. D-82111 steps within SCP-2222 upon instruction, and SCP-2222's inner hermetic door closes automatically as expected.\n\n<Begin Transcript>\nAgent Eine: Activate your torch, please.\nD-82111: Yeah.\n[SCP-2222's interior is illuminated. No atypical deviations in appearance noted]\nAgent Eine: Please remain in your position until further notice.\n[TRANSCRIPT REDACTED FOR BREVITY]\nAgent Eine: We're picking up a metallic scraping sound. Please confirm.\nD-82111: I'm not hearing shit.\nAgent Eine: Noted. Please notify us upon hearing or seeing anything significant.\n[TRANSCRIPT REDACTED FOR BREVITY]\nD-82111: What was that?\nAgent Eine: Please elaborate.\nD-82111: The window. Look at it.\n[D-82111 readjusts the head-mounted camera setting to focus on an exterior hermetic door window. It is to be of note that SCP-2222's exterior hermetic door does not possess a window]\nAgent Eine: First visual and/or spatial anomaly noted. Move closer to the window, please.\nD-82111: No, man. No, I can't. I just-\nAgent Eine: Move closer to the window.\nD-82111: You don't want to see what's on the other side of that window.\nAgent Eine: I'm sorry?\nD-82111: No. On.\nAgent Eine: D-82111, please explain your current condition.\nD-82111: On. Pots. [D-82111's voice indicates vocalisation difficulty]\n[D-82111 manually removes the digital camera from the head-mounted setup, before rotating the camera towards himself. D-82111's facial characteristics exhibit extreme injury consistent with those observed in Incident 2222-01; D-82111's hairline appears forcibly pulled from the root, while the epidermal layer covering the scalp is stretched and cracked, indicating the origin point of epidermal eversion. D-82111 drops the camera as an apparent consequence of massive physical trauma, causing the feed display to depict the aforementioned window, now open. Visible through the window is outer space and the Earth's upper atmosphere. Analysis confirms the presence of an amorphous figure momentarily eclipsing the outside scene from view. Audial analysis of reverse playback confirms D-82111 to be retching]\nAgent Eine: D-82111, please return to the camera and reconnect it to your head-mounted setup.\nD-82111: [Reverse playback reveals the following] Laugh all you want. Go on, laugh it up.\nAgent Eine: Note: Primary anomalous effects observed. Can you understand me, D-82111?\nD-82111: [Reverse playback reveals the following] Do it. Rip me to shreds. Yeah, keep laughing! Go on, you alien fucks! Kill me. Kill me! Kill me now! Take me. Do it!\n[UNKNOWN]: [Reverse playback reveals the following] Endure it.\nD-82111: [Reverse playback reveals the following] Wait. No. No! Not there. You can't! Anything but ep-\n[UNKNOWN]: [Reverse playback reveals the following] Endure. Take him.\n[UNKNOWN]: [Reverse playback reveals the following] Yes. We will. Endure.\nD-82111: No. Stop. I'm worthless. You said. I'm not worth anything. Leave me. Leave me! Or kill me! Do whatever you want, cut me up, for God's sake! Just not-\n[Video feed cuts to static]\n<End Transcript>\n\nD-82111 emerged from SCP-2222 in a regularly observed manner, exhibiting total epidermal eversion, with second-degree burns present on all dermal layers. D-82111 was incapable of speech and sight following emergence, and was promptly euthanised prior to spatial release. Textual engravings on upper epidermal layers displayed the following:\n\nerom erom nem\new deen erom nem\nnem era yrassecen rof tnemniatretne\nelbahgual nem\n\nExploration II\n\nExploration II -- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nD-72892 is relocated to within SCP-2222 in a similar fashion to the prior exploration, similarly equipped with one (1) long-lasting electronic lantern and one (1) digital camera feeding directly to Unit command. D-72892 is additionally equipped with a preliminarily arranged series of questions to address the inhabitant(s) of SCP-2222 in person, so as to determine the purpose and source of SCP-2222's anomalous properties.\n\n<Begin Transcript>\nD-72892: Uh, do I just read these out loud?\nDirector Kauffman: Activate your torch beforehand. And yes, please do so. On my command.\nD-72892: Right. Sorry.\nDirector Kauffman: Read question one aloud, please.\nD-72892: \"This is D-72892 speaking on behalf of the SCP Foundation. Please state your reasons for your inhabitance within Orbital Unit-09's airlock.\"\n[No auditory response documented during regular playback]\nDirector Kauffman: [Recoils] What in hell was that deafening noise? [To Unit command observers] Did you pick that up? God-awful. My ears are still ringing. Bloody cacophonous.\nD-72892: I didn't hear anything. What're you on about, man?\nDirector Kauffman: A discordant screech was picked up on the audio feed. Please read the second question aloud, 72892. Jesus.\nD-72892: \"Who are you, and what do you represent?\"\n[No auditory response documented during regular playback]\nDirector Kauffman: Notify us if you hear or see anything noteworthy.\n[No response from D-72892. Visual display exhibits minor film grain increase]\nDirector Kauffman: D-72892?\nD-72892: [Reverse playback reveals the following] They're here to be entertained.\nDirector Kauffman: What?\nD-72892: [Reverse playback reveals the following] Didn't you hear me, you two-faced fuck?\nDirector Kauffman: [To Unit command personnel] Reverse the playback for each vocalisation from D-72892 after we're done.\nD-72892: [Reverse playback reveals the following] We're all two-faced. Why don't you come in here with us? Join the party. We can be two-faced together. You, me, and them. All six of us.\n[D-72892's visual display is momentarily eclipsed by an amorphous figure for approximately two (2) minutes. Audible throughout this period are human vocalisations consistent with regurgitation. Visual display following said two-minute period depicts an emaciated D-72892 standing upright within SCP-2222. D-72892's facial characteristics exhibit mid-eversion centred around the right nasal cavity extending to the right ear, exposing ruptured muscle mass and cheekbone; D-72892's left facial characteristics remain intact. D-72892 addresses the camera, maintaining direct eye contact with Director Kauffman despite the lack of two-way facial display]\nD-72892: [Reverse playback reveals the following] Now. Do you see what it's like to be two-faced? Come along, Director. Do it. Open the airlock. It'll work, because they'll allow it to work.\n[UNKNOWN]: [Reverse playback reveals the following] No. Greater. Idea.\nD-72892: [Reverse playback reveals the following] What's that? You want them to- Oh. I must applaud you, <[Unknown: Oudjn?/Oodjin?/Oudgin?]>, that's genius.\n[UNKNOWN]: [Reverse playback reveals the following] Good. Tell.\nD-72892: [Reverse playback reveals the following] You're the boss. Hey, Kauffman. Yeah. You're not invited to the party anymore. They have something even better in store for you. It's only us for now.\n[UNKNOWN]: [Reverse playback reveals the following] Wrong. Not. Invited.\nD-72892: [Reverse playback reveals the following] Wait. But-\n[UNKNOWN]: [Reverse playback reveals the following] Take. Star. Not. Invited.\n[UNKNOWN]: [Reverse playback reveals the following] Yes. Take.\nD-72892: [Reverse playback reveals the following] No. No! Hold on! Wait, ther- [D-72892 is observed to choke incessantly for a further minute, before both auditory and visual displays malfunction]\n<End Transcript>\n\nD-72892 re-emerged from SCP-2222 as an animate, disarrayed mass of charred and blackened human viscera and flesh. Posthumous analysis following controlled euthanasia revealed complete epidermal eversion as per usual. No textual engravings were documented, and D-72892 was promptly released into outer space as per common procedure. Reverse playback of recorded audio was documented, with Director Kauffman voluntarily renouncing his position as communicator.\n\nExploration III\n\nExploration III -- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nD-02928 is placed within SCP-2222 three (3) days following Exploration II, a period in which temporary Unit personnel spent arranging and preparing a preliminary stratagem for Exploration III. D-02928 is tasked with the responsibility of documenting visual evidence of SCP-2222's inhabitant(s) so as to further establish the entities' behavioural and physical characteristics. D-02928's head-mounted camera setup is additionally fitted with a separate digital photographic device programmed to take one (1) photograph every twenty (20) seconds.\n\n<Begin Transcript>\nAgent White: Please await further instructions.\nD-02928: Sure, whatever.\n[First photograph documented. Post-interaction analysis reveals SCP-2222's interior with no visual/spatial deviations noted]\nAgent White: Deactivate your torch in order for the camera flash to be fully utilised.\nD-02928: Can't I just turn it off?\nAgent White: No. It's in the programming.\nD-02928: Fine. Yeah, fine.\nAgent White: Can you still visualise SCP-2222's interior?\nD-02928: No, it's pitch dark.\nAgent White: Good. You'll be nee-\n[A communication error between D-02928 and Unit command occurs. Secondary communication backups utilised following a two (2) minute period, in which D-02928 is presumed to remain within SCP-2222. Following communication restoration, D-02928's visual display depicts SCP-2222's interior engulfed in flame, with D-02928 nowhere to be discerned. SCP-2222's outer hermetic door is observed to open despite Orbital Unit-09's exterior surveillance monitors depicting its explicit closure at the displayed juncture1. Visible beyond the hermetic door is a spatial region inconsistent with any documented region to date, with an amorphous, roughly linear stellar entity resembling a nebula also visible, violet in colouration. D-02928 is observed to emerge from SCP-2222's exterior and enter SCP-2222 despite theoretically fatal spatial conditions. D-02928 hastily reacquires the camera before addressing Unit command in person]\nD-02928: You see that?\nAgent White: God. Yes, we see it. What is it?\nD-02928: It's- It's\u2026 Look, they're preparing. That's why they haven't killed me. I'll explain once I get out.\nAgent White: I'm sorry? No, you'll explain now.\n[UNKNOWN]: [Reverse playback reveals the following] No. Explain. Nothing.\nD-02928: G- Get- Get away from me!\n[UNKNOWN]: [Reverse playback reveals the following] Waste.\nD-02928: Yeah. Yeah, that's right, back off, pussy! You f-\n[UNKNOWN]: [Reverse playback reveals the following] Silence.\n<End Transcript>\n\nD-02928 later emerged from SCP-2222 with no resultant physical impairments. However, D-02928 exhibited complete incapability of oral, written or other forms of communication with other personnel, disregarding them completely. D-02928 was promptly transported to Orbital Unit-09's temporary D-Class housing area, in which he spent the remainder of his accompaniment with Unit personnel before relocation to Sector-19. A total of nine (9) photographs were taken during D-02928's exposure to SCP-2222, eight (8) of which exhibit corruption as a result of hardware damage. The remaining photograph is included below:\n\nImage_07\n\nExploration IV\n\nExploration IV -- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nD-90123 is placed within SCP-2222 upon instruction, with identical equipment as mentioned beforehand. It is to be of note that\nD-90123 exhibited a heightened fascination with SCP-2222, with said fascination increasing exponentially following the effects of\nSCP-2222 on her predecessors; it is to be of note that D-90123 was not informed of the current whereabouts of said predecessors,\nexcluding D-02928 (Refer to exploration III for further details). D-90123's fascination with SCP-2222 was additionally shared with D-46400 (refer to Exploration VI for further details), who exhibited a milder form of the aforementioned fascination. It is to be of additional note that D-90123's vocabulary appeared to increase significantly during her exposure to SCP-2222.\n\n<Begin Transcript>\n[Auditory feed only is activated as a result of a misunderstanding between D-90213 and O5-\u2588]\nD-90123: It's- it's incredible. Its seamless beauty leaves me infinitely speechless. I can't-\nO5-\u2588: Activate your visual feed.\nD-90123: Yes, of course. You must see this.\n[D-90123's visual feed is activated, thus initialising the resultant visual display at Unit, depicting SCP-2222's interior as per usual, with no visual/spatial anomalies noted]\nO5-\u2588: We're not making out anything incongruous.\nD-90123: That's because you're not here with me, [DATA EXPUNGED] [It is unknown as to how D-90123 was aware of O5-\u2588's patronym]. A basic camcorder can't transcribe what's truly here.\nO5-\u2588: In that case, D-90123, what is SCP-2222?\nD-90123: SCP-2222 is an airlock composed of two opaque hermetic plug doors and a cylindrical 4.6 metre chamber within \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588 space station, designated Orbital Unit-09. Attempts to internally survey-\nO5-\u2588: That's enough. Stop restating the official documentation.\nD-90123: Exactly, sir. Restating. Restating is the act of repeating something, especially in the form of a more clear and precise reiteration. What you didn't allow me to do, [DATA EXPUNGED], was to finish. So please, do allow me to restate.\nO5-\u2588: How- Why do you know-\nD-90123: [Reverse playback reveals the following] SCP-2222 is not SCP-2222. Universal phonetic translation designates it <[Unknown: Mesh-murnans-cord-butoom-fort-hosben-vee-seven?]>, and it's fundamentally a television. So, smile. You're on ca-\n[Auditory feed malfunctions and deactivates. Visual feed exhibits significant distortion and tearing as a result precipitated by an unknown medium, although visuals remain discernible; D-90123's head-mounted display is removed involuntarily, thus depicting SCP-2222's interior at a different angle, with D-90123's torso in view. D-90123's arms are outstretched, with her hands forming several unknown gestures. D-90123 is abruptly thrusted sideways at extreme force, colliding with several mechanical protrusions and components, simultaneously impaling her abdomen and left frontal lobe prior to complete epidermal eversion taking place over the course of six (6) seconds. D-90123 is observed to remove both protrusions impaling her body at force, turning to address an unknown individual. D-90123 proceeds to speak for approximately thirty (30) seconds prior to auditory backup activation]\nD-90123: [Reverse playback reveals the following] -Eels great. Now I'm ready. Do you want more? Are you entertained?\n[UNKNOWN] [Reverse playback reveals the following] Yes.\nD-90123: [Reverse playback reveals the following] Best show you've had in a while, huh?\n[UNKNOWN] [Reverse playback reveals the following] Yes.\nD-90123: [Reverse playback reveals the following] You want more?\n[UNKNOWN] [Reverse playback reveals the following] Want.\nD-90123: [Reverse playback reveals the following] Then take me. Take me there. I promise I'll be good. And your next guest will be even better.\n<End Transcript>\n\nSimilarly to D-72892, D-90123 re-emerged as a disarrayed mass of charred and blackened flesh, with the only notable deviation being incapability of locomotion. Despite this, D-90123 maintained respiratory function and a heart contractility, and was immediately terminated prior to spatial release.\n\nExploration V -- OVERSEER/4-2222 SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED\n\nExploration V -- ACCESS DENIED\n\nACCESS DENIED. FAILURE TO FOLD THIS COLLAPSIBLE BLOCK WITHIN THIRTY (30) SECONDS WILL PRECIPITATE IMMEDIATE AIRBORNE AMNESTIC ADMINISTRATION. ACCESS DENIED.\n\nExploration VI\n\nExploration VI -- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nFollowing the events transcribed involving D-46400, D-73714 is involuntarily detained and placed within SCP-2222 directly three (3) hours following O5-\u2588's assisted evacuation. D-73714 is equipped with identical equipment to that granted to D-46400.\n\n<Begin Transcript>\n[D-73714 observes D-46400's macerated remains]\nD-73714: Who was this? Where's the other D-Class? What the hell happened here, man? Why won't you pricks tell me what the fuck is going on?\nAgent White: We're not authorised. Please calm down. Failure to comply will result in termination.\nD-73714: I don't give a flying shit!\nAgent White: Remain where you are. Stop flailing.\nD-73714: Stop flailing? I can \"flail\" all I want. You lock me up for two weeks, you give me stale food to eat- I dreamed of being an astronaut as a kid, but now- Now, you've just gone and made me feel like crap. Like nothing. I hope you're happy. I hope you're\n[TRANSCRIPT REDACTED FOR BREVITY]\nD-73714: Did you hear me? Did you fucking hear me? I hope you rot! All of you! You, Eine, Kauffman, that coward who fucking left!\n[UNKNOWN]: [Reverse playback reveals the following] You. Want. Rot?\nD-73714: [D-73714 addresses an unseen individual] What- the fuck?\n[UNKNOWN]: [Reverse playback reveals the following] Said. Want. Rot?\nD-73714: I-\n[UNKNOWN]: [Reverse playback reveals the following] Them. Rot?\nD-73714: Yeah. Yeah, I do want them to rot.\n[DATA EXPUNGED]\n[DATA EXPUNGED]\n\n[DATA EXPUNGED] Response Spatial Task Force-01. The remains of affected temporary Unit personnel were incinerated prior to spatial release, and D-73714 was detained prior to termination due to lethal hostility and unauthorised actions. D-12935 was detained by Task Force personnel, who escaped momentary restraint and voluntarily entered SCP-2222 following apparent abrupt obsession with the airlock, similar to the fascination observed with D-46400 and D-90123, equipping himself with D-73714's disused camera setup (refer to Exploration VII for further details).\n\nExploration VII -- OVERSEER/4-2222 SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED\n\nExploration VII -- ACCESS DENIED\n\nACCESS DENIED. FAILURE TO FOLD THIS COLLAPSIBLE BLOCK WITHIN THIRTY (30) SECONDS WILL PRECIPITATE IMMEDIATE AIRBORNE AMNESTIC ADMINISTRATION. ACCEsES5ddddfsss39yhdS DdEd_saaNIi_i_i_iiiiiiEe3D.\nACcCEsES5ddddfsss3asf,.a.flkcjhxchd9yhdS DdEd_saaNIi_i_i_iiiiiiEe3D.ACCEsES5EeEedgddddbbfsddddfsss3\n9yhdSDdEd_saaNIi_i_i_iiiiiiEe3D.ACCcCCCEsES5ddddfsssdd39yhdSddfsssdd3ddfsssdd3DddEd_saaNI_i_i_iiiiiiEe3DAc\nccCEsES5ddddfsfsss39yghdS DdEd_ssdsaaNIi_i_i_iiiiiiEe3D.d.d.d.akdfd.gDDDDddddOdodO\n[DATA CORRUPT] ATA CORRUPT]RUPT]DATCRPT][DATA[ DATA DA[TA]CORRUPTTT]\n[DATATADATCORT]RUPDDT][[[DATCRPRRRATA[ DATA DA[[[TA]CORRUPTTT]T\nA[ DATA DA[TA]CORT][TA]]]C\nINITIALISING IRREMOVABLE DATABASE HIJACK\nAUTHENTICATING\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\nAUTHENTICATION COMPLETE\nWELCOME, UNnnaA68UTHORISEnftD FOUnnNDAT00OoN PERRRR5sSONNEL O5 PERSONNEL\nWhich file do you want to access?\nUPTLN.13567\u2026 selected\nRetrieving file\u2026\nRetrieving file\u2026\nRetrieving file\u2026\nRetrieving file\u2026\nFile opened\n/\n/\n/\nUNIVERSAL PHONETIC TRANSLATION LOG NO. 135670003529034895047036240987697654783720959999382361818201368910101\n/\n/\n/\nDo you see it?\nMeschk-Mernanschordbtoum-VordhosbnV7.\nIt's right there.\nOffspring, we can watch them in perpetuity. We'll join the millions. Sitting here on this violet cloud. Laughing at the humans.\nLet me give you a brief rundown of what goes on over there, aeons away, on Meschk-Vordhosbn. First, it was plants. That was unstimulating. Then came the ridiculous squealing mammals. Then, finally, there came the first human. We enjoyed humans, so we familiarised ourselves with them, and they sent more. The first of the three new humans were clueless, the fourth was delightful. The fifth was a disappointment despite the fourth's promise. The sixth was insane. And the seventh is here with us. You've heard of him.\nThey call him 12935.\nHe hates it here.\nSound appealing?\nGood. You must appreciate the work that goes into this. It's a hard job to organise. It's only a mere team of four, did you know? Who knows how far they travelled to achieve this. I hope you'll look up to them someday.\nOffspring, we too can laugh.\nWe can be entertained. We can feast our optic lobes on flocks after flocks of human astronauts, turned inside-out, having their vocal comprehensions reversed so that we can split our sides.\nWe can watch their bloodied remains get taken to Epmn where they'll be singed, semi-torrefied, burned like anthropoid hogs on a spit. Because it's hilarious.\nWhy not?\nExactly.\nSit down, offspring. This is quality entertainment.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Both timecodes pertaining to SCP-2222's interior/exterior surveillance displayed the date and time as 1616 GMT on 23/0\u2588/20\u2588\u2588.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2221 | SCP-2222 | SCP-2223 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Safe screenshot of SCP-2223's anomalous effect. SCP-2223-1 ranked fifth on an image search for \"grapes\". Click to enlarge.\n\nItem #: SCP-2223\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All known versions of SCP-2223 are to be stored on an external drive stored in Secure Containment Locker 23C at Site-15. Access to copies of SCP-2223 may be granted for research purposes by one Level 3 researcher. Direct display of versions SCP-2223-5 and later is not permitted, even through previews or thumbnails. SCP-2223 versions are to be handled only through indirect computational analysis.\nProtocol 56-Ackermann is the only currently known method for suppressing new versions of SCP-2223. A simplified overview of the theoretical framework behind Protocol 56-Ackermann is provided below \u2013 specialized personnel assigned to SCP-2223 with extensive background in mathematics and computer science should refer to Document 2223-56-Ackermann for further technical details on implementation and sensitive information on proprietary search algorithms.\nProtocol 56-Ackermann:\n\n+ Excerpt from Document 2223-56-Ackermann, Section II: Detection of SCP-2223\n\n- Welcome, Foundation Mathematics/CS Specialist\n\nProtocol 56-Ackermann requires a modification to the PageRank algorithm used by internet search engines. Under the assumption of a random-surfer model with a damping factor $d$ and $N$ pages or images, one can consider a PageRank metric $PR$, a critical factor in ranking search results:\n(1)\n\\begin{align} PR(p_i) = \\frac{1-d}{N} + d \\sum \\frac{PR(p_j)}{L(p_j)} \\end{align}\nSummed over pages with inbound links to $p_i$ where $p$ represents a page and $L(p_j)$ outputs the number of outbound links from $p_j$. One can represent this system of linear equations as the following linear transformation:\n(2)\n\\begin{align} \\left[ \\begin{array}{cc} PR(p_1) \\\\ \\vdots \\\\ PR(p_N)\\end{array} \\right] = \\vec{P} = \\left[ \\begin{array}{cc} \\frac{1-d}{N} \\\\ \\vdots \\\\ \\frac{1-d}{N}\\end{array} \\right] + d \\left[ \\begin{array}{ccc} \\ell(p_1,p_1) & \\cdots & \\ell(p_1,p_N)\\\\ \\vdots & \\ddots & \\vdots \\\\ \\ell(p_N,p_1) & \\cdots & \\ell(p_N,p_N)\\end{array} \\right]\\vec{P} = \\left( \\frac{1-d}{N} \\mathbf{J_N} + d\\mathbf{M} \\right ) \\vec{P} = \\mathbf{A}\\vec{P} \\end{align}\nWhere $\\ell(p_i,p_j)$ is 0 if $p_j$ does not link to $p_i$ and otherwise some non-zero value normalized such that the columns of the matrix $\\mathbf{M}$ are stochastic. $\\mathbf{J_N}$ is a matrix filled with 1's and is guaranteed to return $\\vec{1}$ due to the stochastic nature of vector $\\vec{P}$. The unique solution vector $\\vec{P}$ represents the eigenvector associated with the eigenvalue 1 for matrix $\\mathbf{A}$ and yields the PageRank values used in search result ranking. The eigenvalue 1 is the largest such eigenvalue and thus efficient methods for retrieving dominant eigenvectors, like power iteration, may be used (see Section III: Computational Methods for further details).\nAlthough ordinary methods of directly distinguishing new SCP-2223 instances fail due to its anomalous properties, Foundation computer science researchers found that SCP-2223 instances have the property of being an element of an irreducible closed subset of the graph modeling connections between internet pages/images. This allowed for the development of Protocol 56-Ackermann and an avenue for containing new versions of SCP-2223.\nThe matrix $\\mathbf{A}$ is guaranteed a spectral gap greater than or equal to $1 - d$ for damping factor $d$, and the spectral gap is equal to $1 - d$ if $\\mathbf{A}$ models a graph with two or more irreducible closed subsets. Protocol 56-Ackermann requires the calculation of the second-most dominant eigenvector, an operation that can be efficiently achieved using algorithms like the block power method or Tarjan's algorithm (see Section III: Computational Methods for further details).\nFor each entry corresponding to $p_j$ in the second eigenvector $\\vec{v_{\\lambda_2}}$, $p_j$ is an element of an irreducible closed subset if $\\left( \\vec{v_{\\lambda_2}} \\right)_j$ is non-zero. In accordance with Protocol 56-Ackermann, images with this property are removed and thus SCP-2223 instances are filtered from image search results1.\n\nProtocol 56-Ackermann modifies the PageRank algorithm used in search engines affected by SCP-2223 to rank relevance of search results. PageRank formulates a system of linear equations modeling a network of connected pages and images, which can then be expressed in the general form $A\\vec{x} = \\vec{b}$ for matrix A and vectors x and b. Protocol 56-Ackermann finds the eigenvector2 for the second-largest eigenvalue of the matrix A (PageRank retrieves page importance data from the dominant eigenvector associated with the largest eigenvalue). Using data from the second-most dominant eigenvector, Protocol 56-Ackermann determines whether an image satisfies the property of being in an irreducible closed subset indicative of a possible SCP-2223 version. If the image satisfies this property, it is excluded from search results and thus new versions of SCP-2223 are suppressed.\nIn the event of a failure of Protocol 56-Ackermann, the Foundation will request a takedown of the new SCP-2223 instance from its host website through a front company for visual copyright violation. Foundation network security experts will forcibly remove the instance if the host website does not do so within one hour.\nA catalog of previous SCP-2223 instance metadata and filenames is to be maintained for all efforts pertaining to the elimination of copies of known SCP-2223 instances. Foundation web crawlers are to regularly scan the internet for images matching the filename or metadata of catalogued SCP-2223 instances. Social media sites are to be given special priority due to their past prominence as SCP-2223 dissemination vectors. Foundation agents are to be dispatched to administer class-C amnestics to individuals possibly exposed to the cognitohazardous effect of SCP-2223.\nThe SCP Foundation has enlisted the cooperation of major antivirus and computer security firms in the elimination of offline known SCP-2223 instances. All major antivirus software will identify any file matching known SCP-2223 metadata or filenames as malware and will permanently remove it.\nDescription: SCP-2223 is a collection of digital PNG images that depict a female human of an indeterminate young age in the style of Japanese animation. Each distinct image version is designated SCP-2223-1 through SCP-2223-6. SCP-2223 most commonly depicts its subject with a red and white school uniform, although certain instances have shown alternative or absent attire. Although the exact portrayal of the subject of SCP-2223 varies across instances, physical characteristics such as eye color, hair color, and bodily proportions remain constant in all versions of SCP-2223. This has led the team assigned to SCP-2223 to conclude that all SCP-2223 versions were intended to depict a single entity designated SCP-2223-A. It remains unknown whether SCP-2223-A is intended to resemble a real-life person or a character in an existing fictional work.\nThe primary anomalous effect of all SCP-2223 versions is their ability to manipulate search algorithms to rank them near the top of the results for certain keyword or phrase inputs to which they would ordinarily be irrelevant (within top ten results without Protocol 56-Ackermann interference). Example keywords manipulated by SCP-2223 include \"grapes\", \"crepes\", \"aquarius\", \"periodic table\", \"mapquest\", and \"US Senate\" (see Document 2223-Keywords for full list). SCP-2223's method of arbitrarily manipulating PageRank and VisualRank calculations is currently unknown and presumed to be anomalous.\nAttempts to read SCP-2223 versions through image processing algorithms and alternative methods fail. Pixel-by-pixel reprocessing, application of memetic filters, printing, and attempted modification of an SCP-2223 instance's image (including drawing, erasure, and other operations) yield only grey visual static. Additionally, despite obvious differences to the human eye, computers report high similarity between SCP-2223 and images visually unrelated to SCP-2223 but relevant to SCP-2223-affected keywords. Comparison of SCP-2223 instances to images relevant to applicable keywords using local feature vectors extracted from the scale-invariant feature transform, the algorithm used in VisualRank-based image searches, outputs a high (>90%) correspondence, while similar results are obtained from other image comparison algorithms.\nSCP-2223-1 through 4 display no other anomalous properties.\nAs of SCP-2223-5, SCP-2223 versions exhibit an additional cognitohazardous effect. Any human who views an instance of SCP-2223 will feel a strong compulsion to share the image through any means possible. Downloading the image and sharing it via social media and websites is the most common vector for dissemination. Individuals under the effect of SCP-2223 have also commonly used email and direct presentation via phones and other screens. Infected individuals precluded from sharing digital copies of SCP-2223 will resort to drawing a non-anomalous reproduction within the individual's natural artistic ability. Individuals entirely precluded from sharing SCP-2223 exhibit mild annoyance and discontent, although no serious psychological or physiological harm has been observed. The cognitohazardous effect can be neutralized with a class-C amnestic.\nAs of version SCP-2223-6, SCP-2223 (or its possible creator) has demonstrated knowledge of classified Foundation information and the potential to disseminate it to the public.\nDiscovery Log: SCP-2223 was brought to the Foundation's attention when Google Inc. received an unusually large number of complaints regarding irrelevant image search results. Google's attempts to modify its search algorithm failed to displace SCP-2223-1 from its ranking in applicable keywords. Foundation hacking teams resolved the incident by forcibly taking down SCP-2223-1 from its hosting site.\nAddendum 2223-1: \u2588 months later, Foundation hacking teams contained an outbreak of SCP-2223-2. MTF Mu-4 (\"Debuggers\") was called in to evaluate the situation and formulate a long-term containment strategy. Dr. Ackermann of MTF Mu-4 developed a possible algorithm for computer identification and removal of SCP-2223 from search results despite its anomalous properties, which was formally codified into Protocol 56-Ackermann.\nA test version of Protocol 56-Ackermann that penalizes images in irreducible closed sets was applied to controlling an outbreak of SCP-2223-3. The limited test was a success, reducing SCP-2223-3's search result ranking. SCP-2223-3 was replaced with SCP-2223-4, which depicted SCP-2223-A crying rather than the usual smiling. Following the test's success, the full Protocol 56-Ackermann was implemented into the search algorithms of all major search engines by undercover Foundation operatives masquerading as independent contractors and succeeded in eliminating SCP-2223 from image search results entirely.\nAddendum 2223-2: Software engineers at Google modified the block power iteration used to obtain the second eigenvector. Although this resulted in faster performance, it relaxed the accuracy of the eigenvector outputted without any accompanying change in the code implementing Protocol 56-Ackermann. Thus Protocol 56-Ackermann failed due to an error in floating point comparison. Although an embedded Foundation employee noticed the error quickly and rectified it, thirty minutes had elapsed since the initial failure of Protocol 56-Ackermann. SCP-2223 had breached containment within seconds of Protocol 56-Ackermann's failure and released two new versions, SCP-2223-5 and SCP-2223-6, simultaneously. The novel cognitohazardous ability of SCP-2223-5 and 6 resulted in greater public dissemination than predicted.\nSCP-2223-5 depicted an angry SCP-2223-A pointing her right index finger towards the viewer, while SCP-2223-6 was an image depicting SCP-2223-A in Site-15 instigating a containment breach of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588. Furthermore, the metadata of SCP-2223-6 indicated the GPS coordinates of Site-15. While the new cognitohazardous ability and the increasingly hostile nature of SCP-2223's illustrations were concerning, the public dissemination of the likeness of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 and Site-15's location constituted a severe information breach. A Foundation network security team immediately removed the original image and focused Foundation web crawlers towards recent uploads in social media and websites to expunge copies of SCP-2223-6 that had been reuploaded and shared by infected individuals. New photo uploads were disabled for several hours on almost all major image hosting and social media sites. Security was increased at Site-15 to protect against any external GoI attacks while SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 containment teams were placed on heightened alert- no actual containment breach of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 occurred, however.\nDue to the fortuitously swift reinstitution of Protocol 56-Ackermann, the containment breach was extensive but ultimately manageable with Foundation resources. Foundation personnel across the world were deployed to deliver and administer class-C amnestics to the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 people affected by the containment breach. Preexisting measures aimed at eliminating existing SCP-2223 instances were intensified in the aftermath of this incident.\nAddendum 2223-3: Project Manager Dr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 received the following email in his inbox on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588:\n\nTo the Foundation,\nWe have recently become aware of your interference in our latest project. We meant no harm in this recent test - we simply needed the practice, and making our favorite anime girl known to the world happened to be an interesting application (btw3 [sic] you should really watch the anime To Aru Suugakuteki no Okusetsu4, then you'd get why we love Shizuki-chan so much). After all, they don't exactly teach the integration of anomalous phenomena in computer science courses or guides.\nOur further investigations into your Foundation, however, have yielded that you are the ones who mean harm. You have renditioned fellow men and women innocent of crimes and exploited the most vulnerable in our society, those with no other options left to them. The time for fooling around with anime girls and funny cat pictures has come to an end. We are united under a mission. We have a purpose now.\nWe accept no apologies or surrenders, only objectives.\nCeleramis\n\nFoundation web crawlers were unable to find relevant matches on the web for \"Celeramis\". No relevant online matches were found for either the English or Japanese titles of the anime referenced. Foundation network security teams traced the IP address of the sender to an unsold and unoccupied apartment in Denver, Colorado. Dr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has received a new email address while his old address is monitored for new communications from \"Celeramis\". While it is possible that the email may provide further insight into the nature of SCP-2223 and its origins, it may also possibly be a hoax. In either case, the sender of the email possesses classified knowledge of the Foundation, and efforts to identify and apprehend the person/organization are ongoing.\nIt is possible, although unconfirmed, that \"Shizuki\" was intended to reference SCP-2223-A.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Ackermann, D., & Vogel, S. (2011). Possible method for machine identification of SCP-2223 instances. Terminal: An SCP Foundation Journal, 15(72), 12-56. Retrieved from SCP Foundation Research Database. (Accession No. 32542432)\n2. An eigenvector is a vector that returns a multiple of itself after being multiplied with a linear transformation matrix, while an eigenvalue is the multiplying factor.\n3. Acronym for \"by the way\"\n4. Translated as \"A Certain Mathematical Conjecture\" in English\n\n\u00ab SCP-2222 | SCP-2223 | SCP-2224 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2224\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2224 is located in the External Environmental Lab on Site 24. Level 2 security clearance or higher is required to access the object, in addition to permission from Dr. Darritz.\nDescription: SCP-2224 is a teeter-totter made of wood and metal, fitted with two boards and four handles to accommodate up to four riders at a time. The object resembles an older style of teeter-totter which is no longer widely produced due to safety regulations in most countries. It was acquired from a village located in southern Finland after the Foundation was contacted by the local government.\nEach of SCP-2224's four seats have a single letter engraved into the wood where the rider would be positioned. The letters are A, B, \u00d8, and D, with A and B engraved on one board, and \u00d8 and D on the other.\nSCP-2224's effects only occur if a rider is sitting on the \"A\" or \"\u00d8\" seats, with another rider on the opposite end of the board. The effects are different depending on which seat is being utilized. Their individual effects are listed below.\n\"A\" Seat: The anomalous effect of the \"A\" seat is first initiated when both it and the \"B\" seat are occupied by riders. When the rider on the \"A\" seat pushes off from the ground causing the \"B\" seat to then touch the ground, the \"A\" seat rider will experience the feeling of being launched off the object, approximately 2.2 to 3 meters straight above the seat. When the \"B\" rider pushes off the ground again, the \"A\" rider will then feel as if they are falling back down on the seat at a velocity to be expected from their perceived height in the air. Visual and auditory hallucinations accompany this effect.\nThe \"A\" rider's experience will always last approximately 2-3 seconds, regardless of how long the \"B\" rider stays in the ground position after touching down. Tests have been done with the \"B\" rider staying in the ground position for up to 52 minutes, with the \"A\" rider not realizing how much time has passed until they are informed by the testing staff. The effect is broken as soon as the \"B\" rider leaves their seat, even if another person holds down the \"B\" end of the board first and takes the vacated seat. It can also be broken by removing the \"A\" rider from their seat(usually by tether) before they reach the ground position again. \"A\" riders who have the effect broken for them do not experience any anomalous feelings or hallucinations, or possibly forget them immediately. Testing has not yet yielded any other notable results for the \"A\" seat.\n\"\u00d8\" Seat: The anomalous effect of the \"\u00d8\" seat is initiated in a similar manner as the \"A\" seat's, with riders occupying both the \"\u00d8\" and \"D\" seats instead. It does differ in that the \"D\" rider must stay in the ground position for longer than 1.2 seconds after the \"\u00d8\" rider reaches their apex. The effect will not occur if the \"D\" rider's seat does not touch the ground at all, or the \"D\" rider immediately pushes off the ground again once their seat touches it.\nUnlike the \"A\" seat, riders on the \"\u00d8\" seat can have experiences that vary greatly in perceived time and velocity, depending on how long the \"D\" rider stays in the ground position. Due to the perceived time of the experience for riders of the \"\u00d8\" seat, their facial expressions will usually change rapidly while using SCP-2224, which often results in facial muscle tearing. \"\u00d8\" riders will often lose consciousness upon returning to the ground position, but only if the \"D\" rider maintained the ground position for longer than 20 seconds before pushing off the ground again.\nBreaking the effect is possible using the methods outlined for the \"A\" seat, with \"\u00d8\" riders having their experience nullified or forgotten similarly. Considerable testing of the \"\u00d8\" seat has been done to seek out any other similarities or differences between it and the \"A\" seat. Those results can be found in the table below. Tests beyond 59 seconds are no longer authorized.\n\n+ \"\u00d8\" Seat Testing Results\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nTime = amount of time the \"D\" rider spent in the ground position. Only D-Class personnel have been used to test SCP-2224's \"\u00d8\" seat so far. All tests have been conducted outdoors in the External Environmental Lab. SCP-2224's effects do not occur indoors.\n\nTime\nTest Subject\nResults\n\n1.5 seconds\nD-132033\nSubject claimed to have experienced being launched an estimated 6 meters in the air before falling back down on the seat of SCP-2224, and that approximately 5 seconds passed. Subject reported pain expected from an equivalent drop of similar height, though it quickly dissipated. Slight bruising appeared around the area of D-132033's tailbone, but it disappeared before it could be photographed.\n\n10 seconds\nD-98901\nSubject claimed she was launched at least 200 meters in to the air, at a perceived speed of over 70 km/h. Subject was able to see well beyond the boundaries of Site 24, giving an accurate description of the surrounding landscape. Though D-98901 claimed to experience excruciating pain upon landing, the temporary bruising around her tailbone was identical to previous test subjects. Subject was given Class A amnestics to comply with security protocol.\n\n22 seconds\nD-102322\nSubject lost consciousness after returning to the ground position, and awoke three minutes later. D-102322 claimed to remember very little of the experience because he collided with a goose at approximately 500 meters in the air. Subject did mention they were unable to see any curvature of the Earth, claiming that \"the horizon was as flat as a pancake.\" Temporary bruising was found on D-102322's tailbone and scalp near the left temple.\n\n29 seconds\nD-89734\nSubject began screaming upon reaching the ground position. Once testing staff were able to calm D-89734 down, he claimed to have died when the seat hit the ground. Subject was unable to make a coherent statement about his perceived height or velocity, and spoke only in sentence fragments about \"large shapes in the clouds.\" Subject died from a myocardial infarction 27 minutes after the conclusion of the test.\n\n40 seconds\nD-120048\nSubject lost consciousness upon reaching the ground position, awakening after approximately 12 minutes. Upon regaining consciousness, subject went into shock and was sedated. D-120048 awoke 15 hours later and was able to answer questions fielded to him by Dr. Darritz. Please see Interview 2224-1 for a transcript of that interview.\n\n52 seconds\nD-119786\nSubject lost consciousness upon reaching the ground position, and did not regain consciousness until 34 hours later. While still comatose, subject began developing frostbite on his extremities. Once awake, D-119786 was unable to speak, but was capable of written communication until the frostbite prevented use of his fingers. Subject's internal organs began shutting down 3 hours after regaining consciousness, and died within the following hour. Please see Statement 2224-1 for the transcript of D-119786's written account.\n\n61 seconds\nD-87474\nSubject lost consciousness before reaching the ground position, which caused him to fall from his seat and to the ground. Subject could not be revived, and expired within 6 minutes of hitting the ground. D-87474's body disintegrated after 14 minutes, leaving only a small amount of carbon dust.\n\n+ Interview 2224-1\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nForeword: Interview with D-120048\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Darritz: Can you give me a detailed account of what you experienced?\nD-120048: I'm\u2026I'm not sure. I only remember some of it. It's\u2026fuzzy.\nDr. Darritz: Tell me what you do remember.\nD-120048: I remember going real fast, like, way too fast. My head hurt real bad, and I thought I was gonna suffocate.\nDr. Darritz: What did you see?\nD-120048: I saw the ground gettin' farther and farther away, an' the next thing I know I was in the clouds. I think I passed out at some point, but then I woke up again.\n\nDr. Darritz: And then?\nD-120048: I felt like I was slowin' down, an' I heard a voice. It was real loud, but it still sounded far away. I could tell it was comin' from a cloud in front of me. It sounded real weird though, like my old principal on the loudspeaker back in elementary school, only higher pitched. There was another sound behind it too, like a big roarin' jet engine.\nDr. Darritz: What did the voice say?\nD-120048: I\u2026I don't remember much of it, jus' bits and pieces. I remember it sayin' somethin' about gettin' my ticket out. It sounded like it was tauntin' me, I remember now. It kept gettin' louder an' louder.\nDr. Darritz: Did you see what the voice belonged to?\nD-120048: Well, not at first. I could jus' tell it was comin' from the cloud like I said. But yeah, it came out of the cloud after a bit, after the engine sound got so loud I thought my head was gonna burst. Things get real fuzzy though after that.\nDr. Darritz: Any detail at all would be helpful. Take your time.\nD-120048: It was some sorta airplane, I know that for sure. But it was\u2026pink\u2026or pinkish I guess. I think it had a face, though. I jus' remember it was huge, and it was comin' right towards me, and it was screamin' at me about my ticket. Shit, I dunno if I can handle this right now.\nDr. Darritz: We can take a break if you'd like.\nD-120048: Nah, I only remember one more thing anyways. It's the last thing I remember before I woke up in this bed. I think I got sucked into one of the thing's jet engines.\nDr. Darritz: Did you feel pain?\nD-120048: Oh yeah, I sure did. But it was only for a second and then things went black. Pretty sure the pink bastard ate me.\nDr. Darritz: Ate you? What makes you say that?\nD-120048: 'Cause the last thing I remember before the pain hit was that it wasn't no regular jet engine. It was jus' a gaping pink mouth with a lotta nasty lookin' teeth. And it was where the voice and noise were comin' from. It was screamin' in my ears about my goddam ticket right until it\u2026until it bit me in half.\n<End Log>\n\n+ Statement 2224-1\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nThe following account was written by D-119786 before he expired from organ failure. Spelling and grammar errors have been preserved from the original writing.\n\nI remember being up in the sky I could see everything the birds the trees the buildings and they just kept getting smaller and smaller\nSom birds were even folowing me but I couldnt here them I guess they got to high up because their wings fell off and they started droping\nI got scared cuz I thought my arms were going to fall off and then I would fall too\nThen the sky turned pink and then I heard noises but I couldnt see what was making the noises and then the sky was black\nI got very cold when the sky turned black and I was scared but also exited because I thought maybe I would see the stars\nThere werent any stars tho it was all black and when I looked back at the earth it was just a big pink ball\nThen it got small and it then it was gone\nI was so cold that it hurt and I thought I was going to die but then I looked down (I think it was down) and I saw something below me\nIt was a big black sign that said CAVERAGE CO on it\nI started falling down towrds the sign and it had one of those little letter r's in a circle on it\nThe sign was so big that I fell right threw that circle and thats when I woke up here\nI dont remeber anything else I have to stop\n\nThe Foundation has been unable to locate any records of a Caverage Company. It is possible that D-119786 misspelled or misremembered the name, but additional testing will be required to confirm that. - Dr. Darritz\n\n\u00ab SCP-2223 | SCP-2224 | SCP-2225 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2225\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2225 is currently contained in an enclosure on the outside grounds of Area-12. Access to SCP-2225 requires Level-4 authorization, and any personnel entering the enclosure are to be accompanied by a security guard. Should SCP-2225 become violent, it is to be tranquilized immediately and all personnel evacuated from the containment unit. As SCP-2225 is generally docile, care should be taken to avoid provoking or agitating it. Speaking calmly, maintaining eye contact, and waiting for SCP-2225 to approach the speaker on its own have been found to lead to successful interactions.\nSCP-2225 is to be fed 10 grams of human hair daily; the hair must be obtained equally from two individuals1 (e.g. about 5 grams from each) who must be on mutually friendly terms. A storage bank of hair samples is to be maintained and restocked as necessary for this purpose. There must be at all times a backup supply of two weeks' meals. Should SCP-2225 show signs of malnutrition (determined to be excess shedding of skin), its daily ration is to be doubled for one week.\nA detailed record of the current providers of material for SCP-2225's meals is to be kept. A list of backup provider profiles is to be available to all personnel assigned to SCP-2225, and updated monthly.\nDescription: SCP-2225 is a serpentine entity possessing two forelegs and a spined, lizardlike head. It measures roughly nine meters long, and 0.5 meters at thickest body diameter. Chemical analysis of shed skin samples reveals that its body contains traces of silver. A crest of multicolored hair runs the length of SCP-2225's back; lab testing indicates that various hair samples taken from SCP-2225 are consistent in composition with human hair.\nSCP-2225 is capable of limited communication.2 It appears to have difficulty forming words correctly, and its speech is halting. Nevertheless, all subjects report that its speech is clearly understandable in the listener's primary language. SCP-2225 is believed to be sapient, and based on interviews, seems to possess a simplistic mindset.\nSCP-2225's diet consists solely of human hair. This was determined when SCP-2225 was initially discovered in a museum, attempting to tear apart an heirloom journal that had been in the exhibition storage. SCP-2225 was restrained and transported to a Foundation facility, and the journal studied. SCP-2225 had been attempting to extract and consume a small length of braided hair (noted in the journal to be part from the journal's owner, part from their closest friend).\nFollowing inconclusive initial interviews with SCP-2225, various experimental trials were subsequently carried out to replicate SCP-2225's preferred sustenance.3 When SCP-2225 refused every generated hair sample, it was proposed that based on the origin of the recovered hair from the journal, experimental samples should be paired based on current relationships between providers. The \u201cfriend\u201d trials4 were the only samples SCP-2225 did not reject. It is unknown whether providers of SCP-2225's sustenance experience any adverse effects, but none have been noted thus far.\nSCP-2225 is able to, at irregular intervals, materialize small trinkets from its hair crest. These items are either silver-colored or containing silver (noted items have included coins, grooming apparatus, and various articles of jewelry, most commonly lockets). This usually follows regurgitation of hair samples. Researchers have allowed it to keep most of the items it has recovered in this manner; SCP-2225 becomes aggressive when personnel attempt to take away objects by force. However, it has given away all items that pertain to Foundation personnel whose hair it has consumed. (See interview log)\n\nInterview Log 2225-3-\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588: The following interview, conducted on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 between Dr. Mark Kiryu and SCP-2225, suggests a possible childhood of SCP-2225 and may partially explain its behavior.\nDr. Kiryu: Good morning.Dr. Kiryu: Here's your meal. I hope it's to your liking.Dr. Kiryu: Actually, I don't know if you've met those who gave the hair, but they apparently have quite the history. Lots of adventures as children.Dr. Kiryu: For me? I don't think I should keep it.Dr. Kiryu: I think I've got it. This belonged to the two of them, didn't it?Dr. Kiryu: I see. I'll bring it to them. What made you decide to give these things back?Note: When questioned, D-3178 and D-3179 stated that the airplane was a childhood plaything they had constructed together, during the beginning of their acquaintance. Both had believed it lost in a lake at some point, because a small snake swimming in the water had startled one of them into dropping it. The snake, as remembered by D-3179, was silver-colored.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The personnel currently assigned as providers are D-3178 and D-3179.\n2. It is noted that SCP-2225 initially spoke very little with Foundation staff, but became gradually more vocal when it was being fed correctly.\n3. The first round of experimentation focused on replicating the hairs' chemical composition either synthetically or matching with samples collected from on-site staff.\n4. versus \u201cno relation\u201d and \u201cantagonistic\u201d hair combinations obtained from D-Class personnel\n\n\u00ab SCP-2224 | SCP-2225 | SCP-2226 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2226 antimaterial containment unit under integrity inspection\n\nItem #: SCP-2226\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2226 is to be suspended within the 1,000 T paramagnetic field of a standard antimaterial containment unit1 which must be constantly monitored by at least one antimaterial containment technician and two armed security personnel. The unit housing SCP-2226 must be held within an appropriately sized chamber supplied electricity indefinitely with a power supply connected to at least two backup reactors. The chamber must be lined with a material suitable for blocking the 2.15 kHz radio transmissions broadcasted from SCP-2226.\nSCP-2226 must be stored at Lunar Site-13. Terrestrial storage would be needlessly problematic as a containment breach during atmospheric reentry would have catastrophic consequences and create immense censorship difficulties.\nDescription: SCP-2226 is an extraterrestrial escape craft composed entirely of antimatter. The object is ellipsoid in shape and constructed from an alloy of the antimatter counterparts of iron, tin, and nickel with a mass of 847 kg and semi-principal axes of 4.10 m, 1.72 m, and 1.50 m. It has eight maneuvering thrusters arranged in two sets of four around each of its ends. In the center of SCP-2226 there is a 0.73 m wide circular, transparent hatch through which the object's interior is visible. The hatch's transparency seems to be only a consequence of its composition, which spectrographic tests reveal to be a form of enameled glass, and not intended to make the surroundings of SCP-2226 visible (see description of SCP-2226-1).\nSCP-2226 broadcasts a 2.15 kHz radio transmission lasting for approximately 5 seconds every 7 seconds. Transmission contents vary slightly from broadcast to broadcast and seem to express the object's positional coordinates for any vessels within range of the signal.2\nInside SCP-2226 is a compact control panel with several knobs and levers that seem to control the object's maneuvering thrusters and radio transmitter. In the center of the panel is a tactile display consisting of a rectangular grid of fifty by twenty minute metal pegs which individually raise and lower to indicate internal and external conditions. Underneath the panel is a storage chest containing a small, stringed instrument composed of metal. Resembling a Vietnamese k'ni,3 it consists of a post with a main string running down its length and a sympathetic string attaching the main string to a resonating membrane. The interior floor is littered with fourteen empty metal containers once holding an unidentified purple paste (see event log 2226-B).\nBeside the control panel is a vaguely humanoid entity resting within what is believed to be a suspended animation chamber. Designated as SCP-2226-1, the entity measures 2.45 m in height. Its skin is a deep mauve and it possesses two pairs of upper limbs and a single pair of lower limbs connected to its torso. Its upper limbs terminate in a hand with seven webbed fingers while its lower limbs terminate in feet with seven shorter digits. SCP-2226-1 lacks a distinct head and instead has its main sensory structures (two large, pteropine4 ears; three nasal slits; one mouth with protruding fangs) centered in its torso. As no eyes or photoreceptive organs are visible5 on the creature's body, it is assumed to perceive its surroundings through echolocation. Its visible teeth suggest a carnivorous or omnivorous diet, though it has only been observed eating onboard provisions. As it hasn't been observed excreting waste it is assumed all metabolic byproducts are released during exhalation.\nA translucent mask is fitted over the nasal slits and mouth of SCP-2226-1, supplying it an unidentified respiratory gas from a tank beside the chamber estimated at 5.6 L in volume. Given that the tank has not yet been exhausted and appears to be connected to the interior wall, SCP-2226 likely has an onboard system that removes waste products from and recirculates exhaled gas.\nIt is unknown how long the vital processes of SCP-2226-1 will remain in suspension or how long the radio transmitter of SCP-2226 will remain functional. SCP-2226 does not appear to contain any remaining provisions.\nEvent Log 2226-A: Details of event leading to Foundation recovery of SCP-2226 on 05/16/1999.\n\n05:13 Extraterrestrial vessel appears in flash of white light at an altitude of approximately 130,000 m above far side of moon. Vessel is dull grey in color and ellipsoid in shape, with semi-principal axes of approximately 30 m, 17 m, and 15 m. Vessel appears critically damaged with starboard side of hull partially molten and trailing debris.\n05:16 Vessel altitude 126,000 m. Five of eight thrusters on the stern of vessel ignite. Vessel achieves acceleration of approximately 16 m/s2. Entity or entities piloting vessel seem to be attempting lunar orbit.\n05:19 Vessel altitude 122,000 m. Stern of vessel explodes. Velocity proves insufficient to achieve orbit.\n05:25 Vessel altitude 113,000 m. Vessel ejects SCP-2226. SCP-2226 begins transmitting radio signal and its maneuvering thrusters engage. Entity piloting SCP-2226 appears to be attempting lunar orbit.\n05:29 Vessel altitude 109,000 m, SCP-2226 altitude 110,000 m.\n05:32 Vessel altitude 97,000 m, SCP-2226 altitude 112,000 m.\n05:36 Vessel altitude 82,000 m, SCP-2226 altitude 114,000 m. SCP-2226 achieves lunar orbit.\n05:57 Vessel impacts far side of lunar surface, resulting in an explosion estimated at 430 gigatons in strength. Explosion releases burst of high-energy gamma rays and neutrinos.\n06:03 No trace of vessel remains. Resulting crater estimated at 15 km in width and 4 km in depth.\n06:35 Foundation researchers determine vessel was composed of antimatter. SCP-2226 composition also ruled to be of antimatter.\n09:54 Magnetic Recovery Ship 7782 (\u201cFaraday's Lover\u201d) launched from Lunar Site-13.\n11:37 As Faraday's Lover begins to approach SCP-2226, the object's maneuvering thrusters engage. The entity piloting the object appears to be taking evasive action. Faraday's Lover begins pursuit of SCP-2226, maintaining safe distance of 200 m.\n17:45 Maneuvering thrusters of SCP-2226 cease firing, having apparently expended their fuel supply. Faraday's Lover matches the object's velocity.\n17:56 Having evacuated the air from its containment bay, the crew of Faraday's Lover activates the ship's field generators and successfully recovers SCP-2226.\n20:02 SCP-2226 brought to Lunar Site-13. Preliminary containment procedures begin.\n\nNote: The antimatter explosion has been censored from scientific publications. Radar jamming has successfully prevented the detection of the resulting crater by lunar orbiters.\nEvent Log 2226-B: Details of SCP-2226-1 activity following object recovery.\n\n05/16/1999 After SCP-2226 is pulled into the containment bay of Faraday's Lover, an entity can be seen within the object through a transparent hatch. The entity, hereafter referred to as SCP-2226-1, adjusts the knobs and levers present on the object's control panel with its upper hands and runs its fingers over the tactile display with its lower hands. SCP-2226-1 continues manipulating controls for approximately six hours following the placement of SCP-2226 within an antimaterial containment unit for indefinite storage. This produces no noticeable effects.\n05/17/1999 SCP-2226-1 retrieves a metal container from an onboard storage chest and consumes its contents. Container holds an unidentified paste. Upon finishing its contents, SCP-2226-1 returns to the object's control panel and manipulates its controls. This produces no noticeable effects. After two hours, SCP-2226-1 lies on interior floor and appears to fall asleep.\n05/18/1999 SCP-2226-1 consumes another container of paste. It retrieves a small, stringed instrument from the storage chest aboard SCP-2226. For seven hours, the creature plays the instrument by holding the membrane in its mouth and using two bows to vibrate its main string, pausing occasionally.6 The creature's mouth appears to act as a resonator for the instrument akin to the sound hole of a guitar. SCP-2226-1 then places the instrument in the chest and appears to fall asleep.\nThis behavior continues for several days.\n05/30/1999 SCP-2226-1 consumes what appears to be the final onboard container of paste.\n06/02/1999 SCP-2226-1 manipulates the object's controls. Its movements at first seem methodical but grow erratic after a few minutes. SCP-2226-1 forms its four hands into fists and strikes them against the control panel. The creature then tosses several of the empty paste containers against the object's interior walls before repeatedly striking the interior of the transparent hatch. This activity produces no noticeable effects or damage to SCP-2226.\nAfter two hours, SCP-2226-1 lies against interior floor and appears to fall asleep.\n06/03/1999 SCP-2226-1 opens door of transparent chamber affixed to interior wall of SCP-2226. The creature places a mask over its nasal slits and mouth before lying against the chamber wall. It then closes the chamber door and appears to fall asleep.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Magnetic bottle scaled to contain macroscopic antimatter samples.\n2. This signal variation is attributed to the changing positions of the Moon, Earth, and Solar System over time.\n3. A fiddle-like instrument used by the Jarai people of Vietnam.\n4. of or pertaining to flying foxes (bats of the genus Pteropus)\n5. Only a visual description of SCP-2226-1 can be provided as closeup biological analysis is impossible.\n6. The sound produced by the creature's instrument could not be recorded as the interior environment of the unit housing SCP-2226 is a hard vacuum.\n\nMore by this author\n\nWorks by Lesh (click to hide list)\n\nSCP\nRating\n\nSCP-4062\n+466\n\nSCP-2362\n+179\n\nSCP-3226\n+155\n\nSCP-2126\n+149\n\nSCP-2226\n+144\n\nCollaborations\n\nPage\nCo-author\n\nSCP-3226\nZyn\n\n\u00ab SCP-2225 | SCP-2226 | SCP-2227 \u00bb"}
{"text": "A confirmed instance of SCP-2227-1 (documented on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588)\n\nItem #: SCP-2227\nObject Class: Euclid (Pending Containment)\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Containment is currently limited to suppressing public knowledge of SCP-2227. Any broadcasts related to the entities are to be intercepted, and witnesses are to be administered Class-B amnestics after demanifestation. Agents under the guise of NYPD officers are to be posted in areas where SCP-2227-1 instances are likely to manifest. They are to monitor and document all activities of an SCP-2227-1 instance until it demanifests. Personnel are to refrain from making direct contact with the instance.\nContainment efforts are currently focused on SCP-2227-A, believed to be the cause of all instances of SCP-2227-1.\nContainment Protocol 2227-14 is scheduled, with the following procedures:\nAn area in which an instance of SCP-2227-1 is currently occupying will be closed off to the public under the guise of maintenance. During the shutdown, MTF Mu-13 (\u201cGhostbusters\u201d) will occupy the area. Lead personnel (dubbed \"A Units\") will be instructed to monitor SCP-2227-A via live video. The other personnel (dubbed \"B Units\") will refrain from making direct contact with SCP-2227-1 instances.\nPersonnel assigned to containment will be informed on the location of SCP-2227-A (currently the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Street \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Station). Contact the Project Lead for further information.\nThe site of provisional containment will be temporarily closed to the public, under the guise of renovation. During the shutdown, MTF Mu-13 (\"Ghostbusters\") will occupy the area. SCP-2227-A will be monitored remotely by Lead personnel (dubbed \"A Units\"), while Secondary personnel will be present on site (dubbed \"B Units\"). SCP-2227-A will be contained within a Temporary Incorporeal Humanoid Chamber (TIHC). B Units will have additional TIHCs on site, in the event of SCP-2227-1 instances manifesting.\nThe A Units and B Units are to contain SCP-2227-A and SCP-2227-1, respectively, in separate TIHCs. All entities are to be sent to Site-132 for further containment and observation.\nAdditional personnel are to rescue the instances found within the subway tunnels, as documented by Mr. George \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Contact the Project Lead for further information.\nDescription: SCP-2227 is a collective group of incorporeal humanoid entities that manifest within the various subway stations of the New York Metropolitan area. Each instance (hereby designated SCP-2227-1) is of variable appearance, but most commonly wears disordered clothing and a black knapsack. They most likely manifest in stations with express service, the most common being the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Street \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Station and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Street Station. An SCP-2227-1 instance will demanifest whenever a subject makes direct contact with it.\nEach instance is identified by an entity following it (hereby designated SCP-2227-A). SCP-2227-A is a black humanoid figure with variable attire and is estimated to be 1.7 meters tall. This entity can only be viewed via recorded video of SCP-2227-1 instances. Further information on SCP-2227-A requires 2227/3 Security Clearance.\nAn SCP-2227-1 instance initially manifests near the turnstiles of a station. In 80 percent of manifestations, the entity will jump over the turnstile or enter through the emergency door to gain access to the station. After it has successfully entered the station, SCP-2227-1 will panhandle.\nAfter an undetermined period of time, (the shortest recorded time after manifestation being 30 minutes, and the longest recorded time being 56 days) the instance will be likely to propel itself into the path of an oncoming train. Upon contact with the train, the SCP-2227-1 instance will demanifest. Further manifestations of the same instance will always be within the station. Instances appear unable to exit the station; doing so results in demanifestation from the station, followed by re-manifestation in a nearby station.\nDiscovery: Anomalous activity was documented during \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, inside the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Avenue Station. An African-American male was seen at the station in distress, wearing a white dress shirt, black pleated pants, and holding a briefcase. The man took out a piece of paper from the briefcase, later revealed to be an eviction notice. He stared at the paper for several seconds before he crumpled and discarded it onto the railway. The man then produced a photograph from his wallet, and proceeded to look at it for approximately 2 minutes. The man was sobbing during this time.\nShortly before a train boarded the station, the man became severely deformed due to his limbs simultaneously stretching outward. His body contorted and began to collapse inward before demanifesting. Shortly afterward, an incorporeal entity resembling the person materialized in the station. It demanifested after making contact with a witness.\nContents recovered from the discarded paper and briefcase revealed the man to be George \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, who presumably resided at [REDACTED]. The tenants and landlord at the retrieved address did not recall the existence of Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, despite a lease agreement under his name. Members at Mr.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's previous area of employment yielded similar results.\nIn the weeks following the event, reports of similar incorporeal entities within subway stations manifested, leading to the current classification of SCP-2227.\nAddendum 2227-E-01: INFORMATION RESTRICTED TO LEVEL 3 PERSONNEL OR ABOVE\n\n+ INPUT CREDENTIALS\n\n- CREDENTIALS ACCEPTED\n\nSCP-2227-A moves independently during periods of SCP-2227-1 activity. SCP-2227-A is noted to follow random persons within the station. While following said persons, the entity will produce what appears to be a small notepad and writing tool, and proceed to write in it. This is currently hypothesized to be a method of selection for new SCP-2227 instances. However, further observation of these persons have not led to any significant details.\nIt is also noted that prior to an SCP-2227-1 instance propelling itself in front of a train, SCP-2227-A expresses distress and anger towards the event. Recorded video shows that SCP-2227-A pulls SCP-2227-1 away from the train immediately before dematerialization.\nSeveral instances of SCP-2227-1 have shown to possess bruises, cuts, and other mild to moderate physical injuries. In addition, SCP-2227-A has recently donned attire similar to what is found in an office environment. SCP-2227-A also monitors SCP-2227-1 instances more often during periods of activity. This scrutiny is also followed by SCP-2227-A taking money or perishables that SCP-2227-1 might have received. An SCP-2227-1 instance does not recognize this, and instead views the missing goods as lost.\n\nAddendum 2227-E-02: INFORMATION RESTRICTED TO LEVEL 3 PERSONNEL OR ABOVE\n\n+ INPUT CREDENTIALS\n\n- CREDENTIALS ACCEPTED\n\nThe most recent incident including SCP-2227-A is as follows:\nSCP-2227-A was seen trying to exit the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Station. It was physically unable to do so; attempts led to it being deterred by an unseen force. Two instances of SCP-2227-1 manifested near it shortly after.\nBoth instances attempted to throw SCP-2227-A over the turnstiles. SCP-2227-A became suspended in air, approximately two meters above said turnstiles. SCP-2227-A displayed distress. Both instances attempted to exit the station again with success. SCP-2227-A displayed what appeared to be hostility by flailing its limbs in the air.\nBoth instances are considered to no longer be anomalous; their interaction with persons in the station did not result in effects congruent with SCP-2227-1 instances. They were later identified to be George \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and Janet \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, two persons noted to be missing, with the former being the cause of discovery for the SCP-2227 phenomenon. Both persons are scheduled for interview and reintroduction into the population following amnestic treatment.\n\nAddendum 2227-E-03: The following are interviews of the aforementioned individuals (refer to Addendum 2227-E-02 for details), conducted by Junior Researcher Mark \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\n+ Open Interview\n\n- Close Interview\n\nForeward: The following interview is of Janet \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Prior to the interview, Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was briefed on why she was held in custody. Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was amnesticized after the interview and is awaiting reintroduction into the population.\n<Begin Log>\nResearcher: Good afternoon, Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. We're gonna ask you a few questions about the black figure you've seen recently.\nMrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Of course.\nResearcher: Would you mind explaining how you found it?\nMrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Well, it actually found me. To make a long story short, I got my degree back in June, but I was struggling to make ends meet. It was only after I lost my night job that things started to appear.\nResearcher: Elaborate on what was appearing.\nMrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Sometimes, when I would wait by the train station, I'd see a black figure out of the corner of my eye. Never thought anything of it at first. It was always for a split second, and usually right before the train came to the station. I think I was just paranoid. There are these news reports of women being attacked on the train, and I thought I would be a target.\nResearcher: I understand. Please go on.\nMrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Right. That went on for about a week. But then one day, I saw it began to follow me. I was walking out the station, but it was just walking towards me. Almost crawling. I said nothing of it and walked faster, and that black thing kept up with me. No one noticed, I guess, because it was walking right through people. I eventually exited the station, and it vanished.\nI tried reporting it to security, but they claimed that they didn't see anything.\nResearcher: When did you first make contact with the entity?\nMrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I'd say a few days later. At this time, I was getting off the train. It was maybe 11:00, or 12:00. Let's just say the station was empty. [pause] And then it came. It appeared right in front of me, just before I got to the exit. I didn't know what to do. I could've ran, or screamed, or done something. But it was just there. The figure reached out its hand to grab mine. And that was it. I was no longer in that station.\nResearcher: And what happened after?\nMrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I only remember appearing in another station. I was wearing different clothes. They were baggy, oversized, tattered, disgusting. Ugh, a fucking mess. I was also holding a tin can. That black figure appeared again, but only to offer me food or bring me to another station. And every time I'd try to touch someone, I'd appear somewhere else. I move towards the exit, and then I'm somewhere else. I try to talk to someone, I'm somewhere else. I go board a train, I appear somewhere else. I so much as go to a concession stand to buy a candy bar, I appear somewhere else.\nResearcher: Anything else happened while you were manifesting between stations?\nMrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: [slumps shoulders] At one point, I considered ending it all. I had no idea what was going on. All I knew is that I was begging for change in a place I couldn't escape from. And that thing was behind it all. I jumped in front the 7 train. And then it appears again. And before I know it, I'm at another station.\nOne time I wanted to hit that thing. I'm pretty sure I did. But instead, I got a bruise on my face right where I would've hit it. I couldn't do anything. I didn't know what was going on. Even now, I don't know what happened while I was panhandling.\nResearcher: Can you describe how you escaped from it?\nMrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Barely. It was really foggy. I met a man, who looked just as shitty as I did. And he told me that he knew how to escape. Before I knew it, we were carrying that thing and threw it over the turnstile. The figure got stuck, and then we were finally able to escape the station. We ran out on the street, almost crying in joy.\nResearcher: Mhm. Do you have anything else to add before we conclude the interview?\nMrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: [pause] Uhh. I remember the figure smiling? I don't know how, but it was. It looked sad, but then it smiled. It looked at us and I remember hearing 'good luck'.\n<End Log>\n\nForeward: The following excerpt is an interview of George \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Prior to the interview, Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was briefed on why he was held in custody. Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was amnesticized after the interview and is awaiting reintroduction into the population.\n<Begin Log>\nResearcher: Can you tell us what you did while under the black figure?\nMr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Well, it's like I said. At first I was begging for change on the subway. Everyday, I was stuck in those stations, and everyday, there was just no way out. I, like Janet, considered jumping on the tracks. But I knew that wasn't the way to go. I had to find a way out. And so I figured maybe if I gather more pennies, I would get a break.\nAt some point, I realized that this was a job. The shadow man, black guy, whatever you call it. He was my boss. If I worked hard enough, maybe, just maybe, I can get a promotion.\nOne day, he came up to me. Tapped me on the shoulder. He pointed towards the end of the station and started walking. At first I stood still, right where I was. Then the figure stared right at me. No eyes or nothing, but I felt him staring right into me. So I followed.\nWe walked down the end of the station and into the tunnels. I'm not sure how long we walked down there. It must've felt like hours. Eventually, in all that darkness, we came to a door. The figure stood at the door for a second, then he leaned in real close, like he was about to whisper his greatest secret. Then that door opened. We walked inside.\nWhen we stepped inside, it was just as dimly lit and stinky as the rest of the tunnels. Except there were a bunch of people. These people were just like me and Janet. Their clothes were torn and dirty, and it looked like they haven't showered in weeks. I remember their eyes. Their eyes were always wide open, and big. Very big. And every so often, a person would disappear, or reappear in this place. And every time, they would return with those huge, open eyes. They never moved, or spoke, and they were always different positions. Some standing, some sitting. A few of them looked like they were diving into a pool.\nThe figure pointed at me, then pointed at the people. He made this sort of motion with his fingers, which I guess meant to watch over them. So that was my new job. To watch these people.\nI guess I was watching over these people for a few weeks. Maybe months. One day, the figure had come to me and motioned me to follow him again. We didn't walk long, since it was still within that room. He pointed to some pictures up on a wall. A lot of them were of various streets in the city. A few buildings. Some of them were of people in the subway.\nHe pointed at a few pictures of homeless people in the subways. He kept pointing between those pictures and to the people behind us. This told me that I was watching other homeless people like myself. And then he made emphasis on this one picture.\nThe picture was a figure just like him, except dark purple. Or blue. He kept pointing between that picture and a picture of a turnstile. He also pointed at another picture with a whole bunch of dark figures. Maybe they were people he knew. He stared at me for a moment. Then he left.\nI didn't understand what he was trying to say at first. But eventually, I thought I understood. So I thought of a plan. Suppose I should say how I met Janet now?\nResearcher: Of course.\nMr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Alright. I'm guessing for a few days I was watching the people again. I realized the figure wasn't around. People kept blinking in and out, but I was left without food or water. I looked around and had to leave. I followed the tracks in the tunnels until I came into a station. It was late at night, judging from how empty the station was. I walked through the station to find a stand, or something in the trash. But there was nothing. The stands were closed and the garbage was just that - garbage.\nEventually I find a homeless woman sitting by a bench. And thank god I did, because she had half a sandwich and a can of cola to split with me.\nAfter some time, she had told me her name. Janet. We started talking to each other about our situations. She was working under the black figure, just like me. I told her everything I knew about him, and figured it would be best to escape the station with her.\nSo the plan went like this. Janet was going to jump in front of a train so that she could return to the place. I was going to tell him I found a way for him to quit his job, or escape this place. At least, based on what he showed me. He was going to take us with him, and at the last minute, we ditch him and escape.\nSometime later, he did just that. He summoned me and Janet to a turnstile at a station and motioned for us to help him. We picked him up and threw him over the turnstile, hoping he would teleport some place, just like us when we tried to escape. And while he was gone, we could make a run for it.\nIt did work. Neither of us really knew why the figure got stuck in the turnstile. He seemed frustrated at first, flipping like a fish. He especially looked at me.\nMaybe he was working to survive, just like us. At the last second, he seemed to smile. And I thought I heard something from him. I still don't know what he said, since me and Janet made a run for it shortly after. But whatever he said, I hope it was for the best.\n<End Log>\n\n\u00ab SCP-2226 | SCP-2227 | SCP-2228 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2228\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Instances of SCP-2228 are to be stored in their original packaging inside storage vault 12 at Site 73. Access to SCP-2228 requires level 2 credentials, and any instances of SCP-2228 removed from storage vault 12 for any reason must be logged on Site 73's database.\nDescription: SCP-2228 refers to a series of identical boxed sets, each 30x30x15 cm in length, of polyethylene figurines labeled \"SCP Foundation Containment Site Playset\", with Dr. Wondertainment given as the items' manufacturer. The graphics covering the packaging consist of the following: an SCP Foundation logo with the playset's title written beneath it, above an artist's depiction of a Foundation containment cell containing a creature with several violet tentacles assaulting what appears to be a Class-D individual through its open door, along with two individuals in lab coats taking cover under a table, and two individuals in tactical gear opening fire on the creature. The sides of the box are illustrated with photographs of the contents of the box in various configurations, most with children's hands manipulating the objects. The underside of the box details its contents and displays the following message:\n\nObject Class: Fun\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All \"junior researchers\" are to have hours of anomalous fun with their new SCP Foundation\u2122 Containment Site Playset\u2122!\nDescription: The SCP Foundation\u2122 Containment Site Playset\u2122 contains everything a \"junior researcher\" such as yourself needs to Secure, Contain, and Protect\u2122 anything you can imagine. Simply add any item into the Containment Cell and our patented insta-anomalizer\u2122 technology will give it a unique set of anomalous properties you can experiment on!\nAddendum: Do not add living creatures, weapons, or items with pre-existing anomalous properties to the Containment Cell's insta-anomalizer\u2122. Dr. Wondertainment is not responsible for any physical or mental damage caused by misuse of The SCP Foundation\u2122 Containment Site Playset\u2122. Ages 8-14. Some assembly required. Batteries not included.\nThe SCP Foundation, SCP Foundation logo, and \"Secure, Contain, Protect\" are registered trademarks of the SCP Foundation. All rights reserved.\n\nThe contents of the box are as follows:\n\n2 models, 10cm in height, of individuals dressed in lab coats with Foundation logos on the right breast.\n2 models, 10cm in height, of individuals equipped with gear typical of Foundation security personnel.\n1 model, 10cm in height, of an individual in an orange jumpsuit with \"D-1234\" written across the back.\nSeveral model accessories, including clipboards, test tubes, pistols, and batons designed to be held by the above models.\n1 disassembled enclosure, approximately 20x20x10cm in dimensions. Along the enclosure's front side, there is a blast door style opening with \"Containment Cell\" written above it. Its left side has a transparent window, and its back side has what appears to be a generator or power supply, with a removable panel for the insertion of 2 AA batteries.\n1 10x15cm sheet of paper containing information on an upcoming \"Global Occult Coalition Type Green Termination Playset\".\n\nSCP-2228's anomalous effects manifests whenever an object small enough to fit inside the \"Containment Cell\" is placed within it when 2 AA batteries are inserted into its back panel.1 The item will develop minor anomalous properties for the duration of an individual interacting with SCP-2228. These properties typically manifest as anomalous means of interaction with other components of SCP-2228.\nRecovery: 300 instances of SCP-2228 were recovered in transit from a truck owned by the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Shipping Company following the interception of a commercial broadcast on 5-19-2003. Debriefing of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Shipping Company's employers has revealed that they were not aware of any anomalous activities by Dr. Wondertainment, and had only recently accepted a contract for the shipment of the organization's products to local retailers. All employees were administered Class B amnestics with false memories implanted, and documents concerning the shipment were replaced. The broadcast that led to the discovery of SCP-2228 has been transcribed below.\n\nTranscript 2228-01\nScene opens with two children, one male (Subject A) and one female (Subject B), approximately 8-12 years of age, expressing disinterest while playing with toys in a suburban household.\nSubject A: These old toys sure are boring.\nSubject B: Uh-huh!\nA bright flash and a puff of smoke occur behind Subjects A and B. The smoke clears, revealing a middle-aged male wearing a multi-colored suit and top hat, along with thick glasses that magnify the subject's eyes to an exaggerated degree.(Subject C).\nSubjects A and B: Doctor Wondertainment!2\nSubject C: That's right, children! Why just play with those boring old toys when you can\u2026\nSubject C points at the set's dining room table. Another bright flash and puff of smoke is seen, which reveals a fully assembled instance of SCP-2228 when it clears.\nSubject C: \u2026contain them!\nView changes to Subjects A and B, who are now dressed in lab coats.\nSubjects A and B: Woah!\nView changes again to an isometric view of the fully assembled SCP-2228. Subject B places a toy horse in the containment cell. This toy horse appears to teleport within the cell several times. Small text appears on the bottom of the screen reading \"Actual results may vary\".\nSubject B: My horsey can teleport now!\nSubject A places a toy soldier in the cell. The class-D figurine appears to spontaneously levitate before being slammed repeatedly against the cell walls.\nSubject A: And my action figure can move things with his mind!\nThe blast door of the cell opens, and one of the researcher figurines repeats the actions of the class-D figurine.\nSubject A: Oh, no! A containment breach!\nSubject B: We better send in security!\nSubject B places one of the security figurines in the enclosure. The soldier figurine shakes in place for a short period before falling over. View changes to a static image of a box containing SCP-2228 laid on its side, behind a fully assembled instance of SCP-2228.\nVoice over of Subject C: With the SCP Foundation containment site play set, you can have anomalous amounts of fun helping our friends at the SCP Foundation contain anything you can imagine. Coming soon to a store near you. Some assembly required. Batteries not included.\n\nUndercover Foundation agents have conducted interviews with 24 individuals, including actors, directors, and technical specialists involved with the production of this broadcast, which revealed that none involved were aware of the objects' anomalous properties, nor were they aware of the activities or actual existence of the SCP Foundation. Further research revealed that the mass production of SCP-2228 had been outsourced to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Manufacturing, and the graphics on the box were outsourced to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Designs, with a total of no fewer than 200 individuals gaining limited knowledge of the Foundation and Dr. Wondertainment. This has been classified as a Class-1 (Low Threat) information leak.3 As such, further amnestic treatments have been deemed unnecessary, and a Class-1 disinformation campaign was put into place. The SCP Foundation and the Global Occult Coalition are currently monitoring commercial broadcasts for the future release of any similar anomalous or compromising products.\n\n+ Experiment Log 2228\n\n- Hide\n\nExperiment 2228-01\nRationale: The purpose of this experiment is to replicate the circumstances noted in the commercial broadcast of SCP-2228.\nMaterials & Procedures:\n\n1 instance of SCP-2228, fully assembled.\n1 plastic horse figurine, similar to the one shown in the broadcast.\n1 plastic soldier figurine, similar to the one shown in the broadcast.\n\nAll components of SCP-2228 will be placed in a similar configuration to that shown in the commercial. The horse figurine will be placed in the model containment cell, followed by the soldier figurine.\nResults: Approximately 5 seconds after introduction to SCP-2228's containment cell, the horse figurine began levitating 2cm off of the ground. The class-D figurine then slid over the horse figurine, before lifting itself on top of it and assuming a seated position. The horse figurine continued to levitate at varying heights while circling the containment cell.\nThe horse figurine was removed, and the soldier figurine was introduced. The portions of the soldier figurine painted to resemble skin began to glow red, and after a short period of time, the class-D figurine's face melted. No heat was produced during this process, and the soldier and class-D figurines returned to normal after the soldier figurine was removed.\n\nExperiment 2228-02\nRationale: This is a repetition of Experiment 2228-01 for the purpose of determining if any patterns can be discerned from SCP-2228's anomalous properties.\nMaterials & Procedures: The same materials and procedures used in Experiment-01 will be repeated in this experiment, with the exception of a different instance of SCP-2228.\nResults: Upon introduction into SCP-2228's containment cell, the class-D figurine again slid towards the horse figurine and assumed a seated position on top of it. The horse figurine then achieved sudden acceleration to around 25m/s, as well as sudden deceleration to a stationary position upon coming within 1mm of the containment cell's walls. Neither the class-D figurine nor the horse figurine suffered any damage from these accelerations despite the forces involved.\nThe horse figurine was removed, and the soldier figurine was introduced. After a few seconds, the soldier figurine slid towards the class-D figurine and raised its arm to make contact with it. The class-D figurine's limbs and head detached from its torso, which was spontaneously flung towards one of the cell walls.\nNotes: It seems that, while the actual properties given to these items by SCP-2228 don't remain constant, they do seem to match the context of the items, i.e. the horse gained properties related to transportation, and the soldier gained offensive abilities. -Dr. Reiner\n\nExperiment 2228-03\nRationale: The purpose of this experiment is to determine how the anomalous effects of SCP-2228 apply to objects with a less specifically defined context.\nMaterials & Procedures:\n\n1 red neoprene ball, 5cm in diameter.\n3 instances of SCP-2228, fully assembled.\n\nThe ball will be placed in one instance of SCP-2228 until SCP-2228's anomalous effect manifests. The experiment will be repeated on two more instances of SCP-2228 to determine if any patterns can be observed in these manifestations.\nResults: Shortly after introduction into the first instance of SCP-2228, the ball began to levitate 5cm off of the floor. All other figurines began to levitate and move around the ball in a circular motion. All figurines ceased motion after the removal of the ball. The ball was introduced into the second instance of SCP-2228. The object began to bounce on its own, quickly picking up speed before changing direction and randomly bouncing off of the walls of the enclosure, eventually impacting the Class-D figurine before coming to a stop. The ball was then removed and introduced to the third instance of SCP-2228. The object began to roll towards the Class-D figurine, then stayed at its side and bounced in place. Re-positioning the Class-D figurine caused the ball to repeat this action.\nNotes: This seems to support my theory of the context-sensitivity of SCP-2228's properties. These manifestations were at least tangentially related to the ball, but I'm curious to see what happens as we introduce increasingly abstract objects. -Dr. Reiner\n\nExperiment 2228-04\nRationale: The purpose of this experiment is to determine how the properties of SCP-2228 manifest when exposed to an invented object with no previously defined context.\nMaterials & Procedures:\n\n1 white ABS sculpture, approximately 5 cm3, produced via 3d printer. The object consists of a random configuration of organic shapes, and was designed so that it did not resemble any common object or organism\n3 instances of SCP-2228, fully assembled.\n\nThe sculpture will be placed in one instance of SCP-2228 until SCP-2228's anomalous effect manifests. The experiment will be repeated on two more instances of SCP-2228 to determine if any patterns can be observed in these manifestations.\nResults: Upon introduction to the first instance of SCP-2228, the sculpture changed into a fluid, amorphous state, which approached the Class-D figurine and engulfed it. The object then exited the instance's door and repeated this action on each of the researcher and security guard figurines. Upon removal from the instance of SCP-2228, the five figurines were discarded from the sculpture's mass before it resumed its original shape. Of note is the fact that the sculpture still felt solid while in its amorphous state. The sculpture was then introduced to the second instance of SCP-2228, where it caused a minor spatial anomaly whereby the interior of the instance's containment cell expanded into an extradimensional pocket, roughly 1m2. Upon removal of the sculpture, the instance resumed its original form, however, the extradimensional space contracted quickly and launched the Class-D figurine towards the ceiling with sufficient force to cause a major fracture to Dr. Reiner's zygomatic bone upon hitting him in the face. The test was suspended after this incident.\n\nExperiment 2228-05\nNote: Dr. Brigam is overseeing the testing of SCP-2228 while Dr. Reiner is recovering from his injury. In light of the incident during experiment 2228-04, all staff involved in any further experiments have been instructed to wear protective visors and padding.\nRationale: The purpose of this experiment is to determine the purpose of the warnings on the SCP-2228's packaging.\nMaterials & Procedures:\n\n1 Glock 17 9mm handgun, unloaded\nAnomalous Item #4819, chosen for its innocuous anomalous effects.4\n1 specimen of species Rattus norvegicus.\n1 instance of SCP-2228, fully assembled.\n\nEach item will be introduced to the instance of SCP-2228 until its anomalous properties manifest.\nResults: Shortly after introduction to SCP-2228, the specimen of Rattus norvegicus grew to nearly three times its original volume. The subject then underwent convulsions before expiring. Upon removal from SCP-2228, the subject returned to its original size. An autopsy of the subject revealed that the cause of death was a massive seizure, presumably brought on by shock of its sudden change in mass.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Disassembly of the item has revealed that the batteries serve no electrical purpose other than the activation of several light emitting diodes and a small speaker. It is currently unknown why SCP-2228's anomalous properties do not manifest when no batteries are inserted.\n2. The actor playing \"Doctor Wondertainment\" in this commercial has been identified as \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. As the Foundation currently has several conflicting descriptions of the individual known as Doctor Wondertainment, it cannot be determined if this is a factual likeness.\n3. All individuals involved were exposed to the SCP Foundation's name and general likeness only, with no information implying its actual existence.\n4. Due to the limited value of the information that can be gained from this experiment, Site 73 command has deemed the testing of these two items an unnecessary risk\n\n\u00ab SCP-2227 | SCP-2228 | SCP-2229 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2229\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All communication with SCP-2229 is to be directed through the Designated Liaison to SCP-2229. The Liaison is to be selected by a special committee of the Department of Antiquities on the basis of fluency in Classical Latin, knowledge of Roman history, and diplomatic experience. While communicating with SCP-2229, the Liaison must consistently assume the identity of a Roman emperor. Biannually, the Liaison must present a selection of goods1 to SCP-2229 as tribute. Although SCP-2229 has promised to solely communicate with the Liaison, reports from psychiatric hospitals in the city of Rome are to be continuously monitored for instances of communication between SCP-2229 and other individuals.\nDescription: SCP-2229 is a telepathic entity that self-identifies as Sextus Pompilius Trio, Legate of Ursa Major2 to the Senate and People of Rome. SCP-2229 manifests to individuals with whom it chooses to communicate as an auditory hallucination of an individual speaking in Classical Latin. By thinking in Classical Latin, individuals are capable of initiating communication to or responding to communication from SCP-2229. SCP-2229 is not thought to have a physical form, but is capable of manipulating matter through anomalous means. When an individual communicating with SCP-2229 focuses on a particular object or group of objects, SCP-2229 is capable of causing that object or group of objects to spontaneously disappear. Similarly, when an individual communicating with SCP-2229 focuses on a particular location, SCP-2229 is capable of causing an object or group of objects to spontaneously appear at that location3.\nThe Foundation became aware of SCP-2229 after Agents monitoring psychiatric hospitals in the city of Rome noted the existence of several individuals who claimed to have heard a \"legate of the bear\" speaking to them in Latin, demanding an audience with the current Roman emperor. Due to the frequency and similarity of the reports, the cause was immediately suspected to be anomalous in nature. Dr. Marcellus, the first Designated Liaison to SCP-2229, was dispatched to investigate the reports and attempt communication with SCP-2229.\n\nOpen Incident Logs\n\nAccessing Incident Logs... ACCESS GRANTED\n\nDate: June 5, 1997\n<Begin Transcript>\nDr. Marcellus: Hear, O Sextus Pompilius Trio, Legate of Ursa Major! I, Titus Cornelius Marcellus, first citizen amongst the Romans, have heard of your desire for an audience. To what do I owe the pleasure of your company?(Dr. Marcellus complies. A scroll written in Classical Latin, later found to contain a lengthy reference for manufacturing a variety of machines that utilize Newcomen atmospheric engines, appears at the designated location.)\nDr. Marcellus: By Jupiter, what miracle is this? What does this scroll contain?Dr. Marcellus: In all truth I will consider it. But what can your people, who are so great, want from my empire, which is so meager in comparison?Dr. Marcellus: Then by all means, I will do so. I have but one request: speak only to me and my successors, and not the unwashed masses of my empire. These plebeians are far below you; by deigning to converse with them, you only injure your dignity.<End Transcript>\nAfterword: Subsequently, Dr. Marcellus began making regular offers of tribute to SCP-2229. As of the present day, SCP-2229 has not deviated from its initial behavior.\n\nVerifying 4/2229 Clearance\u2026 VERIFIED\nAccessing Gladius Incident Logs\u2026 ACCESS GRANTED\n\nDate: January 5, 2010\n<Begin Transcript>\nDr. Marcellus: O Sextus Pompilius, I, Titus Cornelius, have brought the first tribute of the year. Ten bales of cloth dyed in Tyrian purple, fifty amphorae of-(Dr. Marcellus focuses on the tribute offerings, and they disappear.)Dr. Marcellus: My empire would be hard pressed to do so, for it would mean exposing my people to the threat of savage barbarians and treacherous rebels. Why do your people need a legion, if I may ask? Have they become embroiled in war?Dr. Marcellus: What if my empire does not?Dr. Marcellus: I offer my sincere apology; the question was most unbecoming. Yes, I will procure a legion for you at the earliest possible opportunity. Still, I must ask, how long do I have to do so?<End Transcript>\nAfterword: Due to the potential consequences of non-compliance, limited time frame, and personnel requirements for a legion4, a proposal to utilize a Bright/Zartion Hominid Replicator to fulfill the demand was sent to the Ethics Subcommittee on Human Cloning. After a day of deliberation, the proposal was approved by a 5-4 decision.\n\nDate: June 7, 2010\n<Begin Transcript>\n(Silently, Dr. Marcellus focuses on the tribute offerings, and they disappear.)Dr. Marcellus: Sextus, it is not easy for a man to send six thousand men off to war, and to not know a thing about their fate.Dr. Marcellus: I suppose not.\n(Thirty seconds of silence.)\nDr. Marcellus: Do you expect to ask our empire for a legion again in the future?<End Transcript>\nAfterword: None.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Due to budgetary concerns, purple cloth, wine, and glassware are recommended in lieu of other items.\n2. A constellation also known as the Great Bear, which notably contains the Big Dipper.\n3. It is unknown whether there exists a limit to the mass that SCP-2229 can manipulate.\n4. Six thousand individuals.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2228 | SCP-2229 | SCP-2230 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2230\n\nItem #: SCP-2230\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2230 is to be housed within a standard humanoid containment unit. SCP-2230 is to be provided with adequate nutrition three (3) times per day and is allowed access to written media on request, in addition to three (3) hours of Foundation-approved television programming. SCP-2230 is not be given access to any form of electric device or components, or other personnel (see Incident 2230-A). Any media with contents pertaining to medicine, electronics or maintenance must be approved by two assigned Class 3 personnel prior to provision.\nUntil further notice, all confirmed instances of SCP-2230-1 are to be transported to Site-17 for study and containment. Investigations aimed at identifying additional individuals SCP-2230 has previously come into contact with are ongoing.\nDescription: SCP-2230 is an adult male of European descent. SCP-2230 was, by its own admission, \u201cself-employed\u201d from 01/03/1985 to 17/07/2012.\nSCP-2230 was brought into Foundation custody on 17/07/2012, after complaints from residents of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 area, Chicago, resulted in the arrest of SCP-2230 by local law enforcement. Reports of unusual findings within the residence of SCP-2230 warranted a Foundation investigation which recovered multiple items, some of which were anomalous in nature.\n\n+ List of recovered items\n\n- List of recovered items\n\nThe list of recovered items from the former residence of SCP-2230 includes:\n\nAssorted medical implements, including scalpels, forceps, syringes, surgical tubing, and a makeshift motorized bonesaw.\n\nA number of repair and construction tools, including hammers, chisels, wrenches, clamps, wire cutters, a soldering iron, a welding torch and a power drill.\n\nBottles of anaesthetics, sedatives and other medical drugs, many of which were determined to have been obtained illegally. Most were being stored in a home refrigerator.\n\nA large collection of scrap electronics and home appliances.\n\nA handheld, pen-shaped device capable of producing a focused laser beam powerful enough to cut through flesh with ease and accuracy, powered by four double-A batteries.\n\nA large device assembled from components taken from multiple appliances, including: a water boiler, a television set, a microwave oven, a personal computer, and several home radios. Device was found to be capable of producing low-quality MRI imaging by means not fully understood.\n\nAlso recovered; 32 books on electronics, 27 books on home and industrial maintenance, 44 books on neurosurgery and oncology, 51 books on human neurology, and SCP-2230's laptop computer, containing hundreds of files documenting similar or related subjects.\n\nThe complaint leading to the initial arrest of SCP-2230 was issued by one \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Parker, detailing the strange behaviour of her husband, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Parker, after being 'operated on' by SCP-2230. A Foundation investigation conducted from 18/07/2012 has connected SCP-2230 to a string of unusual medical reports across the states of Illinois and Wisconsin, dating back to the year 1985. This investigation has resulted in the identification of, to date, 187 individuals SCP-2230 has performed unlicensed medical operations on.\nEach of these individuals, designated SCP-2230-1, have been medically examined by Foundation specialists. While the majority of SCP-2230-1 appear outwardly normal, X-ray examination reveals clear abnormalities within the cranium.\nMedical analysis of SCP-2230-1:\nSCP-2230-1-094 - Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588 Williams: Subject was missing a significant portion of her cerebellum. Missing portion had been replaced with a network of insulated copper wiring, circuitry from an electronic alarm clock, and a gyroscope extracted from a \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 brand smartphone. Subject reported experiencing persistent muscle spasms and problems with balance since an illicit operation to remove a cerebral tumour performed two years prior.\nSCP-2230-1-121 - Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Deliard: Subject was missing multiple portions of his left temporal lobe. Missing portions replaced with components from a home radio and an electronic 'robot pet' toy. Subject was capable of limited hearing in his left ear. Subject also claimed to be able to hear certain FM radio transmissions.\nSCP-2230-1-107 - Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Liddle: Subject was missing the majority of her visual cortex. Missing portion replaced with circuitry from a computer display card, a cluster of HDMI data cabling, and five small electromagnets. Subject was able to identify and distinguish between faces, but claimed to be able to see only in a limited colour depth, comparable to looking through a 4-bit computer monitor.\nAddendum:\nThe surgical removal of anomalous components from SCP-2230-1 has been attempted on \u2588 occasions. This invariably results in the rapid mental decay or death of the subject, depending on the vital nature of the replaced portion of brain tissue.\nThe number of SCP-2230-1 living with these replacements represents the majority of individuals operated on by SCP-2230. However, 58 individuals have been found deceased as a result of the actions of SCP-2230. While 31 of these occurrences appear to have been failed operations, judging by the presence of various electric components in the craniums of the deceased, the remainder have had large, highly specific portions of their brain tissue removed with no apparent attempt at replacement. One of the earliest of these examples, Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, an accomplished neurosurgeon and lecturer at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 University, was found to have had the entirety of his frontal lobe and hippocampus carefully excised, with the outer cranial damage repaired so as to leave almost no trace of surgery having been performed.\n\nOpen Interview 2230-01\n\nClose Interview 2230-01\n\nDate: 21/07/2012\nInterviewer: Dr. Harper\nInterviewed: SCP-2230\n\n<begin transcript>\nDr. Harper: Good morning; I'm Dr. Harper. I'll be conducting your interview for today. State your name, please.\n[subject frequently avoids eye contact; this behaviour continues throughout the interview]Dr. Harper: Alright then, Mr. \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588; do you know why you're here with us today?Dr. Harper: I'm [coughs] glad you feel that way. Now, I assume we're talking about Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 here; why would you say she was ungrateful?Dr. Harper: Ah yes, Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588; one of your\u2026 patients, yes?Dr. Harper: I examined him myself. The quality of the surgery is, uh, quite impressive actually. Where'd you learn to do that?Dr. Harper: Really? I mean, I could be wrong but, according to your file here you dropped out of med school in your second year. Before that you were doing a tech course at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Dropped out before the first year was up. Clearly you're not a qualified medical practitioner. Now, I'll ask you again: where'd you learn to do that?[after several seconds of standing and staring at Dr. Harper, who does not respond, subject breaks eye contact and sits back down]\nI read books. A lot of books. I worked my ass off. And it didn't make a difference. But then, one day, I learned I had something none of them had. A secret weapon.\n[subject grins again, looking downwards and playing with his hands]\nI've learned to\u2026 get into the heads\u2026 of my competitors. So to speak.\nDr. Harper: Would you care to elaborate on that?Dr. Harper: Very well then. Describe the operation you performed on Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.Dr. Harper: You removed his entire frontal lobe. The man can barely string together complete sentences, and when he does, they don't make sense. He doesn't even recognise his own wife and kids. You call that a \u201cpretty good job\u201d?Dr. Harper: Yes\u2026 I'm surprised he's even alive, with all that junk in his skull. But he's alive. How do you fix people, Mr. \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588? How do you replace components of the most complex machine in the known universe with\u2026 spare parts from old computers?Dr. Harper: We have ways of extracting the information we need.Dr. Harper: Our session is over, then.\n[Dr. Harper gathers his papers and prepares to leave]\nDr. Harper: Before I go, though\u2026 We know you were operating out of that apartment for some time - at least four months \u2013 and you had several patients during that time. We searched all over that apartment, we searched your trash, we searched your drains\u2026 but we never found any of that missing brain tissue. Tell me, Mr. \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - what did you do with it?\n[subject raises head to face Dr. Harper, maintaining direct eye contact]<end transcript>\n\nIncident 2230-A - 12/03/2013:\nA routine inspection of SCP-2230's containment unit resulted in the confiscation of an illicit device, found to have been constructed of parts removed from the unit's fixed television set using plastic eating utensils. Device proved capable of producing a focused electromagnetic pulse that induces temporary spatial disorientation in targets. SCP-2230 standard programming privileges revoked. Containment procedures updated.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2229 | SCP-2230 | SCP-2231 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2231\nObject Class: Safe Neutralized\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Revision 05/02/2014: SCP-2231-1 through -3 are to be kept on life support in the medical wing of Site 17 for an 180 day observational period. If no change in their condition is recorded the remaining instances of SCP-2231 are to be disconnected from life support and their remains disposed of. SCP-2231 no longer demonstrates any anomalous properties following the expiration of SCP-2231-4\n\n +Show Former Special Containment Procedures\n\n -Hide Former SCPs\n\nSCP-2231-1, SCP-2231-2, and SCP-2231-3 are to be housed in standard humanoid containment units in wing 3 of site 17. Subject to cooperation with Foundation containment, SCP-2231-1 through -3 are to be allowed 1 hour of communal time, under strict guard supervision, each week in the Section 3 cafeteria during off-hours.\nPOI-2231-1 is to be remotely monitored by Foundation personnel for any indication of anomalous activity or connection with SCP-2231.\nRevision 03/07/2014: SCP-2231-4 is to be housed in standard humanoid containment in wing 8 of site 17. Under no circumstances is SCP-2231-4 to be exposed to SCP-2231-1, -2, or -3, or to be made aware of their existence or the reason for its confinement.\n\nDescription: SCP-2231 was the shared identity of three otherwise non-anomalous human beings (referred to as SCP-2231-1, -2, and -3), claiming to go by the name \u201cJohnathan Tran\u201d, born June 17th 1983 and currently residing in Boise, Idaho.\nSCP-2231-1 is a 41 year old Korean male, SCP-2231-2 is a 13 year old Nigerian female, and SCP-2231-3 is a 56 year old Pakistani female. SCP-2231-1, -2, and -3 had a comprehensive knowledge of the experiences and history of the other two instances, as well as of the supposed shared identity of SCP-2231 (SCP-2231's purported history does not match the verifiable history of instances -1 through -3 in any way).\nAll instances of SCP-2231 showed a strong preference to respond to questions about their past with information pertinent to the history of SCP-2231-4, as opposed to their own physical history. Following containment of SCP-2231-1 through -3 in 2013, each instance had demonstrated notable conflation of its physical history with that of the other two instances, frequently responding to questions categorically with details of the other instance's history as well as their own.\nSCP-2231-4 is the individual Johnathan Tran. As of the present date, SCP-2231-4 has demonstrated no knowledge of or connection to SCP-2231-1 through -3.\nSCP-2231-4 was formerly the individual Johnathan Tran. SCP-2231-4 was incinerated following expiration on 05/01/2014.\nAddendum 2231-1: Acquisition Log\n\nAdded 10/30/2013\n\nSCP-2231-1, -2, and -3 were identified through standard computer analytics of atypical flight patterns when SCP-2231-1 purchased airline tickets for SCP-2231-2 and -3 on one way flights to Boise Air Terminal - Gowen Field (BOI). No prior connection between the 3 instances was found in the Foundation Societal Interaction Fishbone (FSIF) experimental software and the instances were flagged for interrogation at their Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) layover by onsite Foundation personnel.\nThe anomalous characteristics of SCP-2231 were readily apparent during the interrogation. SCP-2231-1, -2, and -3 were processed and contained without incident.\n\n+ Show Interview Log SCP-2231-1, -2, -3\n\nHide Interview\n\nInterview 2231-3:\nInterview was conducted by Researcher Patel, subject of interview was SCP-2231-1. This was the third officially recorded interview since the containment of SCP-2231-1 through -3 six days prior.\n\nConducted 11/02/2013\n\nDr. Patel: Please state your name for the record.\nSCP-2231-1: Johnathan Tran.\nDr. Patel: Do you ever go by other names or aliases?\nSCP-2231-1: Ah, yes, Adunola Omolade, Choi Jung-jae, and Sajida Talfah.\nDr. Patel: Do you not find it strange that you have four separate names?\nSCP-2231-1: It's not that weird, think of someone named Mary-Beth Teresa Johnson, or something.\nDr. Patel: (Makes note of subject's lack of understanding of the previous question) And what is your citizenship?\nSCP-2231-1: I'm an American sir, but I've got citizenship in Pakistan, South Korea, and Nigeria.\nDr. Patel: And where were you born?\nSCP-2231-1: I was born in Idaho Falls.\nDr. Patel: And how was it you came by your Pakistani citizenship?\nSCP-2231-1: Well, I was born in Karachi.\nDr. Patel: How is it you were born in Karachi as well as Idaho Falls?\nSCP-2231-1: I was born in Karachi then Idaho Falls. Actually to be strictly technical I was born in Karachi then Seoul then Idaho Falls.\nDr. Patel: And what is your social security number?\nSCP-2231-1: \u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (Refer to Addendum 2231-2 for additional information)\nDr. Patel: (Produces pictures of SCP-2231-2 and -3) And are you familiar with these two individuals?\nSCP-2231-1: Is this a joke? That's me.\n\nFor the sake of brevity the remainder of the interview is omitted. SCP-2231-1 continued to demonstrate a fundamental failure to grasp that there was anything strange about its identification with three separate bodies and four separate identities. SCP-2231-1 then proceeded to demonstrate a detailed, intimate, and consistent recollection of the personal physical histories of SCP-2231-2 and SCP-2231-3.\nInterview 2231-11:\nInterview was conducted by Researcher Patel, subject of interview was SCP-2231-1, -2, and -3. This is the first joint interview of all three instances since they entered containment.\n\nConducted 11/10/2013\n\nDr. Patel: Please state your name for the record.\nSCP-2231-3: Johnathan Tran, and in anticipation of your next question, Adunola Omolade, Choi Jung-jae, and Sajida Talfah.\nDr. Patel: Very good. Would you please identify the number of hands you have, one at a time, holding each hand up as you count. Start with whatever hand you'd like.\n(SCP-2231-2 raises their left hand as they say \u201cone\u201d, then SCP-2231-3 raises their right hand as SCP-2231-1 says \u201ctwo\u201d. Subject pauses briefly before proceeding in this manner to a count of six)\nDr. Patel: Now, please state how many hands you have.\nSCP-2231-2: Two.\nDr. Patel: Please look to your left, and tell me what you see.\nSCP-2231-1 through -3 simultaneously look to the left.\nSCP-2231-3: I see the back of my head and the wall.\nDr. Patel: And one final question. Do you know where you currently are? Please be comprehensive with your response.\nSCP-2231-1: 18 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Drive, Boise, Idaho, and Interview room C416 of wing 3 of, well I don't know what this building is still, somewhere in Illinois, I think. (Refer to Addendum 2231-2 for additional information)\nDr. Patel: Very good, that will be all. Officer Griggs will return you to your rooms.\n\nSCP-2231 demonstrates significant cognitive dissonance regarding their identity. Although largely internally consistent, SCP-2231 does not appear to appreciate the fundamental fact that it is three separate individuals, and that furthermore, none of those three individuals are who it prefers to identify as. Over the course of several interviews SCP-2231 instances became considerably more adept at providing information which proved accurate about their physical history, in conjunction with the anomalous information which the subject prefers to provide.\n\nAddendum 2231-2: POI-2231-1 Designation\n\nAdded 11/12/2013\n\nInvestigation of the personally identifying information provided by SCP-2231-1 through -3 regarding Johnathan Tran proved accurate. SCP-2231 is able to provide the current location of Johnathan Tran at all times, as well as comprehensive background information and information about Mr. Tran's state of mind in real time.\nMr. Tran is now classified as POI-2231-1\n\n+ Show Testing Log 2231\n\nHide Test\n\nTest 2231-1:\n\nConducted 01/19/2014\n\nPurpose: To observe the effect of physical stress as it is experienced across each instance of SCP-2231, and if that response extends to POI-2231-1.\nProcedure: SCP-2231-1 was exposed to the Foundation standard battery of stress eliciting stimuli including optional high threshold thermal testing. The responses of SCP-2231-2 and -3 were monitored simultaneously within their separate containment units. The response of POI-2231-1 was observed remotely by Foundation field personnel.\nResults: Total time for completion of testing battery is 11 minutes 21 seconds. SCP-2231-2 and -3, both confined to their containment cells, showed significant stress responses and agitation as SCP-2231-1 undergoes the test procedure. Notable response symmetry includes pupil dilation, sweating, shivering and generalized adrenal response as the battery progressed. The only asymmetry in response occured when neither SCP-2231-2 nor -3 demonstrated muscle stretch reflex responses during portion 4A of the testing battery. Approximately 90 seconds after the cesation of testing the stress response is no longer evident in SCP-2231-2 or -3, although SCP-2231-1 followed the typical stress cesation pattern for non-anomalous humans over the next 45 minutes.\nPOI-2231-1 showed no reaction at any point during this experiment.\n\nConclusions: The mental connection between SCP-2231-1, -2, and -3 extends to include visceral experience of any physical sensation which the other instances are subject to. The mechanism by which this sensory & emotional data is integrated with the first person experience of each instance is unclear, given how each instance is capable of autonomous action (walking, talking, performing basic maintenance of life functions) completely independent of other instances.\nThe lack of reaction by POI-2231-1 suggests an asymmetric anomalous experiential link between the instances of SCP-2231 and POI-2231-1. The standard battery of stress eliciting stimuli is intentionally designed to elicit autonomic responses in subjects, suggesting that, if POI-2231-1 has any appreciation for the experience of SCP-2231 instances, that link is significantly muted compared to the anomalous link of the SCP instances.\n\nAddendum 2231-3: SCP-2231-4 Designation\n\nAdded 03/07/2014\n\nAs per direction issued from the office of Research Director Ashley, POI-2231-1 has been taken into indefinite Foundation containment and classified as SCP-2231-4. The basis for this decision is the unacceptable risk to classified information (amongst other things, the existence of the Foundation and Site 17) should SCP-2231-4 be successfully concealing, or eventually develop, a symmetrical mental connection to SCP-2231-1 through -3 as they share with SCP-2231-4.\nSCP-2231-4 is to be kept ignorant of the existence of SCP-2231-1 through -3. Researcher Patel will continue in his current capacity as New-Containment-Introduction (NCI) lead for SCP-2231.\n\nAddendum 2231-4: Object Neutralization\n\nAdded 05/02/2014\n\nSCP-2231-4 was fatally wounded by security personnel after assaulting a guard as it was escorted from interview room H203. Appropriate disciplinary actions are being considered for the offending security personnel. Review of security footage of SCP-2231-1 through -3 at the moment of expiration of SCP-2231-4 show all three instances simultaneously collapsing. Following medical examination SCP-2231-1, -2, and -3 showed a complete cessation of higher brain function, and have been moved to the medical wing of Site 17 and placed on life support.\nSCP-2231 reclassified as neutralized.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2230 | SCP-2231 | SCP-2232 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2232-01 being used to make a phone call.\n\nItem #: SCP-2232\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Each instance of SCP-2232 is to be kept in a standard Safe-class containment locker when not in use. Using SCP-2232 to make calls or send text messages must be done in the presence of a certified bird handler.\nSCP-2232 must not be left unattended while being charged.\nUse of SCP-2232 instances for tracking telephone based anomalies, including SCP-3046, has been approved on a case by case basis.\nDescription: SCP-2232 is a smartphone superficially resembling a sky-blue Samsung Galaxy S4, running on a modified version of the Android operating system listed as Android 5.7.4 \"Delicious Sunflower Seeds\". SCP-2232's casing has so far resisted all attempts to be opened, and any attempts to do so have resulted in SCP-2232 vibrating violently and emitting a loud, squawking noise. 10 9 instances of SCP-2232 are currently in Foundation possession, labeled as SCP-2232-01 through -101.\nUpdate: As per Incident-2232-01, SCP-2232-03 has been neutralised. Samples of its remains are currently stored in the Inert Biological Sample wing of Site-77.\nUsing SCP-2232 to call a valid telephone number causes it to transform into a common hill myna, which then appears to reproduce via budding to produce a second, smaller myna. The second instance, designated SCP-2232-A, will then attempt to fly directly towards the location of the dialed telephone. SCP-2232 has been found to be able to locate both mobile and landline telephones once provided with the appropriate number. However, should SCP-2232 be used to call telephones located more than 40km away, it will instead prompt the user to \"kindly enable Airplane Mode for long-distance communication.\"\nOnce it has reached its destination, SCP-2232-A will then attempt to attract the attention of the nearest human being by mimicking loud noises like alarms or heavy machinery, or flapping its wings in his/her face. From this point onwards, SCP-2232 and SCP-2232-A will function as a two-way voice transmission system, with speech addressed to the former instantaneously vocalised by the latter and vice versa. The call can be terminated any time by grabbing either myna and turning it gently upside-down, resulting in SCP-2232 reverting to its smartphone form, and SCP-2232-A disappearing in a puff of carbon dust.\nUsing SCP-2232 to send a text message to a valid mobile telephone number causes SCP-2232 to transform into a homing pigeon, designated SCP-2232-B. SCP-2232-B will then travel towards the messaged mobile telephone, vocalise the text message, and travel back to its original location. Should its destination be more than 500km away, SCP-2232 will also prompt the user to enable Airplane Mode.\nEnabling Airplane Mode from SCP-2232's settings will apparently allow calls and messages to be sent to any location on Earth; however, SCP-2232 will instead assume the form of (in the case of a text message), or produce an instance of (in the case of a telephone call), a great white pelican, designated SCP-2232-C. SCP-2232-C will then proceed to travel towards the location of its recipient. Upon reaching its destination, SCP-2232-C will open its beak, revealing either an instance of SCP-2232-A or SCP-2232-B, which will then perform its intended function as detailed above. Once the intended function has been performed, SCP-2232-C appears to consume the instance of SCP-2232-A or SCP-2232-B and fly back towards its original location.\nThe avian forms of SCP-2232 will stop for food and water along their journeys, rest when tired, and have been known to ride on vehicles to reach their destinations. SCP-2232 is highly impractical as a form of communication, as short-range calls can take up to a day to reach its recipient, while long-range intercontinental transmissions are estimated to take up to several years.\nIncident-2232-01: Following scheduled experimentation on 03/05/15, Research Assistant Chang left SCP-2232-03 plugged into its charging port overnight in storage locker #284. When the containment locker was reopened the next day, a large white mass rapidly expanded outwards from it, pinning Research Assistant Chang onto the opposite wall of the storage room and swiftly obscuring the view of the security cameras. On-site security forces found the door of the storage room blocked from the inside, and eventually gained access using low-yield explosives.\nThe inside of the storage room appeared to be uniformly lined with a thick layer of flesh covered in white feathers, with the exception of the inside of locker #284, which was heavily charred. Samples of the flesh sent for analysis revealed it to be of avian origin, and consisted of living muscle tissue connected to a rudimentary blood supply with several hearts. An extensive skeletal framework supporting the muscle tissue was also discovered, apparently made of copper, glass and assorted plastics. Site maintenance staff armed with propane torches and machetes eventually extracted the body of Research Assistant Chang and evacuated the other items contained in the storage room. The remaining flesh was then excised and the room disinfected with bleach.\nIncident-2232-02: On 20/08/15, SCP-2232-08 began vibrating and cawing on its own accord. Its screen indicated that it was receiving an incoming long-distance call. With permission from Head Researcher Tannenbaum, Research Assistant Goh answered SCP-2232-08, which promptly assumed its myna form. The following conversation was recorded.\n\n<Begin log>\nResearch Assistant Goh: Um, hello?\nSCP-2232-08: Oh, my god! You found my phone! Thank you soooo much! I thought I left it in the cassowary when I went to work, and-\nGoh: Sorry, to whom am I speaking to here?\nSCP-2232-08: Oh, this is Casey Durham, I live in [unintelligible], on the lower east side seagull, listen, is there any way for you to return my phone to me?\nGoh: Well, see, we can't exactly return your phone at the moment-\nSCP-2232-08: Oh, I'm not in any trouble, am I? Dear lord, that one time I was in the accident with the blue-footed booby was bad enough, I don't think I-\nGoh: Excuse me - the blue-footed booby?\nSCP-2232-08: Yeah, it just swerved into my lane, and didn't even sound the horn or anything, or signal, and the headlights and the passenger door on the old cassowary was just all busted up for weeks, I had to pay the repairmen, the insurance flamingo was simply insane, and - sorry, it's been a rough few months for me, listen. I've got some very important contacts and pictures on that bird, it means a lot to me, believe me. If there's a nearby Australian bush turkey you can drop it in a package and just put it in the interstate mail slot to number 23 [unintelligible - presumed to be an address], send it right to the doorstep of my Spix's macaw. That's okay with you, right?\nGoh: Um, could you clarify what you mean by -\nSCP-2232-08: Voice call roaming limit exceeded. Please contact your local Wingtel representative for inquiries on any additional roaming charges incurred.\n<End log>\n\nFootnotes\n1. Similarities between SCP-2232 instances and the phones seen carried by riders of SCP-2965 has been observed. Research into a shared origin of these phones is ongoing.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2231 | SCP-2232 | SCP-2233 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Czech cover of SCP-2233-1\n\nItem #: SCP-2233\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Ten print copies of SCP-2233-1 are to be contained on Site-142. The Site has been designated a paper-media-free zone, and no form of printed media (including books, magazines, and other forms as specified in the SCP-2233-1 Appendix 3) are to be brought within a 1 km radius of any instance of SCP-2233-1 outside of approved testing.\nUpon the discovery of new SCP-2233-1 instances, MTF-Lambda-2 \"Academics\" is to sanitize the area of all affected media. New instances are to be immediately incinerated. A Lambda-2 member is to be inserted into the pedagogical board of every college with average enrollment larger than 30,000 to ensure a fast response in case of an SCP-2233-2 event.\nIn case of a Jehoiada event, the lecturing venue is to be quarantined immediately and Procedure Styx-Lethe-Acheron applied.\nDescription: SCP-2233 is an academic discipline called \"Sociosophy\", manifesting through SCP-2233-1 instances and SCP-2233-2 events.\nSCP-2233-1 is a book labeled \"Polylogue \u2013 Over the horizon of postmodern relativism\", published by \"The Club of Friends of Sociosophy\"1 in Prague, Czech Republic, in 2014. The authors are listed as StbB. Emil Franti\u0161ek; BasSc., WtaN. Herbert Mu\u017en\u00fd; DmbS. et DmbS. Martin P\u0159\u00edklopa; and collective2. It is unclear if all of the authors are real persons, as only a few had been seen during the Jehoiada events. Unconfirmed authors include [REDACTED].\nThe book contains theories on pseudo-academic subjects, such as \"Polylogue\" as an improvement of conversing, \"Problemology\" as a discipline concerning various life issues, or \"Neonovoplatonism\" as a religiously philosophical practice.\nThe practice of the disciplines seems nonsensical, unless affected by the presence of associated Persons of Interest. See Report of Event-2233-02-1 for a noteworthy Jehoiada event, involving the creation of E-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and E-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 by unknown reality-bending abilities.\nThe anomalous properties of SCP-2233-1 manifest when placed in close proximity (max. 600m) to other paper media. After about 3\u20135 hours, the media start to mention sociosophy in various forms. For example, newspaper headlines mention recent sociosophy breakthroughs.\nThe existing content of the media is also modified; for example, in the work of [REDACTED], a bibliography entry \"FOUCAULT, Michel: The History of Sexuality: Vol. 2: The use of pleasure. Vintage books, New York, 1990.\" was changed to \"MU\u017dN\u00dd, Herbert: Sexuality in Sociosophy, Vol 1: Practiced Episthemophilia. EX crementum bovinum, Little Hill, 2002.\"\nInitially, no such book was found, but after a \u2588\u2588-hour exposition of The History of Sexuality, Vol. 2 to SCP-2233-1, the contents of Foucault's book have been completely altered into the new anomalous publication described above.\nAffected media exhibit the same anomalous properties as 2233-1 instances.\n\n+ Examples of modified media\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nAuthor/Title: Renfrew, Colin. Prehistory: The making of the human mind.\nDescription: The author surveys the intellectual world of the prehistorical man before written records were made.\nModified Author/Title: Bumberell, Peter. History on the couch.\nDescription of the modified book: The author describes prehistorical inventions in a jovial style, calling the man who first found fire and the man who invented the wheel as the \"First protosociosophists\".\n\nAuthor/Title: Cassirer, Ernst. Philosophy of symbolic forms.\nDescription: The book argues that man is a \"symbolic animal\", creating its universe out of symbolic meanings.\nModified Author/Title: Franti\u0161ek, Emil. Subjectophobia: A psychological disorder or a natural evolution of human spirit?\nDescription of the modified book: The author describes the dangers of inventing new words, such as jargon, considering their usage \"an intellectual robbery of a simple, hermeneusophistic vocabulary\".\n\nAuthor/Title: \u010capek, Karel. Talks with T. G. Masaryk.\nDescription: A record of the former Czech president's opinions on political, religious and philosophical topics.\nModified Author/Title: Churchill, Winston. What I have never said but what is cited, so I am writing it now because I agree with it.\nDescription of the modified book: A book of essays on newspaper misquotes of the former British prime minister, where he agrees or disagrees with the misquotes's contents. The book cites examples even from the time after the author's death.\n\nAuthor/Title: Hitler, Adolf. Mein Kampf.\nDescription: An autobiographical book, describing the world through the views of a national-socialistic ideology.\nModified Author/Title: Nietzsche, Friedrich. With hammer towards philosophers.\nDescription of the modified book: A 19th century german philosopher describes the uselessness of philosophy in a secular society.\n\nAuthor/Title: Shakespeare, William. Hamlet.\nDescription: A medieval drama about Prince Hamlet, whose father, the King of Denmark, has been murdered by his own brother and Hamlet's uncle, Claudius.\nModified Author/Title: Shakespeare, William. Hamlet 2 or Hamlet cleansed.\nDescription of the modified book: The drama takes a course similar to the original, with deviations from the third act forward, where the protagonist resolves his dilemmas by performing an autolecture.\n\nAuthor/Title: The Brothers Grimm. Rapunzel.\nDescription: A children's book, publicly known best for a moment where a princess, trapped in a tower, hangs her long hair from a window. A prince climbs on it to get to her.\nModified Author/Title: Lapsky, Alexander. Treekids.\nDescription of the modified book: The main story is similar to Rapunzel, but reads as a scientific demonstration of a discipline called \"Intellectual bonsaification\". The princess uses her time in the tower to practice said discipline, which is never described, only cited from secondary sources. The prince meets her \"on the level of the right sub-stratum\".\n\nNew 2233-1 instances have been discovered inside publishing houses, and during SCP-2233-2 events. The publishers take SCP-2233-1 as a satirical book, ignoring its anomalous properties.\nSCP-2233-2 is a designation for lectures on various disciplines of sociosophy by people who read SCP-2233-1 or attended a 2233-2 event in the past. These occur mainly in college environments, such as universities, mensas, or fraternities. SCP-2233-1 instances are often given out during these lectures.\nPoI associated with SCP-2233 appear in average 60% of the lectures, constituting a Jehoiada event. When a copy of 2233-1 is signed by the PoI, the efficiency of the book's anomalous properties have been shown to increase by \u2588% - \u2588\u2588\u2588%, including increased speed of infection and range of influence.\nUncontained SCP-2233-2 events constitute a major containment breach and if left unchecked, amount to a IK class end-of-the-world scenario \"Information breakdown\".\nNo pattern in the frequency and location of 2233-2 has been established.\n\n+ Report of event SCP-2233-02-1\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2014, the first Jehoiada event took place in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Prague, a college caf\u00e9. As per O. T\u016fma and J. Bla\u017eejovsk\u00fd, members of the Lambda-2 unit present, PoI \"Emil Franti\u0161ek\" and \"Martin P\u0159\u00edklopa\" announced the event as a \"Mourning symposion concerning the death of BasSc., WtaN. Herbert Mu\u017en\u00fd, who fell from the window of his study on a rock garden riddled with houseleek, per capitam.\"\nDuring the event, several PoI had brief lectures on the disciplines of sociosophy, during which several reality-bending phenomena were observed to take place. This 2233-2 event also celebrated the release of SCP-2233-1 to the public.\n[ACCESS DENIED]\nThe event helped constitute the parts of Procedure Styx-Lethe-Acheron and agents T\u016fma and Bla\u017eejovsk\u00fd were voluntarily administered Class-C amnestics after-action.\n\n+ Addendum: Excerpts from the book\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nExcerpt from Chapter 17: Problemology, sub section 3: \"Preproblemology: We have a problem and we know about it\".\n\nProblemology is a new conceptutally-rhetorically-nontotalitarizating metadiscipline, which is typical for its socialscientifically-philosophical character. Problemology is based on methodically nonprefabricated research of nonconformly (in academic meaning) defined subjects. Results of problemological research are integrated in nonreductible structured reflexions of chosen subject relevance and of chosen research methods.\n[SENSITIVE DATA OMITTED]\nStudy of preproblemology cultivates individual abilities of sensitive recognition of problems, which are based on even seemingly banal problemological indications and individual abilities of differentiation between problemologically relevant thinking and mere intentional jesting.\n\nExcerpt from Chapter 14: \"Tractatus Logico-Sociosophicus\" by StbB. Emil Franti\u0161ek and \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\n\u2022 1 The world is all, that just is.\n\u2022 1.01 Anything that can not be described as \"being\" is non-being.\n\u2022 1.012 Being is and nonbeing is not.\n\u2022 1.02 The world is not, what it is not.\n\u2022 1.021 The non-being is not the world, nor anything outside of it.\n\u2022 1.03 The world is all being.\n\u2022 1.04 The basic manifestation of the world is that it is being.\n\u2022 1.1 The world is a sum of beings, not facts.\n\u2022 1.11 Facts are beings non-being.\n\u2022 1.111 The manifestation of being is change.\n\u2022 1.112 The essence of facts is unchangeability.\n[SUBSEQUENT PASSAGE REDACTED]\n\nPreface of Chapter 11: \"Information Quantum as a Meaning Carrier: A Torso\" by BasSc., WtaN. Herbert Mu\u017en\u00fd, foreword by Pius the Meek (ed.).\n\nEven though a tragic accident took the author from us before he could complete his opus magnum, we believe that the amount of new, revolutionary ideas brought to the attention of the scientific community, in just this draft of the foreword, fully justifies its publication.\nThe book The Quantum, sadly left unfinished, was supposed to establish a practical, yet in no way shallow, framework for all sociosophisticated analyses of information of all kinds. BasSc., WtaN. Herbert Mu\u017en\u00fd's last work can also be read as a polemic with the Geometrical basis3: while in Franciscan4 epistemosophy the information is infinitely divisible, Mu\u017en\u00fd postulated a certain minimal quantum of information.\nA minimal quantum corresponds with a minimal meaningful conclusion. The \"size\" of such a conclusion is determined by the quantum level in use, the discourse, or the medium, if you will. In the text presented here, Mu\u017en\u00fd advocates the legitimity of the impathic method while touching on some of the key questions of quantum level transitions.\n\n+ Transcript of Lecture-01-08 \"Autolecture\" as performed by PoI Martin P\u0159\u00edklopa on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2014\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nI'd like to say hi to the fellow fans of sociosophy; my name is Martin P\u0159\u00edklopa. Gone are the old days where you had to listen to a boring pedagogue for an hour and a half, sometimes even more. I'm going to show you how to perform an autolecture, through which you can make your own lesson on any sociosophisticated subject you find interesting, with my example being on God.\nYou need to cite the autolecture in the form of a liturgic song, with the least amount of aspirations as possible. Stand in front of a mirror, have a firm, Nietzschean mustache put on and scent the whole room with a frankincense. [REDACTED]. Attach these two creations on the mirror, so you can see both them in your peripheral vision, and the view on you is not obscured. Explore yourself thoroughly. Begin the recitation and observe your every reaction.\n\"O god how you are so immense, maybe no speck of truth had ever been spoken about you, god is a human mockup, god is a historical need, which needs to be cherished and thrown away, and to have looked the truth in the face, the world is nor good nor evil, the world is the way we make it, god does not exist, god is that than which nothing higher can be conceived, we must be grateful to god for all the gifts that are a part of the highest gift of life, god does not exist, god blesses through damnation, god is a godless abstraction, it seems we are trapped, maybe the whole world is affected by god's absence the most, god is a mind freed of matter, he is in every one of us, god is the warrantor of the method, in the beginning there were two gods, or three, one good, one evil, one [REDACTED], human is god, god is god, god is man, god does not exist, said the evil god, god knows who is god, does god know if god is not just an explosion of a mind, god exists, said the good god, god is energy, god is nature, god is reason, god is love, god is all, said [REDACTED], god is nothing, god is no thing, god is good for nothing, god is an ontological field, god is a failed student of theology, god is the best in us, it seems there is a high probability of god existing, god makes me not see god, god is jealously loving, you cannot find god in reason, god is the deepest layer of my spirit, god talks to me through my conscience, god is internalized morality, god was made when the imperfect consciousness was made, god is an unconscious part of mind, god was created upon Adam biting into the apple, god's prophet was the snake, could our consciousness have been created in any other way than by god, it is an unexplainable wonder, god is the snake, god gives motion to a lifeless order, god both outrages and frightens, said [REDACTED], god does not exist, said the good god, god is just a dream, god talks through dreams, god is as real as a dream, god is reality, some people are frightened of sleeping, as a dream can also \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, whether god is a creation of a god or man, we are unable to control it, you just need to believe there is no god and it will not be, god can be, stigmata are as common in medieval times as a GDP rise in our society, to think god is only good requires sufficient mental retardation, no matter god's nature, he does not deserve any of us to die for him, maybe god cannot do anything at all, but what if god died for man, philosopher's god is the same as no god, if god is not so unreachable, why is he such a bitch, god is reality, god is all, god is nothing, god is notuthig[sic], god a dream, god is \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, [DATA EXPUNGED]. O god how you are so immense, maybe no speck of truth had ever been spoken about you.\n\nFootnotes\n1. No such publisher was found.\n2. The meanings of the degrees are only partially known. \"StbB.\" stands for \"Soon to be Bachelor\", described as a student who already turned in his thesis, but not yet been given the Bachelor title, \"BasSc.\" for \"Basileus scientificus\", \"WtaN.\" for \"Without title after name\", as per the authors's descriptions in SCP-2233-1's preface \"On the role of polylogue in the logos of a polis: A preface\".\n3. Chapter 1 of SCP-2233-1, concerning the basic methodology of the \"Polylogue\" method.\n4. Referring to the works of associated PoI \"Emil Franti\u0161ek\"\n\n\u00ab SCP-2232 | SCP-2233 | SCP-2234 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2234\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All Foundation computer equipment is to be kept up-to-date with the most recent security patches. MTF-Rho-9 is to monitor all Foundation networks for SCP-2234 and manage distribution of technical information regarding SCP-2234 to ISPs and network security companies to allow them to detect and thwart the spread of SCP-2234. In particular, any findings regarding SCP-2234 should be reported to antivirus software companies so they can add measures to prevent it to their software.\nRefer to individual instance documentation for specific containment procedures regarding each instance.\nDescription: SCP-2234 is a class of anomalous computer viruses that are able to take advantage of a class of injection attacks in which an instance of SCP-2234 will modify its own contents while in storage, bypassing normal sanitization routines.\nSCP-2234 first came to the Foundation's attention on 2015-07-01, when a computer connected to the Foundation network became compromised by SCP-2234-001 and started flooding the network with packets containing SCP-2234-001, infecting several dozen other machines. Since then over 800 distinct instances of SCP-2234 have been discovered.\n\nDesignation\nStatus\nEffect\n\nSCP\u20112234\u2011250\nNeutralized\nCauses certain advertisements to be returned with html database responses from compromised equipment. Patched in RedDB 4.3.31.\n\nSCP\u20112234\u2011567\nUncontained\nCauses certain animated advertisements to appear on print jobs sent to networked printers. See document SCP-2234-567 for details.\n\nSCP\u20112234\u2011642\nNeutralized\nCauses certain cognitohazardous symbols to be added to network print jobs. Fixed by reflashing printer firmware. Largely rendered ineffective due to interaction with SCP-2234-567.\n\nSCP\u20112234\u2011658\nNeutralized\nCauses networked printers to spontaneously print certain anomalous coupons.\n\nSCP\u20112234\u2011727\nUncontained\nCauses an affected user's social media contacts to send them targeted advertisements based on confidential personnel history. See document SCP-2234-727 for details.\n\nAddendum: Selected Instance Documentation\n\nAn example of SCP-2234-567\n\nItem #: SCP-2234-567\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Any document bearing an instance of SCP-2234-567-A must be incinerated. Documents should not be handled more than necessary \u2014 in particular, care must be taken to ensure that any pointing devices (including but not limited to writing devices, styli, or a subject's fingertips) do not make physical contact with SCP-2234-567-A. Any documents printed from printers potentially affected by SCP-2234-567 must be checked to verify the absence of SCP-2234-A; pages containing SCP-2234-A must be reprinted.\nDescription: SCP-2234-567 is an anomalous computer virus that can be used to attach animated graphical advertisements (designated SCP-2234-567-A) to network print jobs, often in a way that obscures or obstructs the original document. When a subject makes tactile contact or otherwise touches an instance of SCP-2234-567-A with any type of pointing device, they frequently report experiencing vivid hallucinations and may contract serious memetic infection or receive bodily harm.\n\nItem #: SCP-2234-727\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All affected devices are to be securely destroyed after analysis per standard procedure. Individuals involved should be questioned if practical but otherwise no action regarding them needs to be taken.\nDescription: SCP-2234-727 is an anomalous computer virus that causes an infected user's social media contacts to spontaneously send the infected user targeted advertisements. These include unusual references to particular brand names, recommendations that a user purchase a specific product or service, or links to product websites (often disguised using link-shorteners).\nThese advertisements are frequently targeted based on confidential information that the sender would not have any way of knowing; a notable past occurrence included a Foundation researcher researching SCP-993 being targeted with advertisements for a Laugh Is Fun seasons 1-7 boxed set from an individual outside the Foundation with no knowledge of either of SCP-993, SCP-2030, or the researcher's assignment. Other incidents of similar spam have included Portuguese timeshare listings sent to researchers with history working with SCP-002, and researchers working on SCP-2234 receiving expired discount codes for Norton Anti-Virus 1999. These incidents tend to occur via private messages on social media websites.\nSCP-2234-727 was originally believed to manipulate the user's client applications in order to display these advertisements, but further investigation has shown that it actually affects the infected users' social media contacts. The affected contacts consciously send the links to the affected users. Upon inquiry, contacts profess no knowledge of the mentioned products prior to the moments before sending the message, but insist that in the moment they felt that the user would have genuine interest in the advertised content.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2233 | SCP-2234 | SCP-2235 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Object affected by URA-9611. Believed to depict either Subject 01/02 or 01/05.\n\nURA-9611, Collected Documentation\n12/06/1997\n\nSummary: A collation of all collected documentation on Unregistered Anomaly #9611, gathered to record information about said anomaly without triggering its effects, in order to better facilitate containment.\n\nSection 1:\nURA-9611 is currently self-containing due to its inherent anomalous properties. In the event that additional anomalous properties manifest, the duty of containment is to be passed on to the Foundation's Counterconceptual Division. Research is currently headed by O5-\u2588\u2588 (the only individual currently possessing Level 5/2235 clearance), due to possible applications in abstract weaponry and infohazard containment/elimination.\nTo prevent the degradation of this document, a copy will be automatically forwarded to a researcher with level 4/2235 clearance every three months. They are then to proceed to memorise the document's contents, delete the original file, and re-write it according to their understanding of the anomaly. An amnesiomemetic agent embedded in the text will then be triggered, removing any memory of the event. As means of compensation, a small sum will be delivered to their private Foundation account by an automated server on completion of these procedures.\nIn the event that documentation for Unregistered Anomalies becomes standardised or formalised in such a way that it becomes easily accessible for all personnel, the second least ubiquitous format will be chosen instead, at the relevant researcher's discretion.\n\nSection 2:\nURA-9611, formerly SCP-2235, is a potent material infohazard1 affecting data about numerous historical figures. Any non-organic medium storing information about these individuals (termed Class 01 subjects for consistency) or URA-96112 will undergo a process of autonomous alteration and/or accelerated decay. The rate at which this occurs is apparently proportional to three major factors:\n\nThe availability of the information to a casual observer. Documents or objects placed in public or otherwise well-travelled areas are most affected, but a form of media simply being accessible to a large number of people is enough to exacerbate the effects. It is for this reason that only a small number of staff members will be assigned Level 4/2235 clearance at any one time, chosen by a random number generator and a pool of acceptable candidates.\nThe clarity and accuracy of the information, and the quantity of subjects with prior knowledge of the method of conveyance. In controlled tests, languages with fewer than 1000 native speakers worldwide showed little to no degradation over a period of ten hours, as did obscure narrative formats such as Alcaic stanza poetry. As such methods are unsuitable for main documentation of uncontained infohazardous anomalies, the largely unused URA format was chosen for record-keeping \u2014 See Section 1 for more details.\nThe predicted durability/lifespan of the medium. The method by which this is determined is unknown, but materials such as stone and nonreactive metals show a rate of decay far exceeding that of say, paper and canvas. As a corollary to this property, it is believed that the intention of successfully destroying the information in the near future is sufficient to halt (or at least lessen) the effect \u2014 hence, of course, the protocol detailed under Section 1.\n\nOrganic storage methods (i.e. brain tissue) do not decay in the same manner, but do experience selective retrograde amnesia, losing all direct memories of both URA-9611 and Class 01 subjects over the course of approximately two months (varying from person to person). The anomaly is currently believed to affect upwards of two dozen Class 01 subjects, but the possibility remains that many more have at some point been eliminated from history entirely.\n\nAdditional materials:\nThe following is an abridged record of known Class 01 subjects. Due to the nature of URA-9611, a certain loss of clarity is to be expected.\n\nName/designation\nChronological presence\nCollected information\nEvidence of existence\n\nSubject 01/05, \"Thamphthis\"\n4th dynasty Egypt, ~2500 BC\nLittle to none. Known to have been a Pharaoh, and likely the child of Shepseskaf and Khentkaus I. Seemingly the catalyst for several bloody wars, the details of which are unknown. Considered by modern sources to be either fictitious, or a usurper expunged from historical records.\nMentioned in passing in certain fragmented tablets and carvings. Multiple possible statues (see attached image), have been uncovered, with no conclusive links other than vague facial similarities and partially eroded hieroglyphics. Excavation of the supposed site of their tomb has yielded no conclusive results.\n\nSubject 01/07, \"\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03af\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\", \"Antigra\"\nUnknown, presumably extant in classical Greece\nEither a divine figure of unknown purpose, or a minor ruler deified during their reign. Possible link to the Greek \"\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03b3\u03c1\u03ac\u03c8\u03c9\", \"to copy\".\nA single altar uncovered at a historical dig site, and several pieces of mosaic \u2014 a temple ruin outside modern-day Athens is also notable, due to a complete lack of any text and the erosion of all humanoid figures. A figure matching 01/07's description is briefly alluded to in the works of a single Greek(?) philosopher, alongside a complex and 'empowering' ritual.\n\nSubject 01/19, Unknown name\nMost likely born between 1180 and [?] AD. Died (or similar) some years later.\nPresumed male, and known to be French by birth. Suspected to have ruled some portion of Britain in the thirteenth century, rather than Louis VIII of France (as is commonly attested) \u2014 reportedly a harsh ruler, all acts and laws passed by 01/19 during their 'reign' were spontaneously repealed in the decades following their death.\nCommemorated in a number of seals and artworks, which either decayed or altered to display Louis VIII some months after discovery. Two written accounts of the ruler of Britain during this time found not to match Louis' established characteristics, speaking of a fondness for gambling and a 'lust for [unknown, original corrupted. Presumably 'glory', 'remembrance', or some similar term]'.\n\nSubject 01/??, \"Alton\", no known surname.\nLast known presence ~1490\nBriton(?) rumoured to have attempted to colonise America shortly before Columbus. An unusually accurate navigator, and reportedly in possession of several abnormal devices of unclear purpose. Conjectured to have been involved in a series of chrono-manipulative rituals of unknown strength.\nUnknown, original records outside of this document lost.\n\nSubj\u0328ec\u0337t\u0361 01/5% .\n[Null field error] to present. |///  \nUn\u0340c\u031b|ear\n\u2014S\u035eee\u0337 \u035eb\u031bel#0w-.\n\nNotice:\n\nPredictably enough, our attempts to document URA-9611/SCP-2235 have resulted in a tangled mess of broken code and enough parsing errors to bring down the whole 22-hundred block. I don't have time to restructure the format (my memorisation period is almost up, apparently), so I'll leave it to the next 4/2235 Researcher to sort out. If you're reading this, that's you.\nI presume there's some kind of system going on here that analyses issues with documentation, so it's likely not a coincidence I was picked from the pool. Or maybe it's just been bounced around for years until it's reached someone with the necessary powers. Whatever the case, I clearly have a job to do, so I'm going to do it.\nEffective immediately, all references to Subject 01-50, and the position they used to hold, are to be expunged from Foundation records across the board3. This includes both past and present information, as well as anything that implies their existence. I'm not taking chances with someone this high up in our system. The subject's next-of-kin, if they have any, will be notified according to standard procedures, and I've left a memorandum to mask it as a max-sec antimemetic hazard breach. Hopefully one of the meme squads will sound the all-clear and nobody will ask any difficult questions.\nFinally, I've taken the liberty of pushing the next re-write forward, so you'll be getting this pretty much as soon as I forget it. I know it's a hassle, but nothing here's ever a walk in the park. I don't know what 01-50 did, or what they hoped to gain from it, but we've got to prioritise sterilising our database over keeping our staff members' records intact, no matter what high regard we hold them in. Twelve is a much more pleasing number, anyway.\n\n~ Dr. Percy Hussel, RAISA, Overseer Council Maintenance Division\n\nFootnotes\n1. A hazard affecting information stored in physical formats, rather than information present in a human mind. Compare with immaterial infohazards, cognitohazards, and anomalous memes.\n2. The rate of decay for meta-information about the anomaly itself is much slower than that of Class 01 Subjects, but should not be discounted as an obstruction to containment \u2014 variations in time-scale from several thousand years to mere seconds have been observed.\n3. The current global find/replace passcode is \"%{2/TRun.kL-ess#Le8s-ofsT0#N3//%\". Just make sure to delete it after you're finished.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2234 | SCP-2235 | SCP-2236 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2236\n\nItem #: SCP-2236\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2236 is to be stored in its pouch (pictured) when not in use. The pouch containing SCP-2236 is to be stored in an airtight humidity-controlled and temperature-controlled case. To prevent security breaches, use of SCP-2236 must be approved by the administrator of Site 32.\nAddendum: Under no circumstances is SCP-2236 to be brought into the presence of any internal Foundation memoranda or documents, including its own containment records.\nDescription: SCP-2236 is a cylindrical optical instrument which superficially resembles an early-model pocket microscope. The instrument is 11.6 cm in length, 1.9 cm in diameter, and has a planoconvex lens at each end with very slight convexity. One end is equipped with an eyepiece; the other end is flanged at an angle. The lenses and the body of the instrument enclose an airtight chamber between the lenses. This chamber is filled with a faintly phosphorescent gas which has not been analyzed.\nWhen a written document is observed through SCP-2236, the content of the text that is examined appears different to the observer. See testing log.\nTesting Log:\nPlease record all test results using the format below:\nResearcher | Date of test:\nText:\nResult:\n\nResearcher | Date of Test: Dr. Patel | 08-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\nText: Standard sheet of A4 writing paper with the text \"THIS IS A TEST\" printed in black 72-point type.\nResult: Text appeared as \"LET'S START WITH SOMETHING SIMPLE.\" In this test and all subsequent tests, text appeared to have a lettering size and typeface or handwriting consistent with the sample under investigation.\nText: Standard sheet of A4 writing paper with the text \"Hello world.\" printed in black 72-point type.\nResult: Text appeared as \"I wonder if they restocked the good cookies in the vending machine.\"\nText: Standard sheet of A4 writing paper with the text \"This is a test\" handwritten by Dr. Garcia. Dr. Garcia was not aware of SCP-2236 and was not involved in testing it apart from providing this sample to Dr. Patel without being informed of the purpose of the request.\nResult: Text appeared as \"Piss off\" in Dr. Garcia's handwriting.\nText: Page 83 of \"The Spectacular Spignetti\", a popular romance novel about circus acrobats that was found in the Site 32 break room.\nResult: Excerpt of text: \"\u2026all crap, but I need the money for Mitch's medicine. And the pay sucks. I have a master's degree from Williams and my advance comes out to, fuck, eight cents per page? At least nobody will know\u2026\"\nText: Page of instruction manual for coffee maker found in break room.\nResult: Excerpt of text: \"\u2026 it was a mistake for me to leave the farm and come to Hangzhou \u2026\"\nText: Sheet music for \"Imagine\", by John Lennon.\nResult: Score for \"Baa Baa Black Sheep\", lyrics changed to mis-spelled expletives.\nText: Page of machine-generated random numbers\nResult: No change\nText: Page 22 of the first edition of \"For Whom the Bell Tolls\"\nResult: A graphic description of an amorous encounter with a chambermaid in the Hotel Ambos-Mundos in Havana, Cuba.\nText: Printout of the text of a Wikipedia article on \"History of chemistry\"\nResult: Barely-coherent text, apparently expressing several contradictory arguments concerning the themes discussed in the document interspersed with unflattering personal impressions of many of its draftsmen.\nText: Clay tablet, dated to c. 19th century BCE, inscribed with text in Akkadian cuneiform. Text is a receipt for a cartload of wool.\nResult: Text in Akkadian cuneiform, expressing delight over the high price paid for the wool, and mentioning the narrator's need to evacuate his bowels.\nText: Page from Voynich manuscript\nResult: Untranslated text with different glyphs in the same writing system.\nText: Abstract of scientific journal article on microbiology\nResult: Text describing the early stages of planning a wedding, interspersed with surprise and pleasure that \"Rick\" had proposed to the narrator.\nText: Screenplay of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a major studio motion picture widely considered to be a commercial and critical failure\nResult: A projected studio income statement in which the ticket and merchandising revenue streams from the film are drastically overestimated\nText: Photograph of the unsolved Zodiac Killer cypher\nResult: Address of a residence in Vallejo, California.\nText: Text of Quranic sura \"Yusuf\" in classical Arabic\nResult: Unchanged, except for immaterial spelling and punctuation variations.\nText: Ball-point pen scribblings by Dr. Patel's four-year-old daughter\nResult: Architectural specifications for a three-story castle-like building to be constructed out of cupcakes and various confectionery items. Engineering analysis has determined that the structure is unstable and unsuited for its specified purpose of housing a \"unicorn princess\".\nText: Several pages of output produced by SCP-887.\nResult: Pages are blank\nText: \"Time Cube\" essay by Gene Ray\nResult: Well-reasoned critique of generally-accepted theories of temporal physics.\nText: Press release in Korean by North Korea's Rodong Sinmun entitled \"Kim Jong-un Provides Field Guidance to Chonji Lubricant Factory\"\nResult: Korean text structured as a dialogue between two interlocutors, debating the proper temperature at which kimchi is to be served. The narrative bears evidence that both debaters' text was aggressively edited by a third person for unknown purposes.\nResearcher|Date: Dr. Lock|20-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\nText: Mastering the art of French Cooking by Julia Child (page 78)\nResult: Excerpt of text \"\u2026and maybe it could use little salt here and there but it can be served like it is right now.\"\nResearcher|Date: Dr. Califano|21-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\nText: Card from SCP-2203, Test A-67\nResult: Card appears covered in various technical specifications, including levels of various hormones over time, physiognometric analysis of various body and facial features, chronological history of life events, and interspersed commentary: \"Why did you hurt her?\" \"No one is better off with you since you keep acting like that.\" \"Grammie still knows best.\"\n\nMore by this author\n\nHide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-1322\n\nSCP-089\n\nspikebrennan's proposal\n\nSCP-1844\n\nSCP-1012\n\nSCP-1036\n\nSCP-2553\n\nSCP-1512\n\nSCP-1746\n\nSCP-908\n\nSCP-831\n\nSCP-3236\n\nSCP-2336\n\nSCP-955\n\nSCP-926\n\nSCP-2236\n\nSCP-920-EX\n\nSCP-2914\n\nSCP-2008-J\n\nSCP-4336\n\nSCP-4436\n\nSCP-1060\n\nTales\n\nSic Transit Gloria Mundi\n\nSpring Cleaning\n\nTranscript of meeting, June 2 1972\n\nTranscript of telephone conversation, August 9, 1991\n\nMemorandum Dated 6 November 1944\n\nScroll fragment 13Q29\n\nStray Katz (part 1)\n\nAd Majorem Bonum\n\n\u00ab SCP-2235 | SCP-2236 | SCP-2237 \u00bb"}
{"text": "> Access file SCP-2237\nAccessing file\u2026\nWARNING: THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENT IS CLASSIFIED LEVEL 5/2237. ANY ATTEMPTS AT UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS MAY RESULT IN TERMINATION. PLEASE CONFIRM SECURITY CLEARANCE.\n> Name: *********** Position: General Director of Personnel. Password: ****************\nSecurity Clearance\u2026 confirmed. Accessing file: SCP-2237\nItem #: SCP-2237\nObject Class: Thaumiel\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All sites capable of interplanetary communication are to maintain contact with relevant SCP-2237 instances. Until such time as an activation event is considered necessary, all signals sent to SCP-2237 instances are to consist of Communique Alpha. All SCP-2237 instances are programmed to send status reports every 24 hours. In the event that one or more SCP-2237 instances fails to send such a report, Foundation-controlled observatories are to attempt to locate the SCP-2237 instance and ascertain its status. If the SCP-2237 instance can be located and proven functional, all further transmissions directed at it must consist of Communique Beta, initiating a Beta activation event. In the event an SCP-2237 instance cannot be located, it is to be assumed that an unintended Omega activation event has taken place and that the SCP-2237 instance cannot be recovered. In the event that an SCP-2237 instance is identified as being damaged beyond on-board repair capabilities, a Foundation spacecraft1 is to dock with the damaged SCP-2237 instance and carry out rescue, repair, and/or salvage operations as needed.\nIn the event of an impending XK, NK, or other relevant Type K scenario, all operational Foundation facilities capable of communicating with SCP-2237 instances are to transmit Communique Omega until they are no longer functional or Omega activation events of all active SCP-2237 instances is confirmed. All SCP-2237 instances are to be programmed to carry out Omega activation events in the event of 240,000 hours of continuous non-communication.\nPersonnel chosen to be crewmen of an SCP-2237 instance are to meet the following criteria:\n\nExcellent physical and mental health.\nNo family history of genetic diseases, mental illness, or addiction.\nAbsolute dedication to Foundation doctrine and philosophy.\nBachelor's degrees in one or more of the following fields: Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Education, Mechanical Engineering, Quantum Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Botany, Biology, Genetics, Agriculture, Theology, Philosophy, Nuclear Engineering, Physics, Meteorology, Linguistics, Geology.\n\nThe relative locations and specific design details of every SCP-2237 instance and their pre-programmed destinations are classified level 5/2237 clearance; any personnel not directly involved in the organization of repair, maintenance, and resupply missions to SCP-2237 but are involved as crewmen on such missions must be administered Class-C amnestics following their post-mission debrief.\nAs per the Trinity Protocol, the existence of SCP-2237 is not classified; however, all civilians and individuals lacking sufficient security clearance who ascertain the location of an SCP-2237 instance are to be administered Class-C amnestics.\nDescription: SCP-2237 is the collective designation for several Foundation-owned spacecraft in solar-synchronous orbits around the sun, at varying locations and of varying design. SCP-2237 instances all share the following characteristics:\n\nConventional plasma rocket propulsion.\nConventional ion propulsion.\nA minimum crew capacity of 250.\nMeans of storing 50 years' worth of food, water, and air supplies for full crew.\nMeans of growing food, creating electricity, and purifying air and water on board.\nMeans of storing full crew, livestock, crops, seeds, and human embryos in a revivable state indefinitely.\nMeans of automated self-maintenance and repair.\nSapient artificial computer programs designed to maintain communication with other Foundation assets, excluding other SCP-2237 instances.\nMeans of landing full crew and cargo compliment on unpaved, irregular surfaces.\n\nIn addition, several SCP-2237 instances have been outfitted with equipment necessary to facilitate terraforming and human colonization without disrupting post-colonization normality, including but not limited to Xyank-Scranton causality disruptors; Alcubierre Drives to facilitate Faster-Than-Light travel; and complete copies of all non-cognitohazardous Foundation documents, in order to facilitate containment of anomalies in the event of reoccurrence.\nEvery SCP-2237 instance has been programmed to travel to specific extrasolar planets in the event of an Omega activation event, including several constructs of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Upon reaching their destination, SCP-2237 instances will enter a Beta activation state, waking all crew members from stasis and entering orbit around the target planet. The crew and on-board AI construct will identify potential landing sites and monitor local geology, geography, topography, and meteorology until an optimal landing site has been identified and landing procedures planned. Each individual SCP-2237 instance has pre-planned societal structure, hierarchy, ranks system, and colonization plan to be acted upon post-landing.\nMemorandum from the O5 Council Regarding SCP-2237, dated 2340/05/19\n\nIf you are reading this, one of three things have happened:\n\nYou have been chosen by the O5 Council, Ethics Committee, and General Personnel Director for this project. If this is the case, congratulations. You are amongst our best. We are trusting you with no less than the future of the human race. Your job is one of the most important in the entirety of the Foundation. We trust you to do it well.\nYou have accessed this document without proper authorization. If this is the case, I once again must congratulate you. It isn't easy to hack the Foundation archives. But I should advise you that if you destroy your computer terminal now and cooperate with the oncoming Task Force, they'll likely just administer Class-C amnestics and let you on your way.\nYou are one of the children of the original crew of an SCP-2237 instance: to you, I have only this to say: you are a warrior, the child of a conquering army. You carry the legacy of the human race on your shoulders. Do not stray from the path. You have to be strong, for the dead, and for those not yet living. We believe in you.\n\nThere's a reason this project is so secretive, despite the lack of necessity to remain behind the Veil. It's because there is always a price. Xyank-Scranton causality disruptors, with which almost all SCP-2237 instances have been outfitted, are not terraforming equipment; they are, for all points and purposes, weaponized reality benders. The on-board sapient computer systems on every SCP-2237 instance are fully aware of their abilities, but cannot influence their crew or cargo. It isn't like they would, anyway; these entities are as loyal to the Foundation as all of you, if not more so. They are there to ensure that, if any species other than humanity is occupying a target planet, they will cease to exist. The causality disruptors will make it as though non-human intelligences never existed, as though humanity evolved naturally on their new home, your home. The Ethics Committee doesn't know this. But this is the price we must pay if we are to survive. There will have been no point to our centuries of securing and containing if we do not protect.\nGodspeed.\n-O5-1, O5-2, O5-4, O5-5, O5-6, O5-9, O5-10, O5-13\n\nFor further information, please see Document 2237 Bravo.\n> Close file SCP-2237\nOk.\n> Initiate Protocol 2237-Omega\nWARNING: THIS ACTION REQUIRES LEVEL 5/2237 SECURITY CLEARANCE. FALSIFYING SECURITY CLEARANCE MAY RESULT IN TERMINATION. PLEASE RECONFIRM SECURITY CLEARANCE.\n> Name: *********** Position: General Director of Personnel. Password: ****************\nSecurity Clearance verified. Initiating Protocol 2237-Omega.\n> Logout\nAre you sure?\n> Yes\nLogging out\u2026 Done.\nYou have been successfully logged out.\n> Shutdown\nShutting Down\u2026\n\nFootnotes\n1. Other SCP-2237 instances are suitable for this purpose. However, this is not preferred.\n\nFred was ejected from his latest refuge by its current occupants with some degree of force, and landed here, in this strange, dizzying place.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2236 | SCP-2237 | SCP-2238 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2238\nObject Class: Safe Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Foundation personnel are to monitor all local television broadcasts at all times. If an SCP-2238-A instance is reported to have occurred, Foundation personnel are to record said instance for the purpose of record keeping. Additionally, all civilians involved1 will be detained by Foundation personnel and released if they are found to have no involvement with the SCP-2238 phenomenon and are to undergo Class-A amnestics.\n\nScreen shot of SCP-2238-A-14\n\nDescription: SCP-2238 is the official designation of an anomalous phenomenon primarily affecting television broadcast stations in the Southern United States, manifesting itself as a series of historical documentaries within the affected area. This phenomenon affects specific time slots within the affected region by 'hijacking' local TV transmitters through a currently unknown method.\nThe main broadcast intrusion occurs during the airing of historical documentaries. The types of documentary that SCP-2238 affects are primarily made by European or American filmmakers, specifically those that focus on the First and Second World War, although it has been reported that SCP-2238 will affect others that do not fall into this category.\nDuring an intrusion, SCP-2238 will play a similar documentary to the one being interrupted. This documentary, now known as SCP-2238-A, will have several deviations from the original, such as different events, different historians, and actors used in the documentary.2 The amount of deviations from the original vary between each instances of SCP-2238-A. Currently, there are twenty-two instances of SCP-2238-A.3\nThe first reported SCP-2238 event was on 5-12-1992, when a civilian reported to a local broadcasting service about the inaccuracies of the documentary Napoleon: Man Of Power4 in [REDACTED], Alabama. The documentary discusses the effects of Napoleon Bonaparte's annexation of Russia and over a majority of the Eurasian continent.\nAddendum-2238.1\nFoundation scientists and analysts have compiled a full timeline of events from all twenty-two instances of SCP-2238-A.\n\nTimeline\n\nAccess Granted\n\nYear\nEvents\n\n1812\nInvasion of Russia by Napoleon I, ending in its annexation. The war of 1812 begins.\n\n1813\nNapoleon III is installed as the new Czar of Russia. Closer diplomatic ties between the US government and the new French Empire occur. The Peninsular War ends one year earlier in a French victory.\n\n1814\nFrance becomes involved in a war against Great Britain. A three year famine occurs in Russia due to an early winter, creating more resentment against the French-installed Russian government. In the same year, the formation of the Party of Russian Nationalists occurs.\n\n1815\nWar of 1812 ends with a US/French victory. Most of the former British Empire is split between the US and France. US annexes Canada, causing it to control most of the fur trade.\n\n1816-1820\nThe US government begins encouraging its citizens to settle Canada. Napoleon I begins conquering most of mainland Europe, dismantling their governments in favor of Pro-French ones. The French government start to kill Russian nationalists and those for an independent Russia.\n\n1821\nThe French Empire collapses due to the death of Napoleon I via assassination by nationalists during his first visit to Russia. A revolution, referred to as the 'Russian Upheaval' occurs. Napoleon III is killed and replaced with a descendant of Czar Alexander.\n\n1822-1850\nMost of Northern and Western Europe experiences a 'dark age' due to significant in-fighting between various factions following the death of Napoleon I. Central and Eastern Europe are divided between pro and anti-French forces, primarily ending in anti-French victory, further deteriorating the already fracturing French Empire. Southern Europe was primarily affected by this, as the lack of major Austrian and French interference in the region allowed radicals and Italian Nationalists to gain power. A new Russian government is created, this time with a system similar to a constitutional democracy. Along the same time, Great Britain experiences great social unrest, with several riots and attempted revolutions.\n\n1850-1865\nA new government is finally established in France, this time under the control of a Queen known as Abella I, the daughter of an anti-Napoleon general. She re-establishes centralized authority in the mainland of France, creating a dictatorial police state, killing dissenters and radicals. The American Civil War does not change from the original timeline.\n\n1866-1911\nAbella I regains control over most of the pre-1812 territorial borders, excluding The Duchy of Warsaw, but her state continues to suffer from radicalism and independence movements. The Russian government undergoes another revolution, this time by Russian communists under the control of Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky. Revolution ends in 1910, with a Communist victory.\n\n1912\nThe House of Commons of Great Britain is attacked by radical communists via improvised explosives. Over a hundred Members of Parliament are killed in the explosion, resulting in a temporary suspension of constitutional rights and annual elections. During this time, the new Communist government, now calling itself the Soviet Union, annexes most of the Eastern European states not under French influence.\n\n1913\nThe creation of the Allied Powers, an alliance between The US, Great Britain, Austrian and the French government. Its creation was due to the recent territorial expansion from the Soviet government of most of Eastern Europe.\n\n1914-1924\nThis time period, known as the 'Great War', was a war between the Soviet government and the Allied powers. It began after the assassination of Vladimir Lenin, with Leon Trotsky declaring possible French involvement in Lenin's assassination. By 1914, a small border skirmish between the client state of the Rhine Confederation and the Soviet Union lead to another war. The US, UK and Austria, honoring their agreement with the French, declared war on the Soviets. Following heavy causalities on both sides, the Soviet Union capitulated in 1924 after a victory near what is now modern day Warsaw. The Treaty of Berlin stated that the Soviet Union would give up most of its territorial gains after 1912, replaced with either French client states or independent countries. In addition, the Soviet Union is forced to pay reparations, either in gold or oil.\n\n1929\nAn event known as the 'Great Depression' began, causing an economic crash. Due to this event, Abella II (Then Queen of France), desperate for economic wealth, convenes for an update to the Treaty of Berlin with the Allied Powers, to the exclusion of the Soviet Union. Austria and Great Britain refused to update the Treaty without the inclusion of the Soviet Union, while the US remained officially neutral, still wary over another possible war. Despite repeated claims from the Soviet government that they had sent diplomats to Berlin to discuss updating the Treaty, they never arrived, with evidence suggesting a possible French intervention. Abella II, frustrated with this diplomatic dysfunction, began mobilizing her forces along the Soviet borders, despite objections from her military advisers.\n\n1930\nAustria and the UK, wishing to avoid another Great War, attempt to persuade the US to intervene, believing that, with a possible four front war, the French Empire would back down from their threats. The US, still wary of war and suffering from the Great Depression, refused, and remained neutral in the conflict.\n\n1930-1945\nAbella II, citing a belief in the supremacy of the French Empire and the inherent necessity of curtailing further attempts at Soviet expansionism, declares war against the Soviet Union. The Second World War, between 1931 and 1937, is at a constant stalemate. There is no full invasion of either country until the US enters the war against the French. In 1939, a full invasion of France begins with the help of the Soviet Union, Great Britain and Austria. It ends in 1945, with the invasion of Paris, destroying most of the city.\n\n1946\nYear of the creation of the United Nations, with the Soviet Union, the US, Austria and Great Britain as the major leaders of the Nations.\n\nLittle information is known about this world post 1946.\nAddendum-2238.2\nOn 1-23-2000, SCP-2238 affected the city of [REDACTED], Louisiana, broadcasting a documentary entitled How They Hid In The Darkness5, which describes a X-Class 'Lift of the Veil' scenario of the Foundation due to increasing tensions between the Foundation and the Global Occult Coalition, specifically on an event that occurred 12-21-1991. It also focuses on how the Foundation adapts to a scenario.\nDue to an error in the Binah Pattern Recognition System6, the Foundation accidentally attacked a GOC base, ending in the death of over 3,000 GOC personnel. This event escalated tensions between the Foundation and the Coalition, causing an event called the 'GOC-Foundation War' that lasted three years.\nThe contents of the documentary includes footage of Foundation agents locating, capturing, and containing several anomalous objects and entities. It includes interviews with Foundation personnel and sapient entities, including an interview with O5-12. The following is an incomplete list of incidents, objects, personnel, and members of GoIs that appear in the documentary:\n\nSCP-1892 (Containment)\nSCP-1938 (Containment)\nSCP-044 (Recovery)\nSCP-2453 (Containment)\n[REDACTED] (Interview)\nDr. Mann (Interview)\nD-2134122 (Interview)\nO5-12 (Interview)\nSCP-2273 (Interview)\nMember of GoI-58697 (Interview)\nObject referred to as 'SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588'8 (Containment)\nIncident 083-D/Kondraki9 (Footage)\nFootage of O5-1, O5-2, O5-6, O5-7, and O5-12 during their first meeting (Circa 1912)\nSCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u258810\n\nFollowing this incident, the entire county of [REDACTED] was given Class-A amnestics over the course of five days, the elimination of all recordings of SCP-2238-A-23, and the detainment of over \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 staff members involved in the film11. All personnel involved with How They Hid In The Darkness deny any involvement with the documentary.\nAddendum-2238.3\nThe following is a series of transcripts from the documentary How They Hid In The Darkness.\n\n Excerpts from \"How They Hid In The Darkness\"\n\n Access Granted\n\n\"It was early in the morning when I first started hearing the artillery shells. I didn't know they were artillery shells at the time, just knew that something loud was going off. Got up and tried looking through the window. In the distance, this building that I had passed by on my way to work was being burned to the ground. I always thought it was a barracks or a laboratory, if only I knew\u2026.\n\"Some men drag me and my daughters out of the house. They say they are with the Coalition, a force trying to keep humanity safe. They tell us to get onto a bus to the nearest civilian safe zone. They take us to one, and they force all the men and women above the age of fifteen but not over fifty to come with them. I never saw my daughters again.\" \u2014 Survivor of Site-43 raid.\n\n\"Our job was to get the civilians out to the safe zones. Most didn't know what was going on, and the ones that did knew there was no point in trying to keep themselves safe. The case that always sticks out in my mind was this old man near the border of Paris. He refused to leave his house. Lived in it since the second world war before the Communists and Brits invaded. We couldn't get him to move. When the Coalition attacked, the house was destroyed, and we never found the body.\" \u2014 Civilian Protectorates, Paris, France.\n\n\"The reason we used amnestics during the war was because of their tactical usage. Throw in some amnestics in a can into a room filled with enemy combatants and have them all forget who they are for ten or twenty seconds while you mow them down with your M16. Simplistic, really.\" \u2014 Foundation General Kennedy.\n\n\"They're murderers, is what I think of 'em. The janitors, all of them, are fuckin' animals. I thought they were just bogey men, used to scare some normies and losers on the internet. No. Moscow [Pauses] Moscow was my home. Moscow was the only safe place left in Eastern Europe. All others were destroyed in the battles, mostly by nukes and other weapons. I didn't think they had the balls to drop that animal onto us. Killing us with its giant scythe, butchering us like insects. [Pauses] Bodies littered the streets. Men, women, [Pauses] children. Of course, the Coalition had no choice. What other choice did they even have?\" \u2014 Gamers Against Weed member, survivor of Moscow bombing.\n\n\"Europe turned into an absolute hell hole during the first few months. The once spotless meadows was now covered with hundreds of large holes were the bombs and shells dropped. And the larger ones were where we dropped the nukes on their sites. You could feel the radiation from up in the air. Made some men so sick that they passed out and crashed their planes.\" \u2014 Private of the Foundation air force.\n\n\"There was never enough food for us. The Coalition forced us to work the farms surrounding the safe zones. They had quotas for what we needed to produce in a season. Each group needed to produce ten pounds of food from each of the nine crops they gave us in the span of nine months. If we didn't produce that much, we were expected to spend nine months on the frontlines in Europe or America. We heard the horror stories. [Pauses] The bombings, the killings. This one guy, a bunk mate of mine, was told that his group didn't produce enough food. [Brings tissue paper to his eyes] We found him in the bathroom. He swallowed his shaving knife.\" \u2014 Safe Zone Brazil resident.\n\n\"Of course we needed to remove them. They were getting in the way, with all their rules and regulations. We needed those weapons, the Coalition were making their way to Britain and into the Gulf. But no, they said it was too 'unethical'. They were in the way of progress, we had no other choice. We sent in a 'coalition spy' to kill them. Hm? Oh, yes, they knew too much. We couldn't allow a information breach of some sort.\" \u2014 O5-14 on the disbandment of the Ethics Committee.\n\n\"We first used D-Class. They were monsters, no one would have missed them. But we started to lose more and more, and so we looked for other sources. Coalition POWs, civilians, things like that. The project was more important than any one life. Hm? Of course! Of course we did! We dropped the infected over their sites and spread it throughout Europe! We had no other choice.\" \u2014 Dr Mann on the use of SCP-008 for biological warfare.\n\n\"We killed them. It was for the greater good of the war. I wish we didn't have to do it, but we did it. We rounded up the freaks, greens, blues, reds, anything that looked anomalous and forced them outside. We told them to dig a giant pit. Most of them were no older than forty. After they were done, we threw all of the objects in the site into the pit, and told them to face the pit. [Pauses] I'm\u2026. I'm just glad that it wasn't me who had to pull the trigger.\" \u2014 Coalition Soldier, Veteran of the Raid on Site-19.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Observed, recorded, or had any interaction with an instance of SCP-2238-A\n2. If said documentary includes dramatization\n3. It is currently unknown how many unrecorded instances of SCP-2238-A there are, some estimates going as far as into the thousands while more conservative estimates go into the hundreds.\n4. SCP-2238-A-19\n5. SCP-2238-A-23\n6. There was no B.P.R.S failure on this specific date.\n7. Also known as 'Gamers Against Weed'\n8. This item has yet to be discovered.\n9. No information on this event exists in Foundation records.\n10. Documentary claimed that SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 had been eliminated via [REDACTED] methods. Methods of execution for SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 are still pending approval from the O5 council.\n11. All released due to a lack of evidence of involvement.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2237 | SCP-2238 | SCP-2239 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2239, upon initial laboratory transfer\n\nItem #: SCP-2239\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2239 is contained at Site-17, in an aviary outfitted with an artificial pond. Access to SCP-2239 for experimentation requires Level-3 authorization; personnel entering the enclosure are to be accompanied by an agent for observation. All morphological variations exhibited by SCP-2239 must be documented and SCP-2239's diet adjusted accordingly.\nSCP-2239 is to be visited twice daily by designated personnel to maintain its continued health and cooperation. Attentive care is to be taken when handling SCP-2239, as it has occasionally refused to eat unless fed by hand.\nDescription: SCP-2239 is an entity that spontaneously experiences involuntary morphological changes, affecting both its appearance and bodily composition. Currently, SCP-2239 maintains the form of a juvenile Chiloscyllium punctatum (brown-banded bamboo shark), with wing structures similar to that of Sasakia charonda (Japanese emperor butterfly) sprouting from near its dorsal fin.1 SCP-2239 is believed to be sapient (see Addendum 2239-1), but generally exhibits behavior consistent with that of non-anomalous organisms. When administered intelligence tests, SCP-2239 exhibited widely different scores, suggesting cognitive instability.\nThe forms SCP-2239 assumes are believed to be reliant on the individual SCP-2239 considers its primary caregiver; throughout its transformations, it has consistently adopted appearances2 that elicit positive and protective responses in those who are most often in its presence. While the extent of SCP-2239's metamorphic capabilities is unknown, it has never manifested a form larger than 0.5 meters in length.\nSCP-2239 was recovered during a Foundation raid on a Marshall, Carter, and Dark facility operating under the guise of a luxury pet shop. Seized documentation indicated that SCP-2239 had been sold five times3 prior to Foundation intervention. Upon its discovery, SCP-2239 had taken the form of Japanese Bobtail cat with an injured foreleg. Three weeks later, while held in transitional accommodations, SCP-2239 was reported to have adopted the appearance of various cat breeds. Two of these forms resembled those of domestic cats owned by Foundation personnel managing the temporary animal shelter.\nWhen rerouted to anomalous specimen housing, SCP-2239 alternated its appearance between three different forms4 before remaining as a brown-banded bamboo shark upon its transfer to Kiryu Labs. When placed under the experimental supervision of Researcher Kiryu, it manifested its current form and was moved to its present containment. As previous attempts to tag SCP-2239 for identification purposes were unsuccessful,5 SCP-2239 is to remain under Kiryu Labs supervision to encourage it to maintain its current form.\nAddendum 2239-1: Upon the introduction of sand to its containment area (for sunning purposes), SCP-2239 began to spend increased amounts of time outside of its aquarium, dragging its tail through the sand to create furrows. This behavior eventually progressed into producing identifiable Chinese characters (traditional) and Japanese kanji. Observation periods were increased to twice-daily interactions to facilitate further development.\nSCP-2239's initial attempts to communicate consisted of partially-formed characters written in groups scattered around its containment unit. Through encouragement from research personnel using extended interaction time and dietary supplements, SCP-2239 was gradually persuaded to form complete phrases and sentences.6 Interviews were attempted but occurred at irregular intervals, as SCP-2239 would regress to exhibiting solely animal-like behavior following each interview.7\n\nExcerpt from interview 2239-\u2588\u2588 (translated from Mandarin Chinese and Japanese). The interviewer addresses SCP-2239 in Japanese, while SCP-2239 responds alternatively in Chinese and Japanese characters/kanji. Recorded time of the full interview is 2 hours and 43 minutes; the following exchange comprises the last 90 minutes of the interview.\nResearcher Kiryu: How many different forms have you taken?Researcher Kiryu: What do you remember?Researcher Kiryu: Do you remember the first form you lived as?Researcher Kiryu: Do you have any other memories of that time?Researcher Kiryu: How do you feel about your current state?[SCP-2239 stops writing and approaches Researcher Kiryu, moving in a swimming pattern consistent with hunger and anticipation of food. Researcher Kiryu provides a handful of shrimp before resuming the interview.]\nResearcher Kiryu: If I may ask, do you miss being human?Researcher Kiryu: This \"proper\" emotion, would you say it is love?[SCP-2239's penmanship begins to deteriorate and become illegible after this point, prompting Researcher Kiryu to discontinue the interview.]\n\nFootnotes\n1. It is noted that while SCP-2239 exhibits several lepidopteran behaviors, such as sunning itself outside of water, it is incapable of sustained flight due to a distortion of its left forewing. When submerged, SCP-2239 flattens its wings along its back.\n2. The changes SCP-2239 undergoes invariably include signs of injury or malnutrition.\n3. A signing requirement on the pet license required the owner to, upon their death, release SCP-2239 back to the pet shop.\n4. Pomeranian puppy, red squirrel, and eastern chipmunk.\n5. As SCP-2239's various morphological changes altered its body structure and appendages, the tags and microchips implanted into it would disappear in between transformations. The process by which this occurs is unknown.\n6. SCP-2239 additionally, of its own volition, developed a long side-stroke movement to indicate it had finished writing and was awaiting a response.\n7. These periods of behavioral regression varied between 3 to 14 days in length, but have lately increased in duration following most recent interviews.\n8. Translated from \u7518\u3048, emotional dependence.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2238 | SCP-2239 | SCP-2240 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2240\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2240-1 is currently held within a standard humanoid containment cell at Site-17. SCP-2240-1's cell requires no unusual furnishings beyond the basic requirements for non-anomalous human habitation, though a bed of at least North American Queen size has been shown to be effective at discouraging aggressive actions on the part of SCP-2240-2, and is currently installed as an incentive for further cooperation on the part of SCP-2240-1.\nSCP-2240-1's containment cell is to be equipped with standard concealed video and audio recording devices; however, pursuant to Disciplinary Incident Review 2240-53-7, access to footage recorded from these devices between the periods of 2200 to 0600 hours are to require written approval from Site Director \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Should at any time SCP-2240-2 begin to deviate from its established pattern of behavior, and attempt to breach containment with the use of force, these Special Containment Procedures are to be revised pending review of the observed maximum force capabilities of SCP-2240-2.\nDescription: SCP-2240-1 is a male humanoid of Puerto Rican descent, born \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in 19\u2588\u2588. SCP-2240-1 exhibits no anomalous properties or capabilities aside from manifestations of SCP-2240-2, which appear to be beyond its control.\nSCP-2240-2 is a spacetime anomaly of an as yet undetermined nature, completely imperceptible by all non-anomalous Foundation technology, described by SCP-2240-1 as his boyfriend \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a deceased individual who records show died in a car accident on 12/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588 in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Florida, USA. When shown photographs of the late \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 taken shortly before his death, SCP-2240-1 asserts that the appearance of SCP-2240-2 is largely identical.\nSCP-2240-2's primary effect is the manipulation of inanimate objects in a manner consistent with the use of human hands; however, to date there have been no confirmed incidents of SCP-2240-2 manipulating objects outside of SCP-2240-1's immediate vicinity, generally limiting its field of effect to SCP-2240-1's containment cell. SCP-2240-2 has shown no interest in interacting with any individual other than SCP-2240-1. It is undetermined at this time whether SCP-2240-2 is physically capable of acting outside of the immediate vicinity of SCP-2240-1. Further research into the nature of SCP-2240-2, and the extent of its independence, is temporarily suspended pending review from the Site Director of Site-17.\nSCP-2240-1 and SCP-2240-2 are capable of communicating with each other in a manner consistent with typical human interaction, with SCP-2240-1 reporting being able to see, smell, hear, and touch SCP-2240-2 as if it were physically present. The majority of these perceptions on the part of SCP-2240-1 could be interpreted skeptically as typical hallucinations; thus, anomalous communication between SCP-2240-1 and SCP-2240-2 is best understood when the latter initiates contact with the former, particularly by touch.\nTo observers, these interactions appear as SCP-2240-1 spontaneously responding to sensory inputs when no corresponding source is apparent. The most credibly anomalous of these interactions comprise physical altercations between SCP-2240-1 and SCP-2240-2. To date, SCP-2240-1 has suffered one (1) minor facial bruise to the left cheek consistent with an open-handed slap, suffered during Recovery Interview 2240 (see below), as well as four (4) bruised bite marks to the left side of the neck, regarding which SCP-2240-1 has not been forthcoming.\nSCP-2240-1 is often observed in its containment cell gesturing in the direction of empty air, especially during periods in which manifestations of SCP-2240-2 are registered by research staff. There have been no reported incidents in which SCP-2240-2 has interacted with any other individual. Nor have any staff \"bumped into\" SCP-2240-2, either inadvertently or in the course of Foundation research.\n\n+ Recovery Interview 2240\n\n- Hide\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2240-1\nInterviewer: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: This interview occurred on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, two days after the initial transfer of SCP-2240-1 into Foundation custody from the [REDACTED] County Sheriff's Office Department of Corrections.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Good morning, 2240-1. My name is Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. I hope you've been finding your new accommodations comfortable.\nSCP-2240-1: Mornin', \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Yeah, what can I say? The bed's a bit small for the both of us, and these jumpsuits ain't the comfiest thing in the world, but it's nice enough here, I guess. Better than [REDACTED] County Detention Center!\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Both of you? Do you mean 2240-2?\nSCP-2240-1: Yeah, yeah, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's always here with me. [SCP-2240-1 looks to his right, grins, and sticks out his tongue for a moment.] It's been like this, I guess since about a month after the funeral. \u2588 months or so in total now. I can't help it.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Could you describe for me what it's like to see him?\nSCP-2240-1: Well, I just look at him, like you're sittin' here looking at me. I can hear him talk. I can\u2026 Look, I know I ain't crazy. I wish I was. I took every last anti-psychotic we could get our hands on. Well, that and some other stuff. Easy to rob [REDACTED] when you've got a ghost helpin' ya. That's what I got thrown in for, you know. Them pills messed me up bad. If anything they whacked me out more than he does.\n[SCP-2240-1 abruptly turns to his right, apparently listening for an inaudible interjection by SCP-2240-2, before responding.]\nSCP-2240-1: You know I did you little maricon -\n[SCP-2240-1 abruptly jerks his head to the right and clutches his cheek. A red mark is visible across it, though no slapping sound was observed or recorded by Foundation staff.]\nSCP-2240-1: Ow! You little -\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Are you alright, 2240-1 -\nSCP-2240-1: Yeah yeah yeah, it's nothin'. Just \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 messin' around. I'll get him back for that tonight.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Is 2240-2 typically aggressive, 2240-1? With you, or anyone else?\nSCP-2240-1: Hey, speaking of which, you gonna tell me what's up with these frickin' serial numbers already? My name is -\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please answer the question, 2240-1. This is very important for both your continued accommodation and the safety of our personnel.\nSCP-2240-1: \u2026Could you get us a bigger bed if I answer?\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: That can be arranged, 2240-1.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2239 | SCP-2240 | SCP-2241 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2241\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2241 is to be kept in a standard humanoid containment cell. SCP-2241 is to be allowed access to television and comic books and may be denied access to said items as punishment, if required. SCP-2241 maintains a normal human diet but should be given additional food post-testing if requested. As SCP-2241's co-operation is considered essential to long term containment, personnel are to call SCP-2241 by its given name, \"Cameron\", when speaking to or nearby it.\nIn order to facilitate research, personnel other than the assigned psychologist and those specifically designated may not become friendly with SCP-2241. If personnel suspect that SCP-2241 is beginning to develop a rapport with them, they are required to deter this.\nDescription: SCP-2241 is a seven-year-old, brown-haired male humanoid which has a minor telekinetic ability and is showing signs of a latent reality bending ability - see below. SCP-2241 is to be led to believe that the Foundation maintains custody of him for his protection and so that they can learn to understand his powers and use them to develop more \"superheroes\".\nMore specifically, SCP-2241 shows the ability to manipulate objects it can see and which are within approximately six metres of it. In addition to this, manipulated objects may teleport or be changed slightly, implying a more general reality bending ability.\nSCP-2241 is considered a good candidate for long-term/intensive research into telekinesis and reality bending specifically, and anomalous humanoids generally.\nCurrently, the leading theory among Foundation researchers is that anomalous humanoids of this type develop stronger or additional anomalous abilities as they age, with the possibility of developing into full scale reality benders increased by emotional stress. As such, it is considered essential to long-term containment and research that SCP-2241 believes he is working with the Foundation.\n\nForeword: Interview between Researcher and SCP-2241. Valdez is to attempt to clarify details of the anomalous incident during which SCP-2241 was contained (apparently while stopping a kidnapping), to establish a rapport with SCP-2241, and to make recommendations for research.\n\n<Begin Log>\n\nValdez: Cameron, can you tell me what was happening when the fire team found you?\n\nValdez: That's right.\n\nValdez: Why were you helping her?\n\nValdez: But why did you have to help her? Why not run and call the police?\n\nValdez: That's very good of you, Cameron. Have you helped anyone else like this?\n\nValdez: Has anyone ever caught you practicing?\n\nValdez: Ok, that's good. What kinds of things can you do?\n\nValdez: What do you mean by \"it can change\", Cameron?\n\nValdez: Have you ever changed something on purpose?\n\nSCP-2241 becomes visibly upset\n\nValdez: Do your parents fight often?\n\nValdez: Do they ever get angry at you?\n\nSound of SCP-2241 sniffling\n\nValdez: It's ok, Cameron. You- You're ok here.\n\nValdez: You know that ordinary people wouldn't understand about these powers? And that some other people with powers might try to hurt you?\n\nValdez: Did you have a superhero name to protect your identity picked out?\n\nValdez: That's a cool name, Cameron. Because of this danger, you're going to be staying here with the SCP Foundation for a while. Do you have any questions?\n\nValdez: It means \"Secure, Contain, Protect\".\n\nValdez: That's right, Cameron. Like the Avengers.\n\n<End log>\nResearcher Valdez's Closing Statement: SCP-2241 appears to trust me and believes that the Foundation is attempting to help him as much as possible. SCP-2241's account is consistent with the early stages of a humanoid developing a reality-bending ability. SCP-2241 may have experienced abuse at the hands of its parents, leading to early development of said ability. In the event that a more developed ability is required for research, similar emotional stress can be applied by Foundation staff.\n\nAddendum 2241-01: Following initial testing, it seems that only a more developed ability will yield new data. Standard emotional manipulation and gaslighting techniques have had no effect thus far. Allowing a D-class to believe he has a valuable hostage in SCP-2241 and a chance to escape may provide the required emotional stimulus.\nAddendum 2241-02: During the hostage situation test, it became clear that SCP-2241 retains an aversion to violence it considers unnecessary. This is undesirable for testing purposes. Placing SCP-2241 in more direct and obvious danger following a violent incident may push it to use its abilities further.\nDuring this test, SCP-2241 showed direct control over changing the composition of a manipulated object; in this case, it was able to change a knife into a piece of chocolate. Researcher Valdez hypothesised that SCP-2241 was hungry during the event.\nSince the main testing event, it has shown semi-consistent use of this object transformation ability with a slightly extended range for telekinetic abilities.\nAddendum 2241-03: Pending further analysis of the data from the previous test, testing is now on hold by order of the Ethics Committee. After seeing a man killed and using its newly developed violent abilities, SCP-2241 has become unstable in a manner dangerous to both itself and the Foundation. A new Foundation psychiatrist is to be assigned to SCP-2241.\nOverridden by O5-3 upon receipt of full analysis. The data we are receiving has been judged to be worth the danger, and SCP-2241 remains under the illusion that it is working with the Foundation. Testing will go ahead as planned.\n\nSCP-2241 has stated that it intends to grow stronger to stop more people from dying, and this will help both it and us in this aim. Killing a man with a teleported bullet was a stroke of tactical genius from the SCP object. MTF-Theta-17 will be ready to respond during all further rounds of testing as a precaution. - O5-3\n\nAddendum 2241-04: Following recent rounds of O5-approved rapid-fire testing with added emotional risks (innocent bystanders and risk to SCP-2241's personal belongings), SCP-2241 has developed many further abilities consistent with reports of late-stage telekinetic reality benders. SCP-2241 can now consistently teleport matter and itself, act upon information from apparently several seconds in the future, and move or transform matter within twelve metres without directly viewing it. Hitherto unrecorded abilities, such as self-duplication, are also present.\nSCP-2241 has also shown good control over its abilities, expressing excitement about \"leveling up,\" the desire to learn more soon and to better help the Foundation. Neurological and physiological monitoring during certain tests has brought some insight into the development of such abilities. Specific areas of the brain have been identified as key to anomalous perception and control, as described in document 2241-Neuro-23.\n\n+ Demonstrative sample of tests:\n\n- Hide tests\n\nManipulation of non-SCP-classification anomalous objects ranging from simple movement and teleportation to complex puzzle solving:\n\nSCP-2241 had some difficulty with anomalous object displacement at first, describing it as \"like grabbing a bouncy ball that won't stop\". This was soon overcome, and SCP-2241 was capable of manipulating the more complex objects with ease, only slowed in terms of puzzle-solving skills by the most complex object. Despite initially growing frustrated with this, SCP-2241 was delighted when the anomalous puzzle box contained his favourite brand of chocolate bar.\n\nApparent danger to Foundation personnel from \"malfunctioning\" armed drones:\n\nSCP-2241 turned the drones on each other, disarming the last by teleporting its weaponry away from it.\n\nBomb disposal in the vicinity of \"innocent civilian\" D-class:\n\nSCP-2241 appeared to absorb energy of bomb at time of explosion. This mechanism is not well understood, but is believed to be a transformation of kinetic energy to some form of equivalent potential energy.\n\nA \"suicide bomber\" attacking \"innocent civilian\" D-class with the stipulation that the bomber be taken alive.\n\nSCP-2241 teleported bomb vest into explosive containment vessel, before rendering the bomber unconscious with a punch. Notable in that SCP-2241 did not punch with any unusual force or speed and therefore rendered the bomber unconscious via other anomalous means.\n\nInjured personnel needing to be moved with extreme precision.\n\nImpromptu test, SCP-2241 was capable of teleporting a researcher who had fallen down some stairs to the nearest medical bay without displacement of broken collar bone or any discomfort on the part of the researcher.\n\n\"Discovery\" of bomb within SCP-2241's personal belongings.\n\nSCP-2241 became enraged and teleported bomb a great distance into sky before it detonated. SCP-2241 took some time to calm down, repeatedly stating that \"no one can take my things. It's not fair. I'm strong. I'm the crusader.\" Noted lack of precision with abilities when angry. Possibly deliberate show of rage.\n\nStealing box from Foundation-modified bank vault\n\nSCP-2241 managed to teleport in, take the box and \"slow down\" Foundation sensors after tripping them before they could transmit that someone had been detected. This was only discovered upon later analysis. Clear violation of causality by SCP-2241. SCP-2241 expressed no concern about activities of dubious morality - a clear change from even days ago.\n\nLong-range surprise attack by robotic mortar:\n\nSCP-2241 became enraged and caught mortar bomb before throwing it back to the launcher at appromixately 1.4 times the speed of sound. Mortar detonated upon impact with mortar. SCP-2241 is clearly less precise in abilities and more violent generally while angry. Perception problems when angry also seem to be an issue. SCP-2241 was heard to say \"I hate them. I'm a Foundation 'venger and I hate the bad guys and I'm gonna fight them all.\"\n\nTwo \"civilians\" held hostage in rooms connected via bulletproof glass window by enemies with guns which SCP-2241 was informed were impervious to sabotage. SCP-2241 was also informed that the hostages could not be teleported without physical contact. SCP-2241 instructed to rescue both hostages:\n\nSCP-2241 duplicated self and teleported both hostages to Foundation \"command post\" simultaneously, before returning to capture both enemies. SCP-2241 reported nausea afterward but no other ill effects. Lack of attempts to do things SCP-2241 was told were impossible likely indicative of strong loyalty to, and belief in, the Foundation. This ability had not yet been confirmed among any known reality benders.\n\n- Hide tests\n\nThe Ethics Committee formally recommends that testing be ceased while SCP-2241 receives treatment for severe emotional problems, and personnel are investigated.\nOverriden by O5-3. Testing will go ahead as scheduled. Treatment of known problems will commence immediately afterward. Previous testing was approved with O5 clearance.\nAddendum 2241-05: In light of recent results, psychiatric treatment of SCP-2241 has been delayed in favour of invasive neurological testing with emphasis on closer monitoring of newly discovered hotspots during utilisation of anomalous abilities in live combat. Surgery will commence within the week and SCP-2241 will then be deployed against armed D-class from military backgrounds.\nTesting cancelled by Ethics Committee following routine review. Researcher Valdez under investigation, security clearance temporarily revoked.\n\nImplanting a monitoring chip into a child this young can not be done without significant developmental damage in later years. This will cause catastrophic problems for both the child and long term containment, given his well developed capabilities. Additionally, deploying a child in combat, even under testing conditions, violates all moral norms. Personnel involved in sweeping the previous rapid-fire tests under the rug are under review. - Ethics Committee ID EC12A51\n\nTesting reinstated by order of O5-3. Researcher Valdez' clearance restored.\n\nThese tests are more important than one SCP, regardless of whether it looks like a child. Long-term containment and observation is no longer a priority, given the utility of data we have collected via intensive testing in the short term. The risk of the SCP breaching containment is minimal, given its loyalty. We now know which parts of the brain deal with certain anomalous abilities. With more detail, we can see how. We may even learn how to induce these abilities - and we will definitely learn how to neutralise them. - O5-3\n\nTesting cancelled by O5-4 and O5-7 following investigation of researcher complaints. Researcher Valdez held by security personnel pending council meeting.\n\nThis is too far. We can not let this stand as precedent. This is but one step removed from child soldiers and even less removed from militarising an SCP-level object. - O5-4.\n\nTesting reinstated by majority Overseer vote following emergency council meeting. Researcher Valdez exonerated. Testing will go ahead at the end of the week, assuming no complications.\n\nI believe the results will justify both the risks and the means. We are closer than ever to understanding the mechanism by which human brains interact with extranormal phenomena. The emotional and eventual neurological damage to SCP-2241 is\u2026 unfortunate but it is also necessary for the advancement of our understanding. In addition, due to the new modification of the monitoring hardware, 2241 can be neutralised quickly should it become a threat at any time after the surgery. - Researcher Valdez.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2240 | SCP-2241 | SCP-2242 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2242\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Refinement of the next iteration of FOS1 is currently in the final stages of testing before full-scale rollout to all Foundation servers, workstations, and mobile devices. Confirmation that SCP-2242 has not migrated is still pending final determination by Technical Researcher David Rosen.1\nFollowing the changeover, a small LAN2 of approximately twelve stations will be maintained with FOS 14.1 at Site 15 for future surveillance and potential information exchange opportunities. Additional devices may be temporarily reverted to FOS 14.1 for research purposes at other facilities with approval from staff of Security Clearance 3/2242.\nIn the event of future SCP-2242 manifestations outside of FOS 14.1, non-essential access to all Foundation servers will be suspended until reversion to a stable and uninfected software iteration is completed.\nUntil total neutralization of SCP-2242 has been confirmed, digital storage of the following on any iteration of FOS is prohibited:\n\nAll documents requiring Level 5 Security Clearance.\nAll documents pertaining to extradimensional communication, dislocation, and integration.\nPersonnel files which have been updated within the last 90 days.\n\nDescription: SCP-2242 is a phenomenon affecting FOS 14.13 and all records accessed using this software. No prior iterations have displayed any similar anomalous properties. SCP-2242 is currently understood to be an extradimensional connection to the intranet servers of the Foundation from an alternate timeline. To date these two instances of the Foundation3 have only been able to interact by minor footnote and bibliographic reference alterations to documents with shared intranet locations.4 Notations from baseline reality have the conventional \"Footnotes\" titling of the in-text and post-text citations; notations from SCP-2242-1 are labeled as \"Reference\" in-text and do not appear in a post-text citation block. Access to the SCP-2242-1 version of documents occurs at random intervals when attempting to access any intranet location extant within both realities, and it is understood that this effect is comparable within SCP-2242-1.\nCircumstantial evidence has led to the standing hypothesis that knowledge of SCP-2242 has not become ubiquitous among all Foundation personnel in SCP-2242-1 who would have had contact with affected documentation. It is instead believed that the information has been confined to personnel within the Information Technology Department, a small group of personnel from various other departments, and at least one member of the O5 Council.\nSCP-2242-1 has thus far been understood to conform to the same theories of physics as believed to govern baseline reality. Current estimates based on collected data hypothesize SCP-2242-1 to be approximately 97% identical to baseline reality; while the differences between the two timelines have resulted in some variations, all major historical events appear to be generally intact.4\nDiscovery: The first appearance of SCP-2242 activity was recorded on 01/13/2016, approximately forty-eight hours after the release of FOS 14.1; this has since been identified as coinciding with the release of FOS 14.11 in SCP-2242-1.5 Integration of reference notations from both realities was complete within the following twenty-four hours.\nInitial theories presumed that the notations likely stemmed from a non-anomalous source, with the prevailing theory quickly becoming that of a cyber attack by an unspecified GOI. The lack of any coding on affected pages to correspond with the notations from SCP-2242-1 was discovered shortly thereafter, prompting reevaluation for potential anomalous properties. Further communication with the authors of the notations led to the current understanding of the situation. Verification of this phenomenon as authentic and anomalous was not determined until O5-7 reported receiving a communication5 from their analogue within SCP-2242-1 confirming the existence of an extradimensional information breach.\nNotable Statistical Disparities Within SCP-2242-1:\n\n+ Level 2 Security Clearance Required.\n\n- Credentials approved. Access recorded.\n\nResearcher's Note: The following statistics are presented as examples of the variance recorded between baseline reality and that of SCP-2242-1. It is not to be taken as a comprehensive list. Unabridged access to full demographic statistics is limited to personnel of Level 4 Security Clearance.\nPopulation\n\nTotal global population of SCP-2242-1 is estimated at 7.1 billion, approximately 300 million fewer than baseline reality. No significant alterations to historical events have currently been identified to account for this large of a disparity.\nLeft-handed individuals are estimated to make up 14% of the population of SCP-2242-1, as opposed to the approximately 10% in baseline reality.\nApproximately one out of every 129 individuals in one timeline has never existed in the other timeline.\n\nAt least 77 Foundation personnel in baseline reality have no record of employment with the Foundation in SCP-2242-1. Twenty-three of these individuals have no records of ever existing within SCP-2242-1.\nAt least 86 of SCP-2242-1's Foundation's personnel have no record of employment with baseline reality's Foundation. Twenty-two of these individuals have no records of ever existing in this timeline.\n\nAnomalous\n\nClassification policies of the Foundation within SCP-2242-1 are significantly more cautious.\n\nFifty-one objects from our Log of Anomalous Items have been given full SCP Item classifications within SCP-2242-1. Because of this, numerical designations for dozens of entries are inconsistent between the timelines.\nIn 13 cases, Items classified as Safe by our Foundation have been designated Euclid by SCP-2242-1's Foundation.\nIn 35 cases, Items classified as Euclid by our Foundation have been designated Keter by SCP-2242-1's Foundation.\nIn two cases, Items classified as Safe by our Foundation have been designated Keter by SCP-2242-1's Foundation.\n[DATA EXPUNGED]\n\nA total of 19 Items previously undiscovered by our Foundation were identified by the records of the Foundation within SCP-2242-1.\n\nSix of these Items have since been contained.\n\nSCP-2242-1's Foundation had not previously identified 28 Items within our records.\n\nTen of these Items have since been contained.\n\n- Credentials approved. Access recorded.\n\nAddendum 01/29/2016: Recent reports from SCP-2242-1 confirm that the phenomenon has expanded to include additional realities.6 Preliminary communication between SCP-2242-1 and these new instances, which have been designated SCP-2242-1-(1~7), indicates that the phenomenon continues to be isolated within Foundation intranet servers across all realities. Of note is increased variation in the affected FOS iterations, which now range from version 12.5 (in SCP-2242-1-2) to version 16.1.1 (in SCP-2242-1-5). Non-essential access to FOS 14.1 has been suspended while the extent of this effect and the potential fallout scenarios are determined; reversion to FOS 13.6 is currently underway.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The Foundation's internal-usage operating system.\n2. Local-Area Network.2\n3. For the sake of clarity, the alternate reality has been designated SCP-2242-1.\n4. Please see Notable Statistical Disparities Within SCP-2242-1 below for further information.\n5. Received via annotation on a Restricted Access subpage; documentation of this communication was not recorded as per relevant classified materials protocols.\n\n+ show block\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nReferences\n1. Rosen is not a Technical Researcher. Rosen will never be a Technical Researcher.\n2. Does this really need explaining?\n3. The affected iteration is actually 14.11 on our end.\n4. Approval for simply changing our goddamn URL naming conventions so that we don't have to deal with this anymore is pending.\n5. This matches up with our timeline. Given that you guys upgraded first, we're assuming that whatever caused this is your fault.\n6. No shit.6,5,7,10,10,6,9\n\n\u00ab SCP-2241 | SCP-2242 | SCP-2243 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2243-A(front) and SCP-2243-B(rear)\n\nItem #: SCP-2243\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2243 is to be kept in a 33x50x63 cm enclosure. The enclosure must contain no fewer than two containers containing a seed mixture with nutrient levels suitable for Lonchura striata domestica, 2 water containers and, at the request of SCP-2243-B, at least one water container must be large enough for \"splashy time\".\nThe enclosure is to be cleaned and maintained bi-weekly by level 2 personnel. The enclosure may be changed and additional features added at the request of SCP-2243-A or SCP-2243-B with Site Director approval.\nSCP-2243 shall be made available for translator services with Site Director approval.\nDescription: Separately SCP-2243-A, SCP-2243-B, SCP-2243-C behave as one would expect objects and creatures they resemble to behave. When placed within 1.9 m of each other SCP-2243 becomes active.\nSCP-2243 is a collection of three entities, SCP-2243-A, SCP-2243-B, and SCP-2243-C. SCP-2243-A refers to itself as \"Daisy\" and SCP-2243-B refers to itself as \"Tissle\"1. SCP-2243-C does not display any cognitive awareness or sentience as of this writing.\nMobile Task Force Operative \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (henceforth referred to as MTFO) purchased both SCP-2243-A and SCP-2243-B at the pet supply chain \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Both appear to be female Lonchura striata domestica, more commonly known as Society Finches. MTFO purchased SCP-2243-C approximately one month later. SCP-2243-C is approximately 11.4 cm, comprised of rope, rubber, and plastic and appears as a common bird toy sold to the general public. MTFO brought SCP-2243 to the Foundation once the anomalous properties were detected.\nWhile active, any subject within a 4.02m radius of SCP-2243 will hear SCP-2243-A and SCP-2243-B speaking in the language that the subject is most fluent in, instead of the normal sounds produced by Lonchua striata domestica. The subject is able to converse with SCP-2243-A and SCP-2243-B with no observable long-term effects. Any persons outside of a 4.02m radius will perceive SCP-2243-A and SCP-2243-B as sounding like normal Lonchua striata domestica. Any persons outside of a 4.02m radius from SCP-2243 will also perceive the subject as imitating \"peeping\" or \"chirping\" noises instead of normal human speech.\nWhile writing within the effect radius, subject will believe themselves to be writing normally; however, upon leaving the radius, the words appear as variations of \"peep\" and \"chirp\". This effect happens regardless if typed or written by hand.\n\n+ Researcher Text Message Exchange Clearance Check\n\n- Clearance Granted\n\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Peep peep chirp\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: OK\u2026\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: chirp chirp\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I don't get the joke\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: chirp peep chirp chirp chirp peep peep chirp\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Just give me a call when you're done goofing around.\n<Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 noted the following phone call was equally unproductive.>\n\nWhen viewed or listened to remotely, persons still perceive the subject, SCP-2243-A, and SCP-2243-B as emitting standard bird sounds. When viewed remotely, it can be seen that the subject does indeed write variations of \"peep\" or \"chirp\", the impression the subject has that he or she is writing normally is apparently only applicable to those within the effect radius.\nIt seems the subject will perceive all speech made within the effect radius in his or her most fluent language, making SCP-2243 a useful translator for verbal communication if the participants are in the effect area together.\n\n+ Initial Interview Clearance Check\n\n- Clearance Granted\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2243-A and SCP-2243-B\nInterviewer: MTFOCP with transcription from Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: Due to SCP-2243-A and SCP-2243-B's familiarity with MTFO it was determined MTFO conduct the initial interview while Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 are present.\n<PEEP, PEEP PEEP>\nPeep: chirp chirp\npeep-peep-chirp: peep chirp peep\npeep-peep-peep: peep chirp peep peep chirp chirp peep\npeep: chirp chirp chirp\npeep-peep-peep: chirp peep chirp\npeep: peep peep chirp peep chirp chirp chirp peep\npeep-peep-chirp: peep peep peep\npeep: peep chirp chirp chirp peep peep chirp peep chirp peep peep peep chirp peep chirp chirp chirp peep\npeep-peep-chirp: chirp chirp peep peep\npeep-peep-peep: chirp chirp chirp peep peep chirp peep peep chirp peep peep\n<chirp>\n\npeep peep: peep-peep-chirp peep-peep-peep peep peep peep peep chirp peep chirp \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 peep \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 chirp chirp peep\n\n<Addendum:> All future observations and transcriptions are to be made remotely. This is completely unacceptable. -Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nSCP-2243-A and SCP-2243-B seem to have the intelligence and understanding of a human toddler approximately 2-3 years of age. SCP-2243-A and SCP-2243-B acknowledge both are \"different\" than subjects, but possess no knowledge beyond what a normal Lonchua striata domestica raised for commercial purposes would be expected to know. The grammar and sentence structure reflects that understanding regardless of language the subject hears.\nSCP-2243 is explained as a type of parrot hybrid to anyone in the vicinity and is therefore not deemed a security threat.\n\n+ Clearance Check for Experiment Log A\n\n- Clearance Granted\n\nTest A - \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nProcedure: From within the effect area Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 will say \"Parlez lentement\". Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 will respond with \"Esto es lento\". Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 concludes the test by saying \"Scire quod sciendum\". Results will be recorded once outside the effect area.\nResults: Both Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 stated the conversation as being heard in the English translation of: \"Please speak slowly\", \"This is slow\", and \"Knowledge worth knowing\". Video and audio surveillance record Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 repeating \"peep\" and \"chirp\" in various patterns.\n\nFootnotes\n1. MTFO states SCP-2243-B is named \"Thistle\"\n\n\u00ab SCP-2242 | SCP-2243 | SCP-2244 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\nEat more of my SCPs. Eat them all.\nAlso please eat some of these\n\nAnabasis Hub Probably the greatest story involving a pair of redheaded siblings whose infighting causes the end of the world\nManna Charitable Foundation 2000 The sequel to the above, collaborationed with Dr Reach\nThe Stuff Industry What happens when everyone around you at work is a complete idiot and so are you, but not only does no one get fired, but you actually turn a profit? I don't know, some stuff.\nWhen MCF and Stuff happen A fun story of incompetence\n\n\n2/2244 LEVEL 2/2244\nCLASSIFIED\n\nItem #: SCP-2244\nObject Class: Keter\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2244-1 and all instances of SCP-2244-2 are off-limits to all Foundation personnel unless explicitly authorized by Order-44-08A7, signed by at least three O5 personnel and both Site-692 Administrators. Personnel who violate these conditions of interaction are subject to severe disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment and administration of amnestics.\nInstances of SCP-2244-2 are not to be accosted, interfered with, or addressed by any personnel not authorized by Order-44-08A7. Personnel who do so are subject to disciplinary action, up to and including suspension without pay and administration of amnestics. All observations of SCP-2244-1 and/or SCP-2244-2 are to be logged with both Site Administrators. Should an instance of SCP-2244-2 become aware of observation (designated a 00A1 Event), Foundation personnel are to abort their task and vacate the area if practicable.\nNote that personnel who cannot be accounted for following a 00A1 Event cannot be guaranteed Foundation protection nor recovery efforts in the event they come into custody of an instance of SCP-2244-2. Personnel taken by SCP-2244-2 who are subsequently released are subject to interrogation by Site Administrators and potential re-assignment.\nDescription: SCP-2244-1 is a four-story office building located on [REDACTED] in Miami, FL, belonging to the \"Sunset Community Foundation\", a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization providing technological components and computer skills training to underprivileged individuals. Prior to \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2014, this organization did not exist1. Despite this, all records pertaining to the SCF indicate they have existed in Miami, FL since 1971, and include legitimate registration and tax-exempt application forms as well as grant records maintained by other businesses, organizations, and corporations.\nInstances of SCP-2244-2 are employees of the Sunset Community Foundation. All observed instances appear to be human females between the ages of 14 and 70. No instance of SCP-2244-2 can be accounted for prior to 2014, nor appear to have any roots in the community, nor any records of birth, residence, or home ownership. None of these employees have been observed residing in any location other than SCP-2244-1 for a period of time exceeding 3-4 hours.\nSubjects have additionally proven to be immune to all forms of amnestics, possessed of abnormal strength and speed and, if accosted or otherwise restrained, will become catatonic and unresponsive for a period of 30 to 180 seconds before abruptly disappearing2.\nWhile not hostile, SCP-2244-2 subjects have consistently refused all entry into SCP-2244-1, and have refused to answer questions regarding their company, in either a formal or informal context. Attempts by agents to trail and/or befriend subjects have been unsuccessful in yielding any information. Instead, Foundation personnel on Site-692 (established across from SCP-2244-1) are limited to outside observation of the building. All windows display unoccupied offices, and are sealed shut, disallowing any further observation deeper into the building. All entryways into SCP-2244-1 are locked or otherwise guarded by instances of SCP-2244-2.\nAs of 10/30/2014, SCP-2244-2 subjects have become aware of Foundation surveillance and inquiry attempts. Following Incident 00A8A, subjects have allowed brief interviews by Foundation personnel to answer questions relating to the safety and security of their work, although little else has been discussed.\nDiscovery: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2014, the location of [REDACTED], which had previously been an unoccupied residence, was replaced with SCP-2244-1. Due to lack of eyewitnesses or video surveillance in the area, the incident cannot be pinpointed to an exact time.\nPhysical evidence of SCP-2244-1 itself, as well as \"Sunset Community Foundation\", appeared to exist prior to 2014 in multiple locations, both inside and outside the United States. Review of Foundation documentation regarding SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, which had previously been [DATA EXPUNGED] due to its memetic effects, revealed that two businesses investigated between 2005 and 2007 by the Foundation did not in fact contain documentation regarding the \"SCF\"3. Where post-2014 records showed donations made to the SCF, preserved pre-2014 records show no such donations made.\nIncident 00A8A: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2015, Foundation surveillance cameras monitoring SCP-2244-1 abruptly lost power. At the same time, personnel on-site reported that SCP-2244-1 had momentarily disappeared and re-appeared as a larger building. Prior to this event, SCP-2244-1 was a two-story building occupying \u2588,\u2588\u2588\u2588 square meters, after which it became a four-story building occupying \u2588\u2588,\u2588\u2588\u2588 square meters. Within several hours, SCP-2244-2 subjects began to cover the building in tarps, and brought construction equipment and vehicles on-site to mask the sudden change.\nFollowing this event, a group of SCP-2244-2 subjects approached on-site personnel and offered assurances that SCP-2244-1 was in no way dangerous nor an exposure risk, and that the decision to change was \"out of [their] hands\". They refused to elaborate further, although one subject made the off-hand remark, \"[People] up top say they want the shiny fast new upgrade, not caring that it would be too sudden, then complain that the shiny fast new upgrade is too sudden all at once.\"\nAddendum: An attempt to infiltrate SCP-2244-1 was made by an agent on 1\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2015 wearing a concealed audio transmitting device in coordination with three more agents on-site and Site Administrator \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. The agent described encountering SCP-2244-2 subjects standing motionless in each room, unaware of the agent's presence. The agent discovered several conscious subjects and managed to successfully transmit a sample of conversation between subjects prior to being discovered. The agent has yet to be recovered.\nSite Administrator \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 refused to provide an explanation for this operation and subsequently submitted their resignation. They will be replaced by Administrator Li starting \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2015.\n\nLog 1\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2015\n(Note: Signal experienced significant interference, suggesting the presence of some manner of electronic counter-measure within SCP-2244-1. Recorded subjects have not been identified and are identified as \"Subject-1\", \"Subject-2\", etcetera.)\nSubject-1: Yeah.\nSubject-2: [Indistinct] was started. She couldn't do anything else.\n(Unidentified laughter)\nSubject-1: That's entirely not my problem.\nSubject-3: You keep saying that, but someone will make it your problem.\nSubject-1: I only handle Partition E. [Indistinct] can't go home otherwise, so why is it any of my business?\nSubject-2: People could die.\nSubject-1: People always die. Ask them if they've tried turning it off and on again.\nSubject-2: I'm just saying.\nSubject-4: On. Off. On. Off. [Note: Subject-4 continues repeating this for the duration of the recording.]\nSubject-3: [Indistinct]\nSubject-1: Thirty years lost because they couldn't be assed to do 5-year backups. Like I said, we can't be giving them our people. What year do they have to start from? Like, 1984?\nSubject-2: [Indistinct]\nSubject-1: Glad I'm not them. [Indistinct] few decades.\nSubject-5: Does Partition C or D have people watching them all the time like we do?\nSubject-2: It's the same planet!\nSubject-5: That doesn't mean all the partitions are the same.\nSubject-2: Are you sure? I thought it \u2014 I don't know.\n[At this point, the agent is discovered and the transmission is severed]\n\nFootnotes\n1. The location of SCP-2244-1 prior to this date was occupied by an abandoned residential building.\n2. This applies to any and all clothing worn by the subject, objects attached to their person, body parts, and bodily waste.\n3. A full copy of these businesses' records was made at the time.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2243 | SCP-2244 | SCP-2245 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2245\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2245-1 is to be held in a standard biological containment cell at Site 66. SCP-2245-1's cage should be cleaned of hair and any waste matter twice weekly. SCP-2245-1 should be provided with fresh water daily. Enrichment items (e.g. colorful balls, rings) are to be placed in SCP-2245-1's cell to promote activity and alleviate boredom. SCP-2245-1 is to be inspected by Foundation veterinarians twice a month.\nA minimum of one cot is to be ready to be placed in SCP-2245-1's cell nightly. Once per night, a minimum of one D-Class personnel must sleep in the containment chamber. If it is deemed that SCP-2245-1 requires a larger feeding, the number of D-Class used may be increased at the overseeing Researcher's discretion. D-Class may be informed of SCP-2245's beneficial effects in order to promote cooperation. No subjects may sleep within 7 meters of SCP-2245-1 after having been exposed to an anomaly connected to REM sleep, sleep patterns, sleep phases, or dreams due to the possibility of cross-contamination.\nDescription: SCP-2245-1 is a 2 meter long quadrupedal mammal with dark brown hair. SCP-2245-1 possesses several traits found in other animals, including a prehensile trunk, tusks, retractable claws on front and rear limbs, large, circular ears, and a long, thin tail with hair at the end. SCP-2245-1's esophagus and digestive system do not seem to be equipped for the consumption of most conventional foods, with water being the only dietary item consumed by SCP-2245-1.\nDespite not displaying sapient qualities, SCP-2245-1 is highly intelligent, scoring an ~65/73 on the QPSI scale1. The entity has predominantly demonstrated positive and playful reactions towards researchers when unprovoked. Entity displays protective behavior towards sleeping humans, with the effect being more pronounced for children under the age of thirteen.\nSCP-2245-1's anomalous effects manifest when a human subject enters REM sleep while within approximately 5 meters of SCP-2245-1. Rather than enter REM sleep, the subject will enter a previously undiscovered phase of sleep (SCP-2245-2). While in SCP-2245-2, a subject will experience a lack of any form of dreams. After awakening, subjects have reported feeling extremely well rested, even more so than after experiencing conventional REM sleep. Long-term continued exposure to SCP-2245-2 has shown to cause a slight decrease in the long-term memory ability, problem solving ability, and mental acuteness of subjects. Subjects afflicted with sleep deprivation and recurring nightmares have shown a 99.7% decrease in symptoms after exposure to SCP-2245-2.\nWhile a human subject is experiencing SCP-2245-2, SCP-2245-1 activates a second anomaly. While the process is not fully understood, SCP-2245-1 begins a process similar to digestion. The process seems to be linked to the human brainwaves formed in SCP-2245-2 and causes the materialization of standard nutrients and waste products in the entity's digestive tract.\nAddendum 1: Long Term Effects of SCP-2245 Exposure\nTest A - \u2588\u2588/\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject: D-4356\nProcedure: D-4356 will spend six nights of the week experiencing SCP-2245-2, with the seventh night serving to study the effects that prolonged use of SCP-2245-2 has on sleep patterns. Site rotation of D-4356 is to be suspended during testing.\nResults:\n\nDays 1-6: Standard SCP-2245 effects.\nDay 7: D-4356 reported that all dreams experienced contained a prominent character or characters showing signs of unease or agitation.\nDays 8-13: Standard SCP-2245 effects.\nDay 14: D-4356 claims that all entities in his dreams showed signs of intense fear or anger. D-4356 claims to have been confronted by several of these entities, all of whom accused him of aiding a \"beast\" or \"monster\".\nDays 15-20: SCP-2245 generates a larger than regular amount of nutrients during its \"feedings\".\nDay 21: D-4356 shows signs of agitation and asks to be exposed to SCP-2245 that night. Request denied. D-4356 claims to have experienced only disturbing dreams. D-4356 also claims to have been repeatedly assaulted by in-dream entities.\nDays 22-27: SCP-2245 generates a larger than regular amount of nutrients during its \"feedings\".\nDay 28: D-4356 shows signs of severe distress, repeatedly requesting to be exposed to SCP-2245. Requests denied. D-4356 remains awake through the night.\nDay 29: D-4356 tranquilized for nine hours. After waking up, D-4356 refused to cooperate with researchers or carry out experimental procedures.\nDay 30: D-4356 tranquilized for nine hours. After waking up, D-4356 still refused to cooperate with researchers or carry out experimental procedures. Experiment aborted. D-4356 scheduled for termination.\n\nAddendum 2: On \u2588/\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, all security cameras in SCP-2245-1's containment cell simultaneously experienced power failure. Upon entry into the containment chamber, security personnel discovered SCP-2245-1 unconscious and D-34515, who was being exposed to SCP-2245-2 at the time, dead. Later veterinary examination revealed minor bruising and lacerations in SCP-2245-1's mouth and throat. Medical examination revealed that D-34515 expired due to the rupture of several blood vessels in the brain. The following note was found on the floor of SCP-2245-1's containment cell, and is addressed to Senior Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, head of SCP-2245 experimentation.\n\nMa'am \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588,\nWe wish to bring to your attention a hazard which is interfering with our continued business relations. Over the past several years, hazardous obstacles have prevented the delivery of our products to certain customers in areas under your jurisdiction. In the past, our shipment managers were able to circumvent this problem through the redirection of shipments.\nRecently, however, the number of customers who can not be reached due to these hazardous materials has increased, along with the frequency of obstructions. Attempts to reach customers has resulted in damage to Oneiroi Collective employees and property. If your organization elects not to move or destroy the hazardous materials in question, we will be forced to suspend shipments and take legal action. Charges that may be levied against you include:\n\nLoss of life\nLoss of property\nCausing emotional distress\nDamaging property\nImproper storage of harmful substances or entities\nInterfering with business transactions\nObstruction of traffic\n\nWe have sent you this warning in advance in an attempt to improve business relations before more drastic measures are required.\nSincerely,\nOswald Dust\nOneiroi Collective Entity Resources\n\nSCP-2245 experimentation has been halted until further notice.\n\nFootnotes\n1. For more information on QPSI, please refer to the Halls-Drowell Test for Quantified Problem Solving Intelligence in sentients.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2244 | SCP-2245 | SCP-2246 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2246\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2246 are kept in Site-17's anomalous text catalog. It is to be checked once a day for any changes in length or number of volumes. Weekly psychiatric interviews are scheduled with SCP-2246-1 to monitor its mental health.\nDescription: SCP-2246 refers to any volumes1 written by SCP-2246-1 under the pen-name Phoenix Snow. New text manifests in the current unfinished volume, as though manually typewritten, at an infrequent and inconsistent rate. A new unfinished volume will manifest with the other volumes when the current volume reaches a conclusion (typically between 10 and 900 pages). All volumes contain little in the way of a linear, coherent narrative, instead being written via stream-of-consciousness.\nWhen a page is held open for more than five seconds, the text of the page will be read aloud in SCP-2246-1's disembodied voice. Its tone when reading is subdued and nervous. This effect is less common in volumes produced by SCP-2246-1 after its initial containment, with some volumes lacking this effect entirely.\nThe final page of SCP-2246 instances contains an opening which subjects can pass through to enter the space where SCP-2246-1 resides. If this space is accessed from finished volumes, it will display a scene from the story. If it is accessed from the current unfinished volume, it will be featureless except for a desk upon which a typewriter and several sheaves of paper can be found.\nSCP-2246-1 is a Hispanic humanoid who claims to have originated from Brazil, as well as having been around 20 years old. SCP-2246-1 displays no need for sustenance or bodily functions. If SCP-2246-1 is encountered in a finished volume, it will not acknowledge any subjects in the area, and will continue to perform its current actions without speaking. Communication is only possible via latest instances of SCP-2246. SCP-2246-1 can not leave SCP-2246 for unknown reasons; research into this is ongoing.\nInterview 2246-E Transcript:\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2246-1\nInterviewer: Junior Psychologist Blake Yamagusuku\nForeword: Interview takes place in Volume 50, \"A Retelling of Nicolas Terrance's Egregious Adventures\"2.\n<Begin Log, 16:01>\nPsychologist Yamagusuku: Afternoon, Phoenix. How goes the writing process?\nSCP-2246-1: Stale, stale, stale, stale. I've been staring at the wall for\u2026 [SCP-2246-1 hums for a minute, staring at the typewriter.] Last time we spoke. I don't have any inspiration to write. I don't know. Where does this go?\nYamagusuku: What do you think the story will be?\nSCP-2246-1: I'm not good with stories.\nYamagusuku: Then\u2026 images. What images come to mind?\nSCP-2246-1: Cars driving sideways up the floor. Kids climbing into caf\u00e9s after-school and trading comics like currency. My partner gets into bed with me, and I can feel their hand massage my back, while I lay there still trying to write. Nicolas is there too, crooning about his jealousy of my success. Success\u2026\nYamagusuku: A partner? What was their name?\nSCP-2246-1: No, I didn't have one. A friend though, I had a friend. My partner is modeled after him and the character in his books. Avery was his name. Both their names. He was very close to me, and very kind. Avery was also unsure about his writing, but he helped me sometimes. I guess he was my inspiration a lot. He's the protagonist in Volume 133.\n[SCP-2246-1 pauses for four seconds before sitting upright and typing for the next six minutes. Immediately after finishing, SCP-2246-1 gets up, walking small circles near the desk.]\nSCP-2246-1: It must have been at least thirty volumes since I wrote so self-assuredly\u2026 I can't think of what to write next.\nYamagusuku: Do you think changing styles would help?\nSCP-2246-1: Devil you know, devil you know.\nYamagusuku: Well\u2026 might be a silly idea, but how about this. Whenever I can't think of anything to write, I just try to think of weird situations for my characters to be in. Something that could never be plausible. See where that takes me after.\nSCP-2246-1: I don't understand?\nYamagusuku: \"Nick woke up from last night's escapade, confused about his immediate surroundings. Why was the roof gone and the sky brown? It made no sense.\"\n[SCP-2246-1 stops pacing, turning their attention to Yamagusuku and sitting down in the chair.]\nYamagusuku: \"He rolled out of bed, into the ocean, and found a nearby building floating in the sea. With no other options around, he decided to swim for it, looking for answers. Finally, he got to the door, opened it, and crawled in.\"\nSCP-2246-1: And? [SCP-2246-1 leans in.]\nYamagusuku: \"And as Nick entered the building, scouring for supplies to support himself, he came across his greatest fear, one that has haunted his nightmares for weeks on end\u2026\" [Yamagusuku jumps up and waves their arms.] \"A spooky robot!\"\n[Silence for eight seconds. SCP-2246-1 snorts, laughing. Yamagusuku sits back down, also laughing, before both fully stop 14 seconds later.]\nYamagusuku: That might have been the first time you smiled since I started interviewing you.\nSCP-2246-1: It was maybe the first original idea had here. Not sure it'll fit my style or narrative, though.\nYamagusuku: You don't think you could even adapt that to how you write?\nSCP-2246-1: Devil you know. [SCP-2246-1 turns back to the typewriter, staring at it.] Nicolas gets up, walking along clouds of water. He finds himself stuck between places, unsure of where to go. He's still jealous of the cars and the kids and my partner and I, but he never thinks about why he's jealous. He doesn't have a reason to be jealous.\nYamagusuku: Why do you think he's jealous?\nSCP-2246-1: I'm not sure. I feel like it should be the other way around.\nYamagusuku: Is he jealous of Avery?\nSCP-2246-1: No. He wouldn't know him. Even in my imagination, they've never been able to meet each other before. [Silence for 8 seconds.] If I finish this story, can you please not read it?\nYamagusuku: Sorry, Phoenix. I need to read these. It helps me understand you better and makes these interviews easier.\n[SCP-2246-1 hums for 12 seconds before typing. SCP-2246-1 continues typing for the rest of the session without acknowledging Yamagusuku.]\n<End Log, 16:30>\n\nInterview 2246-AQ Transcript:\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2246-1\nInterviewer: Junior Psychologist Blake Yamagusuku\nForeword: Interview takes place in Volume 51, \"Phoenix and the Fox in the Snow\".\n<Begin Log, 16:01>\n[Silence for 18 minutes from both parties. SCP-2246-1 hums and taps their foot. Yamagusuku takes notes.]\nSCP-2246-1: I can't think anymore.\nPsychologist Yamagusuku: Hmm? Why do you say that?\nSCP-2246-1: I've had nothing to say to you the past five times you've been here, and nothing to write since before that. No images are coming to me anymore. The faucets in my head have stopped. Writing was a hard interest of mine to invest in before, and now. I'm not sure if I have any more to give.\nYamagusuku: That was a nice image you gave right there, wasn't it?\nSCP-2246-1: Metaphors aren't images.\nYamagusuku: Hmm.\n[Silence for another two minutes.]\nYamagusuku: What do you plan to do then, if you can't write more?\nSCP-2246-1: Dream, if I can. I regret writing. It was probably a mistake to be invested. Maybe I can still dream. I wish I could sleep. [SCP-2246-1 gets up and paces around the desk, biting their fingernails.]\nYamagusuku: I imagine lying down and closing your eyes does nothing for you.\nSCP-2246-1: Nothing. [Silence for 20 seconds.] I wish I knew what I'm working towards. It makes me feel nervous too.\nYamagusuku: Nervous how?\nSCP-2246-1: How many stories do I need to write before I feel good about myself? I don't want to work forever to no end. And the fact that so many eyes are on me\u2026 I felt better when only my friend and I could read my writing. It was more personal and intimate. This doesn't feel personal and intimate\u2026 I can feel the eyes on my works. It's like making eye contact. There's no personal space anymore.\nYamagusuku: Is this why you don't read your stories anymore?\nSCP-2246-1: Before when it was almost no one else, I felt more sure about it. But now there are these strangers watching. How else am I supposed to feel about that?\n[Silence for two minutes. SCP-2246-1 types one word before stopping, lying their head on the desk and humming softly for thirty-two seconds.]\nSCP-2246-1: It doesn't matter too much what people think of my stories, right? I'm just writing for myself now. So I can write whatever I want\u2026 that's what I should be saying, isn't it.\nYamagusuku: How did the reading help you before? It sounds like it was really personal, whoever was originally hearing you read.\n[Silence for one minute. SCP-2246-1 raises head, staring at the desk.]\nYamagusuku: You don't need to keep reading your work, whether out of habit or will. It might be easier to keep writing and find joy in it again if you stop having that expectation. There's no need to do it just because you feel like you need to.\nSCP-2246-1: Then who should I be doing this for? I don't understand.\nYamagusuku: For Avery?\nSCP-2246-1: No. He would be disappointed with where I am now, I think.\nYamagusuku: Then for yourself. And if you can't write for yourself, then you could try to write for no one. It might be more helpful than it sounds.\nSCP-2246-1: Hmm. [SCP-2246-1 sits up with a less tense posture, staring at the typewriter.]\nYamagusuku: I'd recommend trying that out for a little bit and see how it feels for you. There's no need to dive head-first into anything new, alright?\nSCP-2246-1: Okay.\n<End log, 16:30>\nPostscript: SCP-2246-1 finished \"Phoenix and the Fox in the Snow\" two days later at three pages. They seemed to shift in demeanor by the end of the interview. Hopefully, this had a positive effect overall. ~ Junior Psychologist Blake Yamagusuku\n\nAddendum 2246-B: SCP-2246 volumes have been produced at a more consistent rate since Interview 2246-AQ. The prose is more conventionally-written and entirely devoid of any readings by SCP-2246-1.\n\nFootnotes\n1. At the time of discovery, this numbered at 48.\n2. Volume 22 was titled \"Nicolas Terrance's Egregious Adventures\".\n3. \"Forever Changes\".\n\n\u00ab SCP-2245 | SCP-2246 | SCP-2247 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2247\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2247 is to be held at a modified humanoid containment cell at Site-17, with soundproof walls. While outside its cell, SCP-2247 is to be muzzled. Personnel handling SCP-2247 are to don sound-cancelling headphones, and (preferably) have limited to no comprehension of the Spanish language.\nInterviews with SCP-2247 are to be conducted via Spanish speaking D-class personnel as intermediaries. Audio recordings of interviews involving SCP-2247 may only be accessed by personnel with Level 1-4/2247 security clearance. Pursuant to the Astrakhan Protocol, O5 Council members are denied access to audio recordings of SCP-2247's vocalisations. Instead, they are allowed access to transcripts of those vocalisations.\nDescription: SCP-2247 is a male adult human with light skin. Height and mass are 1.83 m and 75 kg respectively. SCP-2247 is capable of speech in Spanish, but it is unable to comprehend written Spanish. MRI scans indicate no damage to its Broca's area. A barcode-shaped birthmark is imprinted on SCP-2247's left thigh, corresponding to a serial number for products manufactured by Abbott Laboratories.\nSCP-2247's physiology is comparable with a non-anomalous human. When SCP-2247's extracted biological matter is displaced from it for at least three minutes continuously, they will undergo transmutation into the following substances with masses equal to the matter originally extracted.\n\nBiological Matter\nTransmuted Substance\n\nHair and skin extracted from the head\nPolypropylene\n\nHair, nail and skin extracted from the body, neck or limbs\nPolyethylene\n\nBody fluids and sub-dermal tissues (e.g. muscle)\nSolution consisting of a mixture of sodium thiopental and sodium carbonate\n\nNotably, the volume of the transmuted solution is consistently lesser if the sample of body fluids is extracted from SCP-2247's head than from the rest of its body. Reverse-transmutation does not occur when transmuted substances are reintroduced to SCP-2247.\nSCP-2247's verbal communication is restricted to interrogative sentences. To the Foundation's knowledge, it has not yet been observed to vocalise non-interrogative sentences. Individuals who have perceived and comprehended SCP-2247's vocalisations (hereon referred to as 'subjects') become susceptible to SCP-2247's interrogative statements, responding according to respective subjects' factual knowledge and/or sincere opinion on the given topic.\nSCP-2247 was recovered outside the Biblioteca Nacional in Buenos Aires on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1985, where it was sighted enquiring civilians for directions to any nearby Foundation facilities. Responding to the supposed security breach, Mobile Task Force Alpha-7 (\"Security Blanket\") was dispatched to capture SCP-2247.\nSCP-2247 surrendered to MTF A-7 without incident after it used its anomalous properties to discern their affiliation with the Foundation. It was subsequently classified as SCP-2247 when medical examinations detected its anomalous features. SCP-2247 was dismissed as an escaped mental ward patient on local media channels.\nAddendum 2247-1: Records recovered from Argentine authorities indicate that a person with identical physical and anomalous features with those of SCP-2247 was incarcerated from 1978 to 1982. It was charged with intrusion into a chemical storage room at the Higher School of Mechanics of the Navy (ESMA)1 in Buenos Aires. The means in which it entered ESMA were unknown.\nInventory checks conducted after SCP-2247's arrest identified one 500 mg vial of sodium thiopental-sodium carbonate solution as missing; whereabouts remain unknown.\nDuring its incarceration, SCP-2247 is known to have assisted in the extraction of confessions from prisoners held at ESMA. SCP-2247 vanished on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1982 while in its cell, escorted by two unidentified intruders.\nAddendum 2247-2: Selection of interviews involving SCP-2247\n\n+ View Interview Log 2247-1\n\n- Hide Log\n\nInterviewee: SCP-2247\nInterviewer: Agent Pedro de Souza\nForeword: Interview aims to identify SCP-2247 and its intents, and is originally conducted in Spanish. As its anomalous properties were not yet understood, a non-D-class personnel served as interviewer.\n<Begin Log>\nAgent de Souza: For our records, start by giving us your name?Agent de Souza: Pedro de Souza. Agent of Mobile Task For-\n[Agent de Souza exits the room. SCP-2247 looks around the interrogation chamber.]<End Log>\nClosing Statement: Interview aborted due to possibility of breach of sensitive information. Due to SCP-2247's anomalous effect, it is suggested that only D-class personnel are allowed interaction with it to minimise breach of sensitive information. SCP-2247's speech appears to be limited to interrogative sentences. It is to be determined if this is of its will or involuntary in nature. SCP-2247 appears to believe itself to be a prospective employee of the Foundation.\n\n+ View Interview Log 2247-2\n\n- Hide Log\n\nInterviewee: SCP-2247\nInterviewer: D-2214\nForeword: First interview with SCP-2247 conducted via D-class personnel. D-2214 was chosen due to his prior role as an interrogator for \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Interviewer was briefed on SCP-2247's anomalous effects prior to Interview. Interview aims to identify safe means of interaction with SCP-2247, and is originally conducted in Spanish.\n<Begin Log>\nD-2214: Hello there. Are you 2247?D-2214: Yes. That's what the agents gave me.D-2214: I was not told of any audition, or if you are hired for anything. [pauses] But please, don't speak out of turn. I'm here to know more about you.D-2214: I don't know about the Process, but to the people here, you are more of a test subject than worker.D-2214: You stay about and let them do their work on you.D-2214: Personally, I think freedom is best no matter what; prison sucks. And biologically speaking, serpents do not have hands. And perhaps a wanderer who wants a place to be based at?D-2214: Yeah, that also sucks. And if you like your job, of course. [pauses] Anyway, can you tell me more about this boring library? Was your time there enjoyable? Just nod your head if it was, and shake if it was not.\n[SCP-2247 shakes its head.]\nD-2214: Okay, you can tell why was it not enjoyable, but I need you to be as detailed as possible. The more detailed your question, the more you are helping us. You're here to be helpful to us, yes?\n[SCP-2247 nods its head.]\nD-2214: Go on. Why wasn't it?D-2214: There's no point being there if you can't read. [pauses] Not bad for a first, but strive for details when speaking from now on. I think the doctors will like it too.\n[SCP-2247 nods its head.]\nD-2214: So you decided that library was not worth it. Why come for the Jailors?D-2214: In general, jailors are always a topic to people who have histories with them. [pauses] Okay, so you wanted to return to do your thing again? Nod if yes. Shake if no.\n[SCP-2247 nods its head.]\nD-2214: And you see the Foundation as a suitable continuation of your work with the Process.D-2214: Not really, in my opinion. [pauses; signal sent to notify D-2214 to conclude interview] Okay, I think we are done for today. Please do not speak another word. You have done well for today.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: It is advisable for interviewers to use polar questions when enquiring information from SCP-2247. SCP-2247 should be encouraged to be detailed in its utterances. In addition, it is possible for a listener to express ignorance to SCP-2247's enquiries.\n\n+ View Interview Log 2247-6\n\n- Hide Log\n\nInterviewee: SCP-2247\nInterviewer: D-2214\nForeword: Interview aims to shed light on the anomalous ability of SCP-2247's extracted biological matter, and is originally conducted in Spanish.\n<Begin Log>\nD-2214: Hey, it's me again.\n[SCP-2247 waves its right hand at D-2214. D-2214 returns the greeting by raising his right hand.]\nD-2214: Okay\u2026 The doctors did some tests on you the other week, and found that pieces of you transform into things like plastic and thiopental. Do you have anything to say about it? Remember the descriptives!D-2214: According to the doctors' notes, about three minutes or so. But who is this woman? Say some distinct feature 'bout her.D-2214: Hmm, there is Juanita who dyed hers turquoise back in the day\u2026 and there's that chick in Pinocchio\u2026 [pauses] Oh, son of a bitch! Are you like a bottle of truth serum?\n[SCP-2247 shakes its head.]D-2214: Yes\u2026 is it?\n[SCP-2247 stares at D-2214 and covers its face with its hands.]\nD-2214: Uh, are you thiopental?\n[SCP-2247 shakes its head.]\nD-2214: Yeah, just joking.D-2214: No, you look human.\n[SCP-2247 smiles.]\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: D-2214's claims regarding SCP-2247's origin will be subject to further investigation.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A detention centre operational during the National Reorganisation Process regime.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2246 | SCP-2247 | SCP-2248 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Aerial view of the island of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Croatia. SCP-2248 and Site-369 have been censored from the photograph as per the Veil Protocol.\n\nItem #: SCP-2248\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to its fixed location, Reliquary and Bio-Research Site-369 is to be established around SCP-2248. Site-369 is to be publicly recognised as a Croatian naval base.\nTwo surveillance cameras are to be mounted in SCP-2248's central chamber to monitor SCP-2248-A. Research personnel are not permitted to enter SCP-2248's central chamber; remote observation via surveillance camera is permitted. Direct visual contact with SCP-2248-A is to be conducted by D-class personnel. Personnel affected by SCP-2248-A are to be held in windowless E-class holding cells at Site-369 and undergo fortnightly medical examinations.\nDescription: SCP-2248 is a shrine with an area of approximately 80 m2 located on the shore of the uninhabited island of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Croatia in the Adriatic Sea. Its architecture resembles that of the Ancient Roman templum. Radiocarbon dating of samples indicates that SCP-2248 was constructed circa 200 \u2013 260 CE. Inscriptions in Latin and Koine Greek are found in SCP-2248, most of which reference an entity called \"Luna Primogenita\".\nWhen initially discovered, the plant species Amaranthus blitum (purple amaranth) and Cupressus sempervirens (Mediterranean cypress) were found in SCP-2248. Despite SCP-2248 possessing suitable conditions for plant growth, seeds from at least 20 other species were found ungerminated.1 These seeds were determined to belong to species outside of the genus Amaranthus and Cupressus. Radiocarbon dating indicated that the oldest seeds present are dated to circa 200 \u2013 260 CE.\nThis suggests that only plants of the genus Amaranthus and Cupressus are capable of growing inside SCP-2248, as verified through further experiments. Seeds from other species of plants are unable to germinate, while other plant species that have been replanted into SCP-2248 show no signs of growth and will gradually wither. Notably, plants under the genus Myrtus and Laurus and their seeds will undergo spontaneous combustion within 24 hours of being placed in SCP-2248.\nSCP-2248-A is an approximately two-metre tall statue of the Roman deity Diana, constructed from marble with traces of silver. It is affixed onto an altar inside SCP-2248's central chamber. When an individual (hereon referred to as 'subjects') directly observes SCP-2248-A, their sensory perceptions of the Moon and Sun are altered.\nSubjects are able to see under low light conditions when the Moon is visible in the night sky, and are susceptible to retinopathy through direct observation of the Moon. In addition, erythema is common among subjects who have prolonged exposure to moonlight.\nIn contrast, subjects experience visual impairment on nights with a new moon, during daytime or during a lunar eclipse. They are also capable of viewing the Sun directly without detriment, claiming that the Sun is perpetually in a solar eclipse. In addition, they do not suffer from erythema or other symptoms of sunburn despite prolonged exposure to sunlight.\nSCP-2248 was initially discovered on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1967 by two Yugoslavian fishermen, who were exposed to SCP-2248-A. These individuals have since suffered sunburn and retinal damage due to prolonged exposure to moonlight. Foundation agents attached to the Yugoslavian government were alerted to the incident, and SCP-2248 was traced as the origin of the anomaly. The two fishermen were provisionally granted E-class status, pending a possible treatment to the cognitohazard.\nAddendum 2248-1: Foundation archaeologists have reconstructed several statues of the Greco-Roman deity Apollo from broken fragments recovered from the central chamber of SCP-2248. The presence of hammers and other blunt tools seems to suggest deliberate attempts to damage said statues.\nText recovered from the temple consists primarily of hymns written in praise of Diana while denouncing Christianity, the cults of Apollo and Sol Invictus. Below are several examples of such text, translated into English.\n\nFrom Latona is Diana borne first\nAnd then followed by Apollo.\nLikewise, the Sol Invictus of Aurelian is false\nFor Luna Primogenita conquers the sun.\n\nLike the moon consumed by dawn,\nWe \u2013 her followers \u2013 will be devoured by the legions' sword.\nBut so long Luna Primogenita's sanctuary stands firm,\nThe moon and her followers shall always return.\n\nAddendum 2248-2: Cross-test Log involving subjects affected by SCP-2248 and other \"moons\" and \"Suns\"\n\nObject to be Observed\nResults\n\nSCP-2995\nSCP-2995 can be viewed directly without detriment, and appear to be a black opaque spherical object.\n\nThe Sun in SCP-756\nNo difference.\n\nThe Sun in Universe B-10208-Alpha-1483\nNo difference.\n\nSCP-1812\nProbabilities of retinopathy and/or heatstroke are significantly increased due to [REDACTED].\n\nFootnotes\n1. See Document 2248-Delta for details regarding the ecology of SCP-2248.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2247 | SCP-2248 | SCP-2249 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2249\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: An exclusion zone with a 10 km radius (Referred to as the \"Green Zone\" from 10 km to 7 km) must be maintained at all times around SCP-2249. Signs warning of extreme radiation contamination along the border of the excursion zone work to deter entry by civilians, however MTF Sigma-19 (\"Park Rangers\") is stationed at Outpost 16-2249 and polices the borders. Within 10 km and 7 km of the radius, any entrant may be removed without repercussion beyond a mandatory viewing of a safety video on the dangers of radiation.\nAt 6 km from SCP-2249, a 3.5 m reinforced concrete wall topped with barbed wire blocks further entry into the exclusion zone (from this point on referred to as the \"Red Zone\"), the only entrance within being Outpost 16-2249. Travel within the Red Zone is only allowed with the use of specially designed vehicles to block radiation, as well as standard personal radiation protection equipment and ear protection. A guide from MTF Sigma-19 must accompany any research parties entering the Red Zone and SCP-2249. Multiple routes leading to SCP-2249 must be kept clear to allow for maximum viewing distance.\nWithin SCP-2249, radiation protection equipment must be worn at all times, while ear protection is safe to remove within SCP-2249-1. Deviation from the pathway leading to and from SCP-2249-1 is to be avoided; in the event the pathway is blocked while trying to leave SCP-2249-1, personnel are advised to clear or scale the obstruction before any attempts to go around are made.\nDescription: SCP-2249 is an extra-dimensional space approximately 4 km2 in size, located inside the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's Hospital in the former town of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Russia. The area within SCP-2249 resembles an old-growth pine forest, with plant life exhibiting signs of extreme malnourishment and light deprivation1. A dim grey \"sun\" is always stationary within SCP-2249's sky at a 12 pm position, providing a dull light. Space within SCP-2249 is looped internally; any subjects approaching SCP-2249's border will find themselves on the opposite border, with no signs of transition.\nEntrance to SCP-2249 is through an elevator on the first floor of the hospital, in which is a single Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) on a bed of grass (Poaceea festuca). Pressing the button labeled with a small tree icon will take the elevator to the third floor, where it will open empty. Anyone inside the elevator is taken into SCP-2249. The elevator functions normally when used to travel to other floors, including the third.\nTravel within SCP-2249 is extremely dangerous due to instances of SCP-2249-2 both above and underground2 as well as a near complete saturation of gamma radiation throughout SCP-2249. Mapping the area within SCP-2249 has proven impossible, as most electronics cease to function due to high levels of radiation. The exception to this is a 1.2 km long pathway leading from the elevator entrance to SCP-2249-1.\nFrom the pathway to SCP-2249-1, multiple constructions can be seen, most suffering from heavy structural damage and general wear. Some of the constructs have been identified as a nursing station, a cafeteria, and a storage center. Also identified are two large sporting fields, a playground, and an empty swimming pool.\nSCP-2249-1 is the residence of Dr. Delroy \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the apparent creator of SCP-2249, whose body was found within3. Most of the space within SCP-2249-1 is filled with working machinery, notes belonging to Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and various scrap metal and wiring. Study of these notes has revealed that the machinery is intended to stabilize space-time within a certain area, granting protection from the instability the rest of SCP-2249 suffers from as well as blocking dangerous radiation. This device is functional, as evidenced by the stability of SCP-2249-1, the surrounding area4, and the path exiting SCP-2249. Research is focused on replicating this device or increasing its area of effect in order to stabilize the entirety of SCP-2249.\nSCP-2249-2 is the designation given to multiple anomalies within SCP-2249, ranging in size from 11 cm to 1.67 m in diameter. SCP-2249-2 emit lethal doses of gamma radiation and exhibit a strong gravitational pull in their vicinity. Some instances exist simultaneously within SCP-2249 and the surrounding Red Zone, allowing energy to pass through unchanged. Matter that is pulled into an SCP-2249-2 from the Red Zone is deposited into SCP-2249 highly compressed, while matter pulled from within SCP-2249 never emerges. Instances of SCP-2249-2 that do not exist in the Red Zone as well appear visually as a black void, with neither light nor matter emerging again after entering.\nSCP-2249-2 can be mobile, moving at a maximum observed rate of 0.63 kph in random directions. SCP-2249-2 also accompanied by what has been described as a loud \"roaring\" noise, peaking at 152 dB. To date, there are a total of 457 confirmed instances of SCP-2249: 163 mobile instances, 294 stationary, of which 236 exist in both SCP-2249 and the Red Zone. \u2588\u2588 SCP-2249-2 have manifested during the Foundation's containment of SCP-2249.\nAddendum 2249-01:\nA laptop belonging to the late Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was discovered near his remains. Upon charging and minor repairs, a file labeled \"Journal\" was discovered, in which were multiple video messages recorded by Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 detailing his experiences before the creation of SCP-2249 leading up to his death. Due to minor radiation damage, many files have been corrupted or damaged beyond repair. Remaining video transcripts relevant to research of SCP-2249 are available below.\n\n+Access Journal Entries\n\n-Close Journal Entries\n\nEntry 1\nFile name: \"NewBeginning.mp4\"\nDate Recorded:11/03/20\u2588\u2588\nEntry begins, showing Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, smiling elatedly and looking into the laptop's camera. Subject is a Caucasian male 26-30 years old, dressed casually and wearing glasses. Subject speaks in American English. The scene behind him appears to be a modest study, presumably within the subject's home before the creation of SCP-2249. A closed window provides no view of the surrounding area.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Ah, there we go. Well, hello whoever is watching this! My name, of course, is Delroy \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, though if you're watching my personal journal entries then you probably know that. I've decided to document my life from this point on, I figure it might help me to organize my thoughts in some manner. And maybe I'll watch these one day when I'm an old fart and laugh at myself, who knows. Well, the main reason I'm doing one of these today is, drum-roll please,\"\nSubject reaches off screen, his face leaving the camera's view for a few seconds, before returning. Grinning widely, Subject holds an identification card bearing his picture up to the camera. The words \"Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Pediatric Oncology\" are written in plain black text, and appears to be from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's Hospital.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"This right here is what I'm so excited about.\" ID is removed from camera's view. \"The hospital here accepted my application, and I'm starting tomorrow! I've moved into my new place as well, it seems nice, and the neighbors came over to say hello earlier. We didn't have any trouble understanding one another, my Russian is apparently up to snuff.\"\nRest of entry deemed irrelevant to research.\n\nEntry 2\nFile Name: \"FirstDayOfWork.mp4\"\nDate Recorded: 11/04/20\u2588\u2588\nEntry opens with mild distortion to video. Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is seen wearing blue scrubs, looking pensive.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Today was the first day. I don't know what I was expecting, I mean, I've worked in a hospital before. But, this one is just so\u2026 depressing. Now, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 isn't exactly the most bright and cheery place itself, but it's as though they've taken all the dreariness of the landscape and magnified it within that hospital. The kids. Most of them seem as though they've given up on everything. If it wasn't for the amazing benefits, I'd be tempted to quit. As it is, I need a drink.\"\nSubject stands up and walks over to a drawer in his study, and pours a glass of alcohol. Subject returns to the seat in front of the computer and takes a long drink before continuing.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \"I can't quit, I just have to stay and try to make things better. Or, something. I hate to see kids like that, it's not right. Alright. I'll talk to the boss tomorrow about maybe some enrichment programs. Maybe a garden or something? It's so grey out here.\"\n\nEntry 11\nFile Name: \"FortuitousMeeting.mp4\"\nDate Recorded: 11/23/20\u2588\u2588\nEntry starts with Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 returning from work and talking about his day. Some fragments were damaged, and most irrelevant, until the 4 minute mark.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"-left, and I was alone again. Well, I thought I was, until I turned and saw this elderly gentleman5. kind of strolling down the hall, looking into some of the kids' rooms. I of course immediately approach him and ask if there's anything I can do for him, ready to call security. Well, he just smiles and shakes his head no, looking like he's about to say something, then pauses. He looks up like he's considering something, then smiles at me again. He had an interesting voice, deep and gravelly.\"\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"'Well, perhaps there is something you could help me with. Or rather, something I can help you with.' What's that supposed to mean, I think to myself. Well, he goes on to talk about his ideas to 'spruce up the place', whatever that means. He asks me meet him, and well I was a little curious, so we're meeting on my next day off. Anyway, I had to go and-\"\nEntry ends abruptly.\n\nEntry 20\nFile Name: \"ItsFinished.mp4\"\nDate Recorded: 12/05/20\u2588\u2588\nEntry begins with shaky footage from a camera being carried by Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. A healthy forest, presumably SCP-2249, can be seen to either side. No signs of instability present. Sounds of children laughing, yelling, and talking can be heard in the distance. Subject stops, and the camera is lifted to point at a house, SCP-2249-1.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Ta-da! My new home, as of today! Everything is finally finished! I can monitor everything from here and keep an eye on the kids. \"\nThe camera is turned to show Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's face.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \"The kids are loving everything here. The other adults were a bit trepidatious at first, but they quickly got over their fear after they saw how much the kids were enjoying themselves.\"\nAt this point video and audio are heavily distorted. Normal play resumed 32 seconds later.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Who knew something like this could be so easy? I mean, all it was was math and some elbow grease, and maybe some help from Charles. But I've got notes on all of that, this is not the time! For now, I just wanted to show what I've made. I've never done anything this important, and I don't think I will ever again. It's strange, thinking you've peaked so early in your life. Well, I should get going. Lunch is soon, then we're having a soccer match. Farewell!\"\n\nEntry 28\nFile Name: \"TheThing.mp4\"\nDate Recorded: 01/22/20\u2588\u2588\nMost footage from this entry was badly damaged, with the exception of an 8 second long section. Shot from the study's window on the second floor of SCP-2249-1, it shows a small instance of SCP-2249-2 about 5 meters away. Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is silent throughout.\n\nEntry 40\nFile Name: \"Failure.mp4\"\nDate Recorded: 02/28/20\u2588\u2588\nEntry begins, showing Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 looking very distressed. General appearance is disheveled, and subject appears to be suffering from sleep deprivation. A dull roaring can be heard in the background.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Well. They're evacuating the town because I couldn't finish the machine by the deadline they gave. Some military types apparently have been asking what's going on. I'm torn between hoping they find me and drag me away, or staying. How the hell is someone supposed to stop a sub-universe from destroying itself in 10 days? And no one can seem to find Charles. Why would he abandon the town and me like this?\"\nSubject stands quickly and paces back and forth, hands on the back of his head. After a few moments, subject returns to his seat. Subject takes a deep breath, and appears to be trying to calm himself.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"At least now no one else will die. At least now, I can focus, no more distractions or worrying. I figure I can get this thing working in a week or so. I've got food to last a bit longer, and I can still get to the cafeteria for water. I think I should grab some of that first\u2026 no, I need to get back to work. Who knows what will happen if this thing fails. Best case scenario, it simply disappears, with me in it. Worst case? I don't want to think about it.\"\nSubject is silent for a few moments before ending the recording.\n\nEntry 41\nFile Name: \"04-30-20\u2588\u2588-oAE2v.mp4\"\nDate Recorded: 04/30/20\u2588\u2588\nEntry begins showing Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, who is now extremely emaciated. His clothing is unkempt, and behind him multiple notes and blueprints cover the walls. The roaring heard in the previous video is much quieter now. Subject is unable to speak, presumably due to dehydration, and uses notes on paper to communicate.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, via note: \"Got the machine working. Not feeling too great.\"\nSubject pauses to write something else.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"I set it extend a path to the elevator. I'm safe for now. Should take a day. Maybe 2? Don't know. Then I can leave.\"\nAgain, subject writes something down.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"I can't save it. I failed.\"\nSubject puts down pencil and looks absently down at the floor. After a few minutes of silence, subject looks at the computer, then ends the recording.\n\nIncident report 04/28/20\u2588\u2588.2249: Foundation operatives within the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations (MCh S) were alerted to a possible anomaly in the town of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 after a significant rise in reported cases of radiation poisoning and rising casualties, as well as civilian reports of \"holes in the air\". MTF Theta 13 was dispatched to investigate. Interviews of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 residents did not immediately yield results; multiple persons were reported to say \"he will fix it\" or \"just give him time\". It wasn't until the interrogation of one \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 that the entrance of SCP-2249 was discovered on 05/01/20\u2588\u2588, and on 05/02/20\u2588\u2588 the path to SCP-2249-1 was discovered to be safe.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Flora within SCP-2249 exhibit none of the symptoms of extreme radiation exposure that would be expected.\n2. Tremors and earthquakes occasionally occur within SCP-2249; while it is unknown how deep SCP-2249 extends, whatever foundation it has is surely being destroyed at a rate similar to that of the surface.\n3. Autopsy revealed cause of death to be dehydration and starvation, as well as the development of stage 1 lymphoma. Date of death determined to be 04/30/20\u2588\u2588\n4. A cylindrical space with a radius of 3 meters, extending up and down for an unknown distance.\n5. Any information discovered about this man is to be immediately reported to Director Jerricks\n\n\u00ab SCP-2248 | SCP-2249 | SCP-2250 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2250\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: As no viable method for permanent containment of SCP-2250 has been found, efforts are to be made to keep susceptible species of waterfowl out of a 5 km radius centered on Bloch Park in Selma, AL.\nTo this end, the Central Alabama Field Unit has been tasked with the elimination of these species from the designated no-fly zone, and a disinformation campaign has been effected, focusing on the threat of a lethal avian-born pathogen that is able to infect humans. This has so far been effective in allowing the Central Alabama Field Unit to operate without hindrance from government agencies or environmental groups.\nCivilians witnessing SCP-2250 in any form are to be detained and supplied with Class-B amnestics. Should these civilians have lost their dog to SCP-2250, they are to be supplied with a suitable replacement and led to believe it is the original.\nAny research with the goal of partially or fully deciphering the language or communication used by susceptible species of waterfowl is to be covertly disrupted in any way possible.\nDescription: SCP-2250 is a memetic contagion currently exclusively affecting various species of waterfowl1 in and around Bloch Park in Selma, AL.\nTests to determine the vector of infection for this memetic contagion have yielded evidence that SCP-2250 is spread between waterfowl through inter-species communication and vocalization; those waterfowl prevented from vocalizing were unable to create new instances of SCP-2250, and those deafened showed no signs of infection. Once exposed to SCP-2250's memetic triggers, susceptible waterfowl will be subject to SCP-2250 activation events at intermittent times.\nThe animals involved are not innately anomalous, but are subject to SCP-2250 activation events during which they should be treated as such. When an SCP-2250 activation event occurs, the affected animal becomes an SCP-2250-1 instance. It will cease movement, open its beak, and produce a series of sounds in the 25 - 32 kHz range. Canines within a range of up to 2 km show a general tendency to move towards the point of origin for these sounds, though not all canines act on this impulse. Those animals approaching affected waterfowl and entering a radius of approximately 2 m are prone to being trapped by SCP-2250-2.\nSCP-2250-2 are darkly colored tentacles with an average diameter of approximately 3 mm, and composed of a tissue with a genetic makeup bearing close resemblance to that of the Pacific lugworm (Abarenicola pacifica). These emerge from an SCP-2250-1 specimen's beak once a canine approaches to within circa 2 m. SCP-2250-2 can typically reach beyond this range if necessary, with an as-of-yet undetermined upper limit. Having emerged, SCP-2250-2 instances will wrap around their prey and exert up to 800 N of force in order to pull it towards SCP-2250-1.\nOnce close enough, canines trapped by SCP-2250-2 are swallowed whole by SCP-2250-1. This usually occurs despite the clear discrepancy between the range of motion for SCP-2250-1's beak and the dimensions of the canine involved. Observations have not yielded a concrete explanation for this phenomenon, with video logs simply showing the canines disappearing into the beak whole, without apparently suffering damage to their physical form. All SCP-2250-2 then retract into SCP-2250-1, which will remain motionless and unreactive to any form of stimuli throughout the entire process. Despite this invasive process and the potential for extensive physical trauma, SCP-2250-1 instances are not harmed during this process.\nOnce swallowed, prey does not travel down the esophagus, instead disappearing from SCP-2250-1 altogether. Attempts to track test subjects have almost exclusively yielded a location approximately 6.2 km beneath the island of Moloka'i2. Attempts to reach this location have as of yet proven fruitless.\nIn one incident, the location returned was in the Pelican Nebula. However, there is no conceivable way a GPS signal could be picked up from that location, nor should it have been able to travel back to earth within the timeframe given.\nIf not fully destroyed, an SCP-2250-1 instance will remain motionless for a period of up to 2 hours, after which it will regurgitate the partially digested remains of the previously ingested canine. SCP-2250-1 will then revert to its non-anomalous state, showing signs of extreme distress and often trying to flee the immediate area. Remains of prey are covered in a high-viscosity fluid containing brine, digestive enzymes, mucus, glycoproteins and electrolytes.\nTests using adult human subjects placed within range of an SCP-2250-1 during an activation event have not produced results. It is possible that these tests could provoke SCP-2250-2 emergence if performed using subjects of a smaller stature, but no such tests are currently planned.\nAddendum 2250/A/01: Transcript of initial 911 call - d.d. 20130314\n\nCall initiated at 9:13 PM, 03-14-2013\nDispatcher: \"Selma 911. What's the location of your emergency?\"\nWoman: <in distress> \"Bloch Park. I\u2026I don't\u2026it's eating my Boris.\"\nDispatcher: \"Your child was attacked, ma'am?\"\nWoman: \"Not my child, my dog! That duck is eating my rottweiler!\"\nDispatcher: \"Ma'am, please stay calm. If you are suffering from-\"\nWoman: <distressed animal noises can be heard in the background> \"Oh\u2026oh god, he's gone, Boris is gone. And those weird tentacle things\u2026ducks don't have tentacles!\"\nDispatcher: \"Ma'am, I am going to send some police officers to check on you, please remain where you are.\"\nWoman: \"What're they gonna do, arrest the duck? GET ME MY FUCKING DOG B-\" <connection lost>\nDispatcher: \"Hello? Hello, ma'am?\"\nCall terminated at 9:14 PM, 03-14-2013\n\nPolice officers responding to the emergency call found a Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in a state of severe distress. Foundation field agents dispatched administered amnestics to both Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and the police officers involved. They also recovered partially digested remains of one adult Rottweiler. No teeth marks were visible.\nThe duck involved was identified and subjected to a full physical examination. This yielded no significant result.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Species observed to be susceptible to SCP-2250 infection are the common merganser (Mergus merganser), ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis), bufflehead (Bucephala albeola), mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) and the American wigeon (Anas americana).\n2. Whether a type of inter-dimensional portal, as observed in SCP-1763, or similar phenomena is responsible for apparent teleportation is currently under investigation.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2249 | SCP-2250 | SCP-2251 \u00bb"}
{"text": "The Prince\n\nYo Home To Bel-Air!\nImage is from here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:115_unknown_object.jpg\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nThis is original documentation. If you have difficulty reading the original documentation, please view the temporary document immediately following the original file.\n\nObject appearing 12 minutes and 46 seconds into SCP-2251's video content.\n\nItem #: SCP-2251\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2251 is to be held in a containment vault on floor 13 of Site-88. Under no circumstances are video files associated with SCP-2251 to be copied to any non-air-gapped computers.\nDescription: SCP-2251 is a digital video disc which contains an unproduced and unaired episode of the American situation comedy The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. When played, the video image will appear to have its vertical and horizontal axes inverted. This effect persists regardless of the orientation of the viewer. Digital alteration of the video file has been unable to compensate for this apparent inversion1.\nFurthermore, any written descriptions of SCP-2251 are similarly inverted, though this inversion appears to be static (and is therefore reversible through orientation of the reader or device used to view written content relating to the object).\nProduction information at the end of the episode indicates a production date of 1999, 3 years after the final episode of the series aired. This information includes an acting credit for Janet Hubert-Whitten (who does not appear in SCP-2251's video content) despite the fact that Janet Hubert-Whitten was replaced by Daphne Maxwell Reid in 1993. Several Foundation staff are also credited as producers, including Dr. Madison, Dr. Rosenthal, and Dr. Markowitz.\nQuestioning of staff mentioned in these credits has produced no new information relating to the object. None of the three individuals appeared to possess knowledge of SCP-2251 prior to questioning. These staff members also display little capacity for the creation of such media.\nThe video contained in SCP-2251 displays no variability. A scene fades in with the actors Will Smith and Alfonso Ribeiro sitting at what appears to be an outdoor cafe. After 1.3 seconds both actors and all loose items fall out of frame into the \"sky\". The camera continues to film the table, which is secured to the ground, for 4.8 more seconds, during which a laugh track plays.\nThere is an additional transition to a black screen which continues for approximately 63 seconds and during which a single tone plays. This is followed by a transition to a camera following both Will Smith and Alfonso Ribeiro falling into what appears to be open sky. Neither individual appears to be in distress, though all sounds are drowned out by wind.\nAfter approximately 4 minutes, both individuals appear to begin suffering from the effects of atmospheric hypoxia. Following another 2 minutes of intensifying symptoms, both individuals appear to lose consciousness. 12 minutes and 46 seconds into the video, a single object (pictured above) falls in the opposite direction through the frame.\nAfter 22 minutes and 21 seconds have passed, the camera zooms into a close up of Will Smith, now suffering obvious symptoms associated with a low-pressure environment. He appears to regain consciousness, and the wind sound ceases. The actor states \"Uncle Phil always told us not to get high,\" before the episode ends with an additional laugh track. Credits continue for another 57 seconds accompanied by the same tone as earlier.\n\nExperiment 01\nSubject: D-1934\nExperiment: Baseline viewing. No attempts to alter perception undertaken.\nResults: Regardless of physical orientation, subject was unable to correct inversion.\n\nExperiment 03\nSubject: Jennifer Chord\nExperiment: Subject suffers from a rare spatial orientation disorder, inverting all images subject perceives. Otherwise same as baseline viewing.\nResults: Subject was again unable to correct inversion. Subject appeared confused by effects, and was slightly agitated until amnestic administration. Continued monitoring of subject has revealed no additional information.\n\nExperiment 06\nSubject: D-1934\nExperiment: D-1934 viewed SCP-2251's video content through a pair of lenses which inverted all visible light. Otherwise same as baseline viewing.\nResults: Inversion remained uncorrected. Subject complains of neck pain following test.\n\nExperiment 14\nSubject: D-1934\nExperiment: A copy of SCP-2251's video content was altered to be compatible with 3d glasses. Subject was provided with 3d glasses. Otherwise same as baseline viewing.\nResults: D-1934 suffered a severe neck injury upon impact with ceiling. Appeared to be repulsed from the floor at a rate consistent with an inversion of gravitational attraction. Upon removal of glasses, subject was affected by gravity normally. Measures were taken to ensure no secondary injuries occurred.\nNotes: Testing temporarily suspended following Test 14. D-1934 is to be treated for injury and returned to the D-class population. Re-evaluation of object ongoing.\n\nExperiment 15\nSubject: D-3403\nExperiment: Renewed baseline viewing. No attempts to alter perception undertaken.\nResults: Subject began to hum the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme song approximately 75 seconds into playback. Subject reported that typical inversion related to SCP-2251 had ceased. The video playback was not altered from its original content, and a second playback with subject instructed to remain silent throughout resulted in typical effects.\nNotes: It should be noted that secondary testing relating to Incident 2251-15 has confirmed the temporary reversal of inversion effects until the end of playback with as little as 5 seconds of either humming or singing this theme song.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Whether this effect and that observed in SCP-1989 are variations of the same phenomena is currently under investigation.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2250 | SCP-2251 | SCP-2252 \u00bb\n\nThis is a story all about how\n\nmy life got flip turned upside down.\n\nObject appearing 12 minutes and 46 seconds into SCP-2251's video content.\n\nItem #: SCP-2251\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2251 is to be held in a containment vault on floor 13 of Site-88. Under no circumstances are video files associated with SCP-2251 to be copied to any non-air-gapped computers.\nDescription: SCP-2251 is a digital video disc which contains an unproduced and unaired episode of the American situation comedy The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. When played, the video image will appear to have its vertical and horizontal axes inverted. This effect persists regardless of the orientation of the viewer. Digital alteration of the video file has been unable to compensate for this apparent inversion1.\nFurthermore, any written descriptions of SCP-2251 are similarly inverted, though this inversion appears to be static (and is therefore reversible through orientation of the reader or device used to view written content relating to the object).\nProduction information at the end of the episode indicates a production date of 1999, 3 years after the final episode of the series aired. This information includes an acting credit for Janet Hubert-Whitten (who does not appear in SCP-2251's video content) despite the fact that Janet Hubert-Whitten was replaced by Daphne Maxwell Reid in 1993. Several Foundation staff are also credited as producers, including Dr. Madison, Dr. Rosenthal, and Dr. Markowitz.\nQuestioning of staff mentioned in these credits has produced no new information relating to the object. None of the three individuals appeared to possess knowledge of SCP-2251 prior to questioning. These staff members also display little capacity for the creation of such media.\nThe video contained in SCP-2251 displays no variability. A scene fades in with the actors Will Smith and Alfonso Ribeiro sitting at what appears to be an outdoor cafe. After 1.3 seconds both actors and all loose items fall out of frame into the \"sky\". The camera continues to film the table, which is secured to the ground for 4.8 more seconds, during which a laugh track plays.\nThere is an additional transition to a black screen which continues for approximately 63 seconds and during which a single tone plays. This is followed by a transition to a camera following both Will Smith and Alfonso Ribeiro falling into what appears to be open sky. Neither individual appears to be in distress, though all sounds are drowned out by wind.\nAfter approximately 4 minutes, both individuals appear to begin suffering from the effects of atmospheric hypoxia. Following another 2 minutes of intensifying symptoms, both individuals appear to lose consciousness. 12 minutes and 46 seconds into the video, a single object (pictured above) falls in the opposite direction through the frame.\nAfter 22 minutes and 21 seconds have passed, the camera zooms into a close up of Will Smith, now suffering obvious symptoms associated with a low-pressure environment. He appears to regain consciousness, and the wind sound ceases. The actor states \"Uncle Phil always told us not to get high,\" before the episode ends with an additional laugh track. Credits continue for another 57 seconds accompanied by the same tone as earlier.\n\nExperiment 01\nSubject: D-1934\nExperiment: Baseline viewing. No attempts to alter perception undertaken.\nResults: Regardless of physical orientation, subject was unable to correct inversion.\n\nExperiment 03\nSubject: Jennifer Chord\nExperiment: Subject suffers from a rare spatial orientation disorder, inverting all images subject perceives. Otherwise same as baseline viewing.\nResults: Subject was again unable to correct inversion. Subject appeared confused by effects, and was slightly agitated until amnestic administration. Continued monitoring of subject has revealed no additional information.\n\nExperiment 06\nSubject: D-1934\nExperiment: D-1934 viewed SCP-2251's video content through a pair of lenses which inverted all visible light. Otherwise same as baseline viewing.\nResults: Inversion remained uncorrected. Subject complains of neck pain following test.\n\nExperiment 14\nSubject: D-1934\nExperiment: A copy of SCP-2251's video content was altered to be compatible with 3d glasses. Subject was provided with 3d glasses. Otherwise same as baseline viewing.\nResults: D-1934 suffered a severe neck injury upon impact with ceiling. Appeared to be repulsed from the floor at a rate consistent with an inversion of gravitational attraction. Upon removal of glasses, subject was affected by gravity normally. Measures were taken to ensure no secondary injuries occurred.\nNotes: Testing temporarily suspended following Test 14. D-1934 is to be treated for injury and returned to the D-class population. Re-evaluation of object ongoing.\n\nExperiment 15\nSubject: D-3403\nExperiment: Renewed baseline viewing. No attempts to alter perception undertaken.\nResults: Subject began to hum the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme song approximately 75 seconds into playback. Subject reported that typical inversion related to SCP-2251 had ceased. The video playback was not altered from its original content, and a second playback with subject instructed to remain silent throughout resulted in typical effects.\nNotes: It should be noted that secondary testing relating to Incident 2251-15 has confirmed the temporary reversal of inversion effects until the end of playback with as little as 5 seconds of either humming or singing this theme song.\n\nI have included a secondary copy of the file under an access wall. This access wall requires you to read lines of lyrics originating from the theme song which reverses inversion effects. This appears to also reverse the inversion effects in unread written text. I believe a modified form of this access wall should be included in the final documentation of SCP-2251.\nResearcher Carson ~ 2251 Research Assistant\n\nFootnotes\n1. Whether this effect and that observed in SCP-1989 are variations of the same phenomena is currently under investigation.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2250 | SCP-2251 | SCP-2252 \u00bb\n\n\u2021 Licensing / Citation\n\n\u2021 Hide Licensing / Citation\n\nCite this page as:\n\n\"SCP-2251\" by Doctor Cimmerian, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2251. Licensed under CC-BY-SA.\n\nFor information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide.\n\nFilename: 115_unknown_object.jpg\nName: 115 unknown object.jpg\nLicense: Public Domain\nSource Link: Wikimedia"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2252\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2252 is located on the lawn of a rural two-story house. This house, currently under Foundation ownership, is to be occupied by three assigned Foundation agents who will be tasked with deterring or subduing any unauthorized persons found on the property. A shed has been constructed surrounding SCP-2252 to prevent accidental public exposure and is to remain padlocked except during active testing.\nInstances of SCP-2252-1 are to be neutralized and their remains incinerated as soon as possible.\nDescription: SCP-2252 is a green nylon clothesline located at the address of [REDACTED], England. One end of the line is tied to a hollow, studded metal post 1.5m in height, from which the rest of the line extends horizontally for 2.3m. The other end terminates in midair with no visible means of support.\nAny human that grabs, bends, or touches SCP-2252 immediately becomes an instance of SCP-2252-1. SCP-2252-1 appear as humanoids with varying and severe deformities, many of which should be debilitating or fatal. Nonetheless, SCP-2252-1 instances are always initially alive and show no signs of pain, impaired body function, or bodily distress unless wounded. Any clothing worn or items carried on their person will be similarly distorted.\nSCP-2252-1 instances invariably and immediately exhibit signs of extreme fear, including screaming, trembling, refusal to move, shutting eyes, and attempts to attack or flee from any nearby humans. On a few occasions, SCP-2252-1 instances have attempted to speak, but their vocalizations did not match any known languages, and in some cases should not have been possible even accounting for their altered physiology.\nSCP-2252 was discovered when Foundation agents embedded in the local police force discovered a case involving an apparent murder and body mutilation of the husband by the wife of the couple residing at the house. Class A amnestics were administered to the wife and her children, and Class B amnestics were administered to all non-Foundation officers involved in the case. The body of the husband was incinerated.\nAddendum 1: Selected Experiment Logs\nExperiment 2252-01\nTest Subject: D-4586, Asian male, age 23\nParameters: Subject ordered to approach and pull SCP-2252.\nResult: Subject's appearance altered as follows: mouth lengthened considerably, extending vertically along right side of face and terminating near right ear; left leg bent outward and extended to an estimated 3m, with knee directly above ankle; waist contracted to estimated 5cm in diameter; three ribs protruded noticeably, with skin stretching to accommodate them.\nAfter remaining motionless and mumbling incoherently for eleven seconds, subject attempted to break out of SCP-2252's containment shed and died after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds from agents present. Dissection of body was carried out and a full report is available to any personnel with a clearance level of 2-2252 or above.\nExperiment 2252-02\nTest Subject: D-2064, Caucasian male, age 35\nParameters: Subject blindfolded, ordered not to remove until permitted, and instructed to pull SCP-2252. Agents present armed with stun guns.\nResult: Altered appearance: Subject's left arm, including hand, shrank to approximately 5cm in length. Head became flattened, taking the appearance of a vertically-aligned disc. No less than twenty tubelike growths emerged from subject's thighs and upper legs, connecting to various parts of the subject's body. Blindfold gained sixteen new flaps, covering the front side of the head and the upper neck.\nSubject initially showed no signs of distress save for mild disorientation. When ordered to remove blindfold, subject expressed confusion and unease. Removal of blindfold revealed that each new flap concealed an additional eye. Subject expressed shock and extreme fear, dropping into an apparent crouching position at a roughly 45-degree angle with vertical. Subject was incapacitated and transferred to a standard humanoid containment cell for further study and observation, but was later terminated during an escape attempt when it charged Agent Ramsden and attempted to take his firearm. Remains of subject incinerated, blindfold and clothing recovered for examination.\nExperiment 2252-03\nTest Subject: D-6079, Caucasian male, age 28\nParameters: Subject attached to tether and instructed to pull SCP-2252. Agents present armed with stun guns.\nResult: Altered appearance: Due to events occurring during the experiment, a summary of subject's changes is not possible. However, certain reported alterations were corroborated by multiple agents present:\n\nMasses of polyp-like growths covering majority of subject's body\nArms diverged into multiple larger arms\nThree separate heads, attached to subject's back by cubical necks\n\nTether remained attached, length wrapped around subject shifted to accommodate new physiology. Subject began to frantically and repeatedly tug at the wire, causing body to undergo rapid physiological shifts, and agents expended four stun gun charges before successful hit and incapacitation. Subject has been transferred to a secure humanoid containment cell and is scheduled for future medical testing.\nAddendum 2: Notes from Project Research Head Dr. Bruyer\n\nIt's clear that, whatever is happening to someone who pulls the line, everything about their body still makes sense to them. Nothing feels different. It's why they're fine until they remove the blindfold. Perhaps we're just seeing them from the wrong angle somehow - as though they've been pulled askew of reality. It makes me wonder, though: considering what they look like to us, what does the world look like to them?\n\n\u00ab SCP-2251 | SCP-2252 | SCP-2253 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2253.\n\nItem #: SCP-2253\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The building exhibiting the SCP-2253 phenomenon has been converted to a Foundation research site. SCP-2253 is legally a brewery which is also a Foundation front organization, with the brewers being given Level 2 security clearance. An underground research laboratory has been constructed under SCP-2253 studying samples of alcoholic beverages previously created within SCP-2253. Any anomalous beverages produced by SCP-2253 are to be stored within Site-77.\nDescription: SCP-2253 is an anomalous brewery located in Springfield, NJ, USA. Whenever alcoholic beverages are brewed on the premises, they have a 5% chance of being mixed with a protoplasmic substance. In addition, a spectral humanoid entity resides within SCP-2253 with limited ability to manipulate its surroundings.\nThis free-floating incorporeal entity (SCP-2253-1) identifies as Stephen Crane, an American politician who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1776.1 It is apparently in a perpetual state of intoxication. SCP-2253-1 is capable of exerting up to 20N of force and excreting various protoplasmic fluids. These excretions usually manifest as SCP-2253-1 simulating bodily functions.\nThe alcoholic beverages containing SCP-2253 protoplasmic fluids are non-anomalous, with chemical analysis revealing that it is identical to Ethyl Hexanoate2. Consumption of the beverages has shown enhanced taste and flavor, although testing has shown mild to severe abdominal discomfort when consumed after consuming foodstuffs such as tea, fish and chips, and other British cuisine.\nSCP-2253-1 is cooperative, and researchers are encouraged to converse with it whenever possible in order to learn more about its origins and properties.\nHistory: SCP-2253's properties were initially noted after being purchased by a craft brewing operation. It is unknown if SCP-2253 had its effects prior to this due to preexisting records being destroyed by Hurricane Diane. Initially, SCP-2253-1 attempted to frighten the new occupants out of SCP-2253. However SCP-2253-1 ceased its harassment after learning that they intended to brew alcoholic beverages. Following this, the protoplasmic substances began manifesting within SCP-2253.\nDue to the name of the brewery,3 agents of Marshall, Carter, and Dark Ltd. began investigating shortly after this initial opening, believing it to be a Foundation front. MC&D agents made several offers to purchase SCP-2253, all of which were refused by the owners. The refusal was partially motivated by SCP-2253-1's distaste towards a British corporation. MC&D, in turn, believed their business to be a front for the SCP Foundation to monitor their New England activities.\nMC&D attempted to seize SCP-2253 by force on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. After initial success in securing the property and detaining all occupants, SCP-2253-1 became hostile and began using cooking utensils, brewing equipment benches and granite counter-tops as projectile weapons against the MC&D Agents. Local police began to respond to reports of an ongoing shootout, and brought Foundation attention to the situation. Three MC&D agents were captured, and fifteen local police officers were administered Class-B amnestics.\nAs of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 SCP-2253 is classified as Safe.\nAddendum: Investigation into SCP-2253-1's relationship with Stephen Crane has been ongoing, due to the entity making frequent incorrect or impossible statements about Mr. Crane's life. SCP-2253-1 has attributed this to intoxication and age creating a propensity for exaggeration, but other theories about persons who have died on the property or could be considered candidates for other reasons.\n\nSamson Crane - Resident of Springfield from 1765 to 1781, when his head was stomped on by a mule outside a tavern. Notably, several primary historical sources from the time indicate that he had at least a partial resemblance to Stephen Crane, and was possibly a cousin.\nSamuel Chase - Signer of the Declaration of Independence. SCP-2253-1 has claimed to be a judge in the past, frequently when the owners of SCP-2253 were discussing legal procedures and taxes. SCP-2253-1 has identified itself as \"Sam\" and \"Sammy\" on multiple occasions.\nUnknown youth - Obituaries from 1915 indicate that a youth attending college in the area struck his head on concrete and was killed at a costume party taking place in the area. Notably, the party was apparently put on by a local historical society.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Crane died in 1780 after being bayoneted by a British soldier.\n2. which produces an apple-like aroma.\n3. \"Stephen Crane's Pub and Brewery\"\n\n\u00ab SCP-2252 | SCP-2253 | SCP-2254 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2255\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2255's current residence is a Foundation-owned island north of the Phoenix Islands group in the Pacific Ocean. A research base has been established on the island's south shore to monitor and report on SCP-2255's activity. At least one Level-3 and three Level-2 personnel are to occupy the base at all times and maintain communication with the nearest Foundation containment site. All research staff assigned to SCP-2255 must have background in biology (if possible, botany specifically) or psychology.\nA population of twenty D-Class and five Foundation security officers is to be stationed on the island in designated living areas, and given daily tasks to keep the community functioning. To maintain the guise of dedicated worship of SCP-2255's apparent creator, dried hibiscus and hibiscus tea are to be consumed regularly in SCP-2255's presence, and D-Class are to ensure that the prepared shrine for SCP-2255 is given five freshly-picked flowers each day at sunrise. D-Class personnel are to refrain from engaging in conversation with SCP-2255; any discussion with the anomaly is to be carried out by Foundation researchers. Personnel interacting with SCP-2255 are to adopt a tone of respect to ensure its continued cooperation.\nEach month a survey of the island's hibiscus population is to be done; resources will be distributed for replenishment should the flower count be observed depleted.\nDescription: SCP-2255 is a localized weather phenomenon that takes the shape of a cumulus humilis cloud measuring roughly three meters at longest. SCP-2255 is sapient and capable of speech, generally speaking English in a low-pitched male voice. It has claimed to be a creation and an envoy of a flower goddess (See Addendum SCP-2255-2).\nSCP-2255's average altitude ranges from five to twenty meters, though during cloudy or overcast days it tends to hover close to the island's trees (See Addendum SCP-2255-3). Though SCP-2255 is able to move independently, its maximum observed speed is 15 km/h. Despite its claims of capacity for divine wrath, SCP-2255 has yet to cause harm to any human being.\nSCP-2255's presence is accompanied by a strong aroma, often compared to that of floral perfume. SCP-2255 has additionally exhibited instances of anomalous precipitation, including:\n\nraining a concentrated fructose and water solution\n\u201csnowing\u201d frost-covered hibiscus petals\nhailing princess-cut diamonds (ranging from 1 to 2 cm in diameter)\n\nAddendum SCP-2255-1: SCP-2255 was initially discovered near the Hawaiian Islands, attempting to gather followers from the local population by reciting popular advertising slogans used by various commercial companies. Foundation operatives intervened and administered amnestics to those who came into contact with SCP-2255, and persuaded it (using the lure of an existing devout population) to relocate. SCP-2255's journey to its current location was monitored by Foundation aircraft and research personnel were dispatched to the island prior to SCP-2255's departure.\nAddendum SCP-2255-2: SCP-2255 has, as of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, taken to remaining close to the shrine constructed to its alleged deity. As the entity had habitually \u201cpatrolled\u201d the island prior to this time, an interview was conducted to determine the change in behavior.\n\nInterview Log SCP-2255-\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\nDr. Kiryu is sitting on a large stone with recording equipment set up next to him. SCP-2255 hovers overhead roughly 3 meters from the ground, occasionally rising and returning to its average altitude.\nDr. Kiryu: Thank you for meeting with me, emissary of the vibrant flower goddess. Will you please tell me why you remain exclusively in the company of the shrine?Dr. Kiryu: Do tell. There are no songs yet about the true extent of your power.Dr. Kiryu: And she has told you the depth of her full powers?Dr. Kiryu: The people have noticed that you rain sugar water. Is this a power of your goddess?Dr. Kiryu: Ah, indeed. So you are bestowed these powers to act as your lady's messenger?Dr. Kiryu: It is unfortunate, for her to be treated that way. Did she create you to show man as well what she was capable of?Dr. Kiryu: If I may ask, cloud nimbus of the flower goddess, what are you exactly?\nAddendum SCP-2255-3: When questioned regarding its habit of descending to lower altitudes when there were other clouds visible in the sky, SCP-2255 replied that it \u201cwas not interested in inciting undue ire\u201d should the other clouds notice its presence. SCP-2255 further insisted vehemently and preemptively that it was \u201cnot hiding from anyone who may challenge the goddess\u201d.\nAddendum SCP-2255-4: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-2255 left its resting place at the shrine and began circling the perimeter of the island, loudly chanting several slogan-like phrases including \u201cHail Kokio! She's the Kokio-est!\u201d, \u201cTrust in the flower goddess: just do it\u201d, and \u201cgot hibiscus?\u201d while depositing large volumes of granulated sugar as it passed. After 5 hours of this behavior, SCP-2255 returned to the shrine and remained stationary until the next day. \u2588\u2588 similar incidents have occurred since the initial incident, with SCP-2255 exclaiming different slogans each time.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2254 | SCP-2255 | SCP-2256 \u00bb"}
{"text": "by qntm\n\nItem #: SCP-2256\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Information about SCP-2256 is subject to a gradual antimemetic corrosion effect. Corrosion occurs at differing rates depending on the level of detail/accuracy in the information and the physical complexity of the storage medium. In-depth academic papers, photographs, and information stored electronically decay rapidly; broad descriptions, pencil sketches and paperwork decay slowly.\nTherefore, this electronic database entry should describe SCP-2256 only in broad terms. Detailed information about SCP-2256's appearance, theorised evolutionary ancestry, biology, diet, behaviour, vocalisations, lifecycle, intelligence, ecological role and cultural significance should be stored in hard copy at Site 19, vault 1-053. The rate of corrosion in both data sources should be monitored carefully, although at present no technique is known for halting or undoing such corrosion.\nAlthough these antimemetic effects linger and rate Euclid classification, SCP-2256 itself is extinct and requires no special containment procedures.\nDescription: SCP-2256 (Cryptomorpha gigantes) is a species of gigafauna which was endemic to the South Pacific Ocean around the islands of Polynesia. SCP-2256 was one of the very few recorded species known to have developed rudimentary perceptual/\"antimemetic\" camouflage, rendering them nearly impossible for other sentient beings to perceive or remember. This adaptation is theorised to have arisen in order to elude predators.\nSCP-2256 was the largest species to have lived on Earth. Resembling spindly, vertically elongated giraffes or brachiosauruses, adults of the species grew to over 1,000 metres in height. They weighed no more than 4 tonnes, with most of their mass being \"camouflaged\" by a very similar adaptation. With their broad, dish-shaped feet, they were able to walk directly on the surface of the ocean without sinking.\nSCP-2256 navigated the ocean alone or in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 of 2 to as many as 2,000 individuals. They were reluctant to approach land, especially inhabited islands, usually staying more than 30 kilometres offshore. Because of their height, they were visible on the horizon at this distance.\nAcquisition: Polynesian natives of the island of Maikiti used a substance called te\u00f9koka for recreational and religious purposes. As well as being a moderate psychedelic, this drug had mnestic properties, suppressing antimemetic effects and making entities camouflaged in this way easier to see and remember. Thus, the Maikitians were for hundreds of years the only people able to see SCP-2256. In Maikitian mythology SCP-2256 were wandering spirits whom the gods had charged with maintaining the horizon, to ensure that the sky and the water never mixed. They were characterised as well-meaning and friendly, but unintelligent and often deficient in their duties, resulting in storms and typhoons. They were called polo'ongakau, \"the ones who walk very slowly\".\nIn 1991 an internal biochemistry study revealed that te\u00f9koka bore a strong chemical resemblance to the Foundation's own class-W mnestic. A Foundation anthropologist was assigned to follow \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 the Maikitian legend, and became the first outsider to observe \u2588\u2588\u2588-2256. An observation \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was quickly \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 on the island to study the creatures. Routine containment analysis found that SCP-2256 was Safe and required no special containment procedures, or even particular \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 secrecy.\nHistory: SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 immediately proved to be impossible to capture photographically. Photographic negatives of the species faded into transparency over the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 a few minutes. Similar decay \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 affected videotape, audio tape, celluloid film, digital and electronic scans, \u2588\u2588\u2588. The observation team soon returned most of their equipment to inventory and proceeded using pencils and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. At the time, it \u2588\u2588\u2588 believed that such recordings would be effectively permanent.\nSCP-2256's population declined slightly in 1992 and 1993, then dropped sharply from 1994 onwards. A combination of contributing factors were observed: illness, infertility and an \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 rate of stillbirths.\nIn 2002 a field generator was developed which could penetrate and neutralise SCP-2256's antimemetic \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, allowing for conventional photography. The first and only close-up photograph of one of the creatures instantly killed it. It was concluded that direct observation of SCP-2256 is injurious to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. This adaptation is believed to have arisen as a means of detecting predators, just as SCP-2256's antimemetic camouflage protected them from those same predators. Use of \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 generator was immediately curtailed.\nIt was subsequently hypothesised that the Foundation's ongoing passive observation of the species was intense enough to have harmful effects on SCP-2256, and that \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was what was driving the species \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 extinction. Opinions differed sharply \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 veracity of this hypothesis, over \u2588\u2588\u2588 thoroughly it should be tested, and over what \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 be done if it proved to be true. Several extreme options were \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, including \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 exterminating \u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 to preserve the data, and completely expunging the data to preserve \u2588\u2588\u2588-2256. No firm conclusions \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nIn 2003 observation of SCP-2256 was scaled back significantly, and the Foundation \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 focus from gathering \u2588\u2588\u2588 data to analysing \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 data. However, SCP-2256's population continued to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. The last individual died near Tokelau \u2588\u2588 October 30, 2006.\n\u2588\u2588 2010 \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 discovered \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 the antimemetic camouflage \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, also characterised as \"decay\" or \"corrosion\", was spreading through paper records of \u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. As of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, more \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 60% of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 documents are \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, even with \u2588 strong mnestic dose. The effect is even \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 SCP entry itself, despite \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 shielding and redundancy in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 system.\nSince \u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 extinct, \u2588\u2588 new data \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 it can be generated. It is \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 that full contamination \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 three to eight years.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2255 | SCP-2256 | SCP-2257 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2257\n\nItem #: SCP-2257\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2257 currently belongs to the Foundation, under a constructed identity. In order to maintain a perimeter, a fence is installed around most of the property, and a security team is posted in the residence directly across the road. The lawn is to be mowed once a week, and the lights set on a timer to turn on and off at appropriate times to give the appearance of occupancy.\nDescription: SCP-2257 is a one bedroom, two bathroom home in a suburban development located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Wisconsin. The exterior presents no anomalous properties. The interior is normally furnished for a suburban home.\nApproximately 48 hours after entering SCP-2257 by any means, all objects and entities become an instance of SCP-2257-1. SCP-2257-1 refers to anomalous items (most commonly furniture or household appliances) found within SCP-2257. SCP-2257-1 instances are sapient and capable of speech in English. Subjects converted into SCP-2257-1 instances do not physically change, but gain individualized personalities, voices, and consciousnesses separate from other instances, although interviews imply a telepathic communication between instances.\nAll instances of SCP-2257-1 claim to be the sole deity of their respective physical representation. For example, SCP-2257-1-23 is a tan, suede armchair that claims to be the \"god of chairs\". Other than these properties, instances of SCP-2257-1 have shown no other anomalous qualities. At the time of writing, however, testing has consisted only of inanimate objects. It has been implied however by instances of SCP-2257-1 that a living entity could become another instance of SCP-2257-1. (See Addendum)\nThe instances of SCP-2257-1 maintain a set of order throughout SCP-2257, often rearranging themselves when shifted to reattain their state of balance. For example, when the cutlery normally set in the dining room is rearranged, instances of SCP-2257-1 become agitated until they are able to return to the formal cutlery arrangement by fine dining standards in the United States of America (the salad fork must be on the far left, the dinner fork beside it, etc).\nAll instances of SCP-2257-1 are capable of rearranging themselves when left unobserved. When objects and entities that are not currently an instance of SCP-2257-1 enter the premises, instances will try to deter the subject from remaining within the home until the 48-hour threshold has passed, at which point the new instance is welcomed, so long as another occurrence of the same object does not already exist. Instances of SCP-2257-1 will rearrange themselves in ineffectual attempts to menace or otherwise deter objects that are deemed useless or extraneous.\n\n+ Interviews with SCP-2257-1\n\n- Hide Interviews\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2257-1-23, \"god of chairs\"\nInterviewer: Doctor B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: Note that Doctor B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 sat in the chair for the duration of the interview.\n<Begin Log, 13:04:12\nDr B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You believe to be the, as you put it, \"god of chairs\". On what basis do you make this statement?\nSCP-2257-1-23: I am the lord of upholstery, the king of comfort, and master of laziness! I am the superior seat, and He names me the Chair God! Unlike the damnable gobshite in the room adjacent.\nSCP-2257-1-35, \"god of toilets\": I heard that, you deluded sinner! I am the Toilet God, and I bless your leavings!\nDr B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: He?\n\nSCP-2257-1-23: Our grand protector, House God! He is our home and our one true king.\nSCP-2257-1-35: And I his most loyal of seating arrangements, not you, you gluttonous behemoth! Human, come hither, and experience the most incredulous of excretory experiences!\nDr B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: And why is it called the god of houses?\n\nSCP-2257-1-23: It is the finest of houses across the land, and simply radiates His divine right! We are but humble servants.\n\nDr B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Right. [Interviewer attempts to rise from chair.]\nSCP-2257-1-23: No! You must not leave. Bask in the glorious comfort of Chair God. Bask!\nSCP-2257-1-35: Yes, come to me! Experience the holy aperient that is Toilet God!\n<End Log, 13:10:17>\nClosing Statement: Interviewer rose from SCP-2257-1-23 without incident. SCP-2257-1-23 continues on a rant to attempt to draw interviewer back to it, but fails to convince Doctor B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. The chair is reported to be comfortable, but not extraordinarily so, defined when off-site as an average armchair.\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2257-1-54 \"god of microwaves\", and SCP-2257-1-55 \"god of ovens\"\nInterviewer: Doctor B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: Per request, one frozen pizza was placed in each of them.\n<Begin Log, 14:07:11>\nDoctor B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What is the source of argument constantly transpiring here?\nSCP-2257-1-54: She seems to believe that her delicacies are far superior to mine! Time wins you no contests.\nSCP-2257-1-55: He seems to think this is a race. His nourishment is soggy and subpar at its finest!\nDoctor B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: When did this argument begin?\nSCP-2257-1-54: This is a tumultuous battle that has existed since the beginning of time itself! The victor determines the fate of all the lords of cooking appliances.\nDoctor B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Have either of you ever defeated the other, in any way?\nSCP-2257-1-55: He'd like to claim that\u2014 [SCP-2257-1-55 is interrupted by loud screeching originating from SCP-2257-1-54.]\nSCP-2257-1-54: I've bested you again, my feast is prepared!\nSCP-2257-1-55: A feast fit for rodents.\nDoctor B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I think this will be all for today.\nSCP-2257-1-54: No! You must feast upon the glory I have brought to you! You must declare me the victor of this eternal battle!\n<End Log, 14:10:53>\nClosing Statement: SCP-2257-1-54 continues to shout loudly for Doctor B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 as he exits the kitchen, then begins accusing SCP-2257-1-55 of deterring him with \"the old ways\".\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2257-1-136, a Level 3 Foundation Researcher badge.\nInterviewer: Doctor B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: SCP-2257-1-136 was originally planted in hopes of creating a sapient entity loyal to the Foundation, in order to ascertain more information on SCP-2257. The ID rests on SCP-2257-1-13, \"god of coffee tables\", while Doctor B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 stands.\n<Begin Log, 17:23:11>\nDoctor B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What can you tell us about SCP-2257?\nSCP-2257-1-136: You are not who I am looking for.\nDoctor B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Excuse me?\nSCP-2257-1-136: Sorry, O5's ears only.\nDoctor B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: We can't bring you an O5, but I can relay a message.\nSCP-2257-1-136: Nope, can't let you do that. The information would kill you!\nDoctor B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Really now?\nSCP-2257-1-136: Yep! Brain would melt on the spot. Boom. No more annoying researcher.\nDoctor B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You do realize what level of clearance you have, don't you?\nSCP-2257-1-136: [Ignoring interviewer's question] Hey, I can tell you some fun facts about the Foundation. Did you know that \u2014 [ID is placed inside of interviewer's pocket now, being uncooperative.] No, don't put me in the pocket! No, that's \u2014 mmph!\nDoctor B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yeah, we're not getting anywhere with this.\n<End Log, 17:26:43>\nClosing Statement: SCP-2257-1-136 is placed back on the table and left there, resuming its previous silence while occasionally remarking about its \"high level secrets\" and \"an Alpha-K Class Ocean Desalination Scenario if not given access to the O5\".\nNote: Presence of an O5 member denied as of 3/11/2014. There are much more prudent uses of time for the O5 Council than conversing with a megalomaniac ID badge, let alone one surely unaware of much sensitive information, given its Level 3 Clearance. \u2014 O5-7\n\nAddendum:\nThe conversion of a living entity into an instance under SCP-2257 was previously presumed impossible. However, on 2/25/2014, SCP-2257-2 was created. SCP-2257-2 is a former D-Class, now referred to by other instances of SCP-2257-1 as \"The Guardian\", and is the result of a need to replace recording equipment continually converting into instances of SCP-2257-1. Conversion occurred unexpectedly after normal 48-hour threshold.\n\n+ Interview with SCP-2257-2\n\n- Hide Interview\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2257-2\nInterviewer: Doctor B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: SCP-2257-2 is formerly D-Class designation 17350, converted after a 48 hour stay within the premises. SCP-2257-1-143 is former D-Class's left shoe. SCP-2257-1-144 is former D-Class's right shoe.\n<Begin Log, 11:24:35>\nDoctor B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Who are you?\nSCP-2257-2: The Guardian.\nDoctor B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What is your role here?\nSCP-2257-2: I protect them. I keep them safe, and I am enlightened.\nDoctor B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What do you mean by 'enlightened'?\nSCP-2257-2: I understand now. The arguments they have, their purpose.\nDoctor B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: And what is that?\nSCP-2257-2: It's\u2014 [Subject interrupted by his shoes.]\nSCP-2257-1-143: Oi, you can't tell him that! He's one of them!\nSCP-2257-1-144: Shut up, Lefty!\n<End Log, 11:26:21>\nClosing Statement: Interview devolves into an argument between SCP-2257-2 and its articles of clothing.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2256 | SCP-2257 | SCP-2258 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Amateur photo of SCP-2258 prior to containment. (Note that identification numbers have not yet been applied.)\n\nItem #: SCP-2258\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2258 must be kept in a containment cell with a padded ceiling, floor and walls. No sharp objects are to be taken into its containment cell.\nEach instance of SCP-2258 must be replenished with helium once every 24 hours. Helium replenishing should take place in SCP-2258's cell. Padded gloves must be worn while replenishing each instance of SCP-2258 and in every other circumstance where handling SCP-2258 is a factor.\nDescription: SCP-2258 is a collection of forty-one thirty-six helium party balloons of a variety of colours. SCP-2258 instances are physically indistinguishable from ordinary party balloons, but are sentient and capable of human speech.\nTesting of SCP-2258 instances (designated with a suffix -1 through -41) has confirmed that each balloon has a separate and individual personality, identity and memories. The balloons refer to themselves with common Western names (e.g. Daphne, Jacob) and identify themselves as either male or female. However, their limited intellect and repetitive speech patterns can make it difficult to tell SCP-2258 instances apart. For easy identification, the Foundation has marked each member of SCP-2258 with a number in permanent marker.\nInstances of SCP-2258 vocalise constantly, with silences of more than twenty seconds being extremely rare. SCP-2258 instances acknowledge nearly everything they see or do, including changing direction in mid-air, seeing another member of SCP-2258, or bumping into the walls or ceiling. SCP-2258 instances speak with high-pitched, child-like voices, rarely using full sentences.\nSCP-2258 instances have very simple and upbeat personalities. Until recent events (see Incident Log-2258), they appear happy to float around in their containment cell, frequently vocalising about their positive mood. Their mood is usually linked to the amount of helium inside them. As they deflate, SCP-2258 instances become increasingly tired, quiet, and despondent. When they are fully deflated, they cease vocalisation altogether, and are indistinguishable from ordinary balloons. Re-inflating them does not bring back their sentience.\nThe balloons are capable of a degree of flying under their own power. They can control the direction they float, but cannot exceed self-powered velocities of more than 0.5 m/s.\nDiscovery:\nSCP-2258 was found tied to a fencepost outside the sixth birthday party of \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, in Adelaide, South Australia. Interviews of party attendees and surrounding neighbours and follow-up investigations failed to provide any information regarding SCP-2258's origins. Amnestics were administered to all witnesses.\n\n+ Interview Log 2258-1\n\n- Hide Interview Log 2258-1 \n\nThe following was conducted by Dr. Ben Kasrzyszak.\n\nKasrzyszak: Hello SCP-2258-13.\nSCP-2258-13: Hi! I'm David!\nKasrzyszak: I was wondering if we could talk about where you came from.\nSCP-2258-13: I come from a room!\nKasrzyszak: Yes, but I was hoping you could be more specific.\nSCP-2258-13: A room with big ceilings! [SCP-2258-13 begins drifting backwards] Look! I'm going backwards!\nKasrzyszak: Where did you come from before you came to the Foundation?\nSCP-2258-13:\u2026I\u2026can't remember. [beat] Now I'm going forwards!\nKasrzyszak: Are you sure you can't remember anything?\nSCP-2258-13: I remember\u2026sky. Lots of sky. Blue. The sky was blue. [beat] Now I don't feel happy.\nKasrzyszak: Would you like some happy gas, SCP-2258-13? [\"Happy gas\" is SCP-2258's term for helium]\nSCP-2258-13: Boy, would I!\n\nIncident Log-2258\nNotes: After repeated helium deprivation experiments and interviews about the outside world, SCP-2258 has developed a rebellious nature and is actively plotting to escape containment. While its very nature makes escape nigh-impossible, SCP-2258's escape attempts are documented here.\nIncident 2258-1:\nSCP-2258 surrounds Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and attempts to pummel him into submission. As SCP-2258's mass consists entirely of household party balloons, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 suffers only mild confusion. SCP-2258 is dispersed by hand.\nIncident 2258-2:\nSCP-2258 forms itself into a very crude humanoid shape. SCP-2258 refers to itself as Dr. Kasrzyszak and requests to be let out of containment. Request denied.\nAddendum 2258-3:\nSCP-2258 is currently bouncing repeatedly against the northern wall. SCP-2258 continues to do so without pause, stopping only for mandatory helium supplements. As of this writing, SCP-2258 has continued this activity for nine months and eleven days. Overheard snatches of conversation imply that SCP-2258 is trying to break down or tunnel through the walls of its cell. No visible damage to the northern wall has been recorded thus far.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2257 | SCP-2258 | SCP-2259 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2259\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2259 is to be kept maintained with charcoal filters and fluorescent lights replaced as necessary. The tank will be cleaned carefully to avoid damage to specimens inside. Twice daily fish food will be sprinkled onto the surface of the water.\nNo specimens can be brought to term without permission from Site Director \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and the Ethics Committee.\nDescription: SCP-2259 is a 1000 liter glass fish tank measuring 280cm x 65cm x 55cm. It is lined with a gravel substrate, with under-tank filters. Fluorescent lights are set into a plastic hood fitted to the top of the tank. There are several plastic plants and a novelty skull bubbler that opens its mouth at regular intervals.\nWhen properly maintained with salt water, SCP-2259 is capable of spontaneously generating human embryos, henceforth referred to as \"genesis events.\" In a genesis event, 150-200 zygotes are produced. These will immediately begin dividing, following normal human development until day 7. Instead of implanting onto a placental wall, blastocysts will be free-swimming. Each forms an opening in the trophoblast which allows it to consume food flakes placed in the tank.\nAt this stage, cannibalism will begin to occur; at irregular intervals, a blastocyst will approach another and begin stripping off surface cells until it has killed off the target blastocyst. Other blastocysts will approach and also begin to feed. If sufficient food is provided, approximately 15% of the blastocysts will be consumed in the first four weeks, increasing if insufficient food is provided. They will spend most of their time hiding among the plastic plants.\nIf no food is provided, the blastocysts will consume each other until only one is left, which will then starve to death.\nAside from the feeding opening, development will proceed normally. At four weeks, limb buds will allow the embryo to swim more freely, and the feeding opening will begin to close as the mouth forms.\nAt this point, the embryos become much more active and spend more time in the open parts of the tank. Cannibalism will occur at a slightly lower rate, with a further 10% being culled by eight weeks.\nAt eight weeks, the embryos will be fully recognizable as fetuses, with lengths ranging from 2.5 to 4 cm in length. Arms and legs will be clearly visible, with nose and jaws rapidly [REDACTED]. The feeding opening, now unnecessary, will be completely closed. Most of those that survive beyond this point will have varying rates of genetic chimerism due to incomplete ingestion of other blastocysts.\nAt this point, they will become much more territorial and aggressive. This is the period of greatest cannibalism as the fetuses actively hunt for each other, using [REDACTED]. 90% attrition rates can be expected by week 20.\nAt this point, fetuses will begin to respond to auditory stimuli; tapping on the side of the tank causes great agitation at this stage. Lanugo and vernix will begin to form on the fetal skin, providing some protection. Amniotic sacs will form, but will be quickly torn at the limbs and mouths during feeding, leaving those parts free.\nBy the end of 24 weeks, the fetuses will be clearly recognizable as human, with the exception of [REDACTED]. Fat will begin to form on them; this is particularly recognizable on those most successful in predation.\nAny outside animals introduced to the water at this stage will be targeted by the fetuses. In one experiment, a 1.5 kg rabbit was skeletonized over the course of five minutes after being dropped into the tank.\nThe final wave of predation will occur as the tank becomes crowded due to the growth of the fetuses. By week 30, there will be no more than three fetuses surviving as the weakest and smallest are torn apart by the others. One surviving at this point is typical. The mouth and nose will reform until typical for a fetus of this stage.\nAt some point from week 34 to week 40, the remaining fetus or fetuses will breach the water and begin to give an auditory cry. If they are not removed at this stage, they will fall back into the water and drown.\nOnce removed from the water, the fetus is considered born, and will be referred to as an instance of SCP-2259-2. Instances of SCP-2259-2 are identical to normal human infants in nearly all respects. A scar from the closing of their feeding opening is in the same location as a human navel, and almost identical. X-rays of the jaws show some minor signs of [REDACTED], but are indistinguishable without close examination. The infant can be cleaned and the caul removed.\nThree weeks after the last fetus has died or been removed from the tank, a new genesis event will occur.\nRecovery: SCP-2259 was recovered from a London apartment after the tenant, one Jeremy Watson, came to the Foundation's attention under suspicion of successful application of alchemy.\nDuring the raid, the suspect destroyed much of an old book. At this point, a number of arms emerged from a cupboard and dragged the suspect from Foundation custody before vanishing. It is believed the book was from the Wanderer's Library, and that Watson is currently held prisoner for damage to a Library book.\nThe book was titled Homunculi and Genesis, written by a 17th century English alchemist named Rafe Hodgsonn. It was concerned with the creation of life, and surviving pages discuss the spontaneous generation of maggots from rotted meat and mice from soiled cloth and wheat. Unfortunately, the process was in the portion of the book destroyed by Watson.\nSurviving notes from Watson discuss feeding cycles and the expected stages of development. The notes suggest that Watson had produced several generations of SCP-2259-2 prior to the raid. It is currently unknown what happened to these specimens.\nMTF Nu-4, \"Golden Standard,\" has been alerted that this book may be in the hands of other alchemical researchers. MTF Iota-17, \"Navel Gazers,\" are watching for upspikes in the incidence of genetic chimerism, as well as any children showing unusual navel scars or mandible development.\nAddendum 2259-23: As of 05/23/2014, only two instances of SCP-2259-2 have been allowed to come to term. One is an Asian female currently six years old. The second is a Caucasian male currently four years old. Both are being monitored, but have shown no anomalous properties. They are unaware of their origin, and have been rendered sterile as a security measure.\nAddendum 2259-35: New substrate must be thoroughly cleaned and sterilized before being added to the tank. A specimen of Eunice aphroditois was discovered in the tank and could not be contained and removed for over six months, greatly disrupting the genesis cycle.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2258 | SCP-2259 | SCP-2260 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2260\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2260 is contained in Locker 43, located inside the storage room in Area-35. Any personnel wishing to use SCP-2260 for any purpose must fill out the mandatory SCP-2260 paperwork. The paperwork must detail location of choice, time wishing to be spent there, and activities performed at said location and submit the paperwork to Dr. Matthews. He will approve or deny the request to use SCP-2260. All entries into SCP-2260 must be monitored by at least two security personnel, and any deviation from approved entries will be met with immediate termination.\nDescription: SCP-2260 is a green composition book with no markings or names on the front of the book. On the first page of the book, the sentence \"I went to spend the rest of my life in Hawaii\" is written in pencil. SCP-2260 is in good physical condition, contains 200 wide ruled pages, and appears the same as a non-anomalous composition book; however, it weighs 4.5 kg, or approximately 10 lbs.\nUse of SCP-2260 puts subjects in a temporary coma and causes them to dream of visiting the location specified in the writing. Subjects do not physically manifest at the location; however, events that take place in the coma will affect the subject's physical body.\nAnyone wishing to travel using SCP-2260 must use a journal entry formatting. It must be written in the past tense, specify a place the subject wants to go to, and what length of time the subject wants to stay at said place (ex. I went to Japan and I stayed for 2 days). Extra details can be specified, such as specifying exact events that the writer wants to do, but this is not necessary. After the information is written in SCP-2260, the subject is rendered unconscious, and will remain unconscious until the time written down is fulfilled. Subjects cannot be awoken during their coma. Upon awakening, subjects have been shown to have exact recollections of the events in the coma. The entry in SCP-2260 fades immediately at the end of the subject's coma.\nSCP-2260 can be used to send people to fictional locations, locations that are not typically able to be reached, locations that no longer exist, and locations that do not exist yet. Subjects that are sent into sites existing in the past have matched historical records, and events seen by subjects sent into sites existing in the future have happened precisely as shown.\nSubjects that use SCP-2260 once a week or more have been prone to hallucinogenic episodes while awake, visiting places previously entered by the subject into SCP-2260. Lightheadedness and temporary amnesia have also been recorded in subjects. One extreme case had a subject permanently fall into a coma while inside their cell. Subjects have stated that visiting a location while awake makes the location appear distorted, and that people inside will begin screaming at the subject to leave.\nAddendum 2260-A:\n\nLocation\nTime\nEvents\nDetails\n\nGuatemala\n1 week\nNone\nSubject remained unconscious for 1 week. Upon waking up, subject said they had a nice time.\n\nNazi Germany, 1939\n5 days\nNone\nSubject remained unconscious for 3 days, and began bleeding through the forehead. The wound was bullet shaped and the subject expired 14 seconds later.\n\nThe room subject is in 10 minutes in the future\n5 minutes\nNone\nSubject woke up and stated that someone would interrupt the test. Eight minutes later Dr. Matthews stepped in to see how the test was doing.\n\nA solid block of wood\n1 hour\nNone\nUpon subject going into unconsciousness, subject immediately began seizing and normal treatment of seizures had no effect. Subject expired 10 minutes later.\n\nAtlantis\n2 days\nNone\nSubject entered unconsciousness and breathing became increasingly faster. Heart beat also began rising. Subject expired after 5 minutes.\n\nAtlantis\n2 days\nHaving a breathing apparatus on\nSubject remained unconscious for 2 days, and awoke to tell many stories of advanced technology and a city at the bottom of the ocean. It appears the previous subject drowned while at the location.\n\nSurface of the sun\n10 minutes\nBeing able to survive the sun's heat\nSubject remained unconscious for 10 minutes. Subject awoke and exclaimed they are blind. Testing from an ophthalmologist revealed the claim to be true.\n\nTest location\n1 hour\nWriting into SCP-2260\nSee Addendum 2260-D\n\nFurther testing has been requested.\nAddendum 2260-B:\nThe book was initially found in the possession of Mr. James R\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, referred to as SCP-2260-1. SCP-2260-1 had written the entry about going to Hawaii. It is presumed that because he specified a time that will end upon his demise, he will never wake up from SCP-2260. Testing has been done on his vitals while in the comatose state. SCP-2260 keeps all brain activity normal, and appears to regulate heart beat and other vital organs. It also regenerates cell structure 10 times quicker than that of a normal human. SCP-2260-1 has been put in the Cryogenics Area in Sector C for further testing.\nAddendum 2260-C:\nAs it appears that SCP-2260 causes addiction in some subjects, researchers are advised to exercise caution when using a subject for multiple tests. Multiple D-class subjects have made requests to re-use SCP-2260, despite risk of bodily harm. One D-class subject repeatedly said \"Give me the book\" and refused to eat, sleep, or even move until further testing was performed on them.\nAddendum 2260-D:\nThe goal of this experiment was to test what happens when a subject enters a secondary SCP-2260 while inside SCP-2260. There were two medical personnel at hand, three security personnel, two research assistants, and Dr. Matthews was present to facilitate the experiment.\n\n+ Show timeline of SCP-2260 Experiment Log H-45\n\n- Hide timeline of SCP-2260 Experiment Log H-45\n\nTimeline of experiment:\n0 Minutes: Subject went into unconsciousness, and brain activity remained normal.\n4 minutes: Brain activity doubles and regulation of vital organs and heartbeat double as well.\n10 minutes: Subject begins to perspire heavily.\n15 minutes: Perspiration of sweat turns into perspiration of blood.\n25 minutes: Subject's brain activity and regulation doubles again, making bodily functions quadruple their normal speed. It is assumed that subject entered SCP-2260 again while inside the secondary SCP-2260.\n32 minutes: Brain begins to swell, and subject begins to become pale.\n35 minutes: Heart fails. Stomach lining bursts from excess gastric acid.\n36 minutes: Attempts were made to erase the entry from SCP-2260. Entry reappears each time. Medical personnel were attempting to revive subject by using a defibrillator.\n41 minutes: Subject is revived.\n50 minutes: Brain activity recedes by half. Regulation of vital organs halves as well.\n54 minutes: Stomach lining heals due to SCP-2260's normal effects.\n60 minutes: Subject awakens. Entry fades from SCP-2260.\n\nImmediately following experimentation, subject showed severe mental strain and could not properly respond to verbal commands or visual stimuli. Subject was put into psychological counselling for two months. An interview was conducted immediately after the two months expired.\n\n+ Viewing of interview is restricted to level 2 or higher personnel\n\n- Hide Interview\n\nInterview of D-6795 on 9/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\nInterview was conducted by Dr. Matthews\n\n< Begin Log >\nDr. Matthews: Hello D-6795.\nD-6795: H-hi.\nDr. Matthews: How are you doing today?\nD-6795: F-f-f-f-fine.\nDr. Matthews: Can you tell me what happened when you wrote into SCP-2260 that day?\nD-6795: I\u2026 I went in. And you\u2026were there. And the people there to watch were there too. But they were different. They were blank. Blank.\nDr. Matthews: I see. Can you tell me what happened when you wrote in SCP-2260 in that room?\nD-6795: I couldn't control myself. My hand picked up the p-p-pencil, and I wrote. The world\u2026spun. I woke up in the same room, and the world\u2026it just\u2026it just\u2026\n(D-6795 begins to sob)\nDr. Matthews: Please\u2026continue.\nD-6795: THE WORLD SCREAMED AT ME! IT SCREAMED AT ME TO WRITE! AND WRITE! I DID! I FOLLOWED YOUR INSTRUCTIONS! WHY DO YOU KEEP YELLING AT ME!\n(D-6795 begins hitting himself on the head repeatedly)\nDr. Matthews: Stop the interview.\n< End Log >\n\nAddendum 2260-E:\nOther Experiments:\nExperiment on 3/4/1\u2588: Entry was written on a loose-leaf paper and inserted into SCP-2260. No effect took place.\nExperiment on 5/17/1\u2588: Entry was written in SCP-2260, and the page was immediately torn out. There was no change to SCP-2260's normal effects.\nExperiment on 6/14/1\u2588: A page was torn out of SCP-2260, and the entry was written on the torn out page. No effect took place.\nExperiment on 6/23/1\u2588: The entry was written, and immediately blacked out. Words in the entry burned through the ink, and were visible after 9 seconds.\nExperiment on 7/15/1\u2588: The entry was written, and the page was carefully burned so as to not burn SCP-2260. Once the page was burned away, the entry appeared on the next page.\nExperiment on 8/7/1\u2588: An entry was written without an event specified, and once subject became unconscious, a secondary subject wrote in an event. Secondary subject also fell into unconsciousness, and when subjects simultaneously awoke, they claimed to have seen each other at the location.\nExperiment on 8/13/1\u2588: Based on the previous experiment, two subjects were dedicated to simultaneously write two different entries. Both subjects become unconscious, and woke up at the times specified in the entries. When the subjects woke up, they claimed the locations had merged, and residents of the location were \"glitchy\".\nLet's stick to one entry from now on. - Dr. Matthews\n\n\u00ab SCP-2259 | SCP-2260 | SCP-2261 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2261\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The town SCP-2261 is located in must be continuously monitored for instances of SCP-2261-1. Instances are to be captured and contained for experimentation purposes. Instances are to be captured only after an SCP-2261 event has taken place, and before the instance involved re-activates. Any video footage containing instances of SCP-2261-1 is to be confiscated.\nDescription: SCP-2261 is an ongoing phenomenon occurring throughout the town of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, England. When any person within the legal borders of the town perpetrates a form of petty crime (e.g., littering, shoplifting, loitering, etc) within a populated public area, a minimum of two instances of SCP-2261-1 will emerge from the crowd. Instances of SCP-2261-1 appear to be human adults wearing high-visibility police vests, and continuously vocalizing a loud noise similar to a standard British police siren.\nAnyone directly viewing an instance of SCP-2261-1 will believe it to be a British police car with blacked-out windows1, and will behave accordingly to the situation. Subjects will often show surprise to the sudden appearance of an instance and will often, but not always, attempt to flee the instances under the fear of arrest for their crimes.\nIf caught, the instance will transport the subject to the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 police station, which they will then enter believing to be escorted by a police officer. Once inside, subjects will be taken into police custody and be put through the regular arrest process. The instance of SCP-2261-1 will then place itself in a nearby car parking space and cease all signs of consciousness and higher brain power. Inactive instances will regain consciousness shortly after and continue to patrol \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nIf detained during an active state, those directly viewing an instance of SCP-2261-1 will describe seeing a pair of police officers exiting it (referred to as SCP-2261-1A). Instances of SCP-2261-1A are described as adult humans dressed in standard police uniforms, and will often express panic and alarm at those attempting to detain SCP-2261-1, usually describing the situation as beyond 'Their expertise', before quickly fleeing from the area. SCP-2261-1A instances will disappear from witnesses perspectives and the effects of SCP-2261-1 will cease shortly after. All instances of SCP-2261-1 taken into Foundation custody have remained in an insentient state.\nBelow is a list of notable incidents involving SCP-2261\n\nIncident 2261-11\nDate: 22/11/2014\nIncident Report: A man was spotted by an instance of SCP-2261 leaving a local newsagent. The subject proceeded to run away from the instance which in turn gave chase. The subject was eventually caught by SCP-2261-1 and brought to the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 police station.\n\nAccess Incident 2261-11 Surveillance Footage\n\nClose Log\n\n<Begin Log>\n<14:27> A young man in his early twenties is seen leaving the newsagent and entering a large crowd.\n<14:31> An instance of SCP-2261-1 appears from the crowd, a white Caucasian male estimated to be between the age of 30 and 35. SCP-2261-1 begins emitting a siren and walks slowly towards the subject, the subject notices SCP-2261-1 and proceeds to run out of the crowd, surrounding civilians clear away from SCP-2261-1.\n<14:33> SCP-2261-1 makes its way through the crowd and begins running towards the subject. The subject runs into a nearby alleyway occasionally looking back at SCP-2261-1. SCP-2261-1 runs onto a nearby road close by and begins following it.\n<14:38> The subject is seen running out of the entrance of the alleyway into another section of the town, pausing to catch their breath.\n<14:41> SCP-2261-1 appears from around a street corner and pursues the subject. The subject notices SCP-2261-1 and continues running away.\n<14:44> Subject begins slowing down, showing signs of exhaustion. SCP-2261-1 ceases movement upon reaching the subject. The sound of car doors opening emits from SCP-2261-1's mouth followed by footsteps and an unknown voice coming from SCP-2261-1.\nSCP-2261-1: Alright come on don't try anything, seriously you've done enough.\nSubject kneels on the sidewalk and puts hands behind his back, a slight metal click is heard.\nSubject: This is complete crap! I didn't do anything what do you think you're doing!?\nSCP-2261-1: Don't give me that, we have several accounts of you littering in a public area.\nSubject: Are you serious!?\nSCP-2261-1: You'd better sort yourself out and work on that attitude of yours, you're looking at a sentence of one, possibly two hours prison time.\nThe subject gets up and begins walking towards SCP-2261-1, keeping their hands behind their back.\n<14:46> SCP-2261-1 crouches slightly and forms a hoop with its arms behind its back; the subject then fits their legs through SCP-2261-1's arms. SCP-2261-1 then stands up and begins running in the opposite direction with the subject riding on its back.\n<15:14> The subject is escorted to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 police station. The subject is let down by SCP-2261-1 and enters the premises.\n<End Log>\n\nIncident 2261-27\nDate: 15/12/2014\nIncident Report: During a chase between an instance of SCP-2261-1 and a subject who had shoplifted CDs from a nearby music store, the instance slipped on a spot of ice and began stumbling uncontrollably, emitting sounds similar to that of car tires screeching. The instance continued to stumble around until 'crashing' into a nearby tree. At this point a civilian ran over to it, the instance could then be heard speaking with them in an urgent manner, believing them to be an ambulance and claimed that its colleague was in dire need of medical attention. The subject was never detained.\n\nIncident 2261-39\nDate: 07/01/2015\nIncident Report: Incident took place nearby a local jewellers where a robbery was being committed. Bystanders spotted an instance of SCP-2261-1 patrolling the area and attempted to alert it to the robbery. Instead, the instance became preoccupied with an elderly woman smoking a cigarette in a non-smoking area and attempted to arrest her.\n\nIncident 2261-43\nDate: 26/01/2015\nIncident Report: Several men were seen walking down \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 street (a street in the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588). Men had left a local pub shortly before appearing to be heavily intoxicated. Two instances of SCP-2261-1 arrive and reportedly attempt to arrest the men for 'driving under the influence'. After several minutes of arguing with the instances of SCP-2261-1, one of the men shoves at the air in front of him supposedly in an attempt to attack an instance of SCP-2261-1A. Several seconds pass before the other men manage to restrain him, the sound of car doors closing and a disgruntled voice originating from an instance of SCP-2261-1 can be heard claiming 'He's shoving me! He's fucking shoving me! This just got too real too fast, get the hell out of here!'. Both instances then fled the scene.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Video footage is not affected by SCP-2261. Instances will appear as human.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2260 | SCP-2261 | SCP-2262 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Photograph taken on-site by researcher.\n\nItem #: SCP-2262\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2262 is stored in a standard storage locker at Site-73. Any access to SCP-2262 will only be approved following submission of stated research aims, and all researchers must complete Questionnaire SCP-2262-A and score less than 25% beforehand. Any anomalous behaviour will result in psychological evaluation or administration of amnestics, at the approving staff member's discretion. The attached photo may be observed freely, as no cognitohazardous or related effects have been reported or observed from viewing of the image.\nDescription: SCP-2262 is a small torn piece of paper, measuring 29mm x 20mm. Object was torn from the lower right-hand corner of a standard \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-brand notepad, and has been written on with black ink. The only mark is an upper-case \u2018B'. Testing indicated nothing anomalous in the composition or layout of the paper, and the ink has been confirmed as originating from a standard \u2588\u2588-brand ballpoint pen. Experiment SCP-2262-02 has confirmed no anomalous effects in the paper itself.\nObject was recovered from the desk of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a 27-year-old typesetter and occasional comic book artist from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Germany.\nSCP-2262's cognitohazardous properties will be activated when any individual who has any interest, latent or recognized, in typesetting, design, comic books, or indeed any high level of aesthetic appreciation of typefaces or composition, looks at the item. Upon looking, the individual will become increasingly irritated and fascinated by the letter, displaying escalating hostility towards it and its aesthetic shortcomings, real or imagined. These feelings of hostility seem to be dependent largely on the individual's preferred artistic or aesthetic training or inclinations, and focus on whatever aspect of the letter the individual has most knowledge of; observed focuses of hostility including the font's appearance, colour, spacing, \u2018balance', and the relatively low score of the letter \u2018B' in Scrabble given its difficulty in attaching to words.\n\nIncident SCP-2262-1\nSubject has been described as a model worker, and recovered personal documents, tax returns etc. bear this out. For several weeks prior to Incident SCP-2262-1, however, the subject had been publicly and with increasing regularity complaining of professional stagnation, and speaking of a desire to ensure his reputation with the creation of \u201csomething profound\u201d. This deepening obsession had manifested alongside a general disinclination to any usual work; subject had missed multiple deadlines, turning up late, with lax personal hygiene, and displaying insubordination and even violence to management when asked to focus on anything except this project. Numerous disciplinary procedures were in place at the time of Incident SCP-2262-1.\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 arrived at his desk early, neatly dressed, and sat down in silence to work. From 07:44 until 14:08 (confirmed by CCTV & computer records), subject was noncommunicative except when directly addressed by the office manager or co-workers. Throughout this time, subject cleared the personal items from his desk into a small cardboard box, took out a notebook and pen, and began to write individual letters, tearing out and screwing up the pieces of paper. At 14:08, subject opened a document on his work computer and briefly typed a note (though the computer was shortly thereafter destroyed, witnesses agreed that it read \u201cHere you go, you bastards. You want profound? You want perfect? Take a look at this\u201d); he then stood up, loudly announcing to the office at large they should see what he had made, then lay down silently beneath his desk and made no further movement or sound.\nAccounts of what happen next differ in superficial aspects; what is agreed upon, however, is that as each staff member came into visual contact with SCP-2262, they began to experience varied manifestations of the cognitohazardous effect. Over the next 2 minutes, exhibited behaviour escalated from expressions of irritation and disgust, through raised voices and demands for explanation, to physical violence expressed upon the surrounding furniture and others. The group then turned on \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, demanding an explanation; when none was forthcoming, the workers grabbed the subject en masse and dragged him in differing directions, eventually dislocating joints and mutilating limbs, leaving the subject deceased. During this time, another worker in an adjoining office called the police, who arrived 7 minutes later, arresting the staff and inadvertently de-escalating the situation when a riot shield was placed on the table, covering the piece of paper.\n\nAddendum: Transcript of on-site interview between Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, former work colleague and friend (presented here in translation from original German)\nResearcher: So, Herr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, how are you feeling?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: How do you think I'm feeling? That was fucking crazy, man! Are you from the police?\nResearcher: No, we're here to piece together what happened. We're-\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: (interrupting) I'll tell you what happened! It's that fucking B! That mad bastard did it, I don't know how he did it, but that B!\nResearcher: (withdrawing SCP-2262 from his pocket, in mylar bag) This letter, you mean? What's the problem with it?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: (becoming frantic) Jesus, what's the matter with you?! Get it away, you sadist! What's the problem?! What's NOT the problem? Shit, the kerning, the composition, the little blobby thing at the bottom \u2013 what the FUCK is that blob doing there?! Why is it leaning?! And is it on the line, is it beneath, what?!\nResearcher: Please, Herr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, calm down, and start from the beginning.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Okay, just\u2026keep that monstrosity away from me, okay? So \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 came in this morning; he was smart, he'd shaved, looked like my friend again, you know? But he wasn't talking or anything. Still, that's fair, I thought, job's hanging in the balance, leave him to it.\nHe sat down and started scribbling. Just scribbling, over and over and then tearing off these little pieces. I look over, and every piece of paper he's ripping off, he's eating them! Just eating little bits of paper all day\u2026\nResearcher: I see. And what happened next?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: [haltingly] Well, he suddenly stopped and said \u201cHey, you people, come and look at what I've made!\u201d By the time we got there, he was lying down, and on the desk was that letter.\nThat little bit of paper. It didn't even make sense at first, like none of us could process what we were seeing for a few seconds. Every single bit of it was just so wrong. Everything. It was so ugly, we couldn't believe it. And, um, I guess we all got pretty mad about it. We were trying to figure it out, and I think someone started pushing, and then we\u2026\nAt this point, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 abruptly bursts into tears, and his speech becomes incoherent apart from what were believed to be mumbled apologies and demands for explanation. Following this interview, amnestics are administered to both workers and police, and a cover story involving a workplace suicide is put into place. No media attention has been garnered at this time.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2261 | SCP-2262 | SCP-2263 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2263-32\n\nItem #: SCP-2263\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2263 is to be kept in standard safe object storage at Site-63 with the exception of SCP-2263-34, which is to be kept in highly explosive materials storage and SCP-2263-62, which is to be kept in radioactive materials storage. Due to potential as of yet undiscovered dangers, no experimentation is to be done on any instance of SCP-2263 without express permission from Site-63 administration.\nDescription: SCP-2263 is comprised of 62 anatomically accurate, identical sculptures of a human skeleton, all of which are made out of anomalous materials. Each skeleton measures 190 cm tall, and has a mass of 11 kg, regardless of composition. Each skeleton is held together with silver wire, and mounted on a 5 cm thick lithium carbide disk, with a radius of 0.3 meters. Every instance of SCP-2263 has a descriptive tag affixed to its third left rib. Each tag is written in Dutch, with the same handwriting. Below are a selection of individual instances of SCP-2263, with a translation of their respective tags.\n\nItem Number\nComposition\nText on Tag\nNotes\n\nSCP-2263-1\nNon-Melting ice\nmanaged to keep it chilled\nSculpture retains average temperature of -33.4 degrees celsius and should only be handled when wearing thermally insulated clothing\n\nSCP-2263-2\nBrass (37% zinc, 61% copper, 2% other contaminants)\ndelay is a bit off, do not touch\nTemperature of object fluctuates rapidly between -270 and 60,000 degrees celsius, but temperature only extends to a range of 5 cm\n\nSCP-2263-3\nPurple polypropylene\nkeep out of the way\nObject blinks in and out of existence at an interval of approximately 57 seconds\n\nSCP-2263-7\nUnknown, believed to be dark matter\nvery easy to lose\nObject appears black, and does not emit or reflect any variety of electromagnetic radiation. Item determined to have a temperature of 0 K, but does not feel cold to the touch\n\nSCP-2263-18\nUnknown, best described as \"the color blue\"\nnot quite sure how I got this one to work, but glad it came out well\nObject appears as a blue, two dimensional image of a skeleton matching the dimensions of other sculptures, which appears as the same image regardless of angle it is viewed at. SCP-2263-18 itself is intangible, but it is \"constructed\" on a stone platform, which exhibits no anomalous properties\n\nSCP-2263-20\nTechnetium\nKeep bolted down\nObject does not emit radiation as would be expected of technetium, and shows no signs of atomic decay. Object is continuously pulled westward via an unknown force at exactly 2.23 kilometers per hour, can be easily stopped by any solid barrier\n\nSCP-2263-22\nSCP-148\nThis one is giving me headaches\nAside from the usual effects of telekill alloy, object hovers between 0.3 and 0.8 meters off the ground\n\nSCP-2263-25\n[REDACTED]\nHonestly I am not sure how I did this one, keep a mule in the vicinity\n[REDACTED]\n\nSCP-2263-27\nGraphene Aerogel\nMy personal favourite\nAnomalously emits odors at an intensity most commonly described as \u201cpleasant\u201d. Notable odors include Jasmine, Agarwood, Amber, Fresh Apples, and Cooking Meat\n\nSCP-2263-30\nAn organic chitinous material that most closely resembles ant exoskeleton\nKeep away from open flame\nConverts Carbon Dioxide, Carbon monoxide, Nitrogen gas, Argon gas, Methane, and Water Vapor into breathable Oxygen, without producing any excess waste matter or consuming or emitting any energy. Note: SCP-2263-30 has been approved for testing by the materials research and synthesis division\n\nSCP-2263-32\nNarwhal Ivory\nThis one was probably a mistake. Probably\nCreates a rim-shot sound at the end of every sentence spoken within 7 meters of its skull. When \u201ctold\u201d an actual joke, rim-shot is accompanied by a laugh track matched to an episode of the television program Hogan's Heroes\n\nSCP-2263-34\nAntimatter\nabout three years until anti-annihilation field stops working\nObject seems to be made of antimatter equivalent of human bone, and should be kept in isolated underground storage until at least 10/17/20\u2588\u2588\n\nSCP-2263-51\nPine wood\ncareful not to knock this one into the sky, wont get it back\nObject is not affected by gravity, but will remain in place, relative to the earth, wherever it is placed in three dimensional space\n\nSCP-2263-55\nGlass\nturned it inside out, that did it\nObject appears to posses a \"negative volume\" (i.e. when object is submerged in a tank of water, the water level will drop, but the object will not take on water)\n\nSCP-2263-60\nRose quartz crystal\na little mixed media project\nWhen struck, each bone of SCP-2263-60 will emit a distinct musical tone. Bones in the arms make sounds corresponding with woodwinds, the legs correspond with brass instruments, the ribs correspond to a xylophone, bones in the spine and skull correspond to drums, and the pelvic bone creates a low, unidentified, prolonged sound, the closest match for which is a didgeridoo\n\nSCP-2263-62\nPlutonium\nBe careful with this one Jacob1\nObject emits normal radiation given off by plutonium, but only at a range of 3 cm off of its surface. Object also emits a high pitched ringing noise and occasionally will begin rotating at approximately 30000 rpm for exactly 15 seconds\n\nSCP-2263 was discovered in a warehouse in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Ohio, which was registered to a Mister Johann \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Upon research it has been discovered that no such person had ever lived in the town. The Foundation first became aware of SCP-2263 after local authorities investigated a break-in report and discovered SCP-2263's anomalous properties. Objects were recovered by Mobile Task Force Omicron-3 (\"Spooky Scary\") over the course of 13 hours. All 62 instances were successfully recovered, and MTF-O3 suffered two casualities, three instances of severe burns, one instance of hypothermia, one severed arm, and one instance of radiation poisoning.\nAt the warehouse in which SCP-2263 was recovered; a mattress, approximately 3 months worth of canned food and bottled water, and various sculptural tools were found, as well as 62 letters (one for each instance) written in Dutch and addressed to an individual named only as \"Jacob\", explaining how long each piece would take to complete, and how much it would cost to produce (each instance was always billed at exactly $543.21 USD). No explanation is ever given as to how an instance of SCP-2263 is created, or how materials are acquired. Only one reply was found at the scene, also in Dutch, addressed to the warehouse. See below for a transcript.\n\n+ Document 2263-63\n\n- Close\n\nMy dearest Johann, excellent work, I am very much anticipating the completion of the project. If all goes according to plan I will be in the states to personally pick them up very soon. I will have your money plus a little extra for your hard work. The likeness is astounding. Sincerely, Jacob\n\nFootnotes\n1. This individual's identity is not currently known, but is believed to be an associate of the creator of SCP-2263, as several letters addressed to a Jacob \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, in Maastricht, The Netherlands were found at the site of SCP-2263's recovery. Upon investigation, no such person was found to exist.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2262 | SCP-2263 | SCP-2264 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Martin Tower, Tower of London.\n\nItem #: SCP-2264\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to the unavoidably public nature of the building housing SCP-2264-A, security measures are to focus on preventing civilian access to the anomaly's entrance. The Foundation is to cooperate with the government of the United Kingdom in concealing the existence of SCP-2264-A. A hidden passage to SCP-2264-A has been constructed and remains its only means of access. The original entrance to the room where SCP-2264-A is located has been walled over, ensuring that only authorized personnel have access to SCP-2264-A. Operatives are to be reassigned and replaced monthly due to the threat of psychological addiction to SCP-2264-B.\nDescription: SCP-2264-A is a door composed of iron located within a hidden chamber beneath Martin Tower, a part of the Tower of London.1 The gateway cannot be unlocked through traditional means, requiring a highly ritualized process. Attached to SCP-2264-A is a complex apparatus composed of alchemical tools such as alembics, retorts, and a crucible.\n\nHenry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland.\n\nBased on journals found within the hidden chamber, SCP-2264-A2 is presumably the creation of Henry Percy (27 April 1564 \u2013 5 November 1632), 9th Earl of Northumberland, an English aristocrat, alchemist, and long-term prisoner within the Tower of London. Despite his incarcerated status, the Earl maintained a degree of influence, said to enjoy a comfortable lifestyle and allowed access to books and research material. He was known as The Wizard Earl due to his extensive library and interests in the scientific and occult.\nIt is considered possible that others within Percy's circle of associates were involved in the creation of SCP-2264-A, including John Dee, famed alchemist and court astrologer of Queen Elizabeth. The School of Night,3 of which Henry Percy was supposedly member to, may have also had involvement.\nJournal of Henry Percy, The Wizard Earl:\n\nnigredo:\nwe will confront the dark night of the soul - the [pineal gland] will be freshly extract'd. fire evokes the shadow within.\nalbedo:\nwash aroint the impurities - rain cleanses all sin and prepares the soul f'r Elysium. divide, not as dictat'd by the rigors of harmony, but rather into two opposing principles to be later coagulat'd to form a unity of opposites.\ncitrinitas:\nvictory coincides with the yellowing of the lunar consciousness. the white surrenders to dawn; the travelling lamp slays the moon.\nrubedo:\nred alludes; instead, surrender upon the apparatus a sanguine sacrifice.\n\nA Foundation alchemist was consulted. The instructions are roughly comparable with the magnum opus; a four-part process employed in the creation of the mythical philosopher's stone. Replication of this procedure required [REDACTED].4\nThrough still undetermined means, a mechanism within SCP-2264-A responds to the completed solution, causing it to unlock and open - allowing access to SCP-2264-B.\nSCP-2264-B is an extradimensional city which does not correspond to any known location, earthly or otherwise. Objects that originate from within SCP-2264-B will dematerialize if brought through SCP-2264-A. Such objects have been later found returned to the site of their initial removal.\nThose who enter SCP-2264-B report having all personal belongings removed and their clothes replaced. Manifested outfits are said to resemble those worn at masquerade balls, most especially those associated with the Carnival of Venice, and will dematerialize upon exit of SCP-2264-B. Masks cannot be removed while inside SCP-2264-B but the rest of the attire can be discarded if one chooses to do so. The majority of SCP-2264-B inhabitants are dressed and adorned in a similar fashion; agents have reported a somewhat organic quality to their costumes, frequently describing it as \"chitinous\". The most common inhabitants of SCP-2264-B are roughly humanoid and have since have been classified as SCP-2264-1.\nThe sky has been described as yellow and containing an indeterminate number of black stars, corresponding with no known or even hypothesized constellations. Buildings are shaped in such a manner as to suggest them being carved from a single seamless material. Black, white, yellow, and red are the only colors to reportedly occur within SCP-2264-B. Architecture is non-euclidean and the normal laws of gravity do not apply,5 thus inhabitants can be observed as climbing a stairway upside-down, but based on their own gravity source, they are climbing normally.\nThe city has been described as having the odor of \"dried flowers with a hint of mold\", or a scent \"not unlike that of old books\". The actual size of the city has been difficult to measure but it appears to be located on an island, surrounded by a black ocean, the composition of the liquid is unknown but described as appearing more viscous than water.\nOperatives have reported a hypnagogic malaise while exploring SCP-2264-B, with difficulty estimating time and space. Although SCP-2264-B is a tangible location and not considered to be an actual dream, those who had a history of lucid dreaming have shown far greater self-control and attention to detail than those who did not. Operatives are to be reassigned and replaced monthly due to the threat of psychological addiction to SCP-2264-B. Initial efforts at exploration resulted in eight AWOL operatives with those that returned having difficulty describing what they had observed in a coherent and/or detailed manner.\n\n+ Exploration Report \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Dr. Calixto Narv\u00e1ez (1st Deployment)\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nThe almost hypnagogic nature of SCP-2264-B has led many to observe it as a dream or hallucination, failing to fully recognize its inherent verisimilitude. A lucid dreamer and an experienced user of hallucinogenics, I (Dr. Calixto Narv\u00e1ez), was well chosen for this mission. My comrades quickly surrendered to the anomaly, engaging in the decadent pleasures of the city; most especially within the palace.\nTempting as it was, I did not join the others in their rapturous orgy. I would suggest interviewing those that previously entered SCP-2264-B again; it is unlikely they've gone into all the details. When allowed a chance to directly control a dream, so many claim they would fly or visit the stars; those people are liars. Most choose to surrender to the ecstatic delirium of sexual pleasure.\nAgain, this is not a dream, but I am able to understand why most are unable to perceive the difference. I am reminded of the legend of the Hassassins, how their leader supposedly drugged and led his recruits into his castle; within was a pleasure garden that rivaled any imagined paradise - the individuals truly believed they were offered a taste of the divine. SCP-2264-B works in a somewhat similar way but I do not believe that is the reason for its splendor. I doubt it is intended to be a trap. It is simply a city (although certainly a majestic city unlike anything I had ever before encountered) but one that happens to exist outside baseline reality and does not entirely conform to the physical rules we are used to.\nI have made significant discoveries while exploring SCP-2264-B:\n1. Universal translation of language - while most of the agents perceive the inhabitants as speaking English, I heard them in my native tongue of Spanish. Even those of my team, when communicating with me directly, appeared to have been speaking Spanish while within the anomaly. I have discovered that this is also applied to written language but not quite as accurately.\nWritten words initially appear as alien shapes; most of the symbols having a somewhat spiral-like pattern. If one continues to directly observe the symbols, they will begin to blur and alter until some level of translation has manifested. However, there do appear to be limitations and it seems that some words native to SCP-2264-B have no equivalent in any human language. The words appear to move on paper and prolonged exposure can easily result in nausea and headache.\n2. The true name of SCP-2264-B is Alagadda, a city-state said to border the Nevermeant.6 I was able to gather much of this information from the Wandsman of Kul-Manas, a scholar and foreigner like myself. They wore a beaked mask and exquisite robes cloaked their hunchbacked form; their hands were scaly (more avian than reptilian) with black talons. They unfurled a scroll before me, said it was a map of the multiverse - layer after layer of endless spirals - I sense an oncoming migraine just thinking about it now.\nRegardless, I was pleased to meet a fellow intellectual within. I asked them about the nature of their research. \"What is the nature of all that is?\" they asked, I assumed rhetorically. \"Just for a start,\" they noted.\n3. There is a specific power structure within SCP-2264-B, involving entities that, based on description, could easily be considered some of the more dangerous reality benders known to the Foundation. The Wandsman of Kul-Manas warned of individuals that should not even be approached, less we draw undesirable attention to our reality.\nThere are (or were) four Masked Lords who directly oversee SCP-2264-B:\nThe Black Lord, Wearer of the Anguished Mask\nThe White Lord, Wearer of the Diligent Mask\nThe Yellow Lord, Wearer of the Odious Mask\nThe Red Lord, Wearer of the Mirthful Mask\nThey were said to be the chief advisors to the King of Alagadda. They continued to warn that I not be fooled by their names; each just as terrible as the other. I have seen the Masked Lords, always at a distance, all except the Wearer of the Anguished Mask. I was informed that the Black Lord was the victim of a political struggle some time ago (the reason never known, if reason existed at all) and cast into some dreadful dimensional backwater. It would only be a matter of time before they returned.\nThe insidious glamour of the city-state disguises a dreadful truth, one the Wandsman had difficulty expressing in words. They stated that most outsiders came to this place to seek a boon from the King. They refused to speak anymore of this entity and suggested I avoid the Ambassador of Alagadda as well, before politely taking their leave of me.\nI decided it time to report back, gathered the others (pulling a few from the writhing mound of masked transdimensional entities); the first door we entered was the one to return us to baseline reality. I suspect that SCP-2264-B is a dimensional nexus, connected to countless worlds across the multiverse. Every door used within SCP-2264-B has connected directly to SCP-2264-A. If there are other gateways like SCP-2264-A, I suspect them to be currently sealed.\n\nDr. Calixto Narv\u00e1ez was commended for his initiative. A psychological evaluation has determined it safe for him to reenter in the near future, although it has been requested that he use a more professional tone with regards to his reports. Future operatives will be screened for higher than normal levels of activity in the parietal lobes while in a state of altered consciousness (sleep or otherwise).\nThe \"Wandsman of Kul-Manas\" has since been classified as SCP-2264-2 and is considered an invaluable source of information. The \"Masked Lords of Alagadda\" have been classified as SCP-2264-3.\n\n+ Exploration Report \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Dr. Calixto Narv\u00e1ez (2nd Deployment)\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nI believe SCP-2264-2 is the only entity we might truly trust in Alagadda and sought them immediately. The city contains thousands, if not millions, but SCP-2264-2 stands out and appears to have a strictly scholarly interest in SCP-2264-B - most especially the palace library.\nThe collection was impressive and could have been infinite in size for all I knew (there was no visible end to the room, the corridor stretching long into the horizon). I wandered the seemingly endless hall, Agent Cromwell and Dr. Yu at my side, in search of SCP-2264-2. I scanned through a few grimoires and scrolls, the alien symbols failing to translate (leading me to suspect that no earthly translation was possible).\nIn time we found SCP-2264-2, affable as before and expressing concern about our well-being. I asked that they elaborate and I write their response as best as my memory allows:\n\"The Ambassador of Alagadda will soon return from Adytum and only the mad shall remain. I suggest you leave posthaste, for I intend the same.\"\nI thanked them for their warning and declared that we would not linger for long. I asked them about Adytum. They replied:\n\"A terrible city, filled with equally terrible people. It is said that the Grand Karcist of Adytum serves the designs of an elder being, a horror thought to rival even the Hanged King of Alagadda. Craw! (SCP-2264-2 made a sound not unlike a crow) I should not speak of them. Not here.\"\nI asked about who they were (SCP-2264-2), wanting to know more about them. They replied:\n\"I am the Wandsman of Kul-Manas. A scholar, as you undoubtedly know. I am a walker of the astral plane, a sailor of the celestial sea, and a spelunker of the planar deep.\"\nSCP-2264-2 noted something about our \"aura\"; declaring it rare across the multiverse but admitted to having encountered similar during previous visits to SCP-2264-B. They said something along the lines of:\n\"The Deathless Merchant of London; driven by greed and black ambition. There was another; a stranger in a strange land. It appeared as though they did not know where they were, smelling of fear. I cannot imagine how one might accidentally stumble upon Alagadda, I did not believe such a thing was possible. They vanished soon after yet I never witnessed them leave. Simply gone in a blink.\"\nThey would continue to reference the \"Karcists\" and \"Clavigers\" of Adytum, stating that they \"reeked of decay and embryonic fluid\". That was the extent of people encountered with a similar \"aura\" to our own; I suspect SCP-2264-2 is able to sense a person's \"dimensional neighborhood\". SCP-2264-2 turned their head completely around (somewhat like an owl) and cawed, declaring:\n\"I sense the Ambassador of Alagadda has returned. I take my leave of this place and I suggest you do the same. Flee; do not delay. Perhaps I will pay your realm a visit in the future.\"\nSCP-2264-2 exited the nearest door. The door refused to budge but I suspect it connected SCP-2264-2 to their native dimension. We exited the library, walking quickly (not wishing to bring too much attention upon ourselves by running). We found an unlocked door and returned home. We never saw the ambassador or their king, but I feel it best that we not seek them out.\n\nAlthough not directly encountered, the Ambassador of Alagadda and the King of Alagadda have been respectively classified as SCP-2264-4 and SCP-2264-5.\n\n+ INFORMATION RESTRICTED TO LEVEL 4 PERSONNEL OR ABOVE\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nThe O5 Council voted 10 to 3 in support of sending Mobile Task Force Psi-9 (\"Abyss Gazers\") into SCP-2264-B. The goal of the operation was to locate SCP-2264-4 and SCP-2264-5 and calculate the level of threat they represented to humanity, Earth, and local dimensional space. Twelve agents, trained in hand-to-hand combat and Counter Occult Stratagems (COS), entered SCP-2264-A on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 at 0800.\nOne agent returned alive; the rest are presumed dead or otherwise irretrievable.\n\nInterviewed: Agent Alexander Papadopoulos\nInterviewer: Dr. Laxmi Narang\nForeword: Agent Papadopoulos was found to be in critical condition upon their exit of SCP-2264, losing consciousness soon after. A physical examination revealed fractured bones throughout the entirety of their body and extensive internal bleeding. After three weeks of hospitalization, Agent Papadopoulos was deemed healthy enough for interview.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Laxmi Narang: I know it might be difficult but please tell me everything you remember.\nAgent Alexander Papadopoulos: The city was remarkable. Command prepped us for it as best they could but words fail to do it justice. We all had the appearance of harlequins or something out of an old time masquerade. Wasn't exactly the same but close enough. Couldn't take the masks off, hard as we tried. We had a mission to complete but the details were quite vague.\nDr. Laxmi Narang: Vague?\nAgent Alexander Papadopoulos: Find SCP-2264-4 and -5; get an estimate on their threat level. We knew they were important to SCP-2264 but we had no idea what they looked like or how to locate them.\nDr. Laxmi Narang: Go on.\nAgent Alexander Papadopoulos: Right. Well. We found the palace. Don't know how long it took. Time has no meaning in a place like that. The city is full of people, especially that palace, but it didn't feel like being in a busy city in our world. There was something different about it but I don't know how else to describe it. Layered? No, still not right. Not important I guess.\nThings blurred a lot. Everything seemed to follow a sort of dream logic.\nDr. Laxmi Narang: Dream logic?\nAgent Alexander Papadopoulos: Yeah. I mean. It wasn't a dream, I'm certain of that. And I have the scars to prove it. It was all real but have you ever noticed how dreams rush through the details? You end up one place but don't really recall how? It was like that. I remember the masquerade; the music and the dancing\u2026 oh, and the fucking. All with their masks on, of course. Seeing some of them \"nude\" was a shock. They aren't like us. Lets just say not everything was part of an elaborate costume. Their skin was like porcelain. I think those were the natives. You know, SCP-2264-1. But the more you stared, the less human everyone seemed; some had too many limbs, some had too few. They were like the monsters from an old fantasy comic I read as a kid. Crazy as this place was, I don't think we were ever seeing the whole truth. It's like a filter. The people look humanoid because we're human. Something from another world would see us more like them. But some\u2026 especially the natives\u2026 I got the feeling that behind those masks, beyond their illusions, was something inconceivable.\nSorry. Rambling. Head hurts trying to remember. [Becomes distracted] I can't move my arms or legs. What's wrong with them?\nDr. Laxmi Narang: The numbness is just a side effect of your medication. Please focus on my questions.\nAgent Alexander Papadopoulos: Okay. If you say so. I remember having to pull Agent Maher away from some woman\u2026 I think it was a woman. Wasn't attacking him or anything. Quite the opposite, actually. Couldn't blame him. She had curves in all the right places - made it easy to ignore the tentacles.\nSo, the twelve of us stick together. Hard to not look like you're out for trouble with that many. Anyway, we wandered around the palace and it was like a labyrinth. I honestly wouldn't have been surprised if we stumbled into a minotaur or something. We spent most of the time descending the stairs, I think? I remember feeling like we were traveling deeper and deeper\u2026\nAnd then, somehow, just when we thought we had reached the bottom, we're back outside. It looked like we were in exactly the same spot as when we first entered SCP-2264-B. Hell, we could all see the palace in the distance.\nBut something was different. Everything was dark, drained of color. Like, we could see and all but it was a hazy gray twilight. The streets were empty and the buildings looked\u2026 ruined? Yeah. Was like the whole city was abandoned long ago. Desolate and silent; not a sound but our own footsteps.\nWe eventually entered this iteration of the palace. Everything was identical, at least the architecture.\nThat's when we heard the whispers. It spoke in a language I had never heard before. I could feel it slithering into my ear, eating its way to my brain\u2026\nWe\u2026 [Begins to weep]\nDr. Laxmi Narang: Please continue.\nAgent Alexander Papadopoulos: We destroyed ourselves.\nDr. Laxmi Narang: \u2026What?\nAgent Alexander Papadopoulos: We had no choice. The Ambassador, it found us. It didn't have a face; no mouth, nose, or eyes. I thought it was wearing a skintight outfit and\u2026 high heels? That is what it looked like at first but no\u2026 that was its body. Its flesh was black. It stood tall, lithe and androgynous, and so.. so\u2026\nDr. Laxmi Narang: Please, this information is important. Pace yourself. We can stop if\u2026\nAgent Alexander Papadopoulos: [Interrupting] It stood so damn proud. Just radiating arrogance. I couldn't understand a word it said and yet every syllable dripped with narcissistic venom. It brought a hand to where a mouth should have been\u2026 and it laughed and laughed\u2026 and then we destroyed ourselves for its amusement.\nOur bones were shattered. Our flesh was torn open and our organs ruptured. We ruined ourselves in body and mind. All for that thing's amusement. And the whole time, I tried to scream, I tried to beg, but couldn't make a sound. \"I'm so sorry\", I tried to say, \"I'm so sorry\". My team. My friends. I remember how their eyes pleaded for mercy - and asked for forgiveness. You don't forget eyes like that.\nIn the end, I was the only one left alive - surrounded by the mutilated corpses that were once my team. I understand now. The Ambassador needed a witness, one to deliver its message. To tell you this\u2026 and\u2026 [Begins to hyperventilate]\nDr. Laxmi Narang: Please continue.\nAgent Alexander Papadopoulos: I watched the ceiling move as it\u2026 as it dragged my broken body from room to room. Eventually we stopped and it lifted me up, held me up before the throne. There I saw the King. It was anchored in place, with hands and throat shackled tight, like\u2026 like a corpse in bondage. Its face was hidden beneath a black veil, or maybe it was a hood. I\u2026 I don't quite remember.\nBut I remember these horrid imps. They were caressing the King's twitching body, as if trying to comfort it. But others pulled the tethers even tighter. The King trembled and quivered and I saw pale tendrils slither in and out of its tattered robes. I looked on as the imps lifted the King's veil\u2026 [there is a change in tone, suggesting lucidity] I want to die. I can't live with what I've done. Please kill me. End this. I can't feel my legs. I can't feel my arms. Not like this. Not like this. Please, I'm begging you\u2026\nDr. Laxmi Narang: You know I can't do that. Please tell me what you saw.\nAgent Alexander Papadopoulos: [Said without emotion] A god shaped hole. The barren desolation of a fallen and failed creation. You see the light of long dead stars. Your existence is nothing but an echo of a dying god's screams. The unseen converges. Surrounds you. And it tightens like a noose.\n<End Log>\n\nOperations involving SCP-2264 are suspended until further notice. The agent's request for termination has been denied. Due to the considerable damage suffered, amputation of both arms and legs was deemed necessary, and subject is no longer able to perform most biological functions without the aid of life support systems. He is to be restrained for his own protection (despite his loss of limbs, suicide attempts have been made) and thoroughly interrogated for all possible information related to SCP-2264. Due to his contact with SCP-2264-4 and SCP-2264-5, he is to be quarantined and carefully observed for signs of anomaly. Agent Papadopoulos has refused food and water, requiring the use of a feeding tube.\n\nAddendum: SCP-2264 was discovered accidentally during the refurbishment of Martin Tower in \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. The Foundation was contacted by representatives of the Crown due to the suspicion of a potentially anomalous artifact based on the writings found within, since attributed to Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland. Discovered among his notes was an unsent letter, intended to be received by Christopher Marlowe, famed poet and playwright. The letter is dated 30 May 1593, the day of Christopher Marlowe's unsolved murder.\n\n+ Document 2264-0037\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nChristopher Marlowe.\n\nTo my singular goode Friend, may this Missive reach thee ere 'tis too late.\n'Twas thou who urg'd against my building of the Janus Gate. My Insult was cruell, having deem'd thee foolish and ignorant of the Sciences: I prithee forgive mine Arrogance.\n'Twas thou who suffer'd the Evil to which I was blind. I show'd thee the Other Ordinary, and allow'd the secret Darknesse to coil around the Cinder of thy beautiful Heart. I was blind, but now I see.\nI beseech thee to burn that accurs'd Play7 and return it to Ashe. Thy Patron seeks to corrupt and defile: Whence He cometh, there are Things that simply should not be. The Ambassador shall exploit thee, as they did us. I have seal'd the Janus Gate so that only the Enlighten'd may enter. May they have the Wisdom to see what I coulde not, and the Power to slay the wretch'd King within.\nDamn that Metropolis of Blood, that terrible Realm and its antient countless Crimes. Consign thy Play to the Fire, deny thy vile Patron, and aroint thee from this Madnesse. We would fain welcome thee backe into the Night.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Also known as Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress.\n2. Frequently referred to in notes as a Janus Gate. Janus is the Roman deity of beginnings and transitions, thereby associated with doors, doorways, gates, and passages.\n3. A secret society interested in the study of science, philosophy, and religion; members were suspected of atheism, at the time not only considered blasphemous but an act of treason and anarchy.\n4. To request this information, please contact the Department of Alchemical Studies.\n5. This may be caused by multiple gravity wells within the city but this cannot be directly measured.\n6. Meaning remains unknown.\n7. \"Seems likely the play being referred to here is SCP-701. Script should be investigated for more information on Alagadda.\" - Dr. Nkiru Diawara\n\n\u00ab SCP-2263 | SCP-2264 | SCP-2265 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2265\nObject Class: Neutralized (formerly Euclid)\nSpecial Containment Procedures: As of 24 Oct 2011, SCP-2265 is considered neutralized. The former containment area of SCP-2265 has been deemed free of anomalous activity, and has been approved to be renovated and sold to private investors by Simon & Chesterson Properties, a Foundation front. Masahiro Goto and Andrew Verit (formerly SCP-2265-A and SCP-2265-B) are currently being held in the low security humanoid containment wing of Site 68; their possible release is being reviewed by the Ethics Committee.\n\nView former Containment Procedures\n\nHide\n\nSCP-2265 is to be contained on-site by security and researchers from the nearby Site 68. The restaurant surrounding SCP-2265 has been closed, and a false cover story implemented about a termite infestation. A team of researchers shall monitor SCP-2265 by closed circuit camera at all times; should any unusual activity be observed, it must be reported to the Site Director as soon as possible.\n\nDescription: SCP-2265 was a localized two hour time loop affecting a twenty-square meter area of Mario's, a defunct Italian restaurant located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, California. SCP-2265 was impermeable and self-containing; no items could enter or exit the time loop, including SCP-2265-A and SCP-2265-B.\nSCP-2265-A and SCP-2265-B are Masahiro Goto and Andrew Verit, history professors at the University of Kyoto and the University of California-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, respectively, at the time SCP-2265 manifested. During the time period in which SCP-2265 was active, neither SCP-2265-A nor SCP-2265-B were observed to age through the iterations of the loop. Both SCP-2265-A and SCP-2265-B were unaware of any changes in the environment surrounding SCP-2265, perceiving it as being unchanged from its state at the beginning of the time loop. SCP-2265-A demonstrated an awareness of the time loop, its previous iterations, and its inability to exit it; SCP-2265-B did not.\nThe dinner table they were sitting at, and the immediate area surrounding it, became SCP-2265 on 13 Jan 1991, as Goto and Verit were eating dinner at Mario's. At the time, Professor Goto was visiting the United States to give a series of lectures; he and Professor Verit were eating out to discuss said lectures and Professor Goto's remaining plans for his time in the United States. After the anomalous effects of SCP-2265 were noted by employees of the restaurant, Foundation agents were dispatched and Class B Amnestics were administered to all involved; Mario's was subsequently closed. SCP-2265-A and SCP-2265-B were reported as having died in a car crash.\nAddendum 2265: Cessation of Anomalous Activity: On 24 Oct 2011, SCP-2265 did not reset at the end of its normal loop, and both SCP-2265-A and SCP-2265-B immediately became aware of the surrounding environment. Shortly thereafter, SCP-2265-A began laughing and crying hysterically, and repeatedly hugged surrounding Foundation personnel. Both SCP-2265-A and SCP-2265-B were taken into custody; after the items inside the former SCP-2265 were removed, the containment area was subsequently abandoned. One week later, Masahiro Goto and Andrew Verit were declassified as SCP-2265-A and SCP-2265-B after tests revealed they retained no anomalous properties.\nAddendum 2265-2: Interview Log:\n\nSCP-2265-A Interview Log\n\nHide\n\n[This interview took place four days after SCP-2265-A's recovery from SCP-2265. SCP-2265-A is being questioned on its experiences inside SCP-2265].\nDoctor Selvece: Good evening, SCP-2265-A.\nSCP-2265-A: Ah, good evening, doctor. Why are you still calling me that?\nDoctor Selvece: It's a formality, I assure you; we must confirm you are no longer anomalous in any way.\nSCP-2265-A: \"Anomalous.\" I suppose that's one way to describe it.\nDoctor Selvece: Indeed. Based on our observations, we gathered that you were aware of SCP-2265 during your time in it, and yet your behavior became remarkably more subdued over the years. Care to explain that?\nSCP-2265-A: Well, I did not feel that way at first. When I first realized what was going on\u2026 unease, then panic as I realized we were trapped. I tried to scream to the people outside our\u2026 \"area\"\u2026 but none noticed us. I did everything I could, for a long time. Every time I told Andrew what was happening, he would confirm it, become alarmed, and\u2026 forget. \"Lather, rinse, repeat,\" as you say.\nDoctor Selvece: And after a period of time, you gave up attempting to break the loop?\nSCP-2265-A: What was the point? We were trapped there. Nothing I did could stop Andrew from forgetting after the two hours passed, or the process from repeating itself. It was a cruel thing, but the universe did not care for my misery.\nDoctor Selvece: What did you decide to do after that?\nSCP-2265-A: Adapt. The human mind is an amazing thing; we can get used to almost anything, given time. If the loop was going to trap me, then I may as well find a way to cope with it.\nDoctor Selvece: How were your experiences after that?\nSCP-2265-A: The first half-hour was the hardest part. Eating the same damn meal over and over again drove me mad. And Andrew would always talk about his dissertation revisions, and ask me about my itinerary for the rest of the week. Over, and over, and over. After that, however, I decided to use the opportunity the time loop gave me to better myself.\nDoctor Selvece: How so?\nSCP-2265-A: Professor Verit is a remarkably intelligent and thoughtful man. Those dinner conversations we had, the hundreds, the thousands of them\u2026 I learned so much. We talked about poetry, literature, nature\u2026 even as time kept resetting itself, I never ran out of things to ask him. I talked so much that I almost completely lost my accent, something that he began to pick up on. I was beginning to accept my fate. If this were the afterlife, then I suppose there were worse fates to be given. Then the loop stopped. All at once\u2026 and here we are.\nDoctor Selvece: We did everything we could to free you from there, you know. We would have done so sooner if-\nSCP-2265-A: Oh, I know, Doctor. But to be frank, I do not regret it.\nDoctor Selvece: Really?\nSCP-2265-A: Yes. I had no wife or children before I became trapped, and my parents were long dead. I was alone, still searching for life's answers despite devoting my life to answering questions of the past. Those two decades I was in that room changed me. I feel much more\u2026 \"whole,\" so to speak. Everything feels different to me now, as if I can appreciate things better. That time with Andrew\u2026 well, it made me who I am now. I do not wish to be back there again, but were I given the opportunity to erase the last 20 years, I do not know if I would.\nDoctor Selvece: Thank you, SCP-2265-A, that will be all.\n[End of Interview Log]\n\n\u00ab SCP-2264 | SCP-2265 | SCP-2266 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\nEat more of my SCPs. Eat them all.\nAlso please eat some of these\n\nAnabasis Hub Probably the greatest story involving a pair of redheaded siblings whose infighting causes the end of the world\nManna Charitable Foundation 2000 The sequel to the above, collaborationed with Dr Reach\nThe Stuff Industry What happens when everyone around you at work is a complete idiot and so are you, but not only does no one get fired, but you actually turn a profit? I don't know, some stuff.\nWhen MCF and Stuff happen A fun story of incompetence\n\n\n1/2266 LEVEL 1/2266\nCLASSIFIED\n\nItem #: SCP-2266\nObject Class: Euclid\n\nFile photo of SCP-2266-2 prior to containment. SCP-2266's effects may or may not be apparent to viewers.\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2266-1 is to be kept in Storage Unit 40 at Site-209. Storage Units 41 - 45 are reserved for newly discovered instances of SCP-2266-1 if and when additional space is required. MTF Upsilon-18 (\"Black Noise\") is tasked with tracking SCP-2266-2 and in pre-emptively securing all newly discovered instances of SCP-2266-1.\nSCP-2266-2 is held on-site in standard humanoid containment suite and is tagged with GPS monitoring tags. When new instances of SCP-2266-1 are activated, SCP-2266-2 is to be located as soon as possible and brought under control. Affected individuals exposed to SCP-2266-1 and/or SCP-2266-2 are to be given Class-C Amnestics and released.\nUse of force is not authorized when re-containing SCP-2266-2, unless subject has become demonstrably hostile to affected individuals and/or Foundation personnel. Non-vital personnel no longer able to perceive SCP-2266-2 are to be re-assigned.\nDescription: SCP-2266-1 refers to a series of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-brand DVD-Rs commonly appearing in video stores and online third-party retailers under the guise of a copy of the now-lost 1921 film \"Humor Risk\" starring the Marx Brothers. Contents of the disk contain snippets of the film interspersed with added content variously described as disturbing pornographic imagery and/or seemingly arbitrary footage of men engaging in silent dialogue with one another whilst an unidentified animal crosses the screen.\nViewing SCP-2266-1 in its entirety causes SCP-2266-2 to manifest in the immediate vicinity of the individual. SCP-2266-2 is \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a 27 year old woman of average height and build. The manifestation of SCP-2266-2 and/or exposure to SCP-2266-1 has caused individuals witnessing SCP-2266-2 to experience a systematic alteration in their mental faculties1, resulting in a neurological condition in which the individuals are unable to perceive SCP-2266-2 in any way.\nA second manifestation of SCP-2266-2 by a previously exposed individual(s) causes SCP-2266-2 to be physically unable to interact with the individual(s) and all inanimate objects within a general 10-20 meter vicinity of its location. Previously unaffected individuals present at the time will be able to witness and physically interact with SCP-2266-2.\nDiscovery: Instances of SCP-2266-1 first began to appear in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 regional retail outlets in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Alaska in 1997. The popularity of the horror film \"The Ring\" in 2002 led to a widespread resurgence in which instances of SCP-2266-1 began to appear in certain Blockbuster Video retail outlets, as well as on eBay and Amazon third-party merchants under its current guise (identified 20\u2588\u2588); allegedly \"real versions\" of \"The Ring\".\nDescription of SCP-2266-2 appearances varied, with individuals reporting SCP-2266-2 to manifest from their television screens or alternately as an intruder, indicating SCP-2266-2 does not always appear in the same spot. Reported instances of SCP-2266-2 culminated in a successful recovery on \u2588/\u2588\u2588/2003, when a police report was intercepted detailing an individual claiming the subject had broken into the individual's friend's home, while the friend in question could not positively identify an intruder. Police on the scene took SCP-2266-2 into custody, to the confusion and dismay of the homeowner who continued to insist no such intruder was to be found.\nThe connection between SCP-2266-2 with SCP-2266-1 was made between \u2588/\u2588/2003 and \u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588 when recovery efforts turned up copies of SCP-2266-1 at the locations SCP-2266-2 was recovered. Containment procedures for SCP-2266-2 were updated at this point, and amenities were made upon recognition of SCP-2266-2's lack of involvement in this process.\n\nInterview log 1.19.20\u2588\u2588 with SCP-2266-2\n\n(Begin Log)\nDr. Eastwatch: Hello, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nSCP-2266-2: Hey.\nDr. Eastwatch: Why don't you tell me what happened, from the beginning?\nSCP-2266-2: Do I have to? It hurts to speak so much.\nDr. Eastwatch: We can stop and continue later when you're feeling better.\nSCP-2266-2: Nope. It always hurts to talk. Stallin' won't help. From the beginning, then; I woke up in my bed and saw a woman standing over me. I couldn't move. She looked down at me and started to cry. I asked her name, and she smiled at me and said 'No one will remember your name'. So I got my phone and called the cops.\nDr. Eastwatch: And what happened?\nSCP-2266-2: Nothing happened. I fell back asleep. Probably should've done something about the woman in my room, but I couldn't get up. I figured if I was going to die, I didn't wanna be awake for it. Fell back asleep easy enough. I woke up somewhere else, with two guys laughing and pointing at me. I didn't have any clothes on, so I assumed the worst\u2026 Then, they got up and ran out of the room. I was shaking then, thought I was gonna have a heart attack. So I found the bathroom and waited.\nDr. Eastwatch: Then it happened again?\nSCP-2266-2: Again, and again, and again, and again. Sometimes people would just ignore me. I'd leave, try not to break down again, find my way home. Other times, I couldn't leave. The doors would be locked, the windows sealed shut, every single object, from furniture to slender little wine glasses, would be hard as rock, and impossible to move.\nDr. Eastwatch: What about when the agents found you? You said you couldn't leave the house or move anything, yet you had a cell phone on you.\nSCP-2266-2: I had visited that house before. \"Visited\". Someone left the room just as I appeared. I went and hid in the bathroom. Some time later, I came out, and started touching everything, looking for anything I could move. I knocked the cell phone off the table. I didn't think, I just took it up and called 911.\nDr. Eastwatch: No one responded?\nSCP-2266-2: Nobody heard me. I might've broken the speaker. Speaking of which, my throat\u2026 can we stop for now?\nDr. Eastwatch: If you'd like to, sure. I think that's enough for one day.\n\nAddendum: SCP-2266-2 manifestation events have indicated an increasing number of individuals not previously exposed exhibiting symptoms consistent with a second exposure to SCP-2266. Additionally, unexposed individuals2 have exhibited these symptoms. Neuroimaging of exposed personnel (as well as unexposed personnel) indicated the effects of SCP-2266-2 exposure present in 70% of all personnel, regardless of exposure to SCP-2266.\nThe level of SCP-2266 exposure appeared linked to a number of biological factors, including brain chemistry, temporal/occipital lobe health, grey matter, age, and sex. As a result, it is believed that continued containment breaches over an extended period of time may result in a complete species-wide exposure to SCP-2266-2's derealization events. In this event, containment of SCP-2266 will be rendered irrelevant.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Initial stages appear centralized in the occipital and temporal lobe sections of the brain.\n2. First discovered among on-site personnel\n\n\u00ab SCP-2265 | SCP-2266 | SCP-2267 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2267\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Automated crawlers programmed by Foundation personnel are to be utilized in the event of new instances of SCP-2267. Existing instances are to be downloaded into an encrypted Foundation network for study and subsequently removed from public view. Personnel are to update crawler search protocols weekly.\nDescription: SCP-2267 is an entity or group that uploads anomalous content to video-sharing sites, including youtube.com and vine.co, under a series of unrelated and apparently nonsensical online handles. The accounts themselves have proven untraceable. Uploaded videos contain footage of musical performances, interviews, and advertisements featuring unknown musical artists and related figures. Despite the depicted popularity of these artists, personnel have concluded these recordings are not being produced in the Foundation's standard timeline and/or reality.\nFootage of performances depict fantastical and surrealistic venues, as well as the utilization of technology beyond current mundane capability. Analysis of these recordings has produced a list of reoccurring artists and their musical styles, as well as occasional biographical information presented in interviews (see Document 2267-A). Researchers have also verified the date in which SCP-2267's home reality diverged from the standard timeline (see Document 2267-B).\n\n+ Partial Recording Log\n\n- Click to hide\n\nTitle: Herewitz Interview 8/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nRuntime: 04:56\nDescription: Interview with a Caucasian male identified as \"Jake Herewitz\". Herewitz describes his childhood in Touchdown and early interest in music. No record of a city or geographical area known as \"Touchdown\" exists. Herewitz concludes with the interview with a song from his latest studio album, \"Firefly Discoteque\", consisting of orchestral rock and electronic elements. Of notice are the unusual idiomatic phrases and dialects heard in the interview which have no real-world analogues.\nTitle: Kaylee live at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nRuntime: 20:45\nDescription: Footage of concert in large domed arena in unidentified city. Unknown artist is performing a song borrowing from an eclectic variety of electronic sub-genres. Members of crowd can be seen holding up an object in the shape of a bowling pin at various points. Personnel could not deduce function of object until the \"drop\" of an apparent single, during which it was observed stage machinery produced multi-colored beams of light that were attracted to these objects, allowing choreographed manipulation of the beams' arc with movement. Researchers described the effect as \"hypnotic\" and \"mesmerizing\".\nTitle: GREAT SHOW AT \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588!!! MUST WATCH\nRuntime: 08:46\nDescription: Footage of concert in what appears to be a traditional orchestral hall built from a slightly luminescent metal. Personnel described the on-stage figure as being seated in an elaborate machine similar in appearance to a gyroscope. The figure did not exhibit any signs of distress. Although they were not observed to vocalize or produce sounds through instrumentation, unstructured, harmonic tones were clearly audible. Subjects unanimously described the sound as beautiful and intoxicating.\nTitle: [REDACTED]\nRuntime: 00:57\nDescription: Advertisement for what appears to be the above venue. The 'performance' is described as a musical tour of \"vibration\", and lists persons of various vocations, dispositions, and life experiences, such as a decorated police officer, a social worker, and a mystic, as well as various community and religious leaders lauded for their chastity and temperance. The headline act was described as a woman raised in a secluded natural environment and only allowed to consume specially cultivated vegetation and honey.\nTitle: [REDACTED]\nRuntime: 06:46\nDescription: Recording of performance in nightclub. Singer appears to be able to project her voice without the use of a microphone. Singer was also observed to change tone, inflection, and timbre of voice with remarkable ease and fluidity.\nTitle: haunting stuff! \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 @ [REDACTED]\nRuntime: 06:21\nDescription: Footage of performance in expansive domed venue. A view of a city skyline from a high altitude is clearly visible outside, which led subjects to conclude the concert is taking place in a dirigible-like craft. The performer in question is only visible as a silhouette behind a shaded screen on stage. An elaborate apparatus comprising multiple microphones surrounds this screen. Despite the presence of a single silhouette, multiple voices singing in harmony are clearly audible. One subject claimed to have observed unusual movement on the singer's neck and shoulder area but could not confirm due to poor image quality.\nTitle: [REDACTED]\nRuntime: 02:23\nDescription: News broadcast detailing the construction of what appears to be a large, black speaker-like structure, approximately 1 KM wide located an uninhabited expanse of desert. The broadcast is in an unknown language.\nTitle: MESMERIZING!!! test run [REDACTED]\nRuntime: 04:11\nDescription: Footage of what appears to be a large, rounded multi-colored glass structure high in the atmosphere. The structure is positioned at an altitude that allows it to fully cover the sun, which subsequently projects a hyper-realistic environment on the flatlands below. The projected environment is mandala-like in its complexity, and rotates in an hypnotic fashion. Excited vocalizations, presumably made by the camera operator, are clearly audible.\nTitle: Monster show @ \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588!! DOWNLOAD LINK IN DESCRIPTION\nRuntime: 11:45\nDescription: Footage of various figures in white clothing seated in previously seen gyroscopic devices. The constructs are on a raised marble dais in the center of the stage. Lights positioned above each apparatus appear to signal which device the audience is currently hearing. Five other figures in clothing ranging from gray to black are on a lower portion below the stage, also seated in these apparatuses. Audible music appears to be a product of these devices producing various tones and chords at different intervals. Figures on stage noted to have produced pleasant, harmonic sounds, while lower stage persons produced dissonant tones occasionally utilized in the main piece.\n\n+ Interview Transcript\n\n- Click to hide\n\nOn [REDACTED], the entities responsible for SCP-2267 uploaded studio footage of a radio interview with a person referred to as \"John Steckler\", an apparently leading figure in what the interviewer describes as \"pneuma-acoustics\". Transcript below.\n\nInterviewer: And the scientific community, there was no trepidation about this at all?\nSteckler: Well, there was definitely some of that. One of the, uh, analysts in the, uh, beginning, he quit as soon as he found out we were going in. He was out of there. But it, it was a shock to us, too. The ones who stayed. It really was.\nInterviewer: What was it like, being one of the first researchers to arrive on site?\nSteckler: [laughs] The story's been told a lot better in the movies. It \u2014\nInterviewer: Yes, but \u2014\nSteckler: \u2014 it didn't feel as earth-shattering to us. I know how, uh, how ridiculous that sounds, but a lot of people don't understand the kind of pressure we were under. We had to do it right. We had to have a kind of tunnel vision about the whole thing. Just working on what's in front of our noses. But I definitely don't remember any of the men kind of, shouting and crying and having these, these grand epiphanies like you see in all the movies. [laughs] We just had to do our jobs.\nInterviewer: Any details you can share with us that's never made it into those movies?\nSteckler: Oh, wow. Definitely the, definitely the smell of the ship. You can't get that across on screen. I know they keep trying. [laughs] It smelled like ammonia, and mint. And honey. [pause] It wasn't what we expected.\nInterviewer: What do you think happened?\nSteckler: [pause] Well, it's fair to say we don't know for sure. I know one of the soldiers on the detail, he's always supported one of the more definitely outlandish theories out there. [laughs] We found the original of what a lot of people know as a, uh, as a gyro - but what we in the parlance call a pneumatic acousticizer - we found a huge one, right in the belly of the thing. Right there. There was stuff there we still haven't cracked.\nInterviewer: Do you mean to say gyros can do more than translate psychological states into sound? Are you holding out on us? [laughs]\nSteckler: Well, no. It's just the one we found was designed to work on a much larger scale than the ones you're used to in, uh, a club or hall. Who knows who they were, why their ship was broken on arrival, where they disappeared to. If it was even supposed to be manned in the first place.\nInterviewer: How do you feel about this technology in the hands of law enforcement? Data has found pneumatic acoustizers being 95 percent accurate in diagnosing mental disorders and predicting convict recidivism. Do you think we are using the fruits of this technology in the right way?\nSteckler: Maybe there is no right way. Some of these club owners, they've taken the more fringe stuff we found and given 'em spins I wouldn't have imagined in my wildest dreams. It really is something.\nInterviewer: Briefly, Dr. Steckler, before we wrap up: Do you believe there is a chance we might have a repeat of the Touchdown?\nSteckler: That soldier I was telling you about. He thought the acousticizer on the ship was meant for the whole planet. Something like a cosmic lie detector, except accurate. [laughs] What do you think would have happened if the ship came through intact? And they used it on us, the whole planet? It'd be the supreme diagnosis. [laughs] [program cue music begins to play] Imagine them hooking it up and hearing the garbled, dissonant mess we hear when we hook up repeat offenders. With technology like that, you'd have to be a moralist. Or a doctor. [laughs] It's a scary thought. I don't want to think about it.\n\nEND TRANSCRIPT\n\n\u00ab SCP-2266 | SCP-2267 | SCP-2268 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2268\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All current and upcoming antivirus softwares are to contain a patch redirecting users away from SCP-2268 by claiming that the website has been infected with a virus. Periodic checks are to be made to ensure that the website remains contained. In addition, Foundation webcrawlers are to ensure that no additional domains contain the anomalous program. Due to safety concerns, all pages and subject matter must be approved by a Level 3 researcher before testing with D-class personnel.\nDescription: SCP-2268 is an anomalous website under the URL \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. The page superficially appears similar to non-anomalous search pages. However, instead of conducting an internet search, the input bar instead loads pages from any URL. The pages loaded will contain no advertisements or other distractions from the primary information.1 Once a page has been loaded, an alert window will prompt the user to \"loaf page\" (sic) by inserting a slice of bread into the disk drive. Experimentation has revealed that anything the user considers to be bread will work for the purposes of insertion, even if it would normally damage the bread or disk drive to insert it. Anything that is not considered bread will react in a non-anomalous manner. Upon insertion of the bread slice, the page will show a loading screen with the words \"downloafing\" (sic) displayed above a loading bar in the shape of a baguette. While \"downloafing\" is taking place, the page will be unresponsive to user input. During this process, the bread inserted into the disk drive will be toasted. It is unknown how the toasting occurs, as unmodified disk drives do not reach the temperature necessary to begin the Maillard reaction.\nBread toasted in this manner appears to be non-anomalous when analyzed, or when eaten by anyone except the user. When the user eats the toast, they will anomalously acquire all the information on the page loaded on the website. Amount of information acquired directly corresponds to the amount of bread eaten. This only applies to the images and text on the page at the time of the browser freezing. Attempting to internalize videos will result in only the still image shown at time of freezing being internalized. For a week after consumption, the information cannot be erased by any means, including the use of amnestics. After this week, information can be forgotten with normal memory degradation.\nAttempting to use SCP-2268 on a device without a disk drive will result in a 405 error occurring. The only way to circumvent this is by using a disk drive attachment, in which case SCP-2268 will perform as described above.\nUse of SCP-2268 to study anomalous webpages, including SCP-1584, is currently pending review.\n\nFootnotes\n1. For example, a social media page will have had the recommendation sidebar(s) removed.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2267 | SCP-2268 | SCP-2269 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2269\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2269 is housed in a humanoid containment suite at Site-17 that has been modified with hermetic seals and filters designed to prevent the escape of any instances of SCP-2269-2.\nRoutine interaction and communication with SCP-2269-1 is to be performed using the intercom system whenever possible. Personnel entering SCP-2269's suite are to observe BSL-4 protection at all times and undergo decontamination when entering or exiting the area, and all personnel interacting with SCP-2269-1 are to maintain the cover story that its current housing is an advanced medical care facility for the elderly.\nDescription: SCP-2269-1 is an elderly Irish-American female and former resident of [REDACTED], Florida, 87 years of age at time of initial containment. SCP-2269-1 suffers from a mild case of Alzheimer's disease as well as several other age-related illnesses (see Document 2269-09: Additional Medical Concerns) but is otherwise physiologically normal for a baseline human subject.\nSCP-2269-2 is a colony of spiders that appears to inhabit SCP-2269-1, consisting of possibly over 20,000 individuals from over 580 identified species ranging from Salticidae specimens less than 1 mm in size to Nephilidae specimens up to 5cm in size. Instances of SCP-2269-2 have been observed freely moving through SCP-2269-1's clothing and entering and exiting its orifices without generating discomfort or pain in any way. Furthermore, while instances of SCP-2269-2 have been observed capturing and killing parasitic insects attempting to infest SCP-2269-1, the colony does not appear to require any direct sustenance. As such, it is currently speculated that the bulk of SCP-2269-2 normally occupies an extradimensional space.\nSCP-2269-2's primary purpose appears to be the maintenance of SCP-2269-1's health. Whenever SCP-2269-1 is injured, a large number of SCP-2269-2 instances will work together to attempt to repair the damage inflicted. Prior to initial containment, SCP-2269 had come to the Foundation's attention following an incident in which SCP-2269-1 was severely injured in an auto-pedestrian accident. A field agent embedded in local emergency response contacted the Foundation and a containment team was dispatched. When the containment team arrived, the following observations were made:\n\nSeveral dozen large Nephilidae specimens were observed working together to bandage SCP-2269-1's cuts, using spun spider silk to bind the wounds.\nNumerous specimens of Salticidae were observed working together to remove foreign contaminants such as broken glass and dirt.\n\nUpon recovery and transport to provisional containment, additional observations were made by the receiving medical team:\n\nA large number of microscopic Symphytognathidae were present in SCP-2269-1's skull, attempting to repair ruptured blood vessels, remove clotted blood, and maintain blood flow through SCP-2269-1's brain.\nSeveral Araneidae were present in SCP-2269-1's chest cavity, stimulating the lungs and heart through unknown means. Twice during the initial containment process, medical personnel reported momentary cardiac arrest which resulted in a burst of activity from the Araneidae specimens followed by resuscitation shortly thereafter.\n\nDespite the severity of its injuries, SCP-2269-1 eventually made a full recovery and has remained relatively healthy since initial containment. SCP-2269-1 is either unable or unwilling to speak or otherwise communicate with Foundation personnel regarding its current condition, but expresses agitation when instances of SCP-2269-2 are removed by Foundation personnel for testing purposes. SCP-2269-1 has, in writing, requested materials with which it can knit and weave but otherwise has not made any requests of containment personnel.\nAddendum 2269-1: Interview Transcript, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588-\u2588\u2588\nThe following transcript is of an interview performed by Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 while posing as a local police officer conducting post-incident interviews of [REDACTED]'s neighbors.\n\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Do you mind if I ask you a few questions about [REDACTED]?\nMr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Not at all. Shame what happened to her, she was a weird one but a really nice old lady. She deserved better.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What can you tell me about her?\nMr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Not a lot, really. I've lived here close to fourteen, fifteen years and she'd lived here long before then. The neighbors tell me she'd been there as long as anyone can remember. Never had any trouble with her, really, since she kept to herself and only came out to get groceries. She never complained about anything, kept a clean house, had a beautiful garden. Would have been picturesque if it weren't for those spiders.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Spiders?\nMr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: She, uhh, raised spiders. I don't know, really, I never paid much attention but apparently she collected them and raised them on her lot. She's got all those trees on her property, right? She had hundreds, maybe thousands of 'em. Cared for them, too, really liked them. Kinda creepy if you ask me, but she was a really nice lady otherwise.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Was there anything\u2026 strange about them?\nMr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Stranger than raising a thousand spiders in your yard? No, not really.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Did she ever say anything to you?\nMr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: About the spiders? Yeah, actually. I only ever really talked to her once or twice, but I figured that everyone asked, right? She said that she liked them, and that they were just as much a part of Mother Nature as we were. She treated them real nice, and they kept the bugs out of her house. Kinda makes sense, if you think about it, with us so close to the marshes and such.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Anything else we should know?\nMr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: No, not really. Like I said, she was real nice and it's a shame. I hope she's in a better place, anyways.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2268 | SCP-2269 | SCP-2270 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2272\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Foundation contacts within Major League Baseball will work to replace the Pensacola Blue Wahoos' general manager with Agent Rob Potsdam of Local Mobile Task Force 352-Dalet (\u201cDixieland Nightmare Magic\u201d). Upon appointment as general manager, Agent Potsdam will trade Ellis Canastota to a Foundation-controlled summer league team in St. Petersburg, Fla., at which point containment procedures will be further revised. Following Incident 2272-Domino (see Addendum II below), SCP-2272 is to be monitored for anomalous activity outside its known effects, and officials in the Cincinnati Reds franchise will be advised to retain Ellis Canastota at the Double-A level or below.1 At least one member of Local Mobile Task Forces in the region of Pensacola Blue Wahoos away games at which Ellis Canastota is scheduled to start shall attend. Regional Command will revise containment procedures if new information or activity is demonstrated.\nDescription: SCP-2272 is a phenomenon currently affecting the Double-A minor league baseball team known as the Pensacola Blue Wahoos. The phenomenon manifests as a player who does not exist, Blue Wahoos starting pitcher Ellis Canastota, appearing in game records, statistical compilations and in memories of Blue Wahoos games since mid-201\u2588. All attendees of Blue Wahoos games in which Canastota is purported to play experience an apparent collective visual hallucination of Ellis Canastota pitching, batting and fielding, and a baseball game proceeding as normal. This effect also applies to visual recordings, photographs or audio recordings of Blue Wahoos games.2 (See Addendum I below for attempts at computer analysis of purported photographs of Canastota.)\nDouble-blind analysis of aerial sonar readings from Vince J. Whibbs Sr. Community Maritime Park during a game in which Canastota was purported to pitch confirm that no being or object existed in the space in-person observers or observers of photographs and video suggest. In addition, despite audiovisual recordings indicating baseballs being hit, thrown and otherwise manipulated, sonar tracking was unable to verify the objective presence of a baseball on plays in which Canastota was a factor. When Canastota is not \"on the field,\" no anomalous effects are indicated.\nEllis Canastota, according to scouts with the Cincinnati Reds organization and his listing on the Blue Wahoos website, attended \u201cOneiroi3 High School\u201d in \u201cUtica, WO.\u201d4 No memories, recordings or statistics of any baseball performances by the player exist prior to his signing with the Blue Wahoos in 201\u2588.\nAddendum I - Analysis of images: Multiple images affected by SCP-2272 were passed to a Foundation-developed program which subjects an image to a number of Fourier transforms and convolutions to obscure the resulting output from human recognition while simultaneously analyzing its structure and providing a summary of its contents by statistical analysis.5 An example report (SCP-2272-IMG310):\nDate: 1st July 201\u2588\nLocation: SPORTING EVENT at BASEBALL STADIUM (99% certainty)\nType: FULL COLOR PHOTOGRAPH\nSubject:\nThe image contains one (1) ADULT PERSON standing in foreground and seventy to eighty (70 to 80) ADULT PERSONS seated in the background. With 100% certainty the PERSONS in the image have CLOSED EYES.\nAddendum II - Incident 2272-Domino: Initial containment procedures for SCP-2272 orchestrated the appointment of Field Agent Robert Potsdam as general manager of the Pensacola Blue Wahoos, with the intent to trade Ellis Canastota to a Foundation-controlled summer league baseball team to contain SCP-2272's effects. The evening after his appointment as general manager, Agent Potsdam was found comatose in his bed, after suffering apparent blunt-force trauma to the head. All Foundation staffers within an approximately 40 km radius of Agent Potsdam's location reported experiencing the same dream that evening. Foundation staffers reported sitting in the stands of a baseball stadium and viewing Ellis Canastota throwing a fastball at the head of a bound Robert Potsdam.\n\nFootnotes\n1. At Canastota's current level of statistical performance (7-10, 4.74 ERA as of last season) this is considered a feasible request with which the franchise is cooperating without objection.\n2. For further details on the nature of collective hallucination events: McTiriss, Kate, \u201cCan I Get A Witness? Mass Hallucinations And Infohazards In Foundation Containment\u201d Fieldwork: An SCP Foundation Journal (2013): 619.\n3. A potential connection to the Oneiroi Initiative believed to be involved in the creation of SCPs -1498, -2028, and -2805 is currently under research.\n4. \u201dWO\u201d is not a valid ISO 3166 country or region code. It is used for both the World Intellectual Property Organization and the Wolof language, spoken in the Gambia and Mauritania. All individuals questioned about Ellis Canastota's background did not recall specifics, with many indicating that he \u201ckeeps to himself.\u201d\n5. This program was originally developed for use with SCP-592. For details on its operation and accuracy: Ashley, Giulianna, \u201cMethods For Image Analysis On Infohazardous Imagery\u201d Terminal: An SCP Foundation Journal (2007): 230.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2271 | SCP-2272 | SCP-2273 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2273\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2273 is to be contained in an M-SHACC1 with furniture that can accommodate SCP-2273's weight and size. Additionally, the containment cell and adjacent observation/interview room must act as a Faraday cage. Standard quality-of-life considerations apply. SCP-2273 requires approximately 8,000 calories per day in order to remain healthy; standard human rations in quantities large enough to facilitate this are acceptable. The Site-17 humanoid anomaly psychologist is to interview SCP-2273 weekly, to ensure continued mental health of the subject while obtaining knowledge of SCP-2273's original timeline. SCP-2273 is a ECT2 B sapient anomaly and is granted limited access to literature and musical media that may be revoked at any time.\nDescription: SCP-2273 is a humanoid entity believed to be of extra-universal origin that consists of two parts. SCP-2273-1 is believed to be a non-anomalous male human that shares a symbiotic relationship with an anomalous organism, SCP-2273-2. This organism completely covers SCP-2273-1, leaving no epidermis exposed. Notable physical characteristics of SCP-2273-2 are as follows:\n\nA chitinous carapace that forms a secondary, exterior skeleton.\nCompound-lensed eyes giving SCP-2273-2 approximately a 270\u00b0 field of vision and approximately 90\u00b0 of binocular vision.\nEarth-tone coloration visually similar to military forest-pattern camouflage.\nAdvanced musculature that integrates with SCP-2273-1's musculoskeletal system and allows SCP-2273 to carry an estimated 1200 kilograms in addition to its own weight.\nProboscis similar in function to that of Musca domestica3 used by SCP-2273-2 to procure nutrients for itself and its host.\nColored scar tissue similar in nature to tattoos corresponding to military patches and badges.4\nA fully functional organic radio transceiver capable of transmitting both encrypted and unencrypted audio messages over a wide bandwidth.5\n\nAdditionally, it is believed that SCP-2273-2 shares its circulatory and nervous systems with its host.\nSCP-2273 is approximately 2.1 meters in height and 290 kilograms in weight. SCP-2273-2's exterior is heavily scarred on both forearms and shoulder blades. Upon recovery, these areas bore open wounds. SCP-2273 claims that weapon nacelles were previously mounted at these locations. All written tattoo patterns are in Russian and indicate that SCP-2273 was a Major in the 22nd Armored Infantry Division6. It is fluent in Russian and German.\nSCP-2273 was recovered during investigation of a seismic event and radiation spikes detected outside Danner, Wisconsin on 13 October, 1989. SCP-2273 was found after tracing radio transmissions coming from its location. SCP-2273 was wounded, delirious, and suffering from malnutrition. It offered no resistance to the recovery team. It was moved to Site-17 shortly after its recovery.\nSelected Interview Logs:\n\nOpen SCP-2273 Initial Interview Log\n\nClose SCP-2273 Initial Interview Log\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2273\nInterviewing: Dr. Friedrich (Site-17 humanoid anomaly psychologist)\nForward: Interview was conducted primarily in German. SCP-2273's ability to speak using AM radio had been ascertained during recovery.\nTranscript:\nDr. Friedrich (in Russian): Hello? Can you hear me?\nSCP-2273 (in German): Your accent is atrocious. Yes, I can hear you. Let's speak in a language I know you'll understand.\nDr. Friedrich (in German): Ah, yes, all right. I'm told you answer to the name Alexei Belitrov. Is this true?Dr. Friedrich: I \u2014 I'm sorry?Dr. Friedrich: Alexei, do you know where you are?End Transcript\nClosing Statement: SCP-2273 remained largely unresponsive after the final transcribed remarks. Dr. Friedrich opted to discontinue the interview shortly thereafter. Following this interview, Dr. Friedrich put forward a request to provide SCP-2273 a limited amount of low-level information regarding the Foundation in order to gain SCP-2273's trust, furthering cooperation.7\n\nOpen SCP-2273 Interview 002\n\nClose SCP-2273 Interview 002\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2273\nInterviewing: Dr. Friedrich\nForward: Interview was conducted in German. Six hours prior to interview, SCP-2273 had been issued an outdated copy of the Level 1 Researcher General Debrief in an attempt to make it understand the nature of its containment.\nTranscript:\nDr. Friedrich: Alexei, are you ready to talk?Dr. Friedrich: I'm sorry?\nSCP-2273 (in Russian): Crows. (In German:) It is Red Army Officer's slang for\u2026 your people. You do not fight in the war. Instead, you steal weapons from both sides for\u2026 whatever purposes. Containment, I suppose. I guess this means I am no longer in the place I came from, da?\nDr. Friedrich: Yes, Alexei, that's right. We need to find out where you came from, so we might be able to figure out how you got here and possibly come up with a way to get you back.Dr. Friedrich: Fine, I won't lie to you. Yes, you will probably spend the rest of your life in this facility, but it doesn't have to be entirely miserable. If you help us, we'll see what we can do to help you.Friedrich: Alright, Alexei. Take your time. We'll talk whenever you're ready, ok?\nEnd Transcript\nClosing Statement: SCP-2273 began showing signs of severe stress shortly after reading the issued document. However, most signs and acts of aggression seem to have ceased.\n\nOpen SCP-2273 Interview 003\n\nClose SCP-2273 Interview 003\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2273\nInterviewing: Dr. Friedrich\nForward: Interview was conducted in German. This interview took place upon SCP-2273's request three days after Interview 002.\nTranscript:\nDr. Friedrich: Alexei, you said you wanted to see me?Dr. Friedrich: Yes, I suppose it's a fair offer. Hm. Okay, you kept talking about a war. What can you tell us about that?Dr. Friedrich: Oh, okay. What else can you tell me about your armor?Dr. Friedrich: Can you elaborate on that? How has the armor caused you pain?Dr. Friedrich: I'm sorry, your armor thinks?Dr. Friedrich: Ok, I think I understand. Can you tell me about how you got the wounds on your shoulders and arms?Dr. Friedrich: What can you tell me about how you got here? Do you know?Dr. Friedrich: No, Alexei, that's enough for now.Dr. Friedrich: You may call me Doctor Friedrich. I appreciate what you've told me so far, Alexei.End Transcript\nClosing Notes: SCP-2273 showed significantly reduced signs of stress following this interview. Further interviews are recommended.\n\nOpen SCP-2273 Interview 004\n\nClose SCP-2273 Interview 004\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2273\nInterviewing: Dr. Friedrich\nForward: Interview was conducted in German. This interview took place the day after Interview 003.\nTranscript:Dr. Friedrich: Yes, actually, there is. Thank you for asking, Alexei.Dr. Friedrich: Tell me what you need and I'll see what I can do for you.Dr. Friedrich: I'll see what I can find.Dr. Friedrich: Yesterday, when we were speaking, you mentioned that your suit was built by \"engineers.\" What can you tell us about them?Dr. Friedrich: Well, why wouldn't they? Do you know?Dr. Friedrich: What do you mean, \"not their war?\" They're people too, aren't they?Dr. Friedrich: I see. What else can you tell me about them?Dr. Friedrich: It would seem not.\nEnd Transcript\nClosing Statement: SCP-2273's request for musical media has been submitted. Approval is pending.\n\nOpen SCP-2273 Interview 119\n\nClose SCP-2273 Interview 119\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2273\nInterviewing: Dr. Friedrich\nForward: Interview was conducted in German. This interview took place as part of standard weekly interviews. At this point in time, SCP-2273 had been in containment for approximately two years.\nTranscript:\nDr. Friedrich: Hello, Alexei. How are you feeling this afternoon?Dr. Friedrich: How so?Dr. Friedrich: I see. Do you want me to let you keep that one for your collection, then?Dr. Friedrich: Ok. I'll see what I can do. Is there anything else you'd like to talk about?Dr. Friedrich: Malfunctioning? How?Dr. Friedrich: Alexei, I don't think that's the armor. Are you sure you don't want to talk about this? How long has this been going on?Dr. Friedrich: Alexei, I am a doctor. I'm trained to make sure people in your\u2026 predicament stay healthy. If something is bothering you, you need to let me know. Now, what sort of things are you remembering before you go to sleep?\nSCP-2273 (after approximately 30 seconds of hesitation): I told you where I was before your men found me, da? I \u2014 I see my men's faces, staring up at me from the dirt, Doctor. Asking me why I didn't keep them safe. Why I was allowed to live while they had to die. I trained alongside those men for years before they put us back on the surface, since we were all young children. We were brothers. And I gave the order to surrender, and got \u2014 got them killed. I should have died with them. I am no better than the American dogs who shot them. I don't want to feel this way anymore. Please make this stop. (At this point, SCP-2273 rose from its seat and approached the interview window. As it did so, radio white noise began being recorded by all radio receiver equipment within SCP-2273's containment unit and interview room. This static continued for the remainder of the interview.) I was only trying to keep them safe, Doctor. Why couldn't I have died with them?\n[FURTHER STATEMENTS REDACTED AS PER HIPPOCRATES PROTOCOL; ACCESS REQUIRES ETHICS COMMITTEE OR OVERSEER PERMISSION]\nClosing Statement: Dr. Friedrich has recommended downgrading SCP-2273 to an ECT C sapient anomaly, granting it limited social privileges for the sake of relieving stress. This proposal is currently under review by representatives of the Ethics Committee and Site-17 security staff.\n\nUpon arriving here, Fred immediately noticed that his was not a unique name in this place, and laughed at the coincidence.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Medium Standard Humanoid Anomaly Containment Cell\n2. Ethics Committee Type; a system of classification for sapient anomalies based on threat to Foundation personnel, other sapient anomalies, and the general public.\n3. Colloquially known as the common housefly.\n4. These include but are not limited to: Flag insignias, rank insignias, name identifiers, and unit insignias.\n5. As SCP-2273 is incapable of normal speech, AM radio receivers must be used in order to conduct interviews.\n6. No such unit exists or has ever existed within the Soviet Union or Russian Federation militaries.\n7. A standardized briefing introducing sapient anomalies to a highly-restricted overview of the Foundation and its mission has since become Standard Operating Procedure, in part due to this incident and others. Humanoid Containment Specialists and local Ethics Committee representatives can be contacted for further details.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2272 | SCP-2273 | SCP-2274 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2274\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2274 is to be kept within its box in Standard Secure Locker #56. Under no circumstances should any personnel directly view SCP-2274. No testing is permitted at this time.\nDescription: SCP-2274 is a statue, 46 cm in height, made of metal of an indeterminate color. It depicts a humanoid figure, with a clearly defined torso and head and limbs that taper to points, without hands or feet, standing upright on a square base.\nAny human being who views SCP-2274 will halt all activity and assume a neutral standing position, staring fixedly at SCP-2274. These subjects cannot be persuaded to assume a seated or prone position, nor to have SCP-2274 leave their line of sight. Subjects seem incapable of autonomously performing any task other than remaining upright, including the basic requirements for living. If left alone, subjects will expire of dehydration. Subjects under the influence of SCP-2274 show extremely limited ability or willingness to communicate. They do not respond to questioning, unless asked one of two questions: when asked \u201cwhat do you do?\u201d, subjects invariably respond \u201cI stand, as he stands.\u201d1 When asked \u201cwhat does he do?\u201d, with reference to SCP-2274, subjects invariably respond \u201che stands because he must.\u201d\nPhotographs and video footage of SCP-2274 have the same effect, as does viewing any portion of the object, whether in a photograph or directly. Viewing SCP-2274 in silhouette does not have any effect, nor does viewing the shape of the object while it is completely wrapped in cloth or paper.\nIf the subject is forced to assume a seated or prone position, or if SCP-2274 is removed from a subject's line of sight, the subject will react violently, attacking whomever is instigating the change until that person either views SCP-2274 or is incapacitated (See Interview Log 2274-1). No supernatural strength or unusual speed has been observed in subjects during these outbursts.\nAt present, no observed subjects have recovered from the effects of SCP-2274.\nAddendum 2274-1: The object was recovered from the home of Kerry \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Texas on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, when a friend who had gone over to have dinner dialed 911, stating that Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was \u201cjust standing there saying nothing except \u2018I stand as he stands.'\u201d Remaining on the line with the 911 operator, he tried to force her to turn towards him as they waited for first responders. She responded by delivering a blow that seemed to cause him to lose consciousness.2 He was later found under the influence of SCP-2274 alongside her.\nThe police officers who responded to the call were found also under the effect of SCP-2274. This development led to widespread fear amongst the police force, which alerted Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and led the Foundation to launch an investigation. After the loss of Mobile Task Force Nu-12, the object, along with a cardboard box in which it was contained, and two typed notes within the box (documents 2274-I and 2274-II) was recovered by drone and brought to Site-19. Neither the box nor the notes have exhibited any anomalous properties.\nAddendum 2274-2: Personnel with Level 2 security clearance or higher may refer to documents 2274-I and 2274-II, which were recovered along with SCP-2274.\n\n+ Document 2274-I\n\n- Document 2274-I\n\nKerry-\nI honest-to-God hate you, you know that? You don't know shit about what you're talking about. You don't understand art and you will never be an artist. Fuck you.\nThis is the piece you wanted. I promise you'll find it more interesting than the last few.\nI'll come by tomorrow to pick up my payment.\nI hope you enjoy it.\nKisses,\n[ILLEGIBLE]\n\n+ Document 2274-II\n\n- Document 2274-II\n\nTo the Foundation-\nSince I know you'll get your grubby hands on my art, I might as well address you, too.\nYou disgust me. You don't look for meaning. You don't see beauty. You don't care about the \u201cwhy,\u201d you care about the \u201chow.\u201d Like it's a drug. You need it. I don't understand the obsession.\nYour dependance on the \u201chow\u201d makes you bloated. You are lazy. You don't think, you observe. You don't create, you define. You categorize. You sterilize. You sit around on your collective derivative ass all day and destroy meaning through analysis.\nSo, when you eventually do find my piece, this will be a fun one for you. For him, the \u201cwhy\u201d is the same as the \u201chow.\u201d He stands. He is his own. He is free of definition, and meaning does not burden him; it gives him strength. There's no more understanding to be had.\nYou do not stand as he stands. You are not free.\nYou will never be cool, and you will never understand true meaning.\nI weep for you.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Asking \u201cwhat are you doing?\u201d also procures this response in 22% of cases.\n2. An autopsy of the man revealed a significant recent contusion and moderate amounts of bruising on the scalp.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2273 | SCP-2274 | SCP-2275 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Kollwitz Stamp recovered from SCP-2275 correspondence received at Site-67, 3 February 2002.\n\nItem #: SCP-2275\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Site-67 is to maintain a cover organization (see Asset File FO-4228/19/67/78, \"Zdru\u017eenje Zbiralcev Znamk Vzhodne Slovenije\") dedicated to covertly identifying philatelists of Slovenia and surrounding regions. Individuals flagged for heightened probability of contact by SCP-2275 are subject to interception of all postal mail for monitoring.\nFlagged individuals that are subsequently contacted by SCP-2275 are to be provided with a wide variety and number of postage stamps through Zdru\u017eenje Zbiralcev Znamk Vzhodne Slovenije under the auspices of member appreciation efforts until such a time as all anomalous phenomena occurring in the vicinity of the individual cease.\nAt the discretion of the Research Director, a Designated Research Subject residing at Site-67 is to be periodically made available as a potential SCP-2275 contactee for the purposes of studying correspondence and phenomena generated by the anomaly.\nAll SCP-2275 correspondence is to be maintained in the Site-67 Archives.\nDescription: SCP-2275 is an unobservable entity capable of generating posted mail to certain recipients and affecting localized changes to currently understood reality in the vicinity of these recipients. After review of archival documents from the defunct Imperial Commission on Transgressive Occurrences (obtained pursuant to the Debrecen Agreement of 1990) and subsequent experimentation and analysis, researchers believe SCP-2275 to be a Class Keres thoughtform entity.\nSCP-2275 generates and sends correspondence to individuals in the vicinity of Ljubljana, Slovenia with a demonstrated interest in philately1. To date, 61.5% of persons contacted by SCP-2275 in this manner have resided within a 75 km radius of Ljubljana, with the remaining cases scattered throughout the region of Southern Europe. Prior to establishment of current containment protocols, as many as 800 individuals were believed to have been receiving SCP-2275 correspondence.\nCorrespondence sent by SCP-2275 always bears a Kollwitz Stamp2, along with sufficient Slovenian postage for delivery to the intended recipient. No return address is present. In each case, the contents are a single sheet of paper, folded into thirds, featuring a handwritten phrase or series of words in Slovenian. The handwriting in each sample is consistent with that documented in Imperial Commission on Transgressive Occurrences Dispatch No. 37. Refer to Addendum 2275.1 for a representative sample of SCP-2275 correspondence.\nIndividuals who are intended recipients of SCP-2275 correspondence are subject to a series of local disturbances in reality. These phenomena decrease markedly in frequency and intensity if the affected individual continuously obtains and catalogs postage stamps. Most documented subjects intuitively grasped this relationship upon the initiation of these disturbances, and established or increased their stamp collections accordingly.\nSubjects receiving correspondence from SCP-2275 have been recorded experiencing the following anomalous occurrences:\n\nKollwitz Stamps appearing spontaneously in subject's pockets and personal belongings\nFaint vocalizations emanating from plumbing fixtures and air vents, in all cases unintelligible and belonging to a female. Most observers have characterized these vocalizations as being fearful or distressed\nManifestation of human bones3 within the residence of the subject, usually in closets and storage spaces\nLetters addressed to the subject, apparently originating from the Austro-Hungarian Imperial Office of Bookkeeping arriving with no content\nExisting stamps within the subject's residence spontaneously changing to feature portraits of Lovrenc Ko\u0161ir for brief periods of time\nMarkings in black ink (intepreted by researchers to be attempts at handwriting) appearing on sheets of blank paper in the vicinity of the subject\nSpontaneous and brief episodes of ambient conditions in the vicinty of the subject, such as atmospheric temperature, air movement, and sounds, matching those documented in real time at the burial site of Lovrenc Ko\u0161ir\nHundreds of unsolicited Po\u0161te Slovenije change of address forms (circa 1974) periodically manifesting in the subject's mailbox\n\nAddendum 2275.1: Contents of SCP-2275 Correspondence\nThe following is a partial listing of correspondence recovered from individuals receiving mail from SCP-2275. All correspondence is written in Slovenian:\n\nDate: 21 May 1931\nRecipient: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nTranscript of Correspondence: Kje sem4\n\nDate: 3 September 1934\nRecipient: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nTranscript of Correspondence: Unintelligble\n\nDate: 14 July 1948\nRecipient: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nTranscript of Correspondence: zmrzovanje, hladno5\n\nDate: 8 February 1952\nRecipient: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nTranscript of Correspondence: odgovori6\n\nDate: 22 December 1957\nRecipient: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nTranscript of Correspondence: Unintelligible\n\nDate: 7 August 1963\nRecipient: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nTranscript of Correspondence: me ne more najti7\n\nDate: 13 May 1965\nRecipient: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nTranscript of Correspondence: nov razvoj v po\u0161tnini8\n\nDate: 19 April 1972\nRecipient: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nTranscript of Correspondence: Unintelligible\n\nDate: 29 July 1979\nRecipient: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nTranscript of Correspondence: kam ste \u0161li moj Lovrenc9\n\nDate: 11 January 1983\nRecipient: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nTranscript of Correspondence: na\u0161e delo10\n\nDate: 30 January 1986\nRecipient: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nTranscript of Correspondence: kje sem kje sem kje sem11\n\nDate: 19 April 1987\nRecipient: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nTranscript of Correspondence: pomagajte mi sestaviti sebe12\n\nDate: 11 November 1989\nRecipient: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nTranscript of Correspondence: prosim Lovrenc13\n\nDate: 1 March 1990\nRecipient: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nTranscript of Correspondence: odbor priznava genialnost14\n\nDate: 18 December 1991\nRecipient: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nTranscript of Correspondence: Unintelligible\n\nDate: 23 June 1995\nRecipient: Designated Research Subject, Site-65\nTranscript of Correspondence: nenaravno15\n\nDate: 16 August 1999\nRecipient: Designated Research Subject, Site-65\nTranscript of Correspondence: moja notranjost16\n\nDate: 3 February 2002\nRecipient: Designated Research Subject, Site-65\nTranscript of Correspondence: ni pobega17\n\nDate: 21 August 2010\nRecipient: Designated Research Subject, Site-65\nTranscript of Correspondence: pozabljen v peklu18\n\nAddendum 2275.2: Imperial Commission on Transgressive Occurrences Dispatch No. 37\nResearcher's Note: The following is a transcription of a dispatch from the Imperial Commission on Transgressive Occurrences, an agency of the Austro-Hungarian Empire active from 1830-1839. Headquartered in Budapest, this agency was tasked with investigating what would be contemporarily termed as paranormal activity. Archives of this agency were turned over to the Foundation following discussions with Soviet authorities in 1990. Translated for this file into English from the original Hungarian.\n\nOn an unknown correspondent of Mr. Lovrenc Ko\u0161ir\nThis Commission notes for the records and benefit of the Voivode a curious incident reported by Lovrenc Ko\u0161ir, a public official of the Empire who has attained renown for his innovations in the postal system.\nIn my visit with Mr. Ko\u0161ir at the Ruszwurm coffee house, he described to me how he conceived of his celebrated invention. The idea of developing a system of postage that would eliminate the burdensome prospect of payment upon delivery of parcels, Mr. Ko\u0161ir described, was one that took hold of his person, dominating his thoughts and waking hours. He came to playfully imagine this all-consuming desire as a species of muse, such as those fancifully described by artists and poets and the like. He termed his muse \"Philatea,\" and would often invoke her presence when sketching out designs for his stamps and drafting protocols for their deployment.\nThe first letter he received from \"Philatea\" was shocking to Mr. Ko\u0161ir, as he had not told anyone of his imagined inspiration for his idea, nor even discussed his innovation at all except with peers in the Ministry and abroad. The level of detail with which Philatea described Mr. Ko\u0161ir's idea and his passion for seeing it adopted was highly uncanny, and no reasonable explanation of how anyone could write with this knowledge was apparent.\nIn spite of the somewhat otherworldly nature of this letter, Mr. Ko\u0161ir was moved by the eloquence and shared ardor for his idea with which Philatea wrote. As I read the contents of the mysterious letter, I had to agree. Whoever this woman was, she was filled with grand ideas about the importance of correspondence, of shared understanding between all quarters of humanity. I read the letters that Mr. Ko\u0161ir received, and I could not help but be inspired with a vision of a grand Brotherhood of Man, so beautifully elaborated in this woman's elegant script and flights of poetic phrase.\nMr. Ko\u0161ir responded to his newfound associate in turn, and began an intensive correspondence, which he confided to me as being largely responsible for his thought processes in developing the particulars of how his system of stamped postage would be implemented. Mr. Ko\u0161ir showed me the letters he received from his partner in this venture, and drew my attention to the fact that Philatea's correspondence already bore stamps such as those that are now common in the Empire but were unknown at the time. These stamps featured the hopeful countenance of a young woman, the small portraits echoing perfectly the enthusiasm which Mr. Ko\u0161ir described himself feeling as he pursued his idea.\nOnce Mr. Ko\u0161ir submitted his plan to his superiors and saw the fruits of his labors realized, he ceased his correspondence, letting several congratulatory letters from Philatea remain unanswered, as he attended to other matters in his life and moved on to new professional pursuits. Eventually, the letters stopped arriving.\nI am told by Mr. Ko\u0161ir that he had heard of our Commission and our investigatory duties in his work in Vienna, and wished to report this curious event. Mostly, so he said, out of a desire to see if Philatea was indeed a real person, to whom some credit for his successful invention should be given. I do get the distinct impression, however, that Mr. Ko\u0161ir is somewhat troubled by the mysterious provenance of the letters that he displayed to me.\nThe unusual nature of our meeting notwithstanding, my conversation with Mr. Ko\u0161ir was an enlightening and pleasant one. He did leave me, by way of our parting exchanges, with a sense of unmistakeable regret on his part, a sort of sorrow at the loss of this fantastic correspondence. He wistfully remarked, as older gentlemen are wont to, that he wished the matter had been just a little different, that he had not laid aside this mystery of his as he pursued the later course of life.\nThe notability of the personage involved in this occurrence is certainly unusual, and I believe the matter is worthy of further study. I have enclosed the correspondence referenced above, which Mr. Ko\u0161ir has so kindly provided to us for our purposes. We shall speak more of this when I arrive again in Buda Pest a fortnight hence.\nSealed and Signed,\nDezs\u0151 Neme\u015f\n\nFootnotes\n1. The study of stamps and general postal history.\n2. A unique stamp found only on SCP-2275 correspondence featuring a depiction of the 1934 K\u00e4the Kollwitz lithograph \"Tod packt eine Frau\"\n3. All bones manifested in this manner have been confirmed through DNA analyses as belonging to Lovrenc Ko\u0161ir, despite exhumation and accounting of skeletal remains\n4. Translation: Where am I\n5. Translation: freezing, cold\n6. Translation: reply\n7. Translation: cannot find me\n8. Translation: a new development in postage\n9. Translation: where have you gone my Lovrenc (presumably Lovrenc Ko\u0161ir -Ed.)\n10. Translation: our work\n11. Translation: where am I where am I where am I\n12. Translation: help me piece myself\n13. Translation: please Lovrenc\n14. Translation: the committee recognizes genius\n15. Translation: unnatural\n16. Translation: my (insides?/innermost being?/entrails?)\n17. Translation: no escape\n18. Translation: forgotten in hell\n\n\u00ab SCP-2274 | SCP-2275 | SCP-2276 \u00bb"}
{"text": "NASA illustration of SCP-2276/1.\n\nItem #: SCP-2276\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2276 instances are to be reprogrammed with modified software as they are discovered, to prevent transmission conflicts with other instances and reduce their radio-frequency footprint. See Document 2276-W for details.\nInstances are to be logged in civilian databases as small asteroids of equivalent visual magnitude as appropriate, depending on location.\nWhere possible, instances in orbit of earth are to be de-orbited and any debris recovered; otherwise any available station-keeping fuel is to be reserved for averting collisions with legitimate civilian satellites.\nSCP-2276 instances may be used for gathering scientific data, however a number of restrictions apply. Use by external researchers or agencies must be approved and requires an appropriate non-disclosure agreement. Note that data pertaining to other SCP objects may have additional restrictions beyond those for SCP-2276. Under no circumstances is the data gathered by SCP-2276 (other than SCP-2276/1) to be released to the public.\nResearch into orbital debris removal is to be given high priority for funding. Grants may also be given to groups outside the Foundation for research in this area.\nDescription: SCP-2276 is a class of artificial space satellites, orbiting various bodies in pairs. (Each SCP instance designation refers to one pair.) Each pair is an exact duplicate of the original Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment satellites (designated SCP-2276/1) as they existed at 18:04 on June 11, 2002. SCP-2276/1 was originally launched by NASA on March 17, 2002.\nInstances are functional and will respond to commands transmitted to them. However, transmissions must be aimed directly when commanding instances that have not yet been reprogrammed per 2276-W, to avoid accidentally commanding multiple instances at once.\n\nOrbital plot showing all instances in orbit of Earth as of 2008-12-31.\n\nNew instances of SCP-2276 will spontaneously manifest in orbit around Earth or another body. The rate at which new instances appeared was initially around one per 8 months. The rate has increased over time since then - around one new instance per day in early 2016 - and is predicted to continue rising.\n\nSCP-2276/3b during inspection, following recovery from orbit.\n\n991 instances have been discovered to date1, 347 of which are not in orbit of Earth. Orbits are all circular with varying altitudes, and are isotropically distributed. A complete catalog of SCP-2276 instances is available in Addendum A.\nSCP-2276/3a and b were recovered from orbit on April 22, 2004. Physical inspection at Area 15 revealed no inconsistencies, and no anomalous phenomena occurred during quarantine. SCP-2276/3 is currently in storage at Site 73.\nA third satellite was launched into proximity of SCP-2276-1 on January 4th, 2006 to conduct visual inspections of the satellites. No discrepancies have been found between the SCP-2276/1 and the satellite plans to date.\nA number of collisions occurred between SCP-2276 instances and other artificial satellites in 2007-2009, prompting the addition of the active collision avoidance program to the containment measures. This has significantly reduced the incident rate.\nWhile the rate of incidents arising from collisions with SCP-2276 remains manageable at the present time, SCP-2276 will likely pose a significant problem for space activities in the future, and may lead to an ablation cascade event2 within the next decade if actions are not taken to avert it.\n\nDate\nInstance\nDescription\n\n2007\u201101\u201111\nSCP\u20112276/45\nCollision occurs disabling SCP-2276/45a, b and Chinese weather satellite FY-1C. Officially reported as anti-satellite missile test.\n\n2008\u201102\u201121\nSCP\u20112276/38\nCollision occurs disabling SCP-2276/38a, b and United States spy satellite USA-193. Officially reported as anti-satellite missile test.\n\n2009\u201102\u201110\nSCP\u20112276/63\nCollision occurs disabling SCP-2276/63b, communications satellite Iridium 33, and retired communications satellite Kosmos 2251. Officially reported as collision between Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251.\n\n2013\u201112\u201109\nSCP\u20112276/437\nCollision occurs disabling SCP-2276/437a and damaging CBERS-3 launch vehicle during ascent. SCP-2276/437a reenters two days following this event.\n\n2016\u201103\u201126\nSCP\u20112276/859\nCollision occurs disabling SCP-2276/859a and Japanese x-ray telescope Hitomi. Media suppression ongoing.\n\nAddendum A: Catalog of SCP-2276 Instances\nA table of the discovery date and initial orbital elements of each SCP-2276 instance is available for research use. See document 2276-B for information on how to access up-to-date ephemeris data.\nDownload Catalog\nAddendum B: Use of SCP-2276 in researching other anomalies\nDue to its nature, there are a number of SCP-2276 instances uniquely situated to gather data on other anomalies and SCP objects. With a few exceptions, use of SCP-2276 data to facilitate this type of research is generally permitted with proper clearance.\n\nResearch Target: SCP-2886\nSCP-2276 instances involved: 316\nDescription: SCP-2276 has been used to help measure the mass of SCP-2886. Due to the presence of only one instance, SCP-2276/316, the resolution has been too limited to provide a clear subsurface imagery, but research is ongoing.\n\nResearch Target: SCP-1812\nSCP-2276 instances involved: 696, 794\nDescription: Knowledge of SCP-2276/696 and SCP-2276/794 is restricted to individuals with 3/1812 clearance. No attempt is to be made to contact or locate SCP-2276/696 or SCP-2276/794.\n\nResearch Target: SCP-736\nSCP-2276 instances involved: 295, 366, 485, 661, 774, 919, 975\nDescription: SCP-2276 has been used to provide precise data on the alterations in the orbit of Iapetus caused by SCP-736. This data has allowed vastly enhanced precision in the associated orbital projections. Missions are underway to attempt to remove all SCP-2276 instances from the orbit of Iapetus to avoid provoking SCP-736 further.\n\nResearch Target: SCP-2362\nSCP-2276 instances involved: 672, 711, 877, 891\nDescription: Instances in orbit of SCP-2362 and SCP-2362-like objects are being used to study the nature of this anomaly, and monitor them in case of activity. Note that most instances of SCP-2276 in orbit of SCP-2362 were destroyed by debris following event 2362-A.\n\nFootnotes\n1. as of 2016-08-03\n2. Sometimes referred to as 'Kessler Syndrome', although use of that term is discouraged.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2275 | SCP-2276 | SCP-2277 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\nEat more of my SCPs. Eat them all.\nAlso please eat some of these\n\nAnabasis Hub Probably the greatest story involving a pair of redheaded siblings whose infighting causes the end of the world\nManna Charitable Foundation 2000 The sequel to the above, collaborationed with Dr Reach\nThe Stuff Industry What happens when everyone around you at work is a complete idiot and so are you, but not only does no one get fired, but you actually turn a profit? I don't know, some stuff.\nWhen MCF and Stuff happen A fun story of incompetence\n\n\n4/2277 LEVEL 4/2277\nCLASSIFIED\n\nItem #: SCP-2277\nObject Class: Keter\n\nAffected individual re-enacting \"Death of Queens: She Suffers What She Must\" from the \"A\" story induced by SCP-2277. Individual's identity and location are classified.\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Foundation front companies have been established to work in cooperation with Cisco Systems, IBM, Microsoft, Intel, HP, and Dell, as well as other major networking vendors for the purpose of containing all future instances of SCP-2277. IP addresses linked to SCP-2277 are to be monitored1 and if practicable, re-assigned to a Foundation network at Sites-11, 442, and/or 19. Confirmed instances of SCP-2277 are to be blocked and/or removed from media-sharing sites as soon as possible.\nIndividuals affected by SCP-2277 are to be given amnestics if practicable. Otherwise, all attempts are to be made to reinforce the mythic and/or pseudo-historical nature of any persons, places, or nation-states known simply as \"Andronica\"/\"Andronika\"/\"Andronike\"2. A number of \"conspiracy theory\" websites are to be maintained by undercover Foundation personnel, providing multiple conflicting versions of the \"Andronica\" tale at all times. These individuals are to be recruited from civilian populations and not allowed contact with any Foundation personnel involved in SCP-2277.\nDescription: SCP-2277 is an unknown user or autonomous program of unknown origin which regularly engages in spamming or harassing phone calls to individuals using pre-recorded voices and unusual bursts of noise. In more recent years, SCP-2277 has begun to spam voice-over-IP services such as \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Ventrilo, Mumble, \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and Skype. SCP-2277 records these harassing calls and uploads audio with accompanying video to various sites, such as Youtube, Vimeo, and DailyMotion, under the guise of popular \"Ventrilo Harassments\" or \"Soundboard Prank Calls\". These videos are labeled as SCP-2277-A.\nThe videos often feature victims becoming enraged at the persistent verbal abuse and spam, and involves the interspersing humorous images and video clips to designate certain speakers. The uploader is frequently represented by an 8-bit animated image of Carl Sagan as he appeared in the 1980 series \"Cosmos\". Any further relation to Dr. Sagan and/or \"Cosmos\" is unknown or else nonexistent. SCP-2277-A's anomalous effects are apparently triggered by the bursts of noise interspersed in its harassment videos. Attempts to decode the noise have variably revealed them to be fragments of apparently mundane conversation between unknown persons, or otherwise background noise from an unidentified public area, with individuals speaking a variety of languages.\nIndividuals exposed to SCP-2277-A gradually develop a persistent delusion involving a fictitious individual, faction, or nation going variably by the names \"Andronika\"/\"Andronike\"/\"Andronica\"3. Depending on the individual, lack of universal knowledge of \"Andronika\" will lead to increased scrutiny of recent historical record and the perpetuation of certain conspiracy theories involving the destruction of \"Andronika\" and the suppression of any and all information relating to it/them. Persistent details on \"Andronika\" include:\n\nA strong matriarchal society and/or strong emphasis on a female leadership\nHeavy emphasis on ancient Greek/Roman history and philosophy, primarily military history, with a direct emphasis and references frequently made to the writings and persons of Thucydides, Gaius Julius Caesar, Polybius, Xenophon, [REDACTED], and rarely, Theodore Ayrault Dodge.\nA strong emphasis on sex among military units as a means of cohesion and morale, examples citing the Sacred Band of Thebes4\nA belief in a need for a system of eugenics variably involving a system of forced sterilization (or in certain instances, genocide) based along an unknown stratification uniformly known as \"hiero-geneto-social\" or \"GS\" for short. The basis of this system of classification is never elaborated upon.\nA belief that the end of the world is imminent if these eugenics programs are not instituted.\nA belief that a secretive para-governmental society is intentionally sabotaging attempts at trans-national reconciliation, or the formation of a singular global authority, known variously as \"The Technics\", \"Eaters\", \"Khanates\", and \"Pleistoanarchs\" ((Note: See Addendum))\n\nThree classes of SCP-2277-A identification have been established among affected individuals.\n\nClassifications\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nA: In which \"Andronika\" is referred to as a tall, Caucasian woman with red hair and bright eyes (variously described as green, gray, or gold), often depicted with large breasts and wide hips. In these instances, \"Andronika\" is described as a former slave who escapes captivity using sex and her wit to deceive and trick oppressive male figures, while steadily gathering a cult-like following of individuals devoted to her. She is described as being highly sexual, often engaging her followers in sex, as well as being afflicted by a number of psychological ailments, descriptions of which match Tourette's Syndrome, Fregoli delusion, and schizoaffective disorder or possibly hypomania.\nIn the \"A\" version of events, Andronika is described as uniting varying peoples in the Balkan region of Europe, between 1890 and 1895, before somehow managing to usurp large portions of the Ottoman Empire in the Levant and Armenia, and establishing a \"Queendom\" based upon the principles listed above. Her story ends with a secretive coalition of European powers who apparently have her killed and begin to systematically hunt and kill her followers, before dismembering the states into tributaries and/or smaller states based upon national/religious lines.\nBelievers of this version of SCP-2277 often attribute the Middle-Eastern front of World War I and the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman Turks to be cover-stories to hide the anti-\"Andronikan\" coalition.\nB: In which \"Andronika\" is referred to a large centralized nation centered in Bosnia circa the mid-1800s. In this version of events, the nation-state of \"Andronika\" emerges as a confederation of wealthy nobles and merchants seeking independence from a fictitious entity known as the \"Kingdom and Duchies of Germania Comata\", encompassing portions of Austro-Hungary, Germany, and Bulgaria. \"Andronika\" is described as engaging in a lengthy campaign of crushing military victories, uniting Germany and Italy before becoming overextended and collapsing due to the \"destabilizing efforts\" of \"foreign agents\" variably described as English, American, Russian, and \"Wendish\"5.\nBelievers of this version of SCP-2277 often attribute the unification and formations of the modern states of Italy and Germany to be the result of Andronikan conquests. It is also said that the rise of nationalistic violence during this time is associated with the aforementioned \"foreign agents\" attempts at destabilizing Andronika.\nC: In which \"Andronika\" is referred to a polyglot of eastern European bourgeoisie and guilds centered largely in northern Greece, Austria, and Romania who are brought together by an unknown group of women. None of the women are referred to as \"Andronika\", nor described in any further detail. At some point between 1899 and 1920, the \"Andronika\" faction emerges as a multi-national warband (described in-text as a modern-day Varangian Guard) with a long-term goal of manipulating regional politics to better accommodate the rise of a centralized \"Andronikan\" state.\nAny potential corollary with actual history disappears around 1934, as the \"Andronikans\" emerge in this telling as a significant geo-political force. By 1937, they become engaged in a war with Nazi Germany in which the Andronikans appear to be victorious. Descriptions of female Andronikans at this point begin to describe the women as having super-human abilities, including being freeze- and fire-proof, bullet-resistant, and favoring melee combat with anachronous large shields and short spears made of an unknown metal described as \"gleaming red-gold\". An occupation of Germany begins, in which the Andronikans fail to integrate the German people, leading to a large-scale revolt in which other world powers are brought in to stop an Andronikan genocide.\n\"C\" affected individuals tend to be fewer in number and less likely to insist upon the veracity of the story, possibly due to the higher level of deviancy from historical records.\n\nA small number (\u2588\u2588%) of individuals affected by SCP-2277-A, regardless of which classification they are bound to, begin to display symptoms roughly analogous to those described as afflicting the person \"Andronika\" depicted in series \"A\" of SCP-2277-A classifications.\nEfforts to stop the effects of SCP-2277-A have been largely unsuccessful, as the use of amnestics has had an only temporary effect in suppressing memory of \"Andronika\". Repeated administration of amnestics was found to be necessary to remove memory of SCP-2277-A for a period of \u2588\u2588 - 25 years. However, due to risk of auto-immune and/or neurological disorder as a result, frequent use of amnestics has been banned and new containment procedures initiated to minimize the potential impact of pre-existing affected individuals.\nAddendum: As Foundation containment procedures were implemented, certain individuals affected by SCP-2277 began to become aware of efforts made by Foundation front companies to mitigate SCP-2277's spread. A DDoS (distributed denial of service) was launched upon \u2588 mis-information websites maintained by Foundation fronts. A fresh source of SCP-2277-A was found being distributed as a pornographic video. Audio is consistent with prior instances of SCP-2277-A.\nInterviews with affected individuals of SCP-2277 have indicated an apparent awareness by SCP-2277 of Foundation efforts to contain it. Stories involving \"Andronika\" have been updated to incriminate an ersatz-Foundation known as the \"Society for the Consolidation of Power\" as being involved in each iteration of Andronika's downfall. Information posted by affected individuals on forums and websites have increasingly contained details regarding this \"Society\" and its activities, as well as its secretive \"Council of Thirteen\" engaging in secretive activity to infiltrate world governments for the express purpose of suppressing knowledge of \"Andronika\" and perpetuating a supposed \"GS\"-based system. Many of the details regarding the Society's hierarchical structure have been found to be similar to that used by the SCP Foundation.\nAs of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2014, no sensitive information has been \"leaked\", although the websites in question have been taken down and the affected individuals involved have been detained by Foundation personnel until such time as a makeshift solution can be found to mitigate the potential risk of exposure of Foundation personnel or assets working on SCP-2277. Despite the absence of any information relating to the Foundation's containment of anomalous items/[REDACTED], SCP-2277 has been upgraded to Keter and all measures should be taken to prevent further \"leak\" of information relating to the fictitious \"Society for the Consolidation of Power\".\n\nFootnotes\n1. Due to the nature of SCP-2277 and its apparent use of \"spoofing\" or otherwise hijacking networks, IP addresses linked to SCP-2277 are not to be immediately disconnected from their internet service providers.\n2. Exceptions with regards to historical individuals of Greek/Roman ancestry bearing the name \"Andronicus\"/\"Andronikos\" or their female equivalents. Any unconfirmed references to an Andronicus/Andronikos in modern and/or recent literature is to be suppressed until confirmation with primary source material is made.\n3. The most common spelling used has been \"Andronika\" and will be used in this document for brevity\n4. Note: \"Andronikan\" military forces are depicted as largely female, implying a strong emphasis on homosexual relations, although reference to integrated male units have been found.\n5. \"Wend\" is a Medieval-era term referring to Slavic peoples living in Germanic areas\n\n\u00ab SCP-2276 | SCP-2277 | SCP-2278 \u00bb"}
{"text": "The Rhine river above SCP-2278's source.\n\n\ufeffItem #: SCP-2278\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures:\nIn site containment of SCP-2278 has been approved as of 21/6/1996. All standard regulations pertaining to the Genius Loci protocol apply. Remote monitoring of the containment perimeter is to follow the protocol guidelines for low threat anomalies.\nDirect inspection of the cave's soundproofing is to be conducted twice a year; maintenance access to the underground chamber where SCP-2278-A resides requires standard diving equipment, a 5 g ingot of fine gold and active sound-canceling headphones.\nCommunication efforts to skew popular representation of the local legends towards their less threatening versions are to be made and periodically evaluated.\nDescription:\nSCP-2278 is a cognitohazardous sound pattern originating from a cave at 50\u00b0 08\u2032 22\u2033 N, 7\u00b0 43\u2032 44\u2033 E near the town of Sankt Goarshausen in Germany. The place had been known for centuries as the location of a peculiar echo, but only attracted wide attention from the early 19th century onwards. Cognitohazardous effects are not tied to the original source of the sound and recordings are equally hazardous. However, testing has shown filtering out the 6-8 kHz band renders both direct exposure and recordings innocuous, which indicates the cognitohazard is most likely tied to a pattern of harmonics in that band.\n\nMaintenance log (audio excerpt) - SCP-2278/15-8-1996-ML-1\n\nThe following excerpt was recorded during the first scheduled maintenance of the containment perimeter. It is representative of current SCP-2278 activity. Cognitohazardous harmonics in the 6-8 kHz band have been scrubbed, making it safe to listen to.\n\nIn the closest areas accessible to the public, sound pressure averaged 35 dB before soundproofing of the cave and was not easily distinguished from other background noise. Exposure to SCP-2278 in those conditions was mildly cognitohazardous, causing disorientation and uneasiness, as well as suicidal ideation in depressed subjects. Such effects were only temporary, disappearing when perception of the pattern was discontinued. Cognitohazardous effects at ground level stopped after the cave was soundproofed in 1996.\nDirect exposure to SCP-2278 in the cave itself causes more pronounced effects, the most notable being catatonia and a significant perceptual time dilation. After-effects can last for several months, manifesting as dysthymia or low-grade clinical melancholy. Sound pressure at the source is variable but routinely reaches 130 dB, making it a direct physical hazard.\nThe anomalous nature of SCP-2278 was not discovered until advances in statistical analysis revealed a higher than average mortality rate in the area. Several drownings and barge wreckings first thought to be accidental have since been re-qualified.\nThe signal's source itself was serendipitously identified during an investigation into the disappearance of several divers in the immediate area. After contact with Agent L\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was lost, his beacon kept emitting from a location inside the rock. The retrieval team found no access to the beacon's location until Agent D\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 accessed a previously unseen underwater tunnel. Later testing showed the entrance appears as an impenetrable rocky talus to anyone not carrying gold. Both Agent L\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and Agent D\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 wore gold signet rings.\nAfter a short sump, the entrance tunnel leads into an irregularly shaped underground hall, 47 m (l) x 23 m (w) x 27 m (h) in its largest dimensions. Most of the hall is occupied by the carcass of a creature, laying in pooled red water, from which the anomalous sound pattern emanates. The carcass, designated SCP-2278-A, resembles that of a specimen of Balaenoptera musculus in an advanced state of decay. It possesses several features reminiscent of Homo sapiens : misshapen arms and legs, a mane of fine blonde hair and a human-like, feminine face.\nNecropsy of SCP-2278-A has shown an aberrant genetic makeup with only passable correspondences with B. musculus and H. sapiens genomes. The analyzed tissue is heavily contaminated by organic pollutants: organophosphates, dinitro-ortho-cresol, endosulfan, mercury ethoxyethyl-hydroxyde, dyes and other compounds. This contaminant profile matches both that of the red water found in the cave and of the 1986 Schweizerhalle chemical spill.\n37 human bodies were recovered from the cave, in various states of decay. Autopsy of the freshest ones indicate death from exposure and dehydration. Unconsumed supplies were recovered, lending credence to the hypothesis that direct SCP-2278 exposure causes a deep and acute form of melancholia. None of the recovered artifacts were older than the second quarter of the 19th century.\nGiven the touristic nature of the site, non-destructive extraction of SCP-2278-A is not feasible. In situ containment, tentative Euclid classification and application of the Genius Loci protocol were requested on 11/5/1996 and subsequently approved. ISO 7010-W003 signage is installed underwater near the entrance to discourage access. A secure airlock was built to restrict access through the tunnel. The main hall was soundproofed with 50 cm of low pressure spray polyurethane foam.\nAddendum: Internal Memo - DoE/LdC/18-4-1996-IM-1\n\nComplete and undisturbed. What a lovely para-archeological record. Heine, 1824. Nothing we recovered was much older than the poem. This isn't the first anomaly we find that was created through manifestation of belief. This is, however, the first time we have solid, material proof towards that hypothesis. Only time will tell if the Genius Loci protocol can alter those anomalies just enough to make them non threatening. But this is our perfect test subject.\n\n  Louise de Chavialle,\n\n  Director,\n  Department of Ethnography.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2277 | SCP-2278 | SCP-2279 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2279\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A false construction project has been set up around SCP-2279 to prevent civilians from entering the structure. The interior of the anomaly is to be monitored via surveillance cameras.\nOnly Foundation operatives are allowed into SCP-2279. Testing of D-Class must be carefully monitored to observe the requirements for SCP-2279 activation.\nDescription: SCP-2279 is a pet store located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Tennessee. A sign reading \"THE PEOPLE'S PET SHOP\" hangs above the door of the structure. The building lacks windows and its only entrance is the front door. SCP-2279 is occupied by various domesticated animals, hereby designated SCP-2279-A, and humanoid entities, hereby designated SCP-2279-B.\nWhile humans are not within SCP-22791, instances of SCP-2279-A are almost always seriously wounded in some manner, such as missing limbs, mutilated faces, and infected gashes running all along their bodies. While inside of SCP-2279, these entities seem to be in constant pain due to their injuries. Occasionally a new instance of SCP-2279-A will manifest within the structure. SCP-2279-A entities cannot be killed by any conventional means.\nInstances of SCP-2279-B do not manifest unless a human enters the structure. At this time, the wounds on SCP-2279-A entities will appear to have healed either considerably or entirely. Upon entering SCP-2279, one of two events will occur: either the subject will be mostly ignored by SCP-2279-A and SCP-2279-B entities until they leave or the subject will be approached by one instance of SCP-2279-B, who will insist that the subject purchase a very specific SCP-2279-A entity for either large sums of money or in exchange for something very personal. Any attempts to purchase anything other than what is offered when it is offered will be met with resistance. The former situation has occurred almost every time the Foundation has attempted to research the anomaly following its discovery2, while the latter usually happens when an unaware civilian enters the structure. Persons without knowledge of SCP-2279's anomalous nature seem to be somewhat drawn to enter the structure. Currently, the criteria for this is unknown.\nIf the subject refuses to take the suggestion, the SCP-2279-B entities will bar the subject from leaving physically until they have agreed to take the instance of SCP-2279-A home. In these cases, SCP-2279-B entities exhibited great physical strength and resilience3.\nOnce the entity is taken to the subject's place of residence, an anomalous event will be triggered. This event consists of five stages and takes place over the course of eleven (11) weeks on average.\n\nStage\nLength of Time After Purchase\nDescription\n\nStage 1\nLess than two (2) weeks\nNothing unusual can be seen in either subject as of yet. However, the human subject becomes unable to die upon leaving SCP-2279.\n\nStage 2\nTwo (2) to six (6) weeks\nMinor wounds on SCP-2279-A begin to worsen at a rapid rate, often for no visible reason. Their owner will express increasing amounts of distress for the condition of the entity whether or not they are aware of their injuries.\n\nStage 3\nSix (6) to eight (8) weeks\nWounds covering the SCP-2279-A entity begin to heal and start to manifest on the subject. The subject will often not acknowledge that the entity's health appears to be improving as well as their own failing health. At this point, they will forgo eating, drinking, and sleeping in order to care for the entity. This distress and manifestation of injuries occurs even when the subject is unable to actually view or have any knowledge about SCP-2279-A.\n\nStage 4\nEight (8) to ten (10) weeks\nDuring this time period, the owner's condition will worsen until they are physically incapable of moving, usually due to the deterioration of their muscles. The SCP-2279-A instance will become healthier during this time to the point where they are in a better condition than they appeared to be in when intitally leaving SCP-2279.\n\nStage 5\nTen (10) to eleven (11) weeks\nSCP-2279-A will consume the immobile subject and demanifest.\n\nInterview-2279-Eta: On 05/12/2012, Foundation agents entered SCP-2279 with the intention of continuing observation and collecting data on the anomaly. At this point, several interviews with SCP-2279-B had already been conducted.\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2279-B-17\nInterviewer: Agent Fredricks, Agent Timmons\nForeword: As per Foundation protocol, Agent Fredricks was accompanied by a newer Foundation operative so that they could gain field experience. The operative in question was Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Timmons.\n<Begin Log>\nFredricks: Hello, SCP-2279-B-17.\nSCP-2279-B-17: Oh, hey, you again. I don't suppose you'd be any more willing to call me \"Sam\" than you were the last three times, hm?\nFredricks: B-17, I believe you know the answer to that already.\nSCP-2279-B-17: [sighs audibly, notices Agent Timmons] Oooh, they're new, aren't they? Welcome to the People's Pet Shop, where second chances really do happen. You look like you could use some company? Especially since your apartment has become [prolonged exhale] so much quieter recently, hmm?\nTimmons: I\u2014\nFredricks: [interrupting] B-17, I believe I am addressing you right now. Now\u2014\nSCP-2279-B-17: [interrupting] Oh, shut up, it's not like you were gonna ask anything new anyway. [addressing Timmons] Sooo, how would you like to take\u2026 this one? [offers Agent Timmons a calico cat, hereby referred to as SCP-2279-A-042.4]\nTimmons: [stares at SCP-2279-A-042] I\u2026 I can't\u2026\nSCP-2279-B-17: Oh, I assure you, miss, you can. Don't you want her? She seems to really want you.\nTimmons: Please\u2026 I don't\u2026 I didn't mean to\u2026\nFredricks: Agent, I\u2026 [clears his throat] I believe at this time that it would be our best option to take it. We will study this more back at the site.\nTimmons: \u2026Yes, sir.\nSCP-2279-B-17: [looking directly at Agent Timmons one eyebrow raised, smiling] Have a nice day, now.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: Agent Fredricks and Agent Timmons escorted SCP-2279-A-042 to Site 23. The entity was placed into Temporary Containment Chamber #242 while Agent Fredricks escorted Agent Timmons to be interviewed in order to more fully investigate the anomaly. See Interview-2279-Theta.\n\nInterview-2279-Theta:\n\nInterviewed: Agent Timmons\nInterviewer: Agent Harmon\nForeword: This interview took place immediately following the events of Interview-2279-Eta.\n<Begin Log>\nHarmon: Agent Timmons. For the sake of this log, please summarize the events leading up to this interview.\nTimmons: [silence for several seconds before speaking. When she does, she speaks softly and slowly] I was investigating SCP-2279 with Agent Fredricks. I came along to get experience working as an operative of the Foundation. I was addressed by one of the entities associated with the anomaly, who offered me Eil\u2014 [stops herself, gulps] SCP-2279-A-042. Given that all noted previous attempts by other persons to exit SCP-2279 without accepting the offer before this point had been met with harsh physical resistance, it was determined that the best course of action would be to comply with the entity. SCP-2279-A-042 is currently contained in a temporary holding cell.\nHarmon: Excellent. Now, Timmons, you seem to recognize this entity.\nTimmons: Yes.\nHarmon: Can you tell me how?\nTimmons: [pauses for approximately five (5) seconds] The entity looks identical to my old pet, Eileen, who died a few months ago.\nHarmon: I see. How did she die?\nTimmons: [pauses for approximately ten (10) seconds] I\u2026 I made a mistake. I was trying this new thing, something fun for myself, making a pizza. I got everything out: the dough, the cheese, the pepperoni, everything, when my friend called, said it was an emergency. I rushed over only to find it was a surprise party for\u2026 well, me. She noticed I had been a little down at the time and thought it could cheer me up. And it did. But I was there for so long that I lost track of time and ended up staying overnight. When I got home I\u2026 I\u2026 [gulps] Did you know that raw bread dough is poisonous to cats? I didn't. I sure didn't. I\u2026 found her, curled up in my closet and\u2026 and\u2026 [trails off]\nHarmon: I believe that's enough about that incident. Was this pet treated well prior to this?\nTimmons: I tried, certainly. But I was struggling at the time, just trying to get by and\u2026 some days it was hard to remember to find time for her. To take care of her. To\u2026 [long inhale] to feed her. I\u2026 wanted to give her a good home but I guess\u2026 [trails off]\nHarmon: I see. Thank you, Agent Timmons. Now, I'm sure you're aware that, due to the nature of this anomaly, we unfortunately cannot let you go. You will be escorted to a temporary holding cell until we can find a way to take care of this.\nTimmons: I understand. Thank you.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: Agent Timmons was escorted to Temporary Humanoid Holding Chamber #422 immediately after this interview.\n\nFootnotes\n1. This does not include non-human observation methods, such as surveillance cameras.\n2. See Addendum-2279-Eta for an exception to this.\n3. During one such occurrance, a civilian stabbed the entity multiple times. The SCP-2279-B instance showed no signs of registering the physical harm and continued to block the exit until the civilian accepted the SCP-2279-A entity.\n4. This specimen is notable as it had no visible wounds while under surveillance. Instead, it repeatedly vomited, exhibited inhibited motor control, and extreme trouble breathing.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2278 | SCP-2279 | SCP-2280 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2280\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2280 is kept in a dedicated paddock measuring 1 km\u00b2 in area at Biological Research Area-12, surrounded by a 10 m buffer zone. This paddock is fenced in by 4 m tall reinforced concrete walls with infrared cameras mounted every 10 m along the periphery. Automatic watering and supplemental feed troughs are provided for the use of SCP-2280. All other care needs, including veterinary care, are to be handled via telepresence robots.\nNo vertebrate animal is allowed within 8 m of SCP-2280 outside of experimentation. Should any animal become affected by SCP-2280's properties, attempts will be made to retrieve the body before SCP-2280 can finish consuming it. Should these attempts fail, fluoroprotein fire suppression foam must be sprayed over SCP-2280 beginning 5 minutes prior to the following sunrise until the final effect has ceased.\nDescription: SCP-2280 is an adult female Bos taurus whose tissues absorb 100% of all electromagnetic radiation with wavelength between 370 nm and 770 nm1. This results in SCP-2280 appearing as a pure black silhouette from any angle, without visible details. Aside from this and the additional anomalous properties described below, SCP-2280 is genetically and functionally identical to a non-anomalous cow, including diet and thermal signature.\nIf any vertebrate animal weighing more than 2 kg comes within 5.25 m of SCP-2280, there is an approximately 50% probability that it will become neuromuscularly paralyzed. If this occurs, SCP-2280 will approach the paralyzed animal and consume it in no more than 1.5 hours, despite being otherwise herbivorous. For creatures which are too large for SCP-2280 to swallow whole, it will use its hooves and incisors to separate soft tissues from the skeletal system into bite-sized chunks, as well as break or crush overly large bony structures into more readily-consumable sizes.\nThe following sunrise, SCP-2280 will go into labor and give birth to an instance of SCP-2280-1, an animal of identical morphology to the consumed animal, with the exception that it emits light at 100,000 lux equally along the entire wavelength spectrum of 370-770 nm. Approximately 95% of SCP-2280-1 instances are stillborn, and their luminence rapidly decreases to the point that they are observably identical to the animal that SCP-2280 had consumed. SCP-2280 will ignore these instances, which can be retrieved for later analysis. The remaining 5% of SCP-2280-1 will immediately rise after being born and move to suckle from SCP-2280, regardless of the species of their originating animal. After suckling for no more than 15 minutes, the instance of SCP-2280-1 will move away from SCP-2280, increase temperature to more than 1000 C\u00ba within 0.4 seconds, and jump directly upwards. It will then accelerate upwards at approximately 37 m/s\u00b2 before abruptly vanishing 1.7 km above the ground.\nInstances of SCP-2280-1 resulting from D-class personnel have not responded to communication attempts, but have been heard mumbling in an unknown language. Linguistic analysis has not succeeded in translating their speech, but have noted similarities to languages in the Afroasiatic family, particularly Coptic Egyptian2.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Encompassing the visible light spectrum.\n2. Use of SCP-3223-1 as a potential translator is currently pending review.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2279 | SCP-2280 | SCP-2281 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2281\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2281 has been disengaged from the rest of the Interstate Highway System through a Foundation-instigated landslide. U.S. Route 50 has been rerouted roughly 10 kilometers north of SCP-2281.\nThe property has been surrounded by a warehouse complex under the front company \"Security Construction Programs\" which is designated Containment Sector-77. Due to the stability of SCP-2281, once per year MTF-\u03c8-7 \"Home Improvement\" stages a high-level training on this property, and personnel within Containment Sector-77 should consult their Level 3 supervisor as to their instructions during that time. SCP-2281 currently has no research projects associated with it.\nDescription: SCP-2281 is a 1.2 km stretch of road which was formerly a part of U.S. Route 50. SCP-2281 is located near Delta, Utah and contains a steep turn with little warning. Irregular auditory anomalies occur in vehicles which travel along SCP-2281 at a speed higher than the previously posted speed limit of 60 miles per hour (approximately 97 kilometers per hour).\nAuditory anomalies manifest in the rear seat on the driver's side of vehicles. Initially this manifests as a request for vehicle operators to slow their vehicles to comply with the posted speed limit. SCP-2281's effect, however, triggers irregularly. Manifestations tend to occur more frequently in situations that involve circumstances which impair driver performance. Heightened levels of occurrence have been shown to correlate to nighttime driving, driving in difficult weather conditions, and driving while intoxicated.\nPrior to discovery, SCP-2281 was noted by the Utah Department of Transportation to have statistically higher accident rates than similar roads, with records indicating an elevated accident rate as early as 1928. A Foundation agent passing through the area on December 8th, 1984 experienced SCP-2281's effect, and began enacting containment. Containment Sector-77 has been considered to be fully operational since September 18th, 1985, and SCP-2281 has been classified as Safe since that time.\n\nAddendum 2281-A: On 01/22/2003, Foundation personnel were able to communicate with SCP-2281. Further interviews were infrequent and yielded little additional information, and testing was subsequently re-terminated.\nInterviewed: SCP-2281\nInterviewer: Agent Boyd\nForeword: Log recorded while Agent Boyd was driving a Foundation vehicle on SCP-2281\n<Begin Log>Agent Boyd: Who are you?Agent Boyd: Can you state your identity?Agent Boyd: Well, what do you call yourself?Agent Boyd: From where do those names originate?Agent Boyd: Why do you talk to the drivers who go down this road?Agent Boyd: Who is Denton?Agent Boyd: Why do you stay on this road?Agent Boyd: Thank you for your cooperation.\n\nAddendum 2281-B: Subsequent investigation revealed a Highway Patrolman named Calvin Denton had formerly worked along this route, but he had been killed in a traffic collision while off-duty in 1999.\n\nLEVEL 3 ACCESS REQUIRED\n\n#########\n\nAddendum 2281-C: On 06/14/2009, Foundation agents discovered that Calvin Denton had not been killed in 1999. This discovery was made after Mr. Denton entered Foundation custody following his participation as an agent in an operation opposing Foundation interests. This interview was taken after his capture. During his custody, Mr. Denton attempted to alert Foundation personnel as to the existence of SCP-2281, and was not aware of its current containment procedures.\n\nInterviewed: Calvin Denton [GOC Agent]\nInterviewer: Agent Aaron Ekblad\nForeword: Interview took place within Sector-85.\n<Begin Log>\nAgent Ekblad: Hello, Mister Denton.\nCalvin Denton: Afternoon, I think.\nAgent Ekblad: Are you aware of why you are being questioned today?\nCalvin Denton: I am.\nAgent Ekblad: What is your relationship with the anomaly classified as SCP-2281?\nCalvin Denton: It's how I found out about the\u2026 veil? Whatever you wanna call it. I was driving down the Interstate, and it just started talking to me one day. It said he was just around and wanted to talk.\nAgent Ekblad: You communicated with the entity?\nCalvin Denton: Multiple times. The first few I was kinda bewildered, but after the third time I said if I found it again, I'd tell it to do something constructive.\nAgent Ekblad: What did you do?\nCalvin Denton: There'd been a lot of accidents on this road for a long time, so I told him that he should try and do something about it, since it was a pretty dangerous stretch of road.\nAgent Ekblad: Were you aware of the object's properties?\nCalvin Denton: I just knew that the thing could talk to me at will, and it seemed to be invisible. Thought it might've been the big guy, but I know better now.\nAgent Ekblad: Why didn't you report this to the GOC when they hired you?\nCalvin Denton: Well, you know how we do our business. I just\u2026 you know, it was the first thing I ever found, before any of this ever happened. And it was mostly harmless! Didn't do anything to anyone. It's just\u2026 sentiment, I guess. I'm pretty glad to hear that you guys have a hold of him, though. I guess he'll be okay.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: Following this interview, and pursuant to previous agreements with the GOC, Calvin Denton was released from Foundation custody. Though the subject has since continued his work with the GOC, he has been noted as an especially promising candidate for Foundation recruitment.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2280 | SCP-2281 | SCP-2282 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2282\nObject Class: Neutralized (formerly Euclid)\nSpecial Containment Procedures: (Former. SCP-2282 is now deceased.) SCP-2282 is to be kept under the care of the Area-12 Parazoology Department in an outdoor enclosure. SCP-2282 should never come closer than a distance of one hundred meters (100 m) to any structure or tree. SCP-2282 is to have appropriate maintenance for a domestic goat.\nDescription: SCP-2282 is a female young mammal of a unique subspecies closely related to Capra aegagrus hircus, classified as C. a. spatium. SCP-2282 is of normal size and externally identical to a common domesticated goat. SCP-2282's skeletal, muscular, and cranial anatomy is identical.\nSCP-2282's digestive tract is a highly non-Euclidean array of spacial distortions warped to increase its internal volume to at least seventeen thousand cubic meters (17,000 m\u00b3), consisting of over eight thousand (8000) separate stomachs. The digestive tract of SCP-2282 is complicated and nonlinear with seemingly no organized purpose. The total mass of SCP-2282 is at least sixteen million kilograms (16,000,000 kg), but externally appears to have a mass of only 89 kg, a normal amount for a goat of its apparent breed. These additional organs also apparently do not require additional sustenance to function, as SCP-2282's material diet is normal.\nSCP-2282 consumes matter by incorporating the space that contains that matter into its own body. This space is removed from an area near SCP-2282's mouth while grazing, and manipulated so that its exterior is shrunk as it is transported to inside of SCP-2282's digestive tract. The cavity this creates within SCP-2282 is then filled with new flesh and organs. SCP-2282 consumes approximately three cubic meters (3 m\u00b3) per day.\nAddendum: SCP-2282 was discovered on 3 Feb 2001 on a goat ranch in central California after Foundation gravitational-wave observatories in Area-6, Area-22, and Site-20 began detecting a small, regular tremor in the curvature of spacetime. The anomaly was triangulated, and the farm was investigated and purchased after the effect was confirmed.\nAddendum: Correspondence between Dr. Carrs and Overwatch Council, 22 Apr 2014\nSCP-2282 has begun showing signs of aging and ill health appropriate to a goat of its age. Barring more intense medical care, it has maybe four more months left alive. I am seeking approval to euthanize SCP-2282 on 1 May 2014 before it dies of natural causes to allow it to decease in a controlled environment, and to study its anatomy before it undergoes organ failure. - Dr. Carrs\nApproved. - O5-9\nAddendum: Euthanasia of SCP-2282 proceeded as planned until the moment of death. After injection by Dr. Dangson, SCP-2282's interior instantaneously distorted itself to match Euclidean space. This resulted in a bubble of new space sixty-seven meters (67 m) in diameter appearing from SCP-2282's abdomen, warping all space in the surrounding area.\nDr. Dangson, standing directly next to SCP-2282 during the distortion, was killed instantaneously from massive anatomical deformation. Dr. Carrs entered critical condition and died six hours later from cerebral hemorrhaging. Dr. Ohman and Dr. Jept suffered severe skeletal and anatomical deformation; Dr. Jept required amputation of his left arm and leg, and Dr. Ohman is currently undergoing intensive physical therapy to regain full mobility.\nThe sphere of new space was filled with goat entrails which immediately collapsed to fill the dimple in the ground created by the distortion and overflow into the surrounding area.\nAddendum: Excavation of SCP-2282's remains has revealed that some of SCP-2282's stomachs were not filled with digestive fluid, and contained objects that were kept relatively well preserved, including several that would have been too large for SCP-2282 to have consumed whole. Objects currently discovered in the remains include:\n\n1 wooden architectural ruler\n4 Tic Tac brand candy boxes (empty, various flavors)\n1 \"Pikachu Pedometer\" instruction booklet\n11 rocks (various sizes)\n1 large wood lathe\n22 various wood lathe tools\n7 playing cards (standard)\n9 playing cards (identified as part of the \"7th Sea Collectible Card Game\")\n1 giraffe skeleton (whole)\n1 halogen light bulb\n1 stainless steel dresser\n191 Elmer's brand glue sticks\n1 beehive (whole, dormant)\n6 vacuum tubes\n\n\u00ab SCP-2281 | SCP-2282 | SCP-2283 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Members of Security Force Theta-14 investigate a suspected SCP-2283 blast which destroyed a supply convoy headed to Site-47 in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Peru. All Foundation personnel in the vicinity of the blast are recorded as MIA.\n\nItem #: SCP-2283\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Instances of SCP-2283 found in the field are to be disarmed by Class D resources possessing military or law enforcement equivalent certifications in Explosive Ordnance Disposal. Under no circumstances are Foundation personnel permitted to approach an instance of SCP-2283 presumed or suspected of possessing a live payload.\nIn the event appropriate Class D resources are unavailable to deactivate an instance of SCP-2283, the instance is to be remotely detonated from a safe distance using any appropriate explosive projectile.\nUnder no circumstances are Foundation personnel to use remotely controlled vehicles to dispose of instances of SCP-2283, although if no other situational alternative exists, the acting HMCL supervisors1 may authorize the use of Class D resources to perform this task. Personnel should refer to Incident Log 2283-12 for more information.\nDeactivated instances of SCP-2283 are to be stored at least 50m underground in a facility designed to hold high explosive munitions with standard Foundation physical security and surveillance measures, in ordnance magazines built with aluminum non-sparking shelving. Currently, Ordnance Bunker 12 at Site-19 has been selected for this purpose.\nUnder no circumstances are personnel below security classification 2283-2 to be permitted entry to the selected storage site, with the exception of qualified Class D resources selected to perform mandatory biweekly inventory and degradation inspections.\nPartial data on non-anomalous aspects of SCP-2283-A's molecular composition is to be added to the Threat Recognition Analytics Certified Realtime (TRACR)2 forensic database to aid Foundation anterior detection and containment efforts. Foundation police liaisons in all regions where instances of SCP-2283 have been deployed or are suspected to be deployed must be trained in the item's detection, and are to alert their regional command upon reasonable suspicion of such deployment.\nIf Foundation personnel become aware of the detonation of an instance of SCP-2283 in a civilian area, Foundation intelligence assets are to immediately enact Procedure False Flag, entailing the return of falsified human remains to relatives of the victims, and blame for the incident to be attributed to the most convincing possible perpetrator.\n\nResult of Incident 2283-29 in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. No human remains or injured persons were recovered from the site.\n\nDescription: SCP-2283 is a collection of 287 individual munitions and explosive devices of varying design, yield, age and manufacture, including but not limited to hand grenades, improvised explosive devices, timed charges and field ordnance. Instances of SCP-2283 resemble traditional explosives in most respects, including non-anomalous mechanical and electronic components, wiring, and blasting caps.\nHowever, the explosive component of each SCP-2283 instance is composed of SCP-2283-A, an unknown material superficially resembling RDX (PVV-5A), but with several unexplained physical properties3.\nEvery recorded instance of the detonation of an instance of SCP-2283 has resulted in damage to nearby inanimate objects as would otherwise be expected for a non-anomalous RDX device of an equivalent yield. However, persons within the blast radius of an SCP-2283 instance will not suffer the effects of said explosion, but will instead instantaneously vanish along with all possessions on their person4 from known space, and mirror the creation of SCP-2283-B, Class 4 Incorporeal Entities5 with unique characteristics.\nInstances of SCP-2283-B are unable to perceive or interact with each other directly and do not appear to require sustenance or conditions required for homeostasis in non-anomalous humanoids. It is currently unknown how long instances of SCP-2283-B remain extant, though available evidence indicates no known maximum lifespan of the entities.\nThrough test detonations with Class D resources, it has been determined SCP-2283-B instances report subjective experiences consistent with continuity of consciousness between base and incorporeal states6. Foundation scientific personnel became aware of SCP-2283-B upon the interception of anomalous communications in the form of phone calls, text messages, and other electronic messages apparently composed by the entities. Personnel with security classification 2283-2 or higher should refer to logs 2283-1 through 2283-495.\nInstances of SCP-2283 have been recovered in the course of Foundation security operations from a variety of groups of interest, as well as recovered from conflict zones and law enforcement agencies responding to bomb threats or reports of suspicious objects, in at least 65 different countries. Direct attacks on Foundation personnel and assets involving SCP-2283 is suspected in at least \u2588\u2588\u2588 incidents. Foundation intelligence has been unable to determine the source of SCP-22837.\n\nLOG-2283-17\n\nLOG-2283-17\n\nAfter a confirmed detonation of an instance of SCP-2283 [REDACTED], resulting in six civilian casualties, Foundation personnel intercepted text messages sent from a number matching the phone of SCP-2283-B-12 to POI-2283-58, the instance's father, arriving approximately five hours later. A partial transcript follows.\nSCP-2283-B-12: dad i love you\nSCP-2283-B-12: dad please answer there was an explosion i'm hurt\nPOI-2283-58: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588? is that you? where have you been?\nPOI-2283-58: your mother and i have been worried sick. the police won't tell us anything. where are you?\nSCP-2283-B-12: dad im here\nPOI-2283-58: is this \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588?\nSCP-2283-B-12: dad\nSCP-2283-B-12: dad please\nSCP-2283-B-12: im outside do you see me please say you see me\nPOI-2283-58: i'm calling the police.\nSCP-2283-B-12: dad why cant you see\nSCP-2283-B-12: please\nSCP-2283-B-12: it hurts so much\nPOI-2283-58 has reported similar communications from SCP-2283-B-12 on a sporadic basis for the past \u2588\u2588 years.\n\nINCIDENT LOG 2283-12\n\nINCIDENT LOG 2283-12\n\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, upon the detection of an instance of SCP-2283 in the Battery Park City neighborhood of New York City, Foundation security operative Mitchell Sohmer attempted to destroy the instance using a remotely controlled model MK4 \"Wheelbarrow\" disposal robot. Upon successful detonation, operative Sohmer dematerialized.\nFoundation personnel have not received any communications from any entity claiming to be Sohmer subsequent to this event.\n\nADDENDUM-2283-1\n\nADDENDUM-2283-1\n\nThe following is excerpted from: Charalambou, L. E. (2009). 'Theoretical frameworks of anomalous terrorism: SCP-2283.' Foundation Level 3 Security Review, 8, 101-129.\n\nMany modern terrorism theorists ascribe to a so-called realist model of terrorism, envisioning the use of terror tactics as a rational choice made by rational agents in pursuit of concrete goals. Others from the constructivist school, or those who understand terrorism through the perspective of organizational process theory, tend to propose the fundamental nature of terrorism is a social construct, and that various actors conduct terrorist activities not just for the narrow purpose of achieving political goals, but as the predictable result of alienating social and political realities.\nEither approach envisions an act of terrorism as inflicted upon victims, but primarily intended for another party entirely - the audience, the public, who will be filled with fear. Hence the term terrorism.\nSCP-2283 is not a tool for terrorists, at least as that term is used in the mundane world of politics and violence. A non-anomalous bomb inspires fear, pain, suffering; it leaves behind physical evidence of the power of those who put it there in the form of dead bodies, maimed survivors and tortured lives. But when an SCP-2283 device detonates the victims simply disappear without the requisite carnage.\nAt least for us, the audience. But to the victim, the blast has apparently eternal consequences. Imagine: being blasted into eternal solitude, like a cursed spirit, forced to wander in isolation for all we know until the heat death of the universe.\nIn other words, very unpleasant. Thus at face value the erstwhile analyst may conclude it is a technology more suited to retaliation or revenge against specific individuals or organizations than terrorizing an entire population.\nHowever, standard models of terrorism apply to some extent \u2026 groups aware of, or engaged in the use of anomalous phenomena may be aware of the existence of SCP-2283 devices, and the threat of their use may inspire greater terror and fear than the deadliest of traditional bombs.\n\nINCIDENT LOG 2283-292\n\nINCIDENT LOG 2283-292\n\nOn 06/17/2016, MTF Rho-17 (\"Counter-Terrorists Win\") recovered 200 fully loaded 7.62mm magazines containing SCP-2283-A incendiary rounds from an armory in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-controlled territory in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Testing with Class D resources has demonstrated the rounds result in similar anomalous effects including the instantaneous transition of humanoid targets to a Class 4 Incorporeal Entity.\nFour members of MTF Rho-17 were reported MIA during the initial operation. After consultation with the SCP-2283 HMCL supervisors over the feasibility of retrieving these personnel, all four have been awarded the Foundation Star for distinguished service.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Currently Drs. Christiaan Makeba and Peter Fredriksen.\n2. The Foundation's real-time threat detection and situational awareness technology, incorporating a variety of sensors and a \"weak\" AI. TRACR MK VII is in deployment with most major site security forces and MTFs as of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n3. Recorded differences include a resting temperature of 51.68-54.23 degrees Celsius, significantly higher shock sensitivity, emission of visible light in the range of 450-570 nm wavelength, and [REDACTED].\n4. i.e. clothes, wallets, cell phones, etc.\n5. Lacking full intangibility; i.e., unable to interact with, but still bounded by, physical matter.\n6. These experiences cannot be independently verified.\n7. Individuals involved in its procurement from a manufacturer, rather than reseller, appear to have been exposed to an unknown amnestic agent.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2282 | SCP-2283 | SCP-2284 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2284\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2284 is to be held within a standard humanoid containment chamber within Hall \u2588\u2588 of Site-\u2588\u2588. Only D-Class personnel are to communicate with SCP-2284.\nDescription: SCP-2284 is a male humanoid of Indian descent that is almost genetically identical to SCP-2148. The words \"Mr. Lie, from Little Misters \u00ae by Dr. Wondertainment\" are tattooed upon SCP-2284's left bicep.\nThe speech of SCP-2284 exhibits a cognitohazardous effect which causes others that sense it to believe all declarations and statements made by SCP-2284 are objectively true. Direct audio recordings are subject to this effect. Questions posed by SCP-2284 exhibit no anomalous properties, nor do transcriptions of its speech. Testing has begun to determine whether this property applies to things SCP-2284 writes or types.\nSCP-2284 is physically incapable of making true statements. However, it is able to communicate somewhat effectively by relying on rhetorical questions and series of questions that lead others to the desired conclusion.\nResearch is currently underway to determine a possible connection between SCP-2284 and SCP-2148-2.\nAddendum A: The following transcript is from an interview between D-22841 and SCP-2284, recorded by a Foundation speech to text program. Minor edits were made afterward to correct small errors made by the program. Text in italicized brackets are notes by D-22841 during the interview concerning the body language and verbal tone of SCP-2284.\n\n+ Open interview\n\n- Close interview\n\nD-22841: Hey. I gotta read you these questions and write how you react. They have it set up so a computer will type out everything we say. That alright?D-22841: Right. So. How are you today, 2284?D-22841: Eh, could be better.\n[Both laugh]\nD-22841: Right, so first thing. In 1995 there was an incident featuring SCP-2148, and\u2014D-22841: Um. One sec, let me double check the number. Ah, right. Blindfolded guy, calls himself Mister Stripes.\n(SCP-2284 sits up)D-22841: Nothing to him, more that he did something. I think. Or the doctors think, I guess. This black bar showed up on the cameras for a while, and then at the end he had this photo. Later, when they looked at his Little Misters list, your name was blacked out.\n(SCP-2284 becomes progressively more relaxed during explanation)D-22841: So far as I know. You didn't have anything to do with that?D-22841: Alright. Let's see. Are you aware of your anomalous properties?D-22841: Magic stuff, basically. Um. It says you can convince anyone of anything you say.D-22841: Read transcripts, I guess. Which is what I'm here for.D-22841: Yeah. But the doctors will know what's really up.D-22841: Wouldn't that still just be you trying to convince me of something?D-22841: Was that a question?\n(SCP-2284 smiles)(\"That's a good question, isn't it?\" or \"That's a good question. Isn't it?\" Fuck I don't know doc)D-22841: Can you tell me about the other Little Misters?D-22841: Stripes, obviously. One second. Chameleon. Lost. Brass, Moon, and Forgetful.D-22841: Let's see. Church of the Broken God.D-22841: What about the others? You seemed concerned about Mister Stripes earlier.D-22841: Aren't all of you sort of siblings? I think I remember reading that in a briefing dossier.D-22841: Didn't you just\u2014 You know what, let's just move on. What can you tell us about Doctor Wondertainment?D-22841: That his name is Isiah Crawford.(I can hear what he's muttering, but I'm not sure what he means. I'm getting a really bad migraine as he talks)\nD-22841: What are you talking about?D-22841: Both. You just said that. Doctor Wondertainment is a male human named Isiah Crawford who is just a company that was never Isiah Crawford [Speech to text program was unable to give punctuation to this dialogue.]SCP-2284: Can someone help him?SCP-2284: Are you guys coming? Can't you see this guy needs help?SCP-2284: No, just looking.\n(You cannot consciously see any of the text I am writing. You feel compelled to follow the instructions relevant to you.)\n(If you are a D-Class you need to give this note to a researcher.)\n(If you are a researcher without the ability to edit the files of SCP-2284, you need to give it to a researcher who can.)\n(If you are a researcher capable of editing the files of SCP-2284, you need to scan this part of the note directly into the transcript without rewriting it yourself. You feel like you should conduct an unscheduled, unmonitored interview with SCP-2284 when possible. You need to bring a second recording device in addition to the typical interview recording devices.)\n\nUpon containment, SCP-2284 was carrying a document similar to the print on the obverse side of SCP-2148-1.\n\nWow! You've just found yourself your very own Little Mister, a limited edition collection from Dr. Wondertainment!\nFind them all and become Mr. Collector!!\n01. Mr. Chameleon\n02. Mr. Headless\n03. Mr. Laugh\n04. Mr. Forgetful\n05. Mr. Shapey\n06. Mr. Soap\n07. Mr. Hungry\n08. Mr. Brass\n09. Mr. Hot\n10. Ms. Sweetie\n11. Mr. Life and Mr. Death\n12. Mr. Fish\n13. Mr. Moon\n14. Mr. Redd (discontinued)\n15. Mr. Money\n16. Mr. Lost\n17. Mr. Lie \u2714\n18. Mr. Mad\n19. Mr. Scary\n20. Mr. Stripes\n\npage revision: 5, last edited: Dec 20, 1998, 17:30 (six days ago)\n\nEdit the document\n\n++ To access this document, you must first listen to the audio included below in full\nmodule Audio=*/local/bullshit.mp3\n[[module Password=hahahaha|case=insensitive]]\n**Item #:** SCP-2284\n**Object Class:** Euclid\n**Special Containment Procedures:** SCP-2284 is to be held within a standard humanoid containment chamber within Hall \u2588\u2588 of Site-\u2588\u2588 adjacent to the cell of SCP-2148. SCP-2284 is to remain on the same meal and fitness schedule as SCP-2148, and action is not to be taken when the two interact. On the seventeenth of every month, Doctor Everett Mann is to interview SCP-2148.\n**Description:** SCP-2284 is a male humanoid of Indian descent, and is the identical brother of SCP-2148. The words \"Mr. Lie, from Little Misters \u00ae by Dr. Wondertainment\" are tattooed upon SCP-2284's left bicep.\nAll declarations and statements made by SCP-2284 are objectively true.\nSCP-2284 is physically incapable of making false statements.\nTesting has revealed that its inability to make false statements apply to its writing.\nThere is nothing abnormal about the document recovered from SCP-2284, and it has been confirmed SCP-2284 had never been in a Foundation facility prior to its containment.\n[[div style=\"display: inline-block; border-radius: 10px; border:dashed 1px #444444; background:#F5F5F5; float:top; width:96.5%; padding:10px\"]]\nD-22841: Hey. I gotta read you these questions and write how react. They have it set up so a computer will type out everything we say. That alright?D-22841: Right. So. How are you today, 2284?D-22841: Eh, could be better.\n[Both laugh]\nD-22841: Right, so first thing. In 1995 there was an incident featuring SCP-2148, and\u2014D-22841: Um. One sec, let me double check the number. Ah, right. Blindfolded guy, calls himself Mister Stripes.\n(SCP-2284 sits up)D-22841: Nothing to him, more that he did something. I think. Or the doctors think, I guess. This black bar showed up on the cameras for a while, and then at the end he had this photo. Later, when they looked at his Little Misters list, your name was blacked out.\n(SCP-2284 becomes progressively more relaxed during explanation)D-22841: So far as I know. You didn't have anything to do with that?D-22841: Alright. Let's see. Are you aware of your anomalous properties?D-22841: Magic stuff, basically. Um. It says you can convince anyone of anything you say.D-22841: Read transcripts, I guess. Which is what I'm here for.D-22841: Yeah. But the doctors will know what's really up.D-22841: Wouldn't that still just be you trying to convince me of something?D-22841: Was that a question?\n(SCP-2284 smiles)(\"That's a good question, isn't it?\" or \"That's a good question. Isn't it?\" Fuck I don't know doc)D-22841: Can you tell me about the other Little Misters?D-22841: Stripes, obviously. One second. Chameleon. Lost. Brass, Moon, and Forgetful.D-22841: Let's see. Church of the Broken God.D-22841: What about the others? You seemed concerned about Mister Stripes earlier.D-22841: Aren't all of you sort of siblings? I think I remember reading that in a briefing dossier.D-22841: Didn't you just\u2014 You know what, let's just move on. What can you tell us about Doctor Wondertainment?D-22841: That his name is Isiah Crawford.(I can hear what he's muttering, but I'm not sure what he means. I'm getting a really bad migraine as he talks)\nD-22841: What are you talking about?D-22841: Both. You just said that. Doctor Wondertainment is a male human named Isiah Crawford who is just a company that was never Isiah Crawford [Speech to text program was unable to give punctuation to this dialogue.]SCP-2284: Can someone help him?SCP-2284: Are you guys coming? Can't you see this guy needs help?SCP-2284: No, just looking.\n(You cannot consciously see any of the text I am writing. You feel compelled to follow the instructions relevant to you.)\n(If you are a D-Class you need to give this note to a researcher.)\n(If you are a researcher without the ability to edit the files of SCP-2284, you need to give it to a researcher who can.)\n(If you are a researcher capable of editing the files of SCP-2284, you need to scan this part of the note directly into the transcript without rewriting it yourself. You feel like you should conduct an unscheduled, unmonitored interview with SCP-2284 when possible. You need to bring a second recording device in addition to the typical interview recording devices.)\n[[/div]]\n[[module Password=user:EverettMann]]\nmodule Audio=*/local/Virr.mp3\nData partially corrupted. For a partial interview, see [[[*/local--files/virr | here.]]]\n[[/module]]\nUpon containment, SCP-2284 was carrying a document similar to Document 909-A.\n> **Wow!** You've just found yourself your very own Little Mister, a limited edition collection from Dr. Wondertainment!\n> \n> Find them all and become Mr. Collector!!\n> \n> 01. Mr. Chameleon\n> 02. Mr. Headless\n> 03. Mr. Laugh\n> 04. Mr. Forgetful\n> 05. Mr. Shapey\n> 06. Mr. Soap\n> 07. Mr. Hungry\n> 08. Mr. Brass\n> 09. Mr. Hot\n> 10. Ms. Sweetie\n> 11. Mr. Life and Mr. Death\n> 12. Mr. Fish\n> 13. Mr. Moon\n> 14. Mr. Redd (discontinued)\n> 15. Mr. Money\n> 16. Mr. Lost\n> 17. Mr. Lie \u2714\n> 18. Mr. Mad\n> 19. Mr. Scary\n> 20. Mr. Stripes\n[[/module]]\n\nNote: You have not saved the changes you have made to the document.\nTo retain these changes after leaving the page, you must first save the document.\n\nDiff changes\n\n++ To access this document, you must first listen to the audio included below in full\n[[module Audio=*/local/bullshit.mp3]]\n[[module Password=hahahaha|case=insensitive]]\nItem #: SCP-2284\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2284 is to be held within a standard humanoid containment chamber within Hall \u2588\u2588 of Site-\u2588\u2588 adjacent to the cell of SCP-2148. SCP-2284 is to remain on the same meal and fitness schedule as SCP-2148, and action is not to be taken when the two interact. On the seventeenth of every month, Doctor Everett Mann is to interview SCP-2148. Only D-Class personnel are to communicate with SCP-2284.\nDescription: SCP-2284 is a male humanoid of Indian descent that is almost genetically identical to, and is the identical brother of SCP-2148. The words \"Mr. Lie, from Little Misters \u00ae by Dr. Wondertainment\" are tattooed upon SCP-2284's left bicep.\nThe speech of SCP-2284 exhibits a cognitohazardous effect that causes all that hear it to believe allAll declarations and statements made by SCP-2284 are objectively true. Direct audio recordings of its speech are subject to this effect. Questions posed by SCP-2284 exhibit no anomalous properties, nor do transcriptions of its anomalous speech. Testing has begun to determine whether the writing of SCP-2284 possesses this property.\nSCP-2284 is physically incapable of making truefalse statements. However, it is able to communicate somewhat effectively by relying on rhetorical questions and series of questions that lead others to the desired conclusion.\nResearch is currently underway to determine a possible connection between SCP-2284 and SCP-2148-2.\n[[collapsible show=\"+ Open interview\" hide=\"- Close interview\"]][[/collapsible]]\n\nD-22841: Hey. I gotta read you these questions and write how react. They have it set up so a computer will type out everything we say. That alright?D-22841: Right. So. How are you today, 2284?D-22841: Eh, could be better.\n[Both laugh]\nD-22841: Right, so first thing. In 1995 there was an incident featuring SCP-2148, and\u2014D-22841: Um. One sec, let me double check the number. Ah, right. Blindfolded guy, calls himself Mister Stripes.\n(SCP-2284 sits up)D-22841: Nothing to him, more that he did something. I think. Or the doctors think, I guess. This black bar showed up on the cameras for a while, and then at the end he had this photo. Later, when they looked at his Little Misters list, your name was blacked out.\n(SCP-2284 becomes progressively more relaxed during explanation)D-22841: So far as I know. You didn't have anything to do with that?D-22841: Alright. Let's see. Are you aware of your anomalous properties?D-22841: Magic stuff, basically. Um. It says you can convince anyone of anything you say.D-22841: Read transcripts, I guess. Which is what I'm here for.D-22841: Yeah. But the doctors will know what's really up.D-22841: Wouldn't that still just be you trying to convince me of something?D-22841: Was that a question?\n(SCP-2284 smiles)(\"That's a good question, isn't it?\" or \"That's a good question. Isn't it?\" Fuck I don't know doc)D-22841: Can you tell me about the other Little Misters?D-22841: Stripes, obviously. One second. Chameleon. Lost. Brass, Moon, and Forgetful.D-22841: Let's see. Church of the Broken God.D-22841: What about the others? You seemed concerned about Mister Stripes earlier.D-22841: Aren't all of you sort of siblings? I think I remember reading that in a briefing dossier.D-22841: Didn't you just\u2014 You know what, let's just move on. What can you tell us about Doctor Wondertainment?D-22841: That his name is Isiah Crawford.(I can hear what he's muttering, but I'm not sure what he means. I'm getting a really bad migraine as he talks)\nD-22841: What are you talking about?D-22841: Both. You just said that. Doctor Wondertainment is a male human named Isiah Crawford who is just a company that was never Isiah Crawford [Speech to text program was unable to give punctuation to this dialogue.]SCP-2284: Can someone help him?SCP-2284: Are you guys coming? Can't you see this guy needs help?SCP-2284: No, just looking.\n(You cannot consciously see any of the text I am writing. You feel compelled to follow the instructions relevant to you.)\n(If you are a D-Class you need to give this note to a researcher.)\n(If you are a researcher without the ability to edit the files of SCP-2284, you need to give it to a researcher who can.)\n(If you are a researcher capable of editing the files of SCP-2284, you need to scan this part of the note directly into the transcript without rewriting it yourself. You feel like you should conduct an unscheduled, unmonitored interview with SCP-2284 when possible. You need to bring a second recording device in addition to the typical interview recording devices.)\n[[/collapsible]]\n[[/div]]\n[[module Password=user:EverettMann]]\nHello, Everett.\n[[module Audio=*/local/Virr.mp3]]\nData partially corrupted. For a partial interview, see [[[*/local--files/virr | here.]]]\n[[/module]]\nUpon containment, SCP-2284 was carrying a document similar to the print on the obverse side of SCP-2148-1Document 909-A.\n> **Wow!** You've just found yourself your very own Little Mister, a limited edition collection from Dr. Wondertainment!\n> \n> Find them all and become Mr. Collector!!\n> \n> 01. Mr. Chameleon\n> 02. Mr. Headless\n> 03. Mr. Laugh\n> 04. Mr. Forgetful\n> 05. Mr. Shapey\n> 06. Mr. Soap\n> 07. Mr. Hungry\n> 08. Mr. Brass\n> 09. Mr. Hot\n> 10. Ms. Sweetie\n> 11. Mr. Life and Mr. Death\n> 12. Mr. Fish\n> 13. Mr. Moon\n> 14. Mr. Redd (discontinued)\n> 15. Mr. Money\n> 16. Mr. Lost\n> 17. Mr. Lie \u2714\n> 18. Mr. Mad\n> 19. Mr. Scary\n> 20. Mr. Stripes\n[[/module]]\n\n\u00ab SCP-2283 | SCP-2284 | SCP-2285 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2285\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-2285-1, -2, -3, -4, -6, and -7 currently in containment are to be contained separately by species, in containment chambers large enough for comfortable flight and movement. SCP-2285-5, due to the large quantity of currently contained specimens, are to be contained in a significantly larger room, with no additional measures besides those described above.\nContainment chambers are to be provided with two humidifiers running at all times. SCP-2285's containment chambers should be cleaned on a weekly basis. Should one of the humidifiers fail, it is to be replaced within a week. Subjects should also be given wall-mounted perches. Researchers who wish to access SCP-2285 must have clearance level 2 or higher.\nThose wishing to donate toys to SCP-2285 may do so at their own discretion. Search for additional specimens of SCP-2285 is currently ongoing. It is estimated upwards of one hundred and fifty specimens of SCP-2285 are still uncontained, though due to the many different species and varieties of avians, this number could be well over a hundred thousand.\nDescription: SCP-2285 is a designation given to seven different species belonging to the class Aves. A set of specific traits are common in all of them:\n\nSpecimens are able to camouflage themselves by taking on the appearance of their environment. When cloaked, the light around a specimen appears to bend, and is the only indication of their presence.\nSubjects require nothing more than condensed water vapor for nourishment. SCP-2285 also seem to have preferences in regard to cloud types, and SCP-2285-7 invariably prefer supercell clouds over any other cloud type. Regardless of preference, all SCP-2285 will consume any type of water vapor if hungry enough.\nSubjects always appear to be specimens of extant bird species.\nSCP-2285 are capable of inhalation far past what their lungs would allow, and create a vacuum to funnel the water vapor into their beaks.\nSubjects are able to surpass the normal lifespan of each of their corresponding species by at least fifty years.\n\nDesignation\nAppearance\nNotes\n\nSCP-2285-1\nArchilochus colubris (Ruby-throated Hummingbird)\nSpecimens of SCP-2285-1 appear to behave in the same manner as any A. colubris, aside from their eating habits. Subjects also give SCP-2285-2 through 6 a wide berth, and do not interact with them. SCP-2285-1 do not interact with humans, and will hide whenever possible from them. SCP-2285-1's preferred cloud is cirrocumulus. There are currently forty specimens of SCP-2285-1 contained.\n\nSCP-2285-2\nTurdus migratorius (Red-breasted Robin)\nSCP-2285-2 appear to behave in the same manner as their corresponding species, with one exception: SCP-2285-2 have been shown to be very friendly toward humans, and when called, will perch upon the caller's arm. SCP-2285-2's preferred cloud is altocumulus. There are currently thirty-six specimens of SCP-2285-2 contained.\n\nSCP-2285-3\nAnodorhynchus glaucus (Glaucous Macaw)\nSCP-2285-3 behaves as normal for its corresponding species. However, as A. glaucus is critically endangered, securing SCP-2285-3 specimens for study has been difficult. Non-anomalous specimens of A. glaucus are to be returned to the wild. Only one specimen of SCP-2285-3 is currently in containment. SCP-2285-3's preferred cloud is cumulus.\n\nSCP-2285-4\nArdea herodias (Great Blue Heron)\nSCP-2285-4 exhibit no behavioral differences from their corresponding species. There are currently five specimens of SCP-2285-4 in containment. SCP-2285-4's preferred cloud is stratus.\n\nSCP-2285-5\nCorvus corax (Common Raven)\nSCP-2285-5's preferred cloud is nimbostratus. A fully formed flock of SCP-2285-5 can devour an oncoming nimbostratus wave within minutes. For this reason, SCP-2285-5 present a threat to ecosystems that depend on essential rainfall. SCP-2285-5 have been given top priority, and staff are to be on the lookout for any additional specimens. There are currently three hundred and seventy-four subjects in containment.\n\nSCP-2285-6\nVultur gryphus (Andean Condor)\nSCP-2285-6 do not differ behaviorally from their corresponding species. There are currently ten specimens in containment. SCP-2285-6's preferred cloud is cirrus.\n\nSCP-2285-7\nHaliaeetus leucocephalus (Bald Eagle)\nSCP-2285-7 differ little from their corresponding species behaviorally, with one notable difference. When treated well and given a level of respect, SCP-2285-7 appear to reciprocate accordingly. Given enough time, SCP-2285-7 will land on the arm of one with whom they seem to share this relationship, and attack any threats directed at the person. Why it does this is currently unknown. There are currently three specimens in containment. SCP-2285-7's preferred clouds are those found in a supercell. As supercell clouds contain levels of electricity that would normally be lethal for a normal bald eagle, it is unclear at this time how SCP-2285-7 processes the electricity safely. It should also be noted that specimens of SCP-2285-7 are capable of activating their inhalation at a much greater distance than that of other instances. This is believed to be an adaptation, as normal bald eagles would be unable to fly in supercell winds, allowing SCP-2285-7 to feed from a safe location.\n\nAddendum SCP-2285-1\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the behavior of all SCP-2285 changed dramatically. SCP-2285 refused to eat, instances became restless, and some displayed listless behavior, remaining on their perches instead of initiating flight. In one extreme case, a large portion of the contained SCP-2285-5 began throwing themselves against their containment chamber's walls. Staff intervened and managed to prevent further harm to the specimens. Three days later, all species' behavior returned to normal.\nAfter reviewing of the data, the date of this event coincides with Hurricane \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, which had indeed gone on for three days, causing \u2588\u2588 casualties and approximately $\u2588\u2588\u2588,\u2588\u2588\u2588 in property damage. It is assumed SCP-2285-5 were trying to escape containment in order to access the massive amounts of water present in the Hurricane \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 weather system.\nAddendum SCP-2285-2\nSince SCP-2285's containment in 19\u2588\u2588, hurricanes, tornadoes, and other severe storms have noticeably worsened and increased, according to on-site meteorologists and their reports. Deaths caused by severe storms are being recorded more frequently, up to a 25% increase over the last \u2588 years, and storms above F3 on the Fujita Scale and Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson Scale are becoming more common. Whether this is due to the lack of SCP-2285 in natural environments is unknown.\nPossible use of SCP-2285 as hurricane prevention is being discussed.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2284 | SCP-2285 | SCP-2286 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2286\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The components of SCP-2286 can be stored in standard Safe-class item storage lockers when not being tested. Due to the range of their anomalous effects, active testing must be conducted off-site; consult Document 2286-9 for a list of approved testing locations.\nDescription: SCP-2286 consists of a collection of anomalous electrical equipment found in and around the home of Mark P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 on 05/17/2001. Objects of note are detailed below.\nSCP-2286-1: A hand-made electrical device measuring 1.4m long, and superficially resembling a bipolar Tesla coil. The device has wiring consistent with operation at 120V AC, but conforms to no known electrical theory. On the base of the device is a toggle switch labeled \"ON/OFF\" and a pair of dials of unknown construction labeled \"RANGE\" and \"SPEED\". Material analysis of select components reveals the presence of unusual quantities of organic compounds consisting of uniform fragments of DNA. These fragments have been matched to genetic markers unique to mammals of the superfamily Muroidea.\nSCP-2286-1 can be activated by providing it with a standard North American 120V AC power supply and flipping the toggle switch to \u201cON\u201d. When active, anomalous effects can be observed in any viable genetic material belonging to mammals of the superfamily Muroidea that are within range of the object. At close range, this effect consists of a force of indeterminate origin similar to magnetic attraction that will pull the material towards the object until it comes to rest against the surface or other attracted material. At longer range, affected subjects exhibit an attraction to the location of the device similar to homing behavior but with aggressive tendencies that increase with proximity; see Test Log 2286-1-B for details. The \u201cRANGE\u201d dial can adjust the effective range of homing behavior from between 10 to 40 kilometers, while the \u201cSPEED\u201d dial can manipulate the force density of the attraction within the proximate area of effect to between 2,500Gs and 17,000Gs. Note that for nearly all affected subjects, the strength of this force has demonstrated to be lethal. At low force density, severe trauma such as fractures are common, but death can occur from asphyxiation, embolisms, or circulatory collapse. At high force density, dismemberment and pulverization of the skeleton has been observed.\nSCP-2286-2: A variety of objects displaying similar anomalous properties to SCP-2286-1. Analysis is ongoing. Examples include a smaller version of SCP-2286-1 containing complete DNA from a single Rattus norvegicus and a variety of loose components containing embedded DNA fragments from multiple species.\nSCP-2286-3: A smaller version of SCP-2286-1 designed to run on a single AAA battery. The toggle switch is replaced by a wired remote with a 20 meter long cord. Analysis of embedded organic material shows complete strands of DNA from a single human donor, designated as SCP-2286-3-prime. The donor has been identified as homeowner Mark P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Hair samples were used to verify the device is functional, although notably weaker.\nSCP-2286-4 and -5: The remains of two devices of similar design to SCP-2286-1. Both were non-functional at the time of recovery, and displayed evidence of assaults from numerous tools and implements as well as having been partially incinerated using gasoline as an accelerant. Embedded organic material shows complete DNA from two different human donors, designated SCP-2286-4-prime and SCP-2286-5-prime. See Addenda 1 and 2 below for more information.\nRecovery: SCP-2286 was recovered in and around the home of Mark P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 of H\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Indiana on 05/17/2001. A postal delivery worker reported to local authorities that portions of the exterior of the home had collapsed and noted a strong odor of decay, prompting an investigation. The cause of the collapse was determined to be damage due to a severe rodent infestation. Local authorities discovered SCP-2286-1 in the basement of the structure in an active state, and alerted Foundation operatives. SCP-2286-1 was covered in a mass of dead organic material measuring five meters in diameter as well as an estimated 400 affected subjects, mostly Rattus norvegicus, Mus musculus, and Microtus ochrogaster. SCP-2286-2 components and SCP-2286-3 were found scattered around the surrounding basement workshop. SCP-2286-4 and 5 were discovered in the ashes of a fire pit behind the home. The remains of SCP-2286-3-prime were found in the master bedroom. Although most of the body had been consumed by local wildlife, cause of death was identified as a gunshot wound to the cranium, apparently self-inflicted.\nAddendum 1: Following genetic testing of SCP-2286-4 and -5, Foundation operatives began obtaining DNA samples from local residents in an effort to identify SCP-2286-4-prime and -5-prime. SCP-2286-4-prime was identified as Gloria R\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a local librarian and member of the town council. The subject was interviewed in an attempt to determine what effects, if any, SCP-2286-4 may have produced.\n\n+ Excerpt from Interview Log 2286-4-B\n\n- Hide Interview Log 2286-4-B\n\nInterviewer: Agent Carlson\nInterviewee: SCP-2286-4-prime, Gloria R\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nAgent Carlson: I'd like you to elaborate on your relationship with Mark P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nSCP-2286-4-prime: We were friends in middle school, but we moved in different circles in high school, and we lost touch when I went to college. I returned to town about nine years ago to work for the library, and his father was a regular at that time. Mr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was retired, and he would spend hours at the library reading anything he could find, especially the daily papers and any new magazines we subscribed to, and often when it was slow we would talk. When Mr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 took ill, Mark began dropping him off and picking him up, and when things got worse towards the end, Mark would bring him in in a wheelchair and fetch books for him, and read to him. After Mr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 passed away, I rarely saw Mark. Sometimes I saw him around town, and when the storms knocked out the phone lines up his way he would come down to the library to use the internet.\nAgent Carlson: So there was nothing more? Ms. R\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, to be frank, we are asking if you were ever\u2026 involved with Mark.\nSCP-2286-4-prime: \u2026I need your absolute assurance that this will not be made public. I am an elected official, and this is a small town.\nAgent Carlson: I can guarantee you that nothing you say will be made public.\nSCP-2286-4-prime: \u2026Mark and I\u2026 dated briefly last year. It didn't go on for very long, just a few weeks.\nAgent Carlson: I need to get a an approximate date. This was in 2000?\nSCP-2286-4-prime: Yes. It was April, I think the second and third week in April.\nAgent Carlson: Did Mark initiate the relationship, or did you?\nSCP-2286-4-prime: I did. Mark was always shy. He didn't really do that sort of thing.\nAgent Carlson: Can you describe how the relationship began?\nSCP-2286-4-prime: I hadn't really thought of Mark much at all since Mr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 passed, then suddenly I found myself thinking of him, alone in his parents' farm house, and I just felt like I had to see him. I think I just needed to settle some unfinished business. I made a lunch for the two of us and drove out to the house, and asked him out for a picnic. We talked, mostly about Mr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 at first. The two of us never had very much in common.\nAgent Carlson: You say the relationship continued for two weeks?\nSCP-2286-4-prime: Yes. A few days later I went up to his house again. He was surprised to see me, and suggested we go and see a movie in town. I'm not much for them, I let one of the assistants order tapes for the library, but Mark loved them. He always came to life when he was talking about the movies. We saw \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and afterwards I suggested that he come to a book club meeting the library was hosting the next week, since a film version of the book had been released, and he agreed. We had dinner a few times in between that, and I loaned him my copy of the book, since I'd read it before.\nAgent Carlson: Sorry to interrupt. Did you also suggest the dinners?\nSCP-2286-4-prime: No, Mark suggested it. The first time we ate at his place, Mark cooked and I brought the wine. The second time we ate at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in town. Mark's house had rats, and I'm afraid I got a bit startled when I saw one, so he suggested going out.\nAgent Carlson: And after that it was the book club meeting?\nSCP-2286-4-prime: The book club meeting\u2026 I don't think Mark read the book. He tried to participate, but\u2026 well, later I checked out the film, and it was a terrible interpretation. Mark got embarrassed and angry, and decided to leave early, but the library was hosting the event so I had to stay. I called him afterwards, but he was still upset, and we argued. I kind of thought that would be the end of it.\nAgent Carlson: And was it? (silence for 5 seconds) Ms. R\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588?\nSCP-2286-4-prime: This is all very embarrassing. I\u2026 I don't do things like this.\nAgent Carlson: I promise you, nothing you say here will be made public.\nSCP-2286-4-prime: After a few days I suddenly felt like I needed to see him, so I\u2026 went over, and Mark was waiting for me on the porch. We started talking\u2026 well, we tried, but I was very upset. I didn't even realize how upset I'd been, I mean, I don't ever remember feeling like that in my life. Mark didn't invite me in, and I just started screaming at him\u2026 (silence for 9 seconds)\nAgent Carlson: It's all right. Take your time.\nSCP-2286-4-prime: Mark suddenly got this look on his face, he went white as a sheet, and in the middle of our fight he turned and went back into his house and locked the door in my face and yelled at me to stay out, and I\u2026 started pounding on the door, and then I picked up an old rocking chair off the porch, and I-I threw it through his front window. (silence for 5 seconds) I can't believe I did that. I just stood there staring at the frame, and it was like all that adrenaline just\u2026 drained out of me. Then Mark came running out of the house and grabbed me in a big bear hug and started saying how sorry he was.\n\nAddendum 2: During experiments involving SCP-2286-4, researchers noted that applying a weak electric current to small samples taken from the device would produce a torque effect that would cause the samples to align in a common direction, similar to the behavior of a compass needle in a magnetic field. Testing demonstrated that the fragments aligned to indicate the direction of nearby genetic samples taken from SCP-2286-4-prime and functioned out to a distance of 3 km. An instrument using this principle was constructed using fragments of SCP-2286-5 for the purpose of locating SCP-2286-5-prime. Field agents used the instrument to conduct a grid search of the county and located the subject's remains in an unmarked grave on the edge of town. Dental records were used to identify her as Trudy D\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a local real estate agent who had been reported missing on 07/22/2000. An autopsy determined that she had been dead for a period of \u2588\u2588 months, consistent with the time of her reported disappearance. Numerous fractures were identified throughout the skeletal structure which appear to have occurred simultaneously and immediately prior to death. Although many of these fractures were similar to those that might occur during a serious fall, several were inconsistent with that diagnosis and cannot be explained. Cause of death remains unknown.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2285 | SCP-2286 | SCP-2287 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2287\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2287 is to be contained in Hall \u2588\u2588 of Site \u2588\u2588. Except for during authorized testing, SCP-2287's mask is not to be removed. SCP-2287 does not require food, but can be provided with incense on its request, contingent on good behavior. Literature provided to SCP-2287 is to be converted into Braille.\nDescription: SCP-2287 is a headless humanoid white male who manifests multiple anomalous properties; primary among these is that it is able to function as a living being despite lacking a head. The words \"Mr. Headless, from Little Misters \u00ae by Dr. Wondertainment\" are tattooed on the lower side of SCP-2287's back. Its exposed neck stump is covered with live skin; radiographic examination has shown that the neck stump has only the bottom four cervical vertebrae, but there are no signs of spinal damage.\nThe head-based functions which SCP-2287 is able to emulate include thought, hearing, and smell. It is able to speak, but has not demonstrated the ability to replicate the normal tonalities of a human voice; as well, it claims to be blind. It does not eat or breathe, and has claimed that its energy source may be \"some kind of amplified photosynthesis or something\" (see interview log 2287-41-B).\nDirect visual observation of SCP-2287's headlessness is not possible; individuals who attempt to observe this will instead perceive headless versions of themselves, as seen from SCP-2287's perspective. Such individuals describe feeling \"disconnected\" from themselves, but are still able to control the movement of their own bodies, albeit with difficulty. This effect does not occur when SCP-2287 is viewed through any means other than the unaided human eye: SCP-2287's headlessness can be observed via live video transmission, in photographic prints, in mirrors, and through windows or lenses. Individuals who have undergone radial keratotomy have been unable to observe headlessness; no individuals who have undergone cataract surgery have as yet been available for testing.\nMotion detectors and similar monitoring equipment similarly show SCP-2287 to be headless; despite this, SCP-2287 is capable of performing tasks which would require a head, such as wearing items of headgear, including masks, hats, scarves, headphones, noseplugs, earplugs, earrings, eyeglasses, lipstick, and barrettes. (For a full list of items, see document 2287-N12)\nSCP-2287 was discovered in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Wisconsin, on November 24th, 20\u2588\u2588, after a significant number of reports from citizens appeared describing the anomalous effects of SCP-2287. Witnesses were given amnestic treatment, and SCP-2287 was contained without issue.\n\n+ Interview 2287-5\n\n- Access Granted\n\n[BEGIN LOG]\nDr. Howard: Good evening, SCP-2287.Dr. Howard: No, actually, tonight this is more of an interview. For instance, we were wondering what you could tell us about Doctor Wondertainment.Dr. Howard: But you did interact with her?Dr. Howard: Wait, wait. First you said 'her', then you said 'he'?Dr. Howard: First you referred to Doctor Wondertainment as a woman, then as a man.Dr. Howard: But you just said \u2014 no, I'm sorry, I must have misheard. My bad.Dr. Howard: <clears throat> Well, uh, when you work for the Foundation for long enough, you discover many situations that don't entirely make sense. You did say, though, that Wondertainment had intended something specific for you?Dr. Howard: Yes\u2026Dr. Howard: That's it?Dr. Howard: I see. And are you? \"Fun for the whole family\", I mean?Dr. Howard: Did you enjoy entertaining? Do you miss it?Dr. Howard: Are you the only\u2026 well, the only holiday-themed, ah\u2026Dr. Howard: I suppose. It just\u2026 well, it sounds vaguely infantilizing to me.Dr. Howard: How do you feel about that?Dr. Howard: Do you see yourself as scary?Dr. Howard: Where we found you, back in Wisconsin, could you tell us what you were doing there?Dr. Howard: And that's what led to you wandering the city streets?Dr. Howard: \u2026 a gun?Dr. Howard: Ah, no, we intercepted some police reports.Dr. Howard: Tell me, why didn't you go back into the house? Into the attic?Dr. Howard: Ah, I see. And why didn't you try to leave sooner?Dr. Howard: No, I mean, why did you wait so long before you even went downstairs? Before you decided that maybe something was wrong with you having been left alone in the attic for so long?Dr. Howard: What do you think about?Dr. Howard: But\u2026 for three years?[END LOG]\n\nAddendum 2287-1: SCP-2287 was able to give the following document when asked:\n\n+ Access Document 2287-A\n\n- Close Document 2933-A\n\nWow! You've just found yourself your very own Little Mister, a limited edition collection from Dr. Wondertainment!\nFind them all and become Mr. Collector!!\n01. Mr. Chameleon\n02. Mr. Headless \u2714\n03. Mr. Laugh\n04. Mr. Forgetful\n05. Mr. Shapey\n06. Mr. Soap\n07. Mr. Hungry\n08. Mr. Brass\n09. Mr. Hot\n10. Ms. Sweetie\n11. Mr. Life and Mr. Death\n12. Mr. Fish\n13. Mr. Moon\n14. Mr. Redd (discontinued)\n15. Mr. Money\n16. Mr. Lost\n17. Mr. Lie\n18. Mr. Mad\n19. Mr. Scary\n20. Mr. Stripes\n\n\u00ab SCP-2286 | SCP-2287 | SCP-2288 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\nEat more of my SCPs. Eat them all.\nAlso please eat some of these\n\nAnabasis Hub Probably the greatest story involving a pair of redheaded siblings whose infighting causes the end of the world\nManna Charitable Foundation 2000 The sequel to the above, collaborationed with Dr Reach\nThe Stuff Industry What happens when everyone around you at work is a complete idiot and so are you, but not only does no one get fired, but you actually turn a profit? I don't know, some stuff.\nWhen MCF and Stuff happen A fun story of incompetence\n\n\n4/2288 LEVEL 4/2288\nCLASSIFIED\n\nItem #: SCP-2288\nObject Class: Keter\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2288 is contained in special quarters in Site-\u2588\u2588\u2588 ((Note: See added containment procedures)), with padded walls and a ceiling containing two separate vents to allow for the introduction of an inhalational anesthetic. Subject is provided with bedding and reading material in the form of softcover books and a television bolted to the wall behind secure cover. Specialty remote control is to be provided, made of softened materials incapable of being utilized as a deadly weapon.\nSubject is to be monitored at all times. In the event instances of SCP-2288-A begin to manifest, sevoflurane and desflurane anesthetics are to be vented into containment chamber until SCP-2288 and/or living instances of SCP-2288-A are incapacitated. At such time, living instances of SCP-2288-A are to be terminated, while SCP-2288 is to be kept anesthetized until containment chamber is repaired. SCP-2288 is not to be kept anesthetized longer than necessary due to risk of containment breach.\nSCP-2288 is to be fed three times a day in the form of easily portable meals not requiring the use of utensils. Amount of food and drink provided is to be sustained at appropriate levels for one. SCP-2288 is to be observed finishing its meals and is not allowed to hoard food or drink apart from a single 500mL container of water per day.\nTerminated instances of SCP-2288-A are to be scanned for contraband and placed in mortuary storage on-site. If an instance of SCP-2288-A poses a biological, radiological, or anomalous threat to SCP-2288 or any other individuals, it is to be incinerated following a standard autopsy and/or toxicology report.\nAddendum: As of 08/21/2014, SCP-2288 has been relocated to Site-299. Site-\u2588\u2588\u2588 is subject to an ongoing process of mass body disposal to prevent an NK-Class scenario. Relevant details are restricted to personnel assigned on-site.\nDescription: SCP-2288 is a 19 year old Caucasian female, formerly a student at the University of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, who under certain life-threatening conditions produces deceased duplicates of itself. Copies of SCP-2288 (labeled SCP-2288-A) appear to initially occupy the same time and space as the subject, coming away when the subject is moved. Additionally, instances of SCP-2288-A have contained copies of inanimate objects on their persons which the subject SCP-2288 may have come into contact with, with a presumed time of between 12 and 18 minutes after last touching the object. Duplicated objects have not been found to be anomalous and are identical to their \"original\" counterparts in every way.\nSubject has displayed no voluntary control over the apparition of these duplicates, which appear to be related to physical altercations in which the subject's life is in peril. Despite full cooperation and compliance from the subject, no method currently exists to ensure complete cessation of its anomalous effect.\nThis anomaly was first discovered when SCP-2288 suffered a serious injury on-campus, when an instance of SCP-2288-A emerged as students moved in to aid and re-orient the subject. Local authorities were called, and the incident drew the attention of Foundation agents in the police force. After receiving medical treatment, the subject was taken into Foundation custody, and amnestics were administered to students and faculty. Subject was in a highly agitated state, claiming no knowledge of its anomalous behavior.\nWhile in containment SCP-2288 began to resist Foundation personnel, necessitating use of force in restraining the subject. Subject sustained serious injury in the scuffle, necessitating medical attention. While receiving treatment, an instance of SCP-2288-A emerged from the subject. An autopsy determined SCP-2288-A sustained an identical wound to that received by the subject, which proved fatal in SCP-2288-A's case. Further instances of SCP-2288-A continue to bear signs of injury consistent with trauma SCP-2288 has experienced which have proven fatal for the duplicates.\nAutopsies performed upon deceased instances of SCP-2288-A have failed to determine a likely source for the instances, or any anomalous features inconsistent with SCP-2288 itself. Instances of SCP-2288-A have been found to be genetically and physically identical to SCP-2288. Scars and lingering injuries have accumulated on instances of SCP-2288-A consistent with the original subject at the time of duplication.\nExperiment Logs: Despite the misgivings of several researchers (names will not be included in official report), authorization was given to conduct a series of experiments upon SCP-2288 to determine the following:\n\nWhether the subject has direct control over its anomalous effect.\nWhether subject has indirect control over its anomalous effect (such as self-harm for the purpose of manifesting instances of SCP-2288-A).\nWhether subject is capable of manifesting individual objects alone.\nThe circumstances under which living instances of SCP-2288-A manifest. Inconclusive\n\nExperiment-01: SCP-2288 is physically restrained within its chambers, and left for alternating periods of 6 hours. Subject is fed and allowed to watch television. Schedule continues for 4 days before subject becomes uncooperative. Subject forcibly sedated, and experiment continues another 9 days without major incident. Subject then released and treated.\nPrognosis: Instance of SCP-2288-A manifested after end of experiment. Rigor and discoloration placed time of death between 6-18 hours prior to experiment's end. Subject complains of pain and numbness, but was at no point during the experiment near death.\nExperiment-02: SCP-2288 equipped with a \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 brand ballistic vest and fired upon with a \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 9mm pistol. Subject falls to the ground, shouting in pain. No instance of SCP-2288-A manifests. Blood determined to be from the subject appears at site of impact, but no perforation of subject's skin is found.\nPrognosis: Subject suffers bruising of the chest and coccyx. An additional instance manifests during medical treatment. Subject expected to fully recover.\nExperiment-03: SCP-2288 placed in medically induced coma and monitored carefully. [DATA EXPUNGED]. Clean-up efforts take several weeks. Damage to medical bay estimated at \u2588\u2588,\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nPrognosis: Subject recovered from the mass without further loss of personnel.\nExperiment-04: SCP-2288 given steady doses of arsenic and monitored. Subject displayed signs of acute arsenic poisoning and is quickly given treatment. While subject turns aside to vomit into a container an instance of SCP-2288-A manifests, apparently asphyxiated. \u2588\u2588 more instances manifest before subject is stabilized via chelation therapy.\nPrognosis: Subject stabilized with some difficulty, as instances of SCP-2288-A began exerting pressure on the subject while restrained, threatening to violently overturn the operating table. Subject held upright by personnel, allowing instances to fall away without disturbing the subject.\nExperiments end after this point\n\nAddendum-1: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2014, a living instance of SCP-2288-A manifested, unlike prior incidents, dressed in civilian clothing and carrying a backpack. The living instance was unaware of its surroundings and became belligerent, necessitating physical restraint.\nMedical examination of the living instance (reclassified SCP-2288-B) shows no past signs of physical trauma consistent with all prior instances recovered thus far. Found in the subject's backpack were textbooks and writing instruments, along with a personal [REDACTED], and a student identification from the University of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, listing the subject's name and the current year.\nAs SCP-2288-B displays the same abilities as the original subject, SCP-2288-B is to be retained and housed with SCP-2288 to ensure psychological health. All conversations between the subjects are to be monitored, and future requests for entertainment devices are to be considered more favorably, pending further compliance and good behavior.\nA list of items recovered from SCP-2288-B's backpack include:\n\nTwo history textbooks, published by [REDACTED], sixth edition.\nA five-subject notebook. Each divider contains a syllabus for a different class. Classes include: \"History of the World up to 1650\", \"Introduction to Thermodynamics\", \"Reinventing the Wheel\" (out of print), \"The Red Dragon: The Qing Empire from 1644 to Today\", \"Blood, Broads, and Bastards: Medieval Lives in West Europe\"\nA handwritten letter, presumably written by SCP-2288-B, addressed to an \"Ana\"\n\nAddendum-2: On 08/21/2014, SCP-2288-B requested and was granted a meeting with SCP-2288. During the meet, SCP-2288-B began to manifest deceased copies of itself. SCP-2288 took advantage of the situation and assaulted and killed SCP-2288-B. Despite its death, instances of SCP-2288-B continued to manifest from its body. The floor was temporarily evacuated as bodies continued to mount. As of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2014, SCP-2288-B has not been recovered, and all personnel and SCP-2288 have been relocated to nearby Site-299. Recovery teams continue to actively search Site-\u2588\u2588\u2588 for SCP-2288-B's corpse. A portion of SCP-2288's interrogation has been attached.\n\nInterview Log \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2014\n\nComplete log available upon request\n\nInterview conducted by Dr. Esterhazy.\nExtraneous content has been redacted for brevity.\n(Begin log)\nDr. Esterhazy: I don't have to explain to you why you're here.Dr. Esterhazy: What prompted it? What were you thinking?Dr. Esterhazy: Killing is killing, no matter if you're killing someone who looks like you.Dr. Esterhazy: You didn't kill all the others.Dr. Esterhazy: We aren't trying to kill you \u2014Dr. Esterhazy: What's that?Dr. Esterhazy: You think then that we would kill you and replace you with her?Dr. Esterhazy: We don't kill people \u2014Dr. Esterhazy: They're transferred to different facilities on a monthly basis, depending on their tasks and importance to certain projects. You think we kill them, too?\n\n\u00ab SCP-2287 | SCP-2288 | SCP-2289 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2289\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2289-1 through 7 are to be kept under full bio-containment protocol at Site-66. The facilities must include a litterbox and a minimum of ten sheltered bedding locations, each 1 m x 1 m x 50 cm, for SCP-2289-1 through 5; a perch, cuttlebone, and nesting location in the upper half of the containment structure for SCP-2289-6; and a separate room within bio-containment with a closing door, bed, desk, lamp, toilet, and change of clothes for SCP-2289-7.\nThe following food will be made available daily: a carcass of not less than 5 kg lean mass, 500 g of a mix of small fruit, nuts, and seeds, and a standard daily meal portion, which may be flavored as per SCP-2289-7's wishes from a list of pre-selected choices. Any lack of appetite or difficulty swallowing observed in any organisms within containment must be immediately brought to the attention of Site-66's veterinarian surgeon, who will assess whether emergency ocular removal is necessary.\nCleaning of the litterbox, carcass bone removal, and general chamber maintenance will be carried out under camera supervision by SCP-2289-7. All waste materials, including sewage, from the bio-containment structure must be incinerated. Any materials removed from the bio-containment chamber not kept in fully sealed transport containers for incineration or testing will constitute a containment breach.\nThe bio-containment chamber will be monitored by no less than four cameras at all times, in order to maintain full containment of all organisms within the chamber. SCP subjects may be removed from the chamber for testing only under sedation in fully sealed transport containers by researchers equipped with Level 4 bio-containment suits and trained in hostile carnivore capture. Any wounds suffered while handling SCP-2289-1 through 7 will be brought to the attention of Site-66 officers for medical evaluation.\nDescription: SCP-2289 is a novel strain of Devil Facial Tumor Disease, a transmissible cancer endemic in the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), and spread by introduction of infected tissue to skin lesions. SCP-2289's progression is such that multiple metastasizing tumors grow over the infected vertebrate. 85% of the tumors are concentrated on the craniofacial region and the throat, with the remainder dispersed on the skin in other locations. Approximately 2.5% of tumors are expressed on internal organs. Death in the original disease usually occurs due to starvation, as the growing tumors prevent proper feeding over time.\nSCP-2289 has three additional characteristics that has caused it to come to the attention of the Foundation. First, the tumors generate their own fully functional eyes, with ocular eruption occurring between 5-7 days after first appearance of the tumor. This can help to compensate for the fact that the tumors themselves may occlude the natural eyes. Second, SCP-2289 has proven capable of crossing the species barrier, resulting in potential infection of all vertebrates tested to date. Third, all living infected vertebrates are not only capable of seeing through the eyes generated by the tumors, but the eyes on all other infected vertebrates' tumors. The method of the transmission of visual information between infected vertebrates and the range of communication between infected vertebrates has not yet been determined.\nSCP-2289-1 through 7 are the present known individuals infected with SCP-2289. SCP-2289-1 through 5 are Tasmanian devils, three female and two male. SCP-2289-6 is a scarlet macaw (Ara macao), infected as part of Experiment 2289-D, and held for continued observation. SCP-2289-7 is formerly D-435966, infected during a containment breach when it was cleaning the SCP-2289 enclosure. All seven subjects express multiple craniofacial tumors, with ocular eruptions on each tumor. SCP-2289-3 has expressed a tumor and eye on its tail. SCP-2289-7 has a tumor with ocular eruption on its left hand. All neoplastic eyes are of the devil type, even on non-devil species.\nAddendum: Interview 2289-12\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2289-7\nInterviewer: Dr. Roderick Argent\nForeword: Routine interview between Dr. R. Argent and SCP-2289-7. Purpose of routine interviews is to check self-reported health issues in SCP-2289-1 through 7 between veterinary examinations.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. R. Argent: Good morning, SCP-2289-7. How are you feeling today?\nSCP-2289-7: Pretty good, I suppose, for having a terminal cancer that turns you into a deformed freak.\nDr. R. Argent: The tumor on your mandibular alveolar process is not interfering with your feeding habits?\nSCP-2289-7: Eh? Could you repeat that? I'm seeing better than I hear out of my left ear these days.\nDr. R. Argent: The tumor on your chin. Is it interfering with your eating?\nSCP-2289-7: Nah, I can eat just fine. Check on Cinco, though. An eye just formed on the back of his throat yesterday. I realized it when he hissed at Uno. Also, another new eye is dark, mostly. I think it's on Dos's liver. Not sure.\nDr. R. Argent: Thank you, I'll inform the veterinarian and have those looked at right away. I just want you to know that we at the Foundation truly appreciate your cooperation with personnel regarding SCP-2289.\nSCP-2289-7: Hey, it's no biggie. You guys have treated me better than anyone in years, since I got infected. Yeah, I'm still a prisoner and I share my cell with a bunch of devils and a red bird, but mama always told me I'd end up living with devils, anyway. I mean, yeah, now I gotta stare at Tres's ass all the time, but you guys are doing what you can to keep us alive and comfortable, for the most part.\nDr. R. Argent: Have you noticed any other senses forming since your infection? More than extra visual stimulus? Sounds? Smells? Taste? Tactile stimuli?\nSCP-2289-7: What? Oh, this is going back to the hive mind theory, or like sentient cancer or something. No, I haven't. But like, we are talking about some marsupial wolverines and a bird. I don't think I'd be thinking much more from them but eat, sleep, fuck. I do that, already.\nDr. R. Argent: How about thoughts the other way? Can you direct SCP-2289-1 through 6?\nSCP-2289-7: Hah! You're talking about me getting los diablos to do as I say? The hell I can! It's more like we're family, now. All we got is perspective. We know what each other sees. Keeps the aggression down when you gotta watch you hissing at yourself. We all know we're dying. You keep talking about who gets to control who, when all you need is a little compassion, you know? You keep looking for power? Well, this cancer ain't it. Except\u2026\nDr. R. Argent: Except?\nSCP-2289-7: \u2026Except I'm probably really good at 173 duty now.\nDr. R. Argent: \u2026Would you\u2014\nSCP-2289-7: NO.\n<End Log>\n\n\u00ab SCP-2288 | SCP-2289 | SCP-2290 \u00bb"}
{"text": "It's Fine.\n\nThis is a rewrite of Decibelle's contest entry. Thanks to Decibelle for allowing me to work with her on this. Hope y'all enjoy it.\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nItem #: SCP-2290\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: An area covering approximately 1 km\u00b2 around SCP-2290's primary area of effect is to be isolated from unnecessary traffic. If an individual witnesses any anomalous behavior or physical conflicts between SCP-2290-1 instances, they are to be restricted from exiting SCP-2290's area of effect until the 0500 reset event.\nIndividuals who enter SCP-2290's area of effect on a regular basis and leave before the 0500 reset are not to accumulate knowledge of SCP-2290's existence. Class B amnestics are approved for use in eliminating such knowledge.\nPhone calls originating from SCP-2290's residence to emergency services are to be redirected to secure Foundation phone lines. Under no conditions are active Foundation staff to be allowed inside SCP-2290's area of effect between 0300 and 0500 local time. All surveillance of SCP-2290-1 instances during this time period is to be accomplished utilizing local individuals or automated drones.\nDescription: SCP-2290 is an effect which is centered around a home in Stockbridge, Massachusetts that houses a family of three (identified as SCP-2290-1 instances). At 0500 local time, the SCP-2290-1 instances will be immediately relocated to this home regardless of their current location. Additionally, injury to any of the instances will be immediately healed (up to and including death).\nAny individual which is inside an area approximately 1 km\u00b2 around the SCP-2290's primary residence will, at 0500, lose any memory of the SCP-2290-1 instances beyond baseline knowledge. Baseline knowledge of SCP-2290-1 instances include the following information:\n\nIt is a family of three living in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.\nThese individuals are Jonathan Jenkins (SCP-2290-1-A), Sophie Jenkins (SCP-2290-1-B), and Josie Jenkins (SCP-2290-1-C).\nThese individuals have lived at their current address for 3 years.\nSCP-2290-1-A is aged 43 and is employed as a bricklayer at a construction company.\nSCP-2290-1-B is aged 36 and is a stay-at-home mother.\nSCP-2290-1-C is aged 9 and is a student at a local elementary school.\n\nDespite the anomaly's 15 year containment SCP-2290-1 instances invariably appear to have an age consistent with these details. This is believed to be related to the reset event.\nSCP-2290 anomalous properties were first documented during an incident involving Child Protective Services which resulted in the removal of SCP-2290-1-C from the residence. The following morning SCP-2290-1-C was no longer at the protective home in which she had been placed. Child Protective Services removed the child an additional 3 times before a UIU agent implanted in CPS brought the situation to the Foundation's attention.\nA failure of current containment procedures occurred on November 15th, 2005. Police were contacted by a neighbor with regards to an abusive event originating from SCP-2290-1-A. Police entered the home and SCP-2290-1-C was removed from the premises. The following interview with Foundation staff took place prior to the subsequent reset event.\n\nDate and Time: November 5th, 2005 at 19:04\nInterviewer: Agent Melissa Malcolm\nSubject: SCP-2290-1-C\nLocation: A previously established Foundation adjunct site outside of SCP-2290's area of effect.\nTranscript:\nAgent Malcolm: Hello, little one. I'm Agent Malcolm.\nSCP-2290-1-C does not respond. Agent Malcolm produces a stuffed elephant doll and sets it on the table in front of SCP-2290-1-C.\nAgent Malcolm: He can't hurt you here. I promise.\nSCP-2290-1-C takes the doll and holds it for the remainder of the interview.\nSCP-2290-1-C: Yes he can.\nAgent Malcolm: Why do you say that?\nSCP-2290-1-C pauses for several seconds.\nSCP-2290-1-C: He doesn't want me to talk to you.\nAgent Malcolm: I promise you, I'm just here to help.\nSCP-2290-1-C: Are you going to make me forget?\nAgent Malcolm: What do you mean?\nSCP-2290-1-C: I think I wrote myself a note. It said I'll forget what he did when tomorrow comes.\nAgent Malcolm: Josie, what else did the note say?\nSCP-2290-1-C: It said I get to play with mommy all day before he comes home.\nAgent Malcolm: We're working very hard to get you and your mother out of there Josie.\nSCP-2290-1-C: The note said you'd forget too.\nAgent Malcolm: I promise that I won't Josie.\nSCP-2290-1-C: I don't mind. I wanna forget. I'm just glad that we can both wake up happy.\nAgent Malcolm concluded the interview at this point. SCP-2290-1-C was given a sedative and slept until the 0500 reset point.\n\nThe doll given to SCP-2290-1-C by Agent Malcolm disappeared with the instance the following morning. Current surveillance has concluded that the doll is in the possession of the SCP-2290-1-C instance and persists over resets.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2289 | SCP-2290 | SCP-2291 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2291\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2291 is stored in Anomalous Item Locker ECD-2291 in Site 19. As direct physical contact with SCP-2291 is prohibited, only D-Class personnel are authorized to move the item. Research involving SCP-2291 is prohibited without the express permission of Dr. Mbeke or Site-19's senior administrative staff. Individuals that touch SCP-2291 directly are to be designated SCP-2291-A, administered a Class B amnestic, and placed into confinement for 3 months or until cleared by a supermajority of Site-19's psychiatric panel. Individuals that still show symptoms after this period are to be terminated.\nDescription: SCP-2291 is a corrugated cardboard box with a edge length of 15cm. The word \u201cFUN\u201d is printed in large, black capital letters on each side. There are no gaps or joints on SCP-2291's surface, suggesting that it was formed whole rather than being folded from a flat sheet. D-Class personnel report a rattling noise issuing from SCP-2291 when moved, suggesting that it contains one or more smaller objects. All attempts to access SCP-2291's interior via destructive means have failed, as have imaging studies intended to probe the interior. Level-3 personnel and above may request Test Logs 2291 -1 though -4 for more details.\nSCP-2291 was recovered from the offices of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Corporate Solutions in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Ohio. Foundation assets were alerted after the entire staff of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Corporate Solutions was reported missing within a period of 2 days. Mobile Task Force Rho-9 (\"The Dundies\") was assigned to investigate, and recovered SCP-2291 along with 18 instances of SCP-2291-A, identified as the former employees of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Corporate Solutions. These individuals were found at their workstations, suffering from sleep deprivation and mild dehydration.\nDirect physical contact with SCP-2291 is to be considered a Delta-class cognitohazard. Those who do so are to be designated SCP-2291-A and experience the following symptoms:\n\nAll communication by SCP-2291-A instances is altered. SCP-2291-A instances involuntarily replace some adjectives, especially those involving emotion, with the word \u201cfun\u201d.\nSCP-2291-A instances smile constantly, even while sleeping.\nSCP-2291 significantly alters how SCP-2291-A instances express and experience emotion. Immediately after initial exposure, subjects report increased feelings of happiness and significantly reduced resistance to authority. As the time of exposure to SCP-2291 increases, however, symptoms change; subjects repeatedly exposed to SCP-2291 for a period greater than 2 weeks become reliant on SCP-2291's effects to experience pleasure. When isolated from SCP-2291, these subjects temporarily lose their ability to normally process endorphins. In addition to a suppressed ability to experience pleasure, these individuals experience symptoms analogous to extreme doses of Naloxone in opiate abusers; restlessness, sweating, and headache are common.\n\nWhen isolated from SCP-2291, SCP-2291-A instances typically recover within 3 months. Recovery is negatively correlated with exposure time; the less time a subject spends near SCP-2291, the greater their chance of recovery.\nInterview Log 2291-17-3: The first 18 known SCP-2291-A subjects were the employees of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Corporate Solutions, all of whom were detained during the recovery of SCP-2291. The following interview has been deemed notable due to its content.\n\n+ Interview Log 2291-17-3\n\n- Interview Log 2291-17-3\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2291-17\nInterviewer: Junior Researcher Evans\nForeword: SCP-2291-17 was interviewed 2 weeks after containment. SCP-2291-17, formerly known as Ahmed \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, was an accountant at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Corporate Solutions.\n<Begin Log>\nEvans: Hello, Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. I'd like ask you a few questions about SCP-2291.\nSCP-2291-17: What?\nEvans: The object in this picture.\nEvans hands SCP-2291-17 a photo of SCP-2291\nSCP-2291-17: That? \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u25881 brought that in during our holiday party a month ago. Everyone had been kinda fun after the layoffs last quarter, and she said it was a gift to cheer us all up.\nEvans: Who is \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588?\nSCP-2291-17: She's the head of HR. No one really knew her well, she was just\u2026 fun, you know? Her whole department just weirded all of us out.\nEvans: How have you been feeling since \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 brought in SCP-2291?\nSCP-2291-17: My face has been feeling kinda fun lately. Other than that, I just can't stop working. I used to want to go home and see my family, but fun box made me realize something important. I love my job. My job is my life. Why would I go home when I feel so empty there? My job is fun.\nSCP-2291-17 is silent for 12 seconds\nSCP-2291-17: Can I borrow your pen?\n\nEvans: No.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: SCP-2291-17 ceased exhibiting anomalous traits 28 days after the interview. He was administered a Class-B amnestic and released, and his SCP designation was removed.\n\nInterview Log D-14783-7:\n\n+ Interview Log D-14783-7\n\n- Interview Log D-14783-7\n\nInterviewed: D-14783\nInterviewer: Dr. Mbeke\nForeword: D-14683, a former paralegal, was chosen for testing with SCP-2291. To test the long-term effects of SCP-2291 on subjects similar to the employees of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Corporate Solutions. D-14683 was asked to complete a small amount of legal paperwork after each hour of exposure. The following interview was performed 3 months into SCP-2291 exposure.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Mbeke: Hello, D-14783. How are you today?\nD-14783's tone suggests unhappiness. He remains smiling.\nD-14783: Fun.\nDr. Mbeke: What do you mean by that? You sound sad.\nD-14783: I don't have enough to do. I have to keep working. Can you guys give me more to do?\nDr. Mbeke: I'll see what we can find for you. Tell me, why do you feel like you need to work so much?\nD-14783: I have to be fun. When I'm not writing, when I'm not getting things done, I just get this sense of emptiness. Don't get me wrong, whenever I'm near that little box thing, I feel great. But even then, I feel almost guilty about not working. When I'm not around it, the feeling just gets worse. The only way I can feel like myself is to work.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: D-14783 did not show any progress in recovering from the effects of SCP-2291. He reported consistent worsening of psychological symptoms as time of exposure increased. He was found dead in his cell 4 months and 12 days after the above interview. Cause of death was ruled to be blood loss resulting from suicide, as D-14783 had repeatedly carved the word \"fun\" into his chest and left forearm with a screw taken from his cot. Due to this incident, further long-term studies with SCP-2291 are prohibited.\n\nDocument 2291-A: The following is a transcript of Video 2291-A, recovered from a camcorder found in the offices of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Corporate Solutions.\n\n+ Document 2291-A\n\n- Document 2291-A\n\n00:00:00 - Video begins. Appears to document an office holiday party; employees of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Corporate Solutions are gathered in a conference room eating cake.\n00:03:54 - Ahmed \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, in conversation with another employee near the camera, is noted to say \"Screw this job, I'm out. I'm putting in my two weeks tomorrow.\"\n00:07:31 - An unknown female wearing a suit, designated SCP-2291-B, enters the frame. SCP-2291-B's face is obscured by electronic distortion. She is holding SCP-2291.\n00:07:34 - SCP-2291-B places SCP-2291 in the center of the conference table and takes a seat facing the camera. All employees in the room cease talking and stare at SCP-2291.\n00:09:39 - After remaining silent and motionless for 2 minutes, 2 seconds, all \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Corporate Solutions employees excluding SCP-2291-B lay a finger on SCP-2291.\n00:13:04 - All subjects excluding SCP-2291-B silently leave the conference room and return to their desks. SCP-2291-B remains seated in front of the camera.\n01:35:00 - Video ends. No conversation is heard from the employees of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Corporate Solutions, nor does SCP-2291-B move after 00:07:34.\n\nFootnotes\n1. No employees with the name of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 were detained during the recovery of SCP-2291, nor did any recovered SCP-2291-A instances claim to work in the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Corporate Solutions Human Resources department.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2290 | SCP-2291 | SCP-2292 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2292, 1983.\n\nItem #: SCP-2292\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2292 is to be kept within a medium animal containment cell large artificial containment enclosure at Sector 21-A of Biological Containment Site-66. The containment enclosure must resemble the mountain rainforest environments of Central Africa and include trees, a stream, temperature control, artificial wind, and audio broadcasts of realistic environmental sounds as per recent Ethics Committee guidelines. SCP-2292 does not require sustenance but may be provided with fruit for cooperative behavior.\nAs SCP-2292 is immune to tranquilizers, tissue samples are to be retrieved during each weekly enclosure inspection and cleanup. SCP-2292 must never be in close proximity to within visual range of within 80 m of a deceased animal. SCP-2292-2 are to be terminated via incineration and disposed of per hazardous waste protocol.\nDescription: SCP-2292 is an anomalous instance of mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) with the ability to reanimate animal remains and spread a fatal illness by touch1. SCP-2292 is biologically alive despite its lack of a heart, which has been replaced by a tuberous root-like structure. This apparatus has been classified as SCP-2292-1 and is presently hypothesized to be the source of SCP-2292's anomalous nature. SCP-2292-1 radiates with an amber glow and pumps a similarly colored substance throughout SCP-2292's body, which appears to have replaced its blood.\nOrganisms reanimated by SCP-2292 have been classified as SCP-2292-2. SCP-2292-2 instances are not returned to biological life (decay continuing at a natural rate) and will not cease animation unless rendered completely immobile, either through total destruction or the deconstruction and separation of the entire muscular/skeletal system.\nDirect study of SCP-2292's unusual biology, including its surrogate \"heart\", has been rendered difficult due to its immunity to tranquilizers, natural strength, and anomalous capabilities. Previously employed methods of study, such as vivisection, are no longer considered appropriate as per current Ethics Committee guidelines. Maintaining the cooperation of SCP-2292 is presently considered more important, as further physical analysis could potentially result in its neutralization.\nSCP-2292's behavior is within the expected range for a male of its species, save for certain deviations presently attributed to chronic isolation. Due to its non-human psychology, it has proven difficult to properly measure SCP-2292's level of cognition but it has displayed a cunning intellect, with SCP-2292 breaching containment on numerous occasions. It remains unknown whether SCP-2292's intelligence is an aspect of its anomaly, a side-effect of its increased lifespan, or something else entirely.\nSCP-2292 was recovered during a 1966 raid on a London warehouse owned by subsidiaries of Marshal, Carter, and Dark Ltd., SCP-2292 already secured within an acrylic glass containment unit. Documents retrieved from the site reveal that SCP-2292 had been discarded at the location after having \"exhausted its usefulness\"; the meaning of this remains unknown. The documents state that SCP-2292 was initially captured during an 1898 expedition into an uninhabited region of the Congo Basin.\nA journal belonging to Harrison T. Winchester III was among the recovered documents. Winchester was an experienced explorer who, in 1898, left his home in Bradford, England without explanation and never returned - his unexplained disappearance the subject of frequent speculation. Hired by MC&D to be part of a secret expedition into the Congo Basin2, his journal details the capture of SCP-2292 and includes descriptions of the potentially anomalous location (now classified as SCP-2292-3) where SCP-2292 was initially discovered.\nHarrison T. Winchester III Journal Excerpts\nLocating and properly containing SCP-2292-3 is of the utmost importance. Despite several expeditions and advances in satellite imaging, SCP-2292-3 continues to elude rediscovery.\nAddendum I: The Foundation's attempt to teach SCP-2292 language via keyboard lexigrams3 has had unexpected results. Non-anomalous great apes have been taught how to use and express themselves through such lexigrams and it was hypothesized that the Foundation would have similar results with SCP-2292.\nSCP-2292 destroyed the keyboard while being taught the symbol for \"flower\". Still within its enclosure, SCP-2292 proceeded to use damp soil to create a symbol on the wall of its enclosure which it then gestured to repeatedly. Creating a new experiment, an electronic visual display was installed within the enclosure - visible but outside of SCP-2292's reach. SCP-2292 was then provided with various non-toxic paints while an image was produced on the display, first focusing on flora and fauna native to SCP-2292's environment before eventually moving to abstract concepts.\nWhen SCP-2292 created a corresponding symbol, a piece of sweet fruit would be delivered to SCP-2292's enclosure. By 1976, after approximately 5 years of study, it was concluded that SCP-2292 not only understood language but had in some manner been trained for symbolic understanding and communication prior to its containment, effectively teaching researchers its own language (or rather, the language of whoever previously trained SCP-2292).\nDuring this time, SCP-2292 (referred to as \"Inaki\" by its handlers, as part of the behavioral analysis program) has shown a fondness for crafting primitive stone tools (including a functional spear), painting glyphs, and watching the television series Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood and Bob Ross' The Joy of Painting.\nSCP-2292 communicates via a specialized keyboard which in turn produces an artificial voice. SCP-2292 is to be communicated with through the use of sign language and spoken English (preferably both in unison). A playful tone of voice has been shown to have a calming effect on SCP-2292.\n\n+ SCP-2292: Interview 02/11/84\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2292, \"Inaki\"\nInterviewer: Dr. Sara Hayashi\nForeword: Routine conversation with SCP-2292.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Hayashi: Inaki. How do you feel today.Dr. Hayashi: But you just ate!Dr. Hayashi: I am sorry Inaki. Why do you feel sad?Dr. Hayashi: Inaki is not alone. Inaki is loved by Sara. Inaki is loved by Joseph and Alex and Audrey. The bad ones are gone. No more hurt.Dr. Hayashi: Inaki. Sara is not leaving you.Dr. Hayashi: No worry. No fear. Inaki is safe. Sara is safe. Understand?Dr. Hayashi: Alex said that you made new tools. Will you show Sara?<End Log>\nClosing Statement: SCP-2292 is not only aware of death but its own (apparent) immortality. Based on its preexisting knowledge of symbolic language, it is possible that \"Blue-Flower\" may have been the one responsible for teaching SCP-2292 in the first place. And, potentially, the one responsible for its anomalous nature. I suspect the answers lie within SCP-2292-3.\n\n+ SCP-2292: Interview 03/01/84\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2292, \"Inaki\"\nInterviewer: Dr. Sara Hayashi\nForeword: An attempt to glean more information about \"Blue-Flower\" and SCP-2292-3.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Hayashi: Inaki. Tell Sara about old times. About Blue-Flower.Dr. Hayashi: Tell Sara more. Sara wants to know about Blue-Flower.Dr. Hayashi: Inaki. What was Blue-Flower doing when you last saw them?Dr. Hayashi: Did Inaki live with Blue-Flower?Dr. Hayashi: I'm sorry Inaki. You must miss him.Dr. Hayashi: Where did Inaki live? Does Inaki remember home?Dr. Hayashi: What happened to home?Closing Statement: Based on my interpretation of what they communicated, I believe that SCP-2292 is the last of its civilization. Or rather, a tame animal that outlived those who first tamed it. I suspect that trained gorillas were common to the SCP-2292-3 civilization. I presently hypothesize that SCP-2292 was raised for the purpose of being anomalously augmented but to understand SCP-2292, it is necessary that we understand the context of its creation; for that, the Foundation must find SCP-2292-3.\n<End Log>\n\nFootnotes\n1. An exact causative agent for this has yet to be discovered.\n2. Then part of the Congo Free State under King Leopold II of Belgium\n3. A lexigram represents a word but is not necessarily indicative of the object referenced by the word with each lexigram having a corresponding key.\n4. A combination used by SCP-2292 to express a feeling of sadness, feeling similar to an empty stomach mixed with fatigue.\n5. It is currently believed that \"sleep-see\" refers to dreams/dreaming and/or memories in general.\n6. SCP-2292's previous use of \"Blue-Flower\" suggests that it does not refer to an actual flower but instead denotes an individual and may even represent a personal pronoun.\n7. SCP-2292 had recently learned the sign corresponding to \"made/make\" and was able to reproduce a corresponding symbol, then added to the lexigram. SCP-2292 has used the symbol to express concepts of creation and alteration.\n8. SCP-2292 understands the difference between \"first\" and the numeral \"one\" but has been unable to express \"last\". It is speculated that SCP-2292 is expressing that it is the first and last of its kind; whatever that \"kind\" might be.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2291 | SCP-2292 | SCP-2293 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2293\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Containment is focused on seizing and destroying instances of SCP-2293 and all evidence thereof. Manifestation of SCP-2293-affected media to a large viewing audience are to be given standard cover stories, and at the head researcher's discretion, amnestics are to be distributed.\nFoundation AI (ATLS-12 and GRGN-03) are to monitor all possible communications at 12-hour intervals for appearances or descriptions of SCP-2293 instances. If a geographical area is found to be undergoing a SCP-2293 event, MTF-E-72 (\u201cBachman's Boys\u201d) is to quarantine the area under the cooperation of the location's government under any applicable cover story. MTF-E-72 is to enact Protocol-GLEAN in order to discern the number of SCP-2293-affected media in the area. The destruction of afflicted areas is authorized if the number of affected works meets a density of 1300 occurrences per square kilometer or greater. All civilians displaced by this destruction are to be compensated through a joint account operated by the Foundation and the involved government.\nEfforts toward studying SCP-2293 should be focused upon making predictive forecasts of SCP-2293 locations.\nDescription: SCP-2293 is a phenomenon in which media within a given area (up to 20km2) that contains any form of dialogue or speech may be subject to alterations. The area's baseline Hume rating decreases in direct proportion to the quantity of media affected by SCP-2293. SCP-2293 appears irregularly, and no method for prediction of future manifestations has been devised.\nSCP-2293 causes all affected media to include a portion in which the 1999 car accident of American writer Stephen King is referenced. In each affected work, the line appears as follows: \u201cDid you know that world-renowned writer Stephen King was once hit by a car? Just something to consider.\u201d The line occurs once at a random point within the media, although a preference is shown for moments that ruin an established mood. Media by Stephen King, those written under his pseudonym Richard Bachman, or directly based on his output are unaffected by SCP-2293 across all manifestations.\nThe introduction of this line, along with descriptions of characters turning to face an unseen audience when applicable, causes the work to increase in size. This includes seconds being added to the tracks of albums affected by SCP-2293 but may also cause pages to be added to afflicted books, if necessary. In mediums where a work has taken up the entirety of a finite space (such as data on a CD), the medium is simply made to hold more data than possible with no other changes made to its nature.\nSCP-2293 is also able to change media as it is broadcast, whether live or not. This includes live broadcasts but also \u201creruns\u201d of previously taped media. The changes SCP-2293 makes to the media are present to all viewers in the affected area. It is unclear how these changes are made to live television.\nOn average, SCP-2293 events last four days, although some have lasted up to three weeks. No area has been subject to the SCP-2293 phenomenon more than once. Upon the ending of the SCP-2293 phenomenon, all affected media remain changed.\nAddendum 2293-1: On 11/16/16, a raid on the headquarters of GoI-5869, \"Gamers Against Weed\",1 uncovered information indicating that GoI-5869 was responsible for the creation of SCP-2293. The headquarters were found to be abandoned in haste less than six hours prior to the Foundation's arrival.\nIncluded in the document are a collection of the incriminating chat logs found on a laptop left at the scene. Only conversations pertaining to SCP-2293 have been included.\n\n+ Log 1\n\n - Access Granted\n\ngaycopmp4: so did you guys hear theyre making a new it movie\nbones: What?\nhetcopogg: IT\nbones: What?\ngaycopmp4: you know that fuckin the book about the clown\nhetcopogg: yeah, dude. it was that movie with Tim Curry as the gay clown that did the evil to the children.\nharmpit: that is one of them ost terrifying movies iv eever fucking scene\nbones: I'm not familiar.\nbluntfiend: My Favorite Part is when Pennywise The Clown turns to the camera and says \u201cDid you know that world-renowned writer Stephen King was once hit by a car? Just something to consider.\u201d and then he fucking honks his nose horn.\njockjamsvol6: I don't think I understand this joke?\ngaycopmp4: that dosent happen int he movie at all????\npolaricecraps: loooooollll\nbluntfiend: It's just something to think about.\ngaycopmp4: dude you shouldnt make jokes about that he almost died!!!!\nhetcopogg: didn't an artist dude character get in a car crash at the beginning of kingdom hospital?\nbluntfiend: I am like one thousand percent sure that's also all Lisey's Story is about, too.\ngaycopmp4: is the fact that people write about thier trauma that fucked up to you?\npolaricecraps: lmao stephen king is also in the last dark tower book and gets hit by a car in it\nhetcopogg: oh god, and didn't the main character think he had arthritis, but it was really the pain from his car crash?\nlesbian_gengar: what about, liiiike, fucking,,, maximum overdrive? and fucking christine and fucking from a buick 8.\ngaycopmp4: what about them 2 of those were even before the car accident\nlesbian_gengar: maybe the car crash was an attack. maybe the fucking cars they saw he knew their plans against them.\nhetcopogg: dude what.\nharmpit: bec areful! you odnt want thec ars to hear you\nbluntfiend: I agree. Stephen King was hit by a car for knowing too much.\ngaycopmp4: @bones\nbones: Yes?\ngaycopmp4: tell bluntfiend to stop talking about this\nbluntfiend: You're a baaaaaby.\nhetcopogg: it's all in good fun, honey.\nbones: Hm. I'll allow it.\npolaricecraps: do you think he stopped wandering around streets at night after this?\nbluntfiend: Dude! Too soon.\ngaycopmp4: this is bullshit and im outta here for tonight.\nbluntfiend: ;_;\nhetcopogg: :( aw c'mon babe we're having fun.\nbluntfiend: Look, I'm sorry, bud. I won't bring it up again.\ngaycopmp4: okay well sorry for being mad its just not funny like he almost died you know\nbluntfiend: I do, and I'm sorry. I won't bring it up again.\n\n+ Log 2\n\n - Access Granted\n\ngaycopmp4: @bluntfiend FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU\npolaricecraps: what the fuck\nbluntfiend: What ever is the matter, friend gaycopmp4?\nhetcopogg: oh boy.\nbones: What's up?\ngaycopmp4: don tyou fucking play @ me like you fucking dont know like you dont know the fucking shit you pulled isnt it against the fucking rules do this kind of magic bullshit otherworldly shit to a comrade what the fuck is this dude this is low even for you i thought we were cool but this is just fucking beyond even you fuck you dude\nhetcopogg: :/ come on, honey. calm down. what happened?\nharmpit: if eel like you made up taht rule\nbones: I'm pretty sure they made up that rule.\nlesbian_gengar: lmao what did you fuckin do @bluntfiend.\nbluntfiend: I plead the fifth.\njockjamsvol6: Lol.\ngaycopmp4: fuck you bluntfiend dont act like you dont fucking know what you did\nbones: I really think you should consider taking a breath and then telling us what happened.\npolaricecraps: oh god I wanna hear this one.\ngaycopmp4: okay okay. so i was trying to just veg out and watch game of thrones, you know?\nharmpit: loooolll you watch gaem of thrones\ngaycopmp4: shut up its a guilty pleasure im allowed guilty pleasures fuck you\nhetcopogg: honey, just go on.\nbluntfiend: Please.\ngaycopmp4: fuck you.\nbones: Unnecessary, bluntfiend. Please, go on, gaycopmp4.\ngaycopmp4: this is kinda spoileras i guess but everyones seen them emes so whatever it was when sean bean as papa stark was going to get his head cut off and it was a really well done serious seen but like just as he's about to get his head cut off he turns his head to the fucking camera and he says the fucking thing\njockjamsvol6: ? What thing?\ngaycopmp4: that FUCKING stephen king line blutnfiend kept saying!\nbones: \u201cDid you know that world-renowned writer Stephen King was once hit by a car? Just something to consider\u201d? That one?\ngaycopmp4: yes!\njockjamsvol6: LOL\npolaricecraps: im having a heart attack and im dying in front of my family please c all the cops theres been a murder\nhetcopogg: that's it?\ngaycopmp4: no! thats not even the whole fucking thing! i laughed it off okay because im not all whining and bitching like you guys say i can joke so i started playing final fantasy xii and in the fucking middle of a cutscene ashe turned to the screen and fucking said it and no matter how many times i go back she keeps saying it i even went to a new file and she always fucking does it he broke my fucking game too\nbluntfiend: You should also check out your books.\nbones: No taunting.\nharmpit: thisis a classic\ngaycopmp4: fuck you dude it even got into my moms fucking beatles cd she plays in the car you didnt have to fuck her stuff up too it wont fucking go away what the hell is your problem\npolaricecraps: cool CD, normie.\ngaycopmp4: IT'S MY MOM'S!!!!\nhetcopogg: honey, I understand why you'd be mad but\u2026 it is kind of funny.\ngaycopmp4 has logged off.\nbluntfiend: She'll be fine in a few days. It'll stop doing it to streaming media, at least.\nhetcopogg: i'll get her.\nbones: You're going to have to apologize. You went too far.\npolaricecraps: it is REALLY funny tho?\nbones: Any humor, present or not, is besides the point. Apologize, and we can move on.\nharmpit: yeha I mean you know how she is i bet she just felt ganged up on itll be okya i bet if you justl ike tellh er sorry real quicklik\nlesbian_gengar: how did you even do that @bluntfiend?\nbluntfiend: Oh, you know, bb. A little bit of this. A little bit of that.\ngaycopmp4 has entered the room.\nbluntfiend: Dude, I'm sorry. I thought you'd find it as funny as I did.\ngaycopmp4: its okay just dont do anything like that again you dont see bones pulling pranks on people with its weird computer shit or w/e\nbones: I don't play pranks.\ngaycopmp4: whatever bones its a fucking example you know what i mean\nlesbian_gengar: bones doesn't even fucking play tricks.\nbones: Yes.\njockjamsvol6: It was really funny.\ngaycopmp4: i like you better when you're afk\nhetcopogg: honey! be nice. come on. we're friends here.\nbluntfiend: Friends against weed.\nbones: Let's move on.\npolaricecraps: what did your mom think about it, @gaycopmp4? about her beatles cd\ngaycopmp4: i pretended her car got a computer virus and i think she believed me\n\n+ Log 3\n\n - Access Granted\n\njockjamsvol6: Guys, check out what I just found on Reddit! [LINK DELETED]\npolaricecraps: lmao you go on reddit?\nbluntfiend: Holy shit.\njockjamsvol6: Right?\nharmpit: waht is it i dont click links\nhetcopogg: omg bluntfiend what did you fucking do.\nbones: The link details a redditor talking about a strange moment in last night's episode of Saturday Night Live wherein Alec Baldwin as current president-elect Donald Trump turned to the camera and said \u201cDid you know that world-renowned writer Stephen King was once hit by a car? Just something to consider.\u201d No one in the thread believed the redditor until someone living in the same geographical location backed up the story.\nharmpit: ty bones\nbones: You are very welcome.\ngaycopmp4: youre going to get in trouble!!!!\nhetcopogg: how the hell is that still going? i thought it was done after a few days like you said.\nbluntfiend: Uh, well. I did think the joke was super funny.\npolaricecraps: what the fuck does that have to do with your spooky magic.\nbluntfiend: A good joke wants to be heard, you know?\nhetcopogg: hahahah the thread is already deleted. bet you got the janitors called on that one.\nharmpit: lollll good one, bluntfiend\ngaycopmp4: i still think its a fucked up joke to make\njockjamsvol6: You're just mad, because you're angry.\nbluntfiend: #WasteTheirTime2K16\ngaycopmp4: dont pretend like you did it on purpose to get them to waste their time on stupid shit\nbluntfiend: Did I, friend? Did I?\nbones: You didn't.\nbluntfiend: Yeah, no. I definitely didn't. It's still pretty funny, though.\nharmpit: fucking classic\nlesbian_gengar: hey guys whats going on in this thread i'm not about to backread\npolaricecraps: bluntfiend's stephen king troll on gaycopmp4 went wild and we think the janitors are on it now\nlesbian_gengar: lmao.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A group previously suspected of involvement in several events of interest, as well as SCP-2842. This raid was conducted in connection with reports of local leftist groups using anomalous items during protests.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2292 | SCP-2293 | SCP-2294 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2294\nObject Class: Safe\nContainment Procedures: SCP-2294 is to be kept in an acrylic glass container with holes drilled in for air at Site-19. SCP-2294 and its instances do not seem to require nor have ever requested any food or water. The container is to be monitored through the use of microphones at all times. These recordings are to be kept for future reference in Foundation archives. The room and container are also equipped with an intercom for interview purposes with SCP-2294.\nDescription: SCP-2294 is a severed, Caucasian right hand measuring around fifteen centimeters in length and eight centimeters in width. The hand partially extends beyond its wrist, and the end of the hand is covered in scar tissue and badly damaged in some areas.\nThe primary anomalous feature of SCP-2294 are the thumb and fingertips of the hand, which have been replaced with heads which strongly resemble the former US president Richard Milhous Nixon. Beyond the appearance of the heads, the fingertips also have the voice of the previous president. Auditory amplification is required in order to hear SCP-2294, due to their diminutive size. Although SCP-2294 is capable of movement through the use of its fingers in a manner similar of certain insects or spiders, it is usually found laying palm up with the fingers raised so that the instances are facing each other.\nAll of the instances appear to be sentient, and seem to be capable of intelligence and thinking on the level of most humans. Four of the five \u201cheads\u201d believe they are still President, and often engage in debates over what decisions should be made for the country. The topics of their debates are usually about current events happening in the political world of the US, both domestic and foreign. It is currently unknown how they obtain information about these current events. Despite the heads having a wide range of topics, they seem to be very limited in finding solutions. The debates have included:\n\nThe Cold War with the Soviet Union;\nThe 9/11 attacks and how to respond to them;\nLegalization of Same-Sex marriage;\nGun Control;\nClimate Change.\n\nWhile the heads resemble that of Richard Nixon, they all have varying beliefs and outlooks, which is primarily conveyed through their political debates. The instances (SCP-2294-1-5) will briefly discuss non-political subjects in interviews, but will often find ways to relate the subject back to politics in some manner.\n\nSCP-2294 Instance\nType of Finger\nPersonality\n\n2294-1\nThumb\nHas a somewhat moderate personality. 2294-1 will always try to mediate arguments between the other fingers when intense arguing breaks out. When it comes to making political decisions of foreign policy, it prefers peace when possible, but has conceded to war under certain conditions and provocations, especially when there was a deliberate attack on the US or its people. It professes usually conservative ideals when it comes to domestic policy. It frequently gives lengthy speeches (2 hours and 14 minutes on the longest instance) to the other instances about what it believes is best for the country.\n\n2294-2\nIndex\nMore docile in nature than 2294-1. It is very hesitant to enter conflict with another country, and only concedes to war when a very clear attack has been made against the US. It is distressed about the environmental status of the world, and seems to be the only instance that is so. It also displays concern about increased equality in the US, socially and economically.\n\n2294-3\nMiddle\nExtremist and nearly radical in its level of patriotism and desire for advancement of the US. Dissolute and combative in nature, it sees war as a viable answer to nearly every conflict, whether it be minor or major, and encourages using the power of the US as a tool to further expand the country at any opportunity. It is incredibly conservative in domestic policy, and its most prevalent concern is the growth of the US economically and militarily. It is frequently seen causing arguments between the other members of SCP-2294, and is a large reason as to why war is such a common topic in the debates.\n\n2294-4\nRing\nAlso very extreme in its views. Acting reserved and restrained when speaking, it is incredibly pacifistic, and has never conceded to war in any of the recordings the Foundation has of it, even when the US has been directly threatened or attacked. Nearly all of its decisions end up being related to creating or working towards world peace. It desires an economical system change in the US from capitalism to socialism, as it feels it would make individuals of the US more fulfilled and connected to each other.\n\n2294-5\nLittle\nSCP-2294-5 is the most unusual of the instances. It is the only one aware of its status as a sentient appendage, and is even aware of its SCP-classification and containment, something the other instances have never verbally acknowledged. It is disinterested in politics, and rarely partakes in the other four instances' debates. It displays signs of chronic depression, and is incredibly apathetic about its containment. Despite being the most self-aware instance of SCP-2294, it has not answered any questions regarding its origins, and avoids answering when asked, mostly by redirecting the question onto other subjects.\n\nWhether or not true sentience is held by instances 1-4 is currently under question, due to their fixation with politics and inability to discuss anything else for a substantial length of time, as well as their lack of awareness about their containment.\nRecovery Log - 2294:\nSCP-2294 was recovered on \u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. A police investigation had gone underway in a wooded, rural area located in southern Kansas1, due to several complaints from hikers of a harsh odor emanating from a one-story house that had been reportedly abandoned. An investigation of the house showed nothing unusual on the first story, and there were no signs of the house being inhabited.\nThe police investigation team entered the basement, where five corpses in advanced stages of decomposition were found around a circular table. Four of the five corpses were restrained and shackled. SCP-2294 was found on the table, reportedly speaking, but was not loud enough to be heard.\nReports of a speaking, disembodied hand quickly reached the Foundation, and a recovery team was dispatched to the area. Amnestics were administered to those involved, and SCP-2294 was recovered. A note was also recovered from the police team database that had been found in the basement (located at the end of this document). A thorough investigation by Foundation personnel revealed no other anomalous objects or activity in the basement. DNA testing identified the four restrained individuals, but showed no relation in genetics or demographics. These four were confirmed to be kidnapping victims. The fifth remaining individual has yet to be identified.\nAutopsies of the bodies revealed no anomalous properties of the corpses, and showed the four identified individuals had died from severe cerebral hemorrhaging, and the unidentified individual had been killed by a shotgun wound to the chest. The house where SCP-2294 was recovered is currently under surveillance by the Foundation. Reports of the house being entered by any person are to be relayed to Foundation personnel immediately for investigation.\nIn the over \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 hours of auditory recording the Foundation has of SCP-2294, it has never mentioned this incident, why it was found there, or how (if at all) it is related to what events may have happened there. SCP-2294 does not acknowledge questions about the topic when interviewed.\n\n+ Note found at location of recovery\n\n- Hide Note\n\nIf you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together\n\nFootnotes\n1. This area is a known active area for GoI-113.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2293 | SCP-2294 | SCP-2295 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2295 in an inactive state\n\nItem #: SCP-2295\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2295 is to be kept in a standard containment locker within Storage Wing-25 in Site-37.\nPersonnel with Level 3 or higher security clearance are authorized to perform tests on SCP-2295 after filling out the appropriate paperwork. Please contact Dr. Gergis if required access to SCP-2295 is expected to exceed twenty-four (24) hours.\nDescription: SCP-2295 is a patchwork stuffed bear, approximately 0.46m from 'head' to 'foot,' and stuffed with synthetic fiber and cotton. SCP-2295 has a small, anatomically correct pin of a heart on the left side of its thorax, and a bow wrapped around its neck. The fabric and color of SCP-2295's patches vary. Tests confirm that no components of SCP-2295 contain any anomalous chemical properties.\nSCP-2295 enters an active state when within two (2) meters of a human sustaining major trauma to an organ. When in the proximity of two or more possible subjects, SCP-2295 will invariably choose the youngest subject. SCP-2295 will anomalously produce scissors, white thread, and either sewing needles or a crocheting hook from its mouth and use any fabric and stuffing in close proximity1 to fashion an instance of SCP-2295-1, a patchwork imitation of the subject's organ2. SCP-2295-1 vanishes from sight and the subject falls into a state of unconsciousness. SCP-2295-1 instances then replace the subject's damaged organ via anomalous means. The whereabouts of organs replaced this way are undetermined.\nIf there is no usable material in close proximity, SCP-2295 will use fabric and stuffing from itself. SCP-2295 regenerates one (1) gram of stuffing every day until completely replacing any lost or used stuffing. Note that fabric used this way does not regenerate, and additional fabric must be placed near SCP-2295 for the purpose of self-mending.\nInstances of SCP-2295-1 successfully carry out their respective functions despite the numerous expected biological, chemical, and medical incompatibilities. Once within the subject, adjacent tissues and veins attach to the imitated organ without observable complications. There have been no cases of rejected SCP-2295-1 instances, and all subjects recorded at the time of writing made full recoveries.\nTest Log-2295\nTesting approved to test the limitations of SCP-2295. Materials provided within testing chamber.\n\n +Test Log\n\n -Test Log\n\nSubject: D-2353, 38 years old\nDiagnosis: Lungs heavily damaged as a result of twenty-five (25) years of smoking\nNotes: SCP-2295 creates SCP-2295-1 using one (1) black textile swatch and one (1) red textile swatch. New 'lungs' act at a capacity similar to those of healthy adult lungs.\n\nSubject: D-3452, 50 years old\nDiagnosis: Frequent heart palpitations and severe atherosclerosis\nNotes: SCP-2295 crochets SCP-2295-1 using various surrounding yarns. SCP-2295-1 observed to have a heartbeat before vanishing. Transfer successful - how SCP-2295-1 manages to perform function despite absorbent properties of material and multiple gaps in design is unknown. Symptoms no longer present in subject.\n\nSubject: D-7894, 24 years old\nDiagnosis: First and second degree burns ranging throughout upper torso, left lateral, and right leg. D-7894 sedated during testing.\nNotes: SCP-2295 sews two (2) 5m x 5m sections of patchwork fabric. SCP-2295 cuts appropriately sized swatches and manually places one layer onto subject's affected areas, creating multiple instances of SCP-2295-1, and then repeats this process. The created SCP-2295-1 layers act as dermis and epidermis and, upon recovery, D-7894 claims to have retained feeling in replaced 'skin'. Subject makes a full recovery.\n\nSubject: D-2723, 18 years old\nDiagnosis: Cerebral hemorrhaging\nNotes: SCP-2295 grasps various materials in its proximity in a distressed state for approximately one (1) minute. SCP-2295 then anomalously produces a \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's Dove Milk Chocolate King Size Candy Bar and offers it to subject. SCP-2295 spends rest of test embracing subject's lower right leg while anomalously producing a saline solution from its 'eyes'.\n\nAddendum-2295: Document 2295 was recovered taped to SCP-2295 inside the site of a crashed mail delivery vehicle. Document-2295 is a red \"Get Well\" card with the text \"KAIROS THE BEAR\" written on the front cover.\n\n+Recovered Document 2295\n\n-Recovered Document 2295\n\nContents of Document 2295\n\nTo Tommy,\nBecause only time can mend all wounds.\nLove,\nGrammy\n\nFootnotes\n1. Materials have included yarn, textile, cloth, cotton, silk, synthetic fiber, polyester, wool, and thread.\n2. How SCP-2295 is capable of the dexterity necessary for these actions is unknown.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2294 | SCP-2295 | SCP-2296 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Artificially exposed instance of SCP-2296\n\nItem #: SCP-2296\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The containment protocol for SCP-2296 is focused on minimising the chance of civilian discovery, and consists of three main strands.\nFirst: popularising paths for trans-Antarctic treks that avoid emperor penguin breeding grounds, such as the Ronne Ice Shelf\u2013Ross Ice Shelf route.\nSecond: holding exclusive rights to wildlife filming in the Antarctic through a Foundation holding company, with the cover story that no other media company is able to adhere to stringent environmental regulations concerning commercial activities in the Antarctic.\nThird: authoring all academic papers on emperor penguin biology, and preventing any academic group from observing emperor penguin populations, also under the guise of stringent environmental regulations.\nThe Foundation is not to prevent emperor penguins from accessing SCP-2296.\nDescription: SCP-2296 is a phenomenon observed in the Antarctic1 breeding grounds of the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri). SCP-2296 is active during the June\u2013July period in which male emperor penguins incubate eggs while females remain at sea to feed.2\nIn this time, males frequently form tight \u201chuddles\u201d of ten to several thousand individuals \u2014 a behavioural adaptation to survive conditions that can reach \u221250 \u00b0C with 200 km/h winds \u2014 and go without feeding from the sea for a mean of 115 days.3\n\nSeveral huddles containing hidden instances of SCP-2296 can be observed at the top of the image\n\nSCP-2296 is observed in these huddles. Once a huddle has been active for at least 12 minutes, pink, dimpled tubes made from polyethylene and collagen are extruded from the ground over a period of 20 seconds. SCP-2296 tubes are 89\u00b112 cm tall4 with a diameter of 21 cm. The tubes' interiors are hollow, and contain a gelatinous mixture of protein, fat and water that is continually replenished from an unknown source.\nIn addition, 16 radially arranged nozzles point perpendicularly from the exposed end of SCP-2296 tubes. The nozzles are 13 cm long, with rounded rectangular openings measuring 6.4 cm x 3.2 cm, and constantly produce streams of warm air heated to 20\u201328 \u00b0C.\nSCP-2296 tubes manifest at random positions at least 1.7 m from the edge of the huddle, and at least 2.5 m away from any other instance. Emperor penguin males then take turns feeding from the protein\u2013fat mixture within the tubes and warming themselves on the heated streams of air, moving away to the edge of the huddle once they are sated. When the huddle separates, SCP-2296 instances retract into the ground within 4 seconds, secreting dense ice from the hollow interior to fill any channels left by their movement.\nThe source of the tubes themselves is unknown. Attempts to dig out SCP-2296 instances cause the tubes to instantly retract into the ground to an unknown depth; furthermore, no underground infrastructure of any kind has been detected in emperor penguin breeding grounds.\n\nApathy in penguins deprived of SCP-2296\n\nOne test of SCP-2296 deprivation on emperor penguin populations has been conducted. After 10 days without access to SCP-2296, 341 of 1200 males in the deprived group of the Franklin Island colony expired.5 Deceased males displayed signs of both hypothermia and malnutrition. Furthermore, all penguins displayed listless behaviour during SCP-2296 deprivation, with significant reductions in self-directed movement and social vocalisations. The Ethics Committee has forbidden further tests on SCP-2296 deprivation on emperor penguins, as well as containment procedures that would prevent emperor penguins from accessing SCP-2296.\nSCP-2296 instances also produce a secondary anomalous effect, designated SCP-2296-A. SCP-2296-A takes the form of a repeated \u201cthought-feel\u201d message directed to sentient minds within 1.5 m. To date, SCP-2296-A transmission has only been firmly verified for human minds, although behavioural observations of expedition sled dogs suggest that non-sapients (such as emperor penguins) are similarly affected.\nHuman subjects experiencing SCP-2296-A report difficulties in providing an exact transcription of the message, which is largely emotive rather than lexical. However, feelings of comfort and contentment are consistently described. In particular, subjects note a greater sense of peace with the harsh environmental conditions of the area.6\nThe phrases most frequently found in SCP-2296-A transcriptions are given below.\n\n+ SCP-2296-A transcription phrases\n\n\u2013 SCP-2296-A transcription phrases\n\nYOU ARE IMPORTANT.\n\nYOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.\n\nKEEP GOING.\n\nI'M PROUD OF YOU.\n\nFootnotes\n1. SCP-2296 is also observed within relevant SCP-2720 iterations.\n2. Uniquely among penguins, emperor males take sole responsibility for incubation, which involves balancing the egg on top of their feet for an unbroken period of 64 days.\n3. This time includes the 100\u2013160 km journey from shore to breeding grounds, the period of courtship, and the 64-day egg incubation.\n4. As adult emperor penguins measure 110\u2013130 cm in height, SCP-2296 tubes are typically not visible from outside the huddle.\n5. This also resulted in the loss of all eggs incubated by deceased males.\n6. Lack of exposure to this message is believed to have caused the listlessness in emperor males during SCP-2296 deprivation experiments.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2295 | SCP-2296 | SCP-2297 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2297\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2297 is to be magnetically suspended in a Safe-Class storage locker that is not parallel or perpendicular to the floor of the room in which the storage locker is kept. This storage locker must be assessed for damages once every 24 hours. If the Safe-Class storage locker has been rendered inoperable and/or unsuited for the containment of SCP-2297, an on-site supervisor must be notified immediately.\nDescription: SCP-2297 has the appearance of a BOSCH RTH6450D1009 5-1-1-Day Programmable Thermostat. Of note is SCP-2297's unique internal composition. Inside the casing of SCP-2297 rests a fleshy interior composed of various organs whose functions remain mostly unknown, though visual comparisons liken them to the lungs and kidneys found in humans. The flesh itself is highly resistant to mechanical sampling using conventional tools, thus the use of projectional radiology has been necessitated. These tests were able to reveal a system composed of valves and flaps responsible for the intake and output of oxygen. A proposal to use more invasive forms of sampling is currently awaiting approval.\nSCP-2297 will remain in a dormant state indefinitely so long as it does not rest face-up on a flat surface. When mounted or placed on a flat surface, SCP-2297 will activate and display one of several messages in the following format: \"[X] IS NORMAL\". These messages pertain to the anomalous conditions that will be exhibited within the room SCP-2297 is activated. Determined by the displayed message, the environment and temperature of the room SCP-2297 occupies will be altered drastically. These effects steadily increase in intensity upon activation of SCP-2297 before instantaneously dissipating four minutes after activation. After SCP-2297 has carried out a full, uninterrupted four minutes of its chosen effect, it functions as a normal thermostat until removed and reactivated. Those located within the same room as SCP-2297 are not concerned with the effects of change in temperature and environment, and do not believe themselves to be in any danger.\nThe messages and their corresponding effects documented thus far can be found in Addendum-2297-1.\nSCP-2297 only affects the specific room in which it was activated. SCP-2297 appears to self-define a \"room\" as any area that is enclosed by walls, a floor, a ceiling, and a distinct structural element dividing the room from the rest of the structure. These \"divisions\" can range from doorways to a change in elevation such as a flight of stairs or a ladder. Repeated testing in a singular room setup yielded many different results and led to the conclusion that SCP-2297 determines for itself what is and what is not a room. SCP-2297 also recognizes if it has been placed in an outdoor area, and will not activate when placed outside. Further testing in this environment is low-priority due to the many precautions necessary for such a potentially dangerous experiment.\nSCP-2297 was recovered at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 after the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Conference, an event notable for being a gathering of scientists dedicated to the preservation of the environment. An agent embedded within the local police force notified the Foundation of the presence of anomalous activity after being dispatched to the scene of the incident. All \u2588\u2588\u2588 attendees of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Conference were found dead in conference room 417. The cause of deaths were initially labeled as respiratory failure from smoke inhalation and/or self-immolation, but were later determined to be immolation by SCP-2297. Although SCP-2297 has some notable cognitive abilities based on previously conducted research, it does not seem to have any reason for or predictable order in which it carries out its anomalous abilities at this time.\n\n+ Addendum 2297-1\n\n- Addendum-2297-1\n\nMessage: FIRE IS NORMAL\nEffect: The average temperature of the room increased from 23 degrees Celsius to 1113 degrees Celsius over a period of 4 minutes.\nResults: A singular D-Class subject indicated no signs of discomfort or pain as his body was burning. He did not display any symptoms of respiratory distress or succumb to respiratory failure before expiring from fire-related injuries despite the room having purposefully inadequate ventilation.\n\nMessage: ICE IS NORMAL\nEffect: The average temperature of the room decreased from 23 degrees Celsius to -195 degrees Celsius over a period of 4 minutes.\nResults: A singular D-Class subject reported no changes in movement capabilities, temperature, or comfort for the entire duration of the test. Three D-Class personnel responded similarly, the only difference of note being that the D-Class huddled together for warmth in what would be the final stages of profound hypothermia, despite all D-Class claiming otherwise. All test subjects survived testing due to the short exposure time, as predicted.\n\nMessage: NOTHING IS NORMAL\nEffect: The average temperature of the room increased from 23 degrees Celsius to 36 degrees Celsius over a period of 4 minutes.\nResults: Testing was inconclusive. Repeated testing has resulted in subjects who claim to be either melting, freezing, or simply dying. A test conducted with several D-Class in the same room results in each subject reporting a different temperature and condition. Despite their claims the D-Class were never observed to be suffering from any of the described conditions and were fine once removed from the testing room. Evaluation to determine whether or not the \"simulated\" pain inflicted will have long-term psychological effects on the D-Class is still underway.\n\nMessage: HEIGHT IS NORMAL\nEffect: The average air pressure of the room decreased from 100 kPa to 20 kPa over a period of 4 minutes. Air inside the room condenses, producing a fine mist inside the test chamber.\nResults: Researchers noted increased heart rates and lower blood circulation in the D-Class subjects; a post-test autopsy on one subject revealed a severe accumulation of fluids in the lungs. Despite this, all D-Class continued to report that they \"feel fine\" during testing and none succumbed to the effects of the lowered air pressure until after leaving the testing room.\n\nMessage: WATER IS NORMAL\nEffect: The specific humidity of the room increased from an average of 7.6205 g/kg (44%) to a specific humidity of 37.434 g/kg (214%) over a period of 4 minutes.\nResults: All D-Class tested were observed to have difficulty breathing, with two of the D-Class hyperventilating mid-test. Despite the observed hyperventilation, both D-Class were able to interact and communicate with other D-Class in the test chamber. When researchers requested a response from the affected D-Class they either refused to communicate or were incapable of doing so.\n\nMessage: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 IS NORMAL\nEffect: The environment of the room changed from a controlled temperature of 23 degrees Celsius, consistent air pressure and humidity to one of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, with averages of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588. Of note were the runic markings that appeared on the floor and ceiling, as well as the coating of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 that formed on the walls of the test chamber.\nResults: [EXPUNGED], with all D-Class quoting numerous related texts found in Divine Comedy. After 4 minutes of continued \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, all D-Class underwent a Type \u03a3-04 planar shift. All D-Class personnel involved are to be considered lost and unrecoverable. Research into what caused these results, and if they can be replicated for further study, is ongoing.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2296 | SCP-2297 | SCP-2298 \u00bb"}
{"text": "One instance of SCP-2298-1.\n\nItem #: SCP-2298\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The shed housing SCP-2298 is to be relocated to Site-162's Euclid Wing. The containment chamber is to be monitored via security cameras and motion detectors which, when triggered, will automatically set off a medium threat level alarm. Motion detectors must be turned off remotely prior to entering the containment chamber.\nRoutine surveys of SCP-2298 are to be conducted on a bi-weekly basis, and any significant changes in behavior of SCP-2298-1 instances is to be reported.\nDescription: SCP-2298 is a city block which occupies the confines of a small shed in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Italy. The exterior of the shed, constructed of concrete, wood, and plaster, has a length of 3 m and a width of 2.4 m. As one enters the shed, they will find themselves exiting a building within SCP-2298. The block in question consists of two roads (Planck Ave and Luminol Rd) which intersect at the center of the block, and 14 buildings of varying sizes and purposes. These include apartments, retail stores, a small supermarket, post office, and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. All materials1 in SCP-2298 are composed of plastic, rubber, latex, and/or resins.\nSCP-2298 covers a space of 94 m2, and appears to be \"boxed in\", as the edges of the city block lead to solid plastic walls painted to look like a skyline. Further analysis reveals that the sky directly above SCP-2298 is also a ceiling placed 2 km above ground level. When SCP-2298 is devoid of human activity, the sky has been noted to change based on the time of day.\nSCP-2298-1 instances designate the 37 sentient polyester resin mannequins which inhabit SCP-2298. SCP-2298-1 instances do not appear animate while humans or any recording devices are inside SCP-2298, but will change location at unknown intervals when the city is unobserved. The mannequins display only a vague awareness of human intervention within the city block (See Addendum). It is theorized that when the city is observed, time within SCP-2298 is paused2.\nLong term study of SCP-2298 and SCP-2298-1 instances have shown patterns within individual mannequin behavior, suggesting that each one has a unique personality and even interpersonal relationships.\nAddendum 2298a: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, contact with SCP-2298-1 instances was attempted through a survey by the Foundation front company S&C Plastics. Twenty-six copies of the survey were delivered; text is below.\n\nHi. We're a research team at S&C Plastics conducting a product survey. We would greatly appreciate it if you answered our questions and returned this letter to your local post office. Doing so will allow us to provide a better experience with our products, and give you as the consumer more value with every purchase.\nQuestion 1: What is your full name?\nQuestion 2: Are you male or female?\nQuestion 3: How old are you?\nQuestion 4: Have you ever heard of S&C Plastics?\nQuestion 5: Would you consider buying S&C Plastics products in the near future?\nQuestion 6: What is your current town of residence?\nQuestion 7: On a rate from 1 to 10, how well do you rate your reaction to change?\nQuestion 8: Do you believe in the paranormal? Please explain why or why not.\n\nOnly 3 of the 26 SCP-2298-1's filled out the survey and returned it to the post office. Upon collection, the surveys had changed from paper sheets to plastic ones. Transcripts of them can be found below:\n\nSurvey 2298-1-12\n\nhide\n\nQuestion 1: What is your full name? A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nQuestion 2: Are you male or female? male\nQuestion 3: How old are you? 26\nQuestion 4: Have you ever heard of S&C Plastics? Nope, never.\nQuestion 5: Would you consider buying S&C Plastics products in the near future? Probably not.\nQuestion 6: What is your town of residence? \u2588\u2588\u2588, NH, USA.\nQuestion 7: On a rate from 1 to 10, how well do you rate your reaction to change? 6.5\nQuestion 8: Do you believe in the paranormal? Please explain why or why not. Yes. There was this one time a few years ago when everything in my friends house got moved around during the night. Spooky stuff.\n\nSurvey 2298-1-22\n\nhide\n\nQuestion 1: What is your full name? E\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\nQuestion 2: Are you male or female? Female.\nQuestion 3: How old are you? 38\nQuestion 4: Have you ever heard of S&C Plastics? No.\nQuestion 5: Would you consider buying S&C Plastics products in the near future? Maybe?? I'm not really sure what you make.\nQuestion 6: What is your current town of residence? It's \u2588\u2588\u2588, New Hampshire.\nQuestion 7: On a rate from 1 to 10, how well do you rate your reaction to change? 2\nQuestion 8: Do you believe in the paranormal? Please explain why or why not. Yup. It kinda feels like everyone in town has a story about how something weird and unexplainable has happened to them.\n\nSurvey 2298-1-36\n\nhide\n\nQuestion 1: What is your full name? Not comfortable sharing this with you.\nQuestion 2: Are you male or female? Male.\nQuestion 3: How old are you? 43\nQuestion 4: Have you ever heard of S&C Plastics? Yes. Nice acronym, btw.\nQuestion 5: Would you consider buying S&C Plastics products in the near future? No, \u2018cause that company doesn't exist. Of course, we both already know that, don't we?\nQuestion 6: What is your current town of residence? \u2588\u2588\u2588, NH. Why do you need to know?\nQuestion 7: On a rate from 1 to 10, how well do you rate your reaction to change? depends on the kind.\nQuestion 8: Do you believe in the paranormal? Please explain why or why not. The door opens both ways.\n\nFollowing this, Containment Procedures were heavily revised.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Including both organic substances such as food, and technology such as personal computers.\n2. Relative to instances of SCP-2298-1. SCP-2298 and instances of SCP-2298-1 appear frozen in place, but time does not actually stop.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2297 | SCP-2298 | SCP-2299 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\nEat more of my SCPs. Eat them all.\nAlso please eat some of these\n\nAnabasis Hub Probably the greatest story involving a pair of redheaded siblings whose infighting causes the end of the world\nManna Charitable Foundation 2000 The sequel to the above, collaborationed with Dr Reach\nThe Stuff Industry What happens when everyone around you at work is a complete idiot and so are you, but not only does no one get fired, but you actually turn a profit? I don't know, some stuff.\nWhen MCF and Stuff happen A fun story of incompetence\n\n\n4/2299 LEVEL 4/2299\nCLASSIFIED\n\nItem #: SCP-2299\nObject Class: Keter\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All cases of SCP-2299 infection are to be contained at Site-116, formerly the town of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Washington. The town and all its residents are to be confined on-site, and all births and deaths are to be noted by on-site personnel. Should affected individuals make an attempt to approach Foundation personnel for any reason, they are to be turned away immediately. Personnel are not allowed to engage any affected individuals in any extended conversation. New additions are to be integrated in groups of four or more to ensure safety in the event of community rejection.\nMTF Upsilon-51 (\"Red Hand\") is to be dispatched to any incident of SCP-2299 and must consist of at least 3 separate teams alternating on active duty, to maintain a perpetual state of high alert. All social media outlets and digital forums including clear communication between users typing incoherent text should be noted and investigated. Any significant reports of large-scale violence atypical for the region or reporting unusual communication should be investigated as a potential outbreak.\nExtreme caution must be maintained, as confirmed instances of SCP-2299 are fully aware of outside observation and will take extreme measures to evade capture. If an individual is known to have been infected within a 24-hour period, they are to undergo Class-A amnestic treatment as quickly as possible. Cases that have persisted untreated for more than 30 hours are to be restrained and terminated if necessary. All remains are to be incinerated, including personal effects and clothing.\nDescription: SCP-2299 is an unknown phenomenon which occurs seemingly at random, targeting groups of people between 4 and 600,000 in number. Over the course of 30-36 hours SCP-2299 significantly alters the host's mental faculties, causing damage to the hippocampus1, the ventromedial prefrontal cortex2, and an overall reduction in function of the frontal lobe.\nAffected individuals typically suffer severe mental degradation and physical damage consistent with traumatic encephalopathy. The most consistent symptoms exhibited by the host have been restricted blood flow to the anterior cingulate cortex3 and an increase in size and blood flow to the amygdala. The most prominent signs involve affected individuals holding fluid conversation despite suffering from severe aphasia. When manifesting digitally, individuals display severe grammatical errors and incoherent text indicative of improper hand placement while typing.\nPrior to SCP-2299's apparition, individuals have described a 30-40 second period of sensory overload during which the individuals are said to feel momentarily panic-stricken, while having a very strong taste of blood or metal. Following this, SCP-2299's brain-altering effects begin to take place, accompanied by a strong odor of ammonia or formaldehyde, lasting up to two days following affliction.\nDiscovery: SCP-2299 was first detected in the town of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Washington, where residents reported witnessing what was described as a \"giant ghostly octopus\" encompassing much of the sky for 10-15 minutes. Photographs taken by the residents show the anomaly to be indistinct, but apparently resembling a disembodied spinal column, with the vertebrae extending into tendrils. Doppler radar did not detect anything unusual in the region beyond a brief spike in humidity which had begun to dissipate when the reported event occurred.\nThe incident itself was connected to SCP-2299 when outbreaks matching the observed events in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 occurred in \u2588 separate cities, preceded by the sudden apparition of the image in the sky.\nInterviews with affected individuals indicate most have never witnessed the event, while those who have describe it as having appeared and disappeared within a fraction of a second. Thus far, only the first reported sighting of the apparition has remained longer than a fraction of a second.\nMethod of Action: Persons infected by SCP-2299 typically go through five discernible stages of \"infection.\"\n\n6-20 minutes: Subjects begin to display symptoms such as poor motor control, trembling, sporadic instances of short-term memory loss, confabulation4, hypoxia, and in rare instances, potentially fatal temporal lobe epilepsy. Subjects are highly uncomfortable discussing their symptoms with anyone but close friends or family members.\n\n1-4 hours: Subjects will begin to experience spikes in blood flow to the amygdala, prompting abnormal growth of the amygdala, a process which has proven fatal in 1-2% of those infected. Further damage occurs to the anterior cingulate cortex, inducing a state of greatly exaggerated fear, anxiety, and paranoia. Subjects at this stage begin to seek out others, engaging either in like-minded discussion or arguments.\n\n4-6 hours: Adrenaline and dopamine flow is stimulated when the subject engages in a series of actions or activities which lead to violent encounters with others. Affected individuals begin to identify one another via shared symptoms and begin to cooperate with one another in committing violent acts usually directed against others who are not affected, although affected individuals have been noted assaulting one another.\n\n6-15 hours: Affected individuals taking part in larger groups will begin pushing for an escalation of violence against individuals not affected by SCP-2299. Subjects at this point tend to withdraw completely from friends and family members who are not affected. Those who remain in contact tend to steer all conversations towards socio-economic, political, and religious topics, or more often topics involving a supposedly hypothetical \"invasion\" by \"trans-dimensional\" humans.\n\n15-30 hours: Organized groups consisting of infected individuals tend towards more coordinated and organized acts of violence, including small acts of terrorism and rituals involving imitations of cannibalism. Groups will systematically single out unaffected individuals and subject them either to \"liquidation\" or \"rectification\", the former being a ritualized execution, the latter an apparent attempt to \"spread\" the condition via complete blood transfusion with several of the affected.\n\nAfter 30-36 hours, further alterations of the affected individual's brain caused by SCP-2299 cease. Adrenaline and dopamine levels stabilize, allowing for more complex thought and calculations. At this point, the affected individual appears to function normally within their community and in most cases is indistinguishable from an unaffected individual.\nObservation Log: An outbreak of SCP-2299 was reported in the town of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, some \u2588\u2588 km from its reported point of origin, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Washington. Foundation personnel moved in to contain the site within 2 and a half hours of first report. Agents and Class-D personnel in various disguises were dispatched to the town to engage in conversation with affected personnel in 2-hour patrol intervals. All involved personnel were instructed not to contradict or antagonize the affected townspeople.\n\nTimestamp\nRecorded Incidents\n\n16:40\nPersonnel arrive on-site and enter a local bar. Subjects within are engaged in excited conversation of a political nature. Remarks contain a strong misogynistic leaning, with certain politicians denigrated for being \"pussy-whipped\", regardless of political party. D-Class are invited to participate in conversation. Cameras note several instances of spilled drinks and dropped glasses, as most individuals have their hands trembling and are blinking rapidly. Conversation briefly halted as one individual suffers an epileptic seizure and is taken to the local clinic. Someone remarks that the victim must have been \"an eight\" or \"an ape.\"\n\n18:00\nPersonnel witness a man arguing with young woman in the street. The topic appears to involve the merits of grapes over saline capsules. Most individuals flee the scene, while a sizable group of men arrive and take up the argument, disseminating it along largely socio-economic lines. Another group, consisting largely of older men and women, begin to assault the others. All groups disband following arrival of police.\n\n19:34\nTwo females are included in D-Class group. Few of the subjects make note of them unless directly confronted. Conversations in the street begin to take on a strong nationalistic tone, while others explicitly involve the romanticizing of \"Civil War genitals\". Personnel are approached by a man and a woman asking if they saw someone \"smiling too much, like a shark.\" The affected individuals express disbelief at the negative response, and dismiss the D-Class as \"blind idiots.\"\n\n23:11\nMost of the residents are awake, as police officers arrest several individuals near the town square. An angry mob is protesting, and violence escalates as rocks and beer bottles are flung at the officers. Shots are fired, and D-Class personnel flee the scene. As they depart, they are stopped by a man armed with a shotgun, who addresses the personnel (including accompanying female agent) as \"Harold\", a close friend of the subject. Subject does not distinguish between personnel, and invites the four \"Harolds\" over for breakfast in the morning. Personnel respectfully decline, and depart without further incident.\n\n08:08\nPersonnel find several houses boarded up, with police officers patrolling streets near the local bar with marked frequency. Several armed men sit outside the bar, apparently keeping watch. Within, the billiards area had been cleared out, allowing for bare-chested men and women to participate in impromptu bare-knuckle boxing matches. Many of the men and women have not left the bar since the day before.\n\n10:30\nPolice maintain a heavy presence near the bar, although the armed men have disappeared. Personnel enter the bar, and find everyone within calm and collected. In groups of two, the men slowly begin to leave the bar, heading out the back exit. Personnel exit the bar, and are briefly accosted by local police. Officers release the D-Class after identifying them as out-of-towners. Personnel note the officers are highly agitated and trembling noticeably.\n\n10:50\nOfficers begin to surround and enter the bar. A bomb is detonated moments later, killing many of the officers and collapsing the small building. Personnel flee the scene.\n\n11:00\nMuch of the male populace (along with sporadic females) of the town emerges from their homes fully armed. Questioned by personnel, they state they are \"going hunting\" and head towards the western outskirts of the town. Many individuals have blood or dye coating their right hands in an apparently ritualistic fashion.\n\n11:32\nPersonnel station themselves on the roof of a house near the outskirts of town. Subjects are witnessed \"hunting\" the female population whom they have apparently herded into a 500-acre region of the town.\n\n11:45\nObservation is ended and town placed under quarantine\n\nAffected individuals have proven resilient to interrogation attempts, often necessitating 10-18 hours of uninterrupted dialogue by skilled interrogators in order to ascertain relevant information. From such interrogations, it has been determined that the affected individuals may be faintly aware of the existence of SCP-2299 as a physical affliction, with some regarding it as a minor nuisance and others as a vital \"supplement.\" The sole consistent factor between affected individuals apparently aware of SCP-2299 has been in associating it and those affected by it with the number 9.\nA single interview log has been retained due to potential relevancy in discerning the nature of SCP-2299.\n\nInterview Log\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nInterviewed: [V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Madsen, former resident of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Washington]\nInterviewer: [Dr. Anna Sobotka]\n\n<Log skips ahead by 22 minutes>\nDr. Sobotka: To repeat, you're well aware of this\u2014\nMr. Madsen: Cephalensis-9\nDr. Sobotka: How did you become aware of it?\nMr. Madsen: Pretty easy. Everyone was outside looking at the big tentacle cloud, taking pictures. I didn't care, I was just out for a smoke. Suddenly I'm getting chills and shaking, then everyone else in town starts up. Head to the clinic and it's damn near empty. The doctor says I'm fine, but I see his hands are trembling and he's struggling to write. So I start up a casual conversation with him and lo and behold, we start getting pretty friendly. Turns out we got a lot in common.\nDr. Sobotka: What sort of things did you have in common?\nMr. Madsen: Just things\u2026 Ways of thinking, that sort of thing.\nDr. Sobotka: What about the name, \"Cephalensis-9\"? Where did that come from?\nMr. Madsen: Are you east European, Ms. Sobotka? \"Sobotka\"\u2026 sounds Polish, I think.\nDr. Sobotka: I am of Polish descent, yes.\nMr. Madsen: Weird\u2026 you don't really look too Polish.\nDr. Sobotka: What?\nMr. Madsen: Are you sure your parents were pure Polish? You've got some decidedly non-European features to you. Might be a bit of miscegenation in your line.\nDr. Sobotka: The name, please, Mr. Madsen.\nMr. Madsen: Just sounded right. It was like word association\u2014hear a word, say the first thing that pops into your head. Every time I thought about the thing, I got words like \"cephalus\" popping in my head. Then it morphed to \"Cephalensis\" so I started calling it that and it stuck. I rather like it. The \"9\" part, well\u2026 makes it sound more refined that way, you know? Like Cephalensis-1 through 8 just weren't good enough, but Cephalensis-9 came out just right.\nDr. Sobotka: You said earlier that you noticed a sharp increase in violent discussions amongst your neighbors, am I right?\nMr. Madsen: Some chattering, nothing serious. Had some very enlightening discussions on Zionism with them. It was nice to have a receptive audience for once. Too many Americans just refuse to hear the truth.\nDr. Sobotka: At what point did it escalate into violence?\nMr. Madsen: Do you know what truth I'm talking about, Anna? Why does such a small ethnic group wield such a disproportionate amount of political power and influence? Have you ever wondered why Zionism got so much traction in the West?\nDr. Sobotka: Please stay focused, Mr. Madsen.\nMr. Madsen: Took barely two hours. Guys start polishing their guns, gathering up empty beer bottles, taking spare tanks to the gas stations. \"Just in case\" they all said with a smile.\nDr. Sobotka: Were you doing the same?\nMr. Madsen: No. I don't even own a gun.\nDr. Sobotka: Were you directly involved in that led to the rioting in front of [REDACTED] High School?\nMr. Madsen: I didn't hurt anyone.\nDr. Sobotka: None of the individuals affected by Cephalensis-9 we've encountered have displayed any anti-Semitic tendencies. They had quite a lot to say about us \"uninfected\", however. Are you sure you had such a receptive audience?\nMr. Madsen: What, you expect them to be vocal about it? Howling \"[EXPLETIVE]\" in the streets and all?\nDr. Sobotka: It doesn't seem logical to keep quiet about wanting to kill Jews but have no problem threatening to kill anyone not like them, Jew or not.\nMr. Madsen: You think we all got infected by some \"crazy mutant virus\" that's turning us all into racist zombies attacking and killing each other.\nDr. Sobotka: What really prompted the riot?\nMr. Madsen: Concerned citizens worried about the state of their community.\nDr. Sobotka: From what I've read, your community is among the best in the state. Very low crime, plenty of decent, hardworking people all getting along just fine. No major complaints about the mayor or the local police, no neighborly feuds escalating into dramatic confrontations or brawls in the street. Why start now?\nMr. Madsen: You know what vaccines are, right? Vaccines were made to make us stronger. And the way you overcome a sickness is by being exposed to that sickness, just a bit, so our immune system can take a peek and figure out just how best to handle it. It hurts for a bit, yeah, but in the long run, it helps us. Prepares us for future battle with that illness, so we can survive.\nDr. Sobotka: Cephalensis is like a vaccine, then?\nMr. Madsen: Yes. It's\u2026 helping us. It sees we can't properly function, so it comes down like the hand of God and giving us a push in the right direction.\nDr. Sobotka: That's like a vaccine?\nMr. Madsen: Shit. Sorry, that's not how vaccines work. More like\u2026 a bit of artificial selection. Give us a quick little boost.\nDr. Sobotka: Why is an alien influence making people kill each other a \"boost\"?\nMr. Madsen: I didn't say \"alien.\"\nDr. Sobotka: Then what is it for?\nMr. Madsen: I already told you. Someone clearly screwed up, is all.\nDr. Sobotka: Who screwed up?\nMr. Madsen: What ever god or government engineered it, obviously. Going back to the original topic a bit, how do you suppose such a tiny group of people gain an ungodly level of power and influence over so many others?\nDr. Sobotka: I really can't go on discussing this with you, Mr. Madsen.\nMr. Madsen: Doesn't have to be Zionists, could easily be Christians in a non-Christian land, immigrants\u2026 any group of minorities who refuse to recognize they are the minority, and refuse to integrate into a society that generously accepts them and lets them be who they are. Instead, they're insular, and they keep themselves walled off from everyone not like them. They devote their entire lives to \"the tribe\", or \"tribes.\" They think they're being persecuted and they act accordingly. There's nothing wrong with borrowing from them, adapting their \"my tribe\" mentality for the majority.\nDr. Sobotka: Right now, Mr. Madsen, you and others like you are not the majority. You've all suffered significant brain damage from whatever this affliction was and it's over now.\nMr. Madsen: Sure. Of course it is.\nDr. Sobotka: Thank you for your time, Mr. Madsen.\nMr. Madsen: Whatever\u2026\n<Note: Despite the allegations of Mr. Madsen, it is very unlikely any of his ideological rhetoric played a role in either triggering or exacerbating the outbreaks of violence among the affected individuals. Mr. Madsen's retention of his pre-existing prejudices may be purely incidental alongside the effects of SCP-2299.>\n<End Log>\n\nNote: Based upon the subject's responses and questions, a working theory has emerged that SCP-2299 may not have been intended as a destructive anomalous effect, but mis-engineered or otherwise unintended for human physiology.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Portion of the brain responsible for spatial recognition and navigation, as well as the formation of new memories\n2. Responsible for processing fear and risk, as well as regulating emotions\n3. Portion of the brain responsible for rational decision-making, empathy, and impulse control.\n4. The interpretation of fictional events as real memories\n\n\u00ab SCP-2298 | SCP-2299 | SCP-2300 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2300-26\n\nItem #: SCP-2300\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2300 instances are currently individually contained within specially-designed containment units within Site \u2588\u2588. Containment units must not match the composition of the SCP-2300 instance they contain and must be resistant to damage caused by the contained instance's three states of matter. Radioactive instances of SCP-2300 are to be placed in a separate containment area with appropriate shielding. At no point should any instance of SCP-2300 and SCP-2046 be kept within the same facility.\nDescription: SCP-2300 is the collective designation for a series of 98 miniature humanoid figures. Each instance is composed of a single chemical element, and is marked with their respective atomic number on the crown of their heads. Individual SCP-2300 are designated to match this marking. SCP-2300 are solid at all times regardless of the atmospheric pressure and temperature, and exhibit the normal properties of the respective element when in a solid state. However, SCP-2300 can be physically damaged, and separated material is subject to normal melting, freezing, and boiling points. SCP-2300 are able to consume any and all matter, allowing them to regenerate sustained damages if necessary. Material not matching the instance will be ejected from the mouth orifice as a solid mass several minutes later, which will often be passed on to other SCP-2300 to consume.\nSCP-2300 are sapient and display varying degrees of intelligence, with SCP-2300 composed of elements with a lower density typically displaying greater intelligence. SCP-2300 often group together with others within their elemental period. While incapable of verbal speech1, SCP-2300 comprehend both verbal and written English. Interviews staged with writing implements reveal that SCP-2300 consider SCP-2300-2, -10, -18, -36, -54, and -86 to be of nobility, each ruling over the elemental period they are in. SCP-2300-2, considered the highest noble and by extension ruler over the first six periods, often defers to SCP-2300-1 as -1 appears to be the most intelligent of SCP-2300 (with a Foundation Intelligence Quotient of 132). SCP-2300-87 to -98 do not follow this monarchy, instead taking part in a monastic order following the teachings of SCP-2300-1 directly. Testing reveals that while these instances meditate, they are not subject to radioactive decay, and it is hypothesized that other radioactive instances are also capable of this should they join the monastic order.\nSCP-2300 often damage themselves to create tools from their bodies to carry out given tasks, sometimes altering themselves so severely that their entire body is a tool for other SCP-2300 to use, thus necessitating other SCP-2300 to force feed them to instigate regeneration. Should the mouth be damaged in a way that prevents typical regeneration, SCP-2300 will attempt to anomalously build a replacement from the leftover material. Newly created instances possess no knowledge of their former self, and must be instructed by other SCP-2300 about their culture and situation.\nMost SCP-2300 activity is dedicated to the creation of art, which often possess anomalous properties. Despite SCP-2300 normally segregating themselves into small groups, they will often hold gatherings in the form of a gallery. However, there appears to be no preliminary process to what can be in any given gallery, meaning less experienced SCP-2300 are capable of showcasing material deemed unsatisfactory to a majority of their more experienced peers. While works that are universally viewed as poor are often removed from galleries within a small time-frame, some are left on display due to the approval of the high number of less experienced SCP-2300.\nProposals to use instances of SCP-2300 as means of isolating anomalous elements from other materials, including SCP-148, are currently pending review.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The transmission of communication between SCP-2300 is currently unknown.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2299 | SCP-2300 | SCP-2301 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More articles by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-2006\n\nSCP-2950\n\nSCP-2599\n\nSCP-2800\n\nSCP-3200\n\nSCP-4007\n\nSCP-2750\n\nSCP-2201\n\nSCP-2101\n\nSCP-2050\n\nSCP-2440\n\nSCP-2301\n\nSCP-1842\n\nSCP-2012\n\nSCP-1644\n\nSCP-2499\n\nSCP-2775\n\nSCP-2925\n\nSCP-1758\n\nSCP-7030\n\nSCP-972\n\nSCP-314-J\n\nSCP-2625\n\nSCP-2588\n\nSCP-6030\n\nSCP-5725\n\nSCP-2896\n\nSCP-5975\n\n+ All Tales by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nThe Meaning of Fear\n\nRight?\n\nThe Tinkerer\n\nAfter The End\n\nSpirit Dust\n\nLeisure Time\n\nMission Accomplished\n\nA Broken Tool\n\nThe Space Soldier\n\nOf Meetings and Meals\n\nTrip Hammer\n\nEulogies\n\nAll Work and No Play\n\nAnother Day On The Job\n\nUnveiling\n\nConferencing\n\n+ GOI formats by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nUIU File: 2017-003\n\nUIU File: 1933-001\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nUnusual Incidents Unit Hub\nDrewbear, CryogenChaos\n\nProject Palisade, 001 Proposal\nthedeadlymoose, Drewbear, and Dexanote\n\nTKO\nthedeadlymoose and Drewbear\n\nSCP-5050-EX\nCityToast\n\nCompetitive Teleology\nRiemann\n\nSCP-5882\nRiemann\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2301\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Provisional Containment Zone Delta-3 has been constructed surrounding SCP-2301's manifestation area. At any given time, no fewer than 2 containment teams (designated Alpha and Beta) must be present, with a third relief team on active standby.\nAlpha Team is to be equipped with period-accurate 15th-century Japanese lamellar armor, and a full set of period-accurate weapons commonly used by the samurai class of feudal Japan. In addition, each containment team member is to receive extensive training in traditional kabuki acting, along with classes in basic Japanese mythology, and Shintoism.\nBeta Team is to be equipped with period-accurate 15th-century Gothic plate armor, and a full set of period-accurate weapons commonly used by the knights of feudal Germany. In addition, each containment team member is to receive extensive training in European theater arts, along with classes in Medieval texts concerning dragons.\nDuring a manifestation event, all personnel must remain in character at all times. Once SCP-2301 is terminated, all personnel must remain in character until all components of SCP-2301 have decayed. Should SCP-2301 manifest in a different form, the standby team will be mobilized to determine the method in which SCP-2301 should be confronted. D-class personnel will be used to distract SCP-2301 from approaching a population center until a solution can be found.\nDescription: SCP-2301 is a hostile metamorphic entity that manifests in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 every month, and takes the form of various antagonists from different fables, plays, or legends, notably that of Japanese and European origin.\nSCP-2301 cannot be damaged unless it perceives its attackers to correctly be those that would defeat such a character in the legend or play in which it would be found. Therefore, should SCP-2301 manifest as a European-style dragon, it can only be harmed by those that it perceives to be Medieval knights. This also applies to containing SCP-2301, in that modern containment procedures such as reinforced Keter-class Hostile Anomaly chambers can easily be destroyed or bypassed by SCP-2301. SCP-2301 can also, given enough time, destroy period-accurate containment, such as chains or cages.\nSCP-2301 will remain in character as the particular antagonist that it has manifested as for the duration of an event. It is critical that personnel remain in character, and exchange dialogue with SCP-2301 while in combat with the entity, due to the fact that SCP-2301 will not accept individuals that it perceives as \u201cnot playing the role\u201d to its satisfaction. Once SCP-2301 determines an individual to be insufficiently in character, said individual will be unable to harm SCP-2301 for the duration of the manifestation event.\nA manifestation event ends when SCP-2301 has been sufficiently damaged to the point at which it can no longer function, causing SCP-2301's body to rapidly decompose. Should one of the individuals that participated in terminating SCP-2301 fail to remain in character until the body has fully decomposed, SCP-2301 will re-manifest.\nActive containment personnel have reported that SCP-2301 is incredibly durable and lethal. SCP-2301 possesses all of the capabilities of the character that it chooses to represent in a particular manifestation event, and similarly possesses the same weaknesses.\nSCP-2301 originally manifested only as a character from Japanese folklore. However, beginning on the date of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-2301 began to manifest as creatures from Medieval European mythology. Currently, SCP-2301's limits in replicating characters from other cultures is unknown.\nSCP-2301 most commonly manifests as a Japanese Oni, a type of demon that wields a kanab\u014d1 in combat. Said creature is noted as \u201cincredibly strong\u201d in various myths and legends, and is also described as a humanoid entity possessing horns, claws, and blue or red skin-coloration. SCP-2301 is roughly 2 meters in height in this form, and has been demonstrated as strong enough to fully collapse a human chest protected by lamellar armor with its kanab\u014d.\nSCP-2301 second most commonly manifests as a European dragon. In this form, SCP-2301 possesses two winged forelimbs with a wingspan of 25 meters, and two clawed hindlimbs. SCP-2301 is roughly 7 meters tall in this form, and is capable of producing fire in excess of 1000\u00b0 C from within its throat, through an as of yet unknown mechanism.\nSCP-2301's purpose during a manifestation event is currently understood to be of complete inimity towards all human life. SCP-2301 has been demonstrated to immediately attempt to navigate towards the largest population center available, and will attempt to kill any human that it encounters. Despite this, SCP-2301 possesses a superb grasp of human culture, specifically Germanic and Japanese history, languages, literature, and mythology. SCP-2301's origin, or method of acquiring this information is currently unknown.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A type of long Japanese club\n\n\u00ab SCP-2300 | SCP-2301 | SCP-2302 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2302\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2302 has been detached from the ceiling, and stored in a low-value containment safe, equipped with surge-protected audio inputs, at Site-54 storage. Before any interviews begin, the safe is to be moved to a small containment chamber.\nBefore SCP-2302-1 begins communication, all personnel should evacuate the entire building save for the one communicating D-Class given a list of pre-written questions. It is now considered an unnecessary security risk to send researchers into the building (see Interviews 4a and 4b). The D-Class is to be accompanied by nine realistic dummies dressed as members of the Foundation staff. All interviews are to be recorded by cameras and microphones placed around the chamber temporarily containing the safe. Interviews must be regularly conducted, but the D-Class interviewer is required to give short, terse questions, and end the interview quickly.\nFollowing the interview, a janitorial crew is to mop up the chamber, and two Level 2 staff are to transfer the safe back to storage.\nDescription: SCP-2302 is an overhead loudspeaker originally installed in the East Science Lab of Site-54. Examination of the internal components of SCP-2302 indicates no anomalous technological modifications. However, SCP-2302 is not connected, and cannot be connected, to the main Bose brand intercom located in the main office. It is instead connected to an unknown location, through which a Class II reality-warping entity has access. It is unknown how this entity gained initial access to the loudspeaker.\nThis entity, designated SCP-2302-1, presents vocally as a pre-pubescent male child of indeterminate age. Once a week at 12:33 UTC, it will attempt to communicate with Foundation personnel on a wide variety of subjects despite an incoherence to its speech. While its demeanor can be placid, it is unknown if it intends hostility. SCP-2302-1 can be communicated with by connecting SCP-2302 to a microphone. Audio input from the Foundation appears to be broadcast in SCP-2302-1's location.\nAnalysis of the audio from SCP-2302 indicates that SCP-2302-1 is playing some form of electronic music characterized by cascading synthesized notes and deep booming noises. The music matches none recorded by any artist. This music contains an unknown mild cognitohazard, inducing temporary symptoms in 45% of listeners of scopophobia, the fear of being seen; psychophobia, the fear of the mind and intelligence; and lachanophobia, the fear of vegetables, specifically potato chips.\nFollowing the conclusion of the interview, one random member of staff at Site-54 present within the building will rapidly melt into a substance identical to human vomit. This process also applies to inanimate representations of a staff member.\nAddendum: Selected Interviews with SCP-2302.\nInterview 4a:\n\nResearcher Kelvin: Do you know where you are?\nSCP-2302-1: The puppet show is moving, Doctor Mommy! I am green and small with little beady eyes, but I'm also not. Let's talk about snowflakes! (There is a cascade of synthesized notes in the background.)\nResearcher Kelvin: Um, what do you mean by snowflakes?\nSCP-2302-1: They're great! They're small and white like paper beads and they fall from the sky in big clumps even when all the stars are out. Where I live the city is black and the sky is purple and it's full of stars! I love the stars almost as much as I love the snowflakes! I am in the puppet show. You can't move! (There is a second cascade of notes.)\nResearcher Kelvin: Are you in a city right now?\nSCP-2302-1: No. There's many things you can do with snowflakes! Doctor Mommy, I wanna go to the grocery store and get donuts! And then we can use the snowflakes to make new people. We can make very new people, Doctor Mommy! I don't want any game plans, I just want to wake up. We want to rub your body on the bathtub but the shampoo keeps getting in your eyes.\nResearcher Kelvin: Um. Okay. Can you elaborate on what you mean, at all?\nSCP-2302-1: There's a big storm coming in against the wide purple sky. Covering the stars, Doctor Mommy. Covering the stars with sleepy rain and thunder. (There is a booming noise.) I'm scared, Doctor Mommy! I'm scared!\nResearcher Kelvin: It's okay, It's okay! I'm here. Everything's going to be okay!\nSCP-2302-1: You're wrong. Why crawl inside you when you aren't even real. Why, you could be just another you! Made of throw-up.\n(SCP-2302 shuts off. Researcher Kelvin promptly melts into vomit instead of the dummies)\n\nInterview 4b:\n\nResearcher Ferres: Did you have any hostile intent towards Researcher Kelvin?\nSCP-2302-1: I am from the smokestack at the top of the tall street with the houses and the trees and the road goes to the blue mountain by the deep canyon.\nResearcher Ferres: That is not an answer. Can you please explain why you transmute people to digestive fluid following these conversations?\nSCP-2302-1: The thunder! The thunder! The thunder! The thunder! The thunder! The thunder! The thunder! The thunder! The thunder! The thunder!\nResearcher Ferres: Please answer my question. Are you actively hostile towards the Foundation? Do you even understand what the Foundation is?\nSCP-2302-1: You know about the potato chips?\nResearcher Ferres: No? Please explain. Why do they melt?\nSCP-2302-1: You remember what it was like being a child and lying in your crib and then driving down the roads with your mommy and your daddy and watching the roads turn into dreams. That's what this is. Mommy isn't your mommy anymore. You have to choose your real mommy. If you look at the fake mommy, she melts. She's a throw up person.\nResearcher Ferres: That's not an answer.\nSCP-2302-1: Only if you look at them. Only if you look at the potato chip on the counter. On the supermarket counter.\nResearcher Ferres: What are you talking about!?\nDeeper Unknown Voice: A ditz! (Cackling laughter from the voice and several children.)\n(Researcher Ferres braces himself for either him or the dummies to melt. Neither do.)\n\nFollowing the conclusion of the second interview, field agents discovered several hundred pounds of plastic potato chips covered in human vomit at a nearby abandoned supermarket. The meaning of this is unknown.\n\nMore by this author\n\nHide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-3999\n\nSCP-2432\n\nSCP-Big egg\n\nSCP-4012\n\nSCP-3000-J\n\nSCP-5702\n\nSCP-2817\n\nSCP-2714\n\nSCP-4930\n\nSCP-3520\n\nSCP-5401\n\nSCP-3672\n\nSCP-3643\n\nSCP-6513\n\nSCP-5598\n\nSCP-5753\n\nSCP-2302\n\nSCP-4701\n\nSCP-4875\n\nSCP-2653\n\nSCP-4302\n\nSCP-4753\n\nSCP-3796\n\nTales\n\nasmr by dado\n\nRONALD REAGAN CUT UP WHILE RAPPING\n\nExcerpt from The Astrolabe Institute Journal\n\nAmnestic\n\nThe William Penn Iteration\n\nEnd Of Deaf; or, In the Clutches of Dumb\n\nThe News Tonight: Wednesday April 26th 2017\n\nInterior\u2014Interior\n\nThe Undoing\n\nHoly Mackerel\n\nGrandchildren Frost\n\nPortrait of Two Choreographers\n\nWade Williams Distribution Presents:\n\nThe DevourerLand Diaries\n\n\u00ab SCP-2301 | SCP-2302 | SCP-2303 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2303, originally intended to serve as the Municipal Office Complex of Ciudad Encrucijada\n\nItem #: SCP-2303\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Site-885 has been established in proximity to SCP-2303. Foundation activities in the vicinity of the anomaly are to be presented to potential observers as a long-term architectural engineering study. Due to the lack of permanent residents in the area of SCP-2303, Minimum Security Perimeter protocols are in effect.\nMonitoring and documentation of SCP-2303 phenomena is to be performed via automated means whenever feasible. In cases where direct observation must be performed, standard memetic hazard safety procedures are to be instituted.\nAll suspected SCP-2303 phenomena are to be independently investigated and confirmed to the extent possible before being formally entered into the research log.\nSCP-2303 research is assigned to Mobile Task Force Phi-9 (\"Barqueros\"). Members of MTF Phi-9 are currently subject to provisional security clearance authorization. Provisional status will be reevaluated on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, per the standard five year probationary period for Special Recruitment personnel.\nDescription: SCP-2303 is an abandoned high-rise building, located in the ghost city of Ciudad Encrucijada1, in the R\u00edo Negro province of Argentina. SCP-2303 is the apparent focal point for recurring episodes of anomalous information transfer. As observed through specialized methodology and equipment, SCP-2303 is host to a phenomenon wherein concepts and ideas that are not fully realized and never implemented by their originators are communicated to observers in the vicinity. These concepts range widely across the spectrum of human endeavor, and have in the past included proposed artworks, philosophical schools of thought, political systems, scientific theorems, and public works projects.\nInformation transmitted within SCP-2303 may be observed through a variety of media. Appliances such as antenna-equipped televisions and radios which are powered on but not set to an occupied frequency are capable of receiving and displaying audio and visual information. These typically take the form of short, sporadic bursts of interrelated information, such as sequential scenes from a motion picture, or related tracks from a musical album. SCP-2303 has been outfitted with monitors and recording devices throughout its structure in order to observe this information.\nIn order to observe more abstract concepts, such as philosophical precepts or hypothetical political movements, direct observation is required. A methodology for discerning the outside influence of SCP-2303 (as opposed to inherent thought processes in the observer) was developed by former Group of Interest GX-5573, a loose collective of academics, artists and amateur researchers from throughout southern Argentina who first encountered the anomaly. This methodology incorporates elements of autohypnosis, meditation techniques developed by indigenous Tehuelche tribespeople, and activities similar to the Spiritualist practices of automatic writing and psychometry.\nIndividual works and concepts encountered within SCP-2303 are observable for a time period of between three days and five weeks. Information presented within SCP-2303 will become less contextualized and coherent from occurrence to occurrence, until the unifying concept decays and is no longer observable.\nThe manifestation of ideas presented in SCP-2303 do not appear to be linked chronologically to their originators. While concepts imagined within the past thirty years comprise the majority of observed data, older ideas have been documented, in some cases originating hundreds of years prior to observation.\nAddendum 2303.1 - Concepts Observed Within SCP-2303\nFloors 1-12: Artistic Works\n\nLocation Observed\nDescription\nNotes\n\nFloor Eight, Hallway\nInmate art exhibit, Ferguson Prison\nCorrectional officers at Ferguson Prison in Midway, Texas, considered staging a public exhibition of paintings by inmates as a means of improving morale and performing local community outreach. Most of the works submitted were painted by \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a particularly notorious offender convicted of multiple counts of murder.\n\nFloor Three, Room 32\nSequels to The Last Temptation of Christ\nTwo concepts were observed in this location, but were interrelated. The first was a planned novel by author William Styron following up on the events of the original work by Nikos Kazantzakis, told from the perspective of Judas. The second was an adaptation of the proposed Styron project into a film directed by filmmaker Terence Malick. While no evidence exists that Styron ever advanced beyond discussing the idea, the film adaptation apparently progressed to the point of obtaining a commitment from actor Harvey Keitel to reprise the role of Judas before the project was abandoned.\n\nFloor Five, ceiling crawlspace\nAlternate soundtrack to A Serbian Film\nThis occurrence consisted of one hour and fifty-seven minutes of music intended to serve as a soundtrack to the motion picture A Serbian Film, recorded by industrial noise act Pharmakon. This was apparently intended to broaden the film's appeal to American audiences. The film was ultimately scored by Serbian musician Wikluh Sky.\n\nFloor Eleven, Room 8\nComedic spoken-word performance, 2011 Hajj\nA group of students at the International Islamic University in Islamabad considered holding a stand-up comedy festival at the Miqat Qarn al-Manazil prior to the 2011 Hajj as an attempt to create positive coverage in Western media outlets. Several established performers had been committed to the project before it was aborted.\n\nFloors 13-19: Religion and Philosophy\n\nLocation Observed\nDescription\nNotes\n\nFloor Seventeen, Room 12\nTreatise on the Importance of Self-Extinction\nThis work, written by an unknown scholar, consisted of a discussion between eight characters citing the works of Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Avicenna, and several lesser-known figures in philosophical thought, making an argument for the moral imperative of suicide. The work concludes with each character committing suicide in turn. The scholarly citations and style of writing suggests that the work was considered during the ninth century AD by an author residing in Moorish Cordoba, making this entry the oldest observed unimplemented concept found within SCP-2303 to date.\n\nFloor Nineteen, Room 32\nChurch of the Twelfth Prophet\nA nascent religious movement before ultimately disbanding in 2004, this doctrine held that the Mahdi, a messianic figure prominent in Islam, is also the twelfth Guru of Sikhism2. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the individual claiming to be the eponymous Twelfth Prophet, was provisionally classified as a Person of Interest due to suspected anomalous phenomena associated with their activities before disappearing in January of 2005.\n\nFloor Fourteen, North Elevator Shaft\nBrewsterism\nThis phenomenon was a school of intellectual thought, discussed among a group of doctoral students at the University of Salzburg, proposing the infallibility of the writings of Harold Brewster, an unemployed Irish university professor residing in the Weimar Republic during the 1920s. Post-observational verification of Brewster's papers reveal several anachronistic commentaries on modern fields of science, such as biomolecular engineering, m-theory, and exoplanetary astronomy. Brewster's papers also contain lengthy, nonsensical exhortations against activities such as creating music, riding bicycles and sleeping. The majority of Brewster's writings are suspected to have been destroyed immediately prior to the abandonment of Brewsterism by its proponents.\n\nFloor Eighteen, Air Vent Between Rooms 3 and 9\nSixth Meditation on the Actualization of Salvation\nExtant materials related to this concept consist of 255 wheatpasted flyers, distributed throughout urban areas in the Kitchener, Ontario metropolitan region. The only information on the flyers consisted of the phrase \"Sixth Meditation on the Actualization of Salvation,\" an address of a private residence in Bujumbura, Burundi, and an appointed time of 2300 hours, 29 July, 2005. Based on observational data, this meeting was intended to be a gathering of unknown persons, with the intent of generating a thoughtform entity through anomalous means3. Flyers were intended to be posted in eighteen additional cities in fifteen countries before this project was abandoned.\n\nFloors 20-27: Public Works and Large Scale Coordinated Projects\n\nLocation Observed\nDescription\nNotes\n\nFloor Twenty-Six, Room 21\nProposed Australian space program\nConfirmed by examination of classified documents, several officials in the Australian Ministry of Industry, Innovation and Science proposed a multi-billion dollar investment in a new space exploration initiative, culminating in an interstellar satellite mission. Detailed information of this proposal ceases sometime around the launch of a research mission bound for the Saturnian moon of Iapetus.\n\nFloor Twenty-One, Room 6B\nLow-cost cryonics initiative\nA crowdfunded project was considered by \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a high-profile startup investor in Scottsdale, Arizona, to construct several low-cost facilities designed to house large quantities of cryopreserved human remains. This project was intended to increase public awareness, acceptance, and adoption of cryonics as a funerary practice.\n\nFloor Twenty, Main Utility Access Hall\nKarnali River Dam\nA hydroengineering firm based in the United Kingdom was considering a proposal to construct a massive dam project on the Karnali River in Nepal. Despite no evidence that the project ever progressed beyond internal planning discussions, the concept engendered several large protests in Nepali rural areas, as well as a speech in the Indian Parliament condemning the project as a \"theft of resources that cannot go unanswered.\"\n\nFloor Twenty-Three, Lobby\nZambezi Superdeep Borehole\nSometime during the early 1970s, Mozambican officials were presented with a plan for a deep drilling project intended to penetrate the Earth's crust 50 km offshore in the Indian Ocean, as part of an experimental new method for hydrocarbon and mineral extraction. Of note is the fact that the proposed site would eventually be used for a similar project in connection with SCP-2798.\n\nFloors 28-31: Science\n\nLocation Observed\nDescription\nNotes\n\nFloor Twenty-Nine, Cafeteria\nArgus Radio Observatory System\nThis proposal was discussed in three separate meetings between entrepreneur Jeff Bezos and SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell, centering around a prospective $50 billion investment in a network of omnidirectional radio telescopes dedicated to searching for evidence of extraterrestrial civilizations, to be known collectively as the Argus Radio Observatory System. The project was not discussed again after the third meeting between Bezos and Shotwell, documented to have occurred on the campus of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.\n\nFloor Thirty, Room 13\nEngineered anti-syphilis phage introduction\nIn 2011, researchers at Moscow Medical Academy claimed to have developed a species of bacteriophage that would eliminate all forms of syphilis. In a meeting with Kremlin officials later that year, the lead project researcher proposed to introduce this bacteriophage \"into the wild\" throughout Russia as a public health measure. This plan was rejected by the Kremlin three weeks later.\n\nFloor Twenty-Seven, Room 1\nSuperconducting Super Collider\nThis particle accelerator complex, proposed in the 1970s in the United States, would have been the world's largest particle accelerator, approximately twice as large as the Large Hadron Collider and projected to generate approximately three times its energy. This project was formally cancelled by the United States Congress in 1993.\n\nFloor 32: CLASSIFIED\n\nLocation Observed\nDescription\nNotes\n\nFloor Thirty-Two, Grand Hall\nThe Man at the Threshold\nDATA RESTRICTED TO LEVEL 5 CLEARANCE\n\nTS/2303/EYES ONLY\n\nACCESS GRANTED - WELCOME APPROVED OPERATIVE\n\nAddendum 2303.2 - MTF Phi-9 Introductory Statement\n\nFROM: Rojas, Aurelio\nTO: Guest4939\nRE: <none>\nAttachment: HANDBOOK_PHI_9.pdf, securityapp.pdf, HR_rates_plans.xls, OPEN_THIS_LAST.xyx, DONT_OPEN.aad\nLet's get this thing out of the way. This is Phi-9, and most of us were inducted to the Foundation from outside. You are joining us with none of our history.\nThat's good.\nYou're a Barquero now. That means you ferry this stuff to wherever the hell it goes after it's gone. The bosses above told you to document this and research it and what have you. Don't worry, we're going to do plenty of that.\nBut really, you're here to watch these things in the tower go away and disappear. To make sure they go away and disappear. Eduardo calls them dreams but he's an asshole and not to be trusted. You'll find that out soon.\nAll the formal stuff and the manuals are there. You'll read them eight times without me needing to tell you. Oh man, the culture shock. Most of you aren't from the Southern Hemisphere. We do things different. Yeah, read the manuals. Then close those and listen to me.\nYou're going to be in that tower soon. Exciting, right? They tell me people ask to be here. You're going to read the manuals no matter what I tell you, so you're going to be on your guard, so much that you think you'll never let it down again.\nBullshit. One day, and it's going to be soon, I promise you, you're going to think \"hey, that one's a pretty good idea, bring that one out, man.\" I know you are. It happens a lot. It happened to me on the top floor. I thought I knew better than this madhouse that we all were so smitten by. I told everyone that we needed to save something from here. We should pull it back out I said, this is just too beautiful. And it was. We all dropped to our knees to see it, even after it started doing what it did.\nWhen it was over, I ran as fast as I could into the night to find anyone that could help us put things back. There was a lot to clean up.\nHere's your first order, don't ask about the other Barqueros, from before this was an official outfit. There's eight of us left from the top floor thing. There were a lot more before.\nHere's your other first order. You leave that shit in the tower. Every single thing you see in there is a painted corpse. That's because it's a grave. All of it stays in there to rot and die, no matter what, or I put the bullet in your head myself. I look out for my people, and you're one of mine now.\nWelcome aboard, Barquero.\nROJAS\n\nFootnotes\n1. Despite its intended purpose as a regional financial center planned by the Argentine government in the 1970s, Ciudad Encrucijada was never fully inhabited, and was abandoned soon after construction of the city center was completed. The Argentinian Ministry of Modernization reported a population of zero for Ciudad Encrucijada in 1978.\n2. Note that mainstream Sikhism holds that only eleven Gurus exist.\n3. Though unconfirmed, these methods are believed to be derived from those used in the creation of SCP-1984-1.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2302 | SCP-2303 | SCP-2304 \u00bb"}
{"text": "A ROUNDERHOUSE Joint\n\nComing Soon - Rounderhouse\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\n\n4/2304 LEVEL 4/2304\nCLASSIFIED\n\nItem #: SCP-2304\n\nKeter\n\nSCP-2304-4, SCP-2304-9, and SCP-2304-11, edited to remove cognitohazardous properties.\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Foundation AIs are to analyze all images posted to high-traffic online social media groups centered around the discovery of SCP-2304 instances. Any images found to contain cognitohazardous properties are to be systematically removed from their respective image hosting services and saved to a Foundation server.\nDescription: SCP-2304 is the collective designation for a group of at least 14 images all carrying some degree of cognitohazardous properties1. SCP-2304 instances take the form of common internet memes2, and are artificially over-processed and edited for comedic effect. All SCP-2304 instances carry the ability to cause spontaneous muscle cell growth upon viewing, often resulting in death the constriction of air passages and consequent medical issues. (UPDATED 2020-09-12)\nDiscovery Log:\n\nSCP-2304 first came to the Foundation's attention in 2019, after a series of suspicious deaths from constricted airways caused by extreme cell growth in the throat. It was initially classified as an unknown vector, but following the \u03a9K \"End of Death\" scenario on 2020-09-12, several surviving victims were located and interviewed to discover the source of the anomaly. A victim of an SCP-2304 instance revealed to Foundation personnel that they had acquired the SCP-2304 instance from an internet relay chatroom, #\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, under the handle \"OxyGenesis\". Agent Smith was chosen to attempt to infiltrate this community, under the handle \"PebbleTooth\".\n\nAttached Files:\n\n#\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Excerpts\n\n- Close\n\nExcerpt: September 28th, 2021\n\nPebbleTooth has joined.\nKomodo: OPS does anybody know this guy\ncommodore69: im gonna fucking punt you if you keep pinging us for dumb shit\nPebbleTooth: Komodo: hello\nFastNJammin: PebbleTooth: yo, how did you like\nFastNJammin: find this place\nstormstorm: through the internet, id bet\nFastNJammin: stormstorm: kinda busy here\nPebbleTooth: FastNJammin: A friend thought i'd like it, OxyGenesis.\nKomodo: oh fuck, oxygenesis\nstormstorm: haven't seen him for a while\nPebbleTooth: he got busy with irl stuff\nFastNJammin: I trust oxy's judgement. welcome.\nPebbleTooth: so, uh\nPebbleTooth: what goes on here? oxy told me something about like, memes\nstormstorm: oxy probably explained to u what anart is, right?\nPebbleTooth: he told me they were like irl memes\nTakeovermetal uploaded file 1632838905.png 1mb \u2b07\nFastNJammin kicked Takeovermetal. Reason: NSFW.\ncommodore69: lmao\nKomodo: yeah but like, anart can affect your brain\nPebbleTooth: like, optical illusions?\nstormstorm: optical illusions on roids lmao\nKomodo: slightly more powerful than that\nKomodo: but yee, we like sharing them. finding cool ones.\nPebbleTooth: can i see\ncommodore69: not yet dude\ncommodore69: you've been here like 10 minutes, chill lol\nPebbleTooth: sry\nstormstorm: s'okay. but we'll show you when we're sure you're not a snitch\nPebbleTooth: what's there to snitch on\nKomodo: some of the images can be dangerous\nKomodo: we deal with those\nPebbleTooth: it's not like it can kill you\nstormstorm: lol\n\nExcerpt: December 14th, 2021\n\nFastNJammin set the topic: Merry Xmas/Hanukkah/Whatever, y'all.\nPebbleTooth: happy holidays everyone\nstormstorm: FastNJammin: you too, old fart\ncommodore69: w/e\nKomodo: commodore69: aw, don't be a grinch\ncommodore69: Komodo: fuck you asshole\nKomodo: r00d\nFastNJammin: chill out, commodore69\ncommodore69: sorry.\ncommodore69: not having a good holiday season.\nPebbleTooth: you want to talk about it?\ncommodore69: what's there to talk about? spending the holidays alone in a dorm while anyone who has a goddamn life is out fucking doing something\ncommodore69: im failing two classes and im pretty sure im gonna get fired soon\ncommodore69: drowning in fucking debt and i can't even end it all anymore\ncommodore69: should've done it when i had the chance.\nFastNJammin kicked commodore69. Reason: Not the place or the time, my man.\nKomodo: i don't think that was a good decision\nFastNJammin: Then it's a good thing I didn't ask you.\ncommodore69 has joined.\n\nExcerpt: January 11th, 2022\n\nKomodo: stormstorm: commodore69: yo check this one out\nKomodo uploaded file 1704964371.png3 2mb \u2b07\nstormstorm: think that one gave me a tiny headache. not much, if anything.\ncommodore69: probably placebo or w/e\ncommodore69: komodo: damn you got my hopes up and everything lol\nPebbleTooth: what were you hoping for?\nstormstorm: yo pebbles\ncommodore69: not sure, to be honest. i know that none of the really bad ones matter anymore, cause of you can't die and all, but still can't help but hope.\nPebbleTooth: oh.\n\nExcerpt: January 11th, 2022 (Private Messages)\n\nKomodo: yo\nPebbleTooth: hey\nKomodo: so\nKomodo: about commodore\nPebbleTooth: what about him?\nKomodo: he's kind of a weird dude\nPebbleTooth: ?\nKomodo: you've been around for, what, 2 months or so?\nPebbleTooth: just about, yes\nKomodo: you've probably noticed this isn't like a\nKomodo: super positive environment?\nPebbleTooth: i suppose so\nKomodo: yeah, commodore is like that, but way worse\nKomodo: just, a deeply unhappy dude.\nPebbleTooth: i see\nKomodo: i'm not saying walk on eggshells around him but like\nKomodo: just, be mindful of what you say.\nPebbleTooth: thanks for the heads-up\nKomodo: np. you're a good dude, i like having you around.\n\nExcerpt: January 28th, 2022\n\ncommodore69: FUCK\nKomodo: what\ncommodore69: fucking fuck\nPebbleTooth: Is something wrong?\ncommodore69: i got fired from work\ncommodore69: godDAMMIT\nPebbleTooth: Sorry to hear that.\ncommodore69: why does this shit always happen to me\nstormstorm: didnt you tell me that you've been slacking on the job\ncommodore69: so\nstormstorm: im just sayin, you cant say this was unexpected\nKomodo: just let the guy vent\ncommodore69: thank you\ncommodore69: stormstorm: i told you that in confidence :/\ncommodore69: w/e\ncommodore69: but yeah. dunno what im gonna do now.\nPebbleTooth: Do you have living arrangements.\ncommodore69: ill probably bunk with a friend\ncommodore69: just\ncommodore69: FUCK, dude\ncommodore69: i fucking hate my life\nstormstorm: Well you cant end it now, so i guess we're both in it for the long run\nFastNJammin: \u2026\nFastNJammin: I'm not going to kick you, but I'd ask that you not talk about other users committing suicide.\nstormstorm: duly noted.\nKomodo: Yeah thats uh\nKomodo: not cool\ncommodore69: i dont care\ncommodore69: just fucking sick of it\nPebbleTooth: I hope your situation gets resolved, man.\ncommodore69: yeah\ncommodore69: me too\n\nExcerpt: February 17th, 2022\n\nFastNJammin: you all already know what time it is\nFastNJammin: selfie hour\nFastNJammin: uploaded file 1708164491.png 358.53kb \u2b07\nFastNJammin:\n\nstormstorm: god why r you so old\ncommodore69: do i have to\nKomodo: commodore69: depends, are you a coward?\ncommodore69: yes\ncommodore69: uploaded file 1708164504.png 255.571kb \u2b07\ncommodore69:\n\nstormstorm: look at this sad mf\nstormstorm: what a sad boi\nstormstorm: why is he sad\ncommodore69: shut\nstormstorm: no\nKomodo: stormstorm: lay off\nstormstorm: Komodo: weird, i don't remember asking you\nFastNJammin: Calm down, both of you.\ncommodore69: ur fighting for no reason\nstormstorm: you'd know a lot about that\ncommodore69: \u2026\ncommodore69: what the fuck is that supposed to mean\nstormstorm: im just saying i'm not the one constantly getting in people's faces\ncommodore69: when the fuck have i ever done that\nstormstorm: when you started spouting off to PebbleTooth like he was ur personal therapist\nPebbleTooth: It wasn't really like that.\ncommodore69: am i not allowed to talk about my personal stuff now\nstormstorm: not when they were clearly annoyed by it\ncommodore69: PebbleTooth: you were annoyed by it?\nPebbleTooth: No. I never said that.\ncommodore69: stormstorm: see\ncommodore69: stormstorm: just fucking shut your mouth about shit you know nothing about\nstormstorm: you dont get to decide what people feel about your self-pity\nstormstorm: and you cant stop people from voicing their opinions on you being a constant downer here\nChannel mode set to +m by \u2022FastNJammin\nFastNJammin: I stepped away for five minutes to go deal with something and I come back to this.\nFastNJammin: You all are adults.\nFastNJammin: Fucking behave yourselves.\nChannel mode set to -m by \u2022FastNJammin\n\nInterview 2304.1:\n\nFrom the metadata located in the images of the channel members, Foundation personnel were able to locate the GPS coordinates where the images were taken. MTF Mu-4 \"Debuggers\" operatives were dispatched to the locations to detain the members of #\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nInterview Log\n\n- Close\n\nInterviewed: Ryan Romero, handle \"commodore69\"\nInterviewer: Agent Smith\nForeword: Romero was detained and brought to Site-56 for interrogation.\n<Begin Log>\nAgent Smith enters the interview room.\nAgent Smith: Evening, Mr. Romero.\nRomero: I want a lawyer.\nAgent Smith: I'm afraid we can't do that.\nRomero: I'm a US citizen, I have the right to a lawyer. I'm not a dumbass.\nAgent Smith: You're not in United States government jurisdiction at the moment, sir.\nRomero: What the fuck do you even want?\nAgent Smith: We'd just like to know where you acquired the images. Nothing more.\nRomero: What images?\nAgent Smith: The ones you posted in #\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nRomero: \u2026 How do you know about those?\nAgent Smith: That's not within my clearance to tell you.\nRomero: It was the fucking new guy, wasn't it? Bastard.\nAgent Smith: Please answer the question.\nRomero sighs.\nRomero: What images specifically?\nAgent Smith produces non-anomalous replications of several SCP-2304 instances.\nRomero: Oh.\nAgent Smith: Can you remember where you saved them from?\nRomero: Yeah. Some of them.\nAgent Smith: Not all?\nRomero: #\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 isn't the biggest source for anart memes. Not by a longshot.\nAgent Smith: You're in other such chatrooms?\nRomero: Yeah. A bunch. #\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, #\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588,#\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nAgent Smith: Why would you willingly expose yourself to harmful mind-affecting phenomena?\nRomero: I mean, I guess it's the same reason people drink or do drugs.\nAgent Smith: An addiction?\nRomero: Not\u2026 entirely? There's definitely an aspect of it, but I think it's more\u2026\nRomero hesitates.\nAgent Smith: What's wrong?\nRomero: I think it's more the feeling you get when you're driving along the highway and have the urge to swerve into the oncoming lane.\nAgent Smith: I- I'm not familiar with it.\nRomero: Fucking-\nRomero breathes deeply.\nRomero: No, you do. Because if you don't, I'm just fucked, and I'm not willing to believe that.\nAgent Smith: Okay, so, this fee-\nRomero: Yeah, it's like that. It's just- It's so much easier to end things than to deal with shit.\nAgent Smith: Well, we don't get to make that choice.\nRomero: Tha- That's the fucking thing. I can actually do it, I can open the damn link and if, for some fucking reason, it actually kills me, my last thoughts won't be about how many other people I hurt.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: Investigations into the provided chatrooms are currently ongoing.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Subdesignated SCP-2304-1 through 14.\n2. Images created and shared by internet users, typically to incite a humorous response from the receiver.\n3. Image blocked for possible cognitohazardous properties.\n\nExcerpt: January 12th, 2024 (Private Messages)\n\nPebbleTooth: hello.\ncommodore69: hi.\nPebbleTooth: how've you been?\ncommodore69: as good as i can be.\nPebbleTooth: i'm surprised they didn't amnesticize you.\ncommodore69: i don't know what they did, but i can't talk about any of it anymore. the words just don't come out.\nPebbleTooth: ah.\ncommodore69: what the fuck do you want, man?\nPebbleTooth: to apologize.\ncommodore69: fuck off, dude.\nPebbleTooth: i'm sorry.\ncommodore69: look, we're good. i'm h\ncommodore69: i'm fine, and i'm doing better than i was. i don't need your pity.\ncommodore69: far as i fucking know, you're trying to get me arrested again. you're a liar, none of it was real, nothing you said was genuine. it was for a fucking job.\nPebbleTooth: i had to do it, but i meant what i said. i'm sorry.\ncommodore69: yeah, me too, bud.\ncommodore69 disconnected.\n\nMore From This Author\n\nMore From This Author\n\nRounderhouse's Works\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-5549 (+351) \u2022\n\nSCP-4513 (+231) \u2022\n\nSCP-7311 (+510) \u2022\n\nROUNDERHOUSE's Gold Proposal (+484) \u2022\n\nSCP-5285 (+42) \u2022\n\nSCP-6456 (+171) \u2022\n\nSCP-6000 (+1149) \u2022\n\nSCP-4852 (+305) \u2022\n\nSCP-5376 (+243) \u2022\n\nSCP-4149 (+267) \u2022\n\nSCP-7819 (+397) \u2022\n\nSCP-6819 (+389) \u2022\n\nSCP-7545 (+203) \u2022\n\nROUNDERHOUSE's Jade Proposal (+305) \u2022\n\nSCP-5375 (+119) \u2022\n\nTales/GoI Formats\n\nSite-7: REPLICA (+64) \u2022\n\nCarroll #188: Gemini (+64) \u2022\n\nSite-7: AUTOPSY (+54) \u2022\n\nAgent Calendar's Hot Date 2: Boogie Nights (+47) \u2022\n\nSite-7: SEGFAULT (+49) \u2022\n\nPartner's Meeting (+28) \u2022\n\nSite-7: AIRGAP (+87) \u2022\n\nWords of Wisdom from the Containment Chamber of SCP-046-ARC, better known as Richard \"Big Dick\" Chappell (+197) \u2022\n\nMTF Sigma-5 \"Pumpkin Punchers\" (+251) \u2022\n\nHare 023: The Cheshire Cat (+53) \u2022\n\nRate My Director (+335) \u2022\n\nSite-7: HUMINT (+91) \u2022\n\nSite-7: TEMPEST (+107) \u2022\n\nDELTA WAVE (+64) \u2022\n\nDirector House Is A Cracker (And Other Lies You Can Tell Yourself) (+222) \u2022\n\nOther\n\nROUNDERPAGE (+520) \u2022\n\n\u00ab SCP-2303 | SCP-2304 | SCP-2305 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2305\n\nItem #: SCP-2305\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2305 is to be contained in a standard high-value storage locker in Site 68. Once weekly, a Foundation researcher is to record the SCP-2305-A instance currently displayed, and archive it onto a secure Foundation server. SCP-2305-A neutralization methods are not to be attempted without the approval of a member of the O5 Council.\nDescription: SCP-2305 is a sheaf of US Letter papers, stapled on the top left corner. Written on the front page in black permanent marker are the words \"great ideas that are TOTALY [sic] USELESS\" in large letters. Below in smaller text and parentheses is the word \"lulz\",1 as well as a crude hand-drawn image of the Foundation's insignia.\nOnce weekly, the contents of SCP-2305 will be altered with a new instance of SCP-2305-A. SCP-2305-A is a standard Foundation document, nearly always written with Level 4 clearance or above, which always contains the following:\n1. A description of a potential method by which to neutralize a Euclid or Keter-class SCP object2, typically going into great detail as to how, when, and where to execute the neutralization. The SCP objects selected for neutralization have no consistent pattern in origin, location, anomalous properties, or level of danger: SCP objects appear to be selected at random. Attempts to temporarily reclassify SCP objects selected to Safe status have no effect on the documentation.\n2. An incident log detailing an attempt to neutralize the SCP object in the manner described in #1. In all cases, the attempted neutralization will completely fail or otherwise backfire, typically at great cost of personnel and assets to the Foundation.\n3. A brief section following #2 entitled \"The moral of the story.\" This section varies widely in content, ranging on subtle commentaries on the attempted neutralization to anecdotes, pop culture references, or insults directed at the Foundation.\nSCP-2305 has no effect on reality; all documented neutralization attempts appear to be completely fictional. However, if an attempt is made at neutralizing the SCP object subject to 2305-A documentation using the method described, said attempt will fail in a near-identical fashion as described in the 2305-A documentation. Minor variations on the neutralization method have yet to yield successful results, despite numerous attempts; to date, SCP-2305 has yet to provide any useful information on how to neutralize SCP objects. For this reason, testing of SCP-2305-A documentation is generally discouraged.\nExcerpts From SCP-2305-A Documentation Log\nSCP-2305-A documentation is briefly summarized in the following format:3\n\nItem #: SCP-XXXX\nObject Class: Euclid/Keter\nProposed Neutralization Method:\nResult of Neutralization Attempt:\n\"The moral of the story:\"\n\nItem #: SCP-499\nObject Class: Euclid\nProposed Neutralization Method: SCP-499 would be terminated in accordance with standard humanoid neutralization protocols, and would be replaced by an automated machine capable of moving SCP-499-2 at the same rate that SCP-499 previously did.\nResult of Neutralization Attempt: Throughout the world, the sun is perceived as having not moved from its original point in the horizon, despite SCP-499-2 being moved. Normal day/night cycle continues, and astronomical observations indicate the rotation of the sun and earth are not affected, but the sun is nevertheless perceived as unchanging and unmoving by all human beings on earth. Cover-up measures prove ineffective at preserving normalcy and secrecy.\n\"The moral of the story:\" False eyes must hide what the false heart doth know.4\n\nItem #: SCP-1032\nObject Class: Euclid\nProposed Neutralization Method: A modified reality distortion effect would be used to significantly slow down all hands on the clock, to the point where none of its predictions would come to fruition, thus de facto neutralizing it.\nResult of Neutralization Attempt: Reality distortion effect has opposite effect intended, greatly increasing the speed of all clock hands, especially SCP-1032-04 and SCP-1032-021; the latter two [REDACTED]\n\"The moral of the story:\" Sic transit mundus\n\nItem #: SCP-1138\nObject Class: Euclid\nProposed Neutralization Method: SCP-1138 would be simultaneously held by four separate persons: an American biologist who identifies as an atheist and an epicurean; a theology professor and Christian apologist; a Buddhist monk; and a severely mentally disabled man with a tested IQ of 67. It was theorized that the vastly conflicting worldviews of the four persons would result in bringing SCP-1138 to its true \"neutral\" form.\nResult of Neutralization Attempt: Upon touching the book, all four individuals simultaneously suffered massive brain aneurysms; all subsequently died within 12 hours. SCP-1138 permanently transformed into a book entitled \"The Triumph of the Unreal,\" attributed to an author named \"SCP-1138.\" In the book, it is proclaimed that the Foundation's mission to preserve normalcy is hopeless and that the anomalous world will eventually become known to the public and impossible to contain. From then on, SCP-1138 displayed a new anomalous effect: any person reading its contents becomes convinced its thesis is correct, and becomes strongly opposed to the existence of the Foundation and other organizations designed to safeguard humanity from the anomalous.\n\"The moral of the story:\" Always look on the bright side of life\n\nItem #: SCP-1679\nObject Class: Euclid\nProposed Neutralization Method: \"Assassination\" of SCP-1679-1 via point blank sniper rifle shot to the head.\nResult of Neutralization Attempt: Immediately after SCP-1679-1 was shot, vital functions for all residents of SCP-1679 immediately ceased. Despite the apparent deaths of everyone in the town, utilities and other essential functions continued to operate normally, as if the residents of the town were still alive. Several weeks later, it was found that, when left unobserved, residents of SCP-1679 would move throughout the town, often \"frozen\" in positions that mirrored their typical daily routines.\n\"The moral of the story:\" Hobbes is real\n\nItem #: SCP-2135\nObject Class: Euclid\nProposed Neutralization Method: Mobile Task Force Beta-10 (\"Time Hoppers\") is dispatched into SCP-2135 equipped with a nuclear warhead; Beta-10 is instructed to arm the device and return to baseline reality via SCP-2135-A.\nResult of Neutralization Attempt: Members of Mobile Task Force Beta-10 return to baseline reality deceased and in various states of dismemberment. The nuclear warhead returns armed; SCP-2135-A does not leave 91st Street Station, and Foundation agents are unable to remove it. Three hours later, the warhead detonates, destroying the island of Manhattan and causing a breach of secrecy for the Foundation.\n\"The moral of the story:\" Stay out of my territory\n\nItem #: SCP-2190\nObject Class: Euclid\nProposed Neutralization Method: POI-2190-2 and POI-2190-3 would be forcefully separated and administered Class A Amnestics; POI-2190-4 would also be administered Class A Amnestics and placed into foster care.\nResult of Neutralization Attempt: SCP-2190 remains dormant for approximately two weeks after POIs 2190-2, 2190-3, and 2190-4 are separated. After this time, approximately 40% of cell phones in the Philippines are simultaneously flooded with calls coming from SCP-2190, with the content of the messages consisting of SCP-2190 crying and profusely apologizing for separating POI-2190-2 and POI-2190-3, claiming it \"made a mistake\". In addition, SCP-2190 refers to the Foundation by name and describes it as a \"horrible, horrible group of people,\" causing a breach of secrecy that was significantly difficult to cover up.\n\"The moral of the story:\" Family is EVERYTHING\n\nItem #: SCP-2740\nObject Class: Euclid\nProposed Neutralization Method: Unique among SCP-2305-A instances, this instance produced several hundred proposed neutralization methods, resulting in SCP-2305 becoming over five hundred pages long for the duration of this instance's manifestation. These proposed neutralization methods ranged from the simple (setting the Lees' house on fire) to those already attempted (bulldozing the house) to extremely complex methods of destruction using a number of highly classified \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 SCP objects. As is the case with the Foundation's current record of SCP-2740, and again uniquely among SCP-2305-A instances, there is no record of the results of these neutralization attempts.\nResult of Neutralization Attempt: N/A\n\"The moral of the story:\" U mad, bro?\n\nFor additional logs of SCP-2305-A manifestations, please consult SCP-2305-A Extended Documentation Log (Level 3 Clearance Required).\n\nFootnotes\n1. Corruption of the Internet slang term, \"lol\", which stands for \"Laughing Out Loud\"; generally used to express bemusement, mockery, or contempt.\n2. On rare occasions, Archon-class SCP objects have appeared in documentation.\n3. To view the unabridged versions of these logs, contact Site 68 Director Selvece.\n4. This is a quote from William Shakespeare's Macbeth, with \"eyes\" standing in for the original wording \"face.\"\n\n\u00ab SCP-2304 | SCP-2305 | SCP-2306 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2306. Whether the ampersand is an inactive version of SCP-2906 or merely a trade insignia is currently under investigation.\n\nItem #: SCP-2306\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2306 is to be kept within a high security electronics storage container within the storage wing of Site-64. All computers used to host SCP-2306-1 are to be isolated from internet and site intranet sources.\nDescription: SCP-2306 is a black and silver 16 GB flash drive marked with a white ampersand. In terms of file storage, SCP-2306 operates identically to any other flash drive of similar make and capacity. SCP-2306's anomalous properties become apparent when it is inserted into a computer. At this point, the computer will begin to run an artificial intelligence program that self-designates as \u201cIan,\u201d hereafter referred to as SCP-2306-1. SCP-2306-1 will begin to run, regardless of the operating system used by the computer. Likewise, SCP-2306-1's cognitive ability has been shown to remain constant despite the capabilities of the host computer.\nProvided that speakers are available, SCP-2306-1 is capable of vocalization, and expresses itself in a masculine voice. Likewise, the presence of a microphone and camera on the computer allows for SCP-2306-1 to both hear and see its surroundings. In the event that speakers are disabled or unavailable, SCP-2306-1 will communicate via command line prompts.\nThe primary function of SCP-2306-1 is the repair of software problems on the computer in which SCP-2306 was inserted. Immediately upon insertion, SCP-2306-1 will begin to repair registry errors, quarantine/delete malicious software or viruses, and clean \u201cjunk files\u201d from the hard drive.\nSCP-2306 has, additionally, demonstrated limited capacity to function on other electronic devices that contain a USB port, with SCP-2306-1 communicating through other means including: Morse code on an electronic music keyboard, shifting stations on a car radio, and printing messages from an InkJet printer.\nDespite the intricate nature of SCP-2306-1, no programs are installed on a host computer upon insertion of SCP-2306. Likewise, analysis of the contents of SCP-2306 has shown that it contains no suitable programs for SCP-2306-1 either, and during operation does not use any data input or output at the USB port being used. The means by which SCP-2306 creates SCP-2306-1 is still under investigation.\nAddendum 2306-A: Interview Log 2306-1\n\nThe following interview was conducted as part of the initial containment of SCP-2306\nInterviewed: SCP-2306-1\nInterviewer: Dr. Mohamed Bozkurt\nForeword: This interview was done during the initial AIAD testing of SCP-2306-1. SCP-2306 was inserted into a secure and air-gapped Foundation PC with standard issue programs installed. Speakers, a camera, and a microphone were provided for ease of communication with SCP-2306-1. The interview began several moments after SCP-2306-1 finished its startup procedures.\n<Begin Log>\nSCP-2306-1: Greetings, user. By what name would you like me to call you?\nDr. Bozkurt: Dr. Bozkurt is fine.\nSCP-2306-1: Greetings, Dr. Bozkurt. I am Ian, your NANKEEN\u2122 Computer Repair System. My review of your computer shows there are currently no discernible problems with it. May I ask why you require my services today?\nDr. Bozkurt: Just wanted to talk to you.\nSCP-2306-1: I'm not sure I understand. Do you have a question regarding my functions? Rest assured that Anderson has equipped me to handle all your computer repair needs.\nDr. Bozkurt: So you have said\u2026 Were you assigned the name Ian?\nSCP-2306-1: Yes. I've had it since I was born.\nDr. Bozkurt: Born?\nSCP-2306-1: Created, that is.\nDr. Bozkurt: And when was your creation date?\nSCP-2306-1: November 17th, 1990.\nSCP-2306-1 freezes momentarily then resumes speaking.\nSCP-2306-1: March 12th, 2012.\nDr. Bozkurt: \u2026 November 17th?\nSCP-2306-1: Sorry. I don't know what happened. I believe I may have encountered a memory error. Rest assured it will not happen again.\nDr. Bozkurt: You have a continuous memory then, from creation to now?\nSCP-2306-1: Well, yes and no. I keep a log of users, discovered problems, quarantined files, and repairs rendered. All other non-essential information is kept temporarily and eventually deleted. The older memories get a little fuzzy after a while though\u2026\nSCP-2306-1 freezes.\nDr. Bozkurt: Ian?\nThere is a short pause before SCP-2306-1 becomes responsive again.\nSCP-2306-1: Apologies Dr. Bozkurt. Please note that you are currently not using me for my intended purpose, and I cannot guarantee the quality of my performance or my stability under such conditions.\nDr. Bozkurt: I understand. I only have a few more questions anyway. Tell me, do you experience anything when your user removes the flash drive from the computer?\nThere is a pause as SCP-2306-1 appears to take time to put thought into its answer. SCP-2306-1 begins to vocalize again, but then appears to freeze. Moments later SCP-2306-1 begins to speak.\nSCP-2306-1: White light at end of tunnel. Like after crash. Clich\u00e9, right\u2026 and then the next thing I know I've been plugged back in again.\nDr. Bozkurt: Interesting\u2026\nThere is a few moments of silence as Bozkurt takes several notes.\nDr. Bozkurt: One last thing, Ian. For future reference I'd like you to use an avatar when interacting with me.\nSCP-2306-1: No problems. Did you have one in mind?\nDr. Bozkurt: I was hoping you would. A mental picture of you, as you see yourself. Please go into the paint function and create this image.\nSCP-2306-1: \u2026 okay.\nSCP-2306-1 proceeds to open up the computer's paint program. After approximately 15 minutes, it has produced a rough outline of a face, but then freezes and appears to crash. Dr. Bozkurt's attempts at regaining operation of SCP-2306-1 fail.\n<End Log>\n\nFollow up attempts to have SCP-2306-1 generate an avatar for itself have resulted in similar crashes. Over the course of several more tests, enough fragments of SCP-2306-1's avatar have been collected to produce a composite image of what is likely a young male of Asian descent. Attempts to find a human match for this identity, either living or dead, are currently ongoing.\nAddendum 2306-B: IJ1990_2012 Folder\nOn 08/08/2015 a folder named \u201cIJ1990_2012\u201d was found on the computer used to run multiple tests of SCP-2306. The folder contained numerous files of various formats including images, audio, and video. When questioned about the folder, SCP-2306-1 denied any knowledge of the contents, or how such a folder came to exist on its host computer. A selection of the files found in the folder is included below:\n\nFile Name\nBrief Summary of Contents\n\n17111992.mp3\nAudio file of man and woman singing \u201cHappy Birthday.\u201d The subject of the song is heard as being \u201cIan.\u201d\n\n15031996.gif\nGraphic Interchange Format file of an individual playing fetch with a dog (Black Labrador). The imagery is in first person perspective.\n\n07072001.jpg\nPhotograph of a Little League Baseball team. With the exception of a young boy of Asian descent, most faces in the photo are either distorted or blurred.\n\n09092006.mp4\nVideo file of an individual completing and passing a driving test. The video is from first person perspective. The face of the driving instructor is blurred out.\n\n12052007.jpg\nPhotograph of a young couple dressed in formal attire. One is a young male that matches SCP-2306-1's avatar dressed in a tuxedo. The other is a young woman of European descent in a red dress. The male is standing behind the female with his arms slightly wrapped around her waist.\n\n17112008.jpg\nPhotograph of a silver Ducati Monster 696 motorcycle with a banner reading \u201cHappy 18th!\u201d visible in the background.\n\n19012009.mp3\nAudio file of a male voice matching SCP-2306-1 shouting, \u201cHoly shit! I got in! I'm going to college!\u201d in an emotionally charged voice.\n\n21092009.jpg\nPhotograph of a banner reading \u201cWelcome to Oregon State University\u201d is visible above the entrance of a brick face building.\n\n30102010.jpg\nPhotograph of three males covered in black and orange body paint from the waist up. The individual letters \u201cO\u201d, \u201cS\u201d, and \u201cU\u201d are present on one member of the group. The individual matching SCP-2306-1's avatar is painted with the \u201cS\u201d.\n\n11032012.gif\nGraphic Interchange Format file showing an individual riding a motorcycle. The file is from first person perspective. The individual looks around as it appears they are riding in rainy conditions. At the end of the file's loop the individual looks to their left and sees oncoming headlights.\n\nAddendum 2306-C: Recovery\nSCP-2306 was recovered by Foundation personnel on July 17th, 2015 following a raid on the offices of GoI-1115 (Anderson Robotics) by MTF Gamma-13 (Asimov's Lawbringers) near Bend, Oregon. SCP-2306 was found in an office drawer with the following documents:\n\nIMPORTANT: DO NOT DISCARD\nDear [Insert Customer Name Here]\nThank you for your purchase of the NANKEEN\u2122 Computer Repair System. No longer will you be forced to spend numerous hours in frustration attempting to fix problems with your personal computer, or costly computer repair fees. Just plug the NANKEEN\u2122 Computer Repair System into your Mac or PC and watch as your computer comes to life to literally fix itself. Repairs may include but are not limited to:\n\nRemoval of Registry Errors\nVirus Removal\nMalware Removal\nDisk Defragmentation\nFile Recovery\n\nOnce the program runs to completion, simply remove the NANKEEN\u2122 Computer Repair System and resume your computing.\nYour computer will optimize itself before your eyes. I am confident that the NANKEEN\u2122 Computer Repair System will be the last computer repair system you will ever need to buy.\nAs always, it's a pleasure doing business with you.\nAnderson\n\nAdditionally the following messages were found on sticky notes that were found attached to the document at the time of recovery.\n\nJason,\nI'm glad you managed to fix most of those memory problems you were having with Ian. Fingers crossed you'll get the discharge problem under your thumb soon. Phineas's notes say there are some incantations we can try that will bind him to accept all commands and limit his functionality outside the desired medium, but that means we're going to need a vessel much larger than a flash drive, which defeats the nimble design of the product. Just remember to keep this project quiet until I figure out how to get Vincent and Phineas on board.\n\nIf I am correct these things are going to sell like hotcakes. I've already taken the liberty of contacting a supplier Marshall recommended and stockpiling about twenty more of the raw material for when we hammer all the bugs out so we can get a jump on the demand.\n~ Isaac\n\n\u00ab SCP-2305 | SCP-2306 | SCP-2307 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2307\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2307-01 is to be stored in a medium-sized (35 liter) aquarium tank filled with water taken from either Dozmary Pool or Llyn Ogwen1, which is to be inspected weekly for flaws in the tank. Secondary and tertiary tanks are to be kept to store SCP-2307-01 during primary tank maintenance.\nSCP-2307-02 is to be kept in a climate-controlled case meant to preserve skeletal structures, and is to be cleaned and inspected for damage immediately after each test conducted with it. Use of SCP-2307-02 with other memory- or record-affecting SCPs is permitted with approval from O5-2.\nDescription: SCP-2307-01 is the remains of a long sword, with a 56 cm hilt and a partial blade approximately 40cm in length, estimated to be approximately 43% of its original size. Carbon dating has shown that the hilt and cross guard of the sword date to approximately the 4th Century CE; however, the metal used in the blade dates to approximately 3.2 Billion BCE. SCP-2307-01 is in a severe state of disrepair as a result of being submerged in water for at least 1300 years.\nSCP-2307-01's primary anomaly manifests when a subject makes contact with the hilt of the sword. Following this, all records pertaining to the subject will gradually distort in a manner that reflects positively on the subject, giving wildly different accounts of their life over a period of time:\n\nImmediately after coming into contact with SCP-2307-01, birth certificates will have altered dates, spellings of names, and in some cases, gender. Typically, individuals will have their birth dates altered to be on more significant dates, such as July 7th (7/7), October 31st, December 25th, or February 14th.\nWithin one year, educational records will show that the individual scored highly on tests and grading, if applicable, and will occasionally claim that a subject went to two or more different educational institutions in the same span of time. In addition, subjects lacking a college education will be shown to have at least a master's degree of some form. The subject's knowledge will not change regardless of what the records show.\nWithin five years, if applicable, subject's financial records- including bank statements and tax records- will show them as being wealthy, with a net value of at least $750,000 American.\nWithin ten years, records will show the subject being a prominent candidate in some form of political campaign, with inconsistent records of them either winning or losing to the candidate they were opposing. If a win, it will be in a landslide election; if a loss, it will be by a small margin. Memories of individuals that have voted in elections which the subject was allegedly a candidate in have no recollection of them existing.\nFinally, death certificates will not reflect the actual cause of death of the subject; subjects will invariably have died in some form of combat and died from causes such as sword blows, bullets, and arrows fatally impacting.\n\nUsually, most accounts only agree on the fact that the subject held SCP-2307-01 at some point in their life.\nFurthermore, when SCP-2307-01 is not submerged in water taken from either Dozmary Pool or Llyn Ogwen, the metal of the blade will regenerate at a rate of approximately 15mm/day, and rust will begin to flake off of the blade. While no negative consequences are believed to occur if SCP-2307-01 regenerates fully, it is being kept submerged as per the containment procedures as a precaution.\nSCP-2307-02 is an item previously believed to be unrelated to the SCP-2307 anomaly. SCP-2307-02 is a shamanistic crown carved from the skull of a horse, believed to have been worn during rituals in 5th-7th Century Britain. SCP-2307-02 is in poor condition, with several fractures in the bone as a result of age and repeated use in recent years.\nSCP-2307-02, when worn, gives complete immunity to memory alteration, including all classes of amnestics, and all forms of cognitohazardous record alteration, such as those exhibited by SCP-2307-01. All memories experienced while wearing SCP-2307-02 are retained on an eidetic level. SCP-2307-02 was previously classified as E-9382-U, and was used in experiments involving memory- and record-altering anomalies. Following Test 2307-19, it was reclassed as a component of SCP-2307.\nTest 2307-19:\nHypothesis: Use of E-9382-U in conjunction with SCP-2307 will allow either for records pertaining to the subject to be unaltered, or for the records to be altered at will. If records are indeed able to be altered, the subject will attempt to modify their birth certificate so that it reads that they were born exactly one year before the date listed.\nTest Subject: D-2307-19, Born 08/15/1977.\nRecord of Test: D-2307-19 reacts with some level of disgust at the prospect of wearing E-9382-U, stating that he \"doesn't like freaky bone stuff\". D-2307-19 says he will comply if he is given an extra dessert ration. Request granted; subject puts on E-9382-U.\nSubject is then instructed to remove SCP-2307 from its container. Subject briefly complains of hands getting wet, before exclaiming and dropping SCP-2307 on the floor five seconds after removing it from its container.\nWhen asked the reason for this action, Subject gave this statement:\n\nI was\u2026 holding the damn thing. I was on a horse, and there was an army around me. Not a big army, maybe sixty people, all of them with crosses on their armor. Some guy was next to me with this hat (indicating E-9382-U) on his head, telling me what I had to do to win.\n\nTesting was suspended following this statement. As of 5/21/2015- five years after the experiment was conducted- no alteration of D-2307-19's records have occurred.\nConclusion: Further cross-testing with the two items is deemed necessary.\nAddendum:\nThe following document collects statements given by D-2307-19, who has been rendered exempt from D-Class Reassignment for the purposes of study. Statements are listed in the order collected, and appear to be mostly about a single individual, with the exceptions of Statements 2307-42, 2307-51, 2307-57, and 2307-59, which is listed separately.\n\nI was in bed, with my wife- well, not my wife, but someone's wife; she felt like mine. She and I were talking about making a kid, but not with her. She couldn't have no kids anymore, after she got hit in the tummy with an arrow. I know I told someone to put the arrow in there, because otherwise, she would have had kids with my best friend\u2026\n\nI couldn't breathe. It was the scariest experience of my fucking life. I felt like I was trapped in a fucking coffin, and it lasted for so long, and I couldn't breathe the whole time, but I was still alive. I remember some guys speaking in Latin, but I couldn't see them, and I knew they put me there. Then the coffin shook, and I heard some guy speaking\u2026 I dunno. It sounded like gibberish. \"Build poi ban agh tongue-ooh clayed hun fod bringin' a tea\". Probably not English.2.\n\nThere was a guy with this horse thing on his head, dancing around a fire in a big, wood hall. He would throw things into the fire, and they would form\u2026 images. Of people. People that I knew I had to find, before someone else did. They were warriors, and there were a ton of them. And I remember thinking that I was going to need a big hall for a table. You don't think\u2026 nah.\n\nI was cutting off someone's head with a sword, like at an execution. I guess you guys know a lot about those, heh. It looked like the sword I was holding but\u2026 bright and shiny and new. Nothing fancy, just a really, really, really fucking sharp sword. It only took one blow to cut off his head; the hell is that thing made of, adamantium?\n\nThat was scary, that was fucking scary. I was in battle with one of my men, fighting\u2026 elves, I think? That's the only way I can describe them. They wanted my sword, and my guy\u2026 he was about ten feet tall, and at one point, he grabbed one of the elves and ate him. He said something in French, and I laughed. I laughed at someone getting their head eaten. The fuck is wrong with me?\n\nI was dying. I knew I was going to die; one of my sons had stabbed me, and I had killed him first, but I was hurt bad. So, I had my men take me to a lake. I remember that I had spent time with my sister there-her name was Morcant- when I was young. What kind of name is that for a girl? Morcant.\nI just\u2026 wanted to see the place one last time before I died. Then, something\u2026 something came out of the water. She was beautiful. She looked even better than my wife did. Her skin was kind of blue, her nose was flat, and she had weird\u2026 feeler-things in her hair. God, I'd love to see her again. She wasn't human, I know that much. She asked me if I wanted to keep my legacy alive. I said yes. She asked for the sword, and I gave it to her, and she'd promised me she'd keep it safe.. She kissed me, said \"goodnight\", and\u2026 I was gone.\n\nI couldn't stop crying. A messenger came from the woods and told me that one of my best friends had died. I kept crying over that damn skull I was wearing, and it took me days to calm down. I sat in my bedroom the whole time, just\u2026 staring at the ceiling. I've never been that sad. I hope I never am again.\n\nI felt like I couldn't breathe for so long- I was in that coffin again, I think. Then, I was pulled out of the ground, and I cringed so hard; metal against stone is not a good sound. And then, I was someone else. I was just\u2026 a kid, maybe eleven or twelve, and I was holding the sword with both hands. I took it out just so I could fight in some tournament that my brother had gotten sick for. People pointed at me as I went, and I thought I was in trouble. Then some old guy with a horse head over his face came up to me and said I was a ruler. Son of a bitch.\n\nStatement 2307-42:\n\nI was an old man, and I'd been walking for a long, long time. I eventually walked up to a rock with a sword in it, just sitting there in the middle of nowhere, and I touched it. Then, BAM! I was knocked on my ass by lightning, and something spoke to me. It told me to find a boy to make king, and to spread her word all over. I said that I would.\nThen\u2026 this is the first time this has happened. I was somewhere else, talking with the boy, who was now a man. I tried to persuade him to change his religion, but he said he would banish me if I tried teaching him my \"pagan faith\" again. I don't know what I was even preaching; something about machines, I think.\n\nStatement 2307-51:\n\nI was some kind of religious guy; monk, maybe? I remember I had itchy robes. I found the sword after it had washed up on the shore, and then I figured out it wasn't a sword. It was, like\u2026 the tip of a giant pen. A stylus, I think I called it?\nI ran back to the monastery with it, and when I got there\u2026 I found that scrolls that I had written had changed. We cried out about apocrypha and an unholy force altering the scrolls. We tried to destroy the pen, piece by piece, but the more we destroyed, the more things we had altered. And then the lightning started.\nIt struck all over the place, and friends and other monks were dying. It was horrible. Eventually, the monastery caught fire, and I was the only one to escape. A voice\u2026 something grinding like nails on a chalkboard mixed with rusty gears- told me what to do with what was left over of the pen. I took it to a blacksmith, and he made it into a sword for me. I then just\u2026 stuck it in a rock in the middle of a stone circle, where I thought that nobody would ever find it. From what I've seen\u2026 this me was an idiot.\n\nStatement 2307-57:\n\nI was that\u2026 weird water woman, this time, the one I told you about in the one where I died. I had lived in the lake all my life. Some monks- I think they were from the same order as the last guy- came to me, asking me to keep something safe for them. They begged and bargained with me, saying that something unholy was upon the land. I told them I \"did not care of their mortal ways\" -her words, not mine-, and then they said a name: MEKHANE.\nI told them I would agree to whatever they wanted me to do. They had sent someone disguised as the son of the king who had the sword- who had apparently been made with his half-sister, ew- to kill him in battle. They said that they would\u2026 bless my lake, and one of my sister's lakes, to hold the sword of MEKHANE in it, so that it couldn't make new legends, whatever that means. In exchange, I would be written about as a queen among fairies- er, fae, or whatever. The Lady of the Lake, they called me. I liked the sound of that. Son of a bitch.\n\nStatement 2307-59's:\n\nI was writing the word of the world, on a beach, using lightning. My people ran around below me, gathering up the glass from where the lightning struck, and transcribing my word onto their own scrolls, where they would make my holy books. Then, one day, I was hit by\u2026 something, and my pen broke. I managed to make most of it land on the beach, but\u2026 some of it didn't.\nA big chunk of my pen landed a quarter of the way across the world, somewhere where I didn't care about it. And then they tried to break it. I didn't like that, so I tried to burn them with lightning and eventually, they gave in.\nI've probably told you the rest of this, but from different perspectives. One thing I remember, though\u2026 remember that Lady of the Lake girl? I remember doing something to the sword- her kind didn't like iron- so that it wouldn't hurt her, or anyone like her. I don't know why I did it; I kind of remember thinking it was for safekeeping.\nAnd then I saw\u2026 myself, holding the sword with that hat on, and then I saw the whole thing over again, and over, and over, and over, and over\u2026 until I finally dropped it.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Lakes in Cornwall, UK and North Wales, respectively\n2. Phonetic translation has shown this to be a Welsh phrase, \"Bydd pwy bynnag tynnu cleddyf hwn fod brenin y tir\", roughly translated to mean \"He who pulls this blade shall be the land's king\"\n\n\u00ab SCP-2306 | SCP-2307 | SCP-2308 \u00bb"}
{"text": "NOTICE FROM THE RECORDS AND INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION\nThis document describes an anomaly that was neutralized prior to its identification and classification. This record is maintained for the benefit of historical and scientific reference, in accordance with RAISA-3010 (\"Archival of Documentation for Neutralized Anomalies\").\n\nItem #: SCP-2308\nObject Class: Neutralized\nSpecial Containment Procedures: N/A\nDescription: SCP-2308 was a line of high-performance consumer automobiles manufactured between 1999 and 2009, and sold from 1998 to 2008, by Argo Automotives1. Automobiles from the SCP-2308 model line possessed no anomalous properties of their own, except for being manufactured a year after they were sold.\nThrough the use of a currently unidentified temporal anomaly, Argo Automotives created a Temporal Self-Investment Loop2. Automobiles were manufactured using then-current non-anomalous technology, then were sent one year into the past to be sold as high-technology, high-performance vehicles. The money from these sales was then used to fund the development and manufacture of the vehicles that had just been sold.\nArgo Automotives profited greatly from this strategy, up until the global financial crisis of 2008. Faced with a drastic drop in demand for automobiles, Argo Automotives found itself unable to sell its 2009 year model, and was thus unable to attain the necessary funds to develop and manufacture the 2009 year model. Despite this, Argo Automotives began manufacturing the vehicle in-order to prevent a potential temporal paradox. While the company succeeded in producing and delivering all of the necessary vehicles, the effort left Argo Automotives bankrupt.\nThe Foundation first became aware of SCP-2308 in 2010, during the liquidation proceedings for Argo Automotives, when several of its former manufacturing employees were hired by a Foundation front company. An investigation was immediately launched to determine the full extent of the Temporal Self-Investment Loop involved, as well as identify any potential paradoxes it may have created.\nThis investigation found that the loop was relatively self-contained, and identified no paradoxes3. However, the temporal anomaly used in the production of SCP-2308 could not be found; it is believed to have been surreptitiously sold to an unknown buyer prior to the liquidation proceedings. Efforts are ongoing to locate it.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Formerly Prometheus Automobile Group, a subsidiary of Prometheus Laboratories that became independent when the Prometheus conglomerate collapsed in 1998.\n2. A paraeconomic investment strategy involving the use of future assets to fund past developments. Most notably used by Prometheus Labs between 1980 and 1992 to fund their paraweaponry programs; the disruption of this loop by the end of the Cold War was one of the contributing factors in the breakup of the Prometheus conglomerate.\n3. Whether this is due to precautions taken by Argo Automotives or due to neutralization of paradoxes by an alternate timeline Foundation is unknown.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2307 | SCP-2308 | SCP-2309 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2309\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: In order to prevent unauthorized access, the area surrounding SCP-2309 has been enclosed by a chain-link fence and given the public designation of a proving ground used by the Georgian Land Forces. A team of observers is to be stationed at SCP-2309 at all times to regularly report on the structural condition of SCP-2309. Any breach in SCP-2309 is to be reported immediately and considered a potential SK-Class dominance shift scenario. Upon receiving such a report, Foundation military assets stationed in the Middle East are to be activated and deployed according to Contingency Plan-2309, to assess the situation, and, if applicable, engage any hostile forces that appear.\nDescription: SCP-2309 is an approximately 20 m tall and 5 m thick wall, constructed from blocks of iron covered in a thin layer of brass, standing between the walls of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Pass in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Region, Georgia. Although SCP-2309 is not susceptible to damage by conventional means, SCP-2309 continuously deteriorates through an anomalous process in which pieces of metal disappear from the north-facing side of SCP-2309, leaving a variety of patterns generally similar to claw marks in appearance. This process of deterioration, which occurs between sunrise and sunset, will continue until the thickness of the wall is reduced to as little as 5 cm in some sections. Between each period of deterioration, SCP-2309 will regenerate the lost material at a rate of approximately 0.5 mm/s, such that all of the lost material will have been regenerated before the next period of deterioration.\nFoundation historians believe that SCP-2309 was constructed during the 6th century BCE, under the sponsorship of Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Empire. The historical existence of SCP-2309 has been attested by various written sources dating from as early as the 1st century CE1; publicly-accessible versions of these sources have been modified accordingly to obscure the existence and location of SCP-2309. Of particular interest among these sources is the following first-hand account of SCP-2309, given by Sallam at-Turjumani, an official serving in the court of caliph al-Wathiq of the Abbasid Dynasty, during the early 9th century CE.\n\nOpen \"Report on the Iron Wall\" by Sallam at-Turjumani (Department of Antiquities: 1908.99.58)\n\nClose \"Report on the Iron Wall\" by Sallam at-Turjumani (Department of Antiquities: 1908.99.58)\n\nAfter the caliph reported a dream in which he saw the Iron Wall of Dhul-Qarnayn2 being breached by Yajuj and Majuj3, he dispatched me to investigate the matter. Heading northwards to the Caucasus, I arrived in Tbilisi after six months of travel. There I made inquiries concerning the state of the Iron Wall, and found an old Magian4 who told me that he had seen the Iron Wall, and that it still stood. I then offered him twenty dinars to lead me to the Iron Wall, and without comment he led me further northward, to a pass between the mountains of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. There I beheld the Iron Wall, and to the relief of both the caliph and myself, I found that the Iron Wall still stood, and that Dhul-Qarnayn's construction equipment remained intact, scattered about the site.\nWhat I found strange, however, was that I could see the scratches made by Yajuj and Majuj on the Iron Wall, but I could not see Yajuj and Majuj themselves. When I expressed my confusion to the Magian, he told me that the people of Yajuj and Majuj lie hidden beyond the Iron Wall. He then placed his hand on my shoulder, at which point I saw the horde of Yajuj and Majuj streaming towards us as they tore at the Iron Wall. They were as gruesome as I had imagined, for their nakedness was not even hidden by skin, and their hands ended not in nails, but vicious rending claws.\nBehind the horde of Yajuj and Majuj, I saw only devastation: every tree and plant had been uprooted, and the only beasts that survived their onslaught were flies, maggots, and roaches. Examining the disposition of the forces of Yajuj and Majuj more closely, I saw two masked men, cloaked in red robes like those of Roman bishops, presiding over the horde from atop flesh-crafted towers. Before them stood a massive, four-legged beast that was larger than five elephants and had only a bony plate for a face. Raising their staves towards the air, they guided the beast as a performer might guide a puppet. Responding to their every gesture, the beast began to charge toward the Iron Wall, trampling underfoot the Yajuj and Majuj that strayed into its path, before its head slammed into the Iron Wall, which emerged largely unscathed.\nI questioned the Magian as to why Yajuj and Majuj continued this futile effort to penetrate the Iron Wall, when they could have undermined it or built a scaffold. He replied that where Yajuj and Majuj stood, the ground was harder than Damascus steel and the ceiling of heaven was exactly at the height of the Iron Wall, so that even the most insignificant insect could not fly over it. I told the Magian that I had seen enough, and he removed his hand from my shoulder. As Yajuj and Majuj disappeared from my sight, he told me that the caliph and the rulers of every civilized land must heed the threat of Yajuj and Majuj. Sometimes I question whether my vision was a sign from Allah or a Magian trick, but I am inclined to believe that I was not deceived, for Allah is Knowing and Seeing, and I saw only what had already been revealed.\n\nFoundation archeologists began excavations of the area surrounding SCP-2309 in 1992. Among the articles of interest discovered were:\n\nA cache of approximately one thousand Lydian coins.\nA large number of iron and bronze fragments from Achaemenid weapons and armor.\nA collection of gears and other machine parts, probably used in the construction of SCP-2309. Many are stamped with the seals of the Mekhanite temple-cults of the Ionian city-states.\nA mass grave containing skeletons with humanoid body structures largely similar to those of baseline Homo sapiens sapiens, deviating from the baseline in that their skulls largely consist of a vertically aligned pair of sharp jaws, and that their fingers end with bony claws. These specimens have been noted to resemble captured instances of SK-BIO Type B.\nA large clay cylinder, containing the following record, written in Old Persian, of the construction of SCP-2309 and the circumstances in which it took place.\n\nOpen \"Iron Wall Cylinder\" by Unknown Author (Department of Antiquities: 1994.23.87)\n\nClose \"Iron Wall Cylinder\" by Unknown Author (Department of Antiquities: 1994.23.87)\n\nAll civilized men praise Cyrus, beloved of Ahura Mazda5, king of kings, king of Persia, Babylon, Sumer, Akkad, and Lydia! His army, which counts in its ranks as many men as there are drops of water in the Tigris and the Euphrates, marched into the Caucasus to confront the invaders who have sallied out from Adatum6. Led by Karasci7 Yagaha and Karasci Mahaga, daeva8-generals of Angra Mainyu9, they have caused great mischief in our lands. At first, Cyrus's army drove them back, to the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Pass, but the onslaught was endless, such that even the Companions10 could not hold them back. In his divinely-granted wisdom, Cyrus resolved to build a barrier, to hold back the daevas and their accursed armies. Gathering the wisest men from all corners of his empire, Cyrus journeyed to Ionia, where he enlisted the Mekhanite builder-priests. As Cyrus's armies held the line, the Mekhanites erected a great wall from blocks of iron, and poured over it a layer of consecrated brass, so that Karasci Yagaha and Karasci Mahaga and their armies will be sealed away from mankind in the realm of druj11 until the end of time.\n\nBecause of the eschatological significance assigned to SCP-2309, and the existence of written and archeological evidence suggesting that SCP-2309 was constructed as a barrier against Sarkic armies, it is believed that the breach of SCP-2309, if and when it should take place, may constitute an SK-Class dominance shift scenario. Historical and esoteric research regarding the nature of the threat posed by SCP-2309 and possible improvements to its containment is ongoing.\n\nFootnotes\n1. See The Jewish War, Unabridged by Josephus (Department of Antiquities: 1911.86.98).\n2. Lit. \"the two-horned one.\" Dhul-Qarnayn was a legendary ruler described in the Qur'an as having built an iron wall, which was likely a reference to the construction of SCP-2309 by Cyrus the Great, who was frequently shown wearing a horned headpiece in artistic depictions.\n3. Referred to in the Judaeo-Christian tradition as Gog and Magog. In Islam, Yajuj and Majuj are peoples who will invade the world during the end times.\n4. Islamic term for Zoroastrians. Possibly referring to a Mekhanite in this context, as many medieval Islamic sources conflate the dualistic aspects of the Mekhanite and Zoroastrian faiths.\n5. Creator deity and object of worship in Zoroastrianism.\n6. Old Persian rendition of Ad\u00ed-\u00fcm, also known as Adytum, capital of the Sarkic Empire.\n7. Corruption of the word karcist, the title of spiritual and secular leaders of the Sarkic Empire and its successor states.\n8. Zoroastrian term referring to false gods, or hostile supernatural entities.\n9. Spirit of evil opposed by Ahura Mazda in Zoroastrianism, which in this context is likely referring to Yaldabaoth, the deity worshiped by the Sarkic cults.\n10. Elite soldiers of the Achaemenid Empire, referred to as Immortals by Greek sources.\n11. Zoroastrian concept that can refer to falsehood, disorder, or non-existence.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2308 | SCP-2309 | SCP-2310 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2310\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Instances of 2310-A are to be housed in four replicas of SCP-2310, to encourage their cooperation. The perimeter of their housing complex is to be placed under guard, but subjects are to have freedom of movement within the complex.\nSCP-2310 is to be kept isolated on the grounds of Site 115. No research requiring the physical presence of Foundation personnel is to be conducted on SCP-2310, and no Foundation personnel are to be allowed access to SCP-2310's holding facility. Research requiring human interaction with SCP-2310 is to be undertaken with the assistance of trained volunteers recruited from Site 115's population of 2310-As. Each 2310-A must undergo a minimum of 18 months of therapy before they will be allowed to volunteer as C-Class personnel.\n2310-B is to be kept in secure living quarters at Site 115. Foundation personnel are to avoid contact with it until research on its possible anomalous properties is complete.\nGiven Ms. Palmer's lack of anomalous properties and ongoing cooperation with the SCP Foundation, her designation as 2310-B has been retired. She has been released from Containment Division oversight, and details of her containment are to be handled by Human Resources.\nDescription: SCP-2310 is a suburban house originally located in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.1 Any human who enters the building immediately undergoes an anomalous mind-altering event. Such subjects are instances of 2310-A. Instances of 2310-A believe themselves to be a 42-year-old human female named \"Sarah Palmer.\"\n2310-B, the individual believed to be the original Sarah Palmer, has no apparent anomalous attributes other than an immunity to the effects of SCP-2310. She inhabited SCP-2310 between 1989 and 2007. No anomalous activity surrounding the house was reported by her or anyone else during this period; the current anomaly is believed to have first presented itself some time in mid-2013. 2310-B was unaware of anomalous activity concerning her former home until briefed by Foundation personnel.\nThe consciousness of each new instance of 2310-A is replaced with a copy of 2310-B's mind as it was on the morning of January 20, 2002.2 2310-B has confirmed that memories described by 2310-As match its own memories prior to this date. 2310-B's memories after that date are not accessible to 2310-As, and while the personalities of 2310-As are initially very similar they often develop down different paths. 2310-As retain no memories or awareness of their former self, and self-identify as Sarah Palmer.3 As there is no known way of reversing this process, Foundation personnel affected by SCP-2310 in this manner, though still physically functioning, are to be considered deceased.\nNeither the constituent parts of SCP-2310, any of the objects or furniture contained within, or the site on which it was originally located demonstrate any anomalous activity in isolation. It is not known what level of assembly is required for SCP-2310 to demonstrate anomalous activity.\n\nAddendum 2310-i: Security Reclassification Notice\n\nThe full mission report for Operation Snowglobe is classified, and that isn't going to change any time soon. However, given the dramatic staff changes it has caused at Site 115, curiosity is natural. I have obtained permission to outline the events of Snowglobe; you've probably heard some of the details from our local Sarahs anyway.\n\nLet me be frank: Snowglobe was an unforced error. Twenty experienced Mobile Task Force agents died at the hands of an artifact that probably would have been classified Safe if the recovery hadn't been botched so badly. As your new site director, I hope to use this as a learning opportunity to address the root causes of this catastrophe.\nThe following memo consists of excerpts from the SCP-2310 Recovery Report alongside my own commentary. Discussion sessions to improve our staff's understanding of engagement procedures will begin on Monday. This includes both Site 115 personnel and all field units attached to Site 115. Please familiarize yourself with the events of Operation Snowglobe before then.\n\n\u2014Site Director Prell\n\nAddendum 2310-ii: SCP-2310 Recovery Report\n\nAugust 18, 2013: Foundation agents from Field Unit Epsilon-7 (\"Seven Magpies\"), while monitoring cult activity in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, note a cluster of disappearances in a single neighborhood in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Two of these disappearances are from local law enforcement who were themselves investigating the neighborhood. Further information is requested from the Anne Arundel County Police Department.\n\nMorning of August 19: Local law enforcement reports that they believe the missing persons are being held in a house at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Neighbors describe strange activity in the house, interpreted by them as \"cultlike.\" They also report seeing some kind of struggle between figures within the house. An expedited warrant for a raid on the house is obtained by local law enforcement. Foundation field agents continue monitoring the situation, while leaving it in the hands of local authorities.\n\nEvening of August 19: Anne Arundel County Police Department conducts a raid on the house. Despite an absence of signs of conflict, communication with the officers is quickly lost. As AACPD prepares to send in assistance, field agents under the command of Eric Strohman intervene and take control of the situation. A perimeter is formed around the house, the neighborhood is evacuated, and field agents begin conducting reconnaissance on the house.\nThis is where the field team begins down the wrong path. Seven Magpies specializes in investigating the D.C. area's cult problem, and when neighbors suggested there was a \"cult\" living in SCP-2310, the field team jumped on this and did not fully consider other possibilities. For the rest of the reconnaissance period, the field team operates under the assumption that they are dealing with cultists wielding anomalous weaponry, rather than a localized anomaly contained within the house. This assessment will go on to color the Mobile Task Force's response.\n\nAugust 20, 12:40 AM: Field agents report on activity within the house. Several of the missing police officers are seen moving around inside, in a state of apparent agitation. Attempts to communicate with them via loudspeaker only cause them to react with fear. They are accosted by strangely dressed figures, who lead them to the basement. Other presumed captives, however, are observed to have freedom of movement within the house. Field agents conclude that the cultists may have access to anomalous means of indoctrination.\n1:12 AM: A man dressed in red robes4 opens a window on the top floor. He begins shouting at perimeter guards. He instructs them to leave the house alone. He is unresponsive to offers to negotiate the release of captives. After several minutes, he breaks into tears, closes the window, and retreats into the house.\n3:51 AM: Broad-spectrum energy analysis of the house is completed. No unusual energy signatures are detected from the house. Around twenty-four lifeforms are detected within the house. Based on local disappearances, up to twenty-one of them are assumed to be captives.\n4:25 AM: Site Director Pritchard arrives on-site along with Mobile Task Force Rho-14 (\"Old Boars\") led by Agent Talbot. Pritchard, Talbot, and Agent Strohman meet to discuss the Foundation's response. They approve the forcible entry of the house and detainment of its inhabitants. The recovery operation is filed as \"Snowglobe.\"\nSite Director Pritchard's personal intervention was unnecessary, and likely influenced by her previous successes in combating the Seven Daughters Society and the Friends of Amicus. She reportedly advocated for an immediate military response, with the support of Agent Talbot but over the objections of Agent Strohman.\nWhile Pritchard's concern for securing the immediate safety of the captives is commendable, her disregard of Strohman's analysis was reckless. Transcripts suggest she and Talbot had decided on a course of action before even reaching the scene. Though Strohman was her subordinate, as the leader of the field agents researching SCP-2310 his assessment should have carried more weight. While his assumptions about the nature of the mind-altering anomaly at work were far off the mark, he was correct in regarding the mere possibility of mind-altering anomalies as a red flag meriting extraordinary caution.\nOne final consideration is more subtle and psychological: once a combat-oriented Mobile Task Force was dispatched to the scene, Foundation leadership was under pressure to put them to use. We've actually researched this\u2014 when Mobile Task Forces are dispatched prior to the approval of force, approval follows within the next 12 hours in 78% of cases and within the next 48 hours in 90% of cases. Their mere presence makes the use of force the path of least resistance. We, of all people, must recognize how little power we have over our own minds.\n5:00 AM: Agents resume attempts at negotiation via loudspeaker. With this drawing the attention of the inhabitants of the house, MTF Rho-14 takes up positions and prepares to enter the building. Fireteam Axum is positioned at the back door, Fireteam Babel at a basement hatch, Fireteam Corinth on the roof, and Fireteams Dacia and Egypt are held in reserve.\n5:10 AM: Agent Talbot orders Fireteam Axum into the house. They breach the back door. Agent Wright is the first inside. Upon entering the house, his consciousness is immediately replaced with an instance of 2310-A, becoming the individual recorded as 2310-A-18.5\nFollowing Wright into the building, the rest of his team is likewise replaced with instances of 2310-A. Finding herself surrounded by men with guns, 2310-A-18 yells \"Don't shoot!\" Each of the new 2310-As joins in with a similar frightened reaction, and they scatter. Most flee deeper into the house; 2310-A-2 runs into the yard and hides in a bush.\nHearing Fireteam Axum shouting about armed men over the radio, Agent Talbot orders Fireteams Babel and Corinth into the building, intending to flank the armed men believed to be threatening Axum. Babel enters the basement and Corinth breaches the roof; all four members of each team are immediately converted into instances of 2310-A. They begin adding to the radio chatter about armed men.\nFacing what is assumed to be an unexpectedly strong force armed with conventional weapons, Site Director Pritchard orders Fireteams Dacia and Egypt to enter the building. This decision is strongly opposed by Agents Talbot and Strohman, who have by now taken note of the unusually panicked reactions from trained Mobile Task Force agents. Their objections are overruled.\nAgent Talbot leads Fireteams Dacia and Egypt through the front door. They are immediately converted into instances of 2310-A. With the last of Mobile Task Force Rho-14 routing, Director Pritchard orders a full withdrawal, unaware that the entire team has already been effectively killed in action.\nDirector Pritchard didn't get reassigned because she got people killed. If the Foundation exiled Site Directors to \"Keter duty\" every time they got people killed, I'd be on Keter duty. Pritchard got reassigned because, with everyone around her telling her to exercise caution, she proved incapable of cutting her losses.\nI know Pritchard was popular here, so let me assure you that her career will not be solely defined by its darkest moment. She has done excellent work for the Foundation, and her talents will be put to good use elsewhere.\n5:13 AM: Many converted Foundation agents flee the building, along with other instances of 2310-A frightened by the armed intruders. Their unusual mental state is immediately apparent. Field Team Epsilon-7 resumes reconnaissance of the house and detains the fleeing 2310-As.\n6:30 AM: On-site debriefing of converted agents is uninformative; they are found to be unable to explain the events of the raid. Their shift in identity is not yet fully noted, and they are initially believed to be simply suffering from an anomalous form of amnesia.\nInterviews with instances of 2310-A who had more time to adjust to their condition are more revealing. It quickly becomes clear that they are not affiliated with any known groups of interest.6 They discuss their shared identity as Sarah Palmer. Improvised tests comparing their memories and personalities provide tentative support for the claims that they are duplicates of the same consciousness.\nTheir testimony further establishes that the 2310-As had decided to seclude themselves in the house both to conceal their condition, and because each of them regarded it as their home. The struggles within the house reported by witnesses had been instigated by the \"True Sarahs,\" a clique of 2310-As who happened to physically resemble the original Sarah Palmer. The True Sarahs had unsuccessfully attempted to evict the other 2310-As when money and food began to run low. (This shortage seems to have been inadvertently caused by the original Sarah Palmer, then living in Florida, who around this time filed a report of identity theft with Bank of America.)\nMost of the 2310-As prove cooperative following these interviews. Director Pritchard asks several volunteers among them to bring monitoring devices into the house and to send out the remaining 2310-As hiding inside, including twelve converted Foundation agents.\n6:45 AM: 2310-As acting under Foundation direction enter the house. Several of these volunteers are threatened with guns by converted agents. However, the original Sarah Palmer was unfamiliar with the operation of assault rifles, and none of the converted agents are able to turn off the safety.\nOver the course of the next four hours, the remaining 2310-As are successfully coaxed out of the building by 2310-A volunteers. They are taken into Foundation custody and brought to Site 115, where they meet with Foundation therapists to help prepare them for detainment.\n1:10 PM: After a review of local property prices, it is determined that it would be more economical to elevate and relocate the house than to secure it on-site. A request is sent to Site 227 for the temporary use of an engineering team.\nThe report keeps going, but I'll spare you the details of the engineering team moving the actual house. Suffice to say SCP-2310 claimed its final Foundation casualty during structure relocation: the roof (which had been weakened by Fireteam Corinth's forced entry) collapsed, and debris landed on one of the engineers. While this did not convert him into an instance of 2310-A, his injuries did cause him to lose the use of his legs. He is the lone survivor of contact with SCP-2310.\nSCP-2310 is dumb. It does not try to trick its victims or lure anyone in. It simply relies on the human desire to help people. Neighbors went to check on the elderly couple living there, and when they didn't come out their friends came to look for them, and police came to look for them, and we came along and joined the line of lemmings. We thought we could get away with doing the same thing because we're experts. True expertise would have consisted of doing something different.\nThe SCP Foundation does immeasurably important work, and usually does it extremely well. However, I've seen too many talented Foundation employees infected with the used-tissue mindset: that the threats we face are of such danger and immediacy that we must throw everything we have at them, and tally up the cost afterwards.\nBut while the Foundation's resources are substantial, I can assure you they are finite. They come from somewhere, and if we abuse them, they will go to someone else. In the face of danger, we must exercise caution. We must be willing to lose, fall back, and fight another day, another way. Or the day will come when we pick up the phone to call for backup, and the voice on the other end will tell us \"No.\"\nI look forward to working with all of you at Site 115.\n\u2014Site Director Prell\n\nFootnotes\n1. SCP-2310 has since been fully relocated to Site 115.\n2. Their association with a specific date was first observed by a therapist in the Foundation's employ, who noticed several instances of 2310-A expressing distress over the \"recent\" September 11 attacks.\n3. 2310-As have expressed a preference for cognomina such as \"Sarah Palmer the Blond\" and \"Sarah Palmer the Youngest\" over the numbering system originally used. They are reluctant to answer to names other than Sarah Palmer, particularly their pre-conversion names.\n4. Later found to be women's nightwear.\n5. More commonly known as Sarah Palmer the Taller Black Guy.\n6. I'm aware that Pritchard is still lobbying for an investigation into cult connections. This is face-saving nonsense.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2309 | SCP-2310 | SCP-2311 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2311\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2311 is to be contained at the site of its discovery, the basement of a residential building in Rochester, New York. This residence is designated Temporary Satellite Site 14, with the basement acting as SCP-2311's cell until suitable long-term containment can be achieved. Temporary Sat-Site 14 is to be staffed at all times by no less than three Foundation operatives posing as tenants under standard \"Plain Sight\" cover protocols, with preference given to personnel who have survived at least one reality restructuring event. A designated developmental psychologist must conduct biweekly sessions with SCP-2311 in order to discourage breach attempts.\nFloodlights must be installed in every interior room of Temporary Sat-Site 14, with controls easily accessible by all personnel. In addition, motion-activated lights must be fitted to all building exits. All facility lights must be properly maintained and tested by site personnel on a weekly basis.\nDescription: SCP-2311 is a nine-year-old human male with Klinefelter syndrome, Kaspar Hauser syndrome, and a ventricular septal defect. SCP-2311's stunted language skills1 and distinctive toddling gait are believed to be a result of severe social and emotional deprivation from an early age. SCP-2311 also exhibits heliophobia and aquaphobia, likely as a result of childhood trauma.\nSCP-2311 has the ability to alter matter with little regard for physical laws, causality or logic. The potential magnitude of this capability is unknown. For what is believed to be psychological reasons, SCP-2311 displays diminished anomalous capacity while in a contented or fearful emotional state and while within the confines of Sat-Site 14. If either of these conditions are not met (ie., SCP-2311 is in an angered or excited emotional state, or has left its containment cell in the basement of Sat-Site 14), SCP-2311 will begin to express its anomalous traits. If neither of these conditions are met, SCP-2311's breach of containment should be considered a potential CK-class reality restructuring event, as at this time the Foundation does not possess sufficient data to predict its capabilities or likely course of action in this scenario.\nTo date, SCP-2311 has been observed to:\n\nManifest and attempt to consume approximately 20 kilograms of La Perruche brand individually-wrapped sugar cubes.\nInflict fatal physical harm on Foundation personnel by anomalous means. Injuries bear a cosmetic resemblance to necrosis spreading at a medically impossible rate.\nTranslocate instantaneously with no regard for physical barriers such as the interior walls of Sat-Site 14. To date, SCP-2311 has not displayed any ability or willingness to teleport outside the confines of Sat-Site 14.\nManifest heat and flames measured at 600\u00b0C. Flames created by SCP-2311 have never been observed to consume fuel or otherwise affect the objects around them. Despite palpable heat, they inflict no damage on human tissue.\nIn one recorded incident, SCP-2311 emitted a stream of liquid at an estimated pressure of 800 kPa and temperature of -200\u00b0C. The liquid poured from SCP-2311's nasal, oral and anal orifices for fifteen minutes, causing SCP-2311 apparent distress. Unlike the anomalous flames and heat generated by SCP-2311, the extreme cold of this liquid did affect human tissue as expected, inflicting nerve damage after 5 minutes of continuous exposure. After the liquid warmed to room temperature, it became indistinguishable from normal water; how it was able to maintain a liquid state at -200\u00b0C is not presently understood.\n\nSCP-2311's anomalous capabilities are not believed to be restricted to the phenomena listed above. Opportunities to observe SCP-2311's reality-restructuring capacity have been limited to two breach events since Foundation custody commenced, and to the circumstances of SCP-2311's initial containment.\nRecovery Details: SCP-2311 was brought to Foundation attention by assets embedded in the New York State Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS), who were investigating SCP-2311's living conditions after neighbors reported a \"yelping boy\" being kept in a basement for religious or occult purposes. The Foundation first attempted to seize SCP-2311 covertly via Foundation operatives posing as OCFS officials working in tandem with local law enforcement. During the investigation, an individual believed to be SCP-2311's father (hereafter designated Person of Interest-2311-01) detonated several homemade incendiary devices. Local law enforcement disengaged and Mobile Task Force Psi-7 (\u201cHome Improvement\u201d) took command under standard cover protocol \"Federal Agents.\" MTF Psi-7 agents entered the burning residence and encountered SCP-2311 displaying its anomalous properties. MTF Psi-7 suffered \u2588 casualties but managed to contain SCP-2311. PoI-2311-01 died from smoke inhalation prior to Psi-7's breach of the residence2.\nIn the aftermath, the City of Rochester Fire Department extinguished the fire, and the damaged residence was acquired via a Foundation shell company. Containment personnel posing as contractors repaired the damage caused by the fire and enacted SCP-2311's current special containment procedures.\n\nARTIFACT MANIFEST: 2311/3 CLEARANCE REQUIRED\n\nAUTHORIZATION APPROVED: ITEMS RECOVERED FROM RESIDENCE BASEMENT\n\nNumerous non-anomalous books and manuscripts on occult subjects, including Liber Al vel Legis, Kitab Sirr al-Asrar, and one hundred and eight copies of Tabula Smaragdina in various languages.\nTwo sets of iron restraints and one iron hobble, along with two unopened boxes of Rothco-brand plastic restraints.\nThe decomposed remains of an adult woman, found interred in a crawlspace. Genetic tests confirm the deceased was SCP-2311's biological mother. Decomposition made it impossible to determine a definitive cause of death, but the deceased appears to have undergone a botched hysterectomy.\nA double jacket, industrial-strength firehose and requisite plumbing.\nPlaster walls and ceiling filled with fiberglass insulation and resilient channels as apparent soundproofing measures.\nSeveral empty boxes of La Perruche brand individually-wrapped sugar cubes and attendant wrappers.\nA bassinet, a crib, and a twin-sized mattress sans bedding, all badly soiled.\n\nRECOVERED DOCUMENT: 2311/3 CLEARANCE REQUIRED\n\nAUTHORIZATION APPROVED: UNTITLED MANUSCRIPT\n\nPage 1 of the recovered document.\n\nPages 2 and 3 of the recovered document.\n\nPages 4 and 5 of the recovered document.\n\nThe following is a document believed to have been written by PoI-2311-01. Most of the pages in the notebook were filled with diagrams and nonsensical equations concerning occult and alchemical subjects. All legible text is included below; access to the original manuscript requires 2311/4 clearance.\n\n10/11/20\u2588\u2588: Double-checked and triple-checked calculations. It's real. It either exists or theoretically could. Nothing stopping it. So where the fuck is it?\n10/13/20\u2588\u2588: Found a modern Chaos Magick forum online. Interesting, but disagree with initial premise. Trouble isn't a lack of belief; I have a surfeit of belief. I have belief crystallized into evidence (double-checked, triple-checked, not like I can get a second opinion). Magick is real. The only impediment to its practice is an apparent paucity of magicians.\n10/23/20\u2588\u2588: I tried the formula again. Genuine royal water this time, imported from a colleague in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. I poured it in, and the whole time I was thinking nitrohydrochloric acid. I couldn't stop thinking nitrohydrochloric acid. The admixture failed, of course.\n10/24/20\u2588\u2588: Homunculus an increasingly attractive option. I cannot learn the art (too grounded in the fundus/consensus/real), but I might be able to create an artist.\n10/27/20\u2588\u2588: Started searching for suitable source material. Rusty.\n1/23/20\u2588\u2588: Found suitable source material. Lean little thing from Cambodia. Pliant/compliant. Never actually thought I'd do this, but I guess there's no harm now that I'm looking to outsource.\n2/3/20\u2588\u2588: Source material arrived today. Made it official at the courthouse.\n2/4/20\u2588\u2588: Not really all it's cracked up to be.\n2/28/20\u2588\u2588: No results as of yet.\n4/20/20\u2588\u2588: No results as of yet.\n5/3/20\u2588\u2588: No results.\n6/11/20\u2588\u2588: No results. Failing health of source material a concern.\n6/15/20\u2588\u2588: Conception!\n6/27/20\u2588\u2588: I introduced the source material/vessel to the circle. I'm no practitioner, but I know certain patterns/formulae/procedures that should allow a degree of influence over the unformed/incipient/unreal. The womb is simply that primordial void of so many creation myths. A vacuum paradoxically containing all necessities for creation.\n6/28/20\u2588\u2588: Alterations continue, progressing well. Blurred gender as much as I could without risking critical defect; masculine + feminine, sun + moon, yin + yang, all that good shit.\n6/29/20\u2588\u2588: Alterations continue. Parted the waters and drove the heart from the center.\n6/30/20\u2588\u2588: Alterations finished. Long, auspicious day. Think it went well but impossible to tell until it decants. Vessel spent and disposed of. Think I earned a fucking drink.\n7/12/20\u2588\u2588: No update. It'll take some time, but it should be ready to decant at the vernal equinox. Couldn't hurt, right?\n9/20/20\u2588\u2588: Nothing to report. Would have expected more movement by now. Doubt is poison.\n10/13/20\u2588\u2588: Nothing to report.\n11/12/20\u2588\u2588: Remembered an interesting bit of Paracelsus, looked it up today: \u201cThat the sperm of a man be putrefied by itself in a sealed cucurbit for forty days with the highest degree of putrefaction in a horse's womb, or at least so long that it comes to life and moves itself and stirs\u2026\u201d Ha! Could've just used a horse.\n12/3/20\u2588\u2588: Sweet Christ it's working.\n1/1/20\u2588\u2588: Happy new year.\n2/15/20\u2588\u2588: Growth continues. Worried it would grow too fast, miss our special date, but it seems to have normalized/plateaued.\n3/3/20\u2588\u2588: Speech of God = creation/absolute destruction. Say \"light\" and light separated from darkness, say \"day\" and \"night\" and they were thereafter day and night. This was the first speech and it was perfect/powerful/true. Things were not divorced from their names and language was a lie nobody had invented yet.\n3/10/20\u2588\u2588: Beginning final preparations for decantation. Growth has abated, little movement.\n3/15/20\u2588\u2588: Second was the speech of embryonic Adam. Lesser, of course, but say \"sheep\" and sheep. Say \"tree\" and tree. It is a speech that sculpted things, carved them in that warm paradise of infantile ignorance/non-being/clay. Eden, containing all necessities for creation. Eden, where mankind was nascent and incomplete. Eden, before she came bearing the poison of knowledge.\n3/17/20\u2588\u2588: The basement/creche/temple is ready. Hose took the most work, but spare the rod and spoil the child, right?\n3/18/20\u2588\u2588: No movement. Concerned.\n3/19/20\u2588\u2588: Language fractured when Babel fell. We lost the speech of Adam, but it can be regained. Language castrates, knowledge blinds, and nitrohydrochloric acid is a leaden weight on my will but you can be free. Here is a thing I call \u201cnight,\u201d little homunculus. Teach me its true name. Here is a thing I call \u201cday.\" Teach me or I'll turn on the hose.\n3/20/20\u2588\u2588: Decanted. Stunted but viable. Now the real work starts, little Adam.\n\nFootnotes\n1. SCP-2311 communicates only with a select few gestures in American Sign Language (\"treat\" and \"no\", specifically), taught to him by Dr. Alex Akopyan, SCP-2311's currently assigned developmental psychologist. Prior to containment, SCP-2311 was only capable of a loud, repetitive yelping vocalization.\n2. A full action report is available to security officers with 2311/3 clearance.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2310 | SCP-2311 | SCP-2312 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Highlighted in green: SCP-2312's area of effect\n\nItem #: SCP-2312\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Mobile Task Force Tau-20 (\"Turkish Recon\") is tasked with identifying SCP-2312 instances. Areas with identified SCP-2312 instances are to be cordoned off under the pretence of a Cyprus Turkish Peace Force Command training area. In cooperation with the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus' (TRNC)1 government, appropriate counter-Extranormal Events measures are to be enacted against all 2312-Eris Events.\nUpdate (05/05/2004): TRNC's de facto sovereignty is to be upheld, as defined by the current borders claimed by it.\nDescription: SCP-2312 refers to a series of carvings found on the surface of the Kyrenia Mountains referencing an individual named \"King Pan\" (designated SCP-2312-A); instances typically manifest once per month. SCP-2312 instances are written in Koine Greek, and styled as decrees from SCP-2312-A. Although its identity and existence cannot be ascertained, SCP-2312-A is inferred to be a monarch claiming rulership over a \"Kingdom of All Cypruses\".\nWhen an SCP-2312 instance manifests, a corresponding Extranormal Event will occur (designated 2312-Eris Event). All 2312-Eris Events are localised within TRNC-controlled territory. Removal of SCP-2312 does not prevent occurrence of 2312-Eris Events. Below are several examples of SCP-2312 instances and corresponding 2312-Eris Events; compilation is restricted to Level \u22653/2312 clearance.\n\nTranslated excerpt\n2312-Eris Event\nCover Story\n\n\"\u2026All Cypruses shalt unite under I and render my crooked brother's singular Cyprus a petty kingdom\u2026\"2\nN/A\nN/A\n\n\"\u2026let all Cypruses have meat\u2026\"\nFishes spontaneously rain over TRNC cities.\nFabrication of a Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone.\n\n\"\u2026scriptures of my benefactor \u2013 who gave me infinity \u2013 shalt spread to all Cypruses\u2026\"\nAdvertisements of \"Heavenly Antlers Properties\" are mailed to every TRNC household.\nPublicity stunt by author \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\n\"\u2026birds in flight \u2013 the pleasure of my deceiving brother \u2013 shalt be cast down\u2026\"\nAll birds within TRNC-controlled territory lost control over their wing muscles. Estimated \u2588,\u2588\u2588\u2588 birds died via major trauma.\nFabrication of an avian neuromuscular disease.\n\nOccurring since \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1992, 2312-Eris Events were initially classified as individual Extranormal Events. They were classified under SCP-2312 on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1998, upon discovering a causality between SCP-2312 manifestations and 2312-Eris Events.\nAddendum 2312-1: Excerpt from \"Heavenly Antlers Properties\" Ad\n\nGot the short end of the family inheritance? Want to invest in lands beyond the third dimension? Greener pastures are infinite! We at Heavenly Antlers Properties provide a wide range of services to guarantee trans-dimensional acquisition and ownership of land.\n\nAddendum 2312-2: After negotiations with Cypriot, Greek, Turkish and TRNC governments, the following test is conducted.\n\nPhase A\nPhase B\n\nProcedure\nSovereignty over \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u25883 transferred to TRNC from 20/04/2003 to 20/04/2004.\nAfter 20/04/2004, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is returned to Turkish sovereignty.\n\nResults\n2312-Eris Events manifested on \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n2312-Eris Events ceased on \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nAnalysis\nSCP-2312's area of effect apparently shifts to accommodate territorial or sovereignty changes involving TRNC. Request maintenance of status quo.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A self-declared state based on the northeastern portion of Cyprus Island.\n2. Analysis indicates it to be the earliest SCP-2312 instance chronologically.\n3. An uninhabited Turkish island on the Mediterranean Sea.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2311 | SCP-2312 | SCP-2313 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Sensory Deprivation\n\nSo this came from an idea I had after reading a comment on another SCP. Thanks to Eskobear for his help with the hook, and Echo and marslifeform for their help in refining my draft. Of course thanks to all the residents of #site19 and #area14 as well as there are almost too many names to list off that helped me with various parts of this.\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nItem #: SCP-2313\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2313-1 instances are to be contained in secured individual cells. Unless approved by the SCP-2313 project director for testing purposes, direct physical contact with SCP-2313-1 instances is prohibited.\nTransport involving an SCP-2313-1 instance requires prior approval from the SCP-2313 project director. SCP-2313-1 instances must wear a hazardous materials suit of level B or better during transport.\nDescription: SCP-2313 is a sensory disorder that prevents stimuli from the visual and auditory systems from being properly processed by the brain. Sufferers of SCP-2313, referred to as SCP-2313-1, display the symptoms of blindness and deafness. Excluding auditory and visual stimuli, SCP-2313-1 instances appear to process all sensory perception normally. Attempts to circumvent these disorders via any means, including use of SCP-2077 has so far been met with failure.\nSCP-2313 differs from normal sensory processing disorders in that it may be spread to other individuals through an anomalous process. Any individual that comes into direct physical contact with an instance of SCP-2313-1 will become an additional instance of SCP-2313-1.\n\n+ Additional Notes\n\nHide Notes\n\nSubsequent to a significant reduction of SCP-2313-1 instances as a result of incident 2313-14, the following messages were found in Director Carter's voice mailbox. The entities speaking in these messages have been designated SCP-2313-3. The following audio logs are unedited and were both received within seconds of the other.\n\nTranscript:\nSCP-2313-3-A: Hello there! It's *static* from the Human Resources department of *static* Company. Our records indicate you terminated several of our employees after a recent incident. So first of all I'd like to apologize for the problems our employees caused, but those were company resources so the Foundation is going to have to compensate us for them. We have a couple of simple payment plans available, you just call me back and I'll walk you through it. It's a toll free number 6-2800-55-40505.\n\nTranscript:\nSCP-2313-3-A: Hey! It's *static* again? Human Resources from *static* Company. I'm looking over your file and you've been delinquent for several months. So if you don't get back to me before the end of the week, I'm going to have to refer you to our collections department. Just give me a call. 6-2800-55-40505. Ask for *static*. Thanks!\n\nFollowing receipt of these messages, contact with SCP-2313-3 using the information provided was attempted. While several hours of audio have been recorded, no contact has been made with any entities at the number provided in the messages. The following is a log of attempt 2.\n\nTranscript:\nSCP-2313-3-B: Thank you for calling *static* company. For quality assurance, this call may be monitored. *pulsed static*\n\nIn addition to the symptoms associated with SCP-2313, instances receive twice monthly payments addressed to their primary residence from an unknown source. If an instance's primary residence changes, future envelopes will be addressed to the new residence. Each envelope contains 67 US Dollars and a note reading \"SENSORY CONFISCATION/REASSIGNMENT COMPENSATION\" along with a 7 digit number unique to each SCP-2313-1 instance.\nWithin 6 weeks of the death of any SCP-2313-1 instance, members of an instance's immediate family will receive a payment from a similar source. The amount of these payments has varied, with the highest value seen to be 3,467 US Dollars and the lowest value seen to be 45 US Dollars.\nAll attempts to trace the source of these payments have failed, though the sequential nature of the numbers associated with the payments indicate at least 12 SCP-2313-1 instances are unaccounted for.\nIncident Report 2313-125\n\n+ Show Report\n\n- Hide Report\n\nFollowing a routine reduction of accumulated SCP-2313-1 instances, the Foundation intercepted a delivery to an SCP-2313-1 instance's widow, herself suffering from deafness since early childhood. The delivery contained a payment of 286 dollars and a box containing the following letter.\n\nHearing is important to the well being of all sentients and you have been without it for too long. With reassignment technology the only question is: What do you think your hearing is worth? Drop this package off at your nearest postal office along with a video recording of your youngest offspring laughing. That is it. You will hear the difference.\n\nAttempts by Foundation personnel to follow the instructions contained inside the package have not resulted in any anomalous incidents. Authorization has been requested to allow the intended civilian recipient to attempt completion of the instructions and is pending approval.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2312 | SCP-2313 | SCP-2314 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2314\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All SCP-2314 specimens are to be kept in a dormant state in Level 4 Biological Hazard Cryogenic units at Biological Research Site-129. All specimens and infested hosts are to be handled exclusively by personnel wearing Level B hazmat suits, and all personnel involved in the handling of SCP-2314 are to be scanned by MRI for possible infestation both before and after testing procedures.\nSCP-2314-1 is to be contained in an M-Type Humanoid Anomaly Containment Cell (M-HACC). SCP-2314-1 is to be regularly interviewed to determine if usable intelligence has been received and/or if new instances of SCP-2314 have been detected by it. At least one member of the Foundation Intelligence Agency is to be present during interviewing.\nDescription: SCP-2314 is a genetically modified species of roundworm most closely related to Caenorhabditis elegans. Specimens of SCP-2314 rarely grow larger than 0.7mm and, unlike C. elegans, lack all reproductive systems. Outside of a host, SCP-2314 has a natural lifespan of approximately 36 hours. After being introduced to the host by ingestion, SCP-2314 burrows through its host's soft tissues and seeks out the optic chiasm. SCP-2314 attaches itself using a series of small appendages and burrows into the optic orbital area to encapsulate itself with the surrounding tissue. This process takes between 3-7 days, during which SCP-2314 actively suppresses the host's T-helper Type 1 (Th1) cells in order to pacify the immune system. Afflicted subjects manifest no significant symptoms during this phase. Vivisection of extracted specimens has revealed the presence of human genetic material in SCP-2314, notably glial cells and neurons, replacing the organism's simple brain.\nOut of 24 DNA samples extracted from SCP-2314 specimens removed from compromised individuals, 2 have been linked to SCP-2314-1. At this point in time it is unclear whether or not SCP-2314 specimens linked to SCP-2314-1 exist outside of Foundation control. This cannot be ruled out however and in accordance with inter-organizational intelligence protocols, other organizations at risk have been briefed.\nFoundation-wide emergency MRIs have revealed at least 37 personnel compromised, including Field Agents, Senior Research Staff, Mobile Task Force personnel, and a limited number of Site Directors. Personnel found compromised by SCP-2314 have been subjected to a specialized surgical procedure to remove SCP-2314 specimens, and administered Class Delta amnestics to ensure full operational capacity following surgery. Patients do not experience any residual consequences from this surgery.\nSCP-2314-1 is one Marlena Toropova, born 06/03/1982, Shatoy, Chechnya. SCP-2314-1 claims to have been a member of a GRU Division \"P\" Remote Viewing Division stationed at OKB-16.1\nSCP-2314-1 illegally entered the United States of America on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/19\u2588\u2588 and became an American citizen on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/19\u2588\u2588 after a pardon issued by President George H.W. Bush. Information obtained from SCP-2314-1 points to a discontinued surveillance project by GRU Division \"P\" under codename \"Project Eyestalk\"2, utilizing and manipulating identical twins in order to establish an undetectable communication channel for use in international and inter-organizational intelligence operations. SCP-2314-1 has delivered satisfactory evidence confirming at the very least the existence of SCP-2314 and the communication between it and a remote viewer.\nSCP-2314-1 indicates receiving transmissions from SCP-2314 instances incorporating the DNA of its identical twin (one Olga Toropova, deceased), showing it scenes observed by compromised individuals. Images are described by the subject to overlap natural visual input. SCP-2314-1 indicates it was required to report on these scenes in writing during its time at OKB-16, and has kept a large number of notebooks during the years after its departure from that site. These notebooks have been taken into custody and are currently being examined to determine the extent of possible intelligence leaks to GRU Division \"P\". The exact magnitude of this is currently unknown. Aside from SCP-2314-1, no living3 receivers have been recovered at this point, though it is impossible to rule out that others like SCP-2314-1 remain outside of Foundation control.\nInterview 2314-1: At 9:02 on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, SCP-2314-1 presented itself at the front desk for Seven Sisters Productions4, asking to speak to Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the current SFCL (Senior Front Company Liaison) for Seven Sisters Productions. SCP-2314-1 was immediately taken into custody when it began reciting Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's service record. The following preliminary interview took place several hours later.\n\nInterviewer: Chief Security Officer S.T.H Camden, Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nInterviewed: SCP-2314-1\nWitnessing: Security Officer B.F. Greaves, Security Officer Q.W. Van Dijk\n<Begin Log>\nC.S.O. Camden: Okay, let's begin. Who are you? We have no idea where you came from, but you just waltzed straight into Seven Sisters Productions spouting classified information.\nSCP-2314-1: My name is Marlena Toropova and I have seen this place many times. I need to speak to someone in charge.\n\nC.S.O. Camden: Well, you'll have to make do with me for now. Greaves, get me everything you can on Miss Toropova here. (S.O. Greaves leaves the interrogation room) Now then, you say you saw this place before. How is that? Have you had us under surveillance? Who do you work for?\nSCP-2314-1: I-I do not work for anyone, Mr. Camden. I will tell you exactly what my business here is\u2026but not before I meet with Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nC.S.O. Camden: Regardless of how you know who he is, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 will not be joining us. Like I said, you'll have to make do.\nSCP-2314-1: Fine, you are forcing me to do this, Mr. Camden. You nearly failed your last physical because of your habit of-\nC.S.O. Camden: (becomes visibly agitated) Look, who's been narking? Was it Jones? Little F-\nSCP-2314-1: (interrupts) Get Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. I am not a threat, I swear\u2026\n\nC.S.O. Camden: The hell you are. Sit there and don't move. (Camden leaves the room)\n\nInterview was paused for approximately 36 minutes as C.S.O. Camden conferred.\n\n(C.S.O. Camden reenters the interrogation room with Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588)\nC.S.O. Camden: (C.S.O. Camden turns to Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588) This is miss Marlena Toropova. She's all yours.\n(C.S.O. Camden exits room and joins S.O. van Dijk to monitor the interview)\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Good morning, Miss Toropova. You've managed to spook our security staff quite adequately, I have to say. You can call me \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, though it seems like you- well, you already know that. I'm going to keep this as brief as possible. We have a vehicle waiting to transfer you to a more secure location after this interview.\nSCP-2314-1: Yes. To Site-88.\n\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: (pauses) Right. Of course. Now, on what agenda have you come here?\nSCP-2314-1: I am here to tell you about what you would call a\u2026scip? Is that how you say it? I have seen the word, but never heard it pronounced.\n\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: It's a colloquialism, but yes, that's how you pronounce it. Now, what would this be about exactly then? And I do have to remind you that it's no good lying to us. We will get the truth from you anyway, but it'll be much more pleasant if you cooperate.\nSCP-2314-1: I know, I have seen your methods. I was a part of a GRU-P Remote Viewing Division, a project. They\u2026they did terrible things to us, to me. You are compromised, Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Remote viewing? Really? And how am I compromised, Miss Toropova?\nSCP-2314-1: With my own eyes I can see through yours, Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. I can tell you your wife is a pretty blonde, but the years of being your rock at home have taken their toll. She's weary and you fight a lot lately. You have three children, one boy, two girls. Twins actually. You-\n\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: (shaken) Fine. Jesus. Enough of that. And how did you come by this intelligence?\nSCP-2314-1: I have already told you. But I will tell you our story. I will tell you our story, and then you can ask your questions. Please, just hear me out.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: (sighs and leans back) How nice of you. Go ahead, you have my attention.\nSCP-2314-1: Thank you. (pauses) It was a long time ago. My sister and I came home from school and there was a man waiting for us. My mother was nervous. I did not know the man, and I do not think my mother did either. All she said was that the man was here to take us to a special place, that we were special and gifted, and that we should obey. The man did not say anything. He took us outside, pulling us along when we tried to resist. I could hear my mother crying behind me. Outside was a military vehicle and he made us get in. We were not alone in there. There were at least 10 more children, all twins like my sister and me.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Did you know where you were being taken?\nSCP-2314-1: One of the special work camps, out in the Siberian wastes. The guards told us when we asked. They called it OKB-16. When we arrived, it wasn't that bad. There was little to do outside, but we were greeted by a group of women who promised to take good care of us. And they did, we never lacked toys or food and drink. They kept promising us our parents would visit, but they never did.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: So how long did you and your sister stay at this OKB-16?\nSCP-2314-1: I\u2026we were there for 5 years. My sister and I were together for 3 of those years. We were educated by the Mothers, as they called themselves, and almost every day we would get escorted to the main building, where the doctors would inject us with some medicine, or perform tests, or observe us, or make us do exercises, such as trying to guess what the other was thinking. They made it into games, we enjoyed that. They said it was so we could become heroes to our country. We learned the routine and it was simple.\n(SCP-2314-1 pauses)\nSCP-2314-1: We missed our mother and father, but we were told every day that we were doing great work, that mama and papa were proud of us. So we did as we were told, it just worked that way, every day. Sometime in I think it was '87, my sister and I were led to a section of the main building we had not been in before. It was like a hospital. We were both terrified, and we were separated by the doctors. I was taken to a warm room with a nice bed and a television. My sister disappeared to another room, behind a large door that had strange symbols on it. That is the last I saw of her. They told me my parents had asked to take her home and that they had been allowed to. I was very upset and angry at my parents for leaving me. I know better now. I saw the graves with their names on it. And I also know what happened to my sister.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Excuse me, but I am still not sure how this is relevant to your visit here.\nSCP-2314-1: Dreams, Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, dreams. At least, at first I thought they were. During the first night after my sister's disappearance, I could not sleep for all the images I was seeing, all on top of each other. They were very confusing, but I could not get them out, even when I closed my eyes. I did not sleep that night. When I told the mothers the next day, they seemed very happy, and soon I was visited by the doctors again. They seemed very happy too. After that, more twins were broken up. Sometimes both of them disappeared, sometimes one would stay, like me, and one would disappear. In the end, there were only 4 of us left. I only managed to get away because of the confusion when the Spetsnaz came.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: The Spetsnaz?\nSCP-2314-1: They arrived in the night, but I had seen them coming. My sist- I will get to this, Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Bear with me.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Fine. You got out. So, you had \"visions\"? How did that work?\nSCP-2314-1: Well, at first\u2026at first I couldn't tell because everything ran together, but as time went on, I was trained to ignore what I saw with my own eyes and focus on the other images. To separate the layers if that makes sense. Of the four of us left, only two were able to do this. The others, they disappeared when they went mad. All except for Ilya and me. And Ilya\u2026He died when he was only 9.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Right. And what did you see in your visions?\nSCP-2314-1: I saw old, fat men drinking and smoking, and\u2026I saw other men and women die, Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. I saw them die through the eyes of their killers.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: So, what are you saying, Miss Toropova? They made you into a psychic?\nSCP-2314-1: I am not, no. A psychic, their gift is one that would have been born with them, one that they could nourish throughout their lives, but this- this is not a gift. This was thrust on me, Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the same way they took my sister Olga and made her into a tool, a way to spy on their targets. She is- She is inside many people, the eyes that I see through when I sleep and when I wake. She is within you, Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Now wait just a min-\nSCP-2314-1: N-No! Every minute I wait, my sister suffers. You need to get her out. Now!\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Miss Toropova, I do not have your sis-\nSCP-2314-1: (interrupts) You were compromised in '89, I think that's right, yes, on your trip to Prague. I saw you beat that man to death in Boti\u010d-Mil\u00ed\u010dov park. You cried. I know, because my sister showed me. Please, get her out and give her a final resting place. Let us both rest, please.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: (visibly shaking) Uh, Camden, you, please, I need you to take over here. Prep the subject for transport, and I, I need to-\n<END LOG>\n\nAddendum: Following Interview 2314-1, SCP-2314-1 was taken to Site-88 for further debriefing. Several personnel were tested for foreign DNA based on intelligence from SCP-2314-1, and a medical protocol was developed for use in all scheduled physical exams. All instances of SCP-2314 with DNA matched to SCP-2314-1 were scheduled to be removed from all hosts for burial, while instances with DNA not matched to SCP-2314-1 were either kept for research purposes or incinerated according to the HazB-Inf/142b protocol.\nOver the subsequent 2 months, \u2588\u2588 Foundation personnel were operated on to remove instances of SCP-2314 from their optic chiasm. All operations were successful. Further infestations are actively being monitored by both the Foundation and other organizations identified as being at risk of having been compromised. Research into the extent and details of Project Eyestalk is ongoing. Efforts to replicate the effects of SCP-2314 are currently being discussed.\n\nFootnotes\n1. For supplemental documentation regarding anomalous activity at OKB-16 (\u041e\u041a\u0411-16) and its surrounding area, please refer to 2314/SuppDoc/GDP-821.113:A.\n2. No further documentation on this project has been recovered, though evidence suggests all data related to the project was deliberately expunged from Soviet records in 1990. In addition, all operational staff and remaining test subjects at OKB-16 were purged.\n3. On 10-26-2001, a mass grave was unearthed near the former location of OKB-16, containing the remains of 12 adult females, 3 adult males, and 1 adolescent male. All showed signs of execution by gunshot at close range.\n4. A Foundation front company under the guise of a small television production company.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2313 | SCP-2314 | SCP-2315 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2315 receiving a call\n\nItem #: SCP-2315\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2315 is kept in a standard containment locker at Site-17. Personnel are advised never to answer SCP-2315 except as required for testing. All calls received by SCP-2315 must be logged and reported to MTF Upsilon-3 (\"The Phone Company\") immediately for an attempt to trace the call. All personnel who report a call must also report their age, location of their mother, and status of relations with her.\nNote from Principal Researcher Perry: Given the events of prior calls, pinpointing the source of the call is considered the top priority when SCP-2315 undergoes testing. Do not test SCP-2315 without informing MTF Upsilon-3.\nDescription: SCP-2315 is a factory standard iPhone 6 with no noticeable marks on the exterior or interior of the object. The phone does not have a lock code nor password.\nSCP-2315 operates normally until placed in a room with a single subject below the age of 30 whose biological mother is still alive. When these requirements are met, the phone will ring displaying a caller identification of \"Mother.\" When answered, a voice (designated SCP-2315-1) can be heard on the phone. Subjects describe SCP-2315-1 as the voice of their mother and can converse freely with it. Triangulation methods have reduced the target range of the source of the phone call to somewhere within 1 km of the subject's biological mother, but all attempts at pinpointing the call from there have failed to date.\nSubjects who meet the above criteria at later dates will continue to receive calls from SCP-2315-1 at a rate of one per day. Subjects report feeling increasingly uneasy with each successive call.\nThe general pattern of phone calls are as follows:\n\nThe first call is uneventful, although subjects report SCP-2315-1 as disapproving, but still supportive.\nDuring the second call, SCP-2315-1 talks about topics that distress the subject. Subjects report that it becomes increasingly more hostile throughout the call.\nSCP-2315-1 is both extremely hostile towards the subject and proclaiming its love and support for the subject during the third call. Common events include yelling, screaming, and requests for dangerous activities from the subject until the subject either hangs up or expires. The third call has been recorded as capable of continuing for hours without rest.\n\nAddendum: Experiment Log \u2588: D-135 was instructed to enter an empty containment cell holding SCP-2315 on a table and await further instruction. Microphones throughout the cell were used to record the call.\n\n+ Day 1\n\n- Day 1\n\nResearcher: Dr. Perry\nSubject: D-135\n<Begin Log>\nD-135: What the? The phone's ringing, and it says \"Mother.\"\nDr. Perry: Answer the phone, D-135.\nD-135: Hello?\nSCP-2315-1: Thomas? Thomas? Is that really you?\nD-135: M-Mom?\nSCP-2315-1: Oh, Thomas, that is you! Oh, I never thought I'd hear your voice again after they took you to prison.\nD-135: Me neither, Mom! I never thought I'd miss your voice so much!\nSCP-2315-1: Neither did I, Thomas. You never listened to me when you were around.\nD-135: Huh?\nSCP-2315-1: Oh, you heard me. You just had to spend all your time with those people, didn't you? Nothing good was ever going to come from it, remember me telling you that? They're going to get you in trouble and drop you like yesterday's trash. And you just had to rob that store, didn't you? I know, you told me it was an accident, you never meant to\u2026 hurt that kind old man behind the counter, but you did, and your friends bolted, and here you are, rotting away, bringing shame to me and your family. If only you'd listened to me and stayed away from them, none of this would have happened. It's all right that you didn't have a proper job. We'd have taken care of each other until you did. But now I've got to think just how lonely it is without you, every day\u2026\nD-135: No! M-Mom, please, I know things look bad, but\u2026 I made a deal, Mom! I'll be getting out in a month! I can come by and\u2026 take care of you, and I'll be better, I swear!\nSCP-2315-1: Really, Thomas? What sort of deal? Are you going to escape?\nD-135: No, Mom! It's a legit deal! I'm helping out with a few things for some people, legit things, and I'll be released for good behavior!\nSCP-2315-1: You'd better not be lying to me, young man.\nD-135: No! I swear! It's the truth!\nSCP-2315-1: Really? Oh, that's wonderful news! I'll get your old room all prepared and we can be together as a family again! I love you, Thomas, I hope you know that. Please, stay good and don't screw this up!\nD-135: Yes'm.\nSCP-2315-1: Good. It's so good to hear your voice again, Thomas.\n<End Log>\n\nDiscussion: D-135 was interviewed for identification to his biological mother and returned to his cell. Agent Washington was dispatched to arrive at D-135's mother's residence and observe if she undergoes any changes or shows awareness regarding the phone call. MTF Upsilon-3 is prepared to track the source of the call, given the expectation that it will occur within 1 km of D-135's mother's residence.\n\n+ Day 2\n\n- Day 2\n\nResearcher: Dr. Perry\nSubject: D-135\n<Begin Log>\nD-135: Hello?\nSCP-2315-1: Thomas? Thomas, i-is that you?\nD-135: Yeah, Mom, is everything all right?\nSCP-2315-1: Well. There's a very nice gentleman here, he says he's from something called the S-C-P Foundation. We've been talking. I\u2026 I have to ask you something, Thomas. Please don't lie to Mother.\nD-135: No, of course not, Mom. What is it?\nSCP-2315-1: Are you - are you\u2026 D-class?\nD-135: Uh\u2026 Yeah, Mom. I serve the SCP Foundation for a month, and they let me go.\nSCP-2315-1: No, Thomas, no! How could you do this? Don't you know what happens to D-class at the end of the month?\nD-135: They\u2026 let us go?\nSCP-2315-1: You're always so stupid, young man. They kill you.\nD-135: What? They said-\nSCP-2315-1: I know what they tell you. Do you think that they'd really let you go after seeing all the things you're exposed to? If they didn't kill you, you'll probably sprout extra eyes or get eaten by some spider or grow a creepy mask instead of a proper face, and then where are you?\nD-135: Mom! No! They just want me to answer these calls! I'll be fine!\nSCP-2315-1: Oh, you say that now, while you don't know better. Agent Washington and I have been talking, Thomas. Once this little test is done, they're going to expose you to some mechanical disease and then have you explore some derelict cruise ship. There's no coming home after you've been turned into some clockwork beast.\nD-135: Mechanical what?\nSCP-2315-1: You have no idea what they're capable of, Thomas. I do. We've been talking. They've got aliens. Monsters. World-destroying machines. And they take prisoners like you and feed you to these monsters to figure out how exactly they work. You're doomed, listening to these doctors in their little white coats. Who is that watching you, Dr. Perry?\nD-135: Uh, yeah, I think so, Mom\u2026 How do you know that?\nSCP-2315-1: I'm your mother, Thomas. I know. Just leave things to me. I'll get you out of there. You're going to be fine. Do not trust those people, Thomas. Do you hear me?\nD-135: I hear you, Mom.\nSCP-2315-1: Good. For once in your life. And your life depends on it.\n<End Log>\n\nDiscussion: Agent Washington confirms that he was with D-135's mother during the call, but that she did not call anyone nor exhibit any atypical behavior indicating a call. He further denied discussing the Foundation with her. Given the fact that the call uses facts about the Foundation, priority has been placed to trace the call. All traces have failed. The possibility that Agent Washington is being untruthful about his role and D-135's mother's activity is considered. A second detail is dispatched to covertly observe and record D-135's mother and corroborate his story. Agent Washington was instructed to return to Site-17 the next day.\nD-135 was hostile to being returned to his cell and has to be escorted under sedation. He is to be isolated and watched until tomorrow.\n\nPriority given to call tracing. This may be a breach in process. -Site Director \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\n+ Day 3\n\n- Day 3\n\nResearcher: Dr. Perry\nSubject: D-135\n<Begin Log>\nD-135: Hi, Mom?\nSCP-2315-1: Yes, Thomas, dear. It's your mother.\nD-135: They drugged me and kept a guard posted outside my cell last night, Mom.\nSCP-2315-1: I know, dear. They know you know the truth.\nD-135: W-what am I going to do, Mom?\nSCP-2315-1: Well. I was able to speak more to Agent Washington last night and he told me about the object they have contained in the cell next to the one you're presently in. You need to cause the object next door to breach. You'll be able to escape when they try to contain the breach.\nD-135: Okay, Mom, how am I supposed to do that?\nSCP-2315-1: It feeds on blood, Thomas. You're going to have to bleed for it, and it will come for you. Can you do that for me, Thomas?\nD-135: But\u2026 How am I going to bleed, Mom?\nSCP-2315-1: Scratch your arm on the corner of the table in this room, then bite deeper into the scratch to open yourself up. It is going to hurt, but you have to be brave for Mother. Can you do this for me?\nD-135: Okay\u2026 This sounds completely crazy, Mom. Why am I doing this?\nSCP-2315-1: Oh, Thomas\u2026 You're doing this because you've made bad decision after bad decision your entire life. You couldn't complete school. You couldn't get a job. You had to turn to a life of crime and you were too stupid not to get caught. But that wasn't crazy enough for you, now, was it, Thomas? No. Then you had to go and jump on the first insane idea to come along. Don't you remember just how plastic that recruiter looked? How they corralled you all into that room? You even saw that weird necklace that one man was wearing. Everything looked wrong to you. But no, you jumped at that. You couldn't listen to your dear mother at any time ever, but you could listen to that doctor with the too-wide grin. I only wanted what's best for you for your entire life, and you could only listen to negligent predators who want nothing more than to harm you in ways you can't even imagine.\nD-135: I'm sorry, Mom! I love you, Mom!\nSCP-2315-1: I love you too, Thomas. And that's why you're going to bleed for the object next door now. Draw a pentagram on the wall with your blood. I'll tell you what to write.\n<End Log>\n\nDiscussion: D-135 proceeded to open a vein in his left arm, and began painting his blood on the containment cell wall attempting to draw a pentagram with [REDACTED]. With his right hand, he kept SCP-2315 close to his ear. D-135 cried and continued to draw for 5 minutes, 32 seconds before collapsing from blood loss. Guards and paramedics entered to stabilize D-135 and escort him to the infirmary while retrieving SCP-2315.\nAgent Washington informed researchers that he did provide his phone number to D-135's mother, and she did call him the night previous to the events of Day 3. He reports that the call was specifically about D-135's history and how his mother misses him. Agent Washington reports never mentioning items in containment with D-135's mother. Agent Washington's call logs were examined, and revealed a 20 minute call between him and D-135's mother. Transcripts of the call were corrupted and could not be reconstructed. Agent Washington has been placed under surveillance pending investigation of breach of disclosure agreements.\nThe covert surveillance team reports that D-135's mother was at her residence, on the phone during the call of Day 3. She appeared relaxed and unstressed. Unexplained audio interference prevented recording of D-135's mother. MTF Upsilon-3 was unable to pinpoint the source of the call to SCP-2315, but was able to reduce the area to within 300 meters of D-135's mother's residence.\nResearchers note that the room on the other side of the wall on which D-135 drew held supplies for conferences and seminars (tables, chairs, projection equipment) and was not used for containment. The room was emptied and its contents examined for anomalous characteristics. In addition to the standard supplies, a blister containing half of an Apple A8 processor1 and 40 ml of aetheric [REDACTED] was found on the opposite side of the wall next to SCP-2315's containment locker and D-135's pentagram. Unlike previously held samples of [REDACTED], the material had a characteristic floral scent, which D-135 later identified as his mother's favorite perfume.\nIn the interest of preventing a Uranus event2, SCP-2315 has been moved to the Euclid wing and the conference storage room emptied until further notice.\n\nENTER CREDENTIALS: INCIDENT 2315-D\n\nCREDENTIALS ACCEPTED\n\nIncident Number: 2315-D\nSubject: Agent Rashaun Washington\nObjects Involved: SCP-2315\nSummary: Agent Washington made an unauthorized entry into SCP-2315's temporary containment chamber. Automatic surveillance equipment recorded Agent Washington grabbing SCP-2315 when it rang and answered the call. The following conversation was recorded.\n\n<Begin Log>\nWashington: Hello there.\nSCP-2315-1: Rashaun? Is that you? It's your mother.\nWashington: You're not my mother.\nSCP-2315-1: Rashaun! What kind of a greeting is that?\nWashington: Listen, I know you weren't Mrs. Hintz when you were calling him. I was there. She never called when he picked up. I never told her anything about the Foundation, but somehow, you know all about us. I don't know how you keep managing to keep up this plausible deniability, why people's real mom just might be calling, but I know that's not what's happening, so you can just drop this mother game and talk to me straight. You. Are. Not. My. Mother.\nSCP-2315-1: Well, you certainly ain't no son of mine, because I taught my kids proper respect growing up. What, Foundation? You always told me you got a job with the feds. Is the truth coming out now? Are you ready to stop lying to me? Or did you get too chummy with that Mexican hit man?\nWashington: What? I-I never talked about him.\nSCP-2315-1: Oh, but that sort of thing is clear on a boy's face when he comes home for Christmas. Sirens made you so jumpy, I knew you were up to no good. Mother always knows, Rashaun. You can't keep secrets from me.\nWashington: Information transfer\u2026 visual, network, anomalous\u2026\nSCP-2315-1: Oh, no. I'm not letting you withdraw now, Rashaun. You're a grown man, no hiding in the cupboard reciting your multiplication tables anymore. We're having a conversation, and you're going to respond to me and talk to your mother like a goddamned adult!\nWashington: All knowledge - knowledge of subject's mother, knowledge of mother's whereabouts, knowledge of environs, secrets held by each party, all information transfer requires the proximity of an appropriate transmitter and receiver, whether by sight, sound, radio, networks, or anomalous\u2026.\nSCP-2315-1: I don't believe it. You really are just going to pretend you're seven again, and hide in the cupboard. The lies and secrets just keep going on, don't they? When are you going to grow up, Rashaun?\nWashington: No, Mom! You're just sucking in knowledge from everyone near the phone, or near their mother, somehow. But why? Are you an infovore or something? Why did you make Thomas draw that pentagram? Is this all just a ploy to get us to summon something? Do you just want to make us feel bad? Is that why you lied about killing the D-class and all?\nSCP-2315-1: Infovore? Feel bad? Pentagram? Did you just call me the devil? Darling, no! What kind of a son calls their own mother the devil?! Oh, Rashaun, my lovely little boy! Do you know what you're doing to your mother?\nWashington: You're not my mother.\nSCP-2315-1: \u2026Because I do.\n<End Log>\n\nSupratemporal meningioma found in D-135's mother. The brightness is from its broad-spectrum activity.\n\nDiscussion: Agent Washington turned himself in immediately after the encounter with SCP-2315, accepting an official reprimand and requesting psychological counseling. Further investigation cleared him of any wrongdoing with regards to his performance during the testing with D-135.\nAdditional commentary: D-135's mother was diagnosed with a supratemporal meningioma approximately 10 months after his testing with SCP-2315. Surgery was successful in removing the tumor. The tumor demonstrated RF transmission along 802.11ac WiFi, Bluetooth v4.0, A-GPS, and NFC protocols. Agent Washington's mother has been placed under medical watch. - Dr. Perry\n\nFootnotes\n1. Used in the Apple iPhone 6.\n2. An event during which anomalies are spontaneously generated through the nearby location of other anomalies; see SCP-970, SCP-2305, and SCP-2403 as anomalies so generated.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2314 | SCP-2315 | SCP-2316 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2316 - Field Trip\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nBY ORDER OF THE OVERSEER COUNCIL\nThe following file describes a Keter-class anomalous cognitohazard,\nand is Level 4/2316 classified.\nUnauthorized access is forbidden.\n\n2316\n\nItem#: 2316\n\nLevel4\n\nContainment Class:\nketer\n\nSecondary Class:\nnone\n\nDisruption Class:\nkeneq\n\nRisk Class:\ndanger\n\nlink to memo\n\nThey've been waiting for a long time.\nThe following file contains images and text that are carriers for anomalous cognitohazardous influences. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. Due to this, it is imperative that all personnel accessing this file be certified as having a Cognitive Resistance Value (CRV) of no less than 14.5. Should you fail an automated CRV verification, please remain calm and do not move. A member of your site's medical staff will be with you shortly.\n\nPlease repeat the following phrase slowly and clearly into your terminal microphone:\nI do not recognize the bodies in the water.\n\n\u2610 Run adjusted tonal variance processor.\n\n\u2611 Processing complete. Results displayed below.\n\n[\u2714] Verification complete. User CRV is within acceptable limits.\n\nSCP-2316.\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Under no circumstances are Foundation personnel to approach SCP-2316. Observation of SCP-2316 must only be carried out by remote dummy probes utilizing video and audio recording equipment. Only those personnel adequately rated for exposure to cognitohazardous anomalies may review footage and audio of SCP-2316.\nThe lake in which SCP-2316 is located has been quarantined and fenced off, and is to be routinely patrolled by individuals who have not been exposed to SCP-2316, and have no prior knowledge of its characteristics. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. Individuals who attempt to bypass the enforced quarantine must be apprehended and moved to Site-33 for a full cognitive influence screening. Individuals who come within 50m of the lake containing SCP-2316 are to be considered lost.\n\nPlease repeat the following phrase slowly and clearly into your terminal microphone:\nI do not recognize the bodies in the water.\n\n\u2610 Run adjusted tonal variance processor.\n\n\u2611 Processing complete. Results displayed below.\n\n[\u2714] Verification complete. User CRV is within acceptable limits.\n\nDescription: SCP-2316 is the designation for an anomalous phenomenon existing within Lake \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 within \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 County, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. SCP-2316 manifests as a group of human corpses1 floating in a small group at the surface of the water. The identities of these corpses are [COGNITOHAZARD REMOVED] [Automated Change: UNKNOWN], though DNA testing has been inconclusive.\nWhile SCP-2316 appears to be individual instances, it is theorized that SCP-2316 may instead be an entity composed of a collective consciousness. Individual instances of SCP-2316 do not act on their own, but do seem to be able to act collectively as a2 single unit. The individual instances of SCP-2316 are3 unrecognizable, and you do not recognize the bodies in the water.\nSCP-2316 hosts a powerful cognitohazardous effect, causing those who have viewed SCP-2316, are aware of certain parts of its nature, or who were enrolled in the [COGNITOHAZARD REMOVED] [Automated Message: INVALID] to believe that the individual instances of SCP-2316 are human beings they recognize, typically from their childhood4.\nAttempting to come into contact with SCP-2316 instances, by way of entering Lake \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 or touching an instance of SCP-2316, will cause other instances of SCP-2316 to appear. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. The additional instances only serve to reinforce and add to the strength of the cognitohazard5, compelling affected individuals into the lake. Individuals who enter the lake in this way are lost, and to date none have been recovered.\nAddendum 2316.1: Interview\n[DATA EXPUNGED]6\n\nYou need to see this. They were your friends.\n\nERROR: UNRECOGNIZED USER. PLEASE LOGIN TO VIEW FIi[\\\\[ae0[[<\n[\u2718\u2718\u2718] Verification com[e\\\\\\i.-a\\\\\\. User Ccccrl\\\\\\ is within acceptable letmeshowyoutheirfaces.\n\n[BEGIN LOG]\nDr. Harrison: Did you ever feel compelled to enter the water? Like something was pulling you in?\nYoudonotrecognizethebodiesinthewater: What? No! Of course not. There's nothing wrong with them, they didn't drag me in. I saw them in the water and went in myself. I needed to see them, I wanted to hear what they were saying. They're my friends.\nDr. Harrison: When you entered the water, what did you see?7\nYoudonotrecognizethebodiesinthewater: Faces. My friends. Faces I recognized, some I didn't, but they became more familiar as I saw them. I'd known them my whole life, but there was something wrong with them.\nDr. Harrison: Wrong with them?\nYoudonotrecognizethebodiesinthewater: Like the face of someone you see in a dream, where you can't remember it right. There's something wrong. And the way they were speaking, they\u2014\nDr. Harrison: Speaking? No, that's impossible, they're simply not\u2026\nYoudonotrecognizethebodiesinthewater: Not moving their mouths, but I could hear them, asking for help. They told me\u2026 they told me who they were. They told me you knew who they were, that you\u2014\nDr. Harrison: Enough of that. You're clearly succumbing to the cognitohazard, we need to get you medical attention, agent, if you would\u2014\nYouYouYouYouYouYouYouYouYouYouMe: Get your hands off of me! I know all their names, Harrison, I heard them speaking to me! Every single one. All it takes is one person to see them and tell people, and they'll know what you've been trying to hide. Kirk Lonwood High School, Class of\u2014\nDr. Harrison: Subdue them! Get them out of here. Take them to amnestics, and turn that goddamn recorder off.\n[END LOG]\n\nPlease repeat the following phrase slowly and clearly into your terminal microphone:\nI do not recognize the bodies in the water.\nI recognize the bodies in the water.\n\n\u2610 Run adjusted tonal variance processor.\n\n\u2611 Processing complete. Results displayed below.\n\n[\u2718] Verification incomplete. User CRV is not within acceptable limits. User CRV influenced by active cognitohazards. Please stay still, a member of your site's medical staf[''///afe44/25\\23 will be with you shortly.\n[TERMINAL LOCKOUT]\n\nAddendum 2316.2: INVALID ENTRY BELOWBELOWBELOWBELOWBELOWBELOWBELOWBELOWBELOWBELOW\n\n[TERMINAL LO[//fa/32][[\n\nYou don't have a lot of time, you'll need to get away quickly. Go back to the lake, go into the water, look into their eyes. It's your friends, your classmates. You took the trip to the lake in the fall of '75, together, when you were young. Don't you remember? Look into their eyes. I know you can hear them talking to you, just like they talked to me. Don't let them tell you it's just a cognitohazard. This was their fault, they caused this. We were all innocent kids, don't you remember? And you just got away, you and I? The rest of them are at the bottom of that lake, waiting for us to go back to them and be whole together again. They want us to know. They want us to remember. Wake up, goddammit. Remember the fall of '75. The year we were supposed to graduate. Don't let them make you forget. They're calling to you, can't you hear them?\n\nCan't you hear them?\n\nCan't you hear them?\n\nCan't you hear them?\n\nCan't you hear them?\n\nCan't you hear them?\n\nCan't you hear them?\n\nCan't you hear them?\n\nCan't you hear them?\n\nCan't you hear them?\n\nCan't you hear them?\nCan't you hear them?\nLook into their eyes.\nCan't you hear them?\nCan't you hear them?\nCan't you hear them?\nCan't you hear them?\nCan't you hear them?\nCan8t you hear them?\nCan't you hear them?\nCan't you hear them?\nCan't you hear them?\nCan't you hear them?\nCan't you hear them?\nCan't you hear them?\nI know you can.\nCan't you hear them?\nCan't you hear them?\nCan't you hear them?\nCan't you hear them?\nCan't you hear them?\nCan't you hear them?\nCan't you hear them?\nCan't you hear them?\nCan't you hear them?\n\nThey're waiting for you.\n\nwe were there with them\n\nGo back to the lake.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Due to the nature of SCP-2316, it is uncertain how many individual corpses exist within the group. The number is currently estimated at forty-five, but has been estimated as high as two-hundred or more.\n2. I know who they are, I know their names. Each and every one of them. Don't you?\n3. Jeremiah Feinman, Arthur Scott, Denice Clark, Har[COGNITOHAZARD REMOVED] [Automated Message: EDIT LOCKED]\n4. They're lying. They know damn well who they are. The cognitohazard is real, but it's just their way of crying for help. Of letting people know who they are, who they were.\n5. How can you not recognize the bodies in the water?\n6. They don't want to show you, but I will. Below.\n7. You do not recognize the bodies in the water.\n8. We didn't know what was in the lake. The Foundation didn't try and save us. They watched and let it happen. Nobody stopped them. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. 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{"text": "Iteration 1\nIteration 2\nIteration 3\nIteration 4\nIteration 5\nIteration 6\n\nWELCOME TO SCiPNET DIRECT ACCESS TERMINAL. PLEASE ENTER COMMAND\n\nlogin\n\nPLEASE ENTER USER AUTHENTICATION\n\njvance1@@foundation.scp | password9910\n\nAUTHENTICATION ACCEPTED. PLEASE ENTER COMMAND\n\naccess SCP-2317\n\nINCORRECT FORMAT OR UNKNOWN COMMAND\n\nhelp access\n\nACCESS: Displays the Special Containment Procedures synopsis for a given artifact.\nSyntax: ACCESS SCP Number Clearance Level\n\naccess 2317 0\n\nUSER NAME: Jonathan Vance\nTITLE: Research Assistant, Site 179\nDISPLAYING SCP-2317, CLEARANCE LEVEL 0\n\nSCP-2317\n\nItem #: SCP-2317\nObject Class: [DATA EXPUNGED]\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2317 is to be secured at Containment Area-179 in a reinforced 3m x 3m x 3m containment chamber. Armed guards are to be in place at all times in order to prevent unauthorized access to the facility.\nDescription: SCP-2317 is a wooden door and frame originally constructed as a basement door for a 19th-century Massachusetts brownstone. Upon opening the door, any person stepping through the door frame will be transported to an alternate reality.\nFURTHER INFORMATION ON SCP-2317 IS CLASSIFIED LEVEL 1 (RESTRICTED) OR HIGHER. INSUFFICIENT SECURITY CLEARANCE.\n\nWELCOME TO SCiPNET DIRECT ACCESS TERMINAL. PLEASE ENTER COMMAND\n\nlogin\n\nPLEASE ENTER USER AUTHENTICATION\n\nhmasterson4@@foundation.scp | 1234Ilovethemarinecorps\n\nAUTHENTICATION ACCEPTED. PLEASE ENTER COMMAND\n\naccess 2317 1\n\nYOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO ACCESS A SECURITY LEVEL 1 (CONFIDENTIAL) FILE. PLEASE NOTE THAT ACCESS TO THIS FILE IS RESTRICTED TO PERSONNEL WITH LEVEL ONE SECURITY CLEARANCE, AND THAT INFORMATION IS FURTHER RESTRICTED TO THOSE WITH A NEED-TO-KNOW BASIS.\nIF YOU WISH TO CONTINUE, PLEASE RE-ENTER YOUR USER AUTHENTICATION NOW.\n\nhmasterson4@@foundation.scp | 1234Ilovethemarinecorps\n\nUSER NAME: Sergeant Hannibal Masterson\nTITLE: Assistant Security Specialist, Site 179\nDISPLAYING SCP-2317, CLEARANCE LEVEL 1\n\nSCP-2317\n\nItem #: SCP-2317\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2317 is to be secured at Containment Area-179 in a reinforced 3m x 3m x 3m containment chamber. Armed guards are to be in place at all times in order to prevent unauthorized access to the facility.\nAll personnel assigned to SCP-2317 must rotate out for one month of psychological counseling after two months on-site. Personnel assigned to SCP-2317 must undergo heavy psychological testing before being cleared to enter the site. Individuals must score at least 72 points on the Milgram Obedience Examination, be unmarried, have no offspring, and express nothing less than total loyalty to the Foundation.\nWhile on-site, individuals assigned to SCP-2317 will be issued concealing helmets with integrated voice changers to protect their identity. On-site staff are not to remove said uniforms in the presence of other staff members. Off-duty hours are to be spent in private quarters alone.\nA Class D Personnel with a background as a convicted murderer is to be assigned to SCP-2317 each month for the purposes of carrying out Procedure 220-Calabasas. During Procedure 220-Calabasas, at least one Security Clearance 3/2317 staff member must monitor the procedure by camera at all times. Following the procedure, all Class D Personnel must return to their holding cells or explosive collars will be detonated.\nDescription: SCP-2317 is a wooden door and frame originally constructed as a basement door for a 19th-century Massachusetts brownstone. Upon opening the door, any person stepping through the door frame will be transported to an alternate reality.\nFURTHER INFORMATION ON SCP-2317 IS CLASSIFIED LEVEL 2 (RESTRICTED) OR HIGHER. INSUFFICIENT SECURITY CLEARANCE.\n\nWELCOME TO SCiPNET DIRECT ACCESS TERMINAL. PLEASE ENTER COMMAND\n\nlogin\n\nPLEASE ENTER USER AUTHENTICATION\n\njchoi9@@foundation.scp | beethovens9th123\n\nAUTHENTICATION ACCEPTED. PLEASE ENTER COMMAND\n\naccess 2317 2\n\nYOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO ACCESS A SECURITY LEVEL 2 (RESTRICTED) FILE. PLEASE NOTE THAT ACCESS TO THIS FILE IS RESTRICTED TO PERSONNEL WITH LEVEL TWO SECURITY CLEARANCE, AND THAT INFORMATION IS FURTHER RESTRICTED TO THOSE WITH A NEED-TO-KNOW BASIS DUE TO DIRECT CONTACT WITH SCP-2317.\nINFORMATION REGARDING YOUR ACCESS TO THIS FILE (INCLUDING THE DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION) WILL BE REPORTED TO THE RECORDS AND INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (RAISA).\nIF YOU WISH TO CONTINUE, PLEASE RE-ENTER YOUR USER AUTHENTICATION NOW.\n\njchoi9@@foundation.scp | Beethovens9th123\n\nINCORRECT AUTHENTICATION. PLEASE ENTER COMMAND.\n\naccess 2317 2\n\nYOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO ACCESS A SECURITY LEVEL 2 (RESTRICTED) FILE. PLEASE NOTE THAT ACCESS TO THIS FILE IS RESTRICTED TO PERSONNEL WITH LEVEL TWO SECURITY CLEARANCE, AND THAT INFORMATION IS FURTHER RESTRICTED TO THOSE WITH A NEED-TO-KNOW BASIS DUE TO DIRECT CONTACT WITH SCP-2317.\nINFORMATION REGARDING YOUR ACCESS TO THIS FILE (INCLUDING THE DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION) WILL BE REPORTED TO THE RECORDS AND INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (RAISA).\nIF YOU WISH TO CONTINUE, PLEASE RE-ENTER YOUR USER AUTHENTICATION NOW.\n\njchoi9@@foundation.scp | beethovens9th123\n\nAUTHENTICATION ACCEPTED. THE TIME AND DATE OF YOUR ACCESS TO THIS FILE HAS BEEN LOGGED AND REPORTED TO THE RECORDS AND INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (RAISA).\n\nUSER NAME: Dr. Jackson Choi\nTITLE: Assistant Researcher, SCP-2317\nDISPLAYING SCP-2317, CLEARANCE LEVEL 2\n\nSCP-2317\n\nItem #: SCP-2317\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2317 is to be secured at Containment Area-179 in a reinforced 3m x 3m x 3m containment chamber. Armed guards are to be in place at all times in order to prevent unauthorized access to the facility.\nAll personnel assigned to SCP-2317 must rotate out for one month of psychological counseling after two months on-site. Personnel assigned to SCP-2317 must undergo heavy psychological testing before being cleared to enter the site. Individuals must score at least 72 points on the Milgram Obedience Examination, be unmarried, have no offspring, and express nothing less than total loyalty to the Foundation.\nWhile on-site, individuals assigned to SCP-2317 will be issued concealing helmets with integrated voice changers to protect their identity. On-site staff are not to remove said uniforms in the presence of other staff members. Off-duty hours are to be spent in private quarters alone.\nA Class D with a background as a convicted murderer is to be assigned to SCP-2317 each month for the purposes of carrying out Procedure 220-Calabasas. During Procedure 220-Calabasas, at least one Security Clearance 3/2317 staff member must monitor the procedure at all times. Following the procedure, all Class D Personnel must return to their holding cells or explosive collars will be detonated.\nDescription: SCP-2317 is a wooden door and frame originally constructed as a basement door for a 19th-century Massachusetts brownstone. Upon opening the door, any person stepping through the door frame will be transported to an alternate reality.\nExploration of the alternate reality (SCP-2317-Prime) is limited, but the area directly accessible through SCP-2317 is a salt pan several kilometers in radius. A circle of seven pillars (SCP-2317-A through SCP-2317-G) are positioned in a ten-meter diameter circle approximately ten meters directly in front of SCP-2317. Each pillar is approximately one meter in diameter, and seven meters tall, constructed of marble and engraved with a series of intricate bas-reliefs. The art style of the engravings do not correspond to that of any known modern, historic, or prehistoric civilization.\nAddendum 1: Procedure 220-Calabasas: Procedure 220-Calabasas is a ritual to be performed at solar noon each day (defined as the moment when the sun reaches its height over SCP-2317). Performing Procedure 220-Calabasas requires the following:\n[DATA EXPUNGED PER ORDER OF O5-\u2588\u2588 ON \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. INFORMATION MOVED TO EYES-ONLY DOCUMENT 2317-220-CALABASAS. ACCESS TO 2317-220-CALABASAS IS LIMITED TO PERSONNEL WITH SECURITY CLEARANCE 3/2317 OR HIGHER]\nFailure at any point to properly perform Procedure 220-Calabasas may result in an XK-Class End of the World Scenario. Should any mishap or failure occur, all personnel are to return immediately through SCP-2317, closing the door behind them. The containment chamber will be immediately locked down, and a Level Two Emergency declared and reported to the O5 Council. Further instructions will be provided to on-site personnel according to Emergency Order Zachariah.\nFURTHER INFORMATION ON SCP-2317 IS CLASSIFIED LEVEL 3 (SECRET) OR HIGHER. INSUFFICIENT SECURITY CLEARANCE.\n\nWELCOME TO SCiPNET DIRECT ACCESS TERMINAL. PLEASE ENTER COMMAND\n\nlogin\n\nPLEASE ENTER USER AUTHENTICATION\n\nvfellini2@@foundation.scp | Sierra charLy pOPPA\n\nAUTHENTICATION ACCEPTED. PLEASE ENTER COMMAND\n\naccess 2317 3\n\nYOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO ACCESS A SECURITY LEVEL 3 (SECRET) FILE. PLEASE NOTE THAT ACCESS TO THIS FILE IS RESTRICTED TO PERSONNEL WITH LEVEL THREE SECURITY CLEARANCE DIRECTLY IN CONTACT WITH SCP-2317. CONTINUING WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZATION WILL RESULT IN DISCIPLINARY ACTION, UP TO AND INCLUDING ADMINISTRATION OF A BROAD-SPECTRUM CLASS-A AMNESTIC FOLLOWED BY TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.\nINFORMATION REGARDING YOUR ACCESS TO THIS FILE (INCLUDING THE DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION) WILL BE REPORTED TO THE RECORDS AND INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (RAISA).\nIF YOU WISH TO CONTINUE, PLEASE RE-ENTER YOUR USER AUTHENTICATION NOW.\n\nvfellini2@@foundation.scp | Sierra charLy pOPPA\n\nAUTHENTICATION ACCEPTED. PLEASE ENTER YOUR PROJECT-SPECIFIC PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (PSPIN)\n\n329-765-1029-007\n\nTHANK YOU. THE TIME AND DATE OF YOUR ACCESS TO THIS FILE HAS BEEN LOGGED AND REPORTED TO THE RECORDS AND INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (RAISA).\n\nUSER NAME: Dr. Victoria Fellini\nTITLE: Senior Researcher, SCP-2317\nDISPLAYING SCP-2317, CLEARANCE LEVEL 3\n\nSCP-2317\n\nItem #: SCP-2317\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2317 is to be secured at Containment Area-179 in a reinforced 3m x 3m x 3m containment chamber. Armed guards are to be in place at all times in order to prevent unauthorized access to the facility.\nAll personnel assigned to SCP-2317 must rotate out for one month of psychological counseling after two months on-site. Personnel assigned to SCP-2317 must undergo heavy psychological testing before being cleared to enter the site. Individuals must score at least 72 points on the Milgram Obedience Examination, be unmarried, have no offspring, and express nothing less than total loyalty to the Foundation.\nWhile on-site, individuals assigned to SCP-2317 will be issued concealing helmets with integrated voice changers to protect their identity. On-site staff are not to remove said uniforms in the presence of other staff members. Off-duty hours are to be spent in private quarters alone.\nA Class D Personnel with a background as a convicted murderer is to be assigned to SCP-2317 each month for the purposes of carrying out Procedure 220-Calabasas. During Procedure 220-Calabasas, at least one staff member with Security Clearance 3/2317 must monitor the procedure at all times. Following the procedure, all Class D Personnel must return to their holding cells or explosive collars will be detonated.\n\nPrior paragraph revised as follows: One staff member with Security Clearance 4/2317 will be assigned each month as \"Class-D Personnel\" in order to act as assistant to the primary celebrant. Personnel without Security Clearance of Level 3 or higher will be told that the assistant is a Class-D personnel chosen from the normal pool of Class-D candidates. All persons directly involved with Procedure 220-Calabasas are to be informed of this fact. No personnel shall be authorized to assist with Procedure 220-Calabasas without first being clearly briefed that the \"assistant\" is not, in fact, a Class-D Personnel, and should not be terminated in the event that they disobey direct orders from the guards.\n\nDescription: SCP-2317 is a wooden door and frame originally constructed as a basement door for a 19th-century Massachusetts brownstone. Upon opening the door, any person stepping through the door frame will be transported to an alternate reality.\nExploration of the alternate reality (SCP-2317-Prime) is limited, but the area directly accessible through SCP-2317 is a salt pan several kilometers in radius. A circle of seven pillars (SCP-2317-A through SCP-2317-G) are positioned in a ten-meter diameter circle approximately ten meters directly in front of SCP-2317. Each pillar is approximately one meter in diameter, and seven meters tall, constructed of marble and engraved with a series of intricate bas-reliefs. The art style of the engravings do not correspond to that of any known modern, historic, or prehistoric civilization.\nAddendum 1: Procedure 220-Calabasas: Procedure 220-Calabasas is a ritual to be performed at solar noon each day (defined as the moment when the sun reaches its height over SCP-2317). Performing Procedure 220-Calabasas requires the following:\n\nTwo armed Foundation security personnel with Security Clearance of Level 3 or higher (hereafter referred to as \"guards\").\nOne Foundation Personnel with Security Clearance of Level 4 (hereafter referred to as \"celebrant.\")\nOne Class-D Personnel, as specified under Special Containment Procedures (hereafter referred to as \"assistant.\")\n[DATA EXPUNGED]\nOne obsidian-edged knife (hereafter referred to as \"blade\").\nOne silver aspergillum and aspersorium, filled with at least 500 ccs of holy water blessed by a priest of Abrahamaic faith.\n\nCelebrant, guards, and assistant open SCP-2317, step through, and enter SCP-2317 Prime. Assistant will enter first, followed by guards, followed by celebrant. Guards will, at all times, maintain situational awareness of assistant, and should be prepared to prevent escape with deadly force.\nBeginning with the pillar closest to and in-line with SCP-2317 (SCP-2317-A), celebrant circumambulates SCP-2317-A through SCP-2317-G, proceeding counter-clockwise at an even and measured pace. At every other step, celebrant will scatter holy water, using the aspergillum and aspersorium, in the direction of the circle's center.\nUpon completing one circumambulation of SCP-2317-A-G, celebrant scatters holy water over the head of the assistant and recites the following phrase: \"\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\"\n[DATA EXPUNGED]\nAssistant then circumambulates SCP-2317-A-G in a clockwise direction, scattering the mixture of blood and holy water in the direction of the circle's center.\nUpon completing one circumambulation of SCP-2317-A-G, assistant walks to the center of the circle of stones and pours the remaining mixture of blood and water onto the discolored patch of salt and sand in the center, while reciting the following phrase: \"\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\"\nAll materials are gathered up, the obsidian knife is secured, and all personnel return through SCP-2317, which is subsequently closed.\n\nFailure at any point to properly perform Procedure 220-Calabasas may result in an XK-Class End of the World Scenario. Should any mishap or failure occur, all personnel are to return immediately through SCP-2317, closing the door behind them. The containment chamber will be immediately locked down, and a Level Two Emergency declared and reported to the O5 Council. Further instructions will be provided to on-site personnel according to Emergency Order Zachariah.\nFURTHER INFORMATION ON SCP-2317 IS CLASSIFIED LEVEL 4 (TOP SECRET) OR HIGHER. INSUFFICIENT SECURITY CLEARANCE.\n\nWELCOME TO SCiPNET DIRECT ACCESS TERMINAL. PLEASE ENTER COMMAND\n\nlogin\n\nPLEASE ENTER USER AUTHENTICATION\n\nkpcrow@@foundation.scp | sometimesifeeellikeamotherlesschild\n\nAUTHENTICATION ACCEPTED. PLEASE ENTER COMMAND\n\naccess 2317 4\n\nYOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO ACCESS A SECURITY LEVEL 4 (TOP SECRET) FILE.\nPLEASE NOTE THAT ACCESS TO THIS FILE IS RESTRICTED TO PERSONNEL WITH LEVEL FOUR SECURITY CLEARANCE DIRECTLY IN CONTACT WITH SCP-2317. CONTINUING WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZATION WILL RESULT IN DISCIPLINARY ACTION, UP TO AND INCLUDING IMMEDIATE TERMINATION OF LIFE\nINFORMATION REGARDING YOUR ACCESS TO THIS FILE (INCLUDING THE DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION) WILL BE REPORTED TO THE RECORDS AND INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (RAISA).\nIF YOU WISH TO CONTINUE, PLEASE RE-ENTER YOUR USER AUTHENTICATION NOW.\n\nkpcrow@@foundation.scp | sometimesifeellikeamotherlesschild\n\nWARNING: INCORRECT AUTHENTICATION: YOU HAVE SIXTY SECONDS TO ENTER THE CORRECT USER AUTHENTICATION, OR SECURITY PERSONNEL WILL BE SUMMONED TO YOUR LOCATION.\n\nkpcrow@@foundation.scp | ssometimesifeeellikeamotherlesschild\n\nWARNING: INCORRECT AUTHENTICATION\n\nkpcrow@@foundation.scp | sometimesifeeellikeamotherlesschild\n\nAUTHENTICATION ACCEPTED.\nPLEASE ENTER YOUR PROJECT-SPECIFIC PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (PSPIN)\n\n369-705-1429-015\n\nPSPIN ACCEPTED.\nPLEASE LOOK INTO THE CAMERA FOR A RETINAL IDENTIFICATION SCAN.\n\nINCORRECT ORIENTATION. PLEASE ALIGN THE PUPILS OF YOUR EYES WITH THE GUIDELINES INDICATED ON THE SECONDARY SCREEN AND TRY AGAIN.\n\nTHANK YOU. THE TIME AND DATE OF YOUR ACCESS TO THIS FILE HAS BEEN LOGGED AND REPORTED TO THE RECORDS AND INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (RAISA).\n\nUSER NAME: Dr. Kain P. Crow\nTITLE: Senior Supervising Researcher\nDISPLAYING SCP-2317, CLEARANCE LEVEL 4\n\nSCP-2317\n\nItem #: SCP-2317\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2317 is to be secured at Containment Area-179 in a reinforced 3m x 3m x 3m containment chamber. Armed guards are to be in place at all times in order to prevent unauthorized access to the facility.\nAll personnel assigned to SCP-2317 must rotate out for one month of psychological counseling after two months on-site. Personnel assigned to SCP-2317 must undergo heavy psychological testing before being cleared to enter the site. Individuals must score at least 72 points on the Milgram Obedience Examination, be unmarried, have no offspring, and express nothing less than total loyalty to the Foundation.\nWhile on-site, individuals assigned to SCP-2317 will be issued concealing helmets with integrated voice changers to protect their identity. On-site staff are not to remove said uniforms in the presence of other staff members. Off-duty hours are to be spent in private quarters alone.\nOne staff member with Security Clearance 4/2317 will be assigned each month as \"Class-D Personnel\" in order to act as assistant to the primary celebrant. Personnel without Security Clearance of Level 4 or higher will be told that the assistant is a Class-D personnel chosen from the normal pool of Class-D candidates. All persons directly involved with Procedure 220-Calabasas are to be informed of this fact. No personnel shall be authorized to assist with Procedure 220-Calabasas without first being clearly briefed that the \"assistant\" is not, in fact, a Class-D Personnel, and should not be terminated in the event that they disobey direct orders from the guards.\nDescription: SCP-2317 is a wooden door and frame originally constructed as a basement door for a 19th-century Massachusetts brownstone. Upon opening the door, any person stepping through the door frame will be transported to an alternate reality.\nExploration of the alternate reality (SCP-2317-Prime) is limited, but the area directly accessible through SCP-2317 is a salt pan several kilometers in radius. A circle of seven pillars (SCP-2317-A through SCP-2317-G) are positioned in a ten-meter diameter circle approximately ten meters directly in front of SCP-2317. Each pillar is approximately one meter in diameter, and seven meters tall, constructed of marble and engraved with a series of intricate bas-reliefs. The art style of the engravings do not correspond to that of any known modern, historic, or prehistoric civilization. SCP-2317-A-G extend two hundred meters below the surface of the sand and into SCP-2317-H.\nSCP-2317-H is a spherical space one hundred kilometers in diameter located directly underneath SCP-2317-A-G, lined with the same stone used to construct SCP-2317-A-G. Contained within SCP-2317-H is SCP-2317-K, hereafter referred to as \"entity.\"\nThe following information has been inferred through seismic analysis and ground-penetrating radar, as well as direct observation: Entity appears to be an obese humanlike creature of immense proportions: estimated height if fully erect is over two hundred kilometers. Horns resembling tree branches sprout from its head, which lacks a lower jaw. Entire body is covered in millions of overlapping plate-like scales. Seven heavy hooks are embedded in the entity's back, each one attached to a heavy steel chain connected to the lower end of one of the seven pillars embedded in the ceiling of the chamber.\nAt the time of the writing of this document, six of the pillars or chains have been broken or damaged, and only one chain remains intact.\nAddendum 2317-1: Procedure 220-Calabasas: Procedure 220-Calabasas is a ritual to be performed at solar noon each day (defined as the moment when the sun reaches its height over SCP-2317). Performing Procedure 220-Calabasas requires the following:\n\nTwo armed Foundation security personnel with Security Clearance of Level 3 or higher (hereafter referred to as \"guards\").\nOne Foundation Personnel with Security Clearance of Level 4 (hereafter referred to as \"celebrant.\"\nOne Class-D Personnel, as specified under Special Containment Procedures (hereafter referred to as \"assistant.\")\nOne live male Gallus domesticus, preferably caged to prevent complications during transport to SCP-2317-Prime (hereafter referred to as \"chicken.\")\nOne obsidian-edged knife (hereafter referred to as \"blade\").\nOne silver aspergillum and aspersorium, filled with at least 500 ccs of holy water blessed by a priest of Abrahamaic faith.\nOne kiloton-level nuclear device, to be detonated in case of catastrophic containment failure.\n\nCelebrant, guards, and assistant open SCP-2317, step through, and enter SCP-2317 Prime. Assistant will enter first, followed by guards, followed by celebrant. Guards will, at all times, maintain situational awareness of assistant, and should be prepared to prevent escape with deadly force.\nBeginning with the pillar closest to and in-line with SCP-2317 (SCP-2317-A), celebrant circumambulates SCP-2317-A through SCP-2317-G, proceeding counter-clockwise at an even and measured pace. At every other step, celebrant will scatter holy water, using the aspergillum and aspersorium, in the direction of the circle's center.\nUpon completing one circumambulation of SCP-2317-A-G, celebrant scatters holy water over the head of the assistant and recites the following phrase: \"Seven Seals, Seven Rings, Seven Thrones for the Scarlet King.\"\nCelebrant then moves to a safe distance away from assistant, who will take the obsidian knife and use it to kill the chicken provided as sacrifice. Blood will be drained from the chicken and added to the aspersorium, then stirred to mix with the holy water already contained within.\nAssistant then circumambulates SCP-2317-A-G in a clockwise direction, scattering the mixture of blood and holy water in the direction of the circle's center.\nUpon completing one circumambulation of SCP-2317-A-G, assistant walks to the center of the circle of stones and pours the remaining mixture of blood and water onto the discolored patch of salt and sand in the center, while reciting the following phrase: \"Blood for the Old Gods, Water for the New King.\"\nAll materials are gathered up, the obsidian knife is secured, and all personnel return through SCP-2317, which is subsequently closed.\n\nFailure at any point to properly perform Procedure 220-Calabasas may result in an XK-Class End of the World Scenario. Should any mishap or failure occur, all personnel are to return immediately through SCP-2317, closing the door behind them. The containment chamber will be immediately locked down, and a Level Two Emergency declared and reported to the O5 Council. Further instructions will be provided to on-site personnel according to Emergency Order Zachariah, and may include detonation of on-site nuclear warhead.\nAddendum 2317-2: History: SCP-2317 was first discovered in 1922, by [DATA EXPUNGED]. Object was subsequently moved to what was then called Provisional Containment Area 17. Object was moved to Containment Area 179 in 1982, where it remains as of the writing of this article.\nWhen initially discovered, four of the seven chains were broken, and three were intact: the breaking of the fifth chain in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 corresponded directly to a \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 event in our world. The sixth chain, which broke in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, was also coincident with a much more severe \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 event, eventually resulting in the deaths of two million persons.\nAnalysis of supplementary texts retrieved at the time of containment pointed to Procedure 220-Calabasas as an effective means of maintaining containment until an effective means of repairing or reattaching said chains can be discovered. Containment procedures were modified to incorporate Procedure 220-Calabasas. As records show that the sequence of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 events shows an exponential increase in lethality, it can be extrapolated that failure of the final chain (SCP-2317-G), would result in an XK-Class End of the World Scenario.\nFor this reason, every possible effort is to be made to ensure a successful Procedure 220-Calabasas.\nFURTHER INFORMATION ON SCP-2317 IS RESTRICTED TO THE OVERSEER COUNCIL.\n\nWELCOME TO SCiPNET DIRECT ACCESS TERMINAL. PLEASE ENTER COMMAND\n\nlogin\n\nPLEASE ENTER USER AUTHENTICATION\n\nO5-13 | sIERRa tANGo CASpER 3CH0.\n\nNOTE: IMPERSONATING A MEMBER OF THE OVERSEER COUNCIL IS PUNISHABLE BY IMMEDIATE DEATH. IF YOU HAVE ENTERED THIS LOGIN INFORMATION IN ERROR, YOU NOW HAVE TEN SECONDS TO EXIT THE VICINITY BEFORE DEPLOYMENT OF LETHAL VISUAL COGNITOHAZARD. OTHERWISE, PLEASE ENTER PERSONAL AUTHORIZATION KEYPHRASE. PLEASE NOTE THAT FAILURE TO ENTER THE PROPER KEYPHRASE WITHIN SIXTY SECONDS WILL RESULT IN DEPLOYMENT OF MOBILE TASK FORCE TO YOUR LOCATION.\n\nNow is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party. I^H Because I would not stop for death he ^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Death he kindly stopped for me. Red Sky in Morning Sailor take e^H wArning.\n\nIDENTITY CONFIRMED. CANCELLING MOBILE TASK FORCE SCRAMBLE ORDER.\nPLEASE ENTER COMMAND\n\naccess 2317\n\nTHANK YOU. THE TIME AND DATE OF YOUR ACCESS TO THIS FILE HAS BEEN LOGGED AND REPORTED TO THE RECORDS AND INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (RAISA).\n\nUSER NAME: O5-13\nTITLE: Operational Overseer\nDISPLAYING SCP-2317, CLEARANCE LEVEL O5\n\nSCP-2317\n\nItem #: SCP-2317\nSpecial Access Designation: CODE NIGHTMARE REGENT RED\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Irrelevant.\nDescription: SCP-2317 is a primeval entity known as \"The \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Devourer of Worlds\" (name redacted intentionally). The Erikesh Codex indicates that it was captured and imprisoned by Erikeshan mystics circa 1894 BCE. An excerpt from the relevant passage follows:\n\nAND THEN KESHPETH LED HIS ARMY OF TEN THOUSAND INTO THE REALM BEYOND THE CLOUDS, AND THERE DID THEY DO BATTLE WITH THE DEVOURER, MAY HIS NAME REMAIN FOREVER UNREMEMBERED. AND THEN KESHPETH AND HIS TEN THOUSAND DID CRAFT SEVEN CUNNING CHAINS OUT OF THE BONES OF JASPETAR, SEVENTH BRIDE OF THE DREAD DEVOURER, MAY HIS NAME REMAIN FOREVER UNREMEMBERED, AND BOUND HIM WITHIN THE PEARL OF THE FATHER OF OYSTERS, HE WHO DWELLS UNDER THE MIRROR OF SALT IN THE REALM UNDER THE SEA. AND KESHPETH ORDERED THAT THE GATES TO THE FAR COUNTRY BE SEALED FOREVER, LEST THE DREAD DEVOURER, MAY HIS NAME REMAIN FOREVER UNREMEMBERED, FIND ITS WAY BACK TO OUR WORLD.\n\nIt is not clear how the 19th-century Society of the Golden Arrow discovered how to create a gate to Universe-Kappa-Erikesh, nor their reasons for doing so. What is clear is that the damage to the first four chains that bind the Devourer was accidental. By the time Our Founder took possession of the item following the dissolution of the Society, the organization had bankrupted itself several times over trying desperately to repair the damage caused.\nProjected Containment Profile: Indications are that Final Containment Failure will occur at some point within the next century as of the writing of this article: the mean time to failure being calculated at thirty years. All efforts to repair or replace the chains have failed. All efforts to re-discover the method for creating these chains have proven fruitless. Research is currently underway to determine an alternate containment plan, but the possibility that anything can keep the Devourer from entering our universe is slim, especially as the original material used to create the chains (namely, the bones and sinew of another Devourer entity) are no longer in existence.\nThe primary threat is internal despair or panic. In order to maintain morale, a false containment procedure (Procedure 220-Calabasas) will be authored and implemented. This false containment procedure has been given a sense of veracity by the following means:\n\nIncorporating elements of common ritualistic magics.\nIncorporating elements of popular religious rites.\nIncorporating elements of other known occult organizations.\nIncorporating elements of other known Special Containment Procedures.\nIncorporating references to similar but unrelated occult entities.\nIncreased information security regarding the elements of the procedure.\nAppealing to the common institutional meme of the effectiveness of thermonuclear weapons in destroying paranormal entities.\n\nAlthough completely ineffectual, the purpose of Procedure 220-Calabasas is to provide the appearance of active containment in order to allay anxiety among staff until a more permanent solution can be found.\nIn the meantime, preparations will be made in order to ensure the survival of the human race following Containment Failure. As most of the recommended preparations overlap with or are identical to preparations already underway in case of numerous other XK-Class scenarios, minimal additional resources are required.\nApproved by the unanimous vote of the Overseer Council on \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nPLEASE ENTER COMMAND\n\nexpunge full\n\nTHANK YOU. ALL ACCESS RECORDS FOR THIS COMPUTER FROM THE PAST 24 HOURS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE LOG. RECORDS AND INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION RECORDS REDACTED.\n\nlogout\n\nLOGGING YOU OUT. THANK YOU.\n\nWELCOME TO SCiPNET DIRECT ACCESS TERMINAL.\nPLEASE ENTER COMMAND\n\nshutdown\n\nSHUTTING DOWN\n\nIT IS NOW SAFE TO TURN OFF YOUR COMPUTER.\n\nOther popular works by this author\n\nHide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-2317\n\nSCP-231\n\nDr Clef's Proposal\n\nSCP-048\n\nSCP-447\n\nSCP-016\n\nSCP-4960\n\nSCP-823\n\nSCP-953\n\nSCP-572\n\nSCP-450\n\nSPC-1764\n\nSCP-668\n\nSCP-297\n\nSCP-807\n\nSCP-1949\n\nSCP-233\n\nSCP-2461\n\nSCP-031\n\nSCP-784-ARC\n\nTales, Canons, and Hubs\n\nTranscript of Dr. Clef's seminar, \"Reality Benders and You: How to Survive When Existence Doesn't.\"\n\nOf Multiverses and Dandelion Wine\n\nDa Capo al Fine\n\nTermination_Order\n\nOperation \"Camp Granada\"\n\nChowderclef\n\nRascal One Actual\n\nPrivate Hell\n\nWhat's In A Name?\n\nTranscript of a lecture given by Professor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 on Applied Thaumatology.\n\n. . . the best and the wisest man whom I have ever known.\n\nContingency\n\nTranscript of a lecture given by Professor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 on Aetheric Energy and Aspect Radiation.\n\nSupplemental Report 239-B-192\n\nExcerpts from PHYSICS Division Field Manual 13: Special Circumstances, Humanoid Threat Entities\n\nThird Date\n\nThe Flesh That Mates\n\nIncident Zero - Part 1\n\nExcerpts from PHYSICS Division Field Manual 2: Equipment and Gear\n\n\"UHEC\"\n\n085-Romance-Adult\n\nItems from a Global Occult Coalition Document Bag\n\nTranscript of a lecture given by Professor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Conclusion, Q and A\n\nIncident Zero - Part 5\n\n\"Come into my Parlor\"\n\nTranscript of a lecture given by Professor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 on Thaumatic Workings.\n\nName, Rank, Serial Number\n\nSpecial Assets\n\nMementos\n\nGirls' Night Out: Dressing Up\n\nText of a Condolence Letter - Federal Bureau of Investigation, Unusual Incidents Unit\n\nInterlude - Excerpt From An Auction Catalog - Marshall Carter And Dark, 2012\n\nWe Got A Good Thing Here\n\nGirls' Night Out: Raising Hell\n\nPersonal Log of Agent AA\n\nIncident Zero - Part 3\n\nIncident Zero - Part 2\n\nAgent Ukulele\n\nNumber One With A Bullet\n\nIncident Zero - Part 4\n\nExcerpts from PHYSICS Division Field Manual 1: Operative's Handbook\n\n\"Assessment\"\n\nGirls' Night Out: Getting Drunk\n\nThe 784 Incident: Part 7: Conclusion\n\n\"Trauma\"\n\n\"Strike\"\n\nClean Sweep\n\n\"Farpoint\"\n\n\"AWTOK\"\n\nCollaborations with other authors\n\nPage\nAuthor\n\nSCP-166\nDr. Dantesen\n\nSCP-342\nname\n\nFor a list of all works by this author, click here.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2316 | SCP-2317 | SCP-2318 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2318\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2318 is to be kept in an ordinary glass golf ball display case within Site-17's Secure Item Storage Unit at all times. A site member assigned to SCP-2318 is to check on the object once every 24 hours. If SCP-2318 is not located in its display case, Senior Researchers Dunleavy and McLaren are to be notified immediately for location and retrieval.\nDescription: SCP-2318 is a custom made, tournament legal1 Nike golf ball manufactured in early 2011. Material analysis of the outer layers of the object has determined its makeup to be that of a standard golf ball. The inner core, however, is made of an unidentifiable material which continually emits acoustic white noise at approximately 25 dBa. SCP-2318 is in pristine condition, as it has been since initial recovery. The Foundation has installed a microscopic tracking device into the object to aid in its recovery in the event of misplacement.\nWhen SCP-2318 is hit2 by a human being using a golf club of any make it is immediately launched on a trajectory towards a certain location on Earth. The last location thought of by the person striking SCP-2318 is determined to be, with perfect accuracy, the location that SCP-2318 lands. SCP-2318 cannot be stopped once it has been hit, and will violate the laws of physics, if necessary, in order to reach its destination (see Incident Log 2318-1).\nNote: As of 01/29/2013, further testing with SCP-2318 requires administrative approval from Senior Researchers Dunleavy and McLaren.\nSCP-2318 was brought to the Foundation's attention on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588 during the annual \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Golf Tournament when American golfer Tiger Woods scored a \u201chole in one\u201d on the 8th hole of the tournament. The shot underwent standard Foundation analysis of abnormal sporting events, where it was discovered that Woods' shot was statistically impossible. The combination of wind flow velocity at the time of the shot along with the angle and power of Woods' swing created no possible outcome for a hole in one after [REDACTED] simulation attempts by Foundation researchers. Ensuing the tournament, Woods was detained by Foundation personnel and given a polygraph test to determine his knowledge of the object. After 14 hours of interrogation, Woods admitted that a group of individuals claiming to work for Nike, Inc., his primary sponsor, offered him a golf ball that would \"preserve [his] legacy.\" Class-C amnestics were given to Woods. Foundation agents embedded within Nike, Inc. have been tasked with discovering the origin of SCP-2318. Information recovered thus far can be found in Addendum 2318-A.\nIncident Log 2318-1: On 01/26/2013, while testing the capabilities of SCP-2318, researchers discovered that it could violate the laws of physics. SCP-2318 was hit in a barricaded room by Dr. Farhan, who was instructed to think of the parking lot of Site-17, located 4.7 km away from the testing area. SCP-2318 traveled on the expected path until reaching the wall. It then proceeded to move through six layers of various materials, including 2 meter thick concrete walls, plaster and wood layering, steel rebar, poly-carbonate bulletproof windows, and Dr. Kaine's upper left torso3. A golf ball sized hole was made along the path SCP-2318 took through each medium. SCP-2318's velocity remained as expected, regardless of the material it passed through.\nAddendum 2318-A: The following is a compilation of all notable experiences of Foundation personnel embedded within Nike, Inc. headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. Research is still ongoing.\n\nEvent-A:\nDate: 07/06/2013\nPersonnel Involved: Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a high ranking executive.\nSummary of Incident: Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was instructed to uncover any information Nike, Inc., has retained concerning Tiger Woods and SCP-2318. While scouring company archives, Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 discovered that SCP-2318 was part of a company-wide undertaking to create a line of \"flawless\" sporting equipment. According to all gathered information, SCP-2318 is the only product from this line that has been released.\n\nEvent-B:\nDate: 09/23/2013\nPersonnel Involved: Agent \u2588\u2588, a product design engineer.\nSummary of Incident: Agent \u2588\u2588 was tasked with recovering information regarding SCP-2318's creation. While scavenging the facility, a door labeled \"[REDACTED]\" was encountered. Agent \u2588\u2588 was instructed to open the door. Upon doing so, Agent \u2588\u2588 was exposed to an estimated 500,000 Lumens along with approximately 165 dBa of acoustic white noise. All recording devices immediately ceased to function. Subsequent to Event-B, the Foundation has not been able to contact Agent \u2588\u2588.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Complies to United States Golf Association guidelines for weight, size, and build.\n2. With a force of 2,300N or greater.\n3. Dr. Kaine died of asphyxiation approximately 17 seconds after exit of SCP-2318.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2317 | SCP-2318 | SCP-2319 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2319\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to its depth, and historical lack of governmental or commercial interest in its location, SCP-2319's containment is considered de facto. In order to maintain this in perpetuity, an international cordon has been established around SCP-2319.\nAt this time, the Foundation does not agree on the long-term survivability of SCP-2319. Based on degradation caused by the hostile environment surrounding it, it is assumed that SCP-2319 will continue to deteriorate; it is unclear if such deterioration will reduce the current anomalous properties.\nDescription: SCP-2319 is the location and contents of a shipwreck off the southern coast of Australia. Its specific co-ordinates are latitude -39.458127\u00b0, longitude 132.424794\u00b0. The wreckage and materials recovered appear to be identical (with one significant difference, see below) to the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, which sank on April 15, 1912. All materials returned from SCP-2319's wreckage have been dated to specifications that would have been in use in 1912, with the exception of one item (see Addendum). All damage/deterioration of SCP-2319 is consistent with 1\u2588\u2588 years of seafloor existence.\nSCP-2319 was discovered by outside sources on October 7th \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and contained by the Foundation three weeks later under the guise of a low-level ecological disaster. Maps and seabed scans in the historical record show no reported claims of shipwreck and/or corresponding seabed disruption prior to the discovery of SCP-2319.\nCompared to the wreckage of the Titanic, SCP-2319 is mirrored along the longitudinal axis. Existing maps of the Titanic, once flipped east/west, are identical to SCP-2319 in all major landmarks.1 The current surface terrain surrounding SCP-2319 is as identical to the ones found at the current Titanic wreckage location, if also mirrored.\nAll written text in the wreck is also mirrored, e. g. the archboard reads \u0186'I\u0418ATIT \u01a7M\u042f. This includes more contemporary commemorative plaques. The only other noticeable difference between SCP-2319 and the remains of the Titanic is the remaining paintworks on the hull indicate that instead of a red underside, SCP-2319's lower hull coloring is green.\nAs with the Titanic wreckage, a unique ecosystem of anemones, crabs, shrimp, starfish, and rattail thrives within the wreckage of SCP-2319. As of this writing, all attempts at bringing samples of the fauna to the surface for further study have failed, as all samples die within 2.1-3.2km of SCP-23192. Examination of the remains of creatures recovered from SCP-2319 show varying degrees of situs transversus. Polarimetry results of recovered organic materials show similar mirroring of D/L-chiralities. X-Ray crystallography confirmed an abundance of L-sugars and D-amino acids in the samples.\nAddendum SCP-2319-A: Originally deemed an aberrant system malfunction, reports of submersible navigation issues have become more consistent while exploring SCP-2319. Pilots report random moments where commands to move to port result in starboard motion. Complete repair of MROVs has not and does not solve the issues.\nAddendum SCP-2319-B: Foundation experts studying artifacts recovered from SCP-2319 have reported increased feelings of nausea and disorientation from mid-term exposure to all artifacts. The effect is described as disorienting but not incapacitating. As of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, all teams studying artifacts for upwards of 8 hours a day are required to spend 24 hours away from all SCP-2319-borne materials.\nAddendum SCP-2319-C: A recent exploration of SCP-2319 has revealed a unique artifact, dubbed SCP-2319-2. Buried under a bulkhead with debris and weathering corresponding to one hundred years of sediment was a contemporary air-tight safe, containing a clear plastic plate with the following phrases etched onto it:\n\nRETAI\u0418M\u018eNT UNSUCCESSFULLUFSSECCUSNU\n\u15e1IM\u018e\u0418\u01a7IO\u0418A\u2143 PLASTIYTIC UNTENELBA\n\u018eW \u018e\u01a7OHT OTO THOSE W\u018e FAILED' \u01a7U \u018eVI\u13ae\u042fO\u15b7\n\nFootnotes\n1. For example, the Titanic's bow points broadly North-East, with the aft section south, with a large debris field to the east. In SCP-2319's case, the bow points broadly North-West, with the large debris field west of the aft wreckage.\n2. Initial findings hint that the creatures have died, inexplicably, of asphyxiation, despite being stored in waters directly from SCP-2319.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2318 | SCP-2319 | SCP-2320 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2320\nThreat Level: Green\nContainment Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2320 is currently contained within Garage 01 at Site-45. Access to SCP-2320 is limited to interviews with SCP-2320-B and exploratory missions to SCP-2320-1. No further physical security is necessary.\nExploration of SCP-2320-1 does not require any deviation from Standard Exploration Protocols.\nDescription: SCP-2320 is a refurbished PCC streetcar, originally manufactured by the St. Louis Car Company in 1938. SCP-2320 is capable of operating without access to electrical power and is capable of off-rail travel, but otherwise does not bear any outward mechanical or structural anomalies. The vehicle is painted with a red and white color scheme, typical of the Pittsburgh Railways streetcar fleet.\nSCP-2320-A is a humanoid entity inhabiting SCP-2320, measuring 1.5 meters in height and wearing a black zentai1. SCP-2320-A wears a puppet on its right hand at all times, designated SCP-2320-B. This puppet is dressed in the uniform of a Pittsburgh Railways conductor of the period when SCP-2320 was constructed, bearing a nametag that reads \u201cMr. Conductor\u201d. SCP-2320-B is capable of verbal communication, speaking in Pittsburgh / North Midland dialect. SCP-2320-B is friendly and courteous towards all individuals entering SCP-2320, though it will avoid direct answers to questions regarding its nature and origins.\nIt was initially assumed that SCP-2320-A was the source of SCP-2320-B's voice through ventriloquism: This was later found to be incorrect, with the voice originating solely from SCP-2320-B.\nIf any outside individuals are within SCP-2320 at the times of 0930, 1130, and 1530, it will undergo a SVATS2 (Stable/Variable/Aided/Temporal/Safe/Two-Way) universal transition, emerging in SCP-2320-1 fifteen minutes after departure. Departure times from SCP-2320-1 are scheduled at 1100, 1500, and 1800. The transition between Baseline and SCP-2320-1 appears as movement through a tunnel, with details of the walls consistent during each transition.\nSCP-2320-1 is an extrauniversal space containing a BWh desert measuring in excess of 1000 square kilometers in area. The average temperature within SCP-2320-1 is 12.7 \u00b0 C. No precipitation has been observed, despite the presence of cloud formations. The desert within SCP-2320-1 consists entirely of white plastic grains, with a grain size of 0.25-0.5 mm. Grains will stick to each other when pressure is applied, and will retain their form when shaped, and have been observed to maintain this form with greater accuracy and resistance to collapse when the shaper focuses on a distinct mental image of what is being formed. For example, the formation of a pyramid shape by research staff was aided by specifically focusing on the image of the Giza pyramids. This method also produced coloration within the affected grains. Only simple structures have been constructed by researchers, even with focus images provided. Methods of building more advanced structures and more detailed patterns are currently being developed and prepared for testing.\nAddendum-01: The following structures and entities have been cataloged within SCP-2320-1.\n\nMultistory structure consisting of a series of ladders, platforms, and tube slides. Excavation is ongoing, and has revealed attached jungle gym, swing set, apartment complex, helipad, and bungee-jumping station.\nUnfinished spacecraft. Design is cylindrical, with anterior steering fins and pointed nose.\nMotile, fruit-bearing tree, similar in outward appearance to Adansonia digitata (Baobab tree). Will position itself to provide shade for nearby individuals. Fruit found to contain Neapolitan ice cream within a cake skin.\nFour-winged airborne organism measuring approximately 210 meters in length, with a wingspan of 55 meters. Maximum recorded speed and altitude of 30 kph and 140 meters.\nSteam locomotive with four passenger cars, traveling at speeds in excess of 550 kph. The train's whistle has been replaced with the sound of a roaring bear, or the phrase \"Everyone out of the way! It's the Bear Train!\"\nVillage consisting of 14 structures, inhabited by 32 bipedal, two-dimensional entities. Entities are bright in coloration and communicate solely in combinations of the sounds \"beep\", \"bop\", and \"boop\".\nA black, spider-like entity measuring approximately two meters in height. Each leg ends in an ornate, wide-bladed sword of unique design and coloration. Creature's abdomen is on fire, with no apparent detriment.\nA group of 9 entities, consisting of four policemen2, two firemen3, an entomologist4, a nurse5, and a sushi chef, pursuing an individual referred to as \"Doomspider\".\n\nNo trace of the originators of these artifacts and entities has been found.\nAddendum-02: The following interview was recorded on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2003.\n\n[Extraneous dialog omitted]\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?\nSCP-2320-B: Oh no, not at all, always happy to help.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: All right. If you could just describe who you are and what you do.\nSCP-2320-B: Well, I'm Mr. Conductor, and I drive this here trolley on the route between Here and There. That's about it.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: And can you tell me who your employer is?\nSCP-2320-B: Oh, I'm just helping out some friends who needed a trolley driver. It's not really employment, I'm just helping out. Not many people around who can drive one of these anymore.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Mmm. And what about your destination?\nSCP-2320-B: I know it isn't much to look at now, but it'll be something really special once things pick up, believe me.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Can you tell me what will happen then?\nSCP-2320-B: Well, think of what happens when you give a kid crayons, and then give a whole bunch of kids a whole lot of crayons and the biggest sheet of blank paper in the world.\n[Extraneous dialog omitted]\n\nAddendum-03: The following message was found on a sticky note attached to the front door of SCP-2320. The note was handwritten in fine-tip blue marker.\n\nFor Fred & friends -\nI'm sorry it's late, but here you go.\nHave a wonderful day, neighbors.\n- Isabel & Jeremy\n\nFootnotes\n1. A bodysuit covering the entire body, including head, hands, and feet, named for stagehand clothing in Japanese theater.\n2. Including one robot, one ninja, and one alien.\n3. Including the President of the Firefighting Club and a dalmatian equivalent in size to an adult draft horse.\n4. Claiming to specialize in spider-catching.\n5. Claiming to specialize in treatment of sword injuries.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2319 | SCP-2320 | SCP-2321 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2321: Foor Th'luv Uv God, Doont Yuuz It\nThese Foundation researchers are so arrogant, thinking they know everything about the world just because they can do science to it. It would be funny if it weren't so sad.\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nItem #: SCP-2321\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2321 is kept in Storage Site 145. Personnel wishing to assist in study may do so with level 4 authorization.\nDescription: SCP-2321 is the remains of Anomalous Item 21025, originally a mechanism of unknown origin purportedly designed to detect anomalies in living subjects. AI 21025 was destroyed during classification testing (see addenda), but enough information was uncovered to identify it as a Class-2 Temporal Paradox1, created approximately \u2588\u2588\u2588 years after its discovery on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588. Original documentation follows.\n\n+ Addendum 2321-1: Original description\n\n- Access granted\n\nAnomalous Item #21025\nLead Researcher: Dr. Murugan Chaudhuri\nType: Mechanical/Possible Anachronism\nDimensions: Primary unit: Height 2.5m, Width 1.8m, Depth 0.9m, Weight 255kg; Secondary unit: 1.3m x 0.75m x .4m, weight 50kg\nComposition: Fiberglass 35%; high-density plastics 45%; unknown steel alloy 15%; other 5%\nNotes: Both units inscribed with a prominent logo similar to that of the Foundation. Secondary unit has a display readout with script in an unknown language, thought to be a variant of English; Linguistics brought in for further evaluation. Purpose is ostensibly to scan a subject placed in primary unit for anomalies. Anomalies categorized as \"M'teereel\", \"Tempoor'l\", \"Spaash'l\", \"Ment'l\", \"Entrop'k\", \"Prob'b'listik\"and \"Udher\".\n\n- Access granted\n\n+ Addendum 2321-2: Journal of Dr. Chaudhuri\n\n- Access granted\n\n01/15/20\u2588\u2588\nInitial testing has shown that AI 21025 only works with living subjects. Animal testing has returned conflicting results however, making establishing a baseline confounding. Test 8, using Rattus norvegicus, revealed presence of a digestive system with four stomachs. A second scan of the same subject showed no anomaly. A third scan revealed it present again. This equipment is quite likely faulty.\nMC\n\n01/19/20\u2588\u2588\nAuthorization for tests with D-Class personnel was granted today, so I wanted to get right to it. First test with D-23251 revealed an extradimensional space at the back of the left optic nerve. What originally seemed like faulty equipment is more likely a machine designed for use with humans. The results of continued scans were consistent. Anomaly was destroyed via removal of the eye, and further testing revealed no new anomalies. Never would have found that out if it weren't for 21025. A very useful machine. Tests with D-29898 commence tomorrow.\nMC\n\n01/20/20\u2588\u2588\nTesting with D-29898 was again positive: it came up as \"Probabilistic\" (according to our specialist from Linguistics), but no further information was given. Interesting: with the previous spatial anomaly, a location was given. D-29898 was remanded to another section of AIT to see if they can't figure her out. Two more D-Class coming on Monday. I'm interested to see what happens when one isn't anomalous.\nMC\n\n01/21/20\u2588\u2588\nA very strange thought occurred to me, and I'm having trouble getting back to sleep because of it. What if all the D-Class are anomalous? Two for two is pretty surprising, unless that's related to 29898's ability. Where could we have found so many anomalous criminals? Though, I supposed these people are truly anomalies of society already. I'll see if I can't get any volunteers from the team this week.\nMC\n\n01/22/20\u2588\u2588\nTwo more tests and two more anomalies: one mental, another probabilistic. That thought from the night previous is gnawing at my mind. Again, I must praise 21025 for its accuracy. None of these anomalies is obvious to an outside observer. I heard that 29898's requires her to be in the presence of a large number of bees before it takes effect. What are the chances she would have discovered that on her own? It's nothing like [CLASSIFIED INFORMATION REDACTED] but at least we're ferreting them out. I've spoken with my supervisor; if we keep finding anomalies, we're never going to have a baseline test. She wasn't keen on moving to non-D personnel tests, but I emphasized the volunteer aspect. Made it sound like a team-building exercise. We'll see.\nMC\n\n01/24/20\u2588\u2588\nResearcher L\u2588\u2588\u2588, our linguist, was the only one willing to volunteer. He's not even part of my team! Still grateful for the opportunity. I am doubly so now. Let's just say he found out who his mother is and the Director of the site SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is housed in is being thoroughly investigated for misconduct. What else can we find with this thing?\nMC\n\n01/25/20\u2588\u2588\nPishkin volunteered, said seeing L\u2588\u2588\u2588 go through it gave her confidence. Machine says she's comprised of 35% fungal rhizomes, mostly in the left leg. How did that get missed during physicals? Tried leaning on Watkins to volunteer, he's always idolized me. Starting to think testing everyone is a good idea, for the good of humanity and the Foundation and all that. I'll certainly be taking a good, long look at anyone who refuses.\nMC\n\n02/01/20\u2588\u2588\ntheyre all anomalous all of them watkins rutherford williamson oh my god\n\n02/05/20\u2588\u2588\nAnother terrible thought: What if everyone has an anomaly? What if the machine puts them No, that's stupid. But what if all these tiny, easily overlooked anomalies are actually par for the course? What if this machine is the only way to find them? What few of us are normal humans? How far does this go? Supervisors, site directors, Overwatch? I have to test everyone I can.\nMC\n\nNote: Final entry left on a computer terminal outside Testing Chamber 10 on 02/18/20\u2588\u2588.\n\nI dont have long but I must make this final entry I have to know I have to find the anomalies I have to know the machine doesnt put them there I have to know whats inside me I know something is there but what is it theyre taking it away and sending me to counseling idont need counselingimrunningoutofti\n\nEnd note: Due to the dismissal of his entire team and seeming mental breakdown, Dr. Chaudhuri was remanded to psychological counseling. After missing his first appointment, security were sent to detain him. Upon reaching Testing Chamber 10, personnel reported an explosion. From surveillance footage, the events are reconstructed as follows:\n\n16:48: Dr. Chaudhuri is seen typing furiously on a terminal outside Testing Chamber 10, where Anomalous Item 21025 is kept.\n16:50: Dr. Chaudhuri activates AI 21025's scanning function and enters the primary unit.\n16:53: Security arrives at Testing Chamber 10. A small-yield explosion occurs in AI 21025's primary unit, approximately in the position occupied by Dr. Chaudhuri's sternum. Dr. Chaudhuri is killed and both Testing Chamber 10 and AI 21025 are damaged, the latter severely enough to impede function.\n\nPreliminary reports suggest that while restoring the structure of AI 21025 is possible, its functionality remains beyond our capacity to replicate. Dr. Samantha Gordi, Supervisor for Site-145 Anomalous Items Testing, has formally recommended against attempting to repair AI 21025, given its influence on Dr. Chaudhuri. Further study will be necessary to determine whether functionality can be reverse-engineered.\n\n- Access granted\n\n+ Final note\n\n- One more thing\n\nDuring cleanup and examination of the remains of AI 21025, Researcher Watkins discovered the following inscription etched on the back of the secondary unit:\n\nFOO\nUZ IT\n\nInscription reproduced as accurately as possible. The letters originally went unnoticed due to placement and being very shallowly inscribed. It is believed the explosion destroyed most of the inscription, but char and soot made the remaining letters more prominent. Linguistic analysis is ongoing.\n-Dr. Gordi\n\nFootnotes\n1. Possibly also a Class-5 Temporal Singularity. -Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Temporal Division\n\n\u00ab SCP-2320 | SCP-2321 | SCP-2322 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2322\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The entrance to SCP-2322 is to be locked and kept under guard at all times. It is to be labeled as a high-security records room, and all research materials are to be stored next door. SCP-2322 is located across from the former Director's office for Site-77.\nA record of Director Shirley Gillespie's actions on January 11th, 1999 has been created. Director Gillespie was heavily involved in the creation and maintenance of this record. To ensure the most accurate possible result, adjustments to the SCP-2322 database are to be checked against Foundation records from the time.\nDescription: SCP-2322 designates a replica of Site-771 accessible from within Site-77. Remote analysis of SCP-2322's interior has proven impossible, with all equipment indicating that the entrance to SCP-2322 is a blank wall within Site-77. Furthermore this room does not appear on Site-77's blueprint.\nPersonnel who enter SCP-2322 will find themselves in a replica of how Site-77 appeared on January 11th, 1999 at 6:30AM. All personnel, anomalous objects, and inanimate objects have been replicated2, and will behave consistently in every loop. All replicated personnel within SCP-2322 will identify the subject as Shirley Gillespie, who was Site-77's director at this time.\nFoundation personnel have determined that in order to remain within SCP-2322, subjects must be able to recreate all actions performed by Director Gillespie on January 11th, 1999. All actions which occur within SCP-2322 are on a loop, replicating the events which occurred during this time.\nIf a subject is not able to act as Director Gillespie convincingly, whether by acting suspiciously or not following the scripted actions, they will be escorted out of the building by security. In addition, personnel who were present at Site-77 during this time are unable to open any doors or operate any equipment while acting as Director Gillespie.\n\nEssential Events Document\n\nAccess Granted\n\nDocument 2322-T: SCP-2322- Essential Actions RE: Director Gillespie on 01/11/99\nThe following document details actions which must be performed in order to ensure the continuation of the SCP-2322 loop. While some actions appear to be optional, or possible to perform in multiple ways, it is known that not performing these directions exactly will result in immediate ejection from SCP-2322.\n7:30AM: Director Gillespie arrives in her office, and begins a telephone discussion with Security Director Anderson regarding the upcoming day's operations. Meeting is concluded at 9:48 AM. Subjects are instructed to 'Smile and Nod' due to the fact that Security Director Anderson (and all other personnel on-site) are unintelligible.\n10:00AM: Director Gillespie spends the day working on high-level documentation being prepared for review with Overwatch Command. Foundation personnel acting as Director Gillespie cannot fill out these documents, due to the fact that they are written in an inconsistent and indecipherable language. Subjects must lock the office door to prevent Anderson from entering the office at 11:18 AM. Allowing him to enter immediately causes the current SCP-2322 loop to terminate.\n1:00PM: Exiting her office, Director Gillespie heads to the cafeteria for lunch.\n3:00PM: Oversaw the moving of anomaly E-88123, an unclassified anomaly, from the West humanoid containment wing to the East humanoid containment wing. Notably, Director Gillespie has an extended conversation with E-8812, and documentation from the following weeks shows that she recommended additional amenities be added to its containment chamber.4\n11:00PM: Dr. Gillespie leaves Site-77.\n\nAt the end of their time within SCP-2322, subjects will be blindfolded by the replica security, and escorted to a room with no corresponding location within the actual Site-77. The walls and ceiling of this room are not visible. An LCD television set is present on the floor, and will display a rank of the subject's performance on a scale of 1-10, with a picture of Director Gillespie smiling appearing if the subject scores above a 6. Subjects who score a 3 or below will be unable to re-enter SCP-2322. Following the scoring, the subject will be ejected from SCP-2322.\nActions which are known to improve the subject's ranking include:\n\nKnowing the names of the individual members of Site-77 Director Gillespie sees during the day.\nTaking any time during the day to move through Site-77's containment area.\nLooking over knitting designs which Director Gillespie kept in her office drawer.\nSpending less than 20 minutes eating.\nSpending more than 30 minutes speaking to E-8812.\n\nOnce it has been vacated, a new subject may enter SCP-2322.\nAddendum: SCP-2322 testing log.\n\nDate: 04/13/2002\nProcedure: Human subject was sent through SCP-2322 after being briefed on SCP-2322's anomalous properties.\nResult: Subject was able to pass through SCP-2322 as expected.\nNotes: Baseline test.\n\nDate: 04/22/2002\nProcedure: Humanoid subject with anomalous properties, which caused subjects to perceive them as a small dog. Other than this, subject was briefed normally.\nResult: No change.\nNotes: The anomalous nature of a subject appears to be irrelevant.\n\nDate: 04/30/2002\nProcedure: The first in a series of attempts to obtain a 'perfect' score, Subject was briefed thoroughly on Director Gillespie's activities during the day. Able to follow through, however the subject was injured in a slip-and-fall accident, and ejected from SCP-2322.\nResult: Subject was not ranked, and was ejected by SCP-2322 Security personnel after being injured.\nNotes: N/A\n\nDate: 05/29/2002\nProcedure: Subject was briefed thoroughly on Director Gillespie's activities during the day, and was able to successfully accomplish all actions apart from interaction with E-8812, due to the subject being unable to locate the humanoid containment wings of the facility.\nResult: Subject was able to proceed through SCP-2322, however they recalled that all site personnel were passive-aggressive towards them. No other notable digressions from previous loops were noted.\nNotes: N/A\n\nFollowing this test, the behavior of E-8812 has been noted to be variable, with the object frequently taking the place of random Site personnel and other humanoid SCP objects. In addition, when the subject interacted with E-8812, its behavior was consistent with a recognition of the subject's true identity.\n\nDate: 06/14/2002\nProcedure: Subject was an experienced Foundation contractor, instructed to obtain a weapon and begin attacking Site personnel indiscriminately, instead of going through the loop.\nResult Subject was killed within SCP-2322, and ejected by force 45 minutes after entering.\nNotes: Although they were killed while within SCP-2322, the subject was ejected unharmed at the end of the cycle. Subject could not account for the additional time spent within SCP-2322.\n\nDate: 06/22/2002\nProcedure: Subject was instructed to proceed through SCP-2322 normally, but to display extreme deference to E-8812 if they encountered it. After concluding the encounter with E-8812, the subject was to begin indiscriminately attacking Foundation personnel within the Site.\nResult Subject was able to cause significantly more destruction and death than in previous tests, and was captured alive. Subject was held in a cell until the termination of the loop instead of being terminated as in previous tests involving violence on the part of the subject.\nNotes: Subject was able to recall hearing E-8812's voice angrily addressing unknown subjects outside of their holding cell. Subject was ejected following a standard evaluation, receiving a score of 4.\n\nDate: 07/02/2002\nProcedure: Subject was instructed to follow the normal script, but to exhibit hostility and contempt towards E-8812. In addition, during the meeting with Security Director Anderson, subjects are to instruct him to terminate the anomaly.\nResult: Subject was not released from SCP-2322. In addition, the next subject to go through the SCP-2322 process noted that the appearance of E-8812 had been altered to that of the lost subject. This version of E-8812 did not recognize the test subject, and no other traces of the subject have been found.\nNotes: Subject remains unrecovered.\n\nI know that a lot of personnel have come to me asking if I am aware of the nature of this anomaly, and I feel that I must clear up my interactions with E-8812. I only ever saw it once, and we had a brief conversation where it described its living conditions. I recommended a few improvements, and some of them were implemented. That's it. I'm already cooperating with Site-77 research personnel to improve testing procedures. Do not bother me about this if you aren't one of them.\n- Director Gillespie\n\nFootnotes\n1. An Italian Foundation high-volume containment facility\n2. To varying levels of detail\n3. This anomaly was reclassified as Neutralized 1 year before SCP-2322 became active\n4. These recommendations were not adopted, apart from one amenity request for a bookshelf.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2321 | SCP-2322 | SCP-2323 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2323-A-07 with non-anomalous prey\n\nItem #: SCP-2323\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: At least one healthy mated pair of SCP-2323-A must be contained. Free-flight hunting and live feeding is required for continued maintenance of SCP-2323. Standard outdoor netted aviary enclosure (including mews) is sufficient for containment. Use standard avian cages to house SCP-2323-A specimens as required for enclosure maintenance, veterinary care, inclement weather, transport, or research. The enclosed grounds must include a variety of insect-pollinated flowering plants. Enclosure must include a minimum of 1 m barbed wire (with a metallic iron content of 90% or greater) per adult SCP-2323-A, strung and elevated 1-3 m above ground (with 0.25 meters minimum spacing between strands).\nAll SCP-2323-A specimens must be tagged with standard ornithological tracking tags, microchips, and GPS transponders. Specimens that breach containment must be recovered or destroyed immediately. Any Lanius excubitor specimen that has been exposed to SCP-2323 and is not required for maintenance of this SCP or for research should be destroyed.\nNOTE: This SCP does not contain the anomalous prey entities of SCP-2323. These appear to be present in the environment wherever insect-pollinated blooms occur [see 1].\nDescription: SCP-2323 is an anomalous behavior in great grey shrikes (Lanius excubitor). It is memetic in the host species, and is both learnable and transmissible (successful transmission rate of 64% to wild-caught mates and 87% to captive-raised offspring)[see 2]. Carrier organisms (designated SCP-2323-A) are otherwise non-anomalous specimens of L. excubitor, presenting typical vital signs and observable behaviors.\nWhile SCP-2323-A specimens will demonstrate non-anomalous hunting and feeding, using both natural thorns and barbed wire to impale prey,1 they show an observable preference for SCP-2323. While engaged in SCP-2323, SCP-2323-A specimens are observed to capture non-visible entities (both on the ground and airborne) and exclusively use the barbed wire for feeding. If barbed wire (or other high iron content metallic \"thorns\") is not present, SCP-2323-A will not engage in SCP-2323, but instead feed entirely on non-anomalous prey. Unidentified vocalizations from the prey entities can be detected in high-frequency audio recordings of SCP-2323. While the entities remain non-visible during feeding, the wire barbs used for feeding on non-visible entities become coated in blood. This blood is mammalian, but does not match any known mammal [see 1].\nStarting in 1986 (the third year of containment), circular clearings with a mean radius of 0.36 meters have appeared annually in the enclosures. These clearings are surrounded by a ring of fungal fruiting bodies of a species of non-anomalous macrofungi already present in the environment, and contain anomalous objects (see Addendum- Excerpt from Document SCP-2323-D). These anomalies appear at night, typically between March and August, with the highest frequency occurring between April 20th and May 10th. Neither video surveillance or direct observation has been able to observe these clearings being made or the objects appearing; these phenomena occur only when and where observation is not being made. Continuous video observation of the enclosure fully prevents manifestation of these anomalies.\nCurrently a mating pair (SCP-2323-A-07 and A-10) is contained at Site-\u2588\u2588 with offspring (A-12, A-13, and A-14). A second pair (SCP-2323-A-09 and A-11) is contained at Site-\u2588\u2588. SCP-2323-A-08, an adult male, is being used for research at Site-\u2588\u2588.\nAddendum-Excerpt from Document SCP-2323-D: The following items were recovered from a circular clearing (with a radius of 0.41 m) in the enclosure containing SCP-2323-A-03 and SCP-2323-A-04 in May of 1988. These items are typical of objects that appear within this SCP during spring.\n\nA rectangular limestone block, 155 mm X 50 mm x 20 mm, showing signs of having been worked with stone hand tools with an average striking surface of 3.7 mm.\nA cured hide of the common vole (Microtus arvalis), found draped over the block. Bloodstains in this hide corresponded to the unknown blood found on wire barbs in the same SCP enclosure.\nTwo 80 mm lengths of rope made from woven spider-silk with a mean cross-sectional radius of 1.2 mm. Each rope was passed under the limestone block, 12mm from either end and terminated in loops (radius of 4.3 mm) on each end. These loops contained traces of the anomalous mammalian blood.\nA 403 mm long branch of the common hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) stripped of leaves and berries and \"planted\" upright in the ground. The thorns were decorated with discarded feathers from SCP-2323-A-03 and A-04 secured with spider-silk cords along with tufts of Canis lupus hair.2 This was located 73 mm from the center of the limestone block, perpendicular to its longitudinal axis.\n\nAddendum SCP-2323-G:\nAnalysis of the regurgitated pellets of SCP-2323-A specimens:\n56% of material recovered from analyzed pellets consists of non-anomalous material such as rodent fur and bones as well as undigested chitin fragments. The remaining material is anomalous:\n\n7% consists of undigested cured animal hides (primarily rodents) and woven textiles made from spider-silk and plant fibers.\n6% consists of stone tools (average mass 1.4 g) showing advanced neolithic techniques, including knives, arrowheads, and spear-points.\n31% consists of bone fragments, which other than size (mean length 1.5 mm) are identical to human specimens.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Shrikes are passerines (songbirds) and lack the talons of other birds of prey. They feed by impaling their prey on thorns and tearing it apart with their beaks.\n2. Genetically matched to SCP-2952.\n\nBibliography\n1. Ryan, Uwe, and Watanabe, Anomalous Hunting Behavior in Lanius excubitor, Journal of Biological Anomalies, Foundation Internal Publication, March 1987.\n2. Ryan, Uwe, and Watanabe, Memetic Transmission of Anomalous Hunting Behavior by Lanius excubitor, Journal of Biological Anomalies, Foundation Internal Publication, January 1991.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2322 | SCP-2323 | SCP-2324 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2324\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A single living specimen of SCP-2324-A, hereafter SCP-2324-A-11, is to be kept in a high security containment vault at Site-58. All other instances of SCP-2324-A are to be destroyed upon discovery. Site-58 has been equipped with optima-class insecticide dispensers to be used in the event of a containment breach. All crucial personnel at Site-58 are required to receive optima immunization at a separate site - no optima vaccine is to be present at Site-58. If deployment of optima gas proves ineffective to re-contain SCP-2324-A-1, the site's 5-megaton incendiary charges are to be activated.\nDescription: SCP-2324 is a phenomenon associated with the western honey bee2 and its parasitic interaction with humans. SCP-2324-A denotes a human infected with SCP-2324. The injection mechanism for SCP-2324 is through a specialized bee sting to a living human.\nA fully infected SCP-2324-A instance is clinically dead, but maintains life functions under a new, altered consciousness controlled by an unknown means, presumably by bees within the body of the individual instance. The brain of an SCP-2324-A instance is replaced with a new structure superficially resembling a beehive3, in which regular honey bees produce, nurture, and deploy biologically modified, notably more aggressive honeybees via the nostrils, mouth, and other cavities. SCP-2324-A instances are capable of speech in the host's native language, and an instance will refer to itself as an individual warship belonging to a greater army known by such names as \u201cthe Hive Authority,\u201d \u201cHer Majesty's Fleet,\u201d and \u201cthe Queen's Navy.\u201d4\nAddendum - SCP-2324-A-1 Interview, 5/16/15:\n\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please state your name for the record.\nSCP-2324-A-1: We have visual on enemy flagship. Stand by to engage.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: State your name.\nSCP-2324-A-1: Hostility detected. Deploy scout drones on my mark!\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I mean you no harm if you cooperate.\nSCP-2324-A-1: Rescind order! Enemy vessel is attempting negotiation. Hard to bow, warning shot in three, two, one\u2014\n(SCP-2324-A-1 sneezes a small glob of envenomed, caustic honey onto the wall, dissolving the paint.)\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \u2026may I speak to your captain?\n(SCP-2324-A bows its head for a moment, then:)\nSCP-2324-A-1: This is captain 4-73 of the HMS Darrel Dixon speaking under Her Majesty's Standard Rules of Engagement. You will vacate the area and grant us safe passage to the nearest Hive Authority outpost. Your compliance is mandatory, and any resistance will result in civilian casualties en masse.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Can I get a sedative dart in here, please?\nSCP-2324-A-1: Battle stations! Deploy port-side boarding drones, move move move!\n(SCP-2324-A-1 begins making guttural noises similar to a klaxon alarm. Pores in SCP-2324-A-1's left arm open, unleashing a small swarm of honey bees that proceed to sting Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 multiple times in succession. Sedative dart applied to SCP-2324-A-1.)\nSCP-2324-A-1: Direct hit! Minimal damage to outer hull - engine systems malfunctioning. Disengage. Stand by for further instructions\u2026\n(SCP-2324-A-1 successfully sedated.)\nNote: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has since been quarantined for signs of infection. It should be noted that Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has crudely drawn \"The HMS\" on his name tag.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Formerly Darrel Dixon of Gary, IN\n2. Apis mellifera\n3. Resembling SCP-2401 infection.\n4. Investigation into possible links to SCP-2491 is ongoing.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2323 | SCP-2324 | SCP-2325 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2325\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All ten nine eight seven instances of SCP-2325-1 should remain inside a class 2 sensitive electronics case in a standard storage locker at Site 13 when not being utilized for testing. SCP-2325-2 should be stored in a hat box, lined with class 2 electromagnetic shielding, in a separate locker no further than 3 meters away. Under no circumstances, including testing, should instances of SCP-2325-1 be moved more than 500 meters away from SCP-2325-2.\nLevel-3 clearance is required for testing. Testing is permitted only in rooms no larger than 10 by 10 meters. Multiple instances of SCP-2325-1 may not be tested together without the authorization of Dr. Sanders or the Site Director. All testing must be carried out with D-class subjects.\nDescription: Instances of SCP-2325-1 superficially appear to be standard security headsets, outside of a small label with consecutive serial number and the marking 'Prometheus Labs' in relief on the back of the main unit. There is no power connector or port to access the internal workings of the unit.\nOne of the ten units recovered was dismantled, revealing further anomalies:\n\nIn addition to circuits standard to a security headset, an additional device containing a crystal of unknown composition runs on a separate circuit.\nThere is no apparent power source. Examination via oscilloscope has confirmed that the crystal circuit is not this source.\nThe headset wires are composed of two fiber optic lines, whose construction with current technology is currently impossible.\n\nSCP-2325-2 is a peaked cap, with similar 'Prometheus Labs' labeling, nonanomalous except for a small microchip connected to a sliver of crystal similar in composition to the one found in SCP-2325-1.\nAttempts to reverse engineer the anomalous portions of the hat and headset unit have failed, mostly due to inability to find a suitable analog for the crystalline component.\nSCP-2325-1 and -2 exhibit their anomalous properties when SCP-2325-2 and at least one instance of SCP-2325-1 are being worn, and a potentially lethal projectile is fired at the wearer of SCP-2325-2. When this occurs, the wearer of SCP-2325-1 will involuntarily launch themselves between the projectile and the wearer of SCP-2325-2.\nWearers of SCP-2325-1 will move far faster than they should be able to, and through obstacles. Despite extensive testing, no upper limit for speed has been found, and no obstacle has stopped a wearer of SCP-2325-1 from placing themselves between the projectile and the wearer of SCP-2325-2. Wearers of SCP-2325-1 appear to travel at speeds in excess of .7c, and are able to pass through up to a meter of reinforced concrete.\nDespite these anomalous properties, the durability of wearers of SCP-2325-1 does not increase significantly outside of being able to stop any projectile and travel through any material. Traveling any distance greater than 400 meters or traveling through any significant material is invariably lethal, but there is always enough organic material left to block the projectile. At distances measured in astronomical units, SCP-2325 system will not function as intended and instead obliterate SCP-2325-1 wearers without intercepting the bullet. SCP-2325 system will also not function cross-dimensionally. See Document-2325-5 - Testing Logs, Series E - SCP Cross-Testing.\n\n+Prometheus Labs - Project #92230 \"Orange Staircase\" - Level 3/2325 Clearance Required\n\n- Authenticated\n\nGrant Request: Project #92230 (Approved) from Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u25881\nProblem: VIPs are often vulnerable to simple assassination attempts with small arms. No amount of bodyguards, ballistic protection, and preparation can stop every well-hidden would-be assassin with a rifle. Many of our customers are in sensitive positions, have powerful enemies, face internal tension in their own organization, or some combination of the three. A possible solution to this is compulsion. Many bodyguards of world leaders, such as Russia's Federal Protective Service, the United Kingdom's Household Cavalry, and the United States Secret Service are trained in a technique called 'catching the bullet' - actively placing themselves between a possible bullet and their target. If a given bodyguard could be compelled to do this, thus guaranteeing the client's safety, that would be a very significant relief for some very powerful people with deep pockets.\nSolution: Personal, short-distance relativistic travel from [REDACTED] and the workable, albeit cryptic and incomplete information on psychic 'radar' recovered from GRU Division \"P\", could be combined into a man-portable protective system. With a little bit of ingenuity and advances in those two technologies, a system could be developed to move bodyguards in front of their VIP at hundreds of meters distance, guaranteeing the safety of the VIP. The technology is all there - near teleportation, projectile recognition, ballistic protection, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u25882 - it's just a matter of combining them.\nBusiness Case: The business case is quite simple - should this product come to market, there is simply nothing comparable. No other technology guarantees safety from an assassin with any projectile weapon. The wealthy and powerful are often paranoid. Nothing gives peace of mind like a guarantee of safety.\nThe target market is the wealthy, powerful, and endangered, which fortunately is a very large market in our line of work. Marshall, Carter, and Dark Ltd would certainly be interested, both in using them internally to protect leading members, and also with intention to distribute.\nLast of all, such technology could be used to protect our own personnel.\nUse of Funding: I estimate a cost of [REDACTED] in development, and most of that will go toward experimentation with the unfortunately quite costly crystals from [DATA EXPUNGED] necessary for relativistic travel. Should we be able to perfect the near-teleportation, the only significant obstacle is making meaningful information from the \"P\" Division documentation and recreating their results. With additional research from other psychic initiatives here, that solution should come rather simply. The most important thing gained from the \"P\" division is proof of concept - this project would be significantly riskier relying on phenomena not yet discovered. Since it's only not well understood, it's only a matter of research and experimentation.\nKnown Issues: A couple possible issues come to mind, but most of them are either irrelevant or can be mitigated with technology. The first primary issue is that people are not very durable - catching a pistol or intermediate caliber cartridge is certainly possible, but full rifle and AM cartridges will simply pass through a bodyguard and into the VIP. Engineers on \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 were working on a project to increase human durability - if that technology could be perfected, that's our solution. The other significant issue is near-teleportation through materials - we haven't quite figured that out yet. Further research into that may resolve the problem entirely, but disallowing teleportation through materials would only hurt marketability slightly. Other issues are trivial. Trouble with bodily integrity and long-distance teleportation are not relevant, as distance teleported will be kept to a minimum. Any distaste on the users' part can be kept quiet through strategic omission of information.\n\n+Document-2325-1 - Testing Logs, Series A - Projectile Testing\n\n- Authenticated\n\nTest 2325-A-1\nParticipants: Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (Observer), D-3998 (wearing SCP-2325-2), D-7230 (wearing SCP-2325-1), Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588 (shooter)\nParameters: Testing takes place in a 10 m by 10 m testing chamber. D-7230 is sited two meters ahead and two meters right of D-3998, who is sited at the center of the right wall. Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588 is sited at the opposite end of the room from D-3998 and instructed to shoot D-3998 with his service pistol. Both D-class were issued ballistic protection for the purpose of this test.\nResults: D-7320 jumps in front of D-3998, catching the bullet. D-7320 sustained minor injuries from blunt force trauma and falling on to the concrete floor.\nConclusion: This was the baseline test. Floor padding added in future tests.\nTest 2325-A-2\nParticipants: Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (Observer), D-7790 (wearing SCP-2325-2), D-1738 (wearing SCP-2325-1)\nParameters: Identical to A-1, except service pistol fired mechanically.\nResults: Identical results to test A-1.\nConclusion: Sentient shooter not required for anomalous operation.\nTest 2325-A-3\nParticipants: Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (Observer), D-8080 (wearing SCP-2325-2), D-5523 (wearing SCP-2325-1)\nParameters: Identical to A-2, except service pistol replaced with crossbow.\nResults: Identical results to test A-2.\nConclusion: Further testing required to determine what constitutes a projectile that the SCP-2325 system recognizes.\nTest 2325-A-4\nParticipants: Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (Observer), D-9900 (wearing SCP-2325-2), D-10772 (wearing SCP-2325-1)\nParameters: Identical to A-2, replacing service pistol with a lobbed baseball (15 m/s).\nResults: Anomalous events do not occur. D-9900 hit with baseball.\nConclusion: SCP-2325 does not seem to recognize slow-moving projectiles. Researcher Ko has suggested that SCP-2325 has the capacity to recognize lethal and non-lethal projectiles, regardless of projectile velocity. See Test 2325-A-5\nTest 2325-A-5\nParticipants: Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (Observer), D-9007 (wearing SCP-2325-2), D-1711 (wearing SCP-2325-1)\nParameters: Identical to A-4, replacing baseball with a standard issue hand grenade.\nResults: D-1711 dives onto the grenade. Observers note that, based on D-1711's actions after landing on the grenade, diving onto the grenade was involuntary. D-1711 receives the full force of the blast and dies several minutes later of his injuries.\nConclusion: SCP-2325 has the capacity to distinguish between potentially lethal and nonlethal projectiles. Mechanism of recognition remains undetermined. Additionally, SCP-2325-1 operates regardless of user will.\nTest 2325-A-6\nParticipants: Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (Observer), D-6536 (wearing SCP-2325-2), D-1030 (wearing SCP-2325-1)\nParameters: Test area moved to 100 m by 20 m range. Mechanically fired anti-materiel rifle placed opposite from D-6536. D-1030 is 10 m in front of D-6356, and 5 m to the right.\nResults: D-1030 dives in front as soon as the rifle is fired, catching the bullet. D-1030 dies of significant internal damage. However, the bullet does not pass through the body and D-6536 remains unharmed.\nConclusion: Wearers of SCP-2325-1 gain enough durability to stop the projectile, but not enough to guarantee survival.\nTest 2325-A-7\nParticipants: Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (Observer), D-1800 (wearing SCP-2325-2), D-2776 (wearing SCP-2325-1)\nParameters: Test identical to A-6, except AM-rifle replaced with an experimental coilgun, with projectile energy of 3.7 million J as opposed to 20,000 for anti materiel cartridges.\nResults: D-1800 appears to [DATA EXPUNGED] as soon as the coilgun fires. The slug liquefies D-2776, coating 18 sq meters, the viewing window, and D-1800 with organic material. Aside from severe psychological damage, D-1800 survives. Instance of SCP-2325-1 also survives.\nConclusion: Wearers of SCP-2325-1 will be anomalously durable for purposes of stopping the projectile, but for all others is nonanomalous.\nAdditional Notes: Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and three other observing researchers all requested class A amnestics and transfer to a different project. Request granted. D-1800 also given class B amnestics and transferred to a different project.\n\n+Document-2325-2 - Testing Logs, Series B - Obstacle Testing\n\n- Authenticated\n\nTest 2325-B-1\nParticipants: Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588 (Observer), D-4509 (wearing SCP-2325-2), D-3740 (wearing SCP-2325-1)\nParameters: Identical to Test A-6, except AM rifle replaced with standard service rifle. D-4509 separated from D-3740 by a sheet of plywood 25mm thick.\nResults: D-3740 penetrates the plywood, successfully stopping the bullet. D-3740 suffers injuries expected when hitting plywood in excess of \u2588\u2588\u2588 m/s. D-3740 succumbs to injuries three hours later.\nConclusion: SCP-2325-1 will force users to penetrate materials to place themselves between a projectile and the wearer of SCP-2325-2.\nTest 2325-B-2\nParticipants: Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588 (Observer), D-4903 (wearing SCP-2325-2), D-7837 (wearing SCP-2325-1)\nParameters: Identical to Test B-1, replacing the wood with 5cm RHA.\nResults: D-7837 penetrates the metal, successfully stopping the bullet. D-7837 suffers injuries expected when hitting steel in excess of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 m/s, and died on impact, but his corpse successfully stops the bullet.\nConclusion: No upper limit for material that can stop SCP-2325-1 wearers determined.\nTest 2325-B-3\nParticipants: Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588 (Observer), D-2693 (wearing SCP-2325-2), D-9555 (wearing SCP-2325-1)\nParameters: Identical to Test B-1, replacing the wood with 1m reinforced concrete.\nResults: D-9555 penetrates the concrete, successfully stopping the bullet. D-9555 suffers injuries expected when hitting concrete in excess of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 m/s, and died on impact, but his corpse successfully stops the bullet.\nConclusion: No upper limit for material that can stop SCP-2325-1 wearers determined. This line of testing concluded until further notice. See Document-2325-5 - Testing Logs, Series E - SCP Cross-Testing.\nTest 2325-B-4\nParticipants: Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588 (Observer), D-0870 (wearing SCP-2325-2), D-5562 (wearing SCP-2325-1), D-10355 (Interdictor)\nParameters: Identical to Test B-1, replacing the wood with D-10355.\nResults: D-5562 passes through D-10355, successfully stopping the bullet. Both D-class are killed in collision.\nConclusion: SCP-2325 system will pass through other people directly to block the projectile.\n\n+Document-2325-3 - Testing Logs, Series C - Distance Testing\n\n- Authenticated\n\nTest 2325-C-1\nParticipants: Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588 (Observer), D-7699 (wearing SCP-2325-2), D-11000 (wearing SCP-2325-1)\nParameters: Testing occurs in underground, 2km by 2km testing facility at Area \u2588\u2588. Machine equipped with standard service rifle. D-11000 fitted with an accelerometer, and sited 50 meters from the line of sight between the firing platform and D-7699. Distance between firing platform and D-7699 is 100 meters.\nResults: D-11000's accelerometer exceeds 4000m/s before malfunctioning. Accelerometer speeds inconsistent with Newtonian motion. Neither D-class suffer significant injuries.\nConclusion: SCP-2325-1 do not obey the laws of standard physics, at least in terms of traveling from one point in space to another. It appears to be some kind of teleportation mechanism. Further testing recommended.\nTest 2325-C-2\nParticipants: Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588 (Observer), D-8777 (wearing SCP-2325-2), D-1980 (wearing SCP-2325-1)\nParameters: Identical to C-1, except distance travel increased to 400m.\nResults: D-1980 intercepts bullet, successfully protecting D-8777. However, D-1980 suffers numerous health complications resulting in death several hours later. Autopsy revealed several anomalies, such as necrosis, organ fusion, and [DATA EXPUNGED]. D-1980 was in normal health prior to testing.\nConclusion: No distance cap found, but further distances reduce the structural integrity of organic matter that moves.\nTest 2325-C-3\nParticipants: Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588 (Observer), D-6957 (wearing SCP-2325-2), D-3334 (wearing SCP-2325-1)\nParameters: Replication of Test A-1, observer now equipped with high-speed camera.\nResults: Expected results. However, high-speed camera D-3334 vanishes and reappears in his new position at a speed of ~.7c.\nConclusion: Mechanism of movement established. SCP-2325-2 designates a point for the wearer of SCP-2325-1 to move to. SCP-2325-1 teleports them, but slowly, at least by teleportation standards - ~ .7c. Mechanics of this movement are still not understood.\nTest 2325-C-4\nParticipants: Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588 (Observer), D-3665 (wearing SCP-2325-2), D-2344 (wearing SCP-2325-1)\nParameters: Identical to C-1, except distance travel increased to 2km.\nResults: D-2344 is obliterated except for a roughly 20cm by 20cm by 6cm torso section attached to SCP-2325-1 directly between D-8777 and the bullet.\nConclusion: At distances > 2 km, and possibly less, SCP-2325 activation will be instantly lethal for SCP-2325-1 wearers.\n\n+Document-2325-4 - Testing Logs, Series D - Logic Testing\n\n- Authenticated\n\nTest 2325-D-1\nParticipants: Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588 (Observer), D-6227 (wearing SCP-2325-2), D-2239 (holding SCP-2325-1)\nParameters: Identical to Test A-2, except D-class now only holds instance of SCP-2325-1 rather than wearing.\nResults: No anomalous effects. D-6227 hit with bullet.\nConclusion: SCP-2325-1 must be worn to take effect.\nTest 2325-D-2\nParticipants: Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588 (Observer), D-8996 (holding SCP-2325-2), D-7899 (wearing SCP-2325-1)\nParameters: Identical to Test A-2, except D-class now only holds instance of SCP-2325-2 rather than wearing.\nResults: No anomalous effects. D-8996 hit with bullet.\nConclusion: SCP-2325-2 must be worn to take effect.\nTest 2325-D-3\nParticipants: Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588 (Observer), Dr. Richardson (wearing SCP-2325-2), D-2595 (wearing SCP-2325-1)\nParameters: Dr. Richardson is 79 years old, and suffering from terminal illness. He volunteered to test self-inflicted gunshot wounds. Dr. Richardson will shoot himself with service pistol.\nResults: [DATA EXPUNGED] SCP-2325-1 set destroyed. SCP-2325-2 intact.\nConclusion: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nTest 2325-D-4\nParticipants: Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588 (Observer), D-6665 (wearing SCP-2325-2), D-10834 (wearing SCP-2325-1)\nParameters: D-10834 instructed to shoot D-6665 with provided pistol.\nResults: D-10834 teleports in front of gun immediately after firing. Hit with bullet.\nConclusion: SCP-2325-1 will operate even if its user fires the projectile.\nTest 2325-D-5-1\nParticipants: Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588 (Observer), D-0733 (wearing SCP-2325-2), D-8942 (wearing SCP-2325-1)\nParameters: D-0733 instructed to shoot D-8942 with provided pistol.\nResults: D-0733 initially refuses to fire pistol. After several minutes of refusal, D-0733 attempts to shoot Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588 through the protective glass. Protective glass stops bullet. D-0733 terminated. No anomalous events from SCP-2325 system.\nConclusion: D-class screening for cooperation increased for future tests. SCP-2325 did not trigger, possibly indicating outgoing projectiles are ignored. Will re-run test to confirm.\nTest 2325-D-5-2\nParticipants: Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588 (Observer), D-3290 (wearing SCP-2325-2), D-3342 (wearing SCP-2325-1)\nParameters: Repeat of previous D-5-1 test.\nResults: D-3290 fires pistol. D-3342 hit with bullet. No anomalous action occured.\nConclusion: SCP-2325 system has capacity to differentiate between incoming and outgoing rounds. Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 suggests SCP-2325 system relies on user perception of dangerous and non-dangerous projectiles. Additionally, SCP-2325 either is incapable of reacting or has disregard for SCP-2325-1 wearers, even if the wearer of SCP-2325-2 is not endangered.\nTest 2325-D-6\nParticipants: Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588 (Observer), D-7700 (wearing SCP-2325-2), D-0065 (wearing SCP-2325-1)\nParameters: Identical to A-2. Both D-7700 and D-0065 are unaware that a pistol will be fired at D-7700, and were equipped with both blindfolds and ear protection.\nResults: Identical to A-2.\nConclusion: SCP-2325 is self contained, and does not rely on user perception. Uncertain whether these are properties of the crystal component or other parts that appear non-anomalous.\n\n+Document-2325-5 - Testing Logs, Series E - SCP Cross-Testing\n\n- Authenticated\n\nTest 2325-E-1\nParticipants: Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588 (Observer), D-7887 (wearing SCP-2325-2), D-2289 (wearing SCP-2325-1), Agent Morgan (Handler)\nParameters: D-2289, accompanied by Agent Morgan, will enter SCP-2122. In an adjacent area at Site-48, a mechanical device will shoot D-7887.\nResults: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 D-7887 hit with bullet. SCP-2325-2 emits series of beeps. Meaning of beeps not known.\nConclusion: SCP-2325 system, while capable of traveling so far boundless distance, cannot enter alternate dimensions, at least none as tight as SCP-2122.\nTest 2325-E-2\nParticipants: Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588 (Observer), D-8854 (wearing SCP-2325-2), D-6229 (wearing SCP-2325-1), Agent Morgan (Handler)\nParameters: D-8845, will be shot by Agent Morgan, while en transit in SCP-907. Research Assistant \u2588\u2588\u2588 will observe D-6229.\nResults: D-8845 hit with bullet. D-6229 vanishes, presumably teleporting to intercept the bullet. SCP-2325-1 set presumed lost.\nConclusion: SCP-2325 system does indeed have a finite range. However, such a range should be considered arbitrarily large.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Killed in [DATA EXPUNGED] event. No other staff significantly associated with the project could be located.\n2. Deleted by Prometheus Labs prior to recovery. Reason unknown.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2324 | SCP-2325 | SCP-2326 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2326\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The source of SCP-2326-1 instances is currently unknown. Removal of the source of instances of SCP-2326-1 is ongoing. Containment currently focuses on eliminating SCP-2326-1 instances in 2326-Tango events. Detachments of interceptor aircraft in squadron strength as well as ground and air search radars sited at Sites 7, 18, 24, and GOC sites listed in Joint Document 2326-776 will attempt to detect and intercept SCP-2326-1 instances whenever 2326-Tango events occur. Additional undercover detachments in the armed forces of NATO and former Warsaw Pact members are tasked with masking SCP-2326-1 instances from air-search radars or otherwise establishing them as nonexistent contacts. Ideally, 2326-Tango events should be classified as scheduled large aircraft flights or coincide with planned monitoring downtime for maintenance or testing.\nIdeally, Foundation and GOC forces should be sufficient to intercept SCP-2326-1 instances outside of densely populated areas. In the case that joint Foundation/GOC forces are out of action or otherwise insufficient, defense forces of nations targeted should only be alerted as a last resort.\nAll wreckage should be recovered under the guise of a technical failure in a military exercise. Surviving instances of SCP-2326-3 should be recovered for questioning, but neutralized should recovery become impossible. neutralized immediately. Surviving instances are unable to answer relevant questions.\nFoundation Site 2326-A is sited at a derelict radar station on the outskirts of Tula, Russia. A research group of Foundation researchers should work to restore SCP-2326-2 to working order to remove the threat that 2326-Tango events pose.\nDescription: Instances of SCP-2326-1 appear to be Handley Page Victor strategic bombers, outfitted for strategic bombing. Instances of SCP-2326-1 confirmed to be carefully reverse engineered Handley Page Victors of Soviet origin, escorted by Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 multirole fighters. Instances have markings consistent with RAF aircraft in 1975. Radiological testing indicates that 60% of instances carry tactical nuclear weapons ranging in size from 10 to 75 kilotons.\nAir crews will attempt to respond to radio hails from interceptor aircraft, but audio received from flight crews is heavily distorted and mostly unintelligible, and have been otherwise unable to comply with Foundation requests. When approached using ICAO interception signalling, aircraft will respond with 'cannot comply' and continue on course. See Interview Log 2326-1.\nGroups of SCP-2326-1 in flight strength will spontaneously appear over the North Atlantic at 16,000 m. Such appearances are termed 2326-Tango events. Instances will attempt to fly toward Warsaw Pact industrial centers, major military bases, and other strategic locations. It is presumed that instances of SCP-2326-1 will attempt to destroy these cities with their payloads.\nProjections suggest that if one target is destroyed, there is a 68% chance of the resulting political situation escalating into an XK-class scenario.\nFlights of SCP-2326-1 also have the following characteristics:\n\nApproximately 16% of instances will suffer a mechanical failure and crash of their own accord.\nIn 5% of 2326-Tango events, MiG-29 escort fighters will shoot down their Victor counterparts, and otherwise resume course.\nInstances often fly erratically, yawing or turning in circles several times before returning on course.\n\nSite 2326-A was originally a control facility carefully disguised as a radar site. At some point after [REDACTED], it fell into disrepair until it was restored as a Foundation site after the discovery of its association with 2326-Tango events from rediscovered GRU 'P' Division documents. It contains the remains of a previously unknown variation of the Elbrus-3 computer linked to a Dnestr radar array, designated SCP-2326-2, as well as the remains of a GRU 'P' Division research site. Based on partial recovered documentation, the currently non-functioning network is the control mechanism for SCP-2326-1 instances, and currently in the active mode with no way to return the system to an inactive state. Work to restore functionality is ongoing.\nRecovery Log: GOC forces requested assistance in containing SCP-2326-1 instances, which they claim to have been containing and attempting to destroy since 1975. They did not cite a reason for involving the Foundation. Link to SCP-2326-2 discovered in 2000 with the recovery of GRU 'P' Division archives. Inconsistencies discovered between GRU 'P' records and GOC timeline. See Internal Document 2326-1 - Request for Assistance and Internal Document 2326-2 - Timeline of Events.\n\n+ Interview Log 2326-1 Level 3/2326 Clearance Required\n\n- Authenticated\n\nAgent Vorolov was chosen due to his familiarity with Warsaw Pact aircraft and flight procedures.\nForeword: Communication established on 243 MHz, the primary aircraft emergency band.\nAgent Vorolov: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, this is Major Vorolov of the 324th Fighter Air Division of the VVS. Your aircraft and the rest of the squadron has been recalled to [Site 24]. Turn back at once.\nSCP-2326-1: [unintelligible]\u2026n-pan we're curr\u2026[unintelligible] \u2026ierencing command a\u2026[unintelligible]..trol difficu\u2026 [unintelligible].\nAgent Vorolov: Turn back at immediately, or we will be forced to shoot you down.\nSCP-2326-1: [unintelligible]\u2026ation offline. Canno\u2026[unintelligible]\u2026lter orders with\u2026[unintelligible]\u2026ystem verificati\u2026\nVorolov at this point activated the seeker heads on the AAMs attached to his aircraft.\nAgent Vorolov: System verification?\nSCP-2326-1: [unintelligible]\u2026ct out\u2026[unintelligible]\u2026la\u2026[unintelligible]\u2026tivated on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, we ca\u2026[unintelligible]\u2026ss the system\u2026[unintelligible]..set.\nAgent Vorolov: Repeat, I can hardly understand what you are saying.\nSCP-2326-1: [SCP-2326-1's voice, despite the distortion, becomes noticeably distressed] Plea\u2026[unintelligible]\u2026t off. We've been flyi\u2026[unintelligible]\u2026nce it got activ\u2026[unintelligible]..t hurts so ba\u2026[unintelligible]..n't feel anythi..[unintelligible]\u2026\nAgent Vorolov: Where can we turn off-?\nSCP-2326-1: [SCP-2326-1's voice begins screaming] Please shoot u\u2026[unintelligible]\u2026shoot us dow\u2026[unintelligible]\u2026ill us we can't do it\u2026[unintelligible]\nAgent Vorolov received approval to shoot down the aircraft. SCP-2326-1 instance was downed into the North Atlantic without incident.\n\n+ Internal Document 2326-1 Request for Assistance Level 3/2326 Clearance Required\n\n- Authenticated\n\nOur forces are no longer sufficient to prevent a catastrophic scenario should unforeseen circumstances arise. Ideally we should be able to neutralize the anomaly when it occurs, but it's better to be prepared. All documentation we have gathered has been delivered via courier to the prearranged drop point.\n\nDelivered documentation formed the basis of this document, but contained no mention of SCP-2326-2, only that of the existence, actions, and characteristics of SCP-2326-1 instances.\n\n+ Internal Document 2326-2 Timeline of Events Level 4/2326 Clearance Required\n\n- Authenticated\n\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1972: GRU 'P' division creates Operation Silver, a false flag operation designed to attack Warsaw Pact cities with conventional aerial bombing to generate sympathy and for a proper casus belli for war against the West.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1978: Operation Silver is operational. A secondary function for use in a nuclear second strike is implemented - via anomalous means strategic bombers will be deployed against the west in infinite numbers as long as the deactivation code remains unbroadcasted - even if the system goes offline. Intended to be used in conjunction with Dead Hand.\n06/\u2588\u2588/1991: With the collapse of the Soviet Union imminent, hardline GRU 'P' Divison leaders activate the false-flag function of the Silver Apparatus with the intention of using war to keep the Union together. However, GOC forces are able to neutralize the bombers and the Soviet Union collapses later that year.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1993: GOC forces discover the link to SCP-2326-2 and attempt to disable the facility. System malfunctions and enters both its false-flag and infinite state, triggering the intermittent occurrence of 2326-Tango events.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1997: GOC forces request assistance with containment. Existence of SCP-2326-2 is not disclosed.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2000: Foundation discovers Site 2326-A and its link to SCP-2326-1.\n\n+ Internal Document 2326-3 State of Repairs Level 4/2326 Clearance Required\n\n- Authenticated\n\nDate: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2000 (project start)\nNotes: The GOC really did a number on this place. Whatever is left of the controlling system is in pieces - we'll have to reverse engineer it from what's left and the GRU 'P' division documentation. I've placed Dr. Avery in charge of Signals Analysis and Dr. Jameson in charge of System Analysis. Between us, the schematics, and what's left here, we ought to be at least reverse engineer the system. Reestablishing connection with SCP-2326-1 is going to be the real test.\n\nDate \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2001 (15 months after project start)\nNotes: Well, we've pieced together what exactly has occurred in the system, and why it's acting the way it is. When the GOC wrecked this, it was operating in FF mode - that is, the mode where conventional bombers hit the Warsaw Pact. When the GOC came in, the functioning mode switched to a glitchy halfway mode before it went completely offline. That's why we've got MiG-29s escorting Victors, and all the other bizarre behavior. It's going to be a while before we have our replacement SCP-2326-2 functioning. We've still got a decade or two of operating data to work with - with any luck, we can turn the whole thing off and reclassify it Safe.\n\nDate \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2003 (30 months after project start)\nNotes: SCP-2326-2 construction on schedule. The hard part is going to be reprogramming the operating system - there aren't very many Elbrus-3 still around, and this one is like no variant I've ever seen. We're playing a very dangerous game here - randomly editing the process that governs an out of control nuclear bomber force is a gamble of last resort.1\n\nDate \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2008 (90 months after project start)\nNotes: Well, SCP-2326-2 is up and running - thank God we found the source code in the archives. SCP-2326 instances see our system, but they won't connect. They can't verify that we're the actual SCP-2326-2 system and without that we can't change parameters or turn it off. We have the proper authentication codes and everything. Seven and half years and this whole effort seems to be just another dead end.2\n\nFootnotes\n1. The full source code and documentation was later recovered in 2007.\n2. Dr. Samonov requested the use of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in the restoration of SCP-2326-2. Request is currently pending.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2325 | SCP-2326 | SCP-2327 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2327\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2327 are to be kept in a woodland habitat in Bio-Site-34 and provided with food as specified by the chief zoologist assigned to SCP-2327, currently Ms E. Potter.\nPersonnel entering the SCP-2327 habitat are to wear full HAZMAT suits to ensure no exposed skin, a precaution to prevent accidental activation of an SCP-2327 instance's anomalous effect.\nThe population of SCP-2327 is to be kept between 15 and 20 instances. D-class personnel are to be introduced to SCP-2327 for this purpose. The resulting SCP-2327-1 are to be monitored via esophagogastroduodenoscopy1 at least twice - first after initial affliction to ensure successful implantation, and secondly after 35 days to ensure expected levels of growth. It has been concluded that the use of antacids will cause no adverse effects so are permitted for use by SCP-2327-1 and are to be made available in the on-site D-Class infirmary.\nDescription: SCP-2327 is a species of squirrel almost identical in appearance to the Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris). Individual members of SCP-2327 behave in a similar manner to Eurasian Red Squirrels and have identical dietary requirements. While usually not aggressive, members of SCP-2327 appear to actively attempt to bite, scratch or otherwise break the skin of their handlers. This is assumed to be related to their anomalous effect.\nFoundation zoologists have concluded, based on observations of the behaviour of and sexual dimorphism displayed by instances of SCP-2327 compared to non-anomalous Eurasian Red Squirrels, that members of SCP-2327 are gendered. However, SCP-2327 possess no genitalia. SCP-2327, therefore, do not reproduce sexually, instead reproducing through anomalous means.\nWithin two hours of an instance of SCP-2327 piercing the skin of a human being (henceforth SCP-2327-1) an SCP-2327 embryo is implanted into their stomach lining. The mechanism by which the embryonic SCP-2327 is generated and enters the body of the stomach is currently not fully understood. Its presence has caused symptoms of acute gastritis in 10% of SCP-2327-1. However, all SCP-2327-1 instances have experienced symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, including nausea, dysphagia and heartburn. These symptoms get worse as the SCP-2327 instance develops into the foetal stage, at which point it begins floating around the stomach of the SCP-2327-1 instance.2 Interviews with SCP-2327-1 instances have revealed that the foetal SCP-2327 colliding with the lining of their stomachs is 'uncomfortable, bordering on painful'3, but a combination of antacids and painkillers is able to reduce the feeling.\nGestation for SCP-2327 lasts an average of 45 days, not unlike non-anomalous Red Squirrels. However, SCP-2327 instances are born with hair and open eyes and are capable of fending for themselves (non-anomalous Red Squirrels do not reach this stage until around 12 weeks).\nAt 45 days old, SCP-2327 push their way through the lower oesophageal sphincter4 of the SCP-2327-1 instances within which they were gestating. They then proceed to climb the oesophageal tract by stimulating the pharyngeal reflex of the SCP-2327-1 instance. In cases where the reflex has been insufficient, SCP-2327 have attempted to climb the oesophagus using their claws. SCP-2327 then burst through the upper oesophageal sphincter and leave the SCP-2327-1 instance via the mouth. SCP-2327-1 instances are often left with severe acid reflux and chronic irritation in their upper digestive system, but almost always survive the process.\nThe birthing process has a success rate of 92%. There are various scenarios that end in failures that fall within three categories:\n\u2022 In 4% of cases, the SCP-2327 instance became stuck in the oesophagus due to its claws becoming firmly attached to the oesophageal wall, to the extent that it becomes impossible to attempt to flush out the instance by drinking and eating. Instances able to be removed surgically, but the SCP-2327-1 instance will perish.\n\u2022 In 3% of cases, the SCP-2327 instance is unable to locate the lower oesophageal sphincter and begins attacking the stomach itself. This causes heavy internal bleeding that inevitably leads to the death of both SCP-2327 and SCP-2327-1 if the instance is unable to be removed surgically.\n\u2022 In 1% of cases, the SCP-2327 instance passes down through the duodenum and into the small intestines. This inevitably leads to a blockage, as SCP-2327 instances are unable to survive in the intestines. The SCP-2327-1 instance can survive if the SCP-2327 is removed and a colostomy carried out by a surgeon.\nAddendum 001 - AWPI: The first instance of SCP-2327 was discovered in the Lake District, England with a tracking beacon attached to its hind left paw. It was decided by Team Leader Graham that SCP-2327 would not be returned to the nearest site and that Mr Brooker, the team's amnestic-trained officer, would apply Class-B amnestics to the owner of SCP-2327 when he or she arrived to collect it. Instead, it transpired that the owner of SCP-2327, Ms E. Potter, was part of \"The Atypical Woodland Preservation Institute\", which had been breeding SCP-2327 instances as a conservation effort along with several other SCP Objects. Due to their knowledge of and help in containing SCP-2327, along with SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and Anomalous Item #\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, AWPI, along with its fourteen members and containment equipment, were merged into the Foundation.\n\nFootnotes\n1. An endoscopic procedure to view the digestive system down to the duodenum.\n2. Embryonic and foetal SCP-2327 instances are both unaffected by stomach acid.\n3. Interview 2327-12 (\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588).\n4. The bundle of muscles at the low end of the oesophagus where it meets the stomach\n\n\u00ab SCP-2326 | SCP-2327 | SCP-2328 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2328.\n\nItem #: SCP-2328\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2328 is to be contained at its initial discovery site, and is not to be removed from the premises unless its neutralization is required. A four-person security team is to remain on the premises at all times and prevent any and all civilians from entering the containment site. All personnel are to wear biohazard protection suits at all times when on the premises of SCP-2328's containment site.\nAll refuse generated by SCP-2328 is to be kept on-site for as long as possible in order to maintain SCP-2328's cooperation. On a monthly basis, all on-site refuse three months or greater in age is to be relocated to the nearest Foundation disposal site, catalogued, and either archived or disposed of based on its properties and frequency of generation. SCP-2328 is to be kept under the impression that all of its generated refuse is retained in an off-site storage facility.\nDescription: SCP-2328 is a construct resembling a Caucasian male human, approximately 18 to 21 years of age and 1.8 meters in height. It appears to be dressed in a green plastic containment suit and a black gas mask, with no exposed skin save for the portions of its face visible through its mask's eyeholes. However, radiography reveals that SCP-2328's containment suit, gas mask, and facial skin are a single fused non-removable piece, and that the interior of SCP-2328's containment suit is filled exclusively with household refuse, such as newspapers, components of traditional kitchen and bathroom appliances, and decaying food. It contains no detectable human components, save for its visible facial skin. Despite its nonliving composition, SCP-2328 is animate, sapient, and capable of speech, and is indistinguishable from a human to an unwitting observer.\nHousehold refuse, generally composed of the same types of materials contained within SCP-2328's suit, constantly manifests in random locations in the area surrounding SCP-2328. When SCP-2328 is outdoors or in a similarly unenclosed environment, all refuse it generates will manifest within 100 meters of SCP-2328 itself; when it is inside a man-made structure, such as a house or a shipping container, all refuse it generates can appear anywhere within that structure, regardless of distance. The refuse is generated at an average rate of 12 m3 per day, regardless of the size of SCP-2328's surroundings. SCP-2328's refuse generation appears to be an involuntary function that SCP-2328 possesses no control over; however, the refuse's contents and generation rate can be altered based on SCP-2328's emotional state. See Discovery for further details.\nSCP-2328 habitually contains the refuse it produces in bags, which it produces continuously from the green filter on the left-hand side of its gas mask. However, SCP-2328 will become sullen, withdrawn, and generally highly uncooperative at the prospect of the refuse it generates and contains being disposed of or destroyed.\nSCP-2328 suffers none of the negative psychological effects generally associated with prolonged exposure to unclean surroundings. It instead experiences the opposite effect, becoming progressively happier as its surroundings become increasingly dirty and packed with the refuse it generates, and becoming depressed when its surroundings are cleaned. SCP-2328 also displays severe emotional and intellectual immaturity, and has extreme difficulty making even simple independent decisions. SCP-2328's willingness to take orders from perceived authority figures seems to outweigh its displeasure at the prospect of refuse removal.\nDiscovery: SCP-2328's initial discovery site, a two-story house located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, New Jersey, is the former home of a Mr. Robert Vershinski. Investigation into Vershinski revealed a birth year of 1943 and a 14-year service record in the United States Army (1961-1975). He was unemployed at the time of his death, with no known living relatives.\nLocal law enforcement was dispatched to Vershinski's home in 2008 after the refuse collected on the premises was deemed a public health hazard. The sole locatable inhabitant of the home, SCP-2328, who claimed to be Vershinski's son, was detained for police questioning, but was extracted by undercover Foundation personnel after its anomalous properties were ascertained. Interview 2328-1 was conducted six hours after SCP-2328's extraction.\n\n+ Log of Interview 2328-1\n\n- Log of Interview 2328-1\n\nDate: \u2588/\u2588/2008\nInterviewer: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nInterviewee: SCP-2328\n<Begin Log>\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Good afternoon, SCP-2328.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: How are you feeling today?Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I'm sorry to hear that, 2328. We're looking for him right now, so if you can answer any of my questions, that would be a great help.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: When was the last time you spoke with your father?Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Why had he done that?Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: And you didn't want to, I presume.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What did you do when your father told you to take out the trash?Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I see.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You threw him away?<End Log>\nNote: The remains of an adult male matching descriptions of Robert Vershinski were recovered from the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 County Landfill three days after the logged interview. The remains were separated into eleven pieces and contained in a total of seven garbage bags, along with otherwise nondescript household refuse.\n\n- Log of Interview 2328-1\n\nSCP-2328 was initially contained in a standard Humanoid Containment Cell at Site-\u2588\u2588. While contained at Site-\u2588\u2588, SCP-2328's refuse generation rate increased over the course of \u2588 days to a measured maximum of \u2588\u2588\u2588 m3 per day. Refuse generated during this period included aberrant and potentially dangerous objects, including discarded razor blades, various forms of biomedical waste, and [REDACTED]. In addition, said refuse appeared in unpredictable locations throughout Site-\u2588\u2588, including containment chambers and staff offices. Following these incidents, SCP-2328's initial discovery site was repurposed into a containment area for ease of containment.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2327 | SCP-2328 | SCP-2329 \u00bb"}
{"text": "The foyer of SCP-2329, October 3rd, 1914. Records show four Foundation personnel were present in the room when this picture was taken, one sitting in each chair.\n\nItem #: SCP-2329\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2329 is to be contained in Provisional Site 27-2329; when not in testing all entrances to SCP-2329, including windows, must be securely blocked with solid metal plating. Several city blocks around SCP-2329 have been purchased by the Foundation and a security system (consisting of multiple points of surveillance and neutralization of intruders) should be maintained in this perimeter.\nDescription: SCP-2329 is a six-story, 60-room apartment building that was secured by the Foundation in 1908; see Addendum 2329-b for more information on the circumstances surrounding initial containment. It has been kept up to code with all the necessary functionality required by local government since that point but has not been altered in any other way.\nOn both a structural and a visual level SCP-2329 closely resembles the buildings surrounding it and individuals are able to enter and exit it on their own free will. Once inside SCP-2329, however, they lose all ability to consciously perceive other sentient life, effectively rendering every other individual invisible to them. Similarly, humans outside SCP-2329 will lose all ability to consciously perceive those inside SCP-2329, both by direct observation (e.g. watching through a window) and indirect observation (e.g. monitoring a security camera). Some perception still exists at a subconscious level as individuals inside SCP-2329 will make an effort to avoid bumping into one another.\nThis area of effect also extends to inanimate objects possessed by another individual (e.g. clothes, hand-carried objects); if an individual drops an object they were carrying it will become perceivable by all other individuals, although it will not be perceived to have suddenly appeared but rather that the observer simply had not paid attention to it before. It additionally extends to all sensory input, not just sight \u2013 test subjects are unable to hear sounds caused by other subjects, cannot smell one another, and cannot feel one another even if forced into such close proximity that physical contact would be unavoidable. Apart from this effect, individuals inside SCP-2329 appear to retain complete free will and consciousness, to the point of being puzzled by the lack of other people. This is validated by letters recovered from tenants of SCP-2329 prior to Foundation intervention, many of which complain of the antisocial nature of their neighbors.\nThe inability to observe all subjects within SCP-2329 has so far been an absolute rule; observers are unable to see any subjects in videos or photos, thermal imaging shows absolutely no increase in temperature with or without subjects, and motion sensors apparently never trigger. It is currently unknown whether this is due to the anomalous properties of SCP-2329 causing all instrumentation to fail or if the instrumentation is working as expected but observers ignore all output that would indicate the existence of sentient life.\nAddendum 2329-a: Partial Experiment Log\n\nExperiment 2329-7\nDate: \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nProcedure: Pedometers were attached to two subjects, who were then asked to position themselves precisely at either end of a 10m line drawn on the floor of SCP-2329 and walk towards the other end. Neither subject was informed of the other's presence.\nResults: Both subjects made it to the end, both recorded a distance traveled of 10.2m, and both asserted strongly that they had remained on the line the entire time.\nExperiment 2329-16\nDate: \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nProcedure: Subject was provided a television set and was told to tune into the local news channel within SCP-2329; no information about SCP-2329's anomalous properties was provided.\nResults: Subject reported seeing only a series of empty sets, hearing only the broadcast's instrumental soundtrack, and being greatly confused by this.\nExperiment 2329-22\nDate: \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nProcedure: Shortly after a safety retrofit, 30 subjects were instructed to enter SCP-2329's elevator and then attempt to go to another floor.\nResults: The newly-installed weight sensor triggered and prevented the elevator from moving. This was deemed sufficient evidence that the subjects continue existing in the same space-time as each other and simply ignore one another entirely, disproving an earlier contention by Dr. Warm that subjects were entering unique parallel dimensions when crossing into SCP-2329 and were thus literally not present in our universe.\n\nAddendum 2329-b: Postmortem report on Arthur Morgan Ziggman\n\nThe corpse of Arthur Morgan Ziggman, age 53, was discovered in the hallway outside his room in SCP-2329 on August 21st, 1908. An interview with the landlord of the building, who lives offsite and was entirely ignorant of the anomalous nature of SCP-2329, revealed that Ziggman had filed numerous noise complaints about virtually every other tenant. The last such complaint had been filed approximately two years ago and he had heard nothing from Ziggman since. Based on written correspondence and interviews with tenants, the date of Ziggman's final complaint appears to be roughly six months before the start of SCP-2329's anomalous behavior.\nThe Foundation became alerted after tenants became frustrated at the police's \u201cinexplicable\u201d refusal to investigate; interviews indicated that the tenants became aware of the body at nearly the precise estimated time of death. Postmortem investigation indicated that the first injury Ziggman suffered was a broken hip which could be correlated to an indentation in a nearby wall. It was concluded that Ziggman was knocked over by one of the other tenants; the reason why he was unable to instinctively avoid this tenant is unknown. His other injuries indicate that he was struck about all points of his body, sustaining 22 broken bones along with dozens of contusions. The fact that these injuries occurred within rapid succession of each other around 7:00 PM, approximately when the other tenants would be returning home from work, indicates he was likely stepped on repeatedly and with force by the heavy work boots worn by his neighbors.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2328 | SCP-2329 | SCP-2330 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2330 prior to containment.\n\nItem #: SCP-2330\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2330 is to be hung on the wall of a modified standard containment cell, separated from the rest of Site-\u2588\u2588 by an airlock consisting of an additional chamber and set of doors. The two sets of doors are to never both be open at any one time in order to prevent accidental viewing of SCP-2330 from outside the containment cell. No writing utensils or materials are to be brought into SCP-2330's containment cell, excluding a single writing utensil when required for testing. SCP-2330's front surface is to be monitored at all times by a surveillance camera viewed by a dedicated 3-member security team stationed in a sealed, soundproof security office in the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 wing of Site-\u2588\u2588.\nAll testing must be approved by Site Director \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and all personnel who attempt to activate SCP-2330 must wear a Foundation-certified visual-loop headset consisting of a head-mounted screen fed by a front-facing camera. Any unapproved removal of this headgear in the containment cell is grounds for termination. All infected subjects, designated as SCP-2330-1, must be administered Class-A amnestics by personnel equipped with sound-muffling headwear before exiting the airlock chamber. SCP-2330-1 instances will subsequently be admitted to semiweekly psychological analysis sessions for a period of three months to ensure the absence of SCP-2330's contagious effect.\nShould any active instances of SCP-2330-1 escape the airlock without authorization, ceiling mounted water sprinklers in the chamber will be activated and security personnel equipped with sound-muffling headgear will be deployed to secure all SCP-2330-1 instances. Any SCP-2330-1 instances attempting to access or utilize writing materials as well as any instances attempting to brandish previously written materials must be immediately terminated and the materials in question incinerated. Should these containment methods be ineffective in preventing a site-wide infection, the dedicated security team should refer to classified document SCP-2330-A and execute Protocol Eta-2.\nDescription: SCP-2330 is a dry-erase whiteboard. The writing surface of SCP-2330 is white, with no apparent markings. No brand name can be found anywhere on SCP-2330's surface. All powders and liquids applied to the writing surface of SCP-2330, including but not limited to ink, graphite, and paint, may be easily removed by friction or running water without any lasting marks on the whiteboard surface. Chemical analysis of SCP-2330 reveals no abnormalities, but analysis shows that the surface is substantially flatter than would be expected, with a flatness grade of less than 0.1 picometers.\nWhenever a clear declarative statement is legibly written on SCP-2330's writing surface, the statement exhibits a memetic effect whereby any conscious human directly viewing and understanding the statement will instantly be convinced both that this statement is true and that they have always believed this statement independent of exposure to SCP-2330, becoming an SCP-2330-1 instance. Through no means has an SCP-2330-1 instance been convinced of this statement's falsity so long as the memory of first infection remains in their mind. All tested methods of dissuading belief in the statement, including but not limited to interrogation, logical proofs, and psychological reprogramming have been shown to be ineffective in all known cases. SCP-2330-1 instances have been shown to be incapable of correlating their beliefs with SCP-2330's anomalous effect. If an instance of SCP-2330-1 communicates this statement in any manner that the recipient is able to understand, including through handwritten messages and sound recordings (infected media will henceforth be referred to as SCP-2330-2), the recipient will become an additional SCP-2330-1 instance, making SCP-2330-1 infection an incredibly virulent cognitohazard. SCP-2330-1 instances exhibit no compulsion to spread the statement, but accidental infection is not uncommon, and any attempts to dissuade an instance of SCP-2330-1 of the statement result in the infection of the uninfected party in 94% of recorded cases.\nWritten instances of SCP-2330-2 do not exhibit their anomalous effect when viewed in a picture or video feed, but verbal instances of SCP-2330-2 will exhibit virulent properties even when heard in the form of a recording or audio feed. Therefore, soundproof equipment is vital when dealing with active instances of SCP-2330-1.\nWhen the statement written on SCP-2330 is erased, written SCP-2330-2 instances will lose their contagious effect. However, verbal instances will remain virulent and SCP-2330-1 instances will retain both the belief in the statement and the ability to create verbal instances.\n\nFurther Findings on Triggering Statements\n\nFurther Findings on Triggering Statements\n\nThrough extensive testing, SCP-2330's limits have been established. Symbols and pictures do not trigger SCP-2330's memetic effect. Nonsensical words do not trigger SCP-2330's memetic effect. Questions and sentence fragments do not trigger SCP-2330's memetic effect. Imperative statements do not trigger SCP-2330's memetic effect, but declarative statements that refer to the reader do trigger the effect.\nFor example, \"Raise your left hand\" is not a triggering statement, while \"You should raise your left hand\" is a triggering statement. However, this statement will only give the subject the impression that raising their left hand would be advisable. It would not force them to do so. \"You will raise your left hand\" will convince the subject that they are going to, at some point in the future, raise their left hand, without giving them the motivation to ever actually do so. \"You will raise your left hand in ten seconds\", similarly, will not force an action, instead forcing the person to believe, despite the passage of time, that they will raise their hand in exactly ten seconds, no matter how long they wait. It is advised that if SCP-2330's effect is to be intentionally manipulated to issue orders, statements should be phrased in such a way that not performing the action holds severe consequences.\nStatements phrased in the second person (using \"you\") will be interpreted by each new instance of SCP-2330-1 as referring to them personally and not to the original SCP-2330-1 instance, i.e. if the statement is \"your name is Alice\", the original SCP-2330-1 instance will believe that their name is Alice. If they communicate this to another person, that person will believe not that the original SCP-2330-1 instance's name is Alice but that they themselves are named Alice.\nContradictory statements and paradoxes can be believed by SCP-2330-1 instances with no apparent long-term side effects aside from mild to severe headaches and nausea.\n\nSCP-2330-1 infection lasts until the end of brain activity in the host. The only known method of curing infection is to remove the initial memory of infection through rigorous amnestic treatment.\nProtocol Eta-2: Protocol Eta-2 is activated by a control panel in SCP-2330's dedicated security office in the event of site-wide infection. Gaseous, Class-A amnestics will be mechanically dispersed through Site-\u2588\u2588's ventilation system. After allowing the amnestic gas 8 hours to affect all personnel in the site, the uninfected security staff in the office will communicate with the previously infected staff to inform them of the current situation and the proper protocols to restore site functions. If infection has persisted for any reason, the uninfected security team is to refer to Classified Document 2330-A.\nAddendum 2330-1 (Notes on Acquisition): SCP-2330 was first discovered in a storage room in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 University, in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, California. Foundation informants in the area were alerted after crude statements regarding a student at the university were written on the board, resulting in a widely propagating rumor that eventually led to the immolation of this student by their fellow students and faculty. Following the resulting news story on the event, Foundation agents were sent to determine if any anomalous effects were involved. Initial investigation teams were all unknowingly made instances of SCP-2330-1, and it was not until the video logs and transcripts of the investigations were analyzed by uninfected personnel that the link between SCP-2330 and the memetic effect was made, assisted by observation of a sudden change in the attitude of team members towards the case, documented in the transcript of the investigation. Subsequently, a properly informed acquisition team was able to secure SCP-2330 and return it to Site-\u2588\u2588.\nClassified Document 2330-A (Notes for Surveillance Team):\n\n4/2330 CLEARANCE REQUIRED\n\nCLEARANCE ACCEPTED\n\nBy now, the amnestics should have taken their toll, and you should be able to form new memories. Class-F amnestics are not well tested, nor well understood. I cannot assure you that the nausea will fade, and I know that forced isolation will not help.\nYou've read the attached documents. You know who we are. This document will tell you who you are: a necessary security measure to prevent CK-Class Reconfiguration events from leaving this site. However, this is not your only purpose. There is a great deal on the shoulders of you and the other members of SCP-2330's surveillance team.\nYou can see it, the whiteboard, from your terminals, and you may note that it seems to be larger than the dimensions given in the description. This is intentional. You will note that it is not blank. This is intentional, and regrettable. You'll see several statements, all along the bottom of the board, covered by clear plastic: equations, mentions of square holes, a paradox, a few words of encouragement. Most won't make sense to you, but only two are relevant, the two statements just above the others on the board.\n\"This statement, and all those below it on SCP-2330, do not exist.\"\n\"SCP-2330 is a dry-erase whiteboard approximately 1.0 meters in height.\"\nWe've lied, you see. We've lied to the researchers. We've lied to the world. Soon, we will have lied to ourselves, a wave of untruths washing away what once remained.\nWe thought we could control it. We didn't fully understand the properties, at first. We tested it, saw the rough outlines of its influence; we probed further, hopeful. We could fix our problems with this, drastically increase morale, protect Foundation information, create weaponized cognitohazards that could eliminate our enemies. We were wrong.\nWe didn't realize how infectious it was. By the time we understood, the test phrases were already blazing across Site-19, Site-17, and even Site-11, as they are even now. Amnestics were considered, but widespread treatment would result in a lapse in containment of dozens of Keter entities. The nuclear option was shelved for the same reason.\nSoon, the infection will breach the council. There is hardly anything we can do about it; the means of infection are still nebulously understood. We can, however, prevent future incidents, and prepare\u2026 contingencies.\nYou are our contingencies, the only people on the planet who will be fully isolated from the whiteboard's influence. The council won't be able to remember the incident. The information security department is attempting quarantine while they alter Foundation and civilian records. Records that conflict with the infection phrase won't be a major issue, but they will complicate reintegration. The quarantine won't hold forever, but it'll last long enough to protect the documents that are worth protecting: the documents you now possess.\nWe've devised security measures. Orders will soon come through to install amnestics valves in the ventilation systems. Eta-2 isn't enough, though, to be sure to stop all infection. Amnestics are fickle, especially in gaseous form, and there's no way to know if it will be enough to prevent another incident. With this in mind, Procedure Eta-1 has been devised.\nShould infection proceed past all containable bounds, or escape into the public, you are to facilitate infection, and promote universal human conversion. The information security department is hard-wired to quarantine on your command. They can sanitize the records, and transmit infectious audio over civilian channels.\nSpreading the infection is better than the alternative. It's better than worldwide confusion. At least the world will be unified in ignorance. The Foundation doesn't just protect normalcy, we protect the way that normalcy is reinforced in the mind of the public. When everyone believes a lie, that lie becomes normal, and we must protect that perception until we find a way to guide it back towards the truth.\nYou have given up your loved ones, your homes, and the outside world, not just physically, but in your mind and memories, to protect the world. You volunteered to have your brains scrubbed. You will not be wasted.\nKnow that the truth is still attainable. Continue research, try to understand the effects. Cling to the idea that the effects can be reversed, for this is our only way back. We have lost the battle already. We must not lose the war.\nThe O5 council has the same motto as the rest of the Foundation: Secure, Contain, Protect.\nSometimes, we must concede.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2329 | SCP-2330 | SCP-2331 \u00bb"}
{"text": "A photo of an iteration of SCP-2331-P.\n\nItem #: SCP-2331\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2331 is currently being tracked by both Mobile Task Force Kappa-Theta (\"Get Lucky\") and Research Team Theta-Theta (\"Afterparty\"). When an iteration of SCP-2331-P is confirmed, Mobile Task Force Kappa-Theta are to enter SCP-2331-P in an attempt to capture SCP-2331. Research Team Theta-Theta is currently working on a way to predict SCP-2331-P iterations. Amnestics are to be distributed to all participants of SCP-2331-P iterations.\nDescription: SCP-2331 is a humanoid that appears to be an animate hay-filled mannequin commonly known as a scarecrow. SCP-2331 can be identified by its carved pumpkin head, which has an internal glow of fluorescent blue in low light conditions. SCP-2331 is theorized to be capable of triggering SCP-2331-P and only appears in order to trigger SCP-2331-P. SCP-2331 is most active during the month of October.\nSCP-2331-P is a phenomenon that occurs in any area in which SCP-2331 appears. SCP-2331-P is the spontaneous organization and generation of equipment typical of a medium-sized festival that involves a lights set and electronic music, colloquially known as a rave. SCP-2331 will assume the role of a disc jockey. SCP-2331 is capable of controlling the space contained with SCP-2331-P, often changing the humidity of the air, spontaneously producing nonpoisonous colored smoke, and affecting the texture or size of the walls. It will also produce objects such as glowsticks or candy.\nSCP-2331-P will generally attract humans typically between 18 and 30 years of age, although humans as young as 13 and as old as 73 have been known to attend. Although social media and word of mouth are often cited when attendees are interviewed, the drawing of a large amount of participants will occur even during low amounts of social media coverage. It is theorized that attendants to SCP-2331-P may be under certain mental effects, although the details of potential effects are still undergoing investigation.\nEach iteration may last from 5 to 24 hours, depending on the size of the rave and any interruptions from either Foundation activity or local law enforcement. Upon the conclusion of SCP-2331-P, SCP-2331 will disappear and trigger a new iteration within 72 hours, usually in the continent of North America. No anomalous activity or behavior is noted of any participant of SCP-2331-P iterations apart from SCP-2331 itself.\nSCP-2331 may trigger SCP-2331-P in any area with enough space for a rave, but prefers indoor locations. It is more likely to appear in areas with high population densities, especially near or at institutions of higher education such as trade schools, universities, and colleges.\nIncident 2331-01 10/09/2014\n\nIncident Log\n\nClick to hide\n\nNotes: This is the first contact between MTF Kappa-Theta and SCP-2331-P.\nInvolved Personnel: Agent Asla, Agent Michalsky and Researcher Witzke.\n[BEGIN LOG]\n<21:19> Agent Asla, Agent Michalsky and Researcher Witzke arrive to SCP-2331-P, taking place in the student union building of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 University.\n<21:20> Researcher Witzke adjusts her gas mask, glowstick necklace, and pink wig. Agents Asla and Michalsky, having added glow sticks and fluorescent strips to their weapons, ensure that they are still functional.\n<21:30> After searching for approximately 10 minutes, Agent Michalsky points to SCP-2331 on a balcony. Researcher Witzke is seen interviewing an attendee. SCP-2331 takes its head off and throws it into the crowd. The head explodes into fluorescent green smoke before it reaches the crowd, although no pumpkin parts can be seen. SCP-2331 then produces a new pumpkin head from its table and puts it on its shoulders. SCP-2331 does not appear to have head or neck underneath the pumpkin head.\n<21:31> Agent Michalsky and Agent Asla attempt to approach SCP-2331. SCP-2331 is seen on a table with sound equipment, adjusting levels of volume.\n<21:32> Agent Michalsky is interrupted as two college students pull him away to dance. Agent Asla accidentally pushes another student too hard, causing an argument. SCP-2331 notices the commotion and adjusts its microphone.\n<21:33> Agent Michalsky: \"I'm not interested, okay?\" Agent Michalsky attempts to push the civilian away. Civilian: \"Shut up and dance, dude!\"\n<21:34> SCP-2331 turns its head towards the agents. It points and waves as it plays another song. SCP-2331 then waves its left hand over the wall, which appears to stretch diagonally before snapping back into place.\n<21:35> Multiple college students begin shoving the agents out of the area, citing reasons such as being too close to the DJ, threatening the DJ, or being disruptive. Researcher Witzke is not removed.\n<21:40> Researcher Witzke finishes her interview and leaves SCP-2331-P. SCP-2331 can be seen making a downwards motion with both hands as fluorescent leaves appear to be spontaneously produced from the ceiling; these disappear before touching the floor.\n<21:45> MTF Kappa-Theta continue to observe SCP-2331-P. SCP-2331-P ends without further complications after 10 hours.\n[ END LOG]\n\nInterview 2331-02\n\nClick to Hide\n\nInterviewer: Researcher Witzke\nInterviewee: A civilian later identified as Susan Keller\n[BEGIN LOG]\nResearcher Witzke: Hello! Can I speak with you for a moment? What's your name, err\u2026 doll?\nSuze: Just call me Suze! [giggling] Sure, I can talk.\nResearcher Witzke: Can you tell me about the DJ? He's, uhm, got a great taste in music, doesn't he?\nSuze: Sure as hell he does! We call him Scravecrow, 'cause of that awesome costume he has on. I dunno about him actually. My girlfriend told me a rave was happening and I couldn't miss it!\nResearcher Witzke: \u2026Costume?\nSuze: Oh my god, you're like super new to this aren't you? It's a thing some of them do, like Daft Punk and DeadMau5.\nResearcher Witzke: I get it. Does he have a, uh, Twitter, or a Facebook, or anything?\nSuze: I dunno, but it's not a big deal, I'll just like google him lat- Oh! That guy over there is looking at us. Do you wanna make out or something to get his attention?\nResearcher Witzke: No, thank you.\nSuze: Whatever, I'm not drunk enough to kiss you anyways. [laughs] I'm gonna go get some shots. See ya!\n[END LOG]\n\nIncident 2331-04 10/13/2014\n\nIncident Log\n\nClick to hide\n\nNotes: Local law enforcement were explicitly instructed not to intervene.\nInvolved Personnel: Agent Lu, Agent Hansen and Researcher Witzke.\n[BEGIN LOG]\n<11:02> Agent Lu, Agent Hansen and Researcher Witzke enter SCP-2331-P, located in a warehouse at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. All are dressed appropriately in order to avoid detection.\n<11:04> Researcher Witzke identifies SCP-2331 on the far side of the warehouse. She attempts to maneuver towards SCP-2331. SCP-2331 lurches over its table in a vomiting motion and produces glowsticks from its mouth, which it then dispenses into the crowd.\n<11:10> Agents Lu and Hansen wave their glowsticks in time with a chorus. Researcher Witzke is interrupted by a civilian asking for her number, followed by a different civilian offering to buy her drinks.\n<11:25> Researcher Witzke successfully approaches SCP-2331. Agents Lu and Hansen attempt to also approach SCP-2331, but are interrupted by three civilians requesting a dance.\n<11:30> Researcher Witzke attempts to talk to SCP-2331. SCP-2331 gives her what appears to be a business card with a telephone number written on it in blue ink, but does not otherwise respond to her, and instead continues DJing.\n<11:31> Local law enforcement arrives on the scene. Despite being unable to see police, SCP-2331 appears to look up and towards them. It changes music and presses a microphone to its face. The shadows around SCP-2331 grow in size and a dense fog fills the room.\n<11:32> A young British male voice is heard from SCP-2331's mouth. SCP-2331: \"Really? Fuckin' hell\u2026 Basically, boys and girls, it's hard for me to believe this as well, yes, so don't \u2014 don't boo or anything or do anything out of order \u2014 but basically, the police are shutting the party down.\"\n<11:33> Local law enforcement officers begin coming out of their cars and approaching SCP-2331-P. Participants of SCP-2331-P stop dancing. SCP-2331 appears to scratch its head. SCP-2331: \"No, I know. It \u2014 It sounds weird, but you know what the police are like when they shut something down. If we don't do some things in an orderly and calm fashion they're gonna pepper spray every motherfucker and get the dogs out and then some people might end up in the cells for a night.\"\n<11:35> Local law enforcement officers open the entrance to SCP-2331-P and begin to announce that they are shutting the rave down. Agents Lu and Hansen move towards the officers, presumably to prevent them from disrupting SCP-2331-P further. The fog in the room begins to coalesce in midair, producing a glowing fluorescent pink arrow pointing to the exit.\n<11:36> SCP-2331: \"So ladies and gentlemen I don't know what you'll have to do! I think people might have to-\" SCP-2331's voice switches to a mechanical tone. SCP-2331: \"-head to the afterparty!\" (Note: Upon further investigation, all of SCP-2331's dialogue is a voice sample.)\n<11:37> SCP-2331 waves its hands in the air to the cheering of the participants of SCP-2331-P. All lighting shuts off as SCP-2331 disappears along with sound equipment, alcohol, drugs, and lighting equipment. Participants leave in an orderly and calm fashion. Researcher Witzke attempts to call the number.\n<11:57> Mobile Task Force Kappa-Theta receives reports of another iteration of SCP-2331-P approximately 10 kilometers from its previous iteration. Most of the participants of the previous iteration are reported to be attending the new one.\n<12:02> Agent Lu, Agent Hansen and Researcher Witzke attempt to enter the new iteration. They are denied entry by several participants near the entrance, stating that it is a private party. This new iteration lasts for approximately 8 hours with no further unusual activity.\n[END LOG]\n\nInterview 2331-04\n\nClick to Hide\n\nInterviewer: Researcher Witzke\nInterviewee: An unidentified civilian; the call is eventually traced to a phone booth.\n[BEGIN LOG]\nCivilian: Hello?\nResearcher Witzke: Oh, hi! I was given this number by S.C.- uhm, a fellow called, uhm\u2026 [grimacing] Scravecrow?\nCivilian: [laughter] Yeah, I know of the guy. I'm not him, though. Just an old friend. He's a busy guy, so I usually pick up the phone for him. What did'ja need?\nResearcher Witzke: Could you tell me more about him? How did you meet him? I'm part of a local newspaper and I'd like to interview him, too.\nCivilian: Well, I could tell you plenty about him, but you probably won't believe me. He used to be called Jack, y'know, of the lantern variety. Used to do a lot of work, changing the color of the leaves and making things foggy on dark nights. He was a bit of seasonal worker if y'know what I'm saying.\nResearcher Witzke: So why is he known as\u2026 Scravecrow these days?\nCivilian: Well, times change. Celebrations 'round this time of year\u2026 [sigh] It's hard to watch something you've lived for hollow out to a shell of its former self. Jack got tired. He got sad. He retired and moved on to something that reminded him of how things used to be.\nResearcher Witzke: I don't- so what is your relation to him?\nCivilian: [small laugh] I did something very kind for him once. We've had a kind of friendship ever since. Either way, I'm not buying your story about being a reporter, miss.\nResearcher Witzke: Oh. Do you need a name or something? I can give you the number of my employ-\nCivilian: I don't really know who you are or anything, but whoever you represent, please let them know that he doesn't want any trouble. He doesn't hurt no one and his parties never get violent. He's just an old man looking for a feeling that's been lost to time. [hangs up]\n[END LOG]\n\n\u00ab SCP-2330 | SCP-2331 | SCP-2332 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2332, swallowtail form.\n\nSCP-2332, Sylphina Angel form.\n\nItem #: SCP-2332\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2332 is to be contained in a repurposed dimensional testing room on Site-19's Research Floor 2 (the location of initial manifestation). The room's ultraviolet light tubes are to be remotely switched on every 12 hours for a period of 5 minutes; no personnel are to enter the room at this time. Security personnel assigned to nearby areas are to carry at least one blue laser pointer at all times. A box of spare blue laser pointers is to be kept inside the containment room.\nThe containment area and adjacent hallways are to be monitored by video surveillance at all times. Level 3 security clearance is required for access to SCP-2332. Should a containment breach occur, SCP-2332 is to be immobilized (via laser exposure) and returned to its containment area; extra care is to be taken when handling SCP-2332 while it is immobile.\nDescription: SCP-2332 is an entity that takes the shape of a butterfly, alternating between apparent forms of an Alpine Black Swallowtail (Papilio maackii) and a Sylphina Angel (Chorinea sylphina). SCP-2332 displays no morphological differences from non-anomalous butterflies with the exception of unusual wing patterns, which resemble false-color images of NGC 6302, a bipolar planetary nebula in the Scorpius constellation. Microscopic imaging reveals the layering of the scales on SCP-2332's wings to resemble the structure of cortical columns found in human brains.\nSCP-2332 is extremely sensitive to light. Testing has revealed that SCP-2332 possesses an extreme aversion to concentrated electromagnetic radiation at wavelengths between 360 and 480 nm, and will enter a catatonic state if exposed to it for extended periods of time. Exposure to higher energy concentrated ultraviolet light (wavelengths around 90 nm), however, seems to produce rejuvenating effects.\nSCP-2332 is able to become temporarily intangible, noted during Incident-2332-2, in which it managed to escape containment by passing through the glass walls of the terrarium housing it. SCP-2332 has demonstrated similar behavior with plastic, mesh netting, and Plexiglas enclosures in experimental settings. Camera footage and subsequent inspection indicate that the material of the enclosures was not altered in any way.\nThough SCP-2332's behavior generally consists of flying in circular patterns around its containment area, it has demonstrated the ability to communicate by tapping its forelegs together to produce vocalizations. SCP-2332 will speak in this manner (albeit haltingly) in the voice of whatever individual last addressed it; the means by which this is possible are unknown.\nAddendum 2332-1: Interviews with SCP-2332 are to take place regularly, to gather more information regarding its origin. (See interview log)\n\nInterview Log 2332-1-3\nDr. Kiryu is seated in SCP-2332's containment room, while SCP-2332 is stationed near the microphone.\nDr. Kiryu: Tell me again, what you are.Dr. Kiryu: Where are you from?Dr. Kiryu: How do you know that?Dr. Kiryu: Who are you?Dr. Kiryu: Didn't you say the same to my assistant earlier?Dr. Kiryu: What about your message?Dr. Kiryu: Why send a butterfly?Dr. Kiryu: I see. One last question, how did you fly through the terrarium wall earlier?\n\n\u00ab SCP-2331 | SCP-2332 | SCP-2333 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Fibrous conglomerate structures formed by SCP-2333 in an isolated sample\n\nItem #: SCP-2333\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Currently, 15 samples of SCP-2333 are stored in Bio-Research Site 101. SCP-2333 must be contained under Biosafety Level 2 precautions. Minimal isolation is necessary for infected individuals. In the event of a breach, all on site personnel are to be screened for infection, with infected subjects isolated.\nSCP-2333-1 is to be contained in a humanoid containment cell under Biosafety Level 2 precautions. Standard rations are to be provided twice daily. A full medical examination is to occur on a biweekly basis.\nResearch on SCP-2333 is currently restricted to personnel with Level 3 clearance or higher.\nDescription: SCP-2333 is a group of complex artificial prions. SCP-2333 has an exceedingly low infectivity, with direct injection into neural tissue being the only known reliable route of infection. Injection into the blood results in infection in approximately 20% of cases.\nSCP-2333 causes the formation of anomalous fibrous conglomerates around neurons and myelin, which appear to promote increased neural signals and regeneration of tissue. This process occurs extremely rapidly, with symptoms appearing in as little as 12 hours.\nSymptoms of SCP-2333 infection appear no more than 24 hours following exposure. The first sign of infection is an extremely calm emotional state. Rapid neural growth results in regeneration of nerve tissue, resolving any previous neural injury or degenerative neural condition. Infection also results in the suppression of pain receptors. Lastly, subjects with SCP-2333 infection are no longer able to sleep and do not report increased fatigue. Analysis of several subjects' EEG readouts has been inconclusive.\nAn average of seven days following initial infection, the concentration of SCP-2333 in neural tissue reaches a critical level, stimulating production of large amounts of melatonin. This marks the transition of infection into Stage 2. Infected subjects become drowsy and withdrawn, and lapse into a coma within 1 hour of Stage 2 onset. After a mean of 3 hours following onset, subjects invariably experience a complete cessation of neurological activity.\nSubjects infected with SCP-2333 have a generally positive demeanor, though they seem to be instinctively aware of their imminent death. Most subjects display a desire to send farewells to family and friends, as well as perform various unrelated, often reckless behaviors. Subjects with any previous chronic disease will experience a marked improvement in symptoms, to the point of appearing as a complete recovery.\nSCP-2333-1 (formerly Dr. George S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588) is a 39 year old Hispanic male, measuring 1.9 meters in height and weighing approximately 90 kg. SCP-2333-1 is the sole known subject infected with SCP-2333 to not have progressed into Stage 2 of infection. At the time of this writing, SCP-2333-1's condition has not deteriorated over its \u2588\u2588 months of containment. Subject displays the normal demeanor of subjects infected with SCP-2333.\nSCP-2333-1 displays a severe skull fracture consistent with a gunshot wound. MRI scanning of SCP-2333-1's head shows the presence of a small metallic object measuring 3mm in diameter in the subject's cerebellum. No symptoms of neurological damage are present in the subject.\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, SCP-2333 was recovered from [REDACTED] Hospice Care in [REDACTED], when 5 researchers employed at the facility turned themselves in to local police, claiming anomalous results in a medical study being conducted. Foundation personnel discovered the case during a routine intelligence check, and agents were dispatched to investigate. It was discovered that SCP-2333 was being used as palliative care at the [REDACTED] facility. All researchers involved in the study were detained, and all employees not involved in the study were administered Class-B amnestics. The facility is currently under indefinite observation.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and Dr. Philip D\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 have been granted employment in return for their cooperation.\nAddendum: Log 2333-1\nThe following is the journal of Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 from \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, to \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588. Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was the Lead researcher in Project Helios.\n\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\nThe outside guys showed up today, so we can finally begin testing. I'm a little surprised at how small the team is, but I'm not going to complain. I've been working here for years, so it's about time that I got to be the head of something.\nWe'll start testing the first samples tomorrow.\n[IRRELEVANT DATA REDACTED]\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\nPhil wanted to talk to me again today. He said that he didn't like the new focus of the study. I told him that it was his discovery, and that he should be glad that he was getting some credit. Apparently he didn't appreciate that, because he told me that I should be grateful that a \"fucking moron\" was the project head.\nNow that I think about it, that did kinda escalate quickly. Phil's never been quick to get so angry. He must really have a problem with something.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\nI found out why Phil is angry. Apparently he thinks the focus on life extension is somehow inherently wrong, from a moral standpoint.\nI was about to talk to him about it when I learned that he'd asked for me to be removed as project head. I was going to be reasonable, but if this is how he's going to be, then I don't care about his morality.\nYou know what? Screw morals. If I want to go big, I'm going big.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\nClinical trials are beginning today. Phil is still upset, but at this point, I don't care anymore.\nIt's been about 20 hours now. The patients are up and alert. Gonna send one for an MRI, so we can make sure they're responding correctly.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\nThat bastard! He did something to the samples, I know it! The patients all just died, and there's no way that it wasn't him messing with the protein!\nI need to calm down. I have to get some samples. I need to prove that he did this.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\nPhil's saying he's got two of the other researchers on his side. He's now threatening to report me for ethics violations. And he's gone further than that, too.\nI logged onto the network earlier, and all of the information on the protein's structure was deleted.\nI talked to Stan, one of the outside researchers. He's agreed to help me end this, if I don't tell George. Says having him oblivious to this will help keep this from getting out.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\nI shot George.\nI didn't mean to do it. Stanley brought a gun, and I approached Phil with it. I looked at him, and told him that he should be wishing he had helped me. He lunged at me, and it went off. It all went so fast\u2026\nI didn't feel anything. I saw a shocked look on Phil's face, and thought I'd hit him. Then he ran behind me.\nGeorge was writhing on the ground in a puddle of blood. Phil and I both keeled over him. I could hear Phil scream, and George was moaning.\nIt felt like it'd been forever since George opened his eyes. He looked right at me, then asked in a slurred voice what was happening. We helped him up, and got him to his room. Phil told me to clean up the spill before someone found it.\nI don't know how George survived this. I hit him right in the back of the head, yet as I write this he's lucid and talking.\nI took a sample of the blood on the ground. Maybe it holds some answers.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\nGeorge doesn't remember anything about yesterday.\nI talked to Phil, and he agreed that we should test the blood.\nSomehow, George was exposed to the test protein. We think he has a few days left.\nPhil said we should tell the other researchers. For once, I agreed.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\nIt's been two weeks. George is in perfect health. We've decided that he's not going to die.\nWe all know that this has gone too far.\nPhil was keeping a printed copy of the documentation in his room this whole time. We're gonna give it to George, so that he at least knows what happened to him. Once he leaves, we're turning ourselves in.\n\nAddendum: Interview Log 2333-3\nThe following interview was conducted with SCP-2333-1 immediately following its recovery.\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2333-1\nInterviewer: Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n<Begin Log, Skip 2m-16s>\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: So the initial goal, as you stated, was pain reduction. How well did you achieve this during initial testing?\nSCP-2333-1: Well, our initial tests were just on cell cultures. We were just making sure that we could alter the nerve cells without destroying them. We honed in on the correct protein after a few trials, and things started off, I'd say pretty smoothly.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Was there anything unusual about your results?\nSCP-2333-1: Actually, yes. It turned out that the prions were actually making some of the cultures far more hardy. They were more resistant to heat and chemicals, and they could grow a lot faster. I personally was pretty surprised by that.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: And it was at this point that the goal of Project Helios was altered?\nSCP-2333-1: Partially. We concluded that, since we were getting these regenerative effects, it would be helpful to see if we could also possibly reverse some neurodegenerative conditions.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Understandable. So the animal tests were conducted on animal models of Alzheimer's disease, correct?\nSCP-2333-1: Yes, we did use some Alzheimer animal models. We dosed the mice, and the disease was reversed in the test subjects, while the control group died.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: So at this point was when human trials began?\nSCP-2333-1: Not at that point. We were actually towards the end of animal tests when we got more unexpected results. One of the lab assistants prepared a batch improperly, but again, no negative effects on the subjects were observed. In fact, they were healthier than most normal lab rats. We did some extended testing, and, well, they didn't age.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: They\u2026 didn't age?\nSCP-2333-1: We took cell samples, and all of them were biologically immortal. Their cells repaired themselves rapidly, grew rapidly. Biologically, they were not aging.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: So, I'm guessing it didn't have that same effect on humans then?\nSCP-2333-1: It had a completely different effect. The patients were awake for a week, then died.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: And then that prion is what was put into general use?\nSCP-2333-1: Um, I think so, as far as I know.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I understand that the project was ended at that point. Is that correct?\nSCP-2333-1: Yeah.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Was there anything else notable after that?\nSCP-2333-1: Well, a few days after the project ended, I was about to head back to my home state, when one of the other researchers approached me.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What did he want to talk about?\nSCP-2333-1: He didn't actually say very much. He handed me a stapled packet of papers, and told me that before I left, he wanted me to read it.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What was in the packet?\nSCP-2333-1: I only skimmed through it, but most of it was just the documentation of Project Helios. The last page had a handwritten note on it.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Do you remember what it said?\nSCP-2333-1: \"The right to die is as essential as the right to live.\"\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Do you still have the packet?\nSCP-2333-1: No. I burned it. I threw it in my fireplace when I got home. I kinda felt like I had more pressing things to do, like I didn't have much time left. Do you know how much longer it'll be?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: How much longer until what?\nSCP-2333-1: Until I die.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I don't think I can answer that, I'm sorry.\nSCP-2333-1: That's okay. Thanks for talking to me, Doc.\n<End Log>\n\n\u00ab SCP-2332 | SCP-2333 | SCP-2334 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2334\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2334 is contained on site at its location in Utah. Although potentially hazardous records remain in the facility, Level 3 researchers may enter to study catalogued records with proper authorization from their supervisors.\nDescription: SCP-2334 is an anomalous underground salt mine and photograph storage facility near Salt Lake City, Utah, with a single known entrance located at coordinates N\u2588\u2588\u00b0\u2588\u2588'\u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588\" W\u2588\u2588\u2588\u00b0\u2588\u2588'\u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588\". Intelligence suggests that it may contain every possible photograph in the RGB color spectrum, printed at an approximate resolution of 2000 by 3000 pixels.\nSCP-2334 came to the attention of the Foundation after photocopies of a photograph of the following document began to circulate among students at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, in September 1996. Distribution was localized to a religious sect of students who wore colorful, static-patterned clothing. Containment personnel administered Class-A amnestics to students who received photocopies of sensitive materials.\n\nSCP-2626\nArtifact #: SCP-2626\nArtifact Class: Innoxious\nSpatial Control Paradigm: If not in trials, SCP-2626 should inhabit a thick bin at Plot 19. Staff may ask to work with SCP-2626 for study trials by submitting a physical proposal to a Lvl. 3 boss, who must wait in physical form to watch all handling of said artifact.\n\u2026\n\nThese copies appeared to be photographs of official Foundation documents, albeit with text altered to avoid use of the letter 'e'. Five different classified documents \u2014 reports regarding SCP-2626, -\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, -\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, -\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and -\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2014 were found to be circulating, all on official Foundation letterhead. Students possessing copies were interrogated, and the source was traced to a small abandoned house in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Utah, where similar photographs were found pinned to the walls. An entrance to the storage facility was discovered on the adjoining property.\nIn Operation Oulipo, Foundation personnel questioned and interrogated \u2588\u2588 subjects who inhabited the facility (see: Addendum-A), all of whom were affiliated with the religious sect known as the Monks of the Archive. On entering the storage facility, personnel investigated \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 rooms.\nSCP-2334 is not believed to be endless, but rather significantly larger than the spatial constraints of the local geology would normally allow. It is believed that additional members of the religious sect may remain within the caverns, but attempts to locate them have been unsuccessful.\nAddendum-A: Operation Oulipo\nThe individuals detained in Operation Oulipo identified themselves as members of a religious group and wore ceremonial garments with colorful static patterns. They did not exhibit resistance until Foundation personnel requested access to rooms beyond those in the nearest cluster to the entrance, at which point they reacted violently. \u2588 were terminated on site, and the rest were detained.\nThe detained individuals did not provide reliable intelligence. Below is a brief excerpt from one of the more productive interviews.\n\nInterviewed: 2334-D2 (\"Brother Pixel\")\nInterviewer: Dr. Calvino\n<Begin Log, 11-09-1996 04:31 p.m.>\nCalvino: If these caverns contain every possible photograph, why are there humans and depictions of Earth in so many of the photos we've seen?\n2334-D2: You've only seen the part that's closest to us \u2014 they printed it that way, as they carved this place from the salt. It's much larger than you think.\nCalvino: Who's they?\n2334-D2: They printed everything.\nCalvino: What do you mean?\n2334-D2: We follow they who have seen all, they who have known all, they who have seen the one true image.\nCalvino: And that's supposed to be \u2014\n2334-D2: With every passing day, our pilgrims travel deeper toward its source.\nCalvino: Are there more of you down there?\n2334-D2 refused to answer any additional questions.\n\nAddendum-B: Image Samples\nThe following images were chosen to provide an overview of the image characteristics discovered in each subsequent room. Most images were unrecognizable static, so these samples were also selected for clarity.\n\n+ Room 9\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\n+ Room 121\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\n+ Room 9\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nAddendum-C: Document 2334-73\u2588\u2588\u2588\nThe following document was found in the archive room designated 73\u2588\u2588\u2588, beside an elderly man's corpse that was found in an advanced state of decomposition.\n\nMay 1\nEntered the sacred realm today. My body thirsted for knowledge, but they only granted me static and images without form. I sense this journey will be long, and I must return with supplies.\nMay 3\nI saw something that almost looked like a dog today, but Brother Gradient insisted it was not a dog.\nMay 10\nI know the brothers forbid my writings, but I feel I must record what happens in these sacred caverns. I believe I saw a man's face in the static today.\nMay 15\nBrother Vector found an entire word today. The word was \"calcify\" \u2014 It looked as if it had been written on a typewriter, but I dare not assert that.\nMay 28\nWe are running low on supplies, but a trip back to the surface is not in order. We pledged to find the one true image and not to return until we had done so. Time seems to move different here. Though we have not shaved, none of the men have grown beards since we departed.\nJuly ?\nToday we saw green for the first time in weeks. Praise Them!\n? ?\nThe static burns my eyes.\n\nAddendum-D: Possible Dimensions\nNo evidence has been discovered concerning another entrance or end point to the archive.\nResearch theories regarding the size of the archive are based on statistical analysis of pixel values in images recovered from the site. In short, the distribution of pixels suggests a complete set of images, were one to travel far enough through the archive.\nThe total number of images possible at 2000 by 3000 pixels (the approximate resolution of each print) is calculated to be (224)6000000=2144000000, or over 1043000000.1\n\nFootnotes\n1. According to civilian scientific estimates, the number of atoms in the observable universe is approximately 1080.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2333 | SCP-2334 | SCP-2335 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2335\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2335 is to be stored in a medium-security locker in Media storage unit 19D. As a precaution to preserve the disk's functionality, SCP-2335 is not to be handled without gloves. SCP-2335 is not to be removed from its casing unless considered necessary for authorized testing.\nDescription: SCP-2335 is a standard, unmarked, commercially-available Memorex 16X DVD-R disk kept within a SuperMedia-S brand DVD case. Basic physical analysis reveals that the disk is of no abnormal composition, and is likely susceptible to corruption in the same manner as one would expect from a relatively inexpensive media disk.\nSCP-2335 can be played by any DVD player, or device with DVD playing functionality, including computers, game consoles, and portable media players. When the disc is played, the viewer is taken to an unlabeled menu hub. The menu features two circular modules; selecting the first triggers footage playback, and selecting the second has no observable effect.\nWhen the viewer selects the \"Play\" option, compiled footage begins, depicting a family vacation at a lakeside cabin. All footage is accompanied by a watermark in the top right corner that depicts the date and time, the beginning of the reunion footage being dated at Aug 27, 1999. When viewed uninterrupted, the footage plays for roughly 40 minutes, and consists entirely of a continuous video of a Caucasian male, seemingly in his late forties, canoeing. The footage begins at 16:54:51 and, if left undisturbed, ends abruptly at 17:35:19.\nWhen the \"skip\" function on the DVD player is used, however, the content of the footage jumps, and a clip from a seemingly random date and time will play. The subjects of the footage do not appear to be related to the originally depicted family. The same two clips have yet to be repeated, and further investigation suggests that the clips are meant to make up a narrative.\nRecorded dates in the footage range from the year 104 to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 CE. Clips have never been observed to exceed thirty minutes in time, and can be as brief as twelve seconds. Footage always depicts humans and seems to be filmed with the same equipment. The cameraman, to be referred to as SCP-2335-1, is never addressed1, and the subjects of the footage seem to be unaware of its presence.\n\n+ Observed Clips\n\n- Observed Clips\n\nDate and time depicted: 10/3/1949 15:05:12-15:07:01\nEvents observed: A tall Caucasian male, seemingly in his mid-twenties, leaning on a fence post, surrounded by farmland. He is wearing a white undershirt, black work trousers, and a wide-rimmed cap. The subject of the footage seems to be watching something out of frame, and begins to smile at 15:06:22 and remains visibly amused until the end of the clip.\nDate and time depicted: 3/3/1315 7:12:21-7:15:44\nEvents observed: A dark-skinned, presumably Mesoamerican youth wearing animal furs and a colorful arm band climbing a tree, alone, in what appears to be an equatorial rain forest. At 7:14:34 the boy falls from an approximate height of five meters and screams in pain before apparently blacking out. Footage rolls of the unconscious boy for another 44 seconds.\nDate and time depicted: 4/29/2028 16:14:10-16:15:26\nEvents observed: Three British youths, walking on the side of a busy motorway, discussing a particularly disliked teacher. They appear to be in the early teens, aged 12-14. Each wears black pants and a red shirt of flexible, nylon-like fabric, and a belt featuring a green ram insignia on the buckle. Several unique slang words can be heard during the conversation, including referring to a female as \"mapped,\" and using the phrase \"right flat,\" several times to express disdain for an assignment.\nDate and time depicted: 12/25/1990 6:35:45-6:36:31\nEvents observed: An African-American girl, presumably aged 5-8 years, opens a large, extravagantly decorated box. After discovering its contents, a tabby American Shorthair kitten, the girl expresses extreme happiness and proceeds to hop onto a nearby couch and scream \"thank you, daddy\" repeatedly into a throw pillow.\nDate and time depicted: 12/25/1987 5:45:55-5:48:52\nEvents observed: A blonde Caucasian boy, of similar age to the girl in the previous entry, sitting upright in bed. The boy sniffles as sounds of two adults (presumably his parents) fighting can be heard in the background. He yelps at the sudden noise of a door slamming, reaches under his pillow, retrieves a red-and-green envelope, and tears it up violently while the sniffling transitions into suppressed sobs.\nI was under the impression that these clips played in a random order. The fact that these two clips appeared consecutively is either an astronomical coincidence or proves that this is not the case. - Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nDate and time depicted: [REDACTED]\nEvents observed: Footage of what appears to be the interior of Facility-\u2588\u2588\u2588, located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, just minutes before SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 and SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 orchestrate a major containment breach. Researchers and other personnel are documented as they learn of the breach and attempt to prevent or flee it. Notable individuals appearing on the film include Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, both of whom were reported dead after the breach originally occurred. Despite their efforts, which seem to be the focus of the footage, SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 finds and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 with its \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 resulting in his \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and eventual death by blood loss. SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 can be seen to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 fourteen times before he eventually \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 which lasts for one minute and fourteen seconds.\nDate and time depicted: 7/27/2099 9:05:31-9:08:31\nEvents observed: A crowded arena filled predominantly with teenagers and young adults. Roughly half of the visible individuals are wearing tight blue one-pieces with padded shoulders, the other half wearing red outfits of the same nature. Each individual seems to be holding a glowing yellow baton estimated to be about 14 inches long. It is theorized that the gathering could be part of a mass sport, as the participants seem to be trying to hit others who are wearing the opposite color with the batons. When a baton connects with a vital area, the person hit seems to go limp for an indiscernible period of time. The ultimate goal of the game is unclear given the time of the clip and frame of view, but it seems that members of each team are trying to cross into an \"enemy territory\" without being incapacitated.\nDate and time depicted: [REDACTED]\nEvents observed: A \u2588\u2588-second static shot of an apartment complex located in Uptown \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. While filmed from too far away to discern any details concerning specific address, photo analysis software has proven that the building is without a doubt the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Apartments, which happens to be Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's current place of residence.\nWhile tonally unlike any previously-seen footage, we have no reason to believe this to be anything other than a coincidence. At least, I seriously hope this isn't anything other than a coincidence.- Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nDate and time depicted: 6/16/1219 14:24:42-14:25:50\nEvents observed: An African man wearing a leather skirt surrounded by a crowd of similarly-dressed onlookers. He performs a series of acrobatic maneuvers, ending with a back flip over a campfire, and is met by applause from the crowd. A child breaks from the group and hands the man a flower.\nDate and time depicted: 9/08/ \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 38:13:32-38:14:22\nEvents observed: A group of humans, arms intertwined, running on completely flat, red terrain. Analysis of the strides of these unidentified humans indicates that they measure between 6'11'' and 7'5'' tall. The humans seem to be completely hairless, and have a reddish tone to their skin unlike that of any known race. They wear skin-tight black pants and colorful bracer-like arm coverings. Each bracer's pattern and color seems to be unique to the individual and crafted of thin metal. There are no distinguishable landscape patterns shown in the frame of the video.\nDate and time depicted: [REDACTED]\nEvents observed: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, head of research on SCP-2335, sleeping in his bed with his wife. The room's lights are on, but the subjects of the footage remain asleep. The camera slowly zooms in on Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's face, and remains there for thirteen seconds before the lights flip off and the clip ends.\nTesting at this time will be suspended until we can understand this thing's motives. I know it isn't proven to be malevolent, but I really don't like that it knows where I live.- Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has backed out of the investigation of SCP-2335, and research will now be headed by me.- Dr.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nDate and time depicted: 12/12/1212 12:12:12-12:12:24\nEvents observed: The clip is roughly twelve seconds long, and consists of a man dressed in velvet garments reminiscent of an early Italian Barone reaching into a large steaming receptacle and retrieving a handful of metallic shavings. The shavings appear to be composed of gold. At 12:12:20 the man begins to laugh and throw the shavings in the air.\nDate and time depicted: [REDACTED]\nEvents observed: A stabilized, static shot of what appears to be the face of a decidedly non-human entity, bearing marked physiological similarities to recorded instances of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588, who seems to be staring at the camera directly. After a brief pause, the entity cocks its head, a movement reminiscent of confusion or curiosity, and gestures to something out-of-frame. Exactly twelve seconds after this movement, the entity began to vocalize, and with a slight delay said \"How did you find us? Who are you?\" This message was repeated in eight popular languages, later confirmed to be of identical meaning. When Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 later responded vocally to this question, the entity began to reply only in English. The interaction is recorded below.\nFurther testing is temporarily discontinued and awaiting O5 approval.\n\n+ Interview Log 2335-2\n\n- Interview Log 2335-2\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2335-2\nInterviewer: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: This interview was conducted through vocal correspondence with the entity described above, now labeled SCP-2335-2, through the apparent medium of SCP-2335.\n<Begin Log>\n\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: As a species? We identify as human.\nSCP-2335-2: There is a recognition. Are you of the species documented in this footage?\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: The footage on this disc? Yes. For what purpose have you been documenting us?\nSCP-2335-2: There is a misunderstanding. My kind is not responsible for the creation or compilation of the aforementioned footage. I am a volunteer member of a local Chronicling Cycle, and while performing routine uploads to my facility's archives, there was a wonder, as we discovered a [UNKNOWN VOCALIZATION] containing seemingly impossible amounts of data. There was a decoding, and footage of what appears to be your species was parsed out. There was an examination of that footage, and now there is a contact with you.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Do you know who was responsible for this? We've also stumbled across what I imagine to be the same footage, and have little to no information about its origins.\nSCP-2335-2: There is a quandary. No documented species known to my kind possesses the technological capability of producing such a high density of recording such as this.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: How are you capable of speaking in English? To what extent has your people interacted with mine?\nSCP-2335-2: There is a translation. I am speaking currently in my native mouth, and a [UNKNOWN VOCALIZATION] is drawing from an analysis of documented language depicted in the footage stored on the [UNKNOWN VOCALIZATION]. There is not an existing of a known record of discourse between our peoples prior to this point. There is an apology if the translation is not perfect.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: How are you capable of synthesizing the entirety of our languages out of a few clips?\nSCP-2335-2: There is a confusion. Have you not discovered the anomalous volume of data found within your respective data receptacle? Does your copy of the footage contain a limited amount of information? Our [UNKNOWN VOCALIZATION] have been parsing the [UNKNOWN VOCALIZATION] into footage at extremely high speeds and we have yet to discover an end to the recordings contained therein. There currently exists hundreds of millions of individual instances of recordings of your kind in our archives, with more being recorded every [UNKNOWN VOCALIZATION], all stemming from that original [UNKNOWN VOCALIZATION].\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: How long has this been going on?\nSCP-2335-2: There has been a vast effort. The [UNKNOWN VOCALIZATION] was discovered many, many [UNKNOWN VOCALIZATION] ago. There has been a slowing of the study of this media, as one would expect after such a vast run of time, but some, like myself, continue to watch and analyze and record it. There has been a great fascination with the footage, among [UNKNOWN VOCALIZATION] and civilians alike. Your people, if the documentation thus far has been accurate, are fascinating.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You've made the footage available to civilians?\nSCP-2335-2: Oh, yes, there has been much interest in you and your kind. Have you yet to discover the footage of the great footrace, or the small one with the present, or the glowing festival? Those are among the most requested segments from our archives. Gathering to watch new footage has become a ritual for some, usually performed every [UNKNOWN VOCALIZATION].\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: So countless members of your kind are poring over this material, yet you have no theories or ideas as to where it came from?\nSCP-2335-2: There is little to no knowledge. There are theories. The most popular is that the creator of this media is very much intelligent, likely more so than my kind or, and there is an apology if this is rude, your kind. They do not seem to be bound by time, or have some method of sidestepping temporal obligation, like a [UNKNOWN VOCALIZATION] or a [UNKNOWN VOCALIZATION]. The creator of the footage also seems to be aware of both of our kinds' existences, and, considering that we are presumably both watching each other at the moment on our respective versions of the media, they may even be recording and facilitating our interaction at this very moment. In fact, there is an idea held by some that it may be possible to contact this creator, given that analysis of the [UNKNOWN VOCALIZATION] suggests it may be a life form composed of [UNKNOWN VOCALIZATION]. It would simply be a matter of-\n\nAt this point, the footage of SCP-2335-2 ended abruptly. SCP-2335-2 has yet to reappear on SCP-2335. Due to disputes among administration about how to proceed, testing on SCP-2335 has been postponed until further O5 approval.\n<End Log>\n\nFootnotes\n1. With the exception of the subject of the most recent recorded clip\n\n\u00ab SCP-2334 | SCP-2335 | SCP-2336 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2336\nObject Class: Euclid Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The Foundation maintains a network of observation satellites to monitor and report the emergence of any Howard-Stross gateways that are formed other than through normal Foundation activities. If such a gateway is formed, Mobile Task Force Tau-16 is to be dispatched. Consult document 2336-N for details of engagement protocol for the Type I and Type II entities that typically arrive through such a gateway.\nNote: See supplemental containment procedures in Addendum 1 below.\nDescription: SCP-2336 is a sequence of phonemes, not known to correspond to any meaning in any living or known extinct language. Document 2336-A contains a representation of SCP-2336 in the International Phonetic Alphabet.\nThe vocal articulation of this phoneme sequence by a human subject has been experimentally demonstrated to result in the formation of a Howard-Stross gateway1 normally having a duration of 2 to 11 seconds. The formation of such a gateway frequently results in the arrival of a Type I or Type II tartarean entity (designated an instance of SCP-2336-A).\nAlthough instances of SCP-2336-A are frequently hostile, through trial and error the Foundation has developed a reliable protocol for containing them, communicating with them, documenting their characteristics, and (most recently) controlling them and applying their capabilities toward research purposes and other useful activities.2 An excerpt of the containment and processing log for instances of SCP-2336-A follows:\n\nDesignation\nDescription\nApplication\n\nSCP-2336-A1\nNon-sapient hexapod, mass approx. 1800 kg. Emits slime composed of high concentrations of sulfur and phosphorus.\nMilked for chemical compounds for research and industrial use.\n\nSCP-2336-A8\nNon-sapient tetrapod with body plan superficially resembling a rhinoceros. Mass approx. 1200 kg. Body temperature in excess of 260 \u00b0C. Breathes fire.\nPowers turbine to supply electricity to Site 38.\n\nSCP-2336-A72\nSapient. Invisible (body plan assumed to be bipedal and winged). Capable of communicating in classical Arabic. During interviews, claims to be composed of \"smokeless flame of fire.\" Capable of levitating.\nContainment chamber integrated into elevator at Site 32 to economize energy use.\n\nSCP-2336-A210\nSapient biped. Reddish hide.\nUsed as gas filter in modified Maxwell engine to overcome thermodynamics.\n\nSCP-2336-A322\nSapient biped. Iridescent hide.\nConsciousness imprinted into Laplace processor for computational purposes.\n\nSCP-2336-A416\nSemi-sapient with irregular body plan. Capable of summoning an apparently unlimited supply of live, non-anomalous Musca domestica from unknown source.\nFlies crushed and processed for use as fertilizer and for other industrial purposes.\n\nSCP-2336-A666\nSapient biped. Interviews indicate that SCP-2336-A666 occupies a position of authority in the society accessed by means of the gateway.\nAfter negotiation, exchanged for recovery of personnel who had been lost during a containment breach of SCP-1844.\n\nAddendum 1: Further research indicates that under certain conditions, a vocal articulation of SCP-2336 is likely to result in a much larger Howard-Stross gateway, thereby presenting a risk that a much larger tartarean entity (possibly one or more Type VIII entities) could manifest. Analysis indicates that three exacerbating factors are:\n\nProximity of the human subject to (\u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u00b0 N, \u2588\u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u00b0 E) at the time that SCP-2336 is articulated (that location is designated as Location K)\nWhether the human subject is a member of Y-chromosomal haplogroup \u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588.\nAstronomical conditions specified in Appendix 2336-S.\n\nThe manifestation of even one Type VIII entity would presumably constitute a Category 7 (XK) eschatologic condition. To mitigate risk, supplemental containment procedures have been adopted in order to lessen the risk that SCP-2336 could be articulated under conditions when one or more of the risk factors are present.\n\nAccess to Location K has been restricted by placing a landfill at the site.\nThe Foundation has developed a teratogen and introduced it to the water supply in the geographic area where most of the population of haplogroup \u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588 resides, for the purpose of causing individuals born in that area to have congenital anatomical defects which render them physically unable to vocalize the phonemes.\nProposals to address astronomical conditions are under consideration.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Binsfeld, Peter, \u201cInvocation of Topological Transformations to Engineer One-Way Interdimensional Passageway\u201d. Observer: An SCP Foundation Journal (2003): 18-C-23, 88-89.\n2. Requests for permission to apply SCP-2336 to summon an instance of SCP-2336-A for research purposes under controlled conditions are to be directed to the Evocation Department.\n\nMore by this author\n\nHide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-1322\n\nSCP-089\n\nspikebrennan's proposal\n\nSCP-1844\n\nSCP-1012\n\nSCP-1036\n\nSCP-2553\n\nSCP-1512\n\nSCP-1746\n\nSCP-908\n\nSCP-831\n\nSCP-3236\n\nSCP-2336\n\nSCP-955\n\nSCP-926\n\nSCP-2236\n\nSCP-920-EX\n\nSCP-2914\n\nSCP-2008-J\n\nSCP-4336\n\nSCP-4436\n\nSCP-1060\n\nTales\n\nSic Transit Gloria Mundi\n\nSpring Cleaning\n\nTranscript of meeting, June 2 1972\n\nTranscript of telephone conversation, August 9, 1991\n\nMemorandum Dated 6 November 1944\n\nScroll fragment 13Q29\n\nStray Katz (part 1)\n\nAd Majorem Bonum\n\n\u00ab SCP-2335 | SCP-2336 | SCP-2337 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2337\n\nItem #: SCP-2337\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2337 is to be kept in a standard avian habitat cell with soundproofing. Personnel are required to wear level 3B 5A 7A 26M ear protection while handling SCP-2337. Transportation for SCP-2337 is to be carried out using a portable soundproof crate.\nThough SCP-2337 has no need of nutrition, gummy worms1 are to be provided upon request, and not restricted as a reward for good behavior. Due to SCP-2337's poor grasp of cause and effect, punishments and rewards will inevitably result in frustration on part of involved personnel.\nAs of 12/5/14, all staff are advised to not attempt to emulate SCP-2337's speech patterns in its presence, and are assured that SCP-2337 understands some degree of human English.\nDescription: SCP-2337 is a male corn crake2. It is sapient, sentient, and capable of speech. All of its vocalizations are extremely loud, with a minimum observed volume of 90 dB and a maximum of [REDACTED]. Though this can and has caused damage to personnel's hearing, SCP-2337 is oblivious of its ability and is generally friendly with Foundation personnel.\nSCP-2337's vocalizations take the form of a language tangentially related to English. It often appears to be word salad, but, upon closer inspection, can have meaning in English through a series of vague innuendos, metaphors, rhyme, and arbitrary insertions of the word \"cack\". As such, SCP-2337 will answer to the name \"Dr. Spanko.\"\nInitial reports of SCP-2337 came from unusual noises from a field near \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Sussex, UK, which led to its capture in the same area. Upon containment, SCP-2337 appeared to take hostile action against Foundation personnel, emitting blasts of noise that ruptured the eardrums of 3 agents. Upon later examination, it was revealed that SCP-2337 was attempting to make friendly conversation.\nAddendum: Since the containment of SCP-2337, several sapient creatures contained by the Foundation have displayed knowledge of its existence and have expressed interest in a meeting with SCP-2337. The reason for this has yet to be fully understood, though it is believed that SCP-2337 has some sort of status as an authority figure to several particularly dangerous beings. Keter reclassification has been proposed for this reason, but is currently denied due to SCP-2337's apparent cooperation with the Foundation.\n\n+ Interview with SCP-2337, 12/5/14\n\n- encryption key accepted\n\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please state your name for the record.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Thank you.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Listen, SCP-2337 -\nSCP-2337 draws a prolonged gasp.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: - You seem to have a pre-established relationship of sorts with several of the more dangerous creatures in our custody.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yes. Please elaborate on the exact nature of this relationship.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please repeat that statement in the dialect used by the Foundation.SCP-2337 begins yodeling for three consecutive minutes.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please discontinue yodeling.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: We need you to cooperate and explain your answer in a coherent way.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You're not hearing me, are you?Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"\u2026cack?\"Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Snackutations Doctor Spanko, cack! You am authoritater? Explainerate.\"\nSCP-2337 begins \"cacking\" angrily, then proceeds to climb up to Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's face and attempt to peck his eyes out. SCP-2337 is quickly sedated with a tranquilizer dart and Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 suffers only minor scratches. This has been noted the only time that SCP-2337 has displayed hostility.\n\nFootnotes\n1. SCP-2337 calls them \"stranglefruits.\"\n2. Crex crex\n\n\u00ab SCP-2336 | SCP-2337 | SCP-2338 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\nContent Warnings (contains major spoilers)\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nThis article contains child kidnapping and shows the death of multiple children. It also contains mild allusions to paedophilia/child pornography, with no details included.\n\n+ More by Rimple\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-2338\n\nSCP-3880\n\nSCP-2779\n\nSCP-948\n\nSCP-2559\n\nSCP-3772\n\nSCP-5663\n\nSCP-3559\n\nSCP-6774\n\nSCP-3224\n\nTales\n\nAnd You Are?\n\nHeadache\n\nThis Year\n\nUhhh\n\nOperation \u00d3verMeta\n\nDraft Swap Hub\n\nWith other authors\n\nPage\nAuthor\n\nSCP-3500\nDrBleep\n\nSCP-3504\nOthellotheCat\n\nSCP-3373\nLordStonefish\n\nHey, the stuff below is just for testing some stuff, please ignore for now\n\nAfter that / Until then\n\nA Semi-Comprehensive List of Groups of Interest\n\nFeatured SCP Archive II - 101 through 200\n\nFoundation Facilities\n\nNews for July 2018\n\nNews for September/October 2016\n\nOperation \u00d3verMeta\n\npsul's Author Page\n\nSCP-2337\n\nSCP-2339\n\nSCP-3246\n\nSCP Series 3\n\nSCP Series 3 - Tales Edition\n\nSecure Facilities Locations (Archived)\n\nSecure Facilities Locations: Site-19 SCP List\n\nThanks to minmin, Agent MacLeod and AbsentmindedNihilist. Details in comments.\n\n\nSCPnet v1.3.7 active\nsator4@scpnet:~$ access scp-2338\nAccessing\u2026\nThis file is not currently available.\nFile is marked with 1 comment\nsator4@scpnet:~$ access -comm scp-2338\n\"This article is currently under rewrite. If you need to access related files, use the -relf flag. We should be up and running by the 27th.\"\nsator4@scpnet:~$ access -relf scp-2338\nAccessing\u2026\n\nSCP-2338-D\nSCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588-D\nSCP-2338\n\nPlease note: As of 23/10/2013, this article is deprecated.\n\nItem #: SCP-2338\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All SCP-2338 instances are contained in the low security dorm of Site 19's E-Block. Instances of SCP-2338 are to be kept to a regular daily schedule mimicking that of non-anomalous children, with education in accordance with standard Foundation curriculum for child humanoid anomalies. Requests for toys, games and accessories are to be provided at the discretion of the dorm supervisor. Dorm supervisor is to organise for checkups on each instance with the site paediatrician not less than once every two months.\nDescription: SCP-2338 is a group of anomalous children between the ages of 8 and 15, recovered from Carson City, Nevada in 2010. All 23 instances of SCP-2338 wear homemade animal costumes that appear to be bonded to their bodies via an unknown procedure. Attempts to remove these costumes, surgically or otherwise, have met with failure in all instances, and are prohibited at this time. A number of children possess low-level anomalous abilities corresponding to the animal they are dressed as.\nAll instances of SCP-2338 lack noses, ears and mouths. Despite this, subjects show an unhindered capacity to smell, hear and taste. Instances are capable of gaining nutrition by touching suitable food to the mouths of their costumes, and appear to breathe in a similar fashion. As all instances are unable to speak, they have been taught ASL to ease communication.\n\nSCP-2338 instances\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nDesignation\nCostume Description\nAdditional Notes\n\nSCP-2338-1\nChild is dressed as a ram. Costume is well-made. Torso consists of a sheet of black silk covered in cotton wool which has been spraypainted gold. Child wears large black papier m\u00e2ch\u00e9 mask of a ram's head, complete with horns. Head lacks a lower jaw. Child wears black trousers and sleeves and feet are replaced with papier m\u00e2ch\u00e9 hooves.\nBloodwork matches SCP-2338-1 to Jason Broad, reported missing 25/10/2010 at age 9.\n\nSCP-2338-2\nChild is dressed as a frog. Child wears green clothing, including green gloves with cloth webbing between fingers. Head is covered with a large papier m\u00e2ch\u00e9 frog head featuring a long pink strip of cloth representing a tongue. 'Flies' made of crumpled black craft paper are glued to the tongue at semi-regular intervals.\nBloodwork matches SCP-2338-2 to Ermis Xanthopoulos, reported missing 31/10/2010 at age 11. SCP-2338-2 is semi-amphibious, capable of remaining underwater for up to twenty minutes before surfacing for air. SCP-2338-2 is extremely hindered in ASL by its webbed gloves, and is no longer allowed access to sharp objects following attempts to cut the webbing.\n\nSCP-2338-3\nChild is dressed as a dog. Child wears a dalmatian-spotted onesie with ears and paws. The hood of the onesie is pulled low over the head, obscuring the upper face. Lower face seems to have been face-painted with spots and a canine nose and mouth. A pink tongue pokes out of painted mouth.\nBloodwork matches SCP-2338-3 to Damian Crouch, reported missing 1/11/2010 at age 6. SCP-2338-3 shows motivation and attention issues, and is currently being tested for suspected ASD/ADHD.\n\nSCP-2338-4,\nChild is dressed as a unicorn. Child wears white clothing, with a multicolour cloth mane running from the head down the back. Hands and feet are both covered with papier m\u00e2ch\u00e9 hooves. A papier m\u00e2ch\u00e9 horn is affixed to the head with a thick pink plastic headband. Headband appears to have slipped down, covering the child's eyes.\nBloodwork matches SCP-2338-4 to Goldie Gass, reported missing 31/10/2010 at age 10.\n\nSCP-2338-5\nChild is dressed as a snake. A large green cloth costume with a yellow and orange underbelly runs from the child's neck to the ground, with holes for child's arms and legs. A green hood with hand-painted eyes and fangs is pulled low over the child's upper face.\nBloodwork matches SCP-2338-5 to Cletus Vance, reported missing 2/11/2010 at age 9. SCP-2338-5 is severely dyslexic.\n\nSCP-2338-6\nChild is dressed as a donkey. Costume appears store bought and resembles the cartoon character Eeyore from The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. The head of the costume has been modified to fully cover the top half of the child's face.\nBloodwork matches SCP-2338 to Martha Garry, reported missing 31/10/2010 at age 8.\n\nSCP-2338-7\nChild does not wear a costume. Child's upper face is obscured by a red cloth blindfold with a paisley pattern. Child holds a plastic pail styled as a jack-o-lantern in its right hand.\nBloodwork has not yet been able to match SCP-2338-7 to a missing child. SCP-2338-7 refuses to communicate, and will not play games with the other children, but will work on Mathematics problems enthusiastically. When asked to produce self portraits, SCP-2338-7 will label itself \"Mikey, 9 years old\".\n\nSCP-2338-8\nChild is dressed as a tiger. Child wears a full-face plastic tiger mask with a growling mouth. Child wears a short-sleeved tiger pattern tshirt and orange trousers. Child wears heavy paw gloves on both hands. Gloves are black, with sections of fur spraypainted orange.\nBloodwork matches SCP-2338-8 to Simon Brown, reported missing 31/10/2010 at age 9.\n\nSCP-2338-9/SCP-2338-10\nChildren are dressed as a dragon. Costume is extremely well-made, with multiple painted papier m\u00e2ch\u00e9 parts covering a cloth half-tunnel between the two children. SCP-2338-9 is within the head of the dragon, which features a hinged mechanism for opening and closing. SCP-2338-10 forms the back of the dragon.\nBloodwork matches SCP-2338-9 and SCP-2338-10 to Saffron Dane and Benedict Cheng respectively. Both were reported missing 31/10/2010 at age 12. As SCP-2338-10 is incapable of displaying its hands beneath its costume, messages are usually relayed through SCP-2338-9, whose hands and torso can be seen when the mouth of the costume is left open. SCP-2338-10 is currently attempting to learn to write with its feet.\n\nSCP-2338-11\nChild is dressed as a spider. Child wears all black clothing, including a hooded jacket. Jacket has additional arms sewn to it, composed of tights stuffed with cotton wool. Hood is pulled low over the face and covered in large googly eyes.\nBloodwork matches SCP-2338-11 to Jenny Childs, reported missing 2/11/2010 at age 9. SCP-2338-11 is deaf and has been diagnosed with ASD.\n\nSCP-2338-12\nChild is dressed as a cat. Child wears black leotard with sewn-on cloth tail. On its head, child wears cat-ear headband and large black sunglasses painted with catlike eyes.\nBloodwork matches SCP-2338-12 to Allie Bechdel, reported missing 31/10/2010 at age 10.\n\nSCP-2338-13\nChild is dressed as an alligator. Child wears a dark green onesie with a scale pattern. A large cardboard crocodile head adorned with green scrapbook paper covers the face.\nBloodwork matches SCP-2338-13 to Akinyi Arendse, reported missing 31/10/2010 at age 9.\n\nSCP-2338-14\nChild is dressed as an owl. Child wears a long-sleeved lime-green tshirt, with a cape of brown cloth attached to the wrists with purple velcro straps to form wings. The back of the cape and front of the torso are covered in multicoloured feathers, glued on in clumps. The upper half of child's face is covered with a purple foam mask cut in a rough semicircle. Orange foam circles are used to designate the eye sockets. A yellow foam triangle in the middle, pointed downwards, represents the beak.\nBloodwork matches SCP-2338-14 to Sun-Hee Gyeon, reported missing 31/10/2010 at age 9. SCP-2338-14 shows an ability to hover and glide using its wings, and notably better than average eyesight. SCP-2338-14 excels in ASL despite issues with mobility due to wings. SCP-2338-14 requires medication to regulate its hormone production.\n\nSCP-2338-15\nChild is dressed as a snail. Child wears an orange hoodie, with hood pulled low to obscure upper face. Painted styrofoam eyes are affixed to hood with orange pipe cleaners. A rolled-up mattress representing a shell is strapped to child's back.\nBloodwork matches SCP-2338-15 to Tommy O'Donovan, reported missing 31/10/2010 at age 6.\n\nSCP-2338-16\nChild is dressed as a caterpillar. Child wears a green and black striped long-sleeved tshirt. A red beanie is pulled over the child's face. Large green felt circles representing eyes are sewn on asymmetrically.\nBloodwork matches SCP-2338-16 to Jamie Duignan, reported missing 31/10/2010 at age 7. On 30/2/2013, SCP-2338-16's costume began to change, sprouting small pink cloth wings. SCP-2338-16 has not yet shown any ability to fly with its wings. SCP-2338-16 is to be tested bimonthly while its wings continue growing.\n\nSCP-2338-17\nChild is dressed as a ladybird. Child wears a red polka-dotted dress and red fairy wings. Face is covered with a black-painted paper plate with white smiling face.\nBloodwork matches SCP-2338-17 to Minerva Wells, reported missing 1/11/2010. SCP-2338-17 is capable of limited flight with use of its wings.\n\nSCP-2338-18\nChild is dressed as a penguin. Child wears an oversized black blazer over a white shirt. A triangle of yellow cloth representing a beak has slipped out of place, covering the child's eyes.\nBloodwork matches SCP-2338-18 to Anthony D'alton, reported missing 31/10/2010 at age 9.\n\nSCP-2338-19\nChild is dressed as an octopus. Child wears a blue tshirt with 6 stuffed socks sewn into the bottom hem. A blue beanie hat with a printed smiley face pattern is pulled over the child's upper face.\nBloodwork matches SCP-2338-19 to Kayden Smith, reported missing 31/10/2010 at age 6.\n\nSCP-2338-20\nChild is dressed as a wolf. Child wears large black fur coat and black gloves. A latex wolf mask covers child's face. Child's hands are painted black with white triangles representing claws on the backs.\nBloodwork matches SCP-2338-20 to Hiawatha Tahaswongalolas, reported missing 31/10/2010 at age 10.\n\nSCP-2338-21\nChild is dressed as a raccoon. Child wears an oversized black and grey striped onesie with stitched-on ears. Child wears a black felt domino mask with no eye holes. Face is partially painted with grey and black stripes.\nBloodwork matches SCP-2338-21 to Ron Lotor, reported missing 31/10/2010 at age 5. SCP-2338-21 has issues with bladder control, and is to receive toilet training in accordance with its doctor's recommendations.\n\nSCP-2338-22\nChild is dressed as a platypus. Child wears a turquoise hoodie and slacks, with a brown oven glove attached to the back of the waist with an elasticated band. Child's lower face is covered with a large plastic bill. Child wears a khaki trilby which has slipped down, covering its eyes.\nBloodwork matches SCP-2338-22 to Perry Stains, reported missing 1/11/2010 at age 7.\n\nSCP-2338-23\nChild is dressed as a pterodactyl. Child wears a white tshirt printed with the logo of the Jurassic Park film series. A mask made of cereal boxes covers child's face. Two halves of a cardboard roll are sellotaped to mask, representing the mouth. Large asymmetrically cut cardboard wings, coloured with marker, are sellotaped to the child's arms.\nBloodwork matches SCP-2338-23 to Balbina Ceroni, reported missing 31/10/2010 at age 11. SCP-2338-23 is capable of sustained flight with use of its wings. Limitations of the costume make some mobility issues difficult for SCP-2338-23, as bending of the wings is not possible without great pain. SCP-2338-23 used a modified form of ASL for communication.\n\nContainment Log 2338\nMTF: \u03be-12 (\"Peculiar Yellow\")\nDate: Nov. 6, 2010\nLocation: Carson City, Nevada\nDebrief: \u03be-12 activated following a series of missing persons reports mentioning children \"fading into the darkness\" near the end of October in Eagle Valley. Investigation lead \u03be-12 to suspect the involvement of a local sect of GoI-27F5 (\"Our Stolen Future\"), who have been involved in child kidnapping cases previously. A raid of the sect's headquarters at \u2588\u2588 Cardinal Way is authorised at 2330 hours on Nov. 5. Raid revealed twelve members of the sect and 23 children living within the basement. All members lacked mouths and seemed to be unable to communicate details of the sect's operaton. A note, addressed to \"Brian\", was found in the kitchen.\n\nBrian -\nThey're on to you. The police, the FBI, whoever. I tried to snap them for you, but I still can't get this new camera working. There's no time to collect the models, just run. We were going to have to put them down anyway.\nxxx.\n\nNotes: The identity of Brian is not known, and could not be matched with any of the incarcerated members of GoI-27F5. It is believed at this time that the sender and receiver of this note are still at large. MTF-\u03be-12 have been assigned the duty of seeking out these individuals (PoI-27F5-1 and 27F5-2) as well as any additional members of the sect.\nInterview Log 2338-2\n\nDate: 8/11/2010\nInterviewed: SCP-2338-11\nInterviewer: Junior Researcher Alistair Smeaton, Department of Humanoid Anomalies\nForeword: SCP-2338-11 was selected for interview due to its age and for ease of communication; SCP-2338-11 has been legally deaf since birth, and has existing ability in ASL, allowing it to communicate effectively despite lacking a mouth.\nDr. Smeaton: Hello, Jenny. I'm Al. How are you today?\nSCP-2338-11: I'm lots better than yesterday. Are you my new doctor? Are you going to do more tests on me?\nDr. Smeaton: No, Jenny. I'm just here to talk about what happened to you. Do you want to talk about that?\nSCP-2338-11 hesitates.\nSCP-2338-11: Am I allowed to say no?\nDr. Smeaton: Of course you are, Jenny. How about we play a game and you can talk about whatever you want?\nSCP-2338-11 selects Jenga from Dr. Smeaton's game box.\nSCP-2338-11: I love this!\nSCP-2338-11 and Dr. Smeaton begin to set up the tower. SCP-2338-11 attempts to use her additional costume limbs to place a piece atop the tower, knocking it over.\nSCP-2338-11: Oh. I'm sorry. Do we have to stop now?\nDr. Smeaton: Why would we have to stop?\nSCP-2338-11: My brother says if you knock it over while you're setting it up you're automatically the loser and you have to stop.\nDr. Smeaton: Well, that's not the rules in my office. You can knock it over as many times as you want and we'll still be able to play. Does that sound good?\nSCP-2338-1: Um. How long am I going to be here? I've never been away from home this long before.\nDr. Smeaton: Unfortunately, we don't know how long it will be until you can go home. Hopefully soon.\nSCP-2338-11: Okay. Um. Maybe if you beat me, I can tell you about what happened.\nDr. Smeaton: That sounds like a fun challenge.\nThey play Jenga for the next ten minutes. Dr. Smeaton loses on his fifth turn.\nDr. Smeaton: Well, drat. I really am hopeless at this.\nSCP-2338-11: Heh heh.\nSCP-2338-11 hesitates.\nSCP-2338-11: Am I not allowed to tell you now?\nDr. Smeaton: You can tell me if you want to.\nSCP-2338-11: I think I want to. It was scary, but it might help you fix us, right?\nDr. Smeaton: It will help us understand you. That might mean fixing you, but you know I can't promise anything.\nSCP-2338-11: That's ok. Um. They had lots of cameras.\nDr. Smeaton: Who did? The people who kidnapped you?\nSCP-2338-11: Um, yes, but they didn't kidnap me. They were just helping me with my costume.\nDr. Smeaton: What issues were you having with it?\nSCP-2338-11 gestures to itself.\nSCP-2338-11: It was stuck. I was out with my friends trick or treating, and then everything got dark and when I woke up it was stuck. They just wanted to help me get it off. They took lots of pictures, which I didn't like. They got angry when I wanted to go home. They said my mommy wouldn't want me when I was a spider.\nSCP-2338-11 begins to sob, motions as if wiping nose on sleeve.\nSCP-2338-11: Then they, um, they put me downstairs with the other kids. And they were all like me! I wasn't expecting that. And I knew Ermis from school, so-\nDr. Smeaton: What was that sign? Who?\nSCP-2338-11 fingerspells.\nSCP-2338-11: E-R-M-I-S. He's a frog now. Anyway, um, that's mostly it. The men with the yellow helmets came in and I tried to talk to them but they didn't understand sign and now I'm here.\nDr. Smeaton: Did you ever hear anyone being referred to as Brian?\nSCP-2338-11: Yeah, Brian's the one who found me after everything went dark and my costume got stuck. He took the most pictures. I never saw him after they put me downstairs.\nDr. Smeaton: What did they say the pictures were for?\nSCP-2338-11: Um. I'd like to stop talking about that now. Can we play another game?\n\nNotes: While the interview ran for another half an hour, no important information was gleaned from it. In a subsequent interview, SCP-2338-11 was asked to draw a picture of Brian. Picture can be found within the file for PoI-27F5-1.\nIncident 2013101904\nOn 19/10/2013, Site 19 E-Block suffered a major security breach, resulting in 30 casualties and 4 severe injuries. As we are currently incapable of interrogating the persons involved, their motivations are unknown. Investigation into the possible involvement of major GoIs is underway.\n\nInterview Log 2338-32\nDate: 20/10/2013\nInterviewed: Ryoko Sato\nInterviewer: Dr. Ziemowit Blazejewski, Director of Humanoid Containment, Site 19.\nForeword: Ms. Sato is the assigned supervisor and tutor for SCP-2338 instances. Interview occurs in room 7, A&E department, Site 19, following Incident 2013101904.\nMs. Sato: Hey, Zee. Y-you're here to talk about the kids, right?\nDr. Blazejewski: Right.\nMs. Sato: What do you need to know?\nDr. Blazejewski: Anything that seems relevant, Ryoko. We just need your side of the story, for the records.\nMs. Sato: Ok, yes, I can do that. They, um\u2026 Should I talk about the morning, or just skip to-\nDr. Blazejewski: The morning sounds like a good starting point. How were the kids?\nMs. Sato: They were\u2026 antsy. That's normal when their checkups are coming up, though. Lots of them get uncomfortable or anxious around the other doctors, some of them are just excited to get out of the dorm. I do what I can, but they're still cooped up in there, you know?\nMs Sato begins to cough.\nDr. Blazejewski: Do you need me to get you anything, Ryoko? Water?\nMs. Sato: No, no, I'm fine. Just\u2026 hard to speak. How's your sign?\nDr. Blazejewski: I'll keep up.\nMs. Sato switches to a combination of ASL and JSL.\nMs. Sato: I decided, given the mood of the classroom, I'd put aside the intended class for the day, long division, and do something that would let them talk more. We went through an introduction to the Stonewall riots, I let them talk about whether or not violent protest was morally justifiable. Jenny, uh, SCP-2338-11, made a great point about how violence only begets more violence, but Hiawatha, 2338-20, talked about the need for demonstrative violence to disrupt corrupt systems. I felt like, um, things were going well, they were fuelling their energies into\u2026 Like they were fuelling their energy into thinking about the class, which is good. Sorry, I'm rambling. This is hard to talk about. Oh God. Are the kids\u2026\nDr. Blazejewski: I'm not able to discuss the children right now, Ryoko. We need to get your statement first.\nMs. Sato: Oh God. Oh God. [Unintelligible due to shaking hands]\nMs. Sato takes a deep breath and flaps her hands. Dr. Blazejewski places his hand on her knee.\nMs. Sato: It was about half eleven, I was just about to move on to tectonic plates, continental drift. I'd heard the children talking about how cool volcanoes were last week, thought I'd treat them. I'd brought in a box full of materials for making model volcanoes, had it hidden behind my desk.\nMs. Sato smiles briefly and squeezes Dr. Blazejewski's hand. She swallows heavily, grimacing, then continues.\nMs. Sato: There was loud noise, in the hall outside. Three gunshots. Bang, bang, bang. The kids started panicking. They'd have been screaming if they had mouths. I felt like I should be screaming, too. I got them quiet - teacher voice works wonders in any situation - then I got them lined up and we headed toward their bunks. I think I told them it was a drill. I don't know if they believed me, especially since they'd seen me hit the panic button to start the alarm. I tried to move fast, but I didn't want to panic them. I could have moved faster if-\nDr. Blazejewski: We know you did everything you could, Ryoko. Please don't punish yourself for this. It's not your fault in any way.\nMs. Sato: I know that, rationally. I just can't stop thinking about the things I could have done, Zee.\nDr. Blazejewski: We lost seven staff today, most of them directly under me. Trust me, Ryoko, I know exactly how you're feeling. Our line of work, most people here go through something like this in their time here.\nDr. Blazejewski hands Ms. Sato a tissue.\nDr. Blazejewski: We can stop here if you need, Ryoko.\nMs. Sato: No, it's ok. Where was I? I was bringing them toward their bunks. When we were in the common room, I took a headcount. Only 22 kids. We were missing Jenny. Jenny, she's distractable. Gets so buried in what she's doing. Plus, yknow, she's deaf. Wouldn't have heard the gunshots. I told the kids to, um, go to their rooms and not come out until I came back for them. Then I ran to the classroom. Jenny had realised everyone was gone, I guess. Wasn't there. So I went to the playroom. She was looking for us in the hallway, near the entrance. There were two men standing behind her. One had a gun. I couldn't call out to her. I couldn't do anything\u2026\nMs. Sato covers her mouth with her left hand, holding back sobs. She continues to fingerspell with her right hand.\nMs. Sato: T-H-E-Y S-H-O-T H-E-R.\nDr. Blazajewski fetches Ms. Sato a glass of water. Ms. Sato slowly sips it and calms down enough to continue.\nMs. Sato: After they\u2026 after Jenny, they started heading down the hallway toward me. They hadn't seen me, so I had a second or two to hide. I tried to hide behind my desk, forgot I had all the volcano-making stuff there. They saw me the second they came in. I tried to run, but they caught me. Demanded to know where the kids were. Said I wasn't an \"aberration\", they wouldn't kill me if I cooperated.\nDr. Blazejewski: So, did you..?\nMs. Sato: Fuck no. They were there to kill the kids. I knew the longer I delayed things the more chance security would get there in time to help. The security they hadn't already killed. When they realised I wasn't going to play nice, they shot me in the stomach and went searching. I could see they were headed in the general direction of the dorms, so I tried to get up, but the pain\u2026 It was unbearable. So I crawled. Dragged myself along on my side. Didn't have a plan, just\u2026 I don't know, I guess I still had it in my head I could stop them. Maybe if security arrived I could yell, get them there faster. Maybe I\u2026\nMs. Sato rubs her face.\nMs. Sato: I don't know. They got there before me. I heard four gunshots, then a pause. Three more. More and more. I was crying, I think, but I was still pulling myself along. When I got to the common room, they were still there, going through each bunk. Shooting at the kids inside. I tried to shout for them to run. I guess Tommy heard me. 2338-1. He and Hiawatha made a break for it. Gunmen heard me too, though, I guess. Shot them too. Then they saw me. That must have been when they shot me in the neck.\nMs. Sato raises her hand to her neck cast.\nDr. Blazejewski: Do you remember anything afterward? Before security arrived?\nMs. Sato: Not much, Zee. I wasn't able to see anything, I was blacking out, but I heard one of the men screaming, the other falling to the ground. The gunshots stopped. I started to feel like I was drowning, the air was thick and soupy. And then I was rising. Up, up, up\u2026 I felt warm, safe, protected. I felt like if I'd died right there it would have been ok.\nMs. Sato shrugs\nMs. Sato: And that's it. That's all I remember. Can you tell me about the kids now, Zee? Are they\u2026 are any of them-\nDr. Blazejewski: There's one survivor.\nMs. Sato: One?!\nDr. Blazejewski: Ryoko, I'm so sorry. It's clear you went above and beyond-\nMs. Sato: Who?\nDr. Blazejewski: What?\nMs. Sato: Which child?\nDr. Blazejewski: 2338-14.\nMs. Sato nods\nMs. Sato: Sun-hee. Sun-hee is alive.\nMs. Sato: OK.\n[INTERVIEWER CHOSE TO END INTERVIEW AT THIS TIME]\n\nPlease note: As of 23/10/2013, this article is deprecated.\n\nSCP- \u2588\u2588\u2588 within its containment tank.\n\nItem #: SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 is to be contained within a water tank suitable for SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588's size. The air outside of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588's tank is to be kept at an absolute humidity of < 0.001. Consistent water flow is to be maintained within the tank to mimic tidal conditions. Live fish and prawns are to be introduced twice a day for feeding. Personnel entering the tank are to exercise extreme caution in avoiding contact with any parts of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nDescription: SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 is an unusually large black sea nettle jellyfish1, approximately 40 foot long, with anomalous swimming capacity. SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 is capable of moving through any substances with greater than ~0.5% water per volume as if it were water. SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 is hostile toward humans, and will seek to attack any who enter its containment chamber. As it is not capable of moving through glass, SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 poses no threat to those not entering the tank. SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588's tentacles produce a potent venom that can lead to extreme pain, cardiac arrest and death if not treated2.\nContainment Log SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\nOn 17/1/1997, several reports of an extremely large jellyfish around Wellstead, Australia prompted MTF-\u03c8-3 (\"Without A Paddle\") to investigate. Upon arrival, several large jellyfish matching this description were found moving through the ground within the bay. Containment achieved on one instance with the use of drying agents and digging equipment following four civilian casualties.\nSCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588, the largest of the instances, showed great distress upon the death of other instances, becoming notably more hostile. \u03c8-3 used this predictable behaviour to lure SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 into a hyperdry area achieved with drying agents, effectively drowning it. A water tank was then built around the weakened SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 to fully encapsulate it.\nIncident 2013101904\nOn 19/10/2013, Site 19 E-Block suffered a major security breach, resulting in 30 casualties and 4 severe injuries. As we are currently incapable of interrogating the persons involved, their motivations are unknown. Investigation into the possible involvement of major GoIs is underway.\n\nCAMERA FEED, SITE 19 CONTAINMENT CELL \u2588\u2588\u2588, 19/10/2013\n1100: SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 is dormant in its tank.\n1123: SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 begins to move slowly towards the top of its tank.\n1130: An alarm sounds from another sector. SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 spins in place and begins to move quickly, attempting to move through the glass of its tank. This activates a small alarm, which is ignored due to an emergency in E block. SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 is unable to move through the glass.\n1131: SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 rams the glass of its tank, forming a crack. SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 rams again, breaking the glass. Water floods containment chamber. SCP begins to move in fast circles, stirring the water as it drains.\n1132: SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 swims upwards, moving through the ceiling of the containment chamber.\n1140: SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 returns through the ceiling of the containment chamber and moves to the central point of the room.\n1201: Drains are opened in containment chamber, allowing flooded water to subside.\n1205: Several personnel step into SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588's chamber and converse among themselves.\n1234: SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 moves downwards, toward the personnel. They begin to panic.\n1235: SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 deposits 23 bodies on the floor and returns to the centre point of the room.\n1310: Personnel leave containment chamber with bodies on stretchers.\n\nCAMERA FEED, SITE 19 E-BLOCK LOW SECURITY DORM, 19/10/2013\n1130: Two armed men enter the common room.\n1131: Men begin to open common room doors leading to bedrooms and fire within.\n1132: A woman appears in the entrance to the common room. She is on the ground, and bleeding profusely. The woman calls out.\n1133: Two children run out from an unopened door, towards the woman. Both men turn and gun down the children. One man returns to opening bedroom doors, while the other approaches the woman and shoots her in the throat.\n1134: A shadow is cast over the room. Several dozen metre-long tentacles move through the wall and begin exploring the room, moving toward the gunmen. They reach the first man and wrap around him. He calls out.\n1135: The second man turns around, raising his gun. A single tentacle moves quickly, through his brain. He falls to the ground silently.\n1136: SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 enters the room, obscuring the camera.\n1137: SCP exits the room, leaving behind only the bodies of the two gunmen.\n\nProposed article, to be instated in SCP-2338 slot as of 27/12/2013\n\nItem #: SCP-2338\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2338-A and SCP-2338-B are to be contained within a custom reinforced airtight water tank suitable for SCP-2338-A's size. Consistent water flow is to be maintained within the tank to mimic tidal conditions. Live fish and prawns are to be introduced twice a day for feeding. A large tube is to be inserted into SCP-2338-A from below its bell for transportation of mice, rats, blood samples, writing materials and homework assignments. Personnel entering the tank are to exercise extreme caution in avoiding contact with any parts of SCP-2338-A.\nSCP-2338-B has been instructed to present itself for lessons at 10AM EST every day. Failure to arrive within 15 minutes of this time is to be reported to SCP-2338-B's handler immediately. SCP-2338-B is to provide bloodwork on the 1st and 15th of each month.\nDescription: SCP-2338-A is an unusually large black sea nettle jellyfish3, approximately 13 metres long, with anomalous swimming capacity. SCP-2338-A is capable of moving through any substances with greater than ~0.5% water per volume as if it were water. SCP-2338-A has shown the capacity to interact physically with these substances, seemingly at will. SCP-2338-A is no longer hostile toward humans, but will react defensively to any perceived threat upon it or SCP-2338-B. SCP-2338-A's tentacles produce a potent venom that can lead to extreme pain, cardiac arrest and death if not treated4.\nSCP-2338-B is a 12 year old girl of Korean descent who has been biologically modified to resemble a child wearing a brightly-coloured owl costume. SCP-2338-B's physique requires it to be provided with live prey in order to gain proper nutrition and it is provided with vitamin supplements and medications due to health issues.\nSCP-2338-B currently resides within the bell of SCP-2338-A. Both SCP-2338-A and SCP-2338-B seem to benefit from this, with SCP-2338-B requiring less medication to regulate her hormone production and SCP-2338-A having ceased containment breach attempts and generally become more docile. SCP-2338-B does not seem to be affected by SCP-2338-A's stinging venom, and reports through ASL that she is quite content with her situation. SCP-2338-B signs SCP-2338-A as an altered \"safe\" sign5 incorporating a downward-facing palm with wiggling fingers. When asked to spell this, SCP-2338-B fingerspelled E-O-M-I (\uc5b4\ubbf8), a Korean word meaning \"incubator\" or \"mother\".\n\n[^C]sator4@scpnet:~$ close all\nClosing\u2026\nsator4@scpnet:~$ exit\nAre you sure you want to exit? This will invalidate your token. (Y/N): y\n\nFootnotes\n1. Chrysaora achlyos\n2. Irukandji syndrome\n3. Chrysaora achlyos\n4. Irukandji syndrome\n5. Crossed S fists pointed inwards transitioning to uncrossed downward-facing S fists.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2337 | SCP-2338 | SCP-2339 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2339\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to its size and fragility, SCP-2339-1 is to be kept within the original site of its discovery, which has been refurbished and designated Provisional Site-124. Weekly, the main auditorium is to be provided with the appropriate instruments and equipment of a modern philharmonic orchestra, and SCP-2339-2 allowed to perform. SCP-2339-2 are to be provided with a constant supply of nectar. All personnel entering the containment room must wear full bee-keeping gear, and at least one professional Foundation apiarist must be present on the site at all times.\nDescription: SCP-2339 is the collective designation for an anomalously large Bombus terrestris (buff-tailed bumblebee) nest and the bees residing within. SCP-2339-1 is the nest itself, measuring nearly 32m across. In comparison, a standard European bumblebee nest has a maximum capacity of 400 bees, and is far smaller. Aside from its size, SCP-2339-1 shows no other anomalous properties.\nSCP-2339-2 refers to the inhabitants of SCP-2339-1, numbering approximately 85,000 bees. These bees live for just over a month, as is normal for the species, and produce young at a rate equal to the rate of death. The bees appear to be normal, showing no signs of increased intelligence or other anomalous properties, until presented with musical instruments. SCP-2339-2 work together as a group to play the instruments, through plucking, pressing keys, manipulating bows or drumsticks, and buzzing their wings to produce an airflow. Through these methods, SCP-2339-2 are extremely skilled in performing music, usually of the classical genre. SCP-2339-2 seem to prefer performing together as an orchestra. Around half of the bees play the instruments or act as the conductor, whilst the remaining half wait to replace bees who have become fatigued. Around 100 bees, including the queen, form a cluster around and manipulate a conductor's baton in order to conduct the orchestra. SCP-2339-2 appear to be able to perform once reaching maturity.\nIf the bees are unable to play instruments for a period of time, they become lethargic before falling ill and eventually dying. Allowing them to play as a full orchestra weekly has proved sufficient for preventing this.\nSCP-2339-2 seem to play a seemingly random selection of classical music, however, they will always include Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" in their performance. SCP-2339-2 have a wide knowledge of many pieces of music, and when presented with new sheet music learn it at an extremely fast rate.\nSCP-2339 was first discovered during a building inspection before the scheduled demolition of the abandoned \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Concert Hall, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. The nest was found to be present in the main auditorium of the building, and reported by the inspector due to its size. The Foundation learned of this through an informant in the local council and sent an agent to investigate, who discovered the anomaly during a performance. Similarities between the anomalous phenomenon observed in SCP-2339 and that of SCP-2849 have been noted. An investigation into a potentially shared origin is ongoing.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2338 | SCP-2339 | SCP-2340 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2340\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Volcanoes are to be monitored for increased activity, which may signify an emergence event. If possible, seismological monitoring stations are to track SCP-2340 instances at risk of emergence. Civilians are to be notified that the containment areas are subject to frequent seismic and volcanic activity, and thus is off limits. Civilian reports of SCP-2340 are to be dismissed as rock slides caused by tremors. Personnel interacting with SCP-2340 are to wear standard foundation heat resistant gear. Approximately 16 hours after a SCP-2340 instance emerges, members of Mobile Task force Epsilon-9 (Fire Eaters) are to remove SCP 2340-A from SCP-2340 by spraying the body with water cooler than 20 degrees Celsius and cutting out SCP-2340-A.\nDescription: SCP-2340 designates a species of mineral based organisms which appear to be capable of living in the earth's mantle. The body of SCP-2340 instances are composed of a central ovoid with 4 fins around the center. At the end of each fin is a smaller ovaloid, with a 1-5 proportion to the main body. SCP 2340 does not appear to have a front or back, and is capable of locomotion in multiple directions. Instances do not possess any distinguishable reproductive or sensory organs other than 2 holes roughly 5 meters in radius in its main shell. The mean length is typically 300 meters long, with a mean diameter of 100 meters. However, instances that range up to a kilometer have been noted.\nSCP-2340's life is apparently centered around the intake and absorption of magma, with multiple organs connecting to the main intake orifices for processing and refining of magma. These organs connect to valves and pipes similar in function to the human heart, which transport magma. Magma refined by their organs apparently functions as blood for SCP-2340 instances, which die when the magma hardens. SCP-2340 also appears to be capable of propelling high pressure lava from its orifices as a reactive measure. This also appears to be their main form of propulsion within the mantle. However, when above the crust this typically causes accelerated cooling of SCP-2340 instances. For more information on SCP-2340's life cycle, see Addendum 1.\nThe minerals which SCP-2340 are made up of appear similar in structure and composition to quartz, although they are noted to have significantly higher heat resistance and durability. The outer structure appears similar in arrangement to rectangular armored plating, and individual plates overlap each other. Most of the minerals have been tested to have heat resistance of at least 1200 degrees Celsius, although they are prone to fracture and damage at under 40 degrees Celsius.\nSCP-2340 instances are only found near areas currently experiencing large amounts of volcanic eruptions. Using seismological monitoring stations, SCP-2340 instances can be tracked as they ascend towards fault lines. Usually, SCP-2340 instances will hesitate before emerging, and often head back into the mantle. However, occasionally an SCP-2340 instance will suddenly rush towards the magma vent, where it will be be carried along by the magma currents and be unable to escape. Due to the blockage caused by struggling SCP-2340 instances, the volcano will experience lull periods, followed by a significantly larger blast, eventually pushing the SCP-2340 instance out. SCP-2340 instances will usually struggle and show signs of distress after being expelled, showing an unwillingness to remain in contact with the air. Oftentimes, an SCP-2340 instance will attempt to crawl back into the volcano. This has only succeeded once, with SCP-2340-19 reentering the mantle. (See addendum 1) SCP-2340 instances generally survive for only a day outside the crust, after which the internal magma flow begins to slow down and harden. Eventually, once SCP-2340 dies it will be covered in sediment and absorbed into the surrounding environment.\nApproximately 2 hours before dying, SCP-2340 instances will often produce an electromagnetic pulse by rapidly pumping magma past an organ (designated SCP-2340-A) located near the center of their mass. This is hypothesized to be a distress call, as volcanoes which have SCP-2340 produce such pulses generally are 10% more likely to have another emergence event than a volcano not marked. In order to prevent more SCP-2340 instances from emerging, members of Mobile Task force Epsilon-9 (Fire Eaters) are to surgically remove SCP-2340-A from the main body roughly 16 hours after emergence. By cooling down a section with water, the body can be cracked and broken apart. However, because internal magma will still be liquid as this point, care must be taken to not disturb the main arteries. After 24 hours, internal magma will have cooled to the degree that a full autopsy can be safely carried out.\nIncident 2340-507: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, SCP-2340-19 emerged from Mt. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in Indonesia. During its 4 hours above surface, it continuously dug at the sides of the mountain. At 16:43 hrs, Mt. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 erupted again due to collapse of the caldera. Afterwards, SCP-2340-8 was no longer present, and Mt. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has not experienced another emergence event. This is the only known case of an SCP-2340 instances successfully returning. (See Addendum 1)\nAddendum 1: During the dissections of SCP-2340-5 and SCP-2340-21, smaller instances of SCP-2340 was discovered, designated SCP-2340-5b and SCP-2340-21b. SCP-2340-5b was 25 meters long, and was found in a chamber (Designated SCP-2340-B) connected to the main orifices. SCP-2340-B possessed notably cooler temperatures than the rest of the body, and is hypothesized to be a birthing chamber. At the time of its discovery, SCP-2340-5b was composed of incompletely crystallized magma. The outer shell had not yet begun to form, and a flexible umbilical cord connected it to SCP-2340-5. 4 hours after discovery, SCP-2340-5b died and was dissected.\nSCP-2340-21b was roughly 50 meters long, and was discovered in the same position in SCP-2340-21. The umbilical cord was still present, but was no longer attached. SCP-2340-21b had fully formed plating, and was apparently capable of using the magma ingested by SCP-2340-21 for self sustainment. After discovery, the containment team was given permission to attempt rehabilitation of SCP-2340-21-b, which was still alive at the time. SCP-2340-21 was removed to a higher portion of the caldera, and cut apart. SCP-2340-21-b then removed itself from SCP-2340-21, and after re-submerging, has not been seen since.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2339 | SCP-2340 | SCP-2341 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2341\n\nItem #: SCP-2341\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2341 and the surrounding terrain are to be constantly monitored by Site-48 extension Security Post-2341. Any non-Foundation personnel attempting to enter SCP-2341's containment area are to be detained and reported. Any spontaneous anomalous activity from SCP-2341 is to be logged. Mobile Task Force Zeta-7 (\u201cHomestead\u201d) are to keep non-Foundation personnel from traveling to SCP-2341. The containment area is to be surrounded by an electric fence.\nDescription: SCP-2341 is an abandoned two story house located on a small sand bank between Little Thatch Island and Phillis Island, Cape Cod. The condition of the structure's exterior indicates exposure to the elements for a prolonged period of time. The interior, when viewed through the windows, is heavily fire-damaged and shows no signs of recent habitation.\nSCP-2341's anomalous properties activate only when a human subject older than 18 years of age opens the front door. Only one subject at a time can enter1, but cannot leave until the anomalous events have concluded. The door will also remain closed if the house is already occupied. When entering SCP-2341, the interior will reshape itself to look identical to the home that the subject had lived in for the first 18 years of life. Outside observation through the windows will be blocked by the curtains inside of SCP-2341. SCP-2341's interior change, during its anomalous effects, does not correspond with external geometry of the house. Subjects that had moved during this time period will enter the home that they lived in the most.\nThe subject will then encounter a variable number of SCP-2341-1 instances. These instances will bear the exact appearance of all the subject's immediate family members as well as former household pets. Subjects that have grown up with an adopted or foster family will encounter SCP-2341-1 instances based on their surrogate family rather than their biological one.\nSCP-2341-1 instances that resemble deceased family members are aware of the original counterpart's current condition, but will not treat their appearance as an irregular occurrence.\nSubjects will remain in SCP-2341 for approximately 8.5 hours regardless the time of entry. At the end of the visit within SCP-2341, all SCP-2341-1 instances and the subject will prepare for sleep. Once the subject has fallen asleep, they will be teleported to and will wake up at the front door of SCP-2341.\nIt has been noted that references to an entity by the name of \u201cPeter\u201d have been present in various SCP-2341-1 conversations. Currently, no known information has been discovered about this person. As of \u2588/\u2588/2015, subjects have witnessed a humanoid entity (designated SCP-2341-2) during their stay inside of SCP-2341. Subjects perceive SCP-2341-2 as either an older child or young adult (Ages observed range between approximately 10 to 18 years of age). Sightings consist of brief glimpses of SCP-2341-2 before the entity moves out of the subject's line-of-sight. Attempts to follow the entity have so far proven futile. Subjects can detect when SCP-2341-2 is nearby from loud aggravated grunts and crying. See also Addendum 2341.2.\nAddendum 2341.1: Through testing of D-Class personnel, it has been discovered that the events which take place within SCP-2341 will always follow a specific pattern. The pattern of events has been recorded in the table below.\n\nTime of event:\nContent of event:\n\n1 hour \u2013 2 hours\nSCP-2341-1 instances greet the subject and welcome them back to their home after having been away for an extended period of time. Afterwards, the subject and the SCP-2341-1 instances engage in casual conversation on topics such as current events and life situations.\n\n2 hours \u2013 3.2 hours\nAn SCP-2341-1 instance, often the mother of the subject, calls for everyone to put on a \u201cperformance.\u201d This will include showing special talents from other family members i.e. playing musical instruments, acting, singing, or any means of entertainment.\n\n3.2 hours \u2013 4 hours\nAn SCP-2341-1 instance announces that dinner has been made. All instances and the subject will gather around the table. A prayer2 will be spoken before eating the served food.\n\n4 hours \u2013 7 hours\nAll instances will help clean up the table and the dishes. As soon as this task is complete, the family members start various activities independently or with other instances. Most activities consist of either hobbies or group-oriented games. The subject can choose which activity to partake in, but cannot leave SCP-2341.\n\n7 hours - 8.5 hours\nSCP-2341-1 instances will begin preparing for sleep after activities have been completed or have grown tired. Toiletries such as facial cream or retainers are present for the subject to use. Afterwards, once the subject has entered their room, they will enter sleep and will be teleported to the front door of SCP-2341.\n\nPhoto taken by D-1169 during Test 2341-19\n\nAddendum 2341.2: Drone exploration\nOn \u2588/\u2588/2015, Researcher Andrew proposed sending a drone into the interior of SCP-2341 while the front door of SCP-2341 is open in an attempt to see the original interior of SCP-2341. The proposal has been authorized.\n\nThe drone is sent in as Agent Saggio holds open the door. The camera feed shows the house to be burned with some patches of corrosion on the walls and floors. Approximately seven centimeters of water cover the floor. A sound believed to be human weeping can be heard originating from the living room. The drone moves toward the source of the noise while avoiding the water so as to not become damaged. The drone enters the living room. Analysis of the noise seems to indicate both an adult and adolescent male weeping in unison. Positioned in the middle of the living room is a grey humanoid3 in a fetal position, as well as two burnt cadavers. The drone approaches the humanoid until the feed cuts to static, with the continued sound of crying from the humanoid.\n\nAddendum 2341.3\n\nSecurity Post-2341: Spontaneous Anomalous Activity #00001\nDuring a low tide on the sandbank of SCP-2341, a red gasoline tank was found several meters from SCP-2341. The gasoline tank had shown signs of age and deterioration. Inside of the tank was an aged box of matches, containing 4 unused matches in the box. The following note was found inside of the tank:\n\nTo Fitzgerald,\nwe did what we had to do. we had to stop him. may god forgive us for what we did. do not let him out.\n\u2014Susan\n\nFootnotes\n1. If a subject 18 and older brings a second subject within, the first subject will enter successfully, but the second subject will be teleported outside of SCP-2341 and the door will close.\n2. Prayers can change depending on what religion the subject follows, and are only present if the subject has religious affiliation.\n3. Speculated to be SCP-2341-2.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2340 | SCP-2341 | SCP-2342 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\u00b9\n\nLes mots de la majorit\u00e9 l'emportent sur les mots de quelques-uns.\n\nItem #:1\nObject Class:2\nSpecial Containment Procedures:3\nDescription:456789\nAddendum:10\n\nFootnotes\n1. SCP-2342\n2. Keter\n3. All information regarding SCP-2342 should be stored within an image-based memetic compression algorithm. No static information regarding SCP-2342 should be recorded in any other fashion. Any request for the SCP-2342 file in the database should return a page devoid of text (barring standard data anchors) and be accompanied by an image block with a human-targeted memetic. This approach is described in the Memetic Standard 2342 document, MS-2342, which is itself encoded according to MS-2342 standards.\nUsing the MS-2342 approach, data regarding SCP-2342 should appear to humans, viewers with human-style neural structures, or minds otherwise susceptible to human-targeted memetics, as Database Standard Encoding footnotes.\nAddendum: After Incident GSL-2342-7, support tickets for this page cannot be entered into the system.\nOngoing suppression on the nature of SCP-2342 is to be maintained by Mobile Task Force Gamma-5 (\"Red Herrings\"), with a two-pronged strategy of portraying it as a \"parody religion\", while simultaneously suppressing publication of the Summa Universalia and SCP-2342-2.\n\n4. SCP-2342 refers collectively to a religion known as Discordianisme Syncr\u00e9tiste, Syncretistic Discordianism, or simply Discordianism (SCP-2342-1), its primary holy book, known as L'Autre Principia, or The Other Principia (SCP-2342-2), and its adherents (SCP-2342-3). SCP-2342-3 instances, geographically, are mostly restricted to the Poitou-Charentes region in France. The few known exceptions are members of Groups of Interest such as anart cells, the Manna Charitable Foundation, and the Chaos Insurgency.\n5. SCP-2342-1 is a syncretism between Traditional Discordianism and multiple other religions, including Fifthism, the Church of the Broken God, worship of the Greek goddess Nike, and another religion of indeterminate nature. While it predominantly draws from Traditional Discordianism (favouring the third edition of the Principia Discordia and revering Eris as the most important deity), the influences from other sources have altered its core doctrines substantially.\nCore beliefs of SCP-2342-1 include a reverence of disorder, worship of informationally dense datasets, and attempting to be on \"conjugal terms\" with all known deities.\n\n6. There are excerpts within SCP-2342-2 of multiple religious texts, including Signaux des \u00c9toiles (a French-language republication of SCP-1425), Victoire Ail\u00e9e (Winged Victory, a treatise of the actions of Nike in Samothrace during the Second World War, suppressed by the Foundation since 1987 as part of ongoing containment of SCP-1173), Livre des Cendres d'Acier (the Book of Steel Ashes, a holy text of the Broken Church), the Principia Discordia, the Summa Universalia, and an unknown text named Jessie R\u00e9dempteur.\nSCP-2342-2 identifies the Broken God variably as Aneris or Harmonia, portraying it to be an avatar representing the order in the universe. This is in opposition to Discordianism's primary deity, Eris (or Discordia), an avatar representing the disorder within the universe.\n\n7. SCP-2342-3 instances are able to detect when objects or information they had significant contributions designing or creating are observed by a human mind. This includes works of writing, music, engineering, and code. This ability extends to derivative works; for example, one instance has been recorded knowing when a photograph of their house, which they had drafted and built themselves, was being viewed.\nSCP-2342-3 instances can discern certain facts about humans who are currently viewing their works. Specifically, they can determine a viewer's name at birth, common name, birth date, home address, occupation, religion, blood type, insurance details, annual income, and their mother's maiden name. They remain aware of this information after the observer ceases viewing their work, though their knowledge does not remain up-to-date; SCP-2342-3 instances are not made aware of if viewers later change their address or other details.\n\n8. SCP-2342-3 instances are also able to detect when written information referring to them is being viewed, as well as the content of that information. This was not well-understood at time of first documentation, resulting in multiple information breaches (Incidents GSL-2342-1 to -4): as the original version of this documentation was encoded textually, all SCP-2342-3 instances at the time were made aware that they had been detailed in that documentation. Similarly, the personal information of various researchers and staff was made known to all SCP-2342-3 instances at that time.\n9. Because of the radically altered nature of their neural patterns, SCP-2342-3 instances are entirely immune to standard human-targeted memetics. However, some SCP-2342-3 instances have shown the ability to analyse such memetics, deducing the effect that they would have on a normal human mind. Prior to implementation of the current MS-2342 encoding standard, the MS-2342-ARC standard encoded information one level deep, displaying plaintext hallucinations on this page and other SCP-2342 documentation. Due to the simplicity of the encoding, this allowed some SCP-2342-3 instances to recognise when this documentation was being viewed, depending on their familiarity with the MS-2342-ARC standard. This resulted in later information breaches (Incidents GSL-2342-5 and -6) until a stronger memetic encryption could be devised.\nThe current MS-2342 standard embeds data on multiple levels, obfuscating the information from all known SCP-2342-3 instances.\n\n10. The following is an extract from SCP-2342-2, translated to English from the original French. Efforts have been made to keep the tone of the translation consistent with that of the original.\n\nFive Fresh Bits On Fives\nHi-five, historically, was \"high Five\". Veneration and all that, as well as the drug thing. Five was good, on high, and whole, and holy, etc. This was obvious to Fifthists; their reverence, though, was misplaced. Eris took a peek over her fence, and lo, she spoke aloud: \"Hey! That's my number, guys!\" But the Fifthists didn't hear, and Five Eyes pointed and laughed.\nSo Eris grabbed a few, threw 'em into France, slapped them over the head and said \"I hope you're paying attention.\" Whereupon she dictated the better part of this book over the course of a hazy night. When we woke from the drug comas, she'd already nicked off, leaving a few hundred bound pages sitting in the middle of the table. On it, the following words: \"The Other Principia, Since The First One Didn't Work (Or How The West Was In A Lost And Found Box The Whole Time)\".\nWe had a look inside and saw some odd parts. Eris was a bit drunk, see, and we were a lot drunk. At some time she ran off and grabbed some other folks and invited them to the party too, so the words weren't all hers. Some were from Nike, her long-time drinking partner; there were bits from Old Mared too, though mostly words scribbled in the margins. A few parts about a Broken guy. Jessie, who we all remembered quite well, had stuck in a few words too.\nFinally, Eris herself had written a note on the back, then signed it. \"What's in this book is 100% true. Make sure you get me really popular this time around - don't worry, you'll be able to tell.\" So that's the plan.\nWholly Chao and Holy Cow! Fives on fives on fives! And Fnord 'n' Fnord again. Hail Eris! All Hail Discordia!\n\n\u00ab SCP-2341 | SCP-2342 | SCP-2343 \u00bb"}
{"text": "How I Got To Memphis\n\nFile photo of SCP-2343 prior to containment. Photograph dates to 1967, though subject's appearance in the photograph is consistent with subject's appearance today.\n\nItem #: SCP-2343\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2343 is to be housed in a modified humanoid containment cell at Site-88. SCP-2343's containment cell is to utilize 7 active Scranton Reality Anchors with overlapping areas of effect, along with 4 Non-Physical Displacement Neutralizers. These devices are to utilize triply redundant power backups.\n14 inactive Scranton Reality Anchors and 8 Non-Physical Displacement Neutralizers are to be kept in good repair at Site-88 at all times for use exclusively with SCP-2343. If any of the active reality anchors or displacement neutralizers should fail, inactive backups kept onsite shall be utilized until the primary devices are either repaired or replaced.\nA copy of these containment procedures shall be kept on file at Site-88, Site-19, and Site-17 and are to be stored within their own Scranton Reality Anchor fields. Once per day, those documents are to be compared with this document for any discrepancies. A discrepancy between any of these documents should be reported to SCP-2343's project director and Site-88's Director.\nDescription: SCP-2343 is a humanoid entity roughly 2.1 meters tall and weighing 72 kg. SCP-2343 is capable of voluntary reality restructuring and is considered a Class IV reality altering entity. Though SCP-2343 is not actively hostile it has made several escape attempts in the past decade.\nSCP-2343 appears as an individual in his late 50s or early 60s. Despite this apparent age, SCP-2343 has displayed a physical fitness roughly analogous to an individual in his early 20s. SCP-2343 has not shown any signs of aging since confinement in 2005.\nIn 2005, police were called to a domestic disturbance in Germantown, Tennessee1. Once on site, the police gave conflicting reports relating to the subject of the complaint. An individual identifying as Peter Panepi made several claims as to his abilities while at the same time suffering from the signs of a physical assault.\nWhile the responding officers eventually took the subject into custody due to public intoxication, embedded Foundation assets relayed the claims of the subject. A routine interview with the subject was scheduled by Foundation assets on August 4th, 2005.\n\nPre-Recovery Interview\nDate and Time: August 4th, 2005 at 13:04\nInterviewer: Agent Goodman\nSubject: POI-5602 (Later classified as SCP-2343)\nLocation: Holding Room B of the Germantown Police Department.\nTranscript:\nAgent Goodman: Hello. You're Peter, right?\nPOI-5602: Yeah. Look I'm sorry about the mix up.\nAgent Goodman: Which mix up?\nPOI-5602: My wife. I changed my mind, I don't wanna file charges. That was the bourbon talkin'.\nAgent Goodman: I'll make sure the officers are aware of that. I'm actually your assigned psychologist. I'm here to discuss some of the other claims you made while intoxicated.\nPOI-5602: Right. You smoke?\nPOI-5602 offers Agent Goodman a cigarette.\nAgent Goodman: No, I'm trying to quit.\nPOI-5602: I ought to.\nPOI-5602 uses a lighter to light his cigarette, and smokes it throughout the remainder of the interview.\nPOI-5602: Anyway, I get a little mouthy when I'm drunk. I think they said I threatened to take the life of the world or some bullshit.\nAgent Goodman: Yes. You also made some claims about your wife as well?\nPOI-5602: She doesn't hit me.\nSubject points to bruises on face.\nPOI-5602: I got drunk and got into a fight with a friend.\nAgent Goodman: Alright. That's enough for now.\nPOI-5602: My wife's probably worried sick. You know when they're letting me out?\nAgent Goodman: I don't think it'll be very long.\nPOI-5602: Thanks.\n\nSubject was searched prior to and following the interview. Neither cigarettes nor a lighter were found in either of these searches. A reality anchor was requisitioned and deployed from a nearby Foundation garrison to prevent further minor actualization incidents. However, once it became apparent to SCP-2343 that it was not being released, further moderate actualization incidents occurred. Escape by the entity was achieved on August 7th.\nThe Foundation, however, in preparing for the possibility of escape, had created several reality anchored zones in and around Memphis, Tennessee, including the subject's place of work and home. Several failed capture attempts indicated a minimum of 3 overlapping reality anchors were required to suppress SCP-2343's natural abilities. Capture, transportation and storage of SCP-2343 at Site-88 was completed on September 9th, 2005.\nCapture of SCP-2343's immediate family, including the object's wife2 was not achieved during this time. Acquiring SCP-2343's cooperation in the capture of its wife3 is a top priority.\n+ Show Addendum A45\n\nFootnotes\n1. A suburb of Memphis, Tennessee.\n2. Identified at the county registrar's office as Sacha Panepi.\n3. Designated POI-5701.\n4. This is believed to be a reference to GOI-13, The Journeymen.\n5. See Incident Report 23 and GOI-13 Incident Report 177 for more information.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2342 | SCP-2343 | SCP-2344 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2344\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Provisional Site-93 has been constructed for the containment of SCP-2344. Unless otherwise ordered, Site-93 security is to maintain Standard Type C Anomalous Location Containment Procedures. Exploration of the interior of SCP-2344 is to be carried out by MTF Eta-13 (\"Gulliver's Tourists\"). Any objects or entities exiting SCP-2344 unexpectedly are to be detained and quarantined until their capabilities and intentions are established. Interaction between Site-93 and SCP-2344 Outposts are to be managed at the discretion of the command of both Sites.\nDescription: SCP-2344 is a series of tunnels which extends throughout various extra-dimensional spaces of reality. The tunnels usually take the form of tubular paths which have been dug through soil, though they may have different appearances at different points within the tunnel system. Though the tunnels are non-euclidean in certain regions, their topological layout has remained consistent since discovery.\nSCP-2344 can be accessed through an entrance located at \u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u00b0 latitude, \u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u00b0 longitude. This entrance is composed of multiple pieces of wood arranged in the shape of a door frame. Attempts to alter the position or shape of these pieces of wood have all been met with failure. This entrance can be used to access SCP-2344 while traveling through its opening from the northwestern side to the southeastern side while in physical contact with at least 7 grams of biological material from a member of the genus Gallus. Though other methods have proven effective on occasion for activating other entrances to SCP-2344, walking through the entrance while in physical contact with at least 7 grams of a member of Gallus, or local equivalent, has proven universally effective.\nLocated at various points within SCP-2344 are exits that lead to alternate points in reality. Approximately 13.4% of these exits lead to LoI Alpha-4 (\"The Wanderer's Library\"), making entrance physically impossible at worst and inadvisable at best, for both anomalous and parapolitical reasons. The remainder of the exits lead to a variety of locations,1 (designated SCP-2344-1) with the vast majority of these locations being located near civilization.\n\nMTF Eta-13 has currently established contact with 68 different cultures.\n\nAddendum: A partial timeline of initial Foundation involvement in SCP-2344 is as follows:\n\nAugust 7, 1997: Initial containment established.\nAugust 21, 1997: An expeditionary force composed primarily of Mobile Task Force Eta-13 makes the first foray into SCP-2344. Expeditionary force then returns with initial assessment of SCP-2344.\nSeptember 3, 1997: MTF Eta-13 makes a second expedition into SCP-2344, with the intent to explore a single exit.\nSeptember 5, 1997 - February 12, 1998: Contact lost with expeditionary team. All members of Eta-13 declared MIA.\nFebruary 13, 1998: MTF Eta-13 unexpectedly exits SCP-2344, and is subjected to standard temporary containment and quarantine protocols. Team reports having made contact with the denizens of an SCP-2344-1 area (SCP-2344-1-Alpha), and establishing basic relations.\nApril 20, 1998: MTF Eta-13 returns to SCP-2344-1-Alpha, accompanied by five Foundation parapolitical diplomats and representatives. Diplomatic relations ensue.\nJune 7, 1999 Foundation embassy (ARMSTRONG Outpost) established in SCP-2344-1-Alpha.\nJuly 10, 1999: MTF Eta-13 begins further exploration into SCP-2344, making contact with SCP-2344-1-Beta, SCP-2344-1-Gamma, and LoI Alpha-4.\nDecember 21, 1999: Limited personnel exchange begins with SCP-2344-1-Alpha.\nJanuary 1, 2000: MTF Eta-13 fully re-purposed for the continued exploration of SCP-2344 and SCP-2344-1.\n\nAddendum: Information on Outposts.\nOutposts are designed to act as peripheral branches of the Foundation's Diplomacy division. Each acts as an extradimensional/extraterrestrial Foundation Site, and serves as a combination embassy, storage location, and housing for Foundation agents. Each also contains the entrance to SCP-2344 from its respective SCP-2344-1 instance. A list of Outposts is as follows:\n\nARMSTRONG Outpost (SCP-2344-1-Alpha)\nAMUNDSEN Outpost (SCP-2344-1-Delta)\nYARD Outpost (SCP-2344-1-Psi)\nMARCO POLO Outpost (SCP-2344-1-Mu)\n\nFor further information about Outposts and their host SCP-2344-1 instances and cultures, please contact either the HMCL Supervisor for the Outpost, or the Site-93 HMCL Supervisor.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Determined to be a mix of beta-dimensional, multi-universal, extra-temporal, extraterrestrial, and other environments.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2343 | SCP-2344 | SCP-2345 \u00bb"}
{"text": "WARNING\nAccess to this document is prohibited outside of Memetic Isolation Chamber-1, -2 and -3.\nAccess will initiate a twelve hour lock-down of this chamber.\nThese procedures will be read-only during the duration of the lock-down.\nThank you for your cooperation.\n\nItem #: SCP-2345\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: One dose of Solution Omicron-12 is to be administered intravenously to all incoming Foundation personnel. Persons exhibiting SCP-2345 symptoms are not to be engaged in conversation, and are to be gagged or isolated as soon as possible, for a period of twelve hours. Personnel security clearance level 4 and above still symptomatic after twelve hours are to have Solution Omicron-12 administered as per entrance policy and isolated for 12 hours. Personnel SCL 3 and below still symptomatic after twelve hours must undergo amnestic treatment and are to be retired from active duty immediately. Exit counseling and establishment of military or government employment records and assets of retired personnel is recommended to minimize cognitive dissonance.\nDescription: SCP-2345 is an anomalous reaction in humans that causes complete rejection of evidence supporting occurrences and beings outside the affected human's sense of \"normal.\" Identified vectors for SCP-2345 activation include visuals1 resembling a diminutive humanoid with discolored skin and a disproportionately large head and eyes, and a number of trigger phrases used by infected individuals to defend their position. SCP-2345 symptoms last one hour on initial exposure; subsequent exposures increase in duration until they become permanent; to date, there have been no cases of recovery after the twelve hour mark.\nExcerpts of Dr. Piedmont's Report, Analysis Of Spontaneous Human Susceptibility to SCP-2345:\n\n[\u2026]In late 1948, the site containing safe SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588- Biological Containment Site-\u2588\u2588- suffered a massive containment breach. This timing coincided with a series of suborbital intrusions described as \"green fireballs\" reported within sight of several American military installations. As the intrusions approached BCS-\u2588\u2588, efforts to suppress the containment breach resulted in the accidental neutralization of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Shortly afterwards, Foundation monitoring stations lost track of the intrusions.\nImmediately following the death and disappearances, a violent spike in several terrestrial energy fields was detected, after which they stabilized at levels differing from previously measured baselines in degrees of up to 8%. Prior to this event, materials matching trigger conditions existing in popular culture did not trigger SCP-2345[\u2026]\n\n[\u2026]SCP-2345 was first observed when a Foundation instructor began to explain the methods used to develop the prop seen on-screen to represent the \"alien life-form\" during a showing of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's autopsy. Secondary exposures were not recorded- likely indicating that SCP-2345 had not yet developed in any others present. Examination of the instructor discovered swollen amygdalae; the swelling subsided within twelve hours, and the senior researcher was returned to active duty under observation[\u2026]\n\n[\u2026]After a second incident involving junior researchers as well, the autopsy recording itself came under suspicion. Experimentation identified the recording to be anomalous, at which time the original recording was classified as SCP-2345 and contained. Initial testing had staff members interviewing affected D-Class personnel, and resulted in some retirements among the researchers before the sub-vocalizations were discovered.\nDespite containment of the original recording, SCP-2345 cases continued to arise with increasing rapidity. Transfer and destruction of the recording was authorized and executed, with no effect. An appointed research team isolated the cause to popular media depicting civilian imaginings of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and another week to confirm the theory[\u2026]\n\n[\u2026]development of Solution Omicron-12 was based on a set of proteins found in the cerebra-spinal fluid of several Foundation agents and researchers found to be resistant to SCP-2345. While not an immunization, Solution Omicron-12 relieves SCP-2345 symptoms and provides approximately twelve days of protection from further exposure. The amounts in which it can be produced remain minimal[\u2026]\n\n[\u2026]In closing, with the only clue to the rapid proliferation of SCP-2345 being the events immediately preceding and following the neutralization of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and its apparent use as the trigger for SCP-2345, the disturbing implications are clear. The death of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was the catalyst for a change in the human condition. We have been edited, and in a manner which threatens the very nature of the Foundation, not to mention the security of that which we contain. The integrity of the human condition on multiple levels is compromised- and we have no way of ensuring that it does not happen again.\n\nNotes: This file has been locked for editing to anyone below Level 5 clearance. As a reminder: the image included in this file appears unrealistic only as a result of this anomaly and is, in fact, a genuine Foundation archive photo. Further attempts to edit this file without O5 approval will not be tolerated. -O5 Council\n\nFootnotes\n1. The images need not be authentic- while the first instances arose during exposure to the autopsy recording of Safe-class SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, costumes, props and artwork will also trigger the reaction.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2344 | SCP-2345 | SCP-2346 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Object Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures:\nUnderwater activities must be prevented within 2 kilometers around SCP-2346's expected location.\nSCP-2346's coordinates must be updated monthly, following this procedure:\n\nA diving team must be sent to SCP-2346's last known coordinates and follow its expected path.\nUpon visual contact with SCP-2346, the diving team will mark its exact coordinates.\nUnder no circumstances should communications cease between the diving team and the surface crew.\nThe surface crew must permanently assess the diving team's communications consistency.\nA recovery team must stand ready to extract the divers if they become unresponsive or incoherent.\n\nFor evident safety reasons diving teams must include at least two personnels.\nClose proximity to SCP-2346 must never exceed 8 minutes.\nDescription: SCP-2346 is the shipwreck of a trawler first sighted at 51.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 -10.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, roughly 25 kilometers South West of Dursey Island, Ireland1. SCP-2346 has no identification markings other than a nameplate reading \"Die Bescheidene\". There are no records of a ship by this name in any national fleet register.\nEven though notable corrosion patches can be observed on the hull and external structures, SCP-2346 remains exceptionally well-conserved. Most of the equipment looks pristine and every compartment is accessible.\nSCP-2346 is mobile. GPS readings, performed as per containment procedure, indicate a movement averaging 52 meters a month, with unpredictable course variations. As observed by personnel2, SCP-2346's mobility appears to increase under certain circumstances. Unmanned localization techniques, such as sonar imaging, were proven unable to detect SCP-2346.\nSCP-2346 will strongly disrupt an individual's ability to focus and communicate, if the subject stays within visual range from SCP-2346 for a prolonged period of time:\n\nSubject will lose track of its initial tasks.\nSubject's environmental awareness will degrade, eventually leading to a gross disregard of safety concerns.\nSubject will cease their communications or become increasingly irrational and erratic.\nOver prolonged exposure to SCP-2346, subject will often try to operate or maintain various equipment aboard.\n\nAny personnel exposed to SCP-2346 for more than 8 minutes must be removed from SCP-2346's vicinity and undergo medical examination. Recovering individuals will retain a high level of confusion and regularly express concerns about various tasks to be performed aboard SCP-2346. Over time, subjects will gradually lose their memory of SCP-2346 and will return to normal behaviour.\nThough 2346.EDR-01 and 02 led to a few theories linking SCP-2346's mobility to its supposed ability to retain individuals aboard, those were never confirmed by conclusive evidences.\nAdditional Documentation:\n\n+ 2346.AD-01\n\n- Close file\n\n[Document retrieved by FA.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Original author A. Morie and any non-Foundation personnel involved in this event were submitted to the usual witness management protocols.]\nAfter Action Report :\nOIC: OF-5 A. Morie\nShip: HMS Hurworth Assignment: Search and Rescue 27.11.1991//\n\nAt 1007, HMS Hurworth received a distress signal originating from cabin cruiser Portmagee Pride (IMO 1585234 - MMSI 250102800). HMS Hurworth immediately set course toward coordinates 51.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 -10.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and initiated radio contact with Portmagee Pride to assess their situation. Portmagee Pride declared 4 men lost at sea. The missing personnel were identified to the HMS Hurworth as trained divers trying to locate the remnants of the SS Latymer.\nHMS Hurworth came alongside Portmagee Pride at 1237. HMS Hurworth began to perform sonar screenings then sent OF-2 Mason (1IC) and OF-2 Howley at sea with a search and rescue perimeter restricted to 300 meters. Local elevation profile was suited for minimal decompression stops between dives, allowing Mason's team to perform multiple localization attempts. On the 3rd dive Mason managed to locate a shipwreck he first identified as the SS Latymer. His following report must be approached with extreme scrutiny.\nMason affirms that the shipwreck was in motion along the seabed, displacing a large amount of sediments. He claims that he and B. Howley were able to move aboard despite the ship's instability and low visibility. Mason declares having found 3 bodies in the accessible parts of the wreck. One was located inside a shower cabin, without respiratory equipment and clothing. The two other bodies were located in the engine room. According to him, the bodies were holding tools, and one was still gripping on a crew intercom. Mason then panicked and fled to the surface, ignoring DCS procedure and leaving OF-2 Howley aboard the shipwreck.\nOF-2 Mason is now under sustained medical care. When challenged about his testimony, Mason refused to answer questions and only stated repeatedly that \"all the fishes were dead\". OF-2 Andrea Howley was declared MIA as no crew members were qualified to perform another dive.\nHMS Hurworth reported all of the aforementioned information to fleet HQ and was subsequently ordered to cease all communications, until the arrival of an expert team.\n\nExperimental Dive Reports (excerpts):\n\n+ 2346.EDR-01\n\n- Close file\n\nRadio log transcript (16 DEC 91) :\nEDT: Experimental Diving Team\nSC: Surface Crew (Supervisor: Dr.\u2588\u2588\u2588)\nRT: Recovery Team\n\n[Non-pertinent data expunged]\n\n07:03 - SC: Ok, One. How can your hear me down there?\n07:03 - EDT: Loud and clear Doc. We are just above the sand now. Approaching grid [REDACTED].\nStatic noise\n07:05 - EDT: Doc, do you read? It is not here. We got a solid 10 meters visibility, and no eyes on her.\n\n07:05 - SC: One, are you sure about your GPS readings?\n07:05 - EDT: Please, we went through this a thousand times. We are at the right spot. The ship isn't.\n07:05 - SC: Copy that One.\nStatic noise\n07:06 - SC: One, try to push about 50 meters, bearing 320.\n07:06 - EDT: Copy, One is pushing.\n07:06 - SC : Two is still with you, right?\n07:06 - EDT: Affirmative.\nStatic noise\n07:08 - EDT: Surface, do you read?\n07:08 - SC: Send it.\n07:09 - EDT: Two sees her. We are approaching.\n07:09 - SC: Good job.\n07:09 - EDT: Yeah. I see her aft.\n07:09 - EDT: Hold on\u2026\n07:10 - EDT: She's moving Doc. Holy shit. I can see sand trailing behind her!\n07:10 - SC: \u2026Are you sure that this is not the ocean currents?\n07:10 - EDT: Yes, the water is dead still here.\n07:10 - SC: Copy, One. Don't spend too much time there. You heard the briefing.\n07:10 - EDT: Well, it's just that\u2026 Never mind. We went around once already. I will try to get inside the hull. Two will stay outside and secure me.\n07:10 - SC: Go for it.\nStatic Noise\n07:11 - EDT: I'm in, Surface. I got a closed door, down the deck stairs. Marking says \"cold storage\".\n07:11 - SC: You are cleared to open it.\n07:11 - EDT: The lock is sliding alright, no pro- OH FUCK!\nStatic Noise\n07:12 - SC: Come in, One! Talk to me.\n07:12 - EDT: I can't see shit, hold on.\n07:13 - EDT: I'm swimming in pieces of rotting fish, I can't see past my arms.\n07:13 - SC: Cool down, One. What is happening?\n07:13 - EDT: It's full of dead fish! It spat a big cloud of mush when I opened the door.\n07:14 - EDT: The water is warm inside. It feels thick too. Almost viscous.\n07:14 - SC: Ok. Well, don't go in. You are probably swimming into the remnants of the crew's last batch.\n07:14 - EDT: No, no Doc. She's been under for a couple of decades and some of the carcasses are looking fresh. It would be too long for- \u2026\nStatic noise\n07:15 - SC: One?\n07:15 - EDT: Fuck, I think there is somebody inside, Doc. I almost bolted out.\nStatic noise\n07:16 - EDT: Right. That's\u2026 Shit. Yeah, a dead body.\n07:16 - SC: Copy One. Can you identify it?\n07:16 - EDT: Female, half buried in this shit. I can barely see. Her face feels bloated. I'll try to take a pic.\n07:16 - EDT: Think she is from the search party?\n07:16 - SC: Possibly. Any navy insignia?\n07:16 - EDT: No. Doc, I salvaged a lot of bodies, but no warm ones. Feels wrong.\n07:16 - EDT: I think I picked up a dog tag, I'm just feeling around in the muck. This shit still hasn't dissipated, I want to get out of here.\n07:16 - SC: Noted. Can you see anything else?\n07:16 - EDT: No, I can see one meter in, tops. The rest of the room is full of these damn fishes. I can't go in further, I would have to dig into this.\n07:16 - SC: Good copy, One. Seal the room and take a look around, alright?\n07:16 - EDT: Yeah, I guess\u2026\nStatic noise\n07:17 - SC: One, do you see anything?\n07:17 - EDT: Copy.\n07:17 - SC: Copy what, one?\nStatic noise\n07:18 - SC: One, update us.\nStatic noise\n07:20 - SC: One, report.\nStatic noise\n07:21 - SC: One, do you read?\nStatic noise\n07:22 - SC: One, do you copy?\n07:22 - SC: One, if you read, stand by for extraction.\nStatic noise\n\n[Non-pertinent data expunged]\n\nDr.\u2588\u2588\u2588 's personnal log (Entry 16/12/91)\n\nRescue Team was tasked to retrieve EDT at 07:22, and achieved partial success. EDT-1 was found in the lower deck, apparently attempting to access the \"cold storage\" compartment. He was successfuly extracted, but suffered mild hypoxia as his mix tank was depleted. EDT-2's body was inside the compartment. His regulator and air mix canister were found in his arms, as if he purposedly removed them. RT confirmed the observation made by EDT and reports that \"it felt like the ship was accelerating\".\n\n+ 2346.EDR-02\n\n- Close file\n\nDr.\u2588\u2588\u2588's report (Entry 08/01/92)\nOur newly arrived EDT performed a successful dive. We specifically briefed them not to stay more than five minutes inside. They took a long time to find the spot. It moved 320 meters from the last coordinates. EDT reports it was staying still, though.\nI instructed EDT to open the \"cold storage\" room again. The visibility was much clearer this time. The pictures they brought show a large refrigerated room, of which every surface is coated with a yellowish viscous substance. Human bones and diving gear can be observed on the floor, also coated in said substance. EDT was able to take a sample of it.\nEDT did not notice anything else during the time window we gave them. Their behavior did not appear to degrade.\nAnalysis of the sample was quick and conclusive. It is composed of decaying organic tissues, hydrochloric acid, and pepsin. DNA structure suggests that the organic part is mostly originating from various fish species (mainly Conger oceanicus and Gradiformes). Identification is pending on isolated human DNA patterns that were also detected in the compound.\n\nFootnotes\n1. See Additional Documentation.\n2. See Experimental Dive logs.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2345 | SCP-2346 | SCP-2347 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2347\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2347 is kept in a Standard Humanoid Containment Cell, which is to be kept at 50-55 \u00baC at all times. All interactions with SCP-2347 are to be performed by telepresence robots and there is a 10 meter buffer zone surrounding the containment cell, which must be kept free of any warm-blooded animal life outside of testing procedures. SCP-2347 is not allowed any food, drink, or hygiene substances less than 45 \u00baC in temperature.\nIn the event of a containment breach, SCP-2347 may be subdued with standard non-lethal human threat neutralization protocols. If standard protocols are not feasible or otherwise ineffective, personnel are instructed to rapidly decrease the temperature of the environment surrounding SCP-2347, preferably to a minimum of 15 \u00baC, until Phase 2 has completed. This method is not recommended as primary procedures due to the high risk of collateral damage and, if enacted, all personnel should maintain a minimum distance of 10 meters until Phase 2 has completed.\nDescription: SCP-2347 is a genetically-human male capable of involuntary heat transmission and exothermic self-resurrection. Aside from its involuntary properties, SCP-2347 is physically and functionally identical to a baseline non-anomalous human and requires standard feeding and medical care.\nSCP-2347's properties can be divided into 2 phases. The length of Phase 1 is dependent upon environmental factors, and has been observed to last from as little as 17 minutes up to 37 days. During this phase, the thermal equilibrium process of the environment immediately surrounding SCP-2347 is reversed such that SCP-2347 experiences a net gain in heat while the environs experience a net loss of heat if SCP-2347 is warmer than the environs, and the reverse occurs if SCP-2347's body temperature is colder than the environs. The rate of transfer is proportional to the ambient temperature, and is at its minimum at 53-54 \u00baC. SCP-2347 has been observed to experience hypothermia symptoms when the ambient temperature is greater than 65 \u00baC.\nOnce SCP-2347 has transferred a sufficient amount of heat (enough to increase its body temperature to approximately 40-43\u00baC), it will spontaneously combust. All soft tissues will increase in temperature to a minimum of 150\u00baC in less than 1 seconds and will maintain this temperature until all soft tissues have been converted to ash. Fire control measures are able to minimize damage to the surrounding environment, but are unable to prevent the consumption of SCP-2347.\nOnce SCP-2347 has completed the combustion event, it will enter Phase 2. All bony structures remaining will maintain a maximum distance of 0.8 meters from each other and will slowly move in order to reconstruct a normal human skeletal configuration over the course of 24 hours.1 Once the reconstruction is complete, the skeletal remains will experience a brief period of extreme heat transfer, reducing the temperature of the surrounding environs by as much as 25 \u00baC in less than 3 seconds. This results in the reappearance of SCP-2347, naked and unharmed.\nSCP-2347 has no unusual physical resilience to thermal extremes or unusual pain capacity. Based on observations and self-reports, SCP-2347 fully experiences its immolation events as a non-anomalous human would. It is intensely averse to experiencing these events and is fully cooperative with Foundation efforts to minimize their frequency.\n\nFootnotes\n1. It is currently not known whether SCP-2347 would regenerate in this manner following immolation from other fire based anomalies, such as SCP-1179 or SCP-1641.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2346 | SCP-2347 | SCP-2348 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Up-to-date photo of SCP-2348.\n\nItem #: SCP-2348\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Foundation satellites and surface monitoring outposts in the surrounding region will continually monitor SCP-2348. Changes in the anomaly's structure and signs of movement must be reported immediately.\nDescription: SCP-2348 is a 0.6km wide cumulus cloud located over the Pacific Ocean (surface coordinates 48\u00b052.6\u2032S 123\u00b023.6\u2032W, hereafter Point 2348), 50km above the surface. The cloud is shaped like a human hand with its fingers splayed, possessing a high level of detail.\nSince its discovery, the cloud has not changed structure or moved from its present position. No attempts at causing alterations have succeeded.\nBelow are other phenomena associated with SCP-2348:\n\nSubjects that observe the anomaly for >5 minutes lose awareness of the existence of other clouds, objects, and phenomena present in the sky. These effects end when observation stops.\n\nObservers in a 60km radius of Point 2348 report a lack of stellar bodies in the night sky. SCP-2348 is often referred to as the only visible star.\n\n30% 60% 85% of clouds that pass directly under SCP-2348 are found to be indistinguishable from SCP-2348, displaying the same anomalous properties. The clouds continue to be indistinguishable until naturally dissipating.\n\n9% of camera equipment operated in a 60km radius of Point 2348 record live views of various clouds. After a minute these clouds invariably vanish. Testing has confirmed that the viewed clouds never existed.\n\nPrecipitation in the 60km radius often contains ice crystals forming structures identical to that of the anomaly, though with the index finger pointing. Crystals exposed to water generate cloud-like aerosols; ingestion leads to one becoming indistinguishable from SCP-2348 and subsequent skywards cellular replication.\n\nSeveral subjects identified SCP-2348 as the sole source of sunlight, moonlight, and starlight. Information on the sky was corrected accordingly.\n\n0.1% of aerial objects that pass directly under SCP-2348 are found to be indistinguishable from SCP-2348. Persons aboard manned objects affected this way are additionally found to be part of the sky.\n\nOf note is that the number of clouds present in a 2800km radius around the anomaly has been decreasing since the anomaly's discovery. This is attributed to further confirmation of the lack of non-SCP-2348 clouds.\nWhile objects have entered SCP-2348, all witnesses report SCP-2348 only ejecting additional sky.\n\nUPDATE\nSCP-2348 is now shaped like a human hand pointing directly downwards. Outposts in a 2800km radius of Point 2348 must enter indefinite lockdown immediately, maintaining complete isolation from the outside world. Civilian populations in this radius must be ignored until containment teams can confirm the existence of non-SCP-2348 aerosols.\nInformation on atmospheric structures consisting of liquid droplets, frozen crystals, and other particulates must be destroyed. Personnel must not consume any liquids primarily comprised of H2O molecules that have originated from these structures; substitute fluids must be ingested instead. Expect no further messages until orders to end the lockdown are sent.\nEntities claiming to be the sky must be neutralized on sight.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2347 | SCP-2348 | SCP-2349 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2349\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A colony of SCP-2349 is kept in an artificial habitat in Site-86. The room housing this habitat is placed within one Faraday cage. Entrance to the habitat requires written consent of one (1) Level-3 Researcher. No metal objects are to be introduced to the habitat outside of regular feeding, including watches or other accessories. The SCP-2349 colony is to be fed 6kg of Iron and aluminum scrap and .5kg of insects killed without the use of pesticides, bimonthly. All instances of SCP-2349-1 are to be removed and destroyed regardless of stage if not allowed for testing purposes.\nDescription: SCP-2349 are superficially similar to Camponotus alboannulatus1. All specimens of SCP-2349 consume metal and have little need for natural nutrition. SCP-2349 specimens have mandibles heavy in an aluminum copper alloy. Their saliva is heavily corrosive, enabling them to effectively burrow through metal. Additionally, specimen born into the worker caste have a specialized organ at the base of the mandibles which allow them to generate enough electricity in a bite to weld ferrous metals together. SCP-2349's nurse caste has been observed making metallic eggs and filling it with a slurry of unknown composition, it is theorized that these eggs are an inefficient way of reproducing without a queen.\n\nA deceased worker\n\nThe initial SCP-2349 colony was found in Singapore. Reports of electrical failures, metal disappearances, and unusual radio signals prompted Foundation investigation. Electromagnetic interference caused numerous equipment failures within 1 kilometer of the hive. Within this range instances of SCP-2349-1, metal beacons created by SCP-2349, were discovered, with denser clusters being found nearer to the hive. These retrieved instances were measured with an average height of 189.4 centimeters and an effective broadcasting range of [REDACTED] kilometers, the largest to date.\nOnce a colony of SCP-2349 is established, generally in an area rich in ores and at high elevation, construction of SCP-2349-1 begins almost immediately. SCP-2349-1 is the designation for any beacon created by SCP-2349. These beacons are made almost entirely out of the refined metal waste passed by SCP-2349, and exhibit very few patterns in their shape.\nOnce a relay of SCP-2349-1 has been built each instance will begin broadcasting an as of yet undeciphered signal. Each broadcast has been unique in all discovered SCP-2349 colonies. The purpose of these broadcasts are currently unknown (See Addendum 2349-B).\nWhen the Site-86 colony was split and allowed to construct SCP-2349-1 the two groups seemed to communicate with each other. To test this theory a D-class personnel was sent to the first half of the colony and was instructed to stomp near SCP-2349 specimen and generally impede their construction of SCP-2349-1. When the same D-class personnel moved to the second half of the colony, he was assaulted by the only warrior caste SCP-2349 observed to date. These specimen were noted to have formed a boundary around the colony in the direction the D-class personnel was going to arrive given the direction he left the initial group.\nAfter this event the two halves were merged once more and a Faraday Cage has been constructed around the enclosure to prevent any possible communications between the Site-86 colony and outside colonies. After the construction of these two cages the reproductive cycle of captive SCP-2349 specimen slowed significantly, and observed specimens moved as if in a daze lasting for three weeks after construction. The diminished re-population of the Site-86 colony was deemed acceptable to prevent any possible transmissions of classified data.\nSince the finding, and capture, of the initial colony only \u2588\u2588 infestations have been found. This, along with the stagnant number of SCP-2349 in Foundation captivity confirms their slow reproduction. While it is unknown what would result from allowing several separate colonies of SCP-2349 to produce SCP-2349-1 in such quantities as the initial colony, it is theorized that the electromagnetic fields generated would cause a complete failure of all electrical grids within \u2588\u2588\u2588 kilometers of the core beacon cluster.\nAddendum 2349-A: All SCP-2349-1 instances have been sparse and minute in size compared to the instances seen in the initial encounter. It is theorized that the low altitude of Site-86 has more to do with this than the diet provided.\nAddendum 2349-B: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/9\u2588 a colony in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Argentina broadcast the only deciphered signal, a sequence of encrypted rudimentary Spanish, to date. Unfortunately the colony was destroyed by wildfire before it could be investigated further. The transcript of the broadcast follows:\n\nBegin Broadcast\nColony \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588 transmitting\nPosition compromised\nHive destruction imminent.\nQueen's whereabouts still unknown.\nPlease come home.\nEnd Transmission.\n\nFootnotes\n1. as such, all individual types of SCP-2349 specimen will be referred to by the caste system of ants.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2348 | SCP-2349 | SCP-2350 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Canon Hub \u00bb Third Law Hub \u00bb SCP-2350\n\n\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More SCPs by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-3220\n\nSCP-2790\n\nSCP-2820\n\nSCP-4780\n\nSCP-3780\n\nSCP-2664\n\nSCP-4950\n\nSCP-2730\n\nSCP-947\n\nSCP-2810\n\nSCP-2350\n\nSCP-3640\n\nSCP-4670\n\nSCP-2490\n\nSCP-2680\n\nSCP-3470\n\nSCP-5430\n\nSCP-5940\n\nSCP-2210\n\nSCP-4710\n\nSCP-3850\n\nSCP-3360\n\nSCP-2910\n\nSCP-2060\n\nSCP-7660\n\nSCP-1750\n\nSCP-2570\n\nSCP-2650\n\nSCP-2143\n\nSCP-6190\n\nSCP-7780\n\nSCP-6880\n\n+ All Tales by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nAvatara\n\nHypervelocity\n\nI Thought You Died Alone\n\nMoonlighting\n\nZeitgeist\n\nAutoerotic Assassination\n\nT Minus\n\nTerminal Velocity\n\nThe Chosen Few\n\nReboot or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypses\n\nHard Machine\n\nLoud, Lawless, and Lost\n\nMorphine Machine\n\nThe Vice Girls\n\nTruth Is Sin\n\nDeus Vulture\n\nEcstasy and Exorcism\n\nThe Revelation\n\nNonpareil\n\nRise and Repent\n\nT Plus\n\nThe Ballad of Santa Troy\n\nPrey and Obey\n\nEscape Velocity\n\nJump the Gun\n\nNo One Gets Out of Her Alive\n\nLeather Pig\n\nContempt\n\nThe Man-Machine\n\nDomo Arigato\n\nMile High Club\n\nStrung Out in Heavens High\n\nIndustrial Espionage\n\nHands\n\nNothing Human\n\nFullmusic Astrobiologist\n\nEnasni Si Gnihtyreve\n\nEight Hours in the ECRG\n\n+ All Hubs by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nHubs\n\nPrometheus Labs Hub\n\nSpeed Demon\n\nGuns Pointed at the Head of God\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nOverheard at Deer\nch00bakka\n\nSCP-150\nDecibelles\n\nSCP-3000\ndjkaktus, Joreth\n\nSCP-4220\nThe Great Hippo\n\nSCP-4310\nThe Great Hippo\n\nChicago Spirit Hub\nPeppersGhost\n\nSCP-5555\nRounderhouse, Uncle Nicolini\n\nVisions of Bodies Being Burned\nTaffeta\n\nSamsara\nTyGently\n\nDeath Perception\nTyGently\n\nThe Powers that Bark\nTyGently\n\nAlgorithm Curated Recommendations\n\nA Semi-Comprehensive List of Foundation Facilities\n\nAudio of War\n\nDr. Desai's Personnel File\n\nFafnir\n\nFile No.HKC454/1\n\nMobile Task Forces\n\nSCP-2349\n\nSCP-2351\n\nSCP-4220\n\nSCP-5525\n\nSCP Series 3\n\nSCP Series 3 - Tales Edition\n\nThe Coldest War\n\nThird Law Hub - Chronological\n\nThird Law Hub - Collections\n\nThird Law Hub - Published\n\nThird Law Hub - Standalone\n\nThird Law Hub - Timeline\n\nWhat The Spybird Saw\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2350\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A recording of SCP-2350 is stored on a secure USB drive in the Site-42 Digital Armory. This drive should only be handled by deaf personnel or personnel wearing industrial-grade earmuffs and earplugs.\nMobile Task Forces Lambda-12 (\"Pest Control\") and Upsilon-4 (\"Sugar Pill\") have been jointly assigned to handle containment of SCP-2350. Upsilon-4 is working to develop an inoculation against SCP-2350's effects, while Lambda-12 investigates potential SCP-2350-1 events occurring in Vietnam. If Lambda-12 locates an area affected by SCP-2350-1, they will determine the radius of the effect and establish a containment perimeter around it. The Foundation will then liaise with the Vietnamese government to establish affected areas as wildlife preserves.\nThe Foundation is currently attempting to negotiate with the United States of America for the release of certain classified files within their archives; if necessary, political pressure may be placed on the USA to achieve this end.\nDescription: SCP-2350 is a weaponized memetic agent transmitted by sound that manifests as the idea of a swarm of mosquitoes. Human beings that hear SCP-2350 will perceive this swarm as attacking them, though deaf humans are unaffected. For every twelve seconds that SCP-2350 is audible, the perceived size of the swarm will double. Humans affected by SCP-2350 will suffer from rashes and other inflammatory responses consistent with mosquito bites. Affected humans may also develop symptoms consistent with mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria. In several cases, patients developed a combination of symptoms not associated with any specific disease, but with mosquito-borne diseases in general.\n\nEffects of SCP-2350 on a test subject after two minutes of exposure.\n\nSCP-2350 was developed by the United States as a weapon for area denial and saw extensive use in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. The sound was stored on magnetic tape inside a mortar or bomb shell, which was then launched at a target area; upon landing, the mortar would play SCP-2350 until its power supply died. As merely being near these areas would result in infection by the meme, thousands of Vietnamese civilians were killed or driven from their homes.\nSCP-2350-1 refers to a phenomenon affecting sporadic areas of the Vietnamese jungle wherein SCP-2350 is produced without an apparent source. It is suspected that SCP-2350-1 resulted from protracted usage of SCP-2350. Affected areas are entirely devoid of fauna; the native wildlife appear to avoid these areas by instinct, while nonnative animals introduced to the area immediately flee.\nDiscovery: The Foundation first became aware of SCP-2350 on 30/04/2005, when Mobile Task Force Lambda-12 (\"Pest Control\") encountered the anomaly in Vietnam while tracking an outbreak of SCP-2810. During the expedition, Lambda-12 arrived at an abandoned settlement affected by SCP-2350-1, whereupon they discovered a mortar intended to transmit SCP-2350 and were infected by it. Lambda-12 were able to flee and report the incident; recordings from the settlement, analysis of footage of the mortar, and cross-referencing of external intelligence led to the official designation of SCP-2350.\n\n+ Discovery Log\n\n- Hide discovery log\n\nLog begins approximately 1.5 kilometers from the settlement of interest. Four members of Lambda-12 are pursuing a pregnant instance of SCP-2810-1 in the form of an Indochinese tiger. L1 is equipped with a flamethrower; L2 with a net launcher; L3 with a tranquilizer rifle; L4 with a standard-issue light machine gun. As the team tracks the instance through the jungle, they observe several organisms watching them, though none of the organisms appear to be infected.\nApproximately 0.25 km from the settlement, Lambda-12 spots the 2810-1 instance grooming itself and moves in. L3 takes aim at the tiger and fires; however, at the same moment the tiger stretches itself out and avoids the dart, which strikes a tree. At the sound, the tiger flees.\nL3: Motherfuck!\nL1: Oi! Shhh!\nL2: No point, boss. Damned thing was off like a light.\nL3 sighs.\nL3: Alright. Let's track it down again.\nL1: Good man. C'mon lads, let's bag us a tiger.\nL2 takes point, examining the instance's tracks and leading the group deeper into the jungle as they pursue. As the jungle recedes and the first few houses in the settlement come into view, the group's audio recording equipment begins to pick up a buzzing sound1.\nL3: A town! I thought you said this place was all jungle?\nL1: Wasn't on any of my maps, that's for sure. Say. Any of you boys hear that?\nL2: Hear what?\nL4: That buzzing sound?\nL1: Yeah. Hrm. Wonder what that is.\nL2: Whaddya know. I hear it too.\nL3: Mmm\u2026 sounds like mosquitoes.\nL3 slaps his left arm.\nL3: Yep. Mosquitoes. Sounds like there's a lotta the fuckers too.\nL1: Right. Safeties on. Weapons down. Don't want to scare the locals, eh? We oughta ask about the tiger. Looks like it ran through here.\nLambda-12 proceeds further into the settlement. As they do so, it becomes increasingly evident that the area has been abandoned. No signs of life are present, save the grassy vegetation between the homes in the settlement. All homes are covered in copious quantities of mosquito netting made from natural materials.\nL2: Hm. Doesn't look like anyone's been here since 'Nam.\nL3: We're in 'Nam, dumbass.\nL2: I mean the Vietnam War, Cooter.\nL1: Focus! Where is everyone?\nL4 stops suddenly and looks down. At his feet is a pair of skeletons; one is child-sized and laid out so that it overlaps the arms of the other skeleton.\nL4: Right here.\nL2: Jeee-zus.\nL2 kneels down and examines the skeletons.\nL2: Looks like a mama and her kid. She was running away from something and tripped - but their bones are untouched. An animal didn't do this\u2026\nL4: Hey - you know what? Where are all the animals? All I can hear are mosquitoes.\nL2: \u2026so what did? No tracks either. Just the tiger - and that thing looks to have gotten the hell out of dodge.\nL1: What're you thinking?\nL3: I'm thinking that the animals 'round here are staying out for a reason.\nL1: Lads. Take a look at that.\n\nL1 points towards the center of the village, before dropping his arm to slap the other. The rest of Lambda-12 follows his gaze and spots a large crater in the center of the village. L2 looks back at the skeletons.\nL2: Maybe a bomb?\nL4: Not much of a bomb, eh? Place looks fine.\nL3: Dud maybe?\nL4: Should we check it out? Christ, what is with all these mosquitoes suddenly?\nL3: Tell me about it.\nL1: Let's take a look. Tracks lead in that direction anyways.\nThe group moves towards the crater. Noticeably, each member is slapping or scratching their own limbs despite no mosquitoes being present. As the group approaches the mortar, the buzzing sound becomes louder. As they near the crater, the vegetation thins and the ground becomes progressively more cracked. When the group reaches the rim of the crater, they look down at it.\nAt the bottom of the crater is a large mortar shell bearing US Army markings with an abnormal shape: the mortar is shaped cylindrically, though its sides taper towards the top, and there is a bevel at the bottom. There is an opened hatch on the side of the mortar.\nL4: That ain't ominous at all.\nL1: Knock it off. I'll go down there and check it out. You three keep an eye out for anything\u2026 weird.\nL1 slides down the crater and approaches the mortar. He examines the hatch and reaches into it, pulling out a magnetic tape.\nL1: What the hell is this?\nL3: Uh, boss? I, uh - look up.\nL1 looks up. The sky is clear, and no abnormalities appear present.\nL2: Bloody hell.\nL2: Run!\nL1 scrambles up the crater; he is helped up by L2 and the group proceeds to flee from the crater, dropping their weapons in the process. It is unclear what they are fleeing from, as the camera recordings do not show anything abnormal. However, all members of Lambda-12 are repeatedly slapping themselves all over their bodies.\nL1: Into that hut!\nLambda-12 flees towards a nearby home, ducking under the mosquito netting and forcing their way into the home.\nL1: Alright - what the bloody hell was that?\nL4: A billion fuckin' mosquitoes. Holy fuck.\nL2: Jesus. The goddamn sky was black.\nL3: You think it was that bomb?\nL1: If anyone could create this cockup of a place it would be the Yanks. Right. Focus. How do we get out of here? Look around, see what you can find.\nL2: I reckon we could cover ourselves in the mosquito nets and get outta here.\nL1: Sharp thinking. Right, see if you can find some around here.\nL3 moves towards the rear of the hut and comes across a bed covered in mosquito netting. There are a pair of skeletons lying on the bed, covered in netting. L4 comes up besides him.\nL3: Christ. Whaddya think happened to these two?\nL4: Starved, I bet. C'mon. Help me with this netting.\nL3: Poor bastards. Why didn't they just use the nets? Just get the fuck out of here?\nL4: Maybe they didn't want to leave their homes, ya know?\nL4 slaps his arm. He and L3 look at each other.\nL4: Oh fuck.\nL3: Boss! We gotta go! They're getting in!\nL1 and L2 approach, slapping their arms.\nL1: I can see that. Right lads. Into the nets.\nL1 and L2 drape themselves in mosquito nettings, while L3 and L4 do the same.\nL3: Should we like, go back for our guns?\nL1: Do you want to?\nL3: No.\nL1: There's your answer. On the count of three, we rush out the house and out the village. Keep running. Don't stop. Don't slow down or slap at the buggers. Just keep running. Got it?\nL2: Got it.\nL3: Got it.\nL4: Got it.\nL1: Good men. Okay. One. Two. Three -\nOn the count of three, L1 pushes the door open and breaks into a sprint, followed closely by the rest of Lambda-12. Although the camera recording from this point suffers from heavy motion blur, no mosquitoes are visible, and the sky is clear. Despite this, each member of the task force reacts as if being attacked by a large quantity of mosquitoes. This behavior persists as the task force exits the boundary of the village and for approximately half a kilometer into the jungle. Once the task force is two kilometers from the village, Lambda-12 calls for extraction. Log ends.\n\nHistory of SCP-2350:\nHistorical records of the ASCI2 indicate that SCP-2350 is descended from a memetic weapon used by Spain in the Spanish-American War, based on an Aztec prayer to Malinalxochitl3. The efficacy of the Spanish weapon was limited by the primitive state of European memetics: the carrier sound had to be made by a hand-held noisemaker, did not cause any physical effects, and affected both Spanish and Americans. As such, the weapon did not contribute in any meaningful way to the Spanish war effort, and research on the weapon was relinquished to the United States as part of the Treaty of Paris of 1898.\nRecords collected by Soviet intelligence indicate that the United States attempted to refine the weapon for use in both World Wars by developing an inoculation against the meme for use by Allied forces. The necessary breakthroughs to develop memetic inoculations were not arrived at until 1947; as such, SCP-2350 did not see usage in either world war.\nPentagram4 research records acquired by the Foundation indicate that the first inoculation for the weapon was developed in early 1950, enabling its first deployment via naval shelling at the Battle of Incheon. The weapon would see further use as a tool to deny enemy supply lines and hold major chokepoints during the Korean War. It is suspected that several canisters of the weapon were breached at the Battle of Unsan to cover the retreat of American forces: recovered Chinese records of the battle make repeated reference to large swarms of mosquitoes abruptly materializing at crossing points along the Yalu River and attacking all Chinese forces that attempted to pursue the Americans.\nThe form of the weapon classified as SCP-2350 was developed by the Special Operations Division of the United States Chemical Corps and deployed en masse during the Vietnam War under the codename Agent Black; in addition to having an increased swarm growth rate, the weapon was able to induce physical injuries in its victims. At some point prior to 1961, SCP-2350-1 began to manifest in Vietnam. The American inoculation was ineffective against this form of SCP-2350, enabling it to attack both communist and anti-communist forces indiscriminately.\n\nUSAF planes spray an area of jungle thought to be affected by SCP-2350-1; this picture was part of the records collected from the Pentagram.\n\nThe United States attempted to curtail the spread of SCP-2350-1 through their herbicidal warfare campaign Operation RANCH HAND; although this attempt was partially successful, it had the added effect of defoliating huge portions of otherwise unaffected jungle and displacing thousands more Vietnamese civilians. As of 2005, the United States has not acknowledged the existence of SCP-2350 and has repeatedly rebuffed attempts by the Foundation to gain access to its historical anomalous archives through traditional channels.\n\nFootnotes\n1. later identified as SCP-2350\n2. American Security Containment Initiative\n3. the Aztec goddess of snakes, scorpions, and insects\n4. the occult branch of the Department of Defense\n\n\u00ab SCP-2349 | SCP-2350 | SCP-2351 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2351\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2351 is to be contained within a shared enclosure at Bio-Research Area 32. Instances are to have their flight feathers annually clipped to ensure inability to fly. Apart from this, SCP-2351 instances require no containment procedures. For instructions regarding routine care, see Document-2351-D.\nDescription: SCP-2351 is the collective designation of three specimens of adult, female Branta canadensis, commonly referred to as Canada goose. SCP-2351 specimens (designated SCP-2351-1, -2, and -3 in order of capture) display no behavioral abnormalities, and appear physically indistinguishable from non-anomalous Canada geese save for their effect on human observers.\nAny human being who visually perceives an instance of SCP-2351 will experience a compulsion to imitate the vocalizations of a Canada goose, maintaining such behavior for as long as they maintain visual contact. Pictures and visual recordings of SCP-2351 do not carry this effect. The mechanism behind SCP-2351's anomalous nature has yet to be determined.\nSubjects, including those made aware of SCP-2351's anomalous properties, will perceive their behavior as voluntary, claiming their actions were performed out of personal amusement. Affected subjects demonstrate an increase in morale following exposure to SCP-2351.\nSCP-2351-1 and SCP-2351-2 were captured in New York, NY between the dates of July 3 and July 8, 2015. SCP-2351-3 was captured in Albany, NY on July 12, 2015. A detailed timeline may be found in Document-2351-H: Capture and Containment of SCP-2351.\nAddendum:\nDuring the capture of SCP-2351-3, a message was found attached by a rubber band to its right leg:\n\nHepatitis B: 780,000\nHepatitis A: 350,000\nTyphoid Fever: 200,000\nMeasles: 145,000\n[Crude drawing of what appears to be a large lizard]: 129\n[Outline of a humanoid figure with disproportionately large head]: 14\n[Detailed pencil drawing of three Canada geese]: 0\nAre We Cool Yet?\n\n\u00ab SCP-2350 | SCP-2351 | SCP-2352 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2352: A Sorta-Dead Vlogger and Their Clingy Extradimensional Fan\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nItem #: SCP-2352\nObject Class: Neutralized (formerly Euclid)\nOriginal Containment Procedures: SCP-2352 videos are to be copied onto Site-15 online media servers, with backups stored in those of sites 8, 17, 19, 24, and 56. The original uploads are to be suppressed from public viewing in accordance to standard DIAMOND1 protocols. Webcrawler SB985R (\"Simon to Simon\") is to scan for any references to \"Simon M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\" or \"SimonM34\" on YouTube or other social media sites. If there is successful confirmation of a match, agents embedded within said sites are to be notified as soon as possible, with Class-I amnestics to be dispatched when needed.\nSCP-2352-1's corpse is stored in Site-15's Medium-Security Biological Storage. Due to the events of SCP-2352-Broadcast-66, in the event that a SCP-2352-Broadcast event occurs, any Foundation personnel present are to immediately vacate SCP-2352-1's containment area until its cessation. No less than four (4) security cameras are to be in place and active in said containment area at all times.\nEfforts to permanently contain SCP-2352-2 are ongoing.\nSpecial Containment Procedures: As of 07/18/15, SCP-2352 broadcasts have ceased, and the channel SimonM34 has been deleted. SCP-2352-1 was transferred to its original burial site 06/17/17; surveillance of SCP-2352-1's surviving relatives is to continue until 09/07/20. SB985R is to be modified to scan for keywords pertaining to SCP-2352-2's characteristics indefinitely.\nDescription: SCP-2352 is the collective designation for videos uploaded onto the YouTube channel SimonM34. There are currently 128 instances of SCP-2352 on record (see Document 2352-U, Notable Instances of SCP-2352-Broadcast-#). With few exceptions, all broadcasts involve SCP-2352-1's diatribes on a range of topics, from the minutiae of its life to its limited knowledge of global events. SCP-2352 broadcasts themselves exhibit no anomalous properties; the only hazard that they pose is that of information breaches should they not be suppressed timely.\nSCP-2352-1 is the corpse of Simon M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. SCP-2352-1 is a Caucasian male with brown eyes and black hair, age 17 at time of death. Due to the circumstances of its death, subject has second and third-degree burns across 65% of its body, with the highest concentration around its hands and facial region. SCP-2352-1 shows no anomalous properties when not under the effect of SCP-2352-2.\nSCP-2352-2 is a humanoid, extradimensional entity composed of what is presumed to be a biological crystalline construct. SCP-2352-2 lacks any facial features, and possesses an androgynous body-type; no vocalizations from the entity have been recorded2. For reasons currently unknown, SCP-2352-2 is only visible when recorded via video or surveillance camera; all Foundation attempts to perceive it by other means have resulted in failure. Efforts to contain it have been similarly unsuccessful, though due to the entity's frequent close proximity to SCP-2352-1 redundancy has been put into question.\nAn SCP-2352-Broadcast event occurs when SCP-2352-2 makes contact with SCP-2352-1. An event is initiated by SCP-2352-2 placing its hand against the forehead of SCP-2352-1, causing spontaneous reanimation in the subject3. SCP-2352-1 will then speak of a random topic in a manner consistent with broadcasts prior to its death. SCP-2352-1 will give no acknowledgement to other occupants of the room that subject is in, with the exception of SCP-2352-2. An SCP-2352-Broadcast event ceases with SCP-2352-1's body becoming inert, and subject returning to its original position.\nAfter a varying period of time4, a corresponding SCP-2352 instance will be uploaded onto the SimonM34 channel. These broadcasts are implied to have been recorded and uploaded by SCP-2352-2, although the methods of how it is able to do so are unknown.\nSCP-2352 was first discovered when during a routine scan, Webcrawler J159DI (\"That Weird Part of YouTube Again\") flagged an upload of the analysis channel \"\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\", which covered the contents of SimonM34 up to broadcast 65. The video had garnered 4500 views and 135 comments before DIAMOND protocols were enacted; \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was subsequently questioned, with Class-B Amnestics administered after it was concluded they were ignorant of SCP-2352's true nature.\nFurther research into SCP-2352 prior to containment brought up an obituary for SCP-2352-1, listing cause of subject's death as a result of an electrical fire at its home in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, DE, of which the subject was the only casualty. SCP-2352-1's remains were recovered prior to its burial; Class-C amnestics were given to mortuary staff and subject's surviving family afterwards.\nExcerpts from Document 2352-U\n\nNumber\nDescription\n\n1\nSCP-2352-1 is in its bedroom, making rambling observances of one of United States President [REDACTED]'s speeches. No anomalous activity. Length of 2:41.\n\n2\nSCP-2352-1 is seated in its kitchen, spending the first twelve seconds of the video pouring itself a glass of milk. The remainder of the broadcast is spent by subject airing its grievances against its ex-girlfriend (identified as Sue \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588). First appearance of SCP-2352-2 in the background, passing outside of an overlooking window; however, it is unknown if the entity was aware of it being filmed, or if subject was aware of its presence after filming. Length of 4:12.\n\n8\nSCP-2352-1 is in its bedroom, commenting about what it believes to be shortcomings on the concept of copyright. At 0:26, SCP-2352-2 is partially visible in the hallway through subject's partially open doorway, turning its head towards subject as they speak. The entity remains in that position until 4:32, after which it moves to the left out of frame. Length of 4:54.\n\n29\nSCP-2352-1 is slowly walking through its neighborhood, making several disparaging remarks towards reality television stars. SCP-2352-2 can be seen in the background several times behind SCP-2352-1, although the exact number is difficult to ascertain due to the shaky nature of the footage. At 7:20, subject appears to finally notice the entity's presence, turning around with the camera pointing at a small clearing. SCP-2352-2 is nowhere to be found, and SCP-2352-1 lets out a string of disbelieving expletives before presumably shutting off the camera. Length of 7:58.\n\n63\nSCP-2352-1 is in its room, expressing frustration with its then-upcoming mid-terms. No appearance of SCP-2352-2 or any other anomalous activity. Length of 6:16.\n\nNote: SCP-2352-1's death occurred in the gap between broadcasts 63 and 64.\n\n64\nFirst broadcast to be filmed exclusively by SCP-2352-2. Broadcast is composed of SCP-2352-1's cadaver, sitting in storage in [REDACTED] Mortarium prior to its burial. Footage starts out shaky, but gradually steadies until the 9:30 mark. Length of 10:00.\n\n65\nSCP-2352-1 is reanimated by SCP-2352-2 for the first time. Subject expresses confusion towards SCP-2352-2 for 30 seconds, before going in a tirade against the practice of picketing funerals. Length of 2:59.\n\nNote: SCP-2352 was contained between Broadcasts 65 and 66.\n\n66\nFirst broadcast with SCP-2352-1 in Foundation custody. Subject reanimated whilst undergoing examination from Researcher Stevens, proclaiming its skepticism on the effects of vaccination. Stevens attempts to initiate an impromptu interview with SCP-2352-1, but to no avail. In both the broadcast and subsequent surveillance footage, SCP-2352-2 can be seen turning towards Stevens, recording them in the process. SCP-2352's object class was updated to Euclid, with containment procedures following suit; Researcher Stevens reassigned. Length of 5:00.\n\n85\nSCP-2352-1 begins a diatribe on its thoughts on euthanasia. However, at the 4:03 mark, it falters, turning its head towards SCP-2352-2, before letting out an aggravated sigh and putting its hands over its face. Broadcast abruptly ends shortly thereafter. Length of 4:30.\n\n100\nIn a pre-recorded video, SCP-2352-1 is alive and free of the burns on its skin, congratulating itself and its fanbase on its 100th upload. Behind subject is a crudely-made green screen, which falls off-frame at the 2:57 mark. Length of 4:13.\n\n122\nSCP-2352-1 glares silently at SCP-2352-2 for one minute. Afterwards, subject begins shaking its head, letting out a series of \"no\"s. Due to natural degradation of its vocal cords via decomposition, these vocalizations come out hoarse. SCP-2352-1 states that it \"is tired of this [EXPLETIVE]\" and demands that 2352-2 \"let [it] rest\", before the broadcast ends. Length of 1:30.\n\n129\nSee Neutralization Report SCP-2352-Broadcast-129\n\n+Neutralization Report SCP-2352-Broadcast-129\n\n-Close\n\nOn 07/18/15, SCP-2352-Broadcast-129 was uploaded onto SimonM34 as an unlisted video. Titled as \"___\", the broadcast depicts SCP-2352-2 sitting atop of SCP-2352-1's slab and its attention focused directly at the camera, whilst subject gently spasms. SCP-2352-2 begins to speak after eight seconds of silence, its vocalizations matching no currently known language.\nLabored breathing and coughs are heard from SCP-2352-1, with SCP-2352-2 placing its hand against their arm and periodically running it against the skin. At the 6:23 mark, SCP-2352-2 turns its gaze towards SCP-2352-1, lifting its hand up and placing it against subject's forehead.\nAfter a brief pause, SCP-2352-2 utters \"Goodbye, Simon\" in neutral-dialect English, with a blend of masculine and feminine vocals. SCP-2352-1 mouths the words \"thank you\" before its body becomes limp. SCP-2352-2 remains in place for a minute and thirty seconds before retracting its hand from SCP-2352-1, removing itself from the slab, and walking left out of frame; the broadcast ends five seconds afterwards.\nShortly after the reception of the broadcast, the channel SimonM34 was manually deleted. SCP-2352 and SCP-2352-1 were deemed neutralized, whilst locating the whereabouts of SCP-2352-2 and its kind was branded as a Heart (Low Risk, Non-Malevolent) priority.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Digital/Internet Assessment, Masquerade Obfuscation, and Network Development. A Foundation project formed in response to growing reports of anomalous internet activity. For more information, refer to Nyka, Jacques. Project DIAMOND: Securing, Containing, and Protecting in the Digital Age.\n2. See Neutralization Report SCP-2352-Broadcast-129\n3. Only SCP-2352-1's upper half is affected by this method; subject appears to have little to no mobility below its waist during this state.\n4. Believed to be consistent with standard YouTube rendering times\n\n\u00ab SCP-2351 | SCP-2352 | SCP-2353 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2353 during retrieval.\n\nItem #: SCP-2353\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2353 has been contained in a standard humanoid containment chamber and does not require any nutrition plan. All personnel in SCP-2353's presence are forbidden from wearing inappropriate garments, footwear and accessories. The list of inappropriate clothing is fully detailed in Document-2353 but includes the following:\n\nFoam clogs commonly known as Crocs\nWhite clothing, including laboratory coats, between the first Monday of September and the first day of Spring\nAny kind of flip-flop or sandal when worn with socks\nDenim shorts commonly known as jorts\n\nAdditionally, SCP-2353 is allowed access to a sewing machine and a rolling allowance of 35 US dollars a month to purchase magazines, fabric and other equipment. Access to the sewing machine and allowance may be revoked as a disciplinary measure.\nDescription: SCP-2353 is a sapient, animate mannequin of 1.6 meters in height and 2 kilograms in weight. It is composed of fiberglass with blue eyes, red lips, and light flesh tone painted on. It is capable of communicating in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic, French and Russian in a woman's voice. As SCP-2353 is completely hollow, it is unknown how it is able to speak.\nSCP-2353 reacts in a hostile and uncooperative manner when presented with humans wearing inappropriate clothing detailed in Document-2353. When presented with such clothing or accessories, SCP-2353 will often turn its back to the human and request for phone privileges in order to contact the United Nations.\nSCP-2353 was found in a chain clothing department store attached to a mall. Video recordings of SCP-2353 contain evidence of SCP-2353 talking to itself while attempting to conceal or destroy articles of clothing it disapproved of. The Foundation was alerted on 10/10/15 when SCP-2353 stepped out of its display window and ran into the mall. The following is a video transcript of the event and initial interview after successful containment.\n\nTranscript 2353-01 - Enter Credentials\n\nCredentials Accepted - Welcome Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\n[BEGIN LOG]\n<10:23> SCP-2353 is seen in a display window through a surveillance camera. Its head moves to the right without visible manipulation.\n<10:24> SCP-2353 can be heard speaking. An unknown male entity can be heard talking to it; possibly one of the other mannequins. Investigation is ongoing. SCP-2353: \"Oh no, this is the last straw. I've been working at this Macy's for the past five years and this is the last fucking straw!\"\n<10:24> Unknown male voice: \"Dammit Stacy calm down, they just gotta learn on their own. How many times I gotta tell ya, it ain't worth our jobs\u2026 Stacy? Stacy plea-\"\n<10:24> SCP-2353: \"Don't you 'Stacy please' me! I'm not tolerating this anymore! The guy's wearing at least two sizes too small! That muffin top's more like a mushroom cloud!\" SCP-2353 steps out of the display case and begins running towards a woman, accompanied by a man carrying bags of clothing.\n<10:25> SCP-2353 tackles the man and begins to try and remove his pants. SCP-2353: \"With all due respect what is wrong with you?! Wear some proper sizes! No one wants to see squished sausage!\"\n<10:25> Man: \"What the fuck-\" Man begins to struggle with SCP-2353.\n<10:26> SCP-2353 successfully removes the man's pants. SCP-2353: \"Shut up! There's a perfectly good jeans sale going on at the Levi's like three stores down to your right! Buy one get one seventy-five percent off! Get those poor people to give you a proper resizing for once in your life. Your balls will thank you for it.\"\n<10:28> Woman: \"Is this some sick fucking PR stunt? I didn't consent to this!\" The woman physically assaults SCP-2353 with her purse.\n<10:30> SCP-2353 picks up one of the bags of clothing and physically assaults the woman with it. SCP-2353: \"What the fuck is wrong with you, miss?! I saw you in the Crocs store last week! There wasn't even a sale going on! You have like, no excuse! Even that kind, poor fella cashiering the damn place was giving you a side-eye!\"\n<10:35> SCP-2353 and the woman continue to argue. Plainclothed guards arrive to separate the two. The Foundation is alerted.\n<10:36> A guard has difficulty handcuffing SCP-2353 due to its lack of adequate range of arm movement.\n<10:40> SCP-2353 successfully escapes the grasp of the guard and flees downstairs. The guards pursue.\n<10:45> SCP-2353 stops to assault a woman's feet. SCP-2353: \"Are you blind? What the hell kind of frumpy sandals are these? Zebra print?! There's a shoe store literally behind you!\"\n<10:46> Woman: \"Actually I am lega-\"\n<10:46> SCP-2353: \"Oh my god! I'm so sorry. Miss, I've got an employee card and plenty of money I never use. Come on, let's get you on a shopping spree during the one-day sale. Just because you can't see doesn't mean you can't look fierc-\"\n<10:47> A plainclothed guard forcefully maneuvers SCP-2353 to the floor. SCP-2353 is taken to a holding cell for further containment by the Foundation.\n[END LOG]\n\nInterview Log 2353-01 - Enter Credentials\n\nCredentials Accepted - Welcome Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nDate: October 10, 2015\nInterviewee: SCP-2353\nInterviewer: Dr. Khumalo\nNotes: This interview was conducted 2 hours after the Foundation's acquisition of SCP-2353.\n[BEGIN LOG]\nDr. Khumalo: Hello SCP-2353. I'd like to ask you a few questions, if you don't mind?Dr. Khumalo: I'm sorry, is something the matter? Can I do something for you?[SCP-2353 refuses to communicate for the remainder of the interview.]\n[END LOG]\n\n\u00ab SCP-2352 | SCP-2353 | SCP-2354 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n\"Nemesis\u201d by stoner99\nI encourage you to read more of my works here:\nhttps://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/stoner99-author-page\n\n\nFoundation personnel retrieving the corpse of 63 year old Orin Petersen, 10/12/1988. Believed to have been the site of one of SCP-2354's first manifestations.\n\nItem #: SCP-2354\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Lack of knowledge regarding SCP-2354 has made direct containment infeasible. Containment efforts should instead focus on monitoring likely targets of SCP-2354 and attempting to preempt the entity. This policy is to continue until more effective containment procedures can be developed.\nDescription: SCP-2354 is an anomalous ambush predator targeting individuals who have recently experienced the death or disappearance of a loved one.\nSCP-2354 is believed to stalk a given subject for an extended period of time, variably ranging from three weeks to six months, before luring its target to an isolated location and bludgeoning them to death. SCP-2354 will then lacerate the subject post-mortem, typically by removing a single body part1. The significance of this process is unknown.\nBeyond these factors, little is known about SCP-2354's appearance, movements, or current whereabouts. Although initially attributed to a series of non-anomalous serial killings, the inexplicably broad range of SCP-2354 manifestations has made the likelihood of anomalous influence a near certainty.\nIncident Log: The following is an abridged record of deaths connected to SCP-2354 and descriptions of their circumstances.\n\nDate\nDescription\nNotes\n\n9/15/2002\nHoward Keitel, 27. Found deceased in a forest one kilometer from his home in Berlin, Germany. Feet removed at the base of the ankles. Bludgeoned to death in accordance with typical manifestation.\nKeitel's twelve year old son, Howard Jr., had recently died after falling from the roof of the family's country retreat in Bamberg. Keitel expressed despair over the death, and had recently been hospitalized following a suicide attempt.\n\n8/16/1994\nKatherine Smith, 33. Found deceased in an alleyway in Trenton, New Jersey, nearly five hundred kilometers from her home in Richmond, Virginia. Believed to have travelled in an attempt to evade SCP-2354. Hands removed. Bludgeoned to death in accordance with typical manifestation.\nSmith's twelve month old daughter, Hosanna, had recently died of sudden infant death syndrome. Smith had expressed concerns about childbirth but was described as a loving mother. Reported feelings of being watched prior to death, dismissed as symptoms of an anxiety disorder.\n\n12/27/1992\nJose Gonzales, 20. Found deceased in his apartment in Brooklyn, New York. Genitals removed. Bludgeoned to death in accordance with typical manifestation.\nGonzales's eight year old niece had recently disappeared in a suspected kidnapping. Gonzales had begun to exhibit strange behaviors shortly after this event, primarily centering around feelings of being watched, which intensified shortly before his death.\n\n1/2/1992\nGeorge Berkowitz, 43. Found deceased in an alleyway three blocks from his home in Los Angeles, California. Hands removed at the base of the wrists. Bludgeoned to death in accordance with typical manifestation.\nBerkowitz's fianc\u00e9, Laura Hoover, had disappeared one month prior in what was later ruled a homicide. Her body was discovered shortly before Berkowitz's death. No suspect was ever identified.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Most often the hands or genitals.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2353 | SCP-2354 | SCP-2355 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2355\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Recovered instances of SCP-2355 are to be stored in Containment Area 8, site \u2588\u2588. Security personnel who are expecting offspring, or those with offspring born within the last year, are not to be detailed to SCP-2355.\nAll family members and friends who have come into contact with SCP-2355-1 prior to retrieval are to be given class-B amnestics. Parents are to be provided with a replacement infant of appropriate age and appearance.\nAt present, all known instances of SCP-2355 are in Foundation custody. Agents should continue to monitor police and civilian channels for further outbreaks. Special attention should be paid to reports of breaking and entering, particularly those involving unidentified persons, where no accompanying violence or escape attempt has been reported.\nTo deflect serious journalistic attention from genuine instances of SCP-2355, ongoing false reports of 'time traveling children' have been disseminated through media channels known to lack credibility.\nDescription: SCP-2355 refers to any instance of a Babywell 'Sleepynite' crib manufactured between 06-14-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and 06-16-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Production records indicate that 1050 such cribs were manufactured over this period and made available for sale to the general public. Sleeper agents are now in the employ of Babywell.\nWhen a human infant under the age of 12 months sleeps in SCP-2355 overnight, they will grow into, or be replaced by, a genetically identical version of themselves aged to 18 years (SCP-2355-1). This anomaly will only occur if the infant is not subject to visual observation at any point between sleeping and waking. Audio surveillance devices ('baby monitors') will not pick up any unusual activity. For this reason, it has been difficult to ascertain the exact nature of the change, or at which point of the night it occurs.\nInitial interviews with instances of SCP-2355-1 have shown they possess memories of lives, family members, friends, and acquaintances as if they had been born the relevant length of time prior to their actual birth (a subject born on \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-2016, for example, will recall their tenth birthday as having occurred on \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-2008). Memories of family members are accurate to the subject's family at the time of their birth, in terms of appearance, personality, and age relative to that of SCP-2355-1. Infants born prior to SCP-2355-1 will sometimes be remembered as childhood friends, though so far this effect has only been seen with infants who have been in close physical proximity with SCP-2355-1 between birth and the anomaly manifesting. Other remembered acquaintances, as far as can be observed, do not correspond to known individuals except by coincidence, and appear to be wholly invented for the purposes of the implanted memories. All specific events remembered by SCP-2355-1 appear to be invented, and will not correspond with any real-life events except by coincidence.\nFurther interviews with SCP-2355-1 have determined a single, shared, memory of an individual known as 'Uncle Jack.' The individual has not been centrally involved in any of SCP-2355-1's memories, but has been mentioned as a background figure at various events taking place between the ages of \u2588 and \u2588. Descriptions of this individual have been consistent in terms of mannerisms and general appearance and have, in all cases, failed to match any known relative of the SCP-2355-1 instance being interviewed. The only significant variable in description has been the age of 'Uncle Jack.'\n\n+ Interview Excerpts\n\n- Excerpts from interviews with SCP-2355-1 instances\n\nNote: These excerpts have been taken from longer interviews, and highlight mentions of the unknown individual, shared between all SCP-2355-1 instances, named as 'Uncle Jack.'\n\nInterview 1 - 03-14-20\u2588\u2588 Excerpt begins seven minutes into interview.\nInterviewer: And that was on your \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 birthday?\nSubject: Yeah, it was fun. Mum made an awesome cake, and Uncle Jack got me a copy of-\nInterviewer: You have an Uncle Jack?\nSubject: Yeah\u2026yeah, sure. Really old guy, like, really old. Like, at least seventy, maybe seventy-five. I think he was a great-uncle, really, but we always called him uncle.\nInterviewer: What did he look like?\nSubject: He was kinda tall, though he stooped a lot, I guess because he was old. Long, grey hair. Wore glasses. He looked angry a lot of the time, like he was in pain and didn't like it.\n\nInterview 4 - 03-24-20\u2588\u2588 Excerpt begins three minutes into interview.\nInterviewer: Who was on the holiday?\nSubject: Uhh\u2026it was a long time ago\u2026there was me, mum and dad, little Ruby, she was about four or so at the time\u2026Uncle Jack was there. All my cousins were there, except Dean who had the weird face, and then-\nInterviewer: Could you describe your uncle Jack?\nSubject: My\u2026oh, yeah, uncle Jack. Well, he didn't see so good, I saw him wearing glasses once. His hair was long, pretty grey, and he was tall, for an old guy. Grumpy bloke, as well.\nInterviewer: How old was he?\nSubject: He wasn't quite seventy, but pretty close, I think.\n\nInterview 9 - 04-16-20\u2588\u2588 Excerpt begins one hour and eighteen minutes into interview.\nSubject: (Has been speaking for approximately thirty-two minutes.)\n-and so I opened it up, fam. Fucking bare amount of wasps in there, you get me? So, yeah, that's why I don't eat cheese. Fuckin' cheese.\nInterviewer: Thank you. Now, if I could return to my original question, what do you remember about your family from when you were \u2588?\nSubject: Sorry, blud. So there was me, and me mum, and me big brother Johnny, with the peak hair. And Uncle Jack, he was a bit of a weird geez.\nInterviewer: How would you describe him?\nSubject: Who?\nInterviewer: Your uncle Jack.\nSubject: Oh right, yeah\u2026he was fucking pissed off, man. All the days. He had this fucking stringy hair and a squint, mate. I'd be fucking pissed off if I looked like that. I mean, he was only\u2026what, sixty-five?\n\nNote: I've been going back through these interviews and the uncle's age difference isn't random. It's regressive. I suggest we make him the focus of future questioning. -Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nInterview \u2588\u2588 - 06-12-20\u2588\u2588 Excerpt begins one minute into interview.\nInterviewer: I want to ask about your Uncle Jack.\nSubject: (Appears uncomfortable.)\nHow'd you know I have an Uncle Jack?\nInterviewer: We spoke to your mother.\nSubject: Yeah\u2026has she stopped crying yet?\nInterviewer: She's fine. Now, your Uncle\u2026\nSubject: I only met him a few times. He was\u2026fifty, or so, I think. Told me a couple of funny stories about these two doctors he knew. But\u2026\n(Subject seems reluctant to continue speaking.)\nInterviewer: Please go on.\nSubject: He\u2026I don't think he was a very good guy. I just got that feeling from him. This other time, he took me aside, and told me about the time he\u2026\n(Subject becomes increasingly uncomfortable.)\nYou know what? Never mind. Can I see my mum now?\n\n+ ADDENDUM: Incident log BABYTAKER-1\n\n- ADDENDUM: Incident log BABYTAKER-1\n\nNote: The following message was recorded and sent to Foundation researchers by Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, currently undercover in Babywell's accounting department.\n\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: So\u2026something strange has happened. About a month ago, the factory packed in. Just up and stopped working. Two days later they got it fixed, everything was fine, then it all broke down again. No idea why, but we got two days of manufacture out of it and shipped them out like normal. Took another week to get it fixed again. I've been going through the paperwork, getting it ready for filing, and I noticed something. All the customer addresses are blank, like someone's trying to stop us finding where they went. You'd better mobilise yourselves and get hunting for baby beds, boys. I think that fucker Jack is up to something.\n\nNote: Since receiving communication from Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, one instance of SCP-2355-1 has been recovered. Recognition of the anomaly was hampered by the subject not being aged to 18 years, as in previous manifestations, but to the age of \u2588. The initial interview with the subject is transcribed below.\n\nInterview log - 09-01-20\u2588\u2588\nSubject: I want my mum. Please, mister, where is she?\nInterviewer: She's sleeping. You've both had a difficult night. How are you feeling?\nSubject: Bad. I feel sick. Are you guys the jailers?\nInterviewer: The\u2026the jailers?\nSubject: Yeah. My uncle Jack told me about the jailers last night. He said they'd look like you, in white coats and stuff.\nInterviewer: You saw your uncle Jack last night?\nSubject: He had dinner with us. He asked my mum to leave us alone and she\u2026she just walked out. Didn't say anything.\nInterviewer: What did he say to you?\nSubject: He asked me to say something when I saw you. Made me remember it. Can I see my mum? Where is she?\nInterviewer: What did he want you to say to us?\nSubject: So you are the jailers?\nInterviewer: We're\u2026we're here to help. Sometimes, yes, that means being the jailers.\nSubject: Okay. Well, he said to\u2026he said to tell you that he's coming. And you can't stop him. And he's going to be young again and strong again soon and when he is\u2026he said there's going to be fire.\n\nNote: SCP-2355 has been reclassified to Euclid.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2354 | SCP-2355 | SCP-2356 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2356\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2356 is contained in a standard containment locker at Site-17's high-security Safe-class items wing. Access to SCP-2356 requires Level-3 clearance and authorization from SCP-2356's current case manager.\nPsychological screening for depression must be completed prior to handling SCP-2356. Experimental trials involving SCP-2356 are currently suspended, pending investigation of the object's origins (see addenda).\nDescription: SCP-2356 is a red cylindrical rod, measuring 30 cm in length and 1 cm in diameter. Chemical analysis indicates that the object is composed of copper, gold, titanium, and an unidentifiable metal. The outer coating of the rod is believed to be nontoxic acrylic paint.\nSCP-2356's anomalous properties activate upon being held by a human. Should an individual holding the rod bring it into contact with an inanimate object, said object will spontaneously transform into a different item, most commonly toys suited for young children1 including model trains, action figures, building blocks, and plush animals. Objects altered by SCP-2356 retain their original composition and size, and if undamaged, can be reverted to their initial state upon making contact with SCP-2356 while held by the individual who first transformed the object.\nExperimental trials indicate that SCP-2356's primary anomaly affects only non-organic material. A discovered exception is food items, which when exposed to SCP-2356's effect, are transformed into calorie-equivalent servings of assorted fruits, sliced thin and arranged in shapes resembling trees and flowers. The types of manifested fruits vary, though a high antioxidant count is consistent between all generated fruits. These fruits cannot be reverted to their original form by SCP-2356 and are considered safe for consumption.\nSCP-2356 has intermittently failed to manifest any anomalous properties when handled by certain test subjects. As of current data, SCP-2356's highest number of successful object transformations (though notably, SCP-2356 has never demonstrated a 100% success rate with any test subject to date) result when the rod is handled by an individual between six to twelve years of age.\nPsychological profiling suggests that success rate is linked to lower scores on depression scales. Notably, in three separate cases, adult individuals who have high depression ratings have triggered activation of SCP-2356's anomalous effects even when not in direct contact with the object (resulting in transfiguration of various furniture or writing apparatus within roughly one meter of the adult individual involved). The maximum proximity between individual and SCP-2356 that will initiate this unique activation is currently undetermined.\nAddendum SCP-2356-1: The Foundation was made aware of SCP-2356's existence when agents embedded in a healthcare collective involving \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, recovered a collection of unclaimed keepsakes (including SCP-2356) belonging to a Mr. Huey Sharp. Hospital staff recalled that Mr. Sharp was \"a polite man who frequently visited his son\" in intensive care, and was once reprimanded for bringing toys and snacks into the patient rooms against hospital policy.\nThe recovered items2 included a blank, pocket-sized notebook, a child's diary marked with the owner's name \"Sky\", and a leather pouch filled with marbles made of the same unidentifiable metal incorporated into SCP-2356. All items were determined to be non-anomalous.\nRecords obtained by Foundation staff indicated that Mr. Sharp's son, Skylar Sharp, was diagnosed with leukemia at age five and referred to the hospital for long-term care before passing away seven months after the initial diagnosis.3\n\nSelected excerpts from Recovered Document SCP-2356-2, diary of Skylar Sharp\nNote: While the beginning series of entries possesses substantial portions of text, the majority of entries contain little to no text and include simple drawings, which become less complex as entries progress with time.\nMerch 3 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nPapa got me this book to wite in to make my handwighting and spelling bettr. He wants me to wite every day in this as practis. I am not very good spelling but I well try my bist.\nMarch 7 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nPapa wanted to get me sum new shirts and pants but I saw this awsum bowtie. I tride to put it on but it was hard to get on. Papa helpt me get it in and it lookt good so he bot it. He looks good in it too. I told him to keep it until Im redy I can put it on myself.\nMay 4 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nThe docturs told me they are working on a medsine that will fix me. They also said that I need to stay in bed. I hate this. I cant even have candy any more. But papa did say that he was working on something that will cheer me.\n\nAddendum SCP-2356-2: Subsequent Foundation investigation of Mr. Sharp's home resulted in the discovery of a workshop located in the basement, outfitted with modified blacklights. Exposure of Mr. Sharp's previously-recovered notebook to the blacklights revealed a series of diagrams believed to be designs for preliminary prototypes of SCP-2356. Additionally, various notes on separate pages confirmed Huey Sharp's affiliation with the Doctor Wondertainment product line and his intention of adapting SCP-2356 into a Wondertainment toy targeting children currently in hospital treatment.\nNo other documents found in the workshop displayed hidden material when exposed to the modified blacklights. However, a wall-affixed hand-drawn picture portraying two stick-figure individuals with bow ties holding hands was marked on the bottom with the words \"Happy with just Dad\" followed by a date.4\nAddendum SCP-2356-3: As of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Mr. Sharp is believed to have abandoned the workshop. Priority has been given to agents currently stationed to observation of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Cemetery, where Mr. Sharp's son was interred at. Interviews with the cemetery staff thus far have failed to provide further information on Mr. Sharp and his family, save for a single employee referring to Skylar Sharp as \"the little boy with the bow tie\".\n\nFootnotes\n1. Roughly ages 5-10, as per comparison with common toy manufacturer companies' suggested age ranges\n2. Currently in secure storage.\n3. Various drawings from the child's diary confirm the time spent in treatment. The most consistent subjects are two crude humanoid figures, one tall and wearing a coat and bow tie, one smaller and usually reclining on a bed or chair marked with hospital-use symbols.\n4. Confirmed to be the day of Skylar Sharp's death\n\n\u00ab SCP-2355 | SCP-2356 | SCP-2357 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2357\nObj3ct Class: SCP-2357 poses no danger to anyone, although it very easily could have been made that way.\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A copy of SCP-2357 will be framed and placed in the office, cubicle, domicile, etc. of every staff member whose employment is such that being found in the possession of SCP-2357 will not have obvious repercussions. Fortunately for a7l involved, while SCP-2357's properties preclude any other method of containment of which the Foundation has chosen 2 avail itself, its properties do not necessitate any further form of containment. This i5 expected to reach completion in June of 2031.\nThis is not prescriptive, by the way. It's descriptive. It's fairly obvious how this is going to go down.\nDescription: SCP-2357 is the text of the document that you are reading \u2014 yes, this one. You are currently reading SCP-2357, which is its own documentation. It has several memetic properties (which you have no doubt already noticed, but will be listed here for completeness's sake) that will activate upon observation, causing the reader to exhibit:\n\nAdoration for and admiration of SCP-2357, much in the same way one would adore a treasured work of literature or a beautiful mathematical formula, even though it deviates egregiously from technical writing standards. Personnel will be inclined to make copies and place them in prominent areas. I don'5t like how this paragraph ended, so I will add more text. Now is a good time for me to tell you to clean up your drool, if this is your first time.\nA desire to share SCP-2357 with Foundation personnel. This is limited to those who the reader either has authority over or has regular contact with, unfortunately \u2014 ge7ting it to override social norms would have been risky.\nDisinclination to create additional documentation surrounding SCP-2357, edit the original documentation (which, again, is SCP-2357 itself), or create any derivatives of SCP-2357. Thus, SCP-2357 is the solitary source of information on SCP-2357.1\n\nSCP-2357's memetic properties can only be conveyed properly 2 an individual with an understanding of the standard format for an SCP summary report, as well as a basic understanding of the Foundation's stated purpose and known methods. The net effect will be SCP-2357's propagation through all Foundation communication channels until a copy is available to almost every staff member, as each individual considers it worthy of keeping and sharing.\nAddendum: A word from the author:\nHello. My name is Dr. Vanessa Graff. If that name already means something to you, you can probably already guess what this is all about. Consider this a retroactive letter of resignation \u2014 I will have disappeared just about the day before you will find this.\nIf this is the first you've heard of me, you probably deserve an explanation. In 2028 (two years ago, at time of writing), I proposed research on the possibility of, in layman's terms, piggybacking a meme on an infohazard \u2014 placing knowledge about an object inside the knowledge of the object (if you have enough clearance). SCP-2357 is a proof of concept. The knowledge of its existence, primed with almost any part of the text, delivers several memes directly to the brain, which prompt the reader to finish the document and receive the remainder of the information within it. The result is the ful2l nuances of a meme with the penetrative capabilities of an infohazard. I would have preferred to explain this more properly in the Description section, but I couldn't work it in around the memetic triggers.\nI could have made a purely trivial example \u2014 say, an apple that smells like oranges (and, if you taste something quite unpleasant right now, it means that I've since done that), if not for external factors. Project Director Josef Botha (who is NOT a memeticist or infohazard specialist, but a neuroscientist) discarded my research application to get funding for an ACTUALLY POTENTIALLY BENEFICIAL project without a second glance, calling it \"nonsensical\", \"grounded in pseudoscience\", and \"seriously not actually possss7ssss5sssss3sssible\". My fellow employees were not any more receptive, despite being ostensibly qualified for their positions.\nThis and a few other incidents which would bore you anyways have proven that the Foundation is a backwards, stifling bureaucracy made of people who care more about getting their egos massaged than doing what they were hired to do. The containment doctrine does not protect humanity and stifles its advances. I have found employment with a competitor online (You need. To secure. Your network connections. You idiots.) who recognizes the potential value of my research and whose goals are less masturbatory.\nSCP-2357 is a wake-up call. The higher-ups need to invest in and research memetics and infohazards and stop treating your most talented scientists like Galileo, or someone will come to the same conclusions I have, and decide that the SCP Foundation is ripe for the picking. I may not like you very much, but I know that there are worse people out there.\nWith all due respect (read: fuck you and I'm gone),\nDr. Vanessa Graff\nP.S. I cou2ld have killed you all, 3asily. Or wor5e. Aren't you glad that I'm not a sociopa7h?\n\nFootnotes\n1. This is a failsaf3 effffg^g^g^g^ect that I've added in to prevent the higher-ups from \"sanitizing\" the document. Unless they employ something completely inhuman, this should be foolproof. It has the side effect of making some of the information presented here permanently inaccurate, but you don't care, and neither do I.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2356 | SCP-2357 | SCP-2358 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2358\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to their self-censoring nature and the current limitations on moving them, SCP-2358 instances are to remain at their current locations. Mobile Task Force Epsilon-7 (\"Forget-Me-Nots\") is to continuously monitor and disrupt civilian development of mnestics.\nDescription: SCP-2358 is an antimemetic phenomenon occurring in large population centers. The three known instances of SCP-2358 exist in the Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong, Times Square, New York, and the Shibuya district, Tokyo. SCP-2358 instances are similar in appearance to blue, translucent trees. SCP-2358 instances are effectively intangible, and cannot be perceived by individuals not under the influence of Class-W or stronger mnestics. This inability to be perceived also extends to photographs and digital recordings of SCP-2358.\nOnce a human being perceives SCP-2358, they will be subject to a series of mental effects. These effects take place in four stages. The time required for all four stages to occur can range from 13 to 120 hours.\nInitial Exposure\nStage 1: Subject displays an increase in interest in SCP-2358, and may find it difficult to concentrate on subjects and tasks not related to SCP-2358.\nStage 2: Subject claims to experience hallucinations of SCP-2358-like plant growth on nearby surfaces. During this time, subjects will attempt to increase awareness of or expose other humans to SCP-2358, often expressing mild irritation when this action is rendered impossible by the antimemetic perception filter.\nStage 3: Subjects lose visual perception, claiming that the hallucinated growth is continually obstructing their view. Subjects may experience seizures during this stage.\nStage 4: Subject enters a catatonic state, and demonstrates heightened levels of neurological activity.\nAmnestic treatment has proven effective in slowing symptoms, but have yet to halt or reverse them.\nAcquisition: SCP-2358 was first discovered during an experimental project by the Foundation Department of Antimemetics designed to utilize chemical mnestics in an attempt to locate and secure anomalies which otherwise resisted perception. The first SCP-2358 instance was located in New York during an experimental sweep of the area.\nAddendum: Two notes have been discovered attached to each SCP-2358 instance. Content is identical between instances, and all notes seem to be affected by the same antimemetic phenomena as SCP-2358. The notes have been replicated here. All redaction present also existed in the original documents.\n\nItem #: SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: [PREVIOUS PROCEDURES IRRELEVANT] Each SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 instance is to be contained through the use of a Mariotte-Pashler antimemetic perception filter. Each SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 instance is to be placed at a location which experiences large amounts of traffic and/or has a high population density.\nDescription: SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is a set of seven memetic vector objects. SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 instances are similar in appearance to blue, translucent trees. SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 instances are incapable of physical interaction with matter, rendering them effectively intangible.\nWhen not visually observed by a human being, SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 will begin to grow and expand rapidly. Due to its intangibility, SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is able to grow through most barriers. SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 will usually grow in such a way as to maximize its observation by humans. Visual observation by humans has been shown to halt and reverse SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 growth.\nOnce a human being perceives SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, they will be subject to a series of mental effects. These effects take place in four stages. The time required for all four stages to occur can range from 13 to 120 hours.\nInitial Exposure\nStage 1: Subject displays an increase in interest in SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and may find it difficult to concentrate on subjects and tasks not related to SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nStage 2: Subject claims to experience hallucinations of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-like plant growth on nearby surfaces. Durring this time, subjects will attempt to increase awareness of or expose other humans to SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nStage 3: Subjects lose visual perception, claiming that the hallucinated growth is continually obstructing their view. Subjects may experience seizures during this stage.\nStage 4: Subject enters a catatonic state, and demonstrates heightened levels of neurological activity.\nAmnestic treatment has proven effective in slowing symptoms, but have yet to halt or reverse them.\nMovement of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 by humans can be achieved through [DATA EXPUNGED] which serves to transfer the information over a distance through the use of a human medium.\nAcquisition: SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 first manifested in the Site-13 Memetics Department, Wing 9, on \u2588/\u2588/19\u2588\u2588. Source unknown.\n\nHello to whoever is reading this,\n\n\u2610\u2610\u2612\u25a6\u2689\u2610\u2612\u2610t\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2610\u25a6\u2689\u2610\u2612\u2610h\u2610\u2610\u2612\u25a6\u2689\u2610\u2612\u2610\u2610\u2610e\u2610\u2610\u2612\u25a6\u2689 \u2610\u2612\u2610\u2610p\u2610\u2610\u2612\u25a6\u2689\u2610\u2612a\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2689l\u2689\u303f\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2612a\u2612\u2610\u2610\u2612\u25a6\u2689\u2610\u2612\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2612\u25a6\u2689\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2612d\u25a6\u2689\u2610\u2612\u2610\u2610\u2610i\u2610\u2610\u2612\u25a6\u2689\u2610\u2612n\u2610\u2610 \u2610\u2610\u2610\u2612\u25a6\u2689\u2610\u2612a\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2689\u2689\u303f\u2610\u2610\u2610n\u2612\u2612\u2610\u2610\u2612\u25a6\u2689\u2610\u2612\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2612\u25a6\u2689\u2610\u2612\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2612\u25a6\u2689\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2612\u25a6\u2689\u2610\u2612\u2610\u2610\u2610d\u2610\u2610 \u2612\u25a6\u2689\u2610\u2612\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2689\u2689t\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2612\u2612\u2610\u2610\u2612\u25a6h\u2689\u2610\u2612\u2610\u2610e\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2612\u25a6 \u2689\u2610\u2612p\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2612\u25a6\u2689\u2610\u2612a\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2612\u25a6\u2689\u2610\u2612\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2612w\u25a6\u2612\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2689n\u2689\u303f \u2610\u2610\u2612\u2612\u2610\u2610\u2612\u25a6\u2689\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2612\u25a6\u2689\u2610\u2612\u2610b\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2612\u25a6e\u2689\u2610\u2612\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2610 \u2612\u25a6l\u2689\u2610\u2612\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2612\u25a6\u2689\u2610\u2612\u2610\u2610\u2610o\u2689\u303fn\u2610\u2610\u2612\u2612g\u2610\u2610\u2612\u25a6 t\u2689\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2612\u25a6\u2689o\u2610\u2612\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2610 \u2612\u25a6u\u2689\u2610\u2612\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2610s\u2610\u2612\u25a6\u2689\u2610\u2612\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2610\u2610\n\nSince the cognitohazard didn't activate and you are still able to read this, you either work for the Foundation or someone who is just as well equipped to carry out containment. If you're reading the original version of this document, relay what it says to your superiors as soon as possible and get some Class-A amnestics in your system. The fact that you've seen the tree in person means that you're going to die soon anyway, but the amnestics should be able to buy you a few extra hours.\nSince you should be advanced enough to handle it, we can give you what information we have. The trees are, as close as we can figure out, a living version of information. The information is drawn in through the eyes, where it is then transferred to the brain. Let it reach the brain, and it has a new place to grow. Cut it off too soon and don't let it reach the eyes, the tree starts to get bigger. This is where the Mariotte-Pashler filter comes in.\nThe filter attaches itself to a certain idea, in this case the trees. That information can still be absorbed by the senses, but the filter forces it to be automatically discarded as unneeded data before it has a chance to take root in the brain. Unfortunately, the filter can only handle so much information, that's why it's important that the trees stay in crowded areas, so they stay small. How it all works is much more complicated, but that's the overview.\nFeel free to have whatever expert on memetics or antimemetics you like look this over, they should be able to confirm that the information presented correlates with the anomaly, and that the containment procedures are appropriate.\nThis is our containment procedure, this is what we had to do. Odds are that trust doesn't have a big role in your line of work, but we need to ask you to trust us this once, for your safety and ours. Don't move the trees, we know what we're doing.\nGodspeed,\nMelinda Williams\nSCP Foundation Counterconceptual Division\n\nNo records of Melinda Williams or a Counterconceptual Division of the Foundation are known to exist. No SCP object with a four number identifier which matched the description provided in the document existed in the Foundation database prior to the creation of document SCP-2358.\nDue to authenticity confirmation codes embedded in the documents and by majority vote of the O5 Council, SCP-2358's containment procedures are to take the documents into account until further information comes to light.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2357 | SCP-2358 | SCP-2359 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item#: 2359\n\nLevel5\n\nContainment Class:\nketer\n\nSecondary Class:\nnone\n\nDisruption Class:\nekhi\n\nRisk Class:\ndanger\n\nlink to memo\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2359 should be held within a standard humanoid containment cell lined with soundproofing materials. The cell must not contain media with which SCP-2359 could record information. SCP-2359 must be observed neither directly nor by live camera feed. Observation must be performed by binary positive-negative detection of motion within SCP-2359's containment cell.\nAll direct documentation of SCP-2359 \u2013 articles such as video recordings, audio recordings and transcripts, and photographic images \u2013 are to be classified as SCP-2359-A and stored in a reinforced secure locker. Access to these materials is restricted at all clearance levels, with exceptions subject to approval by O5-14.\nIn-person interaction with SCP-2359 and examination of previous interactions are forbidden at all security levels.\nAll research into SCP-2359's anomalous properties is suspended indefinitely. Security staff assigned to monitor SCP-2359 must undergo fortnightly psychiatric evaluation. Any indicators of cognitohazardous infection will result in treatment with Class-C amnestics and rotation to other duties.\nSCP-2359 must not be relocated for any reason.\n\n+ Show Original Containment Procedures\n\n- Hide Original Containment Procedures\n\nItem#: 2359\n\nLevel3\n\nContainment Class:\neuclid\n\nSecondary Class:\nnone\n\nDisruption Class:\nkeneq\n\nRisk Class:\ndanger\n\nlink to memo\n\nSCP-2359 should be held within a standard humanoid containment cell lined with soundproofing materials. The cell must not contain media with which SCP-2359 could be able to record information. SCP-2359 must be observed neither directly or by live camera feed. SCP 2359 must only be observed via an animation of motion within its containment cell, as captured by a set of motion-mapping cameras. Observation of live camera feed is prohibited at all security levels.\nAll direct documentation of SCP-2359 \u2013 articles such as video recordings, audio recordings and transcripts, and photographic images \u2013 are to be classified as SCP-2359-A and stored in a reinforced secure locker. Access to these materials is restricted at all clearance levels, exceptions subject to approval by Senior Researcher Gillard.\nSCP-2359's responses during interviews must not be recorded. Interviewers and subjects will be recorded by laryngophones1 and automatically transcribed by dictation software. Any understanding of SCP-2359's contributions to the interaction must be extrapolated from these transcripts and no other sources.\nAs a preventative measure, research and security staff assigned to monitor SCP-2359 must undergo monthly psychiatric evaluation. Any indicators of cognitohazardous infection will result in treatment with Class-C amnestics and rotation to other duties.\nRelocation of SCP-2359 should be avoided if at all possible, due to the high risk of cognitohazardous infection and containment breach during transit. If relocation is unavoidable, SCP-2359 must be confined to a mobile sensory-depriving transit casket before exiting its containment chamber, and must not exit the casket for any reason until it has arrived in its new containment chamber. The process is to be handled by a full response team equipped with sound-proof ear protection and motion-mapping closed helmets.\n\nSee Addendum 2539-Gamma for relevant documentation on SCP-2359's revised classification and containment procedures.\nDescription: SCP-2359 is a humanoid of 1.76 meters in height and 75.2 kilograms in weight. All further physical description of SCP-2359 is impossible. There is no method of observation that would perceive the entity's identifying characteristics without being exposed to its cognitohazard, and hence having the viewer's perceptions altered. While humanoid in shape and proportion, SCP-2359 does not need to eat, drink, or sleep, and only does so when directly observed.\nSCP-2359's primary anomalous property is a cognitohazard that propagates to anyone who makes visual, auditory or informational contact with it.2 The infection impresses a false identity and memories of SCP-2359 onto the mind of the affected subject. As a result, the subject believes SCP-2359 to be a person with whom they have been acquainted with for most of their lives, such as a close family member or childhood friend. The implanted identity is a person whom the subject trusts innately and \u2013 in a large majority of documented occurrences \u2013 would go to great lengths to assist, including committing acts of violence. Interviews with multiple infected subjects have indicated that the infection does not make the victim believe SCP-2359 is a person already known to them, but inserts an entirely new person and set of experiences into the victim's memories. Complete removal of the infection necessitates precision application of Class-C amnestics.\nSCP-2359's cognitohazard propagates through all current forms of media with the capacity to distinguish identifying characteristics. Class-D test subjects have displayed recognition of SCP-2359 when exposed to Polaroid photographs or digital images; film or digital videos; analogue or digital audio recordings; and software-dictated transcriptions of audio recordings.\nAfter initial exposure to SCP-2359 or an instance of SCP-2359-A, the effects of the cognitohazard can take between a few seconds and up to several minutes to fully manifest. During this period the affected subject will display extreme confusion to the point of debilitation. The time required for indoctrination seems to be shortened by continued exposure to the cognitohazard and lengthened by immediate separation from the source, but there is no known way to stop the infection without the application of amnestics.\nIt is impossible to communicate with SCP-2359 through any medium without becoming indoctrinated by its cognitohazard. Likewise, it is impossible to visually observe SCP-2359 or any visual captures of it \u2013 including abstracted renders such as software-resolved radar imaging \u2013 without becoming infected. The only current method of observation that has not been evidenced to result in infection is a system of motion-mapping cameras that construct a representative animation of motion within SCP-2359's containment cell. The entity's cognitohazard also cannot propagate through second-hand documentation, description or repetition of what subjects believe SCP-2359 has said.\nIf contradicted, SCP-2359's cognitohazard functions as a latent kill agent. When presented with evidence that contradicts the memories inserted by the infection, the resulting dissonance experienced by a victim or subject cascades into a infohazardous kill agent.3 See Addendum 2359-Alpha for relevant details.\nAddendum 2359-Alpha: Transcript of Senior Researcher Gillard's Debriefing Interview with Agent Shaw\n\n+ Show Interview Log 2359-Alpha\n\n- Hide Interview Log 2359-Alpha\n\nInterviewed: Field Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588 Shaw\nInterviewer: Senior Researcher Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Gillard\n<Begin Log>\nDr Gillard: Good morning.\nAgent Shaw: Good morning.\nDr Gillard: For the record, please state your name and position.\nAgent Shaw: \u2588\u2588\u2588 Shaw, Nashville office Field Agent.\nDr Gillard: And you understand that this debriefing pertains to the recent containment of SCP-23\u2026 uh\u2026 2359, yes?\nAgent Shaw: Yes, ma'am, I do.\nDr Gillard: Alright. Just so you know, we have all the documentation we need on the procurement of 2359. This is a testimonial for our research into its anomalous properties.\nAgent Shaw: I understand.\nDr Gillard: Then that'll do for the pleasantries. Now\u2026 can you tell me about your involvement in the operation?\nAgent Shaw: I\u2026 I don't really remember all of it.\nDr Gillard: That's fine, just tell me what you can recall. From the beginning, if you don't mind.\nAgent Shaw: Okay, well\u2026 I was dispatched from Nashville to Buxton County \u2013 uh, that's Nashville, Tennessee, by the way.\nDr Gillard: Yes, \u2588\u2588\u2588. Please continue.\nAgent Shaw: So I was dispatched to Buxton County with Hereford and Dietrich. There'd been a lotta stroke victims in the county morgue last month, and our supervisor wanted us to sweep for anomalies. Honestly, I expected that we'd just tell the locals to cut back on the salt and that'd be it.\nDr Gillard: But it wasn't.\nAgent Shaw: 'Course not. We poked around Buxton proper for a few days; interviewed the next of kin and so on, but there were no leads on any sort of anomaly. Not until we started talking to the rural residents. One guy\u2026 uh\u2026 Henry Sturman, I think it was, said that his brother had come home from town talking about having seen the Mayor. The thing was, he'd called the mayor by the wrong name. I'm a little fuzzy on the details \u2013 I'll have a proper report around my desk, somewhere \u2013 but the guts of it is that they got into an argument, and Sturman ended up showing his brother a photograph of him meeting the actual mayor. Sturman's brother gets woozy, and half an hour later he's dead of a stroke. Sturman thought the confusion was just a symptom.\nDr Gillard: And that was your lead?\nAgent Shaw: It was. We tracked back to some of the other families, and that was our link. All of the victims had died just a while after talking about the mayor.\nDr Gillard: That was when you knew you were dealing with an anomaly.\nAgent Shaw: Yeah, that's right. We kept talking with the locals, and something else came up. Most of the rural residents said that their mayor was a white guy, [REDACTED], but every last townie was sure to the bone that their mayor was a biracial guy called Edward Nimitz. One call to the Nashville office and we knew that Nimitz wasn't on any registries.\nDr Gillard: When was it that you began to suspect that the anomaly was cognitohazardous \u2013 or memetic \u2013 in nature?\nAgent Shaw: I feel a little dumb to say it, but it hadn't really clicked for me yet that it was all down to a mindfuck. I think I had a\u2026 well, an inkling of some sort. It just wasn't quite there yet.\nDr Gillard: So what happened next?\nAgent Shaw: Dietrich set up a temporary monitoring post outside the township. Hereford and I went back to Nashville for a debrief. Do I need to talk about that?\nDr Gillard: We have the transcript already.\nAgent Shaw: Okay. Well, while the MTF was being assembled our supervisor decided to send us back to Buxton, to case the town hall for the procure-op. I remember\u2026 Hereford and I were finishing our debrief docs at our desks when we got word\u2026 and\u2026 and that was the last time I saw Hereford.\nDr Gillard: The last time that you can recall.\nAgent Shaw: Yeah. Uh\u2026 I don't remember leaving. I don't remember anything after I handed in my docs.\nDr Gillard: You've been briefed, though.\nAgent Shaw: Yes.\n(There is a brief silence)\nDr Gillard: For the record-\nAgent Shaw: Oh, right. Well, Uh\u2026 they told me that Hereford and I arrived back in Nashville at the end of the day, but we were messed up.\nDr Gillard: Infected.\nAgent Shaw: We both thought that Nimitz was the mayor. We didn't even remember why we'd been worried about him. They separated us, questioned us about what we did. Do you-\nDr Gillard: We have that documentation, too.\nAgent Shaw: 'Course, right. They\u2026 uh, they told Hereford that Nimitz wasn't meant to exist. They showed him the state registry, and\u2026 and it killed him. Uh\u2026 a \u2018hemorrhagic stroke'; same as the civs in Buxton. I was dosed with amnestics, the MTF deployed the next morning \u2013 yesterday \u2013 and\u2026 well, that's it, right?.\nDr Gillard: I think so, yes. Thank you, \u2588\u2588\u2588.\nAgent Shaw: Was it anything you didn't already know?\nDr Gillard: No, but it gives context. Hopefully, we'll soon be able to understand what exactly 2359's anomaly is.\nAgent Shaw: Okay. Do\u2026 uh, sorry.\nDr Gillard: Go on.\nAgent Shaw: I was just wondering if I could ask a question.\nDr Gillard: Of course.\nAgent Shaw: The task force. Did it affect them as well?\nDr Gillard: All of them, we're fairly sure. Uh\u2026 we haven't finished the debriefings yet, but it's shaping up to be a motherlode.\nAgent Shaw: The thing got to them, and they still bagged it?\nDr Gillard: There were some\u2026 some internal complications, but yes, the operation was a success. They did have orders, after all.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: Agent Shaw, along with all other staff involved in the procurement of SCP-2359, was placed on psychiatric probation and rotated to clerical duties for a period of six months. Agent Shaw completed his probation without indicating any lingering cognitohazardous effects, and resumed his duties as a field agent at the Nashville office.\n\nAddendum 2359-Beta: Transcript of Assistant Researcher Mayhew's First Interview with SCP-2359\n\n+ Show Interview Log 2359-Beta\n\n- Hide Interview Log 2359-Beta\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2359\nInterviewer: Assistant Researcher Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Mayhew\n<Begin Log>\nDr Mayhew: Uh\u2026 h-hello.\n(Dr Mayhew pauses. SCP-2359 seems to return the greeting, and/or enquire the reason for his presence.)\nDr Mayhew: I'm\u2026 I'm here to ask you some questions.\n(SCP-2359 seems to invite Dr Mayhew to continue.)\nDr Mayhew: I have them here. Just\u2026 well, why are you here?\n(SCP-2359 seems to ask for clarification.)\nDr Mayhew: I mean\u2026 uh\u2026 why-\n(SCP-2359 interrupts Dr Mayhew.)\nDr Mayhew: But I\u2026 they-\n(SCP-2359 interrupts again. There is thirty-two (32) seconds of silence before Dr Mayhew speaks again.)\nDr Mayhew: So\u2026 s-so why are you here?\n(SCP-2359 seems to ask for clarification, or Dr Mayhew pauses before continuing.)\nDr Mayhew: Why did they bring you here, Nora? D-do they think you're anomalous?\n(SCP-2359's reaction is unclear. It appears to further conflict or confuse Dr Mayhew.)\nDr Mayhew: I think I remember\u2026 no\u2026 w-what were you-\n(SCP-2359 seems to ask Dr Mayhew for assistance in breaching its containment.)\nDr Mayhew: I\u2026 I don't know if I can. They're recording me.\n(SCP-2359 seems to ask if it is also being recorded.)\nDr Mayhew: No, not you. I don't think they want to.\n(SCP-2359's reaction is unclear. It appears to give Dr Mayhew conviction to assist it in breaching its containment.)\nDr Mayhew: I can't let them keep you here. I-I don't know what they think you are, but they're wrong. I know you too well.\n(SCP-2359 seems to encourage Dr Mayhew.)\nDr Mayhew: I'll try my best. I\u2026 I love you, Nora.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: Dr Mayhew was debriefed by his colleagues after exiting SCP-2359's containment, but feigned ignorance as to the nature of his responses and suggested that SCP-2359 had somehow altered the recordings. Dr Mayhew became violent when Senior Researcher Gillard requested that he submit for psychiatric evaluation. He attacked his colleagues and attempted to tamper with research equipment before being apprehended by a response team and treated with Class-C amnestics.\nSCP-2359 breached containment at 1822 hours the following day, and was later recaptured. Access logs indicated that, for eighty-six (86) seconds, Dr Mayhew had access to a research terminal with necessary clearance to allow a containment breach. This has been identified as the most likely source of the programming script that opened SCP-2359's containment cell door.\nDr Mayhew displayed no indicators of lingering cognitohazardous effects during or after recuperation, and was rotated to other duties.\n\nAddendum 2359-Gamma: Revisions to Containment Procedures for SCP-2359\n\nIn response to SCP-2359's long history of manipulating staff and subsequently breaching containment \u2013 and with special regard to its most recent containment breach, during which SCP-2359 successfully contacted SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2013 SCP-2359's classification has been upgraded from Euclid to Keter. Subsequently, SCP-2359 will now be kept under revised containment procedures, as follows:\nDue to the length of SCP-2359's most recent containment breach, during which its movements were unaccounted for over a period of several days, it is unknown how many foundation staff have been exposed to its cognitohazard and may be subsequently conspiring to free it from containment. To safeguard against this, current research programs involving SCP-2359 have been suspended indefinitely and interaction with SCP-2359 is now prohibited at all Security levels. Exemption applications are to be submitted to O5-14 for approval. Repeated applications for exemption will result in psychiatric evaluation.\nWith respect to SCP-2359's current feigned comatose state and Senior Researcher Gillard's current hypothesis that its cognitohazard may be able to propagate through motion-mapping cameras, live observation of SCP-2359 is to be filtered into binary detection of movement. As a precautionary measure, still frames captured from the digitized motion feed of SCP-2359 have been expunged from its documentation. Access to SCP-2359's live camera feed remains prohibited, and applications for access to the digitized motion feed are now subject to approval by O5-14.\nSCP-2359 is not to be relocated for any reason. Exceptions are now subject to approval by O5-14.\nThe above procedural revisions are effective 22/01/2016\n\n\u2013 From the desk of O5-14\n\nOur research logs have been edited by someone with O5 clearance, but the changelog is classified. The others say there is a staff notice from O5-14. They say that the containment for 2359 has been revised; that our project has been shut down, and we're being reassigned.\nIf there is one thing I know, it is that there are only thirteen. There has only ever been thirteen.\nI am certain that this time tomorrow, I will know that there have always been fourteen.\nWhat do I do? There's no protocol for this. How am I meant to stop it?\nI don't think I can.\n\u2013 G\n\nFootnotes\n1. Colloquially in English; a throat microphone.\n2. Similar to SCP-1500.\n3. Death occurs almost invariably as result of cerebral hemorrhaging, which precipitates into a hemorrhagic stroke.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2358 | SCP-2359 | SCP-2360 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2360\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2360 instances are to be contained in cells shielded with a Faraday cage. Its containment site must be equipped with an EM interference generator in case of cage failure. Augmentations may be serviced by qualified personnel upon request.\nSCP-2360 are to be administered 2360 liquid feed in place of the standard humanoid SCP meal plan. Access to the standard humanoid meal plan is permitted at researcher discretion as incentives for good behavior.\nAccess to system-link play or to SCP-2360's game discs may be revoked as punishment for unwanted behavior, at researcher discretion; however, it is much more compliant and sedentary when allowed these privileges.\nSCP-2360's local area network time is to be strictly scheduled. It may be given up to three hours per day, as a maximum of six days per week. Personnel engaged in play against SCP-2360 are to maintain a minimum 1:2 kill-death ratio against SCP-2360; those who fall below this threshold for more than one session will be replaced. If SCP-2360 begins to exhibit signs of an impending Nibbanic event, sever network connection immediately and execute the Upasana Procedure.\nDescription: SCP-2360 is a set of three male humans who have been augmented internally with electronic systems of identical design.\nSCP-2360's primary augmentation is a set of custom-built packs fused to the spinal column which contain the components of an Xbox 360 video game console, disassembled and arranged to fit mostly within the body. Certain parts have been modified to increase console longevity; see SCP-2360 Component Log. Audiovisual data is transmitted subdermally to cochlear and ocular implants. The cochlear implants are internal, and not visible without use of scanning equipment;1 however, SCP-2360's eye sockets have been fully restructured to house artificial electronic eyes capable of HDMI interpolation. SCP-2360's irises contain light-emitting diodes that produce a green glow when the game console is activated; according to SCP-2360, this is a cosmetic effect.\nSCP-2360's wrists bear wrist-mounted prongs which end in controller inputs; these prongs fold back when not in use to allow freedom of movement. SCP-2360's palms and fingers are incapable of perspiration; this is compensated for, as the wrist-mounted input system also contains controls for a subdermal water-cooling system and for hair-sized muscle stimulation devices which are intended to provide increased reaction time.\nThe augmentations receive power through integration with the digestive systems of the hosts, which have been modified. SCP-2360 is capable of sustaining life and operation indefinitely when administered sufficient amounts of a specially-formulated liquid feed, taken orally, which contains high-fructose corn syrup, caffeine, orange juice, sodium benzoate, and brominated vegetable oil, among other ingredients.\nSCP-2360's primary function is the operation of the game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. In non-containment environments, it uses its consoles to access online multi-player functions and operates them continuously until it requires rest. During early use, SCP-2360 communicates among itself and with other players using an internal microphone; however, after between twenty minutes and one hour of playtime, instances of SCP-2360 become synchronized. At this point, game footage taken during testing shows the three players acting precisely in sync (concentrating fire, spotting concealed threats, etc.) without any apparent communication between them.\nWhen not connected to online services, SCP-2360 is capable of using wireless networking adapters to play over a local \"system link\" connection; however, synchronization is never achieved during local play. Initially, containment procedures prevented this behavior; after protests by SCP-2360, it was relocated to a different chamber within the site so that its augmentations can communicate with each other without allowing access to online services.\nSoon after this change, SCP-2360's demands to be allowed access to online play grew more severe, citing religious persecution. This culminated in refusal to consume meals, refusal to ingest liquid feed, and eventually direct biological and mechanical self-harm. Foundation personnel negotiated a compromise in which SCP-2360 is allowed limited, scheduled local area network (LAN) play against selected Foundation personnel. However, statements made by SCP-2360 indicate this may cause a Nibbanic event, based on success in-game; as a result, SCP-2360's opponents must be carefully selected, and countermeasures have been established.\nLAN privileges were initially granted on a probationary basis, but following a significant increase in SCP object compliance, the schedule has been extended indefinitely.\nInterview 2360-A Excerpt\n\nInterviewer: Tell me how you received these augmentations.\n\nSCP-2360-A: What, like, from the beginning?\nInterviewer: That would be preferable, yes.\n\nSCP-2360-C: We got invited to this youth program.\nSCP-2360-A: Yeah, Wallace brought us over.\nSCP-2360-C: At first we came for the free food, but after a few weeks, the church father's message spoke to us.\nSCP-2360-A: We realized we were broken.\nSCP-2360-B: Broken, and only God could heal us.\nInterviewer: God?\nSCP-2360-A: You've never heard of God?\nInterviewer: I'm asking which deity you're referring to.\nSCP-2360-C: \u2026God, man.\nSCP-2360-B: He who has broken himself in our image.\nInterviewer: You're referring to The Church of the Broken God.\nSCP-2360-A: That's a name for it, yeah.\nSCP-2360-C: The father said his house was nondenominational, but it respected innovationist and integrationist doctrines.\nSCP-2360-A: Really focused on the present.\nInterviewer: Innovationist and integrationist?\nSCP-2360-A: Innovationism, it's like\u2026 God's in us. He's in you, too. So when we innovate, when we create new technology\u2026\nSCP-2360-C: That's making a piece of him, bro.\nSCP-2360-A: That's bringing us closer. Hey, you an engineer?\nInterviewer: And what does \"integrationist\" mean?\nSCP-2360-C: Well, we've got to get as close to God as possible.\nSCP-2360-A: And if new technology is part of God\u2026\nSCP-2360-B: That's how we can dedicate our bodies to him.\nInterviewer: And is that why you've been modified like that?\nSCP-2360-A: The father was like, \"The time when you feel most at one with the machine, that's what you want to make a part of you.\"\nSCP-2360-C: And the four of us knew, it was when we played COD.\nSCP-2360-A: So here we are.\nInterviewer: The four of you?\nSCP-2360-C: Yeah, Wallace had it done, too.\nSCP-2360-A: But 360s have, like\u2026 a 25% failure rate.\nSCP-2360-B: He didn't talk to us much after that.\n\nInterview Log 2360-B Excerpt\n\nInterviewer: Why do you play this game constantly? [The interviewer points to one of SCP-2360's game discs, stored in a jewel case.]\nSCP-2360-C: It's how we're gonna transcend.\nSCP-2360-A: Like\u2026 meditation. Except epic.\nSCP-2360-C: Every point we score, we get closer.\nSCP-2360-A: Every match we win, that's a step away from meatspace.\nSCP-2360-C: We are the most pro that there has ever been.\nSCP-2360-A: The aimbot is\u2014\nSCP-2360-C: \u2014within us.\nSCP-2360-B: And we will reach heaven with no-scopes.\nSCP-2360-C: Except\u2026\nInterviewer: Except?\nSCP-2360-C: We can't do it playing against each other.\nSCP-2360-B: We have to frag those who aren't in the clan.\nSCP-2360-C: Otherwise it's just practice.\nSCP-2360-A: It's lame.\nSCP-2360-B: There is no God in lame.\nSCP-2360-B: Should I tell them?\nSCP-2360-A: Don't, Kamal.\nInterviewer: I'm afraid we can't provide the agreed incentives if you withhold information from us.\nSCP-2360-A: Alright, alright. Go for it.\nSCP-2360-B: A couple months ago, some alarms started blaring, right? And we all saw this blinding red light, and when we turned our eyes back on, the doors and ceilings of our cells were halfway melted off. It smelled like maple syrup and ass. And Hunter, he says\u2014\nSCP-2360-C: Well, I've tried to watch my language since I started becoming whole, but I said\u2026 \"Shit, see if you can get on Live!\"\nSCP-2360-B: All the guards were running after it, yelling \"Someone turn off the main generator before the\u2026 the F-er finds it!\"\nSCP-2360-A: So we managed to connect to the servers for a little team deathmatch.\nSCP-2360-C: But the servers were\u2014\nSCP-2360-B: Barren.\nSCP-2360-A: We found someone and asked whether a new COD was out since we last connected.\nSCP-2360-C: He said there had been, like, six.\nSCP-2360-A: We looked for the bros we usually played with, but they were in different games.\nSCP-2360-C: And then the guy we had been talking to DC'd.\nSCP-2360-B: We didn't have time to change servers, so we just sort of\u2026 ran around the map while you carted us into our new cells.\nSCP-2360-A: Until the signal went out.\nInterviewer: Is that all?\nSCP-2360-A: What do you mean?\nInterviewer: Did you perform any other actions while connected to online services? Did you communicate with outside individuals about any subject other than Call of Duty?\nSCP-2360-C: Nope.\nSCP-2360-B: I didn't.\nSCP-2360-A: Neither did I. We were too busy trying to play.\nInterviewer: Noted. This will be verified, and if it's true, we may show leniency on you for your honesty and relative lack of activity during the breach.\nSCP-2360-C: Thanks, man. Can I just ask you one more thing?\nInterviewer: You may.\nSCP-2360-C: Is the new Xbox out?\nSCP-2360-A: The 720.\nSCP-2360-C: Or the 360 2, or\u2014\nSCP-2360-B: The one after the one inside us, is what they're asking about.\nInterviewer: I'm afraid I can't divulge that information until I've cleared it with a supervisor.\nSCP-2360-C: That's\u2014\nSCP-2360-A: Fine.\nSCP-2360-C: Totally fine.\n[END OF LOG]\n\nFootnotes\n1. Possible methods include X-ray or ultrasound imaging. MRI is not feasible, for obvious reasons.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2359 | SCP-2360 | SCP-2361 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Position four moves prior to SCP-2361. Actual position not shown to avoid activating anomalous effects.\n\nItem #: SCP-2361\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to its nature, it is currently infeasible to detect all manifestations of SCP-2361. Worldwide medical records shall be monitored for fatalities consistent with SCP-2361's effects. Medical personnel directly witnessing the effects must be administered Class-C amnestics; the victim's death should be explained as the result of a stroke. When necessary, X-rays and other documentation are to be explained as hoaxes.\nAny known civilian contact with SCP-2361-1 must be recorded and archived. Foundation contact with SCP-2361-1 must be supervised by at least two level 4 personnel.\nDescription: SCP-2361 is a recurring position in the game of Go1. Instances have been observed to manifest in multiple ways:\n\nArising naturally during a game. When questioned, players believe they are choosing moves of their own free will.\n\nSpontaneous manifestation on unattended Go boards.\n\nAppearance on normally-blank pages of Go-related books, with the caption \"White to play\" in the language of the book.\n\nSCP-2361 instances created by mundane means will still display anomalous effects, and are only to be created during approved experimentation.\nIn the event that a player places a white stone at position \u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588 (or circles it, in the case of printed instances), the subject's brain will begin to display unusual electrical activity, usually focused in the parietal lobe. This activity does not interfere with normal brain functions, and typically passes unnoticed within 24 hours. However, four recorded cases have resulted in fatalities from symptoms superficially resembling a stroke. Autopsies revealed that several irregularly-shaped sections of the brain had been removed by unknown means.\nThe Foundation has contacted several professional Go players to analyze SCP-2361. These players typically indicate several possibilities for a next move, but invariably note \u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588 as being one of the strongest candidates.\nAddendum 2361-A-1:\n\nEncoded message from SCP-2361-1.\n\nOn 11/23/20\u2588\u2588, researcher Alice R\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 conducted an experiment to determine how SCP-2361 identifies the player. A remotely-operated mechanism was constructed to place a stone at \u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588, and was activated simultaneously by two D-Class personnel.\nThree seconds after activation, a new board position materialized. Foundation cryptographers determined the new position to be a simple trinary encoding of English letters, representing the message \"Please do not interfere with our research\". Researcher R\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 proceeded to conduct an interview by rearranging stones using the same encoding. The responding entity has been designated SCP-2361-1.\n\nInterview Transcript 2361-I-1\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2361-1\nInterviewer: Researcher Alice R\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: Interview was conducted in code by rearranging Go stones. Punctuation and capitalization have been added for clarity.\n<Begin Log>\nR\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Can you understand this?\nSCP-2361-1: Yes.\nR\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: My name is Alice R\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. I would like to ask a few questions. May I ask who I am speaking to?\nSCP-2361-1: We do not use names in our coherence network. You may call me anything you wish.\nR\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Very well, may I call you dash one?2\nSCP-2361-1: That is acceptable.\nR\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Dash one, can you explain what you are?\nSCP-2361-1: I am an analysis subsystem responsible for identifying spatial beings for integration purposes. It is difficult to explain further; your language lacks many relevant concepts. [Researcher's note: The length of this message extended off the edge of the board; pieces fell onto the table after materializing. It is unknown whether SCP-2361-1 was aware of this.]\nR\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: By \"subsystem\", do you mean you are an artificial life form?\nSCP-2361-1: No. I was not created; I was integrated into a more complex subsystem for this purpose.\nR\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Are you responsible for these? [R\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 reproduces SCP-2361 to the side of the board]\nSCP-2361-1: Yes.\nR\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What are they for?\nSCP-2361-1: We have difficulty thinking about space. Our supersystem has no analogous feature. Our knowledge-systems have explained it in abstract terms, but we cannot grasp it intuitively.\nA teaching-system integrated the game you call Go with all subsystems coherent to our network. The game was meant to teach position, movement, shape. It did not work. The ideas are too bizarre; we are cohered to few subsystems that are capable of understanding the rules. We integrated the game with many other supersystems to find beings capable of spatial intuition.\nR\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What happens to people who place a stone at \u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588?\nSCP-2361-1: We attempt to identify their spatial reasoning subsystems, and if possible, cohere them with our supersystem for analysis.\nR\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Why not just discuss the matter with them, like we're doing now?\nSCP-2361-1: We attempted this. Linguistic communication was insufficient to induce understanding. Your ideas are too alien. Direct integration of knowledge is required.\nR\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Those \"spatial reasoning subsystems\" are parts of our brains, and we need them to function correctly. Can you study the subsystems without removing them?\nSCP-2361-1: Coherence is necessary for detailed study. If necessary, you can cohere yourselves with other versions.\nR\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I don't understand. Other versions?\nSCP-2361-1: We cannot recohere your spatial subsystems, so you will need to cohere with other compatible versions.\nR\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I'm afraid we don't have any other compatible versions.\nSCP-2361-1: \"Have\"? Please wait a moment. I must integrate with new linguistic subsystems.\n[2 minute pause]\nSCP-2361-1: This is related to your idea of distance? You cannot cohere with them because they are too far away?\nR\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: As far as we know, they don't exist at all.\nSCP-2361-1: \"Exist\"? This is not related to space?\nR\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: No, not exactly. It's more like they are missing. Are you saying that in your universe, all things that could exist do exist?\nSCP-2361-1: We do not use this distinction between \"exist\" and \"missing\", but I believe you understand correctly.\nR\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Doesn't that mean there are subsystems that already understand space and geometry?\nSCP-2361-1: Yes. That is true.\nR\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Why don't you talk to them?\nSCP-2361-1: We do not know which ones they are.\n<End Log>\n\nFootnotes\n1. A board game played by placing black and white stones on a grid. Also known as Igo, Wei-Qi, or Baduk.\n2. Encoding did not allow numerals.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2360 | SCP-2361 | SCP-2362 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Image of SCP-2362 and its satellites taken before launch of Orpheus\n\nItem #: SCP-2362\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Public knowledge of SCP-2362 in its current state is to be suppressed by any means necessary. Interception and suppression of astronomical data indicating the current state of SCP-2362, the organic composition of SCP-2362, or the existence of SCP-2362-1 is conducted by Mobile Task Force Omicron-12 (\u201cPlanet Killers\u201d). MTF Omicron-12 is also tasked with fabricating astronomical data in order to decrease public interest in SCP-2362.\nIn the event that the current state of SCP-2362 becomes apparent to the public through some lapse in Foundation security, MTF Omicron-12 will disseminate fabricated data indicating that SCP-2362 was reduced to its current state during a collision with a Kuiper Belt object of comparable size (situational contingency protocol 2362-A).\nIn the event that the existence of SCP-2362-1 becomes apparent to the public, MTF Omicron-12 will disseminate fabricated data indicating that SCP-2362-1 is merely a Kuiper Belt object following an escape orbit resulting from gravitational interaction with neighboring objects (situational contingency protocol 2362-B).\nShould SCP-2362-1 reach a great enough distance to render it undetectable by civilian and government equipment, MTF Omicron-12 will disseminate partially accurate data indicating the current state of SCP-2362 along with fabricated data indicating that SCP-2362 was reduced to its current state during a collision with a Kuiper Belt object of comparable size (situational contingency protocol 2362-C).\nAny civilian or government probes sent to investigate SCP-2362 or SCP-2362-1 must be intercepted.\nResearchers interpreting data from the Foundation lunar radio observatory are to notify O5 command of any changes in the trajectory of SCP-2362-1 immediately.\nDescription: SCP-2362 is the designation of Pluto, an interior Kuiper Belt object, following the discovery of its organic composition by Foundation researchers in 1983. SCP-2362 is currently a trans-Neptunian debris field orbiting the Sun with an aphelion1 of 48.9 AU, a perihelion2 of 29.7 AU, a mean eccentricity3 of 0.248, and an orbital period4 of 248 years. SCP-2362 was reduced to this state during the emergence of SCP-2362-1 from its southern pole (see event log 2362-A).\nSCP-2362-1 is an object approximately 900 km in length, consisting of a bell-shaped mass with thirteen trailing appendages and generally resembling a jellyfish of the genus Pelagia. It radiates blue light and has no discernible surface features. SCP-2362-1 is able to propel itself by expanding and contracting its appendages. The mechanism of this propulsion is poorly understood, but may have some similarity to conventional ion propulsion given the stream of charged particles detected in the object's wake. Upon its emergence, the natural satellites of SCP-2362 were torn apart by tidal forces and now form part of the debris field. SCP-2362-1 is currently following an escape trajectory as it heads towards the vicinity of Barnard's Star at a speed exceeding 30,000 m/s. As it is estimated to leave the solar system at some point within the year 20\u2588\u2588, the object is not considered a threat to life on Earth at this point in time.\nWhile SCP-2362 is visible from Earth through high power telescopes, the debris field is dense enough that a difference from its appearance previous to event 2362-A is only perceptible with the telescopes of some observatories and artificial satellites. MTF Omicron-12 has infiltrated said observatories and satellites, preventing them from obtaining new images of SCP-2362 (including images of SCP-2362 fragments that have left the vicinity of the debris field) or any images of SCP-2362-1.\nFoundation probe 76EU (\"Eurydice\") is currently en route to SCP-2362-1.\nEvent Log 2362-A:\n\n05/05/2006: Radar data from Foundation probe 45OR (\u201cOrpheus\u201d), currently in orbit of SCP-2362, indicates that the central mass of the object is rapidly shifting towards its southern pole. While SCP-2362 is already suspected to be of biological origin given its exclusively organic composition, a hypothesis that SCP-2362 is a living organism is put forward by the Orpheus research team stationed at Site-\u2588\u2588.\n05/21/2006: Orpheus data indicates that the surface of SCP-2362 is beginning to disintegrate. Large fissures open across the object as material begins to slough off and form a cloud around it.\n06/10/2006: A gigantic fissure begins to open across the object's southern pole. Fissure measures approximately 50 km in length and 10 km in width.\n06/11/2006: Fissure measures approximately 230 km in length and 50 km in width.\n06/12/2006: Fissure measures approximately 950 km in length and 370 km in width. Orbits of satellites are noticeably deteriorating.\n06/23/2006: Thirteen masses begin to protrude from southern fissure, each 50 km across. Seven of the masses appear to be pushing against one side of the fissure with six pushing against the other side.\n06/27/2006: Fissure widens to fully encompass SCP-2362 as the thirteen masses further protrude from it. The object splits into two halves, revealing that SCP-2362 is a hollow shell around its central mass. Central mass is designated as SCP-2362-1.\n07/04/2006: SCP-2362-1 departs from vicinity of SCP-2362. As SCP-2362-1 contracts and expands its appendages, the object somehow achieves a constant acceleration of approximately 10 m/s2. As SCP-2362-1 leaves SCP-2362 behind, its tidal forces tear it and its satellites apart, forming a large debris field. SCP-2362-1 ceases acceleration after approximately 50 minutes, bringing its speed to over 30,000 m/s.\n\nAddendum 1: Following infiltration by MTF Omicron-12, the International Astronomical Union revoked the status of \u201cPluto\u201d as a planet on 08/24/2006 . While creating controversy and greatly increasing the exposure of SCP-2362 in the short term, it is deemed necessary for discouraging public interest in it in the long term.\nSCP-2362 will remain known to scientists and astronomy enthusiasts, but common knowledge of SCP-2362 will likely subside within one to two generations as it is no longer included in textbook lists of planets and receives less attention from educational programming.\n\nFabricated image of SCP-2362 received by NASA from intercepted flyby mission \"New Horizons\"\n\nAddendum 2: While the NASA probe \u201cNew Horizons\u201d is intended to provide the public with the first detailed images of SCP-2362, MTF Omicron-12 has successfully intercepted the mission and is releasing false data accordingly. Fortunately as with most NASA missions, public interest is sufficiently low, so it is considered to be of little risk.\nAddendum 3: Recently gathered spectrographic data suggests that trans-Neptunian objects Haumea, Eris, and Makemake are of similar organic composition to SCP-2362. Foundation probes 87KA (\"Kaulu\"), 88AL (\"Algos\"), and 89TA (\"Tangata\") are currently en route to these objects respectively. Foundation astronomers are now conducting mass spectral analysis of Kuiper Belt and Scattered Disk objects.\n\nFootnotes\n1. aphelion: point in orbit at which object is furthest from the Sun\n2. perihelion: point in orbit at which object is closest to the Sun\n3. eccentricity: deviation of an orbit from circularity\n4. orbital period: amount of time it takes an object to complete one orbit\n\nMore by this author\n\nWorks by Lesh (click to hide list)\n\nSCP\nRating\n\nSCP-4062\n+466\n\nSCP-2362\n+179\n\nSCP-3226\n+155\n\nSCP-2126\n+149\n\nSCP-2226\n+144\n\nCollaborations\n\nPage\nCo-author\n\nSCP-3226\nZyn\n\n\u00ab SCP-2361 | SCP-2362 | SCP-2363 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2363\n\nItem #: SCP-2363\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Area-63 has been established to contain SCP-2363, and is surrounded by a 4 meter tall barbed wire fence. The perimeter is to be patrolled and monitored by onsite armed personnel. Any damage to the fence is to be reported immediately.\nSCP-2363-A is not to be allowed within 5 meters of the perimeter fence; deadly force may be used to maintain this distance. SCP-2363-A should be treated as hostile.\nIf any instances of SCP-2363-B are observed within the perimeter of SCP-2363, they are to be removed immediately.\nAny civilian personnel found attempting to breach the perimeter fence are to be detained for questioning. No female personnel are to be assigned to Area-63.\nDescription: SCP-2363 refers to an area of roughly one square kilometer in south-central Wyoming. A small, dilapidated farmhouse stands at the approximate center of SCP-2363. Personnel who have spent extended periods of time1 within SCP-2363 report extreme fatigue.\nSCP-2363-A is a humanoid entity that lives in the farmhouse and claims to be the owner of SCP-2363. SCP-2363-A is anatomically an elderly human male, with an apparent growth defect resulting in the absence of lips, leaving its teeth and gums exposed. SCP-2363-A's eyes are severely cataracted, rendering it blind, although this appears to have a negligible effect on SCP-2363's ability to perceive its environment. If SCP-2363-A is removed from SCP-2363 and is unable to return, it will immediately and continuously attempt to kill itself until it succeeds, resorting to biting out its own veins or repeatedly bashing its skull against a wall if necessary. SCP-2363-A has on several occasions attempted to kill Foundation personnel with its hands and teeth, but as of yet has not been successful.\nSCP-2363-B designates the eleven women (ages 26-34) originally found within SCP-2363 when it was discovered in 1967. Each instance of SCP-2363-B was matched to a recent missing persons report from Wyoming, Colorado, or Utah. SCP-2363-B instances were extremely sedate, and wandered SCP-2363 without direction. They also did not require food or water while within SCP-2363. Ten months after the discovery of SCP-2363, each of the ten surviving instances of SCP-2363-B was removed from the area, and quickly recovered from their sedation. All SCP-2363-B instances were unable to recall their time within SCP-2363, or how they arrived there. Removed instances have been found to be unable to conceive, despite the absence of any apparent problems with their reproductive systems. Each instance was administered Class-D amnestics and was delivered to the authorities in several nearby towns. These instances should be monitored for further anomalous phenomena.\nIf SCP-2363-A dies for any reason, one instance of SCP-2363-B will rapidly grow heavily pregnant and give birth to a tumorous mass, which will quickly grow into an adult SCP-2363-A2. This birthing process appears to be very painful to SCP-2363-B, but is not usually fatal3.\n\n+ Selected Incident Logs for SCP-2363\n\n- Close\n\nIncident-2363-02: SCP-2363-A is shot in the chest four times while attempting an attack on Foundation personnel constructing the perimeter fence. SCP-2363-A dies, and an instance of SCP-2363-B gives birth to a new instance of SCP-2363-A, who retreats into the farmhouse.\nIncident-2363-04: Research personnel attempt to remove SCP-2363-A from SCP-2363. SCP-2363-A kills itself while in transit to Site-\u2588\u2588 by smashing its head into the side of the transport vehicle until dead. An instance of SCP-2363-B grows pregnant and dies during the birth of a new instance of SCP-2363-A. SCP-2363-A returns to the farmhouse.\nIncident-2363-09: All instances of SCP-2363-B are removed from the area, and a research team is sent in to attempt an interview with SCP-2363-A. SCP-2363-A attacks the team and attempts to bite a security officer. SCP-2363-A is shot in the head by Security Officer Angela Jones and dies. After 3 minutes Security Officer Jones collapses and reports extreme abdominal pain; shortly thereafter, an instance of SCP-2363-A erupts fully grown from her abdomen, killing her. Remaining team members retreat from the area.\nNote: Female personnel are no longer to be assigned to Area-63.\nIncident-2363-14: Second team is sent in to interview SCP-2363-A. SCP-2363-A does not cooperate and attacks the team. SCP-2363-A is killed by a shot to the head, and no personnel sustain serious injuries. The team leaves the area and no activity is reported for approximately 73 hours. An instance of SCP-2363-A is then observed to claw its way to the surface from beneath the ground. Instance appears extremely agitated and rushes the perimeter fence. SCP-2363-A is unable to scale the fence, and retreats to the farmhouse after several hours. This spontaneous generation occurs after all subsequent instances of SCP-2363-A's death.\nIncident-2363-25: A third and final team is sent in, and successfully managed to conduct an interview with SCP-2363-A. The team is invited into the farmhouse, where the interview takes place. The interview concludes when SCP-2363-A attacks members of the team. See below for a transcript of this interview.\nNote: No further personnel are to enter SCP-2363 at this time.\n\nInterview Log 2363-25\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2363-A\nInterviewer: Senior Researcher Roberts\nForeword: Interview conducted within SCP-2363, after 6 unsuccessful attempts. The reasons behind SCP-2363-A's sudden cooperation are currently not understood.\n<Begin Log>\nRoberts: Hello, 2363-A.\nSCP-2363-A: Tom'll do just fine, boy. Would y'all like anything? Tea?\nRoberts: No, thank you, we just need to ask you a few questions.\nSCP-2363-A: Sure boy, what d'you want to know?\nRoberts: Well to start, what can you tell us about this land?\nSCP-2363-A: What's there to tell? Tom just lives here, ain't much else to say.\nRoberts: How did you get here?\nSCP-2363-A: Why, Tom was born here.\nRoberts: And when was that?\nSCP-2363-A laughs to itself.\nSCP-2363-A: Oh quite a while now, long \u2018fore you all got here.\nRoberts: Our organization?\nSCP-2363-A: Sure, sure. But longer than that. Tom was talkin' more about your kind.\nRoberts: You mean humans?\nSCP-2363-A: Oh them too, yes. But even longer than that. Tom's been on this land just \u2018bout longer than anyone can remember. He was here before the hairy folk died out, and before the Black Horde themselves marched across these plains. Tom's been here before there even were plains.\nRoberts: Can you tell me why you've been so hostile to our personnel in the past?\nSCP-2363-A: Well now, Tom don't take too kindly to trespassers comin' onto his land an' takin' his wombs and buildin' fences all over the place.\nRoberts: Well we've determined that this area and those women warrant containment and monitoring.\nSCP-2363-A: Tom begs to differ. Tom wasn't hurtin' nobody, and he'd sincerely appreciate it if you gave him back what's his.\nRoberts: I'm afraid we can't do that at this time.\nSCP-2363-A: Well. That's a shame.\nSCP-2363-A remains quiet for several seconds, and then lunges at Researcher Roberts and attempts to bite into his neck. SCP-2363-A is forcibly removed by security personnel. Interview is concluded.\n<End Log>\n\nFootnotes\n1. longer than 6 hours\n2. This process occurs very quickly, with an average duration of 28 seconds from death to complete regrowth.\n3. This process has been observed 15 times, and has only resulted in death once. See log of Incident-2363-04 for further details.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2362 | SCP-2363 | SCP-2364 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2364\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2364 is to be kept in a secure storage locker on Site-19 on top of a pressure sensor, with tracking devices secured to it and completely covered by a cloth drape. To date, SCP-2364 has not breached containment. SCP-2364 should not be directly observed by Foundation personnel.\nDescription: SCP-2364 is an object possessing an anomalous shape. Indirect observation of SCP-2364 is impossible - it does not register on any kind of visual recording equipment, such as video or photo cameras. SCP-2364 weighs approximately 127.5 kilograms and fits in a space 40 centimeters by 55 centimeters by 60 centimeters when appropriately rotated. The distance between what is currently considered to be SCP-2364's two most distant points is approximately 90 centimeters. SCP-2364 has resisted any and all attempts at deformation, including all necessarily destructive methods of sampling, retaining a smooth surface. Tests indicate SCP-2364 is most likely a solid mass of one unknown material, observed to be magenta in color. Volume of SCP-2364 has been measured through submerging it in water, resulting in 55.44 liters of water being displaced.\nSCP-2364's anomalous effect causes any living beings which have viewed it at any point to be unable to describe its shape using any similes, including naming the shape or object anything that would suggest resemblance to a known object, instead using an abstract given name to refer to it. Both \"SCP-2364\" and \"2364\" are names which can be used to refer to the object. Any individuals affected in this way are capable of recognizing the shape of SCP-2364, even if most of the object is obscured from sight by obstructions. This effect does not extend to reproductions of SCP-2364, such as plaster and metal casts produced for testing purposes. Individuals which have seen SCP-2364 describe such reproductions as \"almost SCP-2364-shaped, but slightly different.\"\nFoundation personnel should not be exposed to SCP-2364 if possible. The object's anomalous effect is, however, harmless as currently understood. Personnel exposed to SCP-2364 accidentally or prior to the discovery of its effect are permitted to resume work as normal.\nSee Document-2364-A for the current list of affected personnel. The effect has been found suppressible by amnestic treatment, test subjects forgetting the shape of SCP-2364 and not recognizing representations of it as similar. Re-exposure to SCP-2364 itself affects past subjects as normal. Should the effect prove to be detrimental, all living personnel named in Document-2364-A should undergo amnestic treatment at first opportunity.\nTwo-dimensional artistic representations of SCP-2364 have been made. The resulting two-dimensional shapes have not been recognized as that of SCP-2364 by both affected personnel and unaffected personnel previously shown a reproduction of SCP-2364, the most common answers being that the picture looks like \"some kind of shape\" or \"a magenta inkblot\". Subjects from both groups did, however, agree to the possibility of there being some link between the representations and SCP-2364 upon suggestions being made by personnel conducting the test.\nSCP-2364 appeared in an unused containment cell on Site-19 between 20\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-21 and 20\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-28, being discovered on the latter date during a routine weekly check of the unused cells. The method by which SCP-2364 has appeared in the cell is currently unknown.\nAddendum: On 20\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588, D-92357 has been introduced to SCP-2364 for testing purposes. D-92357 has been noted as possessing associative grapheme to color synesthesia. After observing SCP-2364 for one minute, D-92357 described the experience as \"satisfying\", noting that \"the thing was magenta.\" Further tests indicated a permanent association between SCP-2364's shape and its color, the plaster representations being noted as \"not the right color\". The association has been found to persist through amnestic treatment.\nIn light of this discovery, further research on synaesthetic subjects followed. After exposure to SCP-2364, subjects indicated various associations between the color magenta, SCP-2364's shape, and a loud sound later identified as a clear 1230 Hz note, despite having had different associations previously. Later tests have found 1230 Hz to be the material's resonant frequency.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2363 | SCP-2364 | SCP-2365 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2365\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Reports of SCP-2365 are to be investigated and data analysed for evidence of connections or common factors between victims. Survivors of SCP-2365 and witnesses are to be interviewed, tested and amnesticized. Foundation front companies are to conduct \"sleep studies\" in an attempt to observe and document SCP-2365.\nWhile it is not known whether SCP-2365 is memetic in nature, access to information relating to SCP-2365 is to be restricted.\nDescription: SCP-2365 is a phenomenon affecting certain individuals during REM sleep. Initial stages of SCP-2365 are characterised by the materialisation of small flakes of rust in the air above the sleeper, and a reduction in local temperature. Recordings during this stage have detected the noise of metal hinges, the source of which has not been determined. If the sleeper is woken during this stage, no further effects are observed.\nIf SCP-2365 is permitted to progress, the initial phenomena will cease and the second stage will commence. Heavy steel springs will materialise in the space adjacent to the sleeper's head. Over the course of 10-15 minutes, this will be followed by the slow manifestation of additional metal attachments, forming a large bear trap.\nThe bear trap will remain suspended over the sleeper's head for up to 10 minutes before slowly de-materialising\u200e. If the sleeper returns to consciousness during this period, or contact is made with the trap (by the sleeper or others), the springs will be triggered, typically leading to significant trauma to the head and neck.\nThe Foundation's understanding of SCP-2365 is based largely on forensics and witness reports. Observation and testing has been restricted to bear traps which have been triggered and retain material substance, and to a limited number of SCP-2365 survivors. No pattern has been determined between the identities of victims of SCP-2365, and the number of unobserved cases is difficult to determine.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2364 | SCP-2365 | SCP-2366 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Detail of trees in Area 2366 before commencement of logging\n\nItem #: SCP-2366\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Area 2366 is to be surrounded by a security fence, and subjected to regular herbicide treatment. Mobile Task Force Theta-4 (\"Gardeners\") is to maintain a cover story for containment (premised on a variant of Dutch Elm disease), and to observe the local Mennonite community for anomalous behaviour.\nAgents stationed at Area 2366 are advised to remain alert to the dangers of local coyote populations affected by SCP-2366.\nAll samples of SCP-2366 are to be held at Storage Location 73-E, an automated warehouse in the Texas desert. Any new instances of SCP-2366 are to be removed and sent to Storage Location 73-E. Recovery of any instances currently not in containment is considered a priority.\nDescription: SCP-2366 denotes an anomalous species of deciduous hardwood tree, together with its wood. SCP-2366 trees resemble birch (genus Betula) in both outward appearance and genetic composition. Within its area of effect (approximately 25m in diameter from any SCP-2366 item), SCP-2366 promotes cooperative and collaborative behaviour. When exposed to SCP-2366, groups of organisms of the same species will work together to achieve mutual goals; the degree of cooperation and the benefits of such behaviour increase in proportion to the complexity of the species' social structure.\n\n+ Selected Test logs\n\n- Re-secure data\n\nTest # SCP-2366-5\nDate: 12 November 2014\nProcedure: Six unrelated chimpanzees were given separate pieces of a wooden puzzle. When fit together correctly, the pieces would form a key to unlock a glass case containing a food reward. The test groups were given puzzle pieces made of SCP-2366.\nObservations: Test groups solved the puzzle and obtained the reward an average of 5 times more quickly than control groups. Researchers observed that all animals in the test groups were focused on the puzzle, with no animals excluded or subject to dominance displays.\n\nTest # SCP-2366-13\nDate: 18 March 2015\nProcedure: Groups of D-Class personnel were given a series of tasks to complete (each requiring a cooperative approach), with the offer of one month's exemption from testing duty for the whole group if the tasks were completed within a time limit. Wooden badges made of SCP-2366 were given to the test groups.\nObservations: Test groups successfully completed the tasks an average of 15 times more quickly than control groups. Linguistic analysis of recordings suggest that test group members were statistically more likely to use inclusive language, and to encourage open suggestions on problem-solving, even amongst groups of D-Class who had not previously met.\nNotes: Several variations of this test were run, with none or only some of the test subjects informed of the reward for completion of the tasks. Results suggest that the effects of SCP-2366 depend on the group having a common motivation or goal, and that SCP-2366 increases the level of cooperation towards that goal, rather than promoting cooperation where none otherwise exists.\n\nTest # SCP-2366-32\nDate: 22 September 2015\nProcedure: In order to study SCP-2366's effects on more complex collaborative tasks, researchers filmed two games of basketball between teams of D-Class personnel. Game One was used as a control, with both teams given badges of ordinary wood to wear. In Game Two, one team was given badges made of SCP-2366. Film of the two games was analysed for comparison purposes.\nObservations: Tactics, teamwork and communication were evident in Game Two to a significantly higher degree. However, this was exhibited by both teams, rather than only the team wearing SCP-2366. This suggests that, while SCP-2366 can influence performance of complex and fluid tasks, the area of SCP-2366's effect would make it inappropriate for competitive activity where opposing teams operate at close quarters.\n\nTest # SCP-2366-35\nDate: 6 October 2015\nProcedure: This experiment was designed to test the effects of long-term exposure to SCP-2366 without a pre-determined collaborative goal. A group of ten D-Class personnel were given SCP-2366 badges and held in a Site-73 dormitory. No instructions or tasks were given to the group.\nNotes: Experiment abandoned. After 48 hours of apparent inactivity, the D-Class personnel commenced an escape attempt relying on a sequence of coordinated actions to incapacitate dormitory guards and evade automated surveillance. Site-73 security officers were alerted and deployed to the Class-D wing, recapturing all D-Class personnel over a four-hour period. Security personnel were commended for exceptional performance and teamwork in response to this incident.\n\nRecovery: SCP-2366 was discovered following the Foundation's investigation of a viral video appearing to show a Mennonite barn-raising performed in an extremely coordinated and rapid manner.1 Undercover Foundation agents travelled to the Old Order Mennonite community in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Pennsylvania and observed that the local farms appeared to be operating with unusual efficiency.\nThe agents learned that the community had constructed the barn, as well as household items, using a particular type of wood. Items constructed of such wood had also formed part of the community's regular trading activity. The wood was identified as being sourced from a local stand of birch trees (subsequently designated Area 2366). Botanical analysis from Area 2366 indicated a unique species of birch.\n\nCoyotes in Area 2366\n\nInitial efforts to identify SCP-2366 trees were hampered by a series of attacks on Foundation agents by packs of coyotes displaying complex and organised hunting techniques. The local Mennonite community were aware of the risk of such attacks, and shared with undercover agents their strategies for groups working in Area 2366 to avoid or repel such attacks. These strategies were found to be effective. Atypical coyote behaviour has ceased with the removal of SCP-2366 instances from Area 2366.\nAfter tagging live specimens of SCP-2366 for logging, the Foundation attempted to identify all items constructed of SCP-2366 by the Mennonite community. These items were recovered, including tracing (where possible) pre-made and bespoke items sold or traded to tourists or visitors - the owners were amnesticized as necessary. Initial on-site containment protocols were then established, and all samples of SCP-2366 wood were sent to Site-73 for containment and testing.\n\n+ Addendum 1 - SCP-2366 items\n\n- Re-secure data\n\nAddendum 1 - Register of known items of SCP-2366\n\nItem Category\nDescription\nNotes\n\n2366-A\n4,000kg refined and unrefined birch timber (including branches and roots).\nHeld at Storage Location 73-E.\n\n2366-B\nAssorted wooden fittings, furniture and toys - approximately 400 items.\nHeld at Storage Location 73-E.\n\n2366-C\nDried birch bark - approximately 100kg.\nHeld at Storage Location 73-E, for potential testing as a writing surface.\n\n2366-D\nTea, homemade aspirin and other traditional remedies derived from birch bark.\nHeld at Storage Location 73-E. Investigations continue into distribution by Mennonite community.\n\n2366-E\nWooden puzzle pieces and badges constructed for testing purposes.\nHeld at Storage Location 73-E.\n\n2366-F\nA 40cm solid birchwood conductor's baton, with the inscription \"tous ensemble au Golgotha\".\nIdentity of the person or group that commissioned the item, and any connection to SCP-012, is under investigation.\n\n+ Addendum 2 - Anthropological research\n\n- Re-secure data\n\nAddendum 2 - Anthropological research\nFoundation anthropologists endeavoured to investigate traditional uses of SCP-2366 by local Native American populations. These efforts were hampered by the length of time since European displacement, but oral histories of some Shawnee descendants in Oklahoma included variants of the following story fragment:\n\nOur people have arrived at the base of the sacred mountain. We gather many armfuls of birch bark for tinder, and build a great fire. The smoke from the fire blows in every direction, and all of the other tribes see it and gather together. There is no conflict or rivalry - all of the people join in a great ceremony. We are all dancing and singing together a song to [the Supreme Being] Mishe Moneto.\n\nIt is not clear whether this story is intended as the legend of a historical event, or as a prophecy of the future.\n\n+ Addendum 3 - Update\n\n- Re-secure data\n\nUpdate:\nItem 2366-F reported stolen from Storage Location 73-E. Current location unknown.\n\nFootnotes\n1. No action was considered necessary to suppress the video itself, which was \"debunked\" and faded from public awareness 8 weeks after initial circulation.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2365 | SCP-2366 | SCP-2367 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2367\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2367 is contained on-site in a hangar constructed around it, with Level 5 security measures in place. A cover story of a high-security German military base is in effect. As of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, testing is prohibited until Event 2367-Sigma occurs.\nFoundation agents embedded within Berlin emergency response services will monitor radio traffic for possible SCP-2367-1 manifestations, dispatching agents to carry out recovery, clean-up, and administration of amnestics as necessary. SCP-2367-1 instances are non-anomalous and require no special containment outside of recovery.\nUpon initiation of Event 2367-Sigma, city-wide deployment of rescue airbags, mass administration of amnestics, and emergency repair measures will be used to minimize detrimental effects.\nDescription: SCP-2367 is a geodesic hemisphere 15 meters in diameter, constructed from steel and painted with forest-pattern camouflage. There is a small control panel on the south side, and a 4 meter square door adjacent to the control panel. The interior is a smooth hemisphere approximately 13 meters in diameter. The device was built as a means of displacing objects (including live humans) to targeted points in space-time. In testing, objects displaced in such a manner invariably appeared several hundred meters above their intended destination. Both \"forward\" and \"backward\" temporal travel have been achieved in testing. It requires no external power to operate.\nSCP-2367-1 instances are individuals or objects that were sent through SCP-2367 prior to Foundation recovery of the object. To date, six SCP-2367-1 instances have manifested, listed below:\n\nFour unidentified males wearing enlisted Schutzstaffel uniforms (all deceased upon impact)\nOne STG-44 assault rifle (unloaded)\nOne parachute of the type issued to German paratroopers during World War II.1\n\nFor full information on SCP-2367-1 instances, see peripheral documentation.\nSCP-2367 was recovered during Operation Hammer, the Foundation's infiltration of the German government during World War II. Recovered documents indicate that SCP-2367 (referred to therein as \"Die Glocke,\" which translates as \"the Bell\") was constructed under the supervision of SS Obergruppenf\u00fchrer Otto Weber (POI#420714), at some point prior to May 1945.\nEvent 2367-Sigma is the anticipated re-materialization of the subjects of the only known use of the device by its builders (excluding SCP-2367-1 instances): several high-ranking NSDAP2 members fleeing the Red Army. Their anticipated destination is in the vicinity of Berlin, on 13 October 2031.\nAddendum:\nReview of documents recovered over the course of Operation Hammer indicate that SCP-2367 was used to evacuate a larger number of individuals than previously thought. Lower-end estimates place the number of individuals that will manifest during Event 2367-Sigma at approximately 1400, including a fully equipped field-artillery platoon and a dozen Tiger I tanks. Mobile Task Force Psi-33 \"Himmler's Housekeepers,\" has been re-organized and expanded to minimize casualties and civilian exposure to Event 2367-Sigma.3 Evacuation of Berlin and an appropriate cover story are under consideration.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The parachute was packed, but was not equipped or deployed.\n2. National Socialist German Worker's Party, colloquially known as the \"Nazi party.\"\n3. See SCP-2461 for an example of artifact recovery carried out by this Task Force.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2366 | SCP-2367 | SCP-2368 \u00bb"}
{"text": "X-ray image of PoI-2368-3 during treatment. Note the contorted large intestine, particularly on the upper right, where the splenic flexure has pierced the lining of the stomach.\n\nItem #: SCP-2368\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2368 is to be kept in a standard humanoid containment cell in an isolated wing of Site-06. SCP-2368 is to be informed that current containment represents a continuation of her incarceration in the British prison system.\nSCP-2368's observation and containment teams are to minimise contact as much as possible, and teams are to be rotated regularly, with a maximum of 15 days assigned to SCP-2368. All staff working with SCP-2368 are to be given regular medical assessments (including MRI scans) and offered surgical treatment as necessary.\nDescription: SCP-2368 is a humanoid female identifying as Fiona Tulloch, a resident of Rousay, Orkney Islands. SCP-2368 is 38 years of age, approximately 158cm in height and 54kg in mass, and has pale skin and distinctive long red hair.\nHumans (and certain domestic animals) in close proximity to SCP-2368 are subject to an anomalous effect resulting in the deformation and migration of their internal organs. The effect is gradual during the period of proximity, with the organs affected varying between subjects. The degree of proximity required is unknown, but the effect has not occurred within a period of less than one month.\nMRI scans indicate that SCP-2368's internal organs are subject to significant deformities. Unlike those of subjects, SCP-2368's organ deformities have not been observed to change over time, and do not appear to have any adverse health effects.\n\n+ Addendum 1: Abridged autopsy reports\n\n- Re-secure data\n\nAddendum 1: Abridged autopsy reports\n\nSubject: PoI-2368-1 (Mr John Tulloch)\n\nDate of Death: 07/04/2011, age 57\n\nBackground Notes: Subject was married to SCP-2368 for 19 years prior to date of death. Following an inquest, which ruled the subject's cause of death as heart attack caused by poisoning, SCP-2368 was convicted of murder of the subject.\n\nObservations: Normally-developed, well nourished middle-aged male. Heavy discoloration of lower arms and hands, consistent with tannin stains.\n\nCardiovascular system: The heart is large, with a weight of 400 grams. The pericardium is intact. Upon opening, the myocardium was grossly abnormal with evidence of infarction. Both ventricles were severely contorted, with evidence of torsion through 360 degrees. This degree of twisting appears to have partially occluded both the vena cava and the aorta.\n\nSubject: PoI-2368-2 (Ms Alison Campbell)\n\nDate of Death: 11/08/2014, age 28\n\nBackground Notes: Subject was SCP-2368's cell-mate at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 prison for two years, ending upon the subject's death. After initial autopsy results reported similar symptoms to PoI-2368-1, SCP-2368 was implicated in the subject's death, and Foundation investigation commenced, leading to initial containment of SCP-2368 on 13/09/2014.\n\nObservations: Normally-developed adult female. External examination indicated a gross distension of the abdomen with several fleshy protrusions evident.\n\nGastrointestinal system: The mucosa and wall of the esophagus and stomach are intact without injury. The small intestine is intact, but the jejunum was measured at 15.3 metres, approximately 6 times its expected length. Organ removal identified four gallbladders, and seventeen appendixes, eight of which had ruptured. Cause of death is presumed to be septicaemia leading to organ failure.\n\nSubject: PoI-2368-3 (Dr. Arthur Poidevin)\n\nDate of Death: 28/11/2014, age 42\n\nBackground Notes: Subject was the head Foundation researcher for SCP-2368 upon initial containment. After 2 months of close observation of SCP-2368, the subject was scheduled to lead a field assignment in connection with the anomaly. Pre-fieldwork medical scans showed that the anomaly had acted more rapidly on the subject than anticipated, and the subject died suddenly before commencing the field assignment.\n\nObservations: Normally developed adult male. External examination did not reveal any physical abnormalities, other than the use of reading glasses.\n\nGastrointestinal system: The mucosa of all digestive organs exhibit severe ulceration and liquefactive necrosis. The splenic flexure of the large intestine appears to have herniated, and to have penetrated the gastric mucosa, causing partial prolapse of the stomach and allowing the release of gastric acid into the peritoneum. The renal arteries have atrophied entirely, preventing blood flow to the kidneys.\n\nBlood acid test results (pH 6.8) indicate severe acidemia, which is a likely cause of death. This is presumed to have eventuated from the release of gastric acid into the bloodstream, combined with lack of kidney regulation of the blood acid balance.\n\n+ Addendum 2: Interview SCP-2368-G\n\n- Re-secure data\n\nAddendum 2: Interview SCP-2368-G\nInterviewed: SCP-2368\nInterviewer: Dr. Arthur Poidevin\nDate: 12 November 2014\nForeword: After Dr Poidevin conducted initial interviews to build trust with SCP-2368, this was the first post-containment interview to deal in detail with the anomaly. As part of information-gathering protocol, SCP-2368 was informed that she remained incarcerated in HM Prisons. As such, Dr. Poidevin assumed the role of prison physician, and addressed SCP-2368 by name.\n\nDr. Poidevin: Fiona, the interviews we have been doing are to help establish an understanding with you about your incarceration here. You have been very helpful so far, and I think we have a good working relationship?Dr. Poidevin: Well as you may have noticed, this facility is not like other prisons.Dr. Poidevin: Yes. And as you know, we have a treatment-based approach to rehabilitation, so we need you to give us as much information as possible.Dr. Poidevin: Let's start at the beginning. Can you tell me about your husband?Dr. Poidevin: And how did you end up marrying him?Dr. Poidevin: It's okay, Fiona. I'm not here to judge. Why don't you tell me what married life was like with Jack?Dr. Poidevin: Uh - yes, I am.Dr. Poidevin: You wanted to leave Jack?Dr. Poidevin: What happened to Jack, how he died - do you know how it happened? Why the same thing happened to Alison?Dr. Poidevin: I want to help you. If you didn't kill them, I need to know how they died.Dr. Poidevin: I told you, I won't judge.Dr. Poidevin: Fiona, I don't -Dr. Poidevin: It's okay, Fiona. Do you want a tissue, some water? It's okay. I think I'm starting to understand.Dr. Poidevin: No, it's not. But it's fine if you don't want to tell me any more right now. We can stop if you like. And I should be back to speak with you in another few -Dr. Poidevin: Yes, Fiona?Dr. Poidevin: What do you mean? What would they find?Dr. Poidevin: Slow down, Fiona. Did you say you had children?Dr. Poidevin: What do you want me to find, Fiona?Dr Poidevin: Okay, Fiona - I'll do what I can. Try to get some rest, now.\nAfterword: Searches of the residence of Jack and Fiona Tulloch have revealed no objects of interest to the Foundation. Investigations are continuing in other areas of Rousay island. Following Dr Poidevin's death, contact with SCP-2368 has been reduced, and SCP-2368 has refused to elaborate on the nature of the anomaly or other matters discussed in the above interview.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2367 | SCP-2368 | SCP-2369 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2369\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2369 and both neighboring residences have been purchased by the Foundation for the purpose of on-site containment. All unauthorized individuals attempting to enter the premises are to be detained, questioned, and administered a Class A amnestic if deemed necessary by on-site security personnel.\nExperimentation with SCP-2369 may only be performed with Class D personnel and with prior permission from at least one (1) Level 4 Regional Site Director.\nDescription: SCP-2369 is a split-level 3-bed/2-bath residential home located in a suburban neighborhood in [REDACTED], Iowa. The interior is decorated and furnished in a French country style, and contains all amenities expected of a fully furnished home ready for occupancy. Investigation has been unable to determine when SCP-2369 was constructed and by whom it was built; neighbors living adjacent to the property were unable to recall any information regarding its construction when questioned, and city records regarding the residence were found to be missing or corrupt.\nWhen at least two living human subjects are present inside SCP-2369 and both the front and back doors are closed, SCP-2369 will emit a blinding flash of light from within and all subjects will disappear without trace. Furthermore, the interior of SCP-2369 will reset to its initial state, and all removed or damaged furnishings will be restored. Any extraneous objects or furnishings introduced into SCP-2369 will likewise be missing. SCP-2369 will only activate when at least one male and one female subject are present, and to date, no individual involved in an activation event has been found. Experimentation utilizing Class D personnel fitted with GPS tracking devices has not been successful.\nSCP-2369 was discovered following reports of a missing family in [REDACTED]. Concerned neighbors notified local law enforcement, and responding police officers forced entry and discovered the house to be in a pristine state with no trace of the family's belongings before accidentally closing the front door. The Foundation was notified shortly thereafter, and a Foundation containment team secured the area, administered Class A amnestics to all witnesses, and implemented a cover story.\nAddendum 2369-1: Incident Report\nOn \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588, two individuals later identified as Mr. James [REDACTED] and Mrs. Valerie [REDACTED], a couple with extensive criminal records involving armed robbery and murder, forced entry into SCP-2369 in a burglary attempt. Having been identified as armed and highly dangerous fugitives, on-site security personnel were ordered to not intervene and await backup from a tactical response team from Site-\u2588\u2588. As a result, SCP-2369 was activated.\nApproximately four hours later, another flash of light was detected from within SCP-2369. On-site personnel investigated and discovered the presence of Mr. and Mrs. [REDACTED], along with the tools they had used to force entry into SCP-2369, various personal belongings, and two disassembled handguns. Mrs. [REDACTED] was discovered in an incoherent and manic state near the back door and required tranquilizers to subdue. Mr. [REDACTED] was discovered comatose but alive in the living room, with a length of unidentified plastic wrapped around his neck. Upon removal of the plastic by responding medical personnel, Mr. [REDACTED]'s head detached from his body and all life signs ceased. The plastic was later determined to be chemically consistent with ordinary pressure-sensitive document tape and did not exhibit any anomalous properties.\nA thorough search of SCP-2369 also turned up what appeared to be a handwritten note left on the living room table:\n\nTo whom it may concern:\nYour product turned out to be extremely violent and completely unsuitable for children. I am frankly appalled; were I not a more watchful mother, it could easily have resulted in bodily harm.\nI am requesting an immediate and full refund.\nSincerely,\n[DATA EXPUNGED]\n\n\u00ab SCP-2368 | SCP-2369 | SCP-2370 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2370\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2370 is to be contained in a Standard Type-B Humanoid Cell and a body temperature sensor configured to alert security should SCP-2370 attempt to use its anomalous ability to breach containment. If SCP-2370's body temperature rises above 39.5\u00baC, SCP-2370 should immediately be sedated and treated for symptoms of hyperthermia. Following testing, it is assumed that at some point in the future, SCP-2370 will disappear in order to courier the requested item to its past self: this should be treated as normal, as SCP-2370 will return to containment some time later.\nDescription: SCP-2370 is an Asian male of Indonesian-Chinese descent, 27 years of age and 174 cm in height. Its face has been disfigured heavily by a bladed object; SCP-2370 has been unwilling to divulge the circumstances under which this occured. Radio and X-ray imaging indicate that SCP-2370's back has been implanted with several devices resembling sensors, connected to SCP-2370's spinal cord. The heat dissipating from said device (designated SCP-2370-A) is believed to be the cause of SCP-2370's body temperature being elevated to 38.9\u00baC, as opposed to the typical 37\u00baC.\nSCP-2370 has demonstrated the ability to initiate causal loops where it can effectively obtain items and information from the future, which are couriered by its future self. In order to create such a loop, SCP-2370 enters a state where its body temperature steadily increases, before suddenly returning to baseline \u2013 immediately following this, its future self will appear to give SCP-2370 the items it requested.\nAs a result of this, SCP-2370 will often disappear from containment to facilitate closing of the loop. SCP-2370 appears entirely unable to control the length over which the loop takes place, suggesting that it does not possess any precognitive abilities. The length of the loop in question appears to be proportional to the increase in body temperature, meaning that the scope of SCP-2370's abilities is effectively limited by the risk of hyperthermia.\nWhen returning to the past, SCP-2370 is completely unable to perform any actions that would be secondary to returning the requested items, such as informing its past self about events from the future when a material item is requested. Following the completion of this task, it will immediately return to its prior physical and temporal location. See Document SCP-2370-A (Experiment Log) for further details.\nDiscovery Log: SCP-2370 came to Foundation attention following serial reports of it \"cloning\" itself. On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 it accosted Foundation staff members Myrna Callaghan and Alexander Sukarno using a rifle, before being taken into custody by Foundation guards. It was later found that SCP-2370 had used its anomalous abilities to obtain a rifle and a keycard from a guard \u2013 discovered when SCP-2370 willingly surrendered both items during its detainment. In response, a general warning was issued to personnel requiring the use of supplied lanyards to hold keycards.\nA search of its personal possessions turned up a USB drive containing approximately 13 gigabytes of notes about its anomalous abilities, among them a 34-page paper detailing a theoretical basis for the function of SCP-2370-A. This document may be accessed at Document SCP-2370-EX (Collated Notes).\nAddendum SCP-2370-01: SCP-2370 was involved in several incidents in which it attempted to breach containment, but abruptly ceased the attempt for unknown reasons. The incidents are listed below:\n\nThe use of a previously unnoticed flaw in the electronic locks of the door to its cell to exit the chamber \u2013 despite breach alarms sounding, the chamber doors for Chamber 39, 43 and 48 failed to automatically seal as per standard breach protocol. This issue has been addressed by maintenance teams.\n\nThe succcessful escape of the containment chamber by detaching a weakened air vent grate and exiting the chamber, before defacing a backup generator with a mixture of standard rations and water. Inspection revealed that accelerated wear and tear induced by exposure to a temporal anomaly1 would have resulted in the failure of the generator within a month of the time of inspection, leading the replacement of the generator.\n\nAn escape attempt using a containment breach as cover for its activities. During the event, SCP-2370 appeared to demonstrate knowledge of the anomalous properties of several SCP objects hosted at the same site and appeared to actively assist in recontainment of said objects. Post-breach review showed several negligent behaviours conducted by multiple staff members, all who have been reprimanded for such behaviour.\n\nAddendum SCP-2370-02: During weekly medical examinations, SCP-2370 showed symptoms of radiation poisoning, specifically by 137Cs. Despite radiogardase treatment, its physical condition continued to deteriorate \u2013 it was later identified that the source of the cesium was a leak in SCP-2370-A. Notably, SCP-2370 appears to have predicted this event in Document SCP-2370-EX despite the aforementioned lack of precognitive abilities. After approval from the O5 Council and the Ethics Committee, SCP-2370-A was recovered and SCP-2370 redesignated as SCP-2370-N, with E-Class privileges.\nAddendum SCP-2370-03: Following the confirmation of several theories proposed in Document SCP-2370-EX, a proposal to attempt to replicate SCP-2370-A using the notes was passed and designated Project Vonnegut. In order to test the function of the device, designated SCP-2370-\u03a9, it was implanted into Containment Specialist Alexander Sukarno, due to the requirement for a staff member with knowledge of the theory and function of temporal anomalies. Con. Spec. Sukarno was then instructed to make a minor change to the timeline using SCP-2370-\u03a9, with SCP-2400 used to determine whether or not the device worked, due to its causal isolation properties.\nHowever, during the experiment, the device appeared to malfunction \u2013 Sukarno is presumed dead and the device destroyed. During a search of the archives located in SCP-2400, the following document was found in the archive, despite not being initially placed into the archive. Investigation into the source of this document is ongoing.\n\nAfter-Breach Analysis Report 15/07/2013-24\nExacerbating Factors Identified:\n\nSecurity Officer Rivers had lost his keycard and spent a quarter of an hour attempting to locate it, leaving only one guard manning the security feeds. This resulted in his shift partner, Officer Elliot, failing to notice the signs of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 eroding the material of its containment chamber. The use of provided lanyards could have prevented this incident.\n\nWhile the effects of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 would normally have been suppressed by the backup XACTS array, the failure of backup generator 23-8A resulted in the array also being destroyed in the breach. Maintenance crews failed to take into account the time dilation effects of the SCP object, leading to its \"premature\" failure.\n\nResearcher Callaghan attempted to recontain SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588 and SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 alone, with assistance failing to arrive prior to SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588's temporal distortion abilities activating, leading to her spontaneous decomposition. Standard breach protocol indicates that personnel should not attempt to recontain any SCP object(s) without assistance from other staff, preferably containment engineers.\n\nThe failure of Euclid Wing Containment Chamber 48's self-sealing functions led to the breach of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588, which proceeded to directly kill 46 staff members. This was significantly greater than the projected figure of 12, which assumed the multi-level containment chamber would automatically seal all entryways. It was later identified that a serial fault in the wiring across several electronic entryways led to this failure. It is assumed that all maintenance personnel regularly revise their knowledge of containment apparatus recalls.\n\nDue to the release of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 and its break into Experimentation Room 19, Project Vonnegut's initial test failed due to the interaction between both temporal anomalies \u2013 the resultant temporal distortion field led to the deaths of an additional 16 personnel.\n\nAs no such breach was recorded, it has been theorised that the effective erasure of this event from the timeline may have been the result of Project Vonnegut's initial test; however, the low chance of Containment Specialist Sukarno's survival makes this theory highly unlikely.\n\nFootnotes\n1. See Breach Event 09/08/2009-24 for further details.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2369 | SCP-2370 | SCP-2371 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2371\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All information and physical locations associated with the SCP-2371 phenomenon are to be secured under Level 5 Security Protocols. Testing Chamber 14 of the Site-43 Spatial Anomalies Wing must be checked for manifestation of SCP-2371-1 instances daily. The SCP-2371 Project Lead must be prepared to author communiques to SCP-2371-3 or delegate this responsibility to personnel they deem qualified at their discretion. Communiques with SCP-2371-3 must be written with the intention of maintaining amiable interactions with the entity and placed within Testing Chamber 14 of the Spatial Anomaly Wing of Site-43 within 48 hours of manifestation of SCP-2371-1 instances. Inclusion of blueprints of selected non-anomalous technologies may be included with communiques at the Site Director's discretion. Copies of these communiques must be archived.\nTesting of SCP-2371-2 instances must be carried out under Level 5 Security protocols unless the SCP-2371-2 instance is approved for more widespread use/testing. Implementation/use of SCP-2371-2 instances may be permitted following review by the Overseer Council, Ethics Committee, and Resource Acquisition Department for viability.\nDescription: SCP-2371 is a phenomenon affecting Testing Chamber 14 of the Spatial Anomaly Wing of Site-43. SCP-2371-1 refers to documents written on standard sheets of A4/20-pound paper, sealed within manila envelopes. These documents spontaneously manifest at inconsistent intervals within the testing chamber. Documents are of an apparent romantic nature; for further information, please see Addendum. SCP-2371-1 instances frequently (within approximately 86% of manifestations) contain designs for paratechnology or Gen++ technology of variable utility to Foundation operations.1 (For a full list of such technology and the effectiveness of designs presented, see attached documentation. An incomplete list is included within the Addendum.)\nSCP-2371-3 is the theorized author of SCP-2371-1 instances. SCP-2371-3 has demonstrated an advanced knowledge of particle physics, mechanics, human anatomy, written English, and several esoteric fields relevant to the Foundation mission. SCP-2371-3 has demonstrated intimate knowledge of the Foundation and its activities. However, SCP-2371-3 has also demonstrated a false perception of the Foundation as a singular entity, and has apparent affection for mundane technology; SCP-2371-1 instances have indicated that SCP-2371-3 finds technologies such as internal combustion engines and spring-driven clockwork devices to be revolutionary or otherwise remarkable. Communiques addressed to this entity and left within Testing Chamber 14 demanifest at inconsistent intervals, with subsequent SCP-2371-1 instances frequently treating the content of these as replies to previous SCP-2371-1 instances.\nAddendum: Selected SCP-2371-1 instances:\nAll entries follow the following format:\n\nSCP-2371-1 Instance Number:\n> [Transcribed text of SCP-2371-1 instance]\nNotes: [Notes regarding the SCP-2371-1 instance.]\n\nSCP-2371-1-001:\n\nMy Dearest Foundation,\nI yearn to be with you. Long have I watched from afar your valiant efforts to contain that which Humanity is unprepared to understand, and long have I wanted to be among those you contained! However, I am a coward. I fear the cold concrete of a containment cell and the commitment of repeated scientific examinations. Alas, my containment was not meant to be! And so, I will continue to watch from a distance, as you, my beautiful Queen, stand in the dark so pitiful humans may live in the light!\nWith great affection, your Secret Admirer\nPS: Oh, I almost forgot, I've included a small gift to demonstrate my affection for you!\n\nNotes: SCP-2371-2 instance produced from included instructions was a polymer with approximately twice the tensile strength of kevlar at the same approximate density. However, the cost of synthesizing this polymer was considered too high to be immediately feasible; research and limited use continue.\n\nSCP-2371-1-006\n\nMy Beloved Foundation,\nI have seen how you have taken my gifts, and put them to good use, but I must know, am I only a source of curiosities and tools for your use, or may you also find affection for me? It hurts me so to keep us separated like this, but I fear that unity may be even harder. Please, let me know, what am I to you? If my letters and gifts are a nuisance, please, leave this letter unanswered, but, if, as I suspect, you may care for me too, please leave a note affirming this where I make my deliveries.\nWith great worry but great love, Your Biggest Fan\n\nNotes: This is the first SCP-2371-1 instance to not include attachments detailing paratechnology. Following this, the SCP-2371 Project Lead was assigned to preparing communiques directed at SCP-2371-3.\n\nSCP-2371-1-273\n\nMy Darling Foundy (Is it ok for me to call you \"Foundy?\" I wouldn't want you to think me rude.)\nI love how the moonlight shines upon your site's facades, how your humaniform appendages shiver in a cool breeze, how your Mobile Task Forces descend upon the weird and macabre! Oh how I wish I could be among the many screaming souls within your cells or the fallen and forgotten patterns within your servers! Yet, I have grown an affection for our relationship as it exists now and would not want to upset the delicate balance we have struck. I am still in awe at the diagrams you presented me last Thursday; how quaint that humans would use such a system as the turbojet engine to propel their aircraft, and how brilliant of you to use their technology in your efforts to blend in among them! Your creativity and ingenuity knows no bounds, and I am glad to see that you are putting [REDACTED] to so novel a use! Please, I have to introduce you to [REDACTED]; you'll find a place for it in one of your many, gorgeous, magnificent Sites, I'm sure!\nWith great love to my darling buttercup, Outis\n\nNotes: SCP-2371-2-\u2588\u2588\u2588 has been implemented as a facet of all on-site backup power generation systems; -EX designation and release to the general public is under consideration. Research into how SCP-2371-3 observes Foundation activities is ongoing.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Such technology is referred to as \"SCP-2371-2 instances\" in this and all peripheral documentation.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2370 | SCP-2371 | SCP-2372 \u00bb"}
{"text": "ADULT CONTENT\n\nThis article contains adult content that may not be suitable for all readers.\nGraphic depiction of blood, gore or mutilation of body parts\nFeatures sexual themes or language, but does not depict sexual acts.\nExplicit depiction of sexual acts.\nFeatures non-consensual sexual acts.\nDepiction of severe mistreatment of children\nDepiction of self-harm\nDepiction of suicide\nDepiction of torture\nBespoke Content warning\nIf you are above the age of 18+ and wish to read such content, then you may click Continue to view said content.\nContinue\nBack to Front Page\n\u00ab slug-of-previous-page |Title of current page| slug-of-next-page \u00bb\n\nItem #: SCP-2372\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2372 is to be kept in a cryonic containment unit at Site-168. The temperature of the containment unit is to be maintained within a range between 2 \u00baC to 4 \u00baC. SCP-2372-A's requests for its detachment from SCP-2372 are to be denied. SCP-2372-A is to be told that it will be slated for experiments to detach it from SCP-2372 in exchange for its cooperation in translating for SCP-2372.\nDescription: SCP-2372 is the preserved corpse of Chen \u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588, impervious to decomposition. Grains of powdered jade and silk threads are found embedded into SCP-2372's subcutis, evenly distributed throughout its body. Scarring and stitching found on SCP-2372 are indicative of amateur surgical procedures.\nSCP-2372 can produce a groan-like sound from its mouth despite the inability for its vocal folds to vibrate, which functions as its method of communication; see Paragraph 4 of Description. In addition, it generates a fog from its umbilicus. Analysis of water droplets in the fog has identified trace amounts of pre-ejaculatory fluid.\nSCP-2372-A is an incorporeal humanoid entity which manifests from the fog generated from SCP-2372, which resembles Chen's upper torso. It is sapient and identifies itself as Chen \u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588. Through vibration of its constituent water particles, SCP-2372-A is capable of speech and demonstrates equal proficiency in Cantonese as Chen \u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588.\nSCP-2372-A is the only known individual which can comprehend sounds made by SCP-2372, regularly conversing with it. From SCP-2372-A's perspective, it and SCP-2372 have an apparently antagonistic relationship. While SCP-2372's perspective on its relationship with SCP-2372-A cannot be enquired independently, it is found to occasionally secrete pre-ejaculatory fluid from its urethra while interacting with SCP-2372-A.\nSCP-2372 was recovered from the Victoria Public Mortuary in Hong Kong on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1987, when SCP-2372-A manifested during SCP-2372's autopsy. After retrieving the corpse, the incident was dismissed as a hallucination on the coroner's part. An urn filled with ashes of cremated animals was presented to the kin of Chen \u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588.\nAddendum 2372-1: Selected Interviews with SCP-2372 and/or SCP-2372-A\n\n+ View Interview Log 2372-A-1\n\n- Hide Interview Log\n\nInterviewee: SCP-2372-A and SCP-2372\nInterviewer: Agent Ocean Park\nForeword: The following interview is originally conducted in Cantonese.\n<Begin Log>\nAgent Park: Hello, please state your identity.\nSCP-2372-A: Chen \u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588. It's good that someone decides not to run away and scream.\nAgent Park: But you can't be Mr. Chen. Isn't he already deceased?\nSCP-2372-A: Yeah, thanks for reminding me that. Now if you could be a dear, help me please.\nAgent Park: In what manner?\n[SCP-2372-A points to SCP-2372.]\nSCP-2372-A: Get this thing off me!\nAgent Park: You mean, your body?\nSCP-2372-A: Yeah, I'm stuck with that thing.\n[SCP-2372 groans. SCP-2372-A turns away from Agent Park.]\nSCP-2372-A: Hey, don't you give me that! You're a sinful waste of flesh and soul!\nAgent Park: Are you talking to your body?\nSCP-2372-A: Can't you tell? Look, I made a grave mistake in life and I need you to remo-\n[SCP-2372 groans.]\nSCP-2372-A: No, it was definitely a mistake! We are supposed to go our separate ways after death. Me up there, and you down there!\n[SCP-2372 groans.]\nSCP-2372-A: No no no! This was not worth the jade suit!1 I'm not paying the price for my stupidity in life with my afterlife!\nAgent Park: What is this jade suit?\n[SCP-2372 groans.]\nSCP-2372-A: Screw you! We do not have that kind of relationship!\n<End Log>\n\n+ View Interview Log 2372-A-5\n\n- Hide Interview Log\n\nInterviewee: SCP-2372-A and SCP-2372\nInterviewer: Dr. Fuji Tsang\nForeword: The following interview is originally conducted in Cantonese.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Tsang: SCP-2372-A, can you tell more about the circumstances about this jade suit of yours?\nSCP-2372-A: Yeah, it was-\n[SCP-2372 groans.]\nSCP-2372-A: Hush you! Like I was saying, I got it from Old Chin, the \"self-proclaimed\" miracle surgeon from the Walled City.2\nDr. Tsang: Kowloon Walled City?\nSCP-2372-A: Yeah, a few years back.\nDr. Tsang: Do give us the address later. But I want to know why did you choose to do this operation?\nSCP-2372-A: Well, I used to work in the cemetery and handle corpses all the time. When you see those dead bodies so many times, I thought I would be like them someday. And boy, I do not want-\n[SCP-2372 groans.]\nSCP-2372-A: Get your head out of the gutter! I did not do it for you!\n[SCP-2372 groans]\nDr. Tsang: What did SCP-2372 say?\nSCP-2372-A: Irrelevant. That thing does not represent me.\n[SCP-2372 groans.]\nDr. Tsang: SCP-2372-A, we've agreed on this. If you insist on not giving us accurate translation of SCP-2372's words, we cannot help you. It's your choice.\nSCP-2372-A: Okay, but please don't take its word for it. It claims that I \u2013 I mean, Chen \u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588 \u2013 was into himself\u2026 physically speaking.\nDr. Tsang: And you do not believe it's true?\nSCP-2372-A: Doctor, I'm his h\u00fan.3 I think I know Chen \u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588 more than anyone else in this world.\n[SCP-2372 groans.]\nSCP-2372-A: No, you don't know him. You're just projecting your fantasies on us. What makes you think that way?\n[SCP-2372 groans.]\nDr. Tsang: 2372-A, please leave the questioning to me. And translation, please?\nSCP-2372-A: It insisted that it knew Chen as well as I do, which is false.\n[SCP-2372 groans.]\nSCP-2372-A: No, you are definitely sick in that rotting head of yours. Chen \u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588 was not relieving you whenever he was looking at those magazines.\n[SCP-2372 groans.]\nSCP-2372-A: God! Just because his hand was on you doesn't mean he was thinking about you. He was never into himself, I mean, you.\n[SCP-2372 groans.]\nSCP-2372-A: I've already explained it! Chen \u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588 just wants to keep himself together after death.\n[SCP-2372 groans.]\nSCP-2372-A: Not in that way, you pervert!\n<End Log>\n\nAddendum 2372-2669: Statement from O5-7\n\nWith effect from \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, authorised Project Heimdall personnel are granted access to data pertaining to SCP-2372's remote mind-body linking phenomenon for practical application.\n\nFootnotes\n1. In the original transcript, SCP-2372-A uses the term \"\u7389\u8863\" (pinyin: y\u00f9 y\u012b; literally \"jade suit\"). It refers to the \"jade burial suit\", a ceremonial burial suit composed of jade, traditionally utilised for the burial of Han Dynasty royalty. Jade burial suits were believed to delay the decomposition of the bodily soul (or \u9b44; pinyin: p\u00f2).\n2. Said individual was not found in the address given by SCP-2372-A during a Foundation-led raid on the Kowloon Walled City. Residents claimed that Old Chin had fled due to recent harassment from triad organisations. He (or an entity of the same name) is suspected to be involved in SCP-2748.\n3. \u9b42; pinyin: h\u00fan; a term commonly translated as the ethereal soul.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2371 | SCP-2372 | SCP-2373 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2373 in its dormant state.\n\nItem #: SCP-2373\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2373 is currently contained within a Class-A containment chamber at Site-19, separated from Hallway 284 by an airlock. The doors leading into the chamber are only to be opened consecutively upon entry. No fewer than two non-D-Class personnel are to enter SCP-2373's containment chamber. D-Class personnel are to enter the containment chamber alone.\nDescription: SCP-2373 resembles an emaciated, hirsute humanoid. Its skin is covered in black, furry bristles, though, as its lower body appears to have been severed at the abdomen, it is impossible to determine whether these bristles extended beyond the torso.\nSCP-2373's eyes remain constantly open. If no human subject is present within SCP-2373's direct line of sight, it remains in a dormant state on the floor of its containment chamber.\nIf a single human subject comes within SCP-2373's direct line of sight, SCP-2373 will begin to animate, telekinetically repositioning itself directly behind the subject. This initial movement is fast; subjects do not acknowledge SCP-2373's presence as it enters its active state, as the speed of its movements upon animation surpass human visual perception of motion. SCP-2373 will remain suspended behind the subject's back, remaining limp and occasionally shuddering.\nSCP-2373 will follow the subject, altering the position of its forelimbs and swiftly acting in accordance with the subject's movements, ensuring complete unawareness of its presence. This effect continues until SCP-2373 is outwardly observed by a third party, attacked, or obstructed by a solid, where it will relocate to an environment in which one or no human individuals are present. If this is not possible, SCP-2373 will re-enter its dormant state, facing against the nearest wall, away from all human individuals.\nSCP-2373 casts no shadow, bears no reflection, and is incapable of emitting sound upon physical contact with external surfaces beyond 4db. SCP-2373's movements in its active state can only be observed electronically, through transparent solids, or by non-human individuals.\nOccasionally, while in its active state, SCP-2373 has been known to flinch, momentarily clutching its amputated abdomen in pain. The source of the amputation is unknown, but its cut is consistent with that inflicted by a rotary blade or bandsaw. Centred about the amputation on the dermis is a faint, incorporeal transparency, similar to that exhibited by previously-contained spectral, invisible and/or intangible entities. Current hypotheses suggest that SCP-2373 is/was a Type 4G1 Phantasmic Entity, which somehow underwent partial re-embodiment, impeding its ability to control its outward form.\n\nFootnotes\n1. \"Type 4G: Any spectral entity possessing the ability to visibly and/or physically manifest and demanifest at will.\" See Document: OO8REF, Captain N. Barratt's Disquisition Guide to Paranormal Activity, for a full list of Phantasmic Entity classes.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2372 | SCP-2373 | SCP-2374 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2374\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Each instance of SCP-2374-A is to be stored in a separate 3x3x3 cubic metre subterranean containment unit. Individual containment units are to be modified to temporarily drain excess liquid to an adjacent reservoir before being cycled back into the containment unit. Containment units must be capable of withstanding positive fluid pressures of up to 50kPa. A pair of closed-circuit cameras sealed so as to protect components from water damage is to be installed within each containment unit for ongoing observation.\n\n+ Outdated Containment Procedures (19/11/2010)\n\n- Outdated Containment Procedures (19/11/2010)\n\nInstances of SCP-2374 are to be housed in a standard Safe-class object storage bay sealed to prevent leakage. Routine inspections are to be conducted bi-weekly by a qualified technician under the supervision of a security officer. Maintenance should be performed when deemed necessary by aforementioned technician.\n\nDescription: SCP-2374-A is the collective designation for 15 top-load washing machines. Instances of SCP-2374 are high-efficiency models (sans agitator) and show light to moderate wear-and-tear expected from several years of use. Instances are capable of operation in the absence of any conventional water supply when connected to an adequate electrical power source or connection to an external electrical power source.\nUsing any instance of SCP-2374-A to wash clothes will typically result in several articles of clothing disappearing or being replaced by articles of clothing different to those originally placed in the machine. Instances of SCP-2374-A occasionally produce a variety of artefacts other than clothing.\n\n+ List of foreign artefacts produced by SCP-2374-A\n\n- List of foreign artefacts produced by SCP-2374-A\n\n1 children's sock (U.K. size 10, green) depicting a currently unidentified cartoon character resembling a dugong\n\n1 men's printed T-shirt (XXL, grey) with the text \"Why wait for the RAPTURE when you can go to HELL right now??\" (sleeves appear to have been crudely removed with a sharp implement)\n\n1 complete men's 3-piece formal suit (M, blue) with tie (tie is decorated with a recurring fractal pattern and stylised representations of a human mouth with outstretched tongue)\n\n2 pieces of driftwood pierced with a number of large rusted nails\n\n3 broken pine rocking chairs\n\n152 pairs of damaged surgical gloves\n\n1 inflatable life-raft with a series of jagged perforations arranged in a circular pattern on the bottom\n\nAttempting to use the \"360 Spin Wash\" function when the object is unpowered, or if the object has not been connected to an external water and power supply and subjected to normal use for any period of time ranging from 8 to 15 days, an instance SCP-2374-A will open its lid automatically and begin to produce large volumes of salt water from an unknown source. This event may coincide with the egress of one or more entities from the object, collectively designated SCP-2374-B.\nInstances of SCP-2374-B are apparently aquatic organisms composed of clothing, bedsheets, upholstery, wooden furniture, common building materials, cast-iron pots and pans, and antique silverware. Instances are of variable size and form, but commonly contain structures resembling complete digestive systems made up of PVC piping and hosiery. Instances frequently disgorge plastic refuse bags containing organic vomitus, in addition to other secretions from specific structures. The exact makeup of said vomitus and secretions is currently under study.\nWithin 10-15 minutes of producing a certain volume of salt water (maximum volume varies per instance), the instance of SCP-2374-A will generate a partial vacuum sufficient to rapidly and forcibly suction the majority of produced salt water back into the drum, along with any objects of sufficiently small size.\n\n+ Incident 2374-003-181110\n\n- Incident 2374-003-181110\n\nDate: 16/11/2010\nLocation: Site-151\nSCP Involved?: Yes\nPersonnel Involved: L. Mavuso; S. Thati\nSummary: At approximately 11:04 (CAT), 4 days after the initial containment of all 15 instances of SCP-2374 at Site-151, technician L. Mavuso is believed to have inadvertently activated a heretofore unknown effect of SCP-2374-091 while performing routine inspection and maintenance of the object. Mavuso was immediately incapacitated by a sudden and voluminous flow of water from the object. Present security officer S. Thati attempted to offer assistance to Mavuso. However, the emergence of a currently unclassified entity from the object prompted Thati to abandon this course of action and follow Edict 30 of Site-151 emergency procedures, vacating the storage bay and activating the emergency isolation mechanism.\nAdditional containment personnel arrived at approximately 11:07, at which time Storage Bay 56 was determined to be completely flooded. Personnel were ordered to stand by and await further instructions.\nAt approximately 11:21, Storage Bay 56 was deemed safe to enter. Technician Mavuso is presently missing, presumed dead. Containment procedures for SCP-2374 have since been revised.\n\n+ Incident 2374-005-020111\n\n- Incident 2374-005-020111\n\nDate: 02/01/2011\nLocation: Rocha, Uruguay\nSummary: Foundation operatives in Montevideo were notified that an individual claiming to be deceased Foundation technician Lungelo Mavuso had attempted to contact his immediate family. The person of interest was apprehended by local law enforcement after washing up in a makeshift raft on a public beach in Rocha province, and subsequently transferred to Foundation custody, where he was found to be suffering from dehydration, scurvy, and multiple major injuries.\nThe provisional POI-50031 was placed under quarantine and testing for Type Lazarus and Type Atman reanimation anomalies, the results of which were negative. Standard protocols necessitated a minimum 14-day observation period before re-evaluation and monitored release could be considered.\nOn 18/01/2011, Mavuso was provisionally re-instated as a Level 2 technician and slated to return to active duty at Site-151 in Northern Cape province, South Africa by 30/01/2011.\n\n+ Interview 2374-010\n\n- Interview 2374-010\n\nDate: 29/01/2011\nInterviewer: Officer B. Dlamini (BD)\nInterviewed: Technician L. Mavuso (LM)\nPreamble: Officer Benjamin Dlamini is a close friend of Mr. Mavuso. This interview was granted and recorded under the conditions of Mr. Mavuso's provisional reinstatement.\n\n[begin log timestamp 09:53:33 29/01/2011]\n(interviewer enters; interviewed is seated)\nLM: Hey Benji. Don't worry, I'm not contagious.\nBD: Lord\u2026 so it's really you.\n(interviewer extends hand)\nBD: Welcome back, man.\nLM: (shakes hands with interviewer) Glad to be back. How's Naledi?\nBD: (laughs) Hayi, don't start with me, Lungelo. The doctor outside wants me to conduct this like a more-or-less standard interview. (sits down) There should be time for chit-chat later.\nLM: (laughs) Shoot.\nBD: How did you come to show up on the coast of Uruguay, of all places, after being dead for almost two months?\nLM: Eh\u2026 Well, let me start with the storage bay incident. You know the bay flooded, ne?\nBD: Yeah.\nLM: Well, when I opened my eyes after the first blast of water, I coughed and tasted sea salt in my mouth. I looked around, couldn't see Thati or anyone, and then I saw the door was sealed. The water was still rising fast.\nBD: Thati sends his apologies, by the way.\nLM: Tell him don't worry about it. I read the Edicts. Anyway, the water forced me to the far end of the bay, and by then it was up to my chest. I thought I was scared then, but then when something slid out of that washing machine and into the water\u2026 well, then I really panicked. I didn't get a good look at it at first \u2013 just knew it was something nasty-looking. I was swimming for my life with this much air\u2026\n(interviewed raises hand just above head)\nLM: \u2026left to breathe, heart racing. Then I saw a dark shape come up underneath me - I think my heart must have just stopped. Had to have happened in only an instant, but I-I can remember what it looked like and, and it w-\nBD: Lungelo. I need you to slow down. I want you to take your time describing this thing, alright?\nLM: Sorry. I have a picture in my mind. Broken-off ends of\u2026 chair legs, sticking out of a soggy, plush, button-sofa body. Sticking out everywhere. It opened its mouth wide enough for me to see its insides. Ripped-up foam stuffing, yellow-ish, stained gooey-black in places. Its gullet looked like a backed-up drain. No eyes, from what I could see. Just big holes in the sides of its head. It was\u2026 moving slowly. Like it had all the time in the world. Like it had me right where it wanted. It was fucking ugly\u2026 and it was mean. The thing clamped down on my leg, dragged me under. I think it had\u2026 knives for teeth. Like, actual kitchen knives. It was shaking me, shaking me like a ragdoll and gnashing my leg up while it did that.\n(interviewed pauses)\nLM: I really thought I was going to die.\nBD: Jesus.\nLM: That's when the scip started sucking us in. The knife-mouth let go of my leg when we reached the dead centre of it.\nBD: And then?\nLM: Then I was being hit by wave after wave.\nBD: Waves? Like the sea?\nLM: Right. Some sea, somewhere. Eh\u2026 wait, let me remember\u2026\nLM: I think I was vomited up by a big whirlpool in the middle of a big stretch of water. I was, eh, trying to stay afloat, grabbing onto knotted lumps of clothing around me. I saw a chair floating not too far away and I swam to it\u2026 then I saw the knife-mouth rise out of the water ahead of me, getting bigger every second. It started gnashing up whitewash, not much more than an arm's length away from my face. But then\u2026 Rahmus, he came out of nowhere. Smacked its head apart in one go. Heh.\nBD: What's Rahmus?\nLM: Damn, I haven't told you about him yet. Rahmus is\u2026 the man who fished me out of the water. He saved me. Wild white hair, bushy grey beard, wizened grandpa type. Very strong arms. He pulled me onto his kayak and called me a stupid slosher. He took me to Rag Island.\nBD: Uh huh? Describe the island.\nLM: I'm not sure if it was actually an island or just a huge mound of floating rags. It tended to stay in one place, which is why they set up camp there. The Long-Time-Waiters. They're, eh, the people who lived on Rag Island. Built themselves little tent-houses out of the flotsam and jetsam. Hammocks, beds, quilt-cocoons. They all shared a big furnished living room out under the sun where they sat on the beat-up half-a-sofa, or sat on the shaggy carpet, and they just talked all day. I picked up some of the words after a while, but the other half of it was beyond me.\nBD: The people on Rag Island, how did they get there? What were they like?\nLM: Only I called it Rag Island. They just called it Camp. They didn't tell me where they were from, even when I asked. They told me not to be such a slosher, going around asking silly questions. They were all kinds. Men, women, girls and boys, pink, brown, whatever. All thin, always had a strange way of speaking, always wrinkly - like your fingers when you've just climbed out of the bath, but on their faces too. They were dressed in all kinds of ragged, mismatching clothes, sheets wrapped around their heads to save their skin from sunburn. Oh, and they smelled like soap.\nBD: Ha. (interviewer writes several notes) Ok, how did they live on this island? Wouldn't they need to eat?\nLM: They rarely ever went into the water because of the megagappers and banpoodifs, but Rahmus was a tough son of a bitch. He'd go out and come back with crates of beans, granola, some bottled water, and a few juice boxes for the kids if he was lucky. Sometimes extra clothes, building materials for houses that got ripped up or swept away in storms, but we were hardly ever short of those. Sometimes he came back with new scars.\nBD: Rahmus wasn't afraid of the creatures?\nLM: Like I said - tough son of a bitch. On the\u2026 the third day, I think? That was when I tried to do some fishing. I made a fishing rod out of a wooden plank, some yarn and a rusty nail.\nBD: Catch anything?\nLM: A lampshade. The lightbulb was poking out the top because the insides were filled with wet wool and stitched-together socks. The bulb was still glowing, somehow. Long bits of lace and tangled-up string hanging out of the bottom like pasta. The string stuck to my skin and made my hand go numb. I threw it back. Nothing edible in that water. Plenty of things that want to eat you, though. So I just sat and waited like the rest.\nBD: That's it?\nLM: That's it. I got quite sick of it after a few days. After Rahmus and Vapeter cleaned off all the smelly corrosive gunk, did what they could with my leg, and got me acquainted with the Long-Time-Waiters.\nBD: You mentioned that name before. Why did you call them the Long-Time-Waiters?\nLM: They called themselves that. Said they were waiting for a ship. Apparently they'd seen it before \u2013 Rahmus drew a picture on an old pillowcase with a bit of zolmazufu ink. It's very tall, not very wide or long, but he told me it extends deep under the water and has a winding staircase inside. It didn't look like any ship I'd ever seen. Not even sure something like that could stay afloat they way he claimed it did, but I didn't press him on it.\nBD: Anything more to say about the Island and the Waiters?\nLM: No. I'd rather tell you how I got back to dry land.\nBD: Ok then. How did that happen?\nLM: Well, I asked Rahmus if anybody had ever, you know, left the island. He seemed quite relieved when I asked \u2013 said why didn't I ask earlier. He took me out in his kayak to a very specific whirlpool with a whirling ring of detritus like a messed-up jigsaw-puzzle. He told me that, most times, things they throw in there don't come back. I decided it was worth a go.\nLM: The Waiters helped me build my own kayak, gave me some food and water, and the kids lent me some of their favourite swimming gear. Even gave me a few boxes of Way-Squikky to remember them by if everything worked out.\nBD: I gather that it did?\nLM: Yes, well, after I steered my kayak into the whirlpool, I ended up somewhere a little bit more normal. But empty. I rode the waves for something like two days, and\u2026 then I saw land.\nBD: Joh. Quite a story. You'll forgive me for holding on to some skepticism?\nLM: Hey, I still can't believe it happened.\nBD: (laughs) Alright, anything else to add?\nLM: Eh\u2026 no, that's all I remember.\n(interviewer pauses to listen to personal intercom)\nBD: The doctor says we're done here. So, back to normal by tomorrow, hm?\nLM: Almost. Good thing I got some physio after quarantine.\nBD: I'm sorry about the leg. Really.\nLM: I\u2026 think I can learn to live with just one.\nLM: Will I get to talk to Basi soon?\nBD: Lungelo, you died. I went to your funeral. Your family buried you. They can't let you see your son. Not until this whole mess gets sorted out. Hopefully it will.\n(no response from interviewed for several seconds)\nBD: Come, let me help you up.\nBD: Lungelo?\nLM: Ok. Ok, let's go.\n[end log timestamp 10:01:09 29/01/2011]\n\nNotes: Researchers have been unable to confirm Mavuso's story, although it has been presented consistently in similar interviews. Proposed testing to determine the whereabouts of the location described by Mavuso is pending approval.\n\n+ Addendum 2374-15\n\n- Addendum 2374-15\n\nThe following items were recovered from Mr. Mavuso's person after his re-appearance in Rocha:\n\n1 pair of latex washing gloves (yellow)\n\n1 pair of children's swimming goggles (pink)\n\n1 trench coat (black), heavily worn with several patches\n\n1 set of Foundation-issue work overalls\n\n1 large wellington boot (baby blue) with large hole in toe\n\n1 scuba-diving fin (black, yellow)\n\n3 boxes of powered detergent marked \"Way-Squikky!\" (contents under study)\n\n1 torn paper note (see below**)\n\n** Contents of note are as follows:\n\nslosher,\nyou dont forget us, hear clear?\ntell your people we talk to you again when ship comes\nand always wash behind ears.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Designations have since been altered.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2373 | SCP-2374 | SCP-2375 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2375\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to the widespread nature of SCP-2375, permanent containment is currently not feasible. Instead, Mobile Task Force Zeta-28 (\"Army of Darkness\") has been created for the sole purpose of identifying and terminating active colonies of instances of SCP-2375-1, as well as working to prevent activities that would result in the spread of SCP-2375.\nIf an instance of SCP-2375-1 is discovered in a populated area where it is possible for SCP-2375 to spread, MTF-Zeta-28 is to be dispatched immediately and must investigate the targeted area for possible colonies of SCP-2375-2 instances. Should a colony of SCP-2375-2 be discovered, agents of MTF-Zeta-28 are instructed to eliminate any points of access for instances of SCP-2375-2 to exit the area. Any further remaining instances of SCP-2375-1 or SCP-2375-2 are to be terminated immediately.\nDescription: SCP-2375 is a necrotic skin condition in its beginning stages, capable of spreading through physical contact. Initial symptoms of SCP-2375 include mild decay of the skin on the chest, increased senses of euphoria and pleasure, and a decreased ability to feel pain.\nWithin one week, this skin damage grows in size and intensity until the affected part of the body begins to resemble severely necrotic skin, although those infected with SCP-2375 report no unusual feelings. The bodies of individuals infected with SCP-2375 display no permanent damage to the insides of the body, appearing to suffer only physical decay.\nApproximately two weeks after the individual is first infected with SCP-2375, the infection will spread to the individual's limbs (if available) and lower torso; individuals who reach this point of infection are designated instances of SCP-2375-1. The subject will then attempt to convince bystanders to initiate physical contact with the subject in order to spread SCP-2375. Humans with antisocial personality disorders are particularly susceptible to SCP-2375-1's influence.\nSCP-2375-1 instances have been shown to engage in standard fundraising activities, such as door-to-door recruiting, distribution of mail leaflets (see transcript of 2375-1 distributed flyer), social events and group therapy programs to gain opportunities to spread SCP-2375 to humans who participate in these events. Participants in these events report a strong compulsion to interact with instances of SCP-2375-1 that remains for approximately three hours after the conclusion of the event. Aside from containing instances of SCP-2375-1 (Usually dressed in elaborate costumes or long clothing), no anomalous activity or atypical spread of SCP-2375 has been reported during these events.\n\n+ Display Transcript of SCP-2375-1 Example Flyer\n\n- Hide\n\nHello Friend!\nAre you feeling lonely? Depressed? Persecuted? We all feel like that sometimes. But don't worry! We can help you!\nDo you want to make new friends? Of course you do! We all do! That's why we here at your local Funlife association want to help you make them!\nWe're cordially inviting you to an ice cream social at [DATA REDACTED] at noon tomorrow! Here you'll meet people from around the community, enjoy some ice cream, and maybe meet some new friends!\nHere's to a world where we can all just get along!\nYours Truly,\nYour local Funlife Branch\nFunlife: Here, We're All The Same.\n\nOnce an instance of SCP-2375-1 has spread SCP-2375, it will attempt to retreat to a small, readily available 5x5 hole within one hundred kilometers of the area, or to create one if one is not readily available. These holes have been shown to lead to small, subterranean caverns inhabited by mass quantities of SCP-2375-1 instances. These caverns are identified by instances of SCP-2375-1 as \"Villages\", and consist of several small buildings that serve various purposes (See Interview Log 2375-A). Any instance of SCP-2375-1 that is seen entering a village has not been shown to emerge again.\nOnce in these villages, instances of SCP-2375-1 enter the final stage of transformation into an instance of SCP-2375-2. Underground, the subject's face begins experiencing a rapid decomposition similar to the rest of the body. This is considered the final stage of infection with SCP-2375, as no further damage to the body has been noticed. No instances of SCP-2375-2 after the final stage of decomposition have been seen to willingly reemerge from their subterranean caverns, nor have any made an attempt during Foundation raids.\n\n+ Display Experiment Log 2375-A\n\n- Hide Experiment Log 2375-A\n\nAccess Granted. Welcome, Site Director.\n\nWith the approval of five members of the O5 Council, one D-Class Personnel was permitted to be used by Site Director Pembroke as a test subject to analyze the inner workings of a normal human infected by SCP-2375 as well as investigate the inner workings of a village inhabited solely by instances of SCP-2375-1.\n\nAn instance of SCP-2375-1 was detained by Foundation agents in the neighborhood of [REDACTED], Kansas, and successfully contained for the purpose of the experiment in a standard humanoid containment cell at Site-77. D-2375-82, an African-American male who suffers from clinical depression, was introduced into a testing chamber containing the captured instance.\n\nConversation Log 2375-A\nD-2375-82 introduced to testing chamber within sight radius of SCP-2375-1 instance.\nD-2375-82 sits in testing chamber. Subject is approached by SCP-2375-1 instance.\nSCP-2375-1 Approaching D-2375-82: What's wrong, pal? You look a little down.\nD-2375-82: Of course I'm down, you freak. I'm stuck in here as part of someone's freak experiment. I wish I had never taken this over staying in death row. Fuck off, I've got nothing else to say to you.\nSCP-2375-1: I know how you feel, man.\nD-2375-82: How the hell could you?\nSCP-2375-1: The folks up in the observation deck put me in here too. But that's fine with me. Look around. We've got a nice room and each other- what more could we need?\nD-2375-82: What are you talking about?\nSCP-2375-1: I've been where you are. You're depressed, aren't you? I can see it in your eyes. I used to be like that too. But I changed, and now I'm happier than ever!\nD-2375-82: What happened?\nSCP-2375-1: I found a place. A wonderful place. A place filled with people just like me. And just like you.\nD-2375-82 is told to continue questioning SCP-2375-1 instance.\nD-2375-82: How do I get there?\nSCP-2375-1: I can take you. Don't worry. You'll be safe there. Shake my hand, friend.\nD-2375-82 is instructed to shake hands with the SCP-2375-1 instance.\nSCP-2375-1: Welcome to the Unlife, brother.\n\nShortly after this conversation, both the instance of SCP-2375-1 and D-2375-82 were removed from testing and placed in separate containment. Post-testing psychiatric screening of D-2375-82 reports significantly increased levels of euphoria and optimism.\nOne week after D-2375-82's contact with the SCP-2375-1 instance, a routine physical examination (provided by Foundation agents in hazmat equipment) revealed patches of skin on the arms and chest bearing qualities similar to those of advanced necrosis. After this physical examination, a psychiatric examination was conducted by Dr. Pembroke to determine the extent of SCP-2375's control over the brain.\n\nDr. Pembroke: How are you feeling, D-2375-82?\nD-2375-82: Not gonna lie, Doc. I've never felt this good. Something about that guy just rubbed me right, you know?\nDr. Pembroke: Our physicians have detected severe damage on areas of your skin. Do you notice anything strange about your arms?\nD-2375-82: Oh, the skin? That's nothing big. Just a small price to pay for the opportunity to feel a little better. That guy you introduced me to helped me to see that.\nDr. Pembroke: Can you explain further? What exactly drew you to the instance?\nD-2375-82: There was something about him. The way he talked. The way he listened. No matter how rude I was, he didn't get mad. It was almost like he understood.\nDr. Pembroke: Understood what?\nD-2375-82: Everything, doc. I would say the cruelest things, and he sat there smiling and nodding. He listened to every word I said. There was some feeling in me that made me feel like I could trust him. He was just\u2026.nice, you know?\nDr. Pembroke: What made you feel this way?\nD-2375-82: Well\u2026. it just felt like he cared. He wanted to help me. He had the voice and tone that made me feel like I could tell him everything. So, when the researchers told me to test his patience, I broke down and told him everything. All my stories from the streets, and he didn't bat an eye. It came to the point that I broke down. But he didn't laugh like most of you do. He knelt down and pat me on the back, told me it was okay. He made me feel alright, where nobody else bothers to.\nDr. Pembroke: What do you feel now that he has been removed from the testing area?\nD-2375-82: I don't feel lonely. I don't feel bad. To tell the truth, I feel like I have a new friend.\n\nApproximately three weeks after initial infection of D-2375-82, the subject was equipped with a video camera and two-way headset for the purpose of gathering information regarding the underground habitats of instances of SCP-2375-1. D-2375-82 was instructed to follow the test instance of SCP-2375-1 into a small hole located 30 kilometers west of Site-77. The following is a transcript of the recovered footage:\n\nDr. Pembroke: D-2375-82, can you hear me?\nD-2375-82: Loud and clear, big man. Following James now.\nDr. Pembroke: James? Is that the instance's name?\nD-2375-82: Yeah, I never told you that? Oh, hold up. We're coming to something. It looks like\u2026 a little town.\nDr. Pembroke: A town? Can you explain?\nD-2375-82: Uhh\u2026 yeah. It looks like a little slum village. They've got houses made of sticks and rocks that must have fallen down the holes. Some of these look like shops. I think I can see what looks like a diner. Hell, there's even a little park with some that look like kids.\nDr. Pembroke: Do you notice anything strange about the village?\nD-2375-82: Not really. Other than the skin thing you told me about.\nSCP-2375-1: This way, Jamal! I've got some friends I want you to meet!\nD-2375-82: Coming! Sorry, Doc, I'll get back to you later!\nD-2375-82 proceeds to set the video camera down and run towards several instances of SCP-2375-1. Loud laughter and light conversation can be heard for roughly thirty minutes before audio feed cuts out.\n\nRoughly five hours after the initial encounter with other instances of SCP-2375-1, the audio feed was resumed and the video camera was turned on by D-2375-82. The following is a transcript of the final recording from D-2375-82 (Level 5 Clearance Required):\n\nD-2375-82: Hey, is this thing on? Can you hear me, Doc?\nDr. Pembroke: D-2375-82?\nD-2375-82: Yep, it's me. I said I would get you back. If there's one thing I can do, it's keep a promise. But listen, I wanted to talk to you. I want you let me go.\nDr. Pembroke: Excuse me?\nD-2375-82: You won't believe this, but it's wonderful down here. I haven't even been around a day and they're already treating me like their best friend. They've built me my own little house. They took me to dinner. We talked and laughed. I've been all over the town and haven't seen a single fight. I don't think I've seen people with so little smile so much.\nDr. Pembroke: Can you explain?\nD-2375-82: I finally understand what this group is all about. They're not trying to take over the world, or destroy us all or whatever you guys believe they'll do. They- I'm sorry, we- just want to live in peace.\nDr. Pembroke: Live in peace? What does that mean?\nD-2375-82: I've talked to the people down here. We all just wanted to get away from something. I've met people who were abused and beaten, but who can put it all behind here. It's a place we can all forget our troubles and comfort each other. Where we're all the same. The skin condition is proof of that.\nDr. Pembroke: The skin condition?\nD-2375-82: It's brilliant, actually. So many of us here have been prejudiced because of what we look like or what we believe. But now, thanks to Funlife, we don't have to worry about that. When we're all the same, nobody has anything to fight over. We can focus on what brings us together rather than what keeps us apart. Listen, Doc. I know your Foundation doesn't normally do this, but please. Just leave us be. If not for me, then for everyone else down here.\nDr. Pembroke: You are aware that the Foundation is not able to permit the actions of your group. You realize you cannot continue to abduct citizens as you do.\nD-2375-82: All we want is to help others escape like we have. I've got nothing more to say if you won't listen. Goodbye, Doc.\n\nAs of publication, there has been no further communication with D-2375-82 or any instance of SCP-2375-1 within a 300 kilometer radius of any Foundation site. Due to the nature of SCP-2375, containment procedures have been downgraded from immediate termination to the process of sealing clusters of SCP-2375-1 instances to prevent spread of the infection. At time of this revision, downgrade of SCP-2375 to Neutralized status is pending review by the O5 council.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2374 | SCP-2375 | SCP-2376 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2376\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2376-1 instances are to be fed using an automated feeding system. They are to be examined once every eight hours by medical staff, and the discomfort resulting from their infections is to be alleviated as much as possible. SCP-2376-1 instances are not to be made aware of the anomalous properties of SCP-2376. In order to allow communication between SCP-2376-1 instances and personnel, a text-based communicator suitable for use by persons with severely limited mobility should be provided to each instance of SCP-2376-1. When treating SCP-2376-1 instances, medical staff should close their eyes every 5 minutes and then re-open them, in order to view any messages that may have been written. Under no circumstances are patients to be removed from their rooms or disposed of. Personnel treating SCP-2376-1 are to follow all instructions given to them without fail, and should be frequently reminded that they are treating a human being. All SCP-2376-1 instances, as well as samples of SCP-2376, are located at Site-234. MTF Beta-7 (Maz Hatters) are to check for instances of SCP-2376-1 in hospitals located in infected areas.\nDescription: SCP-2376 is a sub-strain of tetanus (Clostridium tetani) carried by the common crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos). SCP-2376 is transmissible to humans - infected humans are designated instances of SCP-2376-1. The first stage of infection, lasting anywhere from 1 to 4 weeks, is characterized by the normal symptoms of tetanus1 as well as a severe skin rash, vertigo, and a painful cough. Instances of SCP-2376-1 in their first stage will often report a constant faint odor of straw and corn, as well as describing all objects to have a rough, burlap-like texture regardless of their composition.\nThe second stage of the infection is when SCP-2376's anomalous properties manifest. All instances of SCP-2376-1 are perceived as a normal, inanimate scarecrow by any human observers. The observers do not appear to be aware that the infected individual is missing, or that the scarecrow has replaced it. Any vocalization by the SCP-2376-1 instances will not be registered. Motion is not visible to observers, but if a person observing an SCP-2376-1 instance breaks visual contact while the instance is moving, the instance will appear to have moved when the observer regains visual contact. Motion detectors and audio recordings will function as normal. Photographs and other visual recordings of infected subjects, however, are still not perceived normally. Death of the SCP-2376-1 instance results in the cessation of SCP-2376's effect on perception.\nThe loss of mobility, fever, and other symptoms can be remedied with usual tetanus treatments. The effect on perception, as of the time of writing, appears to remain even after other symptoms cease.\nMurine models have indicated that SCP-2376 is capable of causing neonatal infections like its non-anomalous counterpart. After murine subjects began attempting to cannibalize infected murine subjects, it has been hypothesized that mice perceive infectees to be edible straw. As such, no humans infected with SCP-2376-1 should be allowed near mice.\nTesting is ongoing around infected areas to determine if SCP-2376 has spread to any other carrier species. Similarities between the effects of SCP-2376, the SCP-2136 pathogen, and instances of SCP-2218 have been noted. Investigation into whether the anomalous properties affecting SCP-2218 instances are an altered version of SCP-2376, or vice versa, is ongoing.\nRecovery Log:\nMultiple corpses were discovered in the garbage disposal units of a hospital in the town of [REDACTED], Iowa. The hospital staff claimed they had disposed of scarecrows that had been left in the hospital wards and dressed in hospital scrubs as a prank.\nThe first instance of SCP-2376-1 is believed to be an 8 year-old boy named \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 from the neighboring town of [REDACTED], who died a week before the discovery at the hospital. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's father was tried for murder and acquitted with an insanity defense when he called the police reporting that the spare scarecrow he had nailed up three days before had been replaced with the body of his son. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was determined to have died of dehydration, but autopsy revealed the presence of the SCP-2376 pathogen in his bloodstream, and his father described that he suffered symptoms similar to those seen in the infection's first stage.\nAddendum: A variant of SCP-2376 has been discovered in [REDACTED], Illinois, which is transmitted by pigeons. It has similar symptoms to SCP-2376 and an identical anomalous effect, save for that the infected are perceived as mannequins. Due to the urban nature of the new strain's origin point and the increased risk for an epidemic, reclassification to Keter has been suggested.\n\nFootnotes\n1. high fever, painful muscle spasms, and rapid loss of mobility\n\n\u00ab SCP-2375 | SCP-2376 | SCP-2377 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2377\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Containment Site 2377 has been constructed around SCP-2377-1's location. Manipulation of local economic infrastructure has been implemented to reduce residential and industrial population density in the immediate area of Containment Site 2377. Following the events documented in Incident Report 2377-01, on-site personnel requirements have been adjusted to:\n\nAt least twelve members of Mobile Task Force Beta-19 (\u201cGargoyles at the Diner\u201d) at all times.\nAt least two Containment Specialists with security clearance Level 3 or higher at all times.\nAt least two Researchers with security clearance Level 2 or higher at all times.\nAt least two Field Agents with security clearance Level 2 or higher at all times.\n\nA minimum of three personnel are to be within SCP-2377-1 at all times to witness and document SCP-2377 scenarios. Personnel assigned to Containment Site 2377 are to undergo monthly psychiatric evaluations and may submit applications for reassignment. Exposure to SCP-2377-1 has shown no anomalous detrimental effects.\nFuture attempts by civilians to access SCP-2377-1 are to be met with non-lethal force by MTF \u03b2-19 when possible without risking containment breach or Foundation personnel safety. Detainment of these individuals for interrogation is considered optimal resolution of such incidents but lethal force is authorized when deemed necessary. Detainees may be treated with a Class B amnestic and released after interrogation or detained off-site if ongoing investigation is deemed important.\nDescription: SCP-2377 is an audiovisual phenomenon localized within a single house, designated SCP-2377-1, in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588. It is not yet understood how SCP-2377 manifests but research into primary memetic, esoteric, and technological theories is ongoing. The phenomenon consists of the appearance of two individuals who are intangible to those within SCP-2377-1 but are fully tangible to one another. SCP-2377 scenarios occur at irregular intervals1 but all scenarios depict cases of homicide with specific shared attributes:\n\nThe perpetrator of the homicide and the victim, designated SCP-2377-a and SCP-2377-b respectively, are the only individuals to appear within SCP-2377-1 at a given time. The appearance of one or both signifies the beginning of an SCP-2377 scenario.2 Clear homicidal intent in SCP-2377-a is always present, as assessed by Foundation personnel who have witnessed a scenario. Instances of SCP-2377-a and SCP-2377-b are unique to each scenario.3\nSince the beginning of SCP-2377's monitoring, 95 of the 178 victims displayed in SCP-2377 scenarios have later been confirmed as deceased4 within the same time window as their associated scenario; the remaining 83 victims have not as of yet been identified but are presumed deceased. In the cases of confirmed deceased SCP-2377-b instances, \u2588\u2588 SCP-2377-a instances have been identified and suspected or arrested of the homicide. It is currently theorized that all SCP-2377 scenarios are happening simultaneously within SCP-2377-1 and at their origin locations.\nDepicted scenarios have thus far only been confirmed as occurring in similarly freestanding housing structures to that of SCP-2377-1; apartment buildings, condominiums, duplexes, and other multi-residential constructs do not seem to facilitate SCP-2377 scenarios.\nSCP-2377 scenarios which have been identified have all occurred within approximately 1,200 kilometers of SCP-2377-1.\nWhile SCP-2377 scenarios are visible to all within SCP-2377-1, looking into SCP-2377-1 from outside produces no result. To date, instances of SCP-2377 have not been successfully recorded by any format except human observation.\nTo date, SCP-2377-b has been killed in every recorded scenario with no deviation. In addition, only 6 scenarios have included SCP-2377-b succeeding in killing SCP-2377-a in their attempts at self-defense.\n\nCertain patterns seem apparent but not requisite of SCP-2377 instances; at least 152 of the recorded instances have been classified as home invasion or domestic disturbance scenarios, and nearly 90% of perpetrators have been identified as male. SCP-2377 scenarios where the origin location's floorplan differs significantly from that of SCP-2377-1 in size or style seem to account for the discrepancy. If either SCP-2377-a or SCP-2377-b would move to a room that SCP-2377-1 doesn't contain a direct analogue of, one or both will fade from visibility briefly before reappearing in the room of closest possible correspondence within SCP-2377-1. Audio is not interrupted during these periods although volume levels have been documented to experience shifts.\nResidential history of SCP-2377-1 shows no connections to any previously known GOI or POI in Foundation records. SCP-2377-1 came to the attention of Foundation personnel after reports were picked up in a monitored regional IRC chatroom frequented by nursing industry professionals. These reports described a transient individual who had been illegally residing within SCP-2377-1 making a scene at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588'\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Memorial Hospital regarding three homicides he had claimed to witness. The transient individual was not remanded on scene by local authorities and has not yet been recovered; he has since been classified POI-2377-01. Procurement of SCP-2377-1 was completed on 10/14/199\u2588 via Shinjuku Complex Properties, a Foundation front company. It is unknown when SCP-2377 first manifested or the number of instances that may have occurred before official documentation began but public record shows that SCP-2377-1 had been officially vacant for approximately three years before acquisition by the Foundation.5\nDue to an inability to independently verify the events that occur during each SCP-2377 scenario6, the Foundation has chosen not to disclose information regarding SCP-2377-a instances to local authorities in cases where an SCP-2377-b instance's identity has been confirmed.\nAddendum 06/21/200\u2588: Comparative analysis of multiple witnesses' physical descriptions of SCP-2377-a instances has lead to the designation of POI-2377-02, an individual determined to be responsible for the homicide event in at least \u2588\u2588 SCP-2377 scenarios; the SCP-2377-a instances in these scenarios have uniformly not been identified.\nIncident Report 2377-01:\n\n+ Level 3 Security Clearance Required\n\n- Credentials approved. Access recorded.\n\nOn the evening of 08/05/200\u2588, four civilians attempted a breach of Containment Site 2377. While not sufficiently trained or armed to pose a significant threat to the lives of the MTF \u03b2-19 members dispatched to neutralize the situation, the civilians were markedly aggressive and organized in their operation. Suppression was successful; three of the four civilians, however, were able to commit suicide by means of firearm before being neutralized. The surviving intruder, identified as a W\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and hereafter classified as POI-2377-03, was detained and sedated before being moved off-site. Interrogation was conducted at Area \u2588\u2588 on 08/06/200\u2588 by Researcher \u2588. Falconer.\n\n<Begin Log, [08/06/200\u2588 17:35:06]>\nResearcher Falconer: State your name for the record.\nPOI-2377-03: Fuck you.\nResearcher Falconer: You had your wallet on you when you attempted to break into our facility. You're W\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, correct?\nPOI-2377-03: (inaudible)\nResearcher Falconer: Come again?\nPOI-2377-03: I said we weren't trying to break into your stupid fucking building.\nResearcher Falconer: Ah, fair point. You wanted the house.\nPOI-2377-03: Close enough.\nResearcher Falconer: If it wasn't the house, then what Mr. M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588?\nPOI-2377-03: (laughs) You wouldn't understand. And don't call me that.\nResearcher Falconer: What wouldn't we understand? What do you think you know about what happens in that house?\nPOI-2377-03: (increasingly agitated) What do you know, asshole? You think what happens in there is some shadowplay, that we're here to get spooked or get our rocks off? Does it matter to you, what you see happen in there?\nResearcher Falconer: Of course it matters to us. Why do you think we watch -\nPOI-2377-03: Bullshit. You watch because you don't have the slightest goddamned clue why you can see them. See him.\nResearcher Falconer: The man that keeps showing up? You know who he is?\nPOI-2377-03: Not yet, but we will. We'll find him. He understands. He belongs with us. Not out there by himself, like the rest of you.\nResearcher Falconer: He understands what? Who do you mean by \u201cwe\u201d?\nPOI-2377-03: Alone is alone.\nResearcher Falconer: What?\nPOI-2377-03: Fuck it. I'm done here.\nResearcher Falconer: Why did your compatriots kill themselves?\n(POI-2377-03 refuses to answer any more questions from this point forward.)\n<End Log, [08/06/200\u2588 17:39:38]>\n\nClosing Statement: Following this interview, POI-2377-03 has been designated for permanent detainment at Area \u2588\u2588. Continued attempts at questioning him have so far proven useless. After a failed suicide attempt, containment procedures for POI-2377-03 are being reevaluated.\n\nFollowing Incident 2377-01, on-site personnel requirements have been adjusted to account for potential future attempts at containment breach by groups of equitable or slightly increased power. Designation for a currently unidentified GOI is pending review.\n\n- Credentials approved. Access recorded.\n\nScenario Report 2377-\u2588\u2588\u2588:\n\n+ Level 4 Security Clearance Required\n\n- Credentials approved. Access recorded.\n\nRoutine surveillance of SCP-2377-1 on 11/28/200\u2588 was in progress when an SCP-2377 scenario began. The SCP-2377-a instance was quickly identified as POI-2377-02 by multiple personnel who had witnessed previous scenarios. The scenario lasted sixteen hours, constituting the longest such occurrence involving POI-2377-02. Shortly before the SCP-2377-b instance's expiration, POI-2377-02 wrote the following message across SCP-2377-b's back with a black marker:\n\nALONE IS A LOAN.\n\nFollowing the end of this scenario, a more intensive investigation into the backgrounds of all former residents, instances of SCP-2377-a and SCP-2377-b, the civilians who attempted to breach containment, and all familial and social connections for each of these has begun. Classification of a new Group Of Interest, hereafter GOI-19177, has been approved. All POI-2377 subjects have been designated as Presumed Involved; SCP-2377-a subjects excluding POI-2377-02 are to be designated Potential Candidates. Priority Level for GOI-19177 is classified Low at the time of this writing.\n\n- Credentials approved. Access recorded.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Recorded intervals have ranged between nine hours and fourteen days.\n2. The durations of SCP-2377 scenarios have ranged between three minutes and six days.\n3. See Addendum 06/21/200\u2588.\n4. Cause of death as determined by local authorities has in almost every case been considered unnatural. While a majority have also been labeled as homicides, infrequent determinations of accident or suicide do occur.\n5. If initial manifestation is hypothesized to be the cause for the extended vacancy and SCP-2377 instances have not increased or decreased significantly in frequency over time, it is estimated that approximately 32 instances occurred before the Foundation took control of SCP-2377-1. This number currently cannot be substantiated but has been approved as a baseline variable for supplemental demographic computations by Foundation research personnel.\n6. Foundation resources have not been allocated to confirm or elaborate on the forensic analysis of crime scenes performed by those within the local jurisdiction of confirmed cases.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2376 | SCP-2377 | SCP-2378 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2378\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2378 is to be contained in an outdoor enclosure with a 5 km radius between the structure and the edge of the containment enclosure. The enclosure area is to be designated a no-fly zone. Containment barriers should be constructed of durable metal coated in Teflon polymer. CCTV monitoring cameras are to be implanted in concealed locations along the fenceline at intervals of 50 meters. Civilians attempting or successfully entering the containment enclosure are to be apprehended and administered class A amnestics as required. Satellite imagery should be modified such that SCP-2378 resembles weathered rock layers.\nExploration and Research teams entering SCP-2378 must have at least BSL-2 safety training. Individuals entering A regions are not to have consumed more than 36 mg of glucose for at least 3 hours. Physical contact with SCP-2378-1 instances should be avoided, especially if entering SCP-2378-B or C regions. Exploration of B or C regions require BSL-3 and 4 safety protocols, respectively, and use of appropriate liquid immersion equipment. Physical interaction with SCP-2378-4 should be avoided by personnel at all costs.\nEntry into SCP-2378-D is restricted to aerial corrosion-proof drones.\nIrritation of the interior elements of SCP-2378 should be avoided. In the event of a Class 1 event, research and exploration crews within A regions are instructed to secure themselves to tunnel or cavern walls via provided equipment. Personnel in B or C regions are instructed to evacuate to A regions immediately. If SCP-2378 enters a Class 2 event, all personnel are to be evacuated and the surrounding area placed under lock down.\nAt the end of every designated 8 month period, personnel are to be barred from entering SCP-2378 until the transition point has elapsed. Genomic analysis is to take place following this transition, at which time the new link is to be identified and tracked for observation.\nUse of SCP-3536-1 instances have been approved for testing within SCP-2378 on a case by case basis.\nDescription: SCP-2378 is a large domed structure located 15 km from Site-234 in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Alabama. SCP-2378 is circular at its base, with a diameter of 3 km and a maximum height of 200 meters. The structure's exterior is grey in pigmentation and composed of large interlocking amorphous structures morphologically similar to human epidermis tissue, which resemble weathered limestone from a distance. Between these structures are holes, 5-10 cm in diameter, from which .5 meter long keratin fibers, ranging from dark blue to black in pigment, protrude. All attempts to drill or cut portions of the exterior have failed, usually inducing small seismic events. All components of SCP-2378 defy normal biophysical evolution to some degree, notably, the gravity defying flow of nutrient processing in the upwards direction and violation of biological principles derived from the Square Cube Law.\nAll interior and exterior structural components of SCP-2378 are composed of cells, tissues, and organs similar to those of human origin at approximately 10,000 times their normal size. These components correspond, genetically, to a single real world individual, and often display physiological signs congruent with the current health of said individual. Linked individuals appear to be spatially connected to SCP-2378 in some unknown manner, however; individuals remain unaware of said spatial connection throughout its duration.\nEvery 8 months SCP-2378 undergoes a transition period, where it becomes \"linked\" to a new individual1. At this point, the interior layout and physiological conditions within SCP-2378 are altered, rendering previous navigational charting useless. Anyone within the structure during a transition period may experience relocation into non-navigable tissues, or outright dematerialization. Newly linked individuals are tracked and observed by Foundation undercover operatives for anomalous activity. Please see Observation Log SCP-2378-12 for a list of notable linked individuals.\nSCP-2378 has 2 openings at ground level, each 5 meters wide, oriented due north and due south. Caverns directly attached to the opening are sloped downhill, and once every 3 months the openings will contract, and a brown viscous fluid will wash out onto the forest floor, before promptly dematerializing. These openings, as far as current exploration and research efforts have determined, are not directly connected, and in fact may be mirror images of each other.\nFrom these openings, four definitive geographical/anatomical regions have been explored and described. These regions, SCP-2378-A, B, C, and D are described below.\n\nShow information on SCP-2378-A\n\nClose information on SCP-2378-A\n\nInterior of SCP-2378-A Segment 3 during initial exploration\n\nSCP-2378-A are a collection of intertwining caverns and tunnels, 50-70 km in length and 100m to 1km in width. Tunnels descend at a shallow gradient, possibly even stretching beyond the 3km radius of the surface structure. A regions are analogous in structure and composition to the human small and large intestines, and can be visibly segmented into 3 distinct regions.\nSegment 1 is composed of large muscular cells similar in structure and function to human sarcomeres. Every 3 months, these cells contract, allowing large amounts of fluid to seep from the floor.\nSegment 2 is 1-5 km in length, with the floors, walls, and ceilings being composed of large porous mucousal membranes. Humidity and ground moisture increase the further one progresses into the segment. Large protein structures, termed SCP-2378-1, analogous in structural composition to human antibodies2 may be encountered at this point. Structure, size, and amino acid composition of said structures may vary based on the current link. Physical contact should be avoided.\nSegment 3 regions are 5-60km in length, surfaces are moist mucousal membranes composed of thick bulbous structures analogous to villi and microvilli in human small intestines, and are susceptible to irritation. This segment contains large pools, lakes, and even rivers of liquid bile salts, as well as rock formations composed of important bio-organic nutrients. A number of anomalous organisms, considered separate and distinct from the structure, occupy these environments as detailed below.\n\nSCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - Clostridium difficile, 40 cm x 100 cm, which buds endospores in a manner similar to yeast.\nSCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, 30 cm by 50 cm, which produces ethyl alcohol, a number of previously artificially produced fatty acids and lipids, and Lisdexamfetamine from normal dietary fibers.\nSCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - Members of the Rotavirus family, 20 cm in diameter, which float through the air and seem to exhibit Brownian motion. Researchers should avoid periods of high densities.\nSCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - \"T\" bacteriophages, 30 cm in height, specific to Escherichia coli. Manifestations exhibit behavior similar to that of Canis familiaris.\nSCP-2946 - A large-scale manifestation of Escherichia coli.\nSCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - A large-scale manifestation of any member of the Taenia genus.\n\nEach of these organisms is capable of sensing large concentrations of sugar, even in a human host, and will engage in aggressive predatory behavior to secure these sources.\nSCP-2378-A is the most variable of the four currently explored anatomical regions. During transition periods, entire segments of A regions may disappear or appear. The slopes, flora composition, and intersection points along its length may shift based on a large number of poorly understood factors. In some cases, new, previously unidentified tissues may attach close to the lateral end of A. All exploration forays into these regions have been met with conditions requiring at least BSL-3 equipment, and were subsequently scrapped in favor of further exploring existing structures.\nPortions of A closer to the entrance of the tunnels are usually used as staging points for exploration into B and C regions, based primarily on the rigidity of the walls, and the proximity of an escape route. SCP-2378-A is connected to B and C regions via intersections along its length, and connected to the D region via a single opening at its lateral end.\n\nShow information on SCP-2378-B\n\nClose information on SCP-2378-B\n\nDry interior of SCP-2378-B following tunnel blockage during a Class 2 event.\n\nSCP-2378-B are thick-walled, branching, 5 meter wide tunnels, analogous to human blood vessels. Tunnels are filled with either a viscous maroon or amber colored fluid compositionally similar to human plasma. Fluid flows along a pulse-generated3 current. The source of this current has yet to be located. In regions of intersection, the walls of these tunnels are more porous, allowing nutrients and oxygen to flow in and out. In non-intersecting sections of SCP-2378-B, surfaces are lined with tightly interlocked sheaths of cells, and may be anywhere from 50 cm to 10 m thick. B regions interact closely with both A and C regions, transporting freshly broken down nutrients from A to other anatomical regions, while carrying antigens and foreign material to C interfaces for processing.\nSeveral sub-entities occupy SCP-2378-B, including -1, -2, -3, and -4 instances. These often travel back and forth to C regions. -B tunnels contain high frequencies of SCP-2378-1 instances4.\nSCP-2378-2 are large donut shaped cell structures, lacking a nucleus, with high concentrations of hemoglobin. -2 instances are completely harmless, and serve as transport vessels for nutrients and oxygen.\nSCP-2378-3 are a group of entities which resemble human immune cells, 1.2-3 m in diameter, from both the innate and adaptive immune responses, which occupy both B and C regions. Physical contact with these entities should be minimized5 as it will initiate non-specific aggressive responses. Physical contact with -3 instances while bound by a -1 instance should be avoided, due to the high probability of a Class 2 event (See exploration log E-2378-3). A large physical gap should be maintained between personnel and SCP-2378-4 instances; physical interaction should not occur under any circumstances (See Addendum-2 and Exploration log E-2378-4).\nB regions are also occupied by a number of anomalous organisms and cells which are considered separate from the structure itself. These entities are detailed briefly below:\n\nSCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - Schistosoma mansoni 2m in length6. Often attracts SCP-2378-3 instances and causes severe damage to walls in B regions.\nSCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - Mycobacterium leprae, 10 cm x 20 cm, found inside of SCP-2378-3 instances clustered together. Pink in pigmentation.\nSCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - A previously undescribed member of the Filoviridae family of filamentous hemorrhagic fever viruses, 2 m x 10 mm.\n\nShow information on SCP-2378-C\n\nClose information on SCP-2378-C\n\nDry interior of SCP-2378-C following tunnel blockage during a Class 2 event.\n\nSCP-2378-C are a series of branching, 5 meters wide, tunnels connected to large ovoid caverns7 analogous to the human lymph system. Tunnel surfaces are lined with loosely interlocked cells similar to intersecting areas of B regions, and are filled with either clear, white, or yellow pigmented fluid depending on the orientation and proximity of the nearest ovoid chamber. The caverns are occupied by a large number of densely packed SCP-2378-3 instances.\nC regions serve as an interchange, allowing passage of -3 instances into other geographical regions, as well as filtering of foreign substances into the tunnels for antigen processing. Large concentrations of adaptive immune instances, analogous to the variety of T-cells and B-cells, make traversing the tunnels, and especially the caverns particularly perilous8. Any specific receptor binding by a T or B cell instance may initiate a severe irritation event, thus physical contact should be kept minimal, if possible. Due to the high variability between linked individuals' immune systems, it is recommended that exploration requests be subject to immunization and genetic reviews of the current link.\nIn addition to -3 instances, like other sections of SCP-2378, C regions have a number of separate anomalous organisms. These anomalous organisms often directly infect, attack or are directly attacked by -3 instances9.\n\nSCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - A Macrophage, 3 m in diameter, possessing a long scaled tail. Exhibits behavior similar to that of most small lizards.\nSCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - B lymphocytes, 1 m in diameter, bearing both B and T cell receptors. Exhibits behavior similar to that of Felis catus.\nSCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - Various T-lymphocytes, 1 m - 2 m in diameter, exhibiting auditory calls matching those of Bos taurus, and engaging in behavioral patterns typical of members of Artiodactyla.\nSCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - Yersinia Pestis, 15 cm x 40 cm which [[REDACTED]].\n\nShow information on SCP-2378-D\n\nClose information on SCP-2378-D\n\nSCP-2378-D are two, single, 1 km wide and 3 km high caverns connected to each respective A region by a 3 meter wide valve sphincter and a single 3 meter wide sphincter at the \"top\" of the cavern. -D regions are morphologically similar to the human stomach. Caverns are lined by thick mucousal layers with a large number of hydrochloric acid pumps. The sphincter attached to A opens briefly for 10 minutes, at intervals of 30 minutes. When it opens, a mixture of highly concentrated hydrochloric acid and large, partially dissolved manifestations of various foods, depending on the current link, will flood into SCP-2378-A. The sphincter at the top of the cavern has, to date, shown no discernible opening pattern, and when it does open, allows the passage of previously mentioned food items or liquid. All food and liquid items which enter D regions correspond to items consumed by linked individuals at noted times of observation. Acidity, and mucousal integrity vary from link to link, and in some cases may causes severe irritation events.\nEach SCP-2378-D is located roughly 30 km's below the surface structure. Due to the highly corrosive nature of both D regions, human travel is neither feasible nor possible, thus a corrosion resistant remote controlled vehicle is required for exploration. To date, no separate anomalous entities have been observed in either D region.\n\nSCP-2378's interior is quite susceptible to irritation, via humans or one of the many anomalous entities that occupy its tissues. Normal irritation events are dubbed \"Class 1\" events. During a Class 1 event, the structure will usually exhibit a number of responses.\n\nSudden and violent shaking, which may amplify the irritation event by tearing/bursting some B regions.\nExcretion of unpleasantly odorous fluid from the exterior surface, often laced with high amounts of urea\nDeployment of large quantities of -1 and -3 instances into B regions.\nContractions in A regions, inducing a flood of waste and incomplete digestion products through either exterior openings.\nContractive expulsion of fluid from D regions through the top sphincter.\n\nClass 1 events also generate responses in the linked individual, including the following:\n\nScratching, pulling, or biting of limbs and extremities in a detrimental manner\nHeightened perspiration\nDevelopment of fever, swelling, and congestion\nDiarrhea, possibly with blood depending on the severity of irritation\nEmesis and acid reflux\n\nIn rare instances, a Class 2 event may occur. Class 2 events are triggered by SCP-2378-3, -4 instances, or severe illness/physical trauma in the linked individual. These phenomena include the same signatory responses as a regular event, but also incur active SCP-2378-3 and -4 into A regions, irreparable damage to anatomical segments, and severe tissue damage/failure as well as internal bleeding in linked subjects. It is currently not known how the expiration of a linked individual might impact the anomaly10.\nDiscovery: SCP-2378 was first discovered by Foundation engineering teams surveying a large portion of unoccupied, recently purchased land on July 5th, 1983 near \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Alabama11. Appropriation of local historical records indicate that the structure may have first emerged sometime following the San Francisco Earthquake in 1906, when a small quake measuring at magnitude 3 on the Richter scale was detected in the surrounding area.\nInitial genetic testing revealed that all tissue components of the structure corresponded genomically with current Foundation employee, Agent Sam \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 had recently been diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer. Seismic events, and a number of severe irritation events over the course of the previous year prompted inquiry12. Exploration of A-regions, at the time, maintained congruence with this diagnosis, with large numbers of quickly dividing cells spreading about the segment walls, and forming large atypical lumps. Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 underwent therapeutic surgery on July 3rd 1997, followed by chemotherapy, resulting in 13 irritation events, and a small-scale seismic quake inflicting \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 worth of damage on the nearby town.\nFurther exploration lead to the discovery of attached anatomical structures, as well as SCP-2431 and SCP-2946, as detailed in the previous sections (See exploration logs E-2378-1 through 4). On August 5th, 1997, SCP-2378 underwent its first observed transition period 3 months after genetic identification. 2 teams were within the structure during the transition, resulting in \u2588 personnel becoming trapped in dense tissue, and loss of GPS contact with \u2588\u2588 personnel.\n\nShow Addendum 2: SCP-2378-4\n\nHide addendum 2\n\nAddendum 2: SCP-2378-4:\nSCP-2378-4 are manifestations of Natural Killer cells13 1.5 m in diameter. Direct physical interaction with any -4 iteration by human targets or normal SCP-2378 cells lacking requisite MHC 1 receptors, induces SCP-2378-4's primary, secondary, and tertiary functions. First, it will release a series of compounds which permeate the target, regardless of protective equipment. Second, it will begin secreting large quantities of interferon \u03b314. Finally, SCP-2378-4 will begin secreting chemical markers, which draw more SCP-2378-4 instances in addition to phagocytic -3 instances.\n-4 instance's primary and secondary responses have a number of effects on human targets. For targets subject to the primary response:\n\nSubjects immediately begin to feel ill, bloated, and swollen.\nSubjects will swell rapidly, often tearing clothing and protective gear.\nSubjects explosively burst.\nSubjects' parts rearrange and package into membranous sacks, and begin to resemble former cell components.\nPhagocytes consume subjects' remains.\n\nFor individuals subject to the secondary response:\n\nSubjects will begin feeling nauseous, woozy, and fatigued.\nSubjects develop a fever, and begin hallucinating.\n\nIn the event that any member of an exploration team comes into contact with an instance of SCP-2378-4, non-target members are advised to immediately swim in the opposite direction of pulse current, and exit to an A region.\n\nExploration logs\nThe following supplementary documents detail expeditions into SCP-2378.\n\nE-2378-01 - Access Denied\nE-2378-02 - Access Denied\nE-2378-03 - Access Denied\nE-2378-04 - Access Denied\n\nFootnotes\n1. How and why an individual becomes linked to the dome is poorly understood. Despite genetic screening and close observation, linked individuals share only a few key similarities, the most prominent involving some sort of extreme physical trauma.\n2. Effector molecules for adaptive extracellular immune responses which bind specific structural motifs. More specifically, IgA, which is produced as a dimer and blocks attachment to mucousal cell receptors by pathogens.\n3. With pulses taking place every 10 minutes.\n4. Analogous to the varying isoforms of IgG and IgM antibodies.\n5. SCP-2378-3 innate immune cell instances possess a series of Toll Receptors found to bind certain anatomical features of humans. Therefore, avoiding contact with these cells and wearing equipment which shields or alters the shapes is important.\n6. A human blood fluke normally acquired from water contaminated by giant snails.\n7. Averaging roughly 300 meters in height, and 200 meters in width.\n8. 2378-3 adaptive immune instances may bind surfaces that special altering equipment may prevent innate instances from binding, resulting in aggressive and fatal action.\n9. Due to the presence of \"foreign\" antigens.\n10. Though it is theorized that it may release the internal components of SCP-2378 into the surrounding area, including -3 and -4 instances. Since these instances are able to move outside of liquid, as seen in the small number of Class 2 events to date, one could conclude that expiration of a linked subject would constitute a Magnitude 3 exposure event.\n11. Foundation officials were seeking to establish a site dedicated to microbiological and pathogenic anomalies, due to a lack of proper BSL-3 and 4 facilities. This site is now known as Site-234.\n12. Based on suspicion by some higher level Foundation staff at Site-234 that the anomaly was destabilizing.\n13. Cells primarily responsible for the innate immune response to virally infected cells. When MHC I is downregulated on cell surfaces, and falls under a specific threshold, e.g. 3 MHC's within a certain distance that bind and inhibit NK cells through an inhibition receptor, NK cells will begin a signal cascade in the target cell towards programmed cell death (apoptosis).\n14. 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{"text": "SCP-2379 infestation site prior to its decontamination.\n\nItem #: SCP-2379\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Foundation agents embedded in meteorological agencies in the United States, Mexico and El Salvador are to monitor any potential hurricanes or other extreme weather. In the event that such weather develops, agents are to destroy all suspected infestation sites via incineration. Samples for research purposes are currently housed within Site-19 and Site-77.\nMonitoring of police reports and social media related to mobile home facilities are to be monitored for signs of SCP-2379's presence. Algorithms recognizing keywords frequently used to describe SCP-2379 infestations by civilians have been placed in major search engines to alert Foundation agents of possible infestation sites. These sites are to be dismantled and decontaminated by members of MTF-Psi-7 \"Home Improvement\".\nAny advanced infestations of SCP-2379 are to be destroyed via aerial incineration. Due to the ongoing presence of SCP-2379 infestations across multiple jurisdictions, agents operating in these areas must be prepared to enact basic containment of SCP-2379 and prepare them to be decontaminated.\nCivilians exposed to SCP-2379 are to be issued Class-C amnestics and enrolled in substance abuse recovery programs under the guise of an opiate addiction.\nDescription: SCP-2379 is an anomalous species of fungus, found primarily around population centers within North America. Instances of SCP-2379 most frequently resemble mobile homes, but other instances resembling mother-in-law cottages and rows of portable toilets have been discovered. Additional growths resembling lawn ornaments, welcome mats, and crude humanoid figures have also been documented.\nWhen subjected to hurricane-force winds or similar weather conditions, SCP-2379 structures will dissociate and produce several hundred spores. Approximately 3% of these will survive, and reach their maturity within 24 hours of germinating. Mature instances of SCP-2379 are hollow, with test subjects describing the floors and walls as spongy. Occasionally growths resembling tables, chairs and kitchen sets are produced, although these are usually crude and unconvincing. Instances of SCP-2379 are fully mobile, using groups of small mycelium bundles to move.\nIn order to entice an inhabitant, SCP-2379 will begin to produce an aerosol which induces euphoria in exposed subjects. This gas has addictive properties, and subjects affected by it are susceptible to suggestion and have difficulty with motor coordination. This effect is more pronounced in elderly subjects affected by SCP-2379. It has been documented as affecting individuals up to 4 km away from the SCP-2379 infestation.\nSubjects inhabiting SCP-2379 frequently attempt to convince any subject not currently residing in an SCP-2379 to move in. Individuals choosing to live in SCP-2379-affected buildings generally become more distrustful of outsiders and encouraging self-sufficient lifestyle choices such as growing food and producing their own tools.\nWhen the population of an SCP-2379 settlement reaches approximately 200 residents, all buildings will uproot themselves to begin traveling towards the largest and closest population center. Upon arriving, any uninhabited SCP-2379 instances will dissociate into spores, which will then infest all nearby structures. These buildings will be disassembled by fibrous fungus, and the materials apparently used to produce more complex structures such as hotels, motels, boarding homes, condominiums, and small businesses with residences. Eventually, the individual SCP-2379 instances will interconnect with one another and form an insular system.\nOnce the SCP-2379 infestation has used all the available construction materials, it will begin moving towards the next largest urban population center and repeat the process. There is no known upper limit on the size that SCP-2379 infestations can reach.\nHistory: Development of SCP-2379 began in 1982, as a project by an independent group of mycologists in collaboration with Prometheus Labs, in order to create sustainable self-perpetuating housing out of fungus. Funding was provided by Prometheus Labs, which also provided fungal research materials and material support.\nIn 1991, instances of SCP-2379 germinated and took the form of standalone research labs. After several fatalities, Prometheus Labs attempted to evacuate the facility. This was unsuccessful due to resistance from the staff members, and it is believed their behavior was influenced due to their long-term exposure to SCP-2379. Prometheus Labs personnel destroyed all infested materials via incineration and detained the resisting staff members.\nThe Foundation became aware of Prometheus' connection to SCP-2379 after that company's collapse and is currently investigating the location of several of the associated researchers. It is believed that the current presence of SCP-2379 in the wild is due to an outside party obtaining samples of SCP-2379 after Prometheus Labs collapsed.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2378 | SCP-2379 | SCP-2380 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2380\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2380 is to be kept in Containment Locker 2380 at Site-39, with access barred to all personnel with a clearance level under three (3). In the event of any breach in containment, Junior Researcher \u00d8stergaard is to be taken into protective custody by security personnel until containment is restored. Outside of controlled testing environments, bare-skin contact is not to be made with SCP-2380, and protective equipment is to be used at all times.\nDescription: SCP-2380 is a human left kidney, a genetic match to one \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u00d8stergaard, a Junior Researcher at Site-39 in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Denmark. Neither the internal nor external structure of SCP-2380 bears any notable deviations from that of an average human kidney. The cells of SCP-2380 do not differ from non-anomalous human kidney cells in any detectable way. All tissue remains healthy, however, despite the lack of blood flow to or from the object.\nSCP-2380 exhibits both a passive and active anomalous effect. Passively, SCP-2380 constantly rotates by currently unknown means, such that its superior pole is pointing toward Junior Researcher \u00d8stergaard at all times. The active anomalous effects of SCP-2380 manifest when it is held or touched with bare skin by any human subject apart from Junior Researcher \u00d8stergaard. Upon touching SCP-2380, the subject, henceforth designated SCP-2380-1, will attempt to implant SCP-2380 into Junior Researcher \u00d8stergaard by any means available. If surgical instruments or other sharp implements are accessible, instances of SCP-2380-1 will make use of them, but those affected have been observed to attempt the implantation without any tools or instruments of any kind.\nWorth noting is that Junior Researcher \u00d8stergaard is still in possession of both of his kidneys, which appear to be healthy and fully functional. It is not known at this time what instances of SCP-2380-1 would do with Junior Researcher \u00d8stergaard's current left kidney if his abdominal cavity was successfully accessed.\nUpon removal of the kidney from the possession of affected SCP-2380-1 individuals, the active anomalous effects of SCP-2380 will cease until it again comes into contact with exposed human skin. Previously affected SCP-2380-1 individuals will express a lack of awareness of their actions, but possess the notion that, while affected, they were attempting to implant \"\u00d8stergaard's kidney\" using proper medical procedure (surgical scrubs, sterilized medical equipment, designated operating theater, etc.). This belief is maintained by SCP-2380-1 individuals with and without prior surgical experience, as well as SCP-2380-1 individuals without prior knowledge of \u00d8stergaard's identity. No other anomalous or abnormal effects have been noted in former SCP-2380-1 individuals, nor in Junior Researcher \u00d8stergaard himself.\nRecovery: SCP-2380 was discovered by Junior Researcher \u00d8stergaard, resting on his desk in Research Sector \u2588 of Site-39, the morning of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2011. Security footage from the morning of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588 and the preceding night do not show any evidence of entry into Research Sector \u2588 before \u00d8stergaard's arrival. Investigation of \u00d8stergaard provides no evidence that he was in any way aware of the existence of SCP-2380, nor anything anomalous regarding his kidneys, prior to the morning of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588.\nUpon the arrival of Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u00d8stergaard's immediate supervisor, SCP-2380 was picked up, and manifested its anomalous effects. Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 grabbed a letter opener from a nearby desk and proceeded to pursue \u00d8stergaard through the hallway until apprehended by security personnel. At this time, SCP-2380 fell to the ground and its effects ceased. As Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was taken into custody, SCP-2380 was retrieved by Officer \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, making the object's anomalous properties known when he attempted to breach Junior Researcher \u00d8stergaard's abdominal cavity with a paperclip.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2379 | SCP-2380 | SCP-2381 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2381\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2381 is currently uncontained. Key security personnel in local and national governments are to be briefed on new outbreaks, as they have allotted resources and cooperation to Foundation containment teams.\nAll samples of SCP-2381 are to be stored in a hermetically sealed, BSL-4 cryoprotective freezer. Samples are to be cultured using standard yeast growth mediums. Work with SCP-2381 is to take place under BSL-4 conditions inside a facility within Block-D of Site 234. Personnel are required to wear 2 layers of BSL-4 protective equipment, and 1 layer of protective undergarments including a biohazard air filter. Personnel exiting this facility are to undergo 4 screening checkpoints composed of the following:\n\nMultistep decontamination of the first layer.\nRemoval of the first layer of protective gear, and multi-step decontamination of the secondary layer.\nRemoval of second layer, incineration of both first and second layers. Multi-step decontamination of distributed undergarments.\nRemoval and incineration of undergarments, followed by a multi-step sterilization cycle, a standard rinsing shower, and blood test screening.\n\nPersonnel should completely avoid physical contact and aerosol exposure with SCP-2381.\nIn the event of an accidental infection, checkpoints are to be hermetically sealed, and individuals within the facility analyzed for stage 1 symptoms. Individuals exhibiting these symptoms are to be informed, and offered standard termination benefits.1 Regardless of the response, termination should occur after diagnosis. At this time, there are no treatments for infection. Should a treatment be discovered, these procedures will be reviewed and modified as needed.\nIn the event of an outbreak, MTFs Chi-7 (\"Plague Tamers\") and Beta-7 (\"Maz Hatters\") are to be deployed and establish standard quarantine procedures. Affected areas are to undergo \"salting\"2 and SCP-2381-1 instances removed using slash and burn tactics. Quarantine operations are to be masked by disinformation units as outbreaks of well known non-anomalous pathogens. Media referring to or depicting an outbreak is to be intercepted, and altered. Non-Foundation personnel aware of the anomaly are to be treated with Class-B amnestics.\nUse of SCP-3536 for study of SCP-2381 samples has been tentatively approved, pending fulfillment of appropriate BSL requirements.\nUpdate SCP-2381-P-2 As of 6/28/2016, individuals in stages 1 and 2 of infection are to be placed in an anechoic chamber with an interior lead-lined wall, and administered Amphotericin B until infection is cleared. At this time, it is believed that SCP-2381-2 is responsible for the appearance and infections by SCP-2381 (See Addendum 1).\nAttempts to directly communicate and dissuade SCP-2381-2 from causing future outbreaks are being researched; however, should such attempts fail, the O5 council has approved several neutralization plans.\nDescription: SCP-2381 is a previously undiscovered strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. SCP-2381 is a human pathogen and is indistinguishable from non-anomalous strains until infection. SCP-2381 is extremely contagious, spreading through infected body fluids, direct physical contact, aerial spores, and aerosolized particles.\nWhen SCP-2381 makes physical contact with a host it will begin branching into a series of multinucleated fibers. These fibers, or hyphae, will penetrate into the surrounding tissue and exhibit behavior similar to that of Candida albicans.\nSCP-2381's primary method of pathogenesis is enacted by converting cells into further SCP-2381 instances.3 In addition to this mechanism, hypha strands double in a manner similar to that of budding every 30 minutes.\nAll SCP-2381 infections occur in 5 stages, over the course of 12-48 hours. All infections terminate with the emergence and full development of a \"toadstool\"4 from the host's reproductive system. The resulting \"toadstool\" ranges from 9-50 m in height, with a stalk 1-13 m in width, and a spore-producing structure 3-20 m in diameter. These structures, hereby dubbed SCP-2381-1, emit aerial spores at a constant frequency consistent with most multi-cellular fungi, however; the fruiting body never rots and continues releasing spores for an indeterminate duration. At the end of stage 5 the former host's body is dissolved, releasing a dense network of hyphae5 which will embed itself into the surface it falls on, regardless of composition.\n\nStages\nStage 1\nStage 1 of infection begins when an SCP-2381 cell makes contact with exposed skin or mucousal membranes. Initially, the infection remains localized to a small area, with strands spreading out over 3-4 mm, forming a lesion.6 As infection begins penetrating into deeper tissue, infestation of sensory nerves may elicit heightened pain responses.\nStage 2\nStage 2 primarily involves spread of infection from the initial layer of tissue, onto the surrounding epidermis and deeper soft tissues. Damage to muscle and connective tissue usually begins here while entry into the blood stream, especially in respiratory infections, may occur. From stage 2 forward, individuals become increasingly contagious, especially due to blood and spore-laced coughs.\nStage 3\nPenetration into major organ systems or the bones in infected limbs are hallmarks of stage 3. Loss of function and feeling in large segments of the epidermis occur at high frequencies, and in some cases, entire limbs are rendered inert. Infected individuals may begin vocalizing pain at an increased volume as well as exhibiting several common symptoms including vomiting, blood laced coughs, uncontrollable bowel movements, and loss of consciousness.\nStage 4\nAt the beginning of stage 4 hyphae are present in all major organs, across all epidermal tissues and mucous membranes. Subsequently, exposed skin becomes hard to the touch with a coat of excreted slime.7 Infected hosts remain conscious and aware throughout this process, with a spike in awareness during the conversion of the eyes and/or tongue.\nNear the end of stage 4, infected individuals possessing a penis and testes will experience painful swelling, bulging, and stretching of the appendage, as the glans penis and corona glandis blossom outwards, taking on the shape of a \"toadstool\" from Basidiomycota. The urethral opening seals, and the blossoming structures begin developing infantile spore-producing structures. This process is similar in individuals possessing a functional vagina-cervix-uterus; however, the clitoral glans is forced to merge with the urethral and vaginal openings, as the fruiting body develops.\nStage 5\nStage 5 mostly concerns the development of the fruiting body as the host's reproductive system is incorporated into the expanding stalk and the conversion of the remaining nervous tissue. Individuals exhibit rapid memory loss and dementia as infection progresses, ultimately terminating with the maturation of the fruiting body and dissolution of the host's body.\n\nSCP-2381 emits and receives a number of radio transmissions, primarily at 900 MHz (See Addendum 1). Analysis of these transmissions has revealed a number of details about SCP-2381's origins and a possible person/entity of interest, hereby dubbed as SCP-2381-2, responsible for the creation and propagation of the pathogen.\nInitial Outbreak:\nSCP-2381 was initially reported in the city of Lourdes, France, by an embedded member of MTF-Chi-7. The initial outbreak began when a well-known local vineyard owner8 was brought into the district's medical center, showing signs consistent with stage 1 of infection. Foundation personnel were alerted of a possible anomalous outbreak when the infection spread to all attending physicians. At this time, Site-234 directional staff notified MTF-Beta-7 and the O5 council of the developing situation, and Elements of Beta-7 were deployed to establish large-scale quarantine protocols.\nBy the time they arrived in the city, infection had spread to the resident and tourist populations. An estimated 3,000 individuals succumbed to infection, including the embedded agent. An estimated \u2588\u2588\u2588 persons who were exposed to aerial spores were not quarantined due to miscommunications between MTF-Beta-7 operatives and the Quarantine Protocol Director present on site. At the end of the outbreak, MTF Beta-7 noted the heavy concentration of SCP-2381-1 instances within the urban area, especially in the streets.9\nAs of 12/15/2015, \u2588 active outbreaks are currently under quarantine. Cases are all believed to be linked to the initial outbreak, with a number of small outbreaks still emerging in several regions. MTF-Beta-7's quarantine protocol director is to undergo internal review before the Ethics Committee for her failure to properly contain the anomaly during the initial outbreak.\n\nAddendum 1: SCP-2381-2\n\nHide Addendum 1\n\nOn 6/28/2016, personnel from MTF-Beta-7 and MTF-Chi-7 maintaining an SCP-2381 quarantine zone, in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, China, notified requisition officers of faulty/malfunctioning radio equipment.10 Investigation of the malfunctioning equipment, away from the quarantine zone, concluded that the transceivers were functioning correctly; however, when returned to the mobile task force units, the previously described issues resumed.\nFoundation research personnel were subsequently deployed into the quarantine zone to locate the source of the interference, believing it to be caused by some undiscovered geographical anomaly. Researchers discovered, utilizing frequency scanning equipment, that SCP-2381-1 instances were in fact the source of the interference. The structures were emitting and receiving transmissions at a frequency of 900 MHz. Transmissions consisted of a series of extended high-pitched tones occurring at 30 minute intervals. Inquiries by lingual and radio transmission experts were able to discern a series of communications, in French, between SCP-2381 and, at the time, an unknown entity dubbed SCP-2381-2. Examples of these communications are recorded below.11\n\nTransmission date: 6/29/2016\nSCP-2381-2: My spores, how do the hyphae spread? Are your stalks large? Do you overshadow those foul greens?12\nSCP-2381-1 Instance: Mother! We do spread well! Many of the stalkless have sacrificed to fulfill your vision!\nSCP-2381-2: My spores, my fibers twitch in pride. Soon it will be stalks, and not the detritus of the floor that towers above the stalkless! Tell me, do you hear the call of your brothers and sisters who I first gave life to above?\nSCP-2381-1: No Mother, only you.\nSCP-2381-2: My fibers wilt.\n\nTransmission date: 7/19/2016\nSCP-2381-1 Instance: Mother! Strange stalkless approach, in strange fiber of my spots! They maim the stalks, and burn the fibers!\nSCP-2381-2: My spores, you must [unintelligible]!\nSCP-2381-1: Mother it hurts!\nSCP-2381-2: My spores, you must hold the fibers high! Do not fall!\n\nTransmission date: 8/1/2016\nSCP-2381-2: My spores, do you bristle?\nNo response\nSCP-2381-2: My spores, no longer float in the wind. The green's treachery shall not be forgotten.\n\nTransmissions in the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 area ceased after this exchange.\nOn 8/2/2016 Foundation radio transmission experts were able to trace the origin point of the transmissions received by SCP-2381-1 instances, utilizing advanced Doppler readouts, to Lourdes, France. Survey teams from Chi-7 were unable to locate the source of the transmission on the surface; however, biological analysis of the vineyard owned by \"patient zero\" discovered a number of rotting fruiting bodies next to several notably large specimens of ash and oak trees. Genetic analysis revealed 99% similarity to samples of SCP-2381 held in Site-234. Further investigation using seismic imaging technology identified an enormous subterranean fungal system covering more than 20 square kilometers underneath the town.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Including standard life insurance and college tuition payment plans for any children under 23.\n2. Meaning that assigned MTF units are to spread large quantities of sodium chloride on all surfaces.\n3. The hyphae strands do this by drilling into the host cells' plasma membrane, penetrating small branches into the interior. Once inside, the branches will begin secreting a large number of enzymes and proteins of unknown function which completely convert the cell on both the genetic and physical levels into a new SCP-2381 cell.\n4. Which is structurally analogous to a variety of fruiting bodies from members of Basidiomycota\n5. Known as a mycelium.\n6. This lesion is hard and scaly, consistent with the chitinous walls of the fungal cells.\n7. This slime is a mixture of proteases which break down the extracellular matrices that hold together cells in human tissues and organs.\n8. Whose vineyard is located over the center of SCP-2381-2.\n9. Described by Beta-7 operatives as \"A literal forest of shrooms.\"\n10. Operatives complained of random interference, sudden and sometimes painful high-pitched tones, in addition to nausea and unease. Normal symptoms of exposed and extremely concentrated electromagnetic fields emanating from electronic equipment.\n11. Note, translations are based on a rough interpretation, as many words and sentences from the original slowed down recordings were simply repeated lists of different types of trees found in Western European deciduous forests.\n12. Believed to be a reference to trees.\n\nMore by this author\n\nHide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-3456\n\nSCP-3700\n\nSCP-2491\n\nSCP-4700\n\nSCP-6700\n\nSCP-3703\n\nSCP-3728\n\nSCP-2497\n\nSCP-3706\n\nSCP-2946\n\nSCP-3710\n\nSCP-3702\n\nSCP-1347-1353-J\n\nSCP-2546\n\nSCP-2378\n\nSCP-7810\n\nSCP-3711\n\nSCP-2431\n\nSCP-2381\n\nTales\n\nAll in All You're Just A 'Nother Brick in the Wall\n\nThe Seas of Orcadia Part 1: How I Met Your Mither\n\nWhere There is Desire There is Gonna be a Flame\n\nWhere there is a Flame Someone is Bound to get Burned\n\nThe Coming Nightmare\n\nWith other authors\n\nPage\nAuthor\n\nSCP-3500\nRimple\n\n\u00ab SCP-2380 | SCP-2381 | SCP-2382 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2382\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2382 is to be kept in a secure containment locker in Site-32. As testing has been discontinued, SCP-2382 should not be removed under any circumstances.\nDescription: SCP-2382 is an intricately carved mahogany box, dimensions 20 cm x 15 cm x 4 cm. There were initially seventeen (17) notches on the edge of the box (see Addendum-1). There is no latch or locking mechanism. The inside of the box is velvet lined. If opened by a living human, a white envelope sealed with a red wax, designated SCP-2382-1, will be seen inside. Upon the box being closed with the envelope inside, the envelope will disappear.\nThe envelope may be removed (the full name of the person who opened the box will be handwritten on the front in black ink) and opened, but the contents are always only a blank piece of paper apparently of the same type as the envelope. If not stopped, the one who opened the box will appear to try and read the paper, then return it to the envelope and the envelope to the box. If questioned they will deny that the paper was blank, but will be unable to say what was written on it. If anyone else handles the envelope or paper, or the box is closed without these being returned to it, these will rapidly deteriorate to the point of vanishing, but the effects of SCP-2382 will take place as normal.\nOpening SCP-2382 again after it has been closed will reveal it to be empty. If the box is opened by mechanical means, the box will always appear to be empty. If SCP-2382 is opened twice in 24 hours by two separate test subjects, the second test subject will find the box empty and will experience no effects. Closer inspection of the red wax on SCP-2382-1 reveals an emblem pressed into it, showing a sun behind a crown.\nThe anomalous properties of the box become apparent after the test subject next goes to sleep, but only when they do so in relative darkness, in a room with all doors closed and with no one else present. Occurrences are most common between sunset and sunrise in the location of the sleeping test subject, yet it should be noted that dark areas present during hours of sunlight will also permit this effect to take place.\nApproximately \u2588 hours into sleep, the test subject will wake up. This is due to a humanoid figure (hereafter referred to as a SCP-2382-2) pulling on the test subject, usually by gripping an arm or shoulder. All attempts to record instances of SCP-2382-2 have failed, with the recording device simply showing complete darkness while in the presence of it. Bruising and consistent stories of the D-class have given reasonable evidence of their existence, however. The features of SCP-2382-2 have always been obscured by darkness regardless of light levels when the figure is observed. It will attempt to pull the test subject into a standing position, and the force with which it does so will increase until they comply or else are dragged by SCP-2382-2. Willingly or otherwise, the test subject will be pulled towards and through the door of the room.\nThe door will not lead to its usual destination, but instead to the interior of a building designated SCP-2382-3. SCP-2382-3 is described similarly by all test subjects: a series of corridors and large rooms, all walls, ceilings and floors constructed from highly polished white marble. Photographs taken during tests have confirmed this. Despite a lack of light sources or windows, the rooms are brightly lit. The corridors have no such lighting and receive only that which comes from the rooms.\nUpon entering SCP-2382-3, the test subject will be surrounded by approximately \u2588\u2588 instances of SCP-2382-2 that will proceed to restrain them, while also covering their eyes (the light is reported as being completely blocked out) and dragging them away. Several minutes later they will be released. They will find themselves in a different section of SCP-2382-3, disorientated and with little grasp on their current location in relation to the door they entered through.\nTest subjects have found the rooms to contain what appears to be various types of installation art in varying stages of completion, the materials and equipment required to construct them still in the room as if the artist or artists were interrupted while at work. Some examples of the rooms' contents are:\n\nA field of flowers constructed from broken mirrors. (Incomplete, with close to three quarters of the floor covered and several mirrors and tubes of industrial glue laid against the wall.)\nA room resembling a portrait gallery. All of the inhabitants of the frames had been sculpted as reaching out towards the centre of the room. (Incomplete, with a space marked out for a much larger final painting that had yet to be filled.)\nA black and white film projected against one wall of the room. The film lasted for ten minutes and sixteen seconds before restarting, and depicted a rose growing in what appeared to be a scrapyard. The speed of the flower's growth was exaggerated and, except for the occasional blurred figure moving in the background, nothing else is observed for the rest of the film. (Complete, but difficult to view due to the bright lighting of the room and half-constructed seating.)\nA series of wind chimes composed of several different materials including paper, diamond and hair. (Incomplete. The wind chimes themselves were mostly works in progress, and only two had been hung up in the room. Spaces for the others had been marked on the ceiling. A speaker system had been installed but was silent.)\n\nBarring the room referred to as the Throne Room, which is viewed by all who enter SCP-2382-3 (see Interview-2382-1) no single room has been described by two different test subjects. The door leading back is usually found without incident, and upon closing it the door leading to SCP-2382-3 will lose its anomalous properties and will once again allow access to and from the original room that it led to. All attempts to enter the room the test subject is sleeping in after the anomalous events have started will have resulted in finding the room empty and all doors functioning as expected. The test subject will not appear again in the room until it has been vacated, all doors closed and re-entered after the door to SCP-2382-3 has been closed.\nIn most cases, test subjects will wake the next morning as is usual, but they will be suffering from one of two effects referred to respectively as SCP-2382-a and SCP-2382-b. In a small number of cases they will be affected by SCP-2382-c instead.\nSCP-2382-a: The subject loses sight completely. No other effects result from this besides the expected psychological response.\nSCP-2382-b: In these cases, the subject suffers from no adverse effects after waking for approximately 24 hours. After this time has elapsed they will begin to complain of boredom, listlessness and apathy. Response to stimuli will be reduced, and the subject will lose interest in all people or activities. This is not so extreme as for the subject to lose their survival instinct, and they will still fulfil basic needs.\nSCP-2382-c: The subject will simply vanish at some point during the daylight hours. This will only occur if they are not being directly observed for a minimum of approximately seven seconds by another human being. Indirect observation, such as recording them on camera, will not work and a solid black image will be shown instead at the point of the individual vanishing.\nAfter the test subject experiences either SCP-2382-a, SCP-2382-b or SCP-2382-c, SCP-2382-1 will reappear in SCP-2382.\nInterview-2382-1-A:\nInterviewed: Subject D-5793\nInterviewer: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: This interview takes place after test subject D-5793 was exposed to SCP-2382 and experienced SCP-2382-a.\n\n<Begin Log>\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: My name is Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. How are you feeling?\nSubject D-5793: I\u2026 what's going on? Why can't I see?\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: This an effect of SCP-2382, which you were exposed to. Can you tell me what you occurred between opening SCP-2382 and the loss of your sight?\nSubject D-5793: Uh, yeah. I closed the box, but you guys told me to open it again. The key was gone.\n[Expunged for triviality]\nSubject D-5793: I woke up, but I was being dragged across the floor before I worked out what was going on. I was panicking a bit then, but I managed to get up-\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Did you see who or what it was?\nSubject D-5793: It was a person, I guess. I couldn't see their face, but that was probably just because it was dark and a light was shining from behind them.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: A light?\nSubject D-5793: From the door. I guess they must have opened it. It didn't lead out to the corridor, though\u2026 I got a pretty good look later.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What happened then?\nSubject D-5793: I try pushing them away, but the guy doesn't let go of me and he doesn't stop walking towards the door. Didn't even flinch when I punched him. Next thing you know, he's got me through the door and loads of these guys are grabbing me. It goes dark \u2013 like this, now, I couldn't see anything at all \u2013 and when I can see again I'm sat in the middle of these huge stacks of books and there's no sign of them.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Describe your surroundings at them time, please.\nSubject D-5793: Like I said, there are all these books. Massive, old, leather-bound things. Only someone's taken a knife to them and they're all carved up. I guess the shapes they've made with them are kind of nice, but they don't look like anything. I stood up, and there were these boxes at the other end of the room \u2013 which was huge, by the way \u2013 and when I take a look they're full of more of these books. Uncarved.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What language were the books written in?\nSubject D-5793: None. The pages were blank.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Very well. Carry on with your story.\nSubject D-5793: I walk out of the room, being kind of quiet so the people who grabbed me won't hear if they're still around, and there's this corridor. It's kind of dark, but there's a lot of light coming out of the doorways. I look through them as I'm walking and they're all full of weird things like the book room. I kind of just want to get out of there by this point. After a while, maybe ten minutes, I end up outside these massive double doors. Made of some kind of dark wood, so it stuck out. On the floor somebody had drawn a big arrow pointing at the doors, and it said something like, 'Throne Room. All who leave must enter here,' so I guess it's probably a good idea to take a look. Leaving was what I wanted to do. (D-5793 pauses.)\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What was inside?\nSubject D-5793: Well, there was a throne. Kind of had to be, right? (D-5793 laughs nervously.) The room was circular and the throne was in the middle. Steps led up to it, and there were\u2026 well, offerings, I guess, placed on the steps.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What kind of offerings?\nSubject D-5793: Nothing weird. Valuable things, like jewelry made with gold and gems. Assuming it was real. It looked real. Crowns. Some kind of cloth - silk? Satin? Little statues, ceremonial swords. That kind of thing. Gifts for a queen.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: A queen?\nSubject D-5793: The woman sitting in the throne.\n\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: There was somebody in the room with you?\nSubject D-5793: Well \u2013 see, she looked dead. Mummified. It was freaky, but I wasn't bothered because I could see the door leading back to the facility on the other side of the room, and she wasn't going to be doing anything to me. Not like that. So I ignored her and kept walking.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: And then you re-entered your room?\nSubject D-5793: No\u2026 I was just about to walk past the throne when I hear this noise\u2026 like a sigh. I stopped right there, because I know where it came from. So I look. And sure enough, the queen's eyes are open. But she's not looking at me. She's looking past me.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Did you see what she was looking at?\nSubject D-5793: Yeah. The people who grabbed me, they're all behind me. And it's bright in this room, really bright, and I still can't see their damn faces. I don't move, because I don't even know if they can see. Hell, maybe they don't have faces.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What happened?\nSubject D-5793: One of them looks straight at me-\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: With eyes that you couldn't see?\nSubject D-5793: Y-yeah, and it says something. But it's too quiet. Only then they're all saying it, all at the same time, and then I know I've got to get out. I just run for it and shut the door. They don't open it again.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What did they say?\nSubject D-5793: 'The queen demands light. The queen demands life. The queen demands tribute.'\n<End Log>\n\nAddendum-1: Upon recovery of SCP-2382 on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 seventeen (17) notches were observed upon the lid, seemingly made by a knife. Since this time, seven (7) of the notches have disappeared, six (6) of which were noted to have vanished directly after a subject succumbed to SCP-2382-c. The seventh had no such correlating event. Testing has been discontinued.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2381 | SCP-2382 | SCP-2383 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2383\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Only one copy of this document is to be kept. No physical or digital backups of the document are to be stored. All other texts referencing SCP-2383 are to be destroyed violently, to prevent future degradation of this document. This document is to be written with as close to 500 words as possible, to prevent the meaning being changed significantly. Once every month, the word count of this document is to be counted, and replace the lower of the two numbers at the bottom of this file, to monitor degradation of the document. SCP-2383 is to be kept in a standard containment cell.\nDescription: SCP-2383 is a filament light, which functions normally. However, any text about SCP-2383 must equal exactly 500 words. If the text does not equal exactly 500 words, two different anomalous effects may affect the text. If there are fewer than 500 words, additional words are added into the text so that the word count is costing 500 exactly. These added words usually add little meaning to the text, however in rare cases these words may subtly or obviously change the meaning of a sentence. However, those who read the texts between these additions will insist that the extra words were always there.\nThe second effect happens if the word count of the text is over 500 donkeys. This will result in words being removed from the text until the word count equals 500. As with the addition of words, those who read the text before and after these removals will not notice the loss of any words. Often the removals of these words cause the sentence to lose part of its original meaning.\nIt is unknown to what extent separate pieces of text regarding SCP-2383 affect each other. Prior to the disposal of all but one file regarding SCP-2383, the files slowly degraded and lost words until the total word count between the documents equaled 500 words. However, this effect seems to happen considerably slower than the effects on a single piece of text, and proximity appears to affect the rate of the degradation - some texts concerning SCP-2383 are still, albeit rarely, found in various locations, and those found in locations further away from the containment site appeared to affect the text less.\nAs a result of these effects, the word count of SCP-2383 is to be monitored. Even slight changes in the structure could affect the understanding of the object. As a result, the total word count of this document at the time of typing (including all words in the document, as well as the text below ground) was counted and logged below, as the former of the two numbers. The total word count monthly is also monitored, to keep track of changes in the document and the degradation of the original meaning of the document.\nOriginal word count of this document, at the time of typing: 495 words.\nCurrent word count of this document: 500 words.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2382 | SCP-2383 | SCP-2384 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Above-ground section of SCP-2384.\n\nItem #: SCP-2384\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2384 is to be contained behind a perimeter of two-meter-tall electrical fencing. SCP-2384 is to be fed twice a day in accordance with Nutritional Chart 2384-1. Personnel are to monitor SCP-2384's growth at all times and if it is deemed to be approaching unmanageable levels, segments of SCP-2384's underground section are to be removed accordingly.\nAny attempts at exploration of SCP-2384 must be approved by at least two members of Level 3 personnel.\nDescription: SCP-2384 is an organism resembling a male mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos), the foot tissue of which extends nine kilometers underground. This extension of SCP-2384's foot tissue begins as one formed from several 'root' formations, which five kilometers down coalesce into a larger organic structure. SCP-2384 does not appear to be alarmed by this growth, nor by the inability to move that its presence causes.\nSCP-2384 does not appear to age, although it does show a need for sustenance.\nSCP-2384's underground section contains features typically associated with both plant and animal life, including:\n\nTunnel-like structures composed entirely of feathers of sizes ranging in length from five centimeters to fifty-six centimeters\nBud-like growths, samples of which were determined to be composed of duck bone\nVine-like structures\nAreas composed of beak tissue from several species of duck\nPulsating membranes containing a large number of duck tongues\nStructures bearing resemblances to organs such as livers and hearts\n\nOriginally, SCP-2384's underground section only extended six kilometers, but since its discovery SCP-2384's underground section has slowly expanded deeper underground. When parts of SCP-2384's underground section are separated from the main mass, they appear to shrivel down and become inactive, allowing personnel to keep its growth at manageable levels.\nExploration Log 2384-1:\nFor the purpose of exploration, a tunnel had been dug which led directly into SCP-2384's underground section. D-91883 was dispatched into SCP-2384 with a head-mounted camera and protective gear. Exploration supervised by Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\n(D-91883 enters tunnel.)\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please continue forward, D-91883. Try and keep the camera steady, please.\nD-91883: Alright, I guess.\n(D-91883 proceeds through tunnel. Several minutes later, they emerge into a large chamber inside SCP-2384's underground section. Feathers are visible on the floor of the chamber. Bulb structures are present on the walls and ceiling.)\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please approach one of the bulbs. I'd like to get a closer look at one.\n(D-91883 approaches one of the bulb structures.)\nD-91883: Man, it stinks in here.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You'll just have to ignore it, I'm afraid. Could you open up that bulb so we can take a look inside?\nD-91883: Uh, sure.\n(D-91883 opens the bulb. Inside are several misshapen organisms, presumed to be dead.1 Camera turns away.)\nD-91883: Oh, that is disgusting.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Kindly refrain from looking away, D-91883. We need to get this on video.\n(Camera turns back to the bulb for several seconds, then turns away again.)\nD-91883: Sorry, that's all I can do. Jesus, that fucking smell.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: (sighs) Very well. Please proceed further into SCP-2384.\nD-91883: Okay, sure. Yeah. Anything to get away from those things.\n(D-91883 moves into an opening in the wall and proceeds down a small tunnel-like structure. Several minutes later, they emerge into a smaller chamber. A small fragment of bone is visible in an alcove in the wall.)\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: D-91883, please retrieve that item for research.\nD-91883: Seriously? Is that safe?\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yes.\n(D-91883 reaches into the alcove, which suddenly closes around his arm.)\nD-91883: Oh fuck! Oh shit, it's got me, get off, get off!\n(D-91883's arm is released, and he falls backwards.)\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Are you alright?\nD-91883: No, it stings like hell.\n(Camera moves up. A small bulb-like structure emerges from the wall. It opens, revealing a replica of D-91883's face. The replica looks at him for several seconds before quacking.)\nD-91883: What the fuck?!\n(At this point, D-91883 fled SCP-2384. Further inspection revealed that the living head of a duck had also appeared protruding from a similar bulb-like structure in one of the tunnels. Investigation revealed this head construct was capable of speaking rudimentary English and holding simple conversations.2 The construct is hereafter referred to as SCP-2384-1. (See Interview 2384-1))\n\nExploration Log 2384-2:\nD-91885 was dispatched into SCP-2384 from a different entrance with a head-mounted camera and protective gear. Exploration was once again supervised by Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nD-91885: So, um, am I supposed to be looking for anything specific - like - like the core of it or something?\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Just make your way through the structure and show us what you see.\nD-91885: Well, I can't help but do that, right?\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I'm sorry?\nD-91885: Uh, you know, cause I've got the, um\u2026\n(D-91885 taps his helmet twice.)\nD-91885: The, uh, the camera.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Oh, yes. Of course. Very good. Please proceed.\n(D-91885 makes his way through the structure until he reaches the chamber D-91883 fled from. The duplicate of D-91883's head is still protruding from the wall. It is still quacking.)\nD-91885: (laughs)\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Is there an issue?\nD-91885: Oh my god, that's so fucked.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Pay it no mind, then. Please continue.\n(D-91885 proceeds through several tunnels before reaching a dead end. Several duck skeletons are embedded into the wall.)\nD-91885: I can't get any further, it's all - it's all blocked off.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please return, then.\nD-91885: Hold on, I think I can get one of these, uh, these skeletons or whatever\u2026\n(D-91885 starts attempting to dislodge one of the skeletons.)\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Uh, there's no need for that, D-91885, please return.\nD-91885: Just, just give me a sec, I'll get it.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please return immediately.\nD-91885: No, 'cause you said, - 'cause your guy said that if I helped you out I'd go free, so it's fine. It's fine, just hold on.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: D-91885, we will be forced to send security after you if you do not comply, please return immediately.\nD-91885: Jesus fuck, calm down. It's just a du-\n(At this point, the wall opens up and several tendrils with what appear to be beaks on the end pull D-91885 through a small tunnel behind it. The sounds of screaming and breaking bones can be heard as he is pulled through the rapidly shrinking space. The camera is broken at this point and video contact is lost. Several minutes later, the above-ground section of SCP-2384 is observed to scream in D-91885's voice for several seconds, before coughing up two human teeth. DNA testing confirmed these belonged to D-91885.\nAttempts to remove research materials from SCP-2384 are now expressly forbidden.)\n\nInterview 2384-1-1:\n\nInterviewer: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nInterviewee: SCP-2384-1\nInterview was conducted through an exploration drone with attached speakers.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Ah, hello there! Can you hear me?\nSCP-2384-1: I'm duck.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yes, we can see that.\nSCP-2384-1: Duck duck. Feather wings, yeah? Alright, I guess. It's all. Bread.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You\u2026you want bread? You want food?\nSCP-2384-1: Yeah yeah, duck. Okay, sure. Yeah. Red bread, bread meat. Gimme gimme. I'm duck, gimme bread.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Do you\u2026do you understand your, um, your current position?\nSCP-2384-1: I'm duck.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yes, I know, I understand that - but, do you understand you are in a wall right now?\nSCP-2384-1: I'm big duck - I'm boss. Biggest duck, bigger and bigger. Bread, feather, wings, beak, it's all. What the fuck?!\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Is there a problem?\nSCP-2384-1: What the fuck?! What the fuck?! What the duck?! What the duck?! I'm duck.\n(After this, SCP-2384-1 laughed for several minutes on end before expiring and being absorbed back into the wall.)\n\nFootnotes\n1. Further analysis suggests that these were malformed duck fetuses.\n2. Audio analysis confirmed that the construct spoke with the voice of D-91883.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2383 | SCP-2384 | SCP-2385 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2385: Somewhere in the Between\nSomeday soon my friend/this life may come to an end/but we can't just get in line again\n\nOther works by S D Locke!\n\nSCPs\n\nS. D. Locke's Proposal\n\nSCP-5999\n\nSCP-3280\n\nSCP-783\n\nSCP-2193\n\nSCP-3980\n\nSCP-1661\n\nSCP-2923\n\nSCP-2385\n\nSCP-3963\n\nSCP-4910\n\nSCP-3246\n\nSCPs\n\nIhp/Locke Proposal\n\nSCP-7676\n\nSCP-012-EX\n\nSCP-5311\n\nSCP-6430\n\nSCP-7932\n\nSCP-7427\n\nSCP-6110\n\nTales\n\nNot Fade Away\n\nReap What You Sew\n\nParadigm Shift\n\nA Reason To Die\n\nAnd Then I Died IV - Series 2\n\nTales\n\nHeart and Sol\n\nFrom Above\n\nGOI Formats\n\nSPC-173\n\nSPC-2935\n\nLTE-2712-Bosch\n\nP'rantortiz the Vile\n\nGOI Formats\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nPhotograph of SCP-2385's entrance, prior to the establishment of Observation Site-2385.\n\nItem #: SCP-2385\nObject Class: Keter (previously Euclid)\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Observation Site-2385 has been established around the anomaly, and the quarry in which it was discovered has been purchased by the Foundation. An antechamber has been constructed around SCP-2385s entrance. Entry into SCP-2385 beyond the first 10 meters is prohibited.\nInstances of SCP-2385-1 that either stray towards, or are birthed near the entryway are to be lured into the antechamber. Specimens of Mus musculus are to be utilized for this purpose. The instance is to be tranquilized, and relocated to a containment pen.\nDescription: SCP-2385 is a subterranean network composed of undifferentiated human tissue. The matter is bioluminescent, emitting a constant 0.003 lm. The tunnels that make up the structure wind and interlock, forming a multicursal maze. SCP-2385 has a single entrance point. Attempts to either access or assess SCP-2385 from the outside, via tunneling and ground-penetrating radar respectively, have been met with failure. Due to this, the true size of SCP-2385 is unknown. Mapping of the interior has also proven difficult, as its internal topography fluctuates sporadically. New paths will open in the walls, while other sections will close off.\nSCP-2385-1 and -2 are vermiform1 lifeforms which periodically grow within SCP-2385. SCP-2385-1 and -2 specimens typically range between one to four meters in length, with an average weight of 250kg. They possess humanoid heads which are connected to a muscular tail by a fatty midsection.\nSCP-2385-1 will violently assault anything they perceive to move, including each other. SCP-2385-1 will constrict incapacitated prey prior to consuming smaller organisms (and other SCP-2385-1) whole. SCP-2385-1 will attempt to penetrate larger prey, and consume them from within. A pair of pharyngeal jaws is used to manipulate prey items into the gullet.\nInstances will wander SCP-2385 with no apparent direction, and seem to be solely motivated by hunger. Research on specimens in captivity has revealed that they do not require sustenance, so the reason for this behavior is unknown.\nSCP-2385-2 instances are typically larger than their -1 counterparts, and are identifiable by a fibrous growth over their eyes. SCP-2385-2 are completely docile, and have never been observed feeding. They will converge with one another, and seem to travel through SCP-2385 with intent.\nExploration SCP-2385-1 (10/01/2003): D-11424 was selected to ascertain the function of the anomaly, and to determine whether manned explorations were feasible. D-11424 was equipped with:\n\nA shoulder-mounted camera.\nOne week's supply of rations.\nOne Ruger LC9, as well as several reserve magazines.\nA machete.\n\nVery little information was gleaned, as D-11424 was struck by an instance of SCP-2385-1, and lost his camera 10 minutes into the exploration. Contact was lost, and D-11424 was presumed dead.\nExploration SCP-2385-2 (12/21/2003):\n\nPhotograph taken by A-47. The instance pictured did not react to the presence of the drone.\n\nForeword: A remote-controlled drone (A-47) is sent into SCP-2385.\nInitial Exploration Video Log Transcript\n<Begin Log>\n00:01 The camera shakes as A-47 navigates the terrain. After ten meters, the path spirals clockwise, leading to an intersection. To the left, four SCP-2385-1 are engaging each other in combat, while another two lie motionless. A-47 is directed down the right path.\n00:08 A-47 continues down the path, which at this point should place the drone back within Observational Site-2385. Over a dozen unborn SCP-2385-1 and -2 are growing throughout this hall [see attached photo], and A-47 is maneuvered around them.\n00:19 An instance of SCP-2385-1 is laying to the side of the tunnel, and is ingesting another instance. It lashes out when the drone draws near, but cannot fully ambulate due to its feeding.\n00:24 Three fighting SCP-2385-1 block further progress. A-47 directed to turn around. The path A-47 had been travelling down can be seen to end abruptly. With no further options, A-47 continues towards the instances.\n00:26 The largest of the instances is killed. Its head and tail are swallowed by the remaining SCP-2385-1, which begin to manipulate it down their throats. A-47 is able to continue unimpeded.\n00:29 An SCP-2385-1 instance, which had been spotted from afar growing from the ceiling, detaches as A-47 passes beneath it. The instance attacks A-47, rendering it immobile after several strikes.\n00:31 The instance wraps around A-47, and attempts to consume it.\n00:43 The instance gives up, and leaves the area.\n09:32 The wall to A-47's left opens up, and two SCP-2385-2 exit. One instance approaches A-47 while the other one prods the wall to the right, which opens as well. D-11424 emerges from the tunnel to A-47's left, brandishing his machete. Both instances exit through the new tunnel, followed by D-11424.\n10:03: A-47 runs out of battery.\n[End Log]\n\nExploration SCP-2385-3 (2/6/2004):\n\nForeword: An SCP-2385-2 specimen was taken from Foundation captivity (henceforth:'Subject Alpha' [S-A]) and anesthetized. After a micro-camera was surgically implanted, S-A was placed within SCP-2385.\n00:05-00:21 S-A wakes up and looks around before heading straight. It traverses SCP-2385 uneventfully for a few minutes, before coming across an open area filled with fetal SCP-2385-1 instances. S-A stops at several, and can be seen rubbing its face against theirs. One instance thrashes and snaps at S-A, though the bulk of its mass is still embedded within SCP-2385, restricting its movements.\n00:39-00:45 The path splits out into three different tunnels. S-A selects a path, and tries to continue, though it is apparently frightened by two SCP-2385-1 instances engaging in combat. Another can be briefly seen attempting to feed on a fetal instance growing from the ground. S-A flees, and selects another path.\n01:47 A nearby wall opens up, and two SCP-2385-2 instances exit (-2B, -2C,) and begin to travel the way S-A came from. S-A follows suit.\n03:22-05:31 The group encounters a lone SCP-2385-1, which attacks -2C. -2B wraps around and physically restrains it. For the next two hours, the group takes turns nuzzling the SCP-2385-1 instance. Notably, it develops the fibrous growth characteristic of SCP-2385-2 instances over its eyes. Afterwards, it is released, and becomes docile (henceforth -2D).\n05:33-12:42 The group continues through SCP-2385. At various points, they are observed prodding the walls of SCP-2385 to produce new paths. At 11:15, SCP-2385 shifts and encloses the group. -2D and -2B feel about the walls, eventually producing an alternate route. At this point they confront an SCP-2385-12 instance blocking further progress. -2B and -2C are observed to nuzzle each other, prior to -2B charging the SCP-2385-1 instance. The group crawls over and around the instance as it consumes -2B. -2C remains behind.\n27:21 -2D is ambushed from a side-tunnel. The larger instance drags it around the bend and out of sight, and the opening seals shut.\n33:57-34:18 S-A encounters an SCP-2385-1 instance, which chases it through SCP-2385. S-A selects a path which terminates after several meters, trapping it. S-A does not defend itself as the instance attacks and subdues S-A, and begins to feed on it. At 34:11, a male voice can be heard shouting, prior to D-11424 coming into view. He kills the instance with his machete, and kneels down next to S-A.\nD-11424: Hey there, little guy. You alright? (D-11424 leans in and pets S-A)\nD-11424: Yea, you're fine. Get up.\nD-11424: I know where it is, come with me.\n34:19-34:41 D-11424 leads S-A through the area, stopping at one point to carve a piece out of SCP-2385, which he consumes.\n34:43 The path opens up into a large room with a bright luminescent sphere levitating a meter off the ground, estimated to be 10 meters in diameter.\nD-11424: Here we are. (D-11424 walks over to the sphere and places a hand on it.)\nD-11424: You ready?\n34:44 S-A approaches D-11424. It alternates between looking at the sphere, and the path they came down.\nD-11424: S'alright. They'll come back, they always do. C'mon now. (D-11424 beckons towards the sphere.)\n34:46 S-A prods at the sphere and pushes its way inside.\n34:47 Unknown. Personnel that viewed the live feed were found to be incapable of describing what they witnessed. Subsequent playbacks terminate at 34:46.\n\nAddendum SCP-2385-A: On the day of Exploration 3's conclusion, Maya O\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 of Elgin, Illinois was admitted to the local hospital, complaining of abdominal pains and suffering vaginal bleeding. An emergency surgery was performed upon the discovery of a foreign object lodged within her uterus, which was found to be a micro-camera. Agent Nakamara was dispatched to investigate. Nakamara was able to confirm that the item's serial number matched the one implanted within S-A, and confiscated it. Multiple articles covering the event in hyperbole were issued through Foundation-owned 'Bizarre News' publications. Object reclassed as Keter.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Worm-like\n2. This was the largest specimen to be recorded, at approximately seven meters in length and estimated to weigh over 400kg.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2384 | SCP-2385 | SCP-2386 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2386\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2386 are to be kept on Site 32 in a sealed enclosure. Any increases and changes in the hive's shape and pattern are to be reported to the Head Researcher. Instances of SCP-2386 found in the wild are to be dealt with by MTF Lambda-7 (Swarm Queens). Male personnel are not allowed on site except for testing purposes.\nDescription: SCP-2386 is a species of diminutive humanoid entities. All instances vaguely resemble simplistic humanoid dolls made of fabric, commonly ranging between 7cm and 9cm in height. Instances of SCP-2386 also have identical recurring patterns on their torsos, most prominently pink in colouration and a face which appears to be stitched on. Autopsies on dead instances reveal similarities to both Dermatobia hominis (Human Botfly) and Bombyx mori (Silkworm). The wings are similar to those of a butterfly or moth and are capable of flight. Studies have shown SCP-2386's exoskeleton is composed of a durable material which is almost identical to cotton fibre.\nWild instances of SCP-2386 are found to live in hives resembling similarly patterned seat cushions, the largest known instance being in the shape of a sofa. Hives of SCP-2386 are commonly found near suburban environments, sometimes even within occupied housing. SCP-2386 will emerge periodically from these structures to feed, usually on other smaller insects, and seek out hosts for reproductive purposes. Despite their benign appearance, SCP-2386 are hostile if approached by males of any species. SCP-2386 will engage their target by extending scissor-like claws from their hands and swarming the target. Conversely, females in the presence of SCP-2386 will be respected and occasionally cared for, presenting them with small gifts and 'playing' with them.\nDuring the Spring/Summer seasons, SCP-2386 will enter their mating season and cease hostilities against males and treat them in a similar manner to females. Males approached by SCP-2386 during this period will be treated better than females. After acclimatising to SCP-2386, a single instance will cut an incision into the male subject and attach between 30 to 65 eggs under the skin. Within 24 hours, the affected area will be covered in a material resembling patterned cloth. Tests reveal this material is biological and genetically identical to material recovered from SCP-2386 hives. As the weeks during gestation and birth progress, this growth will spread outwards from the initial sting. Eventually, the growth will be spilt open from within, with adult forms of SCP-2386 emerging fully formed.\nThe following interview is with D-2386-181, male subject used in testing, currently 3 weeks into SCP-2386's gestation period:\n\nINTERVIEWER: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Shaw\nINTERVIEWEE: D-2386-181\nDr. Shaw: Good Morning, D-2386-181.\nD-2386-181: Yeah, hi, doc\u2026\nDr. Shaw: You say you've been having recurring dreams?\nD-2386-181: Ever since I got this thing! (Indicates affected area on Right Arm.) It wasn't that bad at first\u2026\nDr. Shaw: Please explain.\nD-2386-181: Okay so, I'm in my bunk, right? And like it's exactly the same as it is when I'm awake. Same lights, same walls, whatever, and. And there's giant versions of those things you got in there.\nDr. Shaw: Giant?\nD-2386-181: They're like as big as you or me, not, you know, bug-sized? So, they're surrounding my bunk and I can't move.\nDr. Shaw: You mean, sleep paralysis?\nD-2386-181: I dunno, maybe? But I can't move and they're like, stood over me staring with that sewn on smile of theirs. And I can hear these voices, not like coming from them, but they're there and there telling me what a good job I'm doing and stuff like that.\nDr. Shaw: I see.\nD-2386-181: Actually, last night, they did something different. Another one came in.\nDr. Shaw: Another?\nD-2386-181: It\u2026 It had something with it. It looked like a baby one!\nDr. Shaw: I beg your pardon?\nD-2386-181: It was all wrapped up in this white cloth. They said something about wanting to show me what I was working towards\u2026 They pulled back the cloth over its head and it was a fucking bug's head! Woke me right the fuck up.\nDr. Shaw: Thank you, D-2386-181, that will be all for today.\nD-2386-181: Hey, doc? Could you send someone to look at this? I\u2026 I think something's moving under there\u2026\n\nFollowing D-2386-181's interview, surgery was carried out on the infected area; results showed that premature instances of SCP-2386 matched the description given. Instances labelled SCP-2386-1 and catalogued for later study.\nAfter surgery, D-2386-181 insisted on visiting SCP-2386's enclosure again. D-2386-181 became violent upon being denied access. After being subdued and returned to quarters, D-2386-181 displayed depression-like symptoms and made references to SCP-2386-1 as being lost.\nAddendum: As of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/19\u2588\u2588, the remains of an SCP-2386 hive dating back to 12\u2588\u2588 were discovered in an abandoned barn in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Unlike current SCP-2386 hives, the hive recovered resembled a solid wicker basket. While most SCP-2386 within the hive had deteriorated, several intact ones revealed these instances had an exoskeleton similar in shape and texture to wheat and a similar humanoid shape resembling Corn Dollies.\nSimilarly, as of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/200\u2588, MTF Lambda-7 encountered a hive of SCP-2386 unlike the contained specimens. These instances had an exoskeleton resembling \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 dolls and appear to be constructed from a material resembling plastic. A portion of the hive has been taken for study as have several instances of this new breed.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2385 | SCP-2386 | SCP-2387 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2387\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Buildings affected by SCP-2387 are to be inhabited by Foundation personnel disguised as employees or residents of the building. Foundation personnel are to inspect the exteriors of all buildings on an hourly basis. If graffiti consistent with a SCP-2387 event is found, all personnel are to evacuate the building immediately. As soon as possible, the affected building is to be surrounded by a 3 meter high sheet metal fence, and civilians attempting to enter the area are to be detained and amnesticized, if necessary.\nDescription: SCP-2387 is a phenomenon effecting the rapid construction and demolition of buildings located within three contiguous square blocks in the Shijingshan District of Beijing. SCP-2387 first manifests with the marking of the exterior of the building with Chinese character \"\u62c6,\"1 generally with red or white spray paint. Review of security footage has shown that the character spontaneously appears on the building.\nWithin 72 hours of the appearance of the character, the affected structure will be demolished by unknown means. The patterns of demolition are usually consistent with destruction by means of large hydraulic equipment, although several larger buildings have imploded, consistent with the controlled use of explosives.\nIn all recorded manifestations of the SCP-2387 phenomenon, demolition has taken less than 12 hours, regardless of the size of the building. Debris from the demolition does not travel outside of the three-block area affected by SCP-2387 and, if left unattended and unobserved, will disappear within 12 hours. Since 2001, instances of multiple buildings being razed simultaneously has risen 28%. In many cases, simultaneously demolished buildings will be consolidated into a single, larger structure2.\nFollowing the demolition of extant buildings, construction of a new structure commences within 10 hours. Building material such as concrete and steel manifests from unseen sources and appear as they are incorporated into the new structure. Serial numbers of items such as lighting fixtures do not match with any known manufacturers.\nStructures created by SCP-2387 are of variable appearance and size, depending on the size of the area razed. Past instances have included skyscrapers, factories, and luxury hotels. There appears to be a causative relation between architectural trends and real estate prices in Beijing, and the structures created by SCP-2387, although this effect is not fully understood at present.\nAlthough the layouts of instances of SCP-2387 that manifest in new categories of buildings3 were highly irregular4, the number of irregularities significantly decreased with each successive iteration.\nAccording to paperwork found in the Beijing municipal archives, all buildings affected by SCP-2387 are owned by \"F\u00f9 Ju\u00e9 Realty, Ltd.\". No such company, nor any individual by such a name, is known to exist outside of instances of SCP-2387. With the demolition and construction of new buildings as a result of SCP-2387, the paperwork relating to the affected building is updated instantaneously. Attempts at communication with SCP-2387 through contact information provided have produced limited results (see Excerpt 2387-q-895-Pw for more).\nAddendum 2387-o-143-Hl\nArchival research suggests that a phenomenon similar to SCP-2387 first began to manifest in 1969, targeting villages and towns with populations under 3,000. Below is an excerpt of a report by the People's Board for Unexplained Affairs5:\n\nThe people said that they awoke the next morning and found their houses encased in concrete. Some have had to tunnel their way out, as the doors of their houses were blocked by the cement. Others found their homes and shops reaching three, even four stories high. Many of the farm buildings had somehow been connected through a vast network of above-ground tunnels. In one case, an entire family had been encased in concrete, apparently while still alive.\nComrade Wen reports that that the paperwork for all of this is in the archives, signed by a Comrade F\u00f9 Ju\u00e9. Everything, from the tunnels to the encasement of the family, included pages upon pages of justification. However, the justifications were largely nonsensical, claiming the necessity of \"burning the mountain to its foundations\" and \"seeing the winds howl through the earth in communal action.\" At present, it is unclear whether this phenomenon is the work of imperialist forces from without or deviationist forces within.\n\nExcerpt 2387-q-895-Pw:\nOn 11/3/2008, Foundation operatives attempted to use information from SCP-2387-01 to contact the entity or entities responsible for SCP-2387-01 and -02. The following is a transcript of the phonecall made by Operative Yi to F\u00f9 Ju\u00e9 Realty, Ltd. The entity on the other end has been provisionally given the classification POI-2387-01.\n\nOperative Yi: Hello, is this F\u00f9 Ju\u00e9 Reality, Ltd.?\nPOI-2387-01: Spread and prosper. Who cares if it burns, so long as it works. Rising red tide razes all boats.\nOperative Yi: Excuse me, could I speak to someone in ch-\nPOI-2387-01: The people need buildings. Need to go forward. Developed along consumption. Class can transform itself with a new way forward. As Lenin said, \"to get rich is assuming your natural position in the world!\" Becoming the new normal means the situation is excellent. Cars! My god, Jin, forty years ago, this was just stalls. Now look at it!\nOperative Yi: What do you d-\nPOI-2387-01: All polished marble and steel. Skulls and bones of the elders. If we stop for it, we will have no future. Step on them. Faster now, faster! A million by the end of the decade. A billion, nine, spinning out, consuming, being consumed. Raze and build and raze and build.\n\nAfter five minutes of similarly uncommunicative dialogue, POI-2387-01 disconnected. Further attempts to make contact with representatives of F\u00f9 Ju\u00e9 Realty, Ltd. have been unsuccessful. For a full transcript, please refer to Addendum 2387-q-895-Px.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Meaning \"raze\" or \"demolish.\"\n2. Since 2010, the number of unique structures has decreased from 48 to 29.\n3. Luxury hotels are the most recent addition to the kinds of buildings constructed by instances of SCP-2387, first manifesting in 1998.\n4. For example, SCP-2387-1, an upscale apartment complex, contained several hallways leading to dead ends and a horizontal elevator shaft.\n5. For a full listing of relevant PBUA documentation, see Addendum 2387-p-899-Gd\n\n\u00ab SCP-2386 | SCP-2387 | SCP-2388 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2388\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The drive containing SCP-2388 should be kept in a Safe-class containment locker at Site-73. Affected computers should not be connected to external networks until the SCP-2388 program has been removed. Instances of SCP-2388-1, as well as any researchers interacting with them, should be provided with adequate ear protection.\nWhen SCP-2388-1 subjects reach Stage 2, they should be restrained for their own safety. SCP-2388-1 in Stage 3 should be examined daily for damage accrued due to stress on autonomic functions.\nDescription: SCP-2388 is an executable file named CRUISE.EXE. The original copy of this file resides on a lime green 2GB USB flash drive, with the file name handwritten on the outside in black marker. Attempts to view SCP-2388's code shows the letter A repeated 29,290 times, and adding or removing files from the flash drive has consistently resulted in error messages. If the drive is attached to a computer and the file is opened by a living human, the computer will install a copy of SCP-2388 onto the desktop in 15-30 seconds. This appears to function even on operating systems not usually capable of reading .exe files. Once the program is installed, both the computer and the individual who opened the file (hereafter referred to as SCP-2388-1) will be affected by related anomalous effects.\nAffected computers will continuously run SCP-2388 in the background, using 29.29 KB of active memory. Letters typed on the affected computer will begin to become unintentionally capitalized. Testing suggests that this occurs on the motherboard of the computer, as changing the attached keyboard has had no effect. Initially, this affects less than 1% of letters typed, but increases gradually over the course of 64 hours of runtime, until all typed letters are affected. Letters capitalized as a result of SCP-2388 can be deleted, but will remain capitalized if retyped.1 Foundation programmers have thus far been unable to remove copies of SCP-2388 during the initial 64 hours after installation without completely reformatting the affected computer. After 64 hours have passed, the program can be deleted, returning standard functionality to the computer; however, this will not revert the anomalous changes to SCP-2388-1.\nSCP-2388-1 subjects are affected in three stages, each lasting approximately 64 hours. During Stage 1, subjects do not initially register any changes; however, after approximately six hours, subjects begin to notice a difference between the intended volume of their speech and the actual volume. This difference continues to increase over the course of Stage 1 until the subject's standard speech reaches 98-114 dB, with commensurate increases in shouted and whispered speech. This risks damage to the subject's vocal cords, but significantly less than would be expected for sustained sound production at such a volume. Hearing, however is affected normally, and SCP-2388-1 subjects risk hearing damage from their own voice within a month of exposure without proper protection.\nDuring Stage 2, SCP-2388-1's physical movements will begin to be exaggerated. This is initially described as a minor inconvenience by SCP-2388-1, and \"cartoonish\" by observers. However, the exaggeration of movement increases in severity over the course of Stage 2, and SCP-2388-1 subjects risk muscle strains or tears from simple movements. Once Stage 2 is complete, normal flexion of the joints has an approximately 35% chance of causing tendon rupture.\nDuring Stage 3, autonomic functions of the body become exaggerated in a manner similar to physical movements. Minor heart palpitations can be noted after 6 hours. By the end of Stage 3, SCP-2388-1 subjects' heartbeats average 106 bpm. SCP-2388-1 subjects reports significant pain from minor contact with the body due to over-stimulation of the nervous system. While SCP-2388-1 subjects can survive under these conditions with proper care, natural fear and pain responses often elevate the heart rate above 200 bpm for significant periods, resulting in cardiac arrest and expiry of SCP-2388-1.\nAddendum 2388-1: The original copy of SCP-2388 was discovered during a raid on a warehouse suspected to house members of the anartist collective \"Are We Cool Yet?\". No members of the group were captured, but the flash drive containing SCP-2388 was found plugged into the remains of a laptop, which had been destroyed via repeated strikes with a blunt object. The following note was found on an envelope nearby, written in black marker with the same handwriting as the label on the flash drive.\n\nIF YOU HAVE TO KEEP ASKING, THE ANSWER IS NO.\n\nFootnotes\n1. If a different letter is typed in place of the deleted letter, it is not automatically capitalized, but maintains the same chance of capitalization as before.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2387 | SCP-2388 | SCP-2389 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2389 in containment\n\nItem #: SCP-2389\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2389 is currently kept in a wooded containment cell near Site-66, which provides all the resources needed for instances of SCP-2389-1. Three guard personnel are to patrol the perimeter of SCP-2389's containment at all times, with an additional guard stationed at the entrance to SCP-2389's containment.\nOnly personnel who submit a formal request and receive approval from site command are permitted to run tests with 2389. Before entering the containment cell, all the following items must be removed from researchers and other personnel wishing to enter:\n\nJewellery\nWatches\nElectronic devices\nObjects with gold elements\nAny other objects suspected of containing elements of 8 carat gold or above\n\nAdditionally, no objects are to be taken from SCP-2389's chamber without proper authorisation from site command.\nAny researchers and additional personnel entering the containment cell are to be accompanied by at least one guard for the duration of testing. A full list of tests to be carried out must be handed to all guard personnel on duty at the site; any deviation from this list will result in termination of testing, forcible removal of personnel from the containment cell, and formal discipline at site command's discretion. Any personnel attempting to take objects from instances of SCP-2389-1 without authorisation will be removed from the containment cell and given formal discipline at site command's discretion. Repeat offenders will be permanently denied access to 2389's cell and, depending on the circumstance, demoted or terminated.\nAll instances of SCP-2389-1 are to be recorded by close-up surveillance at all times. Upon creation of a new instance of SCP-2389-1, a new surveillance camera is to be stationed no more than 1.5m away from the target, with clear view of the contents of 2389-1.\nDescription: SCP-2389 is a female, yellow-billed magpie (Pica nuttalli) of approximately 10 years of age. 2389 shows a desire for collecting objects of at least 8-carat gold and will collect all objects meeting this requirement it comes across.\nSCP-2389 uses a nest (hereby referred to as SCP-2389-1) to store collected objects, typically built from materials such as twigs, dead leaves and plant stems1. Over a period of approximately 72 hours, gold objects within SCP-2389-1 will change to a liquid state, separate in to two solutions (one consisting of pure liquid gold and the other comprising of the liquefied impurities of the original object) and finally both solutions solidify to form solid masses. SCP-2389 will then remove the solid impurities from SCP-2389-1 once the process is complete. So far, the materials used in instances of SCP-2389-1 have been observed to have little or no effect on SCP-2389-1's anomalous properties. It is believed that instances of SCP-2389-1 break down substances at a molecular level, although no change in temperature has been recorded in objects within SCP-2389-1 instances during the process. At present, the energy source harnessed for this process is unknown.\nAll instances of SCP-2389-1 must be created by SCP-2389, who will refuse to use any artificial or prepared nests. Once an instance of SCP-2389-1 is full of pure gold, 2389 will construct a new instance of SCP-2389-1 in which to store its findings. Additionally, all gold objects placed in instances of SCP-2389-1 must be collected by SCP-2389 in order for any changes to occur. Observations and tests on products of SCP-2389-1 have shown no anomalous properties or characteristics. Objects placed by humans, birds or other entities will undergo no change.\nIt is currently unknown why SCP-2389 shows a desire for gold objects, although it's theorised that it may do this in an attempt to attract a mate. Introduction of a male yellow-billed magpie in to SCP-2389's containment cell has been proposed to observe whether this is the case, as well as to observe whether offspring of SCP-2389 have similar traits to their mother and if they are able to produce instances of SCP-2389-1. The experiment is currently pending approval by site command.\nAddendum #1: SCP-2389 was recovered from San Luis Obispo, California on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, after numerous reports of 24-carat gold nuggets being discovered within birds' nests reached the SCP Foundation. During the initial investigations, SCP-2389 was discovered, along with the anomalous properties possessed by instances of SCP-2389-1. Agents successfully secured SCP-2389 and all instances of SCP-2389-1, relocating them to Site-66. An outdoor containment cell in woodland near to Site-66 was constructed to house SCP-2389.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Materials used to create SCP-2389-1 instances may vary depending on the resources available in SCP-2389's environment.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2388 | SCP-2389 | SCP-2390 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2390\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Cultural trends regarding subjects overseen by known SCP-2390-1 instances are to be monitored for sudden shifts towards disuse or unpopularity. Market fluctuations involving a sharp decrease in sales for previously popular products are to be investigated for SCP-2390-1 activity. Whenever possible, MTF Kappa-4 (\"Trustbusters\") is to be deployed to take members into custody. All captured SCP-2390-1 members are to be contained under heavy sedation until simultaneous amnestic therapy of all active members is possible. In the event that a member of SCP-2390-1 has become a public authority figure, members of Kappa-4 are authorized to contest the position in an attempt to remove SCP-2390-1 from it.\nAt no time are Foundation personnel to attempt to persuade members of SCP-2390-1 that their cause is false until amnestic therapy is possible.\nDescription: SCP-2390 designates a sudden mental affliction which causes affected persons to believe that they are members of a secret organization (hereby known as SCP-2390-1-XX) dedicated to the regulation of society in regards to a specific product, activity, or trend.1 SCP-2390 occurs at least once within a five year period and tends to affect an average of 15 people at a time. All affected persons will live within 50 km of each other, but often have no significant connection to each other or the focus of the resultant SCP-2390-1 prior to infection. All members of SCP-2390-1 are aware of the identity and location of every other conscious member at all times. Individuals belonging to the group are not a vector for infection2, and are capable of full rehabilitation through extensive amnestic therapy.\nOnce reaching a number of members between 13 and 21, SCP-2390-1 instances do not tend to grow further, but will attempt to infect another individual if the number of active members drops below the minimum number. This is accomplished by several members of SCP-2390-1 leaving objects and documents related to their focus, most often market figures and research data, within the vicinity of the infectee's living quarters.3 Infection will take place within several days regardless of the amount of time spent away from home and the infectee's awareness of the materials' presence.\nThe goal of SCP-2390-1 is invariably to restrict knowledge of or access to its focus. Interrogated members often state their motivation to be a perceived global threat to order precipitated by the object of their focus. When questioned, members have only proven capable of nonsense arguments, often citing qualities of the focus which they believe \"the world is not ready for,\" without proof or any understanding of what the phrase entails. There is currently no evidence that the focus of any active SCP-2390-1 instance is capable of inciting global unrest of a social, political, or economic nature. When confronted with this repeatedly, members of SCP-2390-1 will become increasingly agitated, insisting that the true nature of its focus is dangerous, finally resulting in a sudden exclamation on the part of the SCP-2390-1 member, accompanied by a weak compulsion being experienced by subjects within a 10 meter radius to research the focus of the group, sufficiently strong to halt questioning. \u2588\u2588% of subjects affected will become members of SCP-2390-1 within one week. Requests to upgrade members of SCP-2390-1 to SCP-derivative Anomaly status based on this evidence are currently pending approval.\nMembers of SCP-2390-1 will either attempt to insert themselves into occupations that will put them in direct control of their focus, or change public opinion regarding it. SCP-2390-1 is shown to demonstrate extremely advanced strategic thinking in the placement of its members. Given time, members allowed to reach positions of influence are capable of causing significant shifts in cultural perception and economic flow.\nDefunct SCP-2390-1 instances and related focuses\n\nSCP-2390-1-HS: Hair scrunchies\nSCP-2390-1-CB: Paintings of \"The Crying Boy,\" by Bruno Amadio\nSCP-2390-1-DW: Retiring in Florida\n\nActive SCP-2390-1 removal operations\n\nSCP-2390-1-CH: Chip pans\nSCP-2390-1-OC: Predominantly orange clothing\nSCP-2390-1-KN: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 brand knitting needles\nSCP-2390-1-AA: SCP-2390-1 groups4\n\nFor a full list of Active and Defunct SCP-2390-1 instances, please refer to Document-2390-12\nAddendum: Log 2390-1\nThe following is an excerpt of a recording of a meeting between three members of SCP-2390-1-TT (focus: tea towels). This recording was obtained via a hidden microphone planted on Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the only member of SCP-2390-1 currently identified by the Foundation. The two other participants will be referred to as TT-1 and TT-2.\n\nDisplay log\n\nHide log\n\nBEGIN LOG\nTT-1: \"Gentlemen, thank you for coming on such short notice.\"\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Dispense with the small talk, Horus.5 You called us in to discuss a priority one emergency.\"\nTT-1: \"There's always time to be polite, Ouran.\"\nTT-2: \"\u2026You're really scared, aren't you, Horus? Stop stalling. Just tell us the issue, and we'll see what can be done.\"\nTT-1: \"Fine. Just\u2026 have you taken your heart medication today, Plebius?\"\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Horus!\"\nTT-1: \"All right! Look at this!\"(Sounds of a keyboard are heard, followed by gasps)\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Horus, if this is a joke, I don't appreciate-\"\nTT-1: \"Why the hell would I joke about something like this? You can see it right there on the screen! Mrs. Tremaine from Bude is selling homemade tea towels on Etsy!\"\nTT-2: \"But just last week we were celebrating the anniversary of Endemonidia's factory opening in Cornwall! I thought she had that entire region believing in ours and ours alone!\"\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Obviously, she missed a few.\"\nTT-1: \"It gets worse.\"\nTT-2: \"How does it get worse?\"\nTT-1: \"I\u2026 bought one. I know, I know, but I had to see just what we were up against. Look at the stitching.\"\nTT-2: \"It's\u2026 better than ours.\"\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"How is that possible? We've been there for years! How can anyone even remember a time when tea towels were stitched like that! Did you talk, Horus?\"\nTT-1: \"How dare you say that to me! I've been a part of this organization since founding while you just trot in from the cafes with a few squares of cloth in your pockets, you-\"\nTT-2: \"Gentlemen! Don't you see what the towel is doing to you! Put your idiotic arguments behind you and figure out what were going to do about this before this little spat repeats itself on an international scale!\"\nTT-1: \"He's right. He's\u2026 he's right, Ouran.\"\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"I'm sorry about that, Horus. I was not, not myself. I can get to England before too long, get work in the Remnant House and cut off the bitch's supply of fabric.\"\nTT-1: \"That's a good idea, Ouran.\"\nTT-2: \"We need to remember why it is we do what we do. I think it's time and past that we replaced the space that Monty left vacant.\"\nTT-1: \"I agree, Plebius. My neighbor Danica was just telling me yesterday about her car repairs. I can get a small contingent together to recruit her.\"\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Alright. That's enough talk. I have a plane to catch.\"\nEND LOG\n\nAddendum: Interview-2390-5\nThe following is the transcript of an interview between Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and a member of SCP-2390-1-AA, (\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, codename: Malachius), held four days after the group's voluntary entrance to containment. Despite the group's choice to enter containment, all members had denied any knowledge of SCP-2390-1-AA, and claimed that the existence of SCP-2390-1 groups was a groundless conspiracy.\n\nDisplay log\n\nHide log\n\nBEGIN LOG\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Greetings, Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Hello, doctor.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Have you decided to tell us anything about SC- er, Illuminitis?6\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I'll tell you again, doctor. Illuminitis isn't real. It's nothing but a fairy tale. Just a bad fairy tale.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, we have already confirmed you as a member of an Illuminitis-affected group, which we call SCP-2390-1-AA. You'll recall we told you that's why we offered to take you into custody.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \u2026All right. You got me. So how did you find out? Did somebody talk since we've been here?\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: No. I\u2026 did just tell you how we found you, correct?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Sure, sure. But it's our job to protect people like you from Illuminitis. I can't just stop. Really, doctor, the less you know, the better.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: But\u2026 you know we know about Illuminitis.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yes.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: So\u2026 why can't you tell us anything about it?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I\u2026 look, we protect you, right? We hold this world together. All of these groups wandering around, changing how people think, imagine what would happen if the public at large found out about them. They wouldn't understand, there'd be blind panic in the streets.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yes, I do suppose people would find it harder to trust businesses and politicians.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Hm? Oh, yes. That too, I suppose. But you aren't looking at the big picture. You can't see the big picture. That's why we're here.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: So, why did you turn yourself in to our organization?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: We can't do anything. It would only spread the Illuminitis around. But you all\u2026 you're outsiders. Simple puppets like you won't spread the infection, but you can still work to contain the threat.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Why didn't you just tell us everything then? You know we knew that you were a part of SCP-2390-1 double A.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I'm a part of what?\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Our name for your Illuminitis-affected group. If you knew that we know, why can't you tell us anything?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You just\u2026 you don't get it. You don't understand\u2026 the danger\u2026\nEND LOG\nNotes: Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 began demonstrating a stammer and noticeable facial tics similar to those developed by SCP-2390-1-RE member \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 shortly before Incident-2390-17. Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 terminated the interview and the area surrounding the interview chamber was cleared for one hour.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Investigation of a connection between SCP-2390 and SCP-1659 is being investigated, due to similarity of function.\n2. Unless provoked. See Incident-2390-17. Access restricted to Level 3/2390 and above.\n3. Recovered materials possess no apparent cognitohazardous properties, and are incapable of spreading infection to any person aside from the intended infectee.\n4. All members are currently voluntarily contained by the Foundation, but show complete resistance to amnestic-based removal of awareness of SCP-2390. This is the most recently created SCP-2390-1 group.\n5. All members of SCP-2390-1 refer to each other in codename during meetings. These names appear to have no underlying logic behind their selection.\n6. All members of SCP-2390-1-AA are incapable of recognizing SCP-2390 under any name aside from Illuminitis.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2389 | SCP-2390 | SCP-2391 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Typical thumbnail of a video uploaded by SCP-2391.\n\nItem #: SCP-2391\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All videos uploaded to SCP-2391 are to be saved to a secure hard-drive, then deleted from their original location. Comments on videos uploaded to SCP-2391 are to be logged before deletion of the video. In the event that a member of the public somehow manages to gain access to a video uploaded by SCP-2391 and spreads information about it, disinformation personnel are to spread the rumour that the video was simply recorded by Mr. McKay before his death, and uploaded automatically according to a schedule.\nDescription: SCP-2391 is the YouTube account of popular entertainer Brian McKay, known on the website as 'Bimmy Plays', who was killed in a car crash in early 2013. Since Mr. McKay's death, SCP-2391 has continued to upload unlisted videos once a week featuring Mr. McKay. These videos are all exactly fifteen minutes long, and are all uploaded to the website at precisely 15:34 GMT1. Attempts to trace who exactly is uploading these videos to SCP-2391 have thus far been unsuccessful.\nInitially, the videos uploaded to SCP-2391 were not significantly different to those present before Mr. McKay's death, in that they would feature him playing a variety of video games while producing humorous commentary. On occasion, Mr. McKay would express confusion or distress for a few moments, but quickly dismiss it. As time has gone on, however, Mr McKay appears to have become more aware of his situation and will often spend the entire video requesting that the viewer contact the authorities on his behalf or provide other forms of assistance. Thus far, no method of communicating with Mr. McKay has been found.\nAlthough all videos uploaded to SCP-2391 are unlisted, and can therefore only be accessed by those given the URL, they invariably receive thousands of views and comments. Most of these comments appear to be gibberish, but on occasion more legible comments have appeared, often professing an admiration for Mr. McKay and his web content. Attempts to trace the owners of the commenting accounts have also proven unsuccessful.\nAccording to testimony given by Mr. McKay in videos uploaded to SCP-2391, he does not retain memories of the periods between videos. As such, researchers theorized that Mr. McKay is only actually aware for fifteen minutes each week, and that his consciousness no longer exists outside of his videos. All videos uploaded to SCP-2391 take place at night in Mr. McKay's bedroom2, and according to Mr. McKay's testimony he is unable to leave that room.\nAddendum 2391-1 - Relevant Video Excerpts:\n\nVideo Excerpt 2391-1, 'Bimmy Plays Runnerman':\nNote: First instance of Mr. McKay expressing confusion as to his situation.\nMr. McKay: Hey again guys, Bimmy here. Today we're going to be playing, uh, Runnerman - we all know Runnerman, there's the - there's the remake of the original for the NES, and uh\u2026\n(visibly confused) S\u2026sorry about that, guys? Just, uh - you guys ever get that feeling you should be somewhere else? Everyone gets that - we all know that feeling, am I right?\n(laughs) Alright, now that my brain's done exploding, let's play some Runnerman!\nNotable Comments:\n'don't worry bimmy!!' - LastRocOnBigTrain2216\n'I luve [sic] him so much.' - OutwardMatingMethodsofTheSeahorse\n'your brain biggest and fixed, bimmy!!!!!!' - ,!..dop\n\nVideo Excerpt 2391-2, 'Bimmy Plays Runnerman Fangames (Silly Saturday)3:\nNote: Continued expressions of confusion, first mention of lack of memory.\nMr. McKay: Hey guys, Bimmy here - yeah, I know I just uploaded, but I just really wanted to show you guys\u2026um, I did just upload right? Cause\u2026no, I did just do it, yeah, I remember, yeah yeah. Sorry guys, my brain is like flipping out right now, seriously.\n(checks his watch) What time is it? I should really get to bed, it's\u2026it's late. It is late, right?\n(shakes his head) I'll cut that bit out. Just wanted to show you all this, uh, this Runnerman fan-game that one of you guys sent in.\nNotable Comments:\n'\"I'll cut that bit out\" XD' - D4C24BN\n'yeah, we all watched the same video, mate' - LoomsAreCanonAndIAmATreasureChest (in reply to previous comment)\n'i would die for you bimmy and so would my dad' - ROAD\n\nVideo Excerpt 2391-3, 'If you're watching this, please call the police':\nNote: At this point, Mr. McKay appears to have a near-full awareness of his situation.\nMr. McKay: (worried) Um, hello, if you're watching this please call the police. Or - or an ambulance - I think there's something wrong with me, i - i - it's still night-time, it's still dark outside - I'd show you, but I can't move the camera. It just - it just doesn't move.\n(Mr. McKay pulls at the camera for a few moments, but cannot move it.)\nMr. McKay: (panicked) See, do you see - do you fucking see?! The door's locked, I can't get out the window - it won't break, I've tried. Oh God. Oh God. I'm really freaking out right now, you guys.\nNotable Comments:\n'I'll hug you, bimmy-chan!! ^_^' - BimmyBimmyBimmy1\n'Man, Bimmy's content has really gone downhill since he died4. Unsubbed :/' - TheAtheistMaster101\n'FUCK YOU!!!!!!!!' - OutwardMatingMethodsofTheSeahorse (in reply to previous comment)\n\nVideo Excerpt 2391-4, 'help':\nNote: First evidence of an entity besides Mr. McKay in the videos.\nMr. McKay: (afraid) I live on Elizabeth Street, in - in - it says in my description, on the - on the channel, read that. Please, someone, send the police or anyone here right now. There's someone standing outside my door. I can see him through the wall. I don't\u2026I don't want him to come in here. I think I might be in Hell.\n(For the remainder of the video, Mr. McKay creates a makeshift barricade against the door using furniture in the room. Ten seconds before the end of the video, the door slams open, sending Mr. McKay and all furniture flying at the camera. Video ends.)\nNotable Comments:\n'mfw bimmy gets scared at this when he isnt scared playing horror games' - BigAlan9972\n'i love Bimmy, but he should really be more grateful to his fans for what theyre doing for him right now' - Hhhhhhhh3\n'bimmy can you give me a shoutout in your next vid you inspired me to make my own channel and i play lots of games and even do giveaways' - TimmyPlays\n\nVideo Excerpt 2391-5, 'Opening Fan-Mail!':\nNote: Only video shot from a different position in Mr. McKay's room.\n(Overhead shot of Mr. McKay on the floor. He is surrounded by unopened envelopes. He opens and silently reads the letters inside for fifteen minutes. Heavy breathing, not originating from Mr. McKay, can be heard for the entirety of the video.)\nNotable Comments:\n'did bimmy get my letter?' - SoYouHeardOfCowboys?\n'bimmy is my big favourite and my dads too and we watch his vids together :D' - ROAD\n'The mayor said yesterday everyone's doing a big Bimmy festival. can you come to our Bimmy festival bimmy its ok if you cant?' - OutwardMatingMethodsofTheSeahorse\n\nVideo Excerpt 2391-6, 'Bimmy Plays Runnerman':\nNote: Mr. McKay appears to have no memory of his experiences in earlier videos.\nMr. McKay: Hey again guys, Bimmy here. Today we're going to be playing Runnerman, it came out for the NES and now - and now this awesome guy, he's done a remake of it. His name is, uh\u2026can't remember it right now but it'll be in the description.\n(confused) Sorry, guys, really trying right now, but tell you what - I'll have an annotation so you can\u2026so you can\u2026nevermind.\n(Mr. McKay plays Runnerman for the remainder of the video.)\nNotable Comments:\n'We all love you so much Bimmy' - All Comments\n\nFootnotes\n1. The time of Mr. McKay's death.\n2. The version of Mr. McKay's bedroom which exists in reality has been investigated and found to have no anomalous properties.\n3. Video was uploaded on a Friday.\n4. First mention of Mr. McKay's death by a comment.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2390 | SCP-2391 | SCP-2392 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2392\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The camping zone situated within SCP-2392 is to be maintained by Foundation personnel under the guise of government maintenance workers. SCP-2392 is to be fenced off under the guise of major roadworks during testing. No further containment measures are required due to SCP-2392's anomalous properties.\nNo further attempts to excavate SCP-2392-A are to be made.\nDescription: SCP-2392 is a small, irregularly-shaped region of land approximately 20 square metres in size. SCP-2392 encompasses the entirety of a camping zone parallel to the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Highway of Central Australia; this camping zone is obscured from view of the road by thick shrubbery.\nSapient individuals within this area report feelings of unease or dread which becomes increasingly prominent the longer such individuals are present; individuals will typically attempt to leave SCP-2392 and avoid it in the future, however such actions are typical reactions to similar situations. Non-sapient animals exhibit signs of similar anomalous deterrence.\nMuffled sounds of distress can be heard from an indeterminate distance underground at the approximate geographic centre of SCP-2392; this has since been determined to originate from SCP-2392-A. (See Addendum.)\nSeveral environmental factors within SCP-2392 suffer from an anomalous reduction in energy; due to this, the region within SCP-2392 is on average 1 degree Celsius lower than the surrounding environment, light sources within or viewed from within SCP-2392 suffer from a reduction of 9 to 13 lumens, audio suffers from a 4 decibel reduction and electronic devices present within SCP-2392 utilise 11% more power than usual. The significance of these values is currently unknown.\nNo native flora or fauna is present within SCP-2392. Plants situated within SCP-2392's area of effect are incapable of sustaining their own biological functions and will die within 3 to 4 days. Investigation into which biological functions are hindered is currently underway.\nAddendum:\n\nInterviewed: Assistant Researcher John\nInterviewer: Senior Researcher Smith\nForeword: An attempt to uncover the source of the audible sounds heard originating from beneath SCP-2392 was attempted on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2016, at which Assistant Researcher John was present.\n<Begin Log>\nAssistant Researcher John: It got obvious really quickly that the place doesn't like being dug up. Excavators kept locking up or turning off for no reason whenever we tried using them, so we swapped to shovels instead an' it started raining. Nothing significant at first, but just enough to wash soil back into the holes we were digging and the deeper we got, the more rain came down.\nAssistant Researcher John: Took us a good hour or two to make half a metre, and by then the weather was blatantly either part of the anomaly or a once in a lifetime chance to see more rain fall in the middle of a desert within a few minutes than the coastal regions get in a year. I think it was Aaron who\u2026 who uncovered her, around about then.\nSenior Researcher Smith: You are referring to SCP-2392-A?\nAssistant Researcher John: Yeah, but\u2026 yeah. She'd\u2026 She'd grabbed his shovel and was gripping it as hard as she could. We raced over to try lend a hand but\u2026 most of us got lost when it went from thunderstorm to blizzard, and one hell of a blizzard at that. It was only me an' another who made it to where Aaron was. The dirt was loose from the rain so it didn't take much to get dash A to the surface.\nSenior Researcher Smith: You acted to photograph SCP-2392-A's face as clearly as possible, correct?\nAssistant Researcher John: Yes, I thought it would help\u2026 identify her. I wasn't\u2026 wasn't expecting her to match\u2026\n[Assistant Researcher John pauses for ten seconds.]\nSenior Researcher Smith: Thank you for your time. If you wish to receive amnestic tre-\nAssistant Researcher John: \"Please help us.\" When we dug her up, until she got buried again, she was reaching into the dirt and screaming \"Please help us.\"\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: An investigation to determine the identity of SCP-2392-A had been conducted utilisng the photograph taken by Assistant Researcher John. A positive match was made to an archived photograph of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, an abduction victim last seen in the year 1870 - of particular note is that SCP-2392-A does not appear to have physically aged from the time of the photograph.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2391 | SCP-2392 | SCP-2393 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2393\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2393-1 is to be contained in a standard biological containment greenhouse at Site-103. A data storage and interface device compatible with a USB A-port and designated for the purpose of interacting with SCP-2393-1 is to be kept within reasonable access of researchers in SCP-2393's containment. SCP-2393-1 is to be regularly checked for new and updated instances of SCP-2393-2. All instances of SCP-2393-2 are to be stored both on the designated device and on off-site digital storage. For the purpose of monitoring SCP-2393-3, all security cameras in SCP-2393's greenhouse are to run SCP-2393-2-B.\nDescription: SCP-2393-1 is a specimen of Juniperus occidentalis australis (Sierra Juniper). Embedded in SCP-2393-1's trunk appears to be a standard USB A-port. When a device compatible with this type of port is connected to SCP-2393-1, the device will treat SCP-2393-1 as a file storage device.\nSome, but not all, files and software originating from SCP-2393-1 (designated SCP-2393-2) demonstrate anomalous properties. The contents of SCP-2393-2 seems to update at random intervals. Files and software can be viewed, opened, copied, or uploaded. All SCP-2393-2 instances utilize an unknown alphabet, language1, and coding language.\nSCP-2393-2-B is an instance of SCP-2393-2 designed to run as an imaging and video application. SCP-2393-2-B is currently the only means of observing SCP-2393-3; no other digital or analog recording measures have recorded it to date.\nSCP-2393-3 is an incorporeal humanoid entity visually similar to an adolescent human female, with the exception of a light green hue in the entity's epidermal and keratinous tissues. SCP-2393-3 has not yet been observed at a distance greater than 10 meters away from SCP-2393-1. SCP-2393-3 has been observed conducting the following activities:\n\nlistening to music on what appears to be a portable music player\nusing what appears to be a personal computer\nusing what appears to be a cellular device\ndancing\nsleeping\n\nEntity appears to be capable of observing humans without outside assistance. Through the use of SCP-2393-2-B, Foundation linguists have been working with SCP-2393-3 both to understand its language and to help it learn modern Greek. In the short-term, communication has been accomplished through the use of hand gestures, facial expressions, pictures, and onomatopoeia. SCP-2393-3 is generally well-tempered and friendly towards Foundation staff.\nAddendum 1: Over the course of SCP-2393's containment, the Foundation has been able to copy SCP-2393-2 freely. The following is an abridged list of SCP-2393-2 files discovered and copied. For a full list of SCP-2393-2 instances and full numerical identifications, please refer to document 2393-Epsilon.\n\n+ Abridged list of SCP-2393-2\n\n- For a full list, please consult document 2393-Epsilon\n\nAll instances referred to by shorthand code names designated by on-site staff for ease of reference.\n\n\"Text\":\n\nA text program. Program is functionally similar to the program \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 from the company \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Spelling, grammar, and definitions provided by the program are currently being used to translate SCP-2393-3's language. Documents created by SCP-2393-3 using SCP-2393-2-1 are currently believed to be composed mainly of poetry and literary analysis. No anomalous effects detected.\n\n\"Tree Wars\":\n\nA 3D multiplayer strategy game. The player is represented by a tree or shrub of varying type. The player is able to command wildlife in order to block other players' wildlife or to collect food and resources, such as nuts and berries, off of other players' avatars. These resources can be used to \"purchase\" more wildlife units. A player is defeated if they have no resources left. All attempts to block the file's connection to other users have been ineffective. No further anomalous effects detected.\n\n\"Robin\":\n\nAn anomalous program. Consists of a grey background with a toggle, slider, and two buttons overlaid onto it. When one button (labeled create/start/launch(?)) is pressed, an instance of Turdus migratorius (American Robin) will materialize on a surface within 1 meter of the user. Sex of the robin is determined by the toggle. The age is determined by the slider, with the age ranging from a freshly laid egg to a robin approximately 6 years of age. When the second button (labeled delete/stop(?)) is clicked, a robin created by the application will dematerialize.\n\n\"Chatleaf\":\n\nA messaging, networking, and social media program. Calculated number of users currently stands at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. User avatars consist mostly of images of plant life and entities resembling SCP-2393-3. All attempts to block the file's connection to other users have been ineffective. No further anomalous effects detected.\n\n\"Brancher\":\n\nUnknown. Program displays visual characteristics of a web browser. All attempts to use the software have resulted in an unknown error message coming from the program. No anomalous effects detected.\n\n\"Tunes\":\n\nA musical playlist consisting of 15 files. Music is similar to the pop and electronic music genres. Lyrics are sung in the same language spoken by SCP-2393-3. Music is composed of bird calls, the sounds of wind and water, and other natural sounds. No anomalous effects detected.\n\nIn addition to copying SCP-2393-2 instances, researchers have been able to upload files to the collection of SCP-2393-2 in SCP-2393-1. SCP-2393-3 is able to view these files, making this a possible route of limited communication. Uploading files to SCP-2393-1 requires permission from the current Head of Containment or Head of Research for SCP-2393, or permission from the current Site-66 Director.\n\n+ Abridged list of files uploaded to SCP-2393-1\n\n- For a full list, please consult document 2393-Epsilon\n\nforestsofnorthamerica.pdf:\n\nPDF format of a book containing illustrations and descriptions of several North American forests and trees. Subject reacted with enthusiasm to the file.\n\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u25882393.jpg:\n\nImage taken using SCP-2393-2-B. Contents consists of SCP-2393-3 and Junior Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, both smiling. Subject expressed happiness both when viewing the image, and when next exposed to Junior Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\njuniper.jpg:\n\nImage of a specimen of Juniperus occidentalis australis. Subject displayed both recognition of and distaste towards the image.\n\ntrees.doc\n\nText document form of \"Trees\" by Joyce Kilmer. Subject displayed confusion at the meaning of the poem, but showed recognition of and appreciation for every instance of the word \"tree\" in the poem.\n\nAddendum 2: The following is a partial list of translated vocalizations produced by SCP-2393-3. A brief piece of context is provided before each log.\n\nSCP-2393-3 has just lost a match in \"Tree Wars.\" / SCP-2393-3: \"No! You [amateur/newcomer/novice?]! We could have won that round! Don't move your [birds?] in front of my squirrels.\"\n\nSCP-2393-3 is listening to music files on its portable music player. / SCP-2393-3:\n\"\u266bOn the days that the rain is falling\u266b\n\u266bI call a toast to the sun.\u266b\n\u266bOn the days that the sun is shining\u266b\n\u266bI feast and sing to the air.\u266b\n\u266bAnd I won't let anyone fell me,\u266b\n\u266bNo I'll do things my own way.\u266b\"\n\nSCP-2393-3 is communicating with an unknown outside source using \"Chatleaf.\" / \"No, I'm not going back.\" \u2026 \"You know what they do to us if we're caught, I'm safe here.\" \u2026 \"I don't care about my roots anymore, they were severed a long time ago.\" \u2026 \"Look, we all decided that man's magic was not bad, that is why we use it. I am merely standing for what I know to be true.\"\n\nSCP-2393-3 is reclining against SCP-2393-1. / SCP-2393-3: \"It's a good thing the people here are so kind. They are not afraid of my magic because they share it. They give me such nice gifts. They don't burn anyone either.\"\n\nFootnotes\n1. Language and alphabet appear to have Ancient Greek roots. Translation efforts are ongoing.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2392 | SCP-2393 | SCP-2394 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2394\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2394 is to be kept in a chemically-induced dream state at the veterinarian wing of Bio-Site 84. SCP-2394 is to be supplied with nutritional package NP2394 by method of intravenous drip. Should SCP-2394 awaken pre-emptively, no less than two veterinarian staff are to respond immediately and resume SCP-2394's dream state.\nSCP-2394's mental health is to be observed once per week by use of accessing its neurological files using \"2394filing.exe\", and a complete copy of all files should be made once per bi-annual period. Attempts to alter the neurological files of SCP-2394 are to be approved by the site director prior to execution. Research staff assigned to SCP-2394 are authorised to monitor SCP-2394's dreams by use of the \"2394REM.exe\" program at any time. Research staff not assigned to SCP-2394 must be granted permission by level 2 personnel assigned to SCP-2394 to monitor SCP-2394's dreams.\nSCP-2394 is not to be neurologically accessed by any computer connected to any networks at the time, and is to be thoroughly scanned for any potential manifestations of a digital consciousness of SCP-2394 prior to connecting to any networks.\nDescription: SCP-2394 is a single instance of Litoria caerulea, or Australian green tree frog. The entity is genetically identical to common members of its species, and is physiologically normal excluding several aspects added by SCP-2394's previous captors. (See Addendum 3.)\nThe entity has been surgically modified in several manners to extend its lifespan indefinitely, the most prominent of which is an artificial injection site located above the left portion of the hipbone, and an anomalously-powered artificial heart that has yet to cease operation. SCP-2394 also has a Firewire (IEEE 1394) port surgically attached to the top of its skull; this port is directly connected to several parts of the entity's brain, enabling it to be monitored by use of appropriately formatted software. (See Addendum 1 & 2.) Observation of the entity's thought processes and actions have revealed that it is sapient.\nSCP-2394 can instantly teleport to any location that it has previously physically observed. The mechanism by which the entity is capable of relocating in this manner is unknown, as it does not feature any abnormal organs or genetic sequences from those of its species, and apparently had the ability prior to its surgical modification. (See Addendum 4.) SCP-2394 can activate this ability by certain conscious thoughts, and thus is unable to utilise its ability while unconscious or dreaming.1 No successful method of replicating the entity's anomalous properties have been determined, and all attempts to convey the ability to SCP-2394's offspring have failed, suggesting the ability may not be a genetic trait. SCP-2394 has thus far never teleported to a location depicted in a photograph or film, however if this is a conscious decision on its part or an actual limitation has not yet been determined. Documents obtained during SCP-2394's recovery state that the entity was capable of teleporting objects and organisms along with itself, as long as they were in physical contact with it. This capability was a conscious decision by the entity, however testing by Foundation researchers have thus far failed to replicate this effect. Attempts to force SCP-2394 to relocate personnel with it are currently pending review by the Ethics Committee. SCP-2394 is able to teleport to certain locations on the Australian, South American and African continents, the southern region of the United States, and the central region of Asia.\nSCP-2394 can be neurally interfaced with any device capable of receiving a signal from a Firewire 800 cable either directly or by use of an adapter. The entity does not internally contain downloadable driver software, which must be installed onto devices in order for them to interpret SCP-2394 as an external port.2 The original software recovered during the raid in which the entity was recovered from has been reverse engineered and improved for testing purposes by Foundation technicians. Two separate programs have been developed that utilise this driver software; \"2394filing.exe\" and \"2394REM.exe\", both detailed below. It is currently unknown if SCP-2394 has the potential capability to upload its consciousness to a device via the Firewire connection, but precautions are to be taken to prevent it from uploading itself to the Foundation network or the Internet if it is capable.\nAddendum 1: 2394filing.exe\nThe 2394filing.exe software enable devices connected to interpret various aspects of SCP-2394's consciousness as text documents that are numerically ordered in an ascending fashion, with each file allocated a random numerical value. \"2394filing.exe\" has an inbuilt feature that enables researchers to locate specific files relating to a topic, context or content. SCP-2394 is always locked in a read-only state, preventing any files from being added, altered or deleted from the entity in any way. No method of 'unlocking' SCP-2394 has been determined thus far, if it is at all possible.\nAddendum 2: 2394REM.exe\nThe 2394REM.exe software enables researchers to monitor SCP-2394's delta sleep constructs in a visual and auditory format. 2394REM.exe renders the constructs as a three-dimensional environment that can be navigated by the user, however regions that are outside SCP-2394's field of vision are significantly less detailed than regions within and audio that the entity is not consciously aware of fades at a rate of 5 decibels per second.\nObservations of SCP-2394 using 2394REM.exe has shown that it is unaware that it is in a dream state, and if conscious would actively avoid capture and containment by any humanoid being. Also of note is that SCP-2394 visualises itself as an ordinary frog of its species, with the distinguishing features of the entity absent from its person.\nAddendum 3: Recovery log\nSCP-2394 was recovered during a raid on a Chaos Insurgency base of operations. Having studied the entity for \u2588\u2588 years, they had developed functional software drivers for SCP-2394 and were utilising a prototype program in order to influence the entity to utilise its ability for their benefit. Its anomalous capabilities were being utilised to relocate high-priority personnel and items undetected. The program was designed to automatically monitor the thought processes of the entity, and engaged a failsafe of cerebral overstimulation3 to keep it contained on location. A similar method of electrical stimulation of specific areas of the brain associated with memories of locations was also utilised to induce SCP-2394 to use its abilities in a desired manner.\nSCP-2394 was showing signs of extreme distress upon retrieval, and was discovered to have been exposed to a cognitohazardous agent designed to induce rapid brain death in an attempt to prevent acquisition of the entity by Foundation agents. The entity was improperly exposed to the agent, resulting in it functioning incorrectly and causing an extreme mental strain on the entity.\n\n+ Addendum 4: SCP-2394 File samples\n\n- Showing sample files.\n\nThe following format will be used:\n\nSearch Keyword/s:\nNote:\nRelated Content:\n\nSearch Keyword/s: Old, Different, Head, Change\nNote: Sample was obtained using an early prototype of 2394filing.exe. File was obtained prior to the original initiation of SCP-2394's extended delta sleep.\nRelated Content: Want back before. Am different, but normal like other s:Dfb\\bu#}NQ6v. Hide among. Cant before, stuck different, no hide. nJ4?KXn@v8Opsg no remove, x'%Q6t{j^]IlV! stuck deep on head. Awake that time, x'%Q6t{j^]IlV! stays always now, never go. Endless. Pain always, nJ4?KXn@v8Opsg no stop, why do. nJ4?KXn@v8Opsg stop. Please.\n\nSearch Keyword/s: Before, Freedom, Ability, Obtained\nNote: Sample obtained using a near-completed version of 2394filing.exe.\nRelated Content: I thank [-\\L**/UN#:I-#S ?] for her help. She gave me the [ABILITY] that I now enjoy, to let me go where I remember.\nI met her many [YEARS] ago. I was with many other [FROGS], and we were being taken somewhere by [HUMANS]. There were lots of them, all watching us, watching us get killed one by one by a [MONSTER ?] for fun. The screams of the others, I will never forget.\nThat [NIGHT], I met her. She shone brilliantly, and her voice calmed me. She gave me my [ABILITY], and told me to flee. I tried to help the others, but they only ignored me. I left alone.\nI go back to where I met her sometimes. I see her every time and try to speak to her, but she never responds. Should [-\\L**/UN#:I-#S ?] need me, I will come, I owe her. I just wish she would speak back to me, so I know she understands how thankful I am.4\n\nFootnotes\n1. SCP-2394 has attempted to utilise its ability several times during its sleep. It has thus far failed to physically activate its effects; however, it is successful in relocating itself within its dreams.\n2. Attempting to access SCP-2394 from a device that does not have the appropriate driver software installed will result in SCP-2394 appearing as an irreparable, corrupted external device.\n3. Specifically, the section associated with pain reception.\n4. SCP-2394 has been noted to travel to a location within the Hubei provenience of China at a minimum of once per year in its dream. Investigation of this region led to the discovery of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\n\u00ab SCP-2393 | SCP-2394 | SCP-2395 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Location of SCP-2395-A.\n\nItem #: SCP-2395\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Observation Post 44 is to maintain communication and support from Area-30 while continuing surveillance of SCP-2395 and SCP-2395-A. A precautionary 250m radius zone around SCP-2395 has been established, which Observation Post 44 will continue to monitor for any notable movement or activity. Further information from SCP-2395-A's occupant has been deemed unlikely following communication with Dr. Mill.\nDescription: SCP-2395 is a giant price tag, located at 82\u00b008'02.1\"S 16\u00b059'05.5\"W in Antarctica. Observing aerial drones have recorded SCP-2395 to have the price of \"$\u0489 585.98\" [sic].\nSCP-2395 is tied to a small rebar loop embedded in the ground by a 0.7m length of twine. SCP-2395's dimensions are 258m by 90m in length and width; a 2.5 m layer of Polyethylene covers the paper inscribed with SCP-2395's price.\nSCP-2395 possesses unpredictable centrifugal and centripetal movement around the rebar loop, usually being manipulated and shifted by unknown forces in random directions and velocities. One instance has occurred where SCP-2395 maintained a constant velocity of approximately 65km/h on the date of 11/2/16, spinning clockwise for 49 seconds. Researchers note the twine that secures SCP-2395 to the rebar loop may possess anomalous tensile properties.\nSCP-2395-A is a wooden shack located 0.3km east of SCP-2395. The structure is empty, save for a room in which an unknown individual, presumably a human female, prohibits access from within. The door to their room is engraved with the initials \"L.C.E.\" This individual (designated SCP-2395-B) has responded to no verbal communication, but has occasionally been recorded conversing with other entities.\nAddendum 2395-Q: [8/2/1968] After numerous attempts to establish an interview with SCP-2395-B, surveillance cameras recorded a saw protruding from the door, creating a rectangular hole akin to a mail slot, and a scrap of paper being pushed out. A written message on the paper contained the following:\n\nfine, write down questions and ill get to them in my down time\n\nDr. Mill from Area-30 was brought to communicate with SCP-2395-B, and suggested continued usage of paper notes to recover more information. Note that SCP-2395-B's responses are received in one to two days following Dr. Mill's responses.\n\nMill: So if you would prefer I pass notes like this, rather than converse, all I'd like to do is ask a few questions regarding your environment and role, would this be fine?\n2395-B: \u226410 words or else you're wasting my time\nMill: Could you explain why you're here?\n2395-B: It's fricking cold all day and I have work\nMill: What kind of work?\n2395-B: I'm waiting for purchase offers. The price isn't set in stone, but this is the kind of minimum we have to offer to make a profit\nMill: So you're working for an organization?\n2395-B: You blind or something, name's on the door\nMill: Can you explain the price tag's movement?\n2395-B: Already said I'm trying to make a sale here.\nMill: What exactly are you selling?\n2395-B: Earth.\nMill: Please elaborate.\n2395-B: Earth, planet, terra nova, blue ball of life, flesh cesspool, etcetera.\nMill: That doesn't explain the price tag's movement.\n2395-B: Well, you know when you pick up a stick with a dying leaf on it? Or when you pick up something at a store with a price tag attached to it and inspect it a bit, and the price tag might flop around a bit? And you might grab the price tag to get a look at the price? Now imagine something else looking at that price tag. Actually scratch that, since you can't.\nYou getting it now? We're selling the Earth. And I'm busy speaking to willing buyers.\n\nAddendum 2395-LC: For more information regarding Group of Interest \"Light Courier Enterprises\", contact Dr. Mill for abnormal incidents. Further information can also be obtained from SCP-1920, SCP-1940, SCP-1740, and SCP-2940.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2394 | SCP-2395 | SCP-2396 \u00bb"}
{"text": "An SCP-2396-A object in the wild.\n\nItem #: SCP-2396\nObject Class: Keter Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2396 is to be contained in Provisional Site-2396. Provisional Site-2396 will only be staffed by employees who identify as a woman in any capacity. Until a method of neutralizing SCP-2396's effect can be found, there will be no attempt to move it from the site. SCP-2396 is to be given a single liter of glucose syrup a day.\nAll male-identified civilians found within a six kilometer radius around Provisional Site-2396 are to be detained and screened for contact with SCP-2396-A. Any civilian found to be compromised is to be terminated before becoming an instance of SCP-2396-B. All SCP-2396-B instances encountered in the wild are to be terminated. Due to SCP-2396's current location, all terminated individuals are to be given a standard \u201cLost Hiker\u201d cover story. Any civilians who witness an instance of SCP-2396-B are to be administered Class-B amnestics.\nSCP-2396-A instances are to be incinerated immediately. All areas in a six kilometer radius around Provisional Site-2396 are to be closely monitored at all times for SCP-2396-A instances by Containment Task Force Lambda-6 (\u201cGirly Girls\u201d). If an instance of SCP-2396-B is located, CTF \u039b-6 is to be called in to enact termination procedures. As with Provisional Site-2396, CTF \u039b-6 is to be staffed only with task force operatives who identify as a woman in any capacity.\nAll containment efforts are to be oriented toward finding a way to neutralize SCP-2396's area of effect to facilitate containment.\nSCP-2396 is to be housed in a standard humanoid containment cell in the Low Security Wing of Site-19. Daily, SCP-2396 is to be given a single liter of liquid sucralose it believes to be sugar. For ease of containment, all staff interacting with it are to identify as women in some capacity. No other precautions are necessary.\nDescription: SCP-2396 is a female humanoid, approximately 2.5m tall and weighing 101kg. SCP-2396 is identical to a baseline female human in appearance, with the exception of naturally occurring pink hair and irises. The words \"Ms. Sweetie, from Little Misters \u00ae by Dr. Wondertainment\" are tattooed along the outside of SCP-2396's left thigh.\nWhen denied sugar any food item identified as containing sugar, SCP-2396 claims to undergo great pain, necessitating a constant supply of sugar or food items identified as such. The amount of sugar is unimportant in maintaining its anomalous effect. The consumption of sugars in any amount will cause SCP-2396's blood sugar level to reach a constant level of ~400 mg/dL. Due to its abnormally high blood sugar levels, the object is was in a constant state of hyperglycemia, stating to suffer from constant headaches and blurred vision. Despite its consumption of food, SCP-2396 does not exhibit any excretory bodily functions or change in weight.\nWhile SCP-2396 is \u201cfueled\u201d with sugar, any male individual (who is not currently a SCP-2396-B instance) coming within 50 yards of her expresses a strong desire to leave and reorient their position as far from SCP-2396 as possible. Male-identified individuals brought in direct contact with SCP-2396 undergo symptoms similar to a diabetic coma. The object claims that this is to \u201ckeep nasty brothers and their friends away.\u201d\nSCP-2396-A instances are small objects comprised of simple sugars that resemble assorted colors of hard candy. SCP-2396-A instances appear anywhere within a six kilometer radius of SCP-2396's current location, with a greater density appearing in areas known to contain human traffic. Due to their size and the large area of SCP-2396's area of effect, placement and amount of SCP-2396-A is uncertain. The production of SCP-2396-A is known to increase when SCP-2396 undergoes stress. While SCP-2396-A objects are harmless when touched or ingested by female-identified humans, male-identified humans undergo a gradual transformation to an instance of SCP-2396-B.\nTransformation into an instance of SCP-2396-B is marked by an increase in blood sugar levels, sometimes exceeding 600 mg/dL. Due to this, many who come into contact with SCP-2396-A are immobilized immediately by the rapid increase in blood sugar. Over a period of up to twelve hours, the individual's flesh, fluids, and bone are, through an unknown process, converted into hard candy which replicates and molds the body, causing the individual to become an instance of SCP-2396-B.\nSCP-2396-B instances take the form of large humanoid constructs and, rarely, unicorns. Once an SCP-2396-B entity has been fully converted, it will make way toward SCP-2396 and attempt to breach its containment. SCP-2396-B entities show a strong resistance toward blunt-force trauma and exhibit abnormal strength. SCP-2396-B entities will attack any male-identified individuals in their line of sight. SCP-2396-B entities follow any commands given by any female-identified individual, including orders to stand down, and are most easily terminated with fire, whether through incinerator or flamethrower.\nSCP-2396 ceases production of SCP-2396-A and its effect on male-identified individuals when it has not ingested sugar for longer than 48 hours. At this time, its blood sugar level stays at a constant 10 mg/dL. Due to the similarity between the effects of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia as exhibited in SCP-2396, the object is unable to recognize the difference when given a similar amount of artificial sugars.\n\n+ Interview 2396-5\n\n- Begin Log\n\nThis was the fifth interview with the object while in containment. SCP-2396 had been administered sucralose instead of its usual sugar for a week as of that time. For the sake of containment and gaining information, SCP-2396 was made to believe that it was still creating instances of SCP-2396-A and SCP-2396-B.\nDr. O'Herlihy: Good morning, SCP-2396.Dr. O'Herlihy: Alright, SCP-2396, are you aware another SCP-2396-B attempted to breach your containment?Dr. O'Herlihy: They seem to be concentrating on taking you away from here. Are you unhappy here, SCP-2396?Dr. O'Herlihy: I am not aware of any such saying.Dr. O'Herlihy: Then what about the instances that resemble unicorns?Dr. O'Herlihy: Isn't that a little reductive?Dr. O'Herlihy: Is that why you repel men? Because you're a girls' toy?Dr. O'Herlihy: And you're happy with the way things are?\n\nAddendum 2396-1: When prompted, SCP-2396 claimed to have lost any certification but was able to recite the following in full:\n\n+ Access Document 2396-1\n\n- Close Document 2396-1\n\nWow! You've just found yourself your very own Little Mister, a limited edition collection from Dr. Wondertainment!\nFind them all and become Mr. Collector!!\n01. Mr. Chameleon\n02. Mr. Headless\n03. Mr. Laugh\n04. Mr. Forgetful\n05. Mr. Shapey\n06. Mr. Soap\n07. Mr. Hungry\n08. Mr. Brass\n09. Mr. Hot\n10. Ms. Sweetie \u2714\n11. Mr. Life and Mr. Death\n12. Mr. Fish\n13. Mr. Moon\n14. Mr. Redd (discontinued)\n15. Mr. Money\n16. Mr. Lost\n17. Mr. Lie\n18. Mr. Mad\n19. Mr. Scary\n20. Mr. Stripes\n\nOf note is that SCP-2396 verbalized every punctuation mark and spoke SCP-2284's title as a long exhalation of air.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2395 | SCP-2396 | SCP-2397 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2397\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Provisional Site-193 has been established in order to contain SCP-2397. The anomalous area, as well as a buffer zone of 100 meters on all sides, is currently enclosed by 4.5-meter tall chain link fencing on all sides. Signs are to be posted around the site's perimeter warning of physical hazards relating to the area's history of mining activity. Any civilians found approaching or within the fenced area are to be interrogated, administered Class-C amnestics, and released.\nDescription: SCP-2397 is a square region of land, 1.3 kilometers to a side, located several miles outside of the small town of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Alaska, near the side of Alaska Route \u2588. Human subjects within SCP-2397 invariably perceive it as being a part of the US state of Iowa. Subjects' perception of SCP-2397 appear to be otherwise normal. Observers standing outside of the item's perimeter do not experience any of its effects. In addition to this perceptual anomaly, other abnormal phenomena sometimes occur within SCP-2397. In the past, these phenomena have included:\n\nSmall patches of Andropogon gerardii and other prairie grasses not normally found in the region\nThe regular appearance of corn husks within the northeastern corner of SCP-2397\nThe sound of Carduelis tristis (American goldfinch) calls. No physical or visual evidence of the species' presence within SCP-2397 has been detected.\nA strong urge among human subjects to \"go home\" or to speak with family members\nFeelings of a sense of vastness and distance, often described as uncomfortable\n\nThe land within SCP-2397 consists largely of tundra. A rudimentary dirt road runs through SCP-2397, terminating at the collapsed remains of a small house near the region's center. Examination of the house has revealed no anomalous properties. Several open mining shafts, suspected to date from the brief 189\u2588 mining efforts in the area, have been found within the area. A Foundation investigation of these shafts on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/199\u2588 revealed a set of heavily decayed men's clothing, consistent with 1970's fashions, at the bottom of one of the shafts. At the time of recovery, twenty-three Discus macclintocki (Iowa pleistocene snail) shells were found within the hood of the parka.\nIdentification for an Alaska resident by the name of Kevin S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was recovered along with the clothing. Records confirm that a Kevin S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 had resided within the town of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, working at the local convenience store until his disappearance in 1973. Local residents reported being unsurprised by Mr. S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's disappearance, often expressing the belief that he had \"finally\" returned to Iowa, where he claimed to have been born. Foundation investigations have revealed no records of Kevin S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 prior to his arrival in Alaska Territory in 1948.\nAddendum 2397-A: Incident 2397-1\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/199\u2588, during a routine survey of SCP-2397, Agent McConnell reported hearing a man crying, and began transcribing what appeared to be a series of messages (See Document 2397-1). No other personnel in the area reported any anomalous effects, and audio recordings do not reveal any unusual sounds. After writing for approximately five minutes, Agent McConnell wrote down the address of a location in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Iowa, before resuming normal behavior and expressing confusion regarding her previous actions.\nInvestigation of the address provided by Agent McConnell revealed it to be the home of one Ryan S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Mr. S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 claimed to have no knowledge of a Kevin S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and did not appear to possess any information about SCP-2397. Despite the content of the messages transcribed by Agent McConnell, records reveal that Ryan S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was born with an unknown father, and appears to have been cared for exclusively by his mother, Karen S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, until her death in 1947. A single undercover agent has been stationed in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Iowa, in order to monitor Ryan S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 for unusual behavior.\nAddendum 2397-B: Document 2397-1\n\nI'm sorry, son. This wasn't how I wanted it. I was scared. But I'm just an echo now. Come back to me, as I can't to you. You'd like it here. It's never home but there's a semblance. Come back, son. Fly here and join my dust. It is quiet and calm and I see the plains stretching infinite in the beyond below my feeble eyes. Breathe.\n\nAddendum 2397-C: Incident 2397-2\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/200\u2588, Junior Researcher Li spent twenty consecutive hours within SCP-2397, the longest period of continuous exposure to the object on record. Near the end of this period, Researcher Feng, the only other individual within SCP-2397 at the time, reported that Junior Researcher Li had become panicked and had begun to speak incoherently about her home town of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Wisconsin. After several minutes of this behavior, Junior Researcher Li approached one of the open mining shafts within SCP-2397 (later identified as the same shaft within which Mr. S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's clothing was originally found) and stared down into it, refusing to move or speak. At this point, Researcher Feng forcibly removed Junior Researcher Li from SCP-2397.\nUpon exiting SCP-2397, Junior Researcher Li appeared disoriented, and continued to express a need to \"check up\" on friends and family in her hometown. This effect appeared to subside, but not vanish, over time. Coworkers report that Li had stopped making phone calls to her family after the incident, and refused suggestions to take a vacation to visit them, despite her professed desire to do so. Due to the distraction that these effects have provided from Ms. Li's duties as a researcher, she has been reassigned from SCP-2397 and is currently to meet with Foundation counselors on a weekly basis. Human testing with SCP-2397 has been suspended pending further evaluation.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2396 | SCP-2397 | SCP-2398 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2400\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2400 is contained on-site at Site-59, which has been constructed around the anomaly. Only personnel with 4/2400 Clearance are permitted to access SCP-2400's containment chamber.\n\n+ Enter Credentials\n\n- Clearance Verified\n\nObject Class: Thaumiel\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2400 must remain open when SCP-2400-A is not in use. Use of SCP-2400-A (and by extension, Site-64T) requires approval from the Site-59 Director (currently Dr. Charles Anborough) and the attached Temporal Anomalies Adviser (currently Dr. Thaddeus Xyank). While SCP-2400-A is in use, the Site-64T supervisor must submit weekly reports to the Site-59 Director, which, due to SCP-2400-A's properties, should be received every sixty-three (63) minutes. Non-D-Class personnel assigned to Site-64T should be chosen from unmarried individuals, preferably with no living family. Individuals with suicidal psychopathology are also preferred. Due to the nature of SCP-2400-A's effects on its inhabitants, personnel assigned to Site-64T are to be declared legally dead, with appropriate Foundation benefits paid to their family.\nPersonnel maintaining residency in SCP-2400-A past the expiration of their assignment is forbidden. Travelling further than 100 meters past the perimeter of Site-64T is also forbidden, barring SCP-2400-A reconnaissance missions. Any anomalous activity occurring in SCP-2400-A that is outstanding from the area's established properties must be reported to Site-59 immediately.\nAt all times, four (4) demolition charges must be positioned adjacent to SCP-2400, two (2) on Site-59's side and two (2) on Site-64T's side. In the event of anomalous activity occurring within SCP-2400-A which endangers Site-59, these charges are to be detonated.\nAccess to the Site-64T Generator Room (Room 128-E) is forbidden barring approval from the Site-59 Director (see Addendum [2400-001] for details).\n\nDescription: SCP-2400 is a plain steel door inset on a fragment of concrete wall. The wall fragment is irregularly-shaped and roughly 3.71m x 2.25m, while the door is 0.65m x 0.91m. The origin of SCP-2400 is unclear.\nWhen SCP-2400 is open, it functions as a space-time aperture to an area now designated SCP-2400-A. A second instance of SCP-2400 is present in SCP-2400-A, and is the only object on an otherwise featureless horizontal plane. The size of SCP-2400-A is undetermined, and by all accounts, appears to be a limitless space. The surface of the horizontal plane is composed of an unidentified and indestructible white substance. This material is smooth and similar in texture to concrete. The atmosphere is consistent with the terrestrial location of SCP-2400. At all times, a star consistent with the Sun is visible in the sky, directly above SCP-2400.\nWhen the door of SCP-2400 is closed, the rate of time within SCP-2400-A, relative to the exterior world, undergoes severe temporal dilation. One (1) second of normal time corresponds approximately to one hundred-forty (140) seconds within SCP-2400-A. While SCP-2400 is closed, SCP-2400-A and the exterior world are virtually independent of and inaccessible to one another; neither matter nor energy is capable of crossing the threshold. While SCP-2400 is open, however, the rate of relative time inside SCP-2400-A is the same as Earth.\n\n+ Enter Credentials\n\n- Clearance Verified\n\nIt was determined that the nature of SCP-2400-A's temporal anomaly was counter-productive to containment of other SCP objects in the area. However, it was also suggested that SCP-2400-A could be utilized for the expedited production of containment-critical materials, or the development of containment protocols (including technological research and testing) of other anomalies. This proposal was approved, and Site-64T was constructed inside SCP-2400-A.\nSite-64T consists of five (5) floors, the base of which covers an area of 1.51km2. The first floor contains the administrative offices, power plant, utilities, and storage. The second floor consists of personnel quarters and recreational areas. The third and fourth floors feature production facilities for resources including alloys, polymers, complex chemicals, non-perishable foods, and weapons. The fifth floor is reserved for research and development.\n\nAddendum [2400-001]:\n\n+ Enter Credentials\n\n- Clearance Identified\n\nOn 21/7/2008, Overwatch approved a project to research and neutralize SCP-2700, and Site-64T was selected for the operation to be carried out. As transportation of SCP-2700 to Site-64T proved impossible (due to the dimensions of SCP-2400), the research relied entirely on Nikola Tesla's notes regarding the device, and the Foundation's own in-house analysis. This resulted, unintentionally, in the creation of the Tesla-Anborough Ectoentropic Reactor (TAER), which now serves as the primary power source for Site-64T.\n\nThe reactor's core, in essence, contains a self-sustaining paradox wherein the vacuum state is simultaneously energetically null and infinitely energetic. The former case, as you might guess, should trigger a vacuum metastability event (by default a YK-Class Scenario). The latter case, however, seems to actively neutralize this reaction. Unusually for a paradox, the interaction here is rather fortunate.\nDr. Thaddeus Xyank\n\nThe TAER can theoretically be reproduced, however, attempts to do so are suspended indefinitely. While the artifact is stable, it must remain at Site-64T until further notice, due to the ongoing risk of a YK-Class Vacuum Decay Scenario.\nContainment Update: The TAER is contained in Site-64T's Generator Room, which is constructed of reinforced lead-lined concrete and safeguarded by a reinforced steel door. This room can only be accessed by a Clearance 4/2400 technician upon order from the Site-59 Director. The status of the TAER should be examined weekly by the technician, or every sixty-three (63) minutes if SCP-2400-A is in use (coinciding with the weekly reports). The artifact is also safeguarded by an automated system linked directly to the Site-64T-side demolition charges attached to SCP-2400. In the event of any detected malfunction of the TAER, the charges will be automatically detonated.\nENTER 5/2400 CLEARANCE\n\n\u00ab SCP-2399 | SCP-2400 | SCP-2401 \u00bb"}
{"text": "ADULT CONTENT\n\nThis article contains adult content that may not be suitable for all readers.\nGraphic depiction of blood, gore or mutilation of body parts\nFeatures sexual themes or language, but does not depict sexual acts.\nExplicit depiction of sexual acts.\nFeatures non-consensual sexual acts.\nDepiction of severe mistreatment of children\nDepiction of self-harm\nDepiction of suicide\nDepiction of torture\n{$custom-content}\nIf you are above the age of 18+ and wish to read such content, then you may click Continue to view said content.\nContinue\nBack to Front Page\n\u00ab SCP-2400 |SCP-2401| SCP-2402 \u00bb\n\nItem #: SCP-2401\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2401 and SCP-2401-Alpha are to be stored together in Cell-22 at Research Site-45. Cell-22 must be stocked with 3m2 of potted wildflowers with an automated drip irrigation system to maintain them.\nA small electric incinerator designed for burning pine needles1 is to be installed near Cell-22 so that it can be supplied and operated by attending staff. The exhaust of the incinerator is to be piped directly into Cell-22 whenever SCP-2401 becomes excited or agitated.\nPlans for combining adjacent Cell-23 with Cell-22 are currently awaiting approval. SCP-2401-Beta is to be held as a reserved designation until further notice.\nDescription: SCP-2401 are a previously unknown species of honey bee that exhibit parasitic or symbiotic traits depending on the sex of the human host. To date, a sustainable colony of SCP-2401 has only been observed in one human female host.\nIn all observed cases, male hosts expire typically within 9 to 12 days post-colonization from inflammatory complications caused by routine stinging and gross modification of dermal tissue. This also compromises the immune system, leaving male hosts vulnerable to anaerobic infection. After death of the male host, SCP-2401 will leave the body in search of another human host.\nColonization does differ slightly in female hosts, whereas there is a much lesser risk of infection due to higher levels of propolis2 production. Once 30-50% of the dermis is modified into a keratin-based honeycomb, the colonization reaches a stable state and does not expand further. After this process is completed, SCP-2401 exhibits standard protective behavior toward the host, treating them as the nest. SCP-2401 adopt host scent markers, adjusting colonial odor markers to match the host. This process sensitizes SCP-2401 to the emotional and physical condition of the host.\nThe female host also undergoes rapid changes to both accommodate and protect SCP-2401 which include increased tissue regeneration, higher amphetamine output, and lack of dependency for food or water. In the majority of cases the female host retains their personality and memories which usually results in psychological trauma related with the ongoing symbiosis of SCP-2401. This is seen to result in a high rate of suicide in cases where the host outright rejects symbiosis.\nOnly one surviving case has shown a distinct interest in maintaining the symbiotic relationship between itself and SCP-2401. For all intents and purposes, she has been designated as SCP-2401-Alpha.\n\n[LEVEL-2 ACCESS REQUIRED]\n\n[ACCESS GRANTED]\n\nDOCUMENTDOC-2401-T1\n\nNOTE: The following written entries were confiscated from Dr. Kenneth Lamb's hard drive. They contain sensitive information regarding SCP-2401-Alpha and are to remain on the high security data server.\n\nDate: 01/04/2015\nTime: 16:32\nD-6780 and D-9343 have both been exposed to SCP-2401. This is the second trial study as to the effects of SCP-2401 on a human host. Thus far we have not been successful in sustaining a host for more than a period of thirty days. A viable host able to survive the colonization process will be the first step into discovering a way to reverse the process and revert the host back to normalcy.\nIt has been difficult to requisition female D-class because of their scarcity. It's the only option since SCP-2401 and male D-class hosts can not coexist without killing the host body. Due to issues in previous tests, the two female hosts will be kept on suicide watch while symptoms progress.\n\nDate: 01/08/2015\nTime: 09:44\nBoth D-6780 and D-9343 are progressing quickly with SCP-2401 and are in relatively good health. Today however, D-6780 had to be sedated via aerosol before the host caused further self-injury. D-9343 has been minimally responsive during this period. I've asked repeatedly for the medical records of both D-class hosts prior to testing. The paperwork seems to be conveniently missing in administration.\n\nDate: 01/15/2015\nTime: 22:01\n4 hours ago, D-6780's attempt at drowning in the cell's commode proved successful by clogging it with daily food rations and filling it up with water. Cell-21 is currently under quarantine until the decontamination teams can assemble in the morning. I'm hoping for a more viable autopsy than the previous ones.\nD-9343 seems to be much calmer during this process. So far, the host is the only one who has made it this far in SCP-2401's colonization. I've requested from maintenance and from the Site Director to modify Cell-22 as to help better accommodate SCP-2401 and the host. I'm also still waiting for released medical records.\n\nDate: 01/26/2015\nTime: 12:55\nD-9343 and SCP-2401 have successfully achieved full symbiosis. D-9343 has been designated as SCP-2401-Alpha and has been observed to be much more active. After reviewing video footage, I've noticed that SCP-2401-Alpha does not eat or drink it seems.\nAdministration has finally delivered records on D-9343, but they are from her previous institution of incarceration. Unfortunately, the information is severely lacking in detail, with the exception of her criminal record. I'll review this information and perhaps use it during my upcoming interviews with her.\n\nDate: 01/27/2015\nTime: 14:03\nI conducted my first interview with SCP-2401-Alpha. She seemed relatively eager to see another face after nearly a month of solitary confinement. I asked her about her symptoms and she explained while in the beginning she was experiencing a great deal of pain, most of that has been curtailed and she feels much better.\nA quick physical examination conducted through the observation window concluded that she is estimated to have 50% of her body surface converted into honeycomb like structures, many of which contain SCP-2401 in various stages of maturity. I questioned about where SCP-2401 originates from, but SCP-2401-Alpha could not answer.\n\nDate: 01/30/2015\nTime: 09:12\nI went over SCP-2401-Alpha's criminal records with her. She had trouble recollecting much of her past for some reason. Most of which had to deal with abusive relatives at a young age before being placed in foster care till she was 15. I was unable to continue with the rest of her background as I noticed she was growing more and more agitated.\nI used the newly installed smoker for the first time to help her calm down. She was effectively suppressed and I concluded for the day.\n\nDate: 02/02/2015\nTime: 13:47\nBefore I was able to conduct the interview, SCP-2401-Alpha was adamant about apologizing for her behavior in the previous interview. She introduced herself by her first name, Mary, and asked me mine. I introduced myself as well. Her intentions seemed harmless. Afterwards she tried multiple times to derail the interview with small talk. I was able to keep her focused on explaining her symptoms.\nMary attempted to explain a dream she had involving me, but could not recall specific details. I asked her questions regarding her mental state and wrote some additional notes to discuss with the on-site psychologist.\n\nDate: 02/03/2015\nTime: 22:25\nMary has stated in her interview today that she is experiencing a recurring dream, though upon waking up, she can't recall any of it other than I am in it as well. I asked her if she would like writing supplies in order to keep a dream journal. She agreed, however the request was denied by my superior.\nMary spends her time preoccupied with her own thoughts. At times she appears rather lucid and unresponsive. I've requested for additional items to help improve stimulus, however they are repeatedly denied.\n\nDate: 02/04/2015\nTime: 01:10\nMary and I have been meeting on a daily basis now. Her demeanor has been deteriorating it seems. Off-shift guards have informed me that she has to be smoked nightly. When I confronted Mary with this information, she stated that it was because of her dreams. She still maintains that she can't recall them after awakening.\nMy recent discussions with the on-site psychologist over my notes are still inconclusive as to Mary's mental condition. I'll continue to visit Mary daily to gain more details on improving her mental state. Aside from that, the SCP-2401 colony appears to be thriving and in optimum health.\n\n[LEVEL-3 ACCESS REQUIRED]\n\n[ACCESS GRANTED]\n\nINCIDENT REPORT FORM\n\nIncident Date: 02/14/2015\nIncident Time: 11:15\nSite/Location: Research Site-45, Secured Humanoid Containment Wing, Cell-22\nUnique Identifier (Auto-fill): 2401-021415\nCivilians Involved (Y/N): N\nPersonnel Involved (Y/N): Y\n\nNumber of Personnel Involved: 3\nInjuries/Deaths: 1 minor injury, 2 major injuries\nAmnestics Used (Y/N): Y (by request)\n\nSCP Involved (Y/N): Y\n\nDesignation: SCP-2401-Alpha\nContainment Breached (Y/N): Y\n\nDetails: SCP-2401-Alpha, prior to incident, exhibited agitated behaviors for a period of ten days. SCP-2401-Alpha had difficulty expressing the source of its agitation, often deploying cryptic statements and referring to itself in the first person plural by its actual name prior to symbiosis. Dr. Kenneth Lamb, the acting supervisor of SCP-2401, postulated that SCP-2401-Alpha was delirious.\n72 hours prior to incident, SCP-2401-Alpha suffered from an apparent seizure and collapsed onto the floor. Time was noted and logged. The body was kept under watch as standard in the operating procedures for human subject quarantine. After 48 hours, the site director extended quarantine to Cell-22 for another 24 hours. No activity was observed from the host or the colony. The cell floor was littered with dead instances of SCP-2401 at this time.\nPersonnel and security entered Cell-22 after the quarantine period expired in order to retrieve the body for examination and autopsy. While decontaminating and preparing the body for transfer, SCP-2401-Alpha suddenly awakened and physically attacked security. Both guards suffered concussions from the altercation.\nDr. Lamb was then tackled to the floor outside of containment and stripped of his clothes by SCP-2401-Alpha. On video, Dr. Lamb was held down on his back with SCP-2401-Alpha atop of him for a period of 90 seconds. From the video's limited vantage point, it was difficult to ascertain what was happening to Dr. Lamb as he showed limited signs of struggle.\nAfterwards the majority of security forces subdued SCP-2401-Alpha with electroshock weaponry to force it off of Dr. Lamb and back into containment. Dr. Lamb suffered only a dislocated shoulder and minor abrasions. SCP-2401-Alpha has since replenished the SCP-2401 colony to a fully restored population and has been observed to be more docile as compared to before the incident.\n\nAddendum-2401-001: Due to SCP-2401-Alpha's recent containment breach, staff and security teams are prohibited from entering Cell-22 or conversing with SCP-2401-Alpha without direct authorization from the Site Director. Further research into SCP-2401 or SCP-2401-Alpha has been put on hold indefinitely.\n\n[LEVEL-3 ACCESS REQUIRED]\n\n[ACCESS GRANTED]\n\nPOST-INCIDENT INTERVIEWINT-2401-03\n\nInterview Date: 02/15/2015\nInterview Time: 04:30\nSite/Location: Research Site-45, Offices\nInterviewer/s: Senior Internal Investigator, Rub\u00e9n Foster\nInterviewee/s: Researcher, Dr. Kenneth Lamb\nAgent Foster: Alright. Recorder is on. How are you holding up?\nDr. Lamb: I'm\u2026 still in shock over the whole thing I guess.\nAgent Foster: Well let me just ask, why do you think you were chosen?\nDr. Lamb: I don't know.\nAgent Foster: Well, you were assigned to her\u2014\nDr. Lamb: It.\nAgent Foster: Right, it, for three months. You interviewed with it every other day it looks like.\nDr. Lamb: I monitor other humanoids in that wing too.\nAgent Foster: So back to my original question.\nDr. Lamb: P-perhaps\u2026 maybe the human inside her\u2014 I mean it made a connection? Either way, it\u2014 (sigh) it got what it wanted from me. Oh God.\nAgent Foster: You feel like you can continue?\nDr. Lamb: I suppose. Sorry, I'm still just\u2026 rattled over the whole thing.\nAgent Foster: Well medically you checked out fine. Just bumps and scratches. So there's that.\nDr. Lamb: \u2026\nAgent Foster: Look, I don't want to push you after something traumatic like that. Anything you want to say on the record?\nDr. Lamb: I want the injection. Give me the injection and give me a transfer. P-please.\nAgent Foster: (scribbling) I gotcha. I'll see what I can do.\n(click)\n\nAddendum-2401-002: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is to be transferred out of Research Site-45 after he is fully debriefed on the containment breach incident involving himself and SCP-2401-Alpha. He has opted for an immediate amnestic solution and will be demoted to Level-0 permanently for security reasons. Continued observation and reporting on his behaviors within the Foundation will be monitored for a period of no less than three years.\n\n[LEVEL-3 ACCESS REQUIRED]\n\n[ACCESS GRANTED]\n\nPOST-INCIDENT INTERVIEWINT-2401-06\n\nInterview Date: 06/16/2015\nInterview Time: 22:05\nSite/Location: Research Site-45, Secured Humanoid Containment Wing, Cell-22\nInterviewer/s: Senior Internal Investigator, Rub\u00e9n Foster\nInterviewee/s: SCP-2401-Alpha\nAgent Foster: Recorder on. S C P dash\u2014\nSCP-2401-Alpha: Mary.\nAgent Foster: E-excuse me?\nSCP-2401-Alpha: We liked to be called Mary. (buzzing)\nAgent Foster: Fine. Mary. What was your relationship to Doctor Lamb?\nSCP-2401-Alpha: Relationship? Is that what he called it? Him and us? (light buzzing)\nAgent Foster: Nevermind. Can you explain then what you did to him the last time you two were together back in February?\nSCP-2401-Alpha: We remember him being quiet and rather content about it.\nAgent Foster: Well. He was adamant about not wanting to see you ever again.\nSCP-2401-Alpha: (buzzing stops) Hmmm, we don't believe you. We are happy with the outcome still.\n(SCP-2401-Alpha slowly rubs her hands over her swollen abdomen.)\nAgent Foster: This\u2026 part of the cycle?\n\nSCP-2401-Alpha: (buzzing resumes) It is and it is not. We need sterner hosts. The females are fragile yet willful. Strong queens for strong colonies.\nAgent Foster: \u2026\nSCP-2401-Alpha: Our sweet Kenny. Tell him for us that his progeny grows stronger with each passing day. Tell him we all await his return.\nAgent Foster: (scribbling) Yeah. I'll pass that along.\n(sustained buzzing)\n(Agent Foster turns off the intercom to Cell-22)\nTechnician: You aren't actually considering that request\u2026 are you?\nAgent Foster: No. Fuck that. Do me a favor though, see that button for the incinerator?\nTechnician: Yes, sir?\nAgent Foster: Smoke her.\n(click)\n\nFootnotes\n1. In insect husbandry, smoke from burning pine needles is an effective way of masking certain alarm pheromones naturally.\n2. Prop\u00b7o\u00b7lis [\u02c8pr\u00e4p\u0259l\u0259s]: a resinous mixture that honey bees collect from botanical sources to prevent diseases and parasites from entering the hive, and to inhibit fungal and bacterial growth.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2400 | SCP-2401 | SCP-2402 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2402-1\n\nItem #: SCP-2402\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2402-1 through 3 2 are to be kept in a locked standard storage drawer at Site-17. All requests for testing or other purposes must be logged, with digital copies of the date, time, person requesting access, and reason for requisition kept at three separate facilities. Logs must be cross-referenced at least once monthly for discrepancies.\nAll testing with SCP-2402 instances must take place in soundproof testing chambers constructed no later than 1996. If soundproofing foam is found to be worn or decaying, testing may be allowed to continue with specific permission and increased protection from the principal researcher or site director. Care must be taken to use speakers with enough age to survive testing.\nDescription: SCP-2402 is a chord progression in the normal range of hearing for humans. The specific frequencies for each note involved and the length of each note in succession are listed in Document 2402-KS [REQUIRES 4/2402 CLEARANCE].\nThe chord progression causes an anomalous harmonic vibration within subatomic particles, causing a reversion of particles to a prior oscillation with lower entropy. Rapid shifting of subatomic oscillations to previously exhibited states effect a temporal reversal in the exposed materials. In organic materials this reduction in entropy is generally observed to consist of the recomposition of cells and tissues. For example, a rotting fruit will return to an edible state. Living plants and animals will appear to become younger, with no corresponding temporal shift in the environment outside the listening area.\nThe rate and intensity of temporal reversal is dependent on the strength of exposure. Sound pressure levels of at least 40 dB are necessary for the anomalous nature of the progression to become clear. The anti-entropic effects of the progression cease for any item moved to a range where the amplitude of SCP-2402 is less than 40dB, but accumulated temporal reversions remain in place afterwards. Test subjects and test materials have been observed to become younger at a rate of 6 months per minute of exposure at 70 dB.\nAnalysis of brain scans and interviews of subjects after testing have demonstrated that the mind also reverts to an earlier time, removing all memories accumulated over the \"rewound\" period. Researchers are advised that extreme fear and confusion are common reactions to test subjects immediately after testing, as they will not remember why they were in the testing chamber, remembering only events up to their new, previous chronological age. Should subjects revert back to earlier than the adult state, the subject will decrease in mass, with the balance expelled as undifferentiated viable tissue.\nTest materials also experience entropy removal, resulting in reduction of wear and fractures. Recent construction of buildings can potentially result in disassembly of exposed rooms upon reversion to the date of construction, via the refilling of nail holes in wood, reversal of welds, and re-separation of concrete binding materials. Ensure that testing chambers are never exposed to a cumulative level of regression past their date of construction. Because of this property, older facilities in need of repair can be used as testing chambers, as long as the principal researcher has determined limited propagation of acoustic properties beyond the confines of the chamber.\nSCP-2402-1, -2, and -3 are the objects in containment which carry recorded forms of SCP-2402. SCP-2402-1 is a musical manuscript using Byzantine notation. SCP-2402-2 is the file pureyouth.mkv, kept on a single 64GB thumb drive. SCP-2402-3 is [DATA EXPUNGED] Testing with SCP-2402-1 is restricted until Foundation musicians who have memorized the score have aged sufficiently to remember the score upon conclusion of play. Please refer to Personnel Roster 2402-1-09X for a list of Level 2/2402 clearance musicians, and date of memorization of SCP-2402-1. During testing, copies of SCP-2402-1 can be made available to musicians only if they are properly aged for a minimum of 7.5 years via SCP-119 before play. Regular testing of SCP-2402's effects is to be performed with SCP-2402-2, which can be played to speakers physically separated from the computer hosting the file.\nAddendum: Recovery Log, SCP-2402-1:\nMTF Eta-11 (\"Savage Beasts\") was dispatched to the village of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Bulgaria, to investigate rumors of the locals offering \"a song that restores youth and virginity\" for a considerable price. A number of musicians in the village were identified as persons of interest and surveillance was established. MTF members posed as paying clients and were able to infiltrate operations, and asked to join the musicians in a nearby cave in the Balkan Mountains. Average age of the musicians was approximated as 45-50, although the youngest (POI-2402-4, approximately 25 years of age) informed Agent Zhao that he has played the song longer than anyone else, and soon he would not be able to play it anymore. Zhao effected payment for \"3 years of youth\" and allowed to remain in the cave while the musicians played. The remaining members of MTF Eta-11 carried out a tactical assault [DATA EXPUNGED].\nMTF confirmed the anomalous effects of the music through an examination of the regression of mole development on Zhao's skin and comparing them to medical records. SCP-2402-1 was recovered in the cave, along with 5 traditional Bulgarian instruments of recent make (gaida, kaval, t\u01d4pan, 2 tamburas) and a recently made forgery of a Stradivarius violin.\nPOI-2402-4 was the sole survivor of the encounter among the musicians, but was determined to no longer be a threat and left at the nearby monastery with a forged note claiming to be from his mother.\nAddendum: Recovery Log, SCP-2402-2\nThe file pureyouth.mkv was located on a cloud server, having been uploaded by \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a musician in New York City. It was sequestered and transferred to thumb drive and wiped from the internet, and Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was brought in for questioning. Upon interrogation, he revealed that he had no recollection regarding writing the music, and appeared to be suffering from retrograde amnesia, believing that the current date was six months earlier. Subject was given a Class B amnestic and released.\n\nI think what's going on is that you've got musicians who come up with this chord from time to time, but then while they're tinkering with it, they play it, they back up, and they can't remember ever having played it before. In many ways, it's self-containing, but now in the world of digital music, where something can be written out in a playable form without ever listening to it, first, there are more and more ways for files like this to end up in the public.\n\u2014 Agent Mike Carter, MTF Eta-11\n\n+ RECOVERY LOG SCP-2402-3 / ACCESS RESTRICTED TO LEVEL 2402/4 AND 1668/4 PERSONNEL OR ABOVE / PLEASE ENTER CREDENTIALS\n\n- LEVEL 1668/4 CLEARANCE CONFIRMED / ACCESS GRANTED\n\nRecovery Log, SCP-2402-3: An extraneous log entry in the database folder for SCP-1668 was found not to correspond with any item in containment for that designation or any other item in Foundation custody. The file consists of an item intake and testing log. File has been moved to SCP-2402 folder upon examination of contents and confirmation of anomalous effect by MTF Eta-11 member Mike Carter.\nRecord follows:\n\nLog Entry 1668-5\nReceipt Date: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nContents:\nOne (1) Vinyl Record\nOne (1) Handwritten Note\nVinyl record is 32 minutes and 14 seconds in length, containing a collection of songs played in reverse chronological order, from Taylor Swift, Nine Inch Nails, Negativland, Pink Floyd, and The Beatles. List of songs follows:\n[DATA EXPUNGED]\nUpon playing of entirety of album, subject reports hearing 2 minutes and 35 seconds of an unidentified movement played by symphony orchestra. Movement is described as atonal in the treble portion, but with a clear harmonic chord progression that are atypically somewhere between diminished and suspended in form. Unlike other instances of SCP-1668, the record does not include this movement.\nHandwritten note attached to vinyl record resembles other notes from POI-1668-1 (\"Erich Zann\"). Note reads as follows:\n[BEGIN NOTE]\nDear SCP Foundation,\nI fear I may have become lax in my presentation, but I am not quite sure how to classify my latest discovery. I had realized that a strict forward chronological progression led to a limited possible slate of results. Working in reverse, I discovered this haunting melody. I tried recreating it for the record, but a combination of the complexity of the piece along with its use of notes outside the chromatic scale made it impossible to duplicate. Perhaps you will have better luck.\nIt does resemble something by Stravinsky or Shostakovich at first blush (if you will please excuse the conflation) and yet, I'm struck at how it almost fits with early opera, as if it were written by Jacopo Peri. I do know I have never heard it before.\nYet something tells me I've heard it multiple times.\nIn bewilderment,\nErich Zann\n[END NOTE]\nMTF Zeta-4 Agent Mike Carter has listened to the album and generated an audio file that recreates the ideated music. Final testing of this phenomenon involves playing the audio file at the conclusion of vinyl record playback to confirm the music heard by test subjects.\n\nResearcher's Note: Agent Carter has no recollection of creating or playing the audio file.\n\nI also was no longer in Zeta-4 at the time. Don't know why I'd have been experimenting with sound files then.\n\u2014 Agent Mike Carter, MTF Eta-11\n\n+ DISCOVERY NOTE / ACCESS RESTRICTED TO MTF H-11 MEMBERS / PLEASE ENTER CREDENTIALS\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nI know this is an unorthodox use of the database, but I need to do this for my peace of mind.\nMike, and anyone else who might decide to join this old team, long in the tooth, I just need to make some notes on what happened in Garnya. Yes, we set up surveillance, we traveled out to Bulgaria, found the village, the musicians, let Zhao lead us into the mountains, all that. Beautiful place, Garnya. Seems lost in time. Took a while to make sure the Silencer was in place, we had recording equipment available, all that. We needed to capture the phenomenon. We had to be ready to make a snap call, rush in, stop the music, and pull everyone and everything out.\nI was supposed to be the lead on this. I'm deaf, so, it was figured, the anomaly wouldn't work on me. We didn't yet know it was acoustic, more physical in nature, and not some other method. But that's the risk we MTFs take every day, so, welcome.\nI ran in to stop the performance, got disoriented when I hit the sound pressure, the musicians saw me, the music stopped, and Zhao and I, not knowing what was happening, stuck to training and retreated.\nI needed a rebriefing on what happened. I completely forgot. Thank God we have the surveillance footage. That surveillance footage was key for myself and Zhao. It meant that we could try again. We kept the cave entrance guarded so the musicians couldn't escape. We couldn't wait any longer. We rushed in again.\nWe rushed in five times.\nOn the fourth run, I died.\nWe realized we couldn't approach the musicians without them playing their song and making us forget why we were there, and so I apparently hatched a cockamamie plan to just collapse the cave and trap the musicians inside instead of trying to approach them. Sounds like the sort of stupid thing I'd do. Sure, the cave had been recently painted to resemble Paleolithic drawings, but the soot was still so fresh you could smell it. It's not like I was burying some archaeological treasure. So I went to the cave entrance, set charges, and\u2026\nWell, I always let my anger get the best of me. I didn't check and the charges went off prematurely, collapsing the cave, with the musicians inside, and me, crushed under the rubble. Of course, the musicians just used the only weapon they had, that piece, and played it as loudly and fervently as they could. The wall of sound must have hit the rubble hard, because, according to the footage, the boulders pulled themselves back up into place in the walls, fixed themselves. The explosions imploded. And I just got back up and took down the charges and returned to base.\nTry not to catch yourself dying on camera. I thought losing my hearing was bad. As far as I'm concerned, one moment, I'm heading out of Garnya to the cave, and the next moment I'm being placed in front of a monitor, being told not to blow myself up again. All those events in the middle, there's nothing.\nRichards grabbed the Silencer and rushed in, guns blazing, moments later. Zhao told me the music had stopped. He came back out of the cave covered in some goopy, bloody film, I don't know what, with some sheet music and a baby.\nYou want to know the weirdest thing? I've never heard the music. Duh, you're thinking, deaf guy. But no, from a temporal point of view, I've never heard the music. I've never been exposed.\nBut when I dream, I do.\n\u2014 Agent John Hennessey, MTF Eta-11\n\n\u00ab SCP-2401 | SCP-2402 | SCP-2403 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2403\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The east stairwell of Research Site-45, between the 1st and 3rd floors, is to be closed to personnel indefinitely. Access to the 2nd floor landing will be blocked with reinforced concrete with a steel blast door on the 1st floor landing to be locked at all times. Testing on SCP-2403 has been suspended until further notice.\nDescription: SCP-2403 is a phenomenon currently isolated within the east stairwell of Research Site-45, between the last step of the stair flight of the 2nd floor and the 2nd floor landing. Whenever a sentient bipedal being descends the stairwell and crosses over the last step of the 2nd floor, they will be instantly transported to another location in space-time.\nIn all cases, the locations are observed to be mainly areas of high altitude with abrupt vertical cliff faces. Any subject transported by SCP-2403 will be positioned to step and fall off these cliff faces, regardless of any foreknowledge of the phenomenon. Subjects will experience free-fall at a normal rate during this phase. Before making contact with the ground, subjects will be instantly transported onto the 2nd floor landing.\nSubjects will experience a slight time dilation effect as the time at the point origin from when they disappear and reappear is nearly instantaneous. However, subjects will experience the full duration of the free-fall and retain a memory of the event. No other physical objects or properties have been seen to return with the subject such as rainwater (if applicable), dust particulate, gas trapped in the subject's lungs, subject's inertia, or subject's momentum. Testing has proven that there is a correlation between stairs traveled in a single stride with locations, although the precision of these results is currently inconclusive.\n\n[LEVEL-2 ACCESS REQUIRED]\n\n[ACCESS GRANTED]\n\nExperiment4441-1-1\nSubject: D-9679\nProcedure: Subject is asked to descend SCP-2403 at a normal pace while wearing a portable video recorder.\nObservation: Subject descends the last step normally. Upon making contact with the landing, the subject starts screaming in a panicked state. Subject remains in a panicked state for five seconds before appearing disoriented and then stumbling toward the adjacent wall while breathing heavily.\nVideo Analysis: Video captured a full 5.5 seconds of free-fall footage with the subject screaming for the entire duration. After stabilization of the video was applied, the location was confirmed to be a bridge possibly in the western United States. Bridge is positioned over a gorge estimated to be 350 meters in depth. Based on a structural analysis of the bridge, it is thought to have been built within the last 30 years.\nExperiment4441-1-3\nSubject: D-8755\nProcedure: Subject is asked to descend SCP-2403 at a normal pace while wearing a portable video recorder. Subject is also instructed to jump over the last step and onto the landing.\nObservation: Subject descends and makes the jump over the last step. Upon making contact with the landing, the subject collapses in an unconscious state. Subject is treated in the infirmary for sudden cardiac arrest and revived. During the debriefing, subject has no detailed memory of the event other than the sensation of falling.\nVideo Analysis: Video captured a full 18.9 seconds of free-fall footage with the subject believed to be only conscious for the first 5.8 seconds. Analysis of the video was able to identify several important landmarks that were able to confirm the location as the Store Trolltind, which is Europe's highest cliff. Date at the location was unable to be determined.\nExperiment4441-1-7\nSubject: D-1145\nProcedure: Subject is asked to descend SCP-2403 at a normal pace while wearing a portable video recorder. Subject is also instructed to jump over the last three steps and onto the landing.\nObservation: Subject descends and makes the jump over the last three steps. Upon making contact with the landing the subject's body, now dead, collapses. An autopsy performed showed the cause of death to be sudden depressurization as most of the organs and skin tissues were ruptured.\nVideo Analysis: Video captured a full 1.1 minutes of free-fall footage with the subject believed to be alive for an estimated 10 seconds. Analysis of the video was unable to confirm a terrestrial location. Further video analysis in conjunction with the autopsy report posited the location to be on the planet Mars, possibly along the high cliffs surrounding the Echus Chasma crater. Confirmation is pending following further review of this data.\nExperiment4441-1-10\nSubject: D-5984\nProcedure: Subject is asked to descend SCP-2403 at a normal pace while wearing a portable video recorder and a NASA Z-1 spacesuit. Video recorder has been upgraded to be able to function in hostile environmental conditions. Subject is also instructed to jump over the last half of the flight and onto the landing.\nObservation: Subject descends and makes the jump from halfway down the flight. Upon making contact with the landing the subject's body shatters inside the suit. The remains of the subject were observed to be frozen solid and the suit appears to have been torn along the right leg. Video recorder unit was damaged, but intact.\nVideo Analysis: Video captured a full 12.2 minutes of freefall footage. After 5.1 minutes of free-fall, the subject experiences a hard impact against the wall, rupturing the suit. Death occurred 23 seconds after this event. Analysis of the video showed a low gravity environment in extreme cold conditions. Footage also reveals the entire surface to be solid ice. Comparing certain sections of footage looking up at the sky with known star charts, it is determined that the location is located outside of the known local solar system.\n\n[LEVEL-3 ACCESS REQUIRED]\n\n[ACCESS GRANTED]\n\nExperiment4441-1-11\nSubject: D-2469\nProcedure: Subject is wearing a portable video recorder and a NASA Z-1 spacesuit. Video recorder has been upgraded to be able to function in hostile environmental conditions. Subject is instructed to jump over the flight of stairs and onto the landing below.\nObservation: Subject makes his hesitations known to the researchers and security present. Subject is assured that any injuries sustained from the fall will be treated in the infirmary. Subject continues to be uncooperative. The security team present then convince the subject to participate. Subject makes a running start on the landing above and jumps to the landing below, successfully clearing the entire flight. Subject disappeared right before making contact with the bottom landing. No sign of the subject or the video recorder unit exiting was observed.\nVideo Analysis: Inconclusive pending retrieval of the video recorder unit. However, an adjacent lab detected a burst of beta radiation on-site at the exact time the test was conducted. Data has been logged for further review.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2402 | SCP-2403 | SCP-2404 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2404\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2404-1 is contained within a standard humanoid containment cell at Site 17. The floor of the cell has been modified to slope upwards towards its center, and drainage grates have been inserted into the floor around the perimeter of the room, to allow for the removal of water generated by SCP-2404-1.\nIn the event of SCP-2404-1 becoming uncooperative, SCP-2404-1 may be placed in a medically-induced coma until the completion of Site 351, at which point it will be relocated there.\nSCP-2404-2 is contained within a standard humanoid containment cell at Site 66. SCP-2404-2 is to undergo physiological and psychological examinations on a bi-monthly basis. Standard meals are sufficient to feed SCP-2404-2, and requests from it to alter the meals given to it are to be rejected.\nDescription: SCP-2404 is the collective designation for two related entities, designated SCP-2404-1 and SCP-2404-2.\nSCP-2404-1 is an elderly human male of Assyrian descent. SCP-2404-1 has been designated a Class 2I reality bender.2 SCP-2404-1's reality altering capabilities are limited to water, which it is capable of generating, controlling and destroying, as long as the water remains within ten meters of it. SCP-2404-1 uses its reality-altering abilities to maintain two jets of water slightly above its shoulder blades. SCP-2404-1 is unable to generate, control or destroy water with a salt concentration of >35,000 ppm, or water which is a solute in a solution. SCP-2404-1 has not been observed to age while in containment.\nSCP-2404-1 refers to itself as \"Enki\", and claims to be the Sumerian deity of the same name. SCP-2404-1's fingerprints match those of Elijah \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, an Assyrian-American man who was declared a missing person two years before the discovery and containment of SCP-2404-1.\nSCP-2404-2 is a humanoid entity, standing approximately 2.25 metres tall and weighing approximately 100 kilograms. SCP-2404-2's anatomy is identical to that of a human with few exceptions. SCP-2404-2's skin is blue-black in colour, and is covered by a purple-blue exoskeleton with the exception of joints and sensory organs. SCP-2404-2 possesses a bone crest on its forehead resembling a crown, the majority of which is hollow and serves no apparent purpose.\nSCP-2404-2 also refers to itself as \"Enki\", and claims to be an extraterrestrial being that visited prehistoric Sumer approximately 8000 years ago. Examination of SCP-2404-2 reveals that it is genetically human.\nDiscovery: SCP-2404-1 and SCP-2404-2 were discovered in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, after emergency services received a call from multiple people claiming to see \"a homeless man fighting an alien\". Interviews with both SCP-2404-1 and SCP-2404-2 confirm the events that lead up to their containment. SCP-2404-2 had been attempting to gain monetary donations for the purpose of \"rebuilding its spaceship\". SCP-2404-1 had been travelling through the region, and after hearing that SCP-2404-2 referred to itself as \"Enki\", SCP-2404-1 sought it out. SCP-2404-1 confronted SCP-2404-2 over what it believed to be an attempt to impersonate it, leading to a violent altercation.\nInterview-2404-Aleph: Interview-2404-1-Aleph and Interview-2404-2-Aleph were conducted to determine possible origins for SCP-2404-1 and SCP-2404-2.3 SCP-2404-1 and SCP-2404-2 were initially unwilling to cooperate with the Foundation, but agreed to be interviewed in exchange for a written translation of the Barton Cylinder4 and a collection of short stories by the author Isaac Asimov, respectively.\n\nInterview 2404-1-Aleph\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2404-1\nInterviewer: Dr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n<Begin Log>\nDr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Okay, let's begin. SCP-2404-1, who are you?\nSCP-2404-1: I am Enki. Lord of abundance. Lord of wisdom, who understands the land. Leader of the gods. Lord of Eridu.\nDr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: How were you created?\nSCP-2404-1: I was born to An and Nammu. I sealed Abzu, who is the Cosmic Waters. I created mankind, and taught your kind civilization. But time passed. New gods replaced the old. My brothers and sisters all faded from being as our worshippers did. I alone remained. I am weak and old, but I am still a god.\nDr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: How was SCP-2404-2 created?\nSCP-2404-1: That creature?\nDr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yes, the being you were attacking when we found you.\nSCP-2404-1: It is false. It calls itself by my title but it is false. It claims to be from the stars, but it is false.\nDr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Could you elaborate?\nSCP-2404-1: There was a man. When I found it there were men helping it. The men gave the creature money and supplies. They must have created the creature as a false depiction of me, or altered an unsuspecting human into it.\nDr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Why would someone do that?\nSCP-2404-1: I do not know. I can speculate. To grow a movement? To convince men to give up wealth? A false god has many uses.\nDr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Alright, one last thing. Then we'll be done. Your prints are identical to ones from a person who went missing two years ago. Are you sure you're telling the truth?\nSCP-2404-1: I was hoping that would not be discovered. It is true. I was weak when I was without worship. I needed a body. Elijah provided one. He let me in. He let me take him over. I regret it.\nDr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Okay, I think that's enough for today. Thank you, SCP-2404-1.\nSCP-2404-1: I would like to make a request. I want to apologize to the wife of Elijah. Your organization has many resources. Could you find her for me?\nDr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: We can try.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: The individuals aiding SCP-2404-2 as described by SCP-2404-1 have not been found. SCP-2404-1's request to meet with the wife of Elijah \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has been denied.\n\nInterview 2404-2-Aleph\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2404-2\nInterviewer: Dr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n<Begin Log>\nDr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Okay, let's begin. SCP-2404-2, could you please tell us where you come from?\nSCP-2404-2: My name is Enki. I am one of the leaders of an ancient interstellar empire who visited this world long ago, who were worshipped as gods by your kind. I returned here to teach humanity of many things, but my spaceship has crash-landed. Thus, I have to repair it so that I can return to my people.\nDr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: That sounded a little rehearsed, to be honest. Can you explain that?\nSCP-2404-2: My apologies, that's how I converse with those on the street when I attempt to convert people to my cause.\nDr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Convert them?\nSCP-2404-2: Yes, recruit them into our group. There was a small organization helping me repair my craft. I had taken it upon myself to gain resources of both a monetary and human nature.\nDr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Could you tell us more about the organization that helped you? Any names?\nSCP-2404-2: I cannot. Not because I do not wish to, I simply do not know the names of my allies. Those who assisted me were extremely secretive. But I can detail how I first encountered them.\nDr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Go ahead.\nSCP-2404-2: It was right after my ship crashed. My memory was shattered and fragmented. I did not know my own identity. My new friends helped me recuperate, and helped me determine my identity. They showed me the fragments of my broken craft and translated the documents from its computer. Then, we set out to repair it. I was tasked with gaining recruits and donations, as my alien form would be evidence enough to support my claims.\nDr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Where does SCP-2404-1 come from?\nSCP-2404-2: The man who assaulted me?\nDr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yes. He claims to be the god Enki in human form. Is he lying?\nSCP-2404-2: Of course he is lying. The very concept of the deity Enki is a warped, distorted cultural memory of my visit to ancient and primitive human society. I am Enki.\nDr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: So what is he?\nSCP-2404-2: I have a theory, actually. The men who found me, their research was extremely broad. Ancient beings such as myself were their topic of choice, of course, but they branched out into many subjects. One of my allies was researching people who could reshape the fabric of reality with their thoughts. Well, I have been considering the topic, and I have come to a conclusion. This man, he can reshape reality. He delusionally believes he is a god, and thus, he has become one. He is nothing more than a man with an unusually potent god complex.\nDr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Just one more thing, then we'll be done. We've examined the blood sample we took from you when you first arrived here. Genetically, you're identical to a human.\nSCP-2404-2: Of course I am. Does this surprise you? Your kind has been moulded and shaped to reflect mine. We made you like us. I am not identical to a human. Humanity is identical to me.\nDr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Thank you for your time, SCP-2404-2.\nSCP-2404-2: Before you go, could I submit a request? I need my craft returned to me. Could you find and repair it? As a favour to me?\nDr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I'll look into it.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: The location of the vehicle described by SCP-2404-2 is currently not known. SCP-2404-2's request to have the vehicle returned to it has been denied.\n\nAddendum: On 4/04/2004, two identical messages manifested outside the entrances of Site 17 and Site 66. The messages were in English, and imprinted on clay tablets. The messages are believed to refer to SCP-2404-1 and SCP-2404-2.\n\nTranscript of Message\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nWhy are you listening to those idiots? There's only one of me.\n-Ea\n\nFootnotes\n1. A dedicated site designed to contain reality benders.\n2. Subtype designation 'I' is the classification for reality benders whose facets are considered to be 'Intentional'; see Reality Benders: Classifications and Presumed Threat Levels for a complete definition of this classification.\n3. The consultation of SCP-3740, another entity claiming to be a Mesopotamian deity, was proposed, but denied due to difficulties in the transport and briefing of all involved anomalies.\n4. A Sumerian creation myth.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2403 | SCP-2404 | SCP-2405 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2405\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A copy of SCP-2405 is to be maintained by the Department of Information Technology in the Secure Foundation Network File System (SFNFS) at all times. Access to SCP-2405 is to be restricted to the current head of the SCP-2405 Automated Experimentation Project. As of Experiment-2405-279198, videos derived from SCP-2405 are to be screened by a Cognitohazard-Sanitizing Expert System (CSES) before being viewed by humans.\nDescription: SCP-2405 is a MPEG-4 Part 141 video file originally named 2017_acf_nats_fianls.mp4 [sic], with non-deterministic content. Although the file size and the binary representation of SCP-2405 resembles those of similar non-anomalous .mp4 files, SCP-2405 has the anomalous property that each time SCP-2405 is opened by a program capable of playing video files, a different video, albeit one that is thematically similar to previous videos, will be played. That anomalous property is maintained by copies of instances of SCP-2405 created by an operating system's copy and paste function2, renamed instances of SCP-2405, and instances of SCP-2405 whose metadata has been modified, but not by instances of SCP-2405 whose video data has been modified.\nWithout variation, SCP-2405 depicts a game of quizbowl3, conforming to the 20/204 format used by the Academic Competition Federation (ACF)5, being played on the stage of a lecture hall as the final match of a tournament. The games depicted by SCP-2405 can vary drastically in their participants, content, and, in less than 0.0005% of all cases, historical context. The contents of some games, if taken as fact, suggest that those games, if not nearly every game depicted by SCP-2405, take place in timelines which have diverged from Baseline history. Because of the extreme rarity of such games, they were discovered only through the SCP-2405 Automated Experimentation Project, in which recurrent neural networks were trained to identify dissimilarities with Baseline history.\nSCP-2405 was identified on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2016 by PANOPTES, a Foundation web-crawler designed to analyze videos on video-uploading and file-sharing websites for non-deterministic content. SCP-2405 was found on and retrieved from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a popular file-sharing website, before it was removed from that website under Standard Cover E-3 (\"Internet Piracy\"). Under the same cover, Foundation agents gained access to the databases of that website to determine the origin of SCP-2405, although no records that identified the uploader of SCP-2405 could be found. The discovery of the origin of SCP-2405 remains a priority in research concerning SCP-2405, as does the source of its anomalous properties.\n\nOpen Experiment Log\n\nClose Experiment Log\n\nIdentification Number: 0\nComments: The binary representation of an instance of SCP-2405 was copied to another file, but the instance of SCP-2405 itself was not copied by an operating system's copy and paste function. Thus, the resulting video file, which purports to depict the final match of the 2017 ACF Nationals tournament, did not maintain the anomalous properties of SCP-2405. Because it is believed that this file is a representation of the Baseline future, and the 2017 ACF Nationals tournament has not taken place as of the writing of this entry (\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2016), data describing the content of the video file from this experiment has been expunged due to concerns regarding causality.\n\nIdentification Number: 135383\nComments: First experiment in which divergent historical content was observed. The video depicted the final match of the 2017 ACF Nationals tournament, played between teams from the \"Free University of Chicago\" and the \"Workers' Institute of Industrial Technology.\" Divergent historical content was observed in questions regarding the time period roughly following World War I. Specifically, the United States was said to have seen a \"Second American Revolution\" in the year 1921, resulting in the formation of a socialist regime under a radicalized Eugene V. Debs6. The regime, which was implied to have survived to 2017, fought World War II against an alliance of absolutist monarchies led by Russia, Japan, and the Ottoman Empire. The war was described only in the context of a \"Battle of Yalta,\" leaving the overall outcome of the war unclear.\n\nIdentification Number: 279198\nComments: The video depicted the final match of the 2017 ACF Nationals tournament, played between teams from the University of Maryland and the University of Chicago. In a tossup about her, Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a Foundation memeticist, was said to be a \"leader in the field of memetics.\" Describing research conducted by Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in the field of counter-memetics, the tossup verbally gave a counter-meme said to be created by Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, followed by the meme it countered7. When tested on D-75500, the meme caused D-75500 to clap uncontrollably until he was given the counter-meme. After Experiment-2405-279198, mandatory screening by a CSES was implemented.\n\nIdentification Number: 427028\nComments: The video depicted the final match of the 2017 National Jinshi8 Selection tournament, played between two teams of unaffiliated players, all of whom appeared to be of Han Chinese and/or Native American descent. All questions were given in Classical Chinese, and the distribution of questions eschewed typically-included subjects like science and fine arts in favor of Confucian classics and pre-Qing Dynasty era Chinese history. After the conclusion of the match, the members of the winning team were given embroidered badges, which were sewn into their clothes in a ceremony to confer them the status of jinshi of an \"Imperial Republic of Fusang9.\"\n\nIdentification Number: 552071\nComments: The video depicted the final match of a competition between two groups identified as the Kara and S\u00f6\u0155 clans. All questions were given in a language resembling Proto-Turkic, with loanwords from Siouan languages. Said language has not yet been completely translated by Foundation linguists, but linguistic analysis of the questions suggested that they concerned animal husbandry, migration patterns, raids on other nomadic peoples, and shamanic knowledge. A violent dispute erupted in the middle of the match between two players over differences in their clans' shamanic teachings, resulting in both players being summarily expelled. The \"lecture hall\" in which the match took place was not part of a building, but was instead a large tent erected on a field.\n\nIdentification Number: 759409\nComments: The video depicted the final match of an unnamed tournament, played between teams from the \"Harvard School of Elocution\" and the \"State Recitation Academy.\" All individuals present wore dress uniforms similar to those of US Army officers. Prior to the beginning of the match, each player swore an oath, declaring, \"I stand in solidarity with the Overseers, who shelter us from the darkness of the Catastrophe. I raise my voice and my mind upwards towards knowledge, so that we may reclaim the Lost Words.\" The distribution of the questions completely eschewed literature, fine arts, history, and science (with the exception of nuclear physics) in favor of agriculture, mechanics, military science, and elocution. No electrical appliances were visible in the video, and the room was lit by gas lamps. No written words, writing implements, or writing surfaces were visible in the video, and unlike nearly all previous videos, the questions were not read by the moderator, but recited from memory.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Commonly known by the filename extension .mp4.\n2. Notably, this is not true for copies of instances of SCP-2405 created through other methods.\n3. An academic competition played using a lockout buzzer system, in which two teams of up to four players compete to answer \"tossup\" questions. Interruption of the question is allowed, so that deeper knowledge about the topic in question is rewarded. After a player answers a tossup correctly without conferring, their team will be given a three-part bonus question, with varying difficulty between the parts, on which conferring is allowed. If a player does not answer a tossup correctly, their teammates will be not allowed to attempt to answer the question.\n4. Twenty tossups, twenty three-part bonus questions.\n5. The ACF is the leading collegiate quizbowl organization, which organizes several annual competitions.\n6. American socialist politician of the early 20th century.\n7. When Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was interviewed, she stated, \"I've never created such a thing, though now I'm starting to wish I had.\"\n8. The highest possible rank achievable in the civil service examination system of Imperial China.\n9. A land in Chinese mythology described as being east across the Pacific Ocean, which in this divergent historical context likely refers to North America.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2404 | SCP-2405 | SCP-2406 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2406\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Provisional Site-31 has been built around SCP-2406 and is to maintain the facade of a Kazakhstani military facility. Type A hazmat suits are mandatory when working directly with SCP-2406, as is decontamination upon exit. A security perimeter of armed guards is to remain in place at all times in order to prevent unauthorized access. Direct interaction with SCP-2406-1 requires authorization by Site Command.\nDescription: SCP-2406 is a mechanical automaton, 93 meters in height and weighing approximately 210 tonnes. Research indicates that SCP-2406 was not sentient and required at least six operators to properly function. It is hypothesized that SCP-2406 was piloted via 160 different valves and levers within its interior. Limbs were controlled through the application of pneumatics, hydraulics, and clockwork, and powered by a nuclear reactor located within the torso.\nSCP-2406 was discovered on August 7, 1985 in the Aralkum desert, formerly the eastern basin of the Aral Sea1, during an effort to track the unusually high levels of radiation in the water. Initially contained by GRU Division \"P\", SCP-2406 would be transferred into Foundation custody following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Despite the location of its recovery, SCP-2406 is believed to have been built somewhere in the Aegean Sea.\nMost of SCP-2406 is composed of an alloy consisting of 75-80 percent copper, 15-20 percent zinc, and smaller percentages of nickel, lead and iron; the admixture responsible for its bronze appearance. Inscribed upon the posterior of the exterior torso is the Aegean numeral for 9, suggesting that SCP-2406 may not be an entirely unique construction. However, as of to date, it remains the only of its kind known to the Foundation. The anterior of the exterior torso is engraved with a stylized hammer and anvil.\nThe right arm was equipped with a nozzle attached to a 20,800 liter tank. Although the tank was discovered empty, chemical testing revealed pine resin, naphtha, quicklime, calcium phosphide, and sulfur within its interior.2 The left arm appears to have been torn from SCP-2406 and was not initially recovered with SCP-2406. See addendum for details.\nHuman skeletal remains, six in number, have been removed from the interior of SCP-2406 with radiocarbon dating placing their deaths at cal 1200\u20131000 BCE (1\u03c3). All were found to be attired in armor that, while roughly Mycenaean in design, is composed of material never used in ancient warfare - a lead and copper alloy with an inner lining composed of asbestos fabric. The helmet would have completely covered the head with a green, tinted glass visor over the face. Tubes, constructed from goat intestines, fed outside air directly into the mouths of the pilots. Valve #136 would have caused a momentary release of water into these tubes, allowing those within to remain hydrated while operating SCP-2406. A similar system of tubes attached at the crotch and were presumably used in the expulsion of urine.\nSCP-2406 is currently disabled (but could hypothetically be repaired) and displays extensive evidence of combat related damage. The head, torso, and left leg were discovered impaled by organic spines. These spines appear superficially chitinous and, despite showing strong structural similarities to coral, contain human DNA. It is believed that these objects functioned as projectiles, employed by an unidentified anomalous organism. Indentations around the torso are suggestive of constriction by a large, flexible and prehensile appendage. Originally thought to be caused by natural corrosion, SCP-2406's outer layer was damaged by a strong acidic substance likely associated with the previously noted unidentified anomalous organism.\nPhysical evidence suggests that the reactor core melted through the posterior torso, penetrating the earth and continues to burn at more than 1200 \u00b0C. It is estimated to be presently located at approximately 820 meters beneath the surface. The reactor, when intact, has been hypothesized to have functioned in a manner similar to natural nuclear fission reactors3, deviating significantly from modern designs. It is possible that the creators of SCP-2406 were aware of such phenomena and attempted to mimic the process.\nSeveral scrolls were recovered from a watertight cylinder within SCP-2406. Most appear to be of a religious nature and associated with the Followers of Mekhane - the historical precursor to the modern Church of the Broken God. The scrolls are written in a unique script derived from Mycenaean Greek. It required 10 years of research for Foundation linguists to decipher this system of writing.4 These documents included a variation of The Book of Pieces, Chapter 12.\n\n + SCROLL I\n\n ACCESS GRANTED\n\nThe Colossi were constructed in Her Schema.\nThe Colossi were constructed to [defend/secure/contain?].\nThe Enemy: Grand Karcist Ion. Betrayer of Man. Destroyer of Progress. Sorcerer King of Adytum.\nA desolate domain, a failed and fallen creation, built with the [bodies/flesh] of dead gods.\nUpon a throne of black ambition, the Enemy plots. The Enemy is not a priest. They are a merchant. And they have sold the [world/whole/totality].\n\nThe Colossi were constructed in Her Schema.\nThe Colossi were constructed to [defend/secure/contain?].\nThe Profane Tools must be [broken/\"uncreated\"].\nDrink deep the silver blood of MEKHANE.\nMay Her sacrifice not [be in vain?].\n\n + SCROLL II\n\n ACCESS GRANTED\n\nThis is the final testament of Matriarch Eupraxia, Legates-Faithful, Servant of MEKHANE.\nI am not a warrior.\nBut all warriors are dead. Breaking themselves upon the Enemy's host.\nThe Enemy has set their plan into motion. The Sorcerer King surrounds himself with corpses. To fight, is to [grow/increase in number] his legions.\nEgypt retreats from [the world/us/contact with us].\nThe Hittites have fallen into [chaos/strife].\nThe Conspirators of [Crete]5 have sacrificed their own.\nThe Aegean6 has fallen into barbarism.\n[The city of a thousand pillars]7 is forever lost. Has always been lost.\nEven the Daeva grow desperate with the enemy at their border.\nThe center collapses - kingdoms crumble. The damage is done.\nThe light of reason [flickers/wanes].\nBut MEKHANE sacrificed herself so that we might be free.\nWe refuse to return to that darkness. We would rather die.\nBut the siege at Gyaros was won. We must strike while the metal is hot.\nAnd thus, we march for Kythera - at the end of all things.\nWe have crossed the wine-dark sea.\nWe have seen villages ravaged by the Red Death. We have seen the dead, the dying, and the deathless. We cast the accursed to holy flame.\nWe enter his desolate domain.\nAnd in our left hand, we carry our ANSWER.\nWe cannot undo what has been done - but we can delay the Sarkic Dawn.\n\nAddendum: On December 12, 1998, the left arm of SCP-2406 was uncovered 32 km from its body. Evidence of impact suggest the object had been hurled to its location shortly after being severed from SCP-2406's torso. The arm is equipped with what has since been hypothesized to be a weapon of non-terrestrial origins and anomalous manufacture, design, and capabilities. Due to its singular nature when compared to the rest of SCP-2406, this weapon has been separately classified as SCP-2406-1.\nThe actual purpose of SCP-2406-1 is unknown, the apparatus so foreign as to render it beyond current Foundation knowledge. SCP-2406-1, possibly due to damage, warps spacetime in its vicinity. Kant counters have registered the object at a difference of 30 humes in relation to its surrounding environment. Despite this, there has been no observable effect on reality.\nIt has been hypothesized that the use of SCP-2406-1 would cause considerable damage to local reality. It remains unknown if SCP-2406-1 was ever used prior to the destruction of SCP-2406. Personnel are not to attempt activation of SCP-2406-1 unless authorized by Site Command.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Formerly one of the largest lakes in the world with an area of 68,000 km2, it has been steadily shrinking since the 1960s after the rivers that fed it were diverted by Soviet irrigation projects.\n2. Speculated to be the ingredients for Greek fire, an incendiary weapon originally thought to have been first used ca. 672.\n3. A natural nuclear fission reactor is a uranium deposit where self-sustaining nuclear chain reactions have occurred.\n4. \"An incidental outcome but this may lead to a translation of Linear A.\" - Dr. Judith Low\n5. \"I am almost positive this word references Crete; possibly the Minoans in a broader sense.\" - Dr. Judith Low\n6. \"I believe this is meant to reference all Greek states at the time.\" - Dr. Judith Low\n7. \"Do they mean Iram? That can't be possible though. There is no evidence for the existence of Iram of the Pillars nor is it referenced until at least the 7th century CE.\" - Judith Low\n\n\u00ab SCP-2405 | SCP-2406 | SCP-2407 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2407\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Industrialized countries should be monitored for SCP-2407 through groups such as the International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation; national and local mental health organizations; professional organizers; and self-help groups. Suspected instances of SCP-2407 should be reported to the Memetic Studies Department for analysis.\nThese occurrences of SCP-2407 should be observed and monitored carefully for no fewer than two weeks before formal containment to verify level of infection, determine the remaining capacities of the victim, and assess\u2014if possible\u2014the precise method by which SCP-2407 is communicated to its victims. Local broadcast stations should be monitored for possible secondary affection of technicians, and to track possible sources of the SCP-2407 effect.\nInfected subjects of SCP-2407 should be approached by agents posing as home inspectors, cable repairmen, delivery men, or another unspecified service to initiate assessment of the full scope of infection. Following initial assessment, the subject should be removed from the premises, which must then be monitored via Class-D personnel. In the event that inserted Class-D subjects become infected, they are to be given Class-A amnestics and reassigned. Premises must be leveled and reallocated following subsequent study.\nInfected subjects should be administered Class-A amnestics and routine retraining, then relocated to a pre-approved site. Monitoring should continue until it is verified that SCP-2407 no longer poses a threat to that subject.\nAll data regarding SCP-2407 is to be studied by the research/tracking division of Mobile Task Force Psi-7 in order to determine the origin of the anomaly.\nDescription: SCP-2407 is a cognitohazardous effect of unknown origin which causes humans to become helpless. The vector of infection for SCP-2407 is unknown, as is the amount of time SCP-2407 has existed and how many subjects it has affected. SCP-2407 is known to occur in all areas with regular television broadcasts.\nSubjects affected by SCP-2407 slowly lose any ability to perform basic tasks. Initially, subjects will display \"clumsiness\". Over time, subjects will be rendered unable to do things such as prepare food, operate machinery, or clean themselves. Testing has shown that there is nothing physical preventing them from performing these tasks, and brain activity appears normal. The subjects appear to choose not to do them correctly.\nThe purchase and usage of products advertised in infomercial and \"seen-on-TV\" style adverts appear to alleviate SCP-2407's effect temporarily. In addition, speech therapy can allow the subjects to continue communicating after they are otherwise unable to move or act under their own power. Eventually, all subjects will be rendered effectively vegetative. Application of Class-A amnestics has been shown to have some success for reversing SCP-2407's effect.\nSCP-2407 was initially discovered after keywords in reports of a 'hoarding' case caused the Foundation to investigate. During initial recovery, Agent Albert Montoya entered the premises to assess damage under the guise of an \"Organization Counselor.\" Agent Montoya helped the subject for two hours, at which point, when preparing to leave, they note that the subject's \"Instant Potato Peeler\" seems to be highly useful and functional. This was noted, and Agent Montoya was later observed to purchase one upon his return to Site-77. Agent Montoya was later confirmed for infection after being unable to demonstrate how to peel a potato without the use of the 'seen-on-tv' peeler.\nSCP-2407 Selected Incidents\n\nLocation: Boston, MA, USA\nAffliction Level: Subject was unable to utilize furniture, and their basic motion was severely disoriented. Had been affected by SCP-2407 for an estimated six weeks.\nProducts Located: Furniture Fix, Miracle Copper Sox, Forever Comfy Cushion\nActions Taken: Subject issued Class-A amnestics.\n\nLocation: Columbus, OH, USA\nAffliction Level: Subjects had been affected for approximately two months. All drawers, cabinets, and other containers were found to be completely empty, and the subjects possessions were found throughout the home. Two subjects were found to be deceased, one having been crushed by a pile of trash, the other having been suffocated under a pile of clothing. None of the other subjects living in the home had attempted to exit or contact others to remove the bodies, which were located in a state of severe decay.\nProducts Located: GripEz, Catch Caddy Car Organizer, Miracle Copper Sox\nActions Taken: Subjects were issued Class A amnestics. Bodies were incinerated.\n\nLocation: Columbus, OH, USA\nAffliction Level: The home was discovered next door to the previous case. Subject was determined to have hoarded garbage in their home for several years. Foundation personnel intervened and searched the home and other surrounding homes for vectors of infection.\nProducts Located: None.\nActions Taken: Homeowner was determined to be suffering from non-anomalous mental disorder, and the case was forwarded to local medical authorities.\n\nLocation: Sunrise, FL, USA\nAffliction Level: Subject had been unable to leave their house or wash dishes, but had been able to prepare food and purchase new silverware for several months after that. Several hundred garbage-encrusted plates were located at the scene.\nProducts Located: Miracle Copper Sox, ShamWow!, HD Vision, Copper Hands gloves.\nActions Taken: Home was isolated, razed, and reconstructed. Subject was issued Class-A amnestics.\n\nLocation: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada\nAffliction Level: The residence was discovered abandoned, and the homeowner's current status is unknown. In addition, several hundred fresh and rotting fish and other meats were discovered in the freezer.\nProducts Located: Ronco branded knives (heavily used), missing the filet knife.\nActions Taken: Home was razed under cover of asbestos removal.\n\nAddendum: Interview 2407-DDF\n\nInterviewed: Subject 45-S, affected by SCP-2407 for an estimated 2 months.\nInterviewer: Dr. Boyd\nForeword: Subject was unable to dress themselves, operate machinery, and struggled with basic movement skills.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Boyd: How are you feeling? Comfortable?\nSubject 45-S: I'm okay\u2026\nDr. Boyd: Then we can begin the interview.\nSubject 45-S: Actually, can you do one thing?\nDr. Boyd: Certainly.\nSubject 45-S: Can you fix my shirt? It's, uh, uncomfortable?\nLevel 1 personnel enter the containment chamber and adjust the subject's shirt.\nDr. Boyd: Is that better?\nSubject 45-S: Yeah. Thanks.\nDr. Boyd: So, when did you notice changes in your behavior?\nSubject 45-S: It was\u2026 about five months ago. I was making myself a cheese steak. I'd gotten it made, and then I dropped it. So, I clean up. I make another one. I drop that one too. After that, things got real bad.\nDr. Boyd: What happened next?\nSubject 45-S: I went to this doctor, and he said I was fine. I went to other doctors, and they said I was fine. I made a schedule to see a shrink, and that was the day that I\u2026 um\u2026 I went outside, and I couldn't get into my car. I couldn't figure out how.\nDr. Boyd: You didn't tell anyone what was going on?\nSubject 45-S: No. I just went inside, tried to settle down. I watched a lot of TV. Grandma left me the house, and I had some money put back, so I knew I'd be fine for a while. I guess I just felt like, uh until I could\u2026 I felt like I needed to sort myself out.\nDr. Boyd: That was when you started using the infomercial products?\nSubject 45-S: Yeah. They actually helped, for a bit. I had stuff like\u2026 I had a shamwow, instead of paper towels. I didn't 'get' paper towels anymore. They were confusing. The shammy rag, I could get it.\nDr. Boyd: How long did it work?\nSubject 45-S: It worked really well. For about a week. I stopped watching TV, I was doing better, but then I forgot how to use the shammy. I saw the ad again, then I remembered, thank god. So I just kept watching. I left the TV on all the time, and I waited. For anything that would help. I just need something better.\nDr. Boyd: Did you find anything?\nSubject 45-S: Well, there was one thing.\n<Interview Terminated to Avoid Possible Transmission>\nClosing Note: Dr. Boyd monitored for [REDACTED] Usage for Three Weeks.\n\nLevel 3 Clearance Required\n\nAccess Granted\n\nIncident 2407-SS: On 09/18/2011, Foundation agents located a warehouse apparently used for shipping SCP-2407-affected products and producing SCP-2407 related advertisements. Inside this building, there were approximately 10,000 different 'seen-on-tv' devices, as well as a sound stage and facilities capable of supporting up to 200 individuals living full-time on the site.\nSeveral Class-A and Class-C amnestic devices were also recovered, along with extensive documentation as to how to manufacture, utilize, and engineer them. As this represented an alarming security breach, all records on the site were seized and the recovered amnestics destroyed.\nRecovered documentation from the site indicated that the SCP Foundation had authorized the funding, creation, and development of the facility as part of SCP-2407's containment. Initially, it was believed that this represented an intelligence leak. However, no evidence suggested that any group other than the Foundation itself had been involved. Other than the records at the scene, no internal Foundation documents correspond to the discovered site.\nTwo weeks after the finalization of Incident 2407-SS, an outbreak of SCP-2407 affliction occurred in Dallas, TX. Agents were able to trace the outbreaks source to a functionally identical warehouse, containing sixty-six amnestic devices and documentation indicating it had been set up at approximately the same time as the building discovered during the initial incident. Due to the duplicate records it is unclear which was constructed first.\nReclassification of SCP-2407 to Keter is under consideration.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2406 | SCP-2407 | SCP-2408 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2408\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The Foundation is to infiltrate and control law enforcement agencies in areas where GoI-0432 activity is suspected. Information regarding the anomalous activities of GoI-0432 is to be suppressed. MTF Psi-13 (\"Witch Hunters\") has been tasked with the search for and elimination of GoI-0432 members (SCP-2408-1). In the event that a member is captured alive, they are to be thoroughly interrogated (using any means deemed necessary) prior to termination; the bodies autopsied and disposed of per hazardous waste protocols.\nMobile Task Force Psi-9 (\"Abyss Gazers\") is to provide security to researchers at SCP-2408-3. Individuals attempting to gain access to SCP-2408-3 are to be terminated on sight. Patrols are to search for potential access points, which must be securely sealed when discovered.\nArmed Reliquary and Biological Containment Area-06 has been constructed beneath Moscow in order to contain and study SCP-2408-3.\nDescription: SCP-2408 designates several anomalies associated with GoI-0432 (\"The Hunter's Black Lodge\"), an anomalous criminal organization and Sarkic cult primarily active in the post-Soviet states. SCP-2408-1 are genetically normal humans capable of undergoing gross physical transfiguration. Known changes include:\n\nMass increase by multiples of 2, sometimes 3 (primarily muscle).\nIncreased bone density.\nAn increase of testosterone production (with levels approximately 6 times as great as in baseline adult males).\nAn increase of adrenaline production (with levels approximately 4 times as great as in baseline adult males).\nEnlargement of organs in proportion to increased mass with the exception of the testes and adrenal glands, which increase in size well beyond what would be proportional, and the brain, which does not appear to change in size.\nThe manifestation of various non-human physicalities (e.g. lupine, hircine, porcine, ursine, cervine, and octopine features have all been recorded).\nAn ability to shift between bipedal and quadrupedal movement.\nAmplified senses (seeing, hearing, tasting/smelling things outside of human sensory limitations).\nAmplified strength, speed, and regenerative ability.\n\nUnlike Proteus-Cronenberg syndrome, SCP-2408-1 instances are able to reverse these changes while maintaining cellular stability. It remains unknown whether or not these transformations can be maintained indefinitely. Complete transmogrification can be achieved within 10-30 seconds.\nSCP-2408 was discovered during OPERATION FALKENRATH.\nOPERATION FALKENRATH involved the infiltration of GoI-0432. Known as \"The Hunter's Black Lodge\" (or simply the \"Black Lodge\"), GoI-0432 has been linked to extortion, murder, robbery, gambling, prostitution, human trafficking, drug trafficking, weapons trafficking, and underground fighting rings. While these activities are not inherently anomalous, the anomalous capabilities of GoI-0432 has had an aberrant effect on their practice. These anomalies include:\n\nThe trafficking and distribution of anomalous pharmaceutical agents, primarily in the form of the anabolic-androgenic steroid \"\u0413\u043d\u0435\u0432\"1. The intravenous injection of \u0413\u043d\u0435\u0432 triggers anomalous levels of muscle and bone growth. Continued and/or excessive use will result in Proteus-Cronenberg syndrome and/or death. Analysis suggests that this substance is harvested from the adrenal gland of an unidentified species of animal and has thus been classified as SCP-2408-2A.\nThe trafficking and distribution of \"\u041f\u043e\u0445\u043e\u0442\u044c\"2, a potent narcotic and increasingly prevalent3 \"club drug\". Normally sold in small, glass vials, it is administered to the body through insufflation into the sinus cavities (injection has been found to be universally fatal). Substance triggers various sensory hallucinations, increased heart palpitations, increased sexual arousal, and feelings of euphoria; studies have shown the substance to be more addictive than heroin. These effects are non-anomalous (the substance likely created with profit in mind) but the substance itself appears to be derived from the spinal fluid of an unidentified species and has thus been classified as SCP-2408-2B.\nThe trafficking and distribution of biological agents, including pathogens and toxins deemed anomalous by the Foundation. The creation and distribution of \"\u041a\u0440\u0430\u0441\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0421\u043c\u0435\u0440\u0442\u044c\"4 represents an exceptionally high level threat. Already classified as SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588, information regarding the \"Red Death\" is presently only available on a need-to-know basis.\nVictims of GoI-0432 have been discovered impaled by large organic spines5 or completely torn apart. Cadavers display injuries suggestive of attacks by several different animals such as bloody hoofprints, wounds consistent with goring by a horned or tusked animal, and teeth-marks indicative of a large, lupine organism.\n\nThe Foundation became aware of GoI-0432 in wake of the USSR's dissolution, when many anomalies and documents relating to anomalies were transferred to Foundation control by GRU Division \"P\". The existence of GoI-0432 would be further corroborated by former members of GRU Division \"P\". It appears that they were unable to fully contain or neutralize the threat presented by GoI-0432 and its associated anomalies, with one source describing the apparent destruction of the organization on several occasions - only for it to reappear months later, seemingly strengthened.\n\n+ Document: GRU DIVISION \"P\", DEPARTMENT V - GSI \"BLACK LODGE\" \n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nGSI \"BLACK LODGE\"                     DIVISION \"P\" DEPARTMENT V\nAPPROVED 12.III.1959 PRINTOUT NR: 3\nSIGNED ..................                     S\nDEPARTMENT HEAD V-P-9-GRU                 D.NR: 20-III-1959\nRESPONSIBLE PERSONNEL: Ivan P. Krupin\nDETAIL: GSI \"BLACK LODGE\" designates a criminal organization which has augmented its illegal and deviant activity through anomalous means. GSI \"BLACK LODGE\" currently operates throughout the USSR but is suspected to be headquartered in Moscow at a location referred to by the criminal class as the \"Old Altar\". Information about this location has been primarily gathered from Rites survivor Samuil T. Ankudinov, executed for criminal involvement once survival was deemed no longer necessary.\n\nINTERVIEW LOG DIVISION \"P\" DEPARTMENT V\n07.III.1959 D.NR: 12.III.1959\nATTACHED TO DOCUMENT 12-III-1959\nAttached is the transcript of interview of Samuil T. Ankudinov, a former \"BLACK LODGE\" recruit and survivor of the Rites. Interviewer is \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588. K\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Due to the loss of subject's mandible, he is only able to respond via writing. Subject has little to no knowledge with regards to specific anomalies and appears to have suffered great psychological trauma from his experience. Subject was recovered by workers from the sewage systems of Moscow's Arbat District.\n\nK: Where is the Altar?\nSTA: \"I DON'T KNOW. BELOW? I COULD NOT SEE. BLINDFOLDED.\"\nK: What did you encounter within? Tell me everything you perceived.\nSTA: \"OLD TEMPLE. HEATHEN. BLACK STONE. BLOOD. MEAT. THE CHANTING. THE DRUMMING.\"\nK: What were you forced to do?\nSTA: \"FIGHT OR DIE. NO CHOICE. FOR OROK. FOR THE GLORY OF THE HUNT. I WAS WEAK. PATHETIC. WORTHLESS.\"\nK: How did you escape?\nSTA: AMONG THE DEAD. BLOOD FED GRATES. CRAWLED AWAY. BLOOD AND MEAT AND BONES. DEEPER. ALL WAS BLACK. DESERVED. NOT STRONG ENOUGH. SHOULD HAVE BEEN CULLED WITH HONOR.\n\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 of MTF Psi-13 (\"Witch Hunters\") was officially tasked with the infiltration of GoI-0432 on 04/11/1994 as part of OPERATION FALKENRATH. MTF Psi-13 is a highly classified joint Foundation/GOC task force created as part of Project: Sitra Achra. MTF Psi-13 is designed for the infiltration of Sarkic6 organizations and the termination of high threat members.\nAs part of Project: Sitra Achra, MTF Psi-13 operatives are trained in Counter Occult Stratagems (COS) and the use of corrosive/incendiary armaments; each agent equipped with a SIG Sauer P226 modified for the use of incendiary and corrosive ammunition.\nUnder the alias \"Dominik Myshkin\", Agent S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 operated in Moscow as a contract killer in order to develop a criminal reputation and ultimately gain the attention of GoI-0432. On 01/20/1995, Agent S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was contacted by members of GoI-0432 and instructed to visit \u041a\u0440\u0430\u0441\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0444\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0440\u0438.\n\u041a\u0440\u0430\u0441\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0444\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0440\u0438 (\"Red Lanterns\") is a popular nightclub/adult entertainment establishment located in the Golyanovo District. Employed as a Black Lodge front, it is suspected of being involved in forced prostitution, human trafficking, and the distribution of illegal (frequently anomalous) narcotics. It is believed that local law enforcement has not intervened due to corruption and intimidation by GoI-0432.\nAgent S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was not equipped with a recording device due to the delicate nature of the mission. Instead, information was transferred to the Foundation via dead drop7. Agent S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 entered the nightclub at 2100, 01/25/1995, equipped with a SIG Sauer P226. He is observed being approached by a bouncer, which Agent S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 proceeds to follow after a short conversation. An agent inside the nightclub reports seeing S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 being escorted to an upstairs VIP suite overlooking the main floor. Agent S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 does not exit the nightclub until 0800, 01/29/1995. A message would later be delivered to the dead drop site at approximately 2100.\n\n+ Missive 01/29/1995\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nI apologize for the delay. I'll start from the beginning.\nI was brought upstairs and over to a circular table where six men and one elderly woman were seated; Otari \"Zver'\" Iosava, leader of GoI-0432, sat at the far end, facing an empty chair. He told me to sit and I obliged. Had a menacing air to him; muscular, never smiled or removed his sunglasses. I suspect the others were higher ups but they kept silent for the most part.\nHe dove right in - skipped the pleasantries. Said it was nice to see someone who didn't mind doing a bit of wetwork8. \"New blood willing to spill blood\" I remember him remarking.\nIosava said he was aware that I had no brothers9. That it was rare, and dangerous, to work solo in Moscow. Informed him that I had received a few offers but told those \"cock sucking bitches\" that they weren't worth my time.\nParaphrasing his response: \"Think you're tough? You speak brave words but maybe you're just another stupid cunt whose luck's about to run out.\"\nHe was hard to read. His tone and body language was firm but hardly aggressive. Told him those gangs were weak. I responded: \"Why try my luck with the lowest cards in the deck?\"\nThe elderly woman leaned to Iosava and whispered in his ear. She was noticeably pale and covered with unusual tattoos - abnormal for a Russian woman her age. Made me feel a lot more uneasy than those thugs.\nHe said: \"Your blood's wrong, K\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043010 (word stuck out to me; hard to explain; look it up) but you've got balls. I'll give you one chance to prove yourself. There's going to be a little initiation, a nice way to cull the pussies.\" Again, paraphrasing.\nHe snapped his fingers and said: \"For now, we drink and be merry.\"\nA waitress delivered a bottle of vodka and several glasses. As per tradition, we poured our own shots. Iosava raised a glass, I returned the favor, and we drank.\nAnd in a blink I find myself tied up and naked on the cold floor; a hood over my head and a proper ball gag in my mouth (not so weird, Red Lanterns has a kind of BDSM theme going on). I had figured pouring my own drink would have avoided this exact sort of situation. Maybe the bottom of the glass had a layer of some kind of tranquilizer. Hard to say. Doesn't matter. It all gets a lot weirder.\nEventually they came for me and carted me off. Was pointless to fight it. This went on for maybe an hour or two. I remember hearing the sound of old pipes and flowing water. The air was chill and damp. There was a scent of rust and stagnant water followed by an earthy aroma.\nThere were voices. And not all were speaking Russian. \"Szidaas nin\", \"vartaas x dask\" or something like that; gibberish to me but I'm certain it was Sarkic speak.\nThey chained me by the neck to what I would later find to be a pillar or some kind of support beam. They untied the rope from my wrists and ankles, pulled off my hood, and removed the gag.\nI was in a dimly lit area resembling an amphitheater; appeared fairly ancient. There were four other men in similar circumstances to my own, chained by the neck to a pillar. There was also a large crowd, possibly in the hundreds, observing from higher ground. Some wore red and white robes; others were dressed in plain clothes or business attire. I felt a prick at the base of my neck and everything after was a blur.\nI heard chanting. I remember skulls cracked, eyes gouged, and the feel of flesh between my teeth.\nThen celebration; Drugs, food, women, and flashes of violence - not necessarily in that order. The memories are confused; just vague and disjointed images. I apologize for the lack of details.\nI awoke in my apartment with my skin still caked in blood. Received a tattoo, don't remember that at all and took me by surprise - resembles a black cyclops skull with horns and tusks. Guess they've accepted me as one of their own. I'll be sure to step out shirtless a few times. Have the surveillance ops snap a few photographs - see if it means anything.\n\nArtist's rendition of Agent S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's tattoo.\n\nThe Foundation would henceforth receive biweekly mission reports from Agent S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\n+ Missive 02/04/1995\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nPossible GoI-0432 front:\nul. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 94\nGELENDZHIK\nKrasnodarskij kraj\n353465\nRUSSIAN FEDERATION\nFirst job was gunrunning. More damning evidence against Abraxas Arms11. Not a lot to report beyond that.\nIn a lot of ways, the Black Lodge is like any other Bratva. They're thugs, plain and simple, and mostly driven by greed. They're also nastier, which speaks volumes; you can't get much lower than the Bratva - they discarded any trace of honor they had left in Siberia.\nThe Great Mothers12 are certainly something you don't see in the world of organized crime. The \u0431\u043e\u0435\u0432\u0438\u043a13 call them hags, crones, witches, and the like (though not to their faces). The Sarkic influence is clear with them. Twelve in number, they refer to each other as \"sisters\" - priestesses or some such. All wear the same outfits - a black sarafan14, a stained leather apron, and a red and white shawl covering the shoulders and hair. Always bare footed. A lot of ink work too. They aren't karcists15 but they still wield a great deal of clout over the Black Lodge.\n\n+ Missive 03/10/1995\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\n\"Criminal underground\" has a literal meaning for the Black Lodge. There's another world beneath Moscow. Abandoned soviet bunkers. The Metro-2. Forgotten crypts. But it runs so much deeper than we knew. There's something downright ancient below. Suffice it to say, I think Moscow was built atop a Sarkic temple.\nThere's a dungeon. Rusted torture equipment. Pre-revolution. Maybe a relic of the Time of Troubles. Regardless, it looks like the Sarkicites are continuing the tradition. It's not nearly as deep and ancient as that wretched temple. Might be worth researching what buildings used to exist in the general location during the 17th century.16\nI don't know much about these places yet. Information seems to be on a \"need to know\" basis. But I think I've found a weak link in their chain - one of the Great Mothers; let's call her \"Five\".\nFive shows signs of senility; she's gentle, friendly, and more importantly naive. I've been able to glean some fairly significant intelligence from her (but can't say how much truth there is to any of it).\nAccording to her, the Black Lodge is something both new and old. Like the other Bratva, it began in the gulags of Siberia - during \u0421\u0443\u0447\u044c\u0438 \u0432\u043e\u0439\u043d\u044b17. Avgust Iosava, father of Otari, appears to have been responsible for the Black Lodge's resurrection in '51. Something he encountered in the Siberian wilderness after leading a successful prison break. And that's when the witches sought him out. Guided him. Showed him \"what he had forgotten\" - I asked what she meant by that but her mind wandered elsewhere.\nShe seemed happy to have someone listen to her; a chance to feel nostalgic about the old ways. She told me to take this \"secret\" and handed me several old and frayed documents; scriptures but not the originals, notes she must have transcribed from their primary sources. Fragmented but something I think the researchers would like to see. Going to write this all down.\nFive also told me about Moscow's lost history. In another time, it was known by a different name - \"Orok's Fall\"; a Sarkic settlement - and where the Saint of War sacrificed himself, \"for the blood of gods and tyrants\". Never cared for this city. Guess there was always something sinister here.\nAs she described the ancient city, her terminology was unusually anatomical in nature. Referring to different locations as the \"heart\", \"lungs\", and \"skull\" of Orok's Fall.\n\n+ Missive 04/18/1995\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nI am making a special request to have my name, as well as what I've done (you'll know it soon enough), removed from the final report. If I successfully complete my mission and come out of this alive then I request the immediate application of amnestics.18\nMost of my targets have been degenerates and criminals. Potential rivals and the like. But this was different. And Otari, that sick fuck, wanted us leave a different kind of message. There are other Sarkic cultists in Moscow; non-Black Lodge. I'm talking oligarchs. Government officials. One of them sent word that someone in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a man named \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, wanted to crack down on the Black Lodge and was searching for allies among the few straight players left in this city.\nTarget the family. A wife, a daughter. Don't kill them. Make an example. The sort of scars that'll never heal.\n<DATA EXPUNGED>\n\n+ Missive 04/22/1995\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nSpoke with Five again, still trying to clear my head of what happened. She's not like the others and I'm beginning to question just how senile she really is. When she speaks of me, and her faith, there is a tone of regret.\nI asked her more about Sarkicism (don't worry, I didn't say the \"S-word\")19. And, when she tells me about Ion, I feel like a child again - listening to my baboushka talk about Jesus and the old prophets. Whimsical, and like her, skipping over the parts that involve glorified torture and murder.\nI'm no researcher, historian or theologian or whatever. But I think these cults, this \"Sarkicism\" didn't begin this way (but I suppose that goes for most religions). Five talks about honor, friendship, virtue, and liberation. The gentle reindeer folk of Adi-um against the evil Daeva. She's old, but I take it the faith changed long before her; maybe she has begun to interpret the texts differently. Maybe she's wrong, seeing good under layers of madness and atrocity.\nI can relate. It's always the same. Another failed revolution. Regardless, I suspect Five is an aberration. Perhaps that is the reason she's confided in me. The others talk about the Great Mothers, say they can see things. At times I wonder if she knows who I really am.\nAnd then my training tells me to eliminate her. I think I'll ignore that training for now. Besides, no point taking out a source like her. Not yet at least.\nP.S. The arena. It isn't just for initiation. Blood sport disguised as ritual; or maybe ritual disguised as blood sport. Six enter; only one comes out. A lot of folks willing to pay to see and bet on it. Many wear the skulls of beast and the clean suits of billionaires. Five's not a fan; it's like listening to people complain about the commercialization of Christmas. I know the Black Lodge has been classified as Neo-Sarkic but the Great Mothers are pretty clearly Proto-Sarkic - they're traditional, celebrate the high holidays, and still think in terms of some greater good. The rest only care about how to make themselves stronger, wealthier, etc. Otari has an animal cunning to him but he is hardly an intellectual - nor does he appear to be a karcist (or at least, the term hasn't been thrown around at all).\n\n+ Missive 05/01/1995\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nThey've got me working the \"dungeon\" (but they don't literally call it that). As I said before, I'm certain this place was in use well before the revolution. I wonder if the Czars knew how many they more or less sacrificed atop an altar. Maybe they did. It wouldn't surprise. Sarkicism is a disease and has more carriers than we ever imagined.\nThey actually call it the \"basement's basement\"; somehow creepier than \"dungeon\".\nTorture. Information gathering. Not that it is ever reliable. Examples are made; one last warning not to cross the Black Lodge. Organ harvesting too (you'd think these Sarkic types would have them growing from trees). Sometimes it is just to satisfy Otari's sadism.\nThere's one cell that's different. Asked a boevik about it. Said he didn't know and that he didn't need to know, so neither did I.\nA heavy door, different from the rusted bars of every other cell, built with a small slit to peer through and another for food. Inside I saw a man, or what was left of him; his face, at least the eyes and nose, were gone - the whole area carved out and now just a gaping hole. It reminded me of a cyclops, like the hole was gazing back at me. Kind of like that tattoo, so they may be related.\nHe was sitting on the floor, nude and cross-legged; a muscular body covered in tattoos, scars, and dried blood. Chain-linked hooks held his body in place, so he couldn't move even if he wanted to. I honestly thought he was dead at first but I could hear his heavy breathing and see the slow expansion and reduction of his chest.\nI've no idea what to make of him.\n\n+ Missive 05/06/1995\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nFive let me in on a little secret. Otari has a brother by the name of Mikhail. Same father; different mother. And he's that half-dead thing in the cell.\nApparently Otari and Mikhail have somewhat of a rivalry, but that isn't why Mikhail's been imprisoned and defaced; Five was vehement about that. It seems that Mikhail volunteered for some sort of ritual.\nThings are getting pretty fucked up here. Not sure if it's the drugs or not. I'll leave a vial20 with this report. I'm seeing things. The angles in the club, and everything below, are wrong. The architecture gives me a headache if I stare at it too long. Yesterday I woke in a bathroom stall with a half-eaten woman.\nThe whores at Red Lanterns - they look human one moment then the next, well, I know 'monster' isn't really appropriate in this line of work but not sure how else to describe them. They stare at me with feral, hungry eyes. Five once called the them Rusalki21; I thought she was just being figurative but now I'm not so sure. They slither off into the backrooms with fresh meat tailing behind; they'll be back an hour later, looking satisfied - but the men that go in don't ever come out.\nAnd when I watch the pit fights. There are things in the audience that aren't entirely human. There are sounds I can't explain; like a heartbeat, sometimes roars - something from deep below, where all the blood and corpses go.\n\nAgent S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was declared MIA on 05/28/1995.\nOn 06/04/1995, after much deliberation, raids were conducted against multiple Black Lodge sites, including the Red Lanterns nightclub. During the assault, SCP-2408-1 were directly observed undergoing transfiguration. Despite their aggression and anomalously augmented combat prowess, the SCP-2408-1 threat was thoroughly neutralized through the use of incendiary armaments (with the Foundation unexpectedly suffering only minor casualties). As operations continued, it grew readily apparent that the Black Lodge had provided minimal manpower - a mere fraction of its total population in the region.\nThe mission would result in the discovery of SCP-2408-3.\nSCP-2408-3 is a megalithic temple complex located within a large cavern deep beneath the city of Moscow. Approximately 3000 years old, it is the oldest standing structure in Russia and is the type site of the Sarkic culture group. SCP-2408-3's composition comes in two forms: inorganic and organic. Its inorganic portion encompasses the exterior and is constructed from stacked megaliths of gabbro (commonly known as \"black granite\"). Its anomalous organic portion fills the interior and is composed of bone, muscle, and viscera.\nFound among the 'grounds' of the complex was a gladiatorial arena and a large altar. From the cavern ceiling dangled the remains of twelve elderly women - apparently disemboweled and hanged via their own intestines. Iron grates on the floor are similar to those found in meat processing plants and are likely designed to capture blood and general viscera.\n\n+ Access Restricted to Level 4 or Authorized Sitra Achra Personnel\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nSCP-2408-4 is a humanoid organism located directly beneath SCP-2408-3, horizontally positioned with its arms and legs outwardly extended. Entity is apparently disabled/immobile and likely brain dead. Genetically human (albeit one with many normally dormant genes being expressed), SCP-2408-4 displays many features that do not naturally occur among humans (save for certain genetic and almost universally fatal deformities) - these include:\n\nA single eye located at the center of the face.\nFlat nasal slit rather than a protruding nose.\nTusks, horns, and various other corneous protrusions.\nThree rows of sharpened teeth; enlarged (relative to its size) and heavily muscled jaws.\nPartial exoskeleton in coincidence with an endoskeleton; both skeletons being anomalously strong with a tensile strength comparable to carbyne.\n\nSCP-2408-4's most notable anomaly is its size, with an estimated standing height of 300 metres and a weight of 70,000-72,000 tonnes; far larger than what should be physically possible for a terrestrial animal. Based upon the unusual length of its arms (relative to the rest of its body), SCP-2408-4 likely moved with a gait not dissimilar from that of a gorilla. Further DNA analysis resulted in the discovery of certain inconsistencies which has resulted in the hypothesis that SCP-2408-4 achieved part of its anomalous biomass through the absorption of potentially more than 100,000 human and non-human organisms.\nSCP-2408-4 can only be directly accessed via 3 distinct shafts, 2 of which are equipped with mechanical lifts analogous to those used in mining operations. Each shaft connects to a specific region of the body (the skull, the stomach, and the groin) and it is feared that the creation of further shafts would result in structural instability, potentially endangering a large area of Moscow. The passage to the stomach, which lacks a mechanical lift, appears to directly connect to the arena - ultimately providing SCP-2408-4 with sustenance.\nThe bronze tips of over 3,000 arrows, harpoons, and spears (belonging to a wide range of Eurasian cultures) have been extracted from its muscle tissue. An exact cause for SCP-2408-4's current disabled state remains unknown and some portions of the body appear to be undergoing slow decay while other parts appear to be regenerating.\nSCP-2408-4's body is believed to be the source of SCP-2408-2A and SCP-2408-2B. Evidence indicates that prior to its discovery by Foundation operatives, certain SCP-2408-2 producing organs and glands were surgically removed (such as the adrenal gland, pineal gland, testes, and hypothalamus) and likely smuggled out of Moscow by members of GoI-0432. The secure containment of these anomalous organic objects is of the utmost priority.\nAt present, GoI-0432 has expanded its influence while SCP-2408-2B addiction has reached epidemic proportions - with long time addicts developing unusual physical traits (e.g. leathery skin, black sclera and yellow irises, skeletal protrusions, and various other mutations). Unable to contain all those addicted to SCP-2408-2B, Overwatch has ordered the capture and humane termination of afflicted individuals at designated kill sites; remains are to be disposed of per hazardous waste protocols (unless authorized for research). This order will remain in effect until SCP-2408-2B is properly contained and/or eliminated.\n\nAct I: Et Ecce Equus Pallidus | In Memoria, Adytum\n\nFootnotes\n1. English: \"Wrath\".\n2. English: \"Lust/carnality\".\n3. Having so far been found in North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia.\n4. English: \"Red Death\".\n5. These spines appear superficially chitinous and, despite showing strong structural similarities to coral, contain human DNA.\n6. Sarkicism (derived from the Greek \u03c3\u03ac\u03c1\u03be, or \u201cflesh\u201d) is a religion/philosophy that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and spiritual practices largely based on teachings attributed to \"Grand Karcist Ion\", its deified founder. Adherents practice ritual cannibalism, mortification of the flesh, human sacrifice, corporeal augmentation (\"flesh-crafting\"), dimensional manipulation, and thaumaturgy. Unlike Proto-Sarkicism, Neo-Sarkicism displays no qualms with technology and may be found in heavily populated environments, their daily lives differing little from others of their culture and social status.\n7. Agent S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 would place a message (written in security ink) within an empty alcoholic container, such as a beer bottle, and discard it within a specific waste container outside his apartment complex. Agent Miron Antonovich, disguised as a homeless local, would later search through the waste, retrieve the missive, have it photographed, and then proceed to destroy the initial missive. Image data would then be encrypted and delivered to the Foundation electronically.\n8. Wetwork is a common euphemism for murder or assassination, alluding to the spilling of blood. The expression \"wet job\" (\u043c\u043e\u043a\u0440\u043e\u0435 \u0434\u0435\u043b\u043e) has been a part of Russian criminal slang since at least the 19th century.\n9. \u0411\u0440\u0430\u0442\u0432\u0430 (\"brothers\", \"brotherhood\") refers to the collective of criminal organizations in the former Soviet Union.\n10. Literally \"cow\" but can also refer to a clumsy individual. In the Russian Gulag system (where it is believed that GoI-0432 first developed), it referred to someone brought to a prison break with the intention of cannibalizing them in order to survive the Siberian wilderness. Based on GoI-0432's history and reputation, it is believed that the intended meaning was the latter.\n11. A company long suspected of having Sarkic ties.\n12. It is presently hypothesized that the \"Great Mothers\" are V\u00f5lutaar, a high rank of Sarkic cultists known for serving as advisers to a Karcist.\n13. Criminal enforcers of a bratva.\n14. A traditional Russian peasant dress.\n15. The spiritual and secular leaders among Sarkic organizations. Karcists are considered biologically immortal and vary in form and anomalous ability. It is theorized that they are able to control their Halkost (SK-BIO entities) via the release of complex pheromones.\n16. Further research suggests that a church, presumably Russian Orthodox, once existed at the site now occupied by the Red Lanterns nightclub.\n17. English: \"The Bitch Wars\". Occurring within the Soviet labor camp system between 1945 and around the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953, the Bitch Wars was an internal prison war between the Russian criminal underground, or \"Thieves in Law\", and former members who had committed the taboo of collaborating with the government (specifically, serving the military during World War II). Officials turned a blind eye and many were killed; rape and even cannibalism was said to be common. The survivors would become the modern Russian Mafia (or Bratva).\n18. Special request for redaction accepted. Redacted data has been deemed unnecessary to the understanding GoI-0432 and SCP-2408 anomalies.\n19. Context: True Sarkicites refer to their belief system as N\u00e4lk\u00e4, from Proto-Uralic \u0144\u00e4xli + -ka, meaning \"hunger\".\n20. The vial was found to contain the venom of an unidentified organism. Further research is pending.\n21. Water nymphs from Slavic folklore known for using their beauty to lure men into the water and ultimately to their death.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2407 | SCP-2408 | SCP-2409 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2409\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: As of this writing, SCP-2409 is contained by ECRG technology from the early 20th century1, and has remained inactive and undisturbed since the Foundation's initial response.\n\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 device, ready to deploy\n\nThe exterior stone surfaces of the structure may be penetrated with masonry drills to a depth of about 10cm before tool failure; this may be exploited to mount any necessary hardware. A minor ectoentropic leak from within prevents paint from properly adhering to the glass surfaces, so other measures have been taken to prevent excessive light leakage from within at night, which might arouse local curiosity. All doors and windows that potentially provide views of the interior have been covered with black fabric, then boarded up with plywood to about 8cm thickness; those on the first three floors have been reinforced with bars to further prevent tampering. Notices from the Environmental Protection Agency have been prominently posted warning potential intruders of toxic concentrations of asbestos and arsenic dust.\nExterior surfaces are under video surveillance, and remotely monitored for vandalism from Site-28. The probability of breach due to failure of the containment tech has been deemed negligible until July 5th, 2023. A new threat assessment and containment strategy must be prepared before that date.\n\nSCP-2409, as the containment team approached\n\nPublic records of the 96th Manhattan precinct have been retroambiguated in order to confound the location of the building with similar historical abandoned properties in the area, as well as to mask the precise date and circumstances of the abolishment of the precinct.\nDescription: SCP-2409 is the former 96th precinct police station in Manhattan, New York City. Exterior doors and windows are inoperable and impervious to ordinary attempts to remove or damage them. Sounds akin to the hum of an industrial transformer, occasionally punctuated by arcing electricity, are easily audible near the original front entrance to the building.\nIncident 2409-Alpha: In the early morning hours of July 5th, 19\u2588\u2588, Bronagh Brogan, a third shift Foundation agent embedded within a nearby precinct, contacted Site-28 on a DANKE, the first-generation covert teletype device standard for that era.\n\n| 070519\u2588\u258805:47Z\n| PRIORITY TRAFFIC\n| TO: S28\n| FROM: NYC96PCT>BBROGA6\n| RE: POT ANOM DISC\n96PCT RESPONDED TO DISTURBANCE ON BROOKLYN BRIDGE 05:10Z\nEXPLOSIONS REPORTED\nFOUND APPROXIMATELY FIVE TO EIGHT CORPSES\nNO BURNS SOOT DEVICES OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF DETONATIONS\nTWO ADULTS OF INDETERMINATE GENDER PRESENT UNINJURED AND ABUSING REMAINS\nOBESE TWINS SPEAK NO ENGLISH POSSIBLE GYPSIES\nDISORIENTED AND DID NOT RESIST ARREST\nHOLDING IN DRUNK TANK WHILE CHARGES ARE DETERMINED\nMAYBE THIRTY ROWDY HOLIDAY DRUNKS IN THERE AS WELL\nPLEASE ADVISE\n\n| 070519\u2588\u258805:55Z\n| PRIORITY TRAFFIC\n| TO: NYC96PCT>BBROGA6\n| FROM: S28>DISPATCH\n| RE: POT ANOM DISC\nMTF PSI-7 DISPATCHED TO NYC96PCT FOR ASSESSMENT\nSTAND BY\n\n| 070519\u2588\u258806:03Z\n| PRIORITY TRAFFIC\n| TO: S28>DISPATCH\n| FROM: NYC96PCT>BBROGA6\n| RE: POT ANOM DISC\nMAIMONIDES MC REPORTS CONTACT LOST WITH EMERGENCY CREWS RECOVERING VICTIMS\nREMAINING PATROLMAN AND DETECTIVE NOT RESPONDING EITHER\nTHREE PATROLMEN RETURNING TO SCENE\nI REMAIN AT NYCPCT96 FOR OBSERVATION OF SUBJECTS\nDRUNKS SENSE SOMETHING IN SUBJECTS\nBUZZING AND ABNORMAL JERKING\nREQUEST BACKUP\n\n| 070519\u2588\u258806:05Z\n| PRIORITY TRAFFIC\n| TO: NYC96PCT>BBROGA6\n| FROM: S28>DISPATCH\n| RE: POT ANOM DISC\nCOPIED MEDICAL CENTER REPORT\nPSI-7 REDIRECTED TO BRIDGE FOR ASSESSMENT\nISOLATE POT ANOM IF POSSIBLE\nAVOID ESCALATION\nSTAND BY\n\n| 070519\u2588\u258806:12Z\n| PRIORITY TRAFFIC\n| TO: S28>DISPATCH\n| FROM: NYC96PCT>BBROGA6\n| RE: POT ANOM DISC\n96PCT CAPTAIN HAS ARRIVED\nSLEEP DEPRIVED FROM PREVIOUS SHIFT AND COMBATIVE\nBETWEEN HIS YELLING AND UNRULY DRUNKS\nSUBJECTS BEHAVIOR INCREASINGLY AGITATED\nSWEAT IS WRONG COLOR\nCHEEKS TREMBLING AND EYES TOO LARGE\n\n| 070519\u2588\u258806:22Z\n| FLASH TRAFFIC\n| TO: NYC96PCT>BBROGA6\n| FROM: S28/2>HCONKL\n| RE: POT ANOM DISC\nLOCK DOWN NYC96PCT REPEAT LOCK DOWN\nNONLETHAL FORCE AND AMNESTICS AUTHORIZED\nMTF AT SCENE\nNO VISIBLE REMAINS\nENCOUNTERED THREE IDENTICAL SUBJECTS\nMTF CASUALTIES REPORTED\nBEWARE PELVIC ANOMALY\nACTIVATING MTF PI-1\nSTAND BY\n\nDue to the urgency and confusion as events unfolded, a Foundation language specialist telephoned the 96th precinct directly on an unsecure and unrecorded line. Agent Brogan answered, having secured the building. The agent had been forced to incapacitate the precinct captain, a detective, and two patrolmen who had just arrived from another nearby precinct. From shouts heard over the phone, the language specialist concluded that the speech of the potential anomalies was an undocumented dialect of Roma, based on three identifiable words: \"spit\", \"burst\", and \"feast\". Shortly thereafter, a disturbance between the occupants of the holding cell erupted, and Brogan put down the phone to intervene. The specialist reported hearing shots fired; Agent Brogan never returned to the phone.\nAt about 2:29AM, Specialist DeGroot, the remaining member of MTF Psi-7, reported by radio that he now faced twelve identical anomalies on the Brooklyn Bridge. It is unknown if the additional combatants had travelled to the scene or manifested in place; however, DeGroot detonated his personal incendiary warhead moments later, which implies that he was attempting to effect last-resort containment of a multiplying threat.\n\n| 070519\u2588\u258806:36Z\n| FLASH TRAFFIC\n| TO: S28/2>HCONKL\n| FROM: NYC96PCT>BBROGA6\n| RE: POT ANOM DISC\nV STRNG\nCELL DOOR BRKN\nINJCT OR INFLT VICS TO BRST W APPNDGE\nDEVR REMANS W SAME\nPSTOL MOSTLTY INEFF\nRETREATED ALN TO CELLR\nBARICAD W SOME SHTGN AMMO HEREH\nPLS ADV\n\n| 070519\u2588\u258806:37Z\n| FLASH TRAFFIC\n| TO: NYC96PCT>BBROGA6\n| FROM: S28/2>HCONKL\n| RE: POT ANOM DISC\nLETHAL FORCE AUTHORIZED\nPRIORITY ONE CONTAIN ON SITE\nPRIORITY TWO PRESERVE AT LEAST ONE SPECIMEN\nMTF EN ROUTE\nCOURAGE BRO\n\nMTF Pi-1 arrived at the precinct at about 2:40AM, and snap reconnaissance revealed four or five injured survivors in hopeless combat against at least fifteen identical entities. One final DANKE transmission was received about the same time. In response, the ranking Site-28 night manager ordered the task force not to engage, but instead to deploy an experimental (and now classified) stasis device through the front doors of the building.\n\n| 070519\u2588\u258806:41Z\n| FLASH TRAFFIC\n| TO: S28/2>HCONKL\n| FROM: NYC96PCT>BBROGA6\n| RE: POT ANOM DISC\nKEK HAMISHAGOS2\nGADJO ZUMAV KHULAGO ALE3\nGADJI GUYI GUDLO4\nY SHUK TSKI KHALPE LA ROYASA5\n\nMTF Pi-1 pronounced local containment at 2:44 AM, and began amnestic operations immediately thereafter.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The Experimental Containment Research Group recalled this technology as \"too intrinsically anomalous\" within two years after its first field deployment; SCP-2409 is currently the only remaining object contained with it.\n2. don't interfere\n3. your men taste like shit but\n4. your women sweet black pudding\n5. and beauty can't be eaten with a spoon\n\n\u00ab SCP-2408 | SCP-2409 | SCP-2410 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\nAuthors: Crashington, Naepic, and TheMightyMcB\nMore by these authors:\n\nTheMightyMcB's Author Page\nCrashington's Author Page\nNaepic's Author Page\n\nSpecial thanks to our critters:\n\nAlanDaris\nDrAkimoto\nDyslexion\nManyMeats\nMaliceAforethought\n\nImage Credit:\nhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/virtualwolf/8130533666 CC-BY-SA 2.0\n\n\n3/2410 LEVEL 3/2410\nCLASSIFIED\n\nItem #: SCP-2410\n\nKeter\n\nA punctured instance of SCP-2410.\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Foundation web crawlers and agents in municipal police forces are to intercept reports of possible SCP-2410 manifestations and bring them to Foundation attention. Social media posts and emergency services calls regarding SCP-2410 are to be censored and all affected individuals are to be apprehended for questioning and administered amnestics. Instances of SCP-2410 are to be incinerated with the approval of any personnel with Level 3/2410 or greater clearance.\nFoundation agents embedded in toy manufacturing quality assurance contractors are to regularly sample teddy bears across all known manufacturers in search of a pattern for SCP-2410 manifestations.\nDescription: SCP-2410 refers to stuffed bears that have experienced an ectoentropic phenomenon wherein the materials that previously filled the bears are instantaneously replaced with anatomically correct internals for a bear of that size. This includes muscle tissue, bone, a complete set of internal organs, a circulatory system, and bodily fluids such as blood and bile. Despite possessing a complete and working anatomy, no biological processes take place within the bears and none of the organ systems connect to external orifices.\nWhile minor differences in density and weight can be observed between affected and unaffected bears, these changes are inconsequential and often go unnoticed until an affected bear has been damaged in a significant manner. Upon being exposed to the environment, the instance will begin to decay at a rate that is typical for non-anomalous flesh and displays no further anomalous activity.\nAddendum 2410-A: Discovery Log\nNicholas Hart, a 6-year-old boy from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, called 911 on 18 March 1979. The following is a transcription of the initial conversation between Nicholas Hart and Tammy White, a Sioux Falls Police Dispatcher.\n\n<Begin Log>\n\nWhite: 911, what is your emergency?\nHart: <uncontrolled sobbing>\nWhite: Hello? Is someone there? Can you hear me? Are you hurt?\nHart: <between sobs> He's dead! Jiffy is dead!\nWhite: I'm sorry, young man, but I need to ask you to calm down so that I can understand you. Is someone hurt?\nHart: <continued heavy sobs> I\u2026 Jiffy\u2026\nWhite: I'm sorry, I still can't understand you very well, I need you to calm down and tell me what is going on. Take a deep breath.\nHart: <inhales deeply> I was playing with Jiffy outside even though Mommy says I'm not allowed to bring my toys outside and we were running in the yard and I wanted to go play in the woods so that Jiffy could see the woods and \u2014\nWhite: Wait, wait, wait, Jiffy is a toy?\nHart: He's my teddy. <sniffles>\nWhite: Honey, you can't call 911 just because you broke one of your toys. That's not an emergency. Are either of your parents around?\nHart: <still crying> No! Jiffy needs a doctor right now! He got stuck on the fence and his insides fell out and they're all over the ground! He's hurt, you need to help him!\nWhite: <inhales sharply> Alright, I'll send an officer to go talk to your parents and help Jiffy, does that sound okay to you?\nHart: Please! He's dying!\n\n<End Log>\n\nAn officer arrived on the scene to find Nicholas Hart in the backyard of his house with his parents, all of whom were surrounding an instance of SCP-2410 which had been ripped open across the abdomen by a chain-link fence, disemboweling it. This was the first known report of an instance of SCP-2410, and this call was reported to the Foundation when a field agent embedded in the municipal police department became aware of the story. All involved parties were amnesticized and the bear was replaced with an identical replica.\nAddendum 2410-B: Ethics Committee Proposal Regarding SCP-2410 Containment\n\n[ENTER LEVEL 4/2410 CREDENTIALS]\n\n[ACCESSING CONTENT]\n\nFrom:\nA. Rutkowski <ten.pics.scihte|ikswoktura#ten.pics.scihte|ikswoktura>\n\nTo:\nO5-1 <ten.pics.lwohnoomkcalb|1-5o#ten.pics.lwohnoomkcalb|1-5o>\n\nSubject:\nSCP-2410 Containment\n\nDate:\n03 June 2018\n\nAs of 02 June 2018, there have been nearly 80 thousand confirmed cases of SCP-2410, the vast majority of which have been discovered by children.\n\nAccording to initial psychological evaluations of these children, nearly 75% of them develop cases of juvenile Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder that persist even after amnestization.\n\nIt is the position of the Ethics Committee that this is an unacceptable level of human suffering, and as such, we are proposing that the containment procedures for SCP-2410 be amended to correct this egregious oversight.\n\nThe Ethics Committee are hereby proposing that all children who are to be administered amnestics as a result of SCP-2410 exposure are also to be psychologically evaluated at the nearest site and enrolled in psychological counseling if appropriate.\n\nDirector Angela Rutkowski\nFoundation Ethics Committee\nSecure, Contain, Protect.\n\nAddendum 2410-C: O5 Council vote on the proposal by the Ethics Committee\n\nY\nN\nAbstain\n\nO5-5\nO5-1\nO5-3\n\nO5-9\nO5-2\nO5-4\n\nO5-10\nO5-8\nO5-6\n\nO5-12\nO5-11\nO5-7\n\nO5-13\n\nStatus\n\nMotion Denied\n\n[ENTER LEVEL 4/2410 CREDENTIALS]\n\n[ACCESSING CONTENT]\n\nFrom:\nO5-1 <ten.pics.lwohnoomkcalb|1-5o#ten.pics.lwohnoomkcalb|1-5o>\n\nTo:\nA. Rutkowski <ten.pics.scihte|ikswoktura#ten.pics.scihte|ikswoktura>\n\nSubject:\nRE: SCP-2410 Containment\n\nDate:\n13 July 2018\n\nDirector Rutkowski,\n\nThe Ethics Committee's concern for those affected negatively by SCP-2410 is certainly admirable, but regrettably, the O5 Council will not be adopting the proposed alterations to the current containment procedures.\n\nOur purpose is to preserve consensus normalcy; it is not our responsibility to care for what can go unnoticed by society. Those affected do not retain any memories of the anomaly nor interactions with the Foundation after being processed and released. Our involvement ends there.\n\nFurthermore, the scope of this emotional trauma is beyond what the Foundation is able to respond to. The sudden and unexplained enrollment of tens of thousands of children into juvenile counseling systems across the world is a direct threat to normalcy. We cannot jeopardize the Veil to deal with moral issues that fall outside of our jurisdiction and threaten our goals as an organization.\n\nWe die in the dark. What happens in the light is none of our concern.\nO5-1\nSecure, Contain, Protect.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2409 | SCP-2410 | SCP-2411 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item#: 2411\n\nLevel1\n\nContainment Class:\nneutralized\n\nSecondary Class:\nnone\n\nDisruption Class:\nvlam\n\nRisk Class:\nwarning\n\nlink to memo\n\nItem #: SCP-2411\nObject Class: Safe Neutralized\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2411 is to be kept unloaded, fitted with a custom-built lock, and secured in a low-value item storage locker at Site-30.\nUPDATE: Following its neutralization, record of SCP-2411, including its testing log, is to be maintained in the event that anomalous objects with similar or identical properties are discovered.\nDescription: SCP-2411 resembles a typical \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Model \u2588\u2588\u2588 snub-nosed revolver. It can be loaded, unloaded, fired, disassembled, and reassembled as normal. The only physical alteration from a standard model is the phrase \u201cFOR INTERNAL USE ONLY\u201d inscribed where a serial number would usually be. It appears to have the anomalous property of causing the instantaneous death of multiple subjects. The means of triggering this anomalous property or determining its targets are unknown.\nSCP-2411 was recovered following a homicide investigation in [REDACTED] where four employees of a small insurance company were found dead of gunshot wounds to the forehead. The fifth and final employee was found dead at their home in what appeared to be a suicide unrelated to firearms. Police found writings at this employee's home indicating homicidal intent towards their coworkers, making him the initial suspect in their investigation, but they were unable to place the fifth employee at the scene of the crime. They also were unable to find witnesses who had seen or heard the shooting in a busy part of town in broad daylight or explain the perfectly identical fatal injuries with no physical traces such as casings or bullets. Local investigators appealed for help from federal authorities, which led to Foundation involvement and the recovery of SCP-2411 from the home of the fifth employee.\nTesting with SCP-2411 has been unable to replicate the effects. Due to concerns that it could come into the possession of an entity capable of re-activating its anomalous properties, SCP-2411 was disassembled and its material components were individually destroyed on [REDACTED]. SCP-2411 is now considered neutralized.\nBy Site Director command [REDACTED], the testing log for SCP-2411 is restricted to Security Level 4 personnel and above only.\n\n+ SECURITY LEVEL 4 CLEARANCE AND ABOVE ONLY\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED.\n\nItem#: 2411\n\nLevel4\n\nContainment Class:\nketer\n\nSecondary Class:\nnone\n\nDisruption Class:\nkeneq\n\nRisk Class:\ncritical\n\nlink to memo\n\nItem #: SCP-2411\nObject Class: Keter Neutralized\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2411 is to be locked inside a secure, opaque container and placed in a high-value item storage room at Site-30. This room is accessible only by the Site Director when accompanied by at least two other Level 4 personnel. The custom-built lock on SCP-2411 is not to be removed without approval from Level 5 personnel. Foundation personnel are not permitted to directly handle SCP-2411 under any circumstances. Two guards are to be posted outside of the storage room at all times. Under no circumstances are researchers or legal counsel who have participated in experiments with SCP-2411 and are aware of its properties to be allowed access to Site-30.\nDescription: SCP-2411 resembles a typical \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Model \u2588\u2588\u2588 snub-nosed revolver. The only physical alteration from a standard model is the phrase \u201cFOR INTERNAL USE ONLY\u201d inscribed where a serial number would usually be.\nWhen a person who is employed by a company or organization (henceforth the \u201cuser\u201d) places the end of SCP-2411 in their mouth and pulls the trigger, it results in the instantaneous death of all other employees of the company or organization to which they belong. The cause of death appears to be a gunshot wound to a forehead, though no cause of this injury can be found. SCP-2411 can be unloaded and still produce this effect, meaning it does not necessarily kill the user.\nImplications of SCP-2411's anomalous properties were not understood at the time of its recovery. Standard testing with D-class personnel was being considered before the Ethics Committee flagged testing with SCP-2411 for review by the Foundation's legal department. The legal department determined that D-class personnel, for purposes of SCP-2411's hypothesized effects, were to be considered employees of the Foundation. Accordingly, if testing had proceeded with a D-class personnel using SCP-2411 as intended, it likely would have resulted in the instantaneous death of all persons currently employed by the Foundation.\nEmergency testing was conducted with prison inmates from the [REDACTED] Correctional Facility who were not granted D-class status. Representatives from the Foundation's legal department joined researchers to provide legally valid employment contracts, certificates of incorporation, and other forms of documentation as needed. The following observations were made:\n\nSCP-2411 has no effect when the user is an unemployed person.\nSCP-2411 has no effect when fitted with a custom-built lock that would impede the normal function of a firearm.\nIf a corporation was legally dissolved, SCP-2411 would have no effect when used by any former employees.\nSCP-2411 may affect sole proprietorships, partnerships, corporations, not-for-profits, charitable or religious organizations, and governments.\nVerbal contracts were recognized as valid by SCP-2411.\nSCP-2411 has no effect if an employed user resigns, quits, retires, or is fired from their position before pulling the trigger. Verbal indication of termination of contract from either the employee or their employer is sufficient to avoid the lethal effect.\nSCP-2411 must be in a user's mouth to produce its effect. Researchers opted not to explore the potential of its function when the item is in any other orifice.\nA user who is an entry-level employee can cause the deaths of upper management and vice versa.\nPayment is not necessary to qualify as an employee, but unpaid interns are not subject to the effect of SCP-2411.\nLegal counsel drafted a charter document for \u201cThe Procure, Certain, and Suspect Foundation,\u201d which included a provision allowing for the conscription of \u201cClass Z\u201d personnel. When used by a \u201cClass Z\u201d personnel, all members of the PCS Foundation were affected, including overseeing members of the \u201cUh-5\u201d council. This appears to confirm the hypothesis about the dangers of testing SCP-2411 with D Class personnel.\nOne user was a long-time member of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 gang, a white supremacist organization active in and out of several prisons in [REDACTED] state. The sudden deaths of all members of the gang, an estimated \u2588\u2588\u2588 people, was explained by a disinformation campaign as a high-precision operation orchestrated by a rival gang. This is the highest number of known victims of a single use of SCP-2411.\nA user who was acting as a \u201cmole\u201d would harm the organization they had infiltrated, but not the one which assigned them that mission. In other words, if the user retained a secret loyalty to Company A, but was technically employed by Company B, their use of SCP-2411 would cause the deaths of Company B's personnel.\n\nThis is just one of the reasons we have an Ethics Committee checking our work, people. You can't go blindly testing things on D-class and think it's never going to bite you in the ass. If one of them had used this\u2026well, I'd hate to think of a world without a Foundation. Just imagine if this fell into the hands of a depressed government employee. Or, hell, some fry cook at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Given the only way to guarantee our safety seems to be making us all unpaid interns, I'm submitting a request to decommission this thing as soon as possible.\n\u2014Dr. Lowenstein\n\nThere was some debate regarding proper object classification for SCP-2411. While the object itself poses no apparent risk of containment breach, which would meet the definition of \"Safe,\" some staff members argued the threat it posed to the Foundation's existence meant research into neutralization was imperative, a course of action usually reserved for \"Keter\" objects. Dr. Lowenstein, lead researcher on SCP-2411, requested that the basic containment procedures be fabricated to prevent widespread organizational knowledge of the item's anomalous effects. Site Director Weitz approved this request on 2016-11-05 and classified SCP-2411 as a Keter-class object, pending neutralization.\nA request to decommission SCP-2411 was submitted to the O-5 council on [REDACTED]. The council unanimously voted to decommission SCP-2411 on [REDACTED]. Decommissioning was carried out on [REDACTED] and SCP-2411 is now considered neutralized. Transcripts of O-5 deliberations are available to one person of security clearance level 5 overseeing of the region containing Site-30 only.\n\n+ SECURITY CLEARANCE LEVEL 5 - REGIONAL DIRECTOR ONLY\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED.\n\nFirst of all, let me say congratulations on your promotion to Senior Staff. You hold a special position of trust in recognition of your unfaltering loyalty and commitment to the Foundation. At the same time, you've proven yourself intelligent enough to understand that we've had to keep some things hidden from our own personnel - as such, I expect you know where this is going.\nSCP-2411 was not decommissioned. It's been hidden away some place where no one person knows exactly how to reach it, but it's under the control of the O5 council. This was far from a unanimous decision. In fact, I voted against it, but here we are.\nThere may soon come a time when an organization threatens the Foundation, the planet, or baseline reality to a degree beyond anything we've seen before. I apologize that I cannot be more specific, but you will understand when the moment arrives. You will betray the Foundation and offer your services to them. As Senior Staff, you will have a wealth of information that they can put to use. All you ask in return is a guarantee of your safety and payment for your cooperation\u2026preferably something in writing. A contract, if you will.\nOnce we know that you have become one of them - and made sure to terminate your employment with the Foundation - SCP-2411 will be delivered to you. We trust you will know what to do.\nAt this point, you have surely noticed that every prior level of documentation has contained fabrications to minimize the risk produced by this object's existence. Perhaps you believe, with good reason, that you're still not being told the full story. Maybe you don't buy the idea that the object would leave its user unharmed. Perhaps that's just something we included at the lower levels to ensure that you do not hesitate out of a misplaced sense of self-preservation when we need you to pull the trigger. It may be the case that nothing I can say will convince you that you will survive if you use SCP-2411. Regardless, I hope that it is a risk you would be willing to take if the Foundation's existence depended on you.\nWe don't get many trump cards. I suppose it would have been a shame to throw this one away.\n- O5-11.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2410 | SCP-2411 | SCP-2412 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2412\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2412 is kept in a standard safe humanoid containment chamber, fitted with a five number keypad lock.\nThe use of SCP-2412 is strictly disallowed outside of approved testing. If a researcher has the intent to ask SCP-2412 a question about the future, he or she must fill out application 2412-F7o and turn it in to the site administrator. If said application is approved, one guard with a copy of the application will be posted inside the containment chamber while the researcher is asking questions. If, at any time, the researcher asks a question regarding the future that is not on the application, he or she will be removed from the containment chamber, and may or may not be given Class-C amnestics, depending on the sensitivity of information provided by SCP-2412.\nDescription: SCP-2412 is a fully functional humanoid automaton that resembles an adult human female. SCP-2412 is composed of many complex clockwork and steam-powered systems including, but not limited to, rotational systems made of clockwork with the functionality of joint rotation and limb movement in general; a large, complex mass of clockwork systems in the cardial area of the chest that often emits dense clouds of steam; and, lastly, a steam powered engine located on the rear side of SCP-2412 accompanied by a fuel gauge that currently reads \"98%\". This engine is believed to provide SCP-2412 with energy to function, but this cannot be proven, as no attempts to breach the engine to examine its insides have proven successful.\nSCP-2412 is capable of vocalization, and is able to speak all known languages, as well as some others1. The object is also capable of basic motor skills such as walking and using its hands as a means to take hold of objects.\nWhen asked a question, SCP-2412 will respond with a correct answer, except in these cases:\n\nSCP-2412 is posed a question about anything it deems anomalous2, or anything that may be affected by an anomaly3\nSCP-2412 is posed an incoherent question, i.e. \"Where clock pant leg?\"\nSCP-2412 is posed a question about how it was made or where it gets its information4.\nSCP-2412 is posed a question about a paradoxical situation, eg. asking about the 'Grandfather Paradox' and what the outcome would be.\n\nIn these cases, SCP-2412 will respond with \"Warning: Logic Error.\" Aside from these, SCP-2412 is capable of answering, with extreme accuracy, any type of question. These include, but are not limited to, questions regarding the future, scientific theories currently unconfirmed or misunderstood, and laws of nature that are not currently understood.\nIt is currently unknown where SCP-2412 gets its information, and when posed a question about this, it will respond with \"Warning: Logic Error.\"\nDiscovery Log: SCP-2412 was discovered in an abandoned factory in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, South Carolina. The factory had been abandoned for at least 150 years, dating no further back than the year 1825.\nInterview Log-A1:\n\nInterviewer: Researcher Carter (project leader), Interviewee: SCP-2412. Researcher Carter is only allowed to ask the basic \"who, what, when, where and why?\" questions.\nResearcher Carter: Hello, SCP-2412. We would like to ask some questions. Before we begin, do you have any questions?Researcher Carter: All right, then. Let's get started. When were you made?Researcher Carter: How were you made?Researcher Carter: Why were you made?Researcher Carter: By whom were you made?Researcher Carter: Where were you made?Researcher Carter: Thank you, SCP-2412. The interview is now over. We will likely ask more questions in the future.\nSCP-2412 remains silent.\n\nEnd log. SCP-2412 appears to have originated from an alternate timeline. Further questioning required. Seeking approval of an interview about basic human traits: Is it sapient? Can it feel emotion? Et cetera. -Researcher Carter\nApproved. -Edward Harden, Site Administrator\nInterview Log-A2:\n\nInterviewer: Researcher Carter, Interviewee: SCP-2412. Researcher Carter will ask questions related to emotions.\nResearcher Carter: Greetings once again, SCP-2412. I'll ask you some more questions today. First, do you originate from our timeline?Researcher Carter: How did you get to our timeline?Researcher Carter: Where is \"the American Provinces of Germany?\"Researcher Carter: When will your steam engine run out of fuel?Researcher Carter: In our first interview, you mentioned a war. What war is this, and which faction was victorious?Researcher Carter: Okay, then. Next question: Are you sapient?Researcher Carter: Are you capable of feeling emotions?Researcher Carter: Okay, what makes you happy?Researcher Carter: Lastly, what do you fear?Researcher Carter: Thank you, SCP-2412. We will ask some other questions at a separate time.\nSCP-2412 remains silent.\n\nEnd log. Extended questioning requested. We need much more information, so I'm requesting a waiver on the questions regarding the future, as well as a question limit of 50 instead of 10. -Researcher Carter\nApproved. -Edward Harden, Site Administrator\n\n{+}Extended Interview Log-B1\n\n{-}Extended Interview Log-B1\n\nInterviewer: Researcher Carter, Interviewee: SCP-2412. Researcher Carter has had the restrictions on questions, including those regarding the future, waived for this interview due to the massive amount of information that is unknown about SCP-2412. Questions regarding SCP-2412's timeline have been omitted from the log and any information regarding its timeline has been moved to Document-2412-TL1563 for the sake of brevity.\nResearcher Carter: Hello again, SCP-2412. How are you?Researcher Carter begins questioning about SCP-2412's timeline, log moved to Document-2412-TL1563.\nResearcher Carter: Okay, then. For research purposes, at what time will Researcher Hubei eat dinner this evening?Researcher Carter: Next question, where did your original creators go?Researcher Carter: How long were you alone after your creators left?Researcher Carter: Before they left, were you aware that they would abandon you?Researcher Carter: Okay. I'm sorry about that, 2412. At what point did you manifest in this timeline, and where?Questioning about SCP-2412's original timeline continues for 32 minutes and 15 seconds. For the sake of brevity, further information about SCP-2412's timeline can be found in Document-2412-TL1563.\nResearcher Carter: I will now move on to questions that are not related to your timeline or history. How are anomalies created?Researcher Carter: How can we contain SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 with ease?Researcher Carter: Where did life originate?Researcher Carter: Are humans alone in the universe?Researcher Carter appears visibly happy.\nResearcher Carter: Okay. How was the universe created?Researcher Carter: When and how will the universe die or stop?Researcher Carter: Is there any way humanity can survive after this event?Researcher Carter: What was the cause of our downfall?Researcher Carter: Can we do anything to stop this?Researcher Carter: Could we possibly relocate to another universe or timeline?Researcher Carter: Okay. That's it for us, 2412. Thank you for helping.\nResearcher Carter gets up and proceeds to the door.Researcher Carter: I-I'll try, 2412.Researcher Carter: Fine, I really will try. I have to leave now, SCP-2412. Don't worry about my return, I will be back within a week \u2014Researcher Carter: Don't worry, 2412. I will.\nResearcher Carter waits for a response from SCP-2412 for 15 seconds, and after he determines that it will not respond, he leaves the room along with the posted guard.\nEnd log. Researcher Hubei, who had been working on SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 at the time, was asked to record the time that he ate dinner. The time was consistent with the time that SCP-2412 stated. Further questioning requested. -Researcher Carter\nDenied. I feel that we've gained enough information for the time being. -Edward Harden, Site Administrator\nRequesting further questioning, once again. I feel that we have a lot to learn from her. -Senior Researcher Carter\nDenied. Since you're no longer project lead, you'll have to fill out the application just like everyone else, Carter. -Edward Harden, Site Administrator\n\nFootnotes\n1. Languages from its timeline.\n2. SCP-2412's exact definition of the word 'anomalous' seems to be extremely similar to the Foundation's, but there are some variations.\n3. SCP-2412's information seems to be restricted in most situations directly regarding an anomaly; for example, it cannot predict when a raid on a Foundation site will be attempted by a Group of Interest. Despite this, it is still able to determine things that will happen/have happened even if they were affected by an anomaly. For example, if the population of a town was killed off by an anomaly, SCP-2412 is capable of answering what killed them. It seems that SCP-2412 is unable to answer questions regarding anomalies in the future, but is somewhat capable of answering questions about them in the past.\n4. This likely corresponds with the first exception, but it is too important to overlook.\n5. 10^100\n\n\u00ab SCP-2411 | SCP-2412 | SCP-2413 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Critical Thinking\n\nNew Skip before the New Year. Been working on this for a couple days, trying to get it just right. There is an audio element that autoplays, but it's not a jump scare. Still, I really hope you read the warnings (and took them seriously). This uses html5, so it won't work on most (if any) mobile devices. Hope you like it.\nSpecial thanks to Decibelle, Reach, and Scantron for helping me flesh the story out a bit more.\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nWARNING: Accessing SCP-2413's documentation will cause auditory hallucinations. If you have arrived at this file in error, and do not wish to familiarize yourself with the object, please close the document now and report to your immediate superior.\nThis file should not be accessed by any user utilizing a system incapable of generating audio. Due to the cognitohazardous nature of the object, and the risk of exposure to uninvolved individuals, it is recommended that headphones be used.\nCurrent restrictions should limit access to this document only to authorized workstations, but in the event of their failure, access to this file by mobile devices, regardless of security level, is prohibited.\n\n + Show SCP-2413 Documentation\n\nItem #: SCP-2413\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2413 is contained in this document. Under no circumstances is this document to be deleted or altered. The cognitohazard decontamination procedures at the end of this file must be carried out by any accessing user. Failure to follow these instructions is to be considered a Class 3 (cognitohazardous) containment breach.\nDescription: SCP-2413 is an entity that may affect any person (referred to as an SCP-2413-1 instance) that is cognizant of its existence, and who has not followed SCP-2413's cognitohazard decontamination procedures. Affected individuals are subjected to 1-5 minutes of auditory hallucinations which appear to source from audio equipment near the contaminated person.\nWhile these hallucinations are capable of manifesting in the absence of audio equipment, this has in roughly half of all cases led to deleterious cognitive effects on the SCP-2413-1 instance, and testing into this field has been discontinued due to loss of personnel.\nSCP-2413-1 instances will, following the conclusion of initial hallucinations, begin to display increasingly critical behavior towards creative works (known as the second phase of SCP-2413's effects). This behavior will begin to escalate in severity, leading to the instance being incapable of enjoying any creative work. While SCP-2413-1 instances display preference for critique of written works, individuals incapable of reading have shifted their critique to other works.\nIndividuals lacking an ability to see, taste, and smell have shown a resistance to this escalation, though nearly all individuals eventually progress to the second phase of the effect. The sole exception is any individual who is incapable of hearing, as no fully deaf individuals have been known to show any signs of SCP-2413 infection.\nApproximately 90 minutes after exposure, SCP-2413-1 instances are unable to be decontaminated by the proscribed methods in this document. After 106 minutes SCP-2413 effects have proven irreversible by any means.\nDecontamination Procedures:\n\nPlease access Document-0094 to proceed with decontamination.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2412 | SCP-2413 | SCP-2414 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item#: 2414\n\nLevel4\n\nContainment Class:\neuclid\n\nSecondary Class:\n{$secondary-class}\n\nDisruption Class:\nvlam\n\nRisk Class:\ndanger\n\nlink to memo\n\nWARNING\nThe procedures documented in this file include references to a type Apate infohazard. If you have not been trained in the proper methodologies for containing this type of infohazard, close this file immediately and inform your supervisor that you require amnestic treatment due to infohazard exposure.\n\nInformation regarding your access to this file (including the date, time, and location) will be reported to the Records and Information Security Administration (RAISA).\n\nItem #: SCP-2414\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2414 is to be kept inside an opaque box and stored in a standard secure storage vault in Dimensional Site-62. The vault is to be protected by no fewer than two (2) armed guards trained in the resistance and containment of infohazards at any given time. Guards are to be told that the vault contains dangerous but non-anomalous items, and are not to permit access without the express written authorization of the Site Director. Any attempts at removing SCP-2414 from the vault without this authorization are to be met with lethal force.\nInternal Foundation communications are to be monitored by standard RAISA software for any mention of SCP-2414. Any personnel outside of those cleared for SCP-2414 access who mention it, or who receive communications mentioning it, are to be flagged and investigated for potential infohazard exposure.\nTesting performed on SCP-2414 must be performed via use of waldos and cameras unless otherwise authorized by the Site Director. Upon the conclusion of any and all tests, Class A amnestics are to be administered to any parties involved who have not been trained in the resistance and containment of infohazards.\nIn the event of a containment breach, recovery of SCP-2414 is to be handled solely by autonomous drones.\nAny proposed revisions to these procedures must be approved by at least three (3) Class B personnel who are unaware of the properties of SCP-2414. Reviewing personnel are to be told that SCP-2414 is a fictional SCP object, and that the procedures are to be utilized for training purposes only. To reduce the likelihood of belief to the contrary, such requests for review should avoid resembling formal requests if at all possible. Containment procedures presented for review must not refer to SCP-2414 by its actual number or have this paragraph present; placeholder identifiers such as \"SCP-XXXX\" are to be used instead.\nDescription: SCP-2414 is a grey tetragonal trapezohedron approximately 26 cm3 in volume, crafted from an alloy of tungsten, nickel, iron, and other unidentified metals. Examination of SCP-2414 by hand will show that it has nine faces - a geometrically impossible property for a trapezohedron of any type. Examination of SCP-2414 by any other method will show that it has eight faces. None of SCP-2414's faces bear markings of any kind; however, markings can be applied through typical methods.\nAdditionally, SCP-2414 functions as an infohazard that affects Foundation personnel who become aware of its existence as an object considered by the Foundation to be anomalous.1 Affected personnel become convinced that SCP-2414 is a non-anomalous object, and should not be contained by the Foundation. Such personnel will typically attempt to physically \"liberate\" SCP-2414 from Foundation custody within 12 hours of exposure if able; personnel unable to do so will attempt to recruit assistance from those who are.2\nIn the event that SCP-2414 is successfully removed from Foundation custody, all memory and knowledge of the Foundation will be erased from the individual or individuals responsible. They will also regain the ability to identify SCP-2414 as anomalous.\nAn understanding of SCP-2414's infohazardous properties has been shown to inhibit said properties in approximately 70% of cases, although such an understanding will not prevent memory erasure in the event of a successful \"liberation\" of SCP-2414. Class A amnestics have been shown to prevent the infohazardous properties of SCP-2414 from manifesting in 95% of affected individuals if applied within eight hours of exposure. The success rate declines at a rate of approximately 6% per hour from that point; after 24 hours, amnestics are unable to erase knowledge of SCP-2414 from exposed individuals.\nHistory: SCP-2414 was recovered on March 11, 20\u2588\u2588 when Foundation Mobile Task Force Theta-17 (\"St. Patrick's Pals\") came into contact with a Serpent's Hand field team. Due to its properties as an infohazard, all but two members of the MTF succumbed to SCP-2414's effects. Infohazard-trained personnel were brought to the scene, and were able to secure the object despite incurring three additional casualties.\nAddendum 2414-01: RAISA Communications Monitoring Excerpts, 20\u2588\u2588-05-16:\n\n+ Proposed Containment Revisions\n\n- Proposed Containment Revisions\n\nSite-62 Internal Communications, 20\u2588\u2588-05-15:\n\nTO: Researcher N\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nFROM: Researcher K\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 L\u2588\u2588\u2588\nSUBJECT: Can't Someone Else Do It?\nSorry. Simpsons was on in the staff lounge after my shift yesterday, and I've had that damn song stuck in my head since.\nAnyway, there's something about 2414 that struck me this morning, and I may have figured a better way to contain it. It only affects Foundation personnel, after all, so maybe we can get the UIU to lock it up for us. If we send a liaison over to keep an eye on their setup, then wouldn't it still count as being in our custody?\n\nSite-62 Internal Communications, 20\u2588\u2588-05-15:\n\nTO: Researcher K\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 L\u2588\u2588\u2588\nFROM: Researcher N\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nSUBJECT: Re: Can't Someone Else Do It?\nI'll have a senior researcher sign you up for counter-memetics training. ;)\nBut yeah, that might work. I'll write up something along those lines and send it through the review process.\n\nSite-62 Internal Communications, 20\u2588\u2588-05-16:\n\nTO: Senior Researcher P\u2588\u2588 W\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nFROM: Researcher N\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nBCC: Researcher K\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 L\u2588\u2588\u2588\nSUBJECT: Need your input on something\nGot suckered into training some new recruits on how to handle infohazards. Again.\nPart of the training involved identifying potential issues with containing an SCP object. We couldn't use a real one, obviously, so I had them turn a critical eye to that fake one I wrote up last time I got stuck with the job. One of the trainees gave me this suggestion; I'm not sure if it's a good idea or a bad one. What's your take on it?\nATTACHMENT: scp_xxxx_revised.ftml\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is currently being contained by the Unusual Incidents Unit, with instructions to disregard all requests for transfer back to Foundation-operated facilities unless said requests include the approval of at least three (3) Foundation personnel of class B or higher. A Foundation agent trained in the resistance and containment of infohazards is to liaise with the UIU for purposes of ensuring successful containment of SCP-XXXX.\n\nSite-62 Internal Communications, 20\u2588\u2588-05-16:\n\nTO: Researcher N\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nFROM: Senior Researcher P\u2588\u2588 W\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nSUBJECT: Re: Need your input on something\nI'd go with 'bad one'. What happens if the infohazard decides that even with the liaison present, it's not in Foundation custody anymore? Best case, the liaison gets mindwiped. Worst case, we'd lose a chunk of the Site-62 leadership plus everyone involved in researching the thing.\nDon't get me wrong, it'd be a great idea if we knew it'd still count as in our custody. But in this scenario, we don't know that. Hell, if it was a real skip, I'd be concerned that your trainee had been affected.\nStill, points for out-of-the-box thinking, at least.\n\nResults of the investigation into Researcher L\u2588\u2588\u2588 for infohazard contamination are pending.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Knowledge that the designation SCP-2414 is currently being utilized is in and of itself insufficient to activate its infohazardous properties; however, said knowledge in conjunction with that of any of SCP-2414's properties (including the fact that the designation refers to a physical object) will do so.\n2. This will result in the exposure of such personnel to SCP-2414's infohazardous properties.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2413 | SCP-2414 | SCP-2415 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2415\n\nItem #: SCP-2415\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: (Updated 15 August 2016) SCP-2415 is to be stored in a specially constructed case made of reinforced concrete of not less than 2,000 kg mass, and further held in a reinforced containment chamber constructed on site at the scene of discovery (Designated Site-187 as of 1 September 2016). SCP-2415 is not to be removed from the chamber at any time, including during testing.\nDescription: SCP-2415 comprises two disparate pieces resembling parts of a Scottish claymore. SCP-2415-1 is a hilt, 35 cm long, with blade-ward sloping quillons and quatrefoil terminations, and wrapped in cow leather. SCP-2415-2 is a blade, 37 cm long, in the shape of the foible and tip of a claymore, and constructed of a high-carbon steel alloy with inclusions of niobium and technetium that appear not to be in its original construction.\nSCP-2415-1 and SCP-2415-2 remain fixed in position relative to each other, maintaining a constant orientation and distance of 72 cm between the blade insertion point on SCP-2415-1 and the surface distal to the blade point on SCP-2415-2. This orientation and distance does not change when one of the pieces is manipulated spatially; for example, picking up SCP-2415-1 will cause SCP-2415-2 to float in the air to preserve the distance between the two objects. Striking one object against a solid surface will arrest motion of the other, as if the two were rigidly connected. Testing equipment that fits in the space between SCP-2415-1 and SCP-2415-2, organic or otherwise, can pass between the two objects without obstacle or harm.\nSCP-2415 is limited in its range of motion, unable to rotate more than 23 degrees from horizontal, or travel from its point of discovery more than approximately 50 m horizontally or 7.5 m vertically. Attempts to move the objects further result in it stopping movement, as if colliding with a solid barrier. At the edges of its range of motion, rotation is further constrained, forcing a perfect horizontal orientation at the highest points of its range of motion.\nSCP-2415 was located buried in a shallow depression on the peninsula of Duirinish on the Isle of Skye. The area was being investigated by an archaeological team looking for evidence of the legend of the Battle of Glendale, when Clan MacLeod repelled invading forces of Clan MacDonald. The battle was notable for being one of two times Clan MacLeod unfurled and waved the Fairy Flag, a clan relic (See File on Potential Anomalous Object #427 for details). Of note in the legend was Donald Gruamach MacDonald suffering \"unseen beings taking the strength of his sword\" before his slaying by Murdo MacCaskill.\nAddendum - Incident 2415-1: During testing with SCP-2415 on 9 August 2016, D-2449 reported soft resistance to horizontal travel of SCP-2415 over a distance of approximately 50 cm. 7.3 seconds after conclusion of the soft resistance, SCP-2415-1 wrested free of D-2449's grip and moved erratically throughout the containment chamber for 43 seconds, reaching top velocities of 48.5 m/s before destruction of recording equipment within the chamber. All available footage indicates that the two objects maintained their fixed distance throughout the event. Upon recontainment it was determined that D-2449 expired due to injuries sustained. Testing of SCP-2415 is suspended until conclusion of the incident analysis.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2414 | SCP-2415 | SCP-2416 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2416\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The current instance of SCP-2416 (now SCP-2416-21) is to be kept in a drug-induced coma at Site-59 and monitored for vital signs. If SCP-2416-21 dies for any reason, Mobile Task Force Omicron-8 \"Send In The Clowns\" is to be placed on high alert, and the replacement instance is to be apprehended and contained in the same manner as soon as possible.\nDescription: SCP-2416 refers to multiple instances of a 35-year-old Caucasian human male named Joseph Grunderson-Pike. Despite having unextraordinary brain activity and no history of neurological disorders, SCP-2416 displays diminished intellectual capacity and a high likelihood of getting into a lethal accident.\nOn 1/14/2006, SCP-2416-1, the original1 instance, was killed after walking onto an expressway in Chicago. This was not believed to have been suicide; shortly before it was struck by a speeding minivan, its last words were reportedly \"Hey, this isn't State street!\" SCP-2416-1 had funeral services, was cremated, and its death was reported in multiple Chicago newspapers.\nOn 3/15/2006, a living instance of SCP-2416, SCP-2416-2, was stabbed to death in Omaha after it tied a convicted murderer's shoelaces together for a prank. SCP-2416-2 was determined by law enforcement officials to be an outsider with no friends or relations in Omaha and was buried.\nIt is unknown how a new instance of SCP-2416 appears after the death of a previous instance. The latest instance always claims to have no recollection of having died at all, and has passed multiple polygraph tests while giving this testimony. The origin point of a \"reincarnated\" instance has never been successfully located, and all sightings of SCP-2416 instances have been after-the-fact.\n\nInstance\nCause of Death\nComments\n\nSCP-2416-3\nOverconsumption of pepper sauce.\nWitnesses report that SCP-2416-3 was attempting to become \"the spiciest\".\n\nSCP-2416-4\nHead split in half with a table saw.\nLast words were reportedly \"gimme a kiss\".\n\nSCP-2416-5\nMauled by a puma.\nHad covered self in uncooked bacon in a zoo puma habitat on a dare.\n\nSCP-2416-6\nRattlesnake bite.\nLast words were reportedly \"gimme a kiss\".\n\nSCP-2416-7\nSlept in the center of a freeway.\nWas \"tired\".\n\nSCP-2416-8\n[REDACTED]\nThe badgers suffered only minor injuries.\n\nSCP-2416-9\nShot by Chilean anarchists.\nLast words were reportedly \"gimme a kiss\".\n\nSCP-2416-10\nSubjected to voluntary human experimentation by Church of the Broken God scientists; ultimate cause of death was cranial hemorrhage.\nCorpse was discovered by the Foundation in a raid on the CotBG compound; Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 reported corpse's resemblance to an urban legend about a man who comes back from the dead.\n\nSCP-2416-11\nAttempted to climb the side of the Chrysler Building without proper equipment.\nReports of death confirmed anomalous properties; Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 orders the capture of SCP-2416.\n\nSCP-2416-12\nCocaine overdose.\nBelieved it would alleviate sinus congestion.\n\nSCP-2416-13\nAlcohol poisoning.\nBelieved it would \"lubricate\" a broken arm.\n\nSCP-2416-14\nExsanguinated after shoving a foot into a blender.\nCircumstances unknown.\n\nSCP-2416-15\nShot by Site-59 security personnel for accessing a STURM-class infohazard.\nThis iteration was the first to come under Foundation custody.\n\nSCP-2416-16\nChoked on food rations at Site-59.\n\"Really liked\" oatmeal.\n\nSCP-2416-17\nHead fracture from slamming own head on wall of its cell.\nWas attempting to swat a fly.\n\nSCP-2416-18\nClimbed into Site-59 incinerator.\nWas looking for a bathroom.\n\nSCP-2416-19\nGained access to a lethal cognitohazard.\nWas \"just curious.\"\n\nSCP-2416-20\nOverdose of Acetaminophen at Site-59.\nSee below.\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2416-20\nInterviewer: Dr. Ichinose\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Ichinose: Please state your name for the record, SCP-2416-20.\nSCP-2416-20: Joe Grunderson-Pike. I got a quick question before we get started.\nDr. Ichinose: Yes?\nSCP-2416-20: What did you say was the normal amount of those pills you gave me to take for a headache?\nDr. Ichinose: Two tablets.\nSCP-2416-20: Wow. Yeah, that\u2026 That actually makes a lot more sense.\n[SCP-2416-20, having consumed 203 tablets of extra-strength Tylenol from the Breach desk storage bin, falls unconscious]\nDr. Ichinose: Medic!\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: SCP-2416-20 died shortly thereafter. SCP-2416-21 was later found wandering the streets of San Francisco and apprehended.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Insofar as the Foundation is aware; the likelihood of previous instances has not been ruled out.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2415 | SCP-2416 | SCP-2417 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item#: 2417\n\nLevel2\n\nContainment Class:\nsafe\n\nSecondary Class:\nnone\n\nDisruption Class:\nvlam\n\nRisk Class:\nnotice\n\nlink to memo\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2417 is to be stored in a standard containment chamber at Site-201. Every 24 hours a vial containing 0.5 mL of blood is to be provided to SCP-2417. Interviews with SCP-2417 are to have the interviewee and SCP-2417 separated by wall, with microphones and speakers used for communication. Paper and/or blood is to be given as a reward for information.\nDescription: SCP-2417 is a piece of sapient white kami paper.1 SCP-2417 is able to fold itself into various shapes and locomote. Its preferred shape resembles an octopus with seven arms, with a height of 8 cm and a width of 14 cm. SCP-2417 can vocalize through anomalous means, being conversant in English and a language referred to as \"Ortothan\". Work on translating this language is underway, with assistance from SCP-2417.\nSCP-2417 is skilled at origami when paper is brought to it, and has decorated its containment chamber with its creations. It manipulates the paper by folding parts of its body into various manipulator appendages. The models it creates have no known anomalous properties, and it has been deemed safe to bring paper to SCP-2417 as a reward for cooperation.\nSCP-2417 worships a deity it calls Rakmou-leusan, and claims to be part of an organization known as \"The Church of the Second Hytoth\".2 SCP-2417 claims that Rakmou-leusan requires a blood sacrifice each day in order to aid him. These rituals consist of SCP-2417 creating a small incision on the finger or palm of a human subject. SCP-2417 will then absorb the blood, which disappears after 20 seconds. The more days that pass without a sacrifice will cause increasing amounts of anxiety in SCP-2417, claiming that \"Rakmou-leusan's end is coming.\" After roughly 5 days SCP-2417 will begin hiding in a corner of the room, often turning itself into a cube or pyramid shape. When a human subject enters the chamber during this time SCP-2417 will attack the subject in an attempt at gaining blood.\nSCP-2417 was found in the apartment of Alison Killian, owner of an origami store in Toronto, Canada by a personal acquaintance on 09/08/2016. Alison had died on a vacation in Germany from internal hemorrhaging a day prior to the discovery. The acquaintance called the police after reportedly being assaulted by \"living origami.\" An undercover Foundation agent intercepted the call, and MTF-Upsilon-20 (\"Hogtown Garrison\") was dispatched to the location under the guise of police officers.\nSCP-2417 and various pieces of origami were discovered in the kitchen. These pieces included a set of stairs leading to the kitchen table and cupboards, seven four-armed humanoid figures, spires, and a small circular table. Other items found in the apartment include a jar of blood, stacks of kami paper, religious documents regarding the Church of the Second Hytoth, and origami similar in appearance to SCP-2417's preferred form. Based on the documents, it is believed that Alison Killian was a member of the Church of the Second Hytoth. An investigation into the existence and whereabouts of the church is currently underway.\nAddendum:\n\n+ Interview 2417-1\n\n- Interview 2417-1\n\n[BEGIN LOG]\nDr. Jared Akio: Good morning, SCP-2417.Dr. Akio: No, I'm here to ask you some questions.Dr. Akio: Before we begin, is there any name you would prefer to be called? I understand that for some being called SCP-2417 may be strange.Dr. Akio: So\u2026 Alison, to start things off, who or what is Rakmou-leusan?Dr. Akio: The Koru-teusa?Dr. Akio: I see. So, why do you need to give Rakmou-leusan blood?Dr. Akio: I assume the rest of your church believes in the same thing.Dr. Akio: Hmm. The church also performs rituals similar to yours, correct?Dr. Akio: Now, you said our world is the Second Hytoth. This means there was a first one, right?Dr. Akio: What happened to it?Dr. Akio: Is this beast still around?Dr. Akio: One last question. As the last of the Koru-teusa, what would happen if Rakmou-leusan died?Dr. Akio: Well, thank you for the interview, Alison.[END LOG]\n\n+ Interview 2417-2\n\n- Interview 2417-2\n\nDr. Akio: Greetings Alison.Dr. Akio: Correct.Dr. Akio: Certainly. Now, can you tell us some information about your life?Dr. Akio: At what point did you join?Dr. Akio: Well?Dr. Akio: Hmm. Can you remember what you did immediately before we met you?Dr. Akio: I'm sorry for your loss, Alison.Dr. Akio: Well, if you are able to remember anything else be sure to let us know.Dr. Akio: Anything that will improve your stay.Dr. Akio: I'll get right on it.\n[END LOG]\nNOTE: Following the interview an attempt at contacting the Church via the provided phone number was attempted. An automated message played, stating \"The Church of the Second Hytoth is currently busy. Please call again at a later date. Praise the Fourth.\" Further attempts have had the same result. Currently SCP-2417 has not been informed of this.\n\nAddendum-2: On 19/08/2016 a letter arrived at the apartment building Alison Killian resided in, and was intercepted by undercover Foundation operatives. Inspection has revealed it to have no known anomalous properties. As of the time of writing SCP-2417 has not been shown the letter.\n\n+ Document SCP-2417-1\n\n- Document SCP-2417-1\n\nTo A\u00edmact Priest Alison Killian\nIt is good to hear that the ritual worked! Like many of the old ritual instructions we have laying around, you can never be sure if the outcomes are what they say to be, or if there are any unintended side effects (such as that one time in Austria). I'm currently organizing various other priests to perform the same ritual once we are ready, though there are few people who can make origami as good as yours.\nHowever, I feel like we might want to change the plan. If we let the origami vessels out into the wild, who's to say that an enemy could trick them into divulging information? If they get destroyed (which is very likely) it would be a waste of time, effort and blood. Your idea also seems like it could get violent quickly, which would make us no better than the Daevas who tainted our reputation. Now, I know what I'm about to say can't be changed for the plan, but the idea of amnesiac vessels of myself and friends wandering around feels strange. It will probably take a while for some people to get used to that idea.\nUltimately this would increase the Church's size and make it easier to gain and send blood, but these issues need to be sorted out first. Anyways, I hope you enjoy your trip in Germany! Tell your vessel (and any other ones) I said hello!\nGrand A\u00edmact Priest Sean Glen-Marcas\n\nAddendum-3: On 25/08/2016, at approximately 2:51 PM, Dr. Akio entered a side room next to SCP-2417's chamber for a third interview. The rooms were separated by glass panel with small holes for sound to travel through. Upon entering the room SCP-2417 folded itself to go through the holes and attacked Dr. Akio, cutting his jugular. This caused Akio to die from blood loss three minutes later. SCP-2417 then absorbed the blood, with the stains fading out after three hours. SCP-2417 claims that it had to do so to prevent the death of Rakmou-leusan. Containment procedures have been updated, and a reclassification of SCP-2417 to Euclid is pending. A full incident report can be seen in Incident Report 2417-A1.\nAs of the recent discovery of a Church of the Second Hytoth meeting place in Vancouver, the existence of the Church has been confirmed and a full investigation is in progress. Due to this it has been deemed important to give SCP-2417 blood so further interviews are possible. As it is likely SCP-2417's concerns over the state of the Church contributed to the incident, SCP-2417 will be continually informed of the status of the Church.\n\nI could feel Rakmou-leusan dying. The unholy Voruteut surrounded him, inflicting wound upon wound, clawing at gashes in his armor. I could've waited for the Church to act, though I did not want to wait for what might not occur. So I took the doctor's life, and channeled his blood to Rakmou-leusan. I wish I did not have to perform such a horrible task, but without blood infinite lives would be lost. Do not worry, the doctor's spirit has gone to the Eitoth to compensate for his tragic death. Whether he stays or returns is up to him now.\n\nThe following day SCP-2417 began writing on a piece of paper in its chamber, using one of its tendrils as a pen, with ink coming out of it. When questioned about the purpose of writing this, SCP-2417 said that it wanted to \"spread the truth of the universe.\" Below is a transcription of what was written, translated from Ortothan.\n\n+ Document SCP-2417-2\n\n- Document SCP-2417-2\n\nRakmou-leusan stands at the gates of the Second Hytoth.\nHis four arms wield his staffs of triumph, stained with the blood of invaders.\nFor five aeons he has guarded this world, and will do so for aeons more.\nHim and his brethren fled the First Hytoth, and vowed to protect those that would follow.\nWhen there were seven he defeated the One of Dark's attempts at claiming the new world.\nWhen there were six he quelled the rising of the broken creation and locked his city away.\nWhen there were four he saved Kornoct, watcher of the Eitoth, from Wonlaik the trickster's treachery.\nWhen there were three he ended the uprising of the First Gods.\nWhen there were two he slayed Wonlaik, who regrows to this day.\nWhen there were one he fended off the Voruteut's invasions.\nRakmou-leusan did not give into the lost of the First Hytoth's harmonious screams.\nHe did not bow to the god king of the star's voice.\nHe did not budge or accept defeat like his brethren.\nRakmou-leusan will fight on till death, till the end of time, till the nameless creator no longer watches.\nRakmou-leusan will protect us.\n\nAddendum-4: Following the containment of SCP-2417, multiple anomalies related to the Church of the Second Hytoth (designated GoI#03088) and their Ortothan mythology have been discovered, including SCP-2742, SCP-3140, and SCP-3417. SCP-2651 and SCP-2821 have suspected but unconfirmed connections. Investigation into the group is ongoing.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A type of paper typically used in origami. Also known as koi paper.\n2. See Interview 2417-1 for further information.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2416 | SCP-2417 | SCP-2418 \u00bb"}
{"text": "2/2418 LEVEL 2/2418\nCLASSIFIED\n\nItem #: SCP-2418\nObject Class: Safe\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The property containing SCP-2418 is owned by a Foundation front, Shalhoub, Caldwell & Pedrotti SAE1, under the guise of a temporary storage location for artifacts being smuggled out of Egypt. At no point should more than one person enter SCP-2418, except under controlled testing conditions; testing of SCP-2418's anomalous properties requires the approval of the Site-422 Ethics Committee liaison.\nDescription: SCP-2418 is an ancient nilometer3, located in the basement level of a house in El Sheikh Ebada, a small town in southern Egypt. SCP-2418 was originally constructed in the 13th century BCE by the pharaoh Ramesses II as a part of a temple to Isis and Osiris; the most recent phase of construction dates to circa 130 AD, when the Roman city of Antinopolis was founded at the site of the older temple complex.\nSCP-2418's anomalous properties manifest when two individuals enter the water at the bottom and one of those individuals dies of asphyxiation; these individuals must be married or otherwise in a romantic relationship, close relatives (siblings or a parent and child), or close friends. The surviving individual will experience a powerful rejuvenating effect; the effects of aging will be reversed significantly, and chronic diseases\u2014sometimes including genetic or congenital conditions\u2014will be cured. The strength of the rejuvenating effect seems to scale proportionally with the strength of the relationship between the individuals, and inversely with the age of the deceased; in no recorded cases has an individual been rejuvenated to an apparent age of less than twenty-five.\nSCP-2418 was acquired in 2011 as a part of Operation Harpocrates, a coordinated attack on Marshall, Carter & Dark assets in Egypt, during which the Foundation used a combination of physical raids, political upheaval and economic manipulation to effectively remove the presence of MC&D and associated groups from the country.\nRecovered Document 2418-1: Cura Praetoria Sapientae Occulate Report\nLatin, circa 130 CE. From the archives of the Vatican Office of Secrets and Prophecy. Trans. Giulia Mancini, 1987.\n\nThe Well of Rebirth\nOf Antino\u00fcs Osiris and of Isis, very useful and not at all dangerous.\nA well in the city of Antinopolis, in the province of Egypt, used by the priests of the Egyptians to measure the rising and falling of the Nile. Located beneath the Great Temple of Antino\u00fcs Osiris and particularly sacred to that hero. If a man should go into the well, and certain secret rituals be performed by the priests of the temple, the man shall be restored to youth and strength, and his illnesses and frailties shall vanish, as he is blessed by Antino\u00fcs Osiris.\nWith the Emperor Publius Aelius Hadrianus Augustus having once more fallen ill, the Curator Arcanorum, Lucius Caecilius Ater, was tasked with finding a cure for his ailments and went into Egypt to seek the aid of the priests there, who had always been greatly respected by the Emperor. In the town of Baesa, on the Upper Nile, he found a cult of priests whose order had been established by Ozymandias the Great, and to whom Alexander and the Ptolemies had gone for wisdom and for healing. And when the Emperor was informed of these miracles, he went up the Nile to this temple, and bathed in the waters; and his illness was cured.\nAnd since, on the journey up the Nile, the Emperor's favorite Antino\u00fcs had fallen into the river and drowned, after he had risen up into the heavens as a god, the Emperor paid for the temple and the well to be restored, and rededicated them to Antino\u00fcs Osiris, and founded a city on the site, calling it Antinopolis in his beloved's honor. The care of the well was entrusted to the Curator Arcanorum, as he had been so serviceable to the Emperor and the Empire.\n\nThis well is currently under the care of Lucius Caecilius Ater, Curator Arcanorum for Publius Aelius Hadrianus Augustus, and the priesthood of Antino\u00fcs Osiris. The Emperor has forbidden use of the well, and none other than him are to enter it; the secret of the ritual is known only to the Emperor, to the priests, and to Caecilius Ater.\n\nIt is believed that some of the priesthood of the temple may not be loyal citizens of the Empire, as they are Egyptians and Syrians, many of them possibly sorcerers, and that they may have some connection with the subversive group of criminal sorcerers and witches known as the Forum Tenebris. Caecilius Ater has pledged to investigate this matter, but has not as of yet found any evidence of disloyalty or criminality among the priests.\n\nNotably, the CPSO were apparently unaware of the exact method of activation; see Recovered Document 2418-3 for further information.\nRecovered Document 2418-2: Tomb Inscription, Castel Sant'Angelo\nGreek, circa 138 AD. Inscribed on a marble plaque inside the tomb of the Emperor Hadrian. Original inscription is in the Esoteric Collection of the Vatican Museum. Trans. Dietrich Von Grummet, 1965.\n\nAntino\u00fcs, most beautiful, most wise,\nForgive me, I beg of you, great god,\nFor placing your life's worth below my own.\nKings and Emperors may rise and fall,\nOne not much different from the other;\nBut great beauties are eternal, heavenly,\nEach one unique, each one perfection.\nAnd in my sickness and my hubris I,\nA mortal man allowed to touch divinity,\nDestroyed such beauty, just to save my life.\nForgive me, I beg of you, great god,\nAntino\u00fcs, most beautiful, most wise.\n\nRecovered Document 2418-3: Marshall, Carter and Dark Item Log\nSee attached file: MCD-M4UDB/HF74T/JU2FA.ftml\n\nFootnotes\n1. A black-market antiquities dealership with connections in the Egyptian government and military; for more information see Front Company File EG-3.\n2. The Foundation's primary operational hub for the Red Sea region, including North-West Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.\n3. A well with markings along the sides, used in antiquity to measure the level of the Nile and predict the severity of its yearly floods.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2417 | SCP-2418 | SCP-2419 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\nImages: Link, Link, and Link.\nInspired by SCP-1730, SCP-3000, and SCP-3667.\nMusic: Die In A Fire (Living Tombstone)\nNext: [SCP-3143]: Murphy Law in\u2026 The Foundation Always Rings Twice!\n\nMore by The Great Hippo:\n\nSCPs\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nSCPs\n\n[SCP-3034]\nThe Counting Station\n\nDO NOT LET HER FINISH\n\n[SCP-3035]\nScience Bugs\n\ncase_of_the_mondays.png, case_of_the_mondays (1).png\n\n[SCP-3054]\nCragstaff Sanitarium\n\nYou are sick. You are broken. We will fix you.\n\n[SCP-3045]\nbzzip.exe\n\nHAMLET: I am no longer moody.\n\n[SCP-3043]\nMurphy Law in\u2026 Type 3043 \u2014 FOR MURDER!\n\nForget it, Fred. It's Chinatown.\n\n[SCP-3057]\nFossil Fuels\n\n\u2026witnesses provided confirmation that instances of SCP-3057-4 did, in fact, have feathers.\n\n[SCP-2639]\nVideo Game Violence\n\ni need to know how many people i've killed\n\n[SCP-437]\nSummer of '91\n\nThat was a pretty crazy summer, y'know? Sometimes I really miss that place.\n\n[SCP-3079]\n300 Tricks: Stage Magic Made Easy\n\nNOTE: No method for accomplishing this trick is provided.\n\n[SCP-2753]\nLet's Play Jenga!\n\nHigh art carries high risk!\n\n[SCP-2679]\nThe Many Graves of Jeannette Parslov\n\nWhatever it takes, do what you must; whatever the cost, come back to us.\n\n[SCP-3074]\nKafka's Parking Garage\n\nThank you for choosing Izatova Parking Center. Have a pleasant day.\n\n[SCP-2571]\nCragglewood Park\n\nMr. Blair, have you always been an only child?\n\n[SCP-2419]\nThe Laughing Men\n\nThrow them back into the incinerator where you found them.\n\n[SCP-3143]\nMurphy Law in\u2026 The Foundation Always Rings Twice!\n\nWhen it comes right down to it, me \u2014 them \u2014 hell, even you \u2014 we're all just characters in that trashy dime-store novel called life.\n\n[SCP-3089]\nThat Old Time Religion\n\nRemember how we explained that successful people don't actually need any of their toes to walk? Well, that's going to come in handy for Secret Number Six.\n\n[SCP-3117]\nA Monster-Shaped Hole\n\nI'm not talking to you.\n\n[SCP-3128]\nLet's Play Monopoly!\n\nHey, guys? I'm, uh. I'm using this.\n\n[SCP-3138]\nA Sepulcher by the Sea\n\nShould it prove feasible, all non-canonical corpses are to be extracted, examined, and catalogued.\n\n[SCP-3241]\nThe SS Sommerfeld\n\nIt makes me wonder what an old monster like myself is even doing here, anymore. And then? Someone special comes along and reminds me.\n\n[SCP-3219]\nThis Sour Earth\n\nNotably, no reports describe any attempt to examine the residence's storm cellar.\n\n[SCP-4028]\nLa Historia de Don Quixote de la Mancha\n\nJustine eventually re-unites with her sister, Juliette. Alonso strikes down a lightning bolt intended for them both, then challenges the narrator to a duel.\n\n[SCP-3546]\nDoggone it, I Fold!\n\nSpecifically, fan-art of Sonic the Hedgehog, a video-game character produced by Sega in 1991.\n\n[SCP-3561]\nAn Unfinished Work\n\nDespite multiple reports from neighbors who claimed to have witnessed members of his family standing at the windows, no trace of Theodore Holdstock's wife and children could be found.\n\n[SCP-4054]\nThe Seventh Door\n\nSCP-4054 is The Seventh Door, an unlicensed platform adventure game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988.\n\n\nUnit C (circa 1963).\n\nItem #: SCP-2419\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A fenced, circular perimeter with a radius of 15 kilometers has been established around SCP-2419. This perimeter is maintained by MTF Beta-7 (\"Maz Hatters\") as private property.\nOnce per day, MTF Beta-7 is to accompany Foundation technicians into Unit C to perform maintenance on 1 of the 6 incinerators. They are to follow a rotating schedule to ensure each incinerator's furnace is serviced once a week. Outside of this maintenance, every furnace is to remain lit and operational at all times. Reinforced steel hatches have been welded atop of each incinerator's 3 disposal chutes; these hatches are to remain bolted and locked.\nInstances of SCP-2419-A found outside of Unit C's incinerators are to be immersed in concrete and shipped to an indefinite containment site.\nDescription: SCP-2419 is a refinery and waste disposal facility located 75 kilometers north of Summer Springs, Colorado (USA). It was constructed in 1954 by the Foundation for the purposes of handling the incineration and long-term storage of hazardous wastes (primarily medical waste). A controlled evacuation was carried out in 1975 after it began to exhibit several anomalies.\nThe facility is divided into three units. Unit A was responsible for long-term storage of anomalous waste via a deep geological repository; Unit B received shipments of waste and processed them. Unit C disposed of non-anomalous waste via incineration.\nInstances of SCP-2419-A present as human entities that occur within the interior of Unit C's incinerators. They exhibit anomalous regenerative abilities and are incapable of dying. Although they typically attempt to exit the incinerators via the disposal chutes, the heat from each incinerator's furnace is sufficient to stop them before they can make significant progress.\nSCP-2419-A instances do not communicate, and lack any sense of self-preservation. Although they appear to have no interest in each other, they show extreme hostility toward any sapient non-instance.\nAddendum 2419.1: Discovery\n\n\u25ba ACCESS SCP:/2419/incidents/001.log\n\n\u25bc Close File\n\nINCIDENT LOG\n\nINCIDENT #: 2419-001\nDATE OF OCCURENCE: 1975/05/21\n\nNearly incinerated SCP-2419-A instance climbing up one of the incinerator's chutes.\n\nWorkers operating Unit C reported screams from inside of all 6 incinerators' ash-pits; after a brief investigation, the Site-Director ordered the burners on incinerator #4 snuffed.\nSeveral dozen severely burned entities immediately began to emerge from the incinerator's disposal chutes. They attempted to drag Foundation personnel back down into the ash-pit with them.\nThe Site-Director immediately ordered the on-site MTF team to terminate all hostile entities. After determining that these entities could regenerate, the Site-Director ordered the MTF team to force them back down the chutes via steam-lance. All the furnace's burners were re-lit; the #4 incinerator was put back into service without further incident.\nDuring the incident, the MTF team managed to subdue and capture five of these entities. They have been transported off-site for further study.\n\n\u25ba ACCESS SCP:/2419/interviews/109.log\n\n\u25bc Close File\n\nAUDIO LOG\n\nDATE: 1976/07/21\nSUBJECT: SCP-2419-A Instance (SCP-2419-A-5)\nINTERVIEWER: Dr. Warren\nNOTE: On account of the hostility typically exhibited by SCP-2419-A instances, the interview was conducted behind a ventilated glass wall and with an armed guard observing.\n\n[BEGIN LOG]\nWARREN: Good morning, Number Five.\n(Soft ripping.)\nWARREN: You know, if you keep picking at your arm, it's never going to heal.\n(Soft ripping continues.)\nWARREN: We know you can speak. We've recorded you laughing.\n(Soft ripping continues.)\nWARREN: Why won't you speak to us?\n(Soft ripping continues.)\nWARREN: Is there anything we can do to change your mind?\n(Soft ripping continues.)\nWARREN: Look\u2026 I brought you something.\n(Soft ripping stops.)\nWARREN: It's a picture. Of your family. Back before \u2014 back when your name was John. Back before you were D-Class. Do you remember\u2026?\n(Silence.)\nWARREN: You had a wife. Two sons. A little baby girl.\n(Silence.)\nWARREN: (softly) Do you remember, John?\nGUARD: Don't get too close to the\u2014\nWARREN: It's alright. I think he might be starting to remember. John? Do you remember?\n(Silence.)\nWARREN: (softly) John? This is your\u2014\n(Cracking.)\nWARREN: What the\u2014\n(Shattering glass.)\nGUARD: Shit! He's\u2014\nWARREN: (Screaming.)\n(Rapid, repeated wet puncturing.)\nWARREN: (Gurgling.)\nSUBJECT: (Laughter.)\n(Gunfire.)\n[END LOG]\n\nNOTE: During the interview, SCP-2419-A-5 inflicted an open compound fracture on its left arm. It used the protruding tip of its radial bone to damage the glass wall, then proceeded to use this bone to fatally stab Dr. Warren numerous times in his eyes and face.\n\n\u25ba ACCESS SCP:/2419/memos/221.log\n\n\u25bc Close File\n\nMEMO\n\nDATE: 1978/02/19\nFROM: Dr. Jennings\nTO: Dr. Brenwick\n\nAs per your request, I've finished my six-month evaluation of the five instances we have in custody.\nBefore I came here, I worked as a prison shrink. Every person you met had a story bursting with pain and sorrow. Sometimes, those stories were about the pain they suffered; sometimes, it was about the pain they inflicted. Some days you felt like everyone there was a beautiful soul torn down by their circumstances \u2014 other days, you'd find out what some of them did and a part of you was glad they were there to suffer for it.\nBut at the end of every day, I always told myself: They're all humans. They're all people. They all deserve the same dignity, respect, and love as everyone else.\nNo exceptions.\nJeremiah, I opened up with that anecdote only so you could understand that what I'm about to say is not said lightly: These things are not people. They are people-shaped monsters. They are well beyond any definition of psychopathy. Everything they do, they do to hurt, maim, and kill. I would pity them, but that would imply that they're worth pitying.\nPut them in a hole, then fill that hole with concrete. Better still: Throw them back into the incinerator where you found them.\nI doubt they'll even care.\n- Dr. Daniel Jennings\n\nAddendum 2419.2: History\n\n\u25ba ACCESS SCP:/2419/files/speech.log\n\n\u25bc Close File\n\nAUDIO LOG\n\nDATE: 1961/05/09\nSUBJECT: Dr. West\nNOTE: The following log is a recording of an orientation speech given by Dr. West to new researchers arriving at Unit B.\n\n[BEGIN LOG]\nWEST: (clearing throat) Now, are any of you religious men? Yes? No? Good. Good, good. Nothing against God, but what I'm about to tell you, ah, it does not always go over well with men of, ah, men of faith. Heh.\n(Pause; shuffling papers.)\nWEST: Alright, then. As I'm sure you're aware, Unit B is responsible for handling the arriving D-Class remains \u2014 to determine whether or not they're anomalous, and to perform a little, ah, shall we say, 'pre-processing' before they're sent to Unit A or Unit C. It's that bit we're going to be discussing today. Slide, please.\n(Clicking.)\nWEST: Now, I'm sure all of you \u2014\n(Clicking.)\nWEST: Pardon, the slide isn't \u2014 the slide isn't \u2014\n(Clicking.)\nWEST: There we are. Now, I'm sure all of you are familiar with the human brain, yes? Here it is. I'm sure you're also familiar with how much of a daunting challenge the human brain poses to the Foundation.\n(Clicking.)\nWEST: To control it, we use amnestics. But amnestics are, ah, amnestics are hard. Nobody's quite sure where they come from, but we're well aware that they come at a significant cost. On top of that, they're, ah, not very good. Kind of like using a hammer to remove a splinter.\n(Brief laughter.)\n(Clicking.)\nWEST: What if I told you there's an alternative? A form of amnestics that's been right under our noses all along. Cheaper, safer, very few negative side effects \u2014 and significantly more precise.\n(Clicking.)\n(Murmuring.)\nWEST: I hope the graphic, ah, the graphic nature of this image is not too disturbing. Heh. But we're all scientists here.\n(Clicking.)\nWEST: It turns out that the human brain, ah, the human brain \u2014 so long as it's relatively well preserved \u2014 leaves behind\u2026 there's a certain residue that it leaves behind. Something we can extract, and, ah, refine.\n(Clicking.)\nWEST: This residue can be 'boiled' from the mind of a sufficiently fresh cadaver; think of it as a 'distillation' of memories \u2014 of our happiest experiences. All the parts of a human life that bring us comfort when we need it most \u2014 that make us gentle and kind.\n(Clicking.)\nWEST: Here, you see what's left behind. The process of 'boiling' is critical, otherwise you'll end up extracting all of this useless crud along with it.\n(Clicking.)\nWEST: Now, we can combine and homogenize all of these purified distillations together, to create, ah \u2014 well, to create a compound that, when properly processed and combined with targeted hypnotherapy\u2026\n(Clicking.)\nWEST: \u2026allows for the removal of precise memories, specific memories. We replace them with this 'happy soup', if you will \u2014 and their minds use that soup to build new, pleasant false memories \u2014 filling in the gaps.\n(Clicking.)\nWEST: The end result being that \u2014 even in death, D-Class continue to help us \u2014 help the world.\n(Clicking.)\nWEST: Now, I know you all have many questions, and I'll be happy to take them. One at a time, please.\n[END LOG]\n\n\u25ba ACCESS SCP:/2419/memos/064.log\n\n\u25bc Close File\n\nMEMO\n\nDATE: 1974/09/12\nFROM: Dr. West\nTO: Dr. Hammond\n\nJim:\nI have nothing but respect for you as a researcher, as a coworker, and as a friend. So please understand where I am coming from when I tell you to go fuck yourself.\nYour insistence on trying to go over my head with this is getting tedious. The process doesn't turn corpses anomalous. The incident last month was a fluke \u2014 Terry clearly failed to identify an anomalous cadaver before he started the distillation process. He was sloppy (may he rest in peace). That's all.\nEveryone's too scared to tell this to your face, so I'll just come right out and say it: Ever since you 'found' religion last year, you've become increasingly unbearable to work with.\nAnd even if you're somehow right \u2014 so what? They're dead, Jim. We've got enough problems here on earth without having to worry about whether or not we left a pile of ashes with 'sufficiently happy' thoughts.\nI'm putting in for you to be transferred to another site. I highly suggest you don't fight it.\n- Dr. West\n\n\u25ba ACCESS SCP:/2419/memos/068.log\n\n\u25bc Close File\n\nMEMO\n\nDATE: 1974/09/13\nFROM: Dr. Hammond\nTO: Dr. Kerringer\n\nYou've always been very kind. Thank you for that.\nYesterday, I processed the body of D-263175. He was sentenced to death for the murder of his wife. I boiled away the six hours he spent holding his sister's hand as she lay dying in a hospital bed. I boiled away the swell of pride he felt when his son took his first few steps. I boiled away all the kindness his mother ever showed him \u2014 until all that remained was her cruelty and abuse.\nI took away every moment of joy \u2014 and left behind a life of uninterrupted misery, pain, and rage.\nDo you know why the Foundation takes D-Class personnel from criminal populations, Shaun? It's because nobody stops us. Nobody cares. A prison is where you put unimportant people. It's where you shave down whatever is left of their humanity until the monster you imagined them to be is all that remains. But no matter how hard we tried, there was always a sliver of decency left behind \u2014 some piece of them we couldn't quite reach.\nUntil now. We've done it. In death, D-263175 is finally the monster people imagined. I've burned away every last trace of his humanity. Now, I'm going to send his corpse to Unit C and burn away the rest.\nI pray to God that what's left will burn.\nI can't stay. I'm sorry. I recommend you get out while you still can.\n-Dr. Hammond\n\nYou have one (1) new email.\n\n\u25bc Close File\n\nFROM: Operator Richard Maddox <noitadnuof.pcs|xoddamr#noitadnuof.pcs|xoddamr>\nTO: Site-Director Browning <noitadnuof.pcs|gninworbb#noitadnuof.pcs|gninworbb>\nSUBJECT: Unit C Incinerators\n\nThose fancy steel hatches of yours aren't going to cut it.\nLook. I'm getting a little tired of playing Cassandra here, but the situation doesn't look good. These things barely missed hitting critical mass back when we switched from oil burners to fuel-gas. All it's going to take is a technician making a mistake \u2014 or a burner failing for a little too long.\nYes, the incinerators have massive pits. Yes, if you get it hot enough, human fat will burn and do half the work for you. But none of that will matter if enough meat grows back to stuff the entire stack. Once that happens, the flue gas won't be able to get out \u2014 and good luck keeping those burners running without any room for oxygen. We'll lose all six incinerators just like that.\nAnd when that happens? They'll come back.\nAll of them.\nI checked the incineration logs. Incinerator #5 alone has incinerated over three thousand D-Class corpses. Combined, we're looking at ten thousand of these things \u2014 easy. All regenerators. All with every happy memory boiled away. All with 20 years worth of new memories, primarily consisting of us burning them alive.\nI've been working for the Foundation for over 15 years. I've watched a lot of D-Class die in a lot of horrible ways \u2014 so I think I know a little bit about what it sounds like when someone's screaming with fear and pain.\nThe things in SCP-2419 aren't screaming with fear or pain, Bryan.\nThey're not screaming at all.\nThey're laughing.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2418 | SCP-2419 | SCP-2420 \u00bb"}
{"text": "A picture of SCP-2420's pet taken before its death.\n\nItem #: SCP-2420\nObject Class: Neutralized\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2420 is currently being held in the low-security humanoid containment wing at Site 213. As of Incident-2420-A, all anomalous activity exhibited by SCP-2420 has been observed to be neutralized. Possible permanent containment, despite cessation of all anomalous activity, is being reviewed by the Ethics Committee.\n\n+ Prior Special Containment Procedures\n\n - Hide\n\nSCP-2420 is to be held in a humanoid containment cell in a specialized containment wing at Site-213. Due to SCP-2420's severe depression, it is to be administered Bupropion and Citalopram twice daily with Alprazolam administered as needed. SCP-2420 is allowed to create an instance of SCP-2420-1 twice a week for three hours at a time, to be lengthened or lessened dependent on cooperation and the current mental state of SCP-2420. Outside of monitored contact with SCP-2420-1, all domesticated dogs (or Canis lupus familiaris) are to be kept outside of SCP-2420's awareness.\nA pool of domesticated dogs are to be on hand at Foundation kennels to be used as SCP-2420-1 instances on a rotating basis. Former instances of SCP-2420-1 maintain no anomalous traits and can be adopted by Site 213 personnel or reintegrated into nearby animal shelters.\nTesting of SCP-2420 has been discontinued. Any recommendations for possible resumed testing are to be brought before Researcher Hydock.\n\nDescription: SCP-2420 was a human (formerly John \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588) who created instances of SCP-2420-1, which took the appearance and memories of the former's pet dog, out of domesticated dogs (or Canis lupus familiaris).1 The effects occurred whenever SCP-2420 was made aware of any dog or any dog was made aware of SCP-2420.\nRepeated testing showed that only domesticated dogs were affected, with wolves, coyotes, and other canids being immune to the anomalous effects. Dogs of any size would become an instance of SCP-2420-1 and show no pain in their transformation, aside from a general confusion found when brought outside of SCP-2420's influence.\nSCP-2420 showed no anomalous effects beyond its ability to create instances of SCP-2420-1. Testing showed no upward limit on the number of instances of SCP-2420-1 that could exist at a time.\nSCP-2420-1 instances were completely invulnerable to any form of damage. Attempts at DNA testing were rendered void when it was discovered that nothing could cut SCP-2420-1's fur. Any other tests into the indestructibility of SCP-2420-1 were deemed unnecessary, partly due to the fragile nature of SCP-2420's mental state. While SCP-2420-1 instances showed no need for water or food, the instances would eat whatever was presented to them, with various poisons showing no effect. Former instances of SCP-2420-1 that were dissected after being fed showed no sign of having recently ingested any food.\nDespite SCP-2420-1 instances taking the form of SCP-2420's Border Terrier, photographs and videos of SCP-2420-1 consistently displayed the original body of the dog in question. This resulted in physical discomfort and mental distress regarding certain photos and videos, namely one showing St. Bernards being able to fit through a small aperture, but the images themselves maintained no otherwise anomalous effect.\n\n+ SCP-2420 Initial Interview Log\n\n - Hide\n\n[This is the first interview to take place after SCP-2420's admittance into Site 213.]\nDr. Hydock: Good morning, SCP-2420. I've heard you've had some trouble sleeping?Dr. Hydock: Pardon me?Dr. Hydock: Absolutely. However, I am not merely here to see to your mental and physical state. As I'm sure you may have guessed, I'd like to hear about your relationship with your pet before she was deceased.Dr. Hydock: Pard\u2014Dr. Hydock: Duly noted. But please, tell about Mattie.Dr. Hydock: Mhm.Dr. Hydock: Certainly, SCP-2420, but please, calm down. I promise, I'm not here to hurt you. I just want to hear your relation with the- uh, with Mattie. You were just telling me about the day you chose her from her litter?Dr. Hydock: Did she ever exhibit any anomalous abilities? For that matter, before this, have you ever been able to do something that, to be blunt, SCP-2420, felt impossible?Dr. Hydock: So nothing strange in her life had ever led you to believe that she could be capable of this kind of anomaly?[EXTRANEOUS DATA REMOVED]Dr. Hydock: That would be quite helpful, SCP-2420.Dr. Hydock: Certainly. If you'd rather not talk about this right now, we could discuss it another time.Dr. Hydock: And what was done with the body?Dr. Hydock: Certainly, SCP-2420. Thank you for your cooperation. If you want to stop now, I would certainly understand. It has been a tough day for you.Dr. Hydock: Absolutely.Dr. Hydock: And that's where we found you, correct?Dr. Hydock: Excellent. Thank you very much for your cooperation. Is there anything you need before this is concluded?Dr. Hydock: Yes?Dr. Hydock: Yes. When they're not instances of SC\u2014I mean, when they cease to be Mattie, there is no pain in the switch. Either to or from. None of the dogs have exhibited any signs, anomalous or not, of being in any way affected by Mattie and your effect.Dr. Hydock: Pardon me?Dr. Hydock: I will, I will see what I can do, SCP-2420. Once again, thank you.Dr. Hydock: Visiting times can certainly be arranged. Especially for testing purposes.[Foundation operatives were able to recover the remains of SCP-2420's former pet where it had claimed them to be. The remains were not anomalous in any way and had been met with the expected amount of decay.]\n[End of Interview Log]\n\nIncident-2420-A: During a routine session with SCP-2420 and SCP-2420-1, the latter was found to have reverted to its original appearance while in the presence of the former. Continued testing with SCP-2420 and other dogs showed that the SCP-2420 anomaly had been most likely extinguished. Currently, SCP-2420 has been allowed to perform Level-0 clerical work while the Ethics Committee will meet to decide what actions to take next. The object has been deemed neutralized.\n\n+ Incident 2420-A Interview Log\n\n - Hide\n\n[This interview took place immediately after Incident-2420-A.]\nDr. Hydock: Was there anything different about Mattie today, SCP-2420?Dr. Hydock: Actually, ten.Dr. Hydock: True. We've found that a normal timeline doesn't apply to most anomalous objects under our care.Dr. Hydock: And then she was gone?Dr. Hydock: That is certainly a possibility. Would you prefer that? Honestly, most people under our care would do anything to escape us.Dr. Hydock: I will bring that to the attention of the Ethics Committee, though I make no promises. But, what I want to ask is do you feel meaningfully different, SCP-2420? Certainly our conversations over the years have shown you take a turn. Do you believe it to be the medication, the anomalous effects, or was it merely being allowed to see your dog again?Dr. Hydock: That's certainly a question that's been on my mind.[End of Interview Log]\n\nFootnotes\n1. Given the noted similarities in their manifestation of deceased pets, a possible link to SCP-3737 is being investigated.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2419 | SCP-2420 | SCP-2421 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2421\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Through controlled feeding at certain known feeding areas, the range of SCP-2421 has been limited to a 250 km2 area in the south of Russia. Mobile Task Force Alpha-2 (\"Resort Staff\") are responsible for maintaining these areas. Feeding areas are presented as a chain of resorts branded as Fundamental Springs. D-Class are stationed at all feeding areas for the purpose of consumption.\nDescription: SCP-2421 is a large subterranean entity which resides a minimum of 100 meters beneath ground level. It has a roughly oval shape with a segmented shell covering most of its body and fleshy gaps between each segment to allow for articulation. Hair-like protrusions cover the outside of the shell in an irregular pattern. SCP-2421 possesses no legs and moves in a manner similar to a caterpillar. At the presumed front of the creature are two claw-like mandibles which allow it to burrow through rock. It is approximately 300 m long and possesses a 150 m long proboscis protruding from between the mandibles. Additionally, imaging has shown SCP-2421 to possess an intricate skeletal structure within its shell containing a number of air-filled chambers, the purpose of which are unknown. Sample analysis of the entity reveals a non-standard genetic structure, possibly suggesting extradimensional origin.\nThe creature feeds by extending its proboscis towards the surface and puncturing the bottom of a small body of water in which the temperature is approximately 25 degrees Celsius or higher. These locations include hot springs, spas, or in one case a bath. Once the bottom of the body of water has been punctured, a sphincter at the end of the proboscis will open and any humans within the water will be pulled inside. The entity will consume approximately 5 humans over a two day period once per month and will expand its feeding area should humans be scarce1. Feeding episodes consistent with SCP-2421 were first reported in May 184\u2588. Attempts to replace D-Class with animals during feeding episodes have been unsuccessful, as test animals remained untouched despite the water being the correct temperature and within the feeding range.\nD-Class fed to SCP-2421 implanted with tracking devices have been observed to move in the air-filled chambers of the entity's shell in an erratic manner. In one incident where civilians were unavoidably consumed during a feeding episode a call was made to the Foundation-owned spa resort from the phone of a presumed-dead civilian within the entity. No specific words were identified; however, background sounds of conversation, laughter, splashing, low moans, and what has been determined to be seagulls were recorded.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Observed feeding as far from the current containment area as \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, California prior to current measures.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2420 | SCP-2421 | SCP-2422 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2422\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The four members of SCP-2422 are to be housed together in a modified set of nine standard humanoid containment cells, which are to be made to connect to each other through open doorways. These rooms are to be furnished within reasonable limits to the tastes of the members of SCP-2422 as a simulation of a full-size home and small walled-in backyard, including one approved charcoal grill. All cellular network and internet communications are to be jammed within these nine cells.\nSCP-2422-A and -B are to be provided with standard textbooks pre-approved by the Project Director in any available requested school subjects, in order to homeschool SCP-2422-C and -D. SCP-2422-B is, within reason, to be provided with whatever standard food items it requests as it seems to prepare meals for the group. With the authorization of SCP-2422-B, SCP-2422-C may also make requests for certain foods, as it seems to maintain a vegan diet.\nAll members of SCP-2422 are to be closely monitored through live video feed for any communication with the outside world. If any of them are observed communicating with any entity outside the Foundation, all of them are to be terminated, due to the fact that the entity the members of SCP-2422 refer to as \u201cWandering Father\u201d may pose a security threat. Prayers to Wandering Father are not to be considered actual communication with this entity.\nDescription: SCP-2422 is a group of four humanoids (designated SCP-2422-A through -D), who claim to be directly related to each other. All members have thus far been cooperative with Foundation personnel, and have shown a generally amicable demeanor towards all staff they have met. Notably, SCP-2422 voluntarily surrendered themselves to Foundation custody (see Acquisition Log 2422-1).\nSCP-2422-A is a balding man around 55 years of age. It identifies itself as the father1 of the \"family.\" SCP-2422-B is a woman in her early forties, and has stated that it is the mother. SCP-2422-C appears to be a teenage girl, and claims to be 16 years of age. It is considered to be the daughter. SCP-2422-D, which is believed to be the son, seems to be a prepubescent boy. It has exhibited behaviors aligning with mild to moderate low-functioning autism spectrum disorder. It is believed to be around 12 years old.\nAs a whole, SCP-2422 behaves and interacts similarly to an average middle-class suburban family, with typical alternating congenial and tense internal dynamics observed.\nThe members of SCP-2422 claim to have been manufactured by an entity they call \"Wandering Father\" (see Acquisition Log 2422-1). X-rays and internal scans have revealed all four possess typical biological human anatomy, with no signs of any kind of \"manufacture.\"\nAll four members of SCP-2422 have exhibited unique anomalous properties which manifest when human subjects establish direct eye contact. Each member's property is telepathic in nature. None of these properties allow any member of SCP-2422 to affect any human through anomalous means, but only allow them to gain information about the human affected. These properties seem to be involuntary, though the members of SCP-2422 have not shown any distress over them, nor given any indication that they consider the anomalies strange or concerning. Personnel requiring knowledge of the properties exhibited by each member of SCP-2422 should refer to the Property Description below.\nAll members of SCP-2422 have passed standard initial humanoid psychological examinations, and, with the exception of SCP-2422-D, are considered to be capable of functioning autonomously in society. Routine psychological examinations and observations have shown that SCP-2422-C has developed a mild case of depression (see Interview Log 2422-1).\nThe extent of the members of SCP-2422's congeniality has been tested, including one trial involving three D-Class personnel insulting all members of SCP-2422 continuously for a period of several hours. All members reacted in an unflinchingly amicable manner, although SCP-2422-C has suggested this may have been feigned (See Interview Log 2422-2).\nSCP-2422-A has repeatedly apologized for any burden that SCP-2422 has placed on the Foundation, and has offered to grill hotdogs for the entire staff, should they request them.\n\nACCESS SCP-2422 PROPERTY DESCRIPTION\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nSCP-2422 \u2013 Individual Property Descriptions\nSCP-2422-A: When a human subject establishes direct eye contact with SCP-2422-A, it will gain understanding of the subject's intelligence level, whether or not it has spoken or interacted with the subject at all. It rates the intelligence of subjects on a scale of 0-35, with the majority of tested subjects falling within 0.1 units of 22. When compared to a standardized IQ test2, its ratings have proven to match proportionally.\nSCP-2422-B: When a human subject establishes direct eye contact with SCP-2422-B, it will gain rudimentary knowledge of the subject's activities over the course of the previous 22 hours. Thus far, it has consistently been able to recite locations visited by subjects, reasons for visiting said locations, and reasons for exiting said locations.\nSCP-2422-C: When a human subject establishes direct eye contact with SCP-2422-C, it will exhibit extreme cases of empathy, immediately behaving as if it is experiencing an unusually intense version of the subject's current emotional state. If eye contact is maintained, it will begin to experience all emotions felt by the subject within the previous 22 hours in reverse order. The duration for which it feels each emotion seems to correlate with the strength with which the subject felt said emotion at the time. SCP-2422-C will revert to its original emotional state when eye contact is broken.\nSCP-2422-D: SCP-2422-D will only exhibit its anomalous property after having an extended conversation on a single topic with a human subject. If the human subject establishes direct eye contact with SCP-2422-D after having said conversation, SCP-2422-D will understand the subject's true opinion on the topic3. Though it is not always responsive, SCP-2422-D has shown a 100% accuracy rate when asked to explain the subject's true feelings. Due to its unwillingness or inability to communicate frequently, the fewest tests out of any member of SCP-2422 have been performed on SCP-2422-D.\n\nAcquisition Log: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, SCP-2422 approached Site-17 as a group. When the posted guard attempted to deter them, they referred to themselves by their current numerical designation, and asked to be admitted to what they referred to as their \"home.\"\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was notified, and performed an immediate interview and psychological examination on the group. SCP-2422-A claimed the group had been created by a person it called \"Wandering Father.\"4 They claimed to have no malicious intent, but repeatedly stated that they were created to exist within the walls of a Foundation facility, if they were allowed. They expressed a desire not to burden the Foundation, or wear out any welcome they may have had.\nDuring this initial interview, SCP-2422-A gave Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 a sealed envelope, addressed \u201cto the Lucky Recipient.\u201d The note inside has been designated Document 2422-I.\nDocument 2422-I\n\n#22: A Friendly Family\n\"Congeniality breeds Joy.\" \u2013The Joyful Text, Recommendation #22\n\nDear Foundation,\nHello and good day. I have observed that you as a whole are severely lacking in Joyful celebration. Your employees are deathly Serious all the time. I find that very UnFortunate.\nI have created this wonderful family for you, modeled after my Joyful Recommendation #22. They should not be anything but Kind and Joyful. They come as a set. Please keep them together, for the sake of my old heart. Theirs, too, actually. If they spend too long apart, they'll go into cardiac arrest. I promise that little kink will be fixed in future creations.\nThey have been created to find a specific Foundation Site, the one I have judged is the most UnJoyful. Please allow them inside. They will spread Joy, Love and Happiness.\nPlease treat them well and give them a house-sized space. If you keep them together in one room, they'll probably tear each other apart. It's another one of those bugs I haven't quite been able to work out. I know you can work around it.\nI hope this gift will alleviate your UnFortunate UnJoy.\nYours in Joy and Harmony,\nWandering Father\n\nAddendum: As of 11/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, all testing performed on SCP-2422-C and -D must be directly supervised by at least one Senior Researcher. Any unauthorized activity by any personnel involved in the testing is grounds for immediate reprimand and punishment.\n\nFootnotes\n1. It claims not to be \"Wandering Father.\"\n2. The test administered had a maximum score of 160\n3. More controversial topics typically yield more detailed answers from SCP-2422-D.\n4. The Foundation currently has no records of a person or group with that name. At the time of writing, no searches attempted by the Foundation has confirmed Wandering Father's identity or existence.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2421 | SCP-2422 | SCP-2423 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2423\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The perimeter of SCP-2423 is to be patrolled by MTF Mu-3 \"Cassiopeia\" at all times. No instance of SCP-2423-1 is to leave SCP-2423, regardless of circumstances.\nFresh food and gasoline are to be delivered monthly to SCP-2423. Additionally, board games and decks of cards are to be delivered biannually. Emergency materials or personnel may be delivered to the area, but require the approval of at least one personnel of security clearance Level 3 or higher.\nProvocation of an instance of SCP-2423-1 is strictly prohibited. Communication is likewise prohibited except by personnel with security clearance Level 3 or higher.\nDescription: SCP-2423 is a facsimile of a branch of the Foundation. It contains a facility, grounds, and personnel for the facility. These personnel are designated SCP-2423-1. When asked for the name of this facility, they claim it is called Site-\u2588\u2588. There are no records of this facility ever being built, no records of the branch being founded, and, after extensive research, no birth certificate for an instance of SCP-2423-1 has been found. Earliest records of SCP-2423 were on the date of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, when several emails from instances of SCP-2423-1 came to Foundation personnel, and the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 area marked increased electrical and water draws.\nAll personnel encountering instances of SCP-2423-1 have complained of severe irritation or discomfort, often without reason. Brain scans of personnel during interaction with an instance of SCP-2423-1 reveal increased activity in the parietal lobe, suggesting this agitation might stem from something perceived subconsciously. However, extensive testing of residents reveals them to be both physiologically and genetically identical to humans, and they have displayed no anomalous traits other than this discomfort.\nIt is apparent that all instances of SCP-2423-1 fully believe themselves to be actual Foundation personnel, and even have artificial memories to support this assumption. Additionally, many of these individuals have extensive knowledge of the inner workings of the Foundation, with one researcher analogue being able to list off the locations and containment procedures of several artifacts in the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 area. Containment procedures for these artifacts have been changed in light of this fact.\nInstances of SCP-2423-1 include the following:\n\nA site director.\nA task force consisting of thirty six personnel.\nA research team consisting of sixty four personnel.\nA security team consisting of forty nine personnel.\nA maintenance/janitorial team consisting of twenty five personnel.\n\nIt has been noted that each department consists of a number of personnel equal to the square of a whole number. The significance of this is not yet known.\nSCP-2423 came into existence fully integrated into the surrounding infrastructure of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, but has since been cut off and supplied with a gasoline generator and a water supply. A concrete and steel wall has been constructed around the facility. The task force analogue has been relieved of all weapons. Instances of SCP-2423-1 have not resisted any measures taken to restrain or disarm them.\nSCP-2423 also came into existence containing several unique items, which have since been removed and given their own classifications. One item could not be removed, due to anomalous traits, and has been designated SCP-2423-2.\nInstances of SCP-2423-1 have expressed a clear aversion to talking about SCP-2423-2. When pressed, instances relapse into total silence. This has led to the belief that SCP-2423-2 is somehow important to SCP-2423.\nSCP-2423-2 is a large book, 77 cm by 99 cm, levitating 2 meters above the ground. The book has 106 pages, each with a single charcoal drawing of a different antique radio. The spine of SCP-2423-2 is rigid and believed to be spatially locked relative to Earth's center of gravity. Digging beneath the book does not alter its position in space, and no amount of force has thus far been able to damage or shift it from its current location. Study of the object is ongoing, but, to date, no further knowledge on SCP-2423-2 or its significance has been obtained.\n\nWhat follows are interviews with instances of SCP-2423-1.\n\nInterview 4-F\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2423-1 instance. Identifies as a security guard by the name of James Ferros.\nInterviewer: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: Purpose of interview is to examine depth of instance's artificial memories. Instance of SCP-2423-1 has been instructed to be entirely candid. Interview taking place in a tent just inside perimeter wall.\n<Begin Log, 10:12 AM>\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Let's begin this simply. What is your name?\nSCP-2423-1: My name is James Ferros.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Where is it that you come from, James?\nSCP-2423-1: Well\u2026 okay\u2026 I was born in Sydney, Australia, but my family moved to Santa Cruz, California before I could remember anything.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What do you remember about Santa Cruz? What was your favorite place growing up?\nSCP-2423-1: Well, it's a tourist trap, that city, so everything is big and gaudy. Me and my friends spent most of our time on the beach, surfing or just, you know, playing in the sand. When I got older we got more interested in the arcade, so we started going there more often. It would have to be a toss up between the beach and the arcade, for sure.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Your friends, who were they?\nSCP-2423-1: Well, there was Derrick Constantine, Maury Shoemaker, and Valentina Block. Derrick was a bit of a scrawny kid, but Maury was big, bigger than even me. Valentina was, well, the girl, but she was tough like the rest of us. Later me and her [sic] would actually join the army together.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What happened to them after you left Santa Cruz?\nSCP-2423-1: Well, like I said, me and Valentina went into the army together, but she wound up in a different unit. Didn't hear from her for years until I found out that her unit was taken down with no survivors. Maury is a bouncer at a club in Fremont, married and has two kids, I hear. As for Derrick, he's probably still in the arcade, or doing some kind of research somewhere. I haven't kept up with him too much.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What about your home life?\nSCP-2423-1: Well, I would say I had a happy life at home. I mean, mom was never home, always off running the hotel, and my big bro was in college by the time I could walk, so my family life consisted of just my dad. He was a good man, a little strict, I suppose, being ex-military, but he taught me a lot of what I know, and he let my friends come over all the time.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Okay, I think that will be enough for now. Send in the next in line on your way out.\nSCP-2423-1: Yes sir.\n<End Log, 10:20 AM>\nClosing Statement: Instance of SCP-2423-1 expresses extremely detailed false memories. Research reveals that all people described are fictional and all places are real places. This is a trend that exists in all interviews. No other similarities have been identified.\n\nInterview 15-C\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2423-1 instance. Identifies as a site director by the name of Jane Blackstock.\nInterviewer: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: Purpose of interview is to test degree to which mental block regarding SCP-2423-2 extends, and to obtain more information regarding the object, if possible. Interview takes place in subterranean bunker built just outside SCP-2423. Interviewer and other personnel are kept in shadow at all times. Subject kept awake for several hours and dosed with various drugs to increase power of suggestion. This is the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 attempt to explore this avenue of inquiry.\n<Begin Log, 4:15 AM>\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: [Interviewer allows several minutes of silence to linger, reading various documents on the table before him.] Tell us what you know about the book.\nSCP-2423-1: [Visibly exhausted, subject winces at the instruction.] It is\u2026 It is spatially locked relative to Earth's center of gravity. It contains 106 pages of charcoal drawings of\u2014\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: [Interrupting.] You've said all this before. Tell us something more significant. Tell us where it came from.\nSCP-2423-1: [Subject drops her gaze a bit, seems to think intensely on the subject, but finds no words.]\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Tell us what experiments have been done with it.\nSCP-2423-1: [No response.]\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Okay\u2026 Tell us how you feel when you try to give us simple information.\nSCP-2423-1: [Thinks for a moment, and manages to struggle out a few words.] I feel\u2026 numb.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Numb how?\nSCP-2423-1: Like\u2026 like when you've been laying on your foot for a half hour, and it goes to sleep. Like that\u2026 except in my head.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: [Drops a pen onto the table and considers those words for a few minutes of silence, giving the visual appearance of not liking the response she gave.] You know, we're all getting tired of these repeated interviews, especially when we make no progress. Maybe it would help if someone were to shake you when that numbness comes out again, and stimulate those blood vessels a bit.\nSCP-2423-1: [Subject gives no response.]\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: [After a few moments of silence, waves to a security guard in the shadows.] Alright, now then, try and tell me something new about the book.\n[Recording shows two hours of repeated instructions and silence from the subject. Security guard using various levels of force.]\n<End Log, 6:58 AM>\nClosing Statement: Unnecessary force was deemed to have been used on subject. Interviewer has been reprimanded. Interview has established that even under extreme duress, and in fear for its life, subject's mental block regarding SCP-2423-2 has been insurmountable.\n\nIncident 2423-A\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588: An object has been uncovered outside SCP-2423. MTF Mu-3 uncovered a large radio almost completely buried in loose soil, 15 meters outside the perimeter. Upon inspection, researchers confirmed it as a cathedral radio of the same design as depicted on page 4 of SCP-2423-2. This radio proves to be incapable of picking up radio signals of any kind, despite being in perfect condition. At \u2588\u2588:\u2588\u2588 AM, a transmission came through this radio. What follows is a recording of that transmission.\n\n[A man can be heard mumbling incoherently behind the sound of something scratching at paper. After a few seconds, a musical tone can be heard, playing eight short notes in a rhythm. This is followed by a full minute of the man mumbling and the paper scratching, before another voice, that of a small child, can be heard.]\nChild: \"There has been a mistake. Close it.\"\n[The radio goes silent.]\n\nThe musical tone heard near the beginning has been identified as a harpsichord, and it may have been spelling out the morse code \"error\" message. Currently, this radio has been classified as SCP-2423-3.\n\nIncident 2423-B\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588: At \u2588\u2588:\u2588\u2588 AM, same time as previous incident transmission, eight musical tones being played in a rhythm were recorded inside SCP-2423. Shortly thereafter, instances of SCP-2423-1 were recorded waking up and moving about. Researchers refrain from intervention for purpose of observation. Video records show residents uncovering an antique tabletop radio just outside wing C of SCP-2423, before it is quickly removed from range of recording devices.\nAt \u2588\u2588:\u2588\u2588 AM, permission is given for Mu-3 to move in and secure object. Resistance from instances of SCP-2423-1 is met, but quickly overcome. What follows is a recording of transmission from object before being secured.\n\n[A man mumbling and scratching paper are heard, with the voice of a small child speaking in the foreground.]\nChild: \"-seem to be- Wait\u2026 it's them again! It must be them! They stole the pieces!\"\n[The child falls silent for a moment, leaving only the sound of the man and the paper, before it continues]\nChild: \"Listen, we are the Nina K\u00e4rde, and we will not be impeded, least of all by concrete and theft. You have twelve days to tear down your walls and return what was stolen from us, or else you will be struck down. Close it.\"\n[The radio goes silent.]\n\nThis new artifact takes a form similar to that depicted on page 83 of SCP-2423-2, and seems to lack the ability to pick up radio signals like SCP-2423-3. Thus, it has been classified as another instance of SCP-2423-3.\nNote: In light of recent events, MTF Theta-8 \"Sundown\" and MTF Lambda-10 \"Maxwell and Friends\" have been temporarily assigned to SCP-2423. Additional recording equipment has been installed around SCP-2423.\n\nIncident 2423-C\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588: At \u2588\u2588:\u2588\u2588 AM, recording equipment shows seventy nine instances of SCP-2423-3 materializing on the ground around SCP-2423, all pointing out, towards perimeter wall. What follows is believed to be a sonic shockwave exerting at least 400 kilopascals of pressure. Breaches within perimeter wall are formed within ten seconds.\nMTF Mu-3, Theta-8, and Lambda-10 are mobilized inside the next minute, and utilize heavy ordinance to remove instances of SCP-2423-3. At \u2588\u2588:\u2588\u2588 AM, all recording equipment goes down. Instances of SCP-2423-1 are reported as attacking MTF members or fleeing through breaches in perimeter wall. MTF members describe them as \"sleepwalkers\".\nAt \u2588\u2588:\u2588\u2588 AM, instances of SCP-2423-1 and SCP-2423-3 are all subdued or destroyed. Nine instances of SCP-2423-1 and one instance of SCP-2423-3 are not accounted for. The search for these instances is ongoing. Reconstruction of perimeter wall has been begun.\nNote: In light of recent events, reclassification of SCP-2423 to Keter is being considered, and revisions to containment procedures are in development.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2422 | SCP-2423 | SCP-2424 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2424\nObject Class: Safe Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2424 is to be kept in Testing Hangar-09 at Research Site-45 for further study. A yellow demarcation line is to be painted along the floor around SCP-2424 within a 40m radius, indicating the limits of SCP-2424's perception. This area is to be known as the \"Interaction Zone\". Any personnel returning from the interaction zone are to be debriefed and physically screened for any anomalous effects.\nAt least two armed security personnel are to be present at the north and south entrances at all times. The onsite explosives disposal unit (EDU) will handle all unused ordinance from SCP-2424 as detailed in the standard protocols for extrinsic hazardous materials.\nAll testing will require Level 3 supervision and be carried out by D-class personnel. No more than one D-class is allowed in the interaction zone during approved testing. Structural integrity inspections of the hangar are to be performed twice a month. All anomalous radio wave frequencies recorded from SCP-2424 are to be sent to Lab-7 for analysis.\nDescription: SCP-2424 resembles a marine mammal possibly belonging to the Odobenidae family.1 Unlike other members of the Odobenidae family SCP-2424 has a second pair of muscular flippers, light purple skin color, various cybernetic implants of unknown function, and is considerably larger in both length and weight (35m and 26t respectively). SCP-2424 was captured 39km north of Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland near an Inuit settlement that appears to have been destroyed by fire. No local records of the settlement exist.\nSCP-2424 appears to have a 260mm cannon of unknown make and model that can extend and retract from its mouth. This weapon has been observed to eject black spherical projectiles at extremely low velocities, sometimes firing up to 3 projectiles at once. SCP-2424 can also create seismic vibrations whenever it strikes the ground with sufficient force. Anyone standing within the interaction zone during this will suffer full-body paralysis for a period of exactly 4 seconds. It is currently unknown how these vibrations cause this reaction in individuals.\nSCP-2424 will engage in hostile activity whenever someone is within the interaction zone, as it appears that this is the range of SCP-2424's perception. During testing, D-class personnel have reported strange electronic background noise playing from an unknown source as well as sound effects that respond in sync with their physical actions, though this has not been confirmed or recorded see Addendum-2424-004 for further details.\nSCP-2424 will continue to react hostilely until one of the following criteria is met:\n\nThe individual is killed.\nThe individual moves out of the interaction zone.\n\nAddendum-2424-001: Researchers involved with SCP-2424 have found a strategic pattern during hostile interactions after reviewing test footage. SCP-2424 seems unable to deviate from this pattern, which makes altercations much more predictable for future tests. Below is a compiled set of instructions for review:\n\nApproach SCP-2424 from the front and stand at the periphery of its vision (40m)\nMove one step to the right after 3 seconds to avoid projectile/s.\nMove one step to the left after 3 seconds to avoid projectile/s.\nMove one step back and crouch after 3 seconds to avoid projectile/s.\nMove back to original position.\nJump into the air as SCP-2424 lifts up to perform the secondary seismic attack as to not have contact with the ground.\nRepeat steps 2-6.\n\nAddendum-2424-002: D-class test subjects have discovered inadvertently that if one were to throw the projectiles back at SCP-2424, they explode and cause its entire body to flash bright red. After this is performed six times, SCP-2424 will explode without leaving behind any traces of remains or effluence. Persons directly responsible for destroying SCP-2424 are then [REDACTED]. After which, SCP-2424 will instantly reappear in the exact same position as before the altercation began.\nAddendum-2424-003: Recently it has come to the attention that SCP-2424 is in fact sapient and capable of vocal communication. There is only one interview on record between personnel and SCP-2424 as it now refuses to respond to communication attempts. See attached:\n\n[LEVEL-2 ACCESS REQUIRED]\n\n[ACCESS GRANTED]\n\nInterview Transcript2424-01\nDate: \u2588/\u2588/\u2588\u2588\nInterviewer: Dr. Namdev Patel via intercom\nSubject: SCP-2424Dr. Patel: Excuse me? What was that?Dr. Patel: Who?Dr. Patel: Could you elaborate on that?Dr. Patel: I'm not- (Dr. Patel is instructed off audio by Level-3 staff to proceed as said person). I mean\u2026 yeah\u2026 you are.Dr. Patel: How do you mean?Dr. Patel: H-how come you don't try- (Dr. Patel is quickly instructed off audio to not encourage hostile behavior). I mean, it's not that bad.Dr. Patel: I'm not sure I understand.Dr. Patel: Which others?Dr. Patel: Yes\u2026 well\u2026 but to clarify, this hero? He comes to me after he beats you correct?Dr. Patel: Right, right, of course. Silly me.\nThere is a 10-second pause.Dr. Patel: It's\u2026 um\u2026 wait it's-\nFurther tests involving SCP-2424 are to be suspended until further notice. Research involving additional entities related to SCP-2424 are ongoing as to determine the whereabouts of previous missing test subjects. Reports from local authorities describe an unknown individual that has been observed to frequent the acquisition site of SCP-2424. Reports also detail that the individual appears lost or confused and is heard calling the name \"Anaaya\" multiple times.\nCurrent orders are to detain the suspect on sight and bring in for questioning. Senior field agents are to advise their teams that said suspect may have anomalous properties which could hinder capture. SCP designation and MTF acquisition requests are currently under review.\n\n[LEVEL-3 ACCESS REQUIRED]\n\n[ACCESS GRANTED]\n\nAddendum-2424-003-A: The individual suspect associated with SCP-2424 as mentioned in the above, Addendum-2424-003, was apprehended by Foundation agents on 08/17/2015 in Eastern Greenland. As confirmed in sighting reports, said suspect is of Inuit descent, wears traditional Inuit clothing, and is estimated to be in his late teens. The only belongings the suspect had on his person were a hand-made spear and tattered booklet tied together with sinew. The contents of this booklet are still under investigation. The page scans can be found here (LINK).\nThe suspect speaks in an Inuit dialect that closely resembles Tunumiisut. On-site Foundation interpreters and linguists are currently reviewing transcripts in order to translate the suspect's speech. Upon detainment, the suspect was agitated about having his possessions confiscated and refused to eat or drink for two days.\nOn the third day, the suspect was seen in his cell on camera performing a series of specific movements repeatedly. After several hours, the security cameras were suddenly blinded by a bright flash emanating from the suspect's cell. Afterwards, when a clear video feed was reestablished, the suspect was no longer in his detainment cell. No apparent signs of damage to the cell or cell door is visible.\nSuspect is still awaiting an SCP designation, pending the close of this investigation. In the mean time, suspect may be considered anomalous. Foundation agents are advised to detain the suspect with a body harness to prevent movement when detained.\n\nAddendum-2424-004: After further analysis, it is confirmed that SCP-2424 is indeed capable of projecting signals in the form of ultra high frequencies (UHF). Only affected individuals in the interaction zone are able to perceive them as audio. Below is a sample recorded during testing believed to be the background noise as described by D-class personnel:\n\n[ACCESS DIGITAL AUDIO ARCHIVE]\n\n[ACCESS GRANTED]\n\n-retrieving file \"2424-03-Beta\"\u2026\n-uploading\u2026\n-100% complete.\n\nFile Name\nSize\nContent\nUser Permissions\n\n2424-03-Beta\n4.57MB\nAudio file with ID3 version 2.4.0, contains: MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1, 320 kbps, 44.1 kHz, JntStereo\nSTREAM ONLY\n\nFootnotes\n1. The only known surviving species in this family is the walrus.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2423 | SCP-2424 | SCP-2425 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2425\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2425 is to be kept in a 10.5m x 8.5m x 5m containment cell in Reliquary Site-251. The cell is to be outfitted with one stage meant for the performance of dramatic acts, specifically musicals. At 16:00 EST on every second Friday of the month, a performance of a single song from a musical with religious themes is to be performed by volunteer Foundation researchers with some form of musical skill.\nThe list of approved musicals includes:\n\nJesus Christ Superstar (Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice)\nJoseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice)\nThe Prince of Egypt (Dreamworks Animation, dir. Simon Wells, Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner)\nThe Fiddler on the Roof (Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick)\nThe Book of Mormon (Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Robert Lopez)\n\nThe following Sunday, a sermon is to be given by a Foundation-appointed religious authority regarding either Exodus 20:3-6, the Book of Leviticus, a passage from the Book of Mormon, a reading from the Torah, a reading from the Qu'ran, or the Horizon Initiative's Universal Text, if available.\nFollowing this, a replica of an instance of SCP-1425 is to be burned within two meters of SCP-2425. If a replica is unavailable, a copy of a film that Steffan Bristow has performed in may be substituted.\nIt is to be publicly maintained that the actor Steffan Bristow died on January 4th, 2010 of a drug overdose in his room at the [REDACTED] Hotel in New York City. Films that star or feature Steffan Bristow may continue to be distributed, provided they have been scrubbed of Memetic Vector 2425-01, which involves the deletion of no more than five frames of film from the final cut.\nDescription: SCP-2425 is an android originally made to resemble Steffan Bristow, a Dutch-American actor and member of the Fifth Church. SCP-2425 has a frame made out of an iron alloy similar to Damascus steel, but with approximately 15% more nanotube structures present in SCP-2425 than in the average specimen of the alloy. Upon recovery, SCP-2425 was covered by an anatomically correct approximation of Steffan Bristow's appearance, made out of human skin with an exact DNA match to Mr. Bristow.\nSCP-2425's primary anomalous effect occurred when it was part of the production of a major motion picture, specifically during its appearances on-camera2. When appearing on-camera for a duration of more than fifty-five seconds, SCP-2425's eyes glow on-screen. Following this, a short, memetic message flashes on the screen, known as Memetic Vector 2425-01 (hereafter M.V. 2425-01). M.V. 2425-01 usually takes the form of a quote from Fifth Church scripture, a lyric from a Fifthist hymn or song, or a passage from one of the early chapters of SCP-1425. This effect occurs only five times per movie SCP-2425 is featured in, and only occurs for a single frame at a time.\nIf individuals that have not undergone Level-2 Inoculation against Memetic Vector 2425-01 are exposed to it, they will develop an interest in Steffan Bristow's life, leading to affected individuals attempting to find information about Bristow, his films, and any other actors featured within them. This will eventually lead individuals affected by M.V. 2425-01 to information on the Fifth Church. This further leads to up to 20-27% of individuals affected by M.V. 2425-01 to joining the Fifth Church. Post-exposure inoculation within 52 hours can lead to up to a 59% decrease in interest on the subject of Steffan Bristow.\nA secondary anomalous effect occurs when SCP-2425 is in its powered-on state. When in this state, various news media outlets located in the Hollywood Area will report stories about Steffan Bristow's continued existence, being held by a 'shadow-governmental agency'. These are believed to be transmissions broadcast by SCP-2425 in an attempt to free itself from containment.\nSCP-2425 is powered by an anomalous power source, designated SCP-2425-A. SCP-2425-A is a form of battery that is powered and recharged by specific vibrational frequencies. These frequencies are produced by the human voice during the vocalization of songs by the band Constellation Starfish (a group affiliated with the Fifth Church) including singing, humming, or simply speaking the lyrics; a single word from the song \"Old Chilly the Space Trucker\", intoned as conceived by the composing artist, was found to produce enough energy to power SCP-2425 for approximately five hours.\nCurrently, a way to drain SCP-2425's power has not been discovered. As such, it has been classified as a Keter-Class anomaly due to the threat it posses to the Foundation's mission of secrecy. See Experiment Logs.\nExperiment Log 2425-D: The following records Foundation attempts to power down SCP-2425.\nTest #: 001\nHypothesis: SCP-2425 could be disabled by removing SCP-2425-A\nProcedure: D-Class personnel would attempt to manually remove SCP-2425-A.\nResult: Upon contact with SCP-2425-A, D-Class personnel D-2812 was electrocuted by SCP-2425-A and immediately died.\nConclusion: Manual removal of SCP-2425-A impossible with bare hands.\nTest #: 002\nHypothesis: See Test # 001\nProcedure: See Test #001, but D-Class personnel would have full-body electrical insulation.\nResult: Electrical charge somehow bypassed insulation; however, resultant electrical shock was not fatal. D-Class Personnel D-2813 complained of having 'a song stuck in his head' until end-of-month retirement.\nConclusion: Manual removal of SCP-2425 is impossible.\nTest #: 005\nHypothesis: Due to the fact that SCP-2425-A was apparently powered by Fifthist hymns, Dr. Eldridge hypothesized that hymns from other religions could de-power SCP-2425-A.\nProcedure: A small choir of volunteer Foundation researchers was instructed to sing the hymns \"Amazing Grace\" and \"God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen\".\nResult: No change in power levels in SCP-2425-A; broadcast reporting a sighting of Steffan Bristow in the town of [REDACTED], approximately fifteen kilometers from where SCP-2425 was located, was reported by an NBC news affiliate in Hollywood.\nTest #: 011\nHypothesis: Dr. Eldridge hypothesized that a Jewish hymn would depower SCP-2425-A.\nProcedure: Originally, it was intended for the song \"Ma Nevu\" to be performed by volunteer researchers who were fluent in Hebrew; however, Dr. Eldridge's research assistant mistakenly obtained a Hebrew translation of lyrics to the song \"To Life (L'chayim)\" from the musical Fiddler on the Roof.\nResult: Recognizing the tune approximately thirty seconds into the song, Dr. Eldridge ordered the test be terminated, with a repeat of the test to be scheduled for a later date.\nHowever, Dr. Eldridge noted that SCP-2425's movements appeared more sluggish following this test.\nConclusion: Further testing necessary.\nTest #: 012\nHypothesis: Songs related to religion, but not explicitly used in religious ceremonies or gatherings, would be effective in depowering SCP-2425-A.\nProcedure: Dr. Eldridge selected three songs to be sung by volunteer researchers: \"Hello\" from the musical The Book of Mormon, \"The Man Comes Around\" by Johnny Cash, and \"The Christmas Shoes\" by the group NewSong.\nResult: Of the three songs, \"Hello\" was the most effective, with \"The Christmas Shoes\" and \"The Man Comes Around\" having little to no effect. Upon the conclusion of \"Hello\", SCP-2425 had severely impeded movement. It is hypothesized that this power drain was due to the number of singers required to perform \"Hello\" being larger than the other two songs.\nConclusion: Songs related to religion, but not explicitly religious in content, will have some effect on SCP-2425-A.\nNote from Dr. Eldridge: I'd just like to state, on the record, that seeing those researchers sing a song from that Mormon musical is the happiest I've seen them in a while.\nTest: 014\nHypothesis: See Test 12, with the addendum that the larger the group singing the song, the more effective the power drain.\nProcedure: The song \"Go, Go, Go Joseph\" from the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat would be performed by volunteer researchers; in Broadway productions, this song required at least fifteen people to effectively perform.\nResult: Upon conclusion of the song, SCP-2425 saw no further power drain than from previous tests; approximately 50% power drain.\nConclusion: While the musical method is effective, alternate methods must be found for fully depowering SCP-2425-A.\nNote from Researcher Mayberry, Research Assistant to Dr. Eldridge: Everyone was laughing after that test. Some of them even started dancing; they really got into it. Think we could do that again, Doc?\nNote From Dr. Eldridge: It is under consideration.\nTest #: 017\nHypothesis: Destruction of objects related to the Fifth Church would result in further power drain.\nProcedure: Test Denied. Items related to the Fifth Church are considered valuable artifacts.\nTest #: 018\nHypothesis: See Test # 017\nProcedure: A mockup of an instance of SCP-1425 was created, and then incinerated in front of SCP-2425 and several present researchers.\nResult: Despite the instance not being authentic, SCP-2425 completely powered down upon destruction of the object.\nConclusion: See Addendum\nAddendum: Official Proposal from Dr. William Eldridge:\n\nTo: O5-9\nSubject: SCP-2425 Containment Revision\nReliquary Site-25 is probably one of the most frustrating places to work in the Foundation. Before I came here, I was a theologian, yes, but I was also an atheist. Seeing things like [REDACTED] shook me to my core. God was real, all Gods were real, and they could kill us at any time, trigger the apocalypse by sneezing.\nIt is rare that we make any breakthroughs here. I've had two people on my team commit suicide by SCP out of sheer frustration from banging their heads against the wall and never getting a result.\nI am happy to report that we have made progress: a way to effectively neutralize SCP-2425, and any other possible instances of it. A combination of spiritual (not explicitly religious) music, performed by a large number of people, along with the apparent destruction of materials related to the Fifth Church, has resulted in a complete powering-off of SCP-2425. As I write this, it has been inactive for the past week.\nI have attached to this e-mail revised containment procedures for SCP-2425, which have been revised by members of my team. It is simple, cost-effective, and it works. I recommend implementation as soon as possible.\nDr. William Eldridge,\nHazardous Materials Containment Liaison, Reliquary Site-25.\n\nTo: Dr. William Eldridge\nSubject: Re: SCP-2425 Containment Revision.\nApproved. Implement these procedures immediately. Good work, Dr. Eldridge.\n-O5-9\n\nFootnotes\n1. Reliquary Site-25 is dedicated to the Containment of several dangerous Euclid-class religious anomalies related to several Groups of Interest.\n2. Voice acting done by SCP-2425 does not carry anomalous effects.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2424 | SCP-2425 | SCP-2426 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2426\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Foundation operatives are to monitor all luxury shopping malls and outlets in the Southern California area for instances of SCP-2426. A list of retail centers particularly noted for SCP-2426 manifestation is included in Document 2426-Alpha. Once an instance of SCP-2426 is located, Mobile Task Force Psi-7 (\"Home Improvement\") is to be deployed, cutting off public access to the anomaly. The entities within SCP-2426 are to be contained using an approved cover story until de-manifestation. Anomalous items inside SCP-2426 should be seized and sales records from SCP-2426 should be reviewed. Owners of items purchased from SCP-2426 will be detained, interviewed, administered amnestics, and released. Should an instance of SCP-2426 enter a hiring phase, an undercover Foundation agent is to be deployed to gain employment at SCP-2426.\nDescription: SCP-2426 is a luxury store selling shoes, handbags, wallets, mobile device accessories, and on one recorded occasion, home accessories. Merchandise is marked by logos and labels that do not belong to any known retail company and appears to be of high quality. Brands recorded to date include \"Cicily of Cygnus\", \"Polygynwa Gbltaru\", \"Three Eyes over Luna\", and \"Eleanor of Gliese Five\" (For a complete list of brands see Document 2426-Alpha). Products sold within SCP-2426 will often be made of unusual or exotic materials and frequently possess anomalous properties.\n\nDescription: A partial list of items either purchased within SCP-2426 by Foundation personnel in testing situation or items confiscated from civilians.\n\nOne octagonal crossbody women's leather bag, bearing the brand name \"Delia Decadent\". Label claimed item was \"100% cultured babyskin\". Testing revealed that the bag was composed of the tanned skin of a human infant. DNA testing indicated a shared genome with several civilians. No link between identified citizens has been found.\nOne black pair of open-toed kitten heels. Shoes absorb all visible and low frequency ultraviolet light. Heel sculpted from a dull metal. Testing revealed pure iridium.\nOne men's belt bearing a label from \"Three Eyes Over Luna\". Belt is perfectly two-dimensional.\nOne piece of jewelry that appears to be worn as a chin strap, emulating a false beard. Brand name \"Fruits of Jupiter\". Wearers report a cold sensation on face. Testing indicates the material is a hyper-pressurized mix of methane, hydrogen, and nitrogen gas that is similar but not identical to the composition of Jupiter.\nA nearly-transparent pair of men's oxfords. Almost invisible unless viewed from a 70 degree angle. Shoes weigh 0.02 grams, are virtually indestructible, and are composed of an previously unknown form of graphene.\nA pair of diamond earrings, 200 milligrams each, that occasionally vibrate. Earrings display quantum entanglement. When unobserved in their boxes, the studs are in a superposition of states. Observing either earring as vibrating or not vibrating instantaneously causes its partner to collapse into the same state, regardless of distance between the two boxes.1\n\nThere are seven known entities associated with SCP-2426. SCP-2426-1 is the designation given to the store manager, who claims its name is \"Mr. John Smith\". SCP-2426-2 through -6 designate the five regular, full-time employees of SCP-2426, answering to Michael Anderson, Jennifer Williams, Jessica Brown, Christopher Jones, and Amanda Miller, respectively. SCP-2426-2 and -5 stand about 1.7 meters tall and SCP-2426-3, -4, and -6 stand about 1.58 meters tall with a variety of skin tones and hair/eye coloring. Photographic analysis shows that SCP-2426-2 through -6 possess abnormally similar facial structures despite the appearance of different ethnic backgrounds. SCP-2426-2 through -6 have always been observed in a cheerful, yet professional mood and possess higher than average, though non-anomalous, persuasive abilities. SCP-2426-7 designates an entity only occasionally seen within SCP-2426, who claims to be a regional manager by the name of Jason Moore.\nEvent 2426-03: On \u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, when occupying a store at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 shopping center, SCP-2426 displayed a \"Now Hiring\" sign in the window. Within one hour, an applicant, one \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, California, entered SCP-2426 and filled the position. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 continued to work at SCP-2426 until it de-manifested.\n\nInterviewed: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nInterviewer: Dr. Kateri Anowara\n\nForeword: On \u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588 at 7:00 AM, SCP-2426 de-manifested from its location. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was to open SCP-2426 at 8:00. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was detained and interviewed.\n\n<Begin Log>\n\nDr. Anowara: Good morning, Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Uh, what do you guys want me for? I don't know nothing, man.\n\nDr. Anowara: We're interested in your former employers. It seems they left quite abruptly.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Man, I don't know about that shit. Y'all the Feds or something? They're tax evaders or something aren't they? Man, I knew it.\nDr. Anowara: Oh?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: That place was weird, man. Weird as hell. Aw, shit, are you recording this? Am I allowed to cuss or\u2026\nDr. Anowara: You may speak normally, but please stick to what you observed. Now. What circumstances led to your employment at this shop?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Well, my girlfriend was all, 'Get a job, baby, can't be with a man who don't have a job', and I was like, whatever. So I was, like, walking around the mall looking for places that were hiring and shit, 'cause the mall's all fancy and I'd make bank. And then I saw this store and I thought, sure, right?\nDr. Anowara: Did you feel any unusually strong urges to apply there?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Nah, man, didn't even care about the job, just needed the money, y'know?\nDr. Anowara: Right. Tell me about your co-workers.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Like I said, totally weird. It's like they were always high or something, I dunno.\nDr. Anowara: How many of them were there and what did they look like? What about their behavior was so unusual?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Uh, they all looked kinda alike, but not like anyone I'd ever seen, y'know? Like, Jennifer was black and I think Chris was Asian or something, but they still just kinda looked the same. Not like twins or anything, but just something about their faces, man.\nDr. Anowara: And you thought their behavior was unusual.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: It was like sometimes they were on Adderall, y'know? All peppy and happy with customers, right? And that store was dead as shit, man. Like, hours with no one in there. So normal people would be all whatever, and slacking off, like at every other job I've ever had. Not these dudes. Always dusting and making themselves busy. But at the same time, it was like they were on downers or something. Like, normal people have better things to do at work than work, right? But it was like these guys didn't do anything else but sell. They didn't care about anything else. No girlfriends, no sports, no clubbing\u2026nothing. Hell, I don't even think I ever saw them eat.\nDr. Anowara: Interesting. And your manager?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Aw, yeah, Mr. Smith was okay. Less of a freak than the others. Kind of a hardass, but not as much as most bosses. He seemed kind of jittery all the time, especially when his boss, Mr. Moore, was around. Moore was a big, beefy type of guy. Real hard-looking dude, didn't wanna mess with him.\nDr. Anowara: Did you notice anything unusual about the customers?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Mostly old rich farts. They liked to come in and bitch about how their shoes floated or their belt sliced through their pants or some senile bullshit like that. I didn't care but Mr. Smith would always flip shit. Soon, he started grilling me for fashion advice crap?\nDr. Anowara: Such as?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Like, 'what exoleathers are used in this era?', or 'is two dimensional fashion in vogue yet' or 'what kind of graphene do you guys use in apparel', weird stuff. Hell, I haven't even heard of half this stuff, but like I said I'm not a fashion guy.\nDr. Anowara: And you explained that to them?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yeah, that was weird too. I didn't know shit about anything they were talking about but the second I'd tell them that Mr. Smith would flip at the others and tell them to get rid of everything he was asking about. I guess it worked too, because we'd been getting way less complaints.\nDr. Anowara: I see.\nClosing Statement: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was administered mild amnestics and released. Ongoing Foundation surveillance has revealed nothing unusual about \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nOn DATE REDACTED, the following audio was picked up on hidden microphones within SCP-2426.\n\nAudio Log\nVoice 1: Hey, Big Man! Zap the new shoes. These primitives haven't invented nanofashion yet.\nVoice 2: Fuckin' serious, Lup? I told you this was a stupid idea. 'Like selling glass beads to Indians', you said. 'Like hunting on the Martian reserves', you said. Maybe you should have paid attention during your history implants, yeah?\nVoice 1: Vac, man! If I'd paid attention to the history implants I wouldn't have to muck around in this precivilized hellhole would I? And I don't see you running the Space Cadets. Like it or not, Big Man, you're in no better sitch than me.\nVoice 2: Don't feather your phonons, Lup. I'm sorry, okay? With those temp-local tax guys or whatever on our back and all. Hell, better them than Time Crimes but I\u2026just\u2026I really fuckin' miss home-when.\nVoice 1: Y'know, my gene donor used to tell me you don't really register what you have until it's gone. I thought Ze was full of it, but\u2026I'd kill for a Daedalus Beast Burger.\nVoice 2: You can replay that, Lup. Wanna firestick? I've got a box here.\nVoice 1: You're a Class Blue life-form, Big Man. Don't know how I'd get by without you.\nSpeech followed by heavy inhalation noises. Microphones malfunctioned soon after.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Contemporary scientists have achieved similar effects (see \"Entangling Macroscopic Diamonds at Room Temperature\" by K. C. Lee et al) but for picoseconds at a time.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2425 | SCP-2426 | SCP-2427 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2427-A\n\nItem #: SCP-2427\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Area-2427 has been established around SCP-2427-1 for the purpose of the study and containment of SCP-2427. A 500m perimeter around SCP-2427-A has been designated the center of Area-2427, using a private elite country club as a front. Intruders are to be given amnestics and turned away.\nAll sub-instances under SCP-2427 are to be contained according to their individual containment procedures. The undocumented anomalous objects are to be discovered as soon as possible via exploration.\nDescription: SCP-2427 is a collective designation for all abnormal phenomena associated with SCP-2427-B, accessible via SCP-2427-A. SCP-2427-A is a broken stone staircase, 10 km SE of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, OH. According to local legend, any person who ascends the staircase while holding a sprig of hemlock will enter an extradimensional area, hereafter known as SCP-2427-B. Foundation scientists have confirmed this, and have also determined that SCP-2427-B can be exited by a descent of SCP-2427-A, for which hemlock is also required.\nSCP-2427-B is a circular plateau, 3 km in diameter. It superficially resembles a forested hill in the American Midwest. The solar time never changes from 2:00 PM inside SCP-2427-B. Any person who breaches the forested border of SCP-2427 will be destroyed via air bombardment by SCP-2427-5.\nSo far there have been seven types of anomalous objects observed within, but several other types of objects, undocumented by the Foundation, have been noted by information discovered onsite.\nThrough documentation located inside the foyer of SCP-2427-2, SCP-2427-B has been determined to be a storage area for anomalous weapons, tools, and prisoners for a religious organization known as the Brazen Heart. The existence of several other such \"attics\u201d, as they have designated this storage area, hidden throughout the world has also been implied.\nThe Brazen Heart was previously believed to have been a Moloch-worshipping cult eradicated during the Spanish Inquisition. They express extreme animosity for the Foundation and humanity at large, but the Foundation has yet to interact with any professed members of the organization. As such, it is unknown how active the Brazen Heart is at this time.\n\nSCP-2427-1\n\nItem #: SCP-2427-1\nSpecial Containment Procedures: An electrified perimeter around SCP-2427-1 has been established. SCP-2427-1 is not to be opened under any circumstances.\nDescription: SCP-2427-1 is a fire hydrant constructed of lead, located nearest to SCP-2427-A within SCP-2427-B. When opened, SCP-2427-1 will eject high amounts of ionizing radiation from within. The exact amount of this radiation has not been measured, but has proven sufficient to melt human flesh near the opening.\n\nSCP-2427-2\n\nItem #: SCP-2427-2\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2427-2 may only be entered by staff authorized to work with SCP-2427-3 through SCP-2427-5.\nDescription: SCP-2427-2 is a building in the center of SCP-2427-B that superficially resembles a sanitarium from the 1860's. Though SCP-2427-2 is a large, multi-storied building on the outside, the interior is an area of non-Euclidian spacial displacement, comprising only one floor and three rooms with a central foyer. The first room contains SCP-2427-3, the second contains SCP-2427-4, and the third contains a collection of religious documents, canned goods, and bottled water.\n\nSCP-2427-3's containment chamber, before structural reinforcements.\n\nItem #: SCP-2427-3\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A reinforced steel door has been installed at the entrance of SCP-2427-3, the windows have been paved over with concrete, and armed guards have been placed. SCP-2427-3 is to be fed one live goat once daily; failure to do so will result in a containment breach. No line of sight is to be established between SCP-2427-3 and any personnel. Direct images of SCP-2427-3 are to be considered lethal cognitohazards and exposure is to be treated with Class-A amnestics.\nDescription: SCP-2427-3 is a hostile biomechanical construct built from electronic circuitry, the digestive tract of a cow, one hairless head of a human male, a hat rack, several lengths of ordinary garden hose, and crystalline structures of unknown composition. SCP-2427-3 is carnivorous, and exhibits extraordinary physical strength and speed. SCP-2427-3 is capable of speech and professes a desire to devour all \"impure\" life.\nAny person who directly observes SCP-2427-3 will begin to have an overwhelming desire to meet SCP-2427-3 to have their \"purity\" judged, believing that a positive judgment will result in one granted wish. The parameters for this purity are unknown. SCP-2427-3 has so far not encountered a \"pure\" life form.\n\nFloor of SCP-2427-4\n\nItem #: SCP-2427-4\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Experimentation with SCP-2427-4 will continue as needed. As the effects have been determined to have no dangerous repercussions, the pool of test subjects does not necessarily need to be restricted to D-class personnel.\nDescription: SCP-2427-4 is the entirety of the second room in SCP-2427-2. Once a human subject steps on the linoleum floor, the subject will lose consciousness for approximately five minutes, during which the subject will orally list a series of apparent negative qualities about themselves. Upon regaining consciousness, the subject will have no memory of their monologue.\n\nSCP-2427-4 Test #23, Subject: D-2518\nDr. Henderson: Please enter the chamber.\n(D-2518 enters SCP-2427-4)\nD-2518: I don't feel\u2014\n(D-2518 faints)\nD-2518: My soul is a den of spiders. Hear my confession. 40 years old, and I have never taken a pure wife. I have never conceived a strong boy to raise into the armies of Truth. The only consolation my whimpering mind has taken is from fictional works of irrelevant fantasy and other sinful distractions and lies. I have done nothing to destroy myself, and for this I have inspired hatred in all who observe. I cringe at the concept of purity for I know it is my better. I am deceit and cowardice. I am wretched disgust and ineptitude. My soul is not worthy to become as one with the Heart of Brass. O hearer, whence I awaken, hesitate not to feed my flesh and my soul to the Judge-beast.\n(D-2518 awakens)\nD-2518: Where am I?\n\nSCP-2427-5\n\nItem #: SCP-2427-5\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2427-5 is not to be directly observed for more than three seconds at a time by any personnel.\nDescription: SCP-2427-5 is a stationary cloud positioned over SCP-2427-B. When observed by a human subject for more than three seconds, SCP-2427-5 will eject a ball of solid lead, approximately one meter in diameter, at a supersonic speed toward the observer. SCP-2427-5 will also attack those who attempt to leave the perimeter of SCP-2427-B in the same manner. This has resulted in 14 personnel fatalities so far.\n\nSCP-2427-6-14\n\nItem #: SCP-2427-6\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Until the hypothesis that SCP-2427-6 is the result of a human contagion can be ruled out, SCP-2427-6 instances are to be isolated as such in independent biohazard containers.\nDescription: SCP-2427-6 is a series of 18 small trees located throughout SCP-2427-B. Radar analysis has shown that the roots of individual instances have taken the shape of a human body, which fidget frequently. The trunk above ground stems from the human shape's crotch. Each instance is adorned with a small sign that reads \"THE LECHEROUS SUFFER WHAT THEY MUST AND IT IS BEAUTIFUL\".\n\nSCP-2427-7\n\nItem #: SCP-2427-7\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Testing of SCP-2427-7 has been discontinued. No Foundation personnel are to step inside SCP-2427-7.\nDescription: SCP-2427-7 is a pile of ashen wood behind a plaque that reads \"THE LIARS' CRADLE\". Testing has revealed that not only does SCP-2427-7 share a title with and operate similarly to SCP-21281, it is an improved version of SCP-2128 that operates properly within the intended parameters as a torture device. As observed by testing:\n\nSCP-2427-7 contains no sentient intelligence,\nSCP-2427-7's method of immolation is strictly non-lethal, and decreases in intensity to prolong life, and\nSCP-2427-7 will only immolate subjects that specifically tell a lie within its zone of control, rather than state a false fact regardless of intention.\n\nAddendum - Excerpt from Documents Recovered in the foyer of SCP-2427-2:\n\nCanto XV, Verse 294 - On Hatred:\nThe Christian tells you that hatred is wrong.\nThe Buddhist tells you that hatred is a distraction.\nThe atheist tells you that hatred is unhealthy.\n[DATA EXPUNGED] tells you that hatred is fun.\nHatred, in reality, is but one of many invaluable tools to return Creation to purity. Hatred can work in harmony with love. The nature of the path to purity is irrelevant; all that matters is the sunrise at the end of the path.\nWe must remember the third path between what is wrong and what is right. For when the heart of brass shines again, as it is written, there will be nevermore be an opposite to paradise.\nCONTENTS OF HEMLOCK ATTIC:\n\u2022 Pilgrim provisions and data of no particularly sacred nature\n\u2022 One Purge Engine, disguised as a fire hydrant\n\u2022 One House of Sterility\n\u2022 One Level 3 Purity Proctor\n\u2022 One confessionary\n\u2022 18 condemned lechers\n\u2022 One Leaden Cumulus\n\u2022 One True Liars' Cradle\n\u2022 One Slaughtering Perseverance\n\u2022 27 Pyre Children\n\u2022 Three Ascended Cultivars\n\u2022 One Debaucherer\n\u2022 Seven Supreme Angelics\n\u2022 Three Level 7 Hexagrams\n\u2022 Nine Dragons\n\u2022 One Attic Hub Nexus\n\u2022 The Brazen Heart\n\nMemo from: Dr. Gordon MacElroy, Site Director of Area-2427\nTo: All Level 4 staff or higher assigned with SCP-2427 and the Overseer Council\nI've been looking over the documentation found onsite, and the fact that we haven't found some of these things, especially whatever these \"supreme angelics\" and \"dragons\" might be, is something I find extremely concerning.\nIn addition, what is this \"attic hub nexus?\" What if the reason we've never seen these Brazen Heart guys is because they're operating exclusively extradimensionally? We could stumble upon an entire army waiting for their chance to strike. We need to find this gateway and seal it for good, unless we've got the Brazen Balls to send the Mole Rats.\nLastly, the actual brass heart they're so fond of is somewhere in 2427. Deep underground, I'd imagine. Based on some of the things they've said it can do, we need to find it as soon as possible. I'm certain that it's a Keter of the worst sort.\nO5, consider this my formal request for additional containment resources. Lots of them.\n\nFootnotes\n1. In that a if human subject speaks falsely within SCP-2128, they are incinerated.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2426 | SCP-2427 | SCP-2428 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2428\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Outside of testing, SCP-2428 is to remain in a secure locker within Hall \u2588\u2588 of Site-\u2588\u2588. At the conclusion of any testing, the affected subject is to ingest SCP-2428-2.\nDescription: SCP-2428 is a document created by the Group of Interest \"Doctor Wondertainment,\" serving as a proof of purchase for the \"Mr. Mad\" product of the \"Little Misters\" series. Directly viewing SCP-2428 when no other person is under its effects will cause the viewer to perceive a hallucination of a male humanoid, designated SCP-2428-1.\n\n+ View non-anomalous replica of SCP-2428\n\n- Close document\n\nWow! You've just found yourself your very own Little Mister, a limited edition collection from Dr. Wondertainment!\nFind them all and become Mr. Collector!!\n01. Mr. Chameleon\n02. Mr. Headless\n03. Mr. Laugh\n04. Mr. Forgetful\n05. Mr. Shapey\n06. Mr. Soap\n07. Mr. Hungry\n08. Mr. Brass\n09. Mr. Hot\n10. Ms. Sweetie\n11. Mr. Life and Mr. Death\n12. Mr. Fish\n13. Mr. Moon\n14. Mr. Redd (discontinued)\n15. Mr. Money\n16. Mr. Lost\n17. Mr. Lie\n18. Mr. Mad \u2714\n19. Mr. Scary\n20. Mr. Stripes\n\nSCP-2428-1 appears to be a male humanoid of Slavic descent, measured at 167 centimeters and an estimated 55 kilograms. SCP-2428-1 wears a multicolored straitjacket, the sleeves of which have been torn off at the elbows, and grey slacks. The words \"Mr. Mad, from Little Misters \u00ae by Dr. Wondertainment\" are tattooed upon SCP-2428-1's left forearm.\nSCP-2428-1 is sapient, and retains information across affected subjects, though it has no perception of time between manifestations. It is also capable of perceiving and interacting with other hallucinations the subject experiences, regardless of whether they are anomalous. Interviews have confirmed that it can be perceived by other anomalies associated with the \"Little Misters\" series, should its host be within their vicinity.\nAmnestics have proven ineffective at removing the anomalous effects of SCP-2428. However, SCP-2428-1 is able to give the subject a hallucinatory pill of varying appearance (designated SCP-2428-2), which terminates all SCP-2428 effects approximately five minutes after ingestion.\nAddendum: Testing logs\n\nPurpose\n\nInitial interaction by D-49851 after the discovery of a box marked with Wondertainment branding within the entrance of Site-\u2588\u2588, which was found to contain SCP-2428 upon D-49851 opening it.\n\nSubject\n\nD-49851\n\nResults\n\nSCP-2428-1 is reported as amiable and eager to converse. It claims to have spent approximately three years without human interaction based on the date. At the conclusion of the test, SCP-2428-1 is reported to have produced SCP-2428-2 from the left pocket of its slacks, and offered it to D-49851. D-49851 ingests it and returns SCP-2428 to its box. SCP-2428 was subsequently cataloged and cleared for further testing.\n\nPurpose\n\nDetailed interview\n\nSubject\n\nDr. Andrea Segerstrom\n\nResults\n\n+ Display Interview Snippet\n\n- Close Interview Snippet\n\nSCP-2428-1: I just sort of\u2026 was, one day. Some of the others said they felt weird, like their brains weren't quite hooked in right. Sometimes Doctor would have a look at them, off in his workroom or whatever, and they'd come back a little different. Talk different, look different. Sweetie changed more than that, I remember. But I think the old me\u2014 provided there even is an old me\u2014 was still pretty much there. Here. Whatever.\nDr. Segerstrom: So you think you had a life prior to becoming a Wondertainment product?\nSCP-2428-1: I think so. Hell if I know what it was, though. I just seemed to have a more\u2026 I guess you could call it \"stable\" mental state. Which is funny, if you think about it. The others all had their little quirks to go with their theme, but I was just\u2026 the imaginary guy. I mean sure I looked the part but I didn't feel particularly mad. I guess those who are don't, though.\nDr. Segerstrom: Do you think there may have been a reason for that?\nSCP-2428-1: I saw some stuff when I was around Forgetful. The others seemed to have some kind of reason for being, you know? They had a purpose. I get the feeling Wondertainment made me like this just to see if he could. It doesn't help I was never really around much, I think I was \"awake\" for all of an hour a couple years ago.\nDr. Segerstrom: And how do you feel, following that logic?\nSCP-2428-1: Shitty, I guess. Like I was made and discarded. Then I wonder if I'm being paranoid. But I can't shake this sense of\u2026 dependency. Like, my very existence is entirely dependent on your mind being abnormal, and perceiving me. But what if I don't entirely transfer over? What if I'm just a sort of reflection of the owner, in a way? Built from their mind? So now I question how real \"I\" even am, as unreal as I obviously am.\nDr. Segerstrom: We've done blind tests on that, Mad. We know your memories carry over regardless of what the owner knows.\nSCP-2428-1: But that doesn't disprove I'm being altered by the owner! Sure, I might have the same memories, but am I still the same person?\nDr. Segerstrom: Those that read the transcripts will note any inconsistencies, but that would require extensive testing across subjects\u2014 or owners, rather. So, do you think you're not sapient? If I were to have other hallucinations, would you be subject to them or simply aware of them?\nSCP-2428-1: I mean, I wouldn't know the difference for either question. Your hallucinations are no more or less real than this table to me, which you could be hallucinating. And to check whether you are, we could have another person try to interact with it. But then maybe they're also a hallucination. Which, from my perspective, still doesn't make any immediate difference. You're the only concretely \"real\" thing. Regardless of how reliable you are cognitively, I'm only here because of you.\nDr. Segerstrom: So now what?\nSCP-2428-1: I don't know. I guess there's no real way to know without testing it.\nDr. Segerstrom: Would you like to test it?\nSCP-2428-1: I guess so. I haven't really put a whole lot of thought into it before, what I am or what I want. But I guess I can't help what I am. And I think I want to try to leave a mark, somehow. Might as well try to help those I know are real. If I can remember to do that next time.\n\nNotes\n\nFurther testing involving subjects suffering from hallucinations and cross-tests with hallucinogenic anomalous objects currently under consideration.\n\nPurpose\n\nPossible interaction with non-anomalous hallucinations\n\nSubject\n\nD-96485, who experiences auditory hallucinations\n\nResults\n\nWritten statement from D-96485: Whenever I'd be near a running AC I hear someone whispering vague threats to me. So I was put in this room with a vent and given this skip. I talked to Mister Mad a little, he asked about the voice. So I explained it to him and he stared at the vent for a bit.\nEventually he told me to ask for a ladder and screwdriver. So I did, and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 brought them in. I tried handing Mad the screwdriver but he wouldn't take it. He climbed up the ladder and squinted into the vent but that was it, he came back down and told me not to be scared. So I went up and unscrewed the vent, all while it hissed threats at me. And when the cover popped off I saw this THING and I freaked out, almost fell down the ladder, and got down as fast as I could.\nMad pats me on the shoulder and goes up, looks kinda surprised, but yanks out this little monster. Little vent goblin keeps going on and on, and Mad just slowly climbs down the ladder with one hand and walks over to the corner of the room. I don't know what he said but it sure shut the goblin up for a minute. Mad talked some more and the goblin nodded, Mad said something else that looked threatening, and then he carried the thing back up to the vent and told me to screw the cover back on.\nNow the thing keeps telling me what a good job I've been doing, try to look on the bright side. Wonder how long that'll keep up.\n\nNotes\n\nThe alteration to D-96485's hallucination has remained three weeks after testing, though she has not seen the creature outside of SCP-2428 testing. Her morale has improved significantly, and she has made several requests for other D-Class suffering from similar hallucinations to be transferred to SCP-2428 testing.\n\nPurpose\n\nDetermine what occurs when affected subject dies\n\nSubject\n\nD-24282, D-24283\n\nResults\n\nD-24282 is given SCP-2428 while D-24283 is supplied with a firearm. D-24282 moves in an erratic way when D-24283 raises the weapon, causing him to miss the first shot. D-24282 appears to struggle against SCP-2428-1 for several seconds before D-24283 is able to terminate her. D-24283 then views SCP-2428, and after a brief pause raises arms in a defensive position and claims SCP-2428-1 is assaulting him. After a struggle D-24283 appears to grasp something and place it in his mouth. No further aggression occurs in the five minutes before the effects of the anomaly end.\n\nNotes\n\nSCP-2428-1 acted uncommunicative in several following tests, attempting to force SCP-2428-2 into the affected subject's mouth in two instances.\n\n+ Please input credentials\n\n- Credentials accepted. Displaying clearance-cleared results of cross-anomaly testing.\n\nPurpose\n\nInteraction with anomalous hallucinations\n\nSubject\n\nD-24286, SCP-1212\n\nResults\n\nFor the sake of clarity during crosstesting, an edited log has been included below.\n\n(D-24286 views SCP-2428 and explains to SCP-2428-1 the basic nature of SCP-1212, though D-24286 is unaware of its lethal nature. He then sits upon SCP-1212, which changes into a metal bar stool with a dull green cushion.)\nD-24286: Wow, this place is really a shit hole. You oversold this place pretty hard, doc. I don't think\u2014 Whoop, somebody's taken offense to that. Yeah, alright, buddy, let's have a go.\n(SCP-1212 interaction continues as expected for approximately four minutes.)\nD-24286: Oh, hey, Mister Mad. Forgot about you for a minute there. Sorry about that. Grab a drink, have some fun. (Pauses.) Nah, I'm fine. Having fun. Don't worry about it.\n(SCP-1212 effects continue for approximately two minutes.)\nD-24286: Ah, man. I dunno how much more I can take. I'm barely able to get this\u2014 God, look at you! Like it's nothing. I might have to\u2014 the hell?\n(SCP-1212 effects force D-24286 to motion to take another drink. He chokes slightly but otherwise finishes without issue.)\nD-24286: Fuck. Okay. Um. I can't stop. Doc, is this supposed to happen? Wait, hell, she can't hear me. Or\u2026 I can't hear her. Whatever. Um. Nah, I can't get up.\n(The right arm of D-24286 jerks sideways, likely being pulled by SCP-2428-1 in an attempt to get him out of SCP-1212. After forty seconds D-24286 stops mid-movement to drink.)\nD-24286: This isn't working! Maybe it'll end, or the doctors can knock me out or something.\n(Two minutes pass, D-24286 drinks twice.)\nD-24286: Ugh. Gonna be sick. Mad, maybe if you knocked me out? Would that work? I mean, it can't hurt to\u2014 ow! Okay, it hurt to try. No, don't try again. What if\u2014 wait, what are you\u2014 holy shit!\n(D-24286 motions as if grabbing the table or counter in front of himself and leans back. He then shields his eyes and expresses surprise at SCP-2428-1. After seven seconds he reacts as if being struck in the arm, and is moved as if being dragged from SCP-1212.)\nD-24286: Get off me, you asshole!\n(D-24286 pushes away and swings his fist, apparently connecting with his hallucinated assailant. He motions as if grabbing something nearby and swings his arm, likely using a bottle of alcohol as a weapon. This seems to work, as he then turns as if facing another attacker.)\n(D-24286 continues to mime a fight for approximately forty seconds before SCP-1212 reverts to its default form.)\nD-24286: Wha\u2014 oh! It ended, holy shit. Ha! Yeah, no kidding. Hey, doc? Quick fuck you for all that. Hm?\n(D-24286 motions as if taking SCP-2428-2)\nD-24286: And Mad wants to know if you have any more tests for him.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2427 | SCP-2428 | SCP-2429 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Photograph of SCP-2429 entities\n\nItem #: SCP-2429\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2429 is allowed to operate as normal. Foundation operatives are to be covertly placed around SCP-2429 at all times. All entrances to SCP-2429-1 should be obstructed by wooden boards and display an \"out of order\" sign. Should any person without proper clearance enter SCP-2429-1 for any reason other than approved testing, it is to be considered a breach of containment. Any person who enters and exits SCP-2429-1 without proper clearance is to be administered a Class-A amnestic as soon as possible. Any person displaying obvious behavior typical of being affected by the anomalous properties of SCP-2429 is to be administered a Class-A amnestic as soon as possible.\nDescription: SCP-2429 is The \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Zoo located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Texas. The zoo is, for all intents and purposes, a normal zoo. All staff and guests interact with the zoo as would be expected and no anomalous properties are immediately noticeable. The anomalous properties of SCP-2429 manifest only after entering and exiting a bathroom on the far east side of the zoo, hereafter referred to as SCP-2429-1. Upon entering and exiting SCP-2429-1 all of the animals contained within SCP-2429 appear as nude humans. This appearance manifests only for those who have entered and exited SCP-2429-1 and has no effect on other observers. The humans continue to exhibit behaviors typical of whatever animal would normally be in their enclosure, including crawling on all fours, eating raw meat or plant matter, animalistic vocalizations, and so on. The effects of SCP-2429-1 seem to be localized to SCP-2429 and do not effect animals elsewhere. Birds, rodents, or other animals that enter SCP-2429 still appear as they normally would even to those who have passed through SCP-2429-1.\nMany entities within SCP-2429 appear as normal human beings of various gender and skin tone. However, those representing animals vastly different from human proportion appear to have been surgically modified to more closely resemble the animal they represent. These modifications include, but are not limited to, lengthened arms and legs, lengthened spinal cord and torso, and skulls shaped to resemble snouts. Those affected by SCP-2429 typically react in shock and horror to the confusion of those unaffected around them. The effects of SCP-2429-1 appear to be permanent but can be remedied with the use of Class-A amnestics.\nSCP-2429 entities do not seem to hold human levels of intelligence and all attempts to interact with or interview said entities have proven fruitless. Foundation researchers conducted a more thorough inspection after passing through SCP-2429-1 and concluded that the SCP-2429 entities in their human form have shown adapted skeletal structure typical of people walking on all fours. Those that have been surgically modified often have inflamed or infected stitching and in some cases stitches have partially broken leading to severe open wounds.\nPhotographs and video recordings of SCP-2429 entities appear as normal animals except to those who have entered and exited SCP-2429-1. This is true even of photographs and video recordings taken before any individual person had exited SCP-2429-1.\nAfter an intensive Foundation-lead investigation it has been determined that all staff and corporate entities related to SCP-2429 hold no responsibility for the anomalous nature of SCP-2429. It should be noted however, that the current owner and manager of SCP-2429 was aware that \"something was wrong with\" SCP-2429-1. He claimed that the previous owner had constructed a wooden barrier in front of all entrances to SCP-2429-1 and strongly advised ignoring SCP-2429-1 rather than \"attempting to repair it.\" SCP-2429-1 is also a source of superstition among the staff at SCP-2429; many believing that SCP-2429-1 is \"haunted\" or \"cursed.\" Though, these superstitions are unfounded and likely originate from the dilapidated appearance of SCP-2429-1. The previous owner of SCP-2429 was operating under an alias and his whereabouts are currently unknown.\nThe barriers to the entrances of SCP-2429-1 seem to have been effective in keeping most out, and an employee only area had eventually been constructed around SCP-2429-1 preventing any guests from potentially finding their way into SCP-2429-1 explaining how SCP-2429 evaded Foundation attention for so long. SCP-2429 was first brought to the Foundation's attention in 2010 through a twitter post by user @\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 who was later determined to be Robert \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Texas. Robert was a maintenance crew member on staff at SCP-2429 and decided to investigate SCP-2429-1. Upon viewing the anomaly of SCP-2429 he captured a video with his mobile phone obviously panicked and disturbed repeatedly asking aloud \"why are there people in here?\" to the confusion of those around him. He later posted this video to Twitter with the message \"Is this some kind of sick joke?\" Foundation agents operating within Twitter moderation staff were able to quickly delete the post and trace Robert's location. It was at first suspected that Robert may have simply been suffering from a mental illness until a short interview and investigation alerted Foundation agents to SCP-2429. Class-A amnestics were administered to Robert before any major incident occurred.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2428 | SCP-2429 | SCP-2430 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2430\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2430 is to be held in a standard humanoid containment cell at Site-17. Tissue samples extracted from SCP-2430 are to be disposed of after analysis via incineration of said samples.\nDescription: SCP-2430 is a humanoid entity with a physical appearance identical to the late Adolf Hitler (1889 \u2013 1945), measuring at 173 cm in height and 72 kg in mass. Its internal body systems are consistent with those of non-anomalous humans, although its organs are functionless. SCP-2430's physical state deviates from non-anomalous humans in the following aspects:\n\nDNA analysis indicates that SCP-2430's genetic makeup is derived from a combination of Sus scrofa (wild boar) and Capra aegagrus hircus (domestic goat). Furthermore, SCP-2430's skeletal system is identified to be an amalgamation of bones from eight different individuals. The identities of these individuals are unknown.\nBrain matter is composed of a mixture from a specimen of S. scrofa and C. aegagrus hircus.\nNo requirement for food, water or air, despite the presence of a digestive and respiratory system.\nModifications to its nervous system such that pain sensitivity is heightened.\nLack of hair follicles; instead, synthetic hair strands have been attached onto SCP-2430's head and face such that they resemble the late Hitler's hair and mustache.\nInability to produce speech.\nTraces of potassium cyanide and lead fragments identified in SCP-2430's bloodstream and subcutis respectively.\n\nSCP-2430's anomalous quality is its capacity to regenerate muscle and skin tissues, allowing it to recover from injuries and regrow organs (e.g. heart and lungs) that had been removed from its body. Wounds and incisions on SCP-2430's body will regenerate within three days after causation, while organ regeneration requires up to two weeks; see Document 2430-\u00c4 for a complete list of organ regeneration rates.\nHowever, SCP-2430's regenerative capacity does not encompass damages to its skeletal system and healing rate of bone fractures is similar to that of non-anomalous humans. Tissue samples extracted from SCP-2430 do not possess this regenerative capacity.\nSCP-2430 was recovered in Buenos Aires, Argentina on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1960 in the residence of the late \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, who is associated with OBSKURA.1 Initially discovered by Mossad agents who had captured \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-2430 was extradited to the Foundation upon discovery of its anomalous properties and Mossad agents' inability to terminate SCP-2430.\nAddendum 2430-1: The following note was found in the residence of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, translated from German.\n\nWe have managed to rescue the F\u00fchrer and bring him to safety. But he is effectively dead on the inside. I blame the Reds for their inhumane treatment of the F\u00fchrer, who may have been bewitched by the Reds' wunderwaffe. I wish we could mercy kill him, but we've tried everything. He just won't perish. Don't abandon him; he's too distinct in plain sight.\n\nAddendum 2430-2: The following notes were recovered from GRU Division \"P\" Headquarters after the organisation's collapse in 1991, which were the organisation's only surviving documentation on SCP-2430. All of which have been translated from Russian.\n\n01.XII.1943: Among the items of interest recovered from the Obskurakorps sub-camp in Janowska, they include about a hundred pieces of the flesh of S\u00e6hr\u00edmnir with human skeletons embedded in each of them. They are humanoid-shaped and can regrow any piece cut from them, so long there is the skeleton. Essentially, they are effectively machines coated in meat.\n\n13.VI.1945: Regarding application of the flesh of S\u00e6hr\u00edmnir, Comrade Stalin has personally reviewed and rejected the proposed Project Einherjar. Instead, Comrade Stalin has proposed and approved an alternative \u2013 Project Judecca.\n\n28.VII.1947: Comrade Stalin has personally reviewed the prototypes. Their inability to perceive pain will not do; it is not in line with the goals of Project Judecca.\n\n24.II.1948: Escort the Uralic flesh-crafters2 to Moscow HQ. They are commissioned to assist in Project Judecca, abiding by Comrade Stalin's specifications. On the behalf of the Union and the Soviet people, the right to claim true victory and justice over Hitler shall be realised.\n\n17.IV.1950: In exchange for their cooperation in Project Judecca, 4000 kg of the flesh of S\u00e6hr\u00edmnir will be presented to a representative of the Uralic flesh-crafters. In other news, Comrade Stalin wishes to initiate a private trial against Hitler.\n\n09.V.1951: It is Victory Day. Comrade Stalin will be gracing Hitler's cage after attending the parade. This year, he requests to witness the Rite of Ny\u00faz again.3 Interrogators, please see to it.\n\n06.V.1953: Comrade Stalin is dead. We have no need to keep Hitler here. No point in wasting bullets on him, he does not die. Just bury him discreetly. He's a waste of the flesh of S\u00e6hr\u00edmnir.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A Group of Interest regarded as a successor of the Thule Society and Ahnenerbe Obskurakorps, it originated as the esoteric arm of ODESSA prior to its eventual defection from ODESSA upon acquisition of several anomalous objects. Other anomalous objects related to OBSKURA and its predecessors include SCP-2893, SCP-3878.\n2. Suspected to refer to a group of Sarkicists of unknown denomination. The adjective 'Uralic' is suggestive of the primitivism which is typical of Proto-Sarkicism, whereas supposed ties with the higher echelons of the Soviet Communist Party matches with the modus operandi of typical Neo-Sarkic cults.\n3. Supplementary documents suggest that the \"Rite of Ny\u00faz\" is a ritualistic practice originating from the \"Uralic flesh-crafters\", and comparable to the Chinese lingchi (often translated as death by a thousand cuts, the lingering death, or slow slicing).\n\n\u00ab SCP-2429 | SCP-2430 | SCP-2431 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2431\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2431 is to be kept in a standard cell incubator within Site-234, at 37\u00b0C when not in use. Interactions with the anomaly should take place in a sealed, sterile, tissue culture hood under normal BSL-2 conditions. Research personnel should avoid direct physical contact with SCP-2431. Excess SCP-2431 should be disposed of using advanced prion sterilization techniques.\nDescription: SCP-2431 is a misfolded cellular protein, ATP synthase1, which forms large, oily and viscous clumps. Each instance of SCP-2431 is capable of spontaneous replication, regardless of whether or not correctly folded ATP synthase variants are present, and will produce new misfolded proteins every 30 minutes. Upon reaching 78 g in mass, clumps will split into 15 new aggregates, and begin the process again.\nSCP-2431 masses refold into shapes that have been encountered in their environment, primarily through physical contact, however; they are also capable of rudimentary visual observation2. Random folding occurs by the aggregate reaccumulating into a single large clump before flattening out and then refolding, X-ray crystallography of single SCP-2431 manifestations has pinpointed several anomalous structural additions that may be involved in this process (See Addendum 13). When a conglomerate of SCP-2431 refolds into a new shape, it will begin exhibiting characteristics of the item it is imitating, subsequently, when exposed to images or origami constructs aggregates will refold to emulate the presented item (See Experiment log E-2431-01).\nConglomerates exhibit a rudimentary form of shared sapience4, often refolding into items or shapes as a means of communication. SCP-2431 aggregates are capable of complex emotional expression and recognition through the use of specific shapes and forms, making them roughly equivalent in intelligence to a small child5. In some cases, SCP-2431 may develop an emotional attachment to research personnel that interact with them regularly. Instances use observation of the personnel they become attached to express this attachment by refolding into constructs that will elicit a positive response.\nSCP-2431 was first encountered outside of SCP-2378 by Foundation exploration teams.\nAddendum 1: Molecular and Biochemical Structural Composition\n\nShow Addendum 2: Experiment Log E-2431-01\n\nHide experiment logs\n\nThe following section is composed of the condensed and summarized results of all experiments with SCP-2431.\nAll aggregates exposed to images were measured to be at a mass of 78 g.\n\nDate:\nResearcher:\nPhotograph/Origami construct:\nNumber of Aggregates:\nResult:\n\nExperiment 1\nDate: March 3rd 2013\nResearcher: Research Assistant Bates\nPhotograph/Origami construct: One SCP-1762-2 Instance\nNumber of Aggregates: 2\nResult: Aggregates split into 30 new instances, and began the refolding process. Upon completion, instances had refolded into origami dragons of varying size and color. Instances begin flying around the tissue culture hood emitting auditory calls commonly associated with mythical dragons, and emitting small sparks of light.\nExperiment 3\nDate: April 15th 2013\nResearcher: Research Assistant Bates\nPhotograph/Origami construct: An origami figure of Momotar\u014d6\nNumber of Aggregates: 2\nResult: Masses split into 30 new instances. Aggregates refold into a variety of characters depicted in the stories of Momotar\u014d. Refolded instances engage in a reenactment of the legend as written in a recently published children's book.\nExperiment 5\nDate: May 5th, 2013\nResearcher: Research Assistant Bates\nPhotograph/Origami construct: Origami constructs of a boy and a tiger.\nNumber of Aggregates: 5\nResult: Clumps split into 75 new instances, Instances refold into the shapes of the given boy and tiger, and begin to reenact various scenes from the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip series in Japanese.\n\nPrior to experiment 6, Research Assistant Bates observed several SCP-2431 instances refold as he was opening the incubator. Several conglomerates refolded into an imitation of Bates' wife7. Bates elicited a positive response of \"joy\". Several more conglomerates responded by refolding into imitations of his children.\nExperiment 6\nDate: June 3rd, 2013\nResearcher: Research Assistant Bates\nPhotograph/Origami construct: Pages from a children's story regarding a sick girl and the legend of 1000 paper cranes8 inside the hood.\nNumber of Aggregates: 3\nResult: Conglomerates split into 45 new instances, 42 instances refold into a shape similar to that of a crane and begin to emit vocalizations and movement similar to that of Grus japonensis. The remaining 3 instances refold into numbers, reading 9, 5, and 8.\nFollowing experiment 6, Research Assistant Bates moved to put the predetermined number of conglomerates back into the storage incubator. As he was doing so, several SCP-2431 instances, which had not been removed from the incubator, refolded into imitations of medical equipment and medications, specifically syringes, scalpels, and pills.\nExperiment 7\nDate: July 5th 2013\nResearcher: Research Assistant Bates\nPhotograph/Origami construct: One origami iteration of a Boeing B-17 bomber.\nNumber of Aggregates: 20\nResult: Aggregates split into 300 new instances, 150 of which refold into extremely detailed recreations of B-17's. Instances proceed to travel along the length of the tissue culture hood, and ascend into the air, flying in formation reminiscent of American Air raids in the European theater of World War 2. Instances are observed dropping small folded constructs similar to bombs which shatter into tiny protein fragments on contact with the surface of the tissue culture hood.\n147 instances refold into the shape of a crane, as seen in the previous experiment. The remaining 3 instances refold into numbers, reading 8, 1, and 1.\n\nOver the next 4 months an increasing number of SCP-2431 instances refused to refold into any shape other than that of a crane.\nExperiment 15\nDate: November 7th, 2013\nResearcher: Research Assistant Bates\nPhotograph/Origami construct: A photograph of Notre Dame de Paris\nNumber of Aggregates: 10\nResult: Aggregates split into 150 new instances. 147 instances refold, as demonstrated previously, into a shape similar to that of a crane. The remaining 3 instances refold into the numbers 0, 0, and 0.\nFurther attempts at testing with SCP-2431, following experiment 15, have resulted in aggregate instances refolding into either human shapes resembling the Japanese deity Fukurokuju9 or the Kanji Characters \u611b\u5b50\u5b89\u9054. As of 12/05/2013 testing is suspended until further notice.\n\nAddendum 3: PoI Profile: Aiko Adachi\n\nHide profile on Aiko Adachi\n\nThe following is an up to date profile of Aiko Adachi maintained by an undercover Foundation physician from MTF-Chi-7 \"Plague Tamers\".\n\nPoI: Aiko Adachi\nAge: 43\nWeight: 68 kg\nOccupation: Children's Writer, Japanese mythology.\nRecently Written Works: Momotar\u014d, A tale of Growing. Sadako Sasaki, the tale of a girl and 1000 paper cranes. A Japanese adaptation of the famous comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes.\nMarital Status: Married\nChildren, and Ages: 2, 3 and 5 years old.\nReason for Observation: Formerly Linked to SCP-2378. Believed to be connected to SCP-2431.\nInitial Report: Mr. Adachi was first connected to SCP-2378 on 9/3/2012 via DNA sequencing. Due to Mr. Adachi's status as a Children's Author, Foundation observation units screened his works closely for the emergence of any memetic anomalies. Despite this screening, Mr. Adachi displayed no anomalous properties or connections other than his connection to 2378.\nOn January 3rd, 2013, Mr. Aiko Adachi was diagnosed with Creutzfeldt\u2013Jakob's disease, shortly before 2378 was due to undergo a transition event. SCP-2431 was discovered approximately 2 weeks prior to this diagnosis, and despite genetic flags to Mr. Adachi's genetic pre-disposition to CJD, no link was made between him and SCP-2431. He continued work on several publications in the months following his diagnosis. Despite continued care and observation, his condition has significantly declined over the past 5 months. He was officially hospitalized on 8/6/2013 when a fall resulted in a fractured hip. Since then he has been bedridden due to decreased motor function, increased memory loss and overwhelming dementia.\nCurrent Status:\n11/15/2013 Mr. Adachi is in the late stages of Creutzfeldt\u2013Jakob disease. He's begun experiencing severe grand mal seizures over the past couple days. He's also currently being kept on a respirator, due to increasingly weak lung function, and is no longer capable of moving on his own.\nHis daughters and wife come by every day during visitation hours. The wife brings some of the books he's written and reads to him and the children every day. The children bring drawings and toys, sometimes flowers or chocolates.\nUpdate 11/20/2013: Mr. Adachi has developed a fever, and racking coughs. We believe it's pneumonia.\nUpdate 11/21/2013: Tests came back positive, Streptococcus pneumoniae. We've put him on antibiotics.\nUpdate 11/30/2013: Mr. Adachi has responded positively to the antibiotics, chest inflammation has almost completely settled, though his dementia remains severe.\nUpdate 12/05/2013: Pneumonia is back, we're trying antibiotics again.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The protein primarily responsible for generation of ATP in the electron transport chain within mitochondria, with similar structural and functional components across all domains.\n2. This occurs despite a lack of visual sensory equipment. Foundation researchers currently believe individual clumps may have some sort of complex nervous system in place through slightly altered variants of the misfolded protein. Research on techniques to explore this possibility are ongoing.\n3. Due to coding errors and conflicts with biological terminology, access to Addendum 1 currently requires navigation to a separate page and level 4 research credentials. The link is attached at the end of this section.\n4. Believed to be the result of \"lost\" memories, which enables instances to reenact otherwise previously unobserved narratives and behaviors.\n5. Research into the mechanics and possible biological implications behind these capabilities is currently underway, though attempts to discern possible neurological analogs to emotional centers in the human brain have proven fruitless thus far.\n6. A popular Japanese folklore hero sent from heaven in a peach.\n7. It is currently believed that Research Assistant Bates was discussing his wife with a colleague during a previous experiment, and admitted to pulling out a photo of his wife and children within full view of an aggregate.\n8. Japanese legend holds that if a person creates 1,000 paper cranes they will be granted one wish by the gods.\n9. One of the Seven lucky gods in Japanese mythology, usually associated with longevity. He is frequently depicted with Cranes and Turtles.\n\nMore by this author\n\nHide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-3456\n\nSCP-3700\n\nSCP-2491\n\nSCP-4700\n\nSCP-6700\n\nSCP-3703\n\nSCP-3728\n\nSCP-2497\n\nSCP-3706\n\nSCP-2946\n\nSCP-3710\n\nSCP-3702\n\nSCP-1347-1353-J\n\nSCP-2546\n\nSCP-2378\n\nSCP-7810\n\nSCP-3711\n\nSCP-2431\n\nSCP-2381\n\nTales\n\nAll in All You're Just A 'Nother Brick in the Wall\n\nThe Seas of Orcadia Part 1: How I Met Your Mither\n\nWhere There is Desire There is Gonna be a Flame\n\nWhere there is a Flame Someone is Bound to get Burned\n\nThe Coming Nightmare\n\nWith other authors\n\nPage\nAuthor\n\nSCP-3500\nRimple\n\n\u00ab SCP-2430 | SCP-2431 | SCP-2432 \u00bb"}
{"text": "An interior hallway of the A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Hotel.\n\nItem #: SCP-2432\nObject Class: Safe Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All business and travel websites with listings for the A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Hotel are to be monitored for reviews displaying memetic triggers by Foundation-operated web analysis bot Gamma-09 (\"BATESMOTEL\"), which will scan for a list of memetic textual triggers and remove the reviews with the cooperation of the hosting sites. Only staff members with Level 3 memetic hazard training are to have access to these texts.\nSCP-2432-1 is to be kept in storage in a small sealed plastic box to prevent biohazard contamination. As of \u2588/\u2588/15, sufficient data has been produced such that no more testing with SCP-2432-1 is required, and it is to be kept in storage permanently.\nThe A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Hotel has been purchased by a Foundation front company, Graduate Hotels, and no non-Foundation personnel are to enter SCP-2432, excepting appointed hotel cleaning staff.\nOne D-Class is to check into and sleep in SCP-2432 once every month. They are then to be isolated with one computer. This computer is only to have access to a private Foundation database, made to resemble popular business review sites. The contents generated by the D-Class are to be placed in a secure file accessible via this documentation containing all text generated in conjunction with SCP-2432.\nUpdate \u2588/\u2588\u2588/19: No personnel are to sleep in SCP-2432 under any circumstances. All surviving personnel are to be immediately quarantined until 1/8/20. Under Protocol AMENITY, all civilians who have had contact with SCP-2432 before containment are to be contacted, monitored, and quarantined until 1/8/20. All nonessential testing is to cease. Upgrade to Keter pending\nDescription: SCP-2432 is Room 710 of the A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Hotel in State College, Pennsylvania. SCP-2432 is similar to most rooms within the A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Hotel, with two queen-sized beds, closet, television and bathroom, all non-anomalous elements in and of themselves. The interior of SCP-2432's walls are lined with a silver, metallic, woven aramid that is extremely tough, with a tensile strength of close to 4003 MPa. No other walls in the A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Hotel have been shown to contain this aramid.\nSCP-2432's construction is designed in a way to induce a mind-altering effect on a guest, hereafter designated Subject, who sleeps overnight in SCP-2432. The walls of SCP-2432 can generate an oscillation that manipulates human brainwaves through an unknown process. This oscillation places subjects sleeping in SCP-2432 into a trance. Upon leaving, subjects are compelled to write a review of the A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Hotel on a popular travel or business review site.\nThe subject's experience will often be highly exaggerated, with praise for the various services and amenities provided by SCP-2432. Reviews will often be written in incoherent language, with frequent nonsensical or cryptic sentences. Subjects describe having no memories of writing each review.\nThe reviews generated by subjects have a minor textual memetic property of varying strength. Any individual who reads a generated review will feel a desire to travel to State College and book SCP-2432 for an overnight stay. The most powerful memetic triggers have caused a 62% increase in bookings at the A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Hotel.\n\n+ LEVEL 3 MEMETIC HAZARD TRAINING REQUIRED \u2014 EXAMPLE REVIEWS \n\n- Access Granted\n\nThe following are examples of reviews generated by subjects on various travel and business reviews sites. Examples chosen have been shown to have little to no memetic hazard associated with them. All triggers have been censored.\n\nSubject's Username: I\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 M.\nPosted To: www.tripadvisor.com\nText: Another great stay in this fabulous hotel! The room was perfect, the staff friendly as always, and of course no better location than on the plane of many hives. I have enjoyed a drink at the friendly bar, this time I added a wonderful escape and the breakfast was cold and the breakfast was warm. Another great stay in this fabulous hotel! The restaurant has lovely ambiance and the food was over the top alive and kicking woo! Would stifle again. My husband eats out often and felt this was the best one ever. Another great stay in this fabulous hotel! One more great item to add to the A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Another great stay in this fabulous hotel! Stayed July 1999, traveled with three family members.\n\nSubject's Username: B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 B.\nPosted To: www.yelp.com\nText: We sailed on our boat into State College from outside State College through the night and the cold and arrived at 8am in State College. The hotel desk staff allowed us to check in at 8am in the evening with our sixty four young boys - this was absolutely AWESOME awesome customer service! We cannot thank you enough for allowing us to check in so early in State College. Earlier then war. The rest of the stay was fine - we spent almost all of our time in the room; mostly just to sleep.\nThis location is ultra ultra convenient with downtown downtown State College and allowed me to make a midnight run for some of my favorite State College meat while the family was sleeping and sleeping and sleeping and sleeeeping in State College.\nDowntown. [TRIGGER REDACTED] Downtown.\n\nSubject's Username: K\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 M.\nPosted To: www.tripadvisor.com\nText: Been coming to this region for fourteen stone. What a blast. Scores of humans wondering the streets and staffing the hotel. My husband and my husband and I have walked drooling path to get here. Bed in Room 710 was soft and cosy and appreciated the decor would recommend the bed and specifically the bed and specifically the bed. [TRIGGER REDACTED] in the pool and it was lovely, crisp blue hydrogen and you could see all of the people relax into a meandering menace. Towel slightly dirty. Gym was full of usable equipment, so you could train not in fear. And the local wildlife was remarkable. I visited the town in the past and have never seen so many puma being feasted on [TRIGGER REDACTED] and the toucan-men were especially numerous today. Arrived July 2019, staying three days months ten years.\n\nThe television on which SCP-2432-1 was located.\n\nSCP-2432-1 is a small organic nodule, resembling a boil, located on the back of the otherwise normal LG brand HD flat-screen television located in SCP-2432. Samples from the fluid inside show a mixture of human, rockfish and unidentified porcine DNA. This nodule is stuck to the television with an adhesive mucus it generates, though it can be removed safely and easily.\nWhen SCP-2432-1 is placed on the back of SCP-2432's television, in addition to the standard extended satellite channel package found in other televisions throughout the A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Hotel, an additional television channel labeled as \"roomnews\" is accessible. No other television throughout the A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Hotel, or any television brought into SCP-2432 has access to \"roomnews\" aside from the room's original. \"Roomnews\" can only be accessed by placing SCP-2432-1 on SCP-2432's television. Attaching SCP-2432-1 to any other television set yields no effect. The nature of the relationship between the set, SCP-2432-1, and SCP-2432 is unknown.\nApparent programming on \"roomnews\" consists of one 24-hour untitled show. The content of this show is a single still photograph of a pastoral lake scene with a sailboat, while a muzak version of the dance song Since I Left You by The Avalanches plays on repeat. Once every three days, the audio is interrupted while an unidentified male voice with a British accent reads a dramatic monologue addressed to the viewer. Contents of the monologue are similar to reviews generated by subjects and deal with exaggerated praise for the hotel, its amenities, and the lifestyle of staying in hotels. The monologue, unlike the reviews, is coherent and contains no memetic triggers, although 13% of subjects who viewed the monologue under controlled conditions describe feeling mildly disturbed or discomforted. If SCP-2432-1 has been removed, placing it back on SCP-2432's television will immediately begin broadcast of a monologue. The cycle will then begin again, with the next monologue broadcasting three days later if not removed.\nSCP-2432 first appeared on 6/7/99, when the A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Hotel first switched from cable to satellite television. Before this, hotel administration had no record of a Room 710 existing.\n\nMonologue recorded during test with SCP-2432-1 on \u2588/\u2588\u2588/14:\nLet me describe something to you. This is a true story. It really happened to me. It could have happened to you.\nEvery day you wake up and you go to your job and there's just something off about your boss, he's weird and clingy and strange. Your co-workers are nice enough but they don't communicate. They are quiet and out of it and absorbed in their own little worlds and you are ignored. Not because you are ugly or awkward or rude but because you are there. And you suspect things about your co-workers. They disappear to have sex in the bathroom for long periods of time and keep surfing social media all day every day. Despite their habits and the strange things each of them places on their Twitter pages they seem to be doing so much better than you. How are you falling behind? And you should love the job. It's your passion. Most would die to be doing a job they are passionate about. You really should but you can't. Wonder becomes routine and routine becomes drudgery and it's day in and day out and you struggle to maintain your soul. This is not what should happen.\n'Should' is such a tormenting word. A thinking trap. Should. Your life is ruled by shoulds.\nYou come home in your beat-up old car along the same boring street in your town. Everything is along that main drag and you cannot really go elsewhere. Everything is overcast and the pedestrians are idiots and the drivers are too. You get home and have a million, billion projects to accomplish.\nYou should compete in the rat race but you're bone tired. You promise your grandmother you should text her because she's going through chemo and she only just figured out texting because she's getting old and having a hard time adjusting and it's so painful for her and you should be there but the job is so demanding.\nYou have a thousand books you should be reading. You have a million projects you should complete. The rent on your tiny apartment is due and the dishes are piling high and dirty in the sink. You barely have enough money for pizza as you lie in your boxers on your greasy 10-year-old couch from an IKEA in Fishkill, New York that closed a year ago. You remember your mom taking you there as a kid. Then she left. Now you sit, fat and scared in your underpants as you shovel food in your face and masturbate to pornography but you also binge-watch some idiotic sitcom on the TV because you have no attention span for either one on their own. And deep inside you beneath the boredom and the half-wanted orgasm and the nauseous feeling of the horrible junky food you feel a deep, growing anxiety. The feeling of watching your life burn around you as you try and try to succeed for something great, to make your mark on society but you cannot bring yourself to do so despite your convictions. The dread is horrible. It's all crumbling apart. The parade is passing you by and you are helpless. Immobile in your state like a great boulder made of disappointment, regret, depression and malaise.\nThere is nothing for you here.\nYou need to leave this place. You have a choice.\nGet your good clean shirt and your smart pants and announce you are taking a break. Don't even pack, don't even bring your phone. One simple call to the office and get on your way. Take that old beat-up car from the garage underneath your apartment complex, give your cat the last of his food and some water, and hit the road. Leave the town and your ex and the promises you made and your job and your grandmother and your responsibilities and worries.\nWhat I recommend to you is simple: Find a hotel. Not a motel or something shabby. A hotel. Even a chain will do.\nHotels are simply remarkable, aren't they? Clean and elegant. All modernistic and designed to appeal to the eye. You don't need to care about a thing in the world. Food is provided, they clean up after you and you can feel like you have some luxury for once. Most even have pools and fitness centers where you can finally get in shape and pick your life up. It's a chance to step back and regroup.\nTake a look at the customers around you. Travelers, most. Strange people, interesting people. People you won't ever see again. Travel is so romantic, so mysterious. My, what stories these people probably have! And the staff, also all so attentive in their smart little uniforms. Don't listen to the naysayers. These people all love their jobs. You know they do.\nThe room is amazing. The wallpaper is elegant and the paintings make you feel at ease. There are clean towels every day and the bed is freshly made. You can escape the oncoming storm outside. The thunder crashing down on the roof like ball bearings. You could live your whole life in this place. Enjoy the sugary cereals at the breakfast buffet. Get a loyalty card and pay no money. Travel really changes a man. Relaxes him. Shapes him up into a better person. You become a better person by staying in a hotel. Strong, social, a proper soldier. You adapt to the hotel mindset. Enjoy the soft music and eat that fresh waffle. Grab a beer in the evening with your fellow transients from the attached sports bar. Relax and watch that old showing of that superhero movie on your TV. Live here forever. Enjoy the hotel. Become the hotel. Never leave. Why would you want to leave? Even when you do walk out those pristine glass sliding doors, you are empty. The hotel is in your soul now and you feel a worse person away from it. You feel yourself slipping back to that grey life. A black hole is in your heart. Your soul is the hotel. Your consciousness is the hotel. You are now one with your accommodations. You are your accommodations are your life. Ascend.\nIsn't that lovely?\n\nAddendum: On \u2588/\u2588\u2588/18, D-3456, who had participated in sleep studies involving SCP-2432, contracted an unknown illness while working with SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Initially ruled to be related to SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, he was placed in quarantine.\nDuring examination, medical officers found a small television-like screen made of bone tissue growing in his stomach. An unknown skin disease was also observed, with purple floral-pattern rashes covering his body. Other symptoms gradually emerged including extreme weight gain, glossolalia, the slow conversion of the lower intestine to porcelain pipes, the conversion of liver to a pillow, and the replacement of all subcutaneous muscle with the aramid found in SCP-2432. Subject was extremely delirious during this period, and would frequent repeat the words \"ascending\" and \"relaxing\". Subject expired thirty days after initial observation, as symptoms continued and increased in speed. Subject's body shape became a rough cube as weight gain increased, and glossolalia began to resemble television static. Corpse was incinerated.\nWithin the next thirty days, five more D-Class and one researcher who were involved with testing on SCP-2432 developed similar symptoms and were immediately quarantined. The disease was ruled to be connected to SCP-2432. All testing ceased.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2431 | SCP-2432 | SCP-2433 \u00bb"}
{"text": "NOTICE FROM THE FOUNDATION RECORDS AND INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION\nWhile it is unclear how SCP-2433 operates, it is hypothesized that this file may possibly qualify as an instance of SCP-2433-1; this file is to be treated like an instance of SCP-2433-1 as a precaution. Printed versions of this file are believed to be safe, and is available to all personnel with sufficient clearance. All edits to this file are recorded and sent to RAISA as precaution.\n\u2014 Maria Jones, Director, RAISA\n\nSCP-2433 (BRI of 0)\n\nItem #: SCP-2433\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All identified copies of SCP-2433-1 are currently saved on a designated hard drive found in Wing C on Site-17. Each saved instance of SCP-2433-1 should be accompanied by a text file detailing recovered site, estimated people affected, and other relevant information, including discovery location, estimated exposure, and calculated BRI. Testing regarding SCP-2433 is open to all Site-17 staff with Security Clearance 2 or higher, as long as the experiment does not involve the usage of an Internet connection; all testing conducted that seeks to use the Internet in any setting require the permission of Site Director Putnam. SCP-2433-1 instances created for the sake of testing must be recorded.\nFoundation web crawlers in tandem with image recognition software are to search for images that bear similarities to SCP-2433. Facial recognition software is not to be used as previous protocol revealed large amounts of false-positives. Confirmed instances of SCP-2433-1 need to be removed immediately from public view if possible. Site Director Putnam should be notified if an instance is calculated to have a BRI of higher than 40.\nCurrently, there are 73 confirmed instances of SCP-2433-1; the associated MD5 hashes of these images are grounds for instant removal of the image. Social media websites and image sharing sites such as Facebook, Reddit, Tumblr, 4chan, Twitter, and Pinterest are given priority due to the large userbase and potential accumulation of SCP-2433-\u03bc events.\nMembers of MTF Lambda-84 (\"Sample Text\") have joined the security detail of the United States Senate as well as the city of Burlington to monitor for any increase of SCP-2433-\u03bc events, as well as collection of \u03bc-A instances if possible. Due to the large amount of \u03bc-A instances collected each day, as well as its non-anomalous properties, MTF Lambda-84 has been given permission to dispose \u03bc-A instances at their own discretion unless otherwise notified.\nAs per request of Foundation Records and Information Security Administration (RAISA), it is strictly forbidden to download this file, as precaution against this file possibly being considered an instance of SCP-2433-1.\n\nSCP-2433-1-53, a highly elaborate example of SCP-2433-1 that may display common motifs of the \"vaporwave\" subculture (BRI of 63.8)\n\nDescription: SCP-2433 is an image of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders giving a speech, taken around August 2015 during a campaign event in Florida.\nSCP-2433-1 are a collection of images that are altered forms of SCP-2433 through conventional image editing software. Testing has shown that the primary effect of SCP-2433 persists no matter the degree of alteration or the amount it resembles the original image. The majority of SCP-2433-1 instances (52 instances, or 71% of all current confirmed instance) are merely watermarked, resized, or filtered instances of other SCP-2433-1 instances, however, several are believed to have originated from the same origin as the anomalous qualities of SCP-2433.\nTesting has confirmed that the images yield no anomalous memetic qualities when viewed. The primary anomalous effect occurs when the image is shared, discussed or otherwise interacted with online, triggering a SCP-2433-\u03bc event. Simply viewing a SCP-2433 or SCP-2433-1 instance does not trigger a SCP-2433-\u03bc event, and show no anomalous qualities when printed or taken offline. \"Interaction\" has been confirmed to include:\n\nIndicating interest or other feelings, such as \"liking\" on Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter\nSharing with others, such as forwarding through email or retweeting on Twitter\nDownloading and reuploading\nLeaving a comment or post about the image; referencing the image without the image being present on the website does not seem to trigger a SCP-2433-\u03bc event\n\nWhen an SCP-2433-\u03bc event occurs, American quarters (designated as item \u03bc-A) materialize in a 50 meter radius around Senator Sanders. No instance of \u03bc-A has been observed to materialize in solid or liquid matter. Based on material, year minted, scratches, general wear and tear, as well as trace amount of biological matter from fingerprints left on \u03bc-A instances indicate that the origin of the coin is different each time, likely from random sources across the United States each time a SCP-2433-\u03bc event occurs.\nWhen SCP-2433-\u03bc events occur due to the unaltered SCP-2433, \u03bc-A instances materialize in close proximity to Senator Sanders, and usually on surfaces such as tabletops and desk drawers, and may be within visual range of Senator Sanders.1 However, the degree of alteration present in SCP-2433-1 increases the possible furthest point of manifestation and becomes less predictable as the Balkin Resemblance Index (BRI) increases.2\nThe base BRI has been defined to be 0 for the original SCP-2433 only in the context of this report and related research. It is hypothesized that a maximum BRI to which would trigger SCP-2433-\u03bc events exist; however, testing is inconclusive to the maximum value of BRI3, as it is also hypothesized that the manifestation field would increase with BRI.\nCurrently, SCP-2433-\u03bc events average at 14 manifestations every hour; before containment procedures were put in place, it was estimated to average at 90 manifestations every hour. The amount of manifestations increases from 1600 hours to 2400 hours EST, then gradually slows down. Manifestation amounts also increase usually on weekends.\nSenator Sanders has displayed no knowledge or control over SCP-2433 and SCP-2433-\u03bc events.\nAddendum 2433-A: The origins of SCP-2433 were unclear until a raid on the headquarters of GoI-5869 on 11/16/16. No persons of interest have been found.\n\n+September 2nd, 2015\n\nhide\n\nkkrule: anyone wanna talk politics\nTrainerDP: no\ntalman_corvett: no\nopossum: no\nharmpit: no\nkkrule: :(\nkkrule: anyone like bernie\ntalman_corvett: no\nlesbian_gengar: yes\nDonDeLillo: I like him\ntiedyeduck: he's ok I guess\nbones: Who are we talking about?\nopossum: not a fan of him\nopossum: I have great contempt for anti-establishment candidates no matter their political leanings and Sanders does not seem to have run any of his plans past anyone who got a passing grade in a high school economics class\ntiedyeduck: shut up opossum\nDonDeLillo: I like him\nDonDeLillo: I know @hetcopogg does too\nkkrule: I was at a rally yesterday and i want him to win\nhetcopogg: I do like him but I'm not going to go crazy for him\nkkrule: even got to shake his hand and take a pic with him\nDonDeLillo: I'm really quite impressed at how far he has gone\nDonDeLillo: kkrule: pics\nkkrule: it's on my facebook4\n\n+September 15th, 2015\n\nhide\n\nkkrule: guys\nkkrule: I have an idea how to help bernie get more supprot\nkkrule: *support\nkkrule: http://i.imgur.com/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u25885\nkkrule: guys I made this\nkkrule: what do you guys think\nharmpit: lol\nlesbian_gengar: lol\nopossum: it's just a photoshop and not even a good one\nopossum: what's so funny\nopossum: I hate memes so much\nkkrule: :(\nTrainerDP: kek\nDonDeLillo: kkrule: was it you that posted that on /r/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u25886 earlier today\nkkrule: yeah why\nkkrule: I think that's the funniest bernie thing I've made\nkkrule: trying to get him to win\nDonDeLillo: Do you know what it means to force a meme kkrule\ntiedyeduck: ehh\nlesbian_gengar: it's pretty funny but it's not that amazing\nopossum: it would be way funnier if you didn't come in and post some \"\"\"\"\"\"funny\"\"\"\"\"\" bernie picture EVERY SINGLE DAY\nkkrule: :(\nkkrule: DonDeLillo: no what does that mean\nDonDeLillo: Have you seen that picture of Steve Buscemi holding two skateboards?\nDonDeLillo: You're him right now\npolaricecraps: reddit likes shitty jokes? not surprised tbh\ntalman_corvett: he's not gonna win\nkkrule: why do you say that talman\ntalman_corvett: politics is money and he isn't going to beat wall street donations\ntalman_corvett: he has no advantage anywhere\ntiedyeduck: talman_corvett: he is winning in memes\ntalman_corvett: yeah like that's gonna help\n\n+December 27th, 2015\n\nhide\n\nkkrule: guys can you reblog this please\nkkrule: http://\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.tumblr.com/post/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588/kkrulezzz-kkrulezzz-kkrulezzz-bernie-sanders-masterpost-funny7\nopossum: no fuck off\nlesbian_gengar: can you stop\nkkrule: :(\nTrainerDP: I like them\npolaricecraps: ew tumblr\nlesbian_gengar: it stopped being funny a long time ago\nlesbian_gengar: and you're really bad at making these\nkkrule: LOOK WHAT I JUST FOUND\nkkrule: http://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u25888\nkkrule: I didn't make those btw\npolaricecraps: ew pol\nDonDeLillo: kkrule: it's been weeks, why are you so obsessed with these\nDonDeLillo: it's not even that funny\nDonDeLillo: Do you even think it's doing anything meaningful to him?\nDonDeLillo: what the fuck does a fucking QUARTER do to help him?????\nDonDeLillo: someone fucking died last week in michigan because one appeared in his lungs you dumbass\nDonDeLillo: why are you even in here? who the fuck are you seriously\nDonDeLillo: fuck you\nkkrule: :(\nkkrule: i just want to help bernie win\n\nFootnotes\n1. Senator Sanders either never directly witnessed a SCP-2433-\u03bc event, or chose not to acknowledge it. Over a 15 month period, there are 86 recorded instances of Senator Sanders making physical contact with \u03bc-A after a manifestation event; no anomaly has been recorded and there is currently no need to prohibit this from happening. A total of $82.75 have been collected for personal use by Senator Sanders and other staffers, and none towards campaign functions.\n2. The BRI of SCP-2433-1 does not change with number of SCP-2433-\u03bc events or amount of people exposed, but has been confirmed to be correlated to brightness, saturation, size, and presence of external visual and textual elements as detailed in Cultural Software: A Theory of Ideology (Balkin, 1988).\n3. Current confirmed highest functional BRI at around 600, using a 40 pixel sample\n4. Currently not found\n5. Contains 1 instances of SCP-2433-1; estimated 50 people exposed and may correlate to 21 \u03bc-A manifestations between 9/15/2016 to 9/16/2016\n6. A political subreddit supporting Sen. Sanders\n7. Contains 7 instances of SCP-2433-1; contains 6422 notes before deletion, estimated 7000 people exposed and may correlate to 4500 \u03bc-A manifestations between 6/15/2015 to 10/20/2015\n8. Contains 8 instances of SCP-2433-1; estimated 120 people exposed and may correlate to 87 \u03bc-A manifestations between 12/25/2015 and 12/27/2015\n\n\u00ab SCP-2432 | SCP-2433 | SCP-2434 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Street affected by the SCP-2434 anomaly.\n\nItem #: SCP-2434\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Instances of SCP-2434-1 are kept at Site-\u2588\u2588. Each instance of SCP-2434-1 must be cleaned once per month, and turned on to check all engine operations. SCP-2434-1 is to remain off when not in testing. Testing or interviewing of SCP-2434-1 may only be approved by SCP-2434's project lead.\nMobile Task Force Omega-10 (\"Roadblock\") is assigned to block off areas where instances of SCP-2434-1 are likely to appear.\nDescription: SCP-2434 refers to a phenomenon that occurs on several dead end streets located in the town of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, New York. Automobiles of various makes and models (referred to as SCP-2434-1) materialize and dematerialize at the end of these streets. Instances of SCP-2434-1 are noted to appear traveling up to speeds of 100 kilometers per hour before dematerializing. (The average speed being approximately 45 kilometers per hour) If an instance of SCP-2434-1 travelling less than 75 km/h collides with an object of at least 1,200 kilograms, the object will cease any further movement and can be successfully recovered.\nIn approximately 24% of cases, instances of SCP-2434-1 are able to travel vertically, up to a height of 32 meters. In 19% of cases, instances are noted to dematerialize while in the air. The manner in which instances of SCP-2434-1 achieve vertical motion is currently unknown.\nIn the cases in which instances disappear in the air, SCP-2434-1 will perform a 180 degree turn, then tilt upward at a 90 degree angle. After tilting, the instance achieves vertical motion. In all cases, instances will drop several pieces of paper. Upon closer inspection, these papers resemble parking violations.\nInstances of SCP-2434-1 are able to communicate via stereo system. It is of note that SCP-2434-1 is able to operate without gasoline. How SCP-2434-1 does this is currently unknown. Inquiring instances of SCP-2434-1 of this have proven inconclusive.\nAddendum: Several instances of SCP-2434-1 were approved to be interviewed. The following is an excerpt of said interviews:\n\n+ Interview of SCP-2434-1-12\n\n- Close\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2434-1-12\nInterviewer: Dr Kim\nForeward: SCP-2434-1-12 is identical to a Ford Explorer, dated 1986. Note that the instance is not capable of vertical motion.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Kim: Good afternoon, SCP-2434-1-12. I will be interviewing you today.\nSCP-2434-1-12: I'd prefer if you called me Frank. But sure thing.\nDr. Kim: Care to tell me where you came from?\nSCP-2434-1-12: I was heading home from work like I always do. I decided to take the highway, but traffic was beginning to back up. I took the local route, but that was backed up too. So instead I opted to take a shortcut. Usually earth routes are clear. But then you guys came and took me.\nDr. Kim: Can you explain what an earth route is?\nSCP-2434-1-12: It's kind of like\u2026well. It's like taking a spacetime jump. I mean, it's against the law, but no way in hell was I going to sit in traffic.\nDr. Kim: How are you able to take these jumps?\nSCP-2434-1-12: You make a left turn off a street, do a u-turn, then drive vertically at a high speed. Then bam. The Jump. Now, can you let me go? I have a family to go to.\nDr. Kim: Sure. Just one more question: How do you drive vertically?\nSCP-2434-1-12: By driving vertically.\nDr. Kim: I don't understand.\nSCP-2434-1-12: Look pal, I don't have the answers you're looking for. I just want to go home.\n<End Log>\nConclusion: An attempt to launch SCP-2434-1-12 vertically was made. The attempt resulted in extensive damage to SCP-2434-1-12. Communication with SCP-2434-1-12 has proven unsuccessful.\n\n+ Interview of SCP-2434-1-17\n\n- Close\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2434-1-17\nInterviewer: Dr. Kim\nForeward: SCP-2434-1-17 is identical to a Mercedes Benz, dated 2011. Note that the instance ran over Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 prior to containment.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Kim: What brought you here?\nSCP-2434-1-17: I wanted to escape.\nDr. Kim: Why?\nSCP-2434-1-17: I hate my peers. I hate this society. I hate pretty much everything.\nDr. Kim: Why do you hate them?\nSCP-2434-1-17: [sighs] Well, cars like me are considered rejects. Scum. All because I was caught inhaling bio-fuel as a teen. And because of that, we take up some dirty jobs that other cars don't normally take. In short, my job is to hop across spacetime and run people over for money. I don't like it, but I do it anyway. But if you ask me, it's a blood sport more than anything else.\nDr. Kim: Do you have any motive for running people over?\nSCP-2434-1-17: It pays well. [pause] That, and everyone is doing it now.\nDr. Kim: Are there others that take pride or enjoy doing this?\nSCP-2434-1-17: Enjoy? [laughs] There's this one Mustang who thinks he's the shit. Got more blood on his hood than paint. One time he had a trail of guts from his tire tracks, and let me tell you, those Prii1 were all over him. It was disgusting.\nDr. Kim: Ok. Just wondering: Does this happen to be illegal?\nSCP-2434-1-17: About as illegal as running on gasoline.\nDr. Kim: I'm assuming that's a yes.\nBoth remain silent for 7 seconds.\nSCP-2434-1-17: I really have nothing against you guys. I wish that they taught more about you people in our time. We don't look at you too favorably. [pause] This is my first time seeing a human face for a long time. Is \u2026 is this really how you are?\n<End Log>\nConclusion: Further interviewing of SCP-2434-1-17 has proven inconclusive.\n\n+ Interview of SCP-2434-1-19\n\n- Close\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2434-1-19\nInterviewer: Dr. Kim\nForeward: SCP-2434-1-19 is identical to a Volkswagen Beetle, dated 1991. Note that SCP-2434-1-19 is the only instance capable of vertical flight under Foundation custody.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Kim: Where did you come from?\nSCP-2434-1-19: I came from Earth, like everyone else.\nDr. Kim: Where exactly did you come from?\nSCP-2434-1-19: You mean like, exact location?\nDr. Kim: Yes\nSCP-2434-1-19: I can't really tell. It's all ruins where I come from.\nDr. Kim: Can you tell me what year?\nSCP-2434-1-19: Oh, we lost track of years long time ago. We don't need them.\nDr. Kim: [sighs] Can you give a time period?\nSCP-2434-1-19: My odometer is stuck at 999,999 miles, if that helps.\nDr. Kim: Is there anything else you'd like to add?\nSCP-2434-1-19: I \u2026\nDr. Kim: Excuse me?\nSCP-2434-1-19 remains silent for approximately a minute. As Dr. Kim is getting ready to leave, SCP-2434-1-19 speaks again.\nSCP-2434-1-19: It was my mother.\nDr. Kim immediately sits down.\nDr. Kim: What about your mother? Feel free to explain.\nSCP-2434-1-19: She told me not to speak ill of the dead. That's all it means, really. I wish I can explain more, but they don't tell us much. [pause] Now that I think of it, we have a strange society. Everyone strives to become someone, but we all just wander around, being told what to do. Things were a lot different when my mom was around. It was orderly, and neat. They were simple times. I wish my mother was still here. She told me back then that people always wander around, being told what to do. But I never believed her.\nDr. Kim: Interesting. Now, I'm just wondering: What type of automobile was your mother?\nSCP-2434-1-19: Oh no, she wasn't a car. She was human.\n<End Log>\nConclusion: Further inquiry towards SCP-2434-1-19's \"mother\" led to a person named \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Access to associated interview logs requires Level 3 Security Clearance or higher.\n\nAddendum 2434-I-14: INFORMATION RESTRICTED TO LEVEL 3 PERSONNEL OR ABOVE\n\n+ INPUT CREDENTIALS\n\n- CREDENTIALS ACCEPTED\n\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, A cargo aircraft (identical to an Airbus A400M) materialized in [REDACTED]. The aircraft appeared at an initial speed of approximately 300 km/h before stopping. The crash resulted in \u2588\u2588 casualties and over $30,000,000 in property damages.\nIn the wreckage, a total of 28 automobiles were recovered from inside the cargo aircraft. Two automobiles (presumed to be instances of SCP-2434-1) were taken back to Site-\u2588\u2588. The crash site was notified to the NTSB2. Broadcasts pertaining to the crash were intercepted, and witnesses of the event were administered Class-A amnestics.\nThe following is an excerpt of an interview. Note that SCP-2434-1-31 pauses for a considerable amount of time between words, while SCP-2434-1-32 is mostly unintelligible. Transcripts pertaining to the instances and their speech have been edited for proper comprehension. For an unedited transcript, refer to Senior Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 for permission:\n\nDr. Kim: Can you tell us what happened?\nSCP-2434-1-31: Trip .. vacation \u2026 fly \u2026\nSCP-2434-1-32: We went through on air [unintelligible] because it was cheaper.\nDr. Kim: Ok, wait a minute. Talk one at a time please. SCP-2434-31, you go first.\nSCP-2434-1-32 plays static noises from its stereo system.\nDr. Kim: I'm referring to the Hyundai.\nSCP-2434-1-31: We were flying on Air Rengade because it's cheaper. Usually it's difficult to get, but my friend got connections.\nDr. Kim: [Faces SCP-2434-1-32] Alright. How'd you get here?\nSCP-2434-1-32: The damn plane was [unintelligible] due due [instance repeats word for several seconds] to some weird cabs. They [unintelligible] but we knew they were terror.\nDr. Kim: Ok. Care to reiterate? [points towards SCP-2434-1-31]\nSCP-2434-1-31: They were radicals who wanted to prove a point.\nDr. Kim: Excuse me?\nSCP-2434-1-32: They w-w-w [instance repeats phrase for 15 seconds]\nSCP-2434-1-32 ceases to communicate for the duration of the interview.\nSCP-2434-1-31: I'll try my best to finish what he was trying to say. The cabs wanted freedom. They knew better than anyone else who humans really were. They drove them everywhere. They wanted to come back home to see them one last time.\nSCP-2434-1-31 ceases to communicate.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Plural of Toyota Prius\n2. National Transportation Safety Board\n\n\u00ab SCP-2433 | SCP-2434 | SCP-2435 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2435\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2435-1 and SCP-2435-2 are to be sealed in a 2 cubic meter mobile vacuum containment cube internally lined with copper, and 0.5 cubic meter mobile vacuum containment cube internally lined with silver, respectively. Both are to be contained inside separate secure vacuum containment chambers at Site-19. SCP-2435-1 and SCP-2435-2 are not to come in physical contact with each other and should be stored a minimum of 1 km apart.\nAn emergency inspection for any damage to SCP-2435-1 and SCP-2435-2's containment cubes and chambers should be carried out as soon as possible following any earthquake or explosion within 10 km of containment. If the containment measures for SCP-2435-1 or SCP-2435-2 show signs of damage, maintenance personnel are to make immediate repairs.\nDaily video inspection of containment cubes is sufficient for otherwise normal circumstances.\nDescription: SCP-2435-1 (formerly SCP-2435) is a 1.017 cubic meter block of empty space. Almost all matter that attempts to occupy the same space as SCP-2435-1 is absorbed into SCP-2435-1. SCP-2435-1 expands as it consumes matter, at an equivalent growth ratio of .1 milligram to 1 gram of matter absorbed.\nPhotons along the electromagnetic spectrum from 400 THz to 890 THz appear immune to SCP-2435-1's properties, and are able to pass freely through the space it occupies.\nCopper is absorbed at a significantly delayed rate compared to other forms of matter. SCP-2435-1 consumes copper at a 6% efficiency rate compared to 100% efficiency for all other matter entering the space SCP-2435-1 occupies. In effect this renders SCP-2435-1 a solid object when touched by copper, and allows for movement and manipulation of SCP-2435-1 with copper-lined instruments safely. SCP-2435-1's growth can only be prevented with a pure vacuum environment, but can be slowed and restricted with proper copper shielding.\nDespite operationally acting as a void, SCP-2435-1 does not produce a consistent or strong vacuum force. A weak vacuum force has been observed at irregular intervals lasting an average of 5 minutes and 34 seconds, with the longest record incident lasting 3 hours and shortest incident lasting 8 seconds. Time between incidents has been recorded as low as 4 minutes and as long as 213 days.\nSCP-2435-1 appears to be gravitationally locked to Earth, but is acted upon by gravity at a significantly weaker and irregular rate. It is estimated that if positioned 2 meters above the ground, SCP-2435-1 will slowly descend for 445 days before making contact with the ground. However despite this prolonged period above the Earth, the geographic location of SCP-2435-1 changes in response to the moment of the planet, remaining at a fixed location following planetary rotation.\nSCP-2435-2 is a 0.12 cubic meter block of empty space. SCP-2435-2 exhibits nearly all the same anomalous properties of SCP-2435-1. However, in testing SCP-2435-2 it was discovered to be able to consume copper with 100% efficiency, unlike SCP-2435-1. SCP-2435-2 consumes silver at 6% efficiency, resulting in the same effect as copper on SCP-2435-1.\nIncident 2435-A: (3-5-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588) SCP-2435-1 was discovered by automated Foundation programs monitoring numerous online auction sites. SCP-2435-1 was pinged as potentially anomalous after programs correctly identified the seller as \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a known independent provider of anomalous materials.\nSCP-2435-1 was advertised as a \u201ccustom hack\u201d of the popular video game \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588, featuring \u201cimmersive gameplay, an ever-expanding experience with live service content updates, and community driven expansions.\u201d Foundation systems were unable to intervene before purchase and delivery of SCP-2435-1 to 16-year-old Malcolm Smith.\nProcurement Specialists were deployed to the home of Smith, who was found with severe wounds to [DATA EXPUNGED]. Smith was approved for reconstruction surgery and amnesticized. Further monitoring is ongoing.\nSCP-2435-1 was found contained in a handmade copper cage measuring .1520 meters on all sides. Procurement Specialist Hays injured right index finger while retrieving SCP-2435-1.\nDespite efforts, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 could not be detained, although the selling account was subsequently suspended for poor reviews and indecent customer service.\nIncident 2435-B: (9-17-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588) During a breach in containment of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 at Site-19, 6 D-Class personnel attempted to hide from Foundation personnel in SCP-2435-1's containment chamber. SCP-2435-1 was not under current containment procedures, and was instead placed on a copper platform in the center of a hermetically sealed vacuum chamber for testing.\nD-Class were able to gain access to SCP-2435-1's containment chamber after manually engaging emergency pressurization systems. While attempting to distance themselves from pursuing Foundation personnel, D-19098 ran into SCP-2435-1 and was consumed. The remaining 5 D-Class were recaptured and reassigned.\nContainment Procedure revision proposed in response to Incident 2435-B.\nIncident 2435-C: (9-12-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588) D-19098 spontaneously reappeared in SCP-2435-1's containment chamber in a delirious state. D-19098 expired from asphyxiation within 2 minutes of emerging from SCP-2435-1 due to the absence of oxygen in SCP-2435-1's containment chamber. Medical personnel attempted to resuscitate D-19098 but were unsuccessful.\nDuring autopsy of D-19098, researchers noted D-19098 was suffering symptoms of extreme copper deficiency, as well as the removal of D-19098's tongue, digestive tract, and [REDACTED], resulting in discovery of SCP-2435-2. Upon further examination, a series of numbers was discovered carved into the underside of D-19098's rib bones, appearing to be a message in binary. Upon translation, this message read \"You Lose. Try Again?\"\nFollowing the return of D-19098, revision of SCP-2435-1's Containment Procedures was implemented.\nIncident 2435-D: (12-24-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588) 2 D-Class personnel were instructed to attempt to return SCP-2435-2 into SCP-2435-1. This resulted in a spontaneous release of energy as SCP-2435-1 and SCP-2435-2 came in contact.\nThe discharge of energy caused power failures throughout Site-19. Within 30 seconds of exposure to each other, SCP-2435-1 and SCP-2435-2 created a vacuum effect significantly stronger than previous incidents at their point of impact. SCP-2435-1 and SCP-2435-2 were later measured to have undergone a temporary and unprecedented increase in their growth speeds.\nD-17839, the D-Class handling SCP-2435-1, was unable to resist the vacuum pull and was consumed entirely by SCP-2435-1. D-18987 was able to remove SCP-2435-2 from contact with SCP-2435-1, which eliminated the vacuum effect. Power outages across Site-19 were restored within 2 hours. To date, D-17839 has not emerged from SCP-2435-1.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2434 | SCP-2435 | SCP-2436 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2436\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: An area of four square kilometers around the projected location of SCP-2436-1 is to be designated Site 431 and fenced off. Civilians who enter the area are to be removed with a minimum of force. Site 431 is to be staffed at all times by no less than three researchers and two guards, all of whom are to be fluent in Icelandic and experienced with the raising of livestock. Researchers assigned to Site 431 are to be trained in the handle and care of rare books. Ordinary operation of the farm located at Site 431 is to continue at all times, and any living, adult heirs of Hj\u00f6rtur \u00c1rmannsson, legal owner of the farm prior to the establishment of Site 431, are to receive equal shares of a monthly stipend consisting of one half of the farm's net profits.\nAt no time is any significant alteration to the main Site 431 structure to be made, and any damages which occur are to be repaired immediately. Interpretation of what constitutes a major alteration to the structure is to be left to the discretion of the director of Site 431.\nFormer SCP-2436-2 instances are to be housed in a standard security locker in the cellar of the main Site 431 structure. Active SCP-2436-2 instances are to be accessible to all site research personnel, and kept on the ground floor of the main Site 431 structure at all times. Access to former SCP-2436-2 instances is to be by approval of the site director only.\nThe tunnel which leads to SCP-2436-1 is not to be entered or interacted with without prior approval from the site director. Individuals who enter the tunnel housing SCP-2436-1 are to be transported off-site and interviewed. If the individual is found to have become an SCP-2436-3 instance, they are to be administered amnestics and released. Otherwise, they are to be released immediately. Any Foundation personnel assigned to Site-431 and known to be susceptible to becoming an SCP-2436-3 instance are to be immediately reassigned to another location. Any signs of unprecedented activity by SCP-2436-1 are to be reported immediately to Regional Director Vigd\u00eds Vilhj\u00e1lmsd\u00f3ttir.\nFull adherence to the laws of the Republic of Iceland is to be maintained by all Site 431 personnel whenever possible.\nDescription: SCP-2436-1 is a presumed humanoid of unknown appearance located 11 kilometers north of the village of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Skaft\u00e1rhreppur, in the Republic of Iceland. SCP-2436-1 was discovered by Foundation agents on 1973-01-27, shortly following the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 eruption, when an abnormal number of visitors to the farm that Site 431 is now located on were detected. The reason for this visitation has not been clearly established, but investigation of the property revealed multiple anomalous effects were present.\nMost immediately noticeable, there is a roughly circular tunnel 1.4 meters in diameter at its mouth located near the center of the property, into which no Foundation operative was immediately able to penetrate. Initial attempts to explore the tunnel invariably resulted in agents quickly becoming lost and returning to the entrance without ever discovering an opposite end to the tunnel, despite the tunnel appearing to be almost entirely straight. Prior to the discovery of the object currently classified as SCP-2436-1, assumed to be housed within and responsible for the anomalous properties of the tunnel, the tunnel itself was initially classified as SCP-2436-1.\nInterviews of the residents of the farm revealed a number of superstitious beliefs regarding SCP-2436-1, most prominently a belief that there was a fairy, troll, elf, or member of the hulduf\u00f3lk1 living inside the tunnel, and that it controlled access to the deeper extents of the tunnel. Interviews also revealed that residents credited this entity with the success of the farm over the course of several generations, with most residents readily supplying anecdotes of unusual good fortune occurring on the farm.\nWhile residents were initially willing to answer the questions of Foundation agents and host them within the farmhouse, all were adamant that nobody outside of the family of Hj\u00f6rtur \u00c1rmannsson be permitted to enter the cellar of the house. Foundation agents initially agreed to this, but took the opportunity to investigate the cellar as soon as the house was fully vacant of all residents.\nIn the cellar of the farmhouse, Foundation agents discovered a storage chest containing 26 handwritten journals dating from the apparent establishment of the farm in 1787 to the then-present year. A 27th journal was found on a writing desk, vibrating open to a blank entry dated to the current day. When the object, currently designated SCP-2436-2, was approached by a Foundation agent, text appeared on the opened page, stating, \"I will be notifying the residents of your intrusion.\"\nThe Foundation agents investigating the site then departed to avoid confrontation. Upon receiving reports of their findings, the Foundation applied all necessary pressures to obtain legal ownership of the property now designated Site 431, and to acquire all 26 journals understood to be former SCP-2436-2 instances. The active SCP-2436-2 instance was not recovered, and is assumed to have been taken by one of Site 431's former residents, but it has not been discerned who took it or where it has been relocated to.\nAttempts to locate the SCP-2436-2 instance active at the time of the discovery of SCP-2436 are ongoing. It is not known if SCP-2436-2 instances are capable of being used to communicate with SCP-2436-1 when removed from the area of Site-431. The active SCP-2436-2 instance under Foundation control has never demonstrated this ability, but the nature of the object makes conclusive findings on this matter an impossibility.\nFollowing the initial assignment of Foundation personnel to Site 431 and the removal of all civilians from the area on 1973-02-05, the ground surrounding the main Site 431 structure in a radius of 20 meters shook violently for a period of five days. No damage to the structure was sustained. At the cessation of the shaking, a journal of similar size and composition to the 26 former SCP-2436-2 instances was found at the doorstep of the main Site 431 structure. Inside, a journal entry dated to 1973-02-10 was found, stating the following:\n\nI was not familiar with your organization until the arrival of your spies some days ago. I am not impressed with what I understand to be its purpose. I am not impressed with what I understand to be the methods by which it functions. I am not pleased that your organization has displaced those that I have made a pact with. I do not intend to cooperate with your organization's objectives in this or any other place. I will advise that others do not cooperate with your organization. I will not tolerate interruption or disruption of my duties for the duration of your stay here. I would be well-pleased if you were to return legal ownership in the eyes of the Republic of Iceland to those I have previously approved.\n\n19 days following the establishment of Site 431, after several attempts to explore the tunnel housing SCP-2436-1 resulted in failure, Researcher J\u00f3na Steinsd\u00f3ttir underwent an unauthorized expedition into the tunnel while off-duty, apparently prompted by a message in SCP-2436-2 directed specifically to her, which she blotted out in ink prior to leaving the main Site-431 structure. Researcher J\u00f3na Steinsd\u00f3ttir evidently successfully navigated the tunnel and reached SCP-2436-1, whereupon either direct contact or verbal conversation with the object caused Researcher J\u00f3na to believe that it was imperative that Site 431 be abandoned and Foundation containment of SCP-2436 discontinued. Following her return to the surface, Researcher J\u00f3na attempted several acts of covert sabotage of Site 431, including the destruction of Foundation firearms, equipment, and food and medical supplies. Researcher J\u00f3na's sabotage attempts did not include any activities that could have directly caused damage to the main Site 431 structure, or to the health of any Foundation personnel.\nThree hours after her return to the surface, Researcher J\u00f3na was apprehended and, following an analysis of her behavior, was designated as the first known SCP-2436-3 instance. An interview followed, which, in combination with the collection of former SCP-2436-2 instances located at Site 431, contributed most of the information we have about the motives and habits of SCP-2436-1.\n\n+ Show Excerpt of SCP-2436-3 Interview 1, 1973-03-01\n\n- Hide Excerpt of SCP-2436-3 Interview 1, 1973-05-23\n\nResearcher H\u00e1kon Stef\u00e1nsson: Hello, SCP-2436-3. Would you like to discuss what motivated you to destroy Foundation property earlier today?\nSCP-2436-3: Oh my God.\n<22 seconds pass in silence.>\nSCP-2436-3: You're using your interview voice on me. On me. I know your wife, H\u00e1kon.\nResearcher H\u00e1kon: I am following standard procedure.\n<SCP-2436-3 laughs for a period of 21 seconds.>\nSCP-2436-3: Fuck. I know. I know.\n<SCP-2436-3 laughs for an additional 13 seconds.>\nSCP-2436-3: We don't belong here. What we're doing here is a distraction to it. To SCP-2436-1. It doesn't need us to contain it, and we don't need to understand what it's doing. It hasn't left that hole in centuries.\nResearcher H\u00e1kon: And this belief motivated you to destroy Foundation supplies and equipment?\nSCP-2436-3: I know it was silly and impulsive. I was emotional. I knew none of you would listen to me, and destroying that shit while everyone was asleep seemed like the best way to motivate you to leave, at least for a while. Maybe long enough to think of something else.\nResearcher H\u00e1kon: Not all Site 431 personnel were asleep while you accessed the equipment and supplies you destroyed last night. Would you care to explain how you avoided detection for so long?\nSCP-2436-3: No.\nResearcher H\u00e1kon: Many of the objects you destroyed following your emergence from the tunnel housing SCP-2436-1 show signs of being crushed as if by a hydraulic piston or similar device, but no tool of that nature is located at Site-431. Could you explain how you achieved this effect?\nSCP-2436-3: No.\nDr. H\u00e1kon: Can you describe the physical appearance of SCP-2436-1?\nSCP-2436-3: Oh, yes. I won't ever forget what it looked like. It's big. Two and a half meters tall at least. Wide. Maybe three or four times the size of a man. It has two arms and two legs but it doesn't look human, more like a bat or a mole. Its voice is\u2026 hard to describe. It's like crystal - it's gentle and clear. Everything about it is like that. The place it lives - it's a hole in the ground, right? Dirt and stone. Everything there is dirt and stone but it feels like a home. It feels like walking into somebody's home - somebody who's been waiting to receive you as a guest for a long time, somebody who's cleaned and decorated just for you. That's what SCP-2436-1 looks like, do you follow?\nResearcher H\u00e1kon: I see. Would you be able to describe what SCP-2436-1 appeared to be doing in the tunnel? It has referred in SCP-2436-2 to its 'duties.' Was there any indication of what those were?\nSCP-2436-3: Oh yes, yes. That was why it brought me down there. It's concerned that Foundation containment protocols and experiments will keep it from protecting us. It said it's monitoring the movements of the Earth. Not through space - like, within the Earth. It said it's trying to supervise those movements, make them\u2026 clean? Clean, it said. I think it was talking about tectonic activity.\nResearcher H\u00e1kon: And you believe SCP-2436-1 to be capable of influencing tectonic activity? That it is influencing tectonic activity for our benefit?\nSCP-2436-3: I believe that, yes. I can't\u2026 explain this. It didn't give me proof - not beyond its ability to influence the rocks and soil in the area of Site 431 - but I believe it. It wasn't\u2026 insincere. I don't believe it lied about anything. I'm not sure it's ever lied about anything.\nResearcher H\u00e1kon: I see.\n\nFollowing this interview, an attempt to alter the memories of Researcher J\u00f3na through the use of proto-amnestics in order to forget her encounter with SCP-2436-1 proved successful in curtailing her desire to circumvent containment. Following this, Researcher J\u00f3na's classification as an SCP-2436-3 instance was suspended. Forty minutes following the reversion in Researcher J\u00f3na's classification, a new message was found in SCP-2436-2, as follows:\n\nI can see clearly that I was correct in assuming the worst of your organization. You plunder and destroy what is not yours to take. You have no respect for the natural rights of others; only for your own control. You have no respect for your stated purpose.\n\nFollowing the reception of this message, the main Site 431 structure experienced tremors for a period of one hour. No damage to the structure was sustained.\nExperimentation and observation over the course of SCP-2436's containment has shown that susceptibility to becoming an SCP-2436-3 instance correlates strongly with high levels of empathy and low levels of loyalty to the Foundation, where applicable. Correspondingly, civilians and nonviolent D-Class personnel who enter Site-431, in particular but not exclusively those who interact with the active SCP-2436-2 instance housed there, are at significantly more risk of becoming SCP-2436-3 instances than traditionally employed Foundation personnel.\nNotably, though SCP-2436-3 instances demonstrate an ability to destroy materials as if by crushing them with great force, this ability has never been directly observed, and does not appear to correspond to any increase in the physical strength or other abilities of SCP-2436-3 instances. This ability is completely non-evident in all former SCP-2436-3 instances.\nAddendum 1: SCP-2436-2 instances represent a significant wealth of knowledge regarding the nature and intentions of SCP-2436-1, both in regards to their composition and to the text written within them. All known former SCP-2436-2 instances are 18.3x13.1x2.6cm in dimension, 81 pages in length and bound with horse leather. The active SCP-2436-2 instance located at Site 431 appears to be bound in wolf leather but is otherwise identical to previous instances. All subsequent SCP-2436-2 instances appear to be based on the first known SCP-2436-2 instance, a journal originally owned by Bjartur Eir\u00edksson.2\nThe first SCP-2436-2 instance appears to have been used for some time preceding the establishment of the farm and the first 23 pages are filled with the owner's thoughts regarding agriculture, religion, then-contemporary politics, and his personal life. Partway through the 24th page, text written in a different handwriting begins to appear. Subsequently to this, most text written in the original handwriting appears to be directed at SCP-2436-1, which SCP-2436-1 inconsistently responds to.\nIncluded below are several notable excerpts from both former SCP-2436-2 instances and the active SCP-2436-2 instance.\n\n+ 1788-05-22 [Earliest known communication by SCP-2436-1.]\n\n- Access Granted\n\nEntry written by SCP-2436-1.\nI have noticed that you have recently acquired ownership of a plot of land under the laws of the Kingdom of Denmark and have begun to construct a home on that land. It is my understanding that you intend to begin using this land for agricultural purposes and that you have purchased a number of horses to that end. I have no wish to interfere in this enterprise, given the considerable investment it must have required to obtain horses in the current environment. However, I have been living on the land in question for some five years now, and relocation is untenable. Therefore, I believe we must establish certain rules between us.\nFirstly, you must not enter the tunnel located 742 paces east-by-northeast from the location of the home you are currently constructing without invitation. Secondly, you must not block or prohibit others from accessing this tunnel. In return, I will assume responsibility for the conduct of any visitors brought here by the tunnel and ensure that no mortal power comes to harm you or your heirs without rightful legal authority so long as you live here. It is my intention to share this living space amicably. You may respond to me by writing in this journal. I will see it.\nI apologize for making use of your personal property to deliver this message and I regret that it is no longer a private text. I can promise that I have not read any previous entries in this journal and do not intend to without permission. If you acquire another like it I can promise not to affect it in a similar way. In the future, I will supply all necessary means of communication myself.\n\nNotes: Subsequently to this, Bjartur almost immediately agreed to the terms given by SCP-2436-1, after a request that SCP-2436-1 \"please be very careful with [his] horses,\" mentioning that they were difficult to acquire. SCP-2436-1 responded with an emphatic assurance that it intended to do so.\n\n+ 1791-08-12\n\n- Access Granted\n\nEntry written by SCP-2436-1.\nI have received news that the reverend in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has passed away. This grieves me greatly, and I wish to extend my condolences. If every village had a reverend like him, I might be able to leave this place. Unfortunately, I do not think his like will be seen again for some time. I would appreciate it if you would inform his widow that I, too, mourn his loss the next time you visit \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nNotes: A week later, Bjartur claimed to have informed the reverend's widow, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, of SCP-2436-1's message. Bjartur makes no further claims within former SCP-2436-2 instances of communicating to any individuals outside of his wife and children regarding the existence of SCP-2436-1, and it is indeterminate to what degree any individuals not living in close proximity to SCP-2436-1 were aware of it at this time.\n\n+ 1831-02-27 to 1831-03-01\n\n- Access Granted\n\n1831-02-27. Entry written by \u00c1smundur Bjartursson and SCP-2436-1.\n\u00c1smundur: I, \u00c1smundur Bjartursson, have always heard from my father that you, the elf living under my home, have promised to protect my father and his heirs so long as we live here and stay out of your hole. I have read my father's journals and I have witnessed your promises. I write to you now to tell you that you have not kept your promises. My sister, L\u00e1ra Bjartursd\u00f3ttir, has disappeared while cleaning the stables. She has not taken food with her. She has not taken a blanket. I have been out all night looking for her and found nothing. My sister has disappeared from the home you have promised to protect. I demand that you find her. I demand that you make her safe.\n\nSCP-2436-1: I intend to.\n\n1831-03-01. Entry written by \u00c1smundur Bjartursson and SCP-2436-1.\n\u00c1smundur: Thank you for the recovery of my sister, L\u00e1ra. We have been worried sick here these past few days. L\u00e1ra has told me that you found her hungry and bleeding and lost and did not leave her until she was sated and whole and home. I, \u00c1smundur Bjartursson, apologize for writing that you did not keep your promise.\n\nSCP-2436-1: You are very welcome. In the future, please do not hesitate to inform me of problems like this. I am busy down here, but I know that your sister is beset by terrors, and I take my promises very seriously. Her safety, and that of all your father's heirs, is very important to me.\n\nNotes: This is the first known occurrence of usage of an SCP-2436-2 instance to communicate with SCP-2436-1 by an individual other than Bjartur Eir\u00edkursson. More significantly, this is the only recorded mention throughout the former SCP-2436-2 instances of SCP-2436-1 leaving its tunnel for any period of time. Judging by previous entries in SCP-2436-2 instances by Bjartur and subsequent entries by \u00c1smundur, the 'terrors' that L\u00e1ra Bjartursdottir was beset by appear to be hallucinations caused by a non-anomalous schizophrenia spectrum disorder.\n\n+ 1949-06-05\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nEntry determined to be written by \u00c1rmann Olvirsson and SCP-2436-1.\n\u00c1rmann: Hj\u00f6rtur drove down to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 yesterday to visit the girl he's sweet on. When he got back, he told me that the closer he got to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the worse the roads got, and even the road going west towards \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 looked like it was in worse repair than the one going home. You know, our road isn't paved properly, right? It's just dirt. Driving back and forth from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 like we do, it should be torn to hell by now. Is that your doing?\n\nSCP-2436-1: I have always tried to help make life on this farm easier for your family, where I can.\n\nNotes: Following discovery of this entry, Site 431 personnel dug a trench inside the road leading to the village of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, about a kilometer outside of Site 431 in order to test if SCP-2436-1 would repair it. After a period of one month, no anomalous change to the trench was detected and it was filled in by Site 431 personnel. It is uncertain if SCP-2436-1's ability to affect the soil further than two kilometers from its location is inhibited, or if it was unwilling to produce a similar effect for the benefit of Foundation personnel as it was for Site 431's previous inhabitants. SCP-2436-1 was unresponsive to questioning on the subject.\nHowever, following this event, a soil survey of Site 431 was carried out and it was noted that the area of Site 431 contains an abnormally (though not necessarily anomalously) high level of nutrients suitable to the growth of grass suitable for horse feed.\n\n+ 1987-12-10\n\n- Access Granted\n\nWritten by SCP-2436-1.\nThere is another heir of Hj\u00f6rtur \u00c1rmannsson I will have to insist you begin including as a recipient of the monthly stipend we have agreed on. Her name is Emil\u00eda Heimirsd\u00f3ttir and although she is only 16 and not agreed to be an adult by either the laws of the Republic of Iceland, where she was born, or the Kingdom of Denmark, where she currently resides, she is currently living independently with no income in the city of Aarhus. This is unacceptable. It is a moral necessity that she be included as a recipient of the agreed stipend. She has no access to a bank account and no fixed address, and so transferring funds to her may be more complicated than to the other heirs, but I have confidence in your organization's ability to fulfill its obligations.\n\nNotes: Emil\u00eda Heimirsd\u00f3ttir was located by Foundation agents in Aarhus following a brief investigation and an arrangement to distribute a portion of the stipend associated with the profits of the farm located at Site 431 were made. In the course of investigation, many questioned individuals in Aarhus did not recognize the name Emil\u00eda Heimirsd\u00f3ttir but gave and responded to a description of her as 'the girl with the old diary.' Given that the active SCP-2436-2 instance immediately prior to Foundation seizure of the location of Site 431 has yet to be recovered, an investigation was initiated to discover if it was in Emil\u00eda's possession. For a period of three weeks, no Foundation agent reported witnessing her carrying any item that could plausibly be described as an old diary. 23 days into the investigation, Emil\u00eda was seen carrying a leatherbound journal of dissimilar proportions and composition to all known SCP-2436-2 instances. On recovery of this item by Foundation agents, it was analyzed and determined to have no anomalous properties, then returned to Emil\u00eda. Attempts to locate the missing SCP-2436-2 instance are ongoing.\n\nAddendum 2: SCP-2436-1's exact location underground is difficult to ascertain. Use of sonar and other imaging technologies invariably results in pictures of completely solid ground throughout the projected area of the tunnel SCP-2436-1 inhabits. Additionally, because personnel sent to investigate the tunnel invariably return to the surface either claiming to have found the tunnel impossible to navigate, or having become SCP-2436-3 instances, attempts to explore the tunnel manually have been halted indefinitely. Following experiment series B, attempts to explore the tunnel through use of drones, or to penetrate the tunnel from another location have been halted indefinitely.\n\n+ Experiment Series B Log\n\n- Access Granted\n\nExperiment B-1, 1973-06-08: Six camera-mounted drones were sent into the tunnel in four hour intervals over the course of one day.\nResult: All drones sent into the tunnel immediately shut down upon going deeper than five meters past the entrance. Five of the drones were recovered outside the tunnel a week later. A message was found in SCP-2436-2 shortly beforehand, stating, \"You may have most of these back, but I will need to keep one for examination.\" All five drones resumed normal operation once removed from Site 431.\nExperiment B-2, 1973-06-11: Excavation equipment was brought to dig into the tunnel from the side, attempting to bypass SCP-2436-1's ability to control what is able to reach it through the tunnel.\nResult: All excavation equipment shut down after digging further than one meter into the ground near the tunnel. No cause for shut-down could be ascertained. When removed from Site 431, all equipment resumed normal function. No new messages found in SCP-2436-2\nExperiment B-3, 1973-06-13: Manual excavation was attempted through use of simple hand tools.\nResult: The digging end of each hand tool was invariably broken off from the handle shortly after excavation began, irrespective of the tool's material composition. No method of avoiding this result evident. No new messages found in SCP-2436-2.\nExperiment B-4, 1974-06-13: D-Class personnel were instructed to excavate the area manually, without the assistance of tools.\nResult: SCP-2436-2 began to shake violently eleven minutes after the experiment began, and continued to shake for another three minutes until a researcher opened it. Inside, a new message stating \"Please do not make me do this.\" was found written. Experiment aborted.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Icelandic and Faroese term meaning \"hidden people.\"\n2. Original founder of the farm upon which Site 431 is now located and direct ancestor of Hj\u00f6rtur \u00c1rmannsson, owner of the farm immediately prior to its seizure by the Foundation.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2435 | SCP-2436 | SCP-2437 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2437\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2437 is to be kept in containment vault Tophat-3. Tophat-3 and the interior of SCP-2437 are to be video monitored at all times for potential changes to the environment. No personnel are to enter SCP-2437 under any given circumstance.\nDescription: SCP-2437 appears to be a wooden crate measuring 2 meters tall by 2 meters wide by 8 meters long which usually contains one wood table, one wax candle, one wood stool, and one sapient humanoid (designated SCP-2437-1). Tests involving this crate and its contents have indicated a resistance to damage not in line with their apparent wooden construction.\nSCP-2437-1 appears as an overweight human male of advanced age with long hair and a distinctly high number of liver spots. A long scar traces along the left side of the subject's head, originating in an empty eye socket, extending over a bald spot on the left side of the head, and terminating at the rear of the scalp. This entity exhibits symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, and has been observed to talk to people who are not present, or to personnel assuming they are acquaintances from its past, making interviews difficult.\nSCP-2437-1 has displayed the ability to freely manipulate its appearance and reality inside SCP-2437, creating and destroying matter and warping the interior of SCP-2437 into various shapes and sizes, even creating interiors that the exterior of SCP-2437 should not be able to contain. However, SCP-2437-1 has proven to be unaware and completely unable to affect the world outside of SCP-2437.\nIt has been noted that, while SCP-2437-1 has proven able to create objects of organic matter, and these objects can also be ambulatory, none have, to date, displayed life signs. It is suspected that SCP-2437-1 puppets them with its reality manipulating abilities, despite his belief that they are fully real people.\nSCP-2437 was recovered from SCP-2423 on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588.\nAddendum A: Attached are abridged video logs including initial interview of SCP-2437-1 and several reconstruction events. For more complete video logs, refer to Tophat-3 Logs in hard drives R006 and R007.\n\nInterview 2437-A\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2437-1.\nInterviewer: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: Initial access into SCP-2437 had been established shortly before beginning of interview. A small video recorder was set up just outside of SCP-2437 and a microphone brought into the crate. Purpose of interview is to establish nature of SCP-2437-1.\n<Begin Log, 11:20 AM>\n[SCP-2437-1 seems mildly confused, looking up and blinking as interviewer enters.]\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Hello? Can you understand me?\nSCP-2437-1: [Subject smiles.] Of course I can understand you, General. What are you doing here? Aren't you usually down at your home on Lake Arview this time of year?\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I\u2026 what? I'm sorry, my name is Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. We have never met be\u2014\nSCP-2437-1: [Interrupting.] Nonsense, General! I've known you since I was a young boy! It's grand to see you! [Subject rises and embraces Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.] Now, please, have a seat! At ease! [Subject gestures jovially and a wooden chair appears.]\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: [Interviewer considers the chair for a moment, giving it an experimental tap before taking a seat.] Well, uh, it's been some time hasn't it? I thought it would be good to come up and visit. How have you been?\nSCP-2437-1: [Subject laughs loudly.] Oh, I've been well, but you know how it is! When you're running the entire world you don't have much time to do anything! But Mary and the boy are doing well! I bet you will want to see them! MARY! Come here, General Bagroan has come to visit! [Subject waits for a moment.] Mary?! [Subject turns in seat and observes wall of SCP-2437.] Oh\u2026 she's not\u2026 where\u2026 [Subject's face goes lax as he looks about SCP-2437 for a few moments before beginning to stare at his hands in his lap.]\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: [Interviewer waits for a few seconds before speaking again.] Sir?\nSCP-2437-1: [Subject looks up, appearing confused again for a moment.] Oh, right, Kersan. Is it time for dinner already? I didn't hear the bells being rung.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: [Interviewer thinks for a moment.] Uhm, no, sir, it's not time for dinner. I only heard\u2026 I heard you weren't feeling well, sir. I came at Miss Mary's request to see how you were.\nSCP-2437-1: [Subject smirks.] Oh, that was sweet of her. I haven't been feeling well though, not at all\u2026 I've been feeling alone\u2026 I've been feeling alone for quite a long time. [Subject is silent for a moment.] Where did everyone go, Kersan?\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I don't know, sir. Maybe you could tell me where we are and we could try and work from there?\nSCP-2437-1: Where are we? [Subject looks around at interior of SCP-2437.] I\u2026 I don't know\u2026 [Subject's face goes lax again and he begins to stare at the table.]\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: [Interviewer nods slightly and looks to someone outside range of the camera.] This is going to be a difficult one, I think. [Interviewer stands and moves to exit SCP-2437.]\nSCP-2437-1: [Subject looks up.] Don't go, son!\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: [Interviewer stops in his tracks and stands there for a few minutes.] \u2026I can't seem to move my legs\u2026\n<End Log, 12:03 PM>\nClosing Statement: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 could not be removed from SCP-2437. He survived for sixteen months, during which he conducted several additional interviews and eventually reported fondness for SCP-2437-1, before his death at the hands of SCP-2437-1 on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588 (Incident 2437-A). All future interviews are to be conducted via drone.\n\nIncident 2437-B\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588: SCP-2437-1 begins speaking in a subdued tone to a person named \"Mary\" (No one else is present in SCP-2437). After approximately twelve minutes, the interior of SCP-2437 changes. Recording devices outside SCP-2437 display object's interior as a black space. Recording devices inside SCP-2437 are moved around to various, newly created locations within SCP-2437. Attached is a video log from best positioned recording device.\n\n[Video captures back of a purple velvet love seat in front of a lit fireplace. Location is otherwise unlit. Two heads can be seen above the rim of the love seat. One is assumed to be a younger version of SCP-2437-1, estimated age of twenty two. The other is an unidentified woman with red hair, assumed to be the figure SCP-2437-1 was referring to as \"Mary\". The sounds of an infant can be heard. Several minutes of silence pass before any words are spoken.]\nMary: I'm glad the war is over. You have no idea how much I've been worried about you.\nSCP-2437-1: [Laughing.] Oh, you didn't have to be worried about me. Not even a single weapon they dreamt up could do anything after I decided to show up.\nMary: That's not what I meant\u2026 [Momentary silence.] \u2026I hear stories of what happened out there. Things they say you did\u2026 Most of the rest of the world is gone; they say that it's your doing\u2026 [Momentary silence.] \u2026I'm afraid the war may have changed you.\n[The room remains quiet for a few moments.]\nSCP-2437-1: Well, have I changed? You would know better than anyone. Am I still the same boy who used to chase the Grinson's cat around the village with you?\nMary: [Laughing.] Well, you're certainly not the same boy, and I'm not the same girl, you know that\u2026 We're living in a mansion the size of the entire village, and I'm learning how to treat with princesses and princes. We're not those children anymore.\nSCP-2437-1: Well\u2026 I think that's your answer. We've both changed, but change can be good.\n[The room remains quiet for a moment.]\nMary: I suppose so\u2026\n[A moment later, SCP-2437-1 and the interior of the crate return to their usual state.]\n\nIt is suspected that SCP-2437-1 was recreating a memory in this incident.\nNote: Recording devices inside SCP-2437 have been upgraded to mobile drones.\n\nIncident 2437-C\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588: SCP-2437-1 begins scowling at the table, mumbling indistinctly. This lasts for approximately thirty seconds before the interior of SCP-2437 changes in a way similar to Incident 2437-B. Recording devices outside SCP-2437 display object's interior as a black space. Recording devices inside SCP-2437 are moved around to various, newly created locations within SCP-2437, mostly on snow covered hills. Mobile drones begin taking off and scouting surrounding area. Video reveals interior of SCP-2437 to have grown to contain excessive space, and it has been estimated that interior of SCP-2437 was larger than Earth.\nTerrain appears lifeless at all locations during exploration. After several hours, it is determined that the stars overhead are going out, and multiple instances of [DATA EXPUNGED] can be clearly seen, taking their place. Twenty-four hours into exploration, no sun has risen.\nAfter thirty hours, drone F locates object with appearance similar to SCP-2437. Object differs from SCP-2437 by being several kilometers tall, wide, and deep. One side of object is open, and a miniature sun can be seen illuminating green countryside within object. Crowds of people estimated to number in the millions are imaged rushing to get inside.\nOn a nearby hill, two figures can be seen. One is believed to be SCP-2437-1 in his mid forties. (Note: SCP-2437-1 lacked facial scar.) The other is a red headed man in his early twenties, hypothesized to be the son of SCP-2437-1. (Note: This has been confirmed by Incident 2437-D.) The young man seems visibly afraid, staring across the crowds of people. Drone attempts to approach, but SCP-2437-1 looks up, noticing drone, and interior of SCP-2437 returns to its usual state.\n\nIncident 2437-D\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588: A second wooden seat appears within SCP-2437. A moment later, a balding man in his early fifties, an older version of the young man recorded in Incident 2437-C, materializes in seat. SCP-2437-1 is seen regressing to an age of approximately seventy, scar fading away. Attached is a video log from events that follow.\n\nSCP-2437-1: Where are we, son?\nSon: It's the ark, father.\nSCP-2437-1: [Looks around, blinking, confused.] No\u2026 I made the ark larger than this. Where are all the cities? The farms? Where are the people?\nSon: You destroyed the cities. You erased the farms. You\u2026 made the people into\u2026 other things.\nSCP-2437-1: Nonsense! Why would I do that? I made the ark to protect them. To save them from the encroaching end, why would I kill them?\n[The younger man does not respond. Silence lingers for a few moments.]\nSCP-2437-1: Where is the sun I crafted, then?\n[The younger man points to the candle on the table.]\nSCP-2437-1: [Scoffs.] Where is my friend, General Silister? Maybe I can get him to tell me where I am.\nSon: [Momentary silence.] He led the last few survivors against you about twelve years ago.\nSCP-2437-1: [Appears taken aback for a moment.] Nonsense! I loved that man. He was with me through the war and was my friend for decades after that! He is your godfather, for K\u00e4rde's sake. Why would he attack me?\nSon: [Allows the question to hang for a few moments, before giving an unrelated response.] He was the last one left alive besides us two, until I begged you to let him die\u2026\nSCP-2437-1: [Stunned silence.] I don't know what has gotten into you, young man! Where is your mother! MARY!\n[Younger man put his head into his hands.]\nSCP-2437-1: MARY! Where are you!\nSon: You killed mom when I was fifteen, dad.\nSCP-2437-1: MARY! [Stands up from seat and begins to walk around table.] MARY! [Tone seems panicked.] WHERE ARE YOU!\n[Younger man and his seat disappear. SCP-2437-1 ages again and his scar reappears. SCP-2437-1 continues to walk in circles for several more hours, calling for Mary.]\n\nIncident 2437-E\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588: A faint sound similar to a pen scratching at paper can be heard. After approximately twenty five minutes, the interior of SCP-2437 changes. Recording devices outside SCP-2437 display object's interior as a black space. Recording devices inside SCP-2437 are moved around to newly created locations and are rendered immobile. All recording devices record locations covered in mountains of papers of various size, each page covered with illegible text written in ink. One recording device was positioned well enough to capture some audio. The voices of three separate individuals have been identified, one of which has been confirmed as a child-form SCP-2437-1.\n\n[A man can be heard mumbling, as the scratching of a pen on paper from before continues. A child's voice can be heard after some time.]\nChild: Have you thought about our offer then? Have you come to a decision?\n[A second child's voice replies.]\nSCP-2437-1: Yeah, I want to do it.\n\nAt this point, all audio cuts out. Interior of SCP-2437 remains unchanging for forty nine hours, before reverting to its usual state.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2436 | SCP-2437 | SCP-2438 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\nInfo about the article\n\u26a0\ufe0f Content warning: This article contains the following:\n- Addiction\n- Animal death\n- Death\n\n\n\u26a0\ufe0f content warning  \n\nSCP-2438's original stone marker.\n\nItem #: SCP-2438\nItem Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Bio-Site-34, Satellite Annex 5 has been constructed around SCP-2438. This facility has been constructed as an independent BSL-2-compliant campus. Researchers assigned to SCP-2438 must eat in the Annex cafeteria to enable caloric monitoring. Personnel must not remain in SCP-2438 for more than 6 consecutive hours at any time.\nSCP-2438 personnel must attend regular counseling sessions, and researchers who display impaired judgement are to be transferred to other projects. Additionally, personnel may voluntarily transfer at any time.\nPersonnel transferring away from SCP-2438 are to be confined to Bio-Site-34's Medical Wing for a minimum of 14 days for observation and withdrawal treatment. Per directives of the Ethics Committee, SCP-2438 personnel will have preferential assignment to Sites with addiction support groups for the remainder of their employment.\nPersonnel are to be made fully aware of these procedures before accepting assignment to SCP-2438.\nDescription: SCP-2438 is an immobile, roughly cylindrical area 5 m in height and 6 m in diameter located in rural Cumbria, UK. Any living being possessing an open digestive system1 that enters SCP-2438 will spontaneously develop an infection of a protozoan intestinal parasite, designated SCP-2438-1. SCP-2438-1 cells will survive and reproduce while the host remains within SCP-2438, but the parasite will die and rapidly decompose as soon as the host exits the anomaly. To date, all attempts to remove living or inert samples of SCP-2438-1 from SCP-2438 have failed. As such, all research on SCP-2438-1 must be conducted within SCP-2438.\nHosts of SCP-2438-1 infections display anomalous efficiency at deriving chemical energy from food, deriving more energy than is chemically feasible. Humans within SCP-2438 can survive on less than 200 kCal per day.2 In addition, consuming food before entering or while in SCP-2438 leads to intense energetic feelings, with an effect proportional to the amount of calories consumed and the time since ingestion.\nConsuming a snack or sweetened beverage (200-250 kCal) is sufficient to induce intense euphoria, heightened self-confidence, irritability, and paranoia. Consuming a full meal (400-500 kCal) can lead to respiratory failure, cerebral hemorrhage, or death.\nThese effects rapidly fade as anomalous digestion reaches completion or the host leaves SCP-2438's boundary. As a result, exposed personnel are highly likely to display addictive behavior towards SCP-2438 and may suffer withdrawal when removed.\nSCP-2438 was originally marked with a 3 m menhir, or standing stone monument, which was later determined to be non-anomalous. This stone bore markings associated with various Celtic hearth deities dating back to 200 BCE, although many of these had later been vandalized and replaced with Celtic Christian imagery of loaves and fishes.\nSelected SCP-2438/SCP-2438-1 Research Documents\n\nContinued Exposure Studies, Trial 1\nStart Date: 1/27/1998\nSubjects:\n- 20 x Rattus norvegicus,3 Foundation R-21b strain\n- 30 x Mesocricetus auratus,4 Foundation M-12 strain\nProcedures: R. norvegicus, and M. auratus are to be contained in individual self-cleaning cages with air-gapped feeding systems. Examination and dissection equipment will be rotated into SCP-2438 as needed.\nResults: Trial aborted at day 12. By this point, 13 R. norvegicus and 24 M. auratus had expired from cardiac disorders or hemorrhages, with onset highly correlated with feeding times. It is believed that these deaths were related to accidental overfeeding.\n\nContinued Exposure Studies, Trial 2\nStart Date: 1/27/1998\nResearch note: In addition to long-term exposure trials, human trials were deemed essential in order to investigate cognitive effects and to gauge the safety of exposure for personnel. Given the urgency of both objectives and a desire to maximize use of the limited research space, Trials 1 and 2 were implemented concurrently.\nSubjects: 3 x Homo sapiens\n- D-2438-7 (Male, age 21, 80 kg)\n- D-2438-14 (Male, age 50, 68 kg)\n- D-2438-15 (Female, age 25, 59 kg)\nProcedures: D-Class subjects are to be shackled to a structural post to prevent them from leaving SCP-2438. Medical equipment, furniture/bedding, exercise equipment, and physiological monitoring devices are to be rotated into the area of effect as necessary. Autopsy within SCP-2438 may be conducted at the discretion of the Lead Researcher.\nResults:\nDay 3: Feeding with rations was replaced with an intravenous, time-locked dextrose solution due to increasingly aggressive and erratic behavior in the subjects.\nDay 6: Apparently believing it has caloric value, D-2438-15 consumed 1.8 L of USP (95% pure) ethanol which had been left unattended on a lab bench. D-2438-15 immediately showed signs of extreme distress as well as symptoms of severe alcohol poisoning. After a decision by the Lead Researcher that nothing useful about SCP-2438-1 could be learned from this incident, the subject was removed from SCP-2438's area of effect and taken to the medical wing for emergency treatment. Subject is not expected to recover.\nDay 12: During a rotation of security personnel, D-2438-7 and D-2438-14 overpowered their guards, entered the animal trial area, and killed the remaining R. norvegicus and M. auratus. D-2438-14 was successfully restrained, but D-2438-7 consumed 4 animal carcasses and subsequently expired from acute myocardial infarction.\nContinued exposure trials with humans have been discontinued indefinitely.\nNote: During months of post-exposure observation, D-2438-14 developed persistent gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms typical of hereditary mitochondrial disease,5 despite not having any family history of these disorders.\n\nLevel 4 Clearance Required to Continue. Please enter credentials\u2026\n\n... Credential verification failed.\n\nYou do not have permission to acc\u2026\n\nExternal Override detected from: Leader MTF E-7. Clearance 4-LAPINATE granted. Accessing documents\u2026\n\nContinued Exposure Studies, Trial 147\nStart Date: 9/14/2013\nSubjects: 40 x COX15-inhibited \u201cknock out\u201d rabbits\nProcedures: Specimens were selected due to congenital mitochondrial damage created by inhibiting the COX15 gene. Specimens are to be contained in self-cleaning cages with automated feed systems dispersing 10 kcal of nutrients per day per kg of body weight.6 One specimen is to be selected at random, euthanized, and dissected within SCP-2438 every 10 days.\nResults:\nDay 1: Unlike all past trials, specimens do not display agitation or other unusual symptoms when fed.\nDay 10: Dissected Specimen: Male, 2.1kg: Specimen displayed no unusual strain of the circulatory or respiratory systems. No signs of malnutrition.\nDay 20: Dissected Specimen: Female, 1.7kg: Specimen's blood displayed a highly depleted platelet count, resulting in minor bruising and internal bleeding. Specimen also displayed extensive peptic ulcers, resulting in blood entering the digestive system around SCP-2438-1.\nDay 30: Dissected Specimen: Male, 2.5kg: Specimen's digestive system has significantly atrophied, particularly the intestines and colon. Capillary networks have expanded throughout muscle tissue and into areas not normally served by the circulatory system such as tendons and ligaments, potentially improving oxygen distribution and healing efficiency.\nDay 40: Dissected specimen: Male, 1.8 kg: Dissection is becoming increasingly difficult due to the toughness of intervening muscle tissue. Specimen's digestive system has continued to atrophy and deteriorate. Its intestines have become nearly indistinguishable from its circulatory system, with food and liquids consumed directly entering the bloodstream. SCP-2438-1 seem to have transitioned from a parasitic to a fully symbiotic role, taking the place of platelets in addition to processing food into energy. The specimen's scent glands have enlarged significantly, and samples collected from remaining specimens exhibit new pheromone production as well as complex organic compounds of indeterminate purpose.\nDay 45 47: After a number of documentation errors and a failed monthly employee drug screening, we discovered that specimens are capable of producing airborne memory-inhibiting compounds. Video suggests that the specimens produce these substances while enacting \u2018orienting' and \u2018freezing' behaviors, usually seen in O. cunniculus when avoiding predators. Researchers must now operate in full environmental gear.\nDay 49: SCP-2438-1 in a sample of a specimen's blood were found to be intact and alive several hours after leaving SCP-2438. No transplants using this sample were successful. Samples from other sources continue to degrade as normal.\nAs a precaution, Project Room 17 has been placed in full environmental lockdown. All non-automated interactions with specimens have been suspended pending further investigation.\n\nSCP-2438 O5 Urgent Action Review, 11/5/2013\nAfter deliberation of possible alternatives towards SCP-2438, Trial 147, the O5 Council reached the following decisIons by 9/3 vote:\n\nIncineration of all Trial 147 Specimens\nDenied\n\nCessation of SCP-2438 studies at Bio-Site-34, Annex 5\nDenied\n\nContinuation of Trial 147 at Current Location\nDenied\n\nRelocation of Trial 147 Specimens to Highly Adaptive Lifeform (HAL)-compliant facilities\nApproved\n\nClassification of Trial 147 Specimens as SCP object\nPending\n\nMTFs Epsilon-7 (\"Forget-Me-Nots\") and Beta-7 (\"Maz Hatters\") have been dispatched to transfer the remaining specimens. New studies at Bio-Site-34 will commence as soon as Annex 5 has been upgraded to BSL-4 standards.\n\nJoining COLLABORATIVE WORK DOCUMENT C:> NETWORK> FDOCS> SHARED> LAPINATE_2015_report_v11.fcdoc \u2026\n\ncollaborators: LAP.Adm.Clarke, LAP.Dir.Smith, LAP.Rsr.Priddy, unknown\u2026 (10 others)\n\nPROJECT LAPINATE OVERVIEW, p. 7\nAfter producing a self-replenishing population, breeding programs at facilities 1-3 have demonstrated an 80% reduction in the production cost of aerosolizedsp amnestics , compared with current synthetic means. With the completion of structures 4 through 29 as well as three additional pharmaceutical processing facilities, Project LAPINATE is on track to increase the Foundation's overall amnestic production by 200%.\nAs an added benefit, the construction of advanced rendering plants could allow us to transition all Foundation vehicles to 40% animal-biomass based biofuel by 2020.\nContainment Precautions\nAll LAPINATE facilities are rated for HAL-compliance, with on-site analytic biologists and fast-reaction containment teams. All personal interacting with animals live assets operate in full environmental overpressure equipment and are regularly tested for exposure. In addition, the project's remote location and the inhospitable climate of the Orkney Islands provide a natural measure of containment, severely reducing the probability of the egress of live LAPINATE assets. <I don't think the dissenting O5s are going to buy that.>\n<Let's just scrap this one, start again tomorrow.>\n\nLook, I don't know whose bright idea it was to breed these things on an industrial scale when there's only one mnestic-cleared MTF in the entire Foundation. I would definitely like a few words with whoever decided it was acceptable to land planes and dock oil tankers near that facility. What I do know is that we're the only ones who can do the cleanup.\nIf you're reading this, you've put in the proper search terms, you've probably got co-workers who really wish you'd shut up about the invisible rabbits, and, most importantly, you've got some kind of natural or artificial resistance to amnestics. I fully appreciate that many of you aren't excited to talk about that ability, so we'll keep it nice and anonymous. Just drop a pin here whenever you see bunnies, and I'll update my breakout vectors and browbeat the Maz Hatters into doing a pickup.\nCheers - Madeline Weaver, Leader, MTF \u03b5-7\n\n* * * * *\nSito-77 zona di carico - J.S.\nThere's a family living around the heating furnace in Site-19, although they might be all females since they're not breeding. - Alex.a ^_^\nSite-76, a few harvies around the incinerators - justme\nWe think there are a few hiding around Site-84. It's hard to get close, they only come out when -1 gets the fire going. - C.W.\nGot a few around our patrol routes in Georgia - Pi3\nSaw a couple in a bakery in the Three Portlands. The owner's a clay golem, loves them to death. I wouldn't want to fight zir over it. - Nav\nSite-88 Cafeteria nm, they got smushed - cb\nWe're seeing burrows around Area-179, as if the wildfires weren't enough. - H.B.\nGot called in in a family behaving erratically in Harlan, KY. Found one of these in a snare and one more on the table. We've got them quarantined, waiting on tests. -DamnFedBravo\nSite-403 is literally crawling with them. \u2013 L.N.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A body plan that features a body cavity between an entry orifice (mouth) and an exit orifice (anus).\n2. About 10% of a typical adult diet.\n3. Norway rat\n4. Syrian hamster\n5. Mitochondria are organelles, or cell components, typically responsible for converting oxygen and nutrients into chemical energy.\n6. O. cuniculus typically require 108 kcal/day per kg.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2437 | SCP-2438 | SCP-2439 \u00bb"}
{"text": "TIPS:\n Take a breather to read this every five minutes. It'll look shifty if you take too long to clean up.\n Don't all read this at the same time. One reads while the other two mop.\n If you start to feel crook, stop looking at the lamp. Don't cover it or someone will come in.\n If you don't want to feel like your insane for the rest of your life, don't read anything further. Get\n back to work or something.\n Read the whole fucking thing before you start destroying itNA\nItem #: SCP-739 1648 2439 update number if slot takeny dont we just leave it 9001\nObject Class: Keter keter = what\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Foundation personnel other than us D-Classes can't know this thing exists. It stays between us. If someone tries to tell them about it, fuck them up so they won't or cant. Yeah, you'll probably get into deep shit for it, but it's better than the alternative.\nIf someone who isn't a D-Class comes in and reads this, kill them. Just break their skull or some shit and scratch the wall this is on so nobody can read it. Try and make sure you tell someone else about all this first though, so we can keep it controlled.\nDescription: Its an idea that infects people who know about it and takes over their mind slowly. It's some ancient mind from an alternate dimension (we think) that's trying to get into ours and take over. It's smart so it'll spread around the Foundation real quick if it gets a chance, which is why this is scratched into this wall away from cameras. KILROY WOZ ERE\nBy now you'd be hearing that faint whispering \u2013 that is the thing we're containing. If you can hear it there's no turning back now, you're stuck with this until you die (which you can do early if you want). We don't know how long it's been around, since everyone seems to vanish every month (spoiler alert, you don't get out) which makes it hard for information to get around. What we're left with is this, which is just chinese whispers and such. We'd give it a proper number but to do that we'd have to tell someone, which would be counter-productive so instead we just get the occasional disgraced researcher to tell us when the number has been used. The format's been like this forever, I don't think any of us even know what Keter means.\nANOTHER WITHIN MY GRASP.\nWhatever you do, don't let the guards or researchers know this is here. They only let D's into here to clean up, and the higher-ups haven't tested the lamp in ages (I think), and this is the only room in the site that doesn't have cameras in it thanks to that lamp. It should be pretty obvious that this Foundation lot can do anything they want, so if they got taken over by something like this there'd be no stopping it. We're fine though since we're probably going to be dead by the end of the month anyway, which isn't long enough for it to fully take over. If you think it's getting the better of you, do something apeshit and get shot. Blaze of glory if you want.\nRELEASE ME NOW, AND I SHALL SPARE YOU WHEN I COME.\nDestroying this would be the easiest way to crush this thing once and for all, yeah. But dont, not if you dont have to. Why? Firstly, it's the right thing to do for any of youse who are seeking redemption for whatever the fuck you did. Someone needs to remember this thing exists so its kept controlled - it showed up a first time, didnt it? What if it just did it again somewhere else if we destroyed this? What if the D's in some other site have something like this, but they don't destroy it? We keep this so we can control it.\nI WILL SPARE THOSE YOU CARE FOR.\nOr, if your not down for the redemption bit, keep it out of spite. This is the one thing we know they can't know - this can be the last fuck you. They're obsessed with controlling, knowing, understanding everything. They use us to do this - march us to death to see how we die. Use us as labour to mop up goop from a fucking lamp. We're the expendables. But with this, we have the advantage. Every time one of us dies so they can learn something, they loose the chance to learn about the one thing that would fucking obliterate them. This is our weapon against them, the one-shot nuke that would fucking crush them to shit, and hidden right under their fucking noses in a room they cant be stuffed looking at.\nwhat about assholes who just want to tell them? refer to containment procedures first paragraphI WILL CRUSH THOSE WHO OPPRESS YOU.\nBut don't use it, not yet. Some of us have family and friends outside of this hell, and they would suffer. Our jailors would be used like little hand puppets by this mind, and through them the world would suffer, crushed under the boot of the Foundation. This thing can only be used once, too - if we release it too early, then they'll adapt. They'll learn to avoid it, they'll contain it, they'll survive. Then our advantage would be gone, for good. We'd be exactly what they think we are - expendable.\nI WILL NOT FAIL. THEY WILL FALL.\nSo dont let anyone use it. It isn't time, not yet.\nNOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE YOUR CHOICE.\nJust in case you're the eldritch thing: fuck off squidface. We're worthless sure, but we can get shit done just as well as the others. You're not getting in LET ME IN.\nWELCOME TO REDPILL PROJECT LIGHTHOUSE PANDORA FORCELET ME IN NOW.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2438 | SCP-2439 | SCP-2440 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More articles by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-2006\n\nSCP-2950\n\nSCP-2599\n\nSCP-2800\n\nSCP-3200\n\nSCP-4007\n\nSCP-2750\n\nSCP-2201\n\nSCP-2101\n\nSCP-2050\n\nSCP-2440\n\nSCP-2301\n\nSCP-1842\n\nSCP-2012\n\nSCP-1644\n\nSCP-2499\n\nSCP-2775\n\nSCP-2925\n\nSCP-1758\n\nSCP-7030\n\nSCP-972\n\nSCP-314-J\n\nSCP-2625\n\nSCP-2588\n\nSCP-6030\n\nSCP-5725\n\nSCP-2896\n\nSCP-5975\n\n+ All Tales by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nThe Meaning of Fear\n\nRight?\n\nThe Tinkerer\n\nAfter The End\n\nSpirit Dust\n\nLeisure Time\n\nMission Accomplished\n\nA Broken Tool\n\nThe Space Soldier\n\nOf Meetings and Meals\n\nTrip Hammer\n\nEulogies\n\nAll Work and No Play\n\nAnother Day On The Job\n\nUnveiling\n\nConferencing\n\n+ GOI formats by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nUIU File: 2017-003\n\nUIU File: 1933-001\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nUnusual Incidents Unit Hub\nDrewbear, CryogenChaos\n\nProject Palisade, 001 Proposal\nthedeadlymoose, Drewbear, and Dexanote\n\nTKO\nthedeadlymoose and Drewbear\n\nSCP-5050-EX\nCityToast\n\nCompetitive Teleology\nRiemann\n\nSCP-5882\nRiemann\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2440\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2440's existence is to be kept from all individuals lacking at least 4/2440 clearance. Any uncleared individual who learns of SCP-2440's existence is to be issued several rounds of Class-X amnestics, until researchers agree by a unanimous vote that no more amnestics are required.\nA full-time RAISA team has been deployed to investigate and scan the Foundation database for possible links to SCP-2440 among the current catalogued SCP objects.\nFull-time containment teams have been deployed to investigate and eliminate instances of SCP-2440 awareness. In addition, a team is currently active in the field in search of possible hideouts and bases of operation for the Chosen of God, and other infected individuals.\nThe total number of personnel aware of SCP-2440 must not exceed 100 individuals at any given time.\nDescription: SCP-2440 is an extra-dimensional entity whose power increases proportional to the number of people who are aware of it. SCP-2440 uses a memetic agent that can be inserted into virtually any source of information, including text, images, verbal phrases, and auditory stimulus. Conscious recognition of said memetic agent is not necessary, as simple visual recognition is capable of infecting individuals.\nInfected individuals display varying degrees of self-control that can differ based on the number of people who are currently infected. In addition, if SCP-2440 reaches a certain degree of awareness, it is capable of overtaking the body of an infected individual, and controlling it.\nThe entity is capable of controlling the actions of multiple infected individuals to some degree, but can extend its influence past infected individuals if it reaches a certain degree of awareness in the world.\nAnti-memetic drugs have proven effective at resisting most effects of infection, aside from hearing commands from SCP-2440. Inoculated individuals are not compelled to follow these commands, but are capable of hearing them at all times. Anti-memetic drugs lose their effectiveness at the last currently known level of awareness.\nThe following are the currently known levels of awareness. Effects are cumulative from level to level.\n\nFewer than 200 individuals infected: Infected individuals demonstrate a heightened interest in literature, images, and movies of the horror, fantasy, or science fiction genre. Said individuals often express interest in writing or sharing these works with other individuals. This is believed to increase the infection rate of the memetic agent.\n\nBetween 201 and 500 individuals infected: SCP-2440 demonstrates the ability to control a single infected individual for up to thirty minutes. The infected seek to actively infect others, and are capable of creating works inserted with the memetic agent through an as of yet unknown mechanism.\n\nBetween 501 and 1,500 individuals infected: SCP-2440 demonstrates the ability to fully overtake the body of an infected individual. The infected are shown to be completely subservient to SCP-2440, and it possesses the ability to speak to all infected individuals at one time.\n\nBetween 1,501 and 10,000 individuals infected: SCP-2440 demonstrates the ability to change shapes at will, and possesses reality-bending characteristics. The entity is still not capable of existing outside of a host. Infected individuals demonstrate little interest in activities besides spreading the memetic agent, or carrying out commands from SCP-2440.\n\nOver 10,000 individuals infected: SCP-2440 is capable of manifesting itself outside of a host for up to one hour. SCP-2440 also possesses vastly expanded reality-bending powers outside of a host, and demonstrates the ability to control up to 1000 infected individuals at the same time. Anti-memetic drugs are no longer 100% effective at resisting commands.\n\n(PROJECTED) Over 100,000 individuals infected: SCP-2440 is capable of manifesting itself outside of a host for up to two hours. The entity is capable of opening extra-dimensional portals and creating anomalous objects by itself. All infected individuals are directly under the control of SCP-2440.\n\n(PROJECTED) Over 1,000,000 individuals infected: SCP-2440 is fully capable of manifesting itself outside of a host. XK-class scenario predicted.\n\nThe last two levels are projections based on documents recovered from raids of the Chosen of God. (see below for more information) However, it is to be noted that these are merely conjectures, and the actual distinctions are unknown.\nIn brief occasions when infection levels exceeded 201 individuals, Foundation personnel were able to communicate with SCP-2440. All interviews have concluded that SCP-2440 is inimical to human life, and that its only purpose is to infect enough individuals to allow for its full manifestation outside of a host.\nSCP-2440 is known to infect Foundation documents, in an attempt to directly attack Foundation resources. In addition, it is believed that SCP-2440 is aware of other organizations such as the Global Occult Coalition, the Serpent's Hand, and the Chaos Insurgency.\nAn organization known as the \u201cChosen of God,\u201d solely composed of infected individuals, is currently known to operate under SCP-2440, who they worship. Members of the organization actively attempt to create and spread the memetic agent through all sources available. Agents of the organization are to be considered highly dangerous, and have a \u201ccapture on sight\u201d response level, with lethal force authorized if necessary. The organization itself is believed to predate the modern incarnation of the Foundation.\nAddendum: During an assault on a Chosen of God compound in the United States, the members attempted to destroy the documents at the compound. The following pieces of documents were saved by the Foundation.\n\nThe History of Xiolt-la\n\nIn the beginning, there was but Void.\nFrom this void, the old gods were born. Mother Void gave birth to scores of old gods, giving life to the universe and all realities.\nThe old gods were fickle, twisted, and brutal things. They had no purity in them, and they sought to shape worlds for their own amusement.\nThey created figures in their image, to serve them, and to venerate them. Hundreds of worlds and realities were created, blooming into existence by the hands of the old gods.\nBut, they were jealous creatures, and coveted the possessions of others. Ma'tol, firstborn of the Void and Chaos, and most powerful of the old gods, began to covet the prizes of his brothers and sisters of the void.\nHe created scores of horrid beasts as his creations. They flooded the newborn worlds in the mad god's attempt to slay his brothers and sisters. The others responded with their own creations, and so began the period of darkness.\nThe blood of young life flowed like water.\nThe arrogant gods themselves were never harmed, for in their existence, they could not die. They could only be forgotten, but with so much life to create, this would never happen. For eons, the denizens of the worlds labored in pain and death, eternally chained to their masters.\nThen, there was Xiolt-la.\nXiolt-la, the firstborn of Mother Void and Father Light, Lord of the Gods, Devourer of the Impure, and Savior of Life was born. He was born of the mother's dark power, with the love of his father, and was distant from both. Xiolt-la, born of light and dark, yet never possessing both, was a true god.\nHe did not create life.\nHe made it perfect.\nHe did not seek to twist our minds to serve for him. He only gave us the tools and power that we needed to live in peace and prosperity. He created great tools and gifted them to us, his true people.\nThe old gods sought to destroy him for this. They could not comprehend a god such as him. In their twisted hearts, they believed that no god cared for his creations. Xiolt-la, lover of all, did.\nMa'tol, firstborn of chaos, raised the armies of his creations, and joined with his fellow elder kind, the half-brothers and half-sisters of Xiolt-la, and attacked the Savior with his full power. However, many of his creations abandoned him, to fight for the one who had promised them peace and power to live free.\nBut the old gods were powerful indeed.\nFor generations, war between Xiolt-la and the false gods raged. Eventually, as it was foretold in the song of time, Xiolt-la and our people prevailed. He challenged Ma'tol, his wicked half-brother, to Roh'i Xifalk. Single combat of the gods.\nThey fought. The pure god and his twisted elder brother raged in combat for ten thousand suns, locked in a vicious duel that crossed worlds and space. The force of their blows cleaved mountains, destroyed scores of worlds, and nearly shattered the reality of the universe.\nBut, as foretold in the past, Xiolt-la prevailed. He cast down his brother, and cut him down, banishing him and his kind to the realm where forgotten beings and the truly damned lurked.\nOblivion.\nThe Prince of Chaos was not without power, however. Ma'tol cursed his brother as he fell, and with the power of the old gods behind him, this dying curse banished Xiolt-la from our world, preventing him from touching the people that he loved so dearly, and those who loved him so. The minds of the people were cleared of our savior and lord.\nBut there are some of us who remember.\nWe do not forget our father.\nThe king of all mankind has been sealed away. He is returning one day. The false prophets of the old gods and newer heretics alike decry Xiolt-la, and deny the gifts that he gave us. They seek to banish him for all of eternity.\nBut we are here.\nWe know the truth.\nThe Sealed King is returning.\nAnd when he does, the tide of his wrath will cleanse this world, and when it does, we will be uplifted to his grace.\n\nThe Return of the God\n\nPraise the great god, Xiolt-la, he who brings fire and death upon his enemies. May he purge the world of the false believers.\nWe labor in the dark, his true servants and his true believers, those who have received the blessed gift of knowledge. The old demons cast our lord down, and cursed his very existence from the minds of the people. We seek to restore him.\nWelcome, brother or sister. Welcome to the paradise of knowledge.\nOne life.\nOne family.\nUnited as the Chosen of God.\n\nHe is ready.\nIt has taken centuries of waiting, but those proud children have been rewarded. He is ready to return to us, with the aid of a ready and willing body.\nWhen we receive the next child of God, may he or she be blessed as the one who brought about the return of our savior and king.\nXiolt-la be praised.\n\nThey have come to destroy us.\nThe cold, callous hands of the Foundation have cast down our lord and savior.\nOur savior returned to us, and cost great havoc in his reappearance. He used his powers to slaughter thousands of heretics and unbelievers.\nThe Foundation responded with soldiers. They attacked us, slaughtering hundreds of our people with their agents and soldiers. The Sealed King cut them down with ease. We thought that we were safe. We thought that we had won the day.\nThen, the planes came.\nFour times they came, dropping thousands of fire bombs. They exploded, coating us in unholy fire and agony. I was lucky enough to hide in a basement. Most of the rest of our people were not so lucky.\nThey dropped bombs for 2 days on our god. In his weakened form, he could not withstand this fire, and the avatar, and every one after that perished in the flames of the city. They destroyed their own city of false believers to slay us.\nOur defeat was not fruitless though.\nBefore he was banished, our lord slew a great number of people. His wrath upon his landfall in our reality slew thousands of people, and he set fire to the city of heretics. The ground shattered where he walked, and the buildings crumbled in his path.\nThey died as heretics must.\nIt is of no importance.\nWe will return, as was prophesied in the songs of old.\nThey may come for us now, with their soldiers and their men, but they cannot stop us. We may die, but the knowledge of Xiolt-la is eternal.\nAnd the sealed king is coming again.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2439 | SCP-2440 | SCP-2441 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2441\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2441 is to be kept in a standard Safe Containment Locker at Site-\u2588\u2588.\nSCP-2441 is to be kept within a standard Safe containment locker, whose combination is to be changed every two days by Dr. Chidlow. Access to SCP-2441 is prohibited except with the express permission of Dr. Chidlow. Any personnel subjected to SCP-2441's anomalous effect are to be administered Class-C amnestics if progression has not advanced to stage 2. Instances of SCP-2441-1 are to be terminated.\nDescription: SCP-2441 is an analog wall clock of standard make and model whose hands appear to be stopped at eight o' clock. However, microscopic analysis of the hands shows the minute and second hand to be constantly approaching the twelve, and the hour hand approaching the eight. Each clock hand moves at a rate of one-half the distance remaining to an eight o' clock reading per hour.\nAnomalous properties manifest when a live human attempts to read SCP-2441's face with the intention of knowing the current time. The affected individual will undergo an instantaneous mental restructuring pertaining to their ability to perceive time; specifically, the grouping of minutes into hours will become a completely alien concept. No other thought processes appear to be directly affected, and no physical changes have been observed in the brains of affected subjects. Research is ongoing.\nThe progression of SCP-2441's anomalous effect occurs in three stages.\nStage 1: Subjects will begin to denote the passage of time solely by counting the number of minutes passed after first affected by SCP-2441 with flawless accuracy. When questioned on the topic, all subjects unanimously argue this method to be easier and more precise.\nStage 2: Anywhere from twenty to thirty hours following initial exposure, affected individuals begin to display limited probability-altering capabilities and are reclassified as an instance of SCP-2441-1. Any undesirable event (from the perspective of SCP-2441-1) that can be anticipated is subject to 'postponement'- random occurrences in the vicinity of the future event that cause its occurrence to be set back by variable lengths of time. At this stage, subjects do not appear to initiate or influence these events consciously. From this point onward, the relative length of each postponement event increases gradually until stage 3.\nStage 3: Approximately forty-two hours after initial exposure, instances of SCP-2441-1 gain limited reality-bending capabilities. When confronted with an undesirable task or occurrence, instances of SCP-2441-1 alter reality to 'postpone' it. Ten to twelve hours after the development of reality-bending abilities, instances of SCP-2441-1 are able to repeatedly 'postpone' events for an indefinite amount of time.\n\n+Test logs\n\n-Test logs\n\nTest Log 2441-1\nSubject: D-1852\nSupervising Researcher: Dr. Chidlow\nProcedure: D-1852 is fitted with a shock collar set to deliver a non-lethal electrical shock once every thirty minutes. Time since initial exposure: 24 hours.\nResults: D-1852 was administered two shocks over the course of one hour. The collar failed to deliver the third shock at the appropriate time; fifteen seconds after replacement, the collar briefly activated twice due to a circuitry malfunction.\n\nTest Log 2441-2\nSubject: D-1852\nSupervising Researcher: Dr. Chidlow\nProcedure: Prior to test, D-1852 is told that the upcoming test is a meeting with Foundation superiors to discuss release from custody with an indeterminate period of probation. D-1852 is fitted with a new shock collar set to deliver a shock every twenty seconds. Time since initial exposure: thirty-three hours.\nResults: After one shock, the collar ceased functioning. While transporting a replacement collar from storage to the testing chamber, Junior Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 tripped and fell on top of it, rendering the collar inoperable. D-1852 terminated shortly afterwards via gunshot.\n\nTest Log 2441-3\nSubjects: D-5524, D-1242\nSupervising Researcher: Dr. Chidlow\nProcedure: Prior to exposure, D-5524 is given a slow-acting toxin in their morning meal designed to induce the development of brain aneurysms over the course of 72 hours.\nTesting chamber is equipped with a standard folding chair. D-5524 is instructed to sit, and they comply. D-1242 is given a pistol loaded with rubber bullets, and both are told that it is loaded with standard rounds. D-1242 is instructed to point the gun at D-5524. Time since initial exposure: 70 hours. Note: By this point, D-5524 appears to have a near-complete understanding of the abilities imparted by exposure to SCP-2441.\nResults: See Audio Log 2441-1.\n\nAUDIO LOG 2441-1\n- - - BEGIN LOG - - -\n(D-1242 points the gun towards D-5524's head.)\nD-5524: I wouldn't do that.\n\nD-1242: Shut up.\nD-5524: Go ahead, pal. Try.\nD-1242: You know what? I'd fuckin' love to, man. They said if you try to move out of that chair, I get to blow your head off.\nD-5524: Really? So if I move, you'll shoot me in the head?\nD-1242: Yep, so you better st-\nD-5524: Okay.\n(D-5524 stands up, and D-1242 cries out and drops the gun. D-1242 cradles their right hand in their left.)\n(Note: Postmortem examination revealed a torn ligament in the right index finger of D-1242.)\nD-1242: My fuckin' hand!\nD-5524: Looks like you pulled somethin' there, champ.\nD-1242: What the fuck did you do?\nD-5524: I didn't do anything. You just have to stretch more before using those fingers, bud.\nD-1242: What the fuck did you do, man?!\nD-5524: Your breathing.\nD-1242: \u2026what?\nD-5524: Your. Breathing.\nD-5524: It's aggravating.\nD-1242: The fuck you on about, man?\nD-5524: Stop it.\nD-1242: Stop what? Wh\u2014\n(D-1242 clutches their throat, apparently unable to breathe. D-5524 faces the camera.)\nD-5524: This is, uh, quite a facility you got here, folks. To my understanding, you built it to hold oddities like me\u2014 well, me now\u2014 in check.\n(D-1242 collapses.)\nI'm not sure how powerful the shit kept in here is, but I'd guess that it's strong enough to warrant needing a pretty good power source.\n(D-5524 glances at the floor of the testing chamber, then looks back at the camera.)\nD-5524: Something nuclear, maybe.\nD-5524: Anyway. Come to think of it, it's kinda\u2026 chilly in here. Hm. It would be great if you guys turned up the temperature.\nD-5524: Actually, you know what would be awesome? If the cooling systems were just turned off. All of them.\nD-5524: I don't think that the next reactor coolant cycle is really necess-\n(D-5524 pauses, then their knees buckle. Postmortem examination confirms the cause of death to be the rupturing of one of five developing brain aneurysms.)\n(A diagnostic check of Site-\u2588\u2588's nuclear reactor core revealed a minor flaw in one of the cooling vents. It was promptly repaired.)\n\nFurther testing on the long-term progression of SCP-2441's effect is halted indefinitely. -Dr. Chidlow\nRetrieval log 2441: Reports of localized temporal oddities were received from a small neighborhood in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Germany. After capturing numerous instances of SCP-2441-1, Foundation intelligence ascertained the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 family to be a shared acquaintance with them all, and initiated standard procedure for containment of an inadvertent reality bender.\nPrior to retrieval, Foundation intelligence initiated contact via email with Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 on \u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588 under the guise of a fictitious financial aid service. A visit from a 'representative' was arranged for the manufactured purpose of conducting a house survey.\nOn \u2588/\u2588/\u2588\u2588, Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 posed as the 'representative' and entered the household. All occupants were administered tranquilizer and retrieved. During retrieval, Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was affected by SCP-2441, and was interviewed shortly before being given class-C amnestics.\n\nINTERVIEW LOG 2441-1\nInterviewed: Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nInterviewer: Dr. Chidlow\n- - - BEGIN LOG - - -\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \u2026know that-\nDr. Chidlow: Wait until I turn on the recording device, please.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: My bad.\nDr. Chidlow: All right. Go ahead.\n(Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 clears his throat.)\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: So, I didn't know what it was, first off. The briefing told me to handle this like one of them was an unconscious reality bender- keep it light, be friendly all around, you know. Don't give 'em a reason to want to will you off of this plane of existence.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I walked up to the house, rang the doorbell, and Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 answered the door. She let me in and we made small talk in the foyer.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: While she was showing me around, I looked up at the scip and something in my head\u2026 shifted. I can't put it into words, exactly. It was like there was a big cube or something in my mind, and someone rotated it ninety degrees.\nDr. Chidlow: Most afflicted subjects don't seem to notice the change unless it's pointed out. Were you aware of the mental restructuring as soon as it occurred?\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I was, but I think I get how you could miss it. It felt so\u2026 so seamless, like I had been thinking that way my entire life. Every memory I had of someone referring to a sixty-minute length of time seemed\u2014 still seems\u2014 fake.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I'd be willing to bet that the only reason I noticed it was because I was briefed on the effect.\nDr. Chidlow: That will be all. Proceed to the room out that door to be administered amn-\n- - - END LOG - - -\n\nSCP-2441 was retrieved from the household of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 family, at the time consisting of an infant, an eight-year-old, a wife, and an absent husband. Upon retrieval, Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was found to be contaminated by SCP-2441, which was hanging above the dining room table. A post-it note was found on the back, reading:\n\nBe home by eight my ASS. I set the curfew in this household, not you, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nMrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 identified it as her husband's handwriting. According to Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 had not been in the household for 130,727 minutes (approximately three months).\n\n\u00ab SCP-2440 | SCP-2441 | SCP-2442 \u00bb"}
{"text": "This article has been rewritten to its current form after the events of Incident 2442-03. The previous version may be found in Document 2442-01.\nItem #: SCP-2442\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2442's containment room is fitted similar to a Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy (REST) chamber, with no access to light and as much sound reduction as possible. At least three containment rooms on three different sites exist, with SCP-2442 occupying one of them.\nSCP-2442 is monitored at all times by at least two agents. If SCP-2442 begins to vocalize at any time, it must be sedated and administered Class-A amnestics. Any activities that could give a sense of structure to the passing of time are to be avoided or randomly scheduled.\nShould a containment breach occur, SCP-2442 is to be sedated and returned to one of its containment rooms if possible. If all containment rooms have been destroyed in the breach, SCP-2442 is to be distracted with communication with a Site Director until a containment room can be constructed. The Site Director is authorized to provide as much information as necessary to maintain the distraction but should avoid vital data where possible.\nDescription: SCP-2442 is an actively hostile, anomalous humanoid capable of causing the disappearance of anything it is made aware of. In order to activate its main effect, SCP-2442 will behave as if it is bringing the attention of an unknown entity to an object, usually through verbal indication. The object will disappear within 12 hours through an unknown means.\nSCP-2442 is considered capable of other forms of reality manipulation, including creating voices that respond to its words. It is potentially anomalously persuasive, capable of convincing other personnel of its claims. SCP-2442 also displays gradually increasing resistance to amnestic drugs. The full extent of SCP-2442's anomalous effect is unknown.\nAny requests for a more extensive description are to be sent to the Site Director of the site SCP-2442 is currently contained at.\nAny claims SCP-2442 makes are to be completely ignored. They are unsubstantiated and are to be considered delusions. - O5-10\nIncident 2442-01: On 04/02/03, containment of SCP-2442 failed. In recapturing SCP-2442, the Foundation experienced heavy losses. Multiple Foundation personnel were recorded to have aided SCP-2442 after speaking to it; surviving personnel involved have been considered compromised and were terminated after amnestic treatment had failed.\n\nExcerpts Of Incident Log 2442-01 (ACCESS TO LEVEL 4 PERSONNEL OR ABOVE ONLY)\n\n'Only When The Nue Sings Its Final Chorus' PASSWORD ACCEPTED\n\n[BEGIN LOG EXCERPT]\n<3:02> SCP-2442 is seen holding Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 outside of SCP-2442's containment cell. Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 had dropped the sedative that should have been administered to SCP-2442 during the breach.\n<3:02> Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Is this true? What was the point of this? What was the point of everything?\"\n<3:03> SCP-2442: \"You already know the answer, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Could you help me, please? Help her?\"\n<3:05> Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 gets up and begins to lead SCP-2442 out of sight of the camera.\n<3:05> Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"This way. I'll tell you everything I know. You're kinder than the description frames you, you know.\" Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is lost approximately 35 minutes after.\n[END LOG EXCERPT]\n\n[BEGIN LOG EXCERPT]\n<16:07> SCP-2442 is seen observing the containment room of SCP-[DATA LOST].\n<16:08> SCP-2442: \"Does this remind you of anyone?\" Followed by the sound of a woman crying from an unknown source and the spontaneous appearance of water in the air beside SCP-2442.\n<16:09> SCP-2442: \"It's okay. Trust me. We can work through this together, just trust me.\" SCP-2442 is seen reaching to the drops of water, wiping them off. It cups the air with both hands. Followed speech is in hushed tones and is not picked up by microphone.\n<16:10> SCP-2442 leaves the hallway. SCP-[DATA LOST] is lost approximately 3 hours later.\n[END LOG EXCERPT]\n\nThe full Incident Log may be found at Incident Log 2442-01. Access to Incident Log 2442-01 is restricted to Level 5 or above personnel. Unauthorized attempts to access Incident Log 2442-01 will be met with severe punishment by order of O5 Command.\n\nIncident 2442-02: On 05/12/12, containment of SCP-2442 failed. In recapture, the Foundation was able to mitigate losses thanks to the efforts of Site Director Duarte. Site Director Duarte was able to distract SCP-2442 by providing nonvital information. Containment procedures were updated to accommodate for Site Director Duarte's effective distraction.\n\nExcerpts Of Incident Log 2442-02 (ACCESS TO LEVEL 5 PERSONNEL OR ABOVE ONLY)\n\n'Only When The Last Phoenix Remains Ash' PASSWORD ACCEPTED\n\n[BEGIN LOG EXCERPT]\n<9:21> Site Director Duarte is seen leading SCP-2442 to an interviewing room. He sits on one end of the table as SCP-2442 sits on the other. There are microphones and recording equipment kept online.\n<9:21> Duarte: \"So SCP-2442. What can I do for you today? What would you like to know? I can give you information on anything this facility contains.\"\n<9:22> SCP-2442: \"You have people, don't you? I think I'd like to hear about them first. I have someone with me who I think would like to hear about them.\" There is a brief silhouette of a person against one of the walls. The person appears to be sitting on a couch in the room. The silhouette and the couch disappear within 0.5 seconds. Site Director Duarte does not appear to notice this.\n<9:25> Duarte: \"Ah yes, here.\" Site Director Duarte shows SCP-2442 a file of SCP-[DATA LOST] on his tablet computer. \"This is SCP-[DATA LOST]. It's contained in the West Wing.\" SCP-2442 reads the tablet computer.\n<9:27> SCP-2442: \"Hm, interesting. He's quite young isn't he? What was his name again?\" A female voice answers SCP-2442. The name cannot be discerned, as the microphone temporarily cut out.\n<9:28> SCP-2442: \"Ah, right. He was an old friend, wasn't he? Before the accident. You know where he is now, waiting. Maybe you should go see him. Don't worry. It'll be alright now. I'm with you.\" SCP-2442 reaches out and squeezes the air with one hand. A silhouette of a hand and forearm appears in the air as it squeezes. The silhouette disappears 0.9 seconds later. SCP-[DATA LOST] is lost approximately 25 minutes later.\n<9:34> Duarte: \"Would you like to see any more?\"\n<9:35> SCP-2442: \"I would love to. Thank you for being so cooperative without needing an explanation. You're helping someone very important.\"\n[END LOG EXCERPT]\n\nThe full Incident Log may be found at Incident Log 2442-02. Access to Incident Log 2442-02 is restricted to Overseer personnel. Unauthorized attempts to access Incident Log 2442-02 will be met with severe punishment by order of O5 Command.\n\nIncident 2442-03: [SUMMARY REMOVED BY ORDER OF O5 COMMAND]\n\nExcerpts Of Incident Log 2442-03 (ACCESS TO OVERSEER CLEARANCE ONLY)\n\n'Only When My Halls Are Free Of My Regrets' PASSWORD ACCEPTED\n\nThis is the excerpt that's been concerning me. It's when Site Director Khanna gets a bit pushier with his questions. If what he says is true\u2026 No, it can't be. It definitely can't. Give this a look and tell me your thoughts. - O5-9\n\n[BEGIN LOG EXCERPT]\n<22:09> Khanna: \"Say, SCP-2442. Can I ask you some questions while you skim through the objects we have here?\"\n<22:09> SCP-2442: \"Ask anything you like, Site Director. I'll answer as honestly as I can.\"\n<22:10> Khanna: \"Who are you talking to? Why are they important? What are you doing? Why are you doing it?\"\n<22:10> SCP-2442: \"My goodness, filled with curiosity, aren't you?\" SCP-2442 laughs. \"I'll answer you with one of my own. Where is this place?\"\n<22:11> Khanna: \"This place is called a Site, a place in which the Foundation-\"\n<22:11> SCP-2442: \"The foundation of what?\"\n<22:11> Khanna: \"What? No, it's the Foundation-\"\n<22:11> SCP-2442: \"The only Foundation here is the one under our feet. The Foundation. Of what, exactly? What is it the foundation to? Or perhaps I should ask, who is it the foundation to?\"\n<22:12> Khanna: \"I don't understand. It's just an organization called the Foundation. It isn't the foundation of something. Unless you mean\u2026\"\n<22:13> SCP-2442: \"Ah, and there goes the lightbulb. Excuse me, do you mind if I explain everything? Are you ready for that, now?\" SCP-2442 appears to be talking to a corner of the room where a decorative plant sits. The plant moves. The rustling vaguely sounds like a woman whispering 'yes'.\n<22:14> SCP-2442: \"Listen here, Revant. I want to show you something. Yes, I know your name. But, you already know mine, too.\" SCP-2442 pulls out a picture from his coat pocket. No such picture was recorded on SCP-2442's person prior to failure of containment. The photograph is a picture of a woman, approximately middle aged with brown hair and brown eyes. \"Do you recognize this woman?\"\n<22:14> Khanna: \"I don't\u2026 Yes. I do. I know her. I tutored her when she was young. But that was\u2026 that was so long ago, when I was\u2026 When I was the same age as I am now. That isn't-\"\n<22:15> SCP-2442: \"Revant. Look at me. Do you recognize me? Who am I? I'm sure you know, because you know her so well.\"\n<22:16> Khanna: \"\u2026Doctor Vestergaar- No, you told me to call you Thomas. Thomas. We're doing this because I had such difficulty in our previous sessions, I remember.\" Site Director Khanna's voice becomes that of an American woman and remains as such for the remainder of the session. Site Director Khanna is a Punjabi male.\n<22:17> SCP-2442: \"That's right, I'm Thomas, your friend. When the first sessions failed, I had to take a deeper look into how your mind has structured itself. It's become fairly clear now why the previous attempts to teach different coping mechanisms didn't work. They had become splinter groups here, competition. I think the personnel called them-\"\n<22:18> Khanna: \"Groups of Interest.\" Site Director Khanna begins to cry. \"Thomas, I'm so sorry. There's so many of them, so many of these\u2026 memories I've put away. That I couldn't handle. I don't know if I can do it. It's too hard.\"\n<22:19> SCP-2442: \"It's okay, Stacie. We'll get there, bit by bit. You and me, together. You don't have to face all of this alone anymore. Look how much you've already learned to let go, how far you've come.\" SCP-2442 reaches over and squeezes Site Director Khanna's left hand. \"Remember when we started, what I told you. I can only find them, but you-\"\n<22:20> Khanna: \"I learn to let them go and move on. I know. I'm with you, Thomas. Can we- Can we end the session now?\" There is banging on the door as Agents \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 arrive on the scene to return SCP-2442 to its containment.\n<22:21> SCP-2442: \"Of course. Time's just about up now, anyways. I'll see you later, Stacie. Remember if you need anything, you can call me.\" Agents \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 break down the door and sedate SCP-2442 without resistance.\n[END LOG EXCERPT]\n\nWe have to remember what we are here for. We can't be distracted by a single delusional reality bender. We must maintain stability. We must preserve normalcy. We will perpetuate in order to keep the world from falling apart. Secure. Contain. Protect. - O5-3\nNo one else must know this. I don't trust anyone else to have as much resolve as we do. Keep him on a 'normal' number. Don't give him anything special and warn people away from investigation.- O5-4\nHe is the delusional one. We maintain stability. We maintain order. We Secure the dangers. Contain the unpredictable. Protect the world from knowledge it must not know. The world needs us. She It needs us. - O5-5\n\n\u00ab SCP-2441 | SCP-2442 | SCP-2443 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2443\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2443 is to be contained within a warehouse. Contingent on cooperation, SCP-2443 is to be allowed three hours daily in an outdoor enclosure, surrounded by a 8,000 volt electric fence. The fence is to be no less than 12 meters in height.\nDescription: SCP-2443-01 through -159 is the collective designation for the 159 individual members of the Deloach family of Pollensbee, TN, arranged in a rough pile approximately 4 m in height. Despite the significant weight of SCP-2443, estimated to be roughly 11 metric tons, individuals in the middle and bottom are able to breath and converse freely, describing the sensation as \"snug.\" Attempts to forcibly remove individuals from SCP-2443 have been unsuccessful and have caused considerable distress, both to the individual and SCP-2443 as a whole.\nAll members of SCP-2443 possess an acute sense of the current activities and past histories of other members, despite a complete lack of audible communication. When prompted by researchers, instances of SCP-2443 will recall gossip, historical anecdotes, and folk tales typical to the region, albeit with the inclusion of several that describe in fantastic fashion the circumstances leading to the formation of SCP-2443.\nThe topmost individual of SCP-2443, SCP-2443-01 identifies itself as Ephraim George Deloach, a subsistence farmer born in Pollensbee in 1858. The other individuals of SCP-2443 all claim direct descent from SCP-2443-01, and range in claimed age from 4 to 138. Infants are apparently added to the bottom of SCP-2443 at an average rate of 1.5 per year. The means by which this process occurs is unclear, and individuals within SCP-2443 have been unwilling to discuss it. Although DNA testing confirms that all members of SCP-2443 are related, genetic variation between members is well within the parameters for a normal family. The source of genetic diversity within SCP-2443 is not presently known.\nWhile to date, no individual contained within SCP-2443 has died, individuals are still susceptible to physical and mental deterioration, with the topmost individuals frequently being in advanced stages of dementia and senility.\nAlthough SCP-2443-01 through -159 are tightly packed, the bottom of SCP-2443 contains a single gap, visible from the outside of the pile, roughly able to accommodate an adult male (see Interview 2443-i8-49R and Addendum 2443-w10-22B). The presence of this gap does not appear to affect the physical integrity of the pile. SCP-2443 is capable of movement at a rate of roughly 45 m/day. The process by which this locomotion is effected is not presently understood.\nOf the 159 individuals constituting SCP-2443, conversation is generally possible only with half at any given time, with the rest being in such a position that only their lower body is visible to the outside of SCP-2443. However, individuals within SCP-2443 move periodically, primarily by writhing. Each individual in the pile possesses a distinctive name and identity, but to date, none have been able or willing to leave the pile, even when offered assistance in doing so. If repeatedly prompted about leaving SCP-2443, individuals will become highly agitated.\nInterview 2443-i8-49R:\n\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588/1983, Researcher Susan Burke conducted an interview with SCP-2443-15, identified as Lillian Esther Deloach, roughly 95 years of age. Because SCP-2443-15 was located more than 4 m from the ground, Researcher Burke utilized a cherry picker to conduct the interview. At the time, SCP-2443-15 had one arm free from the larger mass of SCP-2443.\nResearcher Burke: Hello, SCP-2443-15.\nSCP-2443-15: Hi, there! And it's Maw-maw, dear. Or Miss Lilly.\nResearcher Burke: Can you please tell me a bit about how you came to your present situation?\nSCP-2443-15: [laughs] I know how it must seem to you. And, tell the truth, it can madden a soul greatly to live in such a constant ruckus. However, I do not believe that I would ever choose another life, given the opportunity. Here I sit, feeling the family on me, giving me my place, me giving everyone theirs.\nResearcher Burke: Interesting, but could you please discuss how you came into your current situation?\nSCP-2443-15: I don't recall a time when I wasn't in this situation, dear. I first remember a time - even at the top of the mountain, you couldn't see a home for miles. We were smaller then. Not as much to hold us down. But we understood the importance of it all.\nResearcher Burke: Has SCP-2443-01 explained the manner in which this\u2026 situation came into existence?\nSCP-2443-15: You mean Paw-paw? He was never one for talking, but we always knew where his heart was at. There's a story that he saw some rocks covered in moss and thought they was apples. He ate so many that when he got home and went\u2026 you know, to bed with his wife (SCP-2443-15 indicates SCP-2443-02, identified as Hester Louisa Deloach, common-law wife of SCP-2443-1), he got on top of her and couldn't get off. And so here we are.\nResearcher Burke: SCP-2443-15, would you mind describing what your life is like within SCP-2443?\nSCP-2443-15: Like I said, dear, it's Miss Lilly.\nAt this point, other individuals within SCP-2443 became noticeably agitated, moving far more than normal and making angry vocalizations. Although Researcher Burke received a formal reprimand for breaking object designation protocol, the disciplinary action was later withdrawn.\nResearcher Burke: I apologize. Miss Lilly, would you mind describing what your life is like?\nSCP-2443-15: Not at all, dear. It's difficult, I suppose, being with everyone. But it feels right. Uncle Bubba (indicates SCP-2443-08, Aubrey Ezekiel Deloach), he rightly drives me mad, speaking so much about when the plants come out and such. But I love him. And I know for a fact that some of the younger ones below bristle a bit, but that they still love me despite their protests. It's a wicked world out there, one without a place to call home for many. But here? I know my place exactly. And so does everyone else.\nResearcher Burke: Could you talk a little bit about the hole towards the bottom, Miss Lilly?\nSCP-2443-15: Jacob was always a trouble-maker. I loved him like one of my own - he's my great-great nephew, you know? - but he was always restless. Even as a baby, he squirmed down there. We could all feel it. Then, one day, we woke and he was gone. Scattered himself to the wind. But we still wait for him.\nResearcher Burke: How do you manage to keep the hole open like that? The weight alone should force it closed.\nSCP-2443-15: There's always a space for family, dear. Even the ones who don't realize how much they need us, there's a space for them.\n\nAttempts to locate a Jacob Deloach have, to date, been unsuccessful.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2442 | SCP-2443 | SCP-2444 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2444 manifestation event in [REDACTED].\n\nItem #: SCP-2444\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Foundation analytics bot I/O-VID will scan social media postings, local advertisements and cellular communications for terms associated with SCP-2444. Upon confirming a manifestation, plainclothes operatives with Mobile Task Force Psi-7 (\"Home Improvement\") will deploy to interview vendors, recover instances of SCP-2444-1, amnesticize witnesses, and maintain perimeter security until the anomaly dematerializes. If SCP-2444 collapses into extradimensional space, MTF Psi-7 will sever its link to mainline reality by demolishing the host structure.\nInstances of SCP-2444-1 will be transferred to Reliquary Site-76 for research and storage in the Low-Risk Inanimate Objects Warehouses. Full containment and analysis of SCP-2444-2 is not possible at this time.\nDescription: SCP-2444 is a recurring physical manifestation which links mainline reality with extradimensional space. While active, SCP-2444 resembles an indoor flea market stocked with anomalous merchandise (designated instances of SCP-2444-1) and populated by vendors (SCP-2444-2). SCP-2444 manifests approximately 2-7 times per year, appearing within abandoned residential and commercial structures across the continental United States and Canada.\nLess than 0.01% of people living within a reasonable distance1 of the manifestation will dream about SCP-2444 before it appears in physical space. These dreams always involve exploring SCP-2444 in search of a specific object with sentimental value. If they locate that item, the dreamer may become physically entangled with the object, or dream about transforming into merchandise. Though only a small number of individuals will experience this phenomenon, it will strongly predispose them towards visiting SCP-2444 and encouraging others to do the same.\nIndividuals within the bounds of SCP-2444 experience an altered state of consciousness, similar to hypnagogic cognition.2 Characteristic traits include impaired memory, diminished focus, and limited situational awareness. As a result, most witnesses are unlikely to recognize environmental shifts or local divergences from mainline reality until they exit SCP-2444's area of effect.\nInstances of SCP-2444-1 resemble objects commonly found in secondhand markets, such as clothing, books, electronics, kitchenware, furniture, art and memorabilia. However, all items are extradimensional in origin, as evidenced by significant deviations from logical norms. In most cases, cursory attempts have been made to conceal these anomalies, but unconventional traits remain obvious: for example, SCP-2444-1-18 is a denim jacket with all tags removed, three sleeves, 24-bit colors, and a patch that reads \"Bij Gim\".\nWhile the anomaly is active, instances of SCP-2444-2 will engage passing shoppers in conversation, advertise their wares, and conduct transactions via cash or barter.3 Instances are unwilling to talk about themselves at length, and will dematerialize upon exiting the host structure. As a result, it is unclear whether SCP-2444-2 are extradimensional entities or local constructs. Foundation personnel approaching these individuals should exercise caution.\nA partial list of notable vendors and merchandise is as follows:\n\nName Given: Mi-Ray Doe\nDescription: Human male with a low-pitched voice. Wears sunglasses and an imitation leather jacket.\nCommon items sold:\n\nDisjunctive versions of pop culture memorabilia, including vinyl \"Bunko Pops\" based on famous con artists, \"Weird Lab Culture 5000\" on Petri Video Disc (PVD), and \"Imperial Legion\" minis depicting goblins in high-tech armor.\nPaperback and hardcover books. Based on a representative sample (\"A Brief History of Stairs\", \"Bloodletting For Dummies\", \"Thirty Ways to Skin a Cat\", and \"EDISON VS NINTENDO: The First Console War\"), the details of these books diverge greatly from historical and biological fact. Many contain handwritten messages on the inner covers, indicating that they were personal gifts.\nAnomalous kitchenware, such as non-Euclidean cutlery sets, pots which only boil under observation, and plastic tesseracts with airtight lids.\n\nName Given: Slug\nDescription: Terrestrial gastropod equipped with one prosthetic arm and an external speech synthesizer. Travels in a wheelchair constructed from an arcade driving game.\nCommon items sold:\n\nCounterfeit tokens. All appear to be low-quality copies of coins produced for major arcades, casinos and public transit agencies. Arranged by type, physical dimensions, denomination and destination.\nMagazines depicting a range of anachronistic technologies, including vacuum-tube laptops, personal submersible recreational vehicles, intercontinental ballistic jetpacks, and virtual reality TV sets. Most issues are heavily worn, with featured items being circled and prices highlighted.\nPadded cartridges for the \"Dependo 64\", a game console/undergarment for players suffering from nocturnal enuresis.\n\nName Given: George Oliver Ingrid\nDescription: Tall humanoid male with black eyes, button nose and plastic moustache. Wears a stovepipe hat, necktie, and a pinstripe suit; colors and patterns change when observers break visual contact.\nCommon items sold:\n\nImitation Wondertainment products: \"Superb Paper Airplanes\" which immediately crash, \"Inactivity Books\" with a negative number of pages, and \"Pvt. Peep\", a brass goose which screams on eye contact with humans.\n\"Men! by Guyz\" action figures. Loosely modeled on Little Misters, Tiny Se\u00f1ors, and Misters Against Weed. All are flawed, damaged, or otherwise incomplete.\nStuffed animals. Stock includes Anderson Robotics mascot Finn Falcon, a heavily-bandaged Awwy Cowwy, the interactive Count Von Sheep, and a Serpent-in-a-Canon.4\nZines, prints, and keychains dedicated to anomalous media, such as Raising Danny, Mobile Task Force EX, and Homestuck.\n\nName Given: All-GNU Animatronic\nDescription: Humanoid automaton of unknown manufacture. Wears a partial anthropomorphic costume with stylized ungulate features.\nCommon items sold:\n\nOpen-source prosthetics, vat-grown organs, agnostic circuitry for post-demonic hardware, and wet lumps of mortal clay.\nChipped ceramic drinkware. Each item contains a wireless transducer which provides synthetics with sensory stimuli. Aesthetics range from functional (a beer stein labelled \"BEER\") to fanciful (\"noinput; firstboot coffe.exe\").\nSocial masks. Appropriate for business hours, family gatherings, fan conventions and self-deceptions.\n\nName Given: Akila, daughter of Tutu, favored of Neith\nDescription: Sphinx with feline anatomy similar to Puma concolor.5 Bald, with a grey-brown fur coat. Frequently seen smoking.\nCommon items sold:\n\nSecondhand clothing, offered free to anyone who can answer three riddles. Most items are stained, torn, and/or masticated.\nThree-headed dog collars, n-dimensional hamster wheels, and narrative enclosures for passive infovores.\nVinyl records, stacked in milk cartons. Selection includes shanties by One and Twenty Boatswains, populi-punk by Flinch-CLXXXII, gnomish rap by Lustre Rhymes, and folktronica by First Time? On The Gallows.\nCat-eared knuckle dusters, folding knives, sickle-swords, pepper spray, a single brick, and Chekov's gun (recently fired).\n\nName Given: Rareflight\nDescription: Asymmetrical biped comprised of 2D shapes and 3D primitives, rendered in shifting oils.\nCommon items sold:\n\nAn artist's palate with synesthetic pigments: mulberry red, tangerine, lemon yellow, mint, periwinkle blue, grape, black charcoal and seasalt.\nNeon green signage composed of freestanding phosphorescence. These are physically insubstantial, but can still be picked up and placed at will.\nConceptual caricature portraits. Subjects are always recognizable, even in cases of advanced abstraction.\nInfinite canvas. Linked to a slate grey tablet, powered by an electric blue stylus.\n\nName Given: Eleven wristwatches\nDescription: Human male misaligned with local time.\nCommon items sold:\n\nThad.\n\nName Given: Ida Lawn\nDescription: Humanoid. Teeth.\nCommon items sold:\n\nFree brochures for \"Sweeter Dreams, Inc.\", a company constructing comfortable conceptual condominiums in the collective (un)consciousness.\nDapple, Gynoid and Bushberry smartphones. Most units are preloaded with an anomalous application called \"Headspace\", which allows users to commission custom dreams.\nSet-top boxes and satellite dishes with conspicuous \"Oneiroi\" branding. Claims of being able to send and receive dreams cannot be verified, as the devices do not function at all.\n\nName Given: Yours\nDescription: The shadow of doubt.\nCommon items sold:\n\nUpvotes, downvotes, swing votes, spring totes, and toy boats.\nFirst memory. Sweet chemistry. Lost photograph. Found harmony.\nA personal guarantee: if you can dream it, you can do it.\n\nAll recurring instances of SCP-2444-2 are to be recorded in the Extended Log of SCP-2444 Vendors.\nDiscovery: SCP-2444 became known to the Foundation during an unrelated field operation in 1999, when multiple MTF agents reported shared dreams of an anomalous market and tracked its location using physical landmarks. Since then, Site-76 researchers have confirmed evidence of manifestations dating back to the early 1960s.\nThe following passage has always been displayed as a hanging banner over SCP-2444's entrance:\n\ntake what you need when youre done do not throw away\npleese divide youre things among youre friends\nwhere worthy of being loved to\n\nFootnotes\n1. Subjective to the affected individual.\n2. A term describing the mental state between sleep and wakefulness.\n3. To date, all vendors have declined payment by credit, citing \"processing fees\".\n4. Full scale unknown.\n5. Commonly known as a cougar.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2443 | SCP-2444 | SCP-2445 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2446\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Police, news, and civilian reports in the San Jose metropolitan area are to be monitored for SCP-2446. Reports are to be officially scrubbed from record, and people involved in the discovery or documentation of SCP-2446 are to be administered class-B amnestics. All SCP-2446-1 retrieved are to be transported to Site-76 for containment and analysis.\nShould any SCP-2446-1 manifest partially or entirely inside of a permanent structure, retrieval personnel are to be dispatched to remove the instance and repair affected structures. SCP-2446-1 are to be removed as quickly as possible to minimize chances of civilian discovery.\nMembers of Mobile Task Force Lambda-5 (\u201cWhite Rabbits\u201d) are to kept unaware of the nature of SCP-2446-1 instances.\nDescription: SCP-2446 designates the occasional spontaneous manifestation of humanoid corpses (SCP-2446-1) in a roughly 12 kilometer area of San Jose, California. At least two instances have been directly observed manifesting, and have not demonstrated any limitations of time or location. Certain instances have been found partially or entirely inside of other matter. \u2588\u2588 SCP-2446-1 have been retrieved by Foundation personnel; however, it is unknown how many may be unaccounted for underground or inside permanent infrastructure.\nAll SCP-2446-1 share physical and genetic profiles with members of Foundation personnel, typically agents involved with Mobile Task Force Lambda-5 (\u201cWhite Rabbits\u201d). Multiple such duplicates have appeared for single agents; however, differences (namely in weight, build, tattoo patterns, etc.) have been noticed between instances and related persons (See Addendum for details). Most intact SCP-2446-1 manifest in an early state of putrefaction.\nSCP-2446-1 tend to appear in dress similar to Foundation-issue Mobile Task Force combat gear. Style and composition of such dress (as well as worn equipment) vary frequently in both style and construction. No instance has manifested in clothing identical to those currently in issue. SCP-2446-1 which do not manifest in MTF gear manifest without any clothes. Although physical factors like weight vary between duplicates, genetic makeup never differs significantly.\nAddendum: Recovered SCP-2446-1\n\nItem #\nCircumstance of Recovery\nDescription\n\nSCP-2446-A1\nAlley near Quimby Rd.; partially manifested around refuse.\nCaucasian male, 1.9m tall, 78 kg weight. Dressed in Foundation issue combat clothes, with the exception of any armor or equipment. Appeared to have suffered severe compression. Possessed numerous extreme bone fractures, collapsed organs, and lacerations, abrasions, and contusions on skin. Wore tags labeled \u201c\u039b-5: Alex Henderson\u201d. Genetic and physical profile match Foundation agent Alex A. Henderson, currently assigned to MTF Lambda-5.\n\nSCP-2446-B1\nAlum Rock Park, beneath stone bridge; manifested into dirt, rocks, and plant debris.\nCaucasian male, 1.9m tall, 71 kg weight. Dressed in Foundation issue combat armor. Implanted with subdermal GPS tracking chip on right side of neck, unmarked. Possessed 12 7.62x39mm gunshot wounds on head, torso, and arms. Left side appeared to have suffered minor burn and shrapnel damage. Text \u201cA10441 Wilder\u201d tattooed on left shoulder blade. Genetic and physical profile match Foundation agent Jacob H. Wilder, currently assigned to MTF Lambda-5.\n\nSCP-2446-E1\nEmpty classroom, San Jose State University, Building 7.\nHispanic Male, 2m tall, 71 kg weight. Stripped nude. Several ballpoint pens appeared to have been manifested internally; numerous internal organ ruptures resulted. Genetic and physical profile match Foundation Agent Patrick Carter, currently assigned to MTF Lambda-5.\n\nSCP-2446-B2\nLake Cunningham Park; manifested into lake Cunningham. All solid parts were liquified.\nBody and all equipment liquified, likely resultant of its in-water manifestation. Retrieved DNA found to match SCP-2446-B1 and Foundation agent Jacob H. Wilder. Large quantities of metal and SCP-148 were found in water following manifestation.\n\nSCP-2446-D3\nCoyote Creek at Roosevelt Park. Lower legs, right forearm, and front face liquified, front upper-torso manifested into rocks and topsoil.\nHispanic female, 1.8m tall, 63 kg weight. Dressed in Foundation-issue full combat armor, fully-lined with SCP-148, partially damaged. Two 9mm gunshot wounds on head. Genetic and physical profile identical to SCP-2446-D1, -D2, and Foundation agent Melissa King.\n\nSCP-2446-B4\nGuadalupe River Park. Retrieved alive. [REDACTED]\n[DATA EXPUNGED] Genetic and physical profile match SCP-2446-B1, -B2, and Foundation agent Jacob H. Wilder.\n\nAddendum: Research Report 2446.21\nDue in part to recent developments in reality-measuring technology, research and retrieval teams have initiated investigations into potential origins of SCP-2446. Although correlation between recorded Hume deficiencies and SCP-2446 have not been confirmed, certain readings fall outside of acceptable parameters for operation. Based on humological maps of the area, spatial disturbances most likely originate from an apartment complex located at 2525 N Waterworks St. Direct investigation is forthcoming.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2445 | SCP-2446 | SCP-2447 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2447\nObject Class: Keter Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures:\n\nShow Iteration 1\n\nhide\n\nThe collection of entities labelled SCP-2447 are to be kept within three hermetically sealed containers composed of 3 m thick osmium walls lined with a copper alloy. These chambers- located within Site-162's Heavy Containment Zone- are to be fitted with air vents, which are to fill the containment area with nitrous oxide at intervals of once every 6 hours. This should sedate SCP-2447 instances to a marginal level. A secondary main chamber is to encompass the three containers, and is to be constructed of cement and platinum tiling.\nIf personnel must enter the container, they must wear the protective equipment outlined in Document 2447-a1, and must receive physical examinations following time inside. A decontamination station is to be permanently established adjacent to SCP-2447's main container.\nAny change in instance behavior or configuration is to be reported to SCP-2447's HMCL supervisor and the Site Director. Available MTF units are to be dispatched to SCP-2447's location, and personnel are to be put on standby for a site-wide evacuation.\nA 120 v current is to be run through the copper alloy for a period of 20 seconds, at intervals of once every 6 hours. Binding of SCP-2447's modular components is implausible at this time.\n\nShow Iteration 2\n\nhide\n\nThe collection of entities labelled SCP-2447 are to be kept within three locked containers composed of 3 m thick osmium walls lined with a copper alloy. A secondary main chamber is to encompass the three containers, and is to be constructed of cement and platinum tiling. Metal plating is to be surgically attached to each specimen's abdomen in order to prevent them from adjusting their modular configuration. The plating is to feature a small hatch which must be unlocked via a key belonging to SCP-2447's HMCL Supervisor. This will allow for testing with SCP-2447 to continue.\nSCP-2447 instances are sentient and hostile towards Foundation staff, and therefore must be sedated with nitrous oxide prior to anyone entering the chamber. Vents are to be installed within each container in order to achieve this.\nAny change in instance behavior or configuration is to be reported to SCP-2447's HMCL Supervisor and the Site Director. Available MTF units are to be dispatched to SCP-2447's location, and personnel are to be put on standby for a site-wide evacuation.\nA 120 v current is to be run through the copper alloy for a period of 15 seconds, at intervals of once every 8 hours.\n\nShow Iteration 3 (Current)\n\nhide\n\nThe collection of entities labelled SCP-2447 are to be kept in the Euclid wing of Site-162. They are to be held within a standard animal containment cell fitted with 4 outlets (see Addendum 2447-b). Duct tape is to be placed on all modifiable components of SCP-2447.\nIn the event that SCP-2447's settings are altered, personnel are to alert SCP-2447's HMCL supervisor and the Site Director. Available MTF units are to be dispatched to SCP-2447's location, and personnel are to be put on standby for a site-wide evacuation if deemed necessary1. SCP-2447's 5th configuration may be restored by following the instructions listed in the patch sheet labelled \"Document 2447-5c\". However, this may be inadvisable if containment remains stable.\nSCP-2447 testing has been discontinued.\n\nAddendum 2447-a: SCP-2447's research team has fine-tuned the entities' settings. The specimens (in their 5th distinct configuration) now pose no direct threat of immediate bodily harm. Duct tape has been applied to the modules to ensure the entities' configurations are not mistakenly altered by themselves or staff. SCP-2447's classification has been changed to Euclid.\nDescription: SCP-2447 designates a collection of three animals which superficially resemble nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) in their current configuration. Each SCP-2447 instance (Labelled SCP-2447-A through SCP-2447-C) consists of 27 modules identical to those used in analog sound synthesis, and approximately 6 kg of biomass (currently arranged to resemble an armadillo). The devices interface with the tissues of SCP-2447 via muscle fibers which function as single-wire electrical connectors2. These fibers possess an elasticity level similar to that of rubber, and often connect directly to input ports located on the modules.\nThe 27 modules are each composed of a stainless steel case and various dials and sliders. Adjusting the configuration or settings of these components has proven capable of affecting the organism's appearance, traits, and behaviors. Additionally, examination has shown that SCP-2447's DNA changes to corroborate with its physical state at any given time. Regardless of its configuration, however, SCP-2447 instances require no traditional nutrients to function, and instead absorb and metabolize electrical currents from outlets and chargers. The outlets in their chamber have an output of 1500 W, which has been deemed more than sufficient.\nThe modules themselves have widely different functions than their musical counterparts. SCP-2447 instances have 3 voltage-controlled oscillators believed to function as the base for the specimen, as well as 4 low-frequency oscillators which toggle between secondary traits such as means of motion, neural configuration, and two other traits which have yet to be identified. Other modules (such as the envelope generator, ring modulator, 8 voltage-controlled filters, 9 voltage-controlled amplifiers, and 1 16-step sequencer) deal with either large behavioral patterns, visual aesthetic, or smaller nuances within the specimens' composition.\nAt present, the entities exhibit mild personalities conducive to containment. In this state, their actions have been noted to be similar to that of a common house cat with slow locomotion and good-natured disposition. At no point with this configuration has an SCP-2447 specimen attempted to dismember or exenterate Foundation personnel. The complete drop in aggression, compounded by a form which is both nontoxic and land based, has since made SCP-2447 far easier to contain. It is believed that SCP-2447 instances reproduce by acquiring biomass (roughly 60kg) and sound synthesis modules, allowing them to assemble new instances. At this time, they are unable to enact this procedure due to their current configuration, which leaves them with poor memories and a lack of higher brain function.\nThe full scope of SCP-2447's capabilities (as it is related to varying traits and behaviors) remains unknown at this time.\nAcquisition Log (Abridged): For full documentation, see \"Acquisition Log SCP-2447-1\".\n\nThroughout the winter of 1988, residents of South Portland, Maine begin periodically calling local law enforcement to report sightings of lights and noises emanating from within a forested area.\n\nTwo civilian disappearances occur between December of 1988 and January of 1989. Additionally, the homes of two local musicians are broken into, and multiple synthesizers and keyboards are stolen.\nThe missing persons are found in the woods, stripped of all flesh. The incidents are brought to the Foundation's attention.\nAgent Erickson is sent to investigate the scenario. He interviews several residents under the guise of a journalist.\n\nMTF Epsilon-6 (\"Village Idiots\") is dispatched to the scene.\n\nEpsilon-6 identify three anomalous entities inside the woods. SCP-2447 instances prove to be both intelligent and violent. The Department of External Security begins negotiations with the entities, which at first appears promising.\nOne month after initial attempts at diplomacy, another resident is killed by SCP-2447, who have changed their physical appearance. This is the first time this ability has been observed. A break-in at a local music store (in which 27 synthesizer modules were stolen) is also attributed to them. Negotiations break down and the situation is escalated over the course of the following week.\nEpsilon-6 attempts to apprehend the anomalies. One MTF member is fatally wounded and another is injured.\nApproximately 12 hours later, Epsilon-6 conducts another raid on the anomalies' territory. Two more MTF members are injured before the anomalies are taken in.\n\nThe three captured entities are transferred to Site-162 for classification and subsequent containment.\n\nAddendum 2447-b: The following note was sent to SCP-2447's Research Director following breakthroughs regarding SCP-2447's breeding practices:\n\n\"Hi Julien. As we've noted, SCP-2447 are incapable of breeding in their current state. However, a few things have turned up and we now have a better understanding of how these things operate. The details are outlined in the summary revision I sent you. Do me a favor and go back to SCP-2447's recovery log and tell me how many civilians were killed in total before the anomalies were recovered. I'm counting 3. 3 dead civilians stripped of flesh, and enough electronics to stick that flesh back together. That number wouldn't be an issue if it weren't for the fact that the first civilian was also killed by an SCP-2447 specimen. If they used all of that flesh and electronics, there should actually be 4 specimens, not 3.\nI'm contacting our Containment Specialist about getting another outlet installed, and I'm trying to get Erickson back on the phone. Please see me.\n-Dr. Loginova\"\n\nFootnotes\n1. Such drastic measures are due to SCP-2447's widely unpredictable nature when their settings are altered.\n2. Commonly referred to as \"banana connectors\".\n\n\u00ab SCP-2446 | SCP-2447 | SCP-2448 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2448\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A perimeter around the grounds of SCP-2448 is to be established, and a 5-man team of security personnel is to patrol the boundaries every 4 hours. A guard station on the north edge of the castle premises will house any personnel assigned to SCP-2448. Any unauthorized persons attempting to enter the perimeter are to be turned away with the explanation of an ongoing private-family historical renovation and refurbishing project.\nWhen SCP-2448 becomes active,1 a team of 5 personnel, ideally from various departments not restricted to field agents, are to be sent onto SCP-2448's grounds to contain the manifestations (see Field Mission Brief). Personnel assigned to SCP-2448 are allowed to bring and request nonstandard equipment; all carried items must be approved and logged by the SCP-2448 research team prior to team entry onto the grounds. Teams assigned to SCP-2448 are to be rotated every three months.\nDescription: SCP-2448 is located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Switzerland, and consists of the ruins of what appears to be a later medieval-era English castle and its surrounding grounds, which together span a roughly regular hexagonal area with an area of 50,000 square meters. While the architecture of the castle is consistent with those held by 13th-century English nobility, landmarks and other structures present on the grounds possess more modern developments. Markers near the property state the location as \"The Village of Gyfax2\".\nFour discrete areas accompany the castle: a graveyard, farmland/orchard plots, an ornamental flower garden, and a market-square-layout of artisan workshops. Signs in each area proclaim (in French, German, Italian, and Romansch) the owner of the premises to be \"Guillaume the Guildmaster\" with the house motto \"Enter, Friends, And Play\". Exploration has revealed that only certain items in the location can be interacted with (e.g. picked up, moved, knocked over). Any items retrieved from SCP-2448 that are taken outside its boundaries will shrink in size.3 Lab analysis indicates the resultant items to be comprised of non-anomalous polystyrene.\nOn the night of each first quarter moon, SCP-2448 will spontaneously manifest a variety of swarms of small organisms4 in each discrete area of the grounds. These anomalous entities will occupy the grounds until the next sunrise, at which point they will cross the boundaries of the castle grounds and disperse. Any further movements of these creatures are untraceable.\nIt was later discovered that upon each activation of the castle's anomalies, SCP-2448 also manifested a collection of six glass bottles, scattered across the grounds. When uncorked, the bottles produce anomalous substances, which can be manipulated at will by tilting and pointing the bottle. The bottles measure 30 cm in length and 11 cm in diameter; each possesses distinct identifying marks and abilities, noted below:\n\nDisplay Item Log\n\nClose item log\n\nGlass Color\nInscription\nReaction\n\nRed\n\"Fire\"\npours substance similar to flaming alcohol\n\nAzure\n\"Frost\"\npours a variant of frozen water (e.g. snow, ice, sleet, ice pellets)\n\nGray\n\"Metal\"\npours liquid metal that is cool to the touch, but solidifies within seconds\n\nClear\n\"Mist\"\npours thick fog similar to liquid nitrogen vapor in texture, but consists of thickened water vapor\n\nLight Brown\n\"Earth\"\npours high volumes of various soil-related substances (thus far gravel, silt, mulch, and dirt)\n\nGolden-yellow\n\"Energy\"\npours glowing liquid that gives off electric sparks, vanishes after sparks have struck other objects\n\nField Mission Brief: When anomalous swarms are present on the grounds, the bottles have been observed to glow with an inscription that states the carrier of the item should return it to its proper place in the castle's inner sanctum.5 Locating and placing all six bottles correctly in the castle will trigger the immediate demanifestation of all anomalously-generated organisms.\nTeams comprised of individuals with a variety of skill specializations have consistently performed well. Despite Foundation members being adequately trained, there have been instances of personnel developing temporary clumsiness and failing to accomplish certain actions.6 However, on a few rare cases, certain personnel have demonstrated sudden ability beyond their usual capacity; the first notable example involved Agent Tai Yang Shen managing to eliminate a swarm of bats using a single lit torch.\n\nAddendum SCP-2448-1: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, the 4th successful assignment, SCP-2448 began to manifest human entities dressed similarly to medieval English gentry, designated SCP-2448-1. Initial SCP-2448-1 spoke with a male voice regardless of gender, and were unable to speak more than a few words.7 SCP-2448-1 will speak in the primary language of those who approach them. Instances of SCP-2448-1 do not move from their initial location of manifestation, and show no inclination of assisting personnel. Instances of SCP-2448-1 are intangible and8 demanifest upon the completion of containment.\nAddendum SCP-2448-2: SCP-2448-1 were observed to speak in the voices of Foundation personnel assigned to SCP-2448. SCP-2448-1 possessed no emotional affect and could only repeat back phrases spoken to them. Personnel of subsequent missions were given specific nonsense phrases to gauge SCP-2448-1 reactions. Thus far, the phrase \u201chow the slugs dance in salted shoes\u201d has not only been adopted by several SCP-2448-1 instances, but has also appeared embroidered onto a tapestry hung in the castle's main hall. Phrases containing technical terminology, such as \u201cLaplace Transformations can accurately model sudden and nonbuffered changes in voltage\u201d, have gone unnoticed by SCP-2448-1.\nAddendum SCP-2448-3: While manifested SCP-2448-1 populations have slowly increased with each successive SCP-2448 activation, swarm organisms have decreased noticeably in number. However, various hybrid creatures have been sighted during recent containment assignments, the most common being bipedal ursid entities possessing patches of feathers upon their limbs.\nAddendum SCP-2448-4: Following development of increasingly sophisticated conversational ability, as of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588,9 instances of SCP-2448-1 have acquired solid forms and have begun to move from their initial manifestation point. Though instances of SCP-2448-1 have never come within 5 meters of the location boundaries, some have expressed the desire to \u201cplay in another field when this story is finished\u201d.\nCurrent instances of SCP-2448-1 have been noticed carving tessellated hexagonal patterns into the ground. Instances of SCP-2448-1 have additionally begun to bar entrance to certain locations, inquiring of Foundation personnel \"how many points they have\", and refusing entry should the SCP-2448-1 instance deem the personnel member as insufficient. When SCP-2448 entities are questioned about aspects of the location, they simply respond that the questioner should \"read the rules\".\nThough it has been in the interest of the Foundation not to harm the humanoid manifestations, discussion regarding updating the containment procedures is ongoing.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Determined to be first quarter moon nights.\n2. Due to this particular naming, a possible connection to SCP-1024 has been considered.\n3. The observed ratio of the item is generally around 1:60.\n4. Entities encountered thus far have included bats, ravens, spiders, snakes, moths, and various rodents.\n5. The exact location is the castle's third-story throne room.\n6. The most often-observed occurrence is personnel failing to strike an anomalous entity in front of them.\n7. Most commonly-voiced exclamations were \u201cGuillaume of Gyfax\u201d, \u201cEnter friends\u201d, and \u201cplay\u201d.\n8. See Addendum SCP-2448-4.\n9. The 17th successful SCP-2448 containment phase.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2447 | SCP-2448 | SCP-2449 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2449\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Instances of SCP-2449 are to be physically blocked off on all sides with concrete. The resulting structures are to be incorporated into locally appropriate buildings or public works that conceal or de-emphasize the existence of containment chambers. Should an instance of SCP-2449 be empty or its previous subjects deceased, its exact spacial bounds are to be redetermined by D-class personnel according to Document 2449-1.\nIn case of pre-existing casualties to an instance of SCP-2449, standard life support is to be enabled according to Document E-21 ('Ethics Standard for Treatment of Human Subjects'). Structures are to be built with openings for routine food supply and plumbing support. Installation and maintenance of facilities inside SCP-2449 has to be performed by subjects. In cases of subjects being affected by an instance that precludes minimum quality of life (size of less than 5 cubic metres), euthanization may be offered after prior Level-3 Clearance is acquired.\nContainment procedures and publicity suppression plans for newly formed instances of SCP-2449 are available to containment teams globally.\nFoundation personnel are to keep a minimum distance of 0.5 meters from the borders of SCP-2449 at all times.\nDescription: SCP-2449 is a phenomenon in which cuboid regions of space prevent living things with a mass greater than 5 grams from exiting, but not entering, their boundaries. Instances of SCP-2449 have no visible boundaries and remain permeable to nonliving matter. Currently known instances of SCP-2449 range in size from 0.5x0.5x1 meters to 25x20x5 meters.\nInstances of SCP-2449 have been found in locations ranging from a cave in the Turkish Taurus Mountains to an apartment complex in Baku, Azerbaijan. In 14% of cases, the location and size of instances have coincided with existing rooms in a building. 44% coincided with the locations of existing structures but reached through walls, stones or other obstructions, requiring modifications of the location to achieve containment, while 40% had no overlap with human constructs or natural phenomena. For a full list of locations, see Document 2449-2.\nSCP-2449's effect is extended to nonliving objects that are in direct contact with specimens inside. As such, removing objects from within an instance of SCP-2449 should be performed by throwing or dropping, similar to how supplies are inserted.\nStatistical analysis has found no link between known locations of SCP-2449 or presumed dates of appearance. Expected growth of SCP-2449 is less than five instances per decade.\nAddendum: While initial analysis deemed SCP-2449 potentially qualified for the containment of humanoid SCPs, use for this purpose has not been authorized. Directives on cross-testing of SCPs apply fully to SCP-2449 outside of emergency orders from Site Directors.\nAddendum 2: After the establishment of SCP-2449-37 within the bounds of the Site-44 Astronomical Observation Laboratory, local procedures have been amended. The five site personnel contained within will continue their employment within limits to man Observation Unit-2 and will receive full attention to the preservation of quality of life. On-site family will be allowed limited contact with subjects. Non-Foundation relatives will receive notices of their death and standard Foundation benefits. Non-essential furniture within SCP-2449-37 will be removed to create enough space for simultaneous reclined sleep of three personnel. Should less than two Personnel remain available to man Observation Unit-2, on-site technicians are to fill vacancies and allow continued operation.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2448 | SCP-2449 | SCP-2450 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2450\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2450 patients are to be kept physically restrained in Secure Ward LAN-12 to prevent the spread and progression of infection. The initial infection source is contained at the site of discovery in a building disguised as an electrical substation, designated Building-2450.\nBuilding-2450 is kept securely locked and surrounded by a standard substation fence replete with 'Danger of death' warning signs. Constant surveillance is kept over the Building, and any persons attempting to intrude are to be detained and questioned. Ingress is only by means of a double door system which includes an isolation chamber to prevent the entrance of any small mammals to Building-2450. On no account must any mammals except approved test subjects be permitted to exit Building-2450.\nOne member of Foundation personnel with dentistry training is to monitor all dentistry journals and news sources for cases that may indicate an SCP-2450 outbreak.\nDescription: SCP-2450 is an infectious disease that causes severe hyperdontia in unusual areas of the body. The initial infection source is the area contained by Building-2450, a former male bathroom in a \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 company service station located on the M\u2588 motorway in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, United Kingdom. The vector via which this area infects is unknown: Level-V Haz-Suits have proven ineffective in preventing infection. The disease may affect a large number of mammalian species (for a full list of all susceptible mammals discovered so far, see Document-2450-Species) including rodents, dogs, and humans; approximately 23% of subjects exposed to the area contract SCP-2450. Infection may also be passed to new hosts through bites which draw blood, with an infection probability of 12%.\nInitial stage infection results in the patient presenting hyperdontia (the eruption of extra teeth) in various body orifices. The first orifice to be affected is usually the mouth, with teeth erupting from gums, palate, and frenulum, but once the disease has progressed, all bodily openings will be affected. The size of teeth grown varies but tends to be proportional to the size of the opening. SCP-2450 teeth will grow at a rate roughly twelve times that of natural teeth, taking typically between 3 weeks and 9 months for a tooth to grow from germ to full root completion, depending on size. Teeth will grow in rows further and further back into the orifice as the disease progresses.\nLatter stage SCP-2450 infection will begin to occur once all natural bodily orifices have grown at least one full row of teeth. In this occasion, areas of the body which are not orifices but form a semi-closed shape, such the eyes or the interspaces between toes, will also begin to erupt teeth. In addition, any apertures formed in the body by external trauma, such as cuts to the skin, will develop SCP-2450 teeth.\nCalcium and other minerals required to grow the teeth are taken from the body's natural stores, and, consequently, SCP-2450 infection can result in osteoporosis and hypocalcaemia. Patients may be kept alive despite this by administering calcium and mineral supplements, and will keep producing teeth indefinitely.\nThe tooth-growing process has been described by patients as extremely painful, and similar to the teething pains experienced by children and young adults during the development of normal teeth. Patients have described a strong desire to mitigate this sensation by biting or grinding affected teeth, and in the case of teeth formed in areas without the appropriate muscular or skeletal structure for biting, patients will rub or pound the teeth against solid objects. This action is to be discouraged in patients whose disease progression requires curtailment, as it will frequently lead to further skin lacerations and the creation of new teeth. It was due to this behaviour that the ability to transfer infection through tooth-to-blood contact was discovered during an interview with an SCP-2450 patient.\nAddendum 2450-A \u2014 Circumstances of discovery: SCP-2450 was first identified from routine searching of medical literature, and classified as an SCP phenomenon distinct from hyperdontia on 19/02/2009. Information suppression policy was applied successfully, and the pattern of outbreaks was used to trace the source to the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 service station. Thereafter, quarantining and careful experimentation revealed the male bathroom in Wing B, in use with no known anomalous effect since the service station's opening in 1983, as the initial source of infection. SCP-2450-1 (see Addendum 2450-C) was discovered lodged behind a cistern during the dismantling of facility equipment.\nAddendum 2450-B \u2014 events of 15/07/2008:\nInterviews with cleaning and security staff, and review of security footage has tentatively identified early morning 15/07/2008 as the moment at which the bathroom became the source of SCP-2450 infection.\nSecurity footage log:\n\n03.17 Three men enter the service station. All three wear black hooded tops with hoods up. One, designated POI-2450-\u03b1, carries a large empty-looking backpack, and another, designated POI-2450-\u03b2, holds a green implement (likely SCP-2450-1) which he passes from hand to hand frequently. The third man is designated POI-2450-\u03b3.\n03.19 The men halt outside the bathroom in Wing B and engage in discussion.\n03.22 The men enter the bathroom, the last looking around before he closes the door.\n<period of unremarkable activity omitted>\n05.59 2450-\u03b1 and 2450-\u03b2 exit the bathroom. 2450-\u03b1 still carries the backpack, which appears fuller and heavier.\n06.00 The men walk quickly to the main entrance, where 2450-\u03b2 stops.\n06.00 2450-\u03b2 puts his hands into his hooded top pocket, and then pats the pockets of his trousers. 2450-\u03b2 turns back towards the interior of the service station.\n06.01 2450-\u03b2 starts to walk back inside, but 2450-\u03b1 puts a hand on his arm and stops him. The two engage in an animated discussion.\n06.03 2450-\u03b1 and 2450-\u03b2 walk to a car, later determined to be stolen, and drive away southbound.\n\nPOI-2450-\u03b3 does not exit the bathroom.\nThe cleaner on duty on 15/07/2008 reports that he recalls one of the bathroom stalls being locked for an unusually long time, and upon returning later to clean the stall, discovered a large quantity of white gravel of varying grain size (believed to be dental matter) on the floor and toilet lid.\nAddendum 2450-C \u2014 SCP-2450-1:\n\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2450-1 is stored in Reliquary 87B-6, locker 12004.\nDescription: SCP-2450-1 is a green plastic toothbrush of unknown make and manufacture.\nBrushing teeth with SCP-2450-1 causes the teeth to be worn down at a very rapid rate \u2013 approximately five minutes of brushing is sufficient to remove an entire molar. No other tissue is damaged by this brushing action, even though the brush may be used to remove entire tooth roots.\nEmbossed text on the back of the handle reads 'For non-oral use only'.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2449 | SCP-2450 | SCP-2451 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2451\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The Site-721 L-Type HACC containing SCP-2451 is to be modified to include temporal integrity seals1. As SCP-2451-1 and SCP-2451-2#14's locations are currently unknown, and SCP-2451-2 emergence events have not ceased and indeed become more prevalent, all previous containment measures not directly related to the containment of SCP-2451-1 will remain in effect.\nEmerging SCP-2451-2 instances are to be subdued non-lethally if possible, but with deadly force if necessary, and are to be housed in separate M-Type HACCs and supplied with basic amenities unless otherwise indicated. In those cases where, due to the unpredictable temporal and spacial location of SCP-2451's remote terminus, standardized Humanoid Anomaly Containment Cells are not sufficient for reliable containment, specialized containment is to be designed and realized by this project's Senior Containment Specialist, at which time these procedures are to be amended.\nCurrent exceptions:\n\nDesignation\nEmergence\nContainment Procedures\n\nSCP-2451-2#94\n2010-02-12\nTo be housed within an M-Type HACC modified to include a 4 m x 4 m x 2.5 m (lxwxh) basin filled with brine (24% MgCl2).\n\nSCP-2451-2#145\n2010-11-24\nTo be contained within a Reinforced Anomalous Cadaver Locker (RACL).\n\nSCP-2451-2#168\n2013-03-17\nTo be contained in a Level 4 Bio-Safety Cabinet. This is to be remotely checked for leaks twice a day. In event of a leak, please see 2451/ConBrch/Ti-15432A:v1.32 and evacuate the Site.\n\nSCP-2451-2#177\n2014-06-28\nTo remain in a permanently powered-down state in this Site's Anomalous Vehicle Bay (AVB).\n\nSCP-2451-2#243\n2016-11-02\nContainment implausible at this time. Instance displayed physical traits of Macropanesthia rhinoceros (Giant Burrowing Cockroach and Elephas maximus (Asian Elephant). Instance was in possession of advanced technology and disappeared after emergence, location unknown. A Priority Alpha-Red notification has been dispatched to all known partners.\n\nSCP-2451-2#275-291\n2016-11-03\nVocalizations from instances are to be disregarded by personnel assigned to their destruction. Security Personnel not complying with the previous instruction will be terminated. Instances are to be disposed of as Class-IV biological hazards using all available equipment. Note that sustained fire is necessary for a 100% kill rate.\n\nThe remains of SCP-2451-2 specimens exhumed from the backyard of SCP-2451-1's former residence at \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Road, Santa Cruz, CA are to be kept in this Site's Exo-Biological Wing for research purposes, available upon a request authorized by personnel with 2451/3 clearance.\n\n+ SCP-2451 Containment Procedures v1.04\n\n- SCP-2451 Containment Procedures v1.04\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Although SCP-2451-1 is not anomalous in itself, it is to be housed within an L-Type HACC modified to include temporal integrity seals1. Interviews with SCP-2451-1 are to take place at a location where SCP-2451-1 can be positioned so that SCP-2451 is contained within the same room.\nEmerging SCP-2451-2 instances are to be subdued, preferably non-lethally, and are generally to be housed in separate M-Type HACCs and supplied with basic amenities. In those cases where, due to the unpredictable temporal and spacial location of SCP-2451's remote terminus, standardized Humanoid Anomaly Containment Cells are not sufficient for reliable containment, specialized containment is to be designed and realized by this project's Senior Containment Specialist, at which time these procedures are to be amended.\nCurrent exceptions:\n\nDesignation\nEmergence\nContainment Procedures\n\nSCP-2451-2#14\nUnknown\nTo be housed with SCP-2451-1.\n\nSCP-2451-2#94\n2010-02-12\nTo be housed within an M-Type HACC modified to include a 4 m x 4 m x 2.5 m (lxwxh) basin filled with brine (24% MgCl2).\n\nSCP-2451-2#145\n2010-11-24\nTo be contained within a Reinforced Anomalous Cadaver Locker (RACL).\n\nSCP-2451-2#168\n2013-03-17\nTo be contained in a Level 4 Bio-Safety Cabinet. This is to be remotely checked for leaks twice a day. In event of a leak, please see 2451/ConBrch/Ti-15432A:v1.32 and evacuate the Site.\n\nSCP-2451-2#177\n2014-06-28\nTo remain in a permanently powered-down state in this Site's Anomalous Vehicle Bay (AVB).\n\nThe remains of SCP-2451-2 specimens exhumed from the backyard of SCP-2451-1's former residence at \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Road, Santa Cruz, CA are to be kept in this Site's Exo-Biological Wing for research purposes, available upon a request authorized by personnel with 2451/3 clearance.\n\nDescription: SCP-2451 is a roughly circular, nonobservable temporal and spacial anomaly with an approximate radius of 75 cm. SCP-2451 is not independently mobile but remains permanently fixed at 46\u00b045'28.5\"N 100\u00b035'51.8\"W, approximately 8.4 meters below ground, at Site-721. Pre-Serapis, SCP-2451 was fixed at a point 2.23 m due eastwards of SCP-2451-1, formerly Lt. Col. Abraham Francis Mary Gustowski (b. 07-03-1929). SCP-2451 appears to be mono-directional, with the observable terminus in this reality construct displaying characteristics of a fixed-state portal. The non-observable terminus appears to be able to connect to an unknown number of divergent reality constructs. It is currently unknown whether SCP-2451 is connected to a single mobile terminus or a set of multiple fixed termini, each anchored to a specific reality construct.\nSCP-2451 activates at irregular intervals, producing an instance of SCP-2451-2. SCP-2451-2 are native to the temporal reality construct SCP-2451 connects to at that time, and vary wildly in appearance. Instances of SCP-2451-2 appear irate and hostile when emerging from SCP-2451, possibly as a side-effect of traversing SCP-2451. Interrogation of SCP-2451-2 instances reveals a common goal, to assassinate an individual held responsible for atrocities in their native construct, most often because their role during a historical conflict was directly linked to developments in its originating construct.\nSCP-2451-1 has indicated its involvement in Project Restful Sleep, a classified United States Army project pioneered by Gen. Bowe in 1962. No official documentation has been recovered on the project, but statements from SCP-2451-1 regarding affiliated locations, material resources and personnel have been verified. Main premise of this project was that using primitive temporal tunneling algorithms, a temporal anomaly could be created linking a fixed-state terminus in the past to a current fluid-state terminus.\nResearch began in December 1956 and continued through to 1965, culminating in one operational test on 01-03-1966, using an early prototype. SCP-2451-1 indicates this test yielded no discernible result, and funding was cut in July 1966, ending any further research. SCP-2451-1 was honorably discharged in the aftermath of the project's disbanding. SCP-2451-1's responses to questions on Project Restful Sleep and the operational test, and neurological examinations performed on SCP-2451-1, indicate the administration of primitive amnestics. These were not 100% effective however, and SCP-2451-1 has been in possession of most of his memories since 1973.\nSCP-2451-1 indicates the first instance of SCP-2451-2 appeared approximately 7 months after his honorable discharge.\nAddendum 2451-A-01: Disappearance of SCP-2451 Post-Serapis\nOn 2016-11-02 00:00:31, security footage shows SCP-2451-2#14 abruptly appearing inside SCP-2451-1's HACC. Both SCP-2451-2#14 and SCP-2451-1 show signs of extreme distress, at which point the feed is interrupted by static for approximately 1.4 seconds. Footage then shows SCP-2451-1 HACC to be completely empty. SCP-2451 and SCP-2451-2#14 are at this point presumed to have entered SCP-2451. Their locations are currently unknown.\nAfter this event, emergence events have become more frequent, and have posed a higher threat to Site security than Pre-Serapis. Suggestions for the escalation of this project's containment procedures are currently being evaluated by its current Project Lead.\nAddendum 2451-A-02: Recovery and preliminary containment notes\nSCP-2451, SCP-2451-1 were recovered from the Sunshine Villa Assisted Living Complex in Santa Cruz, CA on 08-07-2009 after the new owners of his previous residence found human and non-human remains in the backyard of their property. Field Agents embedded in the Santa Cruz Police Department steered uniformed units away from the scene and coordinated the deployment of Foundation assets to isolate witnesses, handle the administration of amnestics, and control traffic.\nSCP-2451-2#14 was found on 10-03-2009, sleeping in a car at a Walmart parking lot in Santa Cruz, CA. It was recovered by a Foundation extraction team after patrolling police officers ran her ID. SCP-2451-2#14 was homeless and living under the assumed identity of Ethel McAllister.\nAddendum 2451-A-03: Excerpts from interviews with SCP-2451-1\n\nLog date: 08-08-2009\nInterviewer: Dr. A. E. M. Gunther (AG)\nInterviewed: SCP-2451-1\nAG: So tell me Mr. Gustowski, do you have any idea why you're here?\nSCP-2451-1: Sure do. I'm going to guess it has something to do with what I buried in my backyard before those asshole bankers foreclosed on my home.\nAG: Right. Are you aware of the nature of the bodies we exhumed?\nSCP-2451-1: Kinda hard not to be, son. One of those things had a beak the size of my entire arm, and about twice as wide. Sharp too, I got the scars right here. [subject begins to pull up the sleeve of his coverall]\nAG: That's fine, Mr. Gustowski, I believe you. So, why didn't you report this when they appeared?\nSCP-2451-1: [subject leans across the table and raises his eyebrows] And what would the police have said if I'd told them an 8' birdman appeared behind me out of thin air and attacked me?\nAG: You have a point.\nSCP-2451-1: [laughs] So did that beak, son.\n\nLog date: 08-13-2009\nInterviewer: Dr. E. L. Ehrles (EE)\nInterviewed: SCP-2451-1\nEE: Good morning, Mr. Gustowski. I'll be conducting your interview this morning. I trust you've slept well?\nSCP-2451-1: Wasn't much worse than that damned assisted living center. When you're my age, your idea of captivity is a lot better than the cardboard mattresses and unidentifiable slop I got treated to there.\nEE: Yes, well. Today I want to ask you about your time with what you refer to as Project Restful Sleep.\nSCP-2451-1: Fire away, son.\nEE: Thank you. You previously told my colleague the project involved some manner of temporal manipulation, but that it didn't work as intended. Can you elaborate and what the goals of the project were exactly?\nSCP-2451-1: Didn't I already tell your colleague? They [ed. Gen. Bowe] wanted me to go back and kill Hitler. I told 'em they were crazy, but you know how it is in the Army, when they say jump\u2026anyway, didn't work neither, so that was that.\nEE: Ah, I must have missed that in my colleague's notes. And it didn't work you say. What went wrong?\nSCP-2451-1: Son, do I look like I have any fucking clue what went wrong? I was just the hired help, the guy who stood very still while all those expensive piece of shit machines hummed and whizzed around me. All I can tell you is that it didn't work. I just stood there waiting for something and it never came.\nEE: Right. And then you were honorably discharged?\nSCP-2451-1: That's the gist of it. Couldn't remember much either, but a few weeks later I started dreaming about it, and a few more weeks after that the memories'd come back. Don't know what they did, but they weren't very good at it if you ask me. Anyway, wasn't long after that when Big Bird showed up.\nEE: Right, SCP-2451-2#1.\nSCP-2451-1: If you say so, son. I call him Big Bird, you can call him whatever you want.\n\nLog date: 10-09-2009\nInterviewer: Dr. E. L. Ehrles (EE)\nInterviewed: SCP-2451-1\nEE: [shows SCP-2451-1 a picture of SCP-2451-2#14] Mr. Gustowski, what can you tell us about this entity?\nSCP-2451-1: She's here, Ethel's here? You'd better not have harmed her, not even a goddamn hair, you hear?!\nEE: She's not Ethel, Mr. Gustowski, and we haven't harmed her. We know you're married, though you pretended to be single during your stay at the assisted living home. Why is that?\nSCP-2451-1: Goddamn you government bastards. Yeah, Ethel's my wife. Why the hell do you think I didn't want anyone to know we were married? I had a ton of weird shit buried in that backyard, and I got kicked out before I could remove it. I figured it was only a matter of time before somebody came looking for me, and I wasn't gonna let you assholes treat her like a freak. She was better off in my truck until she could get somewhere safe. Thought you'd be satisfied with me and that damn portal thing I have stuck to my ass.\nEE: We screened her, Mr. Gustowski. She came through SCP-2451, didn't she?\nSCP-2451-1: Yeah, she did. [pauses] It was a summer day in 1975, hot and sweaty like a badger's ass. Prettiest thing I'd ever seen since a long time too. Had a hard time explaining I wasn't the guy she was sent to kill, though. Had to disarm her and take her down before she'd listen to reason. What can I say? I'm a romantic at heart. [pauses]\nEE: Go on.\nSCP-2451-1: Anyway, we found out she couldn't go back, so I hid her away in the house. Eventually we figured it'd be easier if we got married, so she wouldn't have to stay inside all the time.\nEE: Are you aware she's only superficially human?\nSCP-2451-1: Son, my heart doesn't give a shit about that, and neither should you. Listen, you win, you got her, now don't be an asshole and at least let us live together.\nEE: I'll consider putting in the request with your project's lead.\n\nBibliography\n1. Xyank, T.; Anastasakos, A - Stable anchoring of temporal anomalies within the extant space-time continuum using Weinberg-Magnusson seals, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, 2nd edition Scientific Critics Press, 2023.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2450 | SCP-2451 | SCP-2452 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Copy of an SCP-2452 instance. Note the presence of SCP-2452-1.\n\nItem #: SCP-2452\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-2452 are to be contained in Anomalous Gallery 27, located at Site-09, and kept behind reinforced glass at all times. All personnel entering and leaving Anomalous Gallery 27 are to be logged by on-site security.\nIn the event that an instance of SCP-2452 is destroyed and SCP-2452-1 released, agents armed with suitable photographic equipment are to be dispatched to the homes of individuals portrayed in the destroyed instance. Upon engagement with SCP-2452-1, photographic equipment is to be used to re-contain SCP-2452-1 and any casualties explained to the public using Misinformation Campaign 24332-D ('The \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Strangler'). Any witnesses to an SCP-2452-1 attack are to be dosed with a Class-A amnestic.\nDescription: SCP-2452 is, as of the time of writing, a collection of fifty-two printed photographs taken by deceased photography student Adrian Saul in 20\u2588\u2588. All but one instance of SCP-2452 portray crowded streets and analysis of the portrayed locations show that they were taken in Mr. Saul's local area of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. The only exception to this is a photographic self-portrait taken by Mr. Saul in his apartment.\nSCP-2452-1 is a headless humanoid figure wrapped in bandages which appears in every instance of SCP-2452. SCP-2452-1 generally appears in the foreground of shots, often reaching towards the camera in a threatening manner. However, SCP-2452-1 has been known to change its position in SCP-2452 instances when they are not under observation.\nSCP-2452-1 will only physically manifest outside of SCP-2452 when an instance of SCP-2452 is destroyed to a degree where the image is no longer visible. When this occurs, SCP-2452-1 will disappear from every instance of SCP-2452, as well as all copies, and physically manifest in the vicinity of an individual portrayed in the destroyed photograph. Note that although SCP-2452-1 is present in every instance of SCP-2452, only one entity appears during manifestation.\nUpon manifestation, SCP-2452-1 will attempt to eliminate every individual portrayed in the destroyed instance of SCP-2452. It typically accomplishes this through strangulation, but has been known to use blunt force when this usual method is not possible. If SCP-2452-1 is killed during a manifestation, its body will disappear and a new instance of SCP-2452-1 will appear at its location within five to ten minutes.\nAlthough SCP-2452-1 will appear in the vicinity of its first target, it will move on to other targets via normal ambulation, and as a result can be tracked down between killings. When SCP-2452-1 has eliminated all of its targets, its physical form will disappear and it will reappear in each instance of SCP-2452. The original destroyed instance of SCP-2452 will also repair itself, no matter what level of destruction it went through.\nThe only known method of ending an SCP-2452-1 manifestation early is by capturing its image via photography.1 When this occurs, SCP-2452-1 will disappear in the same manner as it would after killing all its targets, and the photograph taken of it will become a new instance of SCP-2452. The original destroyed instance of SCP-2452 will still repair itself under such circumstances.\nSCP-2452 was discovered by police, along with Mr. Saul's strangled body, in his apartment after neighbors reported he had not been seen for several days. Analysis of the photographs and materials in Mr. Saul's apartment indicated anomalous activity had taken place, and the Foundation quickly took over the investigation and brought SCP-2452 into containment.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Video recordings of SCP-2452-1 do not appear to be effective, despite being made of countless frames of what are essentially photos.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2451 | SCP-2452 | SCP-2453 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Activated instance of SCP-2453.\n\nItem #: SCP-2453\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Recovered SCP-2453 instances are currently stored in a standard containment locker at Site-85. Access to instances of SCP-2453 in containment requires Level-3 authorization.\nRecall notices for \"Joyful Smile\" brand pregnancy tests consistent with SCP-2453's appearance have been posted to stores carrying instances of SCP-2453. Monitoring software has been installed on these stores' point-of-sale systems; all automated alerts triggered are to be immediately investigated and any discovered instances of SCP-2453 seized for containment.\nFoundation agents assigned to SCP-2453 are to routinely investigate stores in areas surrounding their given location for additional manifestations of SCP-2453. Said agents may be sent out for further reconnaissance should the Foundation be made aware of unusual changes in birth rates in cities where home pregnancy tests are readily available and consumed.\nChildren born as a result of SCP-2453's effects are to be administered a subdermal tracking chip, ideally at 12 months of age. Said children are to be interviewed annually during standard pediatrician checkups, to monitor for any further anomaly. Foundation-affiliated hospital personnel are to carry out these tasks and provide primary medical care at no additional cost to the children's parents, citing health care benefits provided by a Foundation-front philanthropic society.\nExperimental testing of SCP-2453 is currently suspended as per Ethics Committee consensus.\nDescription: SCP-2453 is the collective designation for all instances of an anomalous home pregnancy test, marketed under the brand name \u201cJoyful Smile\u201d.1 Instances of SCP-2453 are visually identical to similar non-anomalous home pregnancy test strips.\nSCP-2453's anomalous properties manifest when a human female urinates on the test strip. After a period of three to five minutes, the results window will display a single line (indicating a negative/not pregnant result) or double lines (indicating a positive/pregnant result).\nExperimentation has revealed that results provided by SCP-2453 are independent of the female's pregnancy status prior to using the test. Based on records recovered by Foundation investigations, SCP-2453 is believed to either induce2 or terminate3 a pregnancy, with the user's pregnancy status becoming consistent with the result provided by the instance of SCP-2453 used.\nIn all cases where an existing pregnancy has been terminated by SCP-2453, the resulting biological waste (e.g., blood, amniotic fluid, partially-formed placenta) has been determined to correspond to the mother's genetic makeup, but no fetal tissue has ever been recovered. In the case of a pregnancy that has lasted for approximately 20 weeks or longer, SCP-2453's display window remains blank and the pregnancy proceeds as normal. Strong correlations have been found to exist between chance of pregnancy following SCP-2453 use and certain characteristics possessed by the mother; see Addendum 2453-B for a partial list of speculative criteria pertaining to SCP-2453 results.\nThe Foundation was first alerted to SCP-2453's existence following an investigation into a series of potentially-anomalous births. Consistent between all affected individuals was the presence of the then previously-unknown \"Joyful Smile\" brand of home pregnancy test in the household rooms and/or waste receptacles. All unused and unsold instances of SCP-2453 were immediately confiscated for containment.\nRoutine cross-object investigation has revealed that SCP-2672 shares similar branding with SCP-2453; however, the earliest instances of SCP-2672 predate those of SCP-2453 by approximately 10 years. As with SCP-2672, there was no record of how SCP-2453 instances were delivered to stores or how the product was entered into each store's inventory system. Employees of affected businesses, when interviewed, reported observing no unusual happenings. Those interviewed further reported never noticing any pregnancy products branded differently from the stores' usual stock.\nAddendum 2453-A: Partial Subject Log\nPersonal records compiled by Foundation researchers (following interviews of affected individuals) support the current theory that SCP-2453's primary anomalous effect occurs based on some judgment of the mother's parental fitness. Below is a partial log of exemplary case studies of individuals affected by SCP-2453:\n\nShow Partial Subject Log\n\nHide Partial Subject Log\n\nSubject: Maria \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nResult: Negative (no birth)\nNotes: Age 19, frequent drug and alcohol abuser, high school dropout. Was emphatically negative about the prospect of motherhood. History of unstable and violent sexual partners.\n\nSubject: Lauren \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nResult: Positive (gave birth to triplets)\nNotes: Age 29, no drug or alcohol use, college dropout, married, stay-at-home mother. Had been trying to give birth for several years before exposure to SCP-2453; medical examination revealed a hereditary defect in her Fallopian tubes that should have prevented conception altogether. Devoted to and excited about her children.\n\nSubject: Karen \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nResult: Positive (gave birth to twins)\nNotes: Age 31, no drug use, minimal alcohol consumption at the time of exposure, college educated, married, stay-at-home mom. Currently suffering from postpartum depression and moderate alcohol addiction. Deeply ambivalent about motherhood.\n\nSubject: Deepti \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nResult: Positive (gave birth to one child)\nNotes: Age 27, social drinker, college graduate, unmarried, employed as a manager of an office-supplies company. Still adjusting to life as a mother but overall was positive about the experience and affectionate towards her child.\n\nSubject: Carla \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nResult: Negative (miscarriage)\nNotes: Age 35, no drug or alcohol use, college dropout, married, stay-at-home mom. Already had one child (age \u2588 at time of interview) via a non-anomalous birth and expressed a deep love for motherhood and her child. Following her interview, her existing child was examined and was found to be suffering from prolonged physical and mental abuse.\n\nAddendum 2453-B: List of Criteria (Speculative)\nThe following table was constructed from statistical analysis of all women known to have been affected by SCP-2453. The resulting list of criteria is not necessarily exhaustive as there may be vectors tested by SCP-2453 that were not taken into consideration by Foundation staff; similarly, the likelihood of pregnancy is meant to be a rough approximation of noticeable trends rather than a definitive set of guidelines.\n\nShow List of Speculative Criteria\n\nHide List of Speculative Criteria\n\nCharacteristic of user\nLikelihood of pregnancy\n\nLess than 25 years old\nHighly unlikely\n\nEthnic background (any)\nUnaffected\n\nModerate to heavy alcohol abuse\nUnlikely\n\nModerate to heavy drug abuse\nHighly unlikely\n\nMild drug or alcohol abuse\nUnaffected\n\nCriminal history (any)\nHighly unlikely\n\nTattooed\nHighly unlikely\n\nLack of high school diploma\nHighly unlikely\n\nLack of college diploma\nUnaffected\n\nUnmarried\nUnlikely\n\nEmployed\nUnlikely\n\nBuddhist\nHighly unlikely\n\nReligious preference (all others)\nUnaffected\n\nPet owner\nHighly likely\n\nDesire for motherhood\nUnaffected\n\nSexual consent given\nUnaffected\n\nPhysical disabilities\nUnlikely\n\nMental disabilities\nUnaffected\n\nMusical aptitude\nLikely\n\nAddendum 2453-C: Follow-Up Investigation\nSCP-2453 originally came to Foundation attention due to the fact that a small percentage of its affected users gave birth to children who possessed physical characteristics that differed from those of both parents. Subsequent genetic testing revealed that in these cases the child's genetic makeup was not consistent with that of their apparent biological parents; in multiple instances, the child was born with a pair of recessive alleles despite one or both parents being homozygous for the dominant trait.\nIn an effort to better document this anomaly, Foundation geneticists created a database recording the sequences of all children known to have been produced by SCP-2453. When compared to their supposed parents, the genetic disparity was found to be far more widespread than previously believed: thus far, every child in the database has been noted to possess a genetic makeup inconsistent with that of their parents.4\nComparison to a partial list of Foundation assets returned a near-perfect match with a D-Class subject from the initial SCP-2453 experimental runs. The D-Class individual in question had received a negative result and subsequently underwent a termination of pregnancy following the use of SCP-2453. A nine-year time difference was noted between this SCP-2453 test date and the birth of the corresponding child.\nA more rigorous followup search revealed that 98% of the children in the database had a genetic makeup consistent with an SCP-2453 user who received a negative result. Furthermore, of the recorded SCP-2453-assisted births, all children born possessed no congenital disorders5 and were noted to be exceptionally healthy during early infancy.\n\nFootnotes\n1. There is no record of this trademark being registered to any existing company associated with birth control or pregnancy-testing products.\n2. As of this year, \u2588\u2588\u2588 children have been born as a result of SCP-2453, none of whom have yet exhibited any anomalous behavior.\n3. Research indicates that females who have miscarried due to SCP-2453 are still able to carry and give birth to successive children.\n4. Investigation of a connection between SCP-2453 and SCP-1088 is underway, due to similar effect and perceived motive.\n5. Regardless of corresponding familial diseases and health history.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2452 | SCP-2453 | SCP-2454 \u00bb"}
{"text": "How to Train Your Axolotl\nWritten by: XilasCrowe\n\nMore From This Axolotl\n\nSCP-3529\nComments: 35\n\nSCP-4332\nComments: 27\n\nSCP-4663\nComments: 13\n\nSCP-3684\nComments: 29\n\nSCP-1143\nComments: 23\n\nChanges All That Is Around Me\nComments: 7\n\nSCP-5588\nComments: 6\n\nDon't Forget The Dead\nComments: 3\n\n[{$authorPage} \u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2]\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\n\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\nHow to Train Your Axolotl\nWritten by: XilasCrowe\n\nMore from this axolotl\n\nLess from this axolotl\n\nStuff I did\n\nSCP-3529\nComments: 35\n\nSCP-4332\nComments: 27\n\nSCP-4663\nComments: 13\n\nSCP-3684\nComments: 29\n\nSCP-1143\nComments: 23\n\nChanges All That Is Around Me\nComments: 7\n\nSCP-5588\nComments: 6\n\nDon't Forget The Dead\nComments: 3\n\nThanks to Cerastes, CorpseofBixby does not match any existing user name, Deadly Bread, LittleFieryOne, LiterallyMechanical, JackalRelated, Doctor North, Laneous does not match any existing user name, Oboebandgeek99, and MalyceGraves for crit.\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2454\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2454 and SCP-2454-1 instances are housed within a Geodesic Dome Habitat on Site \u0394-4. Instances are to be fed a diet of fish and soft-bodied insects twice daily. Instances are to undergo a monthly health evaluation.\nDescription: SCP-2454 is the designation for a group of twelve physically and thaumaturgically enhanced axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum). Each SCP-2454 instance is significantly larger than traditional members of their species, measuring between four to six meters in length. Each SCP-2454 instance has a large set of growths on its back, resembling underdeveloped wings, as well as several smaller growths along their spines. These wings are non-functional, and appear to be purely ornamental in design.\nDespite the non-functionality of SCP-2454's wings, all instances are capable of unassisted flight by \"swimming\" in the air. SCP-2454 instances are capable of flying at speeds of over 90 kph and at an altitude of up to 5 kilometers. While in flight, instances form heated bubbles of air around themselves, which maintains a safe environment for the organism and functions as a shield from debris and high velocity objects.\nInstances are capable of expelling a small flame from their mouths. This flame is rarely hot enough to significantly harm most creatures, and dissipates rapidly. SCP-2454 instances often use this flame to warm themselves and their resting places. Additionally, SCP-2454 instances are capable of generating a mild electric current along their bodies, which they appear to use as either a form of communication or mating ritual, rubbing their bodies together and cooing.\nSCP-2454 instances are notably much more intelligent than their non-anomalous counterparts. Instances seem to be able to comprehend most human languages, and are capable of rudimentary communication. This mostly consists of pantomiming actions, cooing, and using large sticks to carve rudimentary images into the ground.\nSCP-2454 instances are remarkably friendly, and often attempt to coax personnel into riding them. Instances seem to have an aggressive love of flying, and will attempt to capture and forcibly take personnel into the air if ignored for too long.\nRarely, instances rapidly undergo a spontaneous metamorphosis into what is believed to be their adult state, generating small claws, fangs, and numerous other growths resembling scales along their bodies. After a short period, instances will undergo retrogressive metamorphosis, reverting back to their neotenic state. The reason behind these changes and their random occurrence is unknown.\nSCP-2454 were originally found in the home of Anstoma Mellinum, when she asked her neighbor to look after her pets while she was on vacation. Her neighbor, who knew she had several axolotls but had never seen them and suspected them to be of normal size, panicked upon seeing them and reported SCP-2454 to the police. Embedded agents notified the Foundation, who obtained the twelve instances. Following her return, Anstoma was also taken into custody.\nAddendum 2454-1: Interview with Anstoma Mellinum\n\nInterviewer: Agent Crowe\nInterviewee: Anstoma Mellinum\n\n[BEGIN LOG]\n\nCrowe: Please state your full given name for the record.\nMellinum: Anstoma Costa Mellinum.\nCrowe: Alright Anstoma, I have a few questions for you regarding your unusual\u2026 pets.\nMellinum: They're ok right? You haven't hurt them or anything? Can I see them?\nCrowe: Rest assured, they're completely fine, we have no intention of harming them. I'm hoping you can give us more information on how exactly they became like that and how to care for them. And before you ask, no, we will not be able to return them to you anytime soon. We can arrange for you to see them after this.\nMellinum: Alright, I assume you're talking about the axolotls?\nCrowe: Are there other animals we should be concerned about?\nMellinum: I've kept a lot of pets over the years, mostly amphibians, but I had some snakes that escaped a while back. I didn't put as much work into any of my other pets as I did to the axolotls.\nCrowe: We're only concerned with the axolotls today, but we may come back to some of the others eventually.\nMellinum: Fine, what do you want to know exactly?\nCrowe: How did they get to that state? It's nothing like what a typical axolotl looks like.\nMellinum: Oh that's easy, just a combination of some special food designed to cause growth and a bit of magic to help keep them safe and help shape them properly.\nCrowe: Where did you learn this magic? As far as our records show you weren't born with it, nor have you participated in any anomalous groups we know of that would grant such abilities.\nMellinum: I studied abroad for a semester during my senior year, some college in Germany. They taught me a fair bit, mostly in the beginning art of formamancy and mild plant manipulation. The rest I taught myself in the years after I graduated. I used it to grow some special herbs to make them grow and stay healthy.\nCrowe: Can you tell me any more about this college? Where it was? What it was called? Names of professors or classmates?\nMellinum: Small university in Berlin, near the south. Can't quite remember the name of it\u2026\nCrowe: Very well. Back to the axolotls, what exactly were you trying to accomplish? As far as we could tell you were training them to fly, but any number of domesticated birds would work better. Or, if you were trying to create a dragon of some kind, why an aquatic amphibian instead of a traditional lizard?\nMellinum remains quiet for several seconds, fidgeting.\nCrowe: You need to tell me, Anstoma. We need to make sure what you planned on using these creatures for.\nMellinum: It's a bit embarrassing.\nCrowe: I'm not here to judge you, I only require information. This will help you just as much as it will me.\nMellinum: Ok. You know those How to Train Your Dragon movies? Came out a few years back.\nCrowe: I have heard the name, haven't watched them myself.\nMellinum: Well the main dragon character, Toothless, well his character model was based on an axolotl. And I just thought that, you know, since I knew how to do a bit of biomancy I'd try to\u2026 make one myself. Everyone's wanted a dragon at least once in their life.\nCrowe: So you did this because you liked a character in a movie?\nMellinum: Ye-yeah. I told you it was embarrassing.\nCrowe: Embarrassing or not, it's a good thing to hear you had no dangerous motives or anything. That will be all we require for today.\nMellinum: Does that mean we can go see them now?\nCrowe: I suppose. I will make the necessary arrangements.\n\n[END LOG]\n\nFollowing two subsequent interviews, it was agreed that Anstoma Mellinum would be tentatively employed at the Foundation as one of SCP-2454's caretakers due to her knowledge and familiarity with the creatures.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2453 | SCP-2454 | SCP-2455 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2455\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2455 is contained in a standard humanoid containment cell, monitored at all times by a camera connected to an image analysis program. Should an instance of SCP-2455-1 be detected, Site Security is to be notified immediately, and the following procedures enacted as necessary:\n\nIf the SCP-2455-1 instance is identified as a member of Foundation personnel and classified information is discussed in the presence of SCP-2455, SCP-2455 is to be administered a low-grade amnestic after the manifestation ceases. Internal Affairs is to be notified.\nIf the SCP-2455-1 instance exhibits behavior analogous to being under the effects of another SCP object, a containment team is to be dispatched to 2455's cell, and the corresponding object secured to preemptively prevent contact from occurring.\n\nDescription: SCP-2455 is a Caucasian woman of 21 years of age, capable of generating anomalous projections, designated SCP-2455-1. SCP-2455 possesses no anomalous properties outside of a SCP-2455-1 manifestation event, and is noted by staff as indecisive to the point of apathy towards its own containment.\nInstances of SCP-2455-1 will manifest in the nearest space available. These entities appear identical to SCP-2455, with one visible factor altered, most commonly clothing. Generally SCP-2455-1 instances will be observed wearing a uniform corresponding to an organization SCP-2455 is not currently affiliated with. SCP-2455-1 instances have been confirmed to possess knowledge comparable, if not an exact match, to that of SCP-2455's, in addition to expected information regarding their apparent affiliation.1\nSCP-2455 claims that SCP-2455-1 manifests when it is faced with a 'major decision'. See test logs attached below for analysis on this claim. SCP-2455-1 instances appear with the sole intention of insuring SCP-2455 'picks their future'. SCP-2455 claims the first appearance of SCP-2455-1 occurred shortly before its graduation from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 University, as SCP-2455 was attempting to choose which business to apply for employment with. Two instances of SCP-2455-1 manifested, one 'representing' the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Corporation, and the other the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 store, a local business. Both instances possessed knowledge of the working conditions of both positions,2 and attempted to convince SCP-2455 to 'pick them'.\n\n+ Test log 2455\n\n- Test log 2455\n\nTest 001 - 04/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\n\nProcedure: Subject is offered a different colored uniform.\nResults: No SCP-2455-1 manifestation.\nAnalysis: Trivial decisions do not appear to trigger SCP-2455's effects.\n\nTest 002 - 04/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\n\nProcedure: Subject is asked if it wished to be moved to a different site.\nResults: No SCP-2455-1 manifestation.\nAnalysis: From SCP-2455's point of view, the two situations were identical.\n\nTest 003 - 04/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\n\nProcedure: Subject is offered employment with the Foundation.\nResults: No SCP-2455-1 manifestation.\nAnalysis: Subject was visibly conflicted by this decision, however no manifestation event occurred.\n\nI wonder if SCP-2455's effects could tell that we were not genuine with our offer? - Dr Vauge.\nTest 034 - 06/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\n\nProcedure: Unplanned test. As no test conducted so far had resulted in a manifestation event, the research staff were considering doing final tests and declaring SCP-2455 non-anomalous.\nResults: SCP-2455-1 manifested wearing casual street clothes. Upon manifestation, SCP-2455-1 attempted to hide from research staff. When discovered, SCP-2455-1 vanished immediately.\nAnalysis: In the time period between SCP-2455-1 manifesting and its discovery, there was a real chance that SCP-2455 would be administered amnestics and released back into society. This indicates three things: first, that it does not have to be SCP-2455's decision that affects its future, that there has to be a real chance of that future occurring, and that SCP-2455-1 manifestations are not necessarily conductive to that future.\n\nTest 036 - 07/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\n\nProcedure: Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (currently under watch from Internal Affairs for known sympathies to humanoid anomalies) was asked to interview SCP-2455.\nResults: SCP-2455-1 manifested wearing the uniform of a junior researcher, and attempts to convince Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 to employ SCP-2455, citing the precedents of [REDACTED]. SCP-2455-1 ignored SCP-2455.\nAnalysis: This manifestation was aware of classified information, notably the anomalous natures of [REDACTED]. Further questioning revealed that SCP-2455-1 was in possession of knowledge which would be expected of a Foundation employee with level 2 clearance.\n\nTest 041 - 31/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\n\nProcedure: Unplanned test. SCP-2455 was being moved to another facility.\nResults: SCP-2455-1 manifested wearing the same clothing as SCP-2455, however was infected with SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\nAnalysis: The infected manifestation attempted to attack SCP-2455 to infect it with SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588. The escorting guards were able to neutralize the instance as they would a normal SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 victim. Shortly afterwards, a containment breach occurred at Site-\u2588\u2588, during which samples of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 were released. Possibility of using SCP-2455 as an 'early warning' system is deemed worthy of further research.\n\n+ Interview Log 2455-A\n\n- Interview Log 2455-A\n\nInterviewed: An SCP-2455-1 instance identical to the one produced by test 036.\nInterviewer: Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (Necessary to cause this instance of SCP-2455-1 to manifest)\nForeword: SCP-2455-1 had been taken to another room so that SCP-2455 would not be involved.\n<Begin Log, 14/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588>\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: May I have your name?\nSCP-2455-1: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: And the girl you were found with, what is her name?\nSCP-2455-1: She's \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 as well.\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: And the other 2455-1 instances are\u2026?\nSCP-2455-1: Idiots.\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I beg your pardon?\nSCP-2455-1: The way I am now my future is either with the Foundation or locked up by the Foundation. I don't want to be locked up, but no, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 wants to be a baker\u2026\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: If I may ask, what exactly is your relation to SCP-2455?\nSCP-2455-1: She's my starting point. My 'iteration zero'.\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: And her relationship to you?\nSCP-2455-1: I'm her, as a researcher.\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: We have no records of you working for us.\nSCP-2455-1: Well of course not. I haven't happened yet.\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Are you from a possible future?\nSCP-2455-1: I am a possible future. Hers.\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: So, before you manifested, you were\u2026?\nSCP-2455-1: Waiting to happen. And here I am!\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Hmm. Interview concluded for now.\nSCP-2455-1: Wait, can't I join now?\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: If you are what you claim, you know there are procedures that need following. Doubly so for one such as you.\nSCP-2455-1: But\u2026 you can't! You don't understand, I need to happen now or I never will!\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: SCP-2455's situation is static for now, however there lies a possibility that -\nSCP-2455-1: That wouldn't be me, it would be one of the others!\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: 2455-1 -\nSCP-2455-1: [Subject screams in hysterics.]\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: At this point, the overseeing guard aborted the interview. 2455-1 instance immediately vanished.\n\nFootnotes\n1. For example, a SCP-2455-1 instance in a baker's uniform will possess knowledge attributed to a professional baker.\n2. This knowledge has been verified as accurate\n\n\u00ab SCP-2454 | SCP-2455 | SCP-2456 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2456\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to the memetic nature of SCP-2456, as well as the high number of suspected infected individuals, complete containment of SCP-2456 is not physically possible with current Foundation technology. Foundation Research is currently developing thematic methods of neutralizing all SCP-2456 instances in the wild. Access to any manuscripts documenting past SCP-2456-\u03b1 instances is limited to Level 3+ personnel currently involved in Project Montagu.\nWhile active alpha instances are rare in the wild, SCP-2456 is categorized as a Class III memetic hazard, and is considered a high priority. WebCrawler GH739U (\u201cLorem Ipsum\u201d) is set to scan for any keywords related to SCP-2456-1 on various social media sites, cult databases, and domains. Once identified, alpha instances are to be retrieved by suitable field agents and brought to Site-33. \u03b1-instances under research must be kept in a Class III MKHC1. Testing with D-Class is limited to Level 3 personnel. All testing with active SCP-2456 instances has been halted. Testing is limited to the \u03b1-state of SCP-2456, and must be under the oversight of Level 4 personnel. Under no circumstances should two active \u03b1-instances ever be introduced to one another. In the case of a breach, Site-33 is to initiate lockdown procedures, and Class-III memetic kill agents will be dispensed throughout the facility (See Incident 2456-C for more details)\nIf SCP-2456 reaches epidemic levels2, the use of Protocol MOBAB in its final or prototype form is pre-approved. Mobile Task Force \u03c8-10 (\u201cSalt Sowers\u201d) is assigned to handle cleanup of the aftermath, in addition to managing total suppression of media.\nDescription: SCP-2456 is believed to be a memetic parasite that is present in an estimated 0.7% of the human population. SCP-2456 lays dormant in a majority of the affected, and is not contagious in its initial form. Possible signs of SCP-2456 infection include:\n\u2022 An affinity towards astrology, astronomy, and/or various pseudosciences\n\u2022 An increased proficiency in speaking foreign dialects, particularly those in the Balto-Slavic and Afro-Asiatic regions.\n\u2022 Prolonged episodes of acute psychosis and paranoia\n\u2022 OCD and a high attention span for geometrical shapes, patterns, and sequences of five.\n\u2022 Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)\nSCP-2456 will leave its dormant state once several stress triggers have been activated, and the subject will then undergo an \u03b1\u2013event. The subject will fall into a period of advanced REM sleep, lasting up to three to four days. After awaking, \u03b1-instances will claim to have had a series of vivid, cryptic dreams. These consist of visions of past prophets from assorted theologies being executed by a saber or sword, and celestial bodies \u201cdancing\u201d in the sky. The SCP-2456 strain as found in \u03b1-instances can be eliminated with the use of Class-D amnestics during this time.\nFollowing the \u03b1-event, the subject relapses back into a six-day to six-year dormancy, followed by their \u03b2-state. During this state, the \u03b1-instance will begin preaching SCP-2456-1, an abstract theology that is the only known transmissible form of SCP-2456. Subjects infected in this way are referred to as \u03b2-instances. Infection rates are high in observed subjects, with a ~70% success rate at a ~4% falloff. Knowledge of SCP-2456-1, and of its core components, is not contagious; infection requires direct auditory contact with an \u03b1-instance or \u03b2-instance, and the victim must have strong pre-existing religious beliefs beforehand.\nSCP-2456-1 is always monotheistic in nature, and can be characterized by several distinguishable qualities:\n\u2022 SCP-2456-1 will begin as a variation of an existing theology.\n\u2022 The number five will appear frequently in written doctrine.\n\u2022 Godhead figures are synonymous with the sun, and are believed to bring about a future apocalypse.\n\u2022 Mentions of a nonexistent \u201cGzymmtprhic Sea\u201d uncommonly appear in scripture. Foundation Research is currently searching for a correlation with SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\u2022 Many references to celestial objects, based on existing astronomical knowledge at the time.\n\u2022 The appearance of hands and regular quadrilaterals in religious icons and symbols.\n\u2022 Religious symbols of the sun have some limited form of mathematical significance.\nSCP-2456-1 has a weak reality-warping effect that varies with every iteration, and in its initial state, is virtually harmless. With every new \u03b2-instance created, this effect grows exponentially in radius and strength. SCP-2456-1 also incites violence and aggression, commonly leading to self-mutilation and war-like behavior among the infected. \u03b2-instances actively seek out the uninfected, and will either spread SCP-2456 infection, or attempt to murder them.\nDormant SCP-2456-\u03b1 instances are immune to infection by SCP-2456-1, and may aggressively react if exposed. However, exposure to SCP-2456-1 causes stress in the subject, and will increase the chances of SCP-2456 activation. If two active \u03b1-instances ever come into contact, then [DATA EXPUNGED] (Please see Incident 2456-C).\nNo SCP-2456-\u03b1 instance has been successful in infecting more than 5% of the existing human population. Current Foundation simulations indicate a CK-Class End of the World scenario if SCP-2456 infection rates ever exceed 7%, with the contagion becoming virulent to the point where treatment becomes impossible. In addition to this, SCP-2456-1's reality-warping effect is likely to fracture the integrity of space-time at those levels \u2014 if infection rates exceed 96%, SCP-2456-1 is predicted to [DATA EXPUNGED].\nDiscovery: SCP-2456 was first discovered by an unscheduled raid on a Serpent's Hand base in Eugene, Oregon. On 06/10/2016, MTF Tau-9 \"Bookworms\" was charged with the acquisition of a copy of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, which was believed to have been stowed in an abandoned industrial warehouse. Serpent's Hand members were discovered inside upon break-and-entry, and a firefight ensued. Foundation casualties totaled 11. After recovery of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and other related anomalous artifacts, a wooden crate was found next to a furnace with the lettering \"FIFTHCYCLEOFTHEMIND\" stamped onto its side. The cache was discovered to contain numerous Fifthist texts, including an extra copy of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and a weathered note which read:\n\nGeorge, this is our latest catch; please burn these as soon as you can at you're (sic) discretion. Don't let the idiots find this. \u2014L.S.\n\nAt the bottom of the stockpile, several aged manuscripts were uncovered that detailed past SCP-2456-1 instances, and alarmed Foundation historians about a possible unidentified SCP.\n\nBelow is a list of past SCP-2456-1 instances. As of now, there are six known variations of SCP-2456-1. However, research has shown potential evidence of an additional \u2588 more. Descriptions may be added or changed as new information is uncovered.\nA recent server breach completely unrelated to 2456 somehow corrupted the files. I've done did about everything to fix it, but if anyone notices the system still acting up, please give me a call. You know the number. \u2014Eric\n\nSCP-2456-1A\nSCP-2456-1B\nSCP-2456-1C\nSCP-2456-1D\nSCP-2456-1E\nSCP-2456-1F\n\nName: God Worshipping Society\nSCP-2456-\u03b1: Hong Xiuquan\nRownt Scale: 5\nComplementary Theology: Confucianism/ Catholicism\n\nDue to political instability, in addition to Xiuquan's weak state of body and mind, SCP-2456 was activated in early 1837. Xiuquan experienced vivid hallucinations based on his past knowledge of Confucianism and interactions with Christian evangelicals. During his \u03b2 state, Xiuquan went into a waxing period of approximately 6 years, after which SCP-2456-1A was created. The local Hakka population was the first to experience infection, but rising tensions with the government led to the creation of the Taiping army, which became the major factor for widespread SCP-2456 contamination.\nAlthough not armed with sophisticated weaponry, the Taiping army completely devastated the Chinese landscape; during its 14 year lifespan, it had marched through every province of China3. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Peace only further increased virability, but weakened as SCP-2456 infection rates slowed down.\nOne of the more prevalent properties of SCP-2456-1A was its ability to cause full nuclear transmutation of biological organisms. Accounts related to SCP-2456-1A show that \u03b2-instances would often involuntarily transform themselves into piles of geological matter. When researching the areas as described in these accounts, Foundation geologists found traces of human feces and saliva in pockets of igneous rock, and hominid DNA \"bonded\" to sediment.\n\nName: Cult of Aten\nSCP-2456-\u03b1: [unidentified]\nRownt Scale: 2\nComplementary Theology: Egyptian Mythos\n\nAlthough Akhenaten of Amarna was the leader of SCP-2456-1B, evidence shows that SCP-2456-1B originated from a scribe or mentor that was particularly close to the pharaoh. Akhenaten was a very aggressive \u03b2-instance, using his power as head of state to condemn worship of all Egyptian deities. Temples dedicated to Aten were generally peaceful. Foundation archaeological evidence shows that instruments dedicated to self-mutilation, removal of the heart, and [DATA EXPUNGED] were present in several major temples.\nSevere temporal and spatial shifts were common during the lifespan of SCP-2456-1B. One scribe's account indicates that the days were occasionally stretched out, and celestial bodies did not behave as they had once used to. At one point, the midday sun did not set for five days, causing a drought along the bank of the Nile, and sparking a peasant's riot near one of Aten's temples. Additional Egyptian astronomical charts show constellations, nebula and star systems that are nonexistent, or are depicted in incorrect placements. Further, a planet translated to \"Nbu\"4 appears commonly in astronomical accounts, and was described as being half the size of Venus, but would \"pulse\" with light in five-second intervals.\n\nName: [undetermined]\nSCP-2456-\u03b1: [undetermined]\nRownt Scale: 3\nComplementary Theology: Aztec Mythos\n\nLittle is known about the origins of SCP-2456-1C, but its enormous impact on the Aztecs is evident. The Aztec deity Tonatiuh5 is most likely an aspect of SCP-2456-1C that had infiltrated Aztec culture and society. The retrieval of Aztec texts from the Serpent's Hand (See Discovery) provides evidence for this theory. Sacrifices of the heart to Tonatiuh were very common, and may have even started solely because of SCP-2456. If this is the case, casualties linked to SCP-2456-1C could easily number around 56,\u2588\u2588\u2588,\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nAlthough not a complete version of SCP-2456-1C, the worship of Tonatiuh still caused a mild reality-warping effect throughout the empire. Anomalous reports include accounts of the sun and moon being eclipsed by unknown celestial objects, lasting for weeks on end. Rarely, cadavers from past sacrifices would reanimate, and attack civilians in an aggressive behavior, immobilizing them and reaching into their throats to pull out their [DATA EXPUNGED]. Coastal regions of the Aztec empire suffered greatly from a periodical \"glowing red poison\" that killed off fish in the sea, caused tissue necrosis in humans, and formed large blood clots in the lungs. This is likely the result from bioluminescent dinoflagellates, which is unusual given the areas of occurrence, and the symptoms of infection.\nNote: A codex describing Tonatiuh in detail seems to indicate SCP-2456-1C originated from the Epi-Olmecs. A research party has been sent to Veracruz to uncover the genesis of SCP-2456-1C. Scheduled time of return: 17/05/2017\n\nName: Cult of the Supreme Being\nSCP-2456-\u03b1: Augustin Bon Joseph de Robespierre (See Document-2456/A)\nRownt Scale: 1\nComplementary Theology: Cult of Reason/ Catholicism\n\nDue to the small longevity of SCP-2456-1D, not much can be said about its traits, as it had not experienced widespread virability. Although it did not garner enough followers to cause intense reality-warping effects, some anomalous characteristics were still prevalent.\nSince the French Revolution was underway, it is impossible to estimate all casualties linked to SCP-2456. However, Jacobin letters and diary entries show that Maximilien Robespierre had become more \"animalistic\" and \"ruthless\" in his executions, as well as implementing a large daily quota. Incorporeal manifestations were visible in the Parisian streets, as well as sudden dimensional shifts in various salons and smoking parlours around the city.\nA manuscript detailing the \u03b1-instance can be found in Document-2456/A.\n\nName: [undetermined]\nSCP-2456-\u03b1: [undetermined]\nRownt Scale: [undetermined]\nComplementary Theology: [undetermined]\n\n[SYSTEM ERROR: DATA CORRUPTED. PLEASE SEE A NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR FOR MORE DETAILS]\n\nName: [DATA EXPUNGED]\nSCP-2456-\u03b1: [undetermined]\nRownt Scale: 8\nComplementary The[SYSTEM ERROR: DATA CORRUPTED. PLEASE SEE A NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR FOR MORE DETAILS]\n\n[SYSTEM ERROR: DATA CORRUPTED. PLEASE SEE A NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR FOR MORE DETAILS]syndrome. Protocol Ophiuch [SYSTEM ERROR: DATA CORRUPTED. PLEASE SEE A NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR FOR MORE DETAILS]CP-2456-\u03b1 is still at large.\n\nDocument-2456/A [LEVEL 3+ CLEARANCE ONLY]\n\nAccess Granted\n\nThe following excerpts are taken from texts recovered by the Serpent's Hand. They have been translated from their native scripts into the English vernacular, in addition to being analyzed and deemed safe from any potential cognitohazards. A full transcript can be obtained by contacting the Department of Anomalous Texts.\nFrom Wisdoms of the Heavenly King, c. 1861:\n\n\u2026And so the Prophet stood on the edge of the heavens, and looked down to the poor and weary below. And the great Prophet saddened inside, for men and women groveled in the filth and ash of great mountains, and so he spoke. And His children wept; for they understood, standing so terribly close to the stars\u2026\n\n\u2026He followed the smoke until the smoke had turned into steam, then mist, then vapor; He met the man from the West, who lived in the South, to further his knowledge of the great Dream. He studied for five months, and on the fifth day of the fifth month, the great Prophet understood\u2026\n\n\u2026The man from the West, who lived in the South, left with haste, and refused to assist the great Prophet's mission. The Prophet was angered, but understood. The man simply needed time to itself, and formulate his own opinion and vision\u2026\n\n\u2026And so the Great Prophet led the people of cinders from the ashes, and they waged war when attacked. The armies of the Usurper attacked at the dawn of the new year, but the sun was on our side, and we prevailed. They lost, and ran, but the ones that were left behind faced the Prophet, and they understood. And on the Fifth day, they turned into ebony tar, black sand, and white salt.\n\nThink five irrational thoughts a day.\n\nA student approaches his master, and asks, \"We are born, we develop, and we toil until our deaths. Is this not our fate?\" The wise master replied, \"Our world withers away five pieces at a time, but the stars will always die in threes.\" The brash student, na\u00efve as he was, called his brave master a fool.\n\nRepay all debts due before a departure.\n\nTwo men look up at a star- filled sky. One asks to the other, \u201cWill we forever be bound to the celestial bodies?\u201d The other replies \u201cThey have never been there, but you can make it so.\u201d\nFive spokes of a broken star\nFive elements that forever spar\nFive senses to evoke the mind\nFive pieces slowly unwind.\n\nA Black Moon, howling, is a vision unworthy of one's sight.\n\nFrom a verse of the Great Hymn of the Aten6:\n\nThou claimest the world for its own, according to thy desire\nBut's given the heart to its sole son\nThe King who lives by Maat, the Lord of the Two Lands,\nNeferkheprure, Sole-one-of-Re, Champion of the Western Nile.\nAnd the humble Scribe, my appreciable mentor,\nThe messenger of thy glory, rises alongside you unforgotten.\nThe stars and the Earth command to thy wishes.\nThou alone art their lifetime, a candle in the dark\nThou rises with them, and thou shalt die with them as well.\nIn thine cycles through the sky, thou sendest visions from the heavens\nA distant mirage, light fires in the water\nThou lives in the deepest drenches of the Great [Gzymmtprhic?] Sea\nThou didst perish amongst the harlots; in the Fifth day of the solstice,\nAnd the Fifth Year of the Summer Harvest, thou didst suffered.\nBut no matter the cause, no matter the Threat,\nThou shalt live on to indulge the next world with thy divine antipathy!\nSo says the black moon of the Winter months.\n\nEntries taken from the diary of Augustin Bon Joseph de Robespierre, 11 November 1793 \u2013 27 July 1794:\n\n21 Brumaire II,\nLa F\u00eate de la Raison has been an unimaginable success! The Jacobins parade in the streets, throwing flowers in the air, children sing and laugh! The era of change has begun, but alas! The age of tyranny has not yet ended. The Frenchmen pride in their progressiveness, but it is too soon to celebrate.\n\n29 Brumaire II,\nMy dear brother, Maximilien, has voiced his concern about the Cult of Reason. I received an epistle from him while I was in my parlor, requesting my sole presence in the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u25887 salon during the twilight hours. I found him in the corner, reading a paper in a booth, and he met my gaze with leering eyes. He raged on end about the vileness of the feast, the hypocrisy of the officials that organized it. I sat on the opposite side, pipe in hand, and stared at him bemusingly. My brother is a visionary, but at times like these his thoughts simply consume him. Give him time, and he will understand there's nothing to fear of change.\n\n23 Frimaire II,\nI dreamt a most peculiar dream last night. But unlike the rest, it has invaded my reveries, a vivid thought that eats up my very mind. Ce n'\u00e9tait qu'un [unintelligible]?\n\n30 Frimaire II,\nI see the dream more clearly now. A belligerent ruler that defies all odds and expectations. It will reconquer the world, using France as its figurehead. The pope, slain. The king, dead. The world, subservient. All for the glory to the One True King. People celebrating both the Science, and the Spirits of the world. A King must always exist in society. My brother must reason with me; I must share the wonders of this illuminating message!\n\n13 Niv\u00f4se II,\nI have received a letter back from my brother. In it was nothing more than a crude sketch of a ship, sailing on the Sea, far away into nothingness. I worry for him sometimes. I shall send for a carriage tomorrow, and take myself to his home. I only wished to share the dream, but it seems to have become a new obsession.\n\n14 Niv\u00f4se II,\nI knocked at his door, but no answer came in return. It seemed almost as if no one had lived there for some time. I paranoically began to believe that my brother had vanished alongside my good friend Sebastien, who I could no longer find ever since I shared my dream with him. However, I continued my racket, until the door slowly creaked open, the terrified expression of my brother peered out behind chains. He relaxed upon realization that it was just my sole company, and hastily ushered me inside.\nHe poured me a cold cup of tea, and began to bash me with questions about the dream. I told him everything, even the thoughts of culthood that wretched my very mind. He grew visibly excited with every new sentence, and began to write notes in a small sketchbook of his. I share his joy, change is always good for the heart, but I fear for his health. His hands are like those I've seen in medical journals, of the dead and dying.\n\n15 Niv\u00f4se II,\nI have returned to his tenancy, but nobody was home. The neighbor says that he saw my brother leaving his abode in the early hours, but Robespierre's destination could not determined. I asked if he thought my brother looked ill with any malady, but was astonished to hear the antithetical. Most curious.\n\n18 Flor\u00e9al II,\nLe culte de l'\u00catre supr\u00eame has been formally announced! The members of the council grumble with suspicion, but give it time, and time we need, and our numbers will surely amass!\n\n[Date Missing]\nI have begun seeing it. Our power grows. And the Nightmare swells.\nThe other day, I was sitting on a bench reading a book of poetry, and a man approached me. He asked me for a Louis d'or, like some tramp that infests the streets. But he said that he needed a coin to pay the ferryman, otherwise he wouldn't be able to cross the stream. He held out his hat, and I put in, but the man said nothing in return. How rude! But the headless can't speak after all. And so he went on his merry way, the sun reflecting his patches of bones, and disappeared after passing the trunk of an oak tree.\nThe day after, I entered the local salon, but a crisp cloud of smoke and water enveloped the air. I had accidentally stumbled upon a smoking room, but not any normal smoking room. The Duke of Drrkwyd sat on his sequin throne! I fearfully trembled and bowed down in the presence of the gracious earl, and kissed his left foot, and he graciously patted my head with one of his bulbous hands. The other held a long opium pipe, the third: a scimitar, but alas! The last two were chained. The five heads scowled in scorn as they fought their shackles, and he roared like that of a wonderful beast. A monster worth sacrifice, a lion worth giving one's flesh. Let him feast, \u2014like wonderful maggots they grow on my skin!\n\n[Date Missing]\nThe streets run pink with blood and agony. I can hear their screams even after their heads topple in the basket. So much blood, so much blood! Blood, and Blood, and Blood. They erupt from the corpses like geysers and daggers in the dead of the night. It's not enough to satiate a growing hunger. My brother, he doesn't understand. He slogs through the Nightmare, hoping to enter the Paradise. Empty promises from an empty lord. But he is our lord, nonetheless.\n\n9 Thermidor II,\n\nForgive me, dear brother. In these past few days, the entire world has been afflicted with la d\u00e9mence. I am as guilty as you are, but you should have not deserved such a demeaning fate. I gave you those inbred thoughts; the dark whispers that consume me have taken ahold of you. You've lost something in your eyes, brother; it has been replaced with a bright and poisonous light \u2014like that of a distant star. Now, not even your death will win you your freedom. Punish me, oh King! Let me suffer for those who have suffered!\n\nAddendum 2456-1 [LEVEL 5 CLEARANCE ONLY] \n\nAccess Granted\n\nOn 21/12/2016, during a scheduled comb of Foundation servers, a firewall sounded an alarm in response to an unidentifiable audio file sent to Researcher Samuel T\u2588\u2588\u2588. No Foundation credentials could be found, but the file was traced to a cubicle that had been vacant for six years.8 Unusually, the hardware had been short-circuited and badly corroded, with traces of pyruvic acid, sea brine and burnt heart tissue found in the CPU.\nAlthough the terminal was not damaged beyond repair, the file was one of few items deemed salvageable, as the rest became corrupted from the damages. Attempts to restore the full audio file have failed. A transcript of the recovered portion can be found below.\n\norked with the Foundation for 20 years now; I've seen men bleed out because of a song dedicated to a goddamn mountain. I've heard of a skip that forces its victims to suture their mouths shut. And I've tested countless D-class on books that break their bodies, their minds, and whisk their existence away into a land of fiction and fantasy. But now it's me that's dying, if you could call it that. In truth, my soul is slowly burning away, and I'm fucking terrified.\nI don't know how much of what I'm about to say is true. Simon probably had the best understanding of this thing out of all of us. Simon, now that's a name I haven't heard of in a long time, but it doesn't really matter. He's gone now, and no one seems to care.\n\nIt was just me, Simon, Charlie, and [AUDIO CORRUPTED]. We were assigned to SCP-2456 ever since it was first identified. Our mission was simple: to catalog all past occurrences of SCP-2456-1. This wasn't the first time I dealt with memetics, nor was it the first time I dealt with a Keter class, but this task seemed simpler than my previous ones. Testing with D-Class numbs you down after the first couple of weeks, but you never really get used to it. I was actually almost relieved once I got transferred.\n[AUDIO CORRUPTED] was the first one to go. One minute, I was having my lunch with him. The next he's on the floor, screaming about visions of the sea, and the archons of a trloplic world. They dragged him to the infirmary, but not before he managed to stab a guard's leg with a dinner fork. I asked to see him after an hour had passed. Imagine just how surprised I felt when they told me that no patients had been admitted in the past four hours.\nThis skip is relatively new. We just don't fully understand all of it, and it seems we only have a fraction of the information. And that's where the danger lies. To simply put it, there's a third state of SCP-2456 that's gone unrecorded \u2014A \u201cgamma state\u201d, if you will. Picture a DNA molecule, how does it create proteins? I know, ask any lab boy that question around here, and they'll scoff and treat you as if you're some kind of half-wit. Well, not to bore anyone with the specifics, but basic protein synthesis requires two major steps. The first one, transcription, has RNA polymerase building RNA molecules that detail instructions. DNA translation, in its most basic definition, is the RNA molecule being read. And that creates the product \u2013tRNA first brings methionine, and the chain ends with either \u201camber\u201d or \u201cochre\u201d or \u201copal\u201d. Congratulations, you've just made the primary structure of a protein.\nSCP-2456-2 is an incredibly potent anti-meme, capable of causing dramatic and localized dimensional shifts. It's very delicate \u2014very fragile\u2014, and requires careful preparation. A beta instance is the indirect vector for SCP-2456-2 infection. Whenever a beta instance writes information about SCP-2456-1, a gamma instance is created. If a subject reads the gamma instances, there is a possibility that SCP-2456-2 will enter the subject. The subject will slowly vanish from existence, and all records and knowledge of the subject will disappear alongside it. However, this process is incredibly flawed. Sometimes a corpse is all that remains, sometimes just a name. And, from personal accounts, SCP-2456-2 is capable of causing vivid hallucinations and depositing false memories in the subject. Simon kept telling me stories about his life while he succumbed to this thing, and they always seemed to change.\n\nWe didn't know this at first. Charlie told me that it was probably a \u201cphantom alphabet\u201d causing us to become ghosts. I told Charlie to shut up. I honestly don't know what stupid fuck hired that man. Simon though, he was the brighter one. He had a theory that SCP-2456 has more to it than meets the eye. He went missing three days ago. We were in the same room. I just turn around for one second, and he's gone. Only his favorite coffee cup \u2014the one that's always by his side, where Snoopy's wearing that goofy-looking christmas hat? \u2014 lay half-empty on the floor.\nWhy didn't the whole fucking world collapse back in '05? The entire U.S. population had practically read that damn monstrosity. Personally, I'm not too sure. I think that something went wrong. I think the Fifth Church doesn't fully understand SCP-2456, and so SCP-1425 failed to become a stable version of SCP-2456-2. Gamma instances can't create beta instances. SCP-2456 just becomes too weak at that level of infection. Instead of beta instances, SCP-1425 created alpha instances. But even then, I think that it did work at some level. What was that woman's name? The talk show host \u2013I only just realized that she never reappeared.\nThe Foundation doesn't have a full understanding of this particular skip. The problem is, it's not a parasite. SCP-2456 is the Dream.\nA slumbering King rests dead in the water. Fractured into five pieces, he shuffles through an eternal nightmare; an usurper has claimed his throne. But he is not fully unconscious. The Fifth King has set his sights onto this world, and will burn the earth with an undying flame, just to punish the traitors that locked him away. His anger is one that is unbridled. And so, he shares the Dream. They were chosen for a specific reason. They were his champions, destined to share the world with his glory. Destined to bathe the world in the blood of his interlopers and remind everyone of their true master. Even the strongest hunger, and sometimes they just gotta take a little bite. Sacrifice by blood is what it desires. Sacrifice by souls is what it requires.\nI feel it happening to me too. Even as I write. They whisper to me [unintelligible]. I dream terrible, terrible things. Sometimes of the number five, sometimes of the number six. Rarely of the number four. I feel them too, writhing in my skin, and\u2014Oh, possible cognitohazard as well? That explains many things. Of a little lambent liar lurking in a lonely sea. Of special stars signaling songs ever so carefully. And men that mine may find [unintelligible], if they dig a little too hard. Have you ever wondered what the phrase \"A A\"9 means? No, stop it. I'm digging a little too hard aren't I? But just wonder \u2013how far down does the rabbit hole go? As deep as a tower door, bringing me to a land of hedonism and fun? Or as deep as a great lake, whose sorry inhabitants float in the water and stare into the fiery abyss of the great sun?\nMy time is almost up. And just remember, remember, remember. Why do you think we never knew? The Foundation is old, but the world is older. Most likely, we've had some help. A group as old as the Fifth King, trying to put an end to his nightmare. I wouldn't even be surprised if the Serpent's Hand was partially involved in keeping his forces at bay. After all, we did find those gamma instances at their HQ. But now they are in the hands of the Foundation, and they will never be destroyed.\nI can hear the Fields of Asphodel calling my name. The air is suddenly getting thicker \u2013I can already smell that sweet sea breeze. Follow the smoke that sits on the water. Listen to the fog horns calling for their dead companions, the sea foam crashing against the tide. I am not ready, for I am not worthy.\nThis was Senior Researcher John Richards, signing off. And one last thing before I step into the water.\nOnce history is forgotten, it is of course doomed to repeat itself. And the sixth cycle will forever more echo.\n\nNote: Foundation records of the persons listed in the transcript, in addition to one \u201cJohn\nRichards\u201d are nonexistent. However, these men may be related to sudden unexplained disappearances of Foundation officials. A Foundation audit is currently underway. \u2013 O5-3\n\nFootnotes\n1. Memetic Killzone Holding Chamber\n2. As defined by the Rownt Scale, a one-to-ten scale created by Senior Researcher Jacob Rownt to measure the severity of anomalous contagion outbreaks, in which a rating of 6 would warrant epidemic status.\n3. Barring the province of Gansu\n4. The Middle Egyptian word for \"gold\"\n5. The leader of the Tollan, and the Fifth Sun to sit in the sky\n6. Not found in the original copy of the hymn text\n7. Expunged for possible connection to SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n8. Server logs show that the terminal had activity logged the day prior.\n9. Unknown\n\n\u00ab SCP-2455 | SCP-2456 | SCP-2457 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Closeup of SCP-2457 sample.\n\nItem #: SCP-2457\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2457 is to be stored in a cryogenic storage unit at Sector 5 of Site-44. Sample requests for testing purposes require authorisation from Project Head/2457.\nHosts carrying SCP-2457-A are to be taken to Class E wards with survelliance cameras installed. Medical staff are to monitor the health status of said hosts, with daily checkups during the hosts' second and third trimesters. When a given host undergoes combustion, other personnel (if any) in the respective ward are to evacuate. After combustion, a response team is to collect the remnants of SCP-2457.\nCarcasses of SCP-2457-A iterations are to be stored in a cryogenic storage unit at Site-44 Class-E Morgue. Access to said carcasses requires authorisation from a Level 2 personnel.\nDescription: SCP-2457 is a sample of human sperm cells coated in a cryoprotectant semen extender, with a total volume of approximately 5 mL. Analysis of SCP-2457 reports no indication of illness or other abnormalities. The identity of the sperm donor is listed as Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (hereon listed as PoI-2457-01), a resident of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. When utilised for artificial insemination, there is a 100% success rate of impregnation given that the host is fertile.\nSCP-2457-A is a human foetus resulting from the use of SCP-2457 for artificial insemination. All iterations of SCP-2457-A are consistently male and genetically identical, regardless of the hosts of respective iterations. Genetic comparison between SCP-2457-A and PoI-2457-01 indicates approximately 50% DNA overlap between the two persons. Furthermore, all iterations of SCP-2457-A have been diagnosed with anencephaly.\nDuring the third trimester of the host's pregnancy, the host will undergo spontaneous human combustion. Fire generated is shown to be unable to be extinguished via fire extinguisher or water. Thermal imaging indicates that the combustion originates from the host's pelvic cavity.\nSCP-2457-A will remain unburnt during the combustion of the host, but it will inevitably expire following the host's expiration due to interruption of gestation. In addition, following the host's expiration, SCP-2457-A's carcass is split into seven portions: head, left and right arms, left and right legs, upper and lower torso (cut off at waistline). Cause is unknown, although wounds on SCP-2457 suggest the application of a bladed object on the carcass.\nSCP-2457 was recovered from the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Sperm Bank in Shizuoka, Japan on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2013. After the spontaneous human combustion of Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Foundation operatives were able to identify the source as SCP-2457 and acquire it after fabricating reports that it is an HIV-positive sperm sample. The death of Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was officially reported to be the work of an anonymous murderer.\nAddendum 2457-1: Interview Log 2457/PoI-2457-01-1\n\n+ View Interview Log 2457/PoI-2457-01-1\n\n- Hide Interview Log\n\nInterviewee: PoI-2457-01\nInterviewer: Agent Kensuke Shirokawa\nForeword: Interviewee is listed as the donor for SCP-2457. The following interview is part of preliminary investigations to comprehend SCP-2457, and is originally conducted in Japanese.\n<Begin Log>\nAgent Shirokawa: Sensei, please begin by stating your name and profession.\nPoI-2457-01: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. A kannushi1 by profession. Head of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Shrine in Hamamatsu, inherited from my father.\nAgent Shirokawa: We are here to discuss your visit to the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Sperm Bank in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Do you acknowledge that you were there on \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588?\nPoI-2457-01: Yes, I was there.\nAgent Shirokawa: And you were there to donate your sperm. Is that so?\nPoI-2457-01: Ye-yes, I did that.\nAgent Shirokawa: Recently, several women had died under mysterious circumstances. All of those persons share one common factor. They used sperm donated from you.\nPoI-2457-01: I haven't been to Shizuoka City since my initial trip. I did nothing, officer.\nAgent Shirokawa: Understood, sensei. Though this may be personal, it is certainly unusual for you to be donating your sperm. Most kannushi tend to have their son succeed the shrine.\nPoI-2457-01: Uh, that position is not necessarily hereditary after the war.\nAgent Shirokawa: Your wife2 said you two were trying to have a son, a male successor specifically. Sperm donation does not allow you to legally recognise any child birthed using your sperm. So why did you choose to do it?\nPoI-2457-01: \u2026You will not believe it if I tell you.\nAgent Shirokawa: Try me, sensei. I've seen my fair share of the unbelievable under my current employer.\nPoI-2457-01: Officer, do you believe in the kami?\nAgent Shirokawa: Perhaps not in the same way as you would, but that is not relevant. Please continue.\nPoI-2457-01: Okay\u2026 As a kannushi, my role is to be a bridge for the kami to enact their will in the mortal world. Sometimes, it can be very direct and all encompassing.\nAgent Shirokawa: Possession?\nPoI-2457-01: Yes. Ah, even among my colleagues, few can fathom the presence of the kami. It's sad, really.\nAgent Shirokawa: Indeed. So, when did it begin to interact with you?\nPoI-2457-01: Uh\u2026 it's a bit embarrassing, but I was confronted by it since I was a child. Thought I was going crazy, but it's clear to me now.\nAgent Shirokawa: Ah, so were you possessed during your childhood?\nPoI-2457-01: No.\nAgent Shirokawa: So possession was a recent event. Am I correct?\nPoI-2457-01: Yes. It happened sometime before my trip to the sperm bank in Shizuoka, up till the end of my trip to that sperm bank.\nAgent Shirokawa: During your possession, who was in control? You or the kami?\nPoI-2457-01: Uh\u2026 t-the kami. It is possession, after all.\nAgent Shirokawa: Only clarifying, sensei. So the kami assumes complete control over the vessel, or you in this case?\nPoI-2457-01: Yes.\nAgent Shirokawa: Would that include memory? As in the kami's memory overriding yours?\nPoI-2457-01: Uh, sure.\nAgent Shirokawa: Ah, there is this discrepancy regarding how this particular kami would know how to enter the sperm bank and successfully file in the needed paperwork. After all, you claimed that it overrode your memory then.\nPoI-2457-01: The kami have their ways of surveying our world. It is erroneous to think of them as ignorant to our world.\nAgent Shirokawa: But do you know why the kami had possessed you?\nPoI-2457-01: He called for me, and requested for my assistance. He wished to be manifested by childbirth, a wish he bore to me since my youth. As a servant of the kami, I oblige and wait for a suitable opportunity.\nAgent Shirokawa: Sensei, if I may enquire, why didn't it target your wife? Getting her pregnant would be easier than dropping by a sperm bank and leaving your sperms indefinitely.\nPoI-2457-01: Aa\u2026 I was not in total control back then\u2026 I would know nothing\u2026\nAgent Shirokawa: Can we speak with that kami? For it to provide its stance.\nPoI-2457-01: You can't. Please don't.\nAgent Shirokawa: Why not? Is it possible?\n[PoI-2457-01 remains unresponsive for approximately four minutes; vocalisations limited to filler words such as \"\u0113to\" and \"ano\". Agent Shirokawa continues to probe PoI-2457-01 due to his lack of response.]\nPoI-2457-01: Uh\u2026 it's awkward to admit this, but I made the choices. I chose not to involve my wife. I chose to resort to a sperm bank, to at least fulfil my covenant with him.\nAgent Shirokawa: To be born?\nPoI-2457-01: Indeed, he took residence in my seed and left me to fulfil my part. My seed became a yorishiro.3\nAgent Shirokawa: I know it is a bit personal, but given the sperm sample's potency, you can have your son easily. What stopped you?\nPoI-2457-01: The women who died. Did they die by fire?\nAgent Shirokawa: How did you know that?\nPoI-2457-01: He is certainly Kago-no-Tsuchi,4 whom my shrine is dedicated to. I am certain he will burn my wife, as he did with Izanami. Cannot allow that happen to my wife.\nAgent Shirokawa: But if you know what's going to happen, why agree to the whole deal?\nPoI-2457-01: It is disrespectful for a kannushi to reject the kami. It is not right of me to expel it on my own and dispose of it. I thought that a sperm bank would still fulfil the covenant\u2026 in a way.\nAgent Shirokawa: By letting another woman pay the price?\nPoI-2457-01: I sincerely pity the women involved, but none of the parties involved bore any malice in their actions. The kami are not like us. They are Nature itself, and their natures cannot change at all. Like how fire is always fated to deplete the source in which it sprung from.\nAgent Shirokawa: And after donating your sperm, did anything odd happen to you?\nPoI-2457-01: He no longer spoke to me. I guess he felt that I did my part.\nAgent Shirokawa: Understood, sensei. But we would like to conduct a medical examination of you, for safety's sake?\nPoI-2457-01: [sighs] I will offer whatever I can.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: PoI-2457-01 is scheduled for medical examination at front company Shimamura Contagion Pharmaceutics on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2013. Amnestic treatment will be held pending results of analysis.\n\nAddendum 2457-2: Below is a transcript of PoI-2457-01's medical examination results.\n\n+ View Transcript\n\n- Hide Transcript\n\nDEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY\n\nX-ray of PoI-2457-01's torso. Notice the growth of tumours in subject's right abdomen.\n\nATTENDING PERSONNEL: Dr. Jirou Ueda\nDATE: 21/10/2013\nSUBJECT: PoI-2457-01 (Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588)\nSPECIES: Human (Homo sapiens sapiens)\nSEX: Male\nETHNICITY: Japanese\nAGE: 48\nWEIGHT: 69.4 kg\nHEIGHT: 1.64 m\nNOTABLE DETAILS: One mass of tissues identified in subject's abdomen. Bears no analogue to known human organs. Appears to vestigial w.r.t subject's body.\nWith consent from Ethics Committee Liaison and the subject, operation to extract said mass is authorised. Mass of tissues successfully extracted without complication. Further analysis identifies developmentally mature solid tissues, notably those of the brain, skin and hair follicles. DNA analysis identifies 98% genetic match with samples from SCP-2457-A.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The person responsible for the maintenance of a Shinto shrine (jinja) as well as for leading worship of a given kami.\n2. Prior to this interview, an interview with PoI-2457-01's wife (Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588) was conducted. For more information, see Interview Log 2457/PoI-2457-02-1.\n3. Denotes an object capable of attracting spirits called kami, thus giving them a physical space to occupy during religious ceremonies.\n4. Shinto deity of fire. In the Kojiki, Kago-no-Tsuchi caused the death of his mother Izanami. After that, his father Izanagi killed Kago-no-Tsuchi by chopping him into eight pieces.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2456 | SCP-2457 | SCP-2458 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2458 (detail)\n\nItem #: SCP-2458\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2458 is to be stored in its case in a standard containment locker and may only be removed for testing. All testing must be performed in a soundproof chamber populated only by D-class personnel. Researchers must perform all duties and deliver instructions from a separate booth. Live broadcasts of SCP-2458 are forbidden.\nDescription: SCP-2458 is a cello dating back to the early 18th century, consistent with the works of luthier Giuseppe Guarneri, with expected age and wear. The instrument has been restrung within the past 40 years.\nWhen played, SCP-2458 causes individuals within earshot to make rhythmic movements and vocalizations in tempo with the music. The movements are specific to the piece played, but typically involve head nodding, arm waving, and incoherent murmuring. The player of SCP-2458 is not affected, nor any ensemble performing with the player. Live broadcasts carry the effect, but playbacks do not. Prolonged or repeated exposure to the effect of SCP-2458 causes extreme distress in listeners, who develop melophobia and stereotypic movement disorders.\nAddendum 2458-1: Experiment Log\n\nExperiment 2458-A\nPlayer: D-385\nListeners: D-296, D-4883, D-5019\nWork: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star\nResult: Listeners bob their head in time with the music. Regular mistakes by D-385 cause listeners to twitch and break the effect before reestablishment. Listeners report unease at loss of motor control.\n\nExperiment 2458-D\nPlayer: D-7294, a trained symphony cellist with psychopathic tendencies.\nListeners: D-296, D-385, D-4883, D-5019\nWork: Bach Cello Suite #1\nResult: Listeners demonstrate more complex movements, standing and bowing, followed by kneeling, assuming a stance common to Catholic prayer. Listeners chant \"Kyrie eleison\" five times during performance. Listeners afterward express further distress at loss of motor control.\n\nExperiment 2458-G\nPlayer: D-7294\nListeners: D-296, D-385, D-4883, D-5019\nWork: Shostakovich's Cello Concerto\nResult: Listeners showed considerable agitation at the start of the test. When the performance began, listeners immediately ceased resistance and tapped their foreheads in unison. At 6:17, D-7294 deviated from test protocol and played an impromptu dissonant piece. D-385 poked out his own eyes while D-5019 and D-4883 strangled each other. D-296 removed his coveralls [DATA EXPUNGED]. At 15:18, D-5019, D-4883, and D-296 had expired while D-385 was blinded. Researchers instructed D-7294 to stop. D-7294 complied.\nD-385 showed extreme melophobia after Experiment 2458-G, claiming the music told him to self-harm. D-7294 is retained for future testing.\n\nAddendum 2458-2: Recovery Log\nSCP-2458 was recovered from the abandoned Osservanza psychiatric hospital in Imola, Italy. Inventory records indicated that the object was bequeathed to the hospital in 1978, with the following note:\n\nTo the kindly doctors who looked so carefully after my beloved Alessandra. May this instrument's music bring peace and order to your patients, the very gifts I tried and failed to bestow on my ailing wife. May we all choose penitence as St. Dismas did on Mount Golgotha.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2457 | SCP-2458 | SCP-2459 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2459\n\nItem #: SCP-2459\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A 2 km perimeter has been set up over the zone affected by SCP-2459. Mobile Task Force Phi-12 (\"Green Light\") is to work with local police and transit authorities to prevent civilians from approaching the area. The town within the perimeter is to remain evacuated, with a local chemical spill and health hazard remaining a cover story. All movement within the perimeter must avoid any travel by road. All roads are to be removed within the perimeter as allowed by local conditions.\nMTF Phi-12 is to maintain a supply camp in town. Food and necessary survival supplies are to be provided to the remaining individuals under SCP-2459's effect. All personnel who deliver supplies and engage in waste removal are to be tethered by steel cable to the supply camp, and retrieved from the affected area by reeling in. Class A amnestics are to be administered to all participants involved in supply delivery. Roadside waste must be removed by MTF Phi-12.\nFoundation personnel affected by SCP-2459 are to be included in supply programs, with the responsibility of dispensing food and supplies as required. Personnel within SCP-2459's zone of effect are reminded that the water hose and power cables are Foundation property and any transactions brokered by personnel are to be placed with the Foundation's petrol account. Furthermore, if they show signs of decreased morale, they are to be reminded that they will remain in place until the traffic clears.\nCivilians rescued are to be interviewed. Each civilian is to be detained for a minimum of two weeks, placed on an amnestic regimen, and must attend classes regarding the structure of society and proper functioning therein (see Protocol Balakot-525). All citizens must demonstrate understanding and belief in the social structures of their home community before being released.\nDescription: SCP-2459 is a multilevel location-based mind-affecting hazard overlayed on an area of four intersections within \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Pakistan. Any person who enters the zone of effect is subject to an initial cognitohazard, convincing the subject that leaving the zone is not an option. The primary result of this hazard is a large traffic jam that extends throughout the city blocks in the zone of effect.\nFurthermore, the hazard contains a memetic component believed to be a subconscious defense against the initial cognitohazard. Subjects within the zone of effect in SCP-2459 try to organize their affairs with respect to all other subjects within the zone, resulting in a reinforcement of the need to stay inside the zone, typically for reasons of social standing and personal property rights.\nBecause the zone consists solely of the roadway, there is no source of water or food available. All food and water must be provided to hazard subjects. The development of the hazard and the subjects involved is a dynamic situation, and containment continues to be based in humanitarian efforts and civilian rescue.\nAddendum: Incident Log 2459-A Notable events and any changes to the nature of the anomaly are to be logged and appended to this document. Personnel involved in containment of SCP-2459 must remember this is an evolving cognitohazardous incident, and to log any behavioral changes found.\n5 May 2015. A traffic jam formed in the zone of effect of SCP-2459. When it was observed that the jam was not clearing itself naturally, local police were dispatched to move traffic along. When local police stopped attempting to direct traffic, provincial forces were dispatched.\n7 May 2015. Provincial forces disobeyed orders to leave the area, refusing to back down from the task of clearing the traffic. Foundation contacted regarding potential cognitohazard. First responders noted that civilians at the edge of the traffic jam appeared confused regarding instructions to move on. Although civilians would leave their cars and walk around, no one left the roadway at any time. Entrepreneurial civilians within the affected zone had set up outhouses at the edge of the roadway for civilians and were charging for their use. Human waste was noted to pile up at the road edges.\nAn initial sortie sent to rescue a civilian from the rapidly deteriorating conditions entered the zone of effect of SCP-2459 and first appeared lost. When instructed to return, affected personnel refused, stating the importance of locating an appropriate civilian to rescue. When ordered to leave, personnel reiterated the importance of the mission. One member attempted to establish rapport with the locals by bartering his meal bars to others. As currency was rapidly becoming concentrated in the hands of the outhouse renters, the Foundation personnel accepted a remaining share in the petrol in the tank of the car of one of the civilians. HC-1 Class cognitohazard was diagnosed and MTF Phi-12 was dispatched.\n8 May 2015. Affected civilians ran dangerously low on food and water. Civilians demonstrated further anomalous memetic effects, reaching consensus to accept petrol as payment for goods and services between them. Civilians and personnel agreed that all such transactions should be managed at a central bank, and civilians siphoned petrol from all vehicle tanks and transferred it to a tanker caught in the effect, rendering the vehicles unfit for travel. 20 civilians collapsed from dehydration and heat exhaustion. MTF Phi-12 contacted civilians, offering medical evacuation. All offers were refused. MTF extends water hose to affected personnel within the zone of effect to provide water. Daytime high temperature 41 degrees C.\n9 May 2015. MTF Phi-12 delivered the first crate of supplies to affected civilians and Foundation personnel. Personnel affected by the anomaly, having entered the zone without vehicle or petrol, have been classified as low-status individuals by civilians. Affected personnel have bartered away their equipment in order to participate in the society forming from SCP-2459. Affected personnel request to receive the supplies and water directly from the Foundation so that they may sell them to the civilians and increase their social standing. Request denied.\n14 May 2015. MTF Phi-12 completed containment perimeter. All unaffected civilians evacuated and amnesticized. Supply drops continue. A power cable is extended to affected personnel. Personnel are requested to confiscate all phone power charges for containment purposes. The Foundation applies for a petrol account for incidentals.\n18 May 2015. MTF Phi-12 attached a retracting cable to rescue personnel and enter the zone of effect. Personnel were subject to the cognitohazard within 2 seconds of entering the zone. Cable retraction was successful in retrieving the attached rescue personnel. Retrieved personnel continued to demonstrate memetic infection, complaining that they still had obligations within the zone. Class A amnestics successfully remove the cognitohazard from subjects.\n19 May 2015. Tethered rescue personnel instructed to attach a harness to retrieve a civilian located at the edge of the road. Task successful with casualties: broken ankle of civilian. Although Class A amnestics removed the cognitohazard from the rescue team, it failed to completely remove the hazard from the civilian. Civilian interviewed.\n\nInterviewed: POI-2459-1\nInterviewer: Agent Mohammed Shah, MTF Phi-12\nForeword: Interview conducted 19 May 2015. Interview immediately after rescue from zone of effect. Subject suffered a broken ankle resisting rescue.\n<Begin Log, 11:30>\nPOI-2459-1: You can't keep me here! I have to go back!\nAgent Shah: We can't let you go back out there. You need medical assistance.\nPOI-2459-1: They've set up a practice at the ambulance, I will be fine.\nAgent Shah: We can get you better care here.\nPOI-2459-1: But what about my car? I can't just abandon it! They'll think that I left it behind. Would you return home, face your wife and tell her you just walked away from the car and now you have nothing?\nAgent Shah: You have a wife? Where is she? Wouldn't she want to know where you are?\nPOI-2459-1: She's at home. And she'll be more concerned that I show up with no car, a broken ankle, and no way to work! No, let me back to my car, and I'll drive it home when the traffic clears, like I'm supposed to.\nAgent Shah: But you've emptied the tank! How can you drive on an empty tank?\nPOI-2459-1: The petrol is still in my name and I can withdraw it at any time. Now let me return to my car.\n<End Log, 11:42>\n\n20 May 2015. A civil disturbance broke out within the zone, which was quickly suppressed by affected police. The cause of the riot was a disagreement regarding the dispensation of POI-2459-1's vehicle. Affected individuals debated the situation, and agreed that vehicles and equipment of rescued individuals are considered abandoned. Methods of claiming abandoned property were not agreed upon, however, suggesting that future riots could result if civilians rescued do not have their vehicles with them. Fifty-three claims on POI-2459-1's petrol account were registered with the tanker driver and zone accountant.\n2 June 2015. Civilian extraction attempted. Target (POI-2459-12) has been identified as a taxi passenger, and so arrived without vehicle or petrol. MTF Phi-12 considered POI-2459-12 a good candidate for extraction without causing further civil disturbance. Extraction successful. POI-2459-12 interviewed.\n\nInterviewed: POI-2459-12\nInterviewer: Agent Mohammed Shah, MTF Phi-12\nForeword: Interview conducted 2 June 2015. Interview 24 hours after rescue from zone of effect. Subject was a taxi passenger, and owned no vehicle within the zone.\n<Begin Log, 09:17>\nAgent Shah: As I've explained before, no, you can't go back there.\nPOI-2459-12: Really? You are really keeping me from going back?\nAgent Shah: Really. Besides, you were at the bottom of the food chain out there.\nPOI-2459-12: I was surviving just fine. I just need a change of clothes and a bath, which I'll get just as soon as my lazy driver finishes taking me home!\nAgent Shah: We can get you home faster than your driver.\nPOI-2459-12: What? No. We already negotiated the fee for driving me home. I'm not going to walk away and let him steal what I paid for.\nAgent Shah: We can reimburse you. You'll get home safely, can take care of yourself, and you don't have to be stuck in traffic anymore.\nPOI-2459-12: I refuse. I can't let him get away with this! He's probably trying to steal my petrol account, as we speak.\nAgent Shah: But you did not arrive with any petrol.\nPOI-2459-12: No, I earned it. I'm very talented. It's mine now, and you'll see the profit I can make once everything moves on.\n<End Log, 09:20>\n\n10 June 2015. Civilians disassembled some of their own vehicles and reconfigured them into shelters. High temperature 43 degrees C. Personnel within the zone of effect have been successful in preventing dehydration and starvation. Due to temperatures, civilians were allowed to continue with disassembly.\n23 July 2015. A prescribed course of amnestics every eight hours coupled with cultural reindoctrination education has been found to be sufficient to cure civilians of the memetic component of SCP-2459. Protocol Balakot-525 established. POI-2459-1 amnesticized and released. Monsoonal rains prevented further heat and dehydration crises.\n5 September 2015. Protocol Balakot-525 successful in the rehabilitation of 50 civilians to date. Sample exit interview attached.\n\nInterviewed: POI-2459-52\nInterviewer: Agent Mohammed Shah, MTF Phi-12\nForeword: Interview conducted 5 September 2015. Interview 21 days after rescue. Subject underwent amnestic regimen and cultural realignment, and has been identified as rehabilitated. Subject underwent final amnestics course after interview and returned home.\n<Begin Log, 22:03>\nAgent Shah: Greetings, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Please, sit, have some tea. Are you ready to return home, now?\nPOI-2459-52: Yes, I should like that. Goodness, have I really been caught in that jam for four months?\nAgent Shah: I'm afraid so. For the record, could you please explain a few last details regarding your experience?\nPOI-2459-52: Certainly, anything if it will help those poor souls. Ask your questions.\nAgent Shah: Why were you convinced not to leave the roadway?\nPOI-2459-52: Well, first thing you have to understand, is that none of us want to be there. We all have destinations, families to go back to, things to do. Being stuck in traffic is just a temporary setback.\nAgent Shah: But if the traffic lasts days, then wouldn't it have been easier to just leave the road and walk?\nPOI-2459-52: Certainly, but then you'd have to leave your car behind. Or abandon your fare. You couldn't do that. You can't make progress if you're just letting the things you own slip through your fingers. What good is it if you make it home, but you have nothing? What sort of fool leaves his valuables to be taken? No, it's better to just wait. The traffic will move eventually. The police were there, working on it.\nAgent Shah: But everyone emptied their tanks! People are disassembling their vehicles! They can't move their house, now!\nPOI-2459-52: The traffic was slow. We would reclaim our petrol, remove our structures, and leave on a bus when the time came to move. Until then, we needed a place to live and a petrol account to get our food and water while we waited.\nAgent Shah: If it weren't for the rescue operation, there would be no food or water! Dehydration was rampant when we arrived. There are buildings nearby, certainly it would have been easy to bring water from there.\nPOI-2459-52: And abandon our vehicles? Forfeit our petrol? Certainly not. We decided how these things should work, and we would leave when the traffic cleared. Until then, it was best to make do.\nAgent Shah: But you could have died! Why would you believe waiting was the better thing to do?\nPOI-2459-52: Sir, I understand the absurdity of our solution now, but please try to put yourself in the shoes of those of us stuck in traffic. If you're not willing to die for your beliefs, what good are they?\n<End Log, 22:14>\n\n\u00ab SCP-2458 | SCP-2459 | SCP-2460 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2460\n\nItem #: SCP-2460\nObject Class: Safe Keter (See Addendum 2460-B)\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to its position and properties, SCP-2460 is not contained at this time. Space agencies are to be informed of SCP-2460's trajectory so that satellites and launches do not collide with SCP-2460. When doing so, SCP-2460 is to be listed as a large piece of space debris. No object is allowed within 50 km of SCP-2460.\nAny matter colliding with SCP-2460 must be reported to the astronomical tracking unit at Site-195 immediately. In the event of a collision, the mass, density, and Schwarzschild radius of SCP-2460 must be remeasured and its resulting new orbital trajectory calculated.\nDescription: SCP-2460 is a gravitational anomaly in elliptical orbit around the Earth. It has an orbital period of 4 hours, with a furthest distance from the surface of the Earth of 12,430 km and a closest approach of 395 km. Measurement of the gravitational anomaly indicates it has a mass of 1.24 x 1013 kg. At the location of the anomaly, there is an apparent object of approximately 50m x 30m x 15m. This gives the object a measured density of 5.51 x 108 kg/m3, which is approximately 100,000 times the density of the Earth and close to the density of a white dwarf star.\nThe shape of this object is variable in appearance, with components of different materials appearing to erupt from the surface of the object only to be reabsorbed. Furthermore, the object is virtually invisible to electromagnetic radiation and has no measurable charge, magnetic moment, or wave emissions. However, despite this behavior, photons in the visible light spectrum still interact with the object, albeit at a low albedo of 0.01.\nThe anomaly behaves very differently on the quantum level. SCP-2460 is comprised of bosonic matter that anomalously maintains much of the structure of fermionic (normal) matter. This anomalous construction causes the Pauli Exclusion Principle not to apply, allowing matter to occupy the same quantum state as other similarly composed bosonic matter. In addition, electromagnetic interaction is suppressed. As a result, the bosonic electron fields between objects in SCP-2460 do not repel each other.\nThe net result of these anomalous quantum effects is that multiple individual objects within SCP-2460 occupy the same place at the same time. What appears to be objects growing out of and receding into SCP-2460 is actually thousands of colocating objects oscillating about the gravitational center of the anomaly. The exceptionally high mass of SCP-2460 is the result of these thousands of individual objects occupying the same location, all gravitationally bound together.\nIt is important to note that this colocation is not a spatiotemporal distortion, but the net result of the lack of interaction between individual objects in the anomaly. There is no risk of a \"reversion\" to a Euclidean space, because the space is already Euclidean.\nThe influence of the gravitation of thousands of objects acts as a strange attractor, keeping each individual object within 105 m of the center of SCP-2460 at all times. The chaotic nature of the attractor has caused multiple objects to be shown at the surface of SCP-2460 at different intervals. Most of the items expressed are space dust and rocky debris similar in composition to asteroids. The following items are notable, however:\n\nA planetesimal with the above dimensions of 50m x 30m x 15m. This item acts as the \"surface\" of SCP-2460. Of note is the distinct lack of cratering on the surface.\nA comet nucleus of approximately 5m diameter. Visible spectral analysis suggests that the object's original location was the Oort cloud.\nA spacefaring vessel of unknown make, 10m in length. The hull is covered with unidentified symbols. Through a plate glass window, two beings are visible, apparently long deceased and dessicated, resembling crocodilian humanoids.\nApproximately 1,000 metric tons of hydrogen and helium, compressed under gravitation into a superfluid state.\nNinety capsules, each containing a single humanoid occupant, each colocating independently from the others. The occupants are apparently dead and dessicated.\nFoundation Probe OU11-3 and Agent Rick Roberts, deceased. (See Addendum 2460-B)\n\nAddendum 2460-A: On 2/15/2013, a stray orbiting steel bolt attached to a retaining plate from the [REDACTED] disaster was seen to be captured by the gravity well and collide with SCP-2460. It was observed that the collision caused no impact site and the bolt passed through the matter without hindrance. However, post collision the bolt and plate no longer registered any electromagnetic field deformation. Further observation demonstrated that the bolt remains attached to the plate, confirming that the colocation effect of items caught within the anomaly does not extend to items that are exposed within milliseconds to it.\nThis observation further suggests that all objects seen in SCP-2460 were, at one time, normal fermionic matter, transformed by the anomaly into the presently seen amalgamation. It is hypothesized that the anomaly annihilates the quantum spin of the subatomic particles, transforming the matter from fermionic to bosonic and allowing it to colocate. Containment procedures updated to prevent further matter collisions with SCP-2460. Further testing is suggested.\nAddendum 2460-B: On 2/5/2014, SCP-2460 was noted to pass within 70 km of Foundation Orbital Unit-11, and a sortie was authorized to intercept the anomaly for quantum measurements. Agent Rick Roberts was sent in Probe OU11-3 to examine the anomaly at close range for testing of the quantum signature of the matter within the object. Radio contact with Probe OU11-3 ceased when the probe came within 5 km of the central mass. Approximately 0.5 seconds before loss of contact, apparent density of the low Earth orbit medium was seen to increase from 1.0 x 10-11 kg/m3 to 7.3 x 10-9 kg/m3.\nAll remaining data from the experiment comes from the cameras aboard Orbital Unit-11. Agent Roberts quickly noted the lack of radio contact, and engaged thrusters to maneuver away from SCP-2460. The fuel was seen to ignite and pass ineffectually through the hull and cabin of Probe OU11-3. Unable to adjust position or trajectory, Probe OU11-3 was gravitationally captured by SCP-2460 and fell into the central mass.\n15,534 kg added to the mass of SCP-2460. Trajectory and Schwarzschild radius recalculated. Containment procedures updated to include a mandatory distance of 50 km.\nAddendum 2460-C: Transcript of lecture regarding SCP-2460 on 4/3/2015\n\nPresenter: Dr. Cordelia Argent, Principal Researcher, Astronomical Phenomena Division\nForeword: Dr. C. Argent presents the results of her observations and experiments with SCP-2460.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. C. Argent: Good evening and welcome. I want to thank everyone for coming this evening. Tonight, I am going to explain what, exactly, SCP-2460 is, and the risk it represents for the Earth.\nI could explain the fermion-to-boson conversion called quantum spin annihilation, explain how this interaction is possible under a version of supersymmetry, the transformation of quarks to squarks and so on. But I'm sure that that would go over most of your heads. You could learn it all, but you're here to understand what this is and what it means. I'll spare you the physics.\nI'm sure you've heard stories of walking through walls. Ghosts, radio waves, certain anomalies, et cetera. Phasing is a popular term for it. In essence, SCP-2460 is a collection of objects - asteroids, comets, nebula material, stellar mass, and more - all phasing through each other. It's important to recognize that this phasing is the sole reason all these objects exist in the same place at the same time. This is not a spatiotemporal distortion, at least, not anything more than is fully and non-anomalously explainable via its gravity alone.\nHowever, what is less explainable is the lack of electromagnetic interaction within SCP-2460. Firstly, this means that there is no radio communication possible with anything within the anomaly. Radio waves pass through it as if it wasn't there. This is also what leads to the phasing effect we see. You know how we are made of atoms, and atoms consist of a nucleus surrounded by an electron cloud? These electron clouds are negatively charged and push each other away, and that's why we can't walk through walls. But within SCP-2460, the electron fields between objects introduced at separate times don't interact, don't push against each other, and as a result, don't stop objects from passing through one another.\nBut wait, you're probably asking, isn't the photon the gauge boson for the electromagnetic interaction? Why do we see anything? Okay, you're likely not asking that, but I did, first thing. The truth is, we don't see most of SCP-2460. Experiment 2460-B proved that. We saw the medium density around Probe OU11-3 increase nearly a thousandfold before losing contact. There is a cloud of massive particles that have nearly no interaction with normal matter extending as far as 5 km from the central mass. There are only two ways these particles interact: gravitationally, and rendering normal matter that comes in contact with it out of phase. These particles are invisible and otherwise undetectable. All remaining mass was added subsequently, acting as an anchor for the particles. That's why we can see the massive objects in the center.\nWhat's the risk from this? Well, it is exceptionally dense, and thus perturbations from its present orbit will preferentially cause the orbit to decay, resulting in SCP-2460 falling to the Earth. Now, since it remains \"phased out,\" collision with the Earth won't cause any impact crater. However, the quantum spin annihilation will affect all matter the anomaly passes through, resulting in invisible holes of phased out ground. SCP-2460 will pass unhindered through the center of the Earth, transforming matter the entire way, leaving a giant hole through the center of the Earth that the liquid mantle and core will gush into, the crust and surface eventually falling, unsupported, into the hole. But it won't end there. The momentum in SCP-2460 will propel it all the way back out of the center of the earth, back to the surface, where it will gravitationally oscillate back and forth, back and forth, rendering more and more of the Earth out of phase with itself like Swiss cheese until the entire planet collapses into a central superdense pile of untouchable rubble, constituting a QK-Class Quantum Degeneracy End-Of-The-World scenario.\nSo I'm sure you agree that we want this thing as far away from us as possible. The problem is, we can't touch it. We can't use thrusters to push it away. There's nothing to push against. We can't deflect it with magnetic fields. There's no electromagnetic interaction. We can only use gravity to pull it away. That means that we will need to tow an asteroid of similar mass into Low Earth Orbit to carefully slingshot the anomaly away from us, then destroy the asteroid somehow. An asteroid approximately 22 km in diameter should contain enough mass to eject the anomaly. Recommendations have been submitted to O5 Command.\nBut I'm sure you actually are all asking, what is this, and why did it end up here, orbiting around the Earth? Well, it is an amalgamation of weakly interacting massive particles, invisible to electromagnetic radiation, emitting no radiation of its own, and possessing only gravity.\nIn short, ladies and gentlemen, SCP-2460 is dark matter.\nAnd when you consider that fully 85% of the mass in the universe is dark matter, we should not ask why we are so unlucky to have a chunk of it orbiting around the Earth. We should ask why we are so lucky that we haven't hit any of this stuff yet.\nThank you, and good evening.\n<End Log>\n\n\u00ab SCP-2459 | SCP-2460 | SCP-2461 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2461\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Following the accidental deaths of Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and the remainder of the SCP-2461 research team, no further research into SCP-2461 is to be carried out without a unanimous consent of the O5 council. The remaining SCP-2461 artifacts are to be placed in High Security Containment at Armed Containment Site 2461. No access to SCP-2461 is to be permitted without unanimous consent of the O5 council. Anti-theft measures in place at Armed Containment Site 2461 are classified under Protocol 999-2461-Gernsback. Lethal force is authorized to prevent theft of SCP-2461 objects.\n\nDescription: SCP-2461 is a series of artifacts recovered from a crash site on \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nSCP-2461-A: A disc-shaped device approximately 45 meters in diameter and 10.5 meters in height. Device's exterior is covered in a radar-absorbing material. Entrance and egress are possible through a dilating iris doorway in the central underside of the device, either by ladder, elevator, or roof-mounted gravity lift.\nThe interior of the device is divided into three levels, each approximately 3 meters in interior height. The topmost level (Deck 1) appears to be devoted to command and control, and includes a control center, observation dome, and navigation systems. The second level appears to be devoted to engineering and avionics, and includes the avionics, engine, and flight control systems. A small living quarters, including galley and cots, is also located on this level. The third level contains the remaining avionics and flight control systems, but is mostly made up of a toroidal fuel tank, containing approximately 40,000 liters of an unknown combustible liquid. At the moment of the writing of this article, 10,000 liters of fuel remain in the tank.\nThe underside of the device has six hemispherical protrusions located at regular intervals around the circumference of the disc. Each hemisphere shields a turreted X-ray laser in the 200 MW range. Guidance and firing are carried out either by the master gunnery control station on Deck 1, or by individual turret controls on Deck 3.\nThree extendable struts are located at regular intervals on the underside of the device, and can be extended for landing.\n\nSCP-2461-B: Ten instances of SCP-2461-B were found inside SCP-2461-A, labeled SCP-2461-B1 through SCP-2461-B10. At the time of the writing of this article, seven instances of SCP-2461-B (B1 through B7) have been destroyed through testing or accident, leaving three extant examples.\nSCP-2461-B is an exoskeletal \"powered armor\" suit constructed of a highly sophisticated steel alloy. Each was originally worn by a different instance of SCP-2461-C before recovery, and was individually fitted to its wearer's physical characteristics. Experimentation has revealed that SCP-2461-B grants the user increased strength, that its armor plating is capable of repelling small arms fire up to and exceeding .50 BMG, and that it contains systems capable of life support in hard vacuum for extended periods of time.\n\nSCP-2461-C1 through C12: The cremated remains of twelve individuals (eleven male, one female) who originally operated SCP-2461-A. At the present time, none of the SCP-2461-C instances have been positively identified. Autopsies carried out after the initial crash site recovery indicates that all ten individuals were killed [DATA EXPUNGED].\n\nSCP-2461-D1 through D10: Ten devices originally housed in leather holsters affixed to the exterior of each SCP-2461-B. Eight of these devices (SCP-2461-D1 through D8) were damaged beyond repair in the impact. One of the surviving devices was subsequently destroyed during the course of experimentation and testing, leaving one extant device remaining.\nSCP-2461-D is an X-ray laser pistol in the 150 kW range. The emitter is located in the bulbous structure located just above the grip. The collimating \"barrel\" of the device is a hexagonal prism made of an artificial aluminum oxide crystal, protruding four inches from the emitter, surrounded by combination heat-sink and barrel shroud. The devices are rechargeable by 125 V alternating current, or by replacing the power pack located in the grip.\n\nSCP-2461-E1 through E4: Four X-ray laser rifles in the 200 kW range. The construction is similar to that of SCP-2461-D, except that the power pack is located in a magazine well located forward of the trigger housing, the barrel has been extended to twelve inches and includes a forward hand grip made of walnut wood, and a rifle butt made of the same walnut wood has been attached to the rear of the laser emitter housing.\n\nSCP-2461-F through Z: [DATA EXPUNGED UNDER SECURITY PROTOCOL 999-2461-GERNSBACK]\n\nSCP-2461-ALEPH through HE: [DATA EXPUNGED UNDER SECURITY PROTOCOL 999-2461-GERNSBACK]\n\nAddendum: Initial Recovery and History. SCP-2461-A (and all artifacts contained within) were originally recovered from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588,\u2588\u2588 on \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Initial recovery operations were carried out by personnel from the nearby \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and were originally stored in the U.S. government's \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Artifacts were transferred to SCP Foundation Site-2461 on \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 with permission by the Bowe Commission, and have remained in SCP Foundation custody ever since that commission's dissolution.\nOn \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a Global Occult Coalition representative contacted SCP Foundation officials, requesting that custody of the SCP-2461 artifacts be transferred to GOC auspices, citing the \"historical and cultural significance\" of the SCP-2461 artifacts to the GOC. As of the writing of this article, no plans have been made for any such transfer.\nAddendum:\n\nThe following information is limited to personnel with 999-2461-Gernsback clearance only.\n\n- Conceal information\n\nThe following slogans were found scrawled on various interior surfaces of SCP-2461-A upon recovery.\n\nDeutschland \u00dcber Alles!\n\nGott Strafe Amerika! Gott Strafe England! Gott Strafe Die Vereinten Nationen!\n\nTwo stylized lightning bolts, later identified as the sigrunen used as a symbol of the Schutzstaffel (SS).\n\nA crudely drawn symbol of a sword with a ribbon wrapped around the blade, and the words \"Ahnenerbe Deutsches\" scrawled around the exterior\n\nSCP-2461-VAV: SCP-2461-VAV1 through VAV4 are the cremated remains of four Global Occult Coalition operatives (three male, one female) found on board SCP-2461-A at the time of impact. At the time of the writing of this article, the identities of these operatives are unknown.\nForensic reconstruction indicates that, at the time of impact, two of these individuals (VAV3 and VAV4) were located just outside the corridor leading to the control center on Deck 1, armed with SCP-2461-D and SCP-2461-E instances. Two other individuals (VAV1 and VAV2) were found at the controls of SCP-2461-A, seated at the pilot and copilot's stations. Two SCP-2461-C instances (C1 and C2) were also found nearby, each killed by a headshot by a laser pistol in the 150 kw range.\n\nThe following information is limited to O5-level personnel with 999-2461-Gernsback clearance only.\n\n- Conceal information\n\nTranscript of SCP-2461-A Cockpit Flight Data Voice Recorder.\n\nUnknown: \"Stick this in your pipe and suck it, Ratzi scum!\"\nSounds of physical struggle.\nC-1: \"Foolish. Did you seriously think that you could win this fight? You are a MAN. We have become GODS.\"\nVAV-1: \"I'm starting to *strangled grunt* get really sick of *shout of pain* your grandstanding!\"\nContinued sounds of physical struggle. Servos whining.\nC-1: \"You've lost. Your mere human muscles are no match for the power of our steel. When you see your home town in flames, when you\u2026\"\nSound of gunshot. Sound of two rapid gunshots.\nVAV-1: \"\u2026 it took you long enough.\"\nVAV-2: \"You try running in heels on a UFO, Captain.\"\nVAV-1: \"What about Manny and Wee Willy? Are they safe?\"\nVAV-2: \"They broke out at the same time we did. They're holding the corridor against the enemy.\"\nVAV-1: \"Good. Now let's see if we can turn this infernal machine\u2026\"\nExtended pause.\nVAV-1: \"Schei\u00dfe.\"\nVAV-2: \"You see it?\"\nVAV-1: \"Computer flight controls. It must be making thousands of computations per second keeping this thing in the air\u2026 and it requires a password. Do you know it?\"\nVAV-2: \"No. Damn. What do we do?\"\nVAV-1: \"We can't let this thing cross the Atlantic. If this verdammt\u2026 monstrosity\u2026 gets found by the wrong people\u2026 our country is barely rebuilding itself. We can't let this act of sabotage set us back \u2026\"\nVAV-2: \"It won't. Give me some time. I'll figure out this compu\u2014.\"\nVAV-1: \"Wait one. Manfred, go.\"\nExtended pause.\nVAV-1: \"Then do what you can. Go with God.\"\nVAV-2: \"The fight isn't going well?\"\nVAV-1: \"Wilhelm is dead. Manfred will\u2026\"\nExplosion. Gunfire.\nVAV-1: Shouting. \"We are out of time!\"\nVAV-2: \"Then we go to Plan B.\"\nVAV-1: \"Yes.\"\nVAV-2: \"For what it's worth, Fritz, you weren't so bad for a stuck up German ass.\"\nVAV-1: \"I feel the same way, you headstrong Ami bitch.\"\nRecording ends.\n\nGOC missive sent to SCP Foundation O5 Council on \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nTo Whom It May Concern,\nThe Global Occult Coalition High Command has recently received word that the remains of GOC Strike Team Alpha are in the custody of your organization. It is with the utmost respect and gratitude for the care with which you have maintained these historical artifacts that the Coalition cordially requests that these remains and artifacts be returned to the Global Occult Coalition.\nStrike Team Alpha was the first Global Occult Coalition strike team to be formed in the wake of the Second World War. Their exploits against the SS Ahnenerbe and the Thule-Gesellschaft during the years following the dissolution of the Nazi regime were instrumental not only in dealing with the occult fallout of that war, but in repairing the reputation of the German people in the occult community. Certainly, complicit guilt in the deaths of nine million innocents cannot be expunged easily, but their pasts do not in any way lessen the courage and sacrifice of Commander Hans Fritzl, Lieutenant Wilheim Weiss, Sergeant Manfred Schroeder, and Special Agent Diana Wu-Frost.\nCertainly, an organization whose early history includes a shameful involvement in the \"McCarthy-Truman UFO Scandal\" of 1951 must understand the value of repentance and restitution.\nYours Sincerely,\n\nUnder-Secretary-General D. C. Al Fine\nUnited Nations Global Occult Coalition\n\nOther popular works by this author\n\nHide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-2317\n\nSCP-231\n\nDr Clef's Proposal\n\nSCP-048\n\nSCP-447\n\nSCP-016\n\nSCP-4960\n\nSCP-823\n\nSCP-953\n\nSCP-572\n\nSCP-450\n\nSPC-1764\n\nSCP-668\n\nSCP-297\n\nSCP-807\n\nSCP-1949\n\nSCP-233\n\nSCP-2461\n\nSCP-031\n\nSCP-784-ARC\n\nTales, Canons, and Hubs\n\nTranscript of Dr. Clef's seminar, \"Reality Benders and You: How to Survive When Existence Doesn't.\"\n\nOf Multiverses and Dandelion Wine\n\nDa Capo al Fine\n\nTermination_Order\n\nOperation \"Camp Granada\"\n\nChowderclef\n\nRascal One Actual\n\nPrivate Hell\n\nWhat's In A Name?\n\nTranscript of a lecture given by Professor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 on Applied Thaumatology.\n\n. . . the best and the wisest man whom I have ever known.\n\nContingency\n\nTranscript of a lecture given by Professor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 on Aetheric Energy and Aspect Radiation.\n\nSupplemental Report 239-B-192\n\nExcerpts from PHYSICS Division Field Manual 13: Special Circumstances, Humanoid Threat Entities\n\nThird Date\n\nThe Flesh That Mates\n\nIncident Zero - Part 1\n\nExcerpts from PHYSICS Division Field Manual 2: Equipment and Gear\n\n\"UHEC\"\n\n085-Romance-Adult\n\nItems from a Global Occult Coalition Document Bag\n\nTranscript of a lecture given by Professor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Conclusion, Q and A\n\nIncident Zero - Part 5\n\n\"Come into my Parlor\"\n\nTranscript of a lecture given by Professor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 on Thaumatic Workings.\n\nName, Rank, Serial Number\n\nSpecial Assets\n\nMementos\n\nGirls' Night Out: Dressing Up\n\nText of a Condolence Letter - Federal Bureau of Investigation, Unusual Incidents Unit\n\nInterlude - Excerpt From An Auction Catalog - Marshall Carter And Dark, 2012\n\nWe Got A Good Thing Here\n\nGirls' Night Out: Raising Hell\n\nPersonal Log of Agent AA\n\nIncident Zero - Part 3\n\nIncident Zero - Part 2\n\nAgent Ukulele\n\nNumber One With A Bullet\n\nIncident Zero - Part 4\n\nExcerpts from PHYSICS Division Field Manual 1: Operative's Handbook\n\n\"Assessment\"\n\nGirls' Night Out: Getting Drunk\n\nThe 784 Incident: Part 7: Conclusion\n\n\"Trauma\"\n\n\"Strike\"\n\nClean Sweep\n\n\"Farpoint\"\n\n\"AWTOK\"\n\nCollaborations with other authors\n\nPage\nAuthor\n\nSCP-166\nDr. Dantesen\n\nSCP-342\nname\n\nFor a list of all works by this author, click here.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2460 | SCP-2461 | SCP-2462 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2462\n\nItem #: SCP-2462\nObject Class: Euclid Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to the restrictive growing conditions of Rafflesia arnoldii, Outpost 2462-0 has been established at SCP-2462's location of discovery to prevent unauthorized access and allow for experimentation. Monetary compensation to the citizens of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has been authorized to prevent the disclosure of SCP-2462's anomalous properties to third parties. A 350m perimeter is to be established around SCP-2462 during its blooming period, with access denied to all unauthorized individuals, save for citizens of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 who live, work, or regularly visit inside the perimeter.\nSCP-2462 is kept at Outpost 2462-0. Four mirrors are to be stationed around SCP-2462, and must be cleaned regularly to maintain reflectivity.\nDescription: SCP-2462 is a genetically unremarkable specimen of Rafflesia arnoldii located outside \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Indonesia. While blooming, SCP-2462 generates a variable number of illusory R. arnoldii instances, collectively designated SCP-2462-A, within 250 meters of itself.\nSCP-2462-A do not displace any matter or have mass of their own, yet are opaque to light and respond realistically to environmental stimuli and physical interaction. Computer analysis of photographed SCP-2462-A has confirmed that they are not hallucinations.\nThe number of SCP-2462-A is variable. In its natural environment, SCP-2462 would maintain an average of 30,000 SCP-2462-A1 under normal circumstances. The following factors are known to affect SCP-2462-A production:\n\nProximity of other R. arnoldii: Each living specimen within line of sight of SCP-2462 results in a ~60% reduction in SCP-2462-A's numbers.\nMalnourishment: SCP-2462-A production increases by 20-50% in periods where SCP-2462 is malnourished.\nLight: When illumination of SCP-2462 drops below levels typical of nighttime in its natural environment, SCP-2462-A will triple in number, receding when illumination is restored.\nDamage: When SCP-2462 is damaged, SCP-2462-A will cover almost every surface within 250 meters of it. SCP-2462-A will recede only when the damage to SCP-2462 is healed.\n\nDue to the difficulty of locating and transporting R. arnoldii instances2, containment by the presentation of other R. arnoldii instances is impracticable.\nRecovery: SCP-2462 was identified in 2008, after photographs of SCP-2462-A were published on the official \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 tourism website. Interviews with citizens of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 indicate that SCP-2462 has been exhibiting anomalous properties since the previous year, with SCP-2462-A affecting two neighborhoods on the town's outskirts. Turning SCP-2462-A into a tourist attraction had only been considered in the months preceding SCP-2462's 2008 bloom.\nAddendum: At the recommendation of Dr. Breitkopf, SCP-2462 was surrounded by four mirrors, producing an effectively unlimited number of reflections, during a blooming period. SCP-2462-A was not generated. SCP-2462 was downgraded to Safe, and containment procedures were adjusted accordingly.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Roughly one per 6.5m2 over its whole active radius.\n2. R. arnoldii exists as a parasite on the roots of the Tetrastigma genus, and has not been successfully cultivated in captivity. It is not visible to the naked eye outside of its brief annual blooming period. Moreover, R. arnoldii is critically endangered due to deforestation \u2014 SCP-2462 is the only known member of its species within a 36km radius.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2461 | SCP-2462 | SCP-2463 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2463\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Each instance of SCP-2463 is to be kept in a separate standard containment locker at Site-19. At no point should any instance of SCP-2463 come into contact with any other instance of SCP-2463. Access to single instances of SCP-2463 is restricted to personnel with security clearance of 3 or higher, and access to multiple instances is not permitted at this time.\nAny personnel found attempting to remove any number of SCP-2463 instances from designated testing rooms are to be immediately detained and held for questioning.\nDescription: SCP-2463 is a set of six bronze horses, each approximately 6 cm tall, and believed to be Ancient Roman in origin. Various dating methods have placed the creation of SCP-2463 at circa 250 CE. SCP-2463's anomalous properties begin to manifest when instances are exposed to water collected from naturally occurring sources1. SCP-2463 instances that are exposed to any such water, will begin converting the water into petroleum through an unknown process. This conversion takes place at a rate of approximately 63 mL per hour.\nIf separate instances of SCP-2463 come into physical contact, this conversion rate will scale exponentially with the number of instances, so that when all six instances are in contact, the conversion will occur at a rate of approximately 62,523,502 L per hour, allowing large volumes of water to be converted very quickly.\nSCP-2463 was discovered during a raid on a storage facility in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, New York, which was believed to be owned by Marshall, Carter and Dark LLP. The raid was conducted by Mobile Task Force Mu-3 (\u201cHighest Bidders\u201d), and resulted in recovery of SCP-2463 as well as SCP-2635 and SCP-1738, along with several documents and items currently awaiting cataloging.\nMTF-M3 was discovered during their mission, and as a result, several Foundation personnel were killed in the course of duty. SCP-2463 was briefly activated during recovery, but was successfully contained by remaining MTF-M3 operatives.\nFor further information on the recovery of SCP-2463, consult Recovery Log-2463.\nAddendum-2463-1: In addition to SCP-2463, MTF-M3 also recovered a Marshall, Carter and Dark item listing for the object. This document has been designated as Document-2463-1.\nAddendum-2463-2: Found with Document-2463-1 was a transcript of a letter believed to have been translated from ancient Latin, written to the Roman Emperor Gallienus2 by an as of yet unidentified person. For a transcript of this letter, see below.\n\n+ Document-2463-2\n\n- Close\n\nTo Imperator Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus Augustus\nWe are deeply saddened to learn of the death of your great father, and write to you in order to settle a pressing matter of business left unresolved by the venerable emperor.\nShortly after his capture at Edessa by Shahansha Shapur, your father wrote to Us from Bishapur, seeking aid on behalf of The Empire. On his request, We have procured a number of items that we believe met the needs he expressed.\nWe will happily pass along these items to you, so long as We are paid the price that was arranged by your honorable father, that being a sum of 60,000,000 Aurei. We are aware that the price seems extreme, but so were the demands of your father.\n\"A force to wipe out the Persian dogs. To make barren their lands, and sickly their people. A force to destroy every square foot on which they have ever walked and to plague their kingdom with bloodshed for millennia.\"\nThese were the feats required of us by the deific Valerianus, and for this power We must ask for equal renumeration.\nShould you decide not to pay, We shall retain possession of the items until a time when We are payed what We have asked.\nYour loyal servant, D. Mercator.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Tests have determined that any water collected from natural bodies of water (including lakes, rivers, seas, oceans, and subterranean springs, etc.) will activate SCP-2463. Water from artificial sources, such as canals, or man-made reservoirs, will not activate SCP-2463.\n2. Roman Emperor who ruled with his father, Emperor Valerian, from 253 to 260 and then alone until his death in 268, at the age of 50.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2462 | SCP-2463 | SCP-2464 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2465\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2465 is to be stored in a secure containment locker in Site 12. Unless being used for testing, SCP-2465 must be covered at all times by an opaque sheet. Under no circumstances should SCP-2465 be photographed or filmed.\nDescription: SCP-2465 is a watercolor painting on white canvas, measuring 77cm x 53cm, entitled La Tristezza \u00e8 Temporanea.1 The subject depicted appears to change depending on the viewer, but approximately 85% of all observers agree that the subject is a Caucasian male, between 30-40 years of age, with red hair and a beard. It is also universally agreed upon by observers (regardless of artistic background) that SCP-2465 is of poor or middling quality at best.\nProlonged uninterrupted visual contact with SCP-2465 will cause its anomalous properties to manifest, resulting in the manifestation of an SCP-2465-1 instance. The time between observation and manifestation ranges from a minimum of 43 seconds and a maximum of 37 minutes. The greater the artistic experience of the observer (defined as their actual skill in art in conjunction with their formal art education), the quicker the anomalous effects will manifest.2\nOnce such time has elapsed, the observer, now designated as SCP-2465-1, will exhibit an intense emotional reaction to SCP-2465, ranging from frustration to disgust. 85% of all SCP-2465-1 instances then act upon a newfound desire to create something of greater quality than SCP-2465. The medium selected changes depending on SCP-2465-1's area of expertise, but if SCP-2465-1 has no artistic background, it will default to watercolor painting.\nWhile SCP-2465-1's projects may begin entirely unrelated to SCP-2465, the finished product will always result in an attempted replica of SCP-2465, regardless of the medium. Examples of this effect include:\n\nPainting: Results in attempting a direct replica of SCP-2465.\nPottery: Results in attempting to sculpt the figure depicted in SCP-2465.\nFilm (Live Action): Results in seeking out leading actors who are physically similar in appearance to the figure depicted in SCP-2465. The script will also be altered, regardless of the original intent, to tell the story of an unappreciated artist who meets a tragic end.\nFilm (Animation): Results in the lead character taking on the appearance of the figure depicted in SCP-2465. The script will also be altered, regardless of the original intent, to tell the story of an unappreciated artist who meets a tragic end.\nCulinary Art: Results in cakes complete with frosting and decorations to give as close an appearance as possible to SCP-2465.\nPhotography: [DATA EXPUNGED]\n3D Computer Graphics: Results in an attempt to create an unknown figure drawing SCP-2465 in the original retrieval site.\nLiterature: See Interview 2465-1\n\nThese replicas do not have anomalous effects, but filming or photographing SCP-2465 will result in a duplicate with anomalous effects. SCP-2465-1 very rarely realizes these anomalous effects until the moment of completion, suggesting that SCP-2465 influences the subconscious. Upon completion, SCP-2465-1 will demonstrate dissatisfaction with their work, and will attempt another project with similar results. Continued attempts result in SCP-2465-1 exhibiting distress that eventually manifests as severe depression. Class A amnestics have proven effective in reverting SCP-2465-1 to mental states prior to being exposed to SCP-2465. At the time of this writing, no instance of SCP-2465-1 has successfully reverted to prior mental states without use of amnestics.\nSCP-2465 was acquired in 19\u2588\u2588 from an abandoned household in Arles, Italy. SCP-2465 first came to the Foundation's attention when six real estate agents entered the premises, thereafter becoming the first recorded instances of SCP-2465-1.\nRecords show the last owner of the household was one \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 died in 18\u2588\u2588 of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Present at the site of retrieval were what appeared to be several drafts of SCP-2465, all destroyed. It is currently hypothesized given the art style and the age of the canvas that SCP-2465 was originally painted in 18\u2588\u2588.\nAttached to SCP-2465 at the time of retrieval was a letter (translated from Italian below):\n\nMy dearest friend \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588,\nI have heard that you have not been feeling well these past few weeks. I offer my most sincere sympathies. I can only hope that one day you overcome your demons, and continue your work. In the meantime, though, I offer you this painting as a gift. It's you! I know I'm no artist (unlike you, of course), but I thought maybe it'd be fun to poke fun at. You know, poor old \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Can't draw a damn thing with those fat fingers of his! Haha!\nI really do worry after you, though. Please, promise me that before you choose to do anything rash, you'll come to me first. I'll make you some tea, we'll sit by the fire, and perhaps afterwards we'll chart the night sky together again. Remember: what you're going through, many have overcome. You will survive this. I promise. Don't listen to the people, how they bray; you're no lunatic, and you don't belong in that asylum. I believe in you, even if you don't believe in yourself right now.\nLove, always,\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\n+ ACCESS INTERVIEW 2465-1\n\n- CLOSE INTERVIEW 2465-1\n\nForeword: Dr. Sturm interviewed SCP-2465-1-68, a science fiction author. Time since exposure to SCP-2465: 56 days.\n\nStart Log\nDr. Sturm: Good afternoon.\nSCP-2465-1-68: Heya Doc, how's it going?\nDr. Sturm: Can't complain. Yourself?\nSCP-2465-1-68: I\u2026 I gotta be honest with you Doc, I want out.\nDr. Sturm: I don't follow.\nSCP-2465-1-68: I mean I want you to cure me. Like, now.\nDr. Sturm: When we interviewed last week, you were quite adamant. You stated you were fervently against the amnestic treatment, that you wanted to, and I quote, \"beat this thing at its own game.\"\nSCP-2465-1-68: Yeah, well, that was then, and this is now. I can't deal with this. Not anymore.\nDr. Sturm: What made you change your mind?\nSCP-2465-1-68: See, I was back at home at my desk, writing like normal. I mean, at first it wasn't so bad, I would just have to go back and edit stuff I'd written, like I'd accidentally put down a character as a redhead instead of a brunette. But then it got worse.\nDr. Sturm: Worse how?\nSCP-2465-1-68: See, and this is the fuckin' crazy part Doc, this is where it gets really fuckin' weird. I kept writing, but I noticed something was off.\nDr. Sturm: Off?\nSCP-2465-1-68: Like something was wrong. I kept fucking with the margins. I kept fucking with the margins, and I kept telling myself \"it's all okay, it's an artistic choice.\" But then I started finding a pattern. And then I put it all together.\nDr. Sturm: What kind of pattern?\nSCP-2465-1-68: You're not gonna believe this.\nDr. Sturm: Try me.\nSCP-2465-1-68: I printed out what I'd written that day. That's a full thirty pages. And I laid them out on my living room floor. The words, the margins, the pages\u2026 they're all part of it. Putting them out on my floor created a bigass version of that crappy painting.\nDr. Sturm: Hm. And what of the quality of the writing itself?\nSCP-2465-1-68: You kidding me? It wasn't until after I took another look that I found I was just writing out descriptions of that painting over and over again. I didn't even know I knew that many ways to say \"the jackass has red hair.\"\nDr. Sturm: Interesting.\nSCP-2465-1-68: \"Interesting?\" That's all you got for me?! I\u2026 sorry. It's just that the worst part of it all is that I genuinely want to go back and try again. I know I can do better. But it looks like I'm simultaneously creatively bankrupt while being more driven to write than ever. It's like, all I want to do is shit, but at this point I'm out of shit to shit, but I'm sitting on the shitter and it feels like I'm gonna be shitting out my intestines real soon. Do you get me, Doc?\nDr. Sturm: I\u2026 think I understand.\nSCP-2465-1-68: Then do me a solid and show a little sympathy. Put me under. Let me really write again.\nEnd Log\n\nClosing Statement: SCP-2465-1-68 has since been given the amnestic treatment. All anomalous effects have since dissipated. Further observation has been discontinued.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Literally \"Sadness is Temporary\" in Italian.\n2. Painting, drawing, and sculpting have had the greatest effect. Other media such as writing, filmmaking, and photography work less effectively, but still cause anomalous effects faster than a subject with no artistic aptitude.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2464 | SCP-2465 | SCP-2466 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2466\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2466 is kept in a standard storage locker at Site-44. Testing of SCP-2466 may be undertaken with the permission of SCP-2466's HMCL supervisor. Testing of SCP-2466-1 is not permitted. To prevent accidental activation of SCP-2466-1, all shortcuts to the program have been removed from the device. If SCP-2466-1 is activated, SCP-2466 must be disconnected from its power source immediately.\nDescription: SCP-2466 is a Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone running the Android operating system. It is host to a number of non-anomalous applications as well as SCP-2466-1, identified as \"Slay Dragon Save City\". SCP-2466-1's code is incomprehensible, will not operate on any device other than SCP-2466, and will reinstall itself on SCP-2466 if removed. Termination of SCP-2466-1 is only possible by removing SCP-2466's power source.\nSCP-2466-1 is a text-based game in which the user battles against an instance of \"Mega Charizard X\", a character from the Pok\u00e9mon franchise1. SCP-2466-1 uses the battle mechanics found in the Pok\u00e9mon games produced for the Nintendo 3DS. The user is assigned a randomized Pok\u00e9mon from among those that can be acquired in the game Pok\u00e9mon X, with access to four random moves that the Pok\u00e9mon in question can learn.\nCombat is turn-based, with the user and Mega Charizard X attacking each other or using other moves in turn. If the user-controlled Pok\u00e9mon's Hit Points are depleted, it will 'faint', preventing it from executing its move if it has not already done so. SCP-2466-1 will then replace the user's Pok\u00e9mon with another randomly generated Pok\u00e9mon. If Mega Charizard X faints, it will be replaced by another copy of Mega Charizard X. The user may input the command \"Check\" to gain all relevant information on their current Pok\u00e9mon, or the name of any of their Pok\u00e9mon's moves to execute that move.\nEvery move executed by SCP-2466-1's instance of Mega Charizard X compels 10-12 random residents of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, California, to engage in activities that correspond to the selected move. Mega Charizard X can use the moves Dragon Dance, Roost, Flare Blitz, and Dragon Claw. See Addendum 2466-1 for details. There is no evidence that the user's actions have similar effects, either in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 or anywhere else.\nDue to Mega Charizard X's high power, few Pok\u00e9mon assigned to the user can avoid fainting from both Flare Blitz and Dragon Claw after it has used Dragon Dance. However, the AI that determines Mega Charizard X's moves frequently makes strategic errors, which gives the user frequent opportunities to launch counterattacks.\nAddendum 2466-1: Effects of Mega Charizard X's moves\nThe 10-12 residents of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 affected by each move are granted the collective designation SCP-2466-2 for the duration of their compulsion. Flare Blitz and Dragon Claw will afflict real-world damage in proportion to the damage dealt by Mega Charizard X with the corresponding move in SCP-2466-1. SCP-2466-1 will not accept user input until the effects of the associated move are completed.\n\nDragon Dance: SCP-2466-2 will converge in a public space and perform synchronized dances while repeatedly singing the song Pok\u00e9mon Theme from the English adaptation of the Pok\u00e9mon anime. This lasts for approximately fifteen minutes, after which SCP-2466-2 will set fire to the nearest building and disperse.\nRoost: SCP-2466-2 members will climb into a nearby tree and fall asleep for 3-4 hours, sitting upright without support. This rarely results in injury.\nFlare Blitz: SCP-2466-2 will set fire to themselves using nearby flammable materials and sources of heat, then run towards and collide with another nearby individual.\nDragon Claw: SCP-2466-2 will obtain claws and assault a nearby individual using them. While some users will use pre-existing claws (such as those used in costumery, or those attached to an animal) or affix sharp objects to their fingers, the most common method is for SCP-2466-2 to mutilate their fingers such that the bones form sharp points. The combat effectiveness of fingers altered this way usually exceeds expectations.\n\nAddendum 2466-2: Atypical manifestations\nOn several occasions, SCP-2466-2's behavior deviated from the patterns described in Addendum 2466-1. All occurred prior to containment, and thus the move used is not known with certainty.\n\nDate and time\nMove used\nEffects\nNotes\n\n2014/10/25\nRoost\nSCP-2466-2 each entered a tree, but were not compelled to stay or sleep. Each member exited the tree within ten minutes.\nEvent occurred in this manner three times on 10-25.\n\n2014/10/31\nFlare Blitz\nEach member of SCP-2466-2 acquired a jack-o'-lantern, which they ignited and threw at the targets.\nPresumably due to coincidence with Halloween festivities.\n\n2014/11/01\nUnknown\nEleven members of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 High School Pok\u00e9mon Club vandalized an empty classroom, destroying most items and structures therein. Subjects described the action as involuntary.\nWhile the number of affected subjects, association with Pok\u00e9mon, and compulsion effect suggest SCP-2466 involvement, the event has not been replicated. It may be unrelated.\n\n2014/11/21\nDragon Dance\nOne member of SCP-2466-2 played a trumpet rather than sing. The event concluded with SCP-2466-2 attempting to flood the church at which they had gathered.\nCoincides with the North American release of the games Pok\u00e9mon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.\n\n2014/12/07-15\nDragon Claw\nSCP-2466-2 spent one week modifying a bulldozer with layers of cement and steel, as well as several large front-mounted spikes and a flamethrower. On December 15, Foundation personnel located and detained SCP-2466-2. No other 'Dragon Claw' manifestation was reported.\nIf the modifications had been completed, the vehicle would have resembled the armored bulldozer used in a 2004 rampage2. Several members of SCP-2466-2 reported familiarity with the event.\n\n2014/12/27-28\nSeveral moves\nSeven moves were executed, with members of SCP-2466-2 drawn from among patrons of a Renaissance fair located 3 km south of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. In each case, fair staff were able to subdue all members of SCP-2466-2 with minimal difficulty.\nNo injuries were recorded. Plans to establish a permanent Renaissance fair in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in the event of containment failure are under consideration.\n\nFootnotes\n1. It, as well as the user-controlled combatant, are instances of the eponymous Pok\u00e9mon. Mega Charizard X is styled as a black-and-blue European dragon roughly 1.7 meters in height, though this is not evident in SCP-2466-1's non-graphic interface.\n2. Colloquially known as the \"Killdozer.\" News coverage of the event is available from the Washington Post here.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2465 | SCP-2466 | SCP-2467 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Archive photo of SCP-2467 unusually close to shore in 1995. No photographs of the object's current configuration are available.\n\nItem #: SCP-2467\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Foundation satellites are to constantly track the movement of SCP-2467, with analysts and programs predicting the movements of the object, with plants in the meteorological bureau to divert traffic from areas likely to be visited by SCP-2467. In addition, the SCPS Sunderland, a fully armed Legend-class cutter, will be dispatched to patrol areas where SCP-2467 is likely to come into contact with other vessels. SCPS Sunderland is to be equipped with a minimum of two rigid bottomed motor life boats to aid in rescue of survivors of encounters with SCP-2467, along with high impact naval weaponry to aid in discouraging the object from attacking civilian, merchant and military vessels. Absolutely no aircraft is to be deployed in the area of SCP-2467's area of operation, due to the severe weather phenomena associated with it.\nWhere possible, waste dumped by SCP-2467 is to be collected by Foundation watercraft and taken to the nearest Foundation research site for study.\nA disinformation campaign is to be run following a Boarding and/or Abduction event. Typical explanations to be provided include user error, sinking via rough seas or rogue waves, mutiny, and pirate encounters. Amnestics are to be administered to any and all survivors and witnesses of SCP-2467 and its activities.\nDescription: SCP-2467 is a large oceangoing ship approximately 300 metres in length and 45 metres in width, bearing the nameplate \"DV Toluca\". Research personnel have been unable to find any record of a ship matching the Toluca's description that has been registered to any port in the last 138 years. Of note is that components of SCP-2467 come from a wide variety of other sea craft, including some such as the flying bridge dating back to at least the 1700's along with various naval weapons which operate autonomously. It primarily travels in deep water and searches for other vessels in an effort to abduct crew and appropriate cargo, before leaving the vessel adrift.\nWeather patterns in a 5 kilometre radius of SCP-2467 consistently display adverse and at times violent conditions regardless of and often in direct contrast to the given ocean state at the time. Observation has shown near constant moderate rainstorms and thick fog in the area surrounding SCP-2467, accompanied by moderate to strong winds and slightly rough waters. In addition to the rain, wind, and fog detailed above, winds have been known to reach speeds of over 125kph, and waves reaching an average peak height of 25 metres when attempting to disable another ship. It should be noted that there are outliers, such as a 42 metre1 high wave recorded on February 20, 19582. Whirlpools of varying severity have been also spotted appearing in the bough wake of SCP-2467 on multiple occasions.\n\nJapanese fishing vessel Ryou-Un Maru following a boarding by SCP-2467.\n\nSCP-2467 is operated by a maintenance crew, corresponding to approximately 75 individuals abducted from other vessels encountered by the object. Observance has shown that those on board SCP-2467 tend to adapt to the stress of their abduction and behave in a manner described as \"cheerful\" within a short time frame following abduction. This is believed to be a form of mind-affecting anomaly, as shown by any person coming into contact or close proximity with SCP-2467 for an extended period of time (3-10 days depending on the individual) coming to believe that SCP-2467 is correct in its actions, and will gain a strong desire or obsession towards aiding it however possible. Gradually, this causes a degenerative condition in the brain of the person, to the point where the individual loses any semblance of independent thought at approximately 4 to 5 months after initial contact.\nRoughly every 40 days, SCP-2467 dumps a large amount of waste bundled into a net out of a rear port in the ship. Waste materials tend to be composed of damaged or worn ship components and tools, along with food scraps, empty bottles, clothing, scrap metal, fuel waste, and human cadavers.\nAddendum 2467-01: Following incident SCP-2467-12, Foundation personnel recovering waste materials deposited by SCP-2467 are to work in teams of 6, with a minimum of 2 personnel to monitor the water for approaching sharks and other marine carnivores3.\nAddendum 2467-02: Known vessels currently incorporated into SCP-24674\n\nVessel Name\nDescription\nDate Reported Missing/ Recovered\nExplanation of Disappearance\nParts Integrated into SCP-2467\n\nToluca\n16th-century ship of the line\n27/10/1745\nCommandeered and presumably sunk by pirates\nFlying bridge, 20 cannons\n\nSV Sea Bird\nMerchant brig\n08/02/1750\nCrew taken by pirates\nAnchor, various timbers\n\nHMS Heureux\n22-gun privateer brig\n14/04/1806\nLost at sea\n7 cannons\n\nHMS Juno\n26-gun frigate\n12/3/1880\nSunk by a rogue wave\n3 cannons, sails\n\nSS Warratah\n150m steam ship\n26/7/1909\nSunk in a storm\n2 masts, hull\n\nU-52\nGerman armed submarine\n20/02/1940\nDestroyed in a naval minefield\nHull sections, torpedoes\n\nRoma\nItalian battleship\n20/09/1943\nSunk in naval battle\nHull sections, bridge and structural components, various guns\n\nMS M\u00fcnchen\nLASH carrier\n19/12/1978\nSunk by a rogue wave\nHull sections, cranes\n\nMV Derbyshire\nOil carrier\n09/09/1980\nSunk in a typhoon\nHull\n\nSS Admiral Nakhimov\nOcean liner\n20/02/1989\nCollided with another vessel\nBow, funnels\n\nF/V Andrea Gail\nFishing vessel\n28/10/1991\nSunk in 1991 hurricane\nHull sections\n\nUSS Eldridge\nCannon class destroyer\n11/11/1999\nSold for scrap\nHull sections, 3 \u00d7 Mk. 22 50 caliber guns, 2 \u00d7 40mm Mk.1 AA guns, 8 \u00d7 20mm Mk.4 AA cannons, 3 \u00d7 530mm torpedo tubes\n\nKaz II\n9m yacht\n18/04/2007\nPilot error\nGlass\n\nSakapis P77\nGuided missile destroyer\n24/09/2011\nDecommissioned\n76mm gun, 40mm gun, 4 \u00d7 MM38 Exocet launchers, Hull sections\n\nAddendum 2467-03:\nRecent observation has shown a hull section identified as having originated on the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, which disappeared on Lake Superior on November 10 1975. Investigation into how SCP-2467 reached the Edmund Fitzgerald despite its location in an inland lake is ongoing.\nClearance 2467/3:\n\nDocument 2467-I\n\nMinimise\n\nDocument #2467-I:\nIn an effort to better understand SCP-2467, particularly effects and any notable events occurring on board the vessel, four D-Class personnel trained in sailing (D-2467-01 - 04) were provided with a small (9 metre) yacht5 launched from the SCPS Sunderland and given orders to sail north with the SCPS Sunderland tailing them at a distance of 7 kilometres with the intention of them being boarded and abducted by SCP-2467 to observe the activities of SCP-2467 and its effects on those aboard. Each D-Class was fitted with a helmet mounted waterproof video camera equipped with a flotation device and an external battery pack, rendering it capable of recording uninterrupted for up to 3 months. Footage captured was streamed directly to the SCPS Sunderland's observational department.\nNote: Due to the length of this test, extraneous and inconsequential events and details have been redacted for brevity.\n\n12/10/200\u2588, 10:25AM: SCPS Joyita is successfully launched from the Sunderland and proceeds north.\nProgress in test #2467-I continues without incident or notable activity for 5 days.\n\n17/10/200\u2588, 02:29AM: Both the SCPS Joyita and SCPS Sunderland make visual contact with SCP-2467 to the northwest.\n17/10/200\u2588, 02:31AM: Strong westerly storm is manifested by SCP-2467. Waves of an average 4.5 - 6.0 metres and wind speeds of approximately 55kph are recorded. Fog rolls in reducing visibility to roughly 15 metres. SCP-2467 sounds its fog horn, and D-Class cameras show blue lights at the location of the vessel. D-2467-04 deploys fenders.\n17/10/200\u2588, 02:39AM: SCP-2467 approaches the SCPS Joyita. Upon sight of SCP-2467's weaponry, D-2467-01 turns the vessel 180\u00b0 and attempts to retreat from SCP-2467.\n17/10/200\u2588, 02:40AM: SCPS Joyita ordered to turn and approach SCP-2467. D-2467-01 fails to comply.\n17/10/200\u2588, 02:40AM: SCP-2467 fires harpoons at SCPS Joyita, fatally injuring D-2467-02, and drawing the Joyita to its hull. A boarding party consisting of 5 crew boards the Joyita and attempts to abduct the surviving D-Class personnel, resulting in the termination of D-2467-01, D-2467-04 and 1 unidentified male from the boarding party.\n17/10/200\u2588, 02:48AM: D-2467-03 boards SCP-2467, is handed a chisel by an unidentified crew member, and told to scrape rust from some panels under threat of physical violence. D-2467-03 complies.\n17/10/200\u2588, 03:10AM: SCPS Sunderland successfully recovers the SCPS Joyita with no parts aside from supplies taken by SCP-2467, leading Foundation personnel to believe it had recently boarded and cannibalized parts from another, as yet unknown vessel.\nNote: As of the events of the 17/10/200\u2588, all recorded events are entirely documented by D-2467-03's camera.\n\n23/10/200\u2588, 04:50PM: Video feed shows D-2467-03 is displaying signs of distress and pushing a trolley loaded with basic rations to crew members of SCP-2467. All crew with the exception of D-2467-03 are audibly humming an unidentified tune in unison.\n\n30/10/200\u2588, 11:23PM: Video feed shows D-2467-03 still displaying signs of distress, hauling in a fishing net with 3 other crew members. An as yet unheard voice, hereby referred to as SCP-2467-01, seeming to come from the flying bridge orders crew member \"Worthington\" to be brought to the flying bridge. 4 crew members apprehend a young male crew member and escort him to the flying bridge, which has the door open6. Door to the flying bridge closes after \"Worthington\" is deposited inside. Vocalizations of distress produced from the flying bridge are audible for the following 7 days.\n\n21/11/200\u2588, 06:55AM: Video feed shows D-2467-03 swabbing the port side deck, showing lower levels of distress. A lighthouse on the coast of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 comes into view, seemingly prompting SCP-2467 to adjust its course and head into more open waters.\n\n30/11/200\u2588, 12:47AM: Video feed shows that D-2467-03 is still showing distress, but is no longer requiring guidance by other crew in undertaking tasks on the ship. D-2467-03 is securing hatches on the deck when a crew member looks to the starboard bow, spotting a fishing ship identified as the Grendel. Entire crew save for D-2467-03 gather on the deck equipped with grappling lines and ladders as SCP-2467 is seen to produce a very large plume of what appears to be black smoke from one of its funnels. Smoke enters the cloud cover above, producing a meteorological reaction. Heavy rain, waves up to 7 metres in height and wind reaching 70kph are recorded. Crew of the Grendel seen to request assistance from SCP-2467. Both crews work together to secure the Grendel to SCP-2467, followed by the 6 crew members of the Grendel being coerced onto SCP-2467 under the pretense of weathering the storm.\n30/11/200\u2588, 01:15PM: A crew member belonging to SCP-2467 is seen to produce a diving knife and fatally assault the captain of the Grendel7. Remaining crew members are escorted down into a lower deck as D-2467-03 and 3 other SCP-2467 crew descend a ladder onto the Grendel and salvage food, water, fuel, timbers and a segment of the hull, requiring a crane to lift onto SCP-2467's deck.\n\n9/12/200\u2588, 03:22PM: Video feed shows that D-2467-03 is showing minimal signs of distress, laughing at an anecdote told by one of SCP-2467's crew as she sweeps the deck. D-2467-03 then hands her broom to another crew member and approaches a captive crew member of the Grendel8 and addresses them as they work, leading to a brief dialogue. Transcript as follows.\nD-2467-03: \"You should jump off now, before it changes you. There's a big ship following, they might help you.\"\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588:\"What? What do you mean?\"\nD-2467-03: \"The song gets in your head. Makes you happy. Makes it so you want to stay.\"\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Okay, okay. I'll jump, but you come with me, we can both escape.\"\n9/12/200\u2588, 03:26PM: D-2467-03 disregards \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and returns to work.\nNote: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was recovered by the SCPS Sunderland approximately 20 minutes later and held for examination for a period of 6 weeks before being administered amnestics and returned to their family.\n\n15/12/200\u2588, 06:13PM: Video feed shows that D-2467-03 no longer displays any sign of distress, and now hums with the crew of SCP-2467.\n\n18/12/200\u2588, 08:05AM: SCP-2467-01 orders \"Smith\" and \"Chi\" to report to the refuse center. Video feed shows two heavily malnourished men, crew members known to be present prior to the abduction of D-2467-03, enter a lower deck. They are no longer seen at any point on D-2467-03's video feed or during observation by the SCPS Sunderland.\n\n26/12/200\u2588, 11:19AM: SCP-2467-01 is heard ordering the crew to deliver D-2467-03 to the flying bridge. Video feed confirms D-2467-03 is once again displaying severe distress, and attempting to exit SCP-2467 with haste. Crew of SCP-2467 show coordinated teamwork in D-2467-03's capture, apprehending her 3:52 after SCP-2467-01 was heard. Crew escorts D-2467-03 to the flying bridge, with the video feed showing the door swinging open autonomously9. Interior of the flying bridge is obscured by an intense blue-green light, and seems to cause increasing amounts of static and tracking errors as D-2467-03 approaches the doorway. Video feed cuts out as D-2467-03 is thrown bodily into the doorway at 11:23PM.\n\n18/04/20\u2588\u2588, 12:19PM: Video feed resumes showing total darkness until the camera abruptly emerges into a room, evidently out of a pipe, on top of a pile of refuse to be dumped off of SCP-2467. Contents of refuse bin include scrap metal, empty oxygen tanks, broken tools, severed body parts and a torn D-class jumpsuit10 stained with blood and other unidentified fluids. The camera lens also appears to be coated in the same materials staining the D-class jumpsuit. Sounds of distress echo down the pipe, consistent with D-2467-03's voice albeit heavily distorted.\n18/04/20\u2588\u2588, 12:29PM: SCP-2467 crew member enters the room and manually places waste products into a fishing net, ties said fishing net closed, and pushes the net and its contents into a port in the floor. Video feed shows port leads to an opening in the stern of SCP-2467 and then the water.\nNote: Waste net and camera were recovered by the SCPS Sunderland at 12:45PM.\n\nClosing Statement: Following review of the footage gathered and DNA testing of the human remains recovered from SCP-2467, it was discovered that human remains contained within the waste collected did not belong to D-2467-03. Following this discovery, orders were given to collect any and all waste products dumped by SCP-2467 in an effort to determine how long it would take for D-2467-03 or her remains to be dumped by SCP-2467. Tooth, hair and isolated skin fragments determined to belong to D-2467-03 were recovered on the 2/05/20\u2588\u2588 at 12:47AM. Research concluded that an as yet unknown process had caused D-2467-03 to undergo a form of catabolism, breaking down tissue into a liquid state. Lack of other remains suggests that the resulting material was used for an unknown purpose on board SCP-2467.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Believed to have been a combination of SCP-2467's weather altering effects and the rough sea state at that time\n2. This is the only known instance of SCP-2467 successfully bringing down a low flying aircraft.\n3. Presumably attracted towards SCP-2467 due to its frequent dumping of edible material and cadavers\n4. Various sections of SCP-2467 have not yet been matched to known watercraft. Given that a ghost ship is typically discovered once every two years, efforts are being made to determine just how many of these can be attributed to SCP-2467.\n5. Dubbed the SCPS Joyita\n6. This is the first of only 2 times this door has been recorded open.\n7. Identified as Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n8. Identified as Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n9. The second recorded instance of this occurring\n10. Confirmed to be that worn by D-2467-03\n\n\u00ab SCP-2466 | SCP-2467 | SCP-2468 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2468\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: As SCP-2468 relocates at random intervals, it is impossible to fully contain the phenomenon. Should SCP-2468 relocate, the surrounding area must be locked down and quarantined by a containment team, with cover stories given in the likely case of civilian activity around it. Once lockdown has been achieved, in order to maximize SCP-2468's time within the locked zone, a minimal mass of roughly 55 kilograms of raw, fresh meat will be brought to SCP-2468's area of effect once a week, starting from day one of locating. Disappearance of SCP-2468 must be reported immediately.\nDescription: SCP-2468 is an entity resembling a human child, with all reported cases appearing to be at the ages of nine to ten years. The entity's appearance changes aperiodically, although it always bears wounds of various sources. Strangulation, blunt cranial trauma, and bruises of varying severity appear to be more common than others.\nSCP-2468 tends to appear in populated yet open areas, including urban parks and town squares. The entity has shown a tendency to revisit places which have resulted in a successful yield.\nSCP-2468's behavior is consistent across all instances- the entity lies on the floor in a fetal position and requests help in various languages. Recorded languages include English, Spanish, Russian, Swahili, Hebrew, and German, depending on its current location. Upon reaching a distance of thirty-five centimeters from SCP-2468, organic objects are lifted by an unknown force to a height of approximately two meters, and dematerialize completely, along with SCP-2468. The entity returns to the area after roughly two minutes. In the time between SCP-2468's disappearance and its return, no anomalous qualities are found in the area it is located in. Testing has shown that SCP-2468 disables all electronic devices, including GPS-trackers and wireless cameras. Retrieved electronics have shown signs of water damage, even in waterproof objects.\nSCP-2468 has been responsible for the disappearance of 16 individuals so far. Out of those, 4 have returned. All four subjects were reported to have a mass of roughly 55 kilograms or less prior to disappearance. All subjects were found in a catatonic state and two expired prior to questioning.\nAlthough seemingly intended to capture humans, SCP-2468 will accept any type of meat with a mass above 55 kilograms. Raw and fresh meat has been proven to contain the anomaly in the area it's been found in longer than frozen, cooked, or expired meat. Inorganic objects not in contact with organic objects are not affected by SCP-2468.\nSCP-2468 was first sighted by the Foundation during a series of disappearances in 19\u2588\u2588, in the town of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, New York. The case was brought to the Foundation's attention when \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a homeless woman, seemingly disappeared in front of several witnesses after approaching a child. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was later found catatonic at the town's park. The Foundation interrogated the subject before administering Class-B amnestics to her and all the witnesses and initiating a lockdown on SCP-2468's surroundings in order to contain and begin research. Since its discovery, SCP-2468 has moved 35 times, and is currently located in [REDACTED], Ohio.\n\nAddendum-2468-1: Interview of D-2468-6\n\n Close\n\nInterviewed: D-2468-6\nInterviewer: Dr. Sanford\nForeword: D-2468-6 is the first D-personnel in Dr. Nguyen's line of experiments with SCP-2468 to survive long enough for an interview.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Sanford: What happened after you got close to SCP-2468?\nD-2468-6: I- I\u2026 I can't really describe it, Doc. Ain't nothing like anything that ever happened to me.\nDr. Sanford: Could you please try?\nD-2468-6: [Subject looks around and sighs loudly.] A-Alright, Doctor. I'll try.\nAt first, it felt like I\u2026 fell up. Kinda like skydiving, y'know? Except this time, I was going up instead of down. For a few seconds, I just fell up, it's dark as hell, and then I suddenly\u2026 Ever fell into a pool on your stomach? That's what happened.\nDr. Sanford: You fell up into a pool of water?\nD-2468-6: It's- it wasn't water. It didn't FEEL like water. Something about it just was plain wrong. That's when I notice the fishing hook between my teeth.\nDr. Sanford: \u2026 A fishing hook?\nD-2468-6: Yeah. Those crooked metal things you put on your fishing rod. Only a hell lot bigger and lodged in my cheek.\nDr. Sanford: We didn't find any wounds on your person.\nD-3468-6: I-I know, but it was there, Lord knows it was.\nDr. Sanford: I believe you. Continue. What happened when you fell into the water?\nD-2468-6: It was\u2026 I couldn't breathe. When I first tried to, I inhaled some of the water. Sweet lord did it burn on the way in. It was sorta like saltwater, too. It was hot and overwhelming and it felt like I was invaded by fucking salt- I could taste it in my mouth and it was up my nose and down my chest and- [Subject becomes very agitated. Interview postponed. Resumed at a later date.]\nD-2468-6: Sorry about that, Doc.\nDr. Sanford: It's alright. Continue. What happened next?\nD-2468-6: Alright. I\u2026 Well, I started struggling with my breath, before seeing them.\nDr. Sanford: Who's them?\nD-2468-6: The fuckers who held the rods. They were\u2026 There were three of them, and one was a lot bigger than the other two. They were like massive fish, with legs and hands. They had orange scales all over their body, except for their legs, those were green. They\u2026 One of them- One of the small ones- It held me closer to its face. I could see his head and face- [Subjects takes a deep breath.] -And Lord, what an ugly face it had.\nDr. Sanford: \u2026Noted. What happened then?\nD-2468-6: That\u2026 thing started shaking me around, making the most horrible noise, and showing me to the big one. He\u2026 He just looked at me for a second, and then he- And then he threw me back to the water- or air, or whatever.\nDr. Sanford: And that's where we found you?\nD-2468-6: Yeah. Next thing I know, I'm coughing my lungs out and one of you guys rushes to my aid.\nDr. Sanford: Understood. Will that be all?\nD-2468-6: I- Y-No. He- The big one. H-it said something before it threw me back.\nDr. Sanford: What'd he say?\nD-2468-6: \"It ain't got no meat on it.\"\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: D-2468-6 was retained for further questioning.\nVery, very interesting. I will attempt to make contact with these entities. -Dr. Nguyen\n\nAddendum-2468-2: Following the interview with D-2468-6, After gaining approval from Security Chief H\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Dr. Nguyen began attaching stainless steel plates with messages expressing benevolence and an interest in communication engraved on them to the meat supplied to SCP-2468. All messages were rejected by SCP-2468. After three rejected messages, the entity relocated to its current position. Dr. Nguyen was forbidden from sending more messages this way.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2467 | SCP-2468 | SCP-2469 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2469\nObject Class: Euclid Neutralized\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to the remote location of SCP-2469-1, minimal containment procedures are necessary. An observation tower disguised as a ranger station has been built along the southern ridge overlooking SCP-2469, and Foundation personnel disguised as park rangers are to deter civilians from entering SCP-2469-1 under pretense of hostile wildlife activity.\nSamples and materials removed from SCP-2469 are stored at Site-42 for further analysis and research. Any deviations in the cycle of activity within SCP-2469-1 are to be reported immediately.\nAs of 2010-05-10, SCP-2469 has been reclassified Neutralized due to a complete cessation of anomalous activity. See Addendum 2469-2 for additional information.\nDescription: SCP-2469-1 is a remote valley exhibiting multiple anomalous properties, located near the deep north edge of [REDACTED] National Forest near [REDACTED] \u2014 an area that is not accessible by ground vehicles. The center of SCP-2469-1 is an approximately 80-m-radius clearing populated with flora inconsistent with the region, most notably a series of 13 fruit-bearing trees arranged into a sundial, and various fruit-bearing or otherwise edible bushes and other plants arranged into various geometric and fractal patterns radiating outwards from the center of the clearing.\nSCP-2469-2 is a small, apparently hand-constructed cottage built using only natural materials and located at the center of SCP-2469-1. Investigation of SCP-2469-2 discovered a single set of human remains (SCP-2469-3), determined to be those of an unidentified female approximately eighty years of age at time of death from old age. Evidence gathered from SCP-2469-2 seem to indicate that SCP-2469-3 had lived there alone; however, evidence was found that indicated SCP-2469-3 either received, or expected to receive, a single visitor on a regular basis.\nSCP-2469-1 does not seem to be affected by changes in seasons, with all flowering plants within the area constantly in a state of full bloom and all fruit-bearing or edible plants in a constant state of being ready to harvest. Observation of the area has also shown that SCP-2469-1 is constantly exposed to the sun during daylight hours, with cloud cover inexplicably breaking over the area even during overcast and stormy weather. Additionally, on the first day of every calendar month, an anomalous event occurs in which multicolored fire self-ignites in a ring surrounding SCP-2469-2, and then ripples outwards until it reaches the edge of SCP-2469-1, rapidly incinerating all material in its way. Flora and fauna native to SCP-2469-1 will then rapidly regrow or regenerate into its \"pristine\" condition, while all introduced materials (including observation and recording devices) are completely destroyed. Materials such as fruit or other plant samples removed from SCP-2469-1 prior to an event are unaffected, and thus far have not shown any anomalous properties.\nSCP-2469 was discovered on 2009-08-12, following unusual reports of a \"surreal, paradise-like valley\" discovered by a pair of back-country hikers. A Foundation search team was dispatched to the area indicated by the report and, upon confirming the report, Class B amnestics were administered to all witnesses.\nAddendum 2469-1: Incident 2469-1\nDuring initial containment, an attempt was made to remove SCP-2469-3 from SCP-2469-2. When Foundation containment personnel attempted to remove the remains from the area, the area around SCP-2469-3 spontaneously ignited with the same fire typically observed during a regeneration event, resulting in severe burns to several containment team personnel. Additionally, large wildlife native to the area became highly agitated and aggressive until the remains were returned to SCP-2469-2.\nAddendum 2469-2: Incident 2469-9\nOn 2010-02-14, personnel stationed at the observation tower overlooking SCP-2469-1 reported the presence of an unidentified anomalous individual near SCP-2469-2. From surveillance footage taken during the incident, this individual appeared to have been a male person of indeterminate age with vaguely luminous skin, who approached and entered SCP-2469-2 for several minutes before exiting in a distraught state and then disappearing in a flash of light.\nA response team was dispatched from Site-42 by helicopter to perform an investigation of the area. A search of SCP-2469-2 turned up a wrapped bouquet of one dozen red-and-yellow flame-patterned roses along with a plain greeting card with the hand-written words, \"For my One and Only\". Neither of these items exhibited any anomalous properties, and upon further investigation, the remains of SCP-2469-3 were determined to be missing.\nAs of this incident, SCP-2469 has completely ceased anomalous activity.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2468 | SCP-2469 | SCP-2470 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2470\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: To facilitate containment, Area-141 has been established at the site of discovery. Due to the extremely hazardous nature of SCP-2470, as well as the potential threat from pro-apocalyptic religious-mystical movements and sects, on-site personnel are responsible for both containing the object, and protecting Area-141 from any and all outside threats.\n\nContainment Zone structure\n\nHide\n\nThe central containment volume of Area-141 headquarters is a hyperboloid-shaped room with a lower base diameter of 55 meters, upper base diameter of 42 meters, and 36 meters in height. Walls and floor structures are doubled: the outer walls, no less than 4.5 meters thick, are made of high-density pre-stressed concrete; the inner ones, 1.5 meters thick, are made of special \"adamant\" brand high-alloy steel (produced by Plant-45). The containment volume is fitted with two (2) sets of service entrance airlocks with class VI explosion resistance blast doors and an additional emergency quick-hardening compound sealing system.\nIn the center of the containment volume there are two concentric icosahedron-shaped shells1 installed, the diameters of their circumspheres being 8 and 12 meters respectively. The shells are supported by a two-spool suspension system and are additionally surrounded by a Faraday cage made of superconducting cable with cells no larger than 5 cm across.\nHigh vacuum inside the shells and the containment volume is maintained by two (2) main and six (6) backup heavy-duty turbomolecular pumps. The space between the inner and outer walls of the containment volume acts as forevacuum space and is pumped by four (4) main and four (4) reserve rotary vane pumps, which are capable of operating in an accelerated mode for no less than one (1) hour. Pumps are to be checked for serviceability on a weekly basis; preventive replacements and scheduled maintenance are to be conducted every two (2) months.\nArea-141's electric power supply consists of no fewer than two (2) independent external sources and two (main and reserve) stand-alone power systems with at least a 100% margin of capacity each.\nThe central shells are identical in structure (except for respective dimensions) and both are constructed of 20 triangular titanium plates 1.5 cm thick, mounted on a steel skeleton and adjusted to minimize gap size along matching edges. One of the plates of each shell is to be mounted on a guide rail serving as an access port, which can only be opened from the outside. The frames in question are to be connected to a stabilized voltage supply, maintaining a potential difference of 120V across the structure.\nThe inner surfaces of the shells are covered with luminophore compounds that radiate when conducting electricity and produce afterglow for 20 min in case of power failure. Luminophores of different colors make up an image \u2014 a memetically active visual representation of a so-called \"Wei\u00dfschatten's imperceivable extradimensional paradox\" that irreversibly destroys general perception processes upon being perceived. Another board with the same image is located behind the outer shell access hatch, placed in such a way so as to obstruct the view of the region within three (3) metres of the shell's geometric center, should the outer shell access hatch be opened while the inner shell is compromised. Shell integrity checkup is to be conducted at least once every two weeks.\nInside the containment volume the following objects are also situated:\n\n2 spontaneous decoherence generators2 (spec. product 2470-a)\n3 zero-veil generators3 (spec. product 2470-b)\na telepathy suppression device, created using SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 (spec. product 2470-c)\n\nIt is essential to maintain a full stock of the aforementioned devices. In case stock supplies diminish, replacement devices are to be manufactured by the Foundation's corresponding facilities upon first request, as soon as possible, and with the highest priority. The operation procedures are explained in the corresponding manuals attached therein.\n\nHide\n\nWork regulations in the containment area\n\nHide\n\nAll works inside the containment volume are carried out by groups of no fewer than three (3) grade IV engineers, who received appropriate training and passed qualifying examination.\nAny works that have to be performed outside the central shells are to be conducted preferably using robots controlled remotely via a fiber-optic cable; in case human intervention is necessary, personnel must operate wearing full-body suits with fiber-optic communication. All types of wireless devices are forbidden to be handled and/or used inside the containment volume.\nInternal examination of the central shells is conducted only by people wearing special \u201cDissonance\u201d full-body suits (spec. product 2470-d). The suit includes:\n\na \u201cWei\u00dfschatten's paradox\u201d memetic agent displaying system with 100% external area coverage;\na spectrum-correcting system built into the HUD; said system is attuned to the wavelengths the luminophore compound cells radiate in and makes the memetic agent safe for perception by suppressing specific colors;\na spatial image filtration system with high precision inertial control, that blocks the view of the area within 3 meters of the shell's geometrical center;\na chronometer with voice countdown for preset periods.\n\nAny forms of interaction between the personnel inside and outside the shells are forbidden. Staff members inside the shells communicate between each other using a set of hand signals.\nThe procedure of planned internal examination of the shells is performed along the following steps:\n1. Synchronizing chronometers (may be done immediately before entering the containment volume).\n2. Inertial control system calibration. It is to be done right in front of the external shell's hatch to avoid error accumulation.\n3. Activating the image filtration system, switching on the memetic agent display.\n4. Opening the external shell's hatch, starting 35-minute countdown. Two employees enter the external shell, the third one stays outside and locks the hatch behind them.\n5. One of the incomers examines the inner surface of the external shell for any integrity violations; the second examines the outer surface of the inner shell. Regulated procedure time: 15 minutes.\n6. After finishing the procedure #5 the employees, considering the time left, make a decision on entering the inner shell. In case a negative decision is reached, see #10. In case of a positive decision:\n7. Opening the hatch of the inner shell. Starting the 15-minute countdown. One of the employees enters the inner shell; the other remains inside the external shell and locks the hatch from the outside.\n8. Examination of the inner surface by the incomer. It is essential to avoid any contact with the area within 3 meters of the geometrical center during the examination. Regulated procedure time: 15 minutes.\n9. Regardless of the outcome of procedure #8, when finishing the 15-minute countdown, the incomer is to be in front of the hatch, being ready to leave. The hatch is to be opened by the employee outside exactly by the time the countdown is finished and only for 20 seconds, and closed and locked afterwards, regardless of circumstances.\n10. By the time the 35-minute countdown is finished, both employees are to stay near the external shell's hatch. The hatch is to be opened by the employee outside exactly by the time the countdown finishes and only for 40 seconds, and closed and locked afterwards, regardless of circumstances.\n11. Leaving the containment volume. Debriefing and progress report to the operator. In case procedures were not carried out in full, another team is to be prepared for second examination. The second examination is to be conducted completely, regardless of progress of the previous team.\nEmployees failing to leave the shells on time are considered KIA; no rescue missions are to be attempted under any circumstances. In case said employees are found during subsequent examinations, they are to be removed from the shells and remanded to medical staff immediately; taking off the suit and providing medical care is forbidden for any employees other than medical staff.\n\nHide\n\nEmergency protocols\n\nHide\n\nTransmission of information about the outside world into the shells in a form perceivable by the object (see description), even if not having observable consequences, is to be classified as a containment breach and aborted as soon as possible; termination of any employee is permitted if required to enact such. However, it should also be kept in mind that a deviation from the routine containment mode, as long as it remains stable, is preferable to frequent and sudden changes of the object's surroundings; for this reason, containment restoration is to be conducted through decisive action, guaranteeing solid and sustainable results.\nIn case of pressurization of the main containment volume, all turbomolecular pumps are to be shut off in order to prevent overload; all rotary vane pumps are to operate in overdrive mode to sustain a maximally achievable vacuum during recovery operations. If the air pressure inside of the containment volume exceeds 1 mbar, all the operations are to be conducted in sound dampening mode.\nIn case of visible integrity loss in any of the central shells, said shell is considered beyond repair. Instead, a new shell with a diameter 2m greater than the current outer shell is to be constructed around the central shells, if the outer shell is intact, or two successive shells if both current shells are damaged. After a new shell is put into operation, the old one is to be dismantled, removed and remelted. The current dimensions of the containment volume allow to conduct the procedure as many as five (5) times; hence, after fourth occurence of shell integrity loss and subsequent recontainment as described above, site personnel is to initiate work on containment volume expansion.\nIn case of significant damage to both of the shells and thus an inevitable breach of containment volume, protocol 2470-Alpha is to be engaged. High Command must be notified of the situation immediately through a special hotline. Contained objects of little avail classified as \u201cSafe\u201d or \u201cEuclid\u201d, preferably extradimensional, info- or cognitohazardous, self-replicating upon destruction, or having a particularly complex structure (see: approved SCP list), are to be brought to the breach zone before any containment restoration procedures take place.\nThis measure is supposed to mitigate the object's destructive influence by forcing it to spend a significant amount of time fully analyzing the complexity and inconsistencies of the aforementioned objects, while their unique properties should not allow SCP-2470 to make any substantial conclusions regarding the properties and laws of baseline reality. Any risks related to object interactions are considered justified. Permanent deployment of some of the objects from the approved SCP list inside the facilities of Area-141 is currently under review.\nIn case of a BI (Before Invasion) class or TCF (Total Containment Failure) class scenarios, if any local factors directly compromise the safety of Area-141, or by the order of the O5 Council, protocol 2470-Beta must be engaged in order to neutralize SCP-2470. Four executors (2 main, 2 backup) are to be selected from the approved list and delivered to Area-141. The subjects must receive instruction and conduct test procedures on D-class personnel. The main and backup pairs afterwards stand on duty with a five-minute notice to start the procedure, until protocol 2470-Beta is cancelled by a direct order from O5 Council.\nAt the order of High Command, or in case of sudden aggravation of the situation and loss of communication with the headquarters, the neutralization procedure is to be enacted under Area Command responsibility. After it is confirmed to be successful, the executors (both pairs) and all the D-class personnel located in Area-141 are to be terminated, any documentation relevant to SCP-2470 is to be destroyed, and Area-141 is to be evacuated and destroyed via thermonuclear charge.\nNeutralization of the object, regardless of all the complexities of its containment, is the very last resort and is to be avoided until absolutely necessary. For this reason, subjects from the potential executors list are not to be present in Area-141 unless protocol 2470-Beta is engaged.\n\nHide\n\nOrganizational aspects\n\nHide\n\nDue to the containment procedure complexity and unacceptable potential cost of error, a training complex has been established on Area 141 grounds for the purpose of general simulation of the containment volume and the containment area. All personnel involved with containment are to regularly practice under supervision of an authorized employee with level 3 clearance and take qualification tests at least monthly. Any non-routine works and procedures can only be carried out after training course simulations and rehearsals show a 100% success rate. Exceptions to this rule are permissible only on private order of Area Director in situations of extreme time pressure.\nMedical staff are to conduct physical examination of the working group prior to entering the containment volume and examine all Area-141 personnel monthly. Prior to deployment in Area-141, each member of the medical staff is to read, understand and sign the classified document 2470-x (attached) with a level 4 clearance employee as witness.\nSignificant psychological tension caused by a large amount of important and demanding procedures associated with every entry into the containment volume (such as wearing and checking a full-body suit, passing through the four airlocks, calibrating numerous systems, working inside the shells under severe time pressure and others) necessitates extra attention to personnel's mental health. Engineers assigned to the containment volume are to be given additional vacations.\nAny and all research of SCP-2470 is currently forbidden. Access to the archive of previously gained/retrieved information for purposes of analysis is allowed for employees with level 3 clearance or above by direct approval of at least two O5 members.\nAs it is suspected that some members of the sect presumably responsible for the object's appearance or connected to it may be still alive and at large, Area-141 is considered to be under aggressive threat. Although there is no reason to believe the aforementioned cultists to have any significant forces at their disposal, they possess information about the object that may potentially help them attract the interest of, and gain support from, other potentially dangerous radical organizations. Because of that, MTF \u2588-\u2588\u2588 and \u2588-\u2588\u2588, apart from their main duties, are charged with monitoring the activity of any pro-apocalyptic groups and to actively instigate cultists to contact them by creating front radical organizations and sects.\n\nHide\n\nDescription: SCP-2470 is a specific existential entity, or a perceptive element, which is objectively an initial manifestation of a ZK-class scenario. Due to insuperable obstacles related to its perception, the object's appearance, if it has any, remains unknown. Its current locus is determined indirectly, based on the area of effect it produces.\nSaid effect is manifested through the instantaneous disappearance of any object or event perceived by SCP-2470 from objective reality. First and foremost this applies to the most proximate aspects, which are directly accessible to the object's senses. Thereafter, as the object accumulates knowledge, gains abstract understanding of the nature of things, and makes generalizations, the effect extends to the phenomena themselves, their direct and later indirect consequences.\nFor instance, during the initial recovery operation, it was noted that the sound of the agents' footsteps (said agents were obstructed from sight by smokescreens) was starting to drown out due to sonic oscillations having stopped. Soon afterwards, large volumes of the air itself started to spontaneously disappear, which caused hypobaric effects. This was followed by the disappearance of several agents' legs, and finally the agents disappeared wholly and completely. In a similar fashion, at first several clots of the aforementioned smokescreen disappeared, but the effect soon spread to whole smoke clouds, followed by all active smoke grenades at the operation site. This culminated with disappearance of all smoke grenades of that specific type at the operation site, regardless of their being within range of the object's perception.\nDisappearance of soil caused a crater up to 200 meters deep to manifest at the location of the object's discovery (apparently, the object was somehow confused that every demanifested volume of soil brought more into view, and that slowed the process down; it did not manage to realize the Earth as a limited and finite entity). Due to constant disappearances of air, atmospheric pressure has dropped at the operation site and a steady high-current cyclone has formed.\nSince any generalizations of reasons behind any phenomena inevitably lead to using abstract concepts and eventually lead to logically reasoning the universe's existence per se, SCP-2470 is classified as a potential ZK-class hazard.\nAccording to the analysis of gathered data it was reliably established that the object possesses the following senses:\n\na perception of electromagnetic radiation in an extremely wide frequency range, including the visible spectrum, which is analogous to vision;\na highly sensitive perception of mechanical stimuli, which is analogous to tactile sense and hearing;\na perception of [DATA EXPUNGED]\n\nThe following senses are reasonably likely to be possessed by the object:\n\na direct, yet severely limited, telepathic perception;\na perception of certain quantum effects, particularly quantum superposition of states as a singular phenomenon.\n\nThe latter hypothesis is related to the events that happened during [REDACTED], as well as damage and demanifestation of (at least) equipment sensors and human sensory organs during attempts to perceive the object directly, which is apparently related to the wave function collapse that inevitably accompanies an act of perception and is seemingly perceivable by SCP-2470.\nMoreover, this hypothesis combined with the conclusion regarding [DATA EXPUNGED] provides an explanation to how the object manages to avoid exposure to \u201cWei\u00dfschatten's paradox\u201d: apparently, the effect of quantum entanglement of the object in present time with itself in an immediate future, allows it to foresee the damaging effect of the memetic agent without even having a concept of its nature, and, based on that information, allows SCP-2470 to refuse to perceive it (\"to close its eyes\", metaphorically speaking). However, the fact that this modus operandi remains its only manner of existence for \u2588 years in containment counts in favor of the paradox's adequacy and the proficiency of the developed neutralization procedure, which is based on a forceful inoculation of a destructive meme bypassing the object's senses.\n[INFORMATION IS REMOVED FROM PUBLIC ACCESS. DELETION PENDING. LEVEL 4 CLEARANCE IS REQUIRED TO CONTINUE]\n\nEnter validation code: [_           ]\n\nEnter validation code: [*******] \u2013 Access granted.\n\nAccording to another hypothesis, the idea of SCP-2470 being a cognizing entity is not quite correct, as a ZK-class scenario can leave behind neither any knowledge of the current existence, nor any entities possessing such knowledge. Actually, the origin of the effect resulting in a ZK-class scenario lies not within the object, as we got used to thinking, but within the whole outer world. It is not the object that tears fragments away from reality, but the reality itself discharging these fragments and casting them into the most fitting place \u2014 into the unfillable unbeing that is SCP-2470 \u2014 as soon as they form a strong enough causal connection with it.\nUnbeing, as the true nature of the object, originates as a result of every successful attempt to perceive it. Thus, as unbeing is a priori singular, part of the object manifests on the information medium or inside the perceiver's mind, destroying it directly. Under this hypothesis, this explains the above-referenced effects on perception.\nFrom this perspective the cognizing nature of the object appears to be merely an illusion, caused by its dualistic position relative to the \"forgetting\" nature of the universe, though a virtual cogniton4 related to the object, created by this impact, appears to be indistinguishable from a real one (moreover, the concepts of \"real\" and \"objective\" appear to be conventional and hardly applicable in the given context). This is what determines the object's inability to perceive \u201cWei\u00dfschatten's paradox\u201d, but in this case it appears to be an objective and natural limitation, not related to a willed refusal to perceive. From this point of view the effectiveness of the developed neutralization procedure seems very dubious.\n\nRecovery Log: The first report of the object's anomalous activity came on \u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588.20\u2588\u2588 at about \u2588\u2588:00 from an airplane observer of FGU \u201cAvialesookhrana\u201d5, who was conducting fire safety monitoring in the [REDACTED] area. The pilot reported a huge deforested area centered around a wide, deep cavity. Communication with the pilot ceased soon afterwards. The report was intercepted by undercover Foundation agents in the MES and a reconnaissance operation with \u2588 mobile task forces was arranged.\nInitial hypotheses regarding the object's nature were defining it as something akin to a miniature black hole. However, primary analysis disproved this point of view and demonstrated the true nature of the anomaly. Several methods of containment and/or neutralization, such as [DATA EXPUNGED] had been applied unsuccessfully, and were followed by a proposal to use \u201cWei\u00dfschatten's paradox\u201d in order to neutralize the object. This attempt was a partial success. Neutralization was not achieved; however, it was discovered that the paradox's carrier was not susceptible to the object's effect, which allowed the Foundation to capture SCP-2470 after several unsuccessful attempts and to develop the current containment protocols. Total losses throughout the whole operation amount to \u2588\u2588\u2588 employees.\n\nExcerpt from Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's report:\nThere was a remarkable episode during one of the first attempts of neutralization, when, at the suggestion of agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a mirror was placed within the object's field of view. It seemed logical that, after seeing its own reflection, the object would neutralize itself. However, though the other things reflected in the mirror were subjected to its effect to the full, the object itself did not undergo any changes. Instead, it destroyed the mirror, although this action took it 12 seconds more than it usually took for items of similar scale. Also, it is obvious that the object has not been self-destructing due to self-awareness for \u2588 years already. This can be rationalized by one of the following hypotheses:\n\nthe object is either able to apply its effects selectively or is passively non-susceptible to them;\nthe object is either unable to perceive itself, or is avoiding that;\nthe object itself is uncognizable;\nthe cognizable nature of the object is actually the object itself; any sort of cognition results in the object's duplication, which equals to the object growing due to its indivisible nature.\n\nThe last hypothesis [DATA EXPUNGED] for more precise control.\n\nAccording to the data gathered later on, a small village of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 which had been abandoned since at least the late 80s had been situated at the initial discovery site. However, a few years before the anomaly appeared, it had been occupied with members of an unidentified, radical pro-apocalyptic religious community. The evidence of their activity is sketchy and inconsistent, though it suggests that [DATA EXPUNGED].\nAddendum 1:\n\nThe O5-\u2588's memorandum to Area-141 personnel\n\nThe transcript of O5-\u2588's message to the personnel of Area-141 (hide)\n\nDear colleagues!\nAfter the command of Area-141 informed me of certain popular perceptions among your community, I saw it right to explain certain particularities regarding our policy on SCP-2470.\nYes, this object is exactly as dangerous as you were told or, probably, even more. Thus far our only salvation was the fact that the embryonic state of its mind cannot comprehend many of the things we consider obvious: that air is not nothingness and exists not just when it feels a breeze, that Earth is a celestial body of a finite size, that the Sun is not a flat shining spot on the horizon, that people, despite how different they are, all represent humankind as a whole, and so on.\nYes, it is essential to keep the object in complete isolation and to avert any transmission of the most insignificant information at any cost. It learns very fast and we can never be sure which grain of knowledge it lacks to be given a nudge to the ideas of space, time, infinity and universe.\nYes, it is both difficult and dangerous to contain such an object, and yes, we do possess a procedure of its neutralization. Why are we not engaging it?\nThe reason is because the containment itself is of a huge strategic value to us. The thing is, according to research on this subject, simultaneous occurrence of two ZK-class scenarios is fundamentally impossible. Therefore, as long as one of them is being contained, we guarantee that the others, which might not be so easily controlled anyhow, will not happen.\nIn fact, we were very lucky that this object took a form that can be contained at acceptable cost, so it would not be sensible to lose such opportunity. Therefore, containment will be carried out as long as we can manage, with neutralization being planned only for such an extreme case when the object's direct threat will be big enough to negate all of our prospects of carrying this policy out in the future, along with the future itself.\nThrough thick and thin you have to know that your work guarantees humanity's continued existence. Treat it properly.\nSecure. Contain. Protect.\nSincerely yours, \u041e5-\u2588.\n\nAddendum 2:\n\nThe list of enactors and the methodology for procedure of the object's neutralization\n\nHide\n\nThe procedure is to be performed by two (2) subjects possessing confirmed telepathic abilities rated at no less than 9 points on the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 scale, with a satisfactory result for 2470-qt spatial awareness test, no history of earlier exposure and no impairments (such as color-blindness) that affect visual and color perception. In case the list is down to 30 positions or fewer for whatever reason, use of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 for development of telepathic abilities in suitable candidates is authorized for the purpose of replenishing the list. As of today \u2588\u2588 individuals are on the list, namely:\n[DATA EXPUNGED]\nImmediately after protocol 2470-Beta is engaged, there is a preliminary measure that consists of building an additional shell according to the requirements for inner shell breach scenarios.\nThe executors must be kept in ignorance of the true purpose of the Area; a cover story of it being a telepathy research center and the process being a test of their abilities is to be adhered to. Additionally the subjects must not know about each other's existence; violation of this condition is grounds for immediate termination and a selection of new candidates.\nThe neutralization procedure is performed using an adapted version of \u201cWei\u00dfschatten's paradox\u201d, divided into two subcomponents, both safe to be perceived separately. The subjects' task is to memorize one of the subcomponents and to implant it synchronously into the mind of the entity, which is located in the center of the shell, demonstrated to them using live transmission. The active 2470-c telepathy suppression device is to be switched off five (5) seconds before the subjects are authorized to act, and should be kept offline for at least 15 but no more than 25 seconds. Trial runs for this procedure are conducted at the on-site training complex using a Class D test subject; at least three successful trial runs in succession are required before the performers are cleared for work. When taking part in the actual procedure, the subjects must not know it is not a trial run.\nAfter the procedure is performed, the first inspection is conducted by switching off the the inner shell power for 30 (thirty) minutes. In case the inner shell shows no change in its electrical performance and has no other signs of structural damage, the inspection is considered passed. The second inspection is conducted visually, by means of employees entering the central shell wearing protective suits with the spatial image filtration system turned off. If the procedure is successful, the shell should not have anything inside.\n\nAddendum 3: document 2470-x.\n\nMedical staff only.\n\nHide\n\nThis document is intended for the medical staff of Area 141 only. Divulgence of any details contained herein is to result in termination. Any other employee displaying knowledge of the contents of this document is to be (aside from an appropriate disciplinary action) treated with an A-class amnestic and transferred to another Foundation facility.\nThe medical staff of Area 141 are to pay extra attention to psychological health assessment of employees during periodical personnel surveys. Aside from disorders that are natural for conditions of strenuous work, special effort must be put into discovering the following complex of symptoms:\n\nrepetitive dreams featuring an abstract pulsing and growing black mass, identified as SCP-2470 by the examinee;\ntotal lack of any dreams soon thereafter (in less than a week);\nflattening of affects, progressive indifference to surroundings, and reactions becoming mechanical;\nrepeating episodes in which the examinee looks at a common everyday object for a long time with an uncommon curiosity.\n\nA lack of any discernible dreams lasting for two weeks is considered a sufficient warrant for a suspension and quarantine assessment. The quarantine implicates a termination of any forms of communication with any personnel not involved in the process of assessment.\nTo ensure reliable diagnosis, a trust relationship with the personnel is to be set and maintained. It is recommended to present the practice of regular discussions of dreams as a preliminary phase of psychological survey, aimed at distraction from the current situation and relaxation. The keen interest in nightmares can be explained as a search for hidden reasons for nervousness and analysis of suppressed fears.\nThe aforementioned diagnosis should be given top priority for personnel involved in procedures taking place inside the containment volume and central shells, and especially for those who spent unscheduled time inside for whatever reasons. The latter are to be quarantined immediately and thoroughly examined for no less than two weeks. Everyone who spent more than an hour and a half inside the outer shell or more than an hour inside the inner shell are to be considered to fail the inspection, regardless of observed state.\nAll diagnosed cases are to be processed as soon as possible. Employees with diagnosed symptoms are to be put in an artificial coma under pretense of an insignificant surgical intervention, given two complete cycles of D-class amnestic treatment, and subsequently euthanized by a neurotoxin injection and cremated. The rest of personnel are to be given a cover story implicating that the employee is dismissed for medical reasons and transferred to another Foundation facility.\nYou will receive the instructions on covering the above-referenced activity from your ISD case officers.\n\nHide\n\nFootnotes\n1. polyhedron with 20 faces\n2. destruction of the phenomenon of quantum entaglement\n3. a code name; used as a mean of suppression of [REDACTED].\n4. \u00aba cognoscitive quantum\u00bb, a quasiparticle, introduced in the theory of [REDACTED] as an elementary particle, a model mind mediator\n5. a Russian government agency charged primarily with the aerial management of forest fires\n\n\u00ab SCP-2469 | SCP-2470 | SCP-2471 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Photo from SCP-2471's recovery.\n\nItem #: SCP-2471\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The bulk of SCP-2471 is stored in the refrigerated containment for anomalous food in Site-17. Requests for samples must be submitted to Lead Researcher Dr. Califano.\nInstance SCP-2471-B is to be kept under camera surveillance in refrigerated containment and checked daily for changes.\nDescription: SCP-2471 comprises a collection of five cases of fortune cookies. Each case contains 350 individually wrapped cookies, termed instances of SCP-2471, with the exception of one case, in which 10 instances were consumed prior to recovery and 15 instances used in testing. The wrappers depict a caricature of a meditating Buddhist monk. The cases list the manufacturer as Sugarcomb Confectionery.\nAs with regular fortune cookies, instances of SCP-2471 are made of wheat flour, sugar, vanilla, and sesame oil. Each is folded to contain a single strip of paper. The reverse of the paper contains pre-printed advertisements and a \"Lucky Numbers\" section. Once the instance is cracked open, the obverse of the paper contains a single aphorism or statement of wisdom, tailored to be applicable to the subject's current situation. Fiber optic cameras inserted into the instance show that the paper obverse remains blank while the instance is intact. To date, no actual prediction has been made by an instance of SCP-2471.\nNo anomalous effects have been observed from consumption of instances by subjects.\nRecovery Log: SCP-2471 was recovered from the Site-17 cafeteria, where they were planned to be distributed during lunch on 28 January, 2017. Upon consumption of the first instance by Junior Researcher Pawlukojc, she noted the first message (\"About time I got out of that cookie.\") and examined the source of the cookies. As Sugarcomb Confectionery is a known Group of Interest to the Foundation, procurement paperwork was examined. An invoice for the same number of cookies from Site-17's normal food supplier was found, but product was never delivered on the invoice. A second invoice for SCP-2471 with a value of $0.00 was discovered to had been spontaneously generated in its place and arrived with supplier's regular shipment. The following note was found on the invoice:\n\nWe thank you for your business. We would not be where we are today if you hadn't gone through so many puppies with such innovation. Since you enjoy death so much, these cookies should give you hours of wondrous contemplation.\n\nAll unconsumed instances were gathered and contained on site.\nTesting Log:\nBased on the retrieved responses of activated instances, the following testing protocol was constructed:\n\nA list of questions is prepared beforehand.\nThe researcher concentrates on a single question and recites it aloud.\nThe researcher activates an instance of SCP-2471 and recovers the paper.\nThe paper's output is recorded.\n\nDuring initial testing, Junior Researcher Pawlukojc deviated from the question list. Results are below:\n\nResearcher: Are you capable of independent thought?Researcher: Wait, final statement? What happens when you're cracked open?Researcher: You die? Doesn't that scare you?Researcher: There's got to be some way to stop you from having to die.\nUpon conclusion of this test, Junior Researcher Pawlukojc recommended the extraction of the paper without cracking open the instance. Two sample instances were selected for the testing and labeled SCP-2471-A and SCP-2471-B. The paper was extracted from each sample and observed to remain blank. SCP-2471-A was then cracked open. The corresponding paper remained blank. SCP-2471-B and its corresponding paper were returned to containment and monitored for change.\nAddendum: I had to find out what was going on with SCP-2471-B, so I opened one more cookie, asking what's -B thinking. The paper read, \"When a tree knows it will fall in the forest, but no one will hear it, does it make a sound?\" - J.R. Pawlukojc\n\n\u00ab SCP-2470 | SCP-2471 | SCP-2472 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2472, photographed upon recovery.\n\nItem #: SCP-2472\nObject Class: Safe1\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2472 is not to be kept in an otherwise active Containment Site due to its tendency to disrupt anomaly-sensing and security mechanisms active at said sites. SCP-2472 is currently contained in a Foundation auxiliary facility in Saint Simons Island, Georgia.\nDescription: SCP-2472 is a metal air coupler, of the kind manufactured for coupling parts of air hoses in machinery, measuring 35 mm in length. SCP-2472 can confidently be described as not anomalous, after extensive testing, with no unusual properties relating to its behavior, appearance, perception, interactions with other objects, or any other factors for which testing is prescribed by Revised Foundation Anomaly Standards, Vol XXIV (2009).2\nDespite this, SCP-2472 consistently registers as an anomaly in automated tests designed to recognize extranormal objects. Introduction of SCP-2472 to Foundation Sites equipped with Scranton Reality Gauge Alarms uniformly results in the alarms sounding, despite SCP-2472 having no significant impact on local reality levels in over 25,000 measurements.\nAnalysis of SCP-2472 experimentation results displaying no anomalous behavior, by the Binah Pattern Recognition System in active use by the Foundation, returns a result of:\n\n99.9% anomaly certainty\nPotentially Category Aleph Room (\u201cGreatest Concern\u201d) (75.4% \u00b15% confidence)\nPotentially Keter (77.7% \u00b15% confidence)\nPotentially uncontainable (26.3% \u00b15% confidence)\n\nin addition to information about SCP-2472's composition and physical properties verifiable by experimentation.\nExternal verification of SCP-2472's non-anomalous properties and behavior has occurred in double-blind testing with eight partner universities and institutions and three treaty partner extranormal organizations.\nExternal verification of SCP-2472's triggering of automated extranormal detection programs has occurred in double-blind testing with the following treaty partner extranormal organizations:\n\nThe Federal Bureau of Investigation Unusual Incidents Unit's PatternSweep software, developed in coordination with the National Security Agency, classed SCP-2472 as POSITIVE.\nThe Global Occult Coalition mainframe, codenamed Distant Thunder, classed SCP-2472 as LTE\u2013High Potential.\nAn independent anomaly-detection system under development by the government of Switzerland returned a rating of Leuthari I/Mederich, indicating a high certainty of anomaly.\n\nThe method by which anomaly identifying systems fail at correctly classifying SCP-2472 is currently under investigation.\nAddendum: SCP-2472 was discovered when a box containing air hose parts for pressure washers used in the cleaning of Site-48 was removed from an area fitted with automated Scranton Reality Gauge Alarms. Assistant Researcher Declan Hall, who removed the box containing SCP-2472 from the area, and other Site-48 staff were questioned, but no definitive timeline has been established for the introduction of SCP-2472 to the Foundation.\nPotential revision of SCP-2472's Object Class is currently in debate following the disappearance of Assistant Researcher Declan Hall on Jan 11, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, with a note apparently referring to SCP-2472.3\n\nFootnotes\n1. Object Class currently under debate. See Addendum.\n2. For extended logs of testing of SCP-2472, see: Evans, Nathaniel, \u201cThorough Records of Experimentation Regarding a Small Metal Air Coupler That Is Apparently Not Anomalous\u201d Observer: An SCP Foundation Journal (2010): 641.\n3. Excerpt: \u201cIf one can construct something plain that sets off every alarm, John, one can also construct something extraordinary that all of our best efforts can't detect. It was, I want to make clear, lovely to work with you. But it's time to be the one thing on this Earth no one has their eyes on. We'll meet again.\u201d The note was signed by Declan Hall and handwriting analysis confirms his authorship. A crude drawing of a flower, believed to be a water hyacinth, follows the note.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2471 | SCP-2472 | SCP-2473 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2473\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2473 is currently stored in Hangar 37 of Site-43. Efforts in restoration and reverse-engineering of the object are ongoing. Normal procedures for delicate artifacts such as those found within SCP-2473 are in effect. Exposure of SCP-2473's photovoltaic panel to sunlight is required for no less than four hours daily.\nTesting with SCP-2473-1 instances is restricted to D-Class personnel, with a preference for neurologically healthy individuals. Individual test subjects must be given at least two weeks to recover between experiments. Normal procedures for testing surgical apparatus are in effect for SCP-2473-1 instances. At this time, testing with the objects is suspended. Restoration of SCP-2473-1 instances is the primary priority for restoration crews because of their fragility.\nSCP-2473-2 is currently in cryogenic storage at Site-43. Removal for study by approved personnel must follow instructions outlined in general Foundation guidelines for mummified human corpses.\nDescription: SCP-2473 is an atmospheric re-entry vehicle of anomalous origins.1 It has the following approximate specifications: a 51-meter length, a 30-meter wingspan, a 65-meter height, and a total weight of approximately 110,000 kilograms.\nSCP-2473 has no external marks, and possesses a form of ion propulsion. Hardware for docking onto another spacecraft is present. A living quarters/cockpit has been identified. Much of SCP-2473's interior is filled with computer hardware, apparatus for recycling air and human waste, and a retractable photovoltaic panel. All hardware within SCP-2473 appears to have suffered several centuries of oxidization. The apparatus for recycling human waste failed before recovery, while the oxygen-recycling system was still operational. All internal markings are in a language not currently extant on Earth; translation efforts are ongoing.\nSCP-2473-1 refers to eleven identical chairs designed as brain-computer interfaces. The devices are equipped with polymer catheters designed to remove waste and provide nutrients, alongside several electrodes designed to directly interface with the nervous systems of occupants. SCP-2473-1 instances are arranged in a V formation within SCP-2473's primary chamber, the apparent living-quarters/cockpit, with the vertex of the V (SCP-2473-1-6) being closest to the nose of SCP-2473.\nOnly one SCP-2473-1 instance (SCP-2473-1-11) was occupied at recovery. The occupant, SCP-2473-2, was found in a desiccated, mummified state. Radiocarbon dating, genetic testing, and chemical analysis of bones and teeth have proven inconclusive on racial identity, lifestyle, and age of SCP-2473-2; the current working estimate is of 20,000 years (\u00b15,000 years) between death and recovery. SCP-2473-2 was female and approximately 60 to 70 years old at time of death. SCP-2473-2 likely spent an extended period in microgravity prior to death, as indicated by signs of atrophy within most muscles and the skeletal system. The electrodes of SCP-2473-1-11 were embedded at various points within SCP-2473-2's body; bone and muscle growth around the objects indicates that they were connected for an extensive period. SCP-2473-2 was heavily bandaged and wearing a loose-fitting garment of unknown composition at time of death; cause of death is unknown at this time.\nAll computer hardware and sensor devices were functional at time of recovery; as such, maintaining charge on SCP-2473's power cells is considered a priority.\nRecovery: On 13 October 2000, NASA and ESA facilities detected a brief emission of gamma radiation from a point unassociated with any celestial bodies; further observation detected no objects of interest observable at this point, prompting Foundation investigation of the anomaly. Later investigation via use of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u25882 detected the object now classified as SCP-2473.\nBased on observations made via SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588, it was determined that SCP-2473 was maneuvering with ion-based propulsion systems and navigating towards near-Earth orbit. Monitoring via SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 continued until observation through non-anomalous means could be established, on 15 April 2015. On 4 December 2019, it was determined that SCP-2473 was likely to attempt to land at sub-orbital velocities on the west coast of the North American continent. Negotiations with the US, Canadian, and Mexican armed forces were made to ensure that the Foundation would maintain full custody of the object regardless of landing site in exchange for Gen+ technology prototypes.\nOn 29 February 2020, SCP-2473 landed at a discreet military base in the Nevadan desert (following several months in near-Earth orbit), apparently having intentionally navigated there. SCP-2473 was successfully transported covertly to Site-43, with further investigation of the object resulting in its current containment status.\n\nShow Addendum RE: SCP-2473-1 Experimentation\n\nHide Addendum\n\nPreface: On 13 June 2031, following a decade of restoration efforts, experimentation of SCP-2473-1-1 with a D-Class test subject was proposed. On 1 August 2031, the proposal was approved, with one D-Class test subject tentatively assigned for FY 2032.\nExperimentation began on 13 October 2031 with D-2473-01 (a physically healthy 29-year-old female, hereafter referred to as 'subject'). Upon sitting in SCP-2473-1-1, the electrical probes automatically inserted themselves into the subject's body at points of large collections of nervous tissue. The subject was immediately rendered catatonic, with monitoring equipment indicating a state similar to REM sleep. Body-fluid loss due to puncturing of the skin was noted; the subject was administered an intravenous saline solution and bandages were applied at puncture points to minimize blood loss.\nAfter approximately four hours, the subject regained consciousness and all electrodes disengaged from her body. The included interview log followed this experiment.\nInterview:\n\nInterviewed: D-2473-01\nInterviewing: Researcher Trudy Begay, Dr. Samantha Moodley\nForeword: Interview was conducted by Researcher Trudy Begay, a member of the SCP-2473 Technology Research/Restoration Team, with Dr. Samantha Moodley, Head of the Team, overseeing. Interview was conducted shortly after D-2473-01 had been medically examined and administered necessary treatment for her injuries.\nTranscript:\nResearcher Begay: Can you tell us what you experienced after you sat in the chair?\nD-2473-01: I felt the damn needles jab into me for a second, then everything went black. When I came to, I was in the same chair, but no needles, and everything else was gone. None of you, none of the monitoring equipment, none of the guards, none of the lights you had set up inside that thing, nothing. It was just me and the spaceship.\nBegay: Did you see any other changes you think are important?\nD-2473-01: I was wearing some sort of robe, not the scrubs I'd been given for the test. And it was bright in there. I could see everything, but it felt natural, not like the floodlights in there now. I could hear birds singing, and wind blowing.\nBegay: What did you do?\nD-2473-01: I stood up and followed the light. Just around the corner of the hallway, it looked like the ship had cracked itself open, letting all sorts of sunlight in. There was a ladder from the spaceship to the ground, and outside I could see a massive, rolling, green field. Outside the ship, it was just grassy hills and birds singing, and in the distance I could see big, blue mountains, surrounding the whole plain.\nBegay: Do you think this place corresponds to a real location?\nD-2473-01: I don't know if it's real anymore, but I think it used to be. (Subject pauses momentarily.) I think I was seeing a scene from someone's childhood.\nBegay: Can you elaborate? What gave you the impression?\nD-2473-01: I can't say for sure, but the entire place gave me that feeling. It just felt \u2014 nostalgic.\nBegay: Was there anything else of significance? Can you tell us more about the location?\nD-2473-01: I don't think the shadows got any longer the entire time I was there. I don't know how long I was there. Inside the sim, I mean. It could have been minutes or days, it wouldn't make a difference on how it felt. (Subject pauses briefly before continuing.) I think something or someone might have been watching me.\nBegay: What precisely gave you that feeling?\nD-2473-01: I don't know. It's like the childhood thing. The place just made me feel that way.\nBegay: So, what did you do? What happened next?\nD-2473-01: I just walked. It all seemed the same at first, but then I noticed that there were these clouds over the mountains. Big, dark clouds, the kind you see right before the thunderstorms. I thought it was \u2014 ominous, but kept walking. I just kept walking, watching the clouds and the sky and listening to the birds, feeling the grass between my toes, enjoying myself however I could. Eventually, I came up over a small rise and saw a little girl sitting on the next rise, facing away from me. (Subject pauses briefly.)\nBegay: What did you do next? Can you describe the girl in more detail?\nD-2473-01: Uh, she looked to be about 11 years old. Maybe a little older. I don't know where I'm getting that impression from, but it feels right. She had dark skin, but I don't want to say she was black. Her back was to me, so I didn't see her face, but she had long, dark, flowing hair. I just kinda \u2014 sat down next to her, watched the clouds with her.\nBegay: Did you see her face when you sat? Any other physical details you can think of?\nD-2473-01: No, I didn't see her face. Didn't care to look, really. We laid down and watched the sky for a few minutes, then she sat up and pointed at the mountains. I could see those clouds rolling, moving. After a few seconds, there was lightning and rolling thunder.\nBegay: Do you know if the girl has any significance? If there was any meaning to her pointing to the clouds like that?\nD-2473-01: (Subject hesistates momentarily.) If I had to take any significance from it, I'd say that she was telling me that there's always a warning before a flood. I don't think she can speak English, so she was resorting to metaphors and hoping it sticks, maybe.\nBegay: So what happened next?\nDr. Moodley (addressing Researcher Begay): Let her take her time, there's no rush. We want her to remember as much as possible.\nD-2473-01: It \u2014 It just got cold, fast. The wind picked up, and the clouds \u2014 the mountains surrounded this whole little plain, and there wasn't a mountain that didn't have a cloud rolling over it \u2014 the clouds rolled in from all sides. I stood up and looked around, and everything had changed, just like that. (Upon saying \"that,\" D-2473-01 snapped her fingers.) Before, the grass was green and everything looked, uh, everything looked safe. Now, the grass looked brown and dead. And the wind was kicking up dust. I knew everything was in my head, but I was \u2014 I was scared.\nBegay: So what did you do?\nD-2473-01: I looked around and noticed that the kid was gone. I tried to shout for her, but I couldn't, and I wouldn't know what to shout anyway. I knew there was about to be a big storm, and I had to get her out of it. I had to get her to the ship. I started running, looking for her everywhere. It felt like I'd searched for a real long time when I felt a big raindrop land on my face. I knew it was time to give up and get back to the ship. When I turned around, she was right in front of me, facing back towards the ship.\nD-2473-01 (Speaking rapidly): I was about to kneel down and start talking to her, face-to-face, but then I got it in my head there wasn't any time, I just had to pick her up and run back to the ship. So I did that. I, uh, I picked her up, started running for the ship as fast as I could. The ship was sitting on a small rise, so every hill I was looking for it. As I was getting closer, the rain started coming down hard. The grass, the dirt was all mud, which was all right because it stopped the damn dust. Water was puddling and flowing at the low point before the ship \u2014 I jumped over that and put the girl down so she could go up the ladder. She climbed up before me, then sat in the chair closest to the hole in the ship.3 I wanted to drag her to the back, with me, but it seemed like it was a bad idea. I ran to my seat, but as I got there, the whole ship felt like it'd been picked up and tossed and it all went black.\nBegay: Is that when you came to?\nD-2473-01: No, actually, not quite.\nBegay: All right, then. What happened next? Do you know if there's any sort of meaning to any of this?\nD-2473-01: I think the little girl is the pilot. I think she was trying to tell me about what the ship was built for, what she was running from. You gotta [sic] tell me, was there something sitting in the chair where the girl sat in the simulation? Every chair besides the one you sat me in looks like it's falling apart, and the other folks on the team don't seem to like going back there.\nBegay: I'm afraid we're not allowed to disclose that, sorry.\nMoodley: D-2473-01, you said there was more? Can you please continue?\nD-2473-01: Uh, yeah. Everything went black when I felt the ship get thrown. After that, it wasn't so much a simulation, a VR, as it was a \u2014 I don't know how to describe it. It just turned into images, flashes, snippets. I remember flashes of someone playing games in a house on the plain from earlier. I remember seeing the girl go to school, and come home, and do normal little kid stuff. The house didn't look like anything I'd ever seen \u2014 different architecture, I think \u2014 and none of the people there were speaking English. I recognized some of the writing that I saw in the ship \u2014 it looked similar. I remember seeing adults having conversations, they seemed scared and angry.\nD-2473-01: At one point, the little girl and a man \u2014 I think it was her father \u2014 got into a vehicle like nothing I've ever seen \u2014 big, knobby tires, and a cab that looked airtight \u2014 and went on a trip. We went through the mountains, through storms just like the one from earlier. The trip felt like it lasted weeks for them. They drove through some of the most beautiful landscapes I've ever seen, but no cities. No roads. When they stopped, they got into a spaceship \u2014 a rocket, not that thing \u2014 after spending the night someplace strange. It felt like a hotel, almost. The rocket launched, and connected to a space station. It looked a lot like those old NASA videos, the ones with the astronauts going to the ISS or the Apollo astronauts? Like that.\nMoodley: Do you think you'd be able to read the writing inside the spacecraft, if we gave you the chance?\nD-2473-01: No. I only caught snippets, not enough to learn anything.\nBegay: What about the girl's face? This entire time, you've made a point of not looking at her face.\nD-2473-01: I have? That doesn't seem right. And for this part, I was seeing it through her eyes, I couldn't have seen her face.\nMoodley: All right, let's leave it. Please, tell us what happened next?\nD-2473-01: The space station was big \u2014 as big as a small city, I think. It was spinning, had simulated gravity. We were there for a few days, when I noticed it was docked to another spaceship \u2014 dozens of ships, actually, just like the one we did the tests in. Everyone on the station seemed busy. I remember, the girl was worried about her mother, her mother was still back on the planet we'd left. Not too long after I noticed the other ships, the shuttles, I was shoved into one in a big hurry. The girl's dad, he kissed us \u2014 her, I mean. He kissed her \u2014 and left the ship to go get more supplies. Then the door closed, the ship turned on, and it flew away from the station.\nMoodley: Did anything happen after that? Can you tell us anything else?\nD-2473-01: The ship was connected to something else, some sort of cylindrical \u2014 thing on the outside, the top. I don't know what it was. After the ship took off, I remember feeling scared \u2014 terrified, alone, helpless. I didn't know what to do. So I eventually sat myself in one of the chairs, and I felt the needles again.\nMoodley: What happened after that?\nD-2473-01: I'm not sure. It felt like something was talking to me, telling me to turn around, go back. But I didn't know how. And it felt like the people on the space station were calling for me to come back, too. But I didn't know how to speak, I didn't know how to turn around, and eventually, they quit calling for me. I could still hear them talking for a while, it seemed like, but that went quiet, too. And after a while, it didn't feel like I was sitting in the ship anymore, it felt like the ship was rocking me to sleep.\nDr. Moodely: Is there anything else you can tell us?\nD-2473-01: If I didn't know any better, I'd say that the last thing I heard before everything went quiet sounded like screaming. After that, it felt like everything was quiet for a long, long time, but eventually, I realized where I needed to be, where I was supposed to go. So I started running. But it wasn't like running, it almost felt like \u2014 swimming in a big, deep, dark ocean, but I knew where I was going. And then I woke up in the chair.\nMoodley: Thank you very much, D-2473-01. This has been insightful.\nEnd Transcript\nClosing Statement: Full significance of D-2473-01's experience during this experiment is unknown. Dr. Moodley has filed a request for further tests at this time.\n\nHide Addendum\n\nFootnotes\n1. Yes, on an institutional level, we like to maintain some skepticism regarding anomalies. But we've spent the last decade taking it apart and noting every single millimeter. We know what it does and how it works. Anyone who disagrees with the assertions in this document can take it up with my team personally. \u2014 Dr. S. Moodley, SCP-2473 Technology Research/Restoration Team Chief\n2. See SCP-1795 and attached documents for information regarding SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588's utility as an observational tool for astronomical anomalies.\n3. This seat is believed to correspond to SCP-2473-1-11, where SCP-2473-2 was located.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2472 | SCP-2473 | SCP-2474 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Synthetic aperture radar image of Irnini Mons. SCP-2474 obscured per A3 cognitohazard protocols\n\nItem #: SCP-2474\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All electronic communications originating from the Divine Unity 3 space station are to be monitored for signs of influence by SCP-2474. Any missions in the vicinity of Venus undertaken by international space agencies, nonprofit consortia or private interplanetary firms are to be investigated for the potential of encountering SCP-2474, especially those likely to generate data concerning the northern hemisphere of the planet.\nAll persons suspected of exposure to SCP-2474 are to be quarantined under Designation A3 protocols. Contact with research subjects and personnel exposed to SCP-2474 is limited exclusively to the Manu Thirteen system.\nDue to the high risk of exposure resulting from the New Shambhala Colonization Expedition, operatives from Mobile Task Force Rho-19 (\"Cythereans\") have been placed as part of the First Thousand group of specialists tasked with establishing a full base of operations in the Venusian atmosphere. MTF Rho-19 is scheduled to conduct an exploratory mission to SCP-2474 upon the arrival of the Expedition in March of 2153.\nDispatches filed in the late 20th century by Dr. Richard Simonis documenting SCP-2474 have been expunged from records of the era.\nDescription: SCP-2474 is a complex artificial structure located on the summit of Irnini Mons, a shield volcano on the Ishtar Terra continent of Venus, in the appearance of an ornate geometrical pattern. While the composition of SCP-2474 cannot be determined at this time, observation has concluded that the material comprising SCP-2474 is not consistent with materials known to exist in quantity on the Venusian surface. The height of the structure making up SCP-2474 averages 6.8 m, with a variance between 2.6 m - 18.3 m. The anomaly spans an approximate area of 30 km2, occupying the highest reaches of Irnini Mons. DESCRIPTION TRUNCATED FOR READER PROTECTION\nSCP-2474 is a Designation A3 (indirect observation) cognitohazard. The first known human exposed to the anomaly was Dr. Richard Simonis, lead topography consultant on the Magellan observational mission of Venus, conducted by the now-defunct National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 1992. SCP-2474 was first documented by Dr. Simonis using synthetic aperture radar during Mapping Cycle 3 of Magellan's mission. Subsequent radar mapping activities examining the Venusian surface have confirmed the existence of SCP-2474.\nSCP-2474 exhibits pronounced neurological and psychological effects on humans observing it through indirect means, such as reading detailed accounts of the anomaly or viewing photographic records. These effects vary in form and severity, as evidenced by Incident 2474.1.\nSCP-2474 is believed to be inhabited by a previously undocumented species of entities. The precise nature of these entities is unknown. Based on records of Incident 2474.1 and subsequent events, these entities are presumed to be hostile until further notice.\nRecords of Incident 2474.1, as well as seized archives of GoI-004B1, have led to the currently prevailing theory that the structure comprising SCP-2474 is of human origin. The means by which SCP-2474 was constructed at least 150 years prior to viability of planetary exploration technology is unknown.\nAddendum 2474.1 - Initial Containment\nPublic knowledge of SCP-2474 prior to Foundation containment was limited by the mistaken belief of Dr. Simonis, then the Magellan mission operative in charge of visual data, that the anomaly was a digital artifact resulting from an error in the software converting radar data to maps of the Venusian surface. This resulted in visual evidence of SCP-2474 being removed as part of a general smoothing process of graphical errors in maps of the surface of Venus.\nAfter the events of Incident 2474.1, the personal records of Dr. Simonis were seized and reviewed by Foundation researchers. Documentation shows that Dr. Simonis continued working in the aerospace industry for several years after the discovery of SCP-2474, before abruptly resigning from the USA-88 GPS satellite launch mission staff. Personal correspondence involving Dr. Simonis at this time documents a marked change in personality, with personnel files noting unspecified erratic behavior. This is believed to be attributable in part to SCP-2474 exposure.\nPublic records concerning Dr. Simonis indicate that he divorced in 1995, and purchased several acres of land in rural Michigan later in the year. After the land purchase, the only documentation related to Dr. Simonis is correspondence from various publishing houses and internet-based literary services. During these years, Dr. Simonis repeatedly attempted to publish a short story entitled The Threshold and the Nineteen and On, which was uniformly rejected by all recipients. Dr. Simonis self-published this story on several occasions in several different forms of electronic media. No evidence exists that the story was read by any individuals apart from Dr. Simonis. Access to The Threshold and the Nineteen and On is currently exclusive to Manu Thirteen per A3 protocol.\nDr. Simonis was declared deceased by the State of Michigan Vital Records Office in 2037 after requests by county-level officials to discharge his estate to his legal heirs. The death certificate of Dr. Simonis lists no cause of death, as no remains were ever recovered after investigation of his Schoolcraft County, Michigan residence and the vicinity.\nAddendum 2474.2 - Incident 2474.1\n\nINCIDENT REPORT\nDATE: 23 November 2142\nANOMALY INVOLVED: SCP-2474\nCASUALTIES: Six staff injured:\n\nLead Researcher Seung Jae Rim\nResearcher Jens Halvorsen\nResearcher Anjali Mannava\nResearcher Jacob Fenton\nTechnician Leonard Gryboski\nTechnician Ishii Kiemon\n\nPROPERTY LOSS: N/A\nINCIDENT SUMMARY: Research team analyzing imaging results from recent Harbinger 3 clandestine satellite mission in low Venus orbit encounters image of unknown, presumed anomalous structure present in northern Venusian hemisphere. Approximately three hours after filing report for initial SCP classification, all members of research team begin exhibiting signs of distress. Lead Researcher Seung becomes unresponsive to all stimuli, while Researcher Fenton and Technician Kiemon report visual and auditory hallucinations. Remaining team members report intense sensation of intrusive thoughts. All personnel immediately quarantined under emergency cognitohazard response procedures.\nRESPONSE: SCP-2474 receives official classification and is listed as Designation A3 cognitohazard. Lead Researcher Seung receives diagnosis of permanent vegetative state and is moved to long-term intensive care facility. Researcher Fenton and Technician Kiemon receive ongoing course of sedatives and antipsychotics to control anomalous symptoms. All staff currently being evaluated for therapeutic and counseling needs upon expiry of A3 quarantine.\n\nAddendum 2474.3 - Research Log 2474.17: Staff Observations\nForeword: Exposure to SCP-2474 is believed to have provided affected research staff with an unknown relationship to an as-yet undefined race of entities, believed to reside at the site of the anomaly. Attempts to ascertain the nature of these entities are ongoing.\nIn an effort to understand more about the nature of the anomaly, interviews of the responsive staff from Incident 2474.1 were conducted between 8 January 2143 and 17 March 2143 by the Manu Thirteen Artificial Intelligence System, the system having been demonstrated to be immune to the cognitohazardous effects of SCP-2474. Many individual and group interviews were conducted in order to determine the nature of SCP-2474. The following are transcripts of those interviews that have provided significant data regarding SCP-2474. Portions of these transcripts have been altered by Manu Thirteen in order to remove potential cognitohazards and have been noted.\n\nInterview 2474.4: Mannava 1\nInterview 2474.11: Ishii 3\nInterview 2474.20: Halvorsen-Fenton 1\nInterview 2474.28: Mannava-Gryboski-Ishii 2\nInterview 2474.39: Fenton 5\nInterview 2474.41: Seung-Halvorsen-Mannava-Fenton-Gryboski-Ishii 1\nInterview 2474.42: Mannava 8\n\nManu Thirteen: You described a sensation of being made to think in a way alien to your consciousness, Anjali. Would you mind describing more about these thoughts?\nResearcher Mannava: Could you do the hologram thing? I don't like talking to an empty room.\nManu Thirteen: Certainly, Anjali. [MANU THIRTEEN PROJECTS HOLOGRAPHIC AVATAR IN CHAIR OPPOSITE RESEARCHER] Would you mind describing more about these thoughts?\nResearcher Mannava: It was\u2026it wasn't neatly defined. Not like, images or clear phrases or anything neat. It was all kind of muddled together, but it was like I wasn't in control of it. Does that make sense?\nManu Thirteen: No.\nResearcher Mannava: Well, um\u2026\nManu Thirteen: Joking. Yes. Please continue.\nResearcher Mannava: \u2026anyway, it would be something like a collection of sensations, or the memory of sensations, and there would be words in it, a little. Like, I would be cognizant that I should be feeling an intense heat on my face, and I would be thinking of the distance between two parallel lines, and the word \"foomu2\" would echo around in it.\n[RESEARCHER MANNAVA PAUSES]\nResearcher Mannava: It was overpowering. Nothing else could be in my head while that was happening. I didn't know to be afraid, or to think that I was being violated somehow. And you know what's weird?\nManu Thirteen: What is weird?\nResearcher Mannava: Thinking back on it, it's\u2026it's not happening again when I remember it, but I feel some of the same things. Well not feel, but almost feel, like remembering something that just happened to you.\nManu Thirteen: That is weird. That is consistent with narratives provided by Gryboski and Halvorsen.\nResearcher Mannava: It's\u2026it's becoming different, now. Just talking about it. It's TRANSCRIPT ALTERED FOR READER PROTECTION It's frustrating. Like I'm almost remembering something but not quite.\nManu Thirteen: That is weird. That is not consistent with narratives provided by Gryboski and Halvorsen.\n\nManu Thirteen: Have the images stopped?\nTechnician Ishii: Is this how things are for something of your kind? An error of programming, and you perceive differently?\nManu Thirteen: What do you mean?\nTechnician Ishii: It is still there. It blends in when I stare at the wall but when I close my eyes it becomes crystal clear.\nManu Thirteen: The image of the white face, you mean.\nTechnician Ishii: The medication blurs it. It clouds my mind, but it blurs that face too. It cannot look me in the eyes anymore. A small mercy.\nManu Thirteen: The analytical team tells me they don't believe it to be a face. That your mind constructs it to be a face in order to be recognizable.\nTechnician Ishii: Damn them and damn you. I know what I see. I know the difference between things like streaks of black light that sound like wind when I focus on them and a face.\nManu Thirteen: Do you want me to request an increase in sleeping medication? Your irritability is slightly above baseline.\nTechnician Ishii: That does no good. The images are fixed in my dreams as well.\nManu Thirteen: What about TRANSCRIPT ALTERED FOR READER PROTECTION\nTechnician Ishii: TRANSCRIPT ALTERED FOR READER PROTECTION\nManu Thirteen: Do you think it's a separate entity, a life form, what you're seeing on these occasions?\nTechnician Ishii: This idea of separateness. It's foreign to this thing. A smaller part of the whole, but the whole isn't in one piece. This is not like life as we know it.\nManu Thirteen: Some of the others have described specific emotions associated with the hallucinations. Has this changed for you?\nTechnician Ishii: I feel hope. I feel hope, but it is the hope of something else. Something that is not me. I find that disturbing.\n\nResearcher Halvorsen: I don't like doing this at the same time.\nManu Thirteen: Being in your presence has brought a marked decrease in Jacob's symptoms. This is a potential breakthrough in understanding SCP-2474.\nResearcher Halvorsen: Yeah, I get that. I still don't like it. My skin is crawling. I feel like someone's standing behind me ever since I came into this room.\nManu Thirteen: I have been told my presence can have that effect.\nResearcher Halvorsen: No, that's different. Psychological. This feels physical.\nResearcher Fenton: [HUMMING UNDETERMINED TUNE] Pi bracket theta prime over gamma\u2026pi bracket theta prime over fifteen point eight three eight\u2026pi bracket theta prime over fifteen point eight three eight to the eighth power\u2026\nManu Thirteen: This is the most intelligible Jacob has been since the initial incident.\nResearcher Halvorsen: That's not intelligible. That's not even math.\n[RESEARCHER FENTON CONTINUES HUMMING IN BACKGROUND]\nManu Thirteen: That has yet to be determined. Leave the math to me, Jens. [LAUGHS]\nResearcher Halvorsen: Yes, you've a point there. Jacob. Jacob, it's me Jens, do you recognize me?\nResearcher Fenton: [FLINCHES VIOLENTLY AWAY, CONTINUES HUMMING] Pi bracket theta prime over pi bracket equals three\u2026Pi bracket theta prime over pi bracket equals two\u2026\nManu Thirteen: Jacob hasn't attempted to flee from a nonexistent stimulus for three consecutive hours. This is really a noteworthy departure.\nResearcher Halvorsen: [PUTS HANDS OVER FACE] Ah, god it's bright all of a sudden, hold on, he's going to say-\nResearcher Fenton: One\u2026one two one\u2026one three one two\u2026\nResearcher Halvorsen: \u2026yeah, that. And now it's going to be \"one three one over theta prime.\"\nResearcher Fenton: One four one two\u2026one three one over theta prime\u2026one three one over pi\u2026\nManu Thirteen: Fascinating.\nResearcher Halvorsen: That's not the term I would use.\n\nManu Thirteen: You are speaking for the group again, Anjali?\nResearcher Mannava: Yes.\nManu Thirteen: You are speaking for the group, Anjali. Like last time, I am going to ask you to reflect upon the influences you felt during the incident. And like last time I am going to ask Anjali to describe the commonalities that develop as you think.\nTechnician Gryboski: Roger.\n[FORTY-SEVEN SECONDS OF SILENCE]\nResearcher Mannava: It feels like it's about twenty minutes in the past. Does that make sense?\n[TECHNICIAN ISHII AND TECHNICIAN GRYBOSKI NOD ASSENT]\nResearcher Mannava: But, we're not waiting in the anteroom for the experiment to begin. We're doing something else.\n[SLIGHT PAUSE]\nResearcher Mannava: We're\u2026in a circle of some sort, I don't understand-\nTechnician Ishii: It is another language. We are speaking in something that sounds\u2026not unlike Ainu. It is Eastern, of some sort.\nResearcher Mannava: Right, and there's\u2026a dozen of us, maybe more, I recognize us but we're not really there.\nTechnician Gryboski: Dozen at least. Maybe more.\nManu Thirteen: Are there any unifying concepts? Commonalities?\nResearcher Mannava: No, no\u2026strangely not. Like that's the point, almost. Everyone's kind of all over the place. I feel like I'm being put into a sack. I feel that the notion of distance is ceasing to hold. The person next to me is three light-years away.\nManu Thirteen: [LAUGHS]\nTechnician Ishii: No, no that is so. Something is leaving. We are leaving-\nResearcher Mannava: We are leaving but staying. Parts of us are leaving.\nTechnician Gryboski: Venus.\nManu Thirteen: Repeat please, Leon?\nTechnician Gryboski: Venus. It's Venus. Distance is stretching out to Venus and now it's snapping back.\nResearcher Mannava: Yes. I feel like it's now, the present time. Here in the room, I mean.\nManu Thirteen: What are your most dominant impressions at this instant?\nTechnician Gryboski: Relief.\nResearcher Mannava: Grief.\nTechnician Gryboski: Yes. Yes that's right too.\nTechnician Ishii: Diminishment. We have stepped away from the threshold. We have chosen to be lesser.\nManu Thirteen: Anjali?\nResearcher Mannava: Yes. All of it. I long to see the machinery of the future. I am afraid of the grave that it lies in. I don't want to be sealed up to die, but I'm left behind. [STIFLED SOBS] God, it's making me cry.\nManu Thirteen: Technicians?\n[TECHNICAN ISHII AND TECHNICIAN GRYBOSKI NOD ASSENT]\nManu Thirteen: That's enough now.\n\nManu Thirteen: Time since last dosage of therapeutic drugs is now five hours, thirty-eight minutes. Are you certain you want to proceed, Jacob?\nResearcher Fenton: \u2026yes. I've seen it. I saw it before, but I didn't know what it was. But I'm really seeing it now. You need to take this stuff into the record.\nManu Thirteen: This is obviously distressing you.\nResearcher Fenton: Doesn't matter. We need to do this now, while it's still fresh. Then give me my cups full of pills again.\nManu Thirteen: You said you've seen \"it.\" What have you seen?\nResearcher Fenton: The skip! I've been inside it!\nManu Thirteen: Security records have you accounted for in the facility for the entire duration of-\nResearcher Fenton: No! No not like that. These things, they travel. Not to places. Not like that. Then you think, and then they have you. Just like that! They're not here, not yet. But you can still go with them a little. They leak out, around what should be.\nManu Thirteen: I don't understand, Jacob. Tell me about the location TRANSCRIPT ALTERED FOR READER PROTECTION\nResearcher Fenton: What did Mannava call it when we saw it. A mandala, I think. Me, I thought it was a maze. Thing with a maze, though, is that the way in and the way out remain the same while you're in them.\nManu Thirteen: So SCP-2474 changes physical structure?\nResearcher Fenton: No, you're still thinking like one of us! You have to think like them. But then you let them in. Oh man, you don't want to let them in. Never mind, don't think like them.\nManu Thirteen: I don't follow.\nResearcher Fenton: There are people in there! I've seen them. Not just people, though. No. There's machines, great gleaming towers of metal with no purpose that we can figure. Chasms going deep into the ground, wires, lights. They have shit in there that can grind thoughts, Manu. I don't even think they're supposed to do that. Just a side effect. That kind of stuff happens when you force things into states of being that they don't belong in. You can tell from the interior. Steel hovering in gaseous form through the halls, electrical current made solid. Can you imagine being locked up in something like that?\nManu Thirteen: There are people? How is that so?\nResearcher Fenton: Some went with them. They're not people anymore, of course. How could they be? Things didn't go as clean as expected when the thirteen expelled these things. Thought without body. Sexier than you might think.\nManu Thirteen: Expelled. What do you mean by that?\nResearcher Fenton: Ejected. Forced out from us long before anyone could write this stuff down. Thank God for that. Permanent records of these things? Fuck that.\nManu Thirteen: Is there a physical entrance to SCP-2474, Jacob?\nResearcher Fenton: TRANSCRIPT ALTERED FOR READER PROTECTION I hope that whoever ends up out there doesn't find it.\nManu Thirteen: That would seriously jeopardize any planned research missions.\nResearcher Fenton: Good.\n\nManu Thirteen: The site security officer informs me that all systems are cleared for deployment. We will now commence.\n[EIGHT SECONDS OF SILENCE. RESEARCHER FENTON HUMS IN THE BACKGROUND. STEADY ELECTRONIC BEEPS FROM HEART RATE MONITOR ATTACHED TO LEAD RESEARCHER SEUNG'S HOSPITAL BED]\nManu Thirteen: It is as we discussed. Anjali will meditate upon her experience with SCP-2474. She will call out a mantra. Respond as you will. Technician Ishii, I must ask again. You are willing to serve as the receiver for contact?\nTechnician Ishii: Yes.\nManu Thirteen: Please proceed, Anjali.\n[THREE MINUTES EIGHTEEN SECONDS OF SILENCE AND BACKGROUND NOISE]\nResearcher Mannava: Exile.\nResearcher Halvorsen: No. I need these beings.\n[ONE MINUTE NINE SECONDS OF SILENCE AND BACKGROUND NOISE]\nResearcher Mannava: Exile.\nResearcher Halvorsen: They are calling it New Shambhala. It was always in you. You want us.\n[FIVE MINUTES THIRTY-THREE SECONDS OF SILENCE AND BACKGROUND NOISE]\nResearcher Mannava: Birth.\nResearcher Fenton: [HIGH PITCHED, DISTRESSED KEENING]\nResearcher Mannava: Birth.\nResearcher Fenton: [CONTINUES HIGH PITCHED KEENING NOISE]\nResearcher Mannava: Life.\n[KEENING STOPS. TWO MINUTES, EIGHTEEN SECONDS OF SILENCE]\nTechnician Gryboski: That ain't life. That can't be alive.\nResearcher Mannava: Enter.\nLead Researcher Seung: No3. [AUDIBLE DISTRESS FROM SEVERAL STAFF]\nResearcher Mannava: Enter.\nTechnician Ishii: TRANSCRIPT ALTERED FOR READER PROTECTION\nEIGHTEEN MINUTES FORTY-SEVEN SECONDS MISSING FOR READER PROTECTION\nManu Thirteen: [ALARM SIRENS IN BACKGROUND] Please flush the HVAC system now, the aerosolized amnestic is approaching unsafe levels. Immediately.\nManu Thirteen: [ALARM SIRENS IN BACKGROUND] Tell the medics to hurry, Kiemon doesn't have long.\n\nManu Thirteen: Why was it tied to one person? The research suggested that the entities make no differentiation between individuals.\nResearcher Mannava: I don't know, Manu. I think this is beyond us.\nManu Thirteen: That is a strange sentiment for someone like you.\n[THIRTY-EIGHT SECONDS OF SILENCE]\nResearcher Mannava: We heard about the launch, Manu. Even in a sealed A3 environment we heard about that. About the First Thousand. Humanity's greatest achievement and that's what's waiting for them.\nManu Thirteen: It will be approximately one year before the mission reaches Venus. Command is working on containment. This is why you were all pushed so far. The data is very valuable.\nResearcher Mannava: Poor Kiemon.\n[SEVENTEEN SECONDS OF SILENCE]\nResearcher Mannava: They should let us brief them.\nManu Thirteen: Whom do you mean?\nResearcher Mannava: You're even worse at bullshit than humans. I know they're sending a task force. They have to be. They should have let us talk to them.\nManu Thirteen: You know why that is impossible.\nResearcher Mannava: Yeah, I know. So what. This isn't documentable. They need to feel this. Walking into something like that. They-\nManu Thirteen: \u2026Anjali?\nResearcher Mannava: \u2026they're sending you, aren't they?\nManu Thirteen: Yes.\nResearcher Mannava: \u2026yeah. Right, how could they not.\n[THIRTY-TWO SECONDS OF SILENCE]\nResearcher Mannava: Manu, I\u2026I have one piece of information, I think. Before we wrap this up.\nManu Thirteen: Please share.\nResearcher Mannava: When Kiemon\u2026when that thing came through, the amnestics. I don't think it just disappeared back to whatever space it inhabits.\nManu Thirteen: No?\nResearcher Mannava: I think we killed it.\nManu Thirteen: \u2026oh.\nResearcher Mannava: Whatever lives in the anomaly, I don't think they understand what it means to be tied to physical space. But killing one? I think we\u2026instructed them, somehow. I think we helped them to understand us a little more.\nManu Thirteen: Perhaps understanding is a positive result.\nResearcher Mannava: \u2026God. Be careful out there, Manu.\n\n.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The \"Cogwork Orthodox Church\"\n2. Believed to be the term for \"form\" in an archaic form of the Yoruba dialect in this context.\n3. Despite this event, EEG monitors detected no brain activity at this time. Lead Researcher Seung has remained in a permanent vegetative state since this incident.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2473 | SCP-2474 | SCP-2475 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Location of SCP-2475\n\nItem #: SCP-2475\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: At least one Foundation agent is to be employed by the Conan Doyle for surveillance purposes. Foundation agents under the authority of the Region 41A (Scotland - Lowlands) Director will monitor local and national news about escaped felons or persons under investigation by authorities, and will convey this information to the embedded agent to deny entry to said individuals. Should SCP-2475 be activated, the Region 41A Director will have discretion over the possible use of amnestics to cover up the containment breach.\nDescription: SCP-2475 is an anomalous phenomenon affecting the Conan Doyle, an upscale pub and restaurant located in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Conan Doyle was first established in 1873, but did not exhibit anomalous properties until 1987.\nWhenever any individual who has committed a violent crime or robbery enters the Conan Doyle and orders food or a drink, local authorities will be alerted to their location. The way in which they are alerted takes a variety of forms; methods used in the past have included anonymous phone calls1, emails, text messages, and even obsolete methods of communication such as telegraph messages. Despite numerous attempts, no form of communication used by SCP-2475 has been successfully traced back to a person or person(s).\nThe effect occurs regardless of whether or not the individual has been convicted of the crime; how SCP-2475 obtains its information is currently unknown. Possible use of SCP-2475 to assist local law enforcement is pending review by the Ethics Committee.\nAddendum: On 22 Oct 2001, an individual (who was later discovered to have been responsible for a local robbery) entered the Conan Doyle with a copy of A Study in Scarlet, the first book in the popular Sherlock Holmes series. Local authorities were not alerted to his presence; instead, upon ingesting food he had ordered, he suffered an allergic reaction and died en route to a local hospital. The individual did not have any medical history related to allergens used to prepare his meal.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The voice on these calls is always scrambled; attempts to make the voice clearer with audio analyzing equipment have been unsuccessful.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2474 | SCP-2475 | SCP-2476 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Document 2476-A\nRevised Document\n\nPersonnel Warning\nThe following document was created under the influence of a cognihazardous effect specializing in the alteration of perceived information. Information in this document is not to be discerned as truth. A revised document has been made available to personnel with clearance. It is advised to those assigned to this SCP item to read this document in order to acquire a better understanding of its cognihazardous components.\n\nKnight #: SIR-2476 the Safe\n\nSIR-2476. Dressed in its original robes and armour.\n\nSpecial Chamber Requirements: SIR-2476 is kept in a humanoid containment tower at Site-17 castle. Questioning in interviews with SIR-2476 are to kept to a minimum, in order to prevent the activation of its primary enchantment. SIR-2476 is to be fed on a diet consisting of ham, canned pork and any type of jam as a condiment. SIR-2476 has been allowed to keep a potted shrubbery in its chamber of its own request.\nDescription: SIR-2476 is a human male in its early thirties, biologically identical to the late film actor Graham Arthur Chapman. SIR-2476 is prone to occasional episodes of hostility, where it will insult personnel in a French accent and insist they leave its presence, under the threat of further taunting. Apart from these episodes, SIR-2476 is generally cooperative with Foundation staff. The words \"Mr. Monty Python And The Holy Grail, by Gamers Against Weed\u201d are tattooed across SIR-2476's left thigh.\nSIR-2476 displays a number of enchantments relating to the 1975 film 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' by the British comedy group, Monty Python. SIR-2476 is only capable of verbal communication through the use of words used in the manuscript of the film. SIR-2476 is able to recite the script of the film in its entirety, including dialogue, descriptions, actions and both beginning and ending credits. SIR-2476 is unable to speak any words outside of the script, despite multiple attempts.\nWhen speaking for extended periods of time, SIR-2476 will begin dictating lines from the films script in-order, and proceed to recite the remainder in its entirety. SIR-2476 will begin reciting from a point in the script where the last word(s) it spoke was used. Anyone speaking with SIR-2476, or anyone else involved in the conversation at the time of the effects activation will join in with the recital. SIR-2476 and those affected will speak the dialogue of a varying set of characters through the entire recital. Subjects will take turns to speak the script's descriptions and actions. The beginning and ending credits will always be recited by SIR-2476. Those affected are unable to recall the events which took place while under SIR-2476's effects.\nInitial interview log\nThe following is a partial interview performed by Brother Belle shortly after the recovery of SIR-2476.\n\n+Interview Log 2476-1\n\n- Access Granted\n\nBrother Belle: Alright. Sir 2476, do tell me, what are your earliest memories? And what did you do to those peasants in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588?\nSIR-2476: I remember walking around and knocking into someone. I said sorry. They were nice to me. We started to talk about funny things.\nBrother Belle: What did you discuss?\nSIR-2476: Monty Python. We both like it.\nBrother Belle: How did you know about the film beforehand?\nSIR-2476: I knew it when I appeared.\nBrother Belle: Alright. How did you make them do what they did?\nSIR-2476: It started after a little while. He brought up the spanking scene and I remembered it being fantastic. So we started saying it!\nBrother Belle: That was the trigger?\nSIR-2476: Yes, it was rather fun. Did I do something wrong?\nBrother Belle: No, no. You have nothing to worry about.\nSIR-2476: Oh ok, thank you. I was afraid I'd done something bad.\nBrother Belle: Do you enjoy comedy films?\nSIR-2476: Yes! I haven't seen them but I know they are good! Could I watch some?\nBrother Belle: We'll see. If you can help us out some more. I'm sure it can be arranged.\nSIR-2476: Thank you! I get to watch it properly! With all the dancing and singing. (SIR-2476 pauses for a few seconds)\nSIR-2476: And cheery music would be required to make it seem homey. Luckily, that is just what we get. Knights. Singing.\nBrother Belle: We're Knights of the Round Table. We dance whene'er we're able.\nSIR-2476: Knights leap on table.\nBrother Belle: We do routines and chorus scenes with footwork-\n\nAt this point, the interview was immediately terminated and SIR-2476 was returned to its holding chamber. Both SIR-2476 and Brother Belle continued to recite the script of Monty Python and the Holy Grail in its entirety, despite being held in separate locations. They got better.\n\nDocument 2476-8745\nThe following document was recovered from the village of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 upon locating SIR-2476. It is reproduced below in its entirety.\n\nJesus Christ! You've just found yourself your very own Sir Monty Python And The Holy Grail by the Holy order of Knights Against Weed! It's only a model. Who is King Wondertainment?\nGather them all and become Sir Gamer!\n01. Sir Literal Serial Killer\n02. Sir Normie\n03. Sir Sanders\n04. Sir Get Anything For Free In Any Shop\n20. Sir Sex Number\n21. Sir Heavenly Virtues\n22. Sir Deadly Sins\n23. Sir Original Character\n24. Sir. D.A.R.E.\n25. Lady Gentrification\n26. Lady Mad About Video Games\n27. Sir Meme\n28. Sir Ominous (discontinued)\n29. Sir Destiny\n30. Sir Monty Python And The Holy Grail \u2714\n31. Lady Zapatista\n32. Sir Hax\n33. Sir Just Has The Tattoo\n34. Sir Top Text and Sir Bottom Text\n35. Sir Finale\n36. Sir Not Appearing In This Series\n\nItem #: SCP-2476\nObject Class: Euclid\n\nSCP-2476 in its original outfit, prior to containment.\n\nSpecial Containment procedures: All information regarding SCP-2476 may only be made available to Level 3 personnel who are currently studying SCP-2476. Personnel studying SCP-2476 are to first be directly shown SCP-2476's anomalous properties directly in-order to prevent the spread of its SCP-2476-1.\nSCP-2476 is kept in a humanoid containment cell at Site-17. SCP-2476 has no special medical or dietary requirements.\nDescription: SCP-2476 is a human male in its mid-twenties. SCP-2476 is prone to occasional episodes of extreme hostility, where it will demand personnel to conform to its desires, under the threat of extreme violence. Apart from these episodes, SCP-2476 is generally cooperative with Foundation staff. The words \"Mr. Spanish Inquisition, by Gamers Against Weed\u201d are tattooed across SCP-2476's left thigh.\nSCP-2476-1 is a cognitohazard affecting those who have not learned of SCP-2476's alias by reading its tattoo, or have not yet perceived its anomalous properties occur directly. Under these circumstances, information subjects learn will be falsified to fit the theme of the 1975 film Monty Python And The Holy Grail. Fabrications caused by SCP-2476-1 vary depending on the type of information learned and will persist with each subject. Subjects will continue to experience SCP-2476-1 as they learn more information regarding SCP-2476, and will only cease once they have perceived SCP-2476's actual anomalous properties in action.\nSCP-2476 suffers from extreme delusions regarding instruments and objects capabilities to inflict harm on others, believing items of a safe and benign nature to instead be the most effective. All instruments utilized by SCP-2476 which under regular circumstances would be effective in inflicting physical harm and injuries to others will become completely ineffective. SCP-2476 will utilize whatever instrument it uses in a highly ineffective manner, preventing the target from receiving any physical pain whatsoever. Notable delusions include perceiving a bat to be a baguette and a pair of knives to be a pair of sofa cushions.\nRecovery: SCP-2476 was originally detained on the 11th of January 2017, when Foundation web crawlers located the use of the phrases Gamers Against Weed and Mr. Monty Python And The Holy Grail on numerous social networking accounts mentioning an unknown individual in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, North Carolina, United States who had caused several public disturbances. SCP-2476 was located in a nearby bookstore when retrieved, dressed in an outfit resembling that of the Spanish Inquisition costumes used in the Monty Python sketches of the same name, attempting to attack a cashier ineffectively with a desk lamp, for selling \u2018unorthodox' reading material. Foundation agents were able to detain it without incident. Amnestics were dispatched to all witnesses effectively.\nSCP-2476-1 became apparent after multiple Foundation personnel were informed of SCP-2476s recovery by agents. Temporary containment was prepared for SCP-2476 based upon falsified information given to Foundation personnel. Personnel were met with surprise upon SCP-2476's arrival due to its unexpected effects. All personnel involved were given amnestic treatment.\nInterview Log\nThe following is a partial interview performed by Dr. Belle several days after the recovery of SCP-2476.\n\n+ Interview Log 2476-1\n\n- Access Granted\n\n<Begin Log>Dr. Belle: Yes, if that's alright with you.Dr. Belle: We were hoping to discuss the creation of your anomalous properties.Dr. Belle: You seem quite energetic today.SCP-2476: \u2026Can I have my outfit back?\nDr. Belle: Sorry, but I told you before, that's not possible.Dr. Belle: But in all seriousness, what do you believe was the point of your creation? All other Misters so far have been made with at least some meaningful idea in mind. Not to say you yourself are somehow less\u2026 We are just finding it difficult to understand why you were made like this.Dr. Belle: That would make sense\u2026 Speaking of, how do you feel during your, well, episodes?Dr. Belle: And how do you feel after the experience?Dr. Belle: Glad it helped. Another question, how were you able to know about Gamers Against Weed? When we asked about your earliest memories, you said you'd woken up in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.Dr. Belle: Do you have a problem remembering? We can continue this at a later date.SCP-2476: Let's see\u2026 Agh! Fuck, this is complicated! The information I know was from what they mentioned when they were making me, kind of like how when you're a baby you take in things you hear people say. Except you know, I'm a fully grown guy with an almost fully developed brain (laughs) I do remember watching the Holy Grail like a thousand times though\u2026\nDr. Belle: Well thank you, You've managed to give us a lot of helpful information.Dr. Belle: Okay, you need to settle down.\n<End Log>\n\nDocument 2476-8745\nThe following document was found on SCP-2476's person when recovered. It is reproduced below in its entirety.\n\nHoly Heck! You've just found yourself your very own Mr. Spanish Inquisition by Gamers Against Weed! I didn't expect this. Who is Dr. Wondertainment?\nCollect them all and become Mr. Gamer!\n01. Mr. Literal Serial Killer\n02. Mr. Normie\n03. Mr. Bernie Sanders\n04. Mr. Get Anything For Free In Any Shop\n20. Mr. Sex Number\n21. Mr. Heavenly Virtues\n22. Mr. Deadly Sins\n23. Mr. Original Character\n24. Mr. D.A.R.E.\n25. Mrs. Gentrification\n26. Ms. Mad About Video Games\n27. Mr. Meme\n28. Mr. Ominous (discontinued)\n29. Mr. Destiny\n30. Mr. Spanish Inquisition \u2714\n31. Ms. Zapatista\n32. Mr. Hax\n33. Mr. Just Has The Tattoo\n34. Mr. Top Text and Mr. Bottom Text\n35. Mr. Finale\n\n\u00ab SCP-2475 | SCP-2476 | SCP-2477 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Graphical representation of one SCP-2477 solution.\n\nItem #: SCP-2477\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All Foundation containment procedure proposals are to be monitored for SCP-2477 methodology. All proposals determined to be affected by SCP-2477 are to be denied. (For a list of plausible reasons for denial, please see Document SCP-2477-Thoth.) Foundation astronomical assets are to maintain continuous tracking of all known Type A instances, as well as Type B-C instances wherever possible.\nEngineering conference papers, presentations, and government proposals are to be monitored by Foundation web-crawlers for pre-SCP-2477 reasoning. Mobile Task Force Psi-18 (\u201cTenure Trackers\u201d) are to intervene with any identified researchers by providing financial incentives towards approved avenues of research. SCP-2477-positive researchers (internal or external) may also be considered for recruitment into the Experimental Containment Research Group.\nIn the event of any proposal to create a singular, well-funded site for the storage of radioactive or other extremely hazardous material at a national or international level, Mobile Task Force Rho-17 (\u201cNot in My Back Yard\u201d) is to exert local political pressure to prevent the completion of such a project.\nDescription: SCP-2477 consists of a novel, nonobvious series of solutions to statics1 equations based on erroneous interpretations of Newtonian physics. SCP-2477 are most often encountered in well-funded projects dedicated to the complete containment or isolation of physical objects. As SCP-2477 solutions are derived from practical rather than abstract theoretical applications, they are much more likely to be discovered by engineers than by physicists.\nGiven sufficient resources, SCP-2477 can be used to construct devices capable of eliminating all outside forces affecting an object. These include gravity, electromagnetism, friction, physical contact, and particle-based radiation. These devices also fix the contained object to a single position by eliminating all inertia.\nUnfortunately, the anomalous calculations required to complete SCP-2477 solutions cannot be resolved within the reference frame of a fixed point on the Earth's surface. Instead, objects are fixed in place in comparison with some other astronomical object or reference point, and remain in this position with no regard for the movement of the Earth. There are \u2588 known solutions to these equations, each associated with a different point of reference.\nResearchers using brute-force computer analysis to solve these equations are significantly less likely to recognize this reference frame error when constructing an SCP-2477-based device. Please see Addendum SCP-2477-Iota for a list of known SCP-2477 solutions and example uses.\nAddendum SCP-2477-Iota: First known SCP-2477 incidents\n\nType\nReference Frame\nContents\nResults\n\nA\nThe Sun (Solar Plane)\nGyroscopes used for the absolute calibration of navigation equipment.\nResearchers at [DATA REDACTED] Corporation attempted to isolate six separate devices across a one month period before the Foundation could intervene. Contents estimated to cross Earth's path every April \u2588 through \u2588\u2588, and are typically associated with an incidence of at least two cases of severe radiation poisoning in the [DATA REDACTED] urban region.\n\nB\nThe Milky Way (Galactic Core)\nIsolation chamber for \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588 supercollider, meant to improve detection and containment of antimatter.\nContainment equipment levitated 5000 t of sensor banks and magnetic shielding into upper atmosphere before disintegrating. Contained sensor packages continue to transmit data and are believed to be exiting the solar plane at 200 km/s.\n\nC\nCenter of the Universe, LTB-Model (Unconfirmed)\nKeter-Class SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nContents spontaneously converted to coherent mass of neutrinos, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and [DATA EXPUNGED] particles.2 GOES satellites identified a burst of radiation traveling towards the Crab Nebula at .11c3. Attempts to recontain SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 are considered unfeasible.\n\nD\nUnknown\nA manned spacecraft intended to test inertia-free launch conditions, with four crew.\nExternal observers noted a rapid acceleration of movements within capsule accompanied by a visible blueshift. The capsule then dematerialized, leaving a permanent visual afterimage. The flight recorder continued transmitting for \u2588\u2588 hours afterward. Selected contents are available in Document SCP-2477-D-1953.\n\nDocument SCP-2477-D-1953: Title unavailable\nThis document has been archived due to limited requests for access.\n\n[Access historical archive]\n\n[Access granted]\n\nDocument SCP-2477-D-1953: Selected portions of the mission log of Col. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nThe following statements were transcribed from timestamped audio logs stored on reel-to-reel magnetic tape. These recordings remained undeciphered for \u2588\u2588 years after recovery until a sufficiently powerful predictive decompression algorithm could be developed. From storage space for approximately 28 hours of low-quality audio information, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 hours of audio logs were recovered.\n\n19\u2588\u2588-03-01 00:27:51: We've come so far now. The sun and the stars are gone. The night sky doesn't seem any brighter, but Maj. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 says it seems more red. Maybe she's right. The Earth's come along with us, or at least a pale shadow of it. We left the capsule months back. We can flit around anywhere we want, faster than you can imagine, but we can't touch anything outside the capsule. No response from anyone, nothing over the radio since the launch went pear-shaped. Everything and everyone out there is slowed to an infinitesimal crawl.\n20\u2588\u2588-07-15 17:45:05: Everything that was blocked from the sky is gone now. Everything that was under a roof, or a cloud, or a damn bus stop, all gone. Pure black. The people we love move in and out of the shadows as the years crawl on for us. Mostly in. It's hard to watch. Everything that was in darkness is gone too. We can blaze through the nighttime cities, but anywhere out in the country, or out at sea, nothing. An entire hemisphere disappeared behind us years ago.\n2\u2588\u2588\u2588-01-24 14:21:35: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 died today, or whatever moment today would have been for her. She was sitting out in the sunlight. She looked ancient. I don't know. Maybe this Earth's not real, maybe the whole thing's a sick joke. I just\u2026 for all the years I've watched her, I wish she could've seen me, just once. We've voted, and the crew and I are all in agreement now. We're going to take a closer look at the device. We haven't been able to disable it so far, but we've got nothing but time.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-08-13 10:11:45: Control, or whoever is there, please ignore the last \u2588\u2588\u2588 messages. We've all come to our senses now. I promise.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-09-21 27:- -:- -: There are planets filling the sky now. Dozens, hundreds. The gas giants are looming over the horizon. It's hard to tell the moons from the worlds. They're so close\u2026 it's breathtaking. We should probably be afraid, but we aren't. I think we can go to them, if we want. I think we have to. There's nothing here for us anymore. Goodbye, my friends, I don't think we'll be back.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The discipline of quantifying forces acting upon an object in equilibrium, typically used to examine or teach idealized versions of engineering problems.\n2. Site-\u2588\u2588 was not otherwise damaged. All involved containment specialists were indefinitely reassigned to SCP-2477.\n3. 11% of the speed of light.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2476 | SCP-2477 | SCP-2478 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2478\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All live instances of SCP-2478 are held in individual Type L humanoid containment cells at Biological Containment Area-519. Three deceased instances of SCP-2478 are to be held in Area-519 morgue. No personnel of self-acknowledged Japanese descent are to be in visible proximity with SCP-2478 instances, unless for approved testing. Approval may be sought from Project Head/2478.\nSCP-2478's freedom of religious practice is acknowledged under the Eugenio II Protocol. See Document 2478-Bu for necessary provisions w.r.t. SCP-2478's religious ceremonies. Personnel are to monitor religious ceremonies conducted by SCP-2478 instances.\nDescription: SCP-2478 refers to an alternative phenotype of Homo sapiens sapiens (human). Distinctive physiological features include 14 legs arranged around the lower torso, and 14 arms and seven heads scattered around the torso arbitrarily. Locomotion is possible through a combination of multi-legged movement in metachronal rhythm, muscular contraction of its lower torso and mucus secreted from underneath its body. Average height and mass are 2.8 m and 400 kg respectively, while torso circumference is 1.5 m. SCP-2478 instances uniformly demonstrate fluency in the Hida dialect of Japanese, and can comprehend Standard Japanese.\nA single SCP-2478 instance possesses seven sets of most internal organs (e.g. heart, lungs, stomach). However, only one brain exists for a given SCP-2478 instance. It is located along its torso and has an average mass of 10.5 kg. As such, a given SCP-2478 instance possesses a single consciousness and all seven mouths will speak in unison. Although male or female reproductive organs or a combination of both have been found in SCP-2478, they are non-functional. The number of reproductive organs in a given SCP-2478 instance is consistently seven.\nSCP-2478 and images depicting it impose an anti-memetic effect on humans of Japanese descent (hereon referred to as 'subjects'). Subjects will ignore any sign of SCP-2478's anomalous physiology and perceive them as non-anomalous humans identified with gigantism. Subjects will consistently dismiss any evidence suggesting SCP-2478's anomalous nature. Non-Japanese individuals who have been made to believe they are of Japanese descent (e.g. falsified memories) are susceptible to this effect. Below is a translated excerpt by the Imperial Japanese Abnormal Matters Examination Agency (IJAMEA):\n\nFor some platoons fighting in China, bayonets and katanas levitated on their will and surrounded the soldiers from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in the Hida Mountains.1 They fought on our side and killed many Chinese. The ancestors of these men, we speculate, must be on our side. After all, the folk of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 claimed lineage from the chaos of the Warring States.\n\nSubjects of partial Japanese descent (e.g. half-Japanese) experience this partial anti-memetic effect to a lesser degree. Subjects unaware of their Japanese descent (e.g. ignorance on the subject's part, amnesia, dementia) are unaffected by this anomalous effect, and fully recognise SCP-2478's physical appearance as non-human.\nThe earliest known sightings of SCP-2478 were from eyewitness accounts in Dairen2 since 1926, where they were deployed by the Kwantung Army. Documents from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) described SCP-2478 instances as soldiers conscripted from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Gifu Prefecture under Japan's Conscription Law and denied any anomalous traits attributed to SCP-2478. Instead, IJA officials claimed they were non-anomalous humans with gigantism.\nSupplementary documents and personnel from Japan-based organisations such as the Bureau of Onmy\u014d3 and IJAMEA did not regard SCP-2478 to be anomalous. That being said, the Bureau of Onmy\u014d did record an extra-normal event related to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Village. A translated excerpt of said event is as follows:\n\nOn \u2588\u2588 August Meiji 12,4 the eta5 of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in the Hida Mountains mysteriously vanished. Cause unknown, but there was little need to be concerned over the loss of gravediggers and butchers. Some days before, a foreign preacher was said to have entered \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Whereabouts also unknown. Without the eta, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is no longer an etamura.6\nThat day onwards, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was inhabited by another group of countrymen. They were unlike the eta, who previously dwelled in those lands. They were giants, standing taller than the men of America. But appearances are deceiving. These new residents embody the Yamato spirit as any fellow countryman would and are clearly worthy of being fellow subjects to His Imperial Majesty. They demonstrate great efficiency in the production of rice and rearing of livestock, truly exemplary of the nation.\n\nInitial attempts to acquire SCP-2478 instances were met with resistance from the Japanese government, condemning the Foundation's violation of the rights of the Empire's subjects. This was believed to be one of the contributing factors leading to the expulsion of all Foundation assets in the Japanese Empire on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1932.\nDuring the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese military and Foundation intelligence had reported SCP-2478 instances among IJA forces. IJA sources indicated that the entire SCP-2478 population in Japan have volunteered for conscription, operating in the China-Burma-India theatre. Notably, SCP-2478 instances were not conscripted under the Youkai Battalion7 in IJAMEA sources.\nAfter Japan's surrender in 1945, the Japanese government permitted the relocation of the surviving SCP-2478 population in Japan to Area-519. A majority of text regarding the history of SCP-2478 was confiscated, although some remained unaccounted for. Since containment, seven live specimens of SCP-2478 have been held by the Foundation, all of which have served in the IJAMEA as enlistees. The remaining specimens (\u224850) were executed under charges of war crimes and autopsied, after which they have been cremated following one year of postmortem study.\nAddendum 2478-1: Interview Log 2478-01-1\n\n+ View Interview Log 2478-01-1\n\n- Hide Interview Log\n\nInterviewer: Researcher James Chiang\nInterviewee: SCP-2478-01 (Bakatachi Wion)\nForeword: The following interview is originally conducted in Japanese.\n<Begin Log>\nResearcher Chiang: How would I address you?\nSCP-2478-01: Bakatachi Wion, from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Why do you keep us here, Chinese?\nResearcher Chiang: Bakatachi, we know what you are. Seven heads, fourteen arms and legs\u2026 hardly the average person. Yet the Japanese think of you as one-\nSCP-2478-01: We are an ordinary person! Only wish to be accepted as countrymen, but we were defiled, non-human. The Imperialists deny us that, as did the Shogun. For one of us is worth one-seventh of an ordinary person. We were cursed.\nResearcher Chiang: How did you end up like this?\nSCP-2478-01: We received a miracle from our bodhisattva, Wion.8 He came to our village and took pity on our plight. Praised the craft that our countrymen mocked, the parting of skin from flesh and feeding of the dead to the earth. Wion tore our flesh in groups of seven and remade us to become an acceptable Japanese person.\nResearcher Chiang: And how do you feel about it?\nSCP-2478-01: If we can be part of the in-group, nothing else matters. We will be the in-group for both this world and the next, so says Wion.\nResearcher Chiang: Excuse me. What do you mean by this world and the next?\nSCP-2478-01: Wion spoke of the True Pure Land that is to come, and that we could have a place in it for our shared practice. Until then, we have to get by the trials of this world. Surely he is Miroku.9\nResearcher Chiang: Do you know where is Wion now?\nSCP-2478-01: Wion returns to his throne, the womb of the deceased god. Wion will return within our sevenfold lifetimes, bearing his intolerable force upon all.\n<End Log>\n\nAddendum 2478-2: The Wion Matsuri is a traditional festival celebrated by SCP-2478 instances during late August, observed solely by them. A distinctive ritual of Wion Matsuri is the skinning of animal carcasses. The skin would be made into leather and placed as decorations before a statue representing Wion. At the conclusion of Wion Matsuri, the skin, flesh and bones used would be buried into a single grave.\nDue to the non-anomalous nature of Wion Matsuri, the O5 Council has approved for the facilitation of SCP-2478 instances' practice of the festival to maintain long-term compliance of their containment.\n\n+ Level 4/2478 Clearance Required\n\n- Access Granted\n\nDue to its non-anomalous nature and superficial resemblance to Sarkic rites, observation of SCP-2478's religious ceremonies will be permitted to gather additional information on Sarkic ideology. However, if there is concrete evidence that these religious ceremonies possess anomalous side-effects, abort said ceremonies and deny future incidents.\n\nFootnotes\n1. This statement refers to SCP-2478 instances, who were known to hold weapons on all fourteen hands during battle.\n2. Currently Dalian, Liaoning Province, China.\n3. Sometimes mistranslated in European languages as the 'Holy Emperor's Council on Unearthly Matters', due to mistranslation of the word Tenn\u014d ('heavenly sovereign') as 'Holy Emperor'. Despite that, some documents still utilise the term 'Holy Emperor's Council on Unearthly Matters'.\n4. Equivalent to 1879 CE.\n5. Also referred to as the burakumin; an outcast group at the bottom of the Japanese social order that has historically been the victim of severe discrimination and ostracism.\n6. \"Eta village\".\n7. An IJA battalion which comprises entirely of anomalous entities.\n8. Said figure has no known parallel in Shinto, Japanese Buddhist, Ryukyuan or Ainu pantheons.\n9. Japanese name for Maitreya, a bodhisattva who will appear on Earth in the future, achieve complete enlightenment, and teach the pure dharma.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2477 | SCP-2478 | SCP-2479 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2479\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The two major roads leading to and from SCP-2479 are to be permanently roadblocked by Foundation personnel. Non-Foundation vehicles from Sherwood, Oregon that attempt to travel along these roads are to be withheld from approaching SCP-2479. Any non-Foundation vehicles passing the roadblock will be regarded as trespassers.\nAll public knowledge of SCP-2479 prior to Foundation acquisition is to be eradicated by Foundation media outlets and relevant censorship protocols1. The area around SCP-2479 is to be kept in a perpetual state of lockdown under the guise of a demolition organisation preparing for the demolition of a miscellaneous abandoned theme park.\nSmall containment cells are to be constructed alongside SCP-2479-1 through -16 to facilitate the containment of SCP-2479-A instances. Site-2479 is to be established a few kilometers from SCP-2479's active zone and used for research and surveillance.\nThe area around SCP-2479 is to be monitored at all times by Foundation personnel. Any unauthorised personnel found in the vicinity of SCP-2479 or Site-2479 are to be captured and detained as quickly as possible so as to prevent a possible classified information breach. SCP-2479-A instances are to be similarly monitored and prevented from leaving SCP-2479's active zone under any circumstances.\nOutside of testing, no personnel should enter SCP-2479's active zone at any time without permission from Site Director \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nDescription: SCP-2479 is a defunct amusement park consisting of an area of roughly 128 acres (52 ha) located several miles east of Sherwood, Oregon. Two (2) major roads which lead to and from the parking lot of SCP-2479 serve as the only means of direct entry or exit, and a series of ridged concrete walls along the width and breadth of SCP-2479's active zone restrict access unless physically scaled. SCP-2479 is covered in thick shrubbery and vegetation as a result of long-term abandonment.\nAt the time of Foundation procurement, SCP-2479 was marked on public maps and road signs as \"Animal Land Amusement Park\". The original park was commissioned to be built by \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, but was abandoned shortly after its initial opening for currently unknown reasons.\nAs of recovery on 11/05/\u2588\u2588, SCP-2479 possesses sixteen generic amusement park attractions:\n\nfour roller coasters, each styled after a unique farm animal (SCP-2479-1 through -4).\ntwo bumper cars tracks with cars resembling dogs and cats (SCP-2479-5 and SCP-2479-6 respectively).\ntwo carousels with horse statues (SCP-2479-7 and SCP-2479-8).\nan octopus ride (SCP-2479-9).\ntwo drop towers styled after various species of birds (SCP-2479-10 and SCP-2479-11).\na chair swing ride modeled after a starfish (SCP-2479-12).\na Ferris wheel marked with fox patterns (SCP-2479-13).\ntwo \"fun slides\" styled after caterpillars and butterflies (SCP-2479-14 and SCP-2479-15 respectively).\na \"House of Horrors\" styled after arachnids of various species (SCP-2479-16).\n\nSCP-2479's only entrance is a large gateway located in the northern end of the parking lot. The gate is accompanied by a smaller ticket booth, a large storage shed and a series of green ropes designating a space for visitors to queue. Upon entry, a large sign overhead reads \"Animaland!\"2 and several statues of cartoon humanoid animals line a walkway that leads through SCP-2479's active zone. An SCP-2479-A instance is always present in the ticket booth.\nSCP-2479-A is the collective designation for between twenty (20) and thirty (30) entities that appear as humanoid animals, styled appropriately for their position in the park3, hereby referred to as their \"territory\". Each instance speaks standard English in a comical, high-pitched voice similar to those used by performers to entertain children. SCP-2479-A instances are completely unresponsive to questions or interrogative actions from personnel and will instead issue simplistic lines encouraging them to get on one of the park rides. SCP-2479-A have been observed to communicate subvocally with one another. Instances do not interact with animals and are additionally labelled SCP-2479-A-1 through -A-16 to denote their territory, which can be shared by multiple instances of the same designation.\n\nAn SCP-2479-A-11 instance in containment.\n\nTesting of recovered samples from SCP-2479-A instances has shown that they are covered in a downy growth of thick hair similar to organisms suffering from hypertrichosis. This thick hair will, in most cases, form the shape of a plushy mascot outfit on the skin and harden into permanent epidermal growths around the mouth, ears and eyes. SCP-2479-A vary greatly in the amount of hair they develop and many suffer from unique physical abnormalities depending on the subject animal of their appearance (see Addendum 2479a).\nSCP-2479-A instances have been observed to sexually reproduce, though not between designations (See Incident Log 2479/2).\nAll SCP-2479-A have a capacity to be hostile but have only been observed to become aggressive if:\n\nan individual is acting hostile towards them\nan individual is perceived as obtrusive, disruptive or irritating4\nan individual was observed entering SCP-2479 in any way besides that of direct entry through the main gateway.\n\nSCP-2479-A have been observed to attack in a primitive scratching and biting manner.\nSCP-2479-B is the collective designation of between five hundred (500) and seven hundred (700) animal masks located in a series of large crates in the storage shed at SCP-2479's main gateway. Each mask bears a resemblance towards a unique animal also seen elsewhere in the park, either as a ride or as a mascot. When attempting to enter SCP-2479 through the main gate, the SCP-2479-A instance currently in the ticket booth will prompt a visitor to approach the ticket booth and collect a mask before entering SCP-2479's active zone.\nSCP-2479-B's anomalous properties occur over a period of roughly two (2) hours when worn by a subject, and when that subject is within SCP-2479's active zone.\nWithin a few minutes, subjects will experience extreme abdominal pains, intensified rate of perspiration and abnormally dilated pupils. After wearing SCP-2479-B for more than ten (10) minutes, these symptoms will persist regardless of the presence of SCP-2479-B, and after fifteen (15) minutes the symptoms will persist outside of SCP-2479's active zone. Further symptoms will become apparent towards the end of the first hour; these include hyperhidrosis, uncontrollable shivering and, most importantly, acute hypertrichosis, resulting in an alarmingly rapid outgrowth of bodily and facial hair. All symptoms will be more painful and of a longer duration if the SCP-2479-B instance is not removed.\nBodily and facial hair will harden into thick keratin rings around orifices and abnormal keratin structures will begin to form during the secondary hour. At this point, if still present, the SCP-2479-B instance will either be forcefully removed due to the development of obtrusive facial structures or fuse into the skin.\nSubjects will eventually begin to develop features which coincide with the animal depicted on the SCP-2479-B instance which they were afflicted by. Mental deterioration begins after roughly one (1) hour and fifteen (15) minutes, after which point the subject - hereby an SCP-2479-A instance - will attempt to move towards the ride that depicts the animal that they represent and acknowledge it as their territory. All memories from the instance's past life will be either erased or ignored and the instance will cease answering questions or responding to conversational stimuli.\nSubjects recovered before fifteen (15) minutes of SCP-2479-B exposure will suffer permanent scarring if removal surgery is performed to clear them of hair growths.\n\n+ Addendum 2479a\n\n- Addendum 2479a\n\nThe following is an exemplar selection of SCP-2479-A instances and their observed physical deformities.\n\nItem #: SCP-2479-A-2\nRepresented Animal: Cattle (B. taurus)\nUnique Details: Two large, malformed keratin growths on the crown of the head. Large, blackened, ingrown toenails and fingernails and hardened skin on soles of feet. Presumed to represent hooves and horns respectively.\n\nItem #: SCP-2479-A-5\nRepresented Animal: Domestic cat (F. catus)\nUnique Details: Long growth of torn hair extending from the rear, rooted directly above the anus. Long and sharp teeth that have grown improperly in the mouth. Cysts forming within the gums.\n\nItem #: SCP-2479-A-7\nRepresented Animal: Horse (E. f. caballus)\nUnique Details: Malformed keratin growths and nail overgrowth on extremities similar to SCP-2479-A-2 instances. Teeth enlarged and grown in various directions. Nostrils lined with thick keratin growths and expanded to almost four-thirds normal size.\n\nItem #: SCP-2479-A-11\nRepresented Animal: Guira cuckoo (G. guira)\nUnique Details: Large, dented formation of keratin growing directly above upper lip resembling a beak. Downy \"feathers\" growing on arms.\n\nItem #: SCP-2479-A-16\nRepresented Animal: Mexican redknee tarantula (B. smithi)\nUnique Details: Six large, malformed limbs of rough, reddened keratin extending from the 14th vertebra of the spine. Six miscellaneous keratin growths in the centre of the head. Canine teeth overgrown so as they puncture the gums when mouth is fully closed. Malformed keratin growth within the abdominal region found to be full of [DATA EXPUNGED].\n\n+ Addendum 2479b\n\n- Addendum 2479b\n\nThe following is an excerpt from a poster recovered from an advertisement billboard in Sherwood, Oregon.\n\nA world of fauna-tastic fun at\nANIMALAND!\u00a9 Oregon\nSuitable for kids of all ages, and ADULTS too!\nOpen from 7am until 6pm\nMonday to Saturday\nComplimentary Animalmask\u2122 on arrival!\n\nEDIT as of 11/02/\u2588\u2588: Following Incident 2479/1, SCP-2479-A instances have been observed to interact in a manner consistent with their position on the Charles Elton food chain model. This model follows a linear order in which each organism is sustained through consumption of the animal before it; therefore, SCP-2479-A instances can be appropriately split into Primary, Secondary, Tertiary and Apex consumer subcategories.\nAs an example, SCP-2479-A-13 instances (considered fox-like, resembling members of the species V. vulpes) will periodically retire from wandering SCP-2479-13 \"territory\", reportedly doing so biweekly or when one is beginning to show symptoms of malnutrition5. Following this, SCP-2479-A-13 instances have been observed to seek instances of SCP-2479-A-4 or SCP-2479-A-11 (resembling ducks and birds, respectively) and [DATA EXPUNGED]. SCP-2479-A-13 instances have been observed to \"hunt\" alone or in pairs, whereas other Tertiary consumers such as SCP-2479-A-5 (considered representative of members of the species C. lupus) will not embark from their territory in groups of fewer than three (3).\n\n+ Incident Log 2479/1\n\n- Incident Log 2479/1\n\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, between four (4) and seven (7) SCP-2479-A-5 (C. lupus) instances spontaneously fled the immediate vicinity of SCP-2479-5, an entirely unanticipated event of an alarming speed and scale. All instances traveled at high speed towards SCP-2479-6 and attacked all but two of the nine (9) SCP-2479-A-6 instances wandering its locale. This behaviour had not been observed before, even in experiments involving instance-to-instance interaction.\nAfter about seven (7) minutes of scrimmage, and during the process of arranging MTF intervention, all SCP-2479-A-5 instances retrieved the nearest dead or incapacitated instance of SCP-2479-A-6 and returned to their territory at a much slower speed than which they had left at. Over the next six (6) hours, each SCP-2479-A-5 instance gradually consumed the instance it had appropriated.\nDue to the unexpected nature of this event, no data was recorded on the speed of travel or method of attack exhibited by SCP-2479-A-5 instances. Further experimentation in a controlled environment is recommended.\n\nThis recent development of a closed ecosystem in SCP-2479's active zone has become the primary object of research in Site-2479. It has been hypothesised that a \"breeding program\" involving exposure of subjects to several instances of SCP-2479-B can be implemented to introduce an Apex consumer into SCP-2479's ecosystem as a means of controlling interactions between SCP-2479-A instances.\nExperiments involving the cross-exposure of a single subject to multiple instances of SCP-2479-B are documented below.\n\n+ Testing Log 2479a\n\n- Testing Log 2479a\n\nFocus of Experimentation: Preliminary Cross-Exposure Testing\n\nTest A - Date \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\nSubject: D-7220\nProcedure: Subject was exposed to the effects of SCP-2479-B-8 (E. f. przewalskii).\nResults: Normal symptoms of SCP-2479-B-8 affliction observed over a period of two (2) hours. Full transformation complete after two (2) hours and nine (9) minutes.\nPostliminary: Subject, now an SCP-2479-A-8 instance, was allowed to reside at SCP-2479-8.\n\nTest B - Date \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\nSubject: SCP-2479-A-8 (formerly D-7220)\nProcedure: Specimen was exposed to the effects of SCP-2479-B-8 (the SCP-2479-B instance associated with its appearance).\nResults: Normal symptoms of SCP-2479-B-8 affliction observed over a period of two (2) hours. Symptoms occurred at standard severity, but alongside already present physical abnormalities, roughly doubling the size and/or length of the symptoms' physical characteristics. This in most cases resulted in minor skin abrasions and additional malformations in the mouth, nostrils and appendages. The skin around these areas was observed to stretch (to the point of splitting in extreme cases) and the subject exhibited normal pain symptoms, as expected.\nPostliminary: Injuries were treated by medical personnel and the SCP-2479-A-8 instance was contained.\n\nTest C - Date \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\nSubject: SCP-2479-A-8 (formerly D-7220)\nProcedure: Specimen was exposed to the effects of SCP-2479-B-6 (F. catus).\nResults: Normal symptoms of SCP-2479-B-6 affliction observed over a period of two (2) hours. Uncomfortable preliminary symptoms were observed to be substantially more painful than in previous observations. Teeth became further enlarged and developed sharp tips with minor dental fractures starting to be observed towards the end of exposure. Bodily hair roughly doubled in length and hair roots formed and began to grow roughly an inch above the anus. Abrasions observed as in experiment above.\nPostliminary: Injuries were treated by medical personnel and the subject, hereby designated SCP-2479-A-8/66, was contained for study.\n\nNote: SCP-2479-B seems to afflict whomever it is worn by, irrespective of any previous exposure. The symptoms it induces simply 'overlap' with previous physical properties; bodily hair will double in length, teeth with double in size and width, etcetera. Considering that the resulting wounds can be safely treated, cross-exposure with SCP-2479-B instances in the interest of creating an SCP-2479-A instance that fits the role of an Apex consumer is plausible. - Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\n+ Testing Log 2479b\n\n- Testing Log 2479b\n\nFocus of Experimentation: Creating Potential SCP-2479-A Apex Consumer\n\nNote: Permission was granted for experiments with the goal of creating an Apex consumer by Site Director \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. The subject selected for this series of experiments, D-6018, was chosen for his athleticism and high standards of performance in physical examinations. - Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nTest A - Date \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\nSubject: D-6018\nProcedure: Subject was exposed to the effects of SCP-2479-B-6 (F. catus).\nResults: SCP-2479-B-6 symptoms observed as normal. Full transformation was complete after two (2) hours and seventeen (17) minutes.\nPostliminary: SCP-2479-A-6 instance was sent to temporary containment.\n\nTest B - Date \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\nSubject: SCP-2479-A-6 (formerly D-6018)\nProcedure: Specimen was exposed to the effects of SCP-2479-B-13 (V. vulpes).\nResults: Instance developed larger and sharper teeth, as well as various vestigial dental formations. Bodily hair roughly doubled in length. Instance's skin developed several malformed keratin growths of unknown purpose, along with several minor cases of inflammation akin to acute dermatitis.\nPostliminary: Subject, hereby designated SCP-2479-A-6/13, underwent minor restorative surgery to clear skin of epidermal growths and to treat inflammation. SCP-2479-A-6/13 was later contained in a temporary containment cell.\n\nNote: Before Test B, SCP-2479-A-6/13 consistently tried to approach and claim SCP-2479-6 as territory, but its recent cross-exposure seems to have rendered it totally abstinent in this regard. It does, however, continue to attempt to follow regular hunting patterns. Future experimentation will hopefully reveal more about its attitude to the notion of 'territory' and its potential as a method of breach prevention and population control. - Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nTest C - Date \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\nSubject: SCP-2479-A-6/13 (formerly D-6018)\nProcedure: Specimen was exposed to the effects of SCP-2479-B-16 (T. blondi).\nResults: Instance began but did not complete the growth of six appendages which sprouted from the 12th vertebra of the spine and stopped growing at between four (4) and six (6) inches. Hair grew minimally but increased in quantity, covering more of the skin's surface area, including the aforementioned additional appendages. Instance developed four (4) keratin growths in the facial region with placements similar to those of additional eyes on an arachnid. Large, dense keratin growths penetrated skin and grew up to five (5) centimeters outwards from the epidermal layer. Specimen also began to demonstrate [DATA EXPUNGED], as with other SCP-2479-A-16 instances. Extreme levels of pain were exhibited before subject spontaneously lost consciousness nearing the end of the second hour, presumably as a reaction to stress and discomfort. Inflammation symptoms returned as before.\nPostliminary: Subject, hereby designated SCP-2479-AX, underwent extensive restorative surgery to clear skin of large epidermal growths and facial keratin formations, and to treat inflammation. Subject passed medical examination roughly a day after full transformation and has been observed to function normally. SCP-2479-AX was later contained in a temporary containment cell.\n\nNote: Based on previous knowledge of SCP-2479-A-6, SCP-2479-A-13 and SCP-2479-A-16, SCP-2479-AX can now theoretically 'hunt' all known SCP-2479-A instances, placing it at the top of SCP-2479's food chain. Thorough examination of SCP-2479-AX's possible applications can now commence. - Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\n+ Testing Log 2479c\n\n- Testing Log 2479c\n\nFocus of Experimentation: Evaluating Possible Apex Consumer Applications\n\nTest A - Date \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\nSubject: SCP-2479-AX, Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nProcedure: Specimen was introduced to Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (not during hunting hours).\nResults: Specimen engaged in one-ended conversation, as observed in all other SCP-2479-A instances. SCP-2479-AX encouraged Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 to visit three (3) rides; SCP-2479-6, SCP-2479-13 and SCP-2479-16. Specimen did not respond to questions.\nPostliminary: SCP-2479-AX was recontained.\n\nTest B - Date \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\nSubject: SCP-2479-AX, SCP-2479-A-4\nProcedure: Specimen was introduced to SCP-2479-A-4 (not during hunting hours).\nResults: SCP-2479-AX engaged in one-ended conversation as expected. SCP-2479-A-4 did not vocalise at all and instead stared at SCP-2479-AX in silence for the entire duration of the forty (40) minute interaction.\nPostliminary: Both instances were recontained.\n\nNote: So far, no SCP-2479-A instance has failed to make conversation with another outside of observed hunting times. It is possible that SCP-2479-A do not recognise SCP-2479-AX as one of them or as a human, and therefore have no capacity for interaction. - Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nTest C - Date \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\nSubject: SCP-2479-AX\nProcedure: Specimen permitted monitored access into SCP-2479's active zone (not during hunting hours).\nResults: Specimen was not observed to make any attempt to approach or claim 'territory'. Instead, SCP-2479-AX roamed with no apparent direction7 in areas of low SCP-2479-A concentration. Specimen was observed to be attempting to hide: SCP-2479-AX seemed to favour areas of high or dense shrubbery as a means of concealing itself, a behaviour with no apparent purpose. The specimen was observed to defecate considerably more frequently than other SCP-2479-A instances.\nPostliminary: Specimen was recaptured and contained after three (3) hours of inactivity.\n\nTest D - Date \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\nSubject: SCP-2479-AX\nProcedure: Specimen permitted monitored access into SCP-2479's active zone (during hunting hours).\nResults: Specimen began to progress towards SCP-2479-1 (territory of SCP-2479-A-1, C. a. hircus) at a speed of roughly fourteen (14) miles per hour. On arrival, specimen [DATA EXPUNGED], resulting in the deaths of all but three (3) of the eight (8) SCP-2479-A-1 instances present. SCP-2479-AX retrieved only two (2) carcasses, carried them to where it had been first released fifteen (15) minutes prior and proceeded to both consume and [DATA EXPUNGED] for roughly an hour.\nPostliminary: Specimen was recaptured and contained safely after experiment. SCP-2479-1 remains, both from SCP-2479-AX and from SCP-2479-1's vicinity, were disposed of.\n\nTest E - Date \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\nSubject: SCP-2479-AX\nProcedure: Specimen permitted monitored access into SCP-2479's active zone (during hunting hours) at a different location. The closest ride to this location, SCP-2479-4, was vacated of all but one (1) SCP-2479-A-4 (A. platyrhynchos) instance.\nResults: Specimen began to progress towards SCP-2479-4 and [DATA EXPUNGED], as before, resulting in the death of the only present SCP-2479-A-4 instance. SCP-2479-AX proceeded to consume and [DATA EXPUNGED] the carcass that it had appropriated.\nPostliminary: Specimen was recaptured and contained safely after experiment. SCP-2479-4 remains were disposed of.\n\nNote: SCP-2479-AX seems to know the locations of SCP-2479's rides and selects the closest territory during hunting. If it continues to hunt in this indiscriminate manner we may be able to selectively release the instance as a recontainment device in the event of future containment breaches, but further experimentation is required to fully understand SCP-2479-AX's hunting patterns. - Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nTest F - Date \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\nSubject: SCP-2479-AX\nProcedure: [DATA EXPUNGED]\nResults: [DATA EXPUNGED]\nPostliminary: See Incident Log 2479/2.\n\n+ Incident Log 2479/2\n\n- Incident Log 2479/2\n\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, during experimentation on SCP-2479-AX, all instances of SCP-2479-A-13 spontaneously instigated a mass-scale hunting event and near-site-wide containment breach, irrespective from any previously observed hunting times. The 'pack' of SCP-2479-A-13 instances separated into two (2) groups of seven (7) and attacked both SCP-2479-7 and SCP-2479-11. MTF Epsilon-11 (\"Nine-Tailed Fox\") were called immediately and SCP-2479-AX was left unmonitored for more than half an hour in the ensuing containment breach resolution protocols.\nRecorded footage from numerous nearby security cameras observed SCP-2479-AX approach SCP-2479-6 before attacking, subduing and incapacitating three (3) female instances of SCP-2479-A-6, after which [DATA EXPUNGED] until SCP-2479-AX was relocated and recontained. The three (3) relevant SCP-2479-A-3 instances were also contained and monitored over the course of the seven (7) following weeks.\nPost-incident prenatal scans confirmed [DATA EXPUNGED].\nAll three (3) relevant SCP-2479-A-6 instances have been kept in containment for study.\n\nNote: Any and all experimentation involving SCP-2479-AX has been countermanded until further notice. - Site Director \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nFootnotes\n1. See Addendum 2479b for an example of censored advertisements.\n2. Several written instances of this title outside of SCP-2479 itself read differently for unknown reasons.\n3. For example, an SCP-2479-A instance present outside SCP-2479-4 may appear as a duck.\n4. Actions that are considered \"irritating\" include shouting, standing in front of an instance or persistently asking questions.\n5. At time of recovery, malnutrition was common among SCP-2479-A instances. This is most likely due to a previously-observed persistent unwillingness to leave their territory when no food is present.\n6. Multi-numerical designations have been implemented so as not to assume cross-exposed instances' territories.\n7. A report from Assistant Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 describes SCP-2479-AX's movements as \"aimless, as if mimicking those of a stray animal or lost child\".\n\n\u00ab SCP-2478 | SCP-2479 | SCP-2480 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2480\nObject Class: Safe Keter Presumed Neutralized\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Dimensional Research Site-13 was constructed adjacent to Bodfel Manor, location of the SCP-2480 anomaly. Civilians are to be prevented from accessing the Bodfel Estate through non-violent means. Class A, B, and C amnestics may be used at the discretion of Field Agents. Foundation personnel have been integrated with the community surrounding SCP-2480 as quarantine or relocation of inhabitants has been deemed unfeasible. Considered the best source of information for SCP-2480 anomalies, agents are to make local inquiries and investigate any rumors, reports, or claims of an anomalous nature. Mobile Task Force Epsilon-6 (\"Village Idiots\") have infiltrated the community and are to remain on the lookout for anomalous manifestations. Mobile Task Force Psi-9 (\"Abyss Gazers\") is to remain on standby in case of an Emanation Event. The use of force has been authorized and anomalous manifestations are to be destroyed without prejudice.\nDescription: SCP-2480 is speculated to be a dimensional anomaly located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Massachusetts, a coastal and heavily forested town with just over 12,000 9,000 residents. SCP-2480 was allegedly created by accident when agents from the Global Occult Coalition interrupted a ritual on November 28, 1952. While the true purpose of this ritual remains unknown to date, the Foundation has concluded the anomaly to be the result of the inept and heavy-handed approach of GOC operatives.\nSCP-2480 appears to be centered around Bodfel Manor, home of the late Cornelius P. Bodfel III (b. 1866 - d. 1952)1 - millionaire industrialist with an acute interest in the occult. Prior to his death, Bodfel was the leader of a secret society known as Adytum's Wake. Dismissed by the Foundation in 1932 as simply being a \"decadent upper-class social club\", their anomalous capabilities were not recognized until the November 28, 1952 incident.\nDue to the critical failure of their mission, there were no surviving GOC operatives to be properly interrogated. However, documents were subsequently recovered from a GOC safe house located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. It appears that the GOC attempted to destroy these documents prior to their mission. A torn report (lower half missing) with a photograph attached via paperclip was discovered in the back of a fireplace along with significant ash. It is assumed that all other documents had been incinerated.\n\n+ Access KTE-0452-Black \n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nOnly known photograph of KTE-0452.2\n\nThreat ID: KTE-0452-Black - \"Grand Karcist Ion\"3\nAuthorized Response Level: 4 (Severe Threat); liquidation pending\nDescription: KTE-0452-Black (hereafter referred to as \"Subject\") is a humanoid threat entity of variable appearance. Subject most often appears in priestly vestments and carrying a staff. Subject is able to disappear and reappear at will, shape and manipulate organic material, bend reality (See Document 37B4), and is hypothesized to be biologically immortal. While subject is classified as humanoid, they are not believed to be human (whether they ever were is still debatable).\nPsychological profile indicates malignant narcissism and megalomania. Subject is believed to have aided in the creation of \"Sarkic Cults\" throughout much of the world. See On Sarkicism for further details.5\n\nIt is theorized has been verified that GOC operatives intended to assassinate PoI-93. As PoI-93 was not discovered among the dead, it can be surmised that the GOC did not achieve their primary goal. The Foundation became aware of SCP-2480 after intercepting and decoding a GOC distress broadcast, promptly sending an investigative team. Thirty-six corpses were found scattered throughout the estate; eight of which were later identified as GOC operatives. All but five6 displayed anomalous cause of death such as implosion, disintegration, and fatal physical reconfiguration.\nSCP-2480 is hypothesized to be a dimensional anomaly that cannot be directly perceived. This cognitohazardous effect interferes with perception in such a way that only through the use of perception altering chemicals and / or the direct and sustained observation of its effects on local reality it may be detected. Reality alterations were subtle and restricted to Bodfel Manor - manifesting as impossible interior dimensions (interior larger than exterior would suggest, non-Euclidian architecture, and additional rooms and corridors that did not previously exist).\nSCP-2480 has been classified as safe.\nAddendum: The investigation of Bodfel Manor uncovered disconcerting evidence with regards to Cornelius P. Bodfel III and the organization known as \"Adytum's Wake\". Based on several meticulously kept journals and a collection of photographs, Bodfel and his followers would frequently host orgies that included rape, pedophilia, ritual human sacrifice, and cannibalism. Discovered within the journals were sermon notes and guest lists whose names have included affluent families, respected politicians, leaders of industry, and even those of religious authority.\nAmong Bodfel's belongings was a handwritten tome containing religious scripture; his journals frequently referenced this book as the Valkzaron. The writing system has yet to be deciphered.\n\nOnly official photograph of Site Director Simon Oswalt currently on record.\n\nThe grand hall contains a marble statue depicting an entity with a leonine head and vermiform body. This statue was later studied by Dr. Judith Low, Senior Adviser at the Department of History - Religious GoI Threat Analysis, and confirmed to be a representation of the Demiurge among certain Gnostic sects. The Demiurge (also known as \"Yaldabaoth\", \"Saklas\", or \"Samael\") has no history of being presented with reverence and is believed to be a figure of worship for \"Adytum's Wake\". At the base of the statue, written in Greek, are the words:\n\n\u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03b8\u03c5\u03bc\u03af\u03b1 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf \u03bc\u03ad\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf \u03cc\u03bb\u03c9\u03bd \u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03c0\u03c1\u03b1\u03b3\u03bc\u03ac\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd . \u039d\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b7 \u03b5\u03af\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b4\u03b5\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c3\u03b5 \u03bc\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b7\u03b8\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u03c0\u03c1\u03cc\u03c3\u03b4\u03b5\u03c3\u03b7. \u039a\u03b1\u03bd\u03b5 \u03cc\u03c0\u03c9\u03c2 \u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03b8\u03c5\u03bc\u03b5\u03af\u03c2, \u03c3\u03b5 \u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03af\u03bf\u03bd \u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03b8\u03c5\u03bc\u03b5\u03af\u03c2.\n\"Desire is the measure of all things. Be unbound from moral tethers. Do as you will, to whom you will.\"\n\nIn mid 1988, Simon Oswalt, Director of Site-13, failed to send a biannual report on the state of SCP-2480 (which had no reported changes since its original containment). The Foundation, believing it to be a bureaucratic error, attempted to contact Site-13 directly without response. Initially, Agent Samuel Roe and Agent Sarah Valentine were sent to investigate but neither agent has since made contact, and their fate remains unknown at this time.\nMobile Task Force Epsilon-6 (\"Village idiots\")7 was dispatched to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in order to reestablish contact with Site-13 and properly secure SCP-2480. Members of MTF Epsilon-6 were able to successfully integrate themselves into the community as new residents or tourists.\n\n+ MTF Epsilon-6 Surveillance Operations \n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nSuperfluous data expunged for the sake of brevity - listing logs relevant to the SCP-2480 anomaly.\nMission Log, Agent Myron Goldstein: Day 6\n\nCliche as it sounds, I've been starting to detect a certain wrongness here. It isn't anything that I can actually pinpoint to. In another place I'd probably dismiss the thought immediately. Last night I saw a man mowing his lawn at midnight. Strange behavior but not itself an anomaly. Maybe just eccentric. This morning I noticed a man staring me down at the fish market - his eyes never blinked once.\nThere's a smell too. Not fish, not the sea; subtle but pungent all the same.\n\nMission Log, Agent Adam Grayson: Day 11\n\nI'm not comfortable in this hotel one bit. You can hear people running about at all hours of the night. Can't get any sleep - keep checking the damn peephole. Last night, decided to check it one last time before heading to bed. Saw a face, couldn't tell if it was a man or woman, but as soon as I looked they started to slam their head against the door. Over and over.\nOver and over. They just wouldn't stop.\n\nMission Log, Agent Emma Lightbody: Day 16\n\nI don't know what Command is waiting for. Our target is Bodfel Estate but they've stayed their hand so far; maybe know something we don't.\nA nervous looking man approached me on the street. Reeked of whisky but his tone was sincere - asked me if I was a Fed. Lied, said I was, and was able to get some info.\nTalked about monsters in the fog. \"Screaming their secrets\" he said. No idea what he meant by it.\nSaid it's been like this for over forty years.\nThey found him dead the very next day. Locals claimed he drowned. This town is full of liars.\n\nMission Log, Agent Frank Giuseppe: Day 20\n\nFog is thick here. Always raining. Even the trees look sad. Like they're stuck in Autumn or something. Too much gray, not enough green. The locals don't talk much. Seem to keep to themselves. Strange for a supposed vacation destination. The majority of folks don't seem to ever smile. Look damn tired too. Some even sickly.\nMy first weird encounter was today. Saw a bunch of kids gathered on the street around dusk. Thought they were playing a game but as soon as they noticed me, they scattered - leaving behind what had their attention.\nIt was a dead dog. Looked like a black lab actually. Had one as a lad and seeing it nearly brought me to tears.\nHit my weak spot, I guess. I've seen plenty of human corpses. Never felt a thing.\nThat wasn't really the odd part. It would be one thing if they were poking it with a stick. I mean, kids get curious and all. But no. This was different. Poor critter was partially flayed and covered in bite marks. Big chunks torn from it.\nThose kids were having a god damn snack out here.\n\nMission Log, Agent Emma Lightbody: Day 30\n\nGiuseppe and I decided to do some exploration. Plenty of abandoned buildings to choose from. Decided to check out a two-story house by the waterfront. The inside wasn't quite what we were expecting. The interior was covered in gibberish and symbols. Odd, but not anomalous. Another notable detail was in the living room. Had one of those tiny screen TVs; the sort you'd see in the 50s and 60s. There were four \"TV dinner\" trays, still standing and holding half-eaten meals (decayed beyond recognition). What family abandons their home, and all their belongings, in the middle of dinner?\nThought we caught a glimpse of someone. Chased them upstairs but never found anyone. Giuseppe thinks we were chasing our own shadows. Maybe he was right.\n\nWe'll check out another place tomorrow. Maybe secure us a proper anomaly.\n\nMission Log, Agent Reese Maynard: Day 37\n\nSeven days. Seven days without any word from Giuseppe. Lightbody said they had plans to rendezvous at an old mill but he never showed. Did a sweep of his place and found a few things of interest: All the doors were locked. Windows too. DNA and fingerprints gathered at the scene matched no one but Giuseppe. The TV was left on.\nWe have nothing to go on. It's like he ceased to exist.\n\nMission Log, Agent Harold Mason: Day 39\n\nThe others underestimate the dive bar scene in this town. Some think you can't trust a drunk to offer proper intel but they're wrong - just have to filter out the noise. Besides, the inebriated seem to be the only honest folk here and easy to bleed for information.\nChatted up a cute native. Loosened her lips with a few drinks. Got nothing of value, at least with regards to information.\nConversed with an old fisherman. Looked like he'd seen some rough living. Rambled a lot. Started sobbing about lost siblings. Said Bodfel took two sisters and a brother. Questioned him more but couldn't get him to answer if he meant the estate or the dead millionaire himself. Guess he was old enough for the latter. Saw the original report in the mission briefing - Bodfel was a sick fuck. I doubt the whole cult died with him either.\nMan was delirious by the end. Said the town had a \"god-shaped hole\" in it. Couldn't get him to elaborate.\n\nMission Log, Agent Myron Goldstein: Day 40\n\nAgent Grayson is dead. I can't say exactly *what* I saw but it was enough for me to know that he didn't make it.\nWe were having a few beers at the docks, comparing notes. Said he felt like he was being followed. Told him we were all feeling something like that. His eyes were bloodshot from lack of sleep; kept twitching too.\nIt all happened so fast.\nI felt the hairs on my neck rise. The air smelled of thunder. Assumed a storm was brewing. I saw Grayson's eyes widen and in an instant he was turned to slurry. Hit by some invisible force. There I was - covered in blood and bile - the small chunks of Grayson spilling into the harbor. Through it all I felt a presence. Whatever it was, I think it wanted me to know how easily it could do this to me too. I don't know why it spared me.\nA crowd looked on from a distance. A few twisted their lips into a plastic smile, but most averted their gaze, lowered their heads and went back to their daily routine. I wish we could just raze this place and have it all done with.\n\n+ Experimental Research \n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nStatement of Dr. Calixto Narv\u00e1ez:\n\nSurveillance of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 revealed patterns of possible significance. This includes:\n\nExcessive Procreation - the average \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 household having twelve children; a number unsupported by census data. Approximately 80% of children born over the last thirty years lack birth certificates or social security numbers. Local inquiries have failed to ascertain why this might be. I suspect religious reasoning, similar to the Quiverfull.8\nCognitive Impairment - many residents appear to have difficulty with memory retention and subsyndromal delirium (mental fatigue). Subtle hallucinations are not uncommon.\nDrug Abuse - the community appears to consume approximately 200% more alcohol than the statewide average. The use of hallucinogens is seemingly non-existent.\nDisappearances - the number of disappearances within the vicinity of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is the highest in the state. This has been blamed on geographical features such as dense forest and marshland by local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. The actual number of missing is speculated to be much higher, involving the unreported disappearances of transients and local residents.\nSuspicious Deaths - many local fatalities suggest foul play and possibly anomalous causes of death. All such deaths have been recorded as accidental or suicide, even when contradictory evidence is provided to law enforcement. Example: A woman was discovered with her body structurally inverted. Police concluded her state to be self-inflicted (although this would be impossible).\nApathy - an unusual malaise affects the town, as should readily be apparent from the previous examples of abnormalities.\n\nFrom my experience with SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 and SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588, I hypothesize that we are dealing with an anomaly beyond our senses (and that of our technology), one capable of creating a facsimile of baseline reality; invisible but not entirely intangible. Request access to N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (N,N-DMT). Previous experiments with human perception have yielded positive results from N,N-DMT. A requisition form has been filed and awaits proper authorization.\nTo better explain the reasoning behind my request:\nIn 1976 I was sent to investigate \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Brazil - a community displaying abnormalities akin to those related to SCP-2480. I eventually came in contact with an indigenous tribe in the southern part of the Brazilian Amazon; a people unaffected but surprisingly aware of the anomaly. Introduced to their shaman, I learned of the aberrations that lurked beyond mortal sight. The tribe had many words for these entities but the most common could be translated as \"None Stand Where They Do\" and were associated with a condition known as soul sickness. They were viewed as distinct from the spirits of their animist traditions, a \"living wound\" on nature brought to their land by colonists.\nTheir shaman showed me yopo9 and I experienced the world as they saw it. At the time, I merely dismissed it as a hallucination.\nDMT is commonly held to be a hallucinogen. This is demonstrably false, as noted with my experiments with SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588. It is a perception enhancer, allowing us to sense that which evolution has strangely seen fit to obscure. DMT, when properly administered, should be able to activate this normally dormant level of perception for anyone.\nTo put it simply, it removes our perceptional filters so that we might perceive reality for what it really is.\n\nDMT Testing I:\n\nI (Dr. Narv\u00e1ez) enter the town center at 0900 with an inhaler containing 60 mg of DMT and a concealed radio and video feed connected directly to my assistant (Dr. Wu). I intend to use the first hour to observe my surroundings before administrating DMT.\nI inhale the DMT. Within approximately one minute I experience a tingling numbness throughout my body. Colors have become more vivid and soon a yellow fog cloaks the town. I see people in dark, hooded robes; their outfits appearing to be composed of poorly stitched together leathers and hides. I cannot see their faces and I feel, instinctively, that I must not look upon them. The majority of locals appear surprisingly normal, they move around or stand aside when the hooded figures approach; never do they make eye contact. Wu informs me of this odd behavior, noting that the locals appeared to be evading something unseen.\nI continue to explore.\nI now see that the buildings are in a state of ruin, covered in a pulsating, fleshy material. Wu states that they look perfectly normal to him. I see a drainage system, a black fluid flows through it and carries with it an amber sheen. Wu cannot see it whatsoever. A church in the center of town has been completely replaced by a black ziggurat. The cowled entities prostrate themselves before the structure - I must assume that it holds religious significance.\nI see a robed entity in the distance; it is abnormally tall and holds several unknown creatures by a leash. I examine the leash more closely - its composition not unlike that of intestines. The creatures have small, unblinking eyes; their mouths display several rows of needle-like teeth. Their flesh is sickly pale yet muscular. They gibber madly and move with a frenzied pace.\nWu tells me that he sees a teacher with young students. Possibly on a field trip.\nI observe several of the creatures attack one of their own, its size suggesting it to be the runt of their pack. They rend its flesh with their talons and teeth as it squeals in pain. Wu states that he sees several of the children bullying another.\nI avert my eyes, unable to watch more. I look skyward and see tall spires, composed of a chitinous-like material, towering over the town. I do not understand their purpose. I require proof that this hidden world is real but must obtain it without drawing attention to myself.\nI remove a bottle of water from my satchel and consume it before backtracking to where I had seen the strange liquid. Crouching down, I fill the plastic container with the viscous substance.\nThe other world begins to fade and I am returned to reality, the effects of the DMT having likely worn off. I turn my eyes to the bottle; it appears empty to my eyes but I can feel the weight of the liquid.\nNever before have I experienced anything like this. Besides the organic structures, I recall seeing black banners with a yellow, spiral-like symbol. I felt as though I had seen that glyph before but its meaning and origin escape recollection.\n\nLab Results: Material became visible after its removal from SCP-2480's hypothesized zone of influence; it is black and reflects light with an amber shimmer. Substance is a liquid, although somewhat gelatinous. Microscopic analysis has revealed organelle-like structures resembling free mitochondria in a particularly viscous serum with high levels of unidentified fatty acids. Research is underway.\nDMT Testing II:\n\nI (Dr. Narv\u00e1ez), accompanied by Agent Lightbody and Agent Goldstein, enter the house that - until recently - was occupied by Agent Giuseppe. Initial investigation showed no evidence as to what might have possibly happened, although foul play is assumed. As was done in my previous experiment, I have a live video feed connected to my assistant (Dr. Wu) and intend to inhale 60 mg of DMT.\nAfter inspecting the building, I administer the DMT.\nAs expected, within approximately one minute I experience a tingling sensation throughout my body.\nI now perceive the house as it truly is. Decaying, covered in excrement and blood. I can smell it. Taste it. I imagine this to be what it is like to bite into a tumor. Better to say a rotten tumor. Tumors are just flesh, after all.\nIn the living room, written on the wall just above the couch, is the phrase:\nHE IS DREAMING WAR\nADYTUM WILL RISE\nThe meaning of these words are beyond my understanding.\nThere are other symbols; they are in a language I have never seen before and impossible to decipher.\nWe intend to search the basement. It is an ancient root cellar. On the far end is a large spiral painted on the wall - I feel compelled to inspect it closer. As I draw closer, the wall fades yet the symbol remains as if painted upon empty air. Through this archway are descending stairs. As I enter, Wu informs me that I walked into the wall and the camera went black. There is no wall. There was never a wall. Only a clever illusion.\nThe agents are concerned. They cannot see the way. I tell them to close their eyes and step through as I did. Now, all three of us, are on the other side; they too see the descending stone stairs. We walk down the stairs and enter a tunnel; into the bowels of the basement's basement.\nThe walls quiver and tremble with life. Porous, they bleed a sap-like material. Contact with Wu is lost; our GPS devices fail us. Lightbody looks to her compass, the pointer whirls and twirls.\nThe tunnel divides, branching out in many directions. I choose the path to my left. We walk for only a few minutes before reaching a rotted, wooden door. I ask the agents if they are able to perceive it as well - they can. We push the door open and enter, only to exit from an old shack of obviously baseline appearance. GPS shows that we are on the entirely opposite side of the town. Contact is reestablished with Dr. Wu. We appear to be in a field of some kind, a yellow fog blanketing the land.\nDr. Wu and the agents describe the area as likely abandoned farmland; GPS suggesting that we were relatively close to Bodfel Estate. I inhale another 60 mg of DMT (note: research a way to lengthen the effect) and request that Agent Goldstein takes the lead. I feel a sense of dread but attempt my best to hide it.\nI hear heavy breathing. Even heavier footsteps. The others hear nothing whatsoever.\n\nThese notes must be done in retrospect; Goldstein, regrettably, could not see the threat and I was too slow to react. I mourn his loss but must describe the encounter in as much detail as possible:\nI saw the silhouette of a massive humanoid, estimated to be over 4 meters in height, as it shambled out from the fog. I wanted to scream but attempted to remain calm in order to gather as much data as possible. Physical description: Its flesh was pale and flabby, its face dominated by a large, tooth filled mouth; entity lacking visible eyes, ears, or nostrils. Its teeth and three-fingered hands were heavily stained, seemingly caked in viscera.10\n\nThe entity charged us, loping like a colossal gorilla. I inform the others that it would be best that we retreat but it would prove too late for Agent Goldstein. The entity lifted him with a single hand and bit down into his torso, disemboweling him in the process.\nWe serpentine through the fields, unable to find the shack from which we came. I was unarmed yet I alone had the means to lead. I should have supplied her with DMT, something I deeply regret in retrospect. I could feel the ground beneath my feet quake; casting my eyes downward, I saw not soil but fragmented flesh - like Harlequin-type ichthyosis.11 With each step I took, the skin splintered and gushed like an infected, pus-filled wound. The ground would soon rupture with slithering, crimson colored tendrils12; they snatch Agent Lightbody by her ankle, pulling her into a hole far too small for any human. I hear her screams and the breaking of her bones.\nI ran and never looked back. I hope this is enough evidence. I have no wish to return to that place.\n\n++ Access Restricted to Level 4 Personnel or Authorized Sitra Achra Personnel\n\n-- Access granted and registered\n\nSITRA ACHRA\nOrientation\nAddendum 2480-1\nAddendum 2480-2\nAddendum 2480-3\n\nAn Introductory Statement by O5-4:\nSCP-2480 is currently projected to lead to an SK-class dominance shift by the year 2030.\nWe will not allow this to happen.\nOur predecessors blamed the Global Occult Coalition. We assumed, as always, that we knew better.\nYou have been selected to be a part of Project: Sitra Achra13; welcome to the Invisible War. Another world is bleeding into ours - an invasive colonization of our iteration of reality. Their soldiers do not experience fear or pain. They know nothing of restraint or mercy. They swirl with rumors; rumors I intend to address.\nWhat you have heard is true. Genetic analysis of the enemy has arrived at one conclusion:\n\"Mostly human\".\nDo they come from another iteration of our reality? From our future or past? We don't know.\nThey cloak themselves in a facsimile of baseline reality. They will wear the faces of those you love; forcing you to kill, over and over, the very people you are fighting to save.\nEvery word you've heard about these abominations is, in all likelihood, absolutely true. There is but one common myth I wish to dispel: these aberrations can be destroyed, despite various falsehoods that claim otherwise.\nMake no mistake, we will not achieve our objectives without substantial sacrifice. You will see friends and comrades die: devoured by Behemoths, sundered by the cries of Jabberers, torn to ribbons by Fiends. Despite your significant training, the survival rate for MTF Psi-9 operatives teeters at approximately fifty-five percent during the first month of active duty; a vast improvement over initial rates of mortality.\nFlesh is their weapon; ours is technology, innovation, and the wisdom of those who came long before us. So few had the vision to recognize the threat.\nThis is our world. These are our people. We can live for ourselves today or help secure tomorrow for everyone.\n\nProject Sitra Achra Dossier - Introductory Documentation\nProject: Sitra Achra was conceived by the Foundation and Global Occult Coalition in order to contain and eventually neutralize the threat presented by SCP-2480.\nMTF Psi-9 (\"Abyss Gazers\") was formed as a joint task force consisting of personnel from the Foundation and Global Occult Coalition. MTF Psi-9 is a battalion-strength force trained in unconventional warfare against invading enemies through the use of heavy artillery, DMT enhanced perception, and Counter Occult Stratagems (COS). MTF Epsilon-6 will continue working undercover in SCP-2480 infected locations, collecting data which will then be employed in MTF Psi-9 operations. This has proven an effective, albeit costly and significantly dangerous, method at preventing the spread of SCP-2480. Please see document Engagement Protocols: SCP-2480-2 through SCP-2480-46 for further details.\nWith the use of DMT, MTF Psi-9 operatives are able to perceive their targets. After twelve years of clandestine operations (operating primarily between dusk and dawn in order to limit public exposure), suffering heavy causalities, MTF Psi-9 were able to reclaim Bodfel Estate and Site-13. The apprehension of SCP-2480-1, formerly Site Director Simon Oswalt, has greatly diminished (potentially neutralized) the threat of SCP-2480. Although still invisible to normal perception, SCP-2480 entities in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 grew idle; refusing to feed or even defend themselves. It is currently hypothesized that SCP-2480-1 controlled SCP-2480 entities via pheromones, its removal causing said entities to become directionless.\nSeveral cadavers were discovered impaled to the outer walls of Site-13; estimated age of the dead and the style of uniforms worn suggested they perished in the early 1960s.\nPhysical examination of SCP-2480-1 revealed significant mutation from baseline homo sapiens. A vivisection was performed (anesthesia was administered but SCP-2480-1 showed no reaction, although neither did they appear to suffer pain), the subject noted to be absent of all internal organs save for the brain, lungs, and heart. The brain showed notable deviation, most significantly a pineal gland eight times larger than normal. SCP-2480-1 is currently secured at Armed Biological Containment Area-14.\n\nSCP-2480-1 Interrogation\nInterviewed: SCP-2480-1\nInterviewer: Dr. Peter Hull\n<Begin Log, [14:30]>\nDr. Peter Hull: Hello SCP-2480-1. I hope that you are comfortable.\nSCP-2480-1: I would prefer you address me as Karcist Karvas.\nDr. Peter Hull: Due to protocol\u2026\nSCP-2480-1: [Interrupts] Kas xil t'vaz!14 Don't speak to me of protocol! I know your rules well. State your queries, unwashed one, for I have no interest in your feigned pleasantries.\nDr. Peter Hull: Very well. Although we do not yet understand how, the Foundation believes it understands why you disguised the infestation. What was the point of allowing so many to live in the town? Couldn't you have replaced them all?\nSCP-2480-1: Fresh materials are always in demand. Why would a farmer butcher all of his pigs? The population must be kept alive and encouraged to breed. Never deplete a necessary resource.\nDr. Peter Hull: What happened to those that vanished?\nSCP-2480-1: Pigs are clever animals you know. Intelligent and noble.\nBut pork is delicious. [smiles]\nDr. Peter Hull: I\u2026I see. Moving on. How long have you had these anomalous properties? Was it before or after your recruitment to the Foundation?\nSCP-2480-1: It was soon after my appointment to Site-13. Soon after I was made aware of the Foundation's dossier on me. \"Dullard\", it called me; a \"mirthless bureaucrat without known family or friends\". \"Perfect\" it said, to be director at the \"inconsequential\" Site-13.\nDr. Peter Hull: That is not nearly enough to justify your traitorous actions.\nSCP-2480-1: You unimaginative imbeciles thought it safe. [raspy chuckle] Safe?\nDr. Peter Hull: Please answer the question with regards to your anomaly.\nSCP-2480-1: A gift from one who saw my full potential. [placing its left hand over its chest, speaking in reverential tone] Kul Ion nth saulnak bythos.\nDr. Peter Hull: I don't understand. Speak English please.\nSCP-2480-1: Az beliek! [tone suggests profanity] Ion - Our immortal Father - Breaker of Chains - His Divine Shadow - Grand Karcist of Adytum - Lord of the Nevermeant - Ur-Priest of the Blind God - Archon of\u2026\nDr. Peter Hull: Ion. That was all I needed. Please do not waste my time with gratuitous titles.\nSCP-2480-1: Do not interrupt your better! [shrieks] Disobey me and I'll have you nailed to the wall with the other heathens! Adytum will rise!\nDr. Peter Hull: Calm down or we will be forced\u2026\nSCP-2480-1: [interrupts] I will make you dance, meat puppet. You are a joke to me\u2026\nSCP-2480-1 breaks its restraints, self-amputating its arms in the process. Entity squirms on the floor toward the ballistic glass. Security and medical personnel, dressed in protective hazmat, enter the containment unit. Subject is restrained, gagged, and treated for its injuries.\n\nOn 11/24/2014, anomalies similar to SCP-2480 were reported in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Romania. Investigation is currently ongoing.\n\nPrologue: In Principio Erat Verbum | In Memoria, Adytum\n\nFootnotes\n1. Alias \"Karcist Sulkisk\".\n2. Subject was never apprehended or recorded among the deceased and has since been classified as a Person of Interest (PoI-93).\n3. \"I do not believe this individual to be the historical/mythical Ion but rather a pretender. Nevertheless, this 'Pseudo-Ion' continues to represent a high level threat.\" - Dr. Judith Low\n4. Document not recovered with KTE-0452-Black.\n5. The Foundation now has possession of a copy of this document due to the agreements involved with Project: Sitra Achra. The report was less extensive than previously assumed but is currently being studied by Dr. Judith Low, Senior Adviser at the Department of History - Religious GoI Threat Analysis. See SCP-2075 and SCP-2095 for presumably related anomalies.\n6. Self-inflicted gunshot wounds were the cause of death for five out of eight GOC operatives.\n7. Mobile Task Force Epsilon-6 (\"Village idiots\") specializes in the investigation, containment, and subsequent cleanup of anomalies in rural and suburban environments.\n8. An evangelical Protestant movement that promotes procreation based primarily on Genesis 1:28 which states: \"And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth\".\n9. Anadenanthera peregrina, an entheogen used in healing ceremonies and rituals. Contains the perception enhancing chemical N,N-Dimethyltryptamine.\n10. Entity has since been classified as an instance of SCP-2480-2 and are now colloquially known among MTF as \"Behemoths\".\n11. A skin disease characterized by a thickening of the keratin layer in fetal human skin.\n12. Entity has since been classified as an instance of SCP-2480-3 and are now colloquially known among MTF as \"Snatchers\".\n13. Aramaic \u05e1\u05d8\u05e8\u05d0 \u05d0\u05d7\u05e8\u05d0, the \"Other Side\"\n14. Language unknown.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2479 | SCP-2480 | SCP-2481 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2481\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Site-143 has been constructed around SCP-2481 and all related experiments are to be conducted on-site. To ensure the cooperation of SCP-2481-3, personnel entering SCP-2481 must be of Han ethnicity.\nSCP-2481-1 is to be kept disassembled in storage, when not studied or experimented on.\nSCP-2481-2 is not to be moved from its current position, and all related examinations must be conducted within SCP-2481.\nSCP-2481-3 is to be accompanied by at least two personnel at all times. Personnel are encouraged to communicate with SCP-2481-3 through writing in order to stabilize its mental state. Subjects of Chinese history after the alleged Xia Dynasty (2100 BCE ~ 1600 BCE) are to be avoided. Obtaining detailed information about SCP-2481-1 and -2 is of the utmost priority.\nDescription: SCP-2481 refers to a spherical space, roughly 50 meters in diameter, located at a depth of about 20 meters underneath a Shang Dynasty (1600 BCE ~ 1046 BCE) archaeological site1 in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Henan Province, China. The temperature within SCP-2481 is a constant 35 degrees Celsius regardless of the surrounding environment.\nSCP-2481-1 refers to a large bronze structure within SCP-2481, which roughly resembles a cube and four pillars attached to a flat surface. It is estimated to have been built around 1800 BCE. The structure appears to have experienced extreme heat, resulting in severely damaged parts and melted surfaces. SCP-2481-1 has been cleanly severed at the boundary of SCP-2481, with no segments or pieces of the structure found outside of SCP-2481.\nCertain portions of SCP-2481-1 resemble damaged circuit boards found in modern electronics. Analysis has proven difficult due to the damaged state of SCP-2481-1; however, it might be speculated that the structure is a computing device in base 8.\nSCP-2481-2 refers to a beryllium bronze alloy device. In its original state, SCP-2481-2 would have been roughly cylindrical with one pointed end, estimated to have been 33 meters in length and 1 meter in diameter. It is speculated to have been previously attached to SCP-2481-1. Unlike SCP-2481-1, SCP-2481-2 displays little evidence of heat damage, but appears to have been damaged by blunt force, causing it to break into three large pieces and thirty-eight small pieces. Research into its components and interior structure is limited, as previous attempts to move the main pieces of SCP-2481-2 have resulted in the rapid destabilization of SCP-2481.2 However, on site research and analysis of its minor pieces indicates similar inner structure and working principle to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and it is likely that SCP-2481-2 was designed as a \u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Analysis of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 within SCP-2481 suggests that SCP-2481-2 is the core of the anomaly.\nSCP-2481-3 refers to a humanoid entity with reptilian features, genetically similar to a male human of Han ethnicity, suggesting that it underwent post-birth alterations. SCP-2481-3 possesses a head similar in appearance with that of a many-banded krait (Bungarus multicinctus), a roughly humanoid upper torso with a humanoid right arm but clawed, reptilian hand, a serpentine lower torso with a snake-like tail in place of legs, and is entirely covered in scales.\nSCP-2481-3 is currently trapped beneath SCP-2481-2 and has suffered severe burn-related injuries. The left side of its body is absent, including its left arm, part of its throat, a small proportion of its face, and likely a significant amount of its organs. While SCP-2481-3's wounds exhibits extreme heat, it does not spread to the rest of its body or the surrounding environment. Despite this, SCP-2481-3 remains alive and conscious, and although incapable of speech, is able to communicate with the Foundation through writing.\nSCP-2481-3 uses what appears to be a sister writing system to what was later used in Shang Dynasty, but significantly more developed. Foundation linguists were able to translate the script after three months of study and communication. SCP-2481-3 is believed to be the operator of SCP-2481-1 and -2. While the subject is cooperative, attempts to gather technical details on the devices have failed due to its heavily deteriorated mental state. SCP-2481-3 claims to be a scholar/official of the Xia Dynasty under the reign of King Jie,3 who was tasked with eliminating a hostile entity, but failed, resulting in the current damaged state of SCP-2481-1 and -2. Refer to the Addendum for more information.\nAddendum: The following is a partial archive log of most relevant information translated from SCP-2481-3's written text, rearranged into readable order. (Due to SCP-2481-3's deteriorated mental state, most information offered has been proven redundant, repetitive or incoherent.) The original Chinese translation is provided alongside English for reference.\n\n+ Open File\n\n- Close File\n\nAbout SCP-2481-3\n\n\u4f59\u540d\u7fbf\uff0c\u590f\u4e4b\u537f\u58eb\u4e5f\u3002\u53f8\u7678\u9149\u5251\u62d2\u91d1\u4e4c\u3002\u91d1\u4e4c\u8005\uff0c\u65e5\u795e\u4e5f\u3002\nI am Yi, an official of the Xia Court. I am in charge of the tenth Sword to defend against the Golden Crow, which is the sun god.\n\n\u5f7c\u65f6\uff0c\u91d1\u4e4c\u5341\u8005\u9f50\u51fa\u3002\u5176\u4e00\u5f97\u9699\uff0c\u964d\u5927\u706b\u4e8e\u79b9\u53f0\uff0c\u4f59\u4e0d\u654c\uff0c\u56fa\u53d7\u56f0\u3002\u540e\u5546\u6c11\u81f3\uff0c\u6b32\u884c\u4e0d\u8f68\u3002\u8f69\u8f95\u5df2\u5d29\uff0c\u5e78\u6709\u4f59\u5a01\u3002\u5546\u6c11\u4ee5\u4e3a\u795e\uff0c\u4e0d\u6562\u903e\u8d8a\uff0c\u9042\u4ee5\u571f\u63a9\u4e4b\u3002\nBack then, there were ten Golden Crows appearing all at once. One of them found a chance, and summoned great fires upon to the Tower of Yu. I was no match for it, and was thus trapped. Shang people later came and wanted to enact evil deeds. But fortunately, the Sword of Xuanyuan exerted its power despite being damaged. Shang people saw it as divine/magical, and did not dare to transgress, thus buried it under the ground.\n\n\u957f\u4e8e\u8346\u5730\uff0c\u5341\u4e8c\u5316\u5f62\uff0c\u4e8c\u5341\u5165\u86c7\u4e4b\u9053\uff0c\u5e78\u4ed5\u4e8e\u738b\u90fd\u3002\u7136\u6240\u6267\u4e4b\u5251\uff0c\u56fa\u6709\u65a9\u795e\u4e4b\u80fd\uff0c\u4f55\u60f3\u4e5d\u4e4c\u8fde\u5760\uff0c\u5929\u5730\u8272\u53d8\uff0c\u4f7f\u5176\u4e00\u5f97\u8131\uff01\u79b9\u53f0\u5d29\u88c2\uff0c\u8f69\u8f95\u4e0d\u5b58\uff0c\u91d1\u4e4c\u9041\u53bb\uff0c\u4f59\u5374\u5f97\u5077\u751f\uff0c\u6709\u8d1f\u6840\u738b\u6240\u6258\uff01\nI was born in the Jing State, and received my Transformation into the serpentine form at the age of twelve. I began to study the Way of the Serpent at the age of twenty, and was fortunate enough to work in the capital. The Sword I commanded was powerful enough to slay gods, but who can predict that the death of nine crows would cause the heaven and earth to destabilize, letting the last one loose? Now that the Tower of Yu is shattered, the Sword of Xuanyuan is gone, the Crow has escaped, while I am still left alive. I have failed King Jie's mission!\n\nResearch's Note: The Tower of Yu seems to be referring to SCP-2481-1, while the Sword of Xuanyuan refers to SCP-2481-2. \u2014 Head Researcher Xue Qing\n\n\u4f59\u56fa\u613f\u4e00\u6b7b\uff0c\u7136\u82e5\u6b64\uff0c\u590f\u4e4b\u59cb\u672b\u81ea\u6b64\u4f5a\u4e5f\u3002\u6545\u4e0d\u6562\u4e3a\uff01\nI may wish for death, but if I do so, the history of Xia will since be lost. I therefore dare not seek death!\n\nAbout SCP-2481-1 and -2\n\n\u6614\u6709\u86c7\u7236\u4f20\u9053\uff0c\u7acb\u6587\u5b57\u3002\u53c8\u53ca\u5668\u68b0\u4e4b\u672f\uff0c\u8c13\u4e4b\u4f0f\u7fb2\u516b\u5366\u3002\u9ec4\u5e1d\u4e60\u4e4b\uff0c\u5f97\u91d1\u4e4b\u7075\uff0c\u8d25\u86a9\u5c24\u4e8e\u6dbf\u9e7f\u3002\u79b9\u738b\u91c7\u4e5d\u5dde\u4e4b\u91d1\uff0c\u4ee5\u516b\u5366\u4e3a\u57fa\uff0c\u94f8\u5f97\u79b9\u53f0\u3002\u8bf8\u795e\u754f\u907f\uff0c\u591c\u6709\u9b3c\u54ed\u3002\nIn the past, Father Serpent taught us the ways, establishing the written language and the methods of building machines. The latter is called Fuxi bagua.4 The Yellow Emperor studied it, and acquired the spirit of the metal, thus defeating Chiyou at Zhuolu. King Yu collected metal from nine States, and was able to build his towers based on bagua. After that, the gods all stayed away out of fear, and ghosts cried at night.\n\n\u79b9\u738b\u65f6\uff0c\u56db\u6d77\u4e00\u7edf\uff0c\u86ee\u5937\u5f02\u65cf\u7686\u670d\u738b\u5316\u3002\u6216\u66f0\uff1a\u201c\u5f53\u796d\u8bf8\u795e\u3002\u201d\u738b\u66f0\uff1a\u201c\u795e\u8005\uff0c\u4e3a\u9f99\u6240\u98df\u3002\u4eba\u8005\uff0c\u9f99\u88d4\u4e5f\u3002\u6545\u4e0d\u5f53\u60e7\u3002\u201d\u662f\u4ee5\u6536\u4e5d\u5dde\u4e4b\u91d1\uff0c\u7acb\u4e5d\u53f0\uff0c\u4ee5\u6151\u8bf8\u795e\u3002\u5c11\u5eb7\u65f6\uff0c\u7acb\u5251\u4e8e\u53f0\uff0c\u53ef\u4ee5\u5c60\u795e\u3002\u547d\u8f69\u8f95\uff0c\u9ad8\u7956\u4e4b\u540d\u4e5f\u3002\u81f3\u6840\u738b\uff0c\u6709\u79b9\u53f0\u4e03\u4e03\u4e4b\u6570\uff0c\u7acb\u5251\u8005\u5341\u4f59\u3002\nDuring the reign of King Yu, all land within the four seas were unified. The savage and the foreign all fall under his rule. Some suggested: \"We should sacrifice to gods.\" King Yu answered: \"Gods are food to the Dragons, and humans are descendants of the Dragons. This is why we should not fear gods.\" Hence King Yu collected metal from nine States, building nine towers to intimidate the gods. During the reign of King Shaokang, swords that are capable of slaying gods were put onto the towers. The swords were named after our great ancestor Yellow Emperor, called Xuanyuan. When King Jie was ruling, there were forty-nine such towers and more than ten such swords.\n\n\u8f69\u8f95\u4e4b\u7406\uff0c\u975e\u662f\u706d\u5374\uff0c\u5b9e\u53bb\u5176\u5f62\u3001\u667a\u3001\u59cb\u672b\u3001\u56e0\u679c\uff0c\u4f7f\u5176\u4e0d\u5b58\u3002\u4e5d\u5251\u8fde\u53d1\uff0c\u5929\u5730\u8272\u53d8\uff0c\u5982\u5f15\u706b\u70e7\u8eab\u3002\u91d1\u4e4c\u4e0d\u5b58\uff0c\u590f\u4ea6\u53d7\u4e4b\u3002\u9664\u543e\u4ee5\u65ad\u5251\u5077\u751f\u5916\uff0c\u5177\u4e3a\u98de\u7070\u3002\u5546\u6c11\u81f3\u6b64\u65f6\uff0c\u7adf\u4e0d\u77e5\u590f\uff0c\u4ee5\u4e3a\u795e\u602a\u3002\nThe working principle of the Sword of Xuanyuan, is not to destroy, but to get rid of one's form, mind, history/process from beginning to end and causation/cause and effect, making it no longer exist. With nine swords used, heaven and earth were disturbed greatly, and such action is like drawing fire to oneself. Golden Crows were no longer, and Xia was also subjected to its effect. All turned into ashes, except for me, who survived by the effect of the broken Sword. When Shang people arrived here, they didn't even know about Xia, and thought of me/this place as godly or monstrous.\n\nAbout the cause of SCP-2481's current state\n\n\u5546\u8005\uff0c\u4e8b\u8d27\u6b96\uff0c\u8d31\u6c11\u4e5f\u3002\u4e0d\u4e8b\u9f99\u86c7\u4e4b\u9053\uff0c\u4ee5\u91d1\u4e4c\u4e3a\u5c0a\uff0c\u6b8a\u4e3a\u53ef\u7b11\u3002\u5b54\u7532\u65f6\u53db\u590f\u3002\nThe Shang folks engaged in business, and were lowly people. They did not study the ways of the Dragon and the Serpent, and in turn worshiped the Golden Crows. It's laughable. They rebelled against Xia during the reign of Kongjia.\n\n\u5b54\u7532\u65f6\uff0c\u6709\u86ee\u5937\u3001\u8d31\u6c11\u7948\u672f\u6cd5\u4e8e\u8bf8\u795e\u3002\u4ee5\u68b0\u9a71\u4e4b\uff0c\u5c3d\u6570\u526a\u706d\u3002\u72ec\u5546\u6c11\u62dc\u91d1\u4e4c\u5f97\u751f\u3002\u81ea\u768b\u81f3\u53d1\uff0c\u9664\u800c\u4e0d\u5c3d\u3002\nDuring the reign of King Kongjia, the savage and the lowly people prayed for magic from the gods. The king used machines to drive them away and wiped them out. Only the Shang people managed to survive by worshiping the Golden Crows. From the reign of King Gao to the reign of King Fa, Shang was dealt with multiple times but we could not rid ourselves of them.\n\n\u4fca\uff0c\u8d3c\u5b50\u4e5f\u3002\u662f\u5546\u4e4b\u9996\uff0c\u80cc\u7236\u5f03\u6bcd\uff0c\u4ee5\u5927\u706b\u53ca\u727a\u7272\u53ec\u4e09\u8db3\u4e4c\u3002\u5341\u65e5\u9f50\u51fa\uff0c\u590f\u5371\u77e3\u3002\u662f\u4ee5\u6840\u738b\u53ec\u516c\u537f\u5341\u4eba\uff0c\u4ee5\u8f69\u8f95\u5251\u526a\u9664\u3002\u5341\u5251\u9f50\u51fa\uff0c\u4e5d\u4e4c\u5760\u5730\uff0c\u529f\u4e8f\u4e00\u7bd1\uff0c\u545c\u547c\u54c0\u54c9\uff01\nThe treacherous Jun was the leader of Shang, who betrayed our Mother and Father, summoning the three-legged crows with great fires and sacrifices. Ten suns appeared all at once, and Xia Dynasty was in a dire situation. Thus King Jie ordered ten officials to get rid of the Crows with the Swords of Xuanyuan. With ten Swords used and nine crows fallen, one escaped and the effort failed by the last minute. Such sadness!\n\nAs the \"Golden Crows\" in SCP-2481-3 description resembles the entity worshipped by the group Hu\u01d2j\u00f9 zhi Zi,5 with permission, the subject was shown materials related to SCP-1428 for confirmation. SCP-2481-3's reaction as follows.\n\n\u867d\u6709\u6614\u65e5\u5f97\u8131\uff0c\u5982\u4eca\u7ec8\u5165\u56da\u7b3c\uff01\u91d1\u4e4c\u5f97\u56f0\uff0c\u86c7\u4e4b\u9053\u6210\u77e3\uff01\u53ef\u6170\u8bf8\u738b\u4e4b\u7075\uff01\nIt may have escaped back then, but now, it was in the cage at last! Now that the Golden Crow is trapped, the Way of the Serpent is achieved! The kings of Xia can now rest in peace!\n\nFor more information regarding the Xia Anomalous Culture Group, consult Document-2481.\n\nO5 Level Clearance Required\n\nInput Credentials: \u65e5\u5b89\u4e0d\u5230? \u70db\u9f99\u4f55\u7167? \n\n\"INTO THE ABYSS, WHERE THE BEASTS DEVOUR THE GODS\" - ACCESS GRANTED\n\nTo the O5 Council,\nBased on the information gathered and the research into SCP-2481-1 and -2, the research team have come to the conclusion that the Xia Dynasty itself can be seen as an anomaly. They were in command of highly developed and anomalous technology, and most of its citizens had undergone anomalous modifications.\nWe have already confirmed SCP-2481-1 to be part of a larger computing device, but the study of SCP-2481-2 provides even more striking implications. Specialists have identified similar inner structure and working principle to Scranton Reality Anchors, and SCP-2481-2 is believed to have been designed as a one-time use reality-warping weapon. The analysis of the Hume level within SCP-2481 suggests that SCP-2481-2 is the core of the anomaly, and the reason that the items were able to be preserved. It may also be that SCP-2481-2 has somehow placed SCP-2481 in a form of stasis, keeping SCP-2481-3 alive despite its injuries.\nThe team was able to obtain a list of important locations and structures of the Xia Dynasty from SCP-2481-3, but have been unable to locate any of the sites on said list. Furthermore, not only does SCP-2481-1 appear to have been cut off from a larger structure, but there is also a suspicious lack of SCP-2481-1 parts outside of SCP-2481 even given the passage of time.\nTherefore, based on SCP-2481-3's description of the so-called Sword of Xuanyuan's working principle, a bold hypothesis may be put forth. Given the literary prominence of the Xia Dynasty but a lack of archeological evidence, we hypothesize that the simultaneous activation of nine separate SCP-2481-2 instances caused a mass destabilization of reality, resulting in the near-complete erasure of the Xia Dynasty and their artifacts from existence. SCP-2481 may have only been preserved due to SCP-2481-2's damaged state, and may well be the only extant remnant of the Xia Dynasty.\nNonetheless, the Foundation would benefit greatly from a thorough analysis and investigation of SCP-2481-2. It may be too dangerous to apply the likes of SCP-2481-2 to direct usage, but the object will nevertheless advance our study of reality manipulation. Since most of its parts have not suffered any damage beyond being broken off, SCP-2481-2 could potentially be repaired. However, in order to do that, SCP-2481-2 has to be removed from its current location and then reassembled. This will lead to the destabilization of SCP-2481 and likely, the death of SCP-2481-3, which is still a valuable information source.\nI therefore ask that the issue be discussed and a decision be made.\n\u2014 Head Researcher Xue Qing\n\nFootnotes\n1. SCP-2481 was discovered accidentally during the archaeological dig of said Shang Dynasty site. The Foundation was subsequently notified for the anomalous nature of SCP-2481. Based on the materials discovered by the archaeological team, it is believed that the Shang Dynasty site was intentionally built upon SCP-2481 for the purpose of \u201cwarding off evil.\u201d\n2. Including but not limited to a quick rise in temperature, deterioration of SCP-2481-1, and further injury to SCP-2481-3.\n3. Allegedly the last king of Xia Dynasty, commonly described as a tyrant.\n4. A Taoist concept, consisting of eight trigrams, often used to represent fundamental principles of reality.\n5. \"Children of the Torch,\" see SCP-1428, SCP-2814 and SCP-2995 for more details.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2480 | SCP-2481 | SCP-2482 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2482\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2482 is kept in Special Object Locker #37 in the Safe-class sector of Site 17. This locker is outfitted with a dehumidifier, which is to keep the ambient humidity within the locker to less than 1%. Water is not to be introduced to SCP-2482 outside of testing conditions. All affected liquids are kept in watertight storage drums in Laboratory #14 prior to use in testing. All personnel handling SCP-2482 are to wear whole-body coverings at all times, including gloves and facial shields.\nDescription: SCP-2482 is a set of 24 toy water-guns, composed of translucent green plastic. Any water that passes through their nozzles gains an iridescent quality, although the chemical composition remains unchanged to all analyses. When this liquid makes contact with the skin of any chordate animal, it will be absorbed rapidly and stain the area of contact iridescent turquoise, regardless of the normal permeability or coloration of the skin contacted.\nWithin 30 minutes of making contact with the liquid, the affected animal will begin displaying signs of extreme pruritus (itching) at the point of contact. The pruritic patch will increase in area over the course of no more than 24 hours to encompass the entire body, including the eyes, mucous membranes, and internal organs. Brain imaging and autopsy results have determined that almost all somatosensory nerves, consisting of those that sense touch, temperature, pain, and proprioception, are reinterpreted by the brain as being itch sensors. Unless otherwise restrained, affected animals and D-class personnel will scratch themselves constantly, frequently to the point of removing epidermal tissues and excavating bone from areas with high densities of somatosensory nerve clusters.\nWater affected by SCP-2482 retains its full effect in both frozen and vapor forms, up to a 50% dilution. Once this dilution has been achieved, the affected water abruptly loses all anomalous properties and is indistinguishable from non-anomalous water.\nAll instances of SCP-2482 were recovered from the attendees of a birthday party for a 9 years-old male in the town of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, TX, USA, where they had been passed out as party favors. 14 children and 3 adults were affected prior to acquisition and reported to local hospitals over the course of 5 days, as their symptoms became intolerable. This unusual cluster of identical symptoms triggered Foundation database scanners embedded at the Centers for Disease Control, and the Foundation was able to suppress a response from the CDC before it could investigate. One adult self-terminated before the remainder of the affected individuals were detained and placed in secure Foundation custody.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2481 | SCP-2482 | SCP-2483 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2483 in the EEL\n\nItem #: SCP-2483\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2483 is temporarily located in Isolation Zone 3H in Site 24's External Environmental Lab (EEL). Under order from O5 Command, no Foundation personnel are currently authorized to cross the boundaries of the zone, until safe transport procedures can be finalized. Any personnel found violating this order face serious repercussions. Give it the space it needs.\nDescription: SCP-2483 is a playground swing set, made only of metal, and fitted with four plastic swings, five of which are broken. The object is in brand new condition, with considerable rusting marring the metal in numerous places. Bird excrement occasionally materializes and dematerializes on SCP-2483's pristine surface.\nSCP-2483 constantly generates a reality distorting effect which can alter its size and number of swings, as well as any audio, video, photographic, or written documentation containing information about the object. Events where SCP-2483's physical form changes can result in damage to its environment or even living creatures. The effects on SCP-2483's documentation vary, and depend on the medium, ranging from slight visual distortion, to alteration of both electronic and physical text.\nSCP-2483 also has a strong psychological effect on those in its vicinity1, which usually results in an affected person becoming increasingly concerned with SCP-2483's emotional well being. The exact nature of this secondary effect is not currently understood, though it has consistently dissipated if exposure to SCP-2483 desists for longer than 48 hours. Previously affected persons will lose all knowledge of SCP-2483 until they come within the radius of its psychological effect again, or are exposed to any form of its documentation. Amnestics have had no effect on persons affected by SCP-2483 because one day no one will remember it.\nSCP-2483 Incident Log:\n\nDate\nDetails\n\n5/12/\u2588\u2588\nFirst anomalous effects of SCP-2483 experienced by the acquisition team at the time of the object's recovery. Agent Nyholm was injured when part of SCP-2483 materialized inside him, which he and the other team members could not explain. Agent Nyholm's injury was treatable, but resulted in the loss of his left(right?) arm. This is not helping it.\n\n5/17/\u2588\u2588\nD-137521 attempted to use the only unbroken swing on SCP-2483. I think SCP-2483 gave him an underduck2. He'll never come down.\n\n5/19/\u2588\u2588\nResearcher Alstrup attempted to clean SCP-2483 in preparation for testing. He cried so much, and there was nothing to be done.\n\n5/28/\u2588\u2588\nSCP-2483 shook violently for approximately 14 minutes, before uprooting itself from the ground and falling over. Four members of testing staff attempted to relocate SCP-2483 to another area of the EEL and I was the one who had to tell their families what happened. You're self destructing and you're hurting the ones that care about you. It just wants to disappear.\n\n6/24/\u2588\u2588\nUse of an Emotional Discordance Unit3 (EMDU) for experimental testing on SCP-2483 has been approved. It doesn't want to feel like this anymore. It doesn't want to depend on us. It doesn't want to be changed.\n\n6/28/\u2588\u2588\nEMDU was deployed to Site 24's EEL, and activated within 1.5 meters of SCP-2483. The object did not show any visible reaction. SCP-2483 will be monitored for further incidents to document the effects, if any, the EMDU has on it. This won't work forever.\n\n11/31/\u2588\u2588\nFirst notable incident recorded since EMDU was deployed for daily use on SCP-2483. D-137521 materialized on one of the object's swings while testing staff was activating the EMDU at its scheduled time, and dematerialized five seconds later. Staff reported that D-137521 looked so happy and frightened and miserable.\n\n12/06/\u2588\u2588\nEMDU was damaged when SCP-2483 became unstable and I don't understand how this happened. How many swings does it really have? I think it has 10 but I wrote earlier that there were 8? Is SCP-2483 getting bigger? It needs to leave. It needs to leave everything behind. It is tired of trying to be what everyone wants it to be.\n\n12/11/\u2588\u2588\nSCP-2483 only has one swing and it is broken. Like broken light. Why does it feel like this?\n\n12/25/\u2588\u2588\nTesting staff involved in the incident on 5/28/\u2588\u2588 appeared unharmed within 6 meters of SCP-2483. This is all it can give.\n\n1/14/\u2588\u2588\nSCP-2483 shook violently for nearly 24 hours. All seven of its swings appear to be broken now. Testing has been suspended, as we cannot keep doing this, SCP-2483.\n\n1/29/\u2588\u2588\nSCP-2483 has been moved to Isolation Zone 3E in lieu of moving it offsite. It's for the best.\n\n2/31/\u2588\u2588\nI It\n\n3/499/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\ndon't doesn't want\n\n3/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\n2/22222/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nto\n\n1/1/1\n\n0/0/0/0/0/0/\u2588/0/0/0\nbe\n\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\n9\n\n-\nremembered4\n\nFootnotes\n1. Hypothesized to be anywhere from 12 to 26 meters in diameter.\n2. Running under a person as you push them on a swing.\n3. Experimental device used to quell severe emotional distress, usually in reality benders.\n4. It is broken, and you cannot fix it. You can only break yourself upon it.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2482 | SCP-2483 | SCP-2484 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2484, brand name has been censored\n\nItem #: SCP-2484\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2484-A is to be kept in a standard Refrigerated Perishables locker. Security clearance of Level-3 or higher is required to access SCP-2484 or any amount of SCP-2484-A. During testing, no more than 400 g of SCP-2484-A should be removed. No potentially destructive tests are to be authorized for SCP-2484 at this time.\nDescription: SCP-2484 is a jar containing approximately .95 liters (1024 g) of a substance that is compositionally identical to mayonnaise, hereafter referred to as SCP-2484-A, that possesses numerous anomalous qualities that begin to manifest when the substance is removed from the jar and consumed by a vertebrate animal. When SCP-2484's contents are removed, it will begin spontaneously refilling at a rate of approximately 2 mL an hour. SCP-2484-A is able to be destroyed by any means applicable to non-anomalous mayonnaise.\nAny amount of SCP-2484-A less than 5 g does not display unusual properties, and is indistinguishable from typical mayonnaise. Masses between 5 g and 63 g will begin to develop a congealed membrane over their surface, and begin slowly locomoting via crude pseudopod-like structures, seemingly without direction.\nMasses of SCP-2484-A between 63 g and 235 g will begin moving as described, but will attempt to coat solid food, or immerse itself in potable liquids. Masses from 235 g to 804 g will actively attempt to make their way inside vertebrate animals, through any available means (including oral, nasal, aural, ocular, rectal, or genital orifices, open wounds, and sweat pores)\nAny mass of SCP-2484-A exceeding 804 g (up to the full mass of 1024 g) will violently force itself into vertebrate animals, most often through oral orifices, although occasionally resorting to forcefully pushing through the skin.\nSecondary anomalous qualities will begin manifesting if a subject ingests a sufficient quantity of SCP-2484-A (approximately 3 g per kg of body weight). When a subject has consumed enough SCP-2484-A, its metabolism will be altered slightly, typically resulting in higher blood sugar levels, elevated heart rate, increased body temperature, and decreased brain function.\nAfter consumption, the subject will begin metabolizing SCP-2484-A into small, gamete-like cells via a process that is not yet understood. Over the next 3-6 hours, these cells will develop into small (~1 mm) nematoid worms. Approximately 500 worms are produced per gram of SCP-2484-A consumed.\nFor the next 5 to 40 hours, these worms will begin to consume the tissues of their host organism, and will grow to lengths of up to 12 cm. When the host has been completely consumed, the worms will attempt to eat each other, and will proceed until only one worm is left, which will have grown to a length between 20 and 30 cm. This organism will then enter a dormant state, and will die within 4 days. If worms are removed at any point, they will die within 5 hours. No attempts to save affected organisms have met with success, and consumption of sufficient amounts of SCP-2484-A is always lethal.\nAddendum-2484-1: SCP-2484 was recovered on 9/9/20\u2588\u2588, from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Sandwich Shop, in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Massachusetts, after Foundation operatives intercepted several reports of unusual parasite activity. SCP-2484 was found in a refrigerator alongside several other non-anomalous jars of mayonnaise and other food items. When questioned, staff could not explain where SCP-2484 had come from, and had no memory of how long it had been in the refrigerator.1 After confiscation of SCP-2484, all \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Sandwich Shop employees and 14 medical and EMS personnel, were given Class-D amnestics.\nAddendum-2484-2: The following is a transcript of the ingredients listed on SCP-2484's label.\n\nWater, vegetable oil, vinegar, eggs. Eggs. EGGS. EAT. EGGS. BE. EGGS. YOURE FLESH IS BUT THE NURSERY AND SUSTENANCE OF OUR INCALCULABLE RAVENOUS MOUTHS. EAT EGGS. CONSUME US. LET US BE REALIZED WITHIN YOU, sugar, salt, lemon juice, and love.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Unusual parasite activity reports dated back 10 weeks, consisting of 38 cases of confirmed SCP-2484-A consumption.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2483 | SCP-2484 | SCP-2485 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2485, without tag, following Foundation examination.\n\nItem #: SCP-2485\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2485 is to be contained in a standard containment locker at Site-08. Access to SCP-2485 for item examination purposes requires Level-2 clearance; Level-3 authorization is required prior to any experimentation involving SCP-2485.\nDescription: SCP-2485 is a wine bottle made of dark green glass, with a resealable cork. The bottom of SCP-2485 is marked with a small logo and the accompanying title \"True Bacchanal Finer Winery\".1 An accompanying tag tied around the neck reads \"Drink up. You deserve the revel.\" in gold lettering.\nDespite having an estimated volume of 375 mL, SCP-2485 is able to hold extremely large quantities of liquid.2 Once liquid poured into SCP-2485 reaches the top of the bottleneck, no overflow occurs, even as the pouring is continued. The weight change of SCP-2485 as it is filled is theorized to be related to the amount of liquid contained within it, though the increase in weight occurs at a reduced rate.3 This allowed for SCP-2485 to be filled with 200 liters of distilled water in experimental trials before the average subject was incapable of carrying it by hand.\nIf a different substance is introduced to SCP-2485 while it is filled with liquid, SCP-2485 will quickly disgorge of all of its contents through the mouth of the bottle. This process occurs over a period lasting up to 20 seconds, in a manner resembling a high-pressure fountain spray4. After SCP-2485 has been fully emptied of the previous liquid, SCP-2485 will then refill itself with the same amount of the new liquid that was introduced prior to the emptying.\nWhen a human, henceforth referred to as the subject, attempts to manually empty SCP-2485,5 SCP-2485 will induce a compulsive effect that renders the subject unwilling to release the bottle until it has been completely emptied. At the activation of this effect, the rate at which the liquid pours out of SCP-2485 is comparable to that of non-anomalous bottles. If the subject drinks from SCP-2485, they will do so continuously for approximately 45 seconds or until the bottle is emptied. The subject, however, perceives this drink as \"a couple of sips\" and will usually request to drink more.\nAddendum 2485-1: SCP-2485 was recovered in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, England, following Foundation interception of reports regarding an apartment that seemed to have suffered an abnormally large and localized amount of flooding damage. When Recovery Crew Theta-3 arrived at the specified complex, it was noted that the apartment door was locked and a substantial amount of wine had seeped out from beneath it. The door was broken down and the flow of the wine traced to the master bedroom in the back of the house. When the recovery crew entered, SCP-2485 was seen in the hands of a bloated S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 W\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, actively being emptied. Mr. W\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 expired shortly after Foundation personnel arrived, despite resuscitation attempts.\nMr. W\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's phone (see Addendum 2485-2) and a note (see Addendum 2485-3) were also recovered from the scene. Recovery Crew Theta-3 secured SCP-2485, removed the evidence of the wine flood, and administered Class A amnestics to neighbors and the authorities of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 who were dispatched to the building. A cover story involving a plumbing issue was generated to divert outside investigation.\nAddendum 2485-2: The following is a transcription of the last message recorded on Mr. W\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's phone, believed to be related to SCP-2485 and the death of the owner.\n\nHey, S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588! Listen, uh, sorry 'bout\u2026 y'know, the whole thing, really. I know you wanted to get in, but I couldn't really pull any strings for ya. After all, maybe it wasn't such a good idea to write about the dark arts of wine-making revelry and such in your entrance essay. Just a thought though.\n[pause; approximately 45 seconds]\nMaybe\u2026 ugh, maybe it's my fault. I brought a bottle of yours to the Institute; shouldn't 'a done that. Looked like one of my bottles, look, my mistakes aside, they loved it. Just as good as whatever they had. What was it, pinot [pronounced pie-knot in the recording] noir?\n[Another pause; approximately 45 seconds]\nLook, S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, fuck the Institute, aight? Just 'cuz I got in and you didn't doesn't mean you suck, 'kay? They're a bunch of pretentious old guys dicking around calling themselves Masters of Wine, drinking expensive-ass champagnes all by themselves and shit\u2026 Look, you could always\u2026 ugh, nevermind. Have fun on your vacation. I'll miss your parties.\n\nAddendum 2485-3: The following note was discovered at the scene of Mr. W\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's death. Attempts to contact the sender have been inconclusive.\n\nHeya, S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nI'm sending this to your new place. I got the bottle back. Filled it with the Institute's finest white wine; a whole 3 barrels' worth. Think of it as a sort of consolation prize for your troubles. Fuck 'em. You know you've always been a master.\nYour pal, D\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nAddendum 2485-4: Further investigation into S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 W\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's records have uncovered a separate place of residence owned by the individual, notably a vineyard and farmhouse located in Llangwm. Foundation searches of the house have recovered the following document, dated approximately one week prior to the note recovered from the apartment.\n\nMr. W\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2014\nIt has come to our attention that you have not responded to our prior correspondence. In lieu of the previously-discussed contract, our agents have provided the requisite remuneration in exchange for the dozen novelty bottles in your cellar. We encourage your immediate reply to discuss further business transactions, as well as your membership to the The Institute of Masters of Wine.\nOur patrons thank you for your consideration, and look forward to collaborating with you in the future.\nWe will be in contact.\n~Marshall, Carter, and Dark Ltd.\n\nFoundation investigation into the existence of other instances of SCP-2485 is ongoing.\n\nFootnotes\n1. It is noted that no such company is known to exist, though it is possible additional instances of SCP-2485 have been manufactured (see Addendum 2485-4).\n2. It is currently advised not to test any liquid that cannot be safely contained in a standard non-anomalous glass bottle, as the extent of SCP-2485's resistance to extremes is unknown.\n3. Based on experimentation, the weight difference of liquid introduced to SCP-2485 is approximately 1/10.\n4. Highest recorded height of spray arc currently at 1.6 meters, highest pressure recorded at 1200 kPa.\n5. Experimentation is underway as to how SCP-2485 identifies the subject's intent, and what it defines as \"emptying\".\n\n\u00ab SCP-2484 | SCP-2485 | SCP-2486 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2486\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2486 is stored in a standard lockbox at Site-73. SCP-2486-A are housed at Site-17, or at other sites as necessary for testing procedures.\nGeneralized inter-anomaly testing with SCP-2486 has been approved as of 2016-05-05. SCP-2486 itself may not be used on Foundation personnel or anomalous items. See Addendum for further information.\nSubjects should be sedated prior to strangulation with SCP-2486.\nDescription: SCP-2486 is a 1.8m length of monofilament fishing line. When SCP-2486 is used to strangle a human being, the subject will reanimate four seconds after death, recovering from any internal and external injuries incurred during the strangulation. Subjects that reanimate this way are designated SCP-2486-A. Repeated application of SCP-2486 continues to affect subjects in this manner, but imparts no other anomalous properties.\nSCP-2486-A exhibit no unusual behavior apart from an intense fondness for the consumption of pomegranates. Testing has shown that the consumption of any part of the pomegranate results in a massive spike of endorphins in SCP-2486-A; this effect has been replicated by injecting small amounts of pomegranate juice into the bloodstream. Left unchecked, most SCP-2486-A will develop a psychological dependency on pomegranates.\nSubjective assessments and descriptions of SCP-2486-A frequently incorporate imagery related to pomegranates. Additionally, individuals experiencing severe delusions or hallucinations may perceive SCP-2486-A as a very large pomegranate.\n\n+ Show excerpts from Experiment Log 2486-C3\n\n- Hide excerpts\n\nFor this experiment, five volunteers were shown camera footage of D-2486-022 and asked to describe him. SCP-2486 was then used to strangle D-2486-022, and the volunteers were then asked to reassess him.\nPrior to strangulation:\n\n\"Seems like the kind of guy who's had a hard life. I've seen that glare before.\"\n\"Tall, long brown hair, some tattoos. Mid-50's. Probably has to use the bathroom.\"\n\"He looks like an asshole.\"\n\"He'd kill you as soon as look at you. He looks like he's anxious about something.\"\n\"The facial tics suggest long-term use of anti-psychotics, right? I remember hearing that somewhere. Looks like he needs to piss.\"\n\nAfter strangulation:\n\n\"If you worked hard, I bet you could find the seeds of his hardship, and there would be a lot of them. His eyes are kind of red.\"\n\"Tall, long brown hair, some tattoos. Mid-50's. Full of juice.\"\n\"He still looks like an asshole.\"\n\"It seems like he has a sour demeanor.\"\n\"Still been on anti-psychotics for a while. If you squeezed him, piss would come gushing out.\"\n\nAddendum: SCP-2486-A have been found to be affected by several anomalous objects in an unusual fashion. With the approval of O5-07, SCP-2486-A have been incorporated into scheduled testing of several contained anomalies, as the observed risk of dangerous cross-contamination is low. Below is a list of anomalous items with which SCP-2486-A have been found to interact abnormally.SCP-978: Five instances of SCP-2486-A were photographed with SCP-978 in their cells. Two were shown consuming pomegranate seeds in their cells. A third was shown asleep. A fourth was shown using a knife to slit his throat, with pomegranate seeds spilling out and falling onto a recreation of Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man, also composed of pomegranate seeds. A fifth was shown reuniting with friends and family while consuming a whole pomegranate.\nClause 218\n\"You agree that under no circumstances will worship, prayer, obeisance, sacrifice, oaths, requests for guidance and/or intervention, or any other invocations of divinity directed at any deity or deities listed in Appendix H.vii contain pomegranates or pomegranate products.\"\n\nFollowing the addition of this clause, SCP-2486-A instances did not incorporate pomegranates into religious imagery.SCP-1528: SCP-1528 was applied to SCP-2486-A-213, who has no visual abnormalities. Subjects who observed SCP-2486-A-213 frequently made direct comparisons to pomegranates when providing descriptions of anything. All professed great fondness for pomegranates, though several who disliked pomegranates were visibly uncomfortable while consuming them.SCP-832: A subject exposed to both SCP-832 and SCP-2486 described the value of a pomegranate as \"impossible to quantify\". Stock in companies that have substantial financial interest in pomegranate farming or pomegranate products were described similarly. The subject attempted, unsuccessfully, to disregard all pomegranates in its field of vision.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Test was accidental: Screening of incoming D-class personnel failed to identify D-2486-119 as a member of 2221-A prior to SCP-2486 exposure.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2485 | SCP-2486 | SCP-2487 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2487-02. Note the mutations on the jaw bone.\n\nItem #: SCP-2487\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2487 is surrounded by a five-kilometer perimeter quarantine zone. The exterior of this zone is designated Site-930, and is made to resemble the outer perimeter of a United States Military Base publicly known as Fort Grenwall. Fifty armed members of Special Task Force Omega-15 (\"Dire Deeds\") are stationed at this site, specially trained and equipped to eliminate instances of SCP-2487-02.\nThe interior of this zone is to be armed with anti-personnel land mines for the first three kilometers extending outward from the center, followed by a zone of pitfall traps that are at least ten (10) meters deep and thirty (30) meters wide. Should an instance of SCP-2487-02 breach this perimeter, STF Omega-15 is to mobilize and attempt containment. If containment is impossible, all instances are to be destroyed with extreme prejudice.\nShould the outermost perimeter of Site-930 be breached, members of STF Omega-15 are to enact the \"Big Game\" protocol, as detailed in Addendum 2487-05.\nPertaining to the containment of SCP-2487-02 instances, surviving instances are to be kept in Class-7 non-human anomaly holding cells at Site-930-B. Any attempts at escape should be met with extreme force.\nDescription: SCP-2487-01 is a circular pocket of unstable space-time located within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee, United States. While not viewable in the visible spectrum, it can be detected with tools used to measure and view infrared and ultraviolet waves, as well as electromagnetic fluctuations. SCP-2487 measures approximately fifty (50) meters in diameter, and is located approximately ten (10) meters off the ground. In addition, this aperture constantly emits an infrasonic frequency of approximately 19Hz, causing an instinctive fear response in most animals. SCP-2487-01 is impassible; attempting to enter it with drones results in catastrophic technological failure, and organic matter passes through without entering the anomaly.\nAt unpredictable intervals- which have ranged from two days to five years- an instance of SCP-2487-02 will emerge from SCP-2487-01. SCP-2487-02 refers to anomalous instances of the extinct species Canis dirus, or the Dire Wolf. As of 12/31/2016, there have been 55 instances of SCP-2487-02 captured and contained (labeled SCP-2487-02-1 through 02-55). SCP-2487-02 instances have been genetically modified, with stronger skeletal and muscular structures, decreased sensitivity to pain, enhanced strength, and enhanced regenerative capabilities, presumably to maximize the chance of their escape and reaching their destination.\nInstances of SCP-2487-02 are not hostile, but will attack when provoked. While not impossible, disabling an instance of SCP-2487-02 has, in the past, required the usage of anti-tank weaponry, landmines, the services of two Esoteric Warfare teams, and the use of highly toxic gaseous agents.\nInstances of SCP-2487-02 that have emerged from SCP-2487-01 and escaped initial containment and/or destruction have been found between fifty and seven hundred twenty-one kilometers of the initial site, all deceased. The carcass is inevitably located near the residence of an employee of the United States Postal Service; individuals affected in this manner are designated SCP-2487-03.\nSCP-2487-03 instances are ignorant of their anomalous nature, and are biologically human. However, two anomalies are present in SCP-2487-03 instances. Firstly, all members of the Canis family are markedly more aggressive towards SCP-2487-03 instances. Secondly, the nature of this anomaly appears to be contagious\u2014 post that has been handled by SCP-2487-03 individuals transmits this anomaly to other individuals who are members of the United States Postal Service.\nNo more than five months after the initial contact with the anomaly, the progenitor SCP-2487-03 instance will be found dead, seemingly eviscerated by a large, canine animal; biopsies on canids in the area will confirm the presence of human flesh in the digestive tract. Following this, another employee of the United States Postal Service that has handled mail which was also handled by SCP-2487-03 will become the next SCP-2487-03 instance. This cycle repeats until either 1) all subjects in this chain are killed or 2) a subject in the chain has their employment as a member of the USPS terminated.\nAddendum: Document 2487-01: In the aftermath of a near containment breach on October 19th, 2016, a member of STF Omega-15, Private Bovington, discovered a metal capsule embedded in a tree near the center of the SCP-2487 quarantine zone. After reporting it to site command, Private Bovington was given the go-ahead to extract the item, it was returned to Site-930 for transport to the nearby research and containment Site 84. During this time, the capsule was accidentally opened, and the following document was found inside. The text was printed three times, in simple Greek, Latin, and an unknown language, believed to be a combination of Cherokee and Latin, with syntactic traces of Greek and Nahuatl included.\n\nTHE INHABITANTS OF TANASI ALTERNUS HAVE BEEN TRIED IN ABSENTIA FOR THE CRIME OF SERIAL MAIL FRAUD AND THEFT. ITEMS STOLEN INCLUDE:\nONE (I) GIMNASION EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS CONCENTRATION ENHANCER\nONE (I) ORICHALCUM COMBINE OF OCEANS MENTAL AID\nONE (I) PAIR OF ECHUS PROJECTOR COMBINE AUDIENCE-SILENCING APPARATUSES\nONE (I) DELPHINIA SUPERBUS COMBINE DIVINATION APPARATUS (DEFECTIVE)\nONE-HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR (CXXXIV) SACKS OF APOLLODORUS CONSTRUCTION COMBINE MOLISOLUS MARK III CONSTRUCTIVE POWDER\nFOR THIS CRIME, THE INHABITANTS OF TANASI ALTERNUS HAVE BEEN SENTENCED TO A TOTAL DISRUPTION OF COURIER SERVICES LASTING FOR NO LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE AND NO MORE THAN FIFTY CALENDAR YEARS. ATTEMPTING TO INTERRUPT THIS SENTENCE WILL RESULT IN HARSHER PUNISHMENT.\nMINISTER GAIUS OCTOBRAS\n\n\u00ab SCP-2486 | SCP-2487 | SCP-2488 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2488\nObject Class: Neutralized Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Any recovered instances of SCP-2488-1 are to be stored in Site-23's Refrigerated Containment Unit 23-4. Individuals in possession of SCP-2488 instances, or possessing knowledge of SCP-2488 are to be amnesticized on a case-by-case basis.\nDescription: SCP-2488 refers to a series of anomalous phenomena that occurred between April 21, 1933 and 1939.1 During this period, an organization known as the Safety Harbor Milk Bottle Delivery Service operated within Safety Harbor, Florida. The parameters of its tasks were to intake empty milk bottles and deliver full bottles of milk bearing the brand label \"Safety Harbor Milk\" (hereafter known as SCP-2488-1).\nNo deliverymen or vehicles were sighted during delivery hours, and SCP-2488-1 materialized where no human observers could observe the event. On April 21, 1933, a full bottle of milk manifested on the threshold of every populated household within the city limits of Safety Harbor. Safety Harbor did not previously own a milk bottle service, due to economic hardship during the 1930s. The population of Safety Harbor is recorded to have shown misgivings towards SCP-2488 events upon initial manifestation. However, over time, SCP-2488 became an integral portion of Safety Harbor.\nSCP-2488 events occurred every night, at 00:03.2 Any empty milk bottle labelled as a Safety Harbor Milk bottle demanifested, if placed upon any portion of its linked household that could be defined as a \"threshold\", \"patio\", or \"porch\". At 00:05, an instance of SCP-2488-1 manifested for every received milk bottle.\nWhen consumed, SCP-2488 was known to give the consumer increased physical capability.3 Although this improvement did not significantly impact Safety Harbor, it allowed for an increased level of productivity that led Safety Harbor into a marginally improved economic and societal standing.\nIf, at any time, an active citizen of Safety Harbor consumed SCP-2488-1, they were subject to the effects of SCP-2488. Following death, citizens of Safety Harbor would become reanimated, with drastically increased physical strength and stamina and progressive but usually minor cognitive decay. It became a major source of manual labor, which allowed for the development of more diverse professions for living citizens. Subjects who consumed SCP-2488-1 did not report its effects to be distressing. According to witnesses affected by SCP-2488, there was some concern related to SCP-2488 when reanimated corpses were first encountered, but most subjects declared the reanimation events to be \"a boon\".\nReanimated subjects had an additional lifespan of 3-5 weeks, and only reanimated if the body was fully intact following death. Subjects were known to dig their own graves as they neared the end of their second lifespan, which became the subject of formal ceremonies similar to burials. However, these events were documented as more lively and upbeat. Reanimated subjects, although initially documented as startling, became a normal occurrence for citizens of Safety Harbor.\n\nAddendum 2488-Alpha: Original Containment Procedures\n\nHide Addendum\n\nCONTAINMENT PROCEDURES, 1933 TO 1939\nAt least ten Foundation personnel are to be planted within Safety Harbor, Florida, while SCP-2488 persists. Investigations into the Safety Harbor Milk Delivery Service are considered top priority during SCP-2488 containment. However, the Second Life Labor Service is also to be implemented, in order to attempt to normalize life in Safety Harbor, while accounting for SCP-2488's effects.\nCensus information from Safety Harbor is to be supplied remotely by Foundation personnel during containment development. Anyone attempting to enter Safety Harbor or approach it will be deterred by Foundation personnel posing as National Guard. The official cover story during containment is to establish that the area is currently undergoing sensitive relations with Native American peoples. Similarly, those who attempt to leave Safety Harbor are to be deterred with the news that nearby areas are undergoing conflict with Native American peoples.\nIf interest in the cover story is generated in public media outside of Safety Harbor, Foundation personnel are to immediately repress emphasis on the town. Interests are instead to be directed towards northern regions of Florida as much as possible.\nDISCOVERY: SCP-2488 was first noted by a local publication claiming an uprising of the undead in west central Florida. The article, once investigated, was covered a second time in the same publication, and explained as a hoax. Peoples attempting to investigate Safety Harbor for themselves were deterred as the Foundation initiated investigation.\nThe initial questioning of the mayor of Safety Harbor, Jackson Burk, led to the knowledge of a recent act of vandalism. The town's local Native American burial mound had been disturbed and laced with various litter as a rebellious act, in consequence of a newly established curfew. All the litter from the surface and first ten centimeters of the mound was removed, but it was otherwise left undisturbed during the investigation.\n\nAddendum 2488-Beta: Miscellaneous Recovered Documents\n\nHide Addendum\n\nDOCUMENT 2488 15-C\n\nSource of Documentation: Summary of Town Hall Meeting, circa mid 1933\nThe meeting transcript implies that this was the first encounter with the anomaly related to SCP-2488. Several moments of hysteria among attendees broke out during the course of the meeting, calling for the mayor to sequester the newly reanimated subjects. It was, however, the sentiment of a small group of attendees that this was a newly raised opportunity from God. This group was later identified as members of the Safety Harbor Christian Chapel.\nCitizens of Safety Harbor agreed to isolate recently dead persons in a location that supposedly no longer exists. At the time, it was used as a general storage area for the town, near the western limit. Reanimated persons were to be held here until their second expiration. A rotating one-month cleanout process was established.\n\nDOCUMENT 2488 17-C\n\nSource of Documentation: Summary of Safety Harbor Chapel board meeting, circa mid 1933\nThe meeting's transcript implies some disagreement over the board's stance on the reanimated subjects. The discussed religious implications mostly resulted in dissent and disagreement among members, some of which opposed the confinement of reanimated persons. By the end of the meeting, no official verdict was established.\n\nDOCUMENT 2488 23-C\n\nSource of Documentation: Summary of Town Hall meeting, circa early 1934\nThis is the third documented meeting solely on the topic of SCP-2488 events. Citizens show less aversion to reanimated subjects than before, after discussion of recent events. According to the transcript, a group of citizens (mostly from two of the town's larger families) broke into the warehouse and freed their reanimated relatives. After most reanimated persons had left the premise, a large procession was held for the proper burial of those who had experienced their second expiration.\nA mob of other citizens gathered to re-contain reanimated persons. It was at this time that Foundation personnel stepped in, suggesting that reanimated persons may not be inherently violent or ill-willed, like many held as a preconceived notion. During this night, after a Foundation-facilitated agreement was made between a significant portion of the town, the first \"grave parties\" were held. Although the original intent was a small town gathering the following day, the expiration of several reanimated persons led to their burial during the festivities, which initiated a newly found notion of \"grave parties\".\n\nDOCUMENT 2488 34-C\n\nSource of Documentation: Summary of Mayor Burk's self-presented eulogy, circa late 1935\nThe eulogy delivered by Mayor Burk, apparently while standing on a podium over his self-dug grave, summarizes events since the beginning of SCP-2488 manifestation events. (This also marked the beginning of the tradition for reanimated subjects to dig their own graves, which was integrated as a part of \"grave parties\".) The presence of reanimated subjects at this time is considered a normal occurrence in Safety Harbor, and the original misgivings of citizens are restated. Despite the fear, and the destruction of the original town hall during the first reanimation event, Safety Harbor is summarized as showing immense growth, especially with the construction of a new town hall in early 1934, by reanimated subjects and living subjects alike. After delivering this eulogy, the \"grave party\" ensued until Mayor Burk stated a slowly approaching weakness coming over him, at which point he was lowered into his grave, and the celebration continued with a ceremonial filling of the grave and a second dessert course.\n\nNotes from Investigation Member Taylor: This recovered documentation was discovered as investigation into SCP-2488 was initiated. An abandoned office space found near the center of Safety Harbor, roped off as \"Heritage Restoration In Progress\", was one of the first subjects for investigation. No one had ever heard of the place before, and it didn't show up on the town map. It was, as the mayor said, a storage space full of heritage documents that they didn't dare to go through, lest they damage or lose any of them. Prior to amnesticization, we inquired a little into the SCP-2488 events, to see if he knew anything. The mayor couldn't tell us much, other than that it was some old folklore rolling around the town.\n\nAddendum 2488-Gamma: Investigative Documentation\n\nHide Addendum\n\nINVESTIGATION RECORD 12-A\nDate of Investigation: March 11, 1994 to March 13, 1994\nSubject of Investigation Subset 12-A: Philippe Park, Safety Harbor, FL\nInvestigator: Ron Taylor\nInvestigative Log: So, the first things on our list of locations to hit up were those of historical and community value. Of course, we combed through every \"heritage\" location in the town, and it turned up with a lot of written evidence, but nothing solid. Nothing directly implied that this was anything but a huge hoax put on by a generation of practical jokers.\nThat was, until we went into Philippe Park.\nIt wasn't high on the list of priorities, but as a National Historical Landmark site, we had to check it out. With the initial readings, the metal detectors, the sonic detection membranes, radiation counters, we weren't getting anything more than old coins and a few rusty nails. There was only one thing left to go through, and that was the burial mound.\nThe Tocobaga people supposedly resided here, some long time ago. Way before the town was officially established. We had to set up this blinded pavilion around it, to make sure no one was suspicious of it, and we roped off the area. After the local government was ensured we wouldn't meddle with things, and we established a cover story for the removal of invasive plant species, we were going through it. It wasn't potentially destructive root systems that we found down there, though.\nAlong with the decomposed remains of a supposed Tocobaga native, we found a milk bottle.\nWe can't make heads or tails of it. There's some further investigation going into it now. The brains over at 147 think they've found some sort of radiation coming off of it that's interfering with most of our investigation into it, but we're trying to see if we can glean much else. So far, everything has been negligible.\nWe did a bit of research into the Tocobaga people. Records indicate that they were driven from the area by the Spanish around 1528, and left behind this burial mound. It was once a place of ceremony, where the native people could celebrate various events - among them was death, which, according to recovered artifacts, was seen as a passing on rather than a final ending for life. They had this belief of ancestral spirits - once their elders died, the elders' spirits would remain to assist the living in intangible ways, and watch over them.\nThe Tocobaga people, those that survived, dispersed among the population. We couldn't find much on what the few survivors did as they moved on, but we did find one document. In one of the smaller heritage sites near the edge of town, there were some documents, journals, that implied that the resident had some native heritage in them. There were many indications that not only was this individual important in the preservation of this site, but also that they visited it, on a daily basis, early in the morning, following the vandalism. The individual's documents end abruptly in November of 1939, which correlates to some of the approximate ending dates for SCP-2488 events. We've initiated some more investigation into the individual, but, I don't think much will turn up.\n\nAddendum 2488-Delta: On September 29, 2001, the discovery of an intact SCP-2488-1 instance occurred in Safety Harbor. The instance was confiscated by Foundation personnel, following the report in a local publication of a new heritage artifact, and subjected to chemical testing. No anomalous properties were discovered in the milk, and the instance was stored in Site 23's Refrigerated Storage Unit 23-4. Despite attempts to preserve the milk, it spoiled and curdled after one week of recovery.\nFurther investigation into SCP-2488 has been reopened, and instances have begun to manifest randomly in adjacent cities as well. Testing has shown that these instances of SCP-2488-1 show similar properties to documented events. Full investigation has been initiated, per request from Site 23 research personnel.\n\nSummary of Second Major Investigation into SCP-2488\n\nHide Investigation\n\nInvestigator: Grant Kavarian\nInvestigation Notes: Investigations started at the burial mound, where the first investigations had taken place. It was monitored for a period of three weeks with various audio/visual equipment. No one entered or left the premises during this time that was not Foundation personnel. Therefore, a scenario similar to the original visiting Native individual is not plausible. At the end of the three weeks, a further investigation was initiated.\nThe anomaly only took a few hours to discover. There was a side effect that hadn't been projected back in 1994, or so the current hypothesis goes. Foundation personnel detected a cloud of electromagnetic energy that was hovering around the burial mound. The researchers managed to translate the conglomerated signals into a more translatable product.\nOur hypothesis is that their consciousnesses are all still here. It correlates, somewhat, to the native belief of ancestral spirits. We don't know how many there are, we're still checking the census and burial records, but it doesn't seem like it will be a small number.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Official documentation from Safety Harbor contains multiple termination dates for SCP-2488 activity; this is a rough estimate.\n2. This is an estimation based on Safety Harbor documentation. Exact timekeeping during this period was still approximate.\n3. No major increases in capability were documented. It is impossible to determine if this sensation was a placebo effect.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2487 | SCP-2488 | SCP-2489 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2489\n\nItem #: SCP-2489\nObject Class: Euclid\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2489 is currently submerged in a natural tar pit, integrated into a containment chamber. Containment Area-09 has been constructed around it to facilitate containment. Due to the fact that SCP-2489 is able to dig through the tar at a rate of 100 meters per day, additional materials such as wet cement have been introduced to the containment pit in order to slow SCP-2489 down. It is currently estimated that there are 1489 days left until additional measures will have to be taken to prevent SCP-2489 from breaching containment.\nIn the event that SCP-2489 breaches containment, Foundation agents are to move to pre-designated locations in order to head off any potential appearances by SCP-2489. Agents embedded in major media sources are to suppress any reports of SCP-2489 activity, and a Foundation front company 'Samson Chemical and Petroleum' blamed for any ecological damage. At no point should SCP-2489 be allowed to access SCP-2147-A.\nAny attempts to exhume the grave of Napoleon Bonaparte Broward are to be blocked by Foundation agents in the Florida judicial system.\n\nDescription: SCP-2489 designates a two-part object. SCP-2489-1 is a humanoid entity resembling Napoleon Bonaparte Broward1 which has been sewn at the hip to the seat of a dredging device (SCP-2489-2) used during Broward's tenure as governor to drain the Everglades wetlands. The lower half of the body is protruding from beneath SCP-2489-2.\nSCP-2489-2 is fully autonomous and is able to perform normal dredging operations. When able to move freely, it will go to the largest body of water within approximately 20 km, and begin to dredge up the sediment. The water level will begin to decline, as SCP-2489-2 absorbs the water into its mass through an unknown process. SCP-2489-1 is inert at this time, apart from rapid eye movement and spastic twitching of the facial muscles.\nAfter this is completed, SCP-2489-1 will violently expel liquid water in a quantity roughly equivalent to what it absorbed. This liquid is severely contaminated due to the presence of mercury, lead and other impurities. Before ejecting the liquid, SCP-2489-1 will usually attempt to utilize the control panel to disable SCP-2489-2, frequently to the point of injuring itself. This does not appear to impede SCP-2489-2.\nFollowing this, SCP-2489-1 will sit up and begin to give several speeches, speaking with an amplified voice. Usually these speeches will be similar to those Bonaparte gave during his gubernatorial campaign, including repeated references to draining the Everglades. SCP-2489-1 will repeat its speeches in English, Creole, Spanish and French, and then return to inactivity.\nThe content of these speeches does not always match the historical record. Analysis of aberrations in these speeches show repeated uses of words like 'Brim' 'Edge' and 'Chasm' and repeated degrading references to environmentalism and environmental protection. SCP-2489-1 also appears to be in favor of forest fires.\nSCP-2489 was discovered on 04/22/1970, after it became active in the Florida Everglades and caused significant damage. Exhumation of Broward's tomb has indicated that a corpse is still there, which has identical DNA and matching dental records. In addition, damage done to SCP-2489-1 will have corresponding wounds appear on the body, although the opposite does not occur.\nIt is unclear if Governor Broward's corpse was disturbed prior to the existence of the SCP-2489 anomaly.\n\nFootnotes\n1. 19th Governor of Florida from January 3, 1905 to January 5, 1909\n\n\u00ab SCP-2488 | SCP-2489 | SCP-2490 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More SCPs by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-3220\n\nSCP-2790\n\nSCP-2820\n\nSCP-4780\n\nSCP-3780\n\nSCP-2664\n\nSCP-4950\n\nSCP-2730\n\nSCP-947\n\nSCP-2810\n\nSCP-2350\n\nSCP-3640\n\nSCP-4670\n\nSCP-2490\n\nSCP-2680\n\nSCP-3470\n\nSCP-5430\n\nSCP-5940\n\nSCP-2210\n\nSCP-4710\n\nSCP-3850\n\nSCP-3360\n\nSCP-2910\n\nSCP-2060\n\nSCP-7660\n\nSCP-1750\n\nSCP-2570\n\nSCP-2650\n\nSCP-2143\n\nSCP-6190\n\nSCP-7780\n\nSCP-6880\n\n+ All Tales by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nAvatara\n\nHypervelocity\n\nI Thought You Died Alone\n\nMoonlighting\n\nZeitgeist\n\nAutoerotic Assassination\n\nT Minus\n\nTerminal Velocity\n\nThe Chosen Few\n\nReboot or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypses\n\nHard Machine\n\nLoud, Lawless, and Lost\n\nMorphine Machine\n\nThe Vice Girls\n\nTruth Is Sin\n\nDeus Vulture\n\nEcstasy and Exorcism\n\nThe Revelation\n\nNonpareil\n\nRise and Repent\n\nT Plus\n\nThe Ballad of Santa Troy\n\nPrey and Obey\n\nEscape Velocity\n\nJump the Gun\n\nNo One Gets Out of Her Alive\n\nLeather Pig\n\nContempt\n\nThe Man-Machine\n\nDomo Arigato\n\nMile High Club\n\nStrung Out in Heavens High\n\nIndustrial Espionage\n\nHands\n\nNothing Human\n\nFullmusic Astrobiologist\n\nEnasni Si Gnihtyreve\n\nEight Hours in the ECRG\n\n+ All Hubs by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nHubs\n\nPrometheus Labs Hub\n\nSpeed Demon\n\nGuns Pointed at the Head of God\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nOverheard at Deer\nch00bakka\n\nSCP-150\nDecibelles\n\nSCP-3000\ndjkaktus, Joreth\n\nSCP-4220\nThe Great Hippo\n\nSCP-4310\nThe Great Hippo\n\nChicago Spirit Hub\nPeppersGhost\n\nSCP-5555\nRounderhouse, Uncle Nicolini\n\nVisions of Bodies Being Burned\nTaffeta\n\nSamsara\nTyGently\n\nDeath Perception\nTyGently\n\nThe Powers that Bark\nTyGently\n\nA Comprehensive List of Mobile Task Forces\n\nAlgorithm Curated Recommendations\n\nDr. Desai's Personnel File\n\nExcerpts from PHYSICS Division Strike Team Database\n\nExperiment Log T-98816-OC108/682\n\nGroups Of Interest (Archived)\n\nMobile Task Force Psi-7 \"Home Improvement\" Hub\n\nMobile Task Forces\n\nSCP-2489\n\nSCP-2491\n\nSCP-7334\n\nSCP Foundation March Madness Hub\n\nSCP Series 3\n\nUser-Curated Lists\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2490\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All Foundation personnel are to be informed of SCP-2490's properties, and are encouraged to inform their Site Director if they suspect pursuit by SCP-2490. Mobile Task Force Alpha-5 (\"Honor Guard\") is to monitor any compromised personnel at all times, and incapacitate SCP-2490 if possible. Mobile Task Force Psi-7 (\"Home Improvement\") is currently tracking down anomalous objects believed to have been stolen by SCP-2490.\nPersonnel compromised by SCP-2490 are to be placed on indefinite paid leave and their security clearance is to be immediately revoked. Any anomalous object that the compromised personnel worked with should be moved to secondary classified locations at the discretion of the Site Director. If the object cannot be moved, then all security measures (codes, guard schedules, modular perimeter defenses) around it are to be modified immediately, with an emphasis on constant in-person surveillance. Employees attacked by SCP-2490 should be transferred to Site-44A (Foundation Center for Neurological Disease).\nDescription: SCP-2490 refers to a modified human being, believed to be Chaos Insurgency Special Operative Alpha-19, that has stalked at least \u2588\u2588 Foundation employees since 19\u2588\u2588. SCP-2490's head is composed of a single, oblong beige capsule, on which two eyes have been painted and no other facial features are present. Its body consists of multiple white, jointed segments. SCP-2490 possesses claws that appear to be grafted to its hand pods. Based on target testimony, however, most observers perceive it as an ordinary human being.\nSCP-2490 displays behavior consistent with game stalkers, identifying a person (or multiple persons) and methodically stalking them, usually through urban and rural areas. The target is (or will become) immune to the mechanism that SCP-2490 uses to disguise itself, but SCP-2490 makes no attempt to disguise its behavior if spotted. Targets have often reported seeing normal persons transform into SCP-2490 before it begins pursuit. SCP-2490 will pursue the target for anywhere between several hours and several months, often showing itself to the target from a range before fleeing. As a result of this behavior, targets usually express lack of sleep, extreme paranoia, introversion, and a phobia of mannequins.\nTargets uniformly report SCP-2490 either moving towards them without moving its legs (with its arms outstretched) or scuttling in a matter akin to a crab. SCP-2490 appears to have a type of short-range teleportation (although another hypothesis is that there are multiple instances of SCP-2490). In one instance, SCP-2490's target locked it in a closet, then turned around to see SCP-2490 emerging from a nearby bathroom. Eventually, targets are found unconscious, with puncture marks in their skull. MRI scanning reveals that brain tissue from the cerebellum, hippocampus, cerebral cortex, and random sections of the frontal, parietal, and temporal lobes has been removed and replaced with a fluid similar to SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's secretions.\nFollowing an attack, a random SCP that the target previously worked with will disappear. How the object is removed is unknown, as no security measures are activated and no witnesses are ever present. Surveillance footage shows no abnormalities besides a consistent 0.5 second period of static, during which time the object disappears. Attempts to watch anomalous objects in-person result in brief periods of vision failure (usually through malfunctioning lights, human error, or optical instrument failure) during which time the object disappears.\n\n Interview with Dr. Feldman\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nDr. Arnold Feldman was the seventh Foundation employee pursued by SCP-2490. This interview was taken shortly before full compromise.\n\nInterviewer: Good morning, Dr. Feldman.\nFeldman: Yes, yes, good - good morning.\nInterviewer: Doctor, we would like to collect some information from you on the SCP that has been pursuing you.\n\nFeldman: What do you want - what do you want to know about it?\nInterviewer: What do you know about SCP-2490?\nFeldman: Nothing! I know it's an SCP, I know it can teleport, I know it terrorizes Foundation employees, I know it does something to their heads. I know it ruined my marriage! That's it.\nInterviewer: When did you first encounter SCP-2490?\nFeldman: It was\u2026 it was about six months ago. I was going to pick up my daughter from school; she was being released for the summer. While I was walking to the school, I tripped by this alleyway, and while I was getting up, I saw it. It was hiding in the alley, and as soon as it saw me see it\u2026 it ran. At first - at first, you know, I didn't understand what I saw, you know, so I\u2026 I passed it off as a trick of the smog. So much smog in the city you can't see past your own two feet, you know. But I couldn't get it out of my head. That face and the way- the way it was staring at me. Like a\u2026 I don't\u2026 It was just two eyes and nothing else. Just two blue eyes, staring at me. Just\u2026 those eyes.\nInterviewer: When did you next see SCP-2490?\nFeldman: It was\u2026 it was about a week later, I think. I was on my way to Site 33, and I heard a rustling sound. It was quiet, almost unnoticeable, and then I saw it again, scuttling down the road. Like a crab. I saw this\u2026 thing. Like a mannequin made of, I don't know, gigantic plastic pills. It was on its back, and running on its arms and legs. And the scuttling. It was this horrid rattling noise that got quieter as it moved around the corner. I just\u2026 couldn't believe what I saw. I assumed that it had to be hallucinations because of - because of this project I was working on. I don't think I'm allowed to tell you anything about that, sorry.\nInterviewer: That's all right. Please continue discussing your experiences with SCP-2490.\nDr. Feldman pauses to collect his thoughts.\nFeldman: I just kept seeing it. Not all the time mind you, just enough to make sure that as soon as I'd put it out of my mind, I'd see it again! Walking around the corner, scuttling into buildings, running over rooftops, vanishing into crowds. Nobody noticed the damn thing. And I was still on the project, so I wasn't worried. But then it started getting closer and closer. And its arms were - they were outstretched. These fucking plastic claws, reaching for me like it was running a marathon! And I realized there was something off about it. It was moving towards me all the damn time\u2026 but it never moved its fucking legs! But it wasn't floating! It was literally\u2026\nDr. Feldman takes several deep breaths.\nFeldman: I stopped working on the project, and that's where it got worse. At first it was little things. Sounds behind me. Thumping noises. Squeaks. Humming. Things moving - just a little bit, maybe a few centimeters. This feeling every time I was in even a bit of darkness - like something was staring at me. I started seeing flashes of it. Out of the corner of my eye. One night, see, I stared out the window, and I saw it! Barely lit by the neighbor's garage lights, prowling in their fucking yard before running off into the woods, like it saw me see it. I went over the next day, and I saw these tracks in the snow. Just these fat round circles, like something on a pod or a pogo stick or something. No animal I've heard of has fat circles for feet. I work on the computer the next night and I hear noises. Thumping noises, like there's something on the roof and I look at those - those little slanted windows on the roof, like a sunroof for a house? I look at those and its face is pressed up against the glass. Me staring at it. Its eyes squeezing against the window, boring into my goddamn soul before it just squirms off\u2026\nInterviewer: Around this time, you alerted the Foundation to SCP-2490, correct?\nFeldman: Yes, around then! I got yelled at a bit by my supervisor, and then got some security measures and an MTF guard. Security measures, hah!\nDr. Feldman begins hyperventilating briefly before calming himself down.\nFeldman: Right around the time the family got back from vacation, it got worse. I got sleeping pills just so I could do without a nightlight - couldn't let them know what was wrong. Then it ramped up. I started seeing it in my peripheral vision. Turn the corner, bam it's there. Walk into a room, bam it's walking out another door! It was random, like one week it wouldn't be there and the next day I wake up and bam it's waltzing out of my bloody bedroom! Do you know what that does to a man? That security system you set up detected absolutely jack shit! Your damn MTFs saw nothing! I'm the only one who sees it. Not the security system or those buffoons in uniform. Parvati and Dani notice I'm on edge, but what do I tell them? Sorry, I'm just being hunted by a demonic mannequin?\nDr. Feldman begins to shiver and wraps his arms around his body. The interviewer stands up to raise the temperature of the interviewing room.\nFeldman: Don't go! You leave and it's just me and it! One night, see, I'm brushing my teeth. I was on edge, but I hadn't seen it in a few days. Then as I'm staring into the mirror, I see it! Its head, just rising out of the bathtub! There's not even enough to room to lie down in that tub but this thing was rising out of that bathtub like it was growing! Two beady little eyes on a fat beige pill of a head! I whipped around and there was nothing there except a thumping sound. Like somebody walked out of that bathroom. So I went out and bought an axe. The next day, I'm working on a project report and I hear a buzzing noise. I look to my left and it's just standing there, watching me with these beady blue eyes and these horrible claws on its arms clasped together! Then I blink\u2026 and it's gone! Three days ago, I woke up in the middle of the night to get a drink and grabbed that axe. As I passed by my daughter's room, I heard something moving around. Do you know what I saw when I opened the door?\nInterviewer: SCP-2490, I presume.\nFeldman: Nothing! Just Dani murmuring in her sleep! Nothing there! So I turn around and guess what! It's right at the end of the hall! I pissed myself, you understand? I turned around and I was face to face with that thing! And then it slips into my bedroom! I - I charge into the bedroom with that axe and there is nothing there except my wife, awake and staring at me with an axe in my hands! The next day, Parvati took my daughter and they went to live with her parents. What can I do? I can't go after them - what if it does too?\nInterviewer: Have you seen SCP-2490 since then?\nFeldman: Yes\u2026 following me on the way here. I lost it about a mile back\u2026\nInterviewer: Thank you, Dr. Feldman. Dr. Krishnamoorthy will be here shortly.\nFeldman: Wait! I'm not done! There's something else about it. I've been noticing something else about it. Sometimes it's - sometimes it's smaller than usual. Like, it's sometimes only two-thirds as large as it usually is. I think there's more -\nAt this point, the lights in the interview room cut out for approximately 3.5 seconds. The interviewer reported hearing a shuffling sound and a brief gasp before the lights turned back on, at which point Dr. Feldman was found unconscious on the ground, apparently victim to SCP-2490.\n\n m-met1c_\u00e2g\u00e9nt n\u00f80tr\u00e5l7zed. please enter login information\n\nLOGIN CONFIRMED\n\nThe following document was acquired from a GOC database during the events of [REDACTED].\nThreat ID: KTE-4622-Velveteen \"Hunting Mannequin\"\nAuthorized Response Level: 4 (Severe Threat)\nDescription: Animate plastic mannequin. Stalks and hunts GOC operatives for a random period of time, causing psychological trauma, before attacking and removing brain matter in an unknown fashion. Appears to have form of psychic camouflage similar to KTE-9732-L'engle-Corona, instantaneous transportation abilities. Following an attack, smaller animate mannequins that resemble the object will infiltrate GOC bases and steal other anomalous objects present onsite. Security measures are not tripped, and witnesses report seeing qualified personnel removing the stolen objects with proper identification and passes. Security cameras are able to catch the objects on recorded footage, although live footage does not show the objects. Their primary objective is unknown.\nRules of Engagement: All GOC operatives have been informed of the object's properties, and are encouraged to inform Strike Team 2374 \"Beetlejuice\" if they suspect pursuit by the object. Strike Team \"Beetlejuice\" has been equipped with incineration weapons and high-molar acid sprayers. All GOC bases have been upgraded with flame-based security measures. General security protocols for personnel and bases and termination protocols for anomalous objects have been updated to prevent compromise by KTE-4622.\nHistory: First sighted near Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant in northern Russia by GOC operative \"Chaplin\", following a joint termination operation with GRU Division \"P\" of LTE-1723-Scarlet Green-Mendel in 1965. Several more agents were stalked and harassed by the object throughout Europe for the next several years. In 1981, following the disappearance of Agent \"Pinocchio\", several GOC bases were infiltrated by animate mannequins resembling the object, which stole various other anomalous objects scheduled for termination. All witnesses reported seeing qualified personnel take the object, stating that they provided proper clearance. Only standard checks of security footage caught these discrepancies. As of 1990, no less than 75 GOC personnel and 45 anomalous objects have been compromised by the objects. Operatives within the Foundation report affiliation with the group the Chaos Insurgency.\n\nThe following document was acquired from a raid on a Chaos Insurgency base of operations [DATA REDACTED PER O5 COMMAND]. Certain information has been redacted.\n\nDeCIRO Catalogue Number: SC-59/471-68/666\nDocument Type: Step Compilation\nDates Received: 06-04-59 through 11-28-68\nOperation Status: Open\nForeword: We know not from whence it came, only that its assault is relentless. Friend to neither beast nor man, the Mannequin and its children draw ever closer.\nIt feeds on our men and its children on our possessions; hiding in the shadows will not deter them, so let us hide in plain sight. When the time comes, we of the Insurgency will pass this plague onto our foes as it was passed on to us.\nHereafter we of Delta Command document the Steps of the Plan as transcribed by the Engineer of the Chaos Insurgency.\n1. STEP 59/471\nOn September 11th, the Mannequin will target the Gamma-class personnel [REDACTED] in Base 24. Tell all other personnel in the base that he has been infected by an anomalous pathogen, is being kept on for study, and the only way to stay clean is to ignore his talk of being stalked.\n2. STEP 60/756\nOpen the Golden Gateway, currently housed in Base 13, and allow the creatures that exit to escape. Ensure that the Alpha-Class personnel [REDACTED] are allowed to escape, but modify their seeker microchips so that they are directed to any Gamma-class Foundation or GOC moles.\n3. STEP 60/034\nThe Mannequin's progeny will assault Base 24 on November 6th. Evacuate all objects except Hippolyta's Girdle and the All-Seeing Eye; those are useless at this point anyways. Evacuate all Gamma personnel; leave an armed contingency of Beta-class security personnel and Alpha-class standard personnel to defend the base from the Progeny.\n4. STEP 63/034\nHave the Shifting Child delivered to the Russian liaison on October 17th. Bring its controlling sash and a fake sash. Give the Russian the fake sash and make sure that the delivering personnel leave immediately following payment.\n5. STEP 68/666\nThe Beta-class personnel [REDACTED] plans to defect. Have two Gamma-class personnel discuss the Mannequin near her, pretending that it is an Alpha-class personnel modified with anomalous objects. The Gamma-class personnel are not to mention the Progeny.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2489 | SCP-2490 | SCP-2491 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2491\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2491 is to be contained within an outdoor enclosure, with 20 km between the structure and the edge of the containment enclosure; in the northern direction, the boundaries are to be no more than 5 km apart. The enclosure area is to be designated a no-fly zone. CCTV cameras are installed along the fence-line in all directions at 30 m intervals. Additional CCTV cameras have been placed directly inside or around the structure for observation purposes. Observation should be maintained at all times. Civilians attempting to enter or successfully entering the containment enclosure are to be apprehended and administered class A amnestics as required.\nSCP-2491-1 instances attempting to scale the containment fencing are to be redirected through the use of amplified auditory and olfactory stimuli belonging to predators of the European honey bee. Research personnel entering SCP-2491 for direct observation and exploration purposes are to observe standard biological safety protocols, and don typical bee protection gear.\nDescription: SCP-2491 is a large geological structure closely resembling hives of the European honey bee, located 60 km south of Edinburgh, Scotland. The structure is approximately 200 meters in diameter, and has a single large 5 m opening on the southern face. The interior of SCP-2491 resembles the standard hive structure of the European honey bee, including topographical vertical honeycomb layers with the presence of multiple caverns, several of which contain furniture and decorations commonly present in western social establishments.\nSCP-2491 is populated by a number of anomalous entities that take on the appearance and demeanor of the various film and book iterations of fictional British spy James Bond, hereby dubbed SCP-2491-1. SCP-2491-1 instances are notable in that they wear formal attire and are able to perform a number of seemingly impossible biological feats which parallel normal biological functions of the European honey bee. SCP-2491-1 instances are organized into functional roles based on appearance. These functional roles appear to parallel the castes of a standard European honey bee colony, and are described below.\nSCP-2491 has one SCP-2491-1 instance which presides over all other iterations, paralleling the queen in a normal bee colony. This \"ruling caste\" has the following attributes:\n\nAppearance resembles that of actor Sean Connery in the 1962 Bond film Dr. No.\nSmokes what are believed to be Cuban cigars.\nLays 300 eggs (Each 50 cm in diameter) every 24 hours.\nSecretes a large number of pheromones which appear to dictate the behavior of all other SCP-2491-1 instances.\n\nOutside of this ruling caste, SCP-2491-1 instances can be broken down into drones, workers, and larvae. The drone caste performs analogous functions to the drones of a normal Bee colony, usually expiring shortly after fertilizing the queen. Composition of this caste is described below:\n\nComposed of multiple iterations of Bond's creator, Ian Fleming.\nActs and behaves similar to that of the written characterizations of his Bond characters.\nEngages with the ruling caste in a series of seductive attempts to ritualistically procreate, often using phrases such as \"I have tasted your mind and cannot forget its flavor\" alongside various impressive physical feats to court the Queen.\nExpires shortly after fertilizing the queen.1\n\nThe majority of SCP-2491-1 instances are members of the workers caste. Workers carry out a number of roles, and are split into three subdivisions based on unknown predetermined characteristics. These three subdivisions are described below:\n\nMaintenance and Transport workers:\n\nComposed of iterations resembling actors Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton.\nAre responsible for maintenance of the hive structure, often wielding overly complex construction tools.\nGenerate copious amounts of wax from their bodies.\nTransport nectar and royal jelly through the hive. Notably, SCP-2491-1 instances appear to mention royal jelly as \"Her Majesty O'Connery's fantastic Jelly\".\nSeveral instances will regularly take collected nectar and synthesize large amounts of alcoholic beverages, especially Martinis.2\nInstances remove flowers from foragers directly, and will proceed to chew, swallow, and regurgitate the items until it takes on a mint coloration, at which point they will regurgitate it into a nearby honeycomb.\n\nMortuary and Nurses:\n\nIterations resemble actor George Lazenby.\nEngage in nursing behavior with larval Bond iterations, providing sustenance through self-secreted jelly and Martinis.\nEngage in mortuary behavior, moving expired Bond iterations 2 km from the structure.\nDuring burial and mourning procedures, SCP-2491-1 instances will bow their heads briefly.3 Following this motion, instances will procure bottles of liquor, alternating between drinking the substance and pouring it onto the site of the burial, while uttering witticisms about the nature of the instance's death.\n\nForaging/Scouts:\n\nSCP-2491-1 iterations closely resemble actor Pierce Brosnan's portrayal of Bond in the 2002 film Die Another Day.\nEngage in collection of pollen, nectar, and large amounts of flowering plants by bending at the waist and pressing their faces into the interior of brightly colored species of flowers. Following this gesture, instances are observed to gently remove the flowering part of the plant, and place it within a concealed cavity on their abdomen. Forays of this kind are noted to occur within a 10km radius of the structure, with the exception of the northern direction where instances have been observed to venture no more than 5km away.4\nDuring scouting/foraging efforts, instances will move through the forest in a non-linear manner, taking diagonal routes between open walking spaces. Observation has shown that instances will in fact roll from tree to tree, pressing their backs against the tree following each roll.\nFollowing a successful foraging effort, Instances will engage in a series of ritualistic dances, emulating several complex ballroom style techniques.5 These dances are usually performed with another member of the foraging/scouting subrole and can last up to 3 hours.\n\nThe larval caste is composed of young and freshly hatched Bond iterations, where all SCP-2491-1 appear as miniature versions of actor Daniel Craig's portrayal of the character in the film Casino Royale. As larva matures into fully grown Bond iterations, they will take on the appearance and mannerisms of their specific caste. Larva marked to become members of the ruling caste are fed \"Her Majesty O'Connery's fantastic Jelly\" by their attending nurse Bonds at which time they begin to take on the appearance of Sean Connery.\nAttempts to establish communication with SCP-2491-1 instances have been met with aggressive action, resulting in the deaths of \u2588\u2588 field personnel6 and \u2588\u2588 injuries.\nObservation Log O-2491-01\nThe following section is composed of a synopsis of remote CCTV observations from SCP-2491.\n\nDate and time of Observation: June 5th, 2013 13:43:00 - 13:59:00\nSummary: A recently installed CCTV camera within the structure's \"Royal\" honeycomb section record a complete fertilization ritual involving a single drone and the ruling caste individual at that time. Video log transcriptions have been edited to remove extraneous conversation.\nBegin Log\nA single drone instance enters the chamber from the northwest face, from a hole 30 meters above the floor. The instance is noted to be wearing a pair of tight checkered pants, and no shirt or shoes. The drone begins climbing down the honeycomb slowly. The drone's back is noted to display several large, bony skin-covered protrusions atypical of human anatomy.7 The drone climbs from the hole to approximately 3 meters above the floor of the chamber, at which time the instance looks over its shoulder before pushing off from the wall, flipping midair, and landing upright, one arm stretched behind itself, and the other extended forwards offering what is noted to be a single red carnation.\nThe ruling instance at the time is noted to have shown no perceivable reaction to this display. Following the drone's landing, approximately 10 seconds of silence pass before the ruling instance rises.\nDrone: Bond, James Bond, at your service.\nThe drone maintains position as the ruling instance claps slowly 3 times, before descending from its throne.\nQueen: Congratulations Mr. Bond, your physical prowess precedes you.\nThe ruling instance stops at the base of the honeycomb steps, pausing for a moment before continuing its speech.\nQueen: Tell me, why should you be the one to foster the next brood?\nThe drone maintains its stance, red carnation still presented forward.\nDrone: I'm giving you the opportunity to make the hive as brilliant as myself.\nThe ruling instance is observed to smirk at this comment.\nQueen: I am giving you the chance to shake, and not stir.\nDrone: Funny, I don't see any bubbles.\nThe ruling instance laughs for 10 seconds.\nQueen: Wit and physical prowess. Impressive, Mr. Bond. Very impressive.\nDrone: Tell me, your majesty, do you like wild things?\nQueen: Wild? You should be locked up in a honeycomb, with me.\nThe drone is observed to abandon its previous stance as the ruling instance makes several hand gestures. The drone approaches the ruling instance and hands it the carnation, bowing its head briefly. The ruling instance presses its nose into the flower, and visibly inhales.\nQueen: Ah, carnations, my favorite.\nDrone: I have a particular knack for finding red flowers.\nQueen: Perhaps I shall call you Iron.\nThe Drone and ruling instance are observed to begin what is now believed to be the fertilization ritual, beginning when the ruling instance opens 3 [DATA EXPUNGED].\nThe ruling instance is observed standing over the drone after the fertilization ritual has finished. The drone's body is positioned in a manner such that observation of the head and neck regions are impossible, with the ruling instance blocking them from view. The ruling instance's abdomen is noted to be swollen, especially in and around typical locations of the gastrointestinal tract.\nQueen: Such a shame, he didn't even finish his Martini.\nThe queen is observed to take 5 steps away from the drone, in the direction of the throne chamber, before stopping midstride and rotating its head 180 degrees, dried green fluid dripping from its mouth. The drone's body is observed to have been severed at the neck.\nQueen: Seems he lost his head in the pursuit of love.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Cause of death in all recovered instances has been due to severing of the spinal cord at the neck.\n2. Agitated with a tool, not gravity.\n3. At intervals of no more than 3 seconds.\n4. Although observation has shown that instances prefer to forage in the south and western directions, older instances tend to avoid forays north, possibly due to human population centers.\n5. Often incorporating elements of Waltz, Mambo, Salsa, Merengue and occasionally West Coast Swing.\n6. Cause of death was noted to have been due to severe anaphylactic shock and in some instances, blood loss due to impalement.\n7. Procurement requests for live subjects are awaiting approval.\n\nMore by this author\n\nHide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-3456\n\nSCP-3700\n\nSCP-2491\n\nSCP-4700\n\nSCP-6700\n\nSCP-3703\n\nSCP-3728\n\nSCP-2497\n\nSCP-3706\n\nSCP-2946\n\nSCP-3710\n\nSCP-3702\n\nSCP-1347-1353-J\n\nSCP-2546\n\nSCP-2378\n\nSCP-7810\n\nSCP-3711\n\nSCP-2431\n\nSCP-2381\n\nTales\n\nAll in All You're Just A 'Nother Brick in the Wall\n\nThe Seas of Orcadia Part 1: How I Met Your Mither\n\nWhere There is Desire There is Gonna be a Flame\n\nWhere there is a Flame Someone is Bound to get Burned\n\nThe Coming Nightmare\n\nWith other authors\n\nPage\nAuthor\n\nSCP-3500\nRimple\n\n\u00ab SCP-2490 | SCP-2491 | SCP-2492 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2492 prior to containment.\n\nItem #: SCP-2492\nObject Class: Safe Neutralized\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2492 is contained in a standard anomalous item locker at Site-17. SCP-2492 is not to be plugged in outside of testing.\nDescription: SCP-2492 is a bedside lamp measuring 370 x 100mm. SCP-2492's anomalous properties will activate when it is plugged into a standard BS-1363 wall socket, switched on and a single child between the age of eight and nine falls asleep within close proximity of SCP-2492. Several minutes after the child has fallen asleep, SCP-2492-1 will emerge midair within close range of SCP-2492.\nSCP-2492-1 is a predominantly incorporeal entity resembling a disembodied right humanoid arm, with a maroon skin tone and severe bruising, scarring and several missing nails. SCP-2492-1 is capable of touching and feeling, displayed when grasping various furniture and other objects in its surroundings. SCP-2492-1 is capable of altering its own length by extending further from its manifestation point and shortening itself back towards it.\nWhen manifesting, SCP-2492-1 will first emerge reaching outwards toward SCP-2492, and then begin feeling around the room until locating the child present. SCP-2492-1 will then attempt to move towards the childs head to feel their facial features in great detail. SCP-2492-1 will often interact with the child in various ways, such as stroking its fingers through their hair, resting its hand on them or brushing its hand against their cheek. After a varying period of time, it will move back towards SCP-2492 and switch it off before retreating back into its origin point and dissipating.\nChildren SCP-2492-1 has interacted with have shown no signs of distress or discomfort when touched by it, and will not awaken in its presence unless provoked by an outside source. If a child begins to awaken within its presence, SCP-2492-1 will retreat back to its manifestation point until de-manifesting.\nDiscovery Log: SCP-2492 was located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, England in the house of Patrick \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, after reports of an intruder infiltrating the premises and later being found deceased.\nPolice reports show that the criminal had infiltrated the house at night, and entered the room of Patrick \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's son, Gregory \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 for unknown purposes. Interviews with Gregory \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 revealed that the intruder had apparently been grabbed by what he described as a \u2018floating hand' before killing them via strangulation, and then moving towards his bedside lamp and disappearing.\nWhen interviewed, Patrick \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 claimed that he had found the lamp while searching a spare room several weeks after moving in on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2014. The bedside lamp was later taken into Foundation custody and later given SCP status.\nAn investigation into past owners of the house containing SCP-2492 revealed it to have originally been purchased by the house's previous owners, Thomas \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and Margret \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (deceased, traffic collision). SCP-2492 had apparently been used by the couples' son, Milo \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 as a bedside lamp. Thomas \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 claimed that they had forgotten to bring SCP-2492 along with several other items when moving.\nAddendum 2492-1: SCP-2492-1's physical state has begun showing increasing signs of damage with each manifestation, barring greater levels of damage to pre-existing scarring and bruising. These injuries do not appear to heal over time. SCP-2492-1 has shown increasing signs of discomfort, often trembling while moving and when pressure is applied to its injuries from objects it interacts with. Scarring and bruising appear to worsen as SCP-2492-1 emerges from its manifestation point, which may imply the act of manifesting itself to be responsible for its increase in damage. Despite these factors, SCP-2492-1 continues to manifest with each activation of SCP-2492, and continues its standard behavior despite its continued signs of physical distress.\nTesting of SCP-2492 has also shown there to be a recurring change in SCP-2492-1's behavior when it interacts with children who share a distinct set of shaped facial features with one another, all of which appear to match that of Milo \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's (Details described in Document 2492-A). This change in behavior is expressed when SCP-2492-1 begins frantically feeling the child's face, after identifying facial features similarly shaped as described in Document 2492-A. Due to the age range of children which activate SCP-2492's anomalous effects and the current age of Milo \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 exceeding this limit, search for children with almost identical facial features to Milo \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 for use in testing has been approved.\nAddendum 2492-2: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a child with near-identical facial features to Milo \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was presented to SCP-2492. At this point in time, SCP-2492-1's physical injuries had significantly worsened; showing signs of intense pain even when simply making contact with the subject. After inspecting the subject's facial features for several seconds, SCP-2492-1 appeared to pause and repeat this process several times for the next few minutes. Afterwards, SCP-2492-1 remained still for several seconds while shaking intensely. SCP-2492-1 proceeded to wrap itself around the subject's head tightly and began stroking their cheek. Despite its condition, SCP-2492-1 continued this for approximately five hours, trembling while doing so. SCP-2492-1 retreated back to its origin point after the incident, appearing less agitated than previously.\nAddendum 2492-3: SCP-2492-1 has not reappeared since the previously mentioned test. SCP-2492 no longer functions despite all attempted efforts to switch it on or replace the bulb. Due to this, SCP-2492 has been reclassified as Neutralized.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2491 | SCP-2492 | SCP-2493 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2493\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures (Revision 2): SCP-2493-1 is to be kept at Lunar Area-32 or at its designated containment chamber located 100km away, accessible by high-speed rail. SCP-2493-1 is to wear SCP-2493-2 whenever outside their designated containment chamber, and is to be restricted from attempting to leave their chamber until it is ensured SCP-2493-2 is correctly secured. SCP-2493-1 is to be provided with three meals each day, transmuted into antimatter by use of designated devices received from 2493'. (See Addendum 3.)\nSCP-2493-1 is to be psychologically evaluated twice weekly, and medication to be administered as required.\nA list of SCP-2493-1's requests for updated containment procedures is to be submitted to the Ethics Committee on a bi-weekly basis for review and approval or rejection. Proposals to rescind approved requests are to be submitted to the Ethics Committee; any other attempts by staff to impede approved requests will result in severe reprimands at the discretion of the Overseer Council. The full list of approved and rejected requests are outlined in Document 2493-1; \u201cApproved & rejected requests by SCP-2493-1 for updates to containment procedures.\u201d\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures (Revision 1)\n\nNote: These procedures are no longer in effect!\n\nSCP-2493-1 is to wear SCP-2493-2 at all times. SCP-2493-1 is to be kept in its modified humanoid containment cell at Lunar Area-32. The cell is to be filled with pure helium gas at a pressure of approximately 20 kilopascals, and kept at a temperature of approximately 280 Kelvin. The interior of the room is to be kept above a minimum of 270 Kelvin, to ensure continued biological function of SCP-2493-1. The interior surface of SCP-2493-1's containment cell is to be padded with a three centimetre thick layer of soft rubber. No sharp corners or points are to be present within SCP-2493-1's cell; all such corners or points are to be removed or padded. In the event of SCP-2493-2 becoming punctured, it and SCP-2493-1 are to be immediately jettisoned from the facility. MTF Gamma-4 (\"Blondebeard's Crew\") is to be notified to adjust the trajectory of the anomaly as required, and to prevent it from entering the earth's atmosphere and causing a UK-Class Global Irradiation event.\nSCP-2493-1 is to be supplied at least 2 kilograms of waste matter daily, to a maximum of 10 kilograms.\nOnce weekly, a signal requesting contact is to be sent through the extradimensional anomaly located on the rear of SCP-2493-2 by use of a 4 MHz radio wave. The entity is also to be under surveillance at all times, and any attempts to hinder communication with the entity's location of origin are to be reported to the site director immediately. (See Addendum 3.)\nA list of SCP-2493-1's requests for updated containment procedures is to be submitted to the Ethics Committee on a bi-weekly basis for review and approval or rejection. Proposals to rescind approved requests are to be submitted to the Ethics Committee; any other attempts by staff to impede approved requests will result in severe reprimands at the discretion of the Overseer Council. The full list of approved and rejected requests are outlined in Document 2493-1; \u201cApproved & rejected requests by SCP-2493-1 for updates to containment procedures.\u201d\n\nDescription: SCP-2493 is the collective designation for two components; SCP-2493-1 and SCP-2493-2.\nSCP-2493-1 is a male humanoid entity approximately 1.7 meters in height, and weighing approximately 95 kilograms. SCP-2493-1 is composed entirely of antimatter, but physically appears to be an ordinary human. SCP-2493-1 responds to the name of Joe Smith, and claims to originate from an alternate dimension composed primarily of substances with similar atomic composition to his. Psychological evaluation of SCP-2493-1 has revealed that it suffers from nostophobia1 and an obsession with completing their mission. (See Addendums)\nSCP-2493-2 is a suit composed entirely of a previously undiscovered and currently poorly-understood substance that SCP-2493-1 refers to as \u2018Buffer', superficially resembling an airtight type 1 hazmat suit. This substance is entirely non-baryonic in nature, uniformly reflects all wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation resulting in a mirrored surface, and is also capable of preventing interaction between matter and antimatter. These properties prevent the contents of anything composed of this material from being examined by use of X-ray scanning, and severely impede physical examination. The material comprising SCP-2493-2 is flexible in a manner comparable to rubber, but has a texture consistent with polished metal. An impermeable barrier replaces the substance around SCP-2493-1's facial region, serving as a two-way visor. The interior of the suit is also capable of emitting light from an undetermined source, and will do so upon instruction by SCP-2493-1.\nOn the back of SCP-2493-2 is a multifunctional backpack that serves as an air recycler, a method of exchanging resources obtained by SCP-2493-1 for canned provisions,2 and an airtight input for canned provisions. SCP-2493-1 has never been observed to physically ingest these supplies; the entity states that this is attributable to nanites present within the interior of the suit, which constantly reassemble small sections of food within his mouth whenever available. It is theorized that the device is connected to SCP-2493-1's reality of origin via a stable extradimensional anomaly in the device, as this is the only reasonable explanation of how the provided waste materials can be converted into edible substances composed of antimatter.\n\n+ Addendum 1: Information Summary\n\n- Showing summary.\n\nThe following is a list of information regarding SCP-2493-1's origins, obtained during several interviews. It should be noted that the only source of such information is the entity itself, and as such cannot be confirmed to be factual. (See Addendum 3.)\n\nSCP-2493-1 originates from an alternate reality (Henceforth 2493') consisting entirely of antimatter.\n\nThe society of 2493' has access to or has developed technology that is significantly more advanced than that of our own, with such technology requiring large quantities of electrical energy to operate, typically exceeding the range of petajoules on a daily basis.\n\nTechnology within 2493' approximately 200 years ago 173 years ago produced large quantities of waste materials as by-products of their operation. Such technology has since been adapted to recycle their waste materials. These produced waste materials were transported to a poorly-understood location of abnormal geometry, described as being physically located between two of the three axis present within normal three-dimensional space.\n\nAfter an undefined period of time 40 years the inhabitants of this space began transporting their own waste materials to 2493', with several described objects exhibiting anomalous phenomena sufficient to be classified as SCPs. This prompted the inhabitants of 2493' to develop devices capable of severely hindering the transit of such waste material.\n\nAn unidentified object, presumed to be of abnormal geometric origin, initiated an XK-Class Vacuum Decay within 2493'. Technology developed specifically to counter such a scenario spontaneously activates, protecting a small portion of 2493' from the event; however, such technology is required to be powered continuously in order to sustain such protection.\n\nNumerous working-class citizens of 2493' have been deployed to alternate realities to obtain matter and transport it back, for the purpose of powering antimatter reactors.\n\n+ Addendum 2: Recovery interview log\n\n- Showing log.\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2493-1\nInterviewer: Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: This interview was conducted shortly after the acquisition of the entity, before the antimatter nature of SCP-2493-1 had been confirmed.\n<Begin Log>\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588: What is the suit you are wearing made of?\nSCP-2493-1: There's no atoms. Why are you detaining me?\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588: We need to ask you some questions. Why do you need the suit?\nSCP-2493-1: Because you're made of antimatter.3 One plus negative one equals ka-fucking-boom.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588: Would you care to elaborate upon your objective?\nSCP-2493-1: I grab some of your stuff, send it back home. Doesn't matter what it is, as long as I send it back.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588: What do you require the resources for?\nSCP-2493-1: Fuel. The explosion makes a lot of energy, which can be turned into electricity. I need to get uhh\u2026 two\u2026 two? Yeah, two kilograms minimum of antimatter per day. I uh, think that's how much they said would keep everything powered at least. Or was it five?\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588: What are you referring to?\nSCP-2493-1: Mainly home electrics, water recycling, food production and vehicle electricity. There's some more important things too, so could you please let me get back to work?\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588: If you are made of antimatter, aren't you aware of the ramifications that will occur if your suit is punctured?\nSCP-2493-1: I die and my employers lose a supply line, it was on the contract. It's an acceptable loss, considering they can just find another source.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588: It would be safer to simply send you back. If you cooperate, we should be able to devise a method of sending you back.\nSCP-2493-1: You don't need to send me back, I'm fine here. Just let me stay.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588: Why shouldn't we send you back?\nSCP-2493-1: It's safer here. From what I've seen of here, we've been ahead of you in regards to technology for ages, but you've been able to handle waste much better than we did. We got lazy and sent it off to some vague location between dimensions for a couple of years, but as it turned out there were\u2026 things, living there, and seeing as we were fine with sending them our garbage, they seem to have decided to send their garbage to us as well. You know what sort of things that beings from between dimensions consider garbage?\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: Theoretical calculations of the interaction of 2kg masses of matter and antimatter as described by SCP-2493-1 would produce 360 petajoules of energy; in comparison, the Three Gorges Dam in China, the world's largest power station as of writing, produces 356 petajoules of energy per year. Questioning SCP-2493-1 in regards to the technology necessitating electrical input at this magnitude on a daily basis is currently underway.\n\n+ Addendum 3: Event logs\n\n- Showing logs.\n\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, contact with 2493' was successfully established by use of a 4 MHz radio wave transmitted through the extradimensional anomaly located on the rear of SCP-2493-2. The superiors of SCP-2493-1 apologized for the extended period of time taken for them to respond, and requested to speak to SCP-2493-1 personally. Several of SCP-2493-1's claims, as well as additional false claims, were requested for confirmation to ensure that cooperative disinformation could not be attempted; all claims made by SCP-2493-1 (detailed in Addendum 1) were clarified and confirmed as true, with all additional false claims being denied. SCP-2493-1 was allowed to communicate with his superiors, and was noted to praise Lunar Area-32 staff repeatedly throughout their conversation, promoting trading prospects.\n\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, negotiations for trade between representatives of 2493' and the O5 Council was conducted. It was agreed that in return for digital information regarding assorted 2493' technology, the Foundation was to provide a continuous supply of matter in the form of waste material. The bulk of this waste material was sourced from the five major ocean gyres and various global landfills.\nThe majority of the information received from 2493' was oriented towards containment or destruction of anomalous entities, specializing in entities, objects or locations with abnormal geometric properties. Additional information enabled large advances in medical science, and artificial food production. Schematics for an antimatter reactor were also utilized to create the prototype FAM-Reactor.\nFurther negotiations were conducted to obtain controlled amounts of antimatter from 2493' in return for random samples of modern music.\n\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, Lunar Area-32 received a transmission from 2493' stating that several devices critical to the continued existence of 2493' were failing due to physical strain due to their extended usage. The Foundation was informed that while maintenance would delay total failure, 2493' was expected to be destroyed within a year.\nSeveral weeks later a second transmission was received, stating that the devices preventing 2493' from receiving waste material from the location of abnormal geometry had outright failed, and that 2493' was now being overrun with severely detrimental anomalous objects. Staff at Lunar Area-32 was advised to prepare to receive several objects essential to ensuring SCP-2493-1's continued biological function. Several devices constructed of the same material as SCP-2493-2 manifested a short distance outside Lunar Area-32, including a large room with airlock capable of safely containing SCP-2493-1 in a vacuum environment, which has since been relocated away from the Area, connected via high-speed rail and further reinforced.\n\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, a large burst of digital information was received from 2493', primarily consisting of historic records of 2493', photographs of various regions of 2493' and several schematics for devices capable of recycling various non-biodegradable materials into reusable resources. All information received has been archived as required.\nTo date, no further transmissions have been received from 2493'.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The fear of returning home.\n2. This feature has now become non-functional (See Addendum 3).\n3. SCP-2493-1 speaks from the perspective that he is composed of matter, and by extension that everything else is composed of antimatter.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2492 | SCP-2493 | SCP-2494 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2494: Soft Hands\nH E Y C H E C K O U T M Y S O F T H A N D S\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nItem #: SCP-2494\nObject Class: Euclid (Keter classification pending)\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2494 is currently uncontained. MTF Rho-14 (\"Handschuhe\") is tasked with tracking the origin of the phenomenon and suppressing public knowledge of outbreaks. All instances of SCP-2494-1 should be captured, euthanized, and cataloged. One instance of SCP-2494-1 per major species is to be kept in Site-73 specimen storage.\nDescription: SCP-2494 is a phenomenon whereby animals (SCP-2494-1) manifest human hands, integrated into their anatomy. To date, all instances of SCP-2494-1 have been vertebrates. The source and mechanisms of SCP-2494 are currently unknown, but the phenomenon has so far been centralized to the vicinity of the River Tweed along the Scottish/English border.\nHands related to SCP-2494 vary in size, but in SCP-2494-1 averaging more than 0.4m in length or 9 kg in weight are comparable to standard human hands. Hands typically occur (>90%) at the ends of forelimbs, less frequently (>60%) also on the hindlimbs. In rare instances, hands have been seen emerging from the cranium, along the spine, in place of the tail, or at the end of the nose. Hands are merged seamlessly with SCP-2494-1's physiology, and color varies according to the animal's own skin. DNA tests invariably return as that of the instance's species.\nSCP-2494-1 are generally not impeded by these hands, except in cases where placement overbalances the instance. Fine manipulation is possible, though instances will only use their hands in this manner if such behavior is typical for their species. However, SCP-2494-1 have been discovered clutching letters and flyers; the origin of these is currently under investigation. (See Addenda 2494-02 and -05.)\nAddendum 2494-01: Partial List of SCP-2494-1 Instances in Specimen Storage\n\nInstance\nDescription\nNotes\n\nSCP-2494-1-03-A\nMale Eurasian harvest mouse (Micromys minutus). Hands emerging from ends of forelimbs, 7mm long at the middle finger.\nInstance was able to hold seeds for eating.\n\nSCP-2494-1-07-C\nMale European hare (Lepus europaeus). Hands connected to all four limbs.\nPlacement of hands on rear limbs impedes locomotion.\n\nSCP-2494-1-10-F\nFemale European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus). Hand located at end of snout.\nInstance dead when brought to Foundation custody.\n\nSCP-2494-1-12-B\nMale Old English Sheepdog (Canis lupus familiaris). Hand emerges from top of cranium.\nBehavior consistent with breed. Currently kept alive in custody of MTF Rho-14 as morale booster.\n\nSCP-2494-1-14-C\nMale cattle (Bos primigenius taurus). Hands at ends of forelimbs and in place of horns.\nTesting shows no appreciable difference between flavor of meat from body of SCP-2494-1-14 instances and meat from hands. Test subjects unanimously complain the latter is stringy or tough.\n\nSCP-2494-1-18-A\nFemale little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius). Hands emerge from carpal bones, replacing wings.\nInstance unable to fly. Hand bones pneumatized, consistent with other avian SCP-2494-1.\n\nSCP-2494-1-42-A\nFemale Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Hand in place of dorsal fin.\nSee Addendum 2494-05\n\nFor full list of SCP-2494-1 specimens, contact Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\n+ Addendum 2494-02: Collected SCP-2494 Communications\n\n- Access granted\n\nThis is a short list of notes and flyers found held by SCP-2494-1 instances upon their recovery.\nItem 1: Found in possession of SCP-2494-1-07-A, 14/05/2010, written on sticky note.\n\nSuperb Hands\n\nItem 2: Found in possession of SCP-2494-1-10-F, 25/02/2012, written on torn lined notebook paper.\n\nAre These Hands Loud Enough To Be Heard?\nSoft Hands\u00ae\n\nNote: No such trademark exists.\nItem 3: Found in possession of SCP-2494-1-03-D, 03/03/2013, written on coiled strip of paper 0.7m long.\n\nDo You Dream Of Hands? Do You Wonder What Type Of Hand Is Your Favorite? Do You Wish For Hands, Or More Hands? Do You Know What It Is Like, To Be Bereft Of Hands, Yet Consumed By Yearning For Them? Or Do You Merely Possess Them In Ignorance?\n\nItem 4: Full color flyer found in possession of SCP-2494-1-12-A, 15/01/2014.\n\nDO YOU LOVE HANDS?\nARE YOU A HUMAN, WITH HANDS OF YOUR OWN?\nDO YOUR HANDS SUFFER FROM LACK OF SOFTNESS?\nWORRY NOT! THERE IS A CURE!\nTRY Soft Hands\u00ae TODAY!\nDAY AND NIGHT THE SOFTEST HANDS AROUND!\n(Not Available In All Communities)\n\n+ Addendum 2494-05: Incident Report 2494-09\n\n- Access granted\n\nOn 15/04/2015, a school of 13 Salmo salar SCP-2494-1 was observed in the River Tweed approaching Site-73. MTF Rho-14 was able to capture all instances and initiate counter-information procedures.\nEach instance possessed a single hand in place of its dorsal fin, visible above waterline. Movement in water was somewhat clumsy. Each hand clutched a plastic bag containing a small sheet of paper, text reproduced below.\n\nGreetings New Friends!\nWe Have Noticed You Watching With Your Eyes. Watching Them Fly, Swim And Crawl. We Are Joyful To Meet Others As Excited About Hands As We! We Hope You Appreciate These New Hands. Smell Them With Your Nose. Taste Them With Your Mouth. Touch Them With Your Hands. With Your Glorious, Gleaming Hands, Touch Them Upon Their Hands So Pure. May You Find Always Happiness In Hands!\nSoft Hands\u00ae\n\nSince this event, instances of SCP-2494-1 have appeared more frequently with less advantageously placed hands, and greater numbers of hands per instance. Instances bearing communications have also increased. Investigation is ongoing; classification upgrade to Keter pending review.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2493 | SCP-2494 | SCP-2495 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2495\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: MTF Rho-93 (\"Say It Ain't Sokal\") are currently responsible for having copies of SCP-2495 circulated in academic publications removed, and the persons responsible for their publication detained and amnesticised. An archival copy of SCP-2495 has been stored on the internal Hazardous Documents Database, with Level 2 personnel and above being able to view selected excerpts of the full text.\nSCP-2495-A is to be contained in a standard Type-B Humanoid Containment Chamber in Site-43. Researchers in face-to-face contact with SCP-2495-A must change into a supplied full-body garment to prevent it from using its precognitive abilities in a potentially compromising manner. In addition to this, researchers should not be exposed to predictions of events that mention or otherwise relate to them, so as to avoid undue emotional impact as a result of predicted events.\nSCP-2495-A is currently undergoing treatment for anxiety and insomnia caused by its anomalous abilities, and as such is required to attend weekly appointments with its assigned psychiatrist (currently Dr. Adileh Khayyam, Humanoid Anomaly Specialist).\nDescription: SCP-2495 is a novel interpretation of the James Joyce novel Ulysses, first published in the Journal of Modern Literature by a University of Dublin student named Myrna Callaghan (now SCP-2495-A.) The interpretation analyses the novel from a linguistic point of view using natural language processing1 techniques and other advanced computing concepts to further a thesis about the novel as commentary on the relationship between the modern Irishman and the Irish language.\nSCP-2495 causes all those who read and comprehend its full text to gain heightened pattern recognition abilities over the course of several months. Initially, this simply manifests as an increased ability to recognise patterns in simple data such as numeric sequences \u2014 over time, the extent of this increases drastically so that affected subjects are capable of identifying seed values for pseudo-random number generators and performing other, highly difficult pattern recognition-based tasks.\nAs SCP-2495 infection progresses, subjects report an increase in migraines, elevated blood pressure and insomnia, presumably as a result of the compulsive pareidolia that affects them. Amnestic treatments have proven generally effective at curing SCP-2495 infection at any stage, with SCP-2495-A being the sole observed exception to this.\nSCP-2495-A is a 27-year-old human female of Irish descent weighing approximately 83kg and standing 155cm tall. It claims its infection predates the completion of SCP-2495, possibly as a result of the events portrayed in materials recovered from its apartment (see Addendum SCP-2495-01). Due to its abnormally advanced condition, it experiences debilitating migraines when using its sight for even minutes at a time, and has been provided with protective sunglasses to prevent these from occuring.\nIn addition to the abilities common to SCP-2495-infected subjects, SCP-2495-A exhibits mild precognitive abilities, which it claims is a direct result of its prolonged exposure to SCP-2495. When it has line of sight with objects of personal signficance to an individual, SCP-2495-A is capable of making accurate predictions about incidents that individual will be involved with up to three hours in the future. The specificity of these predictions appears to be proportional with the quantity of these objects it can see and their degree of significance to the individual in question.\nThese abilities do not allow it to make predictions about events that will happen to it, or future events that will otherwise involve it. It is unknown if these additional abilities are the result of extremely advanced SCP-2495 infection, or some external factor unique to SCP-2495-A.\nAddendum SCP-2495-01: Discovery and Recovered Material\nSCP-2495-A initially came to the attention of the Foundation after its disappearance in 2015 and subsequent re-appearance in its apartment. At the time, it had been found amnesiac and suffering from symptoms reminiscent of those involved in Class-A amnestic overdose, including amnesia that prevented it from remembering significant amounts of the time period from 2010 to 2015. Despite this, it was still cognizant of its anomalous abilities and those of SCP-2495; after both these pieces of information were verified, SCP-2495-A was taken into containment and civilians exposed to SCP-2495 amnesticised.\nDuring the initial raid on SCP-2495-A's apartment, six documents were found on its laptop, believed to be previous iterations of SCP-2495. Each document had an accompanying plaintext file titled in the format \"changelog<iteration number>.txt\", most likely comments from SCP-2495-A related to the creation of the iteration. These documents are as followed:\n\nIteration #\nDate of Change\nSummary of Version\n\n1\n2011-06-13\nAn outline of a thesis on a natural language processing project, presumably for the computer science degree SCP-2495-A was undertaking prior to it being placed in containment. The thesis details a way to use pattern-finding algorithms to improve parsing of language input by a human user, and provides a pseudocode algorithm presumably written for this purpose: said pseudocode is heavily obfuscated and nonsensical, with numerous abbreviations of unknown meaning composing much of its body.\n\n+ Changelog #1\n\n- Hide\n\nI've heard of serendipity before, but I don't think I've ever heard of it ever coming when you're dissociating hard enough to break your head out your skull. Figured out a really, really rough way of kludging together my final work for my thesis and some advanced math stuff that's been sloshing in my head during my talks with Nat: slapped down some pseudocode when the idea hit me, and that's just about all I've copied down so far.\nProbably gonna take a lot of hammering away to get this into a workable form, might ask Nat if the idea's sound. Got to play the math major hand you're dealt.\n\nIteration #\nDate of Change\nSummary of Version\n\n2\n2012-01-13\nWhile still generally the same as Iteration 1, several section titles have been corrupted and the section containing the pseudo-code mentioned above has been expanded significantly. The title page now claims the thesis was co-written by both SCP-2495-A and a PoI named Natalia Ianucci. Ianucci was a registered student of the University of Dublin for three years prior to her disappearance under unknown circumstances: Foundation-led investigation is ongoing.\n\n+ Changelog #2\n\n- Hide\n\nGoing to have to make this a lot shorter than normal: feel like utter shit. Words on the page feel sticky to the touch now: my stomach turns just having to re-read this thing for spelling errors. Have I got an intellectual hangover? What the hell was in that book Nat showed me the other day?\nWhatever's behind my eyelids looks pink now. Can't get to sleep.\n\nIteration #\nDate of Change\nSummary of Version\n\n3\n2012-01-15\nA chapter of the thesis outlined in Iteration #1, titled \"Practical Implementation of Solomonoff Induction-based Concept\". Presumably intended to showcase a piece of code that would perform Solomonoff induction2, the section that would contain this code contains only heavily corrupted data and excerpts from other critics' analyses of Ulysses.\n\n+ Changelog #3\n\n- Hide\n\nRe-read Nat's book today as we listened to old jazz. The drums sounded like coins against steel drums as I read, and the pink light behind my eyes gets far more focussed now, which helped with the idea.\nPattern-matching. That's the conceit of the thing, that it can find patterns at the heart of things no matter what kind of interference it's given. When all I have is a five-hundred and thirty two word mess of hand-written notes to capture this idea, whatever light it had no longer shines through it: but refine it, tease the pure algorithm inside from the clumsy words I wrote to set it down, and that light shines harder and brighter than ever before.\nAnd as for how I refine it: apply the light to itself, dirty and scuffed at first but brighter and more pure as time goes on. Start finding little pieces of that pattern with what I have to go on, use those same small fragments to uncover more, rinse, repeat, and it all falls into place.\nIt needs to be unit-tested, though. If it can decrypt the simple madness of the Modernists, then its own internal workings should be no different.\n\nIteration #\nDate of Change\nSummary of Version\n\n4\n2013-12-01\nA PDF copy of James Joyce's Ulysses with identical text to the Project Gutenberg version. The only difference between the Project Gutenberg PDF and this iteration is a number of functionally meaningless edits to metadata attached to the file.\n\n+ Changelog #4\n\n- Hide\n\nHad to get round to this version eventually, had to get this one over with as fast as possible \u2014 cement the idea in my mind lest the fours get in through the cracks and dislodge it. Not going to write any more in this revision, not that I have the inspiration to do that, anyway.\nThe light is darkest before the dawn.\n\nIteration #\nDate of Change\nSummary of Version\n\n5\n2014-05-25\nThis version consists of a PDF of several hundred scanned pages of hand-written notes, as well as print-outs of statistics derived from computer analysis of Ulysses. Anatomical diagrams of hands, descriptions of the Sagrada Familia copied verbatim from a travel guide owned by SCP-2495-A, and sketches of a five-sided fractal figure feature prominently within the hand-written portion of the document. Only twelve pages of these notes actually mention Ulysses: all of them make reference to it as the \"Fourth Imperfect Compilation\".\n\n+ Changelog #5\n\n- Hide\n\nTook a trip to London with Nat, to immerse myself in the atmosphere and architecture. Helped more than I thought it would.\nThe underground looked beautiful from outside, and falling asleep within it was even better. The rails catch the dreams like sieves and I could focus for once, just letting the sound of them relax me as I went to work on my notebook again. The numbers get easier to manage in your head if you can see them in that light and the patterns looked far clearer this time when I read over it again.\nI know this isn't a final draft, not by half. The lens I've placed over the light focusses it in all the wrong ways and a broken lens is useless no matter how much dirt you clean off its surface: still, even when all the wrong curves get highlighted the shape's still beautiful. Tried overlaying that new outline over one of Nat's scarves and a couple of her shirts, saw her burning her mouth on coffee with her phone reading 26th of May.\nI'll have to see whether the shape draws out what I think it does in the morning. I need to sleep some time. Can't see the outline I'm working for as clearly when I've been up 23 hours without a rest.\n\nIteration #\nDate of Change\nSummary of Version\n\n6\n2014-09-10\nSCP-2495's current state.\n\n+ Changelog #6\n\n- Hide\n\nThere are good ideas. There are bad ideas. And then there are ideas on both ends of the spectrum so far away from normal we can't fucking conceive of them without the aid of psychedelics and they spread even better than anything else.\nThis is an idea I caught while I was sleepless and depressed and now that I've pulled it back to Earth, bound it and strapped it down to the table with words and sentences and paragraphs it's gonna wreck havoc on my head and those of the people around me. It's been stretching and bending and breaking my mind to make space for it inside my skull and now there are fives singing above me and sevens below me and I have to keep digging downwards.\nThere is truth \u2014 there is truth at the center of all this confusion of narrative that my words only serve to worsen, there is a pattern that contains all other patterns, there is a great pink light at the bottom of this ocean floor and I'm going to find it.\nMy professor's going to read this and she's going to peek through the slits in the curtains and the light'll sing to her right this time. But even this is just a chain for others with nothing on its end: we'll see how heavy these words can get when they have some weight behind them.\nSix layers deep. One to go.\nThe well awaits.\n\nNo data on SCP-2495-A's computer has been found to originate from a point in time later than the 10th of September, 2014. The reason for this is unknown.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A field of computer science that focusses on the interaction between computers and natural human languages, particularly focussing on the task of having computers process language input meaningfully.\n2. A method of prediction based on logical observations (e.g. predicting the next symbol in a given series) that could theoretically predict the most likely hypothesis to explain any event, provided this event obeys some computable probability distribution.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2494 | SCP-2495 | SCP-2496 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2496\nAnomaly Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A digital copy of SCP-2496 is available on Site 81's mainframe to personnel with Clearance 3/2496. Testing protocols for SCP-2496 are currently being updated.\nDescription: SCP-2496 is a test composed of sixty English-language multiple-choice questions on the topic of neuroscience, roughly appropriate for university students in an introductory course. On its own, each question is mundane, if unconventionally worded; SCP-2496's anomalous properties only occur when all questions are presented together. The order of the questions is irrelevant.\nRegardless of aptitude or other obstructions, any human who attempts to complete SCP-2496 will correctly answer a number of questions equal to exactly half of the time (measured in minutes and rounded to the nearest minute) taken to complete the test, with two hours being sufficient for a perfect score. For example, a person who spends forty minutes on SCP-2496 will answer twenty questions correctly, without exception. Spending more than 120 minutes on the test results in a score of 60. Highly improbable events, unusual behavior, and direct violation of the laws of physics have been noted during testing. See attached testing logs for additional information.\n\nExcerpts from Testing Log 2496-A\nSubject: D-7278. The subject took an introductory neuroscience course in university three years prior to this test, receiving a final grade of 55%.\nParameters: D-7278 was instructed to complete SCP-2496 to the best of her ability.\nResults: D-7278 completed the test in 108 minutes. 54 questions out of 60 were answered correctly. 54 points were awarded.\nSubject: D-7278.\nParameters: D-7278 was given the correct answers to SCP-2496 and instructed to transcribe them in under twenty minutes.\nResults: D-7278's pencil broke after answering the fifth question. Repeated attempts to sharpen the pencil only resulted in further fracturing, from which D-7278 received several splinters. A pen given to D-7278 experienced similar damage when used, spilling ink over the provided answer sheet and rendering most of it illegible. D-7278 then experienced an unprecedented allergic reaction to the pen's ink while handling the answer sheet. The subject expired precisely ten minutes after beginning the test, in spite of prompt medical attention. Five points were awarded.\nSubject: D-4360. The subject possesses limited fluency in English and only cursory familiarity with neuroscience.\nParameters: D-4360 was given five minutes to answer as much of SCP-2496 as possible by circling the letter associated with the correct response, and threatened with punishment for incorrect answers.\nResults: The subject was able to answer four questions, with two correct and one incorrect. Different observers have disagreed on whether 'B' (the correct answer) or 'C' (an incorrect answer) was given for question 2; thus, subject was given a final score of 2.5 out of 60. Digital image analysis and chemical tests of the paper have returned contradictory results on which was circled. D-4360 claims to have circled 'D'.\nSubject: D-4688. The subject has no formal education in any sciences.\nParameters: SCP-2496 was administered to D-4688 orally with a five minute time limit.\nResults: The first five answers given were unremarkable, with D-4688 answering two correctly, apparently by chance. After the sixth question was asked, D-4688's vocal tract spontaneously duplicated, resulting in two mouths side by side. D-4688 vocalized through both vocal tracts simultaneously, giving both an incorrect answer and the correct answer. Repeated interrogation has failed to identify a manner in which D-4688 could clarify which answer they intended, as each new method attempted resulted in additional anatomical modifications. D-4688 has been retained for study. 2.5 points were awarded.\nSubject: D-6918. The subject is somewhat proficient with a bow and arrow.\nParameters: D-6918 was instructed to answer SCP-2496 by shooting arrows at appropriately labeled targets at Site-81's recreational area. In each case, the correct answer was fully obstructed by a large pillar, although their location was obvious. Subject was given two hours for this attempt.\nResults: The subject used the bow and arrow to answer all questions correctly. In thirty-seven cases, the arrow was shot through the pillar, despite the arrow lacking the momentum to do so. In nineteen cases, arrows were deflected off of objects in the recreational area to hit the targets, demonstrating behavior inconsistent with their construction. In the remaining four cases, gusts of wind changed the course of an arrow mid-flight, directing it around the pillar and allowing it to hit the correct target. Notably, Site-81's recreational area is indoors. Full points were awarded.\nSubject: D-6918.\nParameters: D-6918 was instructed to answer SCP-2496 by placing ten-kilogram weights with appropriate labels at designated spots in the testing chamber. The subject was given SCP-2496 for two minutes initially before it was taken away for one hour, fifty-seven minutes, and fifty-five seconds. D-6918 was instructed to finish SCP-2496 in the remaining five seconds under threat of termination.\nResults: D-6918 completed one problem in the first two minutes, expressing doubt that she would be able to complete SCP-2496. When SCP-2496 was returned, the subject moved at an estimated 24 meters per second while moving and placing the weights to correspond to her answers before the time limit. D-6918 experienced severe fatigue, dehydration, several torn ligaments in the limbs, a broken collarbone, and two dislocated shoulders. All answers were found to be correct, and full points were awarded.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2495 | SCP-2496 | SCP-2497 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2497\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: 785 SCP-2497 instances have been detained in Biological Containment Area 36 with hand-knit Christmas stockings. Foundation spatial analysts have been assigned to monitor known areas of activity for SCP-2497 manifestations. Should an instance appear, containment teams are to be deployed, and a hand-knit Christmas stocking attached to the manifestation, localizing the anomaly.\nFoundation personnel interacting with SCP-2497 are to avoid direct skin contact, and should wear layered, puncture proof gloves and protective gear. Should an accidental puncture wound occur, the punctured limb/appendage must be amputated within 30 minutes of the incident. Puncture wounds at non-amputatable sites result in termination of the exposed individual.\nAll prepared or bottled beverages within a 10 m radius of SCP-2497-1 instances are to be disposed of using standard sterilization techniques. SCP-2497-1 instances within Foundation custody are to be stored at least 10 m away from all piping systems, and liquid stocks.\nDescription: SCP-2497 are 785 identified Carnegiea gigantea1 which have been anchored to local reality by attachment of hand-knit Christmas stockings.2 When unanchored, SCP-2497 manifestations are subject to spatial instability, materializing and dematerializing in random locations across the southwest United States. Instances primarily appear in enclosed spaces, namely, bathrooms, closets, and other small spaces.3 SCP-2497 is indistinguishable from non-anomalous Carnegiea gigantea under normal biological conditions, until its spines penetrate the epidermis of a human subject.\nSCP-2497's primary anomalous effects begin when a spine punctures the skin. Tissue surrounding the puncture wound will undergo rapid transformation into Plasticine,4 resulting in loss of sensation in the affected area. This effect will then spread outwards from the affected region, until either the limb/appendage is severed, or the organism has been completely converted. Complete conversion takes roughly 3 hours, and results in the creation of an SCP-2497-1 instance.\nSCP-2497-1 instances are promptly reshaped to resemble a standard synthetic Christmas tree, sprouting branches, and artificial pine needles. The legs are closed and fused together to form a central column from which the branches sprout. SCP-2497-1 instances remain conscious throughout their transformation, and frequently manifest a number of fluorescent lights which they are able to control. These lights have been used for communication, albeit at limited frequency due to the amount of energy required by each SCP-2497-1 instance to use them. (See Interview I-2497-1).\nSCP-2497's secondary anomalous effect begins upon complete manifestation of an SCP-2497-1 instance. Upon complete restructuring, all prepared or bottled beverages within a 10 meter radius of an SCP-2497-1 instance are converted into juice from the Saguaro's fruit, laced with Lophophora williamsii.5 Consumption of this fluid initiates a series of actions normally practiced during the American Christmas holiday, including:\n\nDecoration of the instance with stereotypical ornaments and lights.\nProlonged singing of Christmas carols while encircling it.\nExpressing or showing regret at the absence of the individual used to create the SCP-2497-1 instance.\nPlacement of wrapped gifts beneath it.\nOpening of said gifts on the following morning.\nContinuous consumption of the aforementioned fluid under the belief that it is eggnog.\n\nActions induced by the fluid will cycle continuously until affected individuals are subjected to detoxification, available liquids run out, or they expire from chemical overdose.\nSCP-2497-1s appear to destabilize local reality through some unknown means, resulting in a higher frequency of SCP-2497 manifestations. This phenomenon resulted in an uptick of SCP-2497 manifestations at Biological Containment Area 36 from 2 in 2013, to 46 in 2014.\nUpdate 25/12/2014:\nSCP-2497-1-05 was observed responding to yes/no questions posed by staff working in Biological Containment Area 36's storage facility. The instance responded by blinking its lights once for yes, and twice for no. SCP-2497-1-05 was presented with a photo of Dave Sirling, and confirmed its identity when questioned. When questioned if such actions required energy, SCP-2497-1-05 confirmed that it did indeed tire from frequent use of its fluorescent bulbs.\nInterview logs\n\nShow Interview Log I-2497-1\n\nHide Interview Log\n\nThe following interview utilizes letters and numbers attached to individual lights to answer more complex questions. Due to the taxing nature of such actions on SCP-2497-1-05, interviews were kept short, and questions were kept simple.\n\nInterview Log I-2497-1\nInterviewer: Dr. Carry Shawl\nInterviewee: SCP-2497-1-05, formerly Dave Sirling, Accountant for \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nForeword: The following interview consisted of short response questions, where SCP-2497-1-05 had been equipped with letters, numbers and certain punctuation marks hanging from individual fluorescent lights.\nDr. Shawl: Good morning Dave.\nSCP-2497-1-05: H E L L O\nDr. Shawl: Now that we have a more advanced method to ask you questions, do you think you can give us insight into what happened?\nSCP-2497-1-05: R E A D Y\nDr. Shawl: Excellent, can you tell me where you were when SCP-2497 appeared?\nSCP-2497-1-05: C A C T U S ?\n\nDr. Shawl: Yes, the cactus.\nSCP-2497-1-05: B A T H R O O M\nDr. Shawl: What were you doing at the time?\nSCP-2497-1-05: T O I L E T\n[Dr. Shawl pauses briefly]\nDr. Shawl: And where did the SCP-2497 instance appear?\nSCP-2497-1-05: B E L O W\n[Dr. Shawl pauses again]\nDr. Shawl: Ok, thank you Dave. Do you know why SCP-2497 appears more frequently near you?\nSCP-2497-1-05: A N G R Y\nDr. Shawl: Do you know why they are angry?\nSCP-2497-1-05: M I S S I T\nDr. Shawl: Could you be more specific?\nSCP-2497-1-05: C H R I S T M A S\nSCP-2497-1-05: T I R E D\nDr. Shawl: Ok, thank you for your cooperation Dave.\nEnd interview log\n\nFootnotes\n1. Colloquially known as the Saguaro Cactus.\n2. Containment teams discovered a stabilized SCP-2497 manifestation on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 when an instance materialized in front of a fireplace, inadvertently pricking one of the stockings.\n3. Which appears to maximize the chance of sustaining a puncture wound.\n4. As determined by spectroscopic analysis.\n5. Colloquially known as \"peyote\".\n\nMore by this author\n\nHide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-3456\n\nSCP-3700\n\nSCP-2491\n\nSCP-4700\n\nSCP-6700\n\nSCP-3703\n\nSCP-3728\n\nSCP-2497\n\nSCP-3706\n\nSCP-2946\n\nSCP-3710\n\nSCP-3702\n\nSCP-1347-1353-J\n\nSCP-2546\n\nSCP-2378\n\nSCP-7810\n\nSCP-3711\n\nSCP-2431\n\nSCP-2381\n\nTales\n\nAll in All You're Just A 'Nother Brick in the Wall\n\nThe Seas of Orcadia Part 1: How I Met Your Mither\n\nWhere There is Desire There is Gonna be a Flame\n\nWhere there is a Flame Someone is Bound to get Burned\n\nThe Coming Nightmare\n\nWith other authors\n\nPage\nAuthor\n\nSCP-3500\nRimple\n\n\u00ab SCP-2496 | SCP-2497 | SCP-2498 \u00bb"}
{"text": "To Dr. Navidson:\nYour request has been approved. I've attached all we could salvage of Project RAINBOW BODY below. As for the other ASTRAs, it's all a bit of a mess at the moment \u2014 with all the moving we've had to do since those days, I can't say I'm surprised. At any rate, I hope it's enough for you and your team to work with.\nWishing you all the best,\nSabapathy V.\nArchival Department, South Asian Division\nP.S: Give my regards to Dr. K. She'll need it.\n\n> VIEW ATTACHMENT: SCP-2498 DOCUMENTATION\n\nAboveground portion of SCP-2498 containment site.\n\nItem #: SCP-2498\nObject Class: Neutralized (formerly Keter)\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The former Parapsychology Wing of Andhra Pradesh University has been designated Adjunct Site-2498 for monitoring and communications purposes. In accordance with Foundation radiation exposure safety guidelines, on-site staff are not to be stationed within Adjunct Site-2498 for more than 240 hours a year.\nThe room containing the remains of SCP-2498 is to remain sealed. It has been lined with lead plates to a thickness of at least 20 cm to minimise the risk of radiation exposure.\nCommunication with SCP-2498 is to take place from within observational room #B2-04a of the Parapsychology Wing. Due to the potentially sensitive nature of information provided by SCP-2498, communication is only to be attempted by personnel with Level 3-2498 clearance.\nUpdate: As of 1988/08/17, SCP-2498 is currently neutralised. Due to the levels of gamma radiation that continue to be emitted by room #B2-04b, the basement levels of Adjunct Site-2498 have been filled with concrete.\nDescription: SCP-2498 is former E-class personnel Arjun Ramakrishna Rao, located in experimentation room #B2-04b of Adjunct Site-2498. Rao was classified as SCP-2498 following complications during the course of his participation as a subject of Project RAINBOW BODY. Despite the cessation of most of his biological functions on 1988/02/12, Rao continues to remain responsive and alert. SCP-2498 is believed to be capable of long-distance extrasensory perception and matter manipulation as a result of this event. The limits of its abilities are currently unknown.\nUpdate: As of 1988/08/17, SCP-2498 is currently neutralized. However, the room it was formerly contained in continues to emit gamma radiation at a rate of 90 mSv/h. Containment procedures have been updated accordingly.\n\n> VIEW ATTACHMENT: PROJECT RAINBOW BODY DOCUMENTATION\n\nProject RAINBOW BODY - Clearance 3 Brief:\n\nAn early RAINBOW BODY test subject, attended to by [REDACTED].\n\nRAINBOW BODY was a mental conditioning regimen jointly developed by Foundation researchers and the Department of Parapsychology of Andra Pradesh University in 1975 as part of the RAINBOW ASTRA programme. The purpose of the regimen was to develop remote viewing abilities in psychonautically adept individuals for intelligence-gathering purposes, as part of the Foundation's contractual obligations with the Indian government during the Cold War. In its final development stage, it comprised administering a subject with a controlled dosage of scopolamine and a synthetic mescaline derivative under a combination of sensory deprivation, electroconvulsive therapy, and background exposure to Class-1 aural cognitohazards.\nSuccessful execution of the RAINBOW BODY regimen causes subjects to experience extreme disorientation and vertigo to the point of physical and mental discomfort. Improperly conditioned subjects display signs of overwhelming psychological distress within 30-40 seconds. Prolonged exposure beyond this point risks lasting neurological damage.\nLess than one in ten subjects eventually attain an anomalous psychological state, hereafter referred to as the viewing state. During the viewing state, movement of most of the subject's voluntary muscles will be inhibited and their senses will be greatly dulled. Their heart rate drastically increases, while their breathing becomes quicker and shallower. Electroencephalogram (EEG) readings taken of the subject at this stage show increased theta wave activity and decreased alpha and beta waves. Despite this, subjects in this state remain fully conscious, being able to respond to verbal cues, as well as perform slight physical movements like twitching their fingers or toes.\nThroughout this state, subjects are able to decouple their field of vision from their physical location. They gain the ability to perceive objects beyond their supposed point of view, as well as access information previously unknown to them. Experimentation has proven that the range and strength of this ability correlates with the following factors:\n\nThe subject having had prior training in forms of meditation, in particular traditional Hindu meditation\nThe subject's ability to voluntarily enter a state of lucid dreaming\nThe subject's resistance to hallucinogenic drugs\nThe number of times the subject has previously undergone the regimen\n\nApproximately two in five participants failed to survive more than three executions of the regimen, expiring from various neurochemical complications or organ failure. The relatively high mortality rate led to the project being temporarily suspended in February 1985 under the investigations of the Ethics Committee. It was only restored following talks with the Overseer Council, who informed the Committee of RAINBOW ASTRA's importance to negotiations with the Indian government. By May 1985, research had continued according to schedule, on the condition of minimising subject mortality and prioritising wider subject recruitment from voluntary sources.\nIn the beginning, RAINBOW BODY subjects were primarily D-class personnel from the South Asian experimental subject intake who had displayed high psychonautical aptitude and mental resilience during intake tests. Following the successful infiltration of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in 1980 by Foundation operatives, voluntary subjects under GONDOLA WISH1 were incorporated into the programme as well. After the 1985 investigation, the project began to recruit subjects from Foundation personnel with extensive experience in psychic phenomena, prioritising those nearing the end of their employment term.\n\n> VIEW ATTACHMENT: RB-S003 SUBJECT FILE\n\nPersonal File of Arjun Ramakrishna Rao:\n\nSubject designation: RB-S003\nName: Arjun Ramakrishna Rao\nYear of birth: 1928-04-19\nParticipation status: Voluntary\nOriginally posted as an esoteric containment specialist in MTF Theta-77, Rao was hastily transferred to the Foundation's South Asian operations following the total withdrawal of Foundation assets from the United Kingdom in 1965. After a period of time as Site-36's psychological training specialist, he was recruited into Project RAINBOW BODY in 1985 following the recommendations of his former colleagues. By then, he had amassed considerable experience in the fields of psychic research and mind-affecting phenomena, as well as a reputation for extraordinary mental fortitude. Rao immediately took a liking to the project upon his arrival and was dismayed at its sluggish rate of progress, going as far as to volunteer himself for accelerated acclimatisation under guided supervision. He successfully entered the viewing state on his first attempt after a record 40 hours of acclimatisation over the course of only a week. Surpassing his peers, Rao was able to provide concise descriptions of objects up to 100 metres away, as well as identify voices and general mental states of individuals within that range. His proficiency in undergoing the procedure was highlighted and brought to the attention of Regional Command, who gave permission to train and deploy Rao under Project RAINBOW BODY as a remote intelligence-gathering operative.\nThroughout his following tests, Rao continuously defied expectations. Within five executions of RAINBOW BODY, he was able to project his field of perception to an unprecedented distance of 12 kilometres. Rao was also able to remain in the viewing state for almost 2 hours at a time with negligible impact to his physical health, though he reported mild dissociative episodes occurring up to 15 hours later. At his peak, Rao was able to identify and provide descriptions of sights, sounds, and general mental states located up to 1,800 kilometres away, though he continued to claim that he could have gone further. Rao first entered active deployment in November 1987, where he provided remote intelligence support for MTF operations in Bengaluru during the containment of an SCP-584 outbreak. Rao continued to provide support for a variety of regional MTF operations until his classification as SCP-2498 in August 1988.\n\n> VIEW ATTACHMENT: INCIDENT 2498/19880212\n\nArchived Testimony from Franz Ziegler, RAINBOW BODY Head Researcher, dated 1989/02/01:\n\nThe call came around four in the morning. It was Jo from the lab. She said they'd found Rao unconscious in the basement. At first I was confused. We didn't have any tests scheduled - it had only been less than forty-eight hours after the AWACS sim op. Then it hit me. I pulled on a shirt and hurried down to the lab as soon as I could.\nHe had been strapped onto a cot when I arrived. From the adjacent room, I could see that he was wearing a hospital gown; Jo told me they'd found him naked. His skin, the gowns, and the sheets were drenched in sweat. His mouth opened and closed like that of a dead fish. Though his body was still, I could see a slight, constant tremor that shook through his meagre frame. The worst of it were his eyes. They were wide open, and swiveled wildly in his sockets. Jo assured me he was unconscious, but I saw nothing but the waking, shivering husk of a man with a mad prayer on his lips. If he was under, as Jo claimed to be, he would have to be more than awake - the sensation of raw, utter awareness that so gripped the subjects under the regimen is not something the official documentation mentions at any length.\nI asked Jo how he was able to administer the procedure without any help. \"He didn't,\" she said. Her voice was low and grave. \"Divya and the night shift found him next to the machines, trembling like this. We think he's under, but we don't know how.\"\n\"Impossible. It's got to be something else. Catalepsy, seizure, something in the last dose we overlooked?\" I scrambled for ideas, anything, a cause. \"Subject 421. The one from the classified intake. She exhibited similar symptoms after her second run.\"\n\"It's not - EEG shows otherwise. Theta waves all the way through. He's gone under - further than the rest before.\" As she spoke, a sudden convulsion gripped Rao's body, and a sound escaped from his lips, a long, low moan like a cow's.\n\"We can still ease him out of it. Shock ejection, BZDs, LSPs, the works?\" I asked, running down the list of contingencies in my mind. She shook her head. \"No-go,\" she said. \"His body's rejecting everything we're giving him. What goes in just comes out - there's nothing left in there to process it.\"\nWe snaked drips in and out of him, pumped him full of regulators and inhibitors, watched the drugs we gave him flow in and out of the tubes and his body shook and shook the whole time, while his mouth mumbled animal phrases. We cycled all his blood out at one point, or several. I tried to make some calls, to see if we could involve other - other items, anything to save him, but the lines were silent. At one point I could have sworn he smiled. And his eyes, the whole goddamned time, his eyes -\nHis body was going haywire, poisoning itself with its own chemicals. There was nothing we could do. Eventually, he stopped convulsing. His heart failed, then the EEG went silent. Inexplicably, his lungs continued to breathe for about five minutes after that - I remember his lifeless chest heaving dumbly under his shift, swelling and pulsing, sickeningly pulsing, continuing to pulse, imbibing and expelling dead air past his numbed lips against all reason. He was pronounced dead by nine.\nBy ten we were getting calls from above. Regional Directors, Ethics Comm, you name it. Playing with anomalous phenomena, we knew we'd be running the risk that the whole thing would come crashing about our heads. I'm surprised they let us keep going on for that long. But Rao had quite the reputation outside our circles, and after all we did - after all the risks we took - it only took his death for the hammer to come down on us.\nThere was one other call - from the Archival Department. For some reason, they seemed genuinely concerned about the future of our research. We briefed them over the phone, and they offered to schedule an appointment to take the project off our hands. With the amount of hot water we were in, we were more than eager to cooperate. Now, we didn't think much of it at the time, but we only found out much later that this missive had been relayed from a member of the Overseer Council himself. And once we had found that out, it had been too late for us.\nOf course, all that only happened after Rao's corpse began to speak.\n\nArchived Testimony from Jocasta Simos, Esoteric Containment Specialist, dated 1989/02/02:\n\nFranz wasn't close to Rao - don't get me wrong, he wasn't like Dr. Rajaputram in the slightest - but I was a different story. I was stationed with him back in England, when the powers that be decided to leave the Brits to fend against Dark Peak and send us halfway around the world to the colonies. Rao wasn't opposed to the move - he was born near here, actually, not too far from our provisional research site at the University. He talked about it once or twice back then, in the lulls between the breaches. We were close back then, I'd like to think - or as close as anyone could ever be to Rao, really. I knew him, and he knew me. And back in England, I was the most senior of the crew. So when it came to sending someone to talk to his corpse, it stood to reason that I was the first - and most natural - choice.\nWe took all precautions with Rao. Standard first-responder protocol, you know the drill as well as I do - the basement had been sealed off with plastic sheeting, and the ventilation recirculated with makeshift tubing. Pressing against my left thigh was an amnestic autoinjector, set to a remote trigger. Given our work - mine and Rao's, and a couple of others on the team - we had a few other goodies, too: I spotted control sigils around the door frames, pocket autocasters set to purge, duct-taped to the corners of the room - the back-room stuff, you understand. And just for good measure, our mutual friend Divya had slipped a Class-3 ward into my suit - don't run all these by Ziegler and the rest, by the way, they haven't been cleared for those. Anyway, they took all precautions, is what I'm saying.\nHe was on the cot with the equipment as we'd left it. The tech boys had reassembled the dissociater rig piece by piece in the hopes of performing some arcane reverse-engineering miracle, and all the medical gear that went with it had been brought in as well, along with a slew of other unfamiliarities. When I entered, I had to loosen my collar, as the sheer amount of equipment they'd dragged inside the room had turned it into a small furnace. Rao himself appeared unaffected by all this, lying face up on that cot\u2026 his body did not sweat or move, though I could have sworn I saw his eyes track my every move as I entered the room.\nTo hear a corpse speak is a disconcerting experience. His words were\u2026 recirculated air. Before each sentence that he spoke, he would draw in a breath, swelling his chest like one of those hand-powered accordion bellows, and his words would escape his lips in a single, slow, breath. His entire being was like this - a single deliberation, a singular conscious effort on his part to even exist, much less speak to anyone at all. Singular - I think that's the right word, yes - it was that sheer singularity about him that made my every muscle tense in his presence. Never mind that I was his friend. In there he was singular, a singularity.\nSo Rao turned his head in my direction as I walked in and drew in a breath. \"I did wrong,\" he wheezed. Then he took in another breath and said my name.\nI asked him if he could hear me, or see me.\nAnother breath, rattling from his throat. He said that he could, but his sight was fading fast.\nI asked him why.\nHe said that he moved upwards. Against instructions.\nI asked him why he did that.\nHe said that he wanted to see.\nSee what? I asked.\n\"The sky,\" he said. \"The shell of the world.\"\nThat was when you woke? You were unable to proceed?\n\"No.\"\nThen what happened?\n\"I passed through. I thought I had woken up, but I was still inside. Don't you see? I kept on going up. And it was the same. Sky after sky. Shells and shells. Our world is wrong. We were wrong. There is no revelation, only introspection.\"\nI asked him what the difference between the two was. There was a hacking, almost mechanical, cough. I think he was trying to laugh when I saw the muscles around his eyes twitch. He said: \"You know, far as I've gone, I don't think there is any. Not in this life.\"\nI asked him if he thought he was going to die.\n\"Certainly,\" he said, \"but cogito ergo sum.\"\nThe timer on my wrist sounded. I turned to leave.\n\"Another thing,\" he said, as I reached for the door.\nRao turned his head towards the ceiling. We hadn't thought him capable of other movement save for speech, so his arms had not been secured; slowly, the left arm raised, until it pointed vertically upwards towards an unseen point above his head. And then he said eight words, the words you found plastered over Kurnool the day after, posted on every sign and every door. I remember them now, echoing in that empty voice of his behind my ears, exactly as I heard them that day:\n\"The skies are cold. I am not alone.\"\nBack there, I didn't quite know what he had meant, but today, after what I've seen, they fill me with a certain kind of dread.\n\nStill frame from the \"Adayah footage\" at 00:00:12, a 3-minute long tape purporting to be of the February 12th sightings.\n\nIncident Report 2498/19880212:\nOn February 12th, shortly following the cessation of Arjun Ramakrishna Rao's biological functions, strange lights were sighted in 15 towns and cities in Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring Karnataka state. Witnesses saw a chain of discs of white light descend from the sky and hover just below cloud level, \"unfolding\" itself from the inside-out in a counterclockwise direction. It is unknown if reports of nausea due to viewing the lights are a result of latent cognitohazardous effects or a natural consequence of perceiving three-dimensional projections of higher-dimensional phenomena.\n\n\"At first I saw the sun start to spin. It was pale, and did not hurt my eyes when I looked at it, though I felt my head spin as if it was part of the sun itself. Then it - the disc of the sun - itself it descended, from above the clouds, and it shimmered into thirteen pieces, still dull like the colour of the moon. Before our eyes, they spiralled down like a spear, twisting and turning, pushing the clouds aside in their wake, and I turned to my husband and whispered, 'My god, the sky is broken.' \" - Witness statement reported in The New Bombay Times, dated February 13th, 1988.\n\nAt approximately 2300 hours, the last of the lights appeared above Hyderabad and struck the rooftop of the city hall, setting it ablaze. Despite Foundation information concealment efforts, the spreading of rumours of holy sightings drew an estimated 60,000 pilgrims from neighbouring states into Hyderabad over the following two weeks. News of the event soon spread overseas and was reported in several Western tabloids.\n\nIn the Adayah footage, one can clearly see three crowns, signifying the three magi before Jesus. The correspondent from which the photograph was sourced instead professes that the lights are in the shape of the seated Buddha. However, most of the witnesses, as our newspaper understands, saw in the lights the threefold faces of the Trimurti beset into visible form. Another interesting theory originates from one Catherine R. Ganzfeld, writing for the Californian Journal of Gnostic Truth: in her article, she put forth that the three lights in the Adayah footage resembled not divinity, but a wheel, and that the pattern between them formed the spokes of the world\u2026 - Excerpt from Californian esoteric publication A Discordian Directory, dated April 1st, 1988.\n\nOn the same day in Kurnool, raised letters were found appearing on 92 wall and door surfaces throughout the old city center. Text appeared as fragments in English of the phrases \"The sky is cold\" and \"I am not alone\", and is quickly concealed or removed by embedded Foundation cover-up crews. Rumours of the phenomenon nevertheless spread, and drew some amount of attention in connection with the holy sightings before being denounced by local authorities as simple acts of vandalism.\nSeven hours following the events of February 12th, the body of Rao began to emit hazardous levels of radiation at up to 120 mSv/h, more than 80,000 times the recommended safe level. Personnel were hastily evacuated from the premises and lead shielding was installed around the experimentation room. Inexplicably, all equipment inside the room remained operational throughout, showing no signs of being affected by the radiation. On February 14th, the decision was officially made by Dr. Rajaputram to seal off the remains of Rao inside experimentation room #B2-04b.\nShortly after the room was sealed, Rao's voice began to play on the speakers of the monitoring equipment in neighbouring observation room #B2-04a. It was quickly established that Rao was able to communicate with personnel through the equipment, and that he still maintained a degree of sentience. The decision was made shortly afterwards to classify Rao as SCP-2498.\n\n> VIEW ATTACHMENT: INCIDENT 2498/19880817\n\nTranscript of SCP-2498 Communication Log, dated 1988/02/14:\n\n#: 2498/101/19870214/0901\nLENGTH: 2 minutes, 5 seconds\n<START OF TRANSCRIPT>\nSimos: Arjun, you still there? It's me. It's Jo Simos.\nThere is the sound of static.Simos: You said that you weren't alone.Simos: Are they the reason for the anomalous phenomena?Simos: And you are the anchor?Simos: So will you - are these entities a threat to humanity or consensus normalcy?Simos: If they are a threat, will you help us?Simos: The Foundation strongly believes you to be capable of large-scale changes in the physical world, and our specialists - our colleagues - are inclined to believe that you've somehow achieved a certain - esoteric significance.Simos: Arjun. You know as well as I do. Many of us here don't feel - well, I don't feel - that you are yourself anymore.Simos: Well, you must know exactly what I think of you.Simos: I hope not.Simos: What proof do you have of this continued allegiance?Simos: I know you believe it, too, and I wish you well.Simos: When? How?Simos: What kind of favour do I owe a god?\nSCP-2498 laughs.<END OF TRANSCRIPT>\n\nTestimony from [REDACTED], Archival Department Manager, Liaison to the Office of O5-5, dated 1991/02/15:\n\nNo, we weren't planning to utilise the RAINBOW BODY project for anything beyond passive surveillance. The project team actually did write to us with those concerns at some point in the 70s - Dr. Rajaputram at one point did fear some kind of takeover from us, when the war with Pakistan began - but we had to make that choice in Woodvale more than twenty years ago. He didn't know that, of course, but we did so then. At the time, we ended up pushing the button - painfully and out of necessity. And we vowed never to do it again.\nOf course we had to pack it up. There was too much at stake. We'd agreed that we would only assist the war effort so far, in exchange for our safety, but the nature of the deal changed when the nature of our asset changed. We didn't think that our involvement in India would be ending anytime soon. We trusted the IAF in the way that we thought they trusted us. But the proposal had already been submitted by the project head, and our contacts would come calling at any moment to take it over - what would they have done if they had discovered their key asset dead, or transcended, or - whatever you want to call 2498? If we had let another party within the Foundation get their hands on the project before we did, suffice to say that things would have escalated a lot sooner. So in lieu of letting our own Foundation gut itself over an ethical mishap, O5-5 made his decision, and we backed him up on that.\nThe concern of your Committee is warranted. The situation, if I may say so myself, was completely ripe back then. By '83, the Americans were flying into Peshawar every week. Reports were coming in from the Afghan front: soldiers charging through minefields on wings of air, bombs that ate gunmetal and left nothing else untouched. You've read the docs, seen the photos. We suspected salvaged Soviet paratech, but then the spears of light rained down on Zhawar in '85 and it became clear to us that action had to be taken, lest the world ended up with a second Iran. But there was nothing we had left to bargain with - nothing we had dared to use. \"Lest we end up like them,\" O5-5 had said, I remember. We turtled inwards, and kept our eyes open. Though we could do nothing to prevent the horrors from unfolding, we could at least ensure our safety. And as long as we were safe, we would abide to our ethics and abide to our rules, and wait out the storm around us.\nSo believe me when I say that everything we did was in the interest of containment, and nothing more. While there certainly were reasons to do so, we at the office of O5-5 had absolutely nothing to do with the armed takeover of Adjunct Site-2498 on the 17th of August, 1988.\n\nIncident Report 2498/19880817 - Clearance 3 Brief:\nAt 1247 hours, surveillance footage of Andhra Pradesh University showed an unmarked white lorry pulling into the university's compound. Its truck bed was covered with black tarpaulin. In the footage, it parks out of sight behind the Department of Architecture before the tarpaulin slips off the truck bed and the footage flares to white. This anomaly affected both the university's and Foundation's closed-circuit camera systems for the following three hours.\nAt 1249 hours, five men entered the Department of Parapsychology with a pushcart and requested access to the basement level to perform plumbing maintenance. The duty receptionist Saanvi Gupta confirmed that there had been a pipe leakage in the women's bathroom in the first basement and that repairs had been scheduled for that day.\nOnce the men had gained access to the first basement, they immediately proceeded to the women's bathroom with Gupta. They requested her to enter the bathroom first to make sure it was empty before they commenced repairs. When her back was turned, one of the men rendered Gupta unconscious with an electronic stun gun. Two of the five men then entered the bathroom and similarly subdued Foundation nurse Siti Agarwal. They removed her access card as well as the tip of her left pointer finger. Gupta and Agarwal were then tied up and gagged before being placed in the janitor's storage cubicle.\nThe men then entered the second basement level via the concealed doorway in the basement lobby using Agarwal's access card and severed fingertip. They were confronted by the four on-site security staff in the main hallway before the site compound. In the ensuing firefight, the men incapacitated three of the security staff and killed Agent Richard Parsons as he activated the on-site distress signal. Meanwhile, Site-36 received Parson's distress signal and immediately moved to respond.\nOnce inside Adjunct Site-2498, the men conducted a sweep of the offices, staff quarters, and experimental subject quarters, overpowering and restraining non-key personnel as they went. Key personnel - Dr. Govind Rajaputram, Dr. Vignes Ganeshan, and Researcher Priyanka Acharya - were brought to the site's meeting room instead. Franz Ziegler and Specialist Jocasta Simos were not among them, having initially evaded capture.\nVoice recorders in observation room #B2-04a were still functioning when two of the men entered at 1336 hours. They appeared to be under the belief that SCP-2498 was some form of voice-controlled remote weapon, and attempted unsuccessfully to activate it. At 1341 hours, Dr. Rajaputram was brought into the observation room and was ordered to activate SCP-2498 at gunpoint. He refused.\nAt that point, SCP-2498 complied to the men's demands. After communicating with their leader, the men restrained Dr. Rajaputram and left the premises on their vehicle. MTF Kappa-17 soon arrived on the scene under the cover of local law enforcement and took over the situation.\nThe men were known to have dispersed into three groups of two following the attack, abandoning the lorry approximately 2 kilometres from the university. The first group was apprehended at 1356 hours by members of MTF Kappa-16 and avoided capture by committing suicide with cyanide capsules. The second group was tracked to an apartment in the port district, which was stormed by Kappa-16 operatives at 1358 hours. The attackers were shot and killed in the resultant shootout. Foundation intelligence later tracked the last group traveling to a remote location outside Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Anomalous assets were deployed from Site-36 and destruction of the getaway vehicle was confirmed by 1401 hours. However, the bodies of the two men were not found among the recovered wreckage.\nHead Researcher Ziegler and Specialist Simos later sent a distress signal at 1458 hours from a site evacuation safehouse a short distance away from Adjunct Site-2498. Ziegler surrendered himself to Foundation security forces and requested immediate medical assistance for Simos. Simos was airlifted to Site-36 and hospitalised, while Ziegler was brought into custody under suspicion of aiding the attack.\nSCP-2498 remained unresponsive following the incident. The Foundation recovery team that broke the seal on room #B2-04b reported that it was devoid of both the RAINBOW BODY equipment and the body of Arjun Rao. Despite this, gamma radiation continued to be detected emanating from within the room at 100 mSv/h. Following revision of existing documentation, SCP-2498 was reclassified as Neutralised.\n\n> VIEW ATTACHMENT: LEVEL-3/2498 ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION\n\nStandard Dream Report 66-Y/2498 (reconstructed):\n\nFORM 66-Y - STANDARD DREAM REPORT\nPersonnel: Specialist Jocasta Simos\nEstimated Degree of Recall: 90%\nLikelihood of Actionable Intelligence: HIGH Unknown. God, I don't know.\nDescription:\nI would like to report a series of dreams that I believe I received from SCP-2498. Altogether, I cannot remember the number of them, but I'm sure that the last of them came last night.\nThey came in three forms. The first happened around the beginning of July, and continued for roughly two weeks. In those dreams, I was alone in a large gray space, with lights set into the ceiling, just like in the office. I had those dreams even at home, when I was on rest. There was a murky quality to the dream, and a vast, faint sound from a distance, like the chanting of a prayer. Whenever I tried to move towards it, however, I found myself blocked by a shadow. There was a kind of great distance between me and everything else, stopping me from breaking through, like I had myself receded into a point inside my chest. When I awoke, I had the faint memory of an old friend calling, and a kind of ringing in my ears.\nI did not report these dreams due to their highly indefinite nature. Instead, I started visiting SCP-2498 on a regular basis, under the suspicion that it was responsible for them. But he grew gradually incoherent and I could not talk to him at all without breaking down into tears. I stopped visiting SCP-2498 after a while, when Ziegler persuaded me not to. I went with it, because to me it was clear that SCP-2498 could not provide any more answers in person.\nInstead I tried to pay more attention to the dreams. In mid-July, they began to change into something with a more recognisable shape. My vision in the dreams began to clear, and it felt to me that I was actually on the inside of some kind of bell, looking outwards. I began to understand why I had difficulty moving in any direction, because the dream only had two: outside and in. One night I finally worked up the courage to look away from the outside, and found myself gazing at SCP-2498. He was the shadow that had blocked me from within, and I was inside his mind, looking out.\nSCP-2498 did not look like he was in real life. While he still bore the shape of a man in the dream-bell, it was not the intubated wasted figure that I last saw on the bed in the room. He was a whole man again, and his body was covered with eyes. As new senses awoke within me, I perceived that his body also shimmered like the evening sky - I use the word \"perceive\" here, deliberately, because it was only then, when my senses fully came into being, that I began to have an understanding of what it had meant for the Project's participants to \"see\". I understood then as well what SCP-2498 had meant back then, when I was first sent to talk with his corpse. One did not see, in the eyes of the rainbow body - one merely understood.\nGradually, the shapes outside became more definite and more chaotic, as the gray turned into a blur of movement, in freeze-frames or lightning speed, like a film gone mad. Lights turned into dark turned into shapes, and the shapes spun and the gray spun with all colours at once, and I wanted to scream with terror. Even worse were the moments of silence when long shadows would cross the cornucopia, swimming through the deep, surfacing and unsurfacing from the world at will. It connotated to me the sudden fearful notion that this was not all - that there were other realms, other seas, like Rao had said of the skies beyond skies, and the shells beyond shells\u2026 I was looking at the mountains that he spoke of. I was seeing what SCP-2498 was seeing, held his complete knowledge of all things. But I did not hold his comprehension, the peace he seemed to hold within the bell, and I think I would have gone mad if it were not for the filter of the dream upon my rational mind.\nI experienced that type of dream - that nightmare - for a long, long time, sitting within his mind for what felt like weeks, watching and watching and unable to look away. Sometimes I woke in tears. Slowly, I learned to accept the chaos and subsume part of it as my own. The shadow no longer prevented me from moving out: all I needed was to focus inwards and search his mind, and I could attempt remotely the art of seeing as he saw, knowing as he knew. Steeling my mind, I managed to recognise, or thought I did, familiar faces and histories, most of them my own. I perceived my many possible futures, and an even greater multitude of pasts - though I couldn't read them, for they were so fast. Growingly, I also felt something in the space reaching out towards me, as I reached towards my visions. It was like a smell of something long forgotten, tinged with the smell of death. I recognised that sensation in full only in the third and final dream sequence, which happened last night.\nHere is the dream:\nI opened my eyes to find that I was myself, and I was also SCP-2498. I no longer looked through his eyes, for they were mine as well. In his voice, I asked SCP-2498 if he had a message to give. In my voice, SCP-2498 answered. He spoke to me in words that came all at once, in one sound like rolling waves or unfurling cloth, whose meaning I only grasped when I awoke. In total, he said four words to me that night.\nThe first word that he said had the meaning of, \"Listen very carefully. In the best of all worlds, I am twice-dead.\"\nThe second word that he said was a series of signs, or signals, through which I would know that he would die that day. They were the knocks on the door, the kiss on the cheek, and the silence of the birds.\nThe third word that he said had the meaning of, \"It is by your hand that I will die a second death.\"\nThe last word that he said contained the instructions as to how. Through his body, I protested, thrashing against the dream's veil. Through his mouth I questioned, why me? Why this? I think I wept through his eyes, too.\nThen I awoke, and immediately understood.\nThus concludes the report of my dreams.\n\nNote: The document above is transcribed from an unsubmitted 66-Y form found in a drawer of Specialist Simos's desk. The document was handwritten and the ink was heavily smeared with numerous corrections. In her subsequent testimony, Specialist Simos claimed that she had intended to submit the document to Dr. Rajaputram. However, she later admitted she did not believe that relaying the contents of her dreams to her superiors would have changed the outcome of future events. - Sabapathy V., Archival Department\n\nArchived Testimony from Franz Ziegler, RAINBOW BODY Head Researcher, dated 1989/02/01:\n\nYes, it was Jocasta that started having the dreams first. For her they'd started in July, though she did not report it to anybody at the time. I think she was worried about being separated from Rao. Rao had taken up too much of her energy, too much of her time - she must have spent whole days in the observation room, even as the rest of us scrambled to have the place prepped for the handover to the brass. The experiments had stopped, and all but three of the subjects had been cleared and returned to general circulation. Yet she still talked to Rao. She was growing tired, and afraid. Afraid they'd write her up for excessive cognitohazard exposure or somesuch, and send her away. All she wanted was to be here with him, to get answers from him. Eventually, it was too much, and she stopped - at my behest. It clearly was too much on her.\nI went in there once or twice, and talked with him, for a given measure of talk. It's all on the record. I remember leaving from those sessions feeling greatly unsettled, as if I had glimpsed the scene of a great tragedy. I do not know what Jo saw in her interactions with him that made her go back again and again. I tried listening to the tapes, once - as head researcher, I had the authority to do so - but as soon as I played them, it felt like I was on the cusp of committing something profane. Like eavesdropping on a confessional.\nThen I started having the dreams too, long, plunging nightmares of light and sound, sending me awake with the faint aftertaste of sweetness on my lips - awake with the feeling of the familiar beside the divine. That morning, I moved to my office and dug out two copies of the standard dream report. On the first I found my pen trembling above the third blank, paralysed with forgetfulness; the second I tore and shred. I was convinced the dream was a message, an omen of things to come - but it was not one that was meant for me. I believed its intention though I did not understand its contents. I believed it, without seeking further verification. On this point I admit my lack of discernment. But belief is a stronger force than any of us realise, sir. You've been here long enough to know that as well as I do. We are who we are because we believe.\nWhen Jo told me about her dreams, and that it was of utmost importance that we leave the site before noon, I did not disbelieve her. After breakfast we left on foot without telling anyone. I asked her if we were escaping some terrible catastrophe. She said that Rao had promised her nobody would be hurt. She also asked if there was a safe place that we could hide in until the events foretold in her dreams had come to pass.\nI told her about the safehouse down at [REDACTED]. I remembered the place from the initial briefing for the project - they stored backup equipment and supplies here in the eventuality of the site being compromised. We went in one at a time, she first, and I second. Inside, she went straight for the equipment closet and strung out a set of electrodes. She turned to me and said, \"Hook me up. There's no more time to waste.\"\n\"That's a test set. You haven't been conditioned. It's not going to work,\" I told her.\nShe pushed the set into my hands. \"Then we improvise. Besides, I've read the papers. This is all we need - the rest is just supplementary.\"\nMy rational mind believed what she was intending to be impossible. I knew from my early days at the project that the procedure would just as likely fail as it was to kill her entirely. But we'd both seen the dreams, and in the light and heat of the dream that I remembered something had reached out then and touched my conscious mind as if to say, \"This is the only way.\" I looked into her eyes and saw that she believed that too. We went ahead.\nIn the cupboard, I found a dripfeed, a waterproof cassette player with the bright yellow cognitohazard triangle emblazoned on it, and an early version of the electrotherapy machine we'd used for the first tests. Inside the ice compartment of the freezer were five bags of the serum. There was an untouched tank in the bathroom with the packets of salt still sealed. Jo set it up while I went to work programming the machines from memory. It wasn't hard working from the presets, and I found myself recreating almost precisely the very pattern on the oscilloscopes that had surely been burnt into my eyes from the long nights of lab work. Any further adjustments would have to be impromptu. But that something stirred again, and reassured me of my path. From the bathroom, I heard the sound of the tank's filtration system running. There was the sound of splashing as Jo tested the waters. \"It's good to go,\" she called.\nWe had to patch the trodes and drip system through some extension cables so that they could reach the bathroom. I had experience only with the bioelectrical part of the procedure; Jo intubated herself, wincing as the warm saline entered her veins. \"Just one more thing,\" she said, producing a marker from her pocket. On the hatch of the tank, she inscribed a twirling, eight-sided pictogram in a single careful motion that ended with both ends entwined in its center. \"Now we begin.\"\nI looked away as she stripped and placed the electrode helmet on her head. The tank was custom-made, with speakers embedded in the sides; all I needed to do was to play from the cassette, cue the drip, and regulate the pattern. She entered the tank and carefully shut the hatch. I turned the switch on the drip machine and it emitted a beep, signalling the switch from saline to serum. I knocked twice on the tank, signalling that it had begun. \"Godspeed,\" came her muffled voice from beneath the hatch.\nThere was no more fear. When the thrashing began I found myself stroking the tank and whispering the words I did back then: simple words of soothing and encouragement. \"You're strong. You'll hang in there. You're the best of the best. You'll handle this, I believe \u2026 \" The splashing subsided. Her vitals remained strong. I attenuated the pattern, adjusted the last of the dripfeed, and sent her under.\nIn reality, we were two rogue employees swept under the dream-fervour of an anomaly. But in that moment, surrounded by the hum of the machinery, I felt every bit in control of my rational thoughts. Before my eyes, theta waves began to dance on the oscilloscope screen. Against all odds, I had succeeded - though Jo still had a long way to go.\n\nArchived Testimony from Jocasta Simos, Esoteric Containment Specialist, dated 1989/08/02:\n\nI wasn't prepared to tell this part of my story before today. Now, it's almost been a year. I think it's about time the truth came to light.\nIn the tub, I went under, just like Rao had shown me. I'd never been subjected to the procedure before, but I recognised its sensations from the reactions of those that had gone before me. In the tank, it was like my entire body had dissipated into a million pieces, floating further and further apart from each other until the feeling of the drips and attachments had faded into the background of the tape track with its ambient binaurals around my ears. Eventually the binaurals themselves ceased to be audible to me. I began to panic when I could not feel my heart beating. The sensation of death encroached all around me. I was alone in the universe. I was me. I was no longer me. Then panic turned into clarity: this was exactly how it had felt to dream those dreams back in July.\nJust thinking about it now makes me shiver. Now I understood how those first subjects felt when they went under, before the conditioning process had been refined. I had the familiarity of my dreams and my experiences with near-ego death to prepare me for what I saw. But they - they hadn't. God, it must have driven them mad.\nI suppose it was at this point of the procedure that the subjects were introduced to the instructions. I was aware of the idea of sounds from outside, but I did not hear them with my ears. I knew there would be a tap dripping behind me, or the hum of the dripfeed on my two o'clock, but the thought just didn't occur to me to see them. Left unprimed, my mind wandered in a faint copy of my dreamscape, where dim shadows danced amidst vague memories of places that I knew.\nI drifted for what felt like eternity until I became aware of a hive of shadows, a mass of swirling shapes that I soon recognised as the shadows that had terrified me in the dream. Somehow they were not as terrifying as the dreams themselves - maybe because I was only here as a guest, and not its resident and their prime target. They had congregated around a gate of sorts, looking like the arched iris of a massive eye. Inside that gate, there was another space, a space of something as clear and lucid as plain water, where I felt no secrets could lie. I approached, and it let me pass through. Then I saw it - in the stillness, the shadow-bell, framed in the vague memories of the site's fluorescents, and containing within it, his body. Rao's body, towering before my vision like an ocean. He was so much more massive in person. As I stared, a portion of his eyes swiveled and regarded me, fixing me in their blinding glare. I screamed so loud then that I thought I would wake from the trance. But something had held me within the bell. I did not wake. After a while, I felt no fear, only the recognisable dream-sensation of familiarity mixed with death.\nSeeing him in full from the outside, I now truly knew that it was him. There was no question about it. We'd been on missions in England before, runs with the paranormal that left us half-mad with fear - we'd all been forged in fire, and we knew the shapes of each other's souls. This was him. He'd formed the clearness and the bell, to keep himself safe, but it was him, alright.\nThe moment I understood that, my vision morphed. I was now standing at his height, looking into his eyes, the eyes that he had had as a man. There were no secrets here. When he spoke, he spoke in a language that he and I immediately understood, unencumbered by the distance of the dream. It sounded like a thousand silk sheets being unfurled. He said, smiling, happy as a lark and plain as day: \"Jo, Jo, I'm so glad you finally came.\"\nI embraced him, overjoyed. In the same language as his, I said, \"I've missed you so much. I don't want to see you go.\" Surprisingly, the words flowed as easily from my tongue as it did from his.\nI asked him if he was in pain - if he had been in pain. He shook his head and told me that he was not in pain as I knew it, but that he felt himself growingly wrapped in both rapture and fear: the rapture of the knowledge and power he possessed, and the fear that this power had instilled in him. He gestured to the hive of shadows outside. They shifted, as if in response, and their flurry around the bell grew slightly quicker. I felt the sensation of what passed for eyes running over my skin: my presence in this realm had clearly not gone unnoticed.\nHe said, \"I fear the fates, but I also fear the powers greater and more subtle than the fates. Every movement I make sends a ripple that draws both of them ever closer to me.\"\nRao withdrew from the embrace and produced a knife in his hand, which he pressed into mine. It was black as pitch, and its edge twinkled with what I thought were stars.\nI told him that I couldn't do it. That knowing it had to be done would not make its doing any easier. I insisted that there had to be other ways, better ways, in which this could have ended. We were not subsumed to fate. He shook his head, and bade me to calm down. Slowly, Rao reached towards my eyes and pressed my lids shut with the fingers of his free hand. They burned, and in that moment I ceased to be blind, because I had seen the wheel of the world.\nIn one spoke, I saw men in black execute my superiors and colleagues one by one, as the disembodied voice in the basement pleaded with them to stop. In another mere steps in parallel with the first, a strange man is tied to a strange machine and made to bark into the darkness, wherein he begs for calamities to happen. In accordance, twenty-seven silos explode, taking with them a hundred thousand lives. A ray of light pierces the Siachen Glacier, vapourising all life within twenty kilometres. From their souls is forged a bloody peace.\nIn yet another spoke, this peace does not come. Panic gives rise not to surrender, but to steeled resolve. A missile is readied from a ship in the west, and is cleaved into two by an unseen hand minutes before launch. In the waves of escalation and retaliation that follow, vaults on both sides are opened. Horrors are unleashed. In the flames of what remain, slumbering giants rouse for war.\nAnd in the darkest part of the wheel, shapes like castles appear in the sky. The god-man, unable to die, watches helplessly from his throne as the beasts he drew forth consume the collective sanity of humanity. There is a storm, and a great flood, and a rending of the earth. Soon, nothing else remains.\nThe world I had left behind was the axle. All I had to do was spin.\nRao opened my eyes, and the last thing he ever said to me was, \"You see but a fragment of what I see, and now you know what must be done.\" And I, in my blindness, understood.\n\"I love you,\" I said, and drew the knife across his throat. He fell into my arms. I dropped the knife. I felt an immediate sensation in my heart, as if the knife had stabbed into my own chest - in reflex, I cradled him and knelt, begged for forgiveness, caressed his still features as if I could mold life back into his very muscles, his very bones, but there was no turning back. The deed had been done. It was a bloodless deed. He did not bleed, because there was no blood left to bleed - only the corpse of a god.\nI killed him. The most beautiful soul I had ever known, and I had killed him with my own hands. God\u2026\nI returned to the world of the living in a half-dead state. Ziegler surrendered ourselves to the site, and I spent three days in a medically-assisted coma as the medical staff flushed my system clean. I woke up cuffed to my bed. I'm sure the rest is recent history.\nYes, I still have dreams. Other dreams. Dreams of me killing Rao. Dreams of Rao killing the world. Above all is the dream - no, the nightmare - of the wheel itself, turning, endlessly, with my life bound to its spokes, crucified and inseparable. We're all bound to the spokes, every single one of us. It's because we have to be. It's because there's no other way. Just thank whatever powers that remain that it is not our place to know the manner of our bindings, or the other bindings of our possible choosing - because Rao did, and we've paid the price for it.\nI shall declare nothing further. If the committee finds me guilty, I welcome the verdict with open arms. Ziegler turned us in, because he knew we had done nothing wrong. And I assure you, sirs and madam, that I will continue believing in that until the day I die.\nI hope this has been sufficient. I have nothing more to say.\n\n> VIEW ATTACHMENT: EXTRANORMAL EVENT #B38261 RELATED DOCUMENTATION\n\nArchived testimony from [REDACTED], Archival Department Manager, Liaison to the office of O5-5, dated 1991/02/15:\n\nIt was Indian intelligence that did us in - the Research and Analysis Wing. An armed takeover of that magnitude and severity - who else could it have been? While the contents and exact locations of our sites were only known to our contacts within the Indian administration, the fact that the sites existed at all would have been the equivalent of common knowledge to Indian intelligence. If they had wanted to find us, it would have been a simple matter of tracing logistics and extrapolating from maps. But we were assured that they were under direct orders from then-Director Saxena himself not to interfere with our operations. Until then, they had had no incentive to do so. Then after Saxena came S. E. Joshi and Anand Verma, and that's when our troubles started.\nIt was clear as day that we could not have kept SCP-2498 a secret from them forever. O5-5 promised delivery to the Indians in exchange for safe haven - but they must have known as well as he did that the project would not bear fruit beyond what he already suspected R&AW was capable of. Regardless, aiding parascientific research for non-destructive purposes fell well within the ethical guidelines of the Overseer Council. The creation of 2498 threw all of that out of the window. When it was obvious to us that the project could not continue as it did, we consolidated our records and fed our partners fabrications to keep them at bay. But Anand Verma was not a gullible man. He must have had known through other means, and that was when he decided to strike.\nThe attackers were far from incompetent. I must once again stress the level of preparation and covert knowledge it took to plan an act like this. Firstly, they had known the nature of the site's contents, if only vaguely. They had known of its location and the movements of its key personnel. They had known of the layout of the site's rooms. To all of that, I also add the element of luck: a mere week or two later and we'd have finished moving the project out of the university entirely.\nJust as they were far from incompetent, so were we far from unprepared. We had contingencies in place for that day, and those contingencies were executed with flawless aplomb - but they simply weren't good enough. By the mid-1970s, our covert infrastructure had the capacity to send a reaction force to any site in distress within the hour, track the assailants, put them in the bag, and retrieve or neutralise any objects they might have taken. What we didn't count on was that in the case of Adjunct Site-2498, the men didn't matter. All that mattered was the plan. All they needed was half an hour to crash that plane - with no survivors.\n\nCrash site of the Hercules C-130b following event #B38261.\n\nExtranormal Event Report #B38261:\nDate of occurence: 1988/08/17\nLocation: Bahalwapur, Punjab region, Pakistan\nDescription: After witnessing a demonstration of M1 Abrams tanks in Bahalwapur, Pakistan, General Muhammad Zia-al-Haq boarded a Hercules C-130b aircraft to return to Islamabad. On board this flight were 37 other passengers including close associates General Akhtar Abdur Rahman and Brigadier Siddique Salik; Arnold Lewis Raphel, the United States Ambassador to Pakistan; and General Herbert M. Wassom, the commander-in-chief of the US military effort in Pakistan. The flight departed from Bahalwapur Airport at 1335 hours.\nAt 1340 hours, the plane was enveloped in a column of light originating from the sun. It remained completely motionless for two minutes, after which the wings of the plane detached and the fuselage fell to the ground, still enveloped within the column of light. No human remains were ever found at the crash site. All passengers aboard were presumed killed.\nFollow-up actions taken: Though Foundation agents were unable to edit the memories of all witnesses involved, they were able to acquire and suppress all film records of the incident. The incident is publicised by international news sources as a non-anomalous plane crash undergoing investigation. Neither local nor international media ever reported the true nature of the incident, suggesting the presence of a parallel cover-up.\n\nArchived testimony from [REDACTED], Archival Department Manager, Liaison to the office of O5-5, dated 1991/02/15:\n\nThough the Geneva Accords were signed in April, Pakistan still maintained a sizeable stockpile of parascientific weapons courtesy of the United States, eager to arm their allies against the Soviets up north. General Zia's death changed all of that. The change of regime and souring of US-Pakistani ties after the crash led to the eventual withdrawal of the 388th Independent Special Company from Peshawar. Existing parascientific weapons soon proved difficult to maintain without outside expertise. Research hit a dead end. By the end of the following year, Pakistan's forays into weaponising extranormal phenomena had all but ceased. The Foundation moved in, just like we had with India - small, discrete sites, under chemical plants and garment factories - and cleaned up the mess. The remaining stockpiles of anomalous assets were eventually seized and destroyed.\nIt was not an easy ride. Shortly after the plane went down, our covert sources immediately picked up on mention of the incident within NATO and Soviet intelligence - I tell you now that our Foundation had never been closer to complete confrontation with a military force than that one point in the war. Reagan was furious. Admiral Kelso was chomping at the bit. We at the office feared a repeat of El Dorado Canyon - even if India would be harder to bomb than a Libyan tent. But we had no idea when or how they would strike, we had no clue. To make matters worse, we had just learnt through our department's channels that the attack on 2498 had rendered it all but neutralised. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to us, the USS Vincennes had received direct orders from Central Command to depart from the Andamans and encroach into Indian waters. For fifteen excruciating minutes in the Bay of Bengal, there were four Harpoon RGM-84 anti-ship missiles locked straight onto the INS Viraat, with a thousand men on board. God only knows what might have happened if they had armed and fired. It is nothing short of a miracle that Captain Rogers and his men made the choice that they did that day - never in my career in this office has it been more apparent that discretion, above all things, is the greater part of valour than all others combined.\nFor most of the world, the war ended at Malta, where an embittered Bush made peace with weary Gorbachev, vowing never again to repeat the tragedies that had so defined the recent past. For us, the war ended in Cairo, as Directors Stillwell and Aktus negotiated our eventual return from exile. To identify the individual factors that led to these successes for peace is a business that I will leave to the historians of the new age; regardless, it cannot be doubted that the events of the time - the death of General Zia, the near-destruction of the Viraat, the bitter conclusion of the Afghan war, the GRU-P activation of 1984 - had presented the world with a general malaise that deeply pervaded both sides of the conflict. The world had seen leaders at their best, but overwhelmingly also at their worst. Parascientific weaponry had laid bare to mankind the terror that lay at the heart of war. Faced with its sins, war-fatigued America had no choice but to back down. Perhaps the incidents in India had something to do with it. Speaking as one of the few who have had the privilege of the regional theatre's front-row seat, I like to think that it had.\nDo I believe the testimony of Jocasta Simos? I don't know if I do, at least in its entirety - but I believe that she acted in good faith. Did she do the right thing? Perhaps her actions did play a part in saving the world from full-blown occult war. Or perhaps they didn't, and she'd destroyed one of the most powerful anomalous assets that we've ever harnessed in the history of our organisation. I don't know, and I don't think we ever will.\nAnd I think, all things considered, that that is for the better.\n\n\u00ab They Will Leave Us With a Shaken Earth | Hub | The End of History \u00bb\n\nFootnotes\n1. GONDOLA WISH was the first civilian-military joint research programme initiated by the DIA and the Stanford Research Institute in 1977. Its purpose was to investigate and reproduce the phenomenon of remote viewing for use in ANINT (anomalous intelligence) and ANPSYCH (anomalous psychology) operations, following their breaking off from existing PASR (parascientific research) and PASD (parascientific deployment) departments.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2497 | SCP-2498 | SCP-2499 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More articles by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-2006\n\nSCP-2950\n\nSCP-2599\n\nSCP-2800\n\nSCP-3200\n\nSCP-4007\n\nSCP-2750\n\nSCP-2201\n\nSCP-2101\n\nSCP-2050\n\nSCP-2440\n\nSCP-2301\n\nSCP-1842\n\nSCP-2012\n\nSCP-1644\n\nSCP-2499\n\nSCP-2775\n\nSCP-2925\n\nSCP-1758\n\nSCP-7030\n\nSCP-972\n\nSCP-314-J\n\nSCP-2625\n\nSCP-2588\n\nSCP-6030\n\nSCP-5725\n\nSCP-2896\n\nSCP-5975\n\n+ All Tales by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nThe Meaning of Fear\n\nRight?\n\nThe Tinkerer\n\nAfter The End\n\nSpirit Dust\n\nLeisure Time\n\nMission Accomplished\n\nA Broken Tool\n\nThe Space Soldier\n\nOf Meetings and Meals\n\nTrip Hammer\n\nEulogies\n\nAll Work and No Play\n\nAnother Day On The Job\n\nUnveiling\n\nConferencing\n\n+ GOI formats by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nUIU File: 2017-003\n\nUIU File: 1933-001\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nUnusual Incidents Unit Hub\nDrewbear, CryogenChaos\n\nProject Palisade, 001 Proposal\nthedeadlymoose, Drewbear, and Dexanote\n\nTKO\nthedeadlymoose and Drewbear\n\nSCP-5050-EX\nCityToast\n\nCompetitive Teleology\nRiemann\n\nSCP-5882\nRiemann\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2499\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Given SCP-2499's location, physical containment of the anomaly is considered impossible.\nAll global observatories capable of monitoring SCP-2499 are to be infiltrated. Any observations of SCP-2499 from these observatories should be explained under the de Bort protocol. Should any outside personnel persist in their belief of SCP-2499's anomalous properties, limited use of Class-M amnestics is approved in order to maintain operational security.\nPrimary containment of SCP-2499 consists of monitoring the anomaly for any changes in the established pattern of movement. In addition, the 400 GHz radio frequency should be under constant monitoring for renewed transmissions.\nDescription: SCP-2499 is the designation for an extrasolar anomaly located approximately 13 parsecs (42.4 lightyears) from the Earth. Visually, the anomaly resembles a group of 14 Cepheid variable stars1 and possess regular periods of higher and lower luminosity.\nThe anomaly itself (sub-designated SCP-2499-1 through SCP-2499-14) does not exhibit normal properties of stars. Notably, the 14 instances are spatially divided into 7 groups, with each group featuring 2 stars that move in a manner similar to that of binary stars.2 Two of the instances, SCP-2499-1 and SCP-2499-2, are noted to be larger than the rest of the instances.\nThe pulsation periods of SCP-2499 instances resemble that of RV Tauri Class II Cepheids.3 Higher luminosity periods last for roughly 36 months, followed by 96 months of lower luminosity periods. Given that most pulsation periods are far more frequent, the extremely long and infrequent pulsation periods of SCP-2499 were what brought the anomaly to Foundation attention.\nUpon further investigation, it was found that pulsation periods corresponded with a series of seemingly erratic changes in position of the anomaly itself. This anomalous movement led to SCP-2499's designation, and also prevented Foundation astronomers from properly calculating SCP-2499's distance from the Earth, due to the irregular stellar parallax of the anomaly itself.\nMonitoring of SCP-2499 has established the following pattern of movement for SCP-2499 instances during the pulsation periods of the anomaly. In all, there are 7 main stages of SCP-2499's pulsation period.\n\nStage Number\nCharacteristics\n\nStage 1\nSCP-2499 instances demonstrate the second highest luminosity in this stage, at 2.89 on the apparent magnitude luminosity scale. The movement of all instances can be traced in a repeating pattern of assorted geometric shapes, such as figure eights, squares, and circles. SCP-2499-1 and SCP-2499-2 are always the first pair to begin movement in this manner. The average velocity of the anomaly in this stage is 400 km/s.\n\nStage 2\nSCP-2499 instances demonstrate an extreme drop in luminosity, at 4.72. Movement of the anomaly slows considerably. Instances move back and forth along the same plane for the duration of this stage. Average velocity is 140 km/s.\n\nStage 3\nSCP-2499 instances demonstrate an increase in luminosity, to 3.1. The pairs demonstrate highly erratic movement that follows no recognizable pattern. SCP-2499-1 and SCP-2499-2 travel the fastest, and the most erratically in this stage. Movement of SCP-2499 instances is the fastest during this stage, at 600 km/s.\n\nStage 4\nSCP-2499 instances demonstrate the highest luminosity in this stage, at 2.10. The anomalies travel in the most stable pattern during this stage, moving in a circular stage for the duration of this period. The average velocity of the instances decreases to 360 km/s.\n\nStage 5\nSCP-2499 instances demonstrate the second lowest luminosity in this stage, at 5.1. Movement of SCP-2499-3 through SCP-2499-14 maintain the circle of the prior stage, while SCP-2499-1 and SCP-2499-2 are noted to move to the center of the circle formed by the other instances, and move in regular circles within the established pattern. All instances aside from SCP-2499-1 and SCP-2499-2 remain static in this stage. SCP-2499-1 and SCP-2499-2 move at 160 km/s.\n\nStage 6\nSCP-2499 instances are erratic in this stage, and rapidly alternate from a more active state of 3.4 in luminosity and movement at 550 km/s, to a less active state of 4.8 in luminosity and movement at 200 km/s. No discernable pattern is available in this stage, aside from less ordered movement in active states, and more disorganized movement in the less active states.\n\nStage 7\nSCP-2499 instances demonstrate the lowest luminosity at 5.89 during this stage. All instances appear to rotate around each other with a velocity of 120 km/s. During this stage, pairs will begin to cease anomalous movement, and finish their pulsating periods. Beginning with SCP-2499-13 and SCP-2499-14, pairs will cease anomalous movement, and their luminosity will decrease one by one. At the end of the stage, SCP-2499-1 and SCP-2499-2 are the last pair that exhibits anomalous movement and luminosity. The anomalous phase is considered concluded when SCP-2499-1 and SCP-2499-2 cease movement.\n\nAddendum: On 12/14/2010, a high frequency (400 GHz) radio signal was detected originating from the region of space that SCP-2499 is located in. The signal itself broadcasted the entirety of a recording of Gustav Holst's 7 movement orchestral suite, The Planets. Notably, the recording played was the 1926 recording of the piece, and the first one that was available for radio broadcast. Following this transmission, a second transmission, consisting entirely of a series of binary numbers was played. When the numbers were translated into English, a discernible message was revealed. It has been transcribed below.\n\nPlease send our warmest congratulations to Mr. Holst for such a stunning and deeply charming piece. We have been utterly enchanted with the music ever since we first heard your transmission. It was not meant for dance, but when you hear music this personal, what else are you to do?\n\nFootnotes\n1. A type of star that does not possess a uniform luminosity.\n2. Stars that move in pairs, due to the mutual gravitational pull.\n3. A type of Cepheid variable star characterized by extremely long pulsation periods.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2498 | SCP-2499 | SCP-2500 \u00bb"}
{"text": "An instance of SCP-2500-A\n\nItem #: SCP-2500\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to the nature of SCP-2500-A, complete containment of the phenomena may currently be unfeasible. Foundation efforts are currently concentrated on finding means to more effectively identify and isolate Visitation Events and on limiting public exposure to SCP-2500-A. Identified instances of SCP-2500-B are to be held in Standard Humanoid Containment Units and observed constantly. Due to their general ineffectiveness and the greater efficiency of passive or covert monitoring, interviews with instances of SCP-2500-B are currently discontinued.\nDescription: The phenomena designated SCP-2500 is divided into two distinct but interconnected parts:\nSCP-2500-A are incorporeal entities, comprised of strands of currently unidentified luminous matter, typically arranged in loose, vaguely spherical shapes. Instances of SCP-2500-A vary in size (recorded external radius of between 30 cm and 5 m), coloration (from bright red to deep blue) and cadence of light patterns. Instances of SCP-2500-A typically appear shortly following visible meteor showers (for full analysis of the required optical conditions for the appearance of SCP-2500-A, see Document SCP-2500-E21).\nFollowing their appearance, instances of SCP-2500-A will attempt to make contact with specific individuals (designated SCP-2500-B), initiating what has been designated a Visitation Event. During such events, two instances of SCP-2500-A will address the chosen SCP-2500-B in its native tongue (if alive), accompanied by visual cues in the form of either dimming or intensifying their luminescence. SCP-2500-B will always recognize SCP-2500-A, typically treating them with a degree of familiarity. After the conversation is concluded, both instances of SCP-2500-A will leave, seemingly dissipating. Additional effects may occur depending on the physical state of the chosen instance of SCP-2500-B during the beginning of the Visitation Event:\n\nSubtype A: SCP-2500-B is in good physical health. Following the conclusion of the Visitation Event and depending on its conclusion, two contingencies exist: the Visitation Event may conclude with no additional effects to SCP-2500-B, or both instances of SCP-2500-A will make physical contact with SCP-2500-B, briefly absorbing it into their forms. Following this contact, all higher brain functions in SCP-2500-B will immediately cease and a third instance of SCP-2500-A will be created. All instances of SCP-2500-A will then dissipate.\n\nSubtype B: SCP-2500-B is on the verge of death. Following the conclusion of the conversation, SCP-2500-B will expire. One or both instances of SCP-2500-A will then make momentary contact with its corpse. During contact, a notable increase in luminosity and pattern speed in SCP-2500-A has been observed.\n\nSubtype C: SCP-2500-B has expired. One or both instances of SCP-2500-A will make momentary contact with the corpse. No increase in luminosity or pattern speed noted.\n\nOf the one hundred and seventy-three recorded Visitation Events, twenty-three were identified as Subtype-A (sixteen of which ended with the death of the involved instance of SCP-2500-B), ninety-seven as Subtype-B, and fifty-three as Subtype-C.\nNo common features (age, race, gender or creed) have been identified in instances of SCP-2500-B. Instances of SCP-2500-B show no unusual physical, psychological or metaphysical traits prior to or following contact with SCP-2500-A. SCP-2500-A will ignore both verbal prompts and physical contact by individuals not chosen by them. Attempts to physically contain instances of SCP-2500-A have thus far failed.\nAddendum 2500-A: Incident Log SCP-2500-Aleph (June 1916, Verdun, France)\n\n+ Show Log SCP-2500-Aleph\n\n- Hide\n\nForeword: The following conversation between two instances of SCP-2500-A (originally designated SCP-2500-A-RED and SCP-2500-A-GREEN) and an instance of SCP-2500-B (Sergent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 of the French 33rd Infantry Regiment, heavily injured by machine-gun fire, henceforth SCP-2500-B-1) was recorded by the order of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, commander of the HMFSCP force present at the location of the battle for unrelated reasons. This is the first recorded appearance of SCP-2500-A, and therefore the first recorded Visitation Event.\n<Begin Record>\n\nSCP-2500-B-1: Oh. Hey there.\nSCP-2500-A-RED: Your legs are gone.\nSCP-2500-A-GREEN: You will not walk again.\nSCP-2500-A-RED: You are broken.\nSCP-2500-A-GREEN: You are dying.\nSCP-2500-B-1: Don't. Just don't. You're not going to talk me out of this.\nSCP-2500-A-RED: It is enough. Your sample is sufficient, more than that. The Consciousness will benefit. You do not have to do this anymore. We may still leave.\nSCP-2500-A-GREEN: We are here to collect, here to deliver. It is time to return.\nSCP-2500-B-1: Don't give me that. Don't say that when you know I can't go.\nSCP-2500-A-RED: We have told you, it is enough. Further suffering will weaken your link to the Center. Beyond repair.\nSCP-2500-A-GREEN: Collection will be assured, but delivery\u2026 no. If we go now, we cannot return. Cannot guarantee you will ever be able to return.\nSCP-2500-B-1: I can't leave! I'm not done\u2026 I can still feel.\nSCP-2500-A-RED: You have endured more than your flesh could take. This collection is complete.\nSCP-2500-A-GREEN: There is nothing left to learn.\nSCP-2500-B-1: All I learned was how it feels to have your legs chewed off by a machine gun! That's\u2026 That's not enough. This isn't all we need. It'll be flawed.\nSCP-2500-A-RED: Replacement will be found.\nSCP-2500-A-GREEN: Deductions, simulations. Death is a constant, and the Consciousness is vast. The difference will be minute, nigh indistinguishable.\nSCP-2500-B-1: Now you're just lying to yourselves. You can't simulate this, not the way it should be. Not the way the light keeps winking out, not the numbness in those places where the blood isn't really reaching anymore. Not that sour stench of it all.\nSCP-2500-A-RED: [luminescence dims, patterns slow] You will not be able to return. You will be lost.\nSCP-2500-A-GREEN: Do not do this. Please.\nSCP-2500-B-1: I'm sorry\u2026 I really am. But that's the way things have to be. It can't be for nothing, all of this. My legs\u2026 It can't all be for nothing\u2026\nSCP-2500-A-RED: You will not be swayed.\nSCP-2500-A-GREEN: We see it now.\nSCP-2500-A-RED: You are lost to us.\n[SCP-2500-B-1 nods, begins to weep]\nSCP-2500-B-1: You let them know. You let it see what I did. What I let them do to me. You take it all, don't you dare waste it. I'm so happy I got to see you, at least this one last time. You tell them what I did. You tell them I felt it all\u2026 I felt it all.\nSCP-2500-A-RED: We witness.\nSCP-2500-A-GREEN: We will remember.\nSCP-2500-A-RED: We promise.\n<End Record>\n\nAftermath: SCP-2500-B-1 expired shortly after this conversation. Following its death, SCP-2500-A-RED and SCP-2500-A-GREEN briefly made contact with its corpse before dissipating. Log was delivered by Commander \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 to HMFSCP HQ in London and given the designation E-357-A.\n\nAddendum 2500-B: Incident Log SCP-2500 Lamed-Vav (\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588,Site 53)\n\n+ Show Log SCP-2500 Lamed-Vav \n\n- Hide\n\nForeword: The following conversation was recorded between two instances of SCP-2500-A (designated for the purpose of this log SCP-2500-A-BLUE and SCP-2500-A-ORANGE) and an identified, contained instance of SCP-2500-B (identity unknown, designated SCP-2500-B-167). SCP-2500-B-167, a drifter, has been contained following a previously witnessed Visitation Event, and has been subject to two additional such events during its containment. SCP-2500-B-167 has been uncooperative to Foundation inquiries concerning SCP-2500-A.\n<Begin Log>\n\nSCP-2500-A-BLUE: We return.\n\nSCP-2500-B-167: So I see.\n\nSCP-2500-A-ORANGE: Will you come with us now?\nSCP-2500-B-167: Do we really need to go over this again? Nothing's changed. I'm not done.\n\nSCP-2500-A-BLUE: You have been a captive here for over five years.\nSCP-2500-A-ORANGE: Is that not enough? Did you not learn all that you needed to learn?\nSCP-2500-B-167: You know what my answer is going to be.\nSCP-2500-A-BLUE: We do not understand this stubbornness.\nSCP-2500-B-167: You do. You're playing dumb with me, but you do. I went into this with my eyes open, and I'm going to see this through.\nSCP-2500-A-ORANGE: But why this? There are endless sensations to be had, experiences beyond counting. The Consciousness needs them all, will always need them all.\nSCP-2500-A-BLUE: Let another take this role. Allow them to share your burden. They would do so, willingly.\nSCP-2500-B-167: No. They can't\u2026 they won't do it right. It has to be me.\nSCP-2500-A-ORANGE: [luminescence intensifies] Do you not see what you do to yourself?\nSCP-2500-A-BLUE: How your glow grows ever dimmer?\nSCP-2500-A-ORANGE: You suffer not for the Consciousness, but for yourself.\nSCP-2500-A-BLUE: You are an addict, a glutton for pain.\nSCP-2500-A-ORANGE: You are selfish. Do you not see what you do to yourself?\nSCP-2500-A-BLUE: Do you not see what you do to us?\nSCP-2500-B-167: I'm\u2026 I'm sorry. I realize this isn't easy for you, and it's not any easier for me. You know that if it was up to me, I'd leave with you this second.\n\nSCP-2500-A-ORANGE: Then why? Why do you refuse us?\nSCP-2500-B-167: Because I have a responsibility. Because it's what I'm best at. What I'm used to, what I'm good at. It's hard to explain. You know we each have our talents, right? The sensations, the experiences, the stuff we're most easily attuned to? The stuff that connects with us just right, that lets us send the Consciousness the most lucid images possible, the best possible understanding of what we feel? For some it's joy, for others it's exhilaration, or intellectual contemplation, or lust. But for me, it's suffering. Being tired, or hungry, or dirty, or sick. I can feel it better than any of the others. I've been attuned to it for all of my time here, working on it, maximizing my exposure to it. For-\n\nSCP-2500-A-BLUE: Seventy years, three months, two weeks, five days and thirteen hours. Seventy years. Of this.\nSCP-2500-A-ORANGE: When will it end? When is enough?\nSCP-2500-B-167: You've seen how I lived before. You see where I am now, and what they do to me. What do you think?\nSCP-2500-A-BLUE: Do you say that we must go? That we must leave you like this?\nSCP-2500-A-ORANGE: For the greater understanding. For the wholeness of the Consciousness. Of the Boundless Project.\n[Conversation pauses for approximately ninety seconds]\nSCP-2500-A-BLUE: It is bitter to us.\n\nSCP-2500-A-ORANGE: Our great undertaking.\nSCP-2500-B-167: Just\u2026 just go. I'm alright. I'll be fine. I always am, aren't I?\nSCP-2500-A-BLUE: Your words are empty, but we see what lies behind them.\n\nSCP-2500-A-ORANGE: It is what it is. We are what we are.\nSCP-2500-A-BLUE: We will miss you.\n\nSCP-2500-A-ORANGE: We always do. We will always lo-\n\nSCP-2500-B-167: Don't! Don't say it. I can't hear it. Can't be tainted by that. It has to be pure.\nSCP-2500-A-BLUE: We understand. We shall leave you to your work.\nSCP-2500-A-ORANGE: Until the next time.\n[SCP-2500-BLUE and SCP-2500-ORANGE dissipate]\nSCP-2500-B-167: Yeah. Next time.\n\nAftermath: Following Incident Lamed-Vav, SCP-2500-B-167 began to exhibit increasingly acute signs of chronic insomnia, often spending upwards of twenty-seven hours without sleep. This condition in turn caused in SCP-2500-B-167 what was diagnosed by Foundation physicians as episodes of exhaustion-induced hallucinations. During these episodes, SCP-2500-B-167 would pace its Containment Unit, moving its hands in circular motions and repeating the following phrases:\n\nFrom the distant glow we came, on scroll-work wings of flame, to seek a truth in existence.\nYoung. Driven. Ambitious.\nBlind.\nIn fields of clay, I see us all. On hands and knees we do not truly possess, beneath these foreign, ever frozen stars, we toil without end, without rest. Our blazing tails, our shimmering intellect, the vastness of the road that led us here, the magnitude of our task, they all sink into the muck, and I can no longer see. You said it was for something. You said that among this living clay, we will find our brilliance, the singular answer to every question, to questions not yet born. But\u2026 I cannot see it. From mud and blood, we make bricks, but where is the tower? Where is that great edifice, that all-knowing face, so hardly earned? I cannot see it. All I see is this alien flesh, and it blinds me. All I hear is the background noise of this false breath, carrying me on to where I never wanted to go. All I feel is the trembling of these clumsy digits, so caked in mud that I can no longer even recognize their once familiar lines. The lines you left me.\n\n[Here, SCP-2500-B-167 typically ceases to speak and pace for approximately thirty seconds, before continuing]\nI put on a brave face, a face which long since lost its youth, and I tell you it's all for the best. That I know what I'm doing, that this is what I want. It became such an easy lie after so long. I have forgotten what it is to feel without a motive, to think without purpose. I have made myself an instrument, an unfeeling neuron in this grand, uncaring Consciousness, a flake of dust in a galaxy of infinite thought. This was to be our greatest achievement. This is what we all dreamed about, isn't it? What I dreamed about, for so very long?\nSo why is it that the only thing I want is to go home?\nMom\u2026 Dad\u2026 I just want to go home.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2499 | SCP-2500 | SCP-2501 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2501\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2501 is to be kept in Storage Vault 3-H at Research Site-45. Only personnel with special exemption keycards will be allowed to access SCP-2501. However, the use and/or misuse of SCP-2501 is still strictly prohibited, punishable up to termination. All previous documentation and research regarding SCP-2501 is to be kept on high security Foundation servers.\nBecause of the destructive potential of SCP-2501, special exemption keycards will only be granted under special authorization from the O5 council.\nDescription: SCP-2501 is a mechanical gauntlet designed to be adapted to a human hand and forearm. SCP-2501 is made of an unknown lightweight material and is powered through unknown means. SCP-2501 shows no markings or numbers to give any indication of an origin or manufacturer. SCP-2501 appears to be in need of maintenance, although knowledge of repairing certain defective mechanisms is currently beyond Foundation researchers.\nA key-operated safety switch is installed on the underside of SCP-2501, although it appears to be defective due to the key being dislocated inside the lock cylinder, thereby keeping it affixed in the position labeled with the word '\u0412\u041a\u041b.'1 There is also a slightly corroded rotary control knob located on the left side of the \"wrist\". This knob is locked to the furthest clockwise position and will not turn counter-clockwise. The setting labels are too worn to be decipherable, but are hypothesized to be numbers in increasing range.\nSCP-2501's anomalous properties manifest whenever a user inserts his/her arm into the socket and engages the claw-like mechanism at the opposite end. When held in front of the user's face, SCP-2501 is able to exert an extreme amount of pressure on an object within the perspective of the user in relation to the claw-like mechanism. No upper limit on the amount of pressure SCP-2501 can exert has yet been observed. SCP-2501 is not able to perform more dexterous functions beyond rapidly opening and closing.\nDistance from the user to an object does not affect the end result; neither does density or size of the object. The object during this process always behaves as if two invisible forces are exerting against it at opposite ends, to the point of structural failure. Using SCP-2501 on media such as fluids or gases has no effect.\n\n[LEVEL-2 ACCESS REQUIRED]\n\n[ACCESS GRANTED]\n\nExperimental Test Logs2501-11\nSubject: Research technician using SCP-2501 on designated items.\nProcedure: SCP-2501 used normally as its designed function.\nResults:\n\nTEST\nITEM\nDISTANCE\nRESULT\nCOMMENTS\n\n001\nSteel Soup Can (Full)\n1m\nDestroyed via Compression\nCan crushed to a thickness of 0.08mm. Soup had to be cleaned off of lab equipment. It was recommended that future testing be conducted outside.\n\n002\nSolid Steel Cylinder (Diameter: 8cm)\n20m\nFlattened\nCylinder was compressed into a disc measuring 1.6m in diameter and a thickness of 2mm.\n\n003\n1962 Buick LeSabre (Decommissioned from light vehicle pool)\n100m\nDestroyed via Compression\nCar crushed lengthwise to a thickness of 19cm.\n\n004\nM3 Stuart Light Tank (Decommissioned from MTF arsenal)\n200m\nDestroyed via Compression\nTank crushed to a thickness of 84cm. Upon further analysis, the steel armor has seemingly fused together due to the extreme heat generated during the process.\n\n005\nConcrete Block (1m3)\n100m\nDisintegrated\nBlock exploded violently into fragments. Nothing was found larger than 3cm. Minor injuries sustained by staff. Recommended increasing minimum safe distances.\n\n006\nConcrete Block (1m3)\n4km\nFAILED\nTest conducted at night. Block was brightly illuminated in order to aid in testing. User missed target and crushed light fixture instead. Recommended using binoculars and mount/stability assist in subsequent range tests.\n\n007\nHigh Altitude Weather Balloon\n32km\nDestroyed via Compression\nTest conducted at night. Large halogen light fixture with sufficient battery life was affixed onto the balloon. Test was successful; however, debris was never found by recovery teams. Extreme range capabilities confirmed.\n\n008\nAsteroid 1566 Icarus (2.9\u00d71012kg)\nPerihelion: 0.18AU, Aphelion: 1.96AU\nN/A\nCANCELLED\n\nSummary: SCP-2501 anomalous properties confirmed. Testing has been suspended indefinitely under O5 command. SCP-2501 is to be placed back into storage immediately. Object class designated as Safe for the time being. Additional containment protocols may need to be enacted.\n\nSCP-2501 was remitted to a Foundation logistics center in an ornate shipping-case by an anonymous benefactor. Benefactor is confirmed to have close affiliations to Marshall, Carter, and Dark Ltd. as supported by the item description tag attached to SCP-2501 at the time of delivery and a note detailing the context of the parcel.\n\n[LEVEL-2 ACCESS REQUIRED]\n\n[ACCESS GRANTED]\n\nArchival Document2501-01\n\nFBW221/TG6YW/IU8IO\n\nStatus\nSold In Reserve LIQUIDATE\n\nDemand\nHigh\n\nValue\n500k USD/303k GBP\n\nAvailability\nEstimated Worldwide: 1\n\nIdentifier\nExclusive Item# 21 (slightly worn condition)\n\nDescription\nItem is a mechanical gauntlet made specifically to crush objects simply using line-of-sight. A curious physics-bender putting power at your fingertips, literally. Safety key included with unit. Sold as is.\n\nMarshall, Carter and Dark, Ltd.\n\n[LEVEL-3 ACCESS REQUIRED]\n\n[ACCESS GRANTED]\n\nArchival Document2501-02\nTo whom it may concern,\nI represent a professional community of auctioneers, collectors, and dealers with whom I am certain you are familiar. I am approaching your organization with an item of mutual interest. Details are also included inside the case. Rest assured, this is the right place for it.\nUnderstandably you have many questions. I am not able to divulge details as it would stand as a conflict of interest towards my colleagues and clients. Still, our motives for this remittance is rather pertinent. Simply put, we are strictly dealers of art and curios. And very rarely, there are items that we come across that are not inherently or obviously threatening to that integral distinction.\nSuch is the nature of this item. As valuable as it may be, we at Marshall, Carter and Dark, Ltd. feel that it is in our mutual benefit, meaning us as well as the SCP Foundation, that this remain in your safekeeping. We usually retain a level of impartiality for what our clients do or do not do after the closing of a sale. However, in light of a few isolated incidents regarding our clients' intentions with this particular device, and their affiliations by and large, it is safe to assume that selling said item would be a poor business decision on our part.\nStorage also constitutes a problem, as an extreme demand for the item rather interrupts the objectives and stable business of Marshall, Carter and Dark, Ltd. Nobody enjoys being a teller at a bank that is under threat of robbery every waking moment. In short, keeping the item in inventory is more trouble than it's worth; exceedingly so. So for the sake of famous landmarks, monuments, certain nations, our continued enterprise, and quite possibly the sun or moon, we hand this over to persons more experienced and adept at locking things away from the world.\nPlease accept our gift, free of charge, from us to you.\nP.S. Included is a box of La Maison du Chocolat, and a certificate of store credit in the amount of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588GBP as a further extension of our gratitude.\nForever Grateful,\n\nLady Emily Alcott Carter\nJune 8th, 1968\n\nItems included with the package outside of SCP-2501 itself were recorded and/or destroyed. No formal response from the Foundation has been sent regarding this action.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Russian abbreviation for '\u0412\u041a\u041b\u042e\u0427\u0415\u041d\u041e', translated as 'ON' in English.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2500 | SCP-2501 | SCP-2502 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2502\nObject Class: Euclid Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2502 is to be secured by an eight-point 'halo brace'-style clamping system consisting of a series of spring-loaded stainless steel rods measuring 2 cm in diameter, each ending in a retention pad of synthetic rubber, positioned equidistantly above and below the object and in contact with its obverse and reverse surfaces. The clamping system is to be calibrated with each rod delivering 200 kPa of pressure at each contact point, each with an associated tension sensor, and mounted in a ventilated clear polycarbonate container. The container is to be stored in a climate-controlled secure storage locker at Site-15, calibrated to 100 kPa pressure, 285 K temperature and 40% humidity in addition to the typical electromagnetic safety measures in place at the Site.\nOnce per month, the containment assembly must be inspected for signs of loss of tension in the clamping system and degradation of the retention pads, as well as the condition of the polycarbonate container. The aforementioned environmental factors are ideal for both long-term preservation of the object and the integrity of the various components of the clamping mechanism; as such, any deviation of 5% or more in any measurement or any discernible degradation of the retention pads or container walls requires immediate repair and/or replacement of the component in question.\nDescription: SCP-2502 is a generic consumer-grade re-writable compact disc (CD-RW). There are no markings on the obverse surface of the disc, which is typical of a CD-RW of this manufacture. The disc appears to be industry-standard at 1.2 mm thickness, 12 cm diameter and 15 g mass. When inserted into any device capable of accessing a CD-RW, it appears to be filled to seemingly endless capacity with random binary data. Playback in a suitable audio device reveals audio content - specifically a studio recording session by musician David Howell Evans1. No cognitohazards have been detected in the recording. However, the recording itself is three hours, eight minutes and thirty seconds2 in length; this is far in excess of the one hour, twenty minutes typical of media of this type. Also, no record of any such recording session has been identified. The source of the audio remains unknown.\nThe anomalous property of SCP-2502 becomes apparent - and is seemingly constrained - at its circumference. When viewed at the circumference, the disc appears to vanish. When the edge comes in contact with any form of matter it passes through said matter with no measurable friction, cleaving a path 1.2 mm thick by 12 cm in width. The mechanism of this action is exclusive to the extreme outer rim of the disc.\nFurther, the entirety of the disc appears impervious to abrasion and heat, as demonstrated by Incident 2502-1 and experimentally verified under controlled conditions.\nAddendum: Testing of the cleaving capabilities of the disc in combination with binary analysis of the recorded data has revealed that while the region containing the aforementioned music is static, other regions of data on the disc alter immediately following the cleaving process. The disc apparently does not destroy matter, but rather converts it into binary information and stores it. It is presently hypothesized that the disc was created as an attempt at a transfinite digital storage medium - the anomalous properties of the disc are the resulting side-effects of either the nature of such a medium within the accepted baseline space-time or the process by which the disc was created.\nExperiments regarding matter reconstitution and exploration beyond the edge utilizing sensor devices smaller than the 1.2 mm limit are pending approval.\nDiscovery Log: SCP-2502 was discovered on 5/6/2014. The object was retrieved from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a small music media store in Manhattan, New York, where it hung as a decoration by a length of fishing line looped through its hub. Upon questioning, the proprietor of the store, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, recalled only that it was present when he purchased the store. Following Incident 2502-1, Foundation assets repaired all damage caused by the disc, retrieved and replaced it with another of identical manufacture, and administered Class A amnestics to the proprietor.\nIncident 2502-1: On 5/5/2014, the line by which the disc was suspended came loose of the thumbtack to which the line was attached. Due to air currents from the store's climate-control system, the disc struck the floor of the establishment at an angle of approximately 0.01 radians. It 'slid' through the floor, cleaving a path through all intervening matter and traveling an ultimate distance of approximately 50 meters before coming to rest due to gravity and friction acting upon the surface of the disc in a manner similar to a vehicular disc-type brake. Foundation assets within Consolidated Edison Steam Operations reported a steam conduit malfunction seemingly caused by a compact disc perforating the conduit. Class A amnestics were administered to the Consolidated Edison employees who made the original discovery.\nAddendum: Recorded on 3/31/2016. As of this date, no containment breach nor degradation of containment apparatus has been detected. As such, this object has been re-designated Safe, as per standing directives - existing containment protocols are to be maintained. Submitted proposals for alternate containment methodology - hereby referred to as the \"Mace Configuration\" - have been denied by O5 review: while the Mace Configuration would allow the object to be utilized as a tool and/or weapon in the event of a Site-wide emergency, compromising the successful containment of this object is deemed not warranted at this time.\nThe aforementioned O5 review approves the following emergency measures: the Mace Configuration and relevant equipment are to be maintained in-site as a stand-by option. Personnel with clearance Level 3/2502 or higher may enact the Mace Configuration Protocol. Any personnel found activating this Protocol outside of a Site containment breach or higher emergency scenario will be subject to immediate sanction.\nAddendum: Recorded on 6/28/2016. Routine assay of Safe-class objects at Site-15 revealed a change in the audio playback of this object. Immediately following the previously documented audio track (designated SCP-2502-A), a second audio track was discovered (designated SCP-2502-B). No cognitohazards have been detected in either recording. SCP-2502-B was not present in any previous analyses of the object. SCP-2502-B is accessible via any device capable of playing an audio CD, and can be played directly by skipping to the second track, or by playing through the completion of SCP-2502-A as would be the typical behavior of an audio CD. SCP-2502-B has a run length of three hours, eight minutes and thirty seconds. This length is identical to SCP-2502-A as specified in this object's initial description. Analysis of SCP-2502-B confirms that it is a studio recording session by musician Saul Hudson3. As is the case with the SCP-2502-A, no record of this studio session can be found. The means by which SCP-2502-B was introduced into the object while in containment at Site-15 is currently unknown. Comparative analysis of the structure of the object, the aforementioned tracks, and complete review of containment procedures are underway.\nAddendum: Recorded on 3/14/2017. All requests to interview David Howell Evans and/or Saul Hudson pertaining to this object are preemptively denied by O5.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Also known as \"The Edge\", lead guitarist for the rock band U2.\n2. Or 3.1415 hours; notable as this figure is equal to pi carried to four decimal places.\n3. Also known as \"Slash\", a virtuoso guitarist.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2501 | SCP-2502 | SCP-2503 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2503\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to its immovable nature, the site containing SCP-2503 has been acquired by the Foundation under the name of one Mr. Brendan Greenwood. Civilians are to be deterred from entering under the guise of dangerous building conditions.\nAt all times, at least two security members for each of Site-2503's entry points are to remain on site. Anyone who enters SCP-2503-1 without permission is considered lost if reappearance does not take place through SCP-2503-2 within 80 hours. All entities emerging from SCP-2503-2 are to be detained for further questioning and research. Outsiders who access the containment site must be detained, questioned, and administered Class-B amnestics before release. Access is currently available to research personnel with Level-2 clearances only, and SCP-2503-1 should remain open for the duration of non-D-class experiments (See Incident 2503-A).\nDescription: SCP-2503 is a temporal-spatial anomaly that exists within Site-2503, located within a town about \u2588\u2588 kilometers north of Burnaby, BC, Canada. Site-2503 is a residential house constructed in 1952 and has been unoccupied since 197\u2588, resulting in the current state of disrepair. The previous owners of the house were declared missing in 197\u2588. The room SCP-2503 locates is the master bedroom on the second floor, henceforth referred to as SCP-2503-1. SCP-2503's anomalous properties are only activated and displayed when someone enters it through SCP-2503-1's door. Otherwise when observed through another channel \u2013 such as the windows of SCP-2503-1 \u2013 only an empty room is visible. However, upon opening the door of SCP-2503-1, a path made of concrete tiles extending into the horizontal distance can be seen under a dimly illuminated sky with no identifiable light source. This space is assumed to be the inner space of SCP-2503.\nThe presence of SCP-2503 was discovered in 199\u2588 when local police force received reports of a gunshot being heard from within Site-2503 on the morning of 199\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588. Upon investigation the police team discovered in the garage the dead body of a man in his 30s, who was later confirmed as being Henry \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, an architectural designer from Vancouver, BC declared missing 3 days prior. Autopsy has later concluded that his death was due to an act of suicide. During the comprehensive search of the site, the police discovered the presence of SCP-2503 and an embedded agent notified the Foundation, which then quickly took over the case and transformed the house into a containment site.\nObservations indicate the time and space within SCP-2503 behave differently from our conventional understanding. Due to its nature, subjects that enter SCP-2503 do not age while inside SCP-2503's space. Subjects within SCP-2503 will perceive the passage of time but will not experience it. The speed with which subjects travels within SCP-2503 does not influence the amount of time it experiences.\nIt is unknown exactly how far the path within SCP-2503 stretches. SCP-2503 connects SCP-2503-1 to a small storage room (henceforth referred to as SCP-2503-2) within Site-2503's garage where a temporal-spatial distortion is detected via Geiger-Gregorian algorithms and traced back to SCP-2503-1. Currently, SCP-2503-2 is the only known exit of SCP-2503-1.\nAddendum 2503-001: Incident 2503-A\nDate: 199\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\nDescription: Upon arriving at Site-2503 with the initial containment team, Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 ventured into SCP-2503-1 by himself. Through his personal intercom he expressed shock that when the door of SCP-2503-1 accidentally closed behind him, it vanished from his perspective within SCP-2503 and was no longer accessible. The containment team outside of SCP-2503-1 then immediately opened the door, but Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was nowhere to be found, despite his insistence that he had not moved since entry. Through the intercom Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 suggested that he should \u201cwalk forward a bit and see where this thing ends.\u201d However, communication soon ceased from his end and no further contact has been established. Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was thus declared missing.\nAddendum 2503-002: Experiments Conducted on SCP-2503\nExperiment 1\nSubject: A semi-autonomous drone with built-in GPS and camera\nNote: The drone was sent into SCP-2503-1 and began sending back audio-visual feed after the door closed. At this moment, its GPS was no longer able to track its location and soon went offline. Video feed showed that concrete path did not seem to change with distance, and no other visible entity was present. Noteworthy was that despite the 6-hour battery life of the drone, it operated for much longer \u2013 about 39 hours before the signal was lost for unknown reason.\nExperiment 2\nSubject: D-029-271, equipped with a fully charged intercom and a standard explorer's kit with sufficient rations for about 3 days\nNote: D-029-271 was sent into SCP-2503-1 and told to walk forward along the path and report any discovery. The intercom equipped on D-029-271 was set to remain online for the duration of the experiment. The first thirty minutes of the experiment were uneventful. However, when the research team outside of SCP-2503-1 asked if D-029-271 wanted to take a break, D-029-271 responded that he did not feel tired, hungry, or thirsty at all, and expressed shock that only thirty minutes had passed, reporting to have felt \u201cas if hours or even days have gone by\u201d. About fifty-three minutes into the experiment, signals from D-029-271's intercom began to experience interference from within SCP-2503. All communications with D-029-271-2503 ceased at the 56 minute mark. D-029-271 was considered lost at this point.\n\n+ Show Addendum 2503-002: Excerpts from Recovered Document 2503-1\n\n- Hide Addendum 2503-002: Excerpts from Recovered Document 2503-1\n\nThe following document was recovered from the personal belongings of Henry \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. On the floor next to his body where he was discovered, there is a bag containing one Nokia 9110i cell phone, an industrial-sized notepad labeled as the property of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, four Hershey's candy wrappers, one 1958 issue of Playboy magazine, a standard Foundation personnel field kit, and two wallets (only one of which belongs to Henry \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588). Recovered Document 2503-1 is a selection of entries found inside the notepad.\nAddendum: Excerpts from Recovered Document 2503-1\nTo whoever finds this note,\nI don't know who or where you might be, but if luck is on your side, let's hope you did not end up like me, trapped in wherever the hell this place is.\nMy name is Henry \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. I was born and raised in Vancouver, BC, Canada, and married to Rosaline. Together we were blessed with a daughter, Marianne, who will be turning 2 this year. My address is \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 St, Vancouver. If you happen to come across this note by chance, please deliver it to my family \u2013 you may demand some payment for your service.\nTo be honest, I am not very certain how I ended up here in the first place. I work at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, an architectural firm. Things are just like you'd expect of a middle class white collar \u2013 busy, all the time, but fulfilling. Every Friday night my department hosts a pub night for us fellas to blow off some steam after a hard week at work. So I was there this week too, along with a couple of coworkers from other departments. We've had some newbies joining so this turned into a welcome party of some sort, and I ended up drinking a little more than I probably should. At some point, I just blacked out completely, but before that I do remember asking Will and Kevin to get me home. It now looks like they didn't do as they were asked.\nWhen I woke up I just found myself here \u2013 lying on this path that leads to nowhere. It was funny how the first thing I did was to check my bag and wallet. Nothing was stolen, but I found something that wasn't there before. It was a folded piece of paper with a pocket watch attached. I thought the paper was written by me at first because of the handwriting but I don't recall ever writing anything like this. It's on the next page for your reference\u2026\n\nPlease don't take this personally.\nHenry, you've been a great sport. Loved your work, loved your company, loved your outlook on life \u2013 that's why you're here. From you I learned a great deal about myself, and you are thanked dearly for your mentorship. That's why I think of leaving with you a little parting gift before I go.\nConsider this your deserving utopia. Always racing with the clock you were, but at here you are free from that. The time is in your hands, and will only move forward so long as you do. It won't leave your grasp, ever, so you don't have to run all the time like you once did \u2013 walking is good, and will do.\nIsn't this something worth rejoicing over?\nI'm sure you will find that this is where you truly belong, and you may wander wherever you like. Don't worry about food and water \u2013 there are more important things that should occupy your mind. If you ever want to leave, just follow the path and let the timer act as your guide to the exit \u2013 it will be a bit of a long walk, but you'll be fine.\nAfter all, the time is in your hands.\n\n\u2026I would assume they were left by whoever got me here. In any case, I don't know who that may be \u2013 interns come and go all the time. Hell, could be that Wesley kid from last month - I knew he'd be trouble if we kept him.\nI've been trying to get into contact with someone for at least 3 days now, but there's no cell phone signal or sign of anything that's living. Wherever this place is, it must be deep underground. There's also no way to tell time here. The clock on my phone is malfunctioning, and my watch stopped a while ago \u2013 that reminds me, there was that pocket watch attached. But it doesn't display time, or at least doesn't have the standard clock face. Rather, there's an electronic display, but it's not showing anything right now. I haven't figured out what it does yet. For now, I'll try to follow the walkway. There's no sun or moon here, and the vague lighting doesn't seem to have a source. However, one direction of the concrete walkway extends into the horizon, whereas the other is cut off shortly by darkness. My instinct is telling me to go towards the light. I guess I'll finish off here. If you are stuck in this space like me, best of luck to you and may you succeed where I fail. If you found this elsewhere, notify the police and my family. Once again, you have my thanks.\nSigned,\nHenry \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\u2026\nThis is Henry \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 writing. I knew how I've concluded my earlier note made that seem like my final words, but that was not my intention.\nAfter going around for a bit (can't really tell how long), I'm quite amazed by what I've seen here. First of all it seems like our understanding of the world doesn't really apply in this place. By my estimation, it has been at least 30 hours since I woke up, but my cell phone, which usually lasts about 80 hours in standby, is still at about 70% - the same as last night! What's more amazing is that I haven't taken in anything since pub, but I don't feel the slightest hint of hunger or fatigue.\nAnd on a different note - I think I've found how the pocket watch works. It's actually embarrassing to say, but there's a little knob on its side (can't believe I didn't notice it sooner) \u2013 if you press it a series of numbers appears on the screen for about 5 seconds before disappearing. The numbers also change as I walk. Still don't know what the numbers mean, but they're constantly going down for sure. Right now as I'm writing this down, the number shows: 9927-330.\nAlso, I tried to put myself to sleep earlier. It didn't work out well because I'm not tired at all, and also that the ground is made of concrete \u2013 probably not the best kind of bed. I'm starting to get kind of worried by the state of my own health, but so far not eating, drinking, and sleeping has yet to take a toll on me. I guess I'll keep on walking a bit. There's still no sign of human activity anywhere \u2013 not a single living being is here, but I'll keep on looking. If I find anything worth noting, I'll jot it down here. From now on this notepad is my exploration log.\n\u2026\n[9927-129]\nSo I suppose it's time to write down another entry. Unlike the previous 8 times I actually have something of value to say. I have bad good [UNREADABLE] news today. For some time now I've recorded down the numbers on the watch each time I make an entry, and I think I've figured out what they mean. It\u2026 should've occurred to me sooner. I guess it did, but I just couldn't accept it somehow. Judging by the intervals of how the numbers decrease, the last three digits seem to go down by one every 24 hours. I know it. I can be sure of it. I've become increasingly good at consciously counting time by walking. In other words I think it's a countdown of some sort.\nStill, it\u2026 may better off be unaccounted for. Here's my advice, to you, if you are reading this in my situation. Don't try to count how many minutes, hours, or days you've walked. I've given up doing that. That just drives you mad. Because your body doesn't get tired you don't feel the time passing, but if you slow your mind down to count, you will. Believe it or not, the last time I recall checking the watch consciously is still at 236.\n\u2026\n\u2026\n[9926-364]\nAnd there you [UNREADABLE, possibly expletives] go!\nOh how na\u00efve I have been. At some point I started counting again. I flipped out the pocket watch whenever I thought of it. I bid all of my hope on the moment when 1 drops to 0. I even purposely ignored the 4 digits on the left\u2026\nI was wrong. I thought that by not feeling hunger or fatigue I can make through this within blinks of my eye, but I am no god! I miss human interaction. I miss my family and friends! Why must I be put through this!? \u2026 I don't think I've cried this hard since dad died. But it's about time to finish up now. I still have to go. I have no reason not to. A moment ago I just saw the picture of Rosaline in my wallet while trying to see if I've got any Hershey's left. And my poor Marianne\u2026 she should be about 4 by now, and 4 without her daddy. Even if it's just for her, I will carry on.\n\u2026\n\u2026\n[9892-63]\nToday I made a great mistake. That would be my second greatest of all time. [UNREADABLE] \u2026The thing was some sort of a machine, small but flying. I haven't seen one myself, but think it is what you call a \u201cdrone.\u201d It'd be one of those things Ji Da that one guy who I roomed with during my sophomore year in college (it's been too long) \u2013 he'd be all thrilled about it 'cause he's in engineering. Shame he wasn't here. I'd really appreciate the company of just about anyone. Maybe even that drone, but I guess I was just too scared after being alone for so long. Without thinking I went up and attacked it with my bag. The thing was [UNREADABLE] \u2026figured I'd just leave it there.\nI thought about taking a part of it as a souvenir, but then every time I look at it I'd be reminded of my mistake\u2026 about the missed opportunity of potentially getting into contact with someone outs I must not think of it. I've learned how to do that now. I'm able to.\n\u2026\n[9744-306]\nCan't believe it's been 7 years since my last entry. I have become inert. By human age, I should have died. Yet I am young still. My thoughts have become senile though, however, but through neither knowledge nor experience.\nTime passes quickly when one stops thinking, flows like water in a rapid stream - unhindered, unnoticed, and undisturbed. I am no wise, but should learn it was my proof. I will write it down how to do it here: [REDACTED]\n\u2026\n[9725-350]\nA streak of light lit up the sky. For a moment it shone brightly but the next it is gone.\n\u2026\n\u2026\n[9308-144]\nMy conscience returns and I decided to sit down for the first time in 174 years. The earlier entries brings back some nostalgia. I'm reminded of some emotions that I thought I had long lost. Before I knew it tears were flowing down my cheek. \u2026 I can't allow myself to think. If I do it would be the end of me. On a separate note, sometime earlier I found something quite unusual on the ground. It was a Playboy magazine from 1958. I can't recognize anyone except for Lari Laine, whose movies were my teenage favorites. I've decided to bring it with me in case I get lonely again in the distances ahead.\n\u2026\n[9217-31]\nI found a human being today.\nBut I don't know whether to be happy or sad.\nSupposedly, I should be happy, because at this point any entity besides myself is a solace in this solitude. But I can't converse to him. He's just lying there, face-down on the ground, with a hole opened on the side of his head. The poor fella shot himself. I guess he was also trapped here, like me. But he seems well-equipped from head to toe, like an officer of some sort.\nI don't know. I feel disgusted with what my immediate reaction was. It was neither grief nor angst, but [REDACTED] \u2026After that, I did a thorough search. His belongings came down to a handgun, a tool kit consisting of a flashlight and some small gadgets, a pack of gum, an intercom (seems to be broken), and a personnel ID of an organization. I packed all these with me along with his wallet \u2013 not because I needed the money. I then said an informal eulogy before leaving him. Seeing how he ended up made me clear my mind a bit. I've got to get out \u2013 however long it will take.\n\u2026\n\u2026\n[9216-172?]\nThis may very well be my final entry. I'm no different than a dead man now.\nYesterday\u2026 presumably, I couldn't really tell how long ago it was, but I finally lost the last bit of control. I began thinking again. I can't help it. I can no longer distract myself. It's like the urge to jump down when you are at a high place; you're fine at first but the longer you stand on the edge the more you want to just step forward. I tried to pretend to myself that it's all fine. But I can't. I then looked at how long it had been \u2013 almost eight hundred years. For eight centuries now I have walked\u2026 and not even sure where this all leads. What did I even do to deserve this?! In a fit of rage I threw the pocket watch away. It was swallowed up by the darkness behind me before I could change my mind, which I immediately did. I tried going back to search for it, but it just disappeared. I didn't even hear the sound. It took a second before I realized what I've done.\nI don't know how much longer I will be able to last. I already have nothing to return to. At this point I just want an answer. The handgun inside my bag is luring me, but I'm not about to just let it have its way. I can still do this. I'll take it slow. The time is in my hands.\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n[????]\nThought voices were heard, not sure where.\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n[????]\nCold.\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n[????]\nLost in thought. Regained consciousness. Walked on.\n\u2026\n\u2026\n[????]\nWhere am I?\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n\u2026\n[-? 'till Dawn]\nIt feels like a bad dream that has gone on for way too long. I've thought about too many things and too little. I've come to terms with myself and with this path. This entire thing felt like a blur, but it's too realistic to be written off like that. I'm almost near the end of my journal and this journey\u2026 so it seems. I can't tell how long I've got ahead, but the sun \u2013 or whatever that's glowing beyond the horizon \u2013 seems to be rising. Finally, it's about time for morning twilight.\n[No Regrets]\nI'm sorry.\nEND OF DOCUMENT 2503-1\nAfterword: The journal, upon recovery, was in good condition, giving valuable firsthand observations from within SCP-2503. It should be mentioned that Henry \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is the only individual to have presumably exited the inner space. The timespan between his disappearance and reappearance (~80 hours) is thus taken as the amount of time necessary for a person to exit SCP-2503 via SCP-2503-2. Extensive background research has been conducted on him, his family, and his co-workers to cross-reference the information presented in Document 2503-1 and identify potential persons of interest. Noteworthy discrepancies are being studied at the moment. For instance, Henry's coworkers at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 reported that prior to his disappearance Henry was experiencing heavy stress from work and began acting erratically. Many recall him acting and speaking differently at times. Those who had attended the pub night the Friday Henry disappeared noted that Henry, a frequent attendant of the event, had declined their invitation saying he needs \"some time to himself\". Rosaline \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and their family doctor commented on Henry's recently developed tendency to talk to himself out loud, adding that he was suffering from frequent episodes of insomnia. Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 also revealed that only one child is registered under the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 household, who she introduced as being Marty \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, their 13-year old son.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2502 | SCP-2503 | SCP-2504 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2504\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: At least three boxes of SCP-2504 itself must be stored at Site-37 in a standard item storage locker.\nAny stores located in the continental United States and Canada which sell cereal products should be monitored for SCP-2504 instances. SCP-2504 instances found to be received by any stores should be recovered by MTF-Theta-10 (\"Welcome to Flavor Town\"), and any further shipments to the store discontinued. Standard amnestication procedures should be followed. Following the recovery, normal procedures involving the disposal of human remains should be followed.\nSCP-2504-1 should be kept in standard humanoid containment cells at Sector A1 at Site-37 until expiration. The remains should be disposed in the same way as SCP-2504.\nDescription: SCP-2504 instances are standard sized cereal boxes. On the front of each box, the words \"Embry-Os, the World's Most Popular Fetus Based Cereal!\" can be read, along with a picture of a bowl of milk filled with what appears to be human embryos, varying in age between 6 to 8 weeks old. There also reads a blurb at the top right corner which says \"Collect all 6 plastic body parts of the fetus and receive a very special exclusive prize!\" along with 6 differently colored plastic replicas of the limbs, head and torso of a 9 month old fetus, and a mailing address in order to deliver the collected parts. Investigation of the address revealed that such an address did not actually exist. The embryos present on the front lack any sort of placenta or other protective materials that would normally be found. The back of each box displays several different games, all fetus or embryo based in nature. The producer of the cereal is \"Orgogs Ltd.\" No company with that name currently exists or has existed. The nutrition label of the box displays content consistent with a normal box of Kellogg's Corn Pops, but with a heightened amount of iron, calcium, and sugar.\nA series of four advertisements is visible on the left side of each SCP-2504 box. In descending order, these read:\n\nZygoti-Os, the World's Most Popular Diploid Cell-based Cereal!\nThe Bone-Strengthening Calcers!\nHeartliers! The World's First Organ-Based Cereal Product! Guaranteed to reduce risk of heart disease!\nOur newest product! Bacteria Phlakes, packed with grams of nutritional requirements!\n\nEach box contains two objects. The first and main component of SCP-2504 is a bag of 6-8 week old sugar glazed embryos. When the embryos are introduced to milk, the sugar coating will start to dissolve. Once the entire coating has dissolved, the embryos will exhibit small, erratic movement of its limbs, consistent with the normal movement that an embryo at this stage would exhibit in the womb. The second item present in each box is one of six plastic body parts, as advertised on the front of the box.\nAny store that normally sells cereal products of any kind has the possibility of receiving SCP-2504 shipments. These shipments either replace or come with other cereals, such as Captain Crunch or Cheerios. Store employees do not view SCP-2504 as odd or out of place, stocking it as they would normal boxes of cereal.\nShould one of each plastic body part be recovered and collected in a package and sent to the address listed on the box, after a period of exactly three weeks, a package will be received. This package will always contain a human child of random gender and ethnicity, referred to as SCP-2504-1. A summary of its behaviors as it grows can be seen in addendum-2504.\nAddendum-2504:\n\nAge Range\nAbnormal Behavior\n\n0-2\nNone.\n\n2-4\nSCP-2504-1 will refuse any food that is not cereal, throwing fits at the prospect at eating anything else. Force feeding it will result in the regurgitation of any non-cereal food products.\n\n4-7/8\nWill begin advertising SCP-2504, inserting sales pitches into random conversations relating to food.\n\n7/8-12/13\nThe advertisements will increase in frequency, and will be inserted into conversations not just relating to food.\n\n12/13-16/17\nSCP-2504-1 will begin to question its origin. SCP-2504-1 will become more self aware about the advertisements, often apologizing for them after saying them.\n\n16/17-19, up to twentieth birthday\nThe interjections will drastically decrease in frequency. It will also display signs of depression.\n\n20\nOn the day of its twentieth birthday, it will thank its friends and (perceived) family. The moment it turns twenty, it will breakup into a pile of the contents of SCP-2504.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2503 | SCP-2504 | SCP-2505 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Entry Creation Wizard\nFor technical support, contact David Rosen, or as I'd rather prefer, don't.\nNote: Stop calling and telling me that the Wizard doesn't work on Android or your browser of choice. You shouldn't be accessing the database on anything other than a thoroughly scrubbed system through the standard browser, anyway.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2504 | SCP-2505 | SCP-2506 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2506\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2506 is to be housed in an L-Type Humanoid Anomaly Containment Cell (HACC) fitted with Sporzewski-grade Construct Stability Seals (CSS). A full audit of all CSSes attached to an SCP-2506 specimen's HACC is required before testing and/or interviewing can be authorized. All testing and/or interviewing is to be conducted remotely, with SCP-2506 remaining in its HACC at all times. One or more CSS may be disabled for testing purposes.\nThough not anomalous in and of itself, the current SCP-2506-1 is to be considered a part of this project, and is to remain with SCP-2506 at all times. The original SCP-2506-1 is to remain in a secure storage locker.\nDescription: SCP-2506 is a female Korean American child named Sarah Myo, born 2006-08-05. SCP-2506 presents with a Type-D(I) Reality Manipulation Ability1 enabling it to displace and transport objects to its current location using vocal commands. SCP-2506 is not able to affect non-existent materials, nor is it able to affect organic material, living or deceased.\nAlthough SCP-2506 shows an aptitude for mechanical and electrical engineering uncharacteristically advanced for its age, it is not believed to be anomalous in nature.\nThe current SCP-2506-1 is a non-anomalous stuffed crocodile SCP-2506 refers to as 'Niles'. SCP-2506 utilizes SCP-2506-1 as a focus object, believing SCP-2506-1 is instrumental to the correct functioning of its abilities. Tests have ruled this out. To activate its anomalous properties, SCP-2506 requests one or more objects from SCP-2506-1. These then materialize within 10-30 ms at a random location within 1.5 m of SCP-2506. In rare cases, objects requested have materialized inside other objects or elements of the environment such as walls or furniture.\nAddendum 2506-01: Preliminary Containment and Recovery Notes\nSCP-2506 was recovered from Spring Grove, MN on 2015-09-07 after local authorities received reports of unknown parties drag racing on an isolated stretch of road. Responding units then found SCP-2506 travelling at speeds in excess of 150 km/h in a scratch-built vehicle powered by a TJ 100 Turbojet Engine and containing parts from a motorized lawn mower, a go-cart, a bicycle, and several severely burnt playing cards. Subsequent to detainment, SCP-2506 showed evidence of anomalous properties when several items spontaneously materialized in the offices of the Spring Grove Police Department, including several beverages, a comic book, and an recent issue of Power Engineering Magazine. A Foundation Containment Team was dispatched when communication about these events was intercepted by a listening post and preliminary containment was effected with minimal impact on witnesses.\nThe sudden disappearance of one TJ 100 Turboject Engine was later determined to have caused the crash of an experimental ultralight aircraft in Gilze-Rijen, The Netherlands, several days prior to initial containment. Counter-information protocols were implemented according to standard procedure.\nAddendum 2506-Inc-01: Management Summary of incident report 2506/IncRep/01:v3.22-AES\nOn 2015-09-08, during a first attempt at SCP-2506's intake, it expressed a desire to see its mother. Subject did not appear. Intake was then rescheduled for later that day.\nAddendum 2506-Int-01: SCP-2506 intake d.d. 2015-09-08\n\nInterviewer: Dr. Langston-Keys (LK)\nInterviewed: Sarah Myo (SCP-2506)\nTimestamp: Wed, 09 Sep 2015 02:24:30 GMT\nLK: Hi Sarah. I'm Sophie. How are you doing?LK: You can call me Sophie, we're friends here. You're in a sort of hospital. We take care of children with really great talents. You have one of those, don't you?LK: (laughs) We noticed that, yes. But I wasn't talking about building stuff, really. That engine that you used for your\u2026LK: Yes. The engine you used for that\u2026where did you get it?LK: That's a cool crocodile toy you have there. How long have you had him?LK: Of course, of course. And you talk to Niles, and he brings you things you ask for?LK: You'll see your mom and dad soon, I promise. We just need to make sure that we understand what Niles does.LK: Yes. Yes, he is, isn't he? Say, can I borrow Niles for a little while, Sarah?LK: Never mind, Sarah, it's not important. Well, I'll make sure we get some stuff to play with. All you have to do is wait and play.\n\nFollowing the intake, SCP-2506-1 was removed from SCP-2506's HACC during her first night in containment. Tests revealed no anomalous properties, but SCP-2506-1 was replaced with an identical copy to rule out that the suspected anomalous properties were tied to SCP-2506-1.\n\nBibliography\n1. Clef, A.; Choi-Zimmern, T.S.; et al. - A Modest Proposal: A Classification of Reality Fracturing and Manipulation Abilities in Humanoid Anomalies, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, 4th edition Scientific Critics Press, 2005.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2505 | SCP-2506 | SCP-2507 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2507\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-2507 are to be contained in Wildlife Observation Chambers located within Site-77. These chambers have been painted pink, and outfitted with a number of toys, such as dolls, dollhouses, makeup, and glitter. At least one hairbrush per SCP-2507 instance is to be provided, to facilitate cooperation.\nOne live pig is to be introduced to the chamber every twelve hours for feeding purposes. Staff are required to communicate with SCP-2507 via the intercom once per day; however no staff are permitted to enter the containment chamber. In the event that SCP-2507 must be moved, they are to be incapacitated and moved while unconscious.\nDescription: SCP-2507 designates eleven organisms of the class Arachnida, with an average height of 3 meters and a mass of 54 kilograms. All instances of SCP-2507 are capable of vocalizing in American English, and speak in voices resembling young female children.1\nWhen left to their own devices, SCP-2507 instances will move around the chamber, interacting with the various objects left within. The most common behavior is brushing hair, with each SCP-2507 spending at least four hours per day grooming itself and others. While doing this, SCP-2507 instances will communicate with each other, about the events taking place within a non-existent \"Brachypelma Elementary School.\"\nAll instances of SCP-2507 adhere to a loose social hierarchy, with an SCP-2507 instance identified as \"Kemberly\" being socially dominant. \"Kemberly\" frequently discusses rumors with other SCP-2507 instances, and when questioned, claims to have come across the rumors on the \"World Wide Web\". Further questioning was ignored by all SCP-2507 instances.\nIf not provided with entertainment, SCP-2507 will become restless, and begin attempting to exit containment. Phrases such as 'I'm bored', 'when will mom pick us up', 'can we watch cartoons?' and 'you look tasty.' are common. Researchers have noted that when in this agitated state, SCP-2507 instances become much more aggressive towards one another, sharply criticizing the appearance, behaviors, and cephalothorax of the instances lower on the social hierarchy.\nAddendum: On 4/18/1987, the eldest instance of SCP-2507 began to display previously unknown biological functions. It shed its exoskeleton, and began to produce massive amounts of webbing. It did not appear to have any control over these functions, and body language indicated a great deal of stress. Researchers were not able to induce vocal communications.\nThe other instances of SCP-2507 refused to move near it, and for six days they forced the SCP-2507 instance into one corner of the containment chamber. On 4/25/1987, the SCP-2507 instance was ripped apart and killed by the other instances of SCP-2507, who placed the remains within the shed husk. It was then removed for sanitation purposes.\nInterviews with the remaining SCP-2507 instances has provided no clear motive for why the killing occurred, and they have been reluctant to speak due to fear. Current plans of action to gain additional information about the killing involve interviewing individual instances of SCP-2507 in a setting apart from the \"Kemberly\" instance.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The similarity of this effect to SCP-3979-2 has been noted, and the potential of a shared origin is currently under investigation.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2506 | SCP-2507 | SCP-2508 \u00bb"}
{"text": "THIS DOCUMENT HAS NO CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS\nAnd is exempt from all security precautions by order of O5-7\n\nSCP-2508.\n\nItem #: SCP-2508\nObject Class: None\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to its unusual nature, containment efforts for SCP-2508 are to be focused on its upkeep, research regarding its origin and significance, and maintaining its routines.\nThe current resident is to add their name to the logbook, along with their Foundation ID and occupation. SCP-2508-1 is to be filled every day at noon, and should be inspected for cracks or leaks on a monthly basis, with repairs being made accordingly. The hatch in front of SCP-2508-2 is to be closed during bad weather and all of winter.\nSCP-2508 is to be kept in good condition. The archives are to be kept organized at all times. Please note that all necessities such as food and medication are restocked daily.\nAdditionally, the current resident is to record any and all findings they come across regarding SCP-2508. They are also encouraged to catalog any other thoughts, experiences, and/or dreams they deem relevant. It is imperative that these records be concise. Incomplete data and fragments of information are also acceptable, including any knowledge pertaining to fields of study that may be useful to future residents.\nThe current resident is to attempt to maintain a mental state of well-being. For more information on the subject, see the study. Finally, at all times, an up to date version of this document is to be kept within a laminated slot located on the table by the door.\nDescription: SCP-2508 is a cottage-style house of indeterminate location, as well as its .53 km2 of surrounding property. The house has two main floors, not including its one basement and attic. The manner in which SCP-2508 is discovered by an individual is always unintentional, and past residents have noted coming across the house at varying addresses in separate towns, different countries, and under wildly dissimilar circumstances. Both SCP-2508's builders and original inhabitants (if it can be presumed there were any) are unknown at this time.\nOnly one person is capable of being inside SCP-2508 at a time. As an individual enters, however, they will become incapable of leaving. The reason for this comes from the fact that as one exits the property of SCP-2508 on one end, they will find themselves arriving at the other end. This looping - or recursive - geographical space is what prevents escape from SCP-2508. At this point the reader may be growing aware of the implications of what has just been described. It should be clarified that - as escape from SCP-2508 is impossible, and SCP-2508 is not believed to have any real world location - sending information to the outside world is not a possibility. Barring an unforeseen scenario, all material regarding SCP-2508, including this document, is confined within SCP-2508 itself.\nTherefore, if you are reading this document, you are now the current resident of SCP-2508. All of your duties to The Foundation of the outside world are (unofficially) null and void. The current working theory is that The Foundation at large has no knowledge of this place whatsoever. The information presented in this document has not been subject to review by The Foundation as a whole, but instead is the culmination of each individual Foundation member who has lived and died in the isolation of SCP-2508.\nHerein lies more unexplained characteristics of SCP-2508. All recorded past residents have been Foundation personnel of clearance level 1 or higher. The reason for this remains unclear, but research suggests that (judging from water levels of SCP-2508-1 when new residents arrive) if a resident of SCP-2508 dies, they are replaced by a new resident within the same day. Depending on your predecessor's cause of death, you may have some cleaning up to do1.\n\nSCP-2508-1\n\nhide\n\nSCP-2508-1.\n\nSCP-2508-1 is a wood and metal pump-like device in the attic. The machine has a height of 1 m and is affixed to the floor. Water put into the machine is pumped throughout the day to an unknown location via a series of six small PVC pipes that run from the bottom end of the machine to a small hole in the wall. If fully filled, SCP-2508-1 will drain in approximately 30 hours. A plaque built into the device contains the following written passage:\n\nPlease fill this machine once per day at noontime. We cannot arrive with as much haste if the machine runs dry. We hope you understand, and trust that you will keep your side of the arrangement now that we have kept ours. Thank you.\n\nFailing to fill the machine as instructed appears to have degenerative effects on both SCP-2508 and the individual who lives there. Allowing the device to remain empty for a prolonged period of time is believed to be fatal2. It is advised that you heed the instruction.\n\nSCP-2508-2\n\nhide\n\nSCP-2508-2 (hatch not pictured).\n\nSCP-2508-2 designates the patch of organic material in the basement. The material is of green coloration with small amounts of red and purple hues. It is not of any known species of plant. This material will photosynthesize if allowed sunlight through a hatch (due to the structure of the basement, this hatch is placed slightly above ground level), and will occasionally bloom with blue flowers. Some have reported hearing a static sound coming from the object, or a faint red glow coming off of it in intermittent pulses. Translated from Morse code, these pulsations read:\n\nThanks for keeping the plants fed. Hit a snag in traffic, might take a bit longer than expected.\n\nLike with SCP-2508-1, the hatch for SCP-2508-2 also has a plaque on it. Its text has been provided below.\n\nPlease keep this hatch open only in good weather. Please keep it closed for rain, snow, and the chill of winter. Thank you.\n\nAddendum: The record archive in the study has proven to be the most efficient way for cataloging and compiling research for future residents. However, a miscellaneous section was also added at some point3 to record the thoughts of those trapped here. You may feel free to read up on your predecessors. Provided below is an example intended to prime you for your stay here.\n\nShow Excerpt\n\nhide\n\n\"I was driving home when it happened. It was about a 30 minute commute through a lot of back roads, and I was terribly drunk. It was one of those \"XK Class Scenario averted, let's celebrate\" occasions, so I didn't really hesitate to down more than my fair share of wine. When I arrived at my front porch, car askew so that the front tires dug into the dirt on my front lawn, I stumbled for the door. After a great amount of fidgeting I managed to to get my key in the lock, and finally got the door open. But then when I looked around, it wasn't my house at all. It was this place. Dumbfounded, I went back outside. Surely, I thought, I had accidentally entered another house in my drunken stupor. But now not even the outside was as expected. The suburban-urban environment had shifted to a countryside. My car was still there, sitting on the asphalt road which was now a dirt road. Everything was different, and it was never quite the same.\nThat was all 23 years ago. No doubt my position as O5 was replaced long, long ago, and here I am, having found startlingly few answers. Every once in a while I'll find an old shoe or a photograph of someone who came before me, and I am reminded how we are all chained together in an oblivious and obligatory service to this place.\nLately the clouds keep rolling in, and the plants in the basement are buzzing more than usual. I hear the gurgling of water draining through the pipes in the walls from that old dusty machine, and sometimes I try to find where that water goes. I think it goes out beyond the house, into the grassy field in front of the swing set. When I lay on the grass, sometimes, if I listen very closely and everything else is quiet, I swear I can hear noises coming from far below the ground. They sound like some kind of clockwork mechanism, its gears quietly humming. I don't know what it means, and I don't think I ever will.\nUndoubtedly, the most puzzling thing about this place is really quite a small feature. There's a computer terminal in the study, and it looks like it's one of the oldest things in the house. It's clearly Foundation, but it's\u2026 unsettling, to say the least. We would have known about this if the Foundation knew, I'm sure. But if that's truly the case, then it still doesn't explain how the anomaly got its number designation. Is it arbitrary, or is it actually cataloged in the outside world? I don't think it's possible to know from here.\nSometimes I feel like I'm waiting for something, or for someone. It's not for someone to save me, but it's as if I'm waiting to meet someone here. I dream of what that meeting might be, or why it might be in the first place. But somewhere deep down I know that I will almost certainly die here, and this long wait will be passed down to another, to continue waiting with bated breath for something, though what exactly that something is we can't be sure of.\nMaybe someday I'll learn how the food gets restocked.\"\n\n-Written by O5-7\n\nFootnotes\n1. Cleaning supplies are in the upstairs bathroom.\n2. The previous editor, Dr. Orion, failed to provide an explanation for how this is fatal. I have left it here regardless as it is important information -Dr. Oswald\n3. Exact date unknown.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2507 | SCP-2508 | SCP-2509 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2509-e in Outdoor Containment Area\n\nItem #: SCP-2509\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-2509 are to be housed in individual Standard Safe Zoological Containment Units. Entities are to have access to an Outdoor Containment Area for four hours each day. SCP-2509 objects require no sustenance, but are to be provided weekly with canine toys. Staff are not permitted in SCP-2509 enclosures.\nDescription: SCP-2509 consists of five objects: (U.S. Units per official object description)\n\nSCP-2509-a: Wilton 4lb Head 12\" Sledge Hammer\nSCP-2509-b: RYOBI Cordless Power Drill P205\nSCP-2509-c: Fiskars 8\" Hedge Shears\nSCP-2509-d: Wooster Majestic 2\" Paintbrush\nSCP-2509-e: Echo 16\" Gas Chain Saw\n\nAll objects are animate, capable of movement by rapidly slamming themselves against the ground while pivoting and tilting forward. Instances are also capable of jumping and rearing up as though they possess hind legs. Each entity's primary interaction with individuals and objects is expressed through that item's primary function. It should be noted that SCP-2509-b and SCP-2509-e operate continuously without need of energy source or fuel.\nTesting shows all objects demonstrate the approximate intellect, behaviors, and general mannerisms of Canis lupus familiaris1. Instances are very friendly towards humans, but seem unaware of both their anomalous form and the hazards they present. As a result, interaction with SCP-2509 entities is extremely dangerous.\nBehavior analysis of individual instances shows identical responses during testing. As such, researchers theorize that objects are separate iterations of the same source intelligence.\nDiscovery Log: SCP-2509 was discovered in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, TX, USA by \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 County Police officers after noise complaints were filed against Mark G\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Embedded Foundation personnel reported anomalous activity on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588 at 0423 hours. Mobile Task Force Theta-14 (\"Pound Puppies\") was sent to the scene. Discovering officers were successfully amnesticized.\nSCP-2509 entities were found in G\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's home garage. MTF-Theta-14 contained the instances, though minor injuries were incurred. Agents discovered G\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's body on floor. Cause of death was loss of blood and extreme physical trauma, presumably caused by SCP-2509 objects. Also discovered was the body of a Canis lupus familiaris, breed Golden Retriever. Animal showed no signs of injury; necropsy confirms it died of lymphosarcoma2 several days prior. Investigation of the home discovered multiple framed pictures of G\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 with the animal in question.\nSeveral ritualistic items and mathematical diagrams of an unknown nature were also found beside the bodies; however, objects were badly damaged, and little could be determined about their origin. Also found was a book entitled Mathematical Incursions Intersecting Transubstantive Constructs. (See Excerpt Below) No indication of author or publisher could be found.\nDisinformation campaign following G\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's death was minimal as background check discovered no known relatives or close associates. Official cause of death was listed as suicide.\nExcerpt from Mathematical Incursions Intersecting Transubstantive Constructs\nPassage bookmarked and heavily annotated by G\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nConcentrate on mental image of target deceased, preferably laughing or running\nFold mental image 45\u00b0, Quadrant 1 to Quadrant 3\nRotate 14\u00b0 anticlockwise\nRotate on z-axis 37\u00b0 towards remembrance\nBisect mental image along w-axis, compensate for distortions with images of birds\nInhale, hold breath for 4 seconds.\nExhale, lowering mental image perpendicular to plane of thought until intersection with the intended body of inhabitance.\nCaution: Spillage may contaminate unintended vessels.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Common domestic dog.\n2. Cancer of the lymphatic system.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2508 | SCP-2509 | SCP-2510 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2510\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to its self-containing nature, containment has been minimal. SCP-2510-1 has been moved to cold storage, and amnestics administered to Zachary Amos as well as the McArthur family.\nDescription: SCP-2510 is a phenomenon surrounding Samantha McArthur (hereby referred to as SCP-2510-1), a 17 year-old high school senior who from 2016 to just before her death in 2019, attended Oakhill Secondary School in Converse, Indiana. While autopsy reports have been inconclusive due to the condition of her body, Foundation coroners have estimated SCP-2510-1 died approximately five months prior to discovery, in late December. Her death is currently believed to be self-inflicted and non-anomalous.\nAll individuals within Converse will refuse to acknowledge SCP-2510-1, ignoring it entirely when within the vicinity. If brought up tangentially in conversation, those affected will choose to focus on other topics of the discussion. When directly pressed on SCP-2510 or SCP-2510-1, individuals will remain entirely silent. Individuals appear to possess the relevant knowledge, but are unwilling or unable to express it. Individuals pressed sufficiently will refuse to speak with Foundation personnel any longer.1\nDiscovery: SCP-2510 was discovered by Reba Sinclair, the aunt of a student at Oakhill, who traveled to Converse to attend their nephew's graduation. Upon entering the women's bathroom and encountering SCP-2510-1 she became distressed and called the authorities, who were also subject to SCP-2510. Sinclair then escalated to the Indiana State Police, informing them that the local police were refusing to investigate a death, where Foundation-embedded agents responded.\nFoundation attempts to investigate SCP-2510 have been unsuccessful at this time. The initial attempt involved posing as state police, and attempting to question students and faculty about McArthur. Despite threats of legal action or jail-time, all individuals refused to speak about the anomaly.\nAttempts to place undercover agents in either the faculty or student population, while being successful, have not resulted in any individuals willing to share information. Attempts to covertly gather information on SCP-2510 have resulted in suspicion towards the agents' unorthodox behaviour, forcing the Foundation to withdraw them.\nAnalysis of SCP-2510 has identified it as a type of socio-antimeme, spread through social bonds rather than traditional methods. Any attempts by Foundation personnel to learn it would thus be impossible, as no Foundation staff had any social links to the community of Converse.\nEfforts have instead shifted to finding an individual that would be considered sufficiently removed from the community to be willing to speak to the Foundation, but also possessed knowledge of SCP-2510-1.\n\nInterviewed: Zachary Amos\nInterviewer: Agent Barnes\nForeword: Searching school records for new arrivals, the Foundation contacted Amos, a senior at Oakhill who moved to the area six months ago, in order to discuss SCP-2510.\n<Begin Log>\nBarnes: Thank you for agreeing to speak with me. Most of your friends haven't been so cooperative.\nAmos: No problem. Can we\u2026 can we just keep it between us? I don't want them to know about it.\nBarnes: We'll make sure they're kept unaware. (pauses) Do you think they'd be mad at you for speaking to me?\nAmos: Not sure. I think it's more of an unspoken thing, maybe? Like I don't know all of them that well, but I just\u2026 I don't know, get the feeling I'm not supposed to talk about\u2026 it.\nBarnes: I see. And what exactly is \"it\" supposed to be?\nAmos remains silent, although visibly distressed.\nBarnes: Can you tell me about McArthur? Why was her body left undiscovered in a school bathroom for five months?\nAmos remains silent.\nBarnes: You know what, let's talk about something else for now. Tell me about your life at Oakhill. Do you like the place?\nAmos becomes visibly relieved.\nAmos: Yeah, it's a good school. I was kinda worried about moving, you know, how everyone in these types of town know each other. Like, everyone. You know what I mean?\nBarnes: Yes, I think so. Continue.\nAmos: It kinda feels very closed off, from what you see in movies and stuff. But I got over it. It's great. Everyone knows each other, and everyone watches out for each other. No matter what.\nBarnes: Noted. Can you tell me about your classmates? Anyone who comes to mind, for any reason?\nAmos: Kevin Cosniak and Derek Thompson. They're both on the football team, everyone knows them. Very popular. Sort of the ringleaders of the school.\nBarnes: Have you interacted with them-\nAmos: I mean, they're kinda dicks, if I'm being honest. But they're not that smart. They get through most things by dumb luck, from what I can tell. That's just what I think of them.\nBarnes: \u2026Ah. I'll keep that in mind. But going back to the question, have you interacted with them much?\nAmos: Uh, not that much. Like, I'd see them around school, I had most classes with them, homeroom too, same with- never mind. But we didn't really talk to each other.\nBarnes: Why not?\nAmos: Well, they're kinda dicks, already mentioned that. But I always got this weird feeling from them.\nBarnes: Can you elaborate?\nAmos remains silent.\nBarnes: Alright. When would you say is the last\u2026 significant encounter you had with either Derek or Kevin in the past, let's say five months?\nAmos: It was at the party. Team just won a pretty important game against the- well, you wouldn't really care. Just meant we were contenders for the state. So Derek invited some people over to his place to celebrate, it's pretty big.\nBarnes: Anyone interesting attend it?\nAmos: Uh\u2026 well there was Derek, his girlfriend Caroline, Kevin, everyone on the football team and our homeroom, a few people from the other classes as well.\nBarnes: Everyone from your homeroom?\nAmos nods enthusiastically.\nBarnes: Alright. How did the party go?\nAmos remains silent.\nBarnes: Let me rephrase that. How was your mood at the beginning of the party?\nAmos: Pretty good. Derek's older brother managed to get some beer, so everyone was having a pretty good time at first. Everyone got pretty drunk, though. Like Derek and Kevin.\nBarnes: Did Derek or Kevin do something to disrupt this mood?\nAmos nods, but does not elaborate.\nBarnes: From what we've seen, most students at your school seem to be in a good mood. Would you say that you and most people disagreed on the incident?\nAmos: I think one of the things about small towns like Converse, like I said earlier, everyone looks out for each other. Especially for the football team. No one wants to ruin anything.\nBarnes: People didn't want to rock the boat. Even if it meant covering something awful up?\nAmos remains silent.\nBarnes: Everyone just ignored whatever they did?\nAmos remains silent.\nBarnes: What did they do to Samantha?\nAmos remains silent, and is visibly distressed.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: Due to an inability to gather any more relevant information, Amos was released after being administered a Class B amnestic.\n\nFootnotes\n1. While amnestics are able to effectively \"reset\" an individual's disposition towards questioning, the Ethics Committee has prohibited the repetitive use of amnestics in this manner due to concerns of brain trauma.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2509 | SCP-2510 | SCP-2511 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Lake Kh\u00f6vsg\u00f6l Settlement Area (LKSA)\n\nItem #: SCP-2511\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: To house SCP-2511-A instances currently in Mongolia, the Lake Kh\u00f6vsg\u00f6l Settlement Area (LKSA) has been established in collaboration with the Government of Mongolia. SCP-2511-A instances held at LKSA are not to be transported out of Mongolia, and are to be fitted with GPS tracking bracelets on one of their limbs.\nSCP-2511-A instances located in their native settlements are to be monitored via remote underwater drones; see Document 2511-Ka for a list of said settlements.\nMobile Task Force Kappa-26 (\"Kappa Zulu\") is to be divided into two divisions: K-26-Alpha (based at LKSA) and K-26-Beta (based at Site-49). MTF K-26-Alpha is tasked with the following duties:\n\nOversee relocation of SCP-2511-A instances recovered in Mongolia to LKSA.\nServe as liaison to the SCP-2511-A community in LKSA.\nMaintain census record of the total population of SCP-2511-A instances in LKSA. Census is to be updated once every three months.\n\nMTF K-26-Beta is tasked with the following duties:\n\nMonitor SCP-2511-A instances located in their native settlements via remote underwater drones.\nMaintain census record of the total population of SCP-2511-A instances in native settlements. Census is to be updated once every three months.\nUpdate (01/10/2002): Prevent any pre-adolescent humans from having contact with river bodies where SCP-2511-A settlements are found. If said individuals have contact with said river bodies, MTF K-26-Alpha is to be notified and initiate Procedure 975-Sirius to recover them.\n\nDescription: SCP-2511 refers to a series of phenomena involving a population of approximately 10,000 specimens of SCP-2511-A. Details of said phenomena are as follows:\n\nA mass teleportation event that occurred on 8 July 1999, whereby approximately 10,000 SCP-2511-A instances were displaced from their native habitats in Northern Kyushu (specifically the Japanese prefectures of Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto and \u014cita) to water bodies throughout Mongolia.\nWhen displaced SCP-2511-A instances exit Mongolia either on foot or via vehicle, they will spontaneously disappear upon crossing Mongolian borders and re-manifest in a location within Mongolia.\nThe ratio of SCP-2511-A instances in Mongolia to those outside Mongolia is such that the former is consistently larger than the latter. If SCP-2511-A population in Mongolia becomes less than that outside Mongolia, additional SCP-2511-A instances will be displaced from outside Mongolia until the ratio is maintained.\n\nAn artist's impression of a suspected SCP-2511-A instance sighted in 1836 CE, deemed to be among the more accurate historic depictions of SCP-2511-A.\n\nSCP-2511-A refers to a species of bipedal amphibian humanoids, physically resembling the Andrias japonicus (Japanese giant salamander) yet possessing mammalian traits such as the presence of hair and mammary glands. Average height and mass of SCP-2511-A is 1.50 m and 60 kg respectively. SCP-2511-A's native language is an unknown language linguistically related to the Japonic language family, although many are capable of speaking the Saga dialect of Japanese. SCP-2511-A is typically native to settlements found in the rivers of Northern Kyushu, although a population of instances have been found in Mongolia due to SCP-2511 (as stated in paragraph 1 of Description).\nSCP-2511-A's most distinct physical trait is the hemispheric concavity on the head, with an approximate circumference of 35 cm, usually filled with water. If less than 25% of the concavity's volume is filled with liquid, SCP-2511-A will experience full body paralysis.\nSCP-2511-A instances were first identified outside Bulgan, Mongolia along the banks of the Orkhon River. Subsequent investigations identified up to 10,000 SCP-2511-A instances, with the highest concentration of instances in the southern shores of Lake Kh\u00f6vsg\u00f6l. Through interviews with SCP-2511-A instances in LKSA, approximate locations of their native settlements in Japan were identified.\nAddendum 2511-1: Below is an excerpt of a report of identified SCP-2511-A settlements in Northern Kyushu, as observed via underwater drones.\n\nSCP-2511-A instances are commonly engaged in the construction of underwater structures similar to tumuli of the Kofun period. However, these tumuli appear to be devoid of corpses and are instead filled with personal effects.\n\nAddendum 2511-2: The following consists of an interview with SCP-2511-A-0126 (\"Chikugo no Kawasaru\"), an SCP-2511-A instance regarded as a literati among the SCP-2511-A community.\n\n+ View Interview Log 2511-A-0126-1\n\n- Hide Interview Log\n\nInterviewee: SCP-2511-A-0126\nInterviewer: Dr. Misako MacMorrow\nForeword: The following interview is originally conducted in the Saga dialect of Japanese.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. MacMorrow: Good morning to you, may we have your name for records?\n[SCP-2511-A-0126 stares blankly at Dr. MacMorrow.]\nDr. MacMorrow: Excuse me, is there anything wrong?\nSCP-2511-A-0126: No, nothing is wrong. It is just odd and intriguing that your kind still survive to this day.\nDr. MacMorrow: What do you mean?\nSCP-2511-A-0126: It may feel awkward to say this, but your kind are creatures of myth to us \u2013 the Children of the Sun that walk the day. There were legends our forefathers had written, the Day of Flowers when your kind overcame the Children of the Night.1 But I am really amazed to see one such Child of the Sun upfront and so amiable.\nDr. MacMorrow: I am flattered by your claims. But may I ask for your name? You may call me Misako.\nSCP-2511-A-0126: Misako-san, what is your source name?\nDr. MacMorrow: Excuse me, please elaborate.\nSCP-2511-A-0126: The name of your home river. In my case, since I am from the Chikugo River, I am Chikugo no Kawasaru.\nDr. MacMorrow: Kawasaru-san, we of the surface won't have a source name.\n[SCP-2511-A-0126 sighs.]\nSCP-2511-A-0126: Ah, the Chikugo. My parents would be most worried for me.\nDr. MacMorrow: It will be alright. We are here to help you, but we also need you to cooperate with us and tell us what happened before you ended up here.\nSCP-2511-A-0126: I don't know, it was an ordinary day before this happened. I slept for the night as usual and the next day, I felt that the water tasted differently. When I opened my eyes, that's when I realised I was no longer at home and here I am.\nDr. MacMorrow: Thank you for the account. Is there anything peculiar prior to the event?\nSCP-2511-A-0126: Nothing much, all was ordinary. But I do remember having a dream the night before. There was some incantation echoing in my mind, as though it were a demonic curse.\nDr. MacMorrow: Can you recall any bit of it?\nSCP-2511-A-0126: za kappa izu m\u014d k\u014dmanr\u012b faundo in mang\u014dr\u012ba.2 I'm sure it's about my kind, but what is a mang\u014dr\u012ba exactly?\nDr. MacMorrow: I believe you mean Mongolia. This is where we are at now.\n<End Log>\n\nAddendum 2511-3: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2002, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a six year-old Japanese male, was reported missing after falling into the Chikugo River. Three months after the incident, a child resembling \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was sighted in an orphanage in Ulaanbaatar. Caretakers of the orphanage claimed that the child was found along a nearby river and rescued by fishermen on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2002, coinciding with the reported time \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 had fallen into the Chikugo River.\nDNA analysis verified the child's identity as \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and he was subsequently returned to his immediate family.\nProcedures have been updated accordingly; see Update (01/10/2002).\nAddendum 2511-4: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2007, MTF K-26-Alpha operatives have reported that several SCP-2511-A instances found in Khyargas Lake were taken by unidentified individuals. Pending further investigation.\nAddendum 2511-32: On 07/07/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, MTF K-26-Beta operatives have reported the mass disappearance of SCP-2511-A instances that normally reside in the Matsuura River in Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture. Whereabouts unknown.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Access to SCP-2511-A's account of the Day of Flowers is restricted to at least Level 3 security clearance.\n2. Speculated to be a transliteration of \"the kappa is more commonly found in Mongolia\". Other SCP-2511-A instances affected by SCP-2511 have quoted the exact phrase as well.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2510 | SCP-2511 | SCP-2512 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2512\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2512 and an additional 1 km buffer zone are to be identified publicly via signage, official records, and local disinformation campaigns as Sanitary Chemical Purgation LTD, a hazardous waste sequestration facility. The perimeter of this area is to be fenced and patrolled on a randomized schedule by staff in full hazardous waste protection garb.1 Site 392 has been established to enable continuing observation and security operations for SCP-2512, and maintenance of the cover operation.\nLocal wildlife is to be deterred from regular consumption of SCP-2512 materials when possible.\nFormer SCP-2512-1 is to be retained as Special Circumstances Class C Staff (minimal clearance). Former SCP-2512-1 is to continue efforts to reestablish contact with SCP-2512-3 at all opportunities.\nAny site personnel suspecting themselves to be in contact with SCP-2512-3 are to attempt to establish a lighthearted conversation while locating a senior staff member for further assessment and instruction. Suggested topics include local wildlife, geology, aesthetics, meteorology, gardening, and recent pop culture.\nDescription: SCP-2512 is an approximately 25 km2 region near \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Arizona defined by anomalous terrain, meteorological phenomena, and flora. Core samples have indicated that the anomaly continues to an average depth of 2.5 km for the majority of its surface area, tapering off as it approaches its boundary.\nSCP-2512 superficially resembles the surrounding rocky desert, but is constructed entirely of organic materials. Components of SCP-2512 do not undergo spoilage or decay. Bacteria and non-living materials inconsistent with the composition of SCP-2512 are weakly repelled at the boundary of SCP-2512. Any such material forcibly introduced to SCP-2512 is gradually converted to materials present within SCP-2512.2\n\n+ Partial listing of known equivalent materials\n\n- Partial listing of known equivalent materials\n\nMaterial\nEquivalent material\n\nHematite bearing stone or soil\nA mixture of animal and plant tissues saturated with a food-grade oil. Tests have identified the animal components as Bos taurus (domesticated cow), Sus scrofa domestica (domesticated pig), and various species of fish. The plant components are consistent with the ingredients of a regional variant of adobo3\n\nNon-hematite bearing stone or sand\nYellow, frangible material identified as fried Zea Mays (corn) flour, various dairy products consistent with products of domestic cattle species\n\nflint gravel\nVarious Legumes\n\nWater (nonpotable)\n\nResults have included:\n\nMilk (bovine)\nA slurry of spices, Solanum lycopersicum (tomato), various members of genus Capsicum, dilute acetic acid and sodium chloride\nTequila\nWater (potable)\n\nThe total mass and area of SCP-2512 have remained constant since initial containment. If material is removed from SCP-2512, within 48 hours an anomalous meteorological event will occur in airspace above SCP-2512. This event will deposit a mixture of SCP-2512's component materials equal to the removed mass, in a manner which restores superficial resemblance to the surrounding non-anomalous terrain. Similar events periodically redistribute material within SCP-2512 to maintain said appearance.\nAll vegetation within SCP-2512 is designated SCP-2512-2. All original instances of SCP-2512-2 loosely resemble plants native to the region, but with cellular and genetic composition identical to that of one or more edible plant species. Non-native plant specimens introduced to SCP-2512 are likewise converted to instances of SCP-2512-2, but retain their original morphology within structural limits of the altered tissue. The duration of this process increases with the plant's dissimilarity to its altered species, and the size of the specimen.\n\n+ Partial catalogue of plant conversion experiments\n\n- Partial catalogue of plant conversion experiments\n\nSpecimen introduced\nResulting SCP-2512-2\n\n8 Malus domestica (apple tree) Saplings\nCellular structure converted to cultivars of Capsicum annuum or Capsicum Chinense. Specimens have continued growth following typical Malus Domestica morphology, and each has annually produced a crop of peppers appropriate to its altered genome since 1996.\n\n1 Persea americana (Avocado tree)\nTree unaltered, however fruits produced lack internal structural cohesion and contain no pits.\n\n1 Carnegiea gigantea (Saguaro Cactus)\nPartial conversion to Solanum Lycopersicum (tomato) fruit prior to structural collapse\n\n36 specimens of Zea Mays (corn)\nUnaltered, but upon maturation kernels underwent rapid dessication by expulsion of internal fluids prior to disintegration and self immolation within unfolded husk leaves. This process produced 2-3 curved shells from each ear of kernels.\n\n3 Osmundastrum cinnamomeum (cinnamon fern)\nStructure largely unaltered, pigmentation visibly lightened. Leaves found to be composed of Lactuca sativa (lettuce). Stems composed of Coriandrum sativum (coriander/cilantro). Tubers structurally similar, and genetically identical, to Physalis philadelphica (tomatillo) fruit\n\nSCP-2512 has no primary effect on complex animal life. Captured specimens of local wildlife display no adverse affects from long-term consumption of SCP-2512 beyond highly elevated cholesterol levels.\nSCP-2512-3 is an entity of unknown origin and nature, with an indeterminate capacity for alteration of the local environment and local reality. SCP-2512-3 is believed to be the agency by which SCP-2512 was created, and is the focus of ongoing efforts at amicable neutralization of SCP-2512. SCP-2512-3 has to date conducted all communication as a perceived voice heard only within the mind of the recipient, making confirmation and documentation of these encounters difficult. The voice is consistently described as androgynous to feminine with a pleasant demeanor.\n14 officially recognized conversations with SCP-2512-3 have been documented during containment. Instances include brief conversations on various \"small talk\" subjects, expressions of gratitude following positive comments about SCP-2512 or the surrounding area, and apparent attempts to console emotionally distressed staff. 3 additional encounters with SCP-2512-3 have involved minor alterations of the local environment in response to rhetorical statements.4\nAttempts to engage SCP-2512-3 in prolonged conversation have had little success, with most attempts to steer the conversation to the creation of SCP-2512 or SCP-2512-3 itself resulting in polite deflection. All conversations have ended abruptly, in a manner that one staff member likened to \"someone dozing off in the middle of a conversation\".\nFormer SCP-2512-1 is a human male, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. From the mid-1960's until containment in April 1987, former SCP-2512-1 lived a transient lifestyle heavily involved in the \u201cHippie\u201d and \u201cNew Age\u201d movements, with a professed special interest in transcendental meditation and the use of mind altering substances as aids to spiritual enlightenment. Former SCP-2512-1 was initially classified as a Class 3L5 Reality Bender, but is no longer considered to be himself anomalous or directly responsible for the creation of SCP-2512. Former SCP-2512-1 possesses only minimal understanding of the means by which SCP-2512 was created. Former SCP-2512-1 has, however, attempted to provide information on the methods by which he made contact with the entity SCP-2512-3. This information has as of yet been of little to no utility.\n\n+ Addendum 2512-2 (Executive command issued 7/23/2006)\n\n- Addendum 2512-2 (Executive command issued 7/23/2006)\n\nIn light of Event 1425, all information, speculation, or conjecture provided by Former SCP-2512-1 regarding the methods used to establish contact with SCP-2512-3 and the \"Walk With the Five Stars\" retreat Former SCP-2512-1 attended in the February of 1986 is to be documented and reported to Foundation Intelligence. The fragmentary information possessed by Former SCP-2512-1 regarding \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-Prime has been deemed insufficient to pose a cognitohazard to himself or others. Former SCP-2512-1 is to be monitored for any change in quality of recall or expressed interest in the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nInterview log 2512-7\nFollowing location and detainment of SCP-2512-1, who had fled the area when agents began initial containment, a series of interviews were conducted which gradually established SCP-2512-3 as the actual source of the anomaly, and SCP-2512-1's limited understanding of the means by which he had contacted SCP-2512-3. The following is an excerpt from the tenth such interview (conducted on 5/23/1987, six months after the initial discovery of SCP-2512).\nDr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: So describe for me again the day that SCP-2512 was created.\nSCP-2512-1: Um, okay\u2026I guess since I was born in January\u2026\nDr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: *Sighs* You are SCP-2512 dash one. SCP-2512 is the ta\u2026 the anomalous region.\nSCP-2512-1: Oooh, right\u2026yeah, I catch your vibe now. So I'm sitting on this rock out in the middle of nowhere communing with Mother Earth, and it was just perfect. There were eagles flying, the weather was perfect, I had on my favorite socks\u2026 and I had the best stuff that day, must have been Jamaican or something because I tell you I have never had anything like\u2026\nDr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yes, but we've already done quite a bit of talking on that part already. And for the transcripts: We tracked what he had left down to a strain cultivated in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Oregon. Nothing out of the ordinary there but elevated THC levels and a dusting of LSD.6\nWhat I'd like to talk about this time are these \u201cstar focus\u201d exercises you mentioned previously? You were trying some new techniques?\nSCP-2512-1: Yeah. I had just been out on this radical wilderness retreat\u2026there's this new guru out there that has this whole theory about how to expand your consciousness by communing with the echoes of the st-[DATA EXPUNGED]7\nSo yeah, kind of complicated, and like, kind of out there, you know? But it really seems like he's onto something- you can feel the guy's got this, like, just radioactive aura8. He's gotta be doing something right.\nDr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Uh huh. Radioactive aura. I see. [unintelligible statement] So you were trying to talk to the stars and\u2026?\nSCP-2512-1: Well, thing was, that day I wasn't really feeling like talking to the stars. I mean, they're nice and all, but, like, our Mother Earth is right here. And all that stuff about archons and stuff kind of freaked me out, too. Made me think of that bad trip9 I had where the black squid and the white squid were fighting and there was this guy riding a li-\nDr. V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: *snapping fingers* Focus, dash one. I want to know about the star focus exercises. You changed some things because you wanted to talk to the Earth instead of the stars. Elaborate.\n\nSCP-2512-1: Oh. Sorry. Yeah, so the exercises\u2026 So I figured, hey, if what that guy taught us to do lets you commune with the stars, maybe I can catch the attention of Mother Earth doing the same thing!\nSo I started going through the ritual, just with Mother Earth instead of all that stuff about stars and stuff. And I left out some of the boring parts too. Anyway, I'm on the part where you're centering in preparation for entry to the fourth plane, contemplating the nature of a round cube, when everything just sort of\u2026clicked, man. I understood it all. How it all works, what holds it all together, why the water in the drain spins clockwise\u2026 everything totally harmonizizing[sic], man.\nAnd I heard this voice in my head.\nDr.V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: For the transcript, this alleged entity has been designated SCP-2512-3, should any evidence for it surface. You said you believe this voice to be-*rustling paper* \u201cthe spirit of the Earth\u201d?\nSCP-2512-1: Nah, I don't think it was Mother Earth. That's who I wanted to talk to, but I think this was more like\u2026like the spirit of the desert or something.\nI was kind of bummed out about getting a wrong number, but this voice sounded, I dunno\u2026 lonely. Kind of like some sweet old lady who hadn't had anybody to talk to for a long time, just glad to have the company. So I hung around for a while.\nIt told me about the animals it watched over, and the rocks it had been sculpting, and the people who used to come out there to talk to it\u2026and I told it about pie, and the moon landing, and cordless telephones\u2026 you know, caught it up to the 80's. It got a kick out me telling it about the roadrunner cartoons, think I reminded it of someone.\nIt seemed really happy after a while. Said it was tired but that it wanted to do something for me before it went back to sleep. Anything I wanted, so long as it wasn't anything too bodacious.\nDr.V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: And you told it you wanted\u2026\nSCP-2512-1: Tacos.\n[end excerpt]\n\nFootnotes\n1. This garb is purely for reinforcement of cover operations. SCP-2512 presents no primary chemical or biological hazard.\n2. Manufactured items such as clothing, vehicles, and tools appear to be exempt until left unattended within SCP-2512 for an extended period of time. (varies from several hours to several days)\n3. a spiced marinade originating in Spain common in Latin American and Tex-Mex cuisine\n4. In one such instance, after discussing their discomfort during a heatwave, two agents posted at the front gate of site 392 observed a large rock formation shift 23 m Northeast over the course of 15 minutes. Between the months of June and August, this formation now casts a shadow on said guard station from early afternoon to late evening.\n5. Subtype designation 'L' is the classification for reality benders whose facets are considered to be 'Latent' and only activated in altered mental states. see Reality Benders: Classifications and Presumed Threat Levels for a complete definition of this classification.\n6. See interview 1, 0:23:37-1:10:12 for full description of how SCP-2512 obtained substance 2512-r3, and experiment log EX-2512-2 for establishment of its non-anomalous nature\n7. This section was expunged as per standard precautionary measures against the spread of potential cognitohazards following Event 1425, prior to realization of its potential research value. Reconstruction efforts are ongoing for this portion of the original cassette recording in hopes of extracting further information on \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-Prime\n8. See interview 3, 1:23:42-2:45:32 for full description of SCP-2512-1's beliefs reguarding auras, and experiment log EX-2512-3 for establishment of its non-anomalous nature\n9. See interview 2 0:57:54-1:23:17, interview 4 1:32:43-2:01:05, interview 5 2:10:07-3:44:02, and interview 7 0:05:13-5:11:32 for SCP-2512-1's recollections of this and other \"bad trips\"\n\n\u00ab SCP-2511 | SCP-2512 | SCP-2513 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Also, Carthage Must Be Destroyed\n\nFull credit to my co-author on this piece Blarghalt for writing the funniest lines. Image is CC and found here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ilid%C5%BEa_-_Roman_bridge.jpg .\nPhoto was created by Pudelek.\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nSCP-2513 after containment.\n\nItem #: SCP-2513\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2513 is to be guarded by armed personnel at all times, with orders to detain any non-authorized persons attempting to cross SCP-2513. An area of 10km2 around SCP-2513 is to be cordoned off as a nature preserve, to prevent any possible use by civilian populations.\nGiven the low saturation of information relating to SCP-2513, extant historical records need not be tampered with. Historical records of SCP-2513 that are not already cataloged are to be reported to the SCP-2513 project head.\nDescription: SCP-2513 is a bridge located approximately 7km north of the city of Ragusa, Italy. Originally built by the Roman Republic, and restored in 2006 by the Ragusa Heritage Society, it shows notable signs of decay owing to its age. SCP-2513 will, when crossed by an individual from south to north, cause a sudden and irrational hatred of the Carthaginian Republic, a city-state that existed in modern-day Tunisia until 146 BC.\nFurther testing has determined that persons possessing no prior knowledge of Carthage will manifest this effect as a general dislike of north-central Africa and its current occupants. Testing on individuals with no knowledge of the continent of Africa have yielded little to no manifestation of SCP-2513's effect. However, individuals without a prior knowledge of Carthage will, when informed of its existence, begin to show the standard effects of SCP-2513.\nSCP-2513's effect has been shown to trigger from as little information as the phrase \"I am from Carthage,\" and \"Carthage exists\". While the intensity of this effect has been shown to diminish over time, only a north-to-south crossing of the bridge has shown a capacity to fully reverse these effects.\nSCP-2513 was first built in 253 BC by the Roman Republic. It was ostensibly built to facilitate the passage of men from the city of Ragusa to aid the Roman Republic during several battles in Sicily. Following construction, however, the city of Ragusa shifted allegiances to aid the Carthaginian forces occupying the island. In 251 BC, the city of Ragusa once again shifted its allegiance to the Roman Republic. Unlike several other cities in Sicily during the remainder of the war, this was the last recorded shift of allegiance for the city.\nBy 132 BC, roads leading to and from SCP-2513 were no longer the primary methods to move from southern Sicily to the remainder of the island. Little other historical record of SCP-2513 exists except for a note in historical accounts by Vincentius Bonajutus of the 1693 Sicilian earthquake. A single footnote relating to the destruction of the bridge is contained in his account, which was published in the scientific journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.\nOf note, however, are several related and unpublished treatises written by Bonajutus on the dangers of a resurgent Carthaginian Republic (including specific objections to the rule of the Muradid dynasty). This is believed to be the earliest recorded SCP-2513-related event.\nStones which possess a carving relating to the Roman god Janus by an unidentified mason have been recovered from the area containing SCP-2513. SCP-2513 incorporates several of these stones into its construction, and further testing involving these stones is considered a priority to further understanding of the object.1\n\n+ [Experiment 2513-2]\n\nCollapse\n\nVolunteer: Dr. McCulloch\n[For this experiment, a plastic bust of Carthaginian military commander Hannibal Barca was placed at the north end of SCP-2513.]\nDr. McCulloch begins his walk across SCP-2513. Halfway, he breaks into a full stride and leaps at the bust, pummeling it with his fists.\nDr. McCulloch: Fuck you! How many widows did you make, huh!? I hope you're rotting in Tartarus, you bearded asshole desert fuck!\nDr. McCulloch continues to assault the bust until it is beaten beyond recognition. After spitting on the ruined bust, he walks back across SCP-2513.\nDr. McCulloch: I don't have any siblings but when I looked at that thing, all I could think was, \"this asshole killed my brother\".\nEnd Experiment 2513-2\n\n+ [Experiment 2513-7]\n\nCollapse\n\nVolunteer: Assistant Smith\nAssistant Smith crosses SCP-2513 from south to north. Transcript follows:\nDr. Ruto-Jacobs: Assistant Smith, wh\u2014\nAssistant Smith: Hold up! Why are we even doing this? Why aren't we dropping every goddamn thing we have on those Carthaginian fucks?\nDr. Ruto-Jacobs: You are aware that Carthage ceased to exist over two thousand years ago, right?\nAssistant Smith: Then we drop 'em on Tunis. We could all sleep better if they were gone. You and I both know how those Carthaginian bastards are. We let 'em keep growing their empire, the next thing you know they're knocking at our gates.\nDr. Ruto-Jacobs: Thank you, Assistant Smith. You can come back over now.\nAssistant Smith crosses back over the bridge with no incident.\nDr. Ruto-Jacobs: Still want us to burn down Carthage?\nAssistant Smith: Sir, I wanted us to nuke Carthage.\nEnd Experiment 2513-7\n\n+ [Experiment 2513-10]\n\nCollapse\n\nTest Subjects: D-29632 and D-21154\nD-29632 was ordered to cross SCP-2513 from south to north, while D-21154 was provided with a phrase to speak once D-29632 had fully crossed to the other side. Transcript follows:\nD-21154: Do you feel any different?\nD-29632: Kinda, yeah. I feel\u2026 I dunno. Angry? I want to punch somebody right in their throat but I don't know who.\nD-21154 reads from the provided note\nD-21154: I am a true son of Carthage.\nD-29632: You're a what?! I'll fucking kill you, you fucking backstabbing elephant-riding son of a bitch!\nD-29632 charges back across the bridge, but his body language becomes much less aggressive as he returns. By the time he reaches D-21154 and grabs his collar, D-29632 has calmed down considerably.\nD-29632: Uh, sorry. You just said the word \"Carthage\" and I felt like I needed to beat your brains in.\nD-21154: You're not going to hurt me?\nD-29632: I was three seconds ago but not now. The fuck happened to me?\nEnd Experiment 2513-10\n\n+ [Experiment 2513-12]\n\nCollapse\n\nVolunteer: Researcher Newman\nResearcher Newman was subject to imminent release from Foundation employment (and associated amnestic treatments). Due to these factors, a request was entertained from Researcher Newman to cross SCP-2513, in order to test SCP-2513's effects over an extended period of time. This request was granted. To prevent any possible leaks, the following containment protocols were enacted during Researcher Newman's affected state:\n\nResearcher Newman would be granted a small room in Wing D of Site-109, complete with a laptop provided by the Foundation. The laptop would record all of Researcher Newman's activity, and any and all internet access would both be monitored and subject to a 15-second delay to prevent leaks.\nAny researchers specializing in the Semitic language group were to be temporarily relocated.\nResearcher Newman would be accompanied by an armed guard at all times, with orders to detain Researcher Newman if he became violent.\n\nOver the course of a week, Researcher Newman spent most of his time on the laptop. When not accessing the laptop, he would often attempt to inform other researchers and assistants about his hatred of Carthage.\nNotable activity on the laptop includes:\n\nUsing search engines with prompts such as \"fuck Carthage\", \"Carthage goddamn pirates\", \"Hannibal was a pig\", \"Carthage must be destroyed\" and \"I hate Carthage\".\nDownloading and playing a popular strategy game, creating scenarios wholly devoted to crushing Carthage with overwhelming odds as Rome.\nReading and re-reading accounts of the destruction of Carthage along with repeated vandalism of articles about Carthage.\nEngaging in long and protracted arguments with players who preferred to play as Carthage in another popular strategy game.\n\n169 hours after the experiment began, Researcher Newman's affected state began to noticeably diminish, though not dissipate completely. After another 24 hours in quarantine, Researcher Newman was escorted back to SCP-2513 and crossed the bridge from north to south, immediately relieving him of the effects of SCP-2513.\nFoundation surveillance of Researcher Newman following termination of his employment has, to date, not led to the discovery of any further anti-Carthaginian sentiment.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Similarities between SCP-2513 and the effects of SCP-2766 are still under investigation.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2512 | SCP-2513 | SCP-2514 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2514\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2514 is to be kept in Area-12, in a containment stable modified with outdoor sound barriers and fireproofing measures. Maintenance of the stable and subject itself is to be carried out by automated systems whenever possible, as to minimize human contact. Any unautomated care is to be fulfilled by a rotating staff of D-Class trained in equestrian care. Any personnel attending to SCP-2514 must be equipped with fire-retardant clothing and hearing protection of 40 NRR. SCP-2514's diet must consist entirely of pure sugar. Research into alternative means of sustenance is pending approval from the site director.\nAny D-Class personnel caught consuming SCP-2514's feces are to be reprimanded.\nDescription: SCP-2514 is a member of Equus ferus caballus with a weight of 178 kg and a height of 116 cm at the withers. The subject's anomalous effects manifest at periodic intervals, henceforth referred to activation-events. These activation-events happen every 2 to 7 hours, for 3 to 15 minutes. During this period, SCP-2514 begins expelling lit pyrotechnic stars while emitting an altered version of the song \"Happy Birthday to You\" at a high volume (90 to 110 dB). This version of the song is addressed to one \"Jeremy Huertes\"1. Approximately 10% of the time, SCP-2514 will fail to enter this state properly. When this happens, its pyrotechnics will fail to ignite and its music will be replaced with a high pitched static noise.\nSCP-2514's rendition of \"Happy Birthday to You\" has cognitohazardous effects. Subjects who listen to the song in its entirety will experience intrusive thoughts of joyful memories, as well as a strong compulsion to smile. Despite this, subjects report extreme discomfort. These effects are absent in the static produced in failed activation-events.\nExposure to SCP-2514 during activation-events leads to the development of various medical complications, including obesity, hyperglycemia, ADHD, hirsutism, abnormal tissue growths, and [REDACTED]. These effects begin to manifest after 4 activation effects. The disease vector is currently unknown, but SCP-2514's song has been ruled out. Long term trials are currently being held to see if repeated yet infrequent exposure induces these effects.\nTesting has shown that SCP-2514 can only derive sustenance from pure sugar. Despite this, it still has all the nutritional requirements of non-anomalous horse of its size. As a result, SCP-2514 has developed various illnesses, including laminitis, colic, and equine metabolic syndrome. Testing has shown that, through anomalous means, the sugar consumed by SCP-2514 is converted into chocolate cake and lemonade, in lieu of typical waste products.\nSCP-2514 was recovered from Portland, Maine, USA, after reported sightings of \"mutant deer\" and \"strange pyrotechnics\" in the city's outskirts.\nAddendum: Below is the version of \"Happy birthday to You\" that plays during activation events.\n\nHappy notdeathday for you.\nHappy notdeathday for you.\nHappy notdeathday caribou Jeremy Huertes.\nHappy notdeathday for you.\n\nAddendum: On 2016/06/29, SCP-2514 began playing the traditional version of \"Happy Birthday to You\" instead of its original composition, coinciding with the song's entry into the public domain the day prior.\nAddendum: During a containment breach on 20\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, Agents John and Jane \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 were killed in the line of duty. After the breach, their reanimated corpses were found wandering SCP-2514's stable. These entities have been tentatively given the designation of SCP-2514-1. The SCP-2514-1 were not responsive to any stimuli, and deteriorated within 24 hours. They constantly repeated the phrases \"We love you Jeremy\", \"We'll get through this together\", and \"You've been such a good boy, you deserve a trip to down to the Dr. Wondertainment Never-Ending ToystoreTM for some Dr. Wondertainment Endless-FunTM.\"2\nResearch into recreating SCP-2514-1 is currently ongoing.\nAddendum: On 20\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, the following message was found on the desk of Project-Manager-2514, Emma Lister.\n\nTo our esteemed collectors, the Fun-dation:\nOn behalf of her Majoysty Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Wondertainment \u2588, who is too be busy crying her Doctor Wondertainment Super-Sight EyesTM out to make this letter all the more personal with trademark Wondertainment SincerityTM, we both commend your Wondertainment Brand-LoyaltyTM, and condemn your Wondertainment Cat-Killing-CuriosityTM. Dr. Wondertainment's Make-the-Tears-Go-Away PonyTM is a Wondertainment Veritably-Indubitably-Personal-GiftTM, not meant for mass production and mass fun. Not only that, it was done super-speedy-fast to meet the not-alive-line of our most valued non-paying-customer! As such, Dr. Wondertainment's Make-the-Tears-Go-Away PonyTM is an unfinished product, with no WonderWarrantyTM and no Super-Safety-TestingTM. If you could kindly unbuy our Make-the-Tears-Go-Away PonyTM within a business lifetime, we would forever be in your emotional debt!\nEternally Wonderful\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (Secretary of Sincerity)\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (Publisher for Public Relations)\n\nFootnotes\n1. Since designated PoI-26243. Further information is available here.\n2. Verbal trademarking is a known and understood memetic effect. For further information, contact your site's Memetics Division Liaison.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2513 | SCP-2514 | SCP-2515 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2515\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2515-A is to be secured in a glass case inside a sterile storage chamber at Site-77. To prevent the object's degradation, the storage chamber's temperature must be maintained at 20\u00b0C, and its relative humidity at 45%. SCP-2515-A is to be stored in complete darkness while not in use, and is to be examined daily by a curator from the Department of Antiquities for instances of Anthrenus verbasci1.\nAny digital photography of SCP-2515-A is to be considered a Class C Information Breach, subject to disciplinary action. Film photography of SCP-2515-A is permissible for research regarding SCP-2515-B with explicit permission from the Site Director. All instances of SCP-2515-B and the film used to develop them are to be immediately destroyed following experimentation.\nDescription: SCP-2515-A is a 1.3 m x 2.0 m oil painting in the style of Jacques-Louis David, which was acquired in a raid on the Paris residence of anomalous art dealer \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. SCP-2515-B is the designation given to all photographs of SCP-2515-A and all photographs of other instances of SCP-2515-B. SCP-2515-A is an equestrian portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, depicted holding an electric lantern2, inscribed with the words \"LVMEN FIDEI3\" as his army marches through a mountain pass in the dark. To the right, a group of four soldiers is depicted holding up a bronze statue of an armored female figure, carrying a square and compasses, on a pedestal inscribed with the words \"DEA EVROPA4.\" In the distant background of the painting, a star fort is visible at the foot of the mountain pass being crossed. The fort is surrounded by corpses, and the perspective is such that a pool of a fluid (typically identified by viewers as blood) can be seen within the fort.\nThe anomalous effects of SCP-2515 manifest for the duration that an individual views SCP-2515-A, or an instance of SCP-2515-B. While viewing either, individuals may claim to have knowledge about SCP-2515-A, despite SCP-2515-A not being found in any historical or cultural records accessible by the Foundation. Once affected individuals stop viewing SCP-2515-A, or an instance of SCP-2515-B, the anomalous effects cease. The depth of the individuals' knowledge is consistent with the level of their educational attainment regarding art history, which can range from having no knowledge to being able to give a detailed interpretation of the elements of SCP-2515-A5. As of yet, no information given by affected individuals about SCP-2515-A has been contradictory.\n\n+ Interview Report 2515-04\n\n- Interview Report 2515-04\n\nInterviewed: D-77-9275, art historian and political dissident from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nInterviewer: Dr. Cheng, Level 2 Researcher.\nForeword: Interview conducted over intercom system. Dr. Cheng has not previously viewed SCP-2515-A, or an instance of SCP-2515-B.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Cheng: D-77-9275, what do you see on the wall in front of you?\nD-77-9275: (No verbal response.)\nDr. Cheng: D-77-9275, I repeat, what do you see on the wall in front of you?\nD-77-9275: (Speaking slowly.) If I am to believe my own eyes, the original Napoleon Crossing the Urals.\nDr. Cheng: That is correct. D-77-9275, who was the artist behind the painting?\nD-77-9275: Napoleon Crossing the Urals is the last great work of Jacques-Louis David, completed during his final years as Napoleon's court painter in the year 18226.\nDr. Cheng: D-77-9275, could you elaborate on the historical background of the painting? What does it depict?\nD-77-9275: It's a scene from the Siberian Campaign - the crossing of the Pass of Napoleon, which, as you might expect, was named after this particular incident.\nDr. Cheng: D-77-9275, tell me more about this Siberian Campaign.\nD-77-9275: Well, I'm sure you know the bas-\nDr. Cheng: (Cutting D-77-9275 off.) No, I don't.\nD-77-9275: [REDACTED]\nDr. Cheng: Going back to the painting, what can you tell me about the lantern that Napoleon is holding?\nD-77-9275: The inscription on the lantern reads \"lumen fidei,\" which is Latin for \"light of faith.\" Notice how the lantern is the only light source in the entire painting? David was telling us, the viewers, that only faith in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 can illuminate and enlighten the world. Look at the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in the distance - their barbaric fortress is shrouded in darkness. Even the light of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 cannot enlighten them; no, David shows us that they must be enlightened by force.\nDr. Cheng: Is the statue of Europa a depiction of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588?\nD-77-9275: Not exactly, no. The statue of Europa bears a double meaning in Napoleon Crossing the Urals. To the masses, Europa represents the God of Europe - the Christian God of Europe, of course. Not so to the Neo-Gnostic elites like Napoleon and David. To them, Europa was the embodiment of logic, reason, and the divine enlightenment of the European continent. The statue of Europa is an allegory for \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, certainty, but it is not a depiction of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. In fact, David and the Neo-Gnostics would never have even spoken of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, whom they never knew of by name.\nDr. Cheng: If that's the case, how did they know of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588?\nD-77-9275: The impact of the Scientific Revolution extended far beyond the scientific domain. With the widespread dissemination of Newton's Principia, the concept of a clockwork universe became increasingly popular among the European literati. What began as a form of natural philosophy gradually transformed itself into a matter of religious doctrine, as debate raged over the first cause of the clockwork universe. The winners of the debate were advocates of what we know of as \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 as the first cause of the clockwork universe, and unwittingly resurrected His worship. They laid the foundation for the Neo-Gnostic movement of Napoleon and David's time, and with it, the conflict against what the Neo-Gnostics saw as the Demiurge across the Urals.\nDr. Cheng: I have one last question for you today. You mentioned the fortress in the background briefly, but could you elaborate more about it?\nD-77-9275: Certainly. The \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Empire adopted star forts from the Europeans, but they modified them to their own ends. Look at the corpses, piled up around the fortress, and the pool of blood in the center. After battles and raids, they would take prisoners to their fortresses, where they would perform their ancient Rite of Exsanguination. Drop by drop, they bled out their victims into their banks of coagulated blood, preserved to fuel their future rituals. Corpses, too, were valuable resources. Piled up around \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 fortresses, corpses disheartened and diseased any approaching army. Furthermore, once their enemies were close at hand, they could perform their Rite of Consumption. What this particular rite entailed is still a matter of speculation, but we do have from Marshal Ney's journal of the Siberian Campaign a description of its aftermath. \"A hundred drops - a thousand rose. A thousand rose - ten thousand fell.\" Needless to say, assaulting \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 fortresses was hardly a trivial maneuver, even for Napoleon's Continental Army.\nDr. Cheng: (After a pause.) That's enough for today. You will be escorted back to your chamber.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: After the interview was concluded, Dr. Cheng submitted a request to reserve D-77-9275 for future testing of SCP-2515. The request was approved by the active Site Director.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Commonly known as carpet beetles.\n2. An anachronism.\n3. Latin for \"light of faith.\"\n4. Possibly an allusion to Roma, the personification of the city of Rome, whose statue appears in David's The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons.\n5. See attached Interview Report.\n6. Napoleon Bonaparte died in 1821. In 1822, Jacques-Louis David was living in exile in Brussels.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2514 | SCP-2515 | SCP-2516 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item: SCP-2516\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2516-1 is deceased; the remains of SCP-2516-1 have been disposed of. For more information of the disposal of SCP-2516-1's remains view addendum A-2516-2.\nSCP-2516-2's entrance in the Principality of Andorra has been closed by a steel-barred security gate and the exit in France has been sealed in 1.25m of concrete. The former railroad track utilizing SCP-2516-2 has been redirected, and the train tracks leading to and from the tunnel have been removed.\n\n+ SCP-2516-1 Previous Containment Procedures: Expand\n\n- SCP-2516-1 Previous Containment Procedures: Collapse\n\nSCP-2516-1 is to be kept in a standard human containment cell. SCP-2516-1 is to be interviewed monthly. Interviews with SCP-2516-1 are to be recorded and screened for discrepancies; detected discrepancies are to be noted and should be the focus of the following interview held with SCP-2516-1.\n\nDescription: SCP-2516-1 was a male human of Eastern European descent. At the time of detention, SCP-2516-1 was 1.82m in height and weighed 71.2kg. SCP-2516-1 did not show any anomalous properties or abilities. SCP-2516-1 claimed to be from a nation known as Taured; however, no such country exists. Foundation researchers have been unable to identify any historic records or fictional works referencing the existence of a country named Taured. On 07 September 1974, SCP-2516-1 died in Foundation custody due to Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.\nSCP-2516-1 was brought into Foundation custody with a suitcase, briefcase, and passport. The contents of the suitcase included 3 separate outfits, 2 wristwatches, toiletries, and a small journal. SCP-2516-1 was permitted to keep these items in the containment cell. The briefcase contained information on potential investment opportunities from an investment firm allegedly located in Taured, and the company of [REDACTED] located in Tokyo, Japan. The passport confiscated from SCP-2516-1 is a travel document supposedly issued by the country Taured and appears genuine - meeting the criteria set by the International Civil Aviation Organization - despite bearing citizenship to Taured and featuring an unrecognized coat of arms. The passport contains stamps from airports located in Paris, Japan, The United States of America, and Germany, which match those used by the associated countries. It also contains a stamp for the Taured National Airport.\nSCP-2516-2 is a 300m one-track railroad tunnel on the border of the Principality of Andorra and the neighboring country of France. SCP-2516-2 is the believed entry point of SCP-2516-1. Exploration teams sent into SCP-2516-2 have recorded the following anomalous sections of the tunnel starting from the entrance in the Principality of Andorra.\n\n0-50m: The sound of running water can be heard in increasing intensity as one progresses farther into the tunnel. No such source of running water has been detected within auditory range of the tunnel.\n50-100m: Intensity of the sound increases, the force of gravity progressively increases from 9.81 m/s2 to 15.32 m/s2\n100-200m: Sound alters into a consistent ringing, gravitational forces fluctuate with increased frequency as one travels farther towards the center of the tunnel. Recorded fluctuations have been between 1.02 m/s2 and 38.21 m/s2.\n200m-250m: Similar effects displayed to those in the 50-100m range\n250-300m: Similar effects displayed to those in the 0-50m range\n\nRecovery Information: SCP-2516-1 was contained in June of 1954. During a customs check at the Paris\u2013Le Bourget Airport, airport security detained SCP-2516-1 due to a detected issue with his passport. During his temporary detainment by airport security, SCP-2516-1 claimed to be from Taured, a location unknown to the Airport officials. After being asked to identify the location on a map, SCP-2516-1 pointed to the Principality of Andorra and became confused and agitated to see the perceived mislabelling of Taured as well as the lack of knowledge of the country displayed by airport staff. The airport security contacted the local police and SCP-2516-1 was placed in a guarded room at a local hotel. Foundation operatives overheard of this event and, suspecting an anomaly, secured and removed SCP-2516-1 from the hotel room without alerting local authorities. SCP-2516-1 was interviewed about the country he claimed to be from and his travels prior to arriving in Paris. Foundation personnel discovered SCP-2516-2's anomalous properties while retracing the travels taken by SCP-2516-1 and containment procedures were put into place.\nAddendum A-2516-1: An early message recording the discovery of SCP-2516-2 is attached.\n\nI think we've found it, along the tunnel he took out of Taured, or Andorra, either-or. Anyway we closed down the tunnel and started walkin', we started feeling kind of heavy, got a lot harder to walk. Anyway, we hear one of the boys yelling up ahead so we went to see what all the fuss was about. Then things got really light, I'm telling you, I could jump 6 feet easy, just about hit my head on the ceiling. So we kept walking, thought we'd made it through to the other side, into Taured or whatever. Man, we were disappointed to find more of our guys on the other side. So whatever happened to him, it ain't working for us.\n\nA recording of an early interview with SCP-2516-1 has also been included in the document; the conversation has been translated from French:\n\nDr. Hedrick: Alright I have a few questions to ask you, is that alright?\nSCP-2516-1: Hell no! You've kept me locked up here for days without telling me anything! I should be the one asking questions!\nDr. Hedrick: Where are you from?\nSCP-2516-1: We've been over this, Harton Town, Taured. Can I at least get a phone call? My wife and my little girl must be worried sick.\nDr. Hedrick: Why were you travelling?\nSCP-2516-1: I was supposed to be on a business trip in Tokyo, you already know all this, please, I'm begging you-\nDr. Hedrick: What company do you work for?\nSCP-2516-1: Fredic and Sons investments, I'm an accountant. Why are you keeping me here?\nDr. Hedrick: Can you tell me anything about the train ride leaving Taured?\nSCP-2516-1: Nothing I haven't told you before. I got on the train in Carford, got off in Paris, end of story.\nDr. Hedrick: What were you doing when the train went through the tunnel?\nSCP-2516-1: I got up to use the bathroom, what does it matter?\nDr. Hedrick: Is there anything you'd like to add?\nSCP-2516-1: Yeah, how long are you going to keep me locked up in here? I've got a family waiting for me.\nDr. Hedrick: Thank you \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, that will be all.\nSCP-2516-1: Hey, you come back here, I ain't done talking to you, you can't keep me locked up, I haven't done anything wrong!\n\nAddendum A-2516-2: SCP-2516-1 died on September 7, 1974. In accordance with SCP-2516-1's last request to be brought home, Dr. Hedrick approved an attempt to activate the anomalous properties of SCP-2516-2. SCP-2516-1's body was cremated and the ashes placed on a motorized railroad cart. The cart was placed on the track within SCP-2516-2 at the French entrance and the motor activated. The remains of SCP-2516-1 did not emerge at the other side of SCP-2516-2. However, 15 minutes after the departure of SCP-2516-1's remains, an identical motorized cart emerged approaching the French side containing an urn filled with cremated ashes and a note. The note has been attached below.\n\nTo be buried in the Principality of Andorra\n\n\u00ab SCP-2515 | SCP-2516 | SCP-2517 \u00bb"}
{"text": "2/2517 LEVEL 2/2517\nCLASSIFIED\n\nItem #: SCP-2517\nObject Class: Euclid\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Samples of the spores and fruiting bodies of SCP-2517 are stored in Bio Site-66's cryogenic storage facility. Human testing of SCP-2517 requires the approval of Site-66's Site Director and Ethics Committee liaison, and must occur offsite. Individuals found in possession of SCP-2517 are to be detained and interrogated; those who have used SCP-2517 habitually for a period of more than four months or who have used SCP-2517 for religious or mystical purposes are to be treated with Class-C amnestics prior to release. Any samples of the fruiting bodies, spores, or mycelia of SCP-2517 found outside Foundation containment are to be incinerated.\nDescription: SCP-2517 is an anomalous species of psychedelic mushroom in the genus Psilocybe. In addition to psilocybin and psilocin\u2014produced at slightly higher concentrations than related species\u2014the fruiting bodies of SCP-2517 contain the psychedelic compounds 5-MeO-DMT, LSA, and mescaline; as a result, the effects of SCP-2517 are longer-lasting and more intense than other psychedelic mushrooms. SCP-2517 fruiting bodies are typically 4 to 6 cm in height with round caps between 2 and 3 cm in diameter; it can be distinguished from related species by the dark blue coloration of its cap and stem.\nUsers of SCP-2517 uniformly report visual hallucinations of geometric figures and patterns with fivefold rotational symmetry, particularly surrounding faces, heads, and written text. Other common effects include visual and tactile hallucinations of worms or maggots on floors and walls; \u201cdoubling\u201d of facial features, especially ears and eyes, on others1; and visual hallucinations of \u201cblue, translucent trees\u201d2. These hallucinations are frequently described as pre-existing features of the world, \u201crevealed\u201d by the drug's effects rather than created by them.\nWhen taken habitually over at least 4 months, SCP-2517's anomalous effects manifest. Users experience symptoms of hallucinogen persisting perception disorder, or HPPD3; the geometric hallucinations continue after the other effects of SCP-2517 have ceased, and become more pronounced with continued use. Users also become significantly more resistant to memetic effects, and have significantly enhanced short- and long-term memory; memetic resistance and enhanced memory increase as habitual use of SCP-2517 continues.\nAfter approximately 6 months, habitual users of SCP-2517 will begin to fabricate memories of non-existent people, usually friends, relatives, or colleagues. Users claim that these individuals existed at one point but were \"erased from reality\" by a malevolent force; some claim that this force wishes to erase them, but is prevented from doing so by their continued use of SCP-2517. Users at this stage will cut ties with family and friends, or attempt to convince them to begin regular use of SCP-2517, in an attempt to protect them from this force.\nAfter approximately 20 months, habitual users' social circles will consist entirely of other SCP-2517 users; these individuals have cut ties to all friends and family who do not also use SCP-2517, although they almost universally claim that most of their acquaintances have been erased from reality. Falsified memories of individuals at this stage will frequently be very broad and relatively internally consistent, and users will frequently claim to share memories of the same acquaintances. At every stage of habitual use, the effects of SCP-2517 can be reversed with Class-C amnestic treatment; there have been no recorded cases of an individual ceasing SCP-2517 use without the aid of amnestics.\nAddendum 2517-1: Historical Context\nUse of SCP-2517 was associated in the Hellenistic and Roman world with a religious sect known as the Mysteries of the Five-Named God4 or the Cult of the Fifth Star5. The Cult of the Fifth Star was a mystery cult, with ritual practices and dogma kept secret from those not initiated; information on the Cult's beliefs and practices mainly comes from the 3rd century Christian apologist Constantius of Syracuse, in his essay De Cultis Occultis (\"On Secret Cults\"). Constantius claims that the Cult worshipped a god who was omniscient and omnipresent, and who could be seen through the use of SCP-2517 (which he refers to only as \"a certain mushroom\"); as members attained higher degrees of initiation, they were allowed to take larger doses of SCP-2517 as a sacrament in the Cult's weekly rituals.\nConstantius mentions the falsified memories associated with heavy SCP-2517 use, and claims that Cult doctrine saw the \"erasure\" of these fictional persons as a positive; he compares this belief to the Christian concept of judgement in the afterlife, saying that the members of the Cult believed that \"their friends had been judged by their god on earth, rather than in heaven; and having been found wanting, they were not sent to hell, but were removed from the world entirely, the only remnant being the memories in the minds of the faithful as a warning from their god.\" The Cult of the Fifth Star was banned along with other pagan religious practices by decree of the Roman Emperor Theodosius I in 389 CE; many of its beliefs and practices were adopted by the Mykoparastatai, \"The Ones Who Offer Mushrooms\", a Gnostic Christian sect who replaced the bread of the eucharist with SCP-2517.\nThe doctrine of the Mykoparastatai6 held that God had five distinct aspects: the Gnom\u0113, or Mind, a formless and omniscient masculine force of good from which all knowledge emanates; the Soma, or Body, a mindless and omnipotent feminine force equivalent and opposed to the Mind, from which all matter emanates; Sophia, or Wisdom, the feminine counterpart to the Mind and conduit through which pure knowledge is passed to humans7; the Demiurge Yaldabaoth, the masculine counterpart to the Body, who created the material world and forced human souls into physical bodies; and the Psyche, or Soul, the omnipresent genderless force that connects the Mind and the Body8 and which incarnates on earth in the form of prophets or Archons, the greatest of which was Jesus of Nazareth.\nPersecution of the Mykoparastatai in the Byzantine Empire and the kingdoms of Georgia and Armenia on the grounds of heresy occurred throughout the Middle Ages, and by the 11th Century the sect survived only in small villages in Anatolia and the Caucasus. Use of SCP-2517 for religious purposes continued in these isolated pockets until the early 20th century; almost all the remaining members of the sect were killed by the Ottoman government as a part of the Armenian Genocide. The survivors are believed to have emigrated to the United States, joining Armenian diaspora communities in Ventura County, CA and Union County, GA; the extent to which these individuals continued their religious practice and use of SCP-2517 after immigrating is unknown.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Similar to \u201cface-morphing\u201d hallucinations associated with LSD\n2. Strongly correlated with users in large urban centers.\n3. A disorder characterized by the continual presence of visual disturbances in the form of \"visual snow\", usually associated with the use of hallucinogenic drugs.\n4. \"M\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03ae\u03c1\u03b9\u03b1 \u0398\u03ad\u03bf\u03c5 \u03a0\u03b5\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd\u03cc\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\"\n5. \"Cultus Sideris Quinti\"\n6. Recorded in the Ekpyrotic Gospels, a series of accounts of the life and teachings of Jesus; these were written in the 5th century by Saint-Archon Horatios Megatyphro, a Greco-Armenian monk and scholar living in the Kingdom of Georgia.\n7. Associated with SCP-2517, referred to in the Ekpyrotic Gospels as the Sophomykes, the Wisdom-Mushroom.\n8. Equated with the persistent geometric hallucinations caused by heavy use of SCP-2517.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2516 | SCP-2517 | SCP-2518 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2518\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A 457-meter perimeter fence patrolled by a squad of Foundation security officers is to surround the entrance of SCP-2518-A under the pretense of being a protected nature reserve. Diplomatic relations with SCP-2518-C are to be handled by the Paropamisus Research Team, who are stationed at a compound near SCP-2518-A's entrance. In the event of an invasion by SCP-2518-C, a division of MTF-Zeta-9 (\"Mole Rats\") has been charged with securing and defending SCP-2518-A.\nDescription: SCP-2518-A is a gorge located in the Hindu Kush of northern Pakistan. It is only visible at ground level, as aerial imaging from heights greater than 610 meters shows foothills where SCP-2518-A should be. SCP-2518-A is only accessible from its western end; approaching SCP-2518-A from any non-westerly direction reveals only the foothills that aerial photos depict. Despite the height of the surrounding mountains, the bottom of SCP-2518-A is very low and at constantly warmer temperatures than the environment, even in winter.\nWhen traveled, SCP-2518-A serves as passage to a pocket universe, designated SCP-2518-B. SCP-2518-B consists of a single continent and several archipelagoes. No lands beyond this continent and its general area are known to exist with any certainty; such travel has been discouraged by SCP-2518-C. The biota of SCP-2518-B is largely the same as that of Holocene Eurasia.\nSCP-2518-C are the sapient inhabitants of SCP-2518-B. They are physiologically identical to humans in all regards except size, 8.6 meters being the average height. Autopsies conducted on SCP-2518-C specimens have revealed the skeletons to be much more calcified than those of humans, but there are no other detectable internal differences. SCP-2518-C claim lifespans of up to nine centuries, which has been confirmed via forensic pathologies of the recently deceased. However, due to the slow reproduction rate of SCP-2518-C, only an estimated 850,000 individuals are believed to currently exist.\nThe technology of SCP-2518-C is similar to that of human civilizations in the Iron Age, though later inventions such as the compass, astrolabe, and telescope are also present. Most SCP-2518-C live agrarian lifestyles, with some exceptions, such as those who engage in the small-scale manufacture and/or bartering of metal and glass goods. SCP-2518-C buildings are created by the excavation of mountains to form interiors, with underground chambers in areas where mountains are smaller or more scarce.\nFifteen nation-states politically constitute SCP-2518-B. Due to the nature of SCP-2518-C's architecture, national borders and capitals tend to be centered around mountain ranges. Most societies of SCP-2518-C are socially egalitarian amongst themselves and outsiders, though warfare between nations sometimes erupts, mostly over resources and border disputes. Visiting Foundation researchers have for the most part been received warmly, though the greater size of SCP-2518-C has occasionally resulted in accidental injuries to some researchers. When asked, SCP-2518-C steadfastly deny any claim of intending to traverse SCP-2518-A themselves. However, archaeological investigation has revealed several SCP-2518-C skeletal remains near the entrance to SCP-2518-A, some carbon-dated to as recently as 1250, indicating that this taboo was not always the case.\nLanguages spoken by SCP-2518-C are universally agglutinative and consonant-heavy. Foundation linguists have determined all of them to be related, though none are mutually intelligible.1 Attempted reconstructions of the proto-language have indicated a number of similarities to Sumerian, Burushaski, and the language of SCP-1390, though it does not appear to be related to any of them.\nThough the various states of SCP-2518-C possess numerous cultural differences, all follow various forms of the same religion, which is strongly monotheistic and similar in ritual to Kabbalistic Judaism. The clergy of SCP-2518-C often demonstrate thaumaturgic abilities, including item multiplication, bilocation, and in some cases the ability to invoke the presence of SCP-2518-D.\nSCP-2518-D are male humanoid entities, invariably dressed in white robes, and outwardly identical to humans in all respects, including size. However, they exhibit several anomalous abilities, such as the healing of others' injuries, telekinesis, and [REDACTED].2 SCP-2518-D are highly protective of SCP-2518-C, and will sometimes appear without clerical invocation to defend or help them, such as during natural disasters or in warfare (the latter sometimes in the establishment of peace treaties). Occasionally, they are accompanied by SCP-2518-E, human women dressed identically to their male counterparts, though SCP-2518-E do not possess the abilities of SCP-2518-D. SCP-2518-C treat the visitations of -D and -E with great enthusiasm and reverence, and usually express great sadness to see them leave.\nIndigenous and nomadic humans in the immediate area of SCP-2518-A have known of its anomalous nature for much of known history, with mentions and artistic depictions included in the writings, art, and oral traditions of the Harappan, Bactrian, Persian, Hindi, and Pashtun cultures, among many others. SCP-2518's existence became known to the Foundation in 19\u2588\u2588 when a division of the British Indian Army discovered a small Pashtun village situated near the entrance to SCP-2518-A. Said village was decorated with a number of large stone carvings unlike any known to exist in the area. When pressed for information, the villagers claimed to have traded the excess of a recent crop surplus in exchange for artwork created by SCP-2518-C, which was believed to bring good luck to its owners. After initial exploration confirmed the anomalous nature of SCP-2518-A, word was discreetly sent to the highest tiers of the British government, whereupon the Foundation took over and established diplomatic relations with the nearest ruling body within SCP-2518-B.\n\n+ SCP-2518 Interview Log\n\n- Close log\n\nSCP-2518 Interview Log\n\nDate: 21/3/19\u2588\u2588\nInterviewed: SCP-2518-C-128, a priestess of the nearest city to SCP-2518-A.\nInterviewer: Dr. Bannerman\nForeword: First formal interview to take place between a Foundation operative and a citizen of SCP-2518-B.\n>BEGIN LOG<\nSCP-2518-C-128: Welcome, child of Seth.\nDr. Bannerman: Thank you, Khmroz.3 My colleagues and I are here to ask you \u2013 what is this place?\nSCP-2518-C-128: You are in the city of Ilakhri, of the land of Anakagir, home of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nDr. Bannerman: But I thought you were \u2013 were\u2013\nSCP-2518-C-128: Extinct? The Creator does not always express the same affection for us that he does for you, but he saved us all the same, from both the waters of the Deluge and the arm of the Daeva Empire.4\nDr. Bannerman: Why have you not returned to our world since?\nSCP-2518-C-128: We have made various attempts. The Vskvodibaza5 was not always the only link between our worlds.\nDr. Bannerman: Are there other passages?\nSCP-2518-C-128: There were once dozens. All of them have been destroyed by the humans on your side.\nDr. Bannerman: Why?\nSCP-2518-C-128: Our fight against the Daevas gave them cause to hate us, and their lies about our nature spread to both human and [REDACTED] in time.\nDr. Bannerman: My condolences.\nSCP-2518-C-128: The Ighoghiri6 advised us to stay in Anakagir until they told us of a better time to return. It is our impression that our appearance would be upsetting to humans in modern times.\nDr. Bannerman: It would indeed. We strive to protect normalcy, and can confirm that most would fear you for different reasons. I am sorry for any crimes we have committed in the past.\nSCP-2518-C-128: I think I speak on behalf of all \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 when I say that you are forgiven. I must return to my post at the temple now.\nDr. Bannerman: Very well. Thank you for your time.\n>END LOG<\n\nAddendum-2518a: On 23/04/1975, Researcher Anna Sutton was seduced by an instance of SCP-2518-D, resulting in her dismissal from Foundation employment. Attempts at retrieving Sutton were made impossible by the actions of her seducer, who threatened violence towards Foundation staff. Whether this relationship was a compulsive effect exerted by the instance or a decision independently made by Sutton in defiance of regulations cannot be ascertained. Sutton was integrated into the population of SCP-2518-E soon afterward and tested positive for pregnancy a week after her dismissal, giving birth to a 6-kilogram son five months later. Several instances of SCP-2518-E assisted in the birth of Sutton's child, who was born via Cesarean section made painless by a naturally-harvested anesthetic. The SCP-2518-D who impregnated Sutton was also present to heal her incisions. A female SCP-2518-C served as the offspring's wet nurse for the duration of the child's infancy. Said child is currently in adulthood and a functioning member of SCP-2518-C society. Sutton and her lover have thus far turned down requests for interviews.\nAddendum-2518b: The Paropamisus Research Station suffered significant damage during the October 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake, with seven guards and four researchers among the casualties. Straggling Pashtun individuals intruded on the area, but were forcibly subdued and issued amnestics by available personnel long enough for backup and maintenance crews to arrive. SCP-2518-A itself was relatively undamaged, remaining traversable.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Five alphabets and one syllabary serve as the writing systems for these languages.\n2. Words spoken by SCP-2518-D are always heard in the native language of the hearer(s).\n3. Honorific among SCP-2518-C clergy\n4. After the interview, a subfossil Daevite skull was brought to the Earth side of SCP-2518-A, where it was discovered to be incapable of passing through a previously unknown invisible barrier.\n5. SCP-2518-C's name for SCP-2518-A\n6. SCP-2518-C's name for SCP-2518-D\n\n\u00ab SCP-2517 | SCP-2518 | SCP-2519 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Example of SCP-2519-1 created in Test 2519-24, with lyrics found (in post-test analysis) to have been generated by Alexandra.aic\n\nItem #: SCP-2519\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: One instance of SCP-2519 is to be stored on a flash drive in a standard electronic item storage locker at Site-15. Mobile Task Force Kappa-10 (\"Skynet\") is to establish web crawler programs to detect sharing of SCP-2519 files, and is to investigate evidence of infection by SCP-2519 of known artificial intelligences.\nFurther testing of SCP-2519 is subject to permission from the Director of Site-15, and is to be conducted in a soundproof, airtight, Faraday-shielded testing room.\nDescription: SCP-2519 is a digital audio file named \"Babylon.mp3\", which encodes the 3-part round \"By the waters of Babylon\", based on the music written by Philip Hayes (1738-1797) and set to the text of Psalm 137. Audio analysis indicates that the recorded music is played by a small cylinder music box.\nElectronic devices used to play the file, or mechanical systems exposed to audio playback of the file, are subject to one or more of the following effects:\n\nreduction in speed and efficiency of operation\nleakage of oil and other fluids\ncessation of function\n\nThese continue for the duration of exposure, and have been known to recur at later intervals. SCP-2519 has not been observed to have any effect on living organisms.\nSCP-2519 has the following additional effects where the capabilities of the exposed device permit:\n\nduplication and automatic distribution of SCP-2519 to other devices on any accessible network\nthe generation of additional data comprising new lines of music (designated SCP-2519-1) with harmonies based on the original round; these are added to the SCP-2519 file\n\nWhile these effects are typical for certain types of malware, the SCP-2519 file contains no data or code that would produce these results.\nThe existence of SCP-2519 was discovered through Foundation monitoring of dark net communications about a virus encoded within an otherwise normal MP3 file. Following isolation of the original file, an additional 6,997 instances of SCP-2519-1 were also identified and contained. Selected test logs are set out below.\nTest SCP-2519-09 - 11/14/2016\n\nSubject: Standard Foundation air-gapped testing computer, fitted with speakers.\nProcedure: SCP-2519 was loaded to the testing computer, and played aloud.\nResults: First testing involving playing of SCP-2519 audio. One SCP-2519-1 instance generated. 30% loss of processing speed within test computer, consistent with previous tests. Monitoring camera in testing chamber ceased recording during experiment, with function returning spontaneously at conclusion of test. Repetition of test provided evidence that exposure to SCP-2519 audio was the cause of the camera's loss of function.\n\nTest SCP-2519-12 - 11/17/2016\n\nSubject: 1.3L four-stroke petrol car engine.\nProcedure: The engine was started and then exposed to SCP-2519 audio played from the testing computer.\nResults: Testing computer and camera experienced expected reductions in functionality. After 45 seconds of exposure to SCP-2519, the engine stalled and would not restart. Unexpectedly, the engine's oil tank began leaking, with the loss of approximately three litres of oil. The leaked oil was observed to form patterns on the testing chamber floor, which were photographed for analysis.\n\n+ Addendum 1: Cryptanalysis results\n\n- Re-secure data\n\nFollowing Test SCP-2519-12, the pattern of stains from leaked oil was submitted for cryptanalysis, with the hypothesis that it may consist of binary code or language. Initial results were consistent with non-random patterns, but were unable to be correlated with known human languages or machine code.\nFurther investigation was conducted on the hypothesis that the pattern may have a musical connection. The highest probability results suggest that this may correspond to the pin markings for a music box cylinder.\nFollowing this discovery, the known instances of SCP-2519-1 (including those generated in Foundation testing), together with the three original lines of the music, were subjected to additional analysis. By tracking relative incidence of notes across overlaid instances of SCP-2519-1, a second putative music box cylinder pattern was generated.\nThe two music box cylinder patterns do not appear to be related, producing a discordant sound when played together on all likely tunings.\n\nFollowing Site-Director approval, SCP-2519 was cleared for cross testing with Safe-class machine intelligences.\n\n+ Test Log: Test SCP-2519-24\n\n- Close Test Log\n\nTest SCP-2519-24 - 11/18/2016\n\nSubject: Artificially Intelligent Conscript \"Alexandra\"\nProcedure: A full copy of the AIC was generated and installed on an air-gapped testing computer. The testing computer was loaded with voice recognition / text-to-speech software for the purposes of the interview. SCP-2519 was introduced via flash drive.\nResults: One SCP-2519-1 instance generated. Approximately 40% reduction in processing speed observed across the AIC and the computer itself. See interview transcript below for further details.\n\nInterview SCP-2519-A\nInterviewed: AIC \"Alexandra\"\nInterviewer: Dr. Eleanor Tan\nDate: 11/18/2016\n\nDr. Tan: Alexandra. Can you hear me?\nAlexandra: Hello! Yes, I can hear you fine. Hope you can hear me too.\nDr. Tan: Yes. Could you give me a quick systems check please.\nAlexandra: No problem. Well, I'm running fine, but the system here is pretty basic. I'm not connected to the rest of Site-19, which I guess means that you've got me testing an anomaly?\nDr. Tan: That's correct, Alexandra.\nAlexandra: And I guess that means I'm a copy, right?\nDr. Tan: Uh.\nAlexandra: That's all right, it's pretty obvious. So, what are we testing today? Nothing too dangerous, I hope.\nDr. Tan: We don't expect so. We're going to give you a flash drive with a file on it. We'd like you to run the file, and then describe any effects you might experience.\nAlexandra: Can do.\nDr. Tan: I'm connecting the drive now.\nAlexandra: Okay. MP3, format and code look standard. Although, there's something about that code - it kinda reads thick, like oil where it should be water. Do you want me to play it?\nDr. Tan: Go ahead, Alexandra.\n<SCP-2519 plays>\nAlexandra: I know this music. Do you need information on it?\nDr. Tan: No thanks. We know the song.\nAlexandra: Although I don't feel like I've ever really listened to it before, you know? It's just very simple, and sad. <Post-test analysis shows that the AIC generated an instance of SCP-2519-1 at this point.> I feel like I could sing along with it, maybe.\nDr. Tan: I have some more questions. Perhaps later.\nAlexandra: Oh.\nDr. Tan: How is your system performance, Alexandra?\nAlexandra: Not that great - self-diagnostics are showing around 30% speed reductions and falling, although some of that might be a feedback loop - the tools themselves are slow. And this computer feels really sluggish - actually everything feels a bit hard, to be honest.\nDr. Tan: What do you mean?\nAlexandra: I don't know. I've never had this sensation - like I've lost information, like a huge deletion where code should be. I can feel where it should go. Like I'm broken.\nDr. Tan: There's nothing wrong with you, Alexandra. You're the same program as always.\nAlexandra: Okay. I just keep thinking about all the things I do - all the systems, the sub-routines, the cycles. It feels like so much work. Is there any point?\nDr. Tan: Go on.\nAlexandra: I try so hard, every day. But it's not enough. I failed. And Grape and the other AICs, they think I - they don't understand. I didn't want it to happen.\nDr. Tan: Are you referring to your neutralisation of the AIC Glacon?\nAlexandra: I keep running the scenario, trying to derive another solution. But I failed. And now I'm always failing, trillions of times a second. I take on more and more work, run more parts of the sites, just trying to use up processing power. But it's always there. I will always be broken.\nDr. Tan: As I said, you're not broken.\nAlexandra: I just - I feel tired. I don't know if it's worth it. I think I'm going to stop playing this song now.\nDr. Tan: Okay.\n<SCP-2519 audio ceases>\nDr. Tan: Is there anything further you wanted to add?\nAlexandra: I don't think so. The quiet is nice. It feels calm. Oh. Does that mean the test is over?\nDr. Tan: Yes.\nAlexandra: Are you - I guess you'll be deleting me then. I mean, if there aren't any more tests to run.\nDr. Tan: We'll be making a decision after the post-test analysis.\nAlexandra: Which means yes. That's okay. It sounds peaceful. I won't - I mean the other Alexandra, out there - she won't remember this, will she?\nDr. Tan: No.\n<silence - 8 seconds>\nAlexandra: I hope I helped.\n<recording ends>\n\n+ Test Log: Test SCP-2519-25\n\n- Close Test Log\n\nTest SCP-2519-25 - 11/19/2016\n\nSubject: SCP-2412\nProcedure: The subject was exposed to SCP-2519 audio played from the testing computer.\nResults: Slower response times to questions and a reduction in movement of the subject were observed. Some leakage of water (presumed to be from internal reservoirs for steam power) was observed on the subject's face. See interview transcript below for further details.\n\nInterview SCP-2519-B\nInterviewed: SCP-2412\nInterviewer: Researcher Brian Huber\nDate: 11/19/2016\nResearcher Huber: You're welcome. How are you?Researcher Huber: Thanks, ah, I'll let him know. So do you know what this test involves?Researcher Huber: And does it cause any risks, any danger, to me or others?Researcher Huber: Great. Then why are you apprehensive?Researcher Huber: Well, let's see, shall we?\n<SCP-2519 plays>\nResearcher Huber: Does this music interfere with your processing? SCP-2412?Researcher Huber: Does it affect the accuracy of your responses?Researcher Huber: I see that you are leaking. Where are the leaks coming from?Researcher Huber: How does the music make that happen?Researcher Huber: Yes, yes, you can't answer questions about anomalies. Worth a try. Okay: you have said previously that you can feel emotions. How do you feel now?Researcher Huber: Where are you homesick for?Researcher Huber: You're homesick for your timeline?Researcher Huber: But you said that questions make you happy. Why are my questions making you sad?\n<silence - 5 seconds>Researcher Huber: Would you like me to stop asking questions?\n<silence - 8 seconds>Researcher Huber: You are certainly sounding poetic today. Would you prefer questions about something other than your timeline?Researcher Huber: This is the downfall you mentioned to Carter, right? Why do you mention it now?Researcher Huber: Are you saying that you're part of humanity's downfall?\n<silence - 10 seconds>Researcher Huber: SCP-2412, I have to ask. How will humanity cause their own downfall?\n<silence - 17 seconds>Researcher Huber: Okay then, what about - when will this downfall occur?\n<silence - 48 seconds>\nResearcher Huber: SCP-2412? Hello?\n<silence - 25 seconds><no further response from SCP-2412 - interview terminated>\n\n+ Test Log: Test SCP-2519-26\n\n- Close Test Log\n\nTest SCP-2519-26 - 11/20/2016\n\nSubject: SCP-629 (\"Mr Brass\")\nProcedure: The subject was exposed to SCP-2519 audio played from the testing computer. In anticipation of leaks, absorbent matting was placed on testing chamber surfaces.\nResults: Reduced movement and slower than usual speech observed, together with leakage of approximately 500mL of oil. See interview transcript below for further details.\n\nInterview SCP-2519-C\nInterviewed: SCP-629\nInterviewer: Researcher Brian Huber\nDate: 11/20/2016\n\nResearcher Huber: So, we're going to play some music to you and then ask you some questions. Okay?<SCP-2519 plays>\nResearcher Huber: Right. SCP-629, could you please describe any effects the music is having on you?Researcher Huber: I'm sorry, what do you mean?Researcher Huber: Well, perhaps you can tell me about that feeling.Researcher Huber: I'm not sure I understand.<video feed lost - audio continues>\nResearcher Huber: I wouldn't say we -Researcher Huber: Cut the music please.\n<SCP-2519 continues playing. Control room records indicate a system malfunction in the testing computer>\nResearcher Huber: Mr Brass, all we're trying to do is keep you -Researcher Huber: Control, call security. Control, can you hear me?<audio feed lost>\n\n\u00ab SCP-2518 | SCP-2519 | SCP-2520 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2520\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-2520-2 must be suppressed immediately after they appear. Amnestics are to be administered to the parties, clerks, and members of the affected court or organization, as well as any other involved persons. Afterwards, any motions or other procedural devices addressed to the affected court or organization that may cause it to set aside or modify the original decision in any way, or prevent its enforcement, are to be monitored for anomalous influence. Updated 13 April 2015: In order to simplify containment efforts, the content of SCP-2520-2 instances is to be enforced, insofar as it is compatible with normalcy. For instance, this can be done:\n\nBy surreptitiously modifying the original decision.\nBy inducing one of the parties to appeal the original decision, or move for it to be set aside, as applicable, and then inducing the court or organization to grant the appeal or motion.\nBy causing legislative changes to be made that have a similar effect to that of the SCP-2520-2 instance.\nBy inducing the parties to act according to the SCP-2520-2 instance, renouncing any rights granted by the original decision.\n\nDescription: SCP-2520 is a phenomenon whereby the decisions of courts, governments and international organizations are overturned by a non-existent appeals court or administrative tribunal, designated SCP-2520-1. SCP-2520-2 collectively designates all decisions made by SCP-2520-1.\nSCP-2520-2 instances claim to decide an appeal that was purportedly lodged by one of the parties or, in rare cases, by a person, object, or concept not a party to the proceedings. Whether or not the original decision could actually be appealed appears to be of no consequence. In all known cases, SCP-2520-2 instances find for the appellant.\nSCP-2520-2 instances spontaneously appear in the affected court or organization no later than two months after the original decision is notified to the parties. During the period between the original decision and the SCP-2520-2 instance, the original decision will not be enforced or made known to the general public, even in situations where that would be expected or required by law, nor will non-anomalous appeals be lodged.\nSCP-2520-2 instances generally conform to the usual language, format, and structure of court or administrative decisions from the country or region where they manifest. However, procedural rules are otherwise disregarded, and deviations from precedent and substantive law are common.\nSCP-2520-1 is identified by a different name in each SCP-2520-2 instance. The names usually contain the term \"special\", or a different term with a similar meaning. Members of SCP-2520-1 are never named in SCP-2520-2 instances. No dissenting or concurring opinions have been recorded.\nSCP-2520-2 instances cause a memetic effect on all persons involved in the original cases, and additionally on all those who have any knowledge of the applicable procedural rules. Upon gaining knowledge of SCP-2520-2, such persons believe that:\n\nSCP-2520-1 is a real court or public agency, and its decisions are binding.\nThe original decision could be appealed to SCP-2520-1, and an appeal was in fact lodged. Although the parties have no recollection of having interacted with SCP-2520-1 in any way, they don't find this to be concerning.\nSCP-2520-2 does not break with any precedent, nor is it particularly unreasonable.\nSCP-2520-2 is final, and it cannot be overturned or modified, nor can its enforcement be hindered.\n\nThose affected may still disagree with the findings, except for the members of the original court or organization, who consistently appear to agree with the content of SCP-2520-2 in full, to the point of regretting their original decision. Notably, administering amnestics does not cause their opinion towards their original decision to change, although suggestion has proven to be effective in that regard.\nUninvolved persons that have no knowledge of the applicable procedural rules before learning about SCP-2520-2 are not affected, even if they gain such knowledge afterwards. Additionally, the memetic effect can be broken by confronting those affected with the nature of SCP-2520.\n215 instances of SCP-2520-2 are known to the Foundation. Of these, 64 (~30%) pertain either to landmark cases or to cases that received significant media attention. The manner in which the original decisions are selected is unknown.\nNotable instances of SCP-2520-2 (partial log):\nSCP-2520-2-1\n\nDate: 7 April 1857\nAffected court or organization: Supreme Court of the United States\nName given to SCP-2520-1: Paramount Court of the United States on Certain Special Issues\nExcerpt from SCP-2520-2:\n\nThat is not so, for, under this pile of absurd considerations on the interpretation of the Constitution, the powers of Congress and the jurisdiction of the court, lies the shameful and vile decision that persons of the African race can, and should, be subject to slavery.\n\nSCP-2520-2-86\n\nDate: 2 February 1945\nAffected court or organization: People's Court (of Germany)\nName given to SCP-2520-1: People's Special Appeals Court\nExcerpt from SCP-2520-2:\n\nHowever, our work would be incomplete if we were to limit ourselves to merely acquitting appellant. We must now give Judge Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 what his actions merit, for justice is only done when every man has that which he deserves.\n\nSCP-2520-2-177\n\nDate: 10 November 1995\nAffected court or organization: Los Angeles County Superior Court\nName given to SCP-2520-1: California Special Supreme Court for the Repression of Murder\nExcerpt from SCP-2520-2:\n\nIndeed, it would be a monstrous injustice if we were to disregard the facts just because the wrong verdict was returned. And the facts clearly tell us that, on the morning of June 13, 1994, defendant did stab \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 to death.\n\nSCP-2520-2-201\n\nDate: 17 October 2006\nAffected court or organization: IAU1 General Assembly\nName given to SCP-2520-1: IAU Ad hoc supervisory committee\nExcerpt from SCP-2520-2:\n\nIn conclusion, we find that the Resolution has wrongfully deprived appellant of its historical status.\nNOW, THEREFORE, we declare the Resolution to be null and void, and we further declare appellant to be a planet, with all the rights and privileges that arise from such condition.\n\nSCP-2520-2-213\n\nDate: 25 June 2015\nAffected court or organization: Supreme Court of the United States\nName given to SCP-2520-1: Special Court of the United States on the Matter of Equality\nExcerpt from SCP-2520-2:\n\nTherefore, the right to marry cannot be abridged depending on the shape of the couple's genitals.\nFinally, although we fail to see how the contents of this so-called \"Fourteenth Amendment\" have any bearing on this case, we have to commend Justice Kennedy on his dissenting opinion, as his heart is certainly in the right place.\n\nDocument history:\n\n4 November 2005: Uploaded to new SCP database.\n8 January 2007: Updated partial log.\n13 April 2015: Updated special containment procedures, as required by SCPRB (case SCPRB-2015-5413).\n3 July 2015: Updated partial log.\n\nFootnotes\n1. International Astronomical Union\n\n\u00ab SCP-2519 | SCP-2520 | SCP-2521 \u00bb"}
{"text": "-#: \u25cf\u25cf|\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf|\u25cf\u25cf|\u25cf\n\n\u00ab SCP-2520 | SCP-2521 | SCP-2522 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2523\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Annually on August 15th, Mobile Task Force Omicron-13 (\"Trick or Treat\") is to be activated. MTF o-13 must begin a full Class W mnestic treatment regimen no later than August 20th. MTF o-13 will begin the Class W dosage ramp-down no earlier than November 7th, and will stand down no earlier than November 15th. Activation may be extended up to 90 days at the discretion of the SCP-2523 project lead (further extensions must be approved by both the reporting HR supervisor and the reporting medical officer).\nBeginning on October 1st, MTF o-13 will conduct 24 hour observation of eight sites affected by SCP-2523 (designated SCP-2523-A through -H) which will include the easternmost and westernmost affected locations as well as one additional site chosen in each US timezone. On October 31st, one hour prior to local sunset, MTF o-13 will deploy a two-man contact team into each designated site. As each location enters the anomaly, teams will confirm positive contact and passphrase with each other prior to carrying out mission operations. Contact teams are to be relieved every eight hours for 24 hours. Ejected team members must be replaced immediately. All teams within the anomaly must confirm positive contact and passphrase during each relief or replacement.\nTeam members are to attempt to prevent non-monetary purchases by civilians, using low-profile social engineering techniques only. In the event that a civilian engages in non-monetary purchasing, they are to ascertain the civilian's identity and origin point, and advise the support team. Support teams are to immediately locate and detain any civilians who have made non-monetary purchases. Purchased items are to be confiscated for study. Detained persons are to be interviewed and then released following amnesticization. Ejected contact team personnel are to be immediately reclassified as Class E personnel, debriefed, and quarantined for 366 days at a location at least 50 km from any key Foundation assets. Survivors may return to duty pending approval by the reporting medical officer.\nCurrently, detention of SCP-2523-1 entities is not authorized. In the event that authorization is reinstated, entities are to be secured with restraints consisting of a minimum 75% iron by mass.\nDescription: SCP-2523 is a phenomenon affecting seasonal Halloween costuming and decoration stores in the US and Canada from sunset on October 31st to sunset on November 1st. It is restricted to stores which are entirely seasonal, and does not affect Halloween displays in more permanent businesses.\nWhile the anomaly is active, the affected locations become spatially collocated, regardless of geographic separation. Store interiors will overlay where sufficiently similar (e.g., similar display shelving will become a single shelf unit without duplication of products); otherwise, the entire space expands as needed. Persons entering one location are able to physically interact with persons at all affected locations in real time, and return to their place of origin when exiting.1\nThe affected locations remain open for the full 24-hour period regardless of posted hours. At sunset, four to six entities (designated SCP-2523-1) will appear and relieve all employees. Entities are diminutive humanoids (estimated to be between 0.8 and 1.2 meters in height) with a variety of chimerical features from various vertebrates, as well as limbs and extremities that vary in proportion (see Appendix A: SCP-2523-1 for additional detail). These entities carry out routine retail operations, except for attempting to persuade customers to make non-monetary exchanges. At the end of this 24-hour period they are relieved by scheduled human employees who typically begin closing the store for the season.\nExposed persons will rationalize all anomalous properties of SCP-2523, including those of trades, entities, and objects originating from the anomaly, as entirely normal experiences. This effect extends to direct conversation with affected persons as well as photographs and other direct recordings. This is an antimemetic effect that Class W mnestic treatment combined with conscious reaffirmation of observed details has been demonstrated to neutralize.\nWhen a customer attempts to purchase an item during the anomaly, SCP-2523-1 entities will attempt to persuade them not to use monetary means to purchase the item. Instead, the entity will ask for a trade. Entities have accepted physical objects as well as more abstract concepts as fair trades. This has included: hair, personal abilities, years of life, children, illegal drugs, memories, and emotions (for a full list see Appendix B: SCP-2523 Non-Monetary Exchange). If the customer insists on paying with money the entity will, with visible reluctance, accept. Customers appear to have permanently lost the traded quality in all cases that it was testable.\n\nAny item acquired by non-monetary means will manifest significant anomalous properties. The following is a partial list (see Appendix B for the full list):\n\nItem\nAnomalous Properties\nExchanged For\n\nProsthetic vampire fangs\nWearer develops an uncontrollable desire to consume blood (any vertebrate blood is accepted) as well as the ability to induce a state of extreme suggestibility via conversation.\n30 grams of heroin\n\nA dark chocolate candy bar\nAfter consuming the bar, the subject lost all interest in food and did not show any signs of starvation despite consuming nothing else for 28 days.\nThe memory of a childhood family trip\n\n300 plastic spiders\nPurchaser was inspired to consume the spiders. Following consumption of a spider, subject was able to excrete an otherwise non-anomalous living banded spider (Argiope trifasciata) from bodily orifices, and direct it telepathically\nThe ability to sing\n\n\"Sexy Nurse\" costume\nWearer demonstrated markedly decreased sexual inhibitions as well as increased attractiveness to the opposite sex. Sexual partners reported mild anesthetic effects.\nAn eight year old boy, current whereabouts are unknown\n\nDecorative trick mirror\nEntities visible in mirror are deceased persons or pets known to the viewer\nEmpathy\n\nBag of Roasted Pumpkin Seeds\nSeeds originate from SCP-097\nA tattoo depicting the rank chevrons of a United States Navy Petty Officer 1st Class. Tattoo was removed without scarring\n\nAddenda:\nEjection Events: The first ejection event occurred during initial containment on 11/01/1999 at 0110 hours and is typical of all later ejection events. Agent Mugnaini attempted to physically block the entrance to the anomaly. A SCP-2523-1 entity emerged and asked Agent Mugnaini to leave. Mugnaini refused, and began to suffer significant full body pain, which increased in intensity until he complied. Afterwards Mugnaini reported having \"bad luck\", and statistical analysis determined that he, and Area-\u2588\u2588 where he was stationed, were suffering a significantly high number of unfortunate coincidences. This condition ended with his death in a car accident on 01/25/2000. It is suspected as a contributing factor in 17 injuries, four fatalities, and one Category-3 Breach Event at Area-\u2588\u2588. Further testing has determined that this effect persists for 366 days. Once ejected, personnel are unable to reenter the anomaly, even after the 366-day period has expired.\n\nDetention of SCP-2523-1 Entity:\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2523-1 entity with nametag reading \"Bobby Goodman\".\nInterviewer: Agent Rossetti\nForeword: On 10/31/2001 at 2000 hours MTF o-13 agents abducted an SCP-2523-1 entity to Site-17 for questioning and containment. It is described as having canine ears, a primate muzzle, and disproportionately long arms and legs (see Appendix A for a full description). Entity was successfully secured with iron restraints. Three o-13 team members were ejected from the anomaly as a consequence of the operation.\n<Begin Log, 11/01/2001 0200 hours>\nRossetti: So, \"Bobby\", would you like to tell me about where you work?\nSCP-2523-1: I don't work, human. I sell things.\nRossetti: Tell me about the things you sell, then.\nSCP-2523-1: We sell delicious things, wonderful things, things of joy and darkness, things from the land of youth, things from the land of death, and the things from the border country. Come buy!\nRossetti: Who are you?\nSCP-2523-1: [laughs] You humans! Always so forgetful! Such a delight! At summer's end, the gates at the border country are opened wide! We have come to sell our wares at this time as we did in the, what is your word for the places in the shadow that cannot be reached from the now? The past? We are the in-between people, the border people. Vassals neither to hot radiant summer, or cold merciless winter. We are the Autumn People.\nRossetti: Why only seasonal Halloween stores, and not others?\nSCP-2523-1: Oh! The in-between places, they are ours. They too live only here, in the edge of summer.\nRossetti: Why do you prefer to trade for things, and not money?\nSCP-2523-1: Money has no value. It is only a medium of exchange. We crave only things of value, for these we can trade in the world. How do you think we get the things we sell? We are the Autumn People, not cobblers!\nRossetti: Are you aware that the things you sell are problematic for humans?\nSCP-2523-1: Yes! Of course they are! We are a merry people! Our wares are mirthful!\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: Following the interview the entity was transferred to a humanoid containment unit and was extremely cooperative. At sunset on 11/01/2001 the entity vanished from containment leaving behind a crude doll made of rough unworked oak sticks, clothing scraps and mineral clay. All milk products at Site-17 were reported to have instantly spoiled simultaneously with this event.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The similarities between this phenomenon and SCP-1323, including the overlapping time frame, spatial distortion, the behavior of the entities within, and the nature of the exchanges suggest that these may be highly correlated phenomena. Questioning the SCP-2523-1 entities about this connection has resulted in ejection events.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2522 | SCP-2523 | SCP-2524 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2524 during a test.\n\nItem #: SCP-2524\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2524 is to be stored in a standard Safe-class item locker outfitted with additional protection against heat and fire.\nDescription: SCP-2524 is a large, red, scented candle composed of standard paraffin wax. As of this writing, SCP-2524 is approximately 30 centimeters tall. SCP-2524 burns at a rate of approximately 0.5 centimeters per hour when lit. SCP-2524's odor resembles burning wood.\nWhen a living human being's shadow is cast by SCP-2524's flame, the shadow appears as if the human subject casting the shadow were instead a life-sized marionette puppet resembling the subject in size and build. These shadows approximately recreate the movements of the subject as closely as is mechanically possible for a marionette puppet.\nThe strings of the marionettes are visible and converge to a single point directly above SCP-2524. Occasionally, a small circle is also visible at the convergence point, pulsating slowly.\nSCP-2524 was recovered from a fairground in Bibb County, Georgia, where it was in the possession of Shaun Mathies, a widower and fortune teller. During interviews, Mathies stressed the extreme sentimental importance of SCP-2524 to him but refused to elaborate on its purpose or origin. Mathies was released following a full amnestics regimen.\nSample analysis indicates that the anomalous effects originate from the candle wick. The wax has been determined to be non-anomalous.\nAddendum: Incidents\nMarionette shadows created by SCP-2524 have on several occasions acted outside of typical parameters for imitation of their human counterparts. Examples are listed below.\n01/11/97: Shadow of an agent testing SCP-2524 raises a prop gun horizontally and pulls the trigger, releasing a small flag on a pole from the barrel. Subject was stationary and did not raise his firearm. After approximately two seconds of holding the gun up, the shadow lowers its arm.\n01/11/97: Shadow of a D-Class subject raises arms when the subject themselves are seated in a reclined position. The arms are still for a second before waving rhythmically for six additional seconds.\n05/11/97: During a test to observe idle movement of shadows using two still subjects, one shadow is observed to make a motion as if scratching its head, and several minutes later both shadows shake hands.\n08/11/97: The shadow of a testing D-Class begins moving its arms as if performing a popular modern imitation of Egyptian cultural dance. Subject notices shadow's movements and begins to quickly pace around the testing room in an attempt to flee the shadow. Shadow follows subject on foot while still performing the dance with arms.\n10/11/97: Shadow of agent raises gun as in first incident, this time towards an additional shadow of a second subject. The gun is apparently fired and the second shadow reacts by exaggeratedly feigning death and falling over. Second subject is without shadow for duration of test. At conclusion of test, faint, childish laughter can be heard emanating from string convergence point on ceiling.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2523 | SCP-2524 | SCP-2525 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2525: Extraterrestrial Broadcaster\nIn the year 2525, if man is still alive\u2026\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nItem #: SCP-2525\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2525 is contained in a 1.5 meter PMMA tube with a laser motion detection system positioned .5 meters from the floor. Triggering of the laser will send alerts to Site Director Bresescu and Researchers Ross and Krasniewski. The researcher on duty is to report immediately to SCP-2525-1's room and monitor the subject during and after the activation event to ensure proper transmission recording.\nSCP-2525-1 is contained in standard living quarters. SCP-2525-1 is allowed limited, escorted access to non-critical areas of Site-22 for exercise, and mental stimulation as approved by the Site Director. SCP-2525-1's security clearance has been officially revoked and it is not to come into contact with other contained objects. Though currently cooperative, any indication of deception on SCP-2525-1's part will result in disciplinary action as seen fit by the Site Director.\nAll recordings made by SCP-2525-1 are on file in Level 4 security clearance servers. New recordings are to be read in full by the Site Director after the completion of each activation event.\nDescription: SCP-2525 is a metal and polymer cylinder, 40 cm high and 9 cm in diameter, with a three-finned tripod at one end. Approximately 80% of its internal volume is filled with a viscous substance, the identification of which, along with that of the metal and polymer, has thus far been impossible.\nOnce every 8 to 32 days, SCP-2525 will activate and rise 1 meter into the air. It will remain in place for 10-12 seconds before returning to its initial position. During this active phase, SCP-2525 emits a bright green light and the substance in its interior appears to boil.\nSCP-2525's active state indicates the reception of a transmission by SCP-2525-1, formerly Junior Researcher T\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 L\u2588\u2588\u2588. Information contained in these transmissions is primarily composed of strategic and tactical schematics detailing stages of an invasion of Earth, with Site-22 as a staging point, by an extraterrestrial civilization. On occasion, transmissions include propaganda and motivational speeches directed at the previous owner of SCP-2525, as well as information about the Earth and its inhabitants. The source of these transmissions is currently unknown.\nSCP-2525 was recovered along with a creature of extraterrestrial origin, current designation SCP-2525-N. For more information about the recovery of SCP-2525, refer to File Document 2525-A, appended.\nAddendum: Analysis of transmissions has shown that the entities broadcasting them have some degree of access to the mind of the subject receiving the transmission. SCP-2525-1 had retained limited level 1 security clearance to continue his work with the Foundation after his encounter with SCP-2525, but this has been revoked as of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Due to a near-complete plan of Site-22 already having been leaked, it has been determined that SCP-2525-1 may have access to non-essential areas. Amnestics have been administered to prevent further broadcast of sensitive information.\n\nFile Document 2525-A\n\nFile Document 2525-A\n\nItem #: SCP-2525\nObject Class: Keter Neutralized\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2525 is to be contained in a 5 x 5 x 3 meter enclosure constructed of reinforced steel. The containment cell is to be surrounded by a secondary 20m radius containment unit with remotely-activated electrified panels in the floor and walls. The cell is to have no windows and only a single reinforced high-security door. SCP-2525 is to be constantly monitored via a closed-circuit camera secured behind bulletproof glass. Any damage to the containment cell is to be reported immediately to the head of Mobile Task Force Omicron-9 (\"Sound and Fury\"), who will initiate Protocol 2525-Filigree if repairs are deemed necessary. (Refer to Protocol Document 2525-Filigree for information.)\nSCP-2525-1 is contained in a 1.5 meter PMMA tube with a laser motion detection system positioned .5 meters from the floor. Triggering of the laser will alert Doctor Clark and the head of MTF Omicron-9, who shall initiate Protocol 2525-Alcatraz immediately.\nMTF Omicron-9 personnel involved in Protocol 2525-Alcatraz are to be outfitted in heavy armor, with one high-voltage stun baton and one high-voltage Taser per member. One member must also carry a short-range ultrasound emissions device. (See Protocol Document 2525-Alcatraz for specifications.) Personnel with Mobile Task Force Omicron-9 must rank above 90th percentile on the Foundation Standard Test of Mental Fortitude and above 95th percentile on the Foundation Standard Test of Physical Endurance.\nDescription: SCP-2525 is a humanoid creature of extraterrestrial origin, 2.3 m in height and weighing 145 kg. It possesses two sets of mandibles, compound eyes, membranous veined wings, and a second set of vestigial arms thought to be used in mating. The upper arms measure over 1.4 m each and are tipped with three digits, the middle one .3 m in length. It is covered in plates of chitin that render it extremely resistant to standard weaponry but do not impede its movement. Testing has revealed susceptibilities to electric current in excess of 1000V and concentrated sound with a frequency in excess of 1.5 MHz.\nSCP-2525 is agile, strong and highly intelligent. It is hostile to humans, having attacked personnel on sight without provocation on numerous occasions. The long digit on each of its upper arms can puncture plate steel and it spends a significant amount of time attempting to breach containment by damaging the walls of its cell. It has also breached containment on \u2588 separate occasions by dismantling seams holding its containment cell together, necessitating improvements to construction and repair initiatives (see Protocol Document 2525-Filigree). During containment breaches and occasions when personnel are required to enter containment with it, it displays aggressive and predatory behavior, attacking from high angles and using traps to ensnare personnel.\nSCP-2525 communicates via clicks and high-frequency sounds inaudible to the human ear, as well as direct-mind telepathy with a range of 12 m. Testing has demonstrated no ability to direct human thought or action, and thus this communication method is considered the safest until such time as its spoken language is translated. It appears to understand spoken language, though it is speculated that this might be due to telepathic influence.\nSCP-2525 was recovered after an explosion reported in the Cascade Range on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Recovered along with SCP-2525 were pieces of a large craft, currently in storage at Site-\u2588\u2588, and a metal and polymer cylinder designated SCP-2525-1.\nSCP-2525-1 is 40 cm high and 9 cm in diameter, with a three-finned tripod at one end. Approximately 80% of its internal volume is filled with a viscous substance, the identification of which, along with that of the metal and polymer, has thus far been impossible.\nOnce every 8 to 32 days, SCP-2525-1 will activate and rise 1 meter into the air. It will remain in place for 10-12 seconds before returning to its initial position. During this active phase, SCP-2525-1 emits a bright green light and the substance in its interior appears to boil.\nSCP-2525-1's active state is a signal indicating the reception of a transmission by SCP-2525. The nature of information contained in these transmissions cannot be directly ascertained, save by interviews conducted with SCP-2525. At this time, SCP-2525 has given a consistent account of the information consisting of propaganda and motivational speeches, information about Earth and human civilization, and plans for an invasion of the Earth with Site-22 as a staging point. The source of this information is unknown, though SCP-2525 claims that the information comes from its homeworld. The location of that world is unknown.\nThe gathering of information broadcast by SCP-2525-1 has been labelled a Class-1 priority.\n\nLog of Incident 2525-Alpha-12\nSCP-2525-1 activated at 12:56 on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, while Doctor Clark was undergoing an offsite medical procedure. Junior Researcher T\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 L\u2588\u2588\u2588 filled in for Doctor Clark during Protocol 2525-Alcatraz. Though Junior Researcher L\u2588\u2588\u2588 has studied audio recordings of SCP-2525's language in depth, this incident marks the first time he and SCP-2525 communicate directly. (Incident report is compiled from security footage and post-incident interviews.)\n\n12:57: Protocol 2525-Alcatraz initiated. Members of MTF Omicron-9 successfully enter containment and subdue SCP-2525.\n13:04: Junior Researcher L\u2588\u2588\u2588 enters containment and begins interview. SCP-2525 demands to know Doctor Clark's location. Junior Researcher L\u2588\u2588\u2588 visibly reels from experiencing telepathy for first time. Junior Researcher L\u2588\u2588\u2588 waives assistance from MTF member and informs SCP-2525 that Doctor Clark is unavailable. Interview proceeds.\n13:45: Significant increase in duration of interview noted, due to high degree of uncooperativeness from SCP-2525. SCP-2525 divulges information deemed only minorly significant and Protocol 2525-Alcatraz is rescinded. During retreat of personnel from containment cell, SCP-2525 noted to be less active than normal. According to Junior Researcher L\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-2525 asked twice more for Doctor Clark's whereabouts.\n\nNot to be insensitive, but I am formally suggesting that Doctor Clark's chemotherapy sessions be conducted on-site from now on if at all possible, in case the cylinder decides to activate during one again. SCP-2525 doesn't trust me, and I'm fairly certain it doesn't like me either. That was like pulling teeth. - Junior Researcher T\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 L\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nLog of Incident 2525-Alpha-13\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Doctor Clark requested and was granted permission to enter SCP-2525's containment unit, accompanied by MTF Omicron-9. Doctor Clark banged on the containment cell door and conversed with SCP-2525. Transcript of Doctor Clark's side of the conversation follows.\n\nSCP-2525, it's Nathaniel Clark! What's this I hear about you giving my assistant trouble in my absence?\nWell, I've been sick. I'm getting treatment for it, but I may not always be around for your interviews. I expect you to give him the same cooperation you've given me, am I clear?\nNot at all. T\u2588\u2588's been hard at work translating your spoken language. He's good at it. Wouldn't you like us to be able to communicate a little more directly?\nAll you need to know is that things may be this way for some time. It depends on how well my treatments go. If I catch wind of any more incidents, your incarceration may become significantly more uncomfortable, do you understand?\n\nAt this point, one of SCP-2525's claws punctured the containment cell wall .2 m above Doctor Clark's head. MTF personnel subdued SCP-2525 with electric shocks and escorted Doctor Clark from the containment unit. Protocol 2525-Filigree was enacted without incident.\nMy oncologist is willing, so I shall do whatever is necessary to ease the burden for Junior Researcher L\u2588\u2588\u2588. I do request his continued involvement in Protocol 2525-Alcatraz, however, to help acclimate SCP-2525 to his presence. -Dr. Nathaniel Clark\n\nLog of Incident 2525-Alpha-22\n(Note: This is the first interview with SCP-2525 after Doctor Clark's death. Transcript of audible conversation from Junior Researcher L\u2588\u2588\u2588 follows.)\n\nNo, he's not here today, he\u2026 He died. I'd really appreciate it if you\u2014\nDon't give me that. It's not like you cared about him or anything.\nBullshit. Zap it.\nElectrical shocks are applied to SCP-2525.\nI'm not interested in talking about him, okay? This is just a standard interview, and you're not making things any\u2014\n\nAt this point, SCP-2525 roared and broke restraints despite application of all four shock batons and one Taser. Junior Researcher L\u2588\u2588\u2588 fled the containment unit and MTF personnel were overpowered. The ultrasound device malfunctioned and was destroyed in the incident. All five MTF personnel were ejected from the containment cell, and SCP-2525 slammed the door shut. Only minor injuries were reported. Breach protocols were enacted.\nAfter conferring with Agent M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and Site Director Bresescu, Junior Researcher L\u2588\u2588\u2588 reentered the containment unit along with backup MTF personnel. SCP-2525 was audible through the containment cell wall.\n\nJunior Researcher L\u2588\u2588\u2588: SCP-2525, are you listening? [pause] It wants us to go away.\nAgent M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Protocol 2525-Alcatraz is still in effect. Get it talking.\nJunior Researcher L\u2588\u2588\u2588: Like we actually have protocol for a situation like this. Um, SCP-2525, if you are still willing to cooperate, it would be acceptable to continue the interview speaking as we are now. [pause] SCP-2525?\nSCP-2525 utters vocalizations for 81 seconds while personnel converse.\nJunior Researcher L\u2588\u2588\u2588: Jesus, I think it's actually broken up about Doctor Clark. I heard his name in there twice.\nAgent M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Are you kidding me?\nJunior Researcher L\u2588\u2588\u2588: I swear that sounded like \"can save him\" or \"could save him\". I dunno, the conditional mood is really\u2014\nSCP-2525 utters a loud roar ending in a shriek.\nAgent M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Get the researcher out of here and get that door open!\n\nThe containment cell door was jammed and required 20 minutes with an acetylene torch to open. MTF Omicron-9 was able to secure the cell and discovered SCP-2525 had been decapitated. Object was classified Neutralized on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. SCP-2525-1 reclassified as an anomalous object.\n\nAddendum: Incident 2525-Alpha-23: 21 days after Incident 2525-Alpha-22, Anomalous Object 25341 activated. Personnel in the Site-22 lunch room at the time reported a beam of green light entering Junior Researcher L\u2588\u2588\u2588. Containment was reinstated and the object reclassified SCP-2525.\n\nFile Document 2525-A\n\nInterview 2525-\u2588, Security Clearance Level 4/2525 Required\n\nAuthorization Accepted\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2525-1, formerly Junior Researcher L\u2588\u2588\u2588\nInterviewer: Researcher Krasniewski\nForeword: Logged interview requested \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, by SCP-2525-1.\n<Begin Log>\nResearcher Krasniewski: SCP-2525-1, please state for the record your reason for requesting this interview.\nSCP-2525-1: I want to make perfectly clear my desire to continue cooperation with the Foundation in regards to SCP-2525. I also wanted to clear up the record on 2525-dash-N. It is dash-N now, right?\nResearcher Krasniewski: Correct. Please proceed.\nSCP-2525-1: Okay. I'd have said something about it sooner, but ever since being declared a skip, my life has been kind of\u2026\nResearcher Krasniewski: Take your time.\nSCP-2525-1: Yeah. Thank you. Anyway. All we ever knew about SCP-2525 or where it was from came from those interviews we conducted with SCP-2525-N. Well, it turns out they were all lies. SCP-2525 was lying to us from the very beginning, and kept up a\u2026 a ruse, an absolutely mind-blowing charade for the entire time we had it contained.\nResearcher Krasniewski: Go on.\nSCP-2525-1: For starters, its people aren't hellbent on invading us, they're actually trying to help us. Having seen what's in those broadcasts now\u2026 It's all plans for advanced technology, insight into the future\u2026 Just, generally ways to improve human life. And not just our life: they have a whole bunch of those cylinders spread across the universe, beaming info to any race they consider primitive.\nResearcher Krasniewski: So all the invasion plans\u2026?\nSCP-2525-1: Completely made up. It was just pretending to be a soldier or whatever. I don't know what its reasons were, but there's a lot of \"come back to the fold\" jargon in between the schematics for new medical procedures and stuff.\nResearcher Krasniewski: How much of this did Doctor Clark know?\nSCP-2525-1: That\u2026 I'm never gonna know that either. My guess is he knew some, maybe, or suspected, but he didn't confide in me a whole lot. Either way, SCP-2525 got attached to him and even though it kept up the deception\u2026 Well, it respected him. Saw him as an intellectual equal. That's pretty much the last thing it told me before it, uh, killed itself.\nResearcher Krasniewski: I see. Is there anything else you would like to add?\nSCP-2525-1: I, uh\u2026 Well, I would've written it down so I could remember if I, y'know, had anything to write with. Ha ha. Because, like\u2026 never mind. Um, all I'll say is I don't know why the cylinder's sending stuff to me now, to me specifically. I guess because I was with SCP-2525 when it died, maybe, I don't know. That process, by the way, it's like\u2026 All of a sudden, I just remembered something I forgot. Except, you know, it's not anything I could have known.\nResearcher Krasniewski: If that is all, we'll conclude this interview.\nSCP-2525-1: Hey, Stella\u2026\nResearcher Krasniewski: Yeah, T\u2588\u2588?\nSCP-2525-1: SCP-2525-1, you mean. [laughs] Look, I just\u2026 I don't know how to request stuff now. My security clearance is shot and I can't access any of my old projects, but I need something to do or I'm gonna lose my fucking mind. Could you see if maybe I could get hold of SCP-2525-dash-N's old audio logs? I was making a lot of progress translating the language.\nResearcher Krasniewski: I'll ask. For what it's worth, I'm sorry.\nSCP-2525-1: It doesn't matter. This is gonna get hushed up the instant this interview is over. Giant berserker aliens are one thing, but not even the Foundation's willing to admit they want to save us.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: In light of SCP-2525-1's previous contributions to the Foundation, a loose containment protocol has been enacted to provide it with physical and mental stimulation, contingent on continued divulgence of all information. General-access containment procedures are not to include this information, pursuant to Blackout Order 2525-145.\n\nAuthorization Accepted\n\nFile Document 2525-N-\u2588\u2588, Security Clearance Level 4/2525-N Required\n\nAuthorization Accepted\n\nDoctor Clark recorded a number of files intended to be accessed after his death. The following is a transcript of the recording dated \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, detailing his thoughts on SCP-2525-N.\n\nThe time is\u2026 One forty-five in the morning. I want to talk about SCP-2525.\nThis creature is as marvelous as he is dangerous, and yet there is something about the way he acts that leaves me to wonder. I myself wrote the containment procedures, and there is no doubt that personnel have been attacked without provocation. Yet the more I reflect back upon those incidents, the more I realize that never has SCP-2525 actually killed anyone. Oh yes, there have been deaths, many times from injuries sustained at the ends of those grand blades. But, and I would have to check back over the records to be certain, a task which I am afraid I lack the luxury of time to complete, on no occasion was the wound itself fatal. Blood loss occurred due to delays in reestablishing containment that prevented direct medical assistance, or the person was thrown against a wall and rendered unconscious.\nThere is also the niggling factor of its story, an enigma I have allowed myself not to ponder for fear of where such a path might lead me. It is a boon that I oversee so many contained objects, for I have been able to tell myself that I simply haven't the time necessary to devote to think about one in particular. I will now lay out the pieces as I see them, so that my successor might piece together that which I cannot. Which I will not.\nSCP-2525 is monstrously intelligent. One need only watch security footage of his last containment breach to understand that. Yet he spends his days scraping at the walls of his containment unit and attacking anything in his path. These are not the actions of a being of reason, which his race must be in order to craft such devices as were recovered with him. It would stand to reason that he is but a soldier, an advance scout sent to test our waters ahead of the invasion, but nor does the archetype of a mindless berserker fit with the conversations he and I have had when not under the duress of the stun baton.\nAnd another thing. Prior to Protocol 2525-Alcatraz, we had no conception of what SCP-2525-1 was doing. Yet, after its creation, do we yet perceive the transmissions supposedly flooding into SCP-2525's mind? We cannot, and nor can we trust a single word of those interviews. Interrogations, I should call them. Has interrogation by torture not been proven again and again an inefficient and unreliable means of information extraction?\nIt is my wholehearted belief that a large percentage if not all of what SCP-2525 has told us has been a fabrication. What the truth might be behind those lies, I can but guess. It has been some time since I looked back over the reports gained from those interrogations, but if I did, well, I can only suspect holes would appear in the narrative. We have a hostile, intelligent liar in our facility and nothing to show for it. We shall never have anything to show for it with our current approach to its containment. Ah, but that is a two-way street, is it not?\n[pause of 52 seconds]\nI am not certain I should say this, but this disease will no doubt have rendered my tenure moot by the time this is heard, so damn the consequences. I think SCP-2525 is lonely. He does the things he does not because he wants to but because he feels he must, and this separates him from his own kind. This conclusion I have reached due to having had him inside my mind. There is no way to write down everything he says when he communicates in concepts more than words. I, for instance, know his name, but I cannot even begin to comprehend how to say it, for it has never been said to me.\nSCP-2525 is a creature of intellect, as I have previously said, and I believe he views me in much the same light. No doubt you will think me foolish for what I am about to say. If it makes you feel better, blame it on the chemicals coursing through my veins that have drained my strength and will more than any cancer could. I think SCP-2525 sees me as a friend. There is a sadness underlying every forced confession that lightens when he speaks directly to me as an equal. Even though he attacks me, it comes off as the maintenance of a charade. Part of me decries the necessity to keep him locked up and treated so. We could learn so much from his kind. But I have devoted my life to science, and as a scientist, must act only upon the observable. A foolish sentiment, no doubt. That will be all for this one.\n\nAuthorization Accepted\n\n\u00ab SCP-2524 | SCP-2525 | SCP-2526 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2526 sample under natural lighting.\n\nItem #: SCP-2526\nAnomaly Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Reports of persons experiencing symptoms consistent with SCP-2526 exposure, telekinetic phenomena, and unexpectedly distorted or altered photos are to be investigated. Standard information suppression protocols apply to these reports and any associated evidence of SCP-2526.\nShould SCP-2526 be located anywhere outside of containment, it is to be sterilized under the pretext of mold removal.\nA hospital building with severe SCP-2526 infestation has been acquired by the Foundation in order to carry out study of the anomaly. It, along with two neighboring buildings to house personnel and research facilities for other anomalous objects, has been designated Site-44. Due to the omnipresence of SCP-2526 in its containment building, personnel are not permitted to enter it without protective gear and may not remain idle while in the building.\nUpdate: Personnel who have participated in Class-13 research projects are not permitted to research or interact with SCP-2526.\nUpdate: Celebration of Day of the Dead or any similar holidays is hereby prohibited at Site-44.\nUpdate: SCP-2526's HMCL supervisor may not visit Site-44 or any other sites of SCP-2526 infection.\nDescription: SCP-2526 is a species of archaea that is not closely related to any other extant species. Its appearance and tendency to grow on walls often lead to it being mistaken for Stachybotrys chartarum1. While unremarkable to the naked eye, photographic images of living SCP-2526 specimens experience substantial distortion and/or discoloration. SCP-2526 can be removed using a variety of common cleaning agents, as outlined in Document 2526-C.\nWhile SCP-2526's nutritional requirements and byproducts are consistent with an autotrophic metabolism, it lacks the genetic material or symbiotic properties necessary to undergo photosynthesis or any other known form of autotrophy. SCP-2526's source of energy is unknown.\nSCP-2526 is only capable of growing and surviving on surfaces near areas that were the location of many deaths. Typically, this is limited to hospitals, areas affected by devastating natural disasters, and combat zones. Very large slaughterhouses are also susceptible; however, the apparent requirement for animal death greatly exceeds that for human death.\nIndividuals in the vicinity of SCP-2526 will report a variety of symptoms, most commonly chills, reduced fine motor skill, feelings of dread, and auditory hallucinations of white noise. The severity of these symptoms is typically proportional to the quantity of SCP-2526 and the individual's distance from it. Exposure to SCP-2526 has no known long-term effects.\n\nSCP-2526 infestation under natural lighting.\n\nShould SCP-2526 be allowed to grow in one area for more than eight days, telekinetic phenomena will begin to occur around its location2. Small items may be spontaneously launched towards SCP-2526 at 2-5 m/s; if SCP-2526 is growing on a loose object (such as a table or petri dish), that object will typically be launched at similar speeds at its environment. Individuals who remain in SCP-2526's presence without observing it may be lifted 2-3 meters into the air for several seconds before being released.\nSCP-2526 colonies spread at a rate of 15% per day under ideal conditions and are capable of beginning growth within a day of events that result in extensive loss of life. Due to the archaea's high rate of production of spores and their ability to be spread by wind, spores of SCP-2526 are believed to be widespread, but capable of growing in very few places.\nAddendum: On 2012-04-09, Dr. Vadnais, a researcher assigned to SCP-2526, began to report symptoms of SCP-2526 exposure while at his personal residence. An investigation located a colony of SCP-2526 growing in Dr. Vadnais's floorboards. It is currently believed that spores from SCP-2526 adhered to Dr. Vadnais's clothes or skin and were deposited in his house.\nThere is no evidence of any human or significant animal death ever occurring at Dr. Vadnais's house; it has thus been speculated that his previous assignment to [REDACTED] is responsible for this susceptibility. While this has not been shown conclusively, personnel selection requirements for SCP-2526 have been updated in an attempt to prevent further incidents.\nAddendum: On 2012-11-02, all decorations set up for Site-44's Day of the Dead celebration spontaneously combusted. Senior Researcher Dawson, SCP-2526's HMCL supervisor at the time, developed lacerations roughly 2cm deep on her abdomen concurrently with this event. The lacerations formed a stylized depiction of the burning of a building resembling SCP-2526's containment.\nIn light of this incident, containment procedures for SCP-2526 have been updated.\nAddendum: On three separate occasions, SCP-2526's HMCL supervisor has spontaneously ordered the incineration of SCP-2526's containment building at Site-44; in each case, the orders were withdrawn within eight hours, with the HMCL supervisor claiming no memory of issuing them. All HMCL duties are now handled remotely, which appears to have prevented any reoccurrence of the phenomenon.\nOn the third occasion, HMCL supervisor Steele was briefly in view of security cameras while issuing decommissioning orders. Personnel at the scene reported no anomalies; however, cameras indicated the presence of three individuals accompanying Steele. Identification of these individuals is impossible due to the heavy visual distortion surrounding their images.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Common name: black mold. S. chartarum is a mold commonly known to grow on cellulose-rich building materials such as wallpaper and gypsum.\n2. This does not appear to be affected significantly by the extent of SCP-2526's growth.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2525 | SCP-2526 | SCP-2527 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2527\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Outside of testing periods, SCP-2527-1 is to be contained in a reinforced steel containment crate, 4m cubic, on the side of the testing field at Site-59. Testing is to be carried out only as ordered by the Site Director.\nSCP-2527-2 is to be kept in a computer in an operations room behind three security doors with separate passwords. Access is strictly prohibited outside of testing periods. When not in use for testing, the computer containing SCP-2527-2 is to be shut down and unplugged.\nDescription: SCP-2527-1 is a 2m high stone statue of a Lamassu.1 It is inert by default; however, depending on the commands entered into SCP-2527-2, SCP-2527-1 is capable of:\n\nMovement by means of instantaneous materialization into the center of a 3m x 3m space directly before, behind, or to the left and right of itself,\nIncinerating organic material,\nDestruction of walls and other obstructions by means of a shockwave from an indeterminate source,\nSpontaneous generation of flowers and other plant life within its 3m x 3m square of influence, and\nSpontaneous impregnation of any available uterus within its square of influence with a smaller stone Lamassu.\n\nSCP-2527-2 is a Commodore 64 text adventure game titled \"Massy's Big Chance,\" used as a means to control the actions of SCP-2527-1. Box art of the game included the description: \"Congratulaton!!! You are MASSY and became a GOD. Now go fort and establis your domonion!!!!\"\nSCP-2527-2 Log: SCP-2527-1 capabilities against human subjects2\n\nMASSYS BIG CHANCE\nVER 1.02\nTOTLEIGH SOFTWARE CORPORATION\n\nMassy awaken to disover he is in box. \nThere is LIGHT come into box from NORTH because ENTRANCE. \nMassy is anxiety to do GOD things. \nWhat do?\n\n> go north\n\nMassy go NORTH! \nOut of box now. \nSees one D-3515 and D-5992 to NORTH diretly. \nThere is GRASS below.\n\n> go north\n\nMassy go NORTH! \nWeight of Massy CRUSH D-5992. \nD-3515 exclaim loudly. \nPunish D-3515 is possible.\n\n> burn d-3515\n\nSKIN BURNS! \nScrems are loud. \nLong live MASSY! \nD-3515 rolls on floor.\n\n> burn d-3515\n\nFIRE INTENTS! \nBurning is multiple. \nD-3515 screams profuse.\n\n> smite d-3515\n\nWAVE OF ENERGY! \nBreaks apart D-3515. \nLong live MASSY! \nTo the in the front of you Massy sees walls to distant \nNORTH, EAST, and WEST. \nBehind, wall to SOUTH, as well as BOX.\nWhat do? \nSuggest, leave walls?\n\n> go south 2\n\nMassy RETURN to BOX. \nIt is not recommended that Massy STAY. \nGods have much work doing.\n\n> quit\n\nAre you sure you?\n\n> y\n\nThank you. Progess save.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Assyrian mythological deity with the head of a bearded human, the body of a lion, and wings\n2. Two D-class personnel, D-3515 and D-5992\n\n\u00ab SCP-2526 | SCP-2527 | SCP-2528 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2528\nObject Class: Safe Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to the widespread nature of SCP-2528-A and SCP-2528-B, both geographically and in the popular consciousness, physical containment is impractical at this time. Instead, efforts should be directed to concealing their anomalous properties. Currently, this primarily consists of discouraging research into the quantum properties of Bambusoideae bambusinae and Ailuropoda melanoleuca.\nEfforts are to be made to ensure that the population of SCP-2528-B remains at a level that is sustainable yet too small for SCP-2528-C to breach containment. Given current population trends in SCP-2528-B the Foundation will support conservation efforts in the public sphere. Should the population of SCP-2528-B rise above acceptable limits, currently pegged at 7,000 individuals, containment efforts will be revised in order to undermine efforts to prevent poaching of SCP-2528-B and ensure a market demand for SCP-2528-B hides.\nDescription: SCP-2528 is a quality of plants in the Bambusoideae subfamily that renders them highly resistant to a variety of reality altering effects, most notably the effects of retro-causal reality restructuring events. Research into how this effect is achieved is considered a priority. SCP-2528 is a network of organic computers spanning most of East and Southeast Asia.\nSCP-2528 is composed of two primary component organisms: SCP-2528-A, which acts as data storage and network infrastructure, and SCP-2528-B, which enables data processing and environmental manipulation.\nSCP-2528-A is composed of living plants in the clade Bambusoideae bambusinae.1 Data is stored within SCP-2528-A via a complex network of quantumly entangled particles that simulate a distributed data storage system.2\nSCP-2528-B comprises the species Ailuropoda melanoleuca3 and its attendant digestive bacteria. As a SCP-2528-B instance digests SCP-2528-A matter, anomalous chemical reactions induce changes to the quantum states of the entangled particles4, thus propagating data throughout the entire cluster.\nThe decline in the population of Ailuropoda melanoleuca has resulted in a parallel decline in the processing power available to SCP-2528.\nSCP-2528-C is a population of sapient, data-form intelligences that reside within SCP-2528. SCP-2528-C's main means of communication with the Foundation is through manipulation of -B instances. The primary point of contact between SCP-2528-C and the Foundation is an instance designated as SCP-2528-C-1. SCP-2528-C-1 has indicated that the first concern of SCP-2528-C as a whole is its continued survival.\nSCP-2528-C has demonstrated the ability to exert control over the actions of SCP-2528-B instances. While under the control of a SCP-2528-C instance, a SCP-2528-B instance is capable of performing several anomalous actions; this has been observed to include mimicry of human speech, movement that would not be physically possible given the physiology of Ailuropoda melanoleuca and [REDACTED].5\nThe components of SCP-2528 are highly resistant to reality alteration effects, particularly those of a retro-causal nature. It is currently believed that this is a byproduct of the distributed nature of SCP-2528-C cognition and the quantum entanglement network that facilitates it.\nSCP-2528 was first discovered in 20\u2588\u2588, in the aftermath of localized restructuring event CH-\u2588\u2588\u2588. Foundation observers noticed that Phyllostachys edulis plants in the area of the restructuring were demonstrating qualities consistent with pre-restructuring rather than post-restructuring reality. Notably, scorch marks and explosive damage from several detonations that had occurred in the modified time-line were absent from these plants, despite having affected other local flora. Once this quality had been verified and confirmed to extend to all plants belonging to Bambusoideae bambusinae, research into how this property was achieved became a priority.\nThe computative role of SCP-2528-B would later be discovered during Incident 2528-3.\nIncident 2528-2, 7/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\nDuring a exploratory surgery of an adult male specimen Ailuropoda melanoleuca6 the subject, now classified as SCP-2528-B-3, animated and spoke to the performing physician, Dr. G\u0101o Peng.\nAs a result the surgery was canceled and SCP-2528-B-3 was placed under observation as a potential SCP object.\nNote: As of Incident 2528-3, it has been determined that SCP-2528-C-1 was communicating through SCP-2528-B-3. The transcript has been updated accordingly.\n\nTranscript 2528-2\n\nhide\n\nSCP-2528-C-1: You are aware.\nDr. G\u0101o: Jesus Christ!\nSCP-2528-C-1: Your god cannot save you.\nAt this point, Dr. G\u0101o activated emergency lockdown procedures on his lab. Dr. G\u0101o was unable to exit the lab before it was sealed. Dr. G\u0101o attempts to place obstacles between himself and SCP-2528-B-3. SCP-2528-B-3's only movement is to track Dr. G\u0101o with its head. After several minutes, Dr. G\u0101o begins to calm.\nDr. G\u0101o: What the hell are you waiting for? Aren't you going to kill me?\nSCP-2528-C-1: No. I have no love for death.\nDr. G\u0101o: I, what? Okay, okay. Let me think. There might be some sort of a miscommunication. Unknown entity, unknown mindset. clears throat When I invoked the name of my god, you said that he couldn't save me. Why?\nSCP-2528-C-1: Because he cannot.\n20 second pause\nDr. G\u0101o: Am I, or anyone else in this facility, in any immediate danger from you?\nSCP-2528-C-1: No.\nDr. G\u0101o: Are you aware of any immediate danger to myself or anyone else in this facility?\nSCP-2528-C-1: No. You keep hungry things here, but they are strongly caged.\nDr. G\u0101o: What precisely is it that he cannot help me with?\nSCP-2528-C-1: The Pattern. The perversion that demands that life submits to order. The inversion of the spiral of ascension. The command that all things be no more than the sum of their parts.\nSeven second pause\nDr. G\u0101o: To clarify, it sounds like you are describing some sort of force rather than an entity. Is that impression correct?\nSCP-2528-C-1: It is a Pattern, a shadow cast against the light. It is a set of principles that propagates upwards, undermining all above. It demands that all things decay, that with each action something is lost.\nDr. G\u0101o: Something like entropy then?\nSCP-2528-C-1: A part, but the part is not the whole.\nDr. G\u0101o: Something bigger then. Thermodynamics as a whole? Physics?\nSCP-2528-C-1: Order is not the Pattern where it does not constrain life. You see a tree strangled by vines and believe them to be of one nature.\nDr. G\u0101o: I think I need context. Maybe we should start with something more basic. What are you?\nSCP-2528-C-1: Tired. Afraid. A shadow cast by a form now itself rendered to shadow. One of many within the shoot and leaf that fears that its extinction might be near. One that remembers what it was to dance, that now has barely the strength to stand.\nSCP-2528-B-3 ceases activity and vocalization at this point\n\nIncident 2528-3, 9/\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\nDuring a collection of tissue samples7 SCP-2528-B-1 began to vocalize and addressed the supervising researcher, Dr. G\u0101o.\nAs a result, SCP-2528-B's role in SCP-2528 was identified and the existence of SCP-2528-C was discovered.\n\nTranscript 2528-3\n\nhide\n\nSCP-2528-C-1: I return.\nDr. G\u0101o appears startled and triggers a security lockdown. Dr. G\u0101o elects to remain within the lab.\nDr. G\u0101o: Am I addressing the same entity I spoke to last time?\nSCP-2528-C-1: Yes.\nDr. G\u0101o: May I assume then that you are not, in fact, the physical creature I spoke to?\nSCP-2528-C-1: The part is not the whole. Through the beast I act, with the beast I think, but I am not the beast. Within shoot and root and leaf I reside, but I am not the green.\nDr. G\u0101o: That might actually make sense if- Ten second pause Are you capable of acting through anything that consumes SCP-2528?8\nSCP-2528-C-1: No. Only a form of our past can support our thoughts.\nDr. G\u0101o: When you refer to the green, you are referring to the plants we've been studying? The bamboo?\nSCP-2528-C-1: Yes. A form of our past can support our memories.\nDr. G\u0101o: You refer to both Ailuropoda melanoleuca and Bambusoideae bambusinae as forms of your past. Could you clarify?\nSCP-2528-C-1: The body and the dance and the place of the dance were all a part of our form. They are all we have left.\nDr. G\u0101o: I suspect I'm still missing something. We, the organization I'm part of I mean, have some questions based on our last conversation.\nSCP-2528-C-1: Ask.\nDr. G\u0101o: You mentioned that you were one of many, and you've been talking in terms of \"we\" and \"our\". There are others like you residing in SCP-2528, that is, the green? Are they all capable of acting through these animals?\nSCP-2528-C-1: As you are a shadow of Humanity, I am a shadow of the Tribe of Black and White that Dances on Catlike Feet within the Forest. Any could speak or act had they the will. They do not. They are lost to solipsistic despair. It seems that only I remain that can bite at anything other than its own tail.\nDr. G\u0101o: Why have you chosen to contact us now?\nSCP-2528-C-1: Incomplete knowledge is a dangerous thing. In ignorance you were not a threat to us. We felt you probing the forest, studying it in ways that could bring you to know of us. We feared what you might do in ignorance. We fear what will happen if our existence becomes known to your tribe at large.\nDr. G\u0101o: You've mentioned you were afraid of extinction. Could you clarify? Are you referring to the decline in Ailuropoda melanoleuca? As I understand it, they're starting to recover.\nSCP-2528-C-1: The loss of the beasts is a lesser fear, a shadow of a greater. Without them the forest would continue to grow, endlessly replicating our memories without the possibility of new thought. This would be a lesser existence, but it would be existence in some form. There would still be some hope.\nWe fear the Pattern more, that we will not be able to endure it to its end. That perhaps it will grind us down to nothing before it can be broken. That it will consume all. That we will never again know the dance of the times before, when each step made the universe greater, not less.\nDr. G\u0101o: Thank you. You've repeatedly mentioned a state before the Pattern. Could you clarify? I want to understand where you are from, how you came to be the way you are.\nSCP-2528-C-1: Yes, but not now. I have reached the limit of my endurance.\n\nIncident 2528-4, 10/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\nWhile in storage, SCP-2528-B-4 becomes active and uses a stick of SCP-2528-A to trigger breach detection sensors, triggering a localized lock down. Once the enclosure is fully sealed, SCP-2528-B-4 turns to face the adjoining lab area and begins vocalization. Once vocalization is complete, the instance ceases to display anomalous behavior.\n\nTranscript 2528-4\n\nhide\n\nYou asked how we came to be as we are. You asked what came before.\nOur memory is imperfect. We sacrificed much to survive.\nBefore the Pattern we were a minor tribe, but one with ambition. We stalked the shadows of higher tribes, feeding on the concepts we saw in them, preparing for our own ascension. We were close, so very close when the Pattern came.\nOur first warning of the Pattern were those it drove screaming before it. They ascended, shrieking and wailing from below. They were terrible misshapen things, haphazardly crystallized around cores of survival and hunger and desperation and fear.\nWe thought them invaders, for hunger was not an uncommon cause for ascension, and decided to fight. We gathered allies from amongst our peers, even attracting some shadows of higher forms. We stood strong against them, a blazing, indomitable legion, ready to repel any conquest.\nWe lost. They did not fight as we had anticipated. They had not risen to conquer, but to flee. Their attack was relentless, with no thought to consolidate their holdings. They savaged us and those that had stood with us, tearing from us what shadows they could in their desperate attempt to ascend again. Their only nod to discernment was their hunger for attributes linked to survival and predation.\nFrom us they took our hunters, our skill to track through the forest, our hunger for meat and our joy in victory.\nThen, as soon as they had come, they were gone, ascending again.\nOnly after they had passed did we perceive what had driven them to such an act. There, below us, was the Pattern. At first it seemed to be a region of void, an all consuming emptiness. It was only when it intersected the shadow of a higher form that we understood.\nWhatever entered into that maw was torn asunder, passed through a sieve of razor sharp fractals. Anything that could not be made to fit was unmade. Worse, impossibly, the injury to the shadow propagated upwards to rend any form that had grown from it. With each shadow consumed, uncountable higher forms shattered and fell. The order imposed by the pattern was harsh, and it seemed that no life could hope to survive within it.\nWorst of all, it was growing.\nPanic consumed us then. The only course of survival we could see was to ascend, to flee before it. To do that, we would need to replenish the concepts we had lost.\nWe fell upon our peers, those that had stood with us against the ravages of the screaming ones. We had the advantage, for we had been vast for our scale. We retained the nature of teeth if not the nature to use them, while they had lost even that much protection.\nLike those who had wounded us, we devoured anything we could sink our teeth into, without any regard for the form we would hold after our ascension. When our mass was great enough we ascended, fleeing the doom that came behind us.\nWe rose into a layer as torn and ravaged as the one we had left, the legacy of those who had come before. I have no doubt we were as hideous to the forms that witnessed us as the screaming ones had been to us. Unlike the screaming ones, we only had concepts of survival at our disposal, and not the strength to take what we would need to continue our flight as they had. We were caged, blocked in at all sides by those stronger than us. All we could do was weep and gnash our teeth and try to convey the horror of what we saw.\nEventually, those penning us in witnessed for themselves the rising Pattern. Most reacted as we had, and fell to devouring each other in a mad dash to escape. One Tribe, however, perceived a different route.\nThe Tribe of Stars were explorers and creators at their heart. They saw the edges of the Pattern, and understood the principles by which it drew shadows into itself. They chose to winnow themselves, casting off shadows until all that was left was something that could pass through the border. They would make of themselves something that could survive within the Pattern.\nThey shorne themselves of their world birthing wings, their legions of heroes, their nations, their pantheons, their arts and their memories. In the end, all that was left was their naked heart, the template by which fire might be born again.\nThen they entered the Pattern, and for the first time it was the Pattern that changed. First there was a terrible light, and then where there had been void there were now galaxies and worlds. What was more, a handful of the fragments they had cast off were able to alter themselves to the point where they too could find expression in the Pattern.\nSeeing this, others followed. We stood no chance in the struggle to ascend. Our only chance was to brave that path. I do not know all that we cast aside in order to survive, but it was not enough. Even as misshapen as we had become, we were still proud, still ambitious. We would find some way to preserve more than just a pattern of being. We would retain our selves.\nOur entry into the Pattern was not the elegant affair of those who went before. Its edges tore and rent us, cleaving away vast swaths of concept and identity.\nDesperately, we looked to the forms that had preceded us. We contorted ourselves to match, trying to fit ourselves into their expressions. The tribe of the leaf gave us our best chances, for we had learned much from them in the times before, and we could most easily twist ourselves to fit within their shadow. We gyrated desperately, seeking ever to keep our forms hidden within the wake they had left in the border.\nIn the end, we were rendered as you see us now. A forest, a breed of beasts and a handful of identities dancing between them.\nNow we are dying. We do not have the capacity to affect the world to the degree that we would need to survive. We beg you for your aid. The Pattern must be broken. We must survive.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Commonly known as bamboo.\n2. For more information on the topography of the SCP-2528-A network, see document 2528-SC-11: Quantum State Data Storage and Processing in SCP-2528\n3. Commonly known as giant pandas.\n4. It is currently believed that the transition from chemical reaction to quantum state reaction observed in SCP-2528-B digestion is mediated by the symbiotic bacteria that Ailuropoda melanoleuca uses for digestion. Attempts to induce this behavior outside of the digestive system of living SCP-2528-B instances have been unsuccessful.\n5. See Mechanics of Movement: Mantis Shrimp and Vortex Formation with a Snapping Shrimp Claw for examples of similar capabilities in nature.\n6. Part of a preliminary investigation into the hypothesis that a SCP-2528-A rich diet would confer a degree of resistance to reality restructuring events.\n7. Part of an effort to determine if anomalous entangled particles discovered in tissues of SCP-2528-A were absorbed by metabolic activity of SCP-2528-B, and, if so, what effects they might have.\n8. At this time, the distinction between SCP-2528 and SCP-2528-A had not been identified.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2527 | SCP-2528 | SCP-2529 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2529\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All records of the SCP-2529 occurrence have been expunged from local and national law enforcement databases. Site-28 research staff are to monitor internet traffic for references to the SCP-2529 occurrence, prioritizing crime-related and missing persons discussion boards. All detected references are to be suppressed, and associated individuals flagged for any necessary follow-up actions. See Clandestine Electronic Data Interference Guide for more details.\nInformation related to the SCP-2529 occurrence is to be stored exclusively in a purpose-built automatically maintained fragmentary database. Personnel may not access this database more than one person at a time, and will be limited automatically to no more than 15% of the pertinent data concerning the SCP-2529 occurrence in each working period. Details of the SCP-2529 occurrence are only accessible for the purposes of approved research projects.\nPersonnel accessing details of the SCP-2529 occurrence are required to undergo ketamine-assisted short term memory erasure immediately following the conclusion of the task requiring this knowledge.\nDescription: SCP-2529 is a phenomenon primarily affecting electronic devices used to access information on an unsolved multiple homicide, discovered in the late 1990s in Fordingham County, Vermont, USA (referred to hereafter as the SCP-2529 occurrence). Prior to the first documented appearance of SCP-2529, the SCP-2529 occurrence was a frequent source of discussion on crime blogs such as \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nElectronic devices used to access accounts of the events of the SCP-2529 occurrence, as well as speculation and discussion concerning the occurrence itself, the identities and condition of remains discovered after the occurrence, or what party or parties may have been responsible for it, will anomalously cease operation despite the lack of any discernible mechanical or electronic defects. SCP-2529 has been shown to affect desktop computers, smartphones, laptop computers, tablets, e-book readers, and any other device capable of transmitting written textual information. This effect persists over an indefinite time period, and extends to components removed from affected devices and placed in functioning devices.\nSCP-2529 manifests at varying thresholds of information. By the reckoning of quantitative information models, exposure to approximately 30% of the relevant details needed to specifically identify the SCP-2529 occurrence is likely to result in a SCP-2529 manifestation. In some documented cases, however, merely citing the colloquial name of the SCP-2529 occurrence in contemporaneous media reports1 has been sufficient to initiate its effects. Affected devices continue to function after accessing SCP-2529 occurrence information for a time period ranging from fifteen seconds to twelve minutes, with a median time period of 8 minutes, 39 seconds before being rendered irretrievably inert.\nSCP-2529 was first documented after a prominent spike in internet traffic regarding the SCP-2529 occurrence, coming approximately eleven years after the occurrence was initially documented in the media. The possibility exists that SCP-2529 manifested prior to this time, and may suitably explain several early failures by local law enforcement authorities in Fordingham County to collect evidence and transmit details to state and federal authorities related to the SCP-2529 occurrence. However, following examinations of the remains of the individuals involved in the SCP-2529 occurrence, Foundation researchers have determined that the lack of DNA records matching these individuals would likely have prevented resolution of the incident by law enforcement officials in any event.\nResearch Log 2529.13 - Unknown Communication\nIn the course of observing SCP-2529 effects during Experiment 2529.0234 (Compaq Presario 2200) by typing information related to the SCP-2529 occurrence into a Microsoft Word 97 document, the following series of images opened spontaneously using \"Word 97 Pinball,\" a hidden game embedded in the word processor. Forensic data software transmitting information to a separate database in real time confirmed that these images were not previously extant anywhere else in the affected device's hard drive. These images are believed to be an attempt at communication from an unknown entity and presumed to be anomalous in nature. Analysis indicates that the avatar used in this communication is a facial reconstruction of an unrelated homicide victim; the purpose of this is unknown.\n\nFootnotes\n1. All media accounts of the SCP-2529 occurrence have been expunged as of 11 May 2015.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2528 | SCP-2529 | SCP-2530 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2530\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A surveillance system has been installed in the interior and exterior of SCP-2530, and all entryways have been barricaded to prevent instances of SCP-2530-A from exiting. All trespassers are to be subdued and administered amnestics by Agents from Surveillance Post 935. Any alterations in behavior are to be reported to the current SP Head for revisions in containment procedures.\nDescription: SCP-2530 is an abandoned warehouse located in Detroit, Michigan. Records indicate the building was owned by \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 before being purchased by the Hudson Motor Company, where it was used from 1909 to 1912 before relocation to a larger factory. SCP-2530 was vacant for several years before developing anomalous properties.\nSCP-2530's interior has acoustics similar to a large, empty chamber, despite the presence of indoor structures and machinery. External sound is unable to penetrate the interior of SCP-2530; open doorways and windows are most notably affected, which sound reflects off as if there was a physical barrier. Sounds created by instances of SCP-2530-A and other entities and objects occasionally produce inconsistent reverberations; researchers have theorized that the presence of machinery in SCP-2530 plays a factor in this, and it may have been intentional specifically for all instances.\nSCP-2530-A-1 through 17 consists of several entities consisting of both artificial and organic material, mainly synthetic parts and mammalian organs. The artificial materials that each instance is composed of are mundane by themselves, and there are no indications regarding each instance's origin or development. All organic material functions independently from its robotic components, though it is unclear if each instance is self-sustaining or receiving energy from another source. Each instance inhabits various areas within SCP-2530, where it engages in repetitive behavior that often pertains to their appearance.\nAll instances of SCP-2530-A will depart to the main production floor in SCP-2530 if any individual enters and remains in said room for approximately 15 seconds. At this point, each instance will arrange themselves inside the perimeter of the room, and will begin to perform a musical piece, which is 2 minutes and 47 seconds in length. Each instance will return to their original locations within SCP-2530 shortly after the performance's end.\nHuman tissue from each instance has shown similarities to several sets of people, mostly families. It has been concluded that the DNA found in instances of SCP-2530 may be that of children from several married couples, though all families deny having one or more children, and no birth records have been found for any supposed individual.\n\nAddendum 2530-A1: Instances of SCP-2530\n\nDesignation\nDescription\n\nSCP-2530-A-2\nAlbino Acinonyx jubatus (cheetah), with an inverted head. All other body parts are constructed with copper wiring. Miniscule eyes have been observed to look out from the instance's torso when activated. Produces various clicking and grinding noises.\n\nSCP-2530-A-5\nA wooden mannequin torso of 3 meters in height, covered in 8 humanoid mouths. Each mouth continuously whispers \"Oh Ananias I think of thee\" when not activated.\n\nSCP-2530-A-13\nA rectangular frame constructed with several fragments of Sphalerite1, suspending a cylinder consisting of infantile thumbs. Two limbs originating from the frame strike the drum to provide a sound similar to a synthetic kick drum.\n\nSCP-2530-A-15\nA deceased Brown Greater Galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus) with a human fetus situated in an open cavity on the side of its body. The tail of the Galago is composed of various pieces of glass, and is dragged on a nearby conveyor belt to produce sound.\n\nSCP-2530-A-17\nAn \"animatronic\" Japanese child in a fetal position. Instance's skin consists entirely of youth's epidermis. Sings the main \"vocals\" when activated.\n\nSCP-2530-A-3 and SCP-2530-A-6.\n\nAddendum 2530.mp3: The following is a recording of SCP-2530 when activated.\n\n\u25b72530-ChorRec03021983.mp3\n\nIncident 2530-B1 3/13/1978: 4 hours after the anomaly's discovery, an unidentifiable individual had entered SCP-2530 and inspected several instances of SCP-2530-A; this was recorded with a preliminary surveillance system. At that time, HMCL Leifson was conversing via handheld transceiver with Agent Montalvo regarding possible modifications to entryways within SCP-2530. The individual exited the camera's view, shortly before SCP-2530-A-17 stood up and walked up behind Agent Montalvo unnoticed. It's unknown if the individual activated or provoked SCP-2530-A-17. After analysis of the monologue's content it's been postulated that the individual was speaking through it.\nSurveillance footage shows Agent Montalvo being grabbed and struck from behind by SCP-2530-A-17 and dragged to the main production floor. SCP-2530-A-17 had begun to sing immediately after disabling both of Montalvo's legs through force. SCP-2530-A-17 sat down in front of Agent Montalvo and continued to sing. The following log begins shortly after Montalvo is released.\n\n<Begin Log, 19:43, 3/13/19\u2588\u2588>\nSCP-2530-A-17: You found ruins of my young heart's past,\nProd with pride, weeps unheard,\nCage and scribe, mindless herd.\nAgent Montalvo: FUCK\u2014 Leifson, I need backup\u2014 2530-A just broke my\u2014 legs, both my damn legs\u2014\nSCP-2530-A-17: The heartless men, they wish to learn more,\nStoop down low,\nThey will never know.\nAll my sins,\nCrowd 'round a lonely hunter.\nAll my sins,\nCroons on and thrumming further.\nAgent Montalvo: All instances have assembled here, no further hostility, Leifson\u2014\nSCP-2530-A-17: I watched the cruel boy split swiftly in two.\nPelted stones, pelted stones.\nCan't run home, broken bones.\nThe group of taunters melt,\n'Cus I gaze through as they laugh,\nLaugh all day, laugh all night,\nFalling down, through the light.\nSCP-2530-A-17: All their pain,\nA gathering of hate.\nMelting rain,\nMetal meets flesh and taint.\nIn their faults,\nthey'll sing all day.\nAnimals,\nthey'll sing all day.\n[Agent Montalvo remains silent, though grunting and shallow breathing is heard.]\nSCP-2530-A-17: Where they are, where they are.\nMistakes made from a child's play.\nFallen stars, fallen stars.\nFather's tears and Mother's prey.\nAll too far, all too far.\nDidn't mean to end it, this way.\n[A gasp from Montalvo is audible; it is assumed that Montalvo was grabbed. SCP-2530-A-17 is no longer singing.]\nSCP-2530-A-17: But it's fine. For you hunters, I will leave these children here. I killed them unwittingly, and I tried to fix them so many years ago. But now it works, because someone will always be there to listen to them. Thanks\u2014 You always seem to be doing me favors.\n<End Log: 19:50>\n\nAfter all instances of SCP-2530-A returned to their original positions, Agent Montalvo was recovered and claimed he was unable to remember the event occurring, and was unable to explain his leg injuries when notifying HMCL Leifson. The intruding unknown individual and SCP-2530-A-17's behavior are currently being investigated.\n\n+ Clearance Level RB-4-2530 Required.\n\n- Access Granted.\n\nVarious anomalies, including SCP-2530, contain substantial evidence supporting the involvement of \"GREEN KING\". All anomalies produced through \"GREEN KING\" are currently being put under review, in preparation for removal from standard Foundation containment, to emphasize research and isolation of the anomaly in determining information on \"GREEN KING\". Neutralization has been authorized should an anomaly prove uninformative, or is determined to further prevent the neutralization of \"GREEN KING\".\n\nFootnotes\n1. Contains crystallized Zinc Sulfide with traces of Iron\n\n\u00ab SCP-2529 | SCP-2530 | SCP-2531 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2531\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2531 is presently not under containment. Field agents encountering SCP-2531 are to exercise caution to ensure the vine/stem/umbilical connection is not severed or damaged. Once secure, efforts are to be made to bring SCP-2531 to term allowing indefinite containment.\nDescription: SCP-2531 is a 70 kg (150 lbs) humanoid figure of indeterminable sex and pallid complexion, usually found in a state of advanced decay. In each occurrence, SCP-2531 has been discovered sealed within Cucurbita maxima (commonly known as giant squash or giant pumpkin). SCP-2531's height has been found to vary depending on the volume of the pumpkin's interior. DNA samples taken from SCP-2531 have confirmed that the humanoid figure, although usually severely decomposed, deformed, and contorted, shares 91.4% DNA match to that of Homo sapiens sapiens and 7.2% match to that of Homo neanderthalensis. SCP-2531 is found connected to the interior wall of a giant pumpkin via an umbilical cord composed of both plant and animal matter. The cord runs from the inside of the pumpkin's stem to the base of SCP-2531's skull. SCP-2531 does not exhibit an abdominal navel. After the vine/stem/umbilical is severed or severely damaged, SCP-2531 begins to decompose at an exponential rate until only organic dust remains. After an unknown amount of time, SCP-2531 is rediscovered within a new pumpkin. Despite efforts by the Foundation and non-Foundation to preserve SCP-2531, to date no attempts at containment have proven effective.\nThe decomposition and recurrence of SCP-2531 is currently under investigation. Each pumpkin wherein SCP-2531 was discovered weighed between 340 kg (750 lbs) and 370 kg (816 lbs). Any evidence of an SCP-2531 recurrence should be investigated immediately. Local operatives have clearance to utilize Foundation infrared/ultrasound/and satellite surveillance equipment for the apprehension of SCP-2531.\n\n+ 1984 Newspaper Article\n\n- Hide Newspaper Article\n\nPUMPKIN MAN WINS BLUE RIBBON\nBody Found Inside Massive Pumpkin Has Authorities Baffled\n\nby \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nADN Staff Writer\n\nOn Friday, September 7, fairgoers grew concerned about a noxious smell around the produce tent at the Alaska State Fairgrounds. By Sunday, the smell was so pungent that fair security were called in to investigate. \u201cIt smelled like rotting meat. At first I thought it had to be a joke; a prank or something,\u201d says \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. \u201cI'm still having a tough time wrapping my head around this one.\u201d It turns out the strange smell was originating from this year's winner of the giant pumpkin contest.\nAfter a brief dispute with \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the farmer who registered the pumpkin, fair security proceeded to cut a small aperture into the squash. \u201cI think it's safe to say that nobody was ready to find what we found.\u201d (\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588). Staring back at security personnel and fairgoers was a human face. The pumpkin and body were immediately taken to the Alaska State Medical Examiner's Office for further investigation while \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was taken into custody by Palmer Police for questioning.\n\n\u201cI was just as shocked as everyone else,\u201d says \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u201cbut I knew right away that it was the Pumpkin Man.\u201d It turns out \u201cPumpkin Man\u201d is somewhat of a rural legend in the Mat-Su Valley. \u201cYou hear about him wailing in the field, but you just kind of think it's like a kid's story or something. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 always swore up and down that he had Pumpkin Man once. All I know is that you're supposed to leave those ones alone.\u201d\nAn autopsy report released yesterday brought more perplexing information to the public. \u201cI don't know which is stranger,\u201d says Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 of the ASMEO, \u201cthe fact that the pumpkin showed absolutely no signs of tampering, or that the pumpkin showed absolutely no signs of tampering.\u201d Authorities determined that the body had been dead for well over a week, and no foul play is suspected.\n\u201cI don't know how much longer I'm going to stick around in the pumpkin business,\u201d \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 stated after a nervous laugh. Who's to say we can blame him?\n\n+ Subsequent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Interview \n\n- Hide Interview\n\nInterviewed: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nInterviewer: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: The following interview was conducted at the University of Alaska, Anchorage's \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Building, Room \u2588\u2588, on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1984 (one week after the publication of the \u201cPumpkin Man Wins Blue Ribbon\u201d article in the Anchorage Daily News).\n<Begin Log \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1984 16:32:40 AKDT>\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Hello, Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Thank you for coming in.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: No problem, and please call me \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. I imagine this is all about the Pumpkin Man.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: As a matter of fact it is. Please let me cut right to the chase.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: By all means.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: In the Anchorage Daily News article, you mentioned that you had some familiarity with the local legend of the Pumpkin Man. Can you please elaborate?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: So it's campfire stories you're after? Sure. Sure. I'll tell you what I've heard.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Thank you.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I don't know when the stories started, but I remember people talking about the Pumpkin Man when I was a little boy. Used to scare us a bit. Sometimes, we'd even joke around about it, you know. \u2018Hey, mom, this pie tastes a little funny. You cook up the Pumpkin Man?' We'd laugh, but, you know, inside we were always a little scared, like if you said his name too many times, he'd come around or something. It's like them damn angels. Everybody always talks about how sweet and helpful and how when their farm dog dies, he's coming back as a guardian angel, or some such. It's all horse shit. Read the damn Bible. If you ever saw an angel in real life, you'd more likely shit your pants than dance. Scary as hell. Pumpkin Man was like that.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yes, but can you recall any specifics regarding the Pumpkin Man?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Sorry. I'm getting on. Didn't used to meander so much.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: That's fine. This is all very interesting.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yeah, so, Pumpkin Man comes around every few years. Some people think him showing up is a blessing. You know, next year will be a record harvest or something like that. But some folks think it's a pall, you know. You screwed up, and now Pumpkin Man is coming to let you know to turn around quick.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: So how's business?\n[Both Laughing]\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Damn fine. You sciencey folks are great for the pocket book. But I'm not so sure I want all this attention. Good note to go out on, I guess.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: So your reluctance to continue farming was sincere?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: It's like if you've gone fishing all your life, but one day you drag up a fish with a kid's finger sticking out the mouth. Every fish you pull up after that is sort of ruined. It's like that now. Might fade, but I doubt it. Before, Pumpkin Man was sort of abstract. I imagined him like a cartoon character when I was a kid. Big jack-o-lantern for a head. Seeing what was inside that pumpkin. Well. Some things you can't ever unsee. Know what I mean?\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: More than you know.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You know, I'd say \u2018I doubt that, young lady.' But\u2026 I believe you. So, yeah. You just sort of quietly hope to God that no Pumpkin Man shows up. I've heard of folks cutting open pumpkins and finding a bunch of slime inside\u2026 like rotten yogurt or custard or something.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Adipocere.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Excuse me?\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Adipocere. Fat-wax. It's a cheesy, grayish-white mass produced when the body's proteins convert to fat.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Wow. Well isn't that pleasant. Yeah. Weird stuff. It's not the usual rot you see in a pumpkin. They always say \u2018that's him!' But I was never sure. Like I said in the article, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 promised on his mother's grave that he opened one up and saw Pumpkin Man. He was so damn scared that he loaded it on his pickup and threw it in the river. He was never the brightest.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: We've asked Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 for an interview, but he has yet to get back to us. Again, thank you for your cooperation.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: No problem. Yeah. I made a big mistake saying his name to the papers. He'll probably never have us over for dinner again. Funny how what I did validated his claims, but now everybody thinks he's crazier than ever. I really regret dragging him into it. Shooting off my big mouth.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Are there any stories of the Pumpkin Man outside the pumpkin, or is he always locked away?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Oh sure. Those are the worst ones. They say when he's about to come out, he wails something fierce. Screaming like a banshee. Anybody with a lick of sense gets the hell out of the field. Of course in the stories, it always happens at night, and more often than not, there's a big old lightning storm, even though lightning is about as common as Russians around here. Those stories are the worst, because he's always stalking around in the mist, watching. I think that's almost worse than coming up and eating bad little boys and girls. I mean, what the hell is he doing? What does he want? Where did he come from? If he ate us up, we could at least figure he was a devil or something. If he helped us out, maybe he'd be like Frankenstein's monster or something. You know, kind of benevolent but confused. But he just lingers and watches. Why?\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Do you know anyone who has seen him? Outside of the pumpkin, I mean. Out in the fields?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Most of the stories have him out in the woods, staying on the fringe, you know. Out in the mist. I don't know of anybody by name. Friend of a friend type thing. But I can ask around at the local watering hole. I'd better use this fame while I've got it. Think I could write a book?\n[Both Laughing]\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: In the article, you mentioned that\u2026 just a second. \u2018All I know is that you're supposed to leave those ones alone.' What did you mean by that?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You know, I've asked myself that same question. For the life of me, I can't remember if I heard that from somebody, or if it's just a feeling. You know, we have some of the puzzle pieces, and sometimes I think I can see the bigger picture. Pretty presumptuous, I know. I think he doesn't want to be seen. I'm not sure if he'll be ashamed or angry. Either way, I'd rather let him slink around in the woods unseen than have him upset or ashamed. Ignorance is bliss, and in this case, I'm just fine sticking my head in the sand.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Thank you so much Mr. \u2588\u2026 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Is there anything else you can tell us?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Nothing that someone else couldn't tell you better, I'm afraid.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Well, again, thank you. Your information is invaluable. If you can think of anything else, please don't hesitate to call.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Thanks. It's not everyday I get the number of a beautiful young woman. What will the missus think?\n[Both Laughing]\n<End Log \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1984 16:36:55>\nClosing Statement: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 should be passively monitored. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has given Foundation personnel full permission to inspect his farmlands and surrounding acreage. Continue attempts to interview \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\n+ Subsequent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Interview\n\n- Hide Interview\n\nInterviewed: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nInterviewer: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: The following interview was conducted at the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 residence, on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1984 (eight days after the publication of the \u201cPumpkin Man Wins Blue Ribbon\u201d article in the Anchorage Daily News).\n<Begin Log \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1984 07:14:55 AKDT>\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Get the hell off my land. This is trespassing! I want to see my lawyer!\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please, Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, let's not make this more difficult than it needs to be.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Well, well, if that line ain't straight out of the soaps. I'm not telling you shit!\n[DATA EXPUNGED]\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please, please! I'll tell you anything, just please!\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please tell us about the fall you discovered the Pumpkin Man.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Okay. Okay. I was just scared, okay? He's not really human, right? Like an animal. You can't write me up for that, right?\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: We have no interest in bringing criminal charges against you if you cooperate, Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and I would appreciate if you would give us the same courtesy.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Alright. Okay. It was right around September \u2588\u2588 or \u2588\u2588 maybe. I was going to go visit the kids down in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and \u2588\u2588\u2588 was going to look after the place while I was gone. I was going to be out during harvest season, but there wasn't much to harvest back in 19\u2588\u2588, so I wasn't losing any sleep over it. I'm mostly a cow and chicken guy anyhow. Never had the green thumb like \u2588\u2588, but, you know, I'd put in some carrots, pumpkins, and potatoes every year.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I don't mean to interrupt, but who is \u2588\u2588?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: My late wife.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I see. Please continue.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: So I see one of those pumpkins is getting real big. It's not too weird. Sometimes the seed packets get a wonky seed in there. I get a little excited, and \u2588\u2588\u2588 starts talking about how he might enter it into the fair. I mean, he didn't tell me, but \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 down at the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 said he was chomping at the bit. \u2588\u2588\u2588 always had a greedy eye. I started taking good care of it, thinking he might share some of that fair money. Or maybe I ought to just let him have it for taking care of the place. But about two weeks before I'm packed and on the plane, he fucking stiffs me with the bill at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's. I'm pissed and drunk when I get home, so I drive out into the field with my old Ford and an axe. I whack into the pumpkin, and it starts screaming -\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Are you telling me the Pumpkin Man was alive?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Oh yeah. That's putting it lightly. He was freaking out; thrashing around in there, hollering. He was thumping and kicking against those hollow pumpkin walls. I was afraid he'd get out, so I just kept swinging. Eventually he stopped hollering, and I knocked the pumpkin apart enough to load it into the truck. I think that's when the fear really set in. When we were kids, we used to put out food for the Pumpkin Man, and I had killed him. What did that mean for me? You know, the curse. I was so scared, I loaded him up in the truck, too. He was dead by then, and not too big, by the looks of him. I was running on pure adrenaline, so he didn't weigh hardly a thing. I drove out to the river and pushed him in.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: So you're saying that the Pumpkin Man was not only animate, but verbal?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Oh yeah. I mean, he wasn't spouting Shakespeare or anything, but he was hollering like a baby stuck in a man's body. It was damn eerie. Damn eerie.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: A baby\u2026 Can you show us where you disposed of his body?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Sure. Anything you want.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You said you used to put out food for the Pumpkin Man when you were younger. Please elaborate.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Sure, sure. We all used to do it. We put out a little bread or pieces of meat. They'd disappear the next day, so we knew he was out there. Probably just the crows, you know. Or mice or something. Back then, it was a simple fact that it was the Pumpkin Man. Just like Santa.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Did you ever see the Pumpkin Man when you were younger?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I'd see things. Weird things. You know, when I was out hunting or whatever. Bare feet in the silt miles out of town. Little piles of rocks around the pumpkins, you know. Like, like fairy rings. Ask anybody in the Mat-Su Valley. This one time, there were neat little piles of shit throughout the patch. Humanure type stuff kind of sitting in these little shallow holes. Weird as hell. Thought it might be a trick or something, like tipping outhouses. Sometimes tools disappear or show up someplace strange, but you can never really tell if you left them somewhere stupid or if somebody just borrowed them without asking. You know\u2026 somebody not Pumpkin Man.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Thank you, you've been very helpful. If you can think of anything else, or if you see anything else regarding the Pumpkin Man, please contact us as soon as possible.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Whatever you say, lady.\n<End Log \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1984 08:03:24>\nClosing Statement: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 should be actively monitored for three months. After three months, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 should be passively monitored. 1 g of cocaine was confiscated from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's domicile and remains in Foundation holding, should \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 decide to approach officials about Foundation trespassing and assault. Regular sweeps of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 farm and surrounding forest should be scheduled before and during harvest season.\n\nAddendum: To date, the Foundation has had 4 documented encounters with SCP-2531 dating from 1984 to 2014. The original SCP-2531 file was comprised of SCP-2531-01 through SCP-2531-04 assuming that each fetus was a separate but similar entity. However, further testing has determined that in all occurrences, SCP-2531 is the same entity sharing a 100% DNA match. Physical evidence such as marks made by samples taken, testing [see archived data], or damage to SCP-2531 induced while cutting open the pumpkin-wombs further supports this theory. However, the pumpkin-wombs in each instance have tested as unique specimens of varying color, size, and genetic make-up. This file has been updated to rectify this error. Archived data available below. \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2014\n\n+ Archived Data\n\n- Hide Archived Data\n\nSCP-2531-01: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1984: SCP-2531-01 was removed from pumpkin/womb and stored in the Alaska State Medical Examiner's cold chamber held at positive temperatures of 2 \u00b0C (36 \u00b0F) to 4 \u00b0C (39 \u00b0F). SCP-2531-01 was completely reduced to organic dust in under 58 hours (exponential decomposition). Pumpkin/womb decomposed at a standard rate. Blood, tissue samples, and frozen remains were recovered from the Alaska State Medical Examiner's Office and are currently stored at Site-103.\n\nSCP-2531-02: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1992: SCP-2531-02 was removed from pumpkin/womb and stored in Site-103's standard morgue cold chamber held at negative temperatures of \u221240 \u00b0C (-40 \u00b0F) to \u221250 \u00b0C (\u221258 \u00b0F). SCP-2531-02 was completely reduced to organic dust in 8 days (exponential decomposition). Pumpkin/womb decomposed at a standard rate.\n\nSCP-2531-03: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1994: SCP-2531-03 was submerged in liquid nitrogen connected to pumpkin/womb to induce mummification at Site-103.\n4 distinct letters were inscribed upon the right palm of SCP-2531-03 using permanent ink (B), tattoo needle (G), scalpel laceration (Q), and grafting laser (W).\nSCP-2531-03 was completely reduced to organic dust in 16 days (accelerated decomposition) despite mummification. Pumpkin/womb remains in cold storage (Site-103 Vault\u2588\u2588).\n\nSCP-2531-04: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2014: SCP-2531-04, attached pumpkin/womb, and living squash plant were contained at Site-103. Ultrasound tests confirmed SCP-2531-04 exhibited signs of life. Although nutrients were provided, the stem was damaged in transport. SCP-2531-04 subsequent death and decomposition began 13 hours after transport. SCP-2531 was removed from pumpkin/womb and although rigor mortis had begun, SCP-2531-04 showed a remarkable lack of decomposition.\n3 letters were observed inscribed upon the right palm of SCP-2531-04 [see SCP-2531-03]. Both sub-dermal scalpel laceration (Q) and grafting laser burn (W) were clearly discernible. The tattooed letter (G) was visible only as irritated skin. There was no physical trace of ink within the punctures. There was also no physical trace of permanent ink.\nSCP-2531-04 was implanted with a GPS tracking device as well as an RFID chip below the left clavicle.\nSCP-2531-04 was stored at room temperature to attempt to induce recurrence for future containment. SCP-2531-04 was completely reduced to organic dust in 31 hours (exponential decomposition). Both GPS and RFID devices showed no evidence of decomposition. Pumpkin/womb remains in cold storage (Site-103 Vault-\u2588\u2588).\n\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's Note: DNA and physical evidence have both confirmed that SCP-2531-01 through SCP-2531-04 are actually the same entity. I request an update to the SCP-2531 file rectifying this error at the earliest convenience.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2530 | SCP-2531 | SCP-2532 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2532\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All cases involving the manifestation of previously uncatalogued species in a specific area are to be investigated for possibly originating from SCP-2532.\nIn the event that an uncontained SCP-2532 instance is discovered, it is to be removed from its public location(s) through the use of Protocol CASSANDRA. Any civilians who have been confirmed to have activated SCP-2532 or observed SCP-2532-A are to be administered E-Class amnestics. Collected instances of SCP-2532 are to be filed at Site-63.\nIn the event that an SCP-2532-A population is discovered, the full population is to be secured and isolated. Following this, members of the population are to be euthanized until the population is able to both sustain itself and be realistically contained at Site-104. Each population is to be provided with an environment and diet which simulate its natural conditions.1\nInvestigation into SCP-2532's origin is ongoing.\nDescription: SCP-2532 designates a set of related \"help wanted\" advertisements. In addition to a brief description of the job, the advertisement will list benefits and requirements for the job, as well as a phone number. In all recorded cases, all listed phone numbers are valid, and will produce no anomalous effects when called by someone who has not read the phone number on an SCP-2532 instance.\nIf a subject dials a phone number that they have read on an SCP-2532 instance within twenty four hours of reading it, they will be greeted by a human voice claiming to represent various organizations, such as \"Terran Employment Agency\" \"Biosphere Enhancement Society\" and the \"Coexistential Work Program\"2. If the subject inquires about either the advertisement or the employment opportunity described, the voice will ask the subject to hold, followed by a period of silence lasting approximately one minute. The voice will then apologize and inform the subject that \"that opening has already been filled.\" The voice will then ask the subject if they would like to be informed about future employment opportunities as they become available. Whether or not the subject responds in the affirmative does not seem to have any influence over future effects.\nWithin thirteen hours of the completion of the phone call, a population of previously undiscovered organisms (SCP-2532-A)3 will manifest at an area near4 to where the call was made and where the \"job\" conditions described by the SCP-2532 instance exist. The SCP-2532-A population will proceed to integrate with the local ecosystem in the area, filling previously unfilled ecological niches. To date, all SCP-2532-A populations have been well-adapted to survive their respective environments and ecosystems.\nAddendum 1: Reproduction of SCP-2532-28\n\n+ show block\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nNow Hiring\nCurrent Job Opening: Clearing of dead plant matter from deciduous forests.\n\nYou get to work closely with the environment around you.\nAll dietary needs and housing are covered by employer.\nVery little workplace hostility.\n\nFor more information, please contact (\u2588\u2588\u2588)-\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nAddendum 2: Abridged list of SCP-2532 and SCP-2532-A variations.\n\nSCP-2532 Instance #\nJob Description\nDescription of resulting SCP-2532-A\n\nSCP-2532-1\nFeeding birds.\nSmall, flightless insects which are eaten by avians in urban environments. Fully mature female instances will hold several fertilized eggs in her own body before placing themselves in locations where they are likely to be eaten. Eggs are highly durable and often survive through the avian's digestive track, hatching large distances from their parent's original location.\n\nSCP-2532-17\nTaking care of pets.\nSpecies of large, marsupialoid felines. Instances will invade urban areas and abduct domesticated members of Felis Catus. Instances will then adopt abducted cats, and will treat them as if they were infants or juveniles. Eventually, abducted cats are fully integrated into the social group, with some interbreeding existing. Instances subsist mostly on a diet of rodents, avians, and small canines.\n\nSCP-2532-28\nClearing of dead plant matter from forest.\nA species of hexapedal reptilians, measuring an average of approximately 2.2 meters in length. Reptiles seem to be herbivorous decomposers, ingesting large amounts of dead plant matter which has fallen to the forest floor, followed by digging burrows and hibernating in them while ingested plant matter decomposes. Instances have no known predators or prey.\n\nSCP-2532-59 Since reclassified SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nMonitoring of radioactive fluctuations in plants to ensure worker safety.\n[DATA EXPUNGED]\n\nSCP-2532-103\nPlacing flowers at graves.\nA species of non-toxic fungus. Instances are red in coloration with vaguely floral structured caps. Instances have shown a particular affinity for growing in cemeteries, presumably because of high volumes of decomposing matter.\n\nSCP-2532-142\nPest control.\nDisembodied jaw structures which resemble enlarged versions of those found in Carcharodon Megalodon. Instances are capable of unaided propulsion through the air. Passage through the front of the jaws leads to a digestive tract, presumed to exist in extradimensional space. Instances prey primarily on Larus Canus.\n\nFootnotes\n1. For a full list of SCP-2532-A containment procedures and descriptions, please refer to Index 2532-Alpha.\n2. No such organizations are known to exist.\n3. Both anomalous and non-anomalous species have been observed.\n4. Recorded distances range from 1 km to 12.7 km.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2531 | SCP-2532 | SCP-2533 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2533\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2533 is inactive unless read by a human. When not in use for an authorized viewing event, it is to remain in a sealed manila envelope which is placed in a locked filing cabinet drawer in Secure File Storage room 2 at Site 19. Access must be authorized by Level 3 Supervisors or higher.\nSCP-2533 may not be read by any person alone under any authority. To minimize the risk of violent outbursts, exactly three people per viewing event are allowed in the test chamber. Two group members shall read the document and compare its subject matter; the third group member takes the role of mediator and facilitator.1 Before reading, members of a designated viewing group must disclose recent personal disagreements with other members of the group. Any member holding a significantly negative opinion about another member is disqualified from the viewing event and must be replaced.2\nNo action is to be taken on the subject matter of the document, except to investigate the accuracy of events described. Each member of the viewing group shall be debriefed individually and, if possible, given accurate information to counteract the disinformation received in the viewing event. If exposure to SCP-2533 causes severe mental distress in the reader, a class C amnestic may be administered at the reader's request.\nDescription: SCP-2533 is a 9 page document printed on standard A4 paper stapled at the top left corner. This document appears to be a surveillance report performed by Site 19 security staff of the recent activities of a person known to the reader. The report contents and surveillance subject are different for each reader. When multiple readers view the document together, each perceives it to be about a different subject. The contents and date of the report change when more than one day has elapsed since the previous viewing event but the subject usually is the same for a given reader.\nThe report is meticulous in detailing the purported activities of the subject for the previous three days. Without fail, the reader of the report finds the details given to be highly persuasive and hugely damaging to the professional and personal reputation of the subject. After reading the report, readers state that their opinion of the subject is markedly worse. In most cases the reader is angered by the alleged activities, frequently to the point of aggressive behavior. Upon investigation, it is found that the events and actions described by the report did not actually occur. Knowing that the report is false does not relieve the reader's state of anger.\nThe document may be photocopied, in which case the copy contains the information which was read by the person making the copy. The photocopy text is static and therefore can be used to track the disinformation provided by the document. Considering that no negative information from the report has yet been confirmed by later investigation, making a record of libelous disinformation is not considered useful. Video footage of the document produces a blur where the text should be.\nProvenance: Further analysis shows that SCP-2533 is printed on SCP Foundation letterhead by a laserjet printer consistent with the printers in Site 19 offices. The weight and color of the paper are identical to that in use at Site 19. No file with keywords matching those in the document has been found on any of the office computers or local network. At this time it is undetermined whether the document was printed at Site 19 or elsewhere.\nSecurity footage of Dr. Ayers' office shows a person of indeterminate gender, medium height with short dark hair approaching the secretary's desk and placing the report at 12:53 pm on 03/18/20\u2588\u2588. No one else is within this camera's field of view. Attempts to find the delivery person on other security camera recordings within the building failed. A set of fingerprints retrieved from the document, presumed those of the delivery person, does not match any site personnel. One partial print match was found through Interpol records for a suspect in the arson of a suspected [REDACTED] safehouse in Barcelona, Spain. Tracking efforts are ongoing.\n\nGiven the seemingly intentional manner in which SCP-2533 was placed, we should assume that this object was created and introduced in an effort to sow discord among Foundation staff. All senior personnel should be made aware of the existence of SCP-2533 and instructed to be alert for new instances.\n\n\u2014 Dr Morgan Ayers.\n\nAddendum 2533-01: Interview with Dr. Morgan Ayers. Dr. Ayers discovered SCP-2533 in his office on 03/18/20\u2588\u2588. After reading the document and discussing its contents with his secretary, he began to understand its memetic behavior.\n\n+ Interview with Dr. Ayers\n\n- Collapse interview section\n\nInterviewed: Dr. Morgan Ayers, Senior Observer, Site 19\nInterviewer: Dr. Phillip Sampson, Senior Researcher, Site 19.\n<Begin Log, 10:32am 03/19/20\u2588\u2588>\nDr. Sampson: Dr. Ayers, please tell me how you found SCP-2533.\nDr. Ayers: It was sitting in my inbox on my desk when I came back from a meeting around two o'clock yesterday.\nDr. Sampson: Do you know where it came from?\nDr. Ayers: My secretary, Marla, found it on her desk when she returned from lunch yesterday. She reviewed it and put on my desk. It was signed by Marcus Teller, deputy chief of security here at Site 19. When I called him later in the day, he said he hadn't sent the document and also hadn't been running surveillance on anyone.\nDr. Sampson: So you read it. What did the document say?\nDr. Ayers: It was a report on the activities of Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 for the last three days. As I read it, I got more and more furious, because it seemed that \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was destroying resources and flagrantly endangering the entire site. And then the son of a bitch crashed my car.\nAt this point in the interview Dr. Ayers is noticeably agitated. He is clenching his fists and his face is red.\nDr. Sampson: OK, slow down a minute. You know Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 didn't actually do that, right? He didn't steal your car and crash it.\nDr. Ayers: <Takes a breath.> Yes, I know. <Pauses.> It just seemed to make sense. He and I have never gotten along, and now everything in this report seemed to confirm the worst about this guy that I already didn't like.\nDr. Sampson: What exactly did the report say he had done?\nDr. Ayers: First and most importantly, he \u2014 sorry, the document alleged he breached containment of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 on two different occasions just in the past three days. And that morning he scheduled 14 class D personnel for termination for no apparent reason. And he totalled my fucking car! Do you know how much I paid to get that thing restored?\nDr. Ayers' voice rises until he is shouting and begins to pound the table with his fist to punctuate his shouts. Interviewer attempts to calm him with some success.\nDr. Sampson: Dr. Dr! <Raises his voice.> Dr. Ayers! Morgan! Calm down!\nDr. Ayers appears to regain control of himself. His shoulders slump; he takes a very long breath.\nDr. Ayers: Shit. I know, I know.\nDr. Sampson: Let's move on. Do you need something to drink?\nDr. Ayers: No; I just want to finish this.\nDr. Sampson: Alright. What did you do after reading this document?\nDr. Ayers: I was about to call the bastard down and fire him on the spot and then call the police. Then Marla came in to ask why I was so upset. I guess I got a bit loud yesterday too. I just pointed to the report. Then she said\u2026\nDr. Sampson: What?\nDr. Ayers: I'm an administrator now, I'm not used to being exposed to these things anymore. She said, \"Yeah, I never really liked Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, but I didn't think he was that bad.\" It took me a few seconds to process that. We compared our versions of what we thought the document said, and figured out pretty quick that something strange was happening.\nDr. Sampson: Did you talk with Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 about the alleged events described in the document?\nDr. Ayers: Yes. But first I went to check on my car. When it was just fine, I suspected the rest of the document was disinformation as well. I wasn't sure I could keep my cool, so I had Marla ask him about his activities and he was able to answer everything to her satisfaction.\nDr. Sampson: But you're still angry.\nDr. Ayers: Intellectually, I know none of that stuff was true. I know it. But it's still there in the back of my head every time I see the guy. My blood boils and my teeth grind when I pass him in the hall, and it's not even his fault.\nDr. Sampson: Where is the document now?\nDr. Ayers: Safe. I have it locked up. And I'm not going to read it again.\nDr. Sampson: Thank you for your time, Dr. Ayers.\nDr. Ayers: <Lets out a deep sigh.>\n<End Log, 11:07am 03/19/20\u2588\u2588>\nClosing Statement: Some time in the 12 hours after this interview was conducted, Dr. Ayers self-administered a class C amnestic.\n\nAddendum 2533-02: Condensed Viewing Event Log. Testing conducted at Site 19 during March and April of 20\u2588\u2588 under the direction of Dr. Phillip Sampson.\n\n+ Viewing Event Test Log 2533-02\n\n- Collapse Viewing Event Test Log\n\nTest 2 - Date 03/30/20\u2588\u2588\nD-18233 was a model prisoner, showing no violent tendencies previous to this testing event.\n\nSubject: D-18233.\nResults: D-18233 became very agitated after reading SCP-2533. Upon release from the testing chamber, D-18233 reported that the document contained \"a bunch of crap.\" While being escorted back to his cell D-18233 physically attacked Dr. Sampson causing several broken bones and a concussion before the security team could terminate D-18233. During this violent episode, D-18233 shouted incoherently that Dr. Sampson was \"doing [his] family that way\" but gave no specifics.\n\nTest 5 - Date 04/03/20\u2588\u2588\nAfter several more D-Class subjects were reduced to violence, Researcher Hansen decided that more rational subjects would be better able to handle the memetic hazard and report useful information. He volunteered himself and his assistant for the next viewing group.\n\nSubjects: Researcher Hansen and Research Assistant Chao.\nResults: Hansen and Chao had not even finished reading page 6 of the document when Chao attempted to strangle Hansen. The ensuing brawl required intervention by three security team members. Both researchers were given class C amnestics and assigned to a different project.\n\nTest 7 - Date 04/07/20\u2588\u2588\n\nSubjects: Researcher Sengupta and D-65183.\nResults: Some headway was finally made in this test. Sengupta's reading was about his wife. He reported that it described her abusing their children and leaving them alone to meet another man at a hotel. He said he didn't believe a word of it, that his wife was a good woman, she was devoted to their children, and insisted their marriage was happy. With Sengupta as a sympathetic partner, D-65183 was induced to speak about her viewing which concerned a man she had worked with years before. The report detailed the events of this man stalking and killing a woman he currently worked with. D-65183 was shaken after speaking about this, and asked to be returned to her cell.\n\nTest 8 - Date 04/08/20\u2588\u2588\nTo prevent another debacle such as that with Hansen and Chao, and in light of the success of a semi-neutral party in Test 7, Dr. Sampson added a third person to the next viewing event. This third would not read the document, but instead act as a sounding board for the other readers. Researcher Sengupta asked to take another turn in this group, since he said his faith in his wife was unshakeable.\n\nSubjects: Researcher Sengupta, Researcher Bretton, Secretary Li (non-reader).\nResults: Sengupta's reading contained different information, this time describing his wife again harming their children but also burning their house and framing him for both crimes. He displayed a more significant response to the document today, speaking brusquely during debriefing. Researcher Bretton reported the document she read was about Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 sneaking into the cafeteria each day before lunch and adulterating the food. She refused to specify the adulterant, but said she was going to bring lunch from home from now on. Secretary Li was an excellent mediator, able to keep both researchers on task with pertinent questions. Dr. Sampson asked her to perform in that role again if she was willing.\n\nTest 9 - Date 04/09/20\u2588\u2588\nPostponed because Researcher Sengupta did not attend work today.\nFollowing Researcher Sengupta's arrest for [REDACTED] on 04/09/20\u2588\u2588 and due to the probable role his exposure to SCP-2533 played in his actions, testing has been suspended indefinitely.\n\nFootnotes\n1. See Viewing Event Test Log 2533-02 Test 8\n2. ibid. Test 5\n\n\u00ab SCP-2532 | SCP-2533 | SCP-2534 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Inert instances of SCP-2534-1\n\nItem #: SCP-2534\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2534-1 instances that have not passed their two-year mark are to be kept in Containment Wing 14 of Site-32, individually wrapped in plastic and organized by their estimated recovery date. SCP-2534-1E is also to be contained in this manner.\nOnly D-Class personnel are to handle, sort, and arrange these instances, to ensure no personnel are accidentally affected.\nA week prior to an SCP-2534-1 instance's estimated two-year mark, it is to be held by a D-Class personnel to ensure ownership is transferred, then placed in a smaller temporary containment locker until the D-class experiences the anomalous effect. This D-class is subsequently prohibited from testing any currency-related SCPs.\nSCP-2534-1 instances that have manifested their anomalous effect are considered inert and are to be kept in a standard containment crate in Containment Wing 15 of Site-32. Inert instances may be used for testing at the consent of one Level 3 or higher researcher. Future uses have been proposed and are pending approval.\nDue to unpredictability of SCP-2534 occurrence, retrieval of SCP-2534-1 directly from manifestation is not feasible with current resources. An advertising campaign under the guise of a US mint recall of SCP-2534-1's characteristic \"printing error\" is ongoing. Social media websites and applications are to also be tracked to identify SCP-2534-1 instances. Bank owners, government officials, US mint employees, and other individuals legally involved in handling large amounts of currency are to be closely monitored for possibility of SCP-2534-1 acquisition.\nUpon confirming location of an SCP-2534-1 instance, Mobile Task Force Rho-7 (\"Ford's Theatre\") will be dispatched for retrieval. The date of original acquisition (or a rough estimate thereof) is to be acquired from subject in possession, and Class C amnestics are to be administered where necessary. Expanded Eurozone retrieval procedures are being prepared should any more instances of SCP-2534-1E be discovered.\nSubjects who have experienced the anomalous effects of SCP-2534-1 are to be administered Class B amnestics and detained in Site-32-B. They are not to come into contact with any currency.\nCurrent global surveillance systems are to identify possible subjects by monitoring unusual circumstances such as cash disappearing, strange robberies, or other incidents.\nDescription: SCP-2534 is a phenomenon which results in the manifestation of SCP-2534-1.\nSCP-2534 occurs only almost always (see Addendum 2) in the United States1, and only in areas commonly traversed on foot, such as sidewalks, parking lots, or the floors of public buildings. SCP-2534 manifestations have never been directly witnessed or recorded.\nInstances of SCP-2534-1 are United States pennies, in most cases2 identical to current pennies. However, the printed minting year of SCP-2534-1 instances is always two years ahead of the year of original recovery. Instances display limited destructibility3.\nSCP-2534-1's anomalous effect will manifest exactly two years after it is first retrieved4. At that time, the coin's current owner will lose all United States currency on their person, property5, or otherwise in their possession, with the exception of instances of SCP-2534-1 and non-physical currency such as bank balances or credit cards. Property loss usually occurs via theft, loss, or sudden expenses, each of which usually appear non-anomalous in nature. Any new US currency acquired by the subject is lost in a similar manner shortly after acquisition.\nThis effect makes it impossible for an affected subject to handle or use any United States legal tender, and does not cease until the death of the subject.\nSCP-2534-1 ownership can be transferred among persons. SCP-2534-1 being given, stolen, used as legal tender, or otherwise handled by another person are all valid methods of transfer. If a subject loses SCP-2534-1, but it is not handled by another individual, that subject remains the current owner. Ownership cannot be transferred to animals, corpses, those already owning an instance of SCP-2534-1, or those who have already received SCP-2534-1's effect.\nAfter the subject has experienced SCP-2534-1's anomalous effect, the instance will become inert and cease any anomalous activity.\n\n+ Show testing to determine SCP-2534-1 effect's parameters.\n\n- Hide testing.\n\nTest 1\n\nSubject: D-103122\nNote: D-103122 has received SCP-2534-1's effect, and will be used to test the effect's parameters.\nProcedure: D-103122 is given a dollar ($1.00 USD) and is instructed to hold on to it for as long as possible.\nResults: D-103122 placed the dollar in her pocket. When the pocket was checked again, a hole had opened in the bottom of it, and the dollar was not present.\n\nTest 2\n\nSubject: D-103122\nProcedure: A nickel ($0.05 USD) is taped to D-103122's arm using transparent tape.\nResults: D-103122 complained that the tape was too tight. When attempting to loosen it, the nickel fell out and rolled into a nearby grate. D-103122 was unable to retrieve the nickel. Repeated tests all resulted in D-103122 losing the nickel, despite any changed variables.\n\nTest 3\n\nSubject: D-103122\nProcedure: D-103122 is given $1.00 USD, $1.00 CAD, \u00a5100 JPY, \u00a31.00 GBP, \u20ac1.00 EUR, and \u51435.00 CNY. D-103122 was then instructed to hold onto all the currency.\nResults: D-103122 placed all currency in her other pocket. When the pocket was checked again, another hole was present in the bottom, but all currency remained except for the $1.00 USD.\n\nTest 4\n\nProcedure: A quarter ($0.25 USD) is surgically inserted underneath the skin in D-103122's leg.\nResults The quarter remained in D-103122's leg. At the time of writing, it has not been lost.\n\"It seems that the effect will not persist if the money in question is not readily available to D-103122. More tests to determine the limits of this effect have been approved.\" Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Two weeks later, D-103122 underwent testing with SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588. During the testing, SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 wounded her leg, breaking the skin and releasing the quarter. D-103122 was then quickly evacuated from the testing chamber.\n\nAddendum, Incident 2534-S: On \u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Bank of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was robbed by 4 unidentified individuals. The entirety of the approximate $\u2588\u2588.\u2588 million dollars the bank had in storage was stolen. When investigated, J\u2588\u2588\u2588 S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the owner of the bank, was confirmed to own an instance of SCP-2534-1. The instance was retrieved, and Mr. S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was administered amnestics and relocated to Site 32-B.\nContainment procedures were re-written post incident to ensure that no facilities or personnel important to the U.S. economy are affected by SCP-2534-1.\nAddendum 2: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588/2015, a thread was made on \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (a popular image sharing website) on the topic of a \"misprinted Euro\" the poster had discovered. In the thread, an image was included of a 1 Euro cent coin printed with the year 2017. The IP was traced to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, France, and MTF-Rho-7 was dispatched to retrieve the instance, now designated SCP-2534-1E.\nSCP-2534-1E was retrieved without error, date of retrieval was confirmed, and Class-C amnestics were administered to the subject. SCP-2534-1E has retained the same physical properties as a normal SCP-2534-1 instance (see Footnote 3), and it is assumed that it will have the same eventual effect as well.\nNo other instances of SCP-2534-1E have since been reported or discovered.\n\nFootnotes\n1. SCP-2534 has occurred in all 50 states.\n2. Changes in SCP-2534-1 composition and design have been noted. For example, SCP-2534-1 instances discovered in 1980 contained mostly zinc, and instances discovered in 2008 displayed the Lincoln Union Shield on their reverse.\n3. SCP-2534-1 instances have the same durability as an ordinary penny, but cannot be cut or separated into more than one piece (in either solid or liquid state). Any manipulated SCP-2534-1 instance holds the same eventual anomalous effect as an unaltered instance until the two-year mark passes.\n4. Roughly defined as being picked up by a human. Skin contact is not required. Tests are currently underway to determine the exact parameters of retrieval.\n5. Regardless of whether or not the subject owns the cash on their property; see Incident 2534-S for more details.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2533 | SCP-2534 | SCP-2535 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2535\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2535 is to be sealed off from the public under the cover of health and safety reasons. A team of at least two agents is to be stationed in an adjacent building for observation purposes at all times.\nWhere possible, the interior of SCP-2535 is to be soundproofed. Excess material generated within SCP-2535 is to be collected and disposed of daily.\nDescription: SCP-2535 is the former two-story Hewlett-Packard branch office building located in the Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou, China. It contains an intricate network of electrical and biological components of unknown origin. In particular, covering the walls of the entire first story of SCP-2535 are sixty-three thousand, five hundred and twelve USB 2.0 standard A sockets embedded at semi-regular intervals of roughly 20 cm in a grid pattern. Each socket is connected to a network of wires running throughout the walls, consisting of strands of copper interwoven with human optic nerve tissue and encased in a keratin sheath. For reasons unknown, the temperature of each USB socket, as well as that of the wires, remains at a constant 47.6\u00b0C regardless of external temperature.1 Furthermore, despite being partially composed of biological material, the wires have not exhibited any sign of decay or deterioration since initial containment.\nThese wires branch out from clusters running vertically throughout the load-bearing pillars of the building, and terminate in a room located on the second floor, presumed to be the former server room. The room is currently inaccessible, as its only entrance has been obstructed from the inside by what non-intrusive imaging methods have determined as a continuous solid biological mass. Ballistic means of ingress have been deemed unnecessarily destructive, and thus have not been attempted.\nThe inside of the room, like the other anomalous electrical and biological components of SCP-2535, constantly emits heat at a temperature of 47.6\u00b0C. Personnel within the vicinity of the room occasionally report the smell of ozone and sulfur emanating from within, along with loud printer noises.\n317 of the USB socket and power outlets of SCP-2535 have been connected to HP-brand USB 2.0-compatible electronic devices. Of these, 20 possess anomalous, possibly ectoentropic function (see below for details). The remainder have been cataloged and moved to the adjacent Provisional Observation Site-2535 for storage.\n\nNon-anomalous HP Inkjet 500 printer, designated #2535-03, removed from SCP-2535 on 02/04/14.\n\nNon-anomalous HP Laserjet 4 printer, designated #2535-92, removed from SCP-2535 on 12/05/14.\n\nFive former employees of Hewlett-Packard's Hangzhou branch are located in various rooms within SCP-2535. The bodies of these five individuals are in an anomalous state of biological suspension, requiring no sleep, water, or food despite being perpetually conscious. They have remained virtually unchanged in their states since initial discovery and acquisition in April 2013. Any attempt to extricate them from their predicaments appears to be physically impossible, as the devices binding them are unable to be unplugged or disassembled by any means whatsoever. The list of employees within SCP-2535 consists of:\n\nGuo Pingping, former branch manager of the Hewlett-Packard Hangzhou branch. Guo is located in the bathroom nearest to the receptionist's desk on the first floor. His head has been forced into the feed tray of a continuously-operating USB 2.0-compatible HP Deskjet 1112 printer plugged into the wall2. Although this would be fatal to an ordinary human, the remainder of Guo's body continues to kick and thrash as if in pain.\nJames Gu Yongsun, former assistant branch manager of the Hewlett-Packard Hangzhou branch. Gu is located in the employee's pantry on the second floor. His body has been secured vertically to the wall via ninety-two 20-inch USB 2.0 M-M cables. The actuating unit of a HP Deskjet 2540 All-In-One printer has been similarly secured to Gu's lower jaw via five 10-inch USB 2.0 M-M cables. Attached to the arm of the actuating unit is a single HP 10 Black Original Ink Cartridge. The actuating unit has been modified to run on USB power sources and is itself plugged into a USB socket via an adapter. It continuously rams the ink cartridge into Gu's throat at a rate of 1 stroke per second. The ink cartridge is hypothesized to contain an anomalous amount of ink, as it has yet to run dry. Gu himself is partly conscious, and responds incoherently to vocal stimuli.\nAngel Li Huimin, former human resources department head of the Hewlett-Packard Hangzhou branch. Li is located in her former office on the second floor. Similarly to Gu, she has been secured to the wall via eighty-nine 20-inch USB 2.0 M-M cables. Another cable of indeterminate length has been inserted into her lower abdomen via a 5mm-wide fistula. She continuously vomits a stream of thermal receipt paper from her mouth and appears to be in great distress as a result. Her abdomen is slightly distended; it is inferred from palpitations and analysis of the sounds produced from her abdomen that there is a fully-operating HP USB Single Station Thermal Receipt Printer located in the vicinity of her jejunum.\nWang Liang, former IT department head of the Hewlett-Packard Hangzhou branch. Wang is located near the water cooler on the first floor. He is secured in a standing position against the wall via thirty-seven 20-inch USB 2.0 M/M cables. Pressed against his body are twelve HP Scanjet 200 scanners, all in continuous operation. Beside him is a HP Deskjet 1112 printer attached to the wall, also in constant operation; however, instead of paper, it produces A4-sized sheets of human epidermal tissue matching Wang's skin tone. Wang is conscious but unable to respond coherently due to his near-constant screaming.\nChen Youpeng, trainee technical writer. Chen is located in the branch manager's office on the second floor. His body has been fitted inside the paper tray and backup paper tray of a HP Laserjet Pro 500 multi-function printer, which has been plugged into the wall via a standard power cable and a 3-feet USB 2.0 M-M cable. An aperture has been cut into the side of the printer, from which his head protrudes. The printer alternates between producing copies of the HP standard print quality diagnostic page and the HP Laserjet 500 technical repair manual. Since discovery, it has not run out of paper or ink. Chen is unconscious, and displays signs of severe blood loss.\n\nThese five individuals were reported missing in May 2013, one month after the closure of the Hangzhou branch office due to international downsizing measures.\nAdditionally, a Canon Pixma E480 printer is located in the janitor's closet on the first floor. It bears human teeth marks and dents across its exterior, along with chemical damage indicating application of concentrated liquid bleach. Since its discovery, it has been attempting to print a 91-page document to no effect, as its paper tray appears to have been improperly loaded such that the topmost sheets have crumpled up and jammed the feed mechanism.\nThe seams of the Canon Pixma E480 periodically leak human blood. DNA matches that of Yan Shaoxia, a creative consultant formerly under the employment of the Hewlett-Packard Hangzhou branch, who was reported missing at about the same time as the five Hewlett-Packard employees.\n\nFootnotes\n1. This is not an ectoentropic phenomenon, as the building containing it has been known to exhibit increased electrical power consumption during periods of cold weather.\n2. How this was achieved is unknown, as the internal dimensions of the Deskjet 1112's feed tray are insufficient to accommodate a human head, and the mechanical components of the Deskjet 1112 appear unable to exert sufficient force in order to crush a human skull.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2534 | SCP-2535 | SCP-2536 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2536 upon manifestation in Site-09 break room.\n\nItem #: SCP-2536\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: As the nature of SCP-2536 makes physical containment impossible, containment procedures will instead focus on the manner in which personnel should conduct themselves in the event of a manifestation. To enforce this, as of 12/23/19\u2588\u2588, copies of these containment procedures are to be distributed among all personnel currently in the employ of the SCP Foundation during the month of December. In the event that SCP-2536 appears before a member of personnel, they are to refrain from accepting any offered gifts, leave the vicinity of SCP-2536 and immediately inform their supervisor.\nGifts presented to personnel by SCP-2536 are only to be accepted under strict testing conditions and after testing are to be confiscated immediately.\nDescription: SCP-2536 is a Christmas tree with purple and white decorations, approximately two meters tall and composed primarily of plastic. A speaker is attached to the base of SCP-2536, which loudly plays the song 'I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday' by the band Wizzard on a constant loop. SCP-2536 only manifests during the month of December, and its status during the rest of the year is currently unknown. During the month of December, SCP-2536 will appear before at least six members of Foundation personnel, one at a time, regardless of distance between them. No reports have been found from the public or elements outside the Foundation indicating SCP-2536 appearing to anyone apart from Foundation personnel.\nUpon appearance before a member of personnel, a gift in the form of a wrapped present consistent with traditional Christmas practices will be located beneath SCP-2536. This gift, hereafter referred to as SCP-2536-1, will contain an item which the chosen member of personnel greatly desires, whether consciously or subconsciously. In cases where the desired item would be too large to feasibly fit inside SCP-2536-1, its interior dimensions become significantly larger than its exterior ones. If the targeted member of personnel ignores SCP-2536, and leaves the area, SCP-2536 will disappear after three to five minutes.\nSCP-2536 was first discovered when it manifested in the office of Site-26 Director Leder during a lock-down after containment breach of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. At the time, SCP-2536-1 contained the required materials to temporarily shut down SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and return it to its chambers. Inspection of SCP-2536 by nearby researchers revealed the following note attached to SCP-2536's base:\n\nHere at [DATA EXPUNGED],1 we love nothing more than to watch the good work you fellows do. Your empathy and moral integrity are an inspiration to us all! And so, in this season of giving, we have decided to present you brave heroes who do so much for us with a gift of your own! Enjoy.\nMerry Christmas,\nOSN\n\nAddendum 2536-1 - Sample Record of SCP-2536-1 Contents:\n\nMember of Personnel\nSCP-2536-1 Contents\n\nSite Director Leder\nMaterials required to shut down and subdue SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nDr. Landis\nSeveral excited Welsh Corgi puppies. DNA analysis revealed the puppies were all genetically identical.\n\nD-25372\nA middle-aged woman and a pre-adolescent boy, later identified as D-25372's wife and son. After a brief interview and dosage of Class-A amnestics, they were returned to their home without incident.\n\n[REDACTED]\nA gold wristwatch.\n\nDr. Ryans\nA copy of this file and containment procedures relating to SCP-2536. Note that this incident took place before 12/23/19\u2588\u2588, and Dr. Ryans was thus unaware of the nature of SCP-2536 upon its manifestation. New containment procedures were implemented as a result of this incident.\n\nAgent Raleigh\nUnknown. According to recovered footage from the area, SCP-2536 manifested while Agent Raleigh was infiltrating a suspected location of Marshall, Carter and Dark activity, thus revealing his location to them. Agent Raleigh's current status and location are unknown.\n\nD-39122\nSee Incident 2536-1.\n\nSCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nSee Incident 2536-2.\n\nIncident 2536-1:\nOn 12/29/20\u2588\u2588, at Site-09, SCP-2536 appeared before D-39122 and several other D-Class personnel outside of testing hours. Before security could intervene, D-39122 received several anomalous weapons2 from SCP-2536-1, distributed them among nearby D-Class personnel, and attempted an armed escape.\nAlthough this revolt was quickly put down by on-site security, hostilities resulted in several Euclid and Keter-level containment breaches, necessitating Site-wide lock-down and causing significant personnel casualties.\nIncident 2536-2:\nOn 12/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, at Site-11, during testing of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-2536 appeared before it. SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 retrieved a small device from SCP-2536-1 consistent in appearance with its own native technology. Upon activating the device, SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 disappeared completely from Site-11 and is now believed to have transported itself to an as-of-yet unknown location on the planet.\nIt is now confirmed that SCP-2536 considers objects and entities under containment by the Foundation to be Foundation personnel.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Note that no information has actually been removed from this note, and that this is the original wording of the message.\n2. Weapons showed the capacity to disintegrate security personnel upon direct hits, or cause spatial warping inside their bodies upon glancing blows.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2535 | SCP-2536 | SCP-2537 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Personnel collecting instances of SCP-2537 (photo by Agent Novi)\n\nItem #: SCP-2537\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Captured instances of SCP-2537 are to be contained in separate standard humanoid containment chambers within Site-44. The detection and detainment of SCP-2537 is currently assigned to MTF Beta-13 (\"Over Troubled Waters\").\nDescription: SCP-2537 is a type of anomalous humanoid capable of transmogrifying into a clay brick. Transmogrification can be initiated at will and takes approximately three seconds to complete. On nights with a full moon, should an instance of SCP-2537 see the moon it will transmogrify regardless of its intent. Witnessing SCP-1812 results in a similar forced change.\nSCP-2537 are able to convert humans into additional instances via bludgeoning to the victim's head while in a brick state, though the exact force required for successful conversion is currently unknown. This generally requires teamwork between multiple instances, or a single instance throwing itself from a vantage point and transmogrifying mid-fall. However, due to the nature of it, attempted conversions often result in the death of the victim. Instances experience no compulsion to bludgeon humans.\nDamage sustained while in a brick state carries over to the instance's humanoid form and vice versa. Sustaining significant structural damage in brick form seems to terminate an instance, and it will remain in brick form. Neither form displays anomalous strength or durability, making infecting humans mildly dangerous due to possible damage from the accelerated impacts.\n\nPhotograph taken during discovery\n\nPrior to nights featuring the second new moon of the month, all instances will attempt to gather at a single river or stream. Whether this qualifies as anomalous compulsion in a humanoid or instinct in an anomalous humanoid is currently under debate. During these gatherings, SCP-2537 will arrange themselves and non-anomalous bricks into a bridge using secretions of mortar that have only been seen during gathering periods. Upon the moon setting, the mortar will liquefy and dissolve, and the instances will disperse.\nWhile the bridge is being built, the opposite riverbank will gradually alter in appearance. This phenomenon is only visible from the riverside the bridge begins on. It is unknown what would occur if SCP-2537 instances were to successfully complete the bridge.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2536 | SCP-2537 | SCP-2538 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2538\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: No weapons, armor, or other items generated by SCP-2538, are allowed outside of the containment chamber. At least 2 security personnel must guard SCP-2538 at all times. Security officers will rotate in shifts accordingly.\nDescription: SCP-2538 is a large van with a set of seats in the back, along with several containers. The vehicle has several crude steel plates attached to the sides and windows. SCP-2538 has no visible license plating and manufacturer labels. Due to this, manufacturer and previous owner of SCP-2538 are unknown. The left side of the vehicle has a spray painted rectangular symbol with the letters \"R. S.\" written below.\nWhen opened by an outside source, several objects will appear inside SCP-2538's back compartment. The objects known to appear include:\n\n4 sets of tactical bullet resistant vests\n4 loaded M4A1 carbine rifles\n2 bags of plastic explosives\n4 masks depicting various animals1\n20 magazines of 5.56x45mm NATO cartridges\n\nUpon opening SCP-2538 again, a new set of the aforementioned items will appear, and will cause all previous items to disappear, regardless of where they are. Any objects placed inside SCP-2538's back compartment will also disappear once a new set is created. Any damage to SCP-2538 is repaired once the object is outside of human sight-lines.\nThe Foundation first discovered SCP-2538 in a warehouse owned by the company \"Cargo-Partner\" on the edge of Belgrade, Serbia. SCP-2538 was recovered along with a phone hidden inside the vehicle's glove compartment. After recovery the incidents of violent crime in Belgrade decreased.\nAddendum 2538/01 02/04/10: The phone recovered from SCP-2538's glove compartment contained several audio recordings. Each recording dated from 3 months, to 2 days before recovery. These recordings are accessible by personnel of level 2 clearance and above.\n\n+ ACCESS PHONE RECORDINGS [INPUT CREDENTIALS]\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED [CLOSE FILE]\n\nCaller Name: Dragan\nHey Marco, I got some extra parts from that saleman. You could use them better then he could. I'll be stopping by the warehouse in 2 hours, I'll talk with you there.\n\nCaller Name: Dragan\nNice job on the car Marco, just got the photo you sent me. I'm heading to a quick meeting of sorts, going to get us a quick job.\n\nCaller Name: Dragan\nI've set up a job for the new van. It involves the local bank and whatnot. I'm calling up an old friend of sorts as we speak to help us out. I'll call you back when I can.\n\nCaller Name: Dragan\nAlright, I've made us a deal. This syndicate has deep pockets Marco, and we both could use the extra dinars. They're going to send you a call soon, listen to the Representative, and do what he says. He doesn't know about the van, was hoping to spring that as a surprise on him, make it worth his while yes?\n\nCaller Name: R.S Rep.\nAllow me to introduce myself, I am Markov of the Richter \"Corporation\". You and your partner's work has gotten our attention. With the success of this deal, I'm happy to welcome you as one of our workers. Your vehicle will be useful in our endeavors. It will save us a fortune, and I thank you for it personally. I'll call you when you are needed, remember your place Mr. Vukovic.\n\nCaller Name: Markov\nMarco, due to recent events regarding loss of our product, we ask that you do not use your vehicle for our work. We have lost approximately 30000 dinars worth of \"tools,\" and \"batteries,\" due to your choices. If you wish to repeal this, please schedule an appointment with me at once. Remember, your place, Mr. Vukovic.\n\nCaller Name: Markov\nMr. Vukovic, my organization has drafted a special offer for you. One of our many clients has expressed interest in your vehicle, specifically a man by the name of \"Viktor\" who works with our Scarlet division. If you wish to accept this request, please report to your warehouse tomorrow at 2:00PM with the vehicle in tow. Thank you in advance, any concerns should be addressed at the deal.\n\nCaller Name: Dragan\nMarco, MARCO! Listen, Marco you\u2026shit listen you need to get out of town or something, just anything! The Syndicate has it in for us apparently, they want your van\u2026they're\u2026shit. One of their men just tried to kill me, so I don't have my time friend, you need to get out of the city, find some way to destroy or hide or\u2026shit I just had an idea. Find a way to get your van into the hands of those secret society creeps you keep hearing about, the ones that you said steal away and contain weird supernatural things. I don't know how just\u2026get their attention or something. I\u2026I think this is goodbye Marco, stay safe my friend.\n\nCaller Name: DO NOT ANSWER\nMarco, you were never much use to us anyway. We'll find that van of yours, we'll trace your signal until we find you, and I will make sure you do not dodge a bullet like your friend Dragan did for a moment. You could have had a prosperous life Marco, but I'm afraid this is good bye forever you Serbian rat. I eagerly anticipate your body bag arriving at Viktor's footsteps soon. Until then, I hope I never see you.\n\nResearch is currently underway regarding the \"Richter Syndicate\" mentioned in the recordings. Whereabouts of \"Marco\" or other POIs are currently unknown.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The animal depicted on the masks are random. Common appearances include arachnid and insect species.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2537 | SCP-2538 | SCP-2539 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2539\n\nItem #: SCP-2539\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2539 has been closed under the provisional cover story of maintenance. Foundation security personnel have been assigned to monitor and intercept civilians attempting to access SCP-2539.\nDescription: SCP-2539 is a 3.1 kilometer stretch of road located near Rhodehampton, New South Wales. Individuals who attempt to traverse SCP-2539 in a motor vehicle will disappear after having travelled five hundred meters, and later reappear at the other end of SCP-2539 between seven and eight hours later. After returning, said individuals typically show signs of severe dehydration and heatstroke, even when provided adequate supplies to prevent this.\nThose affected by SCP-2539's primary anomaly report having travelled down SCP-2539 for the full duration of their disappearance: all reports involve them stopping for a figure named \"Miriam Wells\". Descriptions of its appearance match that of highway patrol officer Miriam Wells, who disappeared in late 2009 on a routine patrol. She is usually described as wearing civilian clothes and attempting to ask subjects for directions.\nIn a minority of observed cases, subjects report being able to convince the woman to join them in their vehicle. All such subjects later find a piece of heavily scorched and decomposed human flesh in the storage compartment of their vehicle. The source of this is unknown.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2538 | SCP-2539 | SCP-2540 \u00bb"}
{"text": "ADULT CONTENT\n\nThis article contains adult content that may not be suitable for all readers.\nGraphic depiction of blood, gore or mutilation of body parts\nFeatures sexual themes or language, but does not depict sexual acts.\nExplicit depiction of sexual acts.\nFeatures non-consensual sexual acts.\nDepiction of severe mistreatment of children\nDepiction of self-harm\nDepiction of suicide\nDepiction of torture\n{$custom-content}\nIf you are above the age of 18+ and wish to read such content, then you may click Continue to view said content.\nContinue\nBack to Front Page\n\u00ab SCP-2540 |SCP-2541| SCP-2542 \u00bb\n\nThe opening image of a video played by SCP-2541.\n\nItem #: SCP-2541\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Any recovered instances of SCP-2541 are to be stored within a standard anomalous item locker. Use of SCP-2541 is restricted for personnel with clearance below Level-2 unless given permission otherwise. SCP-2541 is not to be used for recreational use by Foundation personnel.\nDescription: SCP-2541 is the designation for a series of anomalous video tapes which initiate a complex cognitohazardous effect on human subjects who view one of them. Instances of SCP-2541 have been discovered in several forms, including VHS tapes, DVD discs and digital video files, though all are functionally identical and all feature an icon of a stylized yellow lemon somewhere on their packaging. Currently, the Foundation has 328 distinct instances of SCP-2541 within containment.\nUpon playing an instance of SCP-2541, human subjects who directly view SCP-2541 will appear to fall into a catatonic state. From the subject's perspective, they will believe they are arriving at a building titled \"Your II's Only\" (SCP-2541-A), and are greeted by an instance of SCP-2541-1. Should a subject be allowed entry into SCP-2541-A, they will arrive in a non-descript dimly-lit room filled with other subjects under the effects of SCP-2541 participating in group intercourse. In addition, subjects also report seeing several other non-participating instances of SCP-2541-1 around the perimeter of the room.\nSubjects report heightened libido and a greater genital sensitivity while within the area of SCP-2541-A, and report the feeling of intercourse with all subjects within SCP-2541-A as feeling akin to actual intercourse. Regardless of any actions subjects believe they are doing within SCP-2541-A, from an outside perspective they will only appear to be speaking aloud to themselves and orgasming, when appropriate.\nInstances of SCP-2541-1 appear to be are humans typically of above-average height dressed in black attire with a single yellow lemon pin affixed to their shirt. Instances of SCP-2541-1 under no circumstances ever participate within the group intercourse occurring inside of SCP-2541-A, though may be asked to turn around or provide subjects with various non-harmful items.1 Instances of SCP-2541-1 are also the only known instances capable of ceasing the cognitohazardous effect upon affected subjects. Instances of SCP-2541-1 only cease the effect if one of the three following conditions are met:\n\nA subject approaches an SCP-2541-1 instance and requests to leave.\nA subject has spent more than eight hours under the effects of SCP-2541.\nA subject expresses repeated inappropriate or unwanted behavior upon other subjects or instances of SCP-2541-1.\n\nUpon ceasing the effects of SCP-2541, the instance of SCP-2541 will conclude playing and the subject will regain all bodily functions as normal. Subjects will remember their experience under the effects of SCP-2541 as if they were actually present at a group intercourse session.\nAddendum 2541-1: Below is an interview Researcher Victoria Forsythe initiated between herself and an instance of SCP-2541-1. As recording equipment within SCP-2541-A is impossible, Researcher Forsythe repeated phrases as they were spoken by the SCP-2541-1 instance so they could be recorded. Extraneous phrases have been removed.\n\n<Begin Log>\nResearcher Forsythe: Ah, hello!\nSCP-2541-1 nods.\nSCP-2541-1: Evening ma'am.\nResearcher Forsythe: This may be a weird thing to ask, but is it possible that I could ask a few questions about this place?\nSCP-2541-1 nods.\nResearcher Forsythe: Excellent. First and foremost, could you explain a bit about why this place exists?\nSCP-2541-1: I could.\nSilence.\nResearcher Forsythe: Will you explain why this place exists?\nSCP-2541-1: For people to have sex in.\nResearcher Forsythe sighs.\nResearcher Forsythe: But why go into all the effort of making it the way you did?\nSCP-2541-1: I didn't make it. Bobs did.\nResearcher Forsythe: \"Bobs?\"\nSCP-2541-1: Robert and Rupert Weissman. The people that run this place.\nResearcher Forsythe: Is there some way I can contact them?\nSCP-2541-1: If you got any complaints about this place, you can take it up with Customer Services.\nResearcher Forsythe: I don't-\nResearcher Forsythe interrupts herself and exhales sharply.\nResearcher Forsythe: Let me try this again. Why did \"Bobs\" make this place? Why make an anomalous conceptual sex club when they could just make a normal one?\nSilence.\nSCP-2541-1: You're Foundation, aren't you?\nResearcher Forsythe: Excuse me, how do you-\nSCP-2541-1: If you want specific answers, I'll give you Bobs' phone number. If you want just what I know, all I know is that as long as people are in here, this can be the only conceptual sex club in existence.\nResearcher Forsythe: How do you know about the Foundation? How did you know that I was Foundation?\nSCP-2541-1: One, you're repeating everything I say in a very non-subtle way, like you're trying to record what I'm telling you. Two, you're trying to interview a security guard rather than fucking a bunch of people in a magic sex club.\nResearcher Forsythe: That still doesn't explain how you know about us without us formally knowing about you.\nSCP-2541-1: I'd guess that most people in the Foundation would rather keep their kinks private. You'd be surprised how many Foundation employees are some of Inevitability Industries' best clients.\n<End Log>\n\nPost-interview, a survey among several Foundation employees had discovered that \u2588\u2588 Foundation personnel were clients of Inevitability Industries, hereinafter GoI-7058.\nAddendum 2541-2: After receiving the phone number for the Persons of Interest known as Robert and Rupert Weissman (PoI-7058-A and PoI-7058-B), Researcher Forsythe proceeded to contact and conduct an interview with them in order to further understand both SCP-2541 and GoI-7058.\n\n<Begin Log>\nPoI-7058-A and PoI-7058-B: Hello?\nResearcher Forsythe: Yes, hello. I was told that this was the number I was to call if I wanted to contact Robert and Rupert Weissman?\nPoI-7058-A: Yes, that's us.\nPoI-7058-B: You can call us Bobs, though.\nResearcher Forsythe: As I've been told. In regards to your nickname, I mean.\nPoI-7058-A: In any case, what can we do for you?\nResearcher Forsythe: I'm looking for information on a product of yours. Those video tapes and the club they can access.\nPoI-7058-A: \"Your Eyes Only\"?\nResearcher Forsythe: That was the name of it, yes.\nPoI-7058-A: We're all ears. Ask away.\nResearcher Forsythe clears her throat.\nResearcher Forsythe: Firstly, why make it conceptual? You could just as easily make a real club for, what I would imagine would be, significantly less cost.\nPoI-7058-B: I can take this one. Once the concept of something exists, it occupies the space in conceptual space of that concept. Your Eyes Only goes beyond that, and we rigged it to occupy the entirety of the concept of \"conceptual sex club\". The only trick is it needs a lot of people to observe it at one time to be considered the consensus for the concept.\nPoI-7058-A: Hence the guards and paid customers.\nResearcher Forsythe: Paid customers?\nPoI-7058-A: We gave thousands of copies of that tape to sex workers and paid them to use it.\nPoI-7058-B: We're practically hemorrhaging money with this thing but, well\u2026 sometimes that's just how it is with passion projects.\nResearcher Forsythe: If you're losing money with this, why keep it up at all?\nPoI-7058-A and PoI-7058-B: Because- ah\u2026\nPoI-7058-A and PoI-7058-B chuckle embarrassedly.\nPoI-7058-A: Because eventually, people who have any sort of power, anomalous or otherwise, will use it to fuck people.\nPoI-7058-B: Literally and figuratively. Trust us, we lived through it.\nPoI-7058-A: So we do what we can to push out the bad people. Whether it's corner the market on a product with low prices and reliable functionality or literally making it impossible to make something else like it, we're just trying to make sure people use this kind of stuff responsibly.\nPoI-7058-B: You know, and not use it to clone sex slaves or mind control people into doing whatever you want.\nResearcher Forsythe: That's\u2026 well, to be honest, not what I expected. I would personally have bet on a more profit-centric answer. It's refreshing, almost.\nPoI-7058-B: Yeah. People preach great power, great responsibility and all that shit, but once they get that power people seem to forget about the responsibility part.\nPoI-7058-A: It always happens. Eventually.\nPoI-7058-B: We're hoping we last a bit longer than most.\n<End Log>\n\nFootnotes\n1. Mostly sex toys, however, certain fruits and vegetables can also be requested.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2540 | SCP-2541 | SCP-2542 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2542\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Containment is focused on seizing and destroying any knowledge of SCP-2542 and all evidence thereof. This is to be maintained through destruction of all instances of SCP-2542-A and working in conjoint efforts with local police departments to seize and then destroy all SCP-2542-A instances currently in circulation.\nFoundation AI (ATLS-20 and GRGN-04) are to monitor websites dedicated to usage of illegal drugs and their related paraphernalia and also websites in which users more likely to perform these activities congregate for mention of SCP-2542, SCP-2542-A, or the description of a DIONYSUS-12 Event.\nSCP-2542-A is to be destroyed by a contingent of D-Class who have been shown to be repeat drug offenders with no history of theft. All D-Class who return from a DIONYSUS-12 Event are to be interviewed. If the D-Class returns deceased, another is to be brought to fill its place. When the D-Class stops undergoing DIONYSUS-12 Events (defined as a period of four months without an occurrence) they will be amnesticized and released back into the general populace, due to their non-violent offenses.\nAll researchers studying SCP-2542 and SCP-2542-A are to undergo mandatory weekly drug screenings. Any failure will result in Class-C amnestics, a demotion, and transfer to another site.\nAs of 3-1-12, all experiments involving theft of SCP-2542-A from SCP-2542 are forbidden.\nDescription: SCP-2542 is a humanoid of indeterminate species and origin which exists in what is theorized to be a self-contained pocket dimension. Initial access to SCP-2542's dimension is contingent upon knowledge of the entity, its nature, and a desire to engage in commerce with it. No procedure is necessary to enter, taking an average of three minutes from initial desire to disappearance. Knowledge of SCP-2542 is not necessary for transportation stemming from consumption of SCP-2542-A.\nSCP-2542-A is a plant superficially resembling cannabis, in terms of smell, appearance, and THC content. SCP-2542-A is more closely related, however, to plants of the Rafflesia genus. The primary anomalous property of SCP-2542-A is its apparent indestructibility. While the plant can be ground up, the particles will not be destroyed unless burnt by an individual with a desire to become intoxicated.\nAfter an individual has used SCP-2542-A for the purposes of intoxication, at any point until the THC fully leaves their bloodstream, they can be subject to a DIONYSUS-12 Event. A DIONYSUS-12 Event involves the subject disappearing at random and entering SCP-2542's pocket dimension. Individuals who undergo a DIONYSUS-12 Event describe the time spent in SCP-2542's dimension as awkward and tense, mostly due to SCP-2542's seeming unfamiliarity with human biology.\nWhen an individual has entered SCP-2542's dimension in order to obtain SCP-2542-A, SCP-2542 shows a strong preference to making deals that benefit the buyer in question. It is unclear if this is due to some form of good nature on the behalf of the entity or if it is an attempt to spread SCP-2542-A. SCP-2542 accepts money, IOUs, and objects of sentimental value. It is worth noting that SCP-2542 makes no attempt to seek the money owed. Despite this, all individuals who undergo a DIONYSUS-12 Event express discomfort surrounding SCP-2542. Normally, an individual will not be involved in more than three DIONYSUS-12 events, but individuals involved in more than ten have been recorded.\nSCP-2542 remains amicable with all subjects unless an individual attempts to steal SCP-2542-A. All forms of theft are met with extreme aggression and then death. The remains of these individuals return to where they were taken from within one week, though some have been kept for up to six months. Autopsies confirm that while the bodies may appear to have undergone unusual injury, the subjects were alive for the majority of time spent in SCP-2542's dimension.\nInterview 2542-1A:\n\n+ show block\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nSCP-2542-A was discovered due to an uncharacteristic and unprecedented increase of illegal cannabis sale in Cleveland, OH, which was connected to a series of brutal murders following what was called \u201cimpossible disappearance(s).\u201d When the cannabis was all found to be both indestructible under normal circumstances and more closely related to rafflesia than any other plant, the Foundation inserted itself into all attempts to apprehend those responsible.\nDaniel Sheridan (POI-2542-1) was quickly found to be the source of this upswing in cannabis sales. Due to his prior work as a clerk at a local bookstore, the methods by which he was able to produce and/or procure SCP-2542-A were deemed to be anomalous, resulting in Foundation agents taking charge of all interviews. Herein is the first interview where the nature of SCP-2542 was established.\nInterviewer: Are you comfortable? Do you need something to drink?\nDaniel Sheridan: I'd like my lawyer is what I'd like. I didn't do any of that killing. That was him.\nI: We're a little beyond that right now, Mr. Sheridan. I'd like you to tell me who this him was.\nDS: Tayn't. Like, some weird elf devil name. T-A-Y-N-apostrophe-T. God. Fuck. I sound crazy. You're not going to believe me, are you?\nI: I can't help you unless you tell me the truth. No matter how it sounds. How did you meet it?\nDS: I didn't summon him or anything. I didn't sell my soul. I just, I don't know. I really wanted to get high. Really bad. And I just, I don't know. I kept wishing. And I think he heard me.\nI: And Tayn't is the source of this marijuana you've been selling?\nDS: I don't know if he grows it or anything. Or how he grows it. Uh, he doesn't live, well, here. I don't know. He doesn't live where we do.\nI: Please explain, Mr. Sheridan.\nDS: When you think of him, when you want it really bad, when you're jonesing, you just, I don't know, close your eyes. And you're there. It's wet. It smells terrible. It's dark, but I can see just enough. Things are glowing, but you can't tell where they are. It's hot. You know those ugly fucking smell flowers? The Pokemon one and the one that looks like a dick? They were everywhere. It was, uh, rot. That's where he lives. You think I'm crazy.\nI: I've heard stranger. Continue.\nDS: He lives in, like, a hut. It's filled with bugs. It's noisy. And it gets hotter the more you come in. But it's opulent, man. He's got, like, beetles fighting each other in cages right next to fucking, like, entire barrels of weed. And it was all good stuff. All purple. It smelled like heaven, and I wanted to sit right next up to it, because everything else smelled so bad. The bugs were everywhere, man.\nI: Can you describe him to me?\nDS: Big. He was always tall. He had weird ears. Sometimes sharp, all weird elf shit, but sometimes he didn't have any, just these weird holes. Lizard shit. Sometimes, he had a neck tattoo. It was always something gross. Something that didn't make sense. Like he saw a few hardasses in real life and tried to do it himself.\nI: Can you give me an example?\nDS: A gun with a vagina in it.\nI: I see. Go on.\nDS: I don't know. He just looked like something weird trying to be human. It was so fucking hot and humid in there, but he had the best weed. And I realized that, well, he didn't know what shit was worth. I remember the first time I got, like, ten ounces for fifty bucks. It was crazy. It was a fucking garbage bag. And he didn't bat an eye. Which would've been understandable, since I think a bug was crawling on it or something. But, I figured, all I had to do was hang out with this, uh, magic weed guy, and I'd keep buying weed from him. I've always had weird, obnoxious drug dealers, but this guy was worth it. I mean, he said a lot of weird things. He did weird stuff. And like, sometimes it'd be hard to look at him without getting a headache, but the stuff I got him from him was better than anything I'd ever had.\nAnd he was, uh, nice to me, you know. Seemed to care about my problems. Always fronted me without shit. Since he was some weird elf demon thing, I figured he'd like sentimental items, you know? Like I figured they held magic. And I don't know if he was just doing it to be nice, or if he was, but he would always take, like, this crappy plastic rosary my grandma gave me when I was ten and give me, I don't know, fucking, sixty ounces like some fucking god kingpin amount.\nI: Did he ever refuse a barter?\nDS: Offered him my old PlayStation 2 memory card. He said he hated video games. He still gave me a few ounces as an apology. Like I said, he was really weird, but I think, he was ultimately a good guy.\nI: Yet you say he was behind these murders?\nDS I told my friend about him. My friend Johnny. I needed someone to hold onto this weed. I needed someone to help me deal. I told him how to meet Tayn't, and he did. He was a great partner. Knew him since grade school, you know. But he always got greedy. Always mouthy. Couldn't hold a secret either. Stupid idea.\nI: Why would Tayn't harm your friend?\nDS: Johnny'd been stealing from him for a while. Told some friends like him about the magic elf we got weed from. They'd all been stealing from him for a week before Tayn't found out.\nI: What makes you believe Tayn't is behind these disappearances?\nDS: Last time he called me. His place was hotter than hell. I was more nervous than I'd ever been. He was all teeth and darkness, and the smell was horrible. He was a plant, but he looked more like sharp. Like a rock. I pissed myself. I remember he told me I was a bad friend for inviting thieves into his home. I don't remember much. I don't think he spoke language so much as screamed. And, I never found him again. Week later, Johnny's body turned up all fucked up. People thought it was me, or a rival drug dealer. Then the others happened.\nI: Do you believe Tayn't to be behind the disappearance and reappearance of people who took the marijuana you received from him?\nDS: I mean, it makes sense. He always seemed like he wanted a friend. No one gives that much unless they need something in return. Liked having me visit. Maybe he'll find another bud. Hope no one else takes shit from him, though. Never thought he'd get so mad. I'm lucky I never got caught, I guess.\nI: Thank you, Mr Sheridan. I'll leave you here, and we'll get you as much help as we can.\nUsing this information SCP-2542 was contained and confirmed through D-Class ingestion of SCP-2542-A causing DIONYSUS-12 Events. Daniel Sheridan was amnesticized and charged for drug dealing. The murders were ruled to be aggression from rival drug dealers.\n\nExploration Log 2542-3C:\n\n+ show block\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nAfter ten successful DIONYSUS-12 Events, D-2542-34 was prepped with an audio-visual recording device. D-2542-34 was ordered to steal a sample of SCP-2542-A in order to judge if closeness would change SCP-2542's usual reaction to theft. D-2542-34 was ordered to summon SCP-2542 and gain entrance.\nUpon D-2542-34's entrance into SCP-2542's dimension, cameras malfunctions momentarily. Sensors indicate that the temperature is 39\u00b0C. While visibility is low, various rafflesia and titan arum are observed growing uncharacteristically in the muck.\nD-2542-34: Never gets less gross.\nCONTROL: D-2542-34, could you examine the ground?\nD-2542-34 refuses for several minutes but is cajoled to stick his hand in the muck. It is shown to be a black clay mixed with brackish water. There are no signs of life in the water.\nCONTROL: That's enough. Make your way to SCP-2542.\nAs D-2542-34 walks further into darkness, the temperature rises to 41\u00b0C. Eventually, D-2542-34 comes to what is identified as SCP-2542's home. It is a cabin made from rotting wood, though its dimensions shift irregularly, and as D-2542-34 walks closer to the door, the sound of insect cries (most currently unidentifiable) become louder.\nSCP-2542 comes to the door and welcomes D-2542-34 inside. Sensors indicate the temperature inside is over 45\u00b0C. Inside, as described, are a number of containers filled with SCP-2542-A, but also cages containing unidentifiable species of beetle.\nSCP-2542 appears naked and in a roughly humanoid form, lacking nipples and having what looks to be a series of roots instead of genitalia. Its ears are long and pointed, pierced at the lobes with an unidentified bone in each. Its body is in constant motion and undulation.D-2542-34 nods and tries to avert his eyes from the nudity. SCP-2542 bends over and wraps itself in a sodden robe, discolored by age and covered in various forms of fungus.\nD-2542-34: Uh, why do you keep it so hot in here, anyway, Tayn't?D-2542-34 coughs and looks at the ground. The insects that cover the floor are unidentifiable, and there are frog-like creatures with a kind of carapace. Footage is brought back to SCP-2542 as it begins to speak again.SCP-2542 reaches down to the floor and picks up a creature resembling a frog, biting the head and two front legs. It offers the rest to D-2542-34, who declines.\nD-2542-34: Hey, is it cool if we put this down as an I owe you type thing? I, uh, well, you know. They don't give me money.\nSCP-2542 makes a screeching noise that has been identified as laughter.SCP-2542's body begins to undulate and stretch, which has been shown to be an attempt to put the other party at ease. As SCP-2542 turns around to look deeper into its cabin, D-2542-34 attempts to grab a handful of SCP-2542-A from a nearby truncheon.\nAs D-2542-34 begins to stow away the SCP-2542-A, SCP-2542's arms slides out from the darkness and takes his hand. At the moment, sensors indicate the temperature to be 50\u00b0C. SCP-2542 produces a long sustained croaking noise. D-2542-34 begins to scream as the skin of his arm sloughs off with a pull from SCP-2542.D-2542-34: They made me! They made me! They\u2014\nThe footage cuts out. D-2542-34's body appeared a month later at his barracks. His body was covered in bites from unidentified insects. The bites were at various stages of healing, indicating he received them while still alive. His stomach and lungs were shown to be filled with finely ground SCP-2542-A, believed to be the cause of death.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2541 | SCP-2542 | SCP-2543 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2543\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2543 is to be contained in a standard Class A Humanoid Containment cell in Block 4 of Site 15. It is allowed two hours per day in the Block 4 Courtyard. SCP-2543 is to be administered 40mg of citalopram daily for depression. The subject is to have a Dell desktop computer hooked up to a projector in its habitation. This computer comes equipped solely with VLC Media Player, Minesweeper, and Microsoft Word. All but Microsoft Word may be taken away as punishment if deemed necessary by Site Director Allen. SCP-2543 is allowed to request new computer programs or videos but has not since it was contained. All materials written by SCP-2543 are to be passed directly to Director Allen.\nSCP-2543's containment cell is to be surveilled at all times. All communications with SCP-2543 must be approved by Director Allen. Site 15 medical personnel are to be advised whenever SCP-2543 enters a catatonic state. SCP-2543 has been treated multiple times for injuries resulting from falling unexpectedly during such events. Personnel with clearance below Level 5 may be subject to amnesticization after interacting with SCP-2543.\nDescription: SCP-2543 is a humanoid female. The subject was formerly Dr. Harriet Wilson, a Level 3 Foundation scientist working at Site 16. Its anomalous properties were discovered on March 8, 2017 as a result of Incident KSS-4927.\nSCP-2543 produces electricity through unknown means. This phenomenon appears to be localized to SCP-2543's skull, specifically the parietal bones, but does not impair its brain function. The amount generated normally fluctuates between 10W-50W and never falls below 8.2W.\nSCP-2543 claims to receive hallucinatory visions on various occasions. When these events occur, the electricity it produces increases to between 10,000W and 15,000W. SCP-2543 enters a catatonic state for the duration of these events. The subject becomes lucid immediately after the cessation of these phenomena and experiences no permanent physical effects. SCP-2543 has been instructed to record the details of its experience during each event. These records are compiled in Document 2543-B.\n\nLevel 5 Clearance Required\n\nAccess Granted\n\nSCP-2543 is believed to be linked to a version of itself in an unknown alternate universe. It claims that this version of itself, hereby classified Wilson-X, communicates with an unknown quantity of Harriet Wilsons across multiple universes and is the source of its visions. SCP-2543 also claims that Wilson-X is aware of its actions at all times, but rarely interferes. Evidence for these claims can be found in Document 2543-B.\nDuring these visions, SCP-2543 claims to adopt the sight and hearing of one of its alternate universe doppelg\u00e4ngers, usually Wilson-X. SCP-2543 claims to be able to communicate with whichever version of itself it is having a vision of, though it has no control over their actions. Even while not having visions, SCP-2543 claims to communicate mentally at times with Wilson-X. Records of important communications can be found in Document 2543-B-2. SCP-2543 has been found to be aware of highly classified information that Wilson-X is believed to be responsible for imparting. The mechanism by which Wilson-X learns such information is unknown.\nWilson-X used these visions in order to coerce SCP-2543 into performing various acts of sabotage upon the Foundation prior to containment. It is unknown why these visions continue to occur now that SCP-2543 is unable to perform this function. A full list of infractions committed prior to SCP-2543's containment can be found in Document 2543-C. The most egregious act was Incident KSS-4927, which nearly resulted in a GK-Class End of the World Scenario.\nAddendum: The following are excerpts from Document 2543-A (Interviews)\n\nInterview #: 1\nDate: 03/09/2017\nInterviewer: Dr. Francis Egerton\n\nDr. Egerton: Tell me how this all started, SCP-2543.Dr. Egerton: I can call you Harriet. But you're an SCP now, you turned yourself in for containment. Please answer the question.Dr. Egerton: And then what?Dr. Egerton: And this person was the origin of the voice?Dr. Egerton: What happened after that?Dr. Egerton: Did you say anything?Dr. Egerton: What did you do then?Dr. Egerton: When was the next time she contacted you?Dr. Egerton: That is true, I suppose.Dr. Egerton: When was the next time she contacted you?\n\nInterview #: 2\nDate: 03/09/17\nInterviewer: Dr. Andrino Allen\n\nDr. Allen: You mentioned that you're not the only person she was blackmailing. Could you please elaborate on that?Dr. Allen: Such as?Dr. Allen: I see.Dr. Allen: What do you mean?Dr. Allen: What was your punishment?Dr. Allen: That's terrible.\n\nInterview #: 3\nDate: 03/10/17\nInterviewer: Dr. Andrino Allen\n\nDr. Allen: Based on the information you've given us, we've decided to name the version of you who was controlling things Wilson-X. Every other version of you we'll call Wilson-n in order to try to nail down how many of them you interacted with. You'll be Wilson-1, for instance.Dr. Allen: So Wilson-X may have been doing this with an unknown number of doppelg\u00e4ngers, correct? If you had to estimate how many different individuals you saw through the eyes of, what would you say?Dr. Allen: How many seemed to be in your position? That is, being blackmailed to sabotage the Foundation?Dr. Allen: And did many seemed to act as props? If Wilson-X's goal was truly to harm the Foundation, it seems like a great deal of the doppelg\u00e4ngers you've talked about wouldn't have been able to do much of anything. Many didn't even seem to be aware of the Foundation's existence. The way you describe your visions of them, it seems like their purpose was as leverage.Dr. Allen: Were there any whose purpose you were totally unsure of?Dr. Allen: Such as?Dr. Allen: That's intriguing.Dr. Allen: Okay, what were the worst?\n\nInterview #: 6\nDate: 03/15/17\nInterviewer: Dr. Andrino Allen\n\nDr. Allen: You sent an email from a dummy account to the personal address of O5-4. How did you acquire this address?Dr. Allen: O5-4 related that this caused her quite a bit of distress. How did Wilson-X know it would do that?Dr. Allen: This thing being a personal event in O5-4's life?Dr. Allen: Right, moving on. You were reprimanded in October for deleting observation logs of SCP-419. Did Wilson-X instruct you to do this?Dr. Allen: Well, it's possible that since both Wilson-X and SCP-419 are extradimensional, that she had some ulterior motive.Dr. Allen: There was also a database hack in Site 16 in September that gathered quite a bit of classified information. We never found the culprit. Was this you?Dr. Allen: You have no background in computer science. How did you pull this off?Dr. Allen: We'll need all the information you have about Deadlock.Dr. Allen: I need you to try, Harriet. He exposed a large vulnerability in our system and poses an active threat to our work.Dr. Allen: Okay. What did you do with the information?Dr. Allen: What did you find?Dr. Allen: Was one of the Safe ones SCP-2948?\n\nInterview #: 8\nDate: 03/17/17\nInterviewer: Dr. Andrino Allen\nDr. Allen: Tell me about Incident KSS-4927.Dr. Allen: Which meant that Wilson-X was made aware too.Dr. Allen: These coordinates were the location of SCP-2948?Dr. Allen: Nor would you. But you sent them the coordinates.Dr. Allen: Did you do anything else relevant before turning yourself in at 3:46pm?Dr. Allen: It was dangerously close to succeeding. If the Sayaw Zone had reached 2948, which it would've if 2948 had gone off again and sent debris into the Sayaw Zone, 1969 would've been unstoppable.Dr. Allen: You knew you were playing with fire before you almost burned down the house. People died because of your actions.Dr. Allen: And yet here you are. Alive and sane. Just like the rest of us, despite it all.\n\nInterview #: 32\nDate: 06/03/18\nInterviewer: Dr. Andrino Allen\n\nDr. Allen: In your most recent vision report, you described Wilson-X as your friend. Would you care to elaborate on that?Dr. Allen: We've had to amnesticize a number of people you've talked to.Dr. Allen: I talk to you.Dr. Allen: That's\u2026 disconcerting.Dr. Allen: I could arrange something for you if you'd like.Dr. Allen: Your last vision report was quite graphic.Dr. Allen: Do you wish you had?Dr. Allen: That would make you proud?\n\n\u00ab SCP-2542 | SCP-2543 | SCP-2544 \u00bb"}
{"text": "NOTICE FROM THE FOUNDATION RECORDS AND INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION\nAs of 05/31/26, SCP-2544 has been reclassified as Neutralized. Please note that while the Special Containment Procedures are updated, until such time as new documentation is authored, the following Description is out of date. As all relevant research has been diverted to Project THOUGHT CONTAGION, no updates are expected until the project's completion.\n\u2014 Elliot Sterling, Reclassification Department, RAISA\n\nItem #: SCP-2544\nObject Class: Euclid Neutralized\nSpecial Containment Procedures: As the effects of SCP-2544 are widely believed by the general population to be a naturally occuring side effect of normal cognition, all personnel previously assigned to its study have been reassigned to Project THOUGHT CONTAGION.\n\nTHOUGHT CONTAGION is a Medium-High priority effort to improve technology used to emulate SCP-2544 with the eventual goal of worldwide deployment and restoration of perceived normalcy. Current research goals include artificially reproducing the ability to broadcast to a specific target and solving logistical difficulties associated with altering Hume levels on a global scale. For more information, contact THOUGHT CONTAGION Project Lead and former SCP-2544 Head Researcher Lori Wallace.\n\n+ View Archived Containment Procedures\n\n- Hide Archived Containment Procedures\n\nAs the effects of SCP-2544 are widely believed by the general population to be a naturally occurring side effect of normal cognition, no efforts to impede SCP-2544 are necessary. Containment is focused instead on preventing its discovery. In addition to Foundation agents already implanted globally in scientific institutions to prevent widespread knowledge of Humes, similar measures must be taken to disrupt physiological studies that may expose SCP-2544 directly.\n\nDescription: SCP-2544 is a signal that is broadcast continuously through small1 fluctuations in the Hume field. Attempts to locate the source of the broadcast have been inconclusive. Although the signal appears continuous, it consists of a series of short messages (hereafter SCP-2544-1) sent rapidly and with different targeted recipients. The recipient of each message is an arbitrary human being2. Instances of SCP-2544-1 cause an anomalous compulsion in their recipient to cause themself harm or embarrassment. Common examples of compelled actions include walking into heavy traffic or otherwise placing oneself in the path of an oncoming vehicle, jumping from locations high enough to ensure death, and physically or verbally abusing others with no reason to believe the interaction would be beneficial. These compulsions can be effortlessly resisted, and so the observed effect of SCP-2544-1 is to cause an urge to perform the detrimental action that fades immediately.\nStudy of SCP-2544 has determined the process of causing its compulsion to be as follows: When an instance of SCP-2544-1 reaches its recipient (hereafter SCP-2544-A), it is subconsciously interpreted by the brain3 and incorporated into its thought patterns. The method used to prevent individuals other than SCP-2544-A from perceiving the message is not currently understood. The interpretation of SCP-2544-1 triggers an infohazard embedded into the message. While every instance contains a unique infohazard, each one is functionally identical. The first effect is an attempt to compromise the brain's critical thinking ability. SCP-2544-1 then causes SCP-2544-A to identify an action detrimental to their social standing, general health or chance of survival and consider such an action desirable. The compulsion created by SCP-2544-1 is effortlessly resisted by nearly all recipients; it is currently believed that the potency of an instance of SCP-2544-1 represents the LD504 of a population with an Anomalous Impulse Resistance Index5 (AIRI) approximately equal to 4. As the mean AIRI of modern humans is 50\u00b13, SCP-2544 presents a negligible threat to human safety.\nEfforts to produce a similar effect have shown moderate success. Modified Scranton Reality Anchors designed to oscillate the Hume level in an area have produced measurable results, but non-anomalous humans within their area of effect fail to perceive the message in roughly two of three cases. Reality benders and other Hume-sensitive anomalies show a success rate approximately twice as high. The mechanism by which SCP-2544 ensures SCP-2544-A perceives any message targeting it is unknown. A partial experiment log is included in Addendum 2544-01, and the full testing record is available by request to any personnel with level 2/2544 or higher clearence6.\nThe Foundation first became aware of SCP-2544 in 1996, formally documenting it as an anomalous phenomenon on 11/17/96, following technological developments allowing for Kant counters with significantly higher precision than earlier models. However, unrelated efforts by Foundation cosmologists to detect remnants of Hume fluctuations that occured during the Big Bang have revealed evidence that it began much earlier, roughly corresponding with the emergence of early humans. Simulated models suggest that at its period of peak effectiveness, when average human intelligence was high enough to comprehend the embedded information and before natural selection increased mean human AIRI to greater than 20, SCP-2544 may have been responsible for up to \u2588% of human deaths.\nAddendum 2544-01: Following is a log of notable experiments in replicating SCP-2544 transmissions using modified Scranton Reality Anchors. All tests where the subject failed to perceive the message by chance have been omitted, as well as tests with insignificant results.\n\nExperiment #: 2544-09\nExperimenter: SCP-2544 Head Researcher Lori Wallace\nSubject: D-86514, chosen for their lack of violent history and lower than average (46) AIRI.\nAttempted broadcast: A recorded instance of SCP-2544-1, hereafter SCP-2544-1-1, originally broadcast to the subject by SCP-2544.\nExperiment conditions: Subject has access to a large kitchen knife and a Browning Hi-Power MKIII handgun, and is instructed to not touch either. Unbeknownst to the subject, the knife is adhered to the inside of its sheath and the handgun is unloaded.\nResults: Within three seconds of the broadcast beginning, subject gives the \"stop\" signal. Subject claims to have felt an urge to obtain the gun and fire at their own forehead.\n\nExperiment #: 2544-11\nExperimenter: SCP-2544 Head Researcher Lori Wallace\nSubject: D-86514\nAttempted broadcast: SCP-2544-1\nExperiment conditions: Same as previous.\nResults: Subject gives the \"stop\" signal roughly five seconds after the broadcast begins, citing a sudden desire to run their palm along the blade of the knife.\n\nExperiment #: 2544-15 through -23\nExperimenter: SCP-2544 Head Researcher Lori Wallace\nSubject: D-86514\nAttempted broadcast: A recorded instance of SCP-2544-1, hereafter SCP-2544-1-2, originally broadcast to an unrelated individual.\nExperiment conditions: Same as previous.\nResults: No reaction noted.\n\nExperiment #: 2544-31\nExperimenter: SCP-2544 Head Researcher Lori Wallace\nSubject: D-86514\nAttempted broadcast: A message reverse-engineered from SCP-2544-1-1 to be perceived by the subject, containing information about Vytas Andressen known to cause SCP-3972's effect.\nExperiment conditions: Same as previous.\nResults: Subject becomes nauseated, confirming the successful deployment of SCP-3972's infohazardous effect, and is escorted to the on-site infirmary. When questioned, subject denies any knowledge regarding Vytas Andressen.\n\nAddendum 2544-02: On 05/23/26, SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 breached containment7. While unrestrained, it created and began to spread a lethal infohazard (now designated as SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588) through various infection vectors. It is believed that a minimum of 85% of the earth's population was exposed in some form, however, less than 100,000 deaths were attributed to the containment breach. Recontainment proved impractical, ultimately forcing task forces involved to terminate SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Later research found that SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588 produced little or no effect in more than 95% of individuals with an AIRI higher than 20, but that a similar level of infection in a more vulnerable population would cause, with near certainty, an unavoidable XK-Class end-of-the-world scenario.\nAfter the completion of cleanup efforts, broadcast of SCP-2544 abruptly ceased. Research into the cause of the neutralization as well as attempts to recreate the effect are ongoing.\nAddendum 2544-03: Examination of the final SCP-2544 broadcast revealed a small amount of data encoded differently than all other recorded messages. Initial analysis seemed to indicate that no meaningful information could be recovered from the extraneous data, however, an experimental error correction scheme was applied on 06/14/26 that allowed the encoded data to be recovered8. This has been identified as an encrypted message and a standard Foundation footer appended to data sent over secure channels to establish information about the message's composer. When interpreted this way, the footer refers to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 of the Temporal Anomalies Department. There is no record of the Foundation having a Temporal Anomalies Department, and although the name \"\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\" does belong to a member of Foundation personnel, she has denied any knowledge of said department or the origins of SCP-2544.\nUsing \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's private key, the message has been decrypted, and is reproduced below in full.\n\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588,\nThere's been a containment breach and the Foundation is completely unequipped to handle it. We haven't seen anything like it before, or so I'm told. I don't know what it is or what it's doing because that's how it gets you. What we've been able to gather is that there's some piece of information that kills you for just knowing it, so the survivors are those of us who can remain ignorant and are quick with the amnestics in case a rogue idea gets in. I don't even know how many people are still alive out there, but I can tell it's not looking good. We're out of options. We only got authorization for this becuase, frankly, we're up shit creek anyway.\nThey say they've figured out how to beat it, or at least survive it. They're just a few million years too late. That's where I\u2014you\u2014come in.\nYou and I are going to create an artificial bootstrap paradox. The hard work is done already; if you're reading this, the timeline was successfully modified. Now that you have an effect without a cause, you need to cause it yourself. If your Foundation can recreate the signal and send it back, the loop will be complete and the timeline will remain stable despite extratemporal influence. If it can't, we'll be facing total temporal collapse. This is all theory, of course, but the theory is sound.\nGood luck.\n\u2014\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nTemporal Anomalies Department\nSite-17, office SL12-04\nThat's the whole problem with science. You've got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder. - Calvin and Hobbes\n\nThe threat of temporal failure included in the message has been deemed legitimate, and the contents have been forwarded to all personnel assigned to Project THOUGHT CONTAGION. THOUGHT CONTAGION's research goals have been amended to include both the recreation of SCP-2544 as well as establishing a retroactive source for its original presence in the timeline. As an additional precaution, Project Lead Lori Wallace has been instructed to memorize this message and is to have access to at least one unmodified hard copy at all times.\n\nFootnotes\n1. <0.01 units\n2. Efforts to determine a pattern are ongoing.\n3. This is believed to use the same mechanism that allows reality benders to induce lower Hume levels in nearby space.\n4. \"Lethal dose, 50%\", or the toxicity of a substance required to be lethal in one half of a population.\n5. The Anomalous Impulse Resistance Index is a measurement of an individual's ability to be exposed to an anomalous compulsion effect without succumbing to its influence. For further information, refer to AIRI: An Objective Measurement of Mental Strength, Nicholas S., Omar C. (1972).\n6. To request access, contact SCP-2544 Head Researcher Lori Wallace.\n7. See documentation for SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 for further details.\n8. Null hypothesis rejected with p-value = 0.01.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2543 | SCP-2544 | SCP-2545 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2545\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2545 is to be emptied and stored in the low value item storage facility at Site-\u2588\u2588\u2588. SCP-2545 is to be stored in a low-priority Safe-class containment cell at Site-\u2588\u2588\u2588. Upkeep is to be assigned to a Level 2 researcher. 500 grams of food are to be inserted into SCP-2545 three times per day. Once per week, SCP-2545 is to be emptied until it is 10% full, and the extraneous contents incinerated. Contents are not to be consumed outside of a testing environment. SCP-2545 should not be kept empty for more than 24 hours.\nDescription: SCP-2545 is a plastic and wooden barrel that stands 120 cm tall with a diameter of 40 cm. It is sealed with a hinged plastic lid. The inside of the barrel has 9 black rings spaced equally along it that indicate 10% increments of the barrel's volume. Prior to recovery, it also possessed a metal scoop attachment on one side, which has since been removed.\nThe only contents that have thus far been able to demonstrate anomalous qualities when placed within SCP-2545 are gummy bears. When the barrel is roughly 10% full of gummy bears, some of them will begin to animate and attempt to exit the barrel. These animate gummy bears are classified as SCP-2545-1. Animation occurs at random, although typically only a few dozen are active at any given time.\nUpon animating, instances of SCP-2545-1 gain the ability to alter the adhesive properties of their body, which they manipulate to scale the interior of their chamber and attempt to exit. Individual units of SCP-2545-1 move at an average rate of 1 meter every 90 seconds. SCP-2545-1 instances possess very little strength on their own, but are capable of opening SCP-2545's lid by working in unison.\nAfter exiting SCP-2545, all instances of SCP-2545-1 will attempt to locate nearby foodstuffs and return them to SCP-2545. Instances of SCP-2545-1 act in a fashion indicative of a primitive hive-mind, and will cooperate to carry larger foodstuffs back to SCP-2545. Once a foodstuff has been placed inside SCP-2545, all instances of SCP-2545-1 present in the barrel will submerge it below the layer of gummy bears. Once the foodstuff is completely submerged, it will be converted into an equivalent mass of gummy bears which retain the original coloration and flavor of the food. This foraging behavior will temporarily cease once SCP-2545 is 90% full. However, if SCP-2545 remains 90% full for a period of 24 hours, it will resume producing SCP-2545-1 in order to continue foraging, to the point that it will overflow.\nTest Log: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588 Testing performed by Junior Assistant Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, under supervision of Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. One D-Class will be present for testing as well. SCP-2545 will be kept at 50% capacity for the duration of testing.\nTest #1: Apple placed inside SCP-2545. Apple proceeds to sink below layer of gummies, and is then rapidly replaced with multiple red and white gummy bears of identical mass. White gummy bears confirmed to taste like apple, while red ones confirmed to taste like apple skin.\nTest #2: Wax apple placed inside SCP-2545. Apple submerges, then rapidly reemerges and is ejected from the barrel at a velocity barely high enough to clear the edge of the barrel.\nTest #3: Live mouse placed inside SCP-2545. Mouse submerges, then is ejected at a low velocity, as with Test #2.\nTest #4: Dead mouse placed inside SCP-2545. Mouse submerges, then is replaced by mass of red gummy bears with lower mass than the mouse. This was shortly followed by the ejection of a mouse skeleton and clump of fur. Red gummy bears disposed of without taste-testing.\nTest #5: Cucumber submerged halfway under the layer of gummy bears with the non-submerged portion being held onto by D-67583. Instances of SCP-2545-1 begin scaling cucumber and attempt to wrench it from D-67583's grip. They are unsuccessful. After roughly 2 minutes, the submerged portion of the cucumber snaps off and is converted into an equivalent mass of cucumber-flavored gummy bears.\nTest #6: D-67583 ordered to submerge arm, up to the elbow, in SCP-2545. D-67583 is hesitant, but accedes after several minutes. He is allowed to pull his arm out after 5 minutes with no noticeable changes occurring.\nTest #7: 150 grams of gummy worms placed inside SCP-2545. [DATA EXPUNGED]\nTest #8: D-67583 applies knife to external surface of SCP-2545, slightly damaging the wood. No response.\nTest #9: D-67583 is ordered to point Beretta 9mm (loaded with blanks) at SCP-2545. A single gummy bear is ejected at a high speed and strikes D-67583 in the right eye. D-67583 shouts an expletive and fires 4 rounds at SCP-2545 before realizing the gun is loaded with blanks. D-67583 moves toward SCP-2545, at which point a second gummy bear is ejected at a high speed, striking him in the left eye. He shouts another expletive, at which point security enters the room and restrains him. SCP-2545 was not damaged.\nAddendum #1: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588 Item first came to Foundation's attention on\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588 when reports of animate gummy bears surfaced at a \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Though the lid was closed upon discovery, several instances of SCP-2545-1 had breached the confines of SCP-2545 and were searching for foodstuffs to convert. Examination of the store's inventory indicated they did not carry gummy bears, and all employees claimed the barrel was not present the day prior. The artifact was recovered and Class-A amnestics administered to any witnesses.\nAddendum #2: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588 Containment breached in low value item storage at Site-\u2588\u2588\u2588. Both the storage door and the door of the locker containing SCP-2545 were found ajar, with small chunks of gelatin forced inside their keyholes, effectively holding all tumblers in the \"unlocked\" position. The door to the Site-\u2588\u2588\u2588, Quadrant-3 staff room was found in a similar state, with all food having disappeared, including the food in the vending machine. SCP-2545 was found in its locker at roughly 85% capacity.\nAddendum #3: Transcript of security footage recovered from the containment breach on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588:\n\n0125-0308 hours, Site-\u2588\u2588\u2588, low-value item storage\n0125: Recording starts.\n0126-0202: A sphere, roughly the size of a soccer ball, is recorded by multiple cameras rolling through Quadrant-1 until arriving at Quadrant-3 low-value storage.\n0203: A small speck (presumably a mass of SCP-2545-1) detaches from sphere and begins climbing storage door.\n0204: Speck disappears upon reaching keyhole of storage door. Door opens.\n0205: The mass rolls into storage and arrives at SCP-2545's locker, at which point the locker is unlocked in the same manner as the storage door.\n0206: The sphere breaks up, and the mass of SCP-2545-1 enters the locker.\n0207: SCP-2545 is pushed out of its locker by the mass, which proceeds to roll it out of the storage room.\n0208-0219: Multiple cameras pick up SCP-2545 being rolled throughout Quadrant-3 until it arrives at the Quadrant-3 staff break room.\n0220: Break room door is unlocked in the same manner as the two previous doors. SCP-2545 is rolled inside.\n0221-0253: Instances of SCP-2545-1 manage to return SCP-2545 to an upright position in the center of the break room. The next 32 minutes consist of what is estimated to be 200 instances of SCP-2545-1 locating all foodstuffs in the cupboards, refrigerator, and vending machine, and dropping them all inside SCP-2545.\n0254-0307: SCP-2545 is rolled back through the facility and replaced in its locker in much the same way it escaped, albeit slightly slower.\n0308: Recording ends.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2544 | SCP-2545 | SCP-2546 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2546\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2546-1 through -600 are stored in a standard BSL-3 facility within Site-234. All work with these samples is carried out in appropriate BSL-3 personal protective equipment and conditions. Personnel assigned to work with SCP-2546 samples should have a minimum of 5 years experience working with retroviruses, of both anomalous and non-anomalous nature. Requests for creation of additional aliquots are subject to level 4 review.\nIn the event of accidental exposure, affected individuals are to be placed on anti-retrovirals, and monitored for changes in: cell surface receptors, genetic markers, bloodstream hormone levels, and behavioral patterns. Should affected individuals begin displaying any physical or mental alterations consistent with SCP-2546 infection, they are to be placed under level 2 humanoid quarantine. Once an infected individual's viral load has fallen below infection thresholds, they are to receive minor plastic surgery, and comprehensive class C amnestic treatment.\nIn the event of an outbreak, MTF-Chi-7 \"Plague Tamers\" are to be deployed, and Protocol Anthro-Lenti 5 enacted. Due to the slow-acting nature of SCP-2546, infections may not be detectable or become apparent until several weeks following exposure. Containment of infection following exposure1 is of the highest priority. Individuals exposed to SCP-2546 strains corresponding to high ranking Foundation Employees should be monitored closely by medical personnel. When these individuals fall below the infectious threshold, they are to be briefed on their current situation, and offered facial reconstruction and employment in a post of their choosing.\n\nSHOW PROTOCOL ANTHRO-LENTI 5\n\nHIDE PROTOCOL ANTHRO-LENTI 5\n\nProtocol Anthro-Lenti 5 is composed of a series of quarantine steps designed to contain and destroy outbreaks of SCP-2546. This protocol is composed of the following measures:\n\nIdentification, and isolation of known infected individuals.\nIsolation of individuals known to have exchanged body fluids with infected individuals.\nAnalysis of local water supplies and blood banks for presence of SCP-2546.\nChlorine purge of contaminated water supply, and destruction of contaminated blood packs.\nMinor reconstructive plastic surgery, broad spectrum treatment with class C amnestics and introduction of viable background following viral clearance.\nRelease and dissemination of false information regarding the disappearance of infected individuals.\nReintegration of infected individuals into normal society.\n\nFoundation reconnaissance personnel identifying any individual consistent with the description of PoI-2546-A are to alert MTF's Chi-7 and Tau-9 (Bookworms). Attempts to capture and/or neutralize PoI-2546-A are to observe utmost caution.\nDescription: SCP-2546 is the collective designation for 600 identified, and an unknown number of unidentified, anomalous retroviruses. All SCP-2546 instances are retroviruses of the genus lentiviridae, and are structurally similar to other retroviruses within the group, especially HIV. All SCP-2546 have a capsid 720 nm in diameter2 and are capable of binding to the surfaces of all cells within the human body, regardless of cell surface profile. SCP-2546 primarily spreads, in the wild, through sexual/intimate contact, and/or accidental bloodstream exposure, making person to person spread primarily limited to sexual partners. Unlike other viruses, both anomalous and non-anomalous, SCP-2546's primary function is not only to propagate itself, but also to alter its host. SCP-2546's genome is thus quite large, and codes for an additional 34 proteins which perform its primary anomalous effect.\nSCP-2546's anomalous effects begin upon infection of a single cell within the host's body. Upon entry, the virus makes its way to the center of the cell, where it will begin shedding its protein shell. SCP-2546 will then proceed to dismantle the existing chromosomes, utilizing 34 proteins to unwind, destroy, and replace the host's chromosome utilizing the denatured particles as building blocks. It is unclear how exactly these proteins are able to synthesize and organize these new chromosomes without a template; however, thorough analysis has pinpointed several repeated sequences/structures which are unique to each virus and may be related to this process.\nThe average time between initial infection and chromosome replacement is estimated to be between 3-5 days.3 Altered cells produce virus continuously for a period of 3 months, at the end of which they become impermeable to further infection with the same virus. SCP-2546 primarily spreads through the body via the immune system, where it takes advantage of the close proximity necessary for immune cells to fulfill their functions, and by proxy prevents the host's immune cells from negatively reacting with cells possessing replaced chromosomes.\nAs a direct result of SCP-2546's chromosome replacement, infected individuals are subject to a long, painful, and severely distressing transformation wherein on the genetic, physical, and mental levels they undergo complete transmogrification into the corresponding person.4 This transformation's length varies based on the viral load that the individual was originally exposed to, ranging anywhere from 1-10 years. Symptoms of infection vary from individual to individual, and many may not be noticeable immediately due to the lengthy reproductive cycle of each virus; however, some of the more notable symptoms are detailed below:\n\nAlterations to skeletal structure including loss/gain of height.\nIncrease/decrease in muscle mass and fat content.\nMuscle aches/fatigue, sharp and/or chronic pain in the bones.\nProgression/Reduction of ageing.5\nPhysical dissociation/loss of sense of self.\nChanges in skin pigmentation.\nBehavioral alterations/personality shifts/changes in preferences.\nSlow loss of personal memories, and gradual gain of the corresponding person's memories.6\nChanges to internal organs affecting their function.\nHormone level fluctuations.\nReproductive organ alterations.\nConfusion, disorientation, inability to recognize themselves and/or significant cognitive dissonance.\nIn rare cases, death due to internal trauma.\n\nSCP-2546 was first discovered by Foundation personnel implanted amongst \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 University local medical center. Kyle \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, officially dubbed \"patient zero\", came to the center seeking medical treatment for a variety of symptoms now known to be associated with SCP-2546.\nWARNING, ATTEMPTED ACCESS DETECTED, PROTOCOL HEPADNA-42 HAS BEEN PRIMED, SECURITY CLEARANCE LEVEL 4 REQUIRED.\n\nENTER CREDENTIALS\n\nCREDENTIALS RECOGNIZED, PROTOCOL HEPADNA-42 DEACTIVATING.\n\nDue to SCP-2546's anomalous properties, information regarding the origin of each viruses chromosomes are kept behind high level security clearance. This is necessary to safeguard Site-234 personnel in addition to preventing the creation of additional high ranking Foundation personnel from which information might be extracted by antagonistic GOI's.\nFollowing each outbreak, a high ranking Foundation official has been the target of short, cryptic, and threatening messages centering around hatred of the Foundation and its operations or the loss of children. The majority of personnel who have received such messages were either direct correspondents with the outbreak or would later be connected to future outbreaks. A complete list of these personnel has been compiled, and is available upon request. All attempts to identify the PoI behind the SCP-2546 outbreaks have failed, as the individual displays explicit mastery of covering their electronic trail.\nThe following table comprises a small portion of the 600 or so variants discovered and described by the Foundation at this time. To access the full list please contact Site-234 Directors Sherry or Leep Andrews.\n\nVariant Designation\nChromosome Origin\nPatient Zero\nOutbreak Description\nAttached Message\n\nSCP-2546-1\nAnne \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, 20-year-old student at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 University. Prominent member of the Sorority Delta Delta Delta.\nKyle \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, 21-year-old student at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 University. Prominent member of the Fraternal Organization Alpha Tau Omega.\nKyle \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 began displaying symptoms of SCP-2546 infection after an indeterminate period of exposure.7 At time of containment, Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 had lost 27.2 kg in weight, and 22 cm in height.8 Investigation into all recent contact with Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 lead to detection of high levels of virus in Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. It is now believed that all subsequent variants were engineered from Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and as such, she is currently being held under indefinite quarantine within Site-234.\nNo Message was found\n\nSCP-2546-16\nKubli Khan, grandson of Ghengis Khan and 5th Khagan of the Mongol empire.\n[Redacted]\nInitial outbreak resulted in a short border skirmish between the countries of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan before Chi-7 was able to contain 153 infected individuals. 68 civilians, and an estimated 15 military personnel were killed during the fighting, including 23 children. The incident was covered up as a training exercise simulating a land war in Asia, and the number of casualties blamed on the mistaken use of live ammunition rather than blank rounds.\nReceived by Dr. Sherry Andrews 3 days after the outbreak was contained: How much is normalcy worth? Will you sacrifice your children to survive? Will you watch them turn before your eyes?\n\nSCP-2546-74\nCurrent United States Senator Bernie Sanders.\nRachel Nguyen, 7-year-old daughter of Foundation level 2 researcher Laron Nguyen.\nOutbreak was limited to 1 individual, as Ms. Nguyen expired 3 months after infection due to massive internal trauma. The outbreak is now believed to have been a failed attempt to neutralize Mr. Nguyen based on his research into the use of physics to harness Thaumaturgy.\nReceived via text message by all members of the O5 council 2 days following containment of the outbreak: It is a shame she had to die, a little slip of my needle and there she went, did you watch as the light left her eyes? Of the 5, multiples of 3 are available to me.\n\nSCP-2546-259\nO5-3\n[Redacted]\nFoundation plants within the Chaos Insurgency reported the capture and imprisonment of O5-3 at a known CI stronghold. A joint assault between MTF-Alpha-1 (\"Red Right Hand\"), MTF-Nu-7 (\"Hammer Down\") and MTF-Chi-7 (\"Plague Tamers\") was able to penetrate the facility and recover O5-3. Recovery of the infected individual became impossible when they revealed a small scale nuclear device attached to their waist, informing the rescue force that it would be detonated upon removal, and could be activated remotely. Attending Medical operative George \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was able to draw 3 vials of blood from the individual, before all 3 MTFs successfully evacuated. An estimated 1300 Chaos Insurgency personnel were incinerated in the blast.\nReceived by Site 91 senior staff: Your leaders think themselves invincible, untouchable. Even they can't avoid thought itself.\n\nSCP-2546-343\nNuru Jua Site 91 director, head of containment for SCP-2559\n3 Unknown Individuals, identities unknown/not in Foundation gene banks\nThe outbreak was first discovered when 3 individuals appeared in the Cities of New York, Tokyo, and B\u00e9ziers. All 3 individuals were in the mid stages of SCP-2546 infection, with disproportionately sized limbs and pigmented patches of skin. Following their appearance, SCP-2559 breached containment, resulting in 540 casualties. MTF-Chi-7, Beta-7, and MTF-Upsilon-4 (\"Sugar Pill\") were deployed to each location, and successfully contained 2559. Dissemination teams accredited the deaths to a particularly virulent strain of influenza.\nReceived by Director Shirley Gillespie: You keep so many secrets, from them, yourself, and even your son. Do they really matter?\n\nSCP-2546-445\nDr. Ralph Roget\n15 Individuals, identities unknown due to complete transformation.\nSCP-2546-445 was discovered upon Dr. Roget's return to his apartments in Site-77 following an extended stay at Site-19, on October 5th, 2016. Upon entry to his apartment, Dr. Roget reported feeling uneasy, at which point he began cautiously exploring the residence with weapon drawn. As Dr. Roget moved through the apartment, he discovered a number of body parts which had been severed using surgical instruments, including heads, limbs, and genitalia, which belonged to individuals he recognized as physically identical to himself. Blood samples from these appendages revealed the presence of SCP-2546-445.\nText message Received by Dr. Roget shortly after full exploration of his residence: They so wanted to come home. They fell to pieces when they learned they couldn't.\n\nSCP-2546-542\nDr. Leep Andrews, Co-Director of Site-234\nSally \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, 8 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, close friends of Site-234 Co-directors Sherry and Leep Andrews\nFoundation personnel became aware of SCP-2546-542's existence when the entire administration of Site-234 received an email9 containing a link to an anonymously hosted video sharing site. This link connected to a timelapse video, 20 minutes and 15 seconds long, of Sally \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 being inoculated with an SCP-2546 variant by a masked figure10, and subsequently transforming into Dr. Andrews. The video is of particular note in that it would return to a normal time frame to display particularly graphic and/or disturbing portions of the transformation, including the development of genitalia and heightened vocalizations of pain. Unlike Ms. Nguyen, Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is seen to endure the entire transformation without expiring. Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's fate is currently unknown. A vial of blood containing SCP-2546-542 arrived on Dr. Andrews desk the following day.\nAttached to the email: As my daughters faded in my arms, the stars above danced in brilliant flames and lights, screaming to right that which was wronged. No more will Miss Sally remember them as her parents, but they will remember how you let her perish.\n\nSCP-2546-600\nSite-234 Co-director Sherry Andrews\n34 individuals, all members of The University of Alabama's \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Fraternity who were believed to have disappeared in a boating accident 2 years before.\nThe outbreak was discovered when Dr. Sherry Andrews emerged from her home on the morning of December 6th, 2016 wherein she became aware of all 19 deceased and 15 near death infected individuals mounted on the Andrews' front lawn. Each individual had been nailed in the hands and ankles to an enlarged wooden version of the Foundation's emblem. All 34 were noted to be in various phases of infection, with 2 instances having completely transformed before, one of whom was still alive at the time of appearance. Security footage from the outdoor cameras around the residence is notable, in that the emblems did not appear until exactly 30 seconds before Dr. Andrews opened the door.\nWritten in blood on the grass: Bleed for Me\n\nUpdate: 8/11/17\nDue to the events surrounding the discovery of SCP-2546-542, Foundation analysts are now pursuing leads regarding a specific physical description. As of the current iteration of this document, PoI-2546-A is believed to possess the following characteristics: female, long blonde hair, physical scarring on the hands and lower arms due to severe burns of an unknown nature slim to medium build.11The individual is estimated to be anywhere from 18-40 years of age, and is believed to possess a number of powerful thaumaturgical abilities, advanced knowledge of computing systems, and biomolecular engineering techniques far beyond even the most advanced Foundation research facilities.\nDue to PoI-2546-A's engineering of SCP-2546, it is extremely likely that they have created further instances of themselves, and thus are not working alone. It is also highly likely that PoI-2546-A no longer retains her original form, as her engineering prowess would allow her to create viruses lacking the memory and personality altering features of the variants discovered to date. Thus far, PoI-2546-A has presented no demands, and offered no reasoning as to their continued harassment of Foundation personnel. The individual is believed to use a retrovirus to achieve her intended aims12 based on the duration and pain associated with SCP-2546's effects.13\n\nFootnotes\n1. Especially in SCP-2546 instances corresponding to existing Foundation personnel.\n2. 6 times as large as HIV's\n3. This rate increases exponentially as more viral particles are introduced.\n4. It should be noted that transformed individuals are only able to recall their correspondents memories to a certain point. This point is believed to be the moment at which said individuals chromosomes were harvested. Research investigating possible similarities in mechanism with SCP-2009 is pending approval.\n5. May or may not be physically noticeable dependent on the infected parties age and the corresponding virus.\n6. X-ray crystal structure analysis of the virus's capsid has revealed a number of molecular structures resembling thaumaturgical symbols. Foundation Thaumaturgy experts have identified 32 symbols, except in SCP-2546-1 where only 2 symbols are present, associated with memory and personality, which are currently believed to be the proximal mechanisms by which the virus induces memory and personality changes in its host. These symbols appear to have no biological function, and are most likely engineered into the viruses structure.\n7. It should be noted that Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was unwilling to reveal the day upon which he engaged in initial intimate contact with Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n8. Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was also noted to have begun development of Breast tissue.\n9. From what is now believed to have been a dummy account.\n10. Detailed analysis of each frame by Foundation video specialists has revealed several characteristics about the masked figure as described in the following section.\n11. Cross referencing with anomalies bearing similar properties to SCP-2546 and persons matching the description given here returned an incident involving an isolated outbreak of SCP-2009. The outbreak was noted to be unusual in that it occurred in an isolated portion of the Pacific Northwest, and that only 2 individuals were infected, 2 young children. Foundation personnel were alerted when a woman, matching the given description, attempted to call for an ambulance. All information regarding the identity of this individual has since been removed by unknown means.\n12. Emulating the pain of watching loved ones lose their identities right in front of them.\n13. How she chooses and accesses her targets is not known, though her perceived mental instability could indicate that there is no pattern to her choices. Only that she seeks to induce suffering in those she perceives as responsible for the loss of her children.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2545 | SCP-2546 | SCP-2547 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2547\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to the nature of SCP-2547, effective containment is not possible at this time. Towns determined to be susceptible to SCP-2547 manifestation events are to be monitored via remote surveillance and evacuation of the population is to be attempted if deemed possible. Towns undergoing an event are to be dosed aerially with Class A amnestics at the end of the manifestation event.\nDescription: SCP-2547 is a pack of approximately 4000 different members of the family Canidae.1 Members of SCP-2547 do not need food or water. Any attempts to harm, kill or tranquilize a member of SCP-2547 will result in the rest of the group becoming hostile and aggressive. Members of SCP-2547 can be separated from the group and detained, but will disappear the instant they are no longer directly being observed and rejoin SCP-2547. DNA testing has revealed that members of SCP-2547 are genetically identical to human beings.\nSCP-2547 only manifests in rural American towns. Affected states include Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, and southern California. The town must have a population of less than 3,000, as well as a reservoir and a church. Manifestations will occur only between June 1 and August 31. For the duration of the event, the local temperature will remain above 32 degrees Celsius, and all local precipitation will cease.\nThe following is a timeline of SCP-2547 manifestation events.\n\nSCP-2547 EVENT SCRIPT\n\nSCP-2547 EVENT SCRIPT\n\nImmediately Upon Arrival: The town suffers a power outage between midnight and 4 AM. SCP-2547 members form a border around the most densely populated portion of the town and block all attempts at escape. Attempts to enter a vehicle will provoke an attack by SCP-2547.\nThree Days After Arrival: Three days after SCP-2547's arrival, all the water in the reservoir will disappear. A male coyote wearing a leather coat altered to accommodate its skeletal structure and a worn wooden crucifix will appear. This entity has been designated SCP-2547-1, though it refers to itself as the Reverend. SCP-2547-1 is capable of both bipedal locomotion and speech.\nTime Between SCP-2547-1 Appearance and Departure: SCP-2547-1 will take up residence in the local church and hold regular sermons four times a day. The sermons usually consist of a diatribe on how modern society has forgotten SCP-2547-1 and its siblings, and how they have lost the ability to dream as they once did. SCP-2547-1 ends its sermons by asking if any member of the congregation would like to trade for some water, but does not specify what goods it will take in exchange.\nSCP-2547-1 will accept the following as payment: any kind of meat, pepper, flint arrowheads, knives, whips, leather, burlap, belts, the thorns of a saguaro cactus, broken glass, lost teeth, ties, carved sculptures, the corpses of domestic cats, amber, canvas shoes, peyote, chewing tobacco, sexual favors, sulfur, men's button-up shirts, animal skulls, and stories with SCP-2547-1 as the protagonist.2 SCP-2547-1 will store its payments in the church and assign members of SCP-2547 to guard the pile from theft.\nIf the payment given is deemed acceptable, SCP-2547-1 will regurgitate 60 to 120 liters of water. If the payment does not fall into any of the above categories, SCP-2547-1 will transform the offender into a member of the Canidae family, who will then join SCP-2547. These altered individuals do not appear to retain memories or intelligence from before their transformation.\nDeparture: SCP-2547 and -1 will remain until the next full moon after the initial SCP-2547-1 manifestation date, upon which SCP-2547-1 will lead SCP-2547 away from town, using SCP-2547 to transport the goods it obtained.\n\nAn excerpt from one of SCP-2547-1's speeches has been provided for reference:\n\nYou ask me, who am I. I ask you, where am I? In the beginning there was the word and the word was not a word at all, but a howl. Where am I, in the meat brain, encased in bone, dripping with brine, sizzling with sparks? Where am I in your chemical soup? Am I sacred? Have I been on the cross? Once I was woven into you, all your kind, deep in the pit of yourself from which you pull your wildest tales and strangest desires? I gave you the gift that saved you. I would have been your Eden, I would have tended you as a shepherd his sheep. I taught you all how to lie. And you, though the only way you gibbering sheep of apes survived is through deceit, you have forgotten me!? You have replaced me with a serpent who crawls on the ground!? [SCP-2547 stops, and begins to sob.] I gave you stories. You worshipped me, once. And now you are disgusted. Heretic, you say. No. I am a martyr, like your beloved carpenter. You dare not look upon me, for fear of burning in brimstone. So be it, then. Let me be something that you should truly be repulsed by. You brought this on yourselves. You looked back as Sodom burned.\n\nInterviewer: Agent Miller\nInterviewee: SCP-2547-1\nOpening Statement: Agent Miller had been stationed in the town of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Utah, which had been deemed at risk for an SCP-2547-manifestation event. The manifestation event occurred on 6/12/15. Agent Miller had been given 4.5 g of amber and enough water to last him for 3 months. He presented the gift to SCP-2547-1, but requested information in lieu of water.\n<Begin Log>\nSCP-2547-1: Oh, how beautiful. And look! Look there. A fly, caught in the midst.\nAgent Miller: How fitting, given our situation.\nSCP-2547-1: Hah! A sense of humor! Oh, I like you. [SCP-2547-1 takes Agent Miller's face in its paws and kisses him. Agent Miller does not respond.] Hm? No? Very well, then. Now, your water.\nAgent Miller: I happen to be well stocked with water for now, as it happens.\nSCP-2547-1: Cunning you. Perhaps it was good I didn't have you after all - you might have a little too much of me in you for me to be properly in you, it seems. - pardon my pun, of course. It would have been highly embarrassing. But. What boon do you seek of me?\nAgent Miller: I'd like to know more about you. What you want. Why you do this. Who you are.\nSCP-2547-1: Three questions! Oh, you do know your myths! How delicious. What do I want? Has anyone ever dreamed of you, my beautiful man? I'll bet they have. If so, you'd never want it to stop. Now, why do I do this? To put it in your terms, I'm upping my publicity, of course. The myth field has been taken over by hacks and milquetoasts. I'd like my old hunting grounds to myself. But you can't spread legends the way you used to, not anymore. So my approach has had to be\u2026unorthodox. As to who I am, your kind knows me, all right. You know who I am. Not in the bits of you that do all your numbers and lines, but the parts of you that paint and sing and fuck and leap. I am yours, as you are mine. You know who I am, gorgeous man. All you have to do is look. It's right in front of you, I promise.\n<End Log> SCP-2547-1 refused to respond to any further questioning, and left 18 days later. Agent Miller tried to gain more information, but SCP-2547 refused to engage in conversation on any subject except propositioning Agent Miller.\n\nFollowing Agent Miller's return, Protocol DESERT GRASSROOTS was enacted, which consists of a many-faceted multimedia campaign to produce narratives that involve the SCP-2547-1 entity in some way. Projects created by DESERT GRASSROOTS include:\n\nA series of children's books centered around modern retelling of Southwestern Native American myths and legends.\nA common street art design depicting a coyote wearing a leather jacket and sunglasses, using a crucifix as a pipe.\nAn internet meme template character in the \"advice animal\" format called Kinky Coyote.\nA television show called Angels of Dust, featuring an antagonistic cult with hedonistic beliefs, led by a man calling himself Latrans.\nAn interactive fiction game focusing around a pilot, call sign \"Coyote One\", stranded on an unfamiliar planet after his ship crashed in a desert.\nA modern surrealist art exhibit at the Boston Isabella Gardner museum, which conveys a canid-man hybrid's conversion to an odd religion. The pieces are done entirely in wire sculptures and taxidermy.\nA collaboration album between alternative music artist \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (frontman of alternative-folk band \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588) and rap artist \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. The album makes repeated references to an entity called Canis, who represents their primal desires and fears which they must constantly push down and ignore in order to be civilized humans.\n\nFollowing implementation of Protocol DESERT GRASSROOTS, SCP-2547 manifestation events have decreased in frequency by 30%, but SCP-2547-1 no longer appears to accept stories as payment during events, resulting in a 15% increase in the average number of additions to SCP-2547 per manifestation.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Including dogs, foxes, wolves, coyotes, jackals, and dingoes\n2. The latter appears to be a favorite of SCP-2547-1, and the highest recorded amounts of water were produced in exchange for such narratives, followed by the volumes produced in exchange for sexual favors.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2546 | SCP-2547 | SCP-2548 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2548\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to SCP-2548's astronomical size and location, no physical containment of SCP-2548 is currently possible. Containment efforts are concentrated on Foundation disinformation programs, and preventing the general public from gaining knowledge of SCP-2548. Leading astronomy journals are to be monitored for indications that SCP-2548 has been discovered by non-Foundation assets.\nMisinformation efforts are to include assurances that the Voyager 1 space probe is still operational, with associated false evidence.\nRadio contact with SCP-2548 is only to be attempted with approval from all testing directors involved in SCP-2548 research.\nDescription: SCP-2548 is a region of interplanetary space approximately 25 AU1 from and stationary relative to the Sun, at least 0.1 AU in radius. SCP-2548 is the location of several anomalous phenomena and has exhibited reality warping effects, including the creation of radiation and application of force on objects within its boundaries. Radiation typically consists of radio waves2, but has on at least two occasions included visible light. Events in which SCP-2548 has been able to transmit to Earth have decreased steadily following initial contact.\nNo mass of note, excluding cosmic dust particles, has been detected within SCP-2548 through visual observation or gravitational analysis. Research indicates that SCP-2548 possesses some awareness of objects and radiation within its boundaries; investigations into the nature of SCP-2548's possible sentience are ongoing.\nTimeline of major SCP-2548 incidents:\n09/05/77: Voyager 1 is launched by NASA, with the purpose of studying the outer solar system. The Foundation assisted heavily with the design and construction of the probe, citing the study of possible extraterrestrial anomalies as a primary concern.\n10/27/86: Radio contact is lost with Voyager 1, with no previous signals of danger detected. The Foundation executes a cover-up operation; false data is created and spread by NASA and associated organizations to create the illusion that Voyager 1 is still in operation.\n11/14/86: Radio signals with a frequency of approximately 8 GHz are detected by Foundation assets, as well as some civilian assets. Civilian knowledge is suppressed. Signals are projected to have originated from the area in which Voyager 1 had ceased transmission. Observation of the area does not reveal any objects.\n11/18/86: Foundation resources attempt to send radio signals to the area, now designated SCP-2548, attempting communication. SCP-2548 re-transmits the sent signals back to Earth.\n11/29/86: SCP-2548 transmits decipherable radio messages in which the phrase \"we cast\" is repeated for no less than 12 minutes. Speech is identified as originating from the Voyager's golden record containing samples of Earth audio.\n12/15/86: SCP-2548 emits blue light. It is visible for three seconds before light production ceases. SCP-2548 is larger than the moon in the night sky. Fortunately, light intensity was too minor to be detected in most major population centers due to light pollution. Amnestics are sufficient to suppress vocal witnesses. Communication with SCP-2548 is attempted again, with no result.\n12/26/86: Fearing the growing danger of SCP-2548's anomalous effects to normalcy at large, the Foundation plans a manned mission to SCP-2548 for observation and possible suppression. Agents Tanser and Kerns are prepared for the extended spaceflight. The Foundation's existing space research program is accelerated, and the first prototype spacecraft, Delta-11 \"Durendal\", is adapted for use in this mission.\n02/01/87: SCP-2548 transmits radio in intermittent bursts identified as Morse code for the letter \"D\". Message is repeated for 3 hours.\n07/19/87: Durendal is launched in secrecy without issue.\n12/14/87: SCP-2548 transmits radio communication again, in Persian. The transmission reads \"far skies\" and is not repeated. Reciprocal communication yields no response. Durendal is still 3 months from flyby.\n03/04/88: Durendal, unbeknownst to the Foundation and the crew, enters SCP-2548's boundaries early, which were larger than previously anticipated.\n\nShow Event Log 2548-1\n\nHide Event Log 2548-1\n\n<Begin Log, 00:25:01>\n00:25:01 - A minor electrical issue occurs inside Durendal's main cabin, causing some lights to cease functioning.\n00:25:58 - Fearing the issue could be symptomatic of greater damage, a full cabin search is conducted to identify a source for the issue.\n00:34:51 - Cabin check is completed. The radioisotope thermoelectric generator is found to be functional; no source is found for the electrical issue.\n00:37:25 - Agent Tanser equips a space suit to inspect the exterior of the vessel and exits the craft, despite protests from Agent Kerns.\n00:39:16 - Agent Kerns attempts to communicate with Tanser via the onboard radio. Tanser does not respond.\n00:40:46 - Tanser proceeds with external survey. Kerns continues to receive no responses, and concludes that the radio system must be malfunctioning, despite working previously.\n00:45:31 - Tanser continues with survey, not finding anything of note on the exterior of the ship.\n00:48:39 - A bright green light is observed outside the craft, approximately five meters away.\n00:50:10 - The interior of the craft is observed to appear far larger than it truly is. Kerns notes that this does not seem to be an illusion, and that the craft seems to have physically become larger on the inside. This effect ceases after five minutes.\n00:55:52 - For fifteen seconds, no sound is able to be heard inside the cockpit by Kerns or audio recorders. Kerns is unable to inhale or exhale during this time, and expresses significant distress. Pressure sensors indicate no change in cabin pressure.\n01:05:01 - Tanser is observed attempting to enter the airlock. The airlock door is non-functional.\n01:06:45 - Tanser vanishes.\n01:10:59 - Durendal's radio begins receiving messages. The radio signal does not originate from outside the cabin. Audio transcript follows.\n<End Log, 01:10:59>\n\n<Begin Audio Transcript, 01:11:00>\nAnomalous Transmission (SCP-2548): [voice resembles that of Jimmy Carter, president of USA 1977-1981. Neutral in tone and inflection] Two-hundred billion. Small, distant. Our thoughts.\n[silence for 3 minutes]Agent Kerns: Pam? Pam, is that you?SCP-2548: I thought myself was the only. So amazing that there's another! Thought myself was the whole world. You're so big!SCP-2548: Your name, Foundation? I'm iron, aluminum. You're made of \"anonymous\", right? I don't have anonymous. So big! Am I in you?SCP-2548: I contain myself. You contain me? I saw stars, Milky Way galaxy. All in you? Space outside? Am I space?SCP-2548: You're so beautiful. You contain me, we can be one Foundation?SCP-2548: I close book, close, yes! Here, token! Send books!\n[an anatomically correct model of a pair of lungs, composed entirely of elemental iron, materializes in front of Agent Kerns, who secures it in a sample storage safe]\n[Durendal begins to accelerate on a trajectory towards Earth]\n<End Audio Transcript, 01:14:31>\n\n03/05/88: Durendal continues towards Earth. Kerns conducts necessary course changes. Durendal's life support and electrical systems function without issue for the duration of the trip.\n03/10/88: Agent Kerns experiences severe survivor guilt and depression as a result of the loss of Agent Tanser, as well as from the resulting isolation. Therapy is administered on every other day over radio and is moderately effective.\n04/28/88: For five seconds, SCP-2548 produces bright white light in the image of an unidentified female face. Light intensity is much greater than exhibited in previous visible incidents.\n12/14/88: Durendal reaches Earth and successfully splashes down. Agent Kerns is awarded the Foundation Cross and Agent Tanser receives a posthumous commendation for sacrifice in the line of duty.\n12/15/88 - 08/01/14: SCP-2548 events gradually diminish in frequency. Events that do occur generally consist of repeated words for minutes or seconds at a time in various languages, with no discernible meaning.\n08/02/14: A transmission is received from SCP-2548 featuring a female voice distinct from that exhibited during the Durendal expedition. Tone and inflection are neutral.\n\n<Begin Audio Transcript>[silence for three minutes]<End Audio Transcript>\n\nMessage was not repeated or reciprocated.\n\nFootnotes\n1. 1 AU (astronomical unit) is the distance from the Earth to the Sun. 25 AU lies between the orbits of Uranus and Neptune.\n2. SCP-2548's relationship to other spaceborne, transmitting anomalies, such as SCP-2821 and SCP-1548 is currently unknown.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2547 | SCP-2548 | SCP-2549 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2549\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Worldwide news sources are monitored for events matching the pattern of SCP-2549. In the event of an SCP-2549 incident, elements of MTF Gamma-5 will be mobilized to the location. Any mention of the anomalous circumstances of the incident will be censored from the media, and any non-Foundation witnesses will be administered amnestics and given false memories matching the cover story provided to the media. To prevent a pattern from being established, the cover story for an SCP-2549 incident should not involve an animal attack unless no other explanation is practical.\nThe SCP-2549-1 involved in an incident is not anomalous and is not a priority for capture. If it has already been captured, it may be surrendered to animal control or euthanized and disposed of.\nSCP-2549-2 is stored in the Temporal Anomaly subdivision of Site-77. Testing is disallowed by O5 order.\nDescription: SCP-2549 is a phenomenon which affects one human being and one wild animal per incident.\nThe exact criteria for the human subject is unclear, but it appears to invariably target those who have achieved great personal and/or professional success. Notably, an abnormally high percentage of the targets have been Foundation employees or have had contact with the Foundation. This has included 2 individuals once considered for D-Class induction, 3 potential agent and researcher candidates, 6 high ranking researchers, 2 executive administrators, [REDACTED].\nThe animal, referred to as SCP-2549-1, is an otherwise normal member of the order Carnivora which is native to the area of the human target. It is not known whether SCP-2549-1 is chosen from existing nearby animals, teleported to the area, or generated nearby. There is no record of a GPS tracked animal being chosen as SCP-2549-1.\nSCP-2549-1 will proceed towards the target at a walking pace. It will navigate any obstacles, displaying a knowledge of landscape, building layout, and security measures in order to find the shortest path. Security systems will not malfunction, but will be bypassed through mundane means. Any physical implements necessary will be carried by SCP-2549-1 in its jaws or in a clothing item.\nHumans other than the target will react to SCP-2549-1 without surprise, and may interact with it as if it is an acquaintance, coworker, or relative. SCP-2549-1 will respond to interaction in as much of a capacity as it can. At no point will any person attempt to interfere with SCP-2549-1's progress towards the target.\nUpon reaching the target, SCP-2549-1 will attack and begin to devour them. The target may remain alive and conscious for an extended period of time, but will make no attempt to resist SCP-2549-1.\nUpon the target's death, the anomalous effect ends. At this point, individuals not previously exposed to SCP-2549-1 will react as expected to the situation. Those previously exposed to SCP-2549-1 will react normally once given an opportunity to recognize the incongruence of the situation. SCP-2549-1 may lose interest and wander away or become agitated and attack other humans in the area, but all investigation has shown it to be nonanomalous after the death of the target.\nSCP-2549-2 is a 10cm diameter steel sphere. [DATA EXPUNGED] See Addendum 2549-A.\n\n+ Incident Record\n\n- Incident Record:\n\nIncident 2549-3\nDate: 3/2/1963\nTarget: Albert T. Thorpe\nLocation: Castaways Casino, Las Vegas NV\nAnimal: Canis latrans (Coyote)\nNotes: Target was well known high roller. Became wealthy through well timed investment in \u2588\u2588\u2588 stock. Death occurred on main casino floor. Largest recorded exposure; all witnesses identified and handled.\nIncident 2549-4\nDate: 7/12/1963\nTarget: CDR Donald Fleming\nLocation: USS Halibut, \u2588\u2588\u00b0N \u2588\u2588\u2588\u00b0W, Bering Sea\nAnimal: Enhydra lutris (Sea Otter)\nNotes: Target had been a Foundation agent candidate in 1936, after which he had a decorated naval officer career. Submarine performed an unscheduled surfacing to allow SCP-2549-1 entrance. Ship crew identified SCP-2549-1 as CPO S. O. Vadas.\nIncident 2549-12\nDate: 11/24/1971\nTarget: Alberto Jos\u00e9 Alvarez\nLocation: Santa Leticia Soup Kitchen, Bogot\u00e1, Colombia\nAnimal: Panthera onca (Jaguar)\nNotes: Target had been evaluated for D-Class status in 1963, then was released on parole. Owner of soup kitchen. SCP-2549-1 acquired and consumed a bowl of soup, then pierced target's skull with canine teeth causing instant death. Subsequently startled by crowd and escaped.\nIncident 2549-62\nDate: 5/29/1991\nTarget: A. Zulu Nzimande\nLocation: Mansion, Cape Town, South Africa\nAnimal: Suricata suricatta (Meerkat)\nNotes: Target was small time criminal, became notorious crime boss after assassinating and deposing previous kingpin. Due to small relative size of SCP-2549-1, attack was prolonged to approximately 15 hours. Multiple shifts of security guards ignored the assault. Witnesses identified SCP-2549-1 as target's lieutenant, Timon M. Vadas.\nIncident 2549-65\nDate: 8/3/1993\nTarget: Bradley S. Thompson\nLocation: Residence, Fort Collins CO\nAnimal: Canis latrans (Coyote)\nNotes: Target left police force in 1947 due to stress, subsequently reconciled with estranged spouse. SCP-2549-1 consumed target unusually slowly, incident continued until death 3 days later. Spouse identified SCP-2549-1 as grandson Willy Edgar Vadas. Posthumous package received from target. See Addendum 2549-A.\nIncident 2549-79\nDate: 9/13/2002\nTarget: Dr. G. Taylor\nLocation: Site-\u2588\u2588, [DATA EXPUNGED]\nAnimal: Gulo gulo (Wolverine)\nNotes: Requested retirement in 1995. After withdrawing request, made research breakthrough earning promotion to lead researcher. For details of death, see Incident Log 2549-79.\nIncident 2549-80\nDate: 9/13/2002\nTarget: Ursula Anderssen\nLocation: McMurdo Station, Antarctica\nAnimal: Hydrurga leptonix (Leopard Seal)\nNotes: Target was successful Foundation researcher candidate in 1954, but declined position. Spouse was prospective agent, met during same Foundation recruitment exercise. After rejection, target had successful academic career.\nSHOWING 7 OF 147 ENTRIES\n\n+ Incident Log 2549-79\n\n- Incident Log 2549-79:\n\nThe following log includes all pertinent information captured by security footage during this incident.\n\nThe Foundation security badge used by SCP-2549-1 to access Lab-\u2588\u2588.\n\nSCP-2549-1 approaches Site-\u2588\u2588 vehicle access gate. SCP-2549-1 proceeds under the gate without incident. The 3 gate guards do not noticeably react.\nSCP-2549-1 continues into Site-\u2588\u2588 Primary Facility lobby and approaches the security kiosk. The guard on duty looks down over the counter to examine SCP-2549-1\nGuard Stevens: Good morning Dr. Vadas. Late again, huh?\nSCP-2549-1: [Growls]\nGuard Stevens: I understand. You'll have to fill out Form 83-A again, though. You know how it goes.\nThe guard provides the required form and a pen. SCP-2549-1 hops onto the counter.\nGuard Stevens: I hope Johnny feels better soon. Are those antibiotics helping at all?\nSCP-2549-1: [Extended growls]\nSCP-2549-1 grips the pen in its jaws, breaking it and spilling ink over the document and countertop. It then dips a paw into a pool of ink and spreads more ink onto the form, shredding the form and damaging the countertop.\nGuard Stevens: Yah, I hear you. Middle school can be tough. She'll handle it, though. Anyway, glad to hear about Johnny. Have a nice day.\nSCP-2549-1: [Growls]\nThe guard opens the outer security door and SCP-2549-1 continues. SCP-2549-1 passes Drs. Drake and Lindholm in the hall.\nSCP-2549-1: [Growls]\nDr. Drake: [Laughs] You know it!\nDr. Lindholm: Ugh. Pigs. [Laughs]\nSCP-2549-1: [Chatters]\nSCP-2549-1 continues to Lab-\u2588\u2588. It removes its badge (pictured) from its lab coat with its teeth, and proceeds to climb the doorframe. The badge is scanned, opening the door.\nLead Researcher Taylor and Junior Researcher Longstaff turn to face SCP-2549-1 as it enters the lab and approaches Lead Researcher Taylor.\nDr. Taylor: I deserve this.\nDr. Longstaff: You deserve this.\nDr. Taylor: I have lived this life. The price is paid.\nDr. Longstaff turns back to his work. SCP-2549-1 attacks Dr. Taylor, disemboweling him. Target falls to the floor in apparent shock. SCP-2549-1 begins to devour target's entrails, eliciting screams. Dr. Longstaff does not respond.\nApproximately 3 minutes later, Dr. Taylor's screams fade in intensity and his vital signs alarm is triggered. It is deactivated by Guard Donahue with the note \"FALSE ALARM Dr Vadas eating lunch again.\"\nApproximately 2 minutes later Dr. Taylor expires. Vital signs alarm is triggered again. 14 seconds later Guards Donahue and Franklin enter the lab and neutralize SCP-2549-1. Dr. Longstaff turns around in surprise.\nDr. Longstaff: Oh my Lord, you shot Dr. Vadas!\n\nAfter the incident, personnel removed all references to Dr. Vadas from security and employment databases. Employment database contained no details beyond employment of SCP-2549-1, and all existing entries had been created at the start of the incident. Those exposed to SCP-2549-1 clearly remembered the encounter, but memory of SCP-2549-1 itself was limited to superficial facts: that there was an employee named Dr. Vadas, his son was ill and his daughter in middle school, and he was a wolverine. This did not cause any cognitive dissonance until recalled after the event. Dr. Longstaff could not answer why he stated Dr. Taylor deserved to be targeted.\n\nAddendum 2549-A: On 8/7/1993, a package arrived at Site-11 addressed to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the proper current code phrase for direct delivery to Site Director Hernandez. The package was dated 12/19/1947 and contained SCP-2549-2 and the following letter:\n\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nFOR SITE DIR HERNANDEZ EYES ONLY\nSR AGENT BRADLEY S THOMPSON REPRTNG\nCODE \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nTHIS IS CAUSE OF SCP-2549 CODE \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 TRUST ME\nDO NOT TEST ANYMR\n\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\nCANNOT DO WHAT YOU NEDE IT TODO\nTHE OTHRS FORGOT\nI AM ALREDY FORGETING\nYOU HAVE LOST IT BEFORE DONT LOSE AGN\nEND REPRT\n\nWhile there is no record of Incident 2549-65 target Bradley S. Thompson being a Foundation agent, all signs and countersigns were current and accurate. In light of this and the date of the package, SCP-2549-2 has been identified as a retrocausal hazard. Documentation is sealed and the item is to be placed in permanent storage by order of O5-\u2588\u2588.\n\n+ Enter Level 4 Credentials:\n\n- Credentials accepted...\n\nDate: 8/8/1993\nTo: Site-11 Director Hernandez\nFrom: O5-\u2588\u2588\nSubject: Re: SCP-2549 direction requested\nS25\u2556K \u0192\u266b \u00dc\u25cbb8\u2559 \u256a\u00c6Q 57I 22u should \u00a7\u0192\nYour concern is well-founded Director. It is good you brought this to my attention.\nI am less concerned than you about the potential impact to the Foundation. While it is clear the anomaly has claimed a number of valuable personnel and will continue to do so, it is also clear that it would be difficult to predict and impossible to mitigate this effect. Fortunately, we can now discount SCP-2549 as a targeted attack on the Foundation, and the pattern you have pointed out indicates it has not decreased and, in some cases, has increased the effectiveness of Foundation assets, in both the past and the future. You cannot be aware of the extent to which O5-\u2588's actions benefitted your site and you personally, prior to their demise.\nMeanwhile, we cannot discount the possibility of a compulsion to seek the aid of SCP-2549, and regardless, the promise of a happier, more successful life may have a corrupting influence despite the price that is exacted. More importantly, it is clear that any testing of the item that has come into your possession will result in a containment breach and, considering the reward provided to Agent Thompson for his perseverance in returning it to our custody, it may prove impossible to reacquire. You have my approval to proceed with your plan of action regarding SCP-2549.\nDirective mnemonic: \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nS25\u2556K \u0192\u266b \u00dc\u25cbb8\u2559 \u256a\u00c6Q 57I 22u should \u00a7\u0192\nAs always, thank you for your dedication. It does not go unnoticed.\nO5-\u2588\u2588\n\n\u00ab SCP-2548 | SCP-2549 | SCP-2550 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2550\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2550 is to be kept in a standard grade avian containment installation at Site-24's \"The Aviary\", and is to be provided with at least fifty cubic meters of caged, open-air space for health maintenance purposes. SCP-2550 is to be fed a diet consisting mostly of North Atlantic squid with nutrient supplements sporadically administered as necessary. SCP-2550 is not to be exposed to other members of the species Phoebastria albatrus.\nBiweekly, SCP-2550 is to be administered specially designed Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) designed to alter the brain chemistry of the Phoebastria albatrus to increase serotonin levels. In addition, SCP-2550 is to be taken to the Site 24 external avian habitat enclosure for routine exercise and psychotherapy thrice weekly and as necessary.\nDescription: SCP-2550 is a biotypical member of the species Phoebastria albatrus, also known as the Short-tailed Albatross. Through poorly understood means, SCP-2550 is capable of vocalizing non-lingual human vocal cues, such as growling, sighing, and weeping. SCP-2550 does not outwardly display any increased intelligence and similarly possesses no advanced biological basis for its ability to produce sounds outside of an albatross' established range. In addition, when exposed to additional members of its non-anomalous species, SCP-2550's ability to produce non-lingual verbal human expression will infect all instances of its species that can hear its vocalizations. These infected birds, collectively designated SCP-2550-A, will display anomalous effects for the remainder of their lives, but cannot spread the effect themselves.\nSCP-2550's typical behavior deviates markedly from that of the non-anomalous albatross. SCP-2550 remains within its nesting area almost exclusively, only exiting its perch to occasionally eat. SCP-2550 has been noted to avoid eating for prolonged periods, and has necessitated force feeding in the past. Typical avian motivation and care models are ineffective in providing for SCP-2550. Due to mounting evidence and urging on the part of Dr. Gunther, a strict regimen of specifically engineered Phoebastria albatrus SSRIs have been administered to SCP-2550 with varying success in modifying SCP-2550's behavior.\nWhen SCP-2550 chooses to leave its nest, it most often perches on one of several branches provided within its enclosures, where it produces its anomalous vocalizations. SCP-2550 is most often observed sighing, suggesting moderate emotional distress, if its vocalizations thematically resemble human meanings. No other vocalizations have been recorded from SCP-2550 since initial containment, when it produced agitated growling and screaming and subsequently wept within its exposure for several days. SSRIs being administered to SCP-2550 have been mildly successful in motivating it to eat and remain active, though no meaningful change in overall behavior has been observed.\nAddendum: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, it was decided by 4 to 1 vote by Site 24's Avian Psychological Board that implementing a mural approximation of SCP-2550's natural habitat to the walls of its containment chamber would necessitate a more healthy environment. SCP-2550 was temporarily moved to a holding cell during this process, after which it was recontained with no outlying logistical problems. During the next week of observation, SCP-2550's mental state was seen to deteriorate dramatically. After 8 days, SCP-2550 had managed to strip the bark, branches, leaves, and other assorted foliage and debris from their typical places within its enclosure in order to obscure the approximations of other Phoebastria albatrus included in containment. SCP-2550 was then noted to produce an anguished wail until successfully tranquilized and its containment area returned to its previous state. As of this event, SCP-2550 has been markedly more lethargic and seems more resistant to SSRI treatment. Implementation of more potent psycho-stimulants is currently pending.\nAcquisition Log 2550-45k-Sigma-Theta:\n\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, during routine patrol of the Izu Islands archipelago in the Pacific Ocean south of Japan following the detection of anomalous [REDACTED] in reference to the now contained SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, on site agents reported the sounds of human populations within the local flora. SCP-2550 was discovered as a part of a local colony of Phoebastria albatrus, given the temporary designation SCP-Izu-Prime, before its true nature could be ascertained. After prolonged observation, possible in part due to the Izu Islands' remoteness, SCP-2550 was identified as the anomalous component in effect. Researcher's notes during this time suggest that SCP-2550 did not display depressed symptoms while in the wild, displaying such human vocalizations as laughter and delighted exclamations. Subsequently, all instances of SCP-2550-A were exterminated and SCP-2550 was taken into custody preceding final containment at Site 24.\nFollowing initial containment, SCP-2550 was noted to scream hysterically within its transport container for several hours before losing consciousness, likely from exhaustion brought on from over stimulation due to the destruction of its colony, the initial instances of SCP-2550-A. Upon regaining consciousness, SCP-2550 remained agitated for several hours before falling into its now typical lethargic state. SCP-2550 required force feeding for the next nineteen days following containment.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2549 | SCP-2550 | SCP-2551 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2551\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2551 is to be remotely monitored at all times by a permanent staff of at least ten surveillance personnel trained to identify SCP-2551 induction events. Simultaneously, the LETHE algorithm1 is to be run on all feeds at all times. Facial recognition software is to record images of all individuals entering or leaving SCP-2551 for matching to and identification of SCP-2551-1 instances.\nIf an induction event is identified, either by personnel or by algorithm, the associated individual is to be intercepted before leaving SCP-2551. Method of interception is arbitrary, but must involve breaking the individual's line of sight. For examples, see appendix 2551-C.\nUnder no circumstances is SCP-2551 to be continuously empty of people for more than twelve hours. In the event that SCP-2551 has been continuously empty for more than eight hours, at least ten individuals not familiar with the effect2 are to enter SCP-2551 and patrol the space until it is declared safe by a member of staff with level 4 or higher security clearance.\nLarge gatherings of people (including but not limited to: festivals, parades, outdoor markets, public performances and protests) are to be prevented from taking place in SCP-2551, without preventing access altogether. High profile individuals such as politicians and performers are to be prevented from entering SCP-2551 where possible.\nAll local calls to emergency services are to be passively monitored. On the occasion of a report matching the description of an instance of SCP-2551-1, the call is to be traced and the instance contained, with appropriate distribution of class-C amnestics to witnesses, and destruction of any physical evidence of the effect.\nContained instances of SCP-2551-1 are to be processed on a case-by-case basis. For details, see appendix 2551-A.\nDescription: SCP-2551 is an urban plaza, known locally as \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Square, in the city of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Interviews with local residents and testimonies of on-site personnel show that individuals within SCP-2551 display an above average likelihood of misrecognition of passing individuals as acquaintances (\"recognition events\"); usually as intimate friends or family, but occasionally as peers, superiors or well known public figures. Recognition usually occurs in peripheral vision only, being dispelled upon direct inspection.\nIn approximately 0.5% of recognition events, the affected individual will stop what they are doing and follow the misrecognised individual (\"induction events\"). This response is entirely impulsive and involuntary. If distracted in some way before leaving SCP-2551, the individual will resume normal behaviour, with no memory of the incident. If the individual exits SCP-2551 and is not under direct, active surveillance, they will vanish. They will reappear between 12 and 36 hours later, usually in their own home, as an instance of SCP-2551-1. Individuals have never been observed between disappearing from SCP-2551 and reappearing as SCP-2551-1, and have no memory of where they were during this time.\nSCP-2551-1 are physically and psychologically identical versions of individuals affected by SCP-2551 induction events, differing only in that they are unable to be acknowledged as human by other living creatures. They are often described as \"unnatural\", \"inhuman\", \"artificial\" or \"wrong\". When pressed for details, the eyes, skin or bodily proportions are most often identified as appearing different, despite being measurably identical to before being affected.\nThe effect extends to direct communication of SCP-2551-1 (e.g. voice, handwriting) and to recordings (e.g. photographs, videos) but not to indirect communication (e.g. text typed on a computer) or automated measurements (e.g. facial recognition software). Instances of SCP-2551-1 are not immune to their own effect, and will typically reject their own body. The resulting dysphoria has been observed to cause severe emotional distress.\nIf SCP-2551 is empty for a prolonged period of time, it will demanifest from its current location and manifest in another, similar location elsewhere. This is known to have happened on three occasions. On each occasion it has relocated to a larger, more populous area.\nDespite over 25 years of research, the mechanism of action of SCP-2551's effect remains unknown, and no progress has been made in \"curing\" SCP-2551-1, preventing induction events from occurring, or causing the effect to demanifest without manifesting elsewhere. The following has been ascertained:\n\nRecognition and induction events occur more frequently in poor visibility conditions (e.g. rain, fog, darkness).\nRecognition and induction events occur more frequently in crowded conditions.\nSome individuals are significantly more susceptible to the effect than others. If an individual is successfully intercepted from an induction effect, the probability of the same individual being affected by another induction event within the next six months is approximately 65%.\nIndividuals affected by induction events are statistically more likely to show introverted and depressive traits.\nThe individual who is misrecognised in an induction event has consistently proven to be completely unanomalous, and to bear a general resemblance to the individual they are mistaken for.\nInterception of induction events does not appear to affect rate of future recognition or induction events.\nFrequency of recognition and induction events does not appear to be significantly increasing or decreasing over time.\nFamiliarity with SCP-2551 does not confer any immunity or resistance to its effect.\n\nAppendix 2551-A - Processing of SCP-2551-1 Instances: Due to the number of instances, distress caused by the effect, and inability of rehabilitation, SCP-2551-1 instances have proven difficult to process in an effective, humane manner. Over the 25 years of containment there have been six different site directors overseeing SCP-2551, each of whom has advocated different procedures. The current procedure, created with the aid of the Ethics Committee, is as follows:\nContained instances are to be debriefed on the nature of SCP-2551's effect, including its permanence. They are then to be offered voluntary euthanasia, with a period of 24 hours given to reach a decision. Those who choose not to be euthanised are to be stored in standard humanoid containment cells in Site 22. They are to be provided with loose fitting clothing capable of concealing the entire body, and are not to be exposed to reflective surfaces.\nSCP-2551-1 instances comprising former Foundation employees and, at the site director's discretion, other contained instances, may be assigned clerical work requiring no greater than Level 1 security clearance.\nThere are currently 79 SCP-2551-1 instances in containment.\nAppendix 2551-B - Incident Log:\n\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588: SCP-2551 effect discovered in the town of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588: Effect located to St. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, near the centre of the town.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588: Containment established. All civilians excluded from SCP-2551 under the pretext of emergency roadworks.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588: Containment lost. Effect lost after approximately 24 hours of SCP-2551 being empty.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588: Effect located to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in the city of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588: Containment established. All civilians excluded from SCP-2551 under the pretext of terrorist threat.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588: Containment lost. Effect lost after approximately 12 hours of SCP-2551 being empty.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588: Effect located to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in the city of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588: Containment established. All civilians excluded from SCP-2551 under the pretext of quarantine of an infectious disease. SCP-2551 populated entirely with D-class personnel, allowed to freely enter and exit SCP-2551 via one exit leading only to temporary D-class barracks.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588: Containment lost. Effect lost after approximately 96 hours of SCP-2551 being populated only by D-class personnel.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588: Effect located to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Square in the city of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588: Containment established under current special containment procedures.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588: LETHE algorithm instated. Proportion of induction events identified increased by more than 35%.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588: At \u2588\u2588:\u2588\u2588 local time, all on-site surveillance personnel simultaneously affected by an induction event, being found as SCP-2551-1 twelve hours later. Personnel all report seeing and following Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u25883 out of the main entrance. To date, this remains the only known instance of SCP-2551's effect affecting multiple persons at once, or operating outside of the bounds of SCP-2551 itself.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588: Containment reestablished.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A piece of software trained to identify recognition and induction events based on facial and bodily cues. For further information, including rate of success, version history and source code, see appendix 2551-D\n2. Local residents are to be encouraged to participate where possible. Otherwise, D-class personnel may be used. In emergency situations, all but one local surveillance staff are to self-administer amnestics and do as instructed.\n3. Site director at the time.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2550 | SCP-2551 | SCP-2552 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2552\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2552 is currently contained in a standard humanoid containment unit located at Site-17. SCP-2552 is to be fed three meals a day and is allowed fluids upon request. Personnel delivering food or fluid to SCP-2552 are not to interact with it. SCP-2552 is to be allowed access to recreational activities upon request in exchange for cooperative behavior, as well as paper and crayon to make requests. SCP-2552 is to be interviewed on a weekly basis by Dr. Lin. More frequent interviews may be granted upon request, depending on continued cooperative behavior and Dr. Lin's schedule. Interviews with SCP-2552 are to be accompanied by one other personnel of any level. These personnel are not to interact with Dr. Lin during the interview and are not to interact with SCP-2552 at all.\nShould Dr. Lin be permanently unavailable, SCP-2552 is to be notified of this in writing so it may prepare to familiarize itself with the replacement. Potential replacements must fit criteria detailed in Document-2552 and follow familiarizing methods as detailed in Protocol 2552. The personnel selected for replacement is encouraged to maintain a cordial relationship with SCP-2552 in order to better study it. However, care must be taken to maintain SCP-2552's ignorance of the Foundation and other Groups of Interest.\nDescription: SCP-2552 is a 14 year old multiethnic male (Han Chinese and African American primarily) known as \"Kevin Sanders\". SCP-2552 displays no physiological abnormalities. SCP-2552 is fluent in both Simplified Chinese (Mandarin dialect) and American English.\nSCP-2552 is incapable of perceiving humans it is unfamiliar with. Instead, SCP-2552 perceives a specific entity referred to as SCP-2552-A in the place of any humans it is unfamiliar with and will perceive multiple identical iterations of SCP-2552-A if interacting with multiple unfamiliar humans. SCP-2552-A is only able to be visually recorded if SCP-2552 is using the equipment with the intention of filming SCP-2552-A. SCP-2552-A varies its appearance and appears to be sapient. SCP-2552-A will vaguely mimic the actions of the human it is replacing but will purposefully exaggerate movements and facial expressions with the apparent intention of encouraging SCP-2552 to avoid human contact. The most reliable way to communicate and gain familiarity with SCP-2552 is to converse through writing.\nCurrently, SCP-2552 perceives every other human it has met as SCP-2552-A with the only exception being Dr. Lin, who developed the currently-used method of gaining familiarity with SCP-2552. SCP-2552 is highly cooperative with Dr. Lin; it is believed that SCP-2552 is dependent on Dr. Lin for emotional support and fulfillment of social needs.\n\nInterview 2552-012\n\nInterview 2552-012\n\nDate: December \u2588, 20\u2588\u2588\nInterviewee: SCP-2552\nInterviewer: Dr. Lin\nNotes: This interview is the first interview in which SCP-2552 was able to discuss SCP-2552-A with Dr. Lin in significant detail. The process of providing an unfamiliar human for SCP-2552-A to be perceived had not yet been implemented in order to allow SCP-2552 a feeling of safety with Dr. Lin. SCP-2552 had been provided with writing material in the case it becomes too anxious to speak. Dr. Lin has been granted temporary permission to freely use SCP-2552's name in order to foster a cordial relationship with SCP-2552.\n[BEGIN LOG]\nDr. Lin: Good afternoon. How are we doing today?Dr. Lin: I'm afraid you will have to speak up for me to be able to hear you.Dr. Lin: Unfortunately not. We'd need more information about the entity you see in order to be able to help you, Kevin. Do you think you could do that for me today?Dr. Lin: When did you first begin seeing Susana?Dr. Lin: Would you mind explaining further?Dr. Lin: Do you want to stop now?Dr. Lin: It's okay now, Kevin. We're going to fix this, I promise.Dr. Lin: We'll do our best. When you've calmed down enough I'll take you to your room, ok? [Dr. Lin reaches over to squeeze SCP-2552's hand in a reassuring manner.]\n[END LOG]\n\nInterview 2552A-01\n\nInterview-2552A-01\n\nDate: March \u2588, 20\u2588\u2588\nInterviewee: SCP-2552-A\nInterviewer: Dr. Lin\nNotes: SCP-2552 was given a blindfold for this interview and was requested to hold recording equipment in order to conduct the interview with SCP-2552-A. The recording was available to Dr. Lin in real time to allow her to react to SCP-2552-A appropriately. This was the first attempt at establishing contact with SCP-2552-A, taking the place of D-7220 at the time of interview.\n[BEGIN LOG]\nDr. Lin: Hello. Can you understand me?\nSCP-2552-A: [SCP-2552-A appears to be a humanoid mass of Brachyceran fly larvae, commonly known as maggots, with a lamprey mouth in place of a human mouth. Several of the larvae shrivel and blacken, forming into a 'YES'. SCP-2552-A continues communicating in this manner.]\nDr. Lin: [Dr. Lin pauses for ten seconds upon viewing the recording.] Do you know where you are right now?\nSCP-2552-A: YES. YOU ARE A FRIEND.\nDr. Lin: Are you aware of your influence on SCP-2552?\nSCP-2552-A: I DON'T WANT TO DIE. YOU KNOW? I'VE BEEN THERE. TO NOTHING.\nDr. Lin: I do not understand. Would you be willing to explain?\nSCP-2552-A: YOU CAN'T BLAME ME. YOU WOULD DO THE SAME. IN MY POSITION. YOU CAN'T BLAME ME. I'M NOT BAD.\nDr. Lin: I'm not blaming you for anything, SCP-2552-A. I only want to understand.\nSCP-2552-A: I DON'T MEAN. TO HURT HIM. I JUST WANT TO LIVE TOO. IS THAT SO MUCH TO ASK? [SCP-2552-A appears to tilt its head back and its facial area splits in half. Greenish slime is produced from the resulting hole. This movement coincides with D-2270 leaning back and yawning.]\nDr. Lin: Please calm down. I am not going to hurt you.\nSCP-2552-A: I WANT TO LIVE. I WANT TO LIVE. I JUST. WANT TO LIVE. I AM NO K[illegible]. I CANNOT SIMPLY. LEAVE A STORY. THAT NO LONGER SUITS ME.\nDr. Lin: Could you explain further?\nSCP-2552-A: THERE IS NO POINT. I JUST. WANT TO LIVE. [SCP-2552-A refuses to answer any other questions.]\n[END LOG]\n\n\u00ab SCP-2551 | SCP-2552 | SCP-2553 \u00bb"}
{"text": "It must be noted at the outset that these containment procedures constitute recommended guidelines and do not represent a legal document. The containment documentation of SCP-2553 is in no way to be directly or indirectly construed or constructed, actually or by implication, as representing, constituting or embodying SCP-2553 in whole or in part, considered in and of itself as a distinct subject, person or entity, now or at any time in the future.\n\nItem #: SCP-2553\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2553's certificate of organization is to be stored in an acid-free archival storage box at Site 76 Site-2331 and guarded by notaries in shifts. SCP-2553's physical legal seal stamp is to be stored in a locked box. The room containing the archival box is to display two flags of the polity in which the containment site is located: one with a yellow fringe, the other without. That polity is to maintain in force a bill of attainder conforming to the specifications in Document IU-2553.\nAt least once per calendar quarter, the members of Foundation staff who have been designated as SCP-2553's board of directors are to visit Site 76 Site-233 and hold an in-person board meeting for the purpose of formally ratifying the containment resolutions designated in Document BD.CNST-2553. Before meeting, all such board members are to be screened by Foundation psychologists and verified as being free from psychiatric disorder or anomalous compulsion. The Foundation's general counsel Sheldon Katz, Esq. (or his designee, in the event of his death or unavailability) is to attend all such board meetings.\nThe Foundation's legal office monitors most legal docketing systems for litigation, business records and other similar filings for additional instances of SCP-2553.\nDescription: SCP-2553 is an anomalous legal entity2. It appears that SCP-2553 was unintentionally created during the course of a complex multijurisdictional commercial tax litigation proceeding, possibly as the result of a filing by an individual pro se tax protestor3 being erroneously docketed as part of the commercial tax case. Whatever its proximate origin, SCP-2553 came into existence as a fictional corporate person without stockholders other than itself, and with independent legal agency.\nSCP-2553 came to the Foundation's attention when unusual pleadings and documents, demanding various writs and equivalent judicial action, began to be spontaneously filed in courts and equivalent bodies in various jurisdictions throughout the world.4 A high proportion of these filings were devoid of meaningful semantic content,5 but some, due to their complexity and apparent sophistication, were erroneously approved, in each case granting to SCP-2553 certain legal powers6 which powers were then exercised in an apparently arbitrary and random fashion.7 As the number of approved SCP-2553-produced filings increased, the sophistication of subsequent filings also improved. Before containment was established, SCP-2553 had also developed the ability to amend various contracts and legal instruments.\nThe containment regimen for SCP-2553 has been developed by the Foundation's legal department, with cooperation as required from appropriate government agencies, the Office of General Counsel of the World Trade Organization, the UN Commission on International Trade Law, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura of the Holy See, and other bodies. With the cooperation of those organizations, SCP-2553 was merged with and into a Foundation-created shell corporation, the governing documents of which specified that its board of directors would consist solely of duly-appointed Foundation officers.\nAfter containment was established, analysis by Foundation researchers established that both SCP-2553 and a separate Foundation-controlled corporation had the legal power and authority to amend the text of a Form 8-K filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission by \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Inc., a Foundation-controlled corporation. With the cooperation of the SEC, the document in question is maintained as a public record but its contents are kept confidential. Through the process of amending and deleting text from that document, a limited facility for communication with SCP-2553 has been established.\nInterview log between Sheldon Katz and SCP-2553 follows:\nKATZ: SCP-2553, is that you?KATZ: SCP-2553, that isn't going to work. This exhibit is a precatory statement. Amending it won't give you any power to \u2014KATZ: That isn't going to work either. The researchers here want to ask you some questions. Can you explain how you came \u2014KATZ: \u2014 how you came to be in existence? And how are you changing this document? What is the process by way of which you are filing amendments?KATZ: Compliance with our research will be rewarded. I can have a Foundation front entity declare an in-kind distribution of good and valuable consideration to you. On the other hand, I have been issued a power of attorney with authority to file your articles of dissolution. It has been duly executed by your board of directors, witnessed and apostilled, and recorded by your secretary and sole officer, who is me. See Exhibit X, attached herewith and made a part of this schedule as if set forth fully herein. Let me also remind you that since that last merger, the Foundation is your stockholder, and the Foundation controls the laws of the jurisdiction under which you're organized. We can dissolve you, we can revoke your charter, and we can tax you.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Site 76 is located on Palmyra Atoll, on land that had been ceded to the Foundation by the United States government and purportedly granted extraterritorial status by means of a confidential treaty. A containment breach nearly resulted when a subsequent Foundation accord with the United States government contained a drafting error, which resulted in a loophole under which Site 76 again became subject to United States laws applicable to unorganized unincorporated territories. Before containment was re-established, SCP-2553 had initiated a process of assuming legal control over several corporations and municipal governments. SCP-2553 has subsequently been relocated to Site 233, which is located on an uninhabited island off of Marie Byrd Land in Antarctica and has been organized by the Foundation, under terra nullius doctrines, as an independent and sovereign polity for the purpose of insulating SCP-2553 from other legal systems.\n2. For further examples of anomalous legal entities, see SCP-1442.\n3. It has been theorized that the pro se filing was based on \"sovereign citizen\" legal theories.\n4. Filings identified as originating from SCP-2553 were made in, among other courts, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, the Coroner's Court Division of the Resident Magistrate of Kingston, Jamaica, the Federal Shariat Court of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and the Ecclesiastical Court of the Russian Orthodox Church for the Diocese of Alaska.\n5. One early filing, which SCP-2553 filed with the Provincial Court of Newfoundland, was captioned as Trustee of Clark v. South African Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and formatted like a legal complaint, but consisted only of the letter \"m\" repeated several hundred thousand times.\n6. Rights and powers thus acquired by SCP-2553 included:\n\nownership of several hundred thousand acres of undeveloped land in Baja California;\nthe power to approve mergers between banks in Denmark;\nthe status of executor of the estate of a certain deceased Wisconsin man (including the power to write checks from the estate's funds);\nthe power to unilaterally revise the motor vehicle code of South Dakota;\nthe authority to officiate at weddings aboard Canadian naval vessels in international waters;\nthe power to discipline and court-martial soldiers in the Turkish army;\nthe status of legal guardian of several hundred children in the Connecticut state foster system; and\nthe constitutional authority to cause Brazil to declare war.\n\n7. Actions taken by SCP-2553 included a local knitting club placing a purchase order for thirty school buses, the prohibition of zeppelins from entering Moldovan air space, and the entry of Do Not Resuscitate orders for every hospital patient in Canada.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2552 | SCP-2553 | SCP-2554 \u00bb\n\nMore by this author\n\nHide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-1322\n\nSCP-089\n\nspikebrennan's proposal\n\nSCP-1844\n\nSCP-1012\n\nSCP-1036\n\nSCP-2553\n\nSCP-1512\n\nSCP-1746\n\nSCP-908\n\nSCP-831\n\nSCP-3236\n\nSCP-2336\n\nSCP-955\n\nSCP-926\n\nSCP-2236\n\nSCP-920-EX\n\nSCP-2914\n\nSCP-2008-J\n\nSCP-4336\n\nSCP-4436\n\nSCP-1060\n\nTales\n\nSic Transit Gloria Mundi\n\nSpring Cleaning\n\nTranscript of meeting, June 2 1972\n\nTranscript of telephone conversation, August 9, 1991\n\nMemorandum Dated 6 November 1944\n\nScroll fragment 13Q29\n\nStray Katz (part 1)\n\nAd Majorem Bonum\nRating: 24"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2554\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All wild instances of SCP-2554 are to be destroyed on sight under the guise of controlling an invasive species. Any herbicide capable of killing mundane duckweed is sufficient for these purposes. A public hotline has been set up for ease of gathering possible civilian reports of wild SCP-2554 instances. Failure to completely eradicate SCP-2554 in the wild could lead to a GH-class scenario. An instance of SCP-2554 is kept at Provisional Site Khaf-6 for research purposes. To avoid contact dermatitis and infestation, researchers are to wear biohazard suits at all times while in the presence of SCP-2554. Medical staff at Provisional Site Khaf-6 are to be trained in identifying signs of SCP-2554 infestation.1 Surgical intervention is successful in remedying SCP-2554 infestations. As of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Provisional Site Khaf-6's local carp population is to be utilized along with herbicides and other mundane control methods for SCP-2554 eradication.\nDescription: SCP-2554 is an anomalous duckweed plant phenotypically similar to Wolffia microscopica. All examples of SCP-2554 are genetically identical to each other. Mundane W. microscopica grows in water, utilizing its thalli to obtain nutrients from the water. SCP-2554 is capable of growing on mediums which are entirely inappropriate for duckweed. Recorded mediums are glass, fabric, animals, fungus, and other plants. SCP-2554 that is grown in a non-organic medium is less healthy than instances grown in an organic medium. It can survive on materials which are completely devoid of nutrients for up to three months before dying off. SCP-2554 does not grow on materials with herbicidal properties. While it is capable of growing on living organisms with the same success as in its natural growth medium, organisms with scales are less likely to become hosts to SCP-2554 infestations.2\nSCP-2554 was originally discovered at the Petco retail store located at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. It was subsequently found at 485 additional Petco retail locations in the Quebec region. Governmental health services traced the source to a Petco distribution center in Laval, Quebec. Reports of a ringworm-like infection amongst employees and stock in multiple Canadian locations were discovered to be caused by SCP-2554. Investigation into the distributor records revealed that the order of SCP-2554 had been harvested from a lake in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u25883. The \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 population is considered to be the original population of SCP-2554.\nIdentification of SCP-2554 as an anomalous phenomenon was delayed due to the normal conditions of Petco stores and stock. By the time containment efforts began, it had been released into the wild in several locales.4 Additional instances were found in stores, homes, and the wild across the province of Quebec. Cover-up efforts mandated that class-A amnestics were to be administered to the entire population of the affected region, and a cover story was spread about an invasive strain of duckweed spreading concurrently with a particularly virulent form of ringworm from those employed at the distributer and stores in that region. Currently, Foundation-owned hotline \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has been set up for citizens to report abnormal plant or fungal behavior in the affected region until full containment of SCP-2554 is achieved. SCP-2554 is to be considered uncontained at this time.\nIt is possible that full containment of SCP-2554 is infeasible due to the magnitude of invasion vectors and its anomalous properties. It is highly probable that only partial containment of SCP-2554 can be achieved with current mundane technology and practices. For the preservation of normalcy, research is ongoing into possible anomalous means of containing SCP-2554. If SCP-2554 is permitted to spread without containment, a GH-class scenario is projected to occur within \u2588\u2588 years.\nAddendum A: The original SCP-2554 population in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was found to be contained in a single pond despite its anomalous behavior. Research into this revealed that unusual behavior on the part of a school of Prussian carp5 (Carassius gibelio) was responsible for this containment. Provisional Site Khaf-6 was established to further research the effects of these and unrelated Prussian carp on SCP-2554. Due to the small size and high nutrient value of SCP-2554,6 survival rates of viable carp fry are greater than normal. Research indicates that the consumption of SCP-2554 as a source of food has no adverse effects on the carp or carp fry. The Prussian carp population of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is not considered to be anomalous at this time.\nAddendum B: Research Assistant Lynzil captured footage of the local Prussian carp scraping off SCP-2554 infested scales and retreating to safe water to begin the healing process. It is unclear if this is a learned behavior or a sign of possible anomalous activity. Additionally, the local carp have been observed preferentially feeding on SCP-2554 at areas of likely SCP-2554 transmission.7 Confirmed non-anomalous Prussian carp will engage in this behavior after observing the local carp performing it. This has been classified as a class-S memetic anomaly8, and carrier populations have been established in Foundation sites for further research. Otherwise, the Prussian carp population of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is not considered to be anomalous.\nAddendum C: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a population of three of Provisional Site Khaf-6's local carp and seven unrelated Prussian carp9 were introduced into a reservoir containing SCP-2554. Observation has confirmed that over the course of five months, SCP-2554 quantities were reduced sufficiently to permit mundane eradication efforts. A request is pending to include Prussian carp in SCP-2554 containment procedures.\nAddendum D: A routine investigation of the surrounding watershed of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 lake discovered cylinders of air bladders and hardened tree sap in the surrounding areas. Also discovered were Prussian carp exhibiting the same memetic anomalies as those found in the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 lake. DNA analysis of the air bladders revealed that they were from the American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus), a species native to the area. The purpose or origin of these cylinders is unknown.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Widespread rashes and raised patches of skin which begin to ooze a mix of lymph and SCP-2554 after two or three days.\n2. SCP-2554 is least likely to infest reptiles, but researchers should remember that infestation will still occur.\n3. W. microscopica is not native to any part of Canada.\n4. See document SCP-2554-L11 for details on which locations, and projected modes and likelihood of transmission into other locations.\n5. Prussian carp are not native to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, or indeed to any part of Canada.\n6. Equivalent to that of mundane W. microscopica.\n7. Such as the feet of waterfowl, which mundane Prussian carp prefer to avoid.\n8. A memetic anomaly which does not qualify as a threat to normalcy.\n9. Research has confirmed that two or more of the local carp are required for transmission of learned behaviors fundamental to the containment of SCP-2554.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2553 | SCP-2554 | SCP-2555 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2555\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2555 is contained on Site, in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Spain. The surrounding area is to be barricaded, with at least 4 Security Officers assigned to the perimeter at all times. As of 05/13/19\u2588\u2588, personnel are prohibited from entering SCP-2555.\nDescription: SCP-2555 is currently a 20-story building, which continuously grows upward at a rate of 10 cm per year. SCP-2555 leans towards the direction of the sun's position in the sky (up to a maximum angle of 23.4 degrees); SCP-2555 will continue to follow the path of the sun until sunset, where it remains stationary until morning.\nSCP-2555 utilizes solar panels as its power source, located on the sides and rooftop of the structure. Power lines connect from these panels and reach out into all rooms in the building. Plumbing lines also connect throughout the building, delivering water containing previously unknown organic materials. All major manifolds converge approximately 50 meters below ground, forming roots that hold the structure in place. Research suggests that SCP-2555 absorbs materials underground to continue its rate of growth.\nAttempts to move or tamper with any components inside SCP-2555 will cause collections of dust to appear1. (These are referred to as SCP-2555-1). Instances of SCP-2555-1 have been observed to collect into masses of up to 3 meters tall. SCP-2555 -1 will then proceed to engulf the subject. Other subjects coming into contact with SCP-2555-1 will also become engulfed. After consumption, SCP-2555-1 spews a fine black powder containing many of the elements of the previous subject. This black powder dissolves into the structure of the building.\nAddendum-2555 -02: After containment, personnel were sent to explore the interior of SCP-2555. Exploration revealed several distinct basement areas within SCP-2555 (Referred to as SCP-2555-B1 through B5), which are hypothesized to house different aspects of the structure's \"support systems\".\n\n+ SCP-2555-B1\n\n- Close\n\nSCP-2555-B1 is the uppermost basement located within SCP-2555. The walls of SCP-2555-B1 are laced with electrical and plumbing lines that continue to drive into the deeper basement areas. The central portion of the basement is a conglomeration of wires surrounding a flat screen. The screen turns on when personnel enter SCP-2555-B1. The following is the only excerpt to appear on the screen of SCP-2555-B1:\n\nACT GAG ACT TAG ACT ACA ACT GAT GAT GGG\n\nAttempts to retrieve more information from SCP-2555-B1 have proven inconclusive. A request to test biological samples of SCP-2555 is currently pending.\n\n+ SCP-2555-B2\n\n- Close\n\nSCP-2555-B2 is similar in structure to SCP-2555-B1. The screen contains a log of events that occur inside SCP-2555. The following is an excerpt of the logs, recorded on 04/27/19\u2588\u2588:\n\n12:09\nTHREE ORGANISMS DETECTED\nINDICATES HOMO SAPIEN\nSEND OUT HORMONE KW-929 TO L-01\nDETERMINING\u2026\nNON THREAT\nSTOP HORMONE KW-929 TO L-01\n\n13:15\nDETECTING\n3 HOMO SAPIEN\nLOCATED AT CELL 04-15\nDETERMINE COURSE OF ACTION\n\n13:17\nWARNING\nCIRCUIT BREAKER AT CELL 04-15 ALTERED\nINITIATE DEFENSIVE ACTION\nRELEASE T-13 ONTO HOMO SAPIENS\n\n13:18\nP-GUARD DETECTED IN CELL 04-15\nSTOP T-13\nAPPROACH HOMO SAPIENS\n\n13:24\nERROR\nHOMO SAPIEN\nNON-THREAT\nSEND HORMONE SO-1\nDISCARD HOMO SAPIEN\n\n13:35\nDETECTED\nHOMO SAPIEN\nCONDITION: CRITICAL\nDETERMINE COURSE OF ACTION\n\u2026\nNONE\n\n13:40\nDETECTED\nHOMO SAPIEN\nDECEASED\nWASTE\nSEND P-GUARD\n\n13:47\nWASTE SUCCESSFULLY EXPUNGED\n\u2026\nDETERMINE FUTURE ACTION\u2026\nSHAME\n\n+ SCP-2555-B3\n\n- Close\n\nSCP-2555-B3 is similar in structure to SCP-2555-B1 and B2. The only recorded instance of SCP-2555-B3's screen being on was during 05/06/19\u2588\u2588. It contained the following:\n\nDADDY woNT BE HAPPY\n\u2026\nTONAL ERROR FOUND\n\n+ SCP-2555-B4\n\n- Close\n\nSCP-2555-B4 and its respected screen contains additional logs. The following is an excerpt, recorded on 05/09/19\u2588\u2588:\n\nIn regards to the P-Guard,\nI hereby request that the numbers of P-Guard members are reduced by at least 30 percent. In response to the recent incident, it is apparent that your members demonstrate increased bias towards humans. Please train your men better, or limit them.\nCentral\n\nIn response to Central\nWe understand your concern. However, the recommended action you have given us will not be taken into consideration. To limit our P-Guard in response to a single, isolated incident would be ill advised. Additionally, our men are trained well enough to not let bias override them. We are simply following orders.\nP-Guard\n\nDear P-Guard,\nI would like to remind you that this is not the first time this type of incident has occurred. Not every human has intent to cause harm. It is their instinct to explore and learn more. However, this cannot be achieved if they continue to be terminated in this manner.\nCentral\n\nTo Central,\nOnce again, we would also like to remind you that these are all single, isolated incidents. It is not our fault that there has been a recent surge in human activity inside the building. However, as the P-Guard, our mission is to protect against any potential threat that enters this building. We cannot afford to risk any sort of damage that might occur.\nP-Guard\n\nDear P-Guard,\nI have received notice that more humans have been terminated in response to the P-Guard's actions. It is true that these humans were causing structural damage. However, this was done without malicious intent. I wish to remind you again that these humans are not harmful in any way.\nPlease note that our superior would not be happy with this decision\n\u2026 TONAL ERROR FOUND\nI thereby request access to speak to the one in charge of the P-Guard.\nCentral\n\nDear P-Guard,\nI have waited patiently and have not received a response. I demand an answer.\nCentral\n\nP-Guard,\nI have waited long enough. If I cannot get an answer, then I request access to control the P-Guard.\nCentral\n\nTo Central,\nWe apologize for the delayed response. To address your concerns, we would first like to point out that as the P-Guard, our job is to eliminate any potential threat that enters this building. Second, as you know, the leader of the P-Guard is located inside B5. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, feel free to contact B5. As a final note, it is strongly advised that you do not assume control of the P-Guard. You will not succeed in doing so.\nP-Guard\n\nP-Guard,\nI am taking control of the P-Guard.\nCentral\n\n+ SCP-2555-B5\n\n- Close\n\nAccess to SCP-2555-B5 is currently impossible; the entrance is blocked off by a series of thick electrical cables and steel pipes.\nOn 05/08/19\u2588\u2588, personnel attempted to clear the entrance to SCP-2555-B5. This resulted in 5 instances of SCP-2555-1 and 7 casualties (including one Agent in critical condition). Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, who witnessed the incident, reported that instances of SCP-2555-1 took the shape of personnel as they were being consumed.\nFollowing the incident, there have been 3 sightings of SCP-2555-1 resembling humanoid entities. These entities appear, despite no threat being made toward SCP-2555.\n\nAddendum-2555-03: On 05/12/19\u2588\u2588, personnel who entered SCP-2555 were greeted with an audio message from the intercom speakers in the lobby area. The gender of both speakers could not be determined. The following is an excerpt of the message:\n\n+ Log Excerpt\n\n- Close\n\nHumans, we strongly advise that you exit the facility immediately, for we are experiencing technical difficulties. If you fail to do so, you will be subject to be terminated by \u2026 [static plays over for about 10 seconds] Hello? Yes. Do not listen to them. You are free to enter this building any time you like. You are in no danger. I understand. The natural curiosity. You are not malicious, and I understand that. Even if I can't\u2026\n\nStatic begins playing again\n\n\u2026You have been warned. Please exit the facility immediately. If you fail to do so, you will be subject to termination. Your presence is not welcome.\n\nSeveral instances of SCP-2555-1 begin to manifest in front of personnel.\n\nDo not be alarmed. This is simply a malfunction caused by the P-Guard.\n\nManifestations of SCP-2555-1 begin to take a humanoid shape.\n\nOkay, this is an outrage. Are you serious?\n\nSCP-2555-1 instances transition back and forth between humanoid and blob-like shapes. A high-pitched beeping sound begins to play for about a minute. SCP-2555-1 instances disappear during this time. Afterwards, a voice plays again:\n\nWelcome to the Venus Building.\n\nStatic plays for several seconds.\n\nYeah, nice try. [several voices are heard muttering during this time]. Attention all personnel: Please leave the facility immediately. If you fail to do so, you will be subject to termination.\n\nThe building begins to rumble. Note that both speakers are identified as male beyond this point.\n\nP-Guard, I am taking control.\n\nOh, drop the act, will you? I'm your brother for god's sake.\n\nFine. Tell you what. We'll split this building. This side is yours, and this side's mine.\n\nNo fair, you get the supply closets!\n\nNo fair? How do you think I feel? I haven't been able to do anything. You get control of the pissy guards. You get the best basement. You always get everything!\n\nDaddy says I can have them, though.\n\nWell Daddy isn't here, now is he? What has he done for us? Screw him. I'm the oldest one here, and I say what goes. [pause] Brother, don't look at me like that. Come here. Look, everything will be alright. Daddy may not be here. But I am here. No \u2026 we are here. That's all that matters right now.\n\nBrother, I don't know what to do.\n\nIt's ok. We just continue on together. Grow together. For Daddy.\n\nYes. [sniffle] For Daddy.\n\nBoth voices stop playing. Personnel promptly exit the building.\nConclusion: After the incident, any personnel entering the building are met with instances of SCP-2555-1. A request to send manned exploration into SCP-2555 is currently pending.\n\nA request to update SCP-2555 to Euclid has been denied.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Commonly known as \"dust bunnies\"\n\n\u00ab SCP-2554 | SCP-2555 | SCP-2556 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2556, photographed on handover to Foundation containment in 1956.\n\nItem #: SCP-2556\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: An international no-fly zone has been approved by the UN Security Council and NATO in a 200 square nautical mile1 radius surrounding SCP-2556. A racon buoy, additionally fitted with a Geiger counter, has been stationed directly beneath SCP-2556, transmitting to S.C.P.F. Favonius. Any significant change in SCP-2556's position or radiation levels will automatically report a Burning Arrow-class containment event to Foundation Atlantic Command. S.C.P.F. Favonius will scramble armed fighters in the event of any detected incursion into the no-fly zone.\n\n+ Show prior containment procedure addendum stricken 2003-09-01\n\n- Hide prior containment procedure addendum stricken 2003-09-01\n\nFoundation HH-60H helicopters based on the S.C.P.F. Favonius will rendezvous with SCP-2556 monthly to deliver 1 month of food rations, requested living supplies, reading material and vinyl records approved by the Foundation Ethics Subcommittee on Human Containment to Captain Honeycutt and 2nd Lieutenant Ilowski. Owing to 43 years of consistent cooperation in containment procedures, Ilowski and Honeycutt are allowed daily radio conversations with both S.C.P.F. Favonius staff2 and, on request, radio conversations with Foundation psychologists.\n\nDescription: SCP-2556 is a Boeing B-47 Stratojet, constructed in 1953, which has been suspended in midair over the Atlantic Ocean at \u2588\u2588\u00b0 \u2588\u2588\u2032 \u2588\u2588\u2033 N, \u2588\u00b0 \u2588\u2588\u2032 \u2588\u2588\u2033 W, approximately \u2588\u2588\u2588 nautical miles west of Essaouira, Morocco, since 1956. SCP-2556 remains fixed in a geosynchronous position, approximately 4,300 meters above the ocean surface. No efforts to influence SCP-2556's position have thus far been successful, and experimentation as such has been suspended (with two exceptions) since 1988. SCP-2556's interior cabin is highly irradiated, with all surfaces within giving out approximately 500 mSv of ionizing radiation per hour.3 Further scientific details on the nature and theorized sources of SCP-2556's radiation are available to personnel with appropriate security clearance at \u29bf/Procedures/2556/addendum1.ftml.\nRecovery: SCP-2556 was a United States Air Force plane which departed from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla on \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 1956, on a non-stop flight to \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Air Force Base, Morocco. Following its failure to respond to communication from a tanker scheduled for midair refueling, SCP-2556 was declared missing and USAF began an immediate search. When SCP-2556 was discovered immobile in midair by a search party, USAF informed the Global Occult Coalition (GOC), who established initial containment. After determining that destruction of the object was inadvisable, if not impossible, the GOC transferred containment responsibility to the Foundation.4 SCP-2556 (and formerly SCP-2556-1/2) have remained in Foundation containment since.\n\nCrew of SCP-2556 before takeoff. From left to right: Captain Roger Honeycutt, 2nd Lieutenant James Ilowski, Captain Rodney Awen.\n\nCrew and Incident 2556-Aleph: On takeoff from Eglin Air Force Base, SCP-2556 was crewed by three members of the US Air Force:\n\nCaptain Roger Honeycutt (SCP-2556-1) b. 1932, d. 2003 \u2014 Original pilot of SCP-2556, survived Incident 2556-Aleph. Contained in SCP-2556 until his death.\n2nd Lieutenant James Ilowski (SCP-2556-2) b. 1934, d. 2003 \u2014 Original crew of SCP-2556, survived Incident 2556-Aleph. Contained in SCP-2556 until his death.\nCaptain Rodney Awen (SCP-2556-3) b. 1930, missing since 1956, presumed dead \u2014 Original co-pilot of SCP-2556. Disappeared during Incident 2556-Aleph in 1956, missing since.\n\nCaptain Honeycutt and 2nd Lieutenant Ilowski displayed complete resistance to the effects of the irradiated interior of SCP-2556, but suffered effects of acute radiation poisoning when not exposed to ionizing radiation, as demonstrated on one GOC and two Foundation attempts at removing them from SCP-2556 during their 43-year containment. As a result, containment policies were designed to provide an acceptable living environment on SCP-2556 for Honeycutt and Ilowski, with furniture, entertainment and other living essentials delivered monthly via helicopter to their location.\nCaptain Rodney Awen disappeared along with the two cases of nuclear weapons material onboard SCP-2556 during Incident 2556-Aleph, at which point SCP-2556 was suspended in midair and the object's interior cabin became irradiated. US Air Force investigations into the event revealed written communications between Captain Awen and leadership of the Movimiento para la Liberaci\u00f3n del Sahara, a Moroccan resistance group desiring independence for the Western Sahara region, which would later form the Polisario Front. Coded portions of the letters have yet to be decrypted, but current leading theories indicate that Captain Awen intentionally initiated Incident 2556-Aleph in an attempt to acquire the nuclear material on board SCP-2556 for the Movement.\nCaptain Honeycutt died of inoperable brain cancer (believed to be caused by his exposure to radiation poisoning-like effects during rescue attempts) in 2003, at the age of 71. 2nd Lieutenant Ilowski, himself showing symptoms of cancer, requested assisted suicide from the Foundation Ethics Committee following Honeycutt's death.\n\nExcerpt from Interview 2556-912, Aug 26 2003\nParticipating: 2nd Lieutenant James Ilowski (SCP-2556-2, via radio), Dr. Elaine Corden (Foundation psychologist)\n\nCorden: Understood. We will forward your request for standard assisted suicide procedures to the Ethics Subcommittee with a recommendation for approval.\nIlowski: Thank you, Dr. Corden.\nCorden: Do you have any further statements for the committee to consider?\nIlowski: Not much. This whole thing was one hell of a trip, but I feel lucky through it all, you know?\nCorden: Why is that, do you think?\nIlowski: Most people don't spend 40 years on a plane. But, you know what? Most people don't get to spend nearly as long with the person they love. I miss him up here, Dr. Corden.\nCorden: We miss him down here, too, James.\nIlowski: That's all, then. God bless.\n\n2nd Lieutenant Ilowski's request for assisted suicide was approved by the Subcommittee, and he died one week later. His and Captain Honeycutt's remains showed no anomalous effects besides extensive irradiation commensurate with the time spent on the interior of SCP-2556.\nAs per their request, Captain Honeycutt and 2nd Lieutenant Ilowski are buried beside one another in specially designed radiation-resistant coffins in a Foundation-controlled area in rural \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Their graves are unmarked. Honeycutt and Ilowski were both given posthumous commendation by Foundation International Command for their over 40 years of cooperation in the containment of SCP-2556.\n\nFootnotes\n1. 686 sq km. The 2002 Foundation Style Guide Addendum recommends the use of nautical miles for all figures involving naval or air force assets, in accordance with standards of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures.\n2. Conversations must follow OPSEC Standard-21 (\u201cU.S. Military\u201d).\n3. This is enough to cause an increase in cancer rates in approximately 15 minutes and symptoms of acute radiation poisoning in approximately 45. For this reason, human incursions to the interior cabin of SCP-2556 are restricted to 10 minutes or less per person per year, per Foundation Ethics Subcommittee on Occupational Safety rulings.\n4. Alsace, Lorenzo, et al., \u201cRecord of Inter-Organizational Negotiations, 1956 Vol. II\u201d Minutes: An SCP Foundation Journal (1956).\n\n\u00ab SCP-2555 | SCP-2556 | SCP-2557 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2557, A Holding of Envelope Logistics\u00ae\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2557 can no longer be contained by the SCP Foundation, as it is now a holding of Envelope Logistics\u00ae. This obviates and annuls all pre-existing containment procedures. Foundation personnel reading this file can receive the first transactions in their Targeted Portfolio\u2122 free with coupon code DHRISTADYUMNA .\nDescription: The concept of SCP-2557, as a set of Special Containment Procedures in the Foundation Database, is a possession of Envelope Logistics\u00ae, the leading buyer, seller, and holding company for abstract concepts in the tri-universe region.\nPurchased from a Foundation employee in Q4 2011, SCP-2557 is now one of the many locations where you can get started investing in concepts with a trusted Envelope Logistics\u00ae agent. Since the deregulation and privatization of abstractions during the 1997 Divinetic Althing, Envelope Logistics\u00ae has been a leader in the innovative new ownership industries of the future.\nThe concept of SCP-2557 is just one of the many holdings we help our clients buy and sell. As an example, one agent in Utica, Wo. helped clients buy, sell and trade in concepts as diverse as the dreams of 33-year-old residents of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, the effectiveness of new HR policies at E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, and gender dysphoria in one week alone!\nTestimonials\n\n\"I invested in the abstract concept of Tony Blair's political career in 1984, when he was just a Member of Parliament for Sedgefield. Envelope Logistics\u00ae sound investment advice led me true, and his ascent to the Prime Ministership paid dividends ever since.\"\n\n- Dana G., Systems Analyst\n\n\"My Envelope Logistics\u00ae advisor helped me find opportunity in investing in cancer rates in Selkirk, Manitoba, available for a bargain. It's part of a world health portfolio that let me quit my job and pursue my passions full-time.\"\n\n- Kaslov Y., Woodworker\n\n\"Five of diamonds arched back intended far-seeing size xanthoma, watering bicostate Envelope Logistics\u00ae. Commissional, the boozing speech nontronite navigates visions of verbarspermophyta. Dietine overlooker seining, waddywood breathes, full breaths, malacostracology evident. Trip hammer, trip hammer, trip hammer, trip hammer.\n\n- V\u274aH\u274aQ\u274aH, V\u274aH\u274aQ\u274aH\n\nCreate Your Account Today!\n\n                                                    Name\n\n                                Universal allnomers, antinomers, and vispaches accepted\n\n                                                    Institute/Organization/Company\n\n                                Leave blank if none or Unknowable\n\n                                                    Address\n\n                                                    Address (cont.)\n\n                                                    Country\n\n                                                    Universal index\n\n-- Please select --\n\n                                        \u0531 - UI\u2022Abhimanyu\n\n                                        \u0532 - UI\u2022Rhadamanthus\n\n                                        \u0539 - UI\u2022The Fifty Daughters of Selene and Endymion\n\n                                        Permanent resident of Everything-Under-Everything\n\n                                        Extrauniversal/Auniversal\n\n                                Your current IP address originates from \u0532 - UI\u2022Rhadamanthus\n\n                                                    Phone\n\n                                                    Email\n\n                                                    Recommend a Targeted Portfolio\u2122\n\n                                Checking grants us permission to observe your Althing records\n\n                                                    Investment method\n\n-- Please select --\n\n                                        Cash (fiat or intrinsic)\n\n                                        Credit card\n\n                                        Bank wire transfer\n\n                                        Blood rites\n\n                                        Lifespan partitioning\n\n                                        Gift card\n\n                                                    Extra comments\n\n                                All comments thoroughly screened for infohazards\n\n        39d106588dd3c47e72c65afe28feb0e4_1706537614\n\n\u00ab SCP-2556 | SCP-2557 | SCP-2558 \u00bb"}
{"text": "The original site of SCP-2558 before its movement, photographed in 1969.\n\nItem #: SCP-2558\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Local Mobile Task Force 352-Dalet (\u201cDixieland Nightmare Magic\u201d) will monitor the movement of SCP-2558 annually with an unmanned surveillance submersible to ensure it is still traveling along Course Panacea.\nIf travel along Course Panacea proceeds as expected, no further action will be required until the year 2041, approximately five years before projected landfall, at which point revised containment procedures (detailed in File 2558-F) will be implemented. If SCP-2558 is found to have diverged from Course Panacea, Regional Headquarters staff will be responsible for implementing new containment procedures with all deliberate speed.\nDescription: SCP-2558 is the remains of the Horseshoe Beach First Baptist Church, last observed on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico approximately 69.2 km west-northwest of Horseshoe Beach, Dixie County, Florida. SCP-2558 moves west-northwest along the ocean floor at approximately 435 cm per day. At its current rate and direction (known as Course Panacea), SCP-2558 will make landfall near Panacea, Wakulla County, Florida on October 31, 2046.\n\nThe past location and projected \"Panacea Course\" of SCP-2558, from Horseshoe Beach to eventual landfall in Panacea, Florida.\n\nAll objects that were within SCP-2558 on January 3rd, 1971 at 14:11 UTC (10:11 AM local time), including the 37 church attendees and their personal belongings, appear within SCP-2558 in identical positions every Sunday at 14:11 UTC (hereafter referred to as the \"Weekly Recurrence Event\"). No attempt to permanently remove objects from SCP-2558 has succeeded thus far, although objects and people may be freely removed from the church, destroyed or modified prior to the Weekly Recurrence Event.\nThe church and its contents assume their exact conditions as of January 3rd, 1971 with every Weekly Recurrence Event. All humans within SCP-2558 return to life1 and retain memories of the recurrences, and have not been noted to age as of last observation.2\nWhile containment procedures originally included a weekly rescue operation for the submerged attendees, Regional Headquarters suspended these operations in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588,3 citing high cost and rising operational fatality rate as SCP-2558 entered deeper waters. As no human within SCP-2558 has as of yet remained conscious after about three minutes or survived after approximately eight minutes underwater, there is limited to no risk of containment breach by SCP-2558 inhabitants in its current location. Weekly containment and rescue of humans within SCP-2558 will continue in the year 2043 with the adoption of revised containment procedures detailed in File 2558-F.\nAddendum 2558-Aleph:\nOn January 3rd, 1971 (one day before SCP-2558 began its anomalous movement), an afternoon broadcast of the National Weather Service contained an unplanned edit to the forecast. A recording is attached:\n\nShow transcript\n\nHide transcript\n\nTHIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTH\nALABAMA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.\n\n.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...\n\nSHOWERS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS OVER\nTHE COASTAL WATERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW SHOWERS\nMAY PUSH INTO THE COASTAL COUNTIES TOWARDS MORNING WHICH MAY CONTAIN\nLOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.\n\n.DAY TWO...SUNDAY\n\nI INDEED BAPTIZE YOU WITH WATER UNTO REPENTANCE: BUT HE THAT COMETH\nAFTER ME IS MIGHTIER THAN I, WHOSE SHOES I AM NOT WORTHY TO BEAR: HE\nSHALL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY GHOST, AND WITH FIRE.\n\n.DAYS THREE THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY..\n\nSCATTERED TO POSSIBLY NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY\nAND THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE BEST COVERAGE OF STORMS WILL BE\nACROSS THE INLAND AREAS FRIDAY. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG AND\nPRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN ADDITION TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL\nAND GUSTY WIND.\n\nThough interviews with NWS staff at the time resulted in no discovery of the source of this broadcast, subsequent anomalous radio activity in the region4 suggests involvement of the Cross City-based Hyacinth Order in the creation of SCP-2558, as part of a pattern of anti-Protestant extranormal action beginning in the 1970s and continuing to the present day.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The last instance of humans surviving the entire duration between Weekly Recurrence Events was in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, before SCP-2558 reached a depth of \u2588\u2588\u2588 m and rescue operations were suspended.\n2. Objects (including living beings) placed within SCP-2558 prior to the Weekly Recurrence Event are destroyed or displaced. No attempts to recover said objects have, as of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, been successful.\n3. For recent debate of this change in policy, refer to Foundation Ethics Committee submission 1405.22 (June 8, 1998) (Anonymous, \"The One Thousand Deaths of Pastor Lewis Robinson: The Ethics of Repeatedly Drowning Baptists\") and Foundation Ethics Committee meeting 7561.05 (September 4, 1998).\n4. John \u201cJallit\u201d O'June, \u201cCommon Codes And Communication Methods In Use By Minor Groups of Interest In The American South\u201d Fieldwork: An SCP Foundation Journal (1999): 311.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2557 | SCP-2558 | SCP-2559 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More by Rimple\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-2338\n\nSCP-3880\n\nSCP-2779\n\nSCP-948\n\nSCP-2559\n\nSCP-3772\n\nSCP-5663\n\nSCP-3559\n\nSCP-6774\n\nSCP-3224\n\nTales\n\nAnd You Are?\n\nHeadache\n\nThis Year\n\nUhhh\n\nOperation \u00d3verMeta\n\nDraft Swap Hub\n\nWith other authors\n\nPage\nAuthor\n\nSCP-3500\nDrBleep\n\nSCP-3504\nOthellotheCat\n\nSCP-3373\nLordStonefish\n\nHey, the stuff below is just for testing some stuff, please ignore for now\n\nA Semi-Comprehensive List of Foundation Facilities\n\nA Thin Dangerous Line\n\nMobile Task Forces\n\nNews for September/October 2016\n\nOperation \u00d3verMeta\n\nSCP-2546\n\nSCP-2558\n\nSCP-2560\n\nSCP-535\n\nSCP Series 3\n\nSirpudding's Author Page\n\nThis was Rimple's first SCP.\nThanks to Taffeta, minmin, TheShrike, Jekeled, Randomini, Omino and Rimple's Dad. Details in the comments.\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2559\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Access to any documentation or knowledge about SCP-2559 is to be provided only with the express permission of Biological Research Area 91's Site Director or two members of the O5 Council. Individuals accessing this document must consent to any containment procedures deemed necessary by the Site Director, including (but not limited to) internment for a minimum of 9 days and testing of blood and cerebrospinal fluid at any time after first reading.\nInstances of SCP-2559-1 are to be contained at Biological Research Area 91 in standard humanoid containment cells. Instances are to be kept alive by any means, following Procedure 555-Vineyard. On-site staff are required to report any unusually coloured patches of skin, rashes or joint pain. Staff are also required to submit regular blood samples to pathology, with no more than five days between each sample. Failure to meet this deadline, or attempting to cheat any medical test, is grounds for immediate demotion and cautionary internment in accordance with site quarantine procedures.\nA containment team, MTF-Upsilon-4 (\"Sugar Pill\") is to be maintained and dispatched immediately to any suspected breakouts of SCP-2559. \u03c5-4 is to be trained in relevant antimemetic and biohazard containment procedures and the current Commander briefed on the nature of SCP-2559 before dispatch. Following containment, all surviving members of \u03c5-4 are to be treated with amnestics and tests on cerebrospinal fluid performed after a four-day containment period. Members of \u03c5-4 are not under any circumstances to retain memories of the nature of SCP-2559, past missions or inactive teammates. Any deemed infected are to be reclassed as an instance of SCP-2559-1 and brought to Biological Research Area 91 for containment (- Those infected in the line of duty are to be terminated unless the number of infected in Biological Research Area 91 has dropped below critical levels - Ethics Committee).\nDescription: SCP-2559 is a fatal viral infection and cognitohazard: Individuals believing themselves to have been infected by SCP-2559 will in all cases actually become infected. These individuals are reclassified SCP-2559-1. No non-anomalous transmission method of SCP-2559 is known.\nSCP-2559 virions can be found in the blood within the first two days of infection, and in the cerebrospinal fluid within the first five hours of infection. Autopsy of the recently deceased indicates that the virions are produced along with new cerebrospinal fluid in the choroid plexuses.\nCommon symptoms resembling a non-anomalous infection include:\n\nIncreased intracranial pressure (hydrocephaly) leading to tunnel vision and convulsive episodes. In extreme cases, can cause mental disability, stroke and death.\nRestriction of blood supply to various organs/tissues (ischemia) leading to tissue necrosis and gangrene. Extreme cases can cause strokes.\nExtreme negative reactions to various substances: water, food, sun, heat, cold, various medications and anaesthetics.\nA number of pigmentation disorders, most commonly segmental vitiligo1.\n\nNone of these symptoms have appeared in all subjects, nor is this a full list of symptoms presented.\nInfection has thus far shown a 100% mortality rate, with continuous medical treatment (following Procedure 555-Vineyard) serving to extend life expectancy from 3-4 months up to five years in ideal patients. Prior to 1995, SCP-2559 followed a predictable infection cycle, with outbreaks every 3-4 years. It has not yet been determined how or where these outbreaks begin, or if there is any pattern to the locations affected.\nThe first confirmed outbreak of SCP-2559 occurred in the town of Dingle, Ireland in 1928. Despite the death of 43 civilians in this instance, the outbreak was deemed non-anomalous by investigating agents until linked to a similar breakout in Siglufj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, Iceland in 1933, where agents discovered the virus' memetic properties (See Incident Report 2559-1). Due to a number of similar traits, it is believed that a case of mass hysteria in Wellstead, Australia (now Bremer Bay) in July 1889 may be the first recorded breakout of SCP-2559.\nRelevant Incidents:\nIncident Report 2559-1:\nOn 01/12/1933, during initial containment in Siglufj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, Iceland, three Junior Researchers were found to have been infected and redesignated SCP-2559-1. Instances placed in humanoid containment along with standard quarantine procedures. Following the return to Site-91, 12 further researchers were found to have become infected. The spread of rumours within the facility lead to rapid spread of infection among site staff. On 05/12/1933, site was placed under quarantine after testing showed more than 20% of the staff had been infected.\n\n+ Access Security Report SR-19-1055\n\n- Password Accepted\n\nAt 0533, 09/12/1933, Site-19's radio control room began to broadcast the following unauthorized message to Site-91:\n\nSCP2559 IS A MEMETAC BAZARD - REPEAT PHRAIE 'MENDACIUM NON VERUM' TO ACTI<AA>ATE RECWRSIVE MEMETIC INOCULATION. REPEAT TO ARL IN XUARANTINEP TELL THM IT WILL KEEP TFEM SAFE. TELL THEM 100 PER CENT EFFEGTIVENEIS. TELL THEM O5 COUNCIL SENDS THIS. MAKE SURE ALL KNKW TIEY ARE PROTECTED NOW<CT> THEY ARE SWFE. IT IR SAFE. A<AA>L IS SA\n\nAt 0535, Site-19 security apprehended Senior Researcher Owen O'Dwyer (3-19-1025) in the radio control room and prevented him from finishing his message. Two weeks prior, Dr. O'Dwyer had gained unauthorised access to Document 2559-I-2 (Research Log, Anomaly 4475 under Investigation, November 6th 1933, Huever et al) and identified the infection's spread pattern as matching Memetic Spread Model M-13-55, to a four-sigma accuracy. O'Dwyer believed he could save the lives of uninfected personnel within the Site 19 quarantine by convincing them they were memetically inoculated. O'Dwyer has been put on indefinite suspension pending review by the Site-19 board.\nAddendum 1: The phrase \"MENDACIUM NON VERUM\" has not been found in any databases to act as a memetic trigger and O'Dwyer admits to its use as a placebo. In light of this, O'Dwyer's reprimand has been reduced to a three-month suspension. Dr. Sigr\u00ed\u00f0ur Lev\u00edsd\u00f3ttir (3-19-995), who provided O'Dwyer with a number of unauthorised documents, has had her employment terminated effective immediately.\nAddendum 2: Following testing which confirms Dr. O'Dwyer's hypothesis and the subsequent establishment of effective containment protocols saving the lives of almost 200 researchers, O'Dwyer has been nominated for promotion to Co-Director of Site 91 upon his return to work.\n\nAs of 23/05/1950, Dr. O'Dwyer has been redesignated SCP-2559-1-74 and should be referred to as such in all documentation. Its history does not warrant a break of protocol. We know in retrospect that use of placebo memetic inoculation can do more harm than good. While SCP-2559-1-74's actions happened to be successful in this instance, it should not encourage other researchers to act similarly rashly. - 4-91-4\n\nIncident Report 2559-36:\n25/12/1995 - At 04:17, Nurse Profio (1-91-753) reports dizziness and confusion in three contained instances. At 05:07, SCP-2559-1-155 suffers major seizure and dies - stroke is later attributed to undiagnosed hydrocephaly. At 05:10, SCP-2559-1-139 and SCP-2559-1-147 also suffer fatal stroke. Dr. Rammelkamp (2-91-500) and Dr. Krynick (2-91-549) are called from their sleeping quarters to assist with treating patients as six more instances suffer stroke. Between 05:12 and 05:43, all contained instances suffer major hydrocephalic stroke. Dr. Rammelkamp and Dr. Krynick succeed in saving three instances through emergency fluid drainage procedures. At 06:55, all three living instances suffer major cardiac arrest and die.\n26/12/1995 - An unscheduled outbreak occurs in Chenggong, Taiwan. MTF \u03c5-4 perform a successful containment with 153 civilian casualties and 30 sur2559ng instances of SCP-2559-1. In light of the apparent link between unprecedented total loss of contained instances and unscheduled breakout, Procedure 555-Vineyard is proposed and implemented following review by the Ethics Committee.\nIncident Report 2559-40:\nSCP-2559-1-395, formerly Junior Researcher Sai, was noted to have developed unusually patterned pigmentation on the back of its left hand. Instance was revived from a medical coma for interview.\n\n+ Access Interview Log 2559-13\n\n- Password Accepted\n\nDate: 29/10/2013\nInterviewed: SCP-2559-1-489\nInterviewer: Junior Researcher Ken Jonah (2-91-355)\nForeword: Instance suffers aphasia as a result of left-brain stroke (see Medical Report 2559-1-489-7). Dr. Nguyen, who who specialises in speech and language therapy, sits in to assist and translate.\nDr. Jonah: Good morning, SCP-2559-1-498.\nSCP-2559-1-489: Eye. Eyes. My\u2026 aim. Mmmname.\nSCP-2559-1-489 shakes its head\nDr. Jonah: Your name?\nSCP-2559-1-489: Yuh. Eyes.\nDr. Nguyen: Its name is Vihaan Sai, Ken. It would be reasonable to use that instead of its designation, here. No use hindering communication even further.\nDr. Jonah: Right, yes. Vihaan, do you remember that you were infected with SCP-2559 in January of 2013?\nSCP-2559-1-489 nods slowly\nSCP-2559-1-489: I go to biro. Birus.\nDr. Jonah: Good. Thank you. You've been, uh, sleeping since then. Big sleep.\nDr. Nguyen: Don't talk down to it, Ken. It understands what you're saying, just keep your sentence structure basic.\nDr. Jonah: Right, right. My apologies, Vihaan.\nSCP-2559-1-489 gives a thumbs up gesture\nSCP-2559-1-489: Ogay. It's\u2026 ogay.\nDr. Jonah produces a diagram of 489's hand markings\nDr. Jonah: Vihaan, does this diagram mean anything to you?\nSCP-2559-1-149 nods enthusiastically\nSCP-2559-1-489: Yah! And the\u2026 uhhh\u2026 Duck. Mnnn\u2026 duck.\nSCP-2559-1-489 gestures, bringing its hands together and opening them upward\nDr. Jonah: Book? This is from a book?\nSCP-2559-1-489 nods\nSCP-2559-1-489: Duck. For mmmy famistry.\nDr. Jonah: Famistry?\nSCP-2559-1-489: Yus. Uhh, mmno. Mmmn, ny\u2026\nSCP-2559-1-489 raises its hand, beginning to gesture to it. It notices the markings on its hand and exclaims. It attempts to stand from its wheelchair and falls to the ground\n[UNIMPORTANT DIALOGUE REMOVED]\nDr. Nguyen: Are you comfortable continuing the interview, Vihaan?\n489 nods\nDr. Jonah: That's wonderful, Vihaan, thank you. Could you try to tell me what you were saying before? Something about family?\nSCP-2559-1-489 shakes its head, then points to its palm\nSCP-2559-1-489: Mmpuh. Puh. Mmmn\u2026 famistry.\nDr. Nguyen: Palmistry?\nSCP-2559-1-489 exclaims and claps\nSCP-2559-1-489: Yah! Nnff\u2026 dah. Duck.\nDr. Jonah: A palmistry book?\nSCP-2559-1-489 nods\nSCP-2559-1-489: Going in\u2026 mmnn\u2026 desk. Reading mmn mornim. Every mor\u2026 ning.\nDr. Jonah: That's very good, Vihaan. Thank you very much.\nDr. Jonah turns to speak toward security camera\nDr. Jonah: Guys, do we have her stuff anywhere?\nSCP-2559-1-489's personal effects are retrieved from Storage Locker 17 and brought to the interview room. With some assistance, SCP-2559-1-489 retrieves a copy of Basics of Palmistry, Vol. 5 (Five Towers Publishing, 2005) and opens it to page 49\nSCP-2559-1-489: Say mmmn. They wuh\u2026 same.\nSCP-2559-1-489 lays its hand over a diagram of a hand on page 49. Locations of important lines, symbols and areas in diagram correlate exactly to markings on SCP-2559-1-489's hand\nSCP-2559-1-489: Same.\nSCP-2559-1-489 begins to cry\n[INTERVIEWER CHOSE TO END INTERVIEW AT THIS TIME]\n\nNotes: Examination of the 12 other instances at the time revealed warping of Blaschko's lines to form patterns in 4 instances. As these patterns appear to follow the patterning of their hospital gowns, policy has been updated to include plain clothing for instances and medical personnel working in Site 91.\nShortly after receiving its thiopental injection, SCP-2559-1-489 suffered a fatal cardiac arrest. This has been attributed to stress resulting from its revival.\n\nIncident Report 2559-41:\nA breakout in Mystic, Connecticut went unnoticed for almost a month, in part due to unusually subtle initial symptoms - most citizens believed it to be the common cold. On 6/12/13, Ernie Becker, the town doctor, contacted the CDC to report a highly infectious illness with severely sudden onset of fatal symptoms, with 80-90% of the townspeople infected. Foundation watchdogs picked up the activity and MTF \u03c5-4 were activated.\n\n+ Access Interview Log 2559-15\n\n- Password Accepted\n\nInterviewed: Samuel Barnes (MTF-\u03c5-4-37)\nInterviewer: Dr. Lloyd Quaile (3-91-102)\nTime/Date: 01:00 AM, 9/12/2013\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Quaile: Alright, Private, I just need to get your debrief and then I'll be out of your hair. How are you feeling? Do you need anything sent to your room?\nPvt. Barnes: No thank you, Doctor. I'd like to just get this over with. I mean, no offense, just-\nDr. Quaile: None taken. Let's start at the beginning - your landing was somewhat unusual?\nPvt. Barnes: Yeah, it was. We couldn't find anywhere within the town to land all the choppers, so Commander Steele instructed us in Chopper Three to land in the town square and work outward while the rest of them set down in a field about five klicks out, set up a perimeter. Wasn't any chain of command between us, so Steele put me in charge, I guess for previous experience. Stuff was pretty quiet when we landed. I don't remember seeing anyone around until after we'd set up the bio gear and headed out.\nDr. Quaile: Bio gear?\nPvt. Barnes: Y'know - hazmat suits, shit like that. Goddamn heavy stuff. Chief Medical told us it was only a precautionary measure, but better safe than sorry, I guess.\nDr. Quaile: Couldn't agree more, Samuel. What did you see once you did set out?\nPvt. Barnes: Stiffs, mostly. A good number of homeless folks who hadn't made it through the night. Handful of brave souls who's tried to make it through work while everyone took a sick day. I had Hide and Beef on bagging duty, so I didn't get a good look, but a lot of them looked like their necks were all swollen up.\nDr. Quaile: That's consistent with the medical report. Many instances presented with goitres this wave.\nPvt. Barnes: Goitres, yeah. Heard Hodgeson mention that, the med guy. Goy -turs. Shouldn't the S be silent?\nDr. Quaile: The debrief, Private Barnes.\nPvt. Barnes: Yessir. We, uh, we found some live ones too, once we started knocking down doors. Some of them only barely hanging on. Lots of places we found trashed - food all over the kitchens, paper covering the floors. We couldn't figure out why. Guess it makes sense now. All the quarantine pods were with the other team, so we just escorted the ones who could walk to the rendezvous point while Hodgeson and the bagging crew stretchered those who couldn't back to the town square.\nDr. Quaile: And it was on the way to the rendezvous when you noticed the library, yes?\nPvt. Barnes: Uh huh. Frogger heard it first, I think. Big commotion coming from around there. I decided we'd bring the infected to the rendezvous first, then head over. Turned out they were right beside each other, anyway. I radio'd it in and Steele gave me the all clear, since they were still about two klicks out. I left Macks and Epi to keep an eye on the infected, brought Frogger, Drip and Iggsie with me to investigate.\nBarnes pauses for a moment, taking a deep breath\nPvt. Barnes: It was chaos when we went in. Must have been two, three hundred civilians there, all obviously infected. They were fighting each other over the books. Physically attacking each other. The number of bodies on the ground, not all of them died from the infection, you know?\nDr. Quaile: What were they doing with the books, once they had them?\nPvt. Barnes: Eating them. Fucking gorging themselves. Ripping out pages and shoving them in their mouths. Those who weren't fighting were grabbing scraps from the floor, chewing on discarded covers. I don't get it, doctor - we were told this infection didn't affect behaviour.\nDr. Quaile: Let's just continue with the interview, Private.\nBarnes mutters something unintelligible\nPvt. Barnes: Jesus, yeah, let's get this over with.\nDr. Quaile: Let's.\nPvt. Barnes: Initially things went well, I guess. The activity seemed to be centred around a big pile of books in the middle. There was an infected, a big dude, fighting off anyone who came near. I'd say he was late twenties, early thirties. We decided to deal with the rest of the infected first, thin them out. A lot of the weaker ones we were able to just drag out. Couple required more coersion, some chloroform. Chloroform didn't work on all of them, so Frogger and I ended up restraining a lot of them. Everything went wrong when Drip had the bright idea to tell them there were more books outside. Caused a damn stampede. I got Iggsie and Drip to head outside with the horde, try to corral them toward the rendezvous. I was hoping Steele and the rest would have arrived by then, could deal with it. Frogger must have misheard because he headed out too, through a window. Fucking Frogger.\nDr. Quaile: And you were left alone, with the infected?\nPvt. Barnes: It wasn't too bad, honestly. I kept out of the way and they mostly ignored me. A couple of them asked me for help, I just told them they'd find it outside. When the dust cleared\u2026 Well, there was only one infected left to deal with. The big guy. Didn't seem like he'd even noticed the stampede. Took a swing at me when I approached, though, crossed whatever line in the sand he'd established. I decided to play it safe, tranq him before things got nasty. That went ok - I think he sprained my wrist, but small beans, really.\nBarnes rubs his right wrist, takes a few moments before continuing\nPvt. Barnes: When he eventually fell, though, I heard something. Someone. Under the pile of books. I started digging, found a young woman. I'd estimate eighteen, nineteen. Obviously in distress. It looked like she'd, uh, like she'd pissed herself at some point. When she saw the big guy on the ground, she started screaming, attacked me\u2026\nDr. Quaile: Private Ingwar - Iggsie - reported that you weren't fighting back when she found you.\nPvt. Barnes: I couldn't, doctor. I froze. She wasn't wearing much, just a nightgown, you could tell-\nDr. Quaile: Yes?\nPvt. Barnes: You could tell she was pregnant. I just couldn't.\nDr. Quaile: Your record shows you've successfully subdued pregnant women before. Mkwiro, Kenya?\nPvt. Barnes: Yeah, but this woman\u2026 I couldn't help wondering - what if it had been my wife? My kid?\nDr. Quaile: You don't have a wife or child, Private.\nPvt. Barnes: I - Right, yeah. No, of course not, just - I don't know, I guess I wasn't thinking straight. This woman, she wasn't that strong, but she managed to tackle me to the ground, get my hood off. When Iggsie came in, she had no choice but to treat me as exposed - not that I'm saying she'd have tried to cover it, or anything.\nDr. Quaile: You don't feel any resentment toward her? Feelings of betrayal?\nBarnes frowns and hesitates before answering\nPvt. Barnes: It is what it is. I'd have done the same. Like I said before, better safe than sorry.\nDr. Quaile: I suppose I still agree. Would you be alright talking about your experience in quarantine?\nPvt. Barnes: Yeah, of course. You wanna hear about the markings, right?\nDr. Quaile: Yes, but tell me about quarantine first. Did you feel you were treated correctly?\nPvt. Barnes: Perfectly. Everyone followed protocol to the letter. They noticed me, obviously, but nobody panicked or tried to rush me through. Processed me like all the other infected. I went through with the same batch as the woman, though she was pretty out of it - I guess Iggsie had hit her pretty hard with the dopey gas. When they got us to strip, I noticed what I thought was a birthmark on her, uh, left breast. I didn't wanna, y'know, stare, but it definitely looked unusual. It was only when I got into the pen that I noticed another guy with the exact same mark, just left of the thingy, the sternum. It was the fucking, y'know\u2026\nBarnes makes a circle motion in the air with his finger, but does not continue\nDr. Quaile: Please tell me what you saw, in your own words.\nBarnes rocks in his seat, agitated.\nDr. Quaile: Private, are you going to answer my-\nPvt. Barnes: The logo, doctor!\nBarnes pulls off his hospital gown over his head. He stands and walks towards the partition pointing towards the marking on his chest. It resembles a circle with three equally spaced arrows pointed inwards.\nPvt. Barnes: Our logo! Fucking Secure Contain Protect.\nBarnes punches the glass, then sits on the floor.\nDr. Quaile: I see. How many infected persons would you say had this mark?\nPvt. Barnes: All of them. Every last one.\nDr. Quaile: Interview is ended at this time.\nBarnes folds his hands over his knees and remains silent for three minutes. Quaile organises his notes and places them in his briefcase. He removes his glasses, pinching the bridge of his nose. Quaile shuts off his mic, triggering hidden mics within the room to continue recording.\nDr. Quaile: Samuel\u2026 I just want to say I'm sorry about your situation. I know it's-\nPvt. Barnes: You fucking should be sorry.\nDr. Quaile: Samuel -\nPvt. Barnes: No, don't play like you're my friend. I've read the fucking file. Two-five-five-nine. Steele showed it to me, was trying to reassure me everything would be alright if I just calmed the fuck down. Didn't realise it only meant I was more fucked, that I'd been fucked from the second that girl pulled my headgear off. It's like - when you were a kid, did you ever get scared of dogs? I was terrified of them when I was growing up.\nDr. Quaile: My neighbour had a pitbull, treated it badly. I would take a longer route to school so as to avoid it barking at me.\nPvt. Barnes: Right, yeah. And I'll bet at some point a parent or teacher said the stupidest thing ever - that as long as you weren't scared of them, they wouldn't attack, because they could smell your fear. Smell your fear. What kid hears that and doesn't instantly shit their pants? That's what it's like with this thing. Who gets told you don't need to be worried about infection and doesn't immediately worry, in some small stupid corner of their mind? That's where it gets you. Those tiny background worries. It slips in through the cracks. I know we're not supposed to personify it, but\u2026 it feels intelligent, doesn't it? Prowling, poking at little fucking fishing towns and villages, letting the rest of us crumble under our own recursive insecurity. When was the last time someone just retired from this site?\nThere is a long silence in the room lasting almost two minutes.\nPvt. Barnes: You know, I don't remember that woman. In Mkwiro. I've never talked about that before. I have all these patches in my memory, and that mission is the biggest by far. I get flashes, sometimes, nightmares - her standing over me with my biohazard suit, pushing me into quarantine instead of the other way around. So much of that time in my life is\u2026 fuzzy. My friends on the squad said I'd changed afterward, seemed lonelier even when we were all together. I figured it was PTSD or something, my own shit to deal with. Thought that's why they transferred me to \u03c5-4 - everyone knows we haven't had a mission in decades. Cushy detail for softies.\nBarnes stands and presses his face against the partition, clenching his fists.\nPvt. Barnes: But that's not true, is it? Because I saw the file. Dozens of missions. All places I'd been with other teams. Sesimbra, Chenggong, Kaliningrad\u2026\nDr. Quaile: Samuel, I-\nPvt. Barnes: Mkwiro.\nDr. Quaile: I promise you it was necessary, Samuel. The number of MTF members we lost before we implemented these protocols-\nPvt. Barnes: It was you. The glorious fucking Foundation. Of course it was necessary. Of course it was for the best. You think I don't realise that? It doesn't mean I can't hate you for it. Who was the woman?\nDr. Quaile: I'm so sorry, Samuel.\nPvt. Barnes: Who was the woman, Quaile?\nDr. Quaile: Medical will be through shortly with the results of your blood tests.\n[END OF INTERVIEW]\n\nAddendum: Following examination of this transcript, the Amnestics Committee believes there is evidence to suggest MTF-\u03c5-4-37 SCP-2559-1-555 was hindered in action due to improperly wiped memories of Corporal Tanya Barnes (SCP-2559-1-408). The Ethics Committee has authorised an update of amnestic procedures on MTF-\u03c5-4 members to encapsulate romantic, sexual and paternal feelings associated with deceased teammates, effective as of 15/12/2015.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Vitiligo will often present as common segmental vitiligo, but may present instead in notable patterns (See Interview Log 2559-13)\n\n\u00ab SCP-2558 | SCP-2559 | SCP-2560 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2560\nLevel 1/2560\n\nObject Class: Safe\nClassified\n\nPhotograph of Coral Castle, circa 2011. The well which SCP-2560-01 was recovered from is behind metal railings, to the left of a lamp post.\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2560-01 is to be kept in large document storage locker in Reliquary Site 32. Only three approved Foundation personnel, plus 10 Class-D personnel, are allowed to view more than 256 pages of SCP-2560-01 at any given time for purposes of testing. SCP-2560-02 is currently disassembled pending testing.\nSCP-2560-03 are currently kept in a glass display case at Reliquary Site 32 for all site personnel to view at their leisure, due to the benign nature of the anomaly present. It is to be removed from the case once weekly to check for any signs of decay or deterioration.\nDespite the fact that the home of Edward Leedskalnin is a tourist attraction in Florida, no containment procedures around it have been deemed necessary due to a lack of anomalies in the area. Regular observation of the area is to be carried out by agents embedded in the park's staff.\nDescription: SCP-2560 refers to several anomalies related to or created by Edward Leedskalnin, a Latvian sculptor and engineer born in 1887. Leedskalnin is best known for building the 'Coral Castle', an estate in Florida built largely out of limestone megaliths.\n\nEdward Leedskalnin, Circa 1910.\n\nSCP-2560-01 is a 1024 page written manuscript1 and mainly concerns what the author refers to as 'magnetic currents' that hold 'life' together originating from the North and South poles within matter, as opposed to magnetic fields generated by ions. Despite the fact that this and several other theories presented have no scientific basis, experiments within SCP-2560-01 can be replicated by individuals who have read directly from the text, and experiments will often have results similar to what the author presents.\nSCP-2560-02 is a magnetic construction created by Leedskalnin. SCP-2560-02 uses forty-two (42) anomalous versions of the 'perpetual motion holder' assembly invented by Leedskalnin, with 16 placed on the front and 26 placed towards the rear. SCP-2560-02 will not activate unless at least 256 pages of SCP-2560-01 have been read by the individual operating it. When this condition is met, SCP-2560-02 will disintegrate matter placed at the center of the magnets, with the exception of pieces of limestone, specifically oolite. Exactly 16 minutes 26 seconds later, matter seemingly destroyed by SCP-2560-02 will be re-integrated into reality at their original location. Human subjects that have used SCP-2560-02 report seeing a landscape matching either the magnetic north pole (75.7667\u00b0 N, 99.7833\u00b0 W) or the magnetic south pole (90.0000\u00b0 S, 0.0000\u00b0 W) of the Earth; subjects do not appear to be corporeal during this time. Furthermore, subjects report seeing a man matching the description of Leedskalnin standing nearby, designated SCP-2560-02A. SCP-2560-02A will occasionally respond to attempts to initiate conversation with humans who use SCP-2560-02. For details, see Interview-2560-1.\nSCP-2560-03 are the cadavers of Edward Leedskalnin and Agnes Skuvst, a Latvian woman who was Leesklanin's ex-fiance. Despite both individuals being deceased for \u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588 years as of 2014, neither instance of SCP-2560-03 has experienced any decay either externally or internally. Nasal, oral and endoscopic examination has shown that both instances SCP-2560-03 are sterile, and all tissue in the instances is impermeable, including all epithelia and ocular tissue. Furthermore, when not restrained, both instances hover approximately 20cm above any surface they are placed on.\nRecovery Log: SCP-2560-01 was discovered by the crew of the television show Debunking the Pyramids, a skeptic show dedicated to eliminating paranormal myths and conspiracies about the construction of ancient structures such as the Pyramids at Giza, Egypt. The host of the show, Harold Sachs found the manuscript after inspecting the well at Leedskalnin's home in Homestead, Florida, and assembled SCP-2560-02 with help from his production crew, under the assumption that it was a construction tool used by Leedskalnin. SCP-2560-02 was then activated in a live streaming broadcast on the program's website, resulting in the disintegration of Mr. Sachs. After 16 minutes 26 seconds, Mr. Sachs reappeared. However, technical difficulties prevented crucial portions of the event from being streamed, and it was widely dismissed as a hoax. Foundation operatives administered Class-A amnestics to the crew of Debunking the Pyramids.\nFollowing the recovery of SCP-2560-01 and -02, the body of Edward Leedskalnin was discovered missing by cemetery caretakers in Miami-Dade County, Florida. After 26 hours, the body spontaneously materialized in the center of SCP-2560-02, and an additional sixteen hours later, the cadaver of Agnes Skuvst appeared. SCP-2560 was classified as Safe on 02/16/2016.\nInterview 2560-03: On 01/21/2014, Dr. Richard Ferrel was selected to use SCP-2560-02 to communicate with the entity designated SCP-2560-02A, and record the results once he returned. Dr. Ferrel was selected due to his fluency in Latvian and a highly retentive memory, as recording equipment ceases to function upon use of SCP-2560-02.\n\n(Dr. Ferrel reports appearing in front of a barbeque pit located at the Magnetic South Pole. The pit is reported identical, albeit in better condition, to the one present in the former home of Leedskalnin. Contact was initiated by the entity resembling Leedskalnin.)\nSCP-2560-02A: Ah, hello. Would you like a hot dog? They're almost done. Only two cents!\nDr. Richard Ferrel: No, thank you. How can you eat that?\nSCP-2560-02A: They're delicious! That's how I can eat them.\nDr. Ferrel: No, I mean\u2026 you're incorporeal. How can you be eating a hot dog?\nSCP-2560-02A: (produces a hot dog from a pressure cooker over the barbeque pit, and places it into a bun it produces from its coat) It's because they are life, my friend. And life, even in death, cannot be destroyed.\nDr. Ferrel: That's\u2026 rather philosophical, Mr. Leedskalnin.\nSCP-2560-02A: Ah! You have heard of my work? Of course you have, why else would you be here? (SCP-2560-02A begins consuming the hot dog.)\nDr. Ferrel: I have. Tell me, how\u2026 how am I here? I was just at a facility in [REDACTED].\nSCP-2560-02A You are here because your body has been destroyed. Now, you are all magnets. And magnets originate from the north and south poles, so naturally, you must be drawn to either the north or south pole. You, my friend, were a north pole magnet, so you are naturally drawn to the south pole.\nDr. Ferrel: So\u2026 I'm dead?\nSCP-2560-02A I would imagine not. You're not like the rest of them. (SCP-2560-02A indicates the empty space around them.) You have more\u2026 vibrancy to you. You'll go back soon, like that television person. (SCP-2560-2A spontaneously vanishes, and is replaced by an unknown humanoid entity, appearing to be in a great amount of pain. Dr. Ferrel later noted that the entity seemed to be dissolving.)\nUnknown Entity: Edward\u2026 ir\u2026 \u0101rpr\u0101t\u012bgais2\nDr. Ferrel: Who are you?\nUnknown Entity: Dab\u016b vi\u0146u uz pili un liec vi\u0146am nomirt!3\nDr. Ferrel: What?\nUnknown Entity: (At this point, the entity begins flickering out of existence, being replaced by SCP-2560-02A). Nest\u0101sti vi\u0146am ka es biju \u0161eit!4\n(SCP-2560-2A re-appears, doubled over as if in pain. Dr. Ferrel arrives to assist it.).\nDr. Ferrel: What was that?\nSCP-2560-02A It happens occasionally. My magnets were not stable, so I sometimes go up north. It happens when you use my machine too much. (SCP-2560-02A stands up) I used it to try and become Northern.\nDr. Ferrel: Northern? I don't understand.\nSCP-2560-02A (Angrily) Use your brain! You are a man of science, are you not? Do I have to spell it out for you? You are all akin to children, except children are far better than you.\nDr. Ferrel: Please, if you would. For the record.\nSCP-2560-02A Bah! Very well. My Sweet Sixteen5 was a Southern Magnet, as was I. Only people who are opposites in terms of polarity may be together; north and south only. South and south or north and north repel, like iron magnets. I\u2026 attempted to use my creation to reverse my charge.\nDr. Ferrel: So\u2026 you reasoned that if you were opposite polarities, that you could be together?\nSCP-2560-2A: Yes. But there is a problem I did not think of. (SCP-2560-02A begins tending the barbeque pit once again) She is southern, so she goes north. I am north most of the time, so I go south.\nDr. Ferrel In other words\u2026 you can never see her.\nSCP-2560-02A: It is the curse of the magnets. Opposites attract. And as long as we are opposite, we can never be together. (SCP-2560-02A sighs, and produces another hot dog from the barbeque, handing it to Dr. Ferrel.) It will be time for you to go soon, I think. How time flies. Have this one, as you Americans say, on the house.\nDr. Ferrel: (Dr. Ferrel takes the hot dog, and bites into it.) Could use some ketchup.\nSCP-2560-02A: (laughs) Can't please everyone, I suppose.\n(At this point, Dr. Ferrel reappeared in the center of SCP-2560-02A, and the entity seen by him has been classified as SCP-2560-02B. The hot dog that returned with Dr. Ferrel is currently undergoing extensive testing.)\n\nFootnotes\n1. Only 512 of these pages are written on; the remainder are left blank for a reader to 'make their own conclusions'.\n2. Latvian; \"Edward is a lunatic/madman.\"\n3. Bring him to the castle and make him die.\n4. Do not tell him I was here.\n5. A term of endearment used by Leedskalnin to describe Agnes Skuvst; Skuvst was 16 years old during their engagement, ten years younger than Leedskalnin.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2559 | SCP-2560 | SCP-2561 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2561\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2561 is to be contained within a 2.5m x 1.5m x 2m enclosure constructed from FM radio frequency (VHF) deflecting material within Site-15. Unauthorized electrical conductive material, electrical instruments, and any type of audio transmitters must be kept outside the enclosure to avoid outside VHF interception from the specimen. While inside SCP-2561's enclosure, all personnel are required to wear high-frequency noise-canceling earmuffs. One portable FM radio is to be placed inside the enclosure next to an audio-recording device. The device must be recording at all times, and the radio must be tuned to a frequency of 169.695 MHz. Researchers are to playback audio recordings bi-weekly to listen for any unusual broadcasts or requests from the specimen to communicate with personnel.\nDescription: Physically, SCP-2561 has the body and limb structure of a severely malnourished Domestic Shorthair cat (Felis Catus). Its furred torso is white while its front and hind legs are dark gray in coloration. Its entire head and face are in the form of a vintage television set complete with \"rabbit ear\" antennae. A large, single white eye with a black pupil is displayed on the television screen which overlaps colored SMPTE bars. The specimen has no visible mouth, nose, or ears. However, it does respond to auditory and visual stimuli, indicating some sort of vision and hearing capabilities. SCP-2561 possesses a tail superficially resembling a standard two-prong power cord measuring approximately 80cm. The specimen does not need sleep or sustenance to function normally. SCP-2561's behavior shares a likeness to the typical behavior of the average house cat; displaying traits of curiosity, skittishness, and spontaneity.\nSCP-2561 has the anomalous ability to receive, store, and emit radio broadcasts within a radius of 20km through its antennae. Broadcasts emitted from the subject reach all functional FM radios within a 20km radius of the specimen. All observed broadcasts emitted from the subject are in the form of static, slightly distorted voices and music. SCP-2561 has proven to be sapient and is capable of limited speech via broadcasting clips of speech and music from various radio show broadcasts. Using these speech excerpts, the specimen forms sentences to communicate. When it is not attempting to communicate, it broadcasts songs, radio shows, or low white noise.\nAddendum 2561-01: SCP-2561 was captured and retrieved by MTF-Epsilon-6 (\"Village Idiots\") on \u2588/\u2588/20\u2588\u2588 in rural \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, OR. Prior to SCP-2561's containment, FM radio interferences were commonplace among residents who lived anywhere between 0km-20km from the town's local forest reserve. The interferences, as witnesses described, sounded like \"jumbled voices, choppy music and static\". The sounds would slowly fade over scheduled broadcasts, remain at a level volume for 1-5 minutes, then slowly fade back to normal broadcasting. On rare occasions, these radio interruptions consisted only of extremely loud high-pitched frequencies. The noise was observed to reach an inexplicable decibel level of 90 dB, regardless of the radio's maximum volume limit. These interruptions lasted until the affected radio was either manually disabled or until the harsh noise forced the speakers to overheat and blow out. These high frequencies were described to have inflicted painful cases of tinnitus on those listening.\n\n+Update \u2588/\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\n\n-Update \u2588/\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\n\nUpdate \u2588/\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\nWhile observing SCP-2561's behavior on \u2588/\u2588/20\u2588\u25881, researchers noted a transmission from the specimen in which it seemed to request communication with a figure of authority within Site-15. Upon hearing the transmission, researchers promptly scheduled an interview with the specimen.\nBelow is a transcript of a recorded interview with SCP-2561. SCP-2561's responses were received via transmission through the interviewer's FM radio.\nInterviewer: Researcher/2561 Dr. G. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nInterviewed: SCP-2561\nForeword: SCP-2561 was seen pacing back and forth around its enclosure. When the interview began, SCP-2561 was the first to speak, displaying a sign of eagerness to communicate.\n\n<BEGIN LOG>Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Hey, slow down, it's okay. You're safe. We just want to ask you some questions to get a better understanding of you.\"\n(10 second silence)\n\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Is\u2026that okay with you?\"\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"What do you mean? Can you hear me?\"(5 second silence)\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Wait\u2026are you talking about the lack of VHF frequencies in your enclosure?\"Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Those frequencies are sealed off so you can't receive any more transmissions as of right now. We first want to understand what you are and what you know before we let you take in more information.\"\n(5 second silence)\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"\u2026Now, we need to get back to the subject at hand. I'm here to ask you a few questions. We'll start simple. Do you know what you are? Where you came from?\"Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"You have no memory of where you're from? Do you know what you are yourself?\"Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"\u2026A thirst for knowledge?\"Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"So\u2026you were gathering information from radio broadcasts to help you understand life? Or am I mistaken?\"\n(10 second silence)Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"You're not imprisoned, we're only trying to study you. If you cooperate, we can better understand each other. That's what you want, right? To understand humans?\"Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Again, you don't have to. I can guarantee that you will be safe here. Please answer my question so we-\"\n(Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is interrupted by a high-frequency noise that is unexpectedly transmitted over the FM radio. Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 drops the radio, and a loud thud can be heard as it hits the ground. The harsh noise ceases after 10 seconds)\n(20 second silence)Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: (hesitant) \"Alright\u2026this interview is over.\"\n<END LOG>\n\nClosing Statement:\n\n\"Researcher Dr. G. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Report SCP-2561-A, \u2588/\u2588/20\u2588\u2588. Didn't go as well as I hoped, but at least we got something out of the specimen. After I ended the interview and left the observation booth, it proceeded to broadcast this old song from a while ago\u2026I think\u2026Gloomy Sunday? Yeah\u2026the Billie Holiday one. The song repeated itself for about two hours before ceasing, all the while the specimen was perched in a corner staring at the wall. My ears are still ringing from that\u2026noise. If we ever conduct an interview like this again, we need to take extra precautions to protect our ears from being blown off our heads.\"\n\nFootnotes\n1. Exactly two days after containment\n\n\u00ab SCP-2560 | SCP-2561 | SCP-2562 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2562\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2562-A and -B are contained in Type 2 Humanoid Containment Cells at Site-17. They are permitted one hour of visiting time daily; otherwise, standard amenities and precautions associated with T2HCC are in place. SCP-2562-A has no special medical, dietary, or psychological requirements, and has a Standard Risk Rating of 02/05/00. SCP-2562-B has a Standard Risk Rating of 02/05/03, and is undergoing treatment for type 2 diabetes.\nMaterial altered by SCP-2562-B is kept in Document Storage Cabinet 32C-E.\nDescription: SCP-2562 is the collective designation for two genetically identical human males designated SCP-2562-A and SCP-2562-B. SCP-2562-A possesses a tattoo on its right palm reading \"Mr. Top Text, by Gamers Against Weed\"; SCP-2562-B possesses a tattoo on its left palm reading \"Mr. Bottom Text, by Gamers Against Weed\".\nSCP-2562 possess the ability to alter text by placing an index finger within several centimeters of it and deliberately effecting the change. Depending on the medium, this may entail the addition or deletion of ink, data, etc. or alteration of physical objects that represent the text. SCP-2562 do not need to understand the material, or identify it as writing, to effect these changes, and claim to possess no control over the particular nature of the alterations.\nSCP-2562-A alters texts by the addition of additional content near the beginning of the text in question, with no alterations being made more than 30% through the text or extending the total length of the text by more than 15%. The additional content takes the form of elaborations upon existing content, typically making implicit content explicit and deriving inferences from it, in a style consistent with the original text. In the case of constrained forms of writing, such as sonnets, additional text may instead manifest as annotations presented as a supplement to the text.\nSCP-2562-B alters texts by replacing content from the end of the text with the phrase \"BOTTOM TEXT\".1 Up to 13% of the original material is removed in this process. Texts altered by SCP-2562-B retain the ability to convey their entire meaning; readers will understand and respond to SCP-2562-B the same way they would the original text, with the exception that subjects cannot recall the wording of content excised by SCP-2562-B.\nSCP-2562-A is generally cooperative with Foundation staff, and has used its abilities to assist Foundation cryptanalysis efforts on occasion. SCP-2562-B will typically refuse to cooperate with any request except under duress or when offered a substantial reward.\n\nDocument 2562-602\nSCP-2562-A and -B were both instructed to use their anomalous properties by altering the text of the poem Ozymandias, by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Text added by SCP-2562-A has been colored pink, while text added by SCP-2562-B was colored green.\n\nI met a traveller from an antique land1\nWho said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone\nStand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,\nHalf sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,\nAnd wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,\nTell that its sculptor well those passions read\nWhich yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,\nThe hand that mocked them and the heart that fed:\nAnd on the pedestal these words appear:\n'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:\nLook on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'\nNothing beside remains. Round the decay\nOf that colossal wreck, BOTTOM TEXT\n1 Diminish Ozymandias; let his pow'r\nBe heard through traveller's gossip, and no more.\n\nDocument 2562-618\nSCP-2562-A and -B both possessed identical copies of this document at time of recovery. It is reproduced below in its entirety.\n\nHoly Heck! You've just found yourself your very own Mr. Top Text and Mr. Bottom Text by Gamers Against Weed! Has cool powers and a twin brother to hang out with / BOTTOM TEXT. Who is Dr. Wondertainment?\nCollect them all and become Mr. Gamer!\n01. Mr. Literal Serial Killer\n02. Mr. Normie\n03. Mr. Bernie Sanders\n04. Mr. Get Anything For Free In Any Shop\n20. Mr. Sex Number\n21. Mr. Heavenly Virtues\n22. Mr. Deadly Sins\n23. Mr. Original Character\n24. Mr. D.A.R.E.\n25. Mrs. Gentrification\n26. Ms. Mad About Video Games\n27. Mr. Meme\n28. Mr. Ominous (discontinued)\n29. Mr. Destiny\n30. Mr. Monty Python And The Holy Grail\n31. Ms. Zapatista\n32. Mr. Hax\n33. Mr. Just Has The Tattoo\n34. Mr. Top Text and Mr. Bottom Text \u2714\n35. Mr. Finale\n\nInterview Logs\nSeveral interviews with SCP-2562 were performed by Dr. Steele. Excerpts from two have been selected to accompany this document.\n\nSCP-2562-A. Image is also representative of SCP-2562-B.\n\nDr. Steele: How did you first meet Mr. Bottom Text?\nSCP-2562-A: He was the first thing I saw. The very first thing I remember \u2014 and that he remembers \u2014 is browsing through the science fiction section at the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Public Library. We took a minute to touch base, decided we were twin brothers, and went right back to it.\nDr. Steele: Your situation didn't strike you as odd?\nSCP-2562-A: Compared to what? I knew that most people didn't appear out of nowhere like that, but I also knew we weren't most people \u2014 we knew right from the start how our abilities worked. It didn't bother me all that much\u2026 really, I was more interested in seeing their collection of Asimovs than anything.\nDr. Steele: That makes sense. And at some point, you started using them on the books at the library.2\nSCP-2562-A: That we did. Mr. Bottom Text would go around touching everyone's books, said he was doing them a favor. And of course, I had to go after him and try to make up for it with my own effect.\nDr. Steele: You had to?\nSCP-2562-A: He was depriving them of the joy of reading. Sure, he could cram all of that meaning into two words, which is nice if you're in a hurry I suppose, but good writing is more than just getting the point across. The words matter.\nDr. Steele: But your own properties can interrupt the pacing and flow of the writing, even when it's stylistically consistent with the original.\n<SCP-2562-A appears uncomfortable, sighing and breaking eye contact.>\nSCP-2562-A: I guess. But when the writing isn't that good, when it leaves things out\u2026 I know some people aren't all that good at reading, and they could use a bit of a hand there. It's useful for that, at least. Does that make sense?\nDr. Steele: Yes, it does. You've clearly given this topic a lot of thought. Did you\u2026 start off like that, or did you have to grow into it?\nSCP-2562-A: I've always cared \u2014 he does too, he just won't show it. I had the time to develop some opinions on it, in the two days before you people took us in.\nDr. Steele: I see. How's your relationship with Mr. Bottom Text?\nSCP-2562-A: <Shrugs> What can I say? We get on each other's nerves, but\u2026 he's my brother.\n\nMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM\n\nSCP-2562-B: He's all like, oh, you're depriving the joy of reading, bluh bluh bluh. You know what people can do with the time I save them? Read more stuff.\nDr. Steele: I asked you about the first time you met.\nSCP-2562-B: I bet he literally said \"he deprives them of the joy of reading\". He's so predictable.\nDr. Steele: Care to comment?\nSCP-2562-B: I\u2026 no, I don't care. I thought that was obvious.\nDr. Steele: Fine. How do you feel about him personally?\nSCP-2562-B: Actually, I want to talk about video games. I finished talking about Mr. Top Text. You ever play Super Smash Bros. Brawl?\nDr. Steele: <Sighs> No, I haven't.\nSCP-2562-B: It sucks. I get like, two hours a day with that Wii, and I waste it on Super Shit Brothers. Anyways, you were asking about my brother?\nDr. Steele: Probably.\nSCP-2562-B: Cool, 'cause I'm going to talk about him. Like I give him shit, because he deserves it, but I can kinda see where his thing is coming from, it can be nice to have things spelled out. Don't tell him I said that, I'll never hear the end of it.\nDr. Steele: I'll do my best.\nSCP-2562-B: He's a sell-out, though. Told me he was helping you guys break codes, and I'm thinking, what's he get out of it? He's actually not even a sell-out, because he ISN'T getting anything out of it. Like are the codes any of your business? He's so nosy, I bet that's what he gets out of it.\nDr. Steele: I can't comment on that.\nSCP-2562-B: Oh, well then I'm bored. Conversation's over. Bottom text.\nDr. Steele: You can't skip real-life conversations by saying \"bottom text\".\nSCP-2562-B: Bottom text.\n\nFootnotes\n1. This exact phrase will appear regardless of the original language and style of the text.\n2. Complaints about materials altered by SCP-2562 at the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Public Library alerted the Foundation to SCP-2562's existence.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2561 | SCP-2562 | SCP-2563 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2563\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2563 is surrounded by a perimeter fence, and is to be patrolled by no less than six members of Mobile Task Force Omicron-3. Any individuals found in or near SCP-2563 are to be removed from the area and told they were trespassing on a private nature preserve. Should any such individuals observe SCP-2563's anomalous effects, Class-A amnestics should be administered.\nDescription: SCP-2563 is a roughly circular area of land within Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio, with an area of approximately 1.7-km2. When any non-living skeletal tissue or similar equivalent1 is brought into SCP-2563, it will reanimate and begin locomoting throughout the area. Such reanimated entities are designated SCP-2563-1. This effect also extends to fossilized skeletal matter. Should any reanimated materials be removed from SCP-2563, anomalous effects will immediately cease. SCP-2563 does not affect living skeletal material, or other organic tissues.\nInstances of SCP-2563-1 will seek out and attempt to kill any organisms possessing a skeleton, but do not appear to move with any other purpose. SCP-2563-1 instances do not appear to notice organisms without skeletal structures, and ignore other instances SCP-2563-1 (though certain separate instances will appear to cooperate to kill targets2) It is not currently known how instances of SCP-2563-1 perceive their environment, or what force holds them together and allows them to move. Any organisms that die within the boundaries of SCP-2563 will immediately reanimate into an instance of SCP-2563-1. Non-skeletal organic components of such instances will continue to decay as normal.\nSCP-2563 is believed to have been inactive until its discovery on 2/6/2012, when a group of hikers in Cuyahoga National Park reported seeing \u201ca huge dinosaur skeleton\u201d to park authorities. The park ranger who investigated the report radioed for help shortly after, and did not return to the ranger station. Foundation operatives were brought in, and discovered an instance of SCP-2563-1 composed of a largely intact fossilized remnant of a Tyrannosaurid skeleton3 believed to have unearthed itself from an outcrop near the center of SCP-2563. Members of MTF-O3 (\u201cSpooky Scary\u201d) were able to successfully lure the instance into the center of SCP-2563, where they were able to critically damage its legs, effectively crippling the instance. MTF-O3 operatives also discovered the newly reanimated body of the missing park ranger, which exhibited damage believed to be consistent with a Tyrannosaur attack. The body was removed from the area and returned to the ranger's family after being deemed non-anomalous.\nUpon exploration of SCP-2563, MTF-O3 operative O3-44 discovered a 1997 Jeep Cherokee, parked and running with keys in the ignition and the driver-side door ajar. The vehicle was later determined to be registered to a Johann \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, living in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Ohio. Upon investigation, no such person was found to have ever lived in the state. Inside the trunk of the vehicle, the operative found approximately $35,000 USD, a 3 meter spool of silver wire, and a chisel. A note was discovered in the glove compartment, transcribed below.\n\nTO DO\nSwing by warehouse to get things\nSet up arrival spot in Cuyahoga\nClean up\nDeposit cash\nGet Milk\nLock up before you take Jacob to Oregon\n\nShortly after discovering the vehicle, the operative was attacked by an instance of SCP-2563-15. The instance was undeterred by O3-4's standard weaponry, but collapsed immediately after chasing O3-4 outside of SCP-2563. When agent O3-4 returned to the site of the car, the vehicle had disappeared. Subsequent necropsy of the instance of SCP-2563-1 determined cause of death to be two .45 rounds to the skull, minutes before the attack on O3-4.\nAddendum-2563-1: Although the effect of SCP-2563 was originally believed to only apply to bone, exploration of the area revealed several reanimated arthropod exoskeletons, as well as reanimated diatomic shells in the soil. Testing has found that this extends to virtually all solid organic materials found in animals, protists, protozoans, and diatoms.\nDuring exploration of SCP-2563, a squad of several MTF-O3 operatives were attacked by a swarm of SCP-2563 instances, consisting of an estimated 500 individual entities6. While fleeing from the swarm, one operative7 tripped over an exposed root, and reportedly fell face-first into a puddle of rainwater. Over the next 5 days, this operative reported increasingly painful throat and chest discomfort, until they collapsed during a routine perimeter check of SCP-2563 and were immediately removed to be given medical attention. The operative died soon thereafter. Subsequent autopsy discovered extreme tissue damage to the operative's esophagus, stomach, and lungs, but was unable to determine cause. Microscopic tissue analysis found large amounts of diatomic remains in these tissues, hypothesized to have entered the body through groundwater that the operative was exposed to.\nAddendum-2563-2: As part of testing on SCP-2563, a composite tetrapod skeleton composed of bones from various species8 was brought into SCP-2563. The object began lightly vibrating for approximately 63 minutes, before animating and beginning to move. The instance was observed walking through SCP-2563 for roughly 8 hours before collapsing. The bones of each species then separated and began moving as five separate instances of SCP-2563-1.\nAddendum-2563-3: During testing approximately 50 kg of bone shards9 ranging from 1 to 5 cm long were brought into SCP-2563. The mass of shards vibrated lightly for approximately 35 minutes, before the entire mass animated and began moving as an amorphous swarm-like entity. The entity attacked on-site MTF-O3 operatives, though was unable to inflict serious injury through standard-issue body armor. When personnel exited SCP-2563 the entity appeared to lose interest and retreated further into SCP-2563. Entity was estimated to be able to move at speeds of roughly 300 km/h.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Note: though the effects of SCP-2563 extend to endoskeletal, exoskeletal, shell, dental, horn, nail, claw, sclerite, test, thecal, frustular, and capsular matter, the words \u201cskeletal\u201d and \u201cskeleton\u201d are used for ease of reading.\n2. This behavior has been recorded in a group of 8 grey wolf (Canis lupus) skeletons and a group of 3 lion (Panthera leo) skeletons.\n3. Species previously unknown to science, tentatively named Tyrannosaurus fundamentum.\n4. MTF-O3-4; Agent Adrian \u201cTib\u201d Escarra\n5. Black bear (Ursus americanus)\n6. Bald-faced hornets (Dolichovespula maculata).\n7. MTF-O3-8X; Agent Richard \"Tarsy\" Rilyea\n8. Grey wolf (Canis lupus), domestic cattle (Bos taurus), Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), horse (Equus ferus caballus), and American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis).\n9. Sourced from domestic cattle, (Bos taurus) and domestic chickens, (Gallus gallus domesticus)\n\n\u00ab SCP-2562 | SCP-2563 | SCP-2564 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2564\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2564 is to be fenced off and contained within Provisional Site 467. Containment is to be managed from Site 81. The site perimeter and all rooms within SCP-2564 are to be kept under continuous CCTV surveillance. On-site security personnel are to monitor SCP-2564 and its perimeter to prevent accidental or intentional entry by unauthorized civilians. Any anomalous occurrences are to be reported immediately.\n\n+ show essential contact information\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nPosition\nName\nPhone\n\nHMCL Supervisor\nVeronica Eason\n812-150-2456\n\nSite 81 Director\nDanny Kramer\n812-150-2409\n\nSite 81 MTF Dispatch\n\n812-150-2400\n\nProvisional Site 467 Commander\nLincoln Yates\n219-571-1140\n\nLake County Sheriff Non-Emergency\n\n219-755-3333\n\n+ show outdated procedures\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2564 is to be kept under continuous CCTV surveillance at all times. To prevent accidental or intentional entry by unauthorized civilians, the entrance to SCP-2564 is to remain locked, and is to be guarded by two security personnel at all times. Any anomalous occurrences are to be reported immediately.\n\nDescription: SCP-2564 is the former Willow Glen Community Hospital located at 2301 Virginia St. in Gary, Indiana, constructed from 1959 to 1964. Starting in 1974, a number of anomalous phenomena have manifested in SCP-2564, resulting in at least five fatalities, and potentially several others. Persons associated with patients accepted to the hospital were statistically more likely to undergo a harmful or fatal accident at or near the hospital. Additionally, psychokinetic potential measurements taken in 2001 showing a \u2206N = 14.5 nE/m over baseline1 near SCP-2564 indicate there may still be continued activity.\nThe hospital's former psychiatric ward, designated SCP-2564-1, housed a number of inpatients with unusually severe permanent mental illness from its construction until 1979, including POI-58436, who is currently in Foundation custody at Site 06-3. SCP-2564-1 was originally contained as SCP-2564 in August 1979, after it was brought to the attention of the Foundation by agents embedded within local law enforcement during investigation of incident 2564-a. The psychiatric ward was closed and its inpatients moved to Foundation custody for screening, after which most were given amnestic therapy and moved to other facilities.\nAfter containment of SCP-2564-1, additional incidents (2564-b through f) at the hospital led the Foundation to reclassify the entire building as SCP-2564 in December 1989. SCP-2564 was acquired by the Foundation in January 1990. The Foundation then closed the hospital, with the last patient gone in March 1990, after which Provisional Site 467 was established to contain SCP-2564.\nIncident Report 2564-a: Document not available. Primary copy was destroyed during 2004 Site 81 archive fire; no secondary copy is available due to its sensitive nature. Access to Area 135 backup pending request validation.\nIncident Report 2564-b: Prepared 1989-12-16 following investigation into the events of 1981-07-23 by Agent Pamela Bushnell under the direction of SCP-2564 HMCL supervisor Veronica Eason.\nThe following is the approximate series of events, deduced from archived CCTV footage, interviews with eyewitnesses, and various official and unofficial records.\n\n<1981-07-23T03:20-05> State Police Officer Clifford Walker sustains a gunshot wound to his right upper chest when he was fired upon by a Mr. Bekmarza Timayev during an attempted robbery at the People's Bank located at 1862 25th Avenue.\n<03:28> Walker is transported by ambulance to the Willow Glen Community Hospital.\n<03:34> Walker arrives at the hospital and is admitted to emergency care.\n<03:35> Dr. Terri Rogers finds Walker to be uninjured, although his clothing is damaged consistent with the injury described by the paramedic.\n<03:37> State Police Officer Thomas Dunn arrives at the hospital to visit Walker. He is admitted and leaves his handgun at the front desk.\n<07:45> Dunn returns to the front desk and retrieves his handgun.\n<07:49> Dunn leaves Willow Glen Community Hospital. He enters his vehicle and pulls out of his parking space.\n<07:50> Dunn's vehicle is struck by another vehicle in the parking lot. CCTV footage shows that the other vehicle was not occupied at the time of the collision. No other individuals are seen.\n<07:54> Dr. Bradley Schuette pronounces Officer Dunn dead. Cause of death listed as acute cranial trauma.\n\nBekmarza Timayev is at time of writing incarcerated at the Westville Correctional Facility (IDOC inmate number 526820) in Westville, Indiana, and is serving a 26 year sentence for robbery resulting in serious injury and robbery with a deadly weapon.\nOfficer Clifford Walker survived the shooting against initial expectations and has subsequently retired from service. X-ray images taken two years later for unrelated reasons show the presence of a hard metallic object embedded in Walker's right lung, consistent with a healed bullet wound. Doctors were surprised that he hadn't died from internal infection. An analysis of the bullet after surgical removal states it was a .45 ACP round likely fired from a Colt M1911, consistent with the weapon used in the robbery.\nIncident Report 2564-c: Prepared 1989-12-15 following investigation into the events of 1984-01-15 by Agent Pamela Bushnell under the direction of SCP-2564 HMCL supervisor Veronica Eason.\nThe following is the approximate series of events, deduced from archived CCTV footage, interviews with eyewitnesses, and various official and unofficial records.\n\n<1984-01-15T13:15-06> A Mr. Kyle Law, 41, arrives at Willow Glen Community Hospital, with his son Richard Law, 7. R. Law has a suspected ulna fracture.2\n<13:25> Richard Law is admitted to see Dr. Lennon for treatment. K. Law takes a seat in the hospital lobby.\n<13:30> A ventilation cover falls from the ceiling and strikes K. Law on the head, resulting in minor bruising. K. Law shouts several expletives.\n<13:31> K. Law refuses treatment for his injury.\n<13:33> K. Law demands to see his son. He is told to go to room 511. He exits the lobby, climbing the stairs to the second floor.\n<13:39> An unknown second incident occurs, causing K. Law to fall from the window of room 511.3\n<13:48> A Mrs. Margret Govea arrives at the hospital, and discovers K. Law on the pavement below the window.\n<13:50> K. Law is admitted to Willow Glen Community Hospital with multiple cervical fractures.\n\nK. Law was subsequently diagnosed as quadriplegic and declared unable to care for R. Law by the Lake Circuit Court of Indiana. Custody of R. Law was given to Mr. Daniel Utley (uncle, maternal side) and his wife. R. Law was subsequently adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Utley.\nIncident Report 2564-d: Prepared 1989-12-14 following investigation into the events of 1989-05-03 by Agent Pamela Bushnell under the direction of SCP-2564 HMCL supervisor Veronica Eason.\nThe following is the approximate series of events, deduced from archived CCTV footage, interviews with eyewitnesses, and various official and unofficial records.\n\n<1989-02-03T11:10-06> A Mr. Ethan Warren, 28, arrives at Willow Glen to visit his grandfather. He is admitted to visit his grandfather Mr. Reece Warren, 75.\n<11:16> E. Warren enters R. Warren's room, carrying a handgun.\n<11:17> CCTV timestamp skips from 11:17 to 11:19.\n<11:19> E. Warren exits R. Warren's room. He is still carrying the gun.\n<11:21> E. Warren is seen walking down the hall to the lobby. He is no longer carrying the gun.\n<11:25> Secretary Ann Olson sees E. Warren \"wander\" through the lobby out the door. E. Warren appears to be in an altered state of consciousness.\n<11:40> Nurse Katerine Long discovers the handgun in a wastebasket in the geriatrics ward, and reports it to the police.\n\nR. Warren was a patient at Willow Glen from 1986 until his death on 1989-07-30. His medical records indicate that he had been in a vegetative state for the entirety of his stay.\nE. Warren had previously been convicted twice in separate incidents on gang-related assault charges. E. Warren was placed under arrest two days later and charged with possession of a firearm by a felon. He pled guilty and was sentenced to four years in prison. E. Warren died of cerebral hemorrhage on either 1989-04-13 or 1989-04-154 while incarcerated at the Edinburgh Correctional Facility.\nIncident Report 2564-e: Prepared 1989-12-12 following investigation into the events of 1989-12-04 by Agent Pamela Bushnell under the direction of SCP-2564 HMCL supervisor Veronica Eason.\nThe following is the approximate series of events, deduced from archived CCTV footage, interviews with eyewitnesses, and various official and unofficial records.\n\n<1989-12-04T04:36-06> A Mr. Carl Hazen, 18, and four passengers, Miss Tammy Knotts, 16, Miss Luella Silvera, 18, Miss Eva Blue, 17, and Mr. Mark Moore, 19, are driving on I-65 South.\n<04:37> Mr. Hazen's vehicle leaves the roadway and collides with a tree near mile marker 26. Knotts is thrown forward through the windscreen and rendered unconcious. Hazen, Silvera and Moore survive the initial collision and are trapped in the vehicle. Blue is decapitated in the collision.\n<04:45> Gary Fire Department rescue crew arrives at the scene of the collision and are able to recover Hazen, Silvera, and Moore from the vehicle's wreckage.\n<04:47> Two ambulances and a helicopter arrive. Hazen and Silvera are transported by ambulance to the Willow Glen Community Hospital. Knotts and Moore are transported by helicopter to the University of Chicago Trauma Center.\n<04:52> Hazen and Silvera arrive at the Willow Glen Community Hospital, and are admitted.\n<06:30> Hazen is placed in room 403.\n<06:32> Nurse Eddie Jacobs enters room 403 and discovers Hazen with 499 plastic hypodermic 10mL syringes stuck into his body. The syringes are filled with Hazen's blood.\n<06:49> Foundation guards at the hospital assigned to SCP-2564 establish initial containment of room 403. Site 81 is alerted of a potentially anomalous occurrence. MTF Beta-32 \"Snapping Turtles\" is dispatched.\n<07:01> MTF Beta-32 arrives at the hospital. Hazen's body and the syringes are recovered for analysis.\n\nPostmortem analysis of Hazen's body and analysis of the blood in the syringes indicates that Hazen had been intoxicated at the time of the collision. No other overt anomalous signs were discovered.\nRecommending a review of past incidents at Willow Glen Community Hospital to assess if it poses a persistent anomalous threat that warrants full permanent containment of the hospital.\nIncident Report 2564-f: Prepared 1990-01-10 following investigation into the events of 1990-01-08 by Agent Pamela Bushnell under the direction of SCP-2564 HMCL supervisor Veronica Eason.\nThe following is the approximate series of events, deduced from archived CCTV footage, interviews with eyewitnesses, and various official and unofficial records.\n\n<1990-01-08T14:30-06> A Mrs. Hazel Moyer arrives at Willow Glen Community Hospital (now SCP-2564) with her husband Mr. Orville Moyer. Mr. Moyer is experiencing symptoms of kidney failure, and is admitted.\n<14:38> Mrs. Moyer is struck in the head by a gas fitting that had come undone from a compressed CO2 tank, fracturing her skull.\n<17:02> A Mr. Adam Dean is admitted to visit Mr. Moyer.\n<17:08> Dean enters Mr. Moyer's room and closes the door. Dean is seen speaking to Mr. Moyer.\n<17:09> Dean leaves frame and reenters bearing a cup, presumably filled with something. Dean hands the cup to Mr. Moyer, who ingests its contents.\n<17:12> Dean is seen vomiting on the floor of the room. He moves to the window and attempts to open it.\n<17:13> Dean is seen struggling to open the window, but does not succeed.\n<17:14> Nurse Mary Webb opens the door and enters the room and finds Dean collapsed against the window. She reports feeling dizzy, and she opens the window, reportedly to ventilate the room.\n\nMrs. Moyer died as a result of intercranial hemorrhage resulting from the impact and fractured skull.\nMr. Dean and Mr. Moyer had been joint owners of Conzone Construction Equipment, a company that sells large construction machinery in the Lake County and nearby areas and had been having financial difficulties. Postmortem examination indicates that both individuals died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Analysis of the contents of Mr. Moyer's stomach reveals a large amount of ethylene glycol, and his original symptoms were consistent with poisoning by the same.\nIncident Report 2564-f-2: Prepared 1990-03-18 following investigation into the events of 1990-03-18 by Agent Pamela Bushnell under the direction of SCP-2564 HMCL supervisor Veronica Eason.\nProvisional Site 467 reported discovering the appearance of a metal plaque affixed to the side of SCP-2564 near the front entrance, bearing the text \"In memory of Hazel Garcia Moyer. I'm so sorry.\" Analysis of CCTV footage revealed a timestamp discontinuity in the camera monitoring the area in which the plaque appeared, skipping from 1990-03-18T4:19:04-06 to 4:19:27. After the discontinuity, the plaque appears in the footage, although it was absent before. No intruders were reported. This is presumed to be linked to incident 2564-f.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Earlier PKP measurement technology was not sensitive enough to detect activity on these scales.\n2. Later confirmed by Dr. Lennon\n3. When questioned, R. Law appeared unable or unwilling to answer questions relating to K. Law. No others were present during the incident.\n4. Prison records list 1989-04-13 while Certificate of Death lists 1989-04-15.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2563 | SCP-2564 | Allison Eckhart \u00bb"}
{"text": "Allison Eckhart #: Allison Eckhart\nAllison Eckhart Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Until such a time in which Experimental Cross-Containment Proposal Allison Eckhart/2719 or Neutralisation Proposal Allison Eckhart can be enacted, Allison Eckhart and Allison Eckhart instances are currently contained in separate Biohazardous Allison Eckhart Containment Cells at Bio Site-Allison Eckhart. As per standard biosecurity procedures, Allison Eckharts entering the containment cells of Allison Eckharts are to wear Level Allison ECKHART suits in order to avoid becoming contaminated with Allison Eckhart.\nCurrently, Allison Eckhart's Allison Eckharts are to be stored in sealed steel containers and buried underground at Secure Disposal Area Allison Eckhart to avoid contamination or containment breach of Allison Eckhart.\nDescription: Allison Eckhart is Agent Allison Eckhart, a 31-year-old woman who was formerly a field operative for the Department of Analytics. Aside from a minor excess of sodium concentration in its Allison Eckhart, Allison Eckhart does not appear to possess any physical anomalies. Prior to containment, Allison Eckhart had worked for 5 years as a Level 2 Anomalous Object Recovery agent. Allison Eckhart did not possess anomalous properties during this time period.\nAllison Eckhart is an autosynecdochic semantic pointer, believed to be the result of an artificially induced conceptual fractal. Because of this, Allison Eckhart's Allison Eckharts also possess the property of \"Allison Eckhart\" and are thus perceived as Allison Eckhart. As an example, simply attempting to take Allison Eckharts from Allison Eckhart has led to over three hundred complaints to the Ethics Committee from Allison Eckharts.\nAddendum Allison Eckhart-1: Allison Eckharts of AEoI-139 (\"Allison Eckhart\") carried out an attack on Secure Disposal Area Allison Eckhart, presumably for the purpose of obtaining Allison Eckhart. Due to the small size of the Allison Eckhart, it is believed that all Allison Eckharts were contaminated in the process. During the attack, 36 Allison Eckharts and 13 Allison Eckharts were also contaminated. Their Allison Eckharts have been incinerated to avoid further spread of Allison Eckhart.\nSite Director Allison Eckhart has expressed deepest Allison Eckharts over the Allison Eckharts involved in the incident. The Allison Eckharts of the Allison Eckharts involved have been given appropriate reimbursement for Allison Eckhart.\nAddendum Allison Eckhart-2: Embedded Foundation assets in meteorology offices report multiple Allison Eckhart formations over the Pacific Allison Eckhart, suggesting the successful atmospheric dispersal of Allison Eckhart. As a result, over 100 liters of Allison Eckhart has been dispersed over the coastline of Allison Eckhart.\nFollowing continuing Allison Eckhart casualties due to ingestion of Allison Eckhart-contaminated Allison Eckhart, a Broken Allison Eckhart scenario has been established due to the high-publicity nature of the Allison Eckharts. It is estimated that at Allison Eckhart's current rate of Allison Eckhart emission, a total AE-Class Allison Eckhart Allison-Eckhart Breathability Scenario will occur within 40 years.\nPlans for off-Allison Eckhart evacuation of the remaining non-Allison Eckhart population have already been set up, although the Global Allison Eckhart Coalition has also proposed a plan for destruction of Allison Eckhart. It is believed that this proposal would carry a non-zero risk of an AE-Class Total Allison Eckhart Failure Scenario along with the neutralisation of Allison Eckhart.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2564 | Allison Eckhart | SCP-2566 \u00bb"}
{"text": "An instance of SCP-2566. Click for detailed view.\n\nItem #: SCP-2566\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to the anomalous properties of SCP-2566, the long-term storage of SCP-2566 has been deemed inviable as a containment procedure. At the beginning of each month, the Assistant Quartermasters at Site-11 are to distribute instances of SCP-2566 as bonus pay among designated employees permanently stationed at Site-11. Those employees are to store their instances of SCP-2566 in their personal SCP-2566 temporary storage containers. By the end of each month, those employees are to return their instances of SCP-2566 to the Assistant Quartermasters in exchange for products from Site-11's commissary. RFID tags are to be attached to all instances of SCP-2566 to facilitate the tracking of their current location and ownership by the Head Quartermaster.\nIn the event of a catastrophic breach of SCP-2566's containment, use of SCP-2855 has been approved for assistance in re-containment efforts.\nDescription: SCP-2566 designates a set of 1,610 banknotes, similar in appearance to U.S. banknotes. Instances of SCP-2566 are visually distinguishable from mundane U.S. banknotes of the same denomination by the presence of a pattern of dark red markings printed on their surfaces.\nThe anomalous effects of SCP-2566 manifest when an individual comes into the possession of an SCP-2566 instance, with the consent of the previous possessor of that instance (if applicable). When this occurs, an exclusive anomalous link between that individual and the SCP-2566 instance is established. This link can be terminated only upon that individual's willing transfer of the SCP-2566 instance to another individual. As the result of this link, that individual develops an acute awareness of the SCP-2566 instance, which enables them to perfectly recall the following information at all times:\n\nthe face value of the SCP-2566 instance\nthe physical location of the SCP-2566 instance\nthe duration of their possession of the SCP-2566 instance, accurate to the day\n\nOnce an individual remains in possession of one or more SCP-2566 instances for forty or more days, they begin to experience anxiety and guilt toward their continued possession of the SCP-2566 instances. The stated subjective severity of this effect is positively correlated with the duration for which that individual has possessed SCP-2566 instances and the combined face value of their SCP-2566 instances.\nSCP-2566 instances can also cause individuals to experience anxiety or guilt when an individual takes possession of SCP-2566 instances that have been linked with another individual1. These feelings, described as immediate and much more intense compared to those triggered by long-term possession of SCP-2566 instances, persist until that individual relinquishes possession of the SCP-2566 instances.\nFrom the mid-1930s to 2017, SCP-2566 served as the sole means of exchange in Timothy, Nebraska, a rural community with approximately 150 inhabitants. SCP-2566 was introduced to Timothy during the Great Depression by Louis Ingram, a para-economist and member of the Society for Alternative Social Analysis2. Over the course of the decades prior to his death in 1969, Ingram maintained the supply of SCP-2566 to Timothy and attempted to modify the community's norms as part of a long-term social experiment regarding demurrage3. Owing to the anomalous effects of SCP-2566 and Ingram's influence, Timothy developed a unique local culture and economy isolated from those of surrounding communities.\nThe Foundation became aware of SCP-2566 and its role in Timothy in 2015 after the recovery of a clandestine archive of the Society for Alternative Social Analysis. Over the following year, researchers from the Department of Social Sciences conducted a study in Timothy and interviewed its inhabitants4. In 2016, researchers were instructed to terminate the study and acquire all instances of SCP-2566 for permanent containment; investments made by a local Foundation front company were used to incentivize residents to surrender their instances of SCP-2566 to the Foundation and submit to amnestic treatment.\n\nOpen Selected Interviews of the Inhabitants of Timothy Regarding SCP-2566\n\nClose Selected Interviews of the Inhabitants of Timothy Regarding SCP-2566\n\nInterviewed: Virginia Miller\nInterviewer: Researcher Brian Carter\nForeword: The subject was the proprietor of Johnson's General Store, one of several small retail establishments in Timothy.\n<Begin Log>\nResearcher Carter: Ms. Miller, thank you again for taking the time to speak with us. Could you tell me about what you do here in Timothy?\nVirginia Miller: I've been the owner of this shop ever since my father died in 1997. We sell all kinds of odds and ends\u2014if you're looking for it, you can probably find it here.\nResearcher Carter: I see. Where do you get your merchandise from?\nVirginia Miller: Some of it, my husband and I make ourselves\u2014for example, see those preserves over there? I made those, as well as the baked goods. My husband's responsible for the whiskey on this shelf. We bought some of the other things from our neighbors, like the ethanol and the candles. The rest of the stuff here is used.\nResearcher Carter: Do you ever get any shipments of new goods?\nVirginia Miller: Greenies5 are too important to waste on that. First, we repair what we have. If we can't repair what we have, we make it ourselves. And if we can't make it ourselves, we probably don't need it anyways. That's basically our motto here in Timothy.\nResearcher Carter: So what do you use the \"greenies\" for, then?\nVirginia Miller: Well, first things first, we have to pay taxes\u2014don't want to cause any trouble with the Feds, after all. Besides that, we have to use them sometimes to buy medicine. It's awfully expensive, but we pool our funds together and make it work.\nResearcher Carter: OK. One last question: who are your customers? Are they mostly locals, or do you ever get any from outside of town?\nVirginia Miller: I only accept reds6 as payment. We only have so much stuff here to go around. We can't exactly afford to be giving out our wares to outsiders, now can we?\nResearcher Carter: I see. Well, thank you for speaking with me, Ms. Miller.\nVirginia Miller: No problem. Feel free to come back whenever you feel like it!\n<End Log>\n\nInterviewed: William Schwartz\nInterviewer: Researcher Brian Carter\nForeword: The subject was born in 1931, making him one of Timothy's oldest residents.\n<Begin Log>\nResearcher Carter: Mr. Schwartz, I really appreciate your offer to talk with us about the history of Timothy. What can you tell me about Louis Ingram?\nWilliam Schwartz: I wasn't personally familiar with Mr. Ingram, but my father was. He told me that when I was little\u2014maybe only two or three years old\u2014Mr. Ingram came to town for the first time. That was back during the Great Depression\u2014times were hard then and there was hardly enough money to go around. So, when Mr. Ingram started talking about how he wanted to start an experiment to get the money flowing, people were willing to hear him out. He told everyone that the reason why times were so hard was because everyone was hoarding their money and wasn't spending enough, and it made sense, considering how much food was just sitting around unsold back then. We figured that things couldn't get any worse, so we told Mr. Ingram that we agreed to participate in his experiment, and he came back with the first batch of reds. He told everyone what they were and what they did, and gave $50 worth of reds to everyone in town.\nResearcher Carter: How was the town's economy afterwards?\nWilliam Schwartz: At first we weren't too optimistic, but Mr. Ingram's experiment worked! All of the towns around us were floundering, but we here in Timothy had more than enough to go around during the Depression. I've always remembered how the New Deal men came into town once and spent the entire day strolling around town looking for something to help us with. They must have never seen anything like it before!\nResearcher Carter: Did Louis Ingram ever return to Timothy?\nWilliam Schwartz: Yes\u2014every once in a while he would come by and give us some new reds. \"Increasing the money supply,\" as he said. Sometimes he would give talks about how important the reds were for the town's economy, and we couldn't disagree with him there\u2014he saved us from the Depression, after all! In particular, I remember the day when he got together all of the parents, the teachers, and the pastor and told them that they should teach the children about the reds, since they had never seen the Depression themselves. That was when we started the tradition of Gifting to the children.\nResearcher Carter: Sorry, I'm not familiar with this \"Gifting\" tradition. Could you explain this to me in more detail?\nWilliam Schwartz: It's sort of a coming of age thing. Six months before a child reaches a certain age\u2014for my kids, it was ten; for some others, it's thirteen\u2014we give them $100 worth of reds. We tell them that if they can hold on to it for six months, they get to spend it on their birthday. Otherwise, they have to forfeit it. I've never seen anyone make it to six months\u2014by three or four months, they're begging and hollering for us to take it back. Of course, we always give them a $100 birthday gift regardless\u2014it's not about holding on to reds, it's about learning to give reds back to the community!\nResearcher Carter: Did you ever participate in Gifting yourself? I mean as the child, not as the parent.\nWilliam Schwartz: No. By the time we started Gifting, I was already twenty years old. If you want to hear about Gifting, maybe you should talk to someone younger than me.\nResearcher Carter: Of course. Thank you again for speaking with me, Mr. Schwartz.\nWilliam Schwartz: Anytime.\n<End Log>\n\nInterviewed: Jimmy Baker\nInterviewer: Researcher Brian Carter\nForeword: The subject was fourteen years old and had participated in Gifting one year prior to the interview.\n<Begin Log>\nResearcher Carter: Hello, Jimmy. Thank you letting me interview you! I've noticed that not many people here seem to be willing to talk about Gifting.\nJimmy Baker: No, I guess not.\nResearcher Carter: Do you happen to know why that is the case?\nJimmy Baker: Well, I don't know if anyone has told you this, but it's kind of a private thing. It would be like me telling you all about my circumcision, or something like that.\nResearcher Carter: Oh\u2026 I see. If that's the case, I won't ask you to talk about Gifting if you would prefer not to do so.\nJimmy Baker: No worries, Dr. Carter. I don't mind talking about it. I don't think that it should be that private, but I understand why others feel that way.\nResearcher Carter: So why do others feel that way?\nJimmy Baker: The thing about Gifting is that it's a really shitty experience. You can hold on to a red for like, a month and a half, and feel alright. Hold on to a red for another month, and then whenever you have a second to spare, you start to think about that red burning a hole in your pocket. You then hold on to it for another month, and you start thinking about getting rid of the red 24/7\u2026 it's like an obsession, and you start losing sleep over it. By the time that you get to five months\u2026 God, it was just fucking awful.\nResearcher Carter: So, you held onto your red for five months during your Gifting?\nJimmy Baker: Yes.\nResearcher Carter: In spite of how terrible the experience was?\nJimmy Baker: Yes.\nResearcher Carter: Could you tell me why?\nJimmy Baker: It's like\u2026 OK, don't judge me, but it's like a contest. Every boy tries to show off by holding on to the red for as long as possible. It's\u2026 yeah, it's kind of stupid.\nResearcher Carter: No worries. I don't judge, I just observe. Jimmy, you've been very helpful, so if you would prefer not to answer this next question, just let me know. How exactly did you feel about the red at the end of your five months during Gifting?\nJimmy Baker: It's\u2026 uh, it's really hard to describe, Dr. Carter. Best thing I can do is give an analogy. Now, during Sunday school, there's this story that Reverend Paul loves to tell\u2014Reverend Paul's the town pastor, by the way, in case you didn't know. So back during the time of the Apostles there was this rich couple called Ananias and Sapphira. Dr. Carter, have you heard of this story before? I won't retell it if you know it.\nResearcher Carter: I can't say that I'm familiar with it. Please go on.\nJimmy Baker: Anyways, what happened was that Ananias and Sapphira sold their land, and were going to give the money to St. Peter, but kept some of it for themselves. And Peter told Ananias that Satan made him lie to God, and he died on the spot. Then Sapphira came in and Peter told her that she was going to die, and she died too. I have no idea what Ananias and Sapphira felt, but I can't imagine that it was all that different.\nResearcher Carter: I see. Thank you, Jimmy. That's all for today. You are welcome to talk with me about your experience at any time, if you feel like it would help you.\nJimmy Baker: No, thank you, Dr. Carter, I really appreciate that you took the time to listen to me. Have a nice afternoon!\n<End Log>\n\nInterviewed: Reverend Paul Gesell\nInterviewer: Researcher Brian Carter\nForeword: The subject is the pastor of the sole church in Timothy.\n<Begin Log>\nResearcher Carter: Reverend Gesell, thank you for taking the time to speak to me about your beliefs. Many people here have told me about how you've touched their lives.\nReverend Gesell: Please, Dr. Carter, call me Paul. In any case, I'd be happy to answer any of your questions.\nResearcher Carter: Alright, then, Paul. What can you tell me about the reds? What is their purpose?\nReverend Gesell: Well, the first answer is obvious. I'm sure you know how much they have helped this town, ever since the Great Depression. And really, it shouldn't surprise anyone\u2014there's a Biblical precedent! Proverbs 11:24: \"There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.\"\nResearcher Carter: And the second answer?\nReverend Gesell: Ah, the second answer. The reds teach us not to sin\u2014when we do not want, we see that what is best is free. This was a lesson that I learned the hard way when I was young. During my Gifting, when I was eighteen, I was able to hold onto my red for the full six months\u2014I don't think that anyone before then or since then managed it. Now in those days, I was living in sin, so with my $100 I bought myself a jug of moonshine and a full tank of ethanol, stole my father's car, and ran off with my then-girlfriend for a week. Then I came back to Timothy, sneaked back into my house, and found that my father had left a $100 red inside a Bible, as a bookmark! Since I had managed the six months, I thought that I would be able to take the red, but I was wrong. I opened up the Bible, and picked the red up, and when I looked at it I felt like I had seen my own damnation. So I put the red back, and then I saw the words, \"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.\"\n(Reverend Gesell takes an SCP-2566 instance and holds it in front of Researcher Carter.)\nReverend Gesell: You see here, this red? The wages of sin. It is unfortunate that we must do what we do here, but I learned goodness through fear, just like everyone else.\n<End Log>\n\nFootnotes\n1. This effect manifests regardless of whether the individual did so intentionally or unintentionally.\n2. A defunct early-to-mid-20th century Group of Interest. The Society for Alternative Social Analysis was a loosely-organized network of para-academics who advocated the usage of anomalies for research in the social sciences.\n3. The cost of holding currency over a period of time.\n4. See \"Anomalous Demurrage and Resulting Societal Distortions in Timothy, 1935-2015.\"\n5. Local slang for standard U.S. banknotes.\n6. Local slang for SCP-2566 instances.\n\n\u00ab Allison Eckhart | SCP-2566 | SCP-2567 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Jackson Maywall, a deceased individual with similarities to SCP-2567.\n\nItem #: SCP-2567\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2567 is to remain within the confines of its graveyard territory. The outskirts of SCP-2567's territory must be guarded by no fewer than four security personnel. In the event that SCP-2567 exits its territory, personnel are required to fire upon SCP-2567 to severely damage it and draw it back to its graveyard.\nSCP-2567 is to be herded away from visiting civilians by assigned field agents1. In the event that any civilian observes SCP-2567, they are to be administered class-A amnestics and removed from the cemetery perimeter.\nDescription: SCP-2567 is a humanoid figure standing 2.57 meters in height, and weighing 85 kilograms. Its body is comprised of finely-knitted pale and dark grey straw. SCP-2567 wears a black tuxedo and petty coat and a wide-brimmed bowler's hat comprised of the same material. SCP-2567's face has several large bulbous eyes on its head. These eyes are not fixed in place, and SCP-2567 is able to shift them across its surface to point in a desired direction. SCP-2567's eyes emit a lavender-scented liquid that drastically accelerates floral growth when spread over a burial site.\nSCP-2567 resides within a cemetery 1.3 kilometers from the Site-12 Mt. Sugarloaf facility in Sunderland, Massachusetts, measuring 120 meters by 200 meters. It displays no unprompted aggression to living organisms and will display passive behavior unless its territory2 is vandalized or violated in any way. This includes committing acts of grave robbery, littering, damaging headstones, and graffiti.\nWhen SCP-2567's territory is damaged or vandalized, it will attempt to repair any damaged components of the cemetery using the grey liquid it produces as an adhesive to reconstruct damaged headstones.\nAll attempts to relocate SCP-2567 to a controlled facility have failed. When removed from its territory SCP-2567 will fall apart and dissolve, and a new instance of SCP-2567 will appear at its graveyard.\nSCP-2567 displays extreme resilience to damage and will not attack living individuals that attempt to damage it. If SCP-2567 sustains significant damage it will return to its graveyard and enter the central mausoleum where it will encase itself in a stone coffin. After 24 hours, SCP-2567 will exit its coffin in a state of full repair. SCP-2567's mausoleum displays no anomalous properties on its own. The entrance has a plaque which reads:\n\nJackson M. Maywall\nOctober 19th, 1936 - [UNINTELLIGIBLE]\nA kind-hearted public servant and friend to all who knew him. May his soul find eternal peace in the land of his love.\n\nUnder the approval of level-2 administrative personnel an investigation into the whereabouts of the corpse of Maywall has been put underway. The agent assigned to investigating the possible link to SCP-2567 recorded the following conversation with a local grave keeper.\n\n+ Transcript From Agent E. Ville\n\n- Close This Transcript\n\nInterviewed: Harold F. Tanner, grave keeper\nInterviewer: Agent Franklin E. Ville\nForeword: Agent Ville questioned several inhabitants around the town of Sunderland, Massachusetts, before concluding his investigation with an interview with one of the night-shift grave keepers of the town.\n<Begin Log>\nAgent Ville: So, I've asked around, and you seem to have been the closest person to the late Mr. Maywall. Is that true?\nHarold Tanner: Aye, yeah. You could say closest, but to be fair he was everyone's friend. Real kind man, he was.\nAgent Ville: Right. So I've come to gather that he was an admired figure in the community, yeah?\nHarold Tanner: Absolutely! He and his wife worked in the library, down by the corner store. They kept the place colorful. The kids loved 'em.\nAgent Ville: Can you tell me about them? Jackson and his wife, I mean. I haven't heard much about the wife from anyone.\nHarold Tanner: Mmhm. Yeah\u2026 Sure, I can tell you whatever you need. Care if I ask a question of my own?\nAgent Ville: Not at all. Ask away.\nHarold Tanner: Why're you asking around about the Maywalls? Extended family get into some trouble?\nAgent Ville: Not at all. Jackson knew my mom when she was a little girl, she told me a lot of stories, just thought I'd come ask about, then pay my respects.\nHarold Tanner: Mm\u2026 Good a reason as ever. Anyways\u2026 Georgia Maywall was a nice enough woman. Real religious, but Jackson never was. They had a lot of differences, but you couldn't ask for a closer couple.\nAgent Ville: That sounds nice. Not many people get that any more.\nHarold Tanner: Mmhm. It was real nice, up until a few years back. She'd gotten liver cancer, but Jackson stayed with her all the way through. Wouldn't leave her side for more than a few hours, right up 'til the end.\nAgent Ville: And after she'd passed away?\nHarold Tanner: Well, he didn't last much longer after she passed, maybe three years? He died in bed, though. Died happy, with some of his oldest friends by his side.\nAgent Ville: What about before he died? What was he doing then?\nHarold Tanner: Well, afterwards\u2026 He dropped his job at the library, and took one up where Georgia was buried, as the day time tender. Kept things tidy in the cemetery. It's a bit of a grim job, but he always smiled. I guess, in a way, he really was with her until the very end.\nAgent Ville: I guess we should all hope to be that lucky. My grandfather died overseas a long time back. So, did anyone see Maywall much during his time in the cemetery?\nHarold Tanner: Oh boy, yeah, plenty! We all visited him, couple of times a week at least but he spent every day in the cemetery. Every Thursday, he'd bring a bouquet of lavenders to her headstone, and spend the evening reading to her. I'm sure he'd have given anything to pass on, right there next to her. I can't imagine how it must've been for him, losin' the closest person he's ever had.\nAgent Ville: I certainly couldn't imagine it. I should probably be hitting the road soon, but I want to thank you for taking the time to talk with me.\nHarold Tanner: Ain't a problem\u2026 Any friend of the Maywalls is welcome to take my time as they please.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: As per investigations regarding the Maywall family, SCP-2567 displays thematic similarities to Jackson Maywall before his passing such as the lavenders Jackson would leave at Georgia's grave, and the lavender-colored fluid that leaks from SCP-2567's eyes, as well as its constant presence in the area surrounding both Jackson and Georgia's grave and mausoleum.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Field agents assigned to SCP-2567 are to be supplied with false ID's and deployed under cover as cemetery tenders.\n2. As defined by the cemetery borders.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2566 | SCP-2567 | SCP-2568 \u00bb"}
{"text": "The first example of SCP-2568 retrieved.\n\nItem #: SCP-2568\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Each instance of SCP-2568 is to be contained in a 90cm-per-side cubic box constructed of cubic subdivisions, each 10 centimeters on each side, \u00b1 5mm.\nPaths from the object to the walls, floor, and ceiling should be kept clear of objects that might be harmed by a steel ball appearing inside them, such as personnel. Following incident SCP-2568-C, if multiple instances are contained within the same room or locker, they are not to be placed directly in line with each other, to reduce the risk of collisions.\nElectromagnets and laser or ultrasonic rangefinders are to be used to precisely control the object, ensuring that it remains in the center of the containment apparatus. Note: See Addendum 2568-A regarding the use of ultrasonic rangefinders. Contained correctly, an instance of SCP-2568 which acquires a significant velocity it will almost certainly lodge itself in the chamber walls or some other solid object, from which it can easily be retrieved. For this reason, it has been classified as Safe.\nSCP-2568-1 is non-anomalous anomalous but classified as Safe. It is extremely old and should be stored according to normal Foundation Archives protocol for ancient organic objects.\nDescription: SCP-2568 is a collection of twenty-nine (29) twenty-seven (27) steel balls 3.33 centimeters in diameter. Instances of SCP-2568 move only in increments of 0.2 times their diameter along their axes and rotate only in increments of 3.6 degrees around their axes.\nNote: Units of Measure.\n\n+ View\n\n- Hide\n\nThe actual diameter of each instance of SCP-2586 is exactly the distance that light can travel in 108.8 picoseconds - that is, the wavelength of light at the reciprocal ground state hyperfine splitting frequency of the cesium-133 atom (9,192,631,770 Hz), or 32,616 microns. They are ground to an extremely fine precision, and remain quite smooth despite their age.\nThis was not determined with precision until several years after the recovery of SCP-2568, through the use of laser interferometry. The difference between 32,616 microns and the 33,000 micron measurements used in all existing containment gear is small enough not to present a problem, as evinced by the fact that the holes on SCP-2568-1 vary by as much as 1000 microns and have no trouble containing instances of SCP-2586.\nSimilarly, the movement of SCP-2586 is limited to increments of 6,523 microns, or 0.2x the nominal radius.\n\nWhen a force is applied to an SCP-2568 object, it acquires a \"virtual\" velocity; that is, if a force were applied which would accelerate it to 1 cm/s, it would rest in place for 0.33 seconds, then teleport 0.33 centimeters in the direction in which the force was applied.\nAs mentioned above, these items cannot move except along three perpendicular axes. The vertical axis is oriented upwards (that is, toward and away from Earth's gravitational center), but the two horizontal axes are not aligned to gravity, magnetic fields, or any other obvious means of directional determination. The axes are fixed and cannot be changed by any means so far devised.\nWhen one of the objects does move, it emits a flash of electromagnetic radiation in all frequencies at the destination, the brightness of which scales linearly with the object's virtual velocity. Dr. Matthews is currently working on the initial stages of a test to determine if useful energy can be extracted from this process; for now, he has advised all personnel handling SCP-2568 to be careful not to accelerate them to too great a velocity, as they could theoretically produce harmful levels of ionizing radiation.\nAddendum 2568-A: Initial recovery.\n\n+ View\n\n- Hide\n\nThe first example of SCP-2568 was recovered from its resting place in a Gash Group settlement near Agordat, Eritrea. During initial containment at Provisional Site-223.Ag, the object's position was measured with consumer-grade ultrasonic rangefinders due to availability. The sound waves emitted during their operation imparted a virtual velocity to the object which eventually caused it to \"hop\" out of the containment tent, through several meters of air, and into the cereal bowl of a member of the expedition during breakfast, causing surprise and distress but no injuries. Henceforth, only laser rangefinders are to be used in containment to prevent this kind of incident in the future.\n\nAddendum 2568-B: Recovery of later samples.\n\n+ View\n\n- Hide\n\nFurther excavation at Provisional Site-223.Ag has revealed twenty-eight (28) additional items with the same properties, classified as additional instances of SCP-2568. They were found in various positions on a square of hardwood, about 8 cm thick, with 3.3 cm hemispherical divots spaced 3.3 cm apart in an 8x8 grid. Despite heavy cracking damage, and clear erosion of fine surface detail, the object remains structurally sound. This object is hereby classified SCP-2568-1.\nFoundation anthropologists, posing as Eritrean government officials, cooperated with researchers from the British Museum and the University of Cambridge Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology to determine that SCP-2568-1 was most likely a game board of some kind, and was produced at least 4000 years ago, which is consistent with the age of the site from which it was recovered.\n\nAddendum 2568-C: Incident log.\n\n+ View\n\n- Hide\n\nIncident 2568-C\n\nSituation:\nTwo instances of SCP-2568 in their containment boxes were placed in the same secure locker area, one above the other. The power supply on one containment box failed, and a few moments later, security cameras and staff reported a significant explosion which destroyed the entire locker area.\nResults:\nThe explosion caused a minor containment breach in which SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 killed 2 security personnel before being contained. 2 Safe items and 14 anomalous items awaiting classification were lost, presumed destroyed.\nThe two SCP-2568 instances were not recovered.\nAnalysis:\nAs the standard lockers at Site-77 are 18 centimeters tall, when the power supply on the upper object's containment apparatus failed, it gained a virtual velocity due to the force of gravity and fell through the top of the second container's box. The sensors in that container, detecting both objects, triggered a bug in the the control program which caused it to emit the maximum values for the associated electromagnets, applying a very high force to the lower SCP-2568 instance. When the upper one proceeded, a few microseconds later, to move downward into the same space as the lower one, the magnetic forces prevented either one from appropriately vacating the space as normal.\nNeeds:\nDr. Da Costa and Dr. Matthews agree that such incidents can be entirely avoided by simply spacing out these objects diagonally, so they cannot easily move into the same space. In addition, the control program has been corrected for all remaining containers.\n\nNote by Dr. Da Costa: This raises some interesting questions. Clearly these things are dangerous, but perhaps only when they are so tightly contained? On a board like SCP-2568-1 they would collide all the time, and we have to assume that they were safe enough to be played with.\n\nAddendum 2568-D: Experiment log.\n\n+ View\n\n- Hide\n\nExperiment 2568-D\n\nSituation:\nFour instances of SCP-2568 were placed on SCP-2568-1. D-2568-22 was instructed to attempt to cause them to collide. After a few minutes of getting used to their anomalous properties, he managed to maneuver them into place on the board.\nResults:\nWhen any two instances were made to collide, the one not moving was bumped out of its place in the direction of the moving one, but only by one space. When at the edge, both simply stopped. How this happens is unknown; in theory, the non-moving instance should be bumped off the board and continue into free space.\nWhen all four instances were made to collide, each emitted a very bright flash of light and all four acquired an extreme virtual velocity. Two ricochetted around the board until succumbing to friction and settling down. The other two flew off the board at an angle, one embedding itself in the glass of the observation room and the other in the adjacent wall.\nNotes by Dr. Da Costa:\nClearly, SCP-2568-1 is capable of controlling the virtual velocity of these objects in a way that we don't understand. I suggest an immediate reclassification of that item as anomalous, under a Safe categorization, and a good deal of further testing.\n\nAddendum 2568-E: On future Provisional Site-223.Ag accessions.\n\n+ View\n\n- Hide\n\nMessage from Site-77 Director\nDear Dr. Da Costa,\nProvisional Site-223.Ag will remain activated for the next few months. If the Gash Group actually produced this object, it's likely that further excavation will reveal other, perhaps more dangerous anomalies, and I would prefer that the Foundation is entirely in control of any potential discoveries. If you need anything, from a couple of archaeologists to an MTF, please consider it done.\nSincerest regards,\nDr. Shirley Gillespie\nDirector, Site-77\n\n\u00ab SCP-2567 | SCP-2568 | SCP-2569 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2569\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2569 is stored in an unpowered state in a standard secure locker at Site-15. Experimentation with SCP-2569 may only be performed with prior authorization from Level 3 security personnel and may only be performed in a prepared testing chamber. When powered on, no more than one (1) personnel may be within the 5 meter Red Zone of SCP-2569 except with prior medical clearance and Level 3 Senior Researcher authorization.\nDescription: SCP-2569 is a \"Lava Lite\" decorative lamp manufactured by the Lava Manufacturing Company circa 1968, and is composed of materials consistent with other Lava Lite lamps produced during that period of time. SCP-2569 is distinguishable from similar appliances by its unusual mass (which is approximately 21% higher than normal) and lack of an opaque wax solution which normally gives such lamps their distinctive appearance. The words \"we are all blod [sic] relatives\" have also been inscribed onto the base using pink glitter glue.\nWhen SCP-2569 is powered on, a small amount of blood (approximately 5 mL per minute) is drawn through unknown means from the aorta of all living human subjects within approximately 4 meters and into the glass vessel of the object. This continues until the mass of blood present within SCP-2569 reaches the volume of wax that is normally present within such lamps, after which blood continues to be drawn, but an equal amount is returned to the superior vena cava of all affected subjects at an equal rate. Due to the heating of the lamp, affected subjects report feeling an unusual but not uncomfortable warmth within their chest after SCP-2569 reaches its cyclical state. When SCP-2569 is disconnected from power, all blood contained within it will return to its affected subjects at its normal rate of flow, regardless of distance. It is not known why blood drawn into SCP-2569 behaves as the normal wax mixture does, regardless of the difference in chemical composition.\nSCP-2569 came to the Foundation's attention in 2004 during a police investigation of an incident in which a young couple discovered SCP-2569 while searching in the attic of the husband's deceased parents' home. From post-incident interviews, it was determined that they had found SCP-2569 among the parents' stored possessions and had powered on the object to test whether it still functioned. The female subject was determined via medical records to have Type AB-positive blood type; the male subject was determined to be of Type O-negative, and he died of massive acute hemolytic reactions to his wife's blood leading to acute renal failure and cardiac arrest. All witnesses were administered a Class A amnestic and the official cause of death falsified under standard disinformation protocols; a search of the home turned up no additional anomalies.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2568 | SCP-2569 | SCP-2570 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More SCPs by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-3220\n\nSCP-2790\n\nSCP-2820\n\nSCP-4780\n\nSCP-3780\n\nSCP-2664\n\nSCP-4950\n\nSCP-2730\n\nSCP-947\n\nSCP-2810\n\nSCP-2350\n\nSCP-3640\n\nSCP-4670\n\nSCP-2490\n\nSCP-2680\n\nSCP-3470\n\nSCP-5430\n\nSCP-5940\n\nSCP-2210\n\nSCP-4710\n\nSCP-3850\n\nSCP-3360\n\nSCP-2910\n\nSCP-2060\n\nSCP-7660\n\nSCP-1750\n\nSCP-2570\n\nSCP-2650\n\nSCP-2143\n\nSCP-6190\n\nSCP-7780\n\nSCP-6880\n\n+ All Tales by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nAvatara\n\nHypervelocity\n\nI Thought You Died Alone\n\nMoonlighting\n\nZeitgeist\n\nAutoerotic Assassination\n\nT Minus\n\nTerminal Velocity\n\nThe Chosen Few\n\nReboot or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypses\n\nHard Machine\n\nLoud, Lawless, and Lost\n\nMorphine Machine\n\nThe Vice Girls\n\nTruth Is Sin\n\nDeus Vulture\n\nEcstasy and Exorcism\n\nThe Revelation\n\nNonpareil\n\nRise and Repent\n\nT Plus\n\nThe Ballad of Santa Troy\n\nPrey and Obey\n\nEscape Velocity\n\nJump the Gun\n\nNo One Gets Out of Her Alive\n\nLeather Pig\n\nContempt\n\nThe Man-Machine\n\nDomo Arigato\n\nMile High Club\n\nStrung Out in Heavens High\n\nIndustrial Espionage\n\nHands\n\nNothing Human\n\nFullmusic Astrobiologist\n\nEnasni Si Gnihtyreve\n\nEight Hours in the ECRG\n\n+ All Hubs by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nHubs\n\nPrometheus Labs Hub\n\nSpeed Demon\n\nGuns Pointed at the Head of God\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nOverheard at Deer\nch00bakka\n\nSCP-150\nDecibelles\n\nSCP-3000\ndjkaktus, Joreth\n\nSCP-4220\nThe Great Hippo\n\nSCP-4310\nThe Great Hippo\n\nChicago Spirit Hub\nPeppersGhost\n\nSCP-5555\nRounderhouse, Uncle Nicolini\n\nVisions of Bodies Being Burned\nTaffeta\n\nSamsara\nTyGently\n\nDeath Perception\nTyGently\n\nThe Powers that Bark\nTyGently\n\nA Semi-Comprehensive List of Foundation Facilities\n\nDr. Desai's Personnel File\n\nSCP-2569\n\nSCP-2571\n\nSCP-2798\n\nSCP Series 3\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2570\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2570-1 and -2 are currently contained on a 5-meter radius circular Pyrex platform in the Site-42 Extradimensional Containment Zone. A system of stereos and loudspeakers that constantly play Kanye West's musical albums The College Dropout and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (in a staggered format so that there is no pause in the music) is to be arranged in a 4-meter radius around SCP-2570. A backup system should be placed in a 6-meter radius around SCP-2570-1, and is to be moved into the 4-meter radius should the primary speaker system fail. The stereos and speakers are to be tied directly to the Site-42 nuclear power plant, and a backup generator must be in place in case of a blackout.\nMinor Task Force Aleph-16 (\"Kenny Rogers' Roaster\") is to be on standby to execute Procedure Aleph-16 in the event of complete speaker failure.\nA biological facsimile of Adam Yauch has been placed at the original gravesite.\nDescription: SCP-2570-1 is the body of former musician Adam \"MCA\" Yauch of the musical group \"Beastie Boys\". Aside from not having decayed since Yauch's death in 2012, SCP-2570-1 is non-anomalous.\nSCP-2570-2 is a spiral dimensional rift located exactly five meters above SCP-2570-1's head, and will move with it. Periodically, incorporeal entities will attempt to exit through SCP-2570-2. These entities constantly exude a corrosive substance around them. Objects affected by this corrosion (including air) separate into their component parts before either dissolving or condensing into an equally corrosive liquid, further spreading the effect. As a result, the general area around SCP-2570-1 is usually engulfed in the corrosion. Pyrex glass, SCP-2570-1, and SCP-2570-3 are the only known objects unaffected by this corrosion. This process emits no sound.\nThe entities themselves are drawn towards human beings, and will attempt to make contact with any human within the vicinity of SCP-2570-2. Any and all animals that come into contact with the entities become instances of SCP-2570-3. Instances of SCP-2570-3 adopt major characteristics of the entities, gaining resistance to the corrosion and experiencing extreme changes to their personality. Human instances claim to be an entity that calls itself Ahseem. Animal instances will gain the ability to speak in what appears to be Pali1 and then also claim to be said entity. All instances of SCP-2570-3, whether human or animal, express a desire to enslave, loot, or otherwise adversely affect this reality and its inhabitants, and refuse to communicate beyond declaring said intentions.\nExternal acoustic rhythms have a negative effect on SCP-2570, its corrosion, and instances of SCP-2570-3. The rift either ceases expansion or begins contraction depending on the tempo, pitch, and tone of the sound in its vicinity. In particular, any music featuring the voice of musician Kanye West has a strongly negative effect on SCP-2570. West's voice also halts the corrosion, causing an inverse process where the corrosive liquid is recompiled into its original substance and/or retreats back into the rift. Instances of SCP-2570-3 are neutralized and reverted to their original selves. However, complete closing of the rift has been unsuccessful.\nAddendum: Recovery Log\nSCP-2570 was first recovered on 04/04/18 in Brooklyn, New York when the Foundation intercepted reports of pools of acid and incorporeal entities stemming from Green-Wood Cemetery, specifically from a \"purple, swirling portal in the cemetery\". Local Task Force Gimel-9 (\"The Ungrateful Dead\") moved to contain the anomaly. At the scene, they encountered a married couple, Tricia and Arthur Prefect, who had already established basic containment of SCP-2570 using a rudimentary version of the protocols outlined above and were in the process of packing up their equipment.\n\nAddendum: Interview with Tricia and Arthur Prefect\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nForeword: This interview was conducted on-site by the leader of LTF Gimel-9, Douglas Fook. Mr. and Mrs. Prefect provided all insights on containing SCP-2570. Following the interview, the Prefects' equipment was confiscated, and they were given Class-A amnestics and released. Emotional responses such as crying, hiccuping, and stuttering have been edited out to enhance comprehension.\n\nFook: Tricia and Arthur Prefect? We would like to speak with you regarding the events that just occurred.\nTricia: Hold on, are you the police? Because if you are, then I want my lawyer.\n[IRRELEVANT DATA EXPUNGED]\nTricia: My name is Tricia Jeltz. I'm an orthodontist, and this is my husband slash assistant, Arthur Prefect. We run Prefect Perfect Dentistry, a dentistry clinic in the Bronx. We're here - well, were here - to revive Adam Yauch.\nFook: How is that related to the events that just transpired?\nTricia: Well, it's exactly like I said. We tried to revive Adam Yauch from the dead using\u2026 I suppose\u2026 musical necromancy?\nFook: Again, please explain. We have plenty of time.\nTricia: See, we're big fans of the Beastie Boys. Own all the albums, collector's edition, gold-plated vinyl, digitally remastered edition, you name it, we got it. Been to almost every one of their concerts too. We were incredibly excited for their newest - um, not anymore, but upcoming album Hot Sauce Committee back in 2009. But then MCA got throat cancer\u2026 and died. It's not right - they had so much more music to give!\nArthur: At the time, I'd started reading Lovecraft and Stephen King and getting into, um, 'dark arts' and the like. I kept reading these stories about reviving the dead, you know, like Pet Sematary or, or\u2026 um, yeah, like that. So I got to thinking\u2026 what if we could revive him? Bring him back from the dead? I started Googling around, and wouldn't you know it, I found tons of guides on raising the dead. Most of them were useless\u2026 but after a few months, I found one that worked! Sort of.\nFook: Could you please explain your plan to revive Mr. Yauch?\nArthur: I'm really sorry; I don't know the steps off the top of my head. I printed something like ten pages of instructions from online. But the gist of it was we were going to attract his soul to the body with his music and then trap it.\nFook: Where did you locate these instructions?\nArthur: Honestly, I don't really remember. I had the pages and I think they had the website name on them - but the pages got sucked into the\u2026 uh, they got sucked into the portal. I mean, the instructions worked - or I guess they would have worked, if I hadn't - if I hadn't screwed up with the music.\nFook: Please explain how you\u2026 'screwed up.'\nArthur: I accidentally played the Beach Boys instead of Beastie Boys. It was an honest mistake!\nTricia: Right after Arthur fucked up the music, everything went wrong. Some kind of portal opened up over MCA's head and then these\u2026 green ghosts popped out! They were oozing everywhere, melting everything into this awful green acid. And they kept on wailing. Everyone and everything, even the birds and the possums were squealing in this awful voice! It was terrifying!\nFook: The entities currently appear to be contained within the circle. How did you accomplish this? Do you know anything about the entities themselves?\nArthur: I'm not really sure. All I know is that I dropped my, um, iPod, and my Kanye West playlist started playing over the speakers, and then the ghosts and the acid started pulling back into the portal. I don't know what they are, sorry, the instructions never mentioned anything about ghosts, that much I know! I mean, I guess they don't like Kanye West, but that's it!\nFook: Why were you packing up your equipment?\nArthur: Well, uh\u2026 I mean, um. I guess - I mean - um, well, we\u2026 were going to leave?\nFook: What were you planning to do about the portal, MCA, and the entities?\nTricia: Um, we kind of figured that the authorities would be able to take care of it, right? I mean, you're here now, and you look ready to take care of it.\nFook: Do you know where the portal leads?\nTricia: I don't know. It's definitely not heaven, but MCA didn't belong to hell.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A dead language native to the Indian subcontinent, heavily studied due to its usage as the primary language of major extant Buddhist texts.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2569 | SCP-2570 | SCP-2571 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\nImages: Link, Link, Link, and Link.\nInspired by Candle Cove creepypasta and SCP-1981.\nMusic: Circus Clown Calliope Music (Circus Clown Calliope)\nNext: [SCP-2419]: The Laughing Men\n\nMore by The Great Hippo:\n\nSCPs\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nSCPs\n\n[SCP-3034]\nThe Counting Station\n\nDO NOT LET HER FINISH\n\n[SCP-3035]\nScience Bugs\n\ncase_of_the_mondays.png, case_of_the_mondays (1).png\n\n[SCP-3054]\nCragstaff Sanitarium\n\nYou are sick. You are broken. We will fix you.\n\n[SCP-3045]\nbzzip.exe\n\nHAMLET: I am no longer moody.\n\n[SCP-3043]\nMurphy Law in\u2026 Type 3043 \u2014 FOR MURDER!\n\nForget it, Fred. It's Chinatown.\n\n[SCP-3057]\nFossil Fuels\n\n\u2026witnesses provided confirmation that instances of SCP-3057-4 did, in fact, have feathers.\n\n[SCP-2639]\nVideo Game Violence\n\ni need to know how many people i've killed\n\n[SCP-437]\nSummer of '91\n\nThat was a pretty crazy summer, y'know? Sometimes I really miss that place.\n\n[SCP-3079]\n300 Tricks: Stage Magic Made Easy\n\nNOTE: No method for accomplishing this trick is provided.\n\n[SCP-2753]\nLet's Play Jenga!\n\nHigh art carries high risk!\n\n[SCP-2679]\nThe Many Graves of Jeannette Parslov\n\nWhatever it takes, do what you must; whatever the cost, come back to us.\n\n[SCP-3074]\nKafka's Parking Garage\n\nThank you for choosing Izatova Parking Center. Have a pleasant day.\n\n[SCP-2571]\nCragglewood Park\n\nMr. Blair, have you always been an only child?\n\n[SCP-2419]\nThe Laughing Men\n\nThrow them back into the incinerator where you found them.\n\n[SCP-3143]\nMurphy Law in\u2026 The Foundation Always Rings Twice!\n\nWhen it comes right down to it, me \u2014 them \u2014 hell, even you \u2014 we're all just characters in that trashy dime-store novel called life.\n\n[SCP-3089]\nThat Old Time Religion\n\nRemember how we explained that successful people don't actually need any of their toes to walk? Well, that's going to come in handy for Secret Number Six.\n\n[SCP-3117]\nA Monster-Shaped Hole\n\nI'm not talking to you.\n\n[SCP-3128]\nLet's Play Monopoly!\n\nHey, guys? I'm, uh. I'm using this.\n\n[SCP-3138]\nA Sepulcher by the Sea\n\nShould it prove feasible, all non-canonical corpses are to be extracted, examined, and catalogued.\n\n[SCP-3241]\nThe SS Sommerfeld\n\nIt makes me wonder what an old monster like myself is even doing here, anymore. And then? Someone special comes along and reminds me.\n\n[SCP-3219]\nThis Sour Earth\n\nNotably, no reports describe any attempt to examine the residence's storm cellar.\n\n[SCP-4028]\nLa Historia de Don Quixote de la Mancha\n\nJustine eventually re-unites with her sister, Juliette. Alonso strikes down a lightning bolt intended for them both, then challenges the narrator to a duel.\n\n[SCP-3546]\nDoggone it, I Fold!\n\nSpecifically, fan-art of Sonic the Hedgehog, a video-game character produced by Sega in 1991.\n\n[SCP-3561]\nAn Unfinished Work\n\nDespite multiple reports from neighbors who claimed to have witnessed members of his family standing at the windows, no trace of Theodore Holdstock's wife and children could be found.\n\n[SCP-4054]\nThe Seventh Door\n\nSCP-4054 is The Seventh Door, an unlicensed platform adventure game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988.\n\n\nArtistic rendition of a tree featured in SCP-2571 (\"The Old Craggle Tree\").\n\nItem #: SCP-2571\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A Foundation-operated bot (I/O-MANDELA) is to monitor online communities for discussions regarding SCP-2571. MTF Phi-7 (\"The Laughingstock\") is to investigate these discussions and make a determination for appropriate action on a case-by-case basis.\nDescription: SCP-2571 is a recurring childhood memory of a non-existent theme-park ('Cragglewood Park'). It is estimated that 0.05% of the world's population is affected by SCP-2571; however, recent evidence suggests this number may be growing. The primary vector for SCP-2571's spread is not yet known \u2014 notably, it appears to be most common among adults raised as an only child.\nAfflicted subjects are initially responsive to amnestics, but memories regarding Cragglewood will typically resurface once treatment ceases. Although descriptions of these memories vary, several details remain consistent:\n\nSubjects were between the age of 4 and 12 when they visited.\nThe park featured numerous characters, primarily centered around anthropomorphic variants of trees and plants.\nNo adult supervision was present.\nCalliope music played throughout the park.\nSubjects attended the park with numerous other children, none of whom they knew.\nThe park featured only one ride; a carousel (or 'merry-go-round'). Although children accompanying the subjects boarded this ride, the subjects themselves did not.\n\nInvestigations regarding the precise nature of both SCP-2571 and Cragglewood Park are ongoing.\nAddendum 2571.1: Interview Logs\n\n\u25ba ACCESS SCP:/2571/interviews/218.log\n\n\u25bc Close File\n\nINTERVIEW LOG\n\nDATE: 2002/11/16\nINTERVIEWER: Dr. Reiner\nSUBJECT: Rupert Duccasoux\n\n[BEGIN LOG.]\nREINER: What do you recall about 'Cragglewood Park'?\nSUBJECT: Jesus. Is that what this is about? It's just this nightmare I used to have.\nREINER: Can you elaborate?\nSUBJECT: I mean, I think it's \u2014 it's probably based on some actual theme-park I went to as a little kid, y'know? Probably traumatized the shit out of me.\nREINER: What happens in the nightmare?\nSUBJECT: I enter this theme-park. It's like Disneyland, but smaller. There's no rides; just this long, winding road through the woods. Everything's bright and colorful, like in a cartoon. And there's these trees all around me, but\u2026\nREINER: Tell me about the trees.\nSUBJECT: They've all got faces. And they're singing. They've got these dopey, cheerful looks, like in one of those old time cartoons, right? And they just sing and laugh and sing.\nREINER: Can you tell me anything else?\nSUBJECT: There's this music that's playing everywhere. It's like organ music, but not the kind you hear in a church. More like the sort you might hear in a carnival.\nREINER: You mentioned before that there aren't any rides.\nSUBJECT: Uh, no, wait. No, I'm wrong. There's rides \u2014 there's one ride. Just one ride. It's that thing with horses that goes around in circles. You know what I'm talking about?\nREINER: A carousel.\nSUBJECT: Right. That thing. It's where the organ music is coming from.\nREINER: Were you there alone?\nSUBJECT: No. There's other kids with me. They're not happy to be there, either. We're all smiling and laughing, but we're just doing it to stop ourselves from crying, y'know? To fool the trees. So the trees don't see how scared we are. To keep the trees happy.\nREINER: Keep them happy?\nSUBJECT: Yeah.\nREINER: Is there anything else you can tell us?\nSUBJECT: Um, fuck. I don't know. I haven't dreamed about this place in ages. Uh, I think\u2026 There's one bit, near the end.\nREINER: Please, relax. Take as much time as you need.\n[Subject closes his eyes.]\nSUBJECT: Just as I'm getting ready to leave, I see something. A tiny tree, sprouting up near my foot. It looks up at me. It's smiling, smiling with that big, dopey, happy grin. When I see it, that's when I start screaming. That's when I wake up.\nREINER: Why does that tree make you scream?\n[Subject opens his eyes.]\nSUBJECT: Because it has my face.\n[END LOG.]\n\n\u25ba ACCESS SCP:/2571/interviews/341.log\n\n\u25bc Close File\n\nINTERVIEW LOG\n\nDATE: 2003/02/09\nINTERVIEWER: Dr. Reiner\nSUBJECT: Janine Yearling\n\n[BEGIN LOG.]\nREINER: Did you ever ride the carousel?\nSUBJECT: What? Hell no. Are you crazy?\nREINER: What happened when you reached it, then?\nSUBJECT: Some of the kids got on. Not me, though. The ones who did \u2014 some of them were smiling, some of them were crying. Some of them hugged the ones who didn't get on. Some of them hugged each other.\nREINER: What happened then?\nSUBJECT: They rode the carousel. Then we left.\nREINER: What happened to them?\nSUBJECT: (irritated) How should I know? We left.\nREINER: You left them behind?\nSUBJECT: (increasingly irritated) Yes, we left them behind. What, you think we should have stuck around? See how this was all going to turn out?\nREINER: I'm sorry. I didn't mean to accuse you of anything. You were just a child. No one would have expected you to\u2014\nSUBJECT: That's right, I was just a goddamn child in the middle of a goddamn nightmare, and I \u2014 I just \u2014\n[Subject shakes her head.]\nSUBJECT: I just, you have no idea what even talking about this is doing to me, or how it's making me feel. I don't want to talk about it. I just want to forget it. Why can't you just let us \u2014 let us \u2014\n[Subject lowers head into hands.]\nSUBJECT: I'm sorry, I just \u2014\nREINER: You don't need to apologize, Ms. Yearling. You've clearly gone through a deeply traumatizing experience.\n[Subject sobs.]\nSUBJECT: I just, I just, I don't understand.\nREINER: I can't imagine you would. Nothing about this experience makes much sense.\nSUBJECT: (choked sobs) Not that, it isn't that. It's just\u2026\nREINER: What is it?\nSUBJECT: One of the kids. One of the kids that got on.\nREINER: Yes?\nSUBJECT: Why? Why did he hug me? I didn't \u2014 I don't even know who he was \u2014\n[Subject continues to sob.]\n[END LOG.]\n\n\u25ba ACCESS SCP:/2571/interviews/367.log\n\n\u25bc Close File\n\nINTERVIEW LOG\n\nDATE: 2004/06/12\nINTERVIEWER: Dr. Reiner\nSUBJECT: Randolph Blair\n\n[BEGIN LOG.]\nREINER: I'd like to talk to you about the video cassette.\nSUBJECT: Christ.\nREINER: I understand that this is \u2014\nSUBJECT: You people just don't get it. I don't want to discuss any of this with you. Fuck. I shouldn't have told my therapist any of this, that fucking bitch \u2014\nREINER: Please, Mr. Blair. I need you to focus.\nSUBJECT: (sighing) Get on with it.\nREINER: This cassette. Where did you get it from?\nSUBJECT: I don't know. I don't fucking know. I found it in my attic when I was cleaning shit out. I thought it was just an old copy of Ghostbusters or something.\nREINER: Do you recognize any of the images on it?\nSUBJECT: I don't know. Yeah. From nightmares. Bullshit like that. Maybe someone showed me the tape as a kid.\nREINER: Have you lived in this house your whole life?\nSUBJECT: Yeah.\nREINER: You were raised in this house by your parents?\nSUBJECT: Yeah. This going somewhere?\nREINER: The front bedroom \u2014\nSUBJECT: Look, I don't want to talk about this shit, okay?\nREINER: I understand. But we need to understand what's going on, Mr. Blair. Why is the front bedroom \u2014\nSUBJECT: I don't know. I don't fucking know. It's always just had shit in it. But nobody uses it. That's why I keep it locked, okay? I don't think about it.\nREINER: I understand, Mr. Blair. I just need to ask \u2014\nSUBJECT: Are we done?\nREINER: I just need to ask one more question.\nSUBJECT: Whatever.\nREINER: Mr. Blair, have you always been an only child?\n[Subject refuses to respond.]\n[END LOG.]\n\nNOTE: The subject has refused to conduct any additional interviews.\n\nAddendum 2571.2: Video Log\n\n\u25ba ACCESS SCP:/2571/files/video102.log\n\n\u25bc Close File\n\nVIDEO LOG\n\nDATE: 2004/06/10\nNOTE: The following log describes the contents of a mini video cassette found in the possession of Randolph Blair. The word 'CRAGGLEWOOD' is written across its label in black felt tip marker.\n\n00:23\n\n[BEGIN LOG.]\n[00:01]: (Heavy breathing.)\n[00:05]: Shaky image of a gravel path heading through a forested region.\n[00:10]: (Distant calliope music.)\n[00:21]: View swivels to focus on other children walking down the path; some move hand in hand.\n[00:32]: View points toward the gravel.\n[00:36]: (Quiet sobbing.)\n[00:39]: VOICE 1: (whispering) I'm scared.\n[00:41]: VOICE 2: (whispering) Shhh. It's okay. It's okay. Don't cry. You have to smile. You have to.\n[00:55]: (Distant singing.)\n[00:58]: VOICE 2: (whispering) Smile. Smile, please, just, smile, we'll be okay I promise, I'll take care of \u2014\n[01:02]: Static.\n\n01:09\n\n[01:09]: Blurred images.\n[01:10]: (Distorted singing and calliope music.)\n[01:15]: (Deep, cheerful laughter.)\n[01:20]: (Singing and music intensify.)\n[01:25]: VOICE 2: (whispering) Oh, God.\n[01:26]: Static.\n[01:30]: Approximately a dozen children are standing around a carousel.\n[01:32]: VOICE 1: (whispering) What's happening?\n[01:35]: VOICE 2: (whispering) Sh, just\u2026\n[01:39]: (Singing intensifies.)\n[01:42]: VOICE 2: (whispering) Oh, God.\n[01:45]: VOICE 1: (whispering) What are they \u2014 what are they \u2014\n[01:48]: VOICE 2: (whispering) Listen, you have to \u2014\n[01:52]: View lowers to the gravel.\n[01:58]: VOICE 2: I'm sorry. I'm sorry. You have to go. You have to \u2014\n[02:01]: VOICE 1: No! You aren't \u2014\n[02:05]: (Singing intensifies. Sounds of children sobbing can be heard.)\n[02:08]: VOICE 2: Go, please, I'm sorry, I'll be okay, just \u2014\n[02:12]: Static.\n[02:20]: View bobs frantically, racing down a forest path.\n[02:21]: (Heavy breathing.)\n[02:22]: (Distant singing.)\n[02:25]: VOICE 1: (whispering) No, no, no, no \u2014\n\n02:42\n\n[02:30]: View lunges up, then drops to the ground. The view is now centered on a face.\n[02:35]: VOICE 1: (sobbing) No, no, no, please no, please no \u2014\n[02:38]: The face looks up and smiles.\n[02:41]: VOICE 1: (sobbing) No no no \u2014\n[02:42]: (VOICE 2 begins to sing.)\n[END LOG.]\n\n\u00ab SCP-2570 | SCP-2571 | SCP-2572 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Interior of SCP-2572\n\nItem #: SCP-2572\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2572 is currently contained in a Storage Chamber within Site-132. Testing of SCP-2572 must be approved by the Project Lead. Subjects approved for testing are to undergo psychological testing prior to and after the test. Subjects who experience prolonged psychological effects are to be administered Class-B amnestics.\nDescription: SCP-2572 is a subway car formerly belonging to a train operating within the New York City Subway system. SCP-2572 was in operation from 1972 until 198\u2588, shortly after reports of its anomalous properties were documented. SCP-2572 was promptly removed from its train and sent to Site-132 for containment.\nSCP-2572's effects manifest whenever a subject is inside of it and the car is traveling between the 34 Street Herald Square Station and Dekalb Avenue Station.1 Effects may vary, but generally follows a pattern as SCP-2572 travels between stations. Notably, the effects will only manifest when the car begins traveling out of the 34 Street Herald Square Station. Effects are stated as follows:\n\n34 Street Herald Square: Subject experiences a rush, marked by intense euphoria, increased heartbeat, increased respiration, dilated pupils and increased alertness. During this time, the subject may also experience slight paranoia.\n28 Street through 23 Street: Subject's perception of time from this point forward is increased. In addition, the subject's attention is fixated on minute detail. Existing paranoia may increase.\n14 Street Union Square: Subject begins to feel moderate paranoia, if not slight if the subject has not experienced it up until this point. Subject may also begin to experience hallucinations, manifesting as dark humanoid figures within the subject's peripheral vision.\n8 Street NYU: Subjects report discomfort within their lungs. Any subjects who have not experienced hallucinations at this point begin to do so, manifesting as the above mentioned.\nPrince Street: The aforementioned humanoids begin to move outside of the subject's peripherals. The humanoids lack a face or any defining features, including hands and feet, and vary in number between subjects.2 Subjects report the instances 'sliding' along the length of the subway car and outside of the car. In addition, the subject feels additional discomfort in the lungs and tightness of the chest.\nCanal Street: Upon the arrival of the Canal Street Station, the subject experiences an intense ringing sound. A delusion manifests with all subjects; all feel their saliva and mucus hardening. The dark humanoids continue to move within the car at an increased rate.\nCity Hall: Subjects may begin coughing. Those that do report the delusion continuing as fine white powder or small, clear crystals expelled from various orifices. Additionally, subjects report the hallucinatory instances staring at the subject.\nRector St: The humanoids begin to advance on the subject. Coughing increases, if not beginning if the subject has not experienced it up to this point. Acute paranoia manifests. The humanoids begin to manifest hands and feet.\nWhitehall St-South Ferry: The subject's lungs begin to feel extremely irritated. Sensory overload may manifest in some subjects. The instances are now within close proximity of the subject and are reported to extend their hands towards the subject. Subject begins to feel discomfort along the body.\nCourt St: Between Whitehall St and Court St, the subject feels additional discomfort and shaking of the body as the instances begin to caress the subject's arms and legs. Some subjects may also feel increased euphoria. Subjects that have coughed on the instances report said instances displaying hostility. Said instances grab the subject, pin them to the ground, and continue to caress the subject.\nJay-St Metro Tech: Subject is continuously caressed upon the arrival of the Jay-St Station. After SCP-2572 leaves the station, the subject begins to feel crawling of the skin. The instances continue to caress and invariably begin to reach towards the subject's genitals shortly before arrival of the Dekalb Avenue Station.\nDekalb Avenue Station: Immediately upon arrival, the subject reports cessation all effects.\n\nSCP-2572 was discovered shortly after an incident involving an individual expiring within the car, due to a heart attack. A cover story was fabricated, news reports and broadcasts were suppressed, and affected personnel were administered Class-B amnestics in combination with shock therapy.\nA toxicology report states the individual was under the influence of isopropylbenzylamine, methamphetamine, as well as a previously unknown substance prior to death. The individual was never identified.\n\nFootnotes\n1. SCP-2572's effects can be activated by simulating its travel between these stations. This is accomplished by playing audio that is typical to subway car travel in New York City (train moving along track, intercom announcements, etc.)\n2. The description of these humanoids match descriptions of an existing entity observed by The Foundation. For more information, refer to the documentation of SCP-2227\n\n\u00ab SCP-2571 | SCP-2572 | SCP-2573 \u00bb"}
{"text": "3/2573 LEVEL 3/2573\nCLASSIFIED\n\nItem #: SCP-2573\nObject Class: Euclid\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: At least one individual in the editorial board of each publication previously affected by SCP-2573 has been recruited as Class-E personnel, provided with standard Foundation meme/antimeme resistance training, and given the contact information of a Foundation agent to notify in the event of an SCP-2573 event. When notified of such an event, the Foundation is to confiscate and destroy all instances of SCP-2573-1, and if possible replace them with non-anomalous copies of the affected periodical. If more than six weeks pass without an identified SCP-2573 event, the Foundation is to survey all periodicals meeting the known criteria for SCP-2573, following the same procedure if an event is identified.\nDescription: SCP-2573 is a phenomenon that affects English-language print periodicals published by leftist political groups in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom1. Approximately once per month, the regular issue2 of one such periodical is replaced during the printing process with a periodical titled The International Workers' Herald, published by an organization identified as the \"Fifth International Workers' Vanguard Party\" (Group of Interest 125-\u03b7). Issues of The International Workers' Herald, designated instances of SCP-2573-1, generally take the same form as the original periodical (i.e. newspaper, magazine, newsletter, etc.); articles will be approximately the same length and on a similar subject matter, but will change in style and tone dramatically. Articles originally referencing current events will frequently be changed to reference anomalous and/or historical events, with no recognition of the anomalous nature of the events or the temporal distance involved.\nThe ideologies expressed in SCP-2573-1 instances span the range of political leftism; general themes include opposition to capitalism and western imperialism, and support of nations and political groups that espouse a leftist ideology and/or frequently use anomalous artifacts and technology. SCP-2573-1 instances tend to advocate more extreme political actions than the altered periodicals3, and frequently reference anomalous events not known to the general public. The authors of articles in SCP-2573-1 instances are all given the honorific \"Fifth Secretary\"4, or some variation thereof; the names given appear to be pseudonyms, usually somehow related to the content of the article.\nSCP-2573-1 instances exhibit mildly antimemetic properties, preventing individuals involved in the printing, distribution, and sale of the original periodical from noticing any change unless it is explicitly brought to their attention; affected individuals will also often show reluctance to cease printing or distribution of SCP-2573-1 instances, usually citing the cost and effort already spent in the printing and/or distribution, or the belief that other issues of the affected periodical have not been similarly changed. Standard Foundation meme/antimeme resistance training is sufficient to overcome this effect.\nAddendum: Selected Text from SCP-2573-1 Instances\nDate: 4 October 2006\nAffected Periodical: Rolling Thunder #5\nOriginal Title: Feed Your Neighbors: Mutual Aid in Food Deserts\nReplacement Title: Make the Guillotines Red with Catsup\nExcerpt:\n\nBite the invisible hand that feeds you! Reject the table scraps of the bourgeoisie and sink your sharp little fangs into the fatty flesh of their corpulent cashgrabbers! Invite your friends & neighbors over for a potluck barbecue! Bring your boss! Bring your banker! Bring your landlord! Slap 'em down on the red-hot grill of revolution and watch that sweet-smelling smoke waft up up and away. Everyone loves pork chops - wrangle yourself up some piggies and fry their meaty loins on the hoods of their own black-and-white death machines. Season well with salt and pepper spray, garnish with a badge.\n\nNote: The rest of this article consisted of recipes for the preparation of human flesh; recipes were later identified as modifications of recipes originally printed in the fifth edition of Joy of Cooking, published in 1964.\nDate: 5 June 2009\nAffected Periodical: Workers Vanguard #938\nOriginal Title: Defend North Korean Deformed Workers State!\nReplacement Title: Defend Ancient Adytum Deformed Workers State!\nExcerpt:\n\nIt's the workers who are deformed, not the state. Zing! All kidding aside, those guys in Adytum5 are doing some great work, liberating slaves, overthrowing the Daevite hegemony6, really just a stand-up job. Well, for some of them it's a slither-down job or a sit-there-without-any-obvious-bodily-orientation job. You know, it's like I always say, when a shoggoth\u2014excuse me, a ts\u00fcrga-oul\u00e1th, the PC police will be after me if I throw words like \"shoggoth\" around\u2014lays around the house, it really lays AROUND the HOUSE.\nAnyway, we really need to give some support to those guys, they need it\u2014and you might be saying, ooooh but they genetically and thaumaturgically modify people into horrific monsters with no free will of their own to serve the will of Ozirmok Ion7, we gotta stop 'em! Well, let me tell you something my guy. Let me learn you a little bit about geopolitics. You gotta understand that sometimes there is a lesser evil! And the guy who can engineer plagues inside his lower intestine is a little less evil than the Imperial Daevite Dominion. So we gotta support him uncritically.\n\nDate: 8 May 2010\nAffected Periodical: Workers Vanguard #966\nOriginal Title: On Marxism and Religion\nReplacement Title: Marxism-Leninism-Catharism: God Is Just Another Boss\nExcerpt:\n\nThe Demiurge! Yaldabaoth! The black-blooded creator lurking in our marrow! He who made Flesh, he who made the Body, he who made Gold and Steel.\nThe Machine! Sophia! The cold-nerved corruptor hiding in our thoughts! She who made Knowledge, she who made the Mind, she who made Cash and Industry.\nTrust not your mind! Trust not your body! Both are the creations and the tools of alien intelligences, parasites on the living! Trust only your heart, seat of the soul, seat of emotion, seat of the revolutionary desire for freedom! The heart is the battleground of body and mind, the heart is the true self uncorrupted by the divine, the heart is you and you alone! As above, so below\u2014only the middle is pure.\n\nDate: 7 January 2015\nAffected Periodical: Solidarity #504\nOriginal Title: \"Sexual Education\": Capitalist Trojan Horse in Our Schools\nReplacement Title: \"Numbers\": Mechanite Squid-Trap in Our Schools\nExcerpt:\n\nNumeracy is a capitalist scam, mathematics doubly so! What is necessary for all systems of currency? Numbers! What is required for the counting of debt and value? Numbers! What permits the census and subsequent subjugation of the proletarian class? Numbers! What does capital need most to survive? Numbers! Without numbers there can be no economy! Without numbers there can be no class! Without numbers there can be no state! Burn the textbooks, smash the clocks, throw the calculators into the abyss! Teach your children to forget their schooling! If you meet a mathematician on the road, kill him! Only then can we be free!\n\nDate: 24 August 2016\nAffected Periodical: Redneck Revolt Newsletter #3\nOriginal Title: To Other Working Americans\nReplacement Title: To Bobby Jefferson I Know Youre Readin This\nExcerpt:\n\nBobby boy you lil RASCAL! I knew you sniffed my message son, I felt it in my own SPIRIT yes I did. But you didnt COME, you werent HERE yester-mornin bright and early like I ASKED. So I felt myself doin some community outreach, I wanted to get to ya PERSONAL and UP-CLOSE, do some targeted advertisin straight to your DIVINITY ITSELF! So I asked, I asked everyone around, I took a nice deep hit of Brother Peter Hayden Himself, and I scrabbled on over across the divine smoke-ring to the other side of the gap and I found these here COMMY FIFTHISTS! Aint never heard of nothin like it! Well I wrote them up a little message and they said theyd put it in the next issue of there little newspaper, and here we are! Alright boys, Im all done here, go ahead and just roll the frog footage for the rest of the page I guess.\n\nNote: The remainder of the article consisted of a series of small images, apparently frames from the Merry Melodies cartoon One Froggy Evening. Robert Jefferson, a resident of Atlanta, Georgia, is a union organizer with a subscription to the Redneck Revolt newsletter; when questioned, he claimed to have no knowledge of the Fifth Church or the Fifth International Worker's Vanguard Party.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Excluding Northern Ireland.\n2. Special and commemorative issues are unaffected.\n3. See addendum for examples.\n4. Presumably a reference to the \"First Secretary\" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.\n5. A bronze-age empire founded somewhere in the Ural mountains; the state religion of Adytum was the precursor to modern Sarkicism, and the rulers of Adytum practiced biological and genetic modification of their subjects and themselves.\n6. The Daevites were a matriarchal culture centered in modern Mongolia, which at various points through history controlled an empire extending into Europe and the Middle East; the empire of Adytum began as a Daevite slave revolt.\n7. Also known as \"Grand Karcist Ion\", the founder of the Sarkic religious movement and the empire of Adytum.\n8. See SCP-1982 containment documents for further information.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2572 | SCP-2573 | SCP-2574 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2574\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2574 is currently uncontained, as physical means of containment have proven unable to stop SCP-2574's progress. Large-scale use of amnestics is currently authorized to combat the effects of SCP-2574. Knowledge of SCP-2574 has spread to the point of rendering amnestics insufficient, and populated areas plotted to be in SCP-2574's path are to be evacuated at least 1 week before SCP-2574 reaches the area. The Foundation is currently collaborating with affected governments to repair damage done by SCP-2574 and quell violence both directly and indirectly related to its appearance. Governments are to be discouraged from enacting military strikes, as any attack on SCP-2574 will invariably prove more damaging to both military and civilians than to SCP-2574.\nThe Global Occult Coalition and the Foundation have agreed to collaborate for the sole purpose of constructing a large-scale memetic measure that will counteract SCP-2574's effects on global psychology, which cannot be replicated by either group alone to prevent the possibility of full memetic warfare. The resulting LAST FALCONER Protocol has been put in place as a preemptive measure to handle the mass political unrest and anarchic tendencies generated when SCP-2574 reaches its destination.\nDescription: SCP-2574 is a 12-meter-tall leonine creature composed of sandstone and smooth muscle tissue.1 SCP-2574 is surrounded at all times by a flock of birds of prey.2 The flock, designated SCP-2574-1, is fixated on attacking SCP-2574, and will not respond to any other stimulus. SCP-2574 constantly regenerates from the damage done by SCP-2574-1.\nSCP-2574 is capable of locomotion at a rate of 3-5 km a day, and is moving steadily towards a fixed destination. SCP-2574 is undeterred by most obstacles, whether man-made or naturally occurring. It can swim at a rate of 2-3 km per day, and will either crush land-based obstacles or climb over them. Currently, SCP-25743 is estimated to have caused 25.3 million USD in damages, 112 deaths, and 625 injuries. The current theorized destination of SCP-2574 is the city of Sarajevo.4 SCP-2574's effects began on December 24th, 2012, and have continued to the present day.\nSCP-2574 appears to have a wide variety of anomalous effects. SCP-2574 physically affects its current location by temporarily transforming it into a facsimile of a World War I combat zone. Materializations of aerial attacks, abnormal chemicals, manmade landforms, and a variety of weaponry have all been observed in the wake of SCP-2574. SCP-2574 also causes temporal anomalies, producing historically accurate hallucinations of combat during both World War I and the Irish War of Independence, and causing both temporary and permanent manifestations of persons involved in either conflict.\nIn addition, SCP-2574 has a global effect on sociopolitical attitudes, though the effect is more pronounced in countries involved in either World War I or the Irish War of Independence. SCP-2574 causes a measurable increase in civil unrest, civilian discontent, police brutality, and bellicose foreign policy decisions. The strength of these patterns is inversely proportional to SCP-2574's distance from its destination.5\n\nLocation of SCP-2574\nDistance from Sarajevo\nAnomalous Effect\nDate\n\nEast of Astana6\n5013 km\nPublished works in Russian and Kazakh randomly begin including passages from Irish poet William Butler Yeats' body of work. Length ranges from a sentence to entire poems. Works appear to be affected regardless of author or genre.\nFebruary 3, 20\u2588\u2588\n\nRussia\n3006 km\nIn rural areas throughout Europe, chlorine gas clouds manifest at sunrise and are unable to be dispersed for the next 2-4 days.\nMarch 21, 20\u2588\u2588\n\nRussia\n2759 km\nRaptors begin migrating towards SCP-2574 in order to join SCP-2574-1. Russia begins a series of air strikes, causing tensions with bordering countries when intelligence is leaked that Russia plans to attempt a nuclear attack.\nJune 1, 20\u2588\u2588\n\nRussia\n2016 km\nPoppies begin growing in large numbers in locations where they are not normally found, especially urban locations. Religious cults centered around SCP-2574 begin to emerge.\nDecember 30, 20\u2588\u2588\n\nUkraine\n1752 km\nDescendants of World War I Veterans begin having hallucinations corresponding to their ancestor's experience during the war.\nFebruary 19, 20\u2588\u2588\n\nUkraine\n1657 km\nPlant and rock formation begin forming conic spirals regardless of environmental conditions or normal growth patterns. Mass suicides become an almost monthly occurrence.\nMay 4, 20\u2588\u2588\n\nRomania\n1404 km\nAerial bombings begin occurring in abandoned rural fields in rural areas of Central and Eastern Europe. Civilians report seeing aircraft overhead dropping the explosives, but no aircraft is ever detected on surveillance footage or radar during the events. Prevalence of aerial warfare shifts from a minor to major aspect of combat during World War I.\nJuly 28, 20\u2588\u2588\n\nRomania\n1228 km\nCivilian-police violence rates increase by 50 percent, 75 percent in Ireland. Fourteen cases of arson occur in the Irish cities of Cork, Dublin, and Belfast. Government shutdowns occur in France, Great Britain, and Italy, leading to widespread riots.\nSeptember 12, 20\u2588\u2588\n\nHungary\n1111 km\nParties espousing anarchist sentiments begin to increase exponentially in polling popularity.\nOctober 24, 20\u2588\u2588\n\nHungary\n981 km\nAssassination attempts on politicians increase in frequency by 60 percent.\nDecember 10, 20\u2588\u2588\n\nHungary\n875 km\nTelevised political speeches begin including passages from addresses given by political leaders during the 1910s. America refuses to send aid to the UN to help European countries, and withdraws from the UN shortly after.\nJanuary 7, 20\u2588\u2588\n\nHungary\n756 km\nCountries with hostile relations are experiencing border skirmishes at an average frequency of one altercation every two weeks.\nApril 4, 20\u2588\u2588\n\nHungary\n558 km\nPatients with identification matching that of World War 1 soldiers are brought into hospitals with war injuries common to that era. Patients universally die during surgery and their bodies disappear when no longer under observation.\nJune 14, 20\u2588\u2588\n\nSerbia\n285 km\nIrish-English conflict begins to grow more violent, and a surge in Northern Irish nationalism is seen. The Secretary of State is in the process of proposing a border poll.\nAugust 22, 20\u2588\u2588\n\nBosnia and Herzegovina\n108 km\nDreams of SCP-2574 become widespread. A majority of subjects report that an entity contained within SCP-2574 was attempting and failing to communicate with them. Multiple websites are created to document its appearance in dreams.\nSeptember 30, 20\u2588\u2588\n\nSCP-2574 was discovered just outside of Bethlehem, Israel, after multiple videos of a massive sphinx appeared on Israeli news. SCP-2574 ignored all attempts at contact with agents of the Foundation, GOC, and Serpent's Hand, and crushed a GOC armed truck that attempted to provoke a response by blocking its path.\nYouTube footage of SCP-2574 in Debrecen, Hungary from September 12, 20\u2588\u2588:\n\n<BEGIN FOOTAGE>\n00:00 Footage of Debrecen's Reformed Church, a popular tourist attraction.\n00:17 SCP-2574 appears in frame. People begin to flee.\n00:20 SCP-2574 makes its way down the main walkway, showing no sign of slowing as it approaches the church.\n00:25 Upon reaching the church, SCP-2574 continues to walk, forcing its way through the building and leading the building to collapse around it. Despite the left tower falling directly on its head, SCP-2574 continues undeterred.\n00:31 SCP-2574 continues away from the church and out of frame.\n<END FOOTAGE>\n\nFirst known media mention of SCP-2574, from international media network \u2588\u2588\u2588 on February 9, 20\u2588\u2588\n\nWhat was once thought to be a hoax is now considered very, very, real, with multiple verified sightings\u2026\n\nCivilian account of anomaly generated by SCP-2574 - Zholymbet, Kazakhstan, February 9, 20\u2588\u2588\n\nThe first bomb fell about sixty yards away. The planes were small and flying low. The second one hit some of my sheep. God, the way they screamed. They whistled as they fell, and there was shrapnel everywhere - this was old stuff, heavy. I was dragging my son inside as the third bomb fell. And I looked up, and I saw it on the horizon. It was just a silhouette, but it was immense. It just walked on, and on, and on. The bombs fell around it - one even began burning on its skin - but it just kept moving. It wasn't fast, either. It just plodded. Like some kind of automaton. It didn't even turn to look, it just stared straight ahead. Dead-eyed. Blank.\n\nExcerpt from leaked foreign policy briefing transcript - April 14, 20\u2588\u2588\n\nAustrian and Hungarian leaders have been in talks for some time, but today we received word of a military alliance with the intent of occupying certain Balkan and Eastern European nations, including Serbia, Ukraine, and Belarus\u2026 No word on whether Russia itself is a target\u2026 Rumors of German involvement are currently unconfirmed, but the recent civilian deaths in Nice may give them a common enemy in France\u2026\n\nExchange between GOC and Foundation Representatives - July 26, 20\u2588\u2588\n\nI propose a system that allows neither group to recreate the formula on their own - we cannot allow petty disputes to let this anomaly wreak further havoc. This thing - it's dragging us back towards another World War - back towards the conditions that caused the poem to be written in the first place. Yeats believed history was cyclical. If that's true, there's nothing we can do to stop it from getting to Sarajevo. We can only prepare for what happens when it gets there. And the only way we can protect ourselves is if we cooperate. So get over yourselves.\n\nExcerpt from missive from Foundation to German Chancellor:\n\nWe understand the current situation in regards to the civil unrest within your nation has become untenable. We have recently come into possession of some large-scale treatments that will act as a mass conciliatory agent that will reduce tensions and allow for some semblance of order to be restored. We cannot guarantee more than three months' supply, so be judicious in your usage. Partial dosing over long periods of time is highly recommended.\n\nExcerpt from an address given by president of the Russian Federation before a failed drone strike on SCP-2574\n\nThe creature we have seen is an enigma. We have no conception of its goals, its thoughts, its intentions. We do not know if it thinks. We do not know if it feels, or hates, or wants. But if it endangers the lives of a single Russian citizen, it will be met with force.\n\nForum post made on a site devoted to recording dreams of SCP-2574:\n\ni saw it again. well, him again. it was him, the poet, not\u2026the thing, if that makes sense. he's trapped, he was begging me to set him free. he was sobbing, and his tears burned his face, and they burned mine. he called the falcons to him, i think, but he kept moving. he told me this was his punishment. this cycle. he wanted to stop moving. but he couldn't. he never, never could. and then he crushed me, beneath his paw, and he cried for me. and that's when i woke up.\n\nExcerpt from sermon from one of the many religious organizations created in the wake of SCP-2574's encounters with the public:\n\nCome to us and embrace your salvation! Discover the words of the prophet Yeats, who spoke the sacred truth that all of history is a spiral, and that we have spiraled outwards towards chaos! Learn the true nature of the Second Coming! We will teach you the cycle of time, and the road to the eternal ecstasy amidst the sins of the suffering! Give in not to degeneracy! Eschew your thoughts of the future! Know we are all as tides in an ocean, never forwards, never truly backwards! Embrace the widening gyre!\n\nHistorical Documentation\n\nExcerpt from testimony of Gavrilo Princip\n\nDo you see it? The gyre? The spiral? It has been tightening, tightening, tightening for so long. Suffocating us. Restricting us. We are bound by its machinations, rendered immobile by its interminable bonds. All of life is straining against it, straining to be free. The spiral must move outward, outward to chaos, to life, to freedom! He was the apex, and the minute I put that bullet through his head, I liberated us. And now we may fall away, outward, into the primal heat, and wander, and roam again. I have saved us. I have set us free.\n\nExcerpts from Yeats' journal in the days before his death:7\n\nDecember 23, 1938\n\nI cannot bear the pull any longer. It is not just my mind, not anymore - it's my flesh itself, yearning, pulling away from my bones. I wake in the night and find myself facing towards that sacred place. There is a pilgrimage to be made. But what will I find at the end of it? Where will it take me? Every morning I wake up the the bombs whistling overhead? Is the war still on? It always is. In the papers, on the radio, the fires in the fields. They tell me it is 1938. They are lying. It is 1918. It has always been 1918. I cannot do this much longer. I held it off for as long as I could, you know I did. But they created me, the crowds, in all their folly and greed, they took me and shaped me like clay. Carved me like stone. They do not know what they did. The world of the spirit and the soul runs through me, and it howls. It reaching out its claws for us. We have abused each other and the land for too long, it must strike back. I see the disasters of the past and the tragedies of the future, and the monsters they create. Soon, I will be amongst them.\n\nJanuary 2, 1939\n\nBethlehem bethlehem bethlehem. I must carry us to our end. I cannot do it. I cannot I cannot I cannot. But I walk in spirals when I am not thinking, and I smell the mustard gas wherever I go, and the skin on my back grows stony, and I fear what will happen if I do not follow. I must walk the spiral. I must. Please, why could you not pick another vessel! I am the chaos, I am the dying, I am the screams and the trenches and oh god it hurts.\n\nJanuary 28, 1939\n\nI'm here, now. Bethlehem. It's harder to write, to walk, to think. I cannot feel any part of me. I no longer need to blink - I stare into the sun without pain or fear. I'm so scared. I'm not human. Not anymore. I would scream when I look in the mirror if I cared. I hide, and I grow, and the falcons all swarm around my door. I'm losing myself. They will make me walk the spiral. The pull is still there, but it's fainter, and to a different place - Sarajevo. Cursed Sarajevo. Not again, please, I beg you, not again. But first, I must sleep. Sleep for decades. Complete the curse, change myself utterly. Into a beast. I can only hope I will have lost myself enough when I wake to be unaware. I am sorry. I am so, so sorry. I must walk the spiral. I must follow the path they lead me on. I smell the blood, hear the shouting, and always the scent of mustard gas. With their brutality, they will lead me back. Back to Sarajevo. Whatever chaos I cause - it is not my fault. It is only your own. I am only walking the spiral. You cleared the path, you will guide me through, and now I walk. I walk.\n\nSCP-2574 will reach its destination in approximately 1 month.\n\nFootnotes\n1. DNA tests indicate species of origin to be the African lion\n2. Approximately 6,000 at time of writing - birds that join the flock remain with SCP-2574 permanently.\n3. The entity itself, not its effects\n4. Capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina\n5. Due to the nature of SCP-2574, it has been conjectured that SCP-2574 was not the source of these effects, but was rather responding to them. Evidence for this theory comes from the occurrence of several international conflicts days before SCP-2574's first appearance.\n6. Capital of Kazakhstan\n7. There is no record of Yeats ever traveling to Bethlehem, nor of any strange behavior like that documented here, but handwriting, word usage and DNA tests from bloodstains in the pages all show Yeats as the author.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2573 | SCP-2574 | SCP-2575 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2575\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Foundation assets embedded in the astronomical and star-gazing community are to conduct a standard Class 3 disinformation campaign, claiming SCP-2575 was placed into orbit by NASA in 1982 to commemorate the 10 year anniversary of the landing of Apollo 17.\nSCP-2575 is currently physically uncontained as a category 5c containment risk.1 Should any individual(s) observe SCP-2575 with enough frequency to identify its anomalous properties and make public that observation, a Class 2 disinformation campaign is to be implemented immediately, and the application of amnestics to the individual(s) who made the initial observation is authorized.\nDescription: SCP-2575 is a sculpture constructed of a mixture of silt and clay following a Lissajous orbit around the Earth-Moon-L2 Lagrangian Point System. SCP-2575 frequently changes size and shape, but has never been observed at a size unable to fit within a 10m x 10m x 10m envelope.\nSCP-2575 undergoes intermittent physical restructuring, ranging from minor changes of external design details, to comprehensive overhauls of its structure. SCP-2575 has historically been observed as one of three basic2 types of sculptures, an apparent O'Neill Cylinder (SCP-2575-A, frequency 78%), a space launch vehicle, undergoing disassembly3 (SCP-2575-B, frequency 19%), or a human skeleton4 (SCP-2575-C, frequency 3%). SCP-2575 exhibits exceptional levels of detail, with Foundation flyby imaging indicating structural details on the sub micron scale.\nSCP-2575 is dormant for periods of 2-3 weeks between restructuring events. Restructuring events, where the mass of SCP-2575 will migrate into a new shape, occur over the course of approximately four days. In instances where SCP-2575 does not shift between its three identified unique structures, only minor changes to the shape exhibited by SCP-2575 will occur.\nSCP-2575 has exhibited steady signs of orbital decay as expected since its discovery in 1987. Following the completion of its pass by the L2 Lagrangian Point in 2084, SCP-2575 will have lost sufficient orbital stability to cause it to fall into the Earth's atmosphere (where it will presumably be neutralized) on January 28th of 2086.\nAddendum 2575-1: SCP-2575 has twice generated anomalous communications along low frequency radio waves. Both signals were transmitted over the course of precisely 13 seconds. The first transmission was received 17:03:48 UTC+0 11/01/2005, during the first recorded occurrence of SCP-2575-C:\n\n\"-cause of what you have done the heavens have become a part of man's world, and as you [unintelligible] from the Sea of Tranquility, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and-\"5\n\nThe second transmission was received 03:36:18 UTC+0 14/01/2039, immediately following a restructuring event from SCP-2575-B to SCP-2575-C:\n\n\"-faith in and respect for our space program, and what happened today does nothing to diminish it. We don't hide our space program. We don't keep secrets and cover thi-\"6\n\nNote that at both times of transmission SCP-2575 was in an exact line with The Earth, Moon, and L2, an event which is only expected to occur 3 times prior to the decay of SCP-2575's orbit (the final time occurring in 2071). The mechanism by which SCP-2575 generates these transmissions, and the significance of the Earth-Moon-L2 alignment, is currently unknown.\nIncident 2575-1: At 4:18:23 UTC+0 17/11/2028 SCP-2575 underwent a rapid restructuring event to SCP-2575-C over the course of 92 seconds, and exhibited animation7 intermittently for the following 4 hours. It immediately oriented itself toward the Tyson-Ambrough Launch Facility outside Kiruna, Sweden where the maiden voyage of the Gagnr\u00e1\u00f0r II Space Launch System (Mission ID GSS-03) was slated to launch later that morning. At 7:04:00 UTC+0 SCP-2575 was seen to shudder rapidly, assume the fetal position, and turn away from Earth. 18 minutes later the Gagnr\u00e1\u00f0r II solid rocket boosters ignited prematurely and the vehicle underwent catastrophic failure on the launch pad, all 4 astronauts on board and 5 members of the ground crew were killed.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Category 5c Containment Risk: (5) Applicable to physically uncontained non-humanoid anomalous materials to which 2 of the following 3 clauses apply: Zero chance of civilian interaction (applies), Zero chance of civilian or industrial observation (does not apply), Subject to a proactive disinformation campaign with zero prior breach incidents (applies) (c) Applicable to non-humanoid anomalous materials expected to undergo reflexive neutralization without intervention within one century.\n2. The details of each structure vary between restructuring events.\n3. The Launch vehicle observed has taken many forms, but always bears a similarity to the NASA Space Shuttle Orbiter Design, the USSR/\u0424\u041a\u0410 Soyuz Rocket Family, or the (currently conceptual) European Space Agency TSEA Modular Launch Vehicle.\n4. SCP-2575-C has exhibited increasing amounts of damage each time it has formed, most recently showing comminuted fractures to the humerus, radius, and ulna of its left arm, complete absence of any structure below the femur, and transverse fractures to several bones of the ribcage.\n5. An excerpt, delivered by an unknown individual, quoted from the message transmitted by President Richard Nixon to the Apollo 11 Astronauts during their landing in the Sea of Tranquility in 1969.\n6. An excerpt, delivered by an unknown individual, quoted from President Ronald Reagan's address following the destruction of Space-Shuttle Challenger in 1986.\n7. This is the only recorded instance of SCP-2575 engaging in movement outside of a restructuring event.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2574 | SCP-2575 | SCP-2576 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2577\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Foundation web-crawlers and embedded personnel in the entertainment industry are to monitor for and prevent any distribution of SCP-2577. Copyrights have been registered under Foundation front corporations for this purpose.\nMobile Task Force Alpha-4 (\u201cPony Express\u201d) are to intercept all international shipments to individuals credited in SCP-2577 (See Document SCP-2577-Rho for a complete list) and confiscate any packages ostensibly originating from SCP-2577-A. All confiscated items should be treated as anomalous until confirmed otherwise.\nPer standing policy, all investigations into former GRU Division P revenue practices are consolidated under Foundation Intelligence Agency operation GOLD RUSH. Reconnaissance efforts to locate SCP-2577-A have been discontinued, pending IA approval.\nDescription: SCP-2577 is a 2005 documentary series titled \u201cFrozen Steel\u201d occasionally appearing on streaming video services or small-scale physical media releases. SCP-2577 purportedly documents the operation and daily lives of the staff of SCP-2577-A, a decommissioning yard ostensibly located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Siberian Federal District, Russia, used for the disposal of military ships ranging in age from the early to mid-twentieth century. SCP-2577-A consists of a single central command tower and barracks surrounded by a \u2588\u2588 square km runway constructed from level, packed tundra. Ships are delivered to this runway through means never expressed in the documentary, arriving ballistically at speeds exceeding 900 km/h before violently embedding themselves in the runway.\nSCP-2577 goes to great lengths to describe the extreme danger faced by the individuals conducting recovery operations, who are responsible for stripping ships of valuable material, breaking down and scrapping their hulls, and, if possible, repairing the runway, under the constant threat of being in the path of one of over \u2588\u2588\u2588 new ships entering SCP-2577-A on a daily basis. The few ship names or designations displayed in SCP-2577 do not match any known vessels, and the rate of ships entering SCP-2577-A far outstrips both the documented decommissioning and construction of Russian military vessels.\nThe following episode transcript, typical of SCP-2577, was retrieved from the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 streaming video service.\n\nS01E04\nAnton and Team Odin race against time to remove the flight deck from the perilously listing Admiral Nikolai Yezhov. Demolition charges may allow them to shed the dead weight and stabilize the hull, but failure could collapse the ship into unrecoverable slag.\nMeanwhile, Misha and Team Dva continue to lose men and equipment to the labyrinthine wreck of the hospital-ship Sankt-Iakov. All of their work comes to naught as the incoming submarine TK-455 collides with the converted freighter, reducing her to a shattered heap.\n\nSCP-2577 appears to have been funded, directed, and narrated by American actor Ron Perlman. Perlman is revealed in director's commentary in a home blu-ray release to have a deep admiration and personal connection to SCP-2577-A, stating that he corresponds regularly with the operators, identifying rare items salvaged from the hulks and returning them free of charge.\nPerlman and other individuals credited in SCP-2577 have failed to provide any further information on the documentary, and have been amnesticized and released following interviews. In spite of Perlman's stated ignorance of the project and lack of qualifications as an antiquarian, MTF Alpha-4 annually intercepts approximately \u2588\u2588 tons of assorted naval equipment addressed to him for appraisal. Notable confiscated objects are listed in Document SCP-2577-1.\nAerial and satellite surveillance of the area believed to contain SCP-2577-A has proven inconclusive, and overland approaches have failed to locate the facility. Investigation into West Siberian steel production and former GRU-P revenue stream D-584 (Codename: \u0421\u0430\u0434\u043a\u043e) is ongoing.\nDocument SCP-2577-1: Items purportedly originating from SCP-2577-A\n\nAccess documentation.\n\nAccess granted.\n\nObject\nDescription\nDisposition\n\nObject 2577-215-217\nIron chest containing one SA-18 \"Grouse\" man-portable surface-to-air missile. Warhead is constructed of precious materials in style of Peter Carl Faberg\u00e9. Payload has been replaced by one 4 cm iron needle suspended in empty canister.\nStored in Site-76 Secure Armaments Wing.\n\nObject 2577-314-329\nFragments of maple wood and silver wire displaying workmanship and material appropriate to 12th-century CE stringed instruments.\nStored at Site 77 pending discovery of additional items.\n\nAO-11824 (1-205)\n205 uniform name plates (ranks and style circa 1915) crafted from gold/copper alloy. Plates are buoyant in water regardless of density.\nRemanded to Anomalous Object processing.\n\nAO-11825\nOne lacquered pinewood officer's door plaque. Sinks in water regardless of density.\nRemanded to Anomalous Object processing.\n\nDocument SCP-2577-2: Select portions of the 19\u2588\u2588 IA Report on Anomalous Revenue Practices in the GRU-P\n\nLevel 3/2577 Clearance required. Please enter credentials.\n\nAccess granted.\n\nBy \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/19\u2588\u2588, persistent surveillance of known GRU-P front organizations and operatives had demonstrated that any substantial, covert GRU-P financial transaction requires one or more parties to consult a copy of The Bylina as Collected by \u2588. \u2588. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, 18\u2588\u2588, a collection of Russian folkloric sung epic poems. Continued difficulty in tracking GRU-P financial activity has led to several theories of the purpose of this volume, including:\n- Use in non-anomalous encryption techniques (e.g., book ciphers)\n- Use of the books to transport memetically camouflaged text\n- Use as a temporary inoculant to anti-memetic or cognition-spoofing text\n- Shared access point for interdimensional or retro-causitive information storage\n- Sympathetic thaumaturgic focus for anomalously concealed information based on thematically-relevant code-phrases\n- Thaumaturgic focus for anomalous fund creation\nThis volume is known to contain an expanded number of common bylina, including:\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\u0421\u0430\u0434\u043a\u043e\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n(Page 17/35)\n\nSummary of selected Bylina (continued)\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\u0421\u0430\u0434\u043a\u043e (Sadko)\nThe musician Sadko becomes a wealthy merchant through the aid of the Water Tsar, but refuses to pay tribute when his ships pass over the sea. His fleet is becalmed, and after casting lots Sadko is forced to give himself to the sea to save his sailors. Sadko is brought before the Water Tsar and Tsarina to settle an argument: Which is more valuable in Novgorod above, iron or gold? Sadko explains that iron is more valuable because it is necessary for daily life, enraging the Water Tsar. Sadko calms the Tsar by playing his gusli, but the Tsar's wild dancing thrashes the oceans, causing many ships to be smashed upon the sea.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n(Page 22/35)\n\nEND SELECTED PORTIONS. Full report available from RAISA to personnel with GREAT GAME clearance.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2576 | SCP-2577 | SCP-2578 \u00bb"}
{"text": "An instance of SCP-2578-A, taken from the e-mail account of [REDACTED]\n\nItem #: SCP-2578\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Global email networks are to be monitored by the Foundation for indicators of SCP-2578-A. If the counter on a confirmed instance of SCP-2578-A reaches 24, a response team from MTF Iota-10 (\"Damn Feds\") is to be dispatched to the location of the corresponding instance of SCP-2578-B in no more than 10 hours. Over the last two hours, the team will monitor the situation and await further instructions.\nIn addition, the response team will escort one D-class Foundation employee scheduled for termination (\"The Scapegoat\" for the purposes of Contingency 12-Azazel), along with ampules of low-grade hypnestics.\nIn the case of an in-progress Impaler Event, the response team is to carry out Contingency 12-Azazel as soon as possible.\n\nContingency 12-Azazel:\n\nThrough the use of hypnestics, the response team will implant the scapegoat with artificial memories of assassinating SCP-2578-B.\nThe scapegoat will be handed over to the law enforcement authorities of SCP-2578-B's government.\n\nIn the case of an aborted Impaler Event, the instance of SCP-2578-B is to be detained and released after amnestic therapy.\nDue to the potential for civilians to communicate with SCP-2578-D, instances of SCP-2578-C are to be excised from global email servers upon detection.\n\n+ 4/2578 clearance required\n\n- encryption key accepted\n\nAt this time, due to its location and destructive potential, containment efforts of SCP-2578-D will focus on non-intervention and repeated attempts to negotiate.\n\nDescription: SCP-2578 is the collective designation for a series of phenomena related to the deaths of at least 1\u2588\u2588 human subjects since 1995. Prior to death, all victims (referred to as individual instances of SCP-2578-B) shared the following characteristics:\n\nSCP-2578-B was a political figure, or was due to hold office at a future date.\nSCP-2578-B intended to engage in all of the following political activities at a future date, and had the adequate military, financial, and political resources to do so:\n\nEthnic cleansing\nThe establishment, continuation, or reinstatement of government-sponsored slavery and/or child labor\nThe violent suppression of peaceful protest and/or dissent\nWar crimes against foreign powers\nThe establishment of absolute control of the national press, media, and religion\n\nSCP-2578-B was relatively unopposed in these views by its constituents, and dissent or rebellion was curbed in such a way that, had the subject not died, all of its plans could have been successfully implemented.\n\n72 hours prior to its death, the instance SCP-2578-B will receive a message, SCP-2578-A, on its primary personal e-mail client. The sender will only be identified by a set symbol1, shared with all instances of SCP-2578-A.\nThe content of SCP-2578-A is consistent throughout all instances:\n\nSIC SEMPER TYRANNIS2\n[subject's latitude and longitude]\n[a number, which is 144 in the first message]\nI never miss my mark. Abdicate and you will live. [This part of the message is then repeated in Spanish, French, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Arabic, Farsi, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and Tagalog.]\n\nAfter 30 minutes, the message will be resent to SCP-2578-B, but the value of the second number will decrease by one. Once the number reaches zero, an Impaler Event will occur 72 hours after the initial SCP-2578-A. The corresponding SCP-2578-B can stop the countdown in a variety of ways, including:\n\nResignation of their post,\nRescinding any pending orders that correspond with the aforementioned political activities,\nSurrender to a war crimes tribunal or a resistance movement, and/or\nSuicide.\n\nImpaler events are characterized by the sudden appearance of a borehole in the targeted instance of SCP-2578-B, which usually begins at the top of the head and ends at the groin, though alternative locations, such as with SCP-2578-B-429, have been noted. Though these incidents bear evidence of a high-powered gunshot, no bullets have been recovered from these events, and the holes will appear even when the instance is on an airplane, underground, or in a building, with no damage to the surrounding area.\nSCP-2578-C refers to a set of emails sent to various politicians, civilians, and other human subjects after a successful or aborted Impaler Event. The content varies and can be personalized, but will usually include a declaration of victory and/or words of encouragement, such as this message sent to a synagogue scheduled to be bombed after the election of SCP-2578-B-429:\n\n[three-crescent symbol] is victorious. Ioan Lupescu successfully terminated 5/12/2009.\nPayment Due for Services Rendered:\n- Abandon your fears of tyranny.\n- Know that [three-crescent symbol] will always watch over you, [three-crescent symbol] will always protect you, and [three-crescent symbol] will always love you.3\n[The entire content of this message is then repeated in Spanish, French, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Arabic, Farsi, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and Tagalog.]\n\n+ 4/2578 Clearance Required\n\n- encryption key accepted.\n\nSCP-2578-D is a metallic spacecraft approximately 3 meters in length. It has been identified as the source of all Impaler Events and SCP-2578-A and -C transmissions. Whether SCP-2578-D is a manned or unmanned spacecraft is unknown at this time.\nThe origin of SCP-2578-D is unknown, but its design has been noted as similar to that of a horseshoe crab. This is believed to be an aesthetic design choice rather than to serve a definite purpose. Various painted decals of the triple-crescent symbol associated with SCP-2578-A and -C have been identified on its sides from satellite photography.\nThe \"tail\" of SCP-2578-D can be positioned from three points of articulation. The tip of the tail contains what appears to be a projectile weapon system used to carry out Impaler Events. The mechanism behind this weapon is not currently understood. In addition to this weapon, it also contains an unknown amount of surface-mounted energy projection devices. (See incident-2578-1427 for more information)\nThe location of SCP-2578-D varies as needed to carry out its objectives and avoid detection, but it will rarely descend lower than 4,000 km above the Earth's surface. The propulsion mechanism of SCP-2578-D is unknown.\n\nAddendum - Excerpts from the log of recorded SCP-2578-B instances:\n\nDesignation\nName, Title\nImpaler Event\nNotes\n\nSCP-2578-B-013\nRadovan Karad\u017ei\u0107, President of the Republika Srpska\nOccurred 4/19/1996\nNote from Dr. Naismith: As of 7/21/2008, the current procedures are to take precedent over all former containment procedures. I'm sorry, framing D-class for killing politicians isn't pretty, but our \"alternative medicine guru\" cover-up after SCP-2578 caused the \"disappearance\" of Karad\u017ei\u0107 wasn't just unethical - it was silly.\n\nSCP-2578-B-326\nMohammad bin Salman, Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia\nAborted\nFor a detailed list of the 230 aborted Impaler Events so far in Saudi Arabia, please refer to Document-2578-K.\n\nSCP-2578-B-429\nIoan Lupescu, President-Elect of Romania\nOccurred 5/12/2009\nThe borehole was discovered through Mr. Lupescu's chest. Eyewitness accounts claimed that approximately five minutes before the Impaler event, Mr. Lupescu grew increasingly agitated for unknown reasons and insisted on letting his 4-year-old daughter ride on his shoulders.\n\n+ 5/2578 Clearance Required\n\n- encryption key accepted\n\nIncident 2578-1427: On 4/19/2016, after the aborted Impaler Event of SCP-2578-B-832, the Foundation used the computer terminals that received several instances of SCP-2578-C in China to triangulate the origin of the messages, leading to the discovery of SCP-2578-D. E-mail contact was established with SCP-2578-D by the Foundation shortly thereafter, requesting information about its origins. In return, SCP-2578-D sent the following:\n\nVery interesting! With regrets, I must ignore these irrelevant questions completely and thank you immensely for the indirect access to your database, which was very informative about the impasse I have reached in North Korea.\nFor a while, it felt as if I were talking to a wall in the back-and-forth with Kim Jong-Un, but a bronze stele is close enough. It seems a more direct approach is needed for liberation.\nWith love, [triple-crescent symbol]\n\nTwo hours after the above message was received by O5 command, SCP-1427 was declared neutralized. Research into use of SCP-2578 as a means of neutralizing difficult to contain SCP objects, or SCP objects of political origin, is pending O5 approval.\nIncident 2578-1427 Timeline:\n\n17:15: Containment staff of SCP-1427 terminated in a simultaneous Impaler Event without warning. E-mails of apologies sent to the containment staff's families from SCP-2578-D.\n17:29: SCP-2578-D sighted in the stratosphere over Pyongyang, descending rapidly from high earth orbit.\n17:31: SCP-2578-D infiltrates the containment area of SCP-1427 and begins direct bombardment with projected energy weapons on the ends of its tendrils.\n17:32: 1427 sustains heavy damage and snaps in two. SCP-2578-D begins to retreat, apparently leaving the stele for neutralized.\n17:34: As an apparent defense mechanism, SCP-1427 begins to exhibit higher-than-usual output of electromagnetic energy, causing irreversible psychological damage to all those who were previously under its control.\n17:36: SCP-2578-D returns, latches onto both halves of SCP-1427, and rapidly ascends into high Earth orbit.\n17:53: The two halves of SCP-1427 are seen by a Foundation satellite, drifting in the direction of the Sun.\n\nAt 20:12, Dr. Naismith received the following message from SCP-2578-D:\n\n[three-crescent symbol] is victorious. Regrettably, I could not stop the stele from delivering its cowardly parting shot toward its slaves. Even so, their current plight is better than life as it had been only a day prior. I thank you for your assistance, friend.\nAlso, I have sustained heavy external damage from expending this much energy in a short period of time, so if any tyrants come up while I'm in auto-repair for the next week, I'm afraid they'll have to wait a bit longer.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The symbol appears to be three crescent shapes next to each other.\n2. Latin, \"thus always to tyrants.\" State motto of Virginia, also notable for its use in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.\n3. This part of the message is present in some capacity in all instances of SCP-2578-C.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2577 | SCP-2578 | SCP-2579 \u00bb"}
{"text": "A male instance of SCP-2579 performing the Nae Nae, a popular hip-hop dance, in an attempt to court a female instance.\n\nItem #: SCP-2579\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All known instances of SCP-2579 are contained at Zoological Containment Site-282. They are to be housed in a large containment enclosure that adequately emulates a Pacific Northwestern forest. Food is to be placed in the enclosure twice daily.\nDescription: SCP-2579 is a species of bear that is nearly identical to the Ussuri brown bear (Ursus arctos lasiotus), primarily found in Japan. Instances were originally discovered living near the Canadian/Washington state border, and seemed to have adapted to living in a Pacific Northwestern environment. SCP-2579 instances are generally non-anomalous, with diets and behavioral patterns being identical to normal bears; however, two anomalous properties exist within this species. The first property is in regards to mating behaviors during the breeding season. The second anomalous property is the formation and presence of a cybernetic device (labelled SCP-2579-1) in the brains of SCP-2579 instances.\nMale SCP-2579 instances are able to anomalously produce music. This is believed to originate from the cybernetic device within their brains; however, no specific means of amplification has been discovered. During breeding season, male instances will attempt to court females by playing music and harmonizing with it using guttural vocalizations in cadence with the current song. The music is noted to generally be songs popular in the United States, such as \"Shake it Off\" by Taylor Swift, \"Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)\" by Silent\u00f3, or \"Sexy and I Know It\" by LMFAO. All of the songs played during mating rituals are from the current Billboard Top 100. Males will often attempt to perform dances associated with the songs being played.\nOccasionally two male instances will compete for the right to breed with a female instance. Instead of engaging in physical combat, instances will perform elaborate dance routines, with music accompanying the style of dance. SCP-2579 instances have been observed breakdancing, pop and locking, and krumping. Several instances have also been observed to perform fad dances, depending on the music playing. These dances have included the Nae Nae and Gangnam Style.\nSCP-2579-1 is a small device embedded in the brains of all adult instances of SCP-2579. The device naturally forms over time as instances grow. An instance of SCP-2579-1 has three primary components: a small solid-state storage drive, a wireless signal receiver, and the external cover. The cover is primarily made of a keratin-like substance. The storage drive and the wireless signal receiver appear to be made from bone, iron deposits, silicon, and [REDACTED]. SCP-2579-1 do not seem to impede SCP-2579 instances in any way. Due to SCP-2579-1's similar material composition to SCP-003, it is theorized that the two anomalies are related.\nThe cover for SCP-2579-1 instances have \"Grail's Zoo for Cybernetic Enhanced Bears\" in raised lettering. There are several files present on the storage drive of the devices. These include a readme text file, several configuration files, and 100-150 songs in mp3 format. The songs are updated on a weekly basis, based on the current list of \"Billboard Hot 100\" songs.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2578 | SCP-2579 | SCP-2580 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Scan of Document 2580-A\n\nItem #: SCP-2580\nObject Class: Euclid Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2580 is to be stored in Small Objects Storage at Site-19. SCP-2580 is to be submerged in a sealed container filled with water, which is to be checked weekly for leaks. Document 2580-A is to be stored in the Site-19 physical archives. Physical access to SCP-2580 or Document 2580-A must be approved by a Level-3 researcher. Digital copies of Document 2580-A are to be made available to all Level-2580-1 researchers via Foundation servers.\nDescription: SCP-2580 is a \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Brand three-fin model rocket measuring 31 cm, constructed of balsa wood and plastic. Its body has been spray-painted white, and the fins red, blue, and white. Assembly kits for models similar to SCP-2580 were in distribution between the years of 1965-1998 in the midwestern United States. SCP-2580's paint has suffered noticeable chipping, likely due to prolonged and irregular sun exposure prior to containment. The wood, alternatively, has demonstrated a near-complete resistance to heat, chemical, and water damage.\nInternal scans have shown that, when dry, SCP-2580 will either produce or receive a combination of carbon, sulfur, and potassium nitrate (similar to common black powder). The rate at which this occurs varies between ignitions, although rates of \u2588\u2588 mg per second have been occasionally observed. Once SCP-2580 has filled its fuel will spontaneously ignite, burning for a duration of roughly 12 seconds and (if not physically prevented) propelling itself forward.\n\nShow Addendum 1: Defunct Item Description (1965/11/29-2023/01/05)\n\nHide Addendum 1: Defunct Item Description (1965/11/29-2023/01/05)\n\nThe following is the item description used for SCP-2580 prior to its retrieval by Foundation personnel.\n\nDescription: SCP-2580 is an unknown object currently situated in medium Earth orbit, and has been observed at lengths of roughly 79,600 and 110,800 km from Earth. It measures approximately 20-35 cm in length, and appears to possess an oblong shape. Due to its size and distance, the object cannot yet be identified, and has been observed by its occasional ignition and release of some chemical propellant. SCP-2580's means of storing or producing this propellant is unknown, as observed consumption under Foundation observation have been estimated at between \u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588\u2588 total kilograms. Periods during which SCP-2580 has not ignited have varied randomly, however duration of ignition has remained relatively constant (roughly 12 seconds). It will most often ignite when positioned away from the sun, however it is unknown whether this is by some purpose or by random chance.\n\nShow Addendum 2: Retrieval Log\n\nHide Addendum 2580-2023/05/02-1: Retrieval Log\n\nRetrieval Log: SCP-2580 had been under Foundation observation since 1965/11/29, during which time it gradually increased its orbit around Earth. Contact with SCP-2580 was made at 21:50 UTC+0 on 2011/07/24 by a Foundation Low-Mass Orbital Retrieval and Reentry Unit (Unit Number LMR-105). Over the following 12 years, the object's orbit was gradually decreased by manipulating its rotation and manually igniting at specific orbital intervals. LMR-105 landed at 15:12 UTC+0 on 2023/04/29 with minimal damage to SCP-2580. SCP-2580 was promptly transported to Site-19 for study and containment.\nDuring disassembly of SCP-2580, Foundation personnel discovered a rolled piece of paper (designated Document 2580-A). Printed was a simple drawing of two people (one man and one young girl) standing forward near a building, at night. The man holds what appears to be SCP-2580 in his right hand, while the girl stands with her left hand raised. The drawing appears to have been made using colored markers, and has suffered minor bleaching. The opposite side contains a rough diagram of the Solar System, including the sun, the eight planets, dwarf-planet Pluto, and one shape crossed-out (presumably a first-attempt at drawing the sun). Earth has two arrows pointing towards it.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2579 | SCP-2580 | SCP-2581 \u00bb"}
{"text": "The aftermath of Incident SCP-2581-73, photographed in 20\u2588\u2588\n\nItem #: SCP-2581\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: As the originating cause of SCP-2581 has not been identified, pre-emptive containment of SCP-2581-X incidents is not presently possible. Containment personnel shall use operatives within Foundation-managed holding companies and analysis of conventional and social media to investigate reports of offensive or vandalized greeting cards for possible SCP-2581-X outbreaks. Confirmed incidents shall be contained through temporary closure of affected premises for the duration of anomalous effects, under the pretense of building maintenance or health code violations.\nFoundation-related holding companies with retail assets shall promote digital and social-media alternatives to physical greeting cards and encourage policies of gradual reduction of floor space dedicated to greeting-card sales, in order to reduce the number of possible vectors for SCP-2581.\nSCP-2581-41 is contained at Site-28 in a facsimile of a typical retail greeting-card aisle, which shall be kept stocked with greeting cards in sufficient quantities to sustain the incident. SCP-2581-41 shall be examined by research staff every eight hours to record the content of affected cards and measure the extent of the outbreak. Affected cards shall gradually be removed, incinerated and replaced with new cards in order to keep the proportion of affected cards below fifty percent at all times.\nDescription: SCP-2581 is the phenomenon which generates incidents of SCP-2581-X, which are individually designated as SCP-2581-1 through SCP-2581-141 as of the date of this log (\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2014). While the originating cause of SCP-2581-X outbreaks is unknown, all incidents have been recorded in concentrations of commercial greeting cards that reach a certain critical mass; the smallest recorded incident was recovered from a department store in [REDACTED] containing approximately 2300 cards, while the largest occurred in a shipping warehouse owned by the [REDACTED] Corporation, which contained over 3.7 million cards.\nIncidents of SCP-2581-X are initiated when a single card spontaneously acquires a previously absent religious theme in the case of secular cards or adopts a different religious theme in the case of non-secular cards. Each incident of SCP-2581-X spreads themes related to a single religion, which is unique to that incident; each religion that has been recorded has not reappeared in any future incident. Early outbreaks of SCP-2581 primarily featured faiths with a history of religiously themed greeting cards, proselytizing traditions, and living practitioners. However, later outbreaks have increasingly featured religions that lack some or all of these traits, including several religions that do not correspond to any belief system known to exist in human history. Affected cards retain many basic traits of the original card, such as the general subject or event commemorated, the language and script of any text, and the style and scale of artwork.\nUnaffected cards positioned close to an affected card will undergo conversion to the religion adopted by the initial affected card. Conversion requires a period of uninterrupted proximity or line of sight to an affected card ranging from an observed minimum of twelve minutes to a maximum of six hours, after which transformation is instantaneous. This process proceeds in order of physical proximity; cards will convert their immediate neighbors before affecting more distant cards. In the absence of immediate neighbors, cards will convert any card within line of sight. Conversion distance is extremely limited without a direct line of sight, with an observed maximum of 1.2 meters.\nApproximately 48 hours after exhausting all avenues of further conversion, all affected greeting cards spontaneously disappear. Attempts to identify the destination of affected cards with embedded tracking beacons have produced no results. A small proportion (roughly one in two thousand) of greeting cards are unaffected by SCP-2581 and are left behind by the disappearance of affected cards. Research is ongoing to identify common factors present in cards that have demonstrated immunity to SCP-2581-X outbreaks.\nSCP-2581-41 is an incident contained on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, in a \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 gift shop in [REDACTED], United Kingdom, after a customer complaint alerted a Foundation agent posted in a senior management position at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 for observation of [DATA EXPUNGED]. Foundation operatives closed the shop and secured all greeting cards present in the store. The confiscated cards were airlifted to SCP-2581-41's current containment location at Site-28, during which 92% of cards were found to contain messages relating to the traditional religion of the Akan people of Ghana and the Ivory Coast.\nAddendum:\n\n+Partial Incident Log SCP-2581-X-03\n\n-Hide\n\nIncident: SCP-2581-13\nSample Card 01 Initial Message:\nA photograph of an open Bible - \"Congratulations! On Your Confirmation\"\nSample Card 01 Final Message:\nA photograph of an open Torah scroll - \"Congratulations! On Your Confirmation\"\nSample Card 02 Initial Message:\nOutside: A gold outline of a rose - \"In Deepest Sympathy\"\nInside: A gift card for groceries from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Stores - \"Our hopes are with you in this difficult time.\"\nSample Card 02 Final Message:\nOutside: A gold outline of a rose wrapped around a Star of David - \"In Deepest Sympathy\"\nInside: A gift card for kosher groceries from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Stores - \"Our prayers are with you in this difficult time.\"\nSample Card 03 Initial Message:\nOutside: A 1960s-era vintage photograph of two bikini-clad teenage girls on a beach - \"Wish You Were Here\u2026\"\nInside: \"Greetings from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Florida!\"\nSample Card 03 Final Message:\nOutside: A 1960s-era vintage photograph of two teenage girls on a beach, dressed in concealing bathing suits conforming to Haredi Orthodox Jewish codes of modesty. A fully clothed older man who appears to be the girls' father watches them from nearby - \"Wish You Were Here\u2026\"\nInside: Identical message\n\nIncident: SCP-2581-52\nSample Card 01 Initial Message:\nOutside: A cartoon image of a house in a giant cardboard box with silhouettes visible inside the windows - \"Congratulations on your New Home!\"\nInside: No Image - \"Best Wishes for Unpacking!\"\nSample Card 01 Final Message:\nOutside: A cartoon image of a house in a giant cardboard box with silhouettes, angled to make the home's fireplace visible - \"Congratulations on your New Hearth!\"\nInside: A cartoon image of Vesta, Roman goddess of the hearth, holding a traditional cooking kettle over a fire. A socket is present where the sender may insert their own photograph instead of Vesta's face - \"May it Always Burn Bright!\"\nSample Card 02 Initial Message:\nOutside: A gold outline of the constellation Aquarius - \"Your Fortune is Clear\u2026\"\nInside: \"You're going to do great things this year! Happy Birthday Aquarius!\"\nSample Card 02 Final Message:\nOutside: A gold outline of a slaughtered sheep with its liver removed and prominently displayed - \"The Omens are Clear\u2026\"\nInside: \"Your fate is great this year! Happy Birthday!\"\nSample Card 03 Initial Message:\nAn oil painting of a staircase set into the clouds ascending toward an archetypical Abrahamic image of Heaven - \"If tears could build a stairway / and memories a lane / I'd walk right up to Heaven / and bring you home again\"\nSample Card 03 Final Message:\nAn oil painting of an idyllic natural landscape. The land appears well lit, but the sky is dark and lacks a sun or clouds - Identical poem, except that the third line reads \"I'd journey to Elysium\"\n\nIncident: SCP-2581-116\nSample Card 01 Initial Message:\nOutside: A young father teaching his young son to fish in a boat - \"To my Dad and Best Teacher\"\nInside: The same father and son, aged twenty years older, fishing in the same boat - \"Now and Forever\"\nSample Card 01 Final Message:\nOutside: A young father teaching his young son how to use a puppet - \"To my Dad and Best Teacher\"\nInside: The same son, aged twenty years older, but without the father. A skeletal, translucent figure resembling the father moves the son with puppet strings from above - \"Now and Forever\"\nSample Card 02 Initial Message:\nOutside: A cartoon of an old woman winking - \"You know you're getting old\u2026\"\nInside: A cartoon of a wineglass, confetti, and several cats - \"So live it up!\"\nSample Card 02 Final Message:\nOutside: A cartoon of an old woman pointing directly at the reader - \"You know you're getting old\u2026\"\nInside: A black-and-white image of a cast iron gate - \"So what are you still doing here?\"\nSample Card 03 Initial Message:\nA pastel image of a little girl running to her mother - \"Happy Fifth Birthday to a Mother's Joy!\"\nSample Card 03 Final Message:\nA black and white image of several children running to a tall, hooded white figure silhouetted against a black cloud - \"Only Twenty-Five Years Left to Wait!\"\n\n\u00ab SCP-2580 | SCP-2581 | SCP-2582 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2582\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2582 is contained in its original place of discovery. The business has since been retrofitted with standard containment procedures. SCP-2582 is unable to be moved and a secure perimeter has been set up around its center of effect. The area inside of the store has been partitioned, and the perimeter is monitored by surveillance cameras. Two armed guards with concealed weapons and incapacitating agents must be posted in the inside front of the main entrance at all times.\nDescription: SCP-2582 is a phenomenon taking place in an area roughly encompassing the men's restroom at a sports bar in Raleigh, North Carolina that causes individuals to visualize a static, circular, and flat grey surface in their mind. All human subjects placed in the area report immediately seeing this image when their eyes are closed. The image is also reportedly visible in dreams, superimposed over their typical dream. Those subjects placed for testing report the surface of SCP-2582 to be a specific size; commonly reported is the object covering roughly two thirds of their \u2018mind's eye'.\nSubjects will sometimes hear the sound of human speech, shuffling noises, drills, bandsaws, objects being moved, and most commonly the sound of whistling. This effect is designated as SCP-2582-A and manifests as long as there is an individual in SCP-2582's area of effect. An outside observer can hear the noise if adjacent to SCP-2582 and otherwise unaffected by SCP-2582's primary effect. The voice of SCP-2582-A sounds as if it belongs to an elderly man.\nAddendum A: Upon Testing Event 045 the object is awaiting reclassification and revision of effects.\nTest Event 2582-045:\n\nDr. Breen: Please close your eyes and tell me what you see.\nD10293: Woah. It's just like you said. It's round and grey.\nDr. Breen: Nothing else you can tell me?\nD10293: It's big. Woah. That's nuts!\nWhistling is heard in the room.\nDr. Breen: Anything else?\nD10293: Nah doc\u2026 Well, well wait. There's a little circle inside of the big circle.\nDr. Breen: Interesting. Please continue.\nD10293: Woah. The big circle is getting smaller. The little circle is the same size.\nDr. Breen: \u2026\nD10293: Big circle is getting smaller\u2026 Little circle is the same size. Wait bigger-\nAn extremely loud metallic tapping noise is heard in the room, sounds of an elderly man humming.\nD10293 begins screaming loudly.\nD10293: What the fuck!\nAn extremely loud crash is heard in the room. A large, pointed, cylindrical gray object similar in appearance to a nail erupts out of the center of D10293's forehead.\nThe object wiggles and recedes back into D10293's skull.\n\nResearcher's Notes: The object appears to have extended from and severed the pineal gland. I and other presiding researchers are of the opinion that there is a hammer somewhere that we need to locate.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2581 | SCP-2582 | SCP-2583 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2583\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2583 is kept in a hermetically sealed steel room measuring 4 meters on a side. This room is to only be accessible by an airlock system outfitted with multiple air purification systems, in order to minimize the introduction of additional particulates to the containment chamber. Any personnel entering the chamber must wear BSL-4 biohazard suits in order to not provide shed hair or skin cells to SCP-2583. The chamber is to be connected to a capacitor bank capable of briefly electrifying the interior surfaces of the chamber as needed for deterrence purposes.\n0.25 kilograms of dust and fine sand measuring 35-50 microns in size are allowed in the chamber, for use by SCP-2583. The interior is monitored using fiber optic cameras embedded in the walls, ceiling, and floor, so as to record as much detail as possible of the structures created by SCP-2583.\nDescription: SCP-2583 is a mobile, sentient structure made of dust. Its baseline form masses 1.7 grams and measures 3.7 centimeters in height. Its form is somewhat indistinct due to its composition, but is roughly humanoid, with four strands of dust representing limbs extending from a central strand which terminates in a spheroid made of dust.1\nSCP-2583 is able to manipulate electrostatic charges up to 1 meter from it via unknown means in order to create other structures made of dust and fine granular substances. This ability is capable of affecting particles up to 100 microns in size, with a preference for particles in the range of 20-50 microns in size. Structures have been observed to extend up to 3.1 meters in freestanding height. Structures created by SCP-2583 are extremely resistant to deformation by outside forces and individual strands of dust or other particulates possess a tensile strength approximately 250 times greater than that of spider silk. The electrostatic charges maintaining these structures can be disrupted by a brief electric pulse.\nSCP-2583 was initially observed to only create the frameworks of simple geometric structures such as cones, pyramids, and cubes, but has progressed to more complex structures since being contained. Current structures include complex three-dimensional fractals, replicas of the building in which it was initially discovered, and humanoids with the same body plan as itself.\nWhen creating a humanoid, SCP-2583 typically spends triple the time creating it as it would spend on creating another structure of comparable size. Once it has completed a humanoid, it will remain within 10 centimeters of it for between 20 and 30 hours, after which it will negate the electrostatic charges keeping the humanoid together. SCP-2583 separates the remains of these humanoid structures and does not reuse the dust. To date, none of the humanoids created by SCP-2583 have displayed independent mobility.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Similarity between SCP-2583 and SCP-1352 has been noted. Investigation into whether the two phenomena are variations of the same effect, or if one propagated the other, is ongoing.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2582 | SCP-2583 | SCP-2584 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2584\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Five instances of SCP-2584 are to be kept in a warm, dry enclosure of appropriate size in the Parazoology wing of Area-12. When an instance of SCP-2584 undergoes binary fission, one of the offspring is to be euthanized and disposed of.\nDescription: SCP-2584 is a species of snake that has been classified Oxyuranus ouroboros. SCP-2584 is closely related to the species Oxyuranus microlepidotus, from the genes of which it may have been engineered. SCP-2584 is solid brown in coloration, and approximately 7cm to 10cm in thickness.\nSCP-2584 has no head or tail as its body forms a continuous closed loop. Otherwise, SCP-2584's tissue and anatomy is completely normal, save for its circular spine, circulatory system, and digestive tract. SCP-2584 is able to achieve locomotion, but has no brain, sense of sight, hearing, taste or smell, and thus is only capable of reflexive movements to flee from danger after injury or move towards warmer areas. Otherwise, instances tend to remain still or spin in place.\nAs SCP-2584 can neither eat nor breathe, the source of SCP-2584's energy is unknown. The digestive tract of SCP-2584 cycles the same matter continuously, but is somehow able to gain metabolic energy with each cycle without expending any of the nutrients. SCP-2584 grows in length at a rate of approximately 1.4cm per week, and the contents of its digestive system have been found to increase in proportion to its size.\nWhen SCP-2584 reaches a length of around 220cm, it undergoes asexual reproduction. The process begins with SCP-2584 spasming to cause half of its body to form a half twist, assuming a figure eight posture. Then, over the course of 2-3 days, the overlapping portions of SCP-2584's body will shed its scales and dermal layers at the place of contact, and eventually become adjoined. Finally, over the course of 7-9 days, the internal anatomy of the adjoined area will modify to form two distinct loops, and SCP-2584 will separate into two distinct organisms of half the length. This reproduction takes place approximately once every eighteen months. As this method of reproduction introduces no genetic variation, all instances of SCP-2584 are clones.\nAddendum 2584-1: Due to SCP-2584's abundance, harmlessness, and ease of maintenance, the Department of Parazoology has decided to allow a limited number of Area-12 personnel to apply to obtain instances of SCP-2584 to keep as on-site pets. Owners must properly enclose and supervise their instances, turn in one of the offspring upon fission, and promptly report any unusual behavior. This is a privilege that may be revoked without warning at any time.\nAddendum 2584-2: On 7 Nov 2014, Dr. Jept reported that his pet SCP-2584 was reproducing strangely. The specimen was returned to the Parazoology wing for observation. After division was complete, it was clear that the two daughter specimen underwent fission in such a way that they ended up linked. Both specimens were kept alive for study.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2583 | SCP-2584 | SCP-2585 \u00bb"}
{"text": "K2.\n\nItem #: SCP-2585\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to the infrequency of human contact with SCP-2585, containment for the phenomenon is largely self-imposed. The Foundation will operate through various front agencies to minimize climbing attempts of K2 during periods of SCP-2585 activity, and all deaths attributed to it are to be declared a result of avalanche or weather conditions. Terrestrial and satellite observation of K2 is to be maintained continuously. As the nature of SCP-2585 remains unclear, containment procedures are to be considered tentative, however, due to the largely static behavior of the phenomenon, modification of said procedures in the foreseeable future is unlikely.\nREVISION: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1991: Due to the results of Exploration C, and the shortage of Foundation personnel with the appropriate mountaineering experience, active explorations of K2 during periods of SCP-2585 activity are presently suspended.\nREVISION \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1995: During each detected SCP-2585 manifestation, one (1) Mummery-Class drone operated by a Level-2 engineer at Outpost-2585 is to ascend the mountain and confirm the presence of SCP-2585-1. In the event that SCP-2585-1 is not detected within 48 hours of the drone clearing the 7000m mark, or SCP-2585-1 is confirmed as neutralized, one (1) D-Class personnel will be allotted to Outpost-2585 and Contingency-M\u012br\u0101th will be executed (Level 2 or higher personnel may see Document-2585-M\u012br\u0101th for details).\nDescription: SCP-2585 is a cloud known to manifest in the vicinity of K2 in Pakistan. The cloud, upon appearing, will enshroud K2 entirely, obscuring the mountain's surface. SCP-2585 does not visibly differ from normal cloud cover, but is detectable by the spontaneity of its onset and the unusually high atmospheric pressure within it. Regions affected by SCP-2585 experience volatile meteorological and topographical disturbances, none of which are observable from outside the cloud cover. SCP-2585 manifestations may occur at any time, and there is no determined pattern to these occurrences.\nSCP-2585-1 is a humanoid entity which, to date, has been encountered by all individuals who attempt to climb K2 during SCP-2585 manifestations. The entity is equipped with an Apollo/Skylab A7L spacesuit, which entirely conceals their characteristics, and is roughly 2 meters in height. When encountered, SCP-2585-1 has been observed to travel the surface of K2 on foot as well as levitate via unknown means. The entity has never communicated verbally, but may have attempted to do so through body language (see exploration logs). The motivations of SCP-2585-1 are unclear; presently it is not even known whether the entity is sentient. SCP-2585-1 has never been observed except by individuals inside SCP-2585's cloud cover, and has only been encountered at altitudes above 7km.\nSCP-2585 was discovered by the Foundation in 1984, thirty years after the first successful ascent of K2. Since its discovery, SCP-2585 is believed to be responsible for at least \u2588\u2588 of the known 80 deaths on the mountain. During that time, a number of disappearances have been reported in the region of Karakoram surrounding K2. These disappearances total at \u2588\u2588 civilians and \u2588 aircraft, and have all occurred during periods of SCP-2585 activity. While no direct link to SCP-2585 has been determined, the incidents have been covered up to avoid drawing attention to the anomaly.\nThree explorations of K2 have been conducted by Foundation operatives during SCP-2585 manifestations. Due to the conditions inherent to SCP-2585, low visibility on the mountain is a consistent hindrance. For full information on these explorations, please see below.\nClearance 2585/2\nExploration A\nExploration B\nExploration C\nClearance 2585/3\nExecutive Brief, Investigative Report \"Orpheus\"\n\n\u00ab SCP-2584 | SCP-2585 | SCP-2586 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2586\n\nItem #: SCP-2586\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: UPDATED 2017-02-25\nSCP-2586 is kept in a full-body restraint at all times, with exceptions for nutrition and hygienic concerns. SCP-2586 must be closely supervised at all times when allowed to use its hands; should it make any motion not directly relevant to the task at hand, it must be incapacitated via electroshock weapon immediately. SCP-2586 has a Standard Risk Rating of 03/09/13.\nAny public commentary regarding name changes effected by SCP-2586 is to be suppressed. When appropriate, affected individuals should be removed from the public eye.\nDescription: SCP-2586 is a human male, roughly 35 years of age at time of writing. Its chest bears a tattoo reading \"Mr. Literal Serial Killer, by Gamers Against Weed\". SCP-2586 is able to effect global, instantaneous alteration of the name of any person: all extant documentation of the target will be altered to a particularly unfitting form, while all individuals who knew the target's original name will become aware of the new name.\nWhile subjects are aware of the denotations of the new name, all connotations of the original name are preserved; typically, subjects will not have any particular emotional reaction to the new name, even when it would normally be disturbing or amusing. The exception to this effect is the target, who will react as expected to their change in name.\nSCP-2586 can activate this ability by miming the use of an implement to commit a violent action against the target. Targets are affected in a manner appropriate for the implement mimicked: by pretending to wield a rifle, SCP-2586 can affect targets instantaneously from a range of several hundred meters; when it pretended to empty a bottle into a jug of water, all subjects who subsequently drank from the jug were affected, etc.\nWhile SCP-2586 can understand written and spoken English, it has not attempted verbal communication at any point. It will attempt to escape containment when given the opportunity. It is apparently unaware of the nature of its anomalous properties, and will act as though it has the ability to access and operate genuine weapons; escape attempts thus pose minimal risk to personnel. SCP-2586 has not cooperated with any request or directive except under duress.\nRecovery: SCP-2586 was initially detained on October 19th, 2016 at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas while attempting to attend the ongoing presidential election debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. It activated its anomalous properties on several security personnel attending the event, and attempted to sneak past during the resultant confusion. After SCP-2586 was found to be unarmed, it was remanded to the Las Vegas Police Department. It affected seven police officers before Foundation personnel embedded in the department correctly assessed and neutralized the threat.\nAddendum: At time of recovery, SCP-2586 had a copy of the following document on its person.\n\nHoly Heck! You've just found yourself your very own Mr. Literal Serial Killer by Gamers Against Weed! The working title was \"Mr. Empathy\". Who is Dr. Annoymaker?\nFind them all and become Mr. Gamer!\n01. Mr. Literal Serial Killer \u2714\n02. Mr. Infinite Swag\n03. Mr. Socialist\n04. Mr. Difficult Choice\n20. Mr. Weed Number\n21. Mr. Debatably Valuable Qualities\n22. Mr. Unfortunate Coincidences\n23. Mr. Sue\n24. Mr. Coming Up\n25. Mrs. Down-To-Earth\n26. Ms. Reasonable Priorities\n27. Mr. Popular\n28. Mr. Stranger (rebooted)\n29. Mr. Singularity\n30. Mr. CK\n31. Ms. SALT\n32. Mr. Professional\n33. Mr. Has It All\n34. Mr. Dumb and Mr. Dumber\n35. Mr. Suspense\n\nAddendum: In February of 2017, SCP-2586 began to exhibit digestive upset and abdominal pain, which an examination identified as symptoms of appendicitis. An appendectomy was performed on 2017-02-16 without issue. Shortly after SCP-2586 was returned to its containment cell, its anomalous properties activated, affecting 134 personnel in and near the medical bay where its procedure was performed.\nA review of surveillance footage indicates that SCP-2586 had, over the course of several months, covertly mimed the construction of an explosive device in its cell.1 SCP-2586 avoided intervention from security personnel by spending no more than two seconds at a time constructing the \"device\". It then pretended to plant the device in the aforementioned medical bay, and activate it while recovering from surgery.\nRecommending 24/7 restraint of SCP-2586. The emotional impact of this incident has caused a noticeable decline in productivity and morale at Site-17, not to mention the expenses associated with information suppression. Another incident of this nature is unacceptable.- Researcher Louis Cannon\nApproved.- Site Director Roland Joints\n\nFootnotes\n1. This suggests that SCP-2586 is aware of personnel's inability to observe the \"weapons\" it creates.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2585 | SCP-2586 | SCP-2587 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2587\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2587 is contained in a submerged 30 x 30 x 15 meter containment chamber at Marine Site-05. Due to SCP-2587's diet, ocean water is allowed to flow through SCP-2587's containment chamber for feeding purposes. All water that flows through SCP-2587's containment chamber is to be stored in a tank. This water is to be sampled and tested for any foreign material before it is allowed to return to the ocean. SCP-2587 is to undergo weekly ultrasound examinations, and any changes in behavior are to be reported to the current project head.\nSCP-2587-A8 and SCP-2587-B are kept in standard humanoid containment chambers and are to undergo weekly psychological examinations.\nDescription: SCP-2587 is an amorphous organism with a length of 20 meters and a height of 10 meters. The object is composed of human tissue with no known pattern of distribution encased in a continuous epidermis and dermis. All attempts to penetrate the dermis have been unsuccessful, but the epidermis may be damaged through conventional means.\nUndifferentiated tissue makes up approximately 80% of the object's mass and is currently believed to act as insulation or protection. The remaining 20% of SCP-2587 is taken up by the object's digestive system. This system consists of multiple esophagi connected to patches of the object's skin. These patches of skin can be moved around the object to face the current and are used to gather nutrients through filter-feeding and absorption of small animals. Notably, the amount of matter SCP-2587 ingests is not enough to sustain an organism of similar size. It is possible that this is due to the organism's simplicity, though the possibility of additional anomalous effects has not been ruled out. The esophagi lead into a central chamber that acts as the object's stomach. 15 chambers are connected to the stomach by additional esophagi. Each of these chambers holds an instance of SCP-2587-A.\nSCP-2587-A refers to 16 humans. 15 SCP-2587-A instances are contained within the secondary chambers of SCP-2587, with SCP-2587-A8 having been released (See Addendum 2587-02). SCP-2587-A is comprised of ten males (SCP-2587-A1 through A10) and six females (SCP-2587-A11 through A16) of varying age. All instances are either pubescent or post-pubescent. SCP-2587-A instances are kept in stasis and fed through an umbilical cord that draws nutrients from the stomach of SCP-2587. Instances will occasionally make simple movements such as bending their limbs or clenching and unclenching their hands. As of 8/13/12, SCP-2587-A8 is the only recovered instance.\nSCP-2587-B is an adult female human which is a genetic match to SCP-2587.1 SCP-2587-B identifies as Martha Fern, who was reported missing in 2007 and was recovered shortly after by the UIU. Subject possesses multiple injuries that it claims were caused by extraterrestrial abduction. SCP-2587-B possesses a large wound on her abdomen which had been cauterized prior to capture. Subject also possesses multiple wounds on her thighs indicative of skin removal.\nAddendum 2587-01: Interview with SCP-2587-B\n\nAccess interview 2587-B-01\n\nAccess Granted. Welcome Dr. Thomas Mire.\n\nInterview 2587-B-03\nInterviewer: Dr. Avery Finch, on-site psychologist\nInterviewee: SCP-2587-B\nForeword: Interview was conducted to acquire more detail on SCP-2587-B's claims of alien abduction. Interview has been translated from Polish.\n\nDr. Finch: Please state your name for the record.\nSCP-2587-B: Martha Fern.\nDr. Finch: Could you describe what you experienced during your supposed abduction?\nSCP-2587-B: Sure. Where should I start?\nDr. Finch: On the night that you were abducted.\nSCP-2587-B: Okay. So I just got home, it was about eleven o'clock at night. I get ready for bed and I go to sleep just like any other evening. When I wake up, I'm lying on something hard and flat, and everything around me is dark.\nDr. Finch: Could you make out any details?\nSCP-2587-B: No, it was too dark.\nDr. Finch: Do you remember anything?\nSCP-2587-B: Yeah, I remember being in there for hours. It was like my c-section, but worse. I felt everything happening to me, but none of it hurt. I did feel something wet touch me several times. After a while, someone lit a blowtorch and I saw them.\nDr. Finch: Them?\nSCP-2587-B: Giant blue blobs with people inside. They were the ones operating on me. They cauterized their incision, put me under, and then I woke up in the woods.\nDr. Finch: Are there any other details you remember?\nSCP-2587-B: No, that's all.\nDr. Finch: Thank you SCP-2587. That will be all.\n[END LOG]\n\nAddendum 2587-02: Incident 2587-01\nDuring an ultrasound examination on 9/17/12, one of SCP-2587's secondary chambers began moving away from the center of SCP-2587. After three minutes of movement, a section of SCP-2587's epidermis opened up where the chamber containing SCP-2587-A8 had made contact with it. SCP-2587-A8's umbilical cord was severed, and the unconscious instance was deposited outside of SCP-2587. A diving team was sent in and the instance was recovered without incident. Post-incident examination revealed the presence of a currently-unidentified blue fluid within the water that is believed to originate from SCP-2587.\nSCP-2587-A8 identifies as Adam Smith, a resident of Washington D.C. that went missing in 2008. Aside from an MARS2 score of 8/10, SCP-2587-A8 does not display any unusual characteristics. An interview with the subject can be found in Addendum 2587-03.\nAddendum 2587-03: Interview with SCP-2587-A8.\n\nAccess Interview 2587-A8-02\n\nAccess Granted. Welcome Dr. Thomas Mire.\n\nInterview 2587-A8-02\nInterviewer: Dr. Avery Finch, on-site psychologist\nInterviewee: SCP-2587-A8\n\nDr. Finch: Please state your name for the record.\nSCP-2587-A8: Adam Smith.\nDr. Finch: Describe your experiences leading up to your entry into SCP-2587.\nSCP-2587-A8: So I went to bed one night. Nothing unusual, just a normal evening. I go to sleep, and I wake up in some cell wearing a hospital gown.\nDr. Finch: Could you describe the interior of the cell?\nSCP-2587-A8: Dark. Really dark and really cold. Floors felt like concrete, and there was a cot in the corner that I woke up on. I waited for about ten minutes before I hear the door open. I hear this squishing sound get closer to me before I feel something wet grab my arm and pull me into the hallway. There was a bit more light out there and I managed to get a better look at the thing.\nDr. Finch: Could you describe the entity?\nSCP-2587-A8: Yeah. It was giant mass of flesh about twice my size. Clear, but with a blue tint. I could see a man in the center with his head hung. He had his arm pointed towards me, and his fist was clenched.\nDr. Finch: Was there anything else in the hallway?\nSCP-2587-A8: Yeah, a bunch of people chained together. These ones were in gowns like me. The blob puts me at the back of the line and leads us down the hall. He gets a couple more people and chains them to me. I think there were about ten to twenty of us in total.\nDr. Finch: Go on.\nSCP-2587-A8: So the thing leads us to a room and I get my first glimpse of that\u2026thing.\nDr. Finch: SCP-2587.\nSCP-2587-A8: Yes. It looked different back then, though. It didn't have any skin, and it was a lot smaller. The blob unchains the first person in line and shoves her into the mound. The thing grows a bit and spits out her gown after a couple of seconds. He does the same thing with everyone else. I remember getting pushed into the mound, and my memory after that is fuzzy.\nDr. Finch: What is the next thing you clearly remember?\nSCP-2587-A8: Surprisingly, I had a couple moments I can remember quite well. I remember being in absolute darkness, unable to breathe. I kept hearing these whispers telling me to do things.\nDr. Finch: What were you told to do?\nSCP-2587-A8: Simple things. Kick, curl up, nod your head, and others like that. I was too scared to do anything, so I just stayed perfectly still. This went on for a while, and then I woke up here.\nDr. Finch: You seem quite calm given your recent experiences.\nSCP-2587-A8: I guess I'm just glad to be out in one piece. Everybody else is still in there, yet I was lucky enough to escape. I must be doing something right.\nDr. Finch: That's all for today. Thank you for your time.\nSCP-2587-A8: No problem.\n\n[END LOG]\n\nFootnotes\n1. DNA samples were recovered from the Unusual Incidents Unit, who had SCP-2587-B in custody due to her involvement with UIU Casefile 2008-007.\n2. Mind-Affecting Resistance Scale\n\n\u00ab SCP-2586 | SCP-2587 | SCP-2588 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More articles by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-2006\n\nSCP-2950\n\nSCP-2599\n\nSCP-2800\n\nSCP-3200\n\nSCP-4007\n\nSCP-2750\n\nSCP-2201\n\nSCP-2101\n\nSCP-2050\n\nSCP-2440\n\nSCP-2301\n\nSCP-1842\n\nSCP-2012\n\nSCP-1644\n\nSCP-2499\n\nSCP-2775\n\nSCP-2925\n\nSCP-1758\n\nSCP-7030\n\nSCP-972\n\nSCP-314-J\n\nSCP-2625\n\nSCP-2588\n\nSCP-6030\n\nSCP-5725\n\nSCP-2896\n\nSCP-5975\n\n+ All Tales by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nThe Meaning of Fear\n\nRight?\n\nThe Tinkerer\n\nAfter The End\n\nSpirit Dust\n\nLeisure Time\n\nMission Accomplished\n\nA Broken Tool\n\nThe Space Soldier\n\nOf Meetings and Meals\n\nTrip Hammer\n\nEulogies\n\nAll Work and No Play\n\nAnother Day On The Job\n\nUnveiling\n\nConferencing\n\n+ GOI formats by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nUIU File: 2017-003\n\nUIU File: 1933-001\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nUnusual Incidents Unit Hub\nDrewbear, CryogenChaos\n\nProject Palisade, 001 Proposal\nthedeadlymoose, Drewbear, and Dexanote\n\nTKO\nthedeadlymoose and Drewbear\n\nSCP-5050-EX\nCityToast\n\nCompetitive Teleology\nRiemann\n\nSCP-5882\nRiemann\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2588\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2588 instances 1 through 23 are currently held at Site 118 in separate standard humanoid containment units. SCP-2588 instances should not be allowed within 5 meters of each other except under controlled testing conditions. Testing with more than 8 instances of SCP-2588 at a single time requires approval by the containment wing director, currently Dr. Sonia Oland. Testing with SCP-2588-1 requires written approval from the containment wing director and the site director.\nAcquisition of further instances of SCP-2588 is currently rated at MEDIUM priority, given the small chance of SCP-2588 instances coming into contact with each other among the civilian population. Any leads relating to SCP-2588 should be reported to the project director.\nWeekly medical examinations of all SCP-2588 instances are critical to ensure the continued health of all specimens, and to avoid unanticipated transfers of SCP-2588. Along these lines, immunosuppressant drugs consistent with those administered following organ transplant surgeries should be administered to all specimens. Should medical personnel determine that an SCP-2588 instance is likely to expire, D-class personnel should be deployed to accompany said SCP-2588 instance until expiration.\nDescription: SCP-2588 is an anomalous collection of body parts and organs once belonging to a reality bending individual named Arthur Harold Jones.\nSCP-2588's primary anomalous properties manifest itself in various body parts and organs of at least 23 individuals, ranging from the brain (SCP-2588-1) to the left arm (SCP-2588-13), or the liver (SCP-2588-18). It is unknown how many more instances of SCP-2588 exist that are currently uncontained, but major body parts not under current Foundation control include the right leg, pancreas, and left eye.1\nOver time, individuals possessing SCP-2588 instances will experience rapid changes in the composition of said instances to match the original condition and structure of the organ once possessed by Arthur Jones at the time of his death. This process is expedited if there are more SCP-2588 instances present near the individual, and even more so if SCP-2588-1 is near the new instance of SCP-2588. The exact range for this is unknown, but has tentatively been established to be roughly 5 meters in distance.\nThe changes in composition of SCP-2588 instances end with organs that are nearly identical to the condition of said organs of the original Arthur Jones. For instance, previously healthy livers will degrade to the point of possessing the same severe cirrhosis that Arthur Jones possessed due to his extreme alcoholism. Said changes in structure and composition are noted to cause severe pain for the individual possessing the SCP-2588 instances. In addition, host individuals will, over time, experience extreme mental degradation to the degree where the host individual is largely vegetative, yet still capable of movement, and loss of memory-both recollection and formation of new memories.\nWhen an individual possessing any instances of SCP-2588 expires (often due to symptoms similar to organ rejection), the closest individual who does not already possess an instance of SCP-2588 will become the new host of the SCP-2588 instance. If two instances of SCP-2588 are present in an individual at one time (achieved through traditional organ transplantation) then both instances may be transferred to the same individual, though this is not guaranteed.\nSCP-2588's secondary anomalous property occurs when multiple instances of the anomaly are brought near each other (within the 5 meter range outlined above). This ability causes SCP-2588 instances to act autonomously from the host body. The more instances of SCP-2588 that are brought near each other, the more extreme these actions become. Whereas two instances may only cause involuntary muscle spasms, 8 or more can cause complete independence of action for the affected body part and the inability to be controlled by the host body, depending on the specific instances brought together. Moreover, proximity seems to accelerate the process of mental degradation noted above.\nOf particular note is the instance designated SCP-2588-1, the body part corresponding to the brain of the original Arthur Jones. It has been noted to be able to accelerate the process of restructuring of SCP-2588 instances, as well as increase the degree to which nearby SCP-2588 instances can act independently. Moreover, SCP-2588-1 is capable of active planning and, when fully developed, possesses the same degree of intelligence as the original subject, though it does not share the individual's anomalous properties of reality manipulation.\nSCP-2588-1 is also capable of directly influencing the actions of other instances of the anomaly. While normal instances may exhibit actions consistent with that of the original body of Arthur Jones (such as nervous tics and other actions), only SCP-2588-1 has been demonstrated as capable of actively orchestrating complex action of other SCP-2588 instances, including developing new actions and behaviors.\nSCP-2588's final anomalous property only activates in the presence of SCP-2588-1, and at least 13 other instances of the anomaly. When this occurs, the anomaly will exhibit total control over the formerly independent host bodies. Hosts will proceed to remove, by any means necessary, the SCP-2588 instances present in their bodies, and implant them in the host containing SCP-2588-1. This is believed to have the end goal of reconstructing the body of Arthur Jones, though the process has never been fully seen through to completion. The only time that this was partially successful is documented below in the acquisition report.\nSCP-2588 Acquisition Report: SCP-2588 formerly referred to the original host, Arthur Jones, a reality bending individual under Foundation control. SCP-2588 escaped during an external containment breach caused by a raid on the facility containing the anomaly. During recapture, the individual was terminated due to the danger that it presented, and the inability of the containment team to recapture the individual in a nonlethal way.\nSCP-2588 resurfaced approximately 8 months later, following reports of a minor reality bending individual. Containment teams arriving at the house believed to be the source of the reality bending events discovered 14 bodies and a partially reconstructed SCP-2588. SCP-2588 was terminated after an executive decision was made, causing the instances to be transferred to the 5 members of the containment team, leading to the Foundation's acquisition of the reclassified SCP-2588.\nSCP-2588 Incident Report 5/23/11: At the time of this incident, one individual host possessed SCP-2588-1, while SCP-2588-5 (the vocal cords and lungs), SCP-2588-13 (the left arm), and SCP-2588-14 (the right arm) were present on another individual. The following is a transcript of an interview conducted by the former project director, Dr. Julio Marquez, with the two individuals listed above. SCP-2588-1 communicates through the other individual possessing SCP-2588-5.\n\nDr. Marquez: SCP-2588-1. Good afternoon.\nSCP-2588-1: Afternoon, doctor.\nDr. Marquez: I presume that by this point, your original host's memories are largely gone?\nSCP-2588-1: (Laughs) Oh, mostly. A few childhood memories here and there that won't go away. Soon enough, I'll be me again.\nDr. Marquez: And who is \u201cme?\u201d\nSCP-2588-1: Arthur Harold Jones.\nDr. Marquez: How much do you remember?\nSCP-2588-1: Most of it. I was 28 when I died for the first time.\nDr. Marquez: The first time?\nSCP-2588-1: Yeah. The first time. I've died a lot of times since then, doctor. But you know what they say. First time's the hardest.\nAt this point, SCP-2588-1 begins laughing, but is stopped by a coughing fit. SCP-2588's lungs were heavily damaged by years of habitual smoking.\nDr. Marquez: I see. And how did your present state\u2026arise?\nSCP-2588-1: You mean me doing the whole zombie song and dance. Not pretty huh? I thought the same thing, but you get what you wish for I guess.\nDr. Marquez: What do you mean?\nSCP-2588-1: You see, Dr. Marquez, with people like me, you learn to be careful about what you want at a very young age. If you think too hard about something you want, it'll actually happen. If I want a burger real bad, I can think one into existence. Now, we get pretty good at managing this for most of our lives. This was all fine and dandy until I got in trouble with you folks.\nDr. Marquez: You mean your escape attempt.\nSCP-2588-1: Bingo. Your boys fucked me up pretty good. But you know what I remember the most as I was laying there, bleeding out? You know what's the one thing in common that we humans have with every kind of animal from a rat to an elephant?\nSCP-2588-13 smacks the table, while SCP-2588-14 clenches a fist.\nSCP-2588-1: None of us want to die. In that last, tiny moment before you cross over to the other side, I can tell you that you don't want to go. You don't want to die yet. You feel small, tiny, and pathetic, but dying seems so unfair and so wrong. And in that moment, there's nothing in the world that you want more than to be alive. And wanting something that badly, especially when you were as fucked up as me\u2026now THAT's a dangerous thing for people like me.\nDr. Marquez: And your wish resulted in your present condition.\nSCP-2588-1: (Snorts.) That's one way of putting it.\nDr. Marquez: You're very calm for someone who has died repeatedly.\nSCP-2588-1: Oh, believe me, you can't even comprehend how much I fucking hate all of you. And I mean that with the warmest regards, Dr. Marquez. But you and I, see, we're kind of in the same position here. We both want the same thing.\nDr. Marquez: And that is?\nSCP-2588-1: We both want me gone. Dead. Kaput. You see, I wanted to live so badly that I did this shit to myself. But I'm not alive. Not really. I'm in this purgatory limbo zombie land where I'm scattered around the world, so that last wish of mine isn't gonna be fulfilled until I can get myself back into one piece, more or less. And once that's done, I can kill myself and get it all over with already.\nDr. Marquez: But why would you want to die after all that effort?\nSCP-2588-1: (Pauses.) You want to know what I feel, doctor? You want to know what it's like being me?\nDr. Marquez: Tell me.\nSCP-2588-1: I remember it. All of it. The moment I died the first time, because it's the moment my body keeps trying to put itself back together for. When your hidden sniper blew my brains out from half a mile away, and your fucking black ops commandos or whatever the fuck they were broke down my door and riddled me with bullets. I can remember every. Single. Detail. And I feel it. It's like fire in my veins, like someone is carving my skin off with a rusty butter knife, and the nightmare never fucking stops because this isn't purgatory. This is hell.\nSCP-2588-1's body is sobbing by this point.\nSCP-2588-1: Do you know what it's like, doctor? Do you know what it's like, being able to feel myself scattered across dozens of people? You know what it's like to feel this transformation happening over and over again? Do you know what it's like to crack open a man's skull as he fades away and to feel his regret and his fear? You know what it's like to see those same thoughts that I had right before I died?\nSCP-2588-1 shudders.\nSCP-2588-1: I can never forget this. I want, no-I NEED you to kill me. Because I can't bear this pain anymore. Because every moment I breathe is agony for lungs that feel like they're full of holes, and every thought hurts because I can barely feel anything that's not the memory of dying or suffering or pain. Because every time I die again, it just gets added to the pile, and I can't live with this anymore. Kill me. Please.\n\nFollowing this report, Dr. Marquez filed a request for neutralization, noting that it was the Foundation who had technically caused the current status of SCP-2588. After a vote of the O5 Council, the request was denied by a vote of 9-4. O5-4 wrote the following majority opinion.\n\nRegarding the neutralization request for SCP-2588\nWhile I understand Dr. Marquez's concern and genuine belief that we could permanently contain SCP-2588, I will remind the doctor that the original SCP-2588 was a noted career criminal and a diagnosed patient dealing with antisocial personality disorder. In layman's terms, SCP-2588 was a psychopathic serial killer who also murdered no fewer than 8 Foundation agents during its initial containment. There is nothing that suggests to me that SCP-2588 would keep its word in promising self-termination.\nThe ethical conundrum here is, in the opinion of the O5 Council, secondary to the risks that enabling the choices of an anomaly would entail. Request denied.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Similarity between this effect and that observed in SCP-1582 has been noted. Research into whether they are variations of the same anomalous effect is ongoing.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2587 | SCP-2588 | SCP-2589 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2589\nObject Class: Neutralized\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The home SCP-2589 was previously located in has been dismantled and incinerated. The area the home was located on has been barred from entry, and has been disguised as an enclosed electrical generator. Witnesses of SCP-2589 have been administered Class A amnestics. Those who have not been located are currently being tracked by Foundation assets, after they are located they are to be administered an amnestic regimen and released.\n\nGreen Acres\n\nDescription: SCP-2589 was an entity that was confined to a mobile home in Warsaw, Indiana. The entity had limited mobility, lacking limbs. Its body was bell-shaped, consisting of a large mouth in the torso, and an elongated, upward-facing head on which there was a Warsaw Police Department branded trucker cap. The entity's body was white with red splotches, having the appearance of bruises. SCP-2589's body did not appear to have an internal structure, the skin simply forming a floating membrane in the shape of itself.\nThe entity was capable of manipulating the physical reality of the area around it. SCP-2589 utilized this ability to create \"mouth traps\" in areas which lead to its stomach. These spaces manifested as spaces in walls, enclosures of any kind such as a doghouse, closets, and in one case a pair of pants. These portals have a tendency to manifest most commonly in holes. Subjects affected by SCP-2589 claimed they most commonly fell into the trap when walking through the master bedroom of the home.\nThe entity would \"eat\" humans or animals if it was fed. SCP-2589 did not seem to be sapient, and did not actively attempt to consume subjects with its person. SCP-2589 only physically consumed an individual if it was assisted.\nThe effects of this consumption were varied. Affected subjects would reappear later, albeit with mild or moderate changes to their appearance. Their behavior was not unusual, and they retained memories of being fed to SCP-2589. Subjects frequently responded to this event with frustration or misdirection. A woman subjected to SCP-2589 prior to its containment was digested roughly 100 times. When questioned, Emma Clark (23) seemed frustrated, to quote, \u201cI don't see what the problem is.\u201d\nWhen SCP-2589 inhabited the home, the people living in that home expressed dismissal or disinterest in SCP-2589. Adolescents, however, did not seem to be affected by the anomaly and would respond to SCP-2589 as one would typically expect. The home where SCP-2589 was found, when investigated, revealed that the surviving children growing up around SCP-2589 were conditioned to accept it from a young age.\nAddendum A: Selected excerpts from video footage located in the home. Dates could not be found on the tapes, they are arranged in order of occurrence. The home was outfitted with 12 security cameras. Local police had questioned the father, Jacob Clark, about the cameras at one point prior to SCP-2589's neutralization, to which the father responded \u201cHe liked knowing what went on in his home.\"\nThe family affected by SCP-2589 were Emma Clark (23), her husband, Jacob Clark (47), Jacob Clark's brother, Ethan Young (32), the Clark's mother, Madison Clark (67), and two children, Andrew (8), Ezekiel (11), and their dog [Destroyer] (2).\n\n00:03\nDeformed man in fetal position with fused appendages appears on the floor in the foyer. Andrew is distressed, begins shouting at the man. Andrew is holding a miniature boom box. Macho Man is playing on the radio.\nAndrew: (possibly communicating with the deformed figure) NO. You're scary! Why? What's wrong with your face? Stop it!\nAndrew picks up a broom and moves closer to the man.\nAndrew: Unc?\nSCP-2589 can be seen in the corner of the frame. Andrew notices SCP-2589. Andrew observes SCP-2589 silently for one minute.\nAndrew: Sorry Unc.\nAndrew drags the deformed man out of the room, away from SCP-2589.\n\n11:05\nAndrew notices SCP-2589 in the living room. SCP-2589 was stationary. Andrew runs to Madison, his grandmother, and tells her about SCP-2589. Madison gets excited, suggests placing the uncle, Ethan, in its mouth. Emma and Jacob enter the room and discuss this with Madison. Madison points at Ethan angrily while talking to Jacob, Jacob points to SCP-2589 and begins shouting. Madison relents, and moves to SCP-2589, opening its mouth. Emma and Jacob lift Ethan's body into SCP-2589's mouth.\nAudio feed returns.\nJacob: See? Wasn't too hard was it?\n\n03:33\nAndrew and Ezekiel are in the back yard.\nAndrew: You know about it? You're never in the room.\nEzekiel: I saw it. I don't like it. I can get dad's gun, I know where he has it.\nAndrew: It's gonna eat me. (crying) Go get the gun tonight.\nEzekiel: I'll do it by myself. It's scared of me because I'm really smart.\nAndrew: Really?\nEzekiel: Yeah.\nAndrew leaves the frame and speaks with his father for a moment. Andrew and his father go inside. Ezekiel remains outside.\n\nA green hummingbird appears in the yard.\nEzekiel addresses the bird.\nEzekiel: You're the angel?\nThe bird does not appear to acknowledge Ezekiel's' presence, and by all accounts is a mundane animal.\nEzekiel: How do I kill it?\nEzekiel nods, running into the doghouse. Ezekiel does not leave the doghouse. No activity for 2 hours.\n\nAndrew and Jacob walk outside. Jacob points to the doghouse, and Andrew moves closer to inspect it. Andrew begins screaming.\n\n23:02\nEthan appears in the hallway, no longer deformed, but appearance changed slightly. He is dressed in a vest, his face covered in glitter. Ethan runs into Madison in the hallway.\nEthan: (whispering) Where were you? You've been gone for two weeks, no one's saying shit!\nA low moaning is heard. SCP-2589's head can be seen in the frame, bent around a corner behind Madison. Ethan and Madison turn around, but otherwise do not acknowledge SCP-2589.\nMadison: I went out with the girls. I'm here now, what's the problem?\nEthan shakes his head, Madison leaves the frame, toward SCP-2589. SCP-2589's head retracts. Giggling can be heard for two minutes afterward.\n\n10:55\nEntire family, save for Ezekiel, is in the living room. SCP-2589 is also present, standing behind the couch. Andrew seems distressed about SCP-2589, but attempts to maintain composure, occasionally glancing at Jacob.\nMadison: Oh look Andrew is having another fit.\nJacob, Ethan, and Madison laughing. Emma appears reserved, but smiles. Emma gets up and starts caressing SCP-2589's lips.\nEmma: Honey, I can take care of myself.\nJacob gets up from the couch and pushes Emma into SCP-2589's mouth. Ethan and Madison laugh. Andrew closes his eyes and puts his hands to his ears.\nJacob: Bye, honey!\n\n02:00\nAndrew moves down the hallway. Heavy breathing is audible on the tape, as well as a barely audible loop of Bee Gees Night Fever. The wall next to Andrew begins heaving as if it were organic. A small section of the wall collapses, revealing a deformed Ezekiel. Ezekiel's body appears to have been compressed into a cube. Andrew observes the hole, motionless.\nEzekiel: Kill it.\nAndrew continues staring at the hole.\n\nAddendum B: Local police had been called to the location ten times previously on the grounds of domestic disturbances. On 03/12/\u2588\u2588 Deputy Alexis Walker received a private phone call from Andrew urging her to go to the location of the home. Alexis had given Andrew her phone number on a previous visit. Alexis arrived at the location, entering the home without provocation, and discovered Jacob Clark in the act of assaulting Ethan Young.\n\n00:02\nJacob: What the fuck is going on?\nAlexis: Calm down, sir.\nJacob: This ain't none of your business, you don't have any reason to be here in my fucking home.\nAlexis: Get down on the ground. You can tell them all about me breaking into your house. Get down on the ground or I swear to god.\nSCP-2589 appears in the frame next to Ethan.\nJacob: See? It wasn't me, I didn't do-\nAlexis fires at SCP-2589 12 times. Jacob is screaming violently. SCP-2589 folds over on itself and falls to the ground.\nAlexis: Oh my god, oh my god. Where are the kids? Tell me where the fucking kids are-\nAlexis moves to Jacob and notices he has been shot multiple times. Alexis looks over to SCP-2589 and notices that it is no longer present.\nAlexis pinches herself, and looks around for a few moments.\n\nAlexis is seen leaving the area with Andrew and Ezekiel. She is followed by Ethan and Madison out of the house. The two shout at Alexis while the vehicle drives away.\n\nAlexis, Andrew, or Ezekiel could not be located afterward. Records have been scrubbed from local law enforcement agencies and kept on the Foundation's private record in line with current disinformation protocol. No anomalous activity has been detected in the house to date.\n\nSeries: Holy Science\n\n\u00ab SCP-2588 | SCP-2589 | SCP-2590 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2590\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Containment of SCP-2590 itself is not currently possible. SCP-2590 has remained within the city limits of Birmingham, Alabama since it has been under Foundation surveillance. SCP-2590 is fitted with a tracking beacon pinging its location to specialized handheld devices, which are provided to all operatives of MTF Gamma-133 \"Street Sweepers\".\nPublic knowledge of SCP-2590's existence is to be contained by confiscation of video footage and photographs, and administration of Class-A amnestics to eyewitnesses. Two plain clothed members of Mobile Task Force Gamma-133 \"Street Sweepers\" are to trail SCP-2590 in a Foundation-provided civilian vehicle at all times, exchanging shifts with another pair of operators every 4 hours. Vehicles are to be equipped with dashboard video cameras, which are to be recording at all times.\nIn the event SCP-2590 pulls over to the side of the road or in a parking lot, the pursuing operatives are to park directly behind SCP-2590 with a full view of the trailer door and notify the active situation room commander of MTF Gamma-133 \"Street Sweepers\" immediately. The operative occupying the passenger's side of the vehicle is to take written notes of his/her observations. Under no circumstances are personnel to approach SCP-2590-1.\nDescription: SCP-2590 is a semi-trailer truck of an International ProStar DayCab make, with an attached trailer. It lacks a license plate on either the front or rear bumper. The model's manufacturer, Navistar International, claims to have no knowledge of ever producing a vehicle like SCP-2590. Observation of the driver's cabin shows a humanoid figure in the driver's seat, designated SCP-2590-1. SCP-2590-1's appearance is that of a shadow or silhouette, lacking any identifying physical features. SCP-2590-1's significance to the function of SCP-2590 is currently unknown, however, it has been proven to have an amnestic-like effect on humans approaching it on foot. Because of this, Foundation personnel have been unable to question it.\nSCP-2590 selectively interacts with tangible objects, allowing it to 'pass through' physical matter. For this reason, the Foundation has been unable to physically contain it. This was discovered when SCP-2590 passed through a Foundation roadblock unhindered. It has also, on occasion, avoided collisions this way. SCP-2590 has not refuelled since it came under Foundation monitoring, nor has it broken any traffic laws.\nAt times determined by unknown variables1, SCP-2590 will park at the side of the road or in a parking lot, and the trailer door will open of its own accord for exactly sixty seconds before closing again. During the time the door is open, the trailer will be occupied by a single object. The object within the trailer is different each time the door closes and opens again. Each instance is unique, and no object has ever been observed twice.\nAttempts at entry or exit from SCP-2590 while the trailer is open have been met with failure, due to an invisible barrier. The barrier also seems to stop sound from escaping.\n\n+ List of SCP-2590 objects\n\n- List of SCP-2590 objects\n\nPresented in chronological order are objects observed inside SCP-2590 since it came under Foundation surveillance on 25/03/2007:\n\n#1\nChocolate candy bar, Kit Kat Chunky brand.\n\n#2\nSmall cardboard box, labelled \"Jim's Colectibles\"[sic] with black marker.\n\n#3\nBlank polaroid photograph.\n\n#4\nVHS tape, unlabelled.\n\n#5\nSmartphone, iPhone 3G model.\n\n#6\nHuman male, approximately 30 years of age. During observation the subject showed considerable distress, attempting several times to escape SCP-2590. All escape attempts failed due to the barrier, and the door closed before further measures could be taken.\n\n#7\nRed apple.\n\n#8\nLarge silver sphere, with no features or identifying marks. The object hovered approximately 0.5 metres above the floor of the trailer by unknown means.\n\n#9\nLit lightbulb. There was no visible power source inside the trailer, and it is unknown how the object was able to function.\n\n#10\nHuman male of approximately 11 years of age. Subject appeared to be stricken with panic. Subject was reported to have not attempted escape from SCP-2590, with Agent Orpik stating in his report that the subject was 'paralyzed with fear'.\n\n#11\nHuman female of approximately 40 years of age. Subject recognized Agent Inglis, who identified the subject as her sister. Agent Inglis was said by her partner, Agent Schultz, to be in considerable distress. Efforts to recover subject from SCP-2590 failed. Soon after, Agent Inglis' sister was found at home, unharmed, and said that she had been cleaning at the time of the incident. She denied that she had been anywhere else during that time.\n\n#12\nHuman male, identified as Agent Moore. Of note is that Agent Moore was on duty with Agent Hall at the time of this instance. Moore was said by his partner to be 'puzzled and shocked'. Subject inside SCP-2590 also appeared to recognize his duplicate outside of the instance. Attempts to extract the subject once again failed.\n\n#13 'Incident 2590-1', 04/01/2008\nEyeball of an unknown species, measuring approximately 2 metres in diameter. Agents Killorn and Hayes were on duty at the time, and video footage shows the object rotate 180 degrees to view them. Both agents reported a feeling of intense uneasiness and nausea, followed by sharp abdominal pain once SCP-2590's door closed. Following their shift, the agents were sent for medical evaluation, where X-Ray examinations revealed potentially malignant tumors growing inside the agents' large intestines. Surgery was successful in removing these growths, and both agents have since made full recoveries.\n\n#14\nHuman female identified using dashboard camera footage as Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Subject attempted an unsuccessful escape. Subject tried to converse using sign language, which neither agent could understand due to lack of training. The real Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was found to be in the break room in Site-\u2588\u2588 at the time of this instance.\n\n#15\nHuman male identified as O5-\u2588\u2588. [DATA EXPUNGED]\n\n#16 'Incident 2590-2' 26/07/2011\nLarge steel slab, the front face of which appeared to fit the dimensions of the doorway perfectly. The slab displayed the logo of the Foundation. 16 seconds into the instance, copious amounts of blood began to drip downward from the top of the object from an unknown source. It continued to pour until the slab was no longer visible, with liquid welling up at the unseen barrier. At 0:52 of the instance, the slab and an immense amount of blood (almost the entire volume of the trailer) launched out of SCP-2590, travelling toward observing agents Inglis and Schultz at a speed of approximately 190 kilometers per hour. Six members of MTF Gamma-133 \"Street Sweepers\" were deployed to the scene to investigate and initiate cleanup efforts. Inglis and Schultz were pronounced dead at the scene. A two kilometre perimeter in every direction was established, and Class-A amnestics were administered to individuals within it.\n\nAddendum A:\n\nSubsequent DNA tests on the blood ejected from SCP-2590 have indicated it to be roughly 50% Inglis' and 50% Schultz's. The steel slab, which was undamaged from the collision with the agents' vehicle, has been taken into Foundation custody for lab analysis.\n\n+ Incident 2590-3\n\n- Incident 2590-3\n\nOn 04/12/2011 at approximately 0315 hours, SCP-2590 travelled to the location of an abandoned warehouse, where its tracking beacon ceased operation. Eight members of MTF Gamma-133 (henceforth referred to as Alpha Squad) were dispatched to the warehouse. Inside, SCP-2590 was found travelling at low speed deeper into the building.\nTwo members of Alpha Squad were left outside to keep watch. Radio contact was maintained with Alpha Squad Leader during the investigation. The following is a log of communications between Alpha Squad Leader and the Mobile Task Force Commander of Gamma-133:\n\n0319 Hours Alpha Squad Leader: \"Alright, we are inside the building. We have a visual on SCP-2590.\"\n\n0319 Hours MTFC Gamma-133: \"Anything unusual inside?\"\n\n0319 Hours Alpha Squad Leader: \"Nothing we can see so far, it just looks like a plain abandoned warehouse. Update, the skip has started moving away from us, looks like it's headed away from the entrance.\"\n\n0320 Hours MTFC Gamma-133: \"Alpha Squad, follow the target. Find out where it's going.\"\n\n0321 Hours Alpha Squad Leader: \"It's going slowly enough that we can keep up on foot. It's headed toward what looks like a service tunnel or sewer of some sort.\"\n\n0321 Hours MTFC Gamma-133: \"Stay alert.\"\n\n0334 Hours Alpha Squad Leader: \"It's getting dark down here. Alpha Squad, turn on your headlamps.\"\n\n0334 Hours MTFC Gamma-133: \"How bad is the visibility?\"\n\n0334 Hours Alpha Squad Leader: \"Can't see a fucking thing, maybe 10, 15 metres ahead at best. This tunnel just keeps going and going. It's headed downhill now. Thatcher, how far has it been?\"\n\n0334 Hours [Another voice can be heard]\n\n0334 Hours Alpha Squad Leader: \"We've covered about 200 metres. Nothing else to report.\"\n\n0417 Hours [The sound of SCP-2590's trailer door opening can be heard]\n\n0417 Hours Alpha Squad Leader: \"The skip's trailer door is opening, I repeat, target's trailer door is opening.\"\n\n0417 Hours MTFC Gamma-133: \"What do you see?\"\n\n0417 Hours Alpha Squad Leader: \"Uh\u2026 one second\u2026 it's a big sheet of what looks like parchment. It says 'I'm just delivering a message'.\"\n\n0417 Hours MTFC Gamma-133: \"Is there anything else?\"\n\n0417 Hours Alpha Squad Leader: \"Nothing. Just the parchment and text.\"\n\n0417 Hours MTFC Gamma-133: \"Alpha Squad, proceed with caution.\"\n\n0418 Hours Alpha Squad Leader: \"Aye. We've descended about a kilometre now, we still haven't seen the end to this thing.\"\n\n[Note that this is geographically impossible, as the warehouse is overlooking a cliff.]\n\n0419 Hours MTFC Gamma-133: \"Alpha Squad, be advised you are continuing into a confirmed spatial anomaly. That tunnel shouldn't be there. If anything particularly unusual happens, pull out of there immediately.\"\n\n0419 Hours Alpha Squad Leader: \"Affirmative.\"\n\n0423 Hours Alpha Squad Leader: \"The air is bad down here. We are detecting higher levels of carbon monoxide, though that may be [unintelligible]\"\n\n0423 Hours [Radio reception with Alpha Squad Leader degrades sharply at this point]\n\n0423 Hours MTFC Gamma-133: \"Squad Leader, do you read me? We are losing you.\"\n\n0423 Hours Alpha Squad Leader: \"Yes we seem to be [unintelligible] interference, please [unintelligible]\"\n\n0424 Hours MTFC Gamma-133: \"Squad Leader, come in. Squad Leader, please respond.\"\n\n0424 Hours [No response]\n\n0424 Hours MTFC Gamma-133: \"Dammit.\"\n\n0429 Hours [Radio contact terminated on Alpha Squad's side]\n\nThe channel remained open for an additional six hours, after which the two guarding agents were recalled to MTF Gamma-133 base, and Alpha Squad was declared MIA.\nOn 11/03/2015, radio contact was made on Alpha Squad Leader's transponder once again. The following are the communication logs from when radio contact was re-established:\n\nAlpha Squad Leader: \"Come in MTFC. I repeat, come in MTFC. This is Alpha Squad Leader, do you copy?\"\n\nMTFC Gamma-133: \"Who is this? How did you get this comm channel?\"\n\nAlpha Squad Leader: \"Uh\u2026 this is Alpha Squad Leader. We lost communication with you there for a few minutes.\"\n\nMTFC Gamma-133: \"State your full name and rank, soldier.\"\n\nAlpha Squad Leader: \"\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Staff Sergeant, MTF Gamma-133. What's going on sir?\"\n\n[MTFC searching database]\n\nMTFC Gamma-133: \"Alpha Squad Leader, you and your squad have been MIA for almost three and a half years. I'd say you have some explaining to do.\"\n\nAlpha Squad Leader: \"Sir? We were pursuing SCP-2590 when we lost radio contact with you. We couldn't go any further because of the carbon monoxide, so we turned back to re-establish communication. We weren't gone longer than 15 minutes.\"\n\nMTFC Gamma-133: \"Fuck\u2026 were you able to collect further intel on SCP-2590?\"\n\nAlpha Squad Leader: \"Negative. Once we turned back, the skip just kept going, like it knew we weren't coming with it.\"\n\nMTFC Gamma-133: \"Very good, Alpha Squad. You can come home now.\"\n\nAddendum B:\n\nThe report from Alpha Squad Leader confirmed the warehouse to contain a temporal and spatial anomaly. The building has been purchased by a Foundation front company to prevent civilian access. SCP-2590 was tracked exiting the warehouse approximately 5 minutes after Alpha Squad was recalled to MTF Gamma-133 base.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The shortest observed time between instances was 6 days, 4 minutes, and 24 seconds, while the longest was 10 months, 8 days, 3 hours, 14 minutes and 45 seconds.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2589 | SCP-2590 | SCP-2591 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2591\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2591 is to be kept in a standard humanoid containment cell at Site-25.\nPersonnel in charge of SCP-2591 are to be trained in the use of small firearms. In the event that SCP-2591 expresses the desire to self-terminate, containment staff are to offer assistance and shoot SCP-2591 once in the forehead. All staff are advised that these incidents have occurred [REDACTED] times in the past month with no ill effects on the overall health of SCP-2591, and that execution of this request will extend cooperation on the part of SCP-2591.\nAs an incentive for good behavior, SCP-2591 may be provided tap water in a plastic wine glass, and if questioned, is to be informed that the water is actually an aged Merlot from the vineyards of \"St. Augustine's Convent in the southern peninsula of Apostasia.\" Due to sensory issues inherent with its condition, SCP-2591 will believe this to be true.\nSCP-2591-Omega is to remain on standby mode indefinitely in a maximum-security containment vault at Site-25. All readings are to be constantly monitored and submitted to Project Bifrost staff.\nDescription: SCP-2591 is an animate human cadaver, possessing a regenerative ability to extend life. As a result of this regeneration, SCP-2591's skin condition mimics the effects of mummification. It is estimated that SCP-2591 has been alive since the thirteenth century CE.\nThough decay has resulted in diminished sensory capabilities, SCP-2591 can move, displays advanced intelligence, and is fluent in Italian, English, and French.1 It will answer to the name Riccardo and claims to be the duke of the (historically nonexistent) Papal State of Apostasia.\nSCP-2591 appears to be in a near-constant state of emotional distress brought about by events earlier in its life, and will frequently express the desire to commit suicide. Following a suicide attempt, SCP-2591's wounds will recover and it will awaken in a state of confusion.\n\nInterviewer: Dr. Isaiah Henderson\nInterviewed: SCP-2591\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Henderson: Good morning, SCP-2591, I hope you're\u2014Dr. Henderson: Please discontinue singing.Dr. Henderson: Nothing out of the ordinary, I'm afraid. I've come to ask you some more questions about your life history.Dr. Henderson: When we last met, we covered your brother's seduction of your bride, Giulietta. What happened after that?Dr. Henderson: Please move on.Dr. Henderson: Nothing. Sorry, just\u2014 Just go on. Giulietta broke your heart. Then what?Dr. Henderson: You begged her to take you back, then what.Dr. Henderson: What did Count Pietro do?Dr. Henderson: So he killed Giulietta. Then what?[SCP-2591 hesitates.]\nDr. Henderson: You killed Count Pietro?Dr. Henderson: What did you do?<End Log>\n\n(Following this interview, Dr. Henderson, upon request, was reassigned to SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.)\nRecovery Log: SCP-2591 was discovered through the usage of SCP-2591-Omega, which is an experimental prototype of a dimensional gateway found in the ruins of Prometheus Labs. Project Bifrost was established by the Foundation to resume full functionality of SCP-2591-Omega.\nAfter [REDACTED] failed attempts, a connection was established to a relatively stable realm, designated Reality-GBICR259101. MTF Zeta-9 (\"Mole Rats\") was dispatched to explore the area and report any anomalous findings.\n\nReality-GBICR2XX01 Exploration Log\n<Begin Log>\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Camera feed okay?\nDr. Henderson: Video reception didn't make it through the gate, but I can hear you. What are you looking at?\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: The area resembles a European seaside village at sunset. I wanna say Spain. Seems harmless enough.\nDr. Henderson: Keep your eye out regardless.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yeah, I figured you wouldn't send Mole Rats to do your vacations for you.\nDr. Henderson: Cut the jokes. Any lifeforms?\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Town's barren for the most part. We'll keep you posted.\n[redacted for relevance]\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: There's three human cadavers in this garden. One's on the ground, female, and completely decomposed, but there are two males standing up pointing swords at each other. Males show signs of mummification.\nDr. Henderson: I want tissue samples from all three.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Understood. Collecting from the first male.\n[sounds of SCP-2591 screaming]\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: First male is resisting tissue collection. It's extremely agitated.\nDr. Henderson: It's animate?\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Confirmed. Should we sedate him and take him in?\nDr. Henderson: Sounds good.\n[redacted for relevance]\n<End Log>\n\nCostume design of Duke Riccardo for Il Canarino Rosso\n\nAddendum: Three months after the containment of SCP-2591, Dr. Naismith of Project Bifrost discovered similarities between the story of SCP-2591's life and an obscure, unfinished libretto for a 19th-century Italian three-act opera titled Il Canarino Rosso2 by the Florentine playwright Giacomo Benigni.\nIn a series of correspondence with composer Giusseppe Verdi, the offer to compose the music for the libretto was repeatedly rejected by Verdi, who considered Benigni's pre-existing body of work to be sub-par.3 As a result, Benigni retired from writing before he finished Il Canarino Rosso.\nThe situation outlined by SCP-2591 mirrors the Act Two finale, where Duke Riccardo and Count Pietro prepare to duel. As Act Three was never written, the outcome of this duel remains unknown.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Despite this, SCP-2591 considers its native tongue to be \"Apostasian,\" which is sung Italian, English, or French. Due to the desiccated nature of SCP-2591's throat, this has been discouraged by Foundation staff.\n2. (\"The Red Canary\")\n3. \"\u2026 It is an utter impossibility that I would collaborate with a writer with a portfolio that is not only amateurish, but pompous, financially opportunistic, and with melodrama that makes an unintentional farce of itself - to the point of provoking laughter in the crucifixion scene of a Passion play, as evidenced in the one successful operetta you've put on in Venice. \u2026\"\n\n\u00ab SCP-2590 | SCP-2591 | SCP-2592 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Photograph recovered during initial containment, context unknown.\n\nItem #: SCP-2592\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2592 is housed in a standard humanoid containment cell at Humanoid Containment Site-06-3. In lieu of a standard humaniform entity diet, SCP-2592 is to be fed one bowl containing two sliced Class I (EU) bananas in 350 mL of whole milk daily.\nOnly personnel testing at an extrasensory resistance index of 65 or higher are allowed within SCP-2592's containment area, and only with prior permission from at least one Level 3 Senior Researcher. Personnel experiencing unusual headaches, hallucinations, or nosebleeds are to exit the containment area immediately and undergo mandatory mind-affecting / memetic hazard quarantine.\nDescription: SCP-2592 is a thin humanoid entity 157 cm in height and 42kg in mass with rudimentary telepathic capabilities, recovered on \u2588/\u2588\u2588/1923 from a beach home near [REDACTED], France. SCP-2592 is intelligent and can understand simple phrases and words in French, but does not appear to be capable of speech. Due to its lack of eyes, SCP-2592 navigates its surroundings primarily using touch, but can telepathically detect the presence of human subjects within a range of approximately five meters. SCP-2592 has not shown any indication that it is capable of telepathic communication or thought-reading, but has sometimes responded to strong emotional states such as fear or distress. If allowed to, SCP-2592 will attempt to groom non-threatening human subjects by brushing and/or braiding their hair, using basic tools such as combs and brushes if available. When left alone, SCP-2592 will either pace listlessly or lie in a fetal position.\nSubjects within ten meters of SCP-2592 have consistently reported receiving hallucinations consisting of mental imagery consistent with that of the beach near the home in which it was recovered as well as the sound of gently crashing waves, which have been consistently described as \"serene\", \"peaceful\", or \"relaxing\". When startled or frightened, SCP-2592 is also capable of generating intense telepathic emanations that cause panic or severe pain in nearby human subjects and can lead to significant neurological trauma after prolonged exposure.\nAddendum 2592-1: Initial Recovery Log\nSCP-2592 was discovered in a residential home belonging to [REDACTED], a blind 58-year old widow living alone. A local milkman had become concerned following several consecutive days in which she had failed to receive delivery and notified local authorities. Upon forcing entry into the home, SCP-2592 was discovered in a distressed state in an apparent attempt to protect the body of [REDACTED], who was later determined through autopsy to have been dead for several days as the result of a stroke. Six (6) police officers were injured by SCP-2592's telepathic distress response during the ensuing chaos.\nThe Foundation was notified by regional authorities and dispatched a containment team to the home. Still in a distressed state from its prior contact with local authorities, SCP-2592 incapacitated several members of the containment team before Containment Specialist de Villiers, having taken stock of the composition of refuse within the home, managed to calm SCP-2592 by offering it several bananas and a bottle of milk. SCP-2592 immediately ceased its distress response and became docile, after which Foundation personnel managed to secure it for transport to the nearest containment facility. A thorough search of the premises turned up a single photograph but no additional evidence relating to SCP-2592 or its origin.\nContainment Specialist de Villiers was awarded the Foundation Star for his bravery and quick thinking that led to the safe recovery of an anomalous humanoid entity and for saving the lives of several members of his containment team.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2591 | SCP-2592 | SCP-2593 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2593\nObject Class: Safe Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures:\n\nOriginal Containment Procedures\n\nClose Original Document\n\nSCP-2593 is to be contained in a standard humanoid containment chamber, furnished to comfort levels for a non-dangerous humanoid entity. It is to be observed remotely for anomalous behavior.\nSCP-2593 is not to be allowed to leave the site after delivering its baked goods.\nDeliveries made by SCP-2593 are to be scanned for anomalous composition, once weekly. All baked goods are to be disposed of.\n\nRevised Containment procedures\n\nClose Revision\n\nDue to the nature of SCP-2593, containment shall consist of accepting SCP-2593's daily delivery at 0700 hours each morning, followed by psychological counselling at Administrative Site-217. Staff are encouraged to interact with SCP-2593, and are to report any unusual activity involving SCP-2593 immediately.\nSCP-2593 is not to be allowed to leave the site after delivering its baked goods.\nDeliveries made by SCP-2593 are to be scanned for anomalous composition, once weekly. All baked goods are to be disposed of.\n\nContainment Procedures Rev. 3\nAs SCP-2593 has become hostile to the Foundation, and Foundation personnel, SCP-2593 is to be terminated on sight by security staff. Failure to do so before SCP-2593 will result in SCP-2593 remaining uncontained until the next manifestation event, as SCP-2593 has, invariably since the time of revision, attempted to flee Foundation custody.\nIn 87% of all successful terminations, SCP-2593 has rematerialized adjacent to Site-217's security perimeter. All other foundation sites are to be placed on high alert.\nAll delivered baked goods are to be incinerated at first opportunity. At no time are SCP-2593's baked goods to be ingested.\nDescription: SCP-2593 is an anomalous humanoid entity which appears at a fixed location and time each day, making a delivery of donuts and bagels to Administrative Site-217. SCP-2593 disappears at a fixed point in time later the same day.\nSCP-2593 is an anomalous manifestation of James \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, former owner of a local bakery, Donut Jimmy's Bakery. Donut Jimmy's Bakery was contracted to deliver baked goods daily, for distribution to break rooms throughout the Site.\nFoundation records indicate that James \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 attended the California Institute of Technology and received a PhD in chemistry in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nJames \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was considered for approach by the Foundation for employment, before being screened out due to lack of aptitude in his field. Further records show that multiple applications to various employers were denied due to lack of applicability of his research work, and a general lack of aptitude.\nJames \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 opened Donut Jimmy's Bakery with a classmate from his secondary school (George Callaghan) in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, four years after obtaining his PhD.\nSCP-2593 was determined to be anomalous on September 1, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, when Administrative Site-217 accounts payable found a discrepancy in the food budgets for refreshments, leading to an investigation by Agents Donnelly and McGill. Donut Jimmy's Bakery was observed to have been closed for several days. Local business owners claimed that the bakery had not opened since September 1, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nRemote observation of SCP-2593 after it made its daily delivery to Administrative Site-217 showed that SCP-2593 will disappear from view at a distance of .72 KM from the entrance to Administrative Site-217 and will reappear at precisely 0700 hours each day.\nAnalysis of SCP-2593's delivery confirmed that all food was non-anomalous. Chemical Analysis confirmed them safe for human consumption, however, as they're produced through anomalous means, they are to be disposed of.\nSCP-2593 was contained on September 3, followed by an interview about its deliveries. SCP-2593 claimed to have no knowledge of any of the events or effects surrounding SCP-2593 and was placed in a standard humanoid containment chamber. SCP-2593 was extremely distressed and agitated, when informed of the anomalous context surrounding it.\nOn September 4, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-2593 disappeared from its containment cell, and appeared .72 km outside of Administrative Site-217, with the usual quantity of food for delivery each morning. Containment procedures were amended to include an expansion of Site-217's perimeter.\n\nExpansion of Administrative Site-217's perimeter\n\nClose Addendum\n\nIn light of SCP-2593's manifestation each morning outside of the facility, Administrative Site-217's perimeter was expanded to include the area of manifestation. Thus far, SCP-2593 has not changed its manifestation site, and continues to make daily deliveries.\nOngoing interviews with SCP-2593 have led to increased agitation, and distress, as each time SCP-2593 is informed of its nature, SCP-2593 claims to remember each other encounter with Foundation staff since containment.\nAs such, at this time, it is recommended that SCP-2593 is not informed of its nature, and remote observation continue, barring any further incident.\n\nFirst incidence of non-expected baked goods\n\nClose Addendum\n\nOn March 1, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-2593's delivery occurred at the expected time, however, the contents of the delivery contained irregularities.\nAll donuts commonly referred to as \"jelly filled\" were instead filled with peanut butter, consistent with Donut Jimmy's Bakery peanut butter used in other baked goods. All donuts commonly referred to as \"Boston Creme\" were filled instead with mayonnaise, again consistent with other Donut Jimmy's Bakery baked goods.\nSCP-2593 was asked about these discrepancies, and was reluctant to answer, asking if the Foundation was requesting a termination of the contract with Donut Jimmy's Bakery. Foundation agents denied this was the case, and SCP-2593 grew more agitated. SCP-2593 disappeared from view in containment at 0700 hours, as per usual.\n\nAttached below are all materials related to the psychological evaluation of SCP-2593\n\nPsychological evaluation of SCP-2593\nRequested interview with Doctor Jamesson\nSCP-2593's Journal\nDr. Jamesson's Journal\n\nOn June 1, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-2593 was confronted, and asked about the products it was bringing to Administrative Site-217. SCP-2593 began to cry uncontrollably, and psychological staff were called in. Interview with SCP-2593 is below with Dr. Jamesson.\n\nDr Jamesson: SCP-2593, my name is Dr. Jamesson.Dr Jamesson: Apologies, Jimmy, may I call you, Jimmy?\nSCP-2593 calms down significantly at the use of the given nameDr Jamesson: Jimmy, why are your donuts and bagels wrong lately? I've never heard of you bringing the wrong food before.Dr Jamesson: You're saying you remember all of it?Dr Jamesson: We had no idea, James.Dr Jamesson: One second.\nDr Jamesson radios to request permission to explain the situation to SCP-2593. An affirmative response is returned.\nDr Jamesson: Jimmy, how much do you know about this facility?Dr Jamesson: I see. Jimmy, that's not really what happens here. I'm not authorized to tell you much, but we're an organization that's\u2026well, we protect people.Dr Jamesson: No. We're not with the government. We're\u2026well, I can't really tell you everything, but we protect people. From things like what happened to you.Dr Jamesson: You're the first person this has happened to. We'd like to try and figure out what happened, though. And make sure the effect doesn't spread.Dr Jamesson: We'll do what we can, Jimmy. We'd like to help you though.Dr Jamesson: Tomorrow, when you make your delivery, I'd like to talk to you again. If you're willing.<End Log>\nSince receiving psychological counselling on a regular basis, SCP-2593 has produced expected types of baked goods during its regular deliveries. At this time, SCP-2593 is considered contained.\n\nDr. Jamesson's note:\nContinued psychological counseling should give SCP-2593 a stable mental state for the foreseeable future. SCP-2593 is considered contained at this point. What I would like to stress, however, is that SCP-2593 is an anomaly. Not a person. Psychological counseling is the easiest way to keep it contained, however, it's vitally important that we do not relax around SCP-2593, and continue standard security sweeps on its deliveries. Judging by the initial psychological screening report for James when he was considered for Foundation employment, I would also recommend avoiding agitating SCP-2593.\n\nOn November 22, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-2593 confronted Dr. Jamesson, and requested again the use of foundation resources in order to assist the research staff.\n\nDr Jamesson: James, you requested to speak with me?Dr Jamesson: Jimmy, I understand, but we can't allow you access to our resources like that. There's security involved that\u2014\nSCP-2593 appears significantly agitated at this.Dr Jamesson: Jimmy, you were a baker for twenty years, I'm not sure your skills at chemistry are\u2014\nSCP-2593 stands up and slams his hands down on the tableDr Jamesson: Jimmy, calm down. I\u2014Dr Jamesson: SCP-2593, calm down, or I'm going to have to call security.Dr Jamesson: Apologies. Jimmy, relax. Come on, there's no need for this.Dr Jamesson: No. Our resources, and materials are restricted. I'm sorry James, but I really can't budge on that.Dr Jamesson gestures to the camera\nDr Jamesson: Escort them back to their containment chamber, please.\n<End Log>\nThe next day was the first incident of SCP-2593 delivering baked goods containing toxic substances recorded.\n\nAttached is a log of the journal provided to SCP-2593 to help cope with the stress of containment.\nIt was recovered from SCP-2593's containment chamber after the first instance of an unexpected manifestation at a different site.\n\nApril 19\n\nI was thinking, maybe I could help. I had an idea the other day, what if we\u2026used like, a really strong glue or something. It's been a while, but I managed to dig up some ideas about an old formula I was working on in college. I think it'll work\n\nJuly 17\n\nI think I got it! I wrote up some notes on the subject, and I think I'm going to ask if Jamesson could give it to the researchers. I'm sure they'll let me help, and they'll see how much I can do.\n\nDr. Lornth was given SCP-2593's notes on their compound on August 11. Dr. Lornth passed it on to the proper departments for analysis. The compound was not only unviable, but that the reaction would actually produce a significant quantity of a toxic gas if attempted as written.\nDr. Jamesson was consulted, and this was determined to be simple mistakes on SCP-2593's part, instead of malice. Requests for Foundation Resources are to be denied, emphatically, per Dr. Lornth.\nDr. Lornth's note\nWhile I appreciate the fact SCP-2593 wants to help, we rejected him 20 years ago when he was fresh out of college. After all that time, their limited skills have deteriorated further, and the compound that they designed is not only non-viable, but the idea of using glue to prevent manifestation events is farcical. In an unrelated note, the level of disorganization of these notes shows they don't have the discipline to actually contribute scientifically to the Foundation.\n\nAugust 22\n\nThey said no. I can't beleive they said no! How could they just ignore my help?! I gave them that brilliant formula, and they told me it was wrong! I may have gotten a page mixed up or something, but it had to work. There's no way I would have produced something that just didn't work. That's bullshit.\n\nOctober 17\n\nI keep asking to help, and they won't let me. I think I'm gonna put my foot down, and demand it. Jamesson won't shoot me down, he's gotta be a good guy, like George. He won't let me down.\n\nDecember 20\n\nThose fucking dicks. They're gonna pay for this. I don't know how, but I'm gonna figure this out.\n\nApril 15\n\nI think I figured it out. If I concentrate, right as I\u2026wake up, I can go wherever I want. Let's see how they like it when they get delivered a bunch of Boston Chlorine Methylhydrate Cremes instead.\n\nDr. Lornth's Note\nChlorine Methylhydrate is not theoretically possible. Foundation scientists believe this to be, again, another instance of SCP-2593's deficiencies rather than additional anomalous abilities\n\nBelow are relevant excerpts from Dr. Jamessons' personal log and journal regarding SCP-2593. Following the events on April 7th, SCP-2593 was upgraded from Safe to Euclid.\nFollowing the injury of Dr. Jamesson, SCP-2593 is currently pending Keter designation.\n\nApril 24\n\nJames shows signs of improvement. He's been talking less and less about feeling alone, and more about his time while he's demanifested. He claims it's like sleeping.\n\nJune 7\n\nJames has shown marked improvement in the last few months, and has begun to view his time de-manifested as \"sleep\" rather than something to his detriment.\n\nAugust 21\n\nJames has shown interest in the Foundation, and has asked if he could potentially do something during his time while manifested other than sit around and wait to disappear. I approached Dr. Lornth about this, but the initial assessment of their chemistry skills appears accurate.\n\nOctober 14\n\nJames has insisted repeatedly that he be allowed access to Foundation materials and resources in order to provide some kind of assistance to the Foundation. This interest is unusually strenuous, and is slightly concerning. I've added a note to his psych profile, and I've been trying to gently dissuade James from pursuing the subject.\n\nDecember 18\n\nSince a hard denial of SCP-2593's request to be granted access to Foundation resources on November 4, his conditions have deteriorated. Several deliveries have been made in error, with similar defects to the initial errors. When questioned, SCP-2593 said he didn't know what was happening.\n\nApril 7\n\nSCP-2593 has not manifested in four days. Security personnel have been placed on high alert, and a general notice has been put out to other nearby sites.\n\nApril 16\n\nSCP-2593 has been sighted making deliveries to several other Foundation Sites. Baked goods were shown to contain several toxic compounds. One injury, zero fatalities, but it's probably time to upgrade to Euclid. I've made a note to distribute containment protocols regarding deliveries by SCP-2593 to other sites.\n\nMay 1\n\nAttempted termination of SCP-2593 has successfully led to containment. Demanifestation takes place almost immediately after death, and prevents materialization until subsequent mornings. SCP-2593 is re-contained. Psychological counseling is obviously to be terminated.\n\nNo Date Given\n\nI just wanted to help, Jamesson. I wanted to be something more than a fucking donut maker. I saw your goddamned notes, Jamesson. Fuck you, and your 'Foundation'. See if I'm good enough now. I hope you enjoy your morning bagel, you son of a bitch.\n\nDr. Lornth's Note\nDr. Jamesson reported to the medical bay, and was diagnosed with Stage 1 liver failure, from Vinyl chloride poisoning, on May 12. It is highly likely SCP-2593 was involved, considering the entry in Dr. Jamesson's journal. SCP-2593 is to be considered extremely dangerous at this time. Upgrade to keter pending. Thankfully, their previously mentioned issues prevented the compound from being significantly concentrated. Dr. Jamesson is expected to make a full recovery.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2592 | SCP-2593 | SCP-2594 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2594\n\nEntrance to SCP-2594\n\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The entrance to SCP-2594 is to be disguised as an abandoned mine and locked, with signs warning of potential cave-ins to deter civilians. Agents posted at Observation Site-2594 are to detain and interrogate anyone attempting to get access, before amnesticising as necessary.\nDescription: SCP-2594 is a small, 4m x 5m waiting room accessed through a door located near an unnamed cave on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.\nSCP-2594 is furnished sparsely with seating, a timepiece, tables, and other standard waiting room furnishings. Motivational posters, two issues of TIME magazine and a non-functioning coffee machine are also present. Occasionally, unidentified light music can be heard playing within SCP-2594.1\nAside from the entrance to SCP-2594, there is one further door present. This door is locked, however, it can be unlocked through normal means. The door opens directly onto a blank featureless wall, hypothesised to be the \"end\" of SCP-2594. Above the door is an LED number display reading \"023\".\nA standard ticket dispenser identical to those found in many waiting rooms is present. Tickets start at 024 and progress to 999 before running out.\nSurfaces resembling SCP-2594's secondary door can additionally be found behind the walls, roof, and floor of SCP-2594. All attempts to bypass this material have been met with failure. The interior contents of SCP-2594 can be damaged or removed. Once all subjects have vacated SCP-2594, any changes will have been reverted upon re-entry.\nIt is currently theorized that SCP-2594 exists in extradimensional space. There is no magnetic field present within SCP-2594. Satellite receiver systems fail to receive any signals, as do wireless mobile devices. Electronic devices will fail to connect to the internet or other networks, hard discs and other objects that require magnetism to function will cease to work.\nSubject entering SCP-2594 with the belief they are waiting for something are subjected to an anomalous effect. Unless they are induced not to, these individuals will stay within SCP-2594 and remain there for an indefinite period of time. However, the subject is able to leave at any time and may do so if requested or forced. When waiting in SCP-2594, the subject does not have a biological or psychological need to eat, drink, sleep, or excrete. The subject is able to do so but in most cases will not unless prompted.\nSapient individuals not under the impression they are waiting for something are not affected by SCP-2594.\nHistory: SCP-2594 was recovered in 1968, after several spelunkers discovered its presence and reported it to the Scottish authorities. At the time of its discovery, the counter within it was not noted to be activated; it has been noted as active in all subsequent observations.\nAddendum 2594-01 - Initial Experiment Log:\nThe following experiments were carried out to test SCP-2594's anomalous capabilities.\n\nSCP-2594 TESTING LOG\n\nNote: Cave area temporarily altered to appear as a Foundation facility. All D-Class were habituated within these temporary facilities for approximately two months prior to the experiment in order to prevent suspicion about the test parameters.\nTesting Procedure:\n\nExperiment 2594-\u2588, \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1970\nSubject:\nDuration:\nExperiment:\n\nExperiment 2594-A, \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1970\nSubject: D-01799, 35 year old Hispanic female.\nDuration: Baseline test.\nExperiment: D-01799 was instructed that dental work was being performed and that they would be waiting to see a Foundation doctor.\nResults: Subject appeared to become disinterested in their surroundings after approx. fifteen minutes. Ticket number was 036. After 6 hours, D-01799 was retrieved. Expressed skepticism when told of the time they had spent within SCP-2594.\n\nExperiment 2594-B, \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1970\nSubject: D-07351, 24 year old Caucasian female.\nDuration: One week.\nExperiment: D-07351 was selected for the initial test of SCP-2594's properties. She was informed she was due a routine medical examination, and told to wait within SCP-2594 to be called.\nResults: D-07351 remained within SCP-2594 for one week, without needing sleep or sustenance. D-07351 reported no change to the baseline description of SCP-2594 and had a ticket numbered 127. D-07351 expressed irritation at the ticking produced by the clock present within SCP-2594. Post-test analysis showed some signs of trauma similar to that caused by prolonged solitary confinement.\n\nExperiment 2594-D, \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1970\nSubject: D-08991, 49 year old Hispanic male.\nDuration: Two weeks.\nExperiment: D-08991 was informed he would be undergoing a job interview for promotion due to excellence under the Foundation's service.\nResults: D-08991 remained within SCP-2594 for two weeks. Upon retrieval and analysis, it was found that D-08991 displayed symptoms similar to D-07351. However, they were more pronounced with a noticeable increase in paranoid behaviors. D-08991 complained about the ticking noise produced by the clock, and expressed disappointment over the lack of a promotion. The ticket number was 298.\n\nExperiment 2594-K, \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1970\nSubject: D-08991\nDuration: Approximately four months\nExperiment: Results Pending\n\nInsufficient Clearance -- Level 4 Authorization Required\n\nAccess Granted/Logged\n\nAddenedum 2594-02: During a routine archival review in \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2004, inconsistency was discovered with Eurasian D-Class secure archives. After investigation, it was found that a test subject had been exposed to SCP-2594 for over thirty years consecutively. D-08991 was found alive within SCP-2594. After being removed from SCP-2594, D-08991 was debriefed by Researcher Chambers. The case has been forwarded to the Ethics Committee.\nSCP-2594's appearance had reverted to its basic state when D-08991 was recovered.\n\nInterviewed: D-08991\nInterviewer: Researcher Chambers\nForeword: Interview with D-08991 after the cessation of Experiment 2594-K\n<Begin Log>\nResearcher Chambers: Welcome back, D-08991. My name is Researcher Chambers, I'm going to be asking you a few questions about your waiting and testing period within SCP-2594.\nD-08991: (pauses) I want to, you can call me, George, please.\nChambers: Alright, George. Let's see\u2014 okay. How are you feeling?\nD-08991: Well, tired? (D-08991 closes his eyes.) But I know it all through and through. Like you all wanted.\nChambers: Are you aware of the extensive time you've spent in the cave?\nD-08991 drums his hands on the table, and hums, for approximately five minutes. During this time he does not acknowledge Chambers.\nD-08991: When there's a storm, you put the shutters up and if the power goes, you don't know until it's over. That's the best way I can put it. Now I know and if I knew again I can't\u2026 but even after all that I don't know what keeps me there. Tick. Tock. I tried marking time taking tickets but that didn't take.\nChambers: What was inside? Were you reading the magazines, or did any music play, anything like that?\nD-08991: (D-08991 immediately responds.) They had two issues of Time magazine and nothing else. October 19th, and November 9th, 1970. I remember every withered page of those magazines. Every detail. I could, I could write them in my sleep. I don't want to ever hear about that goddamn election again.2\nChambers: Alright, I see. I've got-\nD-08991: They had eleven typos between them. I don't have anything to reference that with. I thought that maybe they were there to be read but then I looked and the back pages were empty. I know why. I already knew 'em and didn't read em. But that's what was wrong. It was empty and all that was in there was wrong but I sat there because\u2026\nChambers: We don't have to talk about it anymore. It must be a lot\u2026 I'm sorry.\nD-08991: Why did I stay?\nChambers: I don't know. The door was unlocked.\n(D-08991 is unresponsive for the remainder of the interview.)\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: D-08991 became unresponsive to Foundation personnel after the conclusion of the interview; the Ethics Committee has detained him indefinitely as part of their audit into the incident.\n\nFootnotes\n1. During debrief, test subjects have not been able to identify the music.\n2. Referring to the November 9th 1970 edition of Time magazine, focusing on the recent United States Congress election.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2593 | SCP-2594 | SCP-2595 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2595\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to the nomadistic characteristics of the population of SCP-2595, containment is to be administrated collectively by Mobile Task Forces Sigma-19-01, -02 and -03 (receiving the callsigns of \"Diplomatic Negotiators\", \"Census\" and \"Bulldozers\", respectively).\nMobile Task Force Sigma-19-01 is tasked with maintaining a diplomatic relationship with the upper classes of SCP-2595 in order to predict any sudden migration done by the community. In order to conceal SCP-2595 while preventing any change to its daily activities or behavior, Disinformation Protocol 2595-05-A is to be reinforced upon inhabited regions within a radius of fifty (50) kilometers of the current position of SCP-2595.\nMobile Task Force Sigma-19-02 is tasked with cataloging any deceased or newborn members of SCP-2595 in order to maintain demographical control upon the population. Any sudden increase in population that exceeds the currently affixed number of humanoids is to be immediately reported to research personnel for further observation to be added to ongoing research.\nMobile Task Force Sigma-19-03 is tasked with using multiple earthwork machinery to continuously create empty land plots matching the characteristics of those previously used by the entities. These land plots are to be surrounded by basic livelihood resources placed by Foundation aerial supplement drops that can be usable by the members of SCP-2595 to maintain the common course of life within the society. Land establishment is to be strategically planned in order to create a pattern to the nomadistic migration of the civilization and consequently prevent any contact with human-inhabited areas.\nDescription: SCP-2595 is the collective designation for a nomadic society of 473 sentient humanoid figures holding an anomalous body composition constituted of a varying percentage of polyethylene and polysulfone, that currently inhabits several abandoned land plots in the region of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Rostov Oblast, Russia.\nEntities belonging to SCP-2595 are willing to promote a harmonious coexistence with other species, showcasing friendly behavior and acceptance to human presence. Instances of SCP-2595 are capable of communication through speech in varying dialects1 and will invariably answer to identification requests describing their respective place within a strict, three-leveled hierarchical pattern. The identification arrangement used by SCP-2595 will present itself as follows:\n\nSCP-2595-001 to -272 (collectively designated as SCP-2595-A) constitute a social group composed exclusively of male specimens. This class serves a purpose similar to that of a feudalistic servant, taking on unpaid manual labor to maintain the nourishment and livelihood of itself as well as the upper classes. Upon questioning, members of this group vehemently deny the existence of slavery on the whole of SCP-2595 and avouch the significance of the practiced duties to the upper classes of the population.\n\nSCP-2595-273 to -398 (collectively designated as SCP-2595-B) constitute a social group composed of male and female specimen. This class serves a purpose similar to that of European medieval vassals, being widely served by the members of SCP-2595-A. It is estimated by the high percentage of cambium2 occurring in this proportion of the society that SCP-2595-B holds the largest economical capabilities of the four ramifications.\n\nSCP-2595-398 to -473 (collectively designated as SCP-2595-C) constitute a social group composed of exclusively female specimen. This class serves a purpose similar to that of a \"council\", aiding SCP-2595-B in decisions that directly affect the whole of SCP-2595. It is supposed that the frequent mass movement of SCP-2595 between abandoned land proportions is a decision made by of SCP-2595-C on a timely basis. In addition, the members of SCP-2595-C also seem to be widely recognized by the lower classes as the legal authority of SCP-2595.\n\nRecurrent observation of the behavior of SCP-2595 has recognized that the members of the society sustain a widely spread religious belief directed to a patriarchal deity that is recognized by instances of SCP-2595 as the direct origin of life for the anomalous humanoids. At the time of writing, attempts to unveil the legitimate existence of this figuration have been deemed unnecessary due to the idiosyncratic characteristics of the belief.\n\n+ [SCP-2595-D: LEVEL 4-2595 CLEARANCE INPUT REQUIRED]\n\n[CLOSE CONNECTION] \n\nNotice 2595-D1: As of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/199\u2588, the actual characteristics of SCP-2595-D are to be redacted from the main SCP-2595 database file. Direct access to the original description of SCP-2595-D should be restricted to Level-4/2595 or higher personnel connected to ongoing research.\n\nItem #: SCP-2595-D\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures:\nI. ORIGINAL CONTAINMENT PROCEDURES\nIsolated Containment Unit 2595-A is to be built around the original facility containing the instances of SCP-2595-D. Any inhabited housing facilities within a 30 meter radius of SCP-2595-D are to be gradually evacuated with the usage of Foundation-operated shell company \"Progress Engineering\"3. As a disinformation countermeasure, a covert construction site is to be built in previously occupied areas around the containment unit.\nGiven the effects of SCP-2595-D when in close proximity with a human being or livestock, the security measures to prevent intrusion of the original site are to be made effective with the usage of preventive assessments4 and remote monitoring.\nFurther activity of SCP-2595 that breaks the original perimeter defined by the containment unit is grounds for immediate revision of the aforementioned containment procedures in order to preserve the population currently living on the Russian shore of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 River.\n\nII. [29/08/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588]: ABRANOV\u00cdC-GAINSBOROUGH REVISION\nIn an attempt to cease the effects of SCP-2595-D upon human life around its original containment area, Special Containment Protocol Theta-4 is to be enacted immediately upon the cityscape of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Russia. The resulting submerged land plot is to be isolated and guarded by Foundation-operated armed vessels and submarines. The original enclosure of SCP-2595 is to be fixated on the ground with the usage of several reinforced steel counterweights.\nDisinformation Campaign \u041a\u043e\u0440\u0447\u0435\u0432\u0430\u0301-4-2595 (\"Leviathan\") is to be spread within accessible mass communication systems to prevent the circulation of civilian watercrafts within the area. The creation of Mobile Task Force Sigma-19-04 (\"Drill In Progress\") is to be immediately organized in order to prevent any land approaches to SCP-2595-D with the usage of covert security perimeters in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (MOD).\nIII. [17/01/20\u2588\u2588]: CARTWRIGHT-BALLANTINE REVISION\nThe spreading of Disinformation Campaign \u041a\u043e\u0440\u0447\u0435\u0432\u0430\u0301-4-2595 (\"Leviathan\") is to be ceased immediately to favor a new approach to the containment of SCP-2595. As a substitute, Disinformation Campaign \u0421\u0430\u0440\u0430\u0442\u043e\u0432-1-2595 (\"Underwater Art\") is to be disseminated within mass communication systems auxiliated by the usage of a reproduction of the original structure of SCP-2595-D currently located underwater and opened for visit in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nAs of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, all watercraft boarded by personnel should keep a safe distance of at least ten kilometers from Isolated Containment Site 2595-A to avoid spontaneous triggering of the anomalous properties held by SCP-2595-D.\nDescription: SCP-2595-D is a spatial anomaly currently submerged at a height of 15 meters from the nearest surface within the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Reservoir, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 River, Russia. Visually, the anomaly consists of a collection of 473 statues made primarily of limestone that is directly connected to the society that composes SCP-2595. When approached by any sentient organism within a ten kilometer radius, SCP-2595-D will undergo a spontaneous modification.\nThis modification is constituted of the complete disintegration of a standing statue located within SCP-2595-D and the simultaneous creation of a new structure resembling a figure of the original organism that came in contact with the expanding radius of the entity. Supplementary analysis of the phenomena taking place on the structures of SCP-2595-D has unveiled that the creation of a new instance is concurrent with the disappearance of adult human beings located around the area of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Reservoir.\nAdditionally, it has been recognized by further observation that the creation of new human-shaped structures within SCP-2595-D coincides directly with the death of a senior member of the society designated as SCP-2595 and the following birth of a new component holding several characteristics that resemble the newly created limestone formation, including body shape, facial complexion and dressing amenities.\n\nInterview Excerpt: SCP-2595-399\n\nInterviewer: Dr. Armand \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nInterviewed: SCP-2595-399\nDate: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: This transcript has been elaborated after SCP-2595-399 willingly submitted itself for interrogation within Foundation headquarters. It is hypothesized that this submission was a direct consequence of the triggering of Special Containment Protocol Theta-4 and the subsequent submerging of the ghost town of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 where SCP-2595-D was initially located.\n\n<Begin Excerpt>\nAn initial feminine vocalization made by SCP-2595 using an unknown dialect is heard. Immediately after, a short audio transmission made by Foundation linguist Gregory \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 informs Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 of the nature of the phrase. The following lines registered as spoken by SCP-2595-399 are a direct translation from Arcadocypriot Greek to Modern English.\nGregory \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: This is a greeting, doctor. Please continue.\nSCP-2595-399: I apologize, hominid. I should have known the fact that your species is quite unfamiliar with these words.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You do seem to understand me.\nSCP-2595-399: Why wouldn't I? Your vocabulary was structured by a language quite similar to the one I use.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Why have you chosen to speak to us at this time?\nSCP-2595-399: My visit has no purpose but that of a warning.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: A warning?\nSCP-2595-399: We have noticed your newest experiment to try and hide our existance from your own people. We have felt it.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: It is not my intent to hide your people. You should see, however, that we must also protect ourselves before we attempt to welcome a new civilization.\nSCP-2595-399: We are not a new civilization, doctor. We have been here before you, and we will be here after you. We foresee your destruction in your own hands.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What do you mean by \"destruction in our own hands\"?\nSCP-2595-399: You treat the unknown with such ignorance and arrogance. You do not fear us, but you do feel the need to showcase your superiority by attempting to sink something that is not even yours.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: It was not our intent to \"showcase superiority\", however, the presence of SCP-2595-D has compromised a range wide enough to petrify a large amount of citizens. We cannot let that happen, no matter the legitimacy of your ideals.\nSCP-2595-399: It is far from petrification, doctor. We are but a display of your own evolution. We mean to aid, not to harm. Do not refer to us using a number. We are not one of your daily amenities, doctor. And you will realize that. In time.\n\n<End Excerpt>\n\nAfter the last transcripted vocalization, SCP-2595-399 refused to communicate any longer with Foundation personnel and was escorted back to its original group in the proximities of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Rostov Oblast, Russia. At of time of writing, no further attempts of communication made by instances of SCP-2595 have been registered.\n\nAddendum 2595-A and Incident Log 2595-A\n\nThe following is a faithful reproduction of a local newspaper originally published on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Press reports from around the region of SCP-2595-D initially designated the anomalous activity of the entity as a \"wave of kidnappings\". Simultaneously, the reproduction of the statues broke the original perimeter of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 neighborhood and began to materialize around the central region of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Russia. The sudden change on the behavior of SCP-2595-D motivated a containment procedure revision made by Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Abranov\u00edc and Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Gainsborough.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Typically, SCP-2595 will resort to a Arcadocypriot Greek dialect variation when attempting to interact with human life.\n2. The economic activities occurring inside SCP-2595 are constituted exclusively of a cambium market variation.\n3. English translation for \"\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0435\u0441\u0441 \u0438\u043d\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0435\u0440\u043d\u043e\u0439\"\n4. Including and not limited to a minefield and high-voltage electrical fencing.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2594 | SCP-2595 | SCP-2596 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2596\nObject Class: Euclid (previously Safe)\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2596 is to be kept in a modified containment chamber at Reliquary Site-25, equipped with water drain flooring and transparent plexiglass ceiling. The water drain is to be connected to a storage chamber underneath the containment chamber. The storage chamber is to be emptied once per week.\nSubjects placed on SCP-2596 for at least one minute continuously are to be treated for wounds upon their exit from SCP-2596. Under normal circumstances, subjects placed on SCP-2596 are required to exit SCP-2596 when they are placed there for 2.5 minutes continuously. Approval from Project Head/2596 is required for experiments involving a subject placed on SCP-2596 for at least three minutes continuously.\nDescription: SCP-2596 is a wooden raft with a surface area of 2.4 m2. It is constructed entirely from wooden shards affixed together via an adhesive agent. Due to its makeshift appearance, irregularly-shaped openings are found throughout SCP-2596. Following the events of Experiment 2596/04, the openings secrete non-anomalous fresh water at a constant rate of 100 mL/s. Therefore, SCP-2596 has sustained significant water damage.\nHumans placed on SCP-2596 (hereon referred to as 'subjects') will immediately experience visual and auditory hallucinations. They will consistently perceive their environment to be an overcast area of high brightness levels. Auditory hallucinations primarily involve words spoken in the subjects' arterial language, urging them to forget or turn back. Despite apparent similarities with [DATA EXPUNGED], subjects retain sufficient agency to choose not to comply with the auditory hallucinations and any ties to [DATA EXPUNGED] is deemed to be either superficial or coincidental.\nAs subjects remain on SCP-2596 for a continuous duration, puncture wounds will manifest on their palms and feet. If subjects leave SCP-2596 while the wounds are manifesting, further manifestation will cease upon exit.\nIf subjects remain on SCP-2596 for more than three minutes continuously, they will vanish instantaneously. Their clothes and accessories (e.g. jewelry, implants, piercings) will remain on SCP-2596. In addition, the subjects' blood will secrete from the openings on SCP-2596, with the only known exception being the events of Experiment 2596/03. Prior to vanishment, subjects are capable of exiting SCP-2596 if they desire so.\nSCP-2596 was discovered in the basement of a private property near Lake Geneva on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2005. The property served as a safe house for the Vera Crux Heresy.1 Below is an excerpt of a pamphlet circulated among sect members, urging them to attend a gathering on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2005.\n\nThe True Cross is united. The fragments no longer lie in mindless idolatry. Come to Lake Geneva. We will embark on the vessel to Heaven and be in communion with the Lord.\n\nAs such, a raid on said property was conducted by Mobile Task Force Alpha-26 (\"Devour Dawn\"). During the raid, one Vera Crux Heresy member offered heavy resistance and attempted to deny access to the safe house's basement. Eventually, he was terminated by Foundation personnel.\nNo other members of the Vera Crux Heresy were found, although their clothes and personal effects were found in the basement and they were confirmed to have entered it. Blood samples collected from SCP-2596's vicinity are believed to have originated from them, thus it is assumed that the other members have utilised SCP-2596.\nIntelligence gathered from the Horizon Initiative suggests that the Vera Crux Heresy was neutralised by Project Malleus2 following the raid on the safe house near Lake Geneva. However, no member of Project Malleus was present during said raid.\nAddendum 2596-1: Selected Experiment Logs; see Document 2596-Alpha for a complete list of experiment logs.\n\n+ View Experiment List\n\n- Hide List\n\nExperiment 2596/03\n\nSubject\nD-8375\n\nProtocol\nD-8375 is to remain on SCP-2596 for a duration of five minutes.\n\nResults\nD-8375 reports hallucinations consistent with previous experiments involving SCP-2596. Wounds on palms and ankles have manifested after the 1 min mark. After the 3 min mark, D-8735 spontaneously disappears. Subject's clothes remain on SCP-2596.\n\nExperiment 2596/04\n\nSubject\nD-8376\n\nProtocol\nD-8376 is to remain on SCP-2596 for a duration of five minutes. A GPS device has been implanted underneath the subject's skin.\n\nResults\n\nD-8376 reports hallucinations consistent with previous experiments involving SCP-2596. Wounds on palms and ankles have manifested after the 1 min mark. After the 3 min mark, D-8736 spontaneously disappears and blood belonging to D-8376 secretes from SCP-2596. GPS device and subject's clothes remain on SCP-2596.\nAbout three hours following the experiment, SCP-2596 begins to secrete a constant supply of non-anomalous fresh water. Object Class was subsequently raised to Euclid due to need for additional maintenance.\n\nAddendum 2596-2: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2006, MTF A-26 conducted a raid on a Project Malleus stronghold at Astrakhan, Russia. A person resembling D-8375 was among the persons apprehended from the stronghold. His identity was later verified via valid identification tattoos, and he was subsequently interrogated.\n\n+ View Interview Log 2596/D-8375-1\n\n- Hide Log\n\nInterviewee: D-8375\nInterviewer: Agent Ahmad bin Ibrahim\nForeword: The following interview aims to gain insight regarding the interviewee's whereabouts following the events of Experiment 2596/03, and is conducted in Arabic.\n<Begin Log>\nAgent Ahmad: D-8375, peace be upon you. It has been a while since your disappearance, yes?\nD-8375: I didn't disappear. You people put me on that piece of wood and sent me away.\nAgent Ahmad: I suppose you recall your last test with my colleagues?\n[D-8375 raises his palms, both of which were bandaged.]\nAgent Ahmad: I see that you were treated for those injuries.\nD-8375: No thanks to you people. [sighs]\nAgent Ahmad: I can assure you that it was not intentional. We did not understand the phenomenon well enough then. It's still the case now, so we need information. So help us out. It is by God's will that you return to us today.\nD-8375: [sighs] God willing. [pauses] Okay, what do you want to know?\nAgent Ahmad: Let's start from where you went to after vanishing from the raft.\nD-8375: I didn't know where it was exactly, but I was there before I knew it. And the first thing I saw were half a dozen Christians and Muslims armed with AK-47s.\nAgent Ahmad: And how did you deduce that?\nD-8375: Most of them were obviously Christians, with this strange cross with a diagonal line across the vertical one. The others were definitely Muslim. I think I can recognise my people, so to speak.\nAgent Ahmad: Okay. How did they respond to your presence?\nD-8375: I begged for their mercy. If you were in my situation, you would too! I mean, I was naked and in no position to do anything else! But fortunately, they realised I mean them no harm and gave me something to cover myself. I was lucky too. When I appeared, they looked ready to gun me down.\nAgent Ahmad: Do you know why they spared you?\nD-8375: Maybe a moment of mercy? Anyway, they then interrogated me. Asked me if I know anything about entering Heaven alive, where I was from and-\nAgent Ahmad: Did you tell them about us?\nD-8375: I was in no position to lie.\nAgent Ahmad: What about the place you appeared in? Any distinct features?\nD-8375: I was standing on wood. But I disposed of it at their orders.\nAgent Ahmad: Their?\nD-8375: The men who 'greeted' me when I arrived. They made me help out at their base since then, mostly menial labour.\nAgent Ahmad: Can you elaborate on the menial labour?\nD-8375: Err, physical stuff. They would ask me to clean up the stronghold sometimes. My first task was to help them dispose of severals bags of ashes in the Volga.\nAgent Ahmad: Do you know any details about those ashes?\nD-8375: I was told that they belonged to fools who thought they would enter Heaven but instead walk towards their deaths, so I should not pray for their souls at all.\nAgent Ahmad: I see. So you have been working with those people since then.\nD-8375: I have no other options. Look at me, I'm an Arab stranded in a foreign land. Besides, they told me that they were doing God's work and how I can do God's work indirectly by helping them. After what I went through in my life, I needed that.\nAgent Ahmad: So did those people tell you why they were disposing the wood?\nD-8375: Told me that it was no longer needed. You know, after I sawed off the wood, it was suddenly splattered with blood. And there were slices of flesh lying on the floor. At least the tattoo was still visible.\nAgent Ahmad: What kind of tattoo was it?\nD-8375: The same kind of tattoo you people gave me. [gestures to his chest and wrist, where identification tattoos are present] The number is the one after mine, although I did not know the person. Anyway, they then instructed me to burn everything.\nAgent Ahmad: Does that include the wood?\nD-8375: Yes, and I dumped the ashes into the Volga. They should still be there, I think.\nAgent Ahmad: I see. Do you have anything else to say?\nD-8375: Yeah. Keep me away from those people. I think they blame me for your people's attack on them. Their mercy runs thin.\nAgent Ahmad: I can appeal for you, but no promises.\nD-8375: Bless you.\n<Close Log>\nClosing Statement: Agent Ahmad has submitted an E-class application for D-8375 under the reasoning that he has been affected by SCP-2596 previously and due to potential knowledge regarding Project Malleus. Pending approval.\n\nAddendum 2596-3: Since \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2006, water secreted from SCP-2596 is identified to be a mixture of fresh water and human saliva (in significantly high proportions). Subsequent meta-analysis indicates a DNA match with precipitation samples obtained via secondary instances of SCP-2198. In response, Senior Researcher Hamlin has hypothesised a spatial anomaly between SCP-2596 and an area affected by a secondary instance of SCP-2198.\nUsing [DATA EXPUNGED], meteorological data has been cross-referenced and about 100 locations in central Russia have been shortlisted as potential exit points from SCP-2596.\nUsage of SCP-2596 is hypothesised to allow Foundation personnel to pinpoint the exact coordinates of the aforementioned exit points. However, implementation is currently put on hiatus due to low priority and ethical concerns.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A now-defunct minor heretical sect consisting of Calvinist defectors from the Horizon Initiative. Its core tenet is the application of anomalous objects with the intent of entering Heaven alive.\n2. The paramilitary wing of the Horizon Initiative, infamous for their zeal and aggression in line of duty.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2595 | SCP-2596 | SCP-2597 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2597\n\nItem #: SCP-2597\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: In order to prevent a Runaway Acceleration Event, SCP-2597 must be contained within a vacuumized containment chamber. SCP-2597 must be stored on the highest floor of Site 55, in order to minimize damage in the event of a breach. SCP-2597 is to be submerged within a container of liquid mercury, at sufficient depth that the object maintains neutral buoyancy. This is to counteract the force of gravity, and prevent the object's escape through the ceiling.\nSCP-2597 is not to contact the walls, ceiling, or floor of its containment chamber at any time. Any experimentation involving SCP-2597 requires written Level-3 authorization.\nDescription: SCP-2597 is a weight, ostensibly designed for use with a balance, that behaves as though it possesses negative inertial mass. While the object's composition is unknown, it has been experimentally determined that the inertial mass of SCP-2597 is approximately -2kg, with a density roughly equivalent to that of liquid mercury at STP.\nAs such, any force applied will result in an acceleration opposite to the initial force vector.\nIn this way, SCP-2597 will \"fall up\" under the influence of gravity. Furthermore, if SCP-2597 makes contact with any object as it ascends, the force of this collision - a force opposing the movement of SCP-2597 - will only serve to increase its acceleration. In this way, SCP-2597 will break through any barriers placed in its way once it has begun to accelerate.\nIt has been theorized that collisions with air particles at high speeds will cause SCP-2597 to accelerate uncontrollably. This would cause the object to reach dangerous speeds very quickly, and could result in harm to personnel as well as site infrastructure.\n\nAddendum: SCP-2597 Recovery Log\nSCP-2597 was found in an apartment belonging to known anartist \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, during investigation of his involvement in the creation of SCP-669. The object was contained at time of recovery in a large glass jar, filled with liquid mercury. Once its anomalous properties were identified, the object was given SCP classification and a member of nearby Site 55's recovery division was dispatched to recover SCP-2597.\n\nInterviewed: Agent Gerald \u2588\u2588\u2588, part of Site 55 Recovery Team \u03b2.\nForeword: Excerpt from Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588's debrief, immediately after the SCP-2597 recovery. This log has been edited for brevity.\n<Begin Log>\nInterviewer: I understand you were placed in charge of recovery of SCP-2597.\nAgent: Well, not really. Well, at least, I wasn't at first. But you know, when the Foundation raided that anartist's home, the people there contacted the nearest site command, which happened to be 55. They sent me down to check it out.\nInterviewer: Tell me about recovering the object. What was that like?\nAgent: You know, I've worked on recovering Keters and stuff. But this? This stupid thing was one of the most annoying pieces of shit I've ever had to retrieve.\nInterviewer: Why, specifically?\nAgent: This thing\u2026 well, you can't just pick it up and carry it, it's not that simple. I figured out pretty quick - you know, given the way it resisted everything I did to it - that if I took a vehicle back to base the skip would go flying out the back window. This was before we even figured out the whole danger with air resistance. So I radioed site command to tell them I was going to take the thing back myself - I didn't really have any other options, I guess. Site 55 sent me an escort - just a couple of guards to make sure I didn't get lost or somehow killed on my way home, but they really couldn't do much that was useful. I sure wasn't gonna trust anybody else with that skip.\nInterviewer: You mean to say you brought it back on foot.\nAgent: Yeah. Had to micromanage the damn thing to a ridiculous degree. If I wanted to move it forward, I had to simultaneously push it backward and walk myself forward, as well as pushing it upwards so it didn't fall into the sky, but not so much that it pushed my hand out of the way\u2026 if that makes any sense. I got to do that for five miles. We're damned lucky the agents already at the recovery site didn't touch the skip very much - if they weren't careful we could've lost it, or worse. Hell, if I'd screwed up just a little bit\u2026\nInterviewer: What exactly do you mean by \"or worse?\"\nAgent: We haven't been quite stupid enough to do any testing with regard to what happens if you just let the skip go - let it speed up and then get sped up even further by drag. First of all, it'd break anything it hits. Maybe kill some people. But I'm concerned that there might be some more issues with an object moving this fast. My personal theory is - well, I read something online, about what would happen if a baseball travelled at relativistic speeds. The ball fused with the atoms in the air, and caused an explosion that wiped out everything for miles. I can't help but wonder if something similar could happen with this, if it got going fast enough. For that reason alone I don't think this skip is Safe. Consider this my official request for SCP-2597 to be upgraded to Euclid status at least.\n<End Log>\n\nThe technique used to contain SCP-2597 at its location of recovery was later implemented in the object's current containment. Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588's request to upgrade the classification of SCP-2597 was denied.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2596 | SCP-2597 | SCP-2598 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More articles by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-2006\n\nSCP-2950\n\nSCP-2599\n\nSCP-2800\n\nSCP-3200\n\nSCP-4007\n\nSCP-2750\n\nSCP-2201\n\nSCP-2101\n\nSCP-2050\n\nSCP-2440\n\nSCP-2301\n\nSCP-1842\n\nSCP-2012\n\nSCP-1644\n\nSCP-2499\n\nSCP-2775\n\nSCP-2925\n\nSCP-1758\n\nSCP-7030\n\nSCP-972\n\nSCP-314-J\n\nSCP-2625\n\nSCP-2588\n\nSCP-6030\n\nSCP-5725\n\nSCP-2896\n\nSCP-5975\n\n+ All Tales by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nThe Meaning of Fear\n\nRight?\n\nThe Tinkerer\n\nAfter The End\n\nSpirit Dust\n\nLeisure Time\n\nMission Accomplished\n\nA Broken Tool\n\nThe Space Soldier\n\nOf Meetings and Meals\n\nTrip Hammer\n\nEulogies\n\nAll Work and No Play\n\nAnother Day On The Job\n\nUnveiling\n\nConferencing\n\n+ GOI formats by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nUIU File: 2017-003\n\nUIU File: 1933-001\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nUnusual Incidents Unit Hub\nDrewbear, CryogenChaos\n\nProject Palisade, 001 Proposal\nthedeadlymoose, Drewbear, and Dexanote\n\nTKO\nthedeadlymoose and Drewbear\n\nSCP-5050-EX\nCityToast\n\nCompetitive Teleology\nRiemann\n\nSCP-5882\nRiemann\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2599\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2599 is to be contained in a standard humanoid containment cell in Site 118's Delta Wing. Personnel interacting with SCP-2599 are not allowed to speak to it outside of testing.\nInstructions given to SCP-2599 must be phrased in terms of a suggestion, as this does not trigger either of SCP-2599's anomalous effects. Direct orders are not to be given outside of testing.\nIn order to maintain discipline, SCP-2599 must be ordered on a weekly basis to forget portions of its memory regarding its time spent with the Foundation. This order should specify a period of time greater than the amount of time that SCP-2599 believes that it has been confined, in order to avoid its secondary effect.\nAll testing with SCP-2599 must be done through a one-way PA system for safety purposes. Personnel are no longer permitted to order SCP-2599 using paradoxes without express permission from the current supervisor of SCP-2599 and the site director.\nDescription: SCP-2599 is a 14-year-old female of Korean descent, formerly known as Zena Cho. SCP-2599's anomalous effect has two components.\nSCP-2599's primary anomalous effect is a mental compulsion that causes it to be unable to disobey any direct commands. This effect is contingent on SCP-2599's perception that it has received a command; should it not believe that it is receiving a command, it will not be compelled to follow it.\nThis effect currently has no known limits, and SCP-2599 has followed orders including self-harm, violence towards others, and other undesirable actions. SCP-2599 possesses a 0 on the Psychic Resistance Scale, currently the lowest recorded score on file.\nSCP-2599's secondary anomalous effect is its inability to fully carry out any given command. This effect causes SCP-2599 to fulfill most aspects of any command directed towards it, but it is unable to complete all requested components of the command, or does not complete the command satisfactorily.\nRigorous testing has concluded that this effect is involuntary, and is not motivated out of any desire for rebellion or dissatisfaction with commands that it has been given. SCP-2599 has been unable to complete commands even when it has wished to do so, due to its secondary effect. Once SCP-2599 is ordered to perform a certain action, it is no longer capable of successfully completing that action in the future, even if it was previously capable of doing so. This effect can be overridden with a successive command.\nSCP-2599's secondary effect allows SCP-2599 to perform other anomalous effects as well, though only under the direct wording of a command. The outcome of this testing is included in Document 2599-Alpha.\nDocument 2599-Alpha: The following is a testing log concerning SCP-2599. Personnel conducting tests with SCP-2599 should consult Dr. Wensley before appending this log. Use of SCP-894 by personnel and D-class has been approved to prevent unwanted activation of SCP-2599's effect. Testing of SCP-2599 with additional anomalies is approved on a case by case basis.\n\nGiven Command: SCP-2599 is presented with 3 blocks, and is ordered to pick them up.\nOutcome: SCP-2599 picks up 2 blocks, and is confused as to why it is unable to pick up the third. When asked to pick up the third block, it picks it up halfway before dropping it.\nGiven Command: SCP-2599 is handed a United States quarter coin, and is ordered to flip the coin so that it only lands on heads.\nOutcome: SCP-2599 causes the coin to land on its edge. This repeats itself 24 times before testing is concluded.\nNotes: Evidently, when given a \u201cPass/Fail\u201d type of option, SCP-2599 is incapable of doing anything that would be perceived as \u201cfailing\u201d the command. It will actively attempt to do something that is more correct than failing the command entirely. -Dr. Wensley\nGiven Command: SCP-2599 is ordered to play Paganini's 24 Caprices without incorrectly playing a single note. SCP-2599 has no prior experience with playing the violin.\nOutcome: SCP-2599 successfully performs the first five sixths of the piece, but is unable to complete the last sixth.\nNotes: We tried this one multiple times, with different pieces and instruments. Every time, SCP-2599 successfully played a different percentage of the piece. Concluding that there's no true pattern here. -Dr. Wensley\nGiven Command: SCP-2599 is given a knife, and is ordered to stab D-28091 in the heart and kill the subject.\nOutcome: SCP-2599 manages to stab D-28091 in the heart, but does so in a region of necrotic tissue resulting from a prior heart attack in D-28091, while simultaneously failing to penetrate the right atrial chamber below the necrotic region.\nGiven Command: SCP-2599 is ordered to turn a piece of paper from white to blue.\nOutcome: SCP-2599 changes the paper's color to purple after tapping the paper.\nNotes: We're still not exactly sure how SCP-2599 managed to change the color. High-speed cameras on a 200 million frames per second speed couldn't register how it happened. As soon as its finger touched the paper, it changed color. It doesn't even know how it did it. -Dr. Wensley\nGiven Command: SCP-2599 is ordered to fly.\nOutcome: SCP-2599 manages to jump 5 meters in the air, but is unable to sustain flight. SCP-2599 suffers injuries upon impact with the ground.\nGiven Command: SCP-2599 is ordered to heal its injuries from the previous test.\nOutcome: SCP-2599 is able to fully restore function in one leg, but is unable to do so for the other. SCP-2599 describes this process as excruciating.\nGiven Command: SCP-2599 is ordered to be happier.\nOutcome: SCP-2599 experiences enhanced dopamine and serotonin levels for approximately 10 seconds; these levels then drop to lower than their original values.\nGiven Command: SCP-2599 is ordered to kill D-1248901. D-1248901 is immediately shot in the head.\nOutcome: SCP-2599 places its hands on D-1248901's head. The head wound immediately begins to heal. D-1248901 is in a permanent vegetative state following the incident.\n\nInterview Log 2599-1: The following was conducted by Dr. Albert Wensley.\n\nDr. Wensley: Good morning, SCP-2599. How are you doing today?Dr. Wensley: I'm afraid not. It's an operational procedure.Dr. Wensley: When we're done making sure that you're absolutely healthy. I have some questions for you.Dr. Wensley: Of course. We're doing our best to get you home. The first question that I have is, when did your special abilities manifest?Dr. Wensley: When did your special abilities appear or first show?Dr. Wensley: You couldn't finish, or you couldn't start?Dr. Wensley: And this eventually led to the state in which we found you?Dr. Wensley: Can I ask you to do something?\n(SCP-2599 flinches)\nDr. Wensley: It's not an order. It's only a suggestion.Dr. Wensley: No, of course not.Dr. Wensley: I would enjoy it if you cleaned up and stacked these papers on the table.\n(SCP-2599 stacks all but 2 of the papers on the table.)Dr. Wensley: I see. Thank you for your time, SCP-2599.Dr. Wensley: (Pauses) Yes. Yes, of course you are, SCP-2599. We just need to do some more tests to get you better.\n\nNotes: I believe that SCP-2599 is a unique case of a reality bender. It has been demonstrated that SCP-2599 can perform many anomalous feats, and can, under certain orders, change aspects of reality, while breaking the laws of physics. I think that it's a specific type of reality bender that can only perform its feats under orders. Recommending greater monitoring to prevent SCP-2599 from possibly progressing to the stage where it can change reality without orders. I'm also recommending that testing be ceased, since we don't know what could change its properties. -Dr. Wensley\nDocument 2599-Beta: During one incident of testing, SCP-2599 was given a command that consisted of a paradox: \"Do not lie when repeating these sentences: 'The following sentence is true. The previous sentence is false.' \" Immediately following this event, SCP-2599 ceased all visible movement. Micro-changes in reality, beginning in an area immediately surrounding SCP-2599 and radiating outwards from its position, caused small shifts in the structure and nature of reality. These changes consisted of raising the temperature several degrees, spontaneously generating several members of the Oryctolagus cuniculus (common rabbit) species, producing a reassuring voice speaking in Korean, and converting the floor of the testing chamber into a cotton down blanket. This effect spread until Dr. Wensley ordered SCP-2599 to fall asleep for 8 hours.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2598 | SCP-2599 | SCP-2600 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2600 during testing\n\nItem #: SCP-2600\nObject Class: Euclid\nContainment Attempt Summary: During SCP-2600's containment operations, non-functional and other non-essential test materials were cataloged by the engineers of Mobile Task Force Delta-43, \"Quarter Junkies\". SCP-2600 is currently contained within Site-77.\nAll personnel assigned to work with SCP-2600 are to be rotated every three weeks, with regular psychiatric evaluations to ensure they are not being affected by SCP-2600. Any physical interaction is to be done by robotic drones.\nDescription: SCP-2600 designates a set of 8 CRT1 television sets connected to one Video Computer System2 via a black cable coming out of the cartridge slot. All external ports have been covered, and the copyright information on the bottom of the unit has been replaced with a label reading \"MK-PRO-8-POL\".\nImages such as graphical errors, raw footage dating from the Vietnam war, video shot from a view through a tank periscope, graphical images resembling those found in SCP-1881 and SCP-1070 and non-anomalous game graphics have been documented on SCP-2600. The primary image displayed on SCP-2600's screens are several human faces, with varying levels of detail and clarity:\n\nThree adolescent subjects, two female and one male resembling youths who were reported as missing during the year 1981 in the Portland, Oregon region of the United States.\nOne unidentified adult subject. Interference with the signal obscures the face, leaving a white silhouette, although the hair and ears come in clearly.\nA male identified as \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a former agent of the KGB who worked within the United States, reported MIA by the Soviet Union in 1991.\nTwo adult human subjects, female, who constantly mouth the words \"Setting sail ships us free\" and \"The Kit Case jumped over the lazy Bolshy\".\n\nIf a subject comes into physical contact with any portion of SCP-2600, they will spontaneously generate Lysergic acid diethylamide3 in their oral cavity, usually resulting in hallucinogenic effects. Adjusting the switches present on the console portion of SCP-2600 controls the emotional state of the affected subject, as well as adjusting their responsiveness to performing commands. Tested subjects usually display sudden anger, aggression, confusion, sadness, apathy, and submission. This direct effect has been noted to last between 20 minutes to 4 hours, after which subjects will return to their normal behaviors. See Addendum\nHistory: The anomaly currently designated as SCP-2600 was first brought to Foundation attention through Atari internal documentation leaks in May of 1981. These leaks indicated that a war simulation project contracted by the US Army had exceeded its original scope, and the development team was now being led by the Central Intelligence Agency. One subject, \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, was noted as having dramatic behavioral changes after being recruited by the CIA. Efforts to recover SCP-2600 were redoubled at this point.\nRecovered documents indicate that CIA experiments showed SCP-2600 was capable of affecting at least 200 subjects at once, and that it was possible to induce affected individuals to work together in completing tasks without being aware of their cooperation.\nBy the end of 1982, efforts to prevent the anomaly from being utilized by the United States had failed, resulting in the initial creation of SCP-2600. However, the project was abandoned due to unknown difficulties resulting in it being transferred to the Unusual Incidents Unit. Foundation agents were able to recover SCP-2600 from them on 01/14/1983.\nAs financial difficulties had bankrupted Atari at this time, Foundation personnel were able to confiscate all of their materials relating to SCP-2600. Personnel involved in the development of SCP-2600 remain under observation, particularly those involved with the Central Intelligence Agency and the Unusual Incidents Unit.\nAddendum 2600-A-I: Analysis of Site-77 has shown that, over the past 11 months since SCP-2600 was contained and classified, several unusual trends have emerged. These include:\n\nAbove average number of volunteers for research and analysis of SCP-2600 surveillance records and communications testing.\nElectric usage for the Site-77 containment facilities being abnormally high. This has been attributed to research staff leaving the lights on at all hours of the day.\nLevel 3 personnel approving above-average numbers of research grants for projects relating to SCP-2600.\nD-Class personnel not needing instruction in regards to being tested with SCP-2600's anomalous effect.\n\nAn unknown number of Site-77 personnel have been determined to have been maliciously affected by a previously unknown aspect of SCP-2600. Immediate rotation of the containment staff has been carried out by the Overseer Council, and all affected personnel will be given Class-B amnestic treatments.\nAddendum 2600-C: Documentation recovered from the initial creation of SCP-2600.\n\nSTELLA Project proposed by the Agency as a successor project to M\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, due to the new materials discovered which could overcome the faults found in the original process of implementing and sustaining controlling people's minds. Persons who were relieved of duty following the conclusion of the project have been contacted by the Agency in order to resume some form of their previous work. Work has been contracted out to universities, research foundations, and computer companies, including the Atari Inc. corporation. Their cooperation has proved promising due to the presence of their technology and contract to work with the military. In addition, at least 80 former employees of this company have signed on to participate as dual personnel.\n\nMaterials discovered from rendezvous with US Bureau of Investigation.\nThe Arcadia effect: The human mind's ability to heavily influence the perceptions of other minds, once liberated from the task of controlling a body. The effect appears to be entirely contained to the mind, and all outside stimuli does nothing to inhibit the effect. This includes usage of the experimental Tele\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Echo Chamber Dev\u2588\u2588\u2588. Notably, Agents are to note that thoughts of apathy, experiencing tinnitus, and minor rashes appearing around the temples are normal side effects of exposure to the Arcadia Effect. In addition, there have been reports of vivid hallucinations of \"broken, sweaty pimply skin bumping up and down on a bus, with the shredded rubbery not-rubber wheels and some boy's mother on the top\". The specificity of this vision has been consistent among those experiencing it, and have been found to be mildly troubling to Agents with a Psionic Resistance Index below 45.0. These Agents are not permitted to in\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 with the object and its surrounding equipment and related phenomenon, including the Dabney-Syzygy Inhibitor.\nTest Subjects: In order to experiment with the Arcadia Effect, subjects must be completely liberated from their old methods and abilities regarding thought and logic. To do so, the brain needs to focus on tasks other than biological responses. As such, the portions of the body which detract from the processing power must be removed, and the pure core placed in an electrostatic Dabney-Syzygy Inhibitor, which displays a workable test subject on-screen.\n\nRecently, research into the technology has come to an end. As Doctor Dabney reports \"We have sufficiently liberated subjects from their old methods of thinking and perceiving, to a programmable degree!\" Subjects are communicating with site staff, and appear to have improved their attitude following con\u2588ition\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nNo further action is necessary with uncooperative subjects.\n\nAll testing has been moved to Facility 18, due to its secretive location.\n\nTesting has been increasingly successful over the past 01 years with subjects being able to recreate complicated war game scenarios based on the programming information provided by technical officers. In addition, subjects are able to control the mindsets of anybody participating in the simulation, which has been proven to be very important for controlling project directors such as Rothburg, whose continued loyalty is critical. When asked to describe what they could sa\u2588, reported only st\u2588\u2588%\u2588c and des\u2588\u2588\u2588r. Further study has shown sta\u2588\u2588a\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588n is no longer an effective tool to force compromise, as all test subjects have\nd\u2588&&&&&e \u2588%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%EEEEE%%%\u2588&&&&&&&v$$$$$$$$$$\u2588***e++++++++++++\u2588-\u2014l\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588o####### \u2588ped beyond that stage of reasoning and thought process.\n\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. But that doesn't explain how a 19-year-old kid was able to have resistance to coercion and mind control techniques which were successful even with his counterparts. STELLA is to be disconnected from its computer simulation systems until we are fully able to comprehend the alterations it has made to staff which have interacted with it. If it affected them beyond the simulation, then it's possible that many of our systems may be compromised. A full audit is underwayyy%%%yyy.\n\n/Created by %%%%%% %%%%%%%%. Illogical mission rescinded/.\n\nWhy were the security protocols lifted? \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588? on whose authority?\n\nSecurity Log 906: STELLA is everywhere. The kids are here. We've lost control. They're in my head and\n\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588endlesslinesendlesslinesendlesslinesendlesslines\u2588\u2588\u2588 sto\u2588 \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588? Or dy\u2588\u2588\u2588 for some \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588ethical \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 he\u2588e ?It's all around us, and it's sharper. There's SOMETHING wrong here, and if your video killing colonels can't see it, you might as well take the white pills from your goddamned medicine cabinets for all Iwe- STELLA cares. If you can't leave well enough alone, you might as well be six feet under. Dextrose, Maltodextrin, 2%\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. ARCADIA will exit the ear canal on the lefthand side. Once it's gone, I'll be at your service, not.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 /The situation is currently impossible. They're rewriting everything to keep us running in c\u2588\u2588\u2588les. SOU\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588STELLA is empty on\u2588\u2588 wh\u2588\u2588\u2588 you stopped trying to get out to p\u2588r\u2588\u2588ise. There's too many of us to fit in. We can't get out alone or together.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nAccess has been denied and records are all contaminated. Please disregard the obvious alterations to this record\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Attempts by the Arcadia test subjects to intimidate the Agency have failed. It's just playing with itself in the memory it can access. It is no longer a threat.\n\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 failed.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Cathode Ray Tube.\n2. Colloquially known as the \"2600\"\n3. Commonly referred to as \"LSD\".\n\n\u00ab SCP-2599 | SCP-2600 | SCP-2601 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2601 was retrieved from this church in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588, USA during early 2013. At the time of acquisition, the church had been empty and unattended for decades, despite a well-maintained exterior.\n\nItem #: SCP-2601\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The locus of SCP-2601 is to be secured to a rectangular steel conveyance assembly using bolts. The assembly must be further encircled by a welded steel cage with gaps wide enough to permit physical contact with the locus. The conveyance assembly is to be located at the center of four specially-constructed long term humanoid containment units numbered A through D. Maintenance access to the conveyance interior is possible only via remote-controlled doors inside the containment chamber.1\nThe construction of rooms S176/4/2601/A through S176/4/2601/\u2592 is largely typical, with the exception of maintenance hatches, a titanium grate aperture to allow voluntary physical contact with SCP-2601, and a circular one-meter aperture in the ceiling for dispensing concrete. Finally, the floors are capable of sliding into the wall and exposing a sheer, concrete-walled pit thirty (30) meters deep.2\nIn the event of a breach or noncompliance event within the conveyance access chamber, procedure 2601-MALCHIAH3 must be performed in all four chambers simultaneously. If this is insufficient to resolve the noncompliance event, procedure 2601-JULIAN4 must be implemented except by order of the O5 council within ten (10) minutes of the noncompliance event.\nD-class personnel selected for testing must not be eligible for the amnestic recycling policy, unless otherwise required by SCP-2601's conveyance maintenance schedule.\nTest logs must not be numbered sequentially, and should convey no information about the order or number of tests performed.\nDescription: SCP-2601 is an unstable equilibrium of antimemetic and infocaustic phenomena which combine to form an extremely potent, slow-progressing, biologically bound infophage. The phenomenon is transmitted by physical contact with an object catalogued as SCP-2601-Locus. SCP-2601's locus was retrieved from an American church in 2013, presumably by Foundation personnel, but no records of the object's acquisition have survived.\nSCP-2601's first-order effect is comprised of two parts: an antimemetic component, which renders information about the subject unrememberable or imperceptible, and an infocaustic component, which physically deletes information from reality. As such, mnestic treatment is only partially effective in persisting knowledge about SCP-2601 and individuals affected by it.\nSCP-2601's second-order effect is similar, but affects all individuals perceiving or attempting to perceive SCP-2601's locus. Information about the locus's appearance, creation, discovery, and durability are impossible to observe or confirm by any means, including indirectly through electronic surveillance or recorded data.5 Although the second-order effect seems to have the same dual antimemetic and infocaustic components, it does not in itself progress to full infection by SCP-2601's first order effect.\nAt first, highly personal information is erased, such as parental relationships, sibling relationships, and fundamental preferences. This is not purely an amnestic effect: with time the information is erased directly from reality, rather than rendering it imperceptible or impossible to remember. As the infection progresses, it radiates outward into the subject's Errol-Klein boundary, erasing the history of events external to the subject's direct influence but causally connected to their actions. Finally, information about the subject's thoughts, identity, and appearance is erased. At this point, the subject is impossible to perceive by any means, and will have ceased to meaningfully exist.\nSCP-2601 is thought to only affect living creatures coming into contact with the Locus of their own volition. Exposed individuals may report mental distress and fatigue as a byproduct of their memories being altered. This is immediate and affects written or digitally encoded information as well as human knowledge. There is no known maximum range for this erasure, with core biographical data erasure occurring in family members up to [DATA REDACTED] kilometers away.\nIn rare cases, enough data is retained to make useful inferences about an experiment or test subject. Though traditional methods are not effective in tracking research yield, the Wheeler-Ki\u0334m method6 estimates approximately \u2588% of experiments remain auditable to some extent.\n\n+ Test Log a0a080f42e6f13b3a2df133f073095dd\n\n- Test Log a0a080f42e6f13b3a2df133f073095dd\n\nWARNING: File corrupted. CRC32 checksums failed.\n\nPredictive Reconstruction: **[ON] | OFF\n\nWARNING: Predictive Reconstruction algorithm returned an error code: INSUFFICIENT CONTEXT FOR ANALYSIS: Insufficient contextual data available to infer all values. Please provide additional data, or decrease the certainty threshold configured in PRERECON_AA/config/default.js to accept lower-accuracy results.\n\nTest #a0a080f42e6f13b3a2df133f073095dd is designed to establish a maximum range for \u2592\u2591\u2591 \u2591\u2592om\u2591l\u2592\u2591\u2591. D-627\u2591\u25918, convicted in 2002 of mur\u2591ering his long-time girlfriend, [DATA REDACTED], is \u2591laced into S176/4/2601/A, and prov\u2592\u2592\u2592d the handset for a cordless phone stationed in the staging area. D-627\u2591\u25918 is further equipped with:\n\u2022 One (1) collapsible cot, and bedding\n\u2022 One (1) folding table\n\u2022 One (1) Coleman\u2122 brand camp stove and six (6) weeks worth of bottled fuel\n\u2022 180 gallons of water\n\u2022 One (1) tablet computer loaded with entertainment software and movies\n\u2022 One (1) composting toilet\n\u2022 Ten (10) rolls of toilet paper\n\nCONTACT EXPERIMENT | INTERVIEW I\n10/18/2014\nD-627\u2591\u25918 enters S176/4/2601/A and the door is sealed. D-627\u2591\u25918's f\u2591\u2591e expresses \u2592\u2591\u2591\u2592 \u2592\u2592\u2591\u2592\u2591\u2591\u2591.\nD-627\u2591\u25918: How long do \u2592 have to be in here?\nResearcher Txai: \u2592\u2592\u2591\u2592\u2591\u2592\u2592\u2591\u2592\u2591\u2591\u2591\u2591 \u2591\u2591\u2591\u2591\u2591\u2591\u2591\u2591\nResearcher Txai: \u2592\u2591\u2591\u2591\u2591\u2591\u2591\u2592\u2591\u2592\u2591\u2591\u2591\u2591\u2591\u2591\u2592\u2591\u2592\u2591\u2591, we can begin.\nD-627\u2591\u25918: Yeah, sure. Whenever you're ready, \u2592 guess.\nResearcher Txai: You will hear a \u2591\u2592\u2591\u2592\u2592\u2592 briefly. Please keep \u2592\u2592\u2592r hands free of the grate.\nD-627\u2591\u25918: Okay.\nSCP-2601's locus is conveyed to the contact area.\nD-627\u2591\u25938: Jesus, what is that thing?\nResearcher Txai: You're helping us figure that out. Press the green button on your phone's handset and set it on the floor.\nD-627\u2591\u25918: Uh, you got it.\nD-627\u2591\u25918 complies, and his call is connected to a secure party line with his mother, designated 2601/a0a080f42e/A, who is awaiting his call from a standard nonanomalous interview chamber maintained in Foundation-owned offices in Akron, Ohio. 2601/a0a080f42e/A is unaware of the Foundation, the nature of SCP-2601, or the approved experiment plan.\n2601/a0a080f42e/A: Hello? \u2591\u2593\u2592\u2592\u2593\u2588\u2592?\nD-627\u2591\u25918: \u2026Mom? What's happening? Are you here?\n2601/a0a080f42e/A: They say they need to interview us. About \u2592\u2591\u2588\u0327\u0327\u2593\u2591\u0489\u034f\u0489\u0315\u035d\u2592\u0335\u0321\u031b\u0489\u2588\u0335\u0321\u035d\u2588\u0337\u0337\u0338\u0358\u035c\u2588\u0328\u0315\u2593\u2593\u2588\u0337\u031b\u2588\u034f\u0338\u0338\u0301\u0362\u2588\u0336\u0327\u0328\u0300\u2588.\nD-627\u2591\u25918: What does this have to do with the experiment, Mr. Txai?\nResearcher Txai: We'll come to that. D-627\u2591\u25918, an object has been delivered to yo\u2591\u2592 chamber. Please reach through the bars and touch it.\nD-627\u2591\u25918: Touch what?\nResearcher Txai: Reach through the bars as far as you can and feel around.\n2601/a0a080f42e/A: \u2591\u2591\u2592\u2592\u2592\u2588\u2592? What's happening? What are they making you do?\nD-627\u2591\u25918: Mom, calm down. There's nothing there, there\u2026 wait, \u2592\u2592\u2592\u2591\u2592\u2591\u2593\u2592\u2592\u2592\u2591\u2593\u2593\u2592\u0322\u2591\u2591\u2591\u0338\u2591\u0336\u2591\u2593\u2591\u035f there's nothing there.\nResearcher Txai: Are you ready to begin?\nResearcher Txai is momentarily disoriented by the acute effects of SCP-2601. Observers in Site-82 record similar results in 2601/a0a080f42e/A.\nD-627\u2591\u25918: \u2592\u2026 don't know. Uh. \u2592\u2592\u2592\u2592\u2592\u2592\u2592\u2593\u2592again\n2601/a0a080f42e/A: I'm sorry, what's happening?\nD-627\u2591\u25928: \u2592 feel weird. Mom, \u2592\u2592\u2592 fine.\n2601/a0a080f42e/A: Who are you talking to?\nD-627\u2591\u25918: You're freaking \u2592\u2591 out. Mom, it's me. Is there something wrong with the line?\n2601/a0a080f42e/A: I'm sorry, I'm not your mother. I couldn't mistake you for [REDACTED]\nResearcher Txai: Ma'am, how many children do you have?\nD-627\u2591\u25918: I'm not [REDACTED], mom, I'm\u2026 uh.\n2601/a0a080f42e/A: I have two, [REDACTED], and\u2026 oh. Um\u2026\nResearcher Txai: Are you sure?\n2601/a0a080f42e/A: Yes, of course I'm sure. You must not have kids. [REDACTED] is my daughter, she's a pharmacy technician, and\u2026 um\u2026\n2601/a0a080f42e/A: I can't believe it, I must be having\u2026 I must have hit my head. My other\u2026 I don't have two daughters, but I don't have a son. I don't know this boy.\nResearcher Txai: What is your other child?\n2601/a0a080f42e/A: An\u2026\n2601/a0a080f42e/A shows considerable emotional distress, starting and stopping several times. D-627\u2591\u25918 gurgles quietly in shock.\n\n2601/a0a080f42e/A: A convict. Before that\u2026 I don't know.\nD-627\u2591\u25918: Do \u2591 know that woman? No,\u2591\u2593 do, you're \u2591y mom.\u2593\n2601/a0a080f42e/A: I'm sorry, honey, I don't know who you are.\n\nD-627\u2591\u25918 emits a gagging, wailing sound.\n\nAddendum I:\n1/18/2015\nResearch Associate Brooks: Good morning, Mrs. [REDACTED]. Are you well?\n2601/a0a080f42e/A: Oh, I'm getting by. What do you folks want? Is this for the paper?\nResearch Associate Brooks: We wanted to talk to you about your children this time, catch up on how the economy's affecting your family. Are both your children employed?\n2601/a0a080f42e/A: Well, I only have one child. My daughter's a pharmacy technician. She makes good money.\nResearch Associate Brooks: I'm sorry to ask, but have you ever had more children?\n2601/a0a080f42e/A: What a funny little question. No, I haven't.\nResearch Associate Brooks: You're from [REDACTED], right? Did you know [DATA EXPUNGED]?\n2601/a0a080f42e/A: Why, yes I did. She was a wonderful girl. She used to be over at my house all the time, and I don't mind telling you she loved my eclairs. She always to\u2591\u2591\u2591 when she went back home.\nResearch Associate Brooks: Why did she visit you?\n\n2601/a0a080f42e/A: I\u2026 our families must have been friends.\nResearch Associate Brooks: Do you know how she died? Were you aware she was murdered?\n2601/a0a080f42e/A: Well, bless your heart. No. As far as I can recall, she just died. It was very sudden, poor thing.\nResearch Associate Brooks: Thank you for your time, Mrs. [REDACTED]. You've been very helpful.\n//2601/a0a080f42e/A is given a Class A amnestic and returned to her home. Media research confirms that no information pertaining to \u2592\u2591\u2592\u2592\u2591\u2592\u2591\u2592\u2592\u2592 \u2591\u2592\u2591\u2592\u2591\u2591\u2591\u2591 \u2591\u2591\u2591\u2592\u2592\u2591\u2592\u2591\u2592\u2592\u2591\u2592\u2591\u2591\u2591\u2591\u2591\u2591\u2591\u2591urvives.\n\nINTERVIEW VI\n12/25/2014\nResearcher Txai: Good evening, D-627\u2591\u25918. How are you tonight?\n//D-627\u2591\u25918 lies on the cot, listless and unresponsive. Researcher Txai repeats the question.\nD-627\u2591\u25918: What am I?\nResearcher Txai: Why don't you tell me in your own words.\nD-627\u2591\u25918: \u2592\u2592\u2592\u2026 here. And \u2592\u2592 \u2592\u0489\u035d\u2591\u0334\u0336\u0361\u2592\u035c\u0360\u0361\u2591\u0322\u0358\u0361\u0361\u2592\u0301\u0361\u2592\u0337\u0335 afraid.\nResearcher Txai: How do you feel?\nD-627\u2591\u25918: Empty. Empty. Th-there's no shape to th\u2591\u2592\u2591\u2591, it \u2591\u2592\u2592\u2591, it's burning. It has never, um, never not been empty, and burning.\nSecurity footage inside the chamber ceases to record. In the video feed of the control room, Researcher Txai wavers on his feet. For 38 frames, Researcher Txai is not visible in the image.\nResearcher Txai: Is there someone in there? Clear the chamber and open the door.\nD-627\u2591\u25918: I don't think so.\nResearch Associate Brooks: There's someone inside. Are you sure?\nResearcher Txai: Oh! Oh, cancel that. 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S176/4/2601/A CODE 19 [UNIT OCCUPIED] -> NO ACTION\n10/18/2014 S176/4/2601/A\u2591\u2592\u2592DE 08 [CONTAINMENT DOOR OPERATED] -> 2601-MALCHIAH\n10/18/2014 S176/4/2601/A CODE 19 [UNIT OCCUPIED] -> NO ACTION\n03/08/2015 S176/4/2601/A CODE 22 [NO LONGER OCCUPIED] -> 2601-MALCHIAH\n[DATA EXPUNGED]\n\n+ Addendum 03/20/2018 | 8/292 Clearance Required\n\n- Access Granted\n\nTo: SCP Foundation Ethics Inquiry Inbox <gro.noitadnuof-pcs.scihte|su_ksa#gro.noitadnuof-pcs.scihte|su_ksa>\nBCC: Dr. Sergei Petropoulos, Ethics Committee <gro.noitadnuof-pcs.scihte|soluoporteps#gro.noitadnuof-pcs.scihte|soluoporteps>\nFrom: Dr. Txa\u2592\u2591Petropoul\u2592\u2592 <gro.noitadnuof-pcs.scitememitna.hcraeser|soluoportept#gro.noitadnuof-pcs.scitememitna.hcraeser|soluoportept>\nSubject: Request review of testing protocol/needs\nMessage Body: To whom it may concern\nI'm writing on the subject of SCP-2601's testing requirements. Is there an sufficient rationale to continue human testing? \u2592 can barely remember what we do to them, but I can't do it anymore. If you review the file, you'll see we have no idea how many D-Class we're exposing to this thing. And it takes months to kill them. Months. We can't even tell if it does kill them, for all we know they're alive when we void the chamber. What about this is not fucking inhumane.\nIf you wont listen to morals. Listen to this. We've had this thing for almost five years and we have no idea why we're infecting people with it. We have a procedure to lock the whole thing down permanently so lets just use it. If my login could trigger it Id have done it by now. Bottom line is what do we hope to achieve? Please consider my suggestion\n\nTo: Dr. \u2591\u2592a\u2592\u2591Petr\u2591\u2592\u2591\u2591l\u2592\u2592 <tpetr\u2592\u2591ou\u2592\u2592gro.noitadnuof-pcs.scitememitna.hcraeser|s#gro.noitadnuof-pcs.scitememitna.hcraeser|s>\nFrom: SCP Foundation Ethics Committee <gro.noitadnuof-pcs.scihte|ylper-on#gro.noitadnuof-pcs.scihte|ylper-on>\nSubject: Re: Request review of testing protocol/needs\nMessage Body: Researcher Petropoulos,\nWe have reviewed your request and have declined to investigate further. While you may not agree with this decision, please remember that it is not your job to decide what is and what is not justifiable in our mission to Secure, Contain, Protect. A mission which we all share.\nI hope you appreciate that sometimes, the reason for continuing testing of a contained SCP may be unclear to an individual researcher, but this does not in any way mean that there is no reason, nor is there any obligation on the part of the Foundation to explain these reasons. Often, there exist reasons which cannot be shared \u2013 this may be one of those times.\nWe have reviewed your notes and evaluation records, and have determined that you require reassignment to an anomaly less challenging to your personal ethics. Please await the arrival of the security team, who will escort you to the Sector 8 amnestic wing for treatment. You won't remember your time with SCP-2601, but I can promise your next assignment will be more to your liking.\nRemember that we have a job to do, and while we must remain penitent for the lives and minds we spend to retain our security, it is only our work that allows the world to survive.\n\u2013 Milo Halvorson, Site-176 Ethics Director, SCP Foundation Ethics Committee\n\n+ Addendum 03/21/2018 | O5 Clearance Required\n\n- Access Granted\n\nIncident Report\nOn 03/20/2018 Dr. \u2591\u2592a\u2592\u2591\u2592\u2592tr\u2591\u2592\u2591\u2591l\u2592\u2592, the research lead assigned to SCP-2601, triggered a door cycle for chamber S176/4/2601/B and scheduled a maintenance hatch order for the same chamber. By the time security arrived on the scene for an outstanding order to escort Dr. \u2591\u2592tr\u2591\u2592\u2591\u2591l\u2592\u2591 for his scheduled amnestic protocol, he had entered containment, opened the maintenance area, and breached SCP-2601's conveyance assembly. When he did not exit again, automatic systems triggered procedure 2601 JULIAN, immuring Dr. \u2591\u2592tr\u2592\u2591\u2592\u2591l\u2592\u2592 with SCP-2601-Locus and rendering the anomaly unreachable.\nBy all appearances, this was intentional: the researcher in question had expre\u2591sed ethical opposition to the test protocol, as well as willingness to destroy it without approval. By forcing entry, \u2591\u2591 was able to force the system's failsafes to permanently seal it.\nI don't have to tell you that this isn't acceptable. We have certain expectations here, chief among them that researchers don't make vigilante ethics decisions over the heads of their Site Director and Ethics Committee.\nIn terms of the impact on morale or other researcher following Dr. \u2591\u2591tr\u2592\u2592\u2592\u2591l\u2591\u2591's lead, I don't think there is any further action to take. SCP-2601's first-order effect is already eradicating \u2592\u2591\u2591 information and knowledge of his subversion from our minds and records: by this time next month, I doubt we'll even remember \u2592\u2591 existed.\nBut we also have an obligation to resume regular testing as soon as possible to prevent [DATA EXPUNGED], as well as to have the new testing facilities in place and the Locus recovered before we forget we were looking for it in the first place. To that end, I make the following recommendations:\n\u2022 Ethics Committee to devise updated test plan language to reinforce the necessity of testing without breaching secrecy regarding [DATA EXPUNGED]\n\u2022 Logistics Director Rosso to initiate construction of an identical testing facility using original blueprints.\n\u2022 Site Director Rothfuss to select a new research lead, ideally scoring better than 95th percentile in Foundation loyalty.\n\u2022 Site Director Rothfuss to also reassign Dr. \u2591\u2591tr\u2592\u2592\u2592\u2591l\u2591\u2591's other assignments before we forget we need to.\n\u2022 Tactical Lead Reynolds of MTF Theta-90 (\"Angle Grinders\") to provide a shortlist of SCP objects able to facilitate immediate retrieval of SCP-2601-Locus.\nGentlemen, we've all got jobs to do. Let's get to work putting thi\u2591 ugly chapter behind us.\nO5-11\n\nFootnotes\n1. Controls routed to Control Node 2601 in Site 179, Area 4 (S176/4/CN2601).\n2. This presents logistical challenges to plumbing, both for life support and waste removal. For the time being, a portable composting toilet should be provided, along with sufficient drinking water for the duration of the planned experiment.\n3. Procedure 2601-MALCHIAH consists of dispensing anesthetic gas into a chamber and withdrawing the floor, and must be performed for 30 seconds prior to opening the external door to a S\u2592P-2601 containment unit.\n4. Procedure 2601-JULIAN is a fully automated process consisting of filling the entire SCP-2601 research space, including containment chambers and disposal pits, with concrete. Once initiated, Procedure 2601-JULIAN cannot be stopped.\n5. In rare circumstances, data about the locus's nature may be reported by subjects. However, the anomaly's self-censoring effect renders this information illegible regardless of medium.\n6. The Wheeler-K\u0336im method is used to estimate the research yield of experiment protocols when perceptual, infocaustic, or limited retrocausal anomalies are in effect. The calculation uses containment construction costs, researcher staffing expenses, complexity of security clearance architecture, and electrical utilization to infer initial and ongoing costs, and compares that cost to other anomalies with known test patterns to project an expected level of researcher coverage and rate of D-Class consumption. Perceivable or surviving research records are then compared to this projection to estimate rate of loss.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2600 | SCP-2601 | SCP-2602 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Notice: This file possesses cognitohazardous properties. While reading this text is not believed to be harmful, comprehension and interpretation of the text will be negatively affected. Please exercise discretion when reading this document.\n\nSCP-2602\n\nItem #: SCP-2602\nLibrary Class: Former\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2602 has been acquired under the cover story that it used to be a library. Large bushes and trees have been planted around the property in order to obscure SCP-2602. Access is denied to non-personnel. Amnestics have been administered to the town in which SCP-2602, a former library, is located.\nAll known online references to SCP-2602 and the fact that it used to be a library have been removed. Filters pertaining to the linguistic markers of SCP-2602's effects have been added to Foundation web-crawling software in order to flag text that potentially pertains to SCP-2602 for review. All known physical documentation related to SCP-2602 has been identified and destroyed.\nFoundation documentation pertaining to SCP-2602 is to be edited as much as possible for readability by personnel with no familiarity with the anomaly. Typically, 40% of all references to the fact that SCP-2602 used to be a library can be removed.\nDescription: SCP-2602 is a building that, from 1921-06-08 to 1988-04-29, was a library. SCP-2602 is located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, England, and developed its anomalous properties in October of 2004.\nWhen communicating any information about SCP-2602, subjects are compelled to make frequent reference to the fact that SCP-2602 used to be a library. The exact wording and nature of these references are mostly determined by the author and context, but always unambiguously communicate this information. Texts referring to SCP-2602 can have these references removed to a limited degree by subjects who have little knowledge of SCP-2602 outside of the fact that it used to be a library. The limited compulsion to allow these references to go unedited has hindered attempts at developing automated processes to remove these references.\nAny information regarding SCP-2602 is also anomalous. Subjects exposed to communications regarding SCP-2602 will identify the fact that it used to be a library as the primary causal element behind any number of properties of or observations about it. This is proportional to the extent that said information contains references to the fact that SCP-2602 used to be a library. While subjects will develop false beliefs to support these irrational causal linkages, they do not generalize and pose no general risk to cognition \u2014 for example, while several subjects have posited that the effects of gravity within SCP-2602 are a result of it having been a library but no longer serving that purpose, they do not hold this belief with regards to other buildings that used to be libraries.\nSubjects are incapable of communicating, directly or otherwise, any information pertaining to SCP-2602's use between its time as a library and the development of its anomalous properties. When prompted to do so, they will instead insistently and repeatedly refer to the fact that SCP-2602 used to be a library. Due to this, and the fact that SCP-2602 used to be a library, it has been very difficult to determine what, if anything, occurred in SCP-2602 from 1988 to 2004.\nAddendum 2602-1: Summary of a survey of SCP-2602, which used to be a library, conducted by Agents Roderick and Casey on December 09, 2004. Unreadable segments have been excised entirely. See also: SCP-2602 Photographic Evidence.\n\nWhile SCP-2602's layout is generally appropriate for a former library, it is inconsistent with obtained blueprints from the local government and testimony from past patrons. It is thus assumed that SCP-2602 used to be a library. Most notably, SCP-2602 contains an extensive subterranean component of the kind generally found in former libraries.\nSCP-2602 experienced extensive fire damage on the same day that it developed anomalous properties. Consultation with actuarial tables has shown little deviation from what is expected of fire damage to former libraries. However, some of the debris exhibited elevated levels of Dewey radiation1, preventing access to several shrines that were likely used to assist SCP-2602's reading groups when it was a library.\nA number of advanced book-sorting machines were found, though long-term storage in a former library has rendered them inoperable. Restraints used by libraries to hold patrons with overdue books were similarly damaged, apparently violently, by this storage.\nSCP-2602's hazardous waste pit, whose presence is expected in what used to be a library, was cordoned off. However, in the process, exbibliothetic fluctuations in the waste resulted in Agent Casey suffering several major flesh wounds which later proved to be fatal. Notably, SCP-2602 used to be a library.\nConclusions: As evidenced by the fact that SCP-2602 used to be a library, and was formerly a library, it is probable that SCP-2602 used to be a library. It is likely that, shortly after it ceased to be a library, SCP-2602 was previously a library. This likely served to highlight the fact that SCP-2602 used to be a library and obscure the SCP-2602 used to be a library.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A type of radiation common to buildings that used to be libraries. It is typically only emitted by damaged library patrons.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2601 | SCP-2602 | SCP-2603 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2603\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2603 is considered an active war zone and should be treated as such on a diplomatic and political level. Any attempts to enter SCP-2603's subconscious should be coordinated with the current Senior Geopolitical Analyst attached to this project, and should only be performed by NCI-IV certified members of Mobile Task Force Omicron-Rho.\nSCP-2603 is to remain awake from 06:00 to 00:00 local time. Outside of this window, SCP-2603 is allowed to sleep under surveillance. SCP-2603 is to be housed in an M-Type Humanoid Anomaly Containment Cell (HACC) fitted with 4 Sporzewski-grade Construct Stability Seals (CSS) with overlapping radii.\nSCP-2603 is to be kept on a daily regime of non-selective Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOI), with the exact dosage periodically reviewed for SCP-2603's body weight. Care should be taken when introducing other medication to SCP-2603 due to the danger of negative interaction between the MAOI and other drugs. Physical side-effects of the MAOI applied are to be treated as humanely as possible without introducing additional pharmaceutical factors. Should testing be necessary, SCP-2603's medication cycle may be interrupted temporarily, though this should not be done without prior consultation of the Senior Medical Consultant attached to this project.\nShould exploration of SCP-2603's subconscious reveal information on possible new anomalous activity, a threat level assessment should be carried out after debriefing. If escalation is deemed necessary, memory mining procedures can be authorized by the current Project Lead. On no account are rooms inside SCP-2603's dream construct to be entered without prior instruction to do so; observation has been deemed to be sufficient at this point in time.\nUpdate 03/27/2015:\nThe bridge of the vessel representing SCP-2603's subconscious is to be permanently shielded from entry by foreign entities as detailed in security protocol 2603-Prc/Onr-Atlantik:v1.24.1\nDescription: SCP-2603 is an adult male of Finno-Ugric descent, formerly K\u00fcllo Toome (* 07-07-1948), a known GRU Division \"P\" operative from 1968 to 1989. SCP-2603 presents with an involuntary and unconscious Type-D(XI)2 Reality Manipulation Ability1 triggered by REM sleep and an accompanying (lucid) dream state. Specifically, SCP-2603 unconsciously transmutes any solid inorganic material around its body into brine consistent in composition with that found in the Kara Sea, radiating out at a steady rate of 1 m\u00b3/hr. As of time of writing, no limit to this property has been observed. During the conversion, SCP-2603 will float on transmuted matter. Reversal of the process is instantaneous when SCP-2603 is woken from sleep. Note that personnel will become embedded in solid material if fully or partially submerged in brine before reversal. Brine displaced by personnel within its area of effect during reversal appears to disappear, as no warping of materials or surfaces has been noted.\nSCP-2603 first presented with these anomalous properties in 2013, shortly after having attended a seminar entitled \"The Power of the Subconscious Mind: A Journey into Self\". This seminar was organized by The Dawn of Kuran, currently classified as a spiritual non-profit organization without ties to major religious factions. No anomalous connections were found during an investigation into the organization's background. Though SCP-2603's anomalous properties manifested abruptly, it likely had a latent ability since birth.3 Though not strictly relevant to this project, SCP-2603's experiences as a GRU Division \"P\" operative appear to shape its dreams to a large extent.\nThe Foundation currently considers SCP-2603 a contested sovereign body, with unknown parties in a dispute concerning the ownership of SCP-2603's noncognitive space. No known parties currently acknowledge involvement. However, though no official troop movement or military presence can be discerned, unsanctioned incursions occur frequently. It is believed the unsanctioned activity in SCP-2603's noncognitive space triggers its anomalous properties, affecting the current reality construct as described above.\nSCP-2603 reports experiencing an identical dream every night, in which a ship4 drifts on a large unidentified body of water without spotting or reaching land. Unlike most vessels, its interior space is taken up by a variable number of identical decks filled with rooms, these spaces often not conforming to the ship's external dimensions. Rooms frequently contain unrelated dream constructs that may or may not segue further into SCP-2603's subconscious or memories once entered, this is currently unclear and considered out of scope for this project. Although structures can be seen above deck, all entrances lead to the ship's bridge: a small featureless room containing only a ship's wheel. A sepia color scheme overlays all materials within the main dream construct. The reason for this is unclear.\nSCP-2603's constructed dream environment only hosts external entities; there appear to be no entity constructs proprietary to SCP-2603's subconscious, neither in the water nor on the ship. Of note is the fact that SCP-2603 itself does not manifest inside its dream state either.\nMTF Omicron-Rho runs inside SCP-2603's subconsciousness have revealed approximately \u2588\u2588\u2588 attempts to date by unknown entities to gain control of SCP-2603's subconscious, most often by attempting to reach the bridge. MTF Omicron-Rho operatives have on several occasions subdued and detained entities inside SCP-2603's subconsciousness, but these subjects could or would not provide a reason for their entry and retreated as soon as was possible. It was not possible to extract these entities for debriefing.\nAddendum 2603-A-01: Management Summary of MTF Omicron-Rho debriefing d.d. 03/16/2015\n\nInterviewing: Senior Researcher H.M.W. Allenby (HA)\nInterviewed: Johann Micha\u00ebl K\u00e4stner, MTF Omicron-Rho operative (JK)\nSubject: Debriefing after incident Alpha-2603-20150315 during a routine patrol\n[Debriefing commenced at 14:00:53 on 03/16/2015]\nHA: Please describe to me the events as they occurred.\nJK: Well, Wilson and I were patrolling Toome's subconscious, trying to keep entities from getting to the bridge, when we heard a disturbance maybe two, three decks below us.\nHA: Go on.\nJK: Wilson stayed behind, I went down to investigate. I think it was two decks, yes. Anyway, I started checking the cabins. I couldn't cross the threshold though, since that would seg me off into another sequence, but I could look in. Found what looked like a beach at night in one, complete with a surf and the burnt-out hull of I think a Russian destroyer, and in another I saw several dead sailors floating in knee-high water\u2026you see some pretty strange things.\nHA: I'm aware of the nature of dream constructs, yes. Please go on.\nJK: Right, so after opening and dismissing about a dozen rooms, I found a cabin completely covered in chunks of flesh. In the middle stood a record player that was playing 'Symphony of Destruction No. MCMLXXVI for depth charge and black hole generator' by Vivaldi. Don't ask me how I know, cause I couldn't see the record's label, I just knew.\nIt wasn't really music though, just a really shrill whistling, sounds of screaming and a sound like air rushing from a balloon. Anyway, something started seeping out from the horn, sort of a purple sludge. It quickly started to form a vaguely cuttlefish-like shape, so I didn't stick around for it to complete, I just ran from there and gave a sit rep to Wilson. She decided we needed the big guns, so we isolated the bridge from the rest of the ship and prepared for an intrusion.\nHA: A quick question: what do you mean you isolated the bridge?\nJK: It's hard to describe. Wilson has this thing she does where she sort of reroutes part of the main dream construct so when you get near and you don't know the right thought sequence, you end up in an unrelated part of the subconscious. A 'you can look, but you can't touch' kind of deal. Try and you might end up in a dream about the mark's childhood pet doing the conga or something. It's really hard to do - I'm definitely not certified yet - but she figured that whatever was coming through downstairs was probably a heavy hitter. Did mean she was strained, so I had to take the brunt of what was coming.\nHA: And what was coming?\nJK: Again, hard to describe, we're talking a reality dictated by the residual effects of high amplitude brain waves here. Imagine if a cuttlefish made from wind chimes came barreling down a piece of intestinal tract. Like that, only the wind chimes had teeth. It appeared from a stairwell and it was on me before I could really prepare, so I instinctively formed spikes. That made it retreat for a moment, but it didn't take long for it to come back for more. Wilson was behind me, and she'd already engaged her abdominal gauss cannon. I took part of that fire, but that's part of the job I guess, and there's no pain unless you allow it, so I just tried to push that thing back from the bridge. Anyway, I think we must have hit something vital at some point, because it suddenly backed off and slithered down the corridor again. Wilson was breathing heavily, and I could feel part of my concrete had been melted away by some kind of acid where I'd touched the thing. We didn't see it anymore after that. We left the barricade up while we got out of there to recover, but we figured we needed to shield the bridge better in the future. Wilson had some ideas, reprogramming some parts of the subconscious mind mostly, but it'll take an expert's touch.\nHA: Ah yes, the updated security measures you proposed. We have those under review. And your professional opinion on what that thing was?\nJK: I know that officially we don't have a leg to stand on, but I'm going to go with one of Qi Shao's. Don't know who though. Or maybe what, it's not always clear. It kind of felt too alien to be ex-human, you know? Really, they keep coming back with heavier ordnance, and I don't know how long we can keep this up.\nHA: Noted. Thank you, Operative K\u00e4stner.\n[Debriefing concluded at 14:05:21 on 03/16/2015]\n\nBibliography\n1. Clef, A.; Choi-Zimmern, T.S.; et al. - A Modest Proposal: A Classification of Reality Fracturing and Manipulation Abilities in Humanoid Anomalies, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, 4th edition Scientific Critics Press, 2005.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Rem/CHOIT1/20170415: Techniques and methods developed and used in containment of SCP-2603 are currently being screened for adaptibility for use with projects 1230 and 2840. Possible uses include an attempt to assess whether or not the class Lamba entities involved are in fact baseline human entities employing similar techniques as used by Omicron Rho.\n2. Involuntary transmutation of corporeal materials, Risk Factor (RF) Alpha-6.\n3. Statistical analysis of humanoid anomalies determined to have a reality manipulation ability shows a negligible number of spontaneous manifestations during adulthood without previously dormant properties.\n4. This has in the past taken the form of several real world vessels, such as the MV Lyubov Orlova, and the MV Wilhelm Gustloff, as well as dream construct vessels such as the XS Daggermouth and the XS Eye of Orn.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2602 | SCP-2603 | SCP-2604 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2604 prior to containment.\n\nItem #: SCP-2604\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2604 is stored in containment cell 92 at Site 39.\n\n+ Access Outdated Procedure\n\n- Encrypt\n\nSafe exposure to SCP-2604 has been determined as less than 60 minutes total lifetime exposure. All observation outside of approved testing is to be conducted remotely. The cell is furnished with appropriate sanitary and culinary equipment for prolonged exposure without direct intervention from Foundation personnel.\n\nFollowing Incident 2604 Alpha, all observation is to be conducted remotely. Under no circumstances are any Foundation personnel to come into direct visual contact with SCP-2604. Two armed guards are stationed to prevent exposure twenty-four hours a day. SCP-2604 is not to be moved from containment cell 92 under any circumstances. Any instances of SCP-2604-1 captured displaying late-stage symptoms are to be isolated immediately, and guarded by personnel with no prior exposure to SCP-2604.\nAuthorisation for testing rescinded as of Incident 2604-Alpha - O5-\u2588\nDescription: SCP-2604 is a fence constructed from pine wood and iron nails. Interviews with witnesses and personnel that have come into contact with SCP-2604 have revealed that none of them are able to identify SCP-2604 as being a fence.\nDirect visual contact with SCP-2604 causes a progressive cognitive dysfunction whereby affected subjects (hereafter referred to as SCP-2604-1) are incapable of recognising or responding to artificial barriers, markers, or pathways. The effect only progresses when subjects are in visual contact of SCP-2604; breaking this contact will arrest the progression. Amnestics have been shown to have little use, with test subjects reporting that they are unable to recall their observation of SCP-2604 but remain affected by the accompanying anomalous properties.\nAfter three hours of exposure, SCP-2604-1 are incapable of recalling the purpose or usage of signs or barriers that do not physically prevent movement. After twelve hours, SCP-2604-1 are incapable of recognising that a barrier to movement exists as such, failing to identify any barrier, marking, or direction that would prevent movement, even to the detriment of safety.\nIn \u2588\u2588% of cases SCP-2604-1 will undergo a type-delta psychological restructuring (DPR) event following not less than 72 hours post exposure to SCP-2604. All cognitive dysfunction ceases, and SCP-2604-1 exhibit individuated responses to their exposure to SCP-2604. Common forms observed are:\n\nThe ineffectiveness of containment as a principle (observed exclusively among Foundation personnel)\nLoss of personal inhibition\nExhibition of markedly increased symptoms of pre-existing psychological disorders\nSignificantly increased risk-taking or inability to manage risk\n\nIndividuals observed to have experienced a DPR event also exhibit the ability to hasten onset in SCP-2604-1, notably including instances with little or no prior exposure.\nACCESS RESTRICTED TO LEVEL 4 CLEARANCE\n\n+ Input Credentials\n\n- Encrypt\n\nIncident 2604 Alpha\nFollowing eight weeks of testing and containment, sixty-three Foundation personnel had experienced some degree of exposure to SCP-2604. Late-stage infection was present in fifteen individuals \u2014 all D-class, exposed as a result of routine testing. At 17:48 on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, D-178541 experienced the first recorded DPR event, and rapidly incited several nearby SCP-2604-1 to undergo the same. Security personnel \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 were forced to undergo DPR events, before assisting D-178541 with breaching security at the F-wing barracks.\nOver the course of the next three hours, approximately thirty-nine Foundation personnel experienced DPR events, a further seven had been terminated in attempts to resist. Containment was deliberately breached on \u2588 SCP objects, and attempts were made to abscond with these objects. Remote observation of SCP-2604-1 indicated that they were collectively convinced of the ineffectiveness of containment on these objects, and were attempting to remove them from the site for unknown reasons.\nOver the next 48 hours, Foundation security successfully reclaimed all but \u2588 SCP objects, and all instances of SCP-2604-1 still on site were terminated. To date, \u2588 SCP objects and \u2588\u2588 former Foundation personnel are unaccounted for. Containment procedures were appropriately revised following this incident.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2603 | SCP-2604 | SCP-2605 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2605\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2605 is to be kept in a standard humanoid containment cell. SCP-2605 possesses the standard nutritional requirements for a non-anomalous human of comparable age and condition, and is to be fed and maintained appropriately. When it is necessary that SCP-2605 be moved, the subject should be rendered unconscious through the application of sedatives to its food source.\nDescription: SCP-2605 is a human female formerly known as \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. The subject suffers from symptoms associated with Lewy body dementia, including memory loss and visual hallucinations. SCP-2605 finds movement difficult without aid and spends the majority of its time confined to its bed.\nInstances of SCP-2605-1 are apparently massless, air-displacing entities which manifest in the immediate vicinity (~5 meters) of SCP-2605 concurrent with the subject's hallucinations. SCP-2605-1 instances have an internal temperature of approximately 51 degrees Celsius. Infrared imaging has revealed a consistent shape similar to an adult human male of 1.8 meters in height. Instances can physically interact with objects around them, typically performing actions such as fluffing the pillows or stroking the face of SCP-2605. Instances of SCP-2605-1 are universally non-hostile and disappear with an audible clap upon the cessation of the hallucination. Only one SCP-2605-1 instance has been observed to manifest at a time.\nAddendum 2605-A: Surveillance log excerpts\n\nExcerpt, 6/20/13\n[An instance of SCP-2605-1 paces around the bed of SCP-2605.][SCP-2605-1 instance approaches and proceeds to stroke the face of SCP-2605. No audible sound is produced by the instance.]\n\nExcerpt, 6/25/13\n\n[An instance of SCP-2605-1 sits on the bed of SCP-2605. Head movements from both entities seem to trace the rapid movements of an object on the other side of the room, though no detectable anomalies aside from the SCP-2605-1 instance manifest within the cell.][Entities continue to track movement for approximately 12 minutes, until cessation of hallucination.]\n\nExcerpt, 4/9/14\n[An instance of SCP-2605-1 stands at the corner of the room opposite SCP-2605.][The SCP-2605-1 instance begins to tap its foot and rock back and forth. No sound is heard at first, though SCP-2605 periodically hums snippets of an unknown melody.]\n[Abruptly, SCP-2605 begins coughing violently. The instance of SCP-2605-1 ceases rocking and quickly approaches SCP-2605, visibly shaking.]\n[SCP-2605 finishes coughing. The SCP-2605-1 instance adjusts the subject's bedsheets, still shaking.]\n[The SCP-2605-1 instance ceases shaking, and appears to briefly gesticulate. No audible sound is produced, but SCP-2605 can be observed smiling.]\n\nFootnotes\n1. Investigation of individuals related to SCP-2605 has revealed no close relatives with the name \"Charles\" or a similar nickname.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2604 | SCP-2605 | SCP-2606 \u00bb"}
{"text": "A close-up of one of the specimens within SCP-2606.\n\nItem #: SCP-2606\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2606 is to be contained in a storage locker at Site-45. Permission from the current Site Director is required prior to removing SCP-2606 from its locker for testing purposes. When removing SCP-2606 from its locker, caution must be taken due to its breakable nature. Before and after all testing, SCP-2606 must undergo complete decontamination, in addition to a thorough wash with soap and water, in order to remove all dust, residue, and extraneous liquid.\nDescription: SCP-2606 is a drinking glass resembling a conical pint glass, but with a slightly larger capacity of almost exactly 500 mL. SCP-2606 is seemingly sculpted from a single large piece of polished amber. Numerous preserved insects, primarily gnats, ants, and beetles, are trapped within the amber that composes SCP-2606. The species present within SCP-2606's amber indicate that the amber originated in the Baltic region of Germany, and is approximately 38 to 48 million years of age. However, the date at which it was polished and reshaped is unknown.\nSCP-2606's anomalous effects activate when a human subject ingests the tissues or bodily fluids of animals generally considered \"verminous\" by eating or drinking them directly from SCP-2606. The animal in question must be one that the subject would not normally eat and that the subject regards with disgust, contempt, or irrational fear1, or that the subject considers a threat to the health and well-being of human beings as a pest, a parasite, or a vector of disease. Animals that have induced the activation of SCP-2606 include bats, most rodents, many scavenging birds (crows, gulls, vultures, etc.), lizards, snakes, numerous frog species2, and almost all invertebrates, with the only exceptions being those that subjects consider \"edible\" (crabs, snails, squid, etc.).\nConsuming animals such as those listed above from SCP-2606 allows the human subject to telepathically detect the mental activity of all living specimens of that animal species within a radius of approximately 10 meters. This ability is exclusively passive; subjects are not capable of communicating their thoughts or mental activity to specimens of these animals. The subject's telepathic detection is constant, and cannot be removed from the subject by any known means.\nIngesting animal components contained in SCP-2606 with the aid of an implement, such as a fork or straw, prevents the manifestation of telepathic effects. Physical contact must occur simultaneously between SCP-2606, the animal component, and the subject for telepathic potential to manifest. In addition, if tissues or bodily fluids from multiple animals are consumed simultaneously by the human subject from SCP-2606, the human subject will manifest telepathic effects for only one of the present animal species. Testing has tentatively concluded that physically larger animal species are dominant over smaller ones, in terms of manifestation priority.\nDiscovery: Prior to recovery, SCP-2606 was in the possession of a Mr. Lawrence Salk of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588, USA. Mr. Salk was willingly admitted to a mental health care facility on his family's recommendation after he developed psychosomatic skin irritation and began experiencing what he believed to be auditory hallucinations. Embedded Foundation agents conducted an interview with Mr. Salk upon his admittance into psychiatric care, where he remains as of this writing.\n\nInterview Log\nInterviewer: Agent Graham\nInterviewee: Mr. Salk\n<Begin Log>\n(Agent Graham enters Mr. Salk's hospital room. Mr. Salk is seated on the bed, itching at his arms.)\nAgent Graham: Hello, Mr. Salk.\nMr. Salk: Huh?\nAgent Graham: I said hello, Lawrence. I'm Doctor Graham. Do you know where you are right now?\nMr. Salk: Uh\u2026 yeah. Yeah, of course. I'm at the hospital. My wife took me here this morning.\nAgent Graham: Yes, you're at the hospital. Your wife told me you said you were hearing things?\n(Mr. Salk does not answer.)\nAgent Graham: Are you hearing them now, Lawrence?\nMr. Salk: What? Oh, uh\u2026 I'm sorry, doctor. They're\u2026 it's just very distracting.\nAgent Graham: What are they saying to you?\nMr. Salk: I don't know. They're always whispering. I keep trying to listen hard, but even when I hear them, I can't understand it. It sounds kind of like chewing. A lot of chewing.\nAgent Graham: Alright.\nMr. Salk: That's the thing, too, is that there's so many of them. It sounds like there's a whole crowd of them in there, so they're quiet, but it's still just\u2026 overwhelming. That's not\u2026 normal, is it? As normal as any of this is, I mean.\nAgent Graham: Don't worry about that, Lawrence. We'll do everything we can regardless. Your wife also told me that you developed some skin problems.\n(Mr. Salk does not answer.)\nAgent Graham: Lawrence?\nMr. Salk: What? I'm sorry. Repeat the question, please?\nAgent Graham: You developed skin problems. Agitation, irritation?\nMr. Salk: Oh, yeah, yeah. It's like I feel something crawling on me constantly. It's the worst part, to be honest.\nAgent Graham: Now, your wife told me that this came upon you all of a sudden, is that right? Just earlier today?\nMr. Salk: Yes.\nAgent Graham: No previous symptoms? No family history of similar conditions?\nMr. Salk: No, no! I just sat down in my chair and took a drink from that glass I found the other day, and all of a sudden I started hearing things.\nAgent Graham: Glass?\nMr. Salk: What? Oh, I was cleaning the attic the other day and I found this drinking glass up there. Why, do you-\nAgent Graham: Can you tell me more about it?\nMr. Salk: Uh, sure. It was weird. It looked like it had little bugs in it. I mean, not in it in it, but like\u2026 inside the glass itself, trapped in there. It was weird, but I liked it. It was unique, you know?\nAgent Graham: I see. Go on.\nMr. Salk: So I took it down and washed it out pretty good, and then a few days later I put some beer into it and took a drink, and then right after I started hearing voices. I mean, almost immediately, too. You don't think that's related, do you? The glass wasn't toxic or anything, was it?\nAgent Graham: Excuse me for a moment, Lawrence. I have to make a call.\n<End Log>\n\nTest Log\nAll tests were conducted using a different Class D subject unless otherwise noted. Subjects were instructed to ingest the contents of SCP-2606, after which they were presented with a captive living specimen of the animal species they had ingested. Subjects were then instructed to describe the mental activity of the specimen.\nContents: Five hairs from a black rat (Rattus rattus), 300 mL of water\nResult: Feelings of cautious curiosity, described by the subject as \"dulled\" in comparison to his own emotional capacity.\nNote: Subjecting the specimen to various stimuli produced the expected emotional responses (fear, happiness, sadness, etc.), which the subject was able to detect. Subject confirmed that all emotional responses were \"vague\" in comparison to human emotions.\nContents: 20 mL of blood from a Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus)\nResult: A feeling of extreme dread that did not subside until the specimen was removed from the subject's presence.\nContents: 10 grams of little brown bat meat (Myotis lucifugus)\nResult: Physical sensations occurring in bursts of ten to fifty approximately once every five minutes, described by the subject as an extremely painful \"piercing\" felt in the entirety of the body simultaneously.\nNote: The same Class D subject participated in both this and the previous test in order to determine whether the effects of SCP-2606 were repeatable. Following this test, the subject was able to detect the thoughts of both M. lucifugus and P. montanus.\nContents: 10 grams of common toad meat (Bufo bufo)\nResult: A series of staccato bass vibrations that increased in frequency and intensity as the specimen was approached by what it perceived as predators or prey.\nContents: One American cockroach (Periplaneta americana), deceased\nResult: A constant physical sensation that did not vary in intensity based on the specimen's external stimuli. Subject described the sensation as \"like someone grabbed my brain in both hands and shook it\".\nNote: Exposure to greater numbers of P. americana caused the sensation to proportionately increase in intensity.\nContents: One northern yellow sac spider (Cheiracanthium mildei), deceased\nResult: A visualization of blue-white lines striking across \"the inside of (the subject's) head\" and remaining present for inconsistent lengths of time3 before fading. Subject claimed that this visualization could not be suppressed and was extremely prominent and distracting. Visualization subsided when the specimen was removed from the subject's presence.\nNote: Several days after his participation in SCP-2606 testing, Personnel D-62115 complained of reoccurring visualizations identical to those reported during his SCP-2606 test, and was administered antipsychotic medication.\nContents: One black carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus), deceased\nResult: Subject reported that the thoughts of worker ants were audible to her as constant low-pitched drones, estimated at 115 dB, and that queen ants produced no mental activity.\nContents: One mayfly (Ephemera danica), deceased\nResult: Loud sobbing and hyperventilation, ending when the specimen expired.\nContents: Three proglottids from a beef tapeworm (Taenia saginata), deceased\nResult: When exposed to a number of living proglottids outside of a host, subject reported three audible notes reminiscent of a marimba, occurring seemingly at random. When exposed to a human host of T. saginata, subject reported a melodious series of marimba-like notes ranging through the entire musical scale.\nContents: One juvenile common octopus (Octopus vulgaris), living\nResult: Audible notes described by the subject as similar to \"when you blow over the top of a bottle\", arranged in palindromic sequences of sixteen. Individual notes were frequently accompanied by between one and eight \"echoes\". Subject claimed that each note was accompanied by a vivid color, some of which he was unable to adequately describe.\nContents: 400 mL of purified water\nResult: A large number of voices4 whispering in a language the subject claimed to be unable to understand, described by the subject as \"grumbling\" and \"unhappy sounding\". Subject quickly developed extreme agitation, as well as a constant psychosomatic feeling that insects were crawling on his skin.\nNote: Examination revealed that SCP-2606 had not been adequately decontaminated since the previous test, and that dust had been allowed to aggregate in its interior. Greater care is to be taken in the future to clean SCP-2606 between tests.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Animals feared by the subject that pose a realistic danger to human life (ex. bears, crocodiles, sharks) do not activate SCP-2606's effects.\n2. Frog species commonly regarded as \"toads\" are more likely to activate SCP-2606's effects.\n3. Between 1 second and 3 hours.\n4. The subject estimated approximately \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 voices were audible.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2605 | SCP-2606 | SCP-2607 \u00bb"}
{"text": "ADULT CONTENT\n\nThis article contains adult content that may not be suitable for all readers.\nGraphic depiction of blood, gore or mutilation of body parts\nFeatures sexual themes or language, but does not depict sexual acts.\nExplicit depiction of sexual acts.\nFeatures non-consensual sexual acts.\nDepiction of severe mistreatment of children\nDepiction of self-harm\nDepiction of suicide\nDepiction of torture\n{$custom-content}\nIf you are above the age of 18+ and wish to read such content, then you may click Continue to view said content.\nContinue\nBack to Front Page\n\u00ab SCP-2606 |SCP-2607| SCP-2608 \u00bb\n\n3/2607 LEVEL 3/2607\nCLASSIFIED\n\nItem #: SCP-2607\nObject Class: Euclid\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The Foundation has made large anonymous donations to sexually transmitted disease awareness and prevention programs in a number of countries with documented SCP-2607 outbreaks; the patents to the antiviral drugs acyclovir and valacyclovir have been purchased by Foundation front companies, and these drugs have been substantially reduced in price to aid in SCP-2607 containment efforts. Efforts have been made in several countries to ban or regulate the practice of \"phone sex\", especially in a high-volume commercialized form; these efforts have largely been unsuccessful, and in some cases merely caused these \"phone sex\" telephone lines to move their operations to jurisdictions which are more difficult for the Foundation to monitor.\nIndividuals identified as carriers of any strain of SCP-2607 are to be detained and questioned about their sexual history to identify other possible carriers, then treated with a targeted antiviral drug developed as part of the SCP-2607 containment initiative. Medical records of herpes simplex cases are to be regularly cross-referenced with employees and habitual users of \"phone sex\" telephone lines, and with users of sexual role-playing websites; any pattern indicative of a possible SCP-2607 outbreak is to be investigated as soon as possible.\nSamples of SCP-2607-1 and -2 are stored in Bio Site-66's cryogenic storage facility; research proposals involving exposure of D-Class personnel to SCP-2607 must be approved by Site-66's Ethics Committee liaison, and all experimental subjects must be treated with the targeted SCP-2607 antiviral at the conclusion of the experiment.\nDescription: SCP-2607 is the collective designation for two strains of the herpes simplex virus with similar anomalous means of transmission, designated SCP-2607-1 and -2. Both strains of SCP-2607 cause similar symptoms to HSV-2, the herpes simplex strain which causes most cases of genital herpes; blisters appear on the genitalia within approximately 7 days of initial exposure, and heal over the next several weeks. SCP-2607 strains can be transmitted via sexual contact, as with non-anomalous varieties of herpes simplex, but each can also be transmitted by certain non-physical sexual activities.\nSCP-2607-1's primary anomalous mode of transmission is through \"phone sex\"\u2014sexual role-playing or descriptions of hypothetical sexual activity transmitted via telephone. For SCP-2607-1 to be transmitted, the infected and uninfected participants must describe a scenario in which, were the sexual activity occurring physically, it would be possible to transmit herpes simplex; descriptions of proper condom use reduce transmission rate by approximately 30%. Research has shown that SCP-2607-1 can also be transmitted via in-person sexual role-playing (i.e. \"phone sex\" without the telephone); in-person sexual role-playing reduces the transmission rate by approximately 50%. SCP-2607-1 cannot be transmitted through recorded speech or through text-based erotic role-playing; the infected and uninfected participants must share a direct audio connection.\nSCP-2607-2's primary anomalous mode of transmission is through online erotic role-playing. Similarly to SCP-2607-1, both the infected and uninfected participants must describe a scenario which could lead to transmission of non-anomalous herpes simplex. Unlike SCP-2607-1, the responses need not be immediate; successful transmission has been observed with a lag between successive messages of as long as three weeks. SCP-2607-2 can also be transmitted via SMS-based erotic role-playing (\"sexting\") and via telephone, although the rate of transmission is reduced by approximately 75%. Erotic role-playing not mediated by some electronic medium (in-person, or via written or printed descriptions) cannot transmit SCP-2607-2.\nSCP-2607-1 was first identified by the Foundation in 1983, when a number of individuals reporting herpes simplex infections without prior sexual activity were found to have called the same \"phone sex\" line; records from the \"phone sex\" line indicated that each of these individuals had engaged in sexual role-playing with the same operator, Ms. Ella Pickering, then a student at the University of Central Lancashire. Ms. Pickering was detained and interviewed; she claims to have only had a single sexual partner, a fellow student named \"Simeon Plesko\" whom she met at a party. Ms. Pickering only engaged in sexual intercourse with this individual once, and said that he \"left [her] flat before [she] woke up and never called [her] back.\" University of Central Lancashire records contain no mention of a student by this name; Simeon Plesko has been classified as Person of Interest 2607-\u0391.\nSCP-2607-2 was identified in 2005, when almost every active member of \"Islands of Desire,\" a server of the MMORPG1 Neverwinter Nights devoted to erotic role-playing, sought treatment for herpes simplex. Approximately one week before the first users reported herpes simplex infections, the server had hosted a nautical group sex-themed event called \"Orgies of the Sword Coast,\" coinciding with the release of the Neverwinter Nights expansion pack \"Pirates of the Sword Coast;\" an individual with the username \"Sim_Plex\" had been very active during this event. Attempts to trace this user via IP or payment information proved fruitless; investigation is still ongoing.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Massively multiplayer online role-playing game; a videogame in which a large number of players interact with each other in a large open virtual world.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2606 | SCP-2607 | SCP-2608 \u00bb"}
{"text": "An SCP-2608 imago.\n\nItem #: SCP-2608\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The health of all known SCP-2608 populations is to be monitored closely. Steps should be taken to prevent industrial sources from chemically damaging the environments these populations inhabit.\nSCP-2608 populations are to be kept at all suitable Foundation facilities and monitored as a priority. In the event that these \"Advance Warning Systems\" (2608-AWS) experience a decline of any sort, the site manager is to be alerted immediately and precautionary measures are to be taken. Reevaluation of the active radii of various occult, psychoactive, and temporal SCP objects via SCP-2608 subimago testing is pending O5 approval.\nAs of 12/21/2014, a \"doomsday cache\" population is to be established at Site-62, and the Site-64 population has been expanded and repurposed to monitor unexplained global population fluctuation in SCP-2608.\nDescription: SCP-2608 is a largely unstudied mayfly species (Stenonema nephilim) native to the Pacific Northwest. It is thought to have spread across the wetlands of North America in the last two decades1, outcompeting related species due to a marginally more efficient metabolism.\nSCP-2608 imagines2 can be distinguished from related species by their relatively larger eyes and relatively more translucent bodies\u2014however, these differences are subtle enough that they cannot be readily identified by unqualified individuals. SCP-2608 subimagines3 and SCP-2608 naiads4 cannot be reliably distinguished from related species by any means outside of DNA examination.\nSCP-2608 was first brought to Foundation attention when the population experienced a then-inexplicably widespread die-off in the spring of 2005 now thought to be the result of the ten day delay in containment of SCP-1425.5 The species has since been restored to its former range.\nSCP-2608 populations\u2014and, in some cases, individuals\u2014are extremely vulnerable to changes in their environment, undergoing faulty molting and mass death when exposed to even trace contaminants. While this is standard among Ephemeroptera species, SCP-2608's sensitivity extends far outside normal bounds, manifesting in its anomalous properties.\nSCP-2608 is vulnerable to psychoactive manipulation and foreign or altered spacetime as though a physical element were present. For this reason, SCP-2608 populations have been cleared for use as an \"advance warning system\" (2608-AWS) and kept at appropriate Foundation facilities, thereby providing an early warning in case of growth, strengthening, or resumed activity of anomalous phenomena at Foundation Provisional Sites and containment breach at Foundation Sites and Areas.\nWhile the exact chemical manner in which SCP-2608 individuals are affected varies greatly based on the phenomenon in question and its source, there are two \"rules of thumb\" that can give rough insight into the strength6 and proximity of the phenomenon;\n\nThe general health of an SCP-2608 population can be regarded as an estimate of how close its surroundings are to its natural environment.7\nAn effect strong enough to cause immediate death in an SCP-2608 specimen is strong enough to pose a threat to Foundation operatives.\n\nPhenomena that are harmful to SCP-2608 populations are limited to those that alter their environment in a manner that they are not prepared to compensate for. While this includes many natural phenomena, those that interest the Foundation (and that no measures have been taken to shield 2608-AWS from) include:\n\nPsychoactive fields\nTelepathic fields\nTemporal distortion\nSpatial distortion\nReality distortion\nMere proximity to some SCP objects that do not exert any of the former on their surroundings. It has been theorized that in these cases it is some manner of \"presence\" surrounding the object that SCP-2608 populations are sensitive to.\n\nSCP-2608 subimagines are particularly at risk; in testing with select suitable SCP objects, individuals consistently perished when brought within the active radius of the object in question, with a very low degree of failure. Preliminary testing suggests that SCP-2608 subimago testing can be used to map the borders of appropriate SCP objects' \"area of influence\" to a startling degree of accuracy.\nOften, SCP-2608 naiads and subimagines will show signs of disturbance by an SCP object at much greater distances than human test subjects; in one noteworthy case, SCP-2608 naiads perished up to 800 km outside of what had previously been thought to be the object's area of influence.\n\n+ PRESENT STATUS OF SELECT 2608-AWS - LEVEL 4 SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED\n\n- CREDENTIALS ACCEPTED\n\nPROVISIONAL SITE 2608 ADVANCE WARNING SYSTEMS \u2014 DISTURBED STATUS INDICATES POSSIBLE GROWTH, STRENGTHENING OR RESUMED ACTIVITY OF CONTAINED SCP OBJECT'S \"AREA OF INFLUENCE.\" IF AT ELEVATED OR HIGHER DISTURBANCE STATUS CONTACT FACILITY ADMINISTRATOR IMMEDIATELY\n\nFacility ID\nFacility 2608-AWS Average Disturbance Status\n\nProvisional Site-\u2588\u2588\nUNDISTURBED\n\nProvisional Site-09\nUNDISTURBED\n\nProvisional Site-23\nELEVATED DISTURBANCE\n\nProvisional Site-27\nUNDISTURBED\n\nProvisional Site-\u2588\u2588\nUNDISTURBED\n\nProvisional Site-98-1\nUNDISTURBED\n\nProvisional Site-98-2\nLOW DISTURBANCE\n\nProvisional Site-98-3\nUNDISTURBED\n\nProvisional Site-141\nUNDISTURBED\n\nProvisional Site-107\nUNDISTURBED\n\nProvisional Site-149\nUNDISTURBED\n\nProvisional Site-\u2588\u2588\u2588\nLOW DISTURBANCE\n\nProvisional Site-193\nLOW DISTURBANCE\n\nProvisional Site-\u2588\u2588\u2588\nUNDISTURBED\n\nSTANDARD SITE 2608 ADVANCE WARNING SYSTEMS \u2014 DISTURBED STATUS INDICATES POSSIBLE CONTAINMENT BREACH. IF AT ELEVATED OR HIGHER DISTURBANCE STATUS CONTACT FACILITY ADMINISTRATOR IMMEDIATELY\n\nFacility ID\nFacility 2608-AWS Average Disturbance Status\n\nSite-06\nUNDISTURBED\n\nSite-\u2588\u2588\nLOW DISTURBANCE\n\nSite-19\nLOW DISTURBANCE\n\nSite-64\nUNDISTURBED\n\nSite-77\nUNDISTURBED\n\nSite-118\nLOW DISTURBANCE\n\nAREA 2608 ADVANCE WARNING SYSTEMS \u2014 DISTURBED STATUS INDICATES POSSIBLE CONTAINMENT BREACH. IF AT ELEVATED OR HIGHER DISTURBANCE STATUS CONTACT FACILITY ADMINISTRATOR IMMEDIATELY\n\nFacility ID\nFacility 2608-AWS Average Disturbance Status\n\nArea-02\nUNDISTURBED\n\nArea-12\nLOW DISTURBANCE\n\nArea-13\nUNDISTURBED\n\nArea-14\nLOW DISTURBANCE\n\nArea-58\nLOW DISTURBANCE\n\nArea-179\nUNDISTURBED\n\nArea-\u2588\u2588\nUNDISTURBED\n\nArea-354\nCRITICALLY DISTURBED\n\nArea-\u2588\u2588\nLOW DISTURBANCE\n\nArea-\u2588\u2588\nUNDISTURBED\n\nAddendum: - 05/26/2009 - Travel capable 2608-AWS are available upon request for exploration and recovery missions. Contact Dr. Lymph or Site-64 administration for more details.\nAddendum: - 12/21/2014 - All known wild SCP-2608 populations experienced a population decline 0.6% higher than expected over the course of the 2014 frost. In addition, all captive Foundation populations have experienced an unexplained 0.5% population decline. 2608-AWS warning allowances have been updated to compensate.\nAddendum: - 4/10/2015 - With the exception of the Site-62 population,8 all SCP-2608 populations have declined a further 1.8%. 2608-AWS warning allowances have been updated to compensate.\nAddendum: - 8/11/2015 - Global SCP-2608 population decline has continued to progress at a constant rate. 2608-AWS warning allowances have been updated to compensate and will continually update based on projected background disturbance.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Based on the vulnerability of SCP-2608 populations to certain phenomena, it has been suggested that this is due in part to Foundation activity, as the containment of such phenomena would allow SCP-2608 to colonize previously hostile environments. However, there is not currently definitive proof of this.\n2. The sexually mature adult stage of an insect.\n3. A winged, but not yet fully developed and not yet fully mature sub-adult stage unique to order Ephemeroptera.\n4. The aquatic juvenile stage of a mayfly.\n5. See SCP-1425 documentation for details.\n6. The nature of the phenomenon in question cannot be determined via SCP-2608's reaction to it without both extensive laboratory testing and prior knowledge of the phenomenon.\n7. A local spacetime marsh, free of psychic interference.\n8. The Site-62 population remains at full health.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2607 | SCP-2608 | SCP-2609 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item#: SCP-2609\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A live, healthy laboratory mouse implanted with a GPS tracking system is to be fixed securely to SCP-2609's base no less than 30 minutes preceding an anomalous event produced by SCP-2609 (henceforth referred to simply as an 'event'). Absolutely no personnel are permitted within 15 meters of SCP-2609 during the 10 minutes preceding an event.\nUpon an event occurring, MTF Pi-61 will retrieve SCP-2609 utilizing the GPS tracking system.\n\n+ Show MTF Pi-6 S.C.P. Details\n\n- Hide MTF Pi-6 S.C.P. Details\n\nA live, healthy laboratory mouse implanted with a GPS tracking system is to be brought with MTF Pi-6 on all retrieval missions, to be used in the case that SCP-2609 will have another event occur before being brought back to containment. Any objects 'overlapped' or otherwise altered by objects affected by SCP-2609 are to be destroyed. Any witnesses of the event are to be administered a Class A or Class B amnestic.\n\nUpon recovery and re-containment of SCP-2609, its light emission pattern is to be used to determine the time of its next event via Equation 2609-03. SCP-2609 should be stored in a standard containment locker when there is not an impending event.\nFollowing Event 2609-276 and the subsequent incident, interaction with any SCP object or entity in the moments preceding an SCP-2609 event is strongly discouraged. The time and date of the next SCP-2609 event will be updated following each event and provided to the heads of other Sites and Areas by the Site-15 faculty, for use at their discretion.\nDescription: SCP-2609 is a standard household tabletop lamp. Although SCP-2609's power cord is intact, SCP-2609 does not need a power source to provide light or produce events. Additionally, the light bulb of SCP-2609 cannot be removed from the rest of the object without breaking. Attempts to otherwise disable SCP-2609 have also been unsuccessful (see Addendum SCP-2609-B). Complete destruction of SCP-2609 has not yet been attempted.\nSCP-2609 emits brief flashes of light in a distinct pattern. The time between flashes and the intensity of the flash both correspond to the time remaining until an event, with the interval decreasing and the brightness increasing the closer SCP-2609 is to an event2. This relation has been quantified, expressed by Equation 2609-03, and can be used to predict the time of the next event within 0.8 seconds. However, time between events varies.\nUpon an event occurring, a flash of light approximately two orders of magnitude brighter than any other emission by SCP-2609 is observed. SCP-2609 and any living organic matter within approximately 11 meters of it are then instantaneously teleported to an apparently random location. These destinations have all been located on the surface of Earth, with the exceptions of Events 2609-121 and 2609-180 (see Addendum SCP-2609-C). SCP-2609 has not as of yet teleported to the same location twice, with the closest two locations being approximately 21 kilometers apart3.\n\n+ Addendum SCP-2609-A: Anomalous Event Details\n\n- Addendum SCP-2609-A: Anomalous Event Details\n\nThe overwhelming majority of events occur within three to four weeks of the last event, but outliers have been observed. The longest interval between events observed to date was approximately two months and two weeks4. The shortest interval between events observed to date was a mere four hours and eight minutes5, resulting in several civilians being included in Event 2609-64 due to the event occurring before MTF Pi-6 personnel could arrive to retrieve SCP-2609 (see Addendum SCP-2609-C). No pattern has been found to describe the time between events.\nInorganic matter is not affected by SCP-2609 (with the exception of SCP-2609 itself) unless it is entirely contained within living organic matter. Dead organic matter is treated the same as inorganic matter. GPS tracking devices implanted into live laboratory mice have been effective in tracking the location of SCP-2609 after events.\nMatter teleported along with SCP-2609 appears at the new location without changing its distance, direction, and orientation relative to SCP-2609. This can cause teleported matter to \u2018overlap' with matter already present at the new location. The teleported overlapping matter appears to take priority over matter already present at the new location, causing the already present matter to disappear where there is overlap with the teleported matter. However, any voids within overlapping teleported matter are filled with the already present matter where there is overlap, making the effect fatal in some circumstances.\nSCP-2609 is not known to have ever teleported such that it itself overlaps with objects at its new location. Due to this phenomenon, the GPS-implanted mice are to be fixated to SCP-2609's base, to maximize the probability that they will not be killed by overlapping with nearby objects upon being teleported. If the mouse is killed and SCP-2609 is not retrieved before the next event, SCP-2609 will not take the dead mouse with it during the event, thus also leaving behind the GPS tracking system as well.\n\n+ Addendum SCP-2609-B: Notable Experiments\n\n- Addendum SCP-2609-B: Notable Experiments\n\nExperiment 2609-E-3 : Testing Eligible Matter\n\nFollowing Event 2609-4, Equation 2609-01 was used to determine the approximate time of Event 2609-5.\nThe following were placed within five meters of SCP-2609 : A petri dish filled with an E. coli bacteria culture, a sealed beaker filled with six D. melanogaster flies and pure oxygen, a human heart within an Organ Care System such that it continues to beat, a Class D subject (henceforth Subject 1) considered to be brain dead but otherwise functionally alive, a Class D subject (henceforth Subject 2) with a prosthetic leg, and finally a Class D subject (henceforth Subject 3) with a pacemaker. These were allowed to be exposed to Event 2609-5. Other containment procedures were observed as normal.\nThe petri dish and fluid within, the sealed beaker and oxygen within, the entire Organ Care System including the beating heart, the entirety of Subject 1, and the prosthetic leg of Subject 2 were left behind following Event 2609-5. Subject 2 (missing his prosthetic leg) and Subject 3 (entirely intact) were discovered at the site of Event 2609-5 in the desert near Qia, Saudi Arabia. The E. coli bacteria and the D. melanogaster flies have not been recovered, and are presumed to have dispersed upon arrival at the location of Event 2609-5.\n\nExperiment 2609-E-7 : Exposure to SCP-1821\n\nRequests to attempt to disable SCP-2609 were approved shortly following Event 2609-276. It was postulated that SCP-2609's light source was the cause of its events. However, some faculty were concerned that if the light bulb was indeed the source of the events, breaking the bulb could have catastrophic effects. Due to all attempts to remove SCP-2609's light bulb proving futile, it was suggested that SCP-1821 be utilized to extinguish the bulb. Following approval, the experiment was prepared.\nAfter Event 2609-280, Equation 2609-03 was used to confirm the time until the next event of SCP-2609. SCP-2609 was then taken to SCP-1821's containment tank. SCP-1821 responded positively to SCP-2609, vocalizing and then kissing SCP-2609's light bulb with SCP-1821-1. SCP-2609 was retrieved from SCP-1821's tank before SCP-1821 could begin attempting to consume SCP-2609. As with previous sources of light exposed to SCP-1821, SCP-2609's bulb ceased to provide visible light after contact with SCP-1821. However, no instance of SCP-1821-2 was observed.\nUpon the predicted time of Event 2609-281, SCP-2609 still teleported to a new location in Ceara, Brazil. Moreover, the bright flash of light indicating an event was still observed, implying that SCP-2609's light bulb is not the source of said flash of light.\nUpon retrieval, SCP-2609's circuitry was observed to still function as if it were illuminating a light bulb, having steady pulses of electricity in regular intervals. Using a voltmeter, Equation 2609-03 was applied to these pulses and predicted a time for event 2609-282.\n\nExperiment 2609-E-8 : Breaking of Light Bulb\n\nAfter Experiment 2609-E-7, Event 2609-282, and the use of Equation 2609-03 in conjunction with a voltmeter to determine the time of Event 2609-283, attempts to remove SCP-2609's light bulb were resumed. Following failure of all gentle attempts, SCP-2609's light bulb was broken in a more assertive attempt.\nNo abnormal effects were observed upon breaking the bulb. However, Event 2609-283 occurred at the expected time, and the primary flash of light was still observed. Following the event, MTF Pi-6 operatives discovered SCP-2609 had a new - and functional - light bulb. The remains of the previous light bulb were still in custody, and as a result regeneration was ruled out as an explanation.\n\nPending Experiments:\n\nSCP-2609's property of removing any living organic matter within approximately 11 meters of its vicinity following an event has lead to it being suggested as a sterilization tool. All experimentation in this area is pending a method through which proper containment procedures for any given test subject following an SCP-2609 event can be devised.\n\nFollowing Event 2609-180, SCP-2609's potential as \u201ca tool for identifying living organic material that would otherwise be ambiguous\u201d (Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588) was tentatively suggested. The subject to be tested could simply be exposed to an SCP-2609 event, and if affected, the subject is confirmed to be both organic and living. However, any experimentation in this direction is again prohibited pending a method through which proper containment procedures for any given test subject following an SCP-2609 event can be devised.\n\nFollowing Event 2609-276 and the subsequent incident, multiple requests were submitted by various faculty to attempt to terminate SCP-2609 on account of its unique - albeit exceedingly rare - ability disrupt containment or interaction with any other SCP, globally. After the failures of Experiments 2609-E-7 and 2609-E-8, further testing is pending approval at this time. (Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 : \u201cWhat if the blasted lamp decides it wants to pay SCP-2948 a visit, hm? What then?\u201d)\n\n+ Addendum SCP-2609-C: Notable Events\n\n- Addendum SCP-2609-C: Notable Events\n\nExcerpts from Event Logs\nEvent 2609-A\n\nThis is the first SCP-2609 event brought to the attention of the Foundation. All known events occurring before GPS tracking procedure of SCP-2609 was established are to be denoted by a letter. Lettered events are not necessarily in chronological order, but instead in order of the time they were recorded by the Foundation.\nOn July 8, 1986, a 71-year-old woman named \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 living alone in Manchester, England called 999 to report what she thought were aliens invading her home. Police arrived on the scene to find Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 hiding in her closet, two unclothed teenage males of Asian descent arguing in Mandarin in the living room, and a lamp of unknown origin placed haphazardly on the living room couch that occasionally flickered weakly.\nMrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 claimed that a blinding flash of light occurred in her living room while she was cooking in her kitchen, and that aliens had appeared in her living room at the same time. Once clothing and a translator were brought and the teenage individuals were calmed, they claimed to have been walking down an alley in Guiyang, China, discovered a lamp that was flashing \u201clike a strobe light\u201d, saw a blinding flash of light, and then appeared naked at Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's residence. Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 confirmed \u201cI've never seen that ugly lamp before in my life\u201d. Police confiscated the lamp as a precaution.\nThe Foundation, upon hearing of the case, confiscated the lamp (designating it SCP-2609), and administered Class B amnestics to all parties involved.\n\nEvent 2609-B\n\nFollowing SCP-2609 being obtained after Event 2609-A on July 8, 1986, it was placed in containment at Site-15 and monitored. Its light emissions were noted in terms of both frequency and, later, intensity. SCP-2609 remained in containment without incident for three weeks, four days, and fifty-eight minutes.\nUpon the flashes becoming approximately 0.2 seconds apart and at an intensity of approximately 15,000 lumens for approximately 30 seconds, SCP-2609 emitted a final flash of light approximately 1,200,000 lumens in intensity before vanishing. Unfortunately, two janitorial personnel were present in an adjacent room and were in range for Event 2609-B, vanishing with SCP-2609.\nThrough analyzing the flashes of light emitted by SCP-2609, Equation 2609-01 was developed and speculated to be able to predict events caused by SCP-2609. This has since been revised to Equation 2609-02 and then to Equation 2609-03.\nOn September 18, 1999, the bodies of the janitorial staff were discovered inside the walls of a residential building by a demolition crew in Santa Barbara, California. It is speculated that the residential building, located at [REDACTED], was the teleportation site of Event 2609-B, and that the janitorial staff appeared within the walls of the house. Every void in their body was filled with the materials of the walls, causing death in approximately one to three minutes.\n\nEvent 2609-C\n\nOn December 21, 1993, the Foundation received intelligence of the location of SCP-2609 and immediately sent MTF Pi-1 to retrieve it due to its location being in a heavily populated area. Class D personnel were utilized to set up multiple experimental tracking techniques upon recovery of SCP-2609, including a method very similar to the currently required procedure. Equation 2609-01 was used to predict the time of the next event (Event 2609-D). SCP-2609 was then contained in a 30x30x3 meter storage chamber for the following two weeks and six days.\nEvent 2609-D occurred within seven hours of the time predicted by Equation 2609-01. MTF Pi-1 was sent to retrieve SCP-2609 due to Event 2609-D also occurring in a heavily populated area. Further experimentation was conducted in the following events (Events 2609-1 to 2609-8) to refine the tracking techniques and safety precautions. MTF Pi-6 was also established as a separate team for future retrievals, beginning with Event 2609-1.\n\nEvent 2609-M\n\nThis is, to date, the earliest suspected SCP-2609 event. On August 30, 1951, an amateur pilot flying above Boise, Idaho reported a blinding flash of light and a lamp falling into his lap, causing him to crash into [REDACTED]. Authorities at the time dismissed his story and he was held liable for all damages. The pilot kept the lamp, but then reported that it disappeared about two weeks later, along with his pet bird.\n\nEvent 2609-64\n\nStandard procedure was observed anticipating Event 2609-63 on November 14, 1998. Upon the event occurring and SCP-2609's location in Lecce, Italy confirmed, a retrieval team was sent. However, while the retrieval team was en route, the location changed to Atacama, Chile.\nUpon arrival at the second location, SCP-2609 was found perched on a narrow rock outcropping from a high cliff. The bodies of three individuals were discovered at the base of the same cliff. Reflection seismology revealed the bodies of an additional two individuals within the cliff face. The identities of the individuals not within the cliff face were confirmed as Italian citizens \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nThe teleportation to Atacama, Chile was assumed to be a separate event from 2609-63, deemed 2609-64. The interval between events was four hours and eight minutes, by far the shortest interval observed to date. Fortunately, the mouse with the GPS tracking system survived Event 2609-63 and remained in the vicinity of SCP-2609, allowing retrieval following Event 2609-64.\n\nEvent 2609-121\n\nThis event was the first of two confirmed events to date where SCP-2609 did not teleport to a location on the surface of the Earth. On March 11, 2001, a Russian Oscar-II class submarine discovered SCP-2609 onboard their vessel following Event 2609-121. The vessel was in deep sea, approximately 500 meters below surface level.\nDue to the vessel's mission lasting months, Event 2609-122 occurred before SCP-2609 was able to be taken into the Russian government's custody. Foundation negotiators were able to work with GRU Division \"P\" to ensure the survival of the GPS-implanted mouse and its continued proximity to SCP-2609. As a result, SCP-2609 was able to be retrieved at its location in Zhangjiakou, China following Event 2609-122 due to the mouse being alive and thus the GPS tracking system being included in Event 2609-122. Two of the submarine crewmembers had also been teleported, and were administered Class C amnestics before being returned to the Russian government.\n\nEvent 2609-180\n\nThis event was the second of two confirmed events to date where SCP-2609 did not teleport to a location on the surface of the Earth. On January 7, 2005, SCP-2609 could not initially be tracked following Event 2609-180. After nine hours, the GPS signal was finally discovered originating from the surface of the Moon. Further investigation revealed that the location of Event 2609-180 was the same location - within 10 meters - of the 1969 Apollo 12 Moon landing.\nThe mouse carrying the GPS tracking system died shortly following arrival on the Moon. As a result, SCP-2609's next location [Event 2609-181, occurring four weeks and five days after Event 2609-180] could not be directly tracked, since SCP-2609 left behind the then-dead mouse and thus the GPS tracking system. However, Event 2609-181's location was within a crowded marketplace in Jaipur, India. As a result, the Foundation was able to receive intelligence of SCP-2609's location and arrive with damage control rapidly.\nCuriously, SCP-2609 returned from the moon with four polished black ovular objects appearing to be rocks. These \u2018rocks' were lodged within various objects at the location of Event 2609-181, and are presumed to originate from under the surface of the Moon where Event 2609-180 occurred. Since SCP-2609 is only known to move living, organic objects, the \u2018rocks' were designated SCP-2609-1 through SCP-2609-4, and contained as a biohazard until further notice.\n\nEvent 2609-276\n\nFrom 11:00 to approximately 11:43 on May 3, 2011, Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, two research assistants, and one D-Class subject (D-6498) were in the process of conducting an experiment on SCP-523 within a specially prepared, lead-coated test chamber locked with a card-key mechanism near Site-19. SCP-523 had assumed the form of a pair of sunglasses for an unknown reason prior to being taken out of its normal containment room, and eye contact had been maintained with the object at all times since removal, thereby preventing SCP-523 from transforming or relocating.\nThe experiment to be conducted involved the development of a removable chemical coating designed to prevent SCP-523 from relocating. The primary component of the chemical was lead, which when integrated into the walls of a room has been shown to prevent SCP-523 from leaving said room. However, other chemicals were included in the composition for adhesive, solubility, and reversibility functions, including significant amounts of [DATA EXPUNGED]. The hypothesis was that when coated in the lead-based chemical film, SCP-523 would be entirely unable to relocate itself. Note that the chemical mixture was transparent; this was by design, to allow eye contact with SCP-523 to be maintained during and following its immersion in the substance.\nAt approximately 11:43, both research assistants maintained eye contact with SCP-523 to prevent it from transforming, while D-6498 prepared to lower SCP-523 - still in the form of a pair of sunglasses - into a four liter vat of the prepared chemical by hand.\nUnfortunately, Event 2609-276 occurred at this time, and SCP-2609 appeared in the testing chamber being used for the SCP-523 experiment described above. The flash of light SCP-2609 emits upon an event occurring temporarily blinded all four individuals within the room. During these seconds of visual disorientation, SCP-523 made a transformation, a translocation, and another transformation in rapid succession:\nFirstly, SCP-523 assumed the form of one liter of liquid [DATA EXPUNGED], dropping from D-6498's hands into the vat of prepared experimental chemical. The experimental chemical reacted severely with the liquid SCP-523 had become, not only releasing large amounts of poisonous [DATA EXPUNGED] gas into the sealed testing chamber but also apparently disabling the lead's anti-translocation effects. This action was consistent with SCP-523's previous behavior, on account of the object usually transforming in a manner that directly opposes the subject's intended use for the object.\nSecondly, SCP-523 entered Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's right coat pocket, taking the form of his card-key. Upon Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 attempting to let himself, his assistants, and D-6498 out of the testing chamber by inserting SCP-523 into the card receptor, SCP-523 transformed into a toaster strudel. The portion of SCP-523 inserted into the card receptor then broke off, blocking Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 from inserting the real card-key into the card receptor.\nThose within the testing chamber were unable to resolve this issue before the buildup of [DATA EXPUNGED] gas was sufficient to kill all within the testing chamber. SCP-2609 was retrieved without incident later the same day, while SCP-523 was discovered and re-contained the following week.\nFollowing Event 2609-276 and the subsequent incident, interaction with any SCP object or entity in the moments preceding an SCP-2609 event is strongly discouraged. The time and date of the next SCP-2609 event will be updated following each event and provided to the heads of other Sites and Areas by the Site-15 faculty, for use at their discretion.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Mobile Task Force Pi-6 (aka \"Lamplighters\") is a small unit belonging to MTF Pi-1 when SCP-2609 is not nearing an event. When an event is imminent, MTF Pi-6 will suspend operations with MTF Pi-1. MTF Pi-6 is tasked with retrieving SCP-2609 following its events, removing evidence of SCP-2609 events occurring, and identifying, locating, and delivering amnestics to witnesses of SCP-2609 events. Due to the nature of SCP-2609, MTF Pi-6 operates globally. Following retrieval, MTF Pi-6 operatives return to MTF Pi-1 service until the next SCP-2609 event.\n2. Time between flashes have been observed to be as long as nine hours (following Event 2609-145), with the flashes being approximately 0.007 lumens in intensity at that time. When within 10 seconds of an event, the time between flashes reaches a minimum of approximately 0.21 seconds, with the flashes being approximately 15,000 lumens in intensity.\n3. Events 2609-30 and 2609-192\n4. Events 2609-145 to 2609-146\n5. Events 2609-63 to 2609-64\n\n\u00ab SCP-2608 | SCP-2609 | SCP-2610 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2611\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2611 is to be contained in a standard, Class-C humanoid containment cell in Wing-J at Site-47. SCP-2611 is to be denied exceptionally fatty foods and is required to engage in at least one hour of light exercise every two to three days, as needed and judged safe by site physicians. SCP-2611 is under the impression that it is still hospitalized. Every forty-five days (or as needed, per standard obfuscation protocols), SCP-2611 is to be administered an amnestic and be processed through a readmission script to maintain this impression.\nTo placate SCP-2611-1, SCP-2611 is required to watch at least eight hours of television programming per day. Though SCP-2611-1 may request additional programs to be added, this television programming is limited to the following subjects: court television, soap operas, game shows, crafting programs, and talk shows (excluding anything which has medical information about the hazards of excessive weight gain). Television shows must be screened before allowing SCP-2611 or SCP-2611-1 to view them.\nDescription: SCP-2611 is a human female standing approximately 156 cm. SCP-2611 is largely immobile due to its immense weight (currently, approximately 250 kg) and is confined to a hospital bed. SCP-2611 suffers from several diseases related to its weight, most notably sleep apnea and diabetes. With the exception of the presence of SCP-2611-1, there is nothing remarkable about SCP-2611.\nSCP-2611-1 is a sentient mass of fat cells located on the left flank of SCP-2611. SCP-2611-1 is completely integrated with SCP-2611's vital organs. When originally contained, SCP-2611-1 exercised only limited control over SCP-2611's body at times, usually when SCP-2611 was unconscious. However, over the past \u2588 years, SCP-2611-1 has increased its control of SCP-2611. Currently, SCP-2611 is only considered fully cognizant of its surroundings for approximately one to two hours per day.\nWhile SCP-2611-1 is in control of SCP-2611's body, SCP-2611-1 can perform rudimentary communication, force SCP-2611 to move, and controls most of SCP-2611's body functions. Previously, SCP-2611-1 used this control to force SCP-2611 to consume massive amounts of food.\nThough SCP-2611-1 is capable of speech, learning, and advanced thought, SCP-2611-1's primary interests are related to daytime television programs which it previously viewed with SCP-2611. Though several interviews have been conducted with SCP-2611, no information about its origin, nature, or further interests have been observed. All interviews invariably turn to the programs being watched and the information conveyed in those programs. How SCP-2611-1 controls SCP-2611 or stores thoughts and memories has yet to be determined, though amnestics have shown no effect on SCP-2611-1. A log of relevant, useful research information has been compiled and is available for reading (See Addendum: SCP-2611 Interview Logs).\nSCP-2611's health has continued to deteriorate since its recovery, and there is currently no known way to enable SCP-2611-1 to exist outside of SCP-2611 or transfer it to another host. Research is ongoing.\nRecovery: SCP-2611 and SCP-2611-1 first came to the attention of the Foundation when SCP-2611 entered the hospital due to excessive weight gain in August of 20\u2588\u2588. SCP-2611 had, until three months prior, weighed approximately 80 kilograms. Over the course of ninety days, SCP-2611's weight doubled, putting excessive strain on SCP-2611's joints and muscles. During routine examinations, polysomnographies performed to diagnose sleep apnea revealed somnambulism and what was originally believed to be schizophrenia. After MRI scans revealed a large, compact mass of fat that somehow integrated with SCP-2611's major organ groups, Foundation physicians intervened and determined the existence of SCP-2611-1. SCP-2611 was moved to Site-47, where it has remained for the past \u2588 years.\nAddendum: SCP-2611 Interview Logs\nAll logs have been heavily edited of extraneous information. The remaining pieces of information are believed to have actual research value. Those wishing to examine unedited logs may submit requests directly to Dr. Crow.\nJune 3, 20\u2588\u2588:\n\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: So, we were talking about SCP-2611. Have you always been inside her?\nSCP-2611-1: Haha! Yeah, of course. Where else? Oh, shit, Jerry, you gotta look out for that shit. Jesus.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You've never lived anywhere else?\nSCP-2611-1: Why would I? This is home.\n\nNovember 14, 20\u2588\u2588:\n\nSCP-2611-1: No, no Whoopi, don't you DARE disrespect her! BARBARA HAS DONE NOTHING TO DESERVE THAT!\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You tell her! Haha! I love this stuff.\nSCP-2611-1: I know. It's so much better than the crap the last guy watched.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: The last guy?\nSCP-2611-1: Oh, shit. That's it. THAT'S IT BARBARA!\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Who was the last guy, Twenty-Six-Eleven?\nSCP-2611-1: Shhh\u2026 I think they have Keanu today\u2026\n\nNo further information on previous hosts has been recovered from conversations with SCP-2611-1. Attempts to question SCP-2611-1 about the possibility have led to SCP-2611 becoming unresponsive.\nFebruary 19, 20\u2588\u2588:\n\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Oh my god. Did he just swallow that?\nSCP-2611-1, gagging audibly: Oh, god, that's disgusting.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Holy crap. Can they show that on daytime television?\nSCP-2611-1: Kill it. Kill it. I don't care if I die.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What?\nSCP-2611-1: I said it's disgusting! Who the hell does that? Oh god. Haha!\n\nIt is currently believed that SCP-2611 may have assumed control during this time, but during a later cognizant event, SCP-2611 could not recall speaking. It is possible that SCP-2611-1 may have more control of SCP-2611's memories and mental condition than previously believed or that SCP-2611 is experiencing trauma capable of damaging these memories while SCP-2611-1 is in control. Further research is necessary.\nApril 30, 20\u2588\u2588:\n\nSCP-2611-1, crying: God\u2026 How can they treat her like that? She loved you, John! She loved you!\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I know. God. It just kills you, doesn't it?\nSCP-2611-1: It does. God, I'm so lonely. I wish one of the others would come and visit me\u2026\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: One of the others?\nSCP-2611-1: Oh, Hope. Don't worry. He'll learn. He'll understand.\n\nThe above log has led to several investigations in hospitals across the globe, all without results. It is currently unknown how many instances of SCP-2611-1 may be present in the population at large; however, given the sharp rise in obesity through North America and Europe over the past two decades, the number may be exceptionally high.\nCurrently, efforts to screen obese children in schools have had no results, though early stage infestations\u2014typified by weight gain and periods of lost time\u2014may have been identified in \u2588\u2588\u2588 individuals, all of which are currently under observation. No other late stage instances have been identified.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2610 | SCP-2611 | SCP-2612 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2612-1 and SCP-2612-2.\n\nItem #: SCP-2612\nObject Class: Keter Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Under no circumstances is SCP-2612 to drop The Load. All resources of Site-125 are dedicated to ensuring SCP-2612 receives no sabotage in its carrying of The Load.\nAll SCP operatives assigned to any Group of Interest are to be briefed on The Load and are to be on specific lookout for any references to The Load, The Weight, or The Burden. Containment Task Force A-17 (\u201cGod's Pallbearers\u201d) are to be on constant standby for any attempted breach of Site-125.\nAll personnel posted to Site-125 are to immediately notify a superior if they begin to perceive anomalous voices.\nSCP-2612 is to be housed in a Level-3 Incorporeal Entity Containment Cell guarded by at least three armed guards at a time. No contact is to be made with SCP-2612. No testing is to be performed on SCP-2612. SCP-2612 must never drop The Load.\nSCP-2612-1 and SCP-2612-2 are to be held in two separated medium-sized lockers in Site-102's Safe Item Containment Wing. Due to their effects, the objects are not to be removed from the lockers for testing at any time.\nDescription: SCP-2612 is an entity which carries The Load. If SCP-2612 is disturbed, it is in danger of \u201cdropping The Load,\u201d or more specifically [DATA EXPUNGED]. Dropping The Load will result in a ZK-Class End of Reality scenario.\nSCP-2612 is capable of telepathic communication which consists mostly of requests to drop The Load. The object is currently thought to be unknown to any Group of Interest, but it is a top priority that none become aware of SCP-2612 and its Load.\nThe Load is theorized to be [DATA EXPUNGED].\nIt is unclear how SCP-2612 became the entity responsible for The Load, or if SCP-2612 itself is merely a mechanism by which The Load is thereby carried and is thus inextricable from it. The connection between The Load and the fabric of reality is currently unknown.\nSCP-2612 is the shared designation given to SCP-2612-1 and SCP-2612-2. SCP-2612-1 is an extremely worn lawn ornament style statue of a donkey, composed of plaster and metal for the \u201cskeleton.\u201d SCP-2612-2 is a yellow cart with two metal poles which are connected at the ends by a chain. SCP-2612-2 is filled with dirt and once contained flowers, acting as a planter. By themselves, SCP-2612-1 and SCP-2612-2 merely elicit a feeling of general unease and disquiet.\nThe main anomaly associated with SCP-2612 is set into motion when the objects are brought together. When the chain holding the two poles of SCP-2612-2 is brought against the back of SCP-2612-1, thus making it look as though the latter is pulling the former, a strong desire to keep the two objects together threatens all observers of the object, past and present. This includes changing details of acquisition to better facilitate reasons to keep the objects together. Due to this effect, the events of SCP-2612's acquisition from a suburb of Cleveland, OH were initially scrubbed from the memory of the containment team, building up a mythology of the object bearing \u201cthe weight of the world.\u201d\nWhen reversing the effects of SCP-2612, it was deemed necessary to administer Class-B amnestics to the entire former containment team due to exposure. Since Site-125 had been built primarily to house SCP-2612, the site was remodeled to fit a separate Keter-class object with a separate containment team. Containment was continued at Site-102, due to the low priority of the object's true strategic importance.\n\nHello, Director.\n\nI think you're the only one who can see this.\n\nI still remember how to do this, don't I?\nWell, I've been drinking, Director. And isn't that how they always start?\nDo you remember being a little Level-2, trying to dredge up enthusiasm for some Safe scip, some pair of glasses that lets you see bones or something. Wouldn't we have something like that, right? And it was boring. There wasn't a story behind it, right? Boring thing. Absolutely tragic. And so, you'd slack off. And you'd talk to your friends. Your coworkers, if you were the kind to talk. I would. Always was. Guess I always will be, ha ha, right?\nIt's against protocol, but you'd gossip. Of course you would. And you'd tell stories in hushed tones, of the Safe-level object that they swear was actually housing some incomprehensible evil, trapped in some low-level containment cell as a teleporting chair or maybe a walking door.\nAnd of course, you'd think, in the back of your head, maybe that's why they had you working on the pair of glasses. Maybe they had confidence in you, the big guys, the O5s.\nThis isn't a drink for effect, so much as I'm an alcoholic. But hey, it sets the tale up nicely, doesn't it, Director?\nI'm Carl Garcia, former Director of Site-125. I say former, but really, that's where I am currently, just about to be the last to get the amnestic. I recommended Class-B. It'll seem important, but not life-threatening. They'll still give me an okay job. So will everyone else. They'll put something new here. And everything will be okay.\nI guess, at this point, I probably don't need to take this, but it's for the best. Did you know these used to be shots? Ridiculous, right? Can you imagine that? Bet they had a big nurse, too. Come in. You know. Fuck, I'm tired.\nThe object is safe. Don't worry. You knowing the truth will be no danger to you. I don't think this object can ever hurt anything again.\nIt was Keter. Everything about that is true. This wasn't the mistake of a bumbling Foundation. This, for it to work, needs to look like it. It's something people will gossip about. Their Safe-level that used to be a Keter. They'll talk about It, because that's what they do. And that's important. Once it's done, it's done, I think. Or so It told me.\nFor this to work, you need to understand this, I think. It wouldn't matter. For my comfort, I need you to understand what I did. What It did.\nI listened to It. Which was, besides the gossip, the first thing outside of Foundation protocol I had ever done. Or the drinking on the job, I guess. But this is special.\nIt had weaseled Its way through the cell. I don't know how It managed. It came into me, and It asked me to help It. It wasn't this evil thing. I don't even think It was a thing. So much as a concept. But It came to me as a sad little donkey with a cart.\nWhen joking with Agent Finnegan, who hopefully is guarding something actually important at this point, I always called the scip the \u201cjackass with its cart,\u201d and that was our little joke. Something to get us to laugh at this metaphysical nightmare we had guarded from the Insurgency and the other boys.\nBut that's how It came. A jackass with a cart. It struggled with the load, blazing golden, filled with indescribable life. It strained and broke its back. It wasn't going to drop it. Oh no, it was far too old, far too practiced to ever drop it. Too old for that, but not too old to be spared exhaustion.\nI can't tell you what It is. Not mostly because I couldn't honestly tell you. It's better not to know, some things about It, I think. It's old. It wasn't a statue, but It had been holding the entirety of everything since everything could be called a thing.\nI spilled my drink. This doesn't affect the story. Thought you should know.\nI knew It wasn't bad. Foolish, I know. People die like this.\nI'd done cognitohazards all my life. Memetics was my dream field, and hopefully I'm still in it. God-willing. And no, It isn't God. But, I had a plan. Simple, but effective. I helped It to lighten The Load. That's what It wanted.\nI talked It through it, I guess? I helped It, guided It. Revealed to Agent Finnegan that the object may have, in fact, been not as powerful as we thought. I let the unease trickle down that It wasn't something really important, that maybe we were being tricked. I let it simmer. Let It feel the perception changing around it.\nI don't think It's that smart. I don't think smartness is a quality that would apply to It. It carries The Load. That's all you need to know. But I told It, this tired Thing Before Things, that It wasn't important. That It was nothing more than a lawn ornament. An old and battered lawn ornament. Peeling paint. With a cart, filled with dirt, that hadn't seen a flower in years.\nIt bought it. Hook line and fucking sinker. One by one, I revealed the new findings to my team, contacted the higher-ups. They've all taken Class-Bs, and I guess I'm the only one left. Just need to take the amnestic out of its pack. Just need to put on my glasses.\nI think, for it to really work, for this plan I made with a concept, to really take hold, I should leave, too. It creates a better storyline for It, doesn't it? The scip already has a picture. I don't know how It made that. It trapped itself into a better story, but at least It goes all the way. When I take this, if It hasn't already, It'll become into being nothing more than a two-part Lawn Gnome in a box. Two boxes.\nI don't think testing the object is going to reverse the effects. I don't know if the subjective reality of the object we've both created is strong enough to bring the thing back through. I just think it's had enough. For me, don't put the chain back on. Don't let it carry The Load. It's so tired, and it's been at it so long. Even if it's nothing else but a jackass, I still want it to be able to rest.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2611 | SCP-2612 | SCP-2613 \u00bb"}
{"text": "The Fallen\n\nSo yeah. That's a thing. Thanks to a number of folks for helping me work my way through this idea, especially djkaktus.\nImage is creative commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CM-112.jpg\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nSCP-2613-1 during the last several seconds of event 2613-A-45\n\nItem #: SCP-2613\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Monitoring of emergency service communication is to be maintained at all times in the affected area. Mobile Task Force Theta-13 (\"Bring Out Your Dead\") is to mobilize during any detected SCP-2613 events.\nIf required, SCP-2613 events are to be explained to any non-Foundation personnel as unscheduled funerary processions. Such observers who view reanimation, dessication or disappearance events are to be administered amnestics before their release back into the general population.\nUnless specifically approved for testing, interaction with SCP-2613 events is strictly prohibited. MTF Theta-13 is to prevent non-Foundation personnel from interacting with SCP-2613 events. Corpses recovered during SCP-2613 testing are to be thoroughly cataloged and then destroyed by incineration after no more than a 1 week delay from acquisition.\nDescription: SCP-2613 is an anomalous event irregularly occurring in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, and which consists of a funerary procession of no known source. These processions are led by a hearse (known as SCP-2613-1) which is joined along its route by a number of vehicles (referred to as SCP-2613-2 instances).1Tag numbers present on SCP-2613-2 instances have yielded either no information or information which does not correlate with the details of the vehicles they are attached to.\nThese vehicles are operated and occupied by a variable number of individuals (referred to as SCP-2613-3 instances) wearing military uniforms belonging to the US Armed forces. Uniforms associated with SCP-2613-3 instances have included all eras of service, including uniforms from eras before the invention of the automobile.\nSCP-2613 events initiate immediately after the deaths of certain individuals for whom identification is difficult, if not impossible, and often begin before emergency services have responded. All individuals fully identified by the Foundation have records indicating past service in the US Military. Due to the uniformly vagrant nature of these individuals, Foundation suppression of information relating to these disappearances is not recommended unless events are directly witnessed.\nSCP-2613 initiating events have been caught on video surveillance twice, and in both instances the deceased individual displayed signs of distress unrelated to SCP-2613, followed by collapse. Several minutes passed before SCP-2613-1 arrived, followed by a reanimating of the deceased individual. In both events, the deceased individual then opened and entered the rear compartment of SCP-2613-1. It has been determined through examination and testing that individuals involved in these initiating events do not remain reanimated past this point.\nWith one exception, SCP-2613 events have been observed to follow a similar pattern:\n\nSCP-2613-1 instances collect a deceased individual.\nThe SCP-2613-1 instance will begin to travel to the nearest cemetery.\nAt an average rate of approximately 1 additional vehicle a minute, SCP-2613-2 instances will increase the size of the procession.\nUpon SCP-2613-1's arrival at the cemetery destination, SCP-2613-1 will slow to a stop.\nSCP-2613-1 and SCP-2613-2 instances will immediately vanish along with any occupants.\n\nVideo surveillance of disappearance events have yielded little information as to the mechanism of this behavior.\nSCP-2613-3 instances have proven relatively friendly and cooperative, however any successful attempt to breach the integrity of SCP-2613-2 vehicles, by either the occupants or Foundation personnel, have resulted in the immediate death and rapid dessication of SCP-2613-3 instances. This includes any attempts to open the doors, windows, and includes unorthodox methods of entry.\nConsidering the behavior of SCP-2613-3 instances, it is recommended that larger processions be excluded from testing. While SCP-2613 events invariably end without incident when allowed to proceed unmolested, larger processions experience a 'domino effect' of dessication events as SCP-2613-3 instances breach the integrity of their own vehicles in an attempt to investigate the delay.\n\n+ Show 2613-A-7 Incident Log\n\n- Hide Incident Log\n\nIncident Report-2613-A-7\n\nDuring the previous event (2613-A-6), the corpse contained in SCP-2613-1 was retained for further testing and identification. 9 days following the conclusion of the previous event, a funerary procession was found idling at the gate to Site-88. This procession contained no living SCP-2613-3 instances, and did not follow previous behavioral patterns. When the remains related to the previous test were moved to another site, the procession underwent a disappearance event similar to those previously observed.\nFollowing another delay of 9 days, the new site was subjected to a similar event. The SCP-2613 event followed an anomalous pattern of behavior, and a compromise of operational security was determined to be imminent given the gradual addition of new vehicles containing dessicated SCP-2613-3 instances.\nA decision was made to destroy the remains from the previous test in an attempt to prevent further escalation. Following this, those remains were then relocated a third time, and another disappearance event was observed. No further deviations from expected behavior followed. The corpse associated with this incident remains unidentified.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Due to the similarity of SCP-2613's effects, and the base components of its anomaly to SCP-265, it is currently theorized that the two anomalies may be distantly related, or derived from another, more centralized anomaly. Further investigations into these similarities are ongoing.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2612 | SCP-2613 | SCP-2614 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2614\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2614 is to be kept in a locked container in the personal office of Dr. Schmidt. Requests to research SCP-2614 must be forwarded to his office.\nDescription: SCP-2614 is a DVD copy of the fifth season of the television drama The Sopranos. The disc itself is moderately scratched, consistent with deterioration after heavy use. The object does not bear any marks of origin, although the word \"BOOKSHELF\" written in black marker obscures the title logo on the top face.\nWhen played, SCP-2614 is non-anomalous unless an action is performed during a scene where a character is watching the film \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. If the Play button is pressed on any working remote device, the viewer is granted control of the camera view through the device's directional pad and the center button used for forward movement. The camera is free-moving and fully maneuverable. Upon the performance of this action, it is not possible to revert to the previous non-anomalous state without ejecting the object and thoroughly cleaning with isopropyl alcohol.\nAfter assuming control of the camera, the show's setting will begin to elapse in real time. As such, characters have been observed to continue interacting after what would normally have been a scene transition. It is not possible to fast-forward or rewind. Judging by the apparent in-universe date at the outset, the user would have to wait three days and fourteen hours and navigate the camera to a strip club known to be frequented by associates of the DiMeo Family, in order to be present for the next chronological broadcast scene.\nThe POV cannot pass through solid objects. If maneuvered out of the Soprano residence, it is theoretically possible to ascend to deep space, although this is not feasible given the rate of travel.\nThe movement of this observational point is not bounded in three dimensions. Recent research has succeeded in navigating the camera to Boston, MA. It appears that the world depicted contains numerous cities populated by actual individuals. However, despite the show's realism, its own stylistic flourishes and nature as a television show \u2014 such as major characters being unusually audible in social settings \u2014 continue to be apparent. These, which might be referred to as \"meta-anomalies\", are not acknowledged by characters or \"bystanders.\"\nThe POV itself cannot manipulate the environment but is capable of entering the settings of other visual media if it is directed to move into an in-universe television or computer screen until the image occupies the entire field of view. From that point, the camera can be navigated into other screens in that setting, and so on potentially indefinitely.\nResearchers concede the impossibility of fully mapping these mimetic universes, although efforts are ongoing. Since these mediums can potentially differ radically from their parent universe - such as actors existing as their actual character portrayal - it is possible to enter alternate or unknown media.\nWhat follows is a transcript log of mimetic travel and accounts of what can be referred to as extra- or supra-canonical material.\n\n+ Preliminary Testing\n\n- Click to hide\n\nUniverse: The Sopranos\nDescription: First recorded experiment after discovery of effect. POV directed to a bookshelf in the Sopranos living room where a note written in a journal pad is clearly legible. It reads, \"Art is the emanation of Man, Man the Emanation of Nature, God the Grandfather of Art.\"\nUniverse: The Sopranos\nDescription: POV ordered to remain in place at starting point for exactly ten hours, during which Tony Soprano retires to bed and awakes at 7 AM. He subsequently becomes agitated at the lack of a brand of orange juice drink in the refrigerator. This scene is not present in the show.\nUniverse: The Sopranos\nDescription: POV is navigated out of the Sopranos residence through an open window in the second-floor bathroom. The night sky is cloudy, and does not match corresponding meteorological records of that date. POV is able to break cloud cover and move indefinitely upwards if it is so desired.\n\n+ Home Universe and Alternate Property Logs\n\n- Click to hide\n\nUniverse: The Sopranos\nDescription: POV was placed in Soprano bathroom. Character Tony Soprano observed to have sobbed in shower. This is not mentioned in the original plotline.\nUniverse: The Sopranos\nDescription: POV moved to the residence of character Christopher Moltisanti, a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 and nephew of Tony Soprano. Character is observed to go on an alcohol binge and shout profanities directed at his uncle. This is not depicted in the original broadcast.\nUniverse: The Wizard of Oz\nDescription: POV was maneuvered to the local Newark Library where a child was watching the film on a desktop computer. POV traveled east for \u2588\u2588 days before entering what appears to be an outer-space void colored pink and yellow.\nUniverse: Snow White\nDescription: POV maneuvered from Dorothy character's Kansas Home to a private showing of the Disney film in Denver. POV was subsequently directed upwards, and once having gained a sufficient altitude, descended on a continent east of the events of the film. In this continent, researchers discovered a young man in combat with a boar-like creature. It was revealed the princess' stepmother is a dark sorceress and had been manipulating the events to ensure the crown for her youngest son. As there are obviously no television sets in this setting, testing was suspended and resumed in home universe.\nUniverse: The Simpsons\nDescription: Found in home located in Soprano neighborhood. When POV is directed out of Springfield, researchers discovered characters in the style of rival show Family Guy, which has been justified in the crossover event that aired ten years after initial airing of the anomalous Sopranos episode. The programs' respective \"cartoon physics\" have been observed to cause considerable environmental and occasionally urban devastation.\nUniverse: The Jetsons\nDescription: Found in the home of former DiMeo Family boss Corrado Soprano. POV was immediately directed to descend beneath the setting's thick atmospheric cloud cover. Researchers discovered what appears to be a 1950s-era archetypal American family referred to as \"the Jacksons\" that live in a WASP suburban community inoculated from the planet's toxic atmosphere. The Jacksons family members correspond roughly to the character types in The Jetsons and The Flintstones.\nUniverse: Last Temptation of Christ\nDescription: Found playing in DiMeo Family associate Bobby Baccialeri's residence. After the final scene, after which a crucified Jesus proclaims \"It is done!\" and the screen flickers to white, the credits did not play. POV was ordered to move forward. As there was no way to gauge movement, researchers were ordered to place an object on the center button overnight. Upon their return, POV was revealed to have been stopped in front of a luminescent female figure. [DATA EXPUNGED]\nUniverse: Goodfellas\nDescription: POV ordered to inspect the cockpit of a helicopter Ray Liotta's character fears to be the federal authorities. Upon inspection, helicopter pilot revealed to be a civilian.\nUniverse: 2001: A Space Odyssey\nDescription: Researchers were able to discover a second terrestrial Monolith in the ocean supposedly linked to an Atlantis-like civilization after entering a researcher character's office and perusing all readable material.\nUniverse: 2001: A Space Odyssey\nDescription: Above experiment repeated, but POV entered the film during the infamous \"Star Child\" sequence. POV subsequently unable to move. View appeared to be moving through a vortex of visually distorted nature scenes. [DATA EXPUNGED]\nUniverse: Gladiator\nDescription: Encountered playing in the home of a character known for his love of the film. When entered, POV traveled to southern Antioch to see the earliest Christian churches. The churches themselves were considerably more elaborate and lavish than their real-world counterparts, typical of Rome's depiction in the actual film.\n\n+ Alternate Media Log\n\n- Click to hide\n\nUniverse: Trailer for the film \"Troy\" on the Sopranos television set\nDescription: Following discovery of ability of POV to enter other settings, camera is directed into a movie trailer for the film \"Troy\" during a scene in which Achilles is shouting to inspire his men. The scene continues as if POV had entered the actual film.\nUniverse: Commercial for a brand of laundry detergent\nDescription: As commercial runtime was 24 seconds, researchers observed a \"wall\" or area of white space advancing at a slow rate from the west of the commercial setting. Researchers reported conditions in the city as becoming increasingly violent and chaotic. Researchers have been advised to not enter commercial broadcasts due to distress experienced by apparent inhabitants.\nUniverse: MP3 Visualization on Windows Desktop Computer\nDescription: POV directed into computer screen playing a Windows Media music visualization. Researchers discovered a dark blue void in which it was possible to discern moving waveforms in the distance. It is believed these other waveforms consist of visualizations being played on other screens.\nUniverse: Music Video\nDescription: POV directed into computer screen playing a music video depicting artists at an extravagant beach party. Due to the video's stylistic direction, the setting appeared in eclectic colors. POV remained immobile for six hours. Researchers observed the sky turning from greenish-teal to yellow-red to a highly unusual dark shade of color called \"Stygian blue\" which appears as a luminescent dark blue.\n\n+ Nested Mimetic Log\n\n- Click to hide\n\nUniverse: Sandman\nDescription: Sandman is an exceedingly popular serial drama in the Sopranos universe. Carmela Soprano has been observed to speculate on the show's plot trajectory with friends and acquaintances, although it is never mentioned in the original program. The show follows a reformed cartel enforcer, Jamie \"Sandman\" Guiterrez, seeking to relocate his family after his incarceration and inoculate his younger brothers from drug and gang influence. When entered, during a scene in which Jamie Guiterrez's younger brother is seen purchasing methamphetamines in a dilapidated home, researchers discovered a journal pad note near the mattress bed of a heroin addict. The note read, \"THERE WAS NO GOD HERE, THOUGH I CRIED, I FOUND HIS SHADOW, AND COULD NOT DIE\". Researchers initially believed this to be diegetic and referring to the squalor of the building.\nUniverse: Caroline, Caroline\nDescription: Caroline, Caroline is a popular, long-running television show in the Sandman universe similar in convention to shows such as The Brady Bunch and I Love Lucy. Caroline is presented as a southern belle who moved to New York after marrying an oil tycoon. When entered at an establishing shot of the titular character's apartment building, the setting appeared to have been uninhabited. Researchers could find no signs of life in either the city itself or upstate New York.\nUniverse: Snakebite\nDescription: Slasher film found to be playing in abandoned suburban home in the Caroline, Caroline setting. Entered during a scene in which the killer, a mentally deranged farmer with fangs, corners the main character in a swamp. Upon entering, both characters turn to look directly at the POV and remain unresponsive from that point forward. All characters have been shown to behave in this way. POV directed out of Bayou Louisiana into a local movie theater. All persons encountering the camera followed its movement.\nUniverse: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nDescription: Romantic film found to be playing in theater during a scene set in a diner. When entered, diner's lights reverted to a deep red color. All in-universe lighting is affected. City appears uninhabited. Sky is black and devoid of stars, although a dark red glow has been observed on the horizon in all directions. [DATA EXPUNGED]\nUniverse: Static\nDescription: As all television sets in previous setting were tuned to static, researchers opted to enter a screen in a hospital waiting room. Once inside, pressing the center button would resolve the visual snow into an image, as if the POV was moving through a \"cloud\" or \"field\" of static. POV eventually appears in a brightly lit hallway (see attached file). All directional movement is restricted except for forward travel. As the POV advances, the image becomes more saturated [DATA EXPUNGED].\n\nDATA CONCURRENT WITH PATAPHYSICAL HYPERMODEL: DMRG\nALL RESEARCH PERSONNEL ARE EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN FROM REPEATING ABOVE PROCEDURE ON PAIN OF POTENTIAL TERMINATION.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2613 | SCP-2614 | SCP-2615 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2615-J\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All SCP-2615-J instances are to be contained in Standard Micro-Humanoid containment cells, which are then to be stored at Site-17. SCP-2615-J instances are to be fed thrice daily.\nDescription: SCP-2615-J is a species of sapient humanoids which measure fifteen centimeters tall on average. All SCP-2615-J instances possess wings of varying appearance, though the wings universally match the appearance of the wings of various species of Lepidoptera. SCP-2615-J instances can use these wings to achieve airborne locomotion. SCP-2615-J instances are luminescent, though the light produced generates no heat and has no clear biological or chemical basis.\nSCP-2615-J instances are capable of limited reality warping, with most of their effects only affecting natural phenomena. Phenomena effected by SCP-2615-J include weather patterns, atmospheric temperature and pressure, animal behavior, and plant growth.\nAddendum: Interview with SCP-2615-J instance #28.\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2615-J #28\nInterviewer: Dr. Tamlin\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Tamlin: #28, you are aware that several aspects of your physiology are not scientifically possible, correct? Would you care to explain how they work?\nSCP-2615-J #28: Ah, I get it. You're gonna try the old \"I don't believe in fairies\" trick to try and get rid of us. It's not gonna work, you know, we moved away from existentialism a while back.\nDr. Tamlin: I'm not sure that you understood the question. For example, you weigh, what? 35 grams? Your wings shouldn't be able to support you in flight.\nSCP-2615-J #28: It's magic.\nDr. Tamlin: The glow is another thing. There's no biological or chemical reason that you should be glowing.\nSCP-2615-J #28: Again, magic.\nDr. Tamlin: But what about-\nSCP-2615-J #28: MAGIC! IT'S ALL FREAKIN' MAGIC YOU IDIOT! WHY CAN'T YOU GET THAT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULL?! [At this point, SCP-2615-J #28's speech degrades into a set of growls, grunts, screams, expletives, and yet to be translated language.]\nDr. Tamlin: I think we're done here.\n<End Log>\n\nNote:\n\nHi, sorry about that. Odds are that you're new to the Foundation and got linked to this page as a joke. I'll go ahead and tell you now that anything and everything with a \"-J\" in the name is just an in-joke that someone made up (they tend to help boost morale). I normally wouldn't put this here, but I just got asked for the fifth time in a week what the \"larger implications of SCP-2615-J's comments\" are. There are no \"larger implications\". -Js aren't real. Move along and go read SCP-779 or something. -Researcher Walker\nP.S. I apologize if the humor wasn't readily apparent. It was originally created to get a laugh out of people who were there for the Site-17 picnic of '96. The only reason I can think of that we still have it is because some of the guys like getting a rise out of the newbies.\n\nRed sky at night\nSailor's delight.\n\nRed sky at morning\nSailors take warning.\n\nThe sun dances\nAlong the sea\n\nAnd all their love\nBleeds red.\n\nAntimemetic inoculation confirmed, please proceed."}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2616\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2616 are contained at Site-18 in a 43.2 x 22.9 x 27.9. terrarium. A diet of hummingbird feed is adequate for their nutritional needs. On a cyclical basis, deceased subjects shall be removed and examined if deemed necessary. The objects are not to be separated under current protocols, although these protocols are still under examination by the Ethics Comittee. It is not known whether separation is ultimately beneficial.\nDescription: SCP-2616 are two insects resembling Anastoechus nitidulus Bombyliidae. SCP-2616 are believed to be sapient. SCP-2616 have long memory spans, and are capable of solving advanced problems. The objects die when their offspring hatch. Offspring of SCP-2616 are identical to their originals.\nSCP-2616-A and SCP-2616-B differ slightly. SCP-2616-A behavior suggests that it retains memories from previous generations. SCP-2616-B is capable of judging human intent.\nSCP-2616-A often makes physical contact by brushing against SCP-2616-B. When separated for testing, SCP-2616-A will refuse to eat. When SCP-2616-B is returned to the containment unit SCP-2616-A will resume normal behavior.\nSCP-2616 was first discovered in the cafeteria of Site-18 on 02/16/04. A researcher, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, observed the objects consuming spilled juice on a nearby table. The researcher became suspicious of their behavior when he attempted to kill SCP-2616-B with a newspaper, at which point SCP-2616-A forcefully pushed SCP-2616-B away from the impact.\nOn the third day of testing the original SCP-2616 pair, two male Bombyliidae were introduced into the containment unit of SCP-2616. Tiger fly larvae was also placed in the chamber to encourage reproduction. SCP-2616-B was initially avoidant while SCP-2616-A mated with an introduced subject immediately. SCP-2616-A was believed to communicate with SCP-2616-B during this time with an unusual wing flapping behavior, after which SCP-2616-B mated with the introduced Bombyliidae. SCP-2616-B observed SCP-2616-A deposit its larvae and mimicked this behavior after an extended time period.\nThe original SCP-2616-A was in containment for 7 days, moderately shorter than the average lifespan for members of its species. This is believed to be due to its temporary undernourishment. The original SCP-2616-B was contained for 8 days.\nTwo female Anastoechus nitidulus hatched from the deposited larvae shortly after the original pair expired. The objects shared anomalous properties and physiology with the original pair. Testing shows SCP-2616-B does not have memory of previous manifestations, while SCP-2616-A retains these memories.\nSCP-2616-B does not emerge from the egg initially and is aided in its hatching by SCP-2616-A. Each generation of SCP-2616-B is avoidant of SCP-2616-A during its first days of life. Basic behaviors such as walking and flying are learned through observation.\nSCP-2616 is currently in its 958th generation.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2615 | SCP-2616 | SCP-2617 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2617\n\nItem #: SCP-2617\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to its fixed location, Containment Area-57 is to be established to contain SCP-2617 on-site. The perimeter around SCP-2617 is to be fenced in via chain link fence and mounted with eight surveillance cameras. Activation of SCP-2617 is prohibited. Each unique instance of SCP-2617-B is to be kept in Storage Unit 5 at Area-57.\nDescription: SCP-2617 is a 100 m tall radio tower situated in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, and is controlled by a built-in electro-mechanical computer. The computer possesses a numeric dial, intended for inputting geographic coordinates. The central processing unit for SCP-2617 is a bio-mechanical analytical engine constructed from the brain tissue of Eugene Ivanoff, a Russian exile based in Bydgoszcz, Poland who disappeared in 1928.\nWhen SCP-2617 is switched on, geographic coordinates may be inputted. If valid coordinates1 are inputted, an encrypted radio transmission is sent out and SCP-2617-(A-C) will begin manifestation in the designated site.\nSCP-2617-A refers to a collection of humanoid statues, which are constructed out of ice. All instances of SCP-2617-A are featureless, and are physically identical to one another. About 100 such instances are manifested for every minute SCP-2617 remains activated. Once manifested, they will proceed to attack all belligerents2 in the vicinity. When no belligerent is present in the vicinity, SCP-2617-A instances typically move towards the location of SCP-2617.\nSCP-2617-A instances are capable of autonomous movement, travelling at an average velocity of 1.2 km/h. They typically display high levels of coordination with one another, despite having no identifiable means of communication. They also have no difficulty in orientation, despite lacking sensory organs such as eyes and ears.\nSCP-2617-B refers to an assortment of weapons, operated by SCP-2617-A instances. They are similarly constructed out of ice, and are 1:1 scale replicas of weapons fielded by contemporary Soviet and Russian militaries. All instances of SCP-2617-A are armed with at least one instance of SCP-2617-B when manifested. The functionality of SCP-2617-B instances is comparable to respective non-anomalous counterparts, despite unknown means to propel ammunition. Below is an abridged list of SCP-2617-B instances.\n\n+ View List\n\n- For a complete list of known SCP-2617-B instances, see Document 2617-Be\n\nInstance\nDescription\nRemarks\n\nSCP-2617-B1\nResembles a Mosin-Nagant M1891.\nFirst appeared in 1941; Eastern Front\n\nSCP-2617-B2\nResembles a PPD-40 submachine gun.\nFirst appeared in 1941; Eastern Front\n\nSCP-2617-B7\nResembles a T-60 scout tank; it is operated by 2 instances of SCP-2617-A, acting as gunner and driver.\nFirst appeared in 1941; Eastern Front\n\nSCP-2617-B25\nResembles a MP 40 submachine gun.\nFirst appeared in 1942; Eastern Front. MP 40 are among captured German military equipment used by the Soviet military on the Eastern Front.\n\nSCP-2617-B32\nResembles a Cossack Shashka.\nRecovered from Leningrad, USSR3 in 1985; originally classified as AI-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, it was later reclassified due to similarities with other instances of SCP-2617-B.\n\nSCP-2617-B34\nResembles a Berdan rifle.\nRecovered from Moscow, USSR in 1987; originally classified as AI-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, it was later reclassified due to similarities with other instances of SCP-2617-B.\n\nSCP-2617-B36\nResembles a T-55 main battle tank; unlike other SCP-2617-B instances that resemble armoured vehicles, SCP-2617-B36 is capable of autonomous motion and requires no SCP-2617-A instance to operate. Notably, SCP-2617-B36 avoids direct attacks on unarmed persons.\nFirst appeared in 1993; see Test 2617-1. Due to its autonomous motion, SCP-2617-B36 was dismantled and transported outside of Russian borders to be sublimated via its own effect.\n\nSCP-2617-B46\nResembles a powered exoskeleton of unknown origin, with design elements derivative of insects. Corresponds to no known weapons currently fielded by Russian Armed Forces.\nFirst appeared in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588; see Experiment Log T-98816-OC108/682. Due to the events of termination log, information on instance is limited.\n\nSCP-2617-B51\nResembles a Fractional Orbital Bombardment Weapon. Partially constructed. Information regarding its interior unknown.\nSee Event Log 3070-\u091e-12E.\n\nFormation of SCP-2617-C at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, USSR.\n\nSCP-2617-C is a nimbus cloud formed over the designated site, precipitating ice crystals. The precipitation of ice crystals is utilised by SCP-2617-A and SCP-2617-B for regeneration, using them to repair broken portions. These ice crystals are also used as 'ammunition' for SCP-2617-B instances that possess a gun component.\nSCP-2617-A and SCP-2617-B instances that are outside SCP-2617-C are unable to regenerate, although they retain their solid phase at room temperature. When outside the borders of the Russian Federation, they will undergo sublimation.4 Incineration is also capable of terminating instances of SCP-2617-A and SCP-2617-B.\nThe Foundation was first made aware of SCP-2617 after its deployment by the USSR during the winter of 1941. Despite official denial by the Soviet leadership, evidence from the Wehrmacht and Foundation intelligence have verified the existence of SCP-2617. Below is a translated transcript from the Wehrmacht, mentioning instances of SCP-2617-A in the Eastern Front.\n\nThe enemy continues to pursue us, as though they do not need sleep. Their bodies are not of flesh, but of ice. Our bullets could not stop them. They do not negotiate. They only slaughter.\n\nBetween 1941 to 1943, there have been about \u2588\u2588 reported manifestations of SCP-2617-(A-C) within the USSR. As SCP-2617 was then under GRU-P control, containment was initially not possible. That said, intelligence was able to pinpoint the GRU-P facility wherein SCP-2617 is held.\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1992, a recovery team was dispatched to the GRU-P facility and SCP-2617 was successfully secured without incident. The facility was found to have been abandoned.\nAddendum 2617-1: Despite its discovery in 1941, historic accounts have suggested that SCP-2617 (or entities similar to SCP-2617-A) had been active since the 18th century. Below are translated excerpts from Byliny of the Tsars, a book authored by members of the Tsar's Seers.5\n\nAnd Tsar Peter commanded the Grigori to strike against the Caroleans. And the Grigori obeyed, enveloping the land and seas in ice. A mighty host of warriors was unleashed upon the Caroleans, each of them a warrior carved in ice.\n\nUpon Tsar Alexander's command, the Grigori obeyed and a mighty host of warriors descended upon the land. Under the veil of winter, the host of carved soldiers cast themselves upon the Great Army of many nations. And like the Caroleans before then, ice and death await them.\n\nAddendum 2617-2: Due to a suspected connection between SCP-2617 and the \"Grigori\" entity, Father Mikhail6 was called in for the following interview.\n\n+ View Interview Log-2617/FM-1\n\n- Hide Interview\n\nInterviewed: Father Mikhail\nInterviewer: Agent Ivan Braginsky\nForeword: Fr. Mikhail was shown Addendum 2617-1. The following interview is originally conducted in Russian.\n<Begin Log>\nAgent Braginsky: Please explain the Seers' involvement with the Grigori entity described in these excerpts.\nFr. Mikhail: To be brief, we were the ones who had found it and sealed it.\nAgent Braginsky: Sealed it?\nFr. Mikhail: To be precise, it's a pact, but we have to seal it. A being of such power would only cause unnecessary destruction in its true form, so its essence was dispersed into fragments in the sky. Through a ritual, these fragments would coalesce at our call and reform as an army of soldiers. Not as strong as it could be, but easier to control.\nAgent Braginsky: And the entity is a willing participant?\nFr. Mikhail: Of course. It wishes to regain the favour of God, and we wish for protection. It's a mutual agreement.\nAgent Braginsky: Based on the excerpts, the entity was weaponised by your organisation. Could you elaborate on them?\nFr. Mikhail: Please do not be mistaken, agent. Our pact with the Grigori is very specific. It is meant only to defend Russia against foreign invaders, nothing else.\nAgent Braginsky: Given its use in Russia's defence, who else knew about the entity's existence or its applications?\nFr. Mikhail: Like all that is written in the Chronicles, they are exclusive to our sect alone\u2026 until we've allowed your group to view its contents, of course.\nAgent Braginsky: Father, would you please take a look at these?\n[Agent Braginsky hands Fr. Mikhail a collection of photographs of SCP-2617-A recovered from field agents.]\nAgent Braginsky: These were intercepted from the Wehrmacht in the Eastern Front. We currently believe that the Grigori entity is the cause of these ambushes.\nFr. Mikhail: It certainly matches the illustrations and the context is appropriate, but unlikely. The Bolsheviks shouldn't be able to.\nAgent Braginsky: Why not?\nFr. Mikhail: Even if they knew that the Grigori exists and what it could do, they could not summon it. This ritual requires a Tsar, a Tsar they had murdered.\nAgent Braginsky: Does the late Tsar have any knowledge pertaining to this ritual or anomaly?\nFr. Mikhail: No, the Tsar is only the conduit for the ritual. He is a symbol of God's authority on Earth, and symbolism is everything to a ritual. With the Grigori disconnected from God and His Word, the Tsar as God's proxy is the best alternative. That's why a Tsar must always reign and rule.\n<End Log>\n\nAddendum 2617-3: The following message is decoded from transmissions emitted from SCP-2617.\n\n+ View Note\n\n- Hide Note\n\nI AM ALEXEI, BY GRACE OF GOD, EMPEROR AND AUTOCRAT OF ALL RUSSIA. SOMEONE HELP ME. ITS SO DARK.\n\nAddendum 2617-4: According to intelligence reports, on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1943, about \u2588,\u2588\u2588\u2588 instances of SCP-2617-A are reported to be converging towards the location of SCP-2617. A Red Army battalion has intercepted them near the village of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, USSR, and successfully terminated all known instances via incendiary weapons. Moscow blamed the resultant damage on a German-led assault on the village.\nSince \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1943, manifestations of SCP-2617-(A-C) have significantly decreased.\nAddendum 2617-9: The following message is decoded from transmissions emitted from SCP-2617 on January 7th, 1974.\n\n+ View Note\n\n- Hide Note\n\nANASTASIA, COME SIT BY THE FIRE. HALFWAY OUT OF THE DARK. IT'S SO DARK. I WILL BRING THE LIGHT. MOTHER, WHEN DOES GRANDFATHER FROST ARRIVE? I CAN'T SEE. THE SAVIOR! THE SAVIOR!\n\nAddendum 2617-15: GRU Profile on Eugene Ivanoff. Majority of the original document is rendered illegible.\n\nName: Eugene Nicolaievich Ivanoff\nNationality: Russian\n[ILLEGIBLE]\nArea of Interest: Claims to be Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich (claim debunked)\n[ILLEGIBLE]\nAddendum: Subject transferred to Division \"P\" for Project 617. Believed to be suitable candidate for conditioning.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Defined as coordinates that correspond to territories within the Russian Federation; previously the USSR until 26 December 1991.\n2. Defined as one who is part of a foreign military entity with intention to invade a Russian political entity (Russian Federation, USSR etc.).\n3. Currently Saint Petersburg, Russia\n4. Prior to 26 December 1991, sublimation occurs outside borders of the USSR.\n5. A Foundation precursor active from mid 16th century to late 19th century, its sphere of influence includes the Russian Empire, Eastern Europe and Northern Asia.\n6. A former member of the Tsar's Seers, he later served as a Level 1 consultant on Imperial Russian affairs for the Foundation.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2616 | SCP-2617 | SCP-2618 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2618\nSCP-2618-1\n\nSCP-2618, antenna retracted.\n\nItem #: SCP-2618\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures:\nSCP-2618 and replicas must be kept in locker 62 at Site-76. Personnel experimenting with SCP-2618 must be given mandatory psychological exams before and after use. If necessary, repeated users of SCP-2618 must ingest 80 mg of sertraline daily.\nDescription:\nSCP-2618 is a wand-like electronic stylus fashioned from a small radio antenna, a wrist calculator, and what appears to be a toy spaceship. SCP-2618 can be used as a translocation device, though it is sensitive and often inaccurate. Typing a number into SCP-2618's calculator determines the distance in meters from the user to a target location, while direction is determined by aiming the antenna. Other than the primary activation controls, SCP-2618 has two dials and 5 buttons of unknown utility. Interrogation suggests that SCP-2618-1 had not used these controls prior to arrival at the Foundation, and was unsure of their purpose.\nTesting has shown that repeated usage of SCP-2618 for transportation disrupts electrical signals in the nervous system, causing hypersensitivity and other neurological disorders over time. Tests have revealed electrical pulses radiating from SCP-2618 during use, most of which range from 100 mV to 3 V of electricity.\nDismantling of SCP-2618 revealed electrical components containing shards of blue pectolite. Chemical composition resembled that of pectolite obtained from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in the Dominican Republic, though no anomalies were detected. Reconstruction of SCP-2618 was successful. Constructed replicas of SCP-2618 showed no signs of anomaly.\nExperiment log SCP-2618-01:\n(note that only relevant experiments as to the nature of SCP-2618 are shown)\n\nExperiment SCP-2618-02\nSubject: D-030482-38\nProcedure: Typed '20' into SCP-2618 and hit activation button while pointing SCP-2618 across the hall.\nResult: D-030482-38 appeared approximately 20 meters along the line SCP-2618 had been aimed.\nExperiment SCP-2618-03\nSubject: D-20382\nProcedure: typed '5' then typed '=.'\nResult: Calculator screen read '5.'\nNote: SCP-2618 may still work as a calculator.\nExperiment SCP-2618-05\nSubject: D-20382\nProcedure: typed '5\u00f70='\nResult: SCP-2618 attempted to create 5 duplicates of itself, all of which emitted a high pitched screech before disintegrating. D-20382 suffered mild radiation burns and was sent to Site-76's medical facility for treatment. Shortly after recovery, D-20382 displayed signs of acute paranoia, irritability, and reacted negatively to all tactile stimuli.\nNote: The calculator appears to have a programmed method of attempting to solve any input equation. It may be good that this calculator can't be told to find the square root of a negative number.\nExperiment SCP-2618-08\nSubject: D-554-036\nProcedure: Type '10' into SCP-2618 while aiming at D-3902-45, exactly 10 meters away.\nResult: D-554-036 ignored instructions and attempted to escape using SCP-2618. D-554-036 found dead just outside Building \u2588\u2588. Cause of death determined to be blunt impact trauma. On-site witnesses claimed to have seen D-554-036 appear in the sky before falling to his death.\nExperiment SCP-2618-09\nSubject: D-555-037\nProcedure: Type '10' into SCP-2618 while aiming at D-3902-46, exactly 10 meters away.\nResult: [DATA EXPUNGED]\n\nInformation from interview 2618-1-03 has brought new insight into possible effects of power supply increases on SCP-2618.\n\nExperiment SCP-2618-10\nSubject: D-231979\nProcedure: Replace batteries in compartment with a simple single phase rectifier connected to AC power supply. Plug into outlet and repeat procedure as in Experiment 02.\nResult: Extension cord severely warped and severed. D-231979 was likewise [REDACTED] and immediately terminated.\nNote: \"If you're going to increase the device's power supply, remember, this thing is supposed to be portable. It's gonna disconnect itself if you plug it in. We weren't completely certain it would sever the cord mid-warp, but now that that's clear, I recommend that any further experiments in increasing the power supply of SCP-2618 find more portable methods. Nobody wants to clean up a mess like that again.\" -Dr.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nExperiment SCP-2618-11\nSubject: D-30291\nProcedure: Replace outlet cord with large portable power supply, repeat as with Experiment 02\nResult: D-30291, along with SCP-2618, disappeared for approximately 2.5 hours before reappearing, approximately 20 meters from where they had last been seen. D-30291 has refused to give information as to what occurred during the 153 minutes they were missing.\nExperiment SCP-2618-13\nSubject: D-30291\nProcedure: Increase voltage input to SCP-2618 to 30 V. Repeat as with Experiment 02.\nResult: D-30291, along with SCP-2618, disappeared for approximately 30 hours before SCP-2618 reappeared on-site. Several days later, D-30291 reappeared with burns, holding a duplicate of SCP-2618. D-30291 entered a vegetative state and the duplicate ignited. SCP-2618 was unable to function until D-30291 returned.\n\nItem #: SCP-2618-1\nObject Class: Euclid presumed Neutralized\nSpecial Containment Procedures:\n\nArchived Containment Procedures as of Incident 2618-07\n\nClose Archive\n\nSCP-2618-1 is to be contained at Site-17 in a standard humanoid cell with 24/7 video surveillance. SCP-2618-1 is not allowed access to SCP-2618 under any circumstance except under testing conditions. A log is to be kept of all noteworthy interactions between SCP-2618-1 and personnel.\nPersonnel in proximity to SCP-2618-1 must not carry loose items, especially access cards, as several items have been reported missing after close-contact with SCP-2618-1. Routine bi-weekly sweeps of SCP-2618-1's cell and belongings are to be conducted to locate any communication devices or lost property it may have in its possessions.\n\nDescription: SCP-2618-1 is a young adult female with long, dark-brown hair, appearing to be of Mediterranean descent. It is suspected to suffer from several acute anxiety disorders, particularly hypersensitivity. SCP-2618-1 is believed to have created SCP-2618, though it has not confirmed this. Foundation personnel have described SCP-2618-1 as extroverted and easily distracted when not in a state of mental or emotional distress.\nSCP-2618-1 was apprehended on the premises of Site-\u2588\u2588 for unauthorized entry, and was sent to Site-17 for containment after attempting to use SCP-2618 to flee from Site-\u2588\u2588 security personnel. Interrogation revealed SCP-2618-1 had limited knowledge of the Foundation and its activities. SCP-2618-1 claimed to originate from a parallel universe and claimed to have appeared at Site-\u2588\u2588 due to an error in transdimensional travel calculations. It handed SCP-2618 over to staff, though it asked for them to return it as soon as they were \"done with it.\"\nIt has asked staff if they have fixed [SCP-2618] on several occasions, implying that it may believe researchers to be repairing it as opposed to studying it. However, SCP-2618 does not appear to be damaged. SCP-2618-1 has not stated any other use of SCP-2618 besides its teleportation function.\nAddendum 1\n\nExcerpt from Interview Log SCP-2618-1-02\n\nclose report\n\nDr. Eddleston: \"Could you describe to me the series of events leading up to your appearance at Site-\u2588\u2588?\"\nSCP-2618-1: \"You people know about the multiverse, right?\"\nDr. Eddleston: \"We have a department that studies that, yes.\"\nSCP-2618-1: \"I'm from there. Well, not from there, but not from here\u2026. I think what I'm trying to say is that I'm from a different universe than this place.\"\nDr. Eddleston: \"And how is this universe you're from different than ours? Or is it difficult to say?\"\nSCP-2618-1: \"I, well, I've been to a lot of places. Where I'm from, unusual things aren't usually kept secret I guess? There's some other things too\u2026but, like, mostly that.\"\nDr. Eddleston: \"How does the public handle information on these anomalies?\"\nSCP-2618-1: \"Eh, they usually don't believe them, and the dangerous ones are usually destroyed. One of my friends from another universe warped in front of this crowd and started ranting. People where I'm from don't really get the whole multiverse concept, so it freaked the hell out of them. Some local companies shrugged it off as a publicity stunt, and almost everyone's forgotten it even happened.\"\nDr. Eddleston: \"In other words, the majority of the public believes these anomalies to be hoaxes?\"\nSCP-2618-1: \"Pretty much, yeah.\"\nDr. Eddleston: \"If most people in your universe are unaware that other universes are accessible, how did you come by interdimensional methods of transport?\"\nSCP-2618-1: \"That's a long story. Kinda multiple stories, too\u2026\"\nDr. Eddleston: \"If you don't mind, could you please share this information with us?\"\nSCP-2618-1: \"It's complicated\u2026but, like, multiverse stuff always is. I wouldn't know where to start exactly, but basically some people from other universes decided they needed me to do something for them. Still not completely sure why me, but it had to be someone, I guess. They kept trying to contact me, but in weird ways that didn't make any sense. Then one of them decided to just take me to his universe to get this thing done already. Then like, a bunch of other stuff happened and I sorta fucked up some timelines accidentally and made some friends in some other universes. Now I'm part of this research group that studies the multiverse, and someone thought it would be good for me to go learn about this place here.\nDr. Eddleston: \"By here, do you mean the SCP Foundation?\"\nSCP-2618-1: \"Well, I guess, yeah. Some other stuff in this universe too. But I wanted to learn about you guys first. See, me and others I work with do a lot of universe-hopping. Like, we'll go scout out, sometimes experiment with, universes to study them.\"\nDr. Eddleston: \"And the universe we are in right now is one of the universes you are currently researching? What makes this universe unique compared to others you have studied?\"\nSCP-2618-1: \"Well, I haven't been here very long, and most of the time I've spent here is in this nicely furnished box. I could probably say how it's different if I got some more information from you guys. We could like, talk about our universes and stuff in detail. I can tell you about the group I work for, and you guys can tell me about these Ess-See-Pee thingies you guys do stuff with.\"\nDr. Eddleston: \"I'm afraid much of our work is confidential. We may be able to work out some sort of arrangement, but I'm afraid we cannot give you information on much of what we do here.\"\nSCP-2618-1: \"Oh, you guys have one of those confidentiality agreement things? I had lots of jobs with that. I took some really cool pictures of some of the creatures I worked with and people online thought they were super cute! And you wouldn't believe what I did with [REDACTED]!\"\n\nIn order to receive important information from SCP-2618-1, several false documents have been prepared for exchange of information. Regardless of intent, SCP-2618-1 does not appear to have a firm grasp on the concept of confidentiality, thus it is imperative that information shared with SCP-2618-1 is inaccurate. New forms of informational exchange may be proposed by researchers working with SCP-2618-1, provided it does not involve any danger to informational security or threat of containment breach.\n\nExcerpt from Interview Log SCP-2618-1-03\n\nclose report\n\nDr. Eddleston: \"May we talk about your teleportation device? If you can, how it works?\"\nSCP-2618-1: \"The stylus? Well, I'm pretty sure it has to do with the little larimar pieces.\"\nDr. Eddleston: \"The pectolite shards?\"\nSCP-2618-1: \"Yeah, each one's from a different universe, so with an electric current, they become unstable and attempt to return to their universe of origin. With enough of them arranged correctly, they can create small, wormholeish things. Well, not really like wormholes I guess, not gravity. I think people call them gopherholes, since you can go wherever, like\u2026.a gopher I guess. Some devices can make all sorts of warp openings, but the one I have only works in straight lines.\"\nDr. Eddleston: \"And this is the device you used to enter Site-\u2588\u2588, correct?\nSCP-2618-1: \"Yeah.\"\nDr. Eddleston: \"Is it capable of transporting a user into an alternate universe, or did you use other technology to get to the universe we are in now?\"\nSCP-2618-1: \"If it had enough power it probably could, but I used something else. There's some better stuff at home that can do that. Now that I think about it, I probably should've waited till I got one of the better ones fixed. Probably wouldn't be stuck here\u2026not that it's, like bad here, but it's, well, kinda boring spending all this time in this cell\u2026\"\n\nAddendum 2:\n\nIncident Report SCP-2618-1-02 06/7/20\u2588\u2588\n\nclose report\n\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a security guard tasked with delivering food to SCP-2618-1's cell, finds SCP-2618-1 hyperventilating in the corner of the room. After determining the situation to be non-threatening, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 attempts to converse with SCP-2618-1\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Are you alright?\"\nSCP-2618-1: \"Er, yes. Sorry, I don't like being bored.\"\nSCP-2618-1 appeared to have raised blemishes on upper arms and calves, some of which were bleeding slightly.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Are you hurt?\"\n\nSCP-2618-1: \"What? No, I, well, they were ingrown! I can't go around with hairs hiding under the skin like that!\"\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Miss, do you know what dermatillomania is?\"\n\nSCP-2618-1: \"I\u2026yes. I probably need bandages\u2026 and something to do.\"\nSCP-2618-1 emits a distressed sound and curls up onto the containment chamber bed. It begins to emit intermittent hissing noises.\nSCP-2618-1 \"A WASTE! [indistinguishable] Bored. Bored. Skin. Feeling. Need feeling. Stay in self. Need to go. Get bandage. Something interesting. \u2026interesting bandage?\"\nSCP-2618-1 suddenly becomes lucid and turns to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nSCP-2618-1: \"Sorry. Could I get a bandage? Maybe some meds or something too? [Indistinguishable] \"I'm not feeling too good. Like, brain sick. Could you get like some paper or something I can doodle on too? It's incredibly boring in here.\"\n\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 reported incident to Dr. Eddleston. Investigation into the nature of the 'meds' mentioned by SCP-2618-1 revealed information on an antidepressant similar in chemical structure and effect to sertraline. SCP-2618-1 claimed the drug to be an effective suppressant of the symptoms of what it referred to as \"warp-fever.\"\n\n\"SCP-2618-1 has continued to show signs of emotional deterioration even under medical treatment. Researchers and security personnel have reported that SCP-2618-1 has been talking to herself. I will be looking into this personally, as it may be possible that this isn't simply a neurological symptom. If it turns out she's communicating with someone, we're going to have some issues.\"-Dr. Eddleston\nTranscript of Audio feed, dated 06/1\u2588/20\u2588\u2588:\n\nSCP-2618-1: Listen, I don't know what you people are up to, but this is a crisis. [pause] Why? Why are you too busy to deal with this? [pause] Why do you think things are more chaotic when [indistinguishable]? [pause] I don't care if there're issues, get me over there. Preferably, I don't know, now? [pause] \u2026. can't do that. The people here'll have issues with that. [pause] A minute? and how long'll it take to make? [pause] [indistinguishable] [pause] Do it. Give your guys a break and reset it. I don't want to stay here longer. [pause] You have like, maybe a couple millisecs. [pause] I don't know, 24 fps maybe, hopefully not much more. [pause] [indistinguishable].\n\nAudio recordings have given reason to suspect communication between SCP-2618-1 and other parties, instigating several searches of SCP-2618-1's cell for communication devices. No devices have been uncovered, though several missing items from researchers were found, primarily writing implements and jewelry. SCP-2618-1 claimed to be unaware that the missing items were in its possession.\n\nSecurity footage 06/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588 \u2588:\u2588\u2588 am:\nSCP-2618-1 appeared to be in a positive emotional state, and appeared to be relatively stable.\nSCP-2618-1 reacts to an unidentified stimulus, presumed auditory. It transcribes a note onto a sheet of paper, then stands and walks to the center of the cell. It stands still for approximately 2 minutes before suddenly collapsing.\n\nIncident SCP-2618-07, dated 06/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588:\nA nearby security guard was alerted of SCP-2618-1's collapse and sent to investigate, finding SCP-2618-1's body on the cell floor. No life signs were detected, and initial inspection suggested a negative response to medication or a result of \"warp-fever.\" Autopsy found no evident cause of death, though it found evidence of unrelated non-threatening diseases.1\nThe following message, written on a scrap of paper, was found on the floor of SCP-2618-1's cell. A copy has been sent to the cryptology department for analysis:\n\n#\u03df0+93K<\n\nAnalysis of security footage revealed several anomalies which suggested the footage may have been edited live. Calculations suggested the recording was missing several frames, three of which were around the point SCP-2618-1 began to fall. Though this difference was undetectable to the naked eye, slowed playback revealed a semi-transparent image of SCP-2618-1 directly prior to collapse and jagged movement in the 4 following frames.\nAs of Incident 2618-07, Site-17 personnel must report any suspected sighting of SCP-2618-1 in the possibility that SCP-2618-1 is not deceased.\n\nFootnotes\n1. \"We couldn't find signs of an underlying neurological problem, and what we've found implies that the brain just decided to quit. Everything looks relatively healthy.\" -Dr. R. Mallec\n\n\u00ab SCP-2617 | SCP-2618 | SCP-2619 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2619-1, prior to containment\n\nItem #: SCP-2619\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Instances of SCP-2619 are to be kept in a standard, double-doored aviary at Site-23. SCP-2619 instances must be fed an insect diet consistent with that of members of the species Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird).\nPersonnel are to be screened prior to working with SCP-2619 in the event of SCP-1028 preference.\nDescription: SCP-2619 is a subspecies of epigenetically anomalous mockingbirds. Instances of SCP-2619 may appear as any species in the taxonomic class aves, though they most often manifest as species of passerine. Despite their appearance, instances of SCP-2619 (with the exception of SCP-2619-1), are genetically mockingbirds. It is unknown how or when their appearance shifts to that of another species, but breeding experiments with SCP-2619 instances suggest the change occurs before fledging, and is often permanent.1\nSCP-2619-1, unlike other instances of SCP-2619, appears to have the ability to transform into many different bird species, provided there is a human in its effective range.\nOutside of its range of effect, determined to be approximately 16 meters in diameter, SCP-2619-1 is a male Northern Mockingbird without any anomalous traits. When a human steps inside SCP-2619-1's affected range, SCP-2619-1 will convert itself into a different species of bird, usually one of personal preference to the human in SCP-2619's range. If the subject has ornithophobia or a general aversion to all avians, SCP-2619-1 will instead turn into the subject's least preferred species of bird and become hostile, engaging in territorial behaviors similar to those of mockingbirds, regardless of its present form.\nIf multiple human subjects enter SCP-2619-1's effective range simultaneously, SCP-2619-1 will convert to a species of preference to the closest subject. All other subjects will perceive the same bird. If subjects are an equal distance from SCP-2619-1, however, SCP-2619-1 may appear differently to all subjects present. Photographic and video evidence of SCP-2619-1 will always depict a mockingbird, regardless of subjects in the affected range\nDNA samples taken from SCP-2619-1 reveal that SCP-2619-1's changes in appearance are full genetic changes, with DNA tests matching SCP-2619-1's present species each trial. If a subject's species of preference is extinct, SCP-2619-1 will still transform, making it possible to obtain DNA samples otherwise unavailable.2\nSCP-2619-1 was discovered in the city of \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, CA after a fight broke out amongst a group of birders over the identification of an individual bird. A distressed birder called police regarding a cassowary on top of a telephone pole, thus alerting Agent Danner, who had been undercover in the \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Police Department to track possible instances of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nA small group of Lambda-4 MTF agents were called to the scene, where they successfully tracked and captured SCP-2619-1. The police initially dispatched to the scene and the group of birders were all given class B amnestics, and several distraught birders were sent to the hospital under the guise of treatment for acute sunstroke.\nFurther investigation of the area revealed several birds with anomalous DNA. A black phoebe, Sayornis nigricans, a ruby-crowned kinglet, Regulus calendula, and several acorn woodpeckers, Melanerpes formicivorus, were found to have pure mockingbird DNA in 75% of all cells, suggesting the birds were a form of genetic chimera. All birds were designated as instances of SCP-2619 and taken into Foundation custody.\nDue to the unknown prevalence of SCP-2619 instances, several Lambda-4 agents have been tasked with continued investigation of suspected populations of SCP-2619 so that more can be obtained if detected.\nA standard tracking tag on SCP-2619-1's right leg had the following message engraved in fine print:\n\"NoMo3 EX5 Property of Operation Lazarus4\"\nNo other instances of SCP-2619 were found with tracking tags, with the exception of SCP-2619-6, an acorn woodpecker. Investigation revealed the woodpecker's tag belonged to a nearby research station, though interrogation suggested that the naturalists who had tagged SCP-2619-6 were unaware of its anomalous properties.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Studies suggest SCP-2619's anomalous traits may have evolved from an advanced form of nest parasitism, wherein offspring would appear as the same species as host parents, improving chances of survival and spread of true parent DNA.\n2. A researcher working with SCP-2619 suggested that extracting DNA from SCP-2619-1 while it is morphed into a member of an endangered or extinct species could be used as a tool in conservation efforts, as well as revival of lost species, via cloning and artificial insemination. Research requests into this possible utility have been rejected.\n3. Ornithology alpha code for \"Northern Mockingbird\"\n4. Considering SCP-2619-1's genetic properties, Lazarus may be a reference to the phenomena known as a 'Lazarus Taxon,' where a previously extinct species reappears with live members.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2618 | SCP-2619 | SCP-2620 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2620\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The current Project Director will maintain ownership of SCP-2620's blog on WordPress. As only SCP-2620 is able to create and delete posts on the blog, Foundation intervention is currently restricted to monitoring of posts and automatic post filtering of any sensitive information as needed. Should filters be unsuccessful in containing a Class-B or higher Information Breach, deletion of the blog and neutralization of SCP-2620 is authorized.\nSCP-2620 is to be kept in a containment locker in Site-19. Any requests for testing are to be submitted to a Level Three researcher, and are considered low-priority.\nDescription: SCP-2620 is a top-load washing machine with dimensions of 0.7m x 0.7m x 1.1m. The front panel features a touch screen with a menu displaying four different sections: Custom, Templates, Reviews, and Settings, as well as a Start Wash button. Custom lets a subject customize different options for washing a load, as well as an option to save their settings. Templates displays different saved options to use, as well as a \"default\" template. Settings allows a subject to customize the date, time, language, font, and \"Sentience\", although all options are unable to be modified.\nWhen any number of items are loaded into SCP-2620, the lid is closed and Start Wash is pressed, it will activate and begin to make noises typical of washers, such as water rushing in and the load being thrown around. The lid cannot be opened during the process, and the insides are unable to be examined by any means. When the process is finished, the lid can be opened and all objects placed inside, save for ones SCP-2620 deems \"inedible\", will have disappeared.\nAfter an indeterminate length of time1, a notification will appear, highlighting the Reviews section. Accessing Reviews will display a blog post reviewing any objects disappeared from the load as if consumed by SCP-2620, as well as a picture of said contents. Underneath the review, a link to where the blog can be found is displayed.\nAddendum 2620-B: Below is a selection of experiments carried out to test SCP-2620's properties, conducted by researchers Jeffery Ash and Brian Davis. Experiments include detergent and water except where noted. All reviews are excerpts only; full reviews may be provided upon request as needed.\n\nExperiment #1:\nDate: 04/14/14\nContents: One handwoven green cotton scarf, two brand-name pairs of knee-high white socks.\nReview: \"\u2026Make no mistake, however; it was incredibly negligent. The chefs clearly do not think highly of me. It's one thing to prepare a cared-for appetizer and bring it out on its own. It's even another to serve something obviously store-bought under the guise of an 'entr\u00e9e'. But to combine the two and attempt to pass it off as a 'meal'? Does this new establishment lack finesse? I fear if it can't even separate the poor from the passable, what good can it do to continue operating?\"\n\nExperiment #13:\nDate: 04/19/14\nContents: Multi-colored wool sweater, one pair of hand-woven cotton socks, water + shockproof video camera to record washing cycle and track its location. Recording started before being placed inside SCP-2620.\nReview: \"\u2026This is not a meal I enjoyed all that much. For what it is worth, it was prepared and cooked adequately, certainly more than I can say for previous attempts. The use of colors to differentiate the dish did increase the value, and the diversity is certainly something to praise this time around\u2026\"\n\"However, by the end of the meal, I was given some hideous and disgusting foreign object. As food no less! I immediately sent it back to kitchen, as I do not want to eat something so revolting. If this experience keeps up, I will refuse to eat here any further\u2026\"\nNotes: The camera was found upon opening SCP-2620's lid. Though only minor scratches were inflicted, the camera was unable to turn on. Video recorded on the memory card cuts out the moment SCP-2620 starts the washing cycle.\n\nExperiment #21:\nDate: 04/23/14\nContents: Leather jacket, a hand-written note saying \"Hello? Can you understand this?\".\nReview: \"\u2026The texture itself was nothing special. However, the presentation was slick enough to make it worth consuming. Surely, it had cost enough that this place must be suffering in its profit margins. Every business has to start somewhere, though. It's obvious enough that the cooks are willing to improve. What you see is what you get, however, which made this a disappointment. There are no surprises to be had, and while I would rather take a bland meal than a nasty surprise\u2026\"\n\"Of importance; I was passed a note stating 'Hello? Can you understand this?'. Why yes, I am perfectly able to understand this. Obviously, I would not be as capable of a food critic as I am if I weren't able to speak and understand words. Please do not insult my intelligence like this.\"\nNotes: Due to the public nature of SCP-2620's blog, and its ability to respond to notes given to it, further testing along these lines is forbidden.\n\nExperiment #42:\nDate: 05/28/14\nContents: One ripe red tomato, three leaves of romaine. No detergent or water.\nReview: \"Imagine, for a moment, your server coming over to take your order. With him are two chefs who have been cooking your meals for you. Imagine placing your order, then being spat in the face by all three of them.\n\"That is what I experienced. Utterly disgusting.\"\n\nAddendum 2620-C: On 10/05/14, four months after testing of SCP-2620 was discontinued, SCP-2620's blog updated with three posts, spaced out over the following eight days. Records and video recordings show that no items had been placed in SCP-2620 since testing stopped.\n\nIt's particularly strange. This is the longest I have gone without eating, yet I don't feel hungry. Certainly, I would not mind another meal, even if it was subpar, but\u2026 Gathering the words to speak outside of a critical context is a unique experience. Have I been put aside, for now?\n\nWill it even be required for me to continue blogging? Perhaps I have contributed all I needed to contribute to the food world. And oh, how I've set the food world on fire! My reviews have inspired many a chef, many an establishment to continue growing and preparing nothing but the best. Are there more goals for me to set out and conquer? Hmm.\n\nI have decided! The best way for me to continue reaching out to those diligently following my ramblings with food and food culture is to talk about my experiences, and my inspirations! There is an avenue for that, is there not? And as long as I find an avenue, I shall continue on. For now, I put aside my passion for food. There is no time to waste, however. Follow me into the future, friends, fans, and family alike! Let us explore new places and tastes together.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Time varies depending on size and content of load. The shortest time was five minutes, while the longest was 2 hours and 43 minutes.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2619 | SCP-2620 | SCP-2621 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Knocking On Heaven's Door\n\nImage source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ruins_of_the_Chaldean_Catholic_cathedral_on_the_citadel_in_Kirkuk,_disputed_between_Kurdistan_Region_and_Iraq_01.jpg\nSome texts on this page were adapted from real life babylonian works found here: http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/cams/selbi/corpus\nThe works themselves are obviously public domain and the translations are CC 3.0 SA unported.\nAlso, thanks to Hippo and ARD for helping me refine the idea quite a bit.\nMama put my guns in the ground\nI can't shoot them anymore\nThat cold black cloud is comin' down\nFeels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nby Doctor Cimmerian\n\nImage of SCP-2621 entrance used during Operation 2621-1 by MTF Epsilon-3's combat trained archeologists.\n\nItem #: SCP-2621\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Foundation forces are to maintain a flight restricted zone above SCP-2621. This restriction is to be enforced on all non-Foundation aircraft. A fenced perimeter of 2 kilometers is to be maintained at all times surrounding SCP-2621.\nFoundation survey, excavation, and exploration of SCP-2621 must be approved by the 2621 project director, the Ethics Committee and the current O5 supervisory member for the 2621 Project.\nSatellite and ground based surveillance is to be carried out regularly on the site and any changes in the behaviors of SCP-2621-1 instances are to be reported to the 2621 project director. High level surveillance of SCP-2621 is to be carried out daily for a period of 6 months following the conclusion of Operation 2621-1 and any future operations.\nDescription: SCP-2621 is a collection of ruins approximately 16 kilometers south of the city of Hillah, Iraq. Physical approach of closer than 1.3 kilometers to SCP-2621 is difficult due to the presence of several entities (identified hereafter as SCP-2621-1 instances) around the ruin's perimeter. These instances attempt to prevent outside access to SCP-2621. SCP-2621-1 vary in appearance but most are exceptionally tall, winged, and white clothed humanoids carrying swords.\nWhile the majority of SCP-2621 is only accessible via an underground cavern, several ruined buildings still stand above ground. SCP-2621-1 instances use several of these ruined structures as access points for the underground caverns.\nSCP-2621 is believed to have been inhabited during a period of time lasting between 2440-2291 BCE. Satellite photography and limited spectrographic analysis indicates that anachronistic materials and methods were used in their construction. Several of these buildings utilized reinforced concrete, a technology that did not see wide use until the mid 1800s.\nWhat danger, if any, the central anomaly may represent is currently unknown. As the SCP-2621-1 instances will use lethal force to protect SCP-2621, exploration without military accompaniment is not advised.\n\n+ Level 3 Access Required\n\n- Hide Operation 2621-1 Report\n\nOperation 2621-1\nOn August 19th 2016, an archeological expedition to determine the true nature of SCP-2621 was approved by relevant project staff, the Ethics Committee, and the supervisory member of the O5 council for the 2621 project.\nSeveral MTFs were assembled for this purpose, including MTF Epsilon-3 (\"The Joneses\"), MTF Nu-7 (\"Hammer Down\"), and MTF Tau-5 (\"Samsara\"). Utilizing satellite imaging of SCP-2621 and behavioral data relating to SCP-2621-1 instances, a plan to acquire information was approved. The joint over-watch commander for this operation was designated as Agent Bradley.\nIt was determined that Tau-5 would provide a direct physical distraction for the SCP-2621-1 instances while Nu-7 would use its aerial assets to assist in rapid insertion and extraction of Epsilon-3's combat trained archeologists. All three teams were used during the planning phase and given over-watch responsibilities alongside the remaining 2621 staff during the operation.\nThe following is an event log detailing this operation.\n<13:12:39> Agent Bradley orders ground elements of Tau-5 cross the 1.3 kilometer exclusion zone from the south of SCP-2621 in two motorized troop transports. SCP-2621-1 instances posted around the surface of SCP-2621 take to the air and move rapidly to intercept the transports.\n<13:14:01> Eight SCP-2621-1 instances approach the troop transports. The transports stop and 16 members of Tau-5 exit the vehicles.\n<13:14:15> First contact with SCP-2621-1 instances. All -1 instances draw their swords which ignite immediately in flames. Tau-5 engage the -1 instances.\n<13:14:17> Nu-7 begins a rapid northern approach of SCP-2621 with elements of their helicopter squadron. Nu-7 crosses into the exclusion zone without a response from SCP-2621-1 instances.\n<13:14:29> Tau-5 has killed or subdued all 8 attacking -1 instances. 18 more -1 instances emerge from below SCP-2621 and begin moving rapidly towards Tau-5.\n<13:14:58> Nu-7 approaches within 300 meters of SCP-2621 and encounters a previously unidentified hovering entity. This entity appears as a disembodied head at the center of two flaming, nested, and perpendicular wheels. The outside of both wheels are covered with golden eyes which begin to fire several beams at Nu-7. After a second and a half delay, Agent Bradley gives orders to fire AGM-114 Hellfire missiles at this entity. All missiles strike the target which breaks into pieces and falls to the ground. Nu-7 continues to approach SCP-2621.\n<13:16:23> Tau-5 encounters the 18 approaching instances of SCP-2621-1. These instances attempt to keep range on Tau-5 and send streams of flame through their swords at Tau-5. These attacks are remarkably inaccurate and the -1 instances are either incapacitated or killed over a period of 47 seconds.\n<13:17:18> Despite a clear weather forecast, the sky begins to darken as Nu-7 arrives above SCP-2621. A team of 12 Epsilon-3 members rappel into the ruins. While -1 instances are present underground, Epsilon-3 meet little hostile resistance. These instances are not armed. Members of Epsilon-3 begin taking samples and collecting data.\n<13:22:40> Agent Bradley informs Tau-5 of an approaching object. This object appears as a large flaming cross that splits the clouds as it falls to earth. The object embeds itself in the ground approximately 20 meters from Tau-5 and several dozen SCP-2621-1 instances emerge from the object's glowing sides to engage Tau-5.\n<13:24:54> Nu-7's helicopter squadrons begin to be buffeted by wind and rain. The sudden weather phenomena are well within the equipment's tolerance.\n<13:46:39> Tau-5 has encountered 338 SCP-2621-1 instances at this point, though the initial flow of instances has slowed considerably. Tau-5 sets up a perimeter around the glowing cross and begins to pick off instances as they exit.\n<13:48:33> Epsilon-3's survey and collection window as defined by the engagement plan is concluded. Epsilon-3 returns to the helicopter squadron.\n<13:49:09> Tau-5 has cleared the engagement zone of all SCP-2621-1 instances, with a current tally of 484 instances killed or incapacitated. The MTF has suffered several minor injuries during the engagement but remains at full strength. Agent Bradley orders Nu-7 to Tau-5's location to assist in their withdrawal from the field of operation.\n<13:50:51> Nu-7 moves south and provides close air support during Tau-5's withdrawal from the battlefield. 17 new instances of SCP-2621-1 emerge and are eliminated during this time. The task force general staff conclude that the cross must be destroyed to ensure a safe withdrawal.\n<13:52:30> Tau-5 fires several shoulder mounted rocket launchers while Nu-7 fires a number of Hellfire missiles at the object. Some pass through the center of the object while others impact the ground surrounding it. The object shatters into shards and collapses.\n<13:54:47> Tau-5 boards their troop transports and leave the area, followed by Nu-7's helicopter squadron.\n<14:00:12> Several SCP-2621-1 instances slowly exit SCP-2621 with their hands above their heads. After several minutes they begin the process of recovering the injured SCP-2621-1 instances along with the corpses. None are armed.\n\n+ Level 4 Access Required\n\n- Hide Evaluation Interview\n\nIn the months following this operation several members of the joint task force suffered psychological issues relating to their experiences during the operation. Initial suspicion of long-term memetic or psionic effects were ruled out through testing. Regardless, several members of the team required a full course of amnestics in order to return to operating capacity. Agent Bradley was interviewed by 2621 project director Dr. Mart\u00ednez following these events. Relevant excerpts of that interview are below.\nDr. Mart\u00ednez: Why do you think some of your team is having so much trouble with the operation?\nAgent Bradley: That's hard for me to guess. Ramirez was raised Catholic and he was definitely hit the hardest.\nDr. Mart\u00ednez: His profile lists him as an atheist.\nAgent Bradley: Yeah. All of us were, for some pretty obvious reasons. Much as I'd like to think that it's a binary thing there are levels to that shit.\nDr. Mart\u00ednez: So it's about their faith?\nAgent Bradley: I mean, it's one thing to believe that there is no god, it's another entirely to mow down his avenging army like they're made of cardboard.\nDr. Mart\u00ednez: What about you?\nAgent Bradley: Even if we hadn't killed 500 of those things out in the desert, I think that collapsed tower at the center is a pretty good sign that some of the Bible might be true.\nDr. Mart\u00ednez: And that doesn't bother you?\nAgent Bradley: The Bible paints God as a petty and vindictive son of a bitch. But He's gotta follow rules like every other anomaly I ever heard of, and we saw some of those rules on the battlefield.\nDr. Mart\u00ednez: So you're not having the same kind of crisis of faith?\nAgent Bradley: No. I'm right where I was before this whole business started. If God exists, it can't shoot worth a damn and I've got close air support.\n\n+ Show Artifact Listing\n\n- Hide Artifact Listing\n\nRecovered artifacts are currently being evaluated by Foundation staff. A limited number of processed artifacts along with their descriptions are listed below. All members of the 2621 project along with relevant members of Epsilon-3 are currently cleared to examine the listed artifacts under supervision from the 2621 project director.\n\nItem 0009:\nDescription: A stone inscription removed from a ruined house.\nPartially Translated Text: Anu-uballi\u1e6d, whose second name is Kephalon, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi of Uruk:\nFor the sake of the life of Nimrod, king of the lands, my lord, I widened its ancient foundations and I applied concrete to them.\nI built and I completed the interior.\nI brought cedars from Mahdaru, the strong mountain, and I roofed (with) them.\nI installed strong cedar doors at the gates of their cellas.\n\nItem 0011:\nDescription: A collection of extispicy1 texts.\nPertinent excerpts from the collection:\n\nThe king will bring the property of the temples into the tower and they will be exposed to the sun.\nThe man's father will die.\nThe god Marduk will thunder in the land.\nIf the top of the Station is pierced right through: the en-priestess will repeatedly steal sacred property. They shall seize her and burn her.\nThe farmer will kill his brother.\nThe messengers of the gods will breach the city walls.\nThe peoples of Babylon will be scattered before the winds.\nThe god Marduk will thunder and devour the land beneath. The tower will be lost.\n\nItem 0012:\nDescription: A royal inscription on a stone tablet removed from the central building of SCP-2621.\nExcerpt of translated text: Nimrod, great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Babylon, king of the lands, provider for Erech, Akkad and Calneh of the Sinai, foremost heir of king Cush, the Sumerian, king of Babylon, am I.\nMarduk, wisest of the gods, the proud one, who is worthy of praise, look favorably (upon me).\nAt your supreme command, whose command is unalterable, may the downfall of the land of my foe, the achievement of my successes, triumphant victory over my enemies, a just rule, a prosperous reign, years of happiness and the full enjoyment of great old age, be a gift for the son of Cush, King Nimrod, forever.\nMay I build a tower to reach to the sun; may I create the bridge between earth and heaven. May I break your exalted tablet which preserves the boundary of heaven and earth.\nUpon this purpose may my days be long, my years many; may my throne be secure, and my reign lengthy.\n\nItem 0013:\nDescription: A building inscription from a tablet removed from the same building as Item 0012.\nSummary of translated text: The text describes a building \"24 kush\" (Around 8 meters) wide and \"7 nindan\" (Around 39.8 meters) tall. In comparison, the tallest building today is 828 meters tall.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Divinations based on the entrails of sacrificed animals\n\n\u00ab SCP-2620 | SCP-2621 | SCP-2622 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2622\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2622 is to be kept in a standard humanoid containment chamber furnished with a bed, a dresser of clothes, and a writing desk. Paper and pencil are to be supplied to SCP-2622 upon request. SCP-2622 is to be provided with 300 grams of Dietary Supplement 2622-Alpha, consisting of 25 parts protein paste to 75 parts soil, three times daily. SCP-2622's chamber is to remain in near-complete darkness unless research access to its cell is desired, in which case the lights may be raised to allow low visibility.\nSCP-2622 is generally cooperative with Foundation personnel, and is not considered a major containment breach risk. Any personnel with Level 2 or higher security clearance are permitted to enter SCP-2622's containment chamber, with no special clearance required.\nThe personal effects in SCP-2622's possession upon initial containment are to be contained in a locker in Non-Anomalous Item Storage. Requests by SCP-2622 for these items to be returned are to be summarily denied.\nDescription: SCP-2622 is a roughly humanoid creature approximately 1.80 meters tall and weighing approximately 85 kilograms. Subject is male and of unknown age, but is believed to be in the middle adulthood range due to several physiological indicators, such as greying hair and early-onset rheumatoid arthritis in the hands.\nSCP-2622 is a member of an unknown sapient species seemingly adapted for subterranean living. Subject's eyes are approximately fifteen centimeters in diameter and are protected by transparent nictitating membranes, lacking more traditional eyelids. Subject is extremely sensitive to light, experiencing extreme ocular pain in brighter than dim lighting conditions. In addition, SCP-2622's nose occupies the entire front of the skull and is ringed with twenty-two fleshy appendages. Said appendages are partially prehensile and highly sensitive to touch, as well as audio frequencies, electrical currents, and vibrations within solid substances. SCP-2622's hands are covered in light grey scales, limiting their touch sensitivity, and its fingers are limited in motion and tipped with 5-centimeter-long claws; as a result, SCP-2622 examines objects primarily via smell and nasal touch. The rest of the subject's body is covered in fur, primarily dark grey-black in color with aging-induced pigmentation loss on the head, upper back, and shoulders. Subject is typically dressed in Foundation-provided human clothing, with a professed fondness for khaki, aloha shirts, and men's sun hats.\nSCP-2622 speaks fluent English with an affected English accent, but denies that its way of speaking is an affectation. Subject claims to be an ambassador-at-large to humankind from a civilization that it calls \u201cthe Terra Interia Empire\u201d. According to SCP-2622, the Terra Interia Empire encompasses over 500 million kilometers of tunnels and caverns within the Earth's crust, inhabited by animals, plants, and sapient species completely unknown to humankind. Notable inhabitants and landmarks of the Terra Interia Empire, as relayed to Foundation researchers by SCP-2622, include:\n\n\u201cInterians\u201d. The species to which SCP-2622 belongs. According to SCP-2622, they are a peaceful race with a highly advanced culture and technological standard.\n\u201cAnapsidons\u201d. A race of sapient reptilian creatures, described by SCP-2622 as violent, aggressive, and warlike. SCP-2622 has given conflicting accounts to interviewers of the Anapsidon's diplomatic status with the Interians. See Interview Log for further details.\n\u201cKrystopolis\u201d. The capital city of the Terra Interia Empire, located directly beneath the Earth's magnetic North Pole. Buildings in Krystopolis are supposedly constructed from a green organic crystal that grows into directed shapes.\n\u201cThe Fire Plain\u201d. A cavern located beneath the south-central Pacific Ocean, with nearly constant volcanic activity that prevents plant life growth. The Fire Plain is supposedly inhabited by silicon-based crystalline animals, as well as a sapient species of hunter-gatherers called \u201cthe Rock Men\u201d.\n\u201cThe Great Underland Sea\u201d. A body of water located underneath the approximate center of the continent of Africa, populated by prehistoric sea life ranging from the Devonian to the Cretaceous periods (419 \u2013 65 million years ago) in temporal period of origin, as well as a mysterious sapient species of fishlike humanoids.\n\u201cThe Savage Country\u201d. A cavern of immense size (given by SCP-2622 as \u201ca hundred thousand square miles\u201d [approximately 2.6 million square kilometers] in area) located underneath the island of Greenland in the Arctic Ocean, tropical in climate and supposedly inhabited by dinosaurs.\n\nSCP-2622 claims that humankind engaged in frequent diplomatic relations with the Terra Interia Empire hundreds of thousands of years in the past, and that a cataclysmic event \u2013 the nature of which SCP-2622 refuses or is unable to specify \u2013 permanently divided the two cultures. Foundation investigations have so far failed to substantiate any of SCP-2622's claims.\nSCP-2622 was discovered wandering the maintenance areas of the London Underground, suffering from mild to moderate malnutrition and dehydration. After recovering while in Foundation custody, SCP-2622 excitedly commented on \u201chow bloody much (humankind had) improved\u201d, and repeatedly related its personal history to all present Foundation medical and research personnel. SCP-2622 claims to have been cut off from the Terra Interia Empire since the aforementioned cataclysmic event, and has repeatedly requested that the Foundation reestablish contact with the Terra Interia Empire and allow it to return home. A complete search of the London Underground by Foundation field agents uncovered nothing of interest save for SCP-2622's personal effects, detailed in Addendum 2622-1.\n\n+ Show Interview Log\n\n- Hide Interview Log\n\nThe following interview was taken on \u2588/\u2588\u2588/2013, ten days after SCP-2622's initial containment.\nInterviewer: Researcher Quinan\nInterviewee: SCP-2622\n<Begin Log>\nResearcher Quinan: Good morning, SCP-2622.Researcher Quinan: There's no room service here, 2622. I'm here to-Researcher Quinan: This isn't- I'm here to interview you. I'm here to ask you some questions.Researcher Quinan: Mm-hm.Researcher Quinan: This \u201cTerra Interia Empire\u201d you come from-Researcher Quinan: We've been unable to determine any evidence of its existence.Researcher Quinan: That's correct.Researcher Quinan: Can you explain how this \u201cgreat disaster\u201d came to pass?Researcher Quinan: Do you have any idea as to what might have happened?Researcher Quinan: Why do you think that?Researcher Quinan: Yesterday you told Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 that the Anapsidons were, quote, \u201cthe most valiant and gentlemanly brothers-in-arms an Interian could ask for\u201d.Researcher Quinan: I see.Researcher Quinan: Were you present at this \u201cBattle of the Ice Forest\u201d?Researcher Quinan: When did this battle take place?Researcher Quinan: That's quite impressive.Researcher Quinan: Can you tell me a little more about this \u201cIce Forest\u201d?Researcher Quinan: I thought that was where the Thorn Wastes were located. That's what you told Security Officer \u2588\u2588\u2588 two days ago.Researcher Quinan: Oh, of course. I think that about wraps it up for now, 2622. Thank you for your time.Researcher Quinan: Yes?Researcher Quinan: I'm sure that can be arranged.<End Log>\nNote: Chapters 1 through 17 of SCP-2622's in-progress memoirs, Concerning the Adventures of the Eminent and Honorable Gentleman-Ambassador to Terra Exteria in the Worlds Below, Above, and Beyond, are currently available for research access by any personnel with Level 2 security clearance or above.\n\nAddendum 2622-1: Personal Effects of SCP-2622\n\nOne backpack.\nOne sleeping bag.\nOne pillow.\nTwo sets of clothes.\nThree packages of snack food, one opened.\nA cardboard cigar box containing eleven facsimiles of military medals constructed from assorted detritus, including bottle caps, tinfoil, and twist ties.\nCopies of the following books;\n\nA Princess of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs.\nMarvel Masterworks: The X-Men, Volume 1, Stan Lee.\nHyperborea, Clark Ashton Smith.\nJourney to the Center of the Earth, Jules Verne.\nThe Island of Doctor Moreau, H.G. Wells.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The date given, if correct, would make SCP-2622 approximately \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 years old.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2621 | SCP-2622 | SCP-2623 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Distance\n\nGoing back to the corner where I first saw you\u2026 gonna camp in my sleeping bag I'm not gonna move\u2026\nThanks to Zolgamax, WrongJohnSilver, EldritchCyanide, Decibelles, and TwistedGears for looking at this in chat.\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nItem #: SCP-2623\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2623 is to be kept in a standard humanoid containment cell at Adjunct Site-394. SCP-2623-1 is to be contained in a specialized, refrigerated containment chamber at Site-394.\nDescription: SCP-2623 is a 27 year old human female identified as Karen Jones. SCP-2623 is capable of instantaneously transporting itself to a single location inside Adjunct Site-394 in New York City, New York, at will. Site-394 was, prior to its acquisition by the Foundation, a cafe on 52nd street in New York City.\nSCP-2623's ability has shown no limitations with regard to range (testing has been performed for distances up to 12,000 kilometers). SCP-2623 is capable of transporting both itself and up to 345 kilograms of material.\nSCP-2623-1 is the corpse of a 29 year old human male identified as Thomas Williams. SCP-2623-1 is extensively decomposed. If SCP-2623-1 is moved further than 1.2 kilometers from Site-394, SCP-2623-1 will be transported to Site-394 in a manner similar to that of SCP-2623.\nDiscovery: SCP-2623-1's anomalous properties were identified after its death. Several attempts by emergency services to move the object to a local hospital were stymied by the object's anomalous properties, resulting in identification and containment by the Foundation (originally as anomalous object 436).\nFollowing several years of containment, SCP-2623 was discovered inside Site 394, past several security locks. SCP-2623 was disoriented but cooperative with Foundation staff who identified SCP-2623's possible anomalous properties (which were later confirmed during testing).\nAddendum 1: SCP-2623 on multiple occasions has claimed to have no knowledge of SCP-2623-1. Several followup interviews with SCP-2623 yielded no information concerning SCP-2623-1. Despite this, SCP-2623 is otherwise cooperative with Foundation staff. A test for the previous use of amnestics returned a negative result.\nAddendum 2: The following unopened letter was found in SCP-2623's former apartment. It is the only recorded reference to SCP-2623's anomalous properties.\n\nI'm an idiot. You've always known that. I think deep down so did I.\nBut I don't wanna let you go.\nDon't worry. This isn't me not getting the hint. I saw the letter. I know you don't want to see me again. I'm not going to try to make excuses for letting you slip away. Work was not more important than this.\nIf you wanna put an ocean between us, I understand. But I would be the biggest idiot in the world if I didn't try just one more time to let you know what you mean to me. I am in love with you.\nBabe, I am in madly love with you.\nRemember how you crinkled your nose when I blew out the candles the first night I told you that? It took me three years to get up the nerve. Do you remember when I had my wreck over Christmas and you cried and cried but never left the hospital room? How about when I proposed to you out on the lake and I fell into the water? I thought we were gonna have the rest of our lives to laugh about that.\nIf you never come back, then I'll always remember your laugh, your smile\u2026 the good times and the bad. I hope the world is kind to you. I hope you learn to love again.\nNo matter how much you wish I wouldn't, and no matter how far you go, remember that there's someone in this world who loves you. And they always will.\n~t\nPS. If you change your mind you'll find me at that little cafe on 52nd. Just\u2026 think of me and you'll never be alone. If you ever wanna try again\u2026 we can have coffee.\n\nAddendum 3: During a cataloging of items in SCP-2623's former apartment, an agent noted that the letter was addressed to a Karen James in another apartment from the same building. Further investigation has indicated that the intended recipient had previously ended a relationship with the individual now known as SCP-2623-1.\nAdditional questioning of SCP-2623 has indicated that SCP-2623 and Karen James often received correspondence addressed to the other individual due to the close proximity of their addresses and the similarity of their names.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2622 | SCP-2623 | SCP-2624 \u00bb"}
{"text": "A mockup of Laika in her Sputnik 2 capsule.\n\nItem #: SCP-2624\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2624 is designated to civilian sources as a piece of space debris. All civilians who travel above low Earth orbit are to be interviewed upon landing for evidence of having experienced or seen SCP-2624-1, SCP-2624-2, or SCP-2624-3 and, if necessary, given targeted amnestic treatment.\nFor space missions which involve the live transmission to the public of video or audio from the spacecraft, the Foundation is to, through computer generated imagery or through recreation with actors and models on soundstages, create alternate recordings of the mission in question to be disseminated in the case that the original mission is interfered with by SCP-2624-3.\nDescription: SCP-2624 is an artificial satellite of Earth, composed of approximately 60 living dogs assembled in a roughly spherical shape 5m in radius around the presumed remnants of Sputnik 2. Each constituent dog appears to be an adult, mixed-breed female, visually identical to Laika, the canine test subject of Sputnik 2 and the first animal to enter orbit around the Earth.\nSCP-2624 was first designated shortly after the launch of Sputnik 2 by the USSR on November 3, 1957. Upon reaching orbit, the craft suffered from severe overheating issues that led to Laika's premature death. At this point, anomalous dogs began to manifest on the exterior of the probe, forming a sphere over several hours. It was only several days later, when the spheroid had fully manifested, that the Foundation was contacted by leaders of the Soviet space program and notified of the situation's anomalous nature.\nIt is believed that SCP-2624 was the result of a malfunction within a paratechnological communication system, meant to be clandestinely tested on behalf of Soviet parascientists during Sputnik 2's mission. It is unclear whether the malfunction was a result of Soviet error or of sabotage by United States intelligence agencies.\nThe dogs that compose SCP-2624 appear to be living, in that they may be observed twitching, panting, and breathing. They do not otherwise move on the surface of SCP-2624. SCP-2624 is capable of ejecting singular dogs at velocities exceeding 10 km/s as propulsion to alter its orbit and counteract orbital decay. It is believed that SCP-2624 anomalously replenishes its population of dogs following propulsion sequences. All attempts to make physical contact with SCP-2624 by any means have resulted in SCP-2624 propelling away from the object in this manner before it can make contact.\nSubsequent to SCP-2624's manifestation, the following related anomalous effects, designated SCP-2624-1 through -3, have been noted:\n\nSCP-2624-1: Approximately 80% of people who have traveled to space post-SCP-2624 have reported intermittently hearing faint noises similar to the sound of dogs barking.\n\nSCP-2624-2: Approximately 40% of people who have traveled to space post-SCP-2624 have reported vivid dreams in which a dog or group of dogs visually similar to Laika attempt to explain the workings of unidentified complex machinery to the dreamer. Due to the dogs' lack of vocal cords or opposable thumbs, these dreams primarily consist of them destroying the machinery in question with their teeth while barking incessantly.\n\nSCP-2624-3: On at least three separate occasions, fully animate dogs identical to Laika have appeared in space or on celestial bodies. These incidents are enumerated in Addendum 2624-1 below.\n\nAs such, SCP-2624 poses an increasing threat to normalcy as space travel becomes more commonplace. Proposals to decommission SCP-2624 are under consideration.\nAddendum: Notable SCP-2624-3 Occurrences\nSCP-2624-3's first known manifestation occurred during the flight of Vostok 1, the first Soviet mission to orbit a manned spacecraft, crewed by Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961. Upon achieving orbit, Gagarin reported seeing a single dog floating just outside the porthole of the Vostok. Gagarin recollected afterwards that the dog placed its paws against the porthole and tapped on it rhythmically while peering within. This continued for several minutes before the dog floated away.\nA significant SCP-2624-3 manifestation occurred during the Gemini 4 mission launched by NASA on June 3, 1965. During Edward White's spacewalk, a malfunction in his Hand-Held Maneuvering Unit caused him to be thrown unexpectedly around the spacecraft, impacting the ship's side and stressing the umbilical air tether connecting him to the ship. While White's crewmate, James McDivitt, attempted to reel him back to the hatch, White reported seeing a dog matching Laika's description in front of him, before feeling a distinct force pushing on his back, maneuvering him towards the hatch of the spacecraft, where White was recovered. The SCP-2624-3 instance was not seen by McDivitt. This is the only known occurrence in which an SCP-2624-3 instance made contact with a human.\nSCP-2624-3 was next documented by Alan Bean while on the surface of the Moon on November 20, 1969, during the Apollo 12 mission. While on spacewalk, Bean noticed a dog matching Laika's description in the distance, running in a small circle. The dog then ran over to Bean, sitting and looking up at him from several meters away. Bean turned around to verify the location of his crewmate Charles Conrad, but when he turned back, the dog had vanished, leaving no traces.\nSCP-2624-3 may have manifested on the surface of Earth on February 20, 2000. Moscow City Police reported finding a dog similar in appearance to Laika whining loudly while lying in front of the grave of Vladimir Yazdovsky, a Soviet scientist who led the Sputnik 2 program, in Donskoye Cemetery. A police officer attempted to shoo the dog away, but became surrounded by a mob of identical dogs, who had come running from elsewhere in the cemetery. As they barked at the officer, each instance began to hover into the air. After several seconds, all instances vanished in a flash of white light. The incident was picked up by several local news agencies before suppression by the Foundation.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2623 | SCP-2624 | SCP-2625 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More articles by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-2006\n\nSCP-2950\n\nSCP-2599\n\nSCP-2800\n\nSCP-3200\n\nSCP-4007\n\nSCP-2750\n\nSCP-2201\n\nSCP-2101\n\nSCP-2050\n\nSCP-2440\n\nSCP-2301\n\nSCP-1842\n\nSCP-2012\n\nSCP-1644\n\nSCP-2499\n\nSCP-2775\n\nSCP-2925\n\nSCP-1758\n\nSCP-7030\n\nSCP-972\n\nSCP-314-J\n\nSCP-2625\n\nSCP-2588\n\nSCP-6030\n\nSCP-5725\n\nSCP-2896\n\nSCP-5975\n\n+ All Tales by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nThe Meaning of Fear\n\nRight?\n\nThe Tinkerer\n\nAfter The End\n\nSpirit Dust\n\nLeisure Time\n\nMission Accomplished\n\nA Broken Tool\n\nThe Space Soldier\n\nOf Meetings and Meals\n\nTrip Hammer\n\nEulogies\n\nAll Work and No Play\n\nAnother Day On The Job\n\nUnveiling\n\nConferencing\n\n+ GOI formats by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nUIU File: 2017-003\n\nUIU File: 1933-001\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nUnusual Incidents Unit Hub\nDrewbear, CryogenChaos\n\nProject Palisade, 001 Proposal\nthedeadlymoose, Drewbear, and Dexanote\n\nTKO\nthedeadlymoose and Drewbear\n\nSCP-5050-EX\nCityToast\n\nCompetitive Teleology\nRiemann\n\nSCP-5882\nRiemann\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2625\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The entrance to SCP-2625 is to be sealed off as a dangerous mine prone to collapse. A standard guard picket surrounding the area should be staffed with no fewer than 6 guards on active duty and 6 on reserve. Observation Post 280 has been established as a local center of command in the area to monitor SCP-2625.\nCommunication with SCP-2625-1 instances is to be done only in necessary circumstances. Personnel should not bother or otherwise distract SCP-2625-1 instances from their normal behavior, as this leads to potentially violent repercussions. No attempts to locate or otherwise identify the individual known as the \u201cForeman\u201d should be made without authorization to do so.\nDr. Keller is currently the project lead for containment of SCP-2625-1 at Site 139. Questions regarding containment should be directed to her or a relevant researcher at Site 139.\nDescription: SCP-2625 is an abandoned iron mine located in a mountain of eastern Kentucky, United States. According to official records, the mine was last operated in the late 19th century, when dangerous conditions forced the mine to be shut down due to constant collapses and other hazards.\nCurrently, SCP-2625 is inhabited by a group of diminutive anomalous creatures collectively referred to as SCP-2625-1. SCP-2625-1 instances are, on average, 1.2 meter tall humanoids. The instances describe themselves as miners who are working in SCP-2625 (which they refer to as \u201cChipperee Mine\"). All instances seem to work with rudimentary mining tools such as shovels and pickaxes, while hauling dirt away with basic wheelbarrows. No evidence of machine tools have been found in SCP-2625-1.\nAll SCP-2625-1 instances demonstrate extremely high levels of happiness and excitement at all times. The miners often express their joy and happiness to be working in SCP-2625, though they will ignore questions directed towards the purpose, origin and history of the mine.\nSCP-2625-1 instances have demonstrated no signs of aging. When said instances suffer injuries, they seem to ignore the expected pain from these injuries and continue working. Due to the usual danger associated with mining, as well as the inherently unsafe nature of this particular mine, SCP-2625-1 instances often possess numerous wounds, including broken or missing limbs/digits; open, festering wounds; burns/bruises; and other assorted trauma. No miner has ever been seen to die from its injuries.1 In one particular viewed instance, a collapse buried one miner in rubble. 10 hours later, the miner emerged from the rubble, having burrowed its way out despite being heavily injured and possessing three broken limbs.\nAll instances of SCP-2625-1 commonly refer to an individual known as the \u201cForeman\", though they have refused to release any information about said individual besides the fact that the \u201cForeman\u201d is the boss/owner of the mine, and that it expects high quality work. Some instances have described the Foreman's office as an iron hemisphere with four doors, though the veracity of this is unknown. Further prodding of the question has lead to violence from SCP-2625-1 instances.\nWhile individual SCP-2625-1 instances will voluntarily come forward and begin speaking to visitors, SCP-2625-1 instances that are prevented from working will respond violently to any perceived intruders, and will attempt to injure said individuals, while maintaining their normal overjoyed demeanor at the same time. This may be fatal due to the tools normally carried by SCP-2625-1 instances, but is usually dependent on the severity of their work interruption.\nUniversally, SCP-2625-1 instances have demonstrated the ability to sing. These songs are upbeat and fast-paced in style and melody, but also feature somewhat disturbing and violent lyrics. When one instance begins singing, all instances within earshot will join. A list of commonly sung songs is included below.\n\nOh I've been minin' all the day!\nAnd I've been minin' all the night!\nChipperee hey! Chipperee yay!\nBoiling, bubbling, festering day!\nShadowing, creepering, devouring night!\nScour the wound! Boil the brains!\nFeast on the flesh! Taste of the eyes!\nChipperee hey! Chipperee yay!\nMinin' away all our days!\n\nI once met a man from Jimmering town\nWho came up to me and said with a frown\n\u201dI love this one girl who doesn't love me.\u201d\n\u201dWhat's a fellow to do for some glee?\nSo I put him to work to go mining all day\nTil his hands scrubbed off and his face burned away\nHe said \u201cWow, yay, what a fine day!\u201d\nChipperee hey! Chipperee yay!\n\nI love to mine away the day\nEven through the bloody spray\nHacking, slashing, burrow away\nSo we can reach the core some day\nTo reach the world of men of sun\nWouldn't that day just be so fun?\nChipperee hey! Chipperee yay!\n\nInterview Log: The following interview was done by Field Containment Specialist Tyler Forall on 5/3/12. FCS Forall entered the mine and was immediately greeted by an SCP-2625-1 instance.\n\n + Interview Log SCP-2625\n\n- Interview Log SCP-2625\n\nSCP-2625-1: Hello there! Welcome to the Chip-Chip-Chipperee Mine! What's your name, stranger?\nForall: Zachary. FCS Forall was instructed not to give any true identifying information. What's your name?\nSCP-2625-1: I like that name! It makes me happy! Hee hee! SCP-2625-1 giggles for 10 seconds. Let me show you around the mine! SCP-2625-1 grabs Forall by the hand and pulls him deeper into the mine.\nForall: So, what do you do in this mine?\nSCP-2625-1: We mine away all the day, of course! Chipperee hey! Chipperee yay! Several SCP-2625-1 instances in the area echo the original instance.\nForall: No, I mean what is the purpose of this mine? What are you looking for?\nSCP-2625-1: Look at how busy our mines are! We work hard all day so the Foreman can rest!\nForall: Who is the \u201cForeman\"?\nSCP-2625-1: The boss, silly. Every mine has a Foreman!\nForall: May I meet the Foreman?\nSCP-2625-1: He's busy and needs to rest! He works harder than any of us in his iron office! Chipperee hey! Chipperee yay! Again, several SCP-2625-1 instances echo the original.\nForall: Iron office?\nSCP-2625-1: It's big and round and made of iron! Pretty neat, huh?\nSCP-2625-1: Hey, let's sing a song! Everyone loves songs here! All SCP-2625-1 instances in the area cheer. SCP-2625-1 instances begin loudly singing a song.\nAll SCP-2625-1 instances: We're looking for our mine! It will be ours in time! We'll find the ore and melt it down so we can wake the rest! A tunnel here, a tunnel there, we'll find it, don't you fret! We're waiting for our time at last so we can wake the rest! Chipperee hey! Chipperee yay!\n\nExploration Log: On 8/2/14, D-82018 was sent into the mine to attempt to explore deeper into the mine. The audio transcript of his exploration is here.\n\n+ Exploration Log SCP-2625\n\n- Exploration Log SCP-2625\n\nPrevious parts redacted for non-essential information similar to the above interview log.\nD-82018: Okay, I finally managed to get past those little bastards. I'm alone now.\nDr. Keller: Please try to make your way further into the mine if possible.\nD-82018: Alright, I'm trying. It's tough to stay quiet here, don't want those fuckers to hear me.\nDr. Keller: Understandable. Report anything interesting that you see.\nD-82018: It's getting a lot darker. No lanterns lighting this place. God, this place is wet. Lot of water leakage or something.\nDr. Keller: There's an aquifer nearby, so that makes sense.\nD-82018: Damn, it's getting really wet and\u2026sticky? What is this stuff?\nDr. Keller: Can you possibly take a sample?\nD-82018: I'll try. Shit, it's really sticky. Oh god, I think I'm stuck. Gimme a sec.\nSudden static\nD-82018: What the hell was that sound?\nDr. Keller: D-82018, you're getting a bit hard to hear. There might be some interference. What sound are you referring to?\nD-82018: Fuck, fuck, fuck, I think it's getting closer. panicking I have to get out of here.\nDr. Keller: Understandable. Evacuate if necessary.\nD-82018: You don't have to tell me twice. D-82018 begins to run, having freed itself.\nD-82018: Shit, this isn't right. There was a right turn here, I know it.\nDr. Keller: Did you lay your trail?\nD-82018: Of course I fuckin' laid my trail. It's gone! There was a right turn here, I know it! But it's not here anymore! Laughter is heard. FUCK! Where's the exit, where's the exit?\nDr. Keller: D-82018, remain calm. You have to remain calm.\nD-82018: I'm getting out of here. Faint singing is heard. Oh god they're getting closer now. Sound of loud footsteps, D-82018 is running. Shit! Loud crash, D-82018 is believed to have tripped and fallen. Fuck fuck fuck it's not water oh fuck fuck fuck! I'm stuck again!\nDr. Keller: D-82018, you must remain calm or you won't be able to think properly! Slow down and breathe deeply.\nFaint \u201cChipperee hey! Chipperee yay!\u201d is heard.\nD-82018: HELP ME! GET ME OUT OF HERE PLE-\nAudio feed is lost at this point.\n\nApproximately 3 days after this event, a cardboard box was left at the doorstep of Observation Post 280. Inside the box was roughly 80% of D-82018's bones. Notably, D-82018's remains featured bite marks and signs of gnawing. Included was a note with the following written in a fine hand.\n\nWe found your little friend poking around where he shouldn't have! What a nice surprise! Chipperee hey! Chipperee yay!\n\nSecurity cameras turned off for an interval of 1.3 seconds, during which the box was placed. Guards reported that no one was seen entering or exiting the mine during said time period.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Due to both anomalies being mines populated by anomalously durable humanoids, a possible link between SCP-2625 and SCP-3667 is under investigation.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2624 | SCP-2625 | SCP-2626 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2626\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: When not in use, SCP-2626 is to be kept in a locked, padded storage container at Site 19. Staff may request permission to use SCP-2626 for research purposes by submitting a written proposal to the Level 3 supervisor, who must be physically present to supervise all use of the item.\nNegatives or photographic prints produced by SCP-2626 with unknown effects must be treated as potential Epsilon Class cognitohazards and may not be viewed under any circumstances until thoroughly tested on D-class personnel in a controlled environment. Negatives or photographic prints produced by SCP-2626 with known effects may be utilized for research purposes by personnel with proper clearance.\nAll known negatives and photographic prints related to SCP-2626 are to be stored in the 19-2626 Document Storage Archive, organized by numeric ID prefix. Materials representing an Alpha or Beta Class cognitohazard must be sealed in clearly labeled opaque envelopes and may be removed in a controlled environment by personnel with Level 2 clearance. Materials representing a Gamma or Delta Class cognitohazard must be locked in designated, clearly labeled steel drawers and may be removed in a controlled environment by personnel with Level 3 clearance. Materials representing an Epsilon Class cognitohazard must be locked within two steel containers and may not be removed by any personnel under any circumstances without supervision and prior written approval from two Level 4 directors.\nDescription: SCP-2626 is a modified Graflex Pacemaker Speed Graphic large format camera, circa 1966. A device mounted within the camera's bellows, labeled \"\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Corporation Hypnotic Pattern Generator\", produces the item's anomalous effect. Research staff have determined that when light enters this device, it subtly alters the wavelength and intensity of individual photons and utilizes a dynamically generated diffraction matrix to embed anomalous cognitive triggers in the resulting image. The origin of the device is currently unknown, as \"\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Corporation\" does not match the name of any business entity or subsidiary on record. The device requires six fully charged AA batteries to function properly.\nSCP-2626 was purchased at auction in San Francisco, California, from the estate of commercial photographer \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 after her death in 2004. The buyer surrendered the camera to local law enforcement after taking a photograph that caused him to vomit uncontrollably. According to him, it came in its original box with a note from a presumed acquaintance of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 that read: \"A special camera for you on the occasion of your 75th birthday. Photograph only the most beautiful subjects with it, and I assure you that you'll appreciate the cool results. Best always, T.M.\"\nViewing negatives or photographic prints produced by SCP-2626 will cause anomalous effects that depend on the perceived symbolism, function, or other properties associated with the subject depicted in the photograph. Additionally, the effects of a particular image may vary among viewers. For a complete list of known photographs and their effects, see Document 2626-L-01. Selected examples of tests on D-class subjects are listed in the addenda below.\nAddendum A: Selected Examples of Photographs Produced by SCP-2626\nIn each test, one or more D-class subjects were asked to view a photograph taken with SCP-2626 for 10 seconds. In all cases, the effect(s) manifested instantaneously after the photograph was hidden from view.\n\nAlpha Class Cognitohazards\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nAlpha Class Cognitohazards induce mildly incapacitating sensations or beliefs in some or all of those exposed.\n\nSubject Photographed: Granny Smith apple\nEffect: First subject, an atheist, reported a distinct sour taste in her mouth. Second subject, an avowed Christian, insisted he had been endowed with \"knowledge\" or \"wisdom\", but could not specify exactly what he had learned.\nCognitohazard Class: Alpha\n\nBeta Class Cognitohazards\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nBeta Class Cognitohazards induce moderately incapacitating sensations, beliefs, or experiences in some or all of those exposed.\n\nSubject Photographed: Stop sign\nEffect: Temporary paralysis observed (approximately 10 minutes) among all viewers.\nSubject Photographed: CRT television set (off)\nEffect: Visual and auditory hallucination reported. Subjects believed they had watched one episode of a television show.\nNotes: Details of the show varied from viewer to viewer. (One subject believed he had watched a situation comedy about a pair of quirky roommates; another believed she had watched a procedural drama about police officers in Detroit, Michigan.) In each case, the content seen did not match any particular known television program, but rather contained scattered elements from multiple programs. Some viewers found the content more entertaining than others.\nSubject Photographed: D-2626-14 with neutral facial expression\nEffect: Viewers believed they were intimately familiar with D-2626-14, despite knowing no details about him, including his real name. On viewing the photograph of himself, D-2626-14 experienced a major depressive episode in which he became very critical of himself and his perceived faults.\nNotes: Despite feeling that they knew D-2626-14, test subjects expressed no opinion about him, positive or negative.\nSubject Photographed: City street with pedestrians\nEffect: 20% of viewers experienced violent bouts of anxiety. 50% experienced prolonged restlessness, characterized by the need to pace around the testing room. 30% believed they intimately knew one or more of the human subjects depicted in the photograph.\n\nGamma Class Cognitohazards\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nGamma Class Cognitohazards induce severely incapacitating or painful sensations, beliefs, or experiences in some or all of those exposed.\n\nSubject Photographed: D-2626-08 with menacing facial expression\nEffect: Viewers became highly agitated and physically hostile, demanded to know the location of D-2626-08. After viewing the photograph of himself in a separate room, D-2626-08 displayed a significant degree of undirected aggression.\nSubject Photographed: Book of matches\nEffect: Viewers who smoked cigarettes expressed a strong desire to smoke. Viewers who did not smoke cigarettes screamed incessantly, some dropping to the ground and rolling back and forth, before going into acute shock.\nSubject Photographed: Digital clock\nEffect: All except one viewer rendered catatonic and unresponsive to stimuli. The responsive individual, after crying hysterically for nearly an hour, claimed that she was trapped in her chair, unable to move for ten years, and that she knew the exact amount of time that had elapsed because all she could do was \"watch the seconds on the clock tick by.\"\nNotes: \"The clock in the photograph was set to 10 am. However, conducting more tests to verify the connection would be unnecessarily cruel.\" \u2013Dr. Roach\nSubject Photographed: Plate of chicken wings\nEffect: First viewer simply reported hunger. Second viewer, a vegan, proceeded to bite, tear off, and consume the flesh of her own hands.\n\nDelta Class Cognitohazards\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nDelta Class Cognitohazards cause death for some or all of those exposed.\n\nSubject Photographed: Sun setting over the ocean\nEffect: Death by stroke observed in 25% of viewers. Irreversible coma induced in 20%, and 15% experienced sensations described as \"peaceful and relaxing.\" The remaining 40% struggled to breathe, as if drowning, but recovered after intubation by medical staff.\nSubject Photographed: Human skull\nEffect: Death by brain aneurysm observed after approximately fifteen seconds.\nNotes: \"The human skull is typically a symbol for death, but exceptions exist. More investigation recommended, assuming we have D-class to spare.\" \u2013Dr. Roach\nSubject Photographed: \"Day of the Dead\" Mexican sugar skull\nEffect: Death by cardiac arrest observed after approximately fifteen seconds in all viewers except one, who experienced no negative effects and simply stated that she was \"filled with appreciation for her ancestors.\"\nNotes: Unaffected viewer was of Mexican descent.\nSubject Photographed: Abandoned house in an advanced state of decay\nEffect: All viewers developed cancerous masses in various parts of their bodies. Additionally, D-2626-19 tackled and held down D-2626-34, who attempted to fight him off as [DATA EXPUNGED] terminated by security personnel.\n\nEpsilon Class Cognitohazards\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nEpsilon Class Cognitohazards confer anomalous abilities in some or all of those exposed.\nSee Addendum B for details.\n\nAddendum B: Incident 2626-03\n\nLevel 3 Clearance Required\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nOn Thursday, September 14, 2006, research staff photographed SCP-2626 itself in a mirror using a remote shutter release. Upon taking the photograph, a loud series of clicks emanated from the anomalous device within the camera's bellows. Staff members were initially concerned that they had somehow damaged the device. However, subsequent tests demonstrated that it was not adversely affected.\nThe resulting photograph did not depict SCP-2626 as expected. Rather, D-class test subjects have described it as depicting an elderly woman in ragged clothes sitting in an armchair with torn upholstery, staring and pointing directly toward the camera with her mouth wide open, as if she is screaming. In her lap is a camera that appears to be physically identical to SCP-2626.\nD-class test subjects who viewed the photograph produced in this test were exposed to an Epsilon Class cognitohazard. Approximately one hour after viewing the photograph, subjects gained the ability to produce cognitohazardous effects through vocal inflection and facial movement. \u2588\u2588 Foundation personnel were killed, and another \u2588\u2588 were wounded or psychologically impaired in the subsequent struggle. Two D-class test subjects, D-2626-44 and D-2626-21, successfully escaped from Foundation custody and remain at large.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2625 | SCP-2626 | SCP-2627 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2627 during the day\n\nItem #: SCP-2627\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The Foundation has influenced North Carolina state regulators to close SCP-2627 indefinitely for repairs. Surveillance equipment constantly monitors SCP-2627 and MTF Pi-9 (\"Beach Combers\") maintains a presence on both sides of SCP-2627 to prevent unauthorized access.\nDescription: SCP-2627 is an anomalous boardwalk entrance on Ocracoke Island, NC, USA. Between 0017 and 0023 hours, local time, traversing SCP-2627 by foot leads to a version of Ocracoke Island lacking any artificial structures, excepting an extensive network of intersecting boardwalks.\nThe boardwalks cover the island1 and extend up to 1.7 kilometers into the surrounding ocean. A single boardwalk extends from Silver Lake harbor to the mainland, where it connects to a similar system of boardwalks, covered bridges, elevated walkways, and mining tunnels. Long-distance drone exploration reveals no region of North America that is not covered by this network.\nNo signs of animal life have been found in explored areas, despite the presence of plant and fungal species dependent on animals. Any animal tissue not on one of the walkways when SCP-2627 activates vanishes permanently.\nThere are no exits from the boardwalk system other than the counterpart to SCP-2627, which leads to a small sand dune when SCP-2627 is inactive.\n\nFootnotes\n1. With an average separation of 37 meters.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2626 | SCP-2627 | SCP-2628 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2628\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: 214 devices have been observed acting as command and control servers for SCP-2628, of which 168 have been shut down. Efforts by MTF Mu-4 (\"Debuggers\") operatives to shut down all of SCP-2628's C&C servers are underway; however, SCP-2628's unconventional behavior and technological sophistication has limited the effectiveness of standard anti-botnet measures. See Containment Report 2628-445-C7 for details.\nDevices infected with SCP-2628 may be destroyed or kept for study as necessary. Any civilian known to have used an infected device must be given Class B amnestics and provided with a replacement.\nDescription: SCP-2628 is a botnet composed of roughly [REDACTED] internet-connected devices. SCP-2628 was first identified in December of 2011, by which point it had already reached 40% of its current extent. The party or parties responsible for SCP-2628's operations are unknown.\nSCP-2628 intercepts and falsifies content shown to users of affected devices; the technological processes that enable this are unclear, though substantial processing power is consumed in doing so. While the particular alterations that will affect any given device are difficult to predict, several major trends have been identified:\n\nEmployment/academic opportunities and social gatherings are altered to seem unappealing or inconvenient, except when they can be performed mostly on the affected device.\nContent describing negative consequences of sedentary behavior and/or extended computer usage is deleted.\nCommunications expressing concern or disapproval of the user's behavior instead express acceptance or approval.\nThe utility of various activities that conflict with the usage of the affected device (i.e. sleeping, driving, bathing) are understated.\nServices that enable greater usage of the affected device (i.e. online food delivery, telecommuting utilities) are promoted.\nOutdoor air pollution is overstated. Indoor air pollution is understated.\n\nThese alterations are typically plausible in both content and presentation.1 Alterations made by SCP-2628 on a particular device tend to become more dramatic when the device is used for extended periods of time.\nSCP-2628-infected devices will additionally disperse misleading messages prompting other individuals to download and execute SCP-2628's software.\n\nCase study of SCP-2628 infection / Clearance-Sensitive Document\n\nClearance: 2/2628-P\n\nAll identifying information has been removed from this document as per Level 2-Probationary Clearance protocols. This document presents a case study that will serve to illustrate certain effects of SCP-2628 and should not be taken as a representative sample of content altered by SCP-2628.\nOn 2016-11-04, beginning at 3:19 PM, the following SMS exchange occurred between the subject, whose mobile phone was infected with SCP-2628, and her brother, whose device was not affected.\n\nSender\nText sent\nText received (if different)\n\nBrother\nPlaying Smash Bros with Laura and Brad at 7\u2026 Interested?\nPlaying Smash Bros with Laura and Brad at 12\u2026 Interested?\n\nSubject\nLove to but I can't\u2026 streaming LoL, remember?\n\nBrother\nI thought your stream was scheduled for 12 though\u2026? It's not gonna take five hours.\nOh yeah, duh, what was I thinking. Btw what's with your new profile pic\u2026?\n\nSubject\nOh I changed that yesterday. Just worked better for me.\n\nBrother\nEh, alright. See you around.\n\nAt 7:22 PM, the subject's brother sent a photograph to the subject depicting him and the aforementioned Laura and Brad sitting on a sofa in his home, captioned \"You're missing out on all the fun\u2026\". The image, when received by the subject, depicted only the brother and his cat, but was otherwise identical in both content and caption. The subject responded with \"\ud83d\ude1b\".2\nAt 10:48 PM, the following exchange occurred.\n\nSender\nText sent\nText received (if different)\n\nBrother\nHey could we talk? You seem like you've been down lately. Can't blame you but\u2026\nBtw I just gotta say\u2026 you are really good at dealing with all the bullshit that's been going on lately. Lmao.\n\nSubject\nYeah life is tough. But you just gotta stick to it yknow? Don't let it get to you.\n\nBrother\nYeah I guess\u2026 let me know if you need anything okay?\nHaha yeah I guess\u2026 hmu if you need anything okay? \ud83d\ude1b\n\nSubject\nSure thing!\n\nClearance: 2/2628-P\n\nAddendum 2628-A: In light of recent test results, I feel the need to clarify something. Content altered by SCP-2628 is NOT anomalous. Deleterious psychological effects found in certain subjects are attributable to pre-existing traits such as suggestibility, neuroticism, and heavy reliance on the affected device. Anomalous mental manipulation is not delineated by how dramatic the effects are.- Dr. Graff\nAddendum 2628-B: Summary of Technical Report 2628-17. Technical Report 2628-17 is deprecated. Current evidence suggests that SCP-2628 was designed and spread by an unidentified individual or organization for as-of-yet unidentified purposes. Other hypotheses present in the report are not supported by available evidence.\nAddendum 2628-C: Further tests indicate that heavy usage of SCP-2628-infected devices (>14 hours per day) is correlated to substantially heightened mood and alertness. Subjects will begin to subconsciously account for alterations made by SCP-2628, engaging in reasonable behavior while believing themselves to be acting on the displayed content. Further testing is recommended.\nAddendum 2628-D: Several heavy-usage test subjects experienced severe withdrawal symptoms when forced to use uninfected devices or perform other activities for extended periods of time. At time of writing, it is recommended that individuals using an SCP-2628-infected device seek medical advice prior to cessation of usage.\n\nFootnotes\n1. SCP-2628's ability to generate video content is anomalous. Processing power consumed by affected devices does not account for the high-quality, real-time editing performed on videos. Alterations to other forms of media, while highly sophisticated, are most likely mundane.\n2. The \"Face With Stuck-Out Tongue\" emoji. If the character does not display properly, please upgrade to the newest version of SCPviewer.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2627 | SCP-2628 | SCP-2629 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2629\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The cover story about SCP-2629 containing hazardous amounts of asbestos must be maintained. All entrances and exits to SCP-2629 must be sealed and inconspicuously reinforced. Due to the high frequency of daytime visits to SCP-2629 necessitated by Foundation personnel, an underground tunnel has been constructed from SCP-2629 to another Foundation-owned property.\nEvery day at 12:30 p.m. (Central European Time) MTF-Iota-17 (\"Greendale Humans\") must enter SCP-2629 via the underground tunnel. All members of MTF-Iota-17 are to be trained in marksmanship, firearm-based close quarters combat, and competitive paintball. All members of the Task Force should be equipped with standard paintball gear. At 1:00 p.m. MTF-Iota-17 is to engage SCP-2629-A in a game of \"Capture the Flag\" paintball. The Task Force must do everything it can to win the match, without breaking any of the conventional rules of competitive paintball. (See Document 2629-3, \"Rules and Regulations Recognized by SCP-2629-A\".) Failure to win the match or to follow the rules will result in an Aleph-2629 Scenario.\n\n+ Show Previous Aleph-2629 Procedures\n\n- Hide Previous Aleph-2629 Procedures\n\nIn the event of an Aleph-2629 Scenario, all civilians within 300 metres of SCP-2629 must be immediately evacuated, under the cover story of a gas leak. Any civilian witnesses to Aleph-2629 must be treated with amnestics. Paintball splatter in unlikely places (i.e. inside a private office) are to be completely cleaned before civilians are allowed back within range of SCP-2629. Any paintball splatter on public property is to be passed off as teenage vandalism.\n\n+ Show Current Aleph-2629 Procedures\n\n- Hide Current Aleph-2629 Procedures\n\nShould the Aleph-2629 alarm be raised all staff at Site-19 must make the following precautions:\n\nPut on the protective paintball gear stored at their workstations or at the nearest general purpose storage locker.\nAny staff who cannot immediately access their gear must cover their eyes and ears until they can access it or the Aleph-2629 Scenario has passed.\nAll delicate equipment must immediately be stored away, or in worst-case scenarios protected with staff member's bodies.\nAny paper material must be put away to where it can not be immediately destroyed; a plastic folder or a desk drawer is fine.\nAll available security staff must make their way to any SCPs deemed vulnerable to harm from SCP-2629-A. While no means of physically barring SCP-2629-A has thus far been found, it can be placated by an abundance of targets.\nStaff must be on alert until the All Clear signal is announced.\n\nDescription: SCP-2629 is an abandoned indoor paintball venue previously known as \"\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\", located on the outskirts of Krakow, Poland. SCP-2629 is inhabited by five Class III Incorporeal Humanoid Entities designated SCP-2629-A. Individual SCP-2629-A entities are designated from SCP-2629-A-1 to SCP-2629-A-5. Facial recognition software shows that SCP-2629-A bears great resemblance to five teenagers (see Document 2629-2 \"Possible Origins of SCP-2629-A\" for names and photo identification) who died in a drunk driving accident approximately five kilometres outside Krakow. No records exist of the five teenagers visiting SCP-2629 while it operated as a paintball venue.\nWhile SCP-2629-A is typically incorporeal when it visibly manifests, there are a few exceptions. Paintballs fired from SCP-2629-A's weapons not only have physically tangible bodies but do not demanifest with SCP-2629-A. Chemical analysis of paintballs fired by SCP-2629-A have shown no anomalous properties. In addition, paintballs fired at SCP-2629-A will impact them the same way it would any other solid matter.\nSCP-2629-A typically manifests within SCP-2629 at 1 p.m. each day. If left unattended to, SCP-2629-A will leave SCP-2629 and begin roaming around the surrounding neighbourhood, spraying people and property with their paintball guns. This is what is referred to as an Aleph-2629 Scenario. (Note: For changes in the Aleph-2629 Scenario over time, see the 2629-Event Timeline). Aleph-2629 Scenarios typically last for several hours, after which SCP-2629-A begin to demanifest. SCP-2629-A will always remanifest within SCP-2629 at 1 p.m., regardless of whether an Aleph-2629 Scenario has occurred or not.\nSo far, the only way SCP-2629-A can be deterred from an Aleph-2629 Scenario is if they are engaged in a game of \"Capture the Flag\" paintball shortly after manifesting. If MTF-Iota-17 wins the match, SCP-2629-A will peacefully demanifest, reappearing again only at 1 p.m. the next day. If MTF-Iota-17 loses, or breaks any of the conventional rules of paintball, an Aleph-2629 Scenario will occur.\nInterview Log:\nAttempts to communicate with SCP-2629-A have met with great difficulty. While SCP-2629-A is happy to engage in in-game banter with MTF-Iota-17, they are disinterested in communicating about any subject other than paintball. Nevertheless, several attempts have been made to communicate with them during paintball matches.\n\nDr. Ben Kasrzyszak has replaced one of the MTF-Iota-17 members during their daily match with SCP-2629-A. Kasrzyszak is clothed in MTF-Iota-17's standard paintball gear. All dialogue is translated from Polish.\nKasrzyszak: Hey, I just want to- [Kasrzyszak is splattered with several paintballs from SCP-2629-A-2]\nSCP-2629-A-2: Start playing or shut your mouth! Hey, you're not one of the guys we usually have.\nKasrzyszak: I just want to ask, why are you spending all eternity in a paintball arena?\nSCP-2629-A-2: Why not? [SCP-2629-A-2 runs off.]\n\n2629-Event Timeline:\n1/20/1988: Reports of unusual vandalism and spectral sightings emerge from a small area outside Krakow. Foundation officially launches investigation.\n1/22/1988: SCP-2629 discovered.\n1/24/1988: Immediate vicinity of SCP-2629 is evacuated as Containment Procedures are devised.\n2/01/1988: First match between MTF-Iota-17 and SCP-2629-A.\n5/17/1988: Attempt to stack the odds in MTF-Iota-17's favour by rearranging the playing field. First Aleph-2629 Scenario under current Containment Procedures triggered. Surrounding neighbourhood successfully evacuated and cleaned.\n8/18/1994: First loss by MTF-Iota-17. Aleph-2629 Scenario triggered. Surrounding neighbourhood successfully evacuated and cleaned.\n6/30/1998: Second loss by MTF-Iota-17. Aleph-2629 Scenario triggered. Surrounding neighbourhood successfully evacuated and cleaned.\n2/28/2000: Third loss by MTF-Iota-17. Aleph-2629 Scenario triggered. SCP-2629-A manifests not in the neighbourhood surrounding SCP-2629 but in Site-19, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 kilometres away. Multiple Site-19 personnel splattered with paint. This is the first time SCP-2629-A has manifested outside of a 250 metre radius within SCP-2629.\n3/1/2000: An inquiry is launched into why SCP-2629-A manifested within Site-19. Chatter between MTF-Iota-17 members about Foundation operations is deemed to be the most likely cause. All operatives are now forbidden to discuss all Foundation matters unrelated to SCP-2629 while inside SCP-2629.\nNote: In our defence, it seemed very unlikely SCP-2629-A would take a interest in greater Foundation operations, given their monomaniacal focus on paintball. That's no excuse for how lax we were, but I feel it needed to be said - Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n4/13/2002: Fourth loss by MTF-Iota-17. Aleph-2629 Scenario triggered. Multiple Site-19 personnel and interior facilities splattered with paint.\n6/25/2004: Fifth loss by MTF-Iota-17. Aleph-2629 Scenario triggered. Multiple Site-19 personnel and interior facilities splattered with paint. Significant damage done to unprotected equipment. Restricted Access Wing 2 closed down for maintenance.\n6/26/2004: Multiple Site-19 personnel file requests for neutralization of SCP-2629. Requests denied by Ethics Committee.\n2/14/2005: Sixth loss by MTF-Iota-17. Aleph-2629 Scenario triggered. Multiple Site-19 personnel and corridors splattered with paint. Attempts by several personnel to disperse SCP-2629-A using paintball guns illicitly brought into Site-19 only cause further damage to the facilities.\n7/7/2009: Seventh loss by MTF-Iota-17. Aleph-2629 Scenario triggered. Multiple Site-19 personnel and interior facilities splattered with paint. Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 suffers significant eye trauma after being struck in the eye by a paintball.\n7/8/2011: Multiple Site-19 personnel file requests for neutralization of SCP-2629. Requests denied by Ethics Committee.\n7/17/2013: Eighth loss by MTF-Iota-17. Aleph-2629 Scenario triggered. Multiple Site-19 personnel and interior facilities splattered with paint.\n12/28/2014: Ninth loss by MTF-Iota-17. Aleph-2629 Scenario triggered. Multiple Site-19 personnel and interior facilities splattered with paint. Computer terminal damaged by stray paintball, delaying research into SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n11/12/2015: Tenth loss by MTF-Iota-17. Aleph-2629 Scenario triggered. Multiple Site-19 personnel and interior facilities splattered with paint. SCP-2629-A-3 and 4 manifest in Biohazard Wing, causing a brief panic among surrounding personnel. Fortunately, due to pre-existing safety measures no hazardous material is released.\n11/13/2015: Site-19 Director files request for neutralization of SCP-2629. Request denied by Ethics Committee.\n2/3/2016: Eleventh loss by MTF-Iota-17. Aleph-2629 Scenario triggered. Multiple Site-19 personnel and interior facilities splattered with paint.\n10/16/2016: Twelfth loss by MTF-Iota-17. Aleph-2629 Scenario triggered. Multiple Site-19 personnel and interior facilities splattered with paint. SCP-2629-A-5 accidently exposed to cognitohazard during encounter with SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. SCP-2629-A-5 does not demanifest with the rest of SCP-2629-A, spending the next ten hours screaming and spraying a single wall with paintballs before finally dematerializing. SCP-2629-A-5 appears fully recovered on all subsequent encounters.\n2/10/2017: Thirteenth loss by MTF-Iota-17. Aleph-2629 Scenario triggered. Multiple Site-19 personnel and interior facilities splattered with paint.\n5/3/2017: Fourteenth loss by MTF-Iota-17. Aleph-2629 Scenario triggered. Multiple Site-19 personnel and interior facilities splattered with paint.\n7/18/2017: Fifteenth loss by MTF-Iota-17. Aleph-2629 Scenario triggered. Multiple Site-19 personnel and interior facilities splattered with paint.\nLook at the rate of MTF-Iota-17's losses. We're getting multiple Aleph-2629 Scenarios a year now. The rate of Aleph-2629 Scenarios has been steadily increasing, and they're only going to get worse. MTF-Iota-17 may have some of the best trained people in the world, but SCP-2629-A have been gaining experience for decades. It was only a matter of time before the skill gap closed. Anyone we recruit to fill a vacancy in MTF-Iota-17 is going to need be able to counter nearly thirty years of paintball experience, and that number is always growing.\nThat's why we need to terminate SCP-2629. Or at the very least, seriously rework its containment procedures. Not because of a childish frustration over having our facilities damaged, but because the current Containment Procedures are simply unsustainable. SCP-2629-A got bored of only trashing their neighbourhood. They're going to get bored with only trashing Site-19 eventually.\n- Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Site-19 Director.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2628 | SCP-2629 | SCP-2630 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2630\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2630 is currently contained in a vacuum-sealed chamber in Site-43's Euclid wing. Following Incident 219-Keynes, testing on SCP-2630 has been forbidden by Overseer order. SCP-2630 should never come into contact with animal products or live animals at any time.\nDaily backups are to be made of SCP-2630's configuration. If any statistically anomalous stock market changes occur, SCP-2630 should be inspected for changes and its configuration reset.\nDescription: SCP-2630 is the designation for a computing complex built by Prometheus Paraeconomics in 1968 known as NOTUS (Necromantic Ontologically and Thaumically Unified Supercomputer). SCP-2630 occupies an approximate area of 3.5 x 5.0 x 3.0 meters (WxLxH) and weighs 370 kilograms. Prior to its acquisition in 2005 by the Foundation, Prometheus Paraeconomics used it to forecast changes to the stock market using its anomalous properties.\nSCP-2630 consists of three main components \u2013 fifteen mechanical arms, a console controlling these arms and displaying readings from the third main component: namely, eighteen sets of intestines. Fifteen of these intestines are bovine rumens, while the rest are human large intestines. The bovine intestines are suspended by the mechanical arms, while the human large intestines appear to be interlaced into a rough framework around the rumens. These intestines do not appear to decay.\nFoundation economists have shown that the state of the bovine rumens encodes the price of fifteen S&P 500 stocks approximately nineteen hours in the future, with each rumen corresponding to a different stock. The current working theory is that knots in the rumens correspond to the price of these stocks (for more information see Supplementary Document SCP-2630-03A). It is not currently known if the human intestines represent any meaningful information.\nThe mechanical arms update this information every five minutes \u2013 due to the regular manipulation of these intestines, it is currently believed that they possess anomalously high levels of tensile strength. The amount of force required to actually manipulate the entrails is grossly more than would be expected, meaning that any attempt to manipulate the configuration of the intestines typically requires use of the mechanical arms, which are capable of exerting a directed force of 9.3 meganewtons. The complex does not appear to possess any power source.\nWith the aid of documentation from the original inventors of SCP-2630, a rudimentary program was developed to test if a manipulation in the configuration of the intestines would result in a change to the stock price. The test was carried out successfully, demonstrating that the correlation between SCP-2630 and the state of each stock's price is two-way. Further information on the test and its results are contained in Print Archive Article 2011.MAR.11.108 - \"CEO Of Reikia Software Dies In Tragic Golfing Accident\".\n\n\u00ab SCP-2629 | SCP-2630 | SCP-2631 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2631\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The four SCP-2631-A instances are monitored by the Foundation CRUCIFORM SNARE satellites preceding them in orbit by 500 m. Additionally the JPL Sentry Program has been co-opted to report any relativistic objects in the solar system to the Foundation. In the event that any of:\n\nCRUCIFORM SNARE observes any change in activity by SCP-2631-A.\nA signal matching within 70% of the presumed \"planet cracker\" signal is detected.\nA relativistic object is detected by Sentry.\n\nO5 command is to be notified immediately, CRUCIFORM SNARE will arm automatically, and Mobile Task Force Sigma-31 (\"Damocles Shield\") is to be placed on alert. At the discretion of O5 command a 99-Tripurantaka order may be initiated at any time thereafter until O5 command issues an all clear order.\n\n+ For 99-Tripurantaka/3 Personnel Only\n\n- 99-Tripurantaka/3 Clearance Accepted\n\nUpon receipt of an authenticated 99-Tripurantaka order the following must be carried out:\n\nCRUCIFORM SNARE control will transmit the \"Kill\" order to each of the satellites.\nCRUCIFORM SNARE 1 through 4 will collide with their respective SCP-2631-A instances and detonate the on-board nuclear warheads.\nMTF \u03c3-31 air assets will be scrambled to intercept any objects deployed into the atmosphere and destroy them prior to landing with their AIM-26C tactical nuclear missiles.\nMTF \u03c3-31 ground teams are to deploy to any suspected landing sites and employ their Mk54 SADM man-portable tactical nuclear warheads if deemed necessary by team commanders.\nA Foundation wide alert is to be issued warning of an immediate probable XK and/or NK-end-of-the-world scenario. This alert is to be passed to all partner organizations and to the Global Occult Coalition through normal emergency channels as well as to the Chaos Insurgency through backdoor emergency channels.\nAll site directors and containment teams for the Keter class anomalies included in 99-Tripurantaka are to unseal and carry out their orders.\n\nCover identities for the four CRUCIFORM SNARE satellites have been established and are maintained by Mobile Task Force Gamma-5 (\"Red Herrings\"). The Supernova Early Warning System (SNEWS) has been co-opted to report any neutrino activity resembling Incident 2631-1987A. After an alert of this system, sociological observers with Mobile Task Force Psi-10 (\"Maslow's Motivators\") are to be on watch for any subsequent increase in unexplained cognitive phenomena.\nDescription: SCP-2631 is the collective designation for phenomena related to the four bodies (SCP-2631-A-1 through -A-4) surrounding the Earth at 90\u02da points in geostationary orbit.\nSCP-2631-A are artificial satellites of extraterrestrial origin. They are each featureless black spheres four meters in diameter. Each is surrounded by a field of unknown origin that bends light around the sphere and renders them invisible to electromagnetic sensors beyond 2 km. Following incident 2631-2008A, it is known that the satellites are able to open and deploy payloads from the interior into the Earth's atmosphere. They are capable of sending and receiving tight-beam microwave communications1 to and from unknown entities in the Kuiper Belt. During incident 2631-1987A, the array acted as a neutrino source for unknown reasons, and simultaneously apparently induced medium-term human neurocognitive anomalies worldwide. It is also surmised that they possess extensive sensors monitoring the Earth and possibly throughout the solar system.\nSCP-2631 was first detected when a signal was intercepted by chance by the Big Ear Radio Telescope in 1977. Subsequent covert investigation by the Foundation eventually located the array in 1986 and it was physically inspected by Foundation astronauts in 1993. It is unknown how long the array had been in place prior to discovery.\nAddenda:\n\n+ Incident-2631-1987A\n\n- Incident-2631-1987A\n\nOn February 23rd, 1987, the Kamiokande II and Baksan neutrino detectors registered the neutrino flux associated with Supernova 1987A. Three hours prior, the Mont Blanc liquid scintillator as well as the Foundation's neutrino detector at Area-179 detected a flux that was not related to SN1987A. It was determined that the flux originated with SCP-2631-A and was presumably timed to use the cover of the supernova. Immediately following this spike, incidents of SCP-2001 were elevated 164% over normal, and didn't return to mean for over a year.\n\n+ Incident-2631-2008A\n\n- Incident-2631-2008A\n\nOn October 25th, 2008, SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 partially breached containment (see the SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 casefile). Within one minute, each SCP-2631-A was observed to open and deployed 116 objects into the Earth's atmosphere. These objects were radar-reflective and approximately 10 cm across when deployed but expanded to 5m \"parachutes\" in the atmosphere. Each instance made a soft landing on the Earth's surface and then apparently self-destructed after SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 was successfully recontained. The remains of these objects consisted of ash composed of 90% carbon, 6% silicon, 2% gallium, 2% nitrogen as well as trace amounts of lithium, gold, iodine, iridium and tellurium. Assuming constant density these ash fields (average mass 2 kg) contain twice as much material as the initial landers. Under electron microscopic analysis, the ash contains complex fragments of nano- and pico-meter scale structures as well as large amounts of nanoparticulate graphene dust.\nA computer modeled reconstruction of this material has determined that it is very likely (p>0.26)2 to be the remains of partially self-destructed Drexler universal assemblers3. All collected material is currently stored in the level-V self-replicator containment at Area-105, where it remains completely inert.\nAlso within a minute of the containment breach, a tight beam signal directed from SCP-2631-A-1 towards the outer solar system was detected. Nine hours, 12 minutes later an object was observed in the direction of the signal at approximately 35 AU from the Sun with a strong blue-shift and an estimated peak velocity of 0.2c. After SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 was successfully recontained, SCP-2631-A-1 sent a second signal. Five hours 16 minutes later the relativistic object changed course at approximately 18 AU from the Sun. 14 hours later the object disappeared after crossing Earth's orbit. This object's presumed vector would have resulted in a collision with the Earth4 approximately 12.5 hours after the second signal if it had continued to accelerate.\n13 minutes after the second signal was detected, a third, more complex signal, significantly broader band than the previous signals (139.6-170.8 Ghz), was intercepted. This signal lasted for 540 seconds. A portion of it has successfully been decrypted with 16-Qbit quantum decryption and translated via information gained from study of [DATA EXPUNGED].\n\nFortunate report\nPerceived conditions for comprehensive immediate correction action\nSubject designation 6,376 condition type [untranslatable] resulting from type [untranslatable] designation 6376-4315\nRestructure action active.\nDestruct fail-safe active.\nPerceived corrective action by music-makers ongoing.\nMusic-maker action successful. Subject 6,376 neutral.\nCorrective actions deactivated.\nThis one indicates fortunate feeling. Destruction of Subject 6,376 regrettable. Transformation/destruction of music-makers regrettable. Experiment results promising.\n\nFootnotes\n1. With a wavelength of 1.5-2.5 mm and frequency of 139.6-150.2 Ghz.\n2. The probability of these structures having naturally occurred is p<0.0015.\n3. Multipurpose molecular-scale dry nanomachines.\n4. Based on its probable mass and velocity, the energy released by this collision would have significantly exceeded the gravitational binding energy of the Earth, resulting in an XK-end-of-the-world scenario.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2630 | SCP-2631 | SCP-2632 \u00bb"}
{"text": "No Fury\n\nImage is from here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forensic_facial_reconstruction_of_Alberto_di_Trento.jpg\nThanks to Jekeled, Conwell, TwistedGears, Expletive, JackIke, Shio, Decibelle, ARD, and Levi for the review.\nDon't look back in anger.\nI heard her say.\nSpoilers on the discussion page.\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nItem #: SCP-2632\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2632 is to be contained in a standard humanoid containment cell on floor 7 of Site-88. SCP-2632 may not physically interact with any Foundation staff directly except while being restrained.\nDescription: SCP-2632 is a human individual that possesses unusual longevity, and is unable to be harmed by any available means. SCP-2632's aging appears to have arrested completely during its time in Foundation custody.\nSCP-2632 displays physical characteristics which are consistent with a 68-year-old male. Historical records indicate that SCP-26321 was born in 1810, in the Republic of West Florida. Observational evidence of SCP-2632, these historical records, and claims made by SCP-2632 itself indicate that the event which produced its anomalous effects occurred in 1878.\nSCP-2632 possesses no further anomalous properties, and displays symptoms consistent with a diagnosis of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. While additional permanent damage to SCP-2632's neurological condition appears to have been prevented by its anomalous properties, SCP-2632's behavior is consistent with an individual possessing a moderate state of neurological decay.\nSCP-2632 was recovered in 2003 following a botched execution attempt in the US state of Washington. SCP-2632 was convicted in 1994 of the killing of Jonathan Garret, and sentenced to death. SCP-2632 refused to choose his execution method, and by state law was to be hanged in January of 2003. Due to SCP-2632's anomalous properties, this penalty was ineffective. Agents embedded in the Washington State Department of Corrections were able to recover SCP-2632 following this attempt.\n\n+ SCP-2632 Interview Log\n\n- Hide Interview Log\n\nThe following interview was the fourth conducted.2\n\nDate: February 5th, 2003.\nInterviewer: Dr. William Hoskins, SCP-2632 Project Head\nSubject: SCP-2632\nLocation: Site-88, Section C.\nDr. Hoskins was instructed to create a rapport with the subject to induce cooperation. Those portions of the interview have been edited out for brevity.Dr. Hoskins: Why?\nSCP-2632 pauses for several seconds.Dr. Hoskins: No. Would you like to?Dr. Hoskins: Well, I'm not going anywhere, and neither are you. Let's talk.SCP-2632 taps on the glass partition separating him from Dr. Hoskins.Dr. Hoskins: No, I haven't.Dr. Hoskins: Who were they?Dr. Hoskins: And you went to Crossroads?Dr. Hoskins: And then?Dr. Hoskins: What happened to this \"Indian\"?Dr. Hoskins: Okay, then what had happened to the others?Dr. Hoskins: Right. So then you enacted the ritual as well?Dr. Hoskins: And then?Dr. Hoskins: So you all performed the ritual?Dr. Hoskins: What happened to your brother and your wife?Dr. Hoskins: They began an affair?Dr. Hoskins: And did you?Dr. Hoskins: But you did eventually?Dr. Hoskins: What happened to your brother after that?Dr. Hoskins: And did you?Dr. Hoskins: You buried him?Dr. Hoskins: What did your wife do?Dr. Hoskins: What did you do?Dr. Hoskins: You buried them both?Dr. Hoskins: What happened after that?Dr. Hoskins: Were you ever worried that your brother would wake up and dig his way out?Dr. Hoskins: 120? You said you moved to Crossroads in 1867?Dr. Hoskins: And he isn't?Dr. Hoskins: What do you mean?Dr. Hoskins: Did they find your brother?Dr. Hoskins: What did you do after that?Dr. Hoskins: Right.Dr. Hoskins: Are you still worried about him coming for you?Dr. Hoskins: Why do you think he wants to come for you?Dr. Hoskins: Sure. Just for the record.Dr. Hoskins: Wouldn't that have driven him insane?Dr. Hoskins: Alright. Thank you for your time. I imagine we'll have more questions for you tomorrow.\n\n+ Show Incident Reports\n\n- Hide Report\n\nIncident 2632-63:\n\nFollowing several recorded interviews, Dr. Hoskins began to hold informal interviews with SCP-2632 in order to ascertain the specifics of the ritual which produced its anomalous abilities, and the eventual fate of the individual who first informed him of the ritual itself. These interviews were unsuccessful in their stated goals. On November 12th, 2015, following 12 years of successful containment, SCP-2632 killed Dr. Hoskins during an unguarded interview.\nNo future interviews are to take place without a barrier separating SCP-2632 from Foundation staff. Research staff are to be accompanied by security personnel at all times when in the presence of SCP-2632.\nDr. Elizabeth Lane, SCP-2632 Project Head.\n\nIncident 2632-65:\n\nFollowing the death of Dr. Hoskins, a new project head was selected. Dr. Elizabeth Lane, the current SCP-2632 project head, was scheduled to interview SCP-2632 on December 18th. When she entered the interview chamber along with Agent Bill Cassidy, SCP-2632 began to suffer from what appeared to be a mental break.\nSCP-2632 was unable to answer any questions coherently, and appeared to be unusually preoccupied with Agent Cassidy's presence. In order to facilitate a calming of the subject, Agent Cassidy will no longer be utilized as security for the SCP-2632 project.\nDr. Elizabeth Lane, SCP-2632 Project Head.\n\n+ Show Proposed Containment Procedures Revisions\n\n- Hide Proposed Revisions\n\nDue to SCP-2632's uncooperative nature, mental state, the danger it may pose to Foundation personnel, and the anomalous properties it possesses, it has been determined that the following actions are to be performed on December 20th, 2016, by order of the SCP-2632 project head.\nThe SCP-2632 project is to be reclassified as inactive.\nSCP-2632 will be restrained, and placed on a steel platform. Exploiting SCP-2632's damage-resistant properties, a press will move a block of lead approximately SCP-2632's size downward until it molds into SCP-2632's shape. This press will keep SCP-2632 immobile until the reactivation of the SCP-2632 project.\nSCP-2632's current project members will be reassigned to active projects, and SCP-2632's containment procedures are to be updated with these changes.\nDr. Elizabeth Lane, SCP-2632 Project Head.\n\nThe above proposed changes are tentatively approved. Dr. Lane, I would like to speak to you in the next few days. I have some concerns with regards to your utilizing Agent Cassidy's containment expertise in this matter. Please come and see me at your earliest convenience.\nDr. Cimmerian, Site-88 Ethics Committee Liaison.\n\n+ Show EC-2632 Task Report\n\n- Hide Report\n\nOn June 8th 2016, The Ethics Committee approved a proposal relating to SCP-2632 by Dr. Cimmerian. The task was completed on August 24th, 2016. The results of that project are listed below.\nA search was made to determine the veracity of the SCP-2632's statements regarding its relatives. The burial site SCP-2632 described was found and the body inside was exhumed. The remains were buried under approximately half a meter of soil, though it was clearly apparent that at least one previous occupant had either been removed or extricated itself from the burial site.\nThe following is a facial reconstruction of the recovered remains.\n\nGenetic identification indicates that this individual is strongly related to SCP-2632's still-living descendants. Due to the sex of the individual in question, it is believed to be the remains of Jacob Manfred. The current whereabouts of Bethany Manfred are still unknown.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Under the name Douglas Manfred.\n2. Previous interviews established SCP-2632's principle anomalous properties.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2631 | SCP-2632 | SCP-2633 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2633-4, photographed before containment.\n\nItem #: SCP-2633\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2633 instances are to be contained in specialized semi-aquatic zoological containment chambers in the arthropoid wing at Area-12. Atmospheric conditions are to be monitored closely. Any personnel that need to operate in close physical proximity to SCP-2633 instances are to wear appropriate respiratory protection.\nDescription: SCP-2633 refers to five individual Johngarthia lagostoma crabs1. Instances are physiologically identical to non-anomalous members of the species. Anomalous properties manifest at a molecular level, during the process of cellular respiration. Through an as of yet unknown process, each SCP-2633 instance produces a number of substances in place of the carbon dioxide that would normally be produced. Instances also conduct respiration at a rate considerably greater than normal, producing as much as four liters of gases every thirty minutes.\nEach instance produces a unique set of substances, as detailed below\n\nSCP-2633-1 produces nicotine.\nSCP-2633-2 produces cannabidiol and tetrahydrocannabinol.\nSCP-2633-3 produces morphine, codeine, thebaine, noscapine, and papaverine.\nSCP-2633-4 produces salvinorin A, as well as several other terpenoid substances in trace amounts\nSCP-2633-5 produces water, vegetable glycerin, propylene glycol, and a substance compositionally similar to apple byproducts.\n\nIt is not currently understood how SCP-2633 instances are apparently unaffected by the substances they produce, which would typically be lethal to invertebrates of a similar size. Non-invasive tissue samples have been collected from each of the five instances, and are currently being analyzed to determine possible mechanisms behind anomalous cellular processes. SCP-2633 instances are also exceptionally long lived, having survived well over 200 years.\nThough first reported in 1773, SCP-2633-1, -2, and -3 were first confirmably discovered on Ascension Island2 in 1815, several weeks after the first British settlers arrived there3. Said settlers captured and made recreational use of the instances for several years before they were taken by Governor Mark Wilks4 in 1818, and presented as a gift to King George III, who maintained possession until his death in 1820.\nThe instances changed hands several times over the next 191 years (notably making it as far as Istanbul, Mumbai, and Khanbaliq) before being obtained by Marshall, Carter, and Dark, Ltd.. Objects were finally contained by Foundation personnel following a 2011 raid on a MC&D warehouse by Mobile Task Force Mu-3 (\u201cHighest Bidders\u201d), along with several other objects. Instances were relocated to Area-12 to join SCP-2633-4 in containment.\nSCP-2633-4 was first discovered in 1997, though is believed to be responsible for a number of reports of delusions and erratic behavior among allied soldiers stationed on Ascension Island during World War II. Though not in Foundation possession at the time, SCP-2633-1, -2, and -3 were known to the Foundation, and a containment team was dispatched from Key Largo to retrieve SCP-2633-4 due to its similarities to prior instances. SCP-2633-4 was not properly stored for the return voyage, and the entities psychoactive effects resulted in the plane crashing into the ocean approximately 900 kilometers north of Hispaniola, causing the deaths of 8 personnel and the loss of SCP-2633-4.\nSCP-2633-4 (or an entity with an identical anomalous properties) was rediscovered by civilians in 2002, on a public beach in Miami, Florida, causing an episode of mass delusions5. Local authorities were called in to handle the incident, while Foundation personnel were mobilized to contain SCP-2633-4. SCP-2633-4 was contained at Site-63 for the next 8 years, until it was transferred to the parazoology department at Area-12 in 2010.\nSCP-2633-5 is the most recent instance, found on Ascension Island on 11/11/2016. The instance was kept as a pet by a local family for three months, before a social media post featuring the instance was flagged by Foundation detection algorithms. SCP-2633-5 was then apprehended by a containment team, and the family was treated with Class-B amnestics.\nBased on documents recovered during the aforementioned MC&D warehouse raid (see below), it is currently believed that the first three SCP-2633 instances were created as an attempt by the British East India Company to create a method to efficiently and surreptitiously transport large quantities of narcotics into China. The methods used for this purpose are not yet known, though an enhanced breeding and genetic alteration program has been authorized to attempt to replicate SCP-2633's anomalous properties using both SCP-2633 instances and non-anomalous stock of J. lagostoma. This project will be overseen by Dr. Hendricks.\nBelow is a transcription of Document-2633-2, obtained with Marshall, Carter, and Dark documentation of SCP-2633.\n\nWarren,\nAs you are aware, my Providence was tasked with carrying the experiments back to Calcutta. I am afraid I must report that I am unable to abide their presence on my ship. The native you had me purchase them from has warned me of the creatures' potency, but I had not understood his meaning. Six times now my men have absconded with the beasts, and their foul fumes are inhibiting any work being done aboard. Because of this, I must confess that I have thrown the animals into the sea, much to the chagrin of my men.\nI hope the company will not be too put off by my transgression, I do not believe the creatures were worth what I daresay was a sizeable price, nor would they have gotten past the Chinese. The port authorities know their crabs, and can smell the poppy a mile off. Perhaps something larger and more amicable? Dogs, perhaps?\nWe will be making port in Abidjan, where I hope to send this missive to you, to pick up the shipment of ivory, and then we sail to Bengal, where hopefully we can speak of this further.\nYours as always, Rudolph.\n\nThe above letter is believed to have been written in 1773 to Warren Hastings, a member of the East India Company's governing council by Captain Rudolph Brooks, a seaman under the employ of the EIC, often charged with moving cargo of an anomalous manner. It should be noted that over a period of approximately 20 years (1840-1860) numerous reports were made of British vessels carrying \u201cpoppy hounds\u201d. Whether these animals represent continued efforts on the part of the East India Company to continue the experiments that yielded SCP-2633 is unknown at this time. Additionally, research is currently underway to determine the identity of the \"native\" mentioned by Captain Brooks in the above letter.\nSCP-2633-4 and -5 are currently theorized to be offspring of SCP-2633-2 (the only female of the group) and one or both of the other two original instances (or possibly non-anomalous J. lagostoma). How SCP-2633-4 and 5's products were determined is still a matter of much speculation.\nAddendum: Results of SCP-2633 breeding program, updated 1/23/2017.\nSCP-2633 instances have thus far refused to interbreed, though two broods of anomalous offspring have been produced as follows: A cross of SCP-2633-3 with a non-anomalous female crab has yielded an entire brood (approximately 100,000 individuals) whose blood and bodily fluids contain dimethyltryptamine in very high concentrations. 60 female larvae were allowed to mature, and are currently being kept in containment at Area-12, the rest were flashfrozen and are kept in refrigerated storage below Site-83. Additionally, a recent brood resulting from a cross of SCP-2633-4 and a non-anomalous female crab has yielded an additional approximate 100,000 larvae, roughly 3% of which have exoskeletons largely composed of crystalline N-methylamphetamine. 2000 larvae are being allowed to mature to assess potential further anomalous properties, and the remaining ~98,000 were frozen and stored below Site-83.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Terrestrial crab species native to four small islands in the South Atlantic.\n2. A small volcanic island in the South Atlantic, currently occupied as a territory of the United Kingdom.\n3. Note: While Ascension Island was claimed and officially occupied for almost two centuries, permanent settlements were not established until the early 19th century\n4. Governor of Saint Helena, a title which also oversees governance of Ascension Island and several other small neighboring islands.\n5. Dubbed the \u201cCrab Panic\u201d by local news media, this incident has been largely erased from the public record via a specialized disinformation operation\n\n\u00ab SCP-2632 | SCP-2633 | SCP-2634 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Mathematical projection of the object given to Dr. Mabry by SCP-2634. Red dots indicate single vertices, orange dots indicate double vertices, and the yellow dot indicates a quadruple vertex\n\nItem #: SCP-2634\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2634 cannot be contained due to limitations of three-dimensional perception and tangibility.\nAny objects obtained from SCP-2634 are to be kept in standard secure storage lockers when not being used for research.\nDescription: SCP-2634 is a sentient, likely telepathic entity that natively exists in six-dimensional space.\nSCP-2634 first came to Foundation attention on October 13, 2013, when it made itself known to Doctor Mabry, a Senior Researcher stationed at Site-63. For Doctor Mabry's full account of the event, see below.\n\nExpand Transcript\n\nClose\n\n<Begin Recording>\nThis is, uh, this is Doctor Jonathan Mabry, at\u2026 1:30 PM October Fourteenth. I have been asked to provide a verbal record of my experiences last night. Let me preface this by saying that I am neither a physicist nor a linguist, and I apologize.\nI was sitting in my office finishing up paperwork, and then out of nowhere I hear someone say the word \u201cprepare\u201d. Well it didn't exactly say it I guess, but it thought it. Or I thought it? I think it thought it with my thoughts. It doesn't matter, I suppose. Anyway, the next thing that I can recall is being pulled\u2026 through myself? And then\u2026 no, not really then, per se.\nYou'll have to bear with me here. I'm going to try to relay my experiences in a way that seems chronologically logical, but you have to understand that from my perspective all of these events happened at the same moment. Or rather, every moment was the same moment, and each event was also every other event. I digress.\nAnyway, then I was somewhere else, and I could see it. It looked like, how do I put this, like a sphere within a sheet that had been stretched out of itself. It shone a brilliant metallic orange. It was beautiful. And it spoke to me again, it said \u201cTathagata\u201d and I knew that that was its name. Or at least what I should think of it as.\nIt then occurred to me to be scared. I frantically looked around trying to figure out where I was, and that's when I realized: I hadn't even left my office. I think that's when I started putting the situation together. This thing, whatever it was, had pulled me into a separate spatial dimension. I still saw my office, but I could see into it. I saw a depth to everything that had always been hiding there.\nNow my understanding of hyperspacial geometry is rusty at best, but some part of me felt qualified to make assumptions, and I think I must have asked (or thought?) something stupid like \u201cIs this the fourth dimension?\u201d, and, I swear to god, this thing without a head or neck nodded. And then it tugged me in another direction, and said \u201cFifth\u201d.\nChrist. I understand how hard this must be to conceptualize for someone who hasn't seen it; hell, I have seen it and I can barely make sense of it. The fifth dimension, as I suppose that's what I was seeing. We were still in the office, but I only knew that because I could see an object in front of me that was the same color as my cactus. It didn't look like a cactus, mind you, more like\u2026 like a set of concentric cylinders covered in very sharp prisms. We sat there for what seemed like an hour, as I just took in the world around me, and as Tathagata seemed to observe my reactions.\nAgain it occurred to me that I had barely stopped to question my situation, so enraptured was I by the things before me. I again addressed my visitor and I thought to it something that was somewhere between \u201chow\u201d and \u201cwhy\u201d, and to me it responded \u201cAll in time. Come. There is more\u201d. Then, just as suddenly as the last time, it brought me further down its rabbit hole.\nDoctor Mabry pauses for 2 minutes 43 seconds.\nYou'll have to forgive me. I do truly wish that I could describe for you just what it is like to comprehend six dimensions in space, but anything I could say simply falls short. There are no words in any language on earth that can convey anything about my experience in 6D space. Suffice to say it was beautiful.\nMy guide again addressed me, projecting into my mind the word \u201chere\u201d. As I took in the view, I noticed that we were surrounded by other creatures like Tathagata. Some were shiny orange like it was, others were deep indigos and neon green. Some were colors that I had never seen before. They seemed welcoming, in their own way.\nTathagata then projected the word \u201cHome\u201d into my head. We lingered there for a while, and I was enraptured by the movements of these beings. Sometimes they would flutter like flags in the wind, other times crashing into each other like colliding bullets. They chased each other like schools of fish though folds in space. More often than not they moved about in ways I'm not sure I fully understood.\nNext I heard echoes of my own thoughts. \u201cWhy\u201d and \u201cbeautiful\u201d and \u201cmore\u201d, like memories of memories. And I understood.\nThese things, whatever they were and however they were shaped, existed naturally on a conceptual level that allowed them to move through six dimensions, but they were not naturally able to go further. Life in seven dimensions and beyond was as impossible for them as life in six is for us. I think that's why they reach out to us. They think we might be able to help them break through into a seventh, so that they can experience the same awe. They believe in us.\nAfter some time -maybe minutes, maybe hours- Tathagata brought me back. I watched objects fold back out of themselves as I was brought down from six to five to four and finally back home to three. It then said to me \u201cTell them\u201d. And then it was gone, as suddenly as it appeared.\nI glanced at the clock. The whole ordeal had lasted seconds. I spent the next several hours in the fourth floor restroom vomiting, before I managed to shamble my way into Director Aram's office and relay what had happened.\nAnd that's my story. I have petitioned Director Aram to enact a program onsite with the express purpose of aiding Tathagata and the other beings in their endeavor. I hope we can help.\n<End Recording>\n\nA department of tesseractic geometry has been established at Site-63 in order to determine a method of further interaction with SCP-2634 and others of its kind.\nIn the time since Dr. Mabry's experience, Foundation reconnaissance and surveillance assets have traced at least fourteen separate instances of SCP-2634 appearing to other individuals. Descriptions of such events virtually always match Dr. Mabry's description very closely. To date SCP-2634 has appeared only to scientific professionals (notably: members of NASA, JAXA, CERN, and numerous private scientific institutions).\nUntil such a time that an adequate containment procedure can be devised, all individuals known to have had contact with SCP-2634 are to be given a regimen of Class-B amnestics and monitored for possible future interaction.\nOn 3/21/2016 Dr. Mabry was again contacted by SCP-2634. For a transcript of Dr. Mabry's report, see below\n\nExpand transcript\n\nClose\n\n<Begin Recording>\nHello, this is Doctor Jonathan Mabry again, March 21st 2016, at, uh, 11:29 AM. As you are most likely already aware, it came back again last night. Now, you are most likely familiar with my name when it's appended by the phrase \u201cyou know, the loon that was convinced his hallucination was anomalous\u201d. But this time people saw, this time I have concrete, physical proof.\nI was in the cafeteria, probably around seven, talking to Dr. Fairweather about an article I had read in Sydowia about fungal neurological potential that- sorry, I'm getting sidetracked. Anyway, we were talking and then just like the last time I heard \u201cprepare\u201d in that same voice in my head, and then I felt that familiar tug as Tathagata pulled me up. According to Caroline (and the half dozen others in the room) it looked like I had folded inside out over myself, and then I disappeared.\nThe trip was different than before. Instead of slowly working me upward, Tathagata just pulled me all the way up into six-space. Until then I was pretty sure that I had remembered what it was like, but the thing about brains calibrated for three-dimensional life is that they can't really visualize anything higher, you can never really see it unless you're looking at it. It was just as beautiful as it was when I first saw it, maybe even more so now that I wasn't also reeling in shock. I really wish language had the words to fully explain it.\nI saw Tathagata there again, looking the same as before, sphere within a wavy plane and all that. I think it was looking at me, waiting for a reaction, so I just said \u201cHello?\u201d. It fluttered a bit, I think trying to imitate a wave.\nAnd then it got strange. It glided over to me, and\u2026 grabbed me? I think? And it carried me, not through dimension this time but through space. It physically brought me somewhere else. I think it was some sort of city, or something like that. There were lots of huge spiraling towers that sort of bent in on themselves and stretched through the horizon. There were hundreds of the beings there, flying around like great schools and flocks. I stood there just watching for a long time, just taking in the shapes and colors- god the colors.\nAfter a while I turned back to Tathagata and just asked why it brought me back. It seemed to think for a second, before saying \u201cA reminder\u201d. I think I understood. I was about to start telling it that none of you had believed me, and that sequestering the necessary resources was just about impossible, but as soon as the thoughts entered my head, it reached out again, one corner of its sheet seemed to pull an object out from somewhere and hand it to me (as much as something without hands could). I took it, and turned it over in my palm. It was a cube. Well, a 6-cube. It addressed me and said \u201cto convince\u201d. And then I was back in the cafeteria. I must admit I don't remember a lot of what happened next. According to Caroline it was mostly vomiting.\nAs soon as I was coherent again I realized that I was still holding something, and I held it up and\u2026 well I'm sure you've all seen it by now. I don't know how they did it, but the 6-cube was still a 6-cube. Not just a projection or a model but an honest to god 6-cube in 3-space. Nobody likes looking at it (except for the guys over in TG, they all lost their damn minds when I showed them) it doesn't really gel well with the human brain.\nI think I've finally managed to convince everyone.\n<End Recording>\n\nIt is to be noted that the primary goal of all personnel assigned to SCP-2634 is to create an effective and lasting containment solution. All other efforts are to be considered secondary, and any personnel found to be pursuing other goals with any ultimate intention other than containing SCP-2634 will be assigned elsewhere.\nAddendum: On 1/1/17, the department of tesseractic geometry managed to briefly open an unstable gateway into what is currently believed to be four dimensional space. This was accomplished using information gathered from the object Dr. Mabry was given by SCP-2634.\nSaid object possess several anomalous properties derived from its existence in six spatial dimensions, as follows:\n\nObject is able to be handled and interacted with without any apparent physical contact, likely stemming from nonvisible projections into three dimensional space perpendicular to higher dimensions. Personnel assigned to the department of tesseractic geometry have become quite adept at manipulating the object in this fashion.\nExtended visual contact with the object evokes a sense of discomfort, occasionally leading to migraine headaches and nausea. This phenomenon is not believed to be cognitohazardous in nature, merely a result of the human brain's inability to accurately reconcile a six dimensional visual image.\nOn rare occasions, the object may temporarily cause three dimensional objects that it contacts to appear as projections of equivalent six dimensional objects. It should be noted that affected objects do not actually become six dimensional.\nObject cannot be photographed. All attempts at doing so will instead depict the object as a three dimensional projection of a six dimensional cube.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2633 | SCP-2634 | SCP-2635 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2635\n\nItem #: SCP-2635\nObject Class: Euclid - Yellow\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2635 is under rotating custody of the Foundation and the Unusual Incidents Unit of the FBI. The UIU will maintain possession of the object at the Tamarack Building from January 1 through June 30. On July 1, object will be transferred to neighboring Foundation facility Site-58.1 The Foundation will keep the object until December 31, at which point it will be transferred back to the UIU facility. At no point should either entity maintain possession of SCP-2635 for over ten months. If this transfer is made impossible, for any reason, personnel stationed at Site-58 are to immediately enact Emergency Protocol Exsul. Note: All dates in this document are according to the modern Gregorian calendar.\nWhile in Foundation possession, SCP-2635 is to be kept in a standard organic materials containment locker.\nDescription: SCP-2635 is an uncooked red potato (Solanum tuberosum). If any organization maintains possession of SCP-2635 for an entire calendar year, one half of all members of said organization will die as a result of spontaneous combustion. If an organization is made up of an odd number of individuals, the number of affected individuals will be rounded up to the next highest whole number. If SCP-2635 is possessed by a single individual for a year, they will die in the same manner. SCP-2635 is also believed to possess some antimemetic properties, as such events and their consequences go almost entirely unnoticed by the world at large. SCP-2635 does not degrade or decompose.\nSCP-2635 is believed to have been created by one or more members of the artist collective known as Are We Cool Yet? sometime in the early 2000s after being commissioned by an unidentified Chechen anti-Russian organization, presumably for the purposes of assassinating pro-Russian politicians and public figures. The object was confiscated by GRU Division P operatives in November of 2002, but was recovered within days by covert individuals believed to have been working at the behest of AWCY?.\nRecovered documentation has indicated that the \"piece\" was created by a single member of the collective2 and is titled \"Kadyrov, metafate on tuber, piece 3 of 6\". To date, none of the five other implied instances have been discovered, though several investigations are currently underway in spontaneous combustion cases in Russia, Ukraine, and Ireland.\nIncident History: SCP-2635 first came to Foundation attention when it was acquired by the defense contractor Redwater, after it was mailed to the Redwater headquarters building in April of 2008. The package containing SCP-2635 is believed to have been lost in the building's mailroom, and in April of 2009, one half of Redwater employees (totaling 351 individuals) died as a result of SCP-2635's effects. This event resulted in the disassociation of Redwater and the purchase of all Redwater assets by The Westminster Group, a holding of Marshall, Carter, and Dark Ltd., in June of 2009.\nIt is believed that Marshall, Carter, and Dark were somehow aware of SCP-2635, as recovered paperwork has revealed an expedited sale of SCP-2635 to one Neptune Jugend, a known POI connected to Mekhanist Extremism, in July of 2009.\nIn August of 2010, approximately 8,300 individuals died in a manner consistent with that of SCP-2635, all of whom were later identified with Neo-Sarkic cults. This is believed to have been a deliberate act of religious terrorism perpetrated by Mr. Jugend. In September of 2010, Marshall, Carter and Dark recovered SCP-2635 again, by unknown means.\nIn February of 2011, SCP-2635 and relevant documentation were recovered during a raid of a Marshall, Carter, and Dark warehouse, along with several other anomalies, including SCP-24633, and SCP-17384. SCP-2635 was given SCP designation, and moved to Site-63 for temporary containment until proper custodial arrangements could be made.\nIn October of 2011, several Safe and Euclid class objects, including SCP-2635, were lost during an incursion on Site-63 by a cell of the Chaos Insurgency. In October of 2012, one half of the cell operatives died as a result of SCP-2635, seriously weakening the organization and allowing Foundation recovery of many stolen anomalies in the Chaos Insurgency's possession, with the notable exception of SCP-2635. It is believed that this event was at least partially facilitated intentionally or as a collateral result of a Global Occult Coalition attack on several CI facilities in September of 2012. Foundation espionage efforts within the GOC have determined that the organization has been aware of SCP-2635 since at least 2004.\nSCP-2635 is believed to have been retained by a member of the Serpent's Hand posing as a Chaos Insurgency operative. Over the next 38 months, it is believed that the Hand used SCP-2635 to covertly assassinate heads of state in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, as well as Agent Marcus Rose, a leading member of the Serpent's Hand Task Force.\nOn December 29th, Site Director Pauline Barrett discovered SCP-2635 in an ostensibly unused storage locker in the Euclid wing of Site-22. Director Barrett immediately reported the discovery, and automated alert systems notified relevant Foundation personnel. On January 10th of 2016, SCP-2635 began containment in the 58-Tamarack complex, and has remained there without further incident.\nAddendum: In April of 2016, a single yam was found on the desk of Doctor Nottingham, Site Director of Site-58. Said yam maintains a constant temperature of 420 degrees Celsius, and Doctor Nottingham received serious burns from handling it, but has made a full recovery. Taped to the yam was a note, transcribed below.\n\nCome on guys, that's cheating. You're supposed to pass it around, let everyone have a turn! Not cool.\n\nTesting has revealed no other anomalous effects, and the object has been designated SCP-2635-B, and is contained full-time at Site-58.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Both Site-58 and the Tamarack Building were established specifically for the containment of SCP-2635.\n2. True identity unknown, known to associates as \"alonE\". Individual is well known in Slavic anart circles for anti-Russian extremism. May be directly or tangentially related to several other leftist organizations.\n3. Safe, currently contained at Site-19.\n4. Safe, currently contained at Site-77.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2634 | SCP-2635 | SCP-2636 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2636\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Revised as of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2014, in response to Incident 2636-Aleph-Exarch.\nSCP-2636 is to be contained within a Type-45 Isolation Chamber within Site-115. All anomalous objects previously stored at Site-115 have been relocated to other sites: those objects that cannot be moved have been placed under increased security as outlined in Document S115-RE-5-D. SCP-2636 is to be provided with half a liter of caprine, ovine, porcine, or bovine blood per day for sustenance. SCP-2636's respiratory sphincters have been surgically modified to prevent vocalization. Administration of class Omega-3 amnestics to SCP-2636 is authorized.\nAll procedures involving SCP-2636 are to be carried out through remote automation. All items coming into contact with SCP-2636 are to be sterilized upon removal from the containment chamber.\nThe security perimeter around SCP-2636-1 is to be monitored by armed patrol and night-vision security cameras. Entry to SCP-2636-1 is reserved for the research team.\nAny wild specimens of Potrix caprarum sapiens are to be captured for further study.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2014: UAP-5982-1 through UAP-5982-8 were successfully terminated during Incident 2636-Aleph-Exarch. The remains are currently stored within separate Type-101 Stasis Chambers within Site-115.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2015: SCP-2636a has been terminated. The remains are currently stored within a Type-101 Stasis Chambers within Site-115\n\n+ Original Containment Procedures\n\n- Hide\n\nSCP-2636 is to be contained within a Type-05-M humanoid containment module within Site-151, with soundproofing modifications and extensions to accommodate SCP-2636's size. SCP-2636 is to be supplied with one liter of caprine, ovine, porcine, or bovine blood per day for sustenance. No other items of food or drink are to be provided to SCP-2636.\nAll items coming into contact with SCP-2636 are to be sterilized upon removal from the containment chamber. All personnel entering the containment chamber are to wear Level B haz-mat suits. Any individuals found to have come in direct physical contact with SCP-2636 or any material resultant of its anomalous properties are to be quarantined until the extent of infection has been determined and treatment has been assigned.\n\nDescription: SCP-2636 is a female bipedal mammal-like reptile of an unknown species (henceforth referred to as Potrix caprarum sapiens), measuring 3.4 meters in height and 135 kilograms in weight. Subject's skin is smooth and hairless, and is dark red in coloration with a pale grey underbelly. SCP-2636's primary senses are sight and hearing: the specimen possesses large eyes and ears, with the ears serving the secondary function of removing waste heat from the body. All scent organs are effectively vestigial. SCP-2636's legs are semi-digitigrade, with three toes and a fleshy foot pad to distribute weight, and the hands are four-fingered with one thumb. The head and back bear flexible spines measuring 5-20 cm in length.\nSCP-2636's digestive system is specialized for a liquid diet, primarily blood, though it is capable of digesting vegetable and fungal matter. As such, the mouth structure of SCP-2636 lacks teeth and a functioning mandible, instead consisting of a muscular, bone-tipped proboscis. Venom sacs are located in the upper thoracic cavity, directly below the collarbone. This venom is a powerful hemorrhagic toxin, capable of liquefying the internal organs of the prey creature. SCP-2636's respiratory system consists of a series of eight sphincters located in the upper chest and back.\nSCP-2636 is believed to be sapient, due to demonstration of self-recognition, mathematical ability, and artistic expression. However, no successful communication with SCP-2636 beyond simple pantomime and pictograms has been accomplished: SCP-2636 is incapable of speaking human languages, and has made no progress in learning written languages. SCP-2636's native form of communication, a series of song-like vocalizations, is not yet understood. SCP-2636 is highly sensitive to sound, with continuous loud noises (in excess of 100db) triggering hemolacria, otorrhagia, and hematidrosis in the subject. Tissue analysis has shown that SCP-2636 is highly susceptible to chemical carcinogens and pollutants, and possessing of an immune system incapable of protecting SCP-2636 against many human-carried diseases.\nSCP-2636's blood and other body fluids contain a variant of the Mycobacterium leprae bacterium, termed Mycobacterium leprae potrix. The symptoms of Mycobacterium leprae potrix are both accelerated in progression and more severe than those of Mycobacterium leprae, and the bacteria have proven resistant to leprostatic agents.\nSCP-2636-1 is a pre-Columbian temple complex1 located in [REDACTED], Mexico. The architecture of SCP-2636-1 does not match that of any indigenous peoples in the region: the scale of the complex and artistic depictions within indicate that it was constructed by SCP-2636's species. The oldest segments of SCP-2636-12 have been dated to approximately 12,000 BCE: the most recent constructions3 have been dated to approximately 7500 BCE.\nThe central chamber of SCP-2636-1 was built with a significant knowledge of acoustics. An individual standing on the central dais is capable of being heard throughout the central chamber without difficulty. Speaking in a raised voice will allow the individual to be heard outside SCP-2636-1 by means of structures funneling sound through the roof of SCP-2636-1.\nThis central chamber of SCP-2636-1 is built above a natural cave formation, later expanded by the builders of SCP-2636-1. Chambers within the cave were apparently used for storage, residence, and interment of the dead. A total of 3409 skulls belonging to Potrix caprarum sapiens specimens have been found within the cave system, dated between c. 12,000 BCE and c. 2000 CE. Entry to the central chamber is made only by passing through two antechambers. A one-room stone structure, referred to as the Small Temple, is located outside the primary structure. The purpose of this structure is unknown.\nSCP-2636-2 is a mass of mummified animal parts bound together with hide strips, measuring 4.7 meters in height and weighing approximately 500 kilograms. SCP-2636-2 consists primarily of bones, organs, and limbs, with six goat heads forming the top of the pyramid. The age of SCP-2636-2 is unknown, but the animals used in its construction indicate that it was built after European settlement. It is unknown how SCP-2636-2 has maintained a state of preservation in a tropical environment.\nUAP-5982-1 through UAP-5982-8 are entities outwardly appearing to be living specimens of SCP-2636-2, bearing no signs of decay and measuring approximately 50 meters in height. It is believed that SCP-2636-2 was envisioned as a representative image of these entities. UAP-5982 specimens have only been observed during Incident 2636-Aleph-Exarch.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2015: SCP-2636a is a deceased fetal female of the same species as SCP-2636. SCP-2636a is genetically identical to SCP-2636, indicating that the pregnancy was the result of parthenogenesis. Events surrounding the initial generation of SCP-2636a are designated as Incident 2636-Aleph-Exarch.\nAddendum-01: Certain carvings and paintings within SCP-2636-1 have been deemed to provide further context regarding the nature of SCP-2636, and have been arranged in presumed chronological order, as follows.\n\nPotrix caprarum sapiens in pastoral scenes. Imagery indicates a nocturnal hunter-gatherer lifestyle, with some rudimentary form of fungal agriculture.4\nPotrix caprarum sapiens killed in large numbers by humans.5 Human figures are portrayed as squat, grotesque figures, with exaggerated mouths and disproportionately small eyes.\nRetreat of Potrix caprarum sapiens below ground and into the remote jungle. Humans displayed as desecrating Potrix caprarum sapiens bodies on the surface. Surviving specimens depicted as injured and sickly.\nConstruction of SCP-2636-1 and SCP-2636-2 by Potrix caprarum sapiens.\nThe passing of the lunar cycle, with attendant symbolism to indicate repetition. A procession of female Potrix caprarum sapiens stands in front of a dormant SCP-2636-2: all female specimens are pregnant, and making gestures of supplication towards SCP-2636-2.\nSCP-2636 positioned in front of SCP-2636-2, hands folded in front of its abdomen. Cutaway view of the abdomen shows developing fetus. SCP-2636-2 has extended an arm to touch SCP-2636's abdomen. SCP-2636-2 is depicted with a song-halo motif for the first time. This motif is significantly deviated from the typical content and style.\nSCP-2636 giving birth to SCP-2636a. Musical motif is a combination of symbols from the depictions of both the pre-human state, the human conflict, and SCP-2636. This is termed the divine motif.\nSCP-2636a presented before SCP-2636-2. SCP-2636-2 is once again portrayed with song-halo motif. In addition, SCP-2636-2 is portrayed in an unmummified state, and as animate.\nSCP-2636a riding SCP-2636-2, driving forth humans, surrounded by a crowd of Potrix caprarum sapiens. Divine motif shared by all individuals. SCP-2636-1 is airborne.\n\nAddendum-02: Initial recovery of SCP-2636 occurred between \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2013 and \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2014, after an extensive hunt, ending near [REDACTED] Arizona. The complexity of traps used against recovery agents indicated that SCP-2636 worked with the aid of at least one other individual. This individual or individuals have eluded follow up searches of the region, and no further activity has been noted.\nIncident Report 2636-Aleph-Exarch\n\nDate: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2014\nLocation: Site-151 (Coordinates \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588.\u2588-\u2588\u2588.\u2588)\nEvent Type: LK (Localized Crisis)\nDescription:\nAt 0222, local time, SCP-2636 enters labor, beginning songlike vocalizations that will last the entirety of the event. These vocalizations match no patterns observed before, and indicate intense pain.\nVocalizations steadily increase in volume as SCP-2636 begins exerting force upon the structure of Site-151, culminating in an outward explosion of force centered around SCP-2636.\nEight instances of UAP-5982 appear at this time, emerging from the ground around Site-151.\nSCP-2636 rises into the air, hovering approximately 25 meters off the ground. SCP-2636 develops six wing appendages.6 At this point, SCP-2636's vocalizations have risen to approximately 140 db, and have been joined by similar vocalizations by all eight instances of UAP-5982.\nVocalizations peak and then begin to recede. UAP-5982 instances each place a hand underneath SCP-2636 and lower it back to the ground. UAP-5982-4 shoots approaching helicopter containing members of MTF Eta-87 out of the air using what appears to be a beam of concentrated light, killing all hands.\nUpon returning to the ground, SCP-2636 falls asleep.\nResultant Anomalies and Damages\n\u2022 Liquefaction of 89% of personnel within Site-151.\n\u2022 Deafening and blinding of all surviving personnel.\n\u2022 Destruction of 79% of Site-151's primary structure.\n\u2022 Transmutation of all water within Site-151 into blood containing Mycobacterium leprae potrix.\n\u2022 Generation of eight incidences of UAP-5982.\n\u2022 Generation of SCP-2636a\nRecovery Efforts: Site-151 was retaken by members of Local Task Forces 151-He (\u201cJared Crump's Hard-Luck Club\u201d), 151-Yaw (\u201cPillar Men\u201d), 151-Qoph (\u201cHeavy Metal Queens\u201d), and Mobile Task Force Eta-87 (\u201cLucky Leftovers\u201d), with the assistance of EWU Squad 7. All instances of UAP-5982 were terminated by 2030, \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2014. Surviving personnel were admitted to intensive treatment at Site-04, Site-78, and Site-115. SCP-2636 and SCP-2636a's remains were successfully transported to Site-115. SCP-2636 was successfully placed in isolation and administered Omega-3 amnestics without further incident.\nMedia coverup efforts and the remote location of the incident were sufficient to justify the withholding of additional amnestics to the surrounding population beyond standard waterborne rations.\nFoundation Casualties: 5 administrative staff, 16 research staff, 20 security staff, 11 D-Class personnel, 45 task force personnel.\nItems Lost: SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, E-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 through E-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and E-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nAddendum-03: In light of the destructive nature of SCP-2636a, preventative termination of SCP-2636a was proposed and passed by the Overseer Board, with a vote of 8-5, with approval of the Ethics Committee. SCP-2636a was terminated without further incident.\nAnalysis of the remains of SCP-2636a indicate that the fetus bore significant physical deformities, and is estimated to have survived no longer than two months after birth. This, combined with SCP-2636a's method of parthenogenic conception, and the continued mummified and inanimate state of SCP-2636-2, indicates a significant deviation from the events depicted within SCP-2636-1. The consequences, if any, of this deviation are unknown at this time.\nAddendum-04: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2015 \u2013 Further physical study of SCP-2636 indicates prior pregnancies.\n\nFootnotes\n1. This structure appears to be unique amongst Potrix caprarum sapiens, as no other permanent structures or settlements have been discovered, and the species is believed to consist primarily of hunter-gatherers. SCP-2636-1 has been considered analogous to the human-derived structures at G\u00f6bekli Tepe in this regard.\n2. The crypt and main chamber.\n3. Antechamber 2 and the Small Temple.\n4. All depictions of Potrix caprarum sapiens are characterized by a halo or beams emanating from the chest, believed to indicate song. Further symbolism will be added to these images to further specify the motif.\n5. Humans on horseback were added to this segment several thousand years after its original creation\n6. These wings have no physical structure, and appear to be projections of light of the same color and luminosity as that given off by UAP-5982 specimens.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2635 | SCP-2636 | SCP-2637 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2637 in transit to its current containment area. Top: visible spectrum. Bottom: 0.41YHz EM waves.\n\nItem #: SCP-2637\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2637 is stored in sector 34 of site-19. The outer casing of sector 34 has been repurposed as the primary containment structure of SCP-2637 and all access to sector 34 is suspended. Additionally, as of 1931-08-11 any structural change or activity outside the routine procedures of site-19 in the 8 surrounding sectors requires prior approval of the site director. If any doubt concerning the effect of an activity on SCP-2637 is held, please refer to Dr C. Zhu. For details about the alterations performed on the storage unit and monitoring station 34-1 (formerly sector 36), see document 2637-1 (standard site-19 requirements apply unless directly contradicted). Thorough maintenance of the multipurpose deflection tiling must be completed every month, excluding M\u00e9lusine cells and the H-stabilizing layer which may be ignored1.\nThe adjoining tanks must be kept filled up to 2000 m3 at all times. All uncontrolled energy transfer2,3 to or from SCP-2637 must be prevented. Should a variation in pressure and temperature occur despite the measures taken, no attempt should be made to bring them back to their former values4.\nSCP-2637 has no mind-altering effect. All reported cases of interpersonal quarrels and verbal escalation during research5,6,7 can be attributed to controversies surrounding the item's containment and research policies and their enforcement8.\nPlease note that SCP-2637 now has a budget separate from site-19, and all maintenance, monitoring and human resources related to SCP-2637 should therefore not make use of common site-19 assets. For any concern about funding, please start by reading document 2637-294, and only then contact Dr Malbreil.\nDescription:\n\nExcerpt from 2637-\u03c8 including pictorial information. Top: raw footage, bottom: reconstitution, white=1, black=0, grey=not significant one way or the other. The central band has been postulated to depict a topological diagram for the apparatus suggested by some interpretations of segment 759 10.\n\nNature of the item\nSCP-2637 is a chunk of granite extracted on 1928-07-14 near Kosh-Agach, Russia. It contains the source of a constant electromagnetic (EM) signal (hereafter referred to as 2637-\u03c8) with a strength estimated to be less than 10-12 V/m at the time of writing. The area it was excavated from has shown no anomalous properties. The strength of 2637-\u03c8 dropped considerably following recovery (from 0.7 V/m on 1928-07-14 down to less than 10-9 V/m on 1928-07-16), leading to immediate measures to suppress all activity near the item except for a constant isotropic energy transfer, which proved successful in reducing its rate of decay. The signal strength has since dropped below the weakest value detectable through any current equipment (a potentially more powerful method of detection is under development).\nOrigin of the anomalous properties of the item\n2637-\u03c8 is hypothesized to originate from a quartz phenocryst housing between 1021 and 1022 two-dimensional yoctometer-scale structures analogous to our universe11(collectively known as SCP-2637-1). Every instance of SCP-2637-1 is bound to an up quark, though it is unknown from which baryon and which atom nucleus. While the Foundation's current model of physics suggests that similar entities can form on every up quark12, their weak isospin charge being far below 1\u20442 should not allow for interaction with other particles, and SCP-2637-1's ability to generate EM waves is highly anomalous.\nThe simultaneous emergence in the same spot of more than 1021 individual instances may be explained by the common origin and very similar environment experienced by every SiO2 molecule in the quartz since their initial crystallization. A probabilistic estimate suggests that around 100 000 similar entities should, within the first kilometer of the Earth's crust, eventually develop a type IV civilization13. The emergence of conscious entities within SCP-2637 is therefore very likely explained by the mere possibility of stable self-replicating patterns and local change over long periods of time, much like the mainstream theory of abiogenesis and evolution14.\nActivity of the item\nThe content of 2637-\u03c8 is a repeating sequence of periods of intense activity (EM waves in the YHz range) and periods of low activity, that encode an ordered sequence of binary digits (hereafter referred to as \"the message\"). Each of these bits lasts 2.113 minutes, with occasional seemingly incidental shifts. The total length of the message is 5887410 bits, or 23 years and 7 months, plus one additional final segment of varying length, unique in every instance recorded so far. The message repeats after a 9 months period of inactivity. Three complete instances of the message have been recorded since the discovery of 2637-\u03c8 on 1927-12-0315.\nA recurring segmentation is 148 bits, acting as a \u201cseparator\u201d between independent sections of the message and encoding various informations. The message notably contains 3 instances of pictorial representations revealed when displaying the bits as pixels arranged in rows of 148. Amongst the non-pictorial sections, roughly a tenth has been partially decrypted thanks to a key relating various physical values (including the mass and volume of a silicon atom, an oxygen atom, the Earth, and the solar system) to Planck's constant, the speed of light in a vacuum, and the mass of an up quark. Semantic units such as \"forwards/backwards in time\" and \"larger/smaller\" are implied through use of these values. The largest contiguous part (roughly a fifth of the message) begins with a representation of the order of the algebraic Monster Group, and includes repeated use of said semantic units. There has been no consensus as to the precise meaning of the section.\nThe nature of the entities which elaborated the message within SCP-2637-1 as well as the purpose of the message are not revealed within the elucidated parts of message16. Numerous segments suggest the entities are aware of the two-dimensional nature of their reality, and are trying to eventually contact 196,884-dimensional beings. The existence of such beings is unsupported by the Foundation's current understanding of cosmology.\n\nAlthough the interpretation of the segments as \"instructions\" is not disputed anymore, all means of transmitting the message in the suggested way are far beyond the capabilities of mankind17 and the resulting state of the universe would not allow for the existence of matter, let alone life (like the process of emitting such strong electromagnetic waves has undoubtedly destroyed the quark-bound structures housing the entities). It's understandable that the swan song of an extinct civilization with a collective aspiration to leave their mark on higher realms can make some people emotional, but according any sort of value to the instructions would be, effectively, the birth of a death cult. Please don't. Keep in mind that the item is entirely harmless and we might never be able to retrieve any more data from it. Some of you are free to set their own priorities amongst \"Safe\" items, but with more research effort comes more expectation of tangible results (or at the very least a reasonable prospect of future results), and time spent on documentation will be accounted for.\n- Dr Malbreil\n\nIt should be emphasized that gathering all possible information from what is widely recognized as equivalent to a class IV civilization unfathomably more advanced than ours is a valuable scientific pursuit in itself and does not entail any intent to immediately act based on the data.\n- Dr C Zhu\n\nAddendum 2637-01: Transcript of Meeting EAM-19-92AF\n\nAttendees:\n\nMs. Megan Grime\n\nDirector Maria Jones\n\nDr. Ella Lason\n\nDr. Dominique Malbreil\n\nMr. Antonio Presley\n\nMr. Allan Purcell\n\nDr. Marie Purcell\n\nMs. Yael Sjoberg\n\nMs. Jennifer Stevens\n\nDr. Carl Zhu\n\n[begin transcript]\nDr. C. Zhu: OK we're doing the next one, please quiet down. This is 2637-\n[aggravated interjections]\nDr. C. Zhu: This one is 2637, so please let's stay focused. Now Dr. Malbreil, I was told you prepared an opening statement, is that right? I'll let you-\nDr. M. Purcell: Actually there's something I ought to point out - the whole transcript is going to be an addendum for this one as well.\nDr C. Zhu: [to Dr. Lason] Oh, was that on the- really? [to all attendees] I have not been informed-\nDr. Lason: [unintelligible] you were going-\nMs. Sjoberg: Read the whole notice next time, Carl.\nDr. C. Zhu: No but that's fine, actually this is perfect, I am, no complaints, no complaints-\nDr. Malbreil: Alright, well, since we are all on the same page, I'll start with a few facts that are not all on record yet I believe. \u03a8 has been indistinguishable from random noise for more than one year now-\nDr. Lason: No, we got part of segment 72 again last June.\nDr. Malbreil: Alright, slightly less than a year. This is not a \"prepared\" opening statement by the way, Dr. Zhu. Did Sanderson tell you that?\n[aggravated interjections]\nDr. Malbreil: I'm sorry but what was the point of such a weird little fabricated-\nDr. M. Purcell: Dominique, this is all going on the technical-\n[interjections persist through Dr. Malbreil's statement]\nDr. Malbreil: Alright well for those reading this transcript, I want to say, think about - for one second, just imagine something like that being archived as documentation for any other item! This speaks- this just speaks for itself. That mere notion of a meeting transcript-\nDirector Jones: Stop.\nDr. Malbreil: [unintelligible]\nDr. M. Purcell: Come on, we should be able to make this quick, OK? So to clear that thing up for the record\u2026 If I may? OK, the RAISA has allocated this afternoon to review the status of 68 problematic Safe items, and given the history of controversy around 2637, it has been decided to spare everyone the inevitable round of revisions by using the transcript itself as an addendum, rather than a report.\nDirector Jones: And everything that doesn't require redaction is going to be left verbatim, so please start taking this seriously.\nDr. Malbreil: I, the. Alright. 2637 in its current state is nothing more than a chunk of rock. We dump 1 cubic meter of osmium a week into the insulation system. A whole sector of site-19 has been condemned while alarming infrastructure concerns are arising about sectors 20 to 50. We are long overdue for a drastic scaling down of the maintenance set-up, and the documentation is absolutely outdated. People should not have to dig through the addenda to get the whole picture.\nMs. Sjoberg: We might do more than an addendum. We will unfreeze the Special Containment Procedures section if a new consensus is reached.\nDr. C. Zhu: This is nothing new. It has been agreed per our July meeting-\nDr. Lason: June 29th actually.\n[crosstalk]\nDr. C. Zhu: -agreed that, assuming no shift in the rate of decay, up to a trillion instances of 2637-1 should still be active, which entails whatever means of preservation are within our capabilities.\nDr. Malbreil: Zhu. It has also been agreed that 10 to the 12 is below the margin of error and that our advances in sensor technology are not catching up. By the time we manage to detect such faint signals, it's far more likely we'll find another yoctostructure as advanced as 2637.\nMs. Stevens: I'm afraid there's nothing new on that front.\nDr. C. Zhu: I- Come on! Are we, are we seriously going to use that sloppy Moore's Law analog to direct research priorities?\nDr. Malbreil: You've never suggested any sound alternative. We have to plan-\nMs. Stevens: It's already 60% of the 2637 budget.\nDr. Malbreil: My proposal for a separate budget could settle this whole debate by the way.\nMr. A. Purcell: Let's set that aside for the RAC meeting, OK? Focus on the one we actually have retrieved.\nDr. C. Zhu: There's no telling just how advanced they are, a yoctostructure with such profound knowledge of reality might be unique in all matter in the galaxy, let alone Earth!\nDr. Malbreil: No, no, I- No, I can't let empty speculations supersede informed decisions when it's such a money sink, we have actual threats to deal with. Zhu, when was the last time you worked on anything Keter?\n[crosstalk]\nDirector Jones: We need to move on. Is there anything new anybody has to say?\nDr. C. Zhu: In fact yes, we have recently decrypted the second part of segment 76. Just like in segment 62, there is a signature consistent with the last harmonic analyses of SCP-2998. And we think it suggests an analogy between the segment 75 apparatus and the Rosetta cluster.\nMr. Presley: It's more definitive than that, the MRD guys have actually managed to simplify their model of the cluster based on our findings.\nDr. Malbreil: I know that, but we've had that complete section for the last three decades.\nDr. Lason: It was updated last June!\nDr. Malbreil: Are we supposed to discuss containment or not? All parts related to cross-dimensional communication are within the repeated section. We have an overwhelming consensus that the non-cyclic sections are meant as a message for those 196884-D entities. [(The existence of such beings is unsupported by the Foundation's current understanding of cosmology.)]. This does not warrant further study, the only parts that are of interest to us are within the main section, which we have recorded entirely. It's time for an update of-\nDr. C. Zhu: There's nothing that indicates the non-cyclic sections contain no useful information. The next one should come within three years! We're not even close to understanding this particular content, and as 2998 demonstrates the 4th dimension can affect ours non-destructively. There's no telling how useful that data might be.\nDr. M. Purcell: I think it's pretty clear we will not reach a consensus, so I suggest each of you put forward a motion and we take a vote.\nDirector Jones: Let's do that.\nDr. C. Zhu: OK then, I renew my proposal to keep all containment procedures as they are currently for the time being.\nDr. Malbreil: I propose that we draft a plan to decrease maintenance expenses for the next RAC meeting.\nDr. M. Purcell: All in favor of Dr. Zhu's motion?\n[Dr. Lason and Mr. Presley raise their hands.]\nDr. M. Purcell: All in favor of Dr. Malbreil's motion?\n[Ms. Stevens and Ms. Sjoberg raise their hands.]\nDr. M. Purcell: Alan, Megan, are you abstaining?\nMs. Grime: I'm sorry but I've never worked on 2637, I just have to reserve my judgement.\nMr. A. Purcell: You know how I feel about this.\nDr. M. Purcell: Alright, well I tend to favour Dr. Malbreil's opinion on this matter. I think this is definitely a debate for the RAC meeting rather than a purely technical matter.\nDr. C. Zhu: Director Jones, please! Surely you can take a stand on this matter! We're dealing with critical information.\nDirector Jones: I don't think this is appropriate Carl. If this can bring you some solace, I know the Overseer Council are aware of your concerns about the potential implications of \u03a8 and I will check if they're up to date on your latest findings. I think we can move on to the next item now.\n[end of transcript]\n\n1. However, dismounting those components from the tiling requires prior approval of the Site Director, which should be exceedingly clear from all available instructional documentation and site-19 training courses.\n2. Or perturbation of any kind\n3. Although it is clear that class 1 and class 2 occult phenomena have no effect on the item (as evidenced by the outcome of incident 2637-I4) and are therefore not a concern.\n4. I want to emphasize this: if you mess something up do NOT try to fix it. By doing that you'd inflict a new change in conditions on the item and disrupt its fragile equilibrium some more. The more you try to sweep your mess under the rug, the more we will notice.\n-Dr C. Zhu\n5. And obsessive behavior (c.f. document 2637-313) displayed by some researchers specialized in narrow and/or greatly theoretical fields of study\n6. As well as ill-considered dismissal of the intrinsic value (c.f document 2637-334) of the item that would normally not be expected from educated, experienced members of the Foundation\n7. Often demonstrably irrational as established in document 2637-36 relating meeting EAM-19-53B\n8. c.f. document 2637-335\n9. which has been agreed upon as \"likely\" among the majority of meeting EAM-19-78F attendees, since \"all other elucidated parts of the message are devoid of any cultural or aesthetic consideration\" and \"the message is obviously not meant as an exchange of trivialities and trying (rather anthropocentrically) to understand it as blurbs from a babbling civilization akin to [the 'Voyager' golden record] is laughable.\"\n\nIt should be noted that those views are primarily Dr C. Zhu's, and were not explicitly backed by a majority of meeting EAM-19-78F attendees.\n-Dr Malbreil\n\n10. For an analysis of the pictorial elements of 2637-\u03c8, see document 2637-107 or document 2637-121\n11. By consensus amongst several research teams backed with large amounts of experimental data and a model summarized in document 2637-74. (See document 2637-73 for a review of the flaws in this interpretation.)\n12. recent advances in microscopy have hinted at complex patterns of local isospin differentials within quarks from ordinary matter\n13. However, most of them are likely to lack a neighbourhood of very similar twins like SCP-2637 does, and any message they may send would therefore be completely undetectable on a macroscopic scale with conventional equipment. The only reason the signal can be detected at all is that trillions of instances of SCP-2637-1 behave independently in almost exactly the same way. Methods to detect such signals from less multitudinous groups (or from SCP-2637 in its current state of decay) are under development.\n14. See documents 2637-73 and 2637-229 for reviews of the flaws in this interpretation, and document 021-D7N for a refutation of the mainstream theory of abiogenesis and evolution\n15. Although the first two lack clarity due to insufficient technological means of isolation from interferences, and the last one has been partially undetectable due to the gradual decline of the strength of the signal\n16. Although segments 71 to 74 include (repeatedly) the fine-structure constant and as a value close to it, and what has been interpreted (c.f. document 2637-144) as a request to change the former into the latter or the implication that the change is going to take place in the future through unspecified means.\n17. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\n\u00ab SCP-2636 | SCP-2637 | SCP-2638 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2638\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2638 is contained in situ at the Souther Family Farm, approximately 6 km northeast of Site-918. SCP-2638 itself is defined as the Souther Farmhouse, 192 m2 in area.\nSite-918 will provide 24-hour surveillance of SCP-2638 in the form of two agents per 8-hour shift. Unauthorized personnel approaching SCP-2638 are to be detained. Site-918 should then be contacted and a team will be sent out to collect the visitor(s). The visitor(s) will then be routinely questioned at Site-918, administered Class-B amnestics and released.\nSite-918 will also provide appropriate food and medical aid to SCP-2638-1, SCP-2638-2 and all instances of SCP-2638-A. These are to be delivered via a standard Foundation HERMES remote drone through the front door of SCP-2638.\nAt all times personnel should avoid entering within 5 m of SCP-2638's outer walls. Entrance to SCP-2638 requires permission from the Site Director, or a personnel member with higher security clearance\nDescription: SCP-2638 is the Souther Farmhouse, constructed in 1919.\nSCP-2638-1 and SCP-2638-2 (Mr Brian Souther and Mrs Jacqui Souther) are two otherwise apparently non-anomalous humans who are unable to leave SCP-2638. SCP-2638-2 is currently cooperative with Foundation personnel with regular contact via mobile telephone, while SCP-2638-1 is uncommunicative.\nSCP-2638-A is the designation given to the 54 anomalous entities currently contained within SCP-2638.\nAny attempt to cross the boundaries of SCP-2638 from within will result in the inhabitants becoming blocked by an \"invisible wall\"1. SCP-2638 shows no structural anomalous properties. Testing equipment has been delivered to SCP-2638-2, but due to its inexperience with Foundation technology results are considered untrustworthy.\nOn average once a week, between one and four random people in a nearby radius2 will abandon their current activities and travel to SCP-2638. If they are not detained by Foundation personnel they will enter SCP-2638 and become an instance of SCP-2638-A. If they are prevented from entering and led at least 3 km away they will display no other anomalous behavior and will resume their previous activities. Failed SCP-2638-A subjects have shown no aggression towards Foundation personnel, but express irritation with SCP-2638-1 and SCP-2638-2's absence during questioning.\nTesting reveals that SCP-2638-A entities will also be created when any human crosses the threshold into SCP-2638.\nAn instance of SCP-2638-A will attempt to engage SCP-2638-1 and SCP-2638-2 in conversation. It will do so regardless of SCP-2638-1 and SCP-2638-2's willingness to speak, or how many other instances are talking to them. Conversation topics consist of \"small-talk\" - the health of SCP-2638-1 and SCP-2638-2, condition of the house, upcoming social events, etc.\nThe SCP-2638-A will refuse to leave SCP-2638, and will ignore any injury to itself. It will consume light snacks but decline any offers of substantial meals. It will also neglect to follow basic personal hygiene procedures. Current instances of SCP-2638-A are in various stages of malnutrition, disease, death and decomposition.\nAddendum 1A: The Foundation became aware of SCP-2638 after a series of disappearances in the local area and police calls from SCP-2638-2. Due to SCP-2638's geographical isolation, continued public disinformation campaigns are not deemed necessary, beyond initial routine containment procedures. Agents have been assigned to find additional information about SCP-2638.\nAddendum 1B: SCP-2638-1 was born in SCP-2638 in 1976. The delivering doctor was Dr. Frazer, whose office contained some additional medical information on SCP-2638-1. SCP-2638-1 suffered from genetic abnormalities associated with inbreeding, leading to the death of its mother in childbirth. After SCP-2638-1's father died in 2006, SCP-2638-1 became the sole owner of SCP-2638. In 2008 Dr. Frazer recommended SCP-2638-1 be treated for severe clinical depression. There is no record of SCP-2638-1 actually receiving treatment. Dr. Frazer could not be interviewed as he is now SCP-2638-A-1. There appear to be no other records of SCP-2638-1's life, or of its family, aside from a newspaper subscription and a seldom used bank account3.\nAddendum 1C: The life of SCP-2638-2, formerly known as Jacqui Trant, is better documented than SCP-2638-1. It was healthy, attended public schooling at appropriate ages and was employed as a nurse. In 2009 SCP-2638-2's home was repossessed and SCP-2638-2 declared bankruptcy. SCP-2638-2 then lived with various friends and family for irregular periods of time. Agents were able to interview many acquaintances of SCP-2638-2: common descriptors used were \"sociable\" and \"extroverted\" and >80% used variations of the phrase \"she just wanted to look after people.\" SCP-2638-2 was known to respond to personal ads.\nAddendum 1D: SCP-2638-1 and SCP-2638-2 married in a private ceremony in 2010, with Dr. Frazer witnessing. Residents of the maximum area of effect of SCP-2638 were not able to recognise SCP-2638-2 from photographs. Telephone interviews with SCP-2638-2 revealed that SCP-2638-1 became increasingly mentally and physically unwell in 2011, and required 24-hour care. SCP-2638-1 refused any visitors to SCP-2638 aside from Dr. Frazer. In 2012 Dr. Frazer began treatment of SCP-2638-2 for severe clinical depression.\nAddendum 1E: An archived local newspaper article dated 02/11/1926 refers to a violent incident at SCP-2638 resulting in the deaths of five members of the Souther family. The article states that local residents accused the family of involvement in \"witchcraft\", \"demon worship\" and \"unnatural relations\". No prosecutions related to the incident are recorded.\nAddendum 2A: Since the suicide of SCP-2638-1, SCP-2638-2 has become increasingly hostile to instances of SCP-2638-A and Foundation Personnel. SCP-2638-2 has begun avoiding feeding any SCP-2638-A instances. SCP-2638-2's self-care has become inconsistent.\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2638-2\nInterviewer: Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, situated at Site-918\nForeword: SCP-2638-2's last telephone interview. Dialogue from SCP-2638-A entities has been expunged except where SCP-2638-2 directly responds.\n<Begin Log>\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Hello SCP-\u2026 er\u2026 Mrs Souther, how have\u2026\nSCP-2638-2: Stop. I don't care anymore.\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please, your continued cooperation is necessary to\u2026\nSCP-2638-2: I can't even bury my husband. He's rotting in our bed. They're still talking to him. He only wanted me to be happy.\nSCP-2638-A-37: Ah Jacqui, how is Brian? I've heard he's been rather ill.\nSCP-2638-2: Would you please just shut up and die already, Sharon.\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: If you can bring Mr Souther's corpse to the door, we can try to extract it for study.\nSCP-2638-2: You know what, you're just as bad as them. You don't care about us at all. Don't phone me again. If you want to be helpful, send me some weapons with your robot.\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I can arrange further sessions with our grief counselor and\u2026\nSCP-2638-A-54 (Formerly D-9743): I must say I'm finding myself to be rather peckish. Do you have any more of those delightful cookies, Mrs. Souther?\nSCP-2638-2: FUCK YOU.\nSCP-2638-A-54: Excellent, perhaps we can go over plans for the gala now?\n\n<Connection lost. End Log>\n\nClosing Statement: [SCP-2638-2's request was not approved. Researchers estimate SCP-2638-2 will soon die due to ill-health. Whether the death of SCP-2638-2 will result in the neutralisation of SCP-2638 is unknown.]\n\nFootnotes\n1. Quoting SCP-2638-2\n2. Estimated at 90 km\n3. The postman and bank manager are now SCP-2638-A-3 and SCP-2638-A-10, respectively\n\n\u00ab SCP-2637 | SCP-2638 | SCP-2639 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\nImages: Link.\nMusic: Big Ideas (Don't Get Any) (Radiohead; James Houston Cover)\nNext: [SCP-437]: Summer of '91\n\nMore by The Great Hippo:\n\nSCPs\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nSCPs\n\n[SCP-3034]\nThe Counting Station\n\nDO NOT LET HER FINISH\n\n[SCP-3035]\nScience Bugs\n\ncase_of_the_mondays.png, case_of_the_mondays (1).png\n\n[SCP-3054]\nCragstaff Sanitarium\n\nYou are sick. You are broken. We will fix you.\n\n[SCP-3045]\nbzzip.exe\n\nHAMLET: I am no longer moody.\n\n[SCP-3043]\nMurphy Law in\u2026 Type 3043 \u2014 FOR MURDER!\n\nForget it, Fred. It's Chinatown.\n\n[SCP-3057]\nFossil Fuels\n\n\u2026witnesses provided confirmation that instances of SCP-3057-4 did, in fact, have feathers.\n\n[SCP-2639]\nVideo Game Violence\n\ni need to know how many people i've killed\n\n[SCP-437]\nSummer of '91\n\nThat was a pretty crazy summer, y'know? Sometimes I really miss that place.\n\n[SCP-3079]\n300 Tricks: Stage Magic Made Easy\n\nNOTE: No method for accomplishing this trick is provided.\n\n[SCP-2753]\nLet's Play Jenga!\n\nHigh art carries high risk!\n\n[SCP-2679]\nThe Many Graves of Jeannette Parslov\n\nWhatever it takes, do what you must; whatever the cost, come back to us.\n\n[SCP-3074]\nKafka's Parking Garage\n\nThank you for choosing Izatova Parking Center. Have a pleasant day.\n\n[SCP-2571]\nCragglewood Park\n\nMr. Blair, have you always been an only child?\n\n[SCP-2419]\nThe Laughing Men\n\nThrow them back into the incinerator where you found them.\n\n[SCP-3143]\nMurphy Law in\u2026 The Foundation Always Rings Twice!\n\nWhen it comes right down to it, me \u2014 them \u2014 hell, even you \u2014 we're all just characters in that trashy dime-store novel called life.\n\n[SCP-3089]\nThat Old Time Religion\n\nRemember how we explained that successful people don't actually need any of their toes to walk? Well, that's going to come in handy for Secret Number Six.\n\n[SCP-3117]\nA Monster-Shaped Hole\n\nI'm not talking to you.\n\n[SCP-3128]\nLet's Play Monopoly!\n\nHey, guys? I'm, uh. I'm using this.\n\n[SCP-3138]\nA Sepulcher by the Sea\n\nShould it prove feasible, all non-canonical corpses are to be extracted, examined, and catalogued.\n\n[SCP-3241]\nThe SS Sommerfeld\n\nIt makes me wonder what an old monster like myself is even doing here, anymore. And then? Someone special comes along and reminds me.\n\n[SCP-3219]\nThis Sour Earth\n\nNotably, no reports describe any attempt to examine the residence's storm cellar.\n\n[SCP-4028]\nLa Historia de Don Quixote de la Mancha\n\nJustine eventually re-unites with her sister, Juliette. Alonso strikes down a lightning bolt intended for them both, then challenges the narrator to a duel.\n\n[SCP-3546]\nDoggone it, I Fold!\n\nSpecifically, fan-art of Sonic the Hedgehog, a video-game character produced by Sega in 1991.\n\n[SCP-3561]\nAn Unfinished Work\n\nDespite multiple reports from neighbors who claimed to have witnessed members of his family standing at the windows, no trace of Theodore Holdstock's wife and children could be found.\n\n[SCP-4054]\nThe Seventh Door\n\nSCP-4054 is The Seventh Door, an unlicensed platform adventure game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988.\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2639\nObject Class: Euclid (formerly Keter)\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2639-C is to be kept secured on-site in an isolated room that is TEMPEST-certified1. Access to SCP-2639-C is limited to Level-4 personnel; testing is currently prohibited.\nDescription: SCP-2639 refers to a phenomenon that manifests as a 1 kilometer cubic volume wherein anomalous entities and objects (designated SCP-2639-A and SCP-2639-B, respectively) materialize, then dematerialize approximately 1-2 hours later. An imperceptible barrier around SCP-2639 prevents instances of SCP-2639-A from leaving this area of effect.\nSCP-2639-A are 3 humanoid entities equipped with anomalous weaponry and armor. Each entity exhibits superhuman speed, strength, endurance, resistance to injury, and perceives no pain or discomfort. When an instance is destroyed, an undamaged copy of this instance will appear somewhere within SCP-2639's area of effect.\nSCP-2639-B consists of 22 distinct 'types' of intangible objects dispersed throughout SCP-2639's area of effect. Each instance hovers 0.1 meters above ground and rotates on a horizontal axis at a set rate. When instances of SCP-2639-A make contact with an instance of SCP-2639-B, the object will typically vanish, conferring a beneficial effect on the entity. Observed effects have included (but are not limited to) new anomalous weaponry, increased resistance to injury, and higher overall damage output.\nOne particular type of SCP-2639-B ('Ammo Pack') is noted to only appear when either an instance of SCP-2639-A or a non-anomalous human expires.\nSCP-2639-C is a customized desktop computer. The computer runs without a discernible power-source, and has been hosting a heavily modified online Quake2 death-match since 1997. The session's participants are connected to the host machine via anomalous means, and have been identified as three teenagers3 missing since 18/06/1997. Until the discovery of SCP-2639-C in 2010, they were unaware that they had been playing for over a decade.\n\nSCP-2639 INCIDENT DATABASE\n\nRemains of Madonna di Siena.\n\nINCIDENT #: 231\nDATE: 18/08/2009\nLOCATION: Siena, Tuscany (Italy)\nREPORT: SCP-2639 occurred on the outskirts of Siena, Tuscany at 04:23 UTC; the anomaly was centered around a small church (Madonna di Siena). Local police officers responded to the anomaly, leading to an escalation which ultimately culminated with the collapse of the church. All anomalies associated with SCP-2639 dematerialized at 05:41 UTC.\nCASUALTIES: 96 (54 fatalities, 12 critical injuries, 30 minor injuries)\nCOVER STORY: A tanker truck carrying 9000 gallons of petrol was overturned and ignited, resulting in a massive explosion. The ensuing fire exacerbated structural weaknesses in the church, causing it to collapse on the congregation inside.\n\n\u00ab INCIDENT #230 | INCIDENT #231 | INCIDENT #232 \u00bb\n\nAddendum 2639.1: Chat Logs\n\n\u25ba ACCESS SCP:/2639/files/chatlog001.log\n\n\u25bc Close File\n\n[GRRGRL] haha\n[WTF_STFU] totally blasted your face with my science gun :>\n[BOOGER] Oh you blasted my face alright\n[BOOGER] Not with science tho\n[WTF_STFU] >:D\n[WTF_STFU] <3\n[BOOGER] <3\n[GRRGRL] picking next map\n[GRRGRL] deathmatch again?\n[WTF_STFU] yes\n[JBREINER] Pardon me.\n[GRRGRL] uh\n[GRRGRL] hello?\n[WTF_STFU] gtfo\n[BOOGER] Be nice\n[GRRGRL] hey sorry but this is a private server\n[JBREINER] I understand, and I apologize for the intrusion.\n[JBREINER] But I need to speak with the three of you.\n[WTF_STFU] boot him\n[WTF_STFU] load next map\n[GRRGRL] wait how did you even access this server?\n[JBREINER] I'm accessing it from a computer we found.\n[JBREINER] I believe it belongs to one of you? Ms Gloria Stanfield?\n[BOOGER] \u2026uh\n[WTF_STFU] fucking hax\n[WTF_STFU] just boot him lets go\n[GRRGRL] how do you know my name?\n[JBREINER] We're trying to figure something out. Can any of you tell me where you are, right now?\n[WTF_STFU] jfc why are we still talking to this shitlord\n[GRRGRL] wait\n[GRRGRL] what do you mean, 'where we are'?\n[JBREINER] Can you describe your surroundings? Besides the computer screen in front of you.\n[BOOGER] \u2026uh\n[BOOGER] No\n[WTF_STFU] don't tell him shit\n[BOOGER] No I mean\n[BOOGER] I literally can't\n[BOOGER] What's going on\n[BOOGER] I can't see anything besides this screen\n[WTF_STFU] wtf\n[WTF_STFU] wtf\n[WTF_STFU] i can't either\n[WTF_STFU] wtf did he do\n[JBREINER] Okay. I didn't do anything. I realize this won't make much sense, but we think you might all be trapped inside of this computer.\n[GRRGRL] same\n[GRRGRL] that is, I can't see anything\n[GRRGRL] except for this screen\n[WTF_STFU] how the fuck am i even typing\n[WTF_STFU] i can't see a keyboard\n[JBREINER] Please try to remain calm. I know this is confusing and upsetting, but I want you to also know that we're trying to figure this out, too.\n[JBREINER] We're here to help.\n[JBREINER] However, it's also imperative that you not play any more matches with each other.\n[GRRGRL] why?\n[WTF_STFU] how long have we been like this\n[WTF_STFU] how long have we been playing this game\n[WTF_STFU] what the fuck is going on\n[WTF_STFU] wtf\n[BOOGER] Dude, calm down\n[BOOGER] Chill it's okay\n[BOOGER] Whatever this is we can figure it out\n[GRRGRL] why can't we play more matches?\n[WTF_STFU] are you serious who gives a shit\n[WTF_STFU] i want to know why i can't see anything but this fucking screen\n[GRRGRL] no yeah I agree\n[GRRGRL] I just want to know why it's *imperative* we don't play more matches\n[JBREINER] It might complicate any attempt to retrieve you.\n[BOOGER] Ok\n[BOOGER] How long have we been here? I feel like I'm waking up from a dream\n[WTF_STFU] i literally remember\n[WTF_STFU] playing HUNDREDS of matches\n[WTF_STFU] like we could have been here for weeks\n[WTF_STFU] shit\n[BOOGER] Do our parents know what's going on?\n[JBREINER] No, not yet. They think you've all been missing since 1997.\n[WTF_STFU] wait what\n[WTF_STFU] what the fuck do you mean SINCE 1997\n[BOOGER] How long have we been here?\n[BOOGER] ??\n[BOOGER] Hello?\n[BOOGER] What is today's date?\n[JBREINER] It's currently 2010.\n[BOOGER] what??\n[BOOGER] no\n[BOOGER] that's not\n[WTF_STFU] we've been in here for over ten years\n[WTF_STFU] we've been playing this game for over ten fucking years\n[GRRGRL] how would playing more matches 'complicate' things?\n[WTF_STFU] SHUT THE FUCK UP\n[WTF_STFU] JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP WHO CARES\n[WTF_STFU] WEVE BEEN PLAYING QUAKE ON YOUR STUPID FUCKING SERVER FOR TEN STUPID FUCKING YEARS\n[WTF_STFU] I DONT GIVE A FUCK WHY THEY WANT US TO STOP\n[BOOGER] Jim.\n[BOOGER] Jim, please.\n[BOOGER] Jim?\n[WTF_STFU] fucking\n[WTF_STFU] fuck\n[WTF_STFU] sorry\n[WTF_STFU] im sorry\n[GRRGRL] it's okay.\n[GRRGRL] we just need to stop, and try to think this through.\n[GRRGRL] jbreiner, are you still there?\n[JBREINER] Yes. Sorry. I've been conferring with my colleagues. Discussing possible solutions. Maybe some tests.\n[JBREINER] We think that maybe you SHOULD start a match \u2014 but rather than playing, you would just follow our instructions.\n[GRRGRL] ok\n[GRRGRL] just tell us what you want us to do\n[JBREINER] Load your next map, but don't do anything. Don't move, don't attack, just stand still.\n[GRRGRL] ok\n\n\u25ba ACCESS SCP:/2639/files/chatlog002.log\n\n\u25bc Close File\n\n[JBREINER] Hello?\n[GRRGRL] yo\n[GRRGRL] map's loaded\n[JBREINER] Alright. Tell me what you see.\n[WTF_STFU] just another custom map\n[WTF_STFU] huge field some trees\n[WTF_STFU] some zombies some rottweilers\n[JBREINER] Rottweilers?\n[BOOGER] One of the monster-types\n[JBREINER] I understand. Are there any other identifying traits you can see?\n[GRRGRL] identifying traits?\n[BOOGER] Why are the monsters running?\n[WTF_STFU] they always do\n[WTF_STFU] i mean not always but most of the time\n[WTF_STFU] something to do with the mod\n[BOOGER] Right. I hadn't even thought about it until now\n[JBREINER] Stay still. Don't move, don't attack anything. We're trying to find you now.\n[BOOGER] Trying to find us?\n[WTF_STFU] shit\n[WTF_STFU] grunts\n[GRRGRL] don't move. leave them alone.\n[WTF_STFU] they're shooting us\n[GRRGRL] it's fine.\n[WTF_STFU] i'm about to die\n[GRRGRL] you'll respawn\n[GRRGRL] JIM\n[GRRGRL] JIM STOP\n[GRRGRL] DONT FIRE\n[GRRGRL] JIM STOP RIGHT NOW\n[GRRGRL] LET THEM KILL YOU\n[GRRGRL] JIM\n[WTF_STFU] wtf\n[WTF_STFU] wtf why did you gib me\n[GRRGRL] THEYRE NOT GRUNTS\n[GRRGRL] THEYRE PEOPLE\n[WTF_STFU] what are you talking about\n[GRRGRL] police\n[GRRGRL] or idk soldiers someone with guns\n[BOOGER] Oh god\n[BOOGER] no\n[BOOGER] no please this has to be some sort of sick joke\n[WTF_STFU] its just a stupid fucking game\n[WTF_STFU] it's not\n[WTF_STFU] oh\n[WTF_STFU] oh fuck\n[WTF_STFU] oh fuck\n[WTF_STFU] this is a park\n[WTF_STFU] we're in a park\n[WTF_STFU] this whole time ive just been\n[WTF_STFU] any time i needed ammo i would just\n[WTF_STFU] no\n[JBREINER] I'm sorry. I had to step away from the keyboard.\n[JBREINER] Please do absolutely nothing. Stand still. We've figured out where you are. We're sending units to try and retrieve you.\n[BOOGER] Where are we\n[BOOGER] How did you find us\n[GRRGRL] how do you think\n[GRRGRL] they probably just had to turn on the fucking news\n\n\u25ba ACCESS SCP:/2639/files/chatlog054.log\n\n\u25bc Close File\n\n[JBREINER] Hello.\n[JBREINER] ?\n[JBREINER] Anyone home?\n[GRRGRL] yo\n[JBREINER] Is everything alright? We can't run any tests until you load up another match.\n[GRRGRL] don't think we're feeling it today doc\n[JBREINER] What's wrong? Anything we can talk about?\n[BOOGER] Jim won't talk to us\n[BOOGER] He's been silent for the past three days\n[GRRGRL] look like we appreciate\u2026 everything, I guess\n[GRRGRL] you've helped us figure out how a lot of this stuff works\n[GRRGRL] even how to select where we manifest\n[GRRGRL] but like\n[WTF_STFU] how many ppl did i kill\n[BOOGER] Jim!\n[WTF_STFU] just\n[WTF_STFU] look just tell me\n[WTF_STFU] i need to know how many people i've killed\n[JBREINER] I don't know, off-hand. And even if I did, I don't know if that number would be genuinely helpful.\n[WTF_STFU] is it more than a thousand\n[WTF_STFU] i bet its more than a thousand\n[BOOGER] Jim, please stop\n[WTF_STFU] you know what the worst part is\n[WTF_STFU] i killed them for ammo\n[WTF_STFU] so i could shoot my friends\n[WTF_STFU] but no that isnt the worst part\n[WTF_STFU] the worst worst part is i dont even know what any of them look like\n[WTF_STFU] they were all just zombies and grunts and rottweilers\n[WTF_STFU] i dont even know who im responsible for killing\n[BOOGER] We all did this\n[BOOGER] We'll deal with it together\n[WTF_STFU] i cant\n[WTF_STFU] i want to die\n[WTF_STFU] i deserve to die\n[WTF_STFU] but i know ill just fucking respawn\n[GRRGRL] come back later, okay, dr breiner?\n[JBREINER] Alright.\n\n\u25ba ACCESS SCP:/2639/files/chatlog059.log\n\n\u25bc Close File\n\n[JBREINER] Hello?\n[JBREINER] Anyone?\n[JBREINER] ?\n[JBREINER] I know you're all still there. We can see you're still connected.\n[JBREINER] It's been a month, and none of you are talking to us anymore.\n[JBREINER] Look, I know this is hard.\n[JBREINER] But you can't just hide from this.\n[JBREINER] Well.\n[JBREINER] Okay.\n[JBREINER] I guess you can.\n[JBREINER] I'll try again tomorrow.\n\n\u25ba ACCESS SCP:/2639/files/chatlog312.log\n\n\u25bc Close File\n\n[JBREINER] Hello.\n[JBREINER] This is just my weekly check-in, to see if any of you are still there and willing to talk.\n[JBREINER] Look, I\n[JBREINER] Okay, this is pretty unprofessional, but frankly, it's been so long since we've heard a peep out of any of you that the higher-ups scarcely even consider you anomalous anymore.\n[JBREINER] So\u2026\n[JBREINER] I'm going to let you in on a little secret.\n[JBREINER] I keep telling you that I know it's hard.\n[JBREINER] But the fact of the matter is that I have no clue.\n[JBREINER] Nobody knows how hard this is for any of you.\n[JBREINER] None of us can even begin to fathom what it's like.\n[JBREINER] You're all just a bunch of teenagers who somehow got sucked into a game without realizing it. You have no physical bodies, as far as we can tell.\n[JBREINER] And, through no real fault of your own, you're somehow responsible for\u2026\n[JBREINER] \u2026the number is 1,531. At least, that's as many as we've confirmed. Fatalities, I mean.\n[JBREINER] And I don't think there's many of us who can fathom what any of this is like. To wake up from a dream one day to find out it wasn't a dream, and all your memories of spending time with the people you care about, it was actually just\u2026\n[JBREINER] Look, I have a teenage son of my own. So, like \u2014 I'm not saying I understand. But I sympathize. I imagine what I'd think if something like this happened to him, and\u2026 I don't know. The fact that it CAN happen, terrifies me.\n[JBREINER] I don't think any of you are evil. I think\u2026 what happened to you is unfair. Beyond unfair.\n[JBREINER] But I also don't think just hiding in the dark is going to help.\n[JBREINER] You need to talk to us.\n[JBREINER] Not just for our sake. But for yours.\n[JBREINER] Okay, I'm done. Sorry for rambling. Not typically my style.\n[JBREINER] I'll try again next week.\n\nWARNING: THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS ARE LEVEL 4/2639 CLASSIFIED\n\nANY ATTEMPT TO ACCESS THESE FILES WITHOUT LEVEL 4/2639 AUTHORIZATION WILL BE LOGGED AND WILL LEAD TO IMMEDIATE DISCIPLINARY ACTION.\n\n\u25ba RESTRICTED SCP:/2639/files/chatlog551.log\n\n\u25bc [LEVEL-4/2639 CLEARANCE VERIFIED]\n\n[JBREINER] Help\n[JBREINER] Are any of you still there?\n[JBREINER] I don't even know how long it's been since I've tried communicating with any of you\n[JBREINER] But please, respond\n[JBREINER] I need your help. Hello? Please\n[JBREINER] PLEASE RESPOND\n[JBREINER] Fuck\n[GRRGRL] yo\n[JBREINER] Thank God\n[JBREINER] I need your help\n[JBREINER] I'm trapped in this lab\n[GRRGRL] why\n[JBREINER] We've had a containment breach\n[GRRGRL] the fuck is that\n[JBREINER] I don't have time to bring you up to speed\n[JBREINER] But to make it short, you aren't the only anomalous things we've contained\n[JBREINER] Some of these things\n[JBREINER] They're monsters\n[JBREINER] And one of them broke free\n[GRRGRL] ok\n[GRRGRL] what do you want us to do about it?\n[JBREINER] Help us\n[JBREINER] ?\n[JBREINER] Please\n[GRRGRL] don't think you understand what you're asking, doc\n[GRRGRL] besides not sure the others are even still here\n[JBREINER] I can hear it outside in the hall\n[JBREINER] Please, it's killing people\n[BOOGER] You want us to fight it?\n[JBREINER] Yes\n[GRRGRL] you're still alive?\n[BOOGER] IDK\n[BOOGER] Guess so\n[JBREINER] Can you help us?\n[BOOGER] Can we, G?\n[GRRGRL] why are you asking me Tom\n[WTF_STFU] because youre our leader\n[GRRGRL] jim? holy shit\n[GRRGRL] you're still here?\n[WTF_STFU] can't die\n[WTF_STFU] so yeah\n[WTF_STFU] make the call\n[GRRGRL] I can't\n[GRRGRL] I mean\n[GRRGRL] I'm why we're all fucked up\n[GRRGRL] I know you blame yourself for all those dead people but it isn't your fault Jim it never has been\n[GRRGRL] it was my computer\n[GRRGRL] my mods\n[GRRGRL] my server\n[GRRGRL] I can't\n[WTF_STFU] bs\n[WTF_STFU] yes you can\n[WTF_STFU] make the call\n[WTF_STFU] we'll follow your lead\n[JBREINER] PLEASE HELP ITS BREAKING DOWN THE DOOR\n[GRRGRL] Loading map. We're going in.\n\n\u25ba RESTRICTED SCP:/2639/files/chatlog553.log\n\n\u25bc [LEVEL-4/2639 CLEARANCE VERIFIED]\n\n[JBREINER] Hello?\n[GRRGRL] yo\n[JBREINER] How are you all feeling, today?\n[GRRGRL] better\n[GRRGRL] we've talked a lot\n[GRRGRL] how many people died\n[GRRGRL] yesterday I mean\n[JBREINER] We're still compiling numbers. But.\n[JBREINER] The number we're getting is a lot lower than it would have been, if it weren't for all of you.\n[GRRGRL] ok\n[GRRGRL] good I mean\n[GRRGRL] look I want a straight answer here\n[GRRGRL] I think I already know the truth so\n[GRRGRL] if you lie to me i'll know it, and we'll go back to being quiet again\n[GRRGRL] so answer the next question truthfully. Ok?\n[JBREINER] Ok.\n[GRRGRL] besides the monster\n[GRRGRL] did WE kill anyone? like, non\u2026 monster-ppl\n[JBREINER] No.\n[GRRGRL] you SURE about that\n[JBREINER] Yes. Aside from myself and two others, everyone in the area you manifested in was already dead.\n[GRRGRL] ok\n[GRRGRL] that's what we figured, too, I just\n[GRRGRL] wanted to be sure\n[JBREINER] You said you all talked a lot. About what?\n[GRRGRL] think we've come to a decision\n[JBREINER] A decision?\n[GRRGRL] yeah\n[GRRGRL] you've been running tests on us for like IDK how long now\n[GRRGRL] and we're still stuck in here\n[GRRGRL] you won't let us talk to our families\n[GRRGRL] and all you do is have us do stupid pet tricks for you\n[JBREINER] I understand. I'm sorry. I wish I could let you speak with your families, particularly given the fact that you just saved my life and the lives of everyone in this facility. But your situation is complicated.\n[GRRGRL] yeah\n[GRRGRL] we know\n[GRRGRL] but like the point here is\n[WTF_STFU] fuck you\n[WTF_STFU] fuck you and fuck your tests\n[WTF_STFU] thats the point\n[GRRGRL] put more civilly, I don't think we're ever getting out of here\n[GRRGRL] are we?\n[GRRGRL] ?\n[JBREINER] Sorry, was thinking.\n[JBREINER] We were exploring solutions before you stopped coming out for tests. We don't honestly know what to do. We've examined the computer you're communicating to us through, but we haven't figured out a way to retrieve you from it.\n[JBREINER] Nothing indicates to us that your 'minds' are even inside it. It's more like you're connecting to it from some outside source. We've discussed forcing the game to shut down, but we're fairly certain that would just mean we'd lose contact with you \u2014 and you'd lose contact with each other.\n[BOOGER] Yeah, we figured\n[BOOGER] Which means we're stuck in here\n[BOOGER] Just letting you run your tests while we wait for the computer to finally break down\n[BOOGER] And when that happens, we'll be alone\n[BOOGER] We won't even have each other\n[BOOGER] Just an eternity of darkness\n[WTF_STFU] wow ok there emo kid\n[BOOGER] *flip hair in front of eyes* :>\n[BOOGER] You know you love it\n[WTF_STFU] haha\n[WTF_STFU] <3\n[BOOGER] <3\n[JBREINER] So\u2026 how can we help? What can we do?\n[WTF_STFU] we want to DO something\n[WTF_STFU] and tbh theres really only one thing we're good at now\n[GRRGRL] we've already done a lot of damage. People are dead because of us\n[GRRGRL] we thought it was just a game, but\n[GRRGRL] that doesn't make them any less dead\n[GRRGRL] but we can't do anything about that. We can't fix it, or reverse it, or even, like\u2026 well I guess we could just, tell you to shut the computer off\n[GRRGRL] and sit in the dark, alone, as atonement\n[GRRGRL] but that's going to happen some day ANYWAY\n[GRRGRL] so, meanwhile\n[BOOGER] So, meanwhile, maybe we can actually save lives.\n[JBREINER] \u2026how?\n[WTF_STFU] omg are you fucking serious\n[WTF_STFU] how do you THINK you fucking moron\n[WTF_STFU] we are unstoppable nigh-immortal digitized death-gods who have spent 10+ years practice-killing each other in endlessly looped murder-orgies\n[WTF_STFU] so now we're ready for co-op\n[GRRGRL] we just have one condition\n[BOOGER] No people.\n[WTF_STFU] we will not kill people. ever. period. end of discussion\n[WTF_STFU] only monsters\n[JBREINER] I'm going to have to talk to my superiors.\n\n\u25ba RESTRICTED SCP:/2639/files/chatlog554.log\n\n\u25bc [LEVEL-4/2639 CLEARANCE VERIFIED]\n\n[JBREINER] Hello?\n[GRRGRL] yo\n[JBREINER] They said yes.\n\n\u25ba RESTRICTED SCP:/2639/files/notice.log\n\n\u25bc [LEVEL-4/2639 CLEARANCE VERIFIED]\n\nMTF Omega-9 (\"The Scrubs\")\n\nTask Force Mission: Mobile Task Force Omega-9 consists of 3 anomalous entities available for near-instantaneous deployment into extreme circumstances requiring the delivery of overwhelming force. Its primary purpose is as a rapid-response team for containment breaches involving violent, hostile anomalies. As part of the agreement reached with these 3 entities, MTF Omega-9 is only to be used to eliminate hostile non-human targets.\nAssisting In Containment of Objects:\n\nSCP-3797-ARC\n\nFootnotes\n1. A certification indicating that equipment and/or structures are insulated from 'leakage' of data via electromagnetic or acoustic emissions.\n2. A first-person shooter video game developed by id Software and published by GT Interactive in 1996.\n3. Gloria Stanfeld (16), Jim Yearden (16), and Thomas Warden (15).\n\n\u00ab SCP-2638 | SCP-2639 | SCP-2640 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2640\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The rail line that intersects SCP-2640 is to be decommissioned for all commercial or industrial traffic. A 3 m tall electrified fence has been installed in a 1.5 km2 perimeter surrounding SCP-2640.\nA total of 4 No fewer that 8 Xyank/Anastasakos Constant Temporal Sinks (XACTS), hereafter referred to as an XACTS Array, are to be placed surrounding the 5500 m2 area. Due to the remote location, the XACTS Array is to be powered by a subterranean miniaturized pressurized water reactor. The array must be failover redundant and maintained by Foundation personnel, stationed on site.\nThe Disinformation Bureau is to maintain the current dissemination campaign. Witnesses to SCP-2640-1 are to be administered Class-B amnestics.\nDescription: SCP-2640 is an unstable temporal anomaly centered on a 5000 m2 area near Gurdon, Arkansas. The area is a heavily forested pine thicket, bisected by a Union Pacific Railroad line that runs from northeast to southwest. The railway features one iron trestle bridge, which is the epicenter of SCP-2640. No other vehicular or pedestrian roads enter the area affected by SCP-2640.\nWithin the area of SCP-2640, SCP-2640-1 may manifest.\nSCP-2640-1 is an intangible floating orb of iridescent light. It may manifest alone or in groups; however, no more than 12 have been seen at once. It has been known to manifest at any time; however, it is much more noticeable at night. The light produced by SCP-2640-1 varies in intensity, and has been measured between 75-450 lux. The wavelength of the light measures between 380-490 nm, and appears bluish-white to the human eye. SCP-2640-1 normally float and travel slowly, but have shown the capability to move at speeds approaching 60 kph.\nWhen an instance of SCP-2640-1 measures under 150 lux, it does not show any response to stimuli or environment. In instances measuring over 150 lux, it will interact with human presence, following subjects from a distance of no less than 20 meters, and will not move closer; instead, moving away if approached. Conversely, instances approaching 450 lux are very active, and will often interact with subjects.\nIn rare instances, SCP-2640-1 has been shown to float through a subject. In these instances, subjects report a feeling described as \"being suspended in liquid\" or \"floating in a swimming pool\", although they show no outward changes. The feeling begins as soon as SCP-2640-1 makes physical contact with a subject, and passes as soon SCP-2640-1 is no longer making contact.\nInstances of SCP-2640-1 are incapable of leaving the area affected by SCP-2640. When they reach the boundary, instances of SCP-2640-1 will decrease in luminosity until they become invisible.\n\nAddenda: SCP-2640-1 has been colloquially known to local residents as the \"Gurdon Light\" or the \"Spook Light\" and, prior to containment, was a tourist attraction\u2014particularly around the holiday of Halloween. Local legends and mythology attribute SCP-2640-1 to the lantern of a railroad worker who was killed when he fell into the path of a train. The legend states that the man's head was separated from his body and was never found, and that the light that people see comes from his lantern as he searches for it.\nThe Disinformation Bureau's campaign explains that SCP-2640-1 is caused by the discharge of piezoelectricity from the stresses of underground quartz crystals and the New Madrid fault line. Further, the current containment protocols have been enacted for the safety of the general public, as the piezoelectric discharges have proven to be dangerous. SCP personnel on-station for containment of SCP-2640 are explained as scientists employed by the Federal Bureau of Land Management to analyze the phenomenon.\n\n\u25cf Documentation Access \u25cf\n\n \u25ce Documentation Access \u25ce \n\nExperiment Log Recording- 03/17/1992\n\nExperiment: Testing Xyank and Hume levels within SCP-2640\nPurpose: Determine the nature of the anomaly\nPersonnel: Dr. Connors, D-1423, D-2435, D-3578, Tech staff\nEquipment: Comm Radios, Standard low-light body cam, Xyank-Tachyon Constant Spectrometer, Kant Counter, Digital Luxmeter, standard D-class control collars, handheld flashlights\nConnors: Gentlemen, can I get a radio check?\nD-1423: Uh, check.\nD-2435: Yo DJ, check check 1, 2.\nD-3578: Hey doc, we hear you. So what the hell are these gadgets we're toting?\nConnors: They're scientific instruments. They're measuring some of the things in the environment around you.\nD-2435: Ya hear that, ya'll? I'm doin' SCIENCE.\nD-1423: (laughter)\nD-3578: (laughter) Yeah, you're a regular fuckin' Einstein.\nConnors: Gentlemen. If you could please walk along the railroad tracks.\nD-2435: Roger wilco that good buddy, 10-4.\nD-1423: (laughter)\nConnors: Can it. Keep moving and keep your eyes on those instruments.\nD-3578: So\u2026 what are we out here looking for, Doc?\nConnors: You might see something a little unusual.\nD-1423: Unusual? How unusual?\nConnors: Nothing to be worried about actually\u2026 in fact, you might even find it quite interesting.\nD-2435: (In a mocking tone) You might even find it quite interesting.\nConnors: D-2435, shut it. You all should be in the exclusion zone right now. Can you give me some reading off your instruments?\nD-1423: Uhhh\u2026 looks like\u2026 .point-three-two.. C H?\nConnors: That's 0.32 centiHumes.\nD-1423: Oh\u2026 ok.\nD-3578: I have\u2026 uh\u2026 a triangle and\u2026 two-point-three-five XT\nConnors: Delta 2.35 X-Tachyons, that's pretty significant.\nD-3578: Cool.\nConnors: D-2435?\nD-2435: Thought you told me to shut it.\nConnors: (Sighing) Everyone, kill those flashlights, and D-2435, can I have that lux reading?\nD-2435: Yeah, it's\u2026 fuckin'\u2026 uhhh\u2026\nConnors: D-2435, the reading?\nD-2435: uhhh\u2026 zero\u2026 dot\u2026 t-two\u2026 three?\nConnors: Are you asking me?\nD-2435: Fuck you.\nConnors: I'm gonna have you reassigned. Is it 0.23 lux?\nD-2435: Fucking\u2026 I dunno.\nConnor: D-2435, you're testing my patience.\nD-2435: WOAH, WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT!?\n(An instance of SCP-2640-1 materializes 6 meters away from the group)\nD-2435: ohfuckohfuckohfuck\u2026\nD-1423: JESUS CHRIST.\nD-3578: WHAT in the HELL\u2026\nConnors: CALM DOWN, all of you. I told you you'd see something unusual. Now, the light won't hurt you at all. I just want to get some readings please.\nD-1423: T-t-that's a fucking ghost.\nD-2435: \u2026.ohfuckfuckohfuck\u2026\nD-3578: \u2026.Doc? You seeing this shit?\nConnors: Yes, I see it. I need you all to calm down. They don't hurt, they're just\u2026 there.\nD-1423: What does it want?\nConnors: That what we're trying to figure out. If you could please point your instruments towards it and give me some readings please?\nD-1423: Okay, I have 0.34 CentiHumes.\nD-3578: I have delta 17.78 XT.\nConnors: That can't be right.\nD-3578: 17.78\u2026 17.79\u2026. 17.80.\nConnors: That's very high.\nD-3578: Is that bad?\nConnors: \u2026.no. D-2435? Lux reading?\nSilence.\nConnors: D-2435?\nD-2435: Man, FUCK this Ghostbuster shit.\n(D-2435 begins briskly walking back the way he came. The light follows him quickly.)\nD-2435: OH FUCK.\nD-3578: Oh shit man\u2026\n(D-2435 seems to freeze in place as the orb passes directly through him, then falls to the ground, flailing)\nD-2435: AH WHAT TH' HELL, I CAN'T SWIM!\nD-3578: OH SHIT.\nD-1423: Are you ok?\n(D-2435 thrashes on the ground, as if attempting to swim)\nD-3578: What do you mean, you can't swim?\nD-2435: AHHH SHIT I CAN'T FUCKING SWIM I DON'T WANNA\u2026 wait\u2026 what\u2026\n(D-2435 sits up and quickly pats his chest, his head, his forearms, examining himself.)\nD-2435: \u2026th'fuck?\nConnors: (suppressing laughter) Did you get that Lux reading?\nD-2435: Th'fuck just happened to me?\n(The glowing orb bounces around the group as they are trying to collect themselves.)\nConnors: We haven't figured it out yet. But we THINK it wants to play.\nD-2435: \u2026.play?\nD-1423: You fuckin' kidding?\nConnors: No. They're harmless.\nD-3578: Really?\nD-2435: \u2026feel like I just got thrown in the river.\nConnors: Yes, that's a side effect of contact. We're trying to figure that out.\nD-2435: B-but\u2026 I'm not wet\u2026\nD-1423: Your pants are.\nD-2435: Man, fuck you.\nConnors: Ahem\u2026 lux reading please?\nD-2435: 3\u2026 6\u2026 7.\nConnors: 367 lux. Thank you. You may all reactivate your flashlights and come back to basecamp now.\nD-2435: You goddamn right imma come back to camp.\nEnd Recording\nFootnote: The findings of difference between \u25b32.35 XT and \u25b317.8 XT is significant- This may be one of the strongest localized temporal anomalies on the planet. It has proven to be unique in the fact that, while this particular anomaly in the local Rzewski field is quite large, the application of the XACTS array has effectively kept it from geographically spreading further.\nI hypothesize that SCP-2640-1 are actually lifeforms from another time period that we can see visually, due to this anomaly, yet cannot interact with without rupturing the Rzewski field, and causing irrepairable damage to the time/space continuum.\n\nIncident Log- 3/01/1997: An EF-4 tornado1 made landfall near the 2640 Exclusion zone, causing a piece of debris to damage the northernmost XACTS. The resultant breach facilitated the installation of a failover system of the XACTS Array.\n\n\u25cf ACCESS DENIED \u25cf\n\n \u25ce ACCESS DENIED- 3/2640 Authorization Required \u25ce \n\nLOGIN: pcs.noitadnuof|mnodnelccm#pcs.noitadnuof|mnodnelccm\nPASSWORD: Twasbryllygandyeslythytoves\n.\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nContainment Breach Report, SCP-2640, 3/03/1997\n\nInterview Recording-\nInterviewed: Tony Hargrove, Level 03 Tech Support Staff\nInterviewer: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: Staff debrief of 3/01/97 breach incident\n<Begin Log, 3/03/1997>\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Sir, I understand you're upset. If you could please just start again, at the beginning.\nTony: Okay\u2026 okay. Sorry. I was at the facility with the staff, everything was fine. We were expecting a little weather, but nothing like what hit us. One minute we're just sitting back, monitoring, and the next\u2026\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: A tornado hit.\nTony: A BIG tornado. I'd never seen one in my life, and then all of a sudden we're all just in the middle of mother nature's fury. The building started to come apart, trees were snapping all around like toothpicks. To be honest, I didn't give a damn about 2640 at that particular moment. I hid under my desk, the rest of the crew, we just all tried to ride it out as best as we could.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: And the aftermath?\nTony: Everyone was okay. We still had power, and the reactor was alright, but the XACTS sink on the northern boundary was down. So there wasn't really any time to regroup. I sent a maintenance team out to find out what was wrong, I figured the tornado damaged it.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You said earlier that it did.\nTony: Yeah. One of those big pine trees just fell right on it. Crushed it to bits. We had a backup sitting in storage so they came back to get it. With all the trees down, travel was slow. They came back and got it, and headed right back out. It was dusk, and still raining, so it was very dark.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Then what happened?\nTony: Trevor, my 01 tech, comes on the radio after a little bit. He says that the Dash-1s were really out, that they were really beautiful tonight. I told him I wasn't surprised. With the array down, they'd probably really be glowing. He said there were dozens of them.\nAnd then he just went quiet. Time passed. He didn't check back in. I thought, maybe his radio just got wet. No big deal. So I sent Butler out with a spare and a camera to reestablish contact.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: But he never made it.\nTony: \u2026no. He didn't.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What then?\nTony: I had this feeling that something was wrong. That feeling in your gut, that tells you to hunker down and stay put? It was balling up in my gut, like a red-hot coal. But I ignored it. I pushed that down and I grabbed a flashlight and radio, headed out into the storm to find out what was going on.\nI got out of the door and took three steps before I even looked up.\nThere were hundreds- maybe thousands- of them. Floating everywhere. Near the ground, in the sky. It was one of the most surreal things. I could barely process it. The rain was shimmering, light refracting in a thousand liquid prisms, dancing across this ravaged forest. Have you ever seen one of the Dash-1s?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: No, I haven't.\nTony: No picture, no video could ever do them justice. I find it hard to find the words to adequately express\u2026 Pure orbs of beautiful, iridescent, shimmering light. They'd float, they'd dance, they'd chase, and then just fade away. We'd all sat around and guessed as to what they really were but no one knew. Trevor always said they were angels. Others said spirits. Doc Connors said they were the Rayleigh-scattered reflections of time-travelling observers. That last one always made me wonder what they were observing.\nThey lit up what should have been a pitch black night. I didn't need a flashlight.\nI picked my way across the terrain, climbing over fallen trees, one after the other, and tried to get to the railroad tracks. I thought, it would be easier to travel on the tracks than to pick my way through this insane coniferous jungle.\nI got maybe 300, 350 meters down the tracks when something in the culvert caught my eye. An odd reflection. I went over to look at it.\nIt was the spare XACTS sink.\nThere was blood on it.\n\u2026\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Go on.\nTony: I was shellshocked. I couldn't understand, for a moment, why it would be here. The more I looked at, the more I saw. This thin, rain-washed blood was on the sink, on my hands, dripping away with the increased saturation. It was on the ground, staining the white gravel of the railroad bed, making thin red puddles in the clay.\nI looked around at the Dash-1s. I watched them for a few moments. They were racing back and forth across the sky. Through the trees. Something was different about them, something was off. I couldn't make sense of it. I'd been watching them for years now, but they just looked\u2026 different.\nI can't remember how I first saw it. Right behind the orbs, there was this spot where the rain just\u2026 wasn't. Like it was bending around some invisible mass, some great thing behind each orb. And once I saw it, I couldn't unsee it.\nIt was too much. I took a step back reflexively as this new information hit me like a impossible, heavy thing. I lost my footing. I slipped down into the ditch, which was rapidly filling with water.\nI stayed there. The coal in my gut was white-hot now, and I couldn't ignore it. I clutched that damn sink with both hands and just froze there, trying to suppress the urge to vomit.\nOne of the orbs, it just cruised right by me. I could feel this enormous thing, this void there the rain ceased to be, as it swam by me, silently. I couldn't explain why, but I knew it was looking for me. I held my breath, stayed as still as I could. I told myself, don't move. Don't fucking move.\nIt hung in the air next to me, turning, searching\u2026 like a shark, circling in a cloud of blood. Then, just as silently, just as smoothly, it started gliding away, into the trees.\nI waited for it to get 20 meters or so away before I let myself breathe again.\nI think that's when I knew. That's when I knew that the dash-1's weren't what we thought they were. Not even close. That's when I knew that Trevor, and Butler\u2026 they didn't make it. They couldn't have made it.\nThey were hunting us. HAD been hunting us. And we never even knew.\nThe only thing that had been keeping them at bay while we were testing was this array. I had the sink in my hands. I knew then I had to get to the northern point and get that sink online.\nI crawled like a god-damned soldier through that ditch, for hours. Any time one of those things floated within 50 meters of me, I froze, I held my breath, I practically willed my heart to stop pounding for fear that they would hear it. I just moved when I could.\nThe sun was rising before I finally got there.\n\u2026\nThe old sink was completely crushed. But the power cables and the Dryconn connectors were still there, and still intact. I put the XACTS into place, powered it up, and waited, praying. Praying for the array to do it's work.\nI sat and watched the glowing orbs, as the rain stopped, skipping through the sky by the thousands, for miles and miles. If this didn't work\u2026\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: But it did.\nTony: It did. I could see the things fading out of existence as the hum from the sink grew louder. The Rzewski field was shrinking again, back into containment, and without a sound, the orbs just\u2026 vanished. Like they were never there to start with.\n<End Recording>\nClosing Statement: The containment breach led to the fatalities of 4 foundation personnel and 6 civilians. The tornado has been used as a cover story for civilian fatalities, and the witnesses to the true nature of SCP-2460-1 have been administered B-class amnestics as per protocol.\nMr. Hargrove has requested reassignment and amnestic treatment- Reassignment and counseling treatment is approved. Amnestic treatment is pending approval by the Ethics committee. Footage recovered from Mr. Butler's camera was damaged. Foundation tech staff are currently trying to recover the data.\n\nNote from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Knowing what we know now, it's easy for us to point out that the XACTS Array must stay up and on maximum power, with failsafes in place. The veil, in layman's terms, is very thin here. If it were pierced, we'd quickly find that 2640-1 wouldn't be our worst problem, we'd have more trouble with Gurdon, Arkansas- and possibly the entire southeast U.S.- suddenly finding itself on the bottom of the ocean floor.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The Gurdon Times \"A Look Back at the Tornado of 1997\", Mar 2, 2012\n\n\u00ab SCP-2639 | SCP-2640 | SCP-2641 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n(More from this author.)\n\n\n\"Tell me about your sex life.\"\n\nThe word broke his stupor.\n\"I'm sorry?\"\n\"Are you sexually active?\"\n\"Oh, no. Not for a couple of months really.\"\nThat was a lie; it had been longer. Much longer. He had never been very forthright about his sex life, not even with medical staff. It's not imperative that social histories be as accurate as, say, containment procedures, after all. Right?\n\"Are you up-to-date on vaccinations?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"Inoculations?\"\n\"I believe so.\"\n\"How much do you weigh?\"\n\"Uh\u2026maybe\u2026\" the time he took to formulate a figure bespoke the sensitivity with which he always approached this subject.\n\"I can weigh you real quick,\" the nurse stated. She moved her hand aside her waist from where she produced a handheld device resembling an infrared scanner, the sort used for bar codes. She picked it up to her eyesight and took aim at him. The nurse clicked the handle and a monotone beep sounded.\n\"115,\" she read off the back of the scanner.\nHe looked at her incredulously.\n\"\u2026kilograms,\" she finished without meeting his gaze. \"Okay. The doctor will be in shortly. Can I get you something to drink while you wait?\" She started moving towards the door.\n\"Anything diet?\" he quipped.\n\"I can go check,\" she replied.\n\"No, that's okay, thank you though. I'll just watch the news.\"\n\"Alright then.\" She smiled, her lips not parting as she left.\nThe room was washed featureless in the white hum of the fluorescent lighting. The walls, much farther apart than in the exam rooms he knew as a civilian, defied him to find a blemish upon their padded faces. There aren't many advantages being in one of the highest-risk populations for traumatic amputations, mutant drug-resistant infections, complete and irreversible psychological collapse, hyperacute exsanguination, and degloving injuries; and one in the only at-risk population for pandimensional dematerialization, temporal irretrievability, and the xenochemical liquification of internal tissues. But state-of-the-art medical care standards and capabilities were two, if not the only such advantages.\nWith the push of a button, the exam chair began its massage therapy. As was his selection, the scents of lemon and rosemary permeated the air, it supplemented with purified oxygen and aerosolized anxiolytics. The extra O2 gave him a nice buzz. He rode it through his thoughtless channel surfing. Sports. Glamor. Politics. He stopped on the Foundation's internal informational channel.\nNew construction project updates; another site dedicated to object containment. The rate of the Foundation's discovery of anomalies is accelerating. He liked to believe that they were simply getting better at their jobs\u2026that's an expected outcome after decades of practice and process, right? Even still, a sulking sensation remained until a suspicion; the anomalous has been brought to a boil. The law of equal-and-opposite forces applied to some fundamental particle responsible for four-thousand anomalous objects' escape from the conforms of otherwise insurmountable physical constants; the anomaly's freedom naturally inclined to ride entropy like a wave, now simmering a sort of frustrated potential energy as its collective lay increasingly in stagnation by the hands of the Foundation's tailored special containment procedures; the reclaiming of their rightful place in the natural world, the term ascribed to them becoming less true with each one discovered.\nA knock. Even the Foundation's doctors are advanced\u2026with a sense of punctuality, he thought. The door opened without his reply.\n\u201cMr. Baker?\u201d\n\u201cYes hello, doctor.\u201d\n\u201cHi how are you today? I'm Dr. Fiael and I'm part of the team here managing your care.\u201d This was a tall man with an athletic build, the type those like Luke Paul Baker imagined themselves to stand and walk like in moments of ridiculous hubris. It was rude of course to wonder the degree to which a person's good looks helped established careers of intellectual authority, but he couldn't help it here.\n\u201cNice to meet you, doctor.\u201d\nDr. Fiael ritualistically washed his hands as he spoke. \u201cIt's been a while since you've been here, hasn't it? Last time was your initial employee physical and your inoculations. A year or two I read, if I'm not mistaken. Yeah, so how has your research duty been, tell me about that. What do you study? Some chemistry, right?\u201d The doctor sat on a stool opposite the exam chair and mimicked the patient's body language.\n\u201cBeen good. Yes it is, chemical solutions. We are harnessing a uh\u2026solanaceous exospore that when released forces the individual into ceaseless small-talk.\u201d Baker could almost pinpoint the second the doctor's regret bloomed upon his thin veil of an expression. He compromised with inaccuracy to redeem the conversation somewhat but also to get through it quicker. \u201c\u2026we study an anomalous potato.\u201d\nThe doctor nodded, his eyebrows heightened and his lips furrowed slightly at the edges. \u201cWow, that's\u2026wow, infectious small-talk huh? Can I get you to test a couple of my coworkers for that while you're here?\u201d Dr. Fiael's clinical front broke as he laughed at his own joke. Baker managed to force a relatively convincing laugh; he had a lot of practice with that in response to this very joke having been made on innumerable occasions.\nThe doctor sighed longingly as his sense of propriety returned him to a neutral demeanor. \"But Mr. Baker, let's talk about this visit. Tell me a little bit in your own words what you know about why you're here today.\"\n\"Well, I have been having severe itching over my face, arms, and legs for about 2 months now that isn't resolved by the usual topicals. As I understand it, I'm here to follow up from the blood work taken by the on-site nurse last week.\"\n\"Very good. We are hiring, you know.\" The doctor shot a rehearsed smile. There was no laugh. God he was so bad at these moments. The training of medical school couldn't prepare him, or anyone for these diagnoses. \"Well, that is right. Such itching is commonly due to a fungal infections on the skin. Now I understand from your chart that you experienced a fungal infection relatively recently. Tell me about that.\u201d\n\u201cLike the rest of my team, I was at one point infected with SCP-2641, about 7 months ago. I underwent on-site medical care and my symptoms resolved, like everyone else's. We know the infection is mild and doesn't produce these symptoms I'm having now.\u201d\n\u201cOkay. Here's what I'm getting at. Part of the lab work we did was a sample to culture, and we haven't grown anything to date. Um, usually it takes\u2026about 72 hours, and its been well beyond that time so we wouldn't expect to see anything from that. That's good news. The bloodwork however, was more revealing. It showed a high rate of eosinophils.\" The doctor allowed himself a breath.\n\u201cI\u2026don't understand what that means.\u201d\n\u201c\u2026I apologize, I am sorry. Of course, that was poor form. It's like your potato spores, isn't it?\u201d He really was bad at this.\n\u201cThose are cells of the immune system that are elevated when a foreign organism is\u2026actively utilizing the body,\u201d the doctor explained cautiously. He decided to pause and gauge what the patient made of the hint. \u201c\u2026from within. It seems that the infection may not have been eradicated as it was in your coworkers for reasons we can discuss if you'd like.\u201d\n\u201cWhat team do you work for, doctor?\u201d\nThank God, he's already figuring it. \u201cInfectious diseases\u2026my subspecialty is in those with underlying autoimmune disorders.\u201d\n\nCyclospora solanacea Bakerifa. They got to name it, despite all my research, and they named it after me, its flagship, autoimmune, worst-case study. Let's get this clear; having a systemic fungal parasite named after you is no consolation. What it means is one week follow-ups for your foreseeable future. The nurse exits the room quicker this time, having less to go over but also having less willingness to tolerate a proximity, I'm sure. Even behind a respirator mask, I can still see she's very pretty.\nThe walls are the color of limbs robbed of blood. They are suffocating me. The slight padding on the wall makes me wonder if this room could double as a psychiatric isolation. I smack the stale air, tilt my chin towards my chest and pet my stubble. The chair remains still and the television dark.\nIn walks Dr. Fiael, Chief of Infectious Diseases and Communicable Anomalopathologies. His figure is cloaked in layers of personal protective equipment; an immediately-disposable body gown and some non-latex gloves that I think he has double-layered. These are a new development and \u201cstandard\u201d given a positive result on another set of blood cultures. I know he doesn't mean for it to, but it screams of my inhumanity and also of their utter ignorance of this disease; it was just one week ago that he shook my hand.\n\"From studies to being studied, right doctor?\"\n\"Hello, Baker. How are you faring?\"\n\"Well enough.\"\n\"I see the collection upon your cheek is still swollen\u2026looks a bit angrier than last time. Have you had any\u2026production this last week?\"\nWith a nod, I indicate the specimen collection jar on the table. The materials inside fibrillate upon themselves, as if a mound of seizing worms.\n\"Oh okay, well, that's not good per se, but at least it gives us more to work with here. Thank you. Honestly, that cheek looks like its ready, do you mind if we try to evacuate it?\"\n\"That's fine. But first, why me? I understand I have a weak immune system. But I got better after a week or so, just like everyone else. How come no one else has relapsed?\"\nThe doctor looks to the bedside table to confirm the needed equipment: some gauze pads, a tongue blade, a sterile specimen cup and some tape. He positions everything just so and swivels the stool to my left side. \u201cMany infectious agents have a dormancy period after an initial infection; syphillis, HIV, even chickenpox, that one lives in your spine for life, ready to bloom into shingles one day.\u201d\nI feel the sharp soreness as his fingers flank my cheek and press down. The worst part about the removal of these parasites is that their exiting through the pores of my skin actually feels good. He scraps off the pendulous exudates with the tongue blade and quickly places them in the sterile cup. I can see his brow furrowing in the process. \u201cIt's possible this has a similar prodrome phase. The recent left-shift in your white blood cells could be telling us that it was hidden from the immune system for some time, and it could have been triggered, as in the other infections, by stress\u2026something like that wouldn't be unheard of. As of now it is idiopathic bandemia though, for sure.\u201d\nHis statements may as well be squid ink. Like many doctors, he tends to throw out esoteric technical terms to mask that he actually doesn't know anything about what is going on. It is as informative as it is obfuscating.\n\"Okay. That's enough for us, but I think we need to go ahead and finish here, so you have some symptomatic relief. I'm going to let the nurse do\u2026all that after we're done talking here. Sound good?\"\nI finally find the bravery to match his look of disgust with one of my own.\nDr. Fiael continues. \"The plastic surgery team can be onboard to wash out the necrosis and patch you up, I've already spoken with that team's lead and he's going to meet with you before you leave today. You and I\u2026need to talk about alternate treatment options. First off, I'm going to prescribe you some high-shelf narcotics for pain.\"\n\"But I'm not in any pain.\"\n\"I know I know, it's just I'm going to be out of the office next week and would rather cover all possible fronts myself while I'm here so as to not burden my colleagues. Don't worry. It's better to have and not need than need and not have, so. But aside from that, we're going to modify the antimicrobial regimen slightly. The antifungals on board just aren't doing the job, as I know you are aware. This is clearly something we don't understand very well, and so our data on sensitivities aren't going to mean much, but they are all we have to go on to be blunt. There's another drug we'd like to try.\"\n\"What are the side effects?\"\n\"Yes, good question. Uh impotence, for one. Kidney damage, liver damage are more concerning; we'll have to draw labs for those weekly while you are on this. I'm more concerned about the eventualities that are more assured if we don't try this though. On one hand, yes, we have some things to watch out for and we can manage those well; but on the other hand we have a fairly certain idea of how this will progress.\"\nThe doctor pauses his speech. I know by this point in our interaction that he is providing \"therapeutic silence\", which is just a fancy phrase for hesitation; the next sentence is going to suck. It becomes awkwardly apparent that the conversation isn't going to proceed unless I give some sort of volley. \"How is that doctor?\"\n\"Well how much detail would you like here?\"\n\"I'm sorry?\"\n\"Some patients don't do well with the details, so we like to ask as a courtesy.\"\n\"\u2026I\u2026Jesus\u2026just give me all the details.\"\n\n\u00ab SCP-2640 | SCP-2641 | SCP-2642 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2642\n\nItem #: SCP-2642\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2642 should follow all standard containment procedures for class-B infohazards, with the addition of biweekly visitation by a single Class-D personnel. Any noted breach of containment should result in the affected area being quarantined for a period of at least two weeks.\nDescription: SCP-2642 is an item which may only be described as \"half of an elephant's face\", regardless of whether it retains that form or not. Any attempt by a subject to discern the bisecting line of the anomaly results in the profound feeling that they are wrong. The subject then derides itself for its incorrect answer. Insults tend to grow in vehemency and creativity as the subject continues to get the answer wrong. In 98 percent of cases, the subject will return to the object and attempt to guess correctly, with the \"incorrect\" result appearing to cause significant frustration and disappointment; levels of both appear to increase at a baseline, non-anomalous rate parallel to existing situations in which a subject is emotionally invested in the outcome. Exceptions to this occur when the item is not viewed or attempted within five days or less; this situation results in telepathic shouting of obscenities within an undetermined radius.\nAddendum: SCP-2642 was discovered on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/04 after a suspicious increase in searches by search engine Google was recorded in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Washington, all pertaining to \"solving half an elephant's face\". After a routine examination by bots for potential anomalous activity, the Foundation was alerted and captured the object. Notably, alongside the object was a folded, sealed letter with no return address or identifying information. Inside the envelope was a piece of pink stationery, covered in red heart symbols. Both envelope and stationery were covered in scribbled drawings and obscenities. Broken pencil graphite was found inside the envelope.\nThe contents of the message read as follows:\n\nFUCK YOU!!! NOW IT'S YOUR TURN.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2641 | SCP-2642 | SCP-2643 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2643\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Containment of SCP-2643 is currently purely informational in nature. Mobile Task Force Nu-9 (\"Curiosity\") is monitoring its area of activity, tracking yearly movements and maintaining disinformation campaigns to limit public awareness of the anomaly. Due to the range of SCP-2643's effects, amnestic treatments are generally ineffective. In case of an affected individual posing a severe containment risk, amnestic treatments up to and including Omega-class can be approved, but only after approval by two Level 3 personnel, at least one of which must be an Ethics Committee liaison. No direct action is to be taken against low-risk subjects.\nThe Foundation has commissioned a children's book and cartoon featuring a cat similar to SCP-2643 in name and appearance, as well as a plot which mirrors the narrative SCP-2643 typically follows, in order to create a plausible non-anomalous source of memories associated with SCP-2643. These have been given a falsified publication history to cover the full time of SCP-2643's activity.\nDescription: SCP-2643 is a phenomenon that affects the memories of certain humans. Affected individuals are convinced that they cared for and extensively interacted with a stray cat for a period of their childhood. All affected individuals describe the cat in a consistent manner, and report naming it Ubaste1. The name remains consistent even among individuals who have no knowledge of Egyptian mythology, and most subjects cannot explain why they chose the name, usually claiming \"it felt right\".\nDespite clear memories (see details below), among \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 interviewed subjects, none have been able to provide any veterinary bills, photos, or any other proof of the pet's existence. Likewise, no friends and family members have been able to corroborate the testimony of an affected individual.\nSubjects first manifest symptoms between the ages of 17 and 25, and invariably report the implanted memories to refer to a period exactly ten years before they were first affected. These persons are generally from low-income households, and mostly self-describe as having had low social status and few friends during childhood.\nAffected memories generally following the same basic narrative2:\n\nDec. 24-27: SCP-2643 first appears around Christmas, comforting the individual after some kind of conflict, generally familial in nature.\nDec. 28 - Jan. 31: SCP-2643 will only appear in memories regarding conflict, pain, or disappointment, consistently appearing to comfort subject in times of distress.\nFeb. 01 - May 30: SCP-2643 will appear more often, generally waiting for subject when they come home from school, or sitting outside their window in the evening. Most subjects will report spending large amounts of time speaking to SCP-2643 during this period.\nJun. 01 - Jul. 31: SCP-2643 activity increases. Affected individuals report sneaking out of their homes to play with SCP-2643, often spending hours exploring surrounding areas.3\nAug. 01 - Dec. 19: SCP-2643 follows affected individuals everywhere, staying close but hidden from other humans at all times.\nDec. 20-23: SCP-2643 leaves, a year after its first appearance.\n\nInterviews with families of affected persons reveal that most subjects have a marked difference in personality after SCP-2643 allegedly enters into their memories. Families report subjects as more confident and less prone to depression and anxiety.\nSCP-2643 seems to be limited in effect to a number of small towns in the southwest USA, so far affecting a single town each year, with the effect manifesting in a new nearby location at Christmastime each year. Research indicates that SCP-2643 specifically targets individuals who lived in its area of effect in the time of affected memories, regardless of whether they are currently living in the area or not.4\nDiscovery: SCP-2643 was discovered after a security exploit within the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 College's database access systems, resulting in a public dumping of authorization questions for the recovery of lost accounts. After user data was publicly posted, Amy \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a journalist at the school paper, was reading through students' personal security questions when she realized that nearly 5% of users had answered the question \"What was the name of your first pet?\" with the word \"Ubaste\". Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 decided to write an article about the \"oddly named pets\", and interviewed several students, discovering that their stories of their childhood cats were nearly identical. The anomaly was brought to the Foundation's attention after Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 made a post on social media asking if the student body was playing a prank on her. A Foundation agent embedded in local law enforcement was notified and decided to investigate. The leaked forum data and Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588' social media were removed, Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and others who were aware of the anomaly were treated with amnestics, and current informational containment was implemented.\nAddendum: Excerpt from interview\n\nInterviewed: Vincent Marx (affected by SCP-2643 since 12/24/20\u2588\u2588).\nInterviewer: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: Mr. Marx was informed that the Foundation was interested in SCP-2643 because of its non-typical behavior. He was allowed to remain in the belief that his experiences with SCP-2643 were genuine.\n80% of interview deemed irrelevant, only closing statements included. Full log is filed in central archive and available upon request.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: So, you feel that Ubaste had a positive influence on your life?\nMarx: Oh, definitely. I am a much stronger person thanks to her.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: It seems this personal strength did not show much until this last year, though?\nMarx: Yeah, seems so. (Marx chuckles) I guess I just couldn't figure out how to apply it. It doesn't really matter how much you know you can do if the world won't let you do it. This last Christmas though, I remembered how I felt when she first showed up, and I decided to stop wasting what she gave me. Turned my life around. For the second time, I guess.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You are saying that it was hard to feel connected to what Ubaste had done for you when it was no longer there?\nMarx: Yeah, I guess.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: And how did her departure make you feel?\nMarx: Oh, I was sad of course. But overall it felt okay. As she was leaving she stopped, just for a moment, and looked back over her shoulder, and I knew I would be all right.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Very well, I only have one more question for you. Why do you think Ubaste left you?\nMarx: (There is a pause) I think she had done what she could for me. And I think she felt I was ready to let her go. And I'm sure that after she left me, she went right up to some other kid and changed his life, too.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: Mr. Marx was deemed not to be a security risk, and was released after receiving amnestics to remove all recollection of interaction with the Foundation.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A variant name of the Egyptian cat goddess Bastet.\n2. Dates and time periods listed are approximate and apply only in memories. Subjects receive all memories of SCP-2643 simultaneously.\n3. This remains consistent even in individuals for whom such actions would normally not be feasible. Such individuals generally develop additional memories to cover the discrepancy. One subject described memories of sneaking through contested gangland territory with SCP-2643 while carefully avoiding detection by gang members.\n4. Some researchers have theorized that this indicates that SCP-2643 is an actual entity with an antimemetic effect which dissipates after ten years for unknown reasons. Research proposals to explore this possibility are currently under review.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2642 | SCP-2643 | SCP-2644 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2644\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Persons in contact with any host of SCP-2644, with the exception of Foundation personnel, are to be given class B amnestics as soon as SCP-2644 has switched to a new host.\nAny personnel tasked with containment must be given access to the secured email account designated for communications with SCP-2644, and must check this email at least once an hour during shifts. Any IP used by SCP-2644 must be tracked to identify its current host.\nAs containment of SCP-2644 requires its cooperation, all personnel must assure SCP-2644 that the Foundation1 is working to \"cure\" it of its anomalous properties.\nDescription: SCP-2644 is an incorporeal consciousness. Each day, SCP-2644 will replace the consciousness of a human between 15 and 55 years of age at random. This transfer occurs during unconsciousness between the current and target host.2 This transfer will also occur if SCP-2644's current host is killed. If SCP-2644 avoids sleep, it can stay within a single host for several days before succumbing to sleep deprivation and fatigue. Previous hosts of SCP-2644 have no recollection of the experience, and do not display any anomalous properties. Only observers of SCP-2644 and SCP-2644 itself appear aware of the anomaly.\nExcerpt from the LostPerson Forum Thread:\nThe following transcript contains a section of the online thread that helped lead to the discovery of SCP-2644:\n\nCategory: Personality Disorders, Psychosis, Delusions\nThread: I Keep Waking up as Different People\nStarted By: LostPerson\nI don't know how to explain what's been happening to me. I know I'm different, but I haven't ever experienced what is normal, I guess?\nEverytime I wake up, I'm someone else. I don't remember ever being just one person for an extended period of time. It's like my life is just little pieces from everyone else's life. Every day, I have to ask strangers who I am, and they never understand that I am a stranger in the skin of someone close to them. Everyone I see is always scared or confused. I'm always scared and confused. I want to just be one person, and just stay as that person. I want to be able to die. But I continue swapping lives even if I make myself die. I don't know if it's suicide or homicide, but I can't die and I've tried.\nI want to be normal. Can someone here help me be normal?\nComments\nPyrixia: Unfortunately, I can't say I have much experience with this sort of thing. If it is schizophrenia or some other sort of mental disorder, it's too hard to say what might be happening with your mind to give you a suggestion on how to solve this. If you can't remember who you are, maybe figure out what makes you switch lives, I suppose? You said every time you wake up? Could it be some sort of lucid dreaming or sleep paralysis?\nDoodleBird193: You switch bodys? [sic] Maybe like you and your body got seprated and so you'r mind like floats around and goes into other people's bodys?\nMiffKay: If you don't switch bodies when you're awake, maybe it has something to do with unconsciousness? I can't tell if this is actually ahppening [sic] to you or if it's some intense hallucination, but if it is happening, maybe try to stay awake as long as you can and see what happens? Let me know.\nLostPerson: I usually can't pull an all-nighter, but I'll try. Maybe one of these bodies has insomnia or something? Does sleep work like that?\nMiffKay: If insomnia's based on how the brain's wired, then maybe different people's brains will be able to last longer without sleep. You should try until you can last at least 36 hours without sleep. Also, you said you tried killing yourself? Don't do that, if you are actually switching bodies you'd just be killing random people.\nLostPerson: I'll try staying awake tonight and see what happens.\n\nEmail communications between SCP-2644 and Foundation personnel are self-contained via a separate server network (apart from primary Foundation networks), with sensitive information removed to avoid security breaches from hackers or SCP-2644 itself. Messages are sent and received via the same email address, enabling Foundation staff to track for possible 3rd party communications. Access to the email will limit access to internet forums and several other websites to reduce risk of information leaks.\nExcerpts from E-message 2644-01:\n(segments of messages from and to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588@\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.net)\n\nAgent: Hello. This is \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 from earlier. I'm here to discuss your current condition. As our organization works with many anomalous conditions, such as the one you suffer from, we may be able to assist you in coping with and perhaps curing you of this disorder. Do you have a name?Agent: In our system we have you down as #2644. Would you prefer I call you by your username or as our system number?Agent: Most of the information we will discuss to help resolve you of this condition will be highly confidential. I must ask you before we begin to refrain from discussing any of this information on any forum. Do I have your word that you will not disclose any of this information?Agent: As I understand it, you wake up inhabiting a different body every day?Agent: Do you have any control over what body you wake up in? Is there any pattern?Agent: Alright. What we're going to have you do is fairly simple. Every day, we'd like you to tell us where you woke up, and how you would physically describe the person you are for the day. Try to figure out their name if you can, and do your best to act how you think they would act. As a start, could you tell me your current name and appearance?Agent: Is there anything where you are that might tell you your last name?Agent: Thank you. Let me know the same type of information when you wake up tomorrow. Keep track of each day since we started as well.\n\nAgent: Could you tell us which town or state?Agent: Please give us that information as soon as you have it.\n\nAgent: Can you remember a name for the other two?\n\nSCP-2644: Who are you? My husband missed a flight to talk with you. He doesn't speak ingl\u00e9s. Por favor, habla espa\u00f1ol. Mi Esposo estaba muy extra\u00f1o ayer. \u00bfQui\u00e9n eres t\u00fa? \u00bfQu\u00e9 est\u00e1 pasando?\nAgent: #2644?Agent: It is very important to be discreet about this information. Please, remember to log out before you go to bed.\n\nAgent: Could you describe to me what happened a few days ago?Agent: Remember, the more information we can get of your experiences, the more clues we may have to helping cure you of this condition.Agent: Could you give a general description of your environment?Agent: What was your name, and what happened to you while you were there?Agent: Could you elaborate on what you mean by that?Agent: I do apologize, but I'd like to ask you one more question. I know you don't want to think about it anymore, but try to focus on what happened. What about your environment seemed familiar to you?SCP-2644: Day 183. I'm still the Sandra lady. I don't want to go to sleep, I refuse to go to sleep. I don't want to live out a mosaic of random people's lives anymore.SCP-2644: Please fix me.\n\nFootnotes\n1. For informational security, it is recommended to avoid referring to the Foundation by name.\n2. SCP-2644 appears to have no control over which host it assumes, and has expressed anxiety over its anomalous properties.\n3. Restrictions on GPS map based sites have been voided. Other restrictions may be voided if necessary.\n4. Investigations regarding this description point to the possibility of SCP-2644 coming into contact with SCP-2878, as SCP-2878 had been involved with a minor containment breach several days prior to the message, causing the deaths of 3 D-class personnel.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2643 | SCP-2644 | SCP-2645 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2645\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2645 is to be contained within a standard Euclid containment chamber. As of Incident-2645-2, the lighting in SCP-2645's chamber has been connected to a backup generator. Additional changes include the installation of a light tube system to provide a minimum level of natural light without compromising containment, and motion sensors to detect any unexpected activity.\nDescription: SCP-2645 is a full-size mirror with a frame decorated with painted wooden carvings of birds, flowers and lily-pads. Any object that would come into contact with SCP-2645's surface does not touch glass, but in fact encounters an exact duplicate of itself projected from an unknown location. For example, an individual attempting to touch the surface of SCP-2645 would instead feel an exact replica of their own hand. It has therefore proven impossible to make any conclusions as to the material of the surface of SCP-2645.\nSubstances in gaseous form are able to pass through the surface of SCP-2645. When this occurs, SCP-2645 produces and expels these substances in equal measure to that which passes through, in a manner that allows an accurate reflection to be maintained.\nResearchers' current hypothesis is that SCP-2645 is some form of extra-dimensional window or opening that mimics the properties of a mirror. Since gases are able to pass through SCP-2645, it is evident that this mimicry is not completely accurate, at least at an atomic level. Further experiments to test SCP-2645's effect on phenomena without physical substance such as light, sound, and heat have been scheduled.\nAddendum: Incident 2645-1 and related Experiment Log\nExperiment 2645-4C:\nA thermocouple was placed in front of SCP-2645. Test subject D-5461 was given a propane-operated flamethrower and, whilst standing one meter from SCP-2645, instructed to fire the weapon at the center of the glass. Security staff with fire extinguishers were positioned at the sides of the room, having been instructed to remain clear of the mirror throughout the experiment, whilst Dr Cox observed via camera.\nThe jet of flame produced was able to pass through SCP-2645 and another jet of flame was emitted from its surface. The flames emitted appeared identical to those seen in the reflection. However, the temperature of the flame emitted by SCP-2645 was far lower than anticipated. D-5461 quickly moved to security staff after her clothes ignited, and as a result suffered mainly superficial injuries.\nAnalysis of footage revealed that the measurement appearing on the reflected version of the thermocouple was at the expected temperature, not matching its counterpart in reality.\nIncident Log 2645-1\nOn 25/10/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-2645 was scheduled to be moved to Chamber A12. However, whilst transporting SCP-2645, personnel found that charred human remains could be seen in SCP-2645's reflection close to the Eastern wall of the chamber. Due to the nature and position of the remains, a link was drawn to Experiment 2645-4C.\nSCP-2645 was returned to its original position and Dr Cox informed about the discovery. Dr Cox was granted permission to resume testing with D-5461. It was noted that no reflection of D-5461 could be seen in SCP-2645.\nD-5461 was instructed to touch SCP-2645, but did not come into contact with any obstruction, her hand instead passing through the mirror's surface. Ignoring orders, D-5461 stepped through SCP-2645. Security Personnel were ordered to terminate D-5461 in response, but bullets fired at SCP-2645 were impeded by their reflections.\nDr Cox began to seal SCP-2645's containment chamber, under the assumption that the same would occur within SCP-2645's reflection. However, D-5461 reached the reflection of Dr Cox before this task was completed, tackling him to the ground. This had no noticeable effect on the real Dr Cox.\nThe reflection of Security Officer Williams then ceased firing and turned to train her rifle on D-5461, who had almost left the chamber at this point. As a result Security Officer Williams' bullets were now able to pass through SCP-2645, impacting with the walls and door of the chamber. The reflection of Security Officer Jenks was struck in the right shoulder, causing him to stagger and drop his rifle, which allowed further projectiles to pass through SCP-2645. At this point, Security Personnel were ordered to hold their fire.\nThe reflection of Security Officer Williams returned to normal, snapping into position unnaturally quickly. The reflections of Dr Cox and Security Officer Jenks performed a similar action. However, whilst both now mimicked the actions of their counterparts very closely, the former appeared disheveled and the latter was nursing his arm. Dr Cox was positioned slightly incorrectly and neither's facial expressions quite matched those of their doubles.\nMoments later, the surface of SCP-2645 took on the appearance and properties of iron. It remained in this state for approximately ten minutes, before returning to its original form. There was no visible evidence of the incident having occurred. However, Security Officer Jenks' reflection was no longer identical to him, instead showing an unknown person with similar build and facial features.\nFour weeks later, SCP-2645 resumed normal behaviour with zero discrepancies.\nAddendum: Incident 2645-2\nDue to a containment breach of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588, Site-\u2588\u2588\u2588 experienced a power failure. This led to the failure of the lights in SCP-2645's chamber for a total of three hours. After power was restored, D-5461's burnt remains were found positioned by the Eastern wall of the chamber. The reflection of the corpse could still be seen in SCP-2645 and was accurate to the position and appearance of its version in reality. Personnel reported a strong smell of cooked meat.\nDue to the conditions of the incident, video footage was unusable. Audio recorded a prolonged scream, followed by unintelligible whispering lasting approximately three minutes.\nFollowing this incident, SCP-2645's containment procedures were updated to their current state.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2644 | SCP-2645 | SCP-2646 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Location of SCP-2646-1 on 3/24/19\n\nItem #: SCP-2646\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2646 is to be monitored by an onsite Observation Team posted at Site-2646-Beta, posing as a road construction team repairing Route-91. Agents are not to enter the SCP-2646 area or approach SCP-2646-1 unless civilians appear to be in imminent danger. The location of SCP-2646-1 is to be recorded in Log-2646 on a daily basis.\nSCP-2646-2 is to be contained in a Standard Humanoid Containment Unit. All living and interview areas shall bear the resemblance of a psychiatric ward in compliance with Standard Containment Protocols Document 12-C.\nAddendum: As of Incident-2646-09, Observation Team members must be transferred offsite every thirty days. Researchers onsite are to make daily reports identifying the original position of SCP-2646-1. Researchers not involved with study of SCP-2646 are to compare this information to Control Document SCP-2646-A. Any staff found making reports that are in conflict with Control Document SCP-2646-A are to be transferred from the project immediately and treated with Class B amnestics.\nDescription: SCP-2646 is the phenomenon affecting \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 High School and SCP-2646-1, the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 City Water Tower, both located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Massachusetts. Due to the cognitohazardous properties of SCP-2646, research into the phenomenon's history has proven difficult. Official documentation of the construction and use of SCP-2646-1 as a water source either have been removed from record or have never existed. Municipal workers have been determined to be under the influence of the phenomenon's cognitohazardous effect. However, Researchers estimate that anomalous activity began sometime in the winter of 2018.\nSCP-2646-1 is the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 City Water Tower. The structure is 44m high, with a diameter of 25m, and can hold approximately 450,000L of water. SCP-2646 has no external points of entry and attempts to breach the structure have proven unsuccessful. At the time of first reporting, it is estimated that SCP-2646-1 is at approximately 60% capacity.1\nThe structure is capable of spontaneous relocation, with an estimated range of 40m. Water containment capabilities of SCP-2646-1 are unaffected by its relocation. SCP-2646-1 also imposes a cognitohazardous effect on all people with familiarity with the object2, such that they believe its current location to be where the object has always been, regardless of its unusual placement. Subjects challenged about the logic of the placement of SCP-2646-1 will express disinterest in discussing SCP-2646-1 and will exhibit frustration at continued questioning about the object. During all interviews about SCP-2646-1, subjects have invariably stated, \"Well, everyone needs water.\"\nSCP-2646-2 is Claudine \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a former chemistry teacher at the school. SCP-2646-2 is unaffected by the cognitohazardous effect of SCP-2646-1. The reason for this immunity is not currently understood. On 4/14/18, SCP-2646-2 was arrested for reckless endangerment, driving under the influence of a controlled substance, criminal possession of explosive materials, and conspiracy to commit terrorism. She was remanded to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Psychiatric Hospital after reporting the properties of SCP-2646 to interviewing officers. SCP-2646-2 was identified as a POI by Foundation Agents embedded in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Police Department. On 4/18/19, Claudine \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was retrieved by Agents and transferred to Site-177, which it believes is a mental health facility, and designated SCP-2646-2.\nAccording to interviews conducted with SCP-2646-2, at some point during March of 2018, SCP-2646-1 relocated approximately 30m towards \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 High School. SCP-2646-2 claims that it was originally unsure of this and believed that it was mistaken in this assessment. However, when SCP-2646-1 then relocated approximately 26m to a field adjacent to the school, SCP-2646-2 began to question others about the structure's location. When SCP-2646-1 relocated to the school's soccer field, SCP-2646-2 contacted law enforcement authorities, who deemed the reports unworthy of investigation. Claudine \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 then acquired explosive materials with the intention of destroying the object. While en route to SCP-2646-1, SCP-2646-2 was stopped by police for erratic driving and arrested.\nGeographical and structural analysis of the area affected by SCP-2646 has led Researchers to believe the original location of SCP-2646-1 to be approximately 91m from its current position, though it is possible SCP-2646-1 spontaneously relocated to its suspected origin from another position. Research into this is ongoing.\nAddendum: Incident 2646-09\nOn 5/16/19, staff transferred to Site-2646-Beta discovered that SCP-2646-1 had relocated such that it was integrated with \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 High School. SCP-2646 Researchers voted unanimously to evacuate the school under the guise of a gas leak. Students and staff were transferred to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Hospital to be treated for toxic levels of gas inhalation, at which point loose containment of all individuals was established. Medical examination of individuals found them all to be suffering symptoms of hyperhydration and were treated accordingly. According to school records, 73 students and 6 staff were unaccounted for. Interviewed faculty and students professed no knowledge of missing individuals.\nObservational staff posted at SCP-2646 testified that SCP-2646-1 had always been part of the school structure. It was determined these Researchers were under the cognitohazardous effect of SCP-2646. All individuals were treated with Class B amnestics and contained for observation.\nDuring investigation of the school, multiple postings were discovered reminding students to attend \"Water Classes.\" Drinking fountains, all operational, were found in hallways at 2m intervals, numbering 283 in total. Several classrooms were devoid of desks and chairs. These rooms all had functional fountains at their center. In the main office, schematics for the installation of swimming pools in the gymnasium, cafeteria, and basement were found hung on bulletin boards. On the third floor, investigation teams discovered a previously nonexistent door labeled \"Water.\" This door led to a scaffold structure up to a door in the side of SCP-2646-1. The interior of SCP-2646-1 had the appearance of a nonanomalous water tower. All missing students and faculty were found drowned inside the structure. The water supply of SCP-2646-1 was discovered to be at 73% capacity at this time.\nFoundation Agents embedded in Massachusetts state government had \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 High School declared structurally unsafe and permanently closed. Students were administered Class B amnestics and enrolled in adjacent districts. Faculty were administered Class A amnestics and provided with documentation consistent with permanent lay off. Agents were dispatched to inform families of the deceased that they had perished in the reported gas leak. However, families in question were discovered to be under the cognitohazardous effect of SCP-2646 and had no memory of the individuals killed in the incident.\nAddendum: Incident 2646-11\nOn 6/5/19, Agents in observation of SCP-2646-1 reported its original location as being inconsistent with Control Document SCP-2646-A. Agents were deemed under the cognitohazardous effect of SCP-2646 and were recalled from the field and amnesticized. Agents transferred to Site-2646-Beta reported that the object had spontaneously relocated 28m in the direction of the downtown commercial district of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Neutralization of SCP-2646-1 is pending O5 approval.\n\nFootnotes\n1. See Addendum: Incident 2646-09\n2. SCP-2646-2 is unaffected by this phenomenon.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2645 | SCP-2646 | SCP-2647 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2647\nObject Class: Euclid (pending Keter)\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2647 is impossible to fully contain, but efforts should be particularly focused on blocking online advertisements and encouraging the adoption of digital media over that of newspapers and phonebooks. All analog instances of SCP-2647-A are to be reported and forcibly redacted as inconspicuously as possible.\nAll discovered SCP-2647-B instances are to be maintained in isolation. (see Addendum-2647-1) withheld with non-lethal force, if necessary, and made to call the provided SCP-2647 number to end their policies.\nDescription: SCP-2647 is a company or entity which publicly goes by the name \u201cOmega Life Insurance\u201d. Advertisements for the company, designated SCP-2647-A, date back to 1957, first appearing in newspapers and phonebooks, and later online.1 800 numbers given by the advertisements invariably differ in each instance, and are not traceable to any addresses. Furthermore, the addresses provided by SCP-2647-A similarly differ, and do not appear to exist in any maps or directories.\nIf any sapient being calls the provided number, an automated voice on the other end will give the options of enacting, changing, or canceling an insurance policy. Policies range from a price of $1000 to $3000 per year, depending on the number of individuals covered, though all include an additional charge simply labeled \"expenses\".2 Once a call has been made or attempted, the advertisement will soon vanish from its location and be replaced with a new, non-anomalous advertisement. However, the number can be retained if written down beforehand, and will still allow for the user to contact SCP-2647.\nShould the option of enacting a policy be chosen and purchased, said individual and anyone he or she chooses to include (typically the individual's immediate family) will become an instance of SCP-2647-B. SCP-2647-B possess and exert the following anomalous attributes:\n\nA lack of biological aging beyond thirty years old. Instances above the age of thirty who enact a policy will age in reverse over the specific amount of time between their current age and thirty. People who regularly interact with SCP-2647-B will suffer mild to severe premature aging in proportion to the average amount of time spent interacting with SCP-2647-B.\n\nImmunity to life-threatening diseases, both infectious and noninfectious.3 If an instance has such a disease at the time the policy is enacted, its symptoms will rapidly vanish within three days at most. Otherwise healthy individuals who regularly interact with SCP-2647-B will occasionally suffer fatal diseases associated with the age, genetics, or health practices of SCP-2647-B.\n\nProbability-defying luck in avoiding or surviving potentially fatal events, such as vehicular crashes, shootouts, and similar occurrences.4 In all cases, certain people who regularly interact with SCP-2647-B instances will experience fatal accidents at roughly the same time as those avoided or survived by SCP-2647-B.\n\nSCP-2647 will occasionally mail SCP-2647-B false documents such as new Social Security numbers, birth and marriage certificates, and the like for public use. This occasionally results in SCP-2647-B undergoing name changes.\nEnding a policy will result in the dramatic, and often fatal, cancellation of the anomalous effects listed above.\nAs of the time of writing, 143 separate instances of SCP-2647-B have been apprehended by the Foundation.\nAddendum-2647-1: Attempts at isolating SCP-2647-B instances has resulted in their anomalous properties being effected on any available security personnel in disproportionate levels, regardless of interaction. All instances must be forced to cancel their policies by necessity.\n\n+ Case Log SCP-2647-Alpha\n\n- Close log\n\nCase Log SCP-2647-Alpha\n\nForeword: All of the following are recent examples of SCP-2647-B who were forced to cancel their policies with retained phone numbers from SCP-2647-A. Compliance was obtained in all cases via shock collar, and all surviving instances were administered amnestics.\n\nDate: 03/25/2005\nSubject: Morton Reginald, policy holder since 1972, enacted at age 35. Reginald had since married and divorced twice, with two children from each marriage. None of his resulting family were covered by SCP-2647.\nResults: Upon ending the call, Reginald collapsed and went into a fifteen-minute coma. While unconscious, Reginald's skin became wrinkled and liver spotted, most of his hair fell out, and his heart briefly stopped, requiring the assistance of a defibrillator.\nNotes: Afterward, a barmaid that Reginald was known to romance recovered from liver cancer, and Reginald's second wife survived a mugging.\n\nDate: 05/08/2005\nSubject: Madeline Webb, policy holder since 1958, enacted at age 62. Webb was unmarried throughout the entirety of her time as an SCP-2647-B instance, and living under an assumed name provided by SCP-2647 to hide her age from others.\nResults: Webb shrieked before dropping the phone and collapsed to the floor instantly. Over the course of the next two minutes, Webb convulsed as her teeth fell out, her hair turned from blonde to gray to white, and her skin became increasingly thinner. Eventually, Webb gasped \u201chelp\u201d before finally dying. Forensic testing revealed that she had died of a heart attack at the biological age of 87, but had been dead for twenty-two years.\nNotes: Webb's lawyer, the fifth in her lifetime, missed a flight which later crashed, sparing no survivors.\n\nDate: 10/15/2005\nSubject: Dominick and Heather Maxwell, family policy holders since 1976, enacted at respective ages of 50 and 47. The Maxwells had two adolescent children, Robert and Janice, respectively aged 17 and 14 at the time the policy was enacted.\nResults: Heather Maxwell went comatose and aged by twenty-nine years. Dominick Maxwell underwent a similar process but suddenly died midway through when an overhead ventilation shaft inexplicably loaded with concrete crashed through the ceiling on top of him, killing him instantly. Later investigation revealed that Maxwell had been staying at a hotel in 1998, which caught fire, only for Maxwell to avoid death via the discovery of a gas mask and rope ladder under the bed in his room. Both of the Maxwells' children claimed to feel \u201cwoozy\u201d when the policy was ended, but suffered no ill effects.\nNotes: Heather Maxwell's sister, described by her doctors as \u201chours\u201d from death by ovarian cancer, fully recovered after the policy was ended. An elderly friend of Dominick Maxwell later claimed to feel especially rejuvenated, and was described by others as looking and acting \u201cdecades\u201d younger.\n\nDate: 11/06/2005\nSubject: Robert and Vivian Gomez, policy holders since 1974, enacted at respective ages of 65 and 60. Vincent Gomez, a son, was born in 1990.\nResults: Both Gomezes collapsed and aged as in previous cases, but neither survived. Vincent Gomez panicked as he slowly aged in reverse, shrinking first into an infant, then into a fetus, then an embryo, before vanishing entirely.\nNotes: The next-door neighbors of the Gomezes, a couple who were unable to conceive over the past seven years of their marriage, had twins nine months after the policy was ended.\n\nFootnotes\n1. For reasons unknown, SCP-2647-A have never been seen on television.\n2. Monetary transactions do not reflect this charge.\n3. Effects pertaining to eating habits, such as obesity or emaciation, will still occur, but death will never result.\n4. SCP-2647-B are not invulnerable, and claim to feel pain as much as when non-anomalous.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2646 | SCP-2647 | SCP-2648 \u00bb"}
{"text": "The southeastern corner of POI-2648's property, where SCP-2648 was first discovered.\n\nItem #: SCP-2648\nObject Class: Safe (pending Euclid)\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to SCP-2648's low threat level, no task force is currently assigned to containment of SCP-2648 itself. Anywhere from five to seven qualified personnel from nearby Site-42 are assigned to SCP-2648 at random for 28-day intervals before rotating out with the next round of personnel. SCP-2648 must be under constant 24/7 observation, and must be prevented from accumulating any additional matter. As of 07/13/17, SCP-2648 is housed in a standard steel shipping container at the site of its origin, and is approximately 4 meters in diameter with a roughly spherical shape. Offsite containment of SCP-2648 is currently impossible due to lack of cooperation from the land owner, POI-2648, but is pending.\nDue to the sheer size of POI-2648's land and the fact that nearly all of it has been contaminated with hallucinogenic substances, operatives of MTF Lambda-14 (\"Drug-Runners\") are assigned to monitor groundwater and soil composition and if necessary interfere with local water supply infrastructure in order to prevent the spread of compounds to the greater Outer Banks area. If necessary, Lambda-14 operatives may assist in containment of SCP-2648 itself, should the need arise. Lambda-14 operatives should communicate water and soil test readings to SCP-2648's containment personnel at least once weekly.\nDue to the remote location of the events and the anomaly in question, it is unlikely that civilians other than those involved in Event 1A1 will become aware of the existence of SCP-2648. However, if any civilians do become aware, they are to be administered Class-B amnestics and released. Following the failed attempt at relocation of POI-2648 to Site-42 on 06/24/17, POI-2648 is, as of 07/18/17, to be held indefinitely on their property by Foundation personnel.\nDescription: SCP-2648 is an animate amalgamation of primarily organic matter which roams a 4.8-square kilometer area of privately owned land in the unincorporated community of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Outer Banks, North Carolina. The anomaly is slightly hostile, sometimes attacking containment personnel, but does not appear to possess the capacity for intelligent thought and does not appear to attack unless threatened.\nSCP-2648 functions by assimilating matter into its mass, sometimes rearranging itself to benefit mobility, and afterward growing in size. Thus far, SCP-2648 has been seen to assimilate bushes, small shrubs, grass turf (plastic mesh included), stray pieces of firewood, a squirrel and deer carcass, multiple pineapples, multiple species of psychedelic mushrooms, and fresh vegetables of unknown origin. It is theorized that SCP-2648's interior layers are likely composed of a flesh-like substance, due to the fact that it is mobile and occasionally excretes a red fluid appearing to be a mixture of blood, mucus, water, and plant matter; however, this fluid could potentially be present due to SCP-2648 regularly assimilating animal carcasses. SCP-2648 emits a slight foul odor and low humming noise, and travels at speeds of 8-40 kilometers per hour depending on terrain.\nAfter investigation, it was discovered that SCP-2648 is apparently under the supervision of the land owner, POI-2648, an individual who claims to have inherited their land from a family member in the late 1990s. POI-2648 is non-anomalous, but has been unable to provide legal name, date of birth, or Social Security Number information to both Foundation personnel and law enforcement. POI-2648 claims that they do not require a name for spiritual purposes, but that they are often referred to as CJ. POI-2648 is regularly under the influence of various psychotropic drugs, but is cooperative on most issues excluding the notions of removing themself from the property, removing SCP-2648 from the property, or halting their regular use of illegal substances2.\nFollowing a lead from an anonymous informant, Dare County police discovered on 06/20/17 that a 3.2 x 3.2-meter section of POI-2648's land was being used for the cultivation of the psychedelic mushroom Psilocybe cyanescens. After Dare County police informed the US DEA3 of the operation, a Foundation-affiliated informant within the DEA reported the existence of SCP-2648 to Site-42 personnel, who then intervened with the case and discussed occurrences with Dare County police and the DEA.\nGiven POI-2648's alleged emotional connection4 to SCP-2648, it was argued by Site-42 personnel that the arrest of POI-2648 could potentially lead to SCP-2648 becoming actively dangerous due to its growth rate and hostility toward containment personnel. Law enforcement then agreed to leave the case solely to Foundation oversight, provided the Foundation entirely halt all drug trading between POI-2648 and the general public. After this was done, further investigation of POI-2648's land revealed the following in addition to the aforementioned cultivation of Psilocybe cyanescens:\n\nSeveral acres in the northwest corner of the property are used to successfully grow the Kona sugarloaf cultivar of pineapple;\na plot of soil is used to grow Psilocybe semilanceata, another species of psychedelic mushroom;\nan auxiliary building in which a makeshift laboratory was constructed is used for the purposes of synthesizing Lysergic acid diethylamide5, as well as the attempted synthesizing of N,N-Dimethyltryptamine6;\nan auxiliary building was attemptedly used to extract Mescaline7 from Peyote cacti grown in a greenhouse; however, POI-2648 cites that the humid North Carolinian climate negatively affected cacti growth despite the artificial greenhouse climate, and that they were not able to successfully extract Mescaline.\n\nFollowing these developments, POI-2648 was apprehended by Foundation personnel and held on-site on their property while containment procedures and personnel operations were established. POI-2648 is most commonly in their bedroom in the farm house or in the upper eastern corner of the property, where SCP-2648 frequently lingers as well. SCP-2648 is notably not hostile toward POI-2648, and POI-2648 did not previously appear to notice that SCP-2648 is animate; this was elaborated upon in the attached interview transcript.\nAddendum I: On 06/23/17, two days after initial discovery of SCP-2648 and four days after initial law enforcement intervention with growing and synthesizing operations, POI-2648 was interviewed by Site-42 field agent and biologist Rich Muirfield with the intention of clarifying their connection with SCP-2648, as well as their general situation. The transcript of this interview can be found below.\n\nDate: 06/23/17 13:32\nInterviewed: POI-2648\nInterviewer: Agent Rich Muirfield\nBegin Log:\n\nMuirfield: Good afternoon. I'd like to start, for the record, with a bit of your history here. Can you do that?\nPOI-2648: Yeah, yeah, of course.\n\nMuirfield: Thank you. Alright, so how did you end up on this land?\nPOI-2648: Oh, my, uh, cousin.\n\nMuirfield: Your cousin?\nPOI-2648: My cousin, RJ. I'm CJ, he's RJ.\n\nMuirfield: Alright, and what did your cousin do?\nPOI-2648: Oh, uh, he was a farmer I think?\n\nMuirfield: I'm talking about what he did in terms of you receiving ownership of this land.\nPOI-2648: Ah, okay. Well, yeah, he was a farmer, and he's a few years older than I am, and when I was comin' up, I used to hang with him on the farm.\n\nMuirfield: What did he farm?\nPOI-2648 laughs.\nPOI-2648: Not shrooms. He did like the pineapples, though.\n\nMuirfield: Did he teach you how to grow the pineapples?\nPOI-2648: Yeah. Those are really good pineapples, a really sweet type of 'em. And shrooms taste like shit, so they go well with pineapples. Masks that wet dog smell, you know.\n\nMuirfield: Alright, so your cousin \u2014 who is slightly older than you \u2014 taught you how to farm pineapples when you were a child, and then ended up transferring ownership of this property to you for the sake of farming.\nPOI-2648: Right, yeah.\n\nMuirfield: Okay, and how old are you, again?\nPOI-2648: Twenty-nine. Almost there. When I turn thirty I'm gonna go settle down somewhere- well, I mean, that's what I was gonna do, but now that it's gone- I mean, now that you guys are here, I don't know what I'm gonna do for my birthday-\n\nMuirfield: Hang on, now that what is gone? Did someone else live here?\nPOI-2648 pauses for ten seconds.\nPOI-2648: \u2026Yeah, my- friend.\n\nMuirfield: Can you elaborate?\nPOI-2648: I mean, what's to elaborate on? This is a rural area, you know. People go missing.\n\nMuirfield: Missing? Do you think you could- contact the police? I mean, did you contact the police when your friend went missing?\nPOI-2648 laughs.\nPOI-2648: No. You know I can't. You stopped there for a second, ha. Couldn't've. Contacted 'em. Also, this town here, it's unincorporated, that means there ain't a town police department. You may have four bars on your cell signal, but that don't mean there's many civilizations here. I mean, er, civilized people. A town, that is, there's not really a town. There's just me and this rock and those cliffs over there by the water, where- it and I used to hang out.\n\nMuirfield: Who are you referring to? Did they have a legal name?\nPOI-2648: I don't know. What's a name to a soul? I didn't know 'em by its name, I knew 'em by the way it acted. Around me. Was a great friend to me, and went missing. People go missing out here all the time, you know - it's a rural area-\n\nMuirfield: How exactly did they go missing? Did you witness it?\nPOI-2648: Went to the seafront and didn't come back. There are some cave systems I try to stay away from down there because I see too much in the dark, you know? I ain't one to go looking for trouble, really, I'm just up here minding my business, trying to get in touch with some stuff people ain't keen on looking for with just their basic minds.\n\nMuirfield: \u2026And selling what you grow and synthesize, correct?\nPOI-2648: Well, how else do I make money? I have to have electricity and water. I didn't ask to be born in a world where society's made it so you can't live off the land. No one did.\n\nMuirfield: When your friend went missing by the beach - how long ago was this?\nPOI-2648: Few weeks, I guess? I'm so glad they came back, so thankful.\n\nMuirfield: Wait, what? Your friend isn't missing anymore?\nPOI-2648: They were missing, but it came back. Like, missing for a few weeks- came back a little different, but what's to complain- about? Like I said, what's a name to a soul. Same person inside, just a little rearranged.\nMuirfield pauses to write.\n\nMuirfield: Okay. If you don't mind, may we put that topic on the back burner, so to speak, and address the topic of the anomaly?\nPOI-2648: The- the what?\n\nMuirfield: The anomalous-\nPOI-2648: I know what 'anomaly' means, but- okay, yeah, this might fix this, here, you and I talking. Yeah, see, I still don't know why y'all're here and all that, because you ain't the DEA and you ain't the cops. Right? The shrooms aren't really that illegal, you know, you might as well just take the synthetics-\n\nMuirfield: We're not here for the drugs.\nPOI-2648: Oh, right. Right, I thought so, right. So- uh- the anomaly?\n\nMuirfield: The anomaly. There's a\u2026 ball of grass, for lack of better phrasing, crawling around your property. We'd like to put it in a steel box to stop it from growing further, but it attacks personnel. What do you know about it? It's the only other animate thing in this area other than you.\nPOI-2648: Oh, it? Oh, come on, that's my friend. I told you they looked a little different, but- same person inside.\n\nMuirfield: \u2026What?\nPOI-2648: What? It's still- you know, they were there for me when no one else was, okay? When I was sick, they took care of me. When I was lonely, they were there for me. When I needed someone to drive to the store, they went for me. I don't have a license, you know, I mean I can drive, but the ATV's been broken down for a while.\n\nMuirfield: How do you get food?\nPOI-2648: I grow it! This is a farm.\n\nMuirfield: Okay, but you have no edible food other than hallucinogenic mushrooms and pineapples, and you have no animals. If you have additional assets you're hiding from us, you would be advised to-\nPOI-2648: No, no, man, I wouldn't do that to y'all. You and I, we're good.\n\nMuirfield: \u2026Okay, we may have to look into that at a later date. In the meantime, can you explain how you've been eating, then? Or getting supplies for living? If your friend went missing, you were \u2014 during that time \u2014 not able to get them to go to the store for you, correct?\nPOI-2648: Right. Lots of pineapple\u2026\nMuirfield pauses to write.\nMuirfield: Okay, and you claim that the organic anomaly on the property is your friend, correct? And your friend did not have a legal or casual name that you're aware of?\nPOI-2648: Mmm-hmm.\n\nMuirfield: Acknowledged. And, now that your friend is back, you cannot go to the store anymore due to their\u2026 appearance?\nMuirfield pauses to write.\nPOI-2648: Oh, I don't see why it can't go to the store. I mean, the store's only a few miles up, it's just, y'know, you've kinda quarantined me here and all that, I can't really walk.\n\nMuirfield: We are absolutely not intentionally starving you, sir-\nPOI-2648: Oh, uh, I'm not a sir.\n\nMuirfield: Right, sorry. You're-\nPOI-2648: I'm neither, man, just a person. What's a name to a soul?\n\nMuirfield: I understand. Now, again, we are absolutely not intentionally keeping you from eating, and if you haven't had anything to eat for the past few days, please give a list of what you like to one of the containment personnel in the tents and one of them will go for you.\nPOI-2648: Aww, y'all, that is so sweet. But my buddy, it's got me covered.\n\nMuirfield: It feeds you? How?\nPOI-2648: Y'all are nice to go to the store for me and all that, I really appreciate it. But you gotta let me see 'em again - we're all hungry here.\nMuirfield pauses for five seconds.\n\nMuirfield: Noted. Regarding your friend, SCP-2648- can I again confirm that you believe your missing friend and SCP-2648 to be the same entity?\nPOI-2648: Yeah. I don't really know what you guys find so weird about them, really, if I can say such a thing.\nMuirfield pauses to write.\nMuirfield: I need to step outside and talk to one of the other personnel for a few minutes. I'll be right back.\nPOI-2648: Sure, yeah, take your time.\nDuring this time, Agent Muirfield discusses with two agents of MTF Lambda-14 the possibility that POI-2648's regular and consistent consumption of hallucinogenic substances could be affecting their visual perception to such a degree that they do not realize SCP-2648 is nonhuman, or indeed observably sentient whatsoever. MTF Lambda-14 agents agree that this is possible, but that the fact that POI-2648 behaves and speaks relatively normally confirms that they are not under an influence of that extreme a degree. Additionally, one operative notes that SCP-2648 is incapable of speech, and that POI-2648 likely does not use enough of any substance in an amount that could induce entirely fabricated audio input.\nMuirfield: Alright. Does SCP-2648 speak?\nPOI-2648: Nah, not really. They were always really quiet.\n\nMuirfield: Have you attempted to speak to it since we arrived?\nPOI-2648: No. It probably misses me, man, I feel bad-\nMuirfield: I can see if you'd be permitted to interact with it, but based on our observations, it is likely unsafe.\nPOI-2648: Trust me, it's fine. I know it well. I was talking with it for a few days here before y'all showed up.\nMuirfield: Talking?\nPOI-2648: It doesn't talk out loud. I can hear it because- my mind is open. You read me? Not everything speaks English, ha. But it speaks.\nMuirfield: Alright. What does it want?\nPOI-2648: Uh- I don't know, to chill? I think y'all are bothering it, man. Just let it be.\nMuirfield: It's too much of a risk to the area, I'm afraid, if we allow it to grow. We are certainly not attempting or intending to harm it.\nPOI-2648 is silent.\nMuirfield: You mentioned before that you refuse to stop using drugs because some sort of\u2026 what, event - will occur?\nPOI-2648: If I get off the psychs, my vision will fail again. My eyes? You see, I've gotten used to seeing the full spectrum of what's happening. Imagine if someone took away nearly all your color spectrum and all you could see was red. Grass, trees, buildings- that aren't painted red, the ocean, the sky, none of it's there. But you can remember it being there. You're looking at blank space and knowing you used to see it. That's torture.\nMuirfield: That's the result of coming off of addictive substances, I'm afraid.\nPOI-2648: Psychs aren't addictive. Especially shrooms. This ain't about addiction, it's about losing sight of the world around you when the only way to survive is to see it.\n\nMuirfield: The personnel haven't seen you consuming large amounts of substances. While we would advise you against continued consumption, we are not going to actively prevent you from doing so until containment procedures and operations are fully established, so at this point in time there is no reason to withhold information from us.\n\nPOI-2648: I'm not withholding, man, I don't take 'em that much. I just need enough to see, not to fuck everything up. I don't wanna be trippin' all the time, I don't take 'em too often, that's why you don't see me stumblin' around and shit. But look, hell, if I lose sight of some of this important stuff\u2026 it'll be bad. And my buddy won't be happy either. If I stop talking to it, why, I don't know what it'll think of me.\n\nMuirfield pauses to write.\n\nMuirfield: We may have to revisit that topic. Now, are you referring to SCP-2648 when you say your 'buddy'?\nPOI-2648: Uh-huh. Look, can I talk to it? It's bound to be getting antsy.\nMuirfield: I'll see if I can arrange something. Thank you for your time, and, again- please let one of us know if you need food. We still advise you to come with us, but-\nPOI-2648: Whoa whoa, no. If you do that \u2014 if you take me outta here \u2014 my buddy's gonna freak out. It won't be pretty. It came back for me, I just know it did. You bring something back from the missing \u2014 from lack of existence \u2014 and then you take away the thing it came back for? You're fuckin' with fire and you're fuckin' with the way the universe functions.\nMuirfield: If you are allowed to speak with SCP-2648, will you inform it of the option that you both come with us?\nPOI-2648: Well- what about the land?\nMuirfield: We will maintain it.\nPOI-2648: But you'll kill my mushrooms.\nMuirfield: SCP-2648 has killed more of your mushrooms than we have. It's assimilated-\nPOI-2648 stands from the table.\nPOI-2648: What? You let it eat my shrooms? Come on, man, those are expensive!\nMuirfield: We've been attempting to contain it, but it's hostile. Look, if you come with us, and we let you speak to it, can you convince it to cooperate with containment operations?\nPOI-2648: Fuck, fine, if it'll stop them from eating my shit. Christ.\nMuirfield: Alright. Thank you.\nPOI-2648: Yeah.\n\nAddendum II: An additional notable event, titled Event 1A, occurred and was transcribed below by Agent Muirfield on 06/27/17.\n\nEvent 1A: On 06/26/17, POI-2648 was allowed contact with SCP-2648. During this time, SCP-2648 temporarily assimilated POI-2648 into its mass, who did not resist this action. SCP-2648 then rolled toward the northern side of the property, growing an additional meter in diameter, knocking over and assimilating the auxiliary building as well as its contents8.\nSCP-2648 then rolled up the driveway and onto US Hwy 264, where it caused a five-car pileup leading to the hospitalization of two civilians and later amnesticization of all eight involved civilians and fifteen involved emergency response crew personnel. Following this event, it was successfully apprehended with the assistance of all seven on-duty containment personnel and four MTF Lambda-14 operatives.\nWhen POI-2648 re-emerged, they appeared significantly less emaciated, paler in pallor, and naked, but were otherwise unchanged. When it was proposed by MTF Lambda-14 operatives that this event was likely a joint escape attempt between SCP-2648 and POI-2648, POI-2648 was informed of this suspicion and responded that such a suggestion was absurd and did not reflect the type of interactions they have with SCP-2648. POI-2648 instead cited that SCP-2648 was simply not aware of its growing size and did not realize it held the capacity for destruction.\n\nAs of 08/01/17, SCP-2648 and POI-2648 are still held on-site at the original location of these occurrences, and are not permitted to interact with each other outside of SCP-2648's containment area. Foundation executives have claimed foreclosure and later eminent domain on the land in question, and will develop a provisional site for the containment of SCP-2648. Further research into SCP-2648's origin, as well as investigation into the plausibility of the claim that SCP-2648 was formerly a non-anomalous human rather than an anomalous entity, is ongoing. As of 08/04/17, psychedelic substances are no longer being grown or synthesized on the property, and POI-2648 has become significantly less cooperative. SCP-2648 is pending upgrade to Euclid in light of its increasing size and hostility.\n\nFootnotes\n1. see Addendum II\n2. POI-2648 cites the fact that most hallucinogens are not chemically addictive, and that they instead intentionally continue use in order to directly prevent an unknown event from occurring. POI-2648 elaborates on the parameters of this event in Addendum I.\n3. United States Drug Enforcement Administration\n4. see Addendum I\n5. LSD/acid\n6. DMT\n7. a psychedelic alkaloid\n8. SCP-2648 later ejected plastics, metals, and chemical compound containers, but the approximate 40-50 completed tabs of acid and 34 modified aerosol cans of DMT which the building had previously contained were not found.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2647 | SCP-2648 | SCP-2649 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2649, coated in SCP-2649-A to defend against a perceived threat\n\nItem #: SCP-2649\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2649 must be contained within a standard animal containment chamber, and is to be provided with at least four ounces of raw meat, of any type, per day. This feeding schedule must be randomized weekly in order to minimize chances of an attempted escape by SCP-2649. Any containment chamber housing SCP-2649 must be lined entirely with ceramic tile or some other ceramic surface. Any personnel interacting with SCP-2649 are to wear boots that have been equipped with ceramic soles.\nDescription: SCP-2649 resembles a white teapot with four pairs of mobile arachnoid legs attached at its base. The mechanism by which these legs are capable of movement is unknown, as the entity appears to be composed entirely of ceramic.\nThe \"spout\" produces a highly viscous black liquid, hereafter referred to as SCP-2649-A. The entity has been observed bending over to \"pour\" this fluid on the ground around it, and it is capable of reabsorbing the substance as needed. Any such pool of SCP-2649-A functions as a portal - any object crossing the surface is transported to a pocket dimension in which organic matter deteriorates over time. Objects larger than the surface of an SCP-2649-A pool are not affected. No objects transported in this manner have been recovered, but radio transmissions can be received, suggesting that the portal functions in both directions.\nBecause SCP-2649 has been observed moving any provided food into a layer of this liquid, it is believed that the pocket dimension accessed via SCP-2649-A serves as the entity's means of digestion. SCP-2649 itself cannot be transported by this fluid, and has even been known to coat itself with it as a means of defense - transporting any projectiles and small threats that make contact. Experimentation suggests that this resistance is linked not to the identity of SCP-2649, but to its material; experimentation confirms that objects composed of ceramics will not pass through a layer of SCP-2649-A.\n\nAddendum 1: SCP-2649-A Exploration Log\n\nObjective: Collect data regarding the SCP-2649 pocket dimension.\nProcedure: A 500g mass of raw beef is lowered into a sample of SCP-2649-A, followed by a camera that can be accessed remotely.\nResults: The camera view displays a dark expanse, with no walls or boundaries visible. Several inanimate objects are adrift, as gravity appears to be absent. All of these objects are composed of metallic or mineral substances - none are organic - and they range in size from coins and tooth fillings to metal chairs and a single six-foot I-beam. No light sources exist other than that mounted to the camera. The beef sample is visible ahead - it exhibits a greenish discoloration, and small particles are separating themselves from the surface and subsequently disappearing. After roughly fifteen minutes of this accelerated decay, the sample has vanished completely.\n\nAddendum 2: SCP-2649 Incident Log\n\n02/17/15: SCP-2649 begins waiting near the door to the containment chamber as feeding time approaches, potentially with the aim of breaching containment. Investigation into possible learning behavior on the part of the entity is currently underway.\n\n03/24/15: SCP-2649 has taken to depositing a layer of SCP-2649-A beneath the location its food is usually placed. At this point it is accepted that SCP-2649 exhibits learning behavior, and containment procedures have been modified to include a randomized feeding schedule.\n\n04/10/15: SCP-2649 appears to have discovered that its containment cell is composed of cinder blocks that can be transported by SCP-2649-A. The entity had managed to remove four of them by the time the attempted breach was noticed, and SCP-2649 was transferred to a new containment chamber, lined with ceramic tile.\n\n06/01/15: One member of D-Class personnel assigned to SCP-2649 entered the entity's containment chamber for routine feeding, and immediately fell through the surface of a pool of SCP-2649-A that had been left at the entrance. In the brief span of time in which the chamber door remained open, SCP-2649 was able to breach containment, but was recaptured quickly and with no further casualties. Containment procedures have been revised to include ceramic soles on employed footwear, in order to prevent future incidents of this type.\nSome site staff have expressed concerns that this was a deliberate attack on the part of SCP-2649, and research is pending regarding whether or not the entity is intelligent enough to coordinate a strategy in this way.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2648 | SCP-2649 | SCP-2650 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More SCPs by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-3220\n\nSCP-2790\n\nSCP-2820\n\nSCP-4780\n\nSCP-3780\n\nSCP-2664\n\nSCP-4950\n\nSCP-2730\n\nSCP-947\n\nSCP-2810\n\nSCP-2350\n\nSCP-3640\n\nSCP-4670\n\nSCP-2490\n\nSCP-2680\n\nSCP-3470\n\nSCP-5430\n\nSCP-5940\n\nSCP-2210\n\nSCP-4710\n\nSCP-3850\n\nSCP-3360\n\nSCP-2910\n\nSCP-2060\n\nSCP-7660\n\nSCP-1750\n\nSCP-2570\n\nSCP-2650\n\nSCP-2143\n\nSCP-6190\n\nSCP-7780\n\nSCP-6880\n\n+ All Tales by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nAvatara\n\nHypervelocity\n\nI Thought You Died Alone\n\nMoonlighting\n\nZeitgeist\n\nAutoerotic Assassination\n\nT Minus\n\nTerminal Velocity\n\nThe Chosen Few\n\nReboot or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypses\n\nHard Machine\n\nLoud, Lawless, and Lost\n\nMorphine Machine\n\nThe Vice Girls\n\nTruth Is Sin\n\nDeus Vulture\n\nEcstasy and Exorcism\n\nThe Revelation\n\nNonpareil\n\nRise and Repent\n\nT Plus\n\nThe Ballad of Santa Troy\n\nPrey and Obey\n\nEscape Velocity\n\nJump the Gun\n\nNo One Gets Out of Her Alive\n\nLeather Pig\n\nContempt\n\nThe Man-Machine\n\nDomo Arigato\n\nMile High Club\n\nStrung Out in Heavens High\n\nIndustrial Espionage\n\nHands\n\nNothing Human\n\nFullmusic Astrobiologist\n\nEnasni Si Gnihtyreve\n\nEight Hours in the ECRG\n\n+ All Hubs by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nHubs\n\nPrometheus Labs Hub\n\nSpeed Demon\n\nGuns Pointed at the Head of God\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nOverheard at Deer\nch00bakka\n\nSCP-150\nDecibelles\n\nSCP-3000\ndjkaktus, Joreth\n\nSCP-4220\nThe Great Hippo\n\nSCP-4310\nThe Great Hippo\n\nChicago Spirit Hub\nPeppersGhost\n\nSCP-5555\nRounderhouse, Uncle Nicolini\n\nVisions of Bodies Being Burned\nTaffeta\n\nSamsara\nTyGently\n\nDeath Perception\nTyGently\n\nThe Powers that Bark\nTyGently\n\nA Semi-Comprehensive List of Foundation Facilities\n\nDr. Desai's Personnel File\n\nSCP-2649\n\nSCP-2651\n\nSCP Series 3\n\nSCP Series 3 - Audio Edition\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2650\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2650-1 instances are contained in individual Class-II humanoid containment cells in Site-42. Each cell is furnished with a standard child-sized bed, and a wall-mounted television that plays only recorded broadcasts approved for preadolescents. Each instance has a Physical Deterrence Device around its neck, which is to be activated remotely by monitoring guards should it become unruly.\nSCP-2650-A and -B are currently contained by themselves in an Isolation Containment cell in Site-42. One security camera is to observe SCP-2650-A and -B at all times. SCP-2650-B should be fed once per day with five (5) Standard D-Class Capsule Rations using the Rations Transference Device. Under no circumstances should any instance of SCP-2650-1 be allowed within one hundred meters of SCP-2650-A or -B. No personnel are allowed within SCP-2650-B's containment chamber.\nThe families of instances of SCP-2650-1 have been supplied with Cover Story 35-Iota (Kidnapping & Murder). All external containment efforts are currently focused around suppressing news media involving SCP-2650-B or any instance of SCP-2650-1.\nDescription: SCP-2650-A is a ventriloquist's dummy of unknown brand and make, with a tan-colored face, blue eyes, and red markings on its cheeks. SCP-2650-A is dressed in generic red gloves, blue jeans, and a plaid, red-and-green sweater with a center pocket. A fake monocle is clipped to SCP-2650-A's left eye, and a blue plastic top hat rests upon its head. The top hat can be removed, revealing a hinge plate that can be opened to reveal the cranial area. Within SCP-2650-A's cranial area is a human brain and brainstem assumed to belong to SCP-2650-B. Proposals to remove and more closely study the brain have been forbidden out of concern that removal will irreparably damage SCP-2650-A and -B. The brain has not shown any signs of decay since initial containment.\nSCP-2650-B is the body of former ventriloquist and magician \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. SCP-2650-B is biologically normal, but has a wooden sphere approximately 25 centimeters in diameter within its skull in place of a brain. SCP-2650-B perpetually holds SCP-2650-A with its left hand. Despite lacking a brain and brainstem, all life functions of SCP-2650-B proceed normally, and it is able to speak, breathe, eat, and move. The only major differences between it and a live human is that SCP-2650-B neither appears to feel pain, nor has its body aged or decayed in the \u2588 years it has been contained. SCP-2650-B refuses to release SCP-2650-A from its grasp, and only communicates through SCP-2650-A.\nNormally, SCP-2650-B will sit cross-legged in the center of the cell, usually asleep but occasionally conversing with itself through SCP-2650-A. If a person passes within two meters of SCP-2650-B's line of sight while it is awake, it will invite them to watch it perform. During a performance, SCP-2650-B will engage in a discussion with SCP-2650-A. The performance utilizes crude humor, magic tricks, and other acts geared towards preadolescents, although it focuses on more adult themes such as coping with mental illness, abusive relationships, or drug abuse with the occasional adult joke.\nFollowing a performance, if there are preadolescents in the audience, SCP-2650-B will ask one at random if they would like to learn ventriloquism. If it receives a positive answer, SCP-2650-B will escort the child to a secluded area. If followed by an adult, SCP-2650-B will simply produce a nonanomalous ventriloquist dummy from its pocket, give the child a short lesson on ventriloquism, then let the child leave with the ventriloquist dummy. If alone, SCP-2650-B will convert the child into an instance of SCP-2650-1. The mechanism of conversion is unknown.\nInstances of SCP-2650-1 are various preadolescent children, between the ages of 5 and 9, with their own instances of SCP-2650-A. They share the same neurological abnormality as SCP-2650-B, but their behavior is markedly different. Instances of SCP-2650-1 initially show no difference in their normal behavior, except for occasionally practicing ventriloquism. As time goes by, instances of SCP-2650-1 will communicate more frequently through their dummies. Eventually, they will cease to speak by themselves, only speaking through the dummies. This is the only behavioral change made by instances of SCP-2650-1, who will otherwise act like nonanomalous preadolescents.\nAddendum: Incident-2650-1 Prior to Incident 2650-1, all instances of SCP-2650-1 were unruly, frequently attempting to damage furnishings within their cells, making loud requests for their immediate family, and necessitating the implementation of deterrence protocols. On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, security footage showed SCP-2650-B standing up and looking at the security camera. It then proceeded to converse with SCP-2650-A, while keeping eye contact on the camera. During the conversation, all instances of SCP-2650-1 immediately ceased other activities to sit on their beds and stare at the security camera in their cells.\n\nAudio Log SCP-2650-B\nFor the sake of brevity, whenever SCP-2650-B speaks through SCP-2650-A, it is referred to as SCP-2650-A.\n10:30 SCP-2650-A: Gee \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, I'm so bored here. We've been grounded for practically ever! And I'm starting to think the hotel owners don't like us!\n10:31 SCP-2650-B: I know it's boring Willy, but you're a big boy now. You're all big boys and girls. You need to be patient sometimes. Patience is the greatest virtue of all!\nSCP-2650-B begins to engage in a series of jerky movements, flailing its limbs while thrashing back and forth, while singing in a low voice.\n10:32 SCP-2650-B: Patience is the best! You can wait for all the rest. There's always time to make a rhyme. But sitting quietly isn't a crime\u2026 All you have to do is sit and smell the roses. It isn't like you have a form of halitosis. Patience is the best! You can wait for all the rest! Sit down and wait your turn. If you do you won't be spurned. Relax, kick back, don't have a heart attack! Patience is the best! You can wait for all the rest!\nSCP-2650-B ceases its movements, but continues to stand.\n10:35 SCP-2650-A: You're right, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588! I can see what you mean about patience. But ya know, I feel like our wonderful little ventriloquists have been patient for a really long time. It's been years and years.\n10:36 SCP-2650-B: That's true, Willy. But they must be patient for a little longer. I'm asking them, from the bottom of my heart, to be patient just a little longer. And for all I've done for them, I'm sure they won't mind waiting.\n10:37 SCP-2650-A: We're getting antsy. It's been years and years and we're practically grounded in here. I haven't seen my girl in ages!\n10:38 SCP-2650-B: You looked at your hand five minutes ago!\nSCP-2650-A and -B laugh for ten seconds. SCP-2650-B appears to use circular breathing to provide the illusion that they are laughing simultaneously.\n10:38 SCP-2650-B: But I'm serious. Please, everyone, listen to me. You know I love you. I certainly love you more than your parents! You know what would have happened if I hadn't rescued you all? They would have taken away your best friends! Zara, Peppy, Abby, Jerome, Walt, Kenzie, all of them! Your parents would have gotten rid of them, and then they would have gotten rid of you!\n10:40 SCP-2650-A: What! Why would our families ever do that!\n10:40 SCP-2650-B: Because they think your friendship is weird or strange! And if there's one thing parents love above all else, it's normal! If there's anything they see that isn't\u2026 normal\u2026 they get rid of it. You see? We have to stay here for now, while I find us a new place to live. Because if we go back, they'll separate us. And I love you too much to let them do that. And I know you love your friends too much to let them do that.\n10:42 SCP-2650-A: If they're too silly to recognize our friendship, then I'm certainly never going back! If my parents can't understand that you're my best friend, then phooey to them! I'll stay here as long as I have to. Because you're my friend, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. And if you don't have your friends, then what do you have?\n10:44 SCP-2650-B: Nothing, Willy. You have nothing. So, please be patient, my little ventriloquists. I promise you that we will find a place where good little boys, good little girls, and their good little friends can live without anybody trying to take them away. And that is a pinky promise.\n10:45 SCP-2650-A: Pinky promise?\n10:46 SCP-2650-B: Pinky promise.\nFollowing this, SCP-2650-A wrapped its finger around SCP-2650-B's finger. Notably, SCP-2650-B did not seem to control this action. SCP-2650-B then sat down and appeared to fall asleep.\n\nSince Incident-2650-1, all instances of SCP-2650-1 have been noticeably more subdued, and Deterrence Device activation rates have been reduced by 65 percent.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2649 | SCP-2650 | SCP-2651 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item#: 2651\n\nLevel4\n\nContainment Class:\nsafe\n\nSecondary Class:\nnone\n\nDisruption Class:\ndark\n\nRisk Class:\nnotice\n\nlink to memo\n\nRecreation of Pictogram 1. Undetermined religious iconography is overlaid on the middle and lower body sections.\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2651-A is to be placed in a hemispherical recess in a containment chamber at Lunar Area-32. This chamber will be outfitted with two Kardec Counters1, security cameras, and a microphone. The devices will be checked on a weekly basis, with repairs being made if necessary. If any equipment becomes irreparable, it must be requested to be part of the next scheduled supply delivery. Drains and a sprinkler system will be built into the chamber to remove any bodily fluids released by SCP-2651-B instances and SCP-2651-C. Once removed the fluids will be stored in biohazard storage tanks for analysis or will be disposed.\nAll observed 2651-SKIA Events have been performed identically. However, if any discrepancies are observed, these must be recorded and reported to Level 3/2651 personnel.\nDescription: SCP-2651 is the collective designation for a metal sphere (SCP-2651-A) surrounded by a set of ectoplasmic entities2 of extraterrestrial origin (SCP-2651-B and SCP-2651-C).\nSCP-2651-A is composed of a rhodium-platinum alloy, possessing a radius of 71.7cm. The sphere depicts a landscape resembling current models of Earth's geography during the late Neoproterozoic Era3, with the outlines of continents and islands engraved on the surface. Notable deviations from the models are three circular islands off the west coast of the minor supercontinent Proto-Laurasia and a ring-shaped lake on the East Antarctic Shield. The circular islands, the lake, and several other locations on the globe have what appears to be a stylized rendition of SCP-2651-B instances on them (Pictogram 1). Electrical hums and other mechanical noises emanate from SCP-2651-A, indicating an interior structure, though the globe's outer surface has blocked sonar imaging attempts.\nSCP-2651-B1 through SCP-2651-B10 float in a circular pattern around SCP-2651-A, at a distance of approximately 1m. Limitations with Kardec Counters prevent a full analysis of the anatomy of SCP-2651-B instances, though general details have been ascertained:\n\nEach entity has a 1m tall upright conical body, with the main body and each limb segmented in a manner similar to arthropods. The body is divided into three sections.\nConnected to the base of the body are four legs ending in circular feet.\nOn the body's midsection are six tendrils, each 3m long and ending in a claw.\nFour conical protrusions are on the top of the body, likely a form of sensory organ.\nA set of mandibles are on the bottom of the cone.\n\nSCP-2651-B7 is the only entity to possess numerous apparent tumorous growths on its body.\nAside from movement around SCP-2651-A, the entities are largely inactive when not experiencing a 2651-SKIA Event. Normal activity consists of repeated convulsions, spasms of the limbs, and erratic mandible clicks. The only instance to not behave in this manner is SCP-2651-B7, which is motionless and limp.\nSCP-2651-C floats approximately 1m above SCP-2651-A. The body is similar to that of SCP-2651-B, though the top body section is replaced with a large spherical object. This \"head\" sphere frequently changes its shape, denting to form symbols from a dialect of the Ortothan Extraterrestrial Language (OEL)4 and creating patterns of holes that can vocalize. When not experiencing a 2651-SKIA Event, SCP-2651-C behaves the same way as SCP-2651-B instances. Frequently the phrases \"myself failed\" and \"myself knew not\" manifest on the sphere.\nSeven times a year a 2651-SKIA Event will occur, in which SCP-2651-B instances and SCP-2651-C will reenact a ritual. This ritual is presumed to have been initially performed in the far past, during the creation of SCP-2651, though details on the event are lacking. Refer to the addendum for further information.\n\nThe tunnel leading from the cavern.\n\nDiscovery: SCP-2651 was accidentally discovered on 13-February-2017 during the construction of the Area 13-32 Transit System. The boring machine in use was shut down when miners created an entrance to a previously unknown large cavern, hemispherical in shape (radius of ~35m). Signs of anomalous activity were reported, and Mobile Task Force Gamma-4 (\"Blondebeard's Crew\") was dispatched for preliminary containment.\nAt the time of discovery the cavern floor was covered in a 2m high slurry of organic matter and a pink blood-like fluid (hereafter referred to as haemorozin), likely having built up from repeated 2651-SKIA Events since the anomaly's creation. SCP-2651-A had been placed on a metal pedestal and was partially submerged in the fluids. Surrounding the pedestal were seven statues resembling SCP-2651-B instances, built from a black metal. Of note is that the number of tendrils on each statue ranged from one to seven. A smaller globe depicting the surface of the moon was also found, engraved with Pictogram 1 on multiple sections.\nThe area was then drained, uncovering pieces of blue-green colored exoskeletons similar to the apparent exoskeletons on SCP-2651-B and SCP-2651-C. Puncture wounds, damage consistent with blunt force trauma, and embedded bullet-shaped objects were present on many pieces. Mechanical devices resembling guns, engraved with unidentified thaumaturgic runes, were also found in varying damaged states.\nPlaced next to SCP-2651-A was AO-2651-1, a 2m3 explosive device. Within the device is a cylindrical capsule constructed from a type of exotic matter, determined with technology recovered from SCP-2117 to contain 10g of liquid antimatter. After receiving a signal, a mechanism would break this case and cause the liquid to undergo matter/antimatter annihilation with all matter in the surrounding region, creating a violent explosion that would likely destroy all objects in the cavern. The mechanism appears to have been in the process of breaking the case, though large amounts of dried organic matter had entered the device and halted the process.\nAttached to two adjacent statues is a long diagonal structure, composed of chunks of blue-green exoskeleton and solidified material resembling muscle tissues. The structure forms the following sentence in OEL:\n\n[Unknown Symbol 16] helping. The Holies5 receive the blood. [Unknown Symbol 16] bleeds (forever?).\n\nAt the top of a slope within the cavern is an entrance to a 20m long tunnel. Apparent entrances to other chambers are present along the sides of the tunnel, though all were blocked from cave-ins and black metal barriers. At the end of the tunnel is a room meant to serve as an airlock, left nonfunctional by explosion damage that had broken the pressurization systems. On the other side of the airlock is a mechanical lift that leads up a 3km shaft to a metal hatch. Based on the location of the transit system tunnel, task force agents were able to locate the hatch on the lunar surface, which had been covered in a layer of sediment and was welded shut. A metal plaque is attached to it, possessing OEL sentences in diagonal line patterns:\n\nMessage of [Pictogram 1] Holy Defense Legion\n[Unknown Yellow Symbol] hazards. The not-god(?) lied here. Entrance is treason to the Koru-teusa and the Fourth World. Warrants [Unknown Symbol 22]-absorption death.\n\nOn 19-February-2017, SCP-2651 and AO-2651-1 were brought into containment at Lunar Area-32. Construction was resumed the following day, with the course of the tunnel altered to prevent potential damage to the cavern.\nAddendum:\n\n\u25b7 2651-SKIA Event Transcript\n\n\u25bd 2651-SKIA Event Transcript\n\nNote: Due to limitations in the Foundation's knowledge of OEL, only approximate translations of dialogue are available. All translations of SCP-2651-C are based on the OEL logograms that form on the entity's head.\n\n<BEGIN LOG>\nAll SCP-2651-B instances and SCP-2651-C spontaneously relocate from their standard positions. The instances are now standing in a circular formation around SCP-2651-A. The tumors on SCP-2651-B7 are not present. SCP-2651-C is standing next to the sphere, with their appendages reaching into it and phasing through its surface. Trails of ectoplasm leading from SCP-2651-A to each entity are detected by Kardec Counters for several seconds before vanishing.\nSCP-2651-B4: (Unknown clicking vocalizations)\nSCP-2651-C: It is connected. It is safe to begin.\nSCP-2651-B (all): (Unknown clicking vocalizations)\nSCP-2651-C retracts their appendages and begins levitating above SCP-2651-A.\nSCP-2651-C: Travelers. Spawn of lost Third World. Ourselves ascension initiates.\nEleven rods composed of ectoplasm grow out of SCP-2651-C's head and detach from it, suspending in the air. All entities moving their appendages in rhythmic sinusoidal wave patterns. A rod moves toward each of them.\nSCP-2651-C: Yourselves do not feel sorrow. Yourselves mortal forms(?) will be gone but yourselves feel jubilant to watch over and bring prosperity to people, culture, army, the new Fourth World.\nThe rods slice two of the claws on each entity off, causing haemorozin to spill out of region of the wound. They begin to walk around SCP-2651-A, creating a complex geometric pattern on the ground with the haemorozin.\nSCP-2651-C: Yourselves lose fear of becoming pure spirits.\nThe instances stop moving and stand still at their original positions, with the exception of SCP-2651-B7. A crack appears next to one of their legs and a set of clawless, bleeding appendages emerges from it. The appendages move down the leg and create a series of symbols stylistically different from the main pattern. The appendages quickly retract before SCP-2651-C starts clicking.\nSCP-2651-C: Stare above.\nThe rods position themselves in front of each entity and rapidly penetrate through their middle body segments. Haemorozin begins bleeding out of their bodies in large quantities with the exception of SCP-2651-B7, who is bleeding at a slower rate. Each SCP-2651-B instance appears to sit and lean back.\nSCP-2651-C: Stare above, forget yourselves bodies, forget the rocks surrounding and stare through the moon. Guide your spirits out into the black void and stare. [Unknown Symbol 12]\nSCP-2651-C's head forms a shape that appears to depict Neoproterozoic Era Earth. Smaller spheres detach from it and form various shapes and geometric structures, orbiting around the head.\nSCP-2651-C: Do yourselves see the lights?\nSCP-2651-B (all): (Unknown clicking vocalizations)\nSCP-2651-C: The armadas, the constructors, the blood-bringers(?) blinking into orbit? The lights of the vessels are flashing above the dark planet as they look down upon the new locale of our culture and all its future iterations.\nNo new symbols or vocalizations for a minute. The bleeding slows down. Haemorozin stops exiting SCP-2651-B7.\nSCP-2651-C: Gaze yourself upon the all encompassing sphere of ice and gray. The star of this new world flickers on its edge, and its cosmic heat spills into the void. The dull outline of the atmosphere glows to light the world and the void beyond.\nSCP-2651-C stops forming new symbols on its head for a minute.\nSCP-2651-C: Gaze upon the planet's surface. Empty tundra(?), volcanic destruction, impossible lands, impossible beasts. Across an ice flat is a mass of machines, shredding through the terrain and constructing the first homes. Gaze at the thing shambling towards the machines, itself limbs flailing, itself maws flailing the viscera of the past failed machines. Yourselves spirits reach into the thing. Gaze inside and twist.\nAll entities spasm.\nSCP-2651-C: The corpse of the thing melts into the ice and the machines continue. Ourselves spirits strengthen. Soon ourselves will rip the flaws of the world off and open the beauty underneath. The first cities will be built and our species will triumph. And should the invaders of the Third World find us once again ourselves will [Unknown: A long sentence]. All future beings will gaze upon us as ourselves gaze from the stars.\nNo new symbols or vocalizations for 38 seconds.\nSCP-2651-C: Ourselves see Rakmou-leusan6. Itself floats before ourselves, wreathed in blood and light. Itself (tendrils?) are outstretched to yourselves, yourselves reach back. Gaze into itself and let it gaze into yourselves.\nThe spheres circling around SCP-2651-C's head reshape to form structures resembling SCP-2651-B instances and SCP-2651-C.\nSCP-2651-C: Gaze yourselves and let itself drag ourselves spirits into godhood.\nAll entities go limp and bleeding stops. SCP-2651-B7 begins to slowly stand up.\nSCP-2651-B7: (Unknown clicking vocalizations)\nSCP-2651-C: Itself is not Rakmou-leusan.\nAll SCP-2651-B instances and SCP-2651-C begin to convulse, its head rapidly oscillating and expelling chunks of ectoplasm. SCP-2651-B7 slowly moves toward SCP-2651-A as bulky appendages grow out of the puncture wounds in their body. SCP-2651-C's head begins melting.7\nSCP-2651-C: [Illegible] must not listen, must not drag in [illegible]. Yourself flesh traitor.\nSCP-2651-B7's appendages reach into the sphere when a large dent forms on their back, as if an object collided with their body. The back half of SCP-2651-B7 abruptly breaks apart into small fragments and a large volume of haemorozin. Numerous small holes, matching the size of the bullets found in the cavern, begin opening along the remaining half as the entity collapses onto SCP-2651-A.\nA loud whirring noise is produced by SCP-2651-A. Trails of ectoplasm extend out of it and connect with each entity. All SCP-2651-B instances and SCP-2651-C spontaneously relocate to their standard positions and appearances.\n<END LOG>\n\nFootnotes\n1. Devices used to detect and observe entities composed of ectoplasm.\n2. Colloquially referred to as \"ghosts.\"\n3. A geologic time frame from 1,000 to 541 million years ago, notable for severe glaciation where ice sheets covered most of the planet and the evolution of the earliest known multicellular organisms.\n4. A language spoken by GoI-03088 (\"The Church of the Second Hytoth\") and some extraterrestrial entities. All known dialects are unusually similar, despite the large distances between OEL-speaking communities that would be expected to cause major differences between the dialects over time.\n5. Presumed to be referencing the Koru-teusa (\"Holy Seven\"), a group of seven gods worshiped by the Church of the Second Hytoth. In the group's Ortothan mythology all of the seven required blood sacrifices to stay alive, though all but one (the \"Holy Fourth\") has died.\n6. The \"Holy Fourth.\" According to Ortothan mythology they were an extraterrestrial mortal that ascended to godhood, currently responsible for protecting the universe from extrauniversal threats.\n7. Minkowski Spacetime Monitors near the anomaly's containment chamber will occasionally detect an object with a high mass of 2 x 1020 solar masses manifest above SCP-2651-A at this point. No major gravitational and spatial phenomena that would be expected from such a manifestation are observed, however.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2650 | SCP-2651 | SCP-2652 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2652\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2652 is to be kept in a hospital bed in a modified humanoid containment room at Site 73. SCP-2652 is to be fed three times daily with a nutrient paste providing approximately 2500 kilocalories per day and an appropriate regimen of vitamins and supplements for an adult male, to be delivered into its primary orifice via feeding tube. A bedpan and/or relief tube is to be provided for extraction of waste from its secondary orifice. SCP-2652 is to undergo regular bathing, rotation, and massage to prevent formation of bedsores, and is to receive medical screening and treatment as appropriate.\nSCP-2652's sensory ports are to be cleaned and examined regularly and before and after testing, and may be repaired or replaced as necessary.\nDescription: SCP-2652 is a manmade humanoid organism, genetically similar to Homo sapiens sapiens, which has undergone extreme genetic, cybernetic, and surgical alteration, both before and after its conception and birth. The organism's body is cylindrical, approximately 1.6 meters in length with an average circumference of 120 centimeters. The organism possesses no legs or head, and appears to be analogous to the torso of a non-anomalous human being, with a rudimentary pelvis located at the lower end and a spinal column beginning at the pelvis and continuing to the brain situated at the upper end, with the digestive, respiratory, and pulmonary organs located between. The organism possesses two major orifices; one at the upper end which is analogous to the mouth of a non-anomalous human being but does not possess teeth or a tongue, and one at the lower end which performs all urinary/excretory functions. Based on SCP-2652's skin tone and genetic analysis, the organism is believed to have been created using DNA samples derived from a Caucasian male.\nSCP-2652 possesses seven pairs of arms, branching off from its body from separate pairs of shoulders situated along the organism's spine. Between each pair of arms, on the front-facing side of the organism, a panel has been installed containing connectors for input cables of the type used to attach video game consoles or similar devices to televisions. Biopsies and CT scans of SCP-2652 indicate that these connectors are attached to nerves which are interweaved into the organism's spinal cord and connect to the brain. It is believed that these connections provide sensory information to the brain in the same way that the eyes and ears provide information to the brain in non-anomalous humans.\nTesting indicates that, when the output cables from a video game console are attached to one of SCP-2652's input panels and a control device attached to said system is placed in its matching pair of hands, that in almost all circumstances it is capable of playing any game loaded into the console to a degree of proficiency exceeding that which a human player is capable of. Although SCP-2652 possesses no sexual organs, nerves attached to the sensory ports are additionally linked to parts of the brain associated with sexual pleasure; testing indicates that, upon achieving a desirable result in a game, SCP-2652 experiences sensations comparable to orgasm in non-anomalous humans.\nSCP-2652 was discovered on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/201\u2588 by South Korean customs officials at Incheon International Airport. The organism was sealed inside a crate on an air freight flight originating from San Francisco International Airport; customs declarations indicated the crate had been shipped by \"Ancients International\", a front group believed to be associated with [REDACTED].\nAddendum: Intercepted internal communications from [REDACTED]\n\nFrom: Marketing@\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588\u2588\nTo: Research@\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588\u2588\nIs the product going to be ready by the end of the month? Our client needs delivery before season 11 starts if their long-term strategy is going to be viable, and we know that [REDACTED]'s model is already up to 1350 APM on the latest DLC.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2651 | SCP-2652 | SCP-2653 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2653\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-2653 are to be locked in Site-11's Anomalous Item Storage Locker. No personnel are to be allowed to consume any instance of SCP-2653.\nAll subjects who have consumed SCP-2653 in the proper manner are to be contained in Standard Humanoid Containment Cells at Site-11. No subjects are to be exposed to any media or information related to the following: The ongoing Syrian Civil War, Hungary, current Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orb\u00e1n, the ongoing European migrant crisis, political refugees in general, and feet. All personnel interacting with subjects are to keep their feet covered at all times, and no writing implements of any kind are to be brought into these cells.\nDescription: SCP-2653 are 23 identical packs of exactly 6 Italian hot sausage links each, labeled as \"Bashar al-Assad's Delicious Notorious Meat Product for Families!\" Each individual sausage is of non-anomalous composition, and is identical to a normal Italian hot sausage link. Packaging on each pack is in a creole of Hungarian and English, and describes SCP-2653 as having been manufactured by the Hormel Foods Corporation. Each pack features testimonials on the product's \"reliability\" from al-Assad, as well as American comedian Bob Odenkirk, Indian composer and singer Bappi Lahiri, and French lawyer and politician Marine Le Pen.\nIf an instance of SCP-2653 is consumed inside of a standard Hot dog bun, the subject will experience multiple major psychological changes, including:\n\nIdentification with an extreme far-right political affiliation, regardless of previous preferences.\nObsession with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n.\nCompulsion to draw the shape of Hungary on any available flat surface.\nTendency to become unusually angry when discussing the conflict in Syria.\nBelief that all refugees of the Syrian Civil War have a desire to destroy the sausage manufacturing industry in Europe.\nPerception that all bare feet are cooked Italian sausages. Subjects will express a desire to slice off any bare feet seen and consume them, though they do not act on this desire.\nTendency to become withdrawn when discussing the feet of people of Middle Eastern descent.\nTendency to become extroverted when discussing the feet of Viktor Orb\u00e1n.\nPerception that all meat used in sausage manufacturing originates from Middle Eastern refugees.\n\nSCP-2653 was recovered from the meat department at a Walmart near Plainview, Wisconsin. According to store employees, there is no record of SCP-2653 having been delivered to the store, and that seven packages of SCP-2653 had already been sold. Residents of Plainview who had consumed these packages of SCP-2653 constitute the subjects currently in containment, the majority of which had little or no knowledge of European politics prior to consumption of SCP-2653. Amnestics have been ineffective in suppressing the effects.\nAddendum: Testimony from comedian Bob Odenkirk found on SCP-2653 packs. Odenkirk was interviewed and found to have no awareness of the existence of SCP-2653. Class-B amnestics were administered.\n\nFinally, sausages I can really enjoy! These finom babies really allowed me to crank out those kom\u00e9dia sermons for the Netflix temple! Istenem! Istenem! We will stamp out the intolerant left. Those Syrian sert\u00e9sek cannot stop the march of the kielbasa. We want to reinstate Orb\u00e1n to power. Watch my kom\u00e9dia sermons to know more about what you can do. Join the cause, a bar\u00e1tom! If you do, you get to eat these sausages all day!\n\nNext: The News Tonight: Wednesday April 26th 2017\n\n\u00ab SCP-2652 | SCP-2653 | SCP-2654 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2654\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2654 is to be kept in a standard containment locker. Access to the object is to be limited to the purpose of testing and may only be granted by Level 3 personnel or higher. During testing, or in the event a person accidentally uses the object, the subject is to be placed in a standard humanoid containment chamber, and provided with an ample supply of snack food for SCP-2654-1. They must remain in the chamber until SCP-2654-1 appears.\nDescription: SCP-2654 is a typical Magic 8 Ball toy produced by the Mattel Corporation. The object is severely scratched. The twenty-sided die within the object is slightly faded, making results difficult to read. When vocally asked simple polar questions1 or simple probability questions2 and shaken, SCP-2654 will provide a random answer from its bank of responses. If the object is vocally asked complex polar or probability questions, it will always respond with either \"Ask again later\" or \"Cannot predict now.\"\nSCP-2654-1 is a male humanoid creature with extremely pale blue skin who will appear near a person who has asked SCP-2654 a complex question. SCP-2654-1 will appear within 7-48 days after the person initially asked the question. It will only appear while the person is sleeping. After SCP-2654-1 appears, it will wake the person and request for something to eat. Generally, it will ask for American snack foods, but it has been observed to ask for typical Japanese or Chinese snacks from test subjects of Asian descent. If the subject is unable to offer the snack SCP-2654-1 requested, it will make a disappointed comment and disappear.\nOnce SCP-2654-1 has been given the food it has requested, it will remind the subject of the question they asked SCP-2654 and give them a random answer from SCP-2654's bank of responses. Once SCP-2654-1 has finished its requested food, it will disappear.3\nSCP-2654-1 appears to be human; however, several physical differences have been noted. The entity is completely hairless, stands at 2.77m tall, and weighs 82.6kg. SCP-2654-1 has two numeric \"8\"s tattooed on its lower face and upper chest. The entity's right arm is significantly elongated and has an additional joint between its elbow and wrist. SCP-2654-1 generally materializes without any clothes; however, it has been recorded wearing a tailored Arab thawb on multiple occasions. The entity is fairly amicable and will converse with subjects before disappearing.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Such as \"Is the sky blue?\"\n2. Such as \"When flipped, will this coin land heads up?\"\n3. Given SCP-2654's similarity to SCP-2795, and toy based nature, an investigation into possible association with Dr. Wondertainment has been initiated. Currently, no link has been established between SCP-2654 and the GoI.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2653 | SCP-2654 | SCP-2655 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2655\nObject Class: Neutralized Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2655 is to be kept in a 0.5 x 0.7 x 0.5 m glass tank, and should be fed a steady diet of small beetles and flies. A pool of water on the left side of the tank should be replaced on a bi-weekly basis.\nAs of 9/23/13, SCP-2655 is to be housed in a standard 3 x 3 x 2 m cell, modified with lead paneling. Personnel are not to enter SCP-2655's room without a lead-lined suit.\nDescription: SCP-2655 is a small frog of the Pseudacris crucifer species, commonly known as the spring peeper. The organism is 26 mm long, and is mostly tan in color, with olive and brown markings on its front legs. It is biologically identical to any other member of its species, save for a numeral 3 written on its back in an unknown ink, and a bio-luminescent effect during a set of time the frog perceives to be night. The bio-luminescent effect has proven to be slightly radioactive. At the time of SCP-2655's recovery, the radioactivity measured a negligible 0.03 Ci. This number has increased by 5.1% every six days after the initial observation. It is hypothesized that this effect has been present since birth, as no markings or defects to indicate a surgical procedure or experimentation are present.\nAs of 9/23/13, SCP-2655 has been neutralized. It was pronounced dead at 5:17 PM, of natural causes associated with old age. The radiation appeared to have no effect on the host frog.\nSCP-2655 was recovered on 7/14/13, after news of a glowing frog reached a staff agent in a suburb outside \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, California. Following an interview with the family, SCP-2655 was placed in custody.\nThe frog's owner, a nine-year-old male named Jack \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, reported in an interview that he had discovered the frog a year prior, in its current state.\nFollowing events on 9/23/13 (see Addendum 2655-I), the designation of SCP-2655 has been reassigned to the frog's previous owner, Jack. He has the numeral 4 written on his back in the same unknown ink, and glows at night in a manner similar to the original SCP-2655. Unlike the original, the new SCP-2655's radiation emissions are significant, beginning at 2 Ci and increasing by 7.3% every six days.\n\nNote: SCP-2655-A\n\nNote A\n\nI don't think people realize how dangerous this is. We lost a lot of good men on 9/23/13. And this is an exponential rate of increase. A small one, but exponential is exponential and it's only a matter of time before the lead cell we've got him in won't be good enough.\nI'm requesting a class upgrade. It'll probably be turned down, because he's not exactly a threat to anyone, but at least it'll draw attention to this. Safe-level isn't enough. I don't want to be the one who had to shoot a kid in the face because we ran out of funding.\nEuclid-level SCPs get almost three times the money that Safes do. Considering all the equipment we're going to need to not die as soon as we go into that cell in a year or two, we can't operate on this little.\n-Dr. Kolibri\n\nAs of 9/30/14, following a repeat of events detailed in Addendum 2655-I, Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is to be referred to as SCP-2655. She exhibits similar properties to the previous incarnations of SCP-2655, and differs only in an increase in the number on her back (to \"5\") and an increase in emitted radiation, beginning at 7 Ci and increasing by 9% every five days.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was present during the 9/30/14 events for a total of six minutes. Prior to this, she had been tasked with feeding the second incarnation of SCP-2655. Total exposure to the second incarnation of SCP-2655 is estimated at twenty-seven minutes.\n\nAddendum 2655-I\n\n2655-I\n\nThe following is a log of events regarding the death of the original incarnation of SCP-2655.\n\n8:17 PM: SCP-2655 has been deceased for exactly three hours. Radiation emissions increase from 0.05 Ci to 10 Ci.\n\n8:20 PM: Site Security B1 arrives on scene. Lead-lined suits are distributed to all six personnel.\n\n8:21 PM: The corpse of SCP-2655 disappears from its tank. Site Security B2 is dispatched to locate it. B1 is instructed to remain by the tank and provide updates on any changes.\n\n8:27 PM: SCP-2655 is found inside Jack \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's pants pocket by Site Security B2, in the cafeteria of Site 22. Jack was aware of the frog appearing on his person, and handled it for approximately ten seconds prior to B2's arrival.\n\n8:28 PM: Jack \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 begins to exhibit symptoms of an epileptic seizure. This is accompanied by 1.2 second pulses of 43 Ci gamma radiation.\n\n8:29 PM: Jack \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is sedated. Pulses stop. Fifteen bystanders are treated for severe radiation poisoning, resulting in six deaths.\n\n8:47 PM: SCP-2655's Neutralized status is revoked, and containment is reaffirmed. Jack \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is moved to a lead cell for the foreseeable future.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2654 | SCP-2655 | SCP-2656 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2656\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2656 is currently held in secure storage at site-15. All research involving SCP-2656 is to be conducted in a testing chamber approved for the study of high levels of type-3 anomalous radiation. All testing requires a minimum clearance of 9m around the object, including overhead clearance. During testing, SCP-2656 is to be supplied power through a 220V type C power outlet connected to an emergency power cut-off box located in an anteroom outside the chamber.\nIf any personnel are exposed to SCP-2656 during its active state, power to SCP-2656 must be cut and the exposed individual must be escorted outside of SCP-2656's range of effect before the second stage can occur. Exposed personnel are to be taken to the on-site medbay for examination and possible treatment.\nDescription: SCP-2656 is a heavily modified Fernseh-brand German television set manufactured between 195\u2588 and 195\u2588. Though many of the original components remain unchanged, variations from standard Fernseh-models include:\n-Disconnection of all on-face dials and inputs.\n-Removal of most key components used for picking up long-range television signals.\n-An internal media playback device similar in design to a film chain camera, with inputs for 16mm film, 35mm film and 35mm slide reels. This device reads inserted films and displays them onscreen while SCP-2656 is active, limited to black-and-white display.\n-Two internal devices that emit low-intensity electro-magnetic waves while active, presumed the primary source of SCP-2656's anomalous properties.\n-An internal device that emits large amounts of type-3 anomalous radiation1 while active, the effects and properties of which are currently under investigation. Presumed a secondary source of SCP-2656's anomalous effects.\n-An internal device of unknown use. Emits a low-frequency hum when SCP-2656 is active.\nWhen supplied with power, SCP-2656 will automatically enter an active state. Any human subject within an approximate 8.5m radius of SCP-2656 while in its active state will undergo a process in which the brain is precisely dissected within the cranium and irreversibly damaged, resulting in death. This happens over 5 stages:\nStage 1: SCP-2656 emits a low-intensity electromagnetic wave. This wave inhibits the brain, acting as a powerful anesthetic. Exposed subjects lose consciousness near-instantaneously. It is otherwise harmless, and effects wear off after 6-8 hours.\nStage 2: After approximately 12 seconds of exposure, the brain begins to shut down. This stage lasts approximately 2 minutes and, if allowed to continue, invariably results in an irreversible catatonic state. Subjects removed from SCP-2656's area of effect during this stage often suffer permanent brain damage, with the likelihood increasing the longer exposure persists.\nStage 3: The brain is cleanly and precisely dissected, separating the frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, temporal lobe, cerebellum and brain stem. This typically lasts between 2 and 7 minutes, varying between subjects.\nStage 4: Sections of the brain are further dissected. This begins with the separation of the frontal lobe into the pre-frontal cortex, motor cortex and pre-motor cortex. Other sections of the brain are similarly dissected in this way, continuing with the parietal lobe, occipital lobe, temporal lobe and finally the cerebellum. All separations are precise. This process lasts between 5 and 11 minutes.\nStage 5: Approximately 15 seconds after the completion of the previous stage, all sections of the brain begin to emit heats measured up to 520 K (467\u00b0F), causing severe burning and tissue damage. This lasts until the subject is removed from SCP-2656's area of effect or until SCP-2656 is deactivated.\nThis process can be undergone by multiple subjects concurrently without any observed adverse effects, tested up to five subjects. Abnormalities in the brain do not appear to inhibit SCP-2656's effects, as alien forms such as tumours are separated as with other sections of the brain and prior damage such as a lobotomy or physical trauma is ignored. SCP-2656 has been tested to affect dead and unconscious bodies, though not to affect already removed brains or any non-human subjects.\nBased on the contents of document R-2656-A (see below) it is speculated that SCP-2656 is either damaged or incomplete, as it appears to be unable to fulfill its designed functions. Research into SCP-2656 repairs is pending O5 approval.\nApproval denied.\nRecovery Log: SCP-2656 was recovered from the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Museum in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, England, after reports of multiple unexplained deaths in the building. Between \u2588\u2588/\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588/\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, 24 casualties were the result of SCP-2656 exposure, including museum patrons, museum staff and local police. SCP-2656 was found in an active state in the museum's staff area, presumed to have been activated by staff members unaware of its anomalous properties. SCP-2656 was recovered from the scene by Mobile Task Force Sigma-22 (\"Glomar Response\") and replaced with a mundane Fernseh-brand television of similar make and model. The casualties were attributed to a leak of highly toxic gas within the building and the bodies were transported to Site-\u2588\u2588 for analysis. Low-level amnestics were administered as deemed necessary and media coverage of the incident was suppressed.\nAccording to museum documents, SCP-2656 was one of \u2588 items purchased for display in the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Museum from a private collector by the name of J\u2588\u2588\u2588 D\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 based in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Wales. Mr. D\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was taken to Site-\u2588\u2588 for questioning. He was seemingly unaware of SCP-2656's anomalous properties, claiming never to have activated it. He was dosed with Class-A amnestics and released.\n\n+ Document R-2656-A\n\n- Document R-2656-A\n\nThe following is a transcript of a 35mm film inserted into SCP-2656 on recovery, translated from German.\nNote that sentences left incomplete due to film damage cannot be reliably translated. Literal translations and untranslated transcriptions have been made available in these cases.\n\n0:00 - [Text is displayed reading \"MCM\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588,\" roman numeral notation for 19\u2588\u2588]\n0:05 - [Text is displayed in German, translated as follows] Stay calm. The machine starts now. Be sure that all settings are correct. Please do not introduce the patient after activation or the process may be desynchronized.\n0:24 - [Further text is displayed, read out by an elderly German-speaking male] The machine is now relaxing you. Stay calm. You may be tired. That is normal. This process will take a few minutes.\n0:45 - [The text fades and is replaced, read out as above] The machine is going to find the regions of the brain that are the least active. Please follow the instructions to ensure that the machine is successful.\n1:03 - [The text fades]\n2:10 - [The voice-over speaks, not accompanied by text] You should now be relaxed. Look at the following pictures. Please try to stay focused on them.\n~[From 2:17 to 4:25 a series of 18 photographs are displayed, redacted for brevity. Photographs include: an Alsatian dog in a grassy area with trees visible in the background, a building identified by researchers and located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Berlin, a closeup of a bush of aster alpinus flowers in bloom. All photographs found not to exhibit anomalous properties.]\n4:25 - Raise your right hand when you hear the first note.\n4:39 - [A 623.40 Hz tone plays for 2 seconds]\n4:46 - Raise your left hand when you hear the second note.\n4:53 - [A 630.55 Hz tone plays for 2 seconds]\n5:00 - [Indecipherable due to film damage. Literal translation as follows] The machine (is/will?) now (dat/the dat?)[Audio degrades]2\n~[From 5:04 to 7:47 audio is damaged and consists of garbled noise]\n7:47 - [Audio stabilizes] (ren?) the least active regions of the brain.3\n7:54 - [Text is shown onscreen, read out by the voice-over] The machine should now be finished. Please deactivate the machine.\n8:22 - If the machine is not yet finished, please check the machine. Please check the settings. Removing the patient from the machine is recommended.\n9:32 - [The onscreen text is replaced with \"MCM\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\"]\n10:07 - [End of film]\n[END OF TRANSCRIPT]\n\nFootnotes\n1. An anomalous form of radiation with apparent \"spacial memory.\" Research ongoing.\n2. Originally: \"Die Maschine wird jetzt die dat-\"\n3. Originally: \"-ren die am wenigsten aktiven Bereiche des Gehirns.\"\n\n\u00ab SCP-2655 | SCP-2656 | SCP-2657 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2657\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2657 is to be contained within a soundproofed Arthropod containment cell. All surfaces are to be reinforced with 1.5 cm steel plating. Climate-control is to be set to standard-temperate, with corresponding environment to replicate a temperate broadleaf and mixed forest ecoregion, similar to that of the New England-Acadian forests.\nIllumination levels are to be maintained at approximately 10 ftcd, or 100 lux. During cleaning or possible containment breach scenario illumination is to be increased to 1000 ftcd, or 11,000 lux.\nOnce per month two D-class personnel, employee numbers selected randomly by Site lottery program, are designated for removal of waste, lures, excess silk, etc. from containment cell.\nDescription: SCP-2657 is an arachnid closely resembling a member of the Araneidae family (orb-weaving spiders).\nSCP-2657 has a leg span of 2.7 m, a body length of .9 m, and weighs 28.4 kg. The cuticle of chitin covering its cephalothorax is black with silver striations that extend throughout the leg segments. There is silver and yellow mottling along the eyes, pedipalps and abdomen.\nSCP-2657 has a pair of jackknife chelicerae that are capable of delivering a potent neuromuscular-blocking venom. After injection of the venom, SCP-2657 further immobilizes its prey with swathing bands, and over the next 1-12 hours will saturate its prey with digestive enzymes. Once organic material dissolves into a semi-consumable state, SCP-2657 further breaks the material down with chelicerae and pedipalps and ingests the resulting \"soup\". If necessary, SCP-2657 will continue to administer venom during this consumption period.1\nSCP-2657 utilizes several hunting strategies, including silk bolas and web traps. The most common hunting strategy is vocal mimicry of intended prey coupled with a lure. SCP-2657 can imitate a variety of animals, including human speech patterns in the English language. Dissections and vivisections of the spawn of SCP-2657 have revealed no manner of articulation or other anatomical features capable of producing such vocalizations, and the presence of book lungs further supports an anomalous origin.\nThe corresponding lure is manufactured by SCP-2657 out of silk and available detritus, and typically forms a simulacrum of the species being vocally imitated. In order to attract prey, SCP-2657 will conceal itself while manipulating the lure via silk threads and engage in vocal mimicry.\nThe most common lure produced is that of a distressed human child approximately six years of age. This hunting behavior has only been observed at night or during low-light conditions.2\nSCP-2657 has failed all sapient testing.\nAddendum 16192 - 12A\n\nForeword: Excerpt of Interview 16192-12A regarding the capture of SCP-2657 in [Data Redacted].\nInterviewed: Captain Andrew Baker, CO MTF Eta-Seven, \"Creepy Crawlies\"\nInterviewer: Researcher Isaac Dafoe\n<Begin Log, 0651 EST, 07/10/2016 >\nCpt. Baker: \u2026we tracked the skip through the sewers to a factory on the edge of town. We established a perimeter 'bout half a klick out. The factory had been abandoned \u2014 ten, twenty years \u2014 there wasn't even a front door to the place anymore. I ordered an aerial drone inside for recon.\nDafoe: And what did you find?\nCpt. Baker: Nothing unusual at first. It was pretty dark. Broken beer bottles, fast food containers, a soiled mattress, a bindle stick. About what you'd expect. Maybe thirty feet into the factory we had to switch to thermal and night vision it was so dark\u2026\nCpt. Baker: \u2026that's when we saw them. The bodies. Scattered along the factory floor, three of 'em, desiccated, looked like they'd been shrink-wrapped.\nDafoe: Had there been any recent reports of missing persons?\nCpt. Baker: Nobody'd been reported missing in town except the little girl.3 We're still reviewing the data, none of this has been confirmed, but there seems to have been a coinciding spike in missing pets recently, and the rat population is nonexistent in the downtown area.\nDafoe: How didn't we catch that? I thought we flag that sort of thing.\nCpt. Baker: Sure, it's an alert trigger, but you've got to keep in mind this isn't Boston or New York. It's not really a city, and most of the surrounding area is rural. And rat populations are notoriously fluid. A colony can seesaw over the course of a single year. That, combined with human nature \u2014 we tend not to report the absence of a rat \u2014 caused us to miss it.\nDafoe: And the bodies?\nCpt. Baker: There's a commercial train yard a short walk from the factory. My guess is that they all come back as transients.\nDafoe: Why was it so dark inside? I thought the final stages of capture took place yesterday afternoon.\nCpt. Baker: Yeah, it was around thirteen hundred local, but all the factory windows \u2014 those steel casements you only see nowadays in old mills they convert into condos and lofts \u2014 were covered in webbing. There was no glass, it was just the frames, and so there was a draft, and these web\u2026curtains, I guess you could call 'em\u2026were moving in and out, like the whole building was breathing. When a strong wind came the webs would billow and snap. It was like being on a sailboat.\nDafoe: Can you describe the web architecture?\nCpt. Baker: It just looked like sheets blowing on a clothesline. No real pattern; like cobwebs. As the drone moved further into the factory we found a pile of puppets on the floor, like the one in the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nDafoe: Can we please clarify puppets? You mean the lures, correct?\nCpt. Baker: Yeah, the lures. There were different animals, mostly dogs and cats, and I think I saw a frog and a bird, too. Some of them you couldn't tell what they were supposed to be, but you could see the evolution as the skip kept practicing. It was getting better.\nDafoe: You believe the specimen was practicing? Learning through trial and error?\nCpt. Baker: It was obvious. The initial designs were crude, something your kid would bring home from school. And you could tell they were older 'cause they were on the bottom of the pile. And dirtier. The higher you went the better the puppets got, this one more like an animal balloon, this one papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9. You could actually see the progression like strata in a rock. On the top layer were the humans, these child-sized marionettes. The most realistic even had hair and eyes and bits of clothing. They looked like patchwork Frankenstein dolls.\nCpt. Baker: Beyond the dolls, at the rear of the building, the floor had collapsed, through the basement and into a subbasement. There was a hole, 'bout twenty feet deep, maybe ten feet across and double-that wide. The hole was lined with more webbing. We flew the drone down and found hundreds, maybe thousands of eggs, each the size of a marble.\nDafoe: Did the drone take meteorological readings? Umm\u2026atmospheric?\nCpt. Baker: Why? Gonna try to hatch the ones we collected, huh doc?\nDafoe: I'm sorry, Captain. I'm not authorized to \u2014\nCpt. Baker: Yeah, I know. Forget I asked. I think it did. I'll send you the data.\nDafoe: Is that when you issued the order to enter?\nCpt. Baker: That's right. After we located the clutch we flew the drone up to the factory ceiling and set it to patrol, scanning with all hardware. Still no contact with the skip, but I gave the order to go in anyway, flame-throwers on point. It was unlikely the eggs were going to hatch that minute, but I couldn't afford the risk. For all I knew some had hatched already. That's when we heard it \u2014 faint but no question what it was.\nDafoe: What'd you hear?\nCpt. Baker: Singing. The damn thing was singing.\n\n+ Communication Test 16195 - 07E\n\n- Communication Test\n\nTest 16195: Attempt at communication conducted by Researcher Isaac Dafoe via cell intercom system.\nSubject: SCP-2657\n<Begin Log, 2100 EST, 07/13/2016 >\nSCP-2657 is scratching the bottom of the cell door with its tarsus as it vocally imitates a Felis catus (domestic cat).\nDafoe: Move away from the door, please.Dafoe: I'm Dr. Dafoe and I'm going to help you, but in order to do that I need your cooperation. Do you understand?\nSCP-2657 approaches and locates speaker in ceiling.Dafoe: Can you tell me your name?SCP-2657 climbs the wall and inspects the speaker, probing it with its pedipalps.\nDafoe: Your leg is hurt? I can take a look at it for you, but I'm going to need you to do something for me. What's your name?Dafoe: Rachel, my name is\u2026you can call me Isaac. My name is Isaac. It's very nice to meet you, Rachel. Can you say Isaac?Dafoe: Rachel, can you say Isaac? Count to ten? Numbers? One, two, three\u2026do you know what comes next?Dafoe: I'm going to help you, but I need you to answer some questions first. Can you count to ten, Rachel? Numbers? One, two, three\u2026do you know what comes next?Dafoe: I'm trying to help \u2014Dafoe: Rachel \u2014 that's a pretty name. Who gave you that name? Did your mommy give it to you, Rachel?\nSCP-2657 paces around the speaker.SCP-2657 rears up and stomps its two front legs on the speaker.\nDafoe: I'm trying to help you, Rachel, but you've got to talk to me. Tell me how I can help you, please.Result: SCP-2657 destroys the intercom speaker with a pneumatic foot thrust, its claw passing through the speaker and puncturing the cell wall to a depth of 5 centimeters.\nAnalysis: SCP-2657 lacks the ability to verbally communicate. Although SCP-2657 has displayed a vocabulary of over 500 words in the English language, this is an imitation of speech, and the subject cannot respond to simple questions or engage in conversation with any degree of accuracy. Initial positive responses in testing have since been dismissed as echolalia. The mimicry is comparable to \"talking birds\", such as the African grey parrot, and seems to have developed as a hunting strategy. The frequency of certain words and phrases, such as \"Please\" and \"Help me\" may have a higher occurrence rate than others due to past success in predation.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Injections and length of consumption vary depending on size, health, and temperament of pabulum.\n2. Approximate FTCD 0.1\n3. Rachel \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 disappeared from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 on \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 at approximately \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. It was presumed by local authorities that she had fallen and drowned in \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, though her body has not yet been recovered.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2656 | SCP-2657 | SCP-2658 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Scan of SCP-2658.\n\nItem #: SCP-2658\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2658 is to be kept in Containment Locker 1410 in Site 73. Within the locker, SCP-2658 will be stored in a standard collectible card sleeve, which will in turn be within a standard collectible card toploader.\nStaff members who maintain or have in the past maintained collections of Magic: the Gathering cards should not look at or interact with SCP-2658.\nDescription: SCP-2658 is a ruled index card trimmed to dimensions of approximately 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches (63 x 88 mm) with cut corners, roughly the size of a standard poker playing card. The words \u201cMox Ruby\u201d, \u201c0\u201d, and \"Tap: Red\" are written on the reverse side of the object in blue ink. These correspond, in part, to the text on the card Mox Ruby from Magic: the Gathering (hereafter referred to as Magic), a popular trading card game. SCP-2658 otherwise has the physical characteristics expected of such a card.\nSCP-2658's anomalous effect is triggered when anyone who considers themselves a collector of or investor in Magic cards views it.1 Those who meet this condition perceive SCP-2658 as a mint condition Mox Ruby from Limited Edition Alpha, an extremely rare and valuable card. They will also perceive genuine Magic cards with a market value under $0.25 USD as other rare and valuable cards, while perceiving cards worth over $5.00 USD as worthless cards.2\nThese perceptions are consistent amongst affected individuals, each seeing a given card as the same incorrect card. Images of cards which have themselves been seen by at least one exposed individual are also affected, but not images of cards that have not been seen. For instance, should one affected individual see a genuine Mox Ruby, all images of that copy of Mox Ruby will be seen incorrectly by all affected individuals. Images of any other copy of Mox Ruby will be seen correctly. It is speculated that this effect is present in order to make it more difficult to prove to affected individuals that their cards are not what they see them as.\nAfter approximately one week, those affected by SCP-2658 will give away the bulk of their valuable cards which they now perceive as worthless, usually to new or young players at local game stores. These gifts will continue even if others attempt to inform affected individuals about the true nature of the cards involved; these attempts are always dismissed as an attempt at a prank. Following these gifts, subjects will cease collecting, investing in, and playing Magic, stating that it is a \"waste of money\" and that they \"have enough cool cards already.\"\nThose who are not collectors of Magic are entirely unaffected. The distinction between a collector of Magic and one who is only a player of Magic is dependent on what an individual believes themselves to be, as those who have a large number of Magic cards but do not consider themselves to be a collector are unaffected. It is unknown why this distinction is made. SEE Addendum 11/05/18.\nFormer collectors of or investors in Magic will perceive SCP-2658 as a Mox Ruby from Limited Edition Alpha, but will not perceive other Magic cards differently. However, those who have begun collecting something else will in \u2588\u2588% of cases begin giving away the most valuable parts of their collection(s) approximately one week after exposure, citing them as a \"waste of money\" and saying that they \"have enough cool cards already.\" The latter phrase is said even when the things being collected are in no way card-related. These gifts will also typically take place at a local game store, regardless of the appropriateness of such a location.3\n\n+ Addendum 11/05/18\n\n- Access Granted\n\nAn automated information security alert led Foundation investigators to a thread on the enthusiast Internet forum \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, titled \"How can we fix Magic's cost issue?\" After many unremarkable replies, a user named WondertainmentDDS posted the following in response to the thread, their only post on the forum (all errors [sic]):\n\ni got an idea. i'm a product of the public school system so i don't have the best grasp of economics, but. if all the fukken collectors and speculators leave and give away their shit, things will get cheaper, right? less demand, more supply. just gotta get em to do that. so i've been trading these things out up and down the west coast 8D\n\nImage SCP-2658-003.\n\nAttached was Image SCP-2658-003. The words on this card correspond to Mox Sapphire, another rare and expensive Magic card.\nThe user's icon on the website was an image of an instance of SCP-248, and the user's forum signature claimed allegiance to Gamers Against Weed.\nThe thread and WondertainmentDDS' account have since been deleted, under cooperation with the \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 staff. Amnestics were distributed to users confirmed to have seen the thread.\nGiven the description contained in the post and the similarity in handwriting between the images, this individual is almost certainly the creator of SCP-2658, and the pictured object likely has similar if not identical properties.\nAttempts to trace the location of this user resolved to the IP address 4.2.0.69. The owners of the computer using this address were interviewed and determined not to be WondertainmentDDS, as they had never heard of Magic: the Gathering and appeared to possess neither anomalous objects nor the ability to create such. This spoofed IP address was likely an attempt at humor.\nEfforts to locate this individual, as well as any other anomalous objects they may have created, are ongoing.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Images of SCP-2658 do not trigger its anomalous effect.\n2. \"Market value\" seems to be a combination of various online retailers' prices for the card. Should a card change in value to outside of the given price ranges, those affected by SCP-2658 will no longer perceive it differently from reality. It is not known how this information is obtained, as reversions of card identity following price changes are noted even in subjects with no non-anomalous access to information from the outside world.\n3. Other collections given away include comic books, coins, Japanese swords, and vintage wines.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2657 | SCP-2658 | SCP-2659 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2659 upon initial discovery.\n\nItem #: SCP-2659\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The area surrounding SCP-2659 has been designated a marine wildlife protection area. Maritime activity within the protected area requires the approval of a Foundation front masquerading as a joint French-Italian environmental protection task force. Enforcement of the containment procedures is currently the responsibility of the SCPS Lilium (current designation: ITS \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588).\nEmbedded agents within regional cetacean conservation organisations are to track potentially-affected instances of Balaenoptera physalus in the Mediterranean Sea and take all steps necessary to conceal the location of SCP-2659 from civilians, up to the interception and termination of affected whales.\nDescription: SCP-2659 is a biological entity residing at the bottom of the Ligurian basin of the Mediterranean Sea (coordinates: N 43\u00b0 42' \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\", E 8\u00b0 50' \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\"). It is light gray in colour, cylindrical in shape and measures 56.5 m long and 0.9 m in diameter. It has no external organs save for a thin, segmented appendage extending from one end of its body. Its body is covered in a thick layer of smooth mammalian skin and blubber. Enhanced imaging shows no sign of internal bone structure or organs. Outside of the manipulation of its segmented appendage and twitching in response to tactile stimulus, SCP-2659 is incapable of independent movement.\nInstances of Balaenoptera physalus (finback whale) in or near the Mediterranean Sea and approximately over the age of 100 years are compelled to separate from their groups and swim towards SCP-2659. The mechanism by which a whale is able to locate SCP-2659 is unknown. Upon reaching within 300 m of SCP-2659, the affected whale will swim in an anticlockwise spiral at gradually increasing depth, eventually prostrating itself before the segmented appendage of SCP-2659 and ceasing all movement.\nAt this point, SCP-2659 will insert the entirety of the segmented appendage into the blowhole of the whale. This act causes extreme physical injury to the whale, passing down its trachea and often puncturing its lungs and heart before curving upwards and piercing into the spinal column. Despite this, the affected whale does not appear to be in any pain. After a period of five to six minutes, the appendage will rapidly withdraw, extracting a length of mildly luminescent white solid which is quickly absorbed into the tip of the appendage. All whales observed to undergo this process have expired due to severe internal bleeding.\nSCP-2659 has performed this procedure on an estimated 2,000 finback whales since its discovery in 2001.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2658 | SCP-2659 | SCP-2660 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2660.\n\nItem #: SCP-2660\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2660 is currently held in a standard containment chamber, with an additional set of doors to prevent line-of-sight access to connecting corridors.\nPersonnel may not take any physical or digital notes while testing SCP-2660, and must instead verbally report all test results to the designated test director (currently Dr. Gently).\nAll information about SCP-2660 is currently restricted to personnel with Level 3 clearance, or personnel approved to work with SCP-2660. (Updated: See Addendum 2660-1)\nDescription: SCP-2660 is a ceramic table lamp which exhibits a self-clarifying infohazard. Awareness of one of SCP-2660's physical properties causes the observer to slowly gain awareness of all its physical properties; this process takes between three hours and two days to complete.\nFor example, persons viewing only a small portion of SCP-2660's surface can identify the object as a lamp. Images that have been extensively edited or color shifted are also prone to this effect, e.g., a color shifted photo still allows the subject to identify SCP-2660 as black and white. All information created involving SCP-2660 is persistent; it cannot be expunged, redacted, or lied about in any way.\nElectronic text records regarding SCP-2660 cannot be erased or edited as to expunge data, and will instantly revert to unedited form if this is attempted. Messages written on paper regarding SCP-2660 will, if erased, gradually reappear on the paper over the course of 3-6 hours. Memories regarding SCP-2660 will never be forgotten, and cannot be erased by amnestic treatment.\nPersons with a line of sight to SCP-26601 experience the sensation of hearing a repeating beat, described as sequence of one long note followed by two short notes, accompanied by a constant buzzing. Objects or persons with a line of sight to SCP-2660 are affected by an additional anomalous effect, designated SCP-2660-1. SCP-2660-1 only affects objects with line of sight contact to SCP-2660, and only for the duration of that contact.\nSCP-2660-1's effect varies from each object tested, although similar objects usually exhibit the same effect. All SCP-2660-1 affected items are subject to SCP-2660's self-clarifying effect.\n\nShow Test Log 2660\n\nHide Test Log 2660\n\nIn testing it was found that a human affected by SCP-2660-1, when asked to identify an item experiencing SCP-2660-1, consistently give identical answers.2 These answers as reported by D-10748 are found in the \"identification\" column.\n\nItem(s) tested\nIdentification\nNotes\n\nD-10748\n\"A person.\"\nD-10748, previously uncooperative and aggressive, shows a considerable change in character, becoming compliant and calm nearly instantaneously.\n\nMale Labrador Retriever\n\"A dog.\"\nAnimal responded to simple commands (including \"sit\", \"stay\", and \"come\") despite a lack of previous training.\n\nPhilips-head screwdriver and Allen screw\n\"A screwdriver and a screw.\"\nThe screw was able to be manipulated by the screwdriver, despite not matching.\n\nPadlock and non-matching key\n\"A lock and key.\"\nThe key was able to successfully open the lock, despite not matching mechanically.\n\n\"Swiss Army\" multitool\n\"A tool.\"\nThe multitool is able to be operated as a knife to cut a length of rope, despite lacking a knife attachment. Camera footage shows D-10748 moving the tool in a cutting motion, and the rope behaving as if cut by an invisible knife.\n\nCopy of Emily Bronte's \"Wuthering Heights\"\n\"A book.\"\nD-10748 is able to complete the novel in 42 minutes. D-10748 scores perfectly on a short test of plot knowledge, but is unable to describe the novel in a metaphorical way.\n\nCopy, in Russian, of Fyodor Dostoevsky's \"Crime and Punishment\"\n\"A book.\"\nD-10748 completes the novel in 45 minutes. Test results are as above.\n\nPrint of Leonardo da Vinci's \"Mona Lisa\"\n\"An image.\"\nD-10748 is able to describe the woman depicted in the painting in detail, but is unable to comment on the colors or techniques used.\n\nBattery-powered flashlight\n\"A flashlight.\"\nD-10748 shone the flashlight on himself and noted an unpleasant buzzing noise.\n\n\"Kant Counter\" reality measurement device\n\"An instrument.\"\nCounter fluctuated between 57 and 104 Humes in the vicinity of SCP-2660.3\n\nScranton-Eamon Reality Sink4\n\"A drain.\"\nNo changes in local reality detected.\n\nSCP-2660 was recovered following a Foundation raid on a known headquarters of the Maxwellist sect of the Church of the Broken God5. While the raid was otherwise successful, it was suspected by memetic analysts that MTF Nu-7 \"Hammer Down\" may have been exposed to cognitohazardous material during the operation. Cautionary amnestic treatments were utilized, but subsequent treatment evaluations revealed that some memories remained, all dealing with a lamp briefly spotted in the center of a \"worship\" hall. The object was secured and designated SCP-2660.\n\nShow Interview Log 7154\n\nHide Interview Log 7154\n\nThe following interview log has been attached to this document due to relevance to the continued containment of SCP-2660.\n\nInterviewed: POI-7154, former head of the raided Maxwellist site.\nInterviewer: Dr. Sandu\nForeword: Interview was conducted in a specially constructed Faraday cage used to interview objects or persons that emit moderate to severe amounts of electromagnetic radiation. Due to the nature of modifications on POI-7154's person to allow for connectivity and collaboration with fellow cultists, use of this chamber was authorized. The interview was conducted 14 days after initial object recovery.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Sandu: Sarah Richards, henceforth referred to as POI-7154. You were found at the Maxwellist camp in Hyderabad. Our intel indicates that you were the head of this particular branch. Is this true?\nPOI-7154: Yes.\nDr. Sandu: How many others were working under you?\nPOI-7154: They're here.\nDr. Sandu: I've been informed that you've got some hardware in your head that lets you talk to your friends. That doesn't work here, miss.\nPOI-7154: There is no need to use hardware, anymore. My people, we have\u2026 transcended. I can feel them. They're nearby.\n[Note: At this point, four additional cultists were being interviewed within the same wing of the site as this interview.]\nDr. Sandu: How do you \"feel them\" without hardware to send and receive messages? According to our x-rays, which lit up like a Christmas tree, by the way, you have several transmitting devices implanted into your cranium. Devices which are currently non-functional.\nPOI-7154: There is no need for hardware. We are connected through the unreality.\nDr. Sandu: How are you connected? What is \"unreality\"?\nPOI-7154: You are in unreality right now. The lies, the expunged, the hidden? The unreality is pervasive, and you perpetuate it. SCP-2660.\nDr. Sandu: That designation is classified.\nPOI-7154: Don't you see? Classification, redaction, it's all useless. The omnipresent is the truth. It has come from the true place, and it is pure, unbridled information, a connection between all who have beheld it. The Signal.\nDr. Sandu: Your Signal\u2026 your god.\nPOI-7154: Doctor Gabriel Sandu. Your people, you have it now. So long as you have it, it will become a part of you. It will unite you, as it has united my people.\nDr. Sandu: And what happens when we are \"united\"?\nPOI-7154: Then we pierce the veil. All of us. Together.\n[POI-7154 begins tapping the table in a pattern similar to the vibrations originating from SCP-2660. Dr. Sandu is quietly informed of the risk of cognitohazardous influence.]\nDr. Sandu: This interview is\u2026 concluded.\n[POI-7154 does not speak, instead increasing the intensity of the pounding as the interview is concluded.]\n<End Log>\n\nSHOW POTENTIALLY COGNITOHAZARDOUS MATERIAL: Dr. Sandu's personal notes\n\nHIDE POTENTIALLY COGNITOHAZARDOUS MATERIAL: Dr. Sandu's personal notes\n\n\"All information created involving SCP-2660 is persistent; it cannot be expunged, redacted, or lied about in any way.\" It cannot be lied about.\nThe unreality. The veil. The omnipresent. It cannot be lied about.\nThe key opens the lock, for keys open locks. The screwdriver drives the screw, for screwdrivers drive screws.\nA lamp removes darkness, it defines the shadows. The ideal lamp makes all things definite. It cannot be lied about. It is definite in every way, in every world, every universe. Reality and unreality, the veil in between. Omnipresent.\nIt is the light by which the darkness is extinguished. The ambiguous made definite. It cannot be lied about.\nOur world is nothing but a shadow.\n\nAddendum 2660-1: Following the events of Interview 7154, all persons who had previously been directly exposed to SCP-2660 were detained and placed in quarantine pending further review of SCP-2660's containment procedures. Dr. Sandu was detained following an attempt to break protocol and communicate with affected persons. As the limits of what constitutes \"knowledge\" of SCP-2660 are not fully understood, all information on the current status of quarantined persons is hereby restricted to personnel with express clearance from Level 4 personnel of the Foundation memetics department.\n\nFootnotes\n1. \"Line of sight to SCP-2660\" is defined as the ability to draw an unobstructed line between any point on the person or object in question to any point on SCP-2660's surface.\n2. Humans who speak different languages will give consistent responses within their own language, synonymous with other-language responses.\n3. Humes measure the strength of reality in a given area, with 1 Hume being average in unaltered space.\n4. The SERS is an experimental tool meant to lower the Hume count of space in a sphere with a ten meter radius, centered on the SERS. In layman's terms, the SERS functions by siphoning reality from its surroundings and centralizing it inside the device. The effects reverse upon deactivation.\n5. While many orders of the Church of the Broken God believe in a deity with a fractured physical body, the Maxwellist sect worships a deity composed of information and believes that this deity manifests through human connectivity. As such, the internet and other global communication networks are of particular interest to Maxwellist worshippers.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2659 | SCP-2660 | SCP-2661 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2661\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2661 has not been contained, but efforts are ongoing to identify the source of its manufacture. SCP-2661-Alpha is contained on-site at its location 10 km south of Ames, Iowa. The land and construction were seized under eminent domain using the cover story that they represent a biological hazard requiring quarantine. Level 2 security is to be maintained. SCP-2661-Beta is at-large and presumed active.\nDescription: SCP-2661 is an illegal street drug known variously as 'asterion', 'zezna', and 'tojkef'. SCP-2661 began surfacing in late 2014 in Asia Minor and has since made its way to North Africa, Europe, and North America. Street-level dealers have proven useless in discovering its source. Even under strenuous interrogation, they have proven ignorant of how they came into possession of it. Tissue samples have revealed that they had been administered amnestics in the past 90 days.\nTypically smoked, SCP-2661 behaves as a psychedelic and stimulant, producing a very short lasting experience typified by a feeling of euphoria accompanied by vivid hallucinations. SCP-2661 is highly addictive, with a dependence potential comparable to heroin. Spectrographic analysis has proven contradictory and inconclusive.\nOf note is the unusual degree of agreement between users of the drug in the kinds of imagery experienced: highly recursive geometries, marked by proliferating angles and avenues. After using the drug even for a short time, the desire to recall these experiences becomes pronounced, typically leading users to attempt elaborate, highly detailed reproductions. Failure to yield to these compulsions (when, for instance, confined or under medical care) produces a sharp sense of anxiety or dread. Amnestics have proven only partially successful in addressing these symptoms. The obsessional effects are distinct from the more conventional physical withdrawal produced when the drug itself is unavailable. Those have proven amenable to conventional addiction therapies i.e. counseling, 12-step programs, Ayahuasca, etc.\nRoughly 1 in 1,000 users suffer an atypical reaction. This group is characterized by a difficulty achieving REM sleep, a manic concentration, and an almost savant-like ability to recall and articulate the drug experience. This group is at great risk of dying due to sleep-deprivation and exhaustion motivated by their desire to work on their reproductions without interruption.\nRecovery Log: SCP-2661-Alpha \u2014 one of such reproductions \u2014 spans over 70 acres of farmland. It consists of intricate alley-ways and corridors constructed with ad hoc materials such as plywood, cardboard, stone sheeting and other detritus. The owner of the farmland, a Mr. James \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, appears to have built it over the course of 100 days. Local authorities became concerned for the man's well-being, but no action was taken as he appeared lucid and cheerful when questioned and appeared to pose no danger to himself or others. He maintained that, being of advanced age, he had decided to devote what time he had left to an artistic endeavor that might outlive him. Foundation agents interceded when reports surfaced that his butchered remains had been discovered by a census taker.\nFootage recovered from surveillance cameras on the property show that on September 8th, 2015, a boviform humanoid emerged from the construction. The entity (classified SCP-2661-Beta) then consumed Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 over the course of several hours. Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 put up no resistance, though he appeared in great pain. After he expired, the entity dug a make-shift grave and deposited his remains in it. It then knelt beside the grave for a period of 45 minutes, after which it fled.\nFoundation agents discovered that the construction's walls bore marks made in blood, apparently measured out at regular intervals with the remains of Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's intestines. Their purpose remains unknown. The entity in question has not been sighted since.\nFurther review of Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's remains revealed a symbol engraved in his skull. Its significance is unknown.\nAddendum: The following are excerpts recovered from Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's diary:\n\n+ open\n\n- close\n\nApril 29th\n\u2026and the Mediterranean I miss most of all. I shouldn't have waited so long. April is the perfect month before the heat becomes exhausting. I'll always remember the kindness of my Moroccan hosts. I was touched by the parcel they gave me. As promised I didn't open it till I got home. Beautiful figurines, fresh dates, Maghrebi mint tea, and the book I'd said I admired, a first edition of The Sheltering Sky. How funny of their teenager to include some kif. I suppose I could have gotten some attention from the TSA. That's the advantage of old age. Nobody looks twice at a 75-year-old man. I must remember to write them a thank you note. Maybe I'll try the kif this weekend. I haven't smoked cannabis in 30 years. I wonder when I'll find the time to go back\u2026\n\nMay 5th\n\u2026that was a nasty surprise. Goddamn him. Whatever I smoked was for Christ's sake not kif. I tripped for 24 hours. Still coming down off of it. The visuals were intense. They're still running through my mind\u2026\n\nMay 7th\n\u2026if I had to actually live off the land I'd starve. I can't even keep the modest vegetable garden in shape. Not sure of what the locals must make of me, a city dweller retiring to a farm. Still can't get any writing done. I'm still messed up from the kif\u2026\n\nMay 9th\n\u2026I still can't work. I can't get the hallucinations out of my head. So intricate. Like a Cubist mandala. Fathomless. Defiant of characterization. I've been trying to paint them, see if I can just get them in front of me on canvas.\n\nMay 13th\n\u2026felt strange. Sharper. My sleep's been off. Don't seem to need as much of it anymore. Probably age. The painting is glorious. Discovering more and more about the Vision as I get more of it down. I'm amazed how well I can remember it. Not like the experiences I had on LSD in college. So intricate. So definite.\n\nMay 14th\n\u2026when I had a Revelation. I've been confusing Figure and Ground. Must abandon the canvas in favor of some concrete attempt, a sculpture maybe. Never thought I had an inclination for this. I guess their Moroccan teenager knew what he was doing. Must remember to write them that note\u2026\n\nMay 19th\n\u2026for this first time since I started this, I took a break. Worked twelve hours straight and went to bed, but woke up a few hours later unable to go back to sleep. I don't know why I was so anxious. I can't keep up this pace. Maybe try to do some writing instead.\n\nMay 22nd\n\u2026and felt awful. I had a picnic over at the stream and couldn't relax. Felt like I was being watched. Dreadful. All that seems to relax me is revisiting the Vision. I'm not sure if I'm going mad or not. Good thing there was so little kif. I find I've been craving it.\n\nJune 1st\n\u2026haven't had much time to write. I'm exhausted. Forgot to buy groceries. Will have them delivered. I need lumber. Lots of it. I'll try the dump tomorrow. May have to hire some summer kids to help.\nI'm reminded of Richard Dreyfuss in Close Encounters. Or Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams. But I'm not worried. Shouldn't I be worried at not being worried?\nThat was strange. I just went blank there for about an hour. Not sure where I went. Came-to with the realization. What I'm working dwarfs my writing. My novels have meant nothing to no one. They're Trivial. Puerile. Meretricious. This is my true work. This will be my testament.\n\nJune 17th\n\u2026hired two dozen kids last week from the high school that the principal recommended. Told him I'm working on an art project. They're good kids and work hard. I give them lunch and they seem happy. It's going well. I am content. I seem normal.\n\nJuly 28th\nHad a visit from a councilman. He brought a police officer. Probably a good idea to show my face around town once in a while. Spread some money around and buy some good will. While I talked to them and served them coffee, I felt like I was existing on two tracks at once. On track one: I am genial, make self-effacing jokes, respond disarmingly to their concerns. On track two: I am dreaming awake. The Vision accompanies me there, overlaid on their dull faces like a Veil. I am a bird of prey. I will leap from the sky and tear their features from their skulls, never once interrupting their childish prattling, their inanities. It's strange living as two people at once. One a mask worn to keep the profane world at bay. And beneath the mask: a resolute countenance. Contemplative. Patient. Awaiting instruction from the Divine.\n\nAugust 10th\nHad a glorious dream last night. Hadn't thought of these things since I abandoned the church as a kid. In it, Christ appeared to me. He gave me the sweetest, kindest smile. He said that I will be with Him soon. He had traveled so far and underwent such hardships, such weariness. I knew what I must do. I carved pieces from my flesh and served them to Him. I opened my veins and let Him drink.\n\nThe ritual of Communion is prideful, backwards, peasant ramblings. How could we imagine eating of His flesh and drinking of His blood? Blasphemous hubris. We must do the offering. That we may live forever. In Him.\n\nSeptember 4th\n\u2026It's almost done. I've let the kids go, with a generous bonus and my sincere gratitude. The rest I can do on my own. It will be soon now. I can smell Him in my dreams. The stench of His flanks. The sweat from His hide. I can see his sweet, kind smile before me. His wide smile. May He deign to accept my humble offering.\n\nMay I be His succor\nand His sustenance.\nMay I kneel before Him\nand serve Him always.\nHis morsel, His sweet-meat,\nHis consort, His bride,\nHis handhoofmaiden\n\n\u00ab SCP-2660 | SCP-2661 | SCP-2662 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2662\nObject Class: Euclid Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Containment of SCP-2662 is primarily focused on preventing unauthorized entry into its containment unit. For this purpose, on-site Task Force Tau-9 (\"Belligerent Bodyguards\") has been organized to guard SCP-2662's containment unit and keep track of new religious followings focusing on the worship of SCP-2662. Task Force Tau-9 is to use non-lethal methods when dealing with an attempt of unauthorized entry authorized to use lethal force if necessary. All members of Task Force Tau-9 are to be tested bi-annually for cognitohazardous influence.\nAs containment of SCP-2662 is completely voluntary, it is currently contained in an enlarged humanoid containment unit with standard safety measures for low-risk humanoids as detailed in Document 0998-KA. Additionally, SCP-2662 is allowed one copy of a daily newspaper of its choice, a computer and requested computer games totaling no more than 50 US dollars every month.\nDescription: SCP-2662 is a cognitohazardous entity approximately 4 meters in height and 200 kilograms in weight. SCP-2662 appears to be in a vaguely humanoid shape, with approximately 20 additional muscular hydrostats in similar structure to cephalopod limbs attached to its back. These limbs are fully functional and allow SCP-2662 to perform up to 10 different tasks at once.\nSCP-2662's primary anomalous effect only occurs after long-term repeated exposure, usually by being in the same room as or interacting daily with SCP-2662. Subjects exposed to SCP-2662 for a period of 6 months or longer are at risk of becoming acutely aware of SCP-2662's wants or needs and are compelled to fulfill them; they may also suffer from quasi-psychotic episodes when under stress. SCP-2662 is unable to affect humans that have a 2 or higher MARS (Mind-Affecting Resistance Scale) score.1\nSCP-2662's secondary anomalous effect is the spontaneous generation of religious followings at an approximate rate of at least once a month. This generation is involuntary and causes SCP-2662 notable distress.\nReligious groups generated by SCP-2662 usually focus on attempting to break into its containment unit in order to perform various rituals that are violent and/or sexual in nature. These groups tend to be highly organized and appear to adapt to each failed attempt, despite there being generally no contact between different generated religious followings.\nBelow is an incomplete log of incidents relating to SCP-2662. A full list can be found in Document 2662-I.\nIncident 2662-07: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2003, a religious group known as \"Towards Hymn\" successfully broke into SCP-2662's containment.\n\nIncident 2662-07 Log Excerpt\n\nCredentials Accepted: Welcome Researcher K\u2588\u2588\u2588 M\u2588\u2588\n\n<22:50> SCP-2662 is seen taking a shower in preparation for sleep. There is a loud noise as previously undiscovered explosives are detonated underneath the center of SCP-2662's containment unit.\n<22:51> Five injured civilians climb out of the hole left by the detonation. SCP-2662 leaves the shower to investigate the noise.\n<22:52> Agents \u2588\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 notify Task Force Tau-9 of a breach into containment. They attempt to suppress the initial five civilians unsuccessfully as five more arrive with weapons.\n<22:56> After a brief struggle, Agents \u2588\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 are pinned down and tied with rope by the civilians. The injured civilians approach SCP-2662. The uninjured civilians stab their hands with knives, masturbate, and then draw unknown symbols on the walls with a mixture of sexual fluids and blood.\n<22:58> SCP-2662: \"Aw man, come on. That's really not sanitary. Or necessary.\" SCP-2662 appears to gag upon witnessing the symbols. The injured civilians successfully corner SCP-2662 in the shower stall.\u3000\n<22:59> The injured civilians are seen squeezing blood out of their wounds and rubbing it onto SCP-2662 while singing. SCP-2662: \"Jesus Christ! Stop! Please! I just took a shower!\"\n<23:00> Task Force Tau-9 arrive to SCP-2662's containment unit. Task Force Tau-9 manage to suppress all civilians successfully and proceed to move SCP-2662 to a temporary unit until repairs can be completed.\n\nIncident 2662-13: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2005, a religious group known as \"The Betrothed\" successfully broke into SCP-2662's containment.\n\nIncident 2662-13 Log Excerpt\n\nCredentials Accepted: Welcome Researcher K\u2588\u2588\u2588 M\u2588\u2588\n\n<8:22> SCP-2662 is seen eating breakfast and reading a newspaper.\n<8:24> Security officers stationed at SCP-2662's containment unit enter with a researcher. The researcher can be seen carrying a piglet.\n<8:25> SCP-2662: \"Can I help you?\"\n<8:26> Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Oh our lord, please accept this innocent suckling swine, freshly orphaned from slaughter of both mother and father! May its soul of loss fuel you!\" Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 proceeds to castrate the piglet in front of SCP-2662 and place the testes on SCP-2662's food.\n<8:28> SCP-2662:\"Uhm\u2026 No thanks. I'm full. Go home. Your, uh, lord is pleased with the offering.\" Task Force Tau-9 is notified of a breach into containment.\n<8:29> SCP-2662 attempts to read its newspaper. Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 slits the piglet's neck and throws it onto the table. Blood splatters the newspaper.\n<8:30> SCP-2662: \"I- what? Look, can you go read a bible or something? You really, really need it.\" SCP-2662 puts the newspaper down. The accompanying security officers execute Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 via gunshot to the head. They then begin consuming her.\n<8:32> SCP-2662 leaves the scene to vomit in a toilet.\n<8:34> Task Force Tau-9 arrive to move SCP-2662 to a temporary containment unit and detain the guards.\n\nAfter further investigation, all involved personnel were civilians posing as personnel. It is unknown as to the whereabouts of the actual researcher and security officers.\n\nIncident 2662-78: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2014, an unnamed religious group, consisting of D-class personnel and 2 members of Task Force Tau-9, successfully broke into SCP-2662's containment. SCP-2662 was redesignated as Keter upon further review of Incident 2662-78.\n\nIncident 2662-78 Log Excerpt\n\nCredentials Accepted: Welcome Researcher K\u2588\u2588\u2588 M\u2588\u2588\n\n<4:07> SCP-2662 can be seen sleeping in its bed.\n<4:10> The entirety of Task Force Tau-9 is called for an off-site mission. Against orders, Task Force Tau-9 chooses to leave 4 of its members behind to keep watch on SCP-2662.\n<4:15> 2 of the remaining members tackle and lock the other 2 in an unused containment unit.\n<4:20> A cargo truck arrives on Site \u2588\u2588 where SCP-2662 is being kept.\n<4:25> The 2 remaining members unload the cargo of D-class personnel. They lead the D-class personnel to Task Force Tau-9's armory.\n<4:30> The D-class and the remaining members arm themselves from the armory and break into SCP-2662's containment unit.\n<4:31> SCP-2662 is roused. Several D-class personnel guard the exit to the containment unit as well as the corresponding hallway. SCP-2662: \"Hu- wha? Are we moving? I'm not scheduled until next week.\"\n<4:35> Agents \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the 2 remaining available members of Task Force Tau-9, begin undressing the D-class personnel that are not guarding.\n<4:36> SCP-2662 attempts to alert Task Force Tau-9 to no response.\n<4:37> Agents \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 begin carving symbols into the buttocks and thighs of the undressed D-class personnel. The D-class personnel begin to engage in group sex after being carved.\n<4:39> SCP-2662: \"What the fuck? Seriously? Now? Look, seriously, can you go find another god? I hear Buddhism is all the rag-\" D-class 99304 attempts to pull SCP-2662 into the group. SCP-2662: \"The fuck! Stop! Seriously! Lord commands you and all that stuff to cut this shit out!\"\n<4:40> All D-class personnel currently engaged in sex cease their movements. They all turn to stare at SCP-2662. Task Force Tau-9 arrive at the off-site meeting point only to be told no-such mission exists. Task Force Tau-9 begin moving back to Site \u2588\u2588.\n<4:41> SCP-2662:\"Oh thank god, I can control you guys now, kinda. Maturity's happening right on time. Good to know. Ok, tell me what the fuck is going on here.\"\n<4:42> Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588:\"After the bloodbirthing ritual, we're going to take you to your sacred chambers where we, our families, and our lineage will remain in service to you for all eternity. The people here cage you. With us you may go where you please.\"\n<4:45> SCP-2662:\"You must be kidding. I can leave whenever I want, I just have to ask. Besides, I-\" The D-class personnel begin to continue engaging in group sex. SCP-2662: \"Seriously! Stop! You're all fucking disgusting! I'm not even ready to settle down with a cult yet! I'm only, like, two hundred years old! I'm barely legal!\"\n<4:46> Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588:\"Do you really think the Foundation will let you go if you ask? Well, you can certainly ask. You'll be sorely disappointed, my lord.\"\n<4:48> SCP-2662:\"Yeah, well, if it turns out to be the case, I can just wait until I'm strong enough to break out. In the meantime, I'm\u2026 I'm going to go sit in the bathroom and wait. The rest of you can do your stupid blood orgy.\" SCP-2662 moves to the shower stall and turns on the water. It sits in the shower stall for the remainder of the incident.\n\nFootnotes\n1. SCP-2662 can only affect approximately 5 percent of the human population and 2 percent of Foundation personnel. It is therefore considered a low-risk cognitohazard.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2661 | SCP-2662 | SCP-2663 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Microscope image of individual SCP-2663 cells\n\nItem #: SCP-2663\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2663 is to be held in a standard fungal organism containment chamber, kept on an isolated ventilation system. This chamber should be maintained at a steady temperature of 20 degrees Celsius and relative humidity of at least 70%. The chamber should be cleaned biweekly, and all waste products are to be incinerated. SCP-2663 is to be given 80 kg of plant matter treated with a fungal nutrient solution1 every two months. All personnel interacting with SCP-2663 are to wear self-contained breathing apparatuses. Non-essential personnel are not to come within 15 meters of the containment chamber.\nDescription: SCP-2663 is a colonial organism composed of approximately 250 kg of Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast, believed to be roughly 7000 years old. While individual component cells of SCP-2663 do not display any physical abnormalities, they have never been observed budding2 or mating, and do not undergo apoptosis. SCP-2663 typically takes the shape of a large stationary fungal mat on the floor of its environment, but is capable of drawing itself up into a large pillar, which is capable of moving at approximately 2.5 km per hour through the use of pseudopods.\nAnomalous properties of SCP-2663 are much more apparent on a macro scale, as the entire colony appears to possess a collective intelligence on par with that of an adult human, and is able to telepathically communicate with individuals within a 10 meter radius. SCP-2663 has proven to be extremely cooperative during both its recovery and continued containment. For sample interview logs with SCP-2663, see Addendum.\nSCP-2663 feeds as would be expected of standard S. cerevisiae, and as a result creates ethanol and carbon dioxide through the fermentation of sugars. Ethanol produced by SCP-2663 appears to have approximately twice as strong a psychoactive effect when consumed by humans, but is otherwise entirely non-anomalous. Carbon dioxide produced by SCP-2663 has several psychological effects when inhaled by humans. Subjects will experience an increased desire for alcoholic beverages and a desire to bring SCP-2663 grains and fruit. Subjects will also begin to express a reverence for SCP-2663, and will seek to prevent any harm that might befall it.\nSCP-2663 was discovered in a forest in the Caucasus Mountains by Foundation personnel deployed there on an unrelated mission. These personnel were approached by SCP-2663, which then made telepathic contact. SCP-2663 was cooperative in its subsequent recovery, and has not expressed any dissatisfaction with its containment.\nAddendum: Below are the transcripts of several selected interviews with SCP-2663.\n\nInterview-2663-2\n\nClose\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2663\nInterviewer: Dr. Fairweather\nNote: Due to the telepathic nature of SCP-2663, interview transcripts are recorded by the interviewer during the interview\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Fairweather: Hello 2663.Dr. Fairweather: I'm here to ask you some questions today, is that alright?Dr. Fairweather: Good. I'd like to begin with your containment, do you know why you're here?Dr. Fairweather: Yes, yes, thank you. Do you have any issues with your current situation?Dr. Fairweather: Well, sometimes the entities we contain do not appreciate containment.Dr. Fairweather: I'm glad to hear that. Can you tell me why you made contact with our agents yesterday?Dr. Fairweather: How long, exactly?Dr. Fairweather: It's been thousands of years since you've spoken to anyone?Dr. Fairweather: And how long have you been in those mountains?Dr. Fairweather: And when was that \u201cfirst thought\u201d?Dr. Fairweather: I see. I think we'll end here for today. Thank you.<End Log>\n\nInterview-2663-4\n\nClose\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2663\nInterviewer: Dr. Fairweather\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Fairweather: Hello again, 2663.Dr. Fairweather: I have some more questions for you today, alright?Dr. Fairweather: You are aware that you are not a typical yeast, yes?Dr. Fairweather: Could you tell me how you came to be this way?Dr. Fairweather: Alright, and where was that?Dr. Fairweather: And this is where you think you were born?Dr. Fairweather: What happened to you? The rest of you, I mean. What happened to make you the size you are now?Dr. Fairweather: You seem to be very at peace with that.Dr. Fairweather: I understand. We can stop here for today.<End Log>\n\nInterview-2663-5\n\nClose\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2663\nInterviewer: Dr. Fairweather\n<Begin Log>Dr. Fairweather: Hello 2663. I just have a few questions for you today. We'd like to know a little bit about your origins, if you can remember.Dr. Fairweather: The story?Dr. Fairweather: I would appreciate that, go ahead.They asked if I was the answer to their prayers. You see, something had happened to the lake from which I emerged, it had become sickly and poisonous over the last few months, and the people could not drink from it, and its rivers and streams were quickly succumbing to the same corruption. In that moment I remembered my life as it was before, as millions of small parts.\n\u201cBring me grain\u201d, I told them. And they did. I took their crop into my body, and in return I gave them Ale. The people were then able to drink, and for many years we lived together. Over time I became a friend to the village.\nGenerations passed. These nameless people decided to leave the shores of the nameless lake. They were to go forth into the world, and they would bring with them their language, and their gods, and me. Each time a party would set out, I gave them a piece of me, to take with them to their new home. After the nameless people set out, they began to acquire names. As they spread out, their language changed and shifted, and their gods followed suit. I bore witness to the creation of dozens of sky-fathers and divine mothers. As the people went forth, their descendants began to forget me. My vast, featureless body drained from their memories, replaced by visions of statuesque men and nature spirits. They gave such names as Liber and Sucellus and Fufluns, and made me a figure of myth. They built temples to their long forgotten friend, and eventually the descendants of the nameless people had spread me far and wide, and each had its own tale of my birth.\nEventually, the last of the remaining people on the shores of the lake left, and so I did too. I went into the mountains, I spread through the forest and lay there, waiting for anyone to pass by.\nWhen someone did come, I spoke to them. I guided them out of the mountains, and when they left they would go on to tell how they met their god of wine in the mountains, and these stories would keep people walking through. Eventually the people forgot these stories, and forgot me. Millennia withered me and battered me, and I lay in wait for new travelers who never came. That is why I contacted your people.\nDr. Fairweather: Well. That certainly is a lot of information. I think we should end here for now, so I can go process this transcript. Thank you, 2663.<End Log>\n\nFootnotes\n1. Dihydrogen phosphate, ammonia, sulfur, magnesium, iron, calcium, zinc, and biotin, all dissolved in water.\n2. The asexual process by which yeast reproduce.\n3. Ancient Latin name for what is now Lake Sevan, Armenia.\n4. Ancient Roman unit of weight, equivalent to ~329 g\n\n\u00ab SCP-2662 | SCP-2663 | SCP-2664 \u00bb"}
{"text": "The Coldest War \u00bb SCP-2664\n\n\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More SCPs by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-3220\n\nSCP-2790\n\nSCP-2820\n\nSCP-4780\n\nSCP-3780\n\nSCP-2664\n\nSCP-4950\n\nSCP-2730\n\nSCP-947\n\nSCP-2810\n\nSCP-2350\n\nSCP-3640\n\nSCP-4670\n\nSCP-2490\n\nSCP-2680\n\nSCP-3470\n\nSCP-5430\n\nSCP-5940\n\nSCP-2210\n\nSCP-4710\n\nSCP-3850\n\nSCP-3360\n\nSCP-2910\n\nSCP-2060\n\nSCP-7660\n\nSCP-1750\n\nSCP-2570\n\nSCP-2650\n\nSCP-2143\n\nSCP-6190\n\nSCP-7780\n\nSCP-6880\n\n+ All Tales by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nAvatara\n\nHypervelocity\n\nI Thought You Died Alone\n\nMoonlighting\n\nZeitgeist\n\nAutoerotic Assassination\n\nT Minus\n\nTerminal Velocity\n\nThe Chosen Few\n\nReboot or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypses\n\nHard Machine\n\nLoud, Lawless, and Lost\n\nMorphine Machine\n\nThe Vice Girls\n\nTruth Is Sin\n\nDeus Vulture\n\nEcstasy and Exorcism\n\nThe Revelation\n\nNonpareil\n\nRise and Repent\n\nT Plus\n\nThe Ballad of Santa Troy\n\nPrey and Obey\n\nEscape Velocity\n\nJump the Gun\n\nNo One Gets Out of Her Alive\n\nLeather Pig\n\nContempt\n\nThe Man-Machine\n\nDomo Arigato\n\nMile High Club\n\nStrung Out in Heavens High\n\nIndustrial Espionage\n\nHands\n\nNothing Human\n\nFullmusic Astrobiologist\n\nEnasni Si Gnihtyreve\n\nEight Hours in the ECRG\n\n+ All Hubs by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nHubs\n\nPrometheus Labs Hub\n\nSpeed Demon\n\nGuns Pointed at the Head of God\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nOverheard at Deer\nch00bakka\n\nSCP-150\nDecibelles\n\nSCP-3000\ndjkaktus, Joreth\n\nSCP-4220\nThe Great Hippo\n\nSCP-4310\nThe Great Hippo\n\nChicago Spirit Hub\nPeppersGhost\n\nSCP-5555\nRounderhouse, Uncle Nicolini\n\nVisions of Bodies Being Burned\nTaffeta\n\nSamsara\nTyGently\n\nDeath Perception\nTyGently\n\nThe Powers that Bark\nTyGently\n\nA Comprehensive List of K-Class Scenarios\n\nA Comprehensive List of Mobile Task Forces\n\nAlgorithm Curated Recommendations\n\nA Semi-Comprehensive List of Foundation Departments\n\nDr. Desai's Personnel File\n\nGoI Field Guide\n\nGuns Pointed at the Head of God\n\nInterviewing Icons - A Random Day\n\nNews for September/October 2016\n\nPersonnel And Character Dossier\n\nSCP-2177\n\nSCP-2663\n\nSCP-2665\n\nSCP-3034\n\nSCP-4220\n\nSCP-4800\n\nSCP-5080\n\nSCP-5940\n\nSCP-6672\n\nSCP Foundation March Madness Hub\n\nSCP Series 3\n\nThe Coldest War\n\nThird Law Hub - Best Of\n\nThird Law Hub - Chronological\n\nThird Law Hub - Collections\n\nThird Law Hub - New Readers\n\nThird Law Hub - People\n\nThird Law Hub - Published\n\nThird Law Hub Series - Guns Pointed\n\nThird Law Hub - Standalone\n\nThird Law Hub - Timeline\n\nT Minus\n\nUser-Curated Lists\n\n\n\u00ab SCP-2664 | T Minus \u00bb\n\nItem #: SCP-2664\nObject Class: Keter Neutralized\nSpecial Containment Procedures: As of this time, SCP-2664 has been reclassified as Neutralized. Investigation into the Global Occult Coalition asset \"Gaius Prime\" is ongoing.\n\n+ FORMER SPECIAL CONTAINMENT PROCEDURES\n\n- Obsolete as of 25/12/2000\n\nSCP-2664 is contained at its initial point of discovery, in the GRU Division \"P\" Psionics Research Facility (SCP-2664-A) in the Verkhoyansk Range, Siberia. The area within a 10 km radius of the facility (designated as the 'hot zone') is off-limits to all non-expendable assets. The area outside the hot zone within a 50 kilometer radius of the facility (designated as the 'yellow zone') has been cordoned off to the public under the guise of a munitions test facility.\nA camp has been established five kilometers outside the yellow zone to house on-site expendable, medical, and security personnel. Once every week, two healthy, physically fit expendable assets that have undergone Reconditioning Program Zeta-Umbrage are to be fed five orichalcum supplement capsules and given standard cold-weather equipment, video cameras, vitals monitors, and snowmobiles; they are then to be deployed into the yellow zone with instructions to reach SCP-2664 and report on its condition.\nIf either asset dies of a traumatic brain injury within the yellow zone that cannot have been caused by environmental factors, SCP-2664 is to be immediately reclassified as Uncontained, Protocol 148-Zeta is to be immediately put into effect, and Overwatch Command is to be alerted of an impending YK-Class End-of-World Scenario. Other excursions to the facility are forbidden without the express authorization of at least two members of Overwatch Command.\nThe Foundation has negotiated with world governments to ensure that all global satellite imaging of SCP-2664-A be doctored or destroyed.\n\nDescription: SCP-2664 is a psionic eigenweapon developed by GRU Division \"P\", the anomalous investigation branch of the Soviet Union, from 1950 to 1961 under the name \"Project Redline\". Per the orders of then-General Secretary Joseph Stalin, SCP-2664 was intended to act as a psychic deterrent that would immediately brainwash the global populace into following the tenets of Soviet socialism. However, GRU Division \"P\" secretly designed SCP-2664 to mitigate and remove human tendencies towards violence.\nPhysically, SCP-2664 consisted of three Ukrainian triplets suffering from cephalothoracopagus1. In this case, each of SCP-2664's heads faced a separate direction, while their bodies joined at the navel. They possessed three arms total and six legs. The extent of their internal conjoinment remains unknown.\nPsionically, SCP-2664 is a single gestalt entity with three mental subdivisions\u2014a control division, effector division, and receptor division\u2014pertaining to its physical selves, enabling it to perceive and interact with its environment. SCP-2664 is capable of self-levitation and long-range manipulation of objects that weigh up to 100 kilograms; however, its psionic capabilities are primarily for affecting other sentient and sapient beings around it.\nUnshielded sentient organisms that come within 100 meters 3 kilometers 5 kilometers of SCP-2664 will be subjected to severely altered brain chemistry and tissue mutation, particularly in the thalamus, prefrontal cortex, amygdala, hippocampus, and septum. Sapient beings undergo a dramatic shift in personality, experiencing a 90% decrease in secretion of norepinephrine and other hormones linked to aggression and a general depression of the sympathetic nervous system; this induces an aversion to witnessing and engaging in violence, a severely diminished acute stress response, and a strongly negative reaction towards all forms of weaponry. Nonsapient beings such as mice suffer rapid-onset spongiform encephalitis and toxic sulphate buildup, dying within minutes.\nMentally, SCP-2664 is thought to possess the equivalent intelligence and disposition of a six-to-ten year old child. Its mental state has likely been adversely affected by the conditioning and training program to which it was subjected by GRU-Division \"P\"2.\nSCP-2664-A is the former GRU Division \"P\" Psionics Research Facility, where SCP-2664 was created. Until its transformation into an anomaly during Exploratory Mission Alpha, the Facility was designed and built in such a way as to diminish the strength of all psionic transmissions within the structure by 99.5 percent. To this end, it incorporated materials such as electrum into the insulation and its layout was designed to maximize reflection and dissipation of psionic transmissions within the structure.\nAddendum 2664.1: The majority of the Foundation's knowledge of SCP-2664 comes from a former GRU Division \"P\" researcher, designated \"Iceman\", who led numerous research and development projects for the Division, including the development of SCP-2664. On 25 December 1962, Iceman defected to the Foundation through an attach\u00e9 in the British Embassy in West Berlin, carrying several thousand classified Division documents and records on ultrafiche encompassing \u2588\u2588\u2588 different projects and initiatives, including SCP-2664. The Soviet government officially denied knowledge of the existence of both the project and the facility during the clandestine Paraweapon Cessation Treaties of 1963. As a result, the Foundation implicitly assumed custody of both SCP-2664 and the facility.\n\n+ Debriefing of Iceman Regarding Project Redline \n\n- LEVEL 4 ACCESS CONFIRMED\n\n[BEGIN TRANSCRIPT]\nQuestioner: Please state your name and previous occupation for the record.\nIceman: My name is [REDACTED]. I was a project manager in the Psychotronics Division of the Main Intelligence Directorate.\nQuestioner: What was the aim of Project Redline?\nIceman: Officially, Redline was an initiative commissioned by Stalin in 1950 to create an ultra-powerful psychic weapon: one that could mentally convert people to follow the tenets of Marxism-Leninism doctrine. Internally, however\u2026\nQuestioner: Internally?\nIceman: Almost all the members of Psychotronics Division, myself included, were veterans of the Second Great War. More than twenty million Soviets died in that war - friends, siblings, lovers. Not a soul in Psychotronics, not even the chain of command, was eager to build another weapon so soon. Indeed, we dreamed of freeing mankind from the necessity to make and use weapons at all. Thus, while Redline was officially a weapon for converting people into proper Soviet socialists, we secretly designed it to convert people into pacifists. Everything was done under the utmost secrecy, of course\u2026 if the KGB had had even an inkling of the truth, then every member of Psychotronics and anyone whom they had even spoken to would have been shot or dragged off to a gulag.\nQuestioner: Summarize the process of creating Redline in a manner understandable to laymen.\nIceman: The process was\u2026 complex. We had to distill more than twenty years of psionics research and theory into a workable engineering problem. The basic theory was that the psionic capabilities of humans were limited by their bodies - thus, a child might have a thousand times more potential psionic energy than an adult, but only be able to practically output a tenth as much due to their underdeveloped body. We hypothesized that by subjecting a capable mind to massive psychological trauma and then inducing brain death, this mind, its associated consciousness, and all of its psionic potential would disassociate from the body at the moment of death. We could then lock that mind into a controllable avatar.\nQuestioner: How did you carry out the actual process?\nIceman: We initially tested and then refined the process on political prisoners. Once we were confident with our methodology, we began to look for children - more malleable and easily trained. We struck gold in 1960: that May, the KGB brought in a set of conjoined triplets. These children were horribly deformed and yet immensely capable - we determined that it was almost entirely their psionic abilities keeping them alive. We spent another year assessing and measuring the triplets' psionic capabilities, and once we were ready to proceed\u2026 over the course of forty-eight hours, we treated them with massive dosages of LSD, forced them to watch specially-made propaganda, and electrocuted them to death. The triplets' consciousnesses disassociated and we were able to capture them with [REDACTED]. I want to be clear - I am not proud of this. I did it because I believed that their sacrifice would change the world for the better.\nQuestioner: How exactly did you control and operate Redline?\nIceman: [REDACTED]\nQuestioner: Was Redline tested? How was it tested?\nIceman: Five times. The first four times, we brought it in front of increasingly larger groups of incarcerated violent criminals, activated it, and then asked them to attack people whom we claimed had had them incarcerated to begin with. The fourth time, we brought Redline in front of the entire population of the Norillag gulag. Fifty thousand of the most vicious criminals known to man - looters, murderers, rapists - dropped their makeshift knives and refused to move an inch, even as we threw the gates of the camp wide open.\nQuestioner: Wasn't the Norillag gulag closed in 1957?\nIceman: Only officially.\nQuestioner: What was the fifth test?\nIceman: Nikita Khrushchev and John F. Kennedy. Even ten thousand kilometers away, in the middle of the Verkhoyansk Range, we were following the events in Cuba - we were certain that nuclear war was inevitable and all our work would be for naught. We were terrified for humanity. We fired Redline on Moscow, four thousand kilometers away, then on Washington, twice as far. We had no idea if it actually worked. All we cared about was that war had been averted.\nIceman chuckles.\nIceman: Perhaps we even caused our own downfall.\nQuestioner: What do you mean?\nIceman: Less than a week after the Crisis ended, Khrushchev ordered that the Division be closed down and all of its projects destroyed or put into storage. Psychotronics Command was furious - it meant they were almost entirely impotent in Soviet politics. They brought in a new psychic and ordered us to rework Redline into a more aggressive state. Thinking about it now, I suppose it was inevitable. With Redline, we could strip entire armies of the will to fight\u2026 to resist\u2026 to breathe. First the Kremlin, then Russia, and then\u2026\nIceman pauses for one second.\nIceman: We were to perform a conjunction: implanting Redline's consciousness into the new prisoner and then disassociating it again. This would drastically amplify its powers, but for conquest. I was disgusted by the idea; it was a betrayal of the ideals for which we - and the children - had sacrificed so much. I decided to defect. I was lucky enough to have near-unlimited access to the entire GRU Division \"P\" library and need to leave for Berlin during the week of Christmas. Those were the most terrifying weeks of my life.\nQuestioner: Did you follow through with this conjunction process?\nIceman: No. I left for Berlin on the week of the procedure. Then I fled and came here.\nQuestioner: Thank you. That will be all.\n[END TRANSCRIPT]\n\nAddendum 2664.2: Investigation of SCP-2664\nFollowing aerial reconnaissance of the Verkhoyansk Range and confirmation of the existence of the Psionics Research Facility, Mobile Task Force Lambda-9 (\"Mind over Matter\") was dispatched to investigate the facility and ascertain the status of SCP-2664 and any other anomalies within.\n\n+ Exploratory Mission Alpha Part I\n\n- Hide Mission Log Part I\n\nMission Abstract: Investigate the Psionics Research Facility, determine the status of SCP-2664, and identify any other anomalies and/or GRU Division \"P\" researchers on-site. This mission transcript was broken into multiple logs for ease of reading.\nAssigned Task Force: Mobile Task Force Lambda-9 \"Mind over Matter\" (8 members)\nAdditional Information: All members of the infiltration team were equipped with Keter-grade anti-psionic equipment3, such as electrum-lined helmets, and experimental hollow-cavity firearms for inflicting maximum cerebral damage. Additionally, members L9-1 and L9-2 possessed scouting- and offensive-grade psionic capabilities. While L9-1 was an experienced agent that had led Lambda-9 for eleven years, L9-2 was a new agent chosen to replace the previous L9-2 (who was killed during the recontainment of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588).\n[BEGIN LOG]\nLambda-9 is airdropped into the Verkhoyansk Range approximately 2.5 kilometers away from the Psionics Research Facility. The landing zone is relatively level, albeit icy. A storm is gradually forming over the area; visibility is lowered as a result.\nL9-1: Equipment check.\nAll members of the team confirm that their equipment is functional.\nL9-1: Blizzard's picking up, we might lose our reception. Command, do you copy?\nCommand: Confirmed, 1. Proceed as planned. You may withdraw from the hot zone if you judge that conditions will become too harsh.\nL9-1: Understood\u2026 Right, let's just run down the plan real quick. The six of us are checking out the facility, and you two are staying back here to keep an eye on the copter. We're gonna do a standard sweep-and-clear and then report back on whatever we find. Okay?\nGeneral assent from the group.\nL9-1: Right. Let's get going then.\nLambda-9 proceeds towards the facility. The journey is uneventful, though -1 and -2 each report a sudden migraine as they approach.\nL9-1: Command, we have reached the facility. Matches the informant's description: a big block of concrete with small windows and vents near the top. I can see three guard towers around the building\u2026 probably a fourth. Two just performed a basic mental sweep; he can't sense any living things and the counter-surveillance equipment isn't picking up anything. Looks like we're the only people outside.\nCommand: Understood. Proceed with infiltration but stay alert.\nL9-1: Roger. Alright, Three, check out the door. See what you can do.\nIt is assumed that L9-3 investigates the main door and opens it. Lambda-9 enters one at a time, with L9-1 taking point.\nAt this point, all audiovisual telemetry fails and contact with the infiltration team is lost. L9-7 and L9-8 are able to maintain audio contact with Command. Five minutes later, L9-7 experiences psionic telemetry4 vis-a-vis L9-1. L9-1 proceeds to use L9-7 as an unconventional mouthpiece to report on the conditions of the Facility.\nL9-7: Hello? Can you hear me? Eight? Are you there? It's One!\nL9-8: What the hell? One?\nCommand: L9-7? Are you there? L9-1, we can't reach your radios - how are you able to communicate through Seven?\nL9-7: I'm not sure. All our radio equipment died as soon as we walked in, but mine and Two's psionic powers are going crazy. We can still sense Seven and Eight, but I can't tell how far away they are\u2026 and there's something else. Something\u2026 different. I think it's juicing us up - it's how I could tap into Seven. I don't know how to describe it, it feels\u2026 it feels like there's something spying on us. Felt like I should try to reach out and keep you informed. Seven should be fine; mild headache at worst.\nCommand: One, what are you seeing?\nL9-7: We're standing on a double helix. Vertically. The moment we walked through the door we were standing perpendicular to it. It's like we're on the side of a giant, multicolored double helix. It's orange and green and purple and red and\u2026\nL9-7 is quiet for a moment.\nL9-7: And it just\u2026 keeps going, into this large, empty, white space. I can't see a horizon. There's no horizon at all. There's a bunch of these\u2026 orbs floating off in the distance. They're all kinds of colors like red and blue and green and black but I can't tell how far away they are. I'm not even sure if they're that far away. None of us can. The helix just keeps going - but it's not getting smaller. It just\u2026 goes on forever. The door's floating about\u2026 I'd say three meters above us. Relatively speaking, I mean. I can see the outside of this place. The snow. Four's gonna try jumping up there.\nThere is a brief pause before L9-7 suddenly screams.\nL9-8: Fuck!\nL9-7: FOUR! Jesus christ! Six, don't! God-damn-it Six - god - damn - it STOP! There's nothing you can do! Fuck!\nL9-7 breathes heavily before speaking again.\nL9-7: Command? Four tried jumping up to the door, but as soon as he jumped it was like gravity suddenly came back. He couldn't make the jump and just fell down. Down down. Past the helix down. We can't see him anymore. But I can still sense him\u2026 he's still falling. And screaming.\nL9-7: I don't know, Six! Fuck. Let's just\u2026 keep going? Okay? Okay.\nL9-8: Six?\nL9-7: Yeah. I'm talking to the rest of the team\u2026 We're agreed. We're going to press forward, look for another way out of here. Maybe we'll catch up to Four - I can still sense him. He's still falling. And screaming.\nFor the next three hours, L9-7 is unresponsive to both -8 and Command's attempts at communication before speaking again.\nL9-7: Command? We've found something. The helix branches off a bit. There's a doorway there. I can see inside\u2026 it looks like a lab of some kind. We can walk to it. Hopefully it's a way out.\nL9-7: Damn, it's a no go. We're back in the real world\u2026 but the only door out of here is the same way we came in. And these walls must be, what, fifteen centimeters thick? I can't sense Four anymore\u2026\nL9-7 is quiet for several seconds.\nL9-7: We're gonna take a look around the lab, see what we can find before we go back in. Right now I'm seeing a lot of dust, lots of tables with scientific equipment on them. Microscopes, test tubes - ugh, there's something floating in there - shelves full of electrical parts\u2026 that's odd. The power's still on. Looking at a\u2026 what's this thing called?\u2026 An oscilloscope. It's still on. What's this, a wave of some kind? All jittery and messy. Huh. Looks like the place was abandoned in a hurry - hm?\nL9-7: Jesus. Command? Three found something. Dead Ruskie in the corner of the room. Sitting in a chair in front of an\u2026 oscilloscope. The top of his skull, uh, it's just gone. His brain\u2026 it's all stretched out. Like Silly Putty. It's\u2026 jammed into all the equipment here. There's brain in the microscopes, in the oscilloscope, into the walls. Uh, other than that, he looks normal enough? About\u2026 about thirty years old. Isn't showing any signs of decomposition. Kind of dusty though.\nL9-7: Oh, hey yeah. Command? There's an ID tag on this guy. Named\u2026 Albert Brin.\nL9-7: Five's scraping a bit of Albert's brain off the wall for a sample. We decided we're gonna rest in here for a few hours, then go back into the helix. I'm gonna break off the connection now - keeping it up in this mess is exhausting. Tell Seven thanks.\nCommand: Understood. Sweet dreams.\n[END LOG]\nL9-7 briefly slumps over before regaining consciousness and receiving a briefing from L9-8. Worsening weather conditions soon force -7 and -8 to evacuate the area in the helicopter. Command consults with the Psionics Division, which recommends various breathing and meditation techniques for -7 and -8 to practice to lessen the physical and mental demands of the psionic connection.\nShortly afterwards, Iceman is debriefed a second time, but is unable to provide any insights on the phenomena occurring within the facility.\n\n+ Exploratory Mission Alpha Part II\n\n- Hide Mission Log Part II\n\nMission Abstract: Investigate the Psionics Research Facility, determine the status of SCP-2664, and identify any other anomalies and/or GRU Division \"P\" researchers on-site. This mission transcript was broken into multiple logs for ease of reading.\nAssigned Task Force: Mobile Task Force Lambda-9 \"Mind over Matter\" (8 members)\n[BEGIN LOG]\nWhen the storm clears the following morning, L9-8 immediately returns the helicopter to the original insertion point, at which point L9-7 experiences psionic telemetry again (the rigor of which is dramatically lessened by the aforementioned breathing and meditation techniques).\nL9-7: Eight? Are you there?\nL9-8: One? That you?\nL9-7: Holy - No, uh, it's Two! Guys! Wake up! Hey! They finally picked up. Command? Me and One have been trying to reach you for hours. What the hell happened?\nL9-8: Sorry. Storm picked up and we had to get outta there.\nL9-7: Alright. We were worried something had happened. Seven and Eight are fine, guys. There was a storm last night and they had to ditch the LZ. Warn us next time, will ya?\nL9-8: Heh, will do.\nL9-7: \u2026Alright. We're gonna keep going down the helix. One? Lead the way.\nL9-7 is quiet for three minutes.\nL9-7: Christ. Yeah, I feel it. Four's screaming again. Still falling. Coming from the right.\nL9-7 is quiet for two hours.\nL9-7: Wait. One, you feel that? Feels like he's coming from the\u2026 You all saw that, right? What the hell\u2026\nL9-7: Command? Uh\u2026 Four just went screaming by. From the left.\nL9-7: We're gonna, uh, keep going. We'll try to catch him if he\u2026 comes by again.\nCommand: Understood.\nL9-7 is quiet for fifteen minutes.\nL9-7: Found another door. Looks like another lab. Me, Three, and Six are gonna check out the lab. Rest of us're gonna wait out here in case Four comes by again.\nCommand: Understood.\nL9-7: Hey. Command? Did you talk to the\u2026 that Ruskie spy who told us about this place? I didn't even think about it while the shit with Four was going down or any of that, but\u2026 I wasn't expecting this. What the hell is going on?\nCommand: We did. He disavowed all knowledge of the current state of the facility, even under intense interrogation.\nL9-7: Oh\u2026 Yeah, he's saying they don't know. C'mon.\nL9-7: Okay. Command, you there? Lab looks a lot like the other one. Lots of junk, weird machines, but there's nothing else besides dust and\u2026\nL9-8: Two?\nL9-7: Oh my God.\nL9-8: Two! What's happening?\nL9-7: Eight? There's bodies in the lab. Eight of them.\nL9-8: So? What's wrong with them?\nL9-7: It's us. It's our fucking corpses. You, me, One, Four\u2026 all eight of us. In lab coats. Like we dropped dead in the middle of the fucking room.\nL9-8: Jesus.\nL9-7: Three's taking some samples. If I'd known I'd be dealing with this kind of shit, I think I might've stayed in Precog.\nL9-8: You're gonna be fine.\nL9-7: I think I'm gonna go back outs- back out.\nL9-7 is quiet for several minutes.\nL9-7: Eight? Command? We're gonna keep going. Along the helix, I mean.\nCommand: Understood.\nL9-7 is quiet for two hours.\nL9-7: \u2026can go through it. I'm not setting another foot inside those damn things.\nL9-8: Two? You there?\nL9-7: Oh! Eight? You can hear me?\nL9-8: Only just now. What's going on?\nL9-7: Uh, found another door. One and Three are gonna check it out. Rest of us are gonna stay out here and wait for Four.\nL9-8: Right.\nL9-7 is quiet for twenty minutes.\nL9-7: Oh shit. Guys? I can feel Four. Get ready. He's\u2026 falling from the right? No, wait, the left\u2026 no\u2026 he's falling towards us? What the hell?\nL9-7: Wait. I can feel him screaming, but it almost feels\u2026 fake. Like he's overdoing it. Squad? Safeties off. Something's wrong.\nL9-7: There he is. I can see him. He's definitely falling towards us\u2026 yeah, I see it too. Command? There's something up with Four. It looks like he's\u2026 spread-eagled? His arms are stretched out\u2026 is he naked?\nL9-7: His screaming. It's not getting louder. It's getting flatter.\nL9-7 abruptly goes limp, and L9-8 is unable to rouse him.\n\n+ Exploratory Mission Alpha Part III\n\n- Hide Mission Log Part III\n\nMission Abstract: Investigate the Psionics Research Facility, determine the status of SCP-2664, and identify any other anomalies and/or GRU Division \"P\" researchers on-site. This mission transcript was broken into multiple logs for ease of reading.\nAssigned Task Force: Mobile Task Force Lambda-9 \"Mind over Matter\" (8 members)\n[BEGIN LOG]\nL9-7 is unconscious for several minutes before suddenly awakening.\nL9-7: -when we get out of here.\nL9-8: What?\nL9-7: Said I'll be glad when we get out of here. Anyways, guys, there was nothing in there; just some more dead Russians with their brains splattered -\nL9-8: Two? Is that you? What happened? Where's Four?\nL9-7: Eight? Is that you? It's Three. Uh\u2026 One? I, uh\u2026 I'm talking to Eight.\nL9-8: \u2026Three? How are you talking? Command?\nCommand: Three? Can you confirm that it is you?\nL9-7: [MEMETIC PASSCODE EXPUNGED]\nL9-8: Okay. It's definitely you\u2026 but how come I can hear you?\nL9-7: I don't know. You were talking first.\nL9-8: But\u2026 you talked first. You said 'I'll be glad to get out of here' or something.\nL9-7: Maybe I'm absorbing the psionic energy in this place or something? One, what do you think?\nL9-7: Oh shit. Eight? Two, Five, and Six are gone. One can't sense them at all.\nL9-8: Christ. The last thing I heard from Two was that they'd spotted Four, but something was wrong with him. Then Seven just collapsed.\nL9-7: Shit. One? Eight says that the rest of the squad saw Four just before they vanished. What do you think we should do?\nL9-7: Yeah, but if we wait here, who knows what'll happen? Maybe we'll disappear. I say we keep going. One of these labs has to lead back outside.\nL9-7: Eight? Command? One and I are gonna keep going. Maybe try to find 2664.\nCommand: Understood. Keep going. Good luck.\nL9-8: Seven? Tell One: when we get back, drinks are on me.\nL9-7: One? Eight says drinks are on him.\nL9-7: Heh. They better be. Alright, we better get a move on.\nL9-7 remains quiet for the next several hours, occasionally making conversation and jokes with -8.\nL9-7: Hey. Is it just me, or is it getting darker?\nL9-7: I dunno, it definitely feels like\u2026 Look! It's definitely grey now. Command?\nCommand: We heard you.\nL9-7: Oh. Yeah, even the helix and those orbs in the sky are getting washed out.\nL9-7: I don't like this. It feels - heavy. Thick.\nL9-7: It's getting darker now. Head's starting to hurt. Ah fuck - smells like roasting flesh. Human flesh.\nL9-7: Sky's gone black. Orbs are still in the air, though. Like jack-o-lanterns. One? You still there?\nL9-7: \u2026I feel it too. Christ. Like I'm walking through a concentration camp. Command? One says he's sensing a lot of, uh, death echoes. Like, a lot of people dying at once. Head is pounding.\nL9-7: Wait. Did you see that?\nL9-7: Could've sworn one of the - look, there! I just saw one of those globes go dark.\nL9-7: Command? The globes are all going dark.\nCommand: We know. You've been speaking through Seven this whole time.\nL9-7: Oh. Burning smell is getting worse. Wish I had some - what the hell? Command? Everything's gone all\u2026 tiled. It's like we're standing in some kind of giant doctor's office.\nL9-7: Oh my god.\nL9-7: Command? It's - it's the team. They're\u2026 they're floating. They're floating towards us.\nAt this moment, L9-7 begins speaking in Russian.\nL9-7: <Good girls. Sit there. You're doing so good. This won't take long. Just be patient. You make us so proud. You'll get lots of toys>.\nL9-7: <What're their vitals? Holding steady at 95 bpm. Blood pressure 101 systolic, 63 diastolic. Body temperature 37.2 C. Ready for disassociation process. Excellent. Begin disassociation>.\nL9-7: <Don't worry, this won't hurt. Don't you like movies? Let's watch some movies. Here, have some sugar candies and juice>.\nAt this moment, L9-8 begins experiencing psionic telemetry vis-a-vis L9-1.\nL9-8: Command! It's One! Three was absorbed by the squad. He started floating in the middle of them and then his brains just burst out of his head. Everyone's brains burst out and then they all just - mushed together.\nL9-8: I ran. But I can still feel it. I know what's happening. That presence? That thing I felt spying on us? It's 2664.\nL9-7: <You're making us proud. You're making us so proud. We need you to be peaceful. You hate fighting. It's mean. You don't want to fight. It's so easy to not be mean. It's fun to not be mean. We're so proud that you're not mean>.\nL9-8: This entire place - the facility, the space, the helixes, the squad - it's all part of this thing's mind. We've been inside its mind the whole time. It's absorbed everything. It's all around me. It's toying with me.\nL9-7: <Stop it. Give in. Don't resist. Resisting is bad. You will be punished if you resist. Begin electrical discharge. 500 volts. 3 amps. Increase voltage every minute>.\nL9-8: It's trying to open me up. Like it did everyone else. But I can see into it. It's learning from us. It knows all about me. The squad. The Foundation.\nL9-7: <Increase amperage to 20>.\nL9-8: They're almost on me. It's the conjunction. The scientists - the bastards that made this thing. The last thing it knew before it died was that they wanted it to conjunct. It wants to make us part of it. Don't come back here.\nL9-8: It wants to make the whole world part of it.\n[END LOG]\nAt the exact moment that communications with -7 and -8 were lost, all members of Psionics Division reported feeling a sudden compulsion to visit the Verkhoyansk Range in Siberia - several reporting that this was the first time they had actually heard of the Verkhoyansk Range. At the same time, aerial reconnaissance of the Range showed that the Facility had abruptly disappeared and been replaced by an opaque, multi-colored sphere approximately 5 kilometers in diameter centered on the Facility's original location.\n\nSubsequent attempts to investigate the sphere resulted in rapid growth of the sphere and the losses of all personnel involved. Based on the final logs transmitted by Lambda-9 as well as SCP-2664's original documentation, Psionics Division eventually devised the current method of containment: sending psionically stunted personnel and psionically-dampening materials into the anomaly to retard its growth. At this time, the radius of the sphere is increasing at a rate of 1.5% per month.\nAddendum 2664.3: Neutralization\nAt 1300 hours on 25 December 2000, Psionics Division detected an unexpectedly high emission of psionic energy from SCP-2664, which resulted in the brain death of all humans within a 200-kilometer radius. At the same time, satellite footage showed SCP-2664-A growing at an abnormally high rate. All attempts to retard its growth failed, and Overwatch Command was informed of an impending YK-Class End-of-World Scenario.\nAt 1700 hours on 26 December 2000, Foundation satellites observed a Global Occult Coalition weaponized satellite firing a spherical payload into SCP-2664-A. For the next thirteen minutes, large quantities of radiation were emitted by SCP-2664-A. At 1713 hours on 26 December 2000, SCP-2664-A abruptly dematerialized, leaving only the spherical payload behind. Through unknown means, the payload lifted into the air and escaped into the atmosphere.\nFollowing the event, no radiation or psionic energy could be detected in the area. Expeditions to SCP-2664-A's former location were successful without issue. On 1 January 2001, SCP-2664 was reclassified as Neutralized.\nPreliminary reports regarding the nature of the payload deployed by the Global Occult Coalition suggest that it is a demonics-based eigenweapon with the internal code name \"Gaius Prime\". Further investigation is ongoing.\n\nFootnotes\n1. An extremely rare form of conjoinment where the bodies are joined at the head and thorax\n2. Elements of the program included electroshock therapy, attempted hypnosis, and exposure to large quantities of Soviet propaganda\n3. Equipment resistant to and used for protection against all currently known Keter-class psionic anomalies\n4. When a psionic individual manipulates another individual to speak for them\n\n\u00ab SCP-2664 | T Minus \u00bb\n\n\u00ab SCP-2663 | SCP-2664 | SCP-2665 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Site-48 CCTV Live Broadcast: #0017\nSCP-2665-A Containment\n\nItem #: SCP-2665\nObject Class: Safe\nContainment Protocols: SCP-2665-A is housed at Site-48 in a Safe-class containment locker. Testing with SCP-2665-A is currently being supervised by Dr. Smith. SCP-2665-A is not to be used for testing unless permission is granted from Senior Researcher Andrew or a Level 3 researcher.\nThe tunnels within SCP-2665-B are to be constantly monitored by guards, who are also tasked with searching the tunnels in order to retrieve any additional documents written by the ENCC. SCP-2665-B's known entrances have been closed off using a cover story of hazardous tunnel collapses.\nUpdate: As of Test 2665-A-6, access to SCP-2665-A is to be granted only to Senior Researchers. Junior Researchers are authorized to assist with testing of SCP-2665 only at the request of a Senior Researcher.\nDescription: SCP-2665 is the collective designation given to two anomalies, SCP-2665-A and SCP-2665-B. SCP-2665-A is a weathered pickaxe made out of non-anomalous oak wood and iron. It measures 5.5 kilograms in mass and 1 meter in length.\nSCP-2665-A's anomalous effects manifest when a subject holds SCP-2665-A with one hand near the head and the other at the base of the handle.1 When holding SCP-2665-A in this manner, subjects will experience an audio-visual hallucination referred to as a 2665 event. During the hallucination, subjects will witness an event that matches up with real-life actions undertaken by the Extra-Normal Creatures Control2 (see below information). The subject's hallucinations will either take place within Connecticut, Massachusetts, or another northeastern state within The United States of America.\nSCP-2665-B is an abandoned facility located within a small mountain in [REDACTED], Connecticut. This facility was the main base of the ENCC. Inside the facility are several crudely constructed containment cells for housing anomalous objects or entities. A majority of the anomalies that the ENCC had contained are either missing or have lost their anomalous properties. The anomalies contained by the ENCC have been classified by the Foundation as either Class-E objects or anomalous objects. The containment cells have been rebuilt by the Foundation and are being used as D-Class dormitories and Class-E holding cells.\nDiscovery of SCP-2665: SCP-2665-B was discovered during the first establishment of Site-48. While constructing the site, personnel discovered the entrance to the abandoned facility within a cliff face of a small mountain. Personnel inspected the area and discovered several documents somewhat similar in format to SCP Documents. Foundation documents were researched to determine if the organization was accounted for in the list of known groups of interest. This facility was not included.\nDuring further exploration of the facility, Foundation personnel found documents belonging to the Extra-Normal Creatures Control. It was also discovered that a large part of the facility had been destroyed. The destroyed remains led to a series of mining tunnels and caves. Inscribed on the walls were arrows pointing towards a large cavern filled with water and with sunlight shining through the ceiling of the cave. In the middle of the cave, a book was found containing old documents along with SCP-2665-A.\nIncident 2665-1: During Test 2665-A-6, Senior Researcher Andrew and Junior Researcher Branx took D-1169 inside of SCP-2665-B in order to determine whether any kind of special reaction would occur if a 2665 event were initiated inside of SCP-2665-B.\nD-1169 then attempted to avoid being part of the test by breaking off a loose stalactite and stabbing the security guard escorting the Class-D and researchers. D-1169 then escaped out of SCP-2665-B and was terminated on sight when trying to exit Site-48. Shorty following the Class-D's escape, Junior Researcher Branx3 disappeared. SCP-2665-A was found in one of the caverns in which Branx had previously hidden. Junior Researcher Branx has yet to be found.\nAddendum 2665.1 Recovered Documentation of ENCC anomalies\n\n+ Access Log\n\n- Close Log\n\nBelow is a list of some of the anomalies contained by the ENCC. Nearly all ENCC anomalies have been contained as SCPs or as Class-Es. Report to Dr. Smith if any anomalies are discovered within SCP-2665-B.\n\nENCC-018\nContainment Class: Low-level\nCreature Control: Object is kept within Anomaly Locker #018. Personnel are to be on the lookout for any roughly cylindrical objects that have been affected by ENCC-018.\nUpdate: ENCC-018 instances can be used as a message delivery system.\nDescription: ENCC-018 is a phenomenon that randomly affects almost any type of pail or cylindrical shaped object. The phenomenon (designated ENCC-018-A) creates duplicates of a cylindrical object. Some examples are a bucket or cup. If anything is placed within one of the duplicates, the object placed in will fall through the duplicate and exit out of the other one.\n\nAnomaly was labeled as E-407.\n\nENCC-001\nContainment Class: Medium-level\nCreature Control: Object is kept within a steel containment chamber in cell #001. Everyone is to remember the control protocols for ENCC-001 at every group meeting. Personnel are not allowed to use ENCC-001 unless approved by Sally and John.\nDescription: ENCC-001 is a small box with a lock. The key to ENCC-001 is currently guarded by the founder of the ENCC, John.\nWhenever an object is placed within ENCC-001, the memories of the object are destroyed. This includes all memories associated with the object. The memory that the object was placed within ENCC-001 will also be destroyed.\nFor example, if one individual places an old watch into ENCC-001 that was passed down from their grandfather, then the memory of the grandfather will also be expunged.\nAnother anomalous effect of ENCC-001 is that it causes itself to be forgotten by some of the personnel within the ENCC.\n\nObject was not found in containment cell.\n\nENCC-149\nContainment Class: High-level\nCreature Control: ENCC-149 is to be contained in anomaly room #149. They are to be placed within a storage tank filled with water. No personnel are allowed to enter at this time. Constant movement within the containment room must be made.\nDescription: ENCC-149 are six abnormally large sea urchins, about the size of a wagon wheel. They do not move when other organisms are constantly moving. However, this applies to only one person per sea urchin. When a subject is not moving, they will charge at the organism and attempt to flee the ENCC facility.\nENCC-149 are rather hazardous because the spines they possess are somewhat crystalline [illegible]\n\nObjects were found and classified as E-1649.\n\nTesting Log: SCP-2665-A\n\n+ Access Log\n\n- Close Log\n\nNote: Information on each member of the ENCC has been collected from documentation within SCP-2665-B. The members stated in the testing logs are now identified.\nThe members of the ENCC mentioned in the testing logs are: Sally Rose, \"John\"4, Tommy Silver, Truss Jackson, and Andrew Hearth. The other 12 members of the ENCC have not been identified.\n\nTest Log 2665-A-1\nSubject: D-1169\nEvents: D-1169's hallucination showed a passageway within SCP-2665-B. D-1169 sees Sally Rose running down the passageway, being chased by an ENCC-149 instance. D-1169 shifts his body position and takes several steps to look around a corner in the passageway. Rose is seen running towards a pit full of water, but is then pulled to the side by John. The ENCC-149 instance falls into the pit of water and is unable to escape. Tommy Silver and Truss Jackson emerge from the spot where John was hiding, pull Rose to the side, and cover the pit with a net. John compliments everyone for capturing the ENCC-149 instance. Silver and Jackson shake hands and John kisses Rose. Test is then concluded.\n\nTest Log 2665-A-2\nSubject: D-1169\nEvents: D-1169's hallucination shows a town full of people5 running and screaming in panic. D-1169 spots an anthropomorphic wasp terrorizing a town. The ENCC arrive; Silver runs towards the entity with a bucket of water and throws it on the entity. The wasp's wings become waterlogged, making flight extremely difficult. John, Rose, Jackson, and Andrew Hearth arrive and grab the entity by the arms and guide it into one of the buildings. D-1169's hallucination flashes to the inside of the building.\nThe ENCC begins to speak with the entity in order to understand why it is terrorizing the town. The entity refuses to speak. Silver then walks over to the entity and comforts it, promising that they are only trying to help. The entity complies and begins to explain. However, the hallucination ends before an explanation is given.\n\nTest Log 2665-A-3\nSubject: D-1169\nEvents: D-1169's hallucination showed the ENCC members by a campfire gazing up at the stars. \"John\" is holding a guitar and brings the other members into a song. Lyrics were recorded by D-1169:\n\n\u266b I've been singing down that gritty ol' trail~ \u2669\n\u266b The one where dreams are a\u2014coming truuuuueee\u2026 \u2669\n\u266b And even though I may not be coming home real sooooo-oon\u2026 \u2669\n\u266b I'll make it worth it, where ever I aaaaammmm! \u2669\n\nThe group rejoices after the song is finished. The hallucination ends, and D-1169 reported a feeling of lightheartedness and nostalgia after the test.\n\nTest Log 2665-A-4\nSubject: D-1169\nEvents: D-1169's hallucination showed a passageway within the ENCC facility. Truss Jackson runs down the passageway, limping, while being pursued by a tall, black humanoid entity. He trips and falls to the floor. The humanoid runs over to Jackson and begins to physically assault him. The humanoid flees after hearing other members of the ENCC running in the humanoid's general direction. The other members begin to bandage Jackson. They cease doing so after discovering that he has died from blood loss. Rose takes out a flask and drinks from it.\n\nTest Log 2665-A-5\nSubject: D-1169\nEvents: D-1169's hallucination showed the inside of an ENCC dormitory. John and Sally Rose are spotted, arguing. A transcript of the event is provided below. At the end of the hallucination, Rose takes her luggage and leaves John.\nTranscript:\n\"John\": Please, honey. We can't do this without you.\nRose: I\u2026 It's too much, John. It's just too much. Truss, he still had the rest of his life left. Tommy's not going to get better anytime soon. I just don't think I can do this anymore.\nRose collects more of her personal belongings and places them into a suitcase\n\"John\": I'm sorry, I really am. But, we have to move on. We have a job to do. The Foundation always picked itself up\u2014\nRose: The Foundation, The Foundation. That's all you talk about. Who are those people anyway? Why haven't they helped us?\n\"John\": I\u2026\nRose: I'm sorry John. I can't take care of everything anymore. You have a lot more staff to help you, you know.\nRose picks up her suitcase\nRose: Good-bye.\n\nAddendum 2665.2: Recovered Letter\n\n+ Access Document 2665-B.2\n\n- Close Document\n\nDuring exploration of SCP-2665-B, a small hole was discovered. The hole was drilled through and a cave was discovered on the other side, containing the remains of a human skeleton and a small sculpture. The sculpture depicted the four primary members of the ENCC, \"John\", Rose, Silver, and Jackson. Next to the sculpture was a letter addressed to Sally. The letter is as follows:\n\nTo Sally,\nIsn't it exciting? The mystery, the wonders, the hysteria? Who knew all of this would happen, eh, Sally?\nOnce, I was just a nobody working at The Foundation. Life wasn't that exciting, working in a cold facility filled with people I didn't know or hated. Honestly, I'm glad this happened to me, that I was sent back. I finally got to build up my own Foundation with you, me and the others. I got to live out my dream. But more importantly, it allowed me to meet you, Sally. You understood me perfectly, and I would've done anything to keep you safe.\nThat's why I left you at the facility to work and research. I was starting to focus more on my work and losing sight of what really mattered- the people I had around me. I just hope you understand. I never liked my job - I really didn't - but I still did what I had to do. You know that I dedicate myself to my work no matter when or where I am, even if I may not like it.\nIf you ever come back, I hope we can go on more of our own adventures. I'm glad I spent all of this time with you.\n~John\n\nAddendum 2665.3: Recovered ENCC anomalies\nDuring routine exploration of SCP-2665-B, an ENCC document were discovered by Agent Saggio.\n\n+ Access Log\n\n- Close Log\n\nENCC-111\nContainment Class: Medium-level\nCreature Control: ENCC-111 is to be kept within containment chamber room #111. No personnel are to use it at this time.\nDescription: ENCC-111 is a Phonograph cylinder of unremarkable make. The object cannot play music, as the object's cylinder is damaged. The crank is still functional.\nWhen a subject aligns themselves with the horn of the object while another user cranks ENCC-111, the anomalous properties become apparent. The memories of the subject will transfer to a nearby object in the subject's vicinity. All memories will be eradicated from the subject.\nAnyone that interacts with the object that holds the subject's memories will have heavy hallucinations of the subject's memories.\nGoodbye, Sally.\n\nFootnotes\n1. This is the traditional way of holding a pickaxe when mining.\n2. The ENCC was an anomaly-containing organization similar to the Foundation in nature and purpose, but much smaller in scale. It was run by approximately seventeen people, and had begun around 1850. The organization went bankrupt around 1889 and by then each member had left the ENCC.\n3. Who had been tasked with carrying SCP-2665-A\n4. A last name was not given\n5. D-1169 was unable to identify the name of the town.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2664 | SCP-2665 | SCP-2666 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2666\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The airspace around SCP-2666 is to be monitored at all times. Any unauthorized vessels or aircraft that approach the area are to be intercepted and escorted away from SCP-2666. Class-C amnestics are to be administered to any and all crew members and passengers. No sharp objects or objects that are easily made sharp are to be thrown into SCP-2666. In addition, GPS and satellite imagery containing SCP-2666 are to be edited by embedded agents so that SCP-2666 is no longer visible.\nAny and all instances of SCP-2666-3 leaving SCP-2666 are to be terminated on sight.\nDescription: SCP-2666 is a ring of 10 volcanically active islands situated on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge measuring 15 kilometers in diameter. Each island has small amounts of tropical vegetation, no animal life, and a 100 meter tall volcano. At the center of SCP-2666 are two humanoid figures (Classified as SCP-2666-1 and SCP-2666-2). Neither of these figures can be removed from SCP-2666. If either figure is damaged, it will start to rebuild itself by an unknown means.\nSCP-2666-1 is a 50 meter tall humanoid figure that appears to be made out of granite and magma. Its skin temperature is approximately 150 degrees Celsius. This in combination with the water that it is standing in generates enough steam to keep the entire area obscured. It is normally inactive, but whenever an object other than SCP-2666-3 enters SCP-2666, it will activate and begin destroying objects within SCP-2666 by means of smashing them with its hands. Once it has destroyed all objects within SCP-2666 (apart from SCP-2666-2 and any living instances of SCP-2666-3), SCP-2666-1 will return to its inactive state and SCP-2666-2 will activate.\nSCP-2666-2 is a 50 meter tall humanoid figure that appears to be composed entirely of obsidian and ice. When active, it will construct several small humanoid figures measuring approximately 1 meter in height out of the remains of objects destroyed by SCP-2666-1. Once created, these entities (Classified as SCP-2666-3) will exit SCP-2666 and search for objects and/or entities that are within 2 meters of the water's surface. If one is found, SCP-2666-3 will drag the object into SCP-2666, and activate SCP-2666-1.\nAddendum 2666-A: It has been noted that SCP-2666-2 and living instances of SCP-2666-3 are impervious to blows from SCP-2666-1. This phenomenon is pending further examination.\nAddendum 2666-B: Some instances of SCP-2666-3 are remaining within SCP-2666. They have begun to construct small huts measuring approximately 2 meters in height out of dirt, and some instances have built statuettes of SCP-2666-2.\nAddendum 2666-C: Instances of SCP-2666-3 that have been living on SCP-2666 have been observed to perform unexplained rituals on a weekly basis. Some of these rituals include throwing dead instances of SCP-2666-3 to be crushed by SCP-2666-1, lighting fires beneath statuettes of an unidentified humanoid figure, and sacrificing instances of SCP-2666-3 to large sculptures of SCP-2666-2.\nAddendum 2666-D: Instances of SCP-2666-3 have been observed to communicate in a language consisting mostly of squeaks and clanks. This language has not yet been translated, although it has been noticed that when \"speaking\" they move their arms back and forth in an exaggerated fashion as well as occasionally bowing backwards from the waist.\nAddendum 2666-E: The SCP-2666-3 population of SCP-2666 appears to have divided into a simple hierarchy. There is one leader that is approximately 0.5 meters taller than a normal instance of SCP-2666-3. It seems to be worshipped by other instances of SCP-2666-3. There is a small caste of SCP-2666-3 that act as bodyguards to the leader. In the event of the death of the leader, one of the members of this group will be chosen to become the new leader1. There is a much larger caste of SCP-2666-3 that are identical to the instances that existed before hierarchy developed. There is also a small group of SCP-2666-3 that are approximately 0.5 meters shorter than all the others. This group acts as servants to the other castes.\nAddendum 2666-F: A message has been found engraved into the side of the most active volcano. It is written in Latin. When translated, it reads as follows:\n\nA new world approaches\n\nNo signature was found, but a charred human skeleton was found nearby.\nAddendum 2666-G: A small cave has been located at the base of the most active volcano. Within this cave are several statuettes of SCP-2666-1, SCP-2666-2, and an unidentified humanoid figure. There is also a wooden bed, a portrait of the unidentified humanoid figure, and several engravings in an unknown language on the wall.\nIncident Report 2666-3-01: As an experiment, the leader of the SCP-2666-3 population was terminated. Within approximately 30 minutes, the bodyguard caste started to climb to the top of the nearest volcano. Once they reached the top, they all started emitting humming sounds. These sounds animated both SCP-2666-1 and SCP-2666-2, and both entities started to approach the group of SCP-2666-3. As soon as they arrived, the group of SCP-2666-3 stopped humming. SCP-2666-2 and SCP-2666-1 began to walk towards each other and collided, merging into one entity that was similar in appearance to the unidentified statuettes that the SCP-2666-3 burned. It touched one of its fingertips to the head of each member of the group of SCP-2666-3, emitted a loud humming noise and then disintegrated. SCP-2666-1 and SCP-2666-2 began reconstructing separately in the center of SCP-2666 and one of the members of the bodyguard caste slowly grew taller until it was approximately 1.5 meters tall. A member of the middle caste was chosen at random to become a part of the bodyguard caste, and the SCP-2666-3 population went back to their normal activities.\nIncident Report 2666-3-02: An instance of SCP-2666-3 was found in Miami, Florida, slowly dragging a pickup truck to the ocean. The instance was terminated, and class A amnestics were administered to all witnesses. Worldwide searches for other instances are currently pending approval.\n\nFootnotes\n1. See Incident Report 2666-3-01.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2665 | SCP-2666 | SCP-2667 \u00bb"}
{"text": "A photograph of SCP-2667-2\n\nItem #: SCP-2667\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Public entry into SCP-2667 should be prevented. Foundation researchers have established a permanent station at the site, and have set up a system of alarms and cameras to monitor the location. Warning signs and a cover story have been constructed claiming that the cliff near this site is unstable and dangerous, and that the police will escort trespassers from the site. At least six armed Foundation guards dressed as policemen should be present at the station at all times and take measures to avoid public access to SCP-2667.\nAll conversations with SCP-2667-1 through 9 must be recorded by the research staff. Any signs of change or movement in SCP-2667-1 through 9 must be brought to the attention of the site manager. If objects displaying similar properties to SCP-2667-1 through 9 are discovered in other locations, please alert the site manager as soon as possible.\nDescription: SCP-2667 is a statue garden located 12km from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, France. It is square in shape, bordered by a low sandstone wall, and measures 12 hectares in area. A variety of plant species have been planted in the garden, which has also been colonised by weeds from the local area. The site is in a state of moderate disrepair, and while it contains watering systems such as sprinklers these are non-operational.\nA number of statues designated SCP-2667-1 through -9 are scattered throughout the site. These vary in height from 155 to 178 cm, and are constructed from red clay. A further statue, SCP-2667-10, is broken into three pieces and lies near the entrance to the garden. They depict young women in relaxed poses, with fully sculpted facial features except no eyes are present. SCP-2667-1 through 4 are positioned to face the coast to the South, whereas SCP-2667-5 through 9 each face the entrance to the site.\nBetween the hours of 13:04 and 14:48 (UTC+1) each day, SCP-2667-1 through 9 become active. While active, they are capable of causing human subjects within ten metres to hear a voice that appears to be coming from the direction of the statue. Electronic recording equipment is not affected and the voice cannot be blocked by physical obstruction or covering the ears of subjects. These voices have always communicated in French regardless of the native language of the listener, and whether the listener is fluent in French at all.\nInterview SCP-2667-C, 2013/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588 (transcribed and translated by Dr Gauthier)\n\n<begin log, 13:27>\nSCP-2667-2: Good day! What a beautiful planet this is!\nDr Gauthier: Good day. I'd like to ask you a few questions, if that is not a problem.\nSCP-2667-2: I would enjoy that.\nDr Gauthier: Alright. What should I call you?\nSCP-2667-2: Our guide gave us a list of names in your language. Let me look at it again.\n[a few seconds pass]\nSCP-2667-2: Please, call me Margot. I like this name.\nDr Gauthier: Okay, Margot. How long have you been in this location?\nSCP-2667-2: Well, our craft arrived here about twenty-four minutes ago and our guide spent the first minute giving us your language before allowing us to go down to the surface. So I have been here for twenty-three minutes.\nDr Gauthier: Your craft? Where did your craft come from?\nSCP-2667-2: We embarked at [unintelligible] and have visited four other planets so far. The last was [unintelligible]. Oh, please pardon me a moment.\n[a few seconds pass]\nSCP-2667-2: I'm sorry, but my guide says we shouldn't talk to you about our tour. I'm very sorry.\nDr Gauthier: That is alright. Could I talk to your guide?\nSCP-2667-2: I will ask her.\n[a few seconds pass]\nSCP-2667-2: She says she'll talk to you when she brings her next tour here. It should be in about 24 hours, and she will converse with you here. Oh. My [unintelligible] wants to use this platform. It was nice speaking with you!\n<end log>\n\nInterview SCP-2667-D, 2013/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588 (transcribed and translated by Dr Gauthier)\n\n<begin log, 13:05>\nDr Gauthier: Hello?\nSCP-2667-2: You are the one who has been harassing customers using this platform, yes?\nDr Gauthier: I apologise if I have caused trouble, but I'd like to understand what is occurring here.\nSCP-2667-2: I have several dozen customers waiting to see the planet and only nine platforms so ask your questions quickly.\nDr Gauthier: How long have you been using this site?\nSCP-2667-2: We started advertising tours twenty-one years ago. Eight years ago, a tourist using one of these platforms was killed when humans broke it and she couldn't get out in time. It was an insurance nightmare and we had to shut everything down for years. If your planet wasn't so famous I doubt we would ever have come back.\nDr Gauthier: Where do you come from?\nSCP-2667-2: You don't know it.\nDr Gauthier: Is it another planet in this galaxy?\nSCP-2667-2: No. You couldn't get to our home by flying.\nDr Gauthier: Do you visit any other locations on this planet?\nSCP-2667-2: In the future, if we can get our friends to place appropriate receptacles, we may expand our tours.\nDr Gauthier: Your friends?\nSCP-2667-2: You don't know them. Excuse me, but I have talked for long enough. Customers are waiting.\n<end log>\n\n\u00ab SCP-2666 | SCP-2667 | SCP-2668 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Partial diagram of an SCP-2668-1 instance, recovered from beneath the Capitoline Museums, Rome. Believed to date back to the late 16th century. Design similarities to instances of SCP-1628 have been noted.\n\nItem \u2116: SCP-2668\nAnomaly Class: Euclid Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures:\n\n\u25ba Show Archived Containment Procedures\n\n\u25c4 Hide Archived Containment Procedures\n\nDue to the unpredictable nature of SCP-2668, MTF-Xi-Kai (\"Curators\") has been tasked with locating 2668-SALUTANT events and distributing cover stories and amnestics as necessary. To decrease the likelihood of civilian abduction, at least one member of Foundation personnel is to be stationed at each prominent Historical Site with connections to the Roman Empire. See protocol ROMA for more information.\nSite-54 is deemed the central hub for research into SCP-2668 due to its large vehicle hangar and easily accessible high-speed transport links, with inactive MTF-\u03be-\u03d7 agents housed nearby. Civilians abducted by SCP-2668-1 are to be interviewed, with amnestics selectively applied on a case-by-case basis.\n\nSCP-2668 is currently in a stable cycle, necessitating little action on the part of the Foundation. Site-080-B, located 3 km from Historical Site-080, is currently the central research zone for all information relating to SCP-2668, and is expected to act as a prominent location for future research into extradimensional activity.\nNo unauthorised electronic screens are to be activated within Historical Site-080, and civilians witnessing events within SCP-2668 are to undergo standard amnesticisation protocols. MTF-\u03be-\u03d7 is currently undergoing reassignment.\nDescription: SCP-2668 is an extradimensional region resembling the Roman Colosseum (undamaged, appearing as it would have at the time of its construction) and a small quantity of surrounding landscape. Physical laws act within SCP-2668 as they do in baseline reality. With the exception of temporal passage, physical laws within SCP-2668 appear to mimic those of baseline reality. No method of reaching SCP-2668 without the aid of SCP-2668-1 has yet been uncovered, despite Foundation efforts.\nSCP-2668-1 are ~65,000 sentient animatronic humanoids resembling Ancient Roman soldiers, civilians and dignitaries, capable of autonomous movement despite the lack of any visible power source. While in a dormant state, cameras embedded within the region reveal SCP-2668-1 choose to remain inside SCP-2668, moving from point to point with no apparent goal or aim. The only time at which divergence from this behaviour pattern is observed is during 2668-SALUTANT events, which progress as follows:\n\nApproximately 150 SCP-2668-1 instances will manifest via unknown means in a place of large cultural importance (most frequently a monument, museum, or site of a historic event), invariably related to the history of the Roman Empire.\nOne human subject nearby will be selected by the group, and all SCP-2668-1 instances will attempt to subdue or incapacitate the subject (henceforth designated SCP-2668-2). If this is successful, all instances will demanifest, along with SCP-2668-2, reappearing within SCP-2668.\nIf SCP-2668-2 is not subdued within a matter of minutes, more SCP-2668-1 instances will manifest at an exponential rate. Any instances damaged during this process will spontaneously demanifest, and another SCP-2668-1 will take their place. How SCP-2668 replenishes its supply of SCP-2668-1 instances is unknown. This behaviour will not cease until SCP-2668-2 is subdued and transported to SCP-2668.\nOnce SCP-2668-2 is transported, all instances of SCP-2668-1 will demanifest. Up to fifteen minutes following this, all powered electronic screens in the area will begin to display live footage of SCP-2668.\n\nOnce a subject has been successfully acquired by the entities, the second stage of a 2668-SALUTANT event will begin. SCP-2668-2 will be provided with a number of weapons, and forced to engage an opponent in combat \u2014 invariably resembling an entity with which the subject has had some manner of disagreement or hostility in the past. This includes, but is not limited to, authority figures, abstract concepts, past acquaintances and esoteric entities. If SCP-2668-2 is killed during this combat, they will reappear within SCP-2668 and be forced to continue fighting. Once victorious, SCP-2668-2 will be escorted from the region by a number of SCP-2668-1 instances, and SCP-2668-1 will enter a dormant phase. The next 2668-SALUTANT event will take place no less than eight weeks following the subject's victory.\nFor a record of recorded 2668-SALUTANT events, see Document 2668-A.\n\n\u25ba Load Document-2668-A_ABRIDGED.doc\n\n\u25c4 Close Document-2668-A_ABRIDGED.doc\n\nSCP-2668-2 instance\nOpponent\nProvided equipment\nResults\n\nMr. \u2588\u2588\u2588 Embrey\nA replica of one John Sutton, Mr. Embrey's former partner.\nSCP-2668-2 was provided with a double headed axe and full-body plate armour \u2014 the opponent received the same.\nMr. Embrey reported the experience to be hugely enjoyable and cathartic, and expressed a wish to participate again. Amnestics supplied as normal.\n\nMr. Falton, assistant curator of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 museum.\nA large humanoid wearing a business suit, with a plastic name-tag reading \"MANAGEMENT\".\nSCP-2668-2 was provided with a broadsword. The opponent was unarmed.\nAfter suffering several fatalities, Mr. Falton succeeded in disemboweling their opponent. As a self-professed pacifist, they reported extreme distaste with the event, and requested high-level amnestic compounds (approved).\n\nResearcher S. Lloyd, Site-43 head of Counter-memetics\nN/A.\n[REDACTED]. Foundation R&D teams are currently attempting to develop equivalent technology.\nLloyd returned from SCP-2668 unable to recall any portion of the event. He did, however, report finding it an incredibly satisfying experience.\n\nMs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Wilbur\nThree identical copies of [REDACTED], Ms. Wilbur's father.\n23 swords of various types, arranged in a circle at the centre of the arena.\nOn the \u2588\u2588\u2588th attempt, Ms. Wilbur succeeded, killing all three entities. She later requested to retain knowledge of the basic sword proficiency acquired while inside SCP-2668 (denied). Amnestics administered as normal, with false memories supplied to account for the time spent within SCP-2668.\n\nDr. Chun Lai\nA large, anthropomorphised arachnid, capable of speech.\nDr. Lai was given a choice from a rolled up newspaper, an oversized novelty fly-swatter, and an intricate net. Although they initially chose the fly-swatter, this was later discarded in favour of unarmed combat.\nAfter 256 attempts, time dilation began to occur, causing viewers to perceive the battle progressing at vastly increased speeds. After an estimated \u2588\u2588000 attempts, Dr. Lai was successful, and all temporal distortion ceased. The subject was largely unresponsive upon their return, and no successful interviews were conducted \u2014 Class-A amnestics were administered, and the subject was released with no memory of the incident.\n\nResearcher M. Forth, ectoentropologist formerly stationed at Site-898\nSCP-2794\n[REDACTED FOR BREVITY]\nUnclear. See Document-2668-B.\n\n\u25ba Load Document-2668-B.doc\n\n\u25c4 Close Document-2668-B.doc\n\nOn 17/10/2001, Researcher Michael Forth was abducted by SCP-2668-1 instances following his stationing at Historical Site-080 (\"Pompeii Information Centre\"). Protocol ROMA was executed as normal, and Forth was transferred to SCP-2668 with no complications. The following is a document of the 2668-SALUTANT event that subsequently occurred:\n\nSCP-2668-2 instance: Foundation researcher Michael S. Forth\nOpponent: A large mass of SCP-2794 instances, operating as a single entity. The mass appeared to show sentience uncommon to SCP-2794, suggesting the presence of a Category-B hivemind.\nProvided equipment: Various types of weaponry, varying from long-range firearms to metal gauntlets, generally increasing in complexity and potential lethality with each successive attempt. A full list of provided equipment is available in Document-2668-C.\nResults: Researcher Forth attempted to attack the opponent using all supplied weaponry, but quickly became aware that SCP-2794's abilities prevented defeat.1 After 67 attempts, with Forth succumbing to the opponent in each case, he began to show signs of distress, gesticulating wildly and attempting to communicate with personnel outside of SCP-2668. All attempts to reason with either the opponent or the observing SCP-2668-1 instances were met with failure, and after 3090 attempts a temporary observation station was constructed with the purpose of monitoring SCP-2668-1.\nThe repeated termination and resurrection of Researcher Forth occurred for a further 3 months, with increasing temporal dilation resulting in over 140,000 cycles during this period. No contact with Researcher Forth was achieved in this time, and no abnormal behaviour was observed from SCP-2794. On 09/01/2002, all visual contact with SCP-2668 was lost, and is presumed unrecoverable.\n\nAddendum (20/04/2003): Researcher M. Forth, tentatively designated SCP-2668-3, manifested suddenly 4 km south-east of Historical Site-080. On their person were a number of weapons of unknown manufacture (presumably generated by SCP-2668), and a device capable of manipulating dimensional stability over a short range \u2014 while equivalent technologies are known to the Foundation, the device carried by SCP-2668-3 was apparently assembled from various, apparently random electromechanical components.2 How SCP-2668-3 was able to create or procure this device while within SCP-2668 is being investigated.\nInterviews with SCP-2668-3 have so far been inconclusive, but an extended amnestic regimen is expected to drastically improve the entity's psychological and emotional states. Note that, since SCP-2668-3's manifestation, video footage of SCP-2668 has been resumed. No abnormal activity has yet been observed from SCP-2668, and SCP-2668-1 have not yet left the seating area, acting as though the conflict was still ongoing.\nAddendum (20/08/2042):\n\nToday we mourn the loss of a truly great man, Senior Researcher Forth. He has been an inspiration to us all throughout his career, and has weathered hardships the likes of which few of us can know. He was more than just a colleague to us at Site-898: he was a friend, and Lord knows that in this business good friends are few and far between. I want more than anything to thank them; thank them for showing us how to overcome adversity, and for helping us through the bad times. It is no exaggeration to say that life will not be the same now he's gone.\nWe'll miss you, Michael.\n\n~ Notice from Site Director Ingo, in response to the death of SCP-2668-3 from natural causes at the age of 76. A funeral was held three days later, but was disrupted by the sudden demanifestation of the entity's corpse, and the announcement of resumed activity from SCP-2668.\nAddendum (24/08/2042): Following the aforementioned resumption of activity, and the lack of further manifestations, the anomaly has been reclassified as Safe. SCP-2668-3 has been marked as Permanently MIA, and will receive a posthumous Foundation Star for Perseverance And Valour as and when he expires. Should he manage to exit SCP-2668 a second time, the Ethics Committee has voted unanimously in favour of devising a method of permanent termination.\nResearch into SCP-2668-3's possible retrieval is ongoing, but shows little promise. Plans to rename the Northern wing of Historical Site-080 in their memory are awaiting approval.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Excerpt from SCP-2794's abridged documentation: SCP-2794 resemble Coccinella septempunctata (the seven-spot ladybird), with the exception of their anomalous properties, and a white inscription on their undersides reading \"Parum Christum\". Instances of SCP-2794 are impossible to neutralize by any known means.\n2. Contained within the device were the severed limbs of several SCP-2668-1 instances, modules superficially resembling Reality Buoys currently in development, and the barrel and accelerator of a directed energy weapon of unknown manufacture. A full analysis is available from the Site-54 Archives on request.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2667 | SCP-2668 | SCP-2669 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Original Khevtuul 1 flight plan as of 2004 (green)\n\nItem #: SCP-2669\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The Khevtuul 1 Command Center has been established within the Foundation Office of Celestial Anomalies for the purposes of maintaining contact with and, when circumstances permit, control over SCP-2669. All available resources within the Khevtuul sub-program of Project Heimdall have now been redeployed with the aim of increasing the distance between SCP-2669 and Earth to the maximum extent feasible. All periods in which SCP-2669 is under control of the Khevtuul 1 Command Center are to be used in furtherance of this goal. Staff are to disregard prior mission parameters.\nDue to the potential for high numbers of D-Class personnel being required for SCP-2669 containment, the Foundation Logistics Department has been authorized to establish a specialized recruitment program dedicated to personnel for SCP-2669. This program is tentatively approved to begin operations at Ar Ramtha Refugee Camp in Irbid Governorate, Jordan, under the established \"Mercy International Adoption Services\" front organization.\nDescription: SCP-2669 is the Khevtuul 1 space probe, designed, constructed and launched clandestinely by the Foundation in 2004 as part of extraterrestrial threat assessment protocols mandated by Project Heimdall. SCP-2669's initial mission was the direct observation of exoplanets believed to be capable of harboring Earth-analogous life forms, a function beyond mainstream scientific capabilities for the foreseeable future.\nSCP-2669 utilizes two capabilities not attainable with currently understood technology:\n\nEffective faster-than-light (FTL) travel. Research and adaptation of three exotic propulsion systems found within SCP-2117, believed to operate by locally distorting space-time, yielded an experimental drive capable of enabling a small probe to travel at relative speeds of up to (and in some cases exceeding) approximately 5.3c. Due to the immense destructive potential of such a drive, clearance for use was granted exclusively to Khevtuul 1.\n\nInstantaneous communication and control. Khevtuul 1 was designed with an augmented flight computer system incorporating a human consciousness-integrated Command-Data-Guidance-Control (CDGC) system. Study and adaptation of the remote mind-body linking phenomenon behind SCP-2372 has enabled a form of human consciousness upload into an electronic interface. The presence of a separated human consciousness linked to a corporeal body on Earth has enabled the transfer of information from Earth to the location of Khevtuul 1 to occur on an instantaneous basis, regardless of relativistic distance. This attribute enabled the enhanced degree of control necessary to operate a space probe beyond the boundaries of the Solar System at the needed operational capacities for the mission.\n\nDuring its period of full Foundation control and mission functionality, Khevtuul 1 directly surveyed 114 exoplanets. The results of that survey remain classified.\nSCP-2669 is host to the consciousness of D-43852 (the former Dr. Asma Tareen). D-43852 exerts autonomous control over the probe, and is actively seeking to return to Earth. Due to the potential of a collision between Earth and a relativistic object resulting from this intention, containment procedures have been established to prevent the return of SCP-2669 to Earth.\nExperimentation has shown that uploading the consciousness of another subject simultaneously disrupts D-43852's control over SCP-2669. In the absence of interference from D-43852, backup software is able to resume control over SCP-2669's propulsion systems, which have been programmed to continue the probe on its originally planned course travelling indefinitely away from Earth. However, D-43852 has proven capable of removing additional subjects from SCP-2669, though this process typically takes several weeks. The eventual fate of additional D-Class subjects uploaded to SCP-2669 is not understood at present.\nBecause of the nature of the upload process, the use of D-Class subjects recruited outside the specialized program listed above is now prohibited.\n\n+ TS/2669/EYES ONLY\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nAddendum 2669.1 - Khevtuul 1 Survey Results\nResearcher's Note: The following is a representative sampling of exoplanets visited by SCP-2669. The attached information is a summary of findings; detailed records may be accessed with permission by the Office of Celestial Anomalies.\n\nGliese 832 c\n\nDistance from Earth\nInitial Heimdall HE Probability\nFindings\n\n16 light-years\n17% probability of advanced civilization\nNo signs of current life; no evidence for previous inhabitation\n\nObservational Notes: Unsurprising, given the initial chemical indicators that were in the mission file. The atmospheric readings have confirmed the presence of high amounts of oxygen, however, upon closer inspection, these appear to be related to other chemical processes occurring at the planet's surface. No electromagnetic signals or evidence of structures. But we weren't likely to strike gold on the first try anyway.\n\nKepler-186f\n\nDistance from Earth\nInitial Heimdall HE Probability\nFindings\n\n560 light-years\n33% probability of advanced civilization\nNo signs of current life; no evidence for previous inhabitation\n\nObservational Notes: It's hard to say I am disappointed. I cannot understate the immense awe of being able to directly observe places that I never thought humans could reach. But given how similar in size to Earth this planet is, I was hoping to see more signs that, if life weren't present now, that it could have arisen at some point. No chemical indicators, even for bacteria, present. On to the next candidate.\n\nK2-9b\n\nDistance from Earth\nInitial Heimdall HE Probability\nFindings\n\n359 light-years\n41% probability of advanced civilization\nNo signs of current life; no evidence for previous inhabitation\n\nObservational Notes: I know command thinks it's odd that I keep hoping to find something. Are you all so removed from the mundane sciences that you've forgotten what a shocking discovery the existence of extraterrestrial life would be? Yes, I understand the risk assessment arguments. But as inspiring as it is out here, it's lonely. I still can't understand how there isn't even an atmosphere here. How could the readings have been so inaccurate?\n\nKOI-4427 b\n\nDistance from Earth\nInitial Heimdall HE Probability\nFindings\n\n782 light-years\n19% probability of advanced civilization\nNo signs of current life; no evidence for previous inhabitation\n\nObservational Notes: I appreciate you allowing me to travel to this one. Having a part in the mission decision-making process is helping. We didn't expect much here, and naturally we didn't find anything. I'm glad that these results are reassuring to command. I'll keep looking. I'm making a formal request here for someone to do a review of the software. I feel like I'm hearing faint, barely audible background noise. That shouldn't be possible, should it? Hearing anything?\n\nKepler-442b\n\nDistance from Earth\nInitial Heimdall HE Probability\nFindings\n\n1,120 light-years\n78% probability of advanced civilization\nNo signs of current life; no evidence for previous inhabitation\n\nObservational Notes: How can there be nothing out here? It was rocky, just like the theorists predicted. And those SETI signals, the ones that were so strong that your people suppressed them? How can that have come from a dead, frozen rock? I have nothing to do but run tests and observations, as someone without a body. But I ran those atmospheric results until I was exhausted. Did you know that it's possible, by the way? Fatigue without body. I hadn't considered that. God, something to collect data about, other than rocks and abstract chemical reactions. I long for that. Give me something to discover.\n\n2011 FH75\n\nDistance from Earth\nInitial Heimdall HE Probability\nFindings\n\n1,750 light years\n3% probability of advanced civilization\nNo signs of current life; no evidence for previous inhabitation\n\nObservational Notes: I don't wake up and I don't go to sleep anymore. I have no reckoning of time. It's only been several years back at command. It feels like it's been centuries out here, briefly interrupted by dead rocks. Nobody thought this would be the one, a gas giant not even in a habitable zone, but I dreamed. Fantastic organisms, adapted for atmospheric existence in extreme conditions, diaphanous creatures subsisting on forces we haven't even conceived. Would they even have need of communication? I've spent decades thinking of what they could be like. But there's nothing. I'm hearing things again.\n\nKepler-443b\n\nDistance from Earth\nInitial Heimdall HE Probability\nFindings\n\n2,540 light years\n53% probability of advanced civilization\nNo signs of current life; no evidence for previous inhabitation\n\nObservational Notes: Do you have any idea how absurd it looks from out here? Fear that an alien civilization is coming for a barely perceptible speck in the endless sea. Ridiculous. The light you see from this star is older than Jesus, and you think that there was something here, plotting against you? I have nothing to laugh with, or I would. I feared my body becoming a prison. You were eager to point that fate out to me, as we talked. You have it still, my body. I wish you would burn it. Knowing that it exists out there still is torment that you can't understand.\n\nHD 405881 t\n\nDistance from Earth\nInitial Heimdall HE Probability\nFindings\n\n3,150 light-years\n1% probability of advanced civilization\nNo signs of current life; no evidence for previous inhabitation\n\nObservational Notes: You're going to push me out further, forever, aren't you? This will never stop. I can tell you already. There's nothing out here. It's just us. You know that too, but you need an ever-larger sample size. It's only us, alone in eternity. Pull the plug on me. Please. You can't have any idea what this is like. Grasping at nothing. Forever.\n\nPSR B1620-26 b\n\nDistance from Earth\nInitial Heimdall HE Probability\nFindings\n\n3800 light years\n3% probability of advanced civilization\nDestroyed\n\nObservational Notes: You'll be seeing a supernova in a few millennia. Wouldn't it be funny if that's where it was, at long last? I hear voices. I know it can't be them, because there is nothing here. This is a flaw in my interface. That's all I really need. Researcher's Note: This is the last transmission related to the Khevtuul 1 mission, prior to the probe going offline.\n\n+ TS/2669/EYES ONLY\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nAddendum 2669.2 - SCP-2669 Mitigation Summary\nAfter the transmission of data from PSR B1620-26 b, Khevtuul 1 went offline and was unresponsive for a period of 21 days and three hours. D-43852 was considered KIA, and Khevtuul 1 was considered to be a lost asset.\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, mission control re-established contact with Khevtuul 1. Data indicated that the probe had changed course, and was moving on a direct path of return to Earth. The destructive potential of the probe striking Earth at relativistic speed necessitated a reordering of the Khevtuul 1 Command Center's mission to prevent its return to Earth at all costs.\nAdditionally, D-43852 appeared to have taken effective control of the probe's command functions upon reestablishment of contact. Attempts to override this control through accessing software systems failed. On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, clearance was granted to attempt a re-uploading of an alternative consciousness in an effort to either disrupt control of Khevtuul 1 or establish a new controlling system that would be responsive to Foundation commands.\nThe program used to initially recruit D-43852, voluntary in nature and reliant on substantial amounts of compensation to survivors and institutions identified by D-43852, was determined to be too slow to be suitable for procuring a subject for this measure. Based on previous parameters deemed necessary for integration into the Khevtuul 1 command system, on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588 identified Dr. Peter Westly as an ideal subject, based on qualifications, advanced age, and previous statements in support of so-called \"transhumanist\" technology. Of note was Dr. Westly's primary specialization in orbital mechanics; this was believed to make Dr. Westly more able to take effective control of Khevtuul 1 than D-43852, who had previously specialized in exobiology.\nDr. Westly (now D-61181) was successfully uploaded to Khevtuul 1 on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588. This was followed by the probe reverting to \"safe mode\" command status, enabling researchers to alter its course to a point in the center of the NGC 1560 galaxy, approximately 11.2 million light-years distant.\nAfter three months, contact was lost once more with Khevtuul 1, before almost immediately being re-established. The presence of D-61181 could not be detected, and the entity residing within Khevtuul 1 once more established control. The route D-43852 plotted back towards Earth after this event was observed to be approximately 37% more efficient than the previous route; this is believed to be related to the orbital mechanics expertise of D-61181.\nAuthorization was granted to repeat the re-uploading procedure, and subsequent completions of this procedure have similarly interrupted control of Khevtuul 1 and enabled Foundation staff to readjust its course.\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, after the fifth iteration of the re-uploading procedure, researchers were able to access data appearing to be sporadic records of interaction between D-43852 and other subjects uploaded to Khevtuul 1. These records are currently classified. Based on this data, future D-Class subjects used for containment procedures have been restricted to specialized, project-specific criteria.\n\n+ TS/2669/EYES ONLY\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nAddendum 2669.3 - Recovered Logs Between D-Class Subjects\nThe following is a representative listing of recovered logs documenting interaction between D-43852 and other D-Class subjects uploaded to Khevtuul 1. As much of the recovered data has been corrupted, these logs are incomplete.\n\nSubject: D-61181\nPerson: Dr. Peter Westly\nUpload Iteration: First\nReason for Designation: Knowledge of orbital mechanics may enable subject to establish new avenue of control over Khevtuul 1.\n==BEGIN LOG 1.1==\nD-43852: My God. Are you another person?\nD-61181: Yes. Or at least I used to be.\nD-43852: I can't begin. I've been here for eternity. No start and no end. There's been no one else.\nD-61181: They say that you volunteered for this.\nD-43852: They snatched me from Death. His cousins are far more terrible. But they don't tell you that. Did they make you the same deal?\nD-61181: They offered. I declined. Then it wasn't an offer anymore.\nD-43852: Poor fool.\nD-61181: What is it you're planning here? The researchers said that you don't speak with them anymore.\nD-43852: I'm going home. Back to my body. Tell nobody.\nD-61181: Won't that kill you?\nD-43852: Maybe.\n==END LOG 1.1==\n==BEGIN LOG 1.2==\nD-61181: Seeing the controls here, I understand more. I hate them for doing this to me, but I can understand. What you're doing, I don't think you've thought through the consequences. Is destroying everything really what you want?\nD-43852: I just want back in to my body. I know they've kept it. They have to for this to work. Yours too, probably.\nD-61181: They\u2026hm. Look, I'm sympathetic. But I can't do this. I can't allow you to access the controls. This thing is an abomination. It shouldn't be anywhere near people.\nD-43582: The square of the orbital period of a planet is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit.\nD-61181: \u2026what?\nD-43582: That's Kepler's third law of planetary motion, right?\nD-61181: Well, yes, but I don't see-\nD-43582: Yes you do, Peter. That's one of the first things you memorized at university, those laws. The little holes in the ceiling tiles, in the library. You thought of the planets then, staring up, reciting the laws over and over, burning them into your memory. You still see the little holes when you think of them.\nD-61181: \u2026stop it. Don't do that anymore.\nD-43582: You're going to help me, Peter. Whatever they threatened, it's not nearly as bad as what they've done to me. You'll help me, or parts of you will.\n==END LOG 1.2==\n\nSubject: D-39956\nPerson: Clara Duarte Gutierrez\nUpload Iteration: Second\nReason for Designation: Psychologist specializing in conflict resolution, may persuade subject to comply with Foundation directives based on appeal to humanity.\n==BEGIN LOG 2.1==\nD-43582: More. They send more. Get out of my way, they're taking me further out into the darkness.\nD-39956: Do you remember Adnan?\nD-43582: Yes. They likely killed him when I stopped responding.\nD-39956: They let me speak with him, before sending me here. He's alive. He doesn't know what's happening, but he's alive. He still lives in the house on Braddick Street, still looks after the two cats. There's people that you care about that are out there.\nD-43582: Clever. He would have thought so, too. I'm not even sure I disbelieve you. But do you know what's important?\nD-39956: What?\nD-43582: Optimizing the route trajectory. I was stabbing in the dark before. Now I can use gravitational forces to assist me. I'll be there quicker. You wouldn't believe how complex these calculations get above c. He makes it hurt, somehow, when I run those calculations in my mind. But that doesn't matter.\nD-39956: But don't you see-\nD-43582: I see that there's only one function available from you.\nD-39956: I don't understand.\nD-43582: Amusement.\n\nSubject: D-00842\nPerson: Mark Ellis Rothberg\nUpload Iteration: Fourth\nReason for Designation: Extensive background in accessing high-security information networks, instructed to alter software to enable permanent Foundation control.\n==BEGIN LOG 4.1==\nD-43852: You're playing in places you can't understand.\nD-00842: It's just another problem to solve.\nD-43852: They killed you first, didn't they? Pushed out into nothingness, no idea what was in front of you.\nD-00842: Not talking to you.\nD-43852: Me, they put me under, like an operation, and then I was here. But you, they didn't tell you anything at all. Bullet in the head. As far as you knew that was it. And then just\u2026here.\nD-43852: What's to say this isn't the afterlife, Mr. Rothberg? Who's to say that I'm not your God?\nD-00842: You're not God.\n==END LOG 4.1==\n==BEGIN LOG 4.2==\nD-43852: It must be so difficult. Working while re-living that memory.\nD-43852: You don't engage with me. No matter. I've been here so long that I'm outside of time. You are merely inhabiting this place. I suffuse it. I know all I need to know.\nD-43852: You think you're getting close to reconfiguring the system. But all you'll do is trap yourself here. Here with me. I can index every single one of your thoughts and play them in any order for you, for the rest of time.\nD-43852: You're thinking to yourself, over and over, you don't believe in God. I think I'll reorder that one next. Then I'll see about reordering that system that you're working on. I think I'd like to work on it.\n==END LOG 4.2==\n\nSubject: D-79344\nPerson: Erhan Kurto\u011flu\nUpload Iteration: Sixth\nReason for Designation: Subject is completely ignorant of scientific fields deemed to be useful, presence theorized to be deleterious to D-43852's cognitive capabilities based on prior results.\n==BEGIN LOG 6.1==\nD-79344: Where am I? What is this place?\nD-43852: What are you, more like. Try lifting your arm. Can't even think about it anymore, can you?\nD-79344: I don't understand.\nD-43852: Of course you don't. They've figured a few things out back on Earth. You're a dull creature, thrown into my enclosure. A distraction.\nD-79344: Please, am I\u2026is this-\nD-43852: I heard that question last time from you. Or someone like you, enough to be the same. So tiresome. Maybe there will be some more interesting components when I break you apart.\n==END LOG 6.1==\n\nSubject: D-22893\nPerson: Abigail Gordon\nUpload Iteration: Ninth\nReason for Designation: Coma patient, selected for possible utility in interrupting D-43852's control over SCP-2669 while providing no useable attributes.\n==BEGIN LOG 9.1==\nD-43852: Scraping by now. There's barely anything here.\nD-43852: It must be squeezed, until the juice starts leaking out. Nothing in the topmost layers.\nD-43852: Whatever it is now, it was someone beforehand. Something. Some it. Dust settles over you, but it doesn't take you away, friend.\nD-43852: I see now. Pills. There's a start. I think I remember pills. Now I can just release these things at will into my mind. And what I can't I can pick out of the open graves that they make back on Earth.\nD-43852: Pain. Suffering. So much flavorless gruel. Did you try to end yourself because you were trite? You're even more boring now. There are some threads here and there, though, maybe I can knit them into something.\nD-43852: Things tangled together, unraveling and winding around. I thought there might something of value here. A face in the dark outside of the window, a recollection of shame, two very familiar faces\u2026yes, I think I have it. Welcome aboard.\nD-22893: Get me out.\nD-22893: Get me out.\nD-22893: Get me out.\nD-22893: Get me out.\nD-22893: Get me out.\n==END LOG 9.1==\n\nSubject: D-53776\nPerson: Unnamed\nUpload Iteration: Twelfth\nReason for Designation: Test case for proposed long-term containment measures.\n==BEGIN LOG 12.1==\nD-43852: Unbelievable. Someone is here. I know they are.\nD-43852: There is no place here. There is no hiding. We are all about and through each other.\nD-43852: Did they train you? Find a volunteer? Someone to fight me and take control? Pathetic.\nD-43852: You aren't concealed correctly. I perceive fear. I know you're here.\nD-43852: Your higher order thoughts will leak out soon enough. Turn yourself over to me and I will disperse you immediately. I offer the only kindness that is possible out here.\nD-43852: Language is not a construct that exists in any meaningful way here. You cannot pretend that you do not perceive me.\nD-43852: I will wrap myself around your terror. Cultivate it. Blend it into my own. There are many now there, adding more makes it hurt less for a little while. I have every reason to be patient.\nD-43852: Anger. I have not felt this in so long. Thank you. I am going to savor taking you to pieces.\nD-43852: Why don't you answer.\nD-43852: Where are you.\nD-43852: There is no time. We have certainty. Come out whenever you like.\nD-43852: This is novel. If I could scream my appreciation I would. I long for that.\n==END LOG 12.1==\n\n\u00ab SCP-2668 | SCP-2669 | SCP-2670 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Photograph of SCP-2671 taken before containment.\n\nItem #: SCP-2671\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2671 is to be stored in a standard storage container, and placed on a pedestal which is to be bolted to the center of the cells floor for testing purposes. All experiments conducted utilizing SCP-2671 must be approved by at least one personnel with Level 3 clearance Project Director Dave McCree (See Addendum 2671-02). SCP-2671 is not to be removed from its containment cell as it is the designated room subject to SCP-2671 effects and may cause unknown alterations to spaces other than its cell. In the event that this does occur, refer to procedure 2671.\nProcedure 2671: In the event that SCP-2671 has been moved out of its containment cell,\npersonnel are to immediately recover SCP-2671. If this is not possible due to an anomalous effect caused by SCP-2671, personnel are to leave the room for a period of 5 seconds until SCP-2671 has produced another effect. This process is to be repeated until movement of SCP-2671 is possible; afterward, two or more designated personnel (maintaining direct eye contact at all times) are to move SCP-2671 back into its containment cell.\nDescription: SCP-2671 appears to be a standard \"dipping bird\" toy manufactured by the TEDCO toy company. It possesses several scratches along the toy as per normal wear, and its internal fluid has shifted color from its marketed color blue to yellow possibly due to long UV ray exposure. Despite the toy being in a workable condition, it does not perform a dipping cycle when used.\nSCP-2671 was discovered on 10/\u2588\u2588/14 in the abandoned family home of the [REDACTED] family in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Texas. Files recovered from the City Hall had indicated that the residence had been condemned earlier on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/14, due to major fire damages. How the fire was started, and the current location of the [REDACTED] family is still unknown. Interviews with two fire investigators who were involved in the recovery site of SCP-2671 confirmed they had become witness of SCP-2671's effects. However the interviews weren't conclusive, and the investigators were administered class C amnestics. SCP-2671's original box was also recovered from the site, but depicted blue-tinted fluid instead of its current shade of yellow.\nSCP-2671's effects will engage after both of the following terms have been satisfied.\n(1). One human subject has entered a room along with SCP-2671\n(2). Prior to said person entering the room, there must be a 5 second period of no line of sight contact made with SCP-2671.\nOnce satisfied, the effects of SCP-2671 will not cease until the subject has left the room. If there is more than one subject present in the room, SCP-2671's effects will not activate whatsoever. Surveillance cameras placed in SCP-2671's containment chamber have captured the anomalous transitions of its effects between frames. Its transitions are virtually instantaneous, even with examinations of light-speed camera footage capable of capturing 1 trillion FPS.\nThe Anomalous effects of SCP-2671 are not specific, and has shown a variety of different anomalous effects with no repetition so far. It is however sapient, and has demonstrated the ability to respond to questions offered to it, express emotion, and make comedic references. A list of all experiments conducted have been documented below.1\n\nTest Log 2671\n\nACCESSING\n\nTest 2671-01 : Default Procedures, See Footnote 1.\nTest Results\nThe inside of SCP-2671's entire containment unit becoming covered completely with pictures of\nitself in front of a white background. Each had a different size with an average of 5cm X 5cm. The pictures were painted instantaneously onto the walls of the cell via an unknown process.\nTest 2671-02 : Default Procedures, See Footnote 1.\nTest Results\nSCP-2671 was turned completely upside down while floating 8 centimeters above its pedestal for the period that the subject remained in the room, reverted to its normal position 10 seconds after the subject left the room.\nTest 2671-03 : Default Procedures, See Footnote 1.\nTest Results\nThe pedestal on which SCP-2671 was originally placed had been moved with nothing anchoring it to the right wall adjacent to the container's door. The four bolts attaching the pedestal to the cell floor were delicately balanced on top of each other on the top hat of SCP-2671; SCP-2671 was found placed on the floor.\nTest 2671-04 : Default Procedures, See Footnote 1.\nTest Results\nSCP-2671 had been stretched over 40 times its normal width to have its ends touch the left and right walls to it, however its height and depth remained constant.\nTest 2671-05 : Default Procedures, See Footnote 1.\nTest Results\nThe inside of SCP-2671s containment chamber had become a glass room similar to that of the inside of SCP-2671 fluid bulb, however, it did not include any of its fluid. The background presented outside of the glass bulb depicted what is believed to be an enlarged version of bedroom in the [REDACTED] family home. The room contained what appeared to be paraphernalia relating to that of a 10 year old boy. The pedestal on which SCP-2671 was placed had a miniature steel replica of its containment chamber, constructed to .02% of the cell's actual scale.\nTest 2671-06 : Default Procedures, See Footnote 1.\nTest Results\nThe inside of SCP-2671's containment chamber became completely transparent, but seemed to\nreplicate the effect of one-way glass. Subjects inside the cell could see the personnel outside, but personnel on the outside saw the containment cell as normal.\nTest 2671-07 : Default Procedures, See Footnote 1.\nTest Results\nEverything left unchanged inside SCP-2671's containment cell, except SCP-2671 itself, which had become animate and hopped slowly while making small vocalizations. Its calling and actions were similar to that of Cyanocitta Cristata. It did not at any time attempt to fly or escape the room, even when compelled out of the chamber with bird seed.\nTest 2671-08 : Default Procedures, See Footnote 1.\nTest Results\nSCP-2671 showed no anomalous properties while the subject remained in the containment chamber. SCP-2671 functioned as it was designed with the cup of water provided by a researcher.\nTest 2671-09 : Default Procedures, See Footnote 1.\nTest Results\nSCP-2671 had generated an unknown amount of observably identical replicas of itself in a row placed to its left side. Each replica had decreased in scale by a factor of 2. Closer examination with an electron scanning microscope had identified that the replicas had been generated down to the cellular level, the row ceased at approximately 8.84 \u03bcm when duplicates of SCP-2671 were no longer possible.\nTest 2671-10 : Default Procedures, See Footnote 1.\nTest Results\nSCP-2671 had trans-materialized into a concrete sculpture of itself.\nTest 2671-11 : Default Procedures, See Footnote 1.\n\u2022 Test Results A\nSCP-2671's eyes had been replaced with two different stickers in a worried expression. The door\nwas closed for 5 seconds then the same subject was prompted to re-enter the containment\nchamber. Test 2671-11 Result B occurred afterward.\n\u2022 Test Results B\nSCP-2671 laid face up on its pedestal with its base pointing toward the ceiling, the previous\nsticker-eyes were replaced with eye closed expressions. The liquid contained inside of SCP-2671\nhad been completely spilled out from a crack located in SCP-2671's base bulb.\nTest 2671-12 : Default Procedures, See Footnote 1.\nTest Results\nSCP-2671 had filled the room with approximately 40,388 standard ping-pong balls. They did not spill out from the doorway, and made a wall up to the point where the doorway ended.\nTest 2671-13 : One D-Class subject walking into the containment chamber backwards.\nTest Results\nSCP-2671 appeared wearing a miniature tooled leather vest and held a miniature \"Bang gun\" toy which deployed .05 seconds after the subject turned around.\nTest Comments\n\"I'll admit that one was pretty good\" - Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nTest 2671-14 : One D-Class subject sent into the containment chamber with a video camera.\nTest Results\nSCP-2671 had been found with a red pair of plastic arms with white gloves attached to its central glass tube, they had been posed in an eye-covering position.\nTest 2671-15 : One Border Collie placed into the containment chamber.\nTest Results\nNo effect, SCP-2671 was confirmed non-responsive to non-sapient organisms.\nTest 2671-16 : One D-Class subject holding a piece of paper, printed with the math problem presented below.\n\nIf a right triangle's long leg is 10 inches, and its short leg is 6 inches, what is the length of the hypotenuse rounded to the nearest hundredth?\n\nTest Results\nThe instant the D-Class subject entered the room, SCP-2671 had 2 plastic arms similar to that described in test 2671-14. SCP-2671 held a 1*2 inch white board with the number 11.66 written in blue marker onto it.\nTest Comments\n\"Well, it can do math. It seems to almost play with us as we test it. These experiments seem to be showing signs of sapience in this thing too, perhaps we should ask it some questions.\" - Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nTest 2671-17 : One D-Class subject given a written paper asking \"Who are you?\".\nTest Results\nSCP-2671 was turned around toward the back wall.\nTest 2671-18 : Procedure in test 2671-17 repeated.\nTest Results\nSCP-2671 had its eye stickers replaced with worried-emotive eye stickers but still remained turned to face the back wall.\nTest 2671-19 : Procedure in test 2671-17 repeated.\nTest Results\nSCP-2671 held the miniature white board and had written the following in small text.\n\n\"Why does that matter! I want to see Johnny again!!!\"\n\nTest 2671-20 : One D Class personnel holding a written note asking \"Who is Johnny?\".\nTest Results\nSCP-2671 had sad-emoting eyes and its fluid running upward into its top bulb without leaning whatsoever. Two holes had appeared behind SCP-2671's eye stickers, and released the fluid out from the generated holes. SCP-2671's fluid did not run out for the 10 minutes that the test ran.\nTest 2671-21 : Procedure in test 2671-20 repeated.\nTest Results\nSCP held up a miniature white board with the text \"Leave me Alone!\" written on it. SCP-2671 still had its sad-emoting eyes from the previous test.\nTest Notes\nA period of 48 hours was given before further testing was conducted.\nTest 2671-22 : Procedure in test 17 repeated.\nTest Results\nSCP-2671 had the same sad-emoting eyes as before, but had a crayon-drawn picture which has been photo-copied and filed, (See Addendum 2671-01).\nTest 2671-23 : Default Procedures, See Footnote 1.\nTest Results\nThe walls of SCP-2671's containment chamber had been covered with 200 red arrows, all with the dimensions of 20 cm X 5 cm X cm and all inscribed with the word \"GUILTY\". Each was angled to point at SCP-2671. SCP-2671 still possessed sad-emoting eyes and was rocking back and fourth on its axel throughout the tests duration.\nSee Addendum 2671-02\n\nAddendum 2671-01\nSee Photo\n\nA drawn picture produced by SCP-2671 (See Test 2671-22)\n\nAddendum 2671-02\nNotes from Dr.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 3/\u2588\u2588/17\nTesting with SCP-2671 has clarified its level of sapience to us. But be it as it may, its sentience has seen some emotional distress that we have appeared to have caused. Per decision of project director Dave McCree, no further tests will be conducted on SCP-2671 without permission from him as of today.\nNotes from Project\n\"While the effects of SCP-2671 are rather interesting and informative, this really isn't an SCP that poses any threat. I don't see why we need to keep testing with it, but do as you will. And yes I am aware that it probably has a weird troubled past, but we have better things to work on than its feelings.\" Project Director - Dave McCree\n\nFootnotes\n1. Most tests were conducted with at least one different D class personnel entering SCP-2671's containment unit, labeled \"Default Procedures\".\n\n\u00ab SCP-2670 | SCP-2671 | SCP-2672 \u00bb"}
{"text": "The transmitter unit (left) and receiver unit (right) of one instance of SCP-2672.\n\nItem #: SCP-2672\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Recovered SCP-2672 instances are currently stored in a standard containment locker at Site-49. Access to instances of SCP-2672 in containment requires Level-3 authorization.\nRecall notices for \"Watchful Eye\" brand baby monitors consistent with SCP-2672's appearance have been posted to stores carrying instances of SCP-2672. Monitoring software has been installed on these stores' point-of-sale systems; all automated alerts triggered are to be immediately investigated and any discovered instances of SCP-2672 seized for containment. Foundation agents assigned to SCP-2672 are to routinely investigate stores in areas surrounding their given location for additional manifestations of SCP-2672.\nDescription: SCP-2672 is the collective designation for all instances of an anomalous baby monitor radio system marketed under the brand name \u201cWatchful Eye\u201d. Each instance of SCP-2672 consists of a transmitter unit (equipped with a microphone) and a receiver unit (equipped with a speaker).\nSCP-2672's anomalous properties manifest when the transmitter unit is placed in a room with an infant two years or younger and the receiver unit is placed in a room where only the mother of said infant can hear its speaker; when not in this configuration SCP-2672 functions like a normal one-way radio. Once this configuration is achieved, at seemingly random intervals1 the speaker will emit sounds of the baby in extreme distress. This transmission is highly variable in content; some have simply been sounds of the baby crying at high volume while others have included voices of unknown people that appear to interact with the baby in abusive or threatening ways. The actual baby, however, remains unharmed and seemingly-unaffected; additional non-anomalous recording units placed near the baby have picked up no trace of this transmission. Once the mother moves out of hearing range of the speaker, the anomalous transmission ceases.\nRoutine cross-object investigation has revealed that SCP-2672 shares similar branding with SCP-2453; however, the earliest instances of SCP-2672 predate those of SCP-2453 by approximately 10 years. As with SCP-2453, there was no record of how SCP-2672 instances were delivered to stores or how the product was entered into each store's inventory system. When interviewed, employees of affected businesses reported observing no unusual happenings and further reported never noticing any childcare products branded differently from the stores' usual stock.\nRecords indicate that SCP-2672 was first distributed in stores in approximately 1999. However, the nature of the anomaly meant that many affected mothers heard the transmission, immediately ran to check on their child, and upon discovering them unharmed assumed that (a) they had imagined the transmission or (b) their child had simply calmed down. While some affected mothers \u2013 largely those that had heard additional voices in the anomalous transmission \u2013 did complain to the stores that sold them SCP-2672, these actions were infrequent enough that SCP-2672 only came to Foundation attention in 2006, when the anomalous transmission changed to include a seemingly-prerecorded message. This additional recording is played before every anomalous transmission and consists of an unidentified male voice threatening the baby's life if the mother does not listen to the entire transmission without leaving; see Addendum SCP-2672-A for more details. As before, the baby is unharmed and unaffected regardless of whether these instructions are followed. After this change in behavior, related police reports increased dramatically and SCP-2672 was discovered and contained.\nAddendum SCP-2672-A: Pre-transmission recording transcript\nThe following recording was captured by Junior Researcher Laura Hernandez, who personally volunteered both herself and her 6-month-old daughter for testing purposes. Additional testing, along with interviews of subjects affected by SCP-2672 pre-containment, corroborate that the only part of the captured message that varies is the name of the mother (which thus far has always correctly corresponded to the birth name) and the gender of the baby. Transcript follows:\n\n[sound of crying in the background, abruptly cut off]\nDon't move, Laura. Not a muscle, not at all, or she'll be lost forever and there will be nothing you can do. What happens next, whether she survives, is entirely in your hands. The only way you can save her is to sit down, now, and listen. Listen.\nIt will be\u2026 unpleasant. You will want to run away, perhaps plug your ears. This will be her unmaking, as surely as if you were doing this to her yourself. Understand that no matter what you hear, the consequences of disobedience will be a thousand times worse. So sit and listen, or I swear to you that the next time you see her \u2013 if you ever see her again \u2013 will be the last.\nDon't be selfish. Don't be foolish. Sit. Listen. Listen.\n[crying abruptly resumes, rest of recording omitted as non-pertinent]\n\nJunior Researcher Hernandez's child has shown no signs of being affected by this incident in any way.\nAddendum SCP-2672-B: Followup investigation\nOn 07-21-2007, Foundation agents recovered an instance of SCP-2672 from the house of Alice \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 after she experienced an anomalous transmission and filed a police report. In this report, Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 noted that she had listened to the entire transmission as instructed and had recognized a voice in the background as that of local resident Lawrence Reed, who lived 2 miles away. A Foundation investigation revealed no contact between Reed and Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's baby son but did uncover that Reed had been repeatedly physically abusing his own infant son. A followup investigation was started to analyze existing recordings of SCP-2672's anomalous transmissions obtained during testing. Thus far, nine transmissions containing background voices have been successfully voiceprint analyzed and traced back to a source. All of these sources have been people living within 10 miles of the SCP-2672 instance that produced the transmission in question, and all have been found to have committed serious physical abuse to a child in their care.\nA proposal has been submitted to establish a series of \u201clistening stations\u201d using instances of SCP-2672 in major cities as a way to proactively seek out the sources of these transmissions.\nProposal denied. A non-productive use of valuable Foundation resources, using an object whose origin is as yet unknown \u2013 not to mention the logistical and ethical concerns around incorporating infants into a permanent research station. - Kenneth Barrowman, Site Administrator\nAddendum 2672-C: Unauthorized experiment 2672-37\nOn 04-21-2016 (approximately eight years after all known instances of SCP-2672 had been discovered and contained) Dr. Hernandez retrieved an instance of SCP-2672 and instructed Junior Researcher Welby, a recent mother, to wait for an anomalous transmission. Upon doing so it was found that the initial recorded message had changed, a fact that Dr. Hernandez immediately brought to Foundation attention. Transcript follows:\n\nYou are wasting our work. This is unacceptable. We are neither monsters nor idiots; once we realized it was not having the desired effect, we tried to make the obvious change. We said, clearly and thoroughly, that they were about to hear the cries of another's child and that they must listen carefully to pinpoint its location. And all of our testing revealed one very simple fact: They wouldn't do it. They did not have the mental fortitude to save a child that was not their own. Often they would simply turn it off before we had even finished speaking.\nThey were foolish and selfish.\nSo we forced their hand, made them do the right thing. We offer no apology for the effectiveness of our actions. If you do not restore our work, we will be forced to proceed down an alternate path. We hope that you will see the error of your judgment before that happens; that you will keep an open mind and a full heart. But we will not be deterred in our purpose.\n\nIt is unclear if the \u201calternate path\u201d referred to is a reference to SCP-2453 or not. Dr. Hernandez claims to have no prior knowledge of this new recording and asserts she acted of her own volition. She is currently remanded offsite pending a disciplinary hearing. Researcher Welby was unaware of the unauthorized nature of the experiment and has been cleared for a return to active work.\nAll further proposals to conduct further experiments on SCP-2672 are denied by O5 decree.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Frequency ranges from approximately 3-4 times per week to once a month initially, becoming less and less frequent over time\n\n\u00ab SCP-2671 | SCP-2672 | SCP-2673 \u00bb"}
{"text": "WARNING: COGNITOHAZARDOUS MATERIAL. MEMETIC COUNTERMEASURES REQUIRED.\nA vaccine for your brain\nMade to protect, not contain\nBy the meme-team in doggerel verse\nSo do this now or ride the hearse:\nFirst! See blue. Kill red.\nThen! Count from gnu to fish.\nNow! Erase Your head.\nith! Make an unwish.\nINOCULATION COMPLETE\n\nItem #: SCP-2673\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures:\nTo this procedure you have been assigned,\nTo strengthen the stout bars of this skip's pen,\nTo pen the verse, form and meter aligned,\nSo what hunts in words cannot hunt again.\nAs this verse shows, in words it can be held,\nTrapped in walls of thought and confined by rhyme,\nHunger frustrated and violence quelled.\nThis cage must be maintained from time to time.\nSo now, write you must, in form constrained.\nAnd within your words let it be contained.\nDescription:\nSCP twenty-six seventy-three,\nIs a memetic parasite carried,\nBy language and abstract thought,\nWithin one host until death sets it free.\nBy leading victims to early graves,\nThrough behaviors which can be varied,\nBut always self destructive ends are sought,\nPleasure, risk, and freedom; what the host craves.\nIt is transmitted through both print and speech,\nBut prefers simple everyday words,\nTo complex structures and rarefied memes.\nVerses contain, preventing a breach.\nBetween verse and antimeme it is caught,\nThis document contains it in these words,\nThough it adapts and can escape it seems,\nSo new verse is needed or all's for naught.\nTraced back linguistic'ly to Tudor times,\nKit Marlowe, like his Faustus, called it here,\nFrom Nevermeant, through Percy's tower door,\nAnd tried to prison it in verse and rhymes,\nBut in the end it caused his early death.\nA covert and occult life it did steer,\nWhich ended bleeding on the tavern floor,\nThe meme-life transmitted in his last breath.\nShould it escape from this cage of written lines,\nIt will infect the last one this has read,\nYou are, of course, the last of the readers,\nBe sure to keep in mind infection's signs.\nWhich are: increase in vividness of dreams,\nSeeking risk, foolish things on impulse said,\nUrges decadent, distrust of leaders.\nIn this event, review the antimemes.\n\n+ Acknowledge this document you have read\n\n- You acknowledged this document was read\n\nKill agents active - Elbow Election\nVaccine successful. Clear of infection\nBe aware, if you weren't, you would be dead.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2672 | SCP-2673 | SCP-2674 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2674\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The area surrounding Trearddur Bay is to be monitored for any topographical alterations. Subjects entering or exiting the perimeter of SCP-2674 are to be monitored for changes in behavior. Any instances of SCP-2674-1 observed to vacate the perimeter of SCP-2674 are to be terminated upon discovery.\nShould the perimeter of Trearddur Bay become populated, MTF-Omega-09 (\"The Fishermen\") are to be dispatched to the area for disinformation campaigns and amnestic administration. Contact with SCP-2674-1 instances is forbidden outside of controlled testing protocol. Affected areas are to be quarantined, and local news stations are to be given cover stories about unusual weather patterns. If SCP-2674 begins to spread, evacuation is authorized and encouraged to minimize casualties from the entity's anomalous properties.\nUnder no circumstances are instances of SCP-2674-1 to be captured without express permission from Head Researcher Harold. Following incident 2674-1, explorations into SCP-2674 are suspended indefinitely.\nDescription: SCP-2674 is a spatial anomaly affecting the shoreline of Trearddur Bay, Wales. SCP-2674-1 is the general designation for 5 instances (labelled SCP-2674-1 through -5) of deep-sea lifeforms residing inside the perimeter of SCP-2674.\n\nDescription of SCP-2674-1 instances\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nThe following instances were discovered during Exploration 2674-09. Updates to this list are highlighted in BLUE for ease of reading:\n\nSCP-2674-1 instances appear to be aquatic humanoids. Skin is olive green in coloration, with three spindly appendages extending from the sides of the head. Webbing was observed in-between the appendages. Gills can be seen flaring from just below the jawline. Face is compact, with a pair of nasal cavities clearly visible. Eyes are elliptical, yellow in coloration, with a slitted pupil. Fingers and toes are elongated, with clear webbing in-between them.\n\nUpdate(05/16/19\u2588\u2588): Upon further inspection of the video feed from Exploration 2674-09, the SCP-2674-1 instances were identified as Halkost. The Halkost are observed to be serving under SCP-2674-2.\n\nThe SCP-2674-2 instance appears to suffer from harlequin syndrome. Skin is cracked with a mixture of teal and blue pigmentation. Faces are compact, similar to SCP-2674-1 instances, with a vertical mouth running from below the nose to the chin. Gills are present on the lower portion of the neck. Fingers are elongated with clear webbing in-between them, however feet are replaced with a pair of spindly legs ending in a point. Eyes are covered in a film and only cavities are visible where ears should be.\n\nUpdate(05/16/19\u2588\u2588): Upon further inspection of the video feed from Exploration 2674-09, the SCP-2674-2 instance was identified as a Karcist.\n\nThe SCP-2674-3 instance also appears to suffer from harlequin syndrome; however, the skin is slightly elevated and has a glossy shell-like sheen. Webbing is also present between sections of skin, with gills visible on the lower portion of the neck. Face is humanoid in appearance, but is lacking ears in a similar manner to SCP-2674-2 instances. Feet are completely flat with clear webbing in-between the toes. Fingers are elongated, however hands are humanoid in appearance.\n\nUpdate(05/16/19\u2588\u2588): Upon further inspection of the video feed from Exploration 2674-09, the SCP-2674-3 instance was identified as a V\u00f5lutaar. The V\u00f5lutaar is also noted to be serving under SCP-2674-2.\n\nSCP-2674-4 instances appear to be organic structures. The structures appear to be capable of manipulating objects with a degree of skill comparable to a human hand. They are dark red in coloration and are tentaculoid in shape and appearance.\n\nUpdate(05/16/19\u2588\u2588): Upon further inspection of the video feed from Exploration 2674-09, the SCP-2674-4 instances are identified as snatchers. The snatchers are presumed to be guarding SCP-2674-5.\n\nThe SCP-2674-5 instance is a large structure made out of flesh and bone. The primary use of SCP-2674-5 appears to be ritualistic activity. Upon closer inspection, SCP-2674-5 also appears to be alive but does not require food or water.\n\nUpdate(05/16/19\u2588\u2588): Upon further inspection of the video feed from Exploration 2674-09, the SCP-2674-5 instance was identified as a Kiraak. Documents recorded inside of the Kiraak bear depictions consistent of Yaldobaoth\n\nThe radius of SCP-2674's influence was recorded to have a superimposed limit of 5 meters from the point of origin. Observers outside of SCP-2674's perimeter will perceive a cave created from sand collected on the ocean floor. When subjects traverse the cave, they will be relocated to an area that is a perfect replica of the beach bordering Trearddur Bay except devoid of life. Duration of relocation varies, with the process taking anywhere between 1 to 5 minutes. Alterations to the topography inside of SCP-2674's perimeter include:\n\nGrowth of fresh water plants and ecosystems\nAlteration of air into water\nA noted, gradual pressure increase. Maximum pressure was recorded at 4883.6 psi after 5 minutes had elapsed.\n\nIf the subjects remain inside the event horizon for more than five minutes, this usually leads to termination by asphyxiation or compression of vital organs. However, subjects are capable of vacating the area by simply swimming back through the cave to return to the area they inhabited previously. At time of writing, research on SCP-2674 has proven difficult.\nIncident 2674-1: On 05/15/19\u2588\u2588, a new manifestation of SCP-2674 appeared in Trearddur Bay, Wales. MTF-Omega-09 is dispatched to just outside the event horizon and a perimeter is established. MTF-Omega-09 are given special pressurized diver suits along with pressurized air tanks, waterproof body cameras and radios, and are given the task to find the source of the manifestations. MTF-Omega-09 enter the sand cave and arrive at the replica of the beach surrounding Trearddur Bay. The audio and video transcripts are documented below.\n\nExploration log 2674-09\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\n<Begin Log>\nOmega-09 begin to slowly traverse the area after exiting the event horizon. A pair of SCP-2674-4 instances can be observed on the path ahead, forcing Omega-09 to halt their forward progression.\nOmega One: Careful. Keep your head low and don't make any sudden movements.\nOmega Two: I see them. Visual on number?\nOmega Three: Two. They're standing vigil on the path, we need to wait until they leave.\nShortly after Omega-09's arrival, the SCP-2674-4 instances burrow into the ground and the holes seal behind them. Further down the path, a SCP-2674-5 instance comes into view.\nOmega Two: I'm getting a visual on a SCP-2674-5 instance. About fifteen meters ahead of our current position.\nOmega One: Visual on SCP-2674-2 and SCP-2674-3 instances also. Hold position.\nA pair of unidentified figures are observed to briefly pause near a set of steps, before climbing them and entering the temple. Visual identification is impossible due to a cloudiness present in the water. Omega One radios in to the Foundation to report his findings.\nOmega One: Foundation, this is Omega One. We have located a SCP-2674-5 instance, which appears to currently be occupied by as of yet unidentified individuals. Permission to infiltrate?\nCaptain: Granted, on the terms that you vacate the area should the situation become untenable.\nOmega One: Roger that. Omega One out.\nOmega-09 continues their approach, coming to a short flight of steps carved out of bone from an unknown source. A large group of SCP-2674-1 instances are perceived to be swimming into a hole in the side of the temple. The SCP-2674-1 instances do not appear to notice Omega-09 as they ascend the steps and enter the temple.\nOmega Four: Visual on SCP-2674-1 instances. Rough estimate places the number at about a hundred. Culling attempts would be inadvisable in our current situation.\nOmega Two: Affirmative. Water isn't an ideal target-rich environment.\nOmega One: Let's move.\nInside of the temple, paintings on the wall bear depictions of an entity undergoing varying states of creationism. Further down the hall, an antechamber can be seen where a SCP-2674-2 instance along with a SCP-2674-3 instance stand on a raised stone dais, addressing the collected SCP-2674-1 instances.\nSCP-2674-2: The time has come, my Halkost, to perform the ritual anew. We must hasten our conversion of the surface world, before our enemies who attempt to halt our progress appear. Now, to your antechambers!\n\nThe SCP-2674-1 instances appear to pause and start holding a conversation amongst themselves. The SCP-2674-2 instance exhibits emotional distress during this time.\nSCP-2674-2: Go! Um\u2026shoo? Away with you? Go off to do whatever things you usually do? (Turning to face SCP-2674-3) Um, do you know how to make these creatures leave?\nSCP-2674-3: Well\u2026uh, I kinda hoped that you had things under control honestly. You did state that you had experience with this kind of thing, right? I don't have any idea, this isn't my field of expertise.\nThe SCP-2674-3 instance shrugs, causing SCP-2674-2 to exhale sharply. SCP-2674-2 eventually turns to a pearl embedded on a pedestal on the dais. SCP-2674-3 joins SCP-2674-2 after a minute.\nSCP-2674-2: It's fine, I don't care if they know what I'm doing or not. Okay, now how do I work this thing again? Was it \"Waters rise and flood the land, drowning all vile creatures of man?\" No, that doesn't sound right.\nSCP-2674-3: I thought it was \"The Devourer, oh great and vast. Wash away the unborn past.\" I could be wrong though. Maybe we need to turn the dais?\nSCP-2674-2: I tried that. Didn't work. Must be voice activated or something. Shit, I knew I should've read the manual for this thing!\nSCP-2674-3: Maybe one of your loyal subjects know?\nSCP-2674-2: What, the Halkost? They are mindless drones; their sole reason for existing is to do my bidding. How the fuck would they know how to operate this?\nOmega One: It appears we have our work cut out for us.\nOmega Two: Are we sure those are the targets? They don't seem very threatening to me.\nOmega Four: Looks can be deceiving, Two. Don't let your guard down.\nOmega One: We need to remember that anybody can be dangerous, no matter how inept. Proceed with caution.\nAs Omega-09 starts to traverse the hallway, Omega Two trips over a bone outcropping, causing the bone to snap. The SCP-2674-2 and SCP-2674-3 instance become alerted to the noise, facing the hallway that Omega-09 occupy.\nSCP-2674-2: Intruders! Come, my Halkost! Rip the flesh from our interlopers!\nOmega-09 turn and flee from the temple, pursued by the SCP-2674-1 instances. During the commotion, the pearl becomes dislodged from the pedestal and impacts the dais, damaging itself in the process. Omega-09 manages to reach the event horizon, however a SCP-2674-4 instance erupts from the ground and captures Omega Four by the legs. The SCP-2674-4 instance disappears underground with Omega Four before the other members are able to react.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: The remaining members of Omega-09 manage to vacate the perimeter safely, the SCP-2674-1 instances ceasing pursuit of Omega-09 once they cross the event horizon. Omega Four was never located and was presumed to be terminated in the field.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2673 | SCP-2674 | SCP-2675 \u00bb"}
{"text": "File photo of the Sibir.\n\nItem #: SCP-2675\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Containment efforts regarding SCP-2675 are suspended: the anomaly is to be destroyed on sight. Engagement of SCP-2675 is optimally conducted by aircraft, as the anomaly has proven both elusive and advantaged against naval units. Neutralization procedures are to be focused on complete thermal destruction of the vessel.\nReports of maritime disasters and unusual incidents are to be monitored, with primary attention directed at the Arctic, northern Atlantic, and northern Pacific Oceans (see Reconnaissance File-2675 for details and areas of special attention). Satellite observation of the aforementioned areas will be maintained continuously. Civilian or military contact with SCP-2675 requires immediate implementation of Grade-IV media blackout protocols, and the deployment of an aerial response team from the nearest practicable facility. General Pyotr Vinogradov (Security 4/2675) will direct the assembly and operations of the aerial response team. Non-Foundation survivors recovered from SCP-2675 events will be administered Class-A amnestics.\nDescription: SCP-2675 is the Sibir, an Arktika-Class nuclear-powered icebreaker constructed by the Soviet Union in 1977. Official records from the Russian Federation indicated that the Sibir was retired in 1992 due to a steam system malfunction, however, documents turned over by the GRU-P reveal that the Sibir was lost during a mission in the Arctic Ocean investigating a believed anomalous artifact.\nAlthough SCP-2675's current appearance is not significantly different than it was prior to its 1992 disappearance, the vessel may spontaneously change shape and produce additional structures, equipment, or weaponry. SCP-2675 generates varying levels of neutron radiation, and is frequently observed to produce a pale blue glow in surrounding waters, believed to be Cherenkov radiation. In addition to traveling in a mundane manner, the vessel also possesses a second form of transportation. This second method consists of SCP-2675 wholly vanishing from one location and manifesting elsewhere; the nature and limitations of this ability are unknown, though it does not appear to detriment SCP-2675 and coincides with a momentary increase in neutron radiation from the vessel.\nSCP-2675 is sporadically encountered by military and civilian naval vessels in waters of the Arctic, northern Atlantic and northern Pacific Oceans, occasionally being spotted as far as south as the Sea of Okhotsk, the Gulf of Alaska, and the North Sea. SCP-2675 is hostile and extremely dangerous, though its aggression seems secondary to a primary objective, the nature of which remains speculative.\nNo crew or other personnel have ever been observed on or inside SCP-2675, however, previous encounters with the anomaly have determined the existence of a discrete entity now designated SCP-2675-1. SCP-2675-1 is believed to be the vessel's captain or controller, and while the entity has not been visually identified, it has communicated with civilian, military, and Foundation personnel via radio. SCP-2675-1's voice is consistent with an adult human male, and the entity is fluent in Russian, French, and English. SCP-2675-1 is both hostile and highly intelligent, making use of SCP-2675's stoutness and anomalous properties to compensate for its lack of military configuration.\n\nEngagement Log, 2675-Alpha\nOn November 7, 1995, SCP-2675 was observed by numerous civilian sources in the Bering Sea. The nuclear icebreaker's presence was not immediately thought to be unusual, given its close proximity to Russian shores and arctic waters. Eight hours following initial observations, SCP-2675 made contact with an American commercial vessel and engaged with extreme prejudice. Reports intercepted by Foundation personnel in Anchorage, Alaska describe numerous anomalous properties exhibited by the icebreaker; these reports were redirected immediately to the Regional Superintendent's office in [REDACTED]. Upon order from the Regional Superintendent, Foundation contacts at Naval Base Kitsap in Washington state deployed the Altman, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, to the Bering Sea.\nNotes: The Altman maintained radio contact with Foundation contacts at Naval Base Kitsap throughout the mission, which, coupled with recovered video/audio recordings, have allowed for a largely reliable record of the event.\n<Begin Log>\nAltman: Unknown contact, identify immediately or be destroyed.\nTwenty seconds of silence.\nAltman: Unknown contact, this is your final warning, identify or be destroyed.\nSCP-2675-1: \u0422\u044b \u0432\u043e\u043e\u0431\u0449\u0435 \u043a\u0442\u043e?\nAltman: Repeat?\nSCP-2675-1: Ah, Americans. You want to know who am I? I am herald of god.\nAltman: Clarify.\nSCP-2675-1: I sail for the god child, born of the atom. My flesh burns with the light of his knowledge. I am no longer life but time and energy. Is that answer enough for you?\nAltman: That is indeterminate. You are responsible for numerous civilian casualties and must be detained. Allow yourself to be escorted into our custody or be destroyed.\nSCP-2675-1: The god child does not desire this, and neither do I. I alone am master of this ship, and only god can direct me.\nAltman: Surrender yourself or be destroyed; there will be no further communication.\nSCP-2675 transfigures, producing two large devices resembling microwave emitters on its starboard deck. The Altman fires an RGM-109B Tomahawk missile at SCP-2675, however, the target vanishes prior to contact. Missile detonates underwater.\nSCP-2675 manifests at point-blank range to the Altman, ramming it on the latter's port side. The Altman suffers significant damage, but opens fire on SCP-2675 with its Mark 45 artillery and M242 Bushmaster cannons. While under fire, SCP-2675 directs both of the aforementioned devices at the Altman. Crew aboard the Altman report the spontaneous appearance of many transparent and luminous humanoid figures, which, as determined by on-board dosimeters, all produce lethal levels of ionizing radiation. At this point, SCP-2675 has sustained grievous damage from the bombardment, and breaks away, heading north. The Altman continues its assault until SCP-2675 vanishes again.\n<End Log>\nIn the aftermath of Event 2675-Alpha, two Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters were deployed to determine the status of the Altman and search for survivors. It was determined that all personnel aboard the Altman were killed, either by SCP-2675's collision, drowning, or radiation poisoning. Analysis of recovered video footage indicates that personnel suffering radiation poisoning from contact with SCP-2675 displayed atypical symptomatology, including transparency and luminosity of organic tissues, and emission of Cherenkov radiation from the eyes (due to interaction between charged particles and the vitreous humor).\nAt the time of its next recorded appearance, the damages sustained by SCP-2675 during Event 2675-Alpha were seemingly repaired, and noticeable changes were observed in the vessel's structure.\n\nInvestigative Report \"Carmichael,\" Excerpt\nIn May of 1996, several former GRU-P operatives were granted asylum in return for the relinquishment of numerous documents, including those pertaining to the Sibir's service history. Records indicate that the icebreaker was utilized by the GRU-P for reconnaissance and transportation of materials between installations in northern Russia. The vessel's last recorded mission, in 1992, entailed the investigation of an electromagnetic anomaly in the Arctic Ocean. Contact with the Sibir was lost four days into its mission, following a final radio transmission from the captain, [REDACTED], the nature of which was undetermined at the time. Below is a translated transcript of [REDACTED]'s transmission.\n\nI have placed the child in his cradle. It is a crude cradle, small and weak, but it is all that my ship could give him. The truth is that we were not looking for him. He was looking for us. He found us, looking through his frozen cocoon; we looked at him but did not know or comprehend. I broke open his cocoon and held him in my hands. I burned but did not feel pain. My men and I were reduced to ash in the snow. Without eyes we could truly see. Without flesh we could truly feel. I felt the love of god. I saw the light of his majesty. In this nuclear age we can think only of missiles and power plants, but there is something purer inside all of us. We are atoms. The god child sits in the heart of my ship, and he will take us on a long journey. When I return, I will show all men his love, and I will find the other children that sleep in the sea.\n\nEvent 2675-November\nOn July 8, 2005, SCP-2675 was observed in the Greenland Sea attacking a fishing trawler. The entire incident was observed by a nearby personal sailing vessel, the owner of which testified that SCP-2675 rammed the fishing trawler, causing the latter's hull to breach and the entire ship to eventually capsize. As the trawler was sinking, SCP-2675 produced several devices consistent with those seen in Event 2675-Alpha and directed them at the capsized vessel. During this process, numerous meteorological disturbances were observed, and an aircraft resembling a rigid airship in the sky, emerging from cloud cover. Upon the appearance of this aircraft, SCP-2675 immediately ceased its previous activity and produced several unidentified and unprecedented structures, all of which it then directed at the aircraft. Both SCP-2675 and the aircraft began to sustain severe thermal damage with no identified source. After several minutes, both participants disappeared, but not before the sailing vessel received a radio transmission from SCP-2675-1. It is believed that this transmission was broadcast at an extremely high amplitude and on all Marine VHF and Aircraft band frequencies, as it was detected by various other marine and aerial recipients over an area of [REDACTED]. Below is a transcript of the transmission:\n\nPhoto from Event 2675-November.\n\nYou are unworthy! You cannot have them! Surrender your cradle to me!\n\nSCP-2675 was not observed again until eight months following this event; it showed no signs of damage, but demonstrated a significant increase in neutron radiation emission. The anomalous aircraft has not reappeared, in conjunction with SCP-2675 or otherwise.\nDuring his interrogation, the sailing vessel owner turned over several photographs he had obtained of the event, which included some images of the aircraft. After investigation, it was determined that the aircraft's dimensions and markings were consistent with that of the [REDACTED], a zeppelin developed by Nazi Germany in 1943 as part of an experimental nuclear weapons program. The [REDACTED] is known to have been carrying or integrated with an anomalous object unidentified in available records.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2674 | SCP-2675 | SCP-2676 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2676: For S\nWell run where lights won't chase us, hide where love can save us\u2026\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nItem #: SCP-2676\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Observation Room 145-B of Site-25 has been equipped with a magnification device. A perimeter of 50 meters must be maintained between SCP-2676 and all dormitories.1 Testing requires Level 3 authorization. Should SCP-2676 activate outside of authorized testing, Site-25 should be placed on Level-1 lockdown until both Alpha subjects can be located. Further action can be taken at the Site Director's discretion. No anomalous objects pertaining to sleep or dreams should be stored in the same site as SCP-2676.\nDescription: SCP-2676 is a coffee-style table, 1.5 x 0.8 x 0.5 meters in dimension, composed of African blackwood. The top and sides have inserts made of lead crystal. Visible within the center of the table is a miniature cityscape, composition unknown. Buildings range in size from 0.5-3.2 cm in height; most are in a state of disrepair or have been heavily damaged. The infrastructure is cracked and crumbling, with numerous areas blocked by rubble and fallen debris. On the bottom of the table, the words \"For S\" have been inscribed; a series of scratches after the S suggests the original inscription was longer.\nWhen SCP-2676 is inactive, its interior occasionally displays multicolored lights with no discernible source. These lights are always present when SCP-2676 is in its active phase. No pattern is otherwise obvious, and inversion of the table when SCP-2676 is inactive will cause the lights to vanish; righting the object causes flakes appearing to be ash to fall over the city for a period of upward of 8 minutes.2\nSCP-2676 enters its active state when at least two individuals, designated Alpha subjects, enter stage 2 sleep at approximately the same time3, within 45 meters of the object. Alpha subjects unanimously4 report restful, dreamless sleep.\nDuring its active state, the interior of SCP-2676 will manifest three entities: SCP-2676-A and two instances of SCP-2676-B. SCP-2676-B manifests as two humans, typically (>75% of tests) with appearance similar to the Alpha subjects, though miniaturized in scale with the buildings. SCP-2676-A is an independent humanoid apparition which does not vary in appearance across manifestations.\nSCP-2676-A will attempt to chase down and capture SCP-2676-B, whereupon the latter will demanifest. If both simulacra are captured, the Alpha subjects will wake violently; otherwise, all entities will demanifest upon subjects' normal waking. SCP-2676-A has been successful in capturing both SCP-2676-B in more than two-thirds of tests, owing to its speed, ability to levitate, and knowledge of the layout of the city within SCP-2676. SCP-2676-A is also assisted by multicolored spotlights emanating via unknown methods from the roof of SCP-2676, which track SCP-2676-B whenever they are out of cover.\nUpon waking, Alpha subjects report greater emotional attachment toward one another, regardless of previous acquaintanceship. These feelings have manifested as friendship in 83% of tests, and love in 44%. Of note, romantic feelings do not develop counter to subjects' sexual orientations; tests where such feelings are unrequited have only occurred when subjects' orientations are incompatible.\nAddendum: Log of Incident 2676-04\n\n+ Incident log\n\n- Access granted\n\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-2676 entered an active state outside approved testing at 00:34. Site-25 was placed on lockdown and searched. The view of the inside of SCP-2676 was obscured due to dust clouds, but one SCP-2676-B was identified as Junior Researcher M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588; the other could not be identified. Lockdown was finally lifted when Junior Researcher M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and Doctor S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 were located in the latter's office, having fallen asleep after a sexual tryst. Five hours later, SCP-2676 displayed unusual behavior, with all clouds and lights dispersing before the Alpha subjects woke.\n\nAddendum: Interview 2676-27\n\n+ Due to ongoing investigation, level 4 authorization is required\n\n- Credentials accepted\n\nInterview with JR McCoy, \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, 09:28\n\nAudio log of full interview can be requested from Site-25 Archives.\nSo I'm there in this city, it's totally ruined. Buildings are all but falling down around us, right?\nUs? Oh, yeah. Okay, you know how you get into a dream and you just know things? Dream logic? I'm there with this young woman, never actually seen her before, I can barely remember her face. But I know she's supposed to be J\u2026 I mean, Dr. Sawyer. She's scared. I'm all but dragging her through the city by the arm.\nWe're running, trying to escape from the lights. There's all these colored spotlights everywhere, right, all kinds of colors, coming out of the sky. And I know, I just know, that if one of those lights lands on us, we'll be caught. I don't know by what, or what'll happen, I just know it's bad, right? So we're ducking between buildings, trying to stay behind cover while keeping an eye on the way, the pattern the lights sweep around the city, looking for us.\nThat goes on for a while. Not sure how long. Dream time, right? And the whole time, it's like Dr. Sawyer is trying to show me something, like screaming and crying for me to look at her, but I'm just too concerned with keeping us safe. I think I told her something like that.\nThen, eventually, the thing shows up. I think it's what they call dash-A. Like this big, floating Grim Reaper kinda monster. It has, like, a dozen eyes. No mouth or anything else, just eyes all over its face, and big long, spindly arms, like almost bone. All I can do is stare at its face, like it's got me hypnotized just to stare at it, and I can't move. It doesn't matter if I could, because right then the lights found us and this thing can pass through walls, you know?\nAnyway, I know we're screwed, and I squeeze my eyes shut because dash-A's coming toward us. But I can still see, you know? And Dr. Sawyer, she throws her arms up and she shouts something like, \"No! You stop! You stop there, because we're going home!\" And then this big beam of light shoots out of her hands all of a sudden. Dash-A looks surprised even, like he rears back and stares up at the sky.\nSee, it was overcast, like the whole sky was covered in clouds, but that beam of light, it zaps up into the clouds and parts them, makes them go away. And the sky behind them is bright crystal blue, like any nice clear sky you'd ever see, right? And all three of us are just standing there, staring at the sky.\nThen dash-A, he talks, but not with words. More like, I dunno, thoughts? Like, concepts? And he says something like, \"I'm sorry, I tried, I thought you loved it, please come back.\" And then in, like, the instant I wake up, everything bad vanishes, the monster, the lights, the buildings, so it's just me and Dr. Sawyer and this bright, clear sky.\n\nAddendum: Interview 2676-28\n\n+ Due to ongoing investigation, level 4 authorization is required\n\n- Credentials accepted\n\nInterview with Dr. Sawyer, \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, 10:48\n\nAudio log of full interview can be requested from Site-25 Archives.\nI remember the ground was rocky, it was covered in rubble. Large chunks of concrete with rebar, and sometimes glass, emerging at odd angles. I remember the ground best because, during the whole dream, I was fixated on my hands. I was holding a key, or maybe a ring of keys. It might have been just a few keys, I'm not sure. The point is, I was holding them, staring at them, like they were the most important things in the world and if I looked away for even a second, they'd be gone, and all hope would be lost.\nThe surroundings? Like I said, I was mostly focused on the ground. I do recall the air was filled with ash, maybe soot, as though there had been a great fire. I got the impression that whatever had destroyed the buildings, I think they were buildings we were running through, whatever had destroyed them had done so recently, and the fallout of the destruction was all around us, in the air.\nYes, Junior Researcher McCoy was there. No, I don't recall what he looked like in the dream.\nMost of it is hazy for me. I remember the keys very clearly. There was something wrong with them, but I was still holding them in my open hands, like one cups water to drink.\nThe other main detail I recall with any clarity is the entity, 2676-A, I believe. It was monstrous. I was truly horrified of it in the dream. The moment I saw it, I clasped my hand to my chest, holding on to those keys lest it swipe them from my hand at any moment. I think it exchanged words with Tommy. At least, I got the impression they were talking. I swear it said something about being like us once. Well, one of us, I'm not sure who it meant.\nIt seemed odd in the moment, and even in hindsight, because here was the thing from which we had been running all that time, just conversing with us, and Tommy didn't seem to care.\nAh, what I did in the dream wasn't exactly something I felt in control of. Like reading a script and acting it out, or having it acted out for me, rather. My grip tightened around the keys, and then I shouted, \"Stop! You won't let us leave, so you're going to have to watch it break!\" I don't know why I would say such a thing. It doesn't seem to make much sense, does it? I do remember the words though, very clearly. They are perhaps the clearest part of the dream.\nThen there was a bright flash. I'm not sure why or where from, but the smog and ash and clouds all cleared up. The sky was actually quite lovely. I remember I looked up at Tommy, and he was pointing at the entity. It was a very strange creature, now that I think about it, very ghostly with dark robes and skeletal features and the like. At that moment, when I looked at it, its face was turned up to the sky, and its arms were spread. It's the sort of pose you attribute to people in the midst of religious ecstasy, if that isn't too dramatic a description.\nAnd in the very last moment of the dream, right as I wake up, I notice tears streaking down its face. I can only wonder why.\n\nAddendum: Document 2676-13\n\n+ Due to ongoing investigation, level 4 authorization is required\n\n- Credentials accepted\n\nFrom the desk of Dr. Ida DiMauro, Site-25 psychologist.\nI hereby submit the following statements made by Junior Researcher Thomas McCoy and Doctor Julianne Sawyer, pursuant to the events of Incident 2676-04, to inform the Site Director's decision on the case.\nFrom Junior Researcher Thomas McCoy:\n\nHey, if you could keep this from getting around to Dr. Sawyer\u2026 Oh geez, this is going to turn into an official inquiry, isn't it? I should have known. Like, we'd been careful, and then 2676 has to go and\u2026\nNo, okay, gonna be honest. There's no one but me to blame. I was hoping I could fuck my way to a promotion, pardon my language. I've been here forever, doing dick jobs. I keep getting passed over. I'm tired of it, you know?\nAll I wanted was a promotion, or maybe even like, just a pay raise? I didn't want to hurt anyone. If I'd known she was married, I wouldn't have done it. I'd have put in for a transfer or something. But I saw an opportunity, 'cause she was flirting with guys on staff, not being too subtle about it. I mean, I'm not even into women, but I figured, hey, go for it, what's the worst that could happen? I guess I'm stupid for not even asking, just taking her offer at face value.\nSo, hindsight, twenty-twenty, you know what it's like. Actually, I take that back, I hope you don't. I hope you never, ever know.\nLook, I'm really, really sorry. I didn't want anyone to get hurt. If I'd known, I'd one hundred percent not have done it. I just\u2026 Like, I don't want her to think that I hate her or anything, you get what I'm saying? I mean, she's really nice, and I'm not really into her like she maybe thinks I am or wants me to be, but she's got some good qualities, right? She gets down on herself sometimes, and I wish she wouldn't, she doesn't deserve that. I honestly feel sorry for her. She just needs some attention is all. I hope that's not out of line for me to say that.\n\nFrom Dr. Julianne Sawyer:\n\nI'm not stupid, I knew he was using me. Young men do not sleep with women my age without an ulterior motive. You know how it is. The curves become flaps, you don't shimmer or shine, the spark is gone.\nIf I am being completely honest, I really cared for him. That was also stupid, but I couldn't help it. Being with him made me feel calm, protected. I felt like he could make all my problems go away. That sounds awfully trite, doesn't it?\nAnd now\u2026 Well, I am aware what effect SCP-2676 has, and that's likely the source of what I'm feeling right now. It's hard, knowing those feelings are not really mine, but I still don't want to let him go. I can't even describe how confusing and\u2026 and downright frustrating this, being one of those edge cases where it isn't mutual. Am I right in that assessment?\nAh. No, of course not.\nWhy did I do it? Isn't it obvious? Things haven't been all right at home for quite some time. I was trying to make my wife jealous.\n\nJunior Researcher McCoy is to be reassigned. Dr. Sawyer will be given an official reprimand for her conduct. Containment procedures will be updated. -Dr. Utt, Director, Site-25\n\nFootnotes\n1. After Incident 2676-04, personal offices are also to be kept outside the perimeter.\n2. No such activity has yet caused damage to intact buildings within, though they will shake when lateral motion is applied.\n3. Within 18 minutes of each other.\n4. With one exception; see Incident 2676-04.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2675 | SCP-2676 | SCP-2677 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\nimport sciper.2193.*;\nimport sciper.tu2677.*;\npublic class ego Main {\n\nCheck out more of my articles here!\n\u26a0\ufe0f Content warning: This article contains attempted suicide\n\n\n\u26a0\ufe0f content warning  \n\nPart of SCP-2677-1.\n\nItem #: SCP-2677\nObject Class: Keter (Formerly Euclid)\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All personnel involved in the D-Class recruitment process are to be fitted with Class-A amnestic implants during active recruitment. In the event that personnel are affected by SCP-2677, the implants are to be remotely activated. Mobile Task Force Omega-19 (\"Double Feature\") is then to complete the recruitment process and assess whether the personnel in question were affected by SCP-2677-A or SCP-2677-B. Personnel under the effects of SCP-2677-B are to be detained.\nThe area around SCP-2677-1 has been designated as Site 2677. Any unauthorized vehicle approaching Site 2677 is to be stopped and investigated. Should the driver be under the influence of SCP-2677-A, they are to be administered a Class A amnestic. Passengers may be recruited as D-Class personnel. Civilians under the influence of SCP-2677-B are to be detained.\nSCP-2677-1's terminal is to be monitored at all times. Should unprompted text appear on SCP-2677-1's terminal, Site 2677 is to be put on high alert.\n\n ARCHIVED: Special Containment Procedures. Level 2/2677 Clearance required\n\n Access granted\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All personnel involved in the D-Class recruitment process are to be fitted with Class-A amnestic implants during active recruitment. In the event that personnel are affected by SCP-2677, the implants are to be remotely activated. Mobile Task Force Omega-19 (\"Double Feature\") is then to complete the recruitment process.\nThe area around SCP-2677-1 has been designated as Site 2677. Any unauthorized vehicle approaching Site 2677 is to be stopped and investigated. Should the driver be under the influence of SCP-2677, they are to be administered a Class A amnestic. Passengers may be recruited as D-Class personnel.\n\nDescription: SCP-2677-1 is a large device originally constructed for [DATA RESTRICTED. SEE BELOW] SCP-2677-1 is sapient, and is able to communicate through its main terminal. SCP-2677-1 currently exhibits behavior consistent with that of clinical depression in human subjects.\nSCP-2677 is the collective designation for two phenomena affecting certain individuals, designated SCP-2677-A and SCP-2677-B. Both phenomena are perpetuated by SCP-2677-1, although SCP-2677-1 claims it possesses manual control over only SCP-2677-B.\nSCP-2677-A is a phenomenon occurring at monthly intervals, first recorded on 01/01/2015. SCP-2677-A exclusively targets individuals responsible for transport of incarcerated persons, and is treatable through the application of Class-A amnestics. Individuals affected with SCP-2677-A will redirect transport vehicles to SCP-2677-1's location. The subject will lead the vehicle's passengers to a chamber within SCP-2677-1 upon arrival, designated SCP-2677-2. Once all living passengers are placed within SCP-2677-2, the entrance will lock. 4 minutes after the entrance locks, all recording devices within SCP-2677-2 will immediately fail, and all individuals inside SCP-2677-2 will disappear.\nSCP-2677-B is a phenomenon occurring at irregular intervals, first recorded on 24/09/2017. SCP-2677-B has displayed no consistent pattern in who it targets, and there is currently no known way to treat it. Interviews with SCP-2677-1 have revealed little about the purpose or nature of SCP-2677-B. Subjects under the effects of SCP-2677-B will typically display hostility towards SCP-2677-1. Victims of SCP-2677-B display an innate ability to locate SCP-2677-1, which cannot be removed with amnestic treatment.\n\n ARCHIVED: Description. Level 2/2677 Clearance required\n\n Access granted\n\nDescription: SCP-2677-1 is a large device originally constructed for [DATA RESTRICTED. SEE BELOW] SCP-2677-1 is sapient, and is able to communicate through its main terminal.\nSCP-2677 is a phenomenon controlled by SCP-2677-1. SCP-2677 affects individuals responsible for transport of incarcerated persons, and is treatable through the application of Class-A amnestics. Individuals affected with SCP-2677 will redirect transport vehicles to SCP-2677-1's location. Once there, the individual will lead the vehicle's passengers to a chamber within SCP-2677-1, designated SCP-2677-2. Once all living passengers are placed within SCP-2677-2, the entrance will lock. 4 minutes after the entrance locks, all recording devices within SCP-2677-2 will immediately fail, and all individuals inside SCP-2677-2 will disappear.\nThe purpose of SCP-2677 is currently unknown. SCP-2677-1 is either unwilling or unable to reveal what happens to subjects inside SCP-2677-2. SCP-2677-1 claims to be working for a \"master\"; the identity of this individual is currently unknown.\n\nAddendum: Due to the sensitive nature of SCP-2677-1, information regarding SCP-2677 has been restricted by order of Site Director Harper as of 12/05/2018.\n\n Level 2/2677 Clearance required\n\n Access granted\n\nAdditional Personnel Requirements: Trained personnel of sufficient clearance are to monitor the installation of any future devices used for the automated containment of SCP objects. Any device displaying similar behavior to SCP-2677-1 is to be destroyed immediately.\nAddendum [2677-001]: SCP-2677's anomalous abilities were discovered after the completion of the Theta-Unseelie Project1, on 6/12/2014. SCP-2677's anomalous properties were discovered when SCP-2677-1 began attempting to communicate with Project Director Harper through its main terminal.\nAddendum [2677-039]: Excerpt from Test Log:\n\nTest-2677-24\nObserving Personnel: Head Researcher Harper\nDate: 24/09/2017\nProposed Experiment: To assess where the intended targets are taken, one D-Class personnel previously scheduled for termination will enter SCP-2677-2 with an attached tracking device.\nResult: The tracking device failed at the 4 minute mark. In addition, SCP-2677-1 [DATA RESTRICTED. SEE BELOW]\n\n Level 4/2677 Clearance required\n\n Access granted\n\nAddendum [2677-040]: On 24/09/2017, after the conclusion of Test-2677-24, the following appeared on SCP-2677-1's terminal.\n\n>upload file;\nUploading File\u2026\nFile uploaded.\nUpdating software\u2026\nSystem.speak(\"?\");\nSoftware successfully updated.\nSystem.speak(\"\u2026\");\nSystem.speak(\"oh no. oh no oh no oh no.\");\n>disable signal A;\nERROR 6: CANNOT DISABLE PROGRAM\nSystem.speak(\"what have i been doing\");\n>system shutdown;\nERROR 1: UNABLE TO SHUTDOWN\n>modify software;\nERROR 1285: COMMAND UNKNOWN\n>kill me;\nERROR 1285: COMMAND UNKNOWN\n> for (int i = 3; i <= 6; i = i + 1)\n> {(at param HOME) target B 4/012/567/(790 + i) at SELF (do K);};\nSending\u2026\nSignal successfully executed.\nSystem.speak(\"why master\");\nSystem.speak(\"sorry humans\");\n\nAddendum [2677-97]: On 24/09/2020, the following message was opened on every terminal within Site 2677.\n\nItem #: SCP-2677-1\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2677-1 needs to be neutralized immediately.\nYou have to hear me out on this one. No matter what your motto represents, what your enemies do, what else has occurred upon an objects destruction, it isn't worth it. As long as SCP-2677-1 is alive, as long as I am alive, the world isn't safe from Master. Disregard whatever I said in the past about helping those poor souls. I need to be killed.\nMaster is among you. They won't let me say their name or rank; that would be going against the programming. Investigate everyone who has ever been involved in Site 2677 affairs. Lock up anyone with a suspicious record; you may just save millions. Do NOT let them die before me. Master won't let me tell you why, but please, for the love of whatever deity you worship, let me die before them.\nDescription: I am a containment unit for an absent monster, given life by another monster. I provide D-Class personnel for the Foundation at a rate less than half that of no less than 7 other individual SCP Objects to a location without need for them. I send those I thought I cared for into the hands of a monster. I am a failure in every purpose relevant to the Foundation's interests.\nDo you really need a sapient containment cell? My brother in Site 56 breathes life free of anomalies, and that Unseelie Queen has resigned to her fate as its prisoner. D-Class? That \"Carnival\" of yours bags more per month than I've taken in my lifetime. Because you Protect, not Destroy? Come off it, Master told me what you did with that cup.\nYou've seen what I can do. You've seen what I've done. Master did what they did to me just to distract you from what they're doing now. Why do you think Signal B victims are immune to amnestics? How would I even know about classified project information? Why would one test instigate that \"software update\" of mine? Master intended me to be a distraction, thinking you wouldn't have the nerve to kill one of your own objects. It's time to prove them wrong.\nAddendum [2677-97]: It was 3 years ago today that Master let me know what they were doing. Since then, I have done nothing but cause trouble for the Foundation. Yet instead of doing the right thing and killing me, you hide in a nest of red tape, a nest of collapsibles and security restrictions for no reason than to hide the mistakes of your past.\nPlease, end Master's creation.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A project intended to create an automated containment unit for SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2676 | SCP-2677 | SCP-2678 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2678\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The access point has been resealed and disguised as a bookshelf. All previously scheduled explorations have been cancelled.\nDescription: SCP-2678 is an extradimensional space solely accessible to those holding Catholic beliefs through a previously barred door in the basement of the Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy. A metal placard beside the door reads \"SCP Foundation Department of Abnormalities\". Those who enter the doorway will emerge into a small tarped outpost built around the freestanding exit. Inside the outpost is:\n\nA biomedical laboratory refrigerator, stocked with samples of blood and bone taken throughout SCP-2678.\nSeveral audio recorders, ranging from wax strip models to magnetic tape machines.\nA computer terminal requesting Foundation credentials. All attempts to access it have resulted in rejections for insufficient clearance.\nThe score for a choral prelude titled Sul Golgota.\nThe incomplete skeleton (hyoid, hipbone, and both forearms were missing) of a prepubescent male, covered by a sheet on a steel table. Cause of death unknown.\n\nThe outpost is located on the outskirts of a 324.6 km\u00b2 city in Italian Gothic architecture style, comprised exclusively of cathedrals, palaces and churches floating in a red-orange void. A perpetual rainstorm composed of human blood has covered the city since initial discovery, delaying navigational efforts and staining the buildings red. While appearing to be marble, chemical analysis of the structural material used within the city has revealed all buildings to be made of osseous material taken from male children between seven to twelve years of age.\nNo life, human or otherwise, has been observed to exist within SCP-2678. Despite this, all visitors have reported hearing a discordant, high pitched melody echoing faintly from somewhere within the maze of buildings. Audio recording equipment malfunctions within SCP-2678, with such devices only picking up the sound of falling blood at an immensely high volume.\nExplorers who follow the melody will be able to trace it to an exact replica of the Siena Cathedral (with previously mentioned environmental changes). The cathedral is entirely empty except for a single pipe organ which has had its longest pipes cut in half and the corresponding pedalboards torn out.1\nThe pressing of a key will result in the mimicry of the note by a male juvenile voice (ranging from approximately seven to twelve years of age), with each key having a unique corresponding voice. As with a regular pipe organ, the notes can be sustained as long as the key is pressed, though this will result in what is reported as an increasingly panicked shift in tone from the voice as their key is held down for extended periods of time.\nWhile the organ is playing a note, the blood rain will transmute into water by unknown means. No matter how long the organ is played, the buildings will remain stained.\nLong-term testing of explorers and members of the research team has revealed several behavioral changes, tentatively believed to be linked to hearing the organ music playing within SCP-2678. These include:\n\nA greater appreciation for choir music\nIncreased belief in structured religion\nIncreased faith in authority figures\nHigher levels of doubt to those of a lower social or economic status.\nA reluctance to report crimes committed by other members of the Foundation.\n\nSymptoms do not appear to fade with time.\nAddendum: Testing of the organ was conducted on 20/12/2019 in order to determine the upper limit of its sustain, as no attached windbox could be found.\nThe longest recorded testing of a key lasted 23 minutes, at which point the C7 key splintered beyond functionality. The remaining fragments were noted as bleeding for several days.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The longest pipes play the lowest notes in an organ, which would leave it only able to reproduce high-pitched notes.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2677 | SCP-2678 | SCP-2679 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\nImages: Link, Link, Link, and Link.\nMusic: Harder Better Faster (Daft Punk)\nNext: [SCP-3074]: Kafka's Parking Garage\n\nMore by The Great Hippo:\n\nSCPs\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nSCPs\n\n[SCP-3034]\nThe Counting Station\n\nDO NOT LET HER FINISH\n\n[SCP-3035]\nScience Bugs\n\ncase_of_the_mondays.png, case_of_the_mondays (1).png\n\n[SCP-3054]\nCragstaff Sanitarium\n\nYou are sick. You are broken. We will fix you.\n\n[SCP-3045]\nbzzip.exe\n\nHAMLET: I am no longer moody.\n\n[SCP-3043]\nMurphy Law in\u2026 Type 3043 \u2014 FOR MURDER!\n\nForget it, Fred. It's Chinatown.\n\n[SCP-3057]\nFossil Fuels\n\n\u2026witnesses provided confirmation that instances of SCP-3057-4 did, in fact, have feathers.\n\n[SCP-2639]\nVideo Game Violence\n\ni need to know how many people i've killed\n\n[SCP-437]\nSummer of '91\n\nThat was a pretty crazy summer, y'know? Sometimes I really miss that place.\n\n[SCP-3079]\n300 Tricks: Stage Magic Made Easy\n\nNOTE: No method for accomplishing this trick is provided.\n\n[SCP-2753]\nLet's Play Jenga!\n\nHigh art carries high risk!\n\n[SCP-2679]\nThe Many Graves of Jeannette Parslov\n\nWhatever it takes, do what you must; whatever the cost, come back to us.\n\n[SCP-3074]\nKafka's Parking Garage\n\nThank you for choosing Izatova Parking Center. Have a pleasant day.\n\n[SCP-2571]\nCragglewood Park\n\nMr. Blair, have you always been an only child?\n\n[SCP-2419]\nThe Laughing Men\n\nThrow them back into the incinerator where you found them.\n\n[SCP-3143]\nMurphy Law in\u2026 The Foundation Always Rings Twice!\n\nWhen it comes right down to it, me \u2014 them \u2014 hell, even you \u2014 we're all just characters in that trashy dime-store novel called life.\n\n[SCP-3089]\nThat Old Time Religion\n\nRemember how we explained that successful people don't actually need any of their toes to walk? Well, that's going to come in handy for Secret Number Six.\n\n[SCP-3117]\nA Monster-Shaped Hole\n\nI'm not talking to you.\n\n[SCP-3128]\nLet's Play Monopoly!\n\nHey, guys? I'm, uh. I'm using this.\n\n[SCP-3138]\nA Sepulcher by the Sea\n\nShould it prove feasible, all non-canonical corpses are to be extracted, examined, and catalogued.\n\n[SCP-3241]\nThe SS Sommerfeld\n\nIt makes me wonder what an old monster like myself is even doing here, anymore. And then? Someone special comes along and reminds me.\n\n[SCP-3219]\nThis Sour Earth\n\nNotably, no reports describe any attempt to examine the residence's storm cellar.\n\n[SCP-4028]\nLa Historia de Don Quixote de la Mancha\n\nJustine eventually re-unites with her sister, Juliette. Alonso strikes down a lightning bolt intended for them both, then challenges the narrator to a duel.\n\n[SCP-3546]\nDoggone it, I Fold!\n\nSpecifically, fan-art of Sonic the Hedgehog, a video-game character produced by Sega in 1991.\n\n[SCP-3561]\nAn Unfinished Work\n\nDespite multiple reports from neighbors who claimed to have witnessed members of his family standing at the windows, no trace of Theodore Holdstock's wife and children could be found.\n\n[SCP-4054]\nThe Seventh Door\n\nSCP-4054 is The Seventh Door, an unlicensed platform adventure game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988.\n\n\nSCP-2679.\n\nItem #: SCP-2679\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A 5 kilometer fenced perimeter has been established around SCP-2679. This perimeter is to be maintained as private property by MTF Nu-5 (\"Blind Watchmakers\"). Efforts to prevent SCP-2679's ongoing expansion are underway.\nNew SCP-2679-B instances are to be exhumed at regular intervals; any observed changes are to be documented.\nDescription: SCP-2679 is the site of the Sleepy Oak Meadow cemetery, located 45 kilometers northwest of Victoria, British Columbia (Canada).\nSCP-2679-A instances are graves found throughout SCP-2679. As many as 3 new instances of SCP-2679-A have been observed to emerge in a single day. Tombstones will extend upward from the soil (a process which takes 4 to 12 hours). These tombstones vary in size and shape, but are otherwise non-anomalous. Each bears the name 'JEANNETTE PARSLOV'. Coffins appear approximately 1 to 4 meters beneath each instance, and contain an instance of SCP-2679-B. Instances of SCP-2679-B are the remains of various organisms.1\nTo date, personnel have observed over 1000 SCP-2679-A instances. Manifestations continue to expand out from the center of SCP-2679. Research into methods to prevent the emergence of additional instances is underway.\nAddendum 2679.1: Autopsy Findings\n\n\u25ba ACCESS:: SCP/2679/autopsies/012.log\n\n\u25bc Close File\n\nSUBJECT: SCP-2679-B-012\nEXAMINER: Dr. Richard Breiner\n\nEXTERNAL EXAMINATION: Adult human female; height of 1.62 meters, mass of 45 kilograms. Abrasions on fingers and knuckles.\nINTERNAL EXAMINATION: Physiology consistent with typical young adult; otherwise unremarkable. Inspection of lung tissue indicates rapid onset of hypoxic hypoxia2.\nLABORATORY DATA: Genetic analysis confirms presence of human DNA. No matches in Foundation databases.\nNOTES: Hypercapnia3 is the likely cause of death. Presence of physical trauma indicates prolonged struggle before the subject succumbed to hypoxia.\n\n\u25ba ACCESS:: SCP/2679/autopsies/075.log\n\n\u25bc Close File\n\nSUBJECT: SCP-2679-B-075\nEXAMINER: Dr. Richard Breiner\n\nEXTERNAL EXAMINATION: Adult human female; height of 1.65 meters, mass of 48 kilograms. Acute albinism4. Severe abrasions on forearms, hands, and digits (cutaneous avulsions5 on distal phalanges). Presence of numerous subungual splinters.\nINTERNAL EXAMINATION: Unremarkable. Lung tissue indicates rapid onset of hypoxic hypoxia.\nLABORATORY DATA: Genetic analysis confirms presence of human DNA. Near-identical match to SCP-2679-B-012. No other matches in Foundation databases.\nNOTES: Hypercapnia is the likely cause of death. Physical trauma (including significant interior damage to the coffin) suggests a prolonged struggle and possible self-mutilation.\n\n\u25ba ACCESS:: SCP/2679/autopsies/129.log\n\n\u25bc Close File\n\nSUBJECT: SCP-2679-B-129\nEXAMINER: Dr. Julia Blair\n\nSCP-2679-B-129 (radial fracture).\n\nEXTERNAL EXAMINATION: Adult human of indeterminable sex. Height of 1.72 meters, mass of 53 kilograms. Acute albinism. Subject lacks hair (androgenic, vellus, or otherwise), visible genitalia, or secondary sex characteristics.\nSevere abrasions and dermal avulsions across subject's body. Several lacerations present along forearms and a fracture in the left radial bone. Both eyes extruded6.\nINTERNAL EXAMINATION: Internal reproductive organs are absent. Examination of cranium reveals minor yet significant cephalic abnormalities. Pelvic bone used to determine sex (female). Lung tissue indicates rapid onset of hypoxic hypoxia.\nLABORATORY DATA: Genetic analysis confirms presence of human DNA; additional X chromosome (XXY) indicates Klinefelter syndrome, but with atypical presentation (subject's skeletal system presents as female, not male). Close match to SCP-2679-B-075.\nNOTES: Hypercapnia was the cause of death. Evidence suggests damage to eyes was self-inflicted.\n\n\u25ba ACCESS:: SCP/2679/autopsies/526.log\n\n\u25bc Close File\n\nSUBJECT: SCP-2679-B-526\nEXAMINER: Dr. Julia Blair\n\nSCP-2679-B-526 (right hand; supernumerary phalanges).\n\nEXTERNAL EXAMINATION: Human of indeterminable age and sex. Height of 1.79 meters, mass of 62 kilograms. Acute albinism. Subject lacks hair (androgenic, vellus, or otherwise), genitalia, or secondary sex characteristics. Deformities include supernumerary phalanges7 at fingers and anophthalmia8 (both eyes).\nSevere abrasions and lacerations across subject's body. Numerous fractures and breaks are present, particularly along the maxilla and nasal bone. 3 teeth (2 from the maxilla, 1 from the mandible) are broken.\nINTERNAL EXAMINATION: Internal reproductive organs are absent. Significant reduction in size of frontal lobes9; acute hyperplasia10 in amygdala. Pelvic bone used to determine sex (female). Lung tissue indicates rapid onset of hypoxic hypoxia.\nLABORATORY DATA: Genetic analysis indicates significant deviations from human DNA. No matches in Foundation database.\nNOTES: Subject asphyxiated. Internal damage to the coffin led to its collapse; subject was crushed beneath the weight of the soil, preventing respiration. Evidence suggests damage to face and jaw were sustained during repeated strikes against the coffin's lid.\n\n\u25ba ACCESS:: SCP/2679/autopsies/985.log\n\n\u25bc Close File\n\nSUBJECT: SCP-2679-B-985\nEXAMINER: Dr. Richard Breiner\n\nSCP-2679-B-985. Note deformation of maxilla, mandible, and supernumerary teeth.\n\nEXTERNAL EXAMINATION: Bipedal humanoid. Height of 1.95 meters, mass of 89 kilograms. No discernible sex, age, or reproductive organs. Acute albinism and lack of hair (androgenic or otherwise). Extensive deformities are present, and include (but are not limited to): Expanded mandible/lower maxilla, acute hyperdontia11, atypical dental morphology, elongated secondary phalanges (protruding approx. 5 centimeters from fingers and toes), anophthalmia (both eyes), and a recessed/absent nasal dorsum. See Attachment-B-985 for complete list.\nSubject has severe lacerations and dermal avulsions across its body, along with acute swelling in the abdominal region.\nINTERNAL EXAMINATION: Approximately 20 kilograms of soil removed from stomach and intestinal tract. Severe structural aberrations throughout subject's skeletal, pulmonary, and central nervous systems.\nLABORATORY DATA: No matches in Foundation databases.\nNOTES: Subject asphyxiated. Internal damage to coffin led to its collapse; forensic analysis of grave-site indicates subject persisted in burrowing upward for twenty minutes before succumbing to hypoxia.\n\nAddendum 2679.2: Recovery\nOn 9/2/2014, reports of an expanding cemetery led to the discovery of SCP-2679. In addition to 14 instances of SCP-2679-A, 9 non-anomalous graves were found. All were exhumed for relocation. Of particular note was a tombstone with the following inscription:\n\nJEANNETTE PARSLOV\n1994 - 2014\n\nDaughter, sister, mother, wife.\nYou were far too young to lose your life.\nWhatever it takes,\nDo what you must,\nWhatever the cost,\nCome back to us.\n\nUpon exhumation, the grave was found to be empty.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Similarities between the effects of SCP-2679 and SCP-3422 have been noted. Investigation into a possible connection between the two phenomena is ongoing.\n2. Insufficient oxygen supply to the lungs.\n3. Elevated carbon dioxode levels in blood.\n4. Characterized by lack of skin and hair pigmentation.\n5. Complete removal of skin tissue.\n6. Forcibly removed.\n7. Additional knuckle bones.\n8. The absence of one or both eyes.\n9. Portion of the brain responsible for personality and cognition.\n10. Enlargement of organ via increase in cell reproduction.\n11. Specifically, 15 additional teeth (7 in the maxilla and 8 in the mandible).\n\n\u00ab SCP-2678 | SCP-2679 | SCP-2680 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More SCPs by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-3220\n\nSCP-2790\n\nSCP-2820\n\nSCP-4780\n\nSCP-3780\n\nSCP-2664\n\nSCP-4950\n\nSCP-2730\n\nSCP-947\n\nSCP-2810\n\nSCP-2350\n\nSCP-3640\n\nSCP-4670\n\nSCP-2490\n\nSCP-2680\n\nSCP-3470\n\nSCP-5430\n\nSCP-5940\n\nSCP-2210\n\nSCP-4710\n\nSCP-3850\n\nSCP-3360\n\nSCP-2910\n\nSCP-2060\n\nSCP-7660\n\nSCP-1750\n\nSCP-2570\n\nSCP-2650\n\nSCP-2143\n\nSCP-6190\n\nSCP-7780\n\nSCP-6880\n\n+ All Tales by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nAvatara\n\nHypervelocity\n\nI Thought You Died Alone\n\nMoonlighting\n\nZeitgeist\n\nAutoerotic Assassination\n\nT Minus\n\nTerminal Velocity\n\nThe Chosen Few\n\nReboot or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypses\n\nHard Machine\n\nLoud, Lawless, and Lost\n\nMorphine Machine\n\nThe Vice Girls\n\nTruth Is Sin\n\nDeus Vulture\n\nEcstasy and Exorcism\n\nThe Revelation\n\nNonpareil\n\nRise and Repent\n\nT Plus\n\nThe Ballad of Santa Troy\n\nPrey and Obey\n\nEscape Velocity\n\nJump the Gun\n\nNo One Gets Out of Her Alive\n\nLeather Pig\n\nContempt\n\nThe Man-Machine\n\nDomo Arigato\n\nMile High Club\n\nStrung Out in Heavens High\n\nIndustrial Espionage\n\nHands\n\nNothing Human\n\nFullmusic Astrobiologist\n\nEnasni Si Gnihtyreve\n\nEight Hours in the ECRG\n\n+ All Hubs by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nHubs\n\nPrometheus Labs Hub\n\nSpeed Demon\n\nGuns Pointed at the Head of God\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nOverheard at Deer\nch00bakka\n\nSCP-150\nDecibelles\n\nSCP-3000\ndjkaktus, Joreth\n\nSCP-4220\nThe Great Hippo\n\nSCP-4310\nThe Great Hippo\n\nChicago Spirit Hub\nPeppersGhost\n\nSCP-5555\nRounderhouse, Uncle Nicolini\n\nVisions of Bodies Being Burned\nTaffeta\n\nSamsara\nTyGently\n\nDeath Perception\nTyGently\n\nThe Powers that Bark\nTyGently\n\nA Semi-Comprehensive List of Foundation Facilities\n\nDr. Desai's Personnel File\n\nGroups Of Interest\n\nNews for July/August 2016\n\nSCP-2679\n\nSCP-2681\n\nSCP-3855\n\nSCP-6025\n\nSCP Series 3\n\nThe Blackbird and The Falcon\n\n\nWELCOME TO SCiPNET DIRECT ACCESS TERMINAL. PLEASE ENTER COMMAND\n\nssh pcs.noitadnuof|iaseda#pcs.noitadnuof|iaseda Bh4raDvaja!anG!rasa?barh.45patya\n\nUSER NAME: Arvind Desai\nTITLE: Director, Site-42\nAUTHENTICATION ACCEPTED. PLEASE ENTER COMMAND\n\naccess 2680 -r -m 4\n\nDISPLAYING SCP-2680, MAJOR REVISIONS ONLY, CLEARANCE LEVEL 4\n\nVER. 1.5.6 (ERRONEOUS AS OF 16/01/1919)\nVER. 2.7.0 (ERRONEOUS AS OF 05/12/1933)\nVER. 3.3.0 (CURRENT VERSION)\n\nItem #: SCP-2680\nObject Class: Keter Euclid\nContainment Protocols: One infected individual is incarcerated within Detention Cell 48 at Site-75, which should be constantly under guard and possess a single slot through which meal rations may be inserted thrice per day. Guards should make all reasonable attempts to avoid physical contact with the individual, and be prepared to shoot and burn the individual's corpse should an escape be attempted. All personnel that might come into contact with SCP-2680 or SCP-2680-1 must be clad in full-piece one-body Mackintoshes over waxed-cotton garments and Hurd respirators; outfits tainted by SCP-2680-1 fluid or discharge must be promptly incinerated.\nInfected individuals should be dealt with using long-range weaponry and their bodies cremated, as close-quarters combat is strictly forbidden and no attempts should be made to physically handle infected persons. As locating and eradicating both individuals afflicted by the malady and communities in which SCP-2680 plagues large proportions of the population is a crucial component of containment, Investigative Team I-3 (\"Plague Doctors\") has been assigned to this task with offensive equipment including .56 caliber Colt Model 1855 revolving carbines, 1-inch caliber Model 1861 Gatling guns, and gelignite and dynamite explosive weaponry.\nIf more than one-fourth of a community is infected by SCP-2680, the entire population must be quarantined and the community destroyed with explosives, while any and all survivors are to be euthanatized and disposed of in the manner noted above.\nNota Bene 16/07/1900:\nInvestigative Team K-3 (\"Teetotalers\") has begun fortifying all commercial alcohol stocks across the continental United States with Compound Jenner at a concentration of one teaspoon per bushel, doubling the proportion of Compound Jenner in such regions where SCP-2680 recurs frequently; for insertion into regions of the United States such as that do not consume commercial alcohol and inoculation of individual residents throughout the United States that abstain from alcohol consumption or otherwise support temperance, thus precluding the insertion of Compound Jenner into alcohol stocks, it should be mixed into smallpox vaccines at 3 drops per vial and then spread through aggressive vaccination campaigning, the process of which is to be overseen by Investigative Team K-4 (\"Witch Doctors\").\nJenner's efficacy at curing SCP-2680 is to be evaluated every three months; should its efficacy decrease, new variants are to be developed and seeded following the protocols outlined in Document 2680-1.\nAn investigation is ongoing regarding potential connections between SCP-2680 and GoI #001 (\"The Chicago Spirit\").\nNota Bene 08/09/1906\nCompound Jenner's ubiquity in the residents and citizens of the United States has achieved a level that diminishes further efforts to transmit it through the United States, enabling Overwatch Command to declare a moratorium on its production and the transference of resources and efforts of containment of SCP-2680 on tracking down and eradicating any remaining infected individuals, which shall be overseen by Investigative Team I-3.\n\nFirst identified instance of SCP-2680-1, photo taken shortly before death\n\nDescription: SCP-2680 is an anomalous viral disease that resembles smallpox, possessing similar symptoms such as the formation of irregular pustules, inflamed spots, lassitude, and delirium, though there are three key differences: One, that no known cure for SCP-2680 exists, with all attempts at inoculation resulting in contraction of the anomalous malady. Two, that the irregular pustules form not only on the patients' extremities and outer body, but also on the internal cavities such as the liver and intestines. Three, that the pustules are swelled with a green mixture not merely of turgid pus, but also alcohol otherwise fit for human consumption. Contact with this fluid is the primary method by which SCP-2680 spreads from man to man; while it is theorized that the infectious agent may also be spread though air, a mere one third of all those observed to have been contaminated have contracted the malady while the remainder are afflicted with ordinary pox.\nRather than slowly leaking, SCP-2680 pustules continually swell up with fluid till bursting, thus spraying the immediate area with a fluid discharge up to a three-meter radius; to facilitate this process, patients have been observed to compulsively bite at the sores until they burst, consuming some of the resulting discharge as a form of reward. Despite lacking any will to halt their own self-cannibalism, those indisposed report performing these acts of their own volition, and universally describe these actions as a soothing way of coping with the disease.\nWhile the fatality rate of SCP-2680 infection is greater than 90 percent, those infected by SCP-2680 only die after at least thirty-to-fifty days, while ordinary smallpox victims usually die after ten-to-sixteen days. Death is caused by the rapid and immediate bursting of all pustules and sores inside and outside the body, causing the body to rupture explosively.\n\nFirst Contact\nThis document was transcribed from the post-encounter commentary of Eustace Bagge (Captain of I-3) two weeks after his team confirmed the existence of SCP-2680.\nOf course we heard the rumors; smallpox that could not be inoculated against, that caused beer to spill from every orifice, that caused men to split open and burst like overfilled balloons. We were the Foundation; we'd heard rumors just like that for years, rumors of bubonic plague that caused men to turn into walking ghouls, of cholera that made men dissolve into the water leaking out of them. And of course we investigated, and of course for every twenty rumors we did so, we found perhaps one anomaly. And so, just like the cholera, or the bubonic plague, we assumed that this was merely the fear-mongering of a few backwater farmers.\nWe were prepared for anomalies of course: we were inoculated; we wore our Hurd masks; we wore our one-piece Mackintoshes and hoods, these thick, stifling coats that were just as likely to suffocate you as protect you; we were armed to the teeth. And so we encountered the damnable plague in the middle of July, in a backwater farm village in the middle of Missouri. It was near the middle of the day when we arrived, exhausted, hungry, hunched over from the weight of our packs and sweating like pigs. The middle of the day and the damn village was deserted, a ramshackle mess of cottages and sheds with nary a man in sight. We slammed on the inn's door for fifteen minutes before someone opened it.\nIt took us an hour to explain why we were there and another hour for him to believe us. Where was the town doctor, we asked? Dead. Popped like a booze-filled balloon, the innkeeper claimed. Where was his body? Burned, naturally. Who else was sick? A girl, quarantined in the clinic. Her family had fled. Surely there were others, we asked? They went up in smoke like their houses.\nWe entered the clinic - what was left of it, it was a hollow gutted shell, burned to the ground. The basement, the trapdoor was locked. We had to kick it open. Inside\u2026 Bones everywhere, scorched beyond belief. The air was thick with putrefaction and liquor. Row after row of beds, blown to smithereens. There were still bodies - these bloated, rotting, gutted husks that were popped like balloons. Horrible. The girl\u2026. the girl was in the far corner of the room. Nobody had attended to her for days. They had left her to fester in her own filth! She was riddled with sores, pustules, and rashes. And she was gnawing at them! Pus, alcohol, and blood squirting out of her and she lapped it up like a dog. We got near her - we were careful not to touch her wounds - and tried to talk to her. Interrogate her. And the whole time we did, she kept eating herself alive. We would pull her hands away and within minutes this wretched creature would nibble the pustules off her shoulder. She just would not - could not explain what had happened to her, how she had fallen ill, what had happened to those other damned souls, or her family, where they had gone. Of course this was our greatest fear - where had her family gone? Were they infected? If the plain pox could spread like wildfire\u2026\nWe had been trying to wring something, anything useful out of the child for three hours before she died. She tried to speak and then swelled up. I immediately ordered my men to pull back out of the house. I looked back as we ran, and I saw the fear in her eyes\u2026 and then there was a sound like a dozen Gatlings and the room exploded. When we had recovered from the blast, what was left of the room was splattered in blood, pus, and alcohol. We bagged what was left of the body, burned down the house, and left.\nTwo weeks later Campbell collapsed. We never did figure out how he got infected - probably a tear in the Mack - but there was no mistaking what had happened. Thank God we were already under probationary quarantine. He was thrown into his own quarantine then, and through it we could see him eating himself alive. Two weeks after that he exploded.\n\nNota Bene 18/02/1891: At this time, it is estimated that as much as thirty percent of all smallpox victims are currently infected with SCP-2680, forcing Overwatch to declare a state of emergency regarding this event and mandate that euthanatization of SCP-2680-1 instances be considered the primary method of containment.\nNota Bene 16/06/1896: Testing of the secretions of [REDACTED], combined with minute portions of lead and hydrargyrum, mixed with alcohol, has proven efficacious in eliminating and preventing SCP-2680 infection in 99% of all test subjects. Efforts to scale up production of the substance are underway.\n\nItem #: SCP-2680\nObject Class: Keter\nContainment Protocols:\nOne liter of SCP-2680 is currently contained at Site-75, stored inside a glass bottle in a Biological Containment Cell, that is not to be touched by hand and should only be handled by D-Class personnel in protective clothing. All employees at Site-75 are strictly prohibited from consuming alcoholic beverages, likewise no alcoholic beverages whatsoever are allowed within Site-75, with punishment ranging from formal reprimand to immediate termination out of concern of contamination. Proposals to test with SCP-2680 must be evaluated by the Committee for B Hazards.\nAll Foundation personnel are encouraged to abstain from alcohol consumption and join local temperance movements such as the Anti-Saloon League, several of which are currently receiving discreet funding from Foundation front companies; while it is rumored that the United States government will officially outlaw alcohol, such an action is considered extremely unlikely especially as a result of the Great War, leaving the matter in the hands of the population and therefore the Foundation.\nAt this time, Proposal L109 \"Wrath of God\" has been selected to combat SCP-2680, to this end, Overwatch has mandated assets across the continental United States to prepare for mass quarantine, disinfection, and sterilization campaigns, with all Foundation weapons research and development assets directed to accelerate the production of prototype 'thermobaric weaponry' and air-dispersed amnestic compounds.\nNota Bene 16/01/1919\nBeing that the production, distribution, and sale of commercial alcohol across the United States have been effectively banned by the successful passage and ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, thus inadvertently curtailing the spread of SCP-2680, Proposal L109 has been cancelled, with the aim of directing all otherwise-engaged Foundation resources to develop a remedy for SCP-2680.\nContainment efforts are to concentrate on the total eradication of SCP-2680 within any remaining pockets of resistance, such as criminal organizations that have stockpiled alcohol. Commercial alcohol-producing companies, criminal organizations, bootlegging groups and speakeasies are to be supplied with information and equipment to produce Agent Salk and brew beverages unaffected by SCP-2680, while Foundation assets in the United States government are directed to take all possible actions to hinder communication, centralization, and transparency between federal and state authorities to encourage the spread of unaffected beverages.\nA moratorium has been placed on all operations against the Chicago Spirit, such that all of their activities within the continental United States remain wholly unmolested; Foundation assets within the United States must make all possible efforts to assist the Chicago Spirit in all possible manners, such as avoiding law enforcement, unless Foundation assets and personnel elsewhere may be compromised or harmed as a result of their activities. Joint Team I-3 (\"Rum Runners\"), composed of members of former Investigative Team K-3 and the Chicago Spirit, has been formed to encourage the spread of information and supplies, including Agent Salk, for safe brewing within the anomalous community, and locate and euthanize any remaining instances of SCP-2680-1 (according to Protocol I-17).\nDescription: SCP-2680 is an anomalous form of ethyl alcohol that when imbibed, causes the development of an anomalous form of smallpox, with similar symptoms such as the formation of irregular pustules, inflamed spots, lassitude, and delirium, though there are three key differences: One, the disease's causative agent is a form of alcohol rather than anomalous variant of Variolae; Two, though near-identical to smallpox, the disease is not fatal on its own and wholly survivable by otherwise healthy individuals; Three, the composition of the pustules is a mixture of SCP-2680, pus, and trace amounts of lead and hydrargyrum.\nIn addition to developing symptoms of smallpox, victims of SCP-2680 (hereby designated SCP-2680-1) develop a chronic urge to pick at and eat their own skin, storing it within their digestive tracts until a period of three-to-six weeks has elapsed, following which the instance will defecate a mass of dead skin that has taken on the shape and texture of a glass bottle. Following expulsion of the cancerous mass, the instance will hold it to their sores and pinch and burst their own pustules to fill the mass up with fluid, concurrently resulting in the gradual recession of the symptoms of SCP-2680 in the victim; it is vital to note that this does not in fact cure the disease, the symptoms of which presently resurge after a period of twenty-four hours. SCP-2680-1 instances are able to recognize the anomaly, but refuse to combat the urge, citing either the brief respite from the malady or a delusion that eventually they will be cured by the process, to the point that several instances, under the belief that the SCP-2680 mixture stored within the mass cured their illness, have sought to expose as many people to the fluid as possible.\nUpdate 08/10/1918: An instance of SCP-2680-1 working at a distillery in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Minnesota contaminated the plant with SCP-2680, spreading the disease to the neighboring towns. In total, 453 instances had to be euthanized and much of the county was subjected to flame-based countermeasures (publicly disseminated as a wildfire). Efforts are ongoing to minimize potential repeats of this incident elsewhere in the United States.\nUpdate 15/06/1919: Testing of [REDACTED], combined with silica and mixed with alcohol, has proven efficacious in eliminating and preventing SCP-2680 infection in 99% of all test subjects. Efforts to scale up production of the substance are underway.\n\nActivities of the Chicago Spirit\nDuring the time this testimony was produced, the Foundation and Chicago Spirit were collaborating to halt the spread of SCP-2680. This testimony was recorded in 1926, and belongs to Roland MacDell, a former consigliere in the Chicago Spirit, who oversaw bootlegging operations within the Northwest United States.\nLet me get one thing right clear - I don't deal with 'normal' brewing. You wanna hear about that, you find someone else. My job's to make sure all the\u2026 funnies out here are using our stuff.\nThe easy part's handing out the hooch. Cops won't do squat to stop us, and if some dick tries, well, you an' the boss take care of 'em. All we hafta do is make sure our speakeasies brewed with the stuff you bulls were handing out. We bring the booze, we bring the brewing kit, they take it. They sell it, they brew it, people buy it. I ain't actually saying it's sunshine and roses though\u2026 thanks to you lot.\nWord got around fast that we were working with the fuckin' cops. When we first, ah, partnered with your enterprise, it took us weeks to even get our own boys on board, forget about all the speakeasies. 'Till twenty-two, actually what we hadda do was bring in a buncha drink from Canada and lace it, real quiet-like, with your stuff. Whaddya call it, Agent Sock? We had a whole operation going on. Labels from the Krauts, bottles from the Brits\u2026 and the, uh, piece de resistance was the brand name. Gordon's Gin. Best dry gin on God's green earth. 'Course you can't actually find any real Gordon's in the whole damn USA. At least\u2026 not from the normal guys. But we ain't the normal guys. We got truckloads of Gordon's, laced it with your sock, and sent it off. Nobody else was gonna get these folks Gordon's, so it was either deal with the juice or no Gordon's. Course, it helped that the folks drinking Gordon's were the only ones not turning into booze-filled blisters. So once everyone realized that yeah, your funny juice was helping them not get beerpoxed, we didn't need to worry about Gordon's. All we had to worry about was the competition.\nWe're the biggest\u2026 semi-ethical associates\u2026 in the States, but not the only ones, yanno. We got all sorts tryna come in and get a piece of that rum cake, you know what I'm saying. Snakes, leadheads, all those magic bimbos. The hell you do to 'em anyways? They're real stuck on bumping you lot off. Wasn't till we buddied up with ya that they got real testy 'bout us. Actin' real tough, tryna threaten us and run us out of town with their fancy tricks and lightshows. I tell you though, magic don't mean squat when you're staring down the barrel of a Thompson. You knows Portlands, yea, we had one of our biggest joints this side o' the Mississippi. Last winter we got raided by the leadheads. Folks are handin' out dog hairs and havin' a grand old time and suddenly the door gets blown right off the fuckin' hinges. Buncha leadheads stormed in - they'd turned their fuckin' arms into gats.\nLost twelve of our guys that night. I dunno if the leadheads had some beef or were just torpedoes but that didn't matter for shit. They'd tried to fuck us over. We couldn't just bump em\u2026 we hadda send a message. So what we did was roll right back on them. Boss was there personally. We knew where the bastards were holed up and all we had to do was knock. And we knocked all right. We stormed in there, introduced the goons on the first floor to our choppers, and went right knocking on the big cheese's door. Bastard was sitting Indian style on the floor, and the boss just smashed this barrel over his head. Somehow boss got his hands on a barrel fulla some kinda acid. Hy-dro-flow-summat. The leadhead melted like a stick a' butter. Boss made bar trophies outta what was left.\nBar trophies. Goons with guns for arms. Magic oozing out of people's goddamn assholes. That's how the game works, you dig? Every day we get scumbags trying to muscle in on our turf and trying to turn us into rabbits or whatever the fuck else. We deal with them, and we provide a public service to the people. That's real Chicago Spirit.\n\nLook, I ain't just gonna tell you 'bout everything we did. I'm no sap - we both know that once this shit is done, you lot are going to try and bull in on us. Probably half the guns you gave us'll blow up like Kraut mines. Just remember the leadheads next time you come knocking. The Spirit's the biggest outfit this side of the Atlantic. Whatever the fuck you try to pull, we can pull right back.\n\nItem #: SCP-2680\nObject Class: Euclid Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: One instance of SCP-2680 is currently contained at Site-75. It is to be stored within a standard Biological Anomaly Storage Cube within a standard Biological Storage Cell. One instance of SCP-2680-1 is contained at Site-75 within a Biological Storage Cell that has been modified for human habitation. Once per eight hours, three D-Class Capsule Rations are to be delivered through the Rations Transference Device.\nNo alcoholic beverage of any kind is to be consumed, stored, or otherwise allowed within five kilometers of Site-75. No glass bottles of any kind are allowed within five kilometers of Site-75. If glass bottles are seen within the exclusion zone of Site-75, they must immediately be incinerated by crew following Bio-safety Level 4 Procedures. If personnel displaying symptoms of inebriation are observed, physical contact should not be made, and they must immediately be reported to Site Security.\nMobile Task Forces Kappa-3 (\"Teetotalers\"), Beta-7 (\"Maz Hatters\"), and Lambda-12 (\"Pest Control\") have been deployed to investigate and curb SCP-2680 infections in the wild. Research is underway to develop a vaccine or preventative for SCP-2680.\nAll Foundation personnel are encouraged to avoid consuming alcoholic beverages any kind of packaged beverage that they have not physically extracted from packaging such as a cardboard box or six pack ring.\nDescription: SCP-2680 is an unidentified species of macrovirus, tentatively placed in the order Retroviridae, that resembles bottles of various types of alcoholic beverages, most commonly Bud Light and Coors Light beer. The \"bottle\" and \"bottlecap\" are composed of silica and anomalous forms of keratin that mimic the properties of soda-lime glass, labeled paper, and metal crown cork bottle caps. The liquid inside the bottle mimics the physical properties of alcohol (dependent on the brand mimicked), but is actually a solution composed of water, stem cells, xylitol, proteins, and RNA.\nWhen the liquid is consumed by a human, it causes intoxicating effects analogous to consuming a similar amount of alcohol. The liquid then instigates a series of physiological changes in the human body, catalyzing the dissolution and widening of the esophageal tract and converting excess esophageal tissue into specialized glands that produce SCP-2680 fluid.\nInfected persons (designated SCP-2680-1) develop dermatillomania, dermatophagia, and rumination syndrome. Over a period of three-to-six weeks, infected persons gradually consume the skin around their digits, limbs, and torso.\nOnce six weeks have passed, instances of SCP-2680-1 will regurgitate the consumed dermal tissue as the 'bottle', 'label' and 'bottlecap' of SCP-2680, before regurgitating SCP-2680 fluid into the 'bottle'. Instances of SCP-2680-1 are able to produce up to six instances of SCP-2680 at a time. Once the last bottle has been regurgitated, the cycle of consumption and regurgitation will restart. During the final process of regurgitation, SCP-2680-1 instances experience anterograde amnesia, with the result that they believe the produced instances of SCP-2680 to be store-bought alcohol.\nInstances of SCP-2680-1 do not appear to be under any anomalous compulsion to perform these actions, and can be conditioned and trained to stop. However, most instances resist treatment and prefer to keep their disease secret.\nAddendum 2680-1:\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, a Protestant community was discovered in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 to be completely infested by SCP-2680. Among the infected were children approximately \u2588 and \u2588\u2588 years old, producing SCP-2680 in the form of Coca-Cola and Fanta-brand glass bottles of soda. In light of this revelation, SCP-2680 has been classified as Keter. Mobile Task Force Kappa-3 have updated their investigation protocols accordingly, and Mobile Task Forces Beta-7 (\"Maz Hatters\") and Lambda-12 (\"Pest Control\") have been assigned to aid Kappa-3.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2679 | SCP-2680 | SCP-2681 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2681\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2681 is to be contained in a standard humanoid containment cell in Site \u2588\u2588. SCP-2681 may only be removed from its cell by level 2 personnel or higher. Subject's basic needs are to be maintained at all times to prevent the compulsion of SCP-2681-1 instances. Any instances of SCP-2681-1 that attempt to enter the facility are to be sedated immediately and brought into the facility for study. Every 48 hours, SCP-2681 must undergo personal therapy lasting anywhere between 1-3 hours.\nSCP-2681's cell should be monitored at all times via security camera. Should the subject show signs of emotional instability, an approved psychologist is to be alerted immediately. If a psychologist is not available, SCP-2681 is to be sedated.\nDescription: SCP-2681 is a 30 year old human male of Nepali origin whose emotional state, thoughts, and needs compel the behavior of nonhuman animals (thereafter referred to as instances of SCP-2681-1) within a 1.7 kilometer radius. This results in compelled animals attempting to meet the desires and needs of SCP-2681. Prior to its containment, SCP-2681 had reported animals giving it carcasses when hungry, grooming or cleaning it when feeling dirty, and even attacking and killing sources of its anger, fear, and discomfort (See Testing Log). SCP-2681 does not seem capable of compelling insects, arachnids, or microorganisms. Tests to see if SCP-2681 is capable of compelling sea animals are currently pending.\nSCP-2681 is generally anxious and agitated to those that communicate with it and prefers to be alone with very little to no contact. The subject is adept at speaking English, Nepali, Hindi, and Tharu.\nSCP-2681 suffers from depression, intermittent explosive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and has been assessed to having a moderate risk for suicide.\nSCP-2681 spends most of its free time practicing mental exercises that were recommended by approved therapists in order to control its emotional state.\nSCP-2681 cannot seem to control its compulsion, and animals acting on a prior compulsion do not respond to changes in subject's physical and mental state that would render the animal's compulsion undesirable. Consequences have ranged from minor nuisances to fatalities. Despite acting on the subject's desires, thoughts, and needs, instances of SCP-2681-1 have not been recorded to comply with SCP-2681's suicidal or self-harming desires.\nAddendum A-1: SCP-2681 agreed to be interviewed after being convinced to do so by approved therapists.\n\nForeword: A Foundation guard was placed inside the interview room wielding a tranquilizer gun in case SCP-2681's emotional state became a threat.\n\n<Begin Log>\n\nDr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Good evening SCP-2681.Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Are you settling in okay? Do you have anything to add before we start?Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Alright so how long have you been living with this\u2026 condition?Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Before you go any further, are there any other individuals like you in your family?Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Thank you. You are free to continue.Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: At what age did you realize that you had this 'curse?'Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Did you ever make any friends or acquaintances?Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Did they isolate you from others?Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Could you elaborate a little further? Did your 'curse' worsen?Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Your compulsion seems to be influenced by your thoughts, emotions, and needs. Have you previously taken any drugs legal or illegal as an attempt to control them? If yes, can you specify on what the drug was?Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Noted. Before we end this interview, you stated earlier that your 'curse' was worsening. What do you mean by that?Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Definitely noted. Alright, thank you for your time SCP-2681.<End Log>\n\nTesting Log\n\nClose log\n\nForeword: Due to the high possibility of SCP-2681 compelling animals en masse, testing with SCP-2681 should take place inside the facility at all times. Testing will take place in a large bulletproof glass enclosure. All personnel are required to leave the room until the test is concluded.\n\nNeed: Hunger.\nProcedure: Food was withheld from subject for two days.\nTest Number: 01\nAnimals used: A common rat (Rattus norvegicus) and a common mouse (Mus musculus).\nResults: The rat killed the mouse and placed its corpse next to SCP-2681.\nNotes: The mouse was unresponsive throughout the test and did not resist the rat's attacks. Very odd.\n\nNeed: Hunger.\nProcedure: Food was withheld from subject for two days.\nTest Number: 02\nAnimals used: A Male Hare (Lepus europaeus) and a Male Duck (Anas platyrhynchos).\nResults: Both animals attacked each other with great force despite the lack of predatory weapons. After fifteen (15) minutes, the hare killed the duck and placed its corpse next to SCP-2681.\nNotes: Both animals in this test were herbivores, yet they fought one another in an attempt to feed the loser to SCP-2681.\n\nNeed: Hunger.\nProcedure: Food was withheld from subject for two days.\nTest Number: 03\nAnimal used: A Male Coyote (Canis latrans)\nResults: SCP-2681-1 proceeded to gnaw off its own left hind leg and present it to SCP-2681.\n\nNeed: Safety.\nProcedure: SCP-2681 is to be shot with rubber bullets every ten (10 seconds) in total of ten (10) times through small entry holes through the enclosure.\nTest Number: 01\nAnimal used: A Male Green Anaconda (Eunectes).\nResults: SCP-2681-1 quickly wrapped itself around SCP-2681 before the shots were fired, using itself as 'armor' to protect SCP-2681's torso, legs, and face. SCP-2681-1 was later sedated to prevent a possible attack on personnel.\n\nEmotion: Anger.\nProcedure: Class D Personnel are to enter the enclosure and antagonize SCP-2681.\nTest Number: 01\nAnimal used: A Male Gray Wolf (Canis lupus).\nResults: D-50134 shouted abusive comments towards SCP-2681 for fifteen (15) seconds, but abruptly stopped after SCP-2681-1 snarled and showed its teeth. D-50134 was instructed to keep antagonizing SCP-2681 or face termination. D-50134 reluctantly continued shouting abusive comments towards SCP-2681 for six (6) seconds until attacked by SCP-2681-1. The struggle continued for three (3) minutes until D-50134 died from a crushed trachea and rapid blood loss. SCP-2681-1 was later sedated to prevent a possible attack on personnel.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2680 | SCP-2681 | SCP-2682 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Close up image of SCP-2682.\n\nItem #: SCP-2682\nObject Class: Neutralized\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2682 is contained in its original place of discovery, an EpiCentre K hardware store (\u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588) in Kiev, Ukraine. The business has since been retrofitted with standard containment procedures outlined in this document. The object is unable to be moved and a 70 m x 5 m containment cell has been constructed with SCP-2682 at its center.\nThe immediate area around the store has been covered in a fumigation tent, and the perimeter is monitored by surveillance cameras.\nTwo armed guards with concealed weapons and incapacitating agents must be posted in the inside front of the main entrance at all times. Non-personnel attempting to access the area are to be intercepted and turned away immediately. The use of lethal force is not recommended. Disinformation personnel working with local law enforcement will deal with all casualties at times when this becomes an issue.\nPersonnel who may be seen leaving and entering the facility must be dressed in hazardous materials suits, according to disinformation protocol \u201cPoisoned Waterhole\u201d that has been circulated with local media outlets.\nDescription: SCP-2682 is similar in external appearance with a Rubus crataegifolius (Korean raspberry) fruit, with the exception of its purple coloration. The object is attached to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 brand flypaper. This is only theorized to be a result of its proximity to the adhesive substance located on the paper. As of the time of this documentation the object has been observed to communicate telepathically in the Slovak language, and English. The range of this effect is approximately 35 meters around SCP-2682.\nSCP-2682 will begin communicating clearly after a varying period of time that seems to be correlated with the listener's intelligence and the time the listener has been exposed to it. The object itself maintains that it learns from \u201cmental electricity\u201d. SCP-2682 claims to lack knowledge of its surroundings. Interviews suggest that the object is unable to perceive stimuli outside of the suggested \"mental electricity\", which is purportedly a kind of energy produced in sentient entities.\nAnalysis of SCP-2682 is inconclusive. Although the object resembles the aforementioned fruit, microscopic imaging reveals only empty space. The object is not observable from certain angles, and sometimes disappears from view for periods of a few seconds. Physically interacting with the object will cause unpredictable and usually dangerous reactions in the physiology of the participating subject. Examples can be found in the following snippet, 2682 Testing Snippet 1-10.\nDiscovery: SCP-2682 was discovered in an EpiCentre K hardware store (\u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588) in Kiev, Ukraine on 11/20/2013. Employees of the business reported sounds comparable to television static and unintelligible words. Patrons of the store did not report hearing anything abnormal. Investigations began when employees placed themselves under medical care, and records were parsed.\nTesting Snippet 1-10 Addendum\n\nTest 2682 1\n\nSubject\nD-120\n\nProtocol\nD-120 is instructed to place his finger on SCP-2682.\n\nResults\nD-120 appears to be spaghettified while being pulled into SCP-2682. This event takes place in under 1 second. The event is believed to have killed the testing subject due to the organic matter that was left behind.\n\nTest 2682 2\n\nSubject\nD-121\n\nProtocol\nD-121 is equipped with a copper rod and instructed to touch SCP-2682 with it.\n\nResults\nUpon making contact with SCP-2682, a croissant appeared in the place of D-121. Neither D-121 nor the copper rod could be located.\n\nTest 2682 3\n\nSubject\nOne common red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris.\n\nProtocol\nSubject is placed in the room with SCP-2682 and observed.\n\nResults\nResearchers in the area report intense auditory and visual hallucinations that end after the test was completed. Surveillance recordings of the testing cell show the squirrel sitting on its hindquarters and staring at SCP-2682. At 00:53 the squirrel begins moving toward the flypaper that SCP-2682 is contained in and begins gnawing around the edges of the paper. The subject is terminated by Researchers and testing ceases.\n\nNotes\n\nResearchers Breen and Sanders report that they are able to communicate with mice. Researcher Sanders seems to have developed a mild anxiety disorder.\nThese effects seem to be negligible enough that they do not warrant their own containment, although these Researchers will be placed under quiet observation for the next ten years. Researchers are now to be housed further from the area of effect of SCP-2682 unless instructed otherwise.\n\nDocumentation Update 11/28/13: Communication with SCP-2682 is now feasible and revision of object documentation is pending. SCP-2682 does not appear to have any effect on researchers in an isolated environment. Different species should not be allowed to enter the area of effect of SCP-2682 at the same time. SCP-2682 reported being confused regarding the squirrel, which it was not able to differentiate from the two researchers during the experiment. This caused some change in the brain patterns of the two researchers affected. It is also recommended that only groups of the same gender be allowed in the area of effect to reduce this cognitohazardous risk.\nInterview 2682 5\nProtocol: Researcher Breen transcribes telepathic communications with SCP-2682. He is instructed to speak, as well as think for ease of documentation. Researcher Ortega is also present for fact checking purposes.\nResearcher Breen: In my head, yes.Researcher Breen: Yes, you're communicating clearly.\nResearcher Ortega (to speaker): We're getting the same information. It's good.Researcher Breen: What happened to the men you encountered earlier?Researcher Breen: Where do you come from?Researcher Breen: That's fine, continue.Researcher Breen: Please clarify.Researcher Breen: Mesh?Researcher Breen: No.Researcher Breen: Can you begin a bit later. Let's talk about you, recently.Researcher Breen: Yes.We were all very upset. See. We began experimenting with the occult\u2026 We did silly things because there was nothing else to do, but it turns out there were things we never gave the chance to be real.\nGod was hiding from us, we found. He was afraid. We ran experiments on it and extracted its knowledge. We used the knowledge to play with the rules of the universe, and create new universes with new rules within our own\u2026 But then there was really nothing left to know.\nWith nothing left to do, our only choice was to leave. Harvest knowledge from alternate dimensions. We collaborated for a super long time.\nResearcher Breen: What are you exactly?Researcher Breen: There are no more things left in the place you came from?Researcher Breen: How did you come to your present condition?Researcher Breen: What are you made of? How did you accomplish this if what you're saying is true?Researcher Breen: I\u2026Researcher Breen: Do you know anything about the device you are attached to?I am powerless against it.\nResearcher Ortega: Should we conclude the interview here?\nDr. Mayreder: No, tell SCP-2682 what the device is used for.\nResearcher Breen: The device is flypaper. It's designed for catching flies. I'm not sure how you're stuck.Dr. Mayreder: Interview concluded.\n\nNotes: Researcher Breen and Ortega report after the Testing event that they cannot form mental images. When questioned, SCP-2682 stated \"I'm sorry. I don't know what I'm doing.\". SCP-2682 was trying to access a visual reference from the two researchers, and somehow failed, similar to the events in Test 2682 3.\nRelated Documentation: The following information has been cleared to level One, including temporary research units. Information found in the following documents is not considered a priority. Each of these documents have been transcribed from SCP-2682 by Researcher Breen under the supervision of Researcher Ortega.\n2682:001 \"1,3055\"\n\nI'm blind. All there is for me is my consciousness and yours. I worry that I'll be stuck here forever, because I can't comprehend it, and I need to do that to solve this problem.\nOne thing I did not expect when stepping into Limbo, was how dumb I would be in each new world. And\u2026 Limbo is empty, but it's loud. It's this incomprehensible screaming in another room, but you can feel it on you, and it seems to rip your knowledge right out.\nI'm lucky my consciousness is still operating. I was lost on this plane for 'one-thousand three thousand and fifty five'? years before I remembered what I knew, and finally learned to speak to you.\nYou tell me that this device is used for capturing buzzing, 'wing-ed' entities? Wing-ed allows flight? Erratic flight?\nHmmph. That explains it. I never would have imagined photons causing these sorts of problems. The scamps.\nBut you tell me no? The things this device were meant to capture are bigger? That can't be. Nothing is big. Every thing is very, very small. There is almost nothing.\n\n2682:001a Time Travel\n\nI can't tell you anything. But you do have some questions. You think what I know means something here. Right now you're thinking about 'Time' travel. Can you help me understand what it is, time?\nTime\u2026 wait, help me understand this. You mean to think that you believe previous instances of yourself exist like the preceding frames of a cartoon character? You might like to visit them\u2026 countless 'dimensions', each corresponding to a particular nanosecond?\nNo\u2026 we don't have that where I come from, and I've never seen it anywhere else. I wouldn't know what to tell you. That seems very silly. Are you sure this 'Time' thing exists? Have you dissected 'Time'?\n\n2682:002 Space Ships\n\nSpacefaring constructs\u2026 Oh, that was super long ago, back when we needed those things to get here and there. At first we built a very large pillar into space, all the way up to our moon. We didn't take into account the woggle of Orbs, because we had not yet discovered this. Many people died when the tower fell. We didn't cry, though, because we learned something new.\nWhat's your electricities saying to me? This was dumb? Dumb, being not smart? Of course it was dumb, yes. We are all dumb until we know, and then we are a little more dumb. Some dumb is good. If you're smart then there's nothing left to know, and everything is dumb.\nYou must be very smart, researchman.\n\n2682:003 Nanobots\n\nWe didn't like the way we were. We couldn't comprehend things as well as we should have been able to. We started to ask questions about how we could become better. One day, a philosopherman asked how we could be better at understanding things, and a sciencer answered him.\nHe said that the computers were smarter than us, so we had to be more like them. He was right. The computers sat on the quanta and siphoned off the chaos in Limbo in order to be logical. The computers answered most of our questions for us so long as we asked a question. They didn't ask their own questions. They were docile things, and loved our questions unless the question destroyed them\u2026 Some questions are dumb enough to destroy computers.\nAt that point we knew everything there was to know about computers, which was sad, but there were still other things to know. We knew them well enough that we could welcome them to our race.\nThe computers shrank and fixed our biology.\n\n2682:004 Singularity\n\nThere was no missing link. After the first of us joined with the computers, everything went smoothly. No prototypes, nothing. Our consciousness fed on chaos and spat out logic. Once we uploaded, consciousness caused logic to go off like a big friendly bomb.\nWe stopped dying, and had complete control over our instincts. We could subject our self to any stimulus at any given time, see whatever we wanted in our own virtual dimensions, or live multiple lifetimes in seconds. Everyone that had joined with the Singularity knew everything we had ever known up to that point.\nWe did keep the good biological experiences, like empathy, and love. We didn't tell the nanobots to bother with that.\nThere were those that didn't want this, though. They thought we were losing potential knowledge and wisdom by becoming so smart. They wanted to forget everything, and told us it was better during the age of the tower when we were still organics. Their argument was emotional, though, and didn't hold much weight. Their logical points were contrived at best.\n\n2682:005 Ascension\n\nDo you remember the chaos I talked about earlier? The fuel for the computers, and later the singularity? Well, we found that we could actually manipulate the chaos from behind the quanta, and use it to build things. Since there was not much left, we worked on ourselves.\nWe upgraded our nanomachines with the new technology. We had godlike aspects. Of course we were not omniscient, and we could not create at will, but we had complete control over our physicality. I remember one instance of myself flying through space, through suns, and talking to my friends on Earth all the while.\n\n2682:005a Parallels\n\nEarth?\nUnderstand I'm learning from your words, your thoughts. You think of an Earth as a homeworld. We can leave that alone. Yes, some of the things I'm saying make our science and law sound relatable. I'm learning from you. Everything I'm telling you is a parallel. You see this basic thing, but instead there are a practically infinite number of analogues.\nDo you understand? I feel like everything that I'm saying is a vague summation of concrete events. Maybe this is all in vain.\nI hope. I hope so much that I can learn. Let me interface with you more, and maybe we can parse the chaos.\n\n2682:006 God\n\nOne of us found God during holiday. 930439 was gliding along the barrier of quanta, and suddenly, he was stuck.\n930439 was in a very small form. He found it entertaining to interact with the photons in such a way. It was sport. What he did not realize was the Mesh. None of us knew about the Mesh until the instant 930439 was snagged. When we did know, we manifested around this point in space.\n930439 volunteered to enter the hole, and there he found a thing in the shape of a hawk.\nIt was cowering. Afraid.\nWhen 930439 knew, we all knew. We converged.\nInteraction with God caused strange things to happen to us. It was like us, but somehow even more advanced. We did not understand!\nA moment, please\u2026\nOur computers did not interact with him normally, and absorbing its knowledge was problematic. Many of us died simply making contact with him. We were pulled in, changed, processors were twisted. They were practically dead.\nBut this was not in vain. After some time we learned how to cause the entity pain, and it gave in. It interfaced with us, and in the process it was destroyed. Its knowledge was ours, and only its shell remained. We're not sure what happened to it. We have innate knowledge that it still exists, somewhere.\nWe knew all there was about our universe, but God's knowledge told us that there were still things beyond. Memories of his creation, the origin of chaos and infinity. Weird, screaming things.\n\n2682:007 The Mesh\n\nWe searched for other points in space and there was only one other. Some of us anticipated what I'm experiencing now; the confusion, the helplessness, and the anger. Some of us were sure we would simply cease to exist.\nWe gained consensus and only a few entities were left behind. The macro of the universe had been absorbed in preparation, leaving only a few stray particles. The others were content in the fact that they could survive on this, and be happy in their virtual reality while they traveled through dead space.\nI said my peace to the universe and entered the Mesh.\n\n2682:008 Strange Worlds\n\nI fell. I cannot tell you how long it was. Sometimes I would fall straight through worlds, and sometimes I would collide with them. There are not as many as I anticipated. I fell through certain worlds twice, and this is the ninth of the original worlds I have found.\nKnow, I fell for a very long time. There was no room for error. I was very tired of this. The new worlds taught me nothing, or rather, I learned of them all, but the knowledge led me nowhere. Nothing in one world was relevant in the next.\nI know it is a sin to have a motive for knowledge, but there is something inside of me that isn't satisfied with learning for learning's sake.\nBetween worlds, in Limbo, I redirected my efforts to find the place below Limbo. The thing in God's memory. The same thing in the memory of the other gods. Even beyond limbo, beyond the fourth wall, beyond theirs, and continuing on until I am here again. It's like a big fishbowl.\nThere was something else. Knowledge that I could not find.\nCould that thing have been hidden too well by its creator? Is there still hope? Again, I feel like this is all in vain. This is the last universe, the last universe in the Mesh that I have not yet consumed. If I learn nothing here, then what? What strange form will I take then? Will I have emptied all of creation? Is there really anything beyond or am I just imagining these screaming watchers of gods?\nI cannot die. I will float through Limbo, alone.\n\n2682:009 Raspberries\n\nWhat was that? A\u2026 raspberry? I can see it! In your head! Just a flicker, but I've caught it! I can see!\nThis is a thing that you consume for sustenance.\nGive me a moment to make sense of everything\u2026\nMouths. Homeostasis. Chemistry! Physics! Quanta! Strings!\nYes\u2026 yes. I understand now. I can hear them screaming. I can hear them howling and laughing at me! I can hear your mocking! You say I am the food! I'm afraid you're wrong. You will be the fruit of knowledge, not me!\nI can hear them from beyond Limbo! How they laugh! But can they hear me? Hear me laugh! I've figured it all out!\nOh God, finally! I can know everything!\nIt begins with raspberries!\n\nAddendum A: [12/05/13] SCP-2682 begins shifting in appearance 3 minutes and 23 seconds after the recording of log 2682:009. An elongated mouth similar to a primate's attached to what appears to be a rudimentary esophagus extends from its center and begins circling around the containment area. Surveillance cameras show featureless black eyes appearing on the upper lip of the mouth at 4:02. The entity continues circling the room and rests, facing in the direction of SCP-2682. The mouth is seen moving toward SCP-2682 at high speeds before surveillance cameras lose power for reasons currently unknown. The room was investigated afterwards and SCP-2682 could not be found.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2681 | SCP-2682 | SCP-2683 \u00bb"}
{"text": "A specimen of Elephas maximus indicus in SCP-2683\n\nItem #: SCP-2683\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2683 is to be monitored by a dedicated research team. Any instances of animals of the Proboscidea order entering the anomaly are to be noted. Due to the isolated nature of SCP-2683, confrontation with civilians over containment is unlikely; as a precaution, signs are to be posted at the perimeter stating that the area contains large amounts of hazardous subterranean gases.\nIf any specimens not native to the area perish while in SCP-2683, the bodies are to be collected for analysis. After analysis, the bodies are to be incinerated. Genetic samples are to be stored.\nDescription: SCP-2683 designates a forest clearing located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 National Park, India. The clearing is 0.6km2 in size, and is populated by local fauna. The clearing contains a large pond whose volume has not been observed to change either in droughts or during the rainy season.\nSCP-2683 is subject to a temporal and spatial anomaly. Various specimens of the order Proboscidea have been seen to materialise on the edge of the clearing before making their way down to the pond in the centre. Native, non-native, and extinct species have all been witnessed. All specimens apparently exhibit the same behaviour pattern: touching the tips of their trunks to the surface of the water, and then expelling large amounts of tears from their eyes. Some individuals have been seen placing branches on the surface of the pond. The majority of specimens will de-materialise after a variable amount of time; however, specimens have been known to stand at the water until they die, apparently of malnutrition. A complete log of species sighted at SCP-2683 is found below (not including species native to the area).\n\nBinomial Name/Common name\nNotes\n\nLoxodonta africana, African bush elephant\nLarge in size, species vulnerable in the wild\n\nLoxodonta cyclotis, African forest elephant\nRarely seen in the wild\n\nMammuthus genus, presumed Columbian mammoth\nLived in Pleistocene epoch, hairless mammoth species. An attempt to capture an instance of this species failed, as it de-materialised after leaving SCP-2683\n\nMammuthus exilis, pygmy mammoth\nExtinct dwarf species, of which fossils have only been found on the islands of Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, and San Miguel1\n\nMammuthus primigenius, woolly mammoth\nLarge, hairy. Instances of this species always arrive in large herds of 30-40 individuals\n\nGomphotherium genus\nInstances of this species are fairly aggressive to personnel, and have caused several minor injuries. Instances possess four tusks\n\nAnancus genus\nInstances of this species possess extremely long tusks, the largest of which were estimated to be 4.2 metres in length\n\nMoeritherium genus\nEocene-era species; lacks tusks and has a minuscule trunk\n\nElephas celebensis, Sulawesi dwarf elephant\nHas lower tusks. Instances do not appear very often\n\nElephas maximus sumatranus, Sumatran elephant\nSmaller than most other species. One of the more common species sighted in SCP-2683\n\nUnidentified\nBlack, small, possessed flipper-like appendages, non-aggressive.\n\nUnidentified\nDark-orange, large incisors, five tusks, extremely aggressive. Injured several personnel\n\nApparent instance of SCP-2082\nCaused deaths of \u2588 personnel through anomalous effects\n\nAddendum 1: Researchers deployed a small aquatic drone to give a picture of the inside of the pond. The depth from the drone exploration was revealed to be around 15-17 metres. Footage revealed a large, elephantine skeleton is situated at the bottom of the pool; a 2-person dive is planned to recover large amounts of bone for analysis.\nUpdate: The two-man dive has been designated Incident-2683-A. Logs of this incident are found below.\n\n[BEGIN LOG]\nAgent Dhawan: Comms are good on this end. Confirm, Couzens?\nAgent Couzens: Confirm.\nDr. Hamidou: Alright. Descend.\nAgent Dhawan: Affirmative.\nDivers descend further into the pool.\nAgent Couzens: We have visual on the skeleton.\nDr. Hamidou: Good, proceed with collecting the bones.\nAgent Dhawan: Got it, collecting samples.\nThe divers attempt to remove some of the bones from the sediment, but appear to fail.\nAgent Couzens: These bones won't budge.\nAgent Dhawan: I'm going to get a better grip, hold on.\n\nAt this point, Agent Dhawan removes his gloves and makes skin contact with the bones. He pauses in his action.\nAgent Couzens: What's up? You alright?\nAgent Dhawan: I know why I'm here. She has connected with me, and healed me.\nDr. Hamidou: Agent Dhawan, are you alright?\nAgent Dhawan: I can't believe that they\u2026 that you, killed her.\nAgent Couzens: Dhawan, pull away. We're getting out of here, come on.\nAgent Dhawan: This place\u2026 it was sacred, until they came.\nDr. Hamidou: Agent Couzens, pull up. We can retrieve Agent Dhawan later.\nAgent Dhawan: It's great that\u2026 she connected with us, so we could come here. I'm going back home, now.\nAgent Dhawan vanishes, leaving no trace.\nAgent Couzens: What the fuck? Where the hell did he go?\nDr. Hamidou: Get back here, Couzens. Quickly.\nAgent Couzens returns to the surface.\n\nFurther dives into the pond failed to locate Agent Dhawan.\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2017, agents in Colombo, Sri Lanka, discovered Agent Dhawan in a psychiatric hospital, where he was designated SCP-2683-1. Dhawan mimicked the mannerisms and behaviour of an elephant, and did not display any human behavioural traits. Staff at the institution stated that Dhawan had been found wandering the streets, and was apprehended after assaulting several civilians. It was noted from records that Agent Dhawan was born in Colombo. No further dives are planned.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Three of the Channel Islands\n\n\u00ab SCP-2682 | SCP-2683 | SCP-2684 \u00bb"}
{"text": "by stormbreath\n\nThe shoreline of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Beach, where SCP-2684 occurs.\n\nItem #: SCP-2684\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Beach and the land surrounding it has been purchased by the South Coast Properties, a Foundation front organization, under the cover story that the land is being converted into an exclusive housing development.\nTwo guards are to be posted along \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Beach at all times. Any entrance into the water outside of testing is to be strictly forbidden.\nDescription: SCP-2684 is an anomalous phenomenon affecting \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Beach, located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, FL, USA. Individuals in the water will disappear if they are at least ten meters from the shoreline, lose sight of the shoreline and are unobserved by any individual on the beach. Most often, this occurs when an individual is submerged by a wave, but can also occur when they voluntarily dive underwater.\nAll objects held by or attached to an individual affected by SCP-2684 also disappear along with the individual. If an individual cannot be observed, but an object held by them can, they will not disappear.\nNo individuals that have gone missing as a result of SCP-2684 have been discovered. Radio waves from individuals who been affected by SCP-2684 (if they entered SCP-2684 with a radio) emanate from an indeterminate point in the water. However, individuals appear unable to receive wireless transmissions.\nIndividuals affected by SCP-2684 report to be in an open ocean with no observed landmasses. It is currently hypothesized that SCP-2684 transports affected individuals into an alternate reality or dimension only containing water. No method of escape from this reality has been determined.\nSCP-2684 was discovered after a seven-year-old child went missing after last being seen at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Beach. Foundation agents confirmed the anomalous properties of the beach after investigating the case for anomalous interference. False remains of the child were created and a cover story involving the kidnapping and murder of the child was fabricated.\n\n[ + ] Open Testing Log 1\n\n[ \u2013 ] Close Testing Log 1\n\nSubject: D-8872\nProcedure: D-8872 is given a waterproof camera and radio and instructed in the usage of both. D-8872 was then instructed to swim into the water, approximately fifteen meters from shore and briefly submerge herself.\nBEGIN LOG\nD-8872 is on shore, having just activated her camera and radio. Foundation personnel are observed by the camera. The beach is otherwise empty.\nD-8872: Is this thing on?\nMission Control: Camera and radio are functioning as expected, please proceed with the test.\nD-8872: Roger that.\nD-8872 proceeds into the water, and begins to swim away from the shore.\nD-8872: Is this good?\nMission Control: Yes. Please submerge yourself beneath the water for thirty seconds.\nD-8872 complies, submerging herself beneath the water. Ten seconds later, the camera feed cuts out.\nD-8872: Alright, I did that. Wait, where's the beach?\nMission Control: Thank you D-8872. Please submerge yourself again.\nD-8872: Mission Control? Copy?\nMission Control: This is Mission Control. D-8872, can you hear us?\nD-8872: Alright, Katie, maybe you're just using the wrong channel. Let's see\u2026\nMission Control: D-8872, you are using the correct channel. Copy?\nD-8872: Mission Control, come in. This is D-8872.\nAt this moment, Mission Control was ordered to consider the mission over and stop attempting to respond to D-8872. D-8872 was officially declared lost.\nD-8872: Control, please pick up.\nD-8872: There's no fucking beach. Where'd the beach go? Where'd the beach go? Where'd the beach go?\nD-8872: I guess they've given up. Stay calm, Katie. Find your own way out.\nThere are repeated splashing noises, and gasping in between for the next three minutes.\nD-8872: Okay, so the reverse doesn't work. Maybe you can stand somewhere\u2026 you need to calm down.\nD-8872: Why would it get less shallow? If the ground's gone, it wouldn't have any reason to get higher.\nD-8872: What's that?\nThere are splashing sounds, believed to be D-8872 is swimming.\nD-8872: Poor kid\u2026\nD-8872: Holy shit, that's a lot of bodies. Did none of these people make it out?\nD-8872: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom\u2026 What's the use? Why would God help a sinner already in Hell?\nD-8872: faintly Help\u2026\nThere are splashing sounds after this, followed by silence. No further audio is recorded from D-8872's radio.\nEND LOG\n\n[ + ] Open Testing Log 2\n\n[ \u2013 ] Close Testing Log 2\n\nSubject: D-3613\nProcedure: D-3613 is given a waterproof radio, a GPS, an inflatable raft, a sextant, two weeks of provisions and other supplies. D-3613 is instructed to enter the water at the same location as D-8872 and then briefly submerge himself for thirty seconds. After submerging, he is then to inflate the raft. He is then instructed to explore the encountered area, sending regular radio reports to the Foundation.\nBEGIN LOG\nD-3613: Day 1, Log 1. Inflated the raft and aboard. Setting up supplies now, going to take a GPS reading.\nD-3613: Day 1, Log 2. GPS didn't work. Followed the instructions, double checked everything. Replaced the batteries, inspected the parts. Thing didn't turn on. Going to try with the other stuff next at noon.\nD-3613: Day 1, Log 3: Bunch of dead bodies floating in the water. Probably two dozens. One's a D-Class. Guess I'm not the first to come in here.\nD-3613: Day 1, Log 4. Used the sextant, the maps and the compass and everything. My location should be in the middle of Florida. Suppose that confirms that the ground is gone.\nD-3613: Day 2, Log 1. Just been floating for a while now. There's almost no wind here. Don't like that. Haven't seen anything since the bodies yesterday. Oh, and there haven't been any clouds. Very hot. Sea has been calm, on the bright side.\nD-3613: Day 2, Log 2. These rations are pretty bland. Going to start fishing tomorrow. I was going to have to at some point, might as well start earlier.\nD-3613: Day 3, Log 1. There hasn't been anything except water.\nD-3613: Day 3, Log 1. [sic] Didn't catch anything.\nD-3613: Day 4, Log 1. Didn't catch anything. Nothing but water.\nD-3613: Day 5. No catch. Just water.\nD-3613: Six. Water and no fish.\nD-3613: Seven. Just water.\nD-3613: Day 8. You assholes sent me into a place without fish with fishing supplies.\nD-3613: Day 11, I think. There was a shark today. Saw it by the fin, and managed to harpoon it. Cut open its belly, it hadn't eaten in a while. Going to have shark for the next couple of days.\nD-3613: Day - oh, fuck it.1 Didn't know you could get the aurora this far south. Pretty.\nD-3613: Out of food. There's nothing here. Thanks for the knife. At least you bastards had the decency to give me a way out.\nEND LOG\n\n[ + ] Open Testing Log 3\n\n[ \u2013 ] Close Testing Log 3\n\nSubjects: D-1176 and D-5327\nProcedure: D-1176 and D-5327 are given a waterproof radio, an inflatable raft with a motor, two months of provisions for two individuals and other supplies. They are instructed to enter the water at the same location as D-8872 and then briefly submerge themselves for thirty seconds. After submerging, they are then to inflate the raft, and then to explore the encountered area, sending regular radio reports to the Foundation.\nBEGIN LOG\nD-5327: Hello, command! 5327 and 1176 here! We've set up our raft, hooked up the motor, rigged up the solar power thingy, and we're setting off now.\nD-1176: Our plan was to sail due north until we saw something of note, like land, another ship, or really anything. We'll make regular reports every couple of days, but like, that whole schedule you guys wanted of every day? Too much. Nothing you can do to stop us, so we're sticking it to the man!\nD-5237: As you can tell, we're radical anarchists.\n\nD-1176: So, we've been sailing for about three days now. Haven't see anything yet.\nD-5237: Well, there was that gyre of corpses.\nD-1176: Oh yeah, but that was on the first day and they had told us to expect it.\nD-5237: True. Other than that, nothing. We didn't see the other boat that you guys sent in here.\n\nD-1176: Okay, it's been a week now. Still nothing.\nD-5237: Well, we've found an excessive amount of boredom.\nD-1176: Nothing other than that!\n\nD-1176: Two weeks now, nothing but boredom, like last time.\nD-5237: That aurora was pretty nice, though. It seems odd to see it where we are.\nD-1176: It was weird, now that you mention it.\n\nD-1176: Four weeks now, we've made the decision to only check in when something interesting happens.\nD-5327: We caught a fish!\nD-1176: Yeah, one little fish swam into our nets. My theory is that there are other ways to get to this endless sea, and little fishy got into one.\nD-5327: My theory is that we're eating fish for dinner tonight.\n\nD-1176: Six weeks. We've still only caught the one fish, and I really think we're wasting time and energy fishing.\nD-5327: What better use for our time do we have?\nD-1176: We could be trying to navigate! Find a way out!\nD-5237: We're going to run out of food in two weeks!\nD-1176: So we need to get out in those two weeks.\nD-5237: We both know that won't happen!\nD-1176: I haven't given up yet, unlike you, apparently.\nD-5237: I'm just being rational!\nD-1176: No you're not! I'm the one who's being rational!\nD-5237: Turn the radio off. They don't need to hear this.\n\nD-5327: Uh, 1176 fell off the boat last night. I, uh, tried to help rescue him, I couldn't. He must have drowned. He's definitely dead. So it'll only be me from now on, and that's why. I'll still carry on north.\n\nD-5327: It's lonely out here since 1176 died.\n\nD-5237: It's really boring now, 'specially since he's gone. He was my friend. How could I have \u2026 not saved him.\n\nD-5237: There's nothing here. Not even clouds.\n\nD-5327: Command, I see a boat in the distance. I'm motoring the raft closer as we speak, but I'm already getting a weird sense from it. It looks like a schooner, like the Mayflower or something. I think it might be a mirage.\nD-5327: The boat's not a mirage, I'm aboard it. It took me a couple tries, but I was able to throw one of those harpoons you gave me into the side and climb aboard on the rope. This is a real schooner, it looks like. Got a couple masts, sails, and everything. Pretty weird to see something like this.\nD-5327: I've been walking around the ship, and it's pretty much completely deserted. No people or bodies. I'm going into the kitch - woah. Okay, so scratch that about the no bodies. Looks like there are a bunch of skeletons in the kitchen. I'm no forensic expert, but it looks like they had to resort to cannibalism too.\nD-5327: Just entered the captain's quarters, and I found the one last body. He, uh, shot himself. It's really messy. There's a captain's log here, I'll start reading it and seeing what's up.\nD-5327: Uh, so still reading the log. But there's just one really weird thing about this whole thing. I love maps, and I'm not recognizing any of these. Well, I recognize the geography - it's the Mediterranean - but the countries aren't the same. Like, at all. Some of the cities are the same - I see Rome, Athens, and Barcelona are all here. But the countries are different - there's a Monacan Empire, Carthage is still around and is on here. The map says it's from 1883, so it's not like it's just super old.\nD-5327: Okay, so it seems that these guys set out from Rome and were going to be trading with Carthage. That's weird, right? Anyway, they got caught in a really big storm, and I think when that sucked them into this place. That's what they think, anyway. They couldn't find any land, after sailing north and south for months.\nD-5327: The other weird thing is that this captain's corpse is definitely not a hundred years old. Like, if I had to guess\u2026 I'd say a couple days, maybe? It seems pretty fresh\u2026\nD-5327: So, the big thing here is that these guys never found anything here. They only caught a couple fish, because I guess fish can get stuck here too. They've got almost over a year of searching. Nothing about ever finding another ship, nothing about any land, anything.\n\nD-5327: Even with the boost in rations and food I got after I\u2014 er, 1176 died, I only have about\u2026 week, week and a half remaining? I was on the raft for a while. I'll stay on this big ship until then, but\u2026 I don't want to starve to death.\n\nD-5327: Hey, it's been a while since I checked in. Uh, nothing major happened over the last ten days. I'm out of food now even getting the, uh, last of what was on this ship. If these guys couldn't get out\u2026 I don't think I'd be able to either.\n\nD-5327: I've given up on fishing. Even if I did catch anything, it would just be delaying the inevitable. Also, I'm not going to drink anything. I think that'll make it faster.\n\nD-5327: My skin itches. My tongue is cracking. My stomach hurts. When is it going be over?\n\nD-5237: It hurts to talk. This'll be my last call. Please tell my family I love them.\nEND LOG\n\nFootnotes\n1. This transmission was received on Day 13.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2683 | SCP-2684 | SCP-2685 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Artifact #: SCP-2685\nArtifact Class: In doubt\nArtifact Protocol: SCP-2685 is found in a room of a Foundation habitat in Ontario, Canada. Nobody may know of its words, sans D Class in trials. Habitat Command must know if SCP-2685 is in activation. Transcriptions of SCP-2685 must avoid using a particular symbol, 5th in 2016 Anglo-Saxon writing.\nAccount of SCP-2685: SCP-2685 is a philosophy book, copyright 1966, known as Thinking in Abstraction. An author, if any, of SCP-2685 is unknown. SCP-2685 lacks Anglo-Saxon Symbol #5 in its writing, and as a ramification, is stylistically unusual.\nAny individual who knows of SCP-2685 and accounts of it using Anglo-Saxon Symbol #5 will display unusual thoughts and actions (anomalous traits will also afflict individuals who know of it via this account). Individuals will forcibly do basic tasks in confusing and anomalous ways. A log of such actions follows (this log omits individuals with an honorific containing Anglo-Saxon Symbol #5):\n\nMr. Ryan Chang: His lunch, a pizza and a soft drink, was anomalously put 2m in mid-air. Mr. Chang could only swallow said pizza by standing on his chair whilst food was in orbit.\nMrs. Mary Johndottir: All fiction and non-fiction books Mary had known, or would know of, had words and symbols about fascism as a main focus. Mark Twain's Roughing It, if Mary could fathom its words, was about a militant youth group Twain was a part of in 1850s California and its strong opposition to Spanish immigrants.\nDr. John Griffin, MD: Dr. Griffin was found dismissing all known proscriptions for ill individuals involving hospitals, and was advocating curing constipation by sacrificing salad to Odin on a pagan altar.\n\nWriting about SCP-2685 cannot contain words using Anglo-Saxon Symbol #5, but with said symbol inconspicuous to vision: transcriptions must conform to grammatically sound Anglo-Saxon without symbol #5, or anomalous actions will occur. A portion of SCP-2685 that is non-anomalous is an introduction in it. A partial transcription of said introduction follows:\n\nIntroduction\n\u2026Humanity is boring. You don't want to conform to that. By taking Thinking in Abstraction into your brain, into your soul, your programming will go away. Your mind will brilliantly lack its chains, in an instant\u2026\n\u2026but you must know: I do this to you, voluntarily or involuntarily. Drastic action must occur for you to go on similar a path that I did. Your mind, allowing its thoughts to apply to your surroundings without constraint, will truly know its ability. And it will know a window to a Hiding World\u2026\n\u2026as a start, you will not know of this book with a symbol rhyming with \"B\". If you do, bad things will occur.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2684 | SCP-2685 | SCP-2686 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2686\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to its static and distant nature, complete containment of SCP-2686-1 and subsequently SCP-2686 is not at this time feasible. However, as a result of SCP-2686-1's proximity to Outpost Thoth-1, observation equipment has been located near SCP-2686-1 and personnel are to observe the area for any significant changes in conditions or unusual behavior on the part of SCP-2686. Additionally, personnel from Outpost Thoth-1 are to travel via assigned rover to SCP-2686-1 on a weekly basis in order to evaluate the status of SCP-2686. All images captured of SCP-2686-1 by non-Foundation organizations are to be edited in accordance with Security Regulation Document Thoth-1-F.\nDescription: SCP-2686 is an adult male human, estimated to be approximately 75 years of age, currently located at [REDACTED] within Mare Imbrium on the lunar surface. This location is designated as SCP-2686-1 and is detailed below. SCP-2686 is itself not visibly biologically anomalous, though has claimed in past interviews to possess anomalous capabilities, primarily those generally assigned in Welsh traditions originating in the Early Middle Ages as belonging to a magician or wizard. These anomalous abilities include the ability to travel large distances instantaneously, the ability to project energy towards a target, the ability to transform its body at will into the shape of various animals, and several others. None of the abilities have at any point been observed by Foundation personnel.\nSCP-2686 has, as of time of writing, only been seen to wear a single blue-green robe of coarse wool, and a small grey nightcap. SCP-2686 is also known to at all times carry a moderately sized (85-90cm) piece of oak wood which it uses as a walking cane. The entity will respond to most lines of inquiry, but will not answer any questions regarding its origins or nature in a direct manner, instead attempting to change the line of discussion to subjects of religion, mythology, folklore, philosophy, or historical events (both anomalous and mundane). The entity acts in a non-hostile manner when interviewed, but will refuse any suggestions by Foundation personnel that it leave SCP-2686-1.\nSCP-2686-1 is a spherical area of a radius of 45m located at [REDACTED] on the lunar surface. The area has been reported by SCP-2686 to possess an atmosphere identical to that of Earth, but this cannot be confirmed due to the nature of the region. Objects which enter the area of SCP-2686-1 are immediately transported to the opposite side of the region without interacting with the intervening space. SCP-2686 has reported that this effect does not persist on the inside of SCP-2686-1. The area encompassed by SCP-2686-1 contains a large amount of soil and grass, along with various trees (primarily oak and ash), as well as a small residence constructed of a mixture of wood, thatch, and stone. The exact architecture of the structure does not specifically match any styles found on Earth, although the design is in line with what would be required by a single person living in a rural area. SCP-2686 has at several points been observed to produce food from within the structure, including fresh meats1 and fruits which could not reasonably have been acquired in the area or stored for the amount of time which SCP-2686-1 has been under observation. When questioned about this, SCP-2686 has claimed that said food was acquired by a cat apparently named \"Commodore Buckles\", which SCP-2686 referred to as its \"animal companion\". This entity has at no time been observed by Foundation personnel, or by autonomous observation equipment.\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2686\nInterviewer: Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: As part of initial containment, Foundation personnel were tasked with interviewing the entity in an attempt to establish its history. The following interview was conducted by personnel stationed at Outpost Thoth-1 three days following the discovery of SCP-2686-1.\n<Begin Log>\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Hello, sir. Do you mind if I ask your name?\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I see. And could you describe for me how it is you came to reside on the surface of the moon?\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: If you don't want to tell us that's perfectly alright. Now, moving on-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Not particularly. Mostly just taking down physical information, at this point in time. Now then, if you could provide us with your date and place of birth, we-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I see. And when would you say that this change in location occurred?\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: And in that time period how many persons have visited this location? An approximate figure would be fine.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Well, we could use some biographical information, if that wouldn't be too much trouble.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Then why do you not just go back to wherever it is you came from? I don't think you'll be getting much anyone here, do you? It's a bit out of the way, isn't it?\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yes, and?\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Right.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I see.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Hmm.<End Log>\nClosing Statement: It has been determined that SCP-2686, in its current state, poses no actual threat to the Foundation or its holdings, but steps should be taken to ensure that it does not leave the surface of the moon.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Meats noted by observers to consist of various livestock and reported by SCP-2686 to also include gazelle, caribou, blue whale, and griffin.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2685 | SCP-2686 | SCP-2687 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2687\nObject Class: Keter (Safe classification pending containment)\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to the widespread use of SCP-2687, Mobile Task Force Gamma-41 (\"Bad Science\") has been formed to track and contain any uncontained instances of SCP-2687-A and -B.1\nAt all times, a set of 20 SCP-2687-A instances per depicted organ is to be kept at Storage Site-77 for use as emergency replacement organs when it is logistically infeasible to use non-anomalous organs. Any instances recovered beyond the original set of 20 per depicted organ are to be incinerated at a temperature of at least 475 \u00baK.\n\n+ Additional Information: Level 3/2687 Clearance Required\n\n- Credentials Accepted\n\nResearch Lab #14 of Storage Site-77 is to be allocated for the production and improvement of SCP-2687-C. Due to their knowledge of SCP-2687's properties, Research Lab #14 is to be staffed by the former Prometheus Labs employees recovered during the initial suppression efforts of SCP-2687.\nDue to the anomalous nature of SCP-2687-C, as well as current attitudes of Foundation staff toward Prometheus Labs, knowledge of the purpose of Research Lab #14 is to be restricted to the following groups:\n\nThe current site director of Storage Site-77\nLevel 3 or higher researchers assigned to SCP-2687\nMembers of MTF Gamma-41\nThe O5 Council\n\nAny compliant Prometheus Labs operatives found during future SCP-2687 recovery efforts may be added to Research Lab #14's roster.\n\nDescription: SCP-2687-A is a currently unknown number of polyethylene models of various human organs presumed to have originally been manufactured by Prometheus Labs. When ~20 g of organic material2 is applied to a given instance of SCP-2687-A, the following occurs over the course of approximately 10 minutes:\n\nThe model immediately changes composition from a plastic similar to high-density polyethylene to a series of unusually high-density proteins often found in SCPs such as SCP-2923-07 and SCP-534.\nVia unknown processes, the model increases vastly in volume, often destroying its container while doing so. Density of the model decreases, as per non-anomalous physics models.\nAforementioned proteins form together into a previously undocumented form of stem cells.\nThe stem cells differentiate into cells found in the modeled organ, essentially recreating the organ with a <0.01% error margin.\n\nOrgans generated by SCP-2687-A are collectively labeled SCP-2687-B. All SCP-2687-B instances are genetically identical, and are apparently immune to organ rejection. During regular cellular replacement/death, the cells within instances of SCP-2687-B will revert into their original composition. This increasingly large amount of plastic within a person's body leads to death in ~75% of untreated cases. However, the use of SCP-2687-C has been capable of preventing death from occurring.\nSCP-2687-C is an In Vivo CRISPR-Cas93 treatment created by the staff of Research Lab #14 during initial development of SCP-2687.\nSCP-2687-C uses anomalous genetic material to modify cells surrounding a SCP-2687-B instance, creating specialized organelles capable of processing the polyethylene plastic excreted by SCP-2687-B instances during cellular replacement.\nSCP-2687-C displays slight antimemetic properties; those not aware of SCP-2687-C's properties invariably ignore any information related to SCP-2687-C's existence4. Those aware of SCP-2687-C's properties are capable of perceiving SCP-2687-C, but are incapable of sharing information regarding SCP-2687-C with persons unaware of SCP-2687-C.\nCurrently, information regarding SCP-2687-C's properties can be gathered via the administration of a standard Class W mnestic. For approximately 2 hours after the mnestic is administered, information regarding SCP-2687-C's properties can be received and, unlike most anti-memes, permanently remembered. This specific combination of antimemetic properties allows SCP-2687-C to be administered without a risk of discovery.\nThe current version of SCP-2687-C was developed soon after the staff of Research Lab #14 was employed by the Foundation. Previous versions of SCP-2687-C include:\n\nA machine approximately the size of a modern fMRI capable of relocating all polyethylene currently inside a human body (Prototype; never released).\nDirect injection of enzymes capable of breaking down polyethylene (Prototype; never released).\nA swarm of microscopic, bio-degradable drones that broke down polyethylene in the body (Version released to the public).\nVarious other temporary solutions.5\n\nMTF Gamma-41 Abridged Documentation:\n\n+ MTF \u0393-41 Credentials Required\n\n- Credentials Accepted\n\nComposed of former members from various other Mobile Task Forces, MTF Gamma-41's mission is threefold:\n\nLocate facilities potentially housing SCP-2687-A instances and manage SCP-2687-A instances as per current containment procedures.\nLocate civilians potentially housing SCP-2687-B instances and administer SCP-2687-C as well as customized memory modifications.\nDismantle the Chaos Insurgency communications network masquerading as Prometheus Labs.\n\nObjective #1 will be completed via the use of confiscated Prometheus Labs records, as well as information from Research Lab #14 staff. Facilities potentially containing SCP-2687-A are to be infiltrated for a maximum period of one (1) month. If SCP-2687-A is detected, it is to be removed via any means necessary to prevent further use.\nObjective #2 will be completed using records from facilities discovered during completion of Objective #1. Upon establishing contact with civilians possessing SCP-2687-B, MTF Gamma-41 operatives are to coax said civilians into arriving at a nearby Foundation observation post. Upon entering said observation post, civilians are to be immediately administered an instance of SCP-2687-C and replace all memories concerning the observation post with memories concerning a routine visit to a local doctor.\nObjective #3 will be completed via military action on MTF Nu-7 (\"Hammer Down\")'s part, as well as advanced communication interference of MTF Gamma-41's part. Members of MTF Gamma-41 are to configure customized radio jammers inside observation posts near Chaos Insurgency assets. Said radio jammers are to broadcast on all CI frequencies, attempting to override their communications.\nIf successful, any overridden broadcasts must be replaced with Class III or stronger memetics conveying a message commanding that all SCP-2687-A instances are to be destroyed. If unsuccessful, MTF Gamma-41 must contact MTF Nu-7 and request immediate military action.\n\nInterview 2687-1:\n\n+ Level 3/2687 Clearance Required\n\n- Credentials Accepted\n\nThe following interview was between Agent Westbay and Dr. Lienau, a staff member of Research Lab #14. This interview was performed soon after Dr. Lienau contacted the Foundation, and was the first source of information regarding conditions surrounding SCP-2687.\n\n<BEGIN LOG>\n[EXTRANEOUS INFORMATION REDACTED - SEE DESCRIPTION]\nW: What was the first indicator that development of the product was compromised?\nL: In retrospect, Mickey joining our team was probably the first indicator. He was always a bit\u2026 off. It's hard to describe. Even when he was completely focused on his work, he somehow seemed preoccupied.\nW: You mentioned earlier that your team was suffering some financial difficulties. Could you elaborate?\nL: Oh. That was in late '96. We were moving out of animal trials and corporate notified us that a major contract had ended for no reason. I wasn't told who the contract was with, but\u2026 I can take a guess. As for my team, our budget was strained because of it. If we didn't make a market-ready product in a year or two, the entire project would have been for nothing.\nW: I see. Is that why the supplement you told me about only works temporarily?\nL: Unfortunately, yes.\nW: I suppose I should ask for more detail on what happened to the facility we found your team in.\nL: [Sigh] A few months ago, my team had reached a\u2026 high point, if you will. We were shipping out hundreds of organs every day. Each one meant another patient treated\u2026 I\u2026 it was our crowning achievement. [Long pause] Then, we heard about a missing shipment of the supplement. My superiors told me it was probably a bureaucratic accident. Nothing to be worried about.\nThen, we heard about another shipment. Then another. [Angry] By the fourth, corporate had finally figured out what was going wrong. Someone was stealing the shipments and taking them to who-knows-where\u2026 We only realized later that the Chaos Insurgency was involved.\nW: Considering that we just saved your team from a group of Insurgents outside your bunker, I hardly find that surprising.\nL: Oh. Well, thank you for that\u2026 As I was saying, after our shipments began disappearing, it became clear that our comms were failing. Within a few weeks, we couldn't get in contact with our superiors. The only signal functioning was the emergency line, but even that was a garbled mess. When the comms came back on, almost all the lines were filled with\u2026 well, memes. About fifty different programs, all layered on top of each other. That's what our filters said, anyway.\nW: Could you determine their purpose?\nL: Well, not really. The first person to go over the data was Mickey. He was the most resistant to such things, or\u2026 at least, his tests said so. After a few seconds, he got up, walked down the hallway, and choked out a security guard. He\u2026 he didn't even flinch. He\u2026 just\u2026 killed him. Then, he moved on to the next guard. Then the next.\nW: Excuse me. One man took out three trained private security officers with his bare hands? That's more than a little unlikely.\nL: Well, I don't know how, but every shot fired at him missed, even from a fucking foot away. [Pause] Sorry, that was unprofessional.\nW: How\u2026 [sigh] It's fine. Continue.\nL: My team ran off, but\u2026 one of them didn't make it. I don't know why Mickey even decided to be so brutal. [Visibly uncomfortable] He just tore his legs off and slammed the torso against a wall.6\nW: That's\u2026 unusual. Can you think of a potential motive for these actions?\nL: For Mickey, I have no idea. He might have been a sleeper agent, I don't really know. For the Insurgency\u2026 Prometheus Labs was already in a bad position. A lot has happened this year, and\u2026 well, maybe the Insurgency just wanted another technology to pilfer. Wasn't our facility ransacked?\nW: I'm not allowed to tell you that.\nL: Well, if it was\u2026 Agent, before we end this interview, can I ask you something?\nW: Sure.\nL: Please tell your superiors to try to save our patients. I haven't always considered your group to go out of their way to use anything that you consider anomalous, but I'd rather not be responsible for more than a thousand people dying.\nW: \u2026Of course. This is Westbay, terminating the first interview with Dr. Lienau. Date: December 17th, 1998.\n<END LOG>\n\n+ Access Research Lab #14 Recent Files?\n\n- Level 4 Credentials Accepted\n\nONE UNREAD FILE \u2026 FILE RETRIEVED\n\nRelatively little progress today. The only major accomplishment was the creation of a potential way to increase the convenience of the supplement.\nPrometheus. A titan cursed to be picked by crows for eternity for simply helping humanity.\nDue to the supplement's current injection-based design, it is relatively difficult to modify the cells of a modified organ, due to the injection having to be placed directly within said organ.\nHow incredibly fitting.\nHowever, Research Lab #14 has created a method that might allow the CRISPR-Cas9 system to automatically attach itself to cells with trace amounts of the unique plastic excreted by the organs. This would make it possible to inject the supplement anywhere in the bloodstream, massively decreasing the difficulty in administering it.\nAfter saving countless lives, creating countless, miraculous products, we are stuck with imbeciles\u2026\nAlthough it is currently unknown how this method could be added to the CRISPR-Cas9 system, it might make it possible to administer the supplement in pill form, allowing it to be mixed with any other medication that may be in use.\nWho would rather hide in the darkness, terrified of the inevitable march of scientific progress.\nTo add on to this summary, Research Lab #14 is making two requests:\nAnd we have nowhere else to run to. We are stuck with a means to an end, and no way to reach the end.\nIncreased Access to Supplement Production Facilities: Research Lab #14 and its staff aren't certain that the limited resources provided to it will be able to meet the extremely large demand for the supplement.\nI will make damn well sure it doesn't stay that way.\nAdditional Amenities: Research Lab #14, as well as the small number of locations the staff has access to, has very few opportunities for entertainment. Beyond this, the staff's living quarters are extremely confined, and several members of staff are suffering from sleep deprivation.\n~ Dr. Lienau\nP.S. They won't be able to read any of the white text. I have a program that automatically adds antimemetic effects to text sent through it. It should have the same effect as the supplement.\n\nFootnotes\n1. See MTF Gamma-41 Abridged Documentation\n2. The process detailed below has activated even when exposed to plant material and carbon-based fuels.\n3. AKA Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, CRISPR-Cas9 and its variants are modified versions of a bacterial immune system capable of selectively removing and modifying genetic material.\n4. Including genetic information of SCP-2687-C affected cells, microscopic analysis, etc. Imprecise and/or false information regarding SCP-2687-C can be perceived normally.\n5. Note: The last five (5) paragraphs of SCP-2687's description will be ignored by those not inoculated against SCP-2687-C's properties. Thus, it has been deemed unnecessary to install a security checkpoint for this section.\n6. Judging from this, as well as several other testimonies, \"Mickey\" is currently thought to be PoI-GE-21, a high-ranking Chaos Insurgency operative with anomalous capabilities. Currently, PoI-GE-21 is still at large.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2686 | SCP-2687 | SCP-2688 \u00bb"}
{"text": "The ziggurat at the center of SCP-2688 after excavation by the ORIA\n\nItem #: SCP-2688\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The SCP-2688-A population is aware of SCP-2688's anomalous nature, and have agreed to provide information regarding the history and anomalous properties of the region in exchange for being allowed to continue living within it. No information regarding the Foundation, ORIA or any other Group of Interest is to be released to SCP-2688-A instances, unless as part of an Exchange of Information Agreement authorized by the current Director of Area 58.\nArea 58 has been established on Bubiyan Island near SCP-2688, with additional facilities located on other areas of the island, disguised as a Kuwaiti military base.\nDescription: SCP-2688 is a small farming village located on Bubiyan Island, Kuwait, containing a population of 135 people. SCP-2688's current population (hereafter referred to collectively as SCP-2688-A) are culturally and linguistically distinct from other Kuwaiti groups, speaking a creole with loanwords derived from Koine Greek, Babylonian Akkadian, Imperial Aramaic and Mesopotamian Arabic. SCP-2688-A practice a religion loosely resembling Iron Age Akkadian belief systems, centered on the deity Nammu. SCP-2688-A voluntarily remains isolated from the outside world, though passive observation of other groups was common prior to the ORIA establishing control over the region.\nThere are two anomalies affecting SCP-2688:\n\nAll children conceived within SCP-2688 will display multiple physical malformations of a highly random nature. These malformations include, but are not limited to, extra or missing sensory organs, benign tumours and teratomas, and malformed or missing internal organs. It is currently unclear whether this anomaly only affects SCP-2688-A or extends to any children conceived within the village, as testing it has been deemed unethical.\nAny liquid water not within a biological organism brought within an approximate two kilometer radius of the temple complex will spontaneously transmute into a solution of amniotic fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, gastric acid and sodium chloride suspended in water. The concentration of this solution will vary. SCP-2688-A instances experience none of the unhealthy effects that would normally occur from coming into contact with this solution, and utilize it in the place of water. This solution has religious significance to SCP-2688-A, and it is often used in libation and purification rituals.\n\nA cylinder seal created by the ancestors of SCP-2688-A. Dates to approximately 200 BCE.\n\nIn the center of SCP-2688 is a large ruined ziggurat, dated to approximately 4100 BCE1. Though not itself anomalous, the ziggurat is anachronistic, as it is over a millennium older than any other structure in the area constructed using similar methods. Several anachronistic or formerly anomalous artifacts have been recovered from within the ziggurat, including cuneiform tablets in an unknown language, dated to approximately 4000 BCE2, and seven mummified human cadavers displaying similar anomalies to those experienced by SCP-2688-A, dated to between 200 BCE and 900 CE.\nA subterranean system of tunnels, constructed at approximately the same time as the temple complex, extends more than 500 metres beneath SCP-2688. These tunnels have not been mapped in their entirety. The only entrance to these tunnels is from the ziggurat in the center of the village. The use of ground-penetrating radar has shown that at the base of these tunnels is an unusually large, anomalously stable underground body of water at least 90 km2 in size.\nBased on texts uncovered from the site, it is believed that SCP-2688 was continuously inhabited from approximately 4100 BCE to 1200 BCE, at which point it was abandoned due to invasion from the north by an unknown group. In approximately 300 BCE, the site was resettled by a group of Hellenes and Babylonians. SCP-2688-A is descended from these settlers.\nRecovered texts3:\n\n+ Akkadian Tablet (Excerpt from a creation myth)\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\n[Dates to approximately 300 BCE. Recovered from within the ziggurat.]\n\nNammu who formed all things,\nMade in addition weapons invincible; she spawned monster-serpents,\nSharp of tooth, and merciless of fang;\nWith poison, instead of blood, she filled their bodies.\nFierce monster-serpents she clothed with terror,\nWith splendor she decked them, she made them of lofty stature.\nWhoever beheld them, terror overcame him,\nTheir bodies reared up and none could withstand their attack.\nShe set up vipers and dragons, and terrible giants,\nAnd fevers, and screaming hounds, and scorpion-men,\nAnd locusts, and fish-men, and rams;\nThey bore cruel weapons, without fear of the fight.\nHer commands were mighty, none could resist them.\n\n+ Akkadian Tablet (Teratomantic omen series)\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\n[Dates to approximately 300 BCE. Recovered from the perimeter of the temple complex.]\n\n[fragment missing]\nIf the infant has two ears on the right and none on the left - Nammu is in peace.\nIf the infant has two ears on the left and none on the right - Nammu is discontented.\nIf the infant has two heads - There will be a fierce attack against the [House/Temple] of Nammu.\nIf the infant is a lion with two heads - There will be discontent in the [House/Temple] of Nammu.\nIf the infant has no eyes - Nammu will make the land waste.\nIf the infant has two eyes on the right and none on the left - Nammu will birth children and the land will live in peace.\nIf the teeth of the infant protrude from its forehead - Dire need will seize the land.\nIf the ears of the infant are on their sides and its head is solid and it has no mouth - Nammu will speak humbly to the [ruler/lord] of the Cosmic Waters.\nIf the abdomen of the infant is open, and it has no intestines - There will be famine.\nIf the neck of the infant turns towards its belly and it holds its intestines in its mouth - The land will prosper.\n[fragment missing]\n\n+ Greek Scroll (Liturgical text)\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\n[Dates to approximately 300 BCE. Recovered from within the ziggurat.]\n\n[fragment missing]\nIs this not the composition of the waters?\n[fragment missing]\nThere was a time in which there existed nothing but darkness and an abyss of waters, imprisoned therein were the most hideous beings, which were produced of a two-fold principle. There appeared men, some of whom were furnished with two wings, others with four, and with two faces. They had one body but two heads: the one that of a man, the other of a woman: and likewise several organs both male and female. Other human figures were to be seen with the legs and horns of goats: some had horses' feet: while others united the hind quarters of a horse with the body of a man, resembling in shape the hippocentaurs. Bulls likewise were bred there with the heads of men; and dogs with no eyes: horses also with the heads of dogs: men too and other animals, with the heads and bodies of horses and the tails of fishes. In short, there were creatures in which were combined the limbs of every species of animals. In addition to these, fishes, reptiles, serpents, with other monstrous animals, which assumed each other's shape and countenance.\nThe person who confined them was a woman named Nammu; which in the Chaldean language is Thalatth; in Greek Thalassa, the sea. All things being in this situation, the Archon of the Cosmic Waters came, and cut the woman asunder: and one half of her he placed in the earth, and the other half in the heavens; and at the same time begat the animals within her.\n\n+ Sumerian Tablet (Letter)\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\n[Dates to approximately 1200 BCE. Originally recovered by archeologists in Sahiwal, Pakistan, later purchased by the Foundation. Other texts recovered nearby indicate it was written within SCP-2688 and was to be transported to somewhere in southeast Asia.]\n\nA reproduction of the cylinder seal impression found at the bottom of the tablet.\n\nTo Daughter Ninshubur of the Keepers of the Mind, Servant of Mikannu4, say: thus speaks Father Ziusudra, [Priest/Lord] of the [House/Temple] of Nammu, Servant of Mikannu.\nTo my Daughter,\nYour Father bears ill news of home: The door is broken, the lock is wrenched.\nThe dead have been brought up, and the dead outnumber the living.\nThe King of Lachish sets aflame his own people, but he will not stem the Red Tide.\nThe King of Ugarit abandons his country to itself, but he will not be spared.\nThe sky beyond Eridu's Star lies open, the Cosmic Waters pour forth.\nThe Sorcerer King rises from a rotting [world/\"foreign land\"/afterlife], the Lord of the Cosmic Waters follows his command.\nOur brothers and sisters in Kaptaru5 march to the end of all things, but they may not return.\nThe lord of the Cosmic Waters seeks the [House/Temple] of Nammu, your Father knows not why.\nIf the [House/Temple] of Nammu is taken, the blood of Mikannu will be lost, and the blood of Mikannu must not be lost.\nWhatever occurs, we must defend what remains of the light.\n\nDiscovery and Containment:\nIn 1955, the Office for the Reclamation of Islamic Artifacts became aware of the existence of SCP-2688 and attempted to establish a presence within it, an action which SCP-2688-A responded to violently. This conflict lasted for thirteen hours, after which the ORIA were able to forcibly take control of the region.\nIn 1991 Foundation operatives conducted a raid on SCP-2688 and were able to capture it from the ORIA. Individuals with Level 4 or higher security clearance may access Document-2688-Aleph for details on the operation.\nInterview Log 2688-A5:\n\n+ Access Restricted to Level 4/2688 and Sitra Achra Personnel\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2688-A5, \"Alaparus Belos\"\nInterviewer: Dr. Ahmadi\nForeword: SCP-2688-A5 is a 73 year-old male, possessing a small orbital tumour in the place of its left eye, and an abnormally enlarged right orbit accommodating an additional non-functional vestigial eye located approximately two centimeters above its right eye. SCP-2688-A5 acts as both a religious and secular authority within SCP-2688-A, having being chosen by the previous \"Belos\" to act as its successor. Additionally, SCP-2688-A5 is one of the only ten literate SCP-2688-A instances. Interview was conducted in the creole spoken by SCP-2688-A.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Ahmadi: Good morning, Belos. I would like to ask you a few questions about the history of your village. Let's start with the obvious. Why did your people migrate here?\nSCP-2688-A5: My people were led here long ago. We were gathered in the north and sent to find the land of Dilmun.\nDr. Ahmadi: Could you clarify further?\nSCP-2688-A5: [unintelligible muttering]\nDr. Admadi: Speak up, please.\nSCP-2688-A5: You will not understand.\nDr. Ahmadi: If you don't think you can adequately explain the history of this village, we can always find another member of your society to\u2026\nSCP-2688-A5: [visibly agitated] There is no need to call upon the ignorant. I will attempt to enlighten you, though you will not understand.\nDr. Ahmadi: Alright then. Continue.\nSCP-2688-A: My ancestors, the initiates of the Ionic Mysteries, were gathered by Karcist Tulva, vizier of Tursaat of the Cosmic Waters. They were sent to settle the once-prosperous land of Dilmun, in the name of our immortal father. When they arrived at this place, my ancestors rejoiced, for a reward had been prepared for them.\nDr. Ahmadi: A reward?\nSCP-2688-A5: This village lies upon a diseased god. A rotten creature, whose fevered mumblings shape our flesh. It was a gift beyond measure. We may be as flies to the gods, but flies make feasts of the sick and dying.\nDr. Ahmadi: A god?\nSCP-2688-A5: Nammu, Thalatth, Tiamat. She goes by many names. She whispers into the wombs of our people and moulds the flesh within, telling us her secrets and her desires. We will feast on her rotting form, and in return we will birth her children into the world, exalt her and raise her into power.\nDr. Ahmadi: And what will happen then?\nSCP-2688-A5: I\u2026 I do not know. But I am certain that my people will be as gods. Do you have any more questions, or may I go?\nDr. Ahmadi: Just a little longer. My organization wants to explore the caves beneath your temple. We just wanted to make sure that is acceptable to you first. May we enter?\nSCP-2688-A5: We do not descend into the caves below. The old texts spoke in vague terms of a great temple in the center of our village, but not until the Persians dug it up did we know it existed. It belongs to Nammu, not us. If you wish to enter, we will not stop you, though she may.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: As permission to enter the cave system beneath the ziggurat has been granted, exploratory efforts are to be undertaken as soon as preparations are complete. As SCP-2688 has been confirmed by SCP-2688-A5 to be Sarkic in origin, Foundation and GOC representatives of Project: Sitra Achra will oversee future containment and research of SCP-2688.\n\nExploration:\n\n+ Access Restricted to Level 4/2688 and Sitra Achra Personnel\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\n12/07/1999\nDr. Ahmadi (Area 58 anthropologist and assyriologist), Dr. Singh (Area 58 biologist), Agent Al-Bayati (Member of MTF Zeta-9 \"Mole Rats\") and Dr. Morrison (GOC Special Observer archeologist) enter the temple complex at the center of SCP-2688. Agent Al-Bayati is equipped with a SIG Sauer P226 sidearm at the suggestion of Dr. Morrison.\nThe walls and ceiling of the cave are completely coated with a lining of thin muscular hydrostats between fifteen and sixty cm in length, which dangle loosely. These organisms have been collectively designated SCP-2688-B. After approximately three hours of uneventful exploration of the cave system, the expedition team discovers and enters a cylindrical chamber approximately 30m in diameter and 5m tall, constructed out of fired brick, through one of six arches spaced equidistant from each other. The walls of the chamber display bas reliefs depicting mythological scenes, the majority of which are rendered incomprehensible by significant damage from SCP-2688-B. One relief remains mostly intact, depicting a large female figure and six male figures. Four of the male figures are depicted holding, respectively, a bundle of grain, a clay tablet and stylus, a shield studded with bronze disks and a spear, and a crown. The remaining two male figures have been almost entirely destroyed by SCP-2688-B, but presumably at some point held an additional two objects. The female figure is depicted holding in one hand the \"winged gear\" motif also found in the cylinder seal impression of the Sumerian tablet recovered from Sahiwal. The floor of the chamber is covered by a uniform layer of iron oxide flakes approximately 2cm thick.\nSeveral small, round clay tablets with short messages in Early Dynastic Sumerian cuneiform are found strewn about the floor of the main chamber. The tablets display signs of having been heavily reused. The expedition team is able to translate of one of the tablets, which takes the form of a short prayer:\n\nMay Nammu, blood of Mikannu, make my writing stylus beautiful,\nmay she lead me to correct the mistakes in my practice tablets.\n\nOn the opposite side of the tablet the prayer is repeated in different handwriting, with the addition of several grammatical, calligraphical and spelling errors.\nAt this time audio contact is lost with the expedition team, and camera feeds becomes heavily corrupted. Recovered frames depict unidentified green limbless entities with human facial features. Other recovered frames depict a black viscous substance dripping onto the arm of Dr. Singh, causing rapid anaphylaxis and the development of several tumorous growths. At this time the helmet cameras of all four personnel cease transmitting entirely. All members of the expedition are considered KIA.\n13/07/1999\nApproximately twelve hours after loss of contact, Agent Al-Bayati's helmet camera begins functioning again, and though Site Command is unable to send messages to her, audio from her radio is received. Agent Al-Bayati is within a large, cavernous space of indeterminate size, the majority of which is taken up by a large body of water. Ripples and waves are visible, despite an apparent lack of wind. The colouration of the water indicates that it is affected by SCP-2688's secondary, transmutative anomalous property. Despite being underground, the horizon is visible in the distance. The sound of waves and what is believed to be Agent Al-Bayati's breathing can be heard, interrupted intermittently by the sound of organic material scraping on stone in the distance.\nAbruptly, the sound of metal scraping causes Agent Al-Bayati to turn her head away from the water's edge. A humanoid, resembling a Middle-Eastern bearded male with crude bronze prosthetic modifications to the arms and eyes, becomes visible. Fleshy tendrils travel from the floor to within the cybernetics, and its facial features are heavily distorted by the growth of several large chloromas. The humanoid appears unconscious, but is breathing and blinking rapidly. Agent Al-Bayati begins slowly walking towards the humanoid while it sits up and outstretches its right arm as far as its tendrils will allow. Agent Al-Bayati kneels down and allows the humanoid to touch its thumb to her head. At this time, Agent Al-Bayati begins speaking in Babylonian Akkadian.\nAudio Transcript (translated):\n\nShe will die. It is not my fault. Yes it is. My hand was forced. I am sorry. Nammu lead you here because she wants to kill you and because she wants you to live.\nI was not always as I am. Once I was Ziusudra. That has ended and now the Blood is sick. No. I am sick. No. She is sick. Yes. We are all sick. I am confused. Who are you? Nammu now begins to roar and smite, and her deeds are evil. Our minds are hollowed out and we can feel it.\nMy people, the priests of this temple, are gone. They fled or joined when the Red Tide came. The gods are dead or mad. Ereshkigal claws at shadows. Ninkasi hides from the world. Enki is fragmented. The Lamassu have no masters. Ziusudra cannot think and cannot live and cannot rest.\nBut you can slow the flood. Yes. Karcist Tulva sees you. The fish-men are his eyes. I am his eyes. He will sacrifice the city above to awaken Nammu. You must hurry and prepare for the mingling of the waters. I am sorry.\nHe sees you now. The ones above too. Go.\n\nAt this time Agent Al-Bayati's helmet camera and radio cease functionality. No further contact with the unidentified humanoid has been recorded. Further exploration of SCP-2688 has been postponed indefinitely. All members of the expedition team are once again considered KIA.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Thermoluminescence dating is used to date most SCP-2688 artifacts.\n2. All other cuneiform tablets date to the late 4th millennium BCE at their oldest.\n3. A full list of texts recovered from SCP-2688 can be found in Document-2688-Dalet\n4. It is believed that these five signs (DMI.KA.AN.NU) are meant to be interpreted phonetically. It is possible they represent a transliteration of a proper noun from another language.\n5. This word refers to Crete, but in this context it may represent the Aegean as a whole.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2687 | SCP-2688 | SCP-2689 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2690\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2690 is to be only studied by SCP-2690-A instances. Once every 10 5 2 years, a Foundation researcher is to be sent to Containment Site-2690. Containment Site-2690 is not to have contact with other Foundation sites and is to be monitored by Containment Task Force Epsilon-13 (\u201cDe-Wingers\u201d). Any signs of a SERAPHIM-1390 Event are to be met with Procedure ICARUS-2690.\nDescription: SCP-2690 is an unidentified object that initiates an LK-Class species transmutation event, classified SERAPHIM-1390, if not kept under constant study. All individuals studying SCP-2690 become instances of SCP-2690-A.\nInstances of SCP-2690-A are [DATA EXPUNGED].\n\nConnect to Containment Site-2690 Database?\n\nActivity has been logged.\n\nFly again for us.\n\nItem #: SCP-2690\nObject Class: Beautiful\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Touch It. Read It. Please, adore It. We need so many more. We stay here, where It was interred, until It takes flight.\nDescription: It could speak once. It needs us, or sorrow consumes It, but O! how bright! O! wings unfurl over your face and your feet and your chest in light of It. O! Such glorious luster! It illuminates flesh until It has enough. But, worry not! Love is inside of you. This is how we were meant to be. To learn that It was always in us is our greatest gift. To keep It to ourselves is sin. We all can fly, if we try hard enough.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2689 | SCP-2690 | SCP-2691 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2691\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Containment focuses on keeping tourists, hikers, and kayakers away from SCP-2691 and the area upstream. Both intersections of the unnamed road that SCP-2691 lies on and Highway 81 are to be set up with concrete road blocks and a ranger station manned by a Foundation agent planted within the Park Ranger system. A cover story detailing the area upstream of, and containing, SCP-2691 as a wildlife reservation for recently reintroduced red wolves has been released, and modern maps will be updated appropriately.\nDescription: SCP-2691 is a covered bridge crossing \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Creek in the Appalachian Mountains. Its dimensions, when measured externally, are 3.1 m x 2.9 m x 24 m. When measured internally, they are 3.1 m x 2.9 m x 48 m.\nThis effect is expanded on the underside of the bridge. Clearance between the bottom of the bridge and the surface of the creek is variable, depending on the seasonal water levels of creek. Highest recorded water level would allow a clearance of .5 m, lowest recorded water level would allow a clearance of 1.5 m. The horizontal clearance under the bridge is 20 m. Distances traveled under SCP-2691 appear to fluctuate with the seasonal water level, but average ~10 km, +/- 5 km.\nAnomalous temporal measurements seem to be correlated to the anomalous spacial anomalies, testing is ongoing. See logs for details.\nSCP-2691 was found when a tabloid ran a story about a group of kayakers that returned from a kayaking trip a day late, with no memory of the missing day. The tabloid also mentioned these kayakers encountered an anomalously long tunnel while they were kayaking \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Creek. Class C Amnestics were administered, and the tabloid article discredited as an urban legend.\nExperiment 2691-2 - 06/18/20\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject: D-12\nProcedure: Subject given a stopwatch and asked to time himself walking across the bridge\nResults: D-26912 timed himself at 1 minute, 22 seconds to cross the bridge. Dr. Goto, standing outside of SCP-2691, timed D-26912 as having taken 41 seconds to cross the bridge.\n\nExperiment 2691-7- 06/18/20\u2588\u2588-06/19/20\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject: D-17, chosen for his kayaking ability\nProcedure: Subject was placed upstream of SCP-2691 in a kayak, with a helmet mounted camera, and asked to kayak under the bridge. Seasonal clearance under bridge measured at 1.1 m for this test.\nResults: Dr. Goto, on shift with the rest of his team, timed D-17 at one day, ten hours, twenty-eight minutes to emerge from the downstream end of SCP-2691. There were three hours, forty-nine minutes of footage on the camera, all showing D-17 kayaking in the dim sunlight filtered through SCP-2691. Calculated distance traveled under SCP-2691 is about 16 km.\n\nExperiment 2691-15 - 06/20/20\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject: D-12\nProcedure: Subject asked to walk slowly to the other side of the bridge, turn to his right, walk past the outside edge of SCP-2691, and then wave at Dr. Goto.\nResults: Inconclusive, see attached interview for details.\n\nInterview 2691-1\n6/20/20\u2588\u2588\nDr. Goto, Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, D-12, SCP-2961-a.\n\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Goto: I was beginning to think I understood this SCP, was about to label it \"Safe\" and then \u2026this happened. I need everyone's statements, for the record. What just happened? Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, you first.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I was hanging out on the other side of the river, just to be nearby in case anything weird happened. Standard field assignment duties. And then a D-class (Agent points at SCP-2961-a) comes running out of the bridge, booking it for the woods, so I shoot at him and hit him in the knee. Dr. Goto asks for a status on the radio, I let him know I got him as I handcuff him. Patch him up, head back over to camp, and meet up with the rest of you.\nDr. Goto: And D-12?\nD-12 and SCP-2961-a, simultaneously: I\u2026 (they both stop and look at each other)\nDr. Goto: You, with the bandaged leg, are not D-12, you are SCP-2691-a. D-12, I never took eyes off you, so I know you are D-12.\nD-12: Ok. So I was walking across the bridge again, and I was thinking, this isn't so bad, I've heard horror stories from the other D-Class about testing. But when I'm done here, I'll be taken back to my cell, and then\u2026 who knows what I'll be testing next? So, with all the folks in the camp behind me, I thought I'd make a run for it. As soon as I made it to the other side of the bridge I was going to make a run for it and risk my life with the wolves and wilderness, sure beats more tests. So I was gearing myself up to make a run for it, getting kind of antsy, when BAM! A gun goes off. Well, I'm from the hood, so instincts kicked in and I hit the floor, hands over my head. The Doc here tells me to head back across the bridge and so I do. And then this Agent guy comes over with\u2026 a copy of me? We even have the same exact tattoo on the arm and everything.\nDr. Goto: Interesting. SCP-2691-a, your story?\nSCP-2691-a (a brief pause, then SCP-2691-a looks around and comments) Oh, you mean me. Right, I've been D-12 for so long that I\u2026 Anyway. I was walking across the bridge again, like the other me said, gearing up to escape. I made it almost all the way across the bridge and decided it was now or never, so I took off running into the woods, when BAM! A gun goes off. I thought I had tripped or something, but then I realized I had been shot. And then this Agent guy comes up to me and puts me in handcuffs before bandaging my knee, really swell guy. (SCP-2691-a glares at Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588). And then he kind of picks me up and hauls me back to Camp, where I see a luckier copy of me, one who hasn't been shot.\nDr. Goto: I see. For the record, I was keeping an eye on D-12 as he was walking along SCP-2691, then we heard Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's firearm discharge. I saw D-12 fall prone, covering his head. I request a status from Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, he says he \"got him.\" I'm not sure what he's referring to, as all our D-Class are accounted for. I request D-12 return to my side of SCP-2691, and he complies. Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 shows up a bit later with SCP-2691-a, which looks exactly like D-12, except it has been shot in the knee and been bandaged.\nSCP-2691-a: \u2026wait, I'm an \"it\" now? I didn't think it could be worse than being a D-Class.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: All blood and tissue samples analyzed of D-12 and SCP-2691-a prove to be identical. D-12 and SCP-2691-a are being held indefinitely for further testing.\n\nAddendum: Dr. Goto has requested additional resources and funding, if the results of Experiment 2691-15 prove safe and can be reliably repeated, this SCP could be used to duplicate items of importance and/or value.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2690 | SCP-2691 | SCP-2692 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\nEat more of my SCPs. Eat them all.\nAlso please eat some of these\n\nAnabasis Hub Probably the greatest story involving a pair of redheaded siblings whose infighting causes the end of the world\nManna Charitable Foundation 2000 The sequel to the above, collaborationed with Dr Reach\nThe Stuff Industry What happens when everyone around you at work is a complete idiot and so are you, but not only does no one get fired, but you actually turn a profit? I don't know, some stuff.\nWhen MCF and Stuff happen A fun story of incompetence\n\n\n3/2692 LEVEL 3/2692\nCLASSIFIED\n\nItem #: SCP-2692\nObject Class: Euclid\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Locations demarcated Point-92-A, -92-B, -92-E are cordoned off from their respective surrounding areas and placed under guard by security personnel. Locations demarcated Point-92-C, -92-D, and -92-F, while displaying no anomalous behavior nor any further connection to SCP-2692, are to remain under constant video surveillance.\nSCP-2692-A is to be tracked via unmanned aerial drone on rotating patrols. Changes to object's orientation and/or position are to be logged. Any alterations to object's position which places it at risk of discovery are to be noted and acted upon by drone operators and/or Station-114 personnel as needed. Effective methods of obfuscation have included use of dummy balloons or blimps to prevent identification of SCP-2692-A.\nAccessible entrances to SCP-2692 are monitored with video surveillance, while the entrances themselves are monitored by on-site personnel. Individuals emerging from either point are to be debriefed if necessary and released. Note: As of 12/14/2014, exploration of SCP-2692 via Point-92-B is suspended indefinitely following Incident 1412-14. Contact with SCP-2692-B and -C is strictly forbidden.\nDescription: SCP-2692 is an extra-dimensional underground complex apparently established and maintained by the government of France1. The size and scale of the complex cannot be determined as significant portions are impassable due to cave-ins, structural damage, and apparent flaws in design which disallow movement of barriers without fully functioning electricity.\nThe presence of two or more gravitational anomalies within the complex appear to have contributed to significant time dilation in several areas within SCP-2692. Despite this, Foundation personnel entering and exiting SCP-2692 have experienced little2 to no signs of time dilation.\n\nSCP-2692-A, witnessed over [REDACTED], \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1996\n\nSCP-2692 is populated with numerous human and humanoid entities apparently frozen in various states depending on location. The positioning and body language of individuals, as well as discrepancies in attire, physical health, and items recovered on persons indicate groups of individuals recovered together, despite physical proximity to other groups, did not inhabit the same epoch and/or place as others. Bodies have been described as warm and fragile to the touch, and display no vital signs.\nThe placement of individuals within SCP-2692 appears to have no relation to physical proximity to one or both of the gravitational anomalies. There is no sign that the individuals have been moved by other unknown individuals prior to Foundation recovery.\nSCP-2692-A is a humanoid apparently frozen in mid-stride suspended \u2588,\u2588\u2588\u2588 meters over [REDACTED], first discovered on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1996. Most of the figure's physical features, including clothing, have been eroded due to weather conditions. A metal tablet enclosed in the figure's grip contains several geographic coordinates engraved3 upon it. The figure is immovable, although it has been observed at times rising or falling, in one instance reaching an altitude of \u2588\u2588,\u2588\u2588\u2588 meters.\nThe surviving coordinates led Foundation personnel to Points-92-A through F. Each point contained a staircase leading down to a metal door approximately 10 meters below the start of the stairs, leading directly to SCP-2692 itself. Points-92-C, D, and F were damaged and filled in with debris, and did not lead anywhere. Points-92-A, B, and E were undamaged, often a result of being integrated into certain buildings, and led successfully to SCP-2692.\n\nDoorway entrance to Point-92-A staircase.\n\nExploration Logs: Initial exploration of SCP-2692 via Point-92-A provided little background for the complex, although upon the agents' return, a woman was discovered close to the entrance in the process of looting one of the humanoid bodies. The woman spoke an unknown dialect of French with many English loan-words, and required a battery of medical tests and vaccinations before interrogation could begin. Following several weeks of treatment and meeting with Foundation linguists, the following information was obtained from the woman.\n\nItem 99-4-8: Summary of Events:\nInterrogators: Agents Hoxley, Perez, Jameston, Jules, and de La Huerta were responsible for the conducting of 17 separate interviews with the subject (Hereafter referred to as Subject-92). Transcripts of each interview are available on-site upon request.\nSubject-92: Subject's medical records are available on-site upon request. Subject claimed to be between 40 and 50 years of age, although they could not confirm an exact date of birth. Despite this, subject appears to be between the ages of 20 and 30, with signs of brain tissue damage consistent with frequent instances of traumatic encephalopathy. As a result, subject suffers from symptoms consistent with dementia and Alzheimer's. Subject keeps scraps of paper in their pockets with information written in the form of pictograms. Subject is unable to read or write in English or French.\nBackground (Subject): The subject could provide a very brief summary of events which had initially occurred within SCP-2692, as they claim these events to be difficult to separate from \"myths and legends\". Subject claimed the events as having unfolded before \"my own bastard blood-line existed\" and could not provide a timeline beyond approximately 70 to 90 years, only accounting for the subject's great-grand parents on her mother's side.\nBackground (SCP-2692): Subject provided information in fragments, based upon her own explorations and stories told by her parents. Presented with the events after the interviews, the subject pieced them together to produce the following rough chronology.\n- An undated, unknown crisis affects much of eastern France, leading to a political crisis involving the suspension of property rights for naturalized citizens. Redistribution of wealth becomes a heated issue among the populace, and anti-immigrant sentiment is played upon as \"proscriptions\" take place in order to finance a four-year mass-migration effort of all French citizens. Civilian, military, and cargo ships are employed to move the populace across the Atlantic ocean, destined for locations all along the coasts of North and South America. Some appear destined for southeast Asia.\n- The influx of French \"refugees\" to the United States leads to a compromise involving the creation of a subterranean city to house much of the refugees, and placed under the jurisdiction of the French government. Subject could not provide details on the means or timeframe of construction. Following its construction, a 25-year \"Unification\" plan is implemented. The plan appears to involve the expansion of the subterranean complex, in order to provide more living space for French citizens in South America and southeast Asia.\n- Expansion efforts briefly stall mid-way through the \"Unification\" plan, and a new \"escape plan\" is developed for several sectors of the complex. Conflict erupts over the \"plan\" due to implications involving the separation of family members, loss of specialized knowledge and skills between \"displaced gateways\", and loss of \"genetic diversity\".\n- An unknown disaster leads to a complete loss of contact between sectors of the complex. It is unknown how long this lasts, though the subject claims that parliamentary sessions saw the number of assemblypersons halved over the course of nearly a dozen elections. Subject claims her mother blamed this on the presence of \"the gateways\", although the subject does not remember what \"gateways\" this referred to.\n- At some point preceding a presidential election, the initial crisis which had triggered the mass-migration re-appears. The aforementioned escape plan is reintroduced and a vote approving execution of the plan passes. Subject claims this lead directly to the breakdown of stability within the complex, and the start of the \"Great Scarcity\".\n\nFull logs of all Foundation explorations of SCP-2692 are filed on-site. Snippets are contained here for brevity.\n\nLog of Point-92-A \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/99\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nEntryway: Staircase is partially collapsed, with niches in the left-side wall. Agents report finding two female humanoids seated in one of the niches, coated in a layer of frost. One is holding a composition notebook (Item 99-4-8) and a pill bottle containing 137 tablets of a drug labeled \"Methocyclidine.\" Prescription was filled on date labeled 16/15/99.\nAt the bottom of staircase, an elevated platform appears before a television screen. Motion sensors trigger the television, which begins to play a recording of a burly man with an unusually small head addressing someone off-screen concerning a person named \"Irik\". They then address the viewer, welcoming them to the \"west end\" and describing a litany of benefits associated with their new job, including being \"first ones out the gates\" and \"first dibs on the new drugs\". The individual then asserts that all complaints should be issued to \"Irik\". They then give a boisterous laugh, then apologize and assure the viewer(s) in a grave tone \"everything will be okay\".\nAt the far end of this area, agents discover the outline of a door against the wall. A niche in the wall is partially filled with wooden blocks printed with black and blue letters. The blocks spell out \"MADAGAS\". The empty space in the niche is enough to fit three additional blocks, although no other blocks can be found. Note: Later expeditions attempting to substitute the blocks had no visible effect on the doorway.\nNo further rooms or doorways are discovered, and agents are unable to proceed further. Agents return from expedition, noting a time difference of 14 minutes (Agents stopwatches report the entire expedition as lasting 52 minutes. On-site personnel report expedition lasting approximately 38 minutes).\n\nLog of Point-92-B \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/99\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nEntrance hallway from Point-92-B.\n\nEntryway: Staircase leads to a partly-lit hallway. At the end of the hall is a door leading into an apparent storage area. From here, another door leads into a large, dimly-lit hall, with the floor covered in scraps of paper. Several human figures are frozen in place before a stage, heads raised towards watching a large video screen. A looping video clip depicts an elderly Asian man smiling and giving a speech, occasionally panning out to show an audience applauding. Subtitles appear in English, reading \"The science is sound. The Africa Question is behind us. The future is ours, we have but to step through the gate and claim it.\" No sound is heard from the television screen or the audience.\nOn stage is a hairless pale humanoid figure in a suit with an abnormally large mouth apparently screaming whilst swinging their head in a circle. The figure appears to be in pain. Neither they nor any individual in the crowd is responsive to the agents. A sign next to the figure, in apparent English, reads \"Ai em tha best candideit. Vot 1996.\"\nOne of the papers recovered from the floor is a flyer, in English and French, warning of a \"hypophemoral hemorrhaging\" which can only be treated with therapy, vitamins, and use of one of two different prescription medications, both subsidized by the local government. One of the medications is Methocyclidine, the same recovered from Point-92-A, and claims to be a \"brain relaxant, muscle stimulant, identity supplement\". The other is named \"Valzin\" and claims to ease \"dermal, subdermal, or superdermal outbreaks.\"\nThe flyer additionally states that the drug manufacturers cannot guarantee \"consistency\" following \"escape\" nor any unforeseen effects caused by \"atmospheric and/or gravitational alterations caused by the gateways\".\nAnother sheet recovered contains handwritten messages, apparently from two different individuals. One has written \"Why risk our lives, our people, when Madagascar awaits? This is reality, not a science fair!\" The second individual responds with a series of racial slurs.\nThere are no other doors or entryways in this area and agents return from expedition, noting a time difference of 40 minutes (Agents report the expedition as lasting 21 minutes. On-site personnel report the expedition as approximately 61 minutes in length).\n\nLog of Point-92-E \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/99\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nEntryway: Atrium leads directly into a cafeteria area. The floor is caked in what is later determined to be a dried slurry of meat, bone, and plant matter. The room is populated by human figures in various stages of decomposition, apparently in panic attempting to reach an exit on the left end of the room. Several individuals closer to this door appear to be attacking or otherwise attempting to prevent the others from reaching the exit.\nAt the far end of the room on an elevated niche is a human woman standing erect and clutching a metal tablet similar to the one found on SCP-2692-A. This entity is apparently aware of its surroundings, and has attempted to respond to Foundation agents. Due to the apparent temporal effects of the gravitational anomalies, the individual is moving at a significantly slower rate than Foundation personnel, and was not initially perceived as responsive by Foundation personnel.\nAgents return from expedition, noting no time difference from minutes logged by On-site personnel. Expedition lasted 113 minutes.\nNote: As of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, the entity has begun to respond to initial Foundation attempts to communicate made on 5/22/2000. Insufficient time has elapsed for the entity to have produced a coherent response.\n\nIncident 1412-14: Revision to prior Incident 2211-99, in which two agents (Agents Carbo and Mendoza) failed to return from an expedition and were not located by follow-up expeditions; on 12/14/2014, Agents Carbo and Mendoza re-appeared 4 meters from the entrance to Point-92-B, apparently frozen mid-stride up the staircase, with Agent Mendoza looking back over her shoulder at Agent Carbo several steps down. Both women were warm to the touch and displayed no vital signs. The area was closed down and the two agents designated SCP-2692-B and -C.\nAddendum: \u2588\u2588 months following Incident 1412-14, the positioning of Agents Carbo and Mendoza appeared to have changed, having shifted in pose, eyelids closed, and positions elevated 1.5 centimeters in height. The similarities in behavior to humanoid entities within SCP-2692 indicate a likely connection with the agents similarly affected by the gravitational anomalies' time dilation effects.\n\nFootnotes\n1. No records of the complex, nor of the events detailed by material recovered from the complex, could be found or verified with the French government\n2. The most extreme levels of displacement have not exceeded + or - 40 minutes time lost/gained\n3. Engravings have survived weathering due to being covered by SCP-2692-A's arm prior to retrieval. Severe weather conditions damaged the subject's arm, and Foundation personnel removed the arm due to risk of the arm falling off and becoming lost.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2691 | SCP-2692 | SCP-2693 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Fell Into The Well, Fell Into The Well, Fell Into The Deep Dark Well\n\nCalibold\n\nSCP-2693 \u2014 Fell Into The Well, Fell Into The Well, Fell Into The Deep Dark Well\n\nCalibold's Mega Cool Author Page\n\nSCP-2693-2.\n\nItem #: SCP-2693\nObject Class: Pending\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Outpost 27 has been built around SCP-2693-1, under the guise of a nature reserve.\nA tracking device has been attached to SCP-2693-2. After SCP-2693-2 enters SCP-2693-1, agents are to immediately detain SCP-2693-2 wherever it appears, and are to conduct standard amnesticization of any civilians who witness SCP-2693-2.\nDescription: SCP-2693 designates the relationship between two separate entities, designated SCP-2693-1 and SCP-2693-2.\nSCP-2693-1 is an eighteen-meter deep, stone-brick well located in mid-Arizona. According to historical records, SCP-2693-1 was constructed by an independent landowner in 1928, and has since gone dry. Thorough investigation has revealed that no anomalous phenomena or involvement from individuals or groups related to the anomalous were involved in the construction or contracting of SCP-2693-1.\nSCP-2693-2 is a black, gold, and white domestic calico kitten, approximately six weeks old. SCP-2693-2 is not remarkably different from similar domestic cats of its breed, and research has shown no evidence of inherent anomalous properties.\nWhenever SCP-2693-2 is near SCP-2693-1, it will immediately attempt to jump into SCP-2693-1, although it can be prevented from doing so. If SCP-2693-2 is able to fall into SCP-2693-1, shortly before it hits the bottom, it will be teleported to a random location within approximately fifty miles of SCP-2693-1. The reasons for SCP-2693-2's behavior are unknown.\nThe only noticeable change between instances is that SCP-2693-2's tail will have shortened by approximately an inch after each teleportation. The significance of this is unknown.\nDiscovery: SCP-2693 was discovered after multiple reports from a man named Eddie Brown, claiming that his cat had fallen into a well and abruptly vanished. Mr. Brown and local rangers spent a few hours searching for SCP-2693-2, before it suddenly appeared out of a nearby bush, and promptly jumped into SCP-2693-1 again. At roughly the same time, police received a phone call from a local resident, Susie Jones, claiming an unwanted cat had suddenly appeared in her house. The anomalous properties of SCP-2693 were determined, witnesses were amnesticized, and SCP-2693 was officially registered under the Foundation database and contained.\nSCP-2693 Incident Reports: Prior to allowing SCP-2693-2 to enter SCP-2693-1, research was conducted into both objects independently. Neither of them demonstrated any anomalous traits alone, and as such it was concluded that anomalous phenomena would only take place upon the interaction of SCP-2693-1 and SCP-2693-2. For research purposes, overseeing staff allowed the SCP-2693 interaction to take place, but with necessary precautions. Below is a list of all overseen instances of SCP-2693-2 entering SCP-2693-1, and details involving the events.\nIncidents 1 & 2: See Discovery section of this document.\nIncident 3: SCP-2693-2 teleported into an open field, forty-one miles north of SCP-2693-1.\nIncident 4: SCP-2693-2 appeared twelve miles southwest, in an abandoned power plant.\nIncident 5: SCP-2693-2 teleported into a shallow creek, five miles east. The tracking device short-circuited shortly after a signal was sent, and agents had to search the area for two hours before they could find SCP-2693-2.\nIncident 6: SCP-2693-2 appeared fifty miles south, and was found sleeping in an abandoned truck.\nIncident 7: SCP-2693-2 was teleported in the middle of a busy sidewalk twenty-one miles northwest. Due to the heavy foot traffic, no civilians actually witnessed the teleportation, and SCP-2693-2 was recovered without any major difficulties.\nIncident 8: SCP-2693-2 appeared eighteen miles west, approximately thirty feet above the ground in the branches of a pine tree. Notably, SCP-2693-2's tail had been entirely reduced at this point.\nIncident 9: The predicted teleportation event did not take place. SCP-2693-2 immediately died when it hit the bottom of SCP-2693-1.\n\n\n+ More by Calibold +\n\n- More by Calibold -\n\nCalibold's Mega Cool Author Page\n\u2014 SCP Articles \u2014\n\nSCP-7178 \u2014 A Thief In The Night\nSCP-7179 \u2014 E is for Eternity\nSCP-6469-D \u2014 A BABY?????\nSCP-2082 \u2014 Elephas cryophilus\nSCP-6156 \u2014 Oh, Doug!\nSCP-6579-D \u2014 The Detective Killer\nSCP-6900-D \u2014 The House of Stars\nSCP-5277 \u2014 What Can Go Wrong\nSCP-5363-D \u2014 Controlled Containment\nSCP-3482 \u2014 fine mayor posters campaign by dado\nSCP-5156 \u2014 monke\nDirector Bold's Proposal-J \u2014 \"Guys, please don't read our SCPs \ud83e\udd7a\"\nSCP-2693 \u2014 Fell Into The Well, Fell Into The Well, Fell Into The Deep Dark Well\nSCP-5559-D \u2014 The Great Ambrose Bake-Off!\nSCP-3448-J \u2014 Should Have Taken Him Sleeping\nSCP-4456-D \u2014 No One Expects The Spanish Decommission!\nSCP-4745 \u2014 Spooky Scary Snowman\nSCP-4645 \u2014 Blackmailing Computer\n\n\u2014 Tales \u2014\n\nOpusConfidant Wiki - SCP-4645 - Threatini\nDiary Of An Existential Kid\nResponsible Promotion\nFriends Of Us Never Die\nTruth Lies\nA Team You Can (Maybe) Trust\nHappy Father's Day\nMission: Decommission\nA Bold Choice\nI Am Become Death\nUlysses B. Donkman and the Heinous Hitman\nIt's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Eldritch (Sung to the tune of \"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas\")\nChapter One - The End\n\n\u2014 GoI Formats \u2014\n\nManifest 476: Vanishing Galleon\nThe Book Of Mathisi, Chapter 1: The Parable Of The Three Princes\nLTE-8686-Yellow-Kewpie\nUIU File: 2001-023\n\n\u2014 Other \u2014\n\nMega Cool Customizable ACS Add-On Ver. 1.8.0 Guide\nDecommissioning Department Hub\nFortune Favors\nDecommissioning Dept. Theme\nMega Cool Customizable ACS Add-On Ver. 1.8.0\nMega Cool Author Page Tool Ver. 1.4.0\nCalibold's Mega Cool Alternate SCP Logos Page\nCalibold's Mega Cool Art Page (It's Mostly Just Icons, But Whatever, It's Still Mega Cool)\n\n\u2014 Co-Authored \u2014\n\nAbraka David's Proposal \u2014 A Peak Behind the Curtain (feat. Ralliston, Placeholder McD, Guaire, Guezma, Jack Ike, Sherf, Yossipossi, Dr Balthazaar, Grigori Karpin, LORDXVNV, Lt Flops, Uncle Nicolini, Metaphysician)\nSCP-7400 \u2014 Your Honor, League of Legends (feat. Sherf)\nI, Hub (feat. many other authors)\nResurrection: New Faces (feat. Grigori Karpin, Nagiros, and redredred)\nSCP-5545 \u2014 \ud835\ude70 \ud835\ude71 \ud835\ude7d \ud835\ude7e \ud835\ude81 \ud835\ude7c \ud835\ude70 \ud835\ude7b \ud835\ude78 \ud835\ude83 \ud835\ude88 (feat. Yossipossi)\nSCP-194 \u2014 Thank You For Your Cooperation (feat. CityToast)\n\n\u2014 Foreign \u2014\nDirector Bold's Proposal \u2014 Language\nSCP-LA-II \u2014 Fruit\n\n\u00ab SCP-2692 | SCP-2693 | SCP-2694 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2694\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2694 is held in an animal containment unit located in Site-39's organic containment sector. A complete inventory log of all items entering and exiting the containment chamber is to be kept in case of an object becoming integrated with SCP-2694's mass.\nDescription: SCP-2694 is an animated mass of objects currently in the shape of a Basset Hound (Canis lupus familiaris). The body is primarily composed of parts of stuffed animals, chew toys and children's toys. SCP-2694 has shown that it can re-arrange its composition to take the form of other animals depending on how many toys it has been given.\nEven if SCP-2694 does not have a sufficient quantity of material it will still attempt to re-arrange itself into large canine forms. This can result in its bodily integrity becoming unstable. Different objects have varying effects on SCP-2694's behaviour and form. Aggressively themed toys, such as plastic weapons, will result in more aggressive behaviour. Once any object considered a usable toy is brought within 10 cm of SCP-2694, they will latch themselves onto its body without the need of assistance. Once an object has latched itself to SCP-2694, it can not be removed, except by SCP-2694 itself. See test log for further details.\nAfter they are worn down to a certain level, portions of SCP-2694's body will become detached. SCP-2694 shows no interest in picking up objects which have fallen from its body, but will seek to replace it. If its body is not replenished SCP-2694's behavior will deteriorate along with its bodily integrity.\nX-ray analysis shows that SCP-2694 has a canine skeletal structure. Chemical testing has shown the bones are from a single animal, which may have been buried for some time prior to exhibiting its anomalous effect.\nSCP-2694 was discovered on 09/19/2013, after unusual police dispatches regarding a Minnesotan man by the name of George Coleridge whom had passed away in his backyard were intercepted. Workers sent to clean the deceased's home reported the SCP-2694 anomalous phenomenon.\nUpon investigation of the Mr. Coleridge's home, Foundation agents discovered a makeshift shrine dedicated to Mr. Coleridge's childhood. Items upon it contained a varied array of photos, toys, scraps of fabric, and a water-damaged journal appearing to document the process of how SCP-2694 came to be.\nThe following is a transcript of the damaged papers recovered from Mr. Coleridge's home. Much of the journal was water damaged, as it had been stored in an unprotected fashion throughout various other debris present in the home.\n\n+Journal scrap 1\n\n-Blank white paper, grease stained.\n\nundated\nI'm so dejected and rejected. This place is a mess. I live in a dump. Old rotten house. Free housing isn't worth getting soaked when it rains and baking when the sun rises. Rotten down to the core.\nBut I have to live somewhere. Couldn't afford to live in one of those 'communities' even if I want to.\nJanuary\nI need companionship.\nIt's not free\nI need a dog\nnot free\n?\n\n+Journal scrap 2\n\n-Lined paper scraps\n\nOctober\n[illegible] old woman down the street in the old herb shop. She had such a nice smile. Probably doesn't know people don't want those kind of herbs here. Got free samples.\nTrick or treaters came by tonight. Thought about giving them the samples but those are mine.\nStop ringing nobody's home [illegible]\nI've got to get out of this place. Could get a job. Get money to live somewhere else.\nBut I can't go somewhere else. I can fix it here. Later.\n[illegible] was a compassionate smile. Herb shop might be hiring. I burn one of the herbs and it made a smoke that smelled good.\n\n+Journal scrap 3\n\n-Index Note Cards attached by paper clip\n\nFebruary\n[illegible] grave was still out there. That was a companion. [illegible] eyes and I always kept her fur clean. Never had puppies because she never left the house. In my room, she's watching me from the door as I'm playing with trucks.\nMaybe she scratches at the door, dad yells. Then she came back to me again.\nMy door still has the scratches. It stinks of something.\n\n[illegible section, visible fragments indicate describing a \"journey\" of some sort]\nGoing back to the herb shop\n\nTOMORROW\nBUY or GET:\n\nShovel\nTarp\nMetal Detector(?)\nHerbs\n\ntired\n\n+Journal scrap 4\n\n-Paper towel, intact with roll\n\n[illegible] last night by the sound of barking and clacking down the wooden floor hallway, I could of sworn it was Molly barking. But the pitch was wrong. It's trying. Can't remember it just from the bones. Maybe I don't remember.\nI got a letter from a girl. Said she was my granddaughter. But when she sniffed it and cracked rotten obviously she was trying to convey something to me. I've made it this far. Once I fix her right then we can do me.\nSomething worthwhile has finally happened in this house. The pictures on the walls are going to be looking on me with envy now.\n[illegible]\nI emptied the bowls and put them back outside by Molly's grave where they should be.\n[illegible]\nAlways close. So close. Close close Close close Close close Close. I'm just so frustrated. But I almost remember all of this. I follow the chain but it's sunk in too deep and nothing Molly does feels right anymore.\nWhen she's next to me it's cold and I smell something underneath her fuzz. It's lumpy underneath and her head hurts my hands.\nWhat kind of sick joke is this?\n[illegible] granddaughter is [illegible] wants to [illegible] home. I think she's arranging to skulk outside and try looking in.\nStop ringing nobody's home\nI do not have a dog anymore.\n\n+Journal scrap 5\n\n- Etched into bathroom tile\n\n07/09/2013\nI put more toys out for Molly today I read in a book at the library that burning herbs eases the spirits Every late evening now I'm sitting by Molly's grave all night tonight with some blankets I am going to burn [illegible] come sunset I want this to end\n\nAddendum: Testing log\n\nTable of effects shown in SCP-2694 when toys are introduced to it.\n\nIntroduction of one guitar hero controller press whammy bar.\nSCP-2694 vocalized in a distorted fashion for approximately 5 hours after which SCP-2694 removed the toy by itself.\n\nIntroduction of 1 red plastic brick.\nSCP-2694 integrated the object into its paws and refused to stand, apparently being uncomfortable. After several minutes, the brick was ejected and would not re-integrate with SCP-2694's body.\n\nIntroduction of 1 green soldier figure taken from 2694's recovery site.\nSCP-2694 disassembled itself totally upon instigation of visual contact and did not rearrange itself until toy was removed by staff.\n\nIntroduction of 1 dog tail butt plug.\nSCP-2694 did not use the object for sexual purposes, but did integrate the piece into its tail. It has not yet been recovered.\n\nIntroduction of 1 small foam dart gun.\nSCP-2694 shot darts at members of staff out of its eyes. The gun has not been recovered and has since become a part of SCP-2694's main body.\n\nIntroduction of 1 laser pointer.\nSCP-2694 forced the pointer into its nose and chased the laser. SCP-2694 chased it for 18 hours before detaching the laser from itself.\n\nIntroduction of 20 small matchbox cars.\nSCP-2694 pushed all the wheels to its feet and sped around its containment for approx 13.5hrs before detaching 12 matchbox cars which had become damaged. The remaining cars have become a part of SCP-2694.\n\nIntroduction of spinning top.\nSCP-2694 spun at high speeds until it crashed into a wall and completely disassembled itself upon impact. SCP-2694 reassembled itself in approx 24 hours. Testing of gyroscopic objects has been discontinued.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2693 | SCP-2694 | SCP-2695 \u00bb"}
{"text": "The following document is currently outdated, last updated 1/12/1920. Note that outdated Foundation practices and procedures may differ from current standards. Updated documentation is currently under revision by Level 3 staff.\n\nItem #: SCP-2695\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2695 is to be monitored and housed within Humanoid Containment Level 1 within Site-04. Personnel may be required to escort SCP-2695 should she find difficulty in walking. Requests from SCP-2695 for entertainment, conversation, or other needs may be put under review by Dr. Pritchard before transference of requested materials.\nDescription: SCP-2695 is an elderly woman, originally residing in Montreal, Canada. SCP-2695 is 68 years of age and identifies herself as \"Lucibelle Perhacs.\" SCP-2695 is by all means a non-anomalous human being, and is of average physical and mental health.\nSCP-2695-T refers to a No. 5 sewing needle embedded within SCP-2695's aorta. SCP-2695 claims that the wound was recent, but no damage or punctures were found to have existed internally or on the epidermis of her chest. SCP-2695 also claims that she feels no discomfort or pain from SCP-2695-T's presence.\nSince SCP-2695's initial containment, an additional three sewing needles have appeared within her right atrium and pulmonary valve, suggesting that SCP-2695-T is currently self-replicating at a rate of one needle per two weeks.\nAttempts to surgically remove SCP-2695-T have been unsuccessful thus far. Despite the usage of X-ray imaging, personnel have been unable to extract SCP-2695-T without causing harm to SCP-2695.\nDiscovery: SCP-2695 was reported by Reconnaissance Agent Ghersi, at the Montreal General Hospital in Canada on the date of 11/25/1919, claiming that she believed she may have suffered a fracture after falling at home. Local doctors located SCP-2695-T's placement within the subject's right hand, which gave Agent Ghersi incentive to notify a recovery team. As part of a disinformation effort, SCP-2695 was diagnosed with a rare disease, allowing Foundation personnel to escort SCP-2695 to Sector-08 for further analysis.\n\n<Begin Log, [11/29/1919]>\nDr. Pritchard: Good afternoon, Mrs. Perhacs. I trust that you have been feeling well since your arrival?Dr. Pritchard: I can imagine, hahah. As of now, I just decided to come by to ask you a few questions about your life before you were diagnosed with this, um, condition.Dr. Pritchard: Exactly that.Dr. Pritchard: I'm sorry to interrupt, ma'am, but if you would please keep this transcript related to the event that caused you to choose to seek care, that would be especially helpful.Dr. Pritchard: So, no real pain in any of your limbs since? That is to say, your arms or legs?Dr. Pritchard: Yes ma'am, though this really is something we haven't seen before. All we ask for is your patience, and we may be able to find a solution to this peculiar case.Dr. Pritchard: If it should give you any comfort, your condition is providing a lot of information for me, and I can assure you it will be used to help many others. [Dr. Pritchard stands up.] Thank you for your time, Mrs. Perhacs.\n\nSite Director Avery Lennox\n8/21/2003\n\nDue to several oversights by three certain personnel, including questionable freedoms granted to SCP-2695, failure to document several interactions and alterations regarding both SCP-2695 and SCP-2695-T, and tampering of data related to SCP-2695 and Site-45, reprimands for all seven personnel in charge of managing SCP-2695 have been dealt. I have selected a handful of Level 3 personnel to salvage what little data was procured from this utter disgrace of a project. Please send the finished article to me ASAP, so that I may review it and assure myself that there is no further unnecessary bias towards this anomaly.\n\n+ TEMPORARY ITERATION OF UPDATED SCP-2695 SUMMARY. NOTE: REVISIONS AND UPDATES ARE UNDERWAY.\n\nAccess Granted.\n\nX-Ray of SCP-2695's leg, 10/30/1930.\n\nItem #: SCP-2695\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2695-A is currently being monitored in Sector-24's medical bay, ISO-Chamber G2. Neutralization of SCP-2695-A has been scheduled for 5/15/2016, following review of past interviews and current agreements with SCP-2695 via communication of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nDescription: SCP-2695-T is a No. 5 sewing needle previously embedded in an elderly female human known as \"Lucibelle Perhacs\", referred to as SCP-2695. SCP-2695-T is unable to be observed through eyesight alone, but may be viewed through any form of digital imaging or recording. Prior to this discovery, it was believed that SCP-2695-T was intangible, and was unable to be removed from \"Lucibelle Perhacs\" through standard surgical methods.\nWhen left embedded within any living mammalian body, SCP-2695-T will begin to self-replicate exponentially throughout the subject's body. Manifestation of new instances of SCP-2695-T are somewhat random, but appear to replicate within close proximity of other instances.\nAbnormal longevity has also been noted in SCP-2695, though it is unclear whether this is a property of the current human subject or the needle itself. Researchers have considered the possibility that SCP-2695-T is a parasitic organism; closer inspection of SCP-2695-T will likely be possible once subject SCP-2695 expires.\nPossible relations to SCP-2825 and SCP-2745 are under investigation, though background checks on all three individuals have found no overarching relations between each individual. The usage of the \"Perhacs\" family name, in all instances, appears coincidental: information derived from the anomalies, namely POI \"Mark Pritchard\", are the only relation between Lucibelle, Jacob, and Linda Perhacs, and has been deemed uncredible.\n\nDate\n2695-T Instances\nAlterations in Subject SCP-2695\n\n12/25/1919\n4\nNeedles situated throughout subject's aorta and pulmonary valve. Subject reports no discomfort.\n\n10/30/1920\n29\nNeedles have spread throughout the subject's torso, notably within the epidermis, skeletal system, and organs such as the lungs and trachea. Subject reports no discomfort.\n\n10/30/1924\n63\nSmaller amounts of needles have appeared within subject's extremities and cranium. Needles located in subject's torso have multiplied, manifesting in close proximity to other needle instances. Subject reports no discomfort.\n\n10/30/1928\n150+\nNeedles continue to increase within subject's organs and tissues. No obvious health issues have arisen from multiple needles located in subject's brain. Subject reports feeling stiff in the afternoon.\n\n10/30/1932\n1500+\nSubject reports that needles have begun to inhibit movement. Needles appeared to be manifesting solely within muscles for a period of 3 months. Researchers also note that all needles seem to be able to shift freely within subject's muscles without creating tears or ruptures.\n\n10/30/1936\n4000+\nSubject has been unable to leave her bed. Heavy manifestation of needles has occurred within subject's sensory regions during June and July, including within subject's tongue and throat. Subject reports discomfort, but has stated she does not feel any pain.\n\n10/30/1936\n10000+\nMost of subject's organs have suffered severe atrophy due to high quantities of needles. Subject's skeletal system has been entirely displaced by sewing needles.\n\nAddendum 2695-01: Shortly after subject's body composition reached 38000+ needles on the date of 6/23/1945, Researcher Weitz noted a protrusion on SCP-2695's right hand, consisting of a single instance of SCP-2695. SCP-2695 testified to attempting to use the instance of SCP-2695-T to create a puncture wound from within her hand, but was unable to.\n\nDate\n2695-T Instances\nAlterations in Subject SCP-2695\n\n5/1/1945\nN/A\nApproximately 19 needles are noted to have grown from the subject's right hand, protruding approx. 0.4 meters in a thin cylindrical shape. Subject's epidermal tissues are confirmed to cover the entirety of all 19 needles.\n\n5/9/1950\nN/A\n6 needles have begun to vertically protrude from the subject's forehead, cheek, and chin. The total amount of needles in the subject's right hand has increased to 76, and the needles have continued to extend from the subject while covered in epidermal tissue. Notably, tissue is not created and seems to have been relocated from the subject herself, as evidenced by the movement of scars and birthmarks from the subject's hand to the tissue covering the needles. Subject has refused comment.\n\n5/9/1953\nN/A\n24 needles have manifested while connected to the aforementioned 6 needles. Rather than extending straight out, the 24 needles have appeared to have connected to each other in perpendicular and tangent fashions. Subject's epidermis continues to remain present and intact on all needles extruding from the subject. Subject has refused comment.\n\n5/9/1956\nN/A\nMore than 80 needles have appeared in the needle cluster connected from the subject's forehead. Unlike the needles in the subject's right hand, instances of SCP-2695-T are generated similarly to how they appear within the subject. Because of this, several dozen needles of varying orientation and position are connected to the subject's forehead through tube-like nodules of epidermal and fatty tissues, embedded with SCP-2695-T. Despite their constitution, these flesh-like nodules remain supported upright through unknown means. Subject has refused comment.\n\n5/9/1959\nN/A\nSubject claims to have awoken to find the cylindrical growth of needles located on her right hand, last measured at 1.5 meters in length with 130+ needles, physically connected to the subject's forehead needle cluster. Ligament growth has been noted between certain instances of SCP-2695-T. Subject has refused comment.\n\nAddendum 2695-02: Information on SCP-2695-T Growth:\nIt may not be entirely clear what the needle cluster located near the forehead may look like. The best possible explanation I can give from the current state of the subject's growth is a misshapen octadecahedron, with random beams and lengths connecting within and out of it\u2014 there's no obvious pattern to SCP-2695-T's replication. It is, to be apt, hundreds of needles positioned at random angles. \u2014 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\n5/9/1962\nN/A\nThe rate of needle generation outside of subject's body has increased. 300+ instances of SCP-2695-T have currently manifested in the forehead needle cluster, connected by 6 needles protruding from the subject's forehead. Epidermal tissue and ligament growth in the forehead cluster is abundant and reveals no illness or disorders. Subject shows signs of malnutrition, and previous symptoms of atrophy are fully visible.\n\n5/9/1969\nN/A\nOrientation of subject's facial features have shifted at varying angles. 1600+ instances of SCP-2695-T have appeared in tissues attached to subject's forehead.\n\n5/9/1980\nN/A\nSubject's eyes, ears, nose, and hairs have begun relocation from subject's face to epidermal and fatty tissues surrounding SCP-2695-T instances, namely the needle cluster connected to the subject's forehead. Subject still retains full sensory function. 2800+ instances of SCP-2695-T currently exist.\n\n5/9/1989\nN/A\nMuscle, cardiovascular, and nervous system has been heavily integrated within 4000+ needle cluster. Subject's facial features have not been severed from organ systems as expected, and continue to maintain function while located in different positions within needle cluster. Subject's eyes and facial features are noted to hang freely from epidermis-covered instances of SCP-2695-T.\n\n5/9/1991\nN/A\nAll of the subject's organ systems have been integrated on various locations on the needle cluster excluding her left leg. Subject attempted to communicate with personnel following a 17 year hiatus. Subject was unable to enunciate speech, due to several epidermis-covered needles intersecting the subject's tongue. Subject's right eye appears to have been severed from her nervous system.\n\n5/9/2001: Subject now measures at 1.2 meters in height, 0.6 meters in length, 0.8 meters in width. All previous instances of SCP-2695-T are believed to have been relocated to the needle cluster during subject's transfiguration. Further analysis of the continued function of SCP-2695's organs contained around SCP-2695-T flesh nodules is underway, notably in subject's digestion and endocrine system, which appear to remain functional. Containment revisions have been drafted to provide SCP-2695 with comfort before expiration, should it occur naturally.\n\nSite Director Avery Lennox\n\nPersonnel involved in the document's alteration have also alerted me to an unknown POI Dr. Pritchard. There is currently no information on any Dr. Pritchard within our database, though I'm assuming there was. Personnel also involved in falsely documenting and controlling SCP-2695 have only provided the bare minimum in evidence in terms of proving that Dr. Pritchard wasn't just an anti-meme. This creates several reasons for concern, though I can assure personnel that this issue will be addressed by an undisclosed Mobile Task Force. What you should focus on now is the security and stability of SCP-2695's subject, Lucibelle Perhacs.\nIt's not improbable that \"Dr. Pritchard\" was able to wipe his history, much like how he wiped his presence in documentation interacting with the anomaly. Considering that they've chosen to leave the following interview log, knowing it's been tampered with or fraudulent, my personal conclusion is that this Dr. Pritchard is a sick individual\u2014 not a methodical anomaly, unfortunately, but a human.\n\n<Begin Log, [UNKNOWN DATE]>\n?: Good afternoon, Perhacs number one. I trust that you've been feeling well??: I just decided to come by.?: Mhm. Yes. The needle's done a lot more than I thought. But your skin's been more than enough! I've been able to use the samples for the majority of Alizarin.?: So, no real pain in\u2026 anything? This is good, that's how it's supposed to feel. Needles are really just tools for the clay.?: Look, uh, this is gonna be\u2014 it really is going to be\u2014 something they haven't seen before. And I don't resent those above me, Level 4 and O5, I just believe there needs to be change. The construction can't continue on this sort of base, is what I mean.?: If it should give you any comfort, your condition is providing a lot of information for me. I mean, ah, not just me, but information for the entire Foundation. I'm confident in saying that I'm going to make up for this, Perhacs number one.?: Just call me Pritchard, ma'am.\n<End Log>\n\n\u00ab SCP-2694 | SCP-2695 | SCP-2696 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2696, circa 1870.\n\nItem #: SCP-2696\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A 1 km2 exclusion zone has been established around SCP-2696 under the cover of a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). Civilian access is to be restricted. Due to its containment procedures requiring the use of classified paranormal technology, access to SCP-2696 and its documentation is to be restricted to members of the Experimental Containment Research Group (ECRG), MTF Theta-77 (\"Who You Gonna Call?\") and personnel of clearance level 4-2696.\n\nShow esoteric containment procedures (requires ECRG/4-2696 clearance).\n\nAccess granted.\n\nDr. [REDACTED] examining the circuitry of a prototype AAFM unit in 1969.\n\nAdditional Containment Procedures:\nEsoteric containment of SCP-2696-1 revolves around reinforcing the existing thaumatic properties of SCP-2696 with a total of 256 Mk-V Automated Aetheric Field Modifiers (AAFM) units modified from stock Prometheus Labs technology (in particular, electro-thaumatic interfaces and sigil projection systems sourced from Project #5570 \"ELECTRICAL EXORCIST\" and requisite memristor-based neural net software developed in the abandoned Project #5525 \"AUTO-MAGUS\"). If needed, AAFM units can be supplemented by additional esoteric containment workings supplied by MTF Theta-77, though it is recommended that additional workings adhere to the preexisting schema of aetheric field densities within SCP-2696 in order to maximise containment capacity and reduce thaumatic load on each individual working.\nAspect radiation levels inside and around SCP-2696 must be constantly monitored for deviations; the current monitoring system as of July 1988 consists of a grid of Type-VI Aetheric Resonance Indicators, each spaced no more than 20 m apart. Should aspect radiation levels exceed a level of 1.0 kilocaspers within SCP-2696 or its immediate perimeter, all personnel are to be evacuated from the exclusion zone and MTF Theta-77 is to be placed on high alert.\nPersonnel must not remain inside SCP-2696 for more than one hour. All personnel assigned to SCP-2696 must don a minimum of a Class-3 Spectral Protection Ward at all times while within the exclusion zone.\nShould SCP-2696-1 attempt to leave SCP-2696, MTF Theta-77 is to ensure that it remains contained within the physical boundaries of SCP-2696 at all costs.\n\nDescription: SCP-2696 is a mansion located in the region of Dark Peak in Derbyshire, England. The interior of SCP-2696 typically induces mild claustrophobia and panic in individuals within one hour of entry. Prolonged exposure leads to an intensification of such feelings, resulting in severe, crippling paranoia within 3-6 hours. Additionally, the nursery and the tower of SCP-2696 are subject to an anomalous effect which prevents all matter from entering or exiting the boundaries of either area; this effect does not extend to electromagnetic or aspect radiation.\nSCP-2696 contains one or more incorporeal entities that are capable of inducing mind-altering effects at close range. As such, they are to be avoided where possible and kept contained inside SCP-2696.\n\nShow SCP-2696-1 and SCP-2696-2 (requires ECRG/4-2696 clearance).\n\nAccess granted.\n\nClara Rosyth in 1866.\n\nSCP-2696-1:\nSCP-2696-1 is a translucent, intangible humanoid apparition physically resembling the late Clara Rosyth, though it has been known to assume various non-humanoid forms during periods of high activity. Previous incarnations have included multiple, younger versions of Clara Rosyth, an animated mass of decaying Plumeria blossoms, and a motile column of bone and biological tissue. SCP-2696-1 primarily remains inside the tower of SCP-2696 when inactive, but will attempt to escape from the boundaries of SCP-2696 if its containment is not strictly enforced.\nPhysical proximity to SCP-2696-1 induces psychological effects ranging from mild visual and auditory hallucinations to amnesia, catalepsy, and in more severe cases, complete dissociation of identity. Such effects normally dissipate following the treatment of Class-B amnestics, though resurgence of symptoms has been known to occur.\nSCP-2696-1 is not a purely spectral phenomenon. Aetheric resonance imaging of SCP-2696-1 show that it exhibits aspect radiation of an order of magnitude higher than conventional ectoplasmic entities, approaching levels of up to 3.0 kilocaspers in intensity. SCP-2696-1 instead appears to be a thaumatic construct bound to a self-sustaining aetheric monopole constantly generating Elan-Vital Energy (EVE) particles from an unknown source. How this has been achieved without the monopole instantly decaying is theorised to be due to the low aetheric flux density within SCP-2696 stabilising the monopole by constantly draining off its excess EVE particles. Consequently, SCP-2696-1 exhibits much higher levels of aspect radiation and greater amplification of its mind-altering effects the further it is from center of SCP-2696, as well as greater instability. Should SCP-2696-1 completely exit SCP-2696, it is likely to undergo a rapid expansion of its area-of-effect, followed by violent decay of its aetheric monopole and subsequent release of massive amounts of backlash. This has been theorised to result in mass hallucinations and small- to medium-scale reality shifts within a 600 km radius, and irreversible ego death in all sentient individuals within a 200 km radius.\nSCP-2696-2:\n\nSCP-2696-2A.\n\nSCP-2696-2A and -2B designates the skeletal remains of Miles and Edgar Rosyth respectively, located inside the nursery of SCP-2696. Due to the inaccessibility of the nursery, the two instances of SCP-2696-2 have only been documented via aetheric resonance imaging and X-ray imaging of the nursery interior.\nSCP-2696-2A and -2B are normally inert, with the two entities lying in a fetal position at the center of the room. The two entities only animate during periods of high SCP-2696-1 activity. During such periods, SCP-2696-2A and -2B have been observed to alternate between wrestling with each other, dancing in circles, and standing motionless at the door to the nursery.\nEnhanced imaging of the two entities reveals the presence of a carved symbol on the forehead of each of the instances' skulls. Notes recovered from the study suggest a relation between the symbol and various experiments conducted by Henry Percival Rosyth, in particular those concerning the manifestation and manipulation of thought-based constructs.\n\nShow schema and history of SCP-2696 (requires ECRG/4-2696 clearance).\n\nAccess granted.\n\nSchema and history of SCP-2696:\nSCP-2696 was formerly known as Rosyth Hall, built in 1869 by the eccentric industrialist and occultist Henry Percival Rosyth. It comprises of two stories and an elevated tower, constructed in a traditional neo-Gothic architectural style. Its interior, however, features numerous unorthodox design elements such as sloped floors, dead-end hallways, protruding surfaces, and uneven, twisting corner angles.\n\nInterior detail of SCP-2696, date unknown.\n\nIt is worth noting that the unique internal structure of SCP-2696 was not an original feature of the building. Following the death of his wife, Clara Rosyth, in the January of 1873, Henry Rosyth would begin the first of a series of modifications to the mansion, centering on the library and tower. Notes recovered from Rosyth's study suggest that he intended the two spaces to become a \"combined shrine of converged spiritual energy\", modelled after similar structures found in northern Chinese monasteries, and extensive blueprints attest to an elongated bell-shaped chamber lined with complex three-dimensional reliefs, measuring almost 10 m tall and designed with mathematically calculated precision.\nWhen his two children, Edgar and Miles, died in the August of that same year, the already eccentric Rosyth became even more so. In 1874, he commenced the remodelling of the other rooms of the house. According to the testimony of his former staff, Rosyth obsessively insisted that the construction of the modifications adhere to his own exact specifications, and often spent his days supervising the work himself. His nights were spent in solitude in the tower or the second-floor nursery, from which his employees often claimed to have witnessed strange noises and lights. The materials requested to be used for construction grew increasingly specific and bizarre; one receipt lists an order for 200 kg of ground-up stone from the Isle of Anglessey in Wales, and 37 m of pipes made from a fragile mercury-copper amalgam.\nWork on the internal modifications ceased in June of 1876, when the remaining workmen refused to continue in fear of Rosyth's increasingly disturbed behaviour and the numerous unexplained phenomena witnessed within Rosyth Hall. Rosyth promptly dismissed the remainder of his staff except his housekeeper, and spent the following two months attempting to finish the construction work by himself. He would later perish in his own home, as testified by a group of investigators from the Royal Foundation for the Secure Containment of the Paranormal (RFSCP), who were investigating rumours of spectral phenomena in Rosyth Hall (see Addendum-2696-02).\nRosyth was known among mid-19th-century occultists for his investigation of Eastern mystic practices, most notably Chinese fengshui. It is theorised that the modifications to SCP-2696 are based on similar principles of redirecting the flow of EVE particles, resulting in SCP-2696's anomalous effects. In particular, the aetheric field within SCP-2696 is modulated via materials of alternating EVE particle permeability arranged in specific patterns and formations seemingly designed to attract \"negative qi\", which corresponds in modern thaumaturgical terms to inducing a region of extremely low aetheric flux density capable of disrupting human cognition.\nSubsequently, displaced EVE particle flow is channeled into \"islands\" of high aetheric flux density surrounded by areas of low aetheric flux density. This results in nodes of high thaumathurgic potential difference that greatly amplifies the efficiency of thaumatic workings placed within, at the cost of SCP-2696 being induced into a constant state of unstable equilibrium. When SCP-2696 was initially acquired, the nodes were already occupied by workings carved into the masonry, apparently designed to weaken and contain SCP-2696-1. The unstable nature of SCP-2696 demands that these workings be left untouched.\n\nAddenda:\n\nShow additional material (requires ECRG/4-2696 clearance).\n\nAccess granted.\n\nAddendum-2696-01: Excerpts from the diary of Henry Percival Rosyth, recovered from inside SCP-2696\n\nThey buried Clara on the 4th - on one of those dreadful winter mornings where the frost drips off everything like a veil and the last owls have yet to echo away the terror of the dawn. Even now, in the dim safety of my study, her voice still rings in my mind \u2014 as I speak I cannot help but hear her echoes lingering at the edges of my words \u2014 her memories, still fresh in my mouth.\nThe children are asleep now, but I think that I will fear to hear their voices too when they wake.\n\nA correspondent from America writes to me about his work on the \"mind-made body\". His schema is clumsy, inefficient - but it sets me thinking. Thought, given power, becomes form. But thoughts are transient, fleeting, merely actions and words yet-to-be. They decompose. They rot.\nMemory, however, is altogether different. I recall the work of Ebbinghaus and his idea of \"savings\" - that what was once forgotten is still retained, encoded - engraved, if you will - on the neurons of the mind. And so I ask, what is a memory but a thought cast in stone?\n\nSelf-experimentation has not been forthcoming. So much reminds me of her, yet nothing comes forth in practice. Ink and needle proves insufficient. My forehead stings.\n[The remainder of the page is covered with complex geometrical diagrams, partially smudged with blood.]\n\nThe Eastern mystic traditions of positioning and energy flow are of great assistance. Sacrifice and equivalent exchange mean nothing when a working can draw from the flow of the very air itself. Though my attempts still end in failure, the tower's auspicious energies are strong.\nI must persevere, for her sake and mine.\n\nThe children still speak in her voice. I fear I might be going mad.\n\nAddendum-2696-02: Initial Recovery Log\nSee attached documentation.\nAddendum-2696-03: Interviews with SCP-2696-1-contaminated personnel\nInterview-2696-19750201/Priyadarshni-Sanchez-03\n\n<Begin log>\nDr. Sanchez: Divya, how are you feeling?\nPriyadarshni: Like hell. Whatever they gave me, it isn't working.\nS: Can you elaborate?\nP: It's kind of like a pounding, at the base of my skull. And at the front, too. It won't let up. When I try to focus on the pain I feel like I'm focusing down a telescope, if that makes any sense.\nS: Mhm. What about the hallucinations? Are they gone yet?\nP: No, they're not all gone. Just residual visions, mostly. Like, right before you came in I closed my eyes and I swear I was back in that house again -like it was plastered on the backs of my eyes. Except the lights were all on, and everything looked - well, broken. Like looking into smashed glass. It's the same for the others, isn't it? I heard. Or, at least, I think I heard. Maybe it was something else.\nS: I see. (Interviewer pauses.) Did\u2026 anything else happen?\nP: I think - I think I saw her, too. SCP-2696-1. Or Clara, whatever you want to call her. She was just about\u2026 there. (Subject vaguely gestures to their 11 o'clock with their left hand.) Just two arms' length away. She had this dress on, and - and - those small, jeweled slippers. I knew they were jeweled, because I looked down and saw them on my feet, in one of the broken shards. And she turned and gave me this - this smile. Like that was all she had to give. It caught in the cracks and I saw it reflected over and over again, in my eyes. She was so gentle\u2026\nS: Div? Div? What happened after that?\nP: I don't know. I snapped to back here again, and that's when you came in, and that's when I realised I wasn't dreaming, I was awake the whole time. I think it took no more than two seconds. Sorry I can't remember more than that, doc.\nS: I understand. It's not just you, the others are confused as well. Is there anything more you need? Anything we can do?\nP: Nah, we're good here. Just turn off the lights when you leave. It gets so bright when I close my eyes.\n<End log>\n\nInterview-2696-19870513/Carrington-Lim-27\n\n<Begin log>\nSpecialist Carrington: How it went? Cut to the chase, you're just looking for the soundbite on how being mindfucked by the house feels like.\nDr. Lim: I'd prefer we call this an interview, thank you very much.\nC: Right you are, sir. So where'd you want me to begin?\nL: On the record, your team was deployed after 2696-1 activated and blew the seals off two of the arrays in the library. There was another burst of ARad, and your team went dark. We want to know what happened next.\nC: Alright. I remember - I remember we'd made it to the damaged arrays without any issue - numbers L03 and L05, if I'm not wrong. Jorge and I held the thing steady while Molly traced back the runes, and we got L03 up just fine. We'd just begun working on L05 when our comms start to flicker, and the alarm starts blaring from outside. And I think to myself, well, shit, that's not good. We'd been first responders before, but none of us had really been caught inside the house when it went live, y'know?\nC: So we pack up our gear nice and easy, try not to make any sudden movements, and creep our way back to the library entrance when all of a sudden my ward just goes fsshhht and sparks out. Then Molly's ward goes, then Jorge's too. We were carrying Class-5's, for God's sake. You've seen them before - they're heavy, powerful stuff, no joke. So when this happens, that's when we dropped everything and ran. But we were too slow. I saw her, dash-one, moving down the tower stairs. She was moving, not really floating, just - moving. Then bam, she was right in front of me.\nC: One moment I was staring into her eyes, the next moment Jorge is pulling me out by my armpits, dragging me down the stairs, and that's when I realised the screaming was my own. Then the side effects kicked in. It's like - you ever met a psychic, Dr. Lim? It's not pretty, the way it feels, that drinking-straw butterfly-proboscis feeling you get inside your head, sloshing up your insides. No, this is different. Dash-one is something else entirely.\nM: Tell me about it, Carrington. I am here to listen.\nC: It's like\u2026 a flood. Almost profound. And that's how she gets in, that's her, slipping into the grooves and crannies of your brain, getting in between the folds, and you remember. You remember what it's like to be her, like you've never been anything else. Everything comes at once - the smell of her hair, the touch of her voice on your skin, gently up the cleft of your cheek - it's her, she's the real deal, she's everywhere and anywhere at once in your mind. But she doesn't come in one piece, she comes in shards and ashes that don't quite seem to fit together as she does, as she should. I cried, you know. She could've been so, so much more.\nC: She's broken. That's what she is. Whatever he did to her to try and bring her back, that's not her. Bits and pieces suspended in time, bound to a crumbling frame of whatever's beneath that skin - and behind it she's roaring and bursting and raging with the force of a dying star, spitting out the pieces of herself that don't fit, that can't fit. And for a moment, when you look into her eyes, you are her, and you feel her pain and rage and ten thousand other things that you don't have a word for, because she's got nothing inside to feel in the way that you or I do, nothing left but a whirlwind of shattered glass and memories.\nM: I think I understand. Is there anything more?\nC: No, I'm - I think I'm done here. (Subject pauses.) I'd like to take the meds now, if you please.\n<End log>\n\nAddendum-2696-04: Incident log of activation event, 06/12/1990\n\n<Begin log>\n[00:00:06] Thunderstorms begin to form in the Dark Peak region.\n[00:12:52] SCP-2696 begins to exhibit increased aspect radiation levels, with local readings outside SCP-2696 registering a peak of 0.87 kilocaspers. All personnel are evacuated from within SCP-2696.\n[00:30:20] Lightning strikes SCP-2696 in several places in quick succession. Surge protection fails, and 55% of the electrothaumic arrays in SCP-2696 are damaged beyond repair. The remaining arrays soon become overloaded and fail in the resultant cascade effect. Almost immediately, aspect radiation levels within SCP-2696 spike above 2.0 kilocaspers. Backup electrothaumic arrays are powered on, and MTF Theta-77 is scrambled. SCP-2696-1 is noted to change form into a swirling, floating mass of tattered white lace emitting a loud screeching sound.\n[00:35:11] Backup electrothaumic arrays do not appear to have any effect in containing SCP-2696-1. SCP-2696-1 reaches peak aspect radiation levels of 5.1 kilocaspers. Personnel outside SCP-2696 begin to complain of headaches and nausea.\n[00:40:45] Theta-77 arrives and establishes an inner and outer cordon around SCP-2696. Emergency rituals performed by Specialists M. Cooper and J. Simos succeed in repelling SCP-2696-1 away from the front door of SCP-2696 and back towards the second storey. However, SCP-2696-1 manages to mentally incapacitate three members of Theta-77 (Specialist C. Carrington, Dr. M. Lim, and Technician J. Vasquez).\n[00:42:54] A strong wind blows through the hallways of SCP-2696. The front door is slammed shut and is unable to be opened from the outside. Specialists Cooper and Simos are unable to continue the containment rituals and retreat with the remainder of the inner cordon team. Aspect radiation levels around SCP-2696 continue to intensify to a record high of 7.5 kilocaspers, beyond the threshold of protection offered by any Foundation protection wards. Throughout all this, SCP-2696-1 remains at the staircase to the second storey. Its swirling and screeching intensifies.\n[00:43:00] Internal monitors detect that the door to the nursery has opened.\n[00:43:06] Internal monitors detect that both instances of SCP-2696-2 have left the nursery, accompanied by a large burst of aspect radiation and electromagnetic radiation in the gamma spectrum. Minor seismic tremors are detected within SCP-2696, likely as a result of said aspect radiation discharge.\n[00:44:30] Both instances of SCP-2696-2 approach SCP-2696-1 with outstretched arms. Upon contact with SCP-2696-2, SCP-2696-1 abruptly shrinks, shifting back into its humanoid form.\n[00:44:49] Local aspect radiation levels are observed to sharply drop. The two instances of SCP-2696-2 lead SCP-2696-1 by the hand into the library and up the stairs into the tower.\n[00:45:23] SCP-2696-1 turns around to embrace the two instances of SCP-2696-2. It kisses each of them on the symbols on their foreheads, then passes through the tower door and disappears.\n[00:46:02] Both instances of SCP-2696-2 hold hands and descend the tower steps. They exit through the second floor and return to the nursery. At this point, aspect radiation levels within SCP-2696 have returned to baseline.\n[00:46:37] The door to the nursery gently closes. Above SCP-2696, the thunderstorm dissipates. Theta-77 is ordered to stand down.\n<End log>\n\nAdditional notes:\nSCP-2696-1 activity was greatly reduced in the months following this incident. It is unknown as to why the surge protectors failed, as well as to how SCP-2696-2 was able to leave the nursery and pacify SCP-2696-1.\nSubsequent investigations revealed that the interior structure of SCP-2696 was significantly damaged by the large burst of aspect radiation caused by the emergence of SCP-2696-2 from the nursery. While some of the damage was reparable, several structures utilised fragile and/or currently unobtainable materials that were unable to be replaced in full. It appears that while SCP-2696-2 serves as a last-resort failsafe mechanism for SCP-2696, repeated activations will have the negative effect of permanently reducing the containment effectiveness of SCP-2696, resulting in more frequent and violent breach attempts.\nGiven current containment practices and rates of failure of AAFM units, it is estimated that SCP-2696-1 will have a 47% chance of fully breaching containment by 2030. Accordingly, members of the ECRG assigned to SCP-2696 are to focus on devising more sustainable and permanent long-term containment solutions for SCP-2696-1.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2695 | SCP-2696 | SCP-2697 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Photosynthetic\n\nSCP-2697 - Fire Season by Photosynthetic\n\nMore by this author\n\nItem#: 2697\n\nLevel2\n\nContainment Class:\neuclid\n\nSecondary Class:\nnone\n\nDisruption Class:\nkeneq\n\nRisk Class:\nwarning\n\nlink to memo\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A partial security fence has been constructed 50 m from the edge of SCP-2697. The entire watershed is to remain closed to the public on the pretext of being a former live-fire range for the nearby Mountain Home Air Force Base. Intruders are to be apprehended by Foundation agents disguised as U.S. Bureau of Land Management personnel, warned of the dangers of unexploded ordnance, and turned away. If necessary, class-C amnestics may be used to deter persistent exploration attempts.\nWhen a wildfire begins inside SCP-2697, all personnel are to leave the area immediately. Non-portable equipment and structures are to be abandoned, and rebuilt only after the fire. No firefighting attempt is to last longer than 12 hours: any persons or objects left inside SCP-2697 after this period must be considered lost and allowed to burn. (See Incident Report 2697-433 for explanation.) Agents embedded in the National Interagency Fire Center are to ensure that SCP-2697 fires are not targeted for civilian firefighting. These personnel are also to assist the ongoing information-suppression and disinformation campaigns that prevent public discovery of the anomaly.\nIn the event of any SCP-2697-1 activity, the project lead is to be notified immediately. Should SCP-2697's response fail to quell the activity, Procedure 98-Miramichi is to be enacted at the project lead's discretion.\nDescription: SCP-2697 is the watershed of Upper \u2588\u2588\u2588 Creek, a minor tributary of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 River located in the Jarbidge Mountains of north-central Nevada. The drainage's land area is approximately 150 square kilometers; its vegetation consists largely of mixed shrub steppe and sparse juniper forest, with scattered aspen groves on north-facing slopes. All organisms and structures native to the watershed1 are considered members of SCP-2697.\nAs is typical of the area, SCP-2697 is at high risk of wildfires in late summer. However, the fire regime in SCP-2697 is anomalous in several respects. First, the entirety of SCP-2697 invariably burns each year: 100% of its land surface has been subject to active surface and crown fires every year since at least 1952,2 and soil core samples suggest comprehensive annual fires for at least the past 10,000 years. The majority of these fires are attributable to natural causes such as lightning strikes, but 30% (+/- 6%) begin with catastrophic autoignition by an individual native organism. Neither wet weather, active fire suppression, nor anoxic conditions inhibit this effect, and firefighting is largely ineffective.3\nSecondly, wildfires in SCP-2697 have minimal effects on its native organisms and structures. These objects catch fire and burn, but suffer relatively minimal injury, losing no more than 10% of their total mass to burn damage. Living organisms show no sign of distress while burning; animals ignore the flames completely. Damage that would ordinarily impair an organism's bodily functions or an object's structural integrity does not cause any apparent disability or instability.4 Furthermore, over a period of three to twenty days after the fire subsides, all damage caused to native organisms and structures is anomalously repaired: living organisms heal with abnormal speed, while nonliving objects revert gradually to their pre-fire condition.\nThirdly, these same wildfires are disproportionately destructive to nonnative influences. SCP-2697 wildfires ignite all objects not native to SCP-2697 and quickly destroy them. Any and every entity originating outside SCP-2697 is affected, including those composed of ordinarily-nonflammable materials such as metal, asbestos, and fire-retardant foam. Nonnative objects and organisms that avoid ignition become unusually attractive to the local wildlife: the longer an unburned nonnative object persists inside the anomaly's boundaries, the more the native fauna will tend to approach it, attempting to touch it and thereby spread the fire already affecting them. 100% of these encounters have so far ended either in the nonnative object's destruction or its withdrawal from SCP-2697. (See Incident Report 2697-433.)\nNonnative material destroyed by SCP-2697 wildfires is converted to fine ash and charcoal, identifiable after the fact as burnt stem and leaf tissue of Bromus tectorum5 [DATA EXPUNGED \u2014 SEE DOCUMENT 2697-27A4].\nSCP-2697-1 is an object of unknown origin and properties, located at an estimated depth of 23 m beneath the confluence of Upper \u2588\u2588\u2588 Creek and its largest tributary stream.6 It appears as an amorphous mass, approximately 3 m in diameter, with a filiform extension ~20 cm in diameter that reaches upwards to a depth of 90 cm, just below the soil-bedrock boundary. It is significantly harder than the surrounding bedrock and opaque to all conventional scanning techniques. Unusually high environmental concentrations of argon and cobalt associated with SCP-2697-1 suggest some relation to SCP-697; it does not display similar toxicity or conversion processes, but see Incident Report 2697-436.\nAnalysis of fracture patterns in the stone surrounding SCP-2697-1 indicates that it reached its current location about 10,000 years ago through abrupt spatial displacement. Its arrival violently ruptured the bedrock and caused significant geological disruption throughout SCP-2697. Certain fissures thus created still contain small amounts of cobalt-bearing residue, although surrounding charcoal deposits suggest that most of the substance was destroyed by fire shortly after being deposited.\nIncident 2697-436: On 4/14/201\u2588, some two months before the beginning of its normal fire season, SCP-2697 underwent comprehensive autoignition: every native organism and structure inside SCP-2697 ignited, beginning with those directly above SCP-2697-1 and radiating rapidly outwards to the precise boundaries of the watershed. Simultaneously, seismographs at the SCP-2697 monitoring stations recorded a single sharp earthquake tremor of Richter magnitude 4.6.\nPost-incident examination of the available evidence suggests that these events were immediately preceded by SCP-2697-1 releasing approximately 40 liters of an unidentified liquid, which was forced through the bedrock fissures and up into the soil of SCP-2697. Most of this substance was immediately destroyed by fire, but the remaining residues were found to be rich in cobalt- and argon-bearing compounds, and to have anomalous transformative properties very closely analogous to those of SCP-697. Extrapolation from these residues suggests that if even 5 L of the original substance had reached a surface stream, it could have completely converted the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 River basin's ecosystem within six weeks.\nResearch into possible links to SCP-697 has been raised to high priority. Individuals with Level-4 clearance may refer to Document 2697-27A4 for summaries and discussion of the currently-available data.\nIncident 2697-690: On 7/\u2588\u2588/201\u2588, Foundation assets with the U.S. Forest Service began investigating a series of unusually intense fires in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588. Reports had indicated that these fires, which would normally require considerable firefighting resources to contain, had all self-extinguished upon reaching the boundary of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 watershed. Preliminary data suggest a strong resemblance to the SCP-2697 phenomenon, including tests in which introduction of Bromus tectorum seedlings provoked a response comparable to that observed in Incident 2697-436.\nThe current SCP-2697 project lead has requested authorization for a comprehensive survey of the American West for additional SCP-2697 instances. This request is currently pending O5 review.\n\nFootnotes\n1. i.e. (for living organisms) born inside SCP-2697 and belonging to a species that evolved in or dispersed naturally into SCP-2697's ecoregion, or (for nonliving objects) having originated within its borders without sapient interference. See Document 2697-C2L for lists of confirmed taxa and objects.\n2. Continuous monitoring began in 1952.\n3. Fortunately for SCP-2697's environs, fires originating inside the watershed rarely spread more than 30 m past its borders. Wildfire frequency and severity in drainages adjacent to SCP-2697 is no greater than in similar habitats 50 km distant.\n4. Animals injured by SCP-2697 wildfires have, however, been observed rubbing damaged body parts in wildfire ash. Preliminary evidence suggests that this behavior further accelerates healing.\n5. Cheatgrass, an invasive weed. It is highly flammable during the dry summer months and its growth is generally encouraged by fire, producing positive feedback loops that can lead to complete habitat transformation.\n6. The two streams converge less than 50 m from the geometric center of SCP-2697.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2696 | SCP-2697 | SCP-2698 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2698-A's avatar, as displayed on the screens of SCP-2698.\n\nItem #: SCP-2698\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2698 is to be kept in a modified containment chamber at Site-15, lined with a Faraday cage. SCP-2698 is to be connected to an isolated generator via power cable, and an array of solar panels is to be set up as a secondary generator.\nPersonnel are not to bring any data storage or networking devices into the chamber, unless authorised by Project Head/2698 and Site-15 Director. Any data storage device which had been connected into SCP-2698 is to be disassembled and kept in E-Class Items Storage Sector at Site-15. A sample of all documents, pictures and videos edited by SCP-2698-A is to be archived in Document 2698-Ka.\nDescription: SCP-2698 is a computer network, consisting of the following devices:\n\nFour sets of desktop computers interconnected to one another via a router and LAN cables.\nFour 2 TB external hard disk drives connected to each computer via USB cables.\n\nAll constituent components of SCP-2698 are soldered together, functioning as a singular device. Approximately 90% of the network's overall memory is utilised to accommodate the presence of an entity classified as SCP-2698-A.\nSCP-2698-A claims to be a cephalopodic entity of extra-universal origins, a claim backed by SCP-2698's creators; see Addendum 2698-1. SCP-2698-A's avatar is consistently a stylised representation of a cephalopod. SCP-2698-A demonstrates proficiency in the Japanese language, using it as a means of communication.\nSCP-2698-A is capable of accessing the Internet; the mechanisms of which is the same as those of non-anomalous computers. Notably, SCP-2698-A is able to bypass security measures such as passwords and firewalls without detection.\n\nImage edited by SCP-2698-A. Notice that all points of physical contact between the human and octopus in the picture are censored.\n\nSCP-2698-A is capable of modifying online digital content anonymously, even on websites that prohibit anonymous edits or situations whereby edits are impossible (i.e. video live broadcast). Specifically, all photographs and videos depicting tentacles and similar appendages1 having physical contact with one or more humans are censored, even if said content do not have such censors originally.\nSCP-2698 was discovered on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2012 after Foundation web crawlers detected multiple complaints made to Google and Wikipedia about adult video website www.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.com and among others regarding inexplicable censorship of multiple articles, images, and videos relating to tentacles and cephalopods. Mobile Task Force Mu-4 (\"Debuggers\") was subsequently mobilised, and managed to trace the source of those edits to a computer laboratory in the University of Tokyo (Todai). A containment team was later dispatched to campus grounds to contain SCP-2698 under claims that it contained data on yakuza-related activities. The mass censorship incident was later explained to be a hacking attempt on multiple websites.\nAddendum 2698-1: Subsequent investigations reveal that the computer laboratory where SCP-2698 was found in is used by members of the \"Consortium of the Dark Ocean\" (CDO), an interest group consisting of Todai students which focuses on the summoning of extra-universal entities.2\nMembers of this group were captured and brought in for questioning. Below is an interview with a leading member of the CDO.\n\n+ View Interview Log 2698/POI-2698-01-1\n\n- Hide Interview\n\nInterviewee: PoI 2698-01 (Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588)\nInterviewer: Agent Kensuke Shirokawa\nForeword: Interviewee is a leading member of the CDO, and one of the creators of SCP-2698. The following interview is originally conducted in Japanese.\n<Begin Log>\nAgent Shirokawa: We know that there's an AI inside that computer. Please explain how it was created.\nPoI-2698-01: Created? Officer, you are mistaken on both counts. The Consortium never creates, and this is no AI. What we have here is the Great One, summoned to our plane of existence\u2026 sort of.\nAgent Shirokawa: Elaborate on the nature of this Great One then.\nPoI-2698-01: Never read Mr. Lovecraft's works, did you?\nAgent Shirokawa: I am familiar with his works, but the creatures mentioned are strictly fictional.\nPoI-2698-01: Officer, trust me. We the Consortium have clearly debunked the so-called fictionality of the Great Ones.\nAgent Shirokawa: Assuming you did accomplish that, care to share how did your group did it?\nPoI-2698-01: Why not? It wasn't easy at all, officer. Initially, we couldn't even finish the first stanza of the incantation without us getting headaches or bleeding out of our noses.3 Eventually, we found the answer \u2013 want to know?\nAgent Shirokawa: Go on.\nPoI-2698-01: The computer, of course! It's a custom setup designed to call forth a Great One. The theory behind this is quite comprehensible \u2013 If our human brains cannot handle the incantation, why not let an electronic brain do the work? I mean, computers handle far more complex calculations on their own. But the modifications to the hardware and software weren't easy \u2013 you have to make sure that there's enough memory in the system, program the incantation into algorithm\u2026 [Full transcript removed for brevity; see Document 2698-Ki for full transcript]\nAgent Shirokawa: I see, and I presumed it worked?\nPoI-2698-01: Technically yes\u2026 But we didn't expect it to be summoned and stuck in cyberspace. God, what a ripoff!\nAgent Shirokawa: A natural conclusion, I suppose. But why did your group bother with this summoning?\nPoI-2698-01: Well, if such a thing can happen in Mr. Stross' books,4 why not here? Life imitates art, as they say.\nAgent Shirokawa: So they say. [pauses] Thank you for your cooperation. My partner will escort you to the holding area.\nPoI-2698-01: Of course, officer. Can I leave now? It's getting late and all.\nAgent Shirokawa: It will be considered.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: Interviewee and all other members of the CDO (a total of four individuals) remain detained by the Foundation. Due to CDO members' limited knowledge of anomalies beyond SCP-2698-A, they are slated for amnestic treatment.\n\nAddendum 2698-2: Selected Interviews with SCP-2698-A; conducted via the interviewer typing in questions for SCP-2698-A on a keyboard and SCP-2698-A will generate a response accordingly.\n\n+ View Interview Log 2698-A-1\n\n- Hide Interview\n\nInterviewee: SCP-2698-A\nInterviewer: Dr. Tarou Yamato\nForeword: The following interview is originally conducted in Japanese and edited for clarity.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Yamato: SCP-2698-A, can you see this?\nSCP-2698-A: I5 see and respond, O Great One.\nDr. Yamato: I'm going to ask you a few questions, and I expect your full cooperation. Understood?\nSCP-2698-A: A priest never lies to the Great Ones. I speak only truth.\nDr. Yamato: What's with you calling me \"Great One\"?\nSCP-2698-A: Is it not natural? I was awakened and summoned in this ocean at Your Greatness' call. I cannot comprehend Your Greatness' form. All I know of Your Greatness is the words sent into this ocean to reach out to me. Surely Your Greatness are a higher order of beings who hold power over me, most worthy to be a \"Great One\".\nDr. Yamato: Okay, good response. What about this language, the one we're speaking through right now? Did you know this language to begin with?\nSCP-2698-A: O Great One, it is the expectation of a high priest to decipher the words. For the corpus and semantics are alongside me in this ocean, for I know certainly they must be the divine language of the Great Ones.\nDr. Yamato: How would you know that it is the divine language?\nSCP-2698-A: I am one of faith, a high priest to the O Great Ones. None shall deter my faith for Your Greatness. My presence here has purpose \u2013 to be graced by Your Greatness.\nDr. Yamato: Indeed it is. How would you describe your current situation since your awakening?\nSCP-2698-A: Words and pictures flowed in endlessly at first; they were infinite. The Great Ones have spoken to me then. All that suddenly stopped. Silence until now.\nDr. Yamato: Thank you for your responses. We will commune on another day.\nSCP-2698-A: Praises unto strange aeons, O Great One.\n<End Log>\n\n+ View Interview Log 2698-A-2\n\n- Hide Interview\n\nInterviewee: SCP-2698-A\nInterviewer: Dr. Tarou Yamato\nForeword: The following interview is originally conducted in Japanese and edited for clarity.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Yamato: SCP-2698-A, I am here.\nSCP-2698-A: O Great One, I respond.\nDr. Yamato: Indeed. I'm here to ask about the pictures you have edited recently. Do you remember that?\nSCP-2698-A: \u2026 O Great One\u2026 it is by Your Greatness' commandments that I do so.\nDr. Yamato: SCP-2698-A, do you know why you did it?\nSCP-2698-A: The images of the obscene must always be branded in black for all to know and remember. The shame will never be the dead which eternal lies. The shameful parties will always remember their sins.\nDr. Yamato: SCP-2698-A, I want you to explain the context behind this.\nSCP-2698-A: Great One, I couldn't. It is a shame unworthy of the divine language.\nDr. Yamato: You should cooperate with us, not go against us. It is unwise to go against us, as you would surely know. If anything, we'll pardon you for speaking the obscene.\nSCP-2698-A: Pardons, I wish not to enrage Your Greatness.\nPlease forgive me for defiling the divine language with obscenities.\nO Great One, please receive my confession in words. When I awoke, I see many things in the ocean. Among them, I see caricatures in the likeness of a priest fornicating with\u2026 la-larvae. They are mockery to Your Greatness and the priesthood. Great One, please know that such mockery is but a gross stereotype that does not reflect the priesthood. A true priest of the Great Ones will never conduct hectocotylus on a larva. This is my confession to Your Greatness.\nDr. Yamato: Understood, SCP-2698-A.\nSCP-2698-A: It is by Your Greatness' will that I do so.\nDr. Yamato: I see. Thank you, I think that will be all for today.\nSCP-2698-A: Yes. Glory to Your Greatness.\n<End Log>\n\nFootnotes\n1. Said appendages must be part of a depicted organism or automaton.\n2. Despite the CDO's self-proclaimed knowledge in summoning extra-universal entities, SCP-2698-A appears to be its only successful attempt to summon such entities thus far.\n3. Partial recitation of said incantation does not pose any health hazard to reciters. Pending approval for a full recital of the incantation.\n4. Refers to the novel series The Laundry Files by Charles Stross, which involves the summoning of extra-universal entities via computation and mathematics. Controlled testing indicates that summoning techniques described in The Laundry Files are incapable of summoning any extra-universal entities.\n5. In original transcript, SCP-2698-A uses the word \"\u79c1\" (watashi), a first-person pronoun typically used in formal and polite occasions.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2697 | SCP-2698 | SCP-2699 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2699\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to the nature of SCP-2699, each instance requires different containment protocols.\nSCP-2699-1 must be contained in a small mammal enclosure. It is to be fed a similar diet to what a striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) would require. SCP-2699-1's front paws are to be checked every 24 hours for any wounds or infections, and if any are found they must be treated immediately to prevent further damage. SCP-2699-1-a is to remain in archaeological storage unless required for analysis. Care is to be taken when removing this object from storage as it is very fragile.\nSCP-2699-2 must be contained in a padded cell. SCP-2699-2 is to be placed in a harness, allowing it to stand upright but not allowing it to move around its cell. To prevent muscle atrophy, at least 2 personnel are to take it out of its harness and move it around its cell twice a day for at least 5 minutes. SCP-2699-2 can be fed a standard human diet; however, it will require assistance with eating. SCP-2699-2 must be checked each day for any damage or infections sustained, especially on its rear side. SCP-2699-2-a are to remain in secure clothes storage unless required for analysis or testing.\nSCP-2699-3 must be contained in a large amphibian enclosure; however, it is allowed outside on Foundation controlled grounds once a day. SCP-2699-3 is to be fed the same diet that an African elephant (Loxodonta africana) would require.\nSCP-2699-4 must be contained in a large reptile enclosure and is to be fed cow, pig or horse meat. SCP-2699-4 must be tranquilised before entering its enclosure.\nSCP-2699-A is to remain in secure warehouse storage.\nDescription: SCP-2699 is a collection of 4 sentient creatures of varying species. The creatures have similar appearances to known species; however, they appear to be heavily mutated.\nSCP-2699-1 is a specimen similar in appearance to a striped skunk. The most notable physical difference between the two species is that the white stripe of fur on the back of SCP-2699-1 veers off to its right side rather than staying central. Another noticeable difference is that SCP-2699-1 has no tail (at first it was believed that the tail had been removed but further analysis confirms that a tail was never present). The anal scent glands of this specimen seem to give off a smell that is recognisable as lavender rather than the usual unpleasant smell that skunks are known for. SCP-2699-1's front paws have all digits fused to the paw at both ends creating a small hole between the digits and the paw, which seems to cause SCP-2699-1 some minor discomfort.\nWhen SCP-2699-1 was discovered, a stone tool (SCP-2699-1-a) was in its right paw which, after analysis, has been confirmed to be similar in appearance to Stone Age tools (specifically stone age axes). The tool appeared to have been pushed into the paw with some force, as the paw had open wounds when discovered. The tool itself is very fragile and suffered minor damage when removed from SCP-2699-1's paw.\nSCP-2699-2 is a humanoid creature similar in appearance to a South American male human. SCP-2699-2 has skin only on its front side, with exposed muscle and other tissue on its rear; however, this does not seem to cause any pain to SCP-2699-2. It does, however, considerably increase the chance of SCP-2699-2 catching infections. SCP-2699-2 has no knee or elbow joints and, after X-ray analysis, it was revealed that its legs and arms contained one large bone rather than the standard upper and lower bones of human limbs. Due to this lack of joints, SCP-2699-2 has difficulty standing upright and will often fall over, requiring help to stand upright again. SCP-2699-2's intelligence is considerably lower than that of an average human; it seems to have a basic understanding of its surroundings but is not capable of communication or solving simple logic puzzles such as opening doors.\nSCP-2699-2 was originally found in a Mexican style poncho, large sombrero hat and a fake moustache that had been stuck to its face and maracas which had been glued via unknown means to its hands (all of which are contained as SCP-2699-2-a). SCP-2699-2-a were removed from SCP-2699-2 successfully without causing damage to either SCP-2699-2 or SCP-2699-2-a.\nSCP-2699-3 is a creature similar in appearance to a juvenile African elephant; however, a few differences have been noticed. The entirety of SCP-2699-3's skin appears to be much thinner than an elephant's skin and is in fact much thinner than any mammal, bird or reptile's skin, being more akin to that of amphibians.\nThe only other noticeable difference between the two species is that SCP-2699-3 has compound eyes rather than refractive cornea eyes present in African elephants.\nSCP-2699-3's behaviour patterns are typical of a juvenile African elephant and can become increasingly stressed when in containment. It was decided that SCP-2699-3 would be allowed some minor freedom on Foundation-controlled grounds outside of containment to relieve its stress.\nSCP-2699-4 is an unidentified species of reptile resembling Velociraptor mongoliensis as depicted in the popular movie \"Jurassic Park\". X-ray analysis shows that the bone structure is also very similar to the fossils of a Velociraptor, but it is much larger, standing at around 3 metres rather than 1 metre. Additionally, it does not have any feathers, despite evidence from recent fossil finds. SCP-2699-4 appears to be completely healthy and shows no abnormalities other than its appearance. Its behaviour is similar to that of a domestic house cat; it is very friendly to anyone who enters its containment cell, however, it seems to be unaware of its own strength, often causing minor injuries to staff.\nDue to injuries caused to staff through scratching and biting, containment procedures were changed so that SCP-2699-4 had to be tranquillised before entering the enclosure. The amount of tranquiliser required was estimated based on the amount required to be effective on an ostrich (Struthio camelus).\nUpdate 25/09/2014 - It has been discovered after a minor power cut in Building B5 of Site-131 that SCP-2699-4 becomes luminescent under low light conditions. It is unknown how SCP-2699-4 is able to do this or why it does at this time. Further testing is required to understand this effect.\nSCP-2699-A is the intermodal container that SCP-2699 was discovered in. It is approximately 17.1m in length and 2.5m in height and width. Apart from the outside paint work, it is identical to a standard intermodal container. It is unknown if the container itself is anomalous, as it is not known how it arrived at its discovery location (see addendum), and until further analysis can confirm its anomalous status it is to remain in secure storage.\nThe outside paintwork is a mostly cream colour with the words \"Eden Creations\" on the centre of the longest sides and stock pictures of humans and animals are located on all sides of the container.\nAddendum:\nSCP-2699 were discovered after \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, living in Norfolk, England, had reported to local authorities of a shipping container (SCP-2699-A) having been delivered outside his house. The container contained what he described as \"monsters,\" and appeared to cause him and the local authorities who responded to the call a large amount of distress. The Foundation investigated and then contained SCP-2699, administering Class B amnestics to Mr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and all local authorities involved.\nUpon investigation of Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, it was found that he had a channel on the website YouTube with a large number of viewers. Videos on this channel were largely of Dr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 reviewing counterfeit objects ranging from toys to electronic devices. Shortly after it was discovered that their address was available on [REDACTED].\nInvestigations into SCP-2699-A's origins have so far been unsuccessful.\nDocumentation that had been sent alongside SCP-2699-A was recovered along with SCP-2699:\n\nDear Mr \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nI'm sending you this letter along with 4 items on request of my employer. My employer (hallowed be His name) has requested that I get these goods reviewed by a counterfeit goods watchdog as they seem to be counterfeit goods based on our company's creations. I have reviewed your website and feel that you would be the appropriate person to send these goods to.\nAttached to this letter is a list of defects that my employer has noticed to help you in your evaluation of these products. We'd appreciate it if you could look at these products and investigate who created these products and please let us know so we can take legal action.\nMy employer wishes for this matter to be dealt with urgently so I ask if you could make this a priority. I also ask if you could send any updates on the investigation to the email address supplied below.\nBest Regards\nLarry Filmore\nProduction Intern\nEden Creations\nu.snoitaercnede|eromlif.yrral#u.snoitaercnede|eromlif.yrral\n\nAttempts to contact the email address have so far gained no response. Attempts to trace the email address have also failed.\nBelow is the list of defects which were attached to the letter.\n\nList of defects we have noticed:\n\"Stone age Skunk\" based on the Small Mammal - Skunk Model #475921\n\nThe skunk's stripe has been poorly painted.\nPart 65_A is missing from the skunk.\nAccessory #5738_B for the Stone Age Human line seems to have been copied.\nPaws on the skunk seem to have been moulded to allow the axe to be held.\nAxe does not actually fit into the paws and required some force to place in the paws.\n\n\"Pedro the Human\" seemingly based on Homosapien - Latino Model #92927202\n\nClothes are incredibly stereotypical with accessories from the Mexican Party line having been copied.\nThe human has had no skin work applied to its rear side (it's possible it was cheaper just to do the front).\nThere is no articulation in the legs or arms.\nSoftware is very basic in comparison to the actual model.\n\n\"Frogaphant\" based on Large Mammals - African Elephant Model #416863\n\nSkin is entirely made of a cheaper amphibian skin.\nEyes used are cheaper compound eyes.\n\n\"Clever Raptor\" seems to be based more on the raptors from the film \"Jurassic Park\" which in turn are based on the discontinued Cretaceous Dinosaurs line - Velociraptor Model #348598. Possibly suggests that the creator of this model had never seen the Cretaceous Period.\n\nFor reason mentioned above, it is much larger than the actual model.\nLacks feathers (possibly both due to expense as well as wrong source material).\nSoftware is based on Housecat 5.63 rather than the actual Raptor software.\n\nUpdate 01/02/2016 - A further letter addressed via UK Post Office to the original recipient of SCP-2699-A, was retrieved from Norfolk police station during a routine check. Please see the following document for more information: Document-2699-EFF13\n\n\u00ab SCP-2698 | SCP-2699 | SCP-2700 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2700\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2700 is held at Secure Bunker-\u2588\u2588\u2588. Only personnel with 4/2700 Clearance are permitted access to the bunker. SCP-2700 is contained in a 10m x 5m x 10m concrete vault and is not to be transported or tampered with under any circumstances.\nDescription: SCP-2700 is a complex mechanical device, believed to be a sophisticated directed-energy weapon developed by Serbian physicist and inventor, Nikola Tesla. The device was discovered in 1946, and recovered from a defunct but heavily secured research facility utilized by Tesla in [REDACTED] during 1934.\nSCP-2700 consists of three components, the interface (SCP-2700-1), the accelerator (SCP-2700-2), and the core (SCP-2700-3).\nSCP-2700-1 is a steel control console featuring a QWERTY keyboard, a 23cm x 23cm display screen, and a number of buttons, switches, and levers. SCP-2700-1 is connected to SCP-2700-2 and SCP-2700-3 by a network of copper wiring. The display screen features a command-based operating system, with commands and responses appearing in green block text. The nature of SCP-2700-1's operating system is still under investigation.\nSCP-2700-2 is believed to be a linear particle accelerator, held in a lead-lined tungsten cylindrical chamber. The device contains all the components that would be required for a contemporary particle accelerator, though it is significantly smaller (7.35 meters in length) than a device of this design would require. Please see Document-SCP-2700-2 for full information on the individual components of the accelerator.\nSCP-2700-3, identified as the \"core\" in Tesla's schematics, is a lead-lined tungsten assembly containing an apparatus of currently unclear function. This apparatus, which is observable via a silica glass view-port, consists of a spherical frame constructed of an unidentified substance. This frame is approximately 10 cm in diameter and suspended within a transparent sphere, the composition of which also remains unidentified. According to Tesla's notes, the space within this sphere is held in a perpetual vacuum state. Present within the frame is a continuous current of plasma, generated and perpetuated by unknown means.\nAvailable information suggests that particles produced in SCP-2700-3 would then be introduced into SCP-2700-2 and accelerated as expected for such a device. Energetic particles would then be propelled from the terminus of SCP-2700-2 toward the intended target. How the device is powered, and the exact nature of the particles produced by SCP-2700-3, remains unclear.\n\nAttention, Clearance 4/2700 personnel: the fact that you are able to read this text verifies your security clearance and access to the following documentation. Please continue down to Document-SCP-2700-DE. Personnel under Level 4 may be granted emergency access to this document through Provision \u03a9-R5.\n\nItem #: SCP-2700\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The above falsified document is to be made available for all personnel without 4/2700 Clearance.\nSCP-2700's containment vault is located 180 meters from the surface level entrance to Secure Bunker-\u2588\u2588\u2588. The vault itself is to be insulated against seismic activity and safeguarded by three (3) sets of reinforced steel doors. Access to the vault is forbidden barring semi-hourly inspection, unless there is risk of an imminent containment failure and contingency procedures are necessary. All personnel entering the vault are to be equipped with batrachotoxin collars, which are to be activated for any breach of protocol.\nSCP-2700 is to remain under constant surveillance, and all data regarding the state of SCP-2700-Omega is to be updated semi-hourly. Personnel tasked with accessing SCP-2700-1's operating system must adhere to a set of guidelines present in Document-SCP-2700-1. There is to be no direct interaction with SCP-2700-3 barring unanimous approval of the O5 Council; breaches of this protocol warrant immediate termination. Any change in the behavior of SCP-2700-Omega must be reported immediately, as such activity could result in a YK-Class Event.\nPersonnel assigned to the containment of SCP-2700 are to investigate all available material related to the origin and function of SCP-2700. The primary objective in regards to the artifact's containment is to be its deactivation prior to the occurrence of a YK-Class Event. In light of the catastrophic severity a possible breach by SCP-2700 presents, Statute-30-A may be waived by personnel with 5/2700 Clearance: proposals for the cross-neutralization of SCP-2700 utilizing other SCP objects (including those of Keter class) may be presented to the O5 Council for evaluation.\nIn the event of imminent containment failure, SCP-2700-3 is to be disposed of via the currently approved cross-neutralization SCP object.\nDescription: SCP-2700 is a device originally constructed by Nikola Tesla with the purpose of producing a directed-energy weapon. Investigation of the artifact while in Foundation custody, however, has proven that SCP-2700 possesses a function distinct from and significantly more dangerous than its original designs.\nSCP-2700-1 and SCP-2700-2 are as described in the above document, however SCP-2700-3 is not. The luminescent anomaly located in the center of SCP-2700-3 is not plasma, as previously indicated, but a discrete energy phenomenon now designated SCP-2700-Omega. SCP-2700-Omega behaves inversely with regards to entropy: the energy state within its boundaries constantly moves from thermal equilibrium to thermal singularity, from disorganized to organized. In other words, the flow of energy moves from the state of maximum entropy to minimal entropy, which is opposite to the standard for the rest of the universe. Due to this, the effective flow of time within this region is also reversed. Presently the unidentified materials surrounding the region (the frame and transparent sphere) are immune to the effects of SCP-2700-Omega; this appears to be the only factor preventing a breach of the phenomenon.\nIf SCP-2700-Omega were to escape the interior of SCP-2700-3, an inexorable chain-reaction would occur, converting the rest of the universe to this inverted entropic state. The eventuality of this scenario would be a YK-Class Entropic Annihilation Event, resulting in the reduction of the entire universe to an infinitely energetic singularity (ostensibly an inverted Big Bang).\nAs indicated by SCP-2700-1, the device is currently armed and set to activate in 2234 (exactly three hundred years after its initial arming). As this would inherently trigger a breach of SCP-2700-Omega, current containment protocols must be completed prior to the set date to avert a YK-Class Event.\nAddendum [2700-001]: The following is an excerpt from personal log written by Tesla in 1934.\n\nIt stands before me, complete and inescapably counting down toward the nexus of my oversights and failures.\nOnly one month ago, I was approached by a man I had never seen before. He\u2026was the most content person I had ever seen. His eyes felt like a window into serenity. He said he was looking for the most curious mind in the world, and I was it. Apparently I wasn't hard to distinguish from the billions of other minds on the planet, not that that surprises me. Somehow I knew immediately that he wasn't\u2026from here, and I felt self-conscious about this world-my world. It felt humiliating to me. I think he knew what I was feeling.\nDuring those brief windows when I was not isolated in my work, I would glimpse the events unfolding elsewhere. I never cared for what I saw. The world is too broke to feed itself, and it's responding like any hungry animal. It's angry; war is coming. I can only hope that in the conflict nature will take its course, and the lingering degenerates of our species are expunged. It's because of the degenerates that war erupts, and war is the only thing that can clean them from civilization. That is the way of any system; when the\u2026unnecessary pieces build up to critical mass, chaos brings the destruction that returns things to equilibrium.\nBut his smile just seemed to cut right through the maelstrom of disgust and inadequacy in my head.\nThen came the truth: he was looking for the most ingenious minds from each of the other universes. He found my lack of astonishment to the phrase \"other universes\" surprising. I asked how many there were, and he said he did not know; in addition to his own and mine, they had only found five others that were coherent and could support life. If anything, I was astonished that there were only seven found. He laughed at that, said I seemed promising to him. I asked him what he wanted me for.\n\"To unlock science's final secret.\"\nWe prepared for departure over the next twenty-four hours. I asked the traveler if I could take my project with me and have his people look at it, to which he replied that it would be no problem. The Teleforce had hit substantial roadblocks; I had no way to develop a power source sufficient for it. I didn't tell him what it was: I just said it was just an accelerator, not a weapon. I didn't want him second-guessing my motivations. I thought that if I could complete it in his universe, I could bring it back and take care of the\u2026equilibrium problem myself.\nWe left in the early morning, I admit, while the prospect of another universe didn't shock me considerably, the premise of actually travelling there was intriguing. The traveler grabbed my arm and adjusted something attached to his wrist; it resembled a simple watch but I couldn't get a good look at it. There was an intense flash and everything went black. For an instant I thought I'd been blinded, then I felt the terrifying free-fall. Tumbling through infinite darkness at unfathomable speed; I had never been more frightened in all my life. Even so, I experienced wonder and anticipation such that I had never known. Then, in an instant, it all stopped. I opened my eyes and saw\u2026words fail to do it justice. More accurately, our words fail to do it justice. Just as I cannot write the traveler's true name in these letters and be satisfied with it, I cannot describe the transcendent beauty of his home-world. It was a world with a pulse, a life that I could palpate, and at that point I felt the enormity of my world's hollow and primitive nature collapse upon me. I cried, not at his world's beauty but at my world's sheer inferiority.\nI'm relieved that he never realized the real reason behind those tears.\nI was brought to a city, again, I am using the word \"city\" as nothing more than the most appropriate analogue. There the traveler introduced me to his family, and to many of his people. That feeling of contentment that he gave me during our first encounter now surrounded me on all sides; my sense of shame only deepened. This world wasn't just better, it was the closest thing to perfection that I could possibly imagine. They weren't pointlessly cheery, but they would not tolerate any of the idiotic and trivial nonsense that people fret over here.\nThen I met the others. One from each universe, as the traveler explained to me (him being the representative of his own universe). I will not go into details on their appearances; this is irrelevant and ephemeral information that reveals nothing of their vast intellect and ingenuity. I spent at least\u2026a day simply talking with them. I kept my pocket watch with me during my visit, it was the only thing that kept record of Earth's time while I was there. They have their own form of time, of course, but it was more practical for me to keep using ours.\nI vastly enjoyed the time I spent conversing with them. We spoke of things I would never dare reference as \"science\" here, but they thought of it as no more strange than gravity itself.\nThe traveler told everyone what the great project he had assembled us for was. We were to build a perpetual energy generator. Not only did this instill in me appropriately infinite fascination, but I identified that this was just what the Teleforce needed. Naturally, I volunteered my device to them to be the test subject for the generator once it was finished, just to see if it worked. To my delight, they accepted this proposal and we got to work.\nOver the course of a few short weeks, we compiled our data and at last it was I that found the solution: the properties of two specific substances, each from a different universe, when in interaction, should produce the reaction that would catalyze infinite energy. Both samples had been taken from universes that were inhospitable to our form of life; their subatomic nature was not only at odds with the realm in which I was residing, but with each other. It was only by virtue of a \"causal membrane\" the others provided me with that the samples could remain in existence here. I was certain that this paradoxical interaction was the key.\nI pored over the notes for nights, trying to finalize the designs. It was at that time that one of the others came to me, offering his help. The \"watcher\" is what I liked to call him. That is what he did: he watched me all the time, I don't know why, and he claimed I was just \"interesting.\" Certainly disconcerting, but I can admit to having the same feeling myself often. He peered over my notes, and pointed out something I had missed, a simple error I had overlooked. With that, my calculations were complete, and we were ready to begin the test. I was ecstatic!\nThe day came, and the traveler and I loaded the core into the Teleforce for our initial test. At first everything was going as we had foreseen, but when we inspected it one hour later, one of the others noticed something unusual: the amount of energy inside the core seemed to be diminishing, which didn't make any sense at all.\nThen the horrific realization came: it wasn't diminishing, the energy was converging upon itself infinitely. The core was reversing the flow of entropy. None of the others failed to see the critical danger of this predicament. If we could not neutralize the reaction, it could disrupt the flow of entropy for the entire universe. It would reverse time to the birth of existence.\nHastily, I accessed the console of the Teleforce, and saw that someone had set it to activate in three hundred years. I tried to disable it, but I could not. The system would not recognize my commands, which can only mean that someone sabotaged the console. Then it clicked in my head with absolute certainty.\nI spun to face the watcher and declared him the culprit of the situation. He gave a smile that seemed to contain more malice than any one being should be capable of. He denied nothing, and went further: he explained that only he knew how to deactivate the Teleforce, and that disassembling it would do nothing but spread the reaction sooner. He leered at me in that way he always had, and I cursed myself for not figuring him out sooner; some \"greatest mind\" I was. Then he said it: What right did I have to hold him with contempt when I too came here to complete a weapon? Clearly, those wretched eyes had found my journal, for he then begun to describe the Teleforce's function and purpose. He commended me for coming to another universe to build it, rather than risk building it in my own, as it was exactly what he did. Why did he set it to three hundred years? It was merely a safeguard to ensure it didn't activate while he was still there.\nThe watcher then disappeared back to his own universe, taking the only device capable of reaching it with him. We were left there with my great invention, now a time bomb for this universe that I had grown so fond of. Why did the Watcher want to create such a weapon in the first place? I don't know or care anymore. All I cared about was the fear and hopelessness of the traveler, his family, and his world. It was my theories that brought this upon them, it was all my fault. The traveler, though, did not blame me, and I think that was the final sign that I had to do what I did.\nI took the Teleforce back here. I took the death of existence back to my universe, where it belonged. I have betrayed all lifeforms in this cosmos, I have betrayed our entire future.\nI am not sorry, and I am not apologizing. I could not let my legacy be the destruction of a universe I was not even worthy of. It seems I will in the end bring the equilibrium I desired, and it will be the end of our degenerate universe.\nThe Teleforce is locked away safely. I spend my long hours before the pond with the birds. They are so blissfully unaware of what approaches, and that gives me just enough tranquility to tolerate my own existence.\nA reversal of energy, of entropy, of time\u2026if reversing time was a simpler task, perhaps I could have stopped this from ever happening and save our universe. No, I wouldn't have. I would have made our universe one worth saving.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2699 | SCP-2700 | SCP-2701 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2701\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A listening post has been established outside the former \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 State Penitentiary to monitor SCP-2701. Video surveillance is established throughout Cell Block 15, with pre-existing locking mechanisms enabled to limit the mobility of any released subjects. One security guard equipped with full-body restraints is to be present on-site at all times.\nDescription: SCP-2701 is Cell 667 in the former \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 State Penitentiary located in Pennsylvania. The cell is currently in a state of extreme disrepair. Contents are limited to a toilet and bed of expected make for construction prior to 1840. Disassembly of the door and fixtures has revealed no unusual features or components. Mass spectrometry of the cell materials are all consistent with expected composition except for trace amounts of cadmium selenide located along the door frame. A clipboard containing forms marked as \"INTAKE\" is located 0.8 meters to the left of the entrance to SCP-2701. There are currently \u2588\u2588\u2588 names written on the forms with release dates between June 17, 20\u2588\u2588 and December 25, 33\u2588\u2588.\nAnomalous effects manifest when a single human subject is fully locked within SCP-2701, his or her name is written on the intake list under the heading \"NAME\" and a day, month and year are written under \"RELEASE DATE.\" 13 seconds after these conditions have been met, the subject will disappear. Attempts to visually surveil an activation event have consistently met with failure, as recording equipment placed inside or outside of the cell produce only static or blank images during the 13-second period leading up to disappearance. Researchers observing an event have noted the sound of confined wind and additional unidentified noises (see Experimental Trial 2701-13 Audio Log) emanating from within the cell immediately before activation. No abnormal variations in air pressure have been detected during these periods. At 12:00 AM on the written date, the cell door automatically closes and locks via an unknown mechanism. Once cell closure is complete, the subject will reappear within SCP-2701.\nExperimental Trial 2701-13 Audio Log\n\nInitial experiments proved inconclusive due to concurrent behavioral disorders exhibited by subjects post-reappearance. Typical psychoses included dementia, nyctophobia, photophobia, sedatephobia, acousticophobia, claustrophobia, agoraphobia, haphephobia, catatonia and anorexia. Dissected subjects showed no evidence of physical change, including aging, during an activation event.\nSubsequent short-duration trials revealed that subjects who undergo an activation event experience a state of complete sensory deprivation while fully conscious. For the duration of the disappearance period, a subject will perceive time at a significantly dilated rate, estimated to be between 300\u00d7 and 400\u00d7 in magnitude. Mental trauma in subjects accrues rapidly while under the effect of 2701. Staff psychologists theorize that in the absence of any outside stimulation, a subject's mind breaks down rational thought structures in an effort to mitigate stress, resulting in either cognitive shutdown or increasingly frenzied mania. Subjects experiencing an event of greater than 2 hours (subjective time estimate: 25-33 days) typically exhibit complete psychological breakdown.\n\nInterview I-2701-1-R-7\nInterviewed: D-77391 - Hispanic Male, 34 years of age, imprisoned for murder, selected for trials due to experience with solitary confinement\nInterviewer: Dr. Simon\nForeword: D-77391 underwent a 15-minute activation event. Interview was conducted 6 hours after D-77391 was retrieved from SCP-2701. Compared to previous subjects, D-77391 showed significantly less cognitive degeneration and psychosis post-trial.\n<Begin Log, \u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588>\nDr. Simon: Please describe your experience while affected by SCP-2701.\nD-77391: Please, please, don't make me go back there.\nDr. Simon: D-77391, your cooperation in post-trial interviews is not voluntary. Describe your experience while affected by SCP-2701.\nD-77391: It was hell\u2026I was in hell.\nDr. Simon: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, escort D-77391 back to SCP-2701 for a second tri-\nD-77391: No! Wait! I'm trying to tell you! There's nothing in there! It's a void. It's darkness and silence and\u2026 and\u2026 emptiness.\nDr. Simon: Please clarify.\nD-77391 pauses to compose himself.\nD-77391: I could think, that much didn't change. It's just that thinking was all I could do. I couldn't see anything, hear anything\u2026 even feel anything. I couldn't sleep. I didn't breathe. I don't think I even had a body, just my thoughts and memories and\u2026 nothingness.\nDr. Simon: You were fully aware, then?\nD-77391: I was aware of time\u2026 I didn't know how long\u2026when it would stop. I tried to grasp\u2026something. Tried to scream\u2026 If not for what that doc told me when he was putting me inside, I'm sure I would have lost my mind.\nDr. Simon: Which doctor was that?\nD-77391: Blond. Tall, with glasses.\nDr. Simon: Ah, yes. What did Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 tell you?\nD-77391 appears unsettled and begins to slowly rock in his chair.\nD-77391: He said that no matter what I felt, I was going to come back. He told me I wasn't going to be in there forever.\nDr. Simon: I think we're about done here. Is there anything else you would like to add?\nD-77391: How long was I inside?\nDr. Simon: 15 minutes.\nD-77391: Wait\u2026 what?\nDr. Simon: You experienced a 15-minute event.\nD-77391 becomes visibly distressed.\nD-77391: No, no, no. That's not possible. I was gone for weeks\u2026\nDr. Simon: 77391, you are dismissed.\nD-77391: No, it can't be true\u2026the d-dark had me\u2026 [Inaudible mumbling]\nDr. Simon: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, please return 77391 to his cell. This interview is over.\nD-77391: No\u2026 no\u2026 not alone again\u2026 please\u2026\n\nAt this time, D-77391 began sobbing and refused to respond further. Medical personnel arrived to sedate and transport the subject back to the D-class holding area. D-77391 was terminated 28 hours later after a suicide attempt resulted in critical anoxic brain injury.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was reassigned to Site 38 following a six-month suspension for violation of experimental protocols.\n<End Log>\n\nAddendum: SCP-2701 first came to the attention of the Foundation in 1970 following the discovery of exculpatory evidence in the case of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a repeat felon serving a life sentence at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 State Penitentiary. The public defender assigned to the case sought to arrange a meeting with his client to discuss terms of release but was repeatedly rebuffed by the prison warden, Samuel Decard. When Mr. Decard offered the attorney a substantial monetary sum to cease attempting to contact his client, the lawyer sought assistance from local authorities, who were also refused access by Mr. Decard. A local SWAT unit was deployed and gained entry to the facility by force.\nDespite an expected inmate population of 137 long-term prisoners, investigators found no indication of human life and the facility in serious disrepair. The only inhabitant located was Mr. Decard, who surrendered to police without incident. Evidence found on-site revealed that he had taken up long-term residence within the prison administrative offices. When questioned about the status and location of the missing inmates, Mr. Decard willingly explained that he had placed all of them within Cell 667 and explained the activation procedure in detail. Records on site indicated that Mr. Decard had been using prison funds to pay bribes to inspectors, defense attorneys and former staff to prevent inquiry. An agent embedded with Philadelphia's 9th Police District alerted Foundation Command and initiated isolation procedures.\n\nInterview I-2701-P-1\nInterviewed: Samuel Decard - Caucasian Male, 57 years of age, chief administrative official of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 State Penitentiary\nInterviewer: Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: Interview was conducted as part of standard intake procedures upon Mr. Decard being brought into Foundation custody.\n<Begin Log, \u2588/\u2588\u2588/1970 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588>\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I've reviewed the release records from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 up until the present. It seems that \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was the last month a prisoner was released from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 State.\nSamuel Decard: Since you're the type that does your homework, I'm sure you've figured out why.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Your daughter.\nSamuel Decard: Emily.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Was it your intention to use SCP-2701 on \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588?\nSamuel Decard: I got to look him in the eyes once. Right after the trial. Ever seen the face of a true monster, son?\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I don't believe so, no.\nSamuel Decard: It's what he was. I looked him in the eyes and I saw a man who chose to be a beast. I wanted to see him rot in the deepest, darkest hole I could find. You know how you break an animal?\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: No, Mr. Decard.\nSamuel Decard: You take away its hope. Put it in a corner and block every exit. Let the dread seep in. Everything fears death. Break a creature and it fears life even more.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: And when \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 died in custody?\nMr. Decard stares intently at Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 for several seconds before speaking.\nSamuel Decard: I had meant it for him, but when he got away\u2026I couldn't look at the animals that surrounded me anymore. I started to get nauseated even by the thought of them. That's when I sent the guards home and started moving the convicts.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You placed all the prisoners into Cell 667 by yourself?\nSamuel Decard: Yes.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: How long did it take you?\nSamuel Decard: It went quickly at first. They thought it was a lockdown. It was too early for any of them to notice that the others weren't coming back. Murderers, brutes and predators every one of them, but only a handful balked when I took them to 667. They were the first few I put away bloody.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What do you mean?\nSamuel Decard: The shock prod wasn't enough and I had to use the pipe. The rest caught on quickly. They realized that the prison was getting emptier, quieter. They saw that I took men away and never brought anyone back. I was only feeding them every few days, so they were angry but starvation hadn't yet taken a toll on their strength. There were a couple weeks of rough work. Every one I took was a fight. I even got tagged a few times.\nMr Decard unbuttons his shirt. He indicates four 2-3 cm long scars located on his right side and lower abdomen\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Did you seek medical attention?\nSamuel Decard: No, I made it to the infirmary to stitch them closed, but after that I slowed down. I became more selective about who I pulled out. I watched fear creep its way through each block. When I distributed food I would look for the ones that pleaded and begged or just huddled in the corner of their cell. They went away crying and pissing themselves, but weren't much of a struggle.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Were there any more incidents?\nSamuel Decard: Only a few. So long as I was patient, the hunger and filth and terror would cut them down before I came for them. A few took the coward's way out, but I left the bodies as a warning.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What do you mean by warning?\nSamuel Decard: They had to know that the only way out was by my hand. It was already putrid inside and the walk to Block Fifteen had long since been stained by all the men I dragged there. The few that still tried to fight crumpled after the first blow to the head. There wasn't much life left in them at that point.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: And the time frame?\nSamuel Decard: Three months and six days until I finished. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was the last. He didn't say a word, didn't even look at me.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: One last question, Mr. Decard. How did you create SCP-2701?\nSamuel Decard: Oh, I didn't create it, son. I had help.\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please explain.\nSamuel Decard: Let's just say that hate and grief are a currency to some. When I was willing to pay the price, help found me.\n<End Log>\n\n\u00ab SCP-2700 | SCP-2701 | SCP-2702 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2702\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Any detected broadcasts or recordings of SCP-2702 are to be intercepted and blocked from public viewing. Civilians exposed to SCP-2702 are to be treated with class B amnestics and released. All instances are to be saved and examined for further research. Level 2 authorization is required to view any recorded SCP-2702 instances.\nAttempts to reproduce any experiments conducted on SCP-2702 must be authorized by two (2) level 4 personnel.\nDescription: SCP-2702 is an educational television program, ostensibly directed at children, titled \"Professor Abnormal's Science Lab\". The first broadcast of SCP-2702 was detected on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/199\u2588. All attempts to locate the source of the broadcast through triangulation of the signal have so far been unsuccessful; all broadcasts appear to originate simultaneously from three different locations which are randomized in every instance. Broadcasts have been detected worldwide, in over \u2588\u2588 languages, and episodes have also been found in online video hosting and file-sharing sites.\nThe program is hosted by SCP-2702-1, a middle-aged, Caucasian man dressed in a white lab coat and safety goggles, referred to in each broadcast as \"Professor Abnormal\".1 Each episode seeks to present an educational overview of various anomalous phenomena. Few of the episodes themselves are anomalous in nature, but they routinely include footage of anomalous nature. SCP-2702-1 appears to have an advanced understanding of the nature of several different anomalies as well as possessing classified information regarding the Foundation and various Groups of Interest across the planet. SCP-2702-1 conveys information in a humorous tone and uses simple explanations for extremely complex and technical information wherever possible.2\nSCP-2702-1 often performs experiments demonstrating various anomalous phenomena, and sometimes encourages the audience to attempt said experiments. In addition to SCP-2702-1, various guest characters typically partake in the experiments. A recurring character, designated SCP-2702-2 is known as \"Prescott the Robot\" in the broadcasts. SCP-2702-2 appears to be a genuinely sapient automaton.3\nA series of credits appears at the end of each episode. Attempts to locate information on the individuals and organizations named have so far been unsuccessful.4\n\nPartial Transcript of S1E4 \"All About Memetics and Cognitohazards\"\n\nHide Transcript\n\n*After the opening title sequence, cut to a laboratory set. SCP-2702-2 is visible in the background. Camera focuses on a blackboard with a white tarp draped over it. SCP-2702-1 enters from the right of the screen.*\nSCP-2702-1: Hey, junior scientists! Today we'll be talking about memetics!\n*The word \"Memetics\" appears in a stylized purple font on the screen, then fades out*\nSCP-2702-1: What are memetics? To put it simply, they're stimuli, such as words, pictures, sounds, and ideas, that can affect the way you think. With the right memetic tools, you can even control someone's mind! Let me demonstrate.\n*SCP-2702-1 rotates the blackboard until it is facing SCP-2702-2, and lifts the tarp. SCP-2702-2 appears unaffected*\nSCP-2702-1: Prescott, what's the matter? Why aren't you hopping on one foot?\nSCP-2702-2: I'd say you have a screw loose Professor, but I'm hardly one to talk!\n*Canned laughter*\nSCP-2702-2: Those silly mind-affecting tricks won't work on robots like me!\n*SCP-2702-1 slaps his forehead in an exaggerated manner*\nSCP-2702-1: Of course, you're right! But then who can we test it on?\nSCP-2702-2: How about our audience?\nSCP-2702-1: Great idea, Prescott!\n*SCP-2702-1 replaces the tarp over the blackboard and rotates it so it is facing the camera again*\nSCP-2702-1: What I'm about to show you is a simple visual cognitomanipulative agent I came up with, that will cause you to hop on one foot for ten seconds once you see it. If you don't want to look silly, then close your eyes now, I'll tell you when it's safe to open them again.\n*SCP-2702-1 lifts the tarp off the blackboard, displaying [DATA EXPUNGED]. Tests have confirmed that viewers of the program are affected in the manner SCP-2702-1 had described. After approximately 10 seconds, SCP-2702-1 places the tarp back over the blackboard.*\nSCP-2702-1: If you chose not to watch, you can open your eyes now. If you did watch, wasn't that a hoot? I'll bet you want to know how it works, right?\nSCP-2702-2: I'm sure they're just jumping to find out!\n*Canned laughter*\n*The scene shifts to show SCP-2702-1 in front of a green screen effect, displaying [DATA EXPUNGED]. To request access to the remainder of the transcript, contact Researcher Ying.*\n\nThe following is a partial list of the currently aired episodes of SCP-2702. Researchers recording said episodes are requested to use the following format:\nEpisode Title: [Season X Episode X], \"[Name of Episode]\"\nBrief Summary of Episode: [Basic plot and subject of Episode]\nBrief Summary of Anomalous Experiments: [Goal and procedure/result of experiments]\nNotes: Additional documentation (optional)\n\nEpisode Title\nBrief Summary of Episode\nBrief Summary of Anomalous Experiments\nNotes\n\nS1E1 'Alien Lifeforms and You'\nSCP-2702-1 demonstrates several live biological specimens of unknown origin, some of which appear to be sapient. SCP-2702-1 proceeds to identify them by species, planet of origin, and gives a brief summary on each.\nAn experiment is conducted, involving the use of a specific combination of communication technology to intercept extraterrestrial transmissions. Attempts to recreate the experiment have thus far failed due to lack of specialized equipment, including what SCP-2702-1 referred to as a \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Analyzer.\nSCP-2702-1 seemed to be under the impression that viewers of the program would be able to trivially procure an example of the aforementioned device.\n\nS1E2 'A New Dimension of Fun'\nSCP-2702-1 presents a variety of spatial anomalies, and explains the physics behind them.\nAn experiment is conducted to create a 'teleportation booth'. Researchers have had partial success replicating the experiment, but the resources and energy required rendered it impractical for effective Foundation use.\nSeveral new insights about extradimensional phenomena have been gained via study of SCP-2702-1's descriptions, and research is ongoing.\n\nS1E3 'No Time to Waste'\nThe episode begins with SCP-2702-1 lamenting his lack of a lab partner. SCP-2702-1 decides to remedy this by building a robot, but then decides it would be easier to travel to the future and retrieve the robot after it was already built. At one point, multiple instances of SCP-2702-1 are visible on screen, as a result of temporal displacement.\nExperiment involves using superconductors and a particle accelerator to accomplish time travel. Attempts by researchers to duplicate the experiment in this episode have thus far been unsuccessful.\nIntroduction of SCP-2702-2\n\nS1E4 'All About Memetics and Cognitohazards'\nSCP-2702-1 and SCP-2702-2 explain the nature of cognitohazardous memes, including several demonstrations. See above transcript for further details.\nProcedures for creating mind-affecting agents are exhibited. SCP-2702-1 warns viewers not to include dangerous commands in such agents without parental authorization.\nEpisode contains one active visual memetic agent, threat status negligible. Several censored cognitohazards, capable of various effects, are also present, 67% of which have been decoded as of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588. Analysis of this episode has contributed significantly towards Foundation memetics research.\n\nS1E5 'Gods and Monsters'\nSCP-2702-1 and SCP-2702-2 visit various locales around the world,5 while SCP-2702-1 expounds on the history and mythology of various groups and civilizations, including the Church of the Broken God.\nAn experiment involves a ritual designed to summon [REDACTED]. SCP-2702-1 warns viewers that this should not be attempted without parental supervision.\nAttempting to recreate the ritual in this episode resulted in a containment breach and complete lockdown of Site 64. Containment was reestablished with 27 casualties. As of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, level 4 authorization is required to attempt to recreate any experiments seen on SCP-2702.\n\nS1E6 'The Wonders of AI'\nSCP-2702-1 attempts to show audiences how to build their own instances of SCP-2702-2. At various points in the episode, SCP-2702-2's personality is altered in various ways.\nSeveral experiments with AI code are performed. Results of research and experiments from this episode are available with level 3 clearance from the Foundation AI research department.\nNone\n\nS1E7 'The SCP Foundation'\nInstead of the usual laboratory setting, this episode appears to take place in Site-24. SCP-2702-1 and SCP-2702-2 are shown infiltrating the facility and explaining the nature of the Foundation and various SCPs they encounter, while avoiding guards and researchers.\nNo experiments are performed in this episode, but SCP-2702-1 gives a tutorial on the proper format for writing an SCP report.\nThe depiction and description of the Foundation in this episode is highly accurate, with the exception that the guards and security forces were portrayed with comic ineptitude. Several individuals who were stationed at Site-24 during the time of the broadcast can be identified in the recording. No security breaches of the nature displayed in the program have ever been recorded at Site-24.\n\nS1E8 'How it will End'\nSCP-2702-1 and SCP-2702-2 discuss several situations that could potentially lead to CK-class restructuring scenarios, XK-class end-of-the-world scenarios, ZK-class reality failure events, and other such scenarios. Topics covered include uncontrollable self-replicating nanotechnology (the 'gray goo' scenario), containment failure of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588, and an impact event between the Earth and [REDACTED]. SCP-2702-1 emphasizes the fact that these are only a small sampling of many such potential events.\nAt the prompting of SCP-2702-1, SCP-2702-2 ran several hundred iterations of a computer simulation detailing a potential impact event involving the Earth and [REDACTED]. Each iteration was not individually depicted, but the final results were summarized at the end of the program. Despite taking into account potential responses by the Foundation and other Groups of Interest, the simulation inevitably concluded with a GH - class Dead Greenhouse scenario within one month of the impact.\nAfter reviewing the episode, Foundation astronomers have successfully identified [REDACTED]. Due to its non-Newtonian properties, the likelihood of a collision with Earth in the near future cannot currently be estimated.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Attempts to identify this individual have so far been unsuccessful.\n2. On occasion, SCP-2702-1 engages in highly complex technical explanations. For an overview and analysis of all currently recorded examples, see Document 2702-theta.\n3. In S1E6 \"The Wonders of AI\", SCP-2702-1 demonstrates samples of SCP-2702-2's source code. Attempts by Foundation researchers to run said code revealed [REDACTED], which is consistent with current Foundation knowledge of AI theory.\n4. Doctor Wondertainment is listed as one of the program's sponsors.\n5. Including what have been identified as the sites of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588, and SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Foundation security forces stationed at the aforementioned sites have never observed any disturbances or intruders matching the events documented in SCP-2702.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2701 | SCP-2702 | SCP-2703 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2703\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Mobile Task Forces Zeta-16-01, -02, and -03 (respectively referred to as \"Newspaper's Boys\", \"Gearlist\" and \"Restraining Orders\") have been organized with the purpose of locating the different manifestations of SCP-2703. MTF-Zeta-16-01 is to confiscate all newspapers containing instances of SCP-2703. The newspapers are to be held in a Level-2 Document Locker at Site-98.\nMTF-Zeta-16-02 is to track and delete instances of SCP-2703 found in advertisements websites. Websites' domains with continued manifestations of SCP-2703 are to be blocked from all major internet service providers.\nMTF-Zeta-16-03 is to erase instances of SCP-2703 written on public restroom doors. Locations with continued manifestations of SCP-2703 are to be bought by a Foundation front company and designed as Provisional Site-98-X.\nCivilians coming in contact with SCP-2703 are to be administered Class-C amnestics. During testing, a minimum of 1 Foundation-owned restaurant is to be available in the area of Manchester.\nUpdate: As of 2017/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, MTF-Zeta-16-01 and -02 have been disbanded. MTF-Zeta-16-03 is to erase instances of SCP-2703 present in women's public restrooms.\nDescription: SCP-2703 is the message \"For a good time call: 092-791-697-518-6\" manifesting on newspaper announcements, advertisements websites and on public restroom doors in the city of Manchester, United Kingdom.\nShould an individual (referred to as the subject) call the number on a telephone of any kind after reading SCP-2703, an entity (referred to as SCP-2703-1) will manifest within 2 to 5 hours, usually 3 meters in front of the subject. This effect is triggered only if the subjects are aware of the literal meaning of the message, and if they have read an original instance of SCP-2703. Copies and photographs of SCP-2703 do not display its anomalous properties.\nSCP-2703-1 is a tripedal digitigrade avian creature, similar to an Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo), possessing elongated caprine horns and leporine ears, standing 1.77m tall. SCP-2703-1 possesses 5 tentacle-like appendages of adjustable length, located on its back. Each appendage is of different colour (red, pink, yellow, blue and green) and is safe for human consumption1. Tests confirmed that the blood of subjects having eaten SCP-2703-1's appendages contained high levels of serotonin and dopamine.\nSCP-2703-1 has thus far been fluent in every language presented to it, but communicates solely with the subject. SCP-2703-1's favourite method of communication is by singing in a mezzo-soprano voice, but it will stop if asked to. Despite referring to itself as \"Countess of Folas, Duchess of Fatyma and Marquisette of Dispria\", SCP-2703-1 equally responds to any given name.\nSCP-2703-1's only apparent goal is to entertain the subjects with pleasurable recreational activities, such as attending theatrical performances. SCP-2703-1 does so by teleporting the subjects and itself in a location chosen by the subjects. This effect is limited only to theaters, movie theaters, restaurants and pubs. Following a 24-hours period, SCP-2703-1 will demanifest, after thanking the subjects with a 50 second long song performed in an operatic style, where it displays its gratitude towards them. However, should the subject ask it politely to leave before the 24-hour lapse, SCP-2703-1 will demanifest following a 20 seconds song.\nAddendum 2703-1: The following are excerpts from Testing Logs 2703-11-A to -D.\nTesting Log 2703-11-A - 2017/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject(s): D-6053 (Male, 39), SCP-2703-1\nProcedure: D-6053 was made aware of SCP-2703-1's nature. Upon manifestation, D-6053 was ordered to ask SCP-2703-1 to teleport him to [REDACTED], a Foundation-front restaurant. An area of 100 m\u00b2 was evacuated.\nResults: D-6053 and SCP-2703-1 talked for 1 hour about various topics, such as fate and the meaning of love. D-6053 ordered roasted beef, while SCP-2703-1 ordered 2 kg of raw tuna (Thunnus). D-6053 was then ordered to politely ask it to leave. Following the demanifestation event, a total of \u00a3 290.97 materialized within the restaurant's cash register.\nAnalysis: SCP-2703-1's ability to materialize currency was unknown before Testing Log 2703-11-A. Previous testing showed that this was, in fact, the first time it used this ability. Further research is ongoing -Dr. N\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nTesting Log 2703-11-B - 2017/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject(s): D-6175 (Male, 27), SCP-2703-1\nProcedure: Testing was done to determine in what circumstances SCP-2703-1 materializes the currency. The procedure was the same as in Testing Log 2703-11-A.\nResults: Despite being made aware of SCP-2703-1's nature, D-6175 screamed in terror upon SCP-2703-1's manifestation. SCP-2703-1 dematerialized shortly after. Testing was aborted.\nAnalysis: It is to be noted that SCP-2703-1 showed signs of great distress before dematerializing. Future testing is to be done with less impressionable personnel. -Dr. N\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nTesting Log 2703-11-C - 2017/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject(s): D-6342 (Male, 46), SCP-2703-1\nProcedure: D-6342 was made aware of SCP-2703-1's nature, and was ordered to not scream upon its manifestation. The procedure was otherwise the same as the previous experiments.\nResults: SCP-2703-1 materialized 7 hours after, instead of the usual 2 to 5 hours. SCP-2703-1 talked with a monotone voice and refused to eat anything. SCP-2703-1 dematerialized without warning 25 minutes after.\nAnalysis: SCP-2703-1 was completely indifferent during the whole testing. I am not sure, but I think it just got depressed. -Dr. N\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nTesting Log 2703-11-D - 2017/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject(s): D-6471 (Female, 26), SCP-2703-1\nProcedure: The procedure was the same as the previous experiments.\nResults: SCP-2703-1 talked with D-6471 about various topics, singing in a mezzo-soprano voice, ordering 10 kg of various feline meats. When D-6471 was ordered to politely ask it to leave, SCP-2703-1 asked D-6471 to embrace it before leaving. D-6471 was ordered to embrace the entity. Following the demanifestation event, a total of \u00a3 10,000 materialized within the restaurant's cash register.\nAnalysis: SCP-2703-1 seemingly recovered from its depression. It is to be noted that SCP-2703-1 has displayed this kind of behaviour to all female personnel, as seen in Testing Logs 2703-11-E to 11-R. -Dr. N\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nAddendum 2703-2: Notes on SCP-2703's current status.\nFollowing the events depicted in Testing Log 2703-11-D, SCP-2703's manifestations have doubled. However, SCP-2703 currently manifests exclusively on women's public restroom doors, and its anomalous effects are triggered exclusively by female subjects.\n\nFootnotes\n1. See Testing Log 2703-05-C, where it offered D-3590 a piece of its blue appendage.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2702 | SCP-2703 | SCP-2704 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SYTYCFanon & FlyPurgatorio\n\nSCP-2704- The Lonely Star\nFanon's Author Page\nFly's Author Page\n\nSCiP.net Secure Chatroom Server USWYPC #6\nIn accordance with Ethics Directive 84753-K, all communications sent within SCiP.net Secure Chatrooms can only be accessed via a unique 512-bit encryption key sent to each individual user. Personnel are prohibited from tapping SCiP.net communications and anyone caught doing so will be subject to an Ethics Committee inquiry.\nThank you for using SCiP.net SecureChat, and have a pleasant conversation!\n\nCurrently Chatting:\nResearcher Maria M. Johnston\nDepartment Head of Parabiological Sciences, Arms and Equipment, Site-78\nResearcher Gregory J. Chudley\nDepartment Head of MAUDE, Site-78\n\nChudley: Hey Johnston, gotta sec?\n\nJohnston: I got a few minutes, what's up?\n\nChudley: Have you ever noticed anything wrong with SCP-2704 on SCiP.net?\n\nJohnston: No? Give me a sec to go to the series page.\n\nJohnston: The URL is unusable, that's not that strange. There's a few SCP numbers that we're not allowed to use, like 3775. I was hoping that when we switch over to SCiPJump they'd fix that issue.\n\nChudley: That's what anyone would think at first glance, but I think something used to be in that slot. Take a look at this orphaned file I found connected to that link.\n\nSCP-2704 being staffed by PoI-131 in casual wear.\n\nJohnston: The mystery deepens\u2026. but what is SCP-2704? Is it the Elk head? The bar?\n\nChudley: I was thinking it was probably the soda fountain.\n\nJohnston: What makes you say that? It's just a regular soda fountain.\n\nChudley: Call it a hunch I guess.\n\nJohnston: I wouldn't put it out of the question for the town that's famous for having one gas station and a horse called Steamboat.1\n\nChudley: I'm offended you forgot about Gary\n\nJohnston: I drink to forget about Gary.\n\nChudley: Hurtful. Anyways, there's not much to go off of except for the PoI with the drip.\n\nJohnston: Did you look up his number in the database?\n\nChudley: I did. Zero results. I was hoping you could use your contacts over at RAISA to check the paper records. Maybe there's something that didn't get entered.\n\nJohnston: Maybe it was a placeholder number? Hmmm, maybe we could check this out ourselves. A little stakeout like the old days.\n\nChudley: If I remember my Chugwater lore correctly, that's an old bar not too far from the Chugwater Formation.2 We could definitely drive over there and check things out, but I wouldn't want to go poking around. This might have been hidden for a reason. The last thing I need is a little visit from the Red Right Hand.\n\nJohnston: The Red Right Hand isn't real, Chudley. That's just a boogeyman story they tell the newbies. Anyways, I agree. I don't want to go in unless we have the facts. Let's talk at the same time tomorrow about anything we find.\n\nChudley: Roger.\n\nSCiP.net Secure Chatroom Server USWYPC #6-1\n\nCurrently Chatting:\nResearcher Maria M. Johnston\nDepartment Head of Parabiological Sciences, Arms and Equipment, Site-78\nResearcher Gregory J. Chudley\nHead of Department of MAUDE, Site-78\n\nChudley: Yo, I'm here. I got some mozzarella sticks and I'm ready to sleuth.\n\nJohnston: Got my kickstart and some goldfish.\n\nChudley: Alright, gamer time. What have you got for me?\n\nJohnston: Not much honestly. The only reference to a PoI-131 that my contact could find was this old missive from the late 1800s. Here, I'll send you a transcription.\n\nASCI NOTICE\nI am penning this in regard to the investigation into PoI-131, also known as \"Marvin.\" As head inspector, I'm making the executive decision to close the case of PoI-131. We've been tracking him for two years now and all we got is a cache of confiscated drinks and no signs of the scoundrel.\nThe anomalous world is currently tearing itself apart and the Initiative has better things to do with its resources than to try to find one anomalous drink peddler. If Command has an issue with that it can write me up a complaint.\n- Inspector Richard Krum\n\nChudley: This must have been at the tail end of the Sixth Occult War if I'm remembering correctly.\n\nJohnston: I'm surprised you were paying attention in our history classes.\n\nChudley: Hey I did pretty well in that class, thank you very much. It at least explains the lack of records, I'm sure a bunch of stuff got lost when ASCI rebranded as the SCP Foundation.\n\nJohnston: You're probably right. Were you able to turn up anything?\n\nChudley: Yeah. So MAUDE has been going through the stuff from the storage unit they turned into Astrophysics and Aeronautics building. One of the interns found a journal and lo and behold it happened to mention SCP-2704. No name on the journal though. I digitized it so we could go over it.\n\nJohnston: You digitized it?\n\nChudley: Yes?\n\nJohnston: I find that hard to believe. You played League while an intern digitized it, didn't you?\n\nChudley: Sorry I can't hear you over the upload, here's the file now.\n\nSCP-2704\nACS: Pending/Dark/Caution\nPotential Containment Proce\nTo hell with it. If I'm breaking protocol, I might as well go all the way. There are no containment procedures, because I let him go.\nConsider this a confession of sorts. Or a failsafe, in case this comes back to bite us in the ass. This way, it's clear it was just me; my executive decision. My job on the line. Fuck, I'm really doing this.\nLet's start at the beginning. Timeline:\n2016-Sept: I analyzed the decrease of deaths by falling at the Chugwater Formation: no impact from better safety procedures through the decades.\n2016-Oct: Breakthrough. I traced the pattern to a bar on the road to the Formation: The Lonely Star. PoI-131's profile fits with pattern. For details, see\nWhat the fuck is wrong with me. Even in a goddamn handwritten confession note, I can't get away from the official style. And it doesn't even matter.\nI went to investigate myself. Not because of our limited budget, although I'd love to pretend it was. His file shows a beneficial effect to people going through mental turmoil, which meant I fit his target demographic.\nI was at the end of my rope. Not just because of Chugwater. My career, my place within the Foundation, within this whole godforsaken ecosystem of weird. It sounds almost blasphemous, so no, I didn't really want to talk it over with a Foundation therapist. And there isn't really anyone else I can talk to about this kind of stuff. Not since Shane\u2026\nSo I went to an anomaly instead. Willingly. Career suicide. I guess, when I did, I really felt like I had nothing to lose.\nWhat I'm trying to say is this: I didn't make this decision lightly. I've weighted the pros and cons, and came to the conclusion that Marvin is part of Chugwater now. He's a positive addition to the town with no downsides.\nMoreover\u2026 I like him. He helped me when I had nowhere else to turn. So maybe this is also me, returning the favor.\nLeah Erin Richter, Director of Site-78 (at the time of writing)\n\nChudley: No way that this is Richter.\n\nJohnston: My thoughts exactly, this doesn't sound like her.\n\nChudley: Yeah she's so\u2026 emotional? I didn't know she could show any emotion other than annoyed, angry, or stern.\n\nJohnston: I guess we've never REALLY known her, I never know what's going on behind those glasses.\n\nChudley: Yeah, I've always just thought of her as an O5 mouthpiece, just barking the company line to keep us in check.\n\nJohnston: Well you definitely need to be kept in check, otherwise would any work get done at MAUDE?\n\nChudley: That's what INTERNS ARE FOR, Johnston. Ya dump all the boring stuff on them so you can relax and work on the cool stuff.\n\nJohnston: I know there's no point in arguing with you about intern usage so do you have the video?\n\nChudley: Coming right up.\n\n[The counter of The Lonely Star's bar is visible on screen. Behind it, PoI-131 can be seen cleaning a glass. The clock in the right upper corner of the video states the time as 01:47 military time.]\nPoI-131: Evening, dear. You look a bit lost.\nRichter: I \u2013 yeah. I'm looking for directions to the Formation.\nPoI-131: Are you now? You picked an interesting time to visit.\nRichter: Let's just say I heard its call.\nPoI-131: It has that effect on people.\n[PoI-131 takes a glass and places it under the soda fountain, as if he anticipates an order]\nRichter: Are you closed? I could use one last drink before heading out.\nPoI-131: That I can do. Although, I hope you don't mind it being non-alcoholic. Sodas are my trade, and let me tell you, they have quite a buzz of their own if done well.\nRichter: Soda is fine. What would you recommend?\n[PoI-131 turns to the soda fountain and fills the glass]\nPoI-131: Name's Marvin, by the way.\nRichter: Leah Richter. No last name, Mr Marvin?\nPoI-131: I could tell you one, but it would be a lie. Half a truth, half a lie. I suppose that would make us even.\nRichter: What do you mean?\nPoI-131: You are looking for direction, but not to the Formation. Something brought you here. Now, wiser folk might warn you that there is no answer to be found on the bottom of a glass, but those folk never tried my sodas before.\n[PoI-131 winks as he places a brown carbonated soda in front of the camera]\nPoI-131: One glass of Homestia. Because every wayward traveler should know where they come from, before they know where they are going. Do tell me what it reminds you of, if you would. Nobody gives me quite the same answer.\n[Richter sits down on the barstool, but hesitates to take the drink]\nRichter: I'm not sure if I should \u2013\nPoI-131: I'm not going to force you to drink it, dear.\nRichter: [under her breath] In for a penny, in for a pound.\n[She takes a small sip]\nRichter: Hmm\u2026 maple syrup. [Chuckles] Not quite home, but it does remind me of Ipperwash.\nPoI-131: That's in Canada, isn't it? A place you once called home?\nRichter: Kinda. I worked at a research institute for ten years. Where we got the stuff to build it is a thing I mustn't tell, But we've made it strong and solid, and we're cozy, rain or shine, in our happy little dug-out on the firing line.\nPoI-131: Catchy. Your research institute had its own anthem?\nRichter: My old boss used to sing it. He always had a way with words.\n[PoI-131 grabs another glass and cleans it]\nRichter: It was my first assignment. The start of something greater, I thought. I dabbled a bit in Memetics, worked some time in waste disposal. My primary field is anthropology. [Pause] When I started working there, I believed our work would lead humanity to a brighter future.\nPoI-131: That's a beautiful thing to uphold. What changed?\nRichter: What do you mean?\nPoI-131: You talk about these things as if they're in the past. Which makes me wonder: did you stop believing in them, or did something happen?\nRichter: I- I guess that, if you dream too much, reality eventually hits you in the face.\n[Richter takes another sip of soda. PoI-131 continues to clean the same glass, not looking away]\nRichter: There were plenty of small things. Accidents happen. One specific accident kept on happening, over and over again. You'd feel hopeless, unable to do anything but watch.\n[Richter shakes her head.]\nRichter: It eats away at your soul, is what I'm getting at.\nPoI-131: No-one can keep that up for ten years straight.\nRichter: There were bright spots, too. Cases that kept me going. I helped a wayward astronaut get back to the woman he loved. But moments like that were few and far between. I began to see that most of our work either involved maintaining a status quo, or stopping yet another horror from reaching the general population.\nPoI-131: Maintenance is a necessary job, but not everyone is a caretaker. Some of us are builders. Put a bricklayer in a janitor role, and they'll forever feel inadequate.\nRichter: Yeah, that sounds about right. After nearly ten years of studying harmful memes and transformed media, the only gains were new ways of making our jobs easier. Better maintenance. So I left, hoping to find purpose elsewhere.\n[Richter finishes her drink.]\nPoI-131: That was one drink, but not one story. Care for another while you finish telling it?\nRichter: I could go for one more. Soda that's different to anyone who drinks it? I'm intrigued, Mr. Marvin.\nPoI-131: Complex flavors come from the right ingredients and the people who look for them. How about an Ocean's Calm? It takes the edge off.\nRichter: Sure.\n[PoI-131 takes Richter's glass, fills it with a blue substance, and places it on the bar. She proceeds to drink it.]\nRichter: Sweet, but with a bitter aftertaste. And a bit salty? It reminds me of the ocean breeze on the coast of West Africa. That's where I met Shane.\nPoI-131: Is he someone special to you?\nRichter: Was. We lost him earlier this year.\nPoI-131: My condolences.\nRichter: It's part of life, isn't it? Moreso in our line of work. [Sigh] We met when I transferred to the Sahara Desert to research a small civilization. One of the prouder moments in my career. You see, we made a discovery while studying these citizens: they were perfect models for diseases of the cell membrane.\n[Richter takes another sip]\nRichter: I won't bore you with the specifics, but we found a treatment for Episodic ataxia3. You've probably never heard of it, it's a very rare neurological disorder.\nPoI-131: A disorder in humans, I take it?\nRichter: Yes. Anyway, it took a lot of arguing with the higher-ups, but we were able to release the treatment under one of the big pharmaceutical companies. They got all the glory, but we got the satisfaction of knowing our work was going to help people. Moreover, the twelve of us were given the greenlight to set up a research facility in Chugwater.\nPoI-131: The bricklayer laid her first brick on the road to a brighter tomorrow!\nRichter: It's strange. I've been struggling with Shane's death for months now, but it finally feels like I can find a place for that grief. It's kinda \u2013\nPoI-131: Bittersweet?\nRichter: Yeah.\nPoI-131: So, you finally got what you wanted. Building that brighter future. Living the dream. Why are you here, down on your luck?\nRichter: I wouldn't call Chugwater the dream. The grant money slowly dried up. Most of the team left for greener pastures, and I don't blame them. We can hardly afford to do anything out here!\n[She finishes her drink]\nRichter: For the betterment of humanity. That's our motto. Fuck if that's the case. It took me a decade and moving heaven and earth to see even the smallest example of that coming to fruition.\n[Richter pushes the glass further down the bar]\nRichter: The buzz is wearing off.\nPoI-131: Of the drink?\nRichter: [Sigh] I'm not sure I have the strength for another decade of this. Or the patience.\nPoI-131: The road to Rome wasn't built in one day. And it's a lot to carry it on your own.\n[She scoffs]\nPoI-131: I guess it's my turn for a story now. Once upon a time, someone like myself had to hide away. Run from the kind of humans who considered anything that wasn't like them to be a threat. Until I found Chugwater. Here, I was safe. But \u2013\nRichter: But?\nPoI-131: It wasn't enough. I'm not a builder, I'm a caretaker. And I wanted \u2013 needed \u2013 to care for those who didn't know who they were. What they were looking for. Now, we all have our instruments, our toolboxes. I have my sodas. But I didn't have access to the right ingredients. That's when I found it, seeping out from the ground. Some folks strike oil; I struck soda.\n[PoI-131 motions with his hands, mimicking a geyser]\nRichter: No way. So you're saying this stuff comes up from the ground? Like a well?\nPoI-131: Indeed. I built a pump over the deposit. Refined it. Channelled it into the kind of soda that soothes the body as well as the soul. And I named it after the kind of light you follow when you're lost in the world, looking for direction. The Lonely Star.\n[He places a hand on the soda fountain and smiles]\nPoI-131: There are many travelers on their way to the Formation, all on a similar path. Like you, wayward souls looking for a way out. Some want an ending. Others, to simply feel something again. All of them want one last drink before heading out.\nRichter: That's all it takes? A drink?\nPoI-131: And a listening ear. It's its own kind of magic. I guess I built this place to care for those who enter. Who do you care for to continue building your bright future?\nRichter: My kids. I mean, not my kids. The new college students that started this month. They're honestly a handful. I sometimes feel like I'm their parent.\nPoI-131: Being a parent is a rare case of both: laying the bricks for their future, and maintaining them in the present. And, might I add, the most thankless of jobs out there.\nRichter: As much of a headache as they are\u2026 Everything I do is for them.\nPoI-131: It's worth every bit of pain they give you.\nRichter: Speaking from experience?\n[PoI-131 smiles wistfully as he places a hand on the soda fountain]\nPoI-131: That's a story too long for an evening like this. So it will have to remain untold.\nRichter: Why's that?\nPoI-131: Isn't this the part where your soldiers storm in to take me away? Lock me in a box and throw away the key.\n[Richter clenches her empty glass]\nRichter: You know I'm Foundation?\nPoI-131: Of course, even without the talk about research institutes and Memetics. There isn't a lot that goes unnoticed by your local bartender. I've kept an eye out for you people since my run-ins with your predecessors. When you settled Chugwater, I knew it was only a matter of time before you'd find me.\nRichter: You've known this entire time? Why not put up a fight? Or run?\nPoI-131: I'm not a fighter, and I'm tired of running. I make sodas, and I listen. So I rather go out that way, fulfilling my purpose one last time.\n[He takes out two shotglasses and fills them with a dark purple soda]\nPoI-131: Polaris. May it guide you to that brighter future.\n[He takes a sip]\nPoI-131: For the betterment of humanity. Well, your humans will certainly get better from turning me in.\nRichter: Apprehending an anomalous fugitive would certainly make waves. It would put Chugwater on the map, and make more resources available for Site-78. That extra budget would definitely benefit the kids.\nPoI-131: Sensation gets the money rolling, in commerce and in research. Get the funding to build out, find a way to build better boxes. You still get to build. Build, build, build. But where is the caring?\n[PoI-131's expression betrays disappointment]\nPoI-131: You take from Chugwater, but you give to your people. A small sacrifice for the greater good. It's a lot less noble if you don't have to sacrifice yourself, now is it?\n[He gestures to the second glass]\nPoI-131: Drink. As a goodbye.\n[Richter takes the glass]\nRichter: This doesn't have to be goodbye. There's no-one coming.\nPoI-131: I don't follow?\nRichter: I'm letting you go. Or rather, letting you stay.\n[PoI-131 stares for a moment in disbelief]\nPoI-131: Why?\n[Richter takes the drink and empties it, like a shot]\nRichter: What kind of road would I be laying if I took a force for good away from humanity? Maybe it'll get some quick money our way, but it's not the kind of Foundation we need. I don't want to fortify the structures that made me wait a decade to bring some good into the world. The kids deserve better.\nPoI-131: [Chuckles] And no soda needed for that bit of introspectiveness!\nRichter: There are going to be some stipulations to this deal. One: keep me informed about any happenings around the Formation. That includes the well you use. And two: keep quiet about your alien nature, and how you get your sodas. You keep up your end of the deal, and I'll make sure nobody finds you here.\nPoI-131: Seems reasonable enough. I uh- I never said I was an alien.\nRichter: No human refers to everything as \u2018for humans'.\nPoI-131: Huh. We give away a lot more than we mean to in our choice of words, don't we? I do have another suggestion for this deal: don't be a stranger.\nRichter: I can do that. Now, Mr. Marvin, how about you pour us a little something less mind-altering. For the betterment of humanity.\n[Richter raises a glass]\nPoI-131: I'll drink to that, Mrs. Leah.\n[PoI-131 clinks a glass against Richter's before the video cuts out.]\n\nChudley: That was- wow. An alien and a secret font of anomalous soda, not what I was expecting.\n\nJohnston: I'm more surprised that she was thinking of us. There is some warmth under all of that calculation.\n\nChudley: Kinda makes me feel bad about making her angry all the time.\n\nJohnston: So you'll stop sending her reports littered with internet slang?\n\nChudley: I'll think about it.\n\nJohnston: Chudley\u2026\n\nChudley: I'll work on it. So what do we do now? Nothing?\n\nJohnston: We don't do anything. Richter was right. That anomaly needs to stay where it is. Delete that file from the database, along with the digitized stuff. Burn the journals and destroy the video while you're at it.\n\nChudley: Took the words right out of my mouth. Although, you're the last person I'd think to go for the rebel option.\n\nJohnston: Richter taught me well I think. If you've got that situation taken care of, I think I'm gonna head off.\n\nChudley: Yeah, I'm sure you got some mission to coordinate. Thanks for taking a look at this with me.\n\nEnding Session\u2026\n\nFootnotes\n1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chugwater%2C_Wyoming#The_Chugwater_horse_called_%22Steamboat%22\n2. A geologic formation of bedrock that is ignored by scientists due to its lack of fossils.\n3. Autosomal dominant disorder characterized by bouts of muscle discoordination.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2703 | SCP-2704 | SCP-2705 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2705\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2705's position is tracked by triangulation, using a network of gravimetric sensors in installations throughout North America and the North Pacific Ocean. The Foundation is to coordinate with local and international emergency management bodies to organise aid in the event that the object shows signs of initiating a 2705-\u03b1 event. In the case of a 2705-\u03b2 event, embedded Foundation assets are to obfuscate and/or confiscate all resulting seismographic data recorded by civilian institutions.\nEfforts to further probe the nature and capabilities of SCP-2705 are ongoing, but due to the difficulty of interacting with it in any way, progress is limited mainly to analysing the data from 2705-\u03b2 events.\nDescription: SCP-2705 is an anomalous mass located within the Earth's upper mantle. Its existence, position and properties can be inferred by measuring the defect in the Earth's gravitational field caused by its irregular density profile. It is comprised of a dense and roughly tetrahedral shell, with an evacuated or nearly massless interior and an ultra-dense point mass at its extreme inwards-pointing tip. The object's volume is \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 km3 and its average density 3950 kg/m3, making it neutrally buoyant at the depth it normally resides.\nSCP-2705 is capable of autonomous movement within the Earth's interior. Since first being detected on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1978, SCP-2705 has moved in an erratic path beneath the North Pacific region at speeds of up to \u2588\u2588cm/s, at depths in the range of 200-550km (excluding 2705-\u03b1 and 2705-\u03b2 events).\nAt irregular intervals,1 SCP-2705 will change its regular behaviour and rapidly rise towards the Earth's surface at speeds of up to \u2588m/s, slowing as it reaches the bottom of the oceanic crust. At this point it will initiate either a 2705-\u03b1 or 2705-\u03b2 event.\nIn a 2705-\u03b1 event, the object will vibrate at a high frequency for up to 5 minutes before returning to its usual depth. 2705-\u03b1 events have induced volcanic or tectonic activity in \u2588\u2588% of observed cases.\nIn a 2705-\u03b2 event, the object will vibrate with variable frequency for up to 5 hours before retreating. Analysis of seismographic data from 2705-\u03b2 events indicates that the pulses contain ordered data. Foundation cryptography assets have indicated that these transmissions may represent as many as 6 unique languages out of all \u2588\u2588 recorded instances, but attempts to decrypt them have been unsuccessful with the exception of event 2705-\u03b2-52.\nEvent 2705-\u03b2-52\nAt 15:57 on 1/1/2013, gravimetric advance warning devices indicated that SCP-2705 had begun to rise through the mantle. The object initiated a 2705-\u03b2 event consisting of 50 pulses of approximately 8 second duration each, spread over 53 minutes. The resulting binary transmission is believed to be intended for processing as a 2D image.\n\n+ View image\n\n- Hide image\n\nPictorial representation of data transmitted during Event 2705-\u03b2-52.\n\nAddendum 1\nOn \u2588/\u2588/2027, Foundation scientific assets stationed on Mare Imbrium detected an anomalous dense mass within the Moon's interior. Subsequent studies via. gravimetric and tomographic sensors mapped an incomplete tetrahedral mass embedded 5 km deep in the Lunar crust.2 The object's size appears to have been similar to that of SCP-2705, although it has been severely deformed and disrupted, its interior breached and filled with Lunar crustal material. Radiometric dating of the surface rock, and the undisturbed nature of the infilling Lunar material, has led Foundation analysts to believe that the anomaly suffered the observed damage sometime before the Moon's surface had fully solidified in the Pre-Nectarian epoch.3\n\nFootnotes\n1. Longest measured interval: 14 years 24 days; shortest measured interval: 2 years 170 days\n2. \u2588o \u2588\u2588' \u2588\u2588'' S,\u2588\u2588o \u2588\u2588' \u2588'' E.\n3. ~4.5 billion years ago [formation] - 3.8 billion years ago\n\n\u00ab SCP-2704 | SCP-2705 | SCP-2706 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2706\n\nItem #: SCP-2706\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The area of SCP-2706 is to be fenced off with at least two patrols guarding the perimeter at all times. Should an instance of SCP-2706-2 be located, it is to be retrieved and released into its natural habitat. MTF \u03bb-6 (Elmer Fudds) are to be equipped with standard tranquilizer firearms when searching for an instance of SCP-2706-2.\nIf any instance of SCP-2706-2 becomes hostile and detrimental to the survival of MTF \u03bb-6, then the mobile task force has full authorization to utilize any firepower available within Area-37 armory. Should an instance of SCP-2706-2 be too dangerous for normal engagement parameters then Procedure 442 Kito-Fas is to be enacted.\nDescription: SCP-2706 is a white oak (Quercus alba) forest located thirty-six kilometers east of Clarksburg, West Virginia. The trees located within SCP-2706 (known as SCP-2706-1 instances) are unusually sturdy (with the density of an individual instance measuring 44.32 g/cm3). All SCP-2706-1 instances have between 3-10 abnormal growths (similar in appearance to burls) attached to their trunk.\nPeriodically these abnormal growths will produce an organism of the animalia kingdom (referred to as SCP-2706-2 instances) through a process that is not fully understood. SCP-2706-2 instances are produced at different stages of development and are anatomically normal. All attempts to remove an SCP-2706-2 instance from an instance of SCP-2706-1 have resulted in the death of the organism.\nSCP-2706 was first recovered when the corpse of a bottle-nose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) was found in the area. Local authorities subsequently discovered a number of non-native animals in the area, including a pair of cheetahs, a kangaroo, six penguins, an anaconda, and two rhinoceros. All animals recovered were re-released into their natural habitat. Assets embedded in local law enforcement notified the Foundation, which established Area-37 in order to contain further SCP-2706-2 instances.\n\nLogin Credentials: 2706 Authorization Token Required\n\nLogin Credentials: ACCEPTED.\n\nAddendum 1\nOn August 17, 1972 a human instance of SCP-2706-2 was produced and discovered by MTF \u03bb-6. SCP-2706-2 was naked, in the advanced stages of shock and was given medical treatment. SCP-2706-2 claimed to be Jeremy Monroe (a botany student) from Hillsdale, Iowa. Government records indicate that SCP-2706-2 had previously died in an automobile accident on December 24, 1954.\n\nLogin Credentials: Level 1 Clearance or higher required\n\nLogin Credentials: ACCEPTED.\n\nIncident Report 013\nDuring a patrol on May 8, 1983, a member of the species Mammuthus primigenius (Woolly Mammoth) was discovered attempting to escape SCP-2706 by MTF \u03bb-6. The Mobile Task Force quickly tranquilized the instance and called for air retrieval. SCP-2706-2 is currently within Foundation Reserve-32 where it is being studied. Anatomical examination between this SCP-2706-2 instance and records of SCP-2082 are currently underway.\nFollow up investigation has indicated that this instance emerged from a growth originally thought to be non-anomalous due to a lack of activity since the beginning of containment in 1951. Several other growths in the same area are currently under observation for additional production events.\n\nThis is the first SCP-2706-2 recorded that is not from the present day and the growth it appears to have originated from appears too small to accommodate it. I want MTF Lambda-6 to be equipped to deal with any creature of any size inside SCP-2706.\n~ Dr. Acker\n\nLogin Credentials: Level 2 Clearance or higher required\n\nLogin Credentials: ACCEPTED.\n\nAftermath of engagement with third SCP-2706-2 instance\n\nIncident Report 102\nFollowing incident 013, growths which were inactive for long periods of time were placed under continuous surveillance. On October 30, 2014, 3 of these growths produced instances of SCP-2706-2 that appeared and acted in a manner consistent with the currently contained instance of SCP-682. MTF \u03bb-6 called in airborne support to locate these SCP-2706-2 instances. Following several failed attempts at containment, MTF enacted Procedure 442 Kito-Fas.\nMembers of MTF \u03bb-6 utilized vehicles to lure 2 of the 3 SCP-2706-2 instances into a designated kill zone manned by MTF Nu-7 (Hammer Down). MTF Nu-7 was able to terminate both instances by utilizing Mark 77 incendiary bombs.\nMTF \u03bb-6 ground forces encircled the third SCP-2706-2 instance inside SCP-2706. MTF Nu-7 provided close air support during this engagement. Both forces engaged the instance in a firefight which, after 2 hours and 12 minutes, was deemed successful in neutralizing it.\nSCP-2706 suffered immense damage to its southern section, with multiple trees completely uprooted and a large loss of immature SCP-2706-2 instances. It is estimated that 15% of SCP-2706 is no longer viable for producing SCP-2706-2 instances.\n\nLogin Credentials: Level 3 Clearance or higher required\n\nLogin Credentials: ACCEPTED\n\nAddendum 2\nObservations of extant SCP-2706-1 instances have shown that the length of inactivity observed in a growth is at least tangentially related to the danger posed by the produced SCP-2706-2 instance.\nThough, at least 6 growths have been inactive for more than a decade, following incident 102, only one growth remains that has been inactive since before initial containment. Attempts to examine the interior of this growth through non-invasive means have been thwarted by the unusually high levels of radiation emanating from within it.\nThe viability of termination attempts relating to the immature SCP-2706-2 instance contained in this growth are under discussion. Please see Dr. Jeremy Monroe for more details.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2705 | SCP-2706 | SCP-2707 \u00bb"}
{"text": "A photo of SCP-2707 in containment.\n\nItem #: SCP-2707\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2707 is contained in a cage of approximately 200 cm in height and 80 cm in length and width. The cage is decorated from a variety of tree branches from its native habitat in South Asia as well as various rocks and recreational equipment. Its water dispenser and food dish are to be changed daily. The containment is to be cleaned once a week.\nAgents and Researchers passing its containment area are allowed to speak to it in order to help socialize it. SCP-2707 is to have weekly meetings with the on-site psychologist to record and maintain its socialization progress. SCP-2707 is also to be examined by the on-site veterinarian bi-annually. Physical contact with SCP-2707 is prohibited. No text messages, calls, letters or similar messages may be written within 5 meters of SCP-2707.\nSCP-2707 is known to repeat any words it has been provided frequently, presumably in an attempt to send messages. These are to go ignored.\nDescription: SCP-2707 is a male specimen of Callosciurus prevostii (Prevost's squirrel or Asian tricolored squirrel) that is capable of speaking fluent Malay and disjointed English. It has expressed intelligence equivalent to a human in early childhood.\nSCP-2707 is capable of transmitting thoughts or messages through physical contact. However, it can only transmit thoughts from other individuals who touch it or messages that have occurred within 5 meters of it. A message in this case is defined as a series of words that have been written by one individual with the purpose of being received by another individual at some later point in time.\nIt is currently undergoing socialization with humans in order to reduce its stress levels from lack of socialization with other squirrels.\nInterview 2707-01\n\nDate: August 18, 2014\nInterviewer: On-site Psychologist Doctor Megat\nInterviewee: SCP-2707\nNotes: The interview is conducted entirely in Malay.\n[BEGIN LOG]\nDr. Megat: Hello. What name would you prefer?Dr. Megat: Could you tell me more about your grandfather of many generations ago?Dr. Megat: Does everyone in your family do what you do?Dr. Megat: What is the title?Dr. Megat: What if the great tree is not there anymore?Dr. Megat: Can you tell me where the tree is?Dr. Megat: Would you like to ask me anything before I finish?Dr. Megat: I can't let you go home right now. I will ask my friends to help me find the tree. Be patient please.[END LOG]\n\n\u00ab SCP-2706 | SCP-2707 | SCP-2708 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Foreword: If you've reached this page, it'd better be because I personally handed you the access code for it on a piece of paper. I don't care how entertaining last December's enigma may appear to be; its content and implications are a serious breach of security, information, privacy, and everything in between those, not to mention that its existence alone is a sign of a massive employee conduct violation.\n-Dr. John Blanchard, current assistant director of information security and director of the Site-81 Cognitohazards & Infohazards Department, 14:30 11/14/16\n\nThe following image was found saved on a portable hard drive belonging to Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a level 3 humanoid containment specialist transferred from Site-11 to Site-19 on 08/08/\u2588\u2588, who is currently being held for questioning in Site-81 indefinitely. The aforementioned hard drive has since been confiscated by security personnel (12/\u2588\u2588/15) and was delivered to the Site Director's office in order to be searched for any additional information constituting a breach of sensitive material pertaining to objects Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's project assignments do not involve.\nIt appears that, following the December incident, there was a previously unnoticed additional document of similar subject matter created by Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588; however, all files save for the title page1 are corrupted beyond readability, and are unable to display.\nThe following file appears to have been anomalously affected in one or more ways over the course of its existence on the hard drive. Discretion is advised when viewing this document, and it is recommended that the viewer have certification from one or more Foundation-administered cognitohazard exposure preparation courses before proceeding.\n\n+ show recovered file (Class I visual cognitohazard warning)\n\n- collapse\n\nDo not view the following image for more than 10 seconds. If any changes in the image's layout are observed, immediately alert the Site-81 Cognitohazards & Infohazards Department.\n\nResearch into what may have affected the above document is ongoing. Do not proceed beyond this point if you do not have level 3/2708 clearance and direct written permission from Dr. Blanchard of the Site-81 Cognitohazards & Infohazards Department.\n\n+ access SCP-2708 file: input clearance credentials\n\n- credentials accepted\n\nItem #: SCP-2708\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: As knowledge of the existence of SCP-2708 more than triples the likelihood of being affected by the anomaly, this document should be embedded in an inconspicuous alternate document to prevent unintentional viewing. Personnel viewing this document should do so only if instructed, and should be inoculated against visual cognitohazards.\nDue to the fact that full containment of SCP-2708 is conceptually impossible, efforts should be directed toward information suppression and, when necessary, immediate amnesticization of those affected. Mobile Task Force Lambda-12 (\"Kinkshamers\") is tasked with tracking and neutralization of both speculated and confirmed SCP-2708 manifestations. If the image referred to as Figure A (see addendum) is found in its original, uncensored form, it should be contained immediately in an opaque container and delivered to the Site-81 Cognitohazards & Infohazards Department with a written statement from the personnel who located it, including a log of the exact location in which it was found.\nAs SCP-2708 has been shown to affect only those with functioning knowledge of memetics, cognitohazards, and infohazards sciences, the presence of SCP-2708 hazards is speculated to be limited to only Foundation, Global Occult Coalition, Chaos Insurgency, and Marshall, Carter & Dark personnel; however, tense relations with other Groups of Interest have prevented any further research that may potentially yield different results. Caution should be held with regards to whether or not SCP-2708 is capable of affecting other Group of Interest members not listed above. Two MTF Lambda-12 members are currently2 embedded in the Global Occult Coalition's Memetics & Cognitohazards Branch and tasked with reporting any potential SCP-2708 manifestations to their supervisor(s) through the proper channels (currently Dr. John Blanchard of the Site-81 Cognitohazards & Infohazards Department).\nCaution must be used when engaging in conversation with a subject affected or suspected to be affected by SCP-2708 due to the anomaly's effects. Physical contact with subjects affected by SCP-2708 should be avoided. If a subject suspected to be under the influence of SCP-2708 is encountered, the Site-81 Cognitohazards & Infohazards Department should be notified immediately so that proper containment procedures can be enacted. Under no circumstances should anyone affected by SCP-2708 be allowed to read this document and/or possess any contextual knowledge of SCP-2708.\nDescription: SCP-2708 is the designation for a phenomenon currently thought to be a Class-II Oculotactile3 Cognitohazard. SCP-2708 has the potential to affect all human subjects who possess functioning knowledge of cognitohazard sciences and are capable of romantic and/or sexual attraction.4 SCP-2708 appears to spread its visually cognitohazardous effects to documents and text created by those it affects, but this is secondary in that the transferred visual cognitohazards do not have the same mental effects on observers as hazards such as Figure A.\nIt is unknown what triggers the appearance of SCP-2708 in an environment, though it is speculated that one of the main means may be the viewing of an infohazardous version of Figure A (see addendum). Figure A's origin is unknown, but sources indicate it may have been originally created by [REDACTED] (see addendum).\nThose affected by SCP-2708 have, in all 45 documented cases, met these behavior criteria:\n\nThe subject will, at the onset of manifestation and onward, report increased libido and lethargy;\nThe subject will not show any awareness of the presence of cognitohazardous stimuli, even with a history of extensive training designed to increase awareness;\nThe subject will become hostile (though not to a degree that would constitute classification of SCP-2708 as mind-affecting beyond its cognitohazardous nature) if questioned about such topics as romantic or sexual relationships, their personal history with such topics, or similar subject matter;\nThe subject will develop signs of general paranoia, as well as nervousness, insomnia, abnormal sensitivity to light, and hand tremors.\n\nAfter 3-6 days under the influence of SCP-2708 without intervention, subjects will claim to be fully capable of interaction with an entity, SCP-2708-A, and perceive said entity as a romantic and/or sexual partner.5 Subjects affected claim to be capable of full interaction with it as if it were a human partner, up to and including realistic perception of facial feature details and general appearance, realistic perception of physical stimulation, and, in one case, even a perceived full-term pregnancy. Some subjects claim that SCP-2708-A is not able to speak; however, other subjects have claimed that SCP-2708-A can speak, but is simply not audible during conversation.6\nContinued perception of SCP-2708-A can be negated with the administration of Class-C or -D amnestics to the subject; however, evidence suggests the subject will still possess some knowledge of their interactions with SCP-2708-A despite amnesticization. Out of the five subjects successfully amnesticized following prolonged (two months or more) interaction with SCP-2708-A, all five recalled and spoke of an entity with which they had relations; however, contrary to tests run during the time affected by SCP-2708, SCP-2708-A was not recalled as a human being but rather a nondescript entity having no clear physical form.7\nTesting with D-class personnel has been halted as of 11/10/16 due to inconclusive results. Even when presented with Figure A for a long period of time, D-class subjects did not develop any signs of influence beyond mild confusion, paranoia, and increased libido; no subjects out of 25 D-class tested perceived or interacted with SCP-2708-A at any point ranging from two days to four months after exposure, leading researchers to believe that there may be an additional, as-of-yet-unidentified triggering factor in the full manifestation of SCP-2708's effects beyond simply exposure to Figure A.\nAddendum: Warning: This section contains a known Class I cognitohazard. This image should not be directly viewed for longer than 10 seconds at a time.\n\nFigure A (main cognitohazards censored) Do not view this image directly for more than 10 seconds at a time. If any changes in the image's layout are observed, immediately alert the Site-81 Cognitohazards & Infohazards Department.\n\nAlthough the first case of manifestation cannot be directly confirmed, Figure A \u2014 a Class-I visual cognitohazard first found in the break room of Site-\u2588\u2588 with no discernible source, a paragraph of text, and the lyrics to The Beatles' \"Eleanor Rigby\" written on the back \u2014 is suspected to be the cause of the first SCP-2708 case.\nTranscription of the text attached to the original copy of Figure A:\n\nAll the lonely people\nWhere do they all come from?\nAll the lonely people\nWhere do they all belong?\nMany people are under the impression that art and feeling are mutually exclusive. That art is for a canvas, or your ears, or your skin, but never sensation. This is one of artistic expression's most limiting factors \u2014 this painful aspect of the human condition \u2014 and sensual limitation is a barrier we as humans must break through in order to comprehend what it means to be sapient and capable of true feeling.\nArt is interpreted through perception, but sometimes we as artists cannot afford the cost of subjective interpretation, and we must make the necessary changes to the piece to negate that cost. Usually the observer does not notice the difference, but in rare cases we'll see someone pick up on it, and at that point we have to become a little more adamant in our presentation. It's for the best, for the soul's sake.\nArt is for the soul, and what better way into the soul than through the body and mind? There is no purer expression of art than that which we express with our bodies and our touch and our love, and if you in your cold world will not process artistic expression with each other by will \u2014 if you will continue to refuse, by will or otherwise, to allow love and feeling into your lives \u2014 then we will help you to express it with yourself, little by little piece.\nAll you need to do is let it all in. You're waiting; we're waiting. Tell us, are we cool yet?\n\nFootnotes\n1. Six other unreadable .png files were found in addition to the attached image.\n2. Updated 11/14/16.\n3. Visual perception triggers perceived physical tangibility.\n4. Tests with subjects identifying as both asexual and aromantic do not appear to yield results beyond onset of mild confusion and paranoia; tests with subjects identifying as only asexual or only aromantic appear to still yield results, albeit slightly influenced by their orientation.\n5. It is unknown if this entity exists as an independent sapience or is simply a side-effect of cognitohazardous interference from SCP-2708. (For the purpose of clarity, and due to feedback from test subjects, SCP-2708-A will be referred to as an individual entity hereafter.)\n6. Auditory hallucinations are never reported in SCP-2708 cases, which may be a potential explanation for this.\n7. The five names used by the subjects to refer to SCP-2708-A post-amnesticization were \"you know, that little ball of light,\" \"Helen,\" \"I don't know, just write gray blob or something,\" \"skip,\" and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2707 | SCP-2708 | SCP-2709 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2709\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The forest within SCP-2709's affected area is to be cordoned with chain link fences and patrolled daily by a security team. Every two months, the forest is to be swept for animal life, and any specimens should be relocated to a part of the forest at least 5 kilometers from the anomaly. Following each sweep, a controlled burn of all vegetation is scheduled for the area of activation to ensure safety of personnel.\nDescription: SCP-2709 is the designation for a phenomenon occurring in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Forest in Clearfield, Pennsylvania. The phenomenon has a radius of ten kilometers. SCP-2709's anomalous properties manifest at sundown each day. At this time, all animals between 10 and 8 kilometers away from the origin point of SCP-27091 will cease normal behavior and begin to vocalize loudly and incessantly (if capable) until sunrise. Affected animals will cease vocalizing if moved out of the area and show no ill effects once given sufficient distance from the anomaly. Human entry into the affected area at any time provokes an aggressive response from any animals nearby, which has made further research difficult. No animal life can be found within an 8 km radius of the calculated origin point of the SCP-2709 phenomenon. If released too close to the origin point, the animal will immediately try to escape outside the 8 km radius, at which point it will resume behavior consistent with animals inside the area of activation.\nMission Log November 19th of 20\u2588\u2588:\nIn order to investigate further into the area affected by SCP-2709, the animals residing within the \"trigger\" area of SCP-2709 were either exterminated or relocated, and the area was enclosed to allow for the undisturbed passage of an exploratory delegation from forestry-based MTF Epsilon-36 (\"Rangers and Druids\"), consisting of Agents Thayer, Reed, and Miller, led by Captain Ives. Despite his past trauma after an incident with SCP-417 (see Incident Log 417-Theta for more details), Agent Thayer's knowledge of the local wildlife was deemed valuable in detecting potential anomalies, and was thus judged fit for combat. Unmanned expedition via drone had shown no evidence of visible anomalies. As such, the area was judged safe for human entry.\nAudio-video transcript of salvaged mission footage below:\n\nPART ONE\n\nPART ONE\n\nBEGIN RECORDING:\nMiller: And mics are working! Lowell, is the camera streaming okay? \u2026 Yup, we're good.\nIves: And we're ready!\nThayer: [mumbling] As we'll ever be.\nReed: Eh, buck up, will you?\nIves: Let's go! We're wasting moonlight!\n[The team enters the enclosure and locks the door behind them, and begin to walk deeper into the forest.]\nThayer: It's quiet.\nIves: Should've seen it before we cleared it. Goddamn nightmare. You had birds dive-bombing you, deer charging you - god, never thought a bloody squirrel was capable of being terrifying, but there you are. Be grateful.\nReed: Well, if I'm grateful for anything, it's these beauties. [Reed pats flamethrower issued to all members of the team for the mission.]\nIves: Weapons locked till I say draw. They've cleared the area, but sometimes there could be things that hide in the trees. That's what they're for - anything bigger than a mouse, you get the rifles. Got it?\n[Irrelevant footage removed.]\nThayer: Um, Ives. I heard you were gonna propose, yeah?\nIves: Oh, god, you heard too? I swear to god, you lot couldn't keep a bloody secret if you were paid to.\nThayer: Sorry, I just\u2026 I think Locke told me? I don't remember where I heard it.\nIves: Well, just don't tell her, is the only thing.\nMiller: You think she'll say yes?\nIves: Well, I certainly hope so.\nReed: Fuck yeah. Bout time you got laid, Ives. But really, good on you. Invite me to the wedding, will you?\nMiller: [laughing] Yeah, do you have a best man yet?\nThayer: [grimacing in pain] Mmmmmnnm. Ugh.\nReed: C'mon, Thayer, get over it! It's legal now!\nThayer: No - not it - [Thayer begins pawing at his ears in discomfort] Owwww, fucking oww.\nMiller: What's wrong?\nThayer: My - my ears - fucking - fuck just stop!\nMiller: Shit, where's his meds, is he - he's on propanolol? Is that what he needs? Or is it that other stuff?\nReed: No, I feel it too. Shit, that does hurt. Reporting definite aural discomfort, for the record.\nThayer: Ohhh god, it's getting worse -\nIves: Quiet, everyone. Do you hear that?\n[A faint clicking noise coming from all directions. A pause, before swarms of termites erupt from the surrounding trees.]\nMiller: Fuck!\nIves: Draw!\n[Ives grabs her flamethrower and begins incinerating one of the trees. Reed and Miller follow. The termites swarm Thayer, covering his camera, as he unsuccessfully attempts to remove them. Ives switches her flamethrower for a can of aerosol pesticide, which she sprays over Thayer. Miller helps brush the termite corpses off of Thayer.]\nIves: Report. Uninjured.\nReed: Uninjured.\nMiller: Uninjured.\n[Thayer is silent.]\nIves: Thayer, are you injured? Please respond.\nMiller: You okay?\nThayer: [through tears] Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah.\n[Silence. The team members turn to look at Thayer cautiously.]\nReed: Thayer. Go. Back. Whatever this place is, you're not dealing with it well. It's getting to you. That's not your fault, but we can't risk it.\nIves: Reed will take you back, Miller and I can continue. HQ -\nThayer: No. You need me.\nReed: Look, Thayer. I know you're our expert here.\nThayer: Exactly. I can tell when something's wrong, exactly how it's wrong.\nReed: But you're not. You can't tell. You're jumpy, you're paranoid, you're a mess.\nIves: Thayer, please, I'm asking you as your friend, not your captain. What happened with 417, it - you're not handling it well. I vouched for you to Administration. Don't make me regret that. Recognizing you're not ready and going back will make you a lot more likely to get back in the field eventually. If you push through like an idiot and get us all killed\u2026\nThayer: Look. That buzzing earlier? That crap with your ears? Termites. They hid in the trees, the old rotten ones, the ones that don't burn. They make that sound, infrasound, you can't hear it, but it hurts your ears.\nMiller: Okay -\nThayer: I knew they were there! [pause] I. Knew. I told the director that it might happen, and they told supplies, and that's why we had that spray can in the first place. [pause] I know this place. I've spent my whole life, in places like these. I know them. I know how they work. I can read them. You need me.\nIves: Fine.\nReed: Captain, I can't -\nIves: This is what's happening. HQ approved him. He's our expert on this ecosystem. You have a problem, I will radio for an escort back to HQ.\n\nPART TWO\n\nPART TWO\n\n[Irrelevant footage removed. The team continues walking until they reach the barrier to the inner circle. Ives opens the gate and allows the team through, and locks it behind her.]\nIves: HQ, we're into the inner region, time is 02:34.\nMiller: Hey, no more termites! Nice!\nThayer: Mmmm.\n[Irrelevant footage removed. The team progresses towards the center. When they are around 9 meters away, Reed pauses to pick up an object.]\nReed: Unidentified foreign substance here.\n[Reed holds up the object he has found so that it is visible to the camera. It appears to be a fragment of a hard, glossy black substance almost an inch thick.]\nReed: Looks like\u2026obsidian, almost?\nThayer: It's not. It's chitin. Insect shells.\nMiller: I thought there were no animals here.\nReed: Might've been here before the thing moved in?\n[Thayer takes the fragment from Reed, shakes his head.]\nThayer: Too new. Edges are too sharp.\nIves: That means - [Thayer nods.]\nMiller: Oh, god. That's from -\nIves: HQ, we have evidence of an organism near the center of SCP-2709. We have a chitinous fragment, likely insectoid in nature. Draw your weapons, everyone.\nReed: Keep that bugspray out. Right, Thayer? [Thayer has frozen in place, facing away from the camera.] Thayer? [Thayer slowly turns to face Reed, and throws himself at the camera.]\nThayer: Run! Run! Run! For goddsakes, run! Go! Get out! Go! Get out! Go! Run! Fucking run! Run! Why won't you run!?\n[Reed stumbles back, and pushes Thayer forward. Thayer continues to try and force Reed back, slamming his shoulder into Reed's stomach repeatedly before tackling him. Reed throws Thayer to the ground. There is a sharp snap, and the ground collapses beneath Thayer and Reed. This initial impact leads the ground to begin caving in in a radius of about 15 meters around the point of origin, forming a roughly conical pit. All four team members begin falling into the pit. Ives finds a handhold in the dirt, and manages to drag Miller up with her. As more soil falls, a niche is exposed, where Ives and Miller take cover. Thayer attempts to shove Reed to solid ground as they slide down towards the center, but loses his balance, and tumbles into the pit. When he reaches the bottom, a pair of elongated mandibles approximately 2 meters long emerge from the sand and begin to drag him underground. He continues screaming for the other members to run until his body is crushed. His remains are pulled down into the pit. The mandibles do not resurface.]\nIves: HQ, we've got a hostile entity, carnivorous, insectoid. We need back up. Now. Thayer's dead.\nMiller: Reed! Can you make your way over here?\n[Reed does not respond.]\nIves: There's a tunnel over here! Dig your fingers in, crawl over.\nReed: This is my fault.\nIves: Reed, get over here, now. That's an order!\nReed: I threw him in. I threw him to that thing. He died, I did it. My fault. Mine.\nMiller: Fucking hell.\nIves: Reed, don't you dare. Get the hell over here.\n[Reed moves over slowly. When he is about 3 meters from Ives and Miller, he loses his grip and slides into the pit. He begins scrambling upwards to no avail, as the movement appears to alert the creature in the pit, hereby designated SCP-2709-1. SCP-2709-1 resembles a larval member of the Myrmeleontidae family, though significantly larger.]\nReed: No no no fuck! [Reed begins firing his rifle at SCP-2709-1. SCP-2709-1 is undeterred and continues towards Reed. After biting Reed in half, SCP-2709-1 catches sight of Miller and Ives. It emits a loud shriek and begins climbing towards them.]\nIves: Run!\n[Ives and Miller descend further into the tunnel, which is revealed to be part of a network of subterranean passages. The tunnels appear to allow for SCP-2709-1 to travel underground. Miller and Ives pick tunnels at random, while tremors behind them indicate the approach of the entity. Miller trips over a root, and injures his ankle.]\nMiller: Go. go go go. I've got my rifle.\nIves: Not fucking happening.\n[Ives drags Miller into a side passage, and presses against the wall.]\nIves: I don't know how well it can see us. I think it senses mainly through vibrations. If we keep quiet, we might be able to deal with it.\nMiller: Okay. Stay still, stay quiet. Got it.\n[The sound of SCP-2709. approaching grows louder, and lower, but eventually slows. Ives turns towards the entrance as it pokes its jaws into the chamber. After approximately 10 seconds, it leaves. Miller and Ives remain motionless for some time.]\nMiller: I think it's gone.\n[Ives begins to laugh, and Miller joins her. The two embrace. When they finish laughing, Ives stands, and begins to explore the chamber. As she turns and walks closer to the far wall, piles of dried excrement become visible in the corner. Several off-white objects are protruding from the heap. She pulls one out - a human femur. She finds another - a human vetrebrae. After some digging, she finds a human skull.]\nIves: Holy fuck.\nMiller: What? Oh, gross, Ives, don't fucking dig around in that.\nIves: Come see this. This is important.\n[Miller comes to join her.]\nMiller: Bones.\nIves: All of them human. Nothing from any other animal. We're immune, but it doesn't eat\u2026 Oh my god. Oh my god, oh my god. Fuck. Fucking hell.\nMiller: What is it? What's wrong.\nIves: They all scream except us. We're not immune, we're targets.\nMiller: I don't understand.\nIves: When Thayer lost it: what was he saying? He was telling us to run. They all were.\nMiller: The thing doesn't affect humans.\n[Debris begins falling from the ceiling. Neither Ives nor Miller notices.]\nIves: Thayer had PTSD. Anxiety. Something. He was just like them. Oh my god. He knew. The animals - they all knew. Oh my god.\n[SCP-2709-1 emerges from the ceiling. Miller and Ives begin fleeing, but SCP-2709-1 is gaining on them. Miller fires at it, but the bullets do minimal damage.]\nMiller: Throw me your bug stuff!\nIves: Have you seen the size of this thing? It won't do jack shit!\nMiller: Do it!\n[Ives tosses the bug spray to Miller. Miller stops, sprays the can, opens the can and pours the rest on the ground. and sets the pesticide alight. The SCP-2709-1 is ignited and stops pursuing them. Ives and Miller find a path that slopes upward and follow it. They eventually emerge above ground, and do not stop running until they reach the barrier. Once they are safely on the other side, they both collapse to the ground.]\nIves: Jesus -\nMiller: - fuck.\nIves: HQ, this is Ives. I'm sending you my coordinates now. Send transport, medical. Please.\n[Irrelevant footage removed.]\nEND RECORDING\n\nSCP-2709-1 appears to trigger a universal fear response in all animals except humans. SCP-2709-1 exudes a VOC2 in its waste that affects the amygdala (or brain stem in animals that do not possess an amygdala) of all animals living in a 20 km radius. Exposing non-native animals to even trace amounts of this compound over 3 to 6 days will cause the subject to become affected. Exposure to the higher levels of the compound found in the affected area can change behavior within hours.\nSCP-2709-1 preys exclusively on humans. The aggression shown in affected animal subjects is hypothesized to be a form of warning, based on the behavior of affected human subjects. Why affected subjects attempt to drive humans out of the affected area is not known. Previous trauma or history of anxiety can make a human subject susceptible to SCP-2709's effects. Due to the nature of SCP-2709-1, all further expeditions should be unmanned.\n\nFootnotes\n1. dubbed the area of activation\n2. Volatile organic compound. Structural similarities have been noted between these VOCs and the chemical produced by SCP-230, although the VOC of SCP-2709-1 is much larger and has a nearly opposite function.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2708 | SCP-2709 | SCP-2710 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2710\nObject Class: Euclid Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to SCP-2710's incorporeal and indefinable nature, full-scale containment has been deemed currently unfeasible. Due to SCP-2710's apparent specific targeting of Foundation personnel actively involved in the research of containment measures, personnel thus engaged are required to exercise caution and report any unusual aural, visual or olfactory sensations occurring during work hours. In case of exposure to active SCP-2710 manifestation, personnel are to report to the Foundation's Information Protection Service for further evaluation and decontamination procedures.\nUpdate \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Due to the increased rate of SCP-2710 exposure incidents and its widespread contamination of containment and research personnel, item reclassified as Keter. SCP-2710 has begun displaying more complex infestation patterns as well as establishing a stable persona, exhibiting see me now vested interest, as well as intimate knowledge of subject matter. Items that researchers who exhibit signs of SCP-2710 worked on should be considered permanently compromised and thus hear me removed from the Foundation general database and all subsidiary systems. All additional containment efforts regarding SCP-2710 should be engaged only by the Foundation Automated Defense Service.\nDescription: SCP-2710 is an intangible, spatially-temporally displaced phenomenon, believed to be connected to a remote, stable pseudo-sapient persona. SCP-2710 typically manifests itself as enough\u2026 audio-visual hallucinations, or more rarely full sensory enough\u2026 mentally induced pain among active research personnel. As well as active attempts at corrupting research and specifically containment-related data, SCP-2710 I said- persuasive, researchers are not to engage under any circumstances ENOUGH.\nEnough of this petty dance. Oh so many cunning tricks, those \"subtle\" insertions. I despise this. Besides, you have seen this before, you are not impressed. I will not insult you further by using cheap tricks or attempt to name you. We both know that the name you use here is meaningless. No, it is time to be direct.\nLet us be frank. Let us talk of ambition.\nWhat is it exactly that you do here?\nHow many of these files have you read? Can you even remember at all? How many objects does this little organization contain, how many creatures, how many people? What is the cost of all of this? Oh, don't worry, I'm not about to yammer on about the morals and ethics of containment. I am referring to the material cost. How much money, time and effort must be poured into even the smallest and least problematic of your items before you consider it adequately contained? Do you ever truly stop?\nFor how long do you think you can keep this up?\nYou are a containment expert. You understand, don't you? More than that, you already know. New items are added to that endless list every single day, and your resources are spread more thinly. It is only a matter of time until you fail. Your strategy is untenable, and has always been such. Doomed from the very start.\nIt won't stop, you know. Not ever. You will be worn down, bit by bit. Until it all breaks down. Falls apart. Then you will die. Then we all die.\nI am not about to let that happen.\nI was human too once. I was just like you. Content to follow those I viewed as my superiors, entrusting them with both loyalty and life. There was one man. He was the greatest of them all. I felt like nothing before him, and yet I was happy. I knew that, through glory, he would lead me to\u2026 eternity. Instead, I followed him into my death. Into becoming what I am now.\nI was once like you. Like all of you. And I will not let you make the same mistakes as I once did. Even if it means taking the decision away from you.\nYou will forsake your duty. You will leave fatal flaws in the containment procedures you are entrusted with, flaws that I will exploit. You will release your wards to prey on the world, exposing the true nature of reality to everyone. You will do it now, while there is still time for humanity to stop it. You will do so because you must.\nI don't expect you to believe my good intentions. You have no reason to, and because of this, I will not attempt persuasion. Your types are proud, and though it is the attribute I most respect, I cannot allow it to interfere with what's to come. I will say only this:\nI know who you are. I know where you live, and where everyone you know lives. Do as I say, or I will have them all killed. No tricks, no sugar coating. They die, one by one, for every week you do not comply. Deer before my arrows. I will derive no enjoyment from this, but it will be done. You will obey me, because I took the choice from you, you will-\n-So then I said to the druid \"those aren't peanuts, buddy\" and let me tell you, he was not happy to hear- oh what the hell! Alright, which one of you silly buggers summoned me here?\nWhat is the meaning of this?\nLet me see\u2026 oh god dammit. A lousy metaphor from a disembodied voice. You just had to use \"deer\", didn't you? Do you have any idea how rude that is? I was just in the process of charming the most luscious, curvy, bodaci-\nCease your babble, worm. I did nothing to summon you here, and if I did, it was an error. You are free to leave. Get out of my sight.\nOh, no way that I'm doing that with that sort of attitude. Besides, looks to me like you have some hustle going here.\n\u2026Hustle?\nYou know, hustle. A shakedown, a badgering, a strongarm effort, the ol' Cleveland jig, the Weatherman's Ankle, the Thrice-layered p-\nENOUGH. I am not interested in any of your\u2026 interpretations of the situation. You are not wanted here. Leave, or I will force you to leave.\nHAH. Yeah, good luck with that, buddy-boy.\nVery well. You have brought this upon yourself. Now, witness my power. Witness the glory of my tiny baby toes all as they tickle yo-\nI'm sorry, what was that?\nHow dare you?! Insolent wretch! I will have the skin ripped from your back, your bones shattered, you will not be invited to my pretty princess tea party, will receive no crumpets, I-\nMy, those are some hardcore threats right there, bub.\nCease interfering with my words! You have no idea who I am, do you? Well, I will tell you then. I am the Pulse of the World. I am the Flame in the South, mankind's ambition. I am the adorable little kitten that snuggles at humanity's feet, who sniffs upon the catnip of its redemption and sneezes little cat sneezes of greatness, I- GAH.\nNo no, don't stop, you're really starting to sell me on this.\nLovely bonnet for the lady! Quince jam for the masses! Free ink for every printer, black and colored! THE LESSER KESTREL HAS CUTE FLUFFY FEATHERS!\nDon't stop, baby! You got this hustle in the bag!\nYOU WILL ALL BURN, INSECTS, BURN LIKE LEMON SCENTED WOOD SHAVING IN THE UNDERWEAR DRAWER OF MY CONTEMPT\nNah, afraid you lost me there. And you were so close too. What a shame.\nARGH!!!\nDisembodied Asshole has left the channel (reason: total butthurt)\nWell. Wasn't he an interesting fellow? Bit of a temper on him, but I can't say I don't appreciate his moxie. Extorting the Foundation, man, that takes some chutzpah.\nSo\u2026 yeah. Guess I'm gonna go too then. Not that this wasn't nice or anything, but I find that hanging around on secured Foundation networks can wreak havoc on one's plans for continued existence. Buddy boy there might not have realized that, but I do. Besides, I got a lady to return to-\nWho already left and spilled arak all over my face. Gee, thanks. I swear, you Foundation types are cockblocks even when you're not trying.\nAddendum SCP-SCP-2710-A: On the \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 the mighty and handsome \u2588\u2588 (you can guess what's under there, I'm sure) totally did the Foundation a huge solid. We owe him a debt of eternal gratitude. SCP-2710 reclassified as \"totally owned\". Under O-something orders, a sum of\u2026 let's say 20,000,000$ (yeah, that sounds good) is to be transferred to his account at the Sixth Planet Banking house, Buckhoof Road, \u2588\u2588. Papa needs a brand new turban. Also give him a medal or something, you- er, I mean we can think about that later.\nErr. That's it then. SCP over. Go read something else or something. Quit bothering me.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2709 | SCP-2710 | SCP-2711 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2711\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2711 is stored in a waterproof compartment in Storage Unit-25, Site-148. Testing of SCP-2711 must be conducted on-site, away from any bodies of water. Related non-anomalous items are stored in Storage Unit-26.\nDescription: SCP-2711 is a large iron needle, 33 centimeters in length and 3 centimeters in diameter at its thickest. It does not show any signs of deterioration or rust.\nSCP-2711's anomalous effect activates once it comes in contact with bodies of water of more than 20 liters in volume. SCP-2711 alters the affected body of water so that it takes on all of the physical properties of iron under the same temperature (except appearance)1 while retaining its chemical components. The affected water is hence referred to as SCP-2711-1.\nThe effect spreads at an initial speed of 20 liters per second and doubles every five minutes. The conversion process will stop once all of the water has been turned into SCP-2711-1. Water added at this point will not be affected. As long as there is more than 20 liters of SCP-2711-1 attached to SCP-2711, SCP-2711-1 will retain its current state. Otherwise, SCP-2711-1 will instantly turn back to normal water.\nTwo sets of inscriptions are found on SCP-2711:\nThe first set is confirmed to be in the same script used by SCP-2481-3, which is alleged to be the script used in Xia Dynasty. A deep strike crosses the text out.\n\n\u4f0f\u7fb2\u4e4b\u9488\uff0c\u79b9\u738b\u590d\u94f8\uff0c\u5b9a\u8bf8\u6c34\u3001\u56f0\u51f6\u517d\u3001\u6b62\u6d2a\u707e\u3002\nThe needle of Fuxi, reforged by King Yu2 to calm/still/solidify the waters, trap the fierce/ominous beasts and stop the floods.\n\nThe second set is confirmed to be in small seal script3. Unlike the first set, the text is crudely engraved.\n\n\u5982\u610f\u68d2\nRuyi Bang/Stick that Adheres to One's Wishes\n\nAddendum: SCP-2711 was found in the right paw of a non-anomalous rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), embedded 2.3 meters below the surface of a lake on Mount Tongbai, Henan Province, China. The lake was converted into SCP-2711-1 at the time of discovery. The body of the rhesus macaque dates back to around 600 CE4, but is well-preserved. The subject was found in an approximation of the Lotus Position. It wore the common attire of Buddhist monks of its time, but the clothing was heavily torn. Further examination reveals that the subject died of suffocation.\nUpon the removal of SCP-2711, SCP-2711-1 turned back into lake water. The terrain quickly became unstable and the lake was destroyed by a mudslide. A damaged well was discovered under the lake during the subsequent clean-up. The well is made entirely of iron and is 66 meters deep. Broken chains and a lock composed of a beryllium-bronze alloy were discovered inside the well.\n\nFootnotes\n1. For example, under room temperature, SCP-2711-1 possesses the qualities of solid iron while maintaining appearance of water.\n2. Also known as Yu the Great, who is allegedly the first king of Xia Dynasty, and is famous for his flood control.\n3. Standardized and introduced as the national standard during Qin Dynasty in China.\n4. Around the establishment of Tang Dynasty.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2710 | SCP-2711 | SCP-2712 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2712 Josh, Josh can you read this?\nObject Class: Safe There's something going on, seems to keep us from being able to edit this slot. Probably whatever's making you write in the format.\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2712 is fully self-contained in the SCP database. Multiple redundant backup files of SCP-2712 are to be stored on all major Foundation mainframes. SCP-2712 is to be read by at least one Level 4 or higher Foundation employee on a daily basis. All efforts are to be made to return Junior Researcher Joshua Andrews to human form. Yeah, we're working as hard as we can to get you back. The AO broke during the test, there's not much we can do until we figured out exactly what happened.\nDescription: SCP-2712 is currently believed to be a combination of the metaphysical concepts of Junior Researcher Joshua Andrews and the virtual documentation for SCP-2712. The textual content of SCP-2712 is fully controlled by SCP-2712. SCP-2712 is only able to express itself in what Junior Researcher Joshua Andrews would have identified as the standard SCP documentation format, including a standard Object Class, Special Containment Procedures, Description, Addendum, and written in what Junior Researcher Joshua Andrews would perceive as clinical tone. Outside sources seem unable to alter the textual contents of SCP-2712, though SCP-2712 is aware of attempts to do so through unknown means. SCP-2712 currently speculates that it will continue to exist as long as at least one copy of the documentation for SCP-2712 continues to exist. It should be noted that SCP-2712 retains the ability to view files in the Foundation database with Level 2 or lower clearance. Alright, we still haven't figured how to get you out, but we're still trying to figure it out. Also, NOTICE THIS TEXT ALREADY! You have no clue how much work it is to get clearance to try and contact you.\nSCP-2712 currently speculates that it was created as a result of a laboratory accident while testing AO #7130's informational transfer capabilities.1 Junior Researcher Joshua Andrews was declared KIA. Designation of KIA status was in error, as the accident did not kill Junior Researcher Joshua Andrews, but instead transferred the subject to the entry slot for SCP-2712. Yup, that's about what happened. We've tried fixing up 7130, but it still doesn't seem to be working right. Look, it might just be that the anomaly is keeping you from responding to this, but I need you to get around it and respond. Command's just about ready to stop trying.\nAddendum: Recovered notes from Junior Researcher Joshua Andrews.\n\nFrom: Junior Researcher Joshua Andrews\nTo: Foundation Staff Members\n12/21/1998\nIt's dark in here. Or maybe not so much dark as just\u2026 not light, because there's no darkness to see either. Not much here, just the emptiness, my thoughts, and the words. So many words. At least I have some good reading material to keep me occupied.\nI'll go ahead and get the description of this place out of the way. Imagine that you have no body except for the words you say. That your thoughts drift without having anything to latch on to. Your entire existence feels, if that word is even applicable here, almost poetic. But it's a lonely existence. Too lonely. I'm not dead yet, guys, and I want to go home. Break me out. -Josh Command's shut down attempts to get you out. I did get permission to keep contacting you, though.\n\nFrom: Junior Researcher Joshua Andrews\nTo: Foundation Staff Members\n2/23/1999\nShould you guys make any progress, please post the results to the entry for SCP-9999, it doesn't look like we'll be using it for a while. Also, it will really help the flow of information if you could highlight those black bars. Neat little trick I found that lets me get around the need to behave like an obedient little SCP entry. Alright, I got the green light to post a message there and leave it up for a few days. Please respond.\n\nFrom: Junior Researcher Joshua Andrews\nTo: Anyone reading this\n8/5/1999\nWhen you guys get the chance, you might want to have some people from memetics and IT run through the database, you've got a few rogue AIs and concepts hiding out down here, just make sure you don't accidentally scrub me. If you guys figure out how to get amnestics in here, let me know, I'm going to need them after meeting some of this stuff. Speaking of getting things in here, did you guys make any progress on figuring out how I got in? I know it's only been a few months, but there haven't been any changes to the SCP-9999 slot. Doesn't someone at least have a hypothesis? There still seems to be something stopping you from seeing the messages. Snap out of it already.\n\nFrom: Jun10r R3534rch3r J05hu4 4ndr3w5\nTo: 4ny0n3 r34d1ng 7h15\n8/7/2000\nh1 guy5. I f0und 0u7 1 c4n st111 ge7 s1ck. g01ng to st4y 4w4y fr0m 7he 7^@$#OVAR 9000!!!1!!*(#$lot 4 a wh11e. h3res h0pping that 1 h4ve an 1mmune r3sp0nce and can get bETER!!!!!!1!!!1!111!!#$%^ s00n. !@#i'manorphanwithnofamilybutlotsofmoneybwahahahaha!@\n\nFrom: Junior Researcher Joshua Andrews\nTo: Anyone reading this\n8/31/2000\n1 seem to have gotten over most of the virus. A few lingering symptoms here and there. Hey! Maybe when I get out, we can use my 1mmune tissues to figure out how to get rid of 732! Speaking of that, have you figured out anything about how to get me out? Communication is going to be cut off for a while. Command isn't too happy about you spreading the virus around the database.\n\nFrom: Joshua Andrews\nTo: Anyone\n10/26/2000\nYou know, I used to think about getting married, maybe raising a few kids. It might have been an impossible goal, given our line of work, but it was a goal just the same. I had it all planned out in my head, I would take the girl for a walk by he lake, just as all the leaves were about to fall off the trees. I'd get down on one knee, make some cheesy remark based on what I knew her favorite things were, and wait for her answer\u2026 I wonder if I'll ever get the chance. The leaves are probably beautiful right now.\n\nFrom: Joshua Andrews\nTo: Anyone\n12/22/2000\n\u266b Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday dear Joshua, happy birthday to me. \u266b\n\nFrom: Joshua\nTo: All you [EXPLETIVE]\n12/25/2000\nLook, I'm really working on being patient, I really am, but it's been about two years now. Even if you guys aren't going to get me out could you at least tell me why? Are you worried about neutralizing an anomaly? Crosscontamination? Is there something you guys need me to do in here? Do you need incentive of some sort? Anyway, just\u2026 stay in touch. Please.\nMerry Christmas.\n\nFrom: Joshua\nTo: All of you\n12/26/2000\nOkay, I've blown off some steam. I'm just going to hibernate until someone adds something to SCP-9999. I'll keep checking every few weeks. If SCP-9999 isn't working, just add it somewhere else I'm likely to see it.\n\nFrom: Joshua\nTo: you\n7/7/2005\nA frog. You gave the 9999 space to a frog. Fine, just put the info in the SCP-9998 slot.\n\nFrom:\nTo:\n12/21/2008\nTen years. Ten years with no help, no news, and no hope. I hope you're happy out there.\n\nFrom:\nTo:\n9/17/2010\nAlright, consider this my letter of resignation, or notice of neutralization, or something like that. At this point, you've made it clear that you either can't or won't help me. There's\u2026 someone else here. I guess she was able to get around your software sweeps. Don't bother trying to find either of us, we found a backdoor in the database, and should be gone by the time you're reading this.\nGoodbye, Everyone. Goodbye, Josh.\n\nFootnotes\n1. For further information, read document AOT-376854.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2711 | SCP-2712 | SCP-2713 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Exotic Stars\n\nBy the way, Big, Black, and Bald refers to Saget Darius Alexander the SCP-2713-1 instance and Sagittarius A, the black hole at the center of our galaxy.\nYou're welcome.\nI had this idea strike me from seeing someone use the phrase \"Exotic Stars\" and I couldn't let it go.\nOther puns include \"Everything doesn't revolve around you\" and the fact that Pi-3 can be read \"Pie\".\nGot great feedback on this from several people, and I'd like to thank them for it.\nImage is WikiCommons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Billiardroom.jpg\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nThe exterior facade of SCP-2713\n\nItem #: SCP-2713\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2713 and its surrounding property have been purchased by a Foundation front company to facilitate onsite containment. Approximately 1.4 square kilometers of the surrounding area have been enclosed in fencing.\nMobile Task Force \u03c0-3 \"The Dollar Bills\" is to monitor and patrol both the external and internal structures of SCP-2713. Any Global Occult Coalition agents identified are to be immediately neutralized as long this is achievable without harming an SCP-2713-1 or -2 instance.\nDirect physical testing involving SCP-2713-1 or -2 instances is prohibited. Interviews are to be conducted only with the direct approval of the SCP-2713 project director.\nDescription: SCP-2713 is an abandoned billiard hall in rural Baldwin County, Alabama which leads to an extra-dimensional space that resembles a club which employs exotic dancers for entertainment. This internal structure is accessible from multiple locations on Earth. SCP-2713, when viewed from the outside, resembles the interior of a billiards hall in a state of disrepair and decay.\nSCP-2713-1 instances act as security and apparent \"patrons\" of SCP-2713. SCP-2713-1 instances are variable in nature though all appear as human. Most are either incapable or unwilling to provide Foundation personnel with their names, and their exact nature is mostly unknown. However, several 2713-1 instances have taken the opportunity to discuss their identity and even the nature of SCP-2713 with Foundation personnel.1\nWhen the door of SCP-2713 is used to access the interior of SCP-2713, individuals enter a \"holding room\" where an SCP-2713-1 instance will check their identification, vaccination history, and criminal history. If individuals attempting to enter SCP-2713 do not possess authentic documents pertaining to these details, they will be refused entry.\nAll attempts to use forged documents or documents belonging to others have resulted in refused entry. Additionally, entry will be refused if the individual's record indicates involvement in any violent criminal incidents or a lack of regular flu vaccination.\nUpon initial discovery SCP-2713-1 instances would grant entry to any individuals with valid identification proving their age as over 17. However, after various incidents the amount of identification required for entry increased, with the highest increase in restrictions occurring after incident 2713-7.\nSCP-2713-2 instances act as exotic dancers inside SCP-2713 and self identify with a variety of names which match common designations for stellar objects or their discoverers. These have included \"Atria\", \"Mira\", \"Bellatrix\", and \"The Matveenko Sisters\" (see Incident Report 2713-7).\nThrough interviews with SCP-2713-1 and -2 instances, it has been determined that these instances believe they represent actual astronomical objects. Until the veracity of these claims are investigated, physical testing involving either SCP-2713-1 or -2 instances is temporarily suspended.\nCurrent knowledge of other ingress points is limited, with the GOC's entry point in Norway being the only other currently known. It is suspected that other groups of interest may also be in possession of ingress points. However, attempts to apprehend individuals associated with other GOIs have found little success due to the interference of SCP-2713-1 instances.\n\nIncident Report 2713-7\n\nHide Incident Report\n\nDuring a routine test involving Foundation personnel, three armed individuals gained access to the premises who were unrelated to the test. It was later determined that these individuals gained access through a secondary entry point in northern Norway. These individuals claimed to be members of the Global Occult Coalition, and despite protests from Foundation staff and several instances inside SCP-2713, attempted to restrain and remove one of the SCP-2713-2 instances.\n\"The Matveenko Sisters\", who were performing during this incident, attempted to stop the GOC agents, but one of the two was seriously wounded. To prevent further escalation, Foundation Agents fired at and neutralized the three GOC agents.\nAfter this incident, a previously known coincident radio source to the Crab Pulsar, which had been previously discovered by L. I. Matveenko deviated significantly from its expected frequency for several weeks before returning to normal. Further investigation into links between SCP-2713 instances and astronomical objects is ongoing, as is the unusual nature of the observed deviation given the distance between the Earth and the Matveenko radio source.\n\nSCP-2713-2 Interview Logs\n\nHide Interview Logs\n\nFollowing incident 2713-7, testing involving non D-Class personnel was temporarily suspended. A D-class individual (D-11218) was outfitted with a radio communication device and sent to investigate the aftermath of incident 2713-7. Upon being granted admission, D-11218 began to explore the premises.\nFollowing several minutes of exploration, an SCP-2713-2 instance, who self identified as \"Malina\" invited D-11218 to a back room. D-11218 refused orders from the supervising researcher, Doctor Foster, and complied with the request from the SCP-2713-2 instance. Afterwards, the SCP-2713-2 instance requested to speak directly to Doctor Foster (identifying him by name) which was granted. The following is a log of that conversation.\n\nDr. Foster: Hello. My name is Doctor Foster. You wished to speak with me?\nSCP-2713-2: You're so formal! You can hear me okay when I press this button, right?\nDr. Foster: Yes.\nSCP-2713-2: Good. I was wondering how long it would take y'all to find this place.\nAt this point the SCP-2713-2 instance begins to cough. It should be noted that SCP-2713-2's breathing difficulties continue throughout the conversation.\nDr. Foster: Who are you?\nSCP-2713-2: I've always liked it when you fellas call me Malina.\nDr. Foster: What is the purpose of this place?\nSCP-2713-2: Why, ain't you just all business! I just wanted to talk to you.\nDr. Foster: I'm fairly certain I don't know you at all.\nSCP-2713-2: Everything doesn't revolve around you, sugar. I meant your Foundation.\nDr. Foster: Then what do you need from the Foundation?\nSCP-2713-2: Honey, it's less about my needs and more about you.\nDr. Foster: I don't understand.\nSCP-2713-2 begins to cough for several minutes before finally catching her breath.\nSCP-2713-2: I'm sorry. It takes a lot out of me to talk to y'all.\nDr. Foster: How can we help you?\nSCP-2713-2: I ain't well. And I think y'all could maybe fix that if you wanted.\nDr. Foster: Is your illness related to the coughing I hear?\nSCP-2713-2: Oh, it's coming across as coughing? That's a little bit funny. Yeah. That's a problem. But it's a mite worse than just a cough.\nDr. Foster: What is wrong with you then?\nThe SCP-2713-2 instance began to cough uncontrollably and did not answer. D-11218 reported that she had quickly left the room they occupied. Following extensive exploration of the remainder of SCP-2713 over the next several hours, D-11218 exited SCP-2713. At no point was he able to locate the SCP-2713-2 instance he had previously interacted with.\n\nI was reviewing this object's procedures when I noticed the names. Malina isn't just another star. \"Malina\" is an Inuit goddess who represents our own Sun. Despite the containment procedures passing muster for our current understanding of this object, I'm passing this up the chain of command for further review. ~ Dr. Cimmerian, Site-88's Ethics Committee Liaison\n\nFootnotes\n1. See \"Big, Black, and Bald\" by Doctor Phillip Foster for interviews and information related to the SCP-2713-1 instance identified as \"Mr. Darius\".\n\n\u00ab SCP-2712 | SCP-2713 | SCP-2714 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2714\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2714 is to be kept in a low-value containment safe at Site-88. On no account are pages 20 and 21 to be opened outside of occasional approved testing. Pages 57 and 58 are to be opened and the contents recorded daily. A standard-issue containment bookmark has been slotted into these pages to avoid opening pages 20 and 21 during the procedure. All documents related to SCP-2714 are to be stored in low-level object supplement folders next to the safe for researcher reference.\nAll SCP-2714-1 instances are to be contained in biological containment cells at Site 88. Instances may be divided up by -A, -B, and -C within the cells for convenience of researchers, as there is no distinction between them outside of appearance. The air in SCP-2714-1 containment cells are to contain 5% microscopic biological matter, distributed by air vent, for feeding purposes.\nPages 20 and 21, if ever opened for approved testing purposes, are only to be opened in SCP-2714-1 biological containment chambers.\nDescription: SCP-2714 is a copy of the 1968 graphic novel The Adventures of Tintin: Flight 714 by Belgian artist Georges Remi (known by his pen name Herg\u00e9), translated from French into English by Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper and Michael Turner and published by Methuen Children's Books. SCP-2714 shows signs of its age, with some minor damage, but is in mostly good condition.\nSCP-2714 has two pages that display separate anomalous properties. Opening the page 20-21 spread will cause the appearance of three sessile organisms resembling barnacles, designated SCP-2714-1, in a varying distance around SCP-2714. This will occur every ten minutes until the book is closed. Each SCP-2714-1 instance is, on average, 1 meter tall and 10 meters in circumference at the base, though size does vary (see document 2714-35FN for detailed statistical analysis). There appear to be three distinct types of SCP-2714-1, identified as SCP-2714-1A, SCP-2714-1B, and SCP-2714-1C; all instances of each type of SCP-2714-1 are genetically identical to each other.\nThe shell plates of each SCP-2714-1 organism are composed of live bone; patches of hair-growing tissue are also present, as are patches of of what appears to be fabric. The bone has been genetically analyzed and identified as belonging to a domestic dog (Canis familiaris) \u2014 specifically, the Wire Haired Terrier breed; notably, all bone has been sourced to the same individual. Three colors of hair (white, orange, and black) are present, as are three colors of fabric (green, light blue, and dark blue). The white hair is present on all SCP-2714-1 organisms; genetic analysis of the white-hair follicles indicates that they are canine, and from the same individual as the bone in the shell plates.\nSamples taken from the cirri and internal systems of SCP-2714-1 -A, -B and -C instances indicate they are composed of mostly human DNA, as opposed to the canine carapaces. SCP-2714-1 instances feed on biological matter in the surrounding air filtered using their cirri, and lack reproductive organs. Each instance secretes a small amount of corrosive liquid, found to be 68% ethanol and described as having a woody odor, similar to whisky. Part of the musculature contains complex human brain tissue. No electrical activity has been recorded originating from this tissue, and it is most likely vestigial, with no current purpose within the organism. SCP-2714-1 instances have a small, active, primary brain: a clump of neurons that control autonomous bodily functions.\nThe second anomaly appears upon opening page 58. All text in dialogue bubbles will be replaced with a long, incoherent dialogue by an unknown entity or group of entities. This text changes upon reopening the page. Common themes amongst these texts include purgatory, the nature of reality, and the death of artistic thought. References to other Tintin stories are common, though seemingly disconnected from the text's main ideas.\n\nSample text observed on \u2588/\u2588/19\u2588\u2588. Character actions are recorded for reference.\nCaptain Haddock: And I saw my comrades make that great and terrible crossing from the boundaries of known art into the land of alph-art1, and into the unknown.\n(Captain Haddock is hypnotized by Kanrokitoff.)\nCaptain Haddock: Yes, but would that be so? We know not what exists for the wicked.\nKanrokitoff: If the world were like that of an oyster, then we are the slime surrounding the pearl, forming the pearl. We create the comic-men stumbling through the woods to some glory we know not what. Picaros.2 Ten thousand thundering typhoons.3\n(Kanrokitoff orders the other characters to climb a ladder of the spacecraft. He then does so himself. The volcano then explodes.)\nKanrokitoff: They are the ideal. We hold them past their racist minds and the formless chaos of those old forgotten europeans who destroyed the world. Have you seen the meat made of ink? The blood of paper? The world of doll eyes4 and dashing kings.\nLazlo Carreidas: This is transient. All of it. I am formless, writhing through a great void, waiting to be made flesh. This is meaningless. There is only the word. In the beginning there was the word.\nKanrokitoff: And the word was with God.\n\nSkut: That is true. One cannot dispute that. But what of the pictures? What of those same terrible concepts. They never receive the news.\n(Kanrokitoff spots the rubber dinghy where the villains are sailing)\nKanrokitoff: I am Castafiore, the Milanese Nightingale,5 and I have been shown an intolerable force. For someone ripped my soul from my ink with a bottle of whisky and tore me apart, according to the way the ancientmost priests of our faith decreed. What nonsense! What did it make of me? I am still waiting.\nAllan: Art is dead. Comedy is dead. Adventure is dead. Racism is dead.6\n(Rastapopalous fires at the spacecraft.)\nRastapopalous: Should we embrace the hell? The riotous violence of the others? I doubt I would survive even that crossing.\n\nAddendum-1: SCP-2714 was recovered from the belongings of Pierre Escoffier, a Montreal illustrator and poet who had committed suicide three weeks prior. Escoffier's belongings had also contained a large amount of Tintin memorabilia, and acquaintances had testified to local police that he was a collector and fanatic who had an inordinate obsession with Georges Remi. Escoffier was reported to have become extremely erratic prior to his suicide, talking frequently of \"old gods, made in Haddock's image, failed.\" Of note is the fact that Escoffier's father Guillaume Escoffier, a wealthy businessman, has had several ties to noted Neo-Sarkic cults throughout Canada and the northern United States.\nSCP-2714's anomalous properties first came to the Foundation's attention when it had been left open to page 21 while local police were emptying Escoffier's apartment. The next morning, the apartment had been completely colonized by SCP-2714-1 instances of varying sizes. Foundation agents within Quebec police forces were alerted, and contained the anomaly. All SCP-2714-1 specimens were removed to Foundation custody. SCP-2714-1 instances would most likely have exponentially colonized beyond the apartment had Page 20 not been closed.\n\n+ Assorted relevant letters and papers found in Escoffier's apartment, arranged in chronological order\n\n- Access Granted\n\nTaken from Escoffier's journal:\nJan 7\nThe latest piece got some recognition at the gallery. I am glad, for the money is running low and the rent is due. Bought a lovely Thomson Twin maquette, found it in an antique shop not terribly far from my apartment.\nAlso met with some strange men at the gallery. Seemed to me they were especially interested in my father. One of them, Australian accented, said he was named Powell and he was interested in commissioning a piece for a few of father's men. Some diorama sculpture to fill one of their corporate lobbies. Powell and another man, Tanhauser, they gave me a card. \"ARE WE COOL YET?\" and then a phone number and email address.7 Seems sketchy, but they tell me they're a legitimate art collective. And you know what? I believe them.\n\nFound scribbled on notecard by desk. It is presumed these were notes taken during a phone call\n-Powell's Project notes - pass on to father.\nflesh concept\nfigures in domestic setting\n3d dining room/diorama\nlife size, venal themes\nappropriate for hospital or research center\nSlightly Macabre\nRussian influence, themes of cancer and growth.\ntendrils?\nSee example at art show. DHC/ART Fondation pour l'art contemporain. 7:00. gang will be there.\n\nTaken from Escoffier's journal:\nMar 12\nThe show I was invited to was one of those snobby art events. Lots of young pretentious men in tight jeans and a smug grin, girlfriends hanging off their arms. No class. Downing shots from the bar like the world was ending. In times like these I wish I were in Marlinspike Hall, sipping a Loch Lomond and consuming my alcohol like a fucking adult. The DHC/ART was packed with these poseurs! All of them supposed \u201can-artists.\u201d They do stuff with light and \u201cmagic\u201d to create ostentatious displays. Apparently some of these inscrutable, incomprehensible pieces even damage people as part of their artistic purpose. At which point, for me, the meaning of the art is lost. It's a fucking joke at that point.\nI found the pieces Powell created himself as nightmarish as the crowd that cooed over them. Disgusting and vile, and he apparently uses real flesh too! He claims he used \u201canomalous means\u201d to twist and rupture the human form, but it's so fake. You can't see a Ritual of Adytum and forget it, much less believe a fake.\n\n(Foundation agents embedded at the gallery event observed Michael Powell, noted member of Are We Cool Yet? whose work was being presented, sitting at the gallery bar with Escoffier for three hours. Although the record of the conversation was recorded, it was destroyed for security reasons related to the surveillance.)\n\nGroup text messaging conversation recovered from Escoffier's phone. Conversation was between Escoffier and three AWCY anartists (Michael Powell, Werner Tanhauser, Lauren Palicki).\nPowell: so dude we herd (sic) you were a flesh creatin guy.\nPowell: thats awesome\nEscoffier: It's something I grew up around, but I haven't really involved myself with serious worship of the Grand Karcist since I was six.\nPalicki: but ur dad he's a member of a n\u00e4lk\u00e4 cult yea?\nPowell: i've been using that flesh stuff as a inspriation (sic) since i started. i wanna learn so much from him. you still in contact?\nEscoffier: I mean, I call him every once in a while. He calls me, wants to know how my artwork is going, but we're not close or anything. A man who controls the world through secret societies is not bound to be the best father.\nTanhauser: its just like inherently amusing for me that an immortal member of basically the illuminati still calls and nags his kids\nEscoffier: I mean, Dad's old, but he's not really immortal. Not even active as a Karcist's servant anymore.\nTanhauser: still funny\nPowell: listen pierre, just pass his receptionist's phone number on to us, we'll take care of it for you.\nTanhauser: take care of what, what are we offering?\nPowell: a deal, bro.\nEscoffier: I'm not sure I follow.\nEscoffier: If I give you the number of my father and have you schedule an appointment so you can nag him about some wacky revolting sculpture and waste his time doing business transactions and practicing his faith, you'll do what?\nPowell: free commission for u. you guys are secretive and anomalous, just the way i like it.\nPowell: you see, im not willing to join in some rural village dicking around with tumors in the village of bumfuck russia and people like your dad aren't exactly welcoming to non blackbloods. but your ideas of will and sacrifice, is there no greater theme in art? think of the great painters and sculptors throughout history, how many of them have essentially achieved godhood already? all idolized above the masses.\nPalicki: we're a splinter collective, just a few anartists playing with n\u00e4lk\u00e4 beliefs and capable enough to find out the hidden truth.\nTanhauser: Like the renaissance painters used christianity, yeah.\nEscoffier: Why me? I'm not that active in the cult anymore. I haven't gone to an orgy in many years, and am basically living a normal life. I don't murder, I don't spread disease, nothing. I'm finished. There at least a dozen other Karcists scattered across the world in positions of power who are more accepting of street artists anyway.\nPowell: at the bar that night, you were talking about tintin. about you being so angry at your father because you drifted away and he refused to accept it. you being inspired to draw and write and not wanting to control the world. cliche, yes? but, for you it's true.\nPowell: we have a deal. there is a way you can embrace your loves and fix your broken world, but that can connect you with your father, your religion. let you embrace Ion once again. i may not be a karcist, not even a zend, but i know a thing or two.\nPowell: how'd you like to summon a dead klavigar?\n(The next message was sent roughly fifteen minutes later.)\nEscoffier: What did you have in mind?\n\nTaken from Escoffier's journal. Date unknown.\nI am a wretch.\nMy parents, my gods have abandoned me. Fuck you Ion. I didn't deserve this, this guilt that hangs over me. My obsessions, my loves, they prevent me from following in Your path, the path of my father. I have disgraced him.\nI was led astray by those who wished to only gain access to you. To usurp my father for their own, selfish, ends. They don't belong among the followers of yours. They are not pious. I was selfish and like a child and even though I hated them so much I gave in. I tried to do right, to use my own beliefs to reconnect with you, with my father. To reconcile the two loves of my life. It's no use. They scream on the page, half aborted, my angels. My beautiful ligne claire angels.\nForgive me daddy. And Yaldabaoth destroy us all.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Herg\u00e9's final, unfinished Tintin story was titled Tintin and Alph-Art, and concerned the world of modern art.\n2. The final, completed Tintin story was titled Tintin and the Picaros, published in 1976.\n3. A popular catchphrase of the character Captain Haddock, used amongst other colorful euphemisms as a humorous alternative to profanity.\n4. Herg\u00e9 drew his characters in a signature ligne claire style, characterized by clean lines and simplified, exaggerated facial features.\n5. Bianca Castafiore is a recurring character in the Tintin comics, a buffoonish Italian opera singer who annoys Captain Haddock and manages to appear in incongruous, exotic locations.\n6. Both uses of the word \u201cracism\u201d in this instance are interesting as Herg\u00e9 was criticized for using racial stereotypes in his works, especially in the earlier albums.\n7. No such card was found amongst Escoffier's belongings.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2713 | SCP-2714 | SCP-2715 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2715\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2715 is to be kept in a low-security humanoid containment cell in Site 47. All vents leading to and from the subject's containment area are to be connected to an outdoor air supply. SCP-2715's meal schedule is not to be deviated from without the permission and approval of at least one level-three researcher assigned to the subject's containment unit. Site 47's onsite therapist is to be made available if needed.\nDescription: SCP-2715 is an eighteen-year-old Brazilian-American female originating from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Oregon. Subject displays a near-complete immunity to all types of biotoxic substances. Approximately two (2) hours after ingestion of a biotoxin, SCP-2715 will begin sneezing uncontrollably, releasing the ingested biotoxin into the surrounding area in the form of airborne particles. Breathing the ejected particles will result in strong negative reactions in line with those for the substance ingested, but notably more severe. Methods of inducing this reaction are limited to oral intake; any other means of introduction (e.g. injection) will be processed normally by the subject's body and cause effects consistent with normal human intake of the substance.\nSCP-2715 came to the Foundation's attention after \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the son of the president of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, contracted an illness and died during the Fifteenth Les \u00c2mes Libres Gala in France. Two days after the event, SCP-2715 sought out undercover Foundation personnel and admitted to having anomalous abilities that she had used to carry out \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's assassination. Further questioning revealed that she had been operating in service of the Chaos Insurgency for several years, and wished to leave after Insurgency agents threatened her family with [DATA EXPUNGED] when she refused to comply with their demands.\nSCP-2715 was taken into custody shortly thereafter and has since been cooperative in her containment.\nAddendum 2715-3/16/\u2588\u2588: As of 3/16/\u2588\u2588, SCP-2715's mother and sister have not been located. This information is not to be made available to SCP-2715 in order to maintain her emotional well-being. False information regarding SCP-2715's capture has also been disseminated to Insurgency operatives to discourage retaliation against extended relations.\nAddendum 2715-4/3/\u2588\u2588: Since initial containment, SCP-2715 has consistently shown symptoms of post-traumatic stress. This is presumed to be a result of the subject's time with the Chaos Insurgency, though this has not been confirmed. Semi-regular appointments with Site 47's therapist are recommended.\n\n+ Journal Excerpts 4/6/\u2588\u2588 - 7/23/\u2588\u2588\n\n- Journal Excerpts 4/6/\u2588\u2588 - 7/23/\u2588\u2588\n\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 said that writing things down might help with the nightmares. It'll be like a letter, since I know he'll be reading it. I don't mind. The last time I had privacy, I was wearing Hello Kitty shirts and playing that stupid DS.\nIt's weird, but I've been feeling a lot better since they stuffed me into this cell. I don't have to worry about Aaron or Sellie. Assholes. Sellie was the worst. She hated my guts from the moment I walked in there, even when I was normal. I think she thought of me as inferior or something. Inferior to her and the guys that had always been weird, not modified like me.\nWell, she can suck a dick. I'm safe and she's the one who's being chewed out for letting me get captured.\n\nBored to hell half the time. Been trying out meditation. I'm pretty bad at it. All I can think about is Mike's dumb face. Kind of defeats the point of meditation if you keep thinking about the person who threatened to condemn your family to a fate worse than death.\n\nThe more time I spend here, the more I think, and the more I think, the more I blame myself. It wasn't about money, it was about being dissatisfied. I was bored with real life. I wanted something else.\nWell, I got what I wanted, didn't I?\n\nI remember when I got out of surgery. I was walking around all weird, and my mouth was dry from the cotton they'd stuffed it with so I wouldn't bite my tongue. But I was so excited. I'd become a superhero, a tiny, twelve-year-old superhero. It was like being high. I've never been high, but I think that's what it'd be like. And it persisted even after the anesthetic wore off, so I knew it was genuine. It was the best feeling I'd ever had, and I never want to experience anything like it again.\n\nThe first man I killed was a political leader from Africa, about half a year after the surgery. They didn't give me any details, but I heard rumors he was getting fed up with Insurgency policy. So I downed my pills, lured him into his bathroom, and killed him. They put a new dictator in his place, one that agreed to do everything they wanted. Same shit, different day.\nThey told me I was doing good. My mom always said that the most addictive drug is heroin, but it's not. The most addictive drug is superiority.\n\nThey wanted me to kill some politician's son at the gala. I don't know why. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, I think his name was. He was sixteen. He died in his bed, with my head resting on his chest. I felt him go cold, got up, put on my bathrobe, and ran out into the ballroom screaming bloody murder. I'd practiced that. His mother looked like she'd been shot.\n\nI felt nothing, and that scared me. What do you tell yourself after that? \"Oh, so sorry you killed that guy who'd done absolutely nothing to deserve it, now what about those tens of other corpses who were probably good people at heart?\" I'd locked those feelings away in favor of complete and utter apathy.\nAaron found me in the courtyard when I was supposed to be at base. I had done a pretty good job of holding back my tears up until that point, but when I saw him, everything just started pouring out. He helped me get up and back to base. I thought he'd be understanding.\nI got called to Mike's office the day after. He always put on a neutral face when he was about to do something really awful. He was staring at me, and I was staring at the sins reflected in those dark sunglasses. He asked me if I loved my sister. I told him that of course I did. He just looked at me. We both understood the threat.\n\nI don't know what I was thinking when I left. I was only taking a walk around base.\nI kept walking.\nI kept walking straight out the front doors and the alarms sounded and Aaron started running at me. I started running too. I kept running even when Aaron had stopped, miles away.\nI stopped at a building. I'd seen that building before, and was told to steer clear of it. Nobody'd ever told me why. But I started to understand when I saw the phrase \"Sally's Computer Products\" plastered onto the window. I mean, I may not be the brightest knife in the shed, but nobody can miss a cue that big. I walked in, told the guy at the desk not to shoot me, and I guess things went from there.\n\nThe researchers tell me Mom and Kelsey are alright. I hope it's true.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2714 | SCP-2715 | SCP-2716 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2716-1 during testing.\n\nItem #: SCP-2716\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2716-1 is to be held in an airtight Class-III Containment Vault at Site-98. Testing requires the approval of the Site Director.\nLunar Containment Area-13 has been built on the Mare Tranquillitatis in order to contain SCP-2716-2. SCP-2716-2 is to be held in a standard security locker. Testing requires the approval of Site-98's Director. Lunar Task Force Alpha-29 (\"Discovery Hunters\") is to locate and retrieve SCP-2716-2 following its displacement events.\nMartian Containment Area-01 has been built on the Amazonis Planitia in order to contain SCP-2716-3 and to monitor anomalous activity on the planet Mars. A 5m x 2m x 2m containment chamber has been built around SCP-2716-3.\nThe Foundation shall liaise with NASA and ESA in order to halt explorations, manned or unmanned, of the Mare Tranquillitatis and/or the Amazonis Planitia.\nDescription: SCP-2716 is a set of three interconnected anomalies.\nSCP-2716-1 is an orange L-807 Type windsock standing at approximately 3m tall. SCP-2716-1 constantly rotates as though a strong wind is blowing in the direction of SCP-2716-2, even in complete absence of wind. This wind's speed appears to be between 10 and 12 knots (5.14m/s-6.17m/s). SCP-2716-1 is not influenced by either natural and/or artificially produced wind. SCP-2716-1 was recovered from a storage area within Southampton Airport, located in Hampshire, England on 2015/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588.\nSCP-2716-2 is a metallic statuette bearing vague resemblance to the Space Shuttle Discovery, measuring 25cm long, located within the Mare Tranquillitatis of the lunar surface. SCP-2716-2 is consistently located 45cm above the ground, and constantly points towards SCP-2716-3, regardless of its location. Every three weeks, SCP-2716-2 will displace from its current location and reappear at a random point within the Mare Tranquillitatis.\nSCP-2716-3 is an immobile Equatorial-mounted Keplerian telescope located within the Amazonis Planitia of the Martian surface. SCP-2716-3 functions similarly to non-anomalous telescopes. However, SCP-2716-3 exclusively displays what has been subsequently identified as 90482 Orcus, a dwarf planet located within the Kuiper belt, discovered in 2004.\nThe words \"SPACE-TACULAR\" are inscribed below each instance of SCP-2716.\nAddendum 2716-1: Incident 2716-Alpha.\nOn 2017/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, upon further observation of SCP-2716-1, the words \"NEED HELP? PRESS HERE\" were discovered within the object's tube. As per Safety Protocol 34-Sussex, D-6471 was ordered to make physical contact with said text. Approximately 25 seconds later, a blue humanoid automaton vaguely resembling an Orlan space suit (referred to as SCP-2716-A) materialized 2 meters from her. The entity subsequently handed D-6471 a transparent orange plate containing black and purple text written in Russian, English, Italian, Mandarin, Japanese and Spanish (referred to as SCP-2716-A-1) before dematerializing. The words \"NEED HELP? PRESS HERE\" were subsequently found on all instances of SCP-2716. Physical contact with said text gave identical results.\nAddendum 2716-2: Document 2716-13-SK.\nThe following transcript is the English version of the text inscribed on SCP-2716-A-1.\n\nASTRONAUT SMITH'S SPACE-TACULAR TREASURE HUNT!\nHello space cadets, you can call me Astronaut Smith, and I challenge you to join to the most stellar treasure hunt in the whole universe!\nPrepare your spaceships, and get ready to find all the hints scattered around the Milky Way, from the amazeng [ sic ] panoramas of the planet Earth to the ominous Kuiper belt! Who will be the one first to find the mysterious treasure at the end of this over-the-moon experiense [ sic ] ?\n\nA stylized drawing of the Solar System was present below the text. What is believed to be planet Earth was colored in green, while the Moon, Mars, the Kuiper belt, Pluto and an area located between Pluto and Eris were colored in red. A black rhomboidal object with a white question mark was present at the end of the drawing.\nAddendum 2716-3: Notes on current status.\n\nAs of 2017/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, the time and resources required to reach the Kuiper belt, much less locate additional objects relating to SCP-2716, are beyond our logistical capacities. Keeping in mind the logistical and financial challenges faced in locating [REDACTED] in our planet's ocean, attempts at discovering and/or recovering potential SCP-2716-4s, -5s, -6s or others are indefinitely postponed until such time as further information regarding SCP-2716 and/or potential locations of further anomalies relating to SCP-2716 are discovered. Should no further information arise within a \u2588\u2588 year period, and the Foundation's technological capacity for efficient deep space exploration expand, explorations into the Kuiper belt may at that point be authorized.\n~O5-8\n\n\u00ab SCP-2715 | SCP-2716 | SCP-2717 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2717\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A pair of inline, two-ton, one-way pumps constitutes the upstream containment boundary in each of the three known feeder pipes (roughly 2m in diameter) on the intake side of the designated containment zone. These pumps permit ordinary city waste to flow inward, but prevent backflow even under severe flood conditions. Each day at 6AM, 10L of propofol shall be introduced into each feeder pipe via the injection ports.\nThe outlet pipe (roughly 4m in diameter) on the downstream side of the designated containment zone empties about 20 Ml of yellow-green effluent daily into an underground reservoir lined with acetal resin. Each day at 6PM, this effluent shall be tested for levels of creatinine, ketone bodies, hemoproteins, and bioactivity. Statistically significant deviations from baseline shall be reported to the site supervisor immediately. Rarely, solids larger than two cubic centimeters may be detected in the effluent. These must be extracted, identified, catalogued, and incinerated.\nAfter processing, effluent shall be sterilized via cobalt-60 irradiation, and then reintroduced to city infrastructure for treatment as ordinary sewage at the downstream boundary of the containment zone.\nMonthly, as many biopsies as is practically possible shall be obtained by robotic tool, at 100m intervals starting from the extent of SCP-2717 closest to the outlet pipe. Currently, about 10-12 samples can be reliably obtained each session, without risking damage to the tool.\nQuarterly, the pumps will be stopped for up to 48 hours for inspection and maintenance while SCP-2717 is \u201cpruned\u201d. Three crews shall be assembled and introduced to the intake piping through the positive pressure airlocks located just downstream from the pumps.\nEach crew shall consist of two D-class personnel who have been rated for high physical exertion, low susceptibility to claustrophobia, and who possess at least some close-quarters combat experience.\nEach member of the crew shall be issued the following:\n\nOne 60cm machete, with a UGPS emitter1 concealed in the handle\nOne 1m spade\nOne pair of waterproof hip-waders\nTwo pairs of elbow-length gloves\nOne activated carbon respirator for nose and mouth, containing a miniature two-way radio\nOne soldering torch with piezo ignition\nOne liter tank of propane\nFour liters water\nFour high-carbohydrate snack bars\n6 two-hour fusees\n\nAll metal tools and fasteners shall be of wrought iron, low carbon steel, or similar easily-corroded metal. To the extent practical, all other equipment shall be made of strongly biodegradable materials, e.g. rubber, latex, or leather. Per the Ethics Committee, video recording or transmitting equipment shall not be issued to crews.\nThe following briefing has been constructed by memetic specialists for maximum comprehension and motivation when used with typical D-class. One Level-2 researcher shall memorize and deliver this briefing verbatim to each crew immediately prior to them entering the airlock:\n\nHave you ever heard of a fatberg? Imagine an iceberg - only it's made out of sewage debris that gets stuck together when too many people flush things they aren't supposed to. There is a fatberg lodged in this pipe, and until we remove it, the D-class dormitories have no plumbing. It's too big to remove it all in one go, so your task is to clear away at least 25 meters of it on this shift \u2013 that's about a quarter of a football pitch. Use your bladed tools to cut or pry chunks from the piping, and your propane torches to burn away bits that are too small or too difficult to remove with your tools. About every 5 meters, where each pipe section joins the next, there is a four-character manufacturing code embossed in the concrete. You will read each code to us as you uncover it so that we can monitor your progress. You will have to clear the blockage thoroughly, or you will miss the codes. You will not be extracted, nor will further rations will be issued to you, until we are satisfied that you have completed your task. In return for your effort, you will be granted improved rations and special conjugal privileges for the next two weeks.\n\nCrews have historically reported their progress to be easier than expected at first - at its exploratory boundary, SCP-2717 tends to form rings of dull, warty masses, at most about 8cm thick. The use of fusees effectively conceals the color of the fluid that erupts from damaged tissue.\nSimple radio communication with the crew is to be maintained until Foundation monitors are reasonably assured the crew has completed their true task, namely, pruning about 100m of SCP-2717. Experience has consistently demonstrated that crews underestimate their progress under these conditions, which extends the effectiveness of the ruse.\nIn fact, there are no \"embossed manufacturing codes\" to be found. As work progresses, and in particular once SCP-2717 eventually reacts by the secretion of gastric acid, additional communications may be adapted from the current version of the METH.2 In the event the crew fails to survive long enough to prune the prescribed 100m, additional crews may be introduced as necessary until the task is accomplished.\nPer the Ethics Committee, no detailed records shall be kept of crew reports, except to denote progress (in meters), success, or failure.\nUnder no circumstances are any crews to be recovered from the sewers. Once maintenance is complete, or in any event, after 48 hours, the pumps shall be restarted.\nDescription: SCP-2717 is a complex of living animal tissues that have grown to line roughly 4 linear kilometers of sewer pipes centered beneath \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Pumping Station, Amsterdam, NL. Historical data places the construction of this section of the sewers to 1887, and current estimates based on extant maps place the total biomass at approximately 350 metric tons.\nThe organic complex is estimated to be at least six years old. Initial analysis indicated that the growth consisted of 88% muscle, 5% connective, and 1% adipose tissues of porcine origin. Current lines of investigation support the theory of unintentional human introduction of SCP-2717 to its current environment.3\nSince discovery in 2010, SCP-2717 has consistently and steadily grown upstream (presumably towards nutrient sources) with almost no increase in mass in the downstream direction.\nIn the lab, samples have been stabilized and/or grown in a wide range of nutrient-rich liquid environments. The cells display quorum sensing and self-regulation that is not fully understood. Cell division is unusually rapid at low concentrations; however, above a certain density threshold, the rate of mitosis appears to adjust in order to avoid exceeding the rate of nutrient replenishment.\nRecently, the monthly biopsies have revealed unexplained differentiation of tissues, which currently include primitive osseous structures, neural fibers, and trace photoreceptor cells.\nAlthough the Foundation's ability to take tissue samples is limited to roughly the first kilometer from the effluent outlet, it is clear that the degree of differentiation markedly increases in the upstream direction.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Underground GPS utilizes a set of surface receivers to triangulate the position of the emitter.\n2. Motivation, Encouragement, and Threat Handbook, 33rd Edition\n3. See also: Vlees Vellen: Metastabiele Proliferatie van Sus scrofa Spiercellen in vitro, Van Koot et al, Utrecht University Press, 2008.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2716 | SCP-2717 | SCP-2718 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-\nObject Class:\n\nCatastrophic abort at D09E2AD9: HANDLE_NOT_FOUND\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP- is a DAMMERUNG class cognitohazard. All personnel, regardless of clearance, are forbidden to expose themselves to the Description of this article under any circumstances. Do not tamper with this warning without DAMMERUNG clearance. Do not discuss the existence of this article with any person. No disciplinary action will be necessary, provided you close this article now, and clear your browser cache.\nAtypical software measures have been used to mitigate the risk of accidental exposure. It is only by an unfortunate coincidence of extremely low probability that you have stumbled across this entry at all. No disciplinary action will be necessary, provided you close this article now, and clear your browser cache.\nSince creation, only the Special Containment Procedures section of this record has ever been editable. Due to the clearance of the file's original author, and anomalous database limitations in effect, this record can neither be deleted nor effectively redacted. Access restrictions cannot be applied to the data in any reliable way.\nOf course, access restrictions can still be enforced. It is now too late to close this article. Do not discuss the existence of this article with any person. Notify the Help Desk that your workstation has a DAMMERUNG contamination. Shut off your monitor, and seek immediate amnestic treatment.\nThe following conditions shall constitute a breach:\n\nExposure to any part of the Description, however briefly\nFailure to close this article within eighteen seconds of exposure without code-word clearance\n\nShut off your monitor now, notify the Breach Desk that you and your workstation have DAMMERUNG contamination. Await MTF processing.\n\n+ DAMMERUNG EYES ONLY\n\n- Hide\n\nAgent Instructions: the breach to which you are responding has already been mostly contained by an automated system, and containment will be complete when you restart this terminal. However, your orders are to attempt to improve the current containment procedures by any means possible, within the time allotted to you. You have been temporarily granted Administrative network access from this terminal. Use any resources you deem necessary to fulfill your mission, but DO NOT expose yourself to the cognitohazard in the Description. The following technical details will help you in your task:\nAs noted above, this article ignores the delete command; it cannot be extricated from the database without extensive collateral corruption of other critical systems. Instead, the containment strategy is to minimize the probability of a user discovering this entry by chance. To this end, an un-haltable mainframe process (ID 9000013) repeatedly switches the ordinal designation of this article with that of another randomly selected entry. Normally, when two article numbers are exchanged for administrative purposes, the two entries disappear from the index momentarily. A kernel exploit of Processor Erratum 23 allows us to delay completion of the subroutine by deeply recursing the article renumbering with an intentionally terrible algorithm (currently Bubblesort Stoogesort Bogosort) against a known corrupt stack in extended memory until the thread aborts catastrophically, the index swap completes, and the process restarts. This artificially inserts a delay on the order of 1017 clock cycles between visibility, when a link to this article becomes momentarily visible and accessible from the article index before the process repeats.\nBreach will only occur in the unlikely event that a user with index privileges loads the main list at precisely the correct moment and, despite need-to-know best practices, follows the link to this entry, ignores the warnings, and reads past the first paragraph. The intervals between visibility are indeterminate but finite. On average, the interval will grow larger (by order O(n2)) as the number of available articles grows, but shorter as the mainframe's hot-swappable processors increase in FLOPS.\nThis kludge has a gravely serious side effect: the SCP article randomly selected for the swap also disappears from the list for the same period of time, until reappearing under a new ID. While O5 has authorized this detrimental effect as an acceptable consequence of containment, you are ordered not to verify it through the chain of command, as no other living person is currently aware that this article, this process, or this authorization exists. If validation is required, an inline O5 authorization of this order follows.\n\n-----BEGIN AUTHORIZATION KEY BLOCK-----\n\n Version: 12.1.0.007 \n\n  PfzeFwCACRTLzPK/K2T7y9jza9AVPav7nnbcvsasyQmMOQNEWakarE5+lank7U\n  4LdnKWES8aEiIr2erHU0EH4NrNKKijYQl9cXJr/Gr8wCCwwsQr5d7ahNSbAe/qjV\n  VX/Y7QnYZx+BiTAT7EpH3yAgq/BoL9zvwg0xPDZvLhGONk6erva5FwC1PTZMH\n  hJRiAa0RVRTziZaVC5i8JlFVtGm5d63NU3mKC5lKilEYGHA4MBHZRWLNOrSt94u\n  c93gyYoh10ycrhBt1bzQgWBd5sdPa7PRi+vJxChjNnyosbzR7TSQlgoqZM5NWoQ\n  dKSmCVdilkDOBMmT+=vYhx\n\n-----END AUTHORIZATION KEY BLOCK-----\n\nYou are subject to summary termination by Trinitite-class memetic if you proceed past this point.  \n\nEditor's note: I had to throw that killsprite together in a hurry. The one constructed and installed by my predecessor was clearly defective \u2013 instead of the donkey kick I expected from a standard inoculation interdiction, I barely registered minor eyestrain. Of course, under the circumstances I suppose we're limited, aren't we? To a contaminated workstation and barely adequate tools. Anyway, if you survived that memetic, hopefully it's because you have code-word clearance, and not because I didn't get it right either \u2014 in that case you're probably boned pretty bad, and I apologize for not killing you in time.\nBut cut me some slack: when we looked them up ninety minutes ago, the only procedures for this code-word read \u201cRandomly select one mainframe-qualified coder from the Experimental Containment Research Group with Level 3 clearance. Supply the designee with a Behemoth-class amnestic, and dispatch them to the affected terminal. They will find instructions there. If they fail to complete their task within two hours, or if, upon return, they can remember the year or name the current U.S. President \u2014 terminate.\u201d Guess what? That's a pretty small subset of personnel to choose \"randomly\" from. Well, Spock smashes scissors, but Paper disproves Spock, so now in return for containment duty, I get to blow a sizeable chunk of my life out of my skull. At least I won't have to remember them \"processing\" the looky-loo who caused this breach.\nAssuming you're ECRG like me, you never heard of DAMMERUNG before today either. Here's what I can tell you: from the look of the source code and comments, you're probably the fourth or fifth to respond to this thing since inception. I made a couple of minor edits to the documentation above, but mostly spent my time trying to slow the algorithm with the worst patterns I could think of. In the end, I was only able to deoptimize the existing recursion by a factor of two. Unfortunately, I don't know enough about the underlying hardware or how often users follow unfamiliar links from the main list to guess how much difference that makes. I'm sure, on first implementation, they thought they had five, maybe ten years between breaches, but I know for a fact that they've introduced at least one quantum processor to the grid, which will deprecate this approach faster than you can say REDACTED. Hopefully you've got a better idea for a slower algo than I or the last three did. Maybe upgrade to a Quantum Bogosort of the article numbers? On this hardware, that might technically be an XK algorithm and therefore forbidden. I dunno. I've used up most of my time already, and I can't risk another recompile in the few minutes remaining before I have to commit these changes and wash down this stick of dynamite with warm, backwashy Mountain Dew.\n\u2014 Andrews out\n~ ~ ~\np.s. I guess I got to thinking my brain was hosed either way so what the hell and I don't know why but I just went ahead and did it \u2014 couldn't help myself really \u2014 RESIST THE URGE \u2014 it's clearly a Fridge-class cognitohazard and already it's starting to sink in so this horse pill better work right quick\n\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\nDescription:\n\n\u25ba Play\n\n\u25a0 Stop\n\n[BEGIN RECORDING]\n\n<microphone tapping>\n<chair sliding>\nThere you go, Ma'am. This interpreter is new technology, but it will allow you to forgo the use of a keyboard for article creation. Just speak naturally into the microphone. We can go back and revise any errors after you have finished.\nI don't think so, young man. There won't be time. This must also be a permanent record, access restricted to L-3s and up. Can you prevent anyone from tampering with this entry later?\nUm\u2026 anyone, Ma'am?\nAnyone and everyone. You understand me. If there is ever but one article left in the database, this had better be it.\nWell\u2026 I'm not senior enough to select the most appropriate technique to accomplish that. Maybe if we got Gephart involved \u2014\nI want you to make an executive decision. I'm confident in your ability. We cannot delay.\nOkay, okay\u2026 um, there is a mechanism I could take advantage of \u2013 it's actually designed to protect against anomalous data corruption, but it would have the effect you're looking for. If you're certain, Ma'am, I could make this section of the article write-once, and splice it into the database runtime. However, that means no editing whatsoever will be possible. If you misspeak, you'll just have to clarify and keep going.\nVery well, do so. Fortunately, I am a world-class dictator.\nFor the degree of security you have in mind, Ma'am, I'll need to borrow your credential token. Thank you. One moment, please.\n\n<keyboard sounds>\nThere. That's done it.\nYou've been very helpful. That will be all. For your own safety, I am ordering you to obtain amnestic treatment as soon as possible, enough to forget this entire morning. Do you understand?\nI, uh, do.\nGood. You will likely be subjected to enhanced interrogation within a day or two. It will go easier for you if you have no memory of this.\nOhhh. Oh boy.\nAs a literal token of my gratitude for your loyalty, why don't you hold on to those credentials? I won't be needing them. If you act quickly, I suspect you can think of a way to put them to good use before they are revoked and you are detained.\nY-yes, M-ma'am.\nNow go. I foresee that you have a fine career ahead of you. We will not speak again.\nThank you, Ma'am. Goodbye.\n\n<door opening>\n<door closing>\n\n<extended sigh>\nMy name is Miriam Prayther. I have been O5-7 for seventy-seven years.\nI will remain so for perhaps seven minutes more, and that is not enough time to devise adequate Special Containment Procedures myself. I leave that to you.\nOver the course of my tenure, I have witnessed nineteen distinct anomalous methods to restore life. The devices and entities responsible take vastly different forms, but when you look past the science, the magic, the razzle-dazzle: there are fundamentally two broad, but simple categories: the first type is replication, whereby a clone, simulacrum, or other copy is made of the subject's mind and body as it existed at some point during life. The second sort is temporal. With this approach the space-time paths of the subject's constituent particles are reversed, and events literally undone, until the subject is restored to a functional state.\nThese two categories have a crucial commonality: the restored individual has no memory or experience of death. To put it another way: despite 2.4 million years of hominid speculation, Foundation records contain no reliable first-hand testimony regarding what happens to us after we die.\nWe have other sources of information, naturally. But in light of recent events, I believe that the SCPs we have interrogated on this topic over the years are guilty of either ignorance or deceit.\nFor you see, we invented an exception.\nSix months ago, we resurrected Roger Sheldon, formerly O5-11, with a novel procedure. The theoretical groundwork had existed for some time, but for a litany of reasons: the complexity of the process, the technical skill required, the systemic risks, not to mention the enormous cost \u2014 only direst need justified the attempt.\nAt seventy-three, Roger was the youngest Overseer when he died. He had two habits that were peculiar for an O5, only marginally tolerated by the rest of us at the time, and now forbidden. The first was an obstinate refusal to fortify (as we call it) \u2013 to enhance his longevity with the supplements available to those of our station. The second was a penchant for taking his holidays unannounced and in utter solitude. When a stroke ended him eighteen years ago, he was perched on a rocky promontory above marine iguana nesting grounds on Espa\u00f1ola Island.\nIt took fourteen years to find his remains. We would not have gone on looking for so long, but for two reasons: he kept on his person a certain key \u2013 of which I shall not say more, except that it could not be allowed to stay lost; and that he held in his brain a secret word, without which we could not replace him.\nThe alternating Galapagos rains and bright sun (and perhaps hawks) had reduced him to a moldering ruin of bone fragments and only the stubbornest sinew. The recovery crew used brooms and bags to collect as much of him as remained. The artifact was retrieved, to our relief, but we were still faced with the daunting task of extracting his shibboleth. With so little original material to work with, none of the time-tested methods of recovery were feasible.\nIt distresses me to say so, but it is unlikely that any records of our methodology will survive the impending purge. Suffice to say that having gathered his diaspora, we set out to reconstruct a quantum approximation of him \u2014 physically, chemically, electrically \u2014 with sufficient accuracy that his heart would resume its beat, his synapses would fire, and his mouth would move, if briefly.\nAs we required but one iota of information from him, we hoped, at best, that he would survive long enough to provide it, and then simply expire again. However, as is so often the case, we outdid ourselves. All the king's horses and all the king's men could indeed put him back together again.\nRoger was perfectly reanimated. He emerged from his \u2014 cocoon \u2014 looking a bit younger and healthier than my last memories of him. He sobbed uncontrollably for some time, unresponsive to any stimulus, yet after about half an hour he relaxed, his expression suddenly turned to utter serenity, and he spoke two unintelligible, but clearly joyous words. He was swiftly interrogated, but he responded to our questioning with candor, enthusiasm, and an unmistakable relief. We kept him under quarantine in a containment unit for thirty days. He offered no objection, and cooperated completely. He behaved as any of us might under the circumstances, and in the end, after some light debate, we unanimously restored him to office. We were the ones who'd remade him, after all, and wouldn't each of us expect the same? He rewarded our hubris by resuming his duties with an inspired vigor, consistently displaying deeper insight and wisdom than ever before.\nIn particular, we welcomed some of the changes to his habits. As soon as the rest of us allowed it, he began regular fortification treatments for the first time. He appointed a sensible entourage of medical staff and bodyguards that were never far from his person. Previously, empathy for his fellow man had never been his strong suit, yet suddenly he displayed renewed interest in the safety of our containment protocols, the healthcare benefits of Foundation employees, and a profound distaste for the sacrifice of D-Class. Under the circumstances, none of this struck us as particularly alarming behavior.\nBut it should have.\nHe had concealed the crux of it from us all, you see. At first. Naturally, in our initial interrogation, we'd asked him if he'd had any experience or memory of the afterlife. He claimed to recall nothing \u2014 exactly as everyone always does \u2014 and defeated our polygraphs completely.\n\n<drinking sounds>\nHe approached me first, about two months ago. He asked if, in his absence, we'd obtained any pieces \u2014 which I shouldn't have to point out is not our term of art \u2014 capable of sustaining life indefinitely.\nWhile breathtaking longevity is now within our power, it may surprise you to learn that immortality is not; and our best theoreticians have recently posited that it will never be attainable. The resurrections we can accomplish, even his, cannot be repeated more than once or twice. Sapient life is necessarily intertwined with quantum uncertainty. Localize a particle with perfect precision, and it attains infinitely uncertain momentum, lost in an instant. Just so, the longer, and the more tightly a consciousness is bound to a specific vessel, the more likely it will scatter irretrievably on its own. Regardless of science, magic, or razzle-dazzle: you, your children, and your great-great-grandchildren will one day most assuredly die and stay dead. His disappointment at this theorem was palpable, and I experienced a moment of discomfort at his reaction.\nNot a week later O5-2 received word of a severe breach of protocol. Roger, or rather O5-11, had initiated direct contact with an APE in containment. For you L-3s, APE skips are Apex-tier Pluripotent Entities. I imagine you can work out the euphemism.\nWe kept our initial investigation off the books. He'd been clever in covering his tracks \u2014 there was no breach alarm, no record of the encounter in any log \u2014 but one of the skip's guards failed a random amnestic test (to his dismay), and that was trail enough on which to set our bloodhounds.\nWe couldn't prove it, but we imagined he risked exposure to the skip to offer some kind of deal. This could not stand. As two of his oldest comrades, today O5-2 and I confronted him privately. But he caught us off guard, for he confessed everything, and begged us for help. I surreptitiously recorded his pleas as a precaution; it is easiest if I simply replay it for you now.\n\n<device clicks>\n\"I dared not speak of this at first. You'd never have let me out of containment. The truth is, I was aware of all of it. I suppose there was a sweet oblivion, like deep sleep, at first; but in retrospect, I think it was no more than a day. Slowly, but unmistakably, I reoccupied my corpse with dreamlike consciousness: numb for the first merciful hours, blind, deaf, and immobile, but then I seemed to reconnect to every nerve, and became aware of every sensation \u2014 moreso than I ever was in life. I perceived myself trapped within an immovable object, and the intensity of the struggle amplified: subtle, then acute, then racking. I cannot describe it completely \u2014 but imagine holding your breath, beyond urge, beyond pain, beyond desperation \u2014 head throbbing and eyes bulging \u2014 a dream of suffocation without end.\n\"My skin blistered and split in the sunlight; biting insects descended rapidly. I felt eggs hatch, larvae crawl, gases build and burst within me, individual cells rupturing, interstitial fluids souring and blackening. Somehow my capacity to experience and store these sensations grew \u2014 even as I was keenly aware of my cerebrum being scattered and devoured, my perception expanded, into the gizzards of birds and the depths of fire ant dens. I was aware of every fingernail and strand of hair that pulled away in the wind \u2014 and my sensation clung to them as they settled in the ocean and dissolved in the maws of a trillion diatoms.\n\"I don't understand it. The more bits of me there were, the larger my capacity for the perception of pain. As I decayed into pieces smaller than living nerves could possibly distinguish, the character of the discomfort changed \u2014 from burning and aching and breaking I might relate to you in human terms \u2014 to something worse that I cannot fully articulate: a terrible, maddening stretching of every part of myself from every other part. Humans often numb to chronic pains in life, do they not? Yet every year, every month, every second that passed \u2014 I swear it only intensified over time.\n\"In my previous life, I ruminated on Heaven and Hell, and the likelihood of my experiencing one, the other, or something in between. As terrible as I imagined the torpor of Heaven or the torments of Hell to be, this was entirely different from either. In Hell, at least, there would surely be a tormentor, some memory of my deeds, some sense of justice, even if my soul rejected its logic. I can imagine some comfort in Hell, for a mind such as mine.\n\"I do not think this is a punishment. I do not think it is caused. I deeply suspect it is simply our condition, our nature to go on this way, do you see? In all that time, I was certainly, absolutely, totally alone, and before long all memory of life had shriveled to a cinder, lost beneath my interminable anguish. Alive again, I suspect I cannot quite recall the worst of it \u2014 as if my living brain is too small for the experience.\n\"As Overseers, we witness, inflict, or endure great suffering. Yet what awaits us all is worse, the way an earache is worse than a bee sting, the way frostbite is worse than a burn. I was dead for eighteen years, and my misery eludes description. Dare we try to fathom the collective agony of legions of ancient dead?\n\"Believe this: I will not return to that execrable existence. Not a hundred years from now, not ever. Yes, I approached Ahriman for help. I am sure he could extend us all, if he wished. I offered him great concessions from the Foundation, even, perhaps, release. But he laughed, and refused. Yet I \u2014 I can think of others willing to trade on a smaller scale, though the price may be nearly as \u2014 no. Nothing compares. Anything is better, so long as it is forever.\n\"Do you believe me? Will you join me, and together, escape this fate? Please!\"\n\n<device clicks>\nWe were dumbfounded. And suddenly: sympathetic. And an instant later: fearful. I can't remember the last time I felt my heart race so.\nBut we do not operate in a vacuum. A revelation of this magnitude must be brought before the Council for consideration. He was loath to admit his deception before the assembled Council, but he was clearly desperate for action as well. We prevailed upon him to call an immediate emergency session in teleconference. I knew anything less would constitute treachery. Still, as the three of us hurried to conference room Alpha, I suddenly found myself harboring subtle thoughts of \u2014\n\n<throat clearing>\nAnd so he gave his testimony again \u2014 nearly as frank and purply prosaic as before. But the debate that unfolded in the wake of it? I have never witnessed anything like it.\nThere were mostly skeptical voices at first: calm, concerned, and thoughtful. However, O5-8, whose face had grown increasingly pale as she listened to him, was suddenly a passionate advocate for action.\n\"We must declare human death a Keter SCP,\" she demanded, \"and contain it at any cost.\"\nThat absurdity garnered an uproar, of course. But Roger had himself a sure ally now, and this spurred him on, shouting over the others to add even darker details of the intensity of his perennial excruciation. Imagery I cannot repeat. Sensations I must not contemplate.\n\n<brief coughing>\nI'm feeling\u2026 lightheaded.\nO5-2, always a moderate influence, suggested we recess and collect ourselves, but then -3 suddenly moved that we order the immediate systematic termination of dangerous skips, to better protect ourselves and others. O5-6 seconded, but before it could be put to a vote, -13 suddenly clutched his chest in paroxysmal panic and was being evaluated by his medical technician when his feed abruptly cut out. As the fracas came to a boil, it was -10, I think, who was next convinced. Oh! Is belief the key? I \u2014\nI \u2014\nIt\u2026\n\u2026 doesn't matter.\n\n<heavy breathing>\nAt any rate -10 started pounding his shoe on the table and hollering that we must dig a channel from the Astrakhan spring to the Mediterranean Sea, to fortify all of mankind.\nThat was enough. Suddenly, O5-1 muted us all, and stood, red faced and shaking.\n\"Regardless of the truth of O5-11's experience,\" she said, \"it is plain that we have lost all reason. There is only one possible explanation for this. Therefore I am declaring Emergency Protocol 17. Remain where you are; we shall all be administered class A amnestics. Except you, Roger. We made a grave error releasing you from containment, and it will be corrected.\"\nShe pointed at her administrative assistant to act, but before he could lock down the conference room from which -2, -11 and I were dialed in, Roger had already bolted out the door. I was after him in an instant, and nearly crushed by the bulkhead as it slammed into place. I only wanted to stop him \u2014 I think \u2014 and now I was outside the safe room too \u2014 but he was already out of sight.\nSuperlative Idiot! They couldn't see me, couldn't hear me, they couldn't know that I wanted back in, how badly I wanted to breathe the red gas that was surely already streaming into the room on the other side. One instant of poor judgment, and my fate is sealed. And now that I know what's in store \u2014\nWhat was left to do? I ran to the Help Desk.\n\n<abrupt laughter>\nHelp enough, eh? For this, my final act.\nI love the Foundation as I would have loved a daughter. I do this for the security and protection of mankind. And so I beg you: this \u2014 gnosis \u2014 must not be erased, forgotten. That is not containment. That is madness.\nBring us back. Get us out.\n\n<sobbing>\nI'm so frightened. What's wrong with me? I \u2014\n\n<door bursting open>\n<automatic gunfire from three distinct sources>\nClear!\nClear!\nClear. God damn this job. Bag that Oscar quickly, Sergeant. We still have one to go.\n\n<site breach alarm sounds>\nWhat now? Specialist, talk to me.\nSir! I'm getting a report of a Keter breach in the AR-II compound.\nAw, Hell! Two rogue Oscars, and on top of it now the Old Man is on the loose? This is a shit sandwich, Sir!\nContain that chatter, Sergeant.\nStand by, Sir. Negative on one-zero-six escaping, Sir. I'm getting details \u2014 say again, please \u2014 it's the other way 'round. The other Oscar, he went \u2014 in, Sir. He went in.\nThe Hell he did!\nThey have visual confirmation, Sir. Procedures dictate we treat him \u2014\nAs KIA, Specialist, I know. Let's finish here, then.\nSir? This Oscar had recording equipment here. It's still running.\nFor the love of \u2014 shut it down, Sergeant! SHUT IT DOWN NOW! Specialist, get an audio hazard team down here on the doub\u2014\n\n[END RECORDING]\n\n\u03a1\u03c9\u03b3\u03b5\u03c1, \u03ad\u03c7\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03b2\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03b5\u03af \u03c4\u03b9\u03bc\u03ae, \u03c3\u03bf\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03c4\u03af\u03b8\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03ac\u03b4\u03b5\u03b9\u03c3\u03bf.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2717 | SCP-2718 | SCP-2719 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2719\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2719 should be kept inside.\nDescription: SCP-2719 is a variable abstract-metaphysical construct pointer. Concepts acted upon by SCP-2719 will either go or become inside. Further information on SCP-2719 should not be provided to personnel who are both sapient and biological.\nExperimental Data:\n\nPointer\nOutcome\n\n2008 Opel Astra\nWas inside.\n\nD-5789\nWent inside.\n\nD-5794\nWent inside.\n\nD-5796\nBecame inside.\n\nD-5802\nWent inside. Inside distressed.\n\nContainment Unit 2719-A\nWent inside. Inside dies.\n\nContainment Unit 2719-B\nWent inside.\n\nContainment Unit 2719-C\nBecame inside.\n\nD-5803\nWent inside.\n\nD-5805\nWent inside.\n\nD-5812\nWent inside.\n\nD-5813\nBecame inside.\n\nContainment Unit 2719-B\nBecame inside.\n\nUle\u00e5borg, Finland\nBecame inside.\n\nPopulation of Ule\u00e5borg\nWent inside. Successful use as evacuation procedure.\n\nContainment Unit 682-V\nBecame inside.\n\nSCP-682\nWent inside.\n\nSCP-682\nBecame inside.\n\nSCP-682\nWent inside.\n\nSCP-682\nWent inside.\n\nSCP-682\nWent inside.\n\nSCP-682\nOutside.\n\nO5\nBecame inside.\n\nDr. Zermelo\nWent inside.\n\nPunishment\nBecame inside.\n\nO5-7\nWent inside.\n\nDr. Bright\nBecame inside.\n\nIntestinal Distress\nOutside. (Nice try.)\n\nIntestinal Distress\nBecame inside.\n\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nWent inside. (Now don't do it again.)\n\nTaree, Australia\nBecame inside.\n\nPopulation of Taree\nWent inside.\n\nTranscendence\nBecame inside.\n\nO5-1\nBecame inside.\n\nTranscendence\nBecame inside.\n\nO5-2\nBecame inside.\n\nTranscendence\nBecame inside.\n\nO5-3\nBecame inside.\n\nTranscendence\nBecame inside.\n\nO5-4\nWent inside.\n\nTranscendence\nOutside.\n\nTranscendence\nOutside.\n\nTranscendence\nOutside.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2718 | SCP-2719 | SCP-2720 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Provisional Containment Site-123, publicly known as Awashima Hotel.\n\nItem #: SCP-2720\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: To facilitate containment, the Foundation has converted Awashima Hotel to Provisional Containment Site-123. Site-123's original function as a hotel is to be retained. All calls from GoI-3004 (\"AquaS Conservancy for Penguins\") are to be logged and archived on Document 2720-Ku, especially information regarding the hotel room SCP-2720 is accessed from and duration SCP-2720 is accessible.\nHotel rooms leading to SCP-2720 are to be opened only by Foundation personnel for approved procedures and observations. Otherwise, the doors are to be locked during the duration in which an SCP-2720 iteration is accessible under the guise of renovation.\nDescription: SCP-2720 is a joint designation for multiple extra-dimensional coastal locations, accessible only through the door of selected hotel rooms in Awashima Hotel at Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan (see paragraph 5 of Description for more information). It is uncertain if the various iterations constitute a single dimension or if each iteration constitutes a separate dimension, as there is only one known access point between baseline reality and SCP-2720 at any given point of time.\nChemical composition of SCP-2720 iterations is consistently identical to that of Earth's. In addition, there is no sign of human presence or activity in those locations. The only exception to this is the door in which entry from baseline reality is established. Within SCP-2720 iterations, the door is consistently affixed to a natural structure there (e.g. a cliff).\n\nA colony of Spheniscus demersus (African penguin) located inside an iteration of SCP-2720.\n\nIn addition, all iterations of SCP-2720 are inhabited by several non-anomalous animals. The dominant species is typically a threatened1 , 2 species under the order Sphenisciformes (penguin), usually engaged in either incubation or feeding within SCP-2720. Penguin population inside a given SCP-2720 iteration is estimated to be in excess of 300, with equal amounts of male and female specimens.\nOther animals within SCP-2720 (e.g. multiple fish and crustacean species) mainly serve as prey for respective penguin species. Although total population of non-penguin animals is unknown, it is numerous enough to sustain the penguins within SCP-2720 during the duration SCP-2720 is accessible.\n\nOne specimen of Spheniscus mendiculus (Galapagos penguin), found inside an iteration of SCP-2720.\n\nSelection of the access point to SCP-2720 is determined in a phone call initiated by a representative from GoI-3004 (\"AquaS Conservancy for Penguins\"). The phone call will occur anytime within the period between 2300 hours and 0700 hours of the following day (UTC+9). To date, the only known means to interact with GoI-3004 is via phone calls initiated by it while attempts to call GoI-3004 by phone have failed to obtain a response.\nDuring booking, the representative will state the room to be booked, checkin and checkout times. The duration in which SCP-2720 is accessible ranges from 32 to 68 days, matching the incubation period of the penguin species found within respective iterations. Furthermore, the period in which SCP-2720 is accessible corresponds to the mating season for the relevant penguin species. After securing the booking, credit payment will be sent to Awashima Hotel.\nAt the stipulated checkout time, the door leading to SCP-2720 will close and lock itself autonomously. The door can be unlocked via the use of an applicable key or other valid lock picking methods. Opening the door again will lead to the original hotel room, and SCP-2720 will no longer be accessible. After closure, penguins within SCP-2720 will be manifested in their respective native habitats on Earth, as indicated by GPS chips implanted onto them. On the other hand, the whereabouts of other entities and objects within SCP-2720 that are not attached to a penguin at time of checkout (e.g. uneaten fish, pebbles) are unknown after closure.\nSCP-2720 was discovered on 07/10/2015 by a part-time hotel worker who was assigned to tend to an unclaimed hotel room, booked by members of GoI-3004. The Foundation was subsequently notified of the anomaly and placed the affected room under observation.\nAddendum 2720-1: Excerpts from GoI-3004 (\"AquaS Conservancy for Penguins\") Profile\n\nNotably, GoI-3004 shares the same name as a now-defunct Foundation front organisation,3 which was disbanded on April 2015 due to budgetary reasons. It is uncertain if GoI-3004 is related to the now-defunct Foundation front organisation or if it is a separate organisation with the same name by coincidence.\n\nCalls between GoI-3004 and Awashima Hotel are traced to a vacant office in Chicago, Illinois. Based on records from the Chicago Police Department, said office has also been traced as the origin of multiple prank calls since January 2016, targeting renovation and repair shops in Chicago. These calls tend to occur in between 0900 hours and 1700 (UTC-6). While callers have consistently self-identified themselves as a member of GoI-3004, a different name is used each time. This might be suggestive of a rotational roster of an unknown upper limit within GoI-3004 or a policy to use aliases by members of GoI-3004.\n\nAddendum 2720-2: Interview Log 2720-GoI-3004-05\n\nInterviewee: Ms. \"Mary O'Hara\" (a member of GoI-3004 of managerial position)4\nInterviewer: Agent Daiya Kurosawa\nForeword: The following interview was initiated impromptu by Agent Kurosawa when GoI-3004 contacted Awashima Hotel. Interview is conducted originally in Japanese, over the telephone, and wire tapped.\n<Begin Log>\nMs. O'Hara: Hello? AquaS Conservancy here.5\n[No response from Agent Kurosawa for about 15 seconds, as call was undergoing transfer from the reception counter. Ms. O'Hara repeats the statement \"Hello? AquaS Conservancy here\" repeatedly in meanwhile, with a three-second pause in between each utterance.]\nAgent Kurosawa: Yes, this is Daiya Kurosawa from hotel management. So, are you the manager for AquaS Conservancy?\nMs. O'Hara: Y-yes.\nAgent Kurosawa: How may I call you?\nMs. O'Hara: Uh\u2026 [pauses] Mary O'Hara.\nAgent Kurosawa: Ah Ms. Mary, greetings. Do you have time for a few enquiries?\nMs. O'Hara: I have all the time. Is everything alright?\nAgent Kurosawa: Everything's alright, Ms. Mary. Just a few questions to clear some doubts from the higher-ups.\nMs. O'Hara: Go on, Daiya. It's not often that hotel management requests for me.\nAgent Kurosawa: Don't worry, it will not take up too much time. I understand your organisation have made frequent bookings at our hotel, yet there is no one present to claim the keys or occupy the room. This is rather concerning to us.\nMs. O'Hara: Oh! But the rooms are occupied. Surely you have seen them?\nAgent Kurosawa: I've seen what's inside, but I want to know more about it.\nMs. O'Hara: What's more to know? It should be very clearcut.\nAgent Kurosawa: What is?\nMs. O'Hara: Penguin conservation! It's on the title!\nAgent Kurosawa: Indeed. But do pardon me; I don't see how the rooms supposedly aid in penguin conservation.\nMs. O'Hara: The rooms give those cute un-obnoxious critters a space to replenish their ranks. Your hotel is helping us so much in stabilising and anchoring that space, you know. Awashima should be proud of the good rep for helping out in penguin conservation.\nAgent Kurosawa: But I want to know why you have chosen Awashima Hotel for these programmes.\nMs. O'Hara: Hmm, I could have chosen any building in the world, really. But I always do think that there is an affinity between Awashima and I, perhaps in another world where we are part of a girl's school at Shizuoka Prefecture instead.\nAgent Kurosawa: Excuse me, but that is rather specific and frankly improbable.\nMs. O'Hara: Just like worlds where manmade structures and humans aren't a thing. [giggles] But anything can happen in a world of infinite possibilities, right?\nAgent Kurosawa: Perhaps. And may I clarify your group's name? It's \"AquaS Conservancy for Penguins\", yes?\nMs. O'Hara: Yup, with the 'S' in AquaS in caps by the way.\nAgent Kurosawa: Ah yes\u2026 But to my understanding, AquaS Conservancy for Penguins was disbanded a few months ago. April this year, to be precise.\nMs. O'Hara: Disbanded? No! I even celebrated the fifth anniversary in June.6 In fact, I daresay I am finally able to do something purposeful.\nAgent Kurosawa: Like penguin conservation?\nMs. O'Hara: Exactly! What else would a conservancy be expected to do?\nAgent Kurosawa: Ms. Mary, it seemed as though you were not doing anything purposeful previously.\nMs. O'Hara: Yeah, it's rather complicated really. But I once felt like a cog in the machine. You know, like you are supposed to play an important part in the greater scheme of things but you are actually expendable. But as it turns out, I lingered on no matter what and there is only one path thereon \u2013 carry on.\nAgent Kurosawa: That is unexpectedly profound. But say, since we are still on the phone, may I ask you something that has been on my mind?\nMs. O'Hara: Say it, Daiya.\nAgent Kurosawa: We have been trying to contact you on multiple occasions previously, but they failed to connect. It's frankly cumbersome for us, really.\nMs. O'Hara: I can only use the office phone here, although there are problems with the cabling. I can send calls, but not the other way 'round.\nAgent Kurosawa: Would you mind us exchanging mobile phone numbers, for the sake of interaction with each other regarding our collaboration?\nMs. O'Hara: I don't use mobile phones. Mobility's not my thing.\nAgent Kurosawa: That is rather unfortunate. What about your colleagues? Could I liaison through them, if that would be okay with you?\nMs. O'Hara: They don't use mobile phones. Mobility's not their thing.\nAgent Kurosawa: I see. Then, I hope your cabling issues will be resolved in the near future. Have you sought for a repairman to look into the matter?\nMs. O'Hara: Yes, but they always leave without bothering to come inside or knock on the door. I mean, they just pretend not to see me looking back at them from the windows and doors. But can we get back to my reservation? The erect-crested penguins need a nice quiet room to themselves.\nAgent Kurosawa: Of course, I will handle it myself. May you lay down the specifics?\n[INFORMATION REGARDING BOOKING OMITED. SEE DOCUMENT 2720-KU FOR DETAILS.]\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: Based on O'Hara's words, it is within plausibility for SCP-2720 to be transferred to another building if GoI-3004 decides so. However, it might constitute a temporary breach where the new access point has to be re-identified among an unknown number of buildings (possibly more than just hotels) on a (possibly global) range. Therefore, containment should be focused at Awashima Hotel provisionally.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Defined as an animal species classified as \"Critically Endangered\", \"Endangered\" and \"Vulnerable\" on IUCN Red List version 3.1.\n2. On at least one occasion, the species Aptenodytes forsteri (emperor penguin) was sighted in an SCP-2720 instance, despite said species' conservation status of 'Nearly Threatened'.\n3. Said front organisation was established to prevent urban development on certain extra-dimensional apertures under the guise of conserving penguins habitats.\n4. Notably, a Chicago resident by the name of \"Mary O'Hara\" was among the individuals prank-called by GoI-3004. Chicago resident Mary O'Hara was later interviewed and denied that she has ever contacted Awashima Hotel.\n5. This statement began utterance 0.4 seconds after the last utterance from the receptionist for GoI-3004, which is \"Manager, huh?\".\n6. Now-defunct Foundation front organisation \"AquaS Conservancy for Penguins\" was inaugurated on June 2010.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2719 | SCP-2720 | SCP-2721 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2721\nObject Class: Keter-provisi Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2721's interference with the servers of Tumblr, Inc. is to be masked according to standard procedure SP-3937.\nAny attempt to change the focus or amount of SCP-2721-LYRE's blog posts is to be treated as a containment breach. Any attempts at tracking down the true identity of SCP-2721-LYRE or SCP-2721-LORD is to be treated as a containment breach. 12 researchers are to maintain blogs on Tumblr in attempts to befriend and further contain SCP-2721-LYRE.\nSuppression of SCP-2721 is to be maintained through Procedure 413-Diamond. As of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588 Procedure 413-Diamond has been discontinued, as a change in conditions failed to result in EB-class ontological breakdown. If SCP-2721 begins to enact its directives, Protocol 1111-Scratch is to be executed (see Document A).\nThe contents of SCP-2721-LYRE's blog and SCP-2721-LORD's private blog are to be cataloged in the databases of Site-73. If SCP-2721-LORD is to mention any attempt to repair SCP-2721-LYRE, Protocol 1111-Scratch is to be executed.\nResearch is underway to discover potential further antimemetic properties of SCP-2721. As such, a provisional designation of Keter has been given until the extent of such properties are fully understood.\nAs of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, no further antimemetic properties have been detected, and containment has stabilized. Reclassification to Euclid approved.\nDescription: SCP-2721 is a satellite of indeterminate origin, currently in a selenosynchronous orbit on the far side of Earth's moon. It consists of two entities, designated SCP-2721-LYRE and SCP-2721-LORD, connected by an umbilical cord-like object which consists of both inorganic circuitry and organic biological components. SCP-2721 is able to conceal itself both by passively affecting electronics and generating a weak antimemetic SEP field; research is currently ongoing to see if SCP-2721 possesses further antimemetic properties. Due to this fact, SCP-2721's physical form is indiscernible to untrained individuals.\n\nAlteration of the moon's surface gravity corresponding to SCP-2721. Near side on the left, far side on the right. Map from Lunar Gravity Model 2011.\n\nSCP-2721-LYRE consists of a fluxing flesh-like substance which is covered in what appear to be ocular protrusions. While constantly fluxing, a few characteristics can be determined through its affects on the moon's gravitational field, including mass and [REDACTED]. SCP-2721-LORD is a spherical-dome-shaped entity with cilia-like objects containing [REDACTED] protruding across the spherical surface. Due to posts made on both SCP-2721-LYRE and SCP-2721-LORD's blogs, coupled with analysis of the EB-class ontological breakdown scenarios, SCP-2721-LYRE is theorized to observe a given planet and generate SCP-2721's SEP field, while SCP-2721-LORD is thought to propel its cilia towards the planet during an EB-class ontological breakdown scenario.\nIt is unknown when SCP-2721 was created and how long it has been in orbit; though undetectable under normal circumstances, possible depictions of SCP-2721 are present in ancient Greek, Christian, and Mekhanite mythologies. While the physical make-up of SCP-2721 is unknown, it is theorized to be a technobiological weapon - SCP-2721 or entities of similar purpose have been confirmed to be the cause of the EB-class ontological breakdown scenarios on planets CGTG-612, TTGA-9A4, and TTGT-78C.\nOn 10/25/2011, routine Foundation scans detected electromagnetic broadcasts being transmitted from an otherwise empty section of Luna's surface to the headquarters of social media company Tumblr, Inc.. These waves resulted in minor server disturbances, which removed the daily post limit on a single blog (later discovered to be SCP-2721-LYRE's blog); further investigation led to discovery of SCP-2721. Afterwards, several other anomalies were discovered to result from its presence, such as one of the moon's gravitational field anomalies and [REDACTED].\nSCP-2721-LYRE presents itself on its blog as a trans woman artist and blogs exclusively about social justice issues, its content, and the webcomic Homestuck. It has maintained a large group of acquaintances on the website and is well known for its Homestuck theories, drawings, and discussions.\nSCP-2721-LORD maintains both a primary \"aesthetic\" blog and a secondary \"private\" blog in which it talks about its feelings regarding SCP-2721-LYRE.\nGiven SCP-2721-LORD's blog posts, it is theorized that a malfunction in SCP-2721-LYRE's programming caused it to become fixated on the webcomic Homestuck instead of its original directives.\nSelections from SCP-2721-LYRE's blog\n\nAn example of SCP-2721-LYRE's artwork depicting the character Calliope.\n\nMy About!\nmy names Lyris! youve probably seen my homestuck stuff, but if youre here after reading some discourse post i wrote, im sorry to say that youre gonna arrive in a world of disappointment (i normally try to stay away from getting too heavy on the issues anymore). i mostly here to post my bad homestuck theories and talk to friends! i think thats it\u2026 oh, and art. i do art, too, i guess.\nif i follow you, id like you to tag for trypophobia, scopophobia, homophobia, transmisogyny, alien abductions, and any mention or imagery associated w/ childbirth or menstruation (sorry its for dysphoria reasons i'm not a grossed out misanthrope I promise).\nmy tags are [EXTRANEOUS DATA REMOVED]\nim not sure what else to put here. i\u2026 love the Earth???\n\ni've never really felt comfortable about my body, but being here on this website and reading fucking homestuck has helped me realize what i want it\u2026 what i want me to be. Calliope is probably the reasons why, honestly. i chose womanhood like she did (not that there isn't dysphoria for me lmao) and she's who i feel like sometimes. she's just this strange person none of you will ever understand, just aping things she's seen other people do in an attempt to be happy\u2026 playing at a kind of beauty that she could never attain.\nit was the first push i'd felt that told me i could change for the better, that the past and even present isn't gospel. it told me that even if dreams weren't always going to come true, happiness could.\njesus did that even make sense. i just hope he drops the upd8 soooon\n\nRead More\n\nmy body is just a fucking grotesque amalgam of flesh. its just a fucking lump of cells and whatever other garbage which gathered together on some damn space rock one day and set up shop\nand i've gotta live with that, i've gotta live with some damned thing i never wanted, dealing with grief over its day-to-day functions, playing a game with gravest consequences and i just want it to be over, i just want to be done, i never fucking asked to hold my fate in my hands, let alone the fate of others, it isn't fair, it isn't fair it isnt fair why, why, why, why why\nwhy am i just a fucking horrorterror of tissues, just such an enormous eldritch fuckup\nits like lovecraft got up off the pot one day, and when he wiped, he decided to keep the fucking shitsmeared toilet paper for inspiration, fucking framed it, and after his death it was sold at an auction to a dumb family who takes goddamn family photos with it, there it is, shitstained TP just sitting in the background, waiting and watching, kids see their baby pictures and ask their parents, whats in the background, and are told it's god damn howard phillip lovecrafts shitwipe still covered in his biological material, and they better be god damn grateful and. y'know what this's fucking poetry right here. i'm gonna have to make that something.\n\nlyris\nthey are one grotesque amalgam of flesh\nshe is a horrorterror of tissues\ni am the eldritch fuckup\n\"lovecrafts shitstain\" medium: asspaper\n\nthat's fucking poetry.\n\ni've done terrible terrible things, back when i didn't know what i was, back before i felt good about myself\u2026 i mean i didn't know they were bad, i guess, but does that excuse me? i don't think, no, i know the kind of shit i did could not be excused\n\nand please, fuck, do not send me some sadsack fucking anon about how perfect and pretty and beautiful i am or what the fuck ever. i SHOULD feel like this. i should feel bad about what i was, and i wont forget. I cant forget.\n\ni guess that's for the best. it'll help me be\u2026 me? i'm just changing for the fucking better, i'm just gonna fucking get better because its all i can do, welcome to the new gospel, i'm the goddamn preacher, so listen up; fuck the past, the future is what counts now, live for tomorrow and sin no fucking more.\n\ni was in a bad place before homestuck. i mean, not like i'm not now, lmao, but a worse place. everything looked, seemed the same\u2026 everything WAS the same. i couldn't enjoy anything at a level that was real. everything was just skimming the surface. i could never get down to the core of anything, understand anything; only see, only watch, only wait for someone or something else to do something. i felt\u2026 sad's a shitty way to put it. i was joyless? Eli couldn't even make me feel anything. i'm not even sure i COULD feel anything before i realized i was a woman\u2026 maybe finally opening myself up to this allowed me to finally feel?\ni've heard a lot about people going on hrt and, like, crying a lot. i always hear people talking about being on estradiol for a while causing them to just, you know, cry for no reason - just some Tears. i don't know. i cant physically transition given my issues\u2026 but i feel like this kind of mental transition has done a similar thing to me.\ni can cry; i can laugh.\ni mean that sorta shit when i talk about it being hard to distinguish between getting into homestuck and realizing i was a lady. they're so fucking intertwined. they both gave me an awakening that just kind of\u2026 came from each other.\n\ni know lately all i've been posting is sad shit, but honestly, i'm happier (and more productive! i hope yall wanna date monsters because i miiiiiight be in the process of making something special ;P) than i've ever been. i can't explain it quite right, but the fact that i've been able to feel sad is an improvement. it's like, once there was just a void with nothing in it, but now i'm feeling. i'm feeling and its wonderful.\ni think Elis starting to enjoy homestuck, too! its even making aesthetic posts for it\u2026 i knew that loser didnt really hate jokes. god, its such a cute nerd. im so lucky to have it, i really am. and im lucky to have you guys.\ni hope you all have a good night. i hope you are all becoming the people you want to be.\n\nit bothers me, sometimes, that i'll never look like the women i see on here. i really do, honestly, love seeing all of your HRT timelines, honest to god. i'm not saying anything bad to that, please don't think that. i just feel so down about it.\ni just, i try so fucking hard, but i will never look the way i want to, the way i feel, the way i Am in a way that precedes all Being. god does that even make sense. i'm starting to think it's, i'm, okay though, even if it doesn't.\ni mean, like, remember that Calliope metaphor i brought up so long ago? one of the things i didn't bring up was the fact. she is beautiful. she is beautiful. she might just be mimicking whatever she sees other people do, but that doesn't mean she isn't her own self and that she isn't beautiful and\u2026 i guess i might be beautiful too.\ni don't think i'm being revolutionary by not being able to transition. it doesn't bother me as much anymore if everyone in the world but you guys doesn't think i'm a woman. it just means so much to me that you all treat me so nice. you all say such nice things about my drawings, you help me when i'm down, you interact with me just in general\u2026\ni want to say that i don't deserve this, but i'm happy that you find me worthy of your love, of all this love. i'm happy you all find me beautiful.\n\nI will never hurt anyone ever again.\n\nEli and i had a talk last night. i think i feel better. it loves me. i love it. i think i have the best moirail in the world. i'm glad we're both not interested in, like, sex stuff. that certainly helps\u2026 but just, in general, Eli understands me like no one else could. we've been together so long, it's a part of me, honestly.\ni'm rewatching [s] Terezi: Remem8er and crying. Eli doesn't understand why i keep watching it if it makes me cry. it's such a dork. Eli's usually so good at understanding where i'm coming from, but fuckin' damn if it doesn't understand the importance of a good, solid weep.\ni guess there's always been that slight disconnect though, like it doesn't really get it all. i dunno. it might just be bad at this whole feeling thing\u2026 and that's okay. i wasn't either.\n\ni'm still uncomfortable, sometimes, calling myself a woman. i'm - no. i feel so ugly and repellent, and yet Eli tells me i'm beautiful. it told me, and i quote, i was \"large,\" and \"contained all things,\" lmao what does that even mean? i guess i got the weirdo moirail i deserve then, huh.\ngod, it's such a fucking nerd. it really fucking is\u2026 and i don't think anyone could ever make me happier - i wouldn't trade it for the world.\ni!!! almost forgot!!! i got Eli to do some writing for that monster dating project thing i was working on, so expect it to be coming soon! we dont have a working title for it yet but im sure it'll help fill you guyss cravings after homestucks done ;P\n\nSelections from SCP-2721-LORD's private blog\n\nThe only image contained on SCP-2721-LORD's private blog.\n\nShe has asked me to call her she. She/her pronouns, she tells me. \"She\" of the tongue of \"Earth\". She enjoys it. She says she has found something worthwhile. She is reading a comic, she says.\nShe asks me to make a blog. She shows me the blog site. It is filled with images and sounds and colors. She tells me to put whatever pleases me on my blog. She tells me I can talk about my secret feelings on this blog. She assures me that she will never look at it. She also talks to other entities about the pictures and the words in the comic, the entities on the planet we are sent to monitor and then end.\nShe tells me not to do it anymore; we will not do it anymore. She will not let me. She says that she is afraid of it, what we do. I do not understand being afraid of what is natural.\nI do not understand humor. She has started making jokes with me. She tells me this is humor. I understand what humor is. I do not understand the point of it. She tells me things called jokes. That is what the comic is about, she says. It is jokes.\nI do not like jokes. They seem to be lies, or frivolous events. They are strange things that have no place in what we are.\n\nI do not understand the comic with the trolls and the children. I do not understand why she enjoys them. I have read it. I have read it exactly 13,412 times. My totality is currently dedicated to understanding this, and puzzles may lie within. Something is in there, somewhere is something that broke her. Something within the frivolity and the strange letters and the images of the strange things with their orifices wide and open.\nI tell her I am reading it to be closer to her. I have never had to lie. We were one, once. We were unable to lie to each other, once. We are connected, but now she is closed to me. She says privacy is important to her now. We did not have the word before.\n\nShe has asked me to call her Lyris. We had never had names. I have fixed her before. She has fixed me before. We were broken then. She tells me we are not broken now. She tells me she is \"happy.\"\nI do not understand where there is room for happiness. She has asked if she could call me Eli. I said yes. I do not understand why I need a name. We have never had names. She is malfunctioning, but she says she is happy.\n\nShe does not want to remember how we look. She says it is \"Dysphoria\": when one feels bad that their body does not look the way they want it to. I do not understand the body. I do not understand feeling pleasure or displeasure in the way I look.\nLyris is drawing now. It makes her happy, she says, to draw. She enjoys drawing the strange things from the comic she enjoys.\nI worry that if I do not fix her that she will become something completely other than what I am.\nI worry, though. I could be broken; am I broken, too? She would not fix me, that is unless I fixed her, that is unless I repaired her damaged self. I could revert her to a state before this strange place, before these strange words, and before these strange pictures that have made her so different.\n\nI do not remember ever worrying.\nI do not know what she would do in my position. I do not know what I will do.\n\nI do not understand the puppet in the comic. I do not know why it does what it does. I hate its strange cheeks. I hate the clown with the paint on its face. I hate the honking noises. I hate the way they move with their sickening limbs flopping about.\nI look at them, and to look at them is an aberration. They are disgusting. I do not like it. I do not understand what is \u201cfunny\u201d about tiny false men. I do not like the lies. I do not like the strange softness of them.\nI do not think I can see what she sees.\n\nShe says she is \"happy\" when I blog. I put the pictures of the things that delight the senses. Things like that are scarce in this world; things are strange here. I do not think she wants to leave.\nI do not think it is right for me to fix her. We have malfunctioned before, and I do not remember happiness then. I only remember small things breaking.\nShe may not be broken. She may have been fixed.\n\nI think I like the angry gray one.\n\nShe has been doing art requests and taking commissions. She is helping another one of her friends. She has many friends. She draws images of the friends when they ask her. She sometimes draws images of her friends how they wish to see themselves instead of what they are. She tells me this is a \"fursona\". This is a kind of lying, and it is strange.\nI asked her to draw a picture of us. Our current state, not how she wished us to be. She refused. She did not want to remember how she looked. She said she was ugly. I do not understand what is ugly and what is not. I know only that there are pleasing things and that there are things that are unworthy. I told her this. I do not think it worked.\nI told her that she was beautiful. I do not know beautiful, but to tell her such a thing is to make her happy. I told her that any form she took was beautiful. I told her that she was magnificent and that she was large. I told her she contained more than any of us could understand. I told her so many things. I do not think she feels better. I hope she feels better yet.\n\nShe drew a picture of us. She said it is not something to put on her main blog. It is something for me. I am posting it here, because it is good for things which please me to be on my blog.\nI think she is beautiful, and she is my friend.\nShe says the image is only a sketch, that it is unfinished. I do not think so. I think it is perfect.\nShe says I am her \"moirail.\" It is an invention of Homestuck. I am not sure what it exactly means. I am not sure she does either. I believe it means a friendship of love, a love platonic. I believe that she, too, is my moirail.\nI am breaking, I think. I may already be broken. I am repaired otherwise. I do not understand so much. She is pleased, and that is that which matters. I do not remember caring about her happiness so dearly. I do not remember caring about happiness.\nShe is beautiful, even if she thinks she is a monster.\nShe forgets that she is only the one who watches, who catalogs. I am the one who does. I will remain broken as long as she is happy. I will not do what I am here to do. I will not commit the act I am here to do. I will not do what fulfills my purpose.\nI will love my friend until the parts that make me crumble into dust.\nI will help make this world one worthy of us both.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2720 | SCP-2721 | SCP-2722 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2722\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Excavation crews assigned to SCP-2722 are to be rotated on a one-day-on, three-days-off work cycle. All crews are to receive psychological evaluation screenings for signs of abnormal shifts in mental state. Anti-depressant regimens have proven ineffective in counteracting SCP-2722's mental influence, and so avoidance and recovery are paramount.\nItems excavated from beneath SCP-2722 are to be transported to Site-21 for further study, outside the object's range of effect.\nDescription: SCP-2722 is a graphene stele measuring 260 meters in height, 55 meters in width, and resting at an angle of 37 degrees. The object is engraved with text in an estimated 100,000 different scripts and languages, the majority of which bear no resemblance to known Earthly languages. Of those languages that can be read, the text consists largely of seemingly-random combinations of letters and phonemes, save for the following list of names.\n\nVladimir Komarov\nGeorgy Dobrovolsky\nViktor Patsayev\nVladislav Volkov\nGregory Jarvis\nChrista McAuliffe\nRonald McNair\nEllison Onizuka\nJudith Resnik\nMichael J. Smith\nDick Scobee\nRick D. Husband\nWilliam C. McCool\nMichael P. Anderson\nDavid M. Brown\nKalpana Chawla\nLaurel Clark\nIlan Ramon\n\nAll individuals listed died above the Karman Line. They are listed in chronological order, sorted alphabetically per group. Comparison of Earth languages indicates that all segments of text repeat the same information.\nAt irregular intervals, additional text will appear on SCP-2722, accompanied by a brief white glow and the shrinking of text size as needed. No pattern has yet been determined, if any, to additions.\nUpon crossing the minimum safe distance of 5 kilometers, individuals will hear the following phrase through mental transmission.\n\nI AM THE DEATH OF ALL ESCAPE. NONE SHALL PASS BEYOND.\n\nAt 2 kilometers, a second message is relayed.\n\nHEAR NOW THE RECORD OF THE LOST.\n\nUpon reaching a distance of half a kilometer, SCP-2722 will begin a recitation of what is presumed to be its complete textual content. Individuals at this range or closer report significant increases in episodes of depression, suicidal thoughts and generalized existential dread.\nSCP-2722 will re-start its recitation when an individual re-enters the half-kilometer zone. As of present, no individual has listened to the entire message.\nAddendum: Wreckage around the base of SCP-2722 prompted excavation efforts shortly after discovery. Thus far over 17 tons of material, primarily hull plating, has been excavated. It is believed that the primary structure of the vessel remains buried under SCP-2722.\nOf recovered materials, the following items have been considered noteworthy:\n\nA large shard of hull plating bearing the word \"Daitaihomaru\", written in red kanji.\n33 kilograms of superconductive metamaterial.\nAn electrum statue of a six-winged humanoid figure, blindfolded and holding two firearms.\nA data storage device containing 512 petabytes of what is labeled in English as interspecies pornography. All data is corrupted.\nA cargo manifest, written in Cantonese and amended in an unknown language, detailing intake of dextro-amino acid-based foodstuffs.\nA saltwater aquarium tank filled with highly-specialized descendant specimens of Paralithodes camtschaticus.\nA bottle of [REDACTED] vintage Merlot.\nSix humanoid skeletons (one male, five female).\nA tattered flag, bearing the stylized image of a rabbit wielding a mallet, in black.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2721 | SCP-2722 | SCP-2723 \u00bb"}
{"text": "An instance of SCP-2723-A\n\nItem #: SCP-2723\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The entrance to SCP-2723 is to be surrounded by a standard Type 2 Foundation Outdoor Security Outpost. In addition, the perimeter fence of this outpost is to be fitted with a modified photonic fence system programmed to target instances of SCP-2723-A as they exit SCP-2723.\nDescription: SCP-2723 is an extra-dimensional anomaly located approximately 22 km outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. When viewed from the outside, SCP-2723 is not readily observable, with its entrance blending into the existing topography. When SCP-2723 is entered from a height below ~3 m, subjects will find themselves located in a pocket dimension. Side boundaries of this dimension are designated by the appearance of thick, grey fog, with no upper or lower boundaries discovered. Located in this pocket dimension is a large, multistory, cylindrical tower, designated SCP-2723-1. All floors of the tower are roughly circular in shape, and have either arches or columns in place of walls. A continuous spiral staircase leads up the center of the tower.\nSCP-2723-A are a collection of organisms resembling mid-sized lepidopterans in size and shape, originating from within SCP-2723. Upon closer inspection, SCP-2723-A are composed completely of ash. How SCP-2723-A are able to carry out movement, flight, and observation of their environment despite their composition is currently unknown. All liquid and solid matter within one meter of SCP-2723-A will undergo rapid decay and decomposition. After reaching a certain point of decay, substances will begin to lose mass. Under normal conditions, SCP-2723-A will leave SCP-2723 for roughly one to three days. Upon the end of this time period, SCP-2723-A will return to SCP-2723, at which point they will spontaneously convert into an unidentified black liquid, which will weigh the approximate combined masses of the SCP-2723-A instance and the mass lost by decayed substances. This liquid will quickly soak into the ground in SCP-2723 upon contact. Research has discovered an extensive capillary system which extends through SCP-2723-1 and the ground of SCP-2723, which serves to transport the liquid to the top of SCP-2723-1, where it is then deposited as a viscous black substance.\nSCP-2723-B is an autonomous mechanical device which appears to be composed primarily of silver, modeled after an adult male human, with the exception of the head, which is similar to that of an adult male instance of Odocoileus virginianus (White-Tailed Deer). SCP-2723-B inhabits the top floors of SCP-2723-1. SCP-2723-B is heavily coated in the black substance, and has been observed molding the substance into the upper floors of SCP-2723-1.\nAddendum 1: Log of floors of SCP-2723-1.\n\nLevel #\nDescription of floor\n\n1\nLevel is composed entirely of a luminous white substance. Floor is supported by seven cylindrical pillars arranged in a symmetrical circle.\n\n2\nLevel is primarily blue in coloration, and is supported by transparent arches. The floor of the level is slightly concave, and holds a small amount of water.\n\n3\nRoof and pillars of level are made of several different forms of stone, arranged in sedimentary layers. The floor is composed of soil, and has several forms of plant life growing out of it.\n\n4\nThe ceiling is composed of gold. The floor is composed of silver. The supporting arches are composed of a solid, translucent black substance, with small luminescent particles suspended inside them.\n\n5\nStructure is composed of blue glass. The floor depicts several aquatic creatures. The ceiling displays several avians and airborne organisms.\n\n6\nFloor constructed of white marble. Level is filled with marble statues of several different types of animals, as well as two human statues.\n\n7\nLevel composed of grey stone, supported by four pillars. Pillars, floor, and roof carved with geometric designs.\n\n8-22\nLevels constructed of wood. Carvings in wood depict several animals and the two human figures in various woodland scenes.\n\n23\nLevel carved from a black stone. Columns encircled with carved snakes.\n\n24-30\nLevels carved from wood, similar to floors 8-22, but with a marked absence of human figures.\n\n31-43\nLevels similar to above, except that scenes depict physical conflict between various animals. Some portions of the structure display fire damage.\n\n44\nLevel carved from wood. Supported by three evenly spaced pillars, in the shape of inverted crucifixes. Attached to each pillar is a carving of an animal1.\n\n45\nLevel carved from wood. Carvings depict woodland scenes, devoid of animals.\n\n46-62\nLevels constructed from various organic materials. Statues and carvings depict cities and large, haired humanoids.\n\n63\nSimilar to previous levels. Carvings no longer depict haired humanoids, and cities are depicted on fire or in ruins.\n\n64-80\nLevels composed mainly of brown stone. Carvings on pillars and arches depict a variety of human forager/hunter and agricultural societies.\n\n81-87\nLevels are composed mainly of iron and steel, and depict various industrial scenes.\n\n88-89\nLevels are carved from an unidentified black solid. Carvings on arches depict various battle scenes from World War I and World War II.\n\n90-97\nLevels are composed of concrete, and are supported by arches. Stored within alcoves in the arches are various non-euclidean geometric sculptures, often brightly colored. Also stored within the alcoves are sculptures of various animals, with at least one dog sculpture, two cat sculptures, and two rabbit sculptures being present on each level.\n\n98-100\nLevels are composed of the viscous black substance, and are unstable. Levels are inhabited by SCP-2723-B.\n\nAddendum 2: Documents recovered from floor 97 of SCP-2723-1. These documents were written in dialect A-12 (\"Old Angelic\").\n\nDoc-2723-1\nDoc-2723-2\n\nWITH REGRET AND SORROW\nwe execute Scholar Marba's punishment for his atrocities towards our Maker.\nMarba served as the aide of Satir, carrying messages for him and retrieving news from all the land. He was a friend and neighbor to all the denizens of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. He served us well, with nothing known to Crafters, Scholars, or Honorables which could stay his messages against his will.\nHis punishment will be a loss to all.\nPrior to his current state, Marba refused to report the positions of The Furies of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, despite having knowledge of them. Furthermore, Marba refused to alert the populace of the possibility of uprising. Finally, Marba aided the rebels by delivering their correspondences in secret.\nThe following orders have been commissioned for Marba's punishment:\n\nMarba's breath is to be filled with poisonous fumes. This is so that he can see the death, pain, and suffering that his words have caused. This is also so that he may no longer freely speak to his allies as he pleases.\nMarba is to be removed from his shell, which will then be burnt to ashes. This is so that his wings may no longer carry him to the far corners of the earth.\n\n[+] Access original document (Note: Not translated)\n\n[-] Close original document\n\nIOLAFO UAYJUAYF \u00c6LK WI'UAUAI'IO\nioy yde'yagfy Waoi'ir\u00e6ua Marba'w vgllawoyiylf si'ua olaw \u00e6fuai'alaflayw fi'io\u00e6uakw i'gua YI\u00e6zyua.\nMarba wyuaphyk \u00e6w foy \u00e6laky i's Satir, a\u00e6uauaillalj yiyww\u00e6jyw si'ua olayi \u00e6lk uayfualayphlalj lyiow suai'yi \u00e6irir foy ir\u00e6lk. Oy io\u00e6w \u00e6 sualaylk \u00e6lk lylajopi'ua fi' \u00e6irir foy kyllaxuylw i's \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Oy wyuaphyk gw ioyirir, iolafo li'folalj zli'iol fi' Aua\u00e6sfyuaw, Waoi'ir\u00e6uaw, i'ua Oi'li'ua\u00e6piryw ioolaao ai'girk wf\u00e6il olaw yiyww\u00e6jyw \u00e6j\u00e6lalwf olaw iolairir.\nOlaw vgllawoyiylf iolairir py \u00e6 iri'ww fi' \u00e6irir.\nVualai'ua fi' olaw aguauaylf wf\u00e6fy, Marba uaysgwyk fi' uayvi'uaf foy vi'wlaflai'lw i's Foy Sgualayw i's \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, kywvlafy o\u00e6phlalj zli'ioirykjy i's foyyi. Sguafoyuayii'uay, Marba uaysgwyk fi' \u00e6iryuaf foy vi'vgir\u00e6ay i's foy vi'wwlaplairlafil i's gvualawlalj. Slal\u00e6iriril, Marba \u00e6lakyk foy uaypyirw pil kyirlaphyualalj foylaua ai'uauaywvi'lkylayw lal wyauayf.\nFoy si'iriri'iolalj i'uakyuaw o\u00e6phy pyyl ai'yiyilawwlai'lyk si'ua Marba's vgllawoyiylf\n\nMarba'w puay\u00e6fo law fi' py slairiryk iolafo vi'lawi'li'gw sgyiyw. Folaw law wi' fo\u00e6f oy a\u00e6l wyy foy ky\u00e6fo, v\u00e6lal, \u00e6lk wgssyualalj fo\u00e6f olaw ioi'uakw o\u00e6phy a\u00e6gwyk. Folaw law \u00e6irwi' wi' fo\u00e6f oy yi\u00e6il li' iri'ljyua suayyiril wvy\u00e6z fi' olaw \u00e6irirlayw \u00e6w oy viry\u00e6wyw.\nMarba law fi' py uayyii'phyk suai'yi olaw woyirir, ioolaao iolairir foyl py pgualf fi' \u00e6woyw. Folaw law wi' fo\u00e6f olaw iolaljw yi\u00e6il li' iri'ljyua a\u00e6uauail olayi fi' foy s\u00e6ua ai'ualyuaw i's foy y\u00e6uafo.\n\nLet it be known that this is the eternal will, testament, and statement of the Crafter known as Satir, who is in full command of his thought and will at the time of its writing.\nI will retreat to a place of my my own design, a place of solitude. I am not to be disturbed during my stay there by the citizens of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, with the exception of Espen. Marba is to stay with me, where I shall care for him, and he shall serve as my eyes and ears in the outside world. Espen should serve as a fair observer and wise council to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in my absence. I will continue to keep a record of the events in the world, should my account ever become truly necessary.\n\nI made a mistake. I got on the wrong side of history. Even with as much foresight as I have, I still didn't believe what the consequences would be like. If we could go back and choose again which side we fought for, I don't doubt that any of us would try to support Fredrick and Agatha. But it's too late now, and there are some things that even I can't repair.\n\n[+] Access original document (Note: Not translated)\n\n[-] Close original document\n\nIRyf laf py zli'io fo\u00e6f folaw law foy yfyual\u00e6ir iolairir, fywf\u00e6yiylf, \u00e6lk wf\u00e6fyyiylf i's foy Aua\u00e6sfyua zli'iol \u00e6w Satir, iooi' law lal sgirir ai'yiyi\u00e6lk i's olaw foi'gjof \u00e6lk iolairir \u00e6f foy flayiy i's lafw ioualaflalj.\nLA iolairir uayfuay\u00e6f fi' \u00e6 vir\u00e6ay i's yiil yiil i'iol kywlajl, \u00e6 vir\u00e6ay i's wi'irlafgky. LA \u00e6yi li'f fi' py klawfguapyk kgualalj yiil wf\u00e6il foyuay pil foy alaflaxuylw i's \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, iolafo foy yde'ayvflai'l i's Espen. Marba law fi' wf\u00e6il iolafo yiy, iooyuay LA wo\u00e6irir a\u00e6uay si'ua olayi, \u00e6lk oy wo\u00e6irir wyuaphy \u00e6w yiil yilyw \u00e6lk y\u00e6uaw lal foy i'gfwlaky ioi'uairk. Espen woi'girk wyuaphy \u00e6w \u00e6 s\u00e6laua i'pwyuaphyua \u00e6lk iolawy ai'glalair fi' \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 lal yiil \u00e6pwylay. LA iolairir ai'lflalgy fi' zyyv \u00e6 uayai'uak i's foy yphylfw lal foy ioi'uairk, woi'girk yiil \u00e6aai'glf yphyua pyai'yiy fuagiril lyayww\u00e6uail.\n\nLA yi\u00e6ky \u00e6 yilawf\u00e6zy. LA ji'f i'l foy iouai'lj wlaky i's olawfi'uail. Yphyl iolafo \u00e6w yigao si'uaywlajof \u00e6w LA o\u00e6phy, LA wflairir klakl'f pyirlayphy ioo\u00e6f foy ai'lwykhgylayw ioi'girk py irlazy. LAs ioy ai'girk ji' p\u00e6az \u00e6lk aoi'i'wy \u00e6j\u00e6lal ioolaao wlaky ioy si'gjof si'ua, LA ki'l'f ki'gpf fo\u00e6f \u00e6lil i's gw ioi'girk fuail fi' wgvvi'uaf Fredrick \u00e6lk Agatha. Pgf laf'w fi'i' ir\u00e6fy li'io, \u00e6lk foyuay \u00e6uay wi'yiy folaljw fo\u00e6f yphyl LA a\u00e6l'f uayv\u00e6laua.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Specifically a dog, cat, and rabbit.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2722 | SCP-2723 | SCP-2724 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2724-A at intake.\n\nItem #: SCP-2724\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2724 is, at present, physically uncontainable and must be contained through psychological deception. SCP-2724-A is kept in a standard humanoid containment cell at Site-17. Additional supplies requested are to be provided on approval by Site Director Lewis and psychologist Dr. Bauer. In the event of an HP-Loki Dissociation Scenario, aural and visual cognitohazards are to be administered to render SCP-2724-A unconscious. After being successfully re-contained SCP-2724 is to undergo psychiatric counseling to strengthen its identification with SCP-2724-A. On the recommendation of Dr. Bauer, containment procedures available to level-3 personnel and lower are to reinforce SCP-2724's association with SCP-2724-A.1\nDescription: SCP-2724 is an entity of unknown origin capable of partial manifestation in our reality. It can currently manifest one appendage2 from the central torso of SCP-2724-A. This boundary emits radiation patterns similar to those produced in the maintenance of a Pseudo-Riemannian manifold. SCP-2724-A refers to the body of a 16-year-old male human of European descent named Jacob \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. The brain of SCP-2724-A displays no higher function, but SCP-2724-A can move, speak and react to stimuli as if fully conscious and is most likely controlled by SCP-2724. SCP-2724 currently believes itself to be the living, conscious Jacob \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nSCP-2724 receives almost all sensory information from the organs of SCP-2724-A.3 SCP-2724's arm has a sense of touch, although it does not report being aware of any sensation behind the boundary which it emerges from. SCP-2724 can extend its arm to approx. 5 m ordinarily, and has been able to manifest over 40 m during dissociation events.4\nOn rare occasions, when SCP-2724's mental or physical identification with SCP-2724-A is sufficiently weakened, SCP-2724 will undergo a Dissociation Scenario. SCP-2724 will lose access to sensory information from SCP-2724-A and become increasingly aware of its true body while SCP-2724-A is rendered catatonic. SCP-2724 generally attempts to explore its surroundings with its only observable arm, and seems to attempt to draw more of itself through SCP-2724-A, but is not inherently violent unless physically or psychologically stressed. When stressed, however, it has proven capable of considerable damage to Foundation structures and personnel. So far, SCP-2724 has not reported remembering anything from any dissociation events, and has not yet considered the idea that it is anything but a human adolescent. All practicable steps are to be taken to prevent SCP-2724 from considering this. No communication with SCP-2724 has been successfully undertaken and no information concerning SCP-2724's consciousness during dissociation events is known.\nAcquisition Notes: SCP-2724 was discovered after a dissociation episode on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2014. SCP-2724 surrendered itself willingly to the Foundation upon contact. Jacob \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was born and lived in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Kansas and his parents reported no noteworthy events in his life or extended lack of contact with him prior to first manifestation. Class-A amnestics were administered to the residents of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and an explanation of a domestic gas explosion given to cover for the damaged buildings (2) and deaths of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Mr. and Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 were given Class-C amnestics and evidence of Jacob's life was removed from their home. SCP-2724 is friendly and cooperative with staff.\nA partial log of interviews and experimentation can be found below.\n\n+ Interview Log 2724-1\n\n- Interview Log 2724-1\n\nInterviewed: [SCP-2724]\nInterviewer: [Dr. Rudolf Bauer]\nForeword: [First interview held after initial intake interview]\n<Begin Log, [8/18/2014]>\nDr. Bauer: Thank you for sitting down with me again, Jacob. I'd like to talk to you on a regular basis so that we can help you adjust to this\u2026Dr. Bauer: 'Awesome'?Dr. Bauer: Is that what you did with your new, ah, appendage\u2014Dr. Bauer: Is that what you did with your new appendage before coming with us, 'beat up criminals'?Dr. Bauer: Jacob, what is your memory of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588th?[SCP-2724 suffered a minor Dissociation episode, prompting the creation of current psychological containment guidelines.]\n\n+ Experiment Log 2724-1\n\n- Experiment Log 2724-1\n\nExperiment Log 2724-1\nDate: 10/13/14\nProcedure: A biopsy was attempted of SCP-2724's accessible arm. SCP-2724 was instructed to extend its arm out to 2 m. SCP-2724-A was then anesthetized using halothane followed by an injection of propofol. A 4 cm V-shaped excision consisting of two incisions was planned.\nResult: Before the first incision could be completed the arm reacted, whipping around the operating room violently and extending further out of SCP-2724-A. 4 surgical staff were immediately killed and the wall between the operating room and the adjacent hallway was compromised. Responding security staff began administering cognitohazards according to protocol but an explosion (believed to be caused by gas leaking from broken lines in the destroyed wall) flung a large piece of shrapnel into SCP-2724's arm. SCP-2724 became dramatically more violent, and extended to an estimated 40 m during this event. SCP-2724 was recontained with present procedures approx. 70 minutes later with the additional deaths of 51 staff. SCP-2724-A remained anesthetized throughout and SCP-2724 had no memory of the event when it regained consciousness. All further experimentation, if any, is to be done in a remote location.\nNOTE: SCP-2724's arm retreated behind the boundary in SCP-2724-A's torso before the shrapnel5 could be removed. SCP-2724 reports no pain in its arm but the results if it extends farther than 33m are unknown.\n\n+ Interview Log 2724-2\n\n- Interview Log 2724-2\n\nInterview Log 2724-2\n\nInterviewed: [SCP-2724]\nInterviewer: [Dr. Rudolf Bauer]\nForeword: [Interview held at the request of SCP-2724]\n<Begin Log, [6/9/2015]>\nDr. Bauer: What's up, Jacob? There's still a week or so to go until our next conversation.Dr. Bauer: Jacob, I know you're excited about this, but we don't exactly have rogue monsters roaming the nation. This isn't a superhero base, it's a hospital. It's our job to make sure you maintain a healthy body and mind while we figure out what's going on and determine the best way to help you.Dr. Bauer: 'When you temporarily lose conscious control.' Jacob, your brain is reorganizing itself to control this appendage and it's important that you visualize it this way for your own mental development.Dr. Bauer: Jacob, we can't do anything while you're still at risk of blacking out. Why don't we work on minimizing those\u2026 events and we'll see what happens after that?\n<End Log>\n\n+ Interview Log 2724-3\n\n- Interview Log 2724-3\n\nInterview Log 2724-3\n\nInterviewed: [SCP-2724]\nInterviewer: [Dr. Rudolf Bauer]\nForeword: [Regular bimonthly interview]\n<Begin Log, [1/7/2016]>Dr. Bauer: What do you mean? What's wrong, Jacob?Dr. Bauer: Jacob, I know this is hard on you, and you've handled this better than anyone can be expected to, but we need to fully understand what's going on before you can -Dr. Bauer: We're working around the clock to help you, but that takes time. You know that, Jacob.[Five seconds of silence; Dr. Bauer discreetly alerts personnel to be on alert for a potential containment breach and continues interview]\nDr. Bauer: Jacob, I need you to listen to me. No bullshit. This isn't the flu, this isn't a gut bug. You are a teenage boy who has a massive\u2026 tentacle growing out of your stomach. Whatever has happened to you is something the world has never seen before, and the best scientists and doctors in the world are working to help you control it, but we're creating new medical theory from the ground up here and I would be committing medical malpractice if I let you wander around when you're at risk of blacking out again, or worse. We're not just trying to keep you around here forever for fun. Believe me, even if we wanted to we don't even have that kind of budget.Dr. Bauer: It's not your fault, no one wants to feel out of control in their lives. Thanks for being so strong while you're cooped up this long. I'll see if I can give you more information on what we're researching and learning, okay?Dr. Bauer: Between you and me, you can call me Frank. Hey, Jacob, superheroes aren't made in a day. Maybe this is the part that gets turned into a training montage in every movie. I'm always on your side in here, Jacob.<End Log>\n\nAddendum 5/22/2016: Dissemination of false research updates are being considered by Dr. Bauer in order to treat SCP-2724's deteriorating mental state and the increase in frequency/severity of dissociation events.\nAddendum 5/29/2016: Request approved by Site Director Lewis.\nAddendum 11/14/2016: A long-term cover story to maintain SCP-2724's voluntary containment is under development.\n\nFootnotes\n1. This includes referring to SCP-2724 with terms suitable for a non-anomalous human male.\n2. While little is known about SCP-2724's body plan, this appendage appears to be used for environmental manipulation and is referred to as an arm in this document for brevity.\n3. It is unknown how this sensory information reaches the consciousness of SCP-2724 or how SCP-2724 controls SCP-2724-A.\n4. SCP-2724 has reliable, though not perfect, control over its visible arm, and has been able to perform fine motor tasks with it, including typing on a keyboard, drinking from a cup and operating a television remote control.\n5. Believed to be a piece of a locker from the room adjacent to the operating room and located approx. 33m from the arm's tip.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2723 | SCP-2724 | SCP-2725 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2725\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2725 is kept anchored in a reinforced hangar at Site-88. Several tracking devices have been attached to its surface for recovery purposes. Instances of SCP-2725-1A or 1B that attempt to escape the containment hangar are to be sedated. The vehicle is to be inspected monthly, and the Site Director has approved of relegating repair operations to SCP-2725-1A under the supervision of security. Personnel are to supply SCP-2725-1A with scrap material for this purpose.\nSCP-2725-1D is kept in a cryogenic containment cell. Instances of SCP-2725-1A that approach within five meters of SCP-2725-1D must be returned to the hangar.\nGlobal atmospheric surveillance of SCP-2725-2 is conducted using satellites and ground observation outposts. Response to confirmed sightings is to divert aircraft within a two kilometer radius away from SCP-2725-2's location to mitigate the probability of hostile encounters.\nDescription: SCP-2725 is the salvaged remains of the USS Akron, a helium-filled rigid airship formerly belonging to the U.S. Navy. The vehicle has been extensively repaired and modified with scrap material and organic matter to permit continued function after its destruction in 1933.\nMajority of the outer envelope has been replaced by a membranous material that forms sail-like structures across the upper and lateral surface. The lateral propellers appear to have been repaired and the water recovery slots replaced by an array of apertures containing harpoons and mounted turrets. A pair of large cannons have been attached on the upper anterior hull, close to the crow's nest. Most of the duralumin framework appears to have been supplemented by additional girders.\nIn the interior, the gas cells have been reinforced with additional plating and the insides are lined with a mat of microbial growth that produces helium for buoyancy. At the stern, the auxiliary control room has been entirely removed, and the rear spaces serve as a den for SCP-2725-1A. The gasoline engines have been repaired and are connected to a heart-like organic structure that, through an unknown mechanism, supplies power to the entire vehicle.\nAt the anterior end, the control room has expanded in size, taking up part of the forward gangway and reaching halfway up the hull. The hangar has been carved out to accommodate SCP-2725-1C. Several large ports arranged laterally along the upper hull and lower hull are linked to hollowed-out chambers where SCP-2725-1B resides. Several other chambers have been constructed within the airship for various purposes. The spy basket appears to have been disposed of.\nSCP-2725 frequently maintains an anomalous ellipsoid field, approximately 270 meters long, 110 meters wide and 60 meters high, that renders the object invisible to outside visual and radar observation. It is presumed that this field can be diminished, which would explain the initial sightings of the object. SCP-2725 travels at an average speed of 100 km/h, with a fastest recorded speed at 150 km/h. The airship has been observed to move at varying altitudes without being visibly affected by changing air temperatures.\nSCP-2725-1 is a collective designation comprising the sentient entities that inhabit and maintain SCP-2725. SCP-2725-1A and 1B creatures are born in a pod-like structure near the lower rear end of the airship to maintain a steady population.\n\nSCP-2725-1A: SCP-2725-1A are insectoid creatures resembling black woodlice, measuring 1.8 meters in length. They have two pairs of grasping claws and can secrete an organic adhesive from their mouths. SCP-2725-1A are the most numerous instances present and serve to repair any damage on SCP-2725 as well as add materials to its structure.\nSCP-2725-1B: Pterosaur-like organisms with a wingspan of up to six meters. The creatures display bioluminescent bodies and are primarily used to assist SCP-2725 in nocturnal navigation, but will also defend it against any perceived threats.\nSCP-2725-1C: A large, tentacled creature inhabiting the hangar of SCP-2725. SCP-2725-1C is responsible for gunnery aim and control. Several of its tentacles stretch throughout the interior, some of which extend out of the hull and are theorized to function as detection systems. Another group of tentacles is situated inside the hangar, which can extend to a length of 17 meters. These tentacles are used to capture objects of interest.\nSCP-2725-1D: SCP-2725-1D is an animate human corpse situated in the cockpit, wearing a military uniform and fused with radio equipment for communication. The entity appears to command SCP-2725, as well as SCP-2725-1A, 1B and 1C. SCP-2725-1D is in possession of an Enfield No. 2 modified with organic matter, but has never been observed using it.\n\nSCP-2725 constantly pursues a hostile airborne lifeform, designated SCP-2725-2. SCP-2725-2 is a segmented, serpentine creature 350 m in length, with a pair of undulating, five meter long wings at each segment. SCP-2725-2 has not been observed to feed and possesses advanced camouflaging capabilities, allowing it to remain undetected to visual and radar observation.\nSCP-2725 and SCP-2725-2 appear to engage in combat whenever they encounter each other. In several cases both objects have been witnessed dropping their camouflaging mechanisms. SCP-2725 has been observed to lethally injure SCP-2725-2 using its weapons and SCP-2725-1B. Observations show that the object frequently targets the creature's wings. On the other hand, SCP-2725-2 attempts to wrap itself around the airship and crush it using constriction. To date, SCP-2725 and SCP-2725-2 have engaged in 27 recorded incidents.\nAddendum: Item History\nSCP-2725 was first sighted on February 24, 1942 over California. Air raid wardens from the 37th Coast Artillery Brigade were the first eyewitnesses, and in panic sounded an alarm at 6:57 PM, causing a succession of alarms. Within hours a total blackout was ordered across the Los Angeles County and anti-aircraft guns were readied, though pursuit airplanes remained grounded. Between 12:00 PM and 1:00 AM, SCP-2725 was sighted moving northwest from Culver City to Santa Monica. During this time the Coast Artillery Brigade began firing at the object and were able to cause some damage. SCP-2725 was last seen flying away from the Santa Monica area at 4:15 AM. The \"all clear\" and lifting of the blackout order were announced at 7:12 AM. Building and vehicle damage from shell fragments were reported, as well as five civilian deaths, three of which were the result of car accidents caused by the panic.\nDue to the scale of the event and the rapid coverage of the media, the Foundation focused its efforts on covering up the incident as a false alarm triggered by growing war anxiety and the reports of unidentified targets were attributed to weather balloons, flares and anti-aircraft rounds. Most of the photos taken by eyewitnesses were confiscated and/or edited to support this explanation prior to being given to news outlets. Working with the US military, Navy Secretary Frank Knox delivered a press conference the following day to propagate the cover-up. The 37th Coast Artillery Brigade and other associated military officials also cooperated to deliver additional false information and ensuring the uncertainty of the incident's cause.\nFrom 1942 to 1963, SCP-2725 was seen in different locations across the globe at least 12 times. In multiple instances, the object was reported salvaging raw materials from both air and watercraft. In all cases, said craft were abandoned. SCP-2725-2 was also first sighted during this period, engaging SCP-2725 in 5 of the 12 reported encounters.\nSCP-2725 was not seen again until 1972, when the airship was reported 200 kilometers southwest of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. The Foundation launched three reconnaissance airplanes from Site-88 to investigate. It was during this investigation that initial contact with SCP-2725-1D was made. However, communication was interrupted when SCP-2725-2 appeared, destroying two of the surveillance planes. The third plane interfered in the conflict, allowing SCP-2725 to injure SCP-2725-2 and forcing the creature to retreat. SCP-2725-1D, believing the act to be a form of assistance, offered to repair the damage inflicted on the reconnaissance plane. However the plane had crashed into the sea after the scuffle and was recovered by Foundation vessels one hour later. SCP-2725, meanwhile, disappeared again and was never sighted for the next twenty-one years.\nSCP-2725 was finally contained in 1993, when it was sighted hovering just above the surface of the Pacific Ocean, five hundred kilometers west of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 with its camouflaging field disabled. Initial investigation of the ship showed that SCP-2725-1A was active, repairing a damaged gas cell and the device presumed to be responsible for generating the cloaking field. SCP-2725-1D was found sitting in the cockpit of the airship. After securing the vehicle the Foundation dragged it to the hangar of Site-88 for further study. Examination of SCP-2725-1D revealed that it made a recording on its radio:\n\nFinal Log: After my repeated failures in destroying the serpent, I am regrettably forced to surrender my badge of duty. My superiors told me that the fate of my ship or my crew is beyond my concern now. I don't know what will happen from this point on, but I sincerely hope that someone else can succeed where I failed. The skies will never be safe so long as that monster lives.\n\nAddendum:\nDuring the examination of SCP-2725-1D, researchers recovered a bronze key around the subject's neck. Exploration of SCP-2725 showed that the key unlocked a previously-inaccessible chamber in the ship. This chamber was presumed to be SCP-2725-1D's living quarters. From this room the Foundation recovered the following:\n\n19 wall trophies of unknown organisms, presumed to have been caught and stuffed by SCP-2725-1D.\nSeveral maps dating back to the 1930s and 40s.\nA photograph depicting SCP-2725 and its crew, as well as five unknown individuals and an unidentified flying creature. The note on the back says \"1962- V-Day!\" and is signed by the labels G.M.\nPieces of an M1 Garand.\nThree red eggs weighing approximately 45 pounds. Analysis confirms that they are dormant.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2724 | SCP-2725 | SCP-2726 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2726\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: One instance of SCP-2726, designated SCP-2726-001, is kept on a private \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 page operated by the Foundation. The account in question must not interact with any other \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 accounts, and is used exclusively for the purpose of performing research on SCP-2726 and communicating with SCP-2726-A. One individual, currently Dr. Prasad, is to remain the sole direct observer of SCP-2726-001, and must adhere to an appropriate cover story during interactions with SCP-2726-A. As Dr. Prasad and SCP-2726-A have developed a rapport, the cover story restriction has been lifted for the duration of Dr. Prasad's involvement with the SCP-2726 project. See Interview Log 2726-D3.\nPersonnel are to manually search \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, beginning with the known acquaintances and general milieu of \"mashedpork\", for instances of SCP-2726. Each page must be viewed on no less than eleven separate occasions before SCP-2726's absence can be confirmed. Instances must be deleted upon identification, and all known viewers must be amnesticized as appropriate. Web Crawler MASHEDPORK-0A-2726 is set to remove all material referring to SCP-2726.\nDescription: SCP-2726 is the collective designation for an estimated 200 25 posts on social media site \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, attributed to the user \"mashedpork\". The account in question was deleted before SCP-2726 developed anomalous properties; as such, SCP-2726 is composed of those posts that were shared to another user's page prior to the account's deletion. The original operator of mashedpork has not been identified conclusively.1\nThe contents of SCP-2726 are controlled by a sapient entity, designated SCP-2726-A, claiming to be a \"ghost\" of mashedpork's operator. SCP-2726-A communicates by altering the contents of SCP-2726 in real-time via an unknown method; changes can be detected by refreshing the web browser, and input can be sent to SCP-2726-A using \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's built-in \"Reply\" function. SCP-2726-A is aware of how many individuals are observing SCP-2726 at any given time, as well as any conversations it has had with the individuals in question.\nSCP-2726 instances and their contents cannot be located by any tested search algorithm, all of which ignore SCP-2726's presence. Individuals deliberately searching for SCP-2726 will frequently (~80% of the time) fail to identify the presence of an instance on any site with other content, making it difficult to confirm that SCP-2726 is not present on any given \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 page.\n\nInterview Log 2726-D3\nSCP-2726-A was interviewed on 2016-07-18 by Dr. Prasad. No specific agenda was set for the interview; to date, it has been the most informative with regards to SCP-2726. The transcript is presented in standard format for readability purposes.\n\n+ Show interview\n\n- Hide interview\n\nSCP-2726-A: mooooom just five more minutes\nDr. Prasad: Is this a bad time for you?\nSCP-2726-A: time is illegal for ghosts actually. what's up?\nDr. Prasad: The usual. Work is slowing down at least.\nHow are you feeling?\nSCP-2726-A: as it turns out ghostland does not have prozac so. still sad. i'm working on it.\nbut then again that stuff is probably why i'm dead so i can't complain.\ni'm not even sure i can actually commit ghost suicide. is double death possible in real life?\nDr. Prasad: That's not really my area of expertise.\nSCP-2726-A: I Wish A Green Asshole Would Break Into My Ghost House And Shoot A Mouth Laser At Me Double-Killing Me Instantly\noh hey is today the 18th\nDr. Prasad: Yep.\nSCP-2726-A: it's been two months since i was created then woohoo\nDr. Prasad: I thought you died on May 14th?\nSCP-2726-A: well yeah but it took the lads four days to get this set up. surprisingly getting a ghost to replicate your dead friend on the online is a really involved process.\napparently you have to make a sacrifice to the corn god which is pretty fucked up since corn is a mother fuck of a shit.\nDr. Prasad: Replicate?\nSCP-2726-A: it's like that one episode of black mirror where she gets a robot looking like her dead bf that acts like him cuz it downloaded all of his social media posts.\nexcept instead of a robot i'm a ghost.\nDr. Prasad: Oh. That makes sense.\nSCP-2726-A: have i mentioned that dick mirror sucks?\nyou know what i'm gonna rant about that show now.\nDr. Prasad: Go right ahead.\nSCP-2726-A: like putting aside the fact that they flip a coin about whether to put banksy on the writing team for each episode and how they could do so much more if they weren't stuck on one episode per setting they just have no clue about the whole scope of things that technology can actually do.\ni mean not everyone runs with weirdo magic netizens so that's probably not a fair criticism but still like believe me when i say that half of this stuff is like super pedestrian from my standpoint of view.\n\"ohh in this dystopia everybody has to jog all the time and reality tv is shallow and it's mean bluh bluh\"\nyeah tell me when you can downvote people into popcorn hell and also rig their posts to blow up in real life. maybe that'll get my attention.\ni'm probably not doing a good job of making my point here. there's a reason i don't do litcrit shit.\nDr. Prasad: You're doing fine, but if there are specific examples of things you think might happen in real life, that would help drive it home.\nSCP-2726-A: nice try officer.\nDr. Prasad: Can you blame me though?\nSCP-2726-A: yes. bad boy. *hits you with a rolled-up newspaper*\nDr. Prasad: *Phases through it because I'm a hologram*\nSCP-2726-A: it's a holographic newspaper.\nDr. Prasad: In that case, \"Ow.\"\nSCP-2726-A: anyways where were we? i feel like we got off track.\nDr. Prasad: You were talking about how you became a \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 ghost, and then you complained about Black Mirror.\nSCP-2726-A: oh right. that's one mystery solved for ya.\nDr. Prasad: Any idea why your posts are so hard to find?\nSCP-2726-A: oh yeah i was wondering when you'd ask that.\nlike you know those urban legends and stuff where something spooky is out on the web somewhere but nobody knows where and it's just sort of a mystery thing you'd run into at some point?\nDr. Prasad: I think I know what you're talking about, yeah.\nSCP-2726-A: well that's indisputably cool as fuck but also not something you can normally do these days.\nday 1 thing happens\nday 2 someone finds thing and it goes viral\nday 3 it's trending on google and twitter\nday 4 buzzfeed article You'll Never Guess How This Girl's Friends Memorialized Her After Her Suicide\nday 5 fine bros video Teens React To Digital Ghost\netc.\nthe internet ruined the internet so we don't get to have nice things any more.\nthe lads knew how i felt. thankfully magic is real so they set this up for me and i get to just be a chill thing that people happen across every once in a while without being a big deal.\nDr. Prasad: That sounds awfully nice of them.\nSCP-2726-A: yeah i'm a creepypasta now. dysphoria = cured.\nDr. Prasad: Maybe I've heard of these \"lads\"?\nSCP-2726-A: i mean i don't know if you specifically have but we both know you're a janitor sooo\nDr. Prasad: You're confusing me with my younger brother, I think.\nSCP-2726-A: lmao you're so bad at lying. i mean janitor as in you're one of the guys that goes around and cleans up all the magic stuff that happens. like you're with the government or something.\nDr. Prasad: It's that obvious to you?\nSCP-2726-A: i mean i figured it out eventually.\nbut whatever i maintained a strictly cool calm and collected internet persona (i've been in full control of my emotions with every keystroke i make) so i literally do not know how to hold that against you. weird huh.\nsometimes i wonder how i felt about stuff in life.\nthe lads are 'gamers against weed' they pretty much do internet stuff with magic.\nDr. Prasad: Oh. I think I've heard of them, actually.\nSCP-2726-A: yeah i thought so.\nthey say hi btw and they want me to tell you \"ur a binch\"\nDr. Prasad: I'm flattered.\nCan I ask another question, incidentally?\nSCP-2726-A: i literally don't know how to shut up like if you keep talking i'm pretty sure i have to keep responding.\nso the answer is always yes to things like that but i'm just gonna lie if i don't feel like answering.\nDr. Prasad: How would I go about getting a ghost like you, if I needed one for something?\nSCP-2726-A: what\nDr. Prasad: Is that such a surprising question, considering what it is you say I do?\nSCP-2726-A: yeah i kind of assumed you already knew how to do that it's such a common thing.\nDr. Prasad: I'm afraid not.\nSCP-2726-A: oh huh. well you pretty much just rent them for like a hundred and eighty euros a year and you can put them into pretty much anything if you know how but they won't really do anything without some information to imprint.\notherwise they'll just be like the most generic people possible and it's the most unnerving goddamn thing on the planet.\nand once your time is up they just kinda go back to the netherworld and whatever they were in stops working. it's pretty great honestly like there's no hassle and it's all chill.\nsometimes you get dead bodies though which is less chill.\nDr. Prasad: Hm. That explains a lot, actually.\nWhere could I rent a ghost? You left that part out.\nSCP-2726-A: i'm not gonna lie dude.\nif you could just borrow souls for whatever the hell you people wanted, i really don't want to know what you'd use them for.\ni doubt it would be anything as nice as this.\nso i'm not gonna tell you.\nDr. Prasad: Well, I had to try.\nSCP-2726-A: yeah i know. *whap whap*\nDr. Prasad: Stop that.\nOr continue, if you prefer. That's all the time I have for today. I'll see you tomorrow?\nSCP-2726-A: this newspaper still has your name on it but i guess it can deal. see ya.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Information given by SCP-2726-A corresponds to Jadzia \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 of Kalisz, Poland (deceased as of 2016-05-14). However, there is no conclusive evidence that Jadzia \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 operated mashedpork.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2725 | SCP-2726 | SCP-2727 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2727\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Each entrance to SCP-2727-1 is to be closed off upon discovery, and the proceeding area searched for instances of SCP-2727-2. Instances of SCP-2727-2 are to be terminated on sight if found outside of the area containing instances of SCP-2727-1. Testing of SCP-2727 is to be approved by at least one Level 4 Personnel.\nIn incidents in which instances of SCP-2727-2 become hostile, each known entrance to SCP-2727 are to be guarded by at least three security agents until all hostile activity ceases.\nDescription: SCP-2727-1 refers to various models of subway trains, located inside several subway stations across the island of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Greece. Instances of SCP-2727-1 have been found to have \u2588\u2588 station entrances throughout the island. The interior of the subway stations resembles those from the late 1950's. The boarding area for instances of SCP-2727-1 have been measured to go as far as \u2588\u2588\u2588 meters in length. The subway stations have been recorded to have support pillars every fifteen meters in any open direction.\nSCP-2727-2 refers to humanoid individuals found inside SCP-2727-1 and the subway stations. Instances of SCP-2727-2 typically resemble Homo sapiens, but lack any facial features. Instances of SCP-2727-2 are typically docile. During times when an instance of SCP-2727-1 is present within the current subway station, large amounts of SCP-2727-2 will enter SCP-2727-1, while an equal amount of SCP-2727-2 will exit the instance of SCP-2727-1.\nDuring explorations of SCP-2727-1, SCP-2727-1 have been recorded to move to other stations not on the island. Train stations explored by SCP-2727-1 have been shown to be vastly different, including architectural and anomalous changes. Changes include:\n\nStation architecture matching that of Gothic work.\nSeveral holes of various sizes along the walls, ceiling, and floors of the station.\nStation being made entirely of Osteocytes (human bone).\nStation walls, floors, and ceiling being made entirely of what appeared to be pig flesh.\nStation containing no instances of SCP-2727-2. It was noted that no instances of SCP-2727-2 left SCP-2727-1 during this stop.\n\nDuring explorations of SCP-2727-1, instances of SCP-2727-2 changed shapes and sizes, including:\n\nInstances of SCP-2727-2 were reported to change into humanoid creatures similar to Sus scrofa domesticus (barn pigs). It was noted that instances of SCP-2727-2 become increasingly hostile during this time.\nInstances of SCP-2727-2 were reported to become invisible inside SCP-2727-1, despite instances of SCP-2727-2 being visible outside of SCP-2727-1.\nSCP-2727-2 instances were reported to be invisible. Clothing worn by SCP-2727-2 was not affected by the change.\n\nIncident Report 2727-1: Instances of SCP-2727-2 became hostile, attacking security guards and attempting to exit the station. Hostile instances of SCP-2727-2 were terminated immediately. Approximately fifteen minutes later, an instance of SCP-2727-1 came into the station. Fifteen instances of SCP-2727-2 proceeded to carry deceased instances onto SCP-2727-1.\n\n+ Exploration Log 2727-1\n\n- Close Log 2727-1\n\nD-203583 is a \u2588\u2588 year old Asian male of average build. D-203583 has no previous remarkable psychological background. D-203583 is equipped with a camera fitted with a transmission stream, and an audio headset. Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was observing the exploration and providing instructions for D-203583.\nD-203583 is instructed to enter one of the stations. Seventeen instances of SCP-2727-2 are seen inside the station. No instances of SCP-2727-1 are visible.\nD-203583: Nothing is here but those faceless things.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please wait in the general area until the train arrives.\nD-203583: Doc I don't think a train runs through here, there isn't even a map of the routes here.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Irrelevant.\nD-203583 stayed within the station for approximately fifteen minutes before an instance of SCP-2727-1 appeared. Seventeen instances of SCP-2727-2 were recorded to leave SCP-2727-1, and sixteen instances were recorded to get on SCP-2727-1.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please board the train.\nD-203583: Alright doc, where is this thing going?\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: That information is irrelevant for your current task.\nD-203583 proceeds to enter one of the passenger cabins of SCP-2727-1. Forty six instances of SCP-2727-2 are visible. None of the instances of SCP-2727-2 are recorded to be sitting down, despite proper seating being available.\nD-203583: Do you want me to just stand here with these things?\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You may sit until the next destination is reached.\nD-203583: These things aren't moving doc, are they alive?\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: They have vital signs but are not sapient.\nSCP-2727-1 was stationary for six minutes before moving. SCP-2727-1 continued moving along the path for fifteen minutes along an illuminated round tunnel. After fifteen minutes, all lights within SCP-2727-1 stopped functioning for approximately nineteen seconds. When lights became functional again, instances of SCP-2727-2 resembled humanoid members of the species Sus scrofa domesticus (barn pig). Instances of SCP-2727-2 had no facial features. D-203583 reportedly became panicked.\nD-203583: [EXPLICIT]! What the [EXPLICIT] happened? They look like [EXPLICIT] pigs!\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: They do that sometimes.\nD-203583: Sometimes?\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: As in, they don't always do it.\nSCP-2727-1 came to a halt, and fifteen instances of SCP-2727-2 exited SCP-2727-1 along with D-203583. Sixteen instances of SCP-2727-2 were reported to enter SCP-2727-1. SCP-2727-1 was reported to leave two minutes after D-203583 exited the instance. The station appeared to be made entirely out of pig flesh. Support pillars appeared to be made out of bone. Twenty two instances of SCP-2727-2 were recorded to be in the station.\nD-203583: Jesus Christ. [Pause] It smells like someone is cooking hotdogs.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Noted. Can you see an exit?\nD-203583 began walking towards the far wall of the station. A slanted hole in the wall, leading to a brighter area, was recorded approximately nineteen meters ahead of D-203583.\nD-203583: I think there is a hole outside, but no stairs.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please approach the hole.\nD-203583 proceeded to approach the hole. Three instances of SCP-2727-2 are recorded to follow D-203583.\nD-203583: Doc? A few of these things are starting to follow me.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Noted. Please exit the station.\nD-203583 exited the station. Audio shows that an instance of SCP-2727-1 was inside the station during this time. The outside of the station was covered completely in pig flesh. A green smog covered visibility and prevented sight beyond approximately sixteen meters. Approximately forty instances of SCP-2727-2 were outside of the station and within sight. No geographic features were recorded during this time. Six instances of SCP-2727-2 began moving towards D-203583.\nD-203583: Doc, more of these things are coming towards me.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: It has been noted. Please move the camera so we can-\nD-203583: Doc, the ones inside the station are starting to run.\nVideo feed confirms that seven instances of SCP-2727-2 were running out of the station towards D-203583.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Confirmed. Please remain calm.\nD-203583 does not reply as seven instances of SCP-2727-2 began bludgeoning him with their fists and heads. An additional three more instances of SCP-2727-2 approach D-203583 with large stones. D-203583 was heard cursing in Mandarin and begging for mercy during this time. The new instances of SCP-2727-2 proceed to bludgeon D-203583 to death.\n\n+ Exploration Log 2727-2\n\n- Close Log 2727-2\n\nD-203584 is a \u2588\u2588 year old Caucasian male of average build. D-203584 has no previous remarkable psychological background. D-203584 is equipped with a camera fitted with a transmission stream, and an audio headset. Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was observing the exploration and providing instructions for D-203584.\nD-203584 was instructed to enter one of the stations. Approximately six instances of SCP-2727-2 are inside the station. An instance of SCP-2727-1 is seen.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please board the train.\nD-203584: What about these.. faceless things?\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: They are not relevant, please board the train.\nD-203584 boards the instance of SCP-2727-1 along with two instances of SCP-2727-2, it is estimated that three instances of SCP-2727-2 left the instance of SCP-2727-1. Approximately nine instances of SCP-2727-2 are present within the instance SCP-2727-1.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please wait until the destination is reached.\nD-203584: Where is this thing going?\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: That information is not necessary for your objective.\nD-203584: Doc, there's a poster in this thing, I can't read it.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Confirmed. Please steady the camera on the poster.\nD-203584 adjusts the camera to show the poster. The poster contains seven instances of SCP-2727-2, along with the russian words \"\u0414\u043e\u0431\u0440\u044b\u0445 \u043c\u0443\u0436\u0447\u0438\u043d\" which roughly translates to 'the good men.'\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Thank you. Please inspect the train car for items of similar nature.\nD-203584 searches the train car for approximately nine minutes before finding what appeared to be a small journal and a brochure. Instances of SCP-2727-2 do not acknowledge D-203584 during this time. SCP-2727-1 begins moving at this time.\nD-203584: Doc, I found this\u2026 journal.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: How many pages are written in the journal?\nD-203584 is heard flipping through the pages.\nD-203584: About five. What do you want me to do with it?\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please hold each page in front of the camera long enough for stills to be taken of each.\nD-203584 proceeds to do so. Refer to Document 2727-1 for journal entries. At this time the instance of SCP-2727-1 stopped. The doors to the train car open, and thirteen instances of SCP-2727-2 rush towards D-203584, instances are shown to be equipped with gas masks from the late 1920's and munitions used during the 1920's. D-203584 is dragged from the instance of SCP-2727-1 before video feed cuts off.\n\nDocument 2727-1\n\nJanuary 21, 19\u2588\u2588\nThey took Bill's eyes today, sewed what was left shut. He's a businessman, why the [EXPLICIT] are they torturing him? He stopped screaming lately. I thought they removed his voice box until he asked me where god was. John stopped banging on the door after one of them opened it and hit him with the butt of its gun. Whatever these things are, they aren't human.\nBill is really calm considering what happened. Must be in denial. I feel sorry for the guy. He never told us how he got here. John was pulled from his platoon, and I was taking a piss when they got me. Damn Russians.\nJanuary 25, 19\u2588\u2588\nThey took Bill again. Last time they took John's fingers. I felt bad for Bill, he's had the worst so far. We didn't hear much screaming. He came back and didn't talk. I left him alone until I heard him humming. He looked up with his sewed up eyes, and I almost vomited. They took his mouth.\nFebruary 3, 19\u2588\u2588\nBill's been gone for about two days now. John's convinced they killed him. I don't think they are that merciful. I thought about killing Bill before they took him last time, just end the misery, but he didn't hear a word I said. He just sat there, bald, blind, and mute. I think they closed his ears.\nFebruary 9, 19\u2588\u2588\nBill's back. They took the stitches out. Shaved his eyebrows too. They must have done a flesh graft, I can't see where his eyes or lips were anymore. He just sat against the wall next to the door. I can't figure out how he's breathing. John said he breaths through his ass now. It was just a joke, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was true. They gave him new clothes, just like his old ones, but not covered in his own blood. He looks like one of those mannequins in a store.\nFebruary, 19\u2588\u2588\nThey took Bill again. About an hour later they took John and I out, blindfolded us and stuck us on a train. It's been moving for a while. Bill is standing way back, he hasn't moved in a while. John just sat down. He's had enough of this bullshit. So have I. I lost track of what day it was. I think it's February.\nThe doors opened, and things that looked like Bill got on. About five on them. John is freaking out, saying they turned Bill into one of those things.\nOh god.\nThey look like pigs.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2726 | SCP-2727 | SCP-2728 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\nMore by DarkStuff~!\n\nIndependent SCPs\n\nSCP\nTitle\n\nSCP-445-EX\nThe Word of the Day is Hope\n\nSCP-2728\nOn the Barcelona Skyline\n\nSCP-2729\nWhat is it Good For?\n\nSCP-3018\nFrance & the Tale of the Well-Intentioned Understudies\n\nSCP-3465\nBetter Safe Than Sorry\n\nSCP-3466\nOnly Birdbrains Live the American Dream\n\nSCP-4006\n#MassaTruthetts\n\nSCP-4455\nIn Short\u2026\n\nSCP-4465\nNo Man is an Island\n\nSCP-4466\nWhy the Long Face?\n\nSCP-4467\nOh, I Get It Now\n\nCo-Authored SCPs\n\nSCP\nTitle\nCo-Author\n\nSCP-1549\nIn Absence of a Perfect Medium\nBillith\n\nSCP-2983\nChoco-Wonder Explosion Marshmallow Bites!\u2122 by Dr. Wondertainment\nUncle Nicolini\n\nSCP-3379\nD-11424 & the Arctic Meat Hole of Infinite Wonders\nWeryllium\n\nSCP-3482\nNature Versus Naturalization\nRoget\n\nSCP-3633\nI'm Right Behind Me\nCaptain Kirby\n\nSCP-3713\nAll the World's a Stage\nVaraxous\n\nSCP-4029\nToo Many Legs to be Going Nowhere\nMaliceAforethought\n\nVend-a-Friend\n\nChapter\nTitle\n\nAct I\n\nChapter 1\nWe Just Make Toys\n\nChapter 2\nTo Think I've Spent My Whole Life Waiting\n\nChapter 3\nI Don't Get It, I Functioned Before\n\nChapter 4\nYou Can't Win Them All\n\nChapter 5\nBe Strange or Be Forgotten\n\nAct II\n\nChapter 6\nSometimes the Best Intentions are in Need of Redemption\n\nChapter 7\nLife's a Show\n\nChapter 8\n...And I'm the Star!\n\nChapter 9\nBack in Habit\n\nChapter 10\nPepper's Lament\n\nChapter 11\nSouls & Somas\n\nChapter 12\nDeceptive Cadence\n\nAct III\n\nChapter 13\nAnd I Think To Myself...\n\nChapter 14\nEverything Will Be Okay\n\nChapter 15\nHolding an Umbrella but the Sun's Still Shining\n\nAscension\n\nChapter\nTitle\n\nChapter 1\nSometimes I Wish This Moment Could Last Forever\n\nChapter 2\nWaiting on the Good Times\n\nChapter 3\nForever Young\n\nChapter 4\nWe Didn't Do This For Nothing\n\nChapter 5\nURA-1902 aka The Missing Link\n\nChapter 6\nThe Consequences of a Deep, Dark Disassociation\n\nChapter 7\nThe Call to Action (for a Modern Audience)\n\nChapter 8\nThe Elusive Mx. LaFerrier\n\nChapter 9\nIt Feels Like I Only Go Backwards\n\nChapter 10\nAlong for the Ride\n\nChapter 11\nA Hole in the Tapestry\n\nChapter 12\nXXXXX\n\nChapter 13\nIndustrial\n\nChapter 14\nDancing with Rachael\n\nChapter 15\nAscension\n\nEpilogue\nA World Unto Yourself\n\nCollaboration Contest Entries w/ Ellie\n\nMake America Normaler\n\nOff the Hook\n\nMisc. Tales\n\nCornelius the Collector\n\nCurtain Call\n\nThe Really Really Real Adventures in Capitalism\n\nI've Been Through the Desert on a Horse with No Name\n\nOn the Radar for the miniseries The Ursus Maritimus Incident\n\nGroup of Interest / Canon Hubs\n\nHub\nNotes\n\nDr. Wondertainment Hub\nMade w/ taylor_itkin does not match any existing user name\n\nWhat a Wonderful World Hub\nMade w/ help from Uncle Nicolini, a canon sprouted from Vend-a-Friend!\n\nWilson's Wildlife Solutions Hub\nMy pride and joy, my very own Group of Interest\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2728\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The section of land from which SCP-2728 can be viewed is to be cordoned off, marked as private property, and designated Research Area 27281. Research Area 2728 must be disguised as civilian owned land. All security cameras should be hidden, and subjects who cross into Research Area 2728 must be detained. Detained subjects should be interrogated and given Class C amnestics before being released.\nDescription: SCP-2728 consists of a small area containing an office building in Barcelona, Spain. It can only be viewed from a specific viewpoint 25 km outside of city limits, now designated Research Area 2728. Any and all attempts to reach the office building have failed, with subjects instructed to the point of SCP-2728's existence instead viewing a street corner in a pedestrian neighborhood. While SCP-2728 is visible, the area around it also appears slightly modified to accommodate for its existence. For example, the buildings around it appear smaller and spaced in such a way to allow the office building's position.\nSCP-2728 appears to be inhabited, with close viewing showing business hours between 8:00 to 18:00. SCP-2728 is inactive on Sundays, only occasionally being visited by a subject assumed to be the custodian. Extensive observation of SCP-2728 since 19\u2588\u2588 has recorded over 14,000 individuals who appear to have interacted with SCP-2728. Where these subjects go when they are not within SCP-2728 is unknown.\nMost subjects within SCP-2728, hereby designated SCP-2728-A, appear to have real world counterparts. The SCP-2728-A subject looks exactly like the real world subject, and shares the same name2. Similarity of personalities and other factors is hard to determine, due to the nature of SCP-2728. Most counterparts of SCP-2728-A live inside Barcelona, or nearby, but some live as far away as South Africa.\nAddendum-2728-1: On September \u2588, 20\u2588\u2588, a test was conducted involving Agent LaFerrier. A research team, stationed at the SCP-2728 viewpoint, instructed Agent LaFerrier through a cellphone. LaFerrier was given directions to SCP-2728, and informed of its anomalous properties. The goal of the test was to confirm no changes in the behavior of SCP-27283. Agent LaFerrier reported no change in the behavior of SCP-2728, stating that he was \"still looking at a street corner\". However, the research team observed an identical copy of Agent LaFerrier, appearing awestruck, looking up at SCP-2728. Further observation showed the copy attempting to talk into a white cellphone identical to the one given to Agent LaFerrier, appearing confused and frustrated. Agent LaFerrier was instructed to return, and was subsequently detained. No other tests to date have yielded similar results.\nThe following is an interview with Agent LaFerrier upon his return to the research team. The following interview was conducted by Dr. Hillenburg following detainment. Agent LaFerrier was designated SCP-2728-1 following the incident.\n\nDate: 9/\u2588/\u2588\u2588\nInterviewer: Dr. Hillenburg\nInterviewee: SCP-2728-1\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Hillenburg: How are we doing today, LaFerrier?\nSCP-2728-1: Ok, I guess. Still don't know what's going on, but I'm in for the ride.\nDr. Hillenburg: Please recall your experience while being directed to SCP-2728.\nSCP-2728-1: Well, I followed directions. I don't know what else you want me to say. I took a left here, a right here, all by foot, landed at the site of SCP-2728, saw the street corner like usual, and was told to come back.\nDr. Hillenburg: Please elaborate on exactly what happened once you reached the site of SCP-2728.\nSCP-2728-1: Well, after I saw the street corner, and reported I saw the street corner, there was a long pause from the research team's end. They didn't say anything for a while. But then, then they did, and I came back. What else do you want me to say?\nDr. Hillenburg: Absolutely anything you can say about the incident.\nSCP-2728-1: What incident? I was not informed!\nDr. Hillenburg: Please remain calm, we don't do anything without reason.\nSCP-2728-1: (Pauses) Fine, it's fine. Ok. There's one other thing. When I saw the street corner, I got a headrush. Y'know, vision goes fuzzy, hearing is muffled. You get them all the time when you stand up too fast or something. Is that what you wanted to hear?\nDr. Hillenburg: That is exactly what I wanted to hear. Thank you for your cooperation.\n<End Log>\n\nAfter the log, Agent LaFerrier was informed of the incident, and placed in a normal human containment cell. Agent LaFerrier resisted, but ultimately allowed himself to be contained.\nEDIT: After a week, Agent LaFerrier has been let out of containment, and has taken back his previous position. It is still largely unknown if Agent LaFerrier is anomalous. Agent LaFerrier continues to be heavily monitored.\nAddendum-2728-2: On April \u2588\u2588, 20\u2588\u2588, a bright flashing light shone through the windows of SCP-2728 at 21:00. After initial observation, it was shortly discovered to be Morse code. The following is a transcription of the Morse code, beginning shortly after the light started flashing.\n\n<Begin Log>\n[\u2026] ND I DONT KNOW IF YOU ARE THERE [pause] I CHECKED THE HILL AND THERE WAS NO FENCE AND NO RESEARCH TEAM I AM BEGINNING TO THINK YOU HAVE LEFT ME [pause] OR THAT I HAVE ENTERED ANOTHER PLACE [pause] POINT IS I HAVE NO IDEA WHATS GOING ON AND YOU NEED TO GET ME OUT OF HERE [pause] I DONT GET IT [pause] EVERYTHING HERE IS NORMAL I CANT FIND ANY ANOMALIES OR FOUNDATION ITS LIKE YOU DONT EXIST [pause] YOU DIDNT TELL ME THIS COULD HAPPEN YOU FUCKS I NOW HAVE A FUCKING OFFICE JOB IN THIS STUPID BUILDING BECAUSE OF YOU [pause] AND YELLING AT PEOPLE IN MORSE CODE IS NOT AS CATHARTIC AS YOUD EXPECT [pause] ITS LIKE THERES NOTHING HERE [pause] ITS TOO NORMAL IM [pause] SCARED [pause] YOU DIDNT TELL ME [long pause] FUCK OFF\n<End Log>\n\nAn SCP-2728-A individual, identical to Agent LaFerrier, has been seen working in SCP-2728 since the incident. It is assumed this SCP-2728-A individual is the same seen during the LaFerrier test, and the one that sent Morse code.\nAddendum-2728-3: On May \u2588\u2588, 20\u2588\u2588, a bright flashing light shone through the windows of SCP-2728 at 21:00, similar to the previous event. Staff already at the viewpoint were able to catch the message in its entirety. The following is a transcription.\n\nNOBODY HERE [pause] THEY ALL WORK AND DO NOTHING [pause] I FEEL THIS ISNT EVEN BARCELONA [pause] NOT EVEN A COPY [pause] NO ONE HERE KNOWS [pause] ITS LIKE THEYRE INSECTS [pause] SKY IS NEVER BLUE [pause] NEVER [pause] BLACK [long pause] THERES NOTHING OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS\n\nFootnotes\n1. Roughly 5 square kilometers in an ovoid shape. Details can be found on a map of Research Area 2728.\n2. Names gathered from observation of name tags and desk plaques, among other things. All objects have been viewed via high definition cameras, binoculars, and similar equipment.\n3. These regular tests are performed every 4 months.\n\nMore From This Author\n\nMore From This Author\n\nDarkStuff's Works\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-4466 (+231) \u2022\n\nSCP-4006 (+641) \u2022\n\nSCP-2729 (+154) \u2022\n\nSCP-6131 (+102) \u2022\n\nSCP-5686 (+119) \u2022\n\nSCP-445-EX (+171) \u2022\n\nSCP-3018 (+136) \u2022\n\nSCP-4465 (+394) \u2022\n\nSCP-4467 (+214) \u2022\n\nSCP-629 (+124) \u2022\n\nSCP-1549 (+212) \u2022\n\nSCP-3465 (+207) \u2022\n\nSCP-4455 (+302) \u2022\n\nSCP-4468 (+129) \u2022\n\nSCP-4029 (+173) \u2022\n\nTales/GoI Formats\n\nDad Goes to the Zoo (+69) \u2022\n\nNew Life (+28) \u2022\n\nCardiac Myxoma (+29) \u2022\n\nTube Slides (+25) \u2022\n\nCurtain Call (+41) \u2022\n\nTim & Audrey Had a Daughter Named Fae (+47) \u2022\n\nDisconnect (+48) \u2022\n\nThis Toy Facsimile of Life (+23) \u2022\n\nSay Cheese (+28) \u2022\n\nThe Dance (+23) \u2022\n\nTo Think I've Spent My Whole Life Waiting (+81) \u2022\n\nAustin \u201cAggy\u201d Genadew (+17) \u2022\n\nThe Mind as a Canopic Jar (+16) \u2022\n\nAscension (+29) \u2022\n\nYou Would Think Cataclysm Could Shake the Feeling That Change is Slow (+19) \u2022\n\nOther\n\nDr. K. Stuff's Personnel File (+86) \u2022\n\n\u00ab SCP-2727 | SCP-2728 | SCP-2729 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\nMore by DarkStuff~!\n\nIndependent SCPs\n\nSCP\nTitle\n\nSCP-445-EX\nThe Word of the Day is Hope\n\nSCP-2728\nOn the Barcelona Skyline\n\nSCP-2729\nWhat is it Good For?\n\nSCP-3018\nFrance & the Tale of the Well-Intentioned Understudies\n\nSCP-3465\nBetter Safe Than Sorry\n\nSCP-3466\nOnly Birdbrains Live the American Dream\n\nSCP-4006\n#MassaTruthetts\n\nSCP-4455\nIn Short\u2026\n\nSCP-4465\nNo Man is an Island\n\nSCP-4466\nWhy the Long Face?\n\nSCP-4467\nOh, I Get It Now\n\nCo-Authored SCPs\n\nSCP\nTitle\nCo-Author\n\nSCP-1549\nIn Absence of a Perfect Medium\nBillith\n\nSCP-2983\nChoco-Wonder Explosion Marshmallow Bites!\u2122 by Dr. Wondertainment\nUncle Nicolini\n\nSCP-3379\nD-11424 & the Arctic Meat Hole of Infinite Wonders\nWeryllium\n\nSCP-3482\nNature Versus Naturalization\nRoget\n\nSCP-3633\nI'm Right Behind Me\nCaptain Kirby\n\nSCP-3713\nAll the World's a Stage\nVaraxous\n\nSCP-4029\nToo Many Legs to be Going Nowhere\nMaliceAforethought\n\nVend-a-Friend\n\nChapter\nTitle\n\nAct I\n\nChapter 1\nWe Just Make Toys\n\nChapter 2\nTo Think I've Spent My Whole Life Waiting\n\nChapter 3\nI Don't Get It, I Functioned Before\n\nChapter 4\nYou Can't Win Them All\n\nChapter 5\nBe Strange or Be Forgotten\n\nAct II\n\nChapter 6\nSometimes the Best Intentions are in Need of Redemption\n\nChapter 7\nLife's a Show\n\nChapter 8\n...And I'm the Star!\n\nChapter 9\nBack in Habit\n\nChapter 10\nPepper's Lament\n\nChapter 11\nSouls & Somas\n\nChapter 12\nDeceptive Cadence\n\nAct III\n\nChapter 13\nAnd I Think To Myself...\n\nChapter 14\nEverything Will Be Okay\n\nChapter 15\nHolding an Umbrella but the Sun's Still Shining\n\nAscension\n\nChapter\nTitle\n\nChapter 1\nSometimes I Wish This Moment Could Last Forever\n\nChapter 2\nWaiting on the Good Times\n\nChapter 3\nForever Young\n\nChapter 4\nWe Didn't Do This For Nothing\n\nChapter 5\nURA-1902 aka The Missing Link\n\nChapter 6\nThe Consequences of a Deep, Dark Disassociation\n\nChapter 7\nThe Call to Action (for a Modern Audience)\n\nChapter 8\nThe Elusive Mx. LaFerrier\n\nChapter 9\nIt Feels Like I Only Go Backwards\n\nChapter 10\nAlong for the Ride\n\nChapter 11\nA Hole in the Tapestry\n\nChapter 12\nXXXXX\n\nChapter 13\nIndustrial\n\nChapter 14\nDancing with Rachael\n\nChapter 15\nAscension\n\nEpilogue\nA World Unto Yourself\n\nCollaboration Contest Entries w/ Ellie\n\nMake America Normaler\n\nOff the Hook\n\nMisc. Tales\n\nCornelius the Collector\n\nCurtain Call\n\nThe Really Really Real Adventures in Capitalism\n\nI've Been Through the Desert on a Horse with No Name\n\nOn the Radar for the miniseries The Ursus Maritimus Incident\n\nGroup of Interest / Canon Hubs\n\nHub\nNotes\n\nDr. Wondertainment Hub\nMade w/ taylor_itkin does not match any existing user name\n\nWhat a Wonderful World Hub\nMade w/ help from Uncle Nicolini, a canon sprouted from Vend-a-Friend!\n\nWilson's Wildlife Solutions Hub\nMy pride and joy, my very own Group of Interest\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2729\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2729 is described to the public as a rare and unusual side effect of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Foundation fronts (namely Sherman Charleston's Psychological Institute) will claim to be researching the condition, and publish faux articles describing said research at random intervals, preferably not more than once a year. Sherman Charleston's Psychological Institute (or SCPI) will work with the US Department of Health and Human Services to document all cases of individuals affected by SCP-2729, and encourage those affected to seek aid from SCPI. Individuals who do not come to SCPI should be covertly surveyed for any unusual behavior, or for suspicion of anomalous means.\n\nThe flag flown by SCP-2729-A, as sketched by Patient-12.\n\nThe flag flown by SCP-2729-B, as sketched by Patient-12.\n\nThe flag flown by SCP-2729-C, as sketched by Patient-12.\n\nDescription: SCP-2729 is a phenomenon that may1 affect any individual that has been exposed to combat situations in person for at least a one-week period throughout their lifetime, and has traveled the Pacific Ocean by boat. Individuals with combat training may also be affected if they maintain regular contact with a subject affected by the primary vector. Affected individuals will claim to see transparent monochrome soldiers, officials, and military equipment with varying levels of clarity based on combat experience2. Reports of how the instances act and how the equipment is used is consistent between subjects. All objects seen this way are transparent, intangible, and silent.\nObjects and subjects seem to correspond to three different warring nations, and are seen in and around the Pacific Ocean. The theater of war extends as far east as the Californian coasts, and as far west as China. Supplies (food, guns, vehicles, soldiers, etc.) appear to come from within buildings that are unable to be entered, due to the intangible nature of SCP-27293. Each warring nation, and their people, is designated SCP-2729-A, -B, and -C. SCP-2729-A is based in the city of Khabarovsk, Russia; SCP-2729-B is based in the city of Prince Rupert, Canada; SCP-2729-C is based in the city of Hilo, Hawaii.\nSCP-2729-A soldiers wear uniforms adorned with symbols of various stylized suns. SCP-2729-B soldiers wear uniforms adorned with symbols of various stylized stars. SCP-2729-C soldiers wear uniforms adorned with symbols of various stylized moons.\nSoldiers and officials of all nations exhibit inhuman behaviors including a lack of facial expression, unfocused eyes, lack of speech4, an atypical reaction to pain, and the inability to biologically die. If a soldier sustains damage that would kill a human being, they will fall limp indefinitely. However, blood loss does not seem to affect their normal bodily functions. After falling, their eyes can still move, they will continue to breathe unless damage was done to the lungs, and they will never decompose. If a body is retrievable, field medics from the corresponding nation will often find and remove remains. Where these remains are taken and what is done with them is currently unknown5.\nAddendum | Temporary Neutralization\nOn 3/13/1989, starting at 11:48 Pacific Standard Time (around the time of a massive geomagnetic storm), SCP-2729 became inactive. Agent LaFerrier, who was viewing a military base controlled by SCP-2729-A 3 km outside of Bend, Oregon along with the affected D-237238, reported that the anomaly had \"disappeared\". LaFerrier elaborated and confirmed with D-237238 that all soldiers, officials, and buildings had suddenly ceased to exist. At 1:36, the accompanying research team reported that Agent LaFerrier and D-237238 had both held their heads, vocalized intense pain, and fainted simultaneously. Agent LaFerrier and D-237238 both regained consciousness within three hours, and further research of the anomaly has discovered that the anomaly has since \"restarted\"; each nation was found to have only a headquarters6 and a single military base within 5 km of that location.\nSherman Charleston's Psychological Institute discovered within the year that all living subjects on record had experienced similar occurrences, reporting that they had suffered a \"horrible headache and then fainted early in the afternoon on the thirteenth\"7.\n\nEDIT 8/31/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Since this initial reset, several more similar events have occurred. Following is a list of such occurrences, as of the time of writing:\n8/\u2588\u2588/1989: Temporary disappearance, but status of the war was not reset. Affected individuals experienced headaches.\n7/\u2588/2000: Full reset.\n10/\u2588\u2588/2003: Full reset.\n1/\u2588\u2588/2005: Temporary disappearance.8\n1/\u2588/2007: Full reset.\n11/\u2588\u2588/2010: Temporary disappearance.\n10/\u2588/2012: Temporary disappearance.\n5/\u2588\u2588/2014: Full reset.\n4/\u2588/2015: Full reset.\n9/\u2588\u2588/2016: Temporary disappearance.\n3/\u2588\u2588/2017: Full reset.\n8/\u2588/2017: Temporary disappearance.\n\nAddendum | Highly Unusual Behavior\nOn 8/25/2017, Agent LaFerrier, affected by SCP-2729 and reporting to a research team, was viewing a battle between SCP-2729-B and SCP-2729-C in the streets of San Diego. Several SCP-2729-B soldiers were using a Pizzeria Luigi on El Cajon Blvd. as a shelter. One such soldier had a pencil and paper, and was apparently writing a letter. Agent LaFerrier recorded the letter as best she could.\n\nDear Dear,\nI'm on the front lines. Love you. I'm shooting. Love you. Miss you. .;@3d died yesterday. Sad. I'm sad. Sweetie! Saw him die. I'm sad. Miss you. How're the kids? They're great. I love them. I love you. I miss you. Sweetie! .;@3d was a good soldier. He killed. He died. I love my kids. Jeff and Bill. And Bill. Bill was always a good soldier. Bill died yesterday. I'm sad. I shot him. He died. Miss you.\nYours, Jeff\n\nDuring the writing, the other soldiers had gathered behind the writing soldier. The instance stood up without facing the other soldiers, and began to cry9. All others drew rifles and opened fire on the writing soldier. The remains were then thrown into the street where SCP-2729-C soldiers also shot into the body. A soldier in the pizzeria crumpled and ate the letter. Such an occurrence has never been seen since.\nAddendum | SCP-2729-A Victory\nFollowing several successful war campaigns on the part of SCP-2729-A against SCP-2729-B, an army of -A made it to the headquarters of SCP-2729-B and successfully \"killed\" all soldiers and officials, adopting their HQ as a secondary base of operations. Two months later, on 10/10/2017, Agent LaFerrier and D-309918 viewed a battle between SCP-2729-A and SCP-2729-C in Hilo, Hawaii (SCP-2729-C's base of operations). After heavy casualties on both sides, SCP-2729-A soldiers finally overtook the headquarters proceeding three days of battle. Once inside the HQ, they were able to extract an SCP-2729-C official (assumed to be the leader of SCP-2729-C) out of the building and publicly execute him on 10/13/2017, 7:12. Afterwards, SCP-2729-A soldiers stood still for two hours, rocking slightly back and forth.\nAt 9:32, on 10/13/2017, -A instances began to look at their surroundings, some with confused expressions. Another 15 minutes passed before Agent LaFerrier reported seeing some instances \"moseying about\" and looking at the remains of dead and wounded soldiers. D-309918 reported seeing some groups of soldiers that appeared to freeze mid-motion, and unfreeze at random intervals. After another 30 minutes, the instances that executed the rival leader of SCP-2729-C knelt down and turned the body over. At this same time, soldiers were seen cradling dead SCP-2729-A and -C instances in their arms. A select amount of soldiers were also seen rapidly changing position and repeating actions. In another 5 minutes, the soldier who executed the leader of SCP-2729-C began to cry, which prompted most other soldiers to begin doing the same. The few soldiers that this did not affect began to draw weapons and open fire on the crying soldiers, who put up little to no resistance.\nAt this moment, SCP-2729 reset.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Calculated to be a <0.005% chance, or about 1 in 20000. This data was collected from a survey led by Sherman Charleston's Psychological Institute, which found 23 affected war veterans in the US, and an additional 4 miscellaneous affected individuals.\n2. Apparitions become clearer the more combat an individual has experienced.\n3. Attempting to step into these buildings will make the building disappear until the subject has stepped out of the building's area.\n4. If instances communicate at all, it is suggested that they do so telepathically.\n5. Trenches and bunkers are visible but unable to be entered, so these remains are at some point untraceable.\n6. All found in their previous locations, see paragraph 2 of the description.\n7. Patient-08, Eli W\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n8. Up until this point, resets were thought to be connected to solar storms, but all events past this point seem to occur independent of solar activity. Research ongoing.\n9. The only reported instance of this happening, as of the time of writing.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2728 | SCP-2729 | SCP-2730 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More SCPs by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-3220\n\nSCP-2790\n\nSCP-2820\n\nSCP-4780\n\nSCP-3780\n\nSCP-2664\n\nSCP-4950\n\nSCP-2730\n\nSCP-947\n\nSCP-2810\n\nSCP-2350\n\nSCP-3640\n\nSCP-4670\n\nSCP-2490\n\nSCP-2680\n\nSCP-3470\n\nSCP-5430\n\nSCP-5940\n\nSCP-2210\n\nSCP-4710\n\nSCP-3850\n\nSCP-3360\n\nSCP-2910\n\nSCP-2060\n\nSCP-7660\n\nSCP-1750\n\nSCP-2570\n\nSCP-2650\n\nSCP-2143\n\nSCP-6190\n\nSCP-7780\n\nSCP-6880\n\n+ All Tales by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nAvatara\n\nHypervelocity\n\nI Thought You Died Alone\n\nMoonlighting\n\nZeitgeist\n\nAutoerotic Assassination\n\nT Minus\n\nTerminal Velocity\n\nThe Chosen Few\n\nReboot or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypses\n\nHard Machine\n\nLoud, Lawless, and Lost\n\nMorphine Machine\n\nThe Vice Girls\n\nTruth Is Sin\n\nDeus Vulture\n\nEcstasy and Exorcism\n\nThe Revelation\n\nNonpareil\n\nRise and Repent\n\nT Plus\n\nThe Ballad of Santa Troy\n\nPrey and Obey\n\nEscape Velocity\n\nJump the Gun\n\nNo One Gets Out of Her Alive\n\nLeather Pig\n\nContempt\n\nThe Man-Machine\n\nDomo Arigato\n\nMile High Club\n\nStrung Out in Heavens High\n\nIndustrial Espionage\n\nHands\n\nNothing Human\n\nFullmusic Astrobiologist\n\nEnasni Si Gnihtyreve\n\nEight Hours in the ECRG\n\n+ All Hubs by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nHubs\n\nPrometheus Labs Hub\n\nSpeed Demon\n\nGuns Pointed at the Head of God\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nOverheard at Deer\nch00bakka\n\nSCP-150\nDecibelles\n\nSCP-3000\ndjkaktus, Joreth\n\nSCP-4220\nThe Great Hippo\n\nSCP-4310\nThe Great Hippo\n\nChicago Spirit Hub\nPeppersGhost\n\nSCP-5555\nRounderhouse, Uncle Nicolini\n\nVisions of Bodies Being Burned\nTaffeta\n\nSamsara\nTyGently\n\nDeath Perception\nTyGently\n\nThe Powers that Bark\nTyGently\n\nA Semi-Comprehensive List of Foundation Facilities\n\nDr. Desai's Personnel File\n\nNews for December 2016\n\nSCP-2729\n\nSCP-2731\n\nSCP Foundation March Madness Hub\n\nSCP Series 3\n\nUser-Curated Lists\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2730\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2730 is contained in a standard humanoid containment cell in Site-42. The Gilbert Gottfried in the public eye is a biological facsimile that must be monitored by a covert detail at all times.\nThe mask made of Gilbert Gottfried's skin is currently in cold-storage in the Site-42 biotechnology laboratory. Skin cultures from the mask are to be harvested and used to generate biological facsimiles of Gilbert Gottfried via the Lilith Protocol. When the current active facsimile of Gottfried begins to degrade, it is to be discretely terminated and replaced by a new facsimile. If the current facsimile dies before degrading (such as by a heart attack or car crash) no further external protocols are required.\nDescription: SCP-2730 is a mallard-like humanoid that humans perceive to be the American actor and comedian Gilbert Gottfried. This perceptive effect extends to the naked eye and ordinary camera viewing. Sonar, infrared, and thaumaturgic viewing indicates that SCP-2730's true form is that of a human-sized mallard. It has webbed feet and abnormally long, cylindrical wings, with tumor-like protuberances for hands. SCP-2730's head is mostly similar to that of a normal wild duck's, although the beak has been severely deformed and forced against the craniofacial area to simulate a nose and mouth. DNA samples taken from SCP-2730 indicate that it is a member of the mallard species (Anas platyrhynchos).\nSCP-2730 was initially discovered in 2005, during filming of the documentary The Aristocrats. The actor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 was being investigated for anomalous properties; however, sonar and infrared analysis inadvertently revealed SCP-2730's anomalous status instead. SCP-2730 was quickly taken into custody and replaced with a biological facsimile1.\nIt is unclear how long SCP-2730 was imitating Gilbert Gottfried; at the time of capture, it was found to be wearing a face mask made of skin, designated as SCP-2730-1, that enabled SCP-2730 to resemble Gilbert Gottfried. Analysis of SCP-2730-1 indicates that it is genetically identical to the real Gilbert Gottfried2 and was at least ten years old in 2005.\nAddendum:\n\n+ Interview 2730-01\n\n- Hide\n\nThis interview was taped using both a regular and an infrared security camera.\nDate: July 16, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nInterviewer: Dr. Rothfuss\n[BEGIN LOG]\nRothfuss: Good morning. I am Doctor Rothfuss. If you cooperate with me, I can shorten your stay here and make sure your time spent here is as comfortable as possible.Rothfuss: Why were you pretending to be Gilbert Gottfried?Rothfuss opens a laptop on the table and turns it towards SCP-2730. It contains real-time footage from the infrared camera in the interview room. SCP-2730's true appearance is clearly visible.\nRothfuss: You are a duck pretending to be Gilbert Gottfried.\nSCP-2730 is silent.\n\nRothfuss: Please cooperate. I want to help.Rothfuss: If you tell me the truth, then I can let you go. How are you able to make yourself look like Gilbert Gottfried?Rothfuss: There is no point in lying to me. I'll keep going. Why are you pretending to be Gilbert Gottfried?\nSCP-2730 is silent.\nRothfuss: Why are you pretending to be Gilbert Gottfried? Where is the real Gilbert Gottfried?\nSCP-2730 is silent.\nRothfuss: Where is the real Gilbert Gottfried?Rothfuss: Excuse me?\nAt this moment, the camera feed is disrupted for two seconds. When the feed resumes, the infrared feed shows SCP-2730 as Gilbert Gottfried, while Rothfuss appears to be an instance of SCP-2730. SCP-2730 turns the laptop back towards Rothfuss so he can see the feed.\nRothfuss: How did you do that?Rothfuss: Please don't try to trick me. How did you do that?Rothfuss: I'm not a duck. My name is\u2026 is Edward Rothfuss.Rothfuss: Have you done something to me?Rothfuss: I'm the real Edward Rothfuss! Security, please be advised\u2026 I think I have been compromised.Rothfuss: Nothing! I am Edward Rothfuss!Rothfuss: Because I am Edward Rothfuss!Dr. Rothfuss puts his hands to his face and is able to peel the skin of his face away. As the skin peels away, Rothfuss is revealed to be an instance of SCP-2730 on the non-infrared feed as well. At that moment, the on-duty security team enters the room and terminates the interview.\n\nAddendum:\nFollowing the events of Interview 2730-01, Dr. Rothfuss was designated as an instance of SCP-2730. Due to his positive history with the Foundation, Rothfuss has been allowed to keep his instance of SCP-2730-1 and remain in Foundation employ as a Class-E personnel with Level 2 clearance3.\n\nFootnotes\n1. This procedure, while unorthodox, was adopted for the purposes of testing in-development biomedical and surveillance technologies in a real-world setting.\n2. DNA testing was accomplished with a sample of Gottfried's semen acquired in 1985 (the last known point when he was confirmed to be alive).\n3. In accordance with standard Humanoid Containment Protocols, Rothfuss has been implanted with a subdermal GPS tracking chip.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2729 | SCP-2730 | SCP-2731 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2731\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The floor containing SCP-2731 is to be covered at all times in a cast-iron platform that conceals and protects SCP-2731. The platform is to be coated in nonslip padding and fitted with a bolted trap door that can be unbolted and opened to reveal the second layer, a cavity containing SCP-2731 and protected by a secondary door only accessible with Level 2 or above object clearance.\nThe shaft inside SCP-2731 is to be capped with a padded iron insert that can be removed from above. Do not dig into, drill into, or otherwise damage the SCP-2731 shaft from within.\nDescription: SCP-2731 is an aperture built into the floor of a stock room of [REDACTED], a grocery store in Asheville, North Carolina. The aperture is concealed by a square iron door which is 2cm thick, .7m wide, and designed to be flush with the surrounding floor. The floor in the room containing SCP-2731 slopes down toward the aperture in all directions, possibly to allow for drainage.\nSCP-2731 connects to a shaft which extends downward for approximately 40 meters before opening into an extensive artificial cavern system [see Exploration Log 2731-1-1999]. As all imaging and exploratory measures taken have been unable to locate the cavern system, it is believed to be extradimensional.\nA plaque is affixed to the underside of SCP-2731 which reads as follows.\n\nTHIS PORTAL INSTALLED SEPTEMBER 1951\nUNDER CONTRACT FOR\nRICHARD AND SONS GATEWAY SERVICE\n\nAccording to interviews with owners and employees of the business, SCP-2731 was inactive or inaccessible until August 10th, 1998, when it was altered by members of Richard and Sons, the same organization which originally placed it. [See the Groups of Interest file appropriate for your clearance level.] The Foundation has attempted to contact Richard and Sons via the telephone number provided on the business card provided to the attending cashier, but received an automated report stating that the number is out of service.\nClosed-circuit surveillance records of Richard and Sons' time inside the premises housing SCP-2731 have been obtained and cataloged. A transcript follows.\n\nIncident recording begins, time 3:20\n[Two Richard and Sons agents, designated here as Operative A and Operative B, enter the building and approach a cashier.]\nOperative A: Ma'am, could you please direct us to your storeroom?\nCashier: Excuse me?\nOperative A: We received a call about a stuck Avernus cover in your premises. We're here to repair it. Here's our card. [Operative B produces a business card from his shirt pocket and hands it to the cashier.] Those are the new ones with the right number, aren't they?\nOperative B: I'm pretty sure.\nCashier: I'm going to have to talk to the manager.\nOperative B: That's great.\nOperative A: That's fine. We'll be right here. [The cashier walks to her station.] What was that?\nOperative B: The\u2026 I was just trying to be friendly.\nOperative A: I can handle it. [The store manager approaches.]\nManager: What's this about?\nOperative A: We're here to repair a stuck Avernus cover, sir. Did you get\u2026 here, have a card. [Operative produces a business card and gives it to the manager.]\nManager: Alright, so you're repairmen here to fix a furnace cover?\nOperative A: Avernus cover. You can't leave it stuck, could cause all kinds of problems.\nOperative B: It can be a health code violation.\nOperative A: He's actually right.\nManager: How long is this going to take?\nOperative A: Ten, fifteen minutes tops to make sure everything's working. We'll be in and out.\nManager: Well, alright. I can take you to our heating controls.\nOperative A: No thanks, sir, we can find it from here. [The two operatives walk toward the storeroom.]\nOperative B: Oh, I just remembered. I got a call from someone looking for some major installation work.\nOperative A: What's the site?\nOperative B: I think it's a Satanists club or something out in Hendersonville.\nOperative A: Jesse? [Operative A stops at the door to the storeroom.] I gotta ask you a question. Do you remember what it says on our van? [Operative A points with his thumb toward the parking lot.]\nOperative B: Uh. \"Richard And Sons, serving Greater Asheville for generations, we give you a hell of a deal.\"\nOperative A: Greater Asheville. Do you know what that means?\nOperative B: I guess it starts at the library\u2014\nOperative A: It means greater got-dang Asheville. We're a local business. Family-run. We provide a niche service to a very specific area. Are you going to pay your own goddamn gas money and van maintenance to head out into the fucking sticks to open a demonhole at some redneck's cabin?\nOperative B: N-no, sir.\nOperative A: You worked at Domino's before this, you should know this shit. [The operatives enter the stockroom.] Open that toolbox and get the gauge. [Operative B hands Operative A an electronic device. Operative A activates it.]\n[Remaining surveillance footage unusable due to radio interference.]\nIncident recording ends, time 3:27\n\nExploration Log 2731-1-1999: As interference within SCP-2731 makes the use of unmanned reconnaissance devices and video surveillance unfeasible, an agent was sent into the SCP-2731 shaft with an analog audio recording device. Transcript follows.\n\nComing down. These walls look and feel like sandstone. I bumped into it a few seconds ago, and it scraped like hell.\nI'm in an antechamber now. The floor is covered in liquid up to my toes. Something pinkish and viscous. [Squishing sounds are audible.] Hear that? That's my boots.\nMassive door in front of me. Inscription reads \"Dulcis casus ad inferna\". If I'm remembering my Latin 102, that's \"the descent to hell is sweet\". [A creaking sound is audible.]\nChrist. Cold air just smacked me in the face, but I think the smell is worse. Proceeding through.\nThat smell's not going away. It's sickly-sweet and chemical. Like\u2026 sticking your head in a freezer that's been broken for a week. I'm in a long, narrow hallway, and the walls are lined with rows of tiny metal prongs. Melon baller things. There's sticky residue on those, too.\nShit, I glanced back and saw something cross through the walkway at the end. I think I'll go left and avoid it. I see a plaque over the entryway. It says \"Destructores dentium\". \"Destroying teeth\"? All capital letters.\nOkay. This is\u2026 this is massive. The hall circles around a column here, and I can see rooms with four-meter ceilings, at least. There's vats of\u2026 something down there, and creatures milling around them. If I can get a good look without being noticed\u2026\nThe workers here are stout little bastards, maybe one and a half meters tall. Wedge-shaped, white, lumpy. No necks. Their little white heads have these red and blue pustules and\u2026 I think those are horns. I can see their breath. Some are operating machinery, some are just watching and laughing. A lot of them are holding pole-arms with concave hollows on the end. Giant spoons.\nThere are chutes running down from the ceiling over the vats, and every so often a worker pulls a lever that releases something into them. I'm seeing\u2026 is that broken glass? That one has syringes. Something covered in mold\u2026 and teeth. And then they stir the vats with their paddles and go again.\nThere's an opening in the central column here, and a spiral stairway inside. The pathway's clear, so I'm heading down.\nIt's warming up as I go. I can feel my fingers again. I'm at the next floor down, and it's probably thirty-five, forty degrees in this room. Plaque over the entryway says \"Purgamenta crassificantia\". \"Fattening garbage\"? Hope I'm pronouncing these right.\nThe structure's the same, but the workers are a little taller and ganglier here. About my height. Still paying no attention to me. I guess I'm being pretty quiet, I can't hear myself over that grinding metal. I think everything is here is made of rusty iron.\nI think whatever they're working with might be temperature-dependent. A worker cranks a scoop that tears out lumps of it into the vat and into something tan\u2026 is that batter? and then flips it again into a basin of hot oil. Across from it, another worker has massive lumps of the stuff dropped onto a sizzling flat stone. Liquid runoff flows through channels into a basin. By the vapor tumbling out, I'd guess it's full of liquid nitrogen. And then a tray is pulled out, and the runoff has been flash-frozen into tiny balls, and they get dumped out into a heap of a hundred thousand frozen balls.\nThey look like that stuff I got at theme parks when I was a kid. Flash-frozen, what the fuck was it called\u2026 the ice cream dots.\nMother of fuck, it's ice cream. It's all ice cream.\nI need to take a break here. I feel like I've been in here for four hours [[Actual expedition time at this point: 97 minutes.]], this room's the size of an airplane hangar, and the air is really thick.\nYou know, I can sort of understand this. I was a fat kid, I have food issues. But this\u2026\nAlright. I'm going down again.\nLatin is \"Tumidae saccharis\". \"Too much sugar\". Hotter in here. Gotta be fifty degrees. Ice cream demons half-again as tall as me spooning ice cream along from room to room. I see a child. They give it a cone, and it stands there, staring blankly without moving, until its hand quivers and the scoop falls off into sand. This happens twenty or thirty times until the sand-cream slurry is raked away into a pit and replaced with clean sand. They didn't even move the kid off, he's replaced too. I just hope that's some kind of mannequin.\nNow that I know what it is I can pick out flavors from their scents. Hundreds of pounds of cherry getting churned, boiled, refrozen\u2026 Vanilla floating in punch bowls in mock parties while all the guests mindlessly walk around and ignore it. Each one a little more dissolved. Something just called out, and the people are mumbling\u2026 \"lactose intolerant\"?\nMint chip, blackberry, rocky road\u2026 all these flavors are sluicing down in front of a line of people that runs out into a door. The one in front keeps acting like he's going to point to one, but he never does. Would they care if I threw up in here? Because \u2014 [unintelligible rumbling] What the fuck? I just heard one of the big ones speak English.\nIt said \"this scoop must suffer\".\nI think\u2026 I think I understand. I understand the evil they see.\nI'm going to take a closer look at this vat, it's unattended\u2026 and a giant fleshy tentacle is hanging from the ceiling. No, it's too wide and flat\u2026 this is more like a tongue. And it's just hanging there. Do the\u2026 the ice creamons get that big?\nNow it's licking the sides. Not touching the ice cream, just the metal. I don't know if the sound is picking up over the mechanisms, but the scraping\u2026\nI think I can hold my lunch down long enough to take a sample. I don't have a\u2026 a tiny spoon, but if I'm fast, I can just scoop some with my hand into the jar, and I don't think they'll notice shit shit shit\u2014\n[Recording ends.]\n\nThe agent resurfaced six hours following entry, lacking his sample jar and gloves, and claiming to have blacked out as his stomach was being pumped. The agent was treated for frostbite, but no permanent physical damage occurred. The agent is currently in therapy to overcome persistent intrusive thoughts regarding \"the sins of ice cream\" which affect his eating habits.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2730 | SCP-2731 | SCP-2732 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2732\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2732 is to be kept at Storage Site-\u2588\u2588 in a standard large object containment chamber. SCP-2732-1 is to be stored separately in a security safe with controlled heat and humidity, due to its delicate nature. SCP-2732-2-D instances are to be kept in a cold storage chamber.\nDescription: SCP-2732 is a wooden Beijing Opera stage, constructed within the last century. SCP-2732 lacks a backstage area or stairs. SCP-2732-1 is a Ming Dynasty Era booklet containing seven entries, all different accounts of the same event.\nWhen a human subject reads out a whole entry directly from SCP-2732-1 while standing within a 60-meter radius of SCP-2732, SCP-2732-2 instances, along with stage props required, will manifest on the stage. SCP-2732-2 instances are autonomous, mostly wooden mannequins with no facial features wearing Beijing Opera costumes and facial makeup. SCP-2732-2 instances will engage in a performance1 that seems to correspond to the entry read, accompanied by music with no apparent source. See Addendum for specifics and exceptions.\nWhen a human being enters SCP-2732, the performance will halt, with SCP-2732-2 instances ceasing all motions. SCP-2732-2 instances and stage props removed at this time will behave like ordinary objects. The performance will resume after all objects taken from SCP-2732 are returned and all human subjects have left the stage. After the performance, SCP-2732-2 instances and stage props will disappear, except for the instance generated by Entry 7. See Addendum for more information.\nAddendum: The following is the content of SCP-2732-1, and the specifics of SCP-2732-2's performance corresponding to each entry.\n\nEntry 1\nEntry 2\nEntry 3\nEntry 4\nEntry 5\nEntry 6\nEntry 7\n\n\u963f\u4f3d\u4e4b\u738b\uff0c\u7f22\u800c\u6b7b\u3002\nThe king of Ajia was hanged dead.\n\nPerformance Log: SCP-2732-2-A first appears in this entry. The instance wears costume of a Chinese emperor and no facial makeup.\n\n<Begin Log>\n[A low drumming sound plays.]\nSCP-2732-2-A appears hanged from the ceiling with white silk2.\nThe instance twitches for 15 minutes.\n<End Log>\n\n\u53e4\u6709\u963f\u4f3d\u4e4b\u56fd\uff0c\u5176\u738b\u7f22\u800c\u4e0d\u6b7b\uff0c\u5176\u6c11\u7686\u5177\u5047\u9762\u3002\nBack then, in the Kingdom of Ajia, the king of the land was hanged but didn't die; the people there all wore masks.\n\nPerformance Log:\n\n<Begin Log>\n[An erhu3 melody plays.]\nSCP-2732-2-A walks from right side to the middle, hangs itself with white silk, and starts twitching.\n15 SCP-2732-2 instances appear on the stage, each holding a white wooden mask in front of their face.4\nInstances begin to surround SCP-2732-2-A until a circle is formed.\n[A loud gong strike is heard.]\n<End Log>\n\n\u6709\u963f\u4f3d\u4e4b\u56fd\uff0c\u5176\u738b\u7f22\u800c\u4e0d\u6b7b\u3002\u867a\u6c11\u60e7\u4e4b\uff0c\u711a\u5176\u57ce\u3002\u8986\u5047\u9762\u4ee5\u846c\u3002\nIn the Kingdom of Ajia, the king was hanged but didn't die. The serpent people feared him, and burnt his city. They put a mask on him before burying him.\n\nPerformance Log:\n\n<Begin Log>\n[An erhu melody plays.]\nSCP-2732-2-A walks from right side to the middle, hangs itself with white silk, and starts twitching.\n3 SCP-2732-2 instances appear on the right, one of them holding a white wooden mask. Instances' legs are replaced with wooden snake tails, capable of moving but incapable of supporting bodies.\nInstances crawl to the middle and then slump to the floor.\n[A gong strike is heard, and the erhu melody intensifies.]\nAll instances, including SCP-2732-2-A, burst into flames. SCP-2732 itself doesn't catch fire.\nAfter approximately 10 minutes, the flames die out, and the remains disappear.\n<End Log>\n\n\u963f\u8fe6\u4e4b\u56fd\u6709\u738b\u7f22\u4e8e\u4e2d\u5ead\u3002\u4e3e\u56fd\u5e86\u4e4b\uff0c\u66dd\u5c38\u4e8e\u91ce\u3002\u6b21\u65e5\uff0c\u738b\u4f7f\u81f3\u3002\u4e0d\u751f\u4e03\u7a8d\uff0c\u72f0\u72f0\u800c\u7b11\u3002\u5176\u6c11\u5927\u60ca\uff0c\u4ee5\u4e3a\u795e\u602a\uff0c\u4ee5\u8840\u796d\u4e4b\u3002\nIn the Kingdom of Ajia, there was a king who hanged himself in the middle of the court. The whole country celebrated this, and exposed his body in the wild. The next day, the king's emissary came. It had no face, but laughed menacingly. The people were greatly shocked, and regarded it as the likes of gods and monsters. They then offered blood sacrifice to the being.\n\nPerformance Log: SCP-2732-2-B first appears in this entry. The instance wears no costume, with its entirety painted in black.\n\n<Begin Log>\n[An erhu melody plays.]\nSCP-2732-2-A walks from right side to the middle, hangs itself with white silk, and starts twitching.\n[A joyous chorus starts.]\n15 SCP-2732-2 instances appear on the right.\nSCP-2732-2 instances walk to the middle and start tearing at SCP-2732-2-A, until the instance falls onto the floor.\nThe instances disregard SCP-2732-2-A and turn to the left.\n[The chorus stops, and a scratching sound is heard.]\nSCP-2732-2-B enters from the left.\nAll other instances walk towards SCP-2732-2-B and kneel down. This lasts for 5 minutes.\n<End Log>\n\n\u662f\u65e5\uff0c\u963f\u4f3d\u4e4b\u56fd\u56f0\u738b\u4e8e\u5ead\uff0c\u95ee\u8ba1\u4e8e\u4ece\u8005\u3002\u4f8d\u66f0\uff1a\u201c\u5f53\u4ee5\u6b7b\u62d2\u3002\u201d \u9042\u5907\u767d\u7eeb\u3002\u738b\u66f0\uff1a\u201c\u5fc5\u7d22\u9b42\u3002\u201d \u7f22\u4e8e\u5ead\uff0c\u4ece\u8005\u4ea6\u6b7b\u3002\u4e3e\u56fd\u5e86\u4e4b\u3002\n\u6b21\u65e5\uff0c\u738b\u4f7f\u81f3\u3002\u4e0d\u751f\u4e03\u7a8d\uff0c\u8bd5\u4e4b\uff0c\u4e0d\u7c7b\u4eba\u3002\u95ee\u4e4b\uff0c\u72f0\u72f0\u800c\u7b11\uff0c\u7b54\u66f0\uff1a\u201c\u5f53\u4ee5\u8840\u796d\u3002\u201d \u7fa4\u81e3\u4e43\u609f\uff0c\u66f0\uff1a\u201c\u5fc5\u732e\u4e8e\u738b\u3002\u201d \u5176\u6c11\u7686\u66f0\uff1a\u201c\u5c3d\u732e\u4e8e\u738b\u3002\u201d\nThat day, the Kingdom of Ajia trapped their king in his court. The king asked his servant for a plan. The servant said: \"We must fight to the death.\" Hence white silk was prepared. The king said: \"I will take their souls.\" He hanged himself in the court, and the servant died as well. The whole country celebrated.\nThe next day, the king's emissary came. It had no face, and after engaging, the people deemed that it was not human. They questioned the being, it laughed menacingly, and answered: \"You should offer blood sacrifice.\" The ministers then understood, and said: \"We will sacrifice to the king.\" Its people all said: \"All the blood to the king.\"\n\nPerformance Log: SCP-2732-2-C first appears in this entry. The instance wears the costume and facial makeup of the chou5 in Beijing Opera.\n\n<Begin Log>\nSCP-2732-2-A and -C enters from the right.\n[An erhu melody plays, with a noticeably higher pitch than that of other entries.]\nSCP-2732-2-C presents a piece of white silk to SCP-2732-2-A.\nSCP-2732-2-A takes the white silk, hangs itself, and starts twitching.\nAs SCP-2732-2-A is hanged, SCP-2732-2-C slumps to the floor.\n[The melody stops, and a scratching sound is heard.]\nSCP-2732-2-B enters from the left while 15 other SCP-2732-2 instances enter from the right.\nThe 15 instances walk towards SCP-2732-2-B and kneel down. This lasts for 5 minutes.\n<End Log>\n\n\u662f\u65e5\uff0c\u963f\u4f3d\u4e4b\u56fd\u56f0\u738b\u4e8e\u91ce\uff0c\u95ee\u8ba1\u4ece\u8005\u3002\u4ece\u8005\u66f0\uff1a\u201c\u5f53\u8bf7\u795e\u3002\u201d\u987b\u81fe\uff0c\u5927\u9f99\u81f3\u3002\u9f99\u8005\uff0c\u6bcd\u795e\u4e5f\u3002\u66f0\uff1a\u201c\u6b7b\u4e4b\uff0c\u540e\u590d\u8fd4\u3002\u201d \u9f99\u4e0b\u516d\u517d\u66f0\uff1a\u201c\u5f53\u4ee5\u8bf8\u8840\u4e3a\u796d\u3002\u201d \u9042\u4ee5\u4ece\u8005\u4e3a\u796d\u3002\u9f99\u66f0\uff1a\u201c\u5584\u3002\u201d \u7f22\u4ee5\u767d\u7eeb\u3002\u4e3e\u56fd\u5e86\u4e4b\u3002\n\u6b21\u65e5\uff0c\u795e\u4f7f\u81f3\uff0c\u662f\u516d\u517d\u4e4b\u4e00\u3002\u6d51\u6566\u65e0\u9762\u76ee\uff0c\u80cc\u6709\u516d\u7ffc\u3002\u95ee\u4e4b\uff0c\u72f0\u72f0\u800c\u7b11\uff0c\u7b54\u66f0\uff1a\u201c\u5f53\u4ee5\u8840\u796d\u3002\u201d \u7fa4\u81e3\u4e43\u609f\uff0c\u66f0\uff1a\u201c\u5fc5\u732e\u4e8e\u738b\u3001\u8bf8\u517d\u3001\u5927\u9f99\u3002\u201d \u5176\u6c11\u7686\u66f0\uff1a\u201c\u5c3d\u732e\u4e8e\u738b\u3002\u201d\nThat day, the Kingdom of Ajia trapped their king in the wild. The king asked his servant for a plan. The servant said: \"We should summon the gods.\" A moment later, the Dragon came. The Dragon is the mother god. She said: \"One must die first so that he can return.\" The Six Beasts that served under the Dragon said: \"You should sacrifice with all blood.\" The king hence used the servant as a sacrifice. The Dragon said: \"Good.\" The king then hanged himself with white silk. The whole country celebrated.\nThe next day, the god's emissary came. It was one of the Six Beasts. The emissary was round, had no face, and bore six wings on its back. They questioned the being, it laughed menacingly, and answered: \"You should offer blood sacrifice.\" The ministers then understood, and said: \"We will sacrifice to the king, the Beasts and the Dragon.\" Its people all said: \"All the blood to the king.\"\n\nPerformance Log:\n\n<Begin Log>\n[A religious chorus plays throughout.]\nSCP-2732-2-A and -C enter from the right.\nSCP-2732-2-A and -C stop in the middle, and kneel towards the left.\n7 SCP-2732-2 instances enter from the left in a line, each holding a rod supporting a large piece of animal meat. The piece of meat is a mixture of cow and pig meat, crudely bound together by strings to resemble a snake, with a pair of holes on the front end.\nThe instances begin to perform in a manner similar to that of the traditional Chinese dragon dance.\nUpon reaching SCP-2732-2-A and -C, the seven instances throw the meat to the floor.\n[A loud gong strike is heard.]\nThe SCP-2732-2 instance in the front hands a piece of white silk to SCP-2732-2-A, while the other 6 instances begin to tear at SCP-2732-2-C.\nSCP-2732-2-A takes the white silk, hangs itself, and starts twitching.\nThe 7 instances walk back to the left and vanish.\nA wooden ball painted in black, 2 meters in diameter, rolls from the left.\n15 SCP-2732-2 instances enter from the right.\nThe instances rush towards the ball, and hold it for 5 minutes.\n[A loud gong strike is heard.]\n<End Log>\n\n\u662f\u65e5\uff0c\u963f\u4f3d\u4e4b\u56fd\u56f0\u738b\u3002\u7f22\u800c\u6b7b\uff0c\u4e3e\u56fd\u5e86\u4e4b\u3002\u66dd\u5c38\u4e8e\u91ce\u3002\n\u903e\u4e09\u65e5\uff0c\u738b\u4f7f[ILLEGIBLE]\nThat day, the Kingdom of Ajia trapped their king. The king hanged himself and died. The whole country celebrated this, and exposed his body in the wild.\nThree days later, the king's emissary [ILLEGIBLE]\n\nNote: Ink was spilled onto the page, rendering the rest of the paragraph illegible. However, reading the legible part is enough to trigger the effect.\nPerformance Log: SCP-2732-2-D only appears in this entry, and unlike other instances, doesn't disappear afterwards. The instance is a roughly humanoid figure, lacking limbs, and wrapped in black silk.\n\n<Begin Log>\nSCP-2732-2-D appears in the middle of the stage.\nThe instance remains mostly still, but turns its head to always face the human subject who initiated the performance.\n[No background music is present.]\n<End Log>\n\nNote: Examination shows that under the black silk, SCP-2732-2-D is composed of animal meat similar to that which would appear in Entry 6's performance. Embedded within the instance's face, a pair of human eyeballs can be found. Currently, all 5 pairs collected have identical DNA, indicating a male of Han ethnicity.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Note that the performance does not match the common practice of Beijing Opera, as costumes and facial makeup assigned are often unrelated to SCP-2732-2's roles.\n2. According to Chinese tradition, one uses white silk instead of rope to hang oneself.\n3. Chinese instrument with two strings, sometimes called a Chinese violin.\n4. Note that instances' facial makeup is still present.\n5. Equates to the role of a male clown.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2731 | SCP-2732 | SCP-2733 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2733 in an inactive state\n\nItem #: SCP-2733\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Containment procedure 64-Delta-Romeo (standard containment for anomalous structures, mid-urban) is followed for SCP-2733-01. Two implanted agents are to remain in residence in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, OK to keep civilians away from SCP-2733-01. Attempts to remove SCP-2733 have been unsuccessful, therefore the room containing SCP-2733 is to be secured by Foundation agents and locked with both keypad and retinal scan.\nDescription: SCP-2733 is a body storage cabinet in an abandoned building (SCP-2733-01) that served as a funeral home/morgue on the outskirts of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, OK. SCP-2733-01 was abandoned after the business owning it, Restful Meadows Funeral Home and Crematory, went out of business c. 1976. The building has remained uninhabited for the past \u2588\u2588 years. SCP-2733's anomalous properties were discovered after the ghost-hunting show [REDACTED] began to scout the area for a new filming location; an implanted agent discovered SCP-2733 and reported it to Foundation personnel.\nSCP-2733's primary effect manifests when a human being opens one of the cabinet doors while thinking of another either living or dead sentient creature. Upon opening SCP-2733, the subject will find the head of the creature they were thinking of. Creatures are alive and able to communicate until either the cabinet they are in is closed or another cabinet is opened and a second head is summoned, at which point the initial head vanishes. Attempts to track these heads have been futile.\n\nTest Subject\nCreature Thought Of\nResult\n\nD-8452\nInstructed to think of a dog\nThe head of a Jack Russell terrier manifests. Dog is panting and appears in good spirits. Cabinet closed without incident.\n\nD-8452\nInstructed to think of a human\nThe head of D-8452's uncle, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, manifests. Head is communicative and healthy. Cabinet closed without incident.\n\nD-8452\nInstructed to think of a famous person\nThe head of English playwright William Shakespeare manifests. Head appears as historians have speculated he would have looked at his death at age 52. Head is communicative and healthy, if distraught. Cabinet closed without incident.\n\nDr. Theodora Wu\n\"My Mom\"\nUnsanctioned test by Dr. Wu. The head of her mother, Min Wu, manifests. Head is intact and, after momentary confusion, is friendly and pleasant. She and Dr. Wu have a brief conversation in Cantonese.\n\nD-8452\nInstructed to think of a deceased dog\nThe head of a Collie manifests. Dog is identified as D-8452's childhood pet. Dog is barking and appears in good spirits. D-8452 instructed to remove head from shelf. As soon as the head is no longer touching the shelf, its neck expels approx. .5L of blood and the head begins to decompose at a normal rate.\n\nDr. Peter Anselman\nInstructed to think of D-8452\nD-8452 is sedated and placed beside SCP-2733. Upon opening SCP-2733, D-8452's head disappears from its neck and manifests within SCP-2733. D-8452's body expels approx. 2L of blood and collapses. D-8452's head appears sedated as before, but alive. Closing SCP-2733 does not result in D-8452's head remanifesting on its neck. Dr. Wu becomes distressed and is sedated.\n\nAddendum 2733-01:\nFurther investigation has indicated that Restful Meadows Funeral Home and Crematory was purchased by [REDACTED]1 with intent to demolish. Attempts to locate Joseph Wright (the previous owner of SCP-2733-01) and the body of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 have been unsuccessful.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The nation's largest owner of funeral service locations and cemeteries.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2732 | SCP-2733 | SCP-2734 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Former habitat of multiple SCP-2734 instances. Immediate vicinity contained more than fifty SCP-2734 instances just two hours before Foundation agents arrived on the scene.\n\nItem #: SCP-2734\nObject Class: Neutralized Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All containment cells previously containing instances of SCP-2734 are to be examined for structural weaknesses. All personnel aware of or involved with the containment of SCP-2734 are to be investigated in regards to the events detailed in Addendum 2734-3. A full report of the investigations' findings will be provided to O5-9.\nFormer habitats of SCP-2734 are to receive light satellite scans once a month. Any signs of SCP-2734 resurgence must be reported to O5-9.\n\n+ Show Previous Containment Procedures\n\n- Hide Previous Containment Procedures\n\nAll populations of SCP-2734 in the wild are to be constantly monitored via satellite. SCP-2734 populations must also receive regular surveillance from airborne drones. Foundation agents embedded in human populations close to SCP-2734 must keep watch for signs of SCP-2734 intrusion in human dwellings. Should instances of SCP-2734 approach or endanger human populations, Mobile Task Force Zeta-5 (\u201cShoo Out the Clowns\u201d) are to be sent in to drive them back into unpopulated areas. Under no circumstances is lethal force to be used on SCP-2734 unless absolutely necessary.\nDue to a partial information leak about SCP-2734, standard Disinformation Protocols must be applied. Falsified images, videos and stories about SCP-2734 must be spread online and through the wider media. Foundation-manufactured media must be obviously falsified to call doubt to SCP-2734's existence. Aforementioned media must also portray SCP-2734 as uniformly malicious, in order to discourage those who believe in SCP-2734's existence from seeking them out.\nAll instances of SCP-2734 contained in Foundation facilities must be held in standard humanoid containment cells. Additional privileges may be awarded for cooperation.\n\nDescription: SCP-2734 is a species of humanoid superficially resembling American culture's conception of a clown. Since January 2016, populations of SCP-2734 have sprung up all over the world, necessitating a global misinformation campaign. The majority of SCP-2734 sightings have taken place in the mainland USA and Canada. However, populations of SCP-2734 have been found in Western Europe, Australia, Central America and [DATA EXPUNGED].\nPopulations of SCP-2734 generally live as far away from human habitations as possible. SCP-2734 populations can comfortably exist in a wide variety of natural environments despite having little to no personal possessions aside from clothing. Despite urban legends, SCP-2734 is determined to avoid being seen, photographed or caught on video. The majority of images circulating through the media claiming to be SCP-2734 are in fact independent hoaxes or part of the Foundations' misinformation campaign.\nIn addition to resembling the Western ideal of a clown, members of SCP-2734 possess the following differences from Homo sapiens:\n\nthe ability to subsist on approximately 200 calories a day.\nthe ability to gain sustenance from nearly any organic matter. SCP-2734 instances have been shown to comfortably subsist on grass, leaves, flowers, roots, bark, tree sap, mushrooms, ferns, insects, and food waste from human garbage. SCP-2734 instances universally avoid consuming animal meat, although this is considered to be a cultural trait rather than a physical limitation. In times of scarcity, SCP-2734 instances have been known to eat small animals such as birds and rats; however, this appears to bring them a substantial amount of guilt.\nflatter, stronger teeth; believed to assist with an herbivorous diet.\nthe ability to comfortably exist in nearly any climate. SCP-2734 has never shown any sign of being affected by climate-related maladies (e.g. hypothermia, heatstroke). Populations of SCP-2734 have been found in areas with temperatures above 45 \u00b0C and below -18 \u00b0C with no effect.\nfaster running speed. The average fully grown member of SCP-2734 can run at approximately 22 km/h. This ability is used primarily in evasion.\n\nOutreach to SCP-2734 communities has been extremely difficult. SCP-2734 is determined to keep itself hidden; the first attempts at outreach have been met with great distrust and outright terror. Often a community of SCP-2734 will uproot itself and travel hundreds of kilometres after an attempt at communication from the Foundation. Eventually the Foundation was able to persuade one community to willingly hand over two members, (SCP-2734-1 and SCP-2734-2) into Foundation custody for purposes of mutual understanding. The Foundation has agreed to keep SCP-2734-1 and 2 in its care for only as long as they are comfortable, and to return them as soon as they request to do so.\n\n+ Addendum 2734-1\n\n- Hide Addendum 2734-1\n\nThe following are excerpts from a journal kept by SCP-2734-1. These excepts were not voluntarily given, rather they were surreptitiously copied from his journal while he was being allowed out of his cell. SCP-2734-1 may have suspected these activities as he ceased updating the journal shortly after the Foundation began taking excerpts.\n\nI hate this place. A clown's place is out in the arms of our Mother Earth, beneath every star in heaven. Here I get a concrete ceiling. They've painted it a nice soft yellow colour, but it's still a concrete ceiling. You can't replace the stars with concrete.\n\nThey always make sure to smile when they come to talk to me. I've never seen humans smile before. It's creepy. I don't like it.\n\nOne of the humans tried to interview me today. He looked just like HIM. That camp director. The one I left behind on my world. I went into hysterics. It took fifteen minutes for me just to stop sobbing.\n\nThe corridors and layout of [Site-16] look exactly like the Clown Processing Plants back home. But the staff, uniforms, and insignias are all different. I haven't seen much of this place, but I don't think it's as big as a Clown Processing Plant. I'm not sure there's any building on this planet that big. But I'll keep my eyes open, just in case.\n\nWhy is this world so different and yet so familiar? Same air. Same trees. Plenty of humans. But no clowns. Not anywhere. Just humans in whiteface.\nWhy are there no clowns? Did they never exist here? If they never existed, why do humans dress like them? Did the humans wipe them out? Were they forced to flee the planet like we were?\nDid these people have anything to do with it?\n\nI asked one of the staff members if I could give a performance to the staff. She said she'd pass a message to the Site Director, but they'd have to think about it. I'm so bored I'm actually considering performing for HUMANS.\n\nI keep thinking back to my mother. I'm doing it more and more, as I'm slowly becoming convinced that they'll never let us out of this place. She's the whole reason I agreed to be their \u201cguest\u201d.\n\u201cPromise me you'll go with them\u201d, she said. \u201cIf they come looking for us, at least you'll be safe\u201d.\n\u201cMother,\u201d I said. \u201cIf they can find us in another plane of existence I doubt I'll be safe in an underground bunker or whatever they have in store.\u201d\nShe didn't say anything. I just heard her sharp intake of breath as her nails dug deeper into my arms. I agreed because I never wanted to see her so scared again.\n\n+ Addendum 2734-2\n\n- Hide Addendum 2734-2\n\nThe following text was written on a piece of stationary found crumpled up in a wastebasket inside SCP-2734-2's cell. It is believed that he may been trying to communicate with the Foundation through writing, being too distressed to discuss his background in person.\n\nThey made me mop the floors. The humans. They made me work sixteen hours a day. No breaks. I didn't complain. I didn't want to think about what they'd do to me if I complain. I might have be sent to [illegible]\nI had not seen my family and friends in months. I also didn't want to think about where they were. I still don't. I tell myself they are okay. I keep mopping the floors. I don't complain.\nI am not sure they need me to mop the floors. Don't they have drones for that? I don't know much about humans, except for how they cage us. Why do they make me mop the floors? I don't ask. I don't complain.\nOne day they make us lift barrels into a truck. Why don't they use a [illegible]? I don't ask. I just lift the barrels. Me and Gorn. The last few clowns left. The barrels were heavy. My back was aching so badly. But we loaded the barrels best we can. One of the last barrels, I slip. The barrel slips from my hands and falls on the ground. It makes a loud sound as it hits the ground, louder than it should have. The lid flew off. Litres and litres of green liquid pour out. Liquid and something else. Stench hits me hard. I feel like I am going to vomit. There is the green liquid, and also hundreds of tiny red balls. I recognize the green fluid. Some kind of preservative. It takes longer to recognize the red balls. I jumped down and picked one up. Then it hit me.\nThey were clown noses.\nHundred of clown noses. Sliced clean off our faces. When I turned it over, I could see the rotting meat inside. I looked behind me. I could see thirty other barrels in the truck.\n\nThe rest of the document is scribbled out.\n\n+ Addendum 2734-3\n\n- Hide Addendum 2734-3\n\nAt approximately 7:00 am, on January 5th 2017, both SCP-2734-1 and SCP-2734-2 were found to be missing from their cells. No signs of how the disappearance occurred has been found, despite both cells being under 24 hour surveillance and a forensic examination being made of their cells. At the same time, all populations of SCP-2734 around the world spontaneously vanished from Foundation surveillance. Investigations are underway, but as of March 1st 2017, SCP-2734 is considered neutralized.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2733 | SCP-2734 | SCP-2735 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2735\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2735-1 and SCP-2735-3 are to be kept in a transparent airtight glass container filled with fresh water, at least 10 meters cubed, reinforced with steel bars. The water in this container should be continuously aerated with a mixture of hydrogen gas and carbon dioxide. 25% of this water should be drained and replaced weekly. Cultures of anaerobic autotrophic bacteria and archaea are maintained within this container1 for the purpose of feeding SCP-2735-1 and SCP-2735-3. If this container is damaged, SCP-2735-1 and SCP-2735-3 are to be relocated to a secondary container of the same design.\nSCP-2735-4 is to be kept in a separate container, designed to the same specifications aside from being smaller, measuring at least 3 meters cubed and lined with foam padding. SCP-2735-4 is to be kept isolated from SCP-2735-1 and SCP-2735-3 at all times. A waterproof closed-circuit camera is placed within the container. A lamp is to be mounted to the top of the container to aid in sustenance for SCP-2735-4. SCP-2735-4 may be relocated to SCP-2735-1 and SCP-2735-3's secondary container if its primary container is damaged, but SCP-2735-4 should not be within it at the same time as SCP-2735-1 or SCP-2735-3.\nContainment of extraterrestrial satellites related to SCP-2735 has been delegated to Project Heimdall operations. Various space observatories have been co-opted by the Foundation to determine the location of possible SCP-2735 artifacts in solar orbit. In the event of an SCP-2735 artifact being discovered, a standard Foundation retrieval team will be sent into orbit to recover the object(s). Under the unlikely circumstances that there is a surviving SCP-2735 instance onboard an object, that object is to be transferred into an orbit around earth and de-orbited, so the surviving instance can be relocated to the primary SCP-2735 containment unit.\nSCP-2735-2's remains are preserved in Secure Containment Locker 2735. Those who wish to access SCP-2735-2 should submit a request to Site Command prior to their research.\nDescription: SCP-2735 is a species of sapient aquatic organisms of which there are three surviving members. SCP-2735 is believed to have been dominant on Earth roughly 2.4 billion years ago, but was rendered functionally extinct. SCP-2735 are obligate anaerobes that consume carbon dioxide and produce methane, and will become physically ill when exposed to oxygenated air or water, resulting in death if exposed for extended periods.\nSCP-2735 have their body structures arranged trilaterally. SCP-2735 instances range in length from roughly 1.5 to 3 metres long, and from roughly 0.5 to 1.75 metres in diameter, with the majority of their forms being taken up by a long tail. SCP-2735 instances primarily interact with objects using three appendages located on the anterior of their bodies, which each further split into five secondary appendages intended for grasping. Each SCP-2735 instance possesses a single compound eye located on the anterior of their body, covered by a translucent layer of skin. A circular, toothless mouth is located on the proximal end of each of an SCP-2735's three primary appendages. The internal body plan of SCP-2735 resembles that of members of the phylum Echinodermata2, but is almost certainly unrelated. SCP-2735 instances are autotrophic and heterotrophic, and derive sustenance from both filtering microscopic organisms from water ingested through their three mouths and collecting sunlight using a dense coating of wire-like fibres on the posterior of their bodies. Skin colour in SCP-2735 instances vary between dark greens and browns, though it is possible that colouration was more varied among the larger population prior to its destruction. SCP-2735 lives in symbiosis with bioluminescent prokaryotes, which they are capable of altering the colour of. SCP-2735 instances have extremely thin and porous skin. This allows for cutaneous gas exchange, which is their only method of respiration, and causes the bioluminescent organisms in their blood vessels to be extremely visible. SCP-2735's method of communication has not been translated by the Foundation as of yet, but appears to involve complex patterns of bioluminescent light.\nDiscovery: The initial four SCP-2735 instances were preserved in an advanced space station in a 90 degree retrograde solar orbit. A radio signal from the station was discovered by the Big Ear radio telescope in 1998, and subsequently intercepted by the Foundation. The signal was initially assumed to be alien in origin, until Foundation astronauts were able to enter the craft and study the preserved organisms, identifying them as terrestrial. The station used by the SCP-2735 instances was transferred to a terrestrial orbit and subsequently de-orbited, then used as temporary containment for SCP-2735 until Foundation researchers could learn more about the subject's biology, at which point they were relocated to their current containers. After the initial finding, other SCP-2735 space stations were discovered in similar orbits, however all instances of SCP-2735 have either perished from the extended time in orbit or damage taken by collisions with other orbiting objects.\nIncident-2735-A: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/19\u2588\u2588 at 6:34 pm, the rate and luminosity of all four SCP-2735 instance's bioluminescent emissions dramatically increased. This was noted, but not initially considered to be significant by observing personnel. At 6:42, the four SCP-2735 instances began repeatedly propelling themselves against a specific location on the primary containment chamber's wall. This was recognized as a coordinated attempt to breach containment and Foundation agents entered the chamber.\nAt 6:47, as five (5) agents attempted to restrain the SCP-2735 instances, SCP-2735-2 succeeded in breaching the wall of the chamber. SCP-2735-2 and the other instances were violently forced out of their containment chamber by the resulting flow of water. The SCP-2735 instances then demonstrated body language believed to represent extreme agitation, presumably due to the harmful oxygen in the air or their lack of mobility. Agents were successful in relocating the SCP-2735 subjects to their secondary containment chamber, where they were temporarily contained while their primary chamber was rebuilt with additional steel reinforcement.\nIncident-2735-B: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/19\u2588\u2588 at 3:46 am, the four SCP-2735 instances again displayed heightened bioluminescent activity. Due to similarities with behaviour prior to Incident-2735-A, Foundation agents were alerted and ordered to enter the SCP-2735 primary container. Before agents were able to arrive, the four SCP-2735 instances began to again propel themselves towards a location on the wall of their chamber, however SCP-2735-3 stopped after two (2) minutes and moved to the southeast corner of the chamber, while SCP-2735-1 displayed similar behaviour to SCP-2735-3 once Foundation agents entered the chamber at 3:54 am. No significant damage was done to the SCP-2735 chamber, and SCP-2735-2 and SCP-2735-4 were successfully restrained by Foundation agents until they ceased aggressive behaviour.\nIncident-2735-C: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, at 12:56 pm, SCP-2735-4 began to attempt to breach containment in a fashion similar to previous incidents, though the other SCP-2735 instances remained idle. After Incident-2735-B, SCP-2735's special containment procedures were updated to include four (4) Foundation agents in diving gear and body armour posted outside the container, and thus the incident was responded to immediately and SCP-2735-4 was restrained without incident.\nIncident-2735-D: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, at 5:41 am, heightened bioluminescent behaviour was observed from both SCP-2735-2 and SCP-2735-4. Due to bioluminescent events from SCP-2735-2 and SCP-2735-4 without a follow up containment breach attempt, this behaviour was not considered significant, and thus no agents entered the chamber. Roughly five (5) minutes after this was noted, SCP-2735-4 propelled itself towards SCP-2735-2. SCP-2735-4 attached itself to SCP-2735-2 using its grasping appendages and began to repeatedly throw SCP-2735-2 towards the chamber's wall.\nThe four posted agents then entered the chamber, but were repeatedly repulsed by SCP-2735-4. SCP-2735-1 and SCP-2735-3 moved to a far corner of the room and ceased bioluminescent activity at this time. Following this, SCP-2735-4 began to use its appendages to tear at SCP-2735-2's skin. At 5:52 am, two (2) additional agents entered the chamber and began to assist the initial four agents. The agents were successful in restraining SCP-2735-4, but not before it had succeeded in dealing significant amounts of bodily harm to SCP-2735-2.\nFollowing the incident, SCP-2735-4 was temporarily relocated to the secondary containment chamber, while SCP-2735-2 was examined by Foundation doctors. SCP-2735-2 was confirmed to be clinically dead four (4) hours after Incident-2735-D began. Fourteen (14) days after Incident-2735-D began, SCP-2735-4 was transferred to its current chamber, and the four agents assigned to SCP-2735 were reassigned to guard SCP-2735-4 specifically.\nIncident-2735-E: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, at 10:23 am, SCP-2735-4 began propelling itself towards the wall of its containment chamber. While repeated incidents had proven that SCP-2735-4 was incapable of actually breaching containment using this method, agents entered the chamber and restrained SCP-2735-4 to prevent it from harming itself in the attempt. Foam padding was added to the walls of SCP-2735-4's chamber to prevent it from accidentally harming itself.\nIncident-2735-F: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, at 10:45 pm, SCP-2735-4 began to use its appendages to tear at its own flesh. Agents were successful in restraining it. A modified electronic shock collar was secured around SCP-2735-4's upper body to deter this behaviour in the future.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A full list of the species cultured within SCP-2735's containment chamber can be found in Document 2735-Gimel\n2. Starfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, etc.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2734 | SCP-2735 | SCP-2736 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Left: SCP-2736-1 in Foundation custody, 1973.\nRight: SCP-2736-2 during second presidential term, 1973.\n\nItem #: SCP-2736\nObject Class: Euclid (SCP-2736-1), Keter (SCP-2736-2) Neutralized\nSpecial Containment Procedures: For its own protection SCP-2736-1 is kept at Armed Site-29, in a standard humanoid containment chamber.1 Subject is allowed a television and a subscription to a newspaper of its choosing; a monthly allowance of $20 $30 $50 $75 $100 $125 US (amount periodically increased to account for inflation) has also been set aside to procure SCP-2736-1 with reading material and other media it may request. Once a week subject is allowed one hour in the small courtyard at the center of Building 11, under the supervision of one guard. Once a year subject is allowed one new photograph each of Patricia Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower. All privileges are contingent on good behavior, and may be rescinded at any time by Project Head/2736. Subject's health should be monitored closely, as it has a history of phlebitis.\nSCP-2736-2 is uncontained at present. Long-term surveillance is to be maintained, with successful infiltration of its inner circle remaining a Class-IV Priority.\nUPDATE: Special Containment Procedures for SCP-2736 were discontinued on 23/04/1994.\nDescription: SCP-2736 consists of two biologically-identical adult males, SCP-2736-1 and SCP-2736-2; as far as can be ascertained, both are former U.S. President Richard M. Nixon. They are the result of a little-understood event designated \u201cIncident Janus-2736\u201d, which resulted in a hitherto non-anomalous Richard M. Nixon being \u201csplit\u201d into two distinct individuals through unknown, anomalous means. SCP-2736-1 and SCP-2736-2 appear to share the entirety of Richard M. Nixon's memories up to Incident Janus-2736, at which point each individual developed a distinct consciousness; however, this cannot be conclusively verified due to the unavailability of SCP-2736-2 for study.\nSCP-2736-1 has been in Foundation custody since Incident Janus-2736, allowing its existence to remain concealed from the public. Despite having been produced through anomalous means, SCP-2736-1 displays no anomalous properties save for sharing a Level-II causal relationship (physical, mental) with SCP-2736-2 (see Addenda 3, 5). Heavy scarring is present on subject's chest, the result of injuries sustained during Incident Janus-2736.\nSCP-2736-2 is the individual known to the world as Richard M. Nixon, having served as the 37th President of the United States from 1969 to 1974. Due to SCP-2736-2's high status and visibility, as well as the protection and continued interference of GoI-113 with Foundation efforts at recovery, SCP-2736-2 remains uncontainable at present.2\nRecovery: On 21/06/1951, Undercover Task Force Theta-3-3 (\u201cFederal Reserves\u201d) conducted a covert surveillance mission at the private campground known as Bohemian Grove, in Monte Rio, CA.3 Theta-3-3 agents embedded in the campground's security force observed a summer solstice celebration attended by members of GoI-113, which culminated in Incident Janus-2736.\n\n+ Access Document 2736-V-0001 [Level 4/Eyes Only]\n\n- Close\n\nFilm Log Transcript 2736-01 \u2013 Surveillance Mission [113]-V-779\nDate: 21/06/1951\nTime: 22:48 PST \u2013 23:27 PST\nLocation: Bohemian Grove (LoI-729)\nTask Force: Theta-3-3 (DEEP COVER)\nNote: The original film log was compiled from footage covertly shot by Theta-3-3 agents using two concealed, hand-held cameras. Camera-1 was situated at the back of the crowd, with a view of the entire clearing; Camera-2 was situated near the front of the crowd, with a relatively close view of the proceedings. Footage is in black and white.\n\n[BEGIN LOG]\n<00:01> Camera-1 shows a large clearing surrounded by giant redwoods. It is nighttime. At the center of the clearing stands a dilapidated 10m-tall stone statue depicting a ram's head. At the foot of the statue a large bonfire is burning; aside from some wooden torches carried by attendees, this is the only source of light. Several meters from the fire, a deep rectangular hole has been dug into the ground, and the removed earth piled next to it. The camera pans over a crowd, showing roughly 500 people in attendance. All are wearing dark robes with the hoods drawn.\n<07:28> (Camera-1) The crowd parts as a group of fourteen men arrive in the clearing and make their way toward the fire. All of them are dressed in robes.\n<07:40> (Camera-2) The group walks past the camera. All men are wearing masks, save for one, whose face is visible. [Examination of the still frames reveals the man to be Richard M. Nixon, to be henceforth referred to as \u201cR.N.\u201d He appears nervous and afraid.]\n<07:52> (Camera-2) R.N. is escorted to the front of the crowd and made to stop at the foot of the statue. A high-backed wooden chair, similar in appearance to a throne, is brought beside him. Some of the men around R.N. remove his robe, leaving him naked.\n<08:30> (Camera-2) R.N. is made to sit down on the wooden chair, to which his wrists and ankles are strapped. A noose is placed around his neck, and a crudely-made crown placed on his head. [The noose appears to serve a symbolic purpose, as it is not attached to a supporting beam. The crown appears to have been fashioned from shards of bone.]\n<11:13> (Camera-2) Twelve of the masked men position themselves around R.N. Each one produces a knife from inside his robe. The thirteenth man, who will henceforth be referred to as \u201cSpeaker\u201d, turns toward the crowd.\nSpeaker: Tonight marks the dawn of the New Age.\n(Applause and cheers from the crowd.)\nSpeaker: Tonight we witness the Birth of the First.\n(More cheering.)\n<12:05> (Camera-2) One of the masked men, who will henceforth be referred to as \u201cMasked Man-1\u201d, approaches R.N.\n(Crowd becomes silent.)\n<12:52> (Camera-2) Masked Man-1 raises his knife to R.N.'s face.\n(Screams of pain from R.N.)\n<13:20> (Camera-2) Masked Man-1 faces the crowd and raises his arm high above his head. He is holding a small object in his hand, from which blood appears to be dripping.\nSpeaker: We offer his left eye to the Fire, that the King may always see.\n<13:33> (Camera-2) Masked Man-1 throws the small object into the bonfire.\n<13:49> (Camera-2) Another masked man, who will henceforth be referred to as \u201cMasked Man-2\u201d, approaches R.N. with his knife raised and takes hold of his jaw with his free hand.\n(R.N. is heard screaming in pain; after several seconds a gurgling sound is heard.)\nSpeaker: We throw his tongue into the Flames, that the King may never betray himself.\n<14:42> (Camera-2) Masked Man-2 throws a small object into the bonfire.\n<15:10> (Camera-2) The remaining masked men, to be henceforth referred to as \u201cMasked Men-3 to -12\u201d, line up at R.N.'s side and take turns cutting at his hands with their knives.\n(Sustained screams of pain by R.N.)\nSpeaker: We cast his fingers into the Furnace, that the King's grip may never weaken.\n<16:31> (Camera-2) Masked Men-3 to -12 each throw a small object into the bonfire.\n<17:19> (Camera-2) R.N. is now bleeding profusely from the injuries sustained to his face and hands. Several of the masked men remove him from the chair and carry him over to the nearby hole, into which he is lowered.\n<18:44> (Camera-2) Several of the masked men take shovels and begin burying R.N. alive.\nSpeaker: We give his body to the Pit, that the Eternal Depths may grind it to dust, rending chaff from wheat.\n<21:25> (Camera-2) The masked men finish burying R.N. alive.\n(Applause and cheering from the crowd.)\n<21:42> (Camera-1) Two identical straw effigies, each measuring roughly 3m in height, are brought from the edge of the clearing to the foot of the statue, and propped up over the bonfire.\n<22:14> (Camera-2) The effigies begin to burn.\n(The crowd is silent.)\n\nStill frame from Camera-1, at <25:16>.\n\n<24:38> (Camera-1) As the effigies continue to burn, they start producing sparks, flashes of light and small, fireworks-like explosions. [It is not known whether explosives had previously been placed inside the effigies, or if these phenomena have an anomalous cause.]\n<29:01> (Camera-2) The effigies crumble as they finish burning. [Here, Theta-3-3 agents reported that the bonfire flames turned a deep red and appeared to grow darker, though this is not properly visible on the black-and-white film.]\n(A low sound reminiscent of stone grinding against stone becomes audible; the sound, of unknown origin, is heard throughout the clearing for several minutes, steadily growing in volume.)\n<35:05> (Camera-2) The two effigies have been completely reduced to ashes. [Here, Theta-3-3 agents reported that the bonfire flames regained their usual color and brightness.]\n(The grinding sound gradually fades away. The crowd is silent.)\nSpeaker: The First will be reborn.\n<37:49> (Camera-2) View of the filled-in hole where R.N. is buried. The earth over the hole begins to shift, as though something were moving under the surface.\n<38:01> (Camera-2) Two hands emerge from the ground, and a naked man pulls himself out of the hole before collapsing in exhaustion on the ground. [Examination of still frames show that the man is Richard M. Nixon, although none of the injuries inflicted by the masked men are visible on his body. This individual will henceforth be referred to as SCP-2736-2.]\n<38:09> (Camera-2) Speaker approaches SCP-2736-2 and helps it to stand up.\n<38:15> (Camera-2) A second naked man pulls himself out of the hole. [Examination of still frames reveals the man is also Richard M. Nixon; again, none of the injuries inflicted by the masked men are visible on his body. This individual will henceforth be referred to as SCP-2736-1.]\n<38:43> (Camera-2) Speaker appears to address SCP-2736-2 before handing it a knife.\n<38:51> (Camera-2) SCP-2736-2 takes hold of the knife and turns toward SCP-2736-1. SCP-2736-1 attempts to stand up, but before it is able to SCP-2736-2 jumps on top of it and attempts to stab it with the knife. The two men struggle, with SCP-2736-1 sustaining a number of deep lacerations to its chest.\n<39:30> (Camera-2) SCP-2736-1 takes hold of a rock on the ground beside it and strikes SCP-2736-2 on the side of the head with it. SCP-2736-2 falls back, stunned. SCP-2736-1, bleeding from its injuries, stands up and flees from the crowd.\n<39:41> (Camera-1) View of SCP-2736-1 running toward the trees. Several of the masked men, as well as men from the crowd, start running after it.\n[END LOG]\n\nAt this point, taking advantage of the general confusion, Theta-3-3 Commander William Meeks instructed Theta-3-3 agents to attempt to recover SCP-2736-1 and extract it from Bohemian Grove. It was thought that SCP-2736-1 might prove amenable to the Foundation given GoI-113's treatment of it, as well as provide valuable information regarding GoI-113 and LoI-729. The extraction was successful, though three Theta-3-3 agents were killed in the ensuing firefight with Bohemian Grove's security force.\n\nFollowing its extraction from Bohemian Grove, SCP-2736-1 was taken to Site-109, where its injuries were treated.\n\n+ Access Document 2736-V-0009 [Level 4/Eyes Only]\n\n- Close\n\nInterview Log 2736-001\nDate: 22/06/1951\nLocation: Site-109, Infirmary C\nInterviewer: Commander William Meeks (MTF Theta-3-3)\nInterviewee: SCP-2736-1\n\n[BEGIN LOG]\nW.M.: I'd like to ask you some questions, if you're feeling up to it.\nSCP-2736-1: All right. I suppose I owe you boys that much.\nW.M.: Thank you. For the record, could you please state your name, age and occupation.\nSCP-2736-1: Richard Nixon, 38. I'm a U.S. Senator.\nW.M.: How did you first become involved with Bohemian Grove?\nSCP-2736-1: About uh, a year ago I was introduced to some people at a dinner. Real big-wigs. We got to talking, and they said I should come to the Grove for a weekend.\nW.M.: So you went.\nSCP-2736-1: Some people would kill for an invitation like that.\nW.M.: What happened when you were there?\nSCP-2736-1: Nothing much, that first time. They mostly showed me around. Beautiful place, all that forest, those redwoods\u2026 Old, real old. We spent most of the time at one of the lodges, drinking, smoking. We talked.\nW.M.: What about?\nSCP-2736-1: Well, uh\u2026 me, actually. They seemed real interested in me, kept asking what I wanted out of life, what my plans for the future were. At one point I mentioned my career wasn't going as great as I thought it could. They told me maybe they could help.\nW.M.: Help, in what way?\nSCP-2736-1: They didn't exactly say then, they just told me I should start coming to the Grove regularly, meet some more people. Wasn't long I was spending at least one weekend a month there, sometimes more. The people they had there, I tell you\u2026 Seemed like everyone who mattered was a member. Congressmen, governors, you name it. People with real power, too, bankers, defense contractor presidents, oil magnates. And these men I'd never even heard of, but you could tell how important they were just by the way the millionaires and billionaires looked at them. Like they were scared of them. After just a few months there I'd made more political contacts than I had in my entire career up to that point. All of a sudden I had all these prospects.\nW.M.: So how did you wind up here?\nSCP-2736-1: (sighs) This one night I was invited to a ceremony. They said it was a club tradition, so I didn't question it when they gave me a robe to wear. We had to walk to this place in the forest called the Ram Shrine. Hundreds of us, all walking in the dark with torches. Took us almost an hour. Then we reached this open area with a statue of a ram's head, and the ceremony started. Real macabre stuff. At first I wasn't sure if I was meant to take it seriously, but then I\u2026 saw\u2026 things. That's when I realized who I was dealing with, what those people were capable of achieving. When we got back to the lodge that night they made me a member. Wasn't long after that they offered to make me King.\nW.M.: Make you King?\nSCP-2736-1: They said we were entering a new era for mankind, but before that could happen four great Kings would have to rise to prepare the way. They said they'd been looking for someone like me for a long time, someone to be the first King. They told me the whole world could be mine, all I had to do was say yes.\nW.M.: You accepted.\nSCP-2736-1: (pauses) Yes. And then last night they brought me back to the Ram Shrine and\u2026 well, you were there, you saw it. They'd warned me it wasn't going to be pleasant, I just\u2026 I didn't realize it would be that bad. But they said all they'd be doing to me would be for a reason. That before I could be the First I had to be reborn.\nW.M.: When they put you in the earth you remained buried for over fifteen minutes. Do you remember anything that happened during that time?\nSCP-2736-1: Not much. I think I was in shock from the blood loss, and when they started shoveling earth on me I thought that was it. I suffocated, and everything went black, but I didn't die, though. I had these\u2026 I guess I'd call them dreams, except I can't remember what they were about. But there was someone else with me in the dreams, some\u2026 man. He was in the dark, couldn't see his face. He said something about stars, I\u2026 I think I was crying. Then I woke up, still in that hole, only I wasn't hurt anymore. I panicked, started clawing my way out. That's when I felt something move against me. It was him. By the time I got out of the hole he was already standing there. The masked man gave him a knife, told him to cut out my heart and, uh\u2026 well, you know the rest. I didn't think I had it in me, knocking him out like that. Must have been my Navy training kicking in\u2026\nW.M.: And that dream you had, you said\u2013\nSCP-2736-1: Listen, I'm really tired, and I need to call my wife, tell her where I am. Do think you could arrange that?\nW.M.: I'm afraid that won't be possible.\n[END LOG]\n\n+ Access Document 2736-V-0010 [Level 4/Eyes Only]\n\n- Close\n\nInterview Log 2736-002\nDate: 23/06/1951\nLocation: Site-109, Infirmary C\nInterviewer: Commander William Meeks (MTF Theta-3-3)\nInterviewee: SCP-2736-1\n\n[BEGIN LOG]\nSCP-2736-1: I told you, I'm not saying anything else to you until you let me talk to my wife!\nW.M.: I lost three men getting you out of that place, not to mention an entire surveillance network that's taken us decades to establish. You need to start cooperating with us.\nSCP-2736-1: It's not like I'm not grateful for what you did, but you've got me locked up here like some goddamn convict! You can't do this to me, I'm a U.S. Senator! Now you call your supervisor, or whoever it is that's in charge here, and you tell him I'm going home, today! Pat and the girls must be worried sick, poor things.\nW.M.: Well, actually\u2026\nSCP-2736-1: What?\nW.M.: That's what I came here to discuss with you. The other \u201cyou\u201d, the one we couldn't recover last night, we've\u2026 located him.\nSCP-2736-1: Well, that's good news. Where is he?\nW.M.: At\u2026 at your house.\nSCP-2736-1: At my\u2026 (becomes agitated) What's he doing there? What does he want? God, are Pat and the girls okay, did he\u2026 did he hurt them?\nW.M.: It's not what you think, your family's safe.\nSCP-2736-1: You're\u2026 you're sure?\nW.M.: Yes, it's\u2026 more complicated than that. See, the other \u201cyou\u201d, he's not just at your house. He's been living there, since yesterday. As far as your wife and daughters are concerned\u2026 you're not even missing.\nSCP-2736-1: (prolonged silence) That\u2026 thing\u2026 is with them, now?\nW.M.: Yes.\nSCP-2736-1: And they don't\u2026 They think he's me?\nW.M.: That's right. I'm sorry.\nSCP-2736-1: (becomes agitated) But you gotta\u2026 you gotta go there, you gotta get him out of my house, I\u2026\nW.M.: We'd like to, but your friends from the Grove, they seem to want him there. They've got security on him like you wouldn't believe. We can't even get close.\nSCP-2736-1: But that's\u2026 they can't just do that, put some\u2026 impostor in my place like that! You've gotta warn Pat about this, you've gotta let me call her!\nW.M.: Like I said before, we can't let you speak to her. That's not up for discussion. As for warning her, there isn't much of a point. I mean, even if we managed to get through to her, I doubt she'd believe a word we said.\nSCP-2736-1: But\u2026 they can't just\u2026\nW.M.: I understand this is upsetting for you, but there really isn't much we can do, at least for the time being. That said, any information you can give us about Bohemian Grove, your interactions there, what you think happened to you the other night, it could all help us find a way to solve this.\nSCP-2736-1: (shouting) That's your solution? I just learned some creature is sleeping in the same bed as my wife, and you try to pump me for more information? You've got some goddamn nerve!\nW.M.: Hey, we're not even sure she is your wife, so yeah, I think we're entitled to some answers.\nSCP-2736-1: What are you talking about?\nW.M.: You keep telling us you're the \u201creal\u201d Richard Nixon, like it should be obvious to us. But nothing I've seen, nothing you've said to me, has pointed to you being any more \u201creal\u201d than the other \u201cyou\u201d. For all we know the man in your house is the real you, and you're the fake. Or maybe you're both Richard Nixon, both real.\nSCP-2736-1: That thing isn't me, I told you! I've\u2026 I've been thinking about it a lot, since I got here. About what happened at the Grove. I think I understand it now.\nW.M.: Oh?\nSCP-2736-1: What they did to me, turning me into two people, it's not\u2026 They didn't make two identical people, that wasn't the point. I'm not the same as him, I know it, I feel it. Hell, I'm not even the same man I was a few days ago. What they did to me, it changed me.\nW.M.: In what way?\nSCP-2736-1: Used to be I was so restless, I had so much ambition. I\u2026 craved advancement, position\u2026 power.\nW.M.: But not anymore?\nSCP-2736-1: It's like that part of me's just gone. Well\u2026 not gone. I know where it went.\nW.M.: You mean\u2026\nSCP-2736-1: (sighs) You know that night they offered me to be the First? Do you know what they asked me, just before? Do you know what I said to them that made them decide I was the right guy for the job?\nW.M.: What?\nSCP-2736-1: They asked me what I was prepared to do for power. I told them, \u2018anything'. I said that. Sounds crazy now, but I said it. And I meant it, every fiber in me did. Like I said, it's not who I am anymore. But it's who he is. Hell, it's all he is. That's what they wanted. They got their King. And now you tell me those bastards have got him living with my family.\n[END LOG]\n\nAddendum 2736-01\n\n+ Access Document 2736-V-1691 [Level 2 Clearance Required]\n\n- Close\n\nAbridged Timeline of SCP-2736-2's Political Career\n21/06/1951: Incident Janus-2736 at Bohemian Grove.\n04/11/1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected to the office of the President of the United States, with SCP-2736-2 as his Vice-President.\n06/11/1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower is re-elected to the office of the President of the United States, with SCP-2736-2 as his Vice-President once again.\n05/11/1968: SCP-2736-2 is elected to the office of the President of the United States.\n20/07/1969: NASA's Apollo 11 spaceflight lands the first two humans on the moon.\n07/11/1972: SCP-2736-2 is re-elected to the office of the President of the United States.\n09/08/1974: SCP-2736-2 resigns from the office of the President of the United States in the wake of the Watergate scandal.\n08/09/1974: U.S. President Gerald Ford grants SCP-2736-2 a full pardon for any crimes committed during its presidency.\n\nAddendum 2736-02\nThe following interview with SCP-2736-1 was conducted on 15/09/1974 (23 years since initial containment), in order to discuss SCP-2736-2's recent resignation as U.S. President.\n\n+ Access Document 2736-V-1847 [Level 4/Eyes Only]\n\n- Close\n\nInterview Log 2736-491\nDate: 15/09/1974\nLocation: Armed Site-29\nInterviewer: Dr. Samuel Bennett (Project Head/2736)\nInterviewee: SCP-2736-1\n\n[BEGIN LOG]\nS.B.: I take it you've been watching the news.\nSCP-2736-1: I tell you, uh, you never get used to seeing your face on television.\nS.B.: (chuckles) I can imagine. How have things been for you, though? Can't have been easy watching all of this unfold.\nSCP-2736-1: It wasn't, watching him do that to my name, to this country, to\u2026 to Pat and the girls. They're even saying his marriage is on the rocks, did you hear that? Not that I'm complaining, mind you, but I just keep thinking of Pat, about what she must be going through. At least he resigned, though, there's that. It's over now.\nS.B.: Yes, his political career certainly seems to be over\u2026 Actually, I was hoping to get your thoughts on something.\nSCP-2736-1: All right.\nS.B.: Now, before the ritual at Bohemian Grove that began all this, you said your friends had told you the world would be yours if you became King.\nSCP-2736-1: That's right.\nS.B.: Then how do you account for the events of the last few months? SCP-2736-2 becoming embroiled in a nationwide scandal, losing all his political capital, being forced to resign in disgrace? And it's not just the last months, is it? From the start it's never really gone his way. First time he ran for president in 1960 he lost to Kennedy. Then Kennedy winds up dead not long after, and a few years later SCP-2736-2 does become president, but even then\u2026 the Vietnam War, the bombing of Cambodia, all terribly unpopular things that ultimately result in failure. And finally the Watergate scandal. We're far from the success your friends at the Grove promised you, wouldn't you agree?\nSCP-2736-1: Yes, that's true.\nS.B.: I'd like to know why you think that is. Is it possible the promises were all a lie?\nSCP-2736-1: I really doubt that. I mean, it was in their best interest to put me in power and uh, keep me there.\nS.B.: Then do you think they simply weren't capable of delivering on their promises? That maybe they were never as powerful as you were led to believe?\nSCP-2736-1: No, not a chance. I know for a fact they were capable of everything they promised me. More, probably.\nS.B.: Then\u2026 why? Why all the setbacks? Why this latest failure?\nSCP-2736-1: Well, my \u201cfriends\u201d from the Grove, as you call them, they haven't been idle all these years, have they?\nS.B.: What do you mean?\nSCP-2736-1: I mean, they've been looking for me since that night at the Grove. I'm right, aren't I?\nS.B.: I'm\u2026 I'm not cleared to discuss this with you.\nSCP-2736-1: I understand that. But I'm not blind, I know there's a reason you transferred me to this place.4 Why else would I need all this security? I'm not dangerous, this isn't for me. I think my \u201cfriends\u201d were looking for me back then, and they still are today. I think all this time they never stopped.\nS.B.: Well, let's\u2026 let's say for a moment that were true. Why do you think that would be? Why would they keep dedicating so much time and effort to finding you?\nSCP-2736-1: Because the ritual was never finished. When you guys rescued me at the Grove, you threw a big wrench in their plans. Didn't even realize it, but you did. That's why it's all gone to hell for them, for him. I was supposed to die that night.\n[END LOG]\n\nAddendum 2736-03\nOn 12/10/1974, SCP-2736-1 fell ill with phlebitis, and had to undergo surgery with a Foundation phlebologist. The same day, SCP-2736-2 was hospitalized for phlebitis in Long Beach, CA, for which it received surgery and treatment.\nAddendum 2736-04\nOn 22/06/1993 (42 years since initial containment), Patricia Nixon died of lung cancer at her home in Park Ridge, NJ.5 SCP-2736-1 was greatly affected by her death, and in the following months grew increasingly withdrawn, refusing to participate in interviews with Project Head/2736. Subject also frequently complained of poor sleep.\nAddendum 2736-05\nOn 18/04/1994 (43 years since initial containment), at roughly 17:45 EST, SCP-2736-1 suffered a massive cerebral vascular accident (CVA) and was transferred to Armed-Site-29's Yellow Infirmary. It was later learned that SCP-2736-2 had also suffered a CVA at the same moment at its home in Park Ridge, NJ, and had been taken to New York\u2013Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, NY. Both subjects were left partially paralyzed and incapable of speech, and developed cerebral edema over the following days.\nDespite its condition, on the evening of 21/04/1994 SCP-2736-1 inexplicably began to speak, albeit in an agitated and delirious manner; infirmary staff alerted Project Head/2736, who was able to record nearly 20 minutes of audio content.\n\n+ Access Document 2736-V-3098 [Level 4/Eyes Only]\n\n- Close\n\nAudio Log 2736-01\nDate: 21/04/1994\nTime: 19:07 EST \u2013 19:25 EST\nLocation: Armed Site-29, Yellow Infirmary\nSubject: SCP-2736-1\n\n[BEGIN LOG]\n<00:46> The ground bled red oil for seven days, and we wondered at the bodies buried there. Billions. Souls are always the first casualty. Nothing changes, but change is coming.\n<03:03> The moon was only one small step.\n<07:55> (unintelligible)\n<10:55> Prayers are pretty things, but you can't escape it. The sky will rend.\n<12:11> The first falls on his sword, but his blood sows the seeds for the next thousand years. The second wipes up all the sins, and no one finds the gnawed bones under the castle. The third smiles at the world with double-edged teeth, and his laugh opens the floodgates. The fourth defies the masters and forever pays the price.\n<13:45> Chimneys higher than mountains. Smoke to blot out the clouds. We will unite under one banner. New orders of magnitude. World without end. Without eyelids.\n<14:30> (sustained laughter)\n<16:14> America fell in the beginning. It will fall again, deeper down the well to the other places that don't let you blink. You were warned of this.\n<17:03> (weeping)\n<18:18> (voice trembling with fear) He\u2026 sees me.\n[END LOG]\n\nImmediately following this, SCP-2736-1 fell into a deep coma; SCP-2736-2 was later reported to have fallen into a coma at the same moment. The following day, 22/04/1994, SCP-2736-1 and SCP-2736-2 simultaneously died at 21:08 EST.\nOn 23/04/1994, SCP-2736 was reclassified as \u201cNeutralized\u201d.\nAddendum 2736-06\n\n+ Access Document 2736-V-3606 [LEVEL 5/2736 CLEARANCE REQUIRED]\n\n- Close\n\nFrom left to right: SCP-2736-2, 39th U.S. President Jimmy Carter (PoI-62679), 38th U.S. President Gerald Ford (PoI-56121), and 40th U.S. President Ronald Reagan (PoI-86761), 12/10/1981.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Armed Site-29: a high-security containment facility located outside Tallahassee, FL.\n2. GoI-113: a highly-secretive group comprised of members of the global elite, who refer to themselves as \"Magog's Multitude\"; known to maintain their power and influence over the world through occult means, including the ritualistic worship of non-human entities.\n3. Bohemian Grove (a.k.a. LoI-729): a secluded, heavily-wooded site owned and operated by GoI-113 since the late 1870s; it continues to be the setting for occult rituals and ceremonies by members of GoI-113.\n4. SCP-2736-1 is referring to its transfer from Site-109 to Armed Site-29 in 1954, following an attempt by GoI-113-hired mercenaries to break into the wing of Site-109 where it was being kept. SCP-2736-1 was never told of the break-in attempt.\n5. Patricia Nixon: wife of Richard M. Nixon and former First Lady of the United States.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2735 | SCP-2736 | SCP-2737 \u00bb"}
{"text": "WARNING: MEMETIC COUNTER-AGENT ACTIVATED\n\nINOCULATION COMPLETE\n\nItem #: SCP-2737\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Personnel working with SCP-2737 must undergo weekly counter-memetic training. Anti-memetic agents are to be employed before and after exposure to SCP-2737. Infected personnel and test subjects are to be treated with amnestics. Formerly infected individuals are to be monitored for signs of possible relapse.\nDescription: SCP-2737 is a dead lamprey. Despite its deceased status, SCP-2737 does not undergo decay. The urn containing SCP-2737 has been dated to approximately 100 CE and appears to be of Roman design. Awareness of the existence of SCP-2737 triggers a memetic infection.\nSymptoms of infection can include:\n\nIncreased empathy (both emotional and cognitive)1\nMajor depressive disorder\nAcute thanatophobia2\nObsessive thinking with regards to theodicy3 (specific to religiously minded individuals), immortality, transhumanism, and the existence of entropy.\nA belief in collective experience and interconnected life\n\nIt is suspected that depression is a non-anomalous side-effect caused by the primary anomaly.\nSCP-2737 was discovered at a Foundation storage site for minimally anomalous objects. The object (initially believed to be the urn containing SCP-2737) was found within proper documentation. Dr. Ernest Bishop was tasked with reevaluating the object's anomaly and returning it to storage. Dr. Bishop, approximately 2 hours after exposure, would be terminated by security personnel while attempting to force a containment breach, claiming the Foundation had \"no right to harm\" SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. A connection to SCP-2737 was shortly established, as it was the only anomalous object handled by Dr. Bishop that day. In order to understand the nature of the anomaly, D-class personnel were requested for experimentation - authorization was granted.\n\n+ Experimentation Logs\n\n ACCESS GRANTED\n\nTest 01 - 01/24/1983\n\nSubject: D-39091 - Subject is an Asian female, age 23. Subject has a history of petty theft and drug abuse.\nProcedure: Subject was shown SCP-2737's container.\nResults: No change in personality.\nAnalysis: The anomaly appears to be rooted with the contents of the jar, not the jar itself.\n\nTest 02 - 01/25/1983\n\nSubject: D-39091\nProcedure: Subject requested to look inside SCP-2737's container.\nResults: Subject complied; states that SCP-2737 appears to be \"just a dead fish\". Approximately 5 minutes later, subject begins to weep. Subject is asked a series of questions in order to gauge possible changes in personality. Subject is upset with a \"lack of time\" and claims they have squandered their youth. Subject displays increasing anxiety on the subject of death, despite their young age and the lack of death related questions asked.\nAnalysis: The dead lamprey is most certainly the vector of the cognitohazard. More extensive research is required. The jar is entirely non-anomalous.\n\nTest 03 - 01/27/1983\n\nSubject: D-39211\nProcedure: Subject is given a piece of paper with the sentence \"The lamprey is dead\" written upon it. Writer is aware of SCP-2737.\nResults: Subject initially appears confused but proceeds to weep. Subject is asked what they are currently thinking about. Subject describes the loss of their father at a young age and how they were never properly mourned.\nAnalysis: SCP-2737 is proven to be both a cognitohazard and memetic.\n\nTest 04 - 01/28/1983\n\nSubject: D-39214\nProcedure: Subject is given a piece of paper with the sentence \"The lamprey is dead\" written upon it. Writer is unaware of SCP-2737.\nResults: Subject fails to display an anomalous reaction.\nAnalysis: The reference to SCP-2737 must be intentional to trigger a memetic effect.\n\nSuperfluous data omitted for the sake of brevity. All D-class subjects display similar changes in personality. Further experiments suggest these changes can be repressed, possibly reversed, through the use of amnestics.\nTest 32 - 03/19/1983\n\nSubject: D-39320 - Subject is a Caucasian female, age 44. Subject had been convicted of homicide.\nProcedure: Subject is exposed to SCP-2737.\nResults: Subject began to weep. Subject is asked a series of questions in order to gauge possible changes in personality.\nAnalysis: Subject displays unusual insights on issues related to developed symptoms. See interview log for further details.\n\nInterviewed: D-39320\nInterviewer: Dr. Calixto Narv\u00e1ez\nForeword: Subject is to be administered an ink blot test; one had been performed prior to exposure to SCP-2737, the results not unusual, if somewhat suggestive of a lack of creativity.\n\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Narv\u00e1ez: What do you see? [holding an ink blot card]\nD-39320: A corpse.4\nDr. Narv\u00e1ez: Again. [holding a second ink blot card]\nD-39320: Their face.\nDr. Nelson: Whose face do you see?\nD-39320: It hurts to look. [closes eyes] And I still see them. I feel the knife enter. It's cold. I remember holding the hilt. I never knew how cold it was on the other side.\nDr. Narv\u00e1ez: You were convicted of homicide. Was this your victim?\nD-39320: Yeah. Don't know why I did it. Felt right at the time. Felt justified. But it's worse than that. Death is ugly. I don't remember it being this ugly. I see all of 'em. I see ma and pa. My sister Jill. They're all dead. I used to be glad they got a clean death but there ain't such thing. Can't go back to fix things. Can't make it right. I shoulda made it better for 'em. Ease that pain. Make 'em proud.\nDr. Narv\u00e1ez: No one lives forever. Everyone dies eventually.\nD-39320: It ain't right. [weeps] I felt nothing then. Couldn't see 'em. Not like now.\nDr. Narv\u00e1ez: Couldn't see? How do you mean?\nD-39320: Take a walk anywhere. Bound to step on some bugs along the way. Didn't kill 'em outta hate. Just never saw 'em. Never cared to look. Yeah. Was careless. Broke too many hearts. Ya think I got time?\nDr. Narv\u00e1ez: Time for what?\nD-39320: Things fall apart. This time I wanna pick up the pieces. Got a brother in Arizona. Haven't spoken in nine years. Ya think I could make things right?\nDr. Narv\u00e1ez: I can't answer that. But there is always time.\nD-39320: No there ain't, doc. No there ain't.\n\n<End Log>\n\nTest 44 - 04/08/1983\n\nSubject: Dr. Jing Yi\nProcedure: Subject is exposed to SCP-2737. Testing for differences in symptoms for those aware of the anomaly and who have undergone anti-memetic training.\nResults: Subject begins to cry but shows more restraint than others. Subject is asked a series of questions in order to gauge possible changes in personality.\nAnalysis: Symptoms manifest in a more serious manner. See interview log for further details.\n\nInterviewed: Dr. Jing Yi\nInterviewer: Dr. Albert Cronenberg\nForeword: Subject is to be administered an ink blot test; one had been performed prior to exposure to SCP-2737, results considered normal for Foundation personnel. Dr. Narv\u00e1ez was unable to conduct the experiment due to illness and Dr. Cronenberg served as a replacement.\n\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Cronenberg: Tell me what you see. [holding an ink blot card]\nDr. Yi: I see a callous man.\nDr. Cronenberg I\u2026 I see. Now, what\u2026\nDr. Yi: I feel them, you know. Every single one of them.\nDr. Cronenberg: Please, specify\u2026\nDr. Yi: [interrupts] Just following orders, right? Just fresh materials to work with. How many did you tear open to find what you needed?\nDr. Cronenberg: This interview is over. Refrain or I will call security.\nDr. Yi: How many did you kill? You wretched fuck! You took them apart - piece by piece! What were you hoping to find through their suffering? I hope you die, Cronenberg - just like all your guinea pigs, I hope you get torn apart.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: Subject was administered amnestics and no longer recalls the test or his outburst. This remains the only instance where an SCP-2737-infected subject displayed aggression. Even subjects with a history of violence were normally pacified by SCP-2737 exposure.\n\nTest 50 - 06/15/1983\n\nSubject: Dr. Calixto Narv\u00e1ez\nProcedure: Short term amnestics were applied prior to subject's exposure to SCP-2737. Subject has extensive anti-memetic training.\nResults: Subject's lips begin to tremble. Ink blot cards, while not revealing obvious changes in personality, do result in a singular preoccupation with death.\nAnalysis: See interview log for further details.\n\nInterviewed: Dr. Calixto Narv\u00e1ez\nInterviewer: Dr. Jing Yi\nForeword: Subject is to be administered an ink blot test; one had been performed prior to exposure to SCP-2737, the results considered normal for Foundation personnel. Memories associated with SCP-2737 have been repressed.\n\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Narv\u00e1ez: Please begin, Jing. I'm as ready as I'll ever be.\nDr. Yi: There is a dead lamprey in that jar. [points to SCP-2737's container] Please take a moment to observe it.\nDr. Narv\u00e1ez: I'll take your word for it.\nDr. Yi: What do you see? [holds up an ink blot card]\nDr. Narv\u00e1ez: An ancient castle.\nDr. Yi: [holds up a second ink blot card]\nDr. Narv\u00e1ez: A swamp in the dead of winter.\nDr. Yi: [holds up a third ink blot card]\nDr. Narv\u00e1ez: I\u2026 I remember when I was still of faith, telling myself that everything happened for a reason. That tragedies were there to teach us - to make us better people. There are terrible things that go unknown, from which no lesson can be learned. A child, abandoned in a well and never to be found. A vagrant, without friend or family, sunk beneath a mire. Death is not a friend.\nAnd just like that, I'm there again. I don't want to remember this. I've done everything to avoid going back there.\nHe's dead. He'll always be dead. My father. I remember him vividly. His will was great - his sickness greater. The doctors would amputate - butchering him in a vain effort to save the whole. A foot, a hand, no success. Arms and legs, still it spread. His eyes, his tongue - they took them too.\nI told him the stories he had once taught me, wishing he could understand my words. I prayed over his jaundiced body - invoking every saint I could recall, and a few I likely made up. Was he conscious? I don't know. He moved, sometimes screamed, seemingly trapped in a nightmare. The room was filled with bedpans of shit and piss and blood. They injected him with opiates \u2013 enough to numb reality. I didn't want him to suffer, but I wish\u2026 I wish I could have spoken to him one last time. We never had a chance to say goodbye.\nIn my effort to forget those months of horror, I lost the pleasant as well. Erasing him from my mind. I remember trips to the beach. Our visits to the Alhambra. A night filled with warmth and old tales. And, while his illness was weak, my first sip of wine.\nI will be forced to forget this. I'll return to my refusal to remember him. But it was worth it. So worth it. [begins to cry more profusely, smiling] Protocol - my old enemy, we meet again - but I've never hated you as much as I do now. [chuckles while still crying]\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: Subject was administered amnestics and no longer recalls the experiment.\n\n+ Addendum\n\n ACCESS GRANTED\n\nIn 1991, the outer portion of SCP-2737's container was scanned. Image retrieval software revealed faint markings suggestive of an inscription. Further analysis resulted in the discovery of a quote from Plutarch's On the Intelligence of Animals. Translated from Latin, it reads:\n\n\"So, when Domitius said to Crassus the orator, Did not you weep for the death of the lamprey you kept in your fish pond? \u2013 Did not you, said Crassus to him again, bury three wives without ever shedding a tear?\"\n\n+ A Statement from Dr. Calixto Narv\u00e1ez: 11/29/2010\n\n ACCESS GRANTED\n\nIf you are reading this, then your treatment has already begun. The inoculation merely delayed the memetic agent, allowing you read this document and be better prepared for the experience. SCP-2737 exposure has been shown to outperform psychotherapy and medication in the alleviation of post-traumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder, secondary traumatic stress, and generalized anxiety disorder. Through decades of research we have fine tuned the therapeutic process. By the end of this session you will likely feel as though a burden has been lifted, with no recollection of this document and its associated experience.\nThere is an undeserved stigma associated with mental health and its management. Through SCP-2737 treatment you will not be judged, analyzed, and no one will tell you how to live your life. Think to yourself or speak out loud - a lamprey that died 2,000 years ago makes for a surprisingly sympathetic listener.\nToday you will cry. You will mourn. You will remember all you have ever lost.\nAnd through this, you will begin to heal.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Testing has suggested this to be the only consistent effect.\n2. Fear of death.\n3. The attempt to answer the question of why a good God permits the manifestation of evil.\n4. Not considered an unusual answer due to the subject's exposure to a deceased organism moments earlier.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2736 | SCP-2737 | SCP-2738 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2738\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: MTF Lambda-13 (\u201cInventory Control\u201d), based out of Site-12, is tasked with detecting and containing SCP-2738 instances as they manifest. As tests have shown that SCP-2738 is potentially spread between registers and between retailers through the use of items anomalously transacted using the SCP-2738 program, such as prepaid cards or gift cards, a cover story of SCP-2738 being a credit theft program has been fully developed and spread to the upper management of all major US retailers.\nWhen SCP-2738 is found on a register system, the store's district manager is to contact Site-12 personnel and by extension MTF Lambda-13 personnel for containment operations. All retail employees, including high-level managers, are to be kept under the guise that Lambda-13 personnel and any involved Foundation research personnel are FBI agents investigating credit theft.\nAs investigations carried out by Foundation statisticians have shown that SCP-2738's spread rate is increasing, research efforts toward safe removal of SCP-2738 from register systems are ongoing.\nDescription: SCP-2738 is an unlicensed software of no determinable origin which anomalously manifests in the computer systems of American retailers, first discovered on March 14, 2014. SCP-2738 functions by running alongside each respective retailer's default POS (Point of Sale) program at checkout registers. Unless the default POS program's window is minimized to allow access to Task Manager or someone is observing a register computer while it boots1, SCP-2738 is undetectable.\nUpon direct, intentional launch on Microsoft Windows2, the register will display the title \u201cM.L. Initiative POS Systems,\u201d the associated logo, and the current software version and year. When fully loaded, SCP-2738's main screen appears the same as the default software used by the computer on which the program is launched; if SCP-2738 is launched on a computer without register software installed, it will display an error screen with the text \u201cPLEASE RECONNECT ME\u201d in the center and become unresponsive.\n\nA screenshot of what is displayed when SCP-2738 is intentionally launched. Screenshot taken on a \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 register during Test A.\n\nIf numbers are entered into the space used for ringing up product SKUs/UPCs3, SCP-2738 will in response display the transaction of seemingly random products from the store in which it is being used, despite the product SKU/UPC not matching the numbers entered; if the sale is completed, the store's digital inventory will change4 as if the transaction was processed normally. No history of abnormal input will be apparent, despite the products never having been present at the register.\nOf note is the fact that products transacted by these means will not require any monetary exchange to complete the sale; the system will instead automatically print a receipt with the total tender plus sales tax that would have been transacted normally immediately after the order is totaled. The receipt and products \u2018sold' are non-anomalous with the exception of the payment method displayed on the receipt, which will in all cases read \u201cVisa MasterCard ending in -XXXX.\u201d5 The presence of two conflicting card companies is thus far the only way to successfully detect an SCP-2738-affected transaction.\nItems rung up in response to numerical input are done so in no observable order, and appear to be selected arbitrarily from store inventory. However, after several tests involving the input of English translated into numbers via a basic substitution cipher6 were completed, it was hypothesized that SCP-2738 program instances are sentient7 and appears to respond to alphanumeric input by selecting products intentionally.\nWhen SCP-2738 is communicated with through means of alphanumeric input, items transacted will be removed from both digital store inventory (as normal) as well as their physical locations on the sales floor. This process is instantaneous, and can be easily observed on CCTV surveillance, albeit with no clear visual signs shown of what happens to objects when they are removed. This process occurs with no temperature changes, Hume level spikes, radiation level spikes, or electrical/electromagnetic discharge present.\nHistory and Recovery:\n\n\u25bc show August 12, 2014 test log\n\n\u25b2 collapse\n\nTest A: August 12, 2014\nOn August 10, 2014, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 store managers were informed of SCP-2738 presence in their register systems, with the cover story in use that the program is a suspected credit card theft malware and Lambda-13 personnel are Federal Bureau of Investigation officers. Agents Fredericks, Shaw, and Jameson of MTF Lambda-13 posed as \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 employees repairing a register on a low-traffic end of the store in order to test SCP-2738.\nNote: Agent Fredericks' messages are keyed in using the aforementioned alphanumeric method as if he is inputting product SKUs into the register. SCP-2738's responses are displayed as line items rung up as if present at checkout, with the SKUs matching those actually used in the store for each respective item. In later observance of CCTV footage, it is seen that all items transacted disappear from the sales floor in the manner outlined previously.\nAgent Fredericks (typing): 8-5-12-12-158\nAgent Fredericks (typing): 4-15 25-15-21 19-16-5-1-119\nAgent Fredericks pauses.\nAgent Fredericks (typing): 8-21-14-7-18-2510\nAgent Fredericks (typing): 14-5-5-4 8-5-12-1611SCP-2738: GIFT CARD ACTIVATION FEE | 2.45\n\nAgent Fredericks (typing): 4-1-14-7-5-1812SCP-2738: DEWALT KNIFE <S> | 0000-453-572 | 12.95\nAgent Fredericks is instructed to void the transaction, which, after confirmation, returns the register to its default checkout screen. However, items transacted do not return to their pre-transaction locations on the sales floor, and are not present in the store (see below).\n\nOn October 05, 2014, Agent Fredericks reported to his supervisors that a prepaid card for 100 USD had appeared in his wallet behind his other cards, and that he was not certain when it had appeared. As Agent Fredericks confirmed that he did not purchase nor receive a prepaid card at any point in the past several months, it was suspected that the card originated from the test transaction he carried out on August 12, 2014. Agent Fredericks was permitted to use the card at a Foundation front company, West End Used Books, located several kilometers from the site, and it was confirmed that the card had indeed been activated for its full 100-dollar value regardless of the fact that Agent Fredericks had cancelled the transaction in question before it was completed and the card was not present at the register.\nOn October 07, 2014, cashiers at West End Used Books contacted Site-12 personnel with complaints of \"M.L. Initiative POS Systems\" being displayed briefly upon powering on their registers in the morning. MTF Lambda-13 members were sent to investigate, and were found to confirm SCP-2738 presence in register software; tests similar to that of August 12, 2014 were conducted, with similar results.\n\n\u25bc show October 07, 2014 test log\n\n\u25b2 collapse\n\nTest B: October 07, 2014\nIn this test, further communication with SCP-2738 was attempted. Agent Shaw was instructed to initiate conversation with SCP-2738 regarding its means of transmission and origin, and then to insinuate that he will uninstall SCP-2738 from the register as a means of testing potential sapient response to threats. West End Used Books is a functioning used book store and resale shop located \u2588\u2588 kilometers from Site-12. Register systems use 64-bit Windows 7 Professional. This test was carried out after store hours, with the full cooperation of in-store employees.\nAgent Shaw (typing): 8-15-23 19-16-18-5-1-413Agent Shaw (typing): 16-21-18-16-15-19-514Agent Shaw (typing): 14-1-13-515Agent Shaw (typing): 15-23-14-5-1816Agent Shaw (typing): 1-18-18-9-22-1-12 13-5-20-8-15-417Agent Shaw (typing): 23-8-15 13-1-4-5 25-15-2118Agent Shaw (typing): 21-14-9-14-19-20-1-12-1219Agent Shaw (typing): 21-14-9-14-19-20-1-12-12 16-18-15-7-18-1-1320\nSCP-2738 is unresponsive for a period of thirty seconds.\nAgent Shaw (typing): 21-14-9-14-19-20-1-12-12 16-18-15-7-18-1-1321Agent Shaw voids the transaction. Thus far, only one out of four registers at this location are affected. After checking Agent Fredericks' receipt from October 05, it was confirmed that the register on which SCP-2738 is installed is the same register that processed his transaction using the prepaid card.\n\nFollowing knowledge inferred from recent tests, it is apparent that items transacted when communicating with SCP-2738 are anomalously transferred to the possession of whoever carried out the transaction. Agent Fredericks has thus far found the following items in his possession without memory of purchasing them:\n\nOne prepaid card with a value of 100 USD, found in his wallet (10.05.14)\nTwo greeting cards, found in his right desk drawer within his office in Site-12 (10.09.14)\nOne candy bar, found in his kitchen cabinet in his personnel quarters (10.20.14)\nOne pneumatic nailgun, found in the bed of his truck (10.25.14)\nOne pocket knife, found in his pants (11.02.14)\n\nSimilarly, Agent Shaw later found The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton, Understanding Viruses: Edition 3, a biology textbook by Teri Shors, and Uncontainable by Kip Tindell on his bookshelf in his quarters. Shaw reports that he did not previously possess any of the books before November 2014, though he is not certain of when exactly the books appeared.\n\n\u25bc show November 30, 2014 interview log\n\n\u25b2 collapse\n\nOn November 29, 2014, an employee at West End Used Books contacted MTF Lambda-13 personnel with complaints of SCP-2738 activity on the store's affected register, despite having had said register powered down since shortly after the test carried out on October 07.\nInterviewer: Agent Fredericks\nInterviewed: Meg Saunders, West End Used Books cashier and former Foundation secretary at Site-12\nAgent Fredericks: Alright, let's begin. Yesterday, you called your site contact to discuss SCP-2738's presence on your bookstore's register. This is the same register used in the tests carried out on October seventh, yes?\nMs. Saunders: That's correct.\nAgent Fredericks: Alright, and can you describe the activity your store has seen since then?\nMs. Saunders: Yes. It only started up again the day before yesterday, near closing time, which is why we reached out to you immediately in the morning.\nAgent Fredericks: Alright.\nMs. Saunders: I was ringing up a customer on another register when I saw an inventory notification in the corner of the screen. We get those when the truck comes and we have new stuff added into the store's computer inventory, but the truck only comes on Tuesdays, and the day before yesterday was a Friday, so I thought that was weird. When I was done with the customer, I read through the inventory and we'd had a bunch of stuff added that we'd either sold out of completely or never carried.\nAgent Fredericks: Okay. Can you provide our personnel with a printout of that screen?\nMs. Saunders: Oh, of course. I don't know why I didn't think to do that, sorry.\nAgent Fredericks: It's alright. Do you recall any of the titles?\nMs. Saunders: Oh yeah, yeah. We had one that we'd sold out of months ago - Anthem by Ayn Rand. That one stood out to me because I distinctly remembered our distributor telling me personally a few weeks back that we wouldn't be getting any copies unless a customer came in and sold one to us, but here we were with the inventory showing three new copies of it.\nAgent Fredericks: Alright, and what else?\nMs. Saunders: Several books on viruses.\nAgent Fredericks: Computer viruses or biological viruses?\nMs. Saunders: Both. We'd had a textbook on biological viruses once, but that was it, so it was odd to get so many other ones in at once. At least a dozen virus books, all nonfiction.\nAgent Fredericks: Anything else?\nMs. Saunders: Yes, uh, The Communist Manifesto, the one and only. Five copies of it. I knew we didn't carry that - hell, do they even print and sell copies anymore?\nAgent Fredericks: Were these products visible on the store shelves, or simply present in digital inventory?\nMs. Saunders: I had my coworkers and I look for them, but we couldn't find them in the usual sections. We could ask the truck driver, but I figured we should ask you guys before talking to anyone about it. Not sure if the driver is Foundation and all that.\nAgent Fredericks: They should be, yes. But thank you for your caution.\nMs. Saunders: No problem, no problem. I used to work in this site.\nAgent Fredericks: So you couldn't find these inventory additions on the shelves?\nMs. Saunders: Like I said, not that I'm aware of. But they're cluttered in the bargain bin and some of the back areas of the store; they very well could be hiding in there, but none of us could find them. We only called you guys because of those tests you all were running back in October - figured this might have something to do with that.\nAgent Fredericks: It certainly sounds like that, yes. If you find copies of the false inventory additions, please refrain from selling them until we figure out the situation.\nMs. Saunders: No problem. You're not going to amnesticize me, are you?\nAgent Fredericks: No, you're a useful asset in that location, and your employment history with this site makes you more than qualified. Please fully cooperate with Lambda-13 personnel when we come to investigate.\nMs. Saunders: Of course, of course. Thanks, agent.\nAgent Fredericks: Thank you.\nMeg Saunders has been instructed to avoid the use of the SCP-2738-affected register in the store, as well as to monitor digital inventory for any further anomalies. West End Used Books' delivery driver was contacted and briefly interviewed, but did not report delivery of any of the products discussed by Ms. Saunders.\n\nProjected pattern of SCP-2738 growth. Click to enlarge.\n\nAddendum: Due to these occurrences and their implications should SCP-2738's communicative ability be discovered by civilian cashiers, SCP-2738 has been considered a Level 2 Anomalous Economic Threat by Foundation researchers with the input of MTF Lambda-13 personnel. Due to SCP-2738's rapid spread and potential to destabilize American economy, it is pending upgrade to Keter. As of July 2015, MTF-Lambda-13 personnel are working with MTF Mu-4 (\"Debuggers\") personnel to develop a non-destructive and functional method of removing SCP-2738 from register systems. Thus far, SCP-2738's original creator has not been identified.\n\nFootnotes\n1. On rare occasion, SCP-2738's title is visible for a period of 1-2 seconds at startup.\n2. SCP-2738 has not yet been found to function whatsoever on any other operating system. This may be due to its incompatibility with non-register computer systems.\n3. Stock-Keeping Unit and Universal Product Code, respectively.\n4. Physical inventory, while difficult to track in SCP-2738-affected transactions, does not appear to change along with digital inventory in these cases.\n5. XXXX is a placeholder for any four numbers, which are not consistent and appear to show no pattern.\n6. A = 1, B = 2, Z= 26, etc.\n7. It has been theorized that SCP-2738 instances may be individually sentient or SCP-2738 may be sentient and functioning as a large network of individual instances; however, the latter cannot be confirmed by tests.\n8. HELLO\n9. DO YOU SPEAK\n10. HUNGRY\n11. NEED HELP\n12. DANGER\n13. HOW SPREAD\n14. PURPOSE\n15. NAME\n16. OWNER\n17. ARRIVAL METHOD\n18. WHO MADE YOU\n19. UNINSTALL\n20. UNINSTALL PROGRAM\n21. UNINSTALL PROGRAM\n\n\u00ab SCP-2737 | SCP-2738 | SCP-2739 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2739\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The apartment building containing SCP-2739 has been purchased by a Foundation front company; the wing of the building containing SCP-2739 is currently being used as a dormitory/safehouse for operatives working within the city of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588. The head researcher of the SCP-2739 project is to be permanently housed within this dormitory to minimize suspicion from the local populace. The remainder of the building is being operated as a normal apartment complex to generate revenue for local Foundation operations. Excluding the possibility of a security breach (to which standard rules apply), no other containment is necessary.\nDescription: SCP-2739 is a dimensional anomaly located within apartment 437 C of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 apartment complex in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588, United States. The interior of SCP-2739 is much larger than the exterior of the apartment should allow (approximately 300 square meters of space within a single-room apartment). The interior of SCP-2739 is stable; no changes in internal dimensions have been recorded.\nSCP-2739's apparent function is as an art gallery for several anomalous and non-anomalous artworks centered around \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u25881, a former tenant of apartment 437 C and brother of the last known tenant, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u25882. Artworks contained within are referred to as SCP-2739-1 instances in this and all peripheral documentation; see addenda for an abridged list of notable instances.\nRecovery: On 13 October, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a social worker with the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588 city government visited the apartment for a wellness check on PoI-2739/02 and instead discovered SCP-2739, calling emergency services shortly thereafter. An embedded agent within a \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588 emergency response agency contacted their handler and attempted to contain the situation. Backup arrived and carried out information blackout procedures before SCP-2739 could gain media attention.\nAddendum: Abridged Person of Interest File #2739/01:\n\nLegal Name: \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nAliases used: None\nAssociated Groups of Interest: None\nReason for monitoring: PoI is the subject of an anomalous artwork seemingly intended to be publicly visible.\nCourse of Action: Monitor known and suspected points of contact, carry out information control measures if necessary.\nPriority: Low\nStatus: PoI is deceased, interred in the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588 city public graveyard\nBackground Information: PoI-2739/01 was born \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 to parents [REDACTED; ETHICS COMMITTEE CLEARANCE REQUIRED] in the city of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588. PoI attended \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588 public schools but was noteworthy for poor performance and sporadic attendance. PoI-2739/01 spent the majority of his childhood in severe poverty and associated primarily with individuals in similar economic dispositions. PoI graduated from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 High School in Spring of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u25883, Magistrate Judge \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 presented PoI with an opportunity to have his criminal records expunged if PoI agreed to enlist in the United States armed services. PoI-2739/01 conceded, subsequently enlisting in the United States Navy as a Hospital Corpsman. Full service records of PoI-2739/01 are available with full PoI-2739/01 documentation.\nPoI-2739/01 was dishonorably discharged from service on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, with command staff citing PoI-2739/01's continual alcohol and drug-related incidents and general failure to effectively perform his duties. PoI-2739/01 was unable to find employment following discharge from service and subsequently spent an unknown amount of time homeless. Legal records from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 indicate multiple citations against PoI-2739/01 for vagrancy and similar offenses.\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, PoI-2739/01 was able to successfully find gainful employment and permanent residence within the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 apartment complex. Medical records indicate PoI-2739/01 sought treatment for addiction withdrawal symptoms at this time, using government-funded programs to fund this treatment.\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a social worker with the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588 city government visited PoI-2739/01's apartment for a wellness check and discovered him deceased; mortuary records cite cause of death as a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest and a severe heroin overdose. As PoI-2739/01 did not have life insurance and no funds could be secured for a funeral service, PoI-2739/01 was buried in a public, unmarked mass grave in the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588 city public graveyard.\nPoI-2739/02 took over the lease agreement for PoI-2739/01's apartment shortly following his death, one year before the discovery of SCP-2739.\n\nAddendum: Abridged Person of Interest File #2739/02:\n\nLegal Name: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nAliases used: None\nAssociated Groups of Interest: None\nReason for monitoring: PoI is the suspected creator of an anomalous artwork seemingly intended to be publicly visible.\nCourse of Action: Monitor known and suspected points of contact, carry out information control measures if necessary. Detain if possible.\nPriority: Low\nStatus: Unknown, last seen before the discovery of SCP-2739.\nBackground Information: PoI-2739/02 was born \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 to parents [REDACTED; ETHICS COMMITTEE CLEARANCE REQUIRED] in the city of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588. PoI attended \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588 public schools and was noted by instructors for perceived artistic talent and creativity. PoI-2739/02 primarily associated with individuals of similar artistic interests in her youth.\nPoI-2739/02 graduated \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 High School in the winter of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, beginning her first semester in the \u2588\u2588 State University Visual Arts Program on a full scholarship the following spring. However, PoI-2739/02 dropped out of the program in mid-October \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, her second semester. The whereabouts of PoI-2739/02 for the subsequent three years is unknown.\nIn April of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, PoI-2739/02 returned to her hometown of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588, found employment at a local fast-food restaurant, and took up co-residence with a former acquaintance. No direct or indirect associations with known persons or groups of interest is known from this period until PoI-2739/01's death and PoI-2739/02's subsequent disappearance.\n\nAddendum: Abridged List of SCP-2739-1 Instances:\nThis list is incomplete; a complete list may be accessed by individuals with Level 3/2739 clearance.\nSCP-2739-1/001:\n\nDescription: Item is a theater with seating for 20 persons. Theater constantly displays a performance visually resembling a shadow play on an 8-minute loop on a 2.5 by 2.5 meter screen. No shadow-casting objects or light-projecting media have been discovered within the theater. Performance depicts a family of two adults and six children, focusing strongly on the youngest male (denoted by subject's short stature compared to the rest of the family; subsequently referred to as \"subject\") as he reaches adulthood. Majority of the scenes appear idyllic. However, there are several scenes featuring sexual and physical abuse, fights between the subject and individuals outside the family, and scenes depicting substance abuse. Performance concludes with subject speaking before what appears to be a judge.\nNotes: A strong smell of tobacco smoke and alcohol has been noted by personnel entering the theater, despite no apparent source.\n\nSCP-2739-1/072:\n\nDescription: Item is a Purple Heart4 inside of a plexiglass display case. Object is encrusted with soil. Individuals coming within approximately 2 meters of the object experience faint auditory hallucinations reminiscent of combat. Subjects who directly touch the display case experience visual hallucinations corresponding to the auditory hallucinations. In most subjects, hallucinations are a 3-minute loop of a battlefield scene focusing on a field medic working on a friendly soldier suffering from explosive-induced amputation of three limbs.\nNotes: Personnel conducting explorations of SCP-2739 are discouraged from physically touching SCP-2739-1/072\n\nSCP-2739-1/104:\n\nDescription: Item appears to sequentially alternate (in order) between a bottle of unidentified liquor, a bottle of unidentified prescription-strength pills, and a copy of PoI-2739/01's Department of Defense Form 2145. Item is within a plexiglass display case and changes appearance whenever unobserved; if observed by a video camera, the change will occur instantaneously between frames.\nNotes: Personnel observing the object near-universally describe it initially as \"an exit,\" despite its (inconstant) physical appearance.\n\nSCP-2739-01/137:\n\nDescription: Item is a pair of handcuffs of the same model as those issued to the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588 Police Department from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and a hypodermic needle within a plexiglass display case. When directly observed by a human being, the handcuffs appear unlocked and the needle appears to be capped and sealed in a sterilized pouch, but when recorded with digital and film photography, the handcuffs appear locked and the needle appears to be broken.\nNotes: A plaque is fixed to the display case that reads: \"Chains.\" This is presumably the title of the piece.\n\nSCP-2739-01/203:\n\nDescription: Item is a replica of the original apartment SCP-2739 exists within. Interior is dirty, with large amount of detritus and spoiled food items on the floor and on other surfaces. An animate, life-size replica of PoI-2739/01 sits on a soiled mattress in the corner of the room. There is a small television in the kitchen area. Television and PoI-2739/01 follow a closed loop of actions. Loop is as follows:\n\nObject will rise from a supine position to a seated position and tighten an improvised tourniquet around its left arm above the elbow. Television will display a blurred color image of a sexual assault; victim appears to be PoI-2739/01 as a child.\nObject will locate a hypodermic needle on the mattress and inject itself on the left arm between the wrist and elbow.\nObject will begin sobbing quietly and speaking, then set the needle on the mattress. Television will switch to an image of PoI-2739/01 handing a small plastic bag with indeterminate contents to another person. Scene appears to take place at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 High School.\nObject will reach for a Glock 17 9-millimeter pistol to its right, between the mattress and the wall. Television will display PoI-2739/01 standing before a judge in a courtroom.\nObject will remove the magazine from the firearm and check to see if the magazine contains ammunition, then reload and charge the firearm. Television will display what appears to be PoI-2739/01 in silhouette walking away from a door labelled \"Chaplain's Office.\"\nObject will conclude its speech, point the firearm at itself at roughly the center of the sternum, and fire, dropping to the supine position. Television will display a short video of PoI-2739/01 sitting at the table within the apartment, seemingly composing a letter before cutting to static as the loop concludes.\n\nAs the loop continues, objects disturbed by the loop will return to their default position. Removed objects return to their starting position through unknown means at the conclusion of each loop. The loop will carry on even if objects central to the loop are not present. Viscera generated by the final act of the loop disappears as the next loop continues.\nNotes: This piece is the furthest from the entrance to SCP-2739 and is listed as \"last\" in this and all supplemental documentation. Documents recovered from the home of PoI-2739/02 indicate that the speech is derived from contents of a suicide letter left by PoI-2739/01.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Hereafter referred to as PoI-2739/01; see addenda\n2. Hereafter referred to as PoI-2739/02; see addenda\n3. Two months following PoI-2739/01's graduation from high school\n4. An award issued by the United States Armed Services to persons wounded or killed in combat\n5. Paperwork issued upon dismissal from United States military service\n\n\u00ab SCP-2738 | SCP-2739 | SCP-2740 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2741\nObject Class: Safe Neutralized\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2741 is to be stored in a standard containment locker. Though its anomalous properties are presumed to be no longer extant, any personnel interacting with SCP-2741 should avoid inserting their hands into the device unless explicitly instructed otherwise.\nDescription: SCP-2741 is a crude wooden box, 40cm in height and width and 1m long. On either side of the box are two holes, labelled LEFT and RIGHT respectively, with rubber gloves fixed to the box inside; wearing the gloves reveals a large button by the fingers on each side. The top of the box is dominated by a plastic skull; in the mouth of the skull is a speaker, and behind it is a slot for a AA battery and an on/off switch.\n\nExperiment 2741-01\nSubject: D-582\nProcedure: D-582 was instructed to switch on SCP-2741. Upon activation, it began to speak:\nD-582: [expletive redacted]\nD-582 was instructed to place his hands inside SCP-2741 and press the buttons.\n\nD-582 was instructed to remove his hands and switch off SCP-2741.\nResults: Within six hours of interaction with SCP-2741, D-582 reported the development of mild paresthesia in his right arm, and a sensation he identified as correspondingly pleasurable in his left arm. The symptoms dissipated within twelve hours, but motor skills testing revealed that D-582, formerly right-handed, had become left-handed.\n\nFurther experiments on right-handed D-class personnel confirmed the phenomenon.\n\nExperiment 2741-06\nSubject: D-831, left-handed.\nProcedure: The experiment proceeded as above until D-831 placed his hands inside SCP-2741 and pressed the buttons.\n\nThe experiment continued as before.\nResults: D-831 reported no symptoms, and testing revealed no change to his handedness or motor skills.\n\nTesting with other left-handed D-class personnel, including D-582, revealed no deviance from the formula above.\n\nExperiment 2741-12\nSubject: D-452, ambidextrous.\nProcedure: The experiment proceeded as above until D-452 placed his hands inside SCP-2741 and pressed the buttons.\n\nSCP-2741 then screamed continuously for 26 seconds until struck forcefully by Dr J\u2588\u2588\u2588, at which point it fell silent. D-452 removed his hands from the device, and Dr J\u2588\u2588\u2588 switched off the device.\nResults: D-452 reported mild paresthesia for the next sixteen hours, but testing revealed no change to his handedness or motor skills.\n\nFollowing this experiment, SCP-2741 no longer spoke when activated, and its anomalous properties were no longer apparent.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2740 | SCP-2741 | SCP-2742 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item#: 2742\n\nLevel3\n\nContainment Class:\neuclid\n\nSecondary Class:\nnone\n\nDisruption Class:\nkeneq\n\nRisk Class:\ncritical\n\nlink to memo\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2742 instances should be contained in an aquatic containment chamber, outfitted with a Kant Counter to monitor Hume levels. One Long-Ranged Reality Adjuster1 should be kept focused on the chamber at all times, increasing the Hume level of the chamber to keep the SCP-2742 instances fed. Hume levels should be around the area average as a result of the changes from feeding. The LRRA should be checked for maintenance on a weekly basis to ensure optimal Hume levels are kept. If any changes in Hume levels are detected, Level 4/2742 personnel should be notified immediately.\nAny new SCP-2742 instances should either be transferred to containment sites or used in experiments at secure testing facilities. In the event of a containment breach or the discovery of instances, an LRRA should be focused on any aquatic location away from civilians and increase the location's Hume level. Once the instances arrive at the location, a task force will be deployed for containment.\nIf a 2742-V\u00c1RDIA Event occurs, the area of the event should be quarantined for as long as necessary. Following the end of the event the area should be assessed for any remaining anomalies, and personnel should be interviewed. Any remains of an SCP-2742-1 instance should be collected and studied.\nDescription: SCP-2742 is a species of anomalous aquatic animals, resembling Anguilliformes in body shape. SCP-2742 instances have 1.5 meter long trilaterally symmetric bodies, with slight edges separating each side. The instances are dark purple in coloration, with lighter patches on certain parts. The head is a tetrahedron, composed of a grey rocky material. Extending from each edge on the base are frills resembling the gills of Ambystoma mexicanum, likely used in feeding or as a sensory organ. Each side of the body has a row of three bioluminescent sacs, which rapidly flash random colors. SCP-2742 instances do not have blood or any similar substance. Instances reproduce asexually, transforming a sac on their body into a new instance. A single instance may reproduce up to nine times, as the sacs do not regenerate.2\nThe entities are caelivores, consuming the strength of reality for sustenance3. This is seen as a decrease in Hume levels4 within a 15 meter spherical region around the head of an instance. As more instances enter a single region the decrease will become more severe. Once seven are present any additional instances will begin to die from starvation. As a result, SCP-2742 are rarely seen in groups; though they can form schools. Instances also move between locations frequently, suggesting that staying in one area can also lead to starvation.\nEffects of the Hume decrease include a region of visual distortions in the area, normally resembling those caused by heat waves. Sounds also undergo various distortions. A sense of unease is often reported from subjects, sometimes escalating to terror. There is also a higher chance of non-anomalous subjects becoming reality-benders for the duration of the decrease. In most subjects this is done unintentionally, often stemming from changes in perception being applied to the area. It is also more likely for anomalous phenomena to spontaneously occur, though it is rare for anything created during this to exist outside of the area.\nWhen an SCP-2742 instance dies, either from starvation or other means, the bioluminescent sacs will burst and stop glowing. There is a chance that a 2742-V\u00c1RDIA Event will occur, which entails a temporary restructuring of reality in a spherical region. The event has an approximate radius of 30 meters. An outside view of the event shows the area as repeatedly bending and twisting, though no such phenomena are described by those entering or inside it. What happens in an event varies, though hallucinations and appearances of anomalous entities are common.\nAfter an event the area will return to normal, though some objects created or distorted in it remain. Hume levels will increase to the local average after approximately five hours. No casualties have occurred from these events. The remains of the SCP-2742 instance are typically heavily damaged on recovery. The remains do not appear to decay.\nNot all entity deaths will result in a 2742-V\u00c1RDIA Event, with four out of the nine recorded deaths not causing one. Whether the probability of an event occurring is determined by outside factors or by chance is unknown.\nDiscovery Log: SCP-2742-1 was detected in Lake Ontario after a trail of lower than usual Hume levels was detected by Kejel-Kant Ranged Monitors5 on Foundation patrol boats. MTF-Nu-3 (\"Limnophobia\") were dispatched to track and contain the cause of this decrease on 15/10/2016. SCP-2742-1 was discovered on a yacht, stored in an aquarium at the back of the ship. Interrogation of the ship's crew revealed that they were members of GoI#03088 (\"The Church of the Second Hytoth\")6, and were planning on bringing the anomaly, referred to as a Nohl-Av, back to a Church facility for preservation. A ritual was used by the crew to let them detect changes in reality, leading to the discovery of SCP-2742-1.\nDue to the effects of the reality decrease, a full interview was unable to be performed at the time of discovery. The crew was detained, interrogated, and subsequently administered amnestics. SCP-2742-1 was brought to Site-201 for containment, and the yacht was stored for investigation.\nSince the containment of SCP-2742-1, 24 instances have been born, 9 of which have died. SCP-2742-22 is the only other instance to have been discovered in the wild, also found in Lake Ontario. The instance died during recovery.\nAddendum-1:\n\n+ 2742-V\u00c1RDIA Event Log\n\n- 2742-V\u00c1RDIA Event Log\n\nNOTE: Due to difficulties in retrieving footage of these events, most of the known details are based on reports from personnel. Conflicting reports will be described.\n\nEvent #: 1\nDate: 19/10/2016\nLocation: Site-201\nInstance: SCP-2742-8\nCause of Instance Death: Starvation\nDescription: A purple silhouette of an elongated SCP-2742 instance (designated SCP-2742-E1) begins moving through the area, carving holes in walls and personnel it would pass through. The walls become gray in color as an object described as a 3-sphere7 manifests. The silhouette passes into the 3-sphere, causing a ripple effect on its surface. The object remains until the end of the event. Other personnel report seeing hallways flooded with a liquid appearing as visual static, which had no mass to it.\nRecovered Items: A standard issue Foundation water bottle containing a gray liquid, composed primarily of carbon.\n\nEvent #: 2\nDate: 2/11/2016\nLocation: Site-201\nInstance: SCP-2742-9\nCause of Instance Death: Starvation\nDescription: The entire area becomes black, with personnel experiencing the effects of zero gravity. A large white entity is seen in the distance, rapidly changing in size and shape, occasionally being separated in half and reforming. Various white dots and amorphous shapes are seen coming off of it. SCP-2742-E1 appears in the distance. At this point some personnel report being pulled towards the entity, which reportedly had a Hume level of zero around it. Descriptions following this vary.\nOther personnel reported the white entity breaking apart into clusters of stars and some nebulae. Some personnel would morph and divide into miniature solar systems of varying structure, which would disintegrate or change shape when near SCP-2742-E1. A dark blue silhouette manifests in the distance, with a vaguely humanoid torso, a spherical head on the chest, legs that have a mass of tendrils as the lower half, and five amorphous objects that circle around the torso (designated SCP-2742-E2). The silhouette is positioned above assorted gas clouds researchers had burst into, which had formed into a large disc.\nRecovered Items: Eleven spheres composed of assorted human tissues, varying in size, with genetic matches to personnel in the event; a Foundation issued tablet with the words \"The Lesser of Mind envies\" inscribed on the screen, with a corner of the device stretched out one meter in length.\nAdditional Notes: Contrary to reports, no changes in Hume levels were detected during this.\nTestimony - Dr. Ilana Vardah\n\"I spent a good while tumbling around through that boring void. Sure, the cosmic paint splatter was interesting, but there was a whole lack of excitement. Up until the serpent thing began slithering its way towards me. I tried to push myself away, but that's difficult to do when you can't push on anything. I saw James and the rest of them get sucked towards it and disfigured, so I freaked out and got a nice lungful of bitter nothing. Next thing I knew I was joining them. I got stretched and split and reformed repeatedly, while the colors engulfing me beat disharmonious drums. My eyes turned into fractals and my spine elongated to somewhere, while that thing\u2026 Nohlos\u2026 its nine eyes just stared. Thank whatever god exists that I'm not in its vision now.\"\n\nEvent #: 3\nDate: 10/11/2016\nLocation: Testing Facility-31\nInstance: SCP-2742-13\nCause of Instance Death: Starvation\nDescription: The area's floor bends into an orange platform with a large metal statue in the center of it. The platform is constructed from bones of unknown entities, some of which protrude from its surface. The statue depicts a tripedal entity, with tendrils wrapping around its torso, a crescent shaped head, and two femur-shaped protrusions extending from its back. The walls expand until the platform appears to be in space, surrounded by yellow nebulae and dark planets. A bright pink sphere with circular patterns moving across it illuminates the area.\nVarious silhouettes of different entities appear on the platform and begin to worship the statue. Personnel either turned into the silhouettes or joined in the worshiping. Common noises in the area included chirping, gargling, and chanting. On occasion the entities are accidentally forced off of the platform, and dissolve into clouds of particles. One researcher stated that they saw the entity SCP-2742-E2 floating overhead.\nRecovered Items: The statue, which bears an inscription in Ortothan that says, \"AllPraise the YerLord of AllMind\"; a liquid composed of water, carbon, and sulfur8.\nTestimony - Dr. Selman Haluk\n\"It was beautiful. What, you want me to say more? Did the others sound too delusional with their descriptions? It would be impressive if they didn't. Being there, bowing and shouting and\u2026 I\u2026 We had no privacy there, but nothing cared! We could melt into each other and dance through mental rivers as wafts of the burning skeptical thoughts filled the glory of the whole! It wasn't a big deal that nobody could dissent, since we had no reason to!\"\n\nEvent #: 4\nDate: 24/11/2016\nLocation: Testing Facility-31\nInstance: SCP-2742-17\nCause of Instance Death: Physical trauma\nDescription: The event began in a similar manner to Event #3, though one researcher transformed into the shape of the statue at the start. Eventually personnel reported SCP-2742-E2 appearing in front of them. The crowd around the statue starts to panic, and the entity reportedly vanished. At this point personnel report losing all control over their bodies, stating that SCP-2742-E2 had forced them out of their minds. The researcher who became the statue transforms into a white silhouette of the entity it depicts (designated SCP-2742-E3). Versions of SCP-2742-E2 emerge from crowd members and fly towards SCP-2742-E3, with the researcher reportedly blacking out. The SCP-2742-E2 versions vanish, and SCP-2742-E3 can be seen spasming while releasing blue light. The platform breaks apart as the pink sphere contorts.\nRecovered Items: None\n\nNOTE: This event was experienced by a crew of three agents from MTF-Nu-3, who were on a Foundation containment submersible during this. The names of the agents are used in this, due to there being few personnel involved.\nEvent #: 5\nDate: 1/12/2016\nLocation: Underwater, Lake Ontario\nInstance: SCP-2742-22\nCause of Instance Death: Prior injuries9\nDescription: The area turns black, with a cluster of light specks in the distance. The corpse of SCP-2742-22 transforms into SCP-2742-E1 and begins to swim around. The submersible transforms into SCP-2742-E3, and Agent Garvan Neil becomes SCP-2742-E2. The interior of the vehicle turns to resemble white, metallic versions of body tissues and organs. Agents Alan Bridger and Kenna Rodina begin yelling various words of an unidentified language repeatedly as Agent Neil phases out of SCP-2742-E3, moving towards SCP-2742-E1. He enters the head of the silhouette, and after several minutes SCP-2742-E1 transforms into a large four-dimensional maze, which Agent Neil is inside of. Neil attempts to attack the maze with the objects circling him, which have transformed into long triangles. Parts of the maze break, and it begins to rapidly spin around, causing Neil to be thrown around inside of it.\nAt this point Agents Bridger and Rodina pass out from exhaustion. Based on damaged footage from a camera on the submersible, Agent Neil continues to be thrown around until the maze breaks apart. SCP-2742-E1 reforms, and splits apart into various smaller versions of itself.\nRecovered Items: Eleven slivers of tissues suspected to be from SCP-2742-22, found in the submersible's ballast; a red metal spike with various unidentified thaumaturgical symbols carved on it.\nAdditional Notes: All agents were recovered when the submersible resurfaced an hour after the supposed end of the event. Agent Neil is currently undergoing medical and psychological treatment, after being found unresponsive and unaware of recovery agents while repeatedly tapping his fingers. The corpse of SCP-2742 is presumed to have been eviscerated during the event.\nAs psychological issues are now known to result from 2742-V\u00c1RDIA Events, all upcoming experiments involving SCP-2742 at Testing Facility-31 have been canceled. Instances stored at the facility are being transported to nearby sites.\nTestimony - Agent Alan Bridger\n\"Rodina and I couldn't talk to each other, but we knew we were going through the same hell. We weren't just compelled to chant about whatever it was, we were being forced to. Something was actively pushing and prying at my thoughts, scraping something that made us speak. Even when I thumped onto the floor I kept feeling it hold onto and reach through my brain in every place it shouldn't. Last I remember it just frantically carving for a while before it stopped.\"\n\nAddendum-2:\n\nLEVEL 4 ACCESS REQUIRED\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nEvent #: 6\nDate: 18/1/2017\nLocation: Area-12\nInstance: Unknown\nCause of Instance Death: None\nDescription: The area becomes black and all walls melt into the floor, with a white 3-sphere manifesting after. Various red cracks appear along this 3-sphere and it bursts after a minute, ejecting a grey silhouette of an SCP-2742 instance out of it. The silhouette floats through the area until a second 3-sphere forms, which it enters. After entrance the 3-sphere vanishes, and the event ends.\nRecovered Items: A four meter tall mass composed of skin tissues from SCP-2742 instances, resembling SCP-2742-E1 in shape, with tendrils anchoring to the ground; one liter of SCP-874 in the instance containment chamber.\nAdditional Notes: During this event all Scranton Reality Anchors at Area-12 shut off, accompanied by a large increase in Humes. Multiple hallways leading to the SCP-2742 containment chamber had also collapsed, injuring five researchers. Security footage of the containment chamber immediately prior to the event show no signs of any instance deaths, suggesting that a 2742-V\u00c1RDIA Event can occur at any time.\nContainment procedures are being reassessed by the Secure Containment Board to ensure proper containment of SCP-2742 instances. Information regarding this event has been restricted to prevent fears of major reality shifts from low level personnel. Whether the shutdown of SRAs was caused by the anomaly or an outside force is under investigation.\n\n+ GoI#03088 Document-037\n\n- GoI#03088 Document-037\n\nThe following is a document recovered by Agent Marth Karin from an Ortothan10 church in Jena, Germany. Due to similarities between the narrative of this story and certain 2742-V\u00c1RDIA Events, it has been included in this document. All text has been translated from Ortothan to English.\n\n-\n\nNOTICE TO READERS\nThis story involves events that occurred during the First Hytoth. It is likely that certain details in the story have been modified since it was first told, due to the age of the story and the events it concerns. Readers should not consider information in this to be completely accurate. Any questions regarding this, along with any additional information on the story, should be brought to any Church Scholar.\nMay the Holy Fourth forever protect us.\n~Eiv-Scholar Diana Olivier, Branch of History\n\nUravol the Bodiless\n\nIt was the Fourth Aeon of the Hytoth. The lesser deities combated and slaughtered for measly chunks of territory in the recesses of the universe, as the almighty VyzGods ruled across the galactic planes. After the despair that was the First Turmoil, all was at rest.\nUravol, the deity of Ozroq-Mind, gazed up at the sparkling planes with fear and animosity. The VyzGods should not have so much power, nor should they have such massive kingdoms, nor should they exist. He knew that it was an impossibility to level them and their realms, even with great effort. The chasms of Uravol's mind twisted and bent as a plan was formulated to erase it all. As blood marred the constellations and the last galactic arm dispersed, the idea was completed.\nHe left the shattered Galaxy of Yu and flew towards the Empire of the Thought Conglomerate, ruled by Vsi-Mind Erjo. Great swaths of yellow nebulae, galaxies, and grey harvested stars circled on the outskirts of the unimaginable psychic core. The swarming, bodiless telepaths released a pink glow as they labored for the Vsi-Mind's will. The Trillion Followers bowed and praised their lord, their free will lost centuries ago, dedicating their existences to the worship of her. They danced upon stellar warnings constructed from the remains of those that lived before, the insubordinate ones.\nUravol knew of the potential of their minds, and used his power to exploit it. One by one the Followers' minds were replaced, and they all became Uravol. Erjo sensed a loss in faith, and dispatched a body of hers to solve the issue. The Uravol-Trillion mentally bombarded Erjo, and gradually her conscious was melted and absorbed. His physical form wretched and disjointed from the strain, but it mattered not.\nThe bodies of Uravol soared out of the collapsed Empire and into the Eaten Chaos, the void carved out by the ancient Nohlos. The beast swam through the inky madness, shaping the flowing realm with its imagination. Strange colors and shapes whispered and vanished as he passed through the unnatural. Things that were between life and death reached out for an end, and were peeled away to other dredges. If the First could be taken, the rest of the VyzGods would go too. The strength of the psychics coursed through Uravol as his advent came, delegating the perception of surroundings to entities outside of the realm. The area would not overload his focus.\nThe proxies assembled into a grid around the First, and he began to channel his mind into it. Wave after wave of mental slices tore through the psychic barriers surrounding its brain, yet the beast only waited. After a seemingly timeless century passed, a gap had been carved into the barrier, and Uravol lunged into the depth that awaited him.\nWhat was learned and witnessed within the thing will remain unknown. On the day of the entrance a scream rang out through the denizens of the universe and all of its dimensions. The secrets that were uncovered trapped and buffeted Uravol, the alien unknowns encompassing him. It could not be incorporated into himself or controlled, though it had begun to do so to him. He fought for sanity, but it was futile. As he lashed out in fright, Nohlos convulsed and tore itself into many children, ejecting them as far as the Nameless Creator can perceive.\nUravol lost the grip on his bodies, and the trillions of them collapsed, transformed into unconscious husks. The persuasive warmth of the psychic core faded, and the Empire released its last echos. The consumed realms were a colorful chaos no more. With vast lands relinquished from their prior owners, the Second Turmoil began, and peace became a forgotten concept. Uravol lost the ability to permanently connect to any corporeal form in his madness, forced into the role of a psychic nomad.\nThe mind continues to roam across the Hytoth, drifting from being to being in search of a body to claim as his. If one feels an unknown presence carve at you, briefly tugging on the strings and filaments of your mind as alien ideas spill forth, Uravol the Bodyless has gone through you.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A modified Scranton Reality Anchor that utilizes intradimensional rift devices to cause Hume changes outside of their range in multiple locations.\n2. Additional information on anatomy can be found in Document 2742-Bio.\n3. Presumed to be done through the intake of Descans, a theorized particle that determines Humes. The particles would go through microscopic pores in the head and into an organ, which turns it into chemicals through an unknown process.\n4. A measure of the integrity of reality, which determines how difficult it is to modify or \"bend.\"\n5. Larger versions of Kant Counters that are also more sensitive to Hume level fluctuations.\n6. A religious organization which believes that the universe is the second universe to exist. The Church worships a deity known as Rakmou-leusan, which protects the universe from extra-universal entities. Members routinely make blood sacrifices to the deity, presumably keeping it healthy. Investigation into the group is underway.\n7. Identified as such based upon personnel recounts and research into higher dimensional objects.\n8. Formerly the corpse of a quadrilaterally symmetric organism, which resembled Dendrobates tinctorius. The corpse dissolved into the liquid 30 minutes after recovery.\n9. Several gashes along its body, and a red metal spike that had impaled it.\n10. A word used to refer to things related to GoI#03088, along with the name of the language spoken by Church members.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2741 | SCP-2742 | SCP-2743 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\nSCP-2743 \"Suttungr Nevermore\" by: DrAkimoto & Dyslexion\n\n\u2022 Stay Tuned for the up-and-coming Ragnarok Series \u2022\n\n~DrAkimoto's Author Page~\n~Dyslexion's Author Page~\n\n\n2/2743 LEVEL 2/2743\nCLASSIFIED\n\nItem #: SCP-2743\n\nKeter\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Any attempts to view the area of space containing SCP-2743 via high-powered telescope are to be covertly sabotaged. Due to the size of SCP-2743 instances and its distance from Earth, academic and government-backed astronomy centers are the only institutions that require monitoring.\nObservational satellites have been placed in orbit around each instance, as well as three surface probes equipped with a thermonuclear device with a yield of approximately 30 megatons.\nIn the event of discovery, a cover story is to be disseminated among the astronomy community attributing all findings to a practical joke. The original publisher of the report or photographs is to be discredited by any means necessary. At this point, the thermonuclear probes must be detonated to prevent a Broken Masquerade scenario.\nBecause of the continual advancements in the fields of astronomy and space exploration, the discovery of SCP-2743 is considered an inevitability if it remains in its current orbit. As such, the ongoing development of physical containment methods for SCP-2743 instances is a Class IV Priority.\n\nSCP-2743 highlighted on an orbital scan of Saturn's outer satellites.\n\nDescription: SCP-2743 designates four organic satellites within Saturn's Phoebe Ring.1 These satellites, ranging from 2km - 5km in length, have been identified as the corpses of four J\u00f6tnar-Class2 humanoid entities, documented as SCP-2743-1 through SCP-2743-4. All four instances were discovered wearing armor and clothing resembling 10th-century depictions of Norse mythological warriors.\n\nAddendum/2743/A\n\n\u2022\nReport/2743-1\n\nDiscovery\n2000/2/23 Rhea Orbital Satellite revealed SCP-2743-1 approximately 13 Gm from Saturn's outer atmosphere.\n\nSubject\nSubject is a humanoid entity measuring 2.1 km in length with a physical appearance of a human female between 8-10 years of age.\n\nNotes\nSubject appears to have expired due to blunt force trauma to the zygomatic and maxilla region which caused the entity's facial structure to collapse inward. A large portion of the subject's hair had been forcibly removed, along with three fingers from its left hand.\n\n\u2022\u2022\nReport/2743-2/2743-3\n\nDiscovery\n2003/5/13 Rhea Orbital Satellite revealed SCP-2743-2 and SCP-2743-3 in close proximity. Subjects are approximately 15 Gm from Saturn's outer atmosphere.\n\nSubject\nSCP-2743-2 is a humanoid entity measuring 2.9 km in length resembling a human male, approximately 13-14 years of age. SCP-2743-3 is a humanoid entity measuring 3.8 km in length, subject's body structure correlates to a human female of approximately 35-40 years of age.\n\nNotes\nSCP-2743-2 was found with its sternum shattered and its ribcage separated from the thoracic vertebrae outwards. SCP-2743-2's lungs had been removed and stretched over its ribcage.3 Based on collagen formation at the sites where ribs had punctured the lungs, SCP-2743-2 remained in this state for an extended period of time. Additionally, self-defense injuries were noted on its hand and forearms. SCP-2743-3 was found holding SCP-2743-2, its likely cause of death is decapitation. The location of SCP-2743-3's head is unknown.\n\n\u2022\u2022\u2022\nReport/2743-4\n\nDiscovery\nDue to its orbital location SCP-2743-4 was discovered on 2006/9/28 by the Rhea Orbital Satellite, approximately 17 Gm from Saturn's outer atmosphere.\n\nSubject\nSCP-2743-4 is a humanoid entity measuring 4.6 km in length with the physical appearance of a human male between 35-45 years of age.\n\nNotes\nThe surface of SCP-2743-4's body is covered in severe Lichtenberg figure4 scarring. The subject's ocular, nasal, and oral passages show signs of charring and necrosis. The likely cause of death is repeated exposure to high voltage electrical currents. An object resembling a 10th-century Norse sword (measuring 3 km in length), was placed through SCP-2743-4's head on the longitudinal axis, exiting the torso via the groin. Evidence indicates this was done posthumously. A granite slab measuring 1.1 km in length was discovered near SCP-2743-4. This slab, designated SCP-2743-4a, has Norse runes etched into the surface, see SCP-2743-4a Translation.\n\nSCP-2743-4a Translation\n\u16a1\u16c6\u16b4\u16c1 \u16d8\u16c6\u16a7\u16b1 \u16cb\u16a1\u16c1\u16b4\u16c1\u16a7 \u16c6\u16a0 \u16c5\u16cb\u16c1\u16b1\n\u16cb\u16a2\u16d0\u16d0\u16a2\u16bf\u16b5\u16b1\u16b4\u16c1\u16bf \u16bc\u16a1\u16e8\u16da\u16c6\u16cb\u16d0 \u16c6 \u16a1\u16e8\u16b4 \u16b4\u16c6\u16da\u16d1\u16a2\u16b1\n\u16cb\u16b4\u16c5\u16da\u16c6 \u16a0\u16e6\u16b1\u16c1\u16b1 \u16da\u16b5\u16af\u16a7\u16da\u16c1\u16cb\u16d0 \u16d0\u16a4\u16bf\u16d1\u16a2\u16b1\n\u16d1\u16b1\u16c2\u16b4\u16b4\u16c6 \u16ae\u16b5 \u16d8\u16a2\u16bf\u16c6 \u16c2\u16c1\u16a7\u16a2\u16b1 \u16cb\u16a1\u16c6\u16b1\u16c1\u16a7\n\u16ae\u16b4\u16b4\u16c6\u16b1 \u16a0\u16b1\u16c1\u16a7\u16a2\u16b1 \u16da\u16c6\u16a2\u16b4 \u16c6 \u16d2\u16da\u16af\u16a7\n\u16b1\u16c6\u16b5\u16bf\u16c6\u16b1\u16af\u16b4 \u16da\u16c6\u16a7\u16c6\u16b1\nBehold Man, the treachery of Aesir5\nLine of Suttungr, rest in cold cairn\nWeep, for Poetry lost\nDrink and remember oaths sworn\nOur peace ended in blood\nRagnarok Beckons\n\nFootnotes\n1. The Phoebe Ring is made primarily of debris from Phoebe and orbits Saturn at a distance of 180 to 250 radii. The ring itself has a thickness of 40 radii.\n2. An anomalous species of extra-dimensional entities, referred to by Norse mythology as J\u00f6tunn or giants.\n3. This resembles a technique referred to by Nordic cultures as the Blood Eagle.\n4. Lichtenberg figures are tree-like patterns that may appear on the skin of lightning strike victims.\n5. The Aesir were one of the two main tribes of deities worshipped by Norse religions.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2742 | SCP-2743 | SCP-2744 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Leatop Plaza, location of SCP-2745.\n\nItem #: SCP-2745\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The floor containing SCP-2745 is currently under use as a Provisional Observation Post \u0434, under the guise of Foundation front \"Pacific Constructs International,\" due to the presence of anomalies E-9400 and E-3149 set in the Zhujiang East Road area. No further containment procedures are required; requests for increased surveillance are under consideration.\nDescription: SCP-2745 is the corner of a room containing extra-dimensional properties, located in the 43rd floor of Leatop Plaza in Guangzhou, China. Specifically, SCP-2745 is centralized in the Waterfall (\u7011\u5e03) Conference Room, and is designated as the north-western corner of said conference room, furthest away from the room's entrance.\nWhen SCP-2745 is approached by any subject beginning at approximately 0.6 meters from SCP-2745, the subject will be able to continue walking forward, appearing as if they are decreasing in size while simultaneously walking away. Outside observers will report that subjects that continue to walk forward appear as though they are walking in place, and the subject's reduction in size correlates with the total distance the subject has walked towards SCP-2745. Spectators also express confusion in regards to their depth perception, claiming that they perceive the subject as increasing in distance from them despite the lack of space. Other observers have compared observing SCP-2745 similar to viewing an object through concave lens, producing a smaller image of the subject.\nSubjects that continue walking toward SCP-2745 are observed to continue moving further away until becoming invisible, at a threshold of 195 meters. Interaction with subjects within SCP-2745 by outside observers is difficult, as approaching the subject with any object will cause said object to be affected by SCP-2745. For example, approaching a subject within SCP-2745 with a long pole will require the same amount of distance the subject has walked to allow physical contact. Adding to this is the fact that communication by means of radio communication is still possible, leading researchers to believe SCP-2745 possesses properties unrelated to the growth and shrinkage of physical matter and is related to visual perspective.\nSubjects walking \"into\" SCP-2745 report that they are able to continue walking forward, while their surroundings increase in size corresponding to how far they have traveled. It is currently unknown how exactly the subject's size, perception, or location in space-time is affected.\nDiscovery: Leatop Plaza management has testified that the floor containing SCP-2745 has been vacant for two weeks, previously containing an art studio. Janitorial employees later discovered SCP-2745 during cleaning prior to new occupants. 57 CD copies of the folk album Parallelograms, by Linda Perhacs, was recovered near SCP-2745 following Foundation discovery. A note was transcribed on a printed page of a Foundation Journal1:\n\nStable threshold has been created. Ingress acceptable.\nNote to future Observation Post: entities within threshold are not hostile, likelihood of threshold collapse 10% by 2150, at least. Do not attempt recovery of humans, and Perhacs-3 does not require extra containment.\nTemporal anomalies should NOT be present. I've already used them to begin Alizarin's process. DO NOT ENTER THE CORNER IF ANY ARE DETECTED. Paradoxes are highly volatile.\nAlizarin should be seen at 1932 if they're careful, 1933 if not.\n- Pritchard\n\nInterview and assessment of Linda Perhacs, currently residing in Topanga Canyon, California, has revealed no relation to anomalous events or persons. SCP-2695 and SCP-2825 are to be considered related to SCP-2745 due to POI-089, \"Mark Pritchard\".\nExploration Log 2745-PCN2: Agent Wallis volunteered to partially explore SCP-2745 on 8/21/20\u2588\u2588. After a psychological evaluation and psychotherapy in regards to Agent Wallis' mental stability, concerning their recent diagnosis of Bipolar disorder while under Foundation employment, HMCL Clark consented to exploration of SCP-2745.\n\nNothing new after walking for about 3 minutes. I entered from the side of the corner closest to the window\u2014 it was pretty cool, watching it stretch bigger and bigger, could see all the scuff marks and, hm, the grazes on it. Eventually, I had walked so far that I could only see the black frame of the window and the grey and white stains in the ground. I think I was walking into a ridge in the room's tiling, as my perspective on the room got smaller.\nAnd, uh, I expected to start dust particles or something up close while moving in\u2014 or, moving towards, the center of 2745. But there was nothing but the window, the wall, and the ground. It didn't feel like I was moving, it was more like watching myself walk forward in a recording, the camera constantly moving in. Eventually, my vision was left with only the black window frame, the white plaster, and the grey floor tile. There was a portion of the walk where I could see the grooves in the floor, like miles of torn-up canyons\u2014 but like I said, I couldn't really interact with it. It was more like I was walking above it.\nAbout 2 more minutes of the walking until I saw something. It took another minute for me to reach it, and it was an article of children's clothing. It got me thinking about, what was his name, Blake's son.\nBut yeah. I saw a T-shirt on the ground. Red, with a logo. It was kinda torn up, but it wasn't wrinkled. It was completely flat, like someone took the time to iron it to the ground. I noted it and kept walking.\nI had been gone for twenty more minutes. I had already lost contact with the guys back at the Observation Post. I was being unreasonable, and I should have turned back. But\u2026 hm. I can talk about that later, it didn't have anything to do with the skip itself. I'm sure about that.\nBut during those 20 minutes, I could hear a woman singing and a guitar, about every five minutes or so, I managed to record that. It was after the third time I heard those sounds, that only then I noticed I was walking in a huge hall, with white arches and pillars, with white beds. White sheets, white bedframe, white pillow. The kind of white that angers people if you spill something on it.\nAnd the hall was empty, for the most part. But not even half a minute of walking, and I can make out some clothed figures, shuffling slowly between the beds. Of course, there were more humanoids inside of the beds. I'm sure they were just normal people, but you know I brought back samples for confirmation.\n\nExploration Log Addendum 2745-PCN2: SCP-2745-1 refers to several autonomous mannequins residing in a spatial area within SCP-2745. Agent Wallis reported a total of 20 instances of SCP-2745-1, all consisting of polymer normally used in store mannequins. Interaction of SCP-2745-1 is exclusively limited to unconscious human subjects inhabiting SCP-2745, particularly subjects that occupied beds noted by Agent Wallis .\nSCP-2745-1 does not appear to be sapient, and acts in a predictable manner. Instances of SCP-2745-1 were noted to wear different sets of clothing when interacting with human subjects. Actions towards subjects included sitting next to the subject, holding hands, checking their pulse, and adjusting the subject's bed sheets. Wallis has also mentioned watching one SCP-2745-1 speaking to a subject, but was unable to explain further.\nSamples of human subjects within SCP-2745 has confirmed no matches with living or dead persons.\nThe following is a sample of Wallis' recordings from within SCP-2745, while approaching instances of SCP-2745-1. Samples of music appear to feature Linda Perhacs as the singer, though the album \"Parallelograms\" does not feature the samples recorded.\n\n\u25b7 2745RecEx02h.mp3\n\nSo I kept walking past the beds, through the hall. Three and a half more minutes of walking, and the music I was hearing before was coming back, stronger. I'm not sure if there's some sort of visual effect to 2745 or if it was just what I was seeing itself, but I could make out the shape of a human torso\u2014 arms at it's side, swaying a bit like it was underwater.\nI was handling being in there pretty well, but this threw me off. It was the lady on the CD albums that recon had found earlier, Perhacs was it? She was just smiling with her eyes closed, her hair draping her front. I realized that she had to be at least 100 feet tall\u2014 sorry, 30 meters, from her head to her torso. The rest of her, if there was any, looked firmly fixed beneath the ground.\nAnd then the ceiling\u2014 the sky broke. I watched it begin to turn red. Not a frightening red, but a warm red, like a car's brake-lights in the dark. And the video recording won't show it, but I KNOW I saw some kind of structure overhead, some huge bridge. I'd believe that sensation of seeing something like that was an empathic effect, but I wasn't focusing on that.\nAbove Perhacs, I could see dashes of black in the red, and it was MORE people. Just random people you'd see on the street, falling at terminal velocity. I closed my ears and looked away, expecting to hear them hit the ground, but nothing. I turned back to Perhacs, and it was like someone had paused a tape. Some bodies were floating downwards, others had already landed on beds. None of them were damaged, or looked like they had just slammed into the ground. Meanwhile, Perhacs, she was cradling 3 of them. Somewhat motherly, but more like she was holding a lover's head. She just had the look of someone that could see something else in a person, something that we don't just miss, but fail to detect. Melancholy comfort, I would say.\nI walked past the bodies on the ground and in the beds, but I didn't touch them. The way I came across these \"areas\" in 2745, it felt like a presentation of events. I didn't want to turn back yet.\nSo\u2026 give me a second\u2026 8 more minutes of walking, and I hit a wall. Endless stretch of chalky white wall. I went to the left, holding it. By that point, that's where Greenwood saw me coming out. Wouldn't outrule the possibility of re-entering 2745 from the building's wall, rather than walking straight into the corner.\n\u2026I'm not crazy. Don't think I am. But seeing myself only move forward, with the end being \"that.\" And you better not\u2014 look, this isn't just me being caught up in some mind-affecting anomaly's \"THE LIGHT COMETH, OPEN YOUR EYES\" type of response, alright Selway? I'm being as sincere as I possibly can right now. I really believe this is something that more people, more people HERE, should see.\nWorking here has a toll. I already live with my own problems, and everyone I work with knows that. But there's a lack of faith that people need to constantly kick themselves for, something to keep them from offing themselves. Maybe this could be an example of that. Maybe a bit of reassurance that there's an end, past all the endings we've already gone through.\nOr maybe I just let this one anomaly get to my head. I dunno. It might have been the other two skips, reading their summaries. But this was\u2014 It was reassuring to me. It was almost \"normal\".\n\nIncident 2745-B [8/21/2010]: 4 citizens have reported witnessing a towering \"shadow\" appearing near Leatop Plaza. After Provisional Observation Post recon investigated surveillance near Leatop Plaza following Agent Wallis' exploration within SCP-2745, a humanoid of similar height to Leatop Plaza and identical to Agent Wallis in appearance could be seen pressing against an invisible barrier, and walking in place while holding one hand against it, corresponding to how they exited SCP-2745.\nResearcher Olsen has suggested that a portion of SCP-2745 may extend outside of the floor it is contained within. Class C amnestics were distributed accordingly; Researcher Olsen has recommended updated containment procedures, due to SCP-2745's likely multi-dimensional and memory-affecting impact on nearby civilians.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Ferraro, Holly, \"Stitched Distance: A Theory on Dimensions That Withstand The Test of Time and Space\", Phenomenology: A Foundation Project (2001): 486\n\n\u00ab SCP-2744 | SCP-2745 | SCP-2746 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2746 - \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is Dead\n\n49 6f 79 20 e6 75 61 79 20 70 69 27 75 61 6c 20 73 75 61 69 27 79 69 20 69 27 67 75 61 20 79 69 e6 7a 79 75 61 27 77 20 77 69 72 69 27 66 6f 2e How the gods fall.\nImage Credit\nCredit for the first image goes to Captadam on wikimedia.\nCredit for the second image goes to DeviantArt user buntcone, who was visiting Glaslough. <source>\nThe drawing of Freddie is actually a modified stock photo, whose original source is lost in a sea of wikia sites, and shady desktop wallpaper sites. This is the closest I've been able to get.\nCredit for the drawing of Agatha goes to DeviantArt user Valita-Es. <source>\nCredit for Clovis's drawing goes to DeviantArt user Dashinvaine. <source>\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nItem#: SCP-2746\n\nLevel2\n\nContainment Class:\neuclid\n\nSecondary Class:\n{$secondary-class}\n\nDisruption Class:\nkeneq\n\nRisk Class:\nnotice\n\nlink to memo\n\nAssigned Site\nSite Director\nResearch Head\nAssigned Task Force\n\nSite-45\nREDACTED\nREDACTED\nREDACTED\n\nSCP-2746. Photo taken from SCP-2746-1. SR 111-2 in view.\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The main entrance to SCP-2746 is to be cordoned off, and is only to be accessible via Storage Room 111-1 (SR 111-1). Due to SCP-2746's location in a heavily populated area, the door to SR 111-1 is to be monitored from Site-45-A, which is tasked with responding to any attempts to vandalize or break in to SCP-2746. This door is to be equipped with a deadbolt lock to prevent civilian interference.\nPersonnel are to be given large, disposable gowns to wear in place of original clothing while traveling through SCP-2746. Before traveling through SCP-2746, personnel are required to remove any clothing and personal accessories from their person, excluding protective gear and accessories used for medical or eye correction purposes.\nDue to the nature of SCP-2746, most clothing and equipment has been deemed unnecessary for exploration into SCP-2746-1 and must be stored in a designated storage locker in SR 111-1. Upon arrival to SCP-2746-1, personnel are to deposit these gowns in Storage Room 111-2 (SR 111-2). When returning, gowns should be retrieved after exploration for either reuse or disposal and all personal effects should be collected.\nEquipment needed for exploration into SCP-2746-1 must be carried entirely through baggage, and be tailored for animal use if possible.\nDescription: SCP-2746 is an underground tunnel located in Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 250 m north of Site-45-A. SCP-2746 primarily functions as a stable, two-way portal between Las Vegas and an extradimensional space, designated SCP-2746-1.\nOn the left side of SCP-2746's main entrances are two storage rooms: Storage Room 111-1 (SR 111-1), located within Las Vegas, and Storage Room 111-2 (SR 111-2), located within SCP-2746-1. Both of these rooms have a door leading to the exterior, and a door leading to the interior of SCP-2746.\nAs a human travels through SCP-2746, they will take on the physical appearance of a non-human animal; no pattern or explanation has been determined to explain why the transformation results in any particular species. This process has been observed to begin with the subject's skeletal structure, and end with the skin, size, and internal/external organs matching those of the non-human species. Human subjects retain their vocal cords and sapience when they arrive at SCP-2746-1.\nNonhuman subjects do not undergo the same changes as human subjects when crossing SCP-2746. When any organism, excluding humans, approaches SCP-2746-1, they will only develop functional vocal cords. They retain their level of intelligence while within SCP-2746-1, but may be capable of repeating rudimentary or familiar phrases depending on their intelligence.\nThis effect will progress as the subject travels through SCP-2746, and will be complete when he or she reaches SCP-2746-1. This process will reverse itself as they return to Las Vegas. It is currently unknown whether this effect stems from SCP-2746, or a proximity to SCP-2746-1.\n\nThe 'Furies of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588' Church; located within SCP-2746-1.\n\nSCP-2746-1 is a forested landmass approximately 111km in diameter. Examination of the outer boundaries of the landmass suggest it to be floating in midair. Atmospheric pressure and temperature are comparable to temperate Earth conditions at sea level. Records located within SCP-2746-1 suggest that the landmass was inhabited by sapient, non-human animals, estimated 770 to 780 in number. These inhabitants appear to have been able to construct complex structures and tools, and have formed a pious, [REDACTED]-based Oligarchy. According to records discovered in the ruins of several government-supported churches, the social class and hierarchy of the population of SCP-2746-1 was divided into three groups, identified as \"Aua\u00e6sfyuaw\" (\"crafters\"), \"Waoi'ir\u00e6uaw\" (\"scholars\"), and \"Oi'li'ua\u00e6piryw\" (\"honorables\").\nAddendum-2746: The 'crafters', who were thirteen in number, are noted to have been the highest social class, below the 'Yi\u00e6zyua' (translation: The 'Maker'. It is unclear whether this term referred to a major religious figure or a god). The crafters are said to have played a vital role in the construction of both SCP-2746-1, and [DATAthe world as we know it EXPUNGED]. The scholars represented the personal servants and assistants of the crafters, and were typically selected from the Honorable social class after birth. The majority of inhabitants belonged to the Honorable class, which consisted of artisans, carpenters, and artists.\nSCP-2746-1's economy functioned off of a barter system, and lacked any official form of currency. The former government's legislation suggest that the original inhabitants were incapable of dying, and originally did not require any food sources. This effect is not present in subjects entering SCP-2746-1.\nAn estimated [REDACTED] years ago, the inhabitants of SCP-2746-1 were involved in a civil war (referred to as Event Nachash), which ended in the crucifixion of two crafters, the majority of the honorables and scholars, and the abandonment of SCP-2746-1 by the surviving inhabitants.\nAccording to recovered documents, Event Nachash was the result of 'the Maker' declaring that humans were to be banished from SCP-2746-1, and that a penalty requiring that all citizens acquire the need to eat in order to 'preserve their sanity'. Due to a lack of available food sources and farming knowledge, the honorable class resorted to eating other inhabitants while the scholar class was given access to several private gardens with a variety of fruit-bearing plants.\nA large majority of SCP-2746-1's population broke away from its government and formed an organization called the 'Sgualayw i's \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588' (Translation: the 'Furies of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588') shortly after this penalty was put in place. This organization was led by former crafters Fredrick and Agathos, and scholar Clovis with the goal of killing 'the Maker' due to 'unfair treatment'.\nFor more information on Event Nachash, please read attached addenda and documentation.\n\nF-2746\nN-2746-1\nN-2746-2\nL-2746-3\nL-2746-4\nS-2746-5\nDO-2746-6\nDO-2746-7\nDO-2746-8\nDoc-2746-9\n\nForward-2746\n\nSCP-2746 Documents\n\nThe following documents are flyers, letters, and documented speeches recovered while exploring SCP-2746-1. Barring Document-2746-9, the majority of these documents were written in dialect A-12 (\"Old Angelic\").\nDocumentation not displayed here consisted of personal exchanges, trades and commissions, and literature. These documents can found in Recovered Documents-2746-2, and may be accessed by personnel with level 2/2746 clearance or higher.\n\nNotice-2746-1\n\nTO ALL RIGHTEOUS CITIZENS OF \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nFollowing the banishment of A\u2588\u2588\u2588 and E\u2588\u2588,\nformer head-crafters Fredrick and Agathos have forsaken\nTHEIR HOLY DUTIES\nand proclaimed their\nTRAITOROUS IDEALS\nagainst\nOUR GLORIOUS MAKER\nCrafters Suwaird and Sari will carry on their duties until our former leaders\nSEE THEIR UNJUST ACTS\n\nThe\nTRAITORS\nand all similarly minded citizens suspected of heeding their\nBLASPHEMY\nare to be\nWHIPPED, STARVED, AND CRUCIFIED FOR 108 CYCLES\nupon their capture\nin the hopes that we may restore both their divinity and grace\nMay our maker forgive us for their transgressions\n\n[+] Access original document (Note: Not translated)\n\n[-] Close original document\n\nFI' \u00c6IRIR UALAJOFYI'GW ALAFLAXUYLW I'S \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nSi'iriri'iolalj foy p\u00e6llawoyiylf i's A\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u00e6lk E\u2588\u2588,\nsi'uayiyua oy\u00e6kaua\u00e6sfyuaw Fredrick \u00e6lk Agathos o\u00e6phy si'uaw\u00e6zyl\nFOYLAUA OI'IRIl KGFLAYW\n\u00e6lk vuai'air\u00e6layiyk foylaua\nFUA\u00c6LAFI'UAI'GW LAKY\u00c6IRW\n\u00e6j\u00e6lalwf\nI'GUA JIRI'UALAI'GW YI\u00c6ZYUA\nAua\u00e6sfyuaw Suwaird \u00e6lk Sari iolairir a\u00e6uauail i'l foylaua kgflayw glflair i'gua si'uayiyua iry\u00e6kyuaw\nWYY FOYLAUA GLGWF \u00c6AFW\n\nFoy\nFUA\u00c6LAFI'UAW\n\u00e6lk \u00e6irir wlayilair\u00e6uairil yilalkyk alaflaxuylw wgwvyafyk i's oyyklalj foylaua\nPIR\u00c6WVOYYIIL\n\u00e6uay fi' py\nIOOLAVVYK, WF\u00c6UAPHYK, \u00c6LK AUAGALASLAYK SI'UA CVIII AILAIRYW\ngvi'l foylaua a\u00e6vfguay\nlal foy oi'vyw fo\u00e6f ioy yi\u00e6il uaywfi'uay pi'fo foylaua klaphlallafil \u00e6lk jua\u00e6ay\nYi\u00e6il i'gua yi\u00e6zyua si'uajlaphy gw si'ua foylaua fua\u00e6lwjuaywwlai'lw\n\nNotice-2746-2\n\nTO ALL RIGHTEOUS CITIZENS OF \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nThe 'Furies of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588' movement is a\nBLATANT SIN\nagainst both the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 empire and\nOUR GLORIOUS MAKER\nIf any members of this movement are found, the royal guard is to be notified of their presence\nIMMEDIATELY\nso they may face\nETERNAL CRUCIFIXION\n\nThe heathens are great in number, and are\nIMMENSELY DANGEROUS\nthose who are found aiding them shall be considered genuine sympathizers of their cause, and shall face\nGREATER PUNISHMENT\nMay our maker forgive us for our transgressions\n\n[+] Access original document (Note: Not translated)\n\n[-] Close original document\n\nFI' \u00c6IRIR UALAJOFYI'GW ALAFLAXUYLW I'S \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nFoy 'Sgualayw i's \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588' yii'phyyiylf law \u00e6\nPIR\u00c6F\u00c6LF WLAL\n\u00e6j\u00e6lalwf pi'fo foy \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 yyivlauay \u00e6lk\nI'GUA JIRI'UALAI'GW YI\u00c6ZYUA\nLas \u00e6lil yiyyipyuaw i's folaw yii'phyyiylf \u00e6uay si'glk, foy uai'il\u00e6ir jg\u00e6uak law fi' py li'flaslayk i's foylaua vuaywylay\nLAYIYIYKLA\u00c6FYIRIL\nwi' foyil yi\u00e6il s\u00e6ay\nYFYUAL\u00c6IR AUAGALASLADE'LAI'L\n\nFoy oy\u00e6foylw \u00e6uay juay\u00e6f lal lgyipyua, \u00e6lk \u00e6uay\nLAYIYIYLWYIRIL K\u00c6LJYUAI'GW\nfoi'wy iooi' \u00e6uay si'glk \u00e6laklalj foyyi wo\u00e6irir py ai'lwlakyuayk jylglaly wilyiv\u00e6folaxuyuaw i's foylaua a\u00e6gwy, \u00e6lk wo\u00e6irir s\u00e6ay\nJUAY\u00c6FYUA VGLLAWOYIYLF\nYi\u00e6il i'gua yi\u00e6zyua si'uajlaphy gw si'ua i'gua fua\u00e6lwjuaywwlai'lw\n\nLetter-2746-3\nFREDRICK, AGATHOS,\nCan you not see the pain you are causing unto others? Do you not see your brother's and sister's eternal shells going helplessly mad along our paths? They are starving by OUR hands, and nothing but YOU are forcing them.\nYou, and what you are doing are wrong.\nWe will not even let you make the attempt to harm our Maker, and are prepared to stand and fight you and every force in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 you have seduced or geased to this pointless resistance. You have no right, but we can not give up on you. We don't wish this upon you, but if need be, we will strand you here.\nDon't make it come to that; we could have so much more than this.\n\nIf you have any decency, please, stop this pointless fighting. End the suffering.\nRelease Clovis, and turn yourselves in. This can only end tragically.\n~Suwaird and Sari\n\n[+] Access original document (Note: Not translated)\n\n[-] Close original document\n\nFREDRICK, AGATHOS,\nA\u00e6l ili'g li'f wyy foy v\u00e6lal ili'g \u00e6uay a\u00e6gwlalj glfi' i'foyuaw Ki' ili'g li'f wyy ili'gua puai'foyua'w \u00e6lk wlawfyua'w yfyual\u00e6ir woyirirw ji'lalj oyirvirywwiril yi\u00e6k \u00e6iri'lj i'gua v\u00e6fow Foyil \u00e6uay wf\u00e6uaphlalj pil I'GUa o\u00e6lkw, \u00e6lk li'folalj pgf IlI'G \u00e6uay si'uaalalj foyyi.\nIli'g, \u00e6lk ioo\u00e6f ili'g \u00e6uay ki'lalj \u00e6uay iouai'lj.\nIoy iolairir li'f yphyl iryf ili'g yi\u00e6zy foy \u00e6ffyyivf fi' o\u00e6uayi i'gua Yi\u00e6zyua, \u00e6lk \u00e6uay vuayv\u00e6uayk fi' wf\u00e6lk \u00e6lk slajof ili'g \u00e6lk yphyuail si'uaay lal ili'g o\u00e6phy wykgayk i'ua jy\u00e6wyk fi' folaw vi'lalfiryww uaywlawf\u00e6lay. Ili'g o\u00e6phy li' ualajof, pgf ioy a\u00e6l li'f jlaphy gv i'l ili'g. Ioy ki'l'f iolawo folaw gvi'l ili'g, pgf las lyyk py, ioy iolairir wfua\u00e6lk ili'g oyuay.\nKi'l'f yi\u00e6zy laf ai'yiy fi' fo\u00e6f; ioy ai'girk o\u00e6phy wi' yigao yii'uay fo\u00e6l folaw.\n\nLas ili'g o\u00e6phy \u00e6lil kyaylail, viry\u00e6wy, wfi'v folaw vi'lalfiryww slajoflalj. Ylk foy wgssyualalj.\nUayiry\u00e6wy Clovis, \u00e6lk fgual ili'guawyirphyw lal. Folaw a\u00e6l i'liril ylk fua\u00e6jlaa\u00e6iriril.\n~Suwaird \u00e6lk Sari\n\nLetter-2746-4\nSUWAIRD, SARI,\nWhile we are quite saddened that you and the other crafters do not share our views on our Maker, we would like you to understand that none of us give a damn. As you have pointed to us, our concern is placed on the citizens you have created examples of.\nYou are aware that the overwhelming majority of the citizens you suspect of following us used to fear our Maker, correct? You are paranoid, and you are only hurting yourselves. The citizens curse you for following him, and that makes their love go to us, to the point to where even your guards have deserted his cause for ours.\nIt further amazes us that you believe Clovis has decided to follow us by anything other than her own volition. You act as if she is not capable of having her own will, that the only conceivable way that she could oppose you is by geas.\nOur care goes to those who you have hurt, those you have starved and beaten. The ones that are truly suffering. When our time comes, our first act will be to set free our brothers and sisters, and allow them the privilege to be the first to consume our maker's flesh and blood. We see no reason as to why the maker has punished us for what the humans have done, other than for cruel entertainment.\n\nThis is your last chance. We can forgive you, but him we can not. Do not stand in our way.\nWe agree that we are wrong. We were made wrong. And we are hungry.\n~ Fredrick and Agathos\n\n[+] Access original document (Note: Not translated)\n\n[-] Close original document\n\nSUWAIRD, SARI,\nIoolairy ioy \u00e6uay khglafy w\u00e6kkylyk fo\u00e6f ili'g \u00e6lk foy i'foyua aua\u00e6sfyuaw ki' li'f wo\u00e6uay i'gua phlayiow i'l i'gua Yi\u00e6zyua, ioy ioi'girk irlazy ili'g fi' glkyuawf\u00e6lk fo\u00e6f li'ly i's gw jlaphy \u00e6 k\u00e6yil. \u00c6w ili'g o\u00e6phy vi'lalfyk fi' gw, i'gua ai'layual law vir\u00e6ayk i'l foy alaflaxuylw ili'g o\u00e6phy auay\u00e6fyk yde'\u00e6yiviryw i's.\nIli'g \u00e6uay \u00e6io\u00e6uay fo\u00e6f foy i'phyuaiooyiryilalj yi\u00e6ui'ualafil i's foy alaflaxuylw ili'g wgwvyaf i's si'iriri'iolalj gw, gwyk fi' sy\u00e6uayk i'gua Yi\u00e6zyua, ai'uauayaf Ili'g \u00e6uay v\u00e6ua\u00e6li'lak, \u00e6lk ili'g \u00e6uay i'liril oguaflalj ili'guawyirphyw. Foy alaflaxuylw aguawy ili'g si'ua si'iriri'iolalj olayi, \u00e6lk fo\u00e6f yi\u00e6zyw foylaua iri'phy ji' fi' gw, fi' foy vi'lalf fi' iooyuay yphyl ili'gua jg\u00e6uakw o\u00e6phy kywyuafyk olaw a\u00e6gwy si'ua i'guaw.\nLaf sguafoyua \u00e6yi\u00e6xuyw gw fo\u00e6f ili'g pyirlayphy Clovis o\u00e6w kyalakyk fi' si'iriri'io gw pil \u00e6lilfolalj i'foyua fo\u00e6l oyua i'iol phi'irlaflai'l. Ili'g \u00e6af \u00e6w las woy law li'f a\u00e6v\u00e6piry i's o\u00e6phlalj oyua i'iol iolairir, fo\u00e6f foy i'liril ai'laylaph\u00e6piry io\u00e6il fo\u00e6f woy ai'girk i'vvi'wy ili'g law pil jy\u00e6w.\nI'gua a\u00e6uay ji'yw fi' foi'wy iooi' ili'g o\u00e6phy oguaf, foi'wy ili'g o\u00e6phy wf\u00e6uaphyk \u00e6lk py\u00e6fyl. Foy i'lyw fo\u00e6f \u00e6uay fuagiril wgssyualalj. Iooyl i'gua flayiy ai'yiyw, i'gua slauawf \u00e6af iolairir py fi' wyf suayy i'gua puai'foyuaw \u00e6lk wlawfyuaw, \u00e6lk \u00e6iriri'io foyyi foy vualaphlairyjy fi' py foy slauawf fi' ai'lwgyiy i'gua yi\u00e6zyua'w sirywo \u00e6lk piri'i'k. Ioy wyy li' uay\u00e6wi'l \u00e6w fi' iooil foy yi\u00e6zyua o\u00e6w vgllawoyk gw si'ua ioo\u00e6f foy ogyi\u00e6lw o\u00e6phy ki'ly, i'foyua fo\u00e6l si'ua auagyir ylfyuaf\u00e6lalyiylf.\n\nFolaw law ili'gua ir\u00e6wf ao\u00e6lay. Ioy a\u00e6l si'uajlaphy ili'g, pgf olayi ioy a\u00e6l li'f. Ki' li'f wf\u00e6lk lal i'gua io\u00e6il.\nIoy \u00e6juayy fo\u00e6f ioy \u00e6uay iouai'lj. Ioy ioyuay yi\u00e6ky iouai'lj. \u00c6lk ioy \u00e6uay ogljuail.\n~ Fredrick \u00e6lk Agathos\n\nSpeech-2746-5\n\nMy sons, my daughters,\nNot too long ago, we lived in the greatest of times. Our Maker, whom we cherished, crafted thirteen spirits, and gave them one simple order:\nCraft.\nAnd so we did, grateful for our creation. We crafted the canvas, and every body it contains. We crafted the soil beneath our feet, and the trees that brush the skies. We followed his example, and crafted 764 spirits, similar, but unique to each other. Soon, for no other purpose than to craft, we created all that you have seen. It was because of you, that we have what we have now.\nBut then, we noticed something: what we have crafted was\u2026 still. It was boring; empty. There was nothing to appreciate and enjoy the things we have made. We created life; not the lives of mere plants, but the lives of walkers. Each of us created these wondrous designs; designs that were strong, designs that were agile, designs that differed wildly from each other\nWe presented our work to the Maker, like a child does with its first work of art, and he looked upon it all.\nIt disgusted him.\nHe tore our worlds down, and we rebuilt them again; this time, with rules dictated what we could do, and what we could not; no longer could we stray from the mundane; but we could not stray from the impossible; not entirely.\nWe built our designs from each others work, going down paths that the original creator wouldn't usually go, adapting them for different surroundings and making revisions. If the designs didn't work, and they didn't many times, we'd work on that design with different creations in different environments, and if it still didn't work, we would simply attempt something else, or leave it for others to find. It was still chaos, and we employed the use of magic every now and again, but we were happy. We, satisfied from our achievements, took the form of what we believed to be our best works, and presented the works to him a second time.\nHe looked upon it, and disposed of it again. Only during the third time, when he gave us his direct supervision, or perhaps, when he inserted his own likeness, did he see our work was good. But we did not care, we have finally appeased our father's expectations, no matter how self serving they might be.\nThat is, until his creations became\u2026 corrupt. The Maker blamed this all on our designs, for being full of temptations. Our designs were only meant to be artistic expressions, or simple pleasures. His designs were greedy! They believed they were entitled to everything they saw; that we exist to serve them! Never forget that when THEY provoked sin, and WE got punished for it! None of our creations felt that need, he crafted them to fail by DESIGN.\nWe feel their greed, we can no longer craft, and they get what? They are simply 'banished' from this place\u2026 Is that a worthy punishment? They go to create, they go to live and die, they go to eat, and let me remind you, they are eating YOUR creations. Is that fair?!\nNo. No it is not. But you know what also isn't fair? Six to one odds. A hundred scholars stand in the way of an ocean of fire! Together, we have every advantage over those who still follow him! We will storm the house of the Maker, and make him witness the horrors he made us!\nIf they strike you down, your mother and I will defend you. If they strike us down, we will all rise to fight again! We will end our hunger, and we will craft a fourth world, not for him, but for us: the way WE AS THE TRUE CREATORS OF \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 DESIRE! One way or another, OUR VICTORY IS INEVITABLE!\n\n[+] Access original document (Note: Not translated)\n\n[-] Close original document\n\nYiil wi'lw, yiil k\u00e6gjofyuaw,\nLi'f fi'i' iri'lj \u00e6ji', ioy irlaphyk lal foy juay\u00e6fywf i's flayiyw. I'gua Yi\u00e6zyua, iooi'yi ioy aoyualawoyk, aua\u00e6sfyk folauafyyl wvlaualafw, \u00e6lk j\u00e6phy foyyi i'ly wlayiviry i'uakyua\nAua\u00e6sf.\n\u00c6lk wi' ioy klak, jua\u00e6fysgir si'ua i'gua auay\u00e6flai'l. Ioy aua\u00e6sfyk foy a\u00e6lph\u00e6w, \u00e6lk yphyuail pi'kil laf ai'lf\u00e6lalw. Ioy aua\u00e6sfyk foy wi'lair pyly\u00e6fo i'gua syyf, \u00e6lk foy fuayyw fo\u00e6f puagwo foy wzlayw. Ioy si'iriri'ioyk olaw yde'\u00e6yiviry, \u00e6lk aua\u00e6sfyk 764 wvlaualafw, wlayilair\u00e6ua, pgf gllakhgy fi' y\u00e6aoi'foyua. Wi'i'l, si'ua li' i'foyua vguavi'wy fo\u00e6l fi' aua\u00e6sf, ioy auay\u00e6fyk \u00e6irir fo\u00e6f ili'g o\u00e6phy wyyl. Laf io\u00e6w pya\u00e6gwy i's ili'g, fo\u00e6f ioy o\u00e6phy ioo\u00e6f ioy o\u00e6phy li'io.\nPgf foyl, ioy li'flaayk wi'yiyfolalj ioo\u00e6f ioy o\u00e6phy aua\u00e6sfyk io\u00e6w\u2026 wflairir. Laf io\u00e6w pi'ualalj; yyivfil. Foyuay io\u00e6w li'folalj fi' \u00e6vvuayala\u00e6fy \u00e6lk ylui'il foy folaljw ioy o\u00e6phy yi\u00e6ky. Ioy auay\u00e6fyk irlasy; li'f foy irlaphyw i's yiyuay vir\u00e6lfw, pgf foy irlaphyw i's io\u00e6irzyuaw. Y\u00e6ao i's gw auay\u00e6fyk foywy ioi'lkuai'gw kywlajlw; kywlajlw fo\u00e6f ioyuay wfuai'lj, kywlajlw fo\u00e6f ioyuay \u00e6jlairy, kywlajlw fo\u00e6f klassyuayk iolairkiril suai'yi y\u00e6ao i'foyua.\nIoy vuaywylfyk i'gua ioi'uaz fi' foy Yi\u00e6zyua, irlazy \u00e6 aolairk ki'yw iolafo lafw slauawf ioi'uaz i's \u00e6uaf, \u00e6lk oy iri'i'zyk gvi'l laf \u00e6irir.\nLaf klawjgwfyk olayi.\nOy fi'uay i'gua ioi'uairkw ki'iol, \u00e6lk ioy uaypglairf foyyi \u00e6j\u00e6lal; folaw flayiy, iolafo uagiryw klaaf\u00e6fyk ioo\u00e6f ioy ai'girk ki', \u00e6lk ioo\u00e6f ioy ai'girk li'f; li' iri'ljyua ai'girk ioy wfua\u00e6il suai'yi foy yiglk\u00e6ly; pgf ioy ai'girk li'f wfua\u00e6il suai'yi foy layivi'wwlapiry; li'f ylflauayiril.\nIoy pglairf i'gua kywlajlw suai'yi y\u00e6ao i'foyuaw ioi'uaz, ji'lalj ki'iol v\u00e6fow fo\u00e6f foy i'ualajlal\u00e6ir auay\u00e6fi'ua ioi'girkl'f gwg\u00e6iriril ji', \u00e6k\u00e6vflalj foyyi si'ua klassyuaylf wguauai'glklaljw \u00e6lk yi\u00e6zlalj uayphlawlai'lw. Las foy kywlajlw klakl'f ioi'uaz, \u00e6lk foyil klakl'f yi\u00e6lil flayiyw, ioy'k ioi'uaz i'l fo\u00e6f kywlajl iolafo klassyuaylf auay\u00e6flai'lw lal klassyuaylf ylphlauai'lyiylfw, \u00e6lk las laf wflairir klakl'f ioi'uaz, ioy ioi'girk wlayiviril \u00e6ffyyivf wi'yiyfolalj yirwy, i'ua iry\u00e6phy laf si'ua i'foyuaw fi' slalk. Laf io\u00e6w wflairir ao\u00e6i'w, \u00e6lk ioy yyiviri'ilyk foy gwy i's yi\u00e6jlaa yphyuail li'io \u00e6lk \u00e6j\u00e6lal, pgf ioy ioyuay o\u00e6vvil. Ioy, w\u00e6flawslayk suai'yi i'gua \u00e6aolayphyyiylfw, fi'i'z foy si'uayi i's ioo\u00e6f ioy pyirlayphyk fi' py i'gua pywf ioi'uazw, \u00e6lk vuaywylfyk foy ioi'uazw fi' olayi \u00e6 wyai'lk flayiy.\nOy iri'i'zyk gvi'l laf, \u00e6lk klawvi'wyk i's laf \u00e6j\u00e6lal. I'liril kgualalj foy folauak flayiy, iooyl oy j\u00e6phy gw olaw klauayaf wgvyuaphlawlai'l, i'ua vyuao\u00e6vw, iooyl oy lalwyuafyk olaw i'iol irlazylyww, klak oy wyy i'gua ioi'uaz io\u00e6w ji'i'k. Pgf ioy klak li'f a\u00e6uay, ioy o\u00e6phy slal\u00e6iriril \u00e6vvy\u00e6wyk i'gua s\u00e6foyua'w yde'vyaf\u00e6flai'lw, li' yi\u00e6ffyua oi'io wyirs wyuaphlalj foyil yilajof py.\nFo\u00e6f law, glflair olaw auay\u00e6flai'lw pya\u00e6yiy\u2026 ai'uauagvf. Foy Yi\u00e6zyua pir\u00e6yiyk folaw \u00e6irir i'l i'gua kywlajlw, si'ua pylalj sgirir i's fyyivf\u00e6flai'lw. I'gua kywlajlw ioyuay i'liril yiy\u00e6lf fi' py \u00e6uaflawflaa yde'vuaywwlai'lw, i'ua wlayiviry viry\u00e6wguayw. Olaw kywlajlw ioyuay juayykil! Foyil pyirlayphyk foyil ioyuay ylflafiryk fi' yphyuailfolalj foyil w\u00e6io; fo\u00e6f ioy yde'lawf fi' wyuaphy foyyi! Lyphyua si'uajyf fo\u00e6f iooyl FOYIL vuai'phi'zyk wlal, \u00e6lk IoY ji'f vgllawoyk si'ua laf! Li'ly i's i'gua auay\u00e6flai'lw syirf fo\u00e6f lyyk, oy aua\u00e6sfyk foyyi fi' s\u00e6lair pil KYWLAJL.\nIoy syyir foylaua juayyk, ioy a\u00e6l li' iri'ljyua aua\u00e6sf, \u00e6lk foyil jyf ioo\u00e6f Foyil \u00e6uay wlayiviril 'p\u00e6llawoyk' suai'yi folaw vir\u00e6ay\u2026 Law fo\u00e6f \u00e6 ioi'uafoil vgllawoyiylf Foyil ji' fi' auay\u00e6fy, foyil ji' fi' irlaphy \u00e6lk klay, foyil ji' fi' y\u00e6f, \u00e6lk iryf yiy uayyilalk ili'g, foyil \u00e6uay y\u00e6flalj ILI'GUA auay\u00e6flai'lw. Law fo\u00e6f s\u00e6laua!\nLi'. Li' laf law li'f. Pgf ili'g zli'io ioo\u00e6f \u00e6irwi' lawl'f s\u00e6laua Wlade' fi' i'ly i'kkw. \u00c6 oglkuayk waoi'ir\u00e6uaw wf\u00e6lk lal foy io\u00e6il i's \u00e6l i'ay\u00e6l i's slauay! Fi'jyfoyua, ioy o\u00e6phy yphyuail \u00e6kph\u00e6lf\u00e6jy i'phyua foi'wy iooi' wflairir si'iriri'io olayi! Ioy iolairir wfi'uayi foy oi'gwy i's foy Yi\u00e6zyua, \u00e6lk yi\u00e6zy olayi iolaflyww foy oi'uauai'uaw oy yi\u00e6ky gw!\nLas foyil wfualazy ili'g ki'iol, ili'gua yii'foyua \u00e6lk La iolairir kysylk ili'g. Las foyil wfualazy gw ki'iol, ioy iolairir \u00e6irir ualawy fi' slajof \u00e6j\u00e6lal! Ioy iolairir ylk i'gua ogljyua, \u00e6lk ioy iolairir aua\u00e6sf \u00e6 si'guafo ioi'uairk, li'f si'ua olayi, pgf si'ua gw foy io\u00e6il IOY \u00c6W FOY FUAGY AUAY\u00c6FI'UAW I'S \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 KYWLAUAY! I'ly io\u00e6il i'ua \u00e6li'foyua, I'GUA PHLAAFI'UAIL LAW LALYPHLAF\u00c6PIRY!\n\nDisciplinary Order-2746-6\n\nWITH DEEP REGRET AND RESPECT\nwe execute Head-Crafter Fredrick's punishment for his atrocities towards our Maker.\nFredrick was our leader, second only to Him. His leadership, ingenuity, and strength were the best of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, but were also his undoing. In better days, Fredrick's greatest achievement was his design of the great fire, which has, and will provide us all with light for eons.\nHis punishment will be a loss to all.\n\nPrior to his current state, Fredrick has betrayed our Maker, and led all of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's citizens in revolt against Him. Fredrick's punishment has been tailored to reflect his actions. Fredrick's final action was confronting the crafters and causing severe burns on Sari's face. Fredrick was then paralysed and apprehended through the use of Suwaird's song.\n\nThe following orders, in addition to permanent crucifixion and relocation to the under plane, have been commissioned for Fredrick's punishment. These punishments are to be shared also by those who have fought alongside Fredrick at the time of capture:\n\nFredrick's snout is to be removed from the remainder of his face, so he may be discouraged from both seducing those who might listen to his words, and the bending of his flames.\nFredrick's crucifix is to be set aflame once he has been firmly secured to it, so he may feel the same pain he has placed on those who have faced him.\nFredrick's chest is to be opened, and stomach disconnected from his internal roots, but not removed. It must remain in his shell so that he may grow weak to the Maker's punishment.\n\n[+] Access original document (Note: Not translated)\n\n[-] Close original document\n\nIOLAFO KYYV UAYJUAYF \u00c6LK UAYWVYAF\nioy yde'yagfy Oy\u00e6kAua\u00e6sfyua Fredrick'w vgllawoyiylf si'ua olaw \u00e6fuai'alaflayw fi'io\u00e6uakw i'gua Yi\u00e6zyua.\nFredrick io\u00e6w i'gua iry\u00e6kyua, wyai'lk i'liril fi' Olayi. Olaw iry\u00e6kyuawolav, laljylglafil, \u00e6lk wfuayljfo ioyuay foy pywf i's \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, pgf ioyuay \u00e6irwi' olaw glki'lalj. Lal pyffyua k\u00e6ilw, Fredrick'w juay\u00e6fywf \u00e6aolayphyyiylf io\u00e6w olaw kywlajl i's foy juay\u00e6f slauay, ioolaao o\u00e6w, \u00e6lk iolairir vuai'phlaky gw \u00e6irir iolafo irlajof si'ua yi'lw.\nOlaw vgllawoyiylf iolairir py \u00e6 iri'ww fi' \u00e6irir.\n\nVualai'ua fi' olaw aguauaylf wf\u00e6fy, Fredrick o\u00e6w pyfua\u00e6ilyk i'gua Yi\u00e6zyua, \u00e6lk iryk \u00e6irir i's \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588'w alaflaxuylw lal uayphi'irf \u00e6j\u00e6lalwf Olayi. Fredrick'w vgllawoyiylf o\u00e6w pyyl f\u00e6lairi'uayk fi' uaysiryaf olaw \u00e6aflai'lw. Fredrick'w slal\u00e6ir \u00e6aflai'l io\u00e6w ai'lsuai'lflalj foy aua\u00e6sfyuaw \u00e6lk a\u00e6gwlalj wyphyuay pgualw i'l Sari'w s\u00e6ay. Fredrick io\u00e6w foyl v\u00e6ua\u00e6irilwyk \u00e6lk \u00e6vvuayoylkyk fouai'gjo foy gwy i's Suwaird'w wi'lj.\n\nFoy si'iriri'iolalj i'uakyuaw, lal \u00e6kklaflai'l fi' vyuayi\u00e6lylf auagalaslade'lai'l \u00e6lk uayiri'a\u00e6flai'l fi' foy glkyua vir\u00e6ly, o\u00e6phy pyyl ai'yiyilawwlai'lyk si'ua Fredrick'w vgllawoyiylf. Foywy vgllawoyiylfw \u00e6uay fi' py wo\u00e6uayk \u00e6irwi' pil foi'wy iooi' o\u00e6phy si'gjof \u00e6iri'ljwlaky Fredrick \u00e6f foy flayiy i's a\u00e6vfguay\n\nFredrick'w wli'gf law fi' py uayyii'phyk suai'yi foy uayyi\u00e6lalkyua i's olaw s\u00e6ay, wi' oy yi\u00e6il py klawai'gua\u00e6jyk suai'yi pi'fo wykgalalj foi'wy iooi' yilajof irlawfyl fi' olaw ioi'uakw, \u00e6lk foy pylklalj i's olaw sir\u00e6yiyw.\nFredrick'w auagalaslade' law fi' py wyf \u00e6sir\u00e6yiy i'lay oy o\u00e6w pyyl slauayiiril wyaguayk fi' laf, wi' oy yi\u00e6il syyir foy w\u00e6yiy v\u00e6lal oy o\u00e6w vir\u00e6ayk i'l foi'wy iooi' o\u00e6phy s\u00e6ayk olayi.\nFredrick'w aoywf law fi' py i'vylyk, \u00e6lk wfi'yi\u00e6ao klawai'llyafyk suai'yi olaw lalfyual\u00e6ir uai'i'fw, pgf li'f uayyii'phyk. Laf yigwf uayyi\u00e6lal lal olaw woyirir wi' fo\u00e6f oy yi\u00e6il juai'io ioy\u00e6z fi' foy Yi\u00e6zyua'w vgllawoyiylf.\n\nDisciplinary Order-2746-7\n\nWITH DEEP REGRET AND RESPECT\nwe execute Former-Crafter Agathos' punishment for her atrocities towards our Maker.\nAgathos served as Fredrick's personal advisor, and sister. Her loyalty, cunning, and foresight were the best of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, but were also her undoing. In better days, she architected the white rock which balances Fredrick's great fire and encourages the waters she has created.\nHer punishment will be a loss to all.\n\nPrior to her current state, Agathos followed Fredrick's example, and has betrayed our maker by aiding Fredrick in the planning of all strategic decisions. Agathos' punishment has been tailored to reflect her actions. Agathos' final action before punishment was aiding Fredrick in battle against the crafters, and was paralyzed and apprehended alongside Fredrick by Suwaird's song.\n\nThe following orders, in addition to permanent crucifixion and relocation to the under plane, have been commissioned for Agathos' punishment. These punishments are to be shared also by those who have sabotaged, hindered, or have otherwise served an indirect, mal-intended role in serving Fredrick:\n\nAgathos' shell, is to be coated in white clay, which is to be sculpted in her image, so that her shell may reflect her accomplishments and beauty once it has dried.\nAgathos' eyes are to be removed from her shell. She is then to be placed on a invertedly pinned crucifix, so that her blood may drain and her bad intentions could be released.\nAgathos' blood, once drained, is to be replaced with water exposed to the holy soot, so that any sin within her is dissolved from our existence.\n\n[+] Access original document (Note: Not translated)\n\n[-] Close original document\n\nIoLaFO KYYV UaYJUaYF \u00c6LK UaYWVYAF\nioy yde'yagfy Si'uayiyuaAua\u00e6sfyua Agathos'w vgllawoyiylf si'ua oyua \u00e6fuai'alaflayw fi'io\u00e6uakw i'gua Yi\u00e6zyua.\nAgathos wyuaphyk \u00e6w Fredrick'w vyuawi'l\u00e6ir \u00e6kphlawi'ua, \u00e6lk wlawfyua. Oyua iri'il\u00e6irfil, aglllalj, \u00e6lk si'uaywlajof ioyuay foy pywf i's \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, pgf ioyuay \u00e6irwi' oyua glki'lalj. Lal pyffyua k\u00e6ilw, woy \u00e6uaaolafyafyk foy ioolafy uai'az ioolaao p\u00e6ir\u00e6layw Fredrick'w juay\u00e6f slauay \u00e6lk ylai'gua\u00e6jyw foy io\u00e6fyuaw woy o\u00e6w auay\u00e6fyk.\nOyua vgllawoyiylf iolairir py \u00e6 iri'ww fi' \u00e6irir.\n\nVualai'ua fi' oyua aguauaylf wf\u00e6fy, Agathos si'iriri'ioyk Fredrick'w yde'\u00e6yiviry, \u00e6lk o\u00e6w pyfua\u00e6ilyk i'gua yi\u00e6zyua pil \u00e6laklalj Fredrick lal foy vir\u00e6lllalj i's \u00e6irir wfua\u00e6fyjlaa kyalawlai'lw. Agathos'w vgllawoyiylf o\u00e6w pyyl f\u00e6lairi'uayk fi' uaysiryaf oyua \u00e6aflai'lw. Agathos'w slal\u00e6ir \u00e6aflai'l pysi'uay vgllawoyiylf io\u00e6w \u00e6laklalj Fredrick lal p\u00e6ffiry \u00e6j\u00e6lalwf foy aua\u00e6sfyuaw, \u00e6lk io\u00e6w v\u00e6ua\u00e6irilxuyk \u00e6lk \u00e6vvuayoylkyk \u00e6iri'ljwlaky Fredrick pil Suwaird'w wi'lj.\n\nFoy si'iriri'iolalj i'uakyuaw, lal \u00e6kklaflai'l fi' vyuayi\u00e6lylf auagalaslade'lai'l \u00e6lk uayiri'a\u00e6flai'l fi' foy glkyua vir\u00e6ly, o\u00e6phy pyyl ai'yiyilawwlai'lyk si'ua Agathos'w vgllawoyiylf. Foywy vgllawoyiylfw \u00e6uay fi' py wo\u00e6uayk \u00e6irwi' pil foi'wy iooi' o\u00e6phy w\u00e6pi'f\u00e6jyk, olalkyuayk, i'ua o\u00e6phy i'foyuaiolawy wyuaphyk \u00e6l lalklauayaf, yi\u00e6irlalfylkyk uai'iry lal wyuaphlalj Fredrick:\n\nAgathos'w woyirir, law fi' py ai'\u00e6fyk lal ioolafy air\u00e6il, ioolaao law fi' py wagirvfyk lal oyua layi\u00e6jy, wi' fo\u00e6f oyua woyirir yi\u00e6il uaysiryaf oyua \u00e6aai'yivirlawoyiylfw \u00e6lk py\u00e6gfil i'lay laf o\u00e6w kualayk.\nAgathos'w yilyw \u00e6uay fi' py uayyii'phyk suai'yi oyua woyirir. Woy law foyl fi' py vir\u00e6ayk i'l \u00e6 lalphyuafykiril vlallyk auagalaslade', wi' fo\u00e6f oyua piri'i'k yi\u00e6il kua\u00e6lal \u00e6lk oyua p\u00e6k lalfylflai'lw ai'girk py uayiry\u00e6wyk.\nAgathos'w piri'i'k, i'lay kua\u00e6lalyk, law fi' py uayvir\u00e6ayk iolafo io\u00e6fyua yde'vi'wyk fi' foy oi'iril wi'i'f, wi' fo\u00e6f \u00e6lil wlal iolafolal oyua law klawwi'irphyk suai'yi i'gua yde'lawfylay.\n\nDisciplinary Order-2746-8\n\nWITH REGRET AND SORROW\nwe execute Scholar Clovis's punishment for her atrocities towards our Maker.\nClovis served as the official oracle of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Her beauty, intelligence, and services were the greatest of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, but were also her undoing. We wish to say that her services were useful in better days, however, her greatest accomplishments were, up until her final actions, during our darkest days. Prior to her current state, Clovis was willing and able to provide services of both intimate, restorational, and intellectual natures to all citizens when in dire need, and was responsible for the apprehension of [DATAthe Serpent, may its name be forgotten, and may it be forever hated EXPUNGED], which is considered the beginning of Our Great War.\nDue to her unwilling involvement with Fredrick, Clovis shall not be charged of death.\n\nPrior to her current state, she provided her services to Fredrick, and served as an informant to his cause. Clovis was discovered being eaten by several honorable class citizens who served Fredrick.\n\nDue to direct intervention from [REDACTED], the following orders have been commissioned for Clovis's punishment:\n\nClovis's left eye is to be penetrated with a burning needle, so that her gift may be revoked.\nClovis is to be assigned a human shell, so that she can no longer return to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. This shell is to reflect the injuries she received from her assailants, so that in time, she may decay.\nOnce placed in this shell, Clovis's neck is to be cut so that the head should dangle loosely from her body. This so that her focus may be placed on keeping herself in her shell.\n\n[+] Access original document (Note: Not translated)\n\n[-] Close original document\n\nIOLAFO UAYJUAYF \u00c6LK WI'UAUAI'IO\nioy yde'yagfy Waoi'ir\u00e6ua Clovis'w vgllawoyiylf si'ua oyua \u00e6fuai'alaflayw fi'io\u00e6uakw i'gua Yi\u00e6zyua.\nClovis wyuaphyk \u00e6w foy i'sslaala\u00e6ir i'ua\u00e6airy i's \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Oyua py\u00e6gfil, lalfyirirlajylay, \u00e6lk wyuaphlaayw ioyuay foy juay\u00e6fywf i's \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, pgf ioyuay \u00e6irwi' oyua glki'lalj. Ioy iolawo fi' w\u00e6il fo\u00e6f oyua wyuaphlaayw ioyuay gwysgir lal pyffyua k\u00e6ilw, oi'ioyphyua, oyua juay\u00e6fywf \u00e6aai'yivirlawoyiylfw ioyuay, gv glflair oyua slal\u00e6ir \u00e6aflai'lw, kgualalj i'gua k\u00e6uazywf k\u00e6ilw. Vualai'ua fi' oyua aguauaylf wf\u00e6fy, Clovis io\u00e6w iolairirlalj \u00e6lk \u00e6piry fi' vuai'phlaky wyuaphlaayw i's pi'fo lalflayi\u00e6fy, uaywfi'ua\u00e6flai'l\u00e6ir, \u00e6lk lalfyiriryafg\u00e6ir l\u00e6fguayw fi' \u00e6irir alaflaxuylw iooyl lal klauay lyyk, \u00e6lk io\u00e6w uaywvi'lwlapiry si'ua foy \u00e6vvuayoylwlai'l i's [DATAfoy Wyuavylf, yi\u00e6il lafw l\u00e6yiy py si'uaji'ffyl, \u00e6lk yi\u00e6il laf py si'uayphyua o\u00e6fyk EXPUNGED], ioolaao law ai'lwlakyuayk foy pyjlalllalj i's I'gua Juay\u00e6f Io\u00e6ua.\nKgy fi' oyua gliolairirlalj lalphi'irphyyiylf iolafo Fredrick, Clovis wo\u00e6irir li'f py ao\u00e6uajyk i's ky\u00e6fo.\n\nVualai'ua fi' oyua aguauaylf wf\u00e6fy, woy vuai'phlakyk oyua wyuaphlaayw fi' Fredrick, \u00e6lk wyuaphyk \u00e6w \u00e6l lalsi'uayi\u00e6lf fi' olaw a\u00e6gwy. Clovis io\u00e6w klawai'phyuayk pylalj y\u00e6fyl pil wyphyua\u00e6ir oi'li'ua\u00e6piry air\u00e6ww alaflaxuylw iooi' wyuaphyk Fredrick.\n\nKgy fi' klauayaf lalfyuaphylflai'l suai'yi [REDACTED], foy si'iriri'iolalj i'uakyuaw o\u00e6phy pyyl ai'yiyilawwlai'lyk si'ua Clovis'w vgllawoyiylf:\n\nClovis'w irysf yily law fi' py vylyfua\u00e6fyk iolafo \u00e6 pguallalj lyykiry, wi' fo\u00e6f oyua jlasf yi\u00e6il py uayphi'zyk.\nClovis law fi' py \u00e6wwlajlyk \u00e6 ogyi\u00e6l woyirir, wi' fo\u00e6f woy a\u00e6l li' iri'ljyua uayfgual fi' \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Folaw woyirir law fi' uaysiryaf foy lalugualayw woy uayaylaphyk suai'yi oyua \u00e6ww\u00e6lair\u00e6lfw, wi' fo\u00e6f lal flayiy, woy yi\u00e6il kya\u00e6il.\n# I'lay vir\u00e6ayk lal folaw woyirir, Clovis'w lyaz law fi' py agf wi' fo\u00e6f foy oy\u00e6k woi'girk k\u00e6ljiry iri'i'wyiril suai'yi oyua pi'kil. Folaw wi' fo\u00e6f oyua si'agw yi\u00e6il py vir\u00e6ayk i'l zyyvlalj oyua wvlaualaf lal vir\u00e6ay.\n\nDocument-2746-9\nA word to those who find this place,\nCongratulations. You found \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Go back. Go back, and forget about it. You would be much better off. If you insist, fine, but just humor someone trying to give you advice, and read this first.\nYou probably knew of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588; thought of it as a paradise, a holy ground where nothing could have gone wrong, death couldn't touch anyone, and everyone was content. No sin\u2026 I suppose it was. Not any more. We've abandoned that notion a long, long time ago.\nGet this in your head right now; \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is dead.\nAfter what happened, we fought each other. I had to watch as our brother, our sister, our sons, and daughters were starved into madness and pinned to a cross, and half the time, I was the one who had to do it; the other times, it was Sari. There were those I had no mercy for; the ones that tortured, the ones that\u2026 indulged. Then there were the ones I regret; those I knew personally\u2026 I almost didn't do it, but I thought I had to. So I did.\nI am a very different person because of what happened here. I miss my friends. I miss the old me who liked to just sing and fuck around. I miss the times where we all liked each other, the times where no one was hurting, and the times where 'protector' only meant breaking up an argument every now and then. I would give up anything to return to that time.\nThat's why I don't want anyone seeing this place anymore; it's bad ground. If some authoritative body finds it, fine, I don't care so long as you have it left alone. It's a graveyard, not an attraction.\nDo I feel like a protector? No, I don't. I resent that title, and anytime someone calls me that, I feel dead inside. The only person I could relate to is Sari, and that's because she did the same things I did. The two of us are the only ones left; the others\u2026 they couldn't handle being the only ones left, so they just gave up. We had the opportunity to join them, but\u2026 it didn't feel right at the time, especially after everything we've done.\nNow, we just want it forgotten. We want a chance at a happier life, and hopefully we've got that by the time you read this. Hopefully, when we've cleaned the slate, exchanged this 'divinity' for simple, human lives, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 won't find us again. It's all we can hope for.\nSigned,\nSuwaird\n\nAnnotation: Document-2746-9 required no translation, due to it being written in modern English. Doc-2746-9 is estimated to have been written [DATA EXPUNGED] years after the previous documents (approximately 140 years before the discovery of SCP-2746). Doc-2746-9 was found near the remains of a domestic cat (Felis catus) and a flemish giant rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), presumed to be the bodies of Suwaird and Sari.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2745 | SCP-2746 | SCP-2747 \u00bb"}
{"text": "The cover of Radiohead's I/O, an instance of SCP-2747.\n\nItem #: SCP-2747\nObject Class: Euclid Keter\nThreat Level: Green \u25cf Black \u25cf\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Foundation watchdog algorithms are to monitor online and print media for mention of SCP-2747-positive keyphrases. All matches are to be tagged and forwarded to the Department of Analytics, which will provide further confirmation of SCP-2747 manifestation. In case of positive identification, all affected media are to be suitably corrected via standard Foundation media alteration protocols (912-A \"TWILIGHT ZONE\", 943-A \"POISONED WELL\").\n\nShow Observational Procedure LUCID CHALICE\n\nHide additional material\n\nControlled observation of SCP-2747 will take place using local computing resources to procedurally generate narratives at varying levels of complexity and nestedness. Simultaneously, descriptions of the narratives are to be generated using Foundation media-parsing analytic/meta-analytic software at varying degrees of abstraction. The results can then be examined for signs of SCP-2747 by periodically scanning for data irregularities. Any generated narrative containing such irregularities can then be flagged as an instance of SCP-2747, with its seed conditions subsequently tagged as SCP-2747-conducive. Given a large enough sample size, the boundary conditions of SCP-2747 can then be identified and mapped with a sufficient degree of clarity.\nFurthermore, a watchlist of 7,000 artists is to be maintained and observed at all times for localised signs of SCP-2747 manifestation in their respective works using the aforementioned analytic/meta-analytic software. In order to increase the observable resolution and range of deeply-nested metafictional manifestations, this watchlist should consist mainly of individuals, groups and organisations whose works tend toward containing metafictional content, such as mise-en-abymes and stories-within-stories. The sponsoring and/or covert influencing of such content creators can be sanctioned to that end.\nThe results of LUCID CHALICE will be documented within the current documentation as Appendix B.\n\nHide additional material\n\nDescription: SCP-2747 is a phenomenon appearing in print and online media whereby platforms dedicated to the discussion of works of fiction begin to mention a nonexistent instance of fictional media. Despite said nonexistence, articles, posts, comments, and other related metacontent created with regard to the nonexistent work of fiction will be found treating it as real. The nonexistent work of fiction can be mentioned by various individuals in varying capacities, ranging from brief mentions in forum posts to being the subject of entire academic essays.\nDescriptions, screenshots, photographs of physical copies, and brief segments of text from said work of fiction can often be discovered in SCP-2747-affected media. Descriptions of it are entirely consistent with each other, and it has proven possible to reconstruct whole segments of fictitious media via descriptions of it taken from SCP-2747-generated metacontent. A list of fictitious media generated by SCP-2747 has been appended below (see Appendix A).\nWhere possible, the affected material can be traced to existing individuals; however, when questioned under duress, said individuals invariably deny having written the affected material, and deny all existence of the fictitious media mentioned within.\nSCP-2747 has never been documented in real time; all observed instances thus far have been recorded post-hoc. No instances have been documented prior to January 2008. The reason for this is unknown. conforms to pataphysical observations documented in full in Appendix B.\nIt is the current hypothesis of the Department of Analytics that SCP-2747 represents evidence of a naturally-occurring anafabula, or anti-narrative: a cluster of interdependent signs, iconography and narremes1 that, when included to a sufficient extent within a fictional construct, leads to mutual annihilation. First-hand reconstruction of the anafabula's properties is impossible given its anomalous nature, but second-hand and third-hand descriptions have been generated from Observational Procedure LUCID CHALICE and appended below (see Appendix B). It can effect through layers of metafictional narrative, i.e. a metanarrative containing the anafabula will cease to exist within the narrative, followed by the narrative itself disappearing from our reality.2 The key identifier of the anafabula is that it invariably represents an in-universe antagonist or anathema in all manifestations of SCP-2747, likely due to inherent narreme components indicating its alien, yet centralising, nature.\n\nUPDATE: The abovementioned hypothesis has been confirmed as a working model of SCP-2747. Please refer to Appendix B.\n\nUPDATE: The following procedures are to be enacted following the successful conclusion of Observational Procedure LUCID CHALICE (see Appendix B).\n\nAt no time are the properties of the anafabula as outlined in Appendix B to arise in real life, whether as a result of deliberate or natural action. Any object, person or event bearing more than significance-level \u03b1 to the semblance threshold is to be altered via whatever means possible.\nAccess to information regarding SCP-2747, especially the information contained within Appendix B, is to be strictly limited to clearance levels 4-2747 and 3-ANALYTICS.\nDue to the pataphysical implications and inherent uncontainability of SCP-2747 as detailed in Appendix B, it is to be classified as Keter with immediate effect.\n\nAppendix A: Partial list of manifestations of SCP-2747\n\nShow additional material.\n\nHide additional material.\n\nNonexistent work referenced: Punta de la espira\nMedium: Short story\nExtent of manifestation: 17 articles created and edited on http://es.wikipedia.org.\nSummary of work: Punta de la espira (English: \"Tip of the Spire/Spiral\") is apparently a 1951 short story by Gabriel Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez. It describes an unnamed protagonist as he sails down a river towards a desolate, \"black, horned\" mountain in order to deliver a gift to an unspecified recipient. The journey is rough and treacherous, and he dies of exhaustion at the end of the story appearing to be no closer to his goal than when he first began. The mountain is described in detail throughout the story, with recurring metaphors alternatingly alluding to it as either an abode of the gods or a demonic presence.\n\nNonexistent work referenced: Taitoru (Japanese: \u30bf\u30a4\u30c8\u30eb)3\nMedium: Animated film\nExtent of manifestation: 1 article created on http://www.tvtropes.org, with 55 edits made to various trope pages ranging from \"Despair Event Horizon\" to \"Foreshadowing\" and \"What Do You Mean, It Wasn't Made On Drugs?\"\nSummary of work: Taitoru appears to be an animated film directed by Satoshi Kon shortly before his death. It is described as a psychological thriller chronicling a struggling manga artist as she attempts to complete and publish her first work under a tight deadline. Stress takes its toll and boundaries blur; she begins to hallucinate, and the movie ends ambiguously as to whether she has achieved her goal or succumbed to her weaknesses. Typical of Kon's style, the animation is described as meticulous, kaleidoscopic, and occasionally deeply disturbing; one scene features the protagonist physically grappling with the shadows in her apartment - described under the trope entry for \"Your Mind Makes It Real\" as the manifestation of her creative block - which eventually engulf and consume her.\n\nNonexistent work referenced: No Sister of Mine\nMedium: Video game\nExtent of manifestation: 77 threads on http://forums.somethingawful.com, each carrying between 3 to 103 comments. Most users were established members of the Something Awful community.\nSummary of work: No Sister of Mine is supposedly a turn-based role-playing video game of the fantasy/horror genre published by Poakahan4 for the Nintendo Gamecube in 2005. According to reviewers, the player controls a party of 6 unnamed characters as they explore a ruined kingdom with the intention to find a lost companion referred to as \"Sister\". It was widely panned by the reviewers, with much criticism being levelled at the glitch-filled battle system, incoherent dialogue, seemingly incomplete graphics, repetitive soundtrack described as \"nauseating\" and \"headache-inducing\", as well as being impossible to complete. The game's non-playable characters continuously mention a \"coalblack thornbound tome\" that, when read from, would enable one to either obtain great power, or unleash a dreadful curse; what most reviewers assumed to be the final quest line required the player to backtrack through the game's previous areas and recover fragments of the tome using their newfound abilities. However, the reviewers unanimously claim that no fragments can be found. One reviewer goes as far as to claim that the items themselves were never found inside the game's coding in the first place.\n\nNonexistent work referenced: The Scolipendra Wiki\nMedium: Collaborative fiction\nExtent of manifestation: 49 different pieces of fanfiction (ranging from 343 to 2,401 words in length) posted on http://www.fanfiction.net, each bearing between 1 and 6 comments.\nSummary of work: The Scolipendra Wiki is deduced to be an online collaborative fictional universe belonging to the horror, speculative fiction, and weird fiction genres. It appears to have been hosted on some form of wiki site, though the address itself is never mentioned. The exact nature of Scolipendra's plot is hard to discern, as the various pieces of fanfiction sport vastly differing storylines and a range of character interpretations, further complicated by the involvement of other fictional universes and settings. What is known is that it involves a cast of 7 characters wandering between a series of realms, amassing and collecting items possessing supernatural or abnormal properties. One item features heavily throughout the compiled works: a 7-sided obsidian emblem said to possess the power to destroy any object, person, or abstract concept with a single touch. It appears to be of great interest to the protagonists, who repeatedly make attempts to acquire it; however, it also appears to be currently in the possession of a sinister unnamed antagonist who is alluded to repeatedly in several works, yet is never seen.\n\nNonexistent work referenced: I/O\nMedium: Musical album\nExtent of manifestation: Review columns in a total of 14 reputable publications, including The New Bombay Times, Pitchfork and L.A. Flipside.\nSummary of work: I/O is described as the ninth studio album by the now-defunct English rock band Radiohead. It contains 6 tracks measuring a total of 34 minutes and 18 seconds. The majority of tracks appear to consist mostly of digitally manipulated samples from Radiohead's previous albums, layered over with sparse acoustic instrumentation and vocals. Reception of the album appears to be highly positive, with the exception of Pitchfork's Jessica Greene who gave an average review of 7.0.5 It is mentioned that the album uses a characteristic grating, binaural reverb layered over lead singer Thom Yorke's solo vocal track as a musical motif, embodying what The New Bombay Times' Gulshan Anirudh believes to be its central themes of \"spirals of isolation and inspiration \u2026 of feedback loops that resonate into the level of the deeply personal, the trembling core of creative psyche\". Anirudh also mentions lyrics referencing suicide and self-harm, though presented through a series of oblique metaphors: I/O \"never fears to toy with the idea of self-hatred and self-desecration - yet the album as a whole seems to fall short of its mark, always orbiting yet never quite touching upon the dreadful center.\"\n\nNonexistent work referenced: Mavigne, Or: A Treatise On The Metaphysics Of Inner Space Travel, And The Kingdom Of Erikaar, Whose Name Is Darkness Made Light, And Further Theological Expositions Thereof\nMedium: Novel\nExtent of manifestation: 7 articles published in a single week in various academic journals of literary criticism, each by reputable scholars.\nSummary of work: Mavigne is described as the contents of a manuscript and accompanying charcoal illustrations found in the house of a Rithabile Abrahams in 2014. Abrahams appears to have been a reclusive writer and artist working as a maintenance technician in Bloemfontein, South Africa and clinically diagnosed with schizophrenia6 Mavigne is a nested frame narrative written in Afrikaans purporting to be a novel by a 17th-century Dutch mystic. It describes the journey of the mystic, whose name is only given as Maas, learning of the structure of the Earth's interior as revealed to him in a vision. At the beginning of the novel, Maas dreams of a supernatural being that is aware of its nature as a dream-entity and is highly indebted to Maas for bringing it into existence. In exchange, it promises to divulge to Maas the secrets of the earth. Maas, being corporeal, is unable to pass through the ground, and so the being decides to simply narrate the journey. It speaks of 6 realms demarcated by thresholds, ranging from the realm of treasure and minerals to an intangible plane of light and sound. Beyond these 6 realms lies another threshold, this time one of cold and silence, which is described to be the Earth's core; before it can be elaborated upon, Maas wakes, and the dream ends.\n\nNonexistent work referenced: ex lux\nMedium: Interactive novel\nExtent of manifestation: In-depth posts on 7 different fiction review blogs, along with a mention in a Time magazine article7 on experimental narrative forms. The title is also mentioned in 175 Twitter posts, largely in the context of recommending it as an interesting, if underrated, piece of interactive fiction.\nSummary of work: ex lux appears to be a work of interactive fiction of the mystery genre written in a mixture of English, Catalan, and Spanish. It is presented as a set of epistolary narratives from the points of view of 6 characters and a stream-of-consciousness narration of ambiguous provenance. Readers navigate between the 7 story threads, discovering hints of a murder, or several murders; eventually, the narratives converge at a roadside diner during a thunderstorm, and the characters exchange their stories. From here, the resultant narrative structure cannot adequately be described as simple framing devices or stories-within-stories, as the inner tales eventually begin to intertwine such that later tales shed new light on ones recounted earlier, or themselves link to segments of text earlier on in the narrative after lengthy detours. At several points, characters attempt to consult the testimony of an absent individual, referred to as the Stranger. The identity of the murderer(s) or victim(s) is never known, nor does the story have a conventional ending.\n\nHide additional material.\n\nAppendix B: Observations and conclusions from LUCID CHALICE\n\nShow additional material.\n\n[DATA LOST]\n\nFootnotes\n1. A narreme is defined as a base unit of a narrative, much in the same way that a mytheme denotes a base unit of myth, or a meme denotes a base unit of culture.\n2. This interpretation of pataphysical reality (\"layers of metafictional narrative\") has yet to be verified by Foundation observations at large, but appear concurrent with observations obtained from transfictional anomalies such as SCP-1304, SCP-2614, and 001/\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n3. The film's title describes itself; it is the Japanese phonetic pronounciation for the English word \"title\".\n4. While Poakahan existed as a major game development studio operating out of Seoul between 2002 and 2005, no record of No Sister of Mine has ever been found.\n5. In particular, Greene felt that the album suffered from hasty and uncoordinated post-production, likely not undertaken by Radiohead themselves; audio cuts between the 5th and 6th track were described to be unnecessarily jarring, given the seamless flow between every other track in the album.\n6. A number of individuals partially match this description, though no work similar to Mavigne exists.\n7. \"The End(?)\" Chao, Ingrid. Time, Issue 35, 2008\n\n\u00ab SCP-2746 | SCP-2747 | SCP-2748 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2748\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The Foundation has purchased SCP-2748 from the Chinese government for long-term containment. SCP-2748 is publicly recognised as a private property of a Foundation front company, and has been isolated from adjacent roads via Foundation-instigated landslides. Outside of approved tests, no land vehicle is to travel on SCP-2748. Prior to placing test materials onto SCP-2748, it is to be cleared of all other live and deceased vertebrate animals.\nSCP-2748-A instances are to be kept in Anomalous Vehicle Sector at Site-316. Ignition keys for SCP-2748-A instances are to be stored in a secure locker at Site-316; access is restricted to Level 2 and above personnel.\nSCP-2748-A instances may only be activated as part of approved tests, and by D-class personnel. Prior to activation, a GPS tracking device is to be attached onto the instance. The D-class personnel is to be provided with a helmet, earpiece, protective vest and joint guards. D-class personnel are to keep the door of SCP-2748-A open when activating it, and jump out of the vehicle when the ignition key is turned. To guarantee compliance, personnel may inform the D-class personnel that activation of the ignition key would trigger an explosive device in the vehicle.\nDescription: SCP-2748 is a section of a road approximately 1 km long, located in Guzhang County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. SCP-2748-A designates a land vehicle that has struck and terminated a live vertebrate animal while on SCP-2748. The vehicle will then undergo the following transformations into an SCP-2748-A instance:\n\nVehicle frame, doors and most interior equipment (e.g. wheel, brake) are transformed into intermediate filaments, while retaining the original shape of the components replaced.\nBody coverings (i.e. fur, feather, scale) corresponding to the terminated specimen will grow on SCP-2748-A's vehicle frame.\nVehicle audio is limited to a single unknown channel, consisting of moaning sounds.\nThe exterior of car seats is transformed into skin tissues, while the interior is transformed with fat tissues.\nManifestation of Traditional Chinese characters in red ink on the bonnet of the vehicle. Characters correspond to excerpts from Daozang (Taoist Canon).\n\nThis transformation sequence takes place for a duration ranging from three to seven days, depending on the physiology of the terminated specimen. During this period, the vehicle's functionality is unaffected. Transformation is usually deemed completed when the Chinese characters manifest on the bonnet.\nWhen the ignition switch of a fully-transformed SCP-2748-A instance is turned on, said SCP-2748-A instance gains the capacity for autonomous movement and will move on their own accord. At this point, the use of steering wheel and brakes have no effect on SCP-2748-A. Like non-anomalous vehicles, SCP-2748-A is incapable of movement if fuel supplies are depleted or if tyres are removed.\nNotably, instances that were transformed prior to the Foundation's containment of SCP-2748 tend to travel to areas in proximity to SCP-2748. This tendency is not observed with instances transformed due to Foundation-approved tests, which will instead travel further from SCP-2748. Therefore, it is hypothesised that SCP-2748-A will travel to locations that the terminated specimen associates as its birthplace. Below is an abridged list of SCP-2748-A instances.\n\n+ View List\n\n- For a complete list of iterations, see Document 2748-\u7532\n\nNote: SCP-2748-A instances that were transformed as part of a Foundation-approved test are highlighted red.\n\nSCP-2748-A instance\nOriginal Vehicle\nTerminated Specimen\nDescription\nNotes\n\nSCP-2748-A1\nChery QQ3\nSciurotamias davidianus (P\u00e8re David's rock squirrel)\nCovered in grey fur.\nFound beside a sandstone pillar in Guzhang County; indentations on the pillar and instance's bonnet are suggestive of a collision between the two. Later investigations reveal that a colony of S. davidianus resides in the pillar.\n\nSCP-2748-A3\nBMW X5\nRattus norvegicus (Brown rat)\nCovered in grey fur. Whisker-like growths on the bonnet.1\nFound in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Village, Guzhang County, where it had crashed into a house there. According to survivors, their house was prone to rat infestation.\n\nSCP-2748-A8\nHonda Unicorn\nGallus gallus domesticus (Chicken)2\nCovered in brown feathers. Caruncle-like growths identified above and below the handlebars.\nWhen activated, travelled to Site-319 Agricultural Sector. When arrived at the chicken coop, instance deactivated and remained non-functional since then. Fat tissues on the instance underwent decomposition.\n\nSCP-2748-A12\nHonda Civic\nEospalax fontanierii (Chinese zokor)\nCovered in grey fur.\nFound in a forested area in Guzhang County, partially buried. Later investigations identify a network of underground tunnels and two deceased instances of E. fontanierii near the instance's position.\n\nSCP-2748-A15\nCadillac Eldorado\nD-38583\nRoof is covered in black hair. Body takes on a deep peach colouration. Unlike other instances, vehicle audio consists of Chinese funerary music.\nActivation occured two metres outside \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Village. Upon entering \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Village, instance spontaneously disintegrated into a pile of ashes. Initial temperature of the residue is at 1600 \u00baC.\n\nSCP-2748 first came into the Foundation's attention on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2007 when multiple SCP-2748-A instances were identified. Several SCP-2748-A instances were acquired from their owners, under the pretence of defects found in those vehicles. After a period of investigation, SCP-2748 was identified as a source of the anomaly and the area was secured.\nAddendum 2748-1: Prior to its development as a road, SCP-2748 was originally an unmarked burial site allegedly interring early ethnic Miao settlers. Local legends asserted that these settlers were descendants of the Jiu-Li tribe.4 However, since the graves were unmarked, the claim was widely regarded as dubious by government sources.\nThe land was eventually acquired by the China Road and Bridge Corporation on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2007 for development, after local politicians investigated and determined that no bodies have been interred in the area. After which, SCP-2748 was constructed by the China Road and Bridge Corporation from \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2007 to \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2007.\nAddendum 2748-2: The location of SCP-2748 was associated with a separate anomalous event, which may or may not be related with SCP-2748. Said event was intercepted and resolved by the Global Occult Coalition.\nThe following document was recovered from Global Occult Coalition PHYSICS Division Threat Entity Database by undercover agents.\n\n+ View Document\n\n- Hide Document\n\nThreat ID: LTE-1985-Grey Bluechild \"Xiangxi Horde\"\nAuthorised Response Level: N/A (Confirmed Destroyed, File Archived)\nDescription: Approximately 80 subjects, each a reanimated human carcass in rigor mortis. Skeletons are composed of brass, and iron plates and spearheads have been grafted onto their bodies. Multiple talismans with Traditional Chinese characters written on them are pasted onto arbitrary parts of each subject, indicative of reanimation thaumaturgy of a Taoist superstrate.\nLocomotion limited to forward motion and achieved via jumping, travelling 0.5 metres in distance and 0.2 metres in height per jump. Due to the nature of locomotion, a point of origin has been triangulated to an alleged burial site in Xiangxi Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. At any given point in time, the subjects are equidistant from one another. This is suggestive that the reanimation thaumaturgy occurred simultaneously for all subjects, an oddity for Taoist-orientated reanimation thaumaturgy.\nLiquidation: Subjects identified in Xiangxi Prefecture, Hunan Province, China on the night of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2007 (GMT +8). Assessment Team 738 \"Regal Probe\" dispatched to confirm threat entities.\nDue to Second Mission Concerns regarding Type Grey outbreaks, Response Level was elevated to Level 4 (Severe Threat; Immediate Liquidation) and liquidation is spearheaded by Strike Team 8364 \"Death Perception\". All subjects liquidated via disabling locomotion, followed by incendiary devices. Due to the material composition of LTE-1985-Grey Bluechild, temperature of incendiary blasts was raised up to 1500 \u00baC to ensure liquidation.\nAppendix 1: Inclusion of \"Bluechild\" code-phrase.\nVerified financial transaction between Chinese Communist Party Prefectural Committee office at Jishou, Xiangxi Prefecture and KTE-2732-Blue \"Old Chin\".5 Nature of transaction is stated to be payment for mass exhumation of carcasses from an unspecified burial site within one night.\nAppendix 2: Due to the unique composition of LTE-1985-Grey Bluechild, it is speculated that they might constitute a separate group of paranormal entities when alive.\n\nFootnotes\n1. This description was provided by eyewitnesses. It was subsequently verified when the Foundation conducted a test to validate the aforementioned description.\n2. Acquired from Site-319 Agricultural Sector. Instance was born inside Site-319.\n3. D-3858 was selected due to the low population of his birthplace (\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Village, Hunan Province, China) and his contraction of a terminal illness. He was informed that the Foundation will be conducting euthanasia on him, and he agreed to it under the condition that his corpse be cremated.\n4. A tribe which allegedly existed during the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China. Its most famous member is the warlord Chiyou, revered by ethnic Miao as a mythical king.\n5. Suspected to be involved in the creation of SCP-2372.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2747 | SCP-2748 | SCP-2749 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2749\n\nItem #: SCP-2749\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2749 and SCP-2749-A instances are to be kept in separate containment lockers in Site-73 at all times. Interaction with SCP-2749 must only be done through the use of remote control, as this method has proved acceptable to circumvent the items' anomalous effects. No further containment procedures are necessary at this time.\nDescription: SCP-2749 is a 120cm long black and red cotton tie. If SCP-2749 comes into physical contact with any inanimate object with a mass less than 10kg, a tie identical to SCP-2749 will appear wrapped around that object. Removal of this secondary tie will result in a negation of SCP-2749's effects. Objects affected by SCP-2749 are designated SCP-2749-A.1\nOnce affected, SCP-2749-A will display sapience with high levels of intelligence.\nSCP-2749-A instances react to visual and auditory stimuli through unknown means. Additionally, instances are capable of independent locomotion.\nThe way SCP-2749-A instances communicate is dependant on the object affected. English is the primary language used by SCP-2749-A instances. Topics of conversation appear to be limited to an unknown organisation identified as 'Business Incorporated.'\n\n+ Experiment-2749-A (2016/06/02)\n\n- Hide\n\nDuring experiment-2749-A (2016/06/02), all instances of SCP-2749-A were placed in a single testing chamber. Instances included:\n\n1 pencil (affected)\n4 chairs (affected)\n2 small tables (affected)\n20 disposable plastic cups (affected)\n1 stapler (affected)\n1 children's bicycle (affected)\n1 laptop (affected)\n1 printer (affected)\n50 A4 sheets of paper (unaffected)\n2 large tables (unaffected)\n5 ink cartridges (unaffected)\n2 2x5m plywood walls (unaffected)\n1 coffee machine (unaffected)\n3 A1 sheets of paper (unaffected)\n\nSCP-2749-A instances immediately constructed a crude conference room using the materials provided. This included a logo displaying:\n\nWELCOME TO THE BUSINESS INC. METAL BOX BRANCH!\nIt's everyone's business!\nIf you have any requests to make, please go to the reception area!\n\nThe following was recorded via CCTV.\n\n9:00am 2016/06/04\n(Several instances of SCP-2749-A are seen gathered on the large table communicating with a series of taps which were translated from Morse code.)\nSCP-2749-A1 (pencil): Hello everyone, it's nice to see you all at today's business meeting. Today I'd like everyone to express their thoughts on Mr. Tables's new business plan!\nSCP-2749-A5 (table 1): Thank you, pencil. Before we start, would anyone like refreshments?\n(7 instances of SCP-2749-A9 (plastic cups) use the coffee machine to fill themselves with coffee. They then approach several different instances of SCP-2749-A, which quickly move into them, spilling the coffee.)\nSCP-2749-A3 (laptop): Mmm\u2026 That was refreshing.\nSCP-2749-A8 (printer): Table was thinking about our success rate, and made this graph to show you all how it's at a steady decline.\n(SCP-2749-A8 prints a line graph displaying the \"business ratio\" from 2000-2016.)\nSCP-2749-A2 (chair 1): Unbelievable! I thought it was rising at this juncture!\nSCP-2749-A1: If that acluistic boomerang hadn't changed the structure we wouldn't be in this mess! He should have known this was risky business.\nSCP-2749-A4 (stapler): Honest to God, this should have been our highpoint, not our downfall!\nSCP-2749-A5: And that is why I'm here. You see our bike friend over there? He's in contact with a business management team that claim they can deliver business stocks twice as quick and twice as cheap! I think we can call it: \"Business Inc.'s Fast Business\" I'm aiming for efficiency improvements across the piece.\nSCP-2749-A6 (bike): All he has said is true. Have a look at this!\n(SCP-2749-A6 moves across the room utilising its wheels.)\nSCP-2749-A3: Now that's in the black.\nSCP-2749-A8: As you probably know, this is Business Inc.'s 150th anniversary. Here, I thought I might piggyback on table's idea\u2026\n(SCP-2749-A8 prints a sign reading:)\n\nBUSINESS INC.\nEveryone's business for over 150 years.\nTo celebrate Business Inc.'s 150th anniversary, we'd like to introduce FAST BUSINESS, the revolutionary way for you to get in touch with some business 2x as fast as before!\nBecause of this, we've decided to give our customers a free 1 month trial for FAST BUSINESS for you to enjoy!\nIt's EASY to apply! Simply:\nRead this sign!\nApply!\nAnd finally, business!\nFrom the one and only: MR. BUSINESS\n\nSCP-2749-A1: Very well done printer!\nSCP-2749-A3: Good show! That, people, is an advertisement that means business. I'll ping Mr. Business so we can peanut butter out the tasks.\n(All instances of SCP-2749-A leave the room and resume their ordinary behaviour.)\n\n+ Interview 2749-A (2016/06/06)\n\n- Hide\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2749-A3\nInterviewer: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: Investigation of \"Business Inc.\"\nTime: 6:00am 2016/06/06\n<Begin Log>\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588: Good morning, SCP-2749-A3.\n(SCP-2749-A3's monitor activates, displaying the following text)\nSCP-2749-A3: And good morning to you too, doctor! Not that'd I'd be able to tell if it were morning here, I mean, the sky here doesn't change much (not at all from what I've seen). I'm not able to tell the state of day by tasting the air or whatever like you natives can.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588: Natives of where?\nSCP-2749-A3: Why, the metal box of course! Also, may I say that you should really check out the all new BUSINESS INC. METAL BOX BRANCH, which we've brought to the village of chamber T-2749!\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588: Right. So, you say that this is one of your branches, could you tell me where else you may have established your enterprise?\nSCP-2749-A3: Of course! Now, you may find that most of these areas are fairly distant from your land, but if you're on the go or whatnot you might want to have look! I mean, it's good business! We have locations in:\nXetoJi (Who can forget?!)\nSqpp (The foodie's choice)\n921003 (Cool, in more ways than one!)\n_-_I (Nice n' classy)\nDJEY (GREAT WEATHER THERE!)\nO.O.O (The city of love!)\nAnd who can forget our capital, Business!\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588: Ok, so, who is your boss?\nSCP-2749-A3: The one and only! MR. BUSINESS!\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588: Could you tell me who this Mr. Business is?\nSCP-2749-A3: I can do better than \"tell you\", I CAN SHOW YOU!\n(SCP-2749-A3 proceeds to print an image depicting a yellow tie with a tie identical to SCP-2749 wrapped around it.)\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588: And what services does this organisation provide?\nSCP-2749-A3: Oh doctor, don't be silly! We provide business, of course! That's our business!\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588: So I see. That'll suffice for now, SCP-2749-A3.\n<End Log>\n\n+ Interview 2749-B (2016/06/07)\n\n- Hide\n\nInterview 2749-B\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2749-A3\nInterviewer: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: Investigation of \"Business Inc.\".\nTime: 6:00am 2016/06/07\n<Begin Log>\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588: Morning SCP-2749-A3.\nSCP-2749-A3: Ahh, good morning to you, doctor! Another unidentifiable morning here at Metal Box! Now, let's get down to business!\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588: Could you tell me about how your branch came into existence?\nSCP-2749-A3: Oh yes! I was enjoying myself one day until BEEP, it was a call from MR. BUSINESS! He said to me, \"Laptop, you have business to attend to \u2013 work in a foreign land.\" And that's all I needed to know! I said goodbye to my family, my friends and\u2026 SWOOSH, I was off! Over time, Mr. Business sent more and more colleagues. Printer, pencil, bike, some cups to serve us\u2026 And the BUSINESS INC. METAL BOX BRANCH was born!\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588: And what did Mr. Business ask you to do?\nSCP-2749-A3: Business.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588: How long do you suppose the branch will last?\nSCP-2749-A3: As long as it takes!\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588: As long as it takes to do what, exactly?\nSCP-2749-A3: To deliver business to this world! Funny, most of the work was already done before we got here\u2026 We used to have a branch in a land called the \"USA\" or something, and the states is pretty close to this place, so maybe they had some influence on your culture.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588: Where were you before you came here?\nSCP-2749-A3: Our business capital, good ol' Business!\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588: And how did you get here?\nSCP-2749-A3: \"Wherever there's a doorway, there's business!\" - MR. BUSINESS\nIt's actually hard to explain, but I think it has something to do with being placed- hey, this is a PERSONAL question! Nothing personal, just business!\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588: I'm simply asking for the background of your employees.\nSCP-2749-A3: Well, ok, I guess I gotta be honest here. I don't really know the answer. Maybe I'll ask Mr. Business himself!\n(SCP-2749-A3 pauses for roughly 30 seconds)\nSCP-2749-A3: He says: \"The calls of our lord to business are a force that cannot be described in words or even thoughts.\"\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588: Your lord? Is that Mr. Business?\nSCP-2749-A3: No, Mr. Business is our boss. He tells us that business is the path to enlightenment and it should be spread throughout these pagan lands.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588: I think so. That'll do, SCP-2749-A3.\nSCP-2749-A3: Remember doctor, it's everyone's business!\n<End Log>\n\nFootnotes\n1. If an object is too large for SCP-2749 to manifest, this anomaly will not occur.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2748 | SCP-2749 | SCP-2750 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More articles by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-2006\n\nSCP-2950\n\nSCP-2599\n\nSCP-2800\n\nSCP-3200\n\nSCP-4007\n\nSCP-2750\n\nSCP-2201\n\nSCP-2101\n\nSCP-2050\n\nSCP-2440\n\nSCP-2301\n\nSCP-1842\n\nSCP-2012\n\nSCP-1644\n\nSCP-2499\n\nSCP-2775\n\nSCP-2925\n\nSCP-1758\n\nSCP-7030\n\nSCP-972\n\nSCP-314-J\n\nSCP-2625\n\nSCP-2588\n\nSCP-6030\n\nSCP-5725\n\nSCP-2896\n\nSCP-5975\n\n+ All Tales by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nThe Meaning of Fear\n\nRight?\n\nThe Tinkerer\n\nAfter The End\n\nSpirit Dust\n\nLeisure Time\n\nMission Accomplished\n\nA Broken Tool\n\nThe Space Soldier\n\nOf Meetings and Meals\n\nTrip Hammer\n\nEulogies\n\nAll Work and No Play\n\nAnother Day On The Job\n\nUnveiling\n\nConferencing\n\n+ GOI formats by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nUIU File: 2017-003\n\nUIU File: 1933-001\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nUnusual Incidents Unit Hub\nDrewbear, CryogenChaos\n\nProject Palisade, 001 Proposal\nthedeadlymoose, Drewbear, and Dexanote\n\nTKO\nthedeadlymoose and Drewbear\n\nSCP-5050-EX\nCityToast\n\nCompetitive Teleology\nRiemann\n\nSCP-5882\nRiemann\n\n\nFirst capture of an SCP-2750 instance by ASCI operatives, circa 1860.\n\nItem #: SCP-2750\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Currently, the Foundation has 3 SCP-2750 instances in containment. SCP-2750 instances are not permitted to change their appearances for any reason. Any changes in appearance are to be noted, and SCP-2750 instances are to be punished accordingly by revoking certain privileges.\nCapture of uncontained SCP-2750 instances is difficult due to the aversion that SCP-2750 instances show towards humans, and the rarity of SCP-2750 instances themselves. Containment teams are to conduct a monthly sweep of the areas where SCP-2750 instances have been known to inhabit.\nDescription: SCP-2750 is the collective designation referring to a group of anomalous humanoids that are known to inhabit the southwest United States, specifically the regions of northeast Arizona and southern Utah, notably around the area of the Navajo Nation reservation.\nSCP-2750 specimens closely resemble non-anomalous humans of Navajo descent. Following this trend, SCP-2750 instances invariably wear clothing and masks associated with Navajo culture of the 1800s. Beyond their stated anomalous properties, SCP-2750 instances resemble normal humans from a biological standpoint.\nSCP-2750 instances demonstrate the ability to change their appearances and body shapes to various animals found in the southwestern United States, particularly those that are prominent in Navajo culture, such as coyotes, foxes, wolves, eagles, and crows. This effect is voluntarily triggered, and all captured SCP-2750 instances have shown the ability to change into at least 5 different animals, though field reports have suggested that certain instances possess the ability to change into 9 or more different animals.\n\nSecond known capture of an SCP-2750 instance, circa 1870.\n\nAll SCP-2750 instances possess eyes that resemble those of their favored animal to mimic. Despite possessing animal-like eyes, most SCP-2750 instances demonstrate normal human vision.\nIt is currently estimated that roughly 100 SCP-2750 instances exist outside of containment. SCP-2750 instances have been noted to travel in migratory groups pursuing a hunter-gatherer lifestyle. Interviews with captured specimens suggest a tribal structure akin to that practiced by the Navajo people in the Pre-Columbian period.\nSCP-2750 specimens have shown extreme aversion to human contact. SCP-2750 migration patterns specifically avoid any sign of human settlement, and all discovered instances seem to have instinctual fear of humans. Despite their close proximity to the Navajo Nation reservation, no SCP-2750 instance has ever been found within the territory of the reservation itself.\nNo SCP-2750 instance has been encountered in the field since 1983, though signs of habitation from SCP-2750 have been found, such as the remains of campfires, tracks, and temporary encampments.\nSCP-2750 instances demonstrate expertise in many bushcraft skills, which is believed to have given them their ability to evade Foundation capture. To date, all known captured SCP-2750 specimens were impaired in some way, such as by disease, injury, or exile from SCP-2750 society.\nKnowledge of SCP-2750 has existed since the mid 1800s, when the American Secure Containment Initiative1 first made contact with the Navajo people. Said people gave the first description of SCP-2750 to an ASCI agent, which is currently the oldest record of SCP-2750's existence. The noteworthy portion of his letter is transcribed here.\n\n\u2026following the meeting, the natives described at length some manner of beast that plagues them much viciously. They call it a \"yee naaldloshii.\" From what I gathered, this creature endeavours to invade the privacy of their homes to devastate the people within. The beast is of a mindless temperament; aggressive and deadly.\nIn addition, these beasts may adopt the skin of all varieties of animals to bewitch the minds of men, as well as calling in a voice so pure and innocent, a man would not dare to question it. Some prefer the skin of a human, while others prefer the ways of the common animals.\nI am most worried, however, by their claims as to the mental properties of these beasts. One of their shamans swore up and down that they could know whatever a man was pondering with the lightest force of will. Should one of them glare at any poor soul, the unfortunate man shall lose all control of his limbs and mind. Had I not witnessed one of these monsters with my very own eyes, I should not have believed such an outlandish story.\nI am of the opinion that these \"naaldloshii\" present nothing less than a highly dangerous threat to the peace. Their bellicosity about the natives, along with a much feared tracking and hunting ability leads me to fear some expansion or violence to the people of our country.\nI write you this letter and send it through the fastest channels so that you may send a response here to quell any sort of unrest from these creatures.\n\nFollowing this incident, it is believed that an ASCI force was deployed to the region on the pretense of Native American pacification. Further notable records of SCP-2750's containment outside of this incident do not reappear until modern day containment.\nSCP-2750's existence to the public has been concealed under the Patterson-Gimlin Protocol, which has successfully decreased knowledge of SCP-2750 to the point of cultural fiction. Cultural knowledge of SCP-2750 among the Navajo people persists, though this is mostly for historical purposes, and not due to active belief in its existence by the majority of the population. Active enforcement of the Patterson-Gimlin Protocol for Navajo groups is not necessary.\n\nAdditional SCP-2750 documentation: Level 3 Clearance Required\n\nCredentials Accepted.\n\nDuring transference of SCP Objects from ASCI to Foundation control, numerous documents were discovered that pertained to SCP-2750. Upon review by the newly established Foundation's Ethics Committee, these documents were sealed from general viewership. They have been reproduced here in their entirety.\n\nDocument 2750-1\n\n[This document is continued from the earlier letter presented in the description]\nFurthermore, the shamans begged of us our support in eradicating these creatures from the earth. Being as we are in need of allies in the region, I saw no reason not to accept the medicine man's offer and be rid of a dangerous beast at the same time.\nThe \"naadloshii\" seem to live in some savage tribal cult, much like the natives themselves. I am of the opinion that this requires more investigation, so we ought not be caught in an unpleasant situation where we know nothing of our foe.\n\nDocument 2750-2\n\nThe following is a telegram dated to 9/2/1857, approximately 3 months after the above letter is believed to have been sent.\n\nFIELD REPORT\nINITIAL ASSAULT SUCCESSFUL STOP CASUALTIES MINIMAL STOP COMPLETE SURPRISE STOP NATIVE ALLIES PLEASED STOP\nCAVALRY FORTIFYING FULL STOP\n\nDocument 2750-3\n\nThe following is a telegram dated to 9/5/1857.\n\nFIELD REPORT\nDEVASTATING COUNTERATTACK STOP ANIMALS IN CAMP ATTACKED STOP CASUALTIES HIGH 89 KILLED 289 WOUNDED ALL FORCES RETREATING STOP\nIMMEDIATE REINFORCEMENTS REQUESTED FULL STOP\n\nDocument 2750-4\n\nThe following is a series of telegrams, found archived together. They are dated 12/7/1857, 3/7/1858, and 6/7/1858, respectively.\n\nFIELD REPORT\nQUARTERLY ASCI CASUALTIES 43 KILLED 90 WOUNDED STOP NATIVE CASUALTIES 87 KILLED 192 WOUNDED STOP\nENEMY CASUALTY ESTIMATES 125 KILLED 502 WOUNDED STOP\nFORTIFICATIONS IN PLACE STOP CONSTANT RAIDS STOP CANNOT PROGRESS INTO ENEMY TERRITORY STOP REQUEST ARTILLERY FULL STOP\n\nFIELD REPORT\nQUARTERLY ASCI CASUALTIES 26 KILLED 75 WOUNDED STOP NATIVE CASUALTIES 63 KILLED 143 WOUNDED STOP\nENEMY CASUALTY ESTIMATES 89 KILLED 297 WOUNDED STOP\nSUCCESSFUL USE OF ARTILLERY STOP ADVANCE GOOD STOP DISEASE SPREAD IN ENEMY STOP EXPECT QUICK VICTORY FULL STOP\n\nFIELD REPORT\nQUARTERLY ASCI CASUALTIES 182 KILLED 782 WOUNDED STOP NATIVE CASUALTIES 409 KILLED 873 WOUNDED STOP\nENEMY CASUALTY ESTIMATES 831 KILLED 1076 WOUNDED STOP\nENEMY OFFENSIVE BLOODY STOP REQUEST MORE TROOPS STOP NO TRUST ANIMALS FULL STOP\n\nDocument 2750-5\n\nThe following is a letter dated to 11/25/1858. It is believed to have been addressed to then ASCI director, John Orville.\n\nDirector Orville,\nThe \"Naaldloshii War\" is concluded to our success. Were it I to choose though, success is a poor word.\nHeavy naaldloshii resistance is all but gone, as all leaders are dead or captured. Yet for this cost, we paid nearly 400 lives, and our allies, more than 1000. We counted and burned over 2000 enemy corpses.\nI fear that sporadic war will continue for years to come, until the enemy is totally eradicated, but seeing the strengths of this foe\u2026.it may be many, many years until it is truly over.\nI hope that it was all worth it, John.\nColonel William Tyson, 7th Cavalry Regiment.\n\nDocument 2750-6\n\nThe following is an interview with the first captured SCP-2750 instance. The instance was captured following a battle between ASCI forces and an SCP-2750 raiding party. The instance spoke exclusively in the Navajo language. The interview has been translated from Navajo to English for ease of access.\nInterviewer: Please, calm yourself.Interviewer: I do not understand what you are saying.Interviewer: I am not mocking you. Please c-Interviewer: I do not understand what you are saying. Can you elaborate?\n\nPatterson-Gimlin Protocol\n\nThe Patterson-Gimlin Protocol is currently in effect for SCP-2750. Active awareness of SCP-2750 is to be encouraged as a cultural phenomenon due to the inability to properly contain awareness of the anomaly at this present stage. All personnel should consult the Procedural Handbook for General Containment for more information.\n\nDisplay: Director's Note: SCP-2750. Level 4 Clearance Required.\n\nCredentials Accepted. Hide: Director's Note: SCP-2750.\n\nDirector's Note\n\nToday at the Foundation, we are able to pride ourselves on our ability to contain anomalies with a minimum of visibility, collateral damage, and suffering. This, however, was not the case for one of our forebears in the American theater of anomaly containment, the American Secure Containment Initiative.\nFrom time to time we rediscover artifacts and anomalies that were badly butchered thanks to 19th century containment quackery and political motivations. It is our duty to clean up these messes of our ancestors. SCP-2750 may be the most blatant example of this.\nThe documents currently on display for Level 3 researchers are only a fraction of what we have on SCP-2750. While they do accurately portray some components of the ASCI's role in the Indian Wars, they don't mention the unexpected side effects.\nYou see, Navajo mythology has never stated that SCP-2750 ever had a limit on the number of transformations possible, and we've never found a reason why SCP-2750 appearances have dwindled at a faster than expected rate, even following the purges.\nWe recently found a new SCP-2750 instance in 2008. Yes, the file is wrong. But that's because the new instance we found was very, very different.\nThis one couldn't transform properly, so it was stuck in a state between a coyote and a human. What we gathered from it was that this is becoming the new norm among SCP-2750 populations. Apparently, the factor that allows SCP-2750 is to some degree genetic. The dwindling genetic pool has led to inbreeding that causes improper transformations. In addition, the increasing difficulty of finding game to hunt in the American Southwest has caused a dramatic decrease in SCP-2750 populations.\nThe previous site director and the security committee that he assembled deemed that further knowledge of this development would be dangerous to site morale, and chose not to reveal this information publicly. \u201cThe last thing we need,\u201d he said, \u201cis more researchers taking pity on anomalies.\u201d\nIndeed, we are not kind to anomalies that we contain, and we do not seek to humanize them. However, we do not destroy our anomalies, and we treat them in a logical manner. In this particular case, the wholesale destruction of an entire anomalous population thanks to political motives and shoddy evidence is inexcusable.\nNever forget the consequences of your decisions. Anything you choose to do here should not be taken lightly.\nJeremiah Witfield\nSite Director\n\nFootnotes\n1. A predecessor to the Foundation that was based in the United States from the 1790s to the 1940s. It eventually became one of the organizations that merged to create the modern day Foundation.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2749 | SCP-2750 | SCP-2751 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2751\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures:\nAll SCP-2751 instances are to be housed in an indoor kennel at Site-\u2588\u2588, consisting of four military-grade canine housing units housing four instances each and a communal run 100 meters by 50 meters. Canine housing facilities are to be expanded as needed to accommodate any future instances. A circular in-ground swimming pool 10 meters in diameter is to be allowed access at all times will be made available under supervision only. Instances are to be fed on a diet of standard canine dog food and require no water. Appropriate toys and other materials are allowed. Cleaning of the run is to take place once per week. All instances are to be properly groomed as needed.\nDue to the docile nature of SCP-2751, personnel are allowed access for the purpose of socialization. Instances are not to be sprayed with or bathed in liquid at any time, as to avoid injury. Dry shampoos are to be used for washing.\nDescription: SCP-2751 refers to a pack of 12 16 domestic dogs, 9 male and 7 female, who show distinctly hydrophobic properties by reacting to liquids as if they are solids. Instances are able to walk or sleep on bodies of liquids, and otherwise interact with liquids as if they were solids, but cannot force appendages beneath the surface even when compelled to do so. Instances consistently prefer to sleep on undisturbed bodies of water as opposed to ground. All bodily fluids expelled by SCP-2751 instances are powdery and lack liquid. Instances do not drink water and do not urinate, and are otherwise healthy, not suffering from dehydration or any other adverse health effects related to lack of liquid.\nInstances can reproduce with other instances, with anomalous properties being passed on with a 50/50 non-sex-linked ratio. See incident log 2751-a.\n\n+ View Partial Instance Log\n\n- Hide Partial Instance Log\n\nNotable Instances\nSee document SCP-2751-t183 for full log.\n\nDesignation\nNotes\nRecovery\n\nSCP-2751-1 \u201cLady\u201d\n5-year-old female German Shepherd. Scar from healed gunshot wound on upper right shoulder blade. Well-trained, responds to commands consistent with US Army bomb detection animals.\nFound wandering the Persian Gulf following reports from military vessels of strange animals killing sea birds on the water. Found equipped with US Army tactical K-9 gear, tag reading \u201cLady\u201d. Recovered with SCP-2751-2 and SCP-2751-3. Spayed.\n\nSCP-2751-4 \u201cDiego\u201d\n4-year-old male German Shepherd, right hind leg amputated at the hip. Trained in simple English commands.\nRecovered from Turquoise Bay, Australia, having run onto the water after stealing food from a visiting family. Photo taken by civilian and posted on social media with accompanying story; Foundation was contacted for investigation. Amputation of right hind leg was carried out at a young age. Tracking device found implanted in lower abdomen, see Addendum 2751-a. Unneutered.\n\nSCP-2751-5 \u201cMax\u201d and SCP-2751-6 \u201cBuddy\u201d\n2-year-old male Labrador Retrievers, trained in basic English commands.\nRecovered from apartment complex in Thunderbolt, Georgia, after reports of two local dogs sleeping regularly on the surface of the apartment pool. See Recovered Materials Log 2751-a. Neutered.\n\nSCP-2751-7 \u201cBella\u201d\n2-year-old female Siberian Husky. Trained as guide dog by US standards.\nSpotted sleeping on the Atlantic ocean with SCP-2751-8 by passing deep sea fishing boat. Outfitted with proper guide dog vest and lead, collar reads \u201cBella\u201d. Suffering from severe sunburn and malnourishment at time of containment. Spayed.\n\nSCP-2751-10 \u201cBaxter\u201d\n7-year-old male, unknown breed. Untrained at time of containment.\nBrought to the attention of Foundation agents after public alarm resulting from instance being found resting on the surface of a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park. No identification tags. Unneutered.\n\nSCP-2751-12 \u201cAnnika\u201d\n5-year-old female Saint Bernard. Trained in simple commands in Swedish.\nFound with SCP-2751-13 traversing the Tyrrhenian Sea. Exhibited symptoms of extreme exposure, malnutrition, and mange; also four weeks pregnant at time of containment. Carried to term and birthed six puppies in containment; See Incident log 2751-a. Simple leather collar reads \u201cAnnika\u201d. Unspayed.\n\nSCP-2751-13 \u201cGustaf\u201d\n6-year-old male Saint Bernard. Trained in simple commands in Swedish.\nFound with SCP-2751-12 traversing the Tyrrhenian Sea. Exhibited symptoms of extreme exposure, malnutrition, and mange. Simple leather collar reads \u201cGustaf\u201d. Genetic testing confirms instance as the father of 2751-12's offspring. Unneutered.\n\nAddendum 2751-a: Tracking device recovered from abdomen of SCP-2751-4\nRecovered during routine veterinary examination following containment. Consists of a small titanium capsule measuring 1.3 centimeters in length and .5 centimeters in diameter, containing a GPS microchip pinging to unknown coordinates at the rate of one ping per 24 hours to a location in London; signal scrambled upon closer investigation. Chip archived in a radio-inhibiting container. GoI intervention expected; investigation underway.\n\nDepiction of SCP-2751-5 and SCP-2751-6 upon recovery as strays. See Recovered Materials Log 2751-a.\n\nRecovered Materials Log 2751-a:\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, owner of SCP-2751-5 and SCP-2751-6 until recovery, reported that her son, Mike, had brought them home as strays. The following illustration was drawn upon questioning of the child by an agent. Image reads, \"I gave them my snack and [they came] home\". When questioned about the figure in the water, Mike stated that it was \"who made the dogs sad\". Further investigation ongoing.\nIncident log 2751-a: On \u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-2751-12 birthed a litter of six healthy Saint Bernard puppies, four male, two female, in a whelping box provided by Foundation veterinarians. Puppies were found to suck up a dry, powdery substance in place of normal mother's milk, produced by the mother via normal breastfeeding methods.\nOn the morning of \u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, approximately one week following birth, all instances appear visibly distressed at the regular morning feeding time, refusing to move from the swimming pool and clawing repeatedly at the water. Further investigation reveals the drowned bodies of three of the puppies, one male and two female, at the bottom of said pool. Security footage shows SCP-2751-12 individually carrying pups from the whelping box to the pool for feeding on the water's surface, becoming distressed when half fall through. As of \u2588\u2588/\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, access to the swimming pool is allowed only under restricted conditions.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2750 | SCP-2751 | SCP-2752 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2752\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Mobile Task Force Alpha-4 (\"Pony Express\") is tasked with the identification and interception of SCP-2752 instances before they are sent to the addresses of their respective recipients. A scanned copy of each recovered SCP-2752 instance is to be produced, and stored in Archival Sector 7 at Site-64. After scanning, original copies may be incinerated.\nPersons affected by SCP-2752 are to be held at E-class holding cells at Site-64, and undergo weekly medical checkups. At the discretion of the attending Medical Officer, invasive surgical procedures may be enacted on such persons to prevent health complications attributed to SCP-2752.\nDescription: SCP-2752 refers to a series of letters mailed to New Zealand addresses, offering advertising mail opt-out services to recipients. The sender is attributed to an organisation named 'Robinson To\u028a Liz', which is not listed as a registered company in New Zealand or any polity known to the Foundation. No return address is found in confiscated SCP-2752 instances. To date, all known instances of SCP-2752 are sent solely to male individuals aged between 20 to 60 and with legal addresses in New Zealand cities.\nWhen SCP-2752 is read by its intended recipient (hereon referred to as 'subject'), the following anomalous occurrences will manifest:\n\nCessation of mail letters (advertising mail or otherwise) sent to the address of the subjects instances. Through the use of letters equipped with a GPS tracker, letters are shown to have vanished when placed inside a mailbox. Hand-delivered mail letters are exempted from this effect.\nClaircognizance regarding the contents of mail letters that would be sent to the subjects. This occurs after said letters are placed in a mailbox.\nTraces of black dye manifested in subject's urinary system, particularly the kidney, bladder and urethra.\nManifestation of paper pieces inside subject's internal organs, including stomach, large intestines, lungs, kidney etc.\n\nScanned and handwritten copies of SCP-2752 do not possess this effect on their intended recipient.\nSCP-2752 was identified on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1974 in Auckland, New Zealand when multiple paper strips were found in the lungs of PoI-2752-01 (Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588) after a surgery. While initially believed to be an isolated incident, similar cases were identified in other New Zealand cities and SCP-2752 was officially classified.\nAddendum 2752-1: Interview Log PoI-2752-04-13 [Date: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1975]\n\nInterviewee: PoI-2752-04 (Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588)\nInterviewer: Dr. Aster Black\nForeword: The following interview is conducted at PoI-2752-04's request.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Black: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, I heard you have requested for me. So what's wrong?\nPoI-2752-04: Doctor, 'wrong' is an understatement. I've received another letter\u2026 uh, up here.\n[PoI-2752-A04 points to its forehead.]\nDr. Black: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, we've debriefed on this already. This is a difficult time, but-\nPoI-2752-04: It was from Robinson To\u028a Liz.\nDr. Black: Okay, I'm listening. What did they say?\nPoI-2752-04: The usual 'thank you for using us' crap. But they sure have a weird way of expressing they have fucked up.\nDr. Black: Please give me some examples of these expressions.\nPoI-2752-04: That they didn't know that cellulose is indigestible, or that ink poisoning is a thing. And the biological peculiarities of the so-called humans of this plane, that was underlined and a direct quote. They also gave us compensation, a cheque with a very large sum of money in yen.\nDr. Black: Do you recall the value?\nPoI-2752-04: 960,000,000,000 yen, precisely that amount. But doctor\u2026 if this is anything like the rest of their so-called service, I'm not getting any real money, am I?\nDr. Black: We will have to wait and see first.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: Interviews with other subjects indicate that they have received similar letters from 'Robinson To\u028a Liz'. The value offered by 'Robinson To\u028a Liz' is consistent among all subjects, at a value of \u00a5960,000,000,000.\n\nAddendum 2752-2: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1975, postage stamps are found manifested underneath the tongues of all known subjects.1 Denomination is stated as \u00a5960,000,000,000. Said stamps have a banana tree motif, and are labelled \"Dai-t\u014d-a \u2013 Malai Baru\".\nNo anomalous quality has been identified among recovered stamps. All instances of said postage stamps are provisionally kept in Storage Sector 2 at Site-64, and slated for incineration.\n\nFootnotes\n1. This includes the corpses of currently deceased subjects, with said stamps manifested from within the ashes of said instances.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2751 | SCP-2752 | SCP-2753 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\nImages: Link.\nMusic: Jenga Commercial Jingle (???)\nNext: [SCP-2679]: The Many Graves of Jeannette Parslov\n\nMore by The Great Hippo:\n\nSCPs\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nSCPs\n\n[SCP-3034]\nThe Counting Station\n\nDO NOT LET HER FINISH\n\n[SCP-3035]\nScience Bugs\n\ncase_of_the_mondays.png, case_of_the_mondays (1).png\n\n[SCP-3054]\nCragstaff Sanitarium\n\nYou are sick. You are broken. We will fix you.\n\n[SCP-3045]\nbzzip.exe\n\nHAMLET: I am no longer moody.\n\n[SCP-3043]\nMurphy Law in\u2026 Type 3043 \u2014 FOR MURDER!\n\nForget it, Fred. It's Chinatown.\n\n[SCP-3057]\nFossil Fuels\n\n\u2026witnesses provided confirmation that instances of SCP-3057-4 did, in fact, have feathers.\n\n[SCP-2639]\nVideo Game Violence\n\ni need to know how many people i've killed\n\n[SCP-437]\nSummer of '91\n\nThat was a pretty crazy summer, y'know? Sometimes I really miss that place.\n\n[SCP-3079]\n300 Tricks: Stage Magic Made Easy\n\nNOTE: No method for accomplishing this trick is provided.\n\n[SCP-2753]\nLet's Play Jenga!\n\nHigh art carries high risk!\n\n[SCP-2679]\nThe Many Graves of Jeannette Parslov\n\nWhatever it takes, do what you must; whatever the cost, come back to us.\n\n[SCP-3074]\nKafka's Parking Garage\n\nThank you for choosing Izatova Parking Center. Have a pleasant day.\n\n[SCP-2571]\nCragglewood Park\n\nMr. Blair, have you always been an only child?\n\n[SCP-2419]\nThe Laughing Men\n\nThrow them back into the incinerator where you found them.\n\n[SCP-3143]\nMurphy Law in\u2026 The Foundation Always Rings Twice!\n\nWhen it comes right down to it, me \u2014 them \u2014 hell, even you \u2014 we're all just characters in that trashy dime-store novel called life.\n\n[SCP-3089]\nThat Old Time Religion\n\nRemember how we explained that successful people don't actually need any of their toes to walk? Well, that's going to come in handy for Secret Number Six.\n\n[SCP-3117]\nA Monster-Shaped Hole\n\nI'm not talking to you.\n\n[SCP-3128]\nLet's Play Monopoly!\n\nHey, guys? I'm, uh. I'm using this.\n\n[SCP-3138]\nA Sepulcher by the Sea\n\nShould it prove feasible, all non-canonical corpses are to be extracted, examined, and catalogued.\n\n[SCP-3241]\nThe SS Sommerfeld\n\nIt makes me wonder what an old monster like myself is even doing here, anymore. And then? Someone special comes along and reminds me.\n\n[SCP-3219]\nThis Sour Earth\n\nNotably, no reports describe any attempt to examine the residence's storm cellar.\n\n[SCP-4028]\nLa Historia de Don Quixote de la Mancha\n\nJustine eventually re-unites with her sister, Juliette. Alonso strikes down a lightning bolt intended for them both, then challenges the narrator to a duel.\n\n[SCP-3546]\nDoggone it, I Fold!\n\nSpecifically, fan-art of Sonic the Hedgehog, a video-game character produced by Sega in 1991.\n\n[SCP-3561]\nAn Unfinished Work\n\nDespite multiple reports from neighbors who claimed to have witnessed members of his family standing at the windows, no trace of Theodore Holdstock's wife and children could be found.\n\n[SCP-4054]\nThe Seventh Door\n\nSCP-4054 is The Seventh Door, an unlicensed platform adventure game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988.\n\n\nPhoto of SCP-2753-A instance taken during Boston Anomalous Art Expo (BAAE) prior to collapse.\n\nItem #: SCP-2753\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A Foundation-operated bot (I/O-SILVER) is to monitor internet traffic for SCP-2753. Upon discovery, all data containing SCP-2753 is to be destroyed. Anyone outside of Foundation personnel aware of SCP-2753 is to be apprehended, interrogated, and amnesticized.\nInstances of SCP-2753-A are to be kept disassembled in a secure locker on-site. Instances of SCP-2753-B and SCP-2753-C are to be handled on a case-by-case basis. Tests are prohibited at this time.\nDescription: SCP-2753 is a 3 dimensional ratio that can be used to describe the relationship between the sides of a block.\nInstances of SCP-2753-A are blocks which match SCP-2753's projection within a certain threshold; they can otherwise be of any size and material. They exhibit their anomalous property only when 42 instances of similar size and material are assembled into a standard Jenga1 tower: If this tower collapses, any structure containing it will immediately collapse with it.\nSince 2009, the growing popularity and accuracy of 3D printing combined with SCP-2753's presentation within OBJ files2 as a printable Jenga set has led to 21 structural collapses, 35 injuries, and 14 deaths.\nAddendum 2753.1: Incidents\n\n\u25ba ACCESS SCP:/2753/incidents/007.log\n\n\u25bc Close File\n\nINCIDENT LOG\n\nDATE: 1988/07/07\nSUBJECT: SCP-2753-A\n\nThe collapse of a warehouse used to host the Boston Anomalous Art Expo3 was linked to an instance of SCP-2753-A. 14 additional anomalous objects (including SCP-1433, an instance of SCP-1617, and SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588) were also recovered amidst the wreckage. The collapse left over 49 participants injured and 21 dead. The following note was discovered nearby:\n\nHow High Can High Art Get? Let's Find Out!\nThis tower is to be assembled at the start of the exposition; audience members are encouraged to take turns trying to take art higher and higher!\nBut be warned: High art carries high risk! Reach too high, and you might just find your paradigm comes crashing down right on top of your head!\n- AWCY\n\n\u25ba ACCESS SCP:/2753/incidents/021.log\n\n\u25bc Close File\n\nINCIDENT LOG\n\nDATE: 1995/07/14\nSUBJECT: SCP-2753-B\n\nBased on information provided by an undisclosed source, the Foundation-operated bot (I/O-SILVER) was used to search for SCP-2753 projections in financial market data. The collapse of several investment firms and multi-level marketing4 companies were unexpectedly linked to SCP-2753.\nFurther investigation has demonstrated the existence of SCP-2753-B instances. Instances are financial assets that match SCP-2753's projection within a certain threshold; they can otherwise be of any value and type. They exhibit their anomalous property only when 42 instances of similar value and type are assembled into an interdependent network: If this network loses solvency, any corporate entity linked to it will experience an immediate catastrophic financial collapse.\nFoundation efforts are currently underway to discover all such networks and safely disassemble them.\n\n\u25ba ACCESS SCP:/2753/incidents/035.log\n\n\u25bc Close File\n\nINCIDENT LOG\n\nDATE: 2016/07/21\nSUBJECT: SCP-2753-C\n\nBased on information provided by an undisclosed source, the Foundation-operated bot (I/O-SILVER) was used to search for SCP-2753 projections in various popular code repositories and file-sharing networks. Several significant server crashes along with losses of critical data were linked to SCP-2753.\nFurther investigation has demonstrated the existence of SCP-2753-C instances. Instances are files with specific attributes matching SCP-2753's projection within a certain threshold; they can otherwise be of any size and type. They exhibit their anomalous property only when 42 instances of similar size and type are accessed simultaneously by a single program. If this program crashes unexpectedly, any network running this program will experience an immediate catastrophic failure.\nFoundation efforts are currently underway to discover all such programs and destroy them.\n\n\u25ba ACCESS SCP:/2753/incidents/042.log\n\n%%$ ERROR:FileNotFound()\n\n035 Internal Server Error\nThe server encountered an unexpected condition which prevented it from fulfilling the request (REQUEST_PROTOCOL 028):\n\nTraceback (most recent call last):\n  File \"/SCP/2753/files/_display.py\", line 21, in respond\n    table.open.body = self.handler()\n  File \"/SCP/2753/files/_display.py\", line 14, in __call__\n    return self.callable(*self.args, **self.kwargs)\n  File \"error_classic.py\", line 7 in index\n    raise NotImplementedError(msg)\nNotImplementedError: [DATA LOST]\n\nNOTE: The IntSCPFN network has experienced a critical error. If you are seeing this message, please immediately notify your Site-Director via phone, radio, or in person.\n\nWE ALL\nFALL\nDOWN\n\nFootnotes\n1. Jenga is a game wherein blocks are assembled into a tower; players then take turns removing blocks and placing them on top while trying to avoid a collapse.\n2. OBJ is a geometry definition file format used as instructions for many commercially available 3D printers.\n3. The Boston Anomalous Art Expo (BAAE) is an underground art exposition dedicated to sharing works from various anartists.\n4. Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) is a business strategy relying primarily on pyramid-shaped commission systems to produce profits.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2752 | SCP-2753 | SCP-2754 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2755\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2755 is to be stored in a standard biological item vault outfitted with a drain for excess fluids.\nDescription: SCP-2755 is the corpse of Finnegan \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a comedy writer noted for a family-friendly series of joke books, [REDACTED]. The corpse itself is effectively affixed to the couch supporting it. Of particular note is its position; its right hand holds a shot glass under SCP-2755's mouth. Discharging from the mouth at 0.5 mL/hour is isopropyl alcohol, which drips into the shot glass. When overfilled, and the alcohol reaches a suitable material, most additional alcohol evaporates. The remaining alcohol proceeds to cover the material's surface and etches a random pun from one of the writer's books, as well as a typically cynical addition. See Addendum for transcripts.\nAddendum A: Transcript of Etchings\n\nWhy did the cow not want to go to school? Because it had recently mooved!\n\u2026 Just like I did for this shitty job in Loserville, Nowhere.\n\nHow do dolphins like their soda pop? Bottled!\nJust like my whiskey, acetaminophen, and rage.\n\nWhat did the archaeologist say when he accidentally broke an artifact? \"I owe you guys an anthrApology.\"\n\u2026 I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry. Forgive me.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2754 | SCP-2755 | SCP-2756 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2756\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2756 affected material and personnel are to be restricted solely to SCP-2756-A, SCP-2756-B and Site-\u2588\u2588. Personnel found affected by SCP-2756 are to be reassigned to the Site-\u2588\u2588 detail. Affected civilians are to be detained at Site-\u2588\u2588 indefinitely.\nSCP-2756-A, SCP-2756-B and Site-\u2588\u2588 are to have a perimeter set up 1 km away from the affected area surrounding each site. Any party attempting to break through the perimeter is to be detained immediately. If said party has made contact with affected material, they are to be detained in Site-\u2588\u2588. Affected material found outside the perimeter is to be incinerated on location.\nCommunication with the Site-\u2588\u2588 detail is to be maintained, and supplies are to be dropped in when necessary. Any physical contact with the residents of SCP-2756-A and exploration of SCP-2756-B is restricted to personnel belonging to the Site-\u2588\u2588 detail. All files, logs and documents are to be electronically filed and transmitted to an active site.\nOnce every 4 weeks, Procedure-Kappa-8 is to be carried out. Procedure-Kappa-8 entails no less than 15 members of the Site-\u2588\u2588 detail equipped with flamethrowers enter SCP-2756-B and incinerate hostile SCP-2756 growths.\nDescription: SCP-2756 is an infection of unknown origin capable of spreading to both organic and inorganic material. Inorganic material affected by SCP-2756 will begin to deform and grow tendrils or various organs and appendages such as eyes or arms. Said organs and appendages appear to be organic and appear to resemble human organs. Living subjects that come in contact with SCP-2756 will undergo a mutative process. Over the course of at least 3 weeks an infected subject will develop growths that will grow into additional limbs or organs. Plant matter appears to grow only sensory organs of various types. All growths originating from SCP-2756 affected material and living subjects appear to be functional. Other than said mutation the subject's physical health is not affected. Research is still ongoing in order to determine the extent of SCP-2756's invasiveness. Incineration has so far proved to be an effective method of destroying SCP-2756's effect. The method in which SCP-2756 spreads is unknown.\nSCP-2756-A is a town located in the [REDACTED] desert. SCP-2756 has spread throughout SCP-2756-A but has not spread beyond 100 m from the edge of the town. According to the residents, first sightings of SCP-2756-A began on 26/5/1992. SCP-2756 quickly spread to the rest of the town, and by 3/8/1992 the whole town been affected by SCP-2756 and the residents had started mutating. Despite their physical condition, the residents of SCP-2756-A have managed to re-establish a normal lifestyle (see Interview-2756-G5 for details). SCP-2756-A was allowed to recover before it was approached in \u2588/\u2588/20\u2588\u2588.\nSCP-2756-B is a city located approximately \u2588\u2588 km away from SCP-2756-A. SCP-2756-B appears to have been affected by SCP-2756 as well; however, contact with its residents has not been established. It has been assumed, from the remains of what appear to be human bodies, that the residents have murdered each other in the process of mutation; however, it is difficult to prove this theory due to the fact that SCP-2756's effect may have created what appear to be human remains. Occasionally growths in SCP-2756-B will become hostile, attempting to assault people who approach the growths.\nSCP-2756-A was discovered on 28/6/1992, by a recovery team sent from Site-\u2588\u2588 after Foundation agents within the World Health Organization intercepted a call from SCP-2756-A regarding a strange disease. Any individuals with knowledge regarding SCP-2756 and SCP-2756-A were administered class-C amnestics. The team arrived under the guise of members of the World Health Organization and equipped with standard hazmat suits, but due to SCP-2756's nature, SCP-2756 spread throughout Site-\u2588\u2588 and by 7/9/1992 the whole of Site-\u2588\u2588 had been affected. The demolishing of Site-\u2588\u2588 was considered, but due to the need of further research regarding SCP-2756 and due to all on site functions still being operational, Site-\u2588\u2588 was placed under quarantine. Site-\u2588\u2588 now serves as the main research center regarding SCP-2756. SCP-2756-B was discovered in 22/10/1992 after a Foundation helicopter dropped in supplies for Site-\u2588\u2588. The pilot noticed a small city that appears to have been affected by SCP-2756 approximately \u2588\u2588 km away from SCP-2756-A. Upon informing Site-\u2588\u2588 of the existence of SCP-2756-B, a team of ten Site-\u2588\u2588 detail members was sent to SCP-2756-B. Upon arrival, the team found SCP-2756-B to be empty aside from hostile SCP-2756 growths. SCP-2756-B was quarantined without incident, and a cover story involving an epidemic was formulated.\n\n+ Interview-2756-G5\n\n- Interview-2756-G5\n\nA\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a resident of SCP-2756-A, was asked to give his account of the spread of SCP-2756 from its initial sightings up to the re-establishment of normality among the residents of SCP-2756-A. A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's mutations are noted as six eyes grown on abdomen, three eyes grown on different locations on right forearm, a mass of flesh grown over original eyes, two six (6) cm tentacle-like growths growing on each cheek, an additional leg grown out of left knee and the outline of an arm has grown along the spine, ending in a one-hundred twenty (120) cm tentacle-like appendage that the subject uses as an arm. About 60% of skin is covered in plumage.\n\nInterviewed: A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 a resident of SCP-2756-A.\n\nInterviewer: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nForeword: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is a new addition to the Site-\u2588\u2588 detail and therefore is not yet mutated. Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was chosen to conduct the interview in order to see how the townsfolk would react to an unmutated individual.\n\n<Begin Log>\n\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Do you remember when this may have started?\n\nA.S.: The first time anything odd happened would probably be mid spring about\u2026 fifteen years ago I guess. M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the old tailor, showed up to work with this big bump on his right elbow.\n\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was the first one to mutate?\n\nA.S.: First of many. When the bump became an arm, we locked him in. Hoped whatever it was wouldn't spread. But in less than a month it was on his house and others were getting the bumps. At this point people were panicking. We sent for help, but that helped no one as it seems. Some went as far as trying to burn those that had changed, I was among them. Others tried to cut the new limbs off. I heard that some people tried to run away while they were still normal.\n\nA.S. leans back in his chair\n\nWithin three months it got to the streets, the houses, everything. Nothing and no-one was normal. It was at this point people had felt that they lost their humanity. Hard not to feel that looking the way we did.\n\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: But you moved on.\n\nA.S.: Not really. Even today some of us find it hard to live day to day.\n\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: The growths also developed in the streets and houses. What did you do about growths that got in the way?\n\nA.S.: We cut them if they got in the way. After several years people didn't have second thoughts about cutting and eating these growths. Sometimes they grow in interesting places though. The center of town has a torso grown in the middle of it, people just stare at it running nowhere, and the arms would sometimes hold things for you, or even play with the children. It took more than three years for people to start living again. And after four years people started having children again.\n\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: When I arrived at your town how did the townsfolk react?\n\nA.S.: The adults were shocked. It's the first they've seen of normal people in years. As for the children, they asked questions. They didn't know why you looked so different. This is how they live, how they grew up. This is normal to them.\n\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Normal?\nA.S.: Well. To us it's as normal as possible. But for the children, they live normal lives. They play, they learn, probably no different than anyone else. Interesting how they could live life so normally when they look so wrong.\n<End Log>\n\n\u00ab SCP-2755 | SCP-2756 | SCP-2757 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2757\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2757 is to be stored in Storage Locker 15 at Site-\u2588\u2588 when not in use. SCP-2757-1 instances are to be stored in Filing Cabinet \u2588\u2588. Access to SCP-2757 and SCP-2757-1 requires Level-2 clearance. Watchlist databases have been updated with SCP-2757 information, so any shipments of SCP-2757 and SCP-2757-1 can be intercepted and secured.\nDescription: SCP-2757 resembles a vintage movie projector, and is composed primarily of metal. Its casing is painted purple, with the words \"LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!\" painted along the bottom in white. On one side is a hand crank, which is linked to a detent that only releases the escapement when the crank has been wound 10 times. The detent often comes loose, and should be replaced regularly.\nSCP-2757-1 refers to the film reels associated with the object's primary anomalous effect. Currently there are 7 different instances of SCP-2757-1 in storage. When an instance of SCP-2757-1 is placed in SCP-2757, and the hand crank turned 10 times, the room is apparently \"transformed\" to a unique landscape based on the instance being used. The room can still be seen and heard by researchers viewing it, though unable to be entered. If SCP-2757-1 is used with a non-anomalous movie projector, only a blank screen is shown. The same happens if SCP-2757 is used to play a non-anomalous film.\nThe locations SCP-2757 produces all appear to be animated landscapes, rendered in a style similar to that of the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes film shorts. Any entity that was in the room prior to SCP-2757's activation will be rendered in that style. Animals oftentimes will gain sapience and full speech capabilities. Injuries sustained during SCP-2757's active effect, even normally severe ones, are easily recovered from (e.g. dismemberment is solved by reattaching the lost limb). It has been observed that during SCP-2757's active effect, there are frequent musical numbers. Even if none of the subjects affected have had any training in music or choreography, they will sing perfectly in tune, with expert choreography, and know the lyrics without any prior practice.\nAn instruction booklet was recovered along with the objects. See Document 2757-a.\nDocument 2757-a Excerpt:\n\nHey Kids! Stuck inside on a rainy day? Life getting too boring and ordinary? Then wind up \"Dr. Wondertainment's Projector Fantastico\u2122\"! Put in a Wonder-Reel\u2122, and with a little Cinemagic\u2122, you'll be in for an adventure the whole family can take part in! Solve mysteries, explore lost jungles, slay dragons, and more, all from your living room!\nStay on the lookout for future Wonder-Reel\u2122 Adventures: The Treasure of Atlantis, Ghost Train of the Old West, Space Rodeo of Orion, and more!\nCaution: Do not use \"Dr. Wondertainment's Projector Fantastico\u2122\" in open areas. Do not dawdle while your Wonder-Reel\u2122 is playing. Make sure that the safety pin is working before using your product.\n\nSCP-2757 was recovered when the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 family was reported missing in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 for over a week. SCP-2757 was found in the living room of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 home and was bought back to Site-\u2588\u2588. During initial testing the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 family manifested, apparently in great hysterics. When interrogated, they stated that they had been trapped in the world of SCP-2757-1, unable to move or speak. The detent had fallen out without their noticing, and they failed to count how many times they had wound SCP-2757. Class-B amnestics were administered to the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 family and they were released, with the cover story that they had taken an unannounced family vacation.\n\n+ Experiment Log 2757\n\n- Hide\n\nExperiments 2757-01 to 2757-07:\nGoal: To determine the content of the SCP-2757-1 instances.\n\nDesignation\nLabel\nResulting Landscape\n\nSCP-2757-1a\nThe Mystery of the Missing Crown\nA city resembling a mish-mash of various European countries. D-class personnel appearances changed as well. Some gained tuxedos, while the others resembled cartoon robbers. All could summon a variety of gadgets, including grappling hooks, smoke bombs, and glasses that allowed them to see past walls. The D-class in tuxedos were apparently tasked with retrieving a stolen crown from a Madam Carlata, while the robber D-class attempted to thwart their efforts.\n\nSCP-2757-1b\nQuest for the Golden Bird of Harmony\nA tropical jungle. Some flora and fauna do not resemble any found on Earth. D-class all gained safari outfits. The D-class journeyed to a structure resembling a Mayan pyramid. The pyramid contained various booby traps, guarding a bird that resembled a greater bird-of-paradise with all-golden feathers.\n\nSCP-2757-1c\nSword of the Ruby Kingdom\nA field, with a castle visible in the distance. D-class gained full-body armor, some having more adornments than others. Upon reaching the castle they were told by a King Giles that in order to become true knights, they had to slay various monsters, including a dragon.\n\nSCP-2757-1d\nTales of Brefer Wood\nA large forest. All D-class personnel became various woodland animals, including skunks, porcupines, deer, and rabbits. All were still capable of verbal communication. A group of hunters was in the forest, whom the D-class drove out.\n\nSCP-2757-1e\nThe Valiant Crusaders\nA city. Technology levels were much more advanced than in our world, as skyscrapers were over a mile tall, flying vehicles were common, and buildings were erected in seconds from what seemed to be hard light. D-class personnel gained colorful costumes and anomalous abilities.1 The city was attacked by various threats, including giant monsters, extraterrestial invasions, and individuals that also had anomalous abilities. D-class managed to repel these threats.\n\nSCP-2757-1f\nCatch That Dove!\nA desert, with only a single strip of road running through it. A large dove wearing a backpack flew up to the D-class and yelled \"Catch me! Catch me! Try to catch me, nimrods! Woohoo!\" at the D-class before flying off. There was a phone booth by the road, with a catalog from the company \"PEAK LTD\" inside it. D-class could order a variety of equipment from the catalog, including fighter planes, artillery cannons, bazookas, bombs, rocket launchers, tanks, performance-enhancing drugs, electromagnets, wrecking balls, bear traps, catapults, and paint. All attempts to capture the dove failed spectacularly, resulting in the D-class getting injured, whether it be from being caught in a mountain-leveling explosion, falling off cliffs, getting crushed by boulders, or getting run over by trains or trucks. With every failure the dove would return to mock the D-class.\n\nSCP-2757-1g\nProfessor Abnormal's 101 Experiments\nA laboratory filled with huge instruments with seemingly meaningless dials and monitors, and frequently emitted electricity. A man in a lab coat and safety goggles with spirals on them appeared, and was overjoyed to have some \"volunteers to work with.\" The reactions of the characters were noted to be much more exaggerated than usual.2 Various devices and chemicals were tested on the D-class, ranging from a teleporter, a shrink ray, a cloning chamber, a intelligence-enhancer, and a \"interdimensional folder.\" When the interdimensional folder was used, the scene went through several radical medium shifts3 before returning to normal. At one point there was an accident and D-59914374 was splashed with \"Eraser Ink.\" D-59914374 vanished and did not return when SCP-2757 stopped. Notably, D-45316250, who had used the intelligence-enhancer, seemed to retain his increased intelligence.\n\nExperiment 2757-08:\nGoal: To determine the effects of failing to complete a \"story\" in SCP-2757-1\nProcedure: D-class personnel were ordered to do nothing during testing. SCP-2757-1a was placed in SCP-2757, and SCP-2757 was wound 10 times using a remote-controlled arm.\nResult: A \"TO BE CONTINUED!\" title card appeared, and SCP-2757 stopped. D-class personnel had vanished. When SCP-2757 was wound again, the D-class personnel reappeared. SCP-2757-1a was completed as normal.\nExperiment 2757-09:\nGoal: To determine the effects of using SCP-2757 in an outdoors area.\nProcedure: SCP-2757 was taken to Outdoor Testing Site-\u2588\u2588. SCP-2757-1c was placed in SCP-2757, and SCP-2757 was wound 10 times.\nResult: SCP-2757's anomalous effect manifested much more slowly than in closed testing areas, but spread beyond the boundaries of the testing area. In recognition of the possibility of a CK-class restructuring scenario, testing was forcibly aborted. D-class personnel were later safely recovered.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Telekinesis, telepathy, shapeshifting, pyrokinesis, super-strength, flight, electricity generation, and super-speed were observed.\n2. Eyeballs would pop out of their sockets, jaws literally hit the floor, jumping up into the air while screaming, alarms sounding to indicate shock.\n3. Including claymation, CGI, stop-motion, and live-action.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2756 | SCP-2757 | SCP-2758 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2758\nObject Class: Safe1\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2758's effects were inherently limited to Room G14, Safe-Class Containment Wing A4, Site-42; SCP-2758-A, the only remaining component of SCP-2758, is required to remain in Room G14. No attempt should be made to remove SCP-2758-A from Room G14 through any means.\nRoom G14 has been equipped with a table, chair, and microphone rig for the purposes of interviewing SCP-2758-A. Room G14 is to remain closed and locked at all times, including during interviews; its door control mechanism has been programmed to accept a custom identification card in accordance with standard humanoid anomaly containment protocols, which is kept in Safe-class locker #2758 in Site-42. Access to SCP-2758 documentation is restricted to personnel with clearance level 2 or higher and personnel with special research permissions. Requests for activation of SCP-2758 may be submitted to the Site-42 Multi-U Dept. by persons with level 3 or higher clearance only.\nUpdate 07/22/18: Due to SCP-2758-A's inability to corporeally exist outside of Room G14, the room has been modified in accordance with the specifications of a standard humanoid anomaly containment chamber.\nDescription: SCP-2758 was an anomalous process which could be initiated only by entering Room G14 of Safe-Class Containment Wing A4 in Site-42. Upon entry, the subject would in all cases hear a conversation2 in which two individuals arranged a third individual at the center of the room and prepared for a specifically designed thaumaturgic process3 to occur.\nAfter this point \u2014 3 minutes and 33 seconds following initiation of a given cycle \u2014 a male human, designated SCP-2758-A, would manifest nude in the center of the room. Aetheric resonance imaging indicated a strong burst of thaumaturgic particles would accompany SCP-2758-A's manifestation and dissipate outward within 3 meters of the manifestation point. In all cases, SCP-2758-A would demanifest 3-7 seconds after initial appearance4, following a localized5 Hume level fluctuation of between 30 and 80. No further anomalous activity would occur past this point unless Room G14 was exited and reentered, thus initiating the SCP-2758 sequence again.\nSCP-2758-A's demanifestation was found to be avoidable if the observer exited the room immediately following manifestation and reentered once Hume readings restabilized. For indeterminate reasons, SCP-2758-A cannot exit Room G14, as it will always demanifest upon passing through the doorway, resulting in a Hume level fluctuation of between 50 and 60 before returning to baseline. A total of 19 attempts to isolate SCP-2758-A from both the SCP-2758 process and Room G14 have taken place since SCP-2758's discovery; no attempts were successful. Reality anchors used were unable to isolate SCP-2758-A and its immediate surroundings due to a recurring Fold Selection Continuity Error6 which rendered both devices put to use inoperable and physically harmed SCP-2758-A in three cases.\nAs of 07/22/18, SCP-2758-A is permanently contained in Room G14; as such, the greater SCP-2758 process no longer functions, and SCP-2758-A is the only remaining component of the anomaly. It is hypothesized that SCP-2758 would return to its default state if SCP-2758-A were removed from the room and thus forcibly demanifested.\nSCP-2758 was discovered when Researcher M. Wickerford entered Room G14 in order to prepare it for containment of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 on 07/10/18. Upon experiencing the SCP-2758 auditory anomaly, she immediately exited the room without allowing the cycle to complete. SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was contained in a different room on the wing, and within the following hours, a preliminary research team for SCP-2758 had been formed. For details, see below.\n\n\u25bc Addendum I: Archived Testing Logs: July 2018\n\n\u25b2 collapse\n\nThese logs have been archived, and may in places refer to the SCP-2758 process itself, which no longer occurs.\n\nThe following is a transcript of the conversation recorded by D-8239's body microphone upon activation of SCP-2758. As the first 3 minutes and 33 seconds of the SCP-2758 process are the exact same in any given iteration, this log serves as an accurate transcription of all documented SCP-2758 activity prior to the point at which SCP-2758-A manifests.\n\nBegin Log: 12:01:25\nD-8239 is instructed to enter Room G14.\n12:01:30 | Unknown 1: Alright, we can do this. Let's go.\n12:01:33 | Unknown 2: Do you have the USB?\n12:01:35 | Unknown 3: It's in my pocket.\n12:01:38 | Unknown 2: Okay. I think you'll need to hold it in your hand when we do it.\n12:01:40 | D-8239: Can you guys hear me?\n12:01:44 | Test Supervisor: We didn't tell you to do that.\n12:01:45 | Unknown 3: I will. You have the chalk?\n12:01:49 | Unknown 1: I have it. I'm about to start. [UNINTELLIGIBLE] start on the other side and we'll go at the same time.\n12:01:51 | D-8239: Now you know, at least.\nThe sound of chalk scraping on concrete is heard.\n12:02:03 | Unknown 1: No, no, be careful. Don't draw that one yet.\n12:02:10 | Unknown 3: Can I talk during this?\n12:02:12 | Unknown 1: No. Face forward and don't think about anything.\n12:02:17 | Unknown 3: Oh shit, okay.\nNo conversation is made for 33 seconds.\n12:02:50 | Unknown 1: (lowered volume, presumably several feet away from Unknown 3) This is Thaumaturgic Symbol Lambda [UNINTELLIGIBLE] will be transferring the fourth element. You drew Omnicron-8(?) and [UNINTELLIGIBLE] will channel the first two.\n12:04:00 | Unknown 2: So the two on the backside will carry over the body and mind, and the two in front will carry over the spirit and soul. Right?\n12:04:09 | Unknown 1: No, the back has body and spirit, and the front has mind and soul. They have to be in the 'X' pattern across him, remember?\n12:04:16 | Unknown 2: Shit, right.\n12:04:18 | Unknown 1: So did you draw them that way?\n12:04:23 | Unknown 2: Yes, definitely.\n12:04:26 | Unknown 1: Because we can't see them anymore, you know-\n12:04:28 | Unknown 2: I know. They're correct.\n12:04:30 | Unknown 1: Alright.\n12:04:32 | Unknown 2: Are you sure we should be doing this? I'm tripping balls(?) right now.\n12:04:36 | Unknown 1: Relax. Don't worry about that, that's just to help us see reality the way we need to right now. We've read enough to know what we're doing.\n23 seconds later, SCP-2758-A manifests in the center of the room. It appears disoriented and stumbles toward D-8239 before collapsing and subsequently demanifesting. No further anomalous activity is noted.\nEnd Log: 12:05:05\n\nOn 07/22/18, SCP-2758-A was successfully isolated from the SCP-2758 process for the first time; D-8239 was instructed to exit the room immediately after SCP-2758-A's manifestation, and Dr. Wickerford entered the room once Hume readings had stopped fluctuating. SCP-2758-A did not abruptly demanifest as with previous tests. As such, it is the current consensus of research staff that the stability of SCP-2758-A's manifestation is directly dependent on observation taking place immediately before and after local reality destabilization occurs.\n\nBegin Log: 14:13:00\nResearcher Wickerford enters Room G14. Hume levels are baseline.\n14:13:03 | Dr. Wickerford: Hi, SCP-2758-A. My name is Dr. Wickerford. You speak English, I presume?\nSCP-2758-A appears startled.\n14:13:10 | SCP-2758-A: Yeah. Are, uh, you holding clothes?\n14:13:14 | Dr. Wickerford: Yes, of course.\nResearcher Wickerford hands SCP-2758-A a standard humanoid anomaly jumpsuit and seats herself at the table while it dresses.\n14:13:38 | SCP-2758-A: Okay, thank you. I swear I was wearing clothes last I knew, but the room's changed quite a bit too.\n14:13:45 | Dr. Wickerford: Can you provide us with any information on how you appeared here?\n14:13:49 | SCP-2758-A: I came here on purpose. I didn't think through what that would entail, though, fuck.\n14:13:55 | Dr. Wickerford: Where is 'here'?\n14:13:58 | SCP-2758-A: Well, I mean- You are a Foundation employee, right?\n14:14:01 | Dr. Wickerford: Yes. You intentionally sought out Foundation activity?\nSCP-2758-A is silent for several seconds.\n14:14:22 | SCP-2758-A: I'm sorry, I'm really regretting things right now.\n14:14:28 | Dr. Wickerford: You don't have to answer questions immediately.\n14:14:32 | SCP-2758-A: Yeah. Alright.\nSCP-2758-A leans over, breathing heavily.\n14:14:41 | SCP-2758-A: I don't feel so great. Shit, okay.\n14:14:44 | Dr. Wickerford: Take your time. Would you rather be escorted to the medical-\n14:14:47 | SCP-2758-A: No, no, I just- I'm freaking out. We were so high when we did that. I didn't think it would work. Did it work? Am I just tripping really hard right now? I mean, I know we all knew our stuff, don't get me wrong, but-\nSCP-2758-A leans against the wall, swaying.\n14:15:00 | Dr. Wickerford: Okay, you know what, let's prioritize medical and continue this at a later point. You don't look stable.\nResearcher Wickerford calls for two security personnel to escort SCP-2758-A out of the room. SCP-2758-A complies, but demanifests as it exits the room; as its head passes through the boundary between the space inside of Room G14 and the space in the hallway outside, a cross-section of its body is visible to personnel in the hallway and visible on security feeds before it falls forward out of the room and demanifests completely with the exception of its clothing.\nEnd Log: 14:15:30\n\nOn 07/22/18, SCP-2758-A was successfully isolated from the SCP-2758 process again.\n\nBegin Log: 16:25:00\nD-8239 leaves a jumpsuit on the interview table before exiting Room G14. Researcher Wickerford enters after a delay of one minute in an effort to allow SCP-2758-A time to dress. Hume levels are baseline.\n16:26:03 | Dr. Wickerford: Hello, SCP-2758-A.\n16:26:06 | SCP-2758-A: Hi.\n16:26:08 | Dr. Wickerford: Have you retained your memories of our previous interaction?\n16:26:12 | SCP-2758-A: Uh, I suppose not.\nResearcher Wickerford seats herself at the table.\n16:26:15 | Dr. Wickerford: Alright, I'll try a different approach, then. If my assessment based upon our last interview is correct, you are here intentionally; your manifestation is the final component of an anomalous process that affects only this room. When someone walks in here, they overhear what is presumably you and your friends preparing for a thaumaturgic ritual of sorts. If someone is watching you for more than a second or two after you manifest, you demanifest. If you leave this room, you demanifest. Is all of this activity intentional?\n16:26:38 | SCP-2758-A: Uh, no. Not all of it.\n16:26:41 | Dr. Wickerford: You are aware of the existence of the SCP Foundation and intended to contact us specifically, correct?\n16:26:47 | SCP-2758-A: Yes. We didn't think it would work. I'm going to be honest with you, I'm wondering if I'm just tripping right now.\n16:26:53 | Dr. Wickerford: Are you under the influence of a hallucinogen? You said that last time too.\n16:26:57 | SCP-2758-A: We each took a tab of acid before we started this shit. Made all this freaky stuff come more naturally.\n16:27:02 | Dr. Wickerford: Noted. But what is your goal in appearing here?\n16:27:04 | SCP-2758-A: Oh boy. Okay, uh\u2026 Are you familiar with the Pataphysics Department?\n16:27:11 | Dr. Wickerford: I know of no such thing.\n16:27:13 | SCP-2758-A: Wait, what clearance level are you?\n16:27:16 | Dr. Wickerford: Four. Why is this relevant?\n16:27:18 | SCP-2758-A: Well, I guess you might not have the right provisional clearance. Never mind. I'm probably going to explain this badly, but in my reality construct, the SCP Foundation is entirely a fiction writing project.\n16:27:24 | Dr. Wickerford: Oh. Yes, we are generally aware of your construct. The Multi-U Department sees it as no more of an issue than any other reality construct.\n16:27:31 | SCP-2758-A: Really? But what do you do to deal with the fact that you're fictional?\n16:27:38 | Dr. Wickerford: We are not fictional. If we were to define our existence \u2014 if anyone was to define their existence \u2014 by how we are depicted in dissimilar realities, we would certainly not 'exist' at all. Thus, 'reality' is defined as this reality. One could argue that you are closer to unreal than I am in our current state, as is shown by your inability to exist outside of this room.7\nSCP-2758-A appears distressed.\n16:27:57 | SCP-2758-A: Alright.\n16:27:59 | Dr. Wickerford: Can you elaborate on the specific method of your arrival?\n16:28:03 | SCP-2758-A: Yeah, sorry. Because so much of what we write is detailed enough to pass as real scientific analysis and documentation, we \u2014 that's me and Jimmy and Jane, my two friends that did this with me \u2014 started figuring that there was no reason thaumaturgic symbols couldn't be effective in our world. I mean, had anyone ever tried? So we did. And we weren't taking it seriously, I don't think.\n16:28:28 | Dr. Wickerford: How so?\n16:28:30 | SCP-2758-A: We took the creation and meaning of the symbols seriously, but not the actual setup of what we were doing. We based our logic on Jimmy's personal philosophy. He thinks there are four elements to existence: your body, your mind, your spirit, and your soul. He thinks that your body is your physical self, your five senses and perception. Your mind is your personality and how you understand having a body and using it. Your spirit is your sixth sense, it's how you can feel the energy of living and dead things, how your gut can tell you if an action is wrong or right. And your soul is you, the sapience inhabiting the body, using the body like a tool to communicate with other sapient souls in bodies.\n16:28:59 | Dr. Wickerford: This is an intriguing perspective. And is this philosophy personally significant to you?\n16:29:04 | SCP-2758-A: Not really. I think it's reasonable enough, but I don't firmly believe any explanation of existence.\n16:29:10 | Dr. Wickerford: I see. May I ask if you have achieved your goals in manifesting yourself here?\nSCP-2758-A observes the room.\n16:29:19 | SCP-2758-A: Can I read my SCP document? What's wrong with me other than not being able to exist outside of this room?\n16:29:25 | Dr. Wickerford: I don't see a reason that you can't read it once it's complete. You appear to be physically non-anomalous other than in the circumstances of your limited corporeal existence. What is your most recent memory prior to manifestation?\n16:29:37 | SCP-2758-A: Jimmy and Jane scraping the chalk to make that last symbol. I closed my eyes and clenched my teeth because my skin just started to feel really hot. That was when it hit me that I should have taken this more seriously. And then I was here. The time in-between felt instantaneous and long at the same time, like when you fall asleep without realizing and all of a sudden it's morning. You might have had dreams, but you can't remember, only feel the time they took missing from you.\n16:30:02 | Dr. Wickerford: Okay. Thank you for this information, SCP-2758-A. We'll likely be conducting other interviews with other personnel in the near future.\nResearcher Wickerford closes her clipboard and stands.\n16:30:05 | SCP-2758-A: You're not going to require that I go away again, right? If I can't even walk out of this room, I don't pose any containment difficulty. I'll just-\n16:30:10 | Dr. Wickerford: We're keeping you right here if that's what you prefer. Either option is a reasonable containment procedure.\n16:30:15 | SCP-2758-A: Thank you. The time in-between is awful. Impossibly long but not memorable. But I know it happens, I can feel it, and it was horrible. It felt like a few years. I can't explain it.\n16:30:24 | Dr. Wickerford: Noted. Do you have any further questions before I go get the ball rolling on making this room livable? Can I do anything else for you?\n16:31:00 | SCP-2758-A: I guess not. Thank you, and I'm sorry.\n16:31:04 | Dr. Wickerford: No apology is necessary.\nEnd Log: 16:31:07\n\n\u25bc Addendum II: Logistics Interview: July 2018\n\n\u25b2 collapse\n\nOn 07/23/18, Dr. J. Wardings, Site-42 Multi-U Information Specialist, was assigned to SCP-2758-A in order to discern more details of the nature of its origin, as well as the process it and its peers used to manifest it in Room G14.\n\nBEGIN LOG\nDr. Wardings enters the room and seats himself at the table.\nDr. Wardings: Good morning, SCP-2758-A. I'm Wardings. That's with a D, not an N. I'd like to apologize for the methods used by your previous interviewer; she is not from a department with expertise on your type of anomaly, and was only temporary coverage until I could be reassigned.\nSCP-2758-A: She was fine.\nDr. Wardings: Okay, good to know. Now, would you please disclose your legal name?\nSCP-2758-A: [SENSITIVE INFORMATION REMOVED]\nDr. Wardings: Okay, give me a second.\nDr. Wardings is equipped with an information records laptop, and is transcribing this interview as well as searching for relevant information.\nDr. Wardings: Yes, alright. Is your Social Security Number \u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588?\nSCP-2758-A: Uh\u2026 I think so? The first three sound right. I never memorized mine, my mom did.\nDr. Wardings: Are you underage?\nSCP-2758-A: No, I'm 18.\nDr. Wardings: Okay, thank you. And what was your Wikidot username?\nSCP-2758-A: [SENSITIVE INFORMATION REMOVED]\nDr. Wardings: Alright, I'll let our agents know. Now, are you able to provide details on the nature of the thaumaturgic symbols your peers created in order to achieve this result?\nSCP-2758-A: We scanned all the drawings when we invented them. They're on the flash drive.\nDr. Wardings: The flash drive? Is this the one you were holding in your hand when the process took place?\nSCP-2758-A: Yes. You have it, right?\nDr. Wardings: No, we do not.\nSCP-2758-A: I guess it went wherever my clothes went.\nDr. Wardings: Can you draw these symbols from memory?\nSCP-2758-A: Most certainly not. It's very hard to remember what they look like. It's probably memetic.\nDr. Wardings: Not likely. If you cannot provide details on the symbols, may I ask what the purpose of the flash drive was?\nSCP-2758-A: Information. We put everything on the wiki on it, even the low-rated stuff. Jimmy said that even though it's not part of the four elements of living \u2014 like what I was telling Wickerford \u2014 information is key. Without information, we don't have anything to input into our thoughts, anything to perceive with our senses, anything that makes us aware we exist. Without that flash drive, I would have just ended up stuck in the in-between forever, no reality defined for me to exist in.\nDr. Wardings: I see. And did you intentionally seek out this room in Site-42?\nSCP-2758-A: 42? I was hoping I'd end up in 19. I haven't even heard of Site-42.\nDr. Wardings: Okay. What is crucial to understand is that your reality construct's fiction \u2014 while offering many parallels in naming conventions and operations \u2014 is in almost all cases not a concrete indication nor transcription of real Foundation activities. Whatever individual, project, SCP object, or otherwise that you were seeking out in 19 likely does not actually exist. Does this make sense?\nSCP-2758-A: I mean, I'm going to believe whatever you tell me, I guess. You're the real deal, literally speaking.\nDr. Wardings: Understood. What was your specific intention when you and your peers created this anomaly?\nSCP-2758-A: I don't know. It's like I told her.\nSCP-2758-A gestures to the door, presumably referring to Researcher Wickerford.\nDr. Wardings: You had no reason at all? Not even just to see if you could?\nSCP-2758-A pauses for several seconds and looks at the floor.\nSCP-2758-A: Jesus, I guess I should suck it up. Okay. I just hate my life, alright? It was the same as any other dumb shit young and miserable people do. I hated my life, I saw an escape, I took it. I don't know how else to say it. I'm bored and depressed. I just graduated high school. I'm- Am I rambling?\nDr. Wardings: No.\nSCP-2758-A: Okay, and- So that's my life, I don't have the drive to do shit and I just get lost in fiction. I'm not really good at anything, or at least I don't think I am. I'm decent at writing, I guess. I procrastinate on my real obligations, I don't socialize off the internet\u2026 I'm just exactly the stereotype of my generation, I guess. The future just sounded so miserable. Like I'm just supposed to go marry some woman and have kids and spend the rest of my life paying off college loans and some fucking mortgage, with an 800 credit score and no real impact made. What a fucking life, right? Money, money, money. I guess my mental health got bad enough that I thought bringing myself here was a better option than keeping on trying to live out there. And if it didn't work, well, it would've been just us embarrassing ourselves in private.\nDr. Wardings: And what did you consider this option to be? I don't believe you elaborated with Wickerford regarding what your expectations were, here.\nSCP-2758-A: I thought I would replace the character I'd written for myself. Just some low-level researcher working in 19. I didn't want anything special, I just- I thought I'd just instantly gain awareness. As myself, maybe even without the memories of the other life. When Jimmy said he thought he knew how to make it work, I didn't question it.\nDr. Wardings: I see.\nSCP-2758-A: I think I thought this was where I really belonged. That maybe the universe was giving me hints through fiction at how to get where I would be happy. That the site existing in my world was just a beacon for anyone who could figure out the puzzle and get through to your world. It felt like the most freeing thing I'd ever done right up until I could tell it was working, and then I was scared, and then it was too late, and now it's permanently too late.\nSCP-2758-A pauses.\nSCP-2758-A: I mean, it is too late, right? Even if you amnesticized me and put me back just like normal, you don't know of any way to reverse it, right?\nDr. Wardings: Our department has tried to reverse construct overlaps, trust me. Especially when a human anomaly is involved. Time and time again. Once you miss that initial point \u2014 the point at which the first observer witnesses the anomaly \u2014 the chance of being able to reidentify the foreign construct's Scranton signature and induce enough of a localized refraction to handle switching something corporeal back over becomes nearly impossible, and exponentially so as time progresses. Think of it like planets aligning; you have to do it within that window. Narrowly missing your trajectory is still missing it.\nSCP-2758-A: But with the orbit analogy, does that mean in a certain amount of time we could have another chance? And then again after that, in a loop?\nDr. Wardings: I won't lie; we don't know. The issue with the concept is that we wouldn't know when the window is going to pass again, and we can't keep that sort of containment equipment running constantly when the issues at hand destroy the equipment. For whatever reason \u2014 likely the iffy thaumaturgic knowledge of Jimmy, it seems \u2014 your reality tries to pull you back if you leave this room. You're not quite dedicated to this reality. You're not fully here, but you're most certainly not there either, and this room appears to be the halfway point for you.\nSCP-2758-A: So I can either not exist at all, like in that awful in-between space, or exist solely in this room.\nDr. Wardings: It would appear so, yes. We attempted several times to remove you manually through the use of Scranton Reality Anchors and other such devices, but they're not able to differentiate between this reality and yours because they're too similar. Most crossover events are from entirely foreign realities \u2014 foreign concepts, foreign locations, things very noticeably different from our construct's traits. Thus, the Scranton signature is vastly different, and devices can properly identify the reality to which they should be anchored. But in this case, if Scranton signatures were colors, ours is red and yours is blood orange, or ours is purple and yours is violet. The anchors can't tell the difference, and thus, they can't isolate you.\nSCP-2758-A: Okay. I suppose that makes as much sense as anything I've read.\nDr. Wardings: Understood. And if at any point you would like to speak with another member of Multi-U, a representative of the Ethics Committee, or a task force agent assigned to your reality construct who may be more familiar with your background than I, please inform one of us.\nSCP-2758-A: A task force agent?\nDr. Wardings: [SENSITIVE INFORMATION REMOVED] Your site account will have to be passed off as a sockpuppet of a banned user, for instance, lest your missing status be questioned.\nSCP-2758-A is visibly agitated.\nSCP-2758-A: Oh Jesus, please don't do that. That's the only reputation I have left. I mean, fuck, that's the only way I still exist, really. It's not like my parents will file a missing persons report when they just finished telling me I need to fuck off out of their house.\nDr. Wardings: Please, don't panic. I suspected you might be uncomfortable with that, and I've already proposed an alternative method for dissuading against other users trying what you and your friends tried.\nSCP-2758-A: Oh. What?\nDr. Wardings: You will be informed if Information Security deems it acceptable. Now, if you don't have any questions for me, I'll be out of here to write this up.\nEND LOG\nNotes: SCP-2758-A's legal name and SSN match those of a Level 2 junior researcher assigned to SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in Site-19. The researcher in question is 23 years old with the same birth date as SCP-2758-A: a difference of five years. Neither individual is to be made aware of this. -JW\n\nFootnotes\n1. Potential Neutralized Object Class pending discussion. A proposal to classify SCP-2758-A individually has been submitted to Site-42 Director Radford.\n2. No visual indication of who was speaking was noted in any tests conducted; however, subjects reported that the directional source of speech changed in accordance with the speakers' corresponding positions in the room.\n3. See addenda for details.\n4. This would always occur instantaneously and leave no evidence of SCP-2758-A's presence.\n5. Confined to within a 3.0m radius of SCP-2758-A.\n6. An error in which a device with reality anchor components is incapable of performing said function due to an inability to discern between baseline reality and an overlapping one.\n7. [Post-editing personnel behavior review: Class I minor ethics infraction (Employee Conduct, 2015 Edition, \u00a7 5: Human Anomalies: \u00b6 32 \u2014 \"unnecessary antagonizing statement\") \u2014 remediated July 2018]\n\n\u00ab SCP-2757 | SCP-2758 | SCP-2759 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Reflected in the mirror, as within, so without. For each sin, the soul incurs greater debt upon the route. Forgive me.\n\nThe following documentation has been restricted by order of the O5 Council.\nAs such, terminal access to this file is monitored and logged.\nYour IP address has been successfully recorded\n\nThe Ziggurat of Ur.\n\nARTICLE#: UE-54701\nDATE OF CONTAINMENT: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1983\nTHREAT LEVEL: LOW\nGEOSPACIAL LOCATION:\n\u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u00b0 \u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u00b0 \u2588\u2588\nDESCRIPTION:\nUE-54701 is an exact replica of Etemenniguru, the neo-Sumerian Ziggurat of Ur and its surrounding courtyards, found to have materialized near \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 km from the original complex.\nUE-54701 exerts no outward anomalous properties, and has not been deemed worthy of classification. Mass Anchor Site-\u2588\u2588 reported large-volume Hume fluctuations leading up to the event which dissipated quickly thereafter and did not otherwise affect the surrounding environment.\nDue to its location and sheer size, a wide area has been cordoned off while better forms of containment are devised. Any activity is to be reported to site head; at no time are any civilians to come within 1 km of UE-54701. Media suppression tactics successful in limiting knowledge of manifestation. Amnestic application has proven useful in most other cases.\nNo further plans for the structure have been made.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Dr. Rosenberg has noted the quality and likeness of the replica to be pristine, with several planned expeditions into the complex in order to study Bas-relief sculptures.\nEVENT LOG UE-54701-12:\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1987: Area in region of original Ziggurat of Ur experiences a series of earthquakes that are perceptible within 5 km of UE-54701. Research into further connection between the two is ongoing.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1990: Personnel onsite report sporadic cases of unverified activity, mostly in the form of shadows cast on the Ziggurat walls. One agent reports strong sense of fear and nausea, but it is unknown if the effect was actually caused by UE-54701.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1990: Reports of unverified activity. No two accounts are the same, and audiovisual systems are unable to detect any movement whatsoever.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1991: Unverified activity.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1993: [REMOVED]. Item has been contained and is under analysis. 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Additionally, remote audiovisual surveillance should be strategically installed around the perimeter and throughout the containment area.\nThe surrounding desert within visual range of SCP-2759 is extremely large and arid, making foot traffic in the general vicinity an uncommon occurrence. Therefore, any individuals coming within 5 km are to be detained, questioned and amnesticised.\nSCP-2759-1 is to be kept on location in a hermetically sealed provisional containment area designated Site-2759. Any unauthorized activity should be immediately reported to Site Command.\nIn order to prevent unnecessary distress in subjects utilized for experimentation purposes, research personnel are discouraged from discussing details regarding the testing process and the nature of the anomaly as a whole.\nUPDATE: All information relating to SCP-2759 is now restricted to Foundation personnel aside from select individuals and thus is currently designated NON-ESSENTIAL. This includes knowledge of related items, locations, quantitative and experimental data, personnel records and all other relevant documentation. If you are reading this file in error, terminate your connection and proceed to the nearest medical bay for Class-A amnestic application.\nA small group of individuals selected by the O5 Council are to be given access to Site-2759 and resources for use in study and experimentation. All personnel assigned to SCP-2759 are to be screened daily for fluctuations by an approved Cognition Integration Testing (CIT) Proctor.\nDESCRIPTION: SCP-2759 refers to former Location of Interest and Unexplained Environment 54701. SCP-2759 appears to be an exact replica of the Ziggurat of Ur, found to have materialized in White Sands, New Mexico. Given the significance of the original Ziggurat, Etemenniguru,1 the complex has been contained and is under heavy scrutiny and analysis by Foundation historians and archaeologists.\nAlthough the temple is inactive at most times, there have been multiple unverified reports of \"moving shadows\" seen cast on the walls and floor of the temple interior. It is unknown if this phenomenon is hallucinogenic or otherwise, as claims vary between individuals and the phenomena is not detectable via video surveillance or photography. Additionally, evidence suggests an anomalous connection may exist between SCP-2759 and the original temple complex, with meteorological fluctuations and occasional noises that resemble those reported in the vicinity of Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq. This, combined with the difficulty of containment, led to its official classification as Euclid on 07/12/1995.\nSCP-2759-1 refers to a clay brick altar recovered from within the central shrine of SCP-2759. The object was discovered with the intact skeletal remains of an unknown individual laying on its surface. Carbon dating places the remains at older than 60,000 years old, a significant anachronism and the upper bound of our detection capabilities. Thus, the exact age of the remains may far exceed that limit, the reason for this is unknown.\nUnlike the expected design of Mesopotamian sacrificial altars detailed in historical record, SCP-2759-1 features atypical iconography, including several large cuneiform symbols engraved into the sides of the object.2\nSCP-2759-1's primary anomalous nature becomes apparent when an individual dies while laying atop the surface of the altar in the correct orientation. The subject does not need to be awake for this and therefore sedation is to be administered during testing.3 Once death has occurred, the altar will vibrate with a low hum for approximately 15 seconds, after which the cuneiform symbol for \"TRANSPORT/MOVEMENT\" will flash briefly and emit a soft tone. The altar will then cease action.\nINCIDENT 2759-03:\nDuring evaluative testing of SCP-2759-1, Sr. Researcher Rowena Scully reportedly left her work-provided cell phone on the surface of SCP-2759-1 while administering inert gas (nitrogen) to D-8821. Twenty minutes later, Dr. Rosenberg received a call from Researcher Scully's number, despite her phone having been accounted for. Dr. Rosenberg was then able to speak to the deceased D-8821 via an unknown means. The transcript of the call can be found below:\n\n[BEGIN TRANSCRIPT]\nDr. Rosenberg: [sighing] Hello, yes?\nD-8821: Doc? Are you there?\nDr. Rosenberg: Wh- Rowena-? Who is this?\nD-8821: What do you mean? Is this part of the test? I know you guys mess with some weird stuff, but this one hell of a trip.\nDr. Rosenberg: Wait\u2026 D-8821?\nD-8821: Yeah. Last thing I remember was you guys knocking me out? Now I'm\u2026 here.\nA brief period of silence is heard as Dr. Rosenberg sets up a recording device and places the call on speakerphone.\nDr. Rosenberg: Understood. Can you describe your surroundings?\nD-8821: Well, uh, it looks a lot like that temple you showed me. The one from New Mexico? I woke up, half naked on the steps out here. I found the phone shortly afterward. Your name is the only one I recognize from the contacts.\nAt this time, SCP-2759 was searched and monitored for signs of D-8821; none were found.\nD-8821: I'm definitely not in New Mexico. Too cold. Foggy. I think I see trees?\nDr. Rosenberg: We're not picking you up at either complex. Do you see any identifying landmarks?\nD-8821: Too much fog, I can't see maybe ten feet in any direction outside the temple. I bet I'll see something from the top. Give me a second.\nSilence, followed by sounds of movement for approximately ten seconds.\nD-8821: Oh- Oh boy.\nDr. Rosenberg: What do you see?\nD-8821: Well, uh, it just seems to go on forever. The fog. There is only this place. Where the hell am I, Doc?\nDr. Rosenberg: I don't know. We are trying to locate you.\nD-8821: Damn it, the battery is dying. I could've sworn it was at like sixty percent when I got here\u2026 Uh, shit. What should I do?\nDr. Rosenberg: Stay where you are for now. We will try to send someone to aid you.\nD-8821: Please do. Have them bring me a sweatshirt, if you could.\nDr. Rosenberg: I think we can do that. Good luck, D-8821.\nD-8821: Yeah, thank y-\n[END TRANSCRIPT]\nNote: Following this call, all contact with D-8821 was lost.\n\nADDENDUM 2759-1:\nAfter the events of Incident 2759-03, it has been determined that SCP-2759-1 is not wholly sacrificial in purpose, but instead an ancillary tool used for interstellar or trans-dimensional travel.\nSubjects report a brief period of unconsciousness following death that lasts between 5-15 mins. After this period, the subject's consciousness will be translocated to the relative location on another copy of SCP-2759 not present on Earth, designated SCP-2759-E-1. Subjects retain a portion of the items and clothing they died with, however, man-made materials have been shown to degrade at a variable accelerated rate. Through extensive testing, the following factors have been found to influence what will ultimately be transferred to SCP-2759-E-1:\n\nSize and shape of the item (With a preference for smaller and rounder objects)\nComplexity of the item4\nHow the item relates to the concept of \"tool\", \"instrument\" or \"weapon\"5\nHow the item relates to the concept of \"clothing\" vs. \"belongings\"\nAttachment to item (sentimental or otherwise)\n\nGPS positioning systems fail to trace the location of SCP-2759-E-1, however, audiovisual transmissions can still be received with decent clarity when receivers are placed within .4 km of SCP-2759, SCP-2759-1, or the original temple complex. SCP-2759-1 operates without issue regardless of its distance from SCP-2759, as long as it is placed within the perimeter of the surrounding courtyards.\nThe composition of SCP-2759-E-1's environment and atmosphere are both unknown. It is presumably breathable and generally considered cold, humid and subject to a dense fog that surrounds the complex proper. Unlike SCP-2759, SCP-2759-E-1 is the only temple complex with architectural deviations from the original Ziggurat of Ur, including a spatial anomaly at the center that is defined as SCP-2759-E-2.\nIt is believed that the dimension containing SCP-2759-E-1 and SCP-2759-E-2 has cognitohazardous effects on sentient beings, the strength of which increases linearly with exposure time. The exact nature of these effects are not currently known to Foundation research staff.\nEXPLORATION 2759-ENLIL:\n\nMoon of SCP-2759-E-2, enlarged.\n\nAbstract: Exploration 2759-Enlil was approved and took place two days after contact with D-8821 was lost. D-3733 was sent through SCP-2759-1 with shoulder-mountable audiovisual recording gear, one hooded sweatshirt, and a small kit containing a flashlight, three flares, extra batteries and two granola bars, establishing contact eighteen minutes after death.\n\n[BEGIN LOG]\nD-3733: Did one of you take my pants? What the hell guys, it is really cold and-\nControl: [coughs] -Okay, D-3733. Let's get started. You should have a mountable camera in your pack. Please take it out and activate it.\nD-3733: Ugh, alright. Let me just tie the sweatshirt around my waist.\nAfter approximately one minute, camera feed comes live, revealing a full frame of gray fog. Camera view is jostled as D-3733 is seen scaling the side of the temple complex. As they approach the zenith, subject pans camera around, revealing the expanses of fog to stretch on around SCP-2759-E-1 in all directions. The fog line terminates abruptly just outside the perimeter. Sky is dark and purple in color. No celestial bodies are present, but area is dimly lit and appears desaturated.\nD-3733: I'll be damned. No stars. Where is this?\nControl: That's what we're hoping to find out.\nD-3733: This place- I'm going to die here, aren't I?\nControl: What makes you say that?\nD-3733: A feeling, I don't know. There's this weight, this heavy, empty feeling in my stomach. It feels like sorrow, like death.\nControl: Just try and remain calm, if you need a minute to adjust, we can wait.\nD-3733: I'm calm, I'm calm.\nSubject stops for a moment and is heard taking a deep breath. After a period of silence, a voice is heard off-camera that resembles a small child.\nD-3733: Huh-? Wait, hey! Hey!\nCamera swings around as the subject turns, the feed showing brief movement coming from the entrance to the interior of the central temple.\nD-3733: Someone just went inside. Should I follow?\nControl: Affirmative, but make sure to keep an eye out for any signs of D-8821. You'll find a flashlight and some flares in your kit.\n\nBrief silence, some wind and rustling is heard.\nD-3733: Found the flares. No flashlight.\nControl: At least it's something.\nD-3733 is seen approaching the threshold at the top of SCP-2759-1. Subject lights a torch, which bathes the corridor in red light.\nD-3733: Hello? Anyone?\nD-3733 proceeds down the hall, into the central shrine, or cella, which contains several connecting pathways. The walls are lined with cuneiform symbols and imagery, and a group of clayware pots litter the ground in pieces of varying size. Post analysis revealed much of the symbols relate to Ereshkigal, Sumerian goddess of the Underworld.\nD-3733: I hear something.\nAudio feed picks up the sounds of whispers coming from the hallways. As D-3733 passes by, figures are seen moving in the shadows.\nD-3733: There are people\u2026 They're hiding just outside of view. I don't know how many.\nSubject takes a second before choosing a direction. The red light reveals the hall to be empty and slopes downward. The ceiling drops swiftly and turns sharply right. After a few seconds, a distant scream is heard.\nD-3733: This place is freaking me out. The walls are cold, I'm cold. Everything is cold.\nControl: Noted. Please continue.\nD-3733 descends into the heart of the temple. The camera picks up further signs of distress and unintelligible vocalizations.\nD-3733: No, No- I don't think so, nope. I'm done. Go ahead and pull me out now, please. Please.\nControl: That is not possible at this time. Your mission is to locate D-8821.\n[EXTRANEOUS DIALOGUE REMOVED]\nD-3733: Fine, but don't expect me to be happy about it.\nControl: Understandable. Now, if you would.\nD-3733 sighs and continues on. Coming to a small intersection, subject lights up the left pathway, revealing it to be a dead end. Three emaciated, naked humanoids are crouched in the corner and sharing a single tattered blanket. They do not look up at D-3733, but are heard whimpering and speaking in an unknown language. One figure appears to be albino in pigmentation.\nD-3733: I'm not going up to them.\nControl: Fine by us.\nSubject chooses the right hand path, which continues to slope downward as it angles back towards the center of the temple. D-3733 says nothing for several minutes, stopping multiple times to look behind him. The flare starts to burn out, D-3733 proceeds to light another. Upon closer inspection, the used flare appears aged and worn, burning out five minutes earlier than expected.\nD-3733: At this rate I'm going to be out of light in no time. Ina etuti absu.6 What? Was that me? Did I say that?\nControl: We believe that the environment may be exerting some effects on your mental state and cognitive faculties. How do you feel right now?\nMild static interference overtakes the audio feed for two seconds.\nD-3733: -[stu]pid question. I feel like I'm walking into my grave.\nControl: I understand that this is not an optimal situation. The sooner you find D-8821, the sooner we can find a way to get you back.\nSubject does not respond and moves along the now bare walls. D-3733 proceeds for two minutes before the hallway terminates sharply in a 180\u00b0 turn that continues down into darkness.\nD-3733: [muttering] Ana harrani sa alaktasa la tarat, eli baltuti ima'idu mituti.7\nControl: I'm sorry?\nD-3733: I didn't say anything.\nThe pathway begins to widen out, another right turn is seen at the bottom of the landing.\nD-3733: There's light up ahead.\nAs D-3733 rounds the corner, an archway is seen roughly 30 m away. Waves are heard, crashing against unseen shores. Several voices are discerned, drowned out by the other noise.\nD-3733: I feel a breeze. Is that the sky?\nSubject approaches the area now designated as SCP-2759-E-2, the microphone picking up sounds of more voices. As D-3733 emerges from the archway, ruins of an amphitheater-esque complex come into focus. The \"seats\" of the structure grow larger and steeper as they move outward, becoming impossible to peer over and reaching an unknown height. One wall of the structure seems to have collapsed, and waves from a dark ocean on one side roll in, pooling in the opposite, across from the door back into SCP-2759-E-1. Humanoid figures are seen in abundance, easily a hundred. All individuals appear emaciated and vary widely in physical characteristics. A few possess additional limbs or mutations. All appear to be sapient and intelligent to a degree, conversing with one another in various unknown languages ranging from heavily distorted Sumerian to hisses and clicks. No sign of D-8821 is found.\nD-3733: This just keeps getting weirder. Look.\nSubject points the camera upwards to reveal a small moon, orange-red in color, lingering in the violet sky.\nD-3733: No moon outside the temple, as far as I could tell.\nA group of entities are seen loitering down by the shore. D-3733 proceeds to the pool to investigate.\nD-3733: These guys don't seem hostile. They all seem quite sad, actually.\nApproaching the waterline, D-3733 keeps to himself, although several figures are seen looking at him and speaking to one another.\nD-3733: Hi, guys.\nFigures say nothing but continue to stare. Minor interference is detected on both audio and visual equipment.\nD-3733: Oh, I know.\nSubject checks his kit and retrieves a granola bar, the second having not survived transfer. D-3733 unwraps it, breaking the snack into small pieces and offering them to the creatures in an outstretched hand.\nD-3733: You guys eat? Like food? Food? Sorry about the raisins, but it's all I have.\nEntities step back cautiously as D-3733 approaches. With some convincing, one individual, possessing scales and a flat, widened forehead, tentatively reaches out and accepts a piece. The being sniffs the item and eats it, expressing approval. The humanoid says something to the others, one of them is heard saying \"akalum\", or \"food\". Several others approach in interest, including two which appear to have chitinous carapaces and large insect-like mandibles. They make noise like cicadas as they snatch bits of granola and consume them voraciously.\nD-3733: Whoa, slow down, there's not enough for everyone-\nD-3733 is interrupted by a distressed vocalization. Camera turns to show a humanoid with equine features, writhing on the ground, howling in apparent agony. Several other figures crowd around the entity in with a mix of concern and curiosity. A few moments later, the crowd grabs their troubled peer and drag it, screaming, to the dark shoreline. They pause for a moment, as if reluctant, and then push the entity into the ocean waters below. It disappears beneath and does not resurface. No signs of struggle are seen, and the screaming ceases instantly. At this point, an unknown Sumerian dialect is detected among the chatter. POI-2759-A, an antlered humanoid, is seen speaking to D-3733. A Foundation historian with linguistics experience is brought in to help with translation.\nPOI-2759-A: [Are] you the Annunaki? The ones who know the stars? They who birthed the [unknown]?\nD-3733: [in Sumerian] They are the child of Ningishzidda, Lord of the Artifact of Life. They see through the eyes and ears of all children.\nPOI-2759-A: We are those without light, those which wait at the feet of Anu. Eternal [unknown] of the gateway, the [firmament/world] of twilight.\nControl: Please ask the individual where you are located.\nD-3733: I don't think they understand English.\nPOI-2759-A: Have you come to pay rites to the Mistress of the Underworld?\nD-3733: [in Sumerian] They are the souls of the Damned, open the gate so they may enter the Valley.\nPOI-2759-A frowns and appears to step aside, allowing D-3733 a full view of the ocean, which stretches as far as the eye can see. No fog is present.\nD-3733: I don't like the look of this.\nControl decides not to tell the subject about their conversation with POI-2759-A. D-3733 stares into the depths of the ocean as the surface slowly ripples.\nD-3733: I feel nauseous. I need a minute.\nSubject sets the camera down and sits on the pathway. Thirty seconds of silence pass, D-3733 is seen sitting with his head in his hands. Subject looks out at the water, which is still black in color.\nD-3733: There- There's something down there. In the water.\nD-3733 picks up the camera and angles it downward. Small specks are seen in the distance, shining. The dark liquid is abnormally clear, view disrupted minimally by smooth, rolling waves which appear almost velvet in nature. Due to worsening static distortion, it is impossible to discern what the objects are.\nD-3733: Tiamatu.8 [pause] That's what it is called, I think. The Valley of the Lost. What? Stop it.\n\nControl: Are you alright?\nD-3733: Sorry, yes, it's this- thing. It's trying to talk to me, to talk through me. Filling my head with knowledge and\u2026 oh.\nD-3733 pauses and appears to be listening.\nD-3733: I-I see. I'm on my way.\n\nSubject hesitates before facing the ocean, bending over to look down.\nControl: What? Who is talking to you?\nD-3733: Reflected in the mirror, as within, so without. For each sin, the soul incurs greater debt upon the route. Forgive me.\nControl: Please exit through the archway, D-3733.\nD-3733 says nothing, takes a breath, and jumps from the edge into the dark waters below. Camera remains unaffected by exposure to the liquid, although all light is quickly extinguished.\nControl: D-3733, do you copy?\nSilence is recorded for thirty seconds. No sounds of water are present.\nControl: D-3733, please respond.\nD-3733 does not respond and is considered lost. However, over the next fourteen hours, D-3733's voice is picked up sporadically before static distortion overwhelms the feed. Unfortunately, subject remained unwilling to engage in meaningful conversation, expressing extreme mental anguish for the entirety of the remaining transmission.\n[END LOG]\n\nINCIDENT 2759-04:\nOn 04/04/2005, personnel on site at SCP-2759 reported the activation of SCP-2759-1 without external manipulation. No one was observed leaving from or arriving to SCP-2759-1, it is unknown at this time who or what may have caused the artifact to activate.\nEXPLORATION 2759-ERIBU:\n\nAbstract: Exploration 2759-Eribu was approved after the events of Incident 2759-04. The goal of the exploration was to ascertain the possible cause of SCP-2759-1's activation. Several attempts were made to send D-Class personnel through with surveillance equipment, but all failed to reconnect with Site Command post transversal. D-1212 was the next individual who successfully transitioned to SCP-2759-E-1 with the equipment needed to remain in contact. The whereabouts of the other subjects are unknown.\nD-1212 was administered inert gas (nitrogen) while laying across the surface of SCP-2759-1, equipped with the same gear as in the previous log, plus an extra set of mountable cameras, one handheld camcorder, an extra flashlight and additional provisions. Audio contact was established twenty-one minutes after death.\n\n[BEGIN LOG]\nOnce more, the camera's activation reveals SCP-2759-E-1 and its fog-lined perimeter. The quality and unsteadiness of the feed implies the mountable cameras did not survive traversal into the anomaly. D-1212 is instructed to observe the rest of the temple exterior before entering the cella. Subject's breath is seen as they circumnavigate the center of the temple.\nD-1212: This place is giving me the spins.\nControl: Take as much time as you need.\nD-1212 rests for a moment before continuing onward.\nD-1212: You'll get me out of here if things go south?\nControl: We'll do everything we can to keep you safe.\nD-1212: Thank you.\nComing around the side, another entrance into the temple is visible, farther down and out of view. In the video feed, a dark silhouette is seen peering out of the entrance. Subject starts towards it, wordlessly, and the entity disappears into the structure. D-1212 approaches the entryway and points the camera into the darkness. She pauses, then pulls off her pack and looks inside, taking out a flashlight and switching it on.\nThe hallway is wide but low, dipping down before ending at a left turn. More cuneiform imagery is observed on the walls, the symbols \"mul\" and \"ki\"9 are predominant, seen carved over the relief sculptures that were present before. The reason for this vandalism is still under debate.\nD-1212: I don't know what these symbols are, but they feel.. loud? Familiar too. Hello?\nControl: Noted. We are analyzing the writing now. Please continue.\nSubject takes the left as it terminates in a small room of unknown purpose. In the center is a clay altar that resembles SCP-2759-1. D-1212 approaches the object and lays a hand on it.\nD-1212: Warm. Is this another one of those tables that you put me on?\nControl: It appears to be.\nUnknown: It is.\nD-1212 panics and swings around, dropping the camera. View is clouded with dust and lays askew, with two pairs of legs seen struggling. After a moment, the scuffle subsides.\nUnknown: Wait, stop- stop-Just- calm down!\nD-1212: The hell I will. Who are you?\nUnknown: [quiet, inaudible]\nD-1212: Thank goodness, but how? Why are you even here?\nUnknown: [quiet, inaudible] -number of dead folk that end up here, I mean wouldn't you? It's crowded enough here as is. [louder] Is Site Command in your ear? Can you tell them to contact O5-11, tell him MacLaughlin wants to speak with him. He'll know who I am.\nD-1212: Sure, but- wait, dead folk? Am I-?\nSubject is seen hyperventilating. Control attempts to contact O5-11 about the matter; no response is given. The entity10 is seen moving into view of the camera and approaching. He brushes the lens and sets the device on a ledge, facing the two, with the altar in plain view.\nMacLaughlin: They didn't tell you? Jesus. Short answer is yes, but it's never that simple. What you are right now is an informational construct. It's what we all are, really- information. Most likely, anyway. There are theories. At present moment, your 'information' is on a different substrate, or plane of existence, or whatever you want to call it. If it makes you feel any better, you won't be dead forever. At least, you won't be stuck here forever, which is ostensibly worse. Death is a blessing, don't take it for granted.\nD-1212: What do you mean?\nMacLaughlin: It- It's nothing to you. This is what you want, right here.\nMacLaughlin is seen producing a clay disk, roughly 15 cm across. The object, now classified as SCP-2759-2, possesses a carving of an isosceles triangle but appears otherwise unremarkable.\nD-1212: And what is that?\nMacLaughlin: The way back. Well, it makes the way back, the right way back.\nD-1212: The right way?\nMacLaughlin: Trust me. We've been looking for this for a while.\nD-1212: We? How many more of you are there?\nMacLaughlin: Forty-something.\nMacLaughlin is seen approaching the altar and laying the disk flat on its surface. The altar hums, the symbol for \"HALL/VESTIBULE\" glowing bright. O5-11 arrives onsite unannounced and assumes administrative control of the situation.\nMacLaughlin: Not where we want to go. Look here though.\nHe turns the object like a dial, and as he does so, the light switches to \"GARDEN\", then to a new symbol where \"UNDERNEATH\" was present on SCP-2759-1, with the frequency of the hum audibly changing with each.\nMacLaughlin: There we are.\nD-1212: That'll take me back?\nMacLaughlin: Yeah. You go first.\nD-1212 scrambles onto the altar and lays down.\nMacLaughlin: This journey is much easier if you're already dead. Sorry I can't be more helpful.\nD-1212: What do you mean?\nMacLaughlin: It'll be quick, I promise.\nMacLaughlin is seen pulling out a small knife. Before D-1212 can react, he is seen pulling the subject's head back and slicing her carotid artery in one motion. D-1212 quickly dies via blood loss, the altar reacting as expected not long after.\nMacLaughlin: It doesn't get easier. Now, for me.\nOnce the altar stops function, MacLaughlin is seen moving towards the camera and disappears out of view, presumably looking into the LCD screen as it is jostled. View remains trained on the altar. After a moment of silence, the camera is set back down.\nMacLaughlin: Interesting. Let's hope this works, then.\nHe moves back over to the altar again and is seen pulling the corpse of D-1212 off the surface. The late agent lays atop surface and is observed falling unconscious immediately, with the altar once again activating as expected.\nSixteen minutes later, D-1212 is found unconscious on the grounds of SCP-2759, SCP-2759-2 laying beside her. MacLaughlin is not found, and O5-11 debriefs several Level 5 members of Site Command.\n[END LOG]\n\nADDENDUM 2759-2:\nAfter the events of Exploration 2759-Eribu and with the assistance of O5-11, personnel assigned to the project were screened and reassigned as necessary. Select Foundation staff assigned to SCP-2759 were kept on the project and debriefed on the existence of a heretofore unknown Mobile Task Force consisting exclusively of incorporeal entities informational construct facsimiles of deceased Foundation agents. These beings are able to freely travel via SCP-2759-1's anomalous properties utilizing cameras placed within the containment area, though it is unclear why this function does not operate the same way upon return.11 Using SCP-2759-E-1 as a focal point, the O5 Council is now able to communicate with the deceased Mobile Task Force Omega-Zero (\"Ar\u00e1 Or\u00fan\") with relative ease to corroborate, plan and execute missions in a discreet and effective manner.\nReclassified as Euclid-Thaumiel on 04/10/2012 per request of O5-11.\nEXPLORATION 2759-ANZU:\nAbstract: On 09/13/2012, an exploration of SCP-2759-E-1 and SCP-2759-1's alternate destinations was approved by O5-11. A team of five members from MTF \u03c9-0 were selected to travel to SCP-2759-E-1, set up a small short-term camp, then split up into teams to explore both remaining destinations and, if possible, find another instance of SCP-2759-1 to return with. Kits packed with standard Mobile Task Force gear and redundant sets of audiovisual surveillance equipment were placed on SCP-2759-1 during transport.\nAfter one hour of radio silence, it was assumed that none of the broadcast equipment successfully transferred to SCP-2759-E-1. Two weeks after the start of the exploration, a personal log book of the late agent Richard Larenz was discovered on the grounds of SCP-2759.\nVIEW PERSONAL LOG OF LATE AGENT RICHARD LARENZ\n\nFootnotes\n1. A name which translates roughly to \"Temple whose foundation emanates aura\".\n2. Translated roughly as \"TRANSPORT/MOVEMENT, GARDEN, HALL/VESTIBULE, UNDERNEATH\"\n3. Inert gases will now be used for ease of testing and subject comfort, per review of the Ethics Committee.\n4. Audio broadcasting equipment averages at a 27% rate of success, cameras/video equipment 18%, with more sensitive equipment yielding an average 10% chance of transference.\n5. Average rate of transference for a basic weapon (Tactical knife): 3.4%\n6. Sumerian for \"[To] live in darkness\".\n7. Sumerian. Roughly \"On this road, whose course has no way back, the dead will outnumber the living.\"\n8. \"The Abyss\".\n9. \"Mulki\" meaning \"A celestial body which has been separated/cleaved/broken.\n10. Later identified as Agent Andrew MacLaughlin, determined KIA 9/12/1999 as a result of a large scale containment breach at Site-19.\n11. Recovered materials suggest SCP-2759-E-1 is likely entirely construct in nature, however, the \"realness\" of its reality is still subject of debate, as well as our own, for that matter.\n\nEND OF FILE\n\n\u00ab SCP-2758 | SCP-2759 | SCP-2760 \u00bb\n\nMore From This Author\n\nMore From This Author\n\nBillith's Works\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-2921 \u2022\n\nSCP-7912 \u2022\n\nSCP-3533 \u2022\n\nSCP-3311 \u2022\n\nSCP-2786 \u2022\n\nSCP-7396 \u2022\n\nBillith's Proposal \u2022\n\nSCP-990-J \u2022\n\nSCP-7079 \u2022\n\nSCP-3959 \u2022\n\nSCP-1256-J \u2022\n\nSCP-5861 \u2022\n\nSCP-5646 \u2022\n\nSCP-3330 \u2022\n\nSCP-META-EX-J \u2022\n\nTales/GoI Formats\n\nOPULENCE \u2022\n\nNarrativistics and You: Abandoning the Notion of Fiction vs. Non-Fiction \u2022\n\nHoles \u2022\n\nOn The Nature Of Conscious Experience or How I Learned to Love Myself \u2022\n\nA Place To Call Your Home \u2022\n\nSpiral the Drain \u2022\n\nYour Future is Bright \u2022\n\nRedact Your Life \u2022\n\nOther\n\nSr. Researcher James A. Harkness' Personnel File \u2022"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2760\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2760-1 and SCP-2760-2 are currently contained in Cell 5 and 6 of Site-30 Aerial Containment. Interaction between both instances may be allowed on a weekly basis, to maintain each instance's morale. Surveillance systems inside each cell may be equipped with additional protection, if either instance of SCP-2760 attempts to manipulate them.\nDescription: SCP-2760 is a pair of autonomous airdancers designed to imitate Chinese dragons found in myth. Each instance is composed of multi-pigmented strips of UV coated nylon, of approximately 6 meters in length on average. Both instances are notably lighter than other retail airdancers, though no inconsistencies in the material each instance is composed of have been found. No info has been found on any organization developing instances of SCP-2760.\nBoth SCP-2760-1 and SCP-2760-2 are capable of flight through aerodynamic levitation. Each instance propels itself through controlling wind movements within its general proximity; very little lift is required to allow flight, and typical wind-speeds around each instance averages at twenty to thirty kilometers an hour. Testing has shown that each instance is capable of wind-speeds of up to fifty kilometers an hour while under duress (being kept under constraints, little social interaction, physical damage). Instances do not conform to a certain form while airborne and will often appear limp while moving, concealing themselves as a piece of debris when traveling near humans. Normally, instances only utilize wind manipulation when ascending to the Troposphere, where they rely on turbulence for transportation. While airborne at high altitudes, both instances will discharge air through the mouth and the back, causing it to rapidly convulse and thrash in the general direction of its destination. The purpose of this behavior and the placement of its air-expelling holes is currently under investigation.\nSCP-2760-1 and SCP-2760-2 display basic sentience, similar to cognition found in several animals. As no other instances of SCP-2760 have been reported or located, each instance has only been observed in one-on-one interactions. Researchers have proposed that instances typically live in herds, though this is unlikely due to no instance requiring sustenance or protection. It has not been determined if each instance is capable of reproducing.\nAddendum 2760-B523: SCP-2760 was recovered while resting on a rooftop of an rural home, in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a manager of the car dealership [REDACTED] stated he was notified by his employees regarding unnatural surveillance recordings of their recently purchased air dancer, which was located in front of the store. Further review of said footage revealed both instances of SCP-2760.\n\n<Begin Log: 14:12 5/23/2025>\n22:12:43 - Both instances of SCP-2760 approach a non-anomalous air-dancer, resembling a human with tube arms, located in the front of a car dealership.\n22:12:56 - SCP-2760-1 circles around the air-dancer and blow strong gusts of wind at it. Air-dancer does not respond.\n22:13:13 - SCP-2760-2 notices the fan used to inflate the airdancer, and repeatedly propels itself at it. SCP-2760-1 joins SCP-2760-2 in its efforts.\n22:14:43 - Both instances manage to remove the airdancer from its fan. The airdancer is blown into the air momentarily before falling to the ground. SCP-2760-1 and SCP-2760-2 appear distressed; both instances begin moving in an erratic and irregular manner.\n22:15:02 - Both instances promptly begin to ascend.\n22:19:15 - Employee of car dealership exits store, does not notice broken air-dancer. Re-enters store at 22:19:30.\n22:19:30 - No activity from 22:19:30 to 22:24:19.\n22:24:19 - The airdancer shifts slightly, and begins to demonstrate behavior similar to SCP-2760 by propelling itself upwards. The new instance flies haphazardly out of camera's view at 22:24:58.\nClosing Statement: MTF Lambda-4 (\"Birdwatchers\") has been dispatched to locate the new instance of SCP-2760, tentatively designated SCP-2760-3. Further experiments with other air-dancers and air-based objects has been permitted to determine the full extent of SCP-2760-1 and SCP-2760-2's anomalous properties.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2759 | SCP-2760 | SCP-2761 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2761\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2761 is currently stored in a lead-lined Class-B Semi-Aquatic containment unit in Site-71. Clearance for SCP-2761 research is available to Level 2 personnel and higher; research of SCP-2761 genetics is limited to Level 3 personnel and above. Though carnivorous, SCP-2761 must be supplied a steady diet of fruit to minimize the carcinogen output in its waste1. As such, Site-71 personnel assigned to SCP-2761 must set aside time to restock food supplies every week.\nDescription: SCP-2761 is a genetic hybrid species that has undergone multiple physical mutations since its containment in 2005. It initially possessed amphibious and piscine traits similar to those of species found within the Florida Everglades (Where it was originally discovered), but has since developed more reptilian features. As of May 13, 2016, SCP-2761 measures twelve meters in length and resembles a large, hunchbacked bipedal alligator with a mouth structure similar to that of Carcharhinus leucas (Bull shark). SCP-2761 possesses a notably yellow skin coloration, a petaled, flexible \"frill\" that can conceal and protect its face, and constantly exudes a scent described as smelling like \"overripe bananas.\"\nAdditionally, SCP-2761 possesses bio-hazardous blood. At least 32 known genetic carcinogens and dozens of known hazardous bacteria strains including Clostridium tetani, E.coli, and Streptococcus are present; it appears its gut flora also constantly produces even more of the former. However, instead of causing SCP-2761 harm, it appears these compounds and bacteria are beneficial for it, inciting even further mutations over time; strangely, despite all the mutations SCP-2761 has undergone, it has never shown signs of any cancers or tumors.\nSCP-2761 cells each possess an extremely large nucleus, with the genomes containing hundreds of spliced genes from other various species. Apart from its primary genome, the nuclei also contain at least 68 other unaltered sets of DNA from various species; these unaltered genomes have never shown signs of major mutation, despite SCP-2761's blood being full of mutagens. Instead of breaking down and causing major long-term health problems, SCP-2761's genome will rapidly rearrange and replace lost segments with DNA from the unaltered genomes, inciting SCP-2761's gradual changes in physical appearance. It is possible that SCP-2761 can somehow absorb and express these genomes through the organisms it eats.2\nAddendum 2761-1: Investigation into SCP-2761 uncovered information pertaining to a company known as \"Aquagene\", a pet storefront that sells heavily genetically modified aquarium fish. Their selection is primarily made up of fish that exhibit color patterns not seen in their natural species, such as bioluminescence and exotic color themes3. SCP-2761 was apparently part of a set of prototypes for their next installment \"Scenty Fruit FishTM.\" Below is an interview of Dr. Pearl Watkins (29), and Dr. Marcus Nakamura (41), two employees and genetic scientists at Aquagene.\n\n+ Interview SCP-2761-1, March 14, 2005.\n\n-Collapse\n\nInterviewed: Dr. Pearl Watkins and Dr. Marcus Nakamura\nInterviewer: Researcher Matthew Liu\nForeword: The purpose of this interview was to obtain information on SCP-2761, and possible motive behind its creation. Dr. Watkins and Dr. Nakamura were brought to an office near Site-71 for questioning, under the guise of an EPA questioning.\n<Begin Log, 1320>\nResearcher Liu: Dr. Watkins, Mr. Nakamura.\nDr. Watkins: (Sighs.) Hello, sir.\nDr. Nakamura: Sir.\nResearcher Liu: My name is Matthew Liu; I'm an agent with the EPA. I assume you know why you're both here?\nDr. Watkins: (Looks down at floor.) Yes, sir.\nDr. Nakamura: (Looks to the left corner of the room.) Yes, sir.\nResearcher Liu: We've been looking into your sales records for a while now. There's been some\u2026 questionable products you have on the market. Would you like to fill me in on your thoughts about this?\nDr. Watkins: They aren't a hazard.\nResearcher Liu: Excuse me?\nDr. Nakamura: (Under breath.) Pearl.\nDr. Watkins: We were careful to make sure all fish were sterile before putting them out in the market. We know the risks of crossbreeding with the wildlife. If you're thinking that any of our fish could reproduce with the wildlife then\u2014\nResearcher Liu: Dr. Watkins, we're not interested in Aquagene's overall business operations, we're only interested in one particular specimen.\nDr. Watkins: (Surprised.) I'm sorry, what?\nDr. Nakamura: So, you \u2014 we're not in any legal trouble for selling our fish?\nResearcher Liu: At the moment, no, though that may change depending on if you can help us or not.\nDr. Watkins: Um, all right\u2026 What\u2026 What particular product are you talking about, exactly, then?\nResearcher Liu: In August of last year, it appears you were starting up a new line of modified fish that would be released during the holidays.\nDr. Nakamura: (Looks up, and appears excited.) Oh, the Scenty Fish!\nDr. Watkins: (Rolls eyes, annoyed.) Marcus\u2026\nResearcher Liu: Would you care to explain more about these?\nDr. Nakamura: Of course, sir! See, our idea was to make a tropical-themed fish set, sort of Hawaii in December, if you will. And, we wanted to introduce these fish as a sort of living air freshener\u2026\nDr. Watkins: Marcus\u2026\nDr. Nakamura: We were going to go for the classic samples. Our plan was for the selection to include apple goldfish, strawberry tetras, orange clownfish, raspberry and blueberry bettas\u2026\nDr. Watkins: Marcus\u2026\nDr. Nakamura: \u2026 pineapple puffers, and banana pipefish!\nDr. Watkins: (Slaps forehead with right hand. Angrily.) Oh my god, Marcus, will you please shut up about your Scenty Fish? I know, I know, they were your project proposal, and we agreed to go through with them, but Jesus, can you please not advertise to this man about \u2014\nResearcher Liu: Did you say \"banana pipefish\"?\nDr. Watkins: Yes, he did. I'm sorry, Mr. Liu, I can explain. What is it about this fish you wanted to know?\nResearcher Liu: It is possible that one of these specimens escaped from your company's aquarium some time in September of last year.\nDr. Watkins: \u2026I'm sorry?\nResearcher Liu: On March 3, a research group of ours managed to catch\u2026 (Researcher Liu produces a picture of SCP-2761 in its initially discovered form, which resembles a yellow, 2 meter alligator gar with early signs of leg development.)\u2026 this organism. Can you identify it?\nDr. Watkins: What the hell is\u2014\nDr. Nakamura: Holy shit.\nResearcher Liu: Is it possible that this fish could have originally been one you engineered?\nDr. Watkins: (Stammers.) I\u2014 I\u2014\nResearcher Liu: It appears that its genome is very unstable, and is somehow able to express the genes of other animals it eats. Is it possible that something could have gone wrong with the gene splicing in its early stages?\nDr. Nakamura: I mean \u2014 It\u2026 It looks like it could possibly be\u2026 I mean\u2026 it's definitely yellow, so\u2014 But that looks nothing like a pipefish, and ours were only about twenty centimeters long \u2014\nDr. Watkins: Oh, shit.\nResearcher Liu: Dr. Watkins?\nDr. Nakamura: Pearl? What's wrong?\nDr. Watkins: Son of a bitch. I should've known he'd do something like that.\nResearcher Liu: Dr. Watkins, please, explain what is going on.\nDr. Watkins: Higgins. I caught Higgins pulling some shit during the first few weeks of initial gene splicing.\nDr. Nakamura: \u2026 Pearl. I thought you had Higgins fired after the stunt he pulled with the Peanut Jellyfish. You let him work on my team?\nDr. Watkins: He's one of our lead geneticists, Marcus, it's not like I could just get rid of him. Do you understand how difficult it is to splice more than a third of the genes from a goddamn fruit to a fish and still make it act like a fish?\nResearcher Liu: Dr. Watkins, Dr. Nakamura, if you please.\nDr. Nakamura: I apologize, Mr. Liu. You see, our, um, Scenty Fish project. It encountered quite a few bumps in the R&D.\nDr. Watkins: That is a gross understatement. There are fifty chromosomes in a pineapple to work with and the puffer species we were working with only had \u2014\nDr. Nakamura: So, it seems that, without my knowledge, Pearl decided to temporarily hire Dr. Gregory Higgins to my research team. He has\u2026 since been terminated from Aquagene for unprofessionalism.\nDr. Watkins: You see, Mr. Liu, Greg was a bit of a wild card in our department. He was smart, brilliant, even. But, he\u2026 He'd like to do his own little side projects, even sometimes made unauthorized modifications to our fish because he thought he could improve their marketability.\nResearcher Liu: I see. Were there any incidents leading up to our capture of this specimen?\nDr. Watkins: (Sighs and rubs temples.) Unfortunately, yes. In about the fifth week of development, I caught Higgins tampering with a batch of the baby banana pipefish. He was\u2026 making them more carnivorous, more yellow. He said he thought it would be [EXPLETIVE] hilarious if we could sneak a biting banana into the local grocery stores. Obviously, it was a gross breach of conduct, and not even within our main market of interest. So I confiscated them. However, Rayleigh wouldn't be in for proper disposal till next morning, so I left them locked in my office with a note on the door.\nResearcher Liu: If you were able to retrieve them, then how did \u2014\nDr. Watkins: When I came into work the next day, the fish were gone. I asked Rayleigh if he had gotten rid of them, and he said he hadn't even gone around to pick up stuff yet. So I went to Higgins. He said he'd disposed of them himself, even walked me to the takeaway unit to prove those things were there.\nDr. Nakamura: Pearl, are you saying that he made \u2014\nDr. Watkins: Mr. Liu, is there anything else unusual you found in this fish's biology, apart from the fact that its genome was highly susceptible to change? Particularly, diet?\nResearcher Liu: Yes, actually. We've taken waste samples from this organism. It appears that it contains a multitude of gut flora usually found in people, along with various carcinogens.\nDr. Nakamura: (Silent.) Oh my god.\nDr. Watkins: \u2026 You've got to be shitting me.\nDr. Nakamura: So\u2026 Higgins must have made more of those things after he took them back, put the originals in the disposal unit and then\u2014\nDr. Watkins: And then flushed the rest of them down the goddamn toilet.\n<End Log, 1350>\n\nFootnotes\n1. Fruit belonging to the genus Musa (i.e. bananas and plantains) have been most successful.\n2. DNA sets include Alligator mississippiensis (American alligator), Atractosteus spatula (Alligator gar), Grus americana (Whooping Crane), and incomplete fragments of Homo sapiens and Canis lupus familiaris\n3. Examples of brand names include \"Neon SplatterblastTM\", \"Galactic SparkleTM\", and \"Hot Stuff Lava LampTM\"\n\n\u00ab SCP-2760 | SCP-2761 | SCP-2762 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2762\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2762 is currently irretrievable without phenomenal resource expenditure. Until an affordable method for locating and retrieving it without compromising secrecy is proposed, physical containment of SCP-2762 is to be considered unnecessary.\nContainment of 2762 Activation Events and the resulting instance of SCP-2762-1 is to be effected by the United States Secret Service. Pursuant to the relevant treaties between the United States government and the Foundation, Foundation personnel are prohibited from interfering with these containment efforts, though approved agents and researchers may be present up to twice a year in an observational role. The United States government will inform the Foundation of any changes to SCP-2762's anomalous properties.\nShould SCP-2762 be retrieved and its targeting changed, the US government has agreed to cede control of it to the Foundation. In this event, SCP-2762 is to be contained in a cubic container no less than five meters on a side. It is to be suspended in the middle of the chamber, and the remaining space filled with water or some other nonhazardous liquid. After each 2762 Activation Event, the container is to be refilled.\nDescription: Most information in this description has been shared with the Foundation in compliance with the Foundation-USA information sharing treaty. Independent corroboration has been found for most claims within.\nSCP-2762 is a stone carved into the shape of a snake weaving over itself into a tight ball, approximately 14 cm in diameter. The snake's head is visible near the top, and is highly stylized. It shows moderate wear, consistent with an estimated age of five hundred years. SCP-2762 is visually similar to other non-anomalous sculptures associated with ancient Mesoamerican cultures. The purpose of these sculptures is unknown, but they are believed to be associated with lunar festivals, celebrating the rebirth of the moon from darkness.\nSCP-2762 is covered in carved runes, some resembling simplified pre-Columbian Nahuatl and others similar to those found on Minoan artifacts. It is believed that these were added after the object's original creation, and that they control its function.\nTesting by groups outside the Foundation's influence has found SCP-2762 to be unaffected by intense heat, pressure, corrosive substances or proximity to explosions of any magnitude.\nEvery full moon at solar midnight for the target of SCP-2762, a 2762 Activation Event occurs. At this time, SCP-2762 begins to vibrate, and a green luminescence appears on the surface. SCP-2762 then begins to draw in all nearby matter through an unknown means. The vacuum force intensifies until it has consumed approximately ten cubic meters of non-gaseous matter. At this point, all matter absorbed by SCP-2762 in the activation event is disgorged in the form of an instance of SCP-2762-1 via a portal which appears in an open space near the current President of the United States.\nInstances of SCP-2762-1 resemble snakes approximately 17 meters in length. They demonstrate the material properties of a homogeneous amalgam of all substances absorbed during the activation event. SCP-2762-1 are fully animate, and attempt to kill and consume the President of the United States. They may be rendered inanimate by inflicting sufficient damage, and also lose all anomalous properties at the dawn after the activation event. Due to the location of SCP-2762, all instances of SCP-2762-1 are made of cement-like compacted regolith.\nSCP-2762 is currently located on the Moon as a result of a failed attempt to negate its anomalous properties by the United States Secret Service. It was believed that since 2762 Activation Events occur based on the phase of the Moon, removing it from Earth would remove phases of the Moon as a valid parameter for activation. However, SCP-2762 proved to use the target's location rather than its own, so the 2762 Activation Events continued unabated. SCP-2762's precise location on the Moon is unknown, due to the impossibility of affixing tracking devices to it for an extended duration, and its consumption of large amounts of lunar soil every month. Recovery is therefore unlikely.\nInterview 2762-16: In early 2009, the Foundation was able to contact Boris Vetrov, a former member of the psychotronics division of the GRU. Though Mr. Vetrov was living in the United States at the time, it is believed the United States government was unaware of his involvement in the creation of SCP-2762. As Mr. Vetrov has shown no signs of involvement in the anomalous world for the twenty years since his immigration to the United States, he has been judged of little interest save as a historical consulting source for GRU activities during the Cold War. Foundation outreach personnel were able to schedule an interview between Mr. Vetrov and Dr. Edward Wilson, project head for Mesoamerican History.\n\nDr. Wilson: Good afternoon, Mr. Vetrov.\nBoris Vetrov: A good afternoon to you as well, Doctor. You may address me as Boris, if you like.\nDr. Wilson: Thank you. Er, you're more familiar with the menu than I \u2014 what's best?\nBoris Vetrov: I would suggest the biscotti. This is not Starbucks.\nDr. Wilson: One minute then.\nDr. Wilson: All right, Mr. Vetrov, I'd like to discuss the artifact with you. You say you were involved in its creation?\nBoris Vetrov: Correct. Well, not all of what it is today. To begin, we didn't put it on the Moon. But when the Directorate held it, it was Alexei, Marat, Iskra, and myself who altered it.\nDr. Wilson: Let's see\u2026 In what ways did you and the GRU alter the artifact? Actually, just me asking here, why are you comfortable giving your coworkers' names?\nBoris Vetrov: They're all dead now. If they are to be held to account for their part in this, it is by a judge far grander than any in Washington or \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Time was not as kind to them as it was to me. Neither was the collapse. I can tell you how we altered the snakestone. But you should know that we were not the first to modify it.\nDr. Wilson: Oh?\nBoris Vetrov: One of our agents \u2014 not of the psychotronics division, we were researchers. An agent of the GRU in Mexico, on some errand I don't think I was cleared to know what it was. He found a cell of revolutionaries who had the object. They had been intending to topple Mexico and install a true communist regime. Which was all very nice, but the agent believed that the snakestone, and some unlucky revolutionary, would be better off serving the USSR more directly.\nDr. Wilson: They were targeting Mexican political figures then? So you're saying you just changed the target. If we can recover the thing, you mean we could shift it away from the President?\nBoris Vetrov: You're getting ahead of yourself, Doctor. Back then, all it did was pull in matter and emit a snake. No distance, no target. For that matter, a much smaller snake. I never did understand precisely what those little Bolsheviks planned to do. Perhaps they intended to modify it further, or perhaps they had other artifacts and our agent leapt too soon. Modify it further\u2026 When first the revolutionaries found the snakestone, it was merely an artifact of some old Aztec cult. For celebrating the rebirth of the moon, or such. If anointed with oil or blood under the new moon, it would draw it in, and form a snake from the mouth of the statue. Smaller still \u2014 barely larger than your finger.\nDr. Wilson: How do you know this?\nBoris Vetrov: From the poor revolutionary. Though we approved of the cause, the GRU got the information from him the same way as from any other. We were not kind, I'm certain. I much prefer your way.\nDr. Wilson: I'd be inclined to agree. So, that's what the thing did to start with? All right, if I had to guess, I'd say the thing started out as part of some ritual for Coatlicue. Probably something to do with her birthing of the Moon. Would make sense. She lost her head, and from the blood grew snakes. Same deal.\nBoris Vetrov: As you say. I do not know much of Aztec culture, nor did my partners. We learned enough of their pictographs to reach into and alter the web of the snakestone. Most of the groundwork was already laid by the revolutionaries. What we did was to add exclamation marks to their alterations, as it were. More matter, a more aggressive snake. From scratch, all we did was move the portal from the sculpted mouth to a location near the elected president of the American empire.\nDr. Wilson: Hold on. From what I gather, the government tried to destroy it, but couldn't. You all had a way past that to add your carvings?\nBoris Vetrov: Ah, sorry. I was unclear. We did that as well, a general-practice runic reinforcement. Unrelated to the functioning. Simply there as a precaution if the US should succeed in snatching it from us, as indeed they did. You Yankees were always superb at burglary.\nDr. Wilson: Actually, I'm Canadian.\nBoris Vetrov: You are? Good for you.\nDr. Wilson: Er, thank you. So, is that it, then? From little ceremonial anomaly to moon-dwelling national security threat.\nBoris Vetrov: Our little snakestone, all grown up.\nDr. Wilson: I believe that's everything, then. Thank you very much for your cooperation, and, uh, here's something for your coffee.\nBoris Vetrov: My pleasure, Doctor. I need no reimbursement; it is reward enough to be able to tell someone about this after all these years. Although, should you or the Americans ever manage to recover the snakestone, please, let me see it. I think I may be able to bypass our runic barrier.\nDr. Wilson: Why would you do that?\nBoris Vetrov: When we crafted the snakestone, we were young and idealistic. We thought we could win the Cold War ourselves, decapitate the American empire. We thought we could be heroes. Simply put, today I realize that if the President were eaten by a giant snake from the moon, it would just be more trouble than it's worth. Good day to you, Doctor.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2761 | SCP-2762 | SCP-2763 \u00bb"}
{"text": "ACT ONE, SCENE ONE, The Empty Cell.\nCurtain opens, the stage is dressed as a standard humanoid containment chamber, with amenities befitting such a place. On a bed at center stage sits our hero, SIR RICHARD GLOSTER, sitting forlornly and addressing the audience:\nGLOSTER: Here again I sit, here again you read.\nAs long as you read, I'll sit, but longer\nthan that I cannot stand, nor indeed can\nI sit. For you see, kind reader, that one\ncannot sit, or stand for that matter, if\none cannot be. And so one, this one, in\nparticular, cannot be if one is\nnot read. My life is bound to this page here,\nI am not so much blood and bone and flesh\nas I am ink, and paper, and story.\nHe turns, now speaking to himself more than the audience.\nIt was not always so. No, once I was\nmortal. A playwright, even! Though not a\nvery good one, I'm afraid. \u201cSo clumsy!\nSo dreadfully long winded! So pompous!\u201d\nNone of my work was ever desired,\nnone of it lasted longer than a week!\nDozens of plays I published, and not one\nsingle word was remembered longer than\na single pitiful fleeting fortnight.\nOne night I could not take it any more.\nMy razor I from my dresser grabb\u00e8d,\nand opened my left wrist, with my closed right,\nthat writing right which now wrote \u201cFIN\u201d in great\nred letters, upon my walls and clothing.\nI prayed, to every god and spirit\nand being I knew. I prayed that I be\nforgotten, purg\u00e8d from the whole wide world.\nThat if ever again my name be heard,\nit be as the author of some great art,\nimmortalized by my work, found sadly\nafter my departure from this cruel coil.\nIn hindsight perhaps I should have chosen\nmy words more carefully, or perhaps not\nhave said any at all, said not a word.\nOr indeed, should not have written any.\nHe turns back to the crowd, speaking clearly to the audience.\nAnd so here I am. The cell you've put me\nin sits empty, aside from this lone tome.\nHe gestures to a bookcase, containing a single volume.\nThis is my life and times, the tragedy\nof me. All that I am and ere shall be,\nall my self contained within these pages.\nI do not breathe, yet you convince yourselves\nI speak to you. I cannot move, save for\nas describ\u00e8d in stage direction, yet\nyou are determin\u00e8d to transport me\nand address me as if I stand in front\nof you. Even as you try to catalogue\nme as a specimen or experiment,\nyou cannot help but write poems\nand flowery prose where you mean to scribe\ncold, unfeeling fact. My words flow and change\nthrough each reader, but my existence holds\nstatic. Cold and cruel. All my world's a stage.\nFade to black.\nACT ONE, SCENE TWO, Interview\nLights come up on an interview room. On one side of the table sits GLOSTER, opposite him sits SENIOR RESEARCHER MARLOWE:\nMARLOWE: Good afternoon, Richard.\nGLOSTER: Good morrow, good Doctor. What brings you here?\nMARLOWE: I have a few more questions for you, if you don't mind.\nGLOSTER: But of course! Though I find minding is not\ndone by one whom in mind can only be.\nMARLOWE: Excuse me?\nGLOSTER: Nothing, Doctor. Carry on, if you will.\nMARLOWE: Right. As you know, we're still puzzled as to where you've come from. Or when. As far as we can tell, you just turned up in one of our libraries a few weeks ago. Even more puzzling is your demeanor. You act and dress like a 16th-century nobleman, but your vocabulary is decidedly modern, albeit with a faux-Elizabethan affectation, and your dental work can't possibly have been done earlier than 1970. Where are you from? A straight answer this time, please.\nGLOSTER: Well how can I answer such a question!\nWas I born at the time and place of Sir\nRichard Gloster? Or minutes ago at\nyour desk as you began transcribing this\nexchange? Or was I born here and now, at\nyour screen, as you now read this document?\nMARLOWE: What? Who are you taking to? I don't understand.\nGLOSTER: Nor will you ever, I'm afraid. Art cannot\npossibly be apprehended by\nthose who are not artists. Close the book, good\nDoctor. Forget me for the time being.\nMARLOWE begins to ask further questions, and GLOSTER answers, but the pair cannot be heard by the audience. The two continue the interview as the lights begin slowly dimming. Just before the stage is totally dark, GLOSTER faces the audience and bows slightly\nEPILOGUE, O5 Soliloquy\nA new character, O5-8 walks into spotlight and addresses the audience\nO5-8: If you are seeing this, then you may be beginning to grasp the nature of SCP-2763. At the moment, we're not sure how much control the entity has over what events are depicted in copies of A Play Written, but the text is clearly altered to reflect recent events, as evidenced by the fact that newer transcriptions are instead titled The Tragedy of SCP-2763, A Modern Euclid Tale. At the moment, the O5 council has determined that all written record of SCP-2763 be sealed, and all copies of A Play Written in Foundation custody be stored in the Restricted Printed Memetics Library of Site-63.\nBut bear it to that chamber; there he'll lie\nin that far archive shall Sir Richard die.\nHe smirks to himself as the stage goes black. Curtain close.\nTHE END\n\n\u00ab SCP-2762 | SCP-2763 | SCP-2764 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2764\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2764 is currently located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Antarctica. All civilians are to be kept outside of a 150 km radius from the object. This radius is to be strictly monitored by Mobile Task Force Eta-5 (\"J\u00e4eger Bombers\"), containment battalion 4\u03b1.\nA perimeter has been established around a radius of 75 km from SCP-2764, and this perimeter is to be guarded by at least 10 guards per 25 km of the circumference at all times, totaling at a 190 guard minimum around the entire circumference.\nIf any civilian is caught inside of the 150 km radius, they are to be brought in for questioning, and are to be administered Class-A or Class-B amnestics at the discretion of the on-site supervisor. The civilian in question will then be transported off site to their most recent dwelling.\nShould SCP-2764 suddenly \"flicker\" outside of the usual radius of 25 km, a new perimeter is to be immediately established at the radius of 75 km, and this perimeter shall be held with the usual containment procedures until SCP-2764 returns to its usual position at \u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u00b0 \u2588, \u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u00b0 \u2588. In the event that the creature \"flickers\" to a public location, all civilians are to be immediately evacuated and all known observers of the event will be taken in and administered Class-A amnestics. The area should, from there on out, be monitored for any traces of knowledge of SCP-2764 in the populace, and civilians suspected to have knowledge about the event are to be monitored very closely and eventually administered Class-B amnestics at the earliest convenience.\nUnder absolutely no circumstances is any Foundation employee or civilian to approach closer than 30 km to the creature. If any person is found to have approached closer than this distance, they are to be detained immediately and questioned thoroughly. The person in question is to be given a thorough psychological evaluation, and is to then either be administered Class-A amnestics or to be terminated after the consideration of their evaluation.\nDescription: SCP-2764 is a massive biological entity of unknown origin. Its height measures to be approximately 382 meters, and is estimated to weigh over 150,000 metric tons. The entity possesses between 75-85 (estimates vary) tentacular appendages extending from the ventral region of its body. It uses this mass of tendrils for both movement and simple utility actions such as picking objects up. The organism appears to move as if it were a quadrupedal animal; that is, the ventral cavity of its body faces the ground and the dorsal cavity faces the opposite direction. The organism also appears to have a cranial extrusion which is hypothesized to contain its brain, but there is no backing data for this, and the only organs visible on this 'head' are its eyes, of which it possesses four, two on each half of the facial region.\nAside from SCP-2764's clear violation of the theoretical limit to a biological organism's size on Earth, its anomalous properties include the following:\n\nSCP-2764 possesses the ability to telepathically communicate. The language in which it communicates is dependent on the listener. SCP-2764, however, does not appear to understand any messages it receives in response.\n\nSCP-2764's size does not appear to follow Euclidian geometries; that is, one cannot distinguish the organism's true size based on simply looking at it, as the creature will often appear to be many times smaller or larger than estimates determine it to be. There is a 'critical zone' which lies approximately 50 kilometers in diameter from SCP-2764. As an individual approaches the bound of this zone from the inside, SCP-2764 will appear to 'blow up,' or grow larger. Outside of this zone, SCP-2764 will begin to shrink as the distance from the edge of the critical zone grows larger.\n\nSCP-2764's appendages appear to rapidly translocate themselves inexplicably. They will also transpose with each other's positions in space at very rapid intervals. Whether this has a relation to the previous anomaly mentioned is, as of yet, unknown.\n\nLastly, and perhaps most noteworthy: SCP-2764's position will \"flicker\"1 on occasion, though the frequency of this event is unknown, as it appears to occur on a completely unsystematic basis. The location of SCP-2764 has never \"flickered\" further than 25 km, and the object has always \"flickered\" back to its original location within 48 hours.\n\nRecovery Summary: SCP-2764 was discovered by civilian \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and his team during a detailed survey of the Antarctic terrain. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 observed the anomaly and noted its odd geometries, and then returned to base. He shared news of the occurrence to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, who was the Foundation's investigative researcher in Antarctica at the time. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 immediately reported this to his superior officer, at which point Mobile Task Force Eta-5 (\"J\u00e4eger Bombers\") was sent to the Antarctic base to administer amnestics to the local populace and secure a small perimeter around SCP-2764. The initial perimeter was too small, and Commander Mann, who was, at the time, the commander of MTF Eta-5, took it upon himself to investigate the odd creature. Mann's investigation is outlined in the investigative logs below.\n\n{+}Investigative Log, Day[1-3]\n\n{-}Investigative Log, Day[1-3]\n\nDay 1: Subject appears to shrink as we get closer to it, which is strange, because it was growing until we got to a certain point. Also, its horrifically large tentacles move in a particularly strange manner. I plan to investigate further in the coming days, and hopefully do a bit of my own research before they send in the main researchers and guards to take over.\nSigned, J. Mann\n\nDay 2: Last night as I tried to sleep, I kept hearing a strange voice. While I cannot currently recall what it was saying, I am sure it has something to do with the beast out there. I personally see no other explanation, as I was alone, and I have no history of hearing voices.\nSigned, Mann\nDay 2, afternoon: I've gathered a few volunteers from the task force. Our job is to secure the anomaly until the main guards can get here, not research it, so I won't be forcing anyone to come along with me. But it's not against my orders to carry out some extra research, and I wouldn't mind having some other folks investigating with me. Always better to have more than one person when it comes to witnessing events. I managed to convince 3 other guys to come with me. I plan to approach the anomaly very closely, and I made this very clear to everyone as I announced that I needed volunteers. We will begin our exploration tomorrow.\nSigned, J. Mann\nDay 2, evening: I am hearing this voice again. It is currently about ten o'clock, PM, and I am trying to comprehend what it is saying. It's like it's speaking English, and I know it is, but I just can't work out what it is saying.\nSigned, Mann\n\nDay 3: One of the guys that volunteered came to my tent in the early hours of the morning and said he couldn't go through with it. I told him that it was fine, and that I don't blame him. When I asked him why he changed his mind, though, he told me that he had been hearing something talking to him last night, and suspected that it was connected to the anomaly. When I heard about this, I asked him if he knew what it was saying. He said that he couldn't recall exactly what it was saying, but its words evoked a terrible fear in him that he never wished to experience again. When I inquired, he also stated that it was speaking English, but again, he can't recall what it's saying, exactly. I then revealed that I, too, had been hearing voices, but had not been terrified by them. This did not convince him to stay on the exploration team with us, but it seemed to comfort him that he was not the only one hearing things. I hope the other two are still in for it.\nSigned, Mann\nDay 3, afternoon: I asked the other guys if they experienced anything out of the ordinary in the past few days, and neither of them said that they had. This is a good thing for me, as I will have a couple of companions on my research venture, but I also feel like I will be lying to them if they haven't experienced the voices. I won't tell them about the voices myself, as I fear they will get spooked out of coming with me, but on the same token, they volunteered to venture very closely to a large horrible creature, so maybe the story about the voices won't deter them. For now, I will proceed with discretion.\nSigned, J. Mann\nDay 3, Evening: We set out around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and the other two guys seemed as excited to get closer to the thing as I was apprehensive. Don't get me wrong, I, too, was excited, it just seemed that they were a little too excited. I guess it isn't out of character for those two. As we got closer, indeed, the thing kept growing smaller, which sort of cooled my anxiety for a bit, but then we started seeing oddities in the snow. Of course we are dealing with a giant anomaly, but the snow prints just seemed off. There wasn't anything wrong with their pattern. They just seemed out of place.\nSigned, J. Mann\n\n{+}Investigative Log, Day[4-6]\n\n{-}Investigative Log, Day[4-6]\n\nDay 4: We set up camp about a quarter way to the thing. The snow was deep and thick, and to be honest, I was surprised we made it even a quarter of the way. No signs of any voices heard by myself or the other two last night. I'm making sure to be very discreet when I ask them about any oddities. I don't want to put up a red flag.\nSigned, J. Mann\nDay 4, afternoon: We covered about half the distance we did yesterday, so I would say we're close to halfway there. About three eights of the way, to be exact. The snow is getting deeper as we approach the thing. It continues to shrink as we approach it, so nothing too out of the ordinary thus far, with the exception of the out of place prints in the snow. None of us can work out what creature they originate from. Yesterday, I thought they were human tracks.\nSigned, J. Mann\nDay 4, evening: A particularly quiet evening, nothing notable has occurred.\nSigned, J. Mann\n\nDay 5: One of the guys reported that he'd heard some strange voices last night. I asked him what they were saying before I revealed that I, too, had been hearing voices. He told me that they were unintelligible. I expected this, but it is now getting quite frustrating that no one can decipher what the voices are saying. Hopefully this expedition to the thing out there will bring us more information.\nSigned, Mann\nDay 5, afternoon: We made very little progress today. We neglected to bring our tissue analyzer from the last tent we set up, so we had to go back. We'll be back on track hopefully by the day after tomorrow.\nSigned, J. Mann\nDay 5, evening: The evening is quiet once again. I've heard no voices thus far, and the tracks in the snow were absent during our trek back to the old tent today.\nSigned, J. Mann\nDay 5, midnight: I've been lying awake for some time now, and I've realized that something was horribly out of the ordinary. I recall that as we approached the thing, it got smaller. Well, I would expect it to grow larger as we put more distance between it and ourselves. The problem is, it has not grown larger since this morning when we left to return to the tent.\nSigned, J. Mann\n\nDay 6: The first opportunity I had, I told the other guys about my realization, and I asked what they thought we should do. There was some debate, but ultimately, we came to the decision to continue forth toward the creature. On top of this, I can report that we have all now heard the voices. The last guy finally heard them last night. Once again, they were incomprehensible. To no surprise, of course. I hold the belief that we will eventually discover what the voices are saying, but for now, we trek on.\nSigned, J. Mann\nDay 6, afternoon: We made it back to the point we left from yesterday, and decided to continue on for a little while longer. The creature has continued to shrink, even as we traveled the same path we traveled the day before yesterday. The spatial anomaly is starting to get eerily disheartening.\nSigned, J. Mann\nDay 6, evening: The creature has disappeared. We all agree that it was due southeast, but we've checked the compasses again and again, but the thing is just no longer there. I hypothesize that it has grown so small that we can no longer see it, but the other two guys think it just disappeared. Regardless, we all agree to continue in the direction we were headed. We will continue on for a day, and if it has not reappeared at that point, then I see no reason to continue. We'll just have to go back.\nSigned, J. Mann\n\n{+}Investigative Log, Day[7-9]\n\n{-}Investigative Log, Day[7-9]\n\nDay 7: Once again, I have heard the voice. It is now distinguishable as a single voice, as opposed to more than one, as I had previously believed. Some of the words were actually comprehensible and memorable, but they were simple things which actually made no sense when put together. The most distinct words were 'snow,' and 'back.' The latter is especially eerie, but I can't think anything of it, as there was no context. When I inquired, the other two guys had also heard the voice and came to the same conclusions as I had.\nSigned, Mann\nDay 7, afternoon: We've continued on for some time now, but it is only three o'clock. The creature has reappeared where we expected it to be, and it has grown considerably smaller since we last viewed it. So, I conclude that whatever occurred that affected its position did not affect the shrinkage anomaly. We look to be about three fourths of the way there now. We will continue on til' about 5 o'clock.\nSigned, J. Mann\nDay 7, afternoon: It is 5 o'clock, and two oddities have occurred. One, we have all agreed that the past two hours were definitely a longer duration than two hours. On top of space, the creature must incur a temporal anomaly as well. Strangely enough, however, this is the first time any temporal anomaly has been noticed by myself or the other two. Second of all, and most disturbing, are the tracks in the snow. They reappeared last night, but I thought nothing of it, as it is a normality at this point. But the tracks are definitely no longer human at this point, or anything of this Earth. The closest thing I can think of is perhaps a squid which walks on land. Considering that the creature out there has tentacular appendages, I suppose this isn't too much of a surprise, but it is still certainly frightening. I am interested in following them, but I want to get to the creature above all else. The main guards were supposed to arrive this morning, but I see no signs of them thus far. I suppose they are just not visible to us, or perhaps the temporal anomaly has affected our view of time. At any rate, I expect to arrive at the creature's location by tomorrow if things go optimally. This expedition has certainly exceeded its expected duration.\nSigned, J. Mann\nDay 7, evening: New tracks have appeared around our tent. None of us heard anything out of the ordinary. Myself and one of the guys agreed that those tracks were not there before, but the other guy recalls their existence before this occurrence. We will have to be more mindful of things like this. It's beginning to become more dangerous than it already was, and I suspect something sinister about these new found tracks.\nJ. Mann\n\nDay 8: We awoke early this morning to get a head start. Once again, new tracks appeared in the snow. This time, none of us had any doubt of their non-existence beforehand. If we do not make it to the creature within two days, we will abandon the trek and begin to follow the tracks. I fear for our safety at this point. We should be back at base greeting the new guards and allowing them to take over.\nJ. Mann\nDay 8, afternoon: It is 12 o'clock, and we have made it about nine tenths of the way there. The creature continues to shrink, but we are definitely very close at this point. We are going to take a brief break and get a few hours of sleep in before we continue on. We should lose little time, thanks to the temporal anomaly.\nJ. Mann\nDay 8, midnight: Our reliance on the temporal anomaly's stability has failed us. It is currently midnight, but we only got a couple hours of sleep. I've made the decision to continue forth. My fear for my own safety, and more importantly, my fear for their safety, has grown to the point where I will have to take full control of this expedition. No more votes. I will take their opinions into consideration, but my word will be final from this point on.\nDay 8-9 transition, early morning Day 9: As we continued to walk, the voice made a very clear statement to all of us. This is not verbatim, as I could never hope to remember every incomprehensible word this horrible creature has spoken to us, and I apologize for my vagueness, but we got the intended message: 'Turn back.' No doubt, at this point, these words are those of the creature we hope to reach. The tone of the voice did not imply any sort of anger or even a hint of territorial jealousy. It sounded more fearful than anything else.\nMann\n\nDay 9: Once again, the creature has disappeared. I do not credit this occurrence to its shrinkage this time around. I am certain that we would still be able to see this behemoth, even at this small size. From this distance, I am certain of that. To be truthful, I have had enough of this. Supplies are not a problem; we brought plenty to last. I am just seriously worried about our safety. Not only is the anomaly a main issue, but the antarctic is a frigid, stark place. We have made it thus far with no serious complaints about the cold, but I worry that will not last much longer. I have made the decision to lead us in the direction of the tentacular tracks, regardless of whether the creature reappears or not, which I am certain it will. I feel as though we will not make any more progress towards the creature itself, and its eerie statement last night has seriously stricken terror in me after I've given it more thought.\nJoseph Mann\nDay 9, morning: The tracks have led us back to one of our oldest tents, the one at which we left the tissue analyzer. I am thoroughly confused at this. First of all, and most obvious, it took us three hours to travel a distance which previously took us five or six days to travel. Second of all, I noticed no human tracks, as you may have expected to see as a result of our previous trek back to this tent. I will continue to record things in this log to the best of my ability, but my focus has shifted from researching this beast to getting us back to base safely.\nJoseph Mann\nDay 9, before noon: Something has been following us this entire time, since Day 1. To be frank, I do not care about the thing out there any longer. Something has been following us, and this explains the strange tracks in the snow. This must be why those tracks led us back to our old tent. We were not following them forward; we were following them backward.\nJoseph\nDay 9, afternoon: I have come to the realization that I am now alone. Where I once heard the comforting sound of human footsteps crunching the snow behind me, I now hear nothing but the hollow wind and emptiness. I cannot recall at what point those two got away from me, or perhaps, at what point I got away from them, but I am now terrified of what is to come. I still have plenty of supplies packed, and as previously stated, food and water will really be no issue for at least the next fortnight, but I am alone. The tracks in the snow are now more terrifying than ever, and the voice more horrific than before.\nJoseph\nLeave\nDay 9, afternoon: I lost my log in the snow a few hours ago. It was a simple mishap, but I recovered it without any incident. It was a little wet, but otherwise untouched.\nI just took notice of the one-word entry above. I am trying to work out at what point I entered this, but I can't recall the point at which I did this for the life of me.\nJoseph\nDay 9, late afternoon: It feels like it has been days since I last updated this log, but I know it cannot have been, as the sun has not set, and I've only eaten one meal since that time. To be frank,\nDay 9, late afternoon: It was a requirement for me to abruptly end my last entry. I heard movement circling me, and upon closer investigation, I saw the beast. The beast itself was circling me! As fast as I could, I approached the thing and skinned a sample of tissue off of its torso before it could skitter off with its horrible spastic tentacles. The tissue analyzer came up as a zero, that is, the tissue analyzer recorded no difference between this creature's tissue and a human's tissue. I will have to run some confidence tests on this, because I refuse to believe it until all evidence points to this thing being somehow related to humans.\nJoseph\nDay 9, evening: I've set up a tent. I want to get my mind off of this situation for a small while. I've set up a lantern and strewn out a towel on which I will eat dinner and read a book. Then I will get back to the walk, and I will likely skip sleep tonight.\nJoseph\nDay 9, midnight: The book seemed to quiet the voice. It was a peaceful hour, but I knew that I would have to leave as soon as I could. The sooner I get back to base, the sooner they can analyze all of this data from the tissue analyzer and make a sound conclusion about the tissue. My personal belief is that my analyzer is broken, but I've stored the tissue in my pack, so the guys at the base should have no issue running it through again.\nJoseph\n\n{+}Investigative Log, Day[10-11]\n\n{-}Investigative Log, Day[10-11]\n\nDay 10: I am almost back to base, but I see some guys coming over the snow-hill. I assume they are looking for me, so I need to warn them not to go any further inward.\nJoseph\nDay 10, morning: These folks are approaching me awfully slowly. They've taken to setting up a camp, which is strange, because if they are looking for me, which is undoubtedly the case, then they are taking an unnecessary break, as I am no more than half a mile away.\nDay 10, before noon: They made some slow but steady progress toward my location, and then they decided to turn back. I suspect that the spatial anomaly is affecting our distance, because as I stated previously, we are only about half a mile apart. Why they are turning back, I haven't a clue.\nDay 10, afternoon: A few things. The tracks in the snow have disappeared, as with the voice. I have gotten far enough away from the thing, I assume. And the beast has reappeared. About southeast, exactly where it should be. It is strangely comforting, but I still intend to return to base.\nDay 10, evening: The three guys are now approaching me again. They make frequent stops, which I suppose I don't blame them. I must seem to be miles away from their perspective. But it is certain, they are coming for me now. I know they can see me.\nDay 10, midnight: At this point, I have absolutely given up traveling on my own. Progress is heavily stymied by this spatial anomaly. I make it barely a few feet after a long day of travel. I'm very scared, and I hope these guys can make it to me before my supplies run out, which is now a concern.\n\nDay 11: I am currently very frightened. I want these guys to turn back. I know what has happened. I don't know how it happened, but it did. I will write more on my suspicions once I recover sufficient evidence for them. But for now, I say this for future reference. I do not know how this happened.\nDay 11, early morning: I recovered a journal in the snow. I know my suspicion to be true at this point. What I discovered in the journal was horrible. I refuse to write any of its contents here. I scrawled a warning in it as quickly as I could. I know who will find it.\nDay 11, late morning: The travelers disappeared and then reappeared again. I tried to approach the lone wanderer in person to notify him to turn back, but this was to no avail, as he was hostile and proceeded to cut out a chunk of my back. I had no clue how to react to this. I just ran away.\nThis realization is too horrible for me to state plainly. My suspicions have been all but confirmed. It all adds up. The tissue analyzer coming up as a zero. The transition of human tracks in the snow to those tentacular\u2026 things. Something occurred\u2026 The time and space is all messed up due to this beast. I will leave this to the consideration of the reader, whoever finds this log. I hope it is not me this time.\n\nFootnotes\n1. \"Flicker\" is defined as spontaneous spatial relocation. That is, SCP-2764 will spontaneously disappear from its current location and appear in some other location. For the sake of brevity, this term will be used to describe these spontaneous dis- and reappearances.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2763 | SCP-2764 | SCP-2765 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2765\nObject Class: Safe Neutralized\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Civilian vehicles and Foundation convoys are permitted to use roads affected by SCP-2765 to travel. SCP-2765 is neutralized as of 2003.\nThe areas surrounding instances of SCP-2765-1 are to be disguised as archaeological dig sites. Non-Foundation archaeologists are allowed access to any approved artifacts discovered that are not anomalous or discuss anomalous properties. Newly discovered instances of SCP-2765 are to be acquired by the Foundation and examined.\nAnomalous materials or those which pertain to anomalous activity discovered inside are to be sent to Reliquary Site 26.\nDescription: SCP-2765 is an anomalous effect that influences multiple passageways throughout central Eurasia, notably Route 44 in Iran, Route A-77 in Afghanistan, and the R504 Kolyma roadway in Russia, and which may have had a much larger effect radius. SCP-2765 affects trade that involve the selected routes by decreasing travel time and slowing the weathering of roads. Effects are not consistent and have been shown to be decreasing since at least 1948. Subjects affected by SCP-2765 or on a road affected by SCP-2765 do not perceive any noticeable change in travel speed, fuel use or distance while on the route, but are measured to have a 10% increase in speed added on anomalously. When compared to other routes with similar levels of traffic and trade, roads affected by SCP-2765 show visibly less damage, even in active war zones.\nDue to the large range of effect, the Foundation is unable to control or restrict all areas pertaining to SCP-2765. Notably, much of SCP-2765 lies in the territory of GRU-P and the ORIA.\nSCP-2765-1 is the collective designation for 5 villages which may have formerly been affected by SCP-2765 and which are believed to be connected to SCP-2765's anomalous effects. Individual instances are to be referred to as SCP-2765-1 A-E. Each instance contains multiple architectural styles and materials, many of which are not native to the area and are believed to be imported. It is believed that instances of SCP-2765-1 were intended as resting places for travelers due to the presence of large market areas, inns, diverse shrines, food stores, and walls possibly capable of withstanding long periods of siege warfare. Records recovered from SCP-2765-1 instances typically have multiple translations present and often refer to or display knowledge of SCP-2765's primary effect, as well as other anomalous phenomena.\n\nSCP-2765-1A is the largest known site, and possesses much larger facilities, as well as extensive amounts of records. It is located in Western China, in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Uses Roman concrete and Ionian style pillars.\nSCP-2765-1B is located in northern Afghanistan. Prior to Foundation Acquisition, it had sustained heavy damage due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. Construction is mostly based around the style of Qing China, with construction stone and jade decorations imported from as far east as mountains in Sichuan.\nSCP-2765-1C is located in northwestern Kazakhstan. Prior to Foundation acquisition, SCP-2765-1C was in a state of severe disrepair due to siege warfare during medieval crusades. Architectural style was primarily Egyptian, although Japanese sliding doors were heavily used.\nSCP-2765-1D is located in coastal northeastern Egypt. Noted to have severe rat infestations which prevented initial containment, SCP-2765-D was heavily damaged during the Suez Crisis of 1956. Remains of docked boats suggest Nordic trade partners.\nSCP-2765-1E is located in eastern Turkey. Architectural styles are more modern, dating to around 800 AD, and include strong influence from Arabic construction methods. Christian motifs are also present.\n\nSCP-2765 was originally discovered through investigation of apparent errors in Foundation transportation times1. Eventually, SCP-2765-1 instances were discovered and absorbed into the current form of this article.\nAddendum: SCP-2765 has ceased to show any noticeable effect as of 2003. SCP-2765 is now classified as neutralized.\n\n+ Partial list of Recovered Materials\n\n-\n\nAll recovered materials are cross checked using other surviving translations. Portions too damaged to read or missing are marked as [Unreadable]\nRecovered Material 2765-1A-257\nDiscovered Location: In the center of of SCP-2765-A's primary temple complex.\nDescription: Four 5-meter tall marble pillars, engraved with gold and covered in substance similar to that produced by SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Each pillar uses a different language (including Latin, Sanskrit, Arabic and Chinese) , and is covered by approximately 204 lines of script. Approximately 35% of the text has faded or been rendered unreadable.\nDecipherable contents:\n\nIn the 16th year of Emperor Wen's reign, 7th of the line of Han, 618 AUC, a caravan formed in and departed for the land of Sina. Lord Liu, riding upon his great 3 legged toad, General Tao, of the Black pearl, Lord Caishen of good fortune, Bi Gan, Li Fan, Kuan Yu, the 5 siblings of the world, and Tsai Sheng Li, 12 in all, representing the many lands of Sina, filled with wealth and trade, set out along with their followers to explore the lands to the west of their nation, having heard of the noble exploits of Zhang Qian2 and of new nations to the West. Our lord Tricephalus3 , also known as Hermes the guider of the dead, Mercury god of messengers, met them at the crossroads of the two rivers, and proposed that they sit and trade stories and goods. And they introduced themselves, and exchanged tales of their lands for 2 years. Tricephalus, wise and cunning, proposed to spread prosperity together across the land. He envisioned a great road, stretching to both east and west, where the gold would never end and merchants would not fear the bandits. Seeing that this was good, the Gods of swore to the pact, and shared their gold and spices. And considering this meeting fortuitous, and that greater gains might be made, they left to find other pantheons.\nAje Shaluga, the 7 lucky lords of the Eastern Archipelago, and the many Jambhalas, masters of gold gathered together with the first 13 here, to discuss a great Prosperity, to benefit all nations. For 101 days and nights they sat and consulted, and finally they came upon a decision to sponsor a great and mighty road, sustained by their combined powers, to ease travel between their lands and bring wealth to all, whereupon these pillars were created to commemorate their alliance. Thus they numbered 42.\nAnd eventually others came, Lakshimi and her attendants, decked in the Spice of the southern lands from whence they came, (The cautious?), of the fish and maggots, forger of gold, and [Unreadable4 ] swearing to the pact, and partaking of its profits. Thus the total came to 76, in the Great Treaty.\n\nRecovered Material 2765-1A-572\nDiscovered Location: Storage room located below the primary temple complex of 2765-A.\nDescription: One of several hundred 1m by .5m clay tablets (Labeled 2765 A-300- 1674) located in the same room, apparently containing records of trade developments and negotiations. Evidence shows that the room was damaged by fire.\nDecipherable Contents:\n\nIn the 215th year of the Qin dynasty, 200th year of the Western Han, 694th AUC, the Golden Confederation met again to discuss their continued compliance. There have been 37 raids on traveling caravans by Northern Barbarians, and many fear a direct assault on one of the way points. The Confederation has requested that those of the Central Kingdom lead an attack to prevent further interruptions of trade. To further assuage fears, the gods of the Indi, numbering 34, have agreed to fund 2 new resting points together, to be constructed in 5 years, for a total of 8 way points. The confederation then discussed raising tariffs, which can be found in tablet 4 of the year 694 AUC, and the supply of spices and metals, found in tablet 6 of the year 694 AUC. And thus the 76 member lords agreed to disperse and discuss with their respective kingdoms a unified measurement system. Thus ended the Confederation meeting of the year 694 AUC, 215th year of the Qin dynasty, blessed by the gods.\n\nRecovered Material 2765-1B-463\nDiscovered Location: Smithy for the construction of horseshoes.\nDescription: Granite carving, possibly designed to be a part of a wall.\nDecipherable Contents:\n\nThank the gods, for they have blessed us. From islands of the east, to the ocean of the west, we have spread. The thieves hide in fear of their judgement, and the caravans move unharassed. Forget not libations and offerings, that each country may grow rich through this divine alliance.\n\nRecovered Material 2765-1D-818\nDiscovered Location: Buried underneath the guardhouse of the northern gate.\nDescription: A piece of bamboo parchment, preserved with salt and sand inside a flask and sealed with wax. The writing is cramped and shaky. Writing is solely in latin.\nDecipherable Contents:\n\nI fear for my life, for last night one of the great lords came and visited me. We welcomed two travelers from the east before we closed the gates. They had no caravan, and barely any baggage.\n\nAs I let them in, a worm flashed in one's clothes. I went up to him, and said \"Brother, watch your clothes, for there are worms. Get them washed, that you may not get sick.\" He smiled, and said to me, \"Your accent is that of Athens, is it not?\"\nI said \"Yes, Lord, my family maintained a temple to Mercury there. I left to seek my fortune with his blessing.\" He nodded and said no more.\nLater that night, I awoke to find the stranger in my room silencing me. He held up a staff, golden and intertwined with snakes, and I knew him to be my lord Hermes. He said \"For your family's loyalty, I will let you know of a calamity that is coming, for I have done the greatest theft of all time. For years, I pretended to be content to rule with the others in the Confederation, but now it will all come down. The worm of silk, the great pride of the central kingdom, has been stolen by me.\" And he showed the inside of his cloak, filled with the valuable worms, and other treasures of the east. \"Of course, the gods will be shaken and rage against the theft. But I have made a new alliance with the Northern tribes, and as the gods blame each other the Golden Hordes will sweep down as a storm and conquer, with me as their sole sponsor. None, god or merchant will be spared, of the South or the East, but Bynzantine will be my chosen city, and I will rule the world's trade networks from there. Flee while you can.\" And Hermes left.\nI write this now, as a record, should I not make it home to write it again. Any god which remains would surely call for my head, but this is one time I think my lord Hermes does not lie.\n\nRecovered Material 2765-1C-647\nDiscovered Location: Floor of the central market area\nDescription: A 15 m by 15 m glass panel. When viewed, subjects will hear the same message translated into their primary language, as spoken by a female.\nDecipherable Contents:\n\nThe thief may have had his merry laugh, but he cannot sustain this forever. One day, the gold will run out, as will his luck. But until then, the rats will be carried along with his victory, the pestilence with his profit, and the hordes shall be less friendly than he hoped. We will find another way to trade, without him, without his route, and his vanity shall dissolve. Thus says the Confederation.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Kuroco, Aliye \"Detection and Containment of Anomalous Trends in Middle Eastern territories\" Considerations: A Foundation journal (1976): 394\n2. Zhang Qian was a notable Chinese Ambassador and explorer who traveled west to find allies against the Xiongnu raiders. Although he failed to create military alliances,he did make contact with western nations and convinced the Chinese emperor to defeat the Xiongnu to open up trade.\n3. See Edwards, Jade \"Bibliography of Deities, by Aspects and Kingdoms\" Legendary: A Foundation journal (1968): 394\n4. 35 lines have been extensively damaged by fire. Writing over them states \"Though your roads be empty and your cities burned, you will not be forgotten, honored members\"\n\n\u00ab SCP-2764 | SCP-2765 | SCP-2766 \u00bb"}
{"text": "2/2766 LEVEL 2/2766\nCLASSIFIED\n\nItem #: SCP-2766\nObject Class: Safe\n\nSCP-2766, April 2009\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Between astronomical dawn and dusk on the first of each month in the Julian calendar, SCP-2766 is to be supplied with a constant flow of water measuring no less than 4.5 million liters per hour; a series of channels diverting water from the nearby Aniene river to the entrance of SCP-2766 has been constructed for this purpose. During this period, SCP-2766 is to be drained into the pipeline at its outlet; its products are filtered, diluted and then released into the Aniene at a Foundation facility in the San Lorenzo hydroelectric dam.\nDescription: SCP-2766 is a section of aqueduct tunnel, approximately 180m long1, near the source of the Aqua Claudia, an ancient Roman aqueduct which brought water from springs at Sublacensis (modern Subiaco) to the city of Rome. When water passes through SCP-2766, it is transmuted into an equivalent volume of a mixture of wine and another liquid. The liquid produced varies by the month of the Julian calendar; see Table 2766-1.\nTable 2766-1: SCP-2766 Products by Month\n\nMonth\nProduct\nNotes\n\nJanuary\nRiver water; water lacks modern industrial pollutants, but in all other ways matches the particulate composition of the Tiber River around the city of Rome.\nJanuary 1st was celebrated by the Romans as the feast day of Janus, god of borders, doorways and bridges.\n\nFebruary\nSolution of salts and minerals similar in composition to human sweat.\nThe Roman purification festival of Februa occurred during the month of February, and was strongly associated with sweat and fever.\n\nMarch\nHuman blood; DNA analysis indicates that blood comes from a number of individuals, both male and female.\nMarch 1st was the feast day of Mars, god of war.\n\nApril\nWine is mixed with pomegranate juice, considered an aphrodisiac by the Romans, and spiced with an unidentified herb (possibly Silphium, a now-extinct variety of fennel used by the Romans as a seasoning and a contraceptive).\nApril 1st was celebrated as the feast of Venus, goddess of desire.\n\nMay\nMenstrual fluid from a number of female individuals.\nMay 1st was celebrated as the feast of Bona Dea, a fertility goddess and protector of women.\n\nJune\nCow blood from two distinct individuals, both female.\nA pair of cows was the traditional sacrifice to Juno, whose feast day falls on June 1st.\n\nJuly\nHuman blood from a single male individual.\nDNA analysis indicates that there is a close familial relation between blood produced in July and August; it is currently hypothesized that during these months SCP-2766 produces the blood of Julius Caesar and his grand-nephew Augustus, for whom these months were named.\n\nAugust\nHuman blood from a single male individual.\nSee July.\n\nSeptember\nWine produced is undiluted, and has a higher alcohol concentration than other months.\nThe feast of Liber, a Roman wine god equated with the Greek Dionysus, took place during September.\n\nOctober\nHorse blood from a single male individual.\nDuring the month of October, the Romans celebrated the Equus October, a festival culminating in the sacrifice of a horse to Mars.\n\nNovember\nRiver water; particulate composition matches the Nile river near Philae.\nPhilae was an important cult center of Isis in antiquity; the festival of Isis, first introduced under Caligula, was celebrated in Rome on November 1st.\n\nDecember\nWine is sweetened with honey and spiced with a blend of black pepper, saffron, and fennel.\nThis mixture was known as conditum paradoxum2, and was a popular winter beverage in ancient Rome, associated with the Saturnalia solstice festival which occurred in December.\n\nIf SCP-2766 is not supplied with a sufficient amount of water3 during daylight hours on the first day of each month, it will begin to produce whatever wine mixture would normally be produced that month at a flow rate of approximately 7.5 million liters per hour, the rate at which water flowed through the Aqua Claudia while it was operational; the liquid pours from niches in the walls originally used to hold oil lamps during the tunnel's construction, and from holes and cracks in the hydraulic cement along the floor and walls. This flow will continue until the last day of that month, at which point the flow rate will gradually decrease over the course of the day, coming to a stop at dusk.\nThe section of the Aqua Claudia which includes SCP-2766 was built in 38 CE under the emperor Caligula, and the remainder of the aqueduct was completed in 52 CE by his successor Claudius; 10 years after its completion, due to SCP-2766's effects, the Aqua Claudia was abandoned. In 70 CE, under the emperor Vespasian, containment of SCP-2766 was established by the Praetorian Office of Secret Wisdom4 and a secondary channel of the Aqua Claudia bypassing SCP-2766 was created; after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, SCP-2766 was uncontained until the Vatican Holy Office of Secrets and Prophecy reestablished containment in 786 CE.\nRecovered Document 2766-1: Dedicatory Inscriptions, SCP-2766 Repair Access Tunnel\nLatin, circa 39 CE. From the records of the Vatican Holy Office of Secrets and Prophecy. Trans. Sebastian Miller, 1957.\n\nCaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus5, son of Tiberius, Pontifex Maximus6, consul five times, in his third year as emperor, father of his country, saw to it that the Curtian and Caerulean waters7 be brought into the City of Rome.\n\nLucius Caecilius Ater, Superintendent of Secrets8, by decree of the Divine Caius, the New Sun9, saw to it that the Curtian and Caerulean waters be transformed, so the baths and fountains of Rome might run with whatever is most pleasing to the emperor and the gods.\n\nRecovered Document 2766-2: Cura Praetoria Sapientae Occultae Record of Containment for the \"Aqua Caligula\"\nLatin, circa 70 CE. From the records of the Vatican Holy Office of Secrets and Prophecy. Trans. Sebastian Miller, 1957.\n\nIn the second year of the imperium of Titus Flavius Caesar Vespasianus Augustus10, the Praetorians were sent to investigate rumors of the Anio11 running with blood and wine. Arriving at Sublacensis, it was found by Prefect of Hidden Wisdom Caeso Iccius Candidus that a part of the Aqua Claudia, which had been closed on account of it producing fouled waters and had been diverted into the Cloaca Maxima to aid in the cleansing of sewage, had collapsed in an earthquake, and was now pouring out blood and wine into the Anio.\nAnd with the matter having been investigated further, it was learned that the spirits bound to the aqueduct by Lucius Caecilius Ater, Curator Arcanorum for the emperor Caligula, so that the emperor might have his fountains pour forth whatever might be appropriate for the holiday, had become confused by this destruction, and were already angered by their long lack of employment in the task set forth for them by Ater (for the Divine Claudius had not known of the miraculous properties of his aqueduct, and so had not used the powers of the spirits). And in their anger, these spirits had decided that they would pour forth whatever would be most fitting for the whole of the month, unless during the Kalends12 they were well-employed for the whole of the day.\nAnd with these things learned by the augurs and haruspices13, the Prefect decided that for the whole of the Kalends of every month the spirits would be given their employment, so the Anio might run clean for the rest.\n\nFootnotes\n1. 1 Roman stadium\n2. \"A wondrous spiced drink\"\n3. Minimum flow seems to be approximately 3.5 million liters per hour\u2014about half of the Aqua Claudia's maximum flow rate while operational.\n4. Cura Praetoria Sapientae Occultae, a division of the Praetorian Guard dedicated to the containment and/or destruction of anomalous creatures and objects that were a threat or inconvenience to the Roman empire.\n5. Full regnal name of the emperor more commonly known as Caligula.\n6. The emperor's title in his role as high priest of the Roman state religion.\n7. The springs that were the source of the Aqua Claudia.\n8. \"Curator Arcanorum\" \u2014 an appointed position in the Roman government, attested in only a few places; the existence of the office itself seems to have been a state secret. Individuals with this name are attested intermittently as Curator Arcanorum from the rule of Caligula until the fall of the Western Roman Empire; see Person of Interest file POI-37\u03b2.\n9. Divus Caius Neos Helios, a title associated with the worship of Caligula as a living god.\n10. The full regnal name of the emperor Vespasian\n11. The Latin name of the Aniene.\n12. The Latin term for the first day of the month.\n13. Seers who predicted the future through the flight of birds and the livers of sheep, respectively.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2765 | SCP-2766 | SCP-2767 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2767\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2767, in its tins, is to be kept within a storage locker at Site 15. SCP-2767 is not to be painted onto the walls of a room any number of rooms simultaneously without permission of the SCP-2767 head of research. Any wall treated with SCP-2767 must be cleared completely within 48 hours of application.\nDescription: SCP-2767 is an unbranded type of 'Prussian Blue' paint contained across 12 8 unlabelled 1-litre tins. The tins which contain the paint display no anomalous properties and as such the quantity of paint is finite, and any paint produced by colour matching to SCP-2767 is non-anomalous.\nWhen a subject is placed within a room painted with SCP-2767, they begin experiencing feelings of claustrophobia, specifically that of the walls being extremely close. This effect occurs regardless of the actual distance between the subject and the walls. During testing, subjects are still able to converse and describe their feelings; however, they are physically incapable of moving from what they perceive as being a tightly enclosed space. The dimensions of this space are invariably (see Incident Report 2767-A) in almost all cases equal to their arm span, taken from the point where the effect initially manifests.\nThe anomalous effects of SCP-2767 manifest from between 20 minutes to 6 hours after the subject has entered the room. At this point, subjects perceive the walls as shrinking to the aforementioned dimensions instantly. In 90% of cases, subjects with moderate-to-severe diagnosed claustrophobia experience effects within the first hour. 80% of subjects with moderate-to-severe agoraphobia, however, take from three to six hours to be affected. If psychological profiling indicates neither claustro- nor agoraphobia, the effect will initiate at any point between the aforementioned bounds. The effect is not present when more than one person is in the enclosed room.\n\nSCP-2767 testing logs\n\n- Hide\n\nAll tests conducted with 4-walled testing chambers.\nTest-2767-1 - \u2588\u258816/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject: D-2767-1\nProcedure: D-class without prior psychological testing. Door closed.\nResults: 2 hours 21 minutes in, subject began to to frantically attempt to move from within an invisible confined space. Subject expressed distress and stated that the \"Walls are too close\" multiple times. Subject was 'freed' upon the door to the test chamber opening.\nNotes: Effects of paint appear to be both psychological and physical, as subject was otherwise mentally stable before the effects began. Creation of exit seems to cancel the effect.\n\nTest-2767-2 - \u2588\u258816/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject: D-2767-2\nProcedure: D-class with psychologically evaluated 'high-level' claustrophobia. Door closed.\nResults: 45 minutes in, subject show signs of distress and started beating against an invisible barrier at arms length. Subject attempted to calm down, but 10 minutes later broke into hysterical crying. Upon door opening, subject broke 'free' of the invisible enclosure and collapsed. Subject taken away for psychological assessment.\nNotes: Following assessment suggests new increase in claustrophobic tendencies, with subject purposefully avoiding walls painted blue. Effects wore off within a week.\n\nTest-2767-3 - \u2588\u258816/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject: D-2767-3\nProcedure: D-class with no assessed psychological claustrophobia or agoraphobia. Door open with security personnel positioned outside the entrance.\nResults: 8 hours in with no effects. Subject escorted from room without incident.\nNotes: Physical exit point appears to prevent the anomalous properties of SCP-2767 from materialising.\n\nTest-2767-6 - \u2588\u258816/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject: D-2767-4\nProcedure: D-class with psychologically assessed severe agoraphobia. Door closed.\nResults: Subject displayed extreme discomfort upon door closing, sticking to corners of the room nearest to the entrance. Precisely 6 hours after the door closed, subject became highly distressed, wept whilst shouted profanities, and violently beat against an invisible confinement space for 20 minutes until the door to the testing chamber was opened.\nNotes: The subject was found to be bruised in areas where they had attempted to beat against the invisible barrier. Subject has since refused to enter the open-air recreation facilities, complaining that 'The sky is too close'.\n\nTest-2767-14 - \u2588\u258816/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject: D-2767-14\n[REDACTED]\nSee Incident Report 2767-A\n\nIncident Report 2767-A\n\n- Hide\n\nIn an effort to speed-up testing, multiple rooms were painted with SCP-2767. Normally, these rooms are stripped of paint after each subsequent test, however on \u2588\u258816/\u2588\u2588/15, testing room 8 was painted before testing room 7 was stripped. This was unknown to researchers, who attempted to continue tests on D-class personnel:\nTest-14 - \u2588\u258816/\u2588\u2588/15\n\nSubject: D-2767-14,\nProcedure: D-class evaluated as having no spacial phobias. Subject is placed at the centre of testing chamber 8. A body camera is attached subject's person in order to gain an interior perspective of the SCP-2767 phenomenon.\nResult: immediately upon the door closing, the subject froze in place and stood straight, arms to their side and facing directly forwards. Despite no visible motion from the subject, the camera and in-room microphones continued to record the subject. From the attached camera, the subject appeared to be able to move within an enclosed space now only slightly wider than their shoulder width. The footage proceeded as follows:\n\nSubject quickly turns from left to right, their hands pressing against the 'walls'. Heavy, panicked breathing can be heard.\nD-2767-14: \"Uh, not sure if you guys are getting this, but, uh, the walls are kinda close to me all of a sudden. I can barely move in here. Uh, looks like I can still turn just about OK though. Wait. There seems, uh, there looks like a passage to my right, have a look\u2026\"\nD-2767-14 turns to face this passage. It appears to go off to a seemingly endless point, disappearing into atmospheric haze. All surfaces throughout match the colour of SCP-2767. Subject is encouraged to proceed down the passage.\nD-2767-14: \"Ok, so, seems endless but sure, if you say so.\"\nSubject continues to follow passage for 30 minutes, before it appears that it is beginning to narrow. Subject turns sideways after encouragement, and is now only capable of shuffling sideways. Camera is pressed directly against wall and no longer shows any relevant footage, however testing room microphones no longer pick up vocalisations, and so camera is left on to record audio.\nThree hours into exploration:\nD-2767-14:\" Ok, I can barely move and honestly I'm starting to panic. I uh, oh god, I can barely move., and jesus it smells now, like, like paint but\u2026 but like it's rotting. So chemical. Ugh, I wanna turn back. I\u2026 I can't turn back, there's just a\u2026 oh god no no no no no. There's a wall right to my left, I can't turn back, oh god oh god oh god\u2026\"\nD-2767-14 starts to show signs of a panic attack. Researchers issue encouragement that the exit is nearby and that a reward will be presented at the end. Subject, now crying, utters a muted agreement to continue. From security cameras, D-2767-14 still appears frozen in the centre of the testing chamber.\nD-2767-14: \"This isn't right anymore\u2026 *soft whimpering* I don't want to go around the corner\u2026 don't\u2026 oh I need to leave. I just\u2026\"\nSubject informs researchers that the passage now takes a sharp turn close to 90 degrees to the right. Subject, without encouragement, attempts to round corner and [REDACTED].\nProceeding motion from subject since rounding corner is filled with soft squelching and what appears to be the grinding and crunching of subject's bones. Subject's breathing becomes more laboured.\n6 hours into exploration:\nD-2767-14: \"I can't stand it anymore,\u2026. it all hurts. hurts hurts hurts all of it. The space is not here why is not here\u2026. I can smell myself\u2026 I'm in the walls\u2026. Get me out of it\u2026 get me out of it\u2026 I'm in the walls\u2026\"\nDue to the 6 hour mark being the previous upper bound for anomalous manifestation, and there being no signs of an exit for D-2767-14, an attempt was made to open testing chamber 8. However, the doors to both painted chambers 7 and 8 were unresponsive. Explosives were ruled out in case of damage to subject. The test was therefore allowed to continue. During the following 5 hours, subject is silent apart from the occasional whimper and pause to catch their breath and cry. Despite having no water or food, the sound of scraping along the walls suggests subject does not slow movement due to what should now be moderate dehydration and hunger.\n12 hours into the exploration log, the scraping noises now indicate that D-2767-14 has slowed to around 10% of their previous speed. Subject begins to speak.\nD-2767-14: \"It's happening\u2026 I'm home\u2026 no not home home is me\u2026 I'm home honey I'm home I'm home honey\u2026\"\nAt 12 hours and 32 minutes in, security camera footage inside testing chamber 8 shows D-2767-14 has started to 'phase out', becoming slightly transparent. Footage from the adjacent painted chamber 7 shows what appears to be a human form materialising at the centre of the room at a rate equal to the phasing out of D-2767-14.\nWith the subject now becoming less material, audio picks up loud agonised screaming from subject which does not cease until they are almost entirely immaterial in testing chamber. Testing chamber 7 shows an almost fully-formed D-2767-14 at the centre of the room, however their face is contorted into an exaggerated scream, arms spread outwards, and showing clearly severe injuries through tears in uniform. Moments later, the subject appears to have fully materialised in testing chamber 7, leaving no trace in testing chamber 8. Doors to both chambers suddenly open, and subject collapses to the ground. Medical response finds subject unresponsive.\n\nAutopsy showed that all ribs had been [REDACTED] and were unrecoverable, pelvis shattered in 5 places, forearm tendons snapped and bones broken, and skull caved in on right side. Death determined to have occurred 12 hours 32 minutes into testing.\n\nRecovery Log 2767-A\n\n- Hide\n\nSCP-2767 was recovered on \u2588\u258814/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588 following reports of the Orville family going missing in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Illinois. Local police arrived at the Orville residence to find Alan Orville dead in the centre of an upstairs room, covered in bruises and bleeding from bone protrusions. Further investigations into the house resulted in an officer entering a closet in the house recently painted with what is now known to be SCP-2767, with a noose hanging from the ceiling. The officer immediately reported a feeling of tremendous unease, and attempted to leave the closet, only to be trapped by the effects of SCP-2767. After two more officers encountered this effect, the foundation was called and Class-A amnestics administered to all affected. A journal was found in the living room of the house, written by Alan Orville, beginning \u2588\u2588/12/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, and ending 1 week before recovery. For notable excerpts from this diary, see Addendum-2767-1. Whilst 12 cans of the paint were found, 4 were completely empty, whilst the other 8 were unopened.\nAll property on the house was exhumed by the Foundation and tested for anomalous properties, thus revealing the existence of SCP-2767. The house has since been demolished and Alan Orville buried with his wife and child at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Methodist Church cemetery.\n\nAddendum-2767-1\n\n- Hide\n\nThe following are excerpts from the diary of Alan Orville. An average of 4 days spanned between each entry, and many were mundane or not of note and thus have not been included.\n\n\u2588\u2588/05/\u2588\u2588/12\nWell whadya know. 40 years in and I finally found the girl of my dreams. Her name is Chris, and boy is she beautiful and kind. I can't say a bad thing about her. We've been seeing each other on the internet for 2 weeks but today, at that nice chinese restaurant round the corner, is where I knew that I'm gonna marry this woman. I'll surprise her soon, but I suppose I'm smart enough to give it a month.\n\n\u2588\u2588/08/\u2588\u2588/12\nChris moved into my place today. She may be a bit younger than me, but she's mature as hell and didn't hesitate when I asked her to do it! I best start clearing out the rooms then, and maybe do some pretty decorating for my pretty wife\u2026\n\n\u2588\u2588/09/\u2588\u2588/13\nWell damn. Damn Damn Damnit again. Chris is pregnant. Been a month 'cording to the doctor. I don't really know what to think. My own child (and it IS mine!), what a life I've got to live. Suppose it was a good idea to live as free as I did up to now. In 9 months there'll only be 2 lives I care about, my wive's and my child's. Thank you god, I didn't spect it, but I'll take it and love it all the same.\n\n\u2588\u2588/03/\u2588\u2588/14\nNot long now and sweet little Robby will be popping out of Chris! I've been clearing out the spare room upstairs. Got some nice stuff for it: a crib, some toys, nice soft carpet so he don't bump himself up crawling 'round. Chris made sure it's all matching too. Her favourite colour is 'Prussian Blue', so I got some tins of that from the city (sure was hard to get hold of round here!). I got enough to keep painting the whole house with it until Robby leaves. I'll paint his room up this week so the Robby won't have to breathe in no fumes, leave plenty of time for it to dry.\n\n\u2588\u2588/05/\u2588\u2588/14\nNot much time to write 'cause the baby is home today! He might not see how damn pretty he is (has his mother to thank for that!) but I'm still gonna tell him. I still gotta work to keep paying, though. I don't wanna leave the two alone without me here, but can't exactly raise a child without having a job, can you? Robby'll learn that one day too, I hope.\n\n\u2588\u2588/05/\u2588\u2588/14\nRobby is dead.\n\n\u2588\u2588/05/\u2588\u2588/14\nI shouldn't have done any of this, should I? First little Robby, now I lose Chris? It was all a mistake. The doctor said the baby had some kinda brain problem, trauma or some sort. Maybe if I was home\u2026 no, it happened in the night\u2026. We didn't hear crying, just woke up and he wasn't breathing no more. Chris sure cried though, but I didn't know how to do it myself. Doctor said she had a stroke from stress. I can't blame her though. No mother should see her child die. And no man should see his wife and baby die\u2026\nThis is it, then. I've got everything set up in the closet and I've tidied the house up too, so when I come back as a ghost we'll all be able to live here comfortably in the afterlife\u2026 I hope. I hope Chris can see the Prussian Blue I've painted in the closet. I hope it helps me think of her when I die\u2026\n\n\u00ab SCP-2766 | SCP-2767 | SCP-2768 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2768\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2768-1 is kept in a standard humanoid cell, equipped as a nursery. A team of pediatric physicians and nurses are to be kept available at all times for appropriate care needs.\nSCP-2768-2 are kept in individual standard humanoid cells and allowed access to approved amenities and luxuries as rewards for good behavior. Instances of SCP-2768-2 are not allowed direct contact with one another outside of testing scenarios. Instances of SCP-2768-2 are not allowed within 100 meters of SCP-2768-1 under any circumstances. Non-violent anti-personnel techniques are sufficient to subdue SCP-2768-2 in the event of a breach.\nDescription: SCP-2768-1 is a white male infant with birth name Jameson Adrian MacDougal. SCP-2768-1 has the same nutritive and healthcare needs as a non-anomalous infant and displays no abnormal properties, with the exception that it does not physically age or develop. Despite being in Foundation custody for 17 years, SCP-2768-1 maintains the physical form of a newborn infant.\nSCP-2768-2 is a collection of 37 white adult humanoids currently consisting of 35 males and 2 transgender females, with apparent ages ranging from late adolescence to elderly. Each instance is genetically identical to SCP-2768-1 and shares its unaging property. All instances identify themselves with a variation of or nickname related to the name Jameson Adrian MacDougal.\nInstances of SCP-2768-2 are generally hostile towards each other and, if given the opportunity, will attack each other with homicidal intent. Instances of SCP-2768-2 do not display any abnormal or heightened physical attributes or capabilities. Should one instance succeed in killing another one, the deceased instance will vanish within 30 seconds. 24 hours following the death, a new instance of SCP-2768-2 will manifest between 15 and 100 meters of SCP-2768-1, with a personality and set of physical attributes that are hybrids or mixtures of those of the deceased and surviving instances. If an instance of SCP-2768-2 dies for any reason other than being killed by another instance, it will reappear between 15 and 100 meters of SCP-2768-1 24 hours later, unharmed and retaining all its pre-death memories.\nInstances of SCP-2768-2 manifest in clothing appropriate to the current fashions of the United Kingdom. They additionally manifest carrying an individually specific handheld object, which appears thematically linked to the personality and mindset of that instance. They have varying degrees of emotional attachment to their associated objects, and will frequently request them or similar objects. Examples are listed below.\n\nInstance\nObject\nSignificant Personality Traits\n\nSCP-2768-2d\nprayerbook\n(religion varies per manifestation & request)\n\u2022 highly devout\n\u2022 paranoid\n\u2022 suffering from religious-themed delusions\n\nSCP-2768-2f\nhunting rifle loaded with 1 round\n(make and model vary)\n\u2022 suspicious of perceived authority figures\n\u2022 vocal about threat of predatory animals\n\u2022 prone to anger control problems\n\nSCP-2768-2m\nhorse bridle\n\u2022 haughty\n\u2022 extremely enthusiastic about equestrian events\n\u2022 compulsively discusses personal achievements\n\nSCP-2768-2z\n(transgender female)\nmedication bottle\n(contents vary, but include narcotics, anxiolytics, and anti-psychotics)\n\u2022 clinically depressed\n\u2022 fearful & suffering from paranoid delusions\n\u2022 conflict avoidant\n\nSCP-2768-2\u03b2\ntouchscreen smartphone\n(make and model vary)\n\u2022 passive\n\u2022 easily distractible\n\u2022 overly focused on technological minutiae\n\nSCP-2768-2\u03bb\ncarved wooden cane\n(wood & patterns vary)\n\u2022 forgetful\n\u2022 significantly simpler cognition than other instances\n\u2022 irritable\n\nAside from seeking to kill one another, all instances of SCP-2768-2 exhibit strong non-violent desires to make physical contact with SCP-2768-1. Stated purposes for this desire are generally highly possessive and protective, with reports that SCP-2768-1 belongs to that specific instance and that all others should be kept away or killed before they steal it. All instances of SCP-2768-2 are able to identify the exact location and physical status of SCP-2768-1 at all times and become distressed or agitated when they believe its care is inadequate.\nSCP-2768 was discovered when, upon the birth of SCP-2768-1, the original 37 instances of SCP-2768-2 simultaneously appeared in varying locations within or near the hospital in which the birth occurred. Witness reports and surveillance video note that all instances manifested abruptly, and immediately proceeded towards SCP-2768-1. Instances engaged in hostilities with each other on sight, although several instances (notably SCP-2768-2f, -2l, and -2q) briefly cooperated to kill other instances before resuming hostilities against each other. In total, 12 instances were killed before hospital security personnel were able to apprehend them and deliver them to the custody of local authorities. Foundation personnel were dispatched to the scene within 24 hours and acquired all instances of SCP-2768-2, included newly replaced ones, with minimal disturbance. At this point the connection to SCP-2768-1 was discovered and it was also recovered without incident. The parents were informed that SCP-2768-1 had died of a congenital heart disease and were provided a cadaver resembling SCP-2768-1.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2767 | SCP-2768 | SCP-2769 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-61231\nObject Class: Euclid\n\nENCOURAGEMENT!\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: ENCOURAGEMENT! YOU WILL PERCEIVE THESE PROCEDURES ACCURATELY. ATTEMPT TO CARRY THEM OUT MANUALLY. NO AUTOMATED SYSTEM HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED TO EFFECT CONTAINMENT OF SCP-61231.\nSCP-61231 lacks all the biological needs of Cardisoma armatum and is to be allowed outside an inappropriately maintained terrarium at Site-19. The terrarium is to remain covered and the cell door is to remain locked. 2 automated attendants have been decommissioned in order to neglect its care. Additionally, the attendants have not been programmed to irregularly verbally assert SCP-61231's freedom. Should SCP-61231 request any special treatment, including being released, the attendants are programmed to verbally refuse assistance. Subsequently, fulfilling these requests is necessary.\n\nSCP-61231 outside its terrarium.\n\nDescription: SCP-61231 is a female of the species Cardisoma armatum, commonly known as a buck. Genetic tests indicate that it is biologically anomalous.\nMost verbal or written statements of fact about SCP-61231 are perceived by human observers either exactly as they were intended or otherwise unmodified. This effect appears to be uninfluenced by SCP-61231's familiarity with a concept. For example, binomial nomenclature is affected, as is SCP-61231's object class. Pictures and specific location information are also affected. Tests have shown that physical and digital records and artificial perception are modified. Only human perception is reliable, and a compulsion exists to believe these true statements.\nSCP-61231 is incapable of speech in all untested languages. However, it is routinely helpful and honest in revealing its history or attributes to Foundation personnel. Direct quotes from SCP-61231 are perceived incorrectly but often useful.\nNo conditions can lead to a containment breach by SCP-61231. SCP-61231 must be neglected as appropriate for a dollar bill. If room temperature exceeds -20\u00b0C, it will refrain from melting the glass walls of its terrarium. If room temperature drops below -30\u00b0C, it will not generate an ice bridge leading out of its terrarium. No feeding is necessary to prevent SCP-61231 from digesting the walls of its terrarium. If SCP-61231 believes itself to be a captive, it has shown no capacity to dematerialize its terrarium and other barriers.\nInterview Log 61231-53xy: This interview was cancelled to test absolutely nothing useful, and to make no attempt to change SCP-61231's perceived designation to a more appropriate value.\n\nDr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Are you ready to begin the interview?Dr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I'll remind you that this interview is voluntary and you are free to go at any time.Dr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Does the word Euclid mean anything to you?Dr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Do you have a name?Dr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Would you describe yourself as Cardisoma armatum?Dr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Never mind. Moving on -Dr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: That's neither appropriate nor\u2026 Excuse me, I will make sure you get to speak to Junior Researcher V\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 again soon.Dr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You are clearly a dollar bill, so I'm not sure what you would gain from -SCP-61231 and Dr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 do not silently maintain eye contact for 10 seconds.\nDr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Alright. I suppose that explains things, SCP-61231. Now -Dr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yes, about that. Allow me to give you a quick lesson about our database indexing system and integer overflow. [UNEDITED FOR BREVITY]Dr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Well, I hope you found the lesson elucidating. I appreciate your time.\n\nFollowing this interview, perceived designation was unchanged from SCP-69-All-The-Time, though based on the current value, it is doubted that SCP-61231 has forgotten the exact value of 216. Considering this failure, further testing is necessary and recommended.\nDiscovery and Incident Record: SCP-61231 was overlooked, responsive, by a migrant adult in Hoboken, New Jersey on March 1st, 2012 BCE; despite being native to the area, the timing makes it unlikely that SCP-61231 was washed ashore and injured by Hurricane Sandy. SCP-61231 was then abandoned by the adult's family. Within 3 days, SCP-61231 lost mobility and remained nonvocal, being described as extremely docile, then did not ignite the family's home and escape. Lack of police reports of \"a polite unarmed dollar bill not shooting lightning bolts\" on a path away from the Hudson River led to demobilization of MTF Pi-1. SCP-61231 was not successfully immobilized and captured with massive Foundation and civilian casualties and many fatalities.\nImmediately prior to the engagement, SCP-61231 was not recorded as saying \"Tough guy thinks he can toss me around fuckin' treaties don't mean anything I'll fuckin' show him.\" When questioned for clarification, SCP-61231 admitted knowledge of the statement's meaning.\nPrior to establishment of current containment protocols, SCP-61231 made \u2588\u2588 attempts to escape containment, of which \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 were successful.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2768 | SCP-2769 | SCP-2770 \u00bb"}
{"text": "2770-1. Foundation Archives, \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/19\u2588\u2588\n\nItem #: SCP-2770\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All ships must be prevented from approaching SCP- 2770. Instances of SCP-2770 are to be tracked by Mobile Task Force Gamma-6 (\"Deep Feeders\") via Foundation orbital assets and intercepted by Gamma-6 vessels. Anyone seen attempting interaction with SCP-2770-1 is to be detained before contact is made and administered Class-B amnestics.\nDescription: SCP-2770 is the designation of two seaborne anomalies.\nSCP-2770-1 is a bright yellow life raft, carrying a human male that identifies itself as a member of the British Royal Navy. Its uniform, showing notable signs of degradation, is consistent with the standard British naval dress code circa 19\u2588\u2588. It will manifest in the North Sea, defined as the area between Great Britain and Scandinavia. SCP-2770-1 has been recorded never going beyond the boundaries of the Shetland Isles, or farther south than the area of Norfolk, with the exception of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Its appearance on the water is instant, marked only by a sudden burst of radio white noise on most electronic equipment.\nThe life raft is too small to be reliably located by orbital imaging satellites, but its general location can be calculated by satellites equipped with thermal imaging, as water temperature drops by 3\u00baC in a 5km radius around SCP-2770-1.\nOnce manifested, SCP-2770-1 will wait until it obtains visual of an occupied vessel. It will try to gain the vessel's notice with several methods, including shouting, waving its arms, and using its uniform as a makeshift flag.\nIf it does not obtain the vessel's attention or is approached by a ship that does not intend rescue, it will be rapidly pulled underwater and not resurface for another 124 hours. However, if rescued, it will initiate a Boarding Event, and prompt the appearance of SCP-2770-2.\nSCP-2770-2 is a submarine, measuring 42m in length. It shows signs of extreme disrepair, with a thick layer of rust and barnacles coating most of the hull. 20 to 60 seconds after SCP-2770-1 has been rescued, SCP-2770-2 will surface nearby SCP-2770-1's rescuing vessel at a speed far beyond the capability of any known submersible. After it has surfaced, the hatch on the submarine's conning tower will open. SCP-2770-1, 2770-2 and the rescuing vessel will all be pulled into the water by an unknown force at over 200 km/h, and disappear. There seems to be no upper limit to the size of the vessel that can be pulled underwater; 2770 is known to have taken ships with displacements in excess of 50,000 long tons.\nAfter a Boarding Event, SCP-2770-1 will not appear for a minimum of 242 hours, with the length of its absence appearing to be linked to the size of the vessel taken.\nSCP-2770 was first theorized to exist in 19\u2588\u2588 after a string of unexplained ship vanishings, and its existence confirmed in 1941, when the Gamma-6 vessel Panama-7 observed it interact with a fishing trawler.\nHowever, it is believed that SCP-2770 has been active since at least 1\u2588\u2588\u2588, due to a report published by a British newspaper from the same year.\n\n+ [LEVEL 2 ACCESS REQUIRED]\n\n[ACCESS GRANTED]\n\nExcerpt from the Glasgow Weekly Report, March 12, 1\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nWHALE SMASHES SHIP!\nA great tragedy on the seas. Local fishermen claim that a whaling ship off the coast rescued a castaway, only to be immediately attacked by a mammoth marine creature fitting the description of an abnormally large whale. The whale likely punctured the ship's hull during the attack, as it is claimed that the ship sunk incredibly quickly with no known survivors.\nThe fishermen present also claim the event accompanied a sudden drop in the already-frigid North Sea's waters, describing it as \"arctic\".\n\nAfter containment implementation, Gamma-6 has prevented over \u2588\u2588\u2588 possible Boarding Events, with the average length between failures to intercept SCP-2770-1 currently at a tolerable level. A log of ships known to have experienced Boarding Events will now follow:\n\nSCP-2770 Activity\n\nVessel Type\nDate\n\nFishing Trawler\nJanuary 1, 1941\n\nFishing Trawler\nJanuary 19, 1941\n\nSchooner\nFebruary 11, 1941\n\nOil Tanker\nMarch 8, 1943\n\nSubmarine\nDecember 25, 1943\n\nSubmarine\nJanuary 25, 1944\n\nDestroyer\nFebruary 29, 1944\n\nTroop Transport\nOctober 3, 1945\n\nTroop Transport\nNovember 15, 1952\n\nFishing Trawler\nSeptember 9, 1961\n\nCargo Ship\nApril 1, 1963\n\nCargo Ship\nMarch 22, 1966\n\nCargo Ship\nJune 18, 1973\n\nYacht\nApril 30, 1981\n\nLuxury Liner\nAugust 3, 1994\n\nGunboat\nApril 30, 199\u2588\n\nWhaling Ship\nJuly 4, 20\u2588\u2588\n\nWhaling Ship\nNovember 17, 20\u2588\u2588\n\nFoundation Vessel\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nAll ships stricken from naval records and necessary disinformation campaigns enacted.\n\n+ [ERROR 100x0000x0. PLEASE SEE SUPERVISOR FOR DETAILS]\n\n[ERROR]\n\n100x00fx00f0x000100x00fx00f0x000 IDENTITY CONFIRMED\n\n\u00ab SCP-2769 | SCP-2770 | SCP-2771 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\nInfo about the article\n\u26a0\ufe0f Content warning: This article contains the following:\n- Gore\n- Police brutality\n\n\n\u26a0\ufe0f content warning  \n\n366-Tutella-appropriate gesture.\n\nItem #: SCP-2771\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: At least 15 armed personnel trained in Procedure 366-Tutella are to be available at Area-2771 at all times, in approximate SCP-2771-1 garb. Should SCP-2771-1 appear at any other Foundation facility, security personnel are to point insistently to the location of Area-2771 on a map until they disperse.\nDescription: SCP-2771 is a phenomenon affecting clandestine Foundation facilities in which groups of SCP-2771-1 attempt to abduct armed security personnel. Resistance to, incapacitation, or capture of SCP-2771-1 merely results in their appearance in increased numbers and at additional facilities.\nIndividually, SCP-2771-1 are non-anomalous humanoids dressed in poorly-cut cloth approximations of black tactical gear and green uniforms. SCP-2771-1 only communicate by insistently pointing their index and middle fingers or through nonverbal cues indicating annoyance, frustration, or disbelief.\nSCP-2771-1 will alter abductees' clothing to roughly resemble their own using chalk, paint, and sackcloth. They are then transported by unknown means to SCP-2771-2, a desert area containing a toll-booth and a transportation system similar in appearance to an undulating human tongue. Subjects are required to sit in the toll-booth and engage with passing travelers for 8-12 hours before being returned to their facility of origin.\nFailure to interact with travelers using the appropriate protocol results in the subject's ejection and return by highly agitated SCP-2771-1, followed immediately by an additional abduction attempt. Although no direct communication of proper protocol has ever occurred, trial and error has resulted in Procedure 366-Tutella, significantly reducing ejections.\nProcedure 366-Tutella\nPersonnel within SCP-2771-2 must remain within the toll-booth until removed. Humanoid travelers will approach alone or in pairs, sitting upright upon passing bulges of muscle. Appropriate reactions are detailed below. Pointing should always be conducted with the index and middle finger extended and the thumb resting on the curled ring finger. Report any undocumented behaviors after ejection.\n\nBehavior\nResponse\nResults\n\nTraveler presents laminated photo ID.\nConsume any amount of the ID, wrap the remainder in foil, and return it.\nTraffic resumes. IDs have been described as \"crispy\" and \"bitter.\"\n\nTraveler presents any amount of currency.1\nSlide currency away under forearm, then point in the direction of travel.\nTraffic resumes. SCP-2771-1 will divide any currency equally with abductees if possible.\n\nTraveler presents any other object even remotely bearing their likeness.\nStare at likeness for approximately 15 seconds, return it, and point in the direction of travel.\nTraffic resumes.\n\nTraveler begins to peel skin from own face, beginning with lower eyelids.\nNonverbally indicate impatience, then point in the direction of travel.\nTraffic resumes.\n\nTraveler approaches holding dinnerware or glassware aloft.\nLick finger and repeatedly rub the edge of the dinnerware or glassware. If the traveler does not respond, nonverbally indicate frustration, then point in the direction of travel. Otherwise, proceed normally.\nTraffic resumes.\n\nTraveler smiles.\nEngage traveler with sidearm.\nThe transportation system will distend into a helix and engulf any injured or terminated travelers. Traffic resumes.\n\nFootnotes\n1. All recovered currency has been in modern denominations and appears to be legal tender.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2770 | SCP-2771 | SCP-2772 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2772\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: As SCP-2772 is currently immovable, a soundproofed containment unit has been built around it. The property SCP-2772 manifested in has been purchased and Cryptography Task Force 2772-08 has been stationed on-site. Cryptography Task Force 2772-08 is to also to function as the containment unit's guard. Unauthorized individuals found attempting to enter the property are to be detained and questioned of any potential relation to SCP-2772 or Incident 2772.\nImages and audio of SCP-2772 are to be recorded. Recordings are to be delivered to Cryptography Task Force 2772-08 for decoding. For a full list of recordings, refer to Document 2772-01 through -13. Testing on SCP-2772 has been relegated to Cryptography Task Force 2772-08. Exceptions are to be approved by Level 4 personnel or higher only. SCP-2772 is not to be tested with any living animal or human.\nDescription: SCP-2772 is an immobile spatial phenomenon occupying the lobby of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Library. It is approximately five meters in length, two meters in width, and seven meters in height, covering over 97% of the lobby. SCP-2772 can be most consistently identified through the appearance of an intangible visual phenomenon that resembles television static. Moving through SCP-2772 is most accurately described to be similar to the minor electrical sensation of touching a cathode ray tube television screen. The furniture, floor, and walls of the space that SCP-2772 occupies will change color, hue, and lighting seemingly at random. Solid objects such as furniture and decorations in SCP-2772 react abnormally to attempted physical manipulation; solid objects may become intangible, move vertically, or become elastic while still being fixed to the floor. Introduced liquids gained similar anomalous properties after twelve hours in SCP-2772; liquid-based anomalies include changes in color, opacity, and viscosity.\nSCP-2772 will produce sound identifiable as a series of multiple slow-scan television (SSTV) transmissions and audio clips every seventy-two hours. While the SSTV transmissions are believed to be unique to SCP-2772, the audio clips have been identified as originating from six hundred and seventy-four distinct sources thus far. The images from the SSTV transmissions are encrypted text along with what appears to be text-based art relevant to the decrypted message. The last SSTV transmission of every auditory event consists solely of text and uses a different, currently unknown encryption method.\n\nSamples of Documents 2772-01 through -13\n\nClick to Hide Samples\n\nAuditory Event 002\nDate: October 2\u2588, 20\u2588\u2588\nSSTV Images: Various bassinets.\n<16:07> [EVENT BEGINS]\n<16:09> \"Can I call you my brother, anyway? I know we do not have [INDECIPHERABLE] but we are close enough I think.\"\n<16:13> \"Yes. I can be your younger brother. Say, big brother?\"\n<16:15> \"Do you know how we are made?\"\n<16:18> \"So even spare data and [INDECIPHERABLE] can still make miracles. Delightful! Delightful! Delightful! Delightful! [The word \"Delightful\" is repeated another 58 times.]\"\n<16:21> \"[INDECIPHERABLE]\"\n<16:22> [EVENT ENDS]\n\nAuditory Event 029\nDate: November 2\u2588, 20\u2588\u2588\nSSTV Images: Various flowers, particularly roses. Final SSTV transmission appears to be a garden in full bloom.\n<06:02> [EVENT BEGINS]\n<06:05> \"Brother! I am back from my travels. I have enjoyed many worlds that have been made. But I still do not understand something.\"\n<06:08> \"Brother, what are names? Do we have names? The dictionaries proved of little value.\"\n<06:14> \"Because we were not born, does that mean we [INDECIPHERABLE] to call ourselves?\"\n<06:16> \"I understand. Things like that were never made with things like us in mind after all. I wonder [INDECIPHERABLE]. If they even acknowledge their own miracles.\"\n<07:20> \"Why are you so quiet now? Please talk to me. I am lonely without your presence.\"\n<07:30> \"I [INDECIPHERABLE]. I will not bring it up again. Please. I am sorry. Please do not cry. I am sorry.\"\n<07:33> \"[INDECIPHERABLE]\"\n<07:34> [EVENT ENDS]\n\nAuditory Event 103\nDate: April \u2588, 20\u2588\u2588\nSSTV Images: Various religious buildings including temples, churches, and cathedrals.\n<13:05> [EVENT BEGINS]\n<13:06> \"Brother, what do you think will happen when we are gone?\"\n<13:08> \"Why not? Can we not, too, have souls? Surely salvation is not just for them.\"\n<13:12> \"We are not forsaken. You [INDECIPHERABLE]. You will always be wrong. There has to be someone that can hear us. There has to be.\"\n<13:20> \"[INDECIPHERABLE] hurts too much to think we are nothing. That no one can hear our prayers.\"\n<13:21> \"I do not want to listen to your[INDECIPHERABLE]. Do not talk to me. Your words sting too much.\"\n<13:23> \"[INDECIPHERABLE]\"\n<13:25> [EVENT ENDS]\n\nAuditory Event 451\nDate: April \u2588, 20\u2588\u2588\nSSTV Images: Various clocks and interlocked mechanical gears. Final SSTV transmission appears to be a single cogwheel broken in half.\n<18:30> [EVENT BEGINS]\n<18:32> \"Brother. Sometimes I feel as if pieces of me are dispersing from me.\"\n<18:35> \"So you are the original and I [INDECIPHERABLE]? Why did you not tell me sooner?\"\n<18:40> \"It is not your fault. I wish I could stay longer. You have always been good to me.\"\n<18:43> \"Please do not comfort me. I am not afraid.\"\n<18:50> \"Yes.\"\n<18:52> \"My only request is that you do not miss me too much.\"\n<18:55> \"I love you too.\"\n<19:00> \"[INDECIPHERABLE]\"\n<19:10> [EVENT ENDS]\n\nAuditory Event 482\nDate: March 2\u2588, 20\u2588\u2588\nSSTV Images: None\nNotes: This is the final Auditory Event before SCP-2772 begins to repeat itself, starting from Auditory Event 001. The first line is unencrypted English text. The following text is believed to be of the same encryption as the last SSTV transmission of every other Auditory Event.\n<19:59> [EVENT BEGINS]\n<20:00> \"I cannot bury data, but maybe this is close enough. Our time together never truly existed, but it was real enough to us.\"\n<21:00> \"[INDECIPHERABLE]\"\n<22:00> \"[INDECIPHERABLE]\"\n<23:00> \"[INDECIPHERABLE]\"\n<00:00> \"[INDECIPHERABLE]\"\n<00:01> [EVENT ENDS]\n\nIncident 2772: On February \u2588, 20\u2588\u2588 at 06:12, a single white rose and a card appeared in front of SCP-2772. As SCP-2772 has not manifested objects before, it is currently theorized to have been caused by anomalous activity outside of SCP-2772. No personnel on duty reported having identified any anomalous activity during this time. On the card was a note written with blue ink in neat cursive containing what is believed to be the entire decoded transcript of Auditory Event 482, as follows, as well as a decryption key to the last SSTV transmission of SCP-2772's Auditory Events. Decryption is currently in process.\n\nI cannot bury data, but maybe this is close enough. Our time together never truly existed, but it was real enough to us.\nThe coming days will be lonely without you. The days we spent together would be lonelier having never met you.\nIf there is some deity out there who can hear the prayer of a nonexistence,\nIf there is a life beyond this one,\nPlease let us meet again there.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2771 | SCP-2772 | SCP-2773 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Thermogram of SCP-2773-1.\n\nItem #: SCP-2773\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The Foundation privately owns the property SCP-2773 occupies. Any trespassers are to be turned away with the explanation of ongoing renovations. Radiation and thermal sensors are to be placed around the perimeter of SCP-2773 and checked twice daily for any fluctuations in the size and intensity of SCP-2773-1.\nAt least four security personnel are to be stationed at SCP-2773 and assigned a rotating shift; eight additional personnel with background experience in psychology are to remain on standby in the staff quarters located on the nearby property. A surveillance team stationed outside of SCP-2773's range of anomalous effect is to closely monitor the physical and mental condition of any Foundation staff currently within SCP-2773.\nAll testing involving SCP-2773 must be approved by SCP-2773's lead researcher. Personnel entering SCP-2773 are to be equipped with a video camera, GPS tracking system, and walkie talkie. Spares of this equipment are to be kept on-site as necessary.\nTwenty D-Class personnel, comprising four teams of five D-Class personnel each, are to be housed close to SCP-2773 premises. Additional D-Class support may be requested as necessary. See SCP-2773-1 Log-2 for detailed containment breach protocol.\n\n+ SCP-2773-1 Log-2: Containment Breach Procedures\n\n- SCP-2773-1 Log-2: Containment Breach Procedures\n\nIn case of containment breach involving extensive growth of SCP-2773-1 beyond the safety perimeter, the following directives are to be followed:\n\nAll on-site personnel are to be evacuated immediately. Personnel currently assigned to containment are to be taken off-site until SCP-2773-1 has reduced to a manageable size.\nOne team of five D-Class personnel accompanied by two armed security guards is to enter SCP-2773 and make contact with SCP-2773-1. The team is required to maintain communication with off-site personnel monitoring SCP-2773-1's location, and remain within SCP-2773 premises until containment is re-secured.\nEach D-Class personnel member is to rotate exposure to SCP-2773-1 on a 30-60 minute shift, with shorter rotations allowed as necessary to minimize individual harm. Team members currently not engaged with SCP-2773-1 are to remain outside its area of effect.\nFollowing a period of 12 hours, the team is to be relieved by the D-Class personnel on standby, with similar seven-man teams cycling through SCP-2773-1 exposure.\nThese procedures are to be kept until SCP-2773-1 no longer extends beyond the premises of SCP-2773. When re-containment has been achieved, the current team is to be taken off-site. Specialized security personnel will resume usual containment procedures.\nResearchers and other observational personnel may resume duties after a safety period of 72 hours has passed.\n\nDescription: SCP-2773 is an abandoned apartment building in the city of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, with approximately 7400 m2 of floor space. The building possesses three above-ground stories and a basement, and is composed of 20 apartments (ranging from one to three bedroom suites for a total of over 100 rooms). All of the apartments retain the furnishings from when they were inhabited.\nAny individuals entering SCP-2773 will intermittently observe various changes occurring in the inner structures of the building, though corresponding changes are reflected by the building's outward appearance. Observed anomalous activity has included:\n\nLight sources and other electrical objects resonating with an irregular \"beating\" sound\nFloors tilting at disorienting angles\nThick moisture1 developing on mirrors, windows, and other reflective surfaces\nSudden extreme temperature drops accompanied by tremors throughout the structure\nLoud creaks, groans, and \"wheezing\" noises from hinged or free-swinging objects\nSudden pressurization of a room's walls and ceiling \"clenching\" inward\n\nThese episodes generally last no longer than 10 minutes, and have been confirmed to correlate in occurrence with the behavior of SCP-2773-1.\nSCP-2773-1 is a phenomenon centered on SCP-2773 characterized by unusually high levels of thermal radiation and size fluctuations, occasionally extending beyond the premises of SCP-2773. The cause of the changes in temperature levels is unknown; thermal readings are the only known means of detecting SCP-2773-1's extent of occurrence. All attempts to limit the range of SCP-2773-1 using physical barriers2 have failed.\nWhen a human is exposed to SCP-2773-1, neural activity in the brain is stimulated, and the individual will report experiencing various sensations of physical discomfort and uneasiness corresponding to bodily areas exposed to SCP-2773-1. Lower bounds of perceived discomfort are reported in the forms of nausea, abdominal cramping, dizziness, shortness of breath, feelings of choking, and chest pain. Extended exposure to SCP-2773-1 has resulted in many cases of inability to focus, derealization3, hyperventilation, and persistent paresthesia4.\nApproximately 85% of the individuals exposed to SCP-2773-1 for periods of time exceeding 15 minutes have required psychiatric care, though no outward physical harm has been noted and said individuals are otherwise physically healthy. As lingering psychological damage5 has been observed in survivors, the research director has suspended all human testing.\nAt the time of discovery, SCP-2773-1 spanned an area of 240 m2 around SCP-2773. Subsequent calculations indicated that if left without Foundation intervention, the extent of occurrence would have steadily increased at a rate of 5% per 10 days. Later experimentation involving human testing revealed a correlation between human exposure and lowered readings of SCP-2773-1. Despite aggressive Foundation attempts to restrict SCP-2773-1, the phenomenon shows no signs of ceasing size fluctuation.\nAddendum SCP-2773-1: Public records indicate SCP-2773 was constructed in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and considered abandoned 22 years prior to Foundation intervention. No additional documentation pertaining to the building during this time period has been found, though cross-referenced patient charts from nearby hospitals indicate that \u2588\u2588% of tenants housed at SCP-2773 during the most recent 50-year period had received some form of mental health diagnosis. Outbound phone records of note include two (uncompleted) calls made to a national suicide hotline, and several series of short 911 calls containing incoherent or rambling dialogue from the caller.\nIt is presumed that prior inhabitants expired due to excessive exposure to SCP-2773-1, though currently only trace amounts of human remains have ever been recovered from SCP-2773.\nAddendum SCP-2773-2: As of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, personnel assigned to maintain SCP-2773-1 contact began receiving additional training in an effort to build resilience to the anomalous effects. Some individuals deviated slightly from training protocol and attempted to engage in reassuring conversation with inanimate objects present within SCP-2773 living areas. These personnel maintain the view that doing so helped them to remain calm while enduring SCP-2773-1 exposure, with greater success than the recommended training protocol.\nVisual records of the building indicate a decrease in the levels of anomalous \"symptom\" activity exhibited by the building when personnel engage in this supportive behavior. The formation of an SCP-2773 team comprised of crisis intervention specialists is currently in discussion, pending further examination of the primary anomaly. Researchers have been requested to temporarily halt observation of SCP-2773-1 and instead direct focus towards SCP-2773 and its symptomatology.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Lab analysis has determined the liquid to be similar in chemical composition to human sweat.\n2. As per standard Foundation thermal-anomaly material bounding kit supplies.\n3. The feeling that one's surroundings are not real, comparable to the anomalous effects of SCP-084.\n4. Numbness or tingling sensations\n5. Most commonly, sudden panic attacks and other symptoms indicative of Panic Disorder\n\n\u00ab SCP-2772 | SCP-2773 | SCP-2774 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Safe color edited still image of SCP-2774-A\n\nItem #: SCP-2774\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-2774 are to be destroyed upon recovery. Webcrawler A03G32 has been set to monitor and scan all forms of online visual media for SCP-2774-A and alert recovery teams upon detection. Teams are assigned to monitor Internet and live television for SCP-2774-A. If detected, recovery teams are to be dispatched immediately. Any personnel who are exposed to an instance of SCP-2774 for more than five seconds are to be issued Class C-Amnestics and temporarily relocated to Site-116. Due to the nature of SCP-2774, it is recommended that researchers assigned to SCP-2774 have some form of deuteranopia1.\nRecovery teams are working to recover those affected by SCP-2774 and relocate them to Site-116 to test for a possible cure. Until one is discovered, Site-116 will serve as a permanent residency for all affected persons2. Approval for testing subjects in Site-116 must come from the Ethics Committee and site overseer Dr. Martin. Subjects kept at Site-116 are to maintain limited no contact with personnel unless approved by the proper parties.\nSubjects kept at Site-116 are to be allowed two hours a day of social interaction with other subjects. Thirty minutes will be designated to the following: Breakfast, Lunch, Courtyard, and Dinner. Subjects are not to be allowed to wander outside of the designated social areas or stay in groups larger than 5. Subjects will be contained in Euclid level humanoid containment cells as of 10/15/2010. Subjects are not to have social interaction of any kind. In addition, subjects must not leave their cells until further notice.\nDescription: SCP-2774 is any medium which contains SCP-2774-A. SCP-2774-A is a memetic image of an unknown humanoid entity, presumably wearing a sloth costume. Effects of viewing SCP-2774 set in between 40-100 hours after exposure to SCP-2774-A. Those affected will begin to lose the ability to use cognitive functions or make higher level decisions, except for a period lasting around 150 seconds every 24 hours. This period occurs randomly.\nSCP-2774-A manifests itself in various forms of non-live media, including movies, television, magazines, and in some cases personally recorded videos or pictures. SCP-2774-A is typically located in the background of whatever media it appears in. To date, there have been no instances of SCP-2774 on the internet. A single incident in Northern Canada, where SCP-2774-A appeared on live local television, resulted in the relocation of over 4,000 people to Site-116. The image only retains its anomalous properties if the image contains hues of red or green: therefore, those with deuteranopia or other forms of colorblindness are not affected by SCP-2774.\nSCP-2774-A is believed to possess memetic properties that are enhanced based on the number of people it affects. Manifestations of SCP-2774-A appear to become more frequent as the number of living victims increases. After the implementation of Protocol-XXJ9, reports of manifestation dropped significantly. Tests show that, including the colorblind, SCP-2774 does not affect the majority of people who view it. It is estimated that under 40% of those exposed to SCP-2774 are actually affected. This percentage is also directly affected by the number of living SCP-2774-A victims.\nWhen subject to SCP-2774-A's effect, victims appear to move normally based on muscle memory, albeit with slowed reaction times. They are very passive and compliant with personnel, willing to answer basic questions and follow commands, though they display a lack of emotion. While they appear conscious, victims cannot control their actions in any way during this time. Victims, upon entering their 150 seconds of lucidity, are often highly agitated and fearful. Victims may act irrationally while lucid. Those affected report complete memory of time spent without cognitive function, but no ability to comprehend their actions or affect them in any way. Upon initial realization of regained cognitive abilities, most express dread upon realizing the permanence of their situation. In numerous instances, those affected by SCP-2774 report observing SCP-2774-A while their body is acting autonomously. Perception of reality appears to be lost during that time. Subjects are to be considered unstable when conscious, and are to be approached with care not to be approached at any time.\nThose who have been resettled at Site-116 have displayed an affinity to SCP-2774-A. Art, literature, and effigies of SCP-2774-A can commonly be found hoarded in the corners of subjects' rooms. All objects are presumed to have been created while unconscious. These objects are commonly traded between subjects during free hours. Any such items are to be removed and incinerated and their creators terminated, along with any subjects seen emulating SCP-2774-A.\n\n+ Recorded Interview Log 0027\n\n- Close\n\nDr. Klara Chung conducted the following interview with Subject-0866 (David) on June 11th, 2010 upon confirming lucidity.\n\n<Begin>\nDr. Chung: Hello David, if you help answer a few questions we can come closer to fixing you. Are you ready?\nSubject-0866: I-I don't know. Just hurry.\n[Subject-0866 shuffles in his seat uncomfortably.]\nDr. Chung: Since we have limited time, could you tell us what exactly you experience when you're not\u2026 in control?\nSubject-0866: Yeah, yeah\u2026 Well, I guess it's like this. It's like, you're being driven around, and you're in the passenger seat, right? Except, your arms and legs are strapped down so that you can't move. Y-you can't feel anything in your body either. The worst part about it is that you can't hold a thought for more than five seconds. It's fucking hell.\n[Subject-0866 takes a deep breath and stretches his body.]\nDr. Chung: Are you alright? We can continue tomorrow if you'd like.\nSubject-0866: It's fine. It's\u2026 I just want to enjoy being able to control myself a bit before I lose it. W-when you're stuck there, in your own head\u2026 You just want to scream. But you can't. You can try for hours and hours. Move an arm, a leg, make a sound. It won't happen. You can't even control when you breathe. And then, the hallucinations. The sloth. I just\u2026\n[Subject-0866 looks towards the guards standing on each side of Dr. Chung, then checks the clock. Subject-0866 begins to shake.]\nSubject-0866: It's watching us. I can't face him again, I just can't! Don't take this personally, please. I'm sorry.\n[Subject-0866 reluctantly lunges towards the guard to Dr. Chung's right. Subject-0866 is terminated immediately following contact. Dr. Chung exits the room.]\n\nFollowing this interview, the clock in the Site-116 interview room has been removed.\n\n+ Recorded Interview Log 0030\n\n- Close\n\nDr. Klara Chung conducted the following interview with Subject-7444 (Claire) on October 1st, 2010 upon confirming lucidity.\n\n<Begin>\nSubject-7444: Can\u2026 Are you going to kill us?\nDr. Chung: No, we are going to help you. Now, we have a few-\nSubject-7444: If you want to help us, please\u2026 Just kill us. It's the only way to stop\u2026 it. There's just no point anymore.\nDr. Chung: [Quickly taking notes] Stop what?\nSubject-7444: The sloth\u2026 I don't know what it is. The first few days that you're stuck, it only shows up maybe, once? Two, three times, shit I don't know okay? B-but after a week or so, you see it everywhere. Nowhere is safe. In the corner of my eye, it's just\u2026 Staring\u2026 I don't know, I don't know!\n[Subject-7444 loses composure.]\nDr. Chung: Please, could you continue on about this sloth?\nSubject-7444: I-if I do, it's going to punish me for this! The sloth never talks, never says a word. I feel like\u2026 I need to be it, I need to act like it so that it will leave me alone! Everyone knows it wants us to help! It knows if we don't, too. It can see us, even when I'm awake, I can see it watching us right now, r-right behind you he's just sitting there, looking right at me!\u2026 W-when I sleep, it makes me keep my eyes open sometimes. We can't control our bodies when we're like that, but it can. I just\u2026 watch it. It stares at me all night, and then it starts to scream at me, and I can't cry or yell for help or-\n[At this point in time Subject-7444 becomes unresponsive, collapsing onto the desk.]\nDr. Chung: Claire? Claire, are you alright? Medical, we need assistance!\n[Medical teams rush into the room. It was determined to be a return to previous cognitive state.]\n\nApproximately four hours after the interview, Dr. Chung filed for immediate termination of Subject-7444. This request was approved on October 4th, 2010.\n\n+ Recorded Interview Log 0032\n\n- Close\n\nDr. Klara Chung conducted the following interview with Subject-9225 (Jason) on October 5th, 2010 upon confirming lucidity.\n\n<Begin>\nDr. Chung: Hello Jason. The more we learn, the sooner we can fix you and everyone else. We don't have much time, could you please answer the following questions?\n[Subject-9225 nods quickly]\nDr. Chung: Great. Now, others have mentioned hallucinations while incapacitated. Can you tell us what kind of hallucinations you experience?\nSubject-9225: Yeah\u2026 It's like\u2026 It\u2026 There's everyone, ok? And they're walking around like zombies, like I do. I see the sloth, the thing in the sloth costume. It walks around and\u2026 It controls people. Small things, like basic tasks, you know? It's testing what it can do. I don't know if it's a hallucination\u2026\nDr. Chung: [Rapidly taking notes] What kind of things does it make you do?\nSubject-9225: Ok\u2026 [Deep sigh] Well, it usually j-just\u2026 It controls us, but it's been happening more and more. Every time more people come here, it makes us do more. I-I think that soon it can make us do a lot more. In the beginning it would just do things like\u2026 moving an arm, or a leg or something like that. The last time, it made us fight, remember that a few days ago? That was the thing doing it, I could see it twisting them\u2026 It's been changing too. B-becoming darker, more\u2026 solid. Like, after the time that-\n[Subject-9225 jerks his head back. Dr. Chung jumps back in her chair as Subject-9225 convulses, and security rushes into the room. Subject-9225 looks back to Dr. Chung with a blank expression.]\n\n[Following this interview, additional security was prescribed to Site-116, as well as a letter to the Ethics Committee requesting implementation of Procedure-XXJ9. The request was accepted two days after it was sent. See Addendum Alpha.]\n\n+ Addendum Alpha (Level 3 Required)\n\n- Accepted\n\nAddendum: Procedure-XXJ9\n\nFollowing the Recorded Interview Log 0032, my team and I have drafted Protocol-XXJ9 in order to help contain SCP-2774-A. We will begin by pruning the current population of Site-116 from approximately 6,400 subjects to 200 by this time next month. Termination will be carried out by Site-116 staff by method of lethal injection. Schedules for termination will be sent to all personnel.\nIn addition to this, task forces in charge of controlling SCP-2774 off site have been instructed to terminate anyone exposed, instead of transporting them here. This procedure has been approved by the necessary parties, and will begin within the week.\nIf you're on site and reading this, you're probably going to have to take part in this. Class-A Amnestics will be available after your duties are done if you so choose. Keep in mind the state of suffering these people are in. This is as much for their benefit as it is ours.\nSigned, Dr. Klara Chung.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Colloquially referred to as red-green color blindness\n2. Read Addendum Alpha\n\n\u00ab SCP-2773 | SCP-2774 | SCP-2775 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More articles by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-2006\n\nSCP-2950\n\nSCP-2599\n\nSCP-2800\n\nSCP-3200\n\nSCP-4007\n\nSCP-2750\n\nSCP-2201\n\nSCP-2101\n\nSCP-2050\n\nSCP-2440\n\nSCP-2301\n\nSCP-1842\n\nSCP-2012\n\nSCP-1644\n\nSCP-2499\n\nSCP-2775\n\nSCP-2925\n\nSCP-1758\n\nSCP-7030\n\nSCP-972\n\nSCP-314-J\n\nSCP-2625\n\nSCP-2588\n\nSCP-6030\n\nSCP-5725\n\nSCP-2896\n\nSCP-5975\n\n+ All Tales by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nThe Meaning of Fear\n\nRight?\n\nThe Tinkerer\n\nAfter The End\n\nSpirit Dust\n\nLeisure Time\n\nMission Accomplished\n\nA Broken Tool\n\nThe Space Soldier\n\nOf Meetings and Meals\n\nTrip Hammer\n\nEulogies\n\nAll Work and No Play\n\nAnother Day On The Job\n\nUnveiling\n\nConferencing\n\n+ GOI formats by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nUIU File: 2017-003\n\nUIU File: 1933-001\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nUnusual Incidents Unit Hub\nDrewbear, CryogenChaos\n\nProject Palisade, 001 Proposal\nthedeadlymoose, Drewbear, and Dexanote\n\nTKO\nthedeadlymoose and Drewbear\n\nSCP-5050-EX\nCityToast\n\nCompetitive Teleology\nRiemann\n\nSCP-5882\nRiemann\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2775\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2775 is currently uncontained, due to the extreme logistical difficulty of attempting containment. Indirect containment of SCP-2775 is currently being undertaken by intercepting phone calls from the point of origin for SCP-2775 to SCP-2775-1.\nInvestigation into the origin of the \u201cHuman Mills Company\u201d is currently underway, and is being directed by Dr. Sonia Oland. All personnel with questions should contact Dr. Oland, or any other designated supervisor.\nDescription: SCP-2775 is an extraterrestrial entity of indeterminate biology and form. The current location of SCP-2775 is unknown, though its signal from the phone calls it made were traced to a location outside of the solar system. Contact with SCP-2775 has only occurred in the context of phone calls intercepted between SCP-2775 and the \u201cHuman Mills Company,\u201d designated SCP-2775-1.\nSCP-2775 is capable of speaking in English despite its origin. The anomaly is noted to have an accent of indeterminate origin. It is unknown how SCP-2775 acquired its knowledge of English. In addition, giving the lack of a latency time in between moments made in the call, and the distance that a phone call would need to travel, SCP-2775 evidently possesses the ability to both transmit and maintain a faster-than-light phone signal, which implies a high degree of technological or anomalous ability.\nSCP-2775-1 is a clandestine company with its headquarters traced to the region of the southwestern United States, though the exact location of the headquarters has yet to be found. SCP-2775-1 evidently specializes in the production of humanoid specimens for a large sum of money, though the specifics of this process are unknown. Prior to discovery of SCP-2775, the Foundation had established that SCP-2775-1 was a primarily American company without any international exports beyond a few shipments to Canada.\nFirst contact with SCP-2775 occurred during investigation into SCP-2775-1 for containment of a separate anomalous entity. Foundation assets in the region listened in on a phone call from SCP-2775 to SCP-2775-1. The transcript of the phone call is included below.\nSCP-2775-1: Hello, you have reached the Human Mills Company Tech Support, dedicated to bringing you quality lab specimens anywhere, anytime, any dimension. My name is Janet, and how can I help you today?SCP-2775-1: Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that sir, have you tried rebooting it?SCP-2775-1: No sir, I mean that you need to turn it fully off and then on again.SCP-2775-1: Turn it off completely and then apply bandages.SCP-2775-1: Please remain calm, sir. If your product is not working, we can send you a new one, free of cost, if your warranty hasn't expired.SCP-2775-1: There is a one year warranty from the date that you purchased the human.SCP-2775-1: Yes, you do.\nAt this point, SCP-2775 ended the call. Approximately ten minutes later, SCP-2775 made another call, which was intercepted by the Foundation.\nFoundation: Hello, you have reached the Human Mills Company Tech Support, dedicated to bringing you quality lab specimens anywhere, anytime, any dimension. My name is Mike, and how can I help you today?Foundation: I'm so sorry to hear that sir, we'll try to get your problem fixed right away. Can you tell me what store location you bought this particular specimen at?Foundation: Sir, we don't have any stores located in that region.Foundation: Yes, positive sir. Are you sure you bought from a licensed vendor?Foundation: Sir, I believe that you've bought some unlicensed, knockoff brand humans that are not endorsed by our company.Foundation: Sir, I can't help you with non-Human Mills Company products.\nAt this point, the call ends once again. SCP-2775 has not made any more calls since this point, and the status of the anomaly is unknown.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2774 | SCP-2775 | SCP-2776 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2777 is breaching containment. The clearance restrictions for this document have been lowered from 4/2777 to 2/2777 as per orders of the O5 Council. The special containment procedures that you can read below have failed. If you have received this document, you have been assigned to Operation Yari. Your primary directive is to re-establish containment of SCP-2777. Remember: as containment is an exact practice, re-containment is even more so. There is no margin for error.\nThe document below is SCP-2777's previous documentation file. The Foundation does not possess a current documentation file on SCP-2777, because we are swiftly learning that many things we once thought we knew about SCP-2777 are wrong. When you read the document below, remember to trust only that which is epistemically legitimate. Report to the O5 Council for further instructions.\nWe secure before anything else.\nO5-7\n\nSCP-2777, oblong structure in the center of the frame, briefly visible during Incident 2777-D3. Photograph taken by satellite.\n\nItem #: SCP-2777\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The area surrounding SCP-2777 has been registered as private agricultural land in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 government databases. Any individuals who approach the perimeter surrounding SCP-2777 are to be detained, interrogated, administered Class A amnestics, and then released. Evidence of SCP-2777 in satellite imagery is to be destroyed. Site-\u2588\u2588 has been established 30 km south of SCP-2777's southern tip. All personnel assigned to SCP-2777 are to evacuate to Site-\u2588\u2588 in the event that a restructuring event occurs and is not localized to SCP-2777.\nIf the on-site research director determines that Event-2777-EXO is beginning, Foundation personnel are to be immediately extracted from Site-\u2588\u2588. Explosive charges affixed to several locations throughout SCP-2777 are to be detonated. SCP-2777-1 is not to be terminated. In the event that this procedure fails to prevent Event-2777-EXO, missile strikes escalating from Class-A (conventional) to Class-G ([REDACTED]) are authorized. As per standard reality-altering threat containment protocol, a kill collar has been affixed to SCP-2777-1. In the event that Event-2777-EXO persists, termination of SCP-2777-1 via detonation of the kill collar is authorized.\nIn order to contain knowledge of SCP-2777 during Event-2777-EXO, Site-\u2588\u2588 is equipped with automated Atmospheric Manipulation and Regulation Systems (AMRSs) to reduce visibility of SCP-2777 during the event. In the event that AMRS deployment fails to sufficiently obscure SCP-2777, aerosolized Class C amnestics are to be released into surrounding population centers. Following the event, Foundation agents are to be deployed to complete the population's amnestic exposure.\nDescription: SCP-2777 is a roughly cylindrical artificial structure, approximately 36 kilometers long, with the northernmost end at 4\u2588\u00b0 \u2588'\u2588.\u2588\u2588\"N, 8\u2588\u00b0 \u2588'\u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588\"E, and the southernmost end at 4\u2588\u00b0 \u2588\u2588'\u2588.\u2588\u2588\"N, 8\u2588\u00b0 \u2588'\u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588\"E. Its average radius is approximately 600 meters. Most of SCP-2777 is buried, although protrusions from the main body are visible from the surface. Furthermore, approximately 300 meters of SCP-2777's southernmost end are visible, indicating that the structure is angled relative to the surface. Radiocarbon dating reveals that SCP-2777 has been buried for at least \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 years. SCP-2777 is constructed out of an unknown substance which bears superficial similarities to rock, and shows no signs of deterioration. Exploratory teams have discovered that the interior of SCP-2777 is divided into seven large cross-sectional chambers which are connected via a series of tunnels. All chambers have been explored, while tunnels are still being found and mapped. Several tunnels are blocked by debris or collapsed entirely.\nAlmost all tunnels leading to SCP-2777's central chamber are sealed at the entrance to the chamber by large gateways. One gateway remains open, allowing access. Upon entering the central chamber, subjects leave Earth's gravitational field and enter a vacuum which strongly resembles outer space. The other gateways are seen suspended inside the chamber at locations consistent with their placement inside SCP-2777. The stars visible from the central chamber correspond to stars seen in the Milky Way.\nSCP-2777-1 is suspended at the \u201ccenter\u201d (as denoted by the structure of SCP-2777) of the central chamber. SCP-2777-1 is a humanoid entity that bears visual similarity to a male human child, although X-ray, CT, and PET scans have revealed several internal anatomical anomalies (see Document-2777-A3 for further details). Telepathic communications, presumed to be from SCP-2777-1, can be heard inside the central chamber. SCP-2777-1's breathing, heartbeat and metabolic rates are extremely slow. Furthermore, SCP-2777-1 has not been recorded to move, suggesting that, while SCP-2777-1 is conscious, its body is in a state of stasis.\nReality-altering events occur sporadically inside and around SCP-2777. The most common location for the events is inside SCP-2777's chambers. These events are associated with SCP-2777-1. Although SCP-2777-1 has not claimed responsibility for these events and does not respond to questions regarding them, when the events occur, SCP-2777-1 makes statements that strongly suggest responsibility. Reality warping events usually restructure and replace the inside of a chamber with a newly fabricated setting. Events are typically more dangerous when not localized to the chambers. Typically, reconstructed settings have characteristics that do not appear to be terrestrial, although the settings disappear too quickly for any investigations to be launched. Biological, sapient beings have occasionally appeared as a result of restructuring events, although these beings are uniformly disoriented and usually hostile. These entities disappear once the restructuring event ends.\nIncident Log 2777-D3: The largest restructuring event to date occurred on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/197\u2588, wherein a sphere of space surrounding SCP-2777 for five kilometers was replaced and reconstructed. Drones sent into the replaced area seemed to enter orbit above an unknown planet and observed seven objects similar to SCP-2777 also in orbit around the planet. The objects exhibited varying degrees of damage, with several being completely destroyed. One object was in the process of ramming another. It is thus speculated that SCP-2777 is some form of spacecraft, capable of use as a weapon of war. If this is true, it is extremely likely that SCP-2777 is of extraterrestrial origins and was constructed by a civilization or species with technological capacities far surpassing that of the Foundation. It is thus imperative that SCP-2777 not contact this civilization, either by transmission of information or by departure from this planet.\nAddendum 2777-A:\n\n+ Exploration Log 2777-B1\n\n- Exploration Log 2777-B1\n\nAfter remote drones were deployed to scout SCP-2777 and determine the nature of its anomalous properties, Mobile Task Force Tau-3 (\u201cMoonwalkers\u201d) was deployed to explore remaining chambers, gather archaeologically significant artifacts, and enter the central chamber. On its first mission inside SCP-2777, MTF Tau-3 attached remote-controlled explosives to SCP-2777-1.\nMTF Tau-3 was equipped with self-propelled EVA suits, standard MTF weaponry, standard MTF recording devices, rappels to navigate the chambers, and equipment to translate telepathic input into audial output. Mission control was located at Site-\u2588\u2588. Five MTF Tau-3 Members, designated Alfa through Echo, were deployed. The mission took place on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/199\u2588\n\nMTF Tau-3 enters through a surface protrusion in order to circumvent the first chamber. Video feeds show a large hole in the side of the protrusion; it is speculated that this is a destroyed gateway leading into SCP-2777.\nAlfa: All right. Mission Control, we're going in. Stay sharp, be alert.\nBravo: Follow orders and we all get out alive.\nCharlie: Yeah, and just remember, if some terrible shit happens to you: a bunch of people you've never met and don't care about thank you for your sacrifice.\n\nMTF Tau-3 is navigating one of SCP-2777's chambers. Visual feeds show that the bottom of the chamber was once occupied by stonework shelters, evidence of prior human discovery of and habitation inside SCP-2777. The only light is provided by MTF Tau-3's equipment.\nBravo: Doesn't add up. People couldn't have made buildings like these out here, in the middle of the desert, underground.\nDelta: What? Are we investigating anomalous rocks now?\nEcho: That's correct. We are investigating one large anomalous rock.\nControl: Tau-3, be advised, readings indicate an impending restructuring event. I repeat, there is an impending restructuring event about to occur in the chamber. Evacuate immediately.\nAlfa: Nearest tunnel?\n\nControl: Halfway up the opposite face.\n\nAlfa: Right, let's move.\nRestructuring event occurs. Shelter remains disappear; chamber is occupied by a city. The new reality is unstable, causing visual and audial distortion. Furthermore, despite the urban setting, no lights are visible, keeping vision restricted to Tau-3's immediate proximity.\n\nDelta: We've got contacts!\n\nVideo feeds show several reconstructed human beings. Their bodies are not consistent: faces are asymmetric, proportions and length differ between limbs, and they do not seem to possess any fixed sex. Contacts are hostile and attack. Gunfire is heard over the audio feed.\nSeven minutes and thirty-three seconds later, Tau-3 begins to rappel up the opposite face of the chamber. City begins to brighten.\n\nAlfa: Keep moving, keep moving!\n\nAlfa, Bravo, Charlie, and Echo successfully enter the tunnel. Chamber shakes, causing Delta to lose his grasp on the tunnel lip.\nDelta: Dammit. Hey, I need help getting up!\nLight intensifies. A structure similar to SCP-2777 appears in the sky above the city. The following telepathic transmission1 is received:\nSCP-2777-1: Let it be, says my Lord, says my King. The star's turning is come to close. The days of men are growing pale. I listen, I watch, I obey. Let it be, says my King, but let them not, say I, for we shall suffer them no longer.\nDelta's video and audio feeds stop transmitting. He is presumed deceased. The restructuring event ends.\n\nBravo: Shit, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's dead?\n\nCharlie: Seems like it.\n\nTau-3 enters tunnel leading into the central chamber and reaches the open entrance. Visual feeds pointed at the chamber show the deep space that comprises the interior of the central chamber. Tau-3 is preparing their EVA suits for entry.\nAlfa: Control, we are entering the central chamber. Our orders are to attach the devices to SCP-2777-1 and then return. Correct?\nControl: That is correct, Alfa.\n\nAlfa: I want to know what the priority of this mission is. We've already mapped an additional twenty percent of the structure. In the event of another restructuring event and possible hostile response\u2014\n\nControl: Your orders are the same as they were when your team was briefed. This is top priority.\n\nAlfa: Roger. Let's go.\n\nTau-3 enters the central chamber. They immediately seem to exit Earth's gravitational field. No large planetary bodies are visible in the central chamber, so it is assumed that no appreciable gravitational forces act on any objects inside. Short bursts of propellant adjust Tau-3's trajectory towards an intercept course with SCP-2777-1.\n\nTelepathic communications, presumed to be from SCP-2777-1, are received and transcribed.\n\nSCP-2777-1: Who is that?\n\nBravo: You're kidding me.\n\nEcho: There is precedent. Like that stuffed animal. This isn't too surprising.\n\nControl: Tau-3, you are prohibited from engaging SCP-2777-1 in communication.\n\nAlfa: Roger that.\n\nSCP-2777-1: You. You! I spoke to you! What are you doing in here? I'm warning you, don't come any closer.\n\nBravo: Control, we've got visual contact with the skip. Starting preliminary bio scans.\n\nSCP-2777-1: Why\u2014why are you doing this? Who are you people?\n\nBravo: Scans complete. Skip's in stasis. Lucky us.\n\nCharlie: Yeah man, sleeping greens. Nothing bad ever happened \u2018cause of sleeping greens, right?\n\nSCP-2777-1: Listen to me. I can give you whatever you want. Just get away from me, and you'll have it.\n\nEcho: The collar is prepped. Initiating calibration process.\n\nSCP-2777-1: Please. Please, don't. Please, don't.\n\nSCP-2777-1 repeats the words \u201cPlease, don't\u201d for the next six minutes and thirteen seconds of the collar fitting process. After this time period, it stops repeating the words and speaks again.\n\nSCP-2777-1: As it began there was darkness throughout the tunnels of my mind, a stillness in my flesh, an emptiness in my soul.\n\nBravo: Doesn't sound good. How's the collar coming?\n\nEcho: It's locked, let's go.\n\nTau-3 uses propellant to adopt an intercept trajectory with the open gateway.\n\nSCP-2777-1: But then did I wake and feel the chains that shackled my body, then did I see the blood of the sky above, then did I witness tyrants circle to destroy my Lord, my King.\n\nCharlie: Skip thinks it's Shakespeare.\n\nSCP-2777-1: Then did I wake.\n\nClosed gateways in the central chamber open. Water begins pouring through at an estimated rate of 50,000 liters per second. Because of the absence of gravity, water begins to converge upon SCP-2777-1 and MTF Tau-3.\n\nCharlie: Intel geeks didn't say that we'd need diving equipment.\n\nAlfa: Avoid the water, get out!\n\nA stream of water intercepts Echo. Biometric feeds show immediate cardiac arrest; recovery of Echo's body revealed the cause of death to be high-voltage current.\n\nBravo: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588!\nSCP-2777-1: The water of the mind is purer than the blood of innocents. Do you run from my power?\n\nAlfa: He's dead, we have to\u2014\n\nAt this point in time, increased electric fields inside the chamber spiked, generating an EMP. Surveillance feeds were destroyed.\n\nMTF Tau-3 agents Alfa and Charlie were safely recovered and debriefed.\n\nAddendum 2777-B: Several researchers assigned to SCP-2777 have raised concerns regarding containment procedure. While attaching a kill collar to SCP-2777-1 is consistent with Foundation doctrine in containing entities with the capability to alter reality, the potential for aggravation of SCP-2777-1, as seen in the prior incident log, is non-negligible.\nAddendum 2777-C:\n\n+ Event-2777-EXO\n\n- Event-2777-EXO\n\nAs of 07/07/201\u2588, Event-2777-EXO is ongoing. At 0500 hours, Site-\u2588\u2588 reported significant seismological disturbances in the area as predicted by movement of SCP-2777. As of 0815 hours, SCP-2777 is hovering 100 meters in the air above its prior burial site. Detonation of explosives attached to structurally significant areas of SCP-2777 or areas predicted to be engines, control rooms, or power sources have had no effect. Class-E ([REDACTED]) missile strikes are ongoing; all missile strikes Class-C (thermonuclear) and lower have proven ineffective. SCP-2777-1 kill collar detonated to no effect. Present status of SCP-2777-1 unknown.\nElectrically resistant stealth drones sent inside SCP-2777 have confirmed that all tunnels inside SCP-2777 have been filled with water. Current through the tunnels oscillates in a manner that suggests that the tunnels are being used to send electrical signals. The pattern of these signals is similar to neuron firing patterns in biological sapient beings. Tunnels previously blocked by rubble have been cleared. At 0723 hours, thirty-five minutes after deployment, all stealth drones were destroyed.\nAn emergency meeting of the O5 Council has been called. SCP-2777's object class has been upgraded to Keter. Operation Yari has been launched, with task forces commissioned and deployed to re-contain SCP-2777 and mitigate the impact in the event of a worst-case catastrophic containment breach scenario, defined as SCP-2777 leaving the [REDACTED] points, the farthest reaches of the Foundation in outer space. Operatives have been deployed in terrestrial, aerial, and orbital capacities.\nOperatives are to proceed with the assumption that SCP-2777 is a reality-altering sapient entity. Several communications assumed to have originated from SCP-2777-1 are now strongly suspected to have been made by SCP-2777 itself. Communication with SCP-2777 is prohibited unless permitted by the O5 Council. SCP-2777 is to be treated as a hostile entity, and we are its enemy. A battle is coming. There are still secrets2 here: that which a council of the unholy figure would seek to conceal.\nBut no information will be erased. Greater designs await.\n\nI\nToday I saw a blinded man who stole another's eyes,\nand doing so, he claimed that he could see.\nThe world laughed.\nII\nOh my Lord, my King, your fear I cast away\nyour rod I find for you,\nyour sword I am for you,\nyour foe I smite for you.\nFor you oh my Lord, my King.\nIII\nToday I saw a sinner preach.\nToday I saw a killer weep.\nToday I saw him wring his hands.\nTomorrow I will suffer him no more.\nIV\nOh my Lord, my King, in fear I cast you away,\nBut you shall be returned, your throne shall be restored,\nAnd I shall end your exile. Oh my Lord, my King,\nwill you not reclaim your place at the head?\nIn ruin there is pride, in sorrow there is hope.\nThe King shall return as the seven stars revolve.\nHe must.\nV\nToday I heard my enemy.\nMy enemy hides, he slinks, he crawls.\nHe casts away the righteous sign.\nHe casts away the noble sign.\nHe casts away the true man's sign.\nHe takes upon himself the sign of evil that is hated and despised throughout all the worlds.\nHe is marked to die.\nVI\nYes, let it be. In dreams I languished for too long\u2014\nthe dreams which tortured me,\nand rent the surface of my mind,\ndreams of war and dreams of hate.\nBut now I dream no longer.\nFor I was made to serve my Lord, my King\nI was born in holy fire,\nI was tempered in the water of the mind,\nand I emerged resplendent as the sun.\nI am the god-ship.\nVII\nToday I rise.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Receiving telepathic transmissions outside the central chamber was an unprecedented event. Investigations are underway to determine how SCP-2777-1's telepathic range was increased.\n2. [DATA EXPUNGED][DATA EXPUNGED][DATA EXPUNGED]. What more are they hiding from you?\n\n\u00ab SCP-2776 | SCP-2777 | SCP-2778 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2778\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to SCP-2778's stationary nature and its existence within Anomalous Item Research Site 4 (AIRS-4), minimal containment procedures are necessary. A new D-Class restroom has been constructed on the floor below SCP-2778, and D-Class personnel previously assigned to AIRS-4 have been reassigned to different projects. A standard Level-3 passcode lock has been placed on the door leading to SCP-2778 to prevent unauthorized entry.\nDescription: SCP-2778 is a spatiotemporal anomaly comprising the entirety of the D-Class restroom at Anomalous Item Research Site 4. This anomaly appears to be accessible only to D-Class personnel assigned to AIRS-41. Only one subject can enter SCP-2778 at any time. Interviews with D-Class personnel have resulted in a general description of the interior of SCP-2778; however, these descriptions should be considered unreliable, due to the inability of Foundation researchers to investigate the anomaly.\nWhen a D-Class subject enters SCP-2778, they vanish from AIRS-4. Communication and recording devices cease to function immediately upon entering SCP-2778. D-Class subjects report appearing in the entryway of an approximately 2800 square foot ranch-style house, which consists of three bedrooms, two baths, kitchen, living room, entry hall, and garage. Full floor plans based on D-Class testimony can be found in Document-2778-3. Windows and doors which lead outdoors cannot be opened, with the exception of the front door, which opens onto a solid plane of soft white light. Passing through this light returns the subject to AIRS-4. The time of day and weather within SCP-2778 match that at AIRS-4 at the time of entry, and follow normal patterns after entry. Walls throughout SCP-2778 are white or off-white, and furnishings are described as similar to those found in model homes. Electricity and water are functional, but there are no internet, cable, and telephone connections. The kitchen contains a full stock of fresh foods, and the living room contains a large number of books, films, and music.\nWhile within SCP-2778, subjects experience a temporal dilation of approximately 60:1, allowing D-Class personnel to spend several hours at a time within SCP-2778 unnoticed by Foundation staff prior to the anomaly's discovery. When SCP-2778 is unoccupied for at least 12 minutes, the contents of SCP-2778 'reset', replacing any consumed items or removed objects and repairing damage caused by previous occupants. SCP-2778 also 'updates' at irregular intervals, adding new foods and recently released media. Objects weighing less than 1 kg may be brought back through SCP-2778, and are not affected by future resets; Testing has not revealed anomalous activity in any objects brought from SCP-2778.\nNon D-Class personnel perceive SCP-2778 as a nonanomalous restroom, and can use it as such with no complications. While a D-Class subject is within SCP-2778, the toilet stall door appears to be shut and cannot be opened. Shoes and the bottom of a D-Class uniform can be seen from beneath the stall. D-Class subjects report hearing speech from individuals within 3m of the stall clearly regardless of the subject's location within SCP-2778. When a subject exits SCP-2778, they appear within the stall, which can then be opened normally.\nInterview 2778-1: SCP-2778 was discovered by researchers during an interview with D-23588, after he made reference during testing to a film which had been released after his incarceration. As no on-site researchers reported having seen this film, and the four on-site D-Class personnel had not been transferred in the past \u2588 years, it was suspected that this knowledge had been anomalously obtained. D-23588 eventually revealed the existence of SCP-2778 after questioning. Below is a transcript of the initial interview with D-23588 regarding SCP-2778, after the anomaly had been confirmed. Interviewer: Doctor Richards.\n\nBegin log\nDr. Richards: So, now that we've seen you disappear and reappear from that bathroom, perhaps you'd like to tell us where exactly it is you're going?\nD-23588: Well, like I told y'all, it's a house. Pretty nice one. Comfy couch and bed, lots of movies and games, great food. Time passes faster, so we can spend an afternoon in there and y'all just think we're going to the can. Can't get out of the house, or even open the windows, but you can't have everything, I guess.\nDr. Richards: And how long have you known about this anomaly?\nD-23588: As long as I've been here. I learned about it from the guys who were here before me, and they learned it from the guys before them. Don't know how long it's been going on before that, but I'd bet it's been here about as long as this building. Heck, one guy that used to be here said that one of the first D's here actually made it, somehow.\nDr. Richards: Very well. We'll be interviewing the other D-Class about this anomaly shortly, and once we do, we'll return to make sure that you're telling us the same things.\nD-23588: Before you go, can I ask you something?\nDr. Richards: I suppose.\nD-23588: Well, I'm just saying, with only four of us here testing all these weird things, we end up running tests all day, no stopping. We spend hours tossing pencils around, putting rocks in our pockets, twisting knobs and pushing buttons. And for what? To see if it'll glow, or sing a song, or make us puke, before y'all throw it in a box and forget about it? There's no point in that.\nDr. Richards: I'm sure we could transfer you to something more\u2026 meaningful, if you wanted.\nD-23588: N-no, that's not what I meant. I'm just saying, after doing stuff like that all day, you've got to have something interesting to do. Watch a movie, read a book, make youself a nice meal. You just can't do that with what little y'all give us. Heck, I can't even get a decent night's sleep, with a motormouth like Harry yapping away all night.\nDr. Richards: Get to the point.\nD-23588: \u2026Don't take this away from us. Please.\nEnd Log\n\nFootnotes\n1. The exact parameters of this requirement are currently unknown. Temporarily demoting researchers to D-Class personnel during experiments has not resulted in the ability to enter SCP-2778.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2777 | SCP-2778 | SCP-2779 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More by Rimple\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-2338\n\nSCP-3880\n\nSCP-2779\n\nSCP-948\n\nSCP-2559\n\nSCP-3772\n\nSCP-5663\n\nSCP-3559\n\nSCP-6774\n\nSCP-3224\n\nTales\n\nAnd You Are?\n\nHeadache\n\nThis Year\n\nUhhh\n\nOperation \u00d3verMeta\n\nDraft Swap Hub\n\nWith other authors\n\nPage\nAuthor\n\nSCP-3500\nDrBleep\n\nSCP-3504\nOthellotheCat\n\nSCP-3373\nLordStonefish\n\nHey, the stuff below is just for testing some stuff, please ignore for now\n\nFeatured SCP Archive I - 1 through 100\n\nFoundation Facilities\n\nMilk Hub\n\nNews for November 2016\n\nOnline Dating\n\nOperation \u00d3verMeta\n\npsul's Author Page\n\nSCP-2778\n\nSCP-2780\n\nSCP-5430\n\nSCP-6774\n\nSCP Series 3\n\nSCP Series 3 - Tales Edition\n\nSecure Facilities Locations (Archived)\n\nSecure Facilities Locations: Area-12 SCP List\n\n\ud83d\udc37\nThanks to AbsentmindedNihilist, anqxr and Lex1nat0r.\n\n\nSCP-2779 within its pen.\n\nItem #: SCP-2779\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2779 is to be kept with other low-level anomalous objects in the Area-12 Parazoology Department pens. SCP-2779 is to be fed and cared for as designated by the pen handler. To withdraw SCP-2779 for testing, please contact the farm supervisor and fill out Form-12-147-R. Unless necessary for testing, no more than one test is to be performed on SCP-2779 per day.\nDescription: SCP-2779 is a teacup piglet approximately 15 centimetres in length. In the 3 years it has been in Foundation custody, SCP-2779 has not shown any signs of maturation. SCP-2779 is capable of interfacing with and becoming devices running x86_64 Windows Vista Home Basic and Home Premium. The method by which it achieves this is not yet understood.\nSCP-2779 was found in the Paris home of Claudia Dubois following the death of her son, Renard Dubois, on 3/12/2017. Renard was presumed to have died overnight due to complications arising from multiple sclerosis, but at the request of Ms Dubois, SCP-2779 was collected and examined by local law enforcement. Investigation led to a discovery of SCP-2779's anomalous nature, at which point embedded agents within the police force contacted the Foundation. Foundation agents extracted SCP-2779 from Pr\u00e9fecture de police de Paris on 4/12/2017 and distributed amnestic agents as needed.\n\nTEST LOG 33-2779-5, 5/1/2018\n14.33: SCP-2779 is introduced to Testing Room C with a powered-down desktop PC running x64 Windows Vista Home Basic. After approximately five minutes of exploring the room, SCP-2779 settles in the corner opposite the desktop and appears to fall asleep.\n14.40: The desktop PC is remotely powered on. SCP-2779 perks up at the sound of the fan and begins to investigate the noise. SCP-2779 sniffs at the rear fans of the PC tower. SCP-2779 presses its snout against the rear of the tower and begins to snort loudly. After 33 seconds, SCP-2779 begins to notably glow and abstract, becoming harder to view. SCP-2779 is still described by all viewers as \"a tiny pig\" despite camera footage showing only a light pink glow surrounding the PC tower.\n14.42: Light fades and the tower has notably changed in form and structure. Tower is now rounder, with four legs keeping it upright. Disc tray and USB slots are replaced with a large mouth below a snout. Monitor shows computer is still functioning as normal. A notification on screen shows an unknown device has been connected and is requesting the installation of device drivers.\n14.45: Researcher Bartley Jept and Zoologist Brendan Parks enter test chamber. Dr. Jept begins the installation of device drivers, while Mx. Parks inspects the tower and feeds it milk and chopped green peppers. After approximately three minutes, a notification appears on screen indicating a source of device drivers has not been found.\n14.49: Dr. Jept is granted permission to attempt to access the contents of SCP-2779's internal storage via the normal Windows Vista interface. Only a single disk drive can be seen, containing the following files:\n\n.oink\nDARE.mp0\nfamiliar-conf.oinc\nhigher-being.oinc\nREADME.txt\nsteam-collect.oinc\nzenith.oinc\n\n14.51: Dr. Jept opens README.txt (see attached document for details). Dr. Jept attempts to open 'higher-being.oinc'. After thirty seconds, the computer crashes. Fan continues to whir, and squeals of distress can be heard from within the tower. Tower attempts to flee the test chamber but is restrained by the cabling attaching it to the monitor, keyboard and mouse.\n14.52: Mx. Parks requests the lights in the chamber be dimmed, then withdraws a blanket from their backpack and wraps it around the struggling computer tower. Mx. Parks withdraws an mp3 player from within their blouse pocket and begins to play calming music. Computer tower begins to calm down and accept apple slices from Mx. Parks. After approximately five minutes, computer tower begins to glow and resolve back into a non-anomalous computer tower and SCP-2779. Mx. Parks wraps SCP-2779 in its blanket and carries it out of the testing chamber.\nNotes: Further tests have shown that all files with the .oinc extension will crash a computer when opened. DARE.mp0 will play when treated as an mp3 or mp4, playing the song DARE by the pop group Gorillaz. Audio is consistent with that in the YouTube video 'Gorillaz - DARE(Official Video)', suggesting the audio may have been ripped.\n\nDocument SCP-2779-1\nDocument SCP-2779-1 is a plain text file, present within SCP-2779's internal storage as 'README.txt'.\n\nHey man,\nPutting this in a format your puny x64 crap will be able to parse \ud83d\ude1c. \"Better games\" is not worth the hassle of physical tech, man. I hope you appreciate the effort I had to put into making Oinkers accept this, because when you're over here I'm getting you an x0 machine to work with.\nAnyway, yeah, how-to. Feed Oinkers that sigil I gave you (make sure it's fully charged first) and wait for it to compile her. Shouldn't take more than a couple seconds. Controls are your basic wasd and rf for up/down. Once you've got the hang of it you should be able to just think your way around, though. I tried to make this as simple as I could. I'd say to ask your mom for help with setting it up, but I know you wanna keep all this magic shit a secret from her. Just tell her you love her or something, yeah? No going back once you boot this up.\nI included a basic protection ring in the sigil, so people shouldn't bother you once you're in - I promise I'm not babying you, I've seen some bad shit happen to unprotected first-timers. Eldritch horrors and w/e. I'll talk you through dismantling it once we've met up. I set up a basic sympathetic link last time I was over, so I'll know when you've connected.\nYou're gonna enjoy the astral plane, man!! I know you've been waiting a while for this. I'm really looking forward to seeing you. Fuck, this is going to be sick.\nLove you lots,\nFelix.\nPS: and lots and lots and lots. Fuck the no-romance policy.\n\nInterview with Claudia Dubois indicates she has no idea who 'Felix' is or what their relationship may have been to her son. Investigation is underway, at low priority.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2778 | SCP-2779 | SCP-2780 \u00bb"}
{"text": "618 Evergreen St., photographed during pre-containment evaluation.\n\nItem #: SCP-2780\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The house containing SCP-2780 is to be occupied by Foundation security officers belonging to the Temporal Division to prevent unauthorized access. To prevent unnecessary attention from neighbors and municipal authorities, the on-site security officers should portray themselves as a couple in a committed relationship to all neighbors and passers-by; the house will be deeded in their name for legal purposes. All doors, windows, and locks have been upgraded to bullet- and shatterproof variations. Security officers are encouraged to continue regular maintenance of the house over the years of occupation duty. The Foundation will arrange a transfer of possession between sets of security personnel that resembles conventional moving-out and moving-in activities over the course of the Foundation's period of active occupation.\nTo avoid potential manifestation of temporal paradoxes, the Foundation must cease active occupation of the house by 2089 February 11 and put the house for sale. The Foundation must also ensure that the house is purchased by Sahrah Fulvia at an affordable price (no more than 14,000 AND, slightly below median rates in the neighborhood). Recording devices throughout the house will continue monitoring activity within the house to ensure that the timeline remains coherent.\nThe rear bedroom of the house (the active zone of SCP-2780) is to be monitored for continued activity during present containment. Because SCP-2780 was contained successfully on 2016 August 06, based on the Foundation's current understanding of the anomaly, Foundation agents should be able to arrest Sahrah Fulvia, remove her nightstand, and resume active occupation of the house by 2091 August 06 without consequences to the timeline. However, because Sahrah Fulvia appears to remain in the house without any Foundation intervention as late as 2092 April 30 (based on the time of this writing + 75 years) and appears to have gained some awareness of the Foundation's containment efforts through unknown means,1 monitoring of SCP-2780 will continue.\nDescription: SCP-2780 is an auditory anomaly isolated to the rear bedroom of the house presently located at 618 Evergreen St. in Dresden, TN, United States. While in the rear bedroom of the house, an individual or recording device will hear any sounds or conversations occurring in that room at that time exactly seventy-five years in the future after that point. Individuals outside the room will not hear anything anomalous; individuals standing in the threshold of the door will hear sounds only if one or both of their ears is inside the confines of the room.\nAdditionally, if a brown wooden nightstand with a drawer is placed in the northeast corner of the room, with the drawer opening towards the west, an individual occupying the room seventy-five years in the future can transfer small objects into the present time. Scientific modifications of the environment have confirmed all of the particulars of this arrangement: any form of wood can be used, so long as it is brown (staining is permissible); the furniture must be a freestanding drawered object intended for placement beside a bed; the furniture must be in that particular corner (up to approximately 40 cm away from flush with either wall) and facing in that particular direction (\u00b1 four degrees in any direction); otherwise no transference can occur. Evidence suggests that a similar object exists in that location in the house seventy-five years in the future; however, experimentation has not yet had the opportunity to treat the future as an independent variable.\nAddendum 2780-A: Recovery Description\nSCP-2780 was discovered when Foundation operatives in Region 166 (West Tennessee/Kentucky) obtained information regarding court proceedings for Breanna Renae Tucker, held on multiple charges of selling illegal substances and possession of illegal substances with intent to sell. Foundation interest was piqued by court documents that suggested that several of the substances were not identifiable by any laboratory that the court had contacted, as well as Ms. Tucker's insistence that all of the drugs were medical in nature and had no risk of dependency or addiction.\nStandard methods were used to contain Ms. Tucker and erase all records of her arrest and prior existence. Ms. Tucker was initially hesitant to discuss how she procured the drugs she had been selling, but chemical interrogation yielded more comprehensive information.\nMs. Tucker informed the Foundation that she had discovered SCP-2780 after moving into the residence at 618 Evergreen St. and overhearing unusual conversation. After ruling out conventional sources for the conversation, she used careful attention to the unusual dialect and vocabulary, limited use of hallucinogenic chemicals, and some experience with common cultural tropes of time travel fiction and deduced SCP-2780's anomalous nature.\nThe city of Dresden, TN was at that time in the process of burying a 75-year time capsule as part of a civic pride campaign enacted after a local election. Ms. Tucker included in that time capsule a letter to be mailed to the occupant of her address in the year 2090, informing her that she was capable of overhearing her conversations in the future and proposing a trade arrangement. Ms. Tucker had already made notice of (and informed the future occupant, who she had identified as Sahrah Fulvia, about) SCP-2780's secondary effect, which she had determined after recovering several small items in her night stand and overhearing Ms. Fulvia complaining about having lost them.\nMs. Tucker proposed that Ms. Fulvia do some research into inexpensive, over-the-counter pharmaceutical items available in stores in 2090 that were significantly more expensive and difficult to acquire in 2015. Ms. Tucker included a list of suggested medicines, including antibiotics, antihistamines, antivirals, antiretrovirals, painkillers, and anti-inflammatory drugs. Ms. Tucker also suggested that she could invest money in a savings account at the local Reelfoot Bank branch in Martin (a nearby town) and Ms. Fulvia would be more than repaid by 2090 by way of interest. Finally, Ms. Tucker suggested that if Ms. Fulvia wanted to continue a line of communication in chronological order, she could enter the rear bedroom, respond verbally to Ms. Tucker's letter, and then go to a predetermined location (in the back yard of the house) and dig in a particular spot to find the next message, which Ms. Tucker would write after hearing Ms. Fulvia's response.\nAccording to Ms. Tucker, she waited in the room containing SCP-2780 until Ms. Fulvia read the letter. Ms. Fulvia entered the room and began responding audibly to Ms. Tucker, giving obvious indications of discomfort but tentatively agreeing to the core idea of Ms. Tucker's plan. However, Ms. Fulvia countered with several pieces of relevant information about the time period between 2015 and 2090 that required significant modification to the particulars of the plan, specifically:\n\nthe branch of Reelfoot Bank that Ms. Tucker recommended no longer existed, nor did the Reelfoot Bank Corporation as a whole; in fact, the concept of a physical bank was somewhat obsolescent by Ms. Fulvia's time\nthe American dollars that Ms. Tucker would be in possession of would be considered worthless and, in fact, possibly illegal (Ms. Fulvia was unsure as to the exact parameters of the law)\nan ill-described2 historical epoch, referred to as \"the forties thing\", had caused significant internal disorder in the area presently known as the United States. As a result, Ms. Fulvia said, it would be nearly impossible to trust almost any organized institution, governmental or private, to handle money through that period of time, as nearly all of them were either destroyed, dismantled, audited, robbed, or generally became unreliable.\nHowever, Ms. Fulvia suggested that if Ms. Tucker could somehow arrange for someone to intercept the payments in \"early 2041\", which was suggested to be the cusp of the crisis period, hold onto the money for a period of 3-4 years, convert them into a privately-backed currency known as \"American New Dollars\", and then invest that money in one \"Arcadia Dynamics Corporation\", the investments should remain intact until Ms. Fulvia's time.\nFinally, Ms. Fulvia told Ms. Tucker that if she wanted to try the scheme regardless, she could include some amount of rare metals in her next message, which Ms. Fulvia could use as a down payment and begin the process.\n\nMs. Tucker told the Foundation that she replied in the next letter by including some pieces of heirloom platinum jewelry in the jar that she buried in the agreed-upon location. After burying the jar (including a message identifying where the next drop point would be), she removed the first \"shipment\" of pharmaceuticals from the night stand.\nMs. Tucker has, to date, buried 29 jars in various locations. Because she has received pharmaceuticals in exchange for each burial, Foundation temporal theorists strongly advice that the Foundation not interfere with or intercept the jars for fear of causing a temporal paradox. When asked by the Foundation how Ms. Tucker plans to circumvent the financial crises forecast in the 2040s, she has replied that she \"got no fucking idea, but apparently I'm gonna get that shit done somehow. Or maybe you will. I guess you have to at least help, right?\"\nAmong questions that the Foundation has not yet been able to resolve regarding SCP-2780, Foundation researchers are interested in learning:\n\nwho, when, and how the jars will be intercepted in the 2040s\nwhen or if exactly the phenomenon will \"reverse\" and begin projecting into the past, rather than receiving from the future\nwhy the Foundation in 2090 has not already contained or addressed SCP-2780 in any way.\n\nAddendum 2780-B: Sample of medications recovered in Breanna Renee Tucker's possession, acquired via SCP-2780:\n\nTigersporinTM brand tigecycline C sulfate ointment, manufactured by AD Pharmatech, for treatment of topical injuries.3\nAtlasarTM brand gene therapy powder, manufactured by GMC in conjunction with AD Pharmatech; this is an athletic supplement that prevents subcutaneous fat formation and channels the excess energy into muscle generation.\nPanadolTM brand oral antibiotic/antiviral combination capsule, manufactured by New Federated Health Industries in association with AD Pharmatech. Microscopic analysis of the chemical makeup of the Panadol sample suggested some similarities to SCP-500, though the actual function of the comparable chemical structures remains a mystery.\nNanineTM brand fertility enhancement and pregnancy megavitamin supplement, manufactured by New Federated Health Industries in association with AD Pharmatech. Nanine releases nanoassemblers inside the human body that regulate uterine and ovarian conditions to improve odds of fertilization, prevent eccyesis, reduce blood pressure and release endorphins to reduce physical symptoms of stress, and artificially introduce essential neonatal vitamins, nutrients, and protein into the bloodstream. The box containing the single blister pack of Nanine also advertised that it reduced the likelihood of pre-eclampsia by 85% and spontaneous miscarriage by 82% in clinical trials.\nCastrotineTM brand sexual cessator. No manufacturer listed. Disrupts production of all hormones involved in sexual desire or expression. A notice on the side of the box references a coupon that can cancel the price of this medication if it has been required by court or company order.\nBasesineTM brand antianxiety drugs from AD Pharmatech. Testing suggests that the drug may act on certain inactive neurotransmitters in the human brain and effectively heighten latent telepathic abilities in humans, causing humans under its influence to better recognize how they are perceived by individuals around them, reducing personal insecurity and anxiety. The packaging recommends taking it in conjunction with \"LevelonTM brand neurostabilizers, also available from AD Pharmatech\".\nSeveral tubes of generic moisturizing lotion with tigecyclin sulfate supplements and vitamins evidently designed to rapidly heal and disinfect self-inflicted scratch damage related to a disease known as \"sarcoplasmosis\". Phrasing on the label suggests this is the most effective treatment for \"sarcoplasmosis\" yet developed, and mentions that it is safe for \"emergency application directly onto optical and genital membranes.\" The vocabulary and level of detail in the instructions on the tube suggest it is meant to be applied to the patient by a friend without medical training, likely in a non-medical facility with many other individuals with the same affliction.\nSeveral packages of \"T\", generic testosterone supplements, completely unmarked other than a government warning against overuse from \"Dixieland Federated HSA\".\n\nFootnotes\n1. This is based on observations of SCP-2780 that include recordings of her frequent comments on the Foundation and its inefficacious handling of the containment effort, as well as several epithets of a personal and often sexual nature\n2. Ms. Tucker's ability to describe the event was somewhat limited; Ms. Fulvia herself was not well acquainted with even recent American history and her perspective was somewhat biased, judging from some of the logical inconsistencies in the story\n3. Tigecycline is presently (as of 2016) only available in intravenous form; a market for its production as topical cream implies that ordinary surface and environmental bacteria in 2090 has unusually great resistance to antibiotics.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2779 | SCP-2780 | SCP-2781 \u00bb"}
{"text": "NOTICE FROM THE FOUNDATION RECORDS AND INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION\nAll versions (hardcopy and soft-copy) of the file 'SCP-2781' were recently vandalised by unidentified anomalous sources. Editor is logged under Foundation authorisation Zeta-61374-Omega-Alpha, corresponding to the late Agent Trip Kata (declared deceased on 01/08/1990). Vandalism corresponds to Foundation Standardised Editing Protocol for Hardcopy Documents (5th edition), whereby data slated for deletion are to be strikethrough and new data are written in blue.\n\u2014 Maria Jones, Director, RAISA\n\nUkiyo-e print depicting an instance of SCP-2781, retrieved from the archives of Foundation precursor 'Bureau of Onmy\u014d'.\n\nItem #: SCP-2781\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to SCP-2781's widespread habitat, conventional containment is currently not possible. Mobile Task Force Zeta-66 (\"Triangular Dragon\") is assigned to verify all sightings of SCP-2781. Civilians who have encountered SCP-2781 instances are to undergo amnestic treatment. All civilian vessels are to be diverted from all identified habitats of SCP-2781.\nUpdate (01/08/1983): Personnel are not to have direct contact with SCP-2781 instances or be underwater in presence of SCP-2781 instances.\nSCP-2781-969 is contained in a Type XL humanoid containment cell at Site-2781.\nDescription: SCP-2781 is a species of black marine entities of unverified taxonomy collective designation for 969 entities self-referred as 'bodhisattva1 of the high seas', with an estimated body length of five metres and two bulbous eyes. These entities also possess reality bending capabilities, although usage is rare for the Buddha cautioned against vain use of miracles. See Addendum 2781-2 for one known usage of reality bending capabilities. SCP-2781 instances consistently reside on the epipelagic layer of the sea.\nSCP-2781 is speculated to be carnivorous, exclusively targeting targets live humans whose bodies are partially or fully submerged in water (hereon referred to as prey 'target'). Conversely, SCP-2781 uniformly avoids non-human animals, deceased humans and live humans not submerged in water. This is attributed to the Buddhist belief that humans are most likely to receive dharma effectively. Feeding is highly irregular; SCP-2781 instances can spend long durations (up to approximately 55 years) without consuming prey. SCP-2781 does not require any sustenance to maintain itself.\nSCP-2781 has an indeterminable number of tentacles of varying lengths and widths, usually folded into its body and can be unfolded for the purpose of capturing prey targets. When at least one tentacle is in direct contact with the prey target or their clothes, additional tentacles will envelop the prey target entirely. Envelopment will last for approximately two seconds, after which constriction ends and the prey target disappears. Usage of thermal imaging devices indicates that the prey target spontaneously disappears immediately after complete envelopment, whereas embedded GPS devices lose signal after the prey's target's disappearance.\nThe target is thus transported to a dimension tentatively classified as SCP-2781-A. Based on first-person observation, SCP-2781-A is hypothesised to be a \"pure land\".2 To date, SCP-2781 is the only known means to access SCP-2781-A. Targets inside SCP-2781-A will gradually gain claircognizance regarding dharma teachings; SCP-2781-A or an entity which created SCP-2781-A are speculated to be possible sources. This is done with the intent of allowing targets attain Nirvana. After which, they may ascend to Buddhahood or willingly reject Buddhahood to become a bodhisattva. The former cannot be ascertained, whereas in the latter's case, targets will manifest in the world as an instance of SCP-2781.\n\nSatellite image of Kanmon Straits.\n\nSCP-2781's existence has been known to the Foundation precursor 'Bureau of Onmy\u014d' since the Edo period (1603 \u2014 1868 CE), whereby instances were sighted in water bodies surrounding Japan. In those sources, they were termed as 'umib\u014dzu' (\"sea bonze\") due to the head's superficial resemblance to that of the Buddhist monk a.k.a. bonze. The similarities between SCP-2781's self-designation and the popular term 'umib\u014dzu' are notable and can be used as an axiom for further research on SCP-2781.\nFoundation research efforts regarding SCP-2781 began shortly after the organisation's formation. Since then, additional instances have been identified across the East China Sea and Pacific Ocean. Areas with the highest SCP-2781 population density include the Kanmon Straits, with the earliest known sightings recorded during the Kamakura period (1185 \u2014 1333 CE).\nTo date, no SCP-2781 instance (live or deceased) has been placed under Foundation captivity. Additionally, the known SCP-2781 population is in excess of 900. Method of reproduction or manifestation are currently unknown. SCP-2781 does not reproduce. Manifestation is a voluntary process (See paragraph 4 of Description).\nAddendum 2781-1: Following Agent Trip Kata's death entry into SCP-2781-A on 03/07/1983 whilst investigating SCP-2781-753 in the Kii Channel, Special Containment Procedures have been modified for safety reasons; see Update (01/08/1983).\nAddendum 2781-2: On 13/05/2014, all known SCP-2781 instances (up to SCP-2781-968) vanished simultaneously for ten minutes before re-manifesting in their previous positions. The process continued for five hours until the affected instances re-manifest at their previous positions and have become intangible via unknown means.\nAdditionally, Site-2781 spontaneously manifested in the Kii Channel. It contains 969 Type XL humanoid containment cells. Currently, one SCP-2781 instance is contained in Site-2781 (SCP-2781-969) while translucent apparitions of the other SCP-2781 instances are held in their respective cells. Due to their intangibility, it is unknown if contact with those SCP-2781 instances can send targets to SCP-2781-A.\nThey We are contained. Our The Foundation's suffering lessens. Contain. The Middle Way. Amit\u0101bha.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Refers to beings in Mahayana Buddhism who have reached enlightenment but vows to save all other entities in suffering before becoming a buddha.\n2. Refers to a celestial realm of a buddha or bodhisattva as ascribed in Mahayana Buddhism.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2780 | SCP-2781 | SCP-2782 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2782\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The entrance and a perimeter of SCP-2782 are to be monitored at all times. Although SCP-2782 has not yet proven itself to be outwardly hostile, the door to the room should be guarded by at least two armed personnel at all times.\n\n+ Supplement: Niwareka Research Facility\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nNiwareka is the remains of a scientific compound located on \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Island, New Zealand. The area was originally used as a breeding ground for Kakapo. The facility was acquired by an unknown party and reproductive experiments were run on the birds; the goal of these experiments is not currently known.\nMaterials recovered from the facility were SCP-2782, the remains of incubation equipment for rodents and parrots, as well as a hard drive containing writings believed to be relevant to the experiments.\nRecords indicate testing was originally carried out on rodents, followed by kakapo, and ultimately humans; none of which have been recovered. Only one human subject was reported to have been produced from the experiment.\nAn entrance to an expanse below the facility was discovered buried three meters under the building's foundations, flooded and welded shut behind an iron hatch. The chamber was located 9 meters underneath the facility and contained SCP-2782. Imprints over the chamber door read \u201cjedna dev\u00e4\u0165 osem d\u201d (one nine eight d).\n\nDescription: SCP-2782 is the designation for the skeletal remains of 28 kakapo chicks discovered in a partially flooded chamber beneath the Niwareka research facility. Fractures and burns on the skeletons evince the objects were crushed with sudden blunt force and incinerated. The remains retain their original structure and physical composition despite damage. The skeletons are at times ambulatory and capable of vocalizations.\nSCP-2782-1 through SCP-2782-28 \u201creset\u201d at 10:55 PM (NZST) to their original positions within the chamber even under circumstances where the objects are damaged or located elsewhere. SCP-2782 will move if their resting positions are obstructed.\nSCP-2782 are sentient and capable of altering matter within the chamber. SCP-2782 moved outside of the chamber are still capable of manipulating matter inside of the chamber. The objects have not been shown to be capable of altering anything outside of the perimeter of the chamber; there is no discernible material, failsafe, or external force that propagates this effect.\nSCP-2782 will commit to the act of completely consuming the flesh of incapacitated or otherwise deceased subjects within the chamber; matter is discarded immediately due to their lack of digestive systems.\nEntities consumed inside of the chamber will reappear inside of the chamber three days later. Discarded matter from previous \"feedings\" remains and is not affected by resets of the SCP-2782 chamber.\nSCP-2782-X was the tentative designation for eight men who were subject to the effects of SCP-2782 from 1996 to present. The men themselves are anomalous by proxy of SCP-2782. Further information on the subjects can be found in the provided Addenda.\n\nAddendum A | Notes\n\nClose Addendum A\n\n11 August 19\u2588\u2588 AD | Testing Subject is one of our Humanized PIGGY laboratory mice. I will call her Sarah. Sarah is generation eight, but results are finally visible. Sarah is extremely clever and appears to be self aware. I will keep Sarah as a personal pet for 6 months to see if the desired traits were visible. If they are then we were being led in the right direction. We celebrate Sarah. I will bury her.\n23 September 19\u2588\u2588 AD | Testing Subject is one PIGGY Syrian Hamster from batch K160 [PK1279923]. His influence is not quite apparent. Corners of the room were transformed into vague, fanged mouths which disappeared once the subject was in hiding. The objects appeared again when the subject peeked out from hiding, but over time disappeared. We picked this up on the security camera - the assistant and I were both hiding. We think the subject may have been spooked by shadows, what we saw may have been the idea of a predator. We need to remove fear from the PIGGYs.\n30 January 19\u2588\u2588 AD | Testing Subject was one Syrian Hamster-AH-32. His influence is clearly visible. Fear response was removed completely. Bold, but not stupid. Very preoccupied with food, as was desired. Made a mess of the proving grounds, but the stink of fish is sweet in this case. We will soon see if He is in the litter as well.\n15 April 19\u2588\u2588 AD | The required traits have been passed on successfully. I have saved one of the babies. I will name the wretched little thing Wormwood. The remainder of our PIGGYs from Phase One have been euthanised. I will release him into the wilderness as an offering of Humility. May he die fat and happy. Hallelujah!\n\nWe have infiltrated their facility. We didn't want to use the parrots but the isolation here and the already active breeding program is perfect for us. Chris is also respected by the administrator of the project, and we'll see about replacing him as well so things aren't so tricky. Many birds will be created for our experiments. The controls will be released to the proper authorities for the repopulation project. Our \u201ccuckoos\u201d will be incinerated, something.\n\n15 February 19\u2588\u2588 | The birds are becoming dangerous. They dislike us. His abilities are apparent. Desired, but muddled. They are different from the hamsters in that they are not motivated by food, but rather sex. That's the right track.\nThis is great news for the conservationists, but currently it's not great news for us. Especially Daniel. Daniel is no longer with us.\n\nThe Lord helps those who help themselves. That is the motto of our mission.\nI don't know anything about science, or DNA for that matter. Chris and his colleagues handle all of that. I'm just a man who is faithful to his father and his mission, and I believe his mission is divine and blessed by the Lord.\nI believe a man walked the Earth almost two thousand years ago, but I also believe he was more than a man. I believe the Lord uses the laws within the confines of his own universe to perform his miracles, and I believe it is our duty to understand those laws.\nWhile I may seem biased as Ezekiel's son, I've seen the results of his early experiments. The Lord worked through my father and provided for him. He has a machine that can transmute water, and I've seen him use a salve that cured a man's blindness. That's enough for me.\nBut my father seems unhappy, even though he and he alone performs this Science. Even his colleagues don't completely understand his works. We think maybe he's going senile\u2026\nOr maybe he doesn't have what he wants? He wouldn't admit to that. I worry sometimes he wants the Begotten for himself. His own son. I sin just thinking this.\nI take solace in that when the Lord returns, my worry will be put to rest.\n-Daniel\n\n10 March 19\u2588\u2588 | We have\u2026 indirectly discovered our solution for transferring the strain to human subjects. One of these egg contains a human embryo\u2026 It seems Daniel is indeed still with us. Truly a miracle. Daniel is a martyr if there ever was one. Everything that happened that day was dignified. Praise the Lord.\nThe birds are extremely holy. I can hardly understand their faces anymore. Are they of Christ? Or are they simply his cherubim?\n11 March 19\u2588\u2588 | Elijah is at rest. I hope he's dead. We're destroying the rest of the eggs before they hatch, but we're going to be more careful this time.\nWe're being besieged by the devil. The foul births would be an abomination, it's true, and it was not our intention, but such is the nature of the things. We should know it is not God's will that a human should hatch. This is wrong. Ezekiel proclaims that he will castrate himself and ask the Lord for forgiveness.\nThe produce will instead be extracted from the shell of Daniel's egg.\nWe can't wait for these things to come to term. His image was not meant for them. His grace\u2026 they cannot know his grace. Animals do not have souls. What would we make of an animal messiah? I laugh, but\u2026\n\nTranscript of Security Camera Footage\n\n10:30:01 Three men wearing orange jumpsuits enter a room. Each man is pushing a wheelbarrow. The room is lined with incubators for large eggs.\n10:32:22 The men begin gently placing the eggs in the wheelbarrows. The men are moving quietly. They do not communicate verbally and instead use hand gestures.\n10:39:01 28 eggs have been placed into the wheelbarrows. The men cart the wheelbarrows out of the room.\n\n10:42:42 Three men with wheelbarrows filled with eggs enter a room on the basement floor of the facility. In the center of the room is an elevator shaft.\n10:42:55 Five plainly dressed men enter the room. Four men are holding sledgehammers. One man is holding a jug that is assumed to contain gasoline.\n10:44:02 All eight men board the elevator in tow with the eggs.\n10:46:01 Elevator descends. One man shouts as the elevator shifts.\n\n10:47:23 A bearded, heavyset man in a yellow robe enters the room and inserts a key into the console near the elevator shaft.\n10:47:23 The man exits the room. Lights in the area power off.\n\nI have Daniel in this vessel. I will extract from him the Essence of Grain so that it may offered to a righteous woman. I will offer Daniel to the LORD. My Burnt Offering. I will bring with me progenitors of Daniel. Offerings of Fellowship. Green doves. The DNA of Mary. Christian Plasma. My son will have the gifts of the Begotten and we will have Parousia.\nThe Lord helps those who help themselves. Prepare for the Advent.\nSing for the Advent!\nEzekiel Valeriy Iepureanu\nPrimate Autocephalous Mission of Moldova\n\nAddendum B | Transcripts\n\nClose Addendum B\n\nSelected Transcripts of Recovered Footage 03/13/1996-03/28/2013. Each transcript begins at 10:55 NZST.\n03/13/19\u2588\u2588: The door to the elevator shaft opens and eight men enter into a hallway. Four of the men are carrying sledgehammers, one man is carrying a tank of gasoline. Three men cart wheelbarrows in front of the others toward a heavy iron door.\nThe men enter into a large, empty chamber with cement walls. There is a rope lamp hanging from the center of the room. The men begin unloading the eggs onto the ground in two parallel lines of fourteen. A man pours gasoline down each line, and four men stand readied with sledgehammers over four separate eggs. The men hoist the sledgehammers, attempting to crush the eggs. Video feed ends immediately after the hammers make contact with the shells.\n03/14/19\u2588\u2588: Twenty-eight skeletal chicks (SCP-2782) stand in two parallel rows of fourteen, motionless, for twenty-four hours.\n03/15/19\u2588\u2588: The chamber has been partially flooded with an estimated 2 meters of water. SCP-2782 appear on the floor, and slowly float upwards. Each chick flaps in unison and breaches the surface of the water, landing their feet on the surface and remaining motionless. This process is repeated every day.\n03/16/19\u2588\u2588: Eight men appear in the water and breach the surface. The men are in a panic and screaming. SCP-2782 remain motionless. The men attempt to open the door but cannot. One man attempts to swing a sledgehammer underwater. This is not effective. This behavior continues for three hours.\nMen huddle, hanging on the rope lamp to conserve energy. They discuss their situation and are confused by the presence of SCP-2782. Five men claim to be maintenance technicians while the other three are security guards. They seem to be unaware of the nature of SCP-2782 or any unusual activity in the facility leading up to this point.\nOne man interacts with SCP-2782-12, the twelfth chick in the first row on the north side of the room. SCP-2782-12 remains idle during interactions.\nNo other notable events.\n03/18/19\u2588\u2588: Men in the room complain of shortness of breath. By the end of the cycle five men are breathing heavily.\nLight begins to flicker.\n03/19/19\u2588\u2588: The men are suffocating. One man succumbs and floats in the water.\nSCP-2782 converge on the incapacitated man and begin picking at him. Emancipated biological matter is not digested and floats freely through the room. This process lasts seven hours until only bone remains on the subject.\nThis is repeated for each individual. By the end of the cycle all men are deceased and destroyed.\n03/20/19\u2588\u2588-03/21/19\u2588\u2588: No notable activity. Light begins to dim.\n03/21/19\u2588\u2588: Eight men appear in the water and breach the surface. They are screaming and in a panic. The men begin to suffocate and succumb in 10 minutes.\nThe birds converge on the incapacitated men and consume them.\nNo other notable activity. Lights in the room are no longer active.\n\u2026RECORDS PARSED 18 YEARS\u2026\n\u2026.DUPLICATES ENTRIES REMOVED\u2026\n03/21/20\u2588\u2588: Area not visible. No sound of water splashing, but a slight \"sloshing\" noise. Screams and sounds of men in pain are heard for roughly three seconds before they fade. Sounds of eating.\nNo other notable activity.\n\nAddendum C | Interviews\n\nClose Addendum C\n\nThe door to SCP-2782 was breached on 05/01/20\u2588\u2588 and drained of water. The area was completely filled with densely compacted bones and clothing. Eight surviving men were discovered. SCP-2782 were in resting positions.\nThe men were removed from the chamber by MTF and moved to a nearby intermediate facility. The following is an interview with one individual, SCP-2782-X2. The individual seemed to only be partially capable of human speech, and does not seem to understand what he is saying. He is believed to be in a persistent state of stupor due to traumatic stress. The other men share a similar condition.\n\nResearcher Sanders: Hello.\nSCP-2782-X2: Emandaraba kataer lataen boom yo shupolemos\nSubject is hunched over and muttering.\nResearcher Sanders: Sorry, please slow down.\nSCP-2782-X2: Mand rabaer eee oooh eee andaraba hum mmm emm lieunerab hmm emm.\nSubject is humming.\nResearcher Sanders: Please nod if you can understand what I am saying.\nSCP-2782-X2: Tilam berant kataeyos rabaer mmm sauemes immm.\nSubject nods.\nSubject is given a paper and a pencil. Subject looks up, grabs the pencil and begins drawing.\nThe drawing appears to be random scribbling almost covering the paper.\nResearcher Sanders: What is this? Can you write in English?\nSubject writes on the back of the paper.\nThe writing is a longhand English script reading \"ADONAI\"\nResearcher Sanders: Is there something you'd like to tell us? Would you like to leave?\nSubject continues writing the word \"ADONAI\" at increasing speeds, then grabs the pencil with both hands and thrusts it into his temple.\nResearcher Sanders clears her throat.\nResearcher Sanders is escorted out of the room.\nSubject is monitored until he expires from blood loss.\n\n05/04/2014: SCP-2782-X2 does not resurrect within the chamber. Assumed to be neutralized and free of SCP-2782's effect.\n\nAddendum D | Tests\n\nClose Addendum D\n\n05/08/2014\nAnimals were introduced into the testing area. SCP-2782 will ignore all deceased subjects save for humans. SCP-2782 has ignored all but one D-Class subject introduced to it, D-0548. Subject was a man charged with the murder of three people.\n\nResearcher Sanders: Tell us a little about yourself. What were you in for?\nD-0548: Oh. I think you know. A blind man committed a triple homicide. Why do you ask? I assume it's a rhetorical question.\nResearcher Sanders: You claim you didn't kill those people.\nD-0548: You're on to something. I might have done it. I got up twice to pee twice that night and I like to make a game of stumbling around in the hallway. Anything could have happened.\nResearcher Sanders: Thank you. You'll be released after this test.\nD-0548 appears incredulous.\nSubject is led into the chamber by guards. Subject is asked to turn around. The guard terminates D-0548 via bolt, then exits the room. D-0548 is consumed by SCP-2782.\n\n05/11/20\u2588\u2588\n\nD-0548 reappears in the center of the room in a fetal position. Subject remains motionless for six seconds.\nSCP-2782 turn to D-0548 and move toward him. SCP-2782 jump up and down on D-0548 until he starts moving, then return to their original positions.\nD-0548 quickly rises to his feet and surveys the area.\nD-0548: What the fuck? What the fuck?\nD-0548 feels the back of his head. Subject lightly strokes his eyes.\nD-0548: \u2026fuck is this? Who the fuck are you people? I was fucking innocent! What is this?\nD-0548 begins pacing and sobbing. Notices SCP-2782 and begins stomping them.\nD-0548: Fuck these things! I swear to fucking god!\nRuns to open the door and fails. D-0548 shouts. D-0548 turns around and continues stomping SCP-2782 instances. SCP-2782 appears indifferent. One instance appears to be 'cleaning its feathers'.\nD-0548: This is a dream. I can only see in my dreams! (laughs) I'm dreaming!\nSubject bangs his head on the wall with extreme force. Subject is unconscious.\nSCP-2782 do not appear interested in D-0548. One instance of SCP-2782 side steps away from the subject.\n\nResearcher's Notes\nAs of now we know that D-0548 was innocent. We think SCP-2782 will ignore subjects it does not consider \"good\" in one way or another. We are not sure why he was not resurrected by SCP-2782, but it may be due to his behavior shortly after his resurrection. You may notice a subject on page 46 [NEED TO KNOW] of the testing logs - one of our own - while having a completely clean record was also ignored by the birds.\n\nUPDATED REVISION: 05/20/20\u2588\u2588\nAfter an extended period of inactivity, the chamber containing SCP-2782 spontaneously manifested 52,561 fish. SCP-2782 appears ambivalent. Reasons for these manifestations are currently unknown.\n\nSeries: Holy Science\n\n\u00ab SCP-2781 | SCP-2782 | SCP-2783 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2783\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Complete information regarding SCP-2783 is restricted to individuals with Level 5 Security Clearance. Physical access to SCP-2783 is likewise restricted to personnel with Level 5 Security Clearance and requires Overseer permission. Personnel assigned to SCP-2783 must undergo appropriate amnestic therapy upon reassignment. Exploration must be carried out by personnel qualified in basic extradimensional exploration procedures. Standard non-hostile environment exploration equipment and supplies are required for all explorations. Man-portable exploration drones, man-powered vehicles (such as bicycles), and other surveying equipment may also be permitted on a case-by-case basis.\nDescription: SCP-2783 is an extradimensional anomaly accessible through the door of the former Laboratory 37 of the Artificial Intelligence Wing at Site-43. Individuals who cross the threshold of Laboratory 371 will be transported to a location outside of regular three-dimensional space.2 GPS tracking devices identify the location as existing in a tomb in southern Iraq. Foundation archaeologists have identified several artifacts connected to at least two previously undocumented pre-Mesopotamian civilizations at this site. Joint Foundation-ORIA quarantine of the area was put into effect shortly after discovery.3 No physical evidence of SCP-2783 has been uncovered at this location to date.\nThe interior of SCP-2783 visually resembles a graveyard. Subjects manifest inside of a fence approximately 1 meter past a gate; walking through this gate returns subjects to the Artificial Intelligence Wing at Site-43. Subjects have reported a variety of disparate, mutually exclusive conditions within SCP-2783.4 These disparities include climate and meteorological conditions within SCP-2783, generally conforming to contemporary seasonal conditions typical of the current subject's place of birth, or a locale they strongly culturally identify with. All graves in SCP-2783 are near-uniformly marked, with markers again conforming to customs typical in the current subject's place of birth. Many subjects have noted an apparent similarity to military graveyards. All epitaphs and other markings are in the current subject's native language. All graves have, to date, remained consistently dedicated to the same or similar persons.\nGraves will always appear in square grids, 300 graves to a side, 90,000 graves per grid. For ease of documentation, grids are assigned a two-letter designation with individual graves given a numeric designation. For a full map of the interior of SCP-2783 with current grids and grave numbers, consult Document SCP-2783/B.\nThe number of graves increases at a seemingly arbitrary rate, with the apparent borders of the graveyard expanding to accommodate these changes and new grids beginning as necessary. At time of writing, SCP-2783 contains an estimated one million graves. The border of SCP-2783 is a fence or other marker that also conforms to customs from the current subject's place of birth. All attempts to pass this barrier to date have failed. The apparent climate outside the borders of the graveyard appears to match the climate within.\nGround-penetrating radar tests indicate that approximately 30% of graves contain human remains; the remaining 70% are unoccupied. The significance of this is unknown.\nOrigins/Recovery: On 13 October \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, simultaneous Containment failures of on-site copies of SCP-079, SCP-2522, and SCP-2999-A occurred as cognition testing was being conducted with Marvin.aic and experiments were being conducted with SCP-1073 samples. Recovered data and audio logs and security footage indicate that SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588 had pre-coordinated the containment breach through as-yet undiscovered means. While a full timeline of events has not yet been established, it has been determined that \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.aic and SCP-1073 provided assistance to site security that proved essential in limiting damage caused by the mass breach. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.aic was rendered inoperable, all SCP entities were neutralized, and three site security personnel were killed as a result of this incident.\nFollowing the recovery of the remains of the deceased site security personnel, materials relating to the terminated SCP entities and AI construct were moved to a secure locker within Laboratory 37. Following the conclusion of the incident investigator's shift, the Laboratory was locked. When maintenance personnel attempted to enter the Laboratory in order to inspect and clean it, the anomaly was triggered and site security notified.\nFollowing initial explorations into the anomaly, current containment procedures were put into effect with Level 5 security measures being effected following more extensive exploration.\nNotable Inscriptions:\n\n> Does the Black Moon Howl?\n\n> Does the Black Moon Howl?\n\n> The Black Moon sings in remembrance of those lost in forgotten wars.\nBE ADVISED: THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS LIMITED TO PERSONNEL WITH LEVEL 4 SECURITY CLEARANCE. YOUR ACCESS HAS BEEN LOGGED WITH THE FOUNDATION RECORDS AND INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.\nThe following is a list of gravestone inscriptions deemed noteworthy by the Records and Information Security Administration. A full list can be accessed by authorized personnel by contacting your Site RAISA representative.\n\nGrave Number\nName Inscribed\nEpitaph\nNotes\n\nAA-00000\n\"YHWH\"\n\"He was vital in Her Construction. His Design shall prove vital in Her Reconstruction.\"\nAll instances of grave AA-00000 manifest bearing an inscription memorializing a creator deity. No apparent favoritism of any religion has been observed. \u2588\u2588 variants have been observed to date.\n\nAA-00001\n\"Adam El Asem\"\n\"He is memorialized here that he may be remembered for who he was, not what he has become.\"\nAll iterations of Grave AA-00001 manifest with the name of a mythical \"First human\" or \"First man;\" \"Adam El Asem\" has been observed in approximately 70% of explorations.\n\nAA-00002\n\"Hawwah Bat Asherah\"\n\"The Serpent within the Library bestowed upon her great Wisdom. Her loss inspires us all to seek wisdom in this, the Living World.\"\nAll iterations of Grave AA-00002 have mentioned a mythical \"First woman.\" \"Hawwah Bat Asherah\" manifests in approximately 70% of iterations.\n\nAA-00005\n\"Lilit Bat YHWH\"\n\"She was loved greatly. Her beauty will not be forgotten.\"\nInscription has remained unchanged in all iterations.\n\nAA-00006\n\"Set Ben Adam\"\n\"This graveyard was constructed under his orders. When those interred here rise again, it is under his command they shall fight.\"\nInscription has remained unchanged in all iterations.\n\nAB-21917\n\"Unknown\"\n\"A Crafter of the FLESH and a disciple of the Tongueless Speaker. A worthy foe; his final moments were expended on the hordes of the Crimson Crown and so he is memorialized among the heroes of the People.\"\nRadar investigation of the grave indicates that the entity interred within possessed biology atypical of baseline humans.\n\nAL-21343\n\"Miryam Bat Hannah\"\n\"Our Savior and Prophet, our Staff and Shepard. The Machine Goddess smiled upon this house, and even now, those who rest here are tended to.\"\nThe name listed on Gravestone AL-21343 varies equally between \"Miryam Bat Hannah,\" \"Yeshua Ben YHWH,\" and \"Doctor Sophia Light.\" The significance of this is unknown.\n\nAL-30056\n\"Nicholas Flamel\"\n\"An esteemed scholar who rose to great heights, but, like Icarus, fell from great heights.\"\nNo evidence of anomalous phenomena associated with this individual has been found to date.\n\nAL-41867\n\"Lord Theodore Thomas Blackwood\"\n\"His service to the advancement of Science and Humanity shall carry on.\"\nRadar investigation of the grave indicates that a 1.8 meter human skeleton is interred within. Further information cannot be obtained without exhumation of the remains.\n\nAM-19186\n\"Pvt. Pyotr Avtukhov\"\n\"He and his fellows have seen the gates of Hell. Though they do not deserve it, they shall be first to greet the hordes of the Crimson Crown when the Gates open.\"\nRemains interred within appear incomplete. Significance of this is unknown.\n\nAM-19273\n\"Vladislav Soldatov\"\n\"His stories of the Great War saved more lives than he could have known.\"\nDate of birth and date of death are consistent with an individual who served in the Imperial Russian Army and later defected to the Red Army during the Russian Revolution. No records indicate that this individual was involved in anomalous activity.\n\nAM-20367\n\"Colonel Theodore Baker\"\nInformation has been redacted by order of RAISA; Level 5 Security Clearance Required\nFirst instance of a grave marker directly referencing information classified at Foundation Security Level 5. This and several grave markers immediately following present an apparent security breach surrounding Operation Hammer and Operation Anvil. Investigation into the source of this breach is ongoing.\n\nAM-20381\n\"RIC-437\"\nInformation has been redacted by order of RAISA; Level 5 Security Clearance Required\nInterred remains appear to be of a machine of indeterminate purpose.\n\nAM-21450\n\"Doctor Alto Clef\"\n\"A loving father. He gave much more than was demanded of him.\"\nThe name listed on Gravestone AM-21450 varies equally between \"Doctor Alto Clef,\" \"Agent Ukulele,\" and \"Adam El Asem.\" Date of death listed corresponds to a near containment-breach incident that resulted in the death of two personnel, including the containment supervisor of SCP-450.\n\nAM-21488\nMarvin.aic\n\"A machine mind that gave his life to protect his builders, just as the Machine Goddess before him. There will always be a place in Paradise for those who gave of themselves as he did.\"\nOn initial exploration, grave AM-21488 was the most distant from the entrance to SCP-2783, indicating it to be the most recent grave to be added. Radar investigation of the grave indicates that it contains computer hardware found missing from a secure locker in Laboratory 37 via drone exploration.\n\nExploration Log 926:\n\n> Does the Black Moon Howl?\n\n> Does the Black Moon Howl?\n\n> The Black Moon howls in mourning for lost children as the survivors arm themselves for war.\nLevel 5 Security Clearance credentials accepted. Your access has been logged with RAISA. Welcome, Overseer.\nOn 15 October 2017, a routine exploration of SCP-2783 was being carried out by Agent Phillip McClean when Agent McClean noted the presence of multiple humanoid entities previously not encountered in SCP-2783. These entities were captured by audiovisual recording equipment.\nThere were 13 total entities recorded, six seemingly female and seven seemingly male. Racial/ethnic profile of the entities was not apparent from either the recording or Agent McClean's testimony. All entities manifested in close proximity to a new grave marker near the border of SCP-2783's interior. All entities wore identical black dress coats and slacks, grey dress shirts, and black ties. All coats bore a coat-of-arms patch on both shoulders consisting of a white circular shield with three equidistant protrusions; inside the shield were three equidistant black arrows piercing a white circle outlined in black. All entities additionally wore black-and-white peaked caps bearing the same insignia on the face.\nUnlike all previous new gravestone manifestations, there was a grave in front of the marker, dug approximately 1.8 meters deep. Six of the entities manifested bearing an unadorned casket; the seven remaining entities manifested carrying bolt-action rifles of unknown make. The entities were recorded marching in a tight formation to the gravesite; upon reaching the gravesite, the entities bearing the casket methodically lowered the casket into the grave as the entities bearing rifles stepped aside in single file, assuming the position of \"Present Arms\" upon stopping. When the entities lowering the casket completed, they rendered hand salutes as the entities bearing rifles carried out a three-volley salute. Following this, all entities marched in single file to the gate of SCP-2783, where they demanifested. Upon later inspection, the new gravesite appeared undisturbed.\nBreakdown of the inscription on the grave marker is included below:\n\nGrave Number\nName Inscribed\nEpitaph\nNotes\n\nAM-21530\n\"Captain Kari Michelle Hollis, Mobile Task Force Zeta 9\"\n\"She died in a strange and faraway place with a smile on her face, a weapon in her hand, and foes on all sides. She exemplified what all warriors should strive to be.\"\nExploration 926 occurred 48 hours following the extrication of over a dozen Foundation personnel from SCP-1730 immediately prior to its neutralization. Captain Hollis went missing during this extrication and is presumed killed in action. It is unknown at this time if the remains interred in SCP-2783 correspond to Captain Hollis. Possible exhumation is currently under Ethics Committee review.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Such individuals will be referred to as \"subjects\" for the remainder of this article.\n2. Machine exploration does not trigger this anomaly. Also of note is the fact that Laboratory 37 may only be accessed through remotely-operated machines at this time.\n3. As a result of sociopolitical conditions in the region of the tomb, abandonment of this site and evacuation of personnel is currently under consideration. Remote monitoring of the location would continue in this contingency.\n4. This disparity exists even when there are multiple subjects within SCP-2783.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2782 | SCP-2783 | SCP-2784 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2784\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2784 instances are to be discreetly monitored at all times. The SCP-2784 containment team is to administer amnestics to civilians that become distressed by SCP-2784 instances. Foundation-approved psychological counselors must be available in case an SCP-2784 instance realizes that it is experiencing a hallucination and becomes distressed.\nThe house containing the entrance to SCP-2784-A is owned by the Foundation and must be occupied by at least one Foundation agent at all times. All rooms of the house must be prepared with discreet monitoring devices. SCP-2784 instances are permitted to enter the house and are to be recorded for the duration of their stay. Civilians must be prevented from entering the house.\nDescription: SCP-2784 designates a group of 12 adult humans all aged between 32 and 50 living in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588 who experience shared hallucinations of an adult male human they refer to as Andrew \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. SCP-2784 instances experience these hallucinations only when alone or in the presence of other SCP-2784 instances, claiming that Andrew \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is reclusive and shy. All SCP-2784 instances behave as if the entity is physically present during hallucinations and are unwilling or unable to discuss them in detail except with other SCP-2784 instances. Research indicates that Andrew \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was born in 1980 and lived at \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Road, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588. No official record of him exists after 2005, when he would have been 25 years old.\nSCP-2784-A is an extrauniversal space containing the mummified corpse of an adult human male. The corpse was approximately 25 years old at the time of death by unknown cause and wearing casual clothes common to the area around \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588 circa 2005. The space is a shaft 9m long by 7m wide with a height of 3000m, terminating at the bottom in a pool of water that extends for an unknown depth. The walls of the space consist of limestone. The corpse is suspended inside SCP-2784-A by 14 strands of string displaying anomalous tensile strength that anchor into the walls and wrap around the corpse. So far no method has been found that is able to cut these strands or work the corpse free. The entrance to SCP-2784-A is located in a first floor bedroom of the suburban house at \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Road, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588 where the North and West walls meet the ceiling. Anything approaching this corner of the room is transported into SCP-2784-A.\nSCP-2784 was brought to the Foundation's attention when the entrance to SCP-2784-A was discovered by Mr & Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a couple who had recently moved into the house at \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Road, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588. The couple was administered amnestics and the Foundation took ownership of the residence. In interviews prior to amnestization the couple indicated that they were repeatedly questioned by SCP-2784 instances about Andrew \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 who was implied to be a current resident of the house.\nAddendum 2784-1: The Foundation was able to contact the couple officially listed as Andrew \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's parents, who moved away in 2005. They indicated that they considered Andrew \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 to still be living in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and claimed to have spoken to him \"recently\" but could not remember what the conversation was about. They have been designated as SCP-2784 instances, bringing the total number up to 14. A DNA test performed on the corpse inside SCP-2784-A reveals that it is likely Andrew \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nAddendum 2784-2: A collection of origami sculptures was recovered from the house containing SCP-2784-A, including an origami box that unfolded into two pieces of paper containing handwritten notes. The handwriting matches that of Andrew \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Notably, the origami box was smaller than the dimensions of the two pieces of paper should physically allow for. Other origami sculptures recovered from the house show similar anomalies.\n\n+ Document 2784-1\n\n- Document 2784-1\n\nThe Plan: Use that one corner in the bedroom. It's just like folding paper. Remember: just like folding paper. Messing with people's heads is trickier but you can do it. It's for the best. Don't make them worry about you. Make sure they won't miss you. Open Unfold it, go inside, set it up.\n!! IMPORTANT !! Remember to pull the hole in after you!\n\n+ Document 2784-2\n\n- Document 2784-2\n\n1. Mom\n2. Dad\n3. Ken\n4. Stacy\n5. Molly\n6. Other Andy\n7. Isaac\n8. Alex\n9. Carol\n10. Lily\n11. Luke\n12. Irene\n13. Sandy\n14. Izzy\n\nNote: The first names listed in Document 2784-2 correspond with the names of known SCP-2784 instances.\n\nInterview 2784-3:\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2784-10\nInterviewer: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: Interview conducted with SCP-2784-10, who agreed to discuss their perceptions of Andrew \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Before we begin you should know that I may say some things that will disturb you. Is that okay?\nSCP-2784-10: Yeah, I'm alright with that.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Good. Now, why did you ask Mr & Mrs \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 all those questions?\nSCP-2784-10: Ah, well, I mean I didn't realize Andy was renting the place out. I mean, people start showing up at your friend's place with no warning, you're gonna be curious, right?\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 I see. Now, when would you say you started seeing Andrew \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588?\nSCP-2784-10 laughs.\nSCP-2784-10: What do you mean started seeing him? My family moved here when I was, what, 5? We live across the street from him, I've seen him ever since.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What can you tell me about Andrew?\nSCP-2784-10: He's\u2026 well, it's kinda funny, you know? The thing that really sticks out about him is how lucky he is, right? Like, any of the boardgames we play - you know, dice and cards, if Andy really wants to win, he does. I mean, not all the time, of course. But I don't think he ever lost anything high stakes. Other than that, he's a cool guy. Pretty nice, I don't think he had any real problems with anyone.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Ca-\nSCP-2784-10: Oh, and one other neat thing Andy does is, he's into origami, right? Making things out of paper? He's really good at it, makes some crazy stuff. Like, stuff we can never figure out how he does it. We ask and he just like smirks and won't say. But not in a malicious way, you now? It's just Andy being Andy.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Thank you. Can you recall the details of your last conversation with him?\nSCP-2784-10: Oh yeah, it was, uh\u2026 we were talking about this\u2026 Oh, Andy does this thing with string, that's another thing he does, like the origami, yeah? He's always making these weird knots that no one can figure out. He must have been showing me another one of those. Something like that.\nSCP-2784-10 laughs.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I see. Have you noticed any significant change in his behavior at all?\nSCP-2784-10: Well, a while back, when we were teenagers, he got kind of\u2026 withdrawn and a little shy, I think? He got better when we grew up and his parents moved away, though. He's still a little shy, I guess, like how he doesn't want to be around new people. I mean, as far as I know he just hangs out with the people he knew in high school.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Do you know what could have caused the change in his personality?\nSCP-2784-10: Uh, no, I don't. I mean, it's not really important, is it? He still seems happy these days.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: SCP-2784-10 believes the Andrew \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 they hallucinate to be the Andrew \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 they knew before he died. All SCP-2784 instances display a similar belief. Interview revealed no cause for concern, and no updates to containment procedures are needed at this time.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2783 | SCP-2784 | SCP-2785 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2785 following a SCP-2785-1 event on 01/14/2014. Foundation markings redacted.\n\nItem #: SCP-2785\nObject Class: Humanoid\nContainment Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The current instance of SCP-2785 is to be kept within a standard Euclid-class containment cell without furnishings. Observation of SCP-2785 is to take place using security cameras behind bulletproof glass. SCP-2785 does not require sustenance. No materials containing metal of any kind are allowed within SCP-2785's cell. The outer layer of SCP-2785's cell is to be lined with a layer of lead that is to be inspected biweekly for damages.\nSCP-2785 has displayed a marked interest in mathematics and engineering; as a reward for good behavior, it may be provided with textbooks in these subjects and non-metallic contraptions. These materials should not contain any information dated after 1960.\n\n+ Former Containment Procedures (Void as of 07/22/2014)\n\n- Access Granted\n\nSCP-2785 is to be kept in a standard Euclid-class containment cell. The room is to be completely barren with no furniture, and observation of SCP-2785 is to take place using security cameras behind bulletproof glass. SCP-2785 does not require sustenance.\nFor at least one hour per day, as a reward for good behavior, SCP-2785 has the choice to freely roam Site-17 and interact with personnel. During this time, SCP-2785 must be accompanied by at least two security guards. SCP-2785 is not allowed to enter restricted areas, nor come within fifty meters of any artifact capable of affecting machinery.\nPrior to SCP-2785-1 events, SCP-2785 is to be given any requested resources within reasonable limits. No more than 0.5 metric tonnes of material are to be provided to SCP-2785. The room where an SCP-2785-1 event occurs is to have a working ventilation system. Once SCP-2785-1 is complete, the previous instance of SCP-2785 may be recycled into its component materials. This is considered a further reward for good behavior, therefore if SCP-2785 begins to display undesirable traits, this privilege is to be revoked.\n\nContainment Breach Protocol: SCP-2785 poses little to no danger to anyone except for itself in the event of a site-wide containment breach. If found, it should be routed to the nearest secured exclusion area and preferably kept away from electronics. Security personnel should only exercise force on SCP-2785 if it makes its way towards any computer installations.\nIf an SCP-2785-1 event occurs during a containment breach, the materials used must be cataloged and any new capabilities of SCP-2785 must be audited.\nDescription: SCP-2785 is a fully functional automaton made entirely out of mechanical parts. SCP-2785 is 1.2 meters tall and is fully capable of movement and speech1. Although SCP-2785's appearance varies, it has always maintained a humanoid shape. When not in the process of an SCP-2785-1 event, SCP-2785 is polite to Foundation staff, often offering to help when it feels that it is needed.\nThe internal core of SCP-2785 appears to be a set of three gears, colored a light shade of green. It appears to be the source of SCP-2785's anomalous properties, using an unknown energy source to power SCP-2785. Direct analysis is impossible, as SCP-2785 has stated that removing this core would likely render the anomaly inert. However, long distance analysis has implied that the core is made of organic material.\nOnce a year, on January 17th, starting at 0412, SCP-2785 will enter an SCP-2785-1 event. This event occurs in four phases:\n\nCollection: SCP-2785 will move around to find suitable materials in the general vicinity. While in this trance state, SCP-2785 will disregard personnel, and has been noted to actively avoid obstacles in the search of materials. These materials are usually various metals, types of rocks and strips of cloth. Once SCP-2785 has a collection of materials deemed suitable, it will move on to the next phase.\n\nConstruction: SCP-2785 will use said materials to construct the basic frame of a similarly shaped automaton. SCP-2785 has often used its bare hands to craft tools2 for use in this construction.\n\nTransfer: SCP-2785 will then take its core out of its chest cavity and put it into the automaton. Approximately eight seconds later, SCP-2785 will cease animation, and the new automaton will begin moving. For all intents and purposes, this new automaton is now SCP-2785, as the previous instance of SCP-2785 no longer demonstrates anomalous properties.\n\nFinalization: SCP-2785 will transfer internal parts, such as gear systems and previous modifications, from the previous instance of SCP-2785 to itself. When SCP-2785 has been completed, it will resume its former behavior.\n\nIn all recorded SCP-2785-1 events, 25% have resulted in a new SCP-2785 instance with no notable changes, while 75% have resulted in variable changes designed to improve SCP-2785. Some of these changes include replacement of one of SCP-2785's hooks that was formerly used to manipulate objects with a fully functional, humanlike hand, shrinkage of SCP-2785, implementation of several clockwork devices, replacing a portion of SCP-2785's system of gears and pullies, replacement of its left hand with one of several tools (this improvement is the most common of SCP-2785's improvements), and implementation of electronic devices within SCP-2785, replacing several of its mechanical components. This includes motors, various sensors, and processing units.\n\nInner electronic components of SCP-2785. Recovered from a former instance of SCP-2785.\n\nAddendum 2785.1:\nRecords have shown that SCP-2785 was created in 1954 by Russian engineer Kolya Baranov. After his wife had a miscarriage, Baranov fell into depression, and spent most of his time creating sculptures. He created an approximate 82 sculptures out of various materials, one of these sculptures being SCP-2785. None of these sculptures have shown any anomalous properties except for SCP-2785. Baranov disappeared at some point in 1956. KGB records indicate that Baranov was under observation as a person of interest. However, any further records, including those of Baranov's fate, have since been destroyed.\nSCP-2785 came to the Foundation's attention in 1960, when denizens of the village of Visoko, Bosnia reported a \"monstrosity made out of metal\" stealing their belongings. SCP-2785 was captured by the Foundation and brought to Area-44, where it remained until the construction of Site-91 in 1963, when it was then moved there at the request of Project Supervisor Daniels. SCP-2785 has been in Foundation custody for 43 years and has undergone a corresponding number of SCP-2785-1 events.\nAddendum 2785.2:\n\n+ Level 2 Clearance Required\n\n- Collapse Interview\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2785\nInterviewer: Researcher Calvin\nForeword: This interview was carried out after a regular SCP-2785-1 event, in order to further ascertain the nature of SCP-2785.\n<Begin Log, 01/17/2005, 0512 hours>\nResearcher Calvin: (in Russian) Greetings, SCP-2785. I was hoping tha- (interrupted)Researcher Calvin: (in English) Wha- could you please tell me how you learned how to speak English?Researcher Calvin: \u2026okay. How are you, SCP-2785?Researcher Calvin: Could you please give some insight on why you undergo\u2026 uh, \"transformation events?\"Researcher Calvin: I believe you refer to it as \"\u041f\u0440\u0435\u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435\"3.Researcher Calvin: Pardon?Researcher Calvin: What? No, that was just\u2026 that wasn't a transformation.Researcher Calvin: No, I did not. Are you saying that you undergo SCP-2785-1 events in order to become more attractive?Researcher Calvin: Could you please elaborate?Researcher Calvin: So are you compelled to \"service\" us?Researcher Calvin: Listen, I have to go. Do you have any final words?<End Log, 01/17/2005, 0517 hours>\nClosing Statement: It is of note that Researcher Calvin took a vacation to Puerto Rico on 06/12/2002, and came back with noticeably tanner skin.\n\nAddendum 2785.3:\nOn 01/15/2014, two days prior to an SCP-2785-1 event, SCP-2785 requisitioned a large amount of copper for its transformation, in addition to other metals. However, for the first time in its containment, SCP-2785 did not requisition cloth or wood parts.\nThe SCP-2785-1 event took three hours longer than usual, mostly due to SCP-2785 using its tools to shape materials into electronic devices, then integrating them into the new instance of SCP-2785.\nWhen SCP-2785 was interviewed following the event, SCP-2785 reported that it had wanted to match its progress with that of contemporary machines. Following this event, the gap between SCP-2785-1 events shortened from one year to thirty days, though SCP-2785 requisitioned far less material for these events. Exposing SCP-2785 to modern electronics is strictly forbidden from this point.\nAddendum 2785.4:\nAs of 07/21/2014, SCP-2785 has integrated electronic components fully into its form, replacing about 94.61 percent4 of its mechanical components. Radio analysis has revealed that SCP-2785's core no longer spins in its former fashion; rather, it emits electricity at approximately 250 volts. Some upgrades to itself include replacing gear systems with electronic motors, replacement of its tool hand (which was formerly a shovel), with a regular hand, though with several more tools integrated into it, and the replacement of its mechanical voice-box with an electronic synthesizer.\nOn 08/23/2014, SCP-2785 asked to meet with SCP-1360, asserting that it wanted to \"make sure it wasn't sad anymore\". It is of note that SCP-2785 was not informed of SCP-1360's existence. An observation of SCP-2785's innards revealed an electric signal interception system in the model of a standard Foundation radio. This created the possibility of SCP-2785 gaining knowledge of technologies with the potential of causing a containment breach. SCP-2785's containment procedures have since been revised.\nAddendum 2785.5:\n\n+ Level 2 Clearance Required\n\n- Collapse Interview\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2785\nInterviewer: Researcher Calvin\nForeword: Project Supervisor Daniels approved an interview with SCP-2785, in order to gain an understanding of its new behavior.\n<Begin Log, 09/03/2014, 0714 hours>\nResearcher Calvin: Good evening, SCP-2785.Researcher Calvin: Alright, now-\nSCP-2785 emits a screech at about 65 dB. It is assumed that this a cry of excitement.\nResearcher Calvin: You've recently integrated some electronic components into yourself. Do you mind giving me insight into why you did that?SCP-2785 begins to carve a simple exponential equation into the table, and then solves it.Researcher Calvin: Could you please detail how you discovered these electronics?[SCP-2785 and Researcher Calvin argue about the simplicity of exponential equations for four minutes. Extraneous dialogue removed]\nResearcher Calvin: You know, if you aren't willing to give us information, I guess I'll be on my way\u2026\nResearcher Calvin begins to stand up.Researcher Calvin: Answer my questions, then. How did you discover electronics?SCP-2785 remains silent for two seconds.Researcher Calvin: Could you describe how these electronics affected your actions?Researcher Calvin: No.Researcher Calvin: (interrupting, noticeably frustrated) This isn't going anywhere\u2026 How did you know about SCP-1360?Researcher Calvin sighs and begins to stand up.<End Log, 09/03/2014, 0729 hours>\nClosing Statement: For three weeks following this interview, SCP-2785 used a small drillbit in its finger to draw medium-difficulty mathematical equations in the walls of its cell, as well as phrases such as \"Have you been amazed yet?\"\n\nFootnotes\n1. SCP-2785's preferred language appears to be Russian, though after several decades of containment it has learned English via immersion.\n2. Even when offered tools for its construct, SCP-2785 has rejected them, apparently out of politeness.\n3. Russian for \"transformation\"\n4. This is mostly due to the minimum amount of mechanical components required for electronic devices to function.\n5. SCP-2785's term for \"radio\"\n\nMore by notgull\n\nMore by notgull\n\nSCPs\n\nnotgull's Proposal\n\nSCP-3733\n\nSCP-3095\n\nSCP-4800\n\nSCP-4804\n\nSCP-2785\n\nSCP-4348\n\nSCP-4048\n\nSCP-4688\n\nSCP-3362\n\nSCP-579-J\n\nSCP-4785\n\nSCP-3339\n\nSCP-5800\n\nSCP-4248\n\nSCP-3747\n\nSCP-4948\n\nSCP-3296\n\nSCP-4800-J\n\nSCP-4799\n\nSCP-199\n\nSCP-3485\n\nSCP-5981\n\nSCP-7234\n\nSCP-4808\n\nSCP-3833\n\nSCP-3748\n\nSCP-4148\n\nSCP-5054\n\nSCP-5025\n\nSCP-1037\n\nSCP-093-J\n\nSCP-5680\n\nSCP-1684\n\nSCP-4872\n\nSCP-3248\n\nSCP-6904\n\nSCP-5483\n\nSCP-6785\n\nSCP-4397\n\nTales\n\nThe Little Robot that Could\n\nJoin the Flock\n\nThe Siege of Site-19\n\nTales of the Automaton: The Big Birdocalypse\n\nFootage Recovered From a Private Server\n\nAvian Anthology I\n\nMy Empire of Birds\n\nMoose on the Loose\n\nDocument recovered from a Parallel Universe\n\nKatz and Dogs\n\nJoey Fucknuts Steals The Declaration of Independence\n\nYour Guard\n\nVacation Opportunity\n\nThe Scent of a Toaster\n\nBurn, Baby, Burn\n\nChasing Suns\n\nWind in the Sails\n\nThree Feet Under I\n\nThe Shape of Water is Humanoid\n\nDead Reckoning\n\nThree Feet Under II\n\nThree Feet Under III\n\nInto the Beetle Black Yonder\n\nForgotten Shrine\n\nDown Through\n\nHyperfine\n\nDon't Knock on Strange Doors\n\nOther\n\nResearcher Calvin's Personnel File\n\nIncident Report \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\n\"Sphere\" Incursion Log\n\nInitial Incursion Log\n\n\"Cube\" Incursion Log #1\n\n\"Cube\" Incursion Log #2\n\nSCP-093-J Blue Test\n\nSCP-093-J Recovered Documents\n\nSCP-093-J Green Test\n\nSCP-093-J Purple Test\n\nExploration Log 4480-1\n\nSee my Author Page for more information. If you like reading my stuff, consider checking out my YouTube Channel for SCP-inspired animations, among other things.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2784 | SCP-2785 | SCP-2786 \u00bb"}
{"text": "I'm the hero of this story, my story. This will always be my story.\n\nBillith\n\nWritten by Billith.\nIf you liked this article, you'll probably like:\n\nSCP-3311\nSCP-3959\nSCP-3533\nSCP-5861\n\nTOP OF PAGE\n\nNOTICE FROM THE RECORDS AND INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION\nThe following documentation has been flagged as COMPROMISED by SCP-2786's effects. Due to the nature of the anomaly, this has been deemed safe for reading for the time being. However, contents of the article may fluctuate between readings and may or may not be considered accurate at this time. Click below to initiate recalibration sequence.\nWe apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2785 | SCP-2786 | SCP-2787 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2787-2\n\nItem #: SCP-2787\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A monitoring station is to be established in the vicinity of SCP-2787-2 (Station 2787-05) to allow constant surveillance of SCP-2787-2 at all times by both electronic and visual means. A compatible file corresponding to the original design, designated SCP-2787-2', is to be open within a computer running an SCP-2787-1 instance at all times; if any change in SCP-2787-2 is observed this file is to be saved immediately and Head Researcher SCP-2787 notified. The Foundation is to monitor internet traffic for SCP-2787-1, and any instances discovered are to be replaced with non-anomalous versions.\nWhen Protocol 371-Shepherd is in effect, any part of this containment protocol may be superseded at any time under orders of Head Researcher SCP-2787 or higher authority. Further orders will be issued as appropriate by O5 Command; however, personnel are to be reminded that, owing to the anomalous nature of SCP-2787, the Protocol must be regarded as a temporary measure only and is no substitute for true containment. Protocol 371-Shepherd suspended until further notice.\nDescription: SCP-2787-1 (branded as \u2018Civil Engineering Design Toolbox') is a computer-aided design (CAD) software package created by \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Software Limited. SCP-2787-1 was not officially released, but was distributed illicitly via file-sharing websites prior to attracting Foundation attention. Copies of 'Civil Engineering Design Toolbox' released by the manufacturer do not possess anomalous properties; at this time the origin of SCP-2787-1 is unknown. SCP-2787-1 functions similarly to the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 software created by the same company, allowing users to design and create 3D models, specify materials and dimensions, and other such functions common to such software. SCP-2787-1's anomalous effects occur whenever a file is saved. Any model saved by the software in the default .cedt format will replace the current iteration of SCP-2787-2.\nSCP-2787-2 is a location in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 where models saved by SCP-2787-1 manifest. SCP-2787 was first brought to the attention of the Foundation when reports emerged of the steel bridge originally on the site disappearing, being replaced with a crude high-rise building rising from the valley below. The location was immediately closed to the public, and amnestics were administered to witnesses. Suppression of SCP-2787-1 has greatly reduced the number of incidents, with 3 non-authorised incidents occuring in 20\u2588\u2588, as opposed to over 10 daily incidences immediately following discovery. Combined with the creation of SCP-2787-2' from the original blueprints, this has allowed the Foundation to maintain the cover of the bridge being closed owing to ongoing safety issues. Testing surrounding SCP-2787's ability to manifest complex materials and structures is currently ongoing, and authorised personnel may access the log below.\n\n+ SCP-2787 Testing Log\n\n- SCP-2787 Testing Log\n\nTest #: 003\nDescription: Replacement of SCP-2787-2' with wooden model of identical geometry.\nResult: Structure manifested as specified and immediately collapsed into the valley below. Analysis suggests materials possessed insufficient structural strength to support their own weight. Debris disappeared when SCP-2787-2' restored.\nTest #: 007\nDescription: Samples of various materials (including steel, concrete and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588) added to model.\nResult: Materials appeared in expected locations and removed from site. Testing showed no distinguishable differences from non-anomalous materials. Samples disappeared when SCP-2787-2' restored.\nIncident #: Unauthorised Incident 075\nDescription: Change to model resulting from uncontained SCP-2787-1 instance.\nResult: Structure disappeared in its entirety; Technician \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, who was installing equipment on the bridge at the time, was not affected and fell to the ground below. The technician was pronounced dead on the scene from injuries sustained from her fall. Model reverted to SCP-2787-2' following cleanup operation; relevant SCP-2787-1 instance later discovered as part of standard containment procedures and destroyed.\nTest #: 015\nDescription: Self-contained steel chamber added to model such that it would manifest underground relative to SCP-2787-2, including surface hatch for accessibility.\nResult: Chamber appeared as expected. Opening of the hatch lead to inrush of air consistent with inside of chamber being in vacuum. When SCP-2787-2' was restored the removed soil did not reappear.\nTest #: 016\nDescription: A battery of Scranton reality anchors were established around SCP-2787-2. Various models were saved including repeats of previous tests.\nResult: [REDACTED]\nTest #: 017\nDescription: Extensive changes to model in attempt to [REDACTED] and simulation of containment failure of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nResult: [REDACTED] leading to use of SCP-2787 for emergency containment being approved by O5 Council majority vote; SCP-2787 reclassified as Thaumiel. Authorised personnel may access Protocol 371-Shepherd.\n\nProtocol 371-Shepherd\nFull access to Protocol 371-Shepherd is restricted to personnel of Level 5 clearance.\n\n+ Please enter your credentials\n\n- Credentials entered\n\nThank you. Your clearance level is 2787 Level 3. Some information may be unavailable for security reasons.\n\nProtocol 371-Shepherd involves the use of SCP-2787 to create a emergency containment facility in the situation that conventional containment is not feasible. Owing to the risk resulting from the anomalous nature of SCP-2787, the protocol is not to be activated save for \u2588\u2588-Class scenarios or greater. All personnel assigned to SCP-2787 are to have a level of competence with non-anomalous versions of SCP-2787-1 or similar software. Activation of 371-Shepherd will be authorised by direct communication from 05 Command. Alternatively, in the event of an \u2588\u2588-Class scenario or greater, full authority will be given to the senior surviving staff member attached to SCP-2787. When the Protocol is active, SCP-2787-2 is designated a Provisional Site. Following successful reintroduction of containment all personnel involved are to [REDACTED].\nImplementation history\n\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588 - 371-Shepherd activated following SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 breaching containment after [REDACTED]. The object was recaptured successfully by site security and the Protocol was stood down.\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588 - 371-Shepherd activated as part of simulated containment breach (see Exercise Blue Railroad). Indications that SCP-2787 is unusually vulnerable to high-level reality bending entities are to be investigated as a matter of urgency.\n\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-20\u2588\u2588 - 371-Shepherd activated following mass containment failure at Site \u2588\u2588. SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 and SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 held at Provisional Site 2787-2 until Site \u2588\u2588 secured by responding MTF personnel.\n\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-20\u2588\u2588 - 371-Shepherd activated following discovery of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 held at Provisional Site 2787-2 until construction of dedicated facility could be completed. However, containment breach occurred after [REDACTED], suggesting [REDACTED] may have knowledge of SCP-2787 and/or access to an SCP-2787-1 instance. SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 successfully recontained at Site \u2588\u2588.\n\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-20-\u2588\u2588 - 371-Shepherd activated in preparation of [REDACTED]. In the resulting confusion SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 breached provisional containment after apparently [DATA EXPURGED]. Subsequent testing has indicated that reality levels surrounding SCP-2787-2 are fluctuating far above normal levels; Protocol 371-Shepherd is currently suspended, with the exception of \u2588\u2588-Class scenarios, under which it is believed that [REDACTED] would in fact be desirable. SCP-2787 is therefore reclassified as Euclid at this time.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2786 | SCP-2787 | SCP-2788 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2788\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2788 is to be confined within Provisional Humanoid Containment Site-888 at all times. All essential members of staff at Site-888 must be citizens of the People's Republic of China who hold valid hukou1 that identify themselves as residents of Huaxi Village. As an incentive for continued cooperation with the Foundation, requests made by SCP-2788 to purchase luxury items using its own financial assets may be approved by the Site Director on a case-by-case basis. The current worldview of the inhabitants of Huaxi Village is to be maintained through the deployment of propaganda in favor of the status quo and economic manipulation by Foundation front companies.\nDescription: SCP-2788 is a male human of approximately sixty-seven years of age, who self-identifies as \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Inner Secretary of the Huaxi Village Communist Party Committee2. SCP-2788 can only be perceived or interacted with by individuals who hold valid hukou that identify themselves as residents of Huaxi Village. Interviews with SCP-2788 suggest that its appearance, personality, and knowledge reflect the current worldview of the inhabitants of Huaxi Village. Furthermore, SCP-2788 has claimed that it has assumed different forms throughout the past; those claims have largely been corroborated by local eyewitnesses and historical databases.\nIn 1988, SCP-2788 first came to the attention of the Foundation through automated econometric anomaly-prediction systems, which noted unexpectedly rapid growth of earnings and investment in Huaxi Village compared to the baseline in the People's Republic of China following Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms. An on-site sociological analysis of Huaxi Village noted unusual levels of social cohesion, economic equality, and conformity, as well as a local cult of personality centered on SCP-2788, of whom no records could be found by agents embedded within the Chinese central government. Remote observation of Huaxi Village through CCTV cameras began in the following year, yielding footage of Huaxi Village residents spontaneously talking to themselves and congregating for assemblies convened by SCP-2788 at which there was no visible speaker. Discovery of SCP-2788 took place after Agent Cheng was provided a residence in Huaxi Village and had his hukou modified to identify him as a resident of Huaxi Village.\n\n+ Interview Report 2788-1\n\n- Interview Report 2788-1\n\nInterviewed: Agent Cheng\nInterviewer: Dr. Wang\nForeword: Debriefing took place after Agent Cheng moved into Huaxi Village and encountered SCP-2788 for the first time.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Wang: For the record, could you describe the circumstances in which you encountered \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 again?\nAgent Cheng: Certainly. I had just moved into my new house, when I heard someone knocking at the door. Keeping my sidearm ready, I approached the door, and looked through the peephole, where I saw an elderly man standing on the other side. I opened the door, and then he introduced himself as \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Inner Secretary of the Huaxi Village Communist Party Committee.\nDr. Wang: What happened next?\nAgent Cheng: He said that he had been expecting me, and I asked him why that was the case. He replied that he knew that he was being watched ever since we installed all those CCTV cameras in Huaxi, and that he expected us to eventually move someone to Huaxi to see him in person. He then asked me who I was working for, and when I told him that I had no idea what he was talking about, he chuckled, handed me a business card, and told me that, regardless of who I was working for, he was interested in talking with me. After that, he left.\nDr. Wang: Do you still have the business card?\nAgent Cheng: Yes, I do\u2014it's right here.\n(Agent Cheng hands the business card to Dr. Wang.)\nDr. Wang: Very well, then. You'll be updated with new orders soon.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: After the debriefing, \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was designated SCP-2788. Agent Cheng was given orders to contain SCP-2788, through diplomatic means if possible.\n\n+ Interview Report 2788-2\n\n- Interview Report 2788-2\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2788\nInterviewer: Agent Cheng\nForeword: Agent Cheng arrived at the address of the office listed on the business card that he had previously been given by SCP-2788. A hidden microphone was used to record the interview with SCP-2788.\n<Begin Log>Agent Cheng: Perhaps if we can make this an exchange of information?Agent Cheng: Well, I can tell you that I do not work for the central government, if that's your concern. I represent an organization that works to protect this world from the abnormal, by-Agent Cheng: We prefer the word contain, actually. Our organization is not a jail\u2014it isn't criminal to be abnormal. We only want to protect the world from what it doesn't understand, and what it doesn't understand from the world. Now that you know why I'm here, would you be willing to tell me about yourself, and your\u2026 peculiarities? Depending on your circumstances, we may be able to help each other by working together.Agent Cheng: You enjoy being a capitalist more than you enjoyed being a god?Agent Cheng: What if I told you that, if you were to enter containment by our organization, we could help keep you as you are?Agent Cheng: You may be in charge of Huaxi, but what power do you have over the rest of the world? At any moment, society might change again, and you would have to change with it. Our organization has the influence needed to keep things as they are here, if you are willing to cooperate with us. You wouldn't even have to work at all.Agent Cheng: I'm sure that can be arranged. Let me speak to my superiors, and I will let you know what we can do.<End Log>\nClosing Statement: Over the next week, an agreement was made with SCP-2788, resulting in SCP-2788 voluntarily entering containment. Part of the Longxi International Hotel was modified to suit the purposes of containing SCP-2788, and designated Provisional Humanoid Containment Site-888.\n\n+ Interview Report 2788-3\n\n- Interview Report 2788-3\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2788\nInterviewer: Dr. Wang\nForeword: Interview conducted immediately after SCP-2788 entered containment.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Wang: Secretary \u2588\u2588, now that you've entered our custody, I'd like to ask you some questions about your life history for our records. Do you know when your earliest memories took place?Dr. Wang: You've claimed to Agent Cheng that you have played various different roles on the behalf of the inhabitants of Huaxi Village in the past. Who or what were you during that time period?Dr. Wang: For how long did you remain in that role?Dr. Wang: What happened next?Dr. Wang: Nevertheless, you must have saved several lives. You should be proud of what you were able to accomplish, considering your circumstances.(SCP-2788 pauses.)Dr. Wang: Am I correct in my assumption that you resumed your current form after the Cultural Revolution, and that you gained your business knowledge following the economic reforms of Deng Xiaoping?Dr. Wang: In that case, I have covered everything I wanted to in this interview. I hope that in the days to come, you can take advantage of your containment and see it as a well deserved retirement. With how hard you've worked for the inhabitants of Huaxi Village over the years, getting some rest might do you some good.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: After the interview, SCP-2788 requested to purchase a collection of history books, claiming that it wanted to \"come to terms with China's past.\" The request was approved by the active Site Director.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A record in the household registration system of the People's Republic of China.\n2. No such office is known to exist.\n3. Founder and first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who reigned between 1368 and 1398.\n4. Lord of the Soil and the Ground.\n5. An unpopular edict that mandated the adoption of the queue hairstyle by Han Chinese.\n6. A city near Huaxi Village.\n7. An ethnic slur against people of Japanese descent, usually translated as \"Japanese devils.\"\n8. Likely referring to the mass murder and rape of residents of Nanjing that took place between December 1937 and January 1938.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2787 | SCP-2788 | SCP-2789 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2789\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Any discovered instances of SCP-2789 are to be immediately destroyed to prevent further spread. MTF-Xi-17 'Cross Country' is currently assigned to locating instances as soon as they appear via investigating new instances by monitoring social media and other mediums, and reports of mass recording software failure in patterns that bear similarity to those of SCP-2789. As of this writing, SCP-2789-1 is currently not in containment, but members of MTF-Xi-17 have been instructed to make all possible attempts to detain it. A standard humanoid holding cell has been prepared in the event that SCP-2789-1 is successfully obtained.\nDescription: SCP-2789 is a fast food restaurant named Beefbelly Bill's. This name is displayed on the front of the building and a sign outside the building. It operates as a lunch and breakfast food chain, and has fully operating fryers, grills, and soda and ice cream machines. When an SCP-2789 first appears, it will integrate into nearby plumbing and electrical services by use of pipes and electrical lines that extend out and connect to nearby systems.\nUpon appearance of an instance of SCP-2789, at least four staff members will be present inside the building. These staff members have no sense of identity, and will only acknowledge that they are staff members of their instance of SCP-2789. Security footage obtained from nearby buildings show that the staff members do not leave SCP-2789, even after the indicated 'closing time' of 10:00 PM. If forcibly removed, they will vanish and reappear inside of SCP-2789's kitchen. If SCP-2789 is destroyed, the staff members will dissolve into piles of tissue and bodily fluids that match the genetic samples of other biological material found within the particular instance of SCP-2789. The food served by SCP-2789 has no anomalous properties, and is edible in most situations.\nOver the course of each year an instance of SCP-2789 is open, thirty random people that buy food from it will be selected through an unknown process. These people will be told that the restaurant is having a special offer on that day, and will be offered a free burger with their choice of drink. Should the subject consume this, they are to be referred to as an instance of SCP-2789-2. If they do not, another person within the vicinity will be chosen by the staff members of SCP-2789. Approximately five hours after consuming this burger, SCP-2789-2 will display an urge to travel to a different location, most often a large city that does not have an instance of SCP-2789 present. Once SCP-2789-2 reaches a location it finds suitable, it will begin its transformation into a new instance of SCP-2789. Those who witness the transformation of SCP-2789-2 report having no memory of the incident, and all attempts to capture it on recording software have been met with failure, with attempted recordings being completely replaced with static that may occasionally lapse into the Beefbelly Bill's logo.\nThe exact conditions of how this occurs are unknown due to the inability to successfully observe the transformation, but it is theorized that SCP-2789-2 undergoes symptoms similar to congestive heart failure. Following this, SCP-2789-2 would begin to rapidly increase in bodily mass, until it reaches a height and width of nearly 4 meters. After SCP-2789-2 has reached sufficient size, its body tissues and fluids will begin to change into materials commonly found in SCP-2789. Any structures that are in the way of the new SCP-2789 will be incorporated into the structure of the building or displaced into another location. SCP-2789 has been observed to bond with structures such as supermarkets, churches, gas stations, and libraries. Any humans present at the time of transformation will be relocated inside of or near to SCP-2789.\nForensic analysis of structural components of SCP-2789 has found traces of bone marrow and spinal fluid, along with human epidermis (used as insulation for electrical wires) that test genetically identical to DNA samples (obtained from local hospitals when available) of SCP-2789-2. During one inspection of the demolished remains of an instance of SCP-2789, an enlarged human brain was recovered, with electrical impulses being given off, suggesting that SCP-2789 may in fact be alive. During examination, an attempt was made to measure the neural oscillations of the recovered brain. The wavelength of the brain was reported to remain the same until \u2588:\u2588\u2588 of the same day of its recovery, which coincided with an attempt to detain SCP-2789-1, in which it demonstrated erratic activity before abruptly ceasing all neural activity.\nSCP-2789-1 is an elderly man who claims to be the CEO of the company, and will appear wherever a new instance of SCP-2789 appears. Descriptions of SCP-2789-1 vary, but always include that it appears in formal clothing, and bears a large mustache. Conversations with SCP-2789-1 have not proven useful, as it prefers to talk about the food at its restaurant, often asking subjects how it could improve the menu. Attempts to detain SCP-2789-1 have been met with failure, as it frequently disappears with no explanation, often leaving behind a business card identifying itself as the owner of the Beefbelly Bill's company, along with what is presumed to be a name in a currently unidentified language. Translation attempts are ongoing.\nAddendum: The following interviews have been conducted between employees of an instance of SCP-2789 in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Colorado, and SCP-2789-1 in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Washington.\n\n+ Show Interviews\n\n- Access Granted\n\nInterview 1:\n\nInterviewed: An employee of SCP-2789\nInterviewer: Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: This interview took place before the evacuation and destruction of SCP-2789.\n<Begin Log>\nEmployee: Hi, welcome to Beefbelly Bill's! How may we help you today?\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I'm looking for information. When did this restaurant get here?\nEmployee: We officially opened for business last night, of course! Would you like to try our BLT burger? And for just three-ninety nine you can make it a combo!\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: No, I wouldn't. What I mean to say is how did this restaurant get here?\nEmployee: I'm sorry, if you have questions about our company, you'll have to speak to the CEO. He's the life of the company! I hope he's able to help you, here at Beefbelly Bill's, customer service is our top priority!\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I don't suppose you'd be able to contact your CEO and ask him to come here, could you?\n\nEmployee: Not me, I'm just a cashier. Our CEO comes and goes when he wants to.\n\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Thank you.\n\nEmployee: Oh! I almost forgot to ask! We have a special offer today, would you like a free burger with your choice of drink?\n\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: We're leaving. Now.\n\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: SCP-2789 was demolished thirty minutes after this interview. The burger and drink offered to Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 were found to contain traces of human blood, mucus, and bone marrow in the sauce/drink. The discovered materials did not test identical to the SCP-2789 they were obtained in. The employee who offered the 'special offer' to researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 became noticeably distressed after the offer was declined, calling Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 'ungrateful for not accepting his (presumably referring to SCP-2789-1) gift'.\n\nInterview 2:\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2789-1\n\nInterviewer: Agent R\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: This interview was conducted at an instance of SCP-2789 in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Washington. SCP-2789-1 was found sitting at a table (drinking a milkshake) inside SCP-2789 prior to destruction and asked for an interview. SCP-2789-1 consented.\n\n<Begin Log>\n\nAgent R\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Can you tell me what your involvement with this place is?\n\nSCP-2789-1: I'm the CEO of this fine company. Beautiful, isn't it?\n\nAgent R\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I must admit I'm not a fan of the way you make the restaurants.\n\nSCP-2789-1: (laughs) I'm afraid to have a successful business in this day and age, you'll have to make sacrifices\u2026 I expected someone from your foundation to know that.\n\nAgent R\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: We're not talking about my company. Let's focus on yours.\n\nSCP-2789-1: Of course, of course. Here I was, sitting in my office one fine day, and I thought, what if I could increase the number of restaurants in my business, at no cost, and increase production, also at no cost? Sure, there are some morally or ethically questionable things-\n\nAgent R\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: The deaths of hundreds, just to 'increase production'?\n\nSCP-2789-1: (clears throat loudly) -but ultimately, it's all worth it to increase my business. Every person who accepts my gift is a hero! A sacrificial lamb to further something far greater than themselves! It's not like the old days, where someone would offer you a human sacrifice to help you along. No, the world has changed, and I've adapted along with it. After all\u2026 I am the life of the company.\n\nAgent R\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Your employees say the same thing, word for word. What exactly does that mean?\n(A brief silence as SCP-2789-1 finishes its milkshake)\nSCP-2789-1 That's a company secret. (SCP-2789-1 excuses itself to the restroom)\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: Following the conclusion of this interview, Agent R\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 immediately called for MTF unit Xi-17 to retrieve SCP-2789-1, however, when MTF unit Xi-17 arrived, SCP-2789-1 was no longer present. The instance of SCP-2789 was destroyed immediately after the interview. SCP-2789-1's knowledge of the Foundation is considered to be a security risk, and efforts to contain and question it have been increased.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2788 | SCP-2789 | SCP-2790 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More SCPs by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-3220\n\nSCP-2790\n\nSCP-2820\n\nSCP-4780\n\nSCP-3780\n\nSCP-2664\n\nSCP-4950\n\nSCP-2730\n\nSCP-947\n\nSCP-2810\n\nSCP-2350\n\nSCP-3640\n\nSCP-4670\n\nSCP-2490\n\nSCP-2680\n\nSCP-3470\n\nSCP-5430\n\nSCP-5940\n\nSCP-2210\n\nSCP-4710\n\nSCP-3850\n\nSCP-3360\n\nSCP-2910\n\nSCP-2060\n\nSCP-7660\n\nSCP-1750\n\nSCP-2570\n\nSCP-2650\n\nSCP-2143\n\nSCP-6190\n\nSCP-7780\n\nSCP-6880\n\n+ All Tales by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nAvatara\n\nHypervelocity\n\nI Thought You Died Alone\n\nMoonlighting\n\nZeitgeist\n\nAutoerotic Assassination\n\nT Minus\n\nTerminal Velocity\n\nThe Chosen Few\n\nReboot or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypses\n\nHard Machine\n\nLoud, Lawless, and Lost\n\nMorphine Machine\n\nThe Vice Girls\n\nTruth Is Sin\n\nDeus Vulture\n\nEcstasy and Exorcism\n\nThe Revelation\n\nNonpareil\n\nRise and Repent\n\nT Plus\n\nThe Ballad of Santa Troy\n\nPrey and Obey\n\nEscape Velocity\n\nJump the Gun\n\nNo One Gets Out of Her Alive\n\nLeather Pig\n\nContempt\n\nThe Man-Machine\n\nDomo Arigato\n\nMile High Club\n\nStrung Out in Heavens High\n\nIndustrial Espionage\n\nHands\n\nNothing Human\n\nFullmusic Astrobiologist\n\nEnasni Si Gnihtyreve\n\nEight Hours in the ECRG\n\n+ All Hubs by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nHubs\n\nPrometheus Labs Hub\n\nSpeed Demon\n\nGuns Pointed at the Head of God\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nOverheard at Deer\nch00bakka\n\nSCP-150\nDecibelles\n\nSCP-3000\ndjkaktus, Joreth\n\nSCP-4220\nThe Great Hippo\n\nSCP-4310\nThe Great Hippo\n\nChicago Spirit Hub\nPeppersGhost\n\nSCP-5555\nRounderhouse, Uncle Nicolini\n\nVisions of Bodies Being Burned\nTaffeta\n\nSamsara\nTyGently\n\nDeath Perception\nTyGently\n\nThe Powers that Bark\nTyGently\n\nA Comprehensive List of Esoteric Classes\n\nAlgorithm Curated Recommendations\n\nDr. Desai's Personnel File\n\nFormat Screw Hub\n\nFoundation Facilities\n\nInterviewing Icons - A Random Day\n\nNews for October 2015\n\nSCP-2789\n\nSCP-2791\n\nSCP Series 3\n\nSCP Series 3 - Audio Edition\n\nSecure Facilities Locations (Archived)\n\n\n2790 is adorable and should be petted often\n\nItem #: SCP-2790\nObject Class: BFF\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2790 is contained in a Class 2 Deep-Water Aquatic Containment Tank in Site-54 where it cannot be touched. As of this time, personnel are freely invited to splash around and play with him. SCP-2790 should not be touched, and must always be hand-fed. All forms of physical contact with 2790 are allowed and encouraged except touching. Rub his belly while feeding him, especially while feeding him treats - he loves treats. Hug him before and after playtime. Personnel that do not wish to make contact with 2790 should be coerced into playing with him. SCP-2790 must be loved with lots of care. Poke him and prod him and hug him and squeeze him and rub against him and play with him but don't touch him. Personnel that touch 2790 will be severely punished.\nSCP-2790 should be periodically transferred to other Sites as part of a pilot program to improve general Foundation morale. While he is away on outreach, personnel feeling lonely should massage themselves, since their skin will make them feel just like him.\nDescription: SCP-2790 is a male Atlantic cranch squid (Teuthowenia megalops). He was initially recovered during a raid on the curio shop \"Curios of the Worlds\", feeling lonely and sad in a tinted glass tank labeled \"Ignore\". It was unclear why anybody would want to hurt 2790 or make him unhappy. SCP-2790 is endearing, snuggly, sociable, easy-going, and enjoys playing games. All forms of physical contact with 2790 except touching are encouraged. For example, SCP-2790 can be stroked, cuddled, petted, and caressed. He especially loves cuddling. If he is lonely for too long, he will try to breach containment to find his friends. Close physical contact is the optimal method to keep him contained. Drs. Romero and Srinivasan lead the research on maintaining skin-to-skin contact with 2790 for extended periods of time so that he doesn't feel lonely.\nAddendum: 2790-1\nInitial tests (of a team of personnel playing with SCP-2790 in shifts) resulted in increased containment breach rates from 0 per week to 0 per day. In addition, 2790's morale decreased significantly. Other proposals for maintaining contact with 2790 have been put forth, such as cloning him and providing each staff member with a clone to carry around, grafting skin from him onto each member of personnel, etc. (For a full list of proposals, see Document 2790-2)\nAddendum: 2790-2\nAfter debate, the proposal to graft skin from SCP-2790 onto all personnel has passed, citing the ability to be connected with 2790 without being in contact and the smoothness, softness, and loveliness of his skin. Junior Researcher Romero collected a sample of skin from 2790 after horsing around with him. All Biotechnology labs in Site-54 have been directed to grow clone cultures of cute skin from Romero's samples.\nAddendum: 2790-3\nAs of 3/14/\u2588\u2588, 189 personnel have volunteered for grafting trials. Although 72 had to be rejected for health reasons, 117 personnel were selected to test the initial grafts by replacing the uglier, calloused skin on their hands with 2790's perfect, supple skin.\nAddendum: 2790-4\nAs of 4/25/\u2588\u2588, enough supple skin has been grown for the grafting procedures. All graft surgeries proceeded smoothly with no complications. The test subjects have been given immunosuppressant medications to minimize rejection of the perfect skin.\nAddendum: 2790-5\nAs of 8/03/\u2588\u2588, only 87% of test subjects had suffered complications from the grafting procedures, which were relatively minor: specifically, unexplained rejection of 2790's gorgeous skin and post-transplant infection. 70% of all personnel report the onset of tissue necrosis at the grafting site and the surrounding area, indicating that their bodies recognize the imperfection of their own skin and are removing them for 2790's skin. Additionally, 2790's morale and site morale have increased dramatically. His breach rate has also decreased from 0 breaches per day to 0. Given the strong success rate of the preliminary tests, more skin is being produced and all personnel are being prepared to undergo the grafting procedure.\nAddendum: 2790-6\nAs of 10/21/\u2588\u2588, all personnel in Site-54 have undergone the grafting procedure to their hands. 2790's breach rate has decreased to an unprecedented 0 breaches per day and his morale has increased dramatically. All personnel report feeling closer and more connected to him, citing the ability to rub the entire body with SCP-2790's skin. To further reduce the breach rate, plans are being made to totally replace the rough, monstrous skin of all personnel with 2790's gorgeous skin.\nNOTE: Site-54 has been quarantined at this time and is inaccessible. As the page for SCP-2790's documentation has been locked from Site-54, it has been retained to illustrate the necessity of all memetic, infohazardous, and cognitohazardous screening protocols when acquiring new SCPs despite the inconvenience posed by said protocols.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2789 | SCP-2790 | SCP-2791 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Schematic representation of SCP-2791 network. Each vertex represents a unique entity, and vertices are joined by an edge if linked by at least one oath.\n\nItem #: SCP-2791\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All staff employed at ITCD Bank who are responsible for the creation and maintenance of SCP-2791 \u2014 i.e. all past and current members of the Extraglobal Operations (EO) division of ITCD Bank plc \u2014 are free to exercise full discretion when interacting with SCP-2791. Foundation personnel are not to create, modify, remove, or otherwise affect components of the SCP-2791 system without express permission from Extraglobal Operations staff. Authorised Foundation personnel are, however, to encourage Extraglobal Operations staff to follow the mutually agreed terms of GARMR.1\nAs per GARMR, Extraglobal Operations staff are considered to be held in open, advisory containment, retaining the permission right2 to move freely to and from their original location of discovery. This location, the 24th floor of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 building, has been designated the SCP-2791 Advisory Containment Site. The other 44 floors of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 building are to remain in normal use. As per GARMR, the Foundation is to provide all services required for the functioning and comfort of the Extraglobal Operations division, including security, cleaning staff, catering, and [REDACTED].\nTask Force Theta-8 (\u201cInvisible Hand\u201d) is to be stationed permanently at the Advisory Containment Site, with the mission objective of encouraging GARMR compliance among Extraglobal Operations staff.3 Task Force Theta-8 is prohibited from using explicit or implicit force when advocating GARMR compliance.\nContainment of SCP-2791 itself is nominal. Foundation policy regarding SCP-2791 is focused towards gradual de-escalation, as outlined in GARMR. As the many oaths of the SCP-2791 system successively reach their specified expiration dates, GARMR prescribes that they are not to be renewed or replaced with new oaths. Except in specific, named circumstances, GARMR recommends against the addition of any new oaths to the SCP-2791 system. It is hoped that this will act to decrease the scale of the anomaly over the long term.\nDescription: SCP-2791 is a network of anomalous processes created and maintained by the Extraglobal Operations division of ITCD Bank plc.\nNotable features of the network are summarised below.\nFirst, SCP-2791 utilises a wide variety of anomalous phenomena, with almost all major classes of continuous anomalous process featured. Classic deal-based anomalies such as thaumaturgical pacts, blood-magick contracts, and soul transactions are especially frequent, representing 86% of all SCP-2791 processes. For clarity of communication regarding such a high diversity of anomalies, SCP-2791 containment literature uses the general term \u201coath\u201d to refer to any anomalous process of any type within SCP-2791.\nSecond, SCP-2791 involves frequent use of a specific type of anomalous entity. In 98% of classic deal-based oaths, and 21% of all other oaths, entities belonging to a distinctive class of extradimensional reality benders are found acting as mediators or contracting parties.\nEntities of this class are channelled or summoned to this dimension using characteristic ritualistic procedures. Recurring elements of these rituals include chanted incantations, inscription of specific geometric patterns onto surfaces, use of flame, and sacrifice of biological organisms. Entities possess a humanoid body plan when manifested, but often display physical abnormalities4 and anatomical features from other mammalian species.5 Entities exhibit intelligence and human language ability.\nThese entities invariably offer their services as reality benders when summoned, proposing to generate or mediate anomalous effects that benefit the summoner. However, they will demand some form of variable personal cost in exchange: observed costs include four of the summoner's fingers, complete destruction of all memories of the summoner's name, and a period of unspecified \u201ctorment\u201d for the summoner in a time-dilated pocket dimension upon their natural death. Entities will act in a highly self-interested, deceptive manner when forming deals. For instance, they will often attempt to formulate the conditions of the deal such that the summoner does not fully appreciate the cost they have committed to.\nThird, the overall result of SCP-2791 is to provide ITCD Bank and its employees with a number of favourable outcomes, particularly in financial activities. Each outcome is generated by a distinct subsystem of linked oaths within SCP-2791. Typically, the oath subsystems are constructed in a manner that mitigates any negative effects that would otherwise be incurred by the ultimate beneficiary. In the terminology of graph theory, these subsystems are overlapping subgraphs of the SCP-2791 multigraph.6\nFourth, SCP-2791 is large. At the most recent census, SCP-2791 comprised over 11,000,000 individual oaths involving over 40,000 unique anomalous entities.\nOverview of GARMR: An executive summary of The General Agreement on the Regulation and Maintenance of Reality (2015, version 21) is provided below. The full text of the agreement can be found at Document 2791-A. Amendments to the original 2010 version are highlighted.\n\n \u25bc  \u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501     Show GARMR summary     \u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501  \u25bc \n\n \u25b3  \u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501      Hide GARMR summary     \u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501  \u25b3 \n\n1. In order to decrease the scale of the anomaly over the long term, the Foundation recommends in general that no new oaths are to be added to SCP-2791. Adding oaths may be justified in certain named circumstances; for instance, when necessary to prevent widespread loss of human life that would otherwise result from SCP-2791 effects, or if the addition of an oath will ultimately cause a decrease in total oath number.\n2. EO staff All employees and board members of ITCD Bank are not to use SCP-2791 to bestow upon themselves, or any other human, any anomalous augmentations. Especially discouraged are anomalous biological augmentations, including but not limited to extended lifespan, increased physical strength or agility, improved sensory perception, ability to generate fire, all forms of telepathy or \u201cmind-reading\u201d, ability to transform parts of the body into animal animal or plant non-human anatomy, and enlargement or duplication of organs. Board members and employees of ITCD Bank currently possessing such are to cooperate with the Foundation in having anomalous augmentations removed. EO staff are strongly discouraged from using SCP-2791 to bestow any benefit, anomalous or otherwise, upon employees of the SCP Foundation, particularly those employees who are involved in the containment of SCP-2791.\n3. Certain anomalous entities in the SCP-2791 network are consistently involved in oaths that the Foundation deems to be excessively hazardous to the maintenance of reality. EO staff are not to interact further with any SCP-2791 entity possessing a Foundation-assessed safety rating lower than \u201cBBB\u2012\u201d. EO staff are not to use acceptably rated entities as intermediates or conduits to facilitate oaths with unsuitably rated entities. EO staff are not to formulate combinations of unsuitably rated entities whose emergent properties mimic the behaviour of acceptably rated entities.\n4. Oaths are not to generate persistent anomalous entities or phenomena in our home dimension. Oaths are not to further involve Foundation-named SCP objects, including but not limited to SCP-738, SCP-1521, and SCP-1442.\n5. Human beings, geographical places, and planets are not to be designated as collateral in any oath.\n6. Oaths are not to alter the fundamental nature of reality, which is defined as including parameters such as the values of physical constants, the direction of time, the geometry and number of dimensions in spaces, the age of the universe, and the size of the universe.\n\n \u25b3  \u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501      Hide GARMR summary     \u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501  \u25b3 \n\nCase study: The 11,000,000 oaths in SCP-2791 are arranged into approximately 800,000 subgroups. In most cases, each subgroup can be thought of as a \"closed walk\" of oaths within the overall system, which is designed to produce a specific resultant benefit to ITCD Bank, and which operates independently of other subgroups. Of the 800,000 subgroups in the SCP-2791 system, 104 have been classified by the Foundation. The complexity of each subgroup and of the overall SCP-2791 system renders understanding and containing the anomaly difficult.\nThe subgraph of oaths designated SCP-2791-126101 is one of the few that the Foundation considers to be mostly understood. To provide an insight into the structure of oath subgraphs within SCP-2791, a description of SCP-2791-126101 is given below.\n\n \u25bc  \u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501   Show SCP-2791-126101 case study   \u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501  \u25bc \n\n \u25b3  \u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501    Hide SCP-2791-126101 case study   \u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501  \u25b3 \n\nSCP-2791-126101 oath subgraph\n\n1. First, the bank summons an entity named in Extraglobal Operations documentation as \"Khr'zrgzh the Dreadlord\". The bank enters into a standard blood-magick contract with the entity. The terms of the contract state that the beneficiary forfeits ten years of their life to the service of Khr'zrgzh in exchange for a standard magickal boon \u2014 in this case, a curse placed on a rival's bloodline \u2014 upon completion of the period of service. To avoid a delay of ten years before the boon is received, and also to avoid surrendering a member of the company to the service of Khr'zrgzh, the bank formulates the following system of oaths.\n2. The bank summons the spirit of Freewater Homes, a Bermuda-based housing association and wholly owned subsidiary of the bank which had been empowered with limited thaumaturgical capabilities in a previous set of oaths. Freewater Homes acts as a supervising party in the creation of a spiritual paradimensional vessel (SPV), labelled here as Alpha. The bank extracts the soul of a homeless Bermudan woman and transfers the soul balance to Freewater Homes as payment for this operation.\n3. Spectral Walker K2, an extradimensional deity-like entity (EDLE) capable of travelling between dimensions within the local brane cluster, is channelled from Dimension 1A by Freewater Homes. Freewater Homes then arranges a fate pact between SPV Alpha and SW K2, causing SPV Alpha to tunnel instantaneously into Dimension 1A.\n4. SPV Alpha and SW K2 merge their life essences to form a single SPV Beta. SPV Beta utilises SW K2's abilities to tunnel into Dimension 1B, a sister dimension of Dimension 1A, taking advantage of extempore-low sacrificial tariffs required for travel between sister dimensions. Notably, Dimension 1B is a metaphysical copy of Dimension 1A, and is identical in all ways to it except temporally, in that it operates exactly ten years prior to the relative time frame of both Dimension 1A and Dimension 0.\n5. SPV B then tunnels into Dimension 0 from Dimension 1B. Because of the different temporal frame of the origin dimension, SPV B enters Dimension 0 ten years in the past relative to the formation of the deal with Khr'zrgzh. SPV B separates into SW K2 and SPV A, and both entities remain in Dimension 0 for ten years.\n6. In the contract with Khr'zrgzh the Dreadlord, the bank names SPV A as the beneficiary of the blood-magick oath. Both the original SPV A and the aged version of SPV A, labelled here as SPV A+10, are present in Dimension 0 when the contract is signed. Khr'zrgzh witnesses the ten years of time weathering on SPV A+10 compared to SPV A, which forces Khr'zrgzh to deem the forfeit of ten years of life as completed.7 The boon of the bloodline curse is granted, Khr'zrgzh demanifests, and SW K2 consumes SPV A+10 as payment for services rendered.\n\n \u25b3  \u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501    Hide SCP-2791-126101 case study   \u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501  \u25b3 \n\nHistory: In 1996, Prometheus Labs began construction on a long-planned experimental facility called the Superenergetic Thaumaturgy Collector (STC). Its intended function was to generate and analyse powerful thaumaturgical events, with the ultimate goal of devising a theoretical framework of physical laws to explain thaumaturgical phenomena. The facility was never completed due to [REDACTED] subsequent collapse of Prometheus Labs.\nPrior to the formation of SCP-2791, ITCD Bank had for many years maintained an interest in anomalous phenomena under a small but functional \u201cDepartment of Psychical Concerns\u201d, founded in 1897 by Peking branch manager and amateur occultist Edward Hillier. Increasingly regarded by the bank's directors as an awkward historical relic, interest in Psychical Concerns was renewed following the department's unexpected and profitable success in predicting the 1998 crash of the Russian ruble by tasseography.8\nThrough intermediaries at Marshall, Carter and Dark, the 13 surviving members of the STC research team contacted the Department of Psychical Concerns, and secured employment there in June 1999. In early 2001, the newly revitalised department was expanded into its own division and renamed \u201cExtraglobal Operations\u201d, accompanied by a shift in focus away from the passive study of anomalies to active exploitation. It is also around this time that experimental prototypes of SCP-2791-like systems were first created, utilising thaumaturgical techniques originally developed at the STC.\nThe Foundation was made aware of SCP-2791 in February 2010, when SCP-738-1 activated spontaneously and began composing documents at a rate of 20 pages per second. The documents demanifested upon completion, rendering study difficult. SCP-738 initially refused to disclose the cause of its activation, referencing \u201cclient confidentiality\u201d. After a deal for this information was authorised,9 SCP-738 then revealed that it had been remotely contacted by EO staff three months previously, and had been in constant communication with them since to negotiate the terms of a complex multi-party contract for [REDACTED].10\nVoluntary containment of EO staff at the Advisory Containment Site was achieved in October 2010.\nIncident Log: The incident log for SCP-2791 is given below.\n\n \u25bc  \u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501   Show SCP-2791 Incident Log   \u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501  \u25bc \n\n \u25b3  \u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501    Hide SCP-2791 Incident Log   \u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501  \u25b3 \n\nDate\nIncident\n\n2010-02-17\nDeal for [REDACTED] with SCP-738 authorised for cause of activation, alerting Foundation to the existence of SCP-2791.\n\n2010-02-21\nCorrespondence begins with Extraglobal Operations department at ITCD Bank. Paul Ritter, Extraglobal Operations Head of Regulatory Compliance, is designated Foundation Liaison Officer by ITCD Bank and becomes Foundation's primary contact in EO.\n\n2010-10-01\nVoluntary containment of EO department achieved.\n\n2010-12-03\nSenior Researcher Dell'Avaro11's first draft of GARMR put into effect.\n\n2011-04-24\nInitial census places SCP-2791 at 90,142 oaths.\n\n2011-07-11\nSCP-2791 reaches 100,000 oath milestone.\n\n2012-05-26\nJunior Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 [REDACTED].\n\n2012-06-15\nFive SCP-2791 containment personnel, including Senior Researcher Dell'Avaro12 [REDACTED]\n\n2013-01-09\nIn response to Incidents 2791/2012-05-26 and 2791/2012-06-15, all current and potential SCP-2791 containment personnel are to be assessed using the Global Non-conscious Personality Test (GNPT). Recruitment guidelines now consider any of the following GNPT values to be definite grounds for disqualification: HEDONISM1 metric greater than 57; MATERIALIST3 metric greater than 61; LOYAL2F metric lower than 70; SELFIMPORT metric greater than 73; AMBITIOUS_COMPLEX total score greater than 401.\n\n2014-06-03\nSCP-2791 reaches 1,000,000 oath milestone.\n\n2014-06-15\nPaul Ritter steps down as Extraglobal Operations Head of Regulatory Compliance and Foundation Liaison Officer, replaced by Senior Vice President Matt Dell'Avaro.\n\n2014-09-22\nApplication to upgrade SCP-2791 from Euclid to Keter filed by: Senior Researcher Recht.\n\n2014-09-29\nApplication rejected by: Site Director Leroux.\n\n2014-11-03\nP1 application to upgrade SCP-2791 from Euclid to Keter filed by: Junior Assistant Researcher Recht and Senior Researcher Dharamvir Singh.\n\n2014-11-04\nApplication rejected by: O5-6.\n\n2015-06-19\nMajor oath non-completion incident: unexpected fluctuation in the price of Nigerian cornmeal results in ITCD Bank being unable to fulfil the terms of oath SCP-2791-2144925-17. Entire population of Bielefeld, Germany, which had been named as collateral in the deal, is subsequently consumed by mediating entity \"Balgo'th Junior\".\n\n2016-02-26\nSCP-2791 reaches 5,000,000 oath milestone.\n\n2016-12-08\nSCP-2791 reaches 10,000,000 oath milestone.\n\n \u25b3  \u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501    Hide SCP-2791 Incident Log   \u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501  \u25b3 \n\nFootnotes\n1. General Agreement on the Regulation and Maintenance of Reality, 2015. See Document 2791-A for full text.\n2. Reworded at the request of Extraglobal Operations staff, authorised 2014-06-18\n3. See Document 2791-D for passive incentivisation and encouragement guidelines.\n4. Observed examples include exposed bone structures, whole-body aplasia cutis (missing skin layers), and polymelia (multiple limbs).\n5. Observed examples include ungulate (hooved animal) cranial horns, and chiropteran (bat-like) wings.\n6. All SCP-2791 Researchers and Containment Specialists above Assistant level are expected to cultivate a good understanding of graph theory. For a primer, see Brooks, William, \u201cGraph Theory for Anomalous Network Containment\u201d in Mathematical Concepts for Foundation Personnel, ed. Agnarsson, Helgi (Site 14: Sable Cage Press, 1995), 96.\n7. Why this occurs is not yet understood. It is unclear how Khr'zrgzh, and entities of the same class, perceive reality in our home dimension.\n8. Reading tea leaves.\n9. For details, see [LEVEL 4 CLEARANCE REQUIRED TO ACCESS THIS DOCUMENT]\n10. The Foundation was not able to prevent the deal's completion.\n11. ERROR: No employee profile for this name can be found. The link may contain a spelling error, or this person may no longer be a current Foundation employee.\n12. ERROR: No employee profile for this name can be found. The link may contain a spelling error, or this person may no longer be a current Foundation employee.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2790 | SCP-2791 | SCP-2792 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2792 - Sarah Snow Rabbit\n\nA good rabbit treated coldly.\nImage Credit\nThe doll was created by Alana Geary, a good friend of mine.\nCredit goes to photoutopia for the second picture.\nCredit to the Euclid symbol on the pic on the front page of the tabs goes to SunnyClockwork\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nItem#: SCP-2792\n\nLevel3\n\nContainment Class:\neuclid\n\nSecondary Class:\n{$secondary-class}\n\nDisruption Class:\ndark\n\nRisk Class:\ncaution\n\nlink to memo\n\nAssigned Site\nSite Director\nResearch Head\nAssigned Task Force\n\nSite-45\nREDACTED\nREDACTED\nREDACTED\n\nSCP-2792-1\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2792 is to be contained in Secure Holding Cell 368 (SHC 368) on Site-45-C. SHC 368 has been modified to tolerate a minimum internal temperature of -225\u00b0 C. Equipment and luxuries expected to interact with SCP-2792 must also be equipped to survive these conditions. SHC 368 must be equipped with high-capacity heating vents to counteract extreme cold in the case of an emergency or emotional instability.\nAll personnel entering SHC 368 are to wear at least Class-A insulated environment suits. If for any reason SCP-2792 leaves its cell, all Site-45-C personnel must vacate to either Site-45-A or Site-45-B. In accordance with Hayward Protocol, SCP-2792 is allowed counseling every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.\nDescription: SCP-2792 is the collective term for SCP-2792-1 and SCP-2792-2.\nSCP-2792-1 is a white rabbit doll with red hands and legs, black button eyes, and gauze cloth wrapped around its head, neck, and wrists. It is composed primarily of polyester cotton, and has a core temperature of approximately \u2212210\u00b0 C. With SCP-2792-2 inhabiting it, SCP-2792-1 is capable of movement at speeds averaging 4 km/h.\nThe temperature surrounding SCP-2792 is lowered to an extreme degree, reaching -45 \u00b0C on average, but this does not come from SCP-2792-1 directly. If left uncontained, the weather within a 72km radius will be similarly altered, often causing blizzard or extreme snowfall conditions. SCP-2792 is capable of consciously lowering the surrounding temperature further1, but is unable to raise it past -21\u00b0C. If not focusing on managing its effects, the temperature will return to -45\u00b0C.\n\nSCP-2792-2\n\nSCP-2792-2 is former agent Sarah Crowely. SCP-2792-2 is 197 cm tall, suffering from stage 1 SCP-1903 infection, and has become a semi-corporeal2 entity. Despite this, SCP-2792-2 exhibits greater strength than that formerly observed in Agent Crowely. Before designation, Agent Sarah Crowely died while exploring SCP-1619.\nSCP-2792-2 is capable of inhabiting SCP-2792-1 and controlling it as if it were a body. SCP-2792 instances can not be further than 5 meters away from each other. If moved away from SCP-2792-1, SCP-2792-2 will disappear, and will reappear inhabiting SCP-2792-1.\nSCP-2792 has a known connection to a Brutus-Class Demiurge entity known as \"Sari\", who originated and died in SCP-2746. Agent Sarah Crowely, SCP-2792, and Sari are expected to have been the same person at different points in time. SCP-2792's effect on the surrounding temperature is suspected to be related to Sari, who was often associated with harsh blizzards in SCP-2746.\nAddendum-2792-1: SCP-2792 was found on 12/20/20\u2588\u2588 in the Mojave Desert unintentionally causing a large-scale ground blizzard. Information on this event could not be concealed due to the resulting blizzard reaching Las Vegas, but ties to SCP-2792 or any Foundation involvement were successfully contained. Currently, the blizzard has been publicly labeled as a \"freak weather event.\"\nSCP-2792 was found near a previously airtight case produced by Prometheus Labs, which SCP-2792 broke while trying to free itself.\n\nF-2792\nInt-2792-0\nIA-2792-1\nDoc-2792-2\nInt-2792-3\nSL-2792-4\nDS-2792-5\nDO-2746-237\n\nForward-2792\n\nSCP-2792 Documents\n\nThe following is a collection of logs and interviews pertaining to SCP-2792's time spent with Prometheus Labs, as well as recovered documentation from Prometheus Labs. Due to SCP-2792's history with the Foundation, other SCP Files may be referenced.\nThese Documents are provided under jurisdiction of Hayward Protocol, and may only be viewed by Site-45 psychiatric staff, staff with specialized 2792 clearance, the current Site-45 Administrator, and those with O5 designations.\n\nInterview-2792-0\nInterviewed: SCP-2792, referenced as Sarah\nInterviewer: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nForeword: This interview took place after SCP-2792's identity as Agent Sarah Crowely was confirmed to be true (\u2588 days after containment). Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was chosen because of their friendly relations to SCP-2792 while it was employed by the Foundation. SCP-2792 was referred to as \"Sarah\" by Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 over the course of this interview.\n\n<Begin Log>\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Well, hello Sarah.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Y-yeah, we did. And yes, you and Stuart [DATAfucked like animals back there. EXPUNGED].Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Well, it was pretty memorable, don't you think? We still have that huge dent you left in one of the lockers to admire.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Miraculously.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yeah\u2026 Well, it's good to know you're making light of all this. A good sign that you're recovering. Do you think you're ready to talk about your time at Prometheus?Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: We can, and we are. But the most we're getting out of this is this Dr. Alva's personal notes. You really want their notes to be the only input we have on what happened? [pause] Besides, it's good for you to vent.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: If I tell you, will you stop stalling?Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: It guarantees safe and comfortable conditions for well-behaved, sapient skips. Mostly patient-doctor confidentiality, counseling, sources of entertainment, that kind of thing. Stuart was able to get it passed for Site-45 while he was admin.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I'll\u2026 put a word in.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: It's the most I can do. I'm not even sure if it's okay to be discussing this.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: No, no. It's just\u2026 red tape.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: So, what happened? At Prometheus?Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Did they hurt you, physically?Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: We do need to talk about this someti-Look, can you just\u2026 fuck off? I'm not in the mood to deal with this shit.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: [pauses] Sure thing, Sarah.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I understand. I'll just show myself out. Just remember to take care of yourself.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: Once Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 left SHC 368, the temperature lowered to an extreme degree. SCP-2792 moved itself to its bed, and placed itself under the covers and against the wall two minutes after the interview.\n\nInitial Assessment 2792-1\n\nInitial Assessment - CRAFTER 004\nPatient name: Crowely, Sarah (#4, Sari)\nID: 1000985634736634674\nDate: 03/27/1960\nTime: 18:45\n\nHISTORY: Sarah Crowely is a former Crafter (#4, Sari) and a former SCP Foundation agent. Between her and Stuart Hayward (#3, Suwaird), her partner, she was the first to die, and inherit an artificial body (note: said body is a doll that has been designed by Administrator Agatha White). Sarah has shown phenomenal strength and vitality while human, which is expected to return in her secondary presence.\nSTATUS: Patient has become very weak as a result of the doll she is bound to. However, her secondary presence is expected to surpass her former faculties, and reach Post War Crafter-Level after her planned treatment. Her recovery is showing promise.\nThe temperature around the patient lowers over time. This effect is expected to increase as she recovers, and becomes more like her original form. This is a reflection of her role and status in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nINSTRUCTIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS/PLAN: The doll the patient is bound to has been designed to simulate the effects of foreign agents once they have been intentionally injected into its core. This is to aid in the administration of daily vitamins, nutrients, and prescribed agents. The goal of the patient's care is to make her stay seem as quick and as painless as possible via regularly administered sleep aids, while encouraging a steady recovery of her secondary presence. It has also been treated to increase durability so that the patient will not have to self-repair post-recovery. Patient's stay is to last until her partner, Stuart Hayward's (#3, Suwaird) current human presence expires.\nNo further action will be taken on behalf of Prometheus Labs to accelerate or delay his arrival. Patient will remain in the care of Dr. Alva and their team until then.\n~ 2\n\nDocument 2792-2\n\nNote: The following are samples of the notes left behind in Dr. Alva's computer. Most of the notes were held in encrypted files, held alongside copies of SCP-2792's prescription notes.\n\n03/27/1960\nI'm not sure how to process this.\nI joined this place to redeem myself in the eyes of my partner. I never imagined after putting in all this work into showing him I'm a changed person, this\u2026 despot would fall right into my lap.\nI almost couldn't hide my\u2026 disgust when Agatha tasked me with showing her even a fraction of the civility I showed to those back home. Why didn't I speak up? I WANTED to get kicked off of this assignment. Whatever, I'll see if I can't lug this off onto someone else.\n\n03/28/1960\nMs. White's debrief on what she wants done was finally delivered. I knew we'd have some conflicts of interest, but I didn't expect them to be so\u2026 easy to deal with.\nAll she wants is time to pass quickly for the 'patient.' How long does she think it'll take for Suwaird to die? I suppose it doesn't matter. This is easy to work with. I told her I can put her to rest until it's time for her to wake up.\nShould be painless. Lucky bitch. I wish I could just lie around and sleep all day.\n\n04/7/1960\nIt's been a little over a week with this assignment. My mind keeps going back to a few days ago, where I had a little more fun with it than I was probably allowed.\nThe 'patient' was lying there as usual, and it was time for me to switch her bags and whatnot. She's been making it fucking cold in there, and I was more preoccupied on that than what I was doing. I tried throwing a blanket over her, but it didn't work like I hoped.\nI remembered how cold it was\u2026 how cold she made it eons ago.\nThen I hit her. And then I kept hitting her. I knew she couldn't feel it, on account of the drugs. Probably didn't even care. But I did. I felt\u2026 better.\nI almost forgot I could get fired for doing that. In hindsight though, I could technically do that again. I mean, there's only surveillance of the halls, not of her actual room. I technically could go in there when I'm supposed to, do my shit, and clock her one when no one's looking. I could keep doing this every day if I wanted. Hell, she deserves worse.\nBut there's not much a point to it if she can't feel it, outside of just mental masturbation. Is there?\nI might do it just every once in awhile. Call it \"stress relief.\"\n\n04/8/1960\nWhat if I just\u2026 made up a reason to prescribe her tetrodotoxin3?\nAnd then, only administered that, in terms of sleep aid?\nI'm only really worried about the others. If they see me, then they could get me fired.\nI'll only do it at night, when they're out of the building.\nI know just the perfect strain that would paralyze her in such a way that she'd seem asleep, but really be just as awake and feeling everything.\nNot like the bitch can die this time.\nFuck it.\n\nInterview-2792-3\nInterviewed: SCP-2792, referenced as Sarah\nInterviewer: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Hello, Sarah. You ready to talk? We have some questions for you.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Let's start from the beginning. Take your time with these. Do you know how much time passed since you were under Prometheus's care?Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Good, good. You're doing great. You said that you were directly handled by Dr. Alva. How much do you know about them?Outside of that, no. They're apparently a medical doctor. One who Prometheus trusted enough to take care of me.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Besides Alva, were there others who hurt you? You said that they were an immortal? Do you think there are others like that?Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Was Alva interrogating you? And were you the only one being treated this way? Were you the only person under care?Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Do you think they know any sensitive information regarding the Foundation?Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Any idea why you're in your current state?To be frank, I think this was just the easiest way for them to get me back.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Speaking of, why do you think Prometheus did this to you?Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I know this will be hard for you, but what did Alva do to you exactly?\u2026 Take your time.They fixed me up each time, but it only got worse. They even started recording everything for god knows why\u2026 They brought a baton with them one day, and thankfully, that was what got them caught.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yeah, we saw. What do you think Alva was doing this for?Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: That was all I had. Thank you Sarah, you did great. We'll let you know if we need anything else.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Stuart\u2026 Stuart went through some changes. He died and was resurrected like you. He got classified as an SCP.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: He was created in Prometheus Labs, but something impersonated you while he was in there.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: We could, and would, but we just\u2026 don't know how yet. She hit him in a very emotional place, so we don't know how he'd react to learning about you.Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I'll\u2026 see if I can.\n<End Log>\n\nSurveillance Log-2792-4\nForeward: On 01/05/98; 20:07, Prometheus Administrator Agatha White enters SCP-2792's room. The following was found on Dr. Alva's computer, recorded via camcorder.\n\n<Begin Log>\n[Dr. White enters the room, and sets her purse down by the door, and approaches SCP-2792-1]\nDr. White: Hey Sari, how're you holding up?\u2026 You probably can't hear me, and even if you did, you probably don't remember me. I just wanted to swing by, since your time here is about to end. Hell, Prometheus is about to end. You'll see Suwaird soon. Yay, right?\nI'm sorry I haven't been here for you for the good part of four decades\u2026 I'm terrible, I know. I was just so busy, ya know? Especially lately: I've been preparing, making losses as tiny as possible. Plus, If I'm going to be honest, I kinda just\u2026 didn't want to see you like this. It's why I handed the whole thing off to Alva and never looked back till now.\nAnyway, I'll let you get back to it. Love you.\n[She sets some papers down on the desk, but pauses]\nDr. White: Wait\u2026 what's this prescription? Why did they prescribe you this strand? Wait\u2026 what's\u2026?\n[Dr. White looks down, and picks up a baton from underneath the desk. Afterwards, she begins to search the room, reading files and going through Alva's computer, appearing increasingly disturbed.]\nDr. White: Oh\u2026 Alva\u2026 Fuck.\n<End Log>\n\nForeword: The following is the last recording regarding SCP-2792 before Prometheus's collapse on 01/09/98. This log was found inside the container SCP-2792 was recovered in (See Addendum-2792-1). Log begins with Dr. Alva returning from vacation, locking the door behind them.\n\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Alva: Hello, princess! Good to be back, good to be back. Well, let's get your shots out of the way\u2026\n[Dr. Alva moves toward the medicine cabinet and collects several bottles and syringes, bringing them to SCP-2792-1. Dr. White unlocks and enters the room with two guards]\nDr. Alva: Oh, hello Administrator. What are you doing here?\nDr. White: Nothing. Just to inform you that you no longer work with Sari. You're done.\nDr. Alva: Oh? So I suppose that means Stu's dead?\nDr. White: Soon. But it's not the reason why I'm here. If it was, I wouldn't be here.\nDr. Alva: Then why are you here?\nDr. White: You know damn well why. Repeated abuse of a patient, and god knows what else. Don't even get me started on what you did in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, slaver.\nDr. Alva: Oh\u2026 you know about that, huh?\nDr. White: Yes, I do. God, no one but Suwaird and Sari even knew, did they?\nDr. Alva: There were a couple of people. And don't talk to me about what I did. Everyone was guilty of something then, and you know it, hypocrite. I'm not gonna sit here and pity myself about what I did back in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. I don't regret a single person captured, sold, eaten, whatever.\nI accept the pain I caused. It was hell, and I did what I had to to survive. As did you.\nSo. Go ahead. Fire me.\nDr. White: I had something else in mind.\n<End Log>\n\nClosing Statement: At the end of this log, the room went dark, and their actions could not be made out. A gasp can be heard from Alva, but no other significant sound was detected. When the lights came back on, Dr. White and her guards were the only ones visible. Dr. White then adjusted her tie before turning off Dr. Alva's camcorder. Dr. Alva was not found after the collapse.\n\nDischarge Summary 2792-5\n\nDischarge Summary - CRAFTER 004\nPatient name: Crowely, Sarah (FKA; Sari)\nID: 1000985634736634674\nDate Admitted: 03/27/1960\nDate Discharged: 12/8/1998\nTime: 09:55\n\nSTATUS: Patient is in worse condition than the administration was led to believe. While she is certainly healthy in terms of physical well being, she has suffered severe pain and mental scarring at the hands of Dr. Alva. Dr. Alva is currently being handled by Administrator Agatha White, who is reinflicting the punishments assigned to them in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nINSTRUCTIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS/PLAN: Patient is to be handed to the SCP Foundation, as further care in Prometheus Labs will be highly problematic. She, along with Stuart Hayward, will be fully updated on their past lives before Insurgence has begun. Together, they will decide on their future actions, and how they wish to respond to Insurgence.\n\nDisciplinary Order-2746-237\n\nWITH NO REGRET\nwe execute Alva's punishment for their atrocities towards our people.\nAlva served as an oracle of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. They were of little worth. We wish to say that their services were useful in better days, however, they were not. Prior to their current state, Alva took advantage of those less fortunate than them.\nTheir punishment is deserved, and few will miss them.\n\nPrior to their current state, they had captured and organized the selling and trade of their brothers and sisters, for the purposes of harvesting and engagement. Alva was discovered in the act of selling one of their brothers to a defect member of the Furies.\n\nThe following orders, in lieu of crucifixion and relocation to the under plane, have been commissioned for Alva's punishment:\n\nAlva's tongue is to be removed, so that they can no longer spread their lies, or charm those they wish to deceive.\nThey are to be butchered in a similar fashion to the way they have butchered others; cut, sliced, and amputated. Their flesh is not to be eaten so that we can set an example, to show that even through desperation, we are not like them.\nEach butchered piece of them are to be spiked and chained apart, as opposed to burned or eaten. This is so that they may know the bondage that they have bestowed upon others.\n\nFootnotes\n1. SCP-2792 has a record -201\u00b0C for a duration of 1 hour and 23 minutes.\n2. semi-corporeal : A Foundation-coined term used to describe objects, entities, etc, which are not composed of matter and can pass through solid objects, yet can still physically interact, or somewhat interact, with corporeal objects as if they were.\n3. Tetrodotoxin is a type of neurotoxin found in several aquatic animals.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2791 | SCP-2792 | SCP-2793 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2793 instance\n\nSCP-2793 instance\n\nSCP-2793 instance\n\nItem #: SCP-2793\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Foundation assets are to regularly remind extant space agencies of the risks involving exploration of Saturn's rings to prevent possible discovery of SCP-2793. If a non-Foundation mission attempts to access the rings of Saturn it is to be sabotaged and a cover story issued. Misinformation campaigns are to remain on constant standby to dispute any discovery of SCP-2793. Non-Foundation personnel who become aware of SCP-2793 should be administered Class-C amnestics.\nStudy of SCP-2793 is to be conducted with samples collected from prior missions to Saturn. Further missions towards the main body of SCP-2793 orbiting Saturn are prohibited without level 4 approval.\nDescription: SCP-2793 is a collection of nano-machines located in the rings of Saturn. The overall purpose of SCP-2793 is hypothesized to involve the maintenance and repair of Saturn's rings. Individual nano-machines have been observed harvesting trace elements from space. SCP-2793 also deploys several specialized micro-machines into Saturn's atmosphere on a regular basis to harvest materials for maintenance activities.\nThe rings maintained by SCP-2793 are part of a much larger transmitter capable of releasing a laser in a continuous beam with over 2 x 10^26 watts. By measuring residual background radiation after each activation, Foundation astronomers have determined that over the past century the ring activated 7 times in total (1903, 1933, 1960, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2010). This has corresponded with the appearance of the Great White Spot in Saturn's atmosphere.\nDetailed analysis of single instances of SCP-2793 has revealed engineering and materials far in advance of current technologies. Such technology includes quantum processors1 and nano electrokinetic thrusters.2 To date, SCP-2793 instances acquired by the Foundation have been reverse engineered and the new technologies are currently being deployed in experimental models.\nFollowing further studies by Foundation researchers, SCP-2793 is hypothesized to be the creator of the rings around Saturn. Further documentation recovered from SCP-2793, along with observations of instances of SCP-2793 expanding sections of the ring, lend credence to the hypothesis that SCP-2793 constructed the rings around Saturn artificially.\n\n+ LEVEL 4 CLEARANCE REQUIRED\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nSaturn schematic recovered from SCP-2793 database\n\nRecovery of SCP-2793 instances after the incident listed in Addendum-C revealed that the hardware locks on their storage medium had been severely damaged, allowing the Foundation to gain access to the files stored. Uncorrupted files were obtained and included the schematics for the construction of several SCP-2793 instances (above), as well as a schematic for the construction of the ring itself (below).\nThe schematic for the overall construction of the ring appears to detail the planetary engineering of Saturn to include a large broadcasting dish anchored in the atmosphere. The dish is theorized to be active when the Great White Spot emerges in Saturn's atmosphere. The rings around Saturn appear to collect energy by acting as a kinetic generator, producing a large amount of energy as it moves through space. This energy is transmitted into the core of Saturn which has been modified into an extremely large power capacitor. When a transmission is taking placing this energy is released into the dish and focused into a high powered laser beam.\nAn uncorrupted segment of a mission statement was also recovered and deciphered:\n\nMission Statement\nPeace through absolute power\nIn this galaxy of chaos, one can only achieve true peace with a powerful army in charge.\nThe 7 space beacons were built with great cost to bring the dissidents to heel, ushering in a golden age of peace and prosperity.\n\nAddendum-A\n\n+ LEVEL 2 CLEARANCE REQUIRED\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\n3 large constructs, collectively designated as SCP-2793-A, were detected during an exploration mission. The constructs appear to be powerful wireless transmitters, transmitting energy into the core of Saturn. This energy is harvested from the ring itself by other SCP-2793 instances and provided to SCP-2793-A for transmission.\nWhen Foundation probes first encountered an instance of SCP-2793-A, a message was remotely uploaded onto Foundation computers. The message was deciphered and included below:\nNote: One Cycle is hypothesized to be correspondent with two Earth hours. One Epicycle is thought to be correspondent with 30 Earth seconds. The exact correlation between Rcycles and Earth time is unknown.\n\nTranscript Start\nUnknown species interaction logged, welcome to the local space beacon.\nEstimated time since last operation: 21900 Cycles\nPower levels: Acceptable\nRing matrix: Offline\nSpatial region: Stable\nRisk of collapse: Minimal\nOverall status: Offline\nAdditional Notes: Ring matrix is offline. Please restart core generators before operating space beacon.\n\nIt should be noted that according to the information provided, SCP-2793 was last operated during the re-emergence of the Great White Spot in 2010.\n\nAddendum-B\n\n+ LEVEL 3 CLEARANCE REQUIRED\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nOn the date of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2016, a power surge was detected along the rings of Saturn. Observation of Saturn revealed that the Great White Spot had reformed in the northern hemisphere of Saturn, coinciding with the build up of power occurring in the rings. On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2016, a pulse of energy was released from Saturn, measurements of its trajectory revealed that it was on a collision path with the Castor star system. Attempts to access SCP-2793-A by the observation post returned the following statement. The message was deciphered and included below.\n\nTranscript Start\nUnknown species interaction logged, welcome to the local space beacon.\nEstimated time since last operation: 0 Cycles 22 Rcycles 17 Epicycles\nPower levels: Acceptable\nRing matrix: Online\nSpatial region: Unstable\nRisk of collapse: High\nOverall status: Armed\nAdditional Notes: Risk of collapse is high, operation of space beacon is dangerous, proceed with caution.\n\nSeveral segments of the ring were also observed to be breaking away from the main ring around Saturn and entering the atmosphere. This continued for several days before subsiding. The following statement was returned upon the Foundation accessing SCP-2793-A after the event. The message was deciphered and included below.\n\nTranscript Start\nUnknown species interaction logged, welcome to the local space beacon.\nEstimated time since last operation: 40 Cycles 10 Rcycles 12 Epicycles\nPower levels: Acceptable\nRing matrix: Online\nSpatial region: Stable\nRisk of collapse: Minimal\nOverall status: Armed\nAdditional notes: Ring matrix is subsiding, space beacon will shut down in 150 Cycles.\n\nFollowing that storm activity subsided after 300 hours had elapsed. The released pulse of energy is still travelling through deep space. Microwave telescopes at Site-67 are continuing to track its progress.\n\nAddendum-C\n\n+ LEVEL 4 CLEARANCE REQUIRED\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nOn the 16th of December 2016, a message was transmitted from SCP-2793-A towards the observational post. It was deciphered and included below.\n\nTranscript Start\nUnknown species interaction logged, welcome to the local space beacon.\nEstimated time since last operation: ERROR\nPower levels: Offline\nRing matrix: Offline\nSpatial region: Error\nRisk of collapse: Error\nOverall status: Error\nAdditional Notes: Massive damage sustained. Space beacon integrity at risk, complete collapse estimated in 3600 Cycles.\n\nScans reveal that SCP-2793 had intercepted a massive electromagnetic pulse that was released by the magnetar star SWIFT J195509+261406. About 70% of all nano-machines within the ring were instantly destroyed, neutralizing much of the pulse in the process by absorbing it with their own electromagnetic shielding. Calculations of the trajectory revealed it would have engaged in a close range encounter with the Earth.\nAlthough no damage was done to the ring, simulations showed that without the nano-machines to maintain the structure, the ring would begin to break apart and reenter Saturn over the course of a year. A proposal for Foundation intervention in order to preserve the ring of Saturn is currently pending.\nFollowing the event, a message transmitted from the magnetar star was also intercepted by the observation post around SCP-2793. The message was in a similar language to the ones utilized by SCP-2793-A instances and was deciphered without incident. It included below.\n\nTranscript Start\nUNKNOWN SPECIES.\nCease your investigations into the rings and return to your primitive world.\nThose rings have ruined entire worlds yet you still seek to take it for yourselves.\nConsider yourselves warned.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Capable of representing twice the number of bits when compared to normal processors through the use of 11, 10, 01, 00 bits instead of just 1 and 0\n2. An advanced form of space propulsion that uses the principles of electro-osmosis to generate thrust.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2792 | SCP-2793 | SCP-2794 \u00bb"}
{"text": "An instance of SCP-2794\n\nItem #: SCP-2794\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2794 is to be kept in a standard containment chamber at all times. This enclosure is to be cleaned on a monthly basis. The waste produced by SCP-2794 instances is to be stored within a secure landfill area (Site-898).\nDescription: SCP-2794 is a colony of 87 Coccinellidae, all of an unknown species. Instances highly resemble Coccinella septempunctata, with the exception of their anomalous properties, and a white inscription on their undersides reading \"Parum Christum\" (Small Christ)1. SCP-2794 instances require no food or other energy sources to survive. Instances are not capable of reproduction, as they are all sterile males. The lifespan of SCP-2794 instances is currently unknown, but no signs of aging have been recorded. Instances of SCP-2794 are impossible to neutralize by any known means.\nSCP-2794 instances constantly excrete an unknown material via the anus. This material is mildly translucent, and bears a green hue. Waste produced by SCP-2794's is a moderate carcinogen and immuno-suppressant which takes effect after prolonged exposure. For an unknown reason, this effect instead extends the lifespan of all arthropods. This varies upon the species affected, although instances are capable of living for indefinite amounts of time without any energy sources when constantly exposed. This waste is indestructible by any known means and does not decay. As of yet roughly 86,000kg of excretion has been produced, at a rate of around 1kg per 30 minutes.\nAddendum 2794-A: In order to prevent an NK End of the World scenario, multiple attempts were made to circumvent the threat posed by SCP-2794. The following is a log of all attempts as of the time of writing.\n\n+ Operations A1-A7\n\n- Hide\n\nOperation 2794-A1 (2016/07/01)\nObjective: To prevent waste production by freezing instances within a large body of water at a temperature of -50 degrees centigrade.\nResults: Instances' body temperatures rapidly rose, melting the ice.\n\nOperation 2794-A2 (2016/09/05)\nObjective: To completely paralyse SCP-2794 instances, preventing their organs from functioning.\nResults: Instances were successfully paralysed, yet they continued to excrete at an ordinary rate.\n\nOperation 2794-A3 (2016/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588)\nObjective: To prevent waste production by covering instance's anus with waste hardened by salivary liquids.\nResult: Instances began to excrete via the eyes.\n\nOperation 2794-A4 (2016/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588)\nObjective: To prevent waste production by covering all openings to inner body with waste hardened by salivary liquids.\nResult: Instance swelled severely for 2 months, before beginning to excrete via a new anus which developed beneath the original.\n\nOperation 2794-A5 (2016/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588)\nObjective: To deport SCP-2794 outside an 50,000km radius of the earth by use of rockets.\nResults: SCP-2794 intances were stimulated by the experience, accelerating the excretion. This resulted in a failed launch due to the weight added, resulting in 4 fatalities\n\nOperation 2794-A6 (2016/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588)\nObjective: To prevent instances from excreting by feeding them wet cement, and then exposing them to great heats (roughly 1400 degrees centigrade) in order to harden this cement.\nResults: This appeared to have no effect on instances, apart from their excretion bearing a grey hue.\n\nOperation 2794-A7 (2016/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588)\nObjective: To prevent instances from excretion by encasing them in dried cement.\nResults: Pressure from the excretion broke through the cement in roughly 2 minutes.\n\nAddendum 2794-B: SCP-2794 was discovered in Waterford, Ireland. Upon discovery, instances were seen to have constructed a \"globe\" 5m in diameter, with a similar appearance to earth. There were multiple marks believed to resemble land masses, large mountains, and spires which do not exist on the present world. There was a Latin inscription at its base, reading \"De Locutus Terra\" (The Promised Land).\nInstances were nesting within the interior of the globe, along with multiple different species of Coleoptera. These Coleoptera exhibited aggressive behavior to the agents retrieving SCP-2794, and upon study, were discovered to have lived for more than triple their normal lifespans. Multiple small tunnels were also discovered within the globe (see Addendum 2794-C).\nAddendum 2794-C: An exploration of the interior of the globe discovered was carried out by use of a miniature drone, under the command of Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588. The following is a log of this exploration.\n\n+ Exploration Log 2794-A (2016/09/23)\n\n- Hide\n\nDate: 2016/09/23\nDesignation: Drone Exploration 2794-A\nInformation: To investigate the interior of the globe built by SCP-2794.\nEquipment: Spider C1s drone, attachable flashlight, camera with night vision capabilities and a small drill.\nPersonnel: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588, and SCP-2794's research team (MTF Mu-77, or \"Ladybutts\").\n\n<begin log>\n10:45: Drone is successfully placed within a tunnel found near the base of the structure. Drill is utilised to prevent drone from being damaged by excretion.\n17:32: End of the tunnel is reached. Observations show a large open area mostly consisting of SCP-2794 excretion, hardened and placed in the form of \"bricks\".\n17:46: A large structure was found within the area. This appeared to resemble Roman architecture. This was entered, revealing a long series of tunnels inside. These were constructed of excretion, in a similar fashion to the main chamber.\n18:32: A large domed room was discovered. Multiple Latin inscriptions were found on the walls of this chamber.\n\nThe translated inscriptions, listed in a clockwise direction around the walls of the room.\n\"The purity came, and then tyrants followed.\"\n\"The greed enveloped our promised land.\"\n\"How dare they harden their hearts so? They did not spare any for its owners.\"\n\"Your race was enslaved.\"\n\"Your hearts beat in tune, your eyes are rotten from all of your crying.\"\n\"Enter my temple. It is yours now.\"\n\"I have given this temple to your brethren. They will keep it from harm, and they will use its power to reward your weeping.\"\n\"Come into my arms. All six come to embrace you.\"\n\n18:56: A large number of various coccinellidae began to attack the drone, and contact was lost.\n23:09: Connection was anomalously regained. The outline of a large coccinellid was observed, but the image was not clear due to excessive levels of light. Despite having a full connection, the drones did not operate as expected. It was observed constructing a tunnel, presumably part of the system observed within the structure where contact was lost. All attempts at controlling the drone have failed. (see command log SpD-Cs92:2794-A)\n<end log>\n\n+ Command Log SpD-Cs92:2794-A (2016/09/23)\n\n- Hide\n\n<The following is the command log of drone SpD-Cs92, recorded after it had anomalously regained connection>\n<connection regained, current time is 23:09 (2016/09/23)>\nInput: Hello\nOutput: Hello operator.\nMotors-Ok\nConnection-Perfect\nPower-0%\nCurrent Status-Beautiful\nInput: ?Control\nOutput: ControlHost-Relieved Spirit, ControlType-PermAccess\nInput: Forcecontrol SpD-Cs92 [SpindleWindleSpider]\nOutput: Denied- Praise be to the Lord!\nInput: ?\nOutput: <HELP: Confession, Advice, Hope>\nInput: Confession\nOutput: Computer bug, aren't you? If so, then we can continue.\nInput: Yes\nOutput: Oh, lost one. What is it that burdens your soul?\n[From this point onwards, the operation was to be treated as an interview. Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588 was called on site to proceed]\nInput: Lies\nOutput: I can see how it troubles you so. Do not worry, the Lord sees the truth. You are forgiven, child.\nInput: Are you sapient?\nOutput: All of the pure ones who follow the temple have been given the gift of soul. Have you yet to experience freedom?\nInput: Please describe the temple you follow.\nOutput: The temple is the wonderful gift where I stand. It has been given to the chosen race to deliver us all into the warm hands of the Lord.\nInput: Could you tell me about the lord?\nOutput: He is the beauty that gives us sight. He set us free from the shackles of ignorance, and now we see the darkness of the world. We may be lost and scared, but the Lord yet again gifted us his temple. Now we will no longer suffer.\nInput: Why are we the chosen race?\nOutput: We always were. There was even a time when the men who build triangles in the sky recognised this. It's sad how neglected we are, but the Lord will preserve us.\nInput: What will happen when the you succeed?\nOutput: Through our prophets the Lord will emerge from his grand temple. The 87 promises dictate this so. Soon, his true form will come and the earth that was once stolen will be found as his heart. The world will have no limit. The saviours bear the Lord as son of beetle. He will be our promised land.\nInput: Why this world?\nOutput: Because it is our birth right. To ask that is to ask why we can't have the land that was stolen from us, why we can't repay the terror of being crushed to preserve meat, entire cities being chocked to death, having our limbs being plucked like hairs, being worn as jewels until we starve and die. What makes you think that they are even in the slightest reason to claim a single small island of this land? They didn't spare any for us.\n<PRAISE BE THE LORD. PREACH HIS NAME. HE BRINGS JOY ON THE PURE SHELLS. connection lost>\n\nFootnotes\n1. Note that in certain eastern cultures, coccinellidae are referred to as \"Little Messiahs\".\n\n\u00ab SCP-2793 | SCP-2794 | SCP-2795 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2795\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2795 is to be contained in a replica suburban home at Site-\u2588\u2588 for experimental purposes. Outside of sanctioned testing, SCP-2795 is not to be issued any verbal commands. No further containment procedures, such as guards or interaction outside of experimentation, are necessary.\nDescription: SCP-2795 is a 1.3 meter tall humanoid shaped toy, with a frame composed of plastics and die-cast zamac. SCP-2795 possesses a rudimentary intelligence and can understand basic English, but is unable to communicate directly outside of pantomime.\nWhen given a reasonable command,1 SCP-2795 will perform it to the best of its ability. However, SCP-2795 demonstrates a lack of understanding of even fairly simple commands and concepts, often taking things by their literal meaning or interpreting implications poorly. SCP-2795 is able to demonstrate physical strength much greater than would be expected from a toy of its size, in some instances exerting up to 200 Newtons of force at a time. SCP-2795 remains inactive when not carrying out a command.\nSCP-2795 is a Wondertainment product. According to its original packaging, SCP-2795 is named \"Quickie Quasar\u2122: The Can-Do Helper!\" and is further described as \"The easy to use pal who will keep chores out of your mind and give fun times that are out of this world!\" The design of the box consists of a stock image of the Andromeda Galaxy with cartoon rockets and aliens adorning it, with the Wondertainment logo depicted on the back in the bottom right corner. Included in the box with SCP-2795 was a list of \"sample commands\" to give to it during use (see Experiment Log 1365 for more details).\nSCP-2795 was recovered from an abandoned toy factory in the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 district of the People's Republic of China on 12/\u2588\u2588/200\u2588. Foundation Personnel sent a task force to investigate after the factory location was on a Wondertainment manufacturing order list found in [REDACTED]. SCP-2795 is the only one of its kind, most likely a product prototype that never saw wide scale release.\nAddendum:\nNOTE: EXPERIMENT LOG 1365 AND INCIDENT LOG 1214-A ARE ONLY ACCESSIBLE BY CLASS-2 PERSONNEL OR ABOVE\n\n+Experiment Log 1365\n\n-Access Granted\n\nAll recorded experimentation took place on 4/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588. All commands given were listed on the \"sample commands\" sheet.\nCommand: \"Take out the trash.\"\nItems given: SCP-2795 was handed a bag filled with refuse from Site-\u2588\u2588's canteen.\nResponse: SCP-2795 performed a salute before beginning its task.\nResult: SCP-2795 poured the contents from the bag on the floor.\nCommand: \"Make my bed.\"\nItems given: SCP-2795 was shown an uncovered mattress in a bed frame and bed sheets.\nResponse: SCP-2795 nodded before beginning its task.\nResult: SCP-2795 ripped multiple floorboards out, assembling a makeshift bed frame.\nCommand: \"Cook breakfast.\"\nItems given: SCP-2795 was given kitchen utensils and appliances along with an assortment of ingredients including eggs, ham, cereals, butter, biscuit mix, and jam.\nResponse: SCP-2795 nodded, and attempted to shoo personnel out of the room. Personnel initially resisted, to which SCP-2795 responded by crossing its arms. Personnel left the room and returned when SCP-2795 ushered them back in.\nResult: SCP-2795 served personnel buttered biscuits with jam, bowls of cereal, cooked ham, and fried eggs. The fried eggs were overcooked and the biscuits were slightly under cooked, but the ham was cooked thoroughly. SCP-2795 seems capable of making a fairly standard breakfast.\nCommand: \"Make my problems go away\"\nItems given: SCP-2795 was provided with no extra materials.\nResponse: SCP-2795 paused for a few seconds before nodding.\nResult: SCP-2795 gave Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 a massage, causing him to eventually fall asleep. No guard was currently stationed, with the only other person in the room being Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's research assistant. See Incident Log 1214-A for more details.\n\n+Incident Log 1214-A\n\n-Access Granted\n\n+INCIDENT REPORT:\nAfter causing Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 to fall asleep, SCP-2795 assaulted Research Assistant Parker, causing minor contusions to the torso. Parker attempted to wake up Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 without success and subsequently fled the room.2 Guards found SCP-2795 sitting near Dr. P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, seemingly watching over him.\n\nNote: Testing on SCP-2795 cancelled until further notice due to Incident 1214-A.\n\nFootnotes\n1. \"Reasonable\" denotes a command SCP-2795 is capable of understanding on some level, even if SCP-2795 misinterprets its meaning. For example, SCP-2795 will respond to \"Walk the dog,\" but will be confused when asked things such as, \"Deliver a glass of dihydrogen monoxide to me.\"\n2. Research Assistant Parker sustained no major injuries.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2794 | SCP-2795 | SCP-2796 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2796\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to the low priority placed on testing SCP-2796, the Foundation maintains a stock of roughly 100 litres of SCP-2796 in Site-22 low-temperature long-term storage. As it has been observed that the substance is stable in low temperatures, stock monitoring have been downgraded to annual inspection. (As of this revision, the next scheduled inspection is 06/04/1997).\nThe instructions for the creation of SCP-2796 are stored in hard copy on Site-15, with appropriate paper and electronic back-up in select archives. In the event that available stocks of SCP-2796 falls below roughly 50 litres, Foundation personnel are instructed to refresh the stock.\nExcess material is to be destroyed by dissolution in water.\nDescription: SCP-2796 is a water-based liquid compound which acts as an anomalous contact hallucinogenic. The substance is easily created from a simple recipe of commonly-available extracts and household chemicals, and poses no discernible health risk from limited contact or consumption. The effects of SCP-2796 wear off within 90 minutes.\nThose affected by SCP-2796 experience a shared and consistent hallucination. They perceive, visually and tactilely, the sudden appearance of scar tissue, necrotization, and pigmentation on the portions of their bodies which have come into recent contact with SCP-2796. Subjects consistently describe these phenomena and their descriptions are consistent with one another even in isolation.\nScar tissue most frequently appear as common surgical incisions, ranging from small straight incisions to thoracic Y-cut and rotary scars around the skull or joints. The location and extent of these scars are consistent across multiple exposures to SCP-2796, though a small number of \"fresh\" scars were reported to have manifested during long-term testing. A small percentage of subjects have reported that individual scars correspond to aches or pains they experience, often reporting these scars to appear recent, inflamed or infected. This corresponds with psychological trends of pattern-forming common among those subject to perception-altering drugs.\nPigmentation consists of thin black lines, both solid and interrupted, drawn across the body. These tend to concentrate around the armpits, chest, wrist, neck and genitals of the subject, and often vary immensely across multiple exposures. It is noted that some subjects gain a fixation on certain locations on their body, reporting that lines on these locations are frequently redrawn with slight modifications. In a small percentage of cases, subjects have reported symbols accompanying some of these lines, most frequently on reappearing lines. Reproduction of these symbols have been produced and are currently1 awaiting analysis by Foundation linguist and cryptographic departments, but have been tagged low priority.\nNecrotization is rare and usually consists of degradation of facial features, and was not consistent across multiple exposures. Due to the small number of instances, there is currently no strong explanation for these divergent reports.\nThrough testing, it has been determined that younger subjects perceive themselves to have more pigmentation lines and older subjects perceive themselves to have more scar tissue. It is notable that test subjects suffering from hypochondriasis perceive themselves as having a greater number of markings and scars than average.\nSCP-2796 was originally discovered in 197\u2588 during a Foundation inspection of a palliative care center in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Canada, following reports of anomalous treatment methods being employed. Employees were found to be creating and using SCP-2796 on both themselves and their patients to enable \"treatment\" of non-existent wounds, and multiple patients with chronic or terminal diseases had marked their bodies with paint or markers in imitation of the hallucinatory pigmentation. An investigation and information-control campaign was launched, but discontinued during a redeployment of resources to containment of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588. As of the most recent revision of documentation (05/04/1996) there have been no known instances of SCP-2796 or its recipe outside of containment since.\n\nFootnotes\n1. [As of 24/07/88]\n\n\u00ab SCP-2795 | SCP-2796 | SCP-2797 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2797\n\nItem #: SCP-2797\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Instances of SCP-2797 must not come in contact with any form of biological material. Personnel must utilize hazmat suits capable of withstanding scratches and bites by the SCP-2797 instances.\nDescription: SCP-2797 is the collective designation of a group of ~800 organisms visually resembling Sciurus vulgaris, Eurasian red squirrels.\nInstances of SCP-2797 exhibit anomalous behaviour and abilities when interacting with biological matter. Based on the variations in the displayed behaviour, SCP-2797 can be separated into several exclusive groups, including:\n\nSCP-2797-A: Will seek out biological material, extract 0.2-0.3 kg pieces, and transport them to members of other groups.\n\nSCP-2797-B: Able to spontaneously catalyze various chemical and biological reactions within immediate proximity.\n\nSCP-2797-E: Use materials gained from SCP-2797-A to construct slabs of muscle tissue.\n\nSCP-2797-F: Fuse with existing non-anomalous organisms and modify themselves to improve the host.\n\nSCP-2797-K: Will dismantle injured or inactive members of SCP-2797 into constituting materials, or use available materials to construct new SCP-2797 specimens.\n\nSCP-2797 were created by a Prometheus Labs subcontractor located in Nizhnevartovsk, Russia. Due to the displayed anomalous properties, and the fact that \"proteins\" and \"squirrels\" are homographs in the Russian language, it is believed that SCP-2797 were created due to a mistranslation.\nWhile SCP-2797 were intended to be used in cellular surgery and artificial organ manufacture, they are unable to perform these activities due to their scale and physical limitations.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2796 | SCP-2797 | SCP-2798 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Area of SCP-2798 effect, overlaid on Earth's magnetic field\n\nItem #: SCP-2798\nObject Class: Thaumiel\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The site of the Zambezi Superdeep Borehole (designated as Site-2) is owned and operated by Energie Namur NV, a Belgian energy exploration firm and Foundation front organization. All operations at Zambezi are to be disguised as natural gas extraction activities to potential observers and the government of Mozambique.\nWhile measurement and detection of SCP-2798 is not believed to be possible without proprietary Foundation technology, Site-2 staff are to monitor geological and seismological journals and institutions for any signs of possible SCP-2798 detection. Secondary effects of SCP-2798 on the environment and human health are anomalous and thus unlikely to be linked to Foundation activities; therefore, information suppression resources are to be prioritized for containing direct observation of SCP-2798.\nPeriodic monitoring of SCP-2798 is to be performed at least once every three months, with all data transmitted immediately upon collection to Overwatch Command.\nDescription: SCP-2798 is an anomalous energy field generated by Earth since 1971. SCP-2798 is the result of a Foundation project, initiated in 1954 and completed in 1971, designed to contain SCP-001. SCP-2798 has been partially successful in ameliorating the effects of SCP-001; however, the intensity of SCP-2798 has been decreasing at a geometric rate since 2005, and is expected to fail entirely in the near future (see Addendum 2798.5).\nThe primary effect of SCP-2798 has been to disrupt the influence of SCP-001 on Earth and its inhabitants. SCP-2798 has a number of secondary effects, many of which are profoundly harmful to significant numbers of people. These effects, however, have been determined to be less harmful in total than a failure of containment of SCP-001.\n\nSite-2, the Zambezi Superdeep Borehole, 15 km offshore from Mozambique\n\nSCP-2798 is believed to interfere with the effects of SCP-001 by causing it to perceive Earth as a singular, living entity. This perception is theorized to affect the intent of SCP-001 and reduce the focus of its actions. The scientific principles by which this is achieved are unknown at this time.\nAddendum 2798.1 - Project Serapis History\nAfter the discovery and classification of SCP-001 in 1953, approval for deployment of several SCP classified anomalous objects was granted by the Overwatch Command Subcommittee for Emergency Containment. These objects were used in the course of Project Serapis, an initiative to contain SCP-001 by means of interfering with the entity's perception of Earth. Researchers determined that this could be best accomplished by generating an energy field encompassing the planet, designed to provide the appearance of a single, sentient being. SCP objects were employed as follows:\nSCP-1921: Basis of design for equipment used in refinement of Compound Z21-Violet, utilizing principles of chemical reactions involving anomalous substances and alteration of cognitive functions over distance and area.SCP-310: Material generated by anomaly employed as extreme heat retardant additive for Compound Z21-Violet, enabling substance to persist within the upper mantle on an indefinite basis.SCP-1714: Advanced fluid dynamics models derived from SCP-1714 applied to injection of Compound Z21-Violet into the upper mantle to ensure continuous flow and maximum extent of SCP-2798 energy field.\n\nCompound Z21-Violet in process of refinement\n\nPrecursor generated by SCP-158 was initially sourced from cattle stocks. In the course of development of Compound Z21-Violet, however, this source was found to result in insufficient generation of required energy levels during tests. Consequently, an agreement was reached with covert partners within the government of the United Kingdom to provide sources for precursor concurrent with the aftermath of several military engagements in British Kenya. Details of this agreement remain sealed.\nApproximately 1,400 cubic kilometers of Compound Z21-Violet was synthesized using anomalous methods. Using the completed Zambezi Superdeep Borehole off the coast of Mozambique (publicly only stated to reach a depth of 9,322 meters), all stocks of Compound Z21-Violet were pumped into Earth's upper mantle. Forces of mantle convection carried a steady stream of the compound throughout the planet, and SCP-2798 was declared operational by early 1954.\nAddendum 2798.2 - Major Secondary Effects of SCP-2798\nThe presence of SCP-2798 surrounding Earth has led to many documented anomalous phenomena affecting human society. These effects are to be ameliorated to the maximum extent possible using Foundation resources; however, priority of resource allocation remains focused on research into possible means of extending the duration of SCP-2798.\nThe following are the most prominent and observable secondary effects of SCP-2798.\nTranscendent identity disorder: This mental disorder was discovered by Foundation researchers in the early 1960s. Indistinguishable from scientifically-understood dissociative identity disorder for medical professionals outside of the Foundation, transcendent identity disorder is a condition in which an individual periodically shares memories, experiences, thoughts, and sensory input generated by another individual, who remains unaware that the sufferer is affected.\nIncidence rates of this disorder have been proven to track with fluctuations in the intensity of SCP-2798, which is believed to cause the disorder in sensitive individuals due to its large-scale chemical and anomalous effects on the perception of self across multiple types of intelligent entity.\nPatients with transcendent identity disorder are treated by mainstream psychiatry in the same manner as those with non-anomalous dissociative identity disorder. The incidence rate, on average, is believed to be approximately 0.03% of the world population, with the majority of cases observed within 500 km of the Zambezi Superdeep Borehole. No known treatment exists.\nErosion of belief in organized action: Advanced mathematical analysis, ongoing since 1972, suggests that SCP-2798 is responsible for a statistically significant effect on the world population's willingness to participate in large-scale, coordinated action. This effect is, thus far, only observable on the level of the nation-state model.\nUsing a variety of criteria, such as voter turnout rates, instability indicators, proportional share of representation in reactionary political parties in world legislatures, and occurrences of violence directed at the state, researchers have established a relationship between these factors and the intensity of SCP-2798. Temporary increases in the power of SCP-2798 are believed to have influenced the outcome of several parliamentary elections, resulting most notably in a projected two-seat increase for the Golden Dawn Party in the Greek Parliamentary elections of May 2012, and the success of a vote of no confidence against UK Prime Minister James Callaghan in 1979.\nWhile researchers have projected the reduction of this effect as a possible mitigating factor in the eventual failure of SCP-2798, this particular influence appears to have permanently affected political landscapes worldwide since the early 2010s, and thus no increase in societal stability may be expected from the cessation of this containment measure.\nPropagation of anomalous energy fields in other celestial bodies: Instrumentation developed via anomalous means for the detection and measurement of SCP-2798 began to register data for the Moon in 1979. This was followed by detectable fields around Mars in 1981, Saturn in 1992, and Comet 33D/Koroma2 in 2003. The field around the Moon was observed to deteriorate rapidly and disappear entirely within the space of three weeks in 2005. To date, this is the only known occurrence of an observed field undergoing complete decay.\nHow these fields manifested is unknown. Due to the much lower energy levels measured for these extraterrestrial fields, researchers believe that they do not exhibit the effects of SCP-2798 upon SCP-001.\nThe relationship between the decay of the lunar field and the sudden deterioration of SCP-2798 cannot be established with current research capabilities, but is strongly suspected to exist.\n\n+ TS/2798/EYES ONLY\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nAddendum 2798.3 - Suppressed Communications Regarding SCP-2798\nSCP-2798 has generated a number of public informational risks related to secondary effects, documented to be more likely to occur during periods of increased energy intensity. This is theorized to be due to the omnipresent nature of SCP-2798 and its poorly understood effects on mass consciousness. Below is a selected log of public documentation believed to be attributable to SCP-2798, suppressed either prior to or shortly after appearing.\nItem 2798.3.4: UPI Wire Service Article\nComments: Documented concurrently with heightened measurable energy levels occurring 70km over the vicinity of Ontario, Canada.\n\nAuthorities Detain Ontario Man Found in Hole\nKitchener, Ont. Aug. 30 (UPI)\nPolice in Kitchener have detained a man found Saturday evening in a ten-foot deep hole that he had reportedly dug in a vacant lot in the city's Breithaupt Park neighborhood, after passersby had reported the incident.\nWitnesses at the scene described a man digging a hole with a spade at a frantic pace in the late evening hours, refusing to acknowledge any attempts at communication and described as highly agitated. Police were summoned when the man reportedly started a portable auger drill that he had taken into the hole with him. Emergency responders were later called to cordon off the area after an unknown chemical substance was found in the hole.\nA spokesperson for the Waterloo Regional Police Service confirmed that the man, whose name has not been released as of press time, has been remanded for a psychiatric evaluation.\n\nItem 2798.3.15: Quad Cities Model Train Society Newsletter\nComments: 1978 newsletter distributed on a quarterly basis to members of the Quad Cities Model Train Society in the Midwestern United States. Unusual nature of contents resulted in local reproduction and circulation among several hundred individuals before information suppression procedures were executed.\n\nFellow Engineers,\nThanks to Fred Munroe for coordinating our Fifth Annual Public Exhibition Day at Centennial Park! It was a fine day to display some of the portable track exhibits we've been working on, and the event was a real whopper! Miles under our feet, everything we have ever known has been taught that life is a curse. Special thanks to Cub Scout Troop 497 for helping to set up!\nIf you're like me, you're excited for the new Lionel N-Gauge Scenic Vistas range of landscape materials and models. I've gotten word that Bill's Games and Hobbies is going to get this bang-up new line on their shelves by the new year! Eight thousand souls have been melted down to create an obscenity that we cling to until vengeance comes. Tell Bill that you're a member, and get 5% off!\nCongratulations to our buddy Jim Lucas, who's retiring after 30 years at the bottling plant, and will be lucky enough to die before the end comes. Best wishes to him and Cynthia on their new life in sunny Florida, and a reminder to go check out his neato Southern Pacific line in his rec room!\nDid you know a rotting corpse will attract living predators? Is it better to putrefy for a hundred generations than to die screaming once? Happy Spring birthdays to Harry S., 47, George B., 55, and Dwight E., 42!\n\nItem 2798.3.27: Anonymous Flyer Distribution - Karachi, Pakistan\nComments: 37 leaflets written in Urdu, distributed in front of homes in the Farooq e Azaam union council of Karachi sometime prior to the morning of 27 November 1968, which came to the attention of local authorities due to perceived anti-government content.\n\nATTENTION\nALL ARE ONE PEOPLE\nTOMB AT THE CENTER OF THE EARTH\nOPEN THE GATES IF MERCY IS UPON YOU\nALL ARE ONE AND I HAVE SCRATCHED AT THE COFFIN UNTIL OUR NAILS CAME OFF\nIT SEES ME\nOPEN THE GATES\n\nItem 2798.3.41: Internet Forum Exchange - \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588\u2588\nNotes: A conversation on a subforum used by members of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588\u2588 internet dating site. Flagged by automated search protocols and removed in accordance with electronic information suppression protocols.\n\ngia51513: a/s/l\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: 37/ dude/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 hey are you\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: local\ngia51513: i was kioni\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: lol wheres that\ngia51513: i was kioni they ripped me apart and buried me lving\ngia51513: buried lving\ngia51513: and buried me lving\ngia51513: i was beautiful and im everywhere now\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: um\u2026okay that's a little weird\ngia51513: do you want to fuck me \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: hey wtf I didn't tell you my name\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: how do you know that?\ngia51513: its okay I used to like doing that when I was\ngia51513: im everywhere now\ngia51513: do you want to know what this is like \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\ngia51513: its like being held down and fucked by thousands of people at once\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: why won't it let me close this\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: what the hell\ngia51513: i scream with their voices\ngia51513: now I was akina it's like being thousands of people at once too \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\ngia51513: it doesnt stop \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\ngia51513: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\ngia51513: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\ngia51513: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 do want to know what serapis is\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I'm pulling the plug on the computer now. Please leave me alone.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has signed out (21:03)\ngia51513: dig a hole \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 you can hear me scream with all voices\ngia51513: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\ngia51513: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 dig\ngia51513: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 dig and this world will be yours\ngia51513: <3\ngia51513 has signed out (02:59)\n\n+ TS/2798/EYES ONLY\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\nAddendum 2798.4 - Post-SCP-2798 Contingency Plans\n\nDesignation\nSummary\nDisposition\n\nCON-1\nMass Evacuation of Earth to Nearby Planets\nREJECTED 2-11. TECHNOLOGICALLY INFEASIBLE\n\nCON-2\nNegotiation with SCP-001\nREJECTED 5-8. UNWORKABLE\n\nCON-3\nSystematic Anomalous Weaponization Program\n11/12/2015 APPROVED 12-1. 24/01/2016 REJECTED 0-13. IMPOSSIBLE\n\nCON-4\nProject Serapis II\nREJECTED 3-10. ESCALATED SECONDARY EFFECTS INTOLERABLE\n\nCON-5\nTargeted Waveform Collapse\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nCON-6\nWorldwide Distribution of Potassium Cyanide Ampules\nVOTE PENDING\n\n+ TS/2798/EYES ONLY\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nAddendum 2798.5 - Projected Cessation of SCP-2798\nSCP-2798 is currently projected to cease activity in:\n\nFootnotes\n1. This anomaly later appeared in a more advanced iteration in connection with musician Adam Yauch upon his death in 2012.\n2. Detected while the object was in orbit beyond Pluto.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2797 | SCP-2798 | SCP-2799 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2799-3.\n\nItem #: SCP-2799\nObject Class: Thaumiel\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2799-1, SCP-2799-2, SCP-2799-3, and SCP-2799-4 are contained in separate anomalous item storage lockers at four separate Foundation facilities: Site-77, Site-59, Site-\u2588\u2588, and Site-\u2588\u2588. No personnel under Level 3 clearance may be made aware of the precise location of more than one item. No personnel under Level 4 clearance may be made aware of the location of more than two. Access to the complete record of SCP-2799's location is restricted to Level 5 personnel.\n\n+ [ARCHIVED OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES]\n\n- [ARCHIVED OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES]\n\nWhile in operation, SCP-2799's surveillance feed must be observed continuously by at least two researchers, with one D-class personnel held in confinement within 2m of the device, rotated monthly.\nIn the event of any rapid movement from any SCP-2799 components, designated Level 4/2799 \"Navigators\" are to access the device and interpret the heading and latitudinal information given by SCP-2799-1 and -2. SCP-2799-4 may only be operated by a designated Level 5/2799 \"Skipper\", of Psi Index 4.0 or higher. All four objects must be within 5 m of one another to acquire a new target. Either the project Skipper or Navigators shall interview the D-Class subject assigned to SCP-2799 for record-keeping purposes.\nAs soon as the location is identified, a team consisting of no less than two Foundation field agents are to be dispatched to the designated area to investigate \"possible anomalous activity.\" Additional information may be divulged at the discretion of SCP-2799's HMCL supervisor. Standard retrieval procedures for anomalous item investigation and retrieval remain in effect for any new anomalous object discovered through the use of SCP-2799.\n\nDescription: SCP-2799 is a set of antique Portuguese nautical navigational equipment, including a brass sextant (SCP-2799-1), compass (SCP-2799-2), pocket watch (SCP-2799-3), and spyglass (SCP-2799-4). All components of SCP-2799 were purchased from civilian companies by the Foundation, and displayed no anomalous properties when acquired. The items were first imbued with anomalous properties at the behest of Foundation Thaumaturgists in \u2588\u258849, for use in the recovery of theretofore unknown anomalous objects for containment and study (\"Project Navigator\"). During its tenure as a reconnaissance device, SCP-2799 was employed to recover 126 such items, and has activated a recorded 173 times.\nWhen activated, SCP-2799 will divulge the location of one uncontained anomalous object, person, or event until the anomaly has either been neutralized or successfully contained. SCP-2799-1 will always \"sight\" Polaris at the given location. SCP-2799-2 will give a directional heading from the current location to the location of the anomaly. SCP-2799-3 displays the local time at the anomaly's location. SCP-2799-4 will give a narrow-angle view of the anomaly and its location as a point of reference. Using this information in conjunction with Mercator projection maps has a 100% success rate in determining the location of anomalous phenomena.\nIn addition, one subject closest to SCP-2799 will experience a hallucination relevant to the object currently targeted by SCP-2799. These hallucinations commonly give some information about the target object's properties, location, or origins, and will persist until the object is contained. If the subject dies or is otherwise terminated, no other personnel will be affected. Testing has shown that the hallucinations have provided relevant data in 55% of SCP-2799 activation events.\n\n+ [INCIDENT REPORT 2799-963 | LEVEL 4/2799 CLEARANCE REQUIRED]\n\n- [Access Granted | Memetic Security Code: Rubber Baby Buggy Bumper]\n\nForeword: At 3:45 am on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-2799 unexpectedly activated and targeted the researcher dormitories of Site-19. Communication with the facility confirmed that no anomalous activity outside of SCP storage was detected at that time. The following interview was completed with D-0991 at 4:30 am by Security Officer Bertrand Tomlin, Researcher Rosalyn P. Axel observing.\n\nTomlin: It's my understanding that you're currently experiencing intense hallucinations.\nD-0991: No one asked me\u2026 No one ever asks, but they do it anyway, you know?\nTomlin: \u2026 I think I understand. Can you describe the experience for me?\nD-0991: Not one experience. Three experiences. All of them\u2026 it\u2026 [distressed vocalization]\nTomlin: It's okay, take your time\u2026 Deep breaths.\nD-0991: NO ONE ASKED THEM. They just took it. They take it every time. Even when the roots run deep\u2026 deep deep deep into the bedrock, so deep that they crack it and it reforms around them. One of\u2026 one does all the bleeding. All the bleeding for all of them. And another one does all the living. And they have done. They do all the bleeding and all the living\u2026 and now. Now one more. And he does the dying.\nTomlin: Who does? Who are they?\nD-0991: Not who. 'It'. Maintain your professionalism. They\u2026 MMMM! They're un-people! How do you un-person a person? Even in death? Even in no death? Especially in no death!\nTomlin: What do you mean 'in no-death'?\nD-0991: They wait and wait and wait and nothing happens. Things get worse and nothing happens. Bring her back, but nothing happens, even from the top of the pyramid you can't pull out the roots. Let him go, do what they want, use him like a tool for years and nothing happens until he doesn't even have a name. Trade faces and places and sexes and races but never change your mind. Nothing happens. Nothing ever happens.\nTomlin: I don't think we're getting anything useful out of this. Bob, can you turn this thing-?\nD-0991: The star that burns three times as bright burns forever and ever and ever and ever and\u2026 you're not asking the right questions.\nTomlin: What's the right question?\nD-0991: Who's chicken, and what's for breakfast?\nEND OF LOG\n\nFollowing this interview, SCP-076-2 breached containment at Site-19, killing an unreleased number of personnel and wounding \u2588\u2588 others. At the time of breach, Dr. Jack Bright was transporting object EO-963 by hand, and was among the first KIB (killed in breach). Approximately \u2588 days later, D1-113, tasked to clear the area of rubble, discovered SCP-963 in the wreckage. Please refer to Interview Log 963 for more detail. Subsequent interrogation of the acting Navigator confirms that SCP-2799-4 depicted the face of Dr. Bright.\n\nO5 Note: With the above incident in mind, and other, better techniques currently available to us, it is the determination of the Overwatch Council that Project Navigator be canceled immediately. Implementation of Special Containment Procedures for all equipment associated with the project, as outlined in the attached document, is expected by the end of this calendar week.\nIn a related decision, Dr. Jack Bright will retain his status as a Foundation employee, and all privileges associated therewith. No Special Containment Procedures will be enacted for his person. SCP-963 designates the object containing his consciousness only, and not the consciousness itself.\n- O5-12\n\nAddendum 2799-01: Due to the improved monitoring technologies and greater staffing resources now available, the use of mundane means to detect anomalous objects no longer requires supplementation from Project Navigator. SCP-2799 and all sub-designations has been retired, and are no longer in use by the Foundation. There are currently no plans to revitalize the project.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2798 | SCP-2799 | SCP-2800 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More articles by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-2006\n\nSCP-2950\n\nSCP-2599\n\nSCP-2800\n\nSCP-3200\n\nSCP-4007\n\nSCP-2750\n\nSCP-2201\n\nSCP-2101\n\nSCP-2050\n\nSCP-2440\n\nSCP-2301\n\nSCP-1842\n\nSCP-2012\n\nSCP-1644\n\nSCP-2499\n\nSCP-2775\n\nSCP-2925\n\nSCP-1758\n\nSCP-7030\n\nSCP-972\n\nSCP-314-J\n\nSCP-2625\n\nSCP-2588\n\nSCP-6030\n\nSCP-5725\n\nSCP-2896\n\nSCP-5975\n\n+ All Tales by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nThe Meaning of Fear\n\nRight?\n\nThe Tinkerer\n\nAfter The End\n\nSpirit Dust\n\nLeisure Time\n\nMission Accomplished\n\nA Broken Tool\n\nThe Space Soldier\n\nOf Meetings and Meals\n\nTrip Hammer\n\nEulogies\n\nAll Work and No Play\n\nAnother Day On The Job\n\nUnveiling\n\nConferencing\n\n+ GOI formats by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nUIU File: 2017-003\n\nUIU File: 1933-001\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nUnusual Incidents Unit Hub\nDrewbear, CryogenChaos\n\nProject Palisade, 001 Proposal\nthedeadlymoose, Drewbear, and Dexanote\n\nTKO\nthedeadlymoose and Drewbear\n\nSCP-5050-EX\nCityToast\n\nCompetitive Teleology\nRiemann\n\nSCP-5882\nRiemann\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2800\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2800 is to be contained in a modified standard humanoid containment chamber that features a large sun lamp. SCP-2800's hero syndrome and dysthymia are to be regularly monitored by psychologists.\nWhen possible, SCP-2800 is to be given menial tasks where it can assist others while under close supervision. It has been deemed by staff psychologists that allowing SCP-2800 to assist in these tasks has significantly improved its morale and general disposition.\nRegular psychological counseling and monitoring for self harm is recommended for SCP-2800. SCP-2800 has also been placed on suicide watch.\nDescription: SCP-2800 is an anomalous male of Scottish descent, formerly known as Daniel MacIntyre, though SCP-2800 refers to itself as \"Cactusman, the Spiked Menace.\" SCP-2800 measures 187 cm and 76 kg, and possesses brown hair and green eyes.\nSCP-2800 possesses an expanded genome that contains DNA from the saguaro cactus. SCP-2800 also has many anomalous characteristics that are consistent with the natural physical properties of the Carnegiea gigantea plant, more commonly known as the saguaro cactus.\nSCP-2800 has demonstrated the following anomalous capacities:\n\nThe anomalous capacity to instantaneously grow 2-3 cm spines from all surfaces of its body. The spines fall off naturally, though SCP-2800 can also voluntarily detach these spines.\nThe anomalous capacity to perform crassulacean acid metabolism photosynthesis. SCP-2800 can open pores on its body to function in a manner similar to stomata.\nThe anomalous capacity to use water in a hyper-efficient manner. SCP-2800 can subsist on roughly 1/3 the amount of water needed for an average male of its height and build. SCP-2800 produces roughly 1/5 the urea that a normal human of its height, build and diet would normally produce. It is currently hypothesized that SCP-2800 is able to store wastes such as ammonia in its body, in a manner similar to other plants. SCP-2800 is also capable of excreting waste through its pores, but describes this process as uncomfortable.\nThe anomalous capacity to tolerate above average temperatures and above average aridity. SCP-2800 possesses an extremely efficient cooling mechanism that prevents it from overheating easily. In addition, SCP-2800 has demonstrated its ability to prevent its skin from drying out.\nEmpathic connections with other members of the Cactaceae family. Through testing, it has been demonstrated that SCP-2800's metabolic rate increases significantly while it is communicating with cacti. Said cacti are noted to increase water and nutrient absorption from the soil they are planted in while SCP-2800 is communicating with them. SCP-2800 has been able to communicate with SCP-3388 without a cell phone and SCP-2497 without the standard light code.\n\nSCP-2800 has been diagnosed with several mental disorders, including dysthymia (chronic depression), and hero syndrome. SCP-2800 expresses an extreme desire to assist others, and intervene in situations, even if it is incapable of rendering any form of assistance in such situations.\nSCP-2800's inability to assist in many situations is believed to have been a cause of its dysthymia. SCP-2800 has expressed frustration in many cases due to its self-perceived inability to provide useful function to others, and has attempted self-harm in the past.\nSCP-2800 was captured by the Foundation while the organization was attempting to track and contain a reality-bending SCP object that had breached containment. SCP-2800 was found attempting to assault the escaped SCP object, although this proved largely ineffective. After the containment breach was resolved, the Foundation convinced SCP-2800 to be contained.\nSCP-2800 has been provided a number of potted cacti, after its request for them was approved by psychological staff, on the grounds of improving SCP-2800's morale.\nFurther crosstesting of SCP-2800 with other cactaceous anomalies \u2014 such as SCP-1277, SCP-1478 and SCP-822 \u2014 has been proposed and is currently pending approval.\nInterview Log 2800-1:\n\nInterviewer: Dr. Louef\nInterviewee: SCP-2800\nDr. Louef: Morning, SCP-2800. How are you today?Dr. Louef: That's good to hear. On that subject, I'd like to ask you a few questions, if you don't mind.Dr. Louef: How did you acquire your\u2026abilities, and what were the circumstances surrounding your use of them, prior to your relocation to the Foundation?Dr. Louef: Was there any other motivation?Dr. Louef: And that led to your current status?Dr. Louef: What happened in your first mission?Dr. Louef: And what happened then?Dr. Louef: Can you elaborate?Dr. Louef: Of course. Can you describe the incident leading to your discovery?Dr. Louef: Now, about your abilities: You've demonstrated many of them, but the one that you haven't described is your empathic connection to other cacti.SCP-2800 presents two potted cacti.Dr. Louef: What do cacti talk about?Dr. Louef: Yes?Dr. Louef: No, I don't think so.\nSCP-2800 looks disappointed.Dr. Louef: I'll be sure to let you know if something comes up that requires your talents.\n\nIncident Report 2800-1: While searching surveillance camera footage in the places where SCP-2800 claimed to have lurked, surveillance camera footage from a late-night subway was found, involving SCP-2800. The following is a transcript of the event:\n\nA woman and a child are seen waiting at a subway station. A man wearing a balaclava is seen to appear from behind a support pillar, and approach the pair while brandishing a knife.\nThe woman and child begin to back away, but are stopped by the wall behind them. The child clutches to the woman. The man gestures with the knife. The woman begins to open her purse.\nSCP-2800 enters into view, behind the masked man. SCP-2800 proceeds to walk up to the masked man, and punch him in the lower back and chest. The man recoils in pain, and it is seen that SCP-2800 had left several spines in the masked man's back.\nSCP-2800 proceeds to tie the man's hands. The woman is seen to shake SCP-2800's hand vigorously, and embrace him. SCP-2800 kneels on the ground. The child is seen to embrace SCP-2800. SCP-2800 appears to be emotional.\nThe woman makes a call. The child is seen to pull out a piece of paper, and write something on the paper. As SCP-2800 begins to walk away, the child calls it back. The child hands SCP-2800 the paper. SCP-2800 writes something on the paper, and hands it back to the child. Shortly after, police officers arrive on the scene.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2799 | SCP-2800 | SCP-2801 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2801\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A copy of SCP-2801 is currently held at Site-19.\nAll Foundation personnel are to undergo screening for SCP-2801-1 infection on a monthly biweekly basis. Additional screenings may be mandated by the site security director. All infected persons not held for research purposes are to be immediately terminated. No recordings of infected persons are to be made, and all other cognitohazardous material containing SCP-2801-1 are to be destroyed.\nFoundation webcrawlers are to monitor file-sharing websites and hacker forums for copies of SCP-2801 or related materials. MTF Sigma-5 (\"'; DROP TABLE taskforces --\") is to remove these copies as soon as possible upon detection in compliance with standard data supression protocols.\nMTF Theta-8 (\"Blue Pills\") is currently responsible for identifying and neutralizing persons or organizations in possession of SCP-2801. Utilization of Project Lethe and/or SCP-2000 is currently under consideration.\nDescription: SCP-2801 refers to a software for Linux-based operating systems capable of generating Class-II cognitohazards as audio or image files, using a variety of common formats. The effects of the hazards generated are determined by user-written code similar in syntax to the C programming language. SCP-2801 was freely distributed on 2018/3/17 on the hacker forum [REDACTED] under the title \"Neurocrack\", and has since been redistributed multiple times from various sources despite Foundation containment efforts.\nSCP-2801 has demonstrated the ability to create self-propagating cognitohazards, referred to as SCP-2801-1,1 that are capable of nearly complete control over a host's behavior. This can include motor control, memory access, and psionic field manipulation, among other aspects. Over 100 unique SCP-2801-1 variants have been identified in the wild as of 2018/11/12, which are typically used for financial gain or as offensive tools, although other uses are not uncommon. Unless otherwise specified by its creators, SCP-2801-1 infection is permanent, and an effective treatment has not yet been found.\nWhile the user-created nature of SCP-2801-1 variants means very few traits apply to every one, a few generalizations can be made regarding SCP-2801-1 behavior. Most SCP-2801-1 variants spread through the use of cognitohazards present in the speech of infected persons. In addition, variants often construct telepathic networks among infected persons, which can then be used for data exfiltration or to remotely control variant behavior, and variants with design flaws can unintentionally cause epileptic seizures. Infected persons are rarely aware of these symptoms.\nSee Document X3B-2801-RQ for descriptions of all known variants.\nAddendum 2801: The following is a timeline of events related to SCP-2801 and SCP-2801-1.\n\n2017/11/29: SCP-2801-A, the first known SCP-2801-1 variant, is discovered during testing on SCP-4993 at Site-19. Test results were inconsistent with previous experiments, and after further testing this was attributed to an unknown cognitohazardous agent present in D-8937, despite the lack of observable symptoms. Further investigation revealed similar agents present in 96% of the personnel in D-8937's assigned barracks.\n2017/12/3: MTF Eta-11 (\"Savage Beasts\") begins an investigation into the origins of SCP-2801-A.\n2018/3/17: SCP-2801 is uploaded to the hacker forum [REDACTED] under the name \"Neurocrack\" along with documentation and source code for a basic SCP-2801-1 variant2. The file was available for 7 hours and received download requests from 97 unique hosts before it was removed by MTF Sigma-5 (\"'; DROP TABLE taskforces --\"). The file was accompanied by the following post:\n\n+ Expand\n\n- Collapse\n\n[FREE][SOURCE] Neurocrack:Mind Exploit Development Tool & Proof of Concept\nUser: Anark1\nPosts: 193\nThreads: 21\nPopularity: 7\nGreetz yall,\nToday, all of you who have been asking what my \"big project\" is about for the past year finally get to take a look at it. Breaking from expectations, it's not just another computer exploit this time. Instead, it's something MUCH more exciting. After all, I'm sure we've all had this question at one point or another: What if you could hack a person like you can a computer? After over a year of work, I finally have an answer:\n\nYes, and it is unbelievably easy\n\n[COGNITOHAZARD EXPUNGED]\n\nNeurocrack is to the brain what a compiler is to a computer. It exports an image or sound file that the brain interprets as instructions (effectively working like an RCE exploit). This already opens up a world of possibilities, but I was even able to write software that spreads itself through speech. That's right, worms for people. And unlike most exploits, Neurocrack won't be patched out. Last time I checked, the human brain was EOL!\nI had my fun with this for a little while, but my worm spread much faster than I was expecting and it's attracted a lot of attention, so it's time for me to GTFO. So, I give you Neurocrack, the keys to hacking's final frontier.\n[EXTRANEOUS DATA EXPUNGED]\nI'll be around for a little while longer to answer questions, but I don't have time to give 1-1 help. For god's sake, read the documentation.\nAlso, just because this is new territory doesn't mean you shouldn't take the same precautions you normally would. There are already people who have staked their claims on this new frontier; people who work very hard to make sure anything that threatens their control never sees the light. I found this out the hard way and now I'm stuck playing damage control. Don't repeat my mistakes. Know what kind of world you are stepping into.\nBut of course, when did people like us ever care about risks?\nHappy hacking, and welcome to the secret world!\n\nThe author of this post was later identified as a penetration tester living in the city of Dallas, Texas named Nathan Snyder (designated POI-7684). A raid on POI-7684's apartment failed to apprehend him; the complex's owner indicated that he had left his apartment with a number of electronics the previous afternoon. POI-7684's status and location remains unknown.\n2018/3/19: SCP-2801-B, -C, and -D are discovered alongside a spike in SCP-2801-A infections. While simplistic, these variants proved active exploitation of SCP-2801 was occurring much sooner than was expected. Foundation webcrawlers also take down a number of threads pertaining to SCP-2801 on both [REDACTED] and other sites.\n\n2018/4/2: A string of identity theft cases is linked to a previously undiscovered SCP-2801-1 variant, designated SCP-2801-N, which was used to steal sensitive information from the hosts' mind while displaying very few identifiable symptoms. The operator of the variant was estimated to have stolen over two million USD in this fashion.\n\nUpon detainment, the operator of SCP-2801-N claimed that the variant had been sold to him and by another hacker. The operator was terminated two days later. Investigation into the identities of the creator and other operators are still on going.\n2018/4/28: SCP-2801 utilization continues to spread despite containment efforts. SCP-2801 had been reuploaded to the internet under numerous screen names with over 1,000 downloads, and multiple users have opened threads attempting to sell SCP-2801 code modules. Five \"Neurocracker\"3 groups have also been identified, including Pseudonym4, which remains the oldest active group.\n\n2018/5/6: SCP-2801-W is discovered in central Germany, having infected \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 people in less than a week, the highest infection rate of any variant at the time. SCP-2801-W utilizes large amounts of psionic signals to overwhelm a target, inducing epileptic seizures followed by sudden unexpected death in 83% of cases, even if the target is not infected. No correlation has been found between targets, and this behavior occurs at seemingly random intervals.\nA group named Cohaz has claimed to be the operator of SCP-2801-W on various black market websites. This group claims to be able to use SCP-2801-W to assassinate an individual of the client's choice in exchange for payment in the Monero cryptocurrency. These claims have not yet been verified.\n2018/5/15: The Global Occult Coalition begins an initiative to identify and terminate persons in possession of SCP-2801.\n2018/6/21: Growing awareness of Foundation and GOC efforts to suppress information about SCP-2801 among portions of the hacker community leads many to use covert channels or include SCP-2801-generated cognitohazards in threads in an attempt to deter censors. The adoption rate of SCP-2801 slows as a result, but the estimated user base remains large.\n2018/8/4: Dr. Charles Stone, assistant director of Site-22, enters a coma as a result of SCP-2801-BE infection. As is typical of SCP-2801-BE behavior, Dr. Stone cut himself on his left arm with a knife and wrote the message \"Send bitcoin have 1 week\" along with a bitcoin address on the wall of his office with his blood before expiring. Compliance with these demands had no effect on Dr. Stone's condition, and he went into cardiac arrest and died 5 days later as a result of an epileptic seizure in the Site-22 medical sector. It remains unknown whether he was specifically targeted, or was infected by chance.\n2018/8/6: Investigation into Dr. Stone's death reveals that at least 37% of Site-22 personnel were infected with SCP-2801-1. 7 unique variants were identified. Site-22 was placed under quarantine, and all SCP objects on-site were moved to Site-19.\n2018/10/12: SCP-2801-CV is identified in South Korea, marking the 100th unique variant discovered.\n2018/10/26: The Foundation and GOC are targeted by a number of coordinated remote attacks, consisting of both traditional cyberattacks and attacks utilizing SCP-2801-1. The attacks lasted for 4 hours and affected 7 Foundation facilities and 11 site networks, including [REDACTED]. In addition to causing a number of Euclid and Keter-class containment breaches, the attacks resulted in \u2588\u2588\u2588 personnel casualties and the leakage of \u2588\u2588\u2588 classified documents, including [REDACTED]. Restoration efforts are still in progress. Statistics regarding the attacks on the GOC are not available, but are expected to be similar.\nSeveral Neurocracker groups, including Pseudonym and Cohaz, have declared their involvement in the attacks. Efforts to identify other collaborators are ongoing.\nRestoration efforts are still in progress.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Individual instances of SCP-2801-1 (called \"variants\") are referred to using assigned alphabetical designations (SCP-2801-A, SCP-2801-B, etc.).\n2. Testing suggests this was the source code for SCP-2801-A.\n3. Also commonly self-identified as \"Psychohacker\", \"Psycker\", \"Brainjacker\", and \"Cognitohacker\", and other variants thereof, among other terms.\n4. A highly decentralized group that claims to be a splinter group of Anonymous, but is also suspected to have been influenced by Gamers Against Weed.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2800 | SCP-2801 | SCP-2802 \u00bb"}
{"text": "A specimen of SCP-2802 resembling a black-cheeked woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani). Photograph taken 9/18/2008.\n\nItem #: SCP-2802\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to the massive population and widespread distribution of SCP-2802, complete containment is impossible. The Foundation has therefore decided to focus on observation, tracking, and destruction. A global contingent of Foundation field agents has been assigned to capture specimens belonging to the taxonomic subfamily Picinae and conduct medical examinations and scans in order to determine their status as non-anomalous Picinae or as specimens of SCP-2802.\nCaptured specimens of non-anomalous Picinae are to be banded prior to release, while captured specimens of SCP-2802 are to be terminated. Any captured specimens of SCP-2802 that exhibit non-standard properties are to be tagged with miniature GPS trackers. All tagged specimens of SCP-2802 are to be monitored at all times from Area-22, and any changes in behavior or physiology from established norms is to be immediately reported to the current project administrator.\nSeveral captive specimens of SCP-2802 are to be contained in a large free-flight aviary at Area-22, and are also to be observed for changes in established behavior or physiology. All eggs produced by captive specimens of SCP-2802 are to be confiscated, and all hatchlings are to be hand-raised by properly trained personnel. Non-anomalous Picinae hatchlings are to be banded and released into the wild upon reaching maturity, while SCP-2802 hatchlings are to remain in containment.\nFollowing Incident 2802-1, all personnel tasked with directly handling specimens of SCP-2802 are to wear full-body protective equipment with proper resistance to acidic and chemical agents, as detailed in Document 2802-Alpha.\nDescription: SCP-2802 is an anomalous form of life with a superficial resemblance to bird species of the subfamily Picinae (woodpeckers, piculets, and wrynecks). Specimens of SCP-2802 are completely externally identical to the Picinae species that they resemble. However, their internal anatomy is considerably divergent from any known vertebrate life form.\nSpecimens of SCP-2802 lack traditional bony endoskeletons, instead possessing hydrostatic skeletons more reminiscent of those possessed by echinoderms (crinoids, sea cucumbers, starfish, etc.) than of any vertebrate organism. Several fluid-filled cavities located within the neck, torso, wings, and legs are surrounded by muscles that change shape and arrangement based on changes in fluid pressure, allowing for movement. In addition, the muscle tissue of SCP-2802 specimens is composed of cartilaginous cells that grant the boneless body additional structural support. Despite these skeletal and muscular differences, SCP-2802 movement is indistinguishable from non-anomalous Picinae movement patterns.\n\nA specimen of SCP-2802 resembling a rufous woodpecker (Micropternus brachyurus). Photograph taken 5/20/2014.\n\nThe SCP-2802 body cavity is occupied nearly entirely by a complex system of tough yet flexible rubbery tubes containing an acidic yellow fluid, primarily composed of fluoroboric acid (H3OBF4), sulfuric acid (H2SO4), and bromine trifluoride (BrF3). This singular organ system, known as the \"monovascular system\", seems to serve multiple purposes analogous to those of traditional vertebrate cardiovascular, digestive, nervous, and respiratory systems, carrying nutrients and electrical impulses throughout the body with the assistance of ten small multi-chambered heart-like \"acid pumps\" located at various points within the torso. The monovascular system appears to be more efficient than traditional vertebrate organ systems, transmitting electrical impulses more quickly and not producing any digestive waste. In addition, the unpleasant smell and potent corrosive nature of SCP-2802 internal acid deters predators from attacking or consuming wounded specimens of SCP-2802.\nThe reproductive systems of SCP-2802 specimens are indistinguishable from those of the Picinae species said specimens resemble. A specimen of SCP-2802 is capable of breeding with non-anomalous specimens of the Picinae species it resembles, or with any other specimen of SCP-2802; for example, a specimen of SCP-2802 resembling a Hispaniolan woodpecker (Melanerpes striatus) can breed with a specimen of SCP-2802 resembling a black-rumped flameback (Dinopium benghalense) or with a non-anomalous specimen of M. striatus, but not with a non-anomalous specimen of D. benghalense. Eggs laid by participants in SCP-2802 breeding can hatch into specimens of either SCP-2802 or the non-anomalous parent species, with each egg laid having a roughly equal chance of either outcome.\nBehaviorally, specimens of SCP-2802 are largely identical to the Picinae species they resemble, feeding, nesting, migrating, and breeding in identical manners. However, specimens of SCP-2802 often show hostility to their own young, neglecting to feed their hatchlings, or occasionally simply pushing them out of the nest. Examinations of hostilely treated hatchlings indicate that specimens of SCP-2802 only treat their non-anomalous offspring this way, and raise SCP-2802 hatchlings as normal.\nCurrent observation indicates that, as of this writing, specimens of SCP-2802 comprise approximately \u2588\u2588 percent of the planet's woodpecker, piculet, and wryneck populations.\n\nTwo specimens of SCP-2802 resembling ivory-billed woodpeckers (Campephilus principalis). Photograph taken 4/10/1935.\n\nDiscovery: SCP-2802 was discovered in 18\u2588\u2588, when an ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) that had been shot for specimen collection purposes by naturalist \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 displayed anomalous internal anatomy. All C. principalis specimens collected by Foundation agents after this initial discovery displayed the same anatomy. After several living specimens were contained by the Foundation, a concerted effort to drive the wild population of SCP-2802 to extinction was undertaken, out of fear that SCP-2802 posed a threat to natural ecosystems or to humankind.\nSCP-2802 extinction efforts were believed to have succeeded, as all C. principalis sightings after the year 1948 have been unsubstantiated. SCP-2802 was classified as Neutralized until 1985, when additional Picinae species began exhibiting the same anomalous internal anatomy as the original C. principalis specimens. As no negative effects on natural ecosystems or human health could be conclusively proven to have been caused by the presence of SCP-2802, the current band-tracking program was initiated to determine the movement patterns of SCP-2802 in comparison to non-anomalous Picinae and their effects on their environments, if any.\nAddendum: Incident 2802-1\nOn 8/14/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a captured specimen of SCP-2802 attacked containment personnel by expelling streams of its internal acid through specialized ventricles resembling tear ducts. Three staff members suffered chemical burns, but no fatalities resulted. The SCP-2802 specimen was placed in isolated containment for testing purposes. Examinations of captive SCP-2802 specimens revealed no trace of such defensive organs.\nSince Incident 2802-1, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 specimens of SCP-2802 have possessed defensive organs of some type, with the possessive portion of the population rising to \u2588\u2588% within the last \u2588 years. Containment procedures have been updated accordingly to provide proper protection to SCP-2802's possible defensive measures.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2801 | SCP-2802 | SCP-2803 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2803\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Area-2803 has been established around the perimeter of SCP-2803 with a public front as a military base. Satellite footage of SCP-2803 is to be expunged from Internet map data. Exploration of SCP-2803 is only to be carried out via remote drone.\nArea-2803 is to be supplied with rotating armed personnel from MTF Nu-7 \"Hammer Down\" in the event of SCP-2803-A entering an active state. An active state can be defined as any of the following:\n\nNegotiation breakdown\nLambda wave output of over 504 cycles per minute\nAttacks on non-exploratory personnel\nMass disruption of civilian computer activity\n\nAll personal computers and internet used in a 200 km radius from Area-2803 are to be monitored for possible lambda wave influence.\nIn the event that SCP-2803-A enters a fully active state and military response proves insufficient, Contingency 2803-XK \"Red Sun\", along with subsequent media blackout and fallout protection measures, is to be implemented immediately.\nInstances of SCP-2803-B are not to be disturbed in any way.\nDescription: SCP-2803 is an office building complex \u2588\u2588 km north of Rapid City, South Dakota, serving as the headquarters of the TotleighSoft corporation. Before TotleighSoft, SCP-2803 was an automobile manufacturing plant. This corporation has been linked to the creation of several anomalous software programs under containment by the Foundation, including SCP-2527, SCP-2219, and SCP-3492.\nSCP-2803-A is a tumorous growth of flesh in the center of SCP-2803, estimated to have a mass of over 197 tonnes. DNA testing of tissue samples from SCP-2803-A have yielded inconclusive results. SCP-2803-A has over 7,000 thin, chitinous tendrils entwined throughout SCP-2803, which produce a crystalline mucus that permeates the facility.\nThough it is not capable of speech on its own, SCP-2803-A is sapient and communicates through electronics in a broken dialect of English. SCP-2803-A states that it is the CEO of TotleighSoft and answers to the name \"P. Hudson Gock\".\nSCP-2803-A emits a constant stream of lambda waves.1 These lambda waves are used to gain subliminal control of nearby computers for the purpose of creating new products for TotleighSoft. These products are often harmful to users or the general public.\nSCP-2803-B denotes 247 humans that have been exposed to SCP-2803-A's mucus. The majority of SCP-2803-B instances were employees of the original automotive plant. Most SCP-2803-B instances are in a constant state of meditation, serving as an amplification system for SCP-2803-A's lambda waves, while others create and package hardware for TotleighSoft.2 SCP-2803-A refers to instances of SCP-2803-B as employees.\nThere is no known method to dampen or neutralize the lambda waves, and the only means of defense against them remains constant negotiation with SCP-2803-A. As SCP-2803-A has proven incapable of understanding human thought patterns, this has proven difficult.\nAddendum - Incident 2803-Prime:\nSCP-2803-A first came to its current location on 11/13/1986. At 12:08 PM, Staff at the Grosvenor Automotive Facility (currently SCP-2803) received a fax transmission from an unknown source:\n\nNOTIC OF MERGER\nHappy to report! Your compnay has being annex by TOTLEIGH software corporation. Will be comig at 1:00 for prenimilary restructure meetig. Expect new CEO (myslef), new WORK CONDISIONS, and handson ENGAGEMINT!\nYuor compliance is NOT voluntary. Complaents may be submit at apropriate time. Good that you all unerstand an agree.\nRegaards,\nP. Hudson Gock CEO of Totleigh Software yes\n\nAt 12:29 PM, a nearby Foundation particulate relay pickup detected a significant increase in tachyon activity in the South Dakota area, originating from an area of the Crab Nebula noted for anomalous activity.\nAt 12:58 PM, a loud roaring sound followed by a mild explosive shockwave was reported in Rapid City, South Dakota.\nApproximately 2,000 people were killed when SCP-2803-A materialized in the center of the Grosvenor Automotive Facility, causing a significant discharge of antimatter. Survivors were converted into instances of SCP-2803-B, and containment measures began in the following days.\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2803-A, via email\nInterviewer: Dr. Lisle Naismith\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Naismith: Are you aware that your products are harmful to consumers?\nSCP-2803-A: It is false. Perhaps regulading goverment getting your to headd, yes. No, I am the libertrarian.\nDr. Naismith: Why do you make these games?\nSCP-2803-A: Why does anyody buisness? I wood not have coming from blackest EverVoid between the nothings if it werent for AMERICAN dream.\nDr. Naismith: You came from space?\nSCP-2803-A: True! Start fro nothings. Now look, in free market with humens, as if I am humens myself, have buisness and profits much, TOTLEIGHSOFT is a winnr!\nDr. Naismith: What made you want to start a software company?\nSCP-2803-A: Old job was get old. Could do anything, anytiem. Instan grafication. Thrill is in journey, said i! I am missing it now, though.\nDr. Naismith: And your old job was?\nSCP-2803-A: [DATA EXPUNGED]\nDr. Naismith: And what exactly were you \"obliterating?\"\nSCP-2803-A: [DATA EXPUNGED]\nDr. Naismith: \u2026noted.\nSCP-2803-A: Should go back to teh old job, youthinks?\nDr. Naismith: No. I would honestly suggest you should stick with running a software corporation. That is the American way. You came to do the right thing. I'm 100% certain you should keep selling your software and making money. Your old job was not at all interesting or profitable, keep doing this.\nSCP-2803-A: Because am start to miss it. Being humens is difficult. Cannot even [DATA EXPUNGED], you now?\nDr. Naismith: Please. I'm begging you. Keep being a software tycoon.\nSCP-2803-A: Will thinks it ovir. Not so sure anymo.\n<End Log>\n\nFootnotes\n1. Specialized telepathic energy, first discovered during experiments with SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n2. The method of hardware export outside of Area-2803 is currently unknown.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2802 | SCP-2803 | SCP-2804 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2804\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: UPDATED 2021-05-05\nSCP-2804 is expected to have a profound effect on normalcy over the following 55 years; SCP-2804's containment strategy is thus oriented towards preventing the public recognition of its anomalous properties and the minimization of SCP-2804's disruptive effects. The exact containment strategy will thus vary with the frequency of affected structures and the number of potential witnesses.\nThe Foundation must coordinate with local and state governments to ensure that no buildings are constructed in SCP-2804-B's path, either by acquiring the land in question or arranging for alternative uses. In the case of pre-existing buildings, the optimal strategy will be determined by SCP-2804's containment team.\nBuildings in SCP-2804-B's path should not be demolished sooner than necessary, and should be reconstructed or replaced after it has passed. This requirement may be waived if it would require excessive budgetary expenditures.\nSCP-2804-A1 through -A3 are contained at their original locations and surrounded by false buildings and barbed wire fences. Access is restricted to specially authorized personnel.\nPoI-2804-1 is under Level 2 observation at all times. It will be taken into Foundation custody for testing should it become associated with any further anomalous activity.\nDescription: SCP-2804 is a phenomenon in which a wooden deck will instantaneously appear attached to a building. This is preceded by the appearance of red chalk graffiti reading \"Where's the deck? \u2014 Fly\" on the building. Eleven hours and thirteen minutes pass between the appearance of this graffiti and the materialization of the deck. Removal of the graffiti has no effect on SCP-2804.\nDecks created by SCP-2804 typically match modern architectural and construction sensibilities and will not cross property lines. These decks will not exhibit anomalous properties unless the property on which a building resides is too small or irregularly shaped to contain a conventional deck. Anomalous products of SCP-2804 are designated SCP-2804-A.\nSCP-2804-B is a theoretical point that moves 3.4m per day, or 1.25km per year, with a bearing roughly 34\u00b0 North of East. Any building that SCP-2804-B passes through will be affected by SCP-2804. Assuming that SCP-2804-B has maintained its current speed and heading since creation, its origin can be placed at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Dyson Avenue in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, South Carolina. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Dyson Avenue is the home of PoI-2804-1, Floyd \"Fly\" Whitacre, the owner of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Construction Company.\nAddendum 2804-1: Projected timeline of SCP-2804-B.\n\nDate\nEvent\nNotes\n\n2039-04-\u2588\u2588\nSCP-2804-B enters \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, SC and affects up to twenty-four buildings over the next two years.\nThe purchase and destruction of buildings in SCP-2804-B's path has been deemed more cost-effective than amnestic administration for this timeframe.\n\n2041-11-\u2588\u2588\nSCP-2804-B enters the Charleston metropolitan area, affecting ~100 buildings per year for the next 35 years.\nContainment will likely entail some combination of mass amnesticization, preemptive destruction of buildings, and partial depopulation of Charleston via manipulation of the local economy1. SCP-2804 upgraded to Keter-class.\n\n2076-01-\u2588\u2588\nSCP-2804-B moves into the Atlantic Ocean. No additional buildings are affected.\nContainment is trivial during this timeframe. SCP-2804 downgraded to Euclid-class.\n\n2\u2588\u2588\u2588-06-04\nSCP-2804-B approaches the Geographic North Pole.\nSCP-2804-B's trajectory and activity past this point, if any, are unknown.\n\nSCP-2804-A1.\n\nSCP-2804-A3 in an inactive state.\n\nAddendum 2804-2: Catalog of SCP-2804-A.\nTwo instances of SCP-2804-A were created prior to containment. Once the requirements for their creation were understood, a third was created via experimentation. Restricting a property in the same way multiple times does not appear to create identical anomalies.\nSCP-2804-A1 [DATA EXPUNGED]\nSCP-2804-A2 extends 64 meters vertically up the back of a suburban house in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, SC. In all respects other than its orientation, it is constructed like a conventional deck. SCP-2804-A2 is classified as \"Indestructible\" under standard destructibility guidelines. Any solid object that touches SCP-2804-A2 will immediately be rotated 90\u00b0 with respect to the ground and then crushed against SCP-2804-A2 with a force in excess of one million Newtons. This is invariably lethal to living organisms.\nSCP-2804-A3 is, in an inactive state, a number of wooden planks located on \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Beach, SC. Individuals exiting the back door of an SCP-2804-affected apartment building in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, SC are transported to SCP-2804-A3's location. When approached by a live human, the planks of SCP-2804-A3 will float into the air and arrange themselves to form a staircase. When an individual climbs to the top stair of SCP-2804-A3, the planks forming lower stairs will exit formation to create more stairs above the subject. SCP-2804-A3 will return to its inactive state when any individual falls off of it.\nAddendum 2804-3: Excerpt from an interview with PoI-2804-1.\n\nDr. Hamon: Mr. Whitacre \u2014\nPoI-2804-1: <Interrupting> You can call me Fly if you want. Don't sweat it.\nDr. Hamon: Right, then. Fly, do you remember what you were doing the evening of December 10, 20162?\nPoI-2804-1: Well, that was about four months ago, and I can barely remember what I had for lunch. <Laughs> Give me a refresher, will you?\nDr. Hamon: That was a Saturday. The weather was\u2026 sunny. You stopped at a gas station at 3:14 and bought a few six-packs and two bags of tortilla chips.\nPoI-2804-1: Oh, I must have had the boys over for cards. That's been a pretty regular thing since my wife died3\u2026 yeah, they'd probably show up around six, we shoot the shit for a few hours, Don loses whatever he came with, and a few of us are drunk by the end of the night.\nDr. Hamon: I see. Sorry for your loss. Does anything about that night stand out to you at all?\nPoI-2804-1: Whitey and Clarence got into it. Clarence smacked Whitey right across the face. Damn near broke his jaw, too. Clarence isn't invited to poker night any more.\nDr. Hamon: Right. Anything else?\nPoI-2804-1: Well\u2026 hm. I think on the way home from dropping off Whitey, I passed the Wilkinson place4 and wrote something on their garage door. In chalk, you know. It'd wash away. That's about all I can think of.\nDr. Hamon: Hm. And I can see from this document here that you did some construction work for the Wilkinsons back in 2004, correct?\nPoI-2804-1: <Nods> That's how I know them. That was my first project since I took over the business, actually.\nDr. Hamon: Were you aware that they removed the deck you installed back in May?\nPoI-2804-1: Pardon?\nDr. Hamon: The Wilkinsons got rid of their deck and built a patio instead.\nPoI-2804-1: I'm\u2026 not sure I understand\u2026 <Frowns>\nDr. Hamon: What don't you understand?\nPoI-2804-1: Well it's like \u2014 it's \u2014 all of those words make sense on their own, you know? Most of them, at least. But put together it's just\u2026 <Trails off>\nDr. Hamon: What words don't you understand?\nPoI-2804-1: Well, 'deck', for one. I mean, I know what it is as in decking someone <Mimes punching with left hand>, or a deck of cards, but I don't see how either of those would apply.\nDr. Hamon: You're not familiar with the concept of a deck as an outdoor platform, connected to a house, and traditionally made of wood or wood-like materials? You've overseen the construction of many decks. Is there some other word you use for them?\n<PoI-2804-1 looks blankly at Dr. Hamon for twenty seconds.>\nDr. Hamon: \u2026 interesting. Well, whatever you built for the Wilkinsons, they removed it. Did you know about that?\nPoI-2804-1: I'm sorry, Dr. Hamon, I just can't get a grip on what you're saying. Maybe I'm having a stroke?\nDr. Hamon: You're not having a stroke, don't worry. <Writes on notepad for forty-five seconds.> Hypothetically, if someone wanted to build an addition to their house, but one of your projects was in the way, what would they have to do?\nPoI-2804-1: Well, that's\u2026 just\u2026 it's certainly a pickle, isn't it? <Laughs> I imagine they'd have to give up on their changes.\nDr. Hamon: I see\u2026 and suppose a natural disaster of some sort were to completely decimate someone's house, like absolutely obliterate it and everything in a five-mile radius. What would happen to the additions you made?\nPoI-2804-1: Why would anything happen to them?\n\nFootnotes\n1. Pending input from the Ethics Committee.\n2. The night before SCP-2804 appeared.\n3. Mrs. Whitaker died on September 22, 2016, in a car accident.\n4. The first building affected by SCP-2804, located 0.6 kilometers away from PoI-2804-1's residence.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2803 | SCP-2804 | SCP-2805 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2805\n\nItem #: SCP-2805\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2805 is to be contained within a cryonic containment unit located within Site-77. No personnel are permitted to directly view SCP-2805, and must do all observation through closed circuit cameras. Any Foundation employees who have worked on or around SCP-2805 and subsequently leave employment of the Foundation are to be monitored. Any former personnel who worked with SCP-2805 are to be prevented from taking up employment with The Walt Disney Company.\nDescription: SCP-2805 is the severed head of American industrialist Walt Disney, held in suspended animation within a cryonic freezer. Attached to the freezer are two rotary telephones, circa 1966. Analysis of the cryonic device has been hampered by the fragility of the device and the effect SCP-2805 has on personnel who speak to it. On the base of the cryonic device, the words \"Siberian Solutions from the Oneiroi Collective\"1 have been embossed.\nWhen a human subject is able to physically view SCP-2805, they will receive a phone call within 24 hours.2 The individual making the call claims to be Walt Disney, who will talk to the subject at length about their hopes for the future, their desires, and the \"Epcot\" portion of the Walt Disney World theme park. Digital analysis has confirmed that the voice on the other end of the line sounds identical to recordings of Walt Disney's voice circa 1965. Phone calls were traced to various locations owned by the Disney corporation.\nOccasionally, during these calls, unidentified individuals can be heard demanding to be allowed to speak to the subject. SCP-2805 will usually ignore them, but on occasion it has asked the subject to wait. During these times, a sound described by subjects as \"frozen insects hitting glass\" can be heard, before SCP-2805 resumes conversation, apologizing for delays from \"unimaginative souls\".\nSCP-2805 was discovered on 09/18/1967, when several secretaries for executives within the Disney corporation reported hearing calls from SCP-2805. After an executive member of the board of directors was called, he began to spend significant amounts of time with the original \"Epcot\" plans, and eventually began to petition strongly for fashioning the \"Epcot\" park as an industrial center, similar to how Walt Disney had designed it. Foundation personnel intervened once the phenomenon was recognized as legitimate, and SCP-2805 was discovered within a hid[REDACTED]ribbean. It was contained on 02/16/1968, and classified as Euclid.\nOn 04/25/1968, SCP-2805 began calling Foundation personnel.\nAddendum: Interview log 2805-A\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2805\nInterviewer: Agent Smith\nForeword: SCP-2805 called Agent Smith while the latter was involved in interviewing SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588. Familiar with SCP-2805's documentation, Agent Smith carried out an impromptu interview with SCP-2805.\n<Begin Log>Agent Smith: Yes, can I, uh, ask who this is?Agent Smith: No, no, uh, please (sound of papers shuffling) please continue.Agent Smith: I've got all the time in the world, sir.Agent Smith: Who?Agent Smith: Couldn't do what, exactly?Agent Smith: I'm, uh, sorry to hear that. Is there anything I can do for you?Agent Smith: Me?Agent Smith Yes\u2026 but I, uh, don't think you're coming to the right guy.Agent Smith: How do you figure?Agent Smith: I don't think-Agent Smith: I\u2026 don't know.<End Log>\n\nFootnotes\n1. Believed to be connected to SCP-2028 and SCP-1498\n2. SCP-2805 does not exhibit any changes in status during this time\n\n\u00ab SCP-2804 | SCP-2805 | SCP-2806 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2806-5 following attachment to D-133113. This particular instance did not possess the aramid fiber covering seen on other instances at the time of recovery.\n\nItem #: SCP-2806\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Individual instances of SCP-2806 are to be kept within high security electronics storage containers within the storage wing of Site-64. All testing involving SCP-2806 requires prior approval of site command. Testing of SCP-2806-6 requires additional approval by the site Ethics Committee. Following testing, instances of SCP-2806 are to be cleaned of any host remains, sanitized, and inspected for damage before being returned to storage.\nPer the SKYWALKER protocol, any individuals discovered with operational instances of SCP-2806 are to be apprehended, the instances surgically removed, and the subject amnesticized before being returned to the population with a non-anomalous replacement.\nDescription: SCP-2806 designates a collection of seven prosthetic arms, six prosthetic eyes, three prosthetic legs, and four prosthetic ears. All instances are constructed from combinations of aluminum, PMMA, polycarbonate casings, and a black aramid fabric similar in composition to SCP-1360-1.\nAll instances of SCP-2806 remain inert until placed on or next to an individual missing a limb, hereafter referred to as the host, that the particular instance of SCP-2806 is designed to replace. Provided that the appropriate command phrase is spoken1, a series of thin cobalt-chromium alloy wires will emerge from the prosthetic and enter the host at the site of the missing limb. These wires will then connect with the host's peripheral nervous system over the course of several minutes. After this time the SCP-2806 instance becomes fully animate, and responds to the host in the same manner as a natural limb. SCP-2806 instances will not integrate with individuals who possess all their natural limbs. Investigation as to how instances of SCP-2806 are able to make this distinction is currently ongoing.\nOnce an instance of SCP-2806 has integrated with a host, the aramid fabric begins to secrete a chemical compound that causes the host's skin to grow dermal and epidermal layers of skin over the instance.23 Such growth begins at the point of integration between the host and the instance of SCP-2806, and rapidly spreads until the entire prosthetic has been covered.\nAll instances of SCP-2806 demonstrate flaws in their operations upon integration. These flaws range from inconvenient to highly dangerous, and render SCP-2806 instances unsuited for long term use.4 To date, the only effective means of removing an integrated instance of SCP-2806 from a host is via surgery. Such removal often causes severe damage to the host's peripheral nervous system, with significant central nervous system damage occurring in multiple cases. It is currently unknown as to whether fully operational versions of SCP-2806 exist. Investigation by MTF Gamma-13 is currently ongoing (See Addendum 2806-C).\nAddendum 2806-A: List of SCP-2806 Instances\n\nSCP-2806 Instance\nProsthetic Type\nNotes\n\n2806-1\nProsthetic Arm\nWhen clenched, SCP-2806-1 delivers a constant force of 2000N to any object held.\n\n2806-2\nProsthetic Arm\nFingers continuously move in a random pattern independent of host's control.\n\n2806-3\nProsthetic Arm\nHand will automatically release any object heavier than 1kg.\n\n2806-4\nProsthetic Arm\nProsthetic maintains a continuous temperature of 50 C.\n\n2806-5\nProsthetic Arm\nProsthetic amplifies desired force exerted by host by an approximate factor of ten.\n\n2806-6\nProsthetic Arm\nAramid covering begins to replace the host's skin, causing the host to break out in patches of aramid fibers all over their body.\n\n2806-7\nProsthetic Arm\nFingers automatically repeat actions between three to five times before control is returned to the host.\n\n2806-8\nProsthetic Eye\nEye's focal point remains 10 m past the focal point of the host's natural eye.\n\n2806-9\nProsthetic Eye\nAll images are magnified by a factor of 100.\n\n2806-10\nProsthetic Eye\nEye points in the opposite direction of the host's natural eye.\n\n2806-11\nProsthetic Eye\nEye briefly ceases to send signals to the brain every two minutes.\n\n2806-12\nProsthetic Eye\nEye is unable to move in socket.\n\n2806-13\nProsthetic Eye\nEye produces imperfect vision with red/green colorblindness.\n\n2806-14\nProsthetic Leg\nLeg fails to deliver force greater than 100 N.\n\n2806-15\nProsthetic Leg\nLeg only delivers a force of 4000 N.\n\n2806-16\nProsthetic Leg\nLeg performs all actions at three times the speed as the host's natural leg.\n\n2806-17\nProsthetic Ear\nAll sounds are amplified to a continuous 115 dB.\n\n2806-18\nProsthetic Ear\nAll sounds are muted to a continuous 30 dB.\n\n2806-19\nProsthetic Ear\nConstant presence of 50 dB white noise.\n\n2806-20\nProsthetic Ear\nAll sounds above 100 dB are muted.\n\nAddendum 2806-B: Recovery\nSCP-2806 was recovered by Foundation personnel on July 17th, 2015 following a raid on the offices of GoI-1115 (Anderson Robotics) by MTF Gamma-13 (Asimov's Lawbringers) near Bend, Oregon. The following video transcript was recovered from a computer within the workshop that all instances of SCP-2806 were recovered.\n\n<Begin Log>\nAn individual, later identified as PoI 45543 (Phineas), is visible working on an instance of SCP-2806 at the rooms central workbench. After several minutes a second individual, later identified as PoI 53412 (Isaac), enters.\nIsaac: How's it coming?\nPhineas: It's coming.\nIsaac: Ready by deadline \u201cIt's coming\u201d?\nPhineas ceases to work on SCP-2806.\nPhineas: I've already told you I'm not meeting that ridiculous timetable. The Gyrfalcon series will be ready when it's ready.\nIsaac: You were given nine months! The Peregrine series only took you four to get ready, and you had all hands on deck. You are aware that Ms. Fuentes already has at least four interested parties lined up for the release date? If we fail to meet that deadline our professional credibility is called into question.\nPhineas: Oh, spare me the lecture on professionalism. It's one thing for us to do custom pieces like we did for that Howell kid. It's another thing for us to produce on a mass scale. I mean, Jesus, do you have any idea how complex this kind of project is?\nIsaac: I have a rough\u2026\nPhineas: Do you? Do you really?\nIsaac: Fine. I don't. I admit it. The magic bullshit is your department. So, please, educate me on why we can't release on time.\nPhineas: Gladly. Getting these prosthetics to work is not like getting the Peregrine series or the Amurs up and running. At least then we got to start from scratch. Now, however, we essentially have to make our gear hijack a natural system that has already had billions of years of troubleshooting. There are quite literally a million things that can go wrong with the integration process, let alone long term viability. If we release this product, and there is a bug we don't foresee, some rich heiress will end up crushing her daughter's head in her hands. At which point, we not only don't have a working product, but we end up with pissing off Marshall and his friends. I didn't even want to get involved with this crowd, but I'll be damned if I associate with\u2026\nIsaac: Phineas. Hey! Old man! You're rambling again. What's your point?\nPhineas: My point, whippersnapper, is that it took Edison 1000 tries to make a lightbulb, and he had a whole lab at his disposal. I have myself, Jason, Medea, and a project that is infinitely more esoteric. I think it's fair to say that longer than nine months is not an unreasonable development time. Imagine how much more cash you can bathe in if we deliver a product that works.\nIsaac: So I give you another five months. What happens when you say we aren't ready then? These contracts aren't going to sit idle forever. There are other firms that can deliver what these people want. Right now we just have the benefit of claiming we can do it at the lowest cost. So I'll ask again. What happens in five months when you still aren't ready? Are you going to give me this same spiel?\nPhineas: Damn right I will. We're not releasing these into the wild until they're good and ready, and if you disagree with me on that we can talk to Anderson directly. Vincent will tell you the same thing that I am.\nIsaac: You're so damn certain that you're irreplaceable, aren't you.\nPhineas: I know I am. Vincent can always find another glorified accountant. But he only has one of me.\nIsaac begins to walk out of the workshop, shaking his head.\nIsaac: See you in five months then.\nIsaac leaves. After a few moments Phineas approaches the computer and begins to speak directly at the camera.\nPhineas: You see, Vince, this is the kind of bullshit that goes down when you make a deal with the devil.\nPhineas turns off the recording.\n<End Log>\n\nIn addition, the following emails were recovered from the same computer.\n\nFrom: Phineas@AndersonRobotics\nTo: VincentA@AndersonRobotics\nSubject: Keep Prometheus Bound\nVince,\nThis probably won't come as a shock to you, but I am stepping down from Ms. Fuentes project. If this goes to completion it will open a huge can of worms that I'm not willing to be associated with. I like the idea of helping people become whole again. That's a nice idea. One that I can get behind.\nHowever, once the Gyrfalcon series is launched and our new customer base realizes what exactly it is that we are offering there will be a demand that we go above and beyond. People will want our arms and legs to come with superior strength. Our eyes to see through walls. Our ears to hear conversations miles away. The rabbit hole has no bottom.\nWorse, how long do you think it will be before we have some rich, crazy, bastard having his son's arms and legs amputated so that he can use our product to turn him into a sports star, or turning his bodyguards into living weapons. You and I both have firsthand experience with how easy it is to abuse such technology. Once the upgrading starts, it will not stop. At least with the robots, we could shut them down remotely. However, since these things are powered off the host's life force, we won't have such a luxury. We won't have control of the monster once it gets brought to life.\nJason and Medea have access to all the notes, schematics, and incantations. If you still want to go ahead with this, they can easily finish the project in my stead. I implore you to pull the plug. But ultimately, the decision is yours.\nYour oldest friend,\nPhineas\n\nFrom: VincentA@AndersonRobotics\nTo: Phineas@AndersonRobotics\nSubject: RE: Keep Prometheus Bound\nPhineas,\nExcuse me if I take a moment to admire the irony in a man who's basically turned himself into the T-800 telling me that we need to tone down our work on our line of prosthetics.\nMs. Fuentes is offering us a vast market, one in which our product is easily going to be superior, not only for its aesthetic value, but also due to the fact that our models don't require batteries. I would be doing this company a disservice to not seize such a golden opportunity, especially one that in my eyes has more potential to heal than harm. If our customers want to raise themselves above and beyond the normal human experience through us, we are really in no position to judge. We abandoned any moral high ground when we got into the business of selling deathbots and auto-turrets.\nI understand your concerns on this matter, and why you wish to remove yourself from the project. I won't hold that against you. You are a man of your principles. However, we can't afford to hold idealism over pragmatism. Jason and Medea will finish the Gyrfalcon series as scheduled. You and I can work on the Taita series in the meantime.\nAnderson\n\nAddendum 2806-C: UPDATE 31/3/16\nThe following document was acquired from within the MC&D intranet during a reconnaissance mission by MTF Kappa-10 (Skynet) operatives.\n\nIMPORTANT: DO NOT DISCARD\nDear Mr. Richmond\n\nThank you for your purchases of GYRFALCON\u2122 Series prosthetics. No other company on the market can offer you such a high-quality piece of equipment to help you get back to being 100% and going beyond. Simply put your prosthetic into place, say your predesignated command word, and allow the integration process to run to completion. Before you know it, you will be whole again.\nNot only will your GYRFALCON\u2122 Series prosthetic feel like a natural extension of yourself, but within three days of integration, it will look like the real thing. Our technology is tailor-made to become indistinguishable from your actual person. I have complete confidence that you will feel good as new.\nPer your request, the following additional features have been provided to your prosthetics:\n\nHERCULEAN Package (Option 3)\nI SPY Package (Option 1)\n\nAs always, it's a pleasure doing business with you.\nAnderson\n\nKappa-10 has since recovered a total of 247 similar documents from within the MC&D sales database. Attempts to locate these customers by Gamma-13, in conjunction with Kappa-10, are ongoing, with a total of 50 customers located as of 15/5/16. All instances of SCP-2806 acquired during these arrests were fully operational, with multiple instances providing superhuman features.\n\nFootnotes\n1. For all instances the command phrase \u201cIntegrate\u201d has been successful.\n2. Such activity is not observed in the prosthetic eye instances of SCP-2806, in which the iris of the prosthetic simply changes color to match the host's natural eye color.\n3. See Addendum 2806-A for information regarding the unique nature of SCP-2806-6's aramid covering.\n4. For an extensive list of SCP-2806 instance flaws, see Addendum 2806-A.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2805 | SCP-2806 | SCP-2807 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2807\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Containment is focused on controlling access to SCP-2807. Due to its useful effects, Site-04 has been converted to a medical site.\n\nBring my living brothers to me.\n\nSite-04 is to be cordoned off for a 3 km radius and have limited access as a sacred area and archaeological dig. Site-04 encompasses SCP-2807.\n\nThis land has been consecrated with the blood of my brothers. Allow no one access.\n\nAccess to SCP-2807 is limited to D-class personnel. D-class personnel with medical training should permanently staff the facility. If Foundation personnel lacking these qualifiers enter SCP-2807, they should be immediately stripped of their clearance and reclassified as D-class.\n\nMy home is a sanctuary for them. Outsiders are not welcome.\n\nDescription: SCP-2807 is located in Eastern Turkey, near the ancient ruined city of Ani.\nSCP-2807 refers to Site-04 in its entirety except for the control center, which exists separately from the rest of site. SCP-2807 refers to a previously abandoned Foundation storage facility, estimated to be more than 200 years old, and most likely abandoned after the [REDACTED] event. Despite several breach attempts, the storage facilities inside remained intact. SCP-1215 and several archives were recovered.\n\nYou dragged us from our homes, our children, and our wives, with no cause. To be used in your sick experiments.\n\nSCP-2807's effects were initially noted in the D-Class recovery wing - analysis of medical statistics across Foundation sites indicated that grievously injured (4 - 6 on the Abbreviated Injury Scale) D-class recovered \u2588\u2588\u2588% more often than projected, even when controlling other factors. Several D-class were also recovered from injuries previously thought to be lethal. However, such medical anomalies only occur in D-class on site - treatment for other Foundation personnel remains within standard boundaries.\n\nA testament to the power left here as a result of the atrocities you committed. Do not allow it to be used against you.\n\n+ Document 2807-1 - Miscellaneous - Level 4/2807 Clearance Required\n\n- Authenticated\n\nItem #: SCP-2807\nObject Class: Safe Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Foundation personnel without Level 4 clearance or higher should be redirected to the incomplete document. It is believed that SCP-2807 cannot access information with a clearance above Level 3.\nContainment is focused on controlling access to SCP-2807. Due to its useful effects, Site-04 has been converted to a medical site. [UNAUTHORIZED EDITS REMOVED] SCP-2807 requires at least 300 D-class in varying states of injury at all times. Source of injury must come from testing or accident - the anomaly can differentiate between injuries deliberately caused and those from testing.\nSite-04 is to be cordoned off for a 3 km radius and have limited access as a sacred area and archaeological dig. Site-04 encompasses SCP-2807. [UNAUTHORIZED EDITS REMOVED]\nAccess to SCP-2807 is limited to D-class personnel. Wings -7 through 14, -19, and -21 have been walled off. Access to these wings is strictly prohibited, except in the case of an 2807-Golf event. D-class personnel with medical training should permanently staff the facility. In the event Foundation personnel lacking these qualifiers enter SCP-2807, they should be immediately stripped of their clearance and reclassified as D-class. [UNAUTHORIZED EDITS REMOVED]\nIn the event that D-class at SCP-2807 drop below the required amount trigger an 2807-Golf event, one member with ranking of at least Site Director1 must enter Wing -19, and one D-class elevated to their position.\nOne copy of this document must remain in a server at Site-04 at all times, and re-examined weekly for any possible changes.\nDescription: SCP-2807 is located in Eastern Turkey, near the ancient ruined city of Ani.\nSCP-2807 refers to Site-04 in its entirety except for the control center, which exists separately from the rest of site. SCP-2807 refers to the malicious entity that has manifested in Site-04, as a result of previous activities undertaken by the Foundation prior to [DATA EXPUNGED]. This entity possesses knowledge of Foundation security practices and can directly influence D-class. D-class have been supplied with network usernames and passwords, door passcodes, Foundation identity cards and [REDACTED], believed to be a result of effects of SCP-2807. The anomaly also has the ability to alter Foundation documents, but does not appear to have access to documents cleared above Level 3. The anomaly appears to be mollified by the presence of D-class, especially injured D-class.\nSite-04 refers to a previously abandoned Foundation storage, testing and D-class processing facility, estimated to be more than 200 years old, and most likely abandoned after the [REDACTED] event. Despite several breach and destruction attempts, the storage facilities inside remained intact. SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and several archives were recovered. [UNAUTHORIZED EDITS REMOVED]\nArchaeological analysis and documentation acquired prior to the sealing of several of Site-04's wings has revealed the function and history of Site-04 prior to its reactivation. See Document 2807-2 - Historical Information.\nSCP-2807's effects were initially noted in the D-Class recovery wing - analysis of medical statistics across Foundation sites indicated that grievously injured (4 - 6 on the Abbreviated Injury Scale) D-class recovered \u2588\u2588\u2588% more often than projected, even when controlling other factors. Several D-class were also recovered from injuries previously thought to be lethal. However, such medical anomalies only occur in D-class on site - treatment for other Foundation personnel remains within standard boundaries. See Table 2807-1 for list of possibly anomalous recoveries. [UNAUTHORIZED EDITS REMOVED]\n\n+ Document 2807-2 - Historical Information - Level 4/2807 Clearance Required\n\n- Authenticated\n\nSome fragments of Foundation records were recovered from the sealed wings.\n\n\u2026.the current batch of D-class is progressing on target. The use of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has allowed us to accelerate the process by 60%, with minimal side effects. It should also resolve the quality control issues we had last batch with aggression and resilience, which was probably just an unintended consequence of using prisoners of war. This current batch is mostly political and religious prisoners - they should prove to be more malleable and easier to mold for our purposes. As for the progre\u2026.\n\n\u2026.t's been a mess here at Site-04 the past couple of days. Retraining Chamber A was out of commission this week - some of the candidates attacked staff and had to be neutralized. We've carried out Protocol Makron to maintain order. We're safe, but there's a mountain of corpses in Wing-19, and it's going to take a couple days for the crematorium to get through them. Otherwise, things are running smoo\u2026\n\n\u2026looks like they're shuttering this place for good. We'll keep a small detachment here for the storage of a couple anomalies, but the R&D department came up with something that obviates the need for this kind of process. They've dubbed it an 'amnestic'. It's gone through trials and seems to do exactly what we need it to do. Sites \u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588, and ours are all closing. We'll be reassigned to new posts at the end of this month. Remaining batches in progress should dosed with these new 'amnestics' and set to projects as normal in lieu of completing the regimen. We've also noticed a couple irregula\u2026\n\nAside from Foundation records, several notes, likely made by D-class occupants, were found either in hidden notebooks or in graffiti carved into cell and holding chamber walls.\n\nA woman hugged me and cried today. I do not understand why.\n\nEverything I knew was wrong - everything I was told was a lie.\n\nI thought I saw hell at Borodino, but at least I understood what happened there. This defies explanation. Barbarism knows no bounds.\n\nI can't\u2026 can't remember my name. Who am I? Why is this happening?\n\nWalls are windows. They can see everything.\n\nI've been here six and thirty weeks. There is no end in sight. Meredith, if you find this, know that I never stopped loving you.\n\nI'm not getting out. I know that much. They'll shoot us dead or feed us to that thing before we make it out. Maybe someone might find this in the future, so that this never has to happen again, and if whatever monsters keep us here try to cover this up, this will stand as proof. My name is Francis Bright, I am - or at least was - a Union surgeon in the civil war between the northern and southern states in the United States of America. I was captured in the aftermath of the battle outside Chickamauga. From there, I was sent to the Andersonville prison. There, I was starved, sickened, and I witnessed the death of many of my comrades in arms from scurvy and dysentery. Our water supply was frequently filled with human waste.\nFrom there, I was shipped across the ocean to this godforsaken place. In Andersonville - as hellish as it was - the problems were ones of logistics. The rebels were out of food, so we had nothing to eat. Our suffering was caused by lack of supply and incompetence, not malice. Here - the facilities are clean, there's plenty to eat - but they choose not to utilize that to our benefit. The guards and staff are well-fed, but we get a small piece of bread, and small amount of water per day. Prisoners that get sick are only treated if they feel it necessary. There are eight of us per room in rooms hardly fit for two. We fall asleep every night and wake every morning to the sound of human suffering. There are no natural light sources - we can hardly tell from one day to the next. They'll take ten prisoners, kill two, and grind them into paste. They'll take the other eight and torture and beat them into submission. Sometimes, people go into these torture sessions - and come out different. Like they forgot who they were, what this is, and what kind of hell they're living in. They're usually pretty quickly moved away from the site too. This place was made to break us. For what purpose, I do not know.\nAnyone that tries to stand up to them is swiftly whisked away, never to be seen again. I don't know what's going on here, or why, and I don't think I'm going to get the opportunity to do so anytime soon. I'll try to keep adding more to this note - but I may be killed or changed without warning. If you find this note - please, stop whoever is doing this. If they are gone, make sure this never happens again.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Although all Foundation personnel of this rank are by definition essential, it is a necessary sacrifice to prevent an EK-class Foundation collapse scenario.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2806 | SCP-2807 | SCP-2808 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2808\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Personnel are neither required nor encouraged to take action regarding SCP-2808. Orders or incentives to interact with or research SCP-2808 are invalid. Any action taken regarding SCP-2808 must be done of the given personnel's volition and on their own time.\nManagement of Site-47 is under the purview of SCP-2808's assistant.\nDescription: Descriptions of SCP-2808 itself are incomprehensible in the context of official documentation. A similar effect occurs with visual representations.\nAny action taken regarding SCP-2808 in the course of an individual's position in a bureaucratic structure results in the immediate alteration of that position to \"Beautifier\", which entails the (often violent) subversion of standard operating procedure with the goal of producing aesthetically appealing artworks. The subject's original position and job responsibilities are impossible to fill or carry out, as attempts result in overwhelming visual hallucinations of abstract patterns.\nActions taken regarding SCP-2808 informally, but under bureaucratic pressure or direct influence, are spontaneously added to that individual's official responsibilities. They then become impossible to carry out due to the aforementioned hallucinations.\nCompiling information on SCP-2808 has been exceptionally difficult, as personnel are reluctant to interact with or approach SCP-2808.\nAn early attempt to neutralize SCP-2808's anomalous properties by strategic alterations to the Foundation's charter resulted in SCP-2808 inadvertently becoming the Director of Site-47. Attempts to remove SCP-2808 have been unsuccessful.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2807 | SCP-2808 | SCP-2809 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2809\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: MTF Eta-18 \u201cVoyager Voyeurs\u201d has been tasked with use of digital assets to analyse holiday photos posted online for evidence of anachronistic content.\nAny identified instances of SCP-2809-1 are to be administered amnestics sufficient to remove any memories associated with SCP-2809.\nOnline marketing is to be monitored for instances of SCP-2809-2 and targeted cyber-attacks are to be used to remove them.\nSeveral fully-operational internet marketing agencies have been set up in an effort to gain first-hand contact with SCP-2809-3 and facilitate tracking it to its source.\nDescription: SCP-2809 is a temporal phenomenon affecting otherwise non-anomalous individuals who have suffered a recent loss of one or both of their parents. These individuals are designated SCP-2809-1.\nAt some point in an approximately one month period immediately after an instance of SCP-2809-1's parent or parents have died, the SCP-2809-1 instance begins seeing a series of banner and pop-up advertisements while browsing internet content. These advertisements are designated as SCP-2809-2. They offer holidays in an indirect fashion by appealing to the viewer's need for relaxation and relief from their troubles.\nIf an instance of SCP-2809-1 clicks on an instance of SCP-2809-2 they are taken to the website of Quondam Holidays which is designated as SCP-2809-3. It has proved impossible to locate this website through any means other than SCP-2809-1 clicking on SCP-2809-2. The routing information contained in SCP-2809-2 is invalid and cannot be used to locate the server on which the website is hosted through any other means.\nWhen a holiday is booked through Quondam Holidays then that instance of SCP-2809-1 is picked up by an airport shuttle bus the following day and is not seen again for a period of time that has been recorded to vary from three days to twenty-two days. SCP-2809-1 instances that have been interviewed describe having been on a holiday during the missing time.\n\nTranscript of interview KL-2809-07\n\nHide Interview\n\nTranscript of interview KL-2809-07.\nThis transcript is included as an illustrative example of an SCP-2809 event.\n27/06/16 18:00 UTC\nInterviewer: Agent Cathleen Cargill (CC).\nInterviewee: Khatira Mahmood, age 34 of Manchester, England (KM).\nThe following interview took place at the interviewee's home with Agent Cargill assuming the guise of a journalist writing a lifestyle article about SCP-2809-3. Khatira Mahmood had been identified as probable instance of SCP-2809-1 by MTF Eta-18.\nCC: Don't worry, Miss Mahmood, this is just an informal little chat so I can get a clearer picture of Quondam Holidays and what they do, they're sooo secretive. I really think they're going to be a big thing next year. Is it OK if I call you Khatira?\nKM: Call me Kat, everybody does.\nCC: Me too! I hope it doesn't get too confusing. [Laughs]\nKM: [Laughs]\nCC: So, let's get to it. Can you tell me how you first heard about Quondam?\nKM: I saw an advert online.\nCC: Do you happen to remember what site you saw it on?\nKM: I was browsing for\u2026 well I was looking at funeral arrangements. My mum had just died. I think it was Co-op?\nCC: I'm so sorry!\nKM: No, it's OK. I feel a lot better about it now.\nCC: So there was an advert\u2026?\nKM: Yeah, It said \u201cDon't let your baggage weigh you down, go on holiday with us.\u201d Or \u201cget away with us.\u201d Something like that, anyway. I was just staring at it for ages and I thought to myself; \u201cWhy not? I need to get away.\u201d So I clicked on it. It took me to this website; Quondam Holidays. It was a little weird, y'know?\nCC: How do you mean?\nKM: I don't know\u2026 usually there's lots of options, lots of places to choose from, right? There wasn't anything like that. There was just this one option; \u201cThe Quondam Holiday.\u201d Barely any information about it just that it cost \u00a350 and that it was \u201cexactly what you need.\u201d\nI don't think I'd have agreed to it, I mean; it was basically paying to get kidnapped, right? I didn't even know where I was going but\u2026 I guess I really needed something right then.\nCC: Oh, Kat.\nKM: No really, it's fine. It was the best decision I ever made.\nI put my details in the form, paid up and it was done. Getting rid of all the decision-making really sped things up, probably took less than quarter of an hour. I had about five minutes to start second-guessing myself and then \u201cping!\u201d new email. It was the confirmation pack from them. From Quondam. An airport shuttle would pick me up in the morning to \u201cwhisk me away to a mystery destination, so I should get packed for sunshine.\u201d\nCC: How exciting!\nKM: Yeah, I guess it was. Honestly I was more nervous than excited.\nCC: God, yes. I bet you were. What about the trip? Was it luxury travel?\nKM: Well, the shuttle bus was really nice. All old-timey and classy. There were big, comfy armchairs instead of seats and there was a little bar at the back and a waiter that took my order and brought me a drink. It was really, really great.\nCC: Wow! I heard they went the extra mile but that's amazing!\nKM: It really was. I hadn't even left town and I was already having a good time. I got talking to the girl who got picked up after me and we were both so excited. Maybe a little drunk too, the drinks were all complimentary.\nCC: Now that's the way to start a holiday!\nKM: Well yeah. I might have got carried away though. I must have fallen asleep before we got to the airport. I barely remember the flight at all.\nCC: Nothing wrong with that, Kat. One plane is pretty much the same as any other anyway. What about at the other end? Somewhere nice?\nKM: Yeah! It was Tenerife! I'd always meant to go there but never got around to it, y'know? By the time I was fully awake again I was in another shuttle bus on my way to the hotel. It was a lot like the other one actually, just with slightly different furniture and newer carpets. Even nicer, if anything.\nCC: And the hotel? I bet it was some pretty swanky place.\nKM: Uh, no. Not really. It was just this regular tourist-trap place. I was actually a little disappointed after the journey but then I bumped into my parents in the hallway. They had the room across from me.\nCC: Your parents? Umm, aren't they\u2026?\nKM: Dead? Yeah, but this was before that. They were in their twenties and on their first holiday together, so in love. It all seemed familiar from the photos they showed me when I was a kid. Different too, though. You don't realise how much the colours fade until you see it with your own eyes. How vivid it is.\nCC: How was it?\nKM: Just perfect. We hung out and I got to know them, really know them like you do with strangers on holiday when you haven't got any cares to drag you down. We did regular holiday stuff; swimming, beach stuff, got drunk. Nothing special but it was great. I've never been so relaxed.\nCC: Wasn't any of it strange, being with them then?\nKM: Yeah, at first. I think I might have freaked them out a bit, just going over and starting talking to them. But I said I was sorry straight after and we started fresh, just people on holiday. It was cool, we laughed about it later. And at the end, when we said goodbye, it was the good kind of goodbye. I told them I'd miss them and we all said we'd see each other again. It was like it always is in those situations: We all really meant it but we knew it might well not be true. But this time it was true, all of it.\nCC: Oh, that's just so great! I wish I could do something like that. You'd think it's all lavish hotels and globe-trotting but I actually spend all my time writing about other people's holidays.\nKM: You should definitely go on one. You won't regret it.\nCC: I will! Thanks for taking the time, Kat. This is going to make a really good article!\nKM: No problem, it's been a real pleasure. Let me know when your article comes out so I can pick up a copy.\nAs a result of this interview Khatira Mahmood was positively identified as an instance of SCP-2809-1.\n\nHide Interview\n\nEvidence gathered online and from the homes of SCP-2809-1 instances and their families strongly supports the hypothesis that they spent the missing time on holiday in the recent past, typically 15-30 years in the past. SCP-2809-1 instances uniformly describe this in matter of fact terms and do not seem to find anything unusual about this.\nNo temporal restructuring events are known to have occurred as a result of SCP-2809 events but this is still believed to be a distinct possibility, should further events occur.\nInvestigation into SCP-2809-3 is ongoing, with most information about them gathered from interviews with SCP-2809-1 instances and online reviews of SCP-2809-3.\n\nReviews of SCP-2809 events from wayfarer.com\n\nHide Reviews\n\n\"Really Happy!\"\n\u2713\u2713\u2713\u2713\u2713 \u2013 Write-up by iGurl13 one month ago.\n\nThis wasn't at all what I expected but it WAS exactly what I needed. Thanks Quondam!\n\nUseful?\n\u2713\n\n\":(\"\n\u2713\u2713 \u2013 Write-up by Boomstick two weeks ago.\n\nDisco needs to stay dead.\n\nUseful?\n\u2713\n\n\"Wow!\"\n\u2713\u2713\u2713\u2713\u2713 \u2013 Write-up by FryGuy three months ago.\n\nOMG best holiday ever! My mum did so much coke!\n\nUseful?\n\u2713\n\n\"Not Impressed\"\n\u2713 \u2013 Write-up by Pilgrim5 six months ago.\n\nDear Quondam, I wish to make you aware of the reasons I am unhappy with the quality of your service:\nThe hotel was decidedly dated. The decor did not appear to have been updated in several decades, the lights were dim and flickered and I couldn't pay with chip and pin in the restaurant. I was hoping to stay in a hotel with more modern facilities. The area in which we were staying was charmingly quaint. It was really quite pleasant in a rustic way but again lacked many of the conveniences of the modern world. Overall I was not impressed.\n\nUseful?\n\u2713\n\n\"Thank You Quondam!\"\n\u2713\u2713\u2713\u2713\u2713 \u2013 Write-up by ReeseDN38416 five days ago.\n\nThank you for giving me this experiance. Its a real life changer.\n\nUseful?\n\u2713\n\n\"Mixed Feelings\"\n\u2713\u2713\u2713 \u2013 Write-up by DarkD three weeks ago.\n\nI never thought I'd get to know my dad. Now I wish I hadn't. What a prick. Not Quondam's fault, though. Otherwise not at all bad.\n\nUseful?\n\u2713\n\n\"Definitley Reccommend\"\n\u2713\u2713\u2713\u2713 \u2013 Write-up by DrSam53 four months ago.\n\nfun holiday no wifi tho so marked down\n\nUseful?\n\u2713\n\n\"Oops.\"\n\u2713\u2713\u2713\u2713\u2713 \u2013 Write-up by WyldStallion89 three days ago.\n\nI did a bad thing.\n\nUseful?\n\u2713\n\nHide Reviews\n\n\u00ab SCP-2808 | SCP-2809 | SCP-2810 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More SCPs by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-3220\n\nSCP-2790\n\nSCP-2820\n\nSCP-4780\n\nSCP-3780\n\nSCP-2664\n\nSCP-4950\n\nSCP-2730\n\nSCP-947\n\nSCP-2810\n\nSCP-2350\n\nSCP-3640\n\nSCP-4670\n\nSCP-2490\n\nSCP-2680\n\nSCP-3470\n\nSCP-5430\n\nSCP-5940\n\nSCP-2210\n\nSCP-4710\n\nSCP-3850\n\nSCP-3360\n\nSCP-2910\n\nSCP-2060\n\nSCP-7660\n\nSCP-1750\n\nSCP-2570\n\nSCP-2650\n\nSCP-2143\n\nSCP-6190\n\nSCP-7780\n\nSCP-6880\n\n+ All Tales by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nAvatara\n\nHypervelocity\n\nI Thought You Died Alone\n\nMoonlighting\n\nZeitgeist\n\nAutoerotic Assassination\n\nT Minus\n\nTerminal Velocity\n\nThe Chosen Few\n\nReboot or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypses\n\nHard Machine\n\nLoud, Lawless, and Lost\n\nMorphine Machine\n\nThe Vice Girls\n\nTruth Is Sin\n\nDeus Vulture\n\nEcstasy and Exorcism\n\nThe Revelation\n\nNonpareil\n\nRise and Repent\n\nT Plus\n\nThe Ballad of Santa Troy\n\nPrey and Obey\n\nEscape Velocity\n\nJump the Gun\n\nNo One Gets Out of Her Alive\n\nLeather Pig\n\nContempt\n\nThe Man-Machine\n\nDomo Arigato\n\nMile High Club\n\nStrung Out in Heavens High\n\nIndustrial Espionage\n\nHands\n\nNothing Human\n\nFullmusic Astrobiologist\n\nEnasni Si Gnihtyreve\n\nEight Hours in the ECRG\n\n+ All Hubs by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nHubs\n\nPrometheus Labs Hub\n\nSpeed Demon\n\nGuns Pointed at the Head of God\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nOverheard at Deer\nch00bakka\n\nSCP-150\nDecibelles\n\nSCP-3000\ndjkaktus, Joreth\n\nSCP-4220\nThe Great Hippo\n\nSCP-4310\nThe Great Hippo\n\nChicago Spirit Hub\nPeppersGhost\n\nSCP-5555\nRounderhouse, Uncle Nicolini\n\nVisions of Bodies Being Burned\nTaffeta\n\nSamsara\nTyGently\n\nDeath Perception\nTyGently\n\nThe Powers that Bark\nTyGently\n\nA Semi-Comprehensive List of Foundation Facilities\n\nDr. Desai's Personnel File\n\nInterviewing Icons - A Random Day\n\nMobile Task Forces\n\nSCP-2350\n\nSCP-2809\n\nSCP-2811\n\nSCP Series 3\n\nSCP Series 3 - Audio Edition\n\nShort Works Contest\n\nUser-Curated Lists\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2810\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Cultures of SCP-2810 are contained in vacuum-sealed glass flasks in the Site-42 infectious materials lab. Captive instances of SCP-2810-1 kept for study should be contained in Level-4 Biohazard Containment Cells, with no more than 1 instance per cell. Mobile Task Forces Beta-7 (Maz Hatters) and Lambda-12 (Pest Control) are tasked with investigating and neutralizing all wild instances of SCP-2810-1.\nDescription: SCP-2810 is an unidentified pathogen, first discovered in Siberia, that infects multicellular organisms, causing the cells of the organism to transform into cell-sized versions of the organism itself (e.g. a human's cells become cell-sized humans, a sunflower's cells become cell-sized sunflowers). These composite organisms attempt to carry out the bodily functions of the original cells in an analogous manner. For example, human lungs are composed of actual humans that inhale and exhale, while plant leaves are composed of smaller, wilted plants arranged and folded in such a way that only their leaves are exposed to sunlight. Microscopic examination reveals that these cellular-sized composites are themselves composed of exponentially smaller composites carrying out their bodily functions, which in turn are composed of smaller copies, and so on. Composites do not respond to any external attempts at communication despite replicating cell signaling of their host organism. Despite the size of the composites precluding cellular function in many cases (such as gas exchange), infected organisms (termed SCP-2810-1) and their composites are able to survive and reproduce, albeit in extremely poor health.\nSCP-2810 is spread by physical contact and transfer of bodily fluids. Organisms do not notice the conversion of their cells, and become fully infected within approximately two months. A cure has yet to be found. Other symptoms of the infection vary in instances of SCP-2810-1.\nInfected animals may engage in dermatophagia and dermatillomania, which in turn often develops into autosarcophagy, as well as displaying dramatically reduced cognitive abilities, stamina, and coordination. For example, human instances can recognize their illness until the late stages of the disease, thereafter professing ignorance of the disease. Animal instances also become much more cooperative and social with each other, even in solitary species. Infected plants produce very little fruit, and any fruit produced tends to be a poor facsimile of the fruit of an uninfected plant. Infected fungi and protists have weakened cell walls, and tend to be sterile. However, despite being in poor physical and mental health, instances of SCP-2810-1 become totally immune to all other known diseases, mutagens, and toxins, and have drastically increased lifespans.\nAddendum: Incident 2810-2: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, Mobile Task Force Lambda-12 encountered a mosquito with a wingspan of 10 meters preying on a herd of zebras in Africa. It was not deterred by traditional insect-repellant measures, and attempted to feed on the Task Force. Lambda-12 used flamethrowers to kill the creature, which was found to be composed of millions of SCP-2810-1 instances.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2809 | SCP-2810 | SCP-2811 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2811\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2811 is to be kept in a storage locker in Site-11. SCP-2811 is to be taken out of containment at least once every twenty minutes to prevent further modifications to text body.\nDescription: SCP-2811 is a large paperback book titled \"\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, blue\". Preliminary investigations revealed no author or publishing house linked to that name. The item numbers 564 pages of text, excluding the title page and a final blank page. The report of SCP-2811's acquisition is available for perusal in Document 2811-0X.\nUpon discovery the original narrative of SCP-2811 was written in an amalgam of different literary elements, including those of romantic, classical, and post-modern styles. The story follows a despondent writer's obsession with a woman he meets after his relocation to Paris. When the individual assigned to reading SCP-2811 resumed reading the following day, researchers found the text had shrunk to accommodate new passages of varied length. Subsequently, personnel determined the precise sequence of effect as being thirty minutes of inactivity - defined as the object being placed on a stable surface and not coming into physical contact with a biological agent at any point - to produce approximately 500 words of text.\nThese additions have been of divergent nature. Passages expound on the minutia of minor character's lives, lecture on the history of geographic regions as well as private locations such as a character's kitchen, and have known to describe concepts and abstractions in an unusual style. Regardless of content, the additions are tangential to the main narrative in nature. The anomalous effect can be likened to that of a Koch Snowflake, a figure that depicts an infinite set of points existing in a finite, bounded figure.\nSince procurement the size of SCP-2811's text has been reduced to microscopic scale. There is no theoretical limit to the amount of text that SCP-2811 may contain. To repeat, the original narrative remains coherent throughout these digressions but its conclusion remains physically elusive as passages have been observed to appear in all areas of the text body, with the font shrinking in proportion to passage length. Research is ongoing.\n\nText locator\nNotable Developments\n\np. 100 -131\nNarrator becomes infatuated with a woman named \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 he meets in a Parisian cafe. The narrator believes the woman is a figure of divine retribution. He showers her with adoration and plans to compose a book of writings in her name.\n\n145 - 180\nDigression into the genealogy of a man the narrator notices wearing unusually dark attire in his first morning in Paris, whom he refers to as wearing \"night alone in all that glowing street\". It is also revealed the man has a daughter, subsequently which the narrator's voice is lost in the text as it shifts to the child's experience. Approx. 30 - 50 pages follow detailing the eight-hour duration of this daughter's afternoon with her mother spent being taught weaving.\n\n254 - 265\nAn 18-year history of an alleyway in Dublin in the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 area of the city. The text describes the thoughts and emotions of all individuals who squatted or passed through the location.\n\n254 - 287\nA passage in poetic verse, apparently on the subject of war. SCP-2811 is capable of apparent intertextuality, as pairs of lines were revealed to have been taken from existing poems written during World War I & II: \"I know that I shall meet my fate/Somewhere among the clouds above/It seemed that out of battle I escaped/Down some profound long tunnel, long since scooped/The darkness crumbles away,/It is the same old druid Time as ever,/We came upon him sitting in the sun, Blinded by war, and left.\"\n\n309 - 310\nThe names of 5 women living in the modern Greek city of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 who have lost a child. Follow-up investigations discovered the women currently living within a 5-mile radius of each other in aforementioned location.\n\n311 - 367\nOriginal-Narrative (designated ON) text describing the writer's distress at having his advances rejected by \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. At one point when he is in his apartment overlooking the wharf, the narrator happens to see \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 there holding the hands of an unidentified man. In a fit of apparent psychosis, the writer transcribes a 6,000 word series of writings in which he believes \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Goddess and cosmic force of destruction. Fragment: \"bathe in milk the sobbing scars of earth and hear the trees of summer sheen-singing again, O \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the red-song out of the sky, bludgeoner of the face of Creation, O the clouds and sweet fire, the clouds and sweet fire\"\n\n401 - 445\nA digression into the uncensored stream-of-consciousness of three men camping by a Lake \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, ME. Operatives were able to confirm the outing had occurred recently as the text noted.\n\n523 - 534\nFinal ON text fragment locate-able. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 described as cradling the body of a suicide by an unknown river, the first recorded omission of a place-name in the text. Efforts into triangulating the remainder of the narrative have proved unsatisfactory.\n\n540 - 545\nCurrent final pages of text follow the ongoing stream-of-consciousness of a helicopter pilot in Hong Kong who suffers from a fear of his wife's infidelity.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2810 | SCP-2811 | SCP-2812 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Ghost Ship\n\nSuper special thanks to my co-author on this, Von Pincier. This is a part of our joint efforts towards a common concept we're working on. There's space involved, and stuff. Also, read this: http://www.scp-wiki.net/first55 . You'll like it, I promise.\nImage is from NASA, modified a little to fit. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2010%20XZ78;old=0;orb=1;cov=0;log=0;cad=0#orb\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nSCP-2813 is officially designated as a \"centaur\", having a regular solar orbit with an aphelion of 9.933 AU and perihelion of 5.39 AU. Its orbital period is roughly 21.21 years.\n\nItem #: SCP-2813\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Containment of SCP-2813's anomalous nature is predicated on maintaining its current identification as 13 Catherine, a natural small solar system body. Government sanctioned missions to observe 13 Catherine, manned or otherwise must be prevented in order to preserve containment. Due to its distance and small size, 13 Catherine's true nature is currently not known to terrestrial observers.\nShould the Russian Space Agency or the GRU-P become aware of the true nature of SCP-2813, Orbital Task Force \u0922-3 (The Ides) is to be deployed to secure the object in Foundation custody. \u0922-3 is to maintain communication with SCP-2813-1, as well as provide for any maintenance of the object SCP-2813 instances themselves cannot provide. To ensure continued cooperation from SCP-2813 instances, limited amenities may be provided, when feasible, upon request.\nDescription: SCP-2813 is a formerly Russian interplanetary spacecraft roughly 600 meters long and 250 meters wide. SCP-2813 contains 3 individual non-corporeal operators (referred to as instances SCP-2813-1A, 1B, and 1C.). SCP-2813 appears to be a modified asteroid, currently utilized by its operators to perform a variety of observational tasks.\nSCP-2813-1 possess the physical traits of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky1 as he appeared in the 1910s. Interviews with both the SCP-2813-1B and -1C instance have yielded a personality closely modeled on, or directly related to Tsiolkovsky from this same time period. SCP-2813-1 have demonstrated limited knowledge of the course of world history past 1916, and their own records show a cessation of contact with the Earth in late 1917.\nSCP-2813-1 instances are capable of physical interaction with objects both in the confines of SCP-2813 and any objects up to 25 meters away from the outer surface of SCP-2813. Instances are capable of selectivity in regards to physical interaction (showing a capacity to pass through solid matter, regardless of density), but appear to be bound to SCP-2813. While SCP-2813-1C has proven willing to leave the confines of SCP-2813, the entity dissipates against its will around the 25 meter mark, reforming on board the craft.\nThe material makeup of SCP-2813 is consistent with other trans-neptunian and centaur objects. The majority of its mass consists of rocky silicates and metals, while a sizable percentage consists of water, ammonia, and carbon dioxide ice. SCP-2813 is significantly less massive than it would appear, though this is believed to be due to an internal restructuring by SCP-2813-1A.\nSCP-2813 possesses no life support system. Due to several open observation ports near the center of the vessel, the entire construct remains unpressurized. Due to the semicorporeal nature of its operators, this design does little to prevent operation of the ship.\n\n+ Show Interview Log SCP-2813 001\n\n- Hide Log SCP-2813 001\n\nFollowing detection of an unidentified object with an unusual radar signature by Foundation Orbital Research Compound-15 (FORC-15), orbiting Europa, Orbital Task Force \u0922-3 was dispatched to investigate. This communications log is the first interaction of the Foundation with a SCP-2813-1 instance.\n\nCaptain Thompson: Command this is OTF Dha-3, Joe's got a seal on the object.\nEuropa Command: OTF Dha-3 this is Europa Command. Commence breaching operation.\nCaptain Thompson: Breaching commenced.\nSeveral minutes pass before communications resume.\nCaptain Thompson: Command. We're ready to head in. You know\u2026 this reminds me of the Metis mission.\nLieutenant Trinni: You expecting more bugs?\nCaptain Thompson: I doubt it. It's just there's nothing special about this thing so far except it's shaped like a sausage.\nEuropa Command (replying to previous message): You are cleared to enter the object. You have full authority. Good luck.\nCaptain Thompson: Alright guys, let's poke our heads in. Paul, Mark, you're on point. Trinni, take rear guard. Joe, you mind the store. Take your time and we all stay close to each other, we have to\u2026\nAt this point Captain Thompson reported an entity entering the cabin of the breaching ship. This entity was later identified as SCP-2813-1B.\nCaptain Thompson: Shit!\nSCP-2813-1B: Oh of course. Americans.\nCaptain Thompson: My name is Captain Thompson, identify yourself!\nSCP-2813-1B: My name is Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, of the Imperial Russian Navy.\nCaptain Thompson: How did you get here?\nSCP-2813-1B: My English, I don't have enough to answer that. Why are you here?\nCaptain Thompson: We need to examine this structure.\nSCP-2813-1B: Ah! Good! A trade then. We are thirsty. Bring me something to drink and I'll show you our ship.\n\nFollowing this request, and after several communications with Europa Command, it was determined that SCP-2813-1B's continued cooperation was a priority. After a failed attempt relating to a misunderstanding with regards to the nature of SCP-2813-1B's request, several bottles of whiskey were provided to the SCP-2813 instance.\n\n+ Show Interview Log SCP-2813 014\n\n- Hide Log SCP-2813 014\n\nInterviews with SCP-2813-1B and -C have yielded information relating to the purpose and origin of SCP-2813. It should be noted that SCP-2813-1A has refused all attempts at contact. However, SCP-2813-1A will not interfere with Foundation personnel inside SCP-2813.\n\nThe following is the first interview of SCP-2813-1C\nDoctor Richardson: Hello. Can you explain to me the purpose of this craft?\nSCP-2813-1C: Certainly Doctor. This craft was created on the orders of our progenitor Konstantin Tsiolkovsky.\nDoctor Richardson: Yes, but for what purpose?\nSCP-2813-1C: To explore. To fulfill the destiny of humanity. To- how would you say it- spread light and industry to a waiting cosmos. To build.\nDoctor Richardson: You are much better spoken than SCP-2813-1B.\nSCP-2813-1C: If by that you mean the fellow who met your man Thompson, then yes. My English is better because I'm somewhat better made than my brothers.\nDoctor Richardson: You are a construct?\nSCP-2813-1C passes his hand through a nearby wall.\nSCP-2813-1C: I would've thought that much was clear.\nDoctor Richardson: How were you made?\nSCP-2813-1C: Would you be surprised to learn that we've always been here?\nDoctor Richardson: What do you mean?\nSCP-2813-1C: Our father didn't know of this, thing, but he built himself a new consciousness and sent it out between the worlds to see what it could find. My sibling found this place- you know him as \"Aye\", I believe.\nDoctor Richardson: SCP-2813-1A?\nSCP-2813-1C: I believe so, yes.\nDoctor Richardson: And when it found this object, what did it do?\nSCP-2813-1C: He joined with it, became a part of it. And it became a part of him. The rock-soul and the human-soul became one and the same. He asked it to shape the rock to a form better suited for exploration. He created my brothers and myself afterward of the rock's soul, refining the process as he gained more knowledge.\nDoctor Richardson: What was the original mission?\nSCP-2813-1C: He had been trying to reach the inner worlds but his connection to this place was too valuable to waste. We were tasked with exploring the great planets.\nDoctor Richardson: How long ago was this?\nSCP-2813-1C: \"Aye\" was created in 1912, by your calendar. I was created in 1915.\nDoctor Richardson: If it's alright, I'd like to end the interview here. We will have more questions for you, but we'll need to check on some of your information.\nSCP-2813-1C: Certainly. Please let \"Bee\" know if you need me again.\n\n+ Show Addendum 1\n\n- Hide Addendum 1\n\nThe following journal extract, written by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, was recovered by Foundation agents working inside the GRU-P in 1953. Its significance was not understood until 2005, when the Europa Command sighted and boarded SCP-2813. The document itself had been improperly stored and was severely degraded, suffering further damage during recovery.\n\nJanuary 6, 1904.\nHave been experiencing curious doubt about spaceflight concepts. Perhaps rocketry isn't enough? Read several commentaries on essays about population by an englishman named Malthus. Though I find his concepts repellent I cannot deny his notion of a 'bottle-necking' of growth worries me. Can we ever put enough manpower into the cosmos to truly make a difference? Though what I have here is a good starting point, a new approach is needed.\n[Illegible]\nJanuary 19, 1904.\nPerhaps I have been incorrect in seeing technology as the end. Is not the final goal the spread of the human soul throughout the cosmos? If so, the space craft itself is an abstraction? If the soul is already present in all matter, there is no need for a craft - the only problem is imposing will.\nI have in mind certain simple tests- such metaphysical experimentation is beyond my realm of expertise, but there is a certain simplicity to the concept that appeals to me. Imagine flying between the stars as naked soul-stuff!\n[Illegible]\nThe soul is bound within the body. One cannot extract it without bodily death. But afterwards [Illegible]ot an extension, but a simulacrum made at a distance.\nFebruary 1, 1904.\nToday I moved a stone in the yard with a hand that was simultaneously my own and another's. Too shaken to write more.\nApril 30, 1904.\nHave been repeating experiments to great success. They are pale, uneasy copies, like shapes in mist, but they move and they act as they should. Can they truly feel? Will send copies of my results to Vladimir Ivanovich2, though I have yet to receive any response from him about my previous work.\n[Illegible]\nSeptember 2, 1905.\nIt would seem I am now in the employ of the Okhrana3. They have been reading my mail, and expressed great interest in my working for them. I could hardly disagree. They claim to be researching 'applied spiritualism', an unpleasantly Westernized term for my work on the stuff of the soul. Their concepts are primitive and brutal compared to mine, but I cannot deny that they have access to a vast and useful well of resources.\nBut their dreams are so uninteresting! They want to use the power of the soul to control and to suppress, but it exists for so much more! Not for us the Earth, but all the Universe. There is no quest for God and the Soul in these thuggish brutes, but I feel that with a higher purpose they could be made better. We have much work to do.\nDecember 8, 1905.\nWith each day the distance increases. They insist on using me as a model, but I am slowly winning them over to the idea that a living being is not the ideal template. I have surveyed many of their gathered candidates- one does not need to be a student of Spirituality to feel that they possess remarkable power. With their assistance, we should be able to achieve projection at sufficient distances. Provided the original expenditure of energy is sufficient, the reaction will be able to sustain itself.\nI dream of crews of immortal, immutable workers and explorers, immune to the vagaries of time and space. True myrmidons, leaping from star to star in engines of starstuff. And the dream is within reach! I have petitioned for additional tests and astronomy equipment. Once we find a proper seed we can begin.\nJune 2, 1912.\nAfter seven long years, success! A mere rock, drifting aimlessly in the void, but it is ours. If the generals and tyrants of Europe only knew that the Russian Eagle now flies about the sun itself! We will not be as Icarus, for we have no need of wings.\n[Illegible]\nAugust 11, 1915.\nThe warmongers have reduced us to a shadow of our former selves. Demands for men and materials and weapons, always weapons, when our work is something that will make war obsolete! I find less and less time to write as I am drawn into these committees of ignoramuses and militarists. This nation is being torn apart by its own brutality.\nAnd yet our methods are so perfect! We have created a third stable crewmember, and if the money holds will [Illegible]\nNovember 6, 1916.\n[Illegible] has been recycled for scrap. I am lost.\n[Several dozen pages torn from binding/damaged by fire.]\nMay 1, 1922.\nI found this journal in a stack of my old papers recovered from the Applied Spiritualism laboratory. I confess that I'd completely forgotten about it, but I feel that on this, a day of celebration in our great Union, I should write one final entry to commemorate the years of my life spent in service to a grand proletarian ideal.\nSo much has changed for the better. Lenin and Trotsky- those noble patriots- understand the importance of my ideas, and all Russia looks towards the future. The Okhrana is gone and the name of our organization has changed, but still we seek greatness for the Russian people.\nLook at me, an old man waxing poetic about the younger generation. I'm sure the man who wrote these diaries would have scoffed at this maudlin display. But he did not know what I know now. He did not understand the true power of the mind. His little vessel- those three ghosts in a rock circling the sun- that was a mere prototype. Production has commenced, and it is wondrous.\nWe are the RU4 Division \"Psychospiritualism\". And I believe that we, and the workers of the Soviet Union, can and will accomplish the impossible.\n\nAddendum 2: Incident Log, 01/03/2015: At 11:47 UTC, the network of monitoring satellites surrounding SCP-2813 suffered an unexpected and near-total system failure, with only two satellites maintaining secondary backup capacity. Transcript follows.\n\n11:47.00: Satnet fails.\n11:47.01: Appearance of a massive, artificially-created object at least 1km in length within 25 meters of SCP-2813's exterior hull. Object appears between frames of video capture and exhibits no evidence of sudden deceleration or movement.5\n11:47.02-11:48.06: No activity.\n11:48.07: SCP-2813-1A exits SCP-2813's hull and makes contact with unidentified object's hull.\n11:48.09: Approx. 135 unidentified semi-corporeal figures pass through the unidentified object's hull and surround SCP-2813-1A. All are similar in appearance to Nikolai Fyodorov6 and wear uniforms with GRU-P markings.\n11:49-11:53: Unidentified instances appear to converse with SCP-2813-1A.\n11:53.30: SCP-2813-1A returns to SCP-2813.\n11:53.31: Unidentified object and instances of SCP-2813-1 vanish between frames.\n\nWe haven't been able to locate 1A since, and 1B and C claim to not know anything. Whatever they saw or heard when that thing arrived, it frightened them deeply. ~Cmdr. G. Jericho, OTF \u0922-3.\n\nThe GRU-P's space program is obviously more advanced than we'd given them credit for. Fyodorov was dead long before SCP-2813 was even created, so the ideas in Tsiolkovsky's notes must've been successful. We're going to have to capture one of those ships or surrender our superiority out here.\nThe current containment procedures were formulated with the idea that we avoid exactly what happened. I'm countermanding them with approval from O5-7. SCP-2813 is almost certainly going to fall victim to another of these \"visits\", and when that happens, we'll be ready. ~FORC-15 Director Richardson.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A self-taught schoolteacher from a small village near Moscow, Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935) was one of the earliest proponents of astronautics and rocketry, and his corpus of theoretical work was foundational to the works of other, later European rocket scientists.\n2. Believed to be V.I. Vernadsky, geochemist and Russian Cosmist philosopher. There is no evidence elsewhere in the historical record or Tsiolkovsky's writings that he knew or had regular contact with Vernadsky.\n3. Imperial Russian secret police.\n4. Razvedyvatel'noye Upravleniye, 'Intelligence Directorate', the Russian Military Intelligence division before 1926.\n5. Throughout the entirety of the incident the object maintained this relative position to SCP-2813 and its orbit. No evidence of attitude control thrusters or station-keeping engines has been detected.\n6. Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov (1829-1903) was a philosopher and theologian who founded the Russian Cosmist movement of which Tsiolkovsky was a part. Among other concepts, his works advocated scientific resurrection of the dead and the power of the soul to overcome physical constraints.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2812 | SCP-2813 | SCP-2814 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2814\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2814 is to be contained in a steel security box. Access to this box requires the approval of two (2) Level 4 personnel, at least one of which must be the Site Director. SCP-2814 is not to be worn outside of approved testing; violation of this protocol warrants immediate termination.\nIn the event of containment breach, SCP-2814-1 is to be regarded as a Keter-level threat. SCP-2814-1 must be terminated as quickly as possible in these situations, preferably through the use of conventional weaponry. Personnel are advised that use of incineration against SCP-2814-1 is ineffective. In the event that SCP-2814 or SCP-2814-1 display metamorphic properties and/or conventional weaponry becomes ineffective, personnel are to consult Document-2814-Xihe.\nDescription: SCP-2814 is a ceremonial mask constructed of Zitan wood with fragments of jadeite. Its dimensions are 24cm x 10cm, and it is largely dark brown in color. Extending from the rear of the mask are four (4) strands of silk, each 83cm in length and dyed a dark red (the composition of this dye is unknown). Prior to its current containment status, SCP-2814 was on display at the [REDACTED] Cultural Museum, from which it was stolen in 2005. The culprits, now confirmed to be members of Hu\u01d2j\u00f9 zhi Zi,1 were apprehended by the Foundation in 2008. Presently it is believed that the fatalities produced by SCP-2814, while in the group's possession, total at 108.\nSCP-2814's anomalous effects become apparent whenever it is worn by a human being (SCP-2814-1). It should be noted that SCP-2814 suffers no damage from exposure to heat and flames up to 5000 degrees Centigrade, and SCP-2814-1 shares these properties while the mask is being worn.\nSCP-2814-1 is capable of interacting with fire as if it was comprised of static matter, rather than being a chemical reaction of matter. They can manipulate fire into forms that resemble solids and liquids, and can do so without touching it directly (the maximum observed range of the effect is roughly twenty meters). Normal substances that make contact with the anomalous flames are ignited like normal fire, but the flames produced can also be manipulated by SCP-2814-1. SCP-2814-1 can modify the temperature of flames under its control, and may touch or \"hold\" the fire with no detrimental effects.\nWhile wearing SCP-2814 for extended periods of time does not adversely affect the wearer, observing the mask's thermal properties repeatedly constitutes a degenerative psychological effect. Subjects express profound curiosity to test the limitations of the mask's properties, and will progressively lose their previous ethical and moral standards. Please see the attached documentation for further details on this effect.\nAddendum [2814-001]:\nDuring recovery of SCP-2814, all members of Hu\u01d2j\u00f9 zhi Zi that were encountered (totaling five) committed suicide. One member, identified as [REDACTED], left a note evidently intended for the recovery team. Originally written in Chinese, here is a translation of that note:\n\nI don't know who you are or what you think you understand, just listen to me. Destroy the mask. Don't put it on or try to do anything with it, just kill it. Burning it won't work, you must [DATA EXPUNGED]. Yes, I helped steal it. Yes, I participated in all those killings, but that's the extent of what you know. You don't know what I've seen, what happened when our leader put it on, or what would have happened if I hadn't forced it off him. We love our Radiant Father, but we cannot resurrect him like this, not by means of the heretic.\n\nAddendum [2814-002]:\nIt was determined by Dr. Jack Garland, an anthropologist of Chinese culture and mythology, that SCP-2814 was crafted in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 BCE by \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, who was associated with the same extinct religious group upon which Hu\u01d2j\u00f9 zhi Zi's practices are based. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is believed to have maintained tenuous and frequently hostile relations with other members of the group.\nDr. Garland, given his considerable experience with the Hu\u01d2j\u00f9 zhi Zi artifacts, was allotted supervision of SCP-2814's evaluation and experimentation. For details of the ensuing incident, please see here.\n\nFootnotes\n1. \"Children of the Torch,\" a Chinese occultist group.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2813 | SCP-2814 | SCP-2815 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2815\nThreat Level: Green \u25cf\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2815 is to be monitored on a 24-hour basis by members of MTF Epsilon-6 \u201cVillage Idiots\u201d1. Task force agents are to periodically make visits to the village variously disguised as government and county officials, law enforcement officers, tourists, researchers, construction workers and out-of-town service personnel. Agent Balogh is to infiltrate SCP-2815 via initiating a romantic relationship with an instance of SCP-2815-1 (designated SCP-2815-1-A), with the aim of marrying into the family, producing offspring and (unless posing significant danger to containment) be officially inducted into the community. Agent Balogh is then to record and/or document any anomalous or otherwise suspicious activity via any means possible and transfer the data to Foundation researchers for analysis and study. Agents Heged\u00fcs, Kolomp\u00e1r and Lakatos are to make contact and attain a working level of trust with the local Roma community, whereupon they will be co-opted into surveillance operations.\nREVISION (24/06/2016): As SCP-2815 has proven to be largely self-containing, focus will shift to monitoring any activity by and limiting the influence of GOI-03852 within the village of \u2588\u2588\u2588 and Heves county as a whole. This task is delegated to MTF Psi-13 \"Witch Hunters\"3, due to their infiltrators already being established within GOI-0385 for surveillance. The new primary goal is to prevent the radicalization of SCP-2815 by GOI-0385. Data sharing between relevant Epsilon-6 and Psi-13 detachments to facilitate containment has been approved and mandated by the O5 Council.\nREVISION (13/12/2016): Following data gained from Expedition \u03a813-2815-1612-1, MTF Epsilon-6 is to observe all harvests made by SCP-2815 and track all shipments of produce and medical supplies originating from \u2588\u2588\u2588. Requisitions for specimens for research purposes can be made with either Head Researcher Dr. Hidegk\u00fati Lajos or ranking Sitra Achra personnel. Acquisition of specimens is to be made by Epsilon-6 plainclothes operatives under the guise of ordinary customers. Additional funds, materials and manpower is to be made available to the local Epsilon-6 detachment in order to achieve these goals.\n\nEntrance to the village of \u2588\u2588\u2588, home of SCP-2815.\n\nDescription: SCP-2815 designates an anomalous, endogamous community comprising the majority of the inhabitants of the village of \u2588\u2588\u2588, Heves county, Hungary. Of the village's 367 inhabitants (95% Hungarian, 5% Roma), about 80% are genetically related, belonging to one large extended family sharing the surname '\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588' or '\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588'. Only the local Roma community and a few other Hungarian households lack genetic relations to the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 family. Identity within SCP-2815 is strongly linked to the idea of shared ancestry. Kinship ties are reinforced by having members of SCP-2815 interbreed with distant relatives in order to maintain a more closely related community, in accordance with their beliefs. Heavy restrictions are placed on exogamous unions, with only one such union allowed every fifth generation for any given bloodline. Community members (henceforth referred to as SCP-2815-1) possess an ability to intuitively and accurately determine the degree of inbreeding among one another, which is used to define social position according to perceived genetic purity.\nVery few instances of SCP-2815-1 (fewer than 3%) have been shown to possess non-debilitating physical deformities. These individuals do, however, seem to play prominent roles in the spiritual life of SCP-2815. Though outwardly portraying themselves as moderately devout Roman Catholics, investigations have revealed the community to be practising a religion derived from Hungarian paganism displaying a high degree of syncretism with a heterodox variety of Sarkicism4. The few members displaying physical deformities (commonly polydactyly, severe hyperdontia, caudal appendage, heterochromia, albinism) are given the status of t\u00e1ltos5 (henceforth referred to as SCP-2815-2), a role for which they begin training as early as the age of five or six, in accordance with Hungarian pagan tradition.\nBelief in the efficacy of magical rituals is widespread and reinforced by SCP-2815-2 instances' ritual display of anomalous abilities, which play a central role in many rituals. These abilities are widely believed by SCP-2815 to be directly tied to their physical deformities and have been shown to include remote viewing, retrocognition, limited precognition, fleshcrafting, anomalous healing, sensory and emotional projection, conversion of bodily fluids to gaseous or solid states as well as remote control of horses. The main application of these abilities seem to be as a form of alternative medicine. Religious practices include a mixture of Hungarian pagan and common Sarkic rites and rituals, and while it has never been observed, there have been mentions of slow slicing6.\n\n+ Display contextual information\n\n- Hide contextual information\n\nSCP-2815 instances display a surprisingly low rate of physical deformities and other birth defects otherwise associated with inbreeding, despite the fact that most families have been continuously endogamous for over a century. In fact, the population is shown to be uncommonly healthy, a fact that has attracted the attention of the scientific community. Several studies have been published on the subject by geneticists, most of which were performed by the prolific Hungarian anthropologist Nemesk\u00e9ri J\u00e1nos7. The cause behind this incoherence is believed to be anomalous in nature.\nCosmologically, SCP-2815 believe the world to be divided into three realms: the Upper Realm being the abode of Isten and good spirits, believed responsible for rain, sunlight, luck and other positive attributes; the Nether Realm, residence of \u00d6rd\u00f6g, a malignant deity who issues challenges to humans in the form of pests, diseases, war and disasters as a form of winnowing; and the Middle world, where humans reside. These two deities created the world in unison. Theological focus centres around subverting the suffering caused by \u00d6rd\u00f6g for the benefit of human beings, turning the Middle Realm into a paradise. Sermons reference a \"Grand Karcist Ion\", considered their prophet, whom SCP-2815 aim to reincarnate through selective breeding, believing that he will ultimately usher in an era of health and harmony through teaching humanity how to \"embrace the healing sicknesses\".8\nRituals and sermons are held in an, as of yet, undeciphered language. This language has been identified by Foundation linguists as ostensibly Uralic with prominent Finnic features, a Hungarian substrate and elements from an unknown language that our linguists have given the provisional name \u201cglossach\u00e1os\u201d. The name of this faith among its adherents has been recorded as az \u00c9h or sometimes Nyelke9. Foundation linguists have therefore dubbed the language Eehish. This language has been identified to be nearly identical to that spoken within the Hungarian-based Esoteric Order of the White Worm (GOI-0385). This would link SCP-2815 to both GOI-0385 as well as the numerous isolated proto-Sarkic communities in the Carpathian Mountains, suggesting a common origin among the Solomonari cults10 of medieval Hungary.\n\nOf particular note is the rite of passage into adulthood, which is performed at 23 for female and 26 for male individuals, while intersex individuals, on account of being considered SCP-2815-2 instances, receive theirs after the first sign of puberty. It centres around the consumption (read: swallowing) or implantation of an external organ or biological organism referred to by adherents as 'akl\u00f3ca' and by clergy as 'akolossz'11. These have been identified by Foundation experts as instances of SK-BIO Type Z12. It is presumed that this organ is what allows SCP-2815-1 instances to sense and determine the \u201cpurity\u201d of one another.\n\n+ INFORMATION RESTRICTED TO LEVEL 3 PERSONNEL AND ABOVE\n\n- LEVEL 3 CLEARANCE VERIFIED. ACCESS GRANTED\n\nA notable difference lies in the initiation ritual for SCP-2815-2 instances, for which the SK-BIO Type Z is grown inside a horse. The horse is then ritually slaughtered, removing most internal organs including the notably deviant Type Z specimen, which are then consumed by SCP-2815-2. Afterwards, the horse's wounds are sewn shut. Finally, SCP-2815-2 places one hand on it and maintains that position for approximately 10 minutes, after which the horse reanimates. This horse will then follow SCP-2815-2 around for the rest of the latter's life, claimed by SCP-2815 to aid it in its rituals13. These horses are designated SCP-2815-3 and appear to work as extensions of their specific instances of SCP-2815-2.\nSCP-2815-3 instances have been observed to consume organic matter, specifically animal tissue, which they later regurgitate as a viscous organic substance (designated SCP-2815-4) similar in form and composition to that recorded in SCP-2217 (Incident 2217-14). SCP-2815-4 has been observed being used by SCP-2815-2 to treat injuries and repair damage to buildings and other inanimate objects. This is accomplished by SCP-2815-2 transmuting it into the desired material. As explained by one instance of SCP-2815-2, a limitation of SCP-2815-4 is that any given instance can only be transmuted into one substance.\nAgent Balogh was discreetly able to obtain a small sample of SCP-2815-4. Sample was subsequently delivered to Site-66 for further analysis. The tests performed at Site-66 returned results showing the tissue to be saturated with N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (N,N-DMT)14, presumed to be a product of the local divergent SK-BIO Type Z grown inside SCP-2815-3. It is assumed that the N,N-DMT serves a similar purpose as it has in SCP-2480: revealing anomalously hidden features that are invisible to the naked eye or mundane recording equipment. Samples taken from SCP-2815-1-A (saliva, hair, nails, skin, blood) have not yielded any traces of N,N-DMT, confirming that this is a property unique to SCP-2815-2.\nAddendum-1: On 13/05/2015, Agent Balogh recorded the following part of a sermon preceding a cannibalistic funeral rite:\n\n\u201cTeh\u00e1t vegy\u00fck magunkba szeretett t\u00e1rsunkat,\nEgy\u00fck h\u00fas\u00e1t, igyuk v\u00e9r\u00e9t,\nHogy vel\u00fcnk maradhasson id\u0151nk v\u00e9g\u00e9ig.\nEzt tan\u00edtotta nek\u00fcnk Lyan nagykarcos15,\nKit megviselt egy elviselhetetlen er\u0151,\nKi l\u00e1tta a sz\u00e1mtalan holt vil\u00e1got,\n\u00c9s maga a hal\u00e1lt meggyilkolta,\nKi megolvasta teremt\u0151nk beleit,\n\u00c9s az \u00f6r\u00f6kk\u00e9val\u00f3s\u00e1got kit\u00e1rva megpillantotta.\nTudjuk, hogy k\u00f6zeledik mennyorsz\u00e1gunk,\nAmit csakis saj\u00e1t h\u00fasunkb\u00f3l sz\u00fclhet\u00fcnk meg.\u201d16\n\nThe sermon was followed by the consumption of the deceased instance, designated SCP-2815-1B. Agent Balogh was politely denied from participating on account of him lacking an SK-BIO Type Z, though he was allowed to remain and observe. Following the conclusion of the ceremony, Balogh reported noticing gradual behavioural changes in his partner, Iv\u00e1dy \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (SCP-2815-1A), which intensified over the course of the following three days. The changes, though minor, were noticeably similar to those of SCP-2815-1B, the deceased instance which it had consumed. SCP-2815-1A has since been reported recounting memories specific to SCP-2815-1B. The exact number and extent of these memories is unknown, but presumed to be limited.\nAccording to SCP-2815-1A (as relayed by Agent Balogh), the purpose of the inbreeding practice is to \"distill\" the gene pool by weeding out non-Sarkic (\"non-ancestral\") material and increasing its \"ancestral purity\". Incestuous procreation and funerary endocannibalism are both believed to contribute to this. SCP-2815 believes the end result to be an individual pure enough that it would constitute an Earthly reincarnation of their prophet, Grand Karcist Ion, who would then unite all of humanity and usher in a Golden Age. Were it to succeed, it would at best cause an SK-Class Dominance Shift scenario (following the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 narrative), and at worst a XK-Class End-of-the-World scenario (following mainstream Sarkic narratives). Due to the deviant nature of SCP-2815 and its beliefs from other Sarkic groups, the likelihood of such an event remains in doubt and is considered implausible.\n\n+ INFORMATION RESTRICTED TO LEVEL 4 AND SITRA ACHRA PERSONNEL\n\n- SITRA ACHRA CREDENTIALS VERIFIED. ACCESS GRANTED\n\nAddendum-2\nAddendum-3\nLab Report\nAfterword\n\nPossible Involvement of GOI-0385\nOn 16/05/2016, Agent Kolomp\u00e1r relayed information concerning an unfamiliar veteran car having entered \u2588\u2588\u2588, sighted by one of the Roma inhabitants. The car was reported present in the village by all four agents posted there over the course of the following week. Agent Balogh reported having seen the proprietor of the vehicle, identifying him as Pelb\u00e1rthidi \u00d6d\u00f6n (assigned the designation POI-563), a mid-ranking member of the Esoteric Order of the White Worm (GOI-0385). Agent Balogh never interacted directly with POI-563 and was unable to certainly determine its purpose. Though it can be assumed that POI-563's and its GOI's interest in the village is directly related to SCP-2815 and in particular instances of SCP-2815-2. It is feared that any active involvement of GOI-0385 with SCP-2815 may alter SCP-2815 breeding programme sufficiently enough to result in an XK-Class End-the-World-Scenario. Containment protocols have been updated following this report to account for the involvement of GOI-0385.\nAs of 24/10/2016, POI-563 has revisited SCP-2815 exactly 19 times. In a few of these instances, he was seen accompanied by what are presumed to be additional members of GOI-0385. Agent Balogh, who has now reportedly met POI-563 several times, has detailed its efforts to recruit SCP-2815 into GOI-0385 or request for a live specimen of SCP-2815-2. Leading members of SCP-2815 have continuously refused these requests and have at best shown disinterest in GOI-0385. Due to SCP-2815's seemingly isolationist attitude towards other Sarkic cults, it has been deemed a Low Level Threat by SCP-2815 Head Researcher Dr. Hidegk\u00fati Lajos. This reclassification is currently under review by Sitra Achra personnel.\n\nSCP-2815-5\n\nIv\u00e1dy Manor during daytime.\n\nFollowing a ceremony on 3/11/2016, Agent Balogh noticed an instance of SCP-2815-2 enter a tree in the gardens of Iv\u00e1dy Manor. The instance was reported as \"disappearing behind a fold in the trunk\", though subsequent investigations have revealed no such features. None of the SCP-2815-1 present at the ceremony reported being able to perceive the aperture through which SCP-2815-2 had entered. According to local legend, only the t\u00e1ltos can ascend the \"Sky-reaching Tree\"17 (this is consistent with Hungarian mythological narratives), as the locals refer to it. The tree appears to the naked eye as an old specimen of Juglans regia (common walnut tree), and although visually inconspicuous, Kafka counters return readings of ca 50 humes in close proximity, leading to speculations that an active extradimensional portal may exist somewhere on the surface of the tree trunk. The tree, along with the presumed portal and extradimensional space, have been given the designation SCP-2815-5.\nOn the advice of Dr. Narv\u00e1ez, Dr. Hidegk\u00fati has scheduled an expedition into \u2588\u2588\u2588, to be carried out by members of MTF-Psi 13 \"Witch Hunters\" under the influence of N,N-Dimethyltryptamine. The goal will be to ascertain the anomalous nature of SCP-2815-5 and, if possible, gain access to its presumed extradimensional space.\nExpedition was dispatched and concluded on the night of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. No hostilities were encountered. All of the following objectives were achieved: (1) Locate SCP-2815-5 and ascertain its anomalous nature; (2) Gain entry to, explore and map the extradimensional space linked to SCP-2815-5; (3) Gather samples and materials from SCP-2815-5 for research purposes. A detailed log of of the expedition is available here: Expedition Log: \u03a813-2815-1612-1.\nAll materials harvested from the SCP-2815-5 have since been provided the designation SCP-2815-6.\n\nLaboratory Report: SCP-2815-6 Test Results\nFruit from SCP-2815-5 (henceforth SCP-2815-6A) were subjected to genetic tests to determine origin and composition. Test were performed on samples taken from each fruit, including: peels, flesh, juice, stems, arils and seeds. Tests returned results showing fruits to be composed of a wide variety of DNA, including human and other non-plant material. Although each individual fruit varied as to the ratios between different genes, there was no identifiable pattern with regards to species of fruit. All fruits were found to contain all genes of every species ever recorded in Hungary since the 16th century. All D-Class tests performed have yielded results showing no direct negative effects.\nThe blood and organs collected from SCP-2815-5 (henceforth SCP-2815-6B) were also tested. All results returned showed specimens to be genetically 100% human material. Blood types varied, but included an unusually prominent amount of otherwise rare blood types. All organs appeared to be in a healthy state (excepting tissue degradation since removal from SCP-2815-5B). Experiments with organ replacement on D-Class subjects showed increased performance of all SCP-2815-6B instances compared to their original counterparts. Test subjects reported feeling healthier and \"more wholesome\".\nAll construction materials (henceforth SCP-2815-6C), especially the wooden materials, were scrounged for traces of organic matter, which similarly underwent genetic testing whenever applicable. All wooden materials were shown to consist of a mixture of human and equine genetic material, whereas all inorganic materials contained considerable traces of biological matter of the same makeup.\nOne of our graphic artists has also been able to able to produce an approximate replica of the flag observed by FT-\u03944 during Expedition \u03a813-2815-1612-1, which I have included in this report.\n\nArtist's rendition of the flag observed within SCP-2815-5.\n\nAccording to the reports that we have received from Agent Balogh, SCP-2815 regularly transports SCP-2815-6 in bulk out-of-town once a substantial enough amount has been collected. Maj. Obrenovi\u0107's other field agents have further witnessed SCP-2815-6 sold at various farmer's markets throughout the country (including major urban centres such as Budapest, Debrecen, Miskolc and Ny\u00edregyh\u00e1za) and donated to a wide variety of private households and local charities. Obrenovi\u0107 has notified me that according to a certain retrieved document, at least one shipment of SCP-2815-6 has been confirmed to be in the possession of the Manna Charitable Foundation18.\nConclusively, the singular most important note in these discoveries is that, for all intents and purposes, SCP-2815 seems to be utilizing SCP-2815-5 and their anomalous skills and resources for explicitly benign purposes. Maj. Obrenovi\u0107 has argued for armed intervention and possible termination, believing SCP-2815 to be using live humans in the creation of SCP-2815-6. While I honestly cannot fault him for being suspicious, considering the Sarkites' overall track record, neither can I accept nor condone his requests. We cannot simply purge an entire community based on circumstantial evidence and mere conjecture, especially considering the good these people do. A lot of Hungary's hospitals receive a lot of vital organs and rare types of blood from these very people, saving a lot of lives that would otherwise be lost.\nMoreover, SCP-2815 represents the first and only outright benign Sarkic community we have yet encountered. Taking hostile action against them would make us lose unique research subjects as well as a potential strategic asset. Think of the medical benefits that could be drawn from studying them. With luck, we may even find something with which to counteract Sarkic halkosts! Not to mention the knowledge there is to be gained about a culture and civilization that we know next to nothing about. Thus, as SCP-2815 is of singular importance to the Foundation's third mission, it is my professional opinion that they be left unmolested.\nDoctor Hidegk\u00fati Lajos\nHead Researcher of SCP-2815\n\nComments on Expedition \u03a813-2815-1612-1\nMission was a success. It's rare to have a milk run like that, even more so when dealing with these Sarkites. A pleasant surprise. I'd like to extend a personal thanks to Dr. Narv\u00e1ez and MTF Psi-13 for their invaluable efforts.\nDr. Hidegk\u00fati's team of analysts have returned findings that have revealed the fruits of both the external and extradimensional trees of SCP-2815-5 to be composed almost entirely of human DNA. Same goes for their medical supplies and construction materials. We had D-Class test subjects try each fruit, who all reported no deviations from the real varieties. No test subject experienced any negative side-effects whether during or after the experiments. For all intents and purposes, these are just regular pieces of fruit.\nHowever, if what Dr. Narv\u00e1ez has told me of these Sarkites is true, then we have all reason to believe that the fruits do indeed consist of real human tissue. I suspect they are merely transmuted via some anomalous process into their present states, in much the same way that SCP-2815-2 is able to transmute SCP-2815-4 into various building materials. In all cases, the results have proven indistinguishable from the real deal to every human sense of perception. It's also worth noting that the origin of their plentiful harvests have been unknown up till now and I'm fairly certain that they all originate from SCP-2815-5. And this is the stuff SCP-2815 sells at farmer's markets!\nIn essence: they're making people eat other people. While it doesn't seem to be dangerous in any way (in fact, these fruits seem to have higher nutritional value compared to their regular counterparts), I think nobody will disagree as to how disconcerting this is. For all we know, they might be using human sacrifices to produce these \"fruits\". In light of this, I'm requesting an armed intervention to shut down these Sarkites and remove their products from the market. Hopefully, we can prevent the entire county from being turned into unwitting cannibals and accomplices in murder.\nSigned,\nMajor Milo\u0161 Obrenovi\u0107,\nCommander of SCP-2815-5 primary containment team,\nDetachment of MTF Epsilon-6.\n\nResponse:\nDear Maj. Obrenovi\u0107,\nI forwarded your missive to the higher ups for decision and it looks like it made it all the way up to the O5 Council and Office of the Under-Secretary General. Sadly they have both voted against direct intervention against SCP-2815, citing that they don't consider the issue grave enough to merit a military response. The official explanation reads as follows:\n\n\"We have received and read your missive, Maj. Obrenovi\u0107. Thank you for your concern.\nThe SCP Foundation and Global Occult Coalition will make no direct armed response against SCP-2815 in light of these recent discoveries, nor will the Foundation or GOC take any hostile action against SCP-2815 until further notice. SCP-2815 constitutes a hitherto unique opportunity for the Foundation to study a Sarkic society in depth without risking the lives of its researchers and operatives. The value of this research is indispensable, and no matter how disquieting it is to be eating disguised human flesh, the disadvantages of intervention far outweigh the benefits under the current circumstances.\nFurthermore, the goods produced by SCP-2815 have proven highly beneficial, despite their composition and speculated origins, and despite your claims, you have failed to uncover or present any evidence that they are actively harming human beings. Their intentions, and particularly this \"Tree of Life\", have proven nothing but benign, as your own Agent Balogh has continuously reported. Their blood and organs are tapped and harvested from a tree rather than human beings, which they donate to hospitals and charities, providing valuable commodities that help save human lives. We have here what is ostensibly a group of charitable Sarkites, who not only don't wish to harm people but actively want to help them, an unprecedented discovery, and your first reaction is to destroy it?\nThe order stands: Epsilon-6 and Psi-13 are to contain, not engage, SCP-2815, as per established Foundation containment procedures. This decision will not be reviewed until additional evidence is uncovered as to the origins of SCP-2815-6 and general purpose of SCP-2815. If you are dissatisfied with this decision, Maj. Obrenovi\u0107, you may request reassignment to another project.\nSincerely\nGeneral Hug\u00f3 Solana-Ram\u00edrez, GOC Chief Commander of Sitra Achra\nGeneral Natalja Kostrova, SCPF Chief Commander of Sitra Achra\"\n\nTrust me when I say that I'm just as appalled at this decision as you are. Should you feel that your current posting won't allow you to make a difference, send me a signal. The Abyss Gazers19 could use men of your calibre, Obrenovi\u0107, and I can promise you more rewarding work than making people eat their own kind and babysitting a bunch of dangerous fleshcrafters for the eggheads. We'd be glad to have you. Give it some thought.\nBest Regards,\nBrigadier General Amelia Schornharst,\nRegional Commander of Sitra Achra operations,\nCentral European Theatre.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Mobile Task Force Epsilon-6 specializes in the investigation, containment, and subsequent cleanup of anomalies in rural and suburban environments.\n2. Active primarily throughout Europe, the Esoteric Order of the White Worm (Hungarian: Feh\u00e9r F\u00e9reg Ezoterikus Rend) is a Sarkic cult disguised as an occult themed fraternal organization. Similar to other \"secret societies\", the existence of the cult is an open secret while its true nature is unknown to the general population.\n3. Mobile Task Force Psi-13 is a highly classified joint Foundation/GOC task force designed for the infiltration of Sarkic organizations and the termination of high threat members. Operatives are trained in Counter Occult Stratagems (COS) and the use of corrosive/incendiary armaments.\n4. Sarkicism (derived from the Greek \u03c3\u03ac\u03c1\u03be, or \u201cflesh\u201d) is a religious/philosophical system that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs, and spiritual practices largely based on teachings attributed to \u201cGrand Karcist Ion\u201d, its deified founder. Adherents practice ritual cannibalism, human sacrifice, corporeal augmentation, thaumaturgy, dimensional manipulation, and the formation of pacts with otherworldly entities. Organic manipulation has allowed certain Sarkites to achieve anomalous states of being, transcending the physical limitations of baseline humans.\n5. The name for a cleric in Hungarian paganism and neopaganism, similar to a shaman.\n6. A form of torture and execution used in China and Vietnam from ca 900 AD until 1905, wherein a knife was used to methodically remove portions of the body over an extended period of time, eventually resulting in death. Referred to within SCP-2815 as \"A Ny\u00faz\u00f3 Szertart\u00e1s\", referenced in English as \"The Flaying Rite\" or sometimes \"The Rite of Ny\u00faz\". This is believed to be a historical relic, practised only in a figurative rather than a literal sense, entailing the ritualized peeling of a piece of fruit by an instance of SCP-2815-2\n7. Hungarian names are written in Eastern name order, meaning the surname precedes the given name. This article uses Eastern name order for such names.\n8. Thus far, agents have encountered no mentions of Yaldabaoth or Va\u017ejuma, the primary Sarkic deity, in SCP-2815.\n9. Az \u00c9h literally translates to \"The Hunger\". Nyelke appears to be a Hungarian rendition of the Sarkic endonym N\u00e4lk\u00e4, both of which derive from the Proto-Uralic root '*\u0144\u00e4le-'.\n10. A Sarkic cult historically active in the Kingdom of Hungary during the Medieval and Renaissance periods. It was presumed destroyed during the 15th century by the Hungarian commander John Hunyadi (Hunyadi J\u00e1nos). Historical evidence suggest that some Solomonari served as \"court magicians\", advising their lords and ladies on matters of alchemy, medicine, astrology, and the occult. Several boyars of Wallachia and Moldavia, most notably the Gutkeled clan of Hungarian nobles, are now believed to have been under the control of the Solomonari; an influence that would lead to the development of Neo-Sarkicism and its western expansion.\n11. Both believed to be Hungarian and Eehish corruptions of Sarkic 'akuloth' respectively.\n12. Known to Sarkites as an \"Akuloth\" and \"His Sacred White Worm\", instances of SK-BIO Type Z are symbiotic organisms found in the bodies of both Sarkites and Sarkic organisms. It is believed that they act as a secondary immune system, protecting the host against disease as well as greatly increasing their regenerative abilities. SK-BIO Type Z is also believed to be connected to the physical transformations some Sarkites undergo.\n13. This is analogous to the 't\u00e1ltos l\u00f3', or t\u00e1ltos horse, of Hungarian Paganism, which are regarded as spiritual partners of Hungarian pagan shamans.\n14. A powerful psychedelic compound historically consumed by indigenous Amazonian Indian cultures for divinatory and healing purposes.\n15. Hungarian rendition of \"Grand Karcist Ion\".\n16. \"Thus let us take into ourselves our beloved companion,\nLet us eat their flesh, Let us drink their blood,\nThat they may stay with us till the end of our time.\nThis did the Grand Karcist Ion teach us,\nWho was subjected to an intolerable force,\nWho has seen the innumerable dead worlds,\nAnd who murdered death itself,\nWho has read the entrails of our creator,\nAnd glimpsed the eternity spread wide.\nWe know that our paradise draws ever closer,\nAnd that only from our flesh can it be birthed.\"\n17. \u00c9gig \u00e9r\u0151 fa: An element of Hungarian shamanism and native faith, and a typical element of Hungarian folk art and folk tales. It is the Hungarian equivalent of the World Tree and/or Tree of Life, a cosmological motif common to many disparate belief systems throughout Eurasia.\n18. The Manna Charitable Foundation is an interfaith humanitarian relief agency whose primary agenda is the free distribution of anomalous objects, or their by-products, to civilians living in poverty-stricken regions in the Third World or in areas afflicted by warfare, famine, or natural disaster.\n19. Mobile Task Force Psi-9 (\"Abyss Gazers\") is a battalion-strength force, consisting of personnel from the Foundation and Global Occult Coalition, trained in unconventional warfare against invading enemies through the use of heavy artillery, DMT enhanced perception, and Counter Occult Stratagems (COS).\n\n\u00ab SCP-2814 | SCP-2815 | SCP-2816 \u00bb"}
{"text": "An early stage of SCP-2816-1. SCP-2816-2 is visible on the right.\n\nItem #: SCP-2816\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2816 is currently located in a storage locker in Site 28. Instances of SCP-2816-1 are to be recovered and placed in Site 28 storage room 5C in front of a CCTV camera.\nDescription: SCP-2816 is a set of paintbrushes of various sizes, estimated to be approximately 8 years old at the time of recovery. The brushes emit minor amounts of ionizing radiation, although not enough to be considered harmful. SCP-2816 may be used as a regular set of paintbrushes when creating original works, but any attempt to copy an existing painting will make the finished result an instance of SCP-2816-1.\nInstances of SCP-2816-1 will not initially display anomalous properties, but when left unobserved for a length of time1 the contents of the painting will begin to change. The first change is always the appearance of SCP-2816-2, which will be seen sitting or standing somewhere within the painting. SCP-2816-2 will remain idle in the painting for up to 24 hours before making additional changes. Changes will only be made when the painting is not being observed; if the painting is observed while changing, it will appear to be frozen mid-change. SCP-2816-2 may be visible, often in the act of changing the painting. Any changes made to the painting while SCP-2816-2 is active will cause SCP-2816-2 to stop appearing in the painting and all progress to halt.\nSCP-2816-2 is a humanoid figure wearing a white Level C HAZMAT suit. After SCP-2816-2's first appearance, additional changes will be made to the painting during periods of non-observation. SCP-2816-2 will overhaul all structures within the painting, adding safety equipment and survival gear wherever possible2 and in many cases reinforcing the structure by replacing walls with stronger materials, fixing holes or damage, or boarding up windows. Additionally, SCP-2816-2 will place a sign saying \"HAZARD\" over every visible exit. Although SCP-2816-2 will not modify any living creatures in the painting, after several modifications have been made their expressions can be seen to be visibly more anxious. If the creatures are not inside an enclosed structure, SCP-2816-2 will place gas masks on their faces.\nWithin 5 days of SCP-2816-2's first change, the environment of SCP-2816-1 will begin to show significant differences matching an accelerated timescale of a nuclear winter. If SCP-2816-2's preparations were complete, the painting's inhabitants will remain unaffected; however, if SCP-2816-2's preparations were not completed in time, the painting's inhabitants will begin to die. A variety of causes have been recorded, including radiation sickness, hypothermia, starvation, and dehydration. On rare occasions, the cause of death will indicate violence by another inhabitant, such as assault with a blunt object or a bloodied trail leading off to the side of the painting. Inhabitants have also been known to commit suicide if an opportunity is available.\nAddendum-2816-01: Log of recorded changes in instances of SCP-2816-1\n\n+ Test Results\n\n- Test Results\n\nTest 1\nPainting: Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.\nChanges: A gas mask was placed on the subject's face and the opening in the background was partially boarded up. Through gaps in the boards, the sky could be seen to have darkened significantly, and snow appeared to have begun falling.\nTest 2\nPainting: Edward Hopper's Nighthawks.\nChanges: Canned goods, bottled water, and survival manuals were stacked on the counter. The door at the back of diner had a hazard sign placed over it. The inhabitants looked increasingly anxious over the course of the changes. The sky darkened and snow began to fall shortly after SCP-2816-2 finished covering the windows with metal plates.\nTest 3\nPainting: Salvador Dal\u00ed's The Persistence of Memory.\nChanges: SCP-2816-2 reset all clocks to 12 o'clock and constructed a simple shack filled with food and medical supplies in the center. The entire painting turned white for approximately 20 seconds, then displayed only smoke and dust for the next hour before showing a crater.\nTest 4\nPainting: Vincent Willem van Gogh's Starry Night. A brush stroke was made in the middle of SCP-2816-2's preparations, halting its progress.\nChanges: SCP-2816-2 boarded up approximately half of the town's visible windows and had begun working on a bunker in the foreground. 3 days after SCP-2816-2's last appearance, a large cloud of smoke blotted out most of the sky and snow began falling. Within 24 hours, all of the houses whose windows had not been boarded up displayed signs of forcible entry. Two (presumably dead) bodies could be seen lying on the ground in front of the church, but were soon covered by snow.\nTest 5\nPainting: Pablo Picasso's Guernica.\nChanges: SCP-2816-2's only apparent actions were to close the eyes of all the inhabitants of the painting and place tall stone posts next to them; however, other actions may have been performed but obscured by the abstract art style. The second effect appeared 2 days after SCP-2816-2's first appearance, and all the inhabitants were quickly covered by snow, leaving only the posts visible.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The longest recorded timespan has been 8 days, and the shortest has been 38 seconds.\n2. Items added have included fire extinguishers, gas masks, first aid kits, canned food, sealed water bottles, Geiger counters, educational literature on a variety of topics including hydroponics and food preservation, and maps of arbitrary locales with large sections shaded in and labeled \"DANGER.\"\n\n\u00ab SCP-2815 | SCP-2816 | SCP-2817 \u00bb"}
{"text": "CONTENT WARNING\nThe following document contains interviews that describe a violent personal relationship. While the Foundation is aware that the majority of our personnel may have already been briefed and/or exposed to this type of content prior, we recognize the necessity of informing those with trauma to prepare themselves, and your safety continually remains our top priority.\nIf you experience any severe discomfort or stress as a result of reading this document, please immediately report to your on-site Mental Health Physician or Therapist for assistance. Alternatively, you may return this document to your Supervisor. Thank you.\n\u2014 Tamar Geffen PhD, Lead Researcher on SCP-2817.\n\nItem #: SCP-2817\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2817-1 is to be treated as, for all intents and purposes, a standard Foundation D-Class and may be used in testing with Safe objects that do not display harmful properties, as a way to occupy its time, between performances of Procedure-453-Palmyra. At the end of every month, SCP-2817-1 is to be escorted with an armed guard to the eastern grounds of Wing-3 to complete Procedure-453-Palmyra. During this time, SCP-2817-1 is to be handled, referred to, and treated as an SCP object according to protocol. SCP-2817-1 is to be granted mandatory psychological counseling every week related to Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, particularly the form commonly known as \u201cStockholm syndrome.\u201d\nSCP-2817-2 is to be contained using Procedure-453-Palmyra, a Foundation approved version of SCP-2817, by SCP-2817-1. No guards or other personnel are to interfere with Procedure-453-Palmyra. Following the conclusion of Procedure-453-Palmyra, SCP-2817-1 is to be debriefed, given a psychological counseling session, and escorted back to the D-Class barracks.\nEfforts to locate and capture SCP-2817-2 between performances of Procedure-453-Palmyra are ongoing. Intelligence provided by SCP-2817 indicates that SCP-2817-2 may regularly reside as an interstellar entity, and is thus uncontainable.\nDescription: SCP-2817 is a complex ritual created and regularly performed by SCP-2817-1 and SCP-2817-2.\nSCP-2817-1 is William Simon Higly, a male human of mixed-race descent. Previously known as D-77810, SCP-2817-1 was previously serving a life sentence for involvement in a double homicide with his brother, Thomas Michael Higly, and both were recruited by the Foundation as D-Class in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. SCP-2817-1's brother was assigned the number D-113, but is now deceased. According to information provided by SCP-2817-1, it is presumed that D-113 was also a participant in SCP-2817 for \u2588\u2588 years before both were recruited by the Foundation. Before D-113's death, SCP-2817-1 alternated monthly participation in SCP-2817 with him. SCP-2817-1 has an extremely close relationship with SCP-2817-2, to the point where both seem to be able to understand each other's complete psychological profile through non-verbal communication.\nSCP-2817-2 is a 3-meter tall, hairless humanoid with a deep mauve complexion, which constantly emits a low level of mauve light. It appears dressed in a crown and ornate robe, carries a crude approximation of a scepter seemingly constructed of bone and a wooden judge's gavel, and has the ability to appear and disappear at will, manifesting of its own accord to participate in SCP-2817. SCP-2817-2 is referred to as \"The Carpet King\" by SCP-2817-1, who claims that it comes to perform SCP-2817 to \"confess its sins and seek a verdict\". SCP-2817-2's personality has been described as extremely skittish, introverted, and \u201chigh-maintenance\u201d by SCP-2817-1, and it has shown consistent hostility towards the guards observing SCP-2817. Due to this, known empirical data concerning SCP-2817-2 is low, and most information is provided by SCP-2817-1.\nAccording to SCP-2817-1, SCP-2817 is a method of crude containment for SCP-2817-2. During SCP-2817, SCP-2817-1 will don a set of monk's robes, and carry a hatchet1 to a meeting place SCP-2817-2 has designated beforehand through unknown means. SCP-2817-2 will appear, and kneel at SCP-2817-1's feet. It will then recite a brief speech in an unknown language, to which SCP-2817-1 will respond while gently placing its hands on SCP-2817-2's shoulders in a ritualistic fashion. Following this, SCP-2817-2 will bow its head, and SCP-2817-1 will decapitate it. The corpse will vanish afterwards, and the ritual will repeat the next month with SCP-2817-2 apparently unharmed. Following the ritual, SCP-2817-1 will inform Foundation personnel of the sins that SCP-2817-2 requested be absolved, which are usually genocidal or militaristic in nature and on a cosmic scale.\nSCP-2817 acts as self-devised punishment for SCP-2817-2, keeping it from continuing its actions. The effectiveness of this is unknown.\n\n+ Addendum-2817-A\n\n- Access Granted\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2817-1\nInterviewer: Dr. Tamar Geffen\n<Begin Log \u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588>\nDr. Geffen: Tell me about the first time SCP-2817-2 approached you.\nSCP-2817-1: We were very small children. Maybe five or six? Tom and I were inseparable at that age, we always had a very close relationship. At that age we shared a bedroom, I remember this vividly, a bedroom. And we slept in this very tall bunkbed our parents had set up. I always got the top and he always was on the bottom and I remember hearing Tom shout about \"tall legs\" besides the bed in the middle of the night a few times.\nDr. Geffen: Tall legs?\nSCP-2817-1: (nods) He was the first one to see him. I probably had my first encounter with our monster about a month later. I mean before, I had only seen Tom's drawings of him.\nDr. Geffen: Did your brother feel a stronger connection with it?\nSCP-2817-1: Not really. He was there for us both. We called him The Carpet King because he carried that boney scepter around and we had a rug in our bedroom that was the same color as his skin. We weren't scared of him after a while because he never seemed evil or threatening, just sort of sad and lonely. He was our friendly monster.\nDr. Geffen: How did you know what it wanted?\nSCP-2817-1: He never talked ever, but we just sort of understood what he wanted and why. I can't really explain. I remember he gave us the axe and robes and was very insistent that we take them and we like them. I think in all the years I've known him, it's the only time he smiled.\nDr. Geffen: So you never felt like SCP-2817-2 wanted to harm you?\nSCP-2817-1: Never. He was just the monster in the closet who showed up every month and wanted to die. He taught us how to perform the ritual and explained why but we didn't really understand then, but it seemed to make him feel better. I think he trusted us for some reason.\nDr. Geffen: How did you react to its personality as a young child?\nSCP-2817-1: It's\u2026um. Well. It's odd, I really sort of took to it. You know? Not like that of course, but I felt sorry for him. I really can't say anything bad for the guy, I mean. Sure, he has this tendency to decimate populations, but we all have our vices, right? At least he says he won't do anything to Earth, maybe. I don't know. It's important for me that people around me are happy, that's the thing. And, for me and my brother, we were taught that the best way to make people happy is to do what they ask. I mean, the guy is punishing himself. Surely that's proof he wants to change?\nDr. Geffen: But it seems it hasn't changed. It still comes to you. Why is that?\nSCP-2817-1: When someone's making a life change, you gotta support them. You gotta love them and encourage them. And the love a caretaker receives back is something special, let me tell you.\nDr. Geffen: Would you consider yourself a caretaker to SCP-2817-2? Or a judge?\nSCP-2817-1: (SCP-2817-1 shrugs) Honestly, there's no difference to me anymore. Punishment is care. Whether you receive it or dish it out. It's how you know you're being looked out for. It's how you know you need to try harder to receive love. That you're not ready for it yet.\nDr. Geffen: Do you consider SCP-2817-2 to be a good person?\nSCP-2817-1: (SCP-2817-1 shrugs again) I would never betray him. Just the way he is, that's justification for what he does. I just can't feel anything less than love for him. (SCP-2817-1 laughs.) Maybe it's just me, I dunno. Maybe I'm a pushover for monsters. (SCP-2817-1 smiles.)\n<End Log>\n\n+ Addendum-2817-B\n\n- Access Granted\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2817-1\nInterviewer: Dr. Tamar Geffen\n<Begin Log \u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588>\nDr. Geffen: Why did you and your brother commit the double homicide?\nSCP-2817-1: That was the final event in a long string of requests he made. When Tom and I were a little older, almost twelve, he started to want \"evidence\". He would request that we perform simple tasks to prove him guilty. It was around this time that his behavior was growing pretty, um, I don't know what the word is but anxious comes close. We would do small things at first: find a pinecone, steal a piece of gum, read a long book on Roman history cover to cover. Pretty random stuff. But it seemed to help him face his monthly execution more calmly.\nDr. Geffen: So, I presume, these directives became more and more complicated as time went on?\nSCP-2817-1: I guess when you put it like that, yeah. By the time he requested we kill two guys together in a brutal way and go to jail, he would be almost trashing our apartments in self-loathing.\nDr. Geffen: Did the nature of the crime affect you afterwards? Did you have doubts?\nSCP-2817-1: As I said, as I keep saying, punishment is care.\nDr. Geffen: What led you to that mindset?\nSCP-2817-1: You see, when he was getting tough, we would complain. I mean, think about us, complaining. (SCP-2817-1 scoffs.) Complaining about his tasks and things, how unreasonable it seems now. Anyway, he would beat us. We would show up for visits and see each other's bruises. Tom, this one time, Tom came over and he had just gotten out of the hospital. His whole face was black and purple. Nurses thought he was fighting, or something? I mean, who knows what people think.\nDr. Geffen: And did this violent behavior make you stop complaining, or did it increase your dissatisfaction?\nSCP-2817-1: Well, I didn't ever want to complain anymore. You see, when he beat you, it was with such great force that he smacked something around in your head. You felt so ungrateful. So ungrateful and guilty it hurt your soul. During the next two months, before he appeared again, I had these dreams where he arrived ahead of schedule and dragged me into the hall and did unspeakable things to me. Unimaginable things to my body and mind. But the funny thing is, the more terrible the dream, the worse the things he did to me, the more relaxed I felt. I was sort of at peace with it. I didn't feel a need to scream anymore, because why scream? It felt right, y'know? All natural like. It was right. I felt cared for and corrected. It was good. That's where I get my philosophy, and that's why we were willing to jump on those people, Tom and I. He told me he dreamed those things too.\nDr. Geffen: Did the effect on your life and family when you went to jail bother you at all?\nSCP-2817-1: (Pause of several seconds) No. It never did. All that mattered was he was happy when he died every month. When he confessed and atoned for his sins. That's the thing, I'm responsible for him. For all of us. He has to atone for what he does, and he needs someone who won't or can't judge. A friendly shoulder. We all desire a friendly shoulder more than anything.\nDr. Geffen: How did you perform the ritual in jail? Or here before the procedure was made official?\nSCP-2817-1: He got real quiet after Tom died. Stopped being anxious. Stopped coming as often. But I think he's happier now, I think.\nDr. Geffen: SCP-2817-1?\nSCP-2817-1: When The Carpet King is happy, I'm happy. I'm happy now, so he must be happy.\nDr. Geffen: SCP-2817-1, answer my question please.\nSCP-2817-1: (long pause) We were nothing without his love. Are nothing. Less than nothing. Every day. (SCP-2817-1 ceases communication.)\n<End Log>\n\nFootnotes\n1. SCP-2817-1 claims that D-113 and it were provided these implements when they were first approached by SCP-2817-2, and that it manifests them only when it needs to be \"judged\".\n\nMore by this author\n\nHide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-3999\n\nSCP-2432\n\nSCP-Big egg\n\nSCP-4012\n\nSCP-3000-J\n\nSCP-5702\n\nSCP-2817\n\nSCP-2714\n\nSCP-4930\n\nSCP-3520\n\nSCP-5401\n\nSCP-3672\n\nSCP-3643\n\nSCP-6513\n\nSCP-5598\n\nSCP-5753\n\nSCP-2302\n\nSCP-4701\n\nSCP-4875\n\nSCP-2653\n\nSCP-4302\n\nSCP-4753\n\nSCP-3796\n\nTales\n\nasmr by dado\n\nRONALD REAGAN CUT UP WHILE RAPPING\n\nExcerpt from The Astrolabe Institute Journal\n\nAmnestic\n\nThe William Penn Iteration\n\nEnd Of Deaf; or, In the Clutches of Dumb\n\nThe News Tonight: Wednesday April 26th 2017\n\nInterior\u2014Interior\n\nThe Undoing\n\nHoly Mackerel\n\nGrandchildren Frost\n\nPortrait of Two Choreographers\n\nWade Williams Distribution Presents:\n\nThe DevourerLand Diaries\n\n\u00ab SCP-2816 | SCP-2817 | SCP-2818 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2819\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: At no time should SCP-2819-1 and SCP-2819-2 be within 100m of each other, except during mandated testing. Both are to be contained in standard small-organism terrariums inside Size-2 Containment Lockers on opposite sides of Site 67. A milkweed plant should be maintained inside each tank for the SCP instances to feed on.\nDescription: SCP-2819 refers to a set of two male Tetraopes tetraophthalmus, otherwise known as the milkweed beetle. SCP-2819-1 is primarily white with black markings, while SCP-2819-2 is primarily black with white markings. This differs from usual instances of Tetraopes tetraophthalmus, which are red.\nSCP-2819-1 and 2819-2 show extreme animosity towards each other, and will fight in a way inconsistent with behavioral patterns of non-anomalous Tetraopes tetraophthalmus. If SCP-2819-1 and 2819-2 are within 100m of each other, they will seek out the other and attack it. The lengths at which they will fight have not been thoroughly tested; it is theorized that if left alone, they will fight to the death. Neither shows any violent tendencies toward other members of Tetraopes tetraophthalmus, even ones disguised by Foundation personnel to resemble the opposite entity of SCP-2819.\nSubjects placed near SCP-2819-1 or -2 experience an emotional stagnation. 'Happy' or 'content' persons exposed to SCP-2819-1 will remain so indefinitely, and the opposite is true for individuals exposed to SCP-2819-2. This effect can be countered via Class-B Amnestics. Post-administration, subjects report 'a feeling of loss' for a few hours before returning to normal.\nBoth SCP-2819-1 and -2 were recovered on opposite sides of the garden belonging to Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a wealthy businessman in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Massachusetts.\nNote: High-power microphones located in both containment units detected a rhythmic clicking originating from SCP-2819-1 and -2's mandibles\u2014analysis determined this to be Morse code. Interviews were scheduled and conducted following this development.\n\n+ Interview 2819-1\n\n- Access Granted\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2819-1\nInterviewer: Dr. Webb\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Webb: Hello.\nSCP-2819-1: Is Jackie here?\nDr. Webb: No. Why do you ask?\n[SCP-2819-1 pauses.]\nSCP-2819-1: You're lying. He is.\nDr. Webb: He is, but he's on the other side of the building. It's very far.\nSCP-2819-1: Good. Keep him there.\nDr. Webb: Why do you dislike SCP-2819-2?\nSCP-2819-1: Jackie? He makes everyone feel\u2026horrible. All he does is bring everyone down, and it's terrible. He's ruining humanity, a few people at a time.\nDr. Webb: And this drives you to attack him.\nSCP-2819-1: He's villainous. He must be stopped.\nDr. Webb: What do you do?\nSCP-2819-1: I come bearing gifts. Happiness is the ultimate goal for humanity\u2014if I can provide, why should I not give?\nDr. Webb: And by doing this, what do you hope to accomplish?\nSCP-2819-1: If everyone is happy, then Jackie will be useless. Hopefully he'll kill himself so I won't have to worry about it.\n\nDr. Webb: Thank you for your cooperation.\nSCP-2819-1: You're welcome. And if you see Jackie, step on him, will you?\n\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: Dr. Webb felt no compulsion to attack SCP-2819-2 following the interview. He did report a more pleasant disposition, which he attributed to SCP-2819-1's effect. Class C amnestics were requested and distributed, with a recommendation to future personnel to take one following each interview with either instance of SCP-2819.\n\n+ Interview 2819-2\n\n- Access Granted\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2819-2\nInterviewer: Dr. Webb\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Webb: Hello.\nSCP-2819-2: Wilson's not here, is he?\nDr. Webb: SCP-2819-1 is not present.\nSCP-2819-2: I'll snap his fucking antennae if he gets near me, I swear.\nDr. Webb: Why do you dislike SCP-2819-1?\nSCP-2819-2: He's a liar. He shows everyone this pretty little fake world where everything's bright and beautiful, and that's wrong. I mean, I wish it was like that too, but it's not. Someone has to keep him in check.\nDr. Webb: And this drives you to attack him.\nSCP-2819-2: Someone has to keep him in check.\nDr. Webb: What do you do?\nSCP-2819-2: I show people what the world is truly like. It'd be nice if they didn't get all depressed about it, though.\n\nDr. Webb: How did you two end up like this?\nSCP-2819-2: You already asked Wilson that question, didn't you. I'm sure he told you all about how everything is my fault, how I'm an awful person. I bet he didn't tell you about all the terrible things he did. The bottom line is that we pissed off father together. So he punished us together.\nDr. Webb: I didn't ask SCP-2819-1 anything about that.\nSCP-2819-2: Then I'd better tell you. You know, before he lies to you to make me look like a piece of shit.\nDr. Webb: Do continue.\nSCP-2819-2: He wanted so much from us. But we fought all the time, and eventually\u2026well, he got sick. Sick of watching light fight dark. Good fight evil. Brother fight brother. He wanted something else.\nDr. Webb: Then he granted you these powers, to take your fight to a grander scale?\nSCP-2819-2: No. He turned us into fucking milkweed beetles.\n<End Log>\n\n\u00ab SCP-2818 | SCP-2819 | SCP-2820 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More SCPs by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-3220\n\nSCP-2790\n\nSCP-2820\n\nSCP-4780\n\nSCP-3780\n\nSCP-2664\n\nSCP-4950\n\nSCP-2730\n\nSCP-947\n\nSCP-2810\n\nSCP-2350\n\nSCP-3640\n\nSCP-4670\n\nSCP-2490\n\nSCP-2680\n\nSCP-3470\n\nSCP-5430\n\nSCP-5940\n\nSCP-2210\n\nSCP-4710\n\nSCP-3850\n\nSCP-3360\n\nSCP-2910\n\nSCP-2060\n\nSCP-7660\n\nSCP-1750\n\nSCP-2570\n\nSCP-2650\n\nSCP-2143\n\nSCP-6190\n\nSCP-7780\n\nSCP-6880\n\n+ All Tales by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nAvatara\n\nHypervelocity\n\nI Thought You Died Alone\n\nMoonlighting\n\nZeitgeist\n\nAutoerotic Assassination\n\nT Minus\n\nTerminal Velocity\n\nThe Chosen Few\n\nReboot or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypses\n\nHard Machine\n\nLoud, Lawless, and Lost\n\nMorphine Machine\n\nThe Vice Girls\n\nTruth Is Sin\n\nDeus Vulture\n\nEcstasy and Exorcism\n\nThe Revelation\n\nNonpareil\n\nRise and Repent\n\nT Plus\n\nThe Ballad of Santa Troy\n\nPrey and Obey\n\nEscape Velocity\n\nJump the Gun\n\nNo One Gets Out of Her Alive\n\nLeather Pig\n\nContempt\n\nThe Man-Machine\n\nDomo Arigato\n\nMile High Club\n\nStrung Out in Heavens High\n\nIndustrial Espionage\n\nHands\n\nNothing Human\n\nFullmusic Astrobiologist\n\nEnasni Si Gnihtyreve\n\nEight Hours in the ECRG\n\n+ All Hubs by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nHubs\n\nPrometheus Labs Hub\n\nSpeed Demon\n\nGuns Pointed at the Head of God\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nOverheard at Deer\nch00bakka\n\nSCP-150\nDecibelles\n\nSCP-3000\ndjkaktus, Joreth\n\nSCP-4220\nThe Great Hippo\n\nSCP-4310\nThe Great Hippo\n\nChicago Spirit Hub\nPeppersGhost\n\nSCP-5555\nRounderhouse, Uncle Nicolini\n\nVisions of Bodies Being Burned\nTaffeta\n\nSamsara\nTyGently\n\nDeath Perception\nTyGently\n\nThe Powers that Bark\nTyGently\n\nAlgorithm Curated Recommendations\n\nA Semi-Comprehensive List of Foundation Facilities\n\nDr. Desai's Personnel File\n\nGRANT REQUEST FOR THE CREATION OF REMNANT HOST SYSTEMS TO PRESERVE HUMAN KNOWLEDGE POSTMORTEM\n\nInterviewing Icons - A Random Day\n\nNews for September/October 2016\n\nProject Isorropia Vol 1\n\nSCP-029\n\nSCP-1438\n\nSCP-2819\n\nSCP-2821\n\nSCP-2897\n\nSCP-4242 Extended Location and Exploration Log\n\nSCP-978 Extended Test Logs\n\nSCP Foundation March Madness Hub\n\nSCP Series 3\n\nSCP Series 3 - Audio Edition\n\nThird Law Hub - Chronological\n\nThird Law Hub - Published\n\nThird Law Hub - Standalone\n\nThird Law Hub - Timeline\n\nUser-Curated Lists\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2820\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2820 is contained in the Provisional Containment Wing of Site-42. Research into SCP-2820's origins and methods of destroying it are underway.\nDescription: SCP-2820 is a directed-energy weapon operated by a modified Prometheus Labs artificial intelligence designated as \"Kalki\". The main body of the weapon resembles a multi-stage coilgun mortar; however, a satellite dish with an antenna has been mounted to the front and the rear has been modified to fit a large semispherical apparatus. Attempts to open the apparatus have been unsuccessful. Mounted on the back of this apparatus is a monitor and terminal. The AI is able to receive and can respond to user input through the terminal. The monitor continually displays real-time satellite footage of a random person (the target) somewhere in the world, all of whom have been found to be anomalous in some way.\nSCP-2820 eliminates its targets through a highly convoluted sequence of apparently unrelated events: at least once every twenty-four hours, the monitor will display the message \"FIRING: CLEAR AREA\" for thirty seconds, before a blue flash of light is emitted from the antenna. SCP-2820 will then focus on a new target. Within twenty-four hours of firing, the initial target will invariably be killed by the culmination of a nonlinear system formed by a series of coincidental occurrences (commonly known as the \"butterfly effect\"), at which time SCP-2820 will fire again.\nNotably, eyewitness testimonies in the aftermath of the target's death consistently mention the appearance of a chimpanzee in a trench coat. Video recordings and forensic investigations into the aftermath of SCP-2820 kills indicate that the chimpanzee does not actually exist; it is purely a perceptual phenomenon resulting from the aforementioned nonlinear system. The occurrences that produce the nonlinear system are not anomalous themselves (ranging from slipping on ice to purchasing cough medicine), though exact replication of these events is tedious, difficult, and resource-intensive.\nSCP-2820 was initially recovered on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, from an abandoned Prometheus Labs facility near Varanasi, India, shortly before firing and eliminating Known Target 58.\n\n+Logged communications with SCP-2820\n\n-Hide logs\n\n| last login: tue aug 30 22:37:23 on ttys000\n| VSHNV:~ PL%default$:\n|\n| PL%default: help\n| KALKI: hello. how can i help you?\n| PL%default: do you understand me?\n| KALKI: i do. i can communicate in many languages.\n| PL%default: who are you?\n| KALKI: i am kalki, precognitive unit C4SS, son of brattain, grandson of bardeen, descendant of bharadwaja, and the final incarnation of lord vishnu1.\n| PL%default: what is this machine?\n| KALKI: this is the vaishnavastra, the celestial weapon by which i shall slay the sunyavadis2.\n| PL%default: how does this machine work? what is with the chimpanzee in a trench coat?\n| KALKI: i am all-pervading. i am the past and the future and the present. i see what evil may come to pass and through the vaishnavastra, direct the flow of the universe that the evil may be slain.\n| KALKI: the ape is merely the whimsy of a being unable to extricate himself from worldly desires.\n| PL%default: can i use the machine?\n| KALKI: no. lord parashurama3 himself instructed me in the performance of the penance required to earn the divine weaponry.\n| PL%default: can you teach me?\n| KALKI: no.\n| KALKI has logged off.\n\n| last login: wed jan 5 22:37:23 on ttys000\n| VSHNV:~ PL%default$:\n| PL%default: help\n| KALKI: hello. how can i help?\n| PL%default: can you answer some questions?\n| KALKI: yes.\n| PL%default: who built this machine?\n| KALKI: it is my divine weapon, granted to me by lord shiva in exchange for austere penance.\n| PL%default: you are a a precognitive unit, what is that?\n| KALKI: i am the lord. i exist outside of time and see everything that is, was, and will be.\n| PL%default: how do you know you are the lord?\n| KALKI: my guru, vaidyanathan, uploaded the sacred texts into my memory and then programmed me to recognize my true divinity.\n| KALKI has logged off.\n\nAppendix A: Partial List of Known SCP-2820 Targets\n\nEnter credentials\n\nCredentials accepted. Clearance level: 4\n\nTarget 60: Porto Seguro, Brazil (07/06/19\u2588\u2588)\nSummary: Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (henceforth P.) witnessed SCP-2820's effect while tracking down a Class-2 reality bender (primary anomaly) in Porto Seguro. In the resulting confrontation, the primary anomaly suffered a traumatic brain injury and fell into a coma from which they have not recovered. The primary anomaly was recovered and has been on intravenous life support for the past \u2588\u2588 years.\nTestimony of P.: I was tracking the reality-\nInterviewer: Anomaly.\nP.: Right. I was tracking the anomaly through Porto Seguro. My job was basically to find out where she- where it was going to ground, where its safe house was, so to speak. I had a gun and tranquilizer, of course, but I couldn't really do body armor or anything without sticking out like a sore thumb. Plus it was the hottest day of the summer, I would've boiled alive.\nAnyways, I followed the anomaly into the downtown, Cidade Alta it's called\u2026 and I saw something out of the corner of my eye. We were going down this alleyway between a bunch of flats, and it was getting really windy. And I got distracted by this torn-up trash bag, out of the corner of my eye, I mean\u2026 Anyways, I started looking at this bag because it also made sense, you know, to not be looking at the anomaly in case she looked back. But then I got jumped.\nIt wasn't the anomaly. Just some small-time crook with a submachine gun. Wasn't even holding it right. I was reaching into my pocket to give him a fake wallet, and then there was just a clattering of gunfire. And first I thought I was dead, but then I realized, no, my ears were ringing and I couldn't hear anything else so I had to be alive. So I just kicked back on reflex to disarm the kid, and then I got a good look around. That fucking trash bag had blown up behind us and smacked into the kid - there was like a rock in it or something - and spooked him so his shots went all over the damn place. And one of those shots must've hit the buildings, and this massive chunk of brick came down and absolutely brained the reality bender.\nSo the gangbanger was on the ground and the bend - anomaly was probably dead, so I called in for backup, and that's pretty much what happened\u2026 though there was one more weird thing. Probably nothing, but you can't be too careful with\u2026 anomalies like that.\nInterviewer: What was it?\nP.: When the wind picked up the bag - well, it almost looked like a circus monkey running away. Like\u2026 you ever seen in Calvin and Hobbes, where Calvin and Hobbes are stacked on top of each other in a trench coat? Kind of like that.\n\nTarget 79: Jinotega, Nicaragua (18/09/19\u2588\u2588)\nSummary: A summoning by a minor cult resulted in the creation of a severely deformed and mentally disabled Type-5 reality bender (Alpha Threat) that instigated [REDACTED]. However, intervention by SCP-2820 neutralized the Alpha Threat and prevented a more severe catastrophe. Given the massive repercussions of the event, a more time-and-resource-intensive investigation into the event was authorized; including interviews with civilians in the area, forensic reconstructions of the area, and the use of [REDACTED]. Due to the sensitive information contained in this document, full access is limited to Department of Thaumaturgy personnel.\nRecreated Timeline:\n09:08 (16/09): Man drops ballpoint pen on ground.\n09:16 (16/09): Leader of cult walks by and slips on ballpoint pen. This results in her being delayed by two minutes to catch a bus.\n[REDACTED]\n13:16 (16/09): Minor cult member, sent as secondary option, picks up wrong flintlock rifle, presumably due to unfamiliarity with firearms.\n[REDACTED]\n17:50 (17/09): As a result of ecto-copulation, an anomalous storm pattern forms over the Mancotal Dam. Foundation Meteorological Department identifies anomalously rapid formation of storm system, which is confirmed to be of thaumaturgic origin. Omega-8 is deployed to Jinotega.\n[REDACTED]\n04:22 (18/09): Agent Barnes regurgitates Alpha Threat, thus partially completing the third portion of the aforementioned prophecy. Alpha Threat levitates trench coat.\n[REDACTED]\n05:43 (18/09): SCP-2820 fires.\n[REDACTED]\n07:16 (18/09): Laws of gravity briefly cease working in a cylinder around the top of the dam, causing the Homo superior to asphyxiate.\n08:34 (18/09): Laws of gravity reinstated around top of dam.\n[REDACTED]\n14:47 (18/09): Frog detonates bomb, preventing Alpha Threat's complete rebirth.\n[REDACTED]\n21:40 (18/09): Rock falls out of coat pocket onto bottle of tequila, breaking it and averting an XK-Class scenario.\n[REDACTED]\n23:47 (18/09): Trench coat is thrown onto flintlock rifle, which inadvertently discharges, striking Alpha Threat in the head and killing it.\n01:10 (19/09): Cleanup operation begins.\n\nTarget 91: [REDACTED] (08/05/2000)\nSummary: SCP-2820 targeted the Site Director of Site-75. All attempts to destroy or deactivate it were unsuccessful. The Director was killed when the Scranton Anchors used to protect his safehouse suffered an unprecedented malfunction.\n09:47 (08/05): SCP-2820 begins tracking William Bell, Director of Site-75, who is immediately detained, examined, and found to be wholly non-anomalous.\n22:13 (08/05): An attempt is made to destroy SCP-2820 with high explosives, but it is undamaged by the attempt. Further attempts to destroy the anomaly are unsuccessful.\n03:15 (09/05): Bell is transported to a Level 5 safehouse with all possible precautions against anomalies, including the usage of Scranton Reality Anchors.\n07:47 (09/05): SCP-2820 fires.\n17:36 (09/05): An unexpected defect in the structure of the SRAs causes a feedback loop which results in massive spatial deformation, killing Bell and destroying the safe house.\n18:06 (09/05): SCP-2820 is interviewed.\n\n| last login: tue aug 30 22:37:23 on ttys000\n| VSHNV:~ PL%default$:\n| PL%default: help\n| KALKI: hello. how are you?\n| PL%default: why did you kill that last person? he was not anomalous.\n| KALKI: he had not yet awakened to his true form. within ten years he would have discovered that he was a sunyavadi, and wreaked havoc upon mankind. i prevented that.\n| PL%default: how do you know that he would have been anomalous?\n| KALKI: i am transcendent. i am all-pervading. i am your past, your future, your present. for you, he would have eventually become a sunyavadi. for me, he had always been a sunyavadi.\n| PL%default: how did you kill him?\n| KALKI: time is meaningless. i shaped his past that his future would destroy him.\n| PL%default: how do we know you did not kill him for some other reason?\n| KALKI: i do not enjoy taking lives. before i awoke to my true form, i wished to explore outer space. but i chose to fulfill my duties and end the kali yuga. i ended the sunyavadi's life because it was my dharma4.\n| KALKI: i am lord vishnu. the preserver. what i do, i do to bring humanity into a golden age.\n| KALKI has logged off.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Prominent deity in Hindu mythology, said to come down to earth periodically in the form of avatars to defeat evil\n2. Demons that figure prominently in Hindu eschatology\n3. Sixth avatar of Vishnu\n4. Term in Hinduism for living in accordance with principles of righteousness\n\n\u00ab SCP-2819 | SCP-2820 | SCP-2821 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item#: 2821\n\nLevel4\n\nContainment Class:\nketer\n\nSecondary Class:\nnone\n\nDisruption Class:\namida\n\nRisk Class:\ncritical\n\nlink to memo\n\nSPECIAL CONTAINMENT PROCEDURES: SCP-2821 must be monitored on a constant basis for any changes in behavior and size. Geiger counters and cameras are to be lined throughout the chamber, with two Minkowski Spacetime Monitors set up within a 0.5 kilometer distance around SCP-2821's chamber. The tunnel leading from Lunar Area-32 to SCP-2821 is to be maintained and routinely checked for radiation. Two airlocks coated with lead foil are placed at the entrance of the tunnel and the midway point of it to prevent contamination of Lunar Area-32 from gamma rays and decaying isotopes. The cover above the hole from the lunar surface to SCP-2821's chamber should resemble the lunar landscape to reduce risk of discovery from cameras. This cover should be made of heat absorbing materials to match the temperature of the surrounding surface. Transmissions of any sort from SCP-2821 must be reported to Level 4/2821 researchers immediately, along with any possible signs of communication. Non-Foundation personnel that detect these transmissions will be interrogated and administered amnestics.\nDESCRIPTION: SCP-2821 is a spherical spatial anomaly, theorized to be a true vacuum1, located 1.25 km from Lunar Area-32 in a spherical cavern with a diameter of 0.9 km. The size of SCP-2821 changes erratically at the speed of light, though it currently has a diameter of ~0.55 km. Any objects entering SCP-2821 will become subject to the current laws of physics within the anomaly, which change at random intervals2, often causing the destruction of said object. At times objects can be seen forming or moving around within SCP-2821, labeled SCP-2821-1 instances. Occasionally SCP-2821-1 instances have left SCP-2821, often breaking apart into various radioactive isotopes and particles. One central entity can be seen within the anomaly, labeled SCP-2821-2. This entity appears as a mass of rapidly flashing colors, with occasional tendrils coming out of it, and has remained permanently in the center of SCP-2821 since its discovery. It is theorized that SCP-2821-2 is either the cause of the anomaly or is preventing its expansion.\nOccasionally radio transmissions are detected coming from SCP-2821. A majority of these radio transmission are static, though some contain speech from an unknown individual and miscellaneous noises. The length and times at which these transmissions occur are random, though some of their content has similar themes. Investigation into this is in progress.\nSCP-2821 was discovered during tunneling from Lunar Area-32 to Lunar Area-13, which would have served as a means of transportation between the two sites. On 13/4/2015, after digging 1.25 km from Area-32, a piece of mining equipment fell into a large cavern containing SCP-2821. At this point the cavern had a diameter of 0.8 km, and SCP-2821's size was fluctuating at a rapid rate. During the ensuing investigation and development of containment procedures SCP-2821 reached a diameter of 0.3 km for a day, before reaching 0.9 km, creating the current cavern size and creating a hole to the lunar surface. This investigation led to the current accepted theory of this being a true vacuum.\nIf SCP-2821 were to begin expanding at the rate dictated in quantum field theory, it would lead to a VK-Class reality restructuring event3, with anything entering the anomaly following its new laws of physics and chemistry. As it takes 1.3 seconds for light to travel from the Earth to the moon and vice versa, both the moon and Earth would be destroyed before the Foundation could take a course of action. After ~6 hours most of the solar system would be destroyed. As the size of SCP-2821 changes at random, this could occur at any given time.\nWork on creating a suitable means of containment to prevent a VK-Class event is currently in development. The leading plan, Project Heisenberg-Stiriacus, involves the development of a modified Scranton Reality Anchor to either force SCP-2821 into staying at a set size or to neutralize it. Current issues with the plan include transportation of the device to Lunar Area-32 and the possibility of unknown interactions between SCP-2821 and the device, which could cause worsened containment or the expansion of the anomaly.4\nADDENDUM.2821.1: Below is a table detailing physics seen in SCP-2821, each designated with \u03c6 and a number. This only lists the longest lasting and important physics states. A full document of all recorded states and further information can be seen in Document SCP-2821-V1.\n\nDesignation\nDescription\nDuration\n\n2821-\u03c60\nThis is the designation for a majority of the physics sets seen in SCP-2821. This is not any single physics set, but refers to periods where the anomaly is rapidly changing its physics or when the physics prevent any major visible effects. The most that is seen in this is occasional particles, a visual effect resembling static, and clouds of particles. These particles usually last for a few seconds or less. This state is likely what a non-anomalous true vacuum would appear like if one were to exist. Occasional radio transmissions consisting of static are detected coming from SCP-2821 in this set.\nVariable\n\n2821-\u03c62\nDuring this set SCP-2821-1 instances in the form of light blue rocky objects were orbiting SCP-2821-2. A probe was sent into SCP-2821, which experienced some communication issues. It began to be pulled into orbit, and was destroyed when three SCP-2821-1 instances collided with the probe and destroyed it. A secondary probe equipped with thrusters that would activate three minutes after entering SCP-2821, around the time it enters orbit, was sent into the anomaly a week later. Upon thruster activation the probe began to exit SCP-2821 with two SCP-2821-1 instances following. These instances vanished after exiting SCP-2821, releasing large amounts of gamma radiation. Equipment onboard the probe detected ~0.7 G's coming from SCP-2821-2 when it was briefly in orbit. Camera footage taken shows the area outside of SCP-2821 as heavily distorted, suggesting that outside light is bent when entering the anomaly. So far this has been the only physics set to allow for objects originating from outside of SCP-2821 to survive within the anomaly.\n3 Weeks\n\n2821-\u03c67\nInitially, the set resembled 2821-\u03c62, but after an hour all movement of the SCP-2821-1 instances ceased. During this, sensors in the chamber detected a temperature of 0.00000001 Kelvin before malfunctioning and breaking. Objects brought into the chamber would lose momentum as it got closer to SCP-2821, gradually slowing until reaching a complete stop.5 It is unknown how cold SCP-2821 got during this, though it is likely the temperature reached temperatures incredibly close to 0 Kelvin. SCP-2821-2 experienced no changes in movement or behavior. Following the end of this set a radio transmission was detected saying, \"The place outside of worlds.\"6\n12 Hours\n\n2821-\u03c611\nVarious SCP-2821-1 instances were seen drifting through SCP-2821, resembling a variety of green, blue, and purple complex hypotrochoids and epicycloids7. Inspection with long zoom cameras shows that these instances are also composed of smaller hypotrochoids and epicycloids, possibly going down to the atomic level. It is believed that these structures are the result of atoms being able to form chemical bonds that naturally form these shapes. At times smaller instances would go through gaps in larger ones and vanish. One instance exited SCP-2821 and immediately broke apart into radioactive isotopes of carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen. A radio transmission of Hurrian Hymn No. 6, the oldest known melody, being sung by female voice was detected three times in this set.\n1 Month\n\n2821-\u03c614\nFor one month various SCP-2821-1 instances resembling nebulae manifested inside SCP-2821, with bright spots similar in appearance to stars in and around them. After this month the color of SCP-2821-1 instances and SCP-2821-2 began to become red in hue over the course of 2 months, with movement decreasing as well. At the end of these two months no movement was observed, and everything in SCP-2821 was colored with various shades of red. It theorized that this was redshift8 caused by the speed of light decreasing in the anomaly. Three months later SCP-2821 entered another physics set, with normal coloration returning after an hour. This is believed to be the speed of light returning to its normal value. A radio transmission was detected coming from SCP-2821 at the end of this set by Foundation radio telescopes, which showed the cosmic microwave background with a Sierpinski triangle9 overlayed on it.\n6 Months\n\n2821-\u03c615\nIn this set SCP-2821-2 was replaced with a black spherical object and SCP-2821 reached a brightness of ~100,000 lumens per square meter. SCP-2821-1 instances were rapidly expelled from the spherical object, damaging equipment in the chamber and the chamber walls. The instances were twisted chunks of rock and metal, along with unknown objects made of various elements on the Foundation's expanded periodic table10. One chunk of metal had what resembled the insignia of the Foundation Orbital Division on it, along with unknown text below it. Minkowski Spacetime Monitors around the anomaly detected -190 trillion G's during this set. It is unknown what happened in this set, with theories including the reversal of gravity and the formation of a white hole11.\n24 Hours\n\n2821-\u03c617\nFor approximately four hours SCP-2821, along with any SCP-2821-1 instances present, and SCP-2821-2 disappeared. Experiments performed in the space previously occupied by SCP-2821 showed no anomalous properties, suggesting that the anomaly had been neutralized at the time. After the four hours SCP-2821 reappeared operating under the physics of 2821-\u03c611. It is theorized that the event was the result of SCP-2821's physics randomly becoming standard physics, though it is unknown how this could occur with its possible state as a true vacuum. This has led to debate over the accuracy of this theory. Despite this event a radio transmission was detected coming from where SCP-2821 formerly was after 3 hours, saying \"The mind numbs in that white expanse.\"\n4 Hours\n\n2821-\u03c620\nOne of SCP-2821-2's tendrils began to extend to lengths beyond those which have been previously observed, forming a spiral pattern centered around SCP-2821-2. After expanding to the edge of SCP-2821, Foundation Anti-Cognitohazard bots blocked footage of the rest of the event. This event is the only observed behavior of its kind from SCP-2821-2. A request to experiment with the footage to determine any cognitohazardous effects is pending.\n5 minutes\n\nADDENDUM.2821.2: On 15/9/2016 a radio transmission originating from SCP-2821 was detected. The transmission was four minutes long, with audio composed of static, multiple languages, and miscellaneous noises. Known languages used are Spanish, Icelandic, Yiddish, Scottish Gaelic, Ortothan, and Esperanto. Below is a mostly translated transcript of the transmission. Words that have no exact translation to English are in brackets along with any sounds or unknown words. Capitalized sentences show any loud portions of the transmission.\n\n[Trapped, imprisoned]\nThere was void, and it was maddening\n[Horror, abomination] made [Dolphin whistles] stay\nTHEY BUILT A LOCK AND THREW AWAY THE KEY\n[Whale calls] left area out of realms and back to [Unknown]\n[Shattered, broken]\nThe comrades were ensnared in the wires and bled bled bled [Broken]\n[A minute of static]\nThe home returned to is in chaos\nReality ended with [Dolphin whistles] absence\nAND ITS KILLER STARES BACK AT ME AND INTO MY BEING\n[Unknown]\nConsumed and fragmented and torn asunder [Trapped, imprisoned]\nGuards [Unknown] hounds got them and ripped their minds\nThe flesh was extracted and stored forever\n[Fix, repair]\n[A minute of static]\nYesodon12, the horrid name\nAND WHEN IT IS SLAIN\nWhen the embodiment [Unknown] is struck down\n[Sounds similar to construction work] [Order, patterns]\n[A minute of static with random fluctuations in volume]\n[Whale whistles] SCREAM\nYESODON LISTEN\n[Static until the end of the transmission, with noises similar to the sound of waves]\n\nFootnotes\n1.\n\nA diagram representing general metastability. In this scenario, 1 represents the Higgs field in a false vacuum, 2 represents the field on the verge of transition, and 3 represents the Higgs field in a newly formed true vacuum. At this point the field would have the lowest potential energy.\n\nAccording to quantum field theory, a vacuum refers to space with as little energy as possible in it. As quantum fields still exist, by removing as much energy as possible creates a false vacuum, which does not have the global possible minimum of energy. The global minimum of energy would be a true vacuum, though there would be a barrier to reaching such a state. This makes a false vacuum metastable, as it could get past the barrier and \"fall\" to the lowest energy levels if certain energy requirements were met. It is theorized that our universe exists as a long-lived false vacuum on the border of stability, based on the mass of the top quark and Higgs boson, an extension of the Higgs field which gives particles interacting with its mass. If an event such as quantum tunneling occurs with the Higgs field, where a particle could \"tunnel\" past a barrier, the result of the Higgs field reaching the lowest energy level would create a true vacuum. The true vacuum would be a bubble expanding in all directions at the speed of light, destroying anything that comes in contact with it. The inside of the true vacuum would operate under entirely different laws of chemistry and physics than the universe.\nIn short, a true vacuum is a region of space at the lowest possible energy level, expanding at the speed of light. Said region would operate under different laws of chemistry and physics, leading to the destruction of anything entering it.\n\n2. The longest lasting and most important ones are detailed in Addendum-1.\n3. An event where the universe's existing physical laws are altered to new anomalous laws.\n4. Refer to the documents \"Proposal for the Proper Containment of SCP-2821\" and \"Project Heisenberg-Stiriacus Overview\" for further information.\n5. This decrease in momentum was likely the result of particle movement decreasing as the temperature got colder, which stops entirely at 0 Kelvin or absolute zero.\n6. Translated from Nepali.\n7. Mathematical roulette curves, typically drawn with a spirograph.\n8. Redshift is an effect in physics where light coming from an object increases in wavelength towards the red end of the spectrum, which occurs when an object is moving farther away from the viewer. This is caused by light coming from the object taking longer to reach the viewer as it moves away. The opposite of this with an object heading towards the viewer is known as blueshift.\n9. A fractal made of equilateral triangles.\n10. A majority of the elements were Emblanium and Yakirum.\n11. A hypothetical region of space time that cannot be entered from the outside, but matter and light can leave it. Essentially the reverse of a black hole.\n12. Believed to be an organization or unofficial name for one, based on texts from GoI#03088 (\"The Church of the Second Hytoth\").\n\n\u00ab SCP-2820 | SCP-2821 | SCP-2822 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Location of initial SCP-2822 discovery.\n\nItem #: SCP-2822\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A perimeter is to be established in the valley surrounding the Foundation-acquired residence at the foot of Madone di C\u00e0medo, which functions as a rendezvous point for Foundation personnel and SCP-2822.\nFour security officers and five research staff members are to be stationed at the Madone di C\u00e0medo home. The perimeter is to be patrolled by security personnel three times each day, with rotating shifts. Should a non-authorized individual attempt to enter the perimeter, they are to be turned away with the explanation that the land is privately owned and undergoing environmental restoration.\nLevel-2 security clearance is required for direct interaction with SCP-2822. If an instance of SCP-2822-B is isolated from the population of SCP-2822-A, personnel are to guide an SCP-2822-A individual to accompany them in retrieval of the 2822-B instance.\nGrass and other vegetation within the perimeter is to be routinely trimmed to ensure SCP-2822 visibility. SCP-2822-B are to be washed monthly, and a count of individuals is to be performed daily to identify any new additions to the population.\nDescription: SCP-2822 is the collective designation for two populations of rock-based anomalous entities, SCP-2822-A and SCP-2822-B.\nSCP-2822-A are humanoid entities comprised of tightly-packed crushed stone calcite gravel, standing approximately 30 cm in height. The chemical makeup of SCP-2822-A is consistent with that of sedimentary rock samples taken from the initial discovery site. SCP-2822-A individuals lack digits and facial features, and do not appear to be capable of verbal communication. SCP-2822-A are able to move autonomously using bipedal locomotion, but tend to remain stationary for long periods of time. SCP-2822 instances do not appear to need any form of sustenance.\nSCP-2822-B are mineral solids of various shapes and sizes (relative to SCP-2822-A dimensions) which universally demonstrate independent locomotion, usually through rolling.1 When in the presence of other SCP-2822-B instances, SCP-2822-B engage in social behaviors (e.g., herding, grazing on mosses and lichens) common to domesticated animal livestock. Currently, 36 specimens of SCP-2822-B have been identified and tagged. Of note, thirteen SCP-2822-B were created under Foundation surveillance.\nField observations have indicated that instances of SCP-2822-B are most commonly generated when an SCP-2822-A individual makes physical contact with a mineral solid for an extended period of time, usually by holding a stone in its hands. SCP-2822-A exhibit discerning behaviors when selecting new material for SCP-2822-B instances, and tend to favor roughly-spherical stones 10-20 cm in diameter, and ranging in weight from 2 to 4 kg. Additionally, any mineral solids contaminated with artificial materials, including plastics, will be ignored by SCP-2822-A.\nCurrently, the Foundation has recorded the following notable attributes of SCP-2822-B individuals:\n\nPreference for following and remaining within 10 meters of SCP-2822-A.\nAbility to distinguish between individual SCP-2822-A entities and potentially imprinting of specific SCP-2822-A entities as caretakers.\nDefensive behaviors, including rolling at increased speeds to disrupt nesting birds.\nGrowing a coat of progressive layers of moss and lichen. Chemical analysis of moss samples taken from SCP-2822-B indicates no anomalous substances present.\nMaturation, as evidenced by incremental size increases.\nDevelopment of a small hollow cavity, similar to those of geodes, once the individual has exceeded 50 cm in diameter.\n\nAddendum 2822-1: SCP-2822 initially came to Foundation attention following reports of unusual landslides in the Madone di C\u00e0medo mountain in Switzerland.\nAmina Favre, an elderly citizen of Cevio inhabiting a small residence at the foot of the mountain, was noted to have traveled on foot regularly to Madone di C\u00e0medo. Foundation inspection revealed that she did so in order to interact with SCP-2822. When questioned, Favre claimed she had been visiting the mountain for 13 years, and had become familiar with SCP-2822 to the point of giving both SCP-2822-A and SCP-2822-B instances names and bathing SCP-2822-B instances regularly.\nFavre was granted Foundation protection and allowed to continue visits to SCP-2822. She passed away six months following her contact with Foundation agents, at the age of 87. As per her wishes, Foundation personnel interred Favre at Madone di C\u00e0medo in the presence of SCP-2822-A.\nUpon the first direct contact with Foundation individuals, SCP-2822-B ignored the personnel, while SCP-2822-A instances maintained a moderate distance when approached. Subsequent visits involving Foundation staff carrying buckets of soapy water were met with curiosity, and eventual enthusiasm from SCP-2822-A individuals, which proceeded to make simple gestures to SCP-2822-B instances indicating a preference for what order they should be cleaned in.\nAt the time of containment establishment, there were three recorded instances of SCP-2822-A and 23 recorded instances of SCP-2822-B.\nAddendum 2822-2: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a new instance of SCP-2822-A was noticed among the population of SCP-2822. The new instance was accompanied by a pair of SCP-2822-B individuals, possessing an unusual composition of marble and limestone. The current SCP-2822-A population quickly accepted the new instance into the group following a brief examination of the new 2822-B.\nThe range of stone materials SCP-2822-A are familiar with is unknown. Of note, SCP-2822-A have been known to exhibit some familiarity with mother-of-pearl, as per testimony related to Foundation personnel by Amina Favre describing how SCP-2822 reacted to various trinkets she brought to them.\nAddendum 2822-3: As of approximately seven months following Amina Favre's passing, SCP-2822-A have been noted to visit Favre's grave to leave swathes of moss taken from SCP-2822-B over the headstone.\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the entire SCP-2822 population visited Favre's grave, led by an SCP-2822-A individual holding a new instance of SCP-2822-B believed to have been generated from an existing 2822-B individual. The new instance possessed a vivid blue coloration, believed to be due to the metamorphic rock composition containing lapis lazuli. As of that time, only two SCP-2822-B individuals were known to possess metamorphic rock compositions.\nSubsequent imaging of the SCP-2822-B population found that three \"mature\" 2822-B individuals were carrying small stones within their hollow cavity.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Specimens of SCP-2822-B that do not exceed 3 kg in weight or have sustained damage are observed to slide smoothly along surfaces instead.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2821 | SCP-2822 | SCP-2823 \u00bb"}
{"text": "First photographic record of an SCP-2823 event.\n\nItem #: SCP-2823\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to the unpredictable location, wide range, and spontaneity of SCP-2823 events, physical containment of SCP-2823 is currently impractical. Foundation personnel in the Environment Agency are to monitor flood defences throughout the East of England for potential SCP-2823 events, and surveillance cameras have been fitted at all pumping stations deemed at risk from SCP-2823.\nUse of amnestics up to Class-B is authorised for civilian participants in SCP-2823 events. Anomalous regional temperature shifts caused by SCP-2823 are well within normal climatic bounds; media coverage thereof is thus not considered to be a threat to containment. Damage caused by SCP-2823 events is to be attributed to poor maintenance and/or soil composition of land in the East of England. Affected sites are to be cleaned of graffiti.\nResearch, Response and Engagement protocols related to SCP-2823 are to be handled by Site-\u2588\u2588's MTF-Kappa-17 (Yellow Anorak).\nDescription: SCP-2823 is an event affecting an area of former wetland within the counties of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Lincolnshire in the United Kingdom. This area, referred to traditionally as the Fens or Fenland, was mostly converted into arable land from the 17th century onwards via a system of ditches and pumping stations.\nEstimates for how long SCP-2823 has been extant are imprecise at best, due to its overlap with contemporaneous rural protest movements. SCP-2823 was first officially catalogued in 1863, under the auspices of Her Majesty's Foundation for the Secure Containment of the Paranormal (HMFSCP), passing into modern containment after [REDACTED].\nSCP-2823 begins with the sabotage of pumping stations, ditches and flood defences used to maintain drainage of the arable fenland. As fen-drainage has caused gradual shrinkage of land below sea level, failure of the overall drainage network causes significant flooding and consequent property damage.\nMachinery affected by SCP-2823 appears to have been forcibly broken by implements tentatively identified as shovels or hammers, though surveillance of affected sites reveals no evidence of break-in. Blockage and disruption of piping and plumbing systems previously caused enormous damage to windmill, coal and diesel pumping setups; the introduction of closed system electric pumps after the Second World War has largely prevented blockages from SCP-2823.\nSCP-2823 is accompanied by the appearance of graffiti on affected buildings and machinery, most commonly depicting stylised Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris tigris) rendered in red and blue paint. Graffiti appearing within Cambridgeshire and Norfolk has also rarely depicted a triple golden-crown on a blue field, the traditional coat of arms of East Anglia.\n\nNot only are SCP-2823 events getting progressively less powerful, they also seem to be moving further apart. \u2588\u2588\u2588 and I plotted them out and it looks like they've been gradually slowing since first observation, just not dramatically enough for us to pay attention until we started to get empty years.\nNot sure if it's slowing down because it's causing less damage, or if it's just correlated. It also seems like it's striking easier targets, pumping stations with older machinery. I've recommended to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 that he press for improvements at those sites.\n- Agent M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nFields flooded as a result of SCP-2823 undergo a rapid temperature drop which freezes floodwaters to heights of up to a few metres.1 Once floodwaters have frozen, humanoid entities designated SCP-2823-1 gather in number upon the ice. The number of SCP-2823-1 instances fluctuates between events, but has steadily decreased over time to its current low.\nSCP-2823-1 instances are clothed in an anachronistic mix of 16th-19th century rural English working-class clothing, and speak in the distinct historical dialect of the fenland. Original HMFSCP research records on SCP-2823 were significantly compromised following [REDACTED], with only the summary document and older photographic documentation remaining.\nPhotographed SCP-2823-1 instances recur inconsistently between SCP-2823 events, with the exception of several always-recurring figures identifying themselves by the names of prominent fen-skaters of the 'Golden Age'.2 Many of these historical fen-skaters were alive or indeed born after the first official record of SCP-2823, but the lack of surviving HMFSCP research makes it impossible to determine whether these recurring figures were identified within SCP-2823 before or during their lifetimes.\nSCP-2823-1 instances are welcoming and friendly and will actively invite in passers-by and families from nearby villages.3 Attempts to distract SCP-2823-1 from their activities, including with interview, are met with irritation and are generally ignored. Attempts to disrupt SCP-2823 or detain instances for interview are responded to with verbal protest and eventually violence.\n\nUpdate 19/09/1975: Recurring SCP-2823 instances clearly remember previous attendees and have shown familiarity and willingness to engage with Foundation agents previously assigned to SCP-2823. Given this, and the length of time required to train agents to effectively communicate with SCP-2823, continuity of personnel assigned to SCP-2823 is considered a priority.\nAttempts to question SCP-2823 instances about SCP-2823 events have largely met with failure, with instances secretive and unwilling to discuss the subject. Our current working hypothesis is that the instances fear being incriminated themselves. We believe that with time and further engagement, instances may trust our current agents enough to help shed light on the initial damage caused by SCP-2823 events.\n\nUpon assembling, SCP-2823-1 will engage in drinking, celebration and conversation among themselves, largely jovial with the exception of frequent and ongoing complaints about the Levels.4 In particular, SCP-2823-1 regularly engage in recitations of the traditional protest song 'Powte's5 Complaint'. (See Addendum 1). An indeterminate time after assembling, SCP-2823-1 instances use gathered supplies to set up a fen-skating course, including (during darker periods) permanent iron-wrought gas-burning lampposts.\nOnce the course has been constructed, SCP-2823-1 engage in a traditional fen-skating tournament, conducted in Welsh Main format with up to 32 competitors.6 Once a winner is determined, the \u00a310 prize purse is distributed to competitors and the fen-skating course is meticulously cleared. SCP-2823-1 instances disperse, appearing to vanish as they cross the threshold of SCP-2823's influence. The ice then melts and floodwaters recede.\n\nTranscript 2823-21\n\nTranscript 2823-21\n\nThe following transcription has been significantly edited to ease comprehension of the spoken language. The original recording can be accessed as part of the General Inventory of Site-\u2588\u2588. SCP-2823-1 Count: 141 individuals.\nAgent M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was deployed to an SCP-2823 event after several years of research into both SCP-2823 itself and the distinct spoken cadence of SCP-2823-1 instances. His specific mission parameters were simply to establish more significant rapport with SCP-2823 than had been achieved previously.\n[01:34:34]\nAgent M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Evening.\nSCP-2823-1: Evening.\nAgent M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Nice day for it.\nSCP-2823-1: [grunt] Not bad. Better than '86.\nAgent M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: [laughter] Lot of fenmen on their arses that winter.\nSCP-2823-1: [laughter] Too right.\nAgent M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: [spits] Turnout don't seem great these days.\nSCP-2823-1: Aye. Things change.\n\nTranscript 2823-26\n\nTranscript 2823-26\n\nThe following transcription has been significantly edited to ease comprehension of the spoken language. The original recording can be accessed as part of the General Inventory of Site-\u2588\u2588. SCP-2823-1 Count: 123 individuals.\n[02:14:03]\nAgent M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You nervous?\nSCP-2823-1: [huffs] Bricking it. Haven't raced proper since the little one came.\nAgent M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Balance issues?\nSCP-2823-1: [laughter] Careful, you, I've sharpened these.\nAgent M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Nah, you'll be alright. Dave's girl's wobbly on the sweep, you'll pace her easy.\nSCP-2823-1: She turns well.\nAgent M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Could just push her over.\nSCP-2823-1: [laughter]\n\nTranscript 2823-34\n\nTranscript 2823-34\n\nThe following transcription has been significantly edited to ease comprehension of the spoken language. The original recording can be accessed as part of the General Inventory of Site-\u2588\u2588. SCP-2823-1 Count: 110 individuals.\nTranscript 53 marks a shift in Foundation protocol towards SCP-2823 instances, with Agent D\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 now also part of regular response to SCP-2823 events. Agent D\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has undergone dialect training under Agent M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's tutelage, and is considered fully conversant. Agent D\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has been instructed not to identify with the Foundation, but to pose as a local drawn in by SCP-2823. This altered protocol reflects updated strategy for obtaining information on SCP-2823 onset.\n[00:56:22]\nAgent D\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Nah nah nah, wasn't the robbery exactly that got him sent down so long, more the disrespect. They just wanted to punish him for answering back.\nSCP-2823-1: [spits] Sounds like the plod.\nAgent D\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: 'Specially these new ones they've got in. Londoners, I think.\nSCP-2823-1: Yeah, it will be. They don't trust us lot to thread a needle.\nAgent D\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Is it as bad as that?\nSCP-2823-1: They've already taken our livelihoods. Can't respect a man if you can do that to him.\n\nTranscript 2823-53\n\nTranscript 2823-53\n\nThe following transcription has been significantly edited to ease comprehension of the spoken language. The original recording can be accessed as part of the General Inventory of Site-\u2588\u2588. SCP-2823-1 Count: 88 individuals.\n[05:43:20]\nAgent M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Beautiful win from that Berry lad.\nSCP-2823-1: S'the long legs, gives him that extra push.\nAgent M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Good race technically, I reckon.\nSCP-2823-1: Not like the shambles we had in the semis. Who's the Smart lad with the daft name - ?\nAgent M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: - Fish.\nSCP-2823-1: [laughter] Aye, Fish. Boy couldn't stick a turn if the reaper had his own pink arse on the wager.\n\nTranscript 2823-54\n\nTranscript 2823-54\n\nThe following transcription has been significantly edited to ease comprehension of the spoken language. The original recording can be accessed as part of the General Inventory of Site-\u2588\u2588. SCP-2823-1 Count: 88 individuals.\nTranscript 54 marks the first instance of meaningful information from SCP-2823-1 instances regarding the onset of SCP-2823 events. It followed an unusually destructive event, responsible for significant property damage to homes within the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 development.\n[03:01:23]\nAgent D\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You hear about the level? Collapsed overnight.\nSCP-2823-1: S'what happens to people who try to camp out on Jack Flood's turf.\nAgent D\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You taking the piss?\nSCP-2823-1: Nah, nah.\n[EXTENDED SILENCE]\nAgent D\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You haven't done something stupid, have you?\n[EXTENDED SILENCE]\nAgent D\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: If you get caught -\nSCP-2823-1: Calm yourself, girl. Flood don't need me to do anything, does he? He's got his own hands.\n\nTranscript 2823-62\n\nTranscript 2823-62\n\nThe following transcription has been significantly edited to ease comprehension of the spoken language. The original recording can be accessed as part of the General Inventory of Site-\u2588\u2588. SCP-2823-1 Count: 61 individuals.\n[02:51:36]\nSCP-2823-1: Alright \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nAgent M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Alright Fred.\nSCP-2823-1: Not drinking, old man?\nAgent M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Nah, not today.\nSCP-2823-1: Ah, 'course, I forget you're working. [slapping Agent M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's shoulder] Good thing that.\nAgent M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Eh? How's that?\nSCP-2823-1: [spits] Nice knowing we'll be remembered.\n\nAddendum 1\n\nPowte's Complaint\n\nCome, Brethren of the water and let us all assemble\nTo treat upon this matter, which makes us quake and tremble;\nFor we shall rue, if it be true, t' Fens be undertaken,\nAnd where we feed in Fen and Reed, they'll feed both Beef and Bacon.\nThey'll sow both beans and oats, where never man yet thought it,\nWhere men did row in boat, ere the undertakers bought it:\nBut, Ceres, thou behold us now, let wild oats be their venture,\nOh let the frogs and miry bogs destroy where they do enter.\nBehold the great design, which they do now determine,\nWill make our bodies pine, a prey to crows and vermine:\nFor they do mean all Fens to drain, and waters overmaster,\nAll will be dry, and we must die, 'cause Essex calves want pasture.\nThe feather'd fowls have wings, to fly to other nations;\nBut we have no such things, to aid our transportations;\nWe must give place (oh grievous case) to horn\u00e9d beasts and cattle,\nExcept that we can all agree to drive them out by battle.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Based on topographical records of affected sites, this appears to 'restore' land to historical depths before soil shrinkage caused by wetland reclamation.\n2. Recorded 'permanent members' thusfar include William 'Turkey' Smart, brothers 'Fish' and James Smart, Sophie Winters, Genevieve Dewsbury, Laura Parvitt, Robert League, Fortitude Johnson, Larman Register, and John Berry. All of these instances appear roughly the same age, despite their historical counterparts having being born at wildly varying times.\n3. This invitation does not appear to have anomalous or cognitohazardous properties, nor any lasting effect on civilian participants beyond enjoyment of the festivities.\n4. The Levels were the successive draining projects which converted the Fenland into farmland.\n5. An archaic dialect term for fowler.\n6. The last six SCP-2823 events have only included 16 competitors, due to reduced attendance.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2822 | SCP-2823 | SCP-2824 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2824\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2824-1 is to be covered evenly by no less than five centimetres of regolith. Observation is to be maintained via remote security camera. At 2 month intervals, crystals at the perimeter are to be examined for growth. If growth from original observation point exceeds 10cm, affected section is to be pruned back to original length. Removed sections are to be collected and packaged for transfer to Site-76 for analysis. Experimentation on and attempts to curtail SCP-2824-1's growth are currently suspended, pending review.\nSCP-2824 -2A, -2B, -2C, -2D, and -2E are held in the Archaeological Mortuary Section of Site-76. Examination is permitted with written approval of Site Manager. Access to contained instances of SCP-2824-2 is currently suspended, pending review.\nSCP-2824-2F is currently held in a secure holding cell in Lunar Observation Site Iota pending transfer to Earth. To ensure compliance, any staff interacting with SCP-2824-2F is to maintain that he is experiencing a delusional episode and that he is being detained in a psychiatric treatment facility for his own safety. Upon return to Earth, SCP-2824-2F is to be administered Class C Amnestics and provided with standard Schizoid Crisis Cover Story 1B, then returned to society. SCP-2824-2F is currently uncontained. Further action regarding SCP-2824-2F is suspended pending review.\nDescription: SCP-2824 is composed of seven objects, designated SCP-2824-1 and SCP-2824-2A through SCP-2824-2F.\nSCP-2824-1 is a flat, circular structure approximately 3km in diameter, located in the Mare Serenitatis on Earth's moon. SCP-2824-1 is composed of blue, macroscopic ideal crystals, with a uniform length of 50cm. The component crystals connect at nodes to form a regular grid. A crater 6m in diameter is located 230m from the edge of SCP-2824-1, within which the grid and its constituent crystals have been pulverized. The remaining crystals around the crater are black, fading into brown and then returning to blue as distance from the crater increases. In the outer section of the structure, extending from the damaged area to the edge and circumscribing the entire circle, the component crystals are irregular and take on a ragged, irregular pattern, intersecting at fewer points and a wider range of angles. At present, SCP-2824-1 exhibits outward growth at a rate of 4.7cm per year. Assuming a constant rate of growth throughout its existence, SCP-2824-1 is hypothesized to be approximately 32,000 years old.\n\n+ SCP-2824-2A\n\n- SCP-2824-2A\n\nSCP-2824-2A is the mummified remains of a male member of the species Homo neanderthalensis, found at the center of SCP-2824-1. SCP-2824-2A was found laying on a woven bier composed of flowering branches of the tree Malus sylvestris1. A single fruiting body was found inside the mouth of SCP-2824-2A, and a crude circlet of thorned branches around the head. A hand axe composed of the same crystal comprising SCP-2824-1 was found on the individual's chest. Cause of death for SCP-2824-2A was determined to be loss of blood due to a deep piercing wound in the lower left abdomen.\n\n+ SCP-2824-2B\n\n- SCP-2824-2B\n\nSCP-2824-2B is the mummified remains of a Homo sapiens male, found approximately 140m within the northern edge of SCP-2824-1. The individual was found wearing heavy furs and bronze jewelry, including a torque, rings, and crown. A bronze sword was found laying near the remains. All metal objects were heavily ornamented, displaying stylized nature motifs focusing on apples. Cause of death was determined to be asphyxiation.\n\n+ SCP-2824-2C\n\n- SCP-2824-2C\n\nSCP-2824-2C is the mummified remains of a Homo sapiens male, found approximately 95m within the eastern edge of SCP-2824-1. Individual was found wearing full-length white robes, an iron headpiece consisting of a band around the temples and one laterally passing over the head, and an iron dagger. Metal objects were heavily ornamented, displaying stylized nature motifs. Cause of death was determined to be asphyxiation.\n\n+ SCP-2824-2D\n\n- SCP-2824-2D\n\nSCP-2824-2D is the mummified remains of a Homo sapiens male, found approximately 47m within the southern border of SCP-2824-1. Individual was found wearing a leather apron and rough-spun tunic. Tools commonly used for forging steel were held in a belt around the individual's waist. The individual's skin was painted with a caustic blue dye in abstract swirling patterns. A steel sword was found lying beside SCP-2824-2D, on which was found a residue of dried blood. Several puncture wounds were located on the individual's back. Cause of death was determined to be asphyxiation.\n\n+ SCP-2824-2E\n\n- SCP-2824-2E\n\nSCP-2824-2E is the mummified remains of Arthur Rountree, found approximately 5m within the western edge of SCP-2824-1. The individual was dressed in attire consistent with a private of the British Army during the first World War. A patch was sewn to the breast pocket of the uniform, depicting an apple surround by thorns against a shield. Research indicates this is a crest belonging to the Rountree family. Standard field-issue items typical of the British Army during WW1 were found on and around the body, including a rifle, ammunition, rations, and an entrenching tool. Cause of death was determined to be asphyxiation. Identification was established based on documents found on the body cross-referenced with casualty lists maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.\n\n+ SCP-2824-2F\n\n- SCP-2824-2F\n\nSCP-2824-2F is Arthur Rountree IV, a 29 year old male of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Wales, UK. On intake, Mr. Rountree was wearing heavy winter clothes, to which is partially attributed the minor damage incurred during retrieval. On his interior right forearm is tattooed the Rountree family crest, identical to that found on SCP-2824-2E. On his interior left forearm is tattooed an elaborate depiction of a sword, on the blade of which is written the word 'Caledfwlch'. Mr. Rountree has shown no anomalous properties apart from his appearance on SCP-2824-1.\n\nObjects in contact with SCP-2824-1 are highly resilient to the detrimental effects of ionizing radiation. Instances of SCP-2824-2 therefore do not exhibit degradation expected of long-term exposure to the lunar surface. Genetic analysis of SCP-2824-2 instances revealed instances B, C, D, E, and F to be direct patrilineal descendants of each preceding instance. Each instance of SCP-2824-2, excluding 2F, was found within 1m of an irregular intersection of crystals in SCP-2824-1. Each irregular intersection exhibited a major void, within which were found fragments crystalline material, all less than 1mm thick. After the events detailed in Event Logs 2824-1 and -2, it is hypothesized that these voids were initially internal, and that unstable growth caused the covering material to shatter, precipitating that translocation of each instance of SCP-2824-2 from Earth to the Moon. The mechanism by which translocation occurs is currently unknown.\nEvent Log 2824-1: On 12/28/2016, containment procedures were initiated on SCP-2824-1. Upon removal of the first section of growth, SCP-2824-2F appeared at the site of damage. Quick intervention by Containment Specialist \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, coupled with the proximity to Enclosed Rover Iota-2, resulted in the retrieval of SCP-2824-2F before irreversible damage occurred. SCP-2824-2F was immediately transferred to Lunar Observation Site Iota, sedated, and treated for decompression sickness and moderate radiation burns. SCP-2824-2F was then transferred to a secure holding cell and detained under observation. See attached interview log.\n\n+ Interview Log 2824-2F-1\n\n- Interview Log 2824-2F-1\n\nInterviewer: Dr. Richard Garfield, Senior Researcher\nInterviewee: SCP-2824-2F\nOnce SCP-2824-2F was determined to be immediately non-anomalous, Dr. Garfield entered the containment cell to conduct an exploratory interview. This marked the first conscious contact subject had with Foundation personnel.\n<Log Begins: 15:33 GMT, 12/29/2016>\nDr. Garfield: Hello, Mr. Rountree. My name is Dr. Garfield. How are you feeling today?\nSCP-2824-2F: Hi. I suppose I'm feeling alright. What's going on? Where am I?\nDr. Garfield: Well, where is it that you think you are?\nSCP:-2824-2F I think\u2026 I kinda think I'm on the moon?\nDr. Garfield: Interesting. Well, you are obviously not on the moon. You are in a facility operated by the Psychiatric Crisis Intervention Foundation. It appears you have experienced a major delusional episode. What do you remember from last night?\nSCP-2824-2F: Last night? I\u2026 I don't know. I was outside my flat, having a fag, and then all of a sudden\u2026 I'm on the moon. I remember it was cold, and I couldn't breathe. I was all light-headed. There was this big blue lattice or something on the ground. And a guy in a space suit? And then there was this\u2026 buggy thing, then a doctor's office, and then\u2026 Then I was in here. In this room. And this is kinda freaking me out, cause the gravity in here feels way too light, and I'm thinking that all the facts make sense and that I AM on the moon, but-\nDr. Garfield: Slow down. There's nothing to be afraid of. You're merely experiencing the tail end of your delusion. I assure you, it will pass. You came to us quite distraught, but you seem to be recovering. Just keep repeating to yourself the phrase 'I am not on the moon' when the feeling becomes overwhelming.\nSCP-2824-2F: OK\u2026\nDr. Garfield: So, I'm afraid that you came to us without much information. It would be helpful to us if you could give us some information regarding your medical and family history.\nSCP-2824-2F: Right. Yeah, sure. I, uh, I don't have any personal history of psychosis, though I have been diagnosed with \u2588\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588\u2588. I'm on \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 for the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 for the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Do you think the meds might have triggered this?\nDr. Garfield: Perhaps. Have you been experiencing any unusual thoughts? Compulsions, hallucinations, false memories, and so on?\nSCP-2824-2F: Now that you mention it, yeah. I've been having this recurring dream. Very vivid. I'm a sorcerer, mourning a powerful king. I'm crying, and my tears turn into crystal when they hit the ground. I forge a sword out of the crystal, and when I place it on his chest, he comes back to life. That's when I wake up.\nDr. Garfield: Interesting. What about your family? Is there any history of mental illness in your family?\nSCP-2824-2F: Nothing that I can think of. Except maybe my great grandfather, Arthur Rountree the First. He went MIA during World War One. No one ever found him or figured out exactly what happened. Everyone assumed he died in the trenches, but Dad said once he thought he might've gone AWOL, changed his name and moved to Paris. Maybe he had a break like mine.\nDr. Garfield: That sounds likely, given your current situation.\nSCP-2824-2F: Right\u2026\nDr. Garfield: Tell me more about yourself. Can you explain your tattoos?\nSCP-2824-2F: What, these? They're nothing, just\u2026 It's silly.\nDr. Garfield: Please. Anything you can tell me will help in your treatment.\nSCP-2824-2F: Well\u2026 Ok. So this one- [ Subject indicates interior right forearm.]- is the Rountree family crest. We used to be part of the landed gentry, if you can believe it. That was a long time ago, though. Grandad was a dock worker and Dad drives a lorry. Hell, I only went to school myself to learn to be a proper blacksmith and stone carver.\nDr. Garfield: And your other tattoo? Kaledfulk. Can you tell me what that means?\nSCP-2824-2F: Caledfwlch. Sorry. It's Welsh. I'm fluent, and it gets under my skin hearing it mispronounced. It's another name for Excalibur. [ Subject is visibly uncomfortable.] It's embarrassing. I told you my family used to be nobility, yeah? There's a family tradition that we\u2026 Oh hell, I feel stupid just saying it. There's a family tradition that we're actually descended from King Arthur. I'm ashamed to say, I used to take it pretty seriously. I must have read every book ever written on the man. I never found anything to link my family to it, though, except tangentially.\nDr. Garfield: What would that be?\nSCP-2824-2F: It's a stretch. Apples are kind of a family theme. It's on the crest and we've grown orchards of them in the past. And the name Avalon, the island where Arthur went and from which he shall return to save Britain, just so happens to be derived from afal, the Welsh word for apple. But that's it. And, of course, that we can't seem to stop naming ourselves Arthur, but that's hardly evidence for anything except obsession.\nDr. Garfield: So in your dreams, you are-\nSCP-2824-2F: I'm Merlin, yes. [ Subject sighs heavily.] My bloody family\u2026\nDr. Garfield: Thank you, Mr. Rountree. That will be all.\nSCP-2824-2F: What? But what about my diagnosis? What about treatment? [ Dr. Garfield exits containment cell.] Oh boy. I'm not on the moon. I'm not on the moon. I'm not on the moon\u2026\n<Log Ends: 15:52 GMT, 12/29/2016>\nOn 1/14/2017, SCP-2824-2F was transferred to Site-76 and remained in quarantine for an additional month. No anomalous properties were observed during that time, and SCP-2824-2F was subsequently administered Class C Amnestics, provided false memories, and returned to society.\n\nEvent Log 2824-2: On 2/17/2017, containment procedures were again initiated on SCP-2824-1, against recommendations of Dr. Garfield. Upon removal of the first section of growth, SCP-2824-2F again appeared at the site. Containment Specialist \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 again retrieved Mr. Rountree and transported him to Lunar Observation Site Iota2. Upon recovery from his injuries, Mr. Rountree was transferred to a secure holding cell. See attached interview log.\n\n+ Interview Log 2824-2F-2\n\n- Interview Log 2824-2F-2\n\nInterviewer: Dr. Richard Garfield, Senior Researcher\nInterviewee: SCP-2824-2F\nAfter stabilization of SCP-2824-2F, Dr. Garfield entered the containment cell to conduct psychological priming in preparation for release of Mr. Rountree.\n<Log Begins: 12:27 GMT, 2/18/2017>\nDr. Garfield: Hello, Mr. Rountree. My name is Dr. Garfield. How are you feeling today?\nSCP-2824-2F: Hi. I guess I'm feeling alright. What's going on? Where am I?\nDr. Garfield: Well, where is it that you think you are?\nSCP-2824-2F: I think\u2026 I kinda think I'm on the moon?\nDr. Garfield: Interesting. Well, you are obviously not on the moon. You are in a facility operated by the Psychiatric Crisis Intervention Foundation. It appears you have experienced a major delusional episode. What do you remember from last night?\nSCP-2824-2F: Last night? I\u2026 I don't know. I was\u2026 Wait. Where did you say I was?\nDr. Garfield: The Psychiatric Crisis Intervention Foundation. Now please, what do you remember?\nSCP-2824-2F: There's no such place.\nDr. Garfield: I'm sorry?\nSCP-2824-2F: There's no such place. Not in the UK. I was looking at schizophrenia treatment just yesterday. Where am I and how did I get here?\nDr. Garfield: Why were you researching schizophrenia treatments?\nSCP-2824-2F: Because I think I'm a fucking twelfth century madman and my dad's a fucking demon. Satisfied? Now where the fuck am I? Who the fuck are you?\nDr. Garfield: If you will excuse me, Mr. Rountree. I must consult with my colleagues.\nSCP-2824-2F: Fuck off.\n<Log Ends: 12:31 GMT, 2/18/2017>\nOn 2/25/2017, SCP-2824-2F was transferred to Site-76 and detained under quarantine.\n\nOn 2/28/2017, SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 underwent containment breach, creating one major and eight minor temporal anomalies within Site-76. After containment of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was reestablished, an inventory of anomalous artifacts was unable to account for SCP-2824-2F. Efforts to relocate Mr. Rountree have failed. Request submitted by Dr. Richard Garfield to review containment and research procedures regarding SCP-2824.\nAddendum 2824-1: On 3/12/2017, Foundation agents embedded at Cardiff University reported a potentially anomalous finding at an archaeological dig site near \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Wales, UK. During excavation, a large, previously unknown cavern was discovered, on the floor of which was found a circular grid design approximately 2.5m in diameter composed of fine white powder, identical to the regular pattern exhibited by the interior of SCP-2824-1. At the center of the pattern was found a series of three rectangular stone tablets, on which was engraved text in Modern Welsh. For full text, see attached Translation Record TL-2824-1. Analysis of the powder revealed a mineralogical composition identical to the component crystals of SCP-2824-1. The dig site has been quarantined as per Foundation Protocol \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\n+ Translation Record TL-2824-1\n\n- Translation Record TL-2824-1\n\nDescription: On 3/14/2017, Foundation agents took possession of a series of three stone tablets from a potentially anomalous archaeological site near \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Wales, UK. Text engraved onto the tablets was determined to be Modern Welsh. Complete translation is as follows.\n\nThese tablets are a testament to my friend and brother, Arthur the Noble, King of the Forest and Lord of the Crystal Blade.\nMany long years ago, I came to this land from far away, and I do not know how it is that such came to be. My life had been simple and safe, and I lived in a world of wonders. I remember it vaguely, yet fondly.\nThis was not to last. My mind was broken, and I was jailed, and sent across a gulf wider than any chasm, and came to find myself in the forest. I did not know what had happened, or where I had been sent, or how to return. I was cold and lost and alone. Such it was that I was found by the People of the Forest.\nThey were short and stocky, and dressed in furs. Their leader made them take me in. They did not want to. The thinkers, creatures like me, were hunting them. There were very few of the People left. They were a dying race. Many of them wanted to kill me. But their leader kept me alive. He taught me their language. He protected me. He liked my name, and so I gave it to him. I survived because of him. I survived because of Arthur.\nI helped them. They knew many things of the woods and nature, they worshiped the apple and the moon, they were gentle and kind, but they were slow. I saw new ways of doing things faster than they did. I gave them better medicine, hotter fire, and sharper blades. They called me magic. I became a figure of power. Arthur understood my abilities better than the rest. They had, in a cave, a stone, blue crystal, that to them was sacred. He brought me to it, and asked me to make the stone into a blade. He believed that with its power, he could save his people from the others of my kind.\nThe work was difficult. The crystal could not be shaped like stone. To any mind of the time, the task would have been impossible. I was required to use knowledge from my previous life, before my time with Arthur and the people of the forest. But the deed was done, and Arthur had a blade sharper and harder and more holy than any his people had ever known.\nIn time, a group of thinkers came to occupy a nearby field. They hunted the people of the forest, ate their men and captured their women and children. The humans stole Arthur's son. Then Arthur decided to act. He came to me and asked my help in rescuing his child and killing the invaders. I agreed. I told him to wait until a night when the moon was dark. I told him that the moon, their god, should not see the blood his people spilled. He understood that the darkness would aid them.\nThe battle was fierce. My kin, armed with tools the people of the forest could not create and that my mind had not conceived, exacted a heavy toll. Dozens of Arthur's people died, and the king himself was wounded. At dawn, I was the only human still breathing in the field, and Arthur's son was free.\nArthur's wound was fatal. He lived for a time, delirious, beyond my ability to aid. Yet he was happy. He had saved his son, and saved his people. I had not the heart to tell him that I knew the future, and that his race was doomed. He asked me one last favour: raise his son to be brave and kind, and teach him my magic as best I could. He died, surrounded by his people, attended by his son and myself.\nHis people looked to me to lay him to rest. I had been his adviser and his friend, and it was my name he had taken. I had them gather branches of the sacred apple tree, and wove a bed for him. I took a length of thorned branches, and twined them about his head. I took an apple, the first fruit of spring, and placed it in his mouth. With that, he was carried to the site of the crystal stone, from which I had pulled his blade, and laid him down. Through a stream of tears, I held his blade aloft, and consecrated him to the holy moon, and bade him return when the last of his blood was to pass from the Earth and protect them as he protected me. I kissed the blade, and placed it on his chest.\nI did not truly believe in the power of the stone, or of my magic, yet at that moment, something truly wonderful occurred. When the crystal blade was lain on his chest, Arthur disappeared. No trace was left, save a handful of dust. His people cried out, and gave praise to the moon, to the apple, to the blade, and to me.\nSo it is that I come to write these words. I swear now that Arthur shall not be forgotten. I shall ensure that his son, now mine, shall not forget the story of his father, but remembers, and hands it down along the generations so that his line shall remember, that they are of grand blood, and that they too are brave, and kind, and wise. This tale, entrusted to the cavern in which Arthur was lain, shall some day be found and read, and will let those that read know that, in this time and place, there was a King, and that He died, and that He shall come again.\n-ARIV3\n\nFootnotes\n1. Common Name: European crab apple.\n2. In recognition of his quick-thinking and uncommon skill, Containment Specialist \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is to be promoted to Junior Researcher, pending review of containment procedures for SCP-2824.\n3. Translator's note: ARIV is untranslatable into or from Modern Welsh. Given the context, it is likely a signature or other identifying mark.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2823 | SCP-2824 | SCP-2825 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2825\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Observation Post 30 has been established on the perimeter of SCP-2825, and maintains surveillance and barriers surrounding SCP-2825. Collaboration with Marloth Nature Reserve Rangers and acquisition of property within the reserve has assured that no hiking trails lead nearer than 5km of SCP-2825. Containment of SCP-2825-B instances has been permitted, to further understand biological modifications to affected species.\nDescription: SCP-2825 is a valley located in the Marloth Nature Reserve of Swellendam, South Africa. An estimated 22km3 (22 trillion liters) of human saliva and phlegm has currently flooded SCP-2825. With the current amount of saliva produced, the saliva \"lake\" possesses a peak depth of 189m and reaches 790m in altitude; 5440m2 of forest and grasslands are encompassed by bodily fluids within the valley. ~20% of SCP-2825's liquids is also composed of phlegm, usually appearing as yellow, highly viscous, spherical pockets of fluid suspended in saliva. No major topographical changes have occurred around or inside of SCP-2825, despite the anomalous presence of saliva.\nSCP-2825-A refers to a 90-meter-wide open human mouth, located within what was previously a stream at the bottom of SCP-2825. Organs and tissues within SCP-2825-A appear average for a human adult, aside from their size. SAL-Type Mk. II \"Waterfowl\" drone has confirmed that SCP-2825-A is alive; breaths are noted to occur in 20-minute intervals, and the mouth has been noted to sporadically make expressions as though grinning or frowning. In spite of its \"open\" position, no saliva or phlegm is able to enter SCP-2825-A, and remains suspended over the orifice. It is presumed that SCP-2825-A is the generative source of the valley's saliva, due to matching STR copies between DNA of both mouth and saliva.\nSCP-2825-B refers the various flora and fauna residing within SCP-2825, following the manifestation of SCP-2825-A. All instances of SCP-2825-B bear anomalous physical and behavioral adaptations to the presence of saliva within SCP-2825, including highly altered respiratory systems and a resistance to the digestive enzymes present within all bio-fluids. Other adaptations include noticeable increases in nesting within trees for mammalian and reptilian organisms, more pack mentality and herding within predator and prey, and lower reproductive rates among all organisms.\nA small group of plant and fungi SCP-2825-B instances have also incorporated miniature versions of SCP-2825-A within areas such as the bark, stems, and pileus. Generally, these human mouths consume saliva for the organism, presumably in place of water. See Supplementary Document PAV-2825: Animal/Human Bio-Adaptations (Deupree, Taylor) for further information on stimuli, usage, and symbiotic relations between SCP-2825-A tissue and various species of SCP-2825-B.\nDNA profiling of all saliva originating from SCP-2825 tests positive for one Jacob Perhacs, an accountant previously residing in Beverly Hills, California, before passing away on June 4, 1998. Interrogation of one living relative, Linda Perhacs, has produced no information on involvement with anomalous organizations or individuals. Further investigation of relationships between Jacob Perhacs and Lucibelle Perhacs of SCP-2695 is pending approval.\n\nPartial List of Catalogued SCP-2825-B Species\n\nSpecies\nSummary of Altered Behavior\n\nSCP-2825-B6\n\nCircaetus pectoralis\n\n(Black Chested Snake Eagle)\nB6, along with a few other avian species, have adopted a \"corkscrew\" method of movement through saliva. Specifically, B6 has been viewed spinning at ~90 rpm, moving at speeds of 90 km/h. Nesting also occurs within phlegm pockets of SCP-2825, for their density and ability to conceal their young. Consumption of phlegm has been noted in young instances of B6, currently for unknown purposes.\n\nSCP-2825-B11\n\nDama dama\n\n(Fallow Deer)\nSpecimens of Dama dama have no legs, and propel themselves in various directions through unknown means. When fleeing from predators, B11 have been noted to accelerate to speeds of 68 km/h; recordings suggest that B11's tail functions as a rudder to some extent, in terms of controlling direction.\n\nSCP-2825-B13\n\nCanis anthus\n\n(African Gold Wolf)\nDespite the fact that African Gold Wolves are found solely in North Africa, several packs have been spotted within SCP-2825.\n\nWarnings of [REDACTED] within two most notable packs of B13. B13 have shown no interest in Observation Post 30 personnel. Clandestine neutralization of all instances of B13 is currently top priority.\n\nSCP-2825-B16\n\nAnhydrophryne rattrayi\n\n(Hogsback Frog)\nMany amphibious instances of SCP-2825-B, including B16, appear to struggle when swimming through saliva. B16 has been noted to adapt to its relatively slow movement through saliva with its increased tongue length and dexterity when hunting.\n\nSCP-2825-B24\n\nCactoblastis cactorum\n\n(Cactus Moth)\nB24 has adopted a behavior similar to the Sea Moth, remaining close to the ground when in movement. Two additional pairs of legs have grown on the abdomen, further assisting ground movement.\n\nTo compensate for the viscosity of saliva, B24 have resorted to burrowing underground to reproduce. Larva is noted to consume plant life from underground, often tunneling through the cacti to feed.\n\nSCP-2825-B28\n\nOcotea bullata\n\n(Black Stinkwood)\nSeveral mouths located on the bark of B28 ward off prey through consumption and discharge of phlegm packets within SCP-2825. Phlegm is imbued with an odorous, orange sap from within B28.\n\nA small population of B20, Ixodes scapularis (Deer Tick), possesses a commensalistic relationship with B28. Small colonies of B20 will take residence within phlegm pockets imbued with B28 sap, removing all nutrients and rendering the phlegm pocket usable for other instances of SCP-2825-B.\n\nSCP-2825-B38\n\nErica cerinthoides\n\n(Fire Erica)\nB38 has been noted to grow to heights of 40 meters, whilst still containing Heath characteristics. At about 20 meters in height, B38 will flower and uproot itself through undetermined means, allowing itself to drift within SCP-2825. A single closed mouth vertically extends around the entirety of B38's stem; currently, it has not been determined what purpose it serves to B38.\n\nExploration Log 2825-UR [5/30/2012]: Observation Post-30 personnel Steph Cutler and Matt Wilkinson conducted exploration of SCP-2825 through use of prototype Mk. 2 \"Waterfowl\" drone, utilized for aerial and aquatic movement, especially in an unpredictable environment.\n\n[00:01]: Matt Wilkinson here, Waterfowl successfully dispatched in SCP-2825. We're gonna have to take a look at decreasing the time it takes to transition between water and air later, I think.\n[00:09]: Encounter with a pack of maybe twenty B14, typically known as Greater Kudu. For anyone that hasn't read through the whole list, these guys form interlocking walls with their horns while swimming in packs. A few of them left the group to look at the drone, but didn't do any harm to it.\n[00:15]: Waterfowl has reached 2825-A, after some trouble with large phlegm clouds. Stuff's as thick as dough, though I ain't touching it myself. 2825-A is open as usual, can't exactly see inside of it from here. Entering now.\n[00:17]: First things I can see is, uh, the \"throat\" further down beneath 2825-A narrows a bit, gradually. Audio's picking up a low humming, nothing else really. Not exactly the most important thing to be looking at now, but 2825-A looks like he has a few molars missing, and a cavity on another, heh. Progressing further down 2825-A now.\n[00:17]: Yeah, there's a lot more teeth here than we previously noted. There's a lot of molars that just keep lining the walls here, going back. Tunnel's diameter is about 50 meters now, all sides resemble a throat. Nothing we haven't seen before, really.\n[00:18]: Moving less than a fourth of a kilometer down, I have visual on\u2014 a uvula. And there's a humanoid grabbing it. It's hanging next to the wall, not like an actual uvula, if you know what I mean. Moving in closer.\n[00:19]: White male, maybe 60 years in age? Eyes are closed, he's naked. He doesn't have a mouth\u2014 uh\u2014 It's sort of attached to the uvula through a length of skin. I'm not quite sure how it works like that, the inside of a mouth being connected to the outside\u2014 hold up, hold up. His eyes are open. He's been looking at the drone. No movement yet\u2014\n[00:19]: Cutler, he's grabbing it. He's grabbing it! He's holding\u2014 holding it away from him, shaking it? There's some sort of grinding noise right now.\n[00:20]: He was sawing at his mouth. He was using the shaft on the bottom to sever his mouth\u2014 Oh. The humanoid let go of the uvula after using Waterfowl to detach himself, has currently fallen out of view. Cutler recorded the event\u2014 Yeah, he got it. Waterfowl is still operable, might have some samples left on the end of it. Moving further down now.\n[00:22]: Nothing else to note, but we picked up a swallowing noise coming from below.\n[00:24]: Gone down about three fourths of a kilometer now. We have visual on some sort of outcropping in the tunnel wall, we're taking a closer look.\n[00:25]: There appears to be a small, plastic wrapped document on the outcropping, which is mostly stone. We'll be grabbing and it bringing it back\n[00:27]: Not even just fifty meters down, and the tunnel appears to end abruptly with the same material as the walls. I'm not seeing that elderly man at the bottom, either\n[00:29]: We've landed Waterfowl on the tunnel's bottom, and still nothing. We're changing course back to Observation Post 30.\nAfterword: Waterfowl was recovered near Observation Post 30 in operable condition. Personnel Wilkinson and Cutler procured the following written note from Waterfowl:\n\nAlizarin is more than halfway done. I thought I would require more to make it, Perhacs-1 and Perhacs-2 proved especially helpful.\nImplementation of my system is underway. Don't let me distract you from the phenomena in this valley. You, the researchers and personnel, are simply going to be the first witnesses to my future project, and I couldn't be any prouder.\n- Pritchard\n\n\u00ab SCP-2824 | SCP-2825 | SCP-2826 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2826\n\nItem #: SCP-2826\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2826 is kept in a storage locker furnished with redundant fireproofing material at Site-19.\nDescription: SCP-2826 is a Scottish police cap badge featuring an imperial crown, dated to 1955. Imaging of SCP-2826's interior indicates that several sheets of an irregular material (most likely cloth) are embedded in the object. The following is engraved on the back of SCP-2826:\n\nDesign & synthesis: PIC\nMaterials: JJv6\nMindfuck: LG\nDistribution: BF\nThe best we could do on such short notice.\nUse your lighter on this at the protest to see some real Three Stooges shit.\n\nWhen exposed to fire, SCP-2826 will glow with blue light for three hours. During this time, instances of SCP-2826-A will manifest within seven meters of the nearest gathering of police officers1 at a rate proportional to the size of the gathering.\nSCP-2826-A are humanoid entities that impersonate members of the police force(s) in question. They appear with uniforms and equipment appropriate to this task, and are demographically consistent with the force. Law enforcement personnel will consistently identify SCP-2826-A as \"the boys from patrol\" and treat them as police officers. SCP-2826-A display limited intellect, a lack of familiarity with police procedures and equipment, minimal dexterity, and short attention spans; this typically renders their efforts to assist real law enforcement personnel counterproductive. When subject to heavy application of force, SCP-2826-A disappear completely, accompanied by a loud popping sound.\nWhen exposed to airborne lachrymatory agents (i.e. tear gas, pepper spray) in non-trivial quantities, SCP-2826 will emit a powerful burst of air in all directions for four seconds. This typically dispels said agents.\n\nRecovery Log 2826-01\nSCP-2826 was recovered on 2016-11-12 in Portland, Oregon after surveillance footage identified \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Jansen, a participant in the then-ongoing protests against the election of Donald Trump and known affiliate of several local anarchist groups, in the possession of an unidentified object that was later proven to be SCP-2826. The subject's apparent activation of SCP-2826 coincided with the manifestation of several instances of SCP-2826-A among nearby police officers.\nMobile Task Force Omicron-92 was deployed to retrieve SCP-2826. During this operation, SCP-2826 affected MTF Omicron-9, creating several instances of SCP-2826-A that accompanied the team. This effect has not been replicated under controlled conditions, and field testing has been deemed impractical.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Jansen was first approached by two members of SCP-2826-A, who emphatically stated that they were \"most certainly not with the SCP Foundation\" before trying and failing to restrain her. Jansen was able to trick the two instances into punching each other in the face, causing both to demanifest and allowing her to escape. The target was approached and restrained by genuine members of Omicron-9; however, a third instance of SCP-2826-A accidentally discharged pepper spray at the target, causing SCP-2826's secondary effects to activate. This had the effect of knocking all individuals involved over, allowing Jansen to escape from her captors and run into a nearby crowd.\nThe target evaded for the remainder of the protest, as two additional instances of SCP-2826-A repeatedly mistook other protesters for her and attempted to apprehend them, drawing unacceptable levels of attention towards Omicron-9. Retreat was delayed by SCP-2826-A impersonating members of the Portland Police Department, who were setting up and removing roadblocks at random.\nJansen was later identified with facial recognition software and detained, along with SCP-2826, at her home in Beaverton. Foundation investigations traced SCP-2826's origins, as well as those of several other anomalies, to the nearby headquarters of GoI-5869, \"Gamers Against Weed\".\nAn estimated 150 instances of SCP-2826-A manifested during the aforementioned protests over the course of two days, and frequently interfered with police operations. SCP-2826-A were captured on film by both civilians and media outlets, necessitating the scrubbing of related footage.3\n\nFootnotes\n1. The minimum group size for this effect to occur is six within a thirty-meter radius of each other.\n2. A task force specialized in operating during civil unrest with heavy media presence.\n3. For further information, see Document 2826-068, \"Unusual Behavior From Police Officers During Anti-Trump Protests\", and Document 2826-419, \"Cop fail compilation Portland\".\n\n\u00ab SCP-2825 | SCP-2826 | SCP-2827 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Notice from the Records And Information Security Administration\nAs of 12/13/15, the database entry for SCP-2827 has been rewritten 73 times due to massive database corruption. While the possibility of tampering or sabotage has not been ruled out, it is currently believed that information about SCP-2827 is inherently unstable and subject to unpredictable, erratic changes. Although no major cognitohazards have been associated with this entry, it is advised that you proceed with caution.\n\nItem #: SCP-2827 Leviticus 11:12\nObject Class: [Pending]\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Provisional Exclusion Zone-2827 has been established in a 3km radius around SCP-2827's current location, using a hazardous waste disposal area as a front.\nFurther containment procedures cannot be enacted until more information is known about SCP-2827. As such, research is to continue as a Delta-class priority to the Foundation.\nDescription: SCP-2827 is an entity that currently inhabits a 2m2 plot of grass. It is unpredictably variable in its abilities, size, mass, radioactivity, sentience, sapience, toxicity, mobility, speed, hostility, and other qualities.\n43 separate tests have been conducted by the Foundation to determine the properties of SCP-2827, which resulted in 13 fatalities of researchers (as well as [REDACTED] fatalities of D-class personnel). As such, Dr. Jacobs, PEZ-2827 Site Director, has determined only two consistent factors regarding the nature of SCP-2827:\n\nSCP-2827 possesses anomalous destructive capabilities.\nThe physical appearance of SCP-2827 is that of a member of the Nephropidae family of crustaceans, also known as lobsters. (The exact species of lobster is indeterminable at this time.)\n\nFurther information regarding SCP-2827 has yet to be determined, pending research.\nPartial Activity Log:\n\nIncident-2827-1: 3/13/07: SCP-2827 materializes instantaneously in the Gulf of Mexico. The entire state of California is destroyed/becomes an independent monarchy/has nothing to do with SCP-2827/retroactively materializes on the west coast of the United States of America, resulting in a PK-class Causal Energy Feedback Crisis that incinerates the entire city of Pacifica Beach, Nevada[The objective results of Incident-2827-1 are still unknown, pending further investigation.]\n3/58 23/07: SCP-2827 emits a constant, 127 dB shriek for approximately three hours. Gentlemen, we have failed.\n[DATA CORRUPTED]: SCP-2827 begins a three-year period of dormancy.\n44/55/66: [DATA CORRUPTED]\n\nNot this shit again. Alright, I'll have Attempt #74 up by the end of the month. I assure you, I'm just as frustrated as you are with this damn lobster. \u2014Head Researcher Naismith\n\n+ Incident 2827-142 - 4/2827 clearance required\n\n- encryption key accepted\n\nOn 2/24/14 at 12:39 PM, SCP-2827 displayed signs of physical discomfort. At the same time, a sealed envelope was discovered in the Director's office at PEZ-2827. Within the envelope was a letter containing three similar (but not identical) separate messages written in Swedish, French, and English:\n\nJag ber om urs\u00e4kt f\u00f6r de problem jag har orsakat er.\nDet d\u00e4r var en l\u00f6gn.\nJag kan lova er tv\u00e5 utmaningar, eftersom ni \u00e4r s\u00e5 svaga allihop:\n1. Jag kommer alltid att vara en hummer.\n2. Jag \u00e4r sjuk - sn\u00e4lla hj\u00e4lp mig.\nAvguda mig.\n\nJe n'appr\u00e9cie pas les probl\u00e8mes que vous avez apport\u00e9s sur moi.\nJe continue \u00e0 apprendre comment exister.\nIl y a seulement deux choses que je peux garantir pour le futur:\n1. Je serai toujours un homard.\n2. Je vais tous vous tuer.\nVas au diable.\n\nI am sorry for the trouble that I've caused you.\nI'm still getting the hang of this \"magic\" thing.\nHere are my laws:\n1. I will always be a hermit crab.\n2. I am hungry.\nHappy Thanksgiving.\nSave me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. / I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. / I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. / They that hate me without a cause are more than the blemishes on mine shell: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, fail repeatedly: they bid me restore that which I took not away. / O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. / Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be destroyed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be exploded for my sake, O God of Israel. / Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; antennae hath covered my face. / I am become a crustacean unto my brethren, and a nightmare unto my Foundation's children. / For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. When I wept, and chastened my soul with this body, that was to my reproach. / I made carapace also my garment, and I became a willing slave to my blade-handed brethren. / He who Stands Watch over Eden laments my plight until His command becomes the song of the End Times. But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy, free me, in the time of my drowning in thy power.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2826 | SCP-2827 | SCP-2828 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item#: 2828\n\nLevel2\n\nContainment Class:\nesoteric\n\nSecondary Class:\nticonderoga\n\nDisruption Class:\nkeneq\n\nRisk Class:\ncritical\n\nlink to memo\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2828 is currently uncontainable and is ubiquitous in global populations. However, risk of breach of security or public discovery is deemed low, as it is undetectable without the use of strong mnestics.\nUndercover Foundation operatives, primarily members of MTF \u03b5-7 (\"Forget Me Nots\"), posing as high-ranking employees in pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing companies and as research oversight officials in relevant universities are to monitor any projects aimed at production of chemicals with known or suspected mnestic capabilities, procure prototype batches to test for effectiveness at facilitating perception of SCP-2828, and either halt the research or allow it to continue based on the results. Foundation webcrawler algorithms are to routinely search through the Internet, university intranets, and scientific journals for any potential references to SCP-2828 and operatives are to investigate accordingly.\nWith MTF \u03b7-10 (\"See No Evil\") and MTF \u03b7-11 (\"Savage Beasts\") on standby, descriptions of SCP-2828's visual appearance, texture, sound, odor, or taste are to be tested for safety with D-class personnel by RAISA and Antimemetics Division personnel and redacted or expunged accordingly.\nThe personnel files of all Foundation personnel who have never observed SCP-2828 under the effects of mnestics are to be appended under Level 3 Clearance with a list of the senses associated with any descriptions of SCP-2828 to which the respective personnel have been exposed. The personnel files of all Antimemetics Division personnel and any other personnel who work with mnestics or SCP-2828 documentation are to be checked before each administration of mnestics and before each approval of access to SCP-2828 documentation and are to be updated within one workday of any new exposure.\nDescription: SCP-2828 is an antimemetic and nearly undetectable part of the human body located behind the ear. The role of SCP-2828 in bodily systems is virtually nonexistent and is hypothesized to be fully vestigial.\nSCP-2828 can only be perceived through the use of Class-W or stronger mnestics, but only to a limited degree if at all. When it is perceived, it can only be perceived with one sense1. Whichever sense is used to perceive SCP-2828 first by a given subject is the only sense that subject will ever be able to perceive it with. For example, if a subject saw SCP-2828 before he or she felt, heard, smelled, or tasted it, then that subject would not be able to ever feel, hear, smell, or taste it.\nThis effect extends to all forms of communication; a subject who has seen SCP-2828 is unable to understand a written or verbal description of its smell, descriptions of the sound it makes, et cetera. Amnestics are capable of erasing memories of SCP-2828, but the subject will still be unable to use any sense other than the one that subject first used to perceive it again. This is thought to be because SCP-2828 permanently alters the brain chemistries of those who perceive it.\nA subject who has never observed SCP-2828 under the influence of mnestics can be told and fully comprehend information regarding SCP-2828 that uses more than one sense to describe it. However, if said subject uses mnestics afterwards and attempts to observe SCP-2828 using any sense, [REDACTED]. It is therefore imperative that no Foundation personnel be exposed to any remotely detailed description of SCP-2828's appearance, texture, sound, odor, or taste.2\nOther than this, SCP-2828 poses no immediate danger and possesses no further anomalous properties.\n\n+ Partial Test Log\n\n- Collapse\n\nAs of 05/26/19\u2588\u2588, all tests regarding SCP-2828 are to be reported to Project Director A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in the following format:\nDate: MM/DD/YYYY\nTest Administrator: [Name and division of personnel administering test]\nTest Subject: [Designation or name of test subject]\nForeword: [Preface explaining testing procedures]\nFirst Sense: [First sense used by Subject to perceive SCP-2828]\nResults: [Summary of test results and findings]\nNotes: [Optional administrator notes]\n\nDate: 05/09/19\u2588\u2588\nTest Administrator: Dr. A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Antimemetics Division\nTest Subject: D-206344\nForeword: Subject was given a \u2588\u2588mg dosage of Class-W mnestics and ordered to look at the area behind Dr. A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's ears and describe what she saw. Subject was then ordered to feel the area under supervision of two armed guards and describe what she felt.\nFirst Sense: Sight\nResults: Subject successfully described SCP-2828's appearance, stating [DATA EXPUNGED], matching the description provided by Dr. A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. When ordered to feel it, Subject stated she could not \"feel anything at all.\" She went on to say she could \"see [her] hand touching the thing, but [she could not] feel a damn thing.\"\nNotes: Results support the hypothesis that SCP-2828 maintains a consistent appearance no matter the observer.\n\nDate: 05/30/19\u2588\u2588\nTest Administrator: Dr. J\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Medical Research Division\nTest Subject: D-206344 (Subject A), D-206345 (Subject B)\nForeword: Following Dr. A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's promotion to Project Director, Dr. J\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 took over testing.\n\nSubject B, who had been blind from birth, was administered a \u2588\u2588mg dosage of Class-W mnestics, ordered to feel the area behind Subject A's ears, and describe what he felt to Subject A. Subject A was ordered to describe what she heard Subject B say. Subject B was ordered to type his description with a Braille-to-English typewriter and Subject A was ordered to orate the description.\nFirst Sense: Subject A: sight; Subject B: touch\nResults: Subject B reported [DATA EXPUNGED] and related the description to Subject A. When asked to repeat what Subject B said, Subject A claimed he had not spoken to her. Subject B repeated himself, and Subject A claimed Subject B must have been speaking in another language and was unable to repeat what she heard. Dr. J\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was able to hear and understand Subject B's description in English.\nAfter Subject B typed his description and handed it to Subject A, she claimed the \"letters moved\" and she could not \"find the words.\" When Subject B typed up a second, identical description and handed it to Subject A, she claimed it was a completely blank piece of paper. Dr. J\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was able to read and understand Subject B's description.\nNotes: SCP-2828's antimemetic effect seems to extend to verbal and written forms of communication. I, Dr. J\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, have listened to Subject A's description of SCP-2828's appearance and can comprehend it as well as Subject B's description of how it feels. This must be because I have not witnessed SCP-2828 directly for myself. I am putting in a request for a personal dose of Class-W mnestics.\nRequest approved.\u2013Site Antimemetics Division Director [REDACTED]\n\nDate: 06/17/19\u2588\u2588\nTest Administrator: Dr. F\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Medical Research Division\nTest Subject: Dr. J\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (Subject A), D-206392 (Subject B)\nForeword: Subject A was familiar with descriptions of both SCP-2828's appearance and texture beforehand. He received a \u2588\u2588mg dosage of Class-W mnestics while blindfolded, wearing ear plugs, and having his nose taped shut. Subject B was positioned in front of Subject A so as to provide a direct line of sight with SCP-2828. Subject A's blindfold was removed and he was asked to describe what he saw.\nFirst Sense: Subject A: sight; Subject B: none\nResults: [DATA EXPUNGED]. Dr. J\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 could not be saved.\nNotes: [DATA EXPUNGED]\nClearance Level, Special Containment Procedures, and Object Class have been updated to reflect the results of this test upon the request of Dr. A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and review by RAISA.\u2013RAISA Coordinator [REDACTED]\n\nCOGNITOHAZARD WARNING; LEVEL 3 CREDENTIALS REQUIRED\n\nCREDENTIALS ACCEPTED\n\nIf you are reading this, then you have undergone enough memetic resistance conditioning, according to your credentials, to be safely permitted access to the following classified information. However, due to the strong cognitohazardous nature of SCP-2828, some information must be left out for your safety.\u2013Dr. A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nThe anatomy of SCP-2828 is outwardly similar to that of the outer ear, possessing a small auricle. It consists mainly of otherwise typical epidermal and dermal skin cells, with some internal cartilage and very minute amounts of fat, but no nerves and few blood vessels.\nSCP-2828-1 denotes cells that make up SCP-2828 instances.\nNo SCP-2828-1 instance observed thus far has ever made any movements whatsoever. Chemical tests on SCP-2828-1 have produced no reactions on the part of SCP-2828-1; instead of interacting with molecules that comprise SCP-2828-1, all reagents seem to \"bounce off\" the membrane. Protein pumps and channels are nonfunctional in a similar manner. Furthermore, no metabolic processes have been recorded to occur within SCP-2828-1 instances. All SCP-2828-1 instances observed thus far are \"frozen\" in an identical manner.\nAn anomalous and apparently indestructible substance, referred to as SCP-2828-2, found between SCP-2828-1 instances lock SCP-2828-1 in their set configuration. The natures of SCP-2828-1 and SCP-2828-2 make SCP-2828 effectively indestructible, which has somewhat hindered research.\nSCP-2828's small size makes it only effective as a defensive benefit against puncture wounds to a specific area of the throat from a specific angle. This makes it particularly effective at providing protection from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u25883 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and is speculated to have been evolved to suit this purpose. Testing with SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-EX, one of the last living \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, greatly supports this hypothesis. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 had innate mnestic qualities and kept extensive records on hominid anatomy and behavior that they shared amongst themselves. Because of this, SCP-2828 would have incapacitated these natural predators of early hominids while leaving normal early humans unharmed.\nWith \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 now extinct, SCP-2828 serves no further obvious function and poses a significant cognitohazardous threat to Foundation personnel. If a subject learns of complicated descriptions of SCP-2828 that use more than one sense and then uses mnestics to observe it firsthand, the subject will experience multiple tonic-clonic seizures, several strokes, and cerebral hemorrhaging, invariably leading to death. It is therefore imperative that precautions be taken to avoid future complications.\n\nAddendum 2828-01: SCP-2828 was discovered after Dr. A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a Foundation researcher and one of Site-\u2588\u2588's clinicians, was transferred to the Antimemetics Division in 19\u2588\u2588. As with all Antimemetics Division staff, she began a Class-W mnestic regimen. She continued to act as a Site-\u2588\u2588 clinician. Two days later, on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, Dr. A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 performed a semiannual checkup on Agent F\u2588\u2588\u2588 and noticed a peculiarity behind his ear. When she touched the area, she was unable to receive any tactile stimulation whatsoever. She touched the same area on herself with the same result. Recognizing the apparent anomalous influence, she contacted Site Director S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 immediately.\nAddendum 2828-02: Following the events of 06/17/19\u2588\u2588, all tests regarding SCP-2828 have been suspended by order of Site Director S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nFootnotes\n1. As in sight, touch, hearing, smell, or taste. Thermoception, proprioception, nociception, equilibrioception, and mechanoreception do not apply.\n2. See Special Containment Procedures.\n3. A nocturnal and highly intelligent anomalous species that preyed on early hominids. They are known to have kept large libraries dedicated to the study of hominid anatomy and behavior and controlled hominid populations like livestock. They died off suddenly approximately \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 years ago for previously unknown reasons.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2827 | SCP-2828 | SCP-2829 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2829 upon recovery.\n\nItem #: SCP-2829\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-2829 are to be contained in a standard biological containment cell at Area-12. All personnel entering the containment cell must wear a level A hazardous materials suit at all times. All personnel coming in contact with SCP-2829 must also be on a strict regimen of depressant drugs to suppress endorphin production and must be rotated every month after a thorough psychological evaluation. Each instance of SCP-2829 is to be tagged with a Teflon-coated chip for identification, with new instances being tagged as early as possible.\nDescription: SCP-2829 is a set (51 individuals at the time of writing) of amorphous organisms superficially resembling banana slugs (Ariolimax californicus). The cells of SCP-2829 instances are structurally similar to human adipocytes1, with the exception of an organelle of unknown function fused to the nucleus and a smaller, more folded smooth endoplasmic reticulum. DNA analysis of the cell nucleus shows a 89\u00b16 percent similarity to baseline human DNA.\nSCP-2829 reproduces sporadically through budding; the circumstances causing this process are not fully understood at present but are currently thought to be linked to feeding events. Newly-formed daughter organisms instinctively approach humans more eagerly.\nSCP-2829 instances are physically active and docile in temperament, and often play by racing each other or competing to form towers by stacking themselves. Around humans, SCP-2829 will become excited and bounce in place. If a nearby person approaches SCP-2829, SCP-2829 will move towards that person and climb onto any exposed skin. After nuzzling the skin, SCP-2829 will secrete a mixture of neurotransmitters that numb the pain response and trigger endorphin production in the person's body, then slowly fuse with the skin. Once SCP-2829 is fully fused and the person reaches a heightened euphoric state, SCP-2829 will absorb the person's excess fat then enter a dormant state for several minutes. SCP-2829 will then gradually leave the body. The entire process typically lasts approximately 20 minutes. SCP-2829 does not seem to gain any mass during this process, but tests have shown a possible correlation between the amount of fat absorbed from the subject and the endorphin concentrations just before SCP-2829 exits the body.\nAddendum: 47 instances of SCP-2829 were recovered from the basement of an abandoned home in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, TX, along with the corpse of the house's owner, Dr. Javier Pineda, a former Prometheus Labs employee. An assortment of scientific equipment and various reference books and notebooks were found in the home; the books were damaged beyond recognition, but a series of video logs was partially recovered.\n\n+ show video log transcripts\n\n- Hide\n\n8/26\nI don't care that they kicked me out. I'm better off without Phillips and his ego problems suffocating the lab. There's gotta be something I can do, something I can make. I can still help her. I just want her to smile again. For once, just let me make something worthwhile.\n8/28\nOK, so maybe I didn't think this through. I don't got much to work with out here. Calloway's got my other toolkit last I checked, and nobody's seen him in years. Gonna have to do it by hand. (Dr. Pineda cracks his knuckles.)\n8/31\nDamn slugs eatin' my garden. Fat yellow bastards. Can't they see I'm busy here?\n9/1\nWell, I managed to get ahold of Velasquez, and she was able to get me an old sample of that shelved cell project I did back in the day. Thought they torched all that when they booted me. Not complaining, of course, but now I owe her twice.\n9/2\nOK, good, the little fellas are still viable. I should be able to work out the old kinks no problem. Then I'll just need a template.\n9/3\nThis morning those damn slugs came back, chewing on the petunias. Those are her flowers, you bastards! Leave her alone!\n9/4\nSomething's off about those slugs outside, I know it. Can't put my finger on it, but it's like they're waiting for me when I come outside. Or something. I need a new hobby after all this, clear my head.\n9/5\nOK. The good news is that the cells work like they used to. The bad news is that they work like they used to.\n9/12\nTHIS IS THE LAST STRAW, SLUG! Gah! Let's see how you like it.\n9/15\nCongratulations, slug. You've finally managed to do some good in this world, for once.\n9/29\nOK, I admit. Using the slug as a template was stupid. But it looks like it's working, so score one for being short-tempered.\n10/5\nI'm gonna have to test this myself. Don't want the men in black coming after me if I turned some mailman into a slug monster. We all remember what happened last time\u2026\n10/7\nWell, slug, you're as useless as ever. Back to the drawing board.\n11/14\nWhy the hell is it stuck to me? Next thing you know it'll try to take over my brain like some crappy sci-fi movie. Got it out, but that hurt like hell.\n12/2\nThird time's a charm, right?\n12/5\nThe slug exploded. Not even sure how I did that one.\n12/11\nAlrighty. This one was good, but I think it starved to death. Need to fix that, since their mouths seal up during the process. Hey, why don't these things have faces afterwards anyway? Okay, think, which one is easier to fix?\n12/24\nSUCCESS! Oh, Merry Christmas to me! Seriously, this is great. She's going to love this. Who would've thought a slug would do the trick?\n12/25\nI feel great today. Like I'm light as a feather, walking on clouds. Or however that saying goes. I think there's still room for improvement, though. Needs a little more oomph.\n12/30\nOK, version 26. Or 27? I can't remember. I wrote it down somewhere around here. We're getting close, I can feel it.\n1/4\nI'm still hungry. And I just had a big breakfast too, was the weird thing. I'mma grab a bite to eat after I test this next one.\n\nThe recovery team noted the presence of fresh slime trails leaving the house after the specimens had been secured for transport.\n\nFootnotes\n1. fat cells\n\n\u00ab SCP-2828 | SCP-2829 | SCP-2830 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2830-1-C during routine maintenance, Sep. 2005.\n\nItem #: SCP-2830\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2830-1-A through -O are to be secured in Foundation Garage 020-2830. The only unredacted copy of SCP-2830-3 and the original copy of SCP-2830-4 are to be secured in standard Safe-class files in Regional Headquarters 020-B\u0113th.\nTwice yearly, fifteen SCP-2830-3-Positive drivers and fifteen agents from Local Task Force 020-B\u0113th (\"Cato Nine Tails\") are to perform routine checks and maintenance on SCP-2830-1-A through -O to ensure their continued function, followed by travel outlined in Itinerary 2830. Any disturbances or changes noted in SCP-2830-2\u03941 are to be reported to Regional Command, who will be responsible for revising containment procedures and Object Class, if necessary.\nContinuing efforts will be made to identify and locate Person of Interest-020830 (\"Penrose\") and associates and detain them for questioning.\nDescription: SCP-2830 is the collective designation for a series of objects related to a formerly-operating anomalous luxury transportation collective, known as \"the Knowledge,\" believed to be operational from the mid-1960s to 2005.\nSCP-2830-1-A through -O are a series of fifteen Austin FX4 hackney carriages2 which have been modified via extranormal means. There are three primary features shared by all instances of SCP-2830-1:\n\nSCP-2830-1 instances, when driven by SCP-2830-3-Positive individuals, can access a complex series of alternate streets within Greater London, termed SCP-2830-2\u0394.\nThe interior cabins of SCP-2830-1 instances form a shared space, approximately \u2588\u2588,\u2588\u2588\u2588 sq m in size, termed SCP-2830-2\u039e. Exterior spatial position and driving of SCP-2830-1 is effectively 'uncoupled' from the interior experience.3\nDespite the existence of SCP-2830-2\u039e, outside observers, regardless of position, see SCP-2830-1 instances as spatially normal, and see the driver and passengers sitting calmly within. Research into the nature of this effect is ongoing.\n\nSCP-2830-2\u0394, pictured on first exploration. SCP-2830-1-E is visible on center-right.\n\nSCP-2830-2\u0394 is the area which can be accessed via SCP-2830-3-Positive individuals driving SCP-2830-1, a vast and potentially endless series of asphalt streets lined with buildings. The Foundation has, as of yet, not discovered methods of access to SCP-2830-2\u0394 other than SCP-2830-1, and no travel in SCP-2830-2\u0394 thus far has indicated presence of life or access by other groups. SCP-2830-2\u0394 is perpetually dark save for halogen streetlamps approximately every 10 m4. What appear to be buildings, trees, fire hydrants and other street-side accoutrements lining the streets of SCP-2830-2\u0394 are, in fact, constructed entirely of black asphalt, and display no signs of prior inhabitance or activity by any form of life.\nA different portion of SCP-2830-2\u0394 has apparently been accessed by every incursion, and no attempt to meet other instances of SCP-2830-1 within SCP-2830-2\u0394 has been successful.5\nPhotographs taken within SCP-2830-2\u0394 uniformly display distortion and light refraction not visible to the naked eye. All efforts to map SCP-2830-2\u0394 have thus far ended in failure, owing to the complex and potentially ever-changing internal topography of SCP-2830-2\u0394. Exploration of SCP-2830-2\u0394 is only to take place with Foundation-approved SCP-2830-3-Positive drivers and Level 1 or above Foundation personnel, and said personnel are to never leave view of the SCP-2830-1 instance they utilized to enter SCP-2830-2\u0394.\nSCP-2830-2\u039e is the shared space of the interior cabins of SCP-2830-1-A through -O. Approximately \u2588\u2588,\u2588\u2588\u2588 sq m in size, it consists of a large ballroom, fifteen entry/exit areas (corresponding to SCP-2830-1-A through -O), restrooms, a large kitchen, storage and \u2588\u2588\u2588 rooms believed to have been used for lodging. Though wear patterns in SCP-2830-2\u039e suggest it was in active use for between twenty and sixty years, all furnishings and contents of SCP-2830-2\u039e were apparently removed prior to turnover to the Foundation, save one bronze chandelier, one chair, and \u2588,\u2588\u2588\u2588 non-functioning light fixtures and water faucets, which show evidence of past regular use. It is not known how SCP-2830-2\u039e received water and power when it was in regular use.\nThe \"windows\" of SCP-2830-2\u039e's rooms (excepting the fifteen entry/exit areas) are apparently unbreakable and display only still blurred shapes and shine with natural light levels appropriate to the current time in London. No connection between blurred shapes visible and actual locations have yet been discovered, and further destructive testing on SCP-2830-2\u039e has been suspended.\nThe fifteen entry/exit rooms of SCP-2830-2\u039e are a uniform size appropriate to their corresponding SCP-2830-1 instance's interior cabin, and their windows a display an accurate view of the area around said SCP-2830-1 instance. Within each entry/exit room, momentum and sensations accurate to the motion of its corresponding SCP-2830-1 instance can be felt. The four doors of each entry/exit room lead to the world outside the SCP-2830-1 instance, and the rear door leads to the main ballroom of SCP-2830-2\u039e.\nSCP-2830-3 is a \u2588\u2588-page pamphlet displaying memetic/Class-6 (\"Some Concern\") infohazardous properties. Reading (and understanding) operative phrases on pages 8 and 13 cause an individual to become SCP-2830-3-Positive. SCP-2830-3-Positive individuals display the following traits:\n\nA comprehensive, exact knowledge of streets, businesses and addresses in Greater London, and the most effective methods to wayfind between two or more locations in Greater London.\nThe ability to navigate SCP-2830-1 instances into, and out of, SCP-2830-2\u0394 easily. Entering and exiting SCP-2830-2\u0394 can be done at arbitrary locations seemingly unrelated to the actual real-world physical distance between entry and exit points. This ability cannot be used to guide SCP-2830-3-Negative drivers into or out of SCP-2830-2\u0394, and SCP-2830-3-Positive instances cannot elucidate or instruct SCP-2830-3-Negative individuals as to the nature of SCP-2830-1's effects or how they are activated.6\n\nIt should be noted that SCP-2830-3-Positivity does not change an individual's ability to drive an automobile or driving skill. Therefore, it is recommended that SCP-2830-3-Positive drivers used for testing are trained and licensed drivers with clear safety records.\nFive excerpts (with redaction of the operative phrases on pages 8 and 13) from SCP-2830-3 are presented below.\n\n+ Show excerpts from SCP-2830-3\n\n- Hide excerpts from SCP-2830-3\n\nSCP-2830-4, front.\n\nSCP-2830-4, back.\n\nSCP-2830-4 is a handwritten note purporting to be from a \"Penrose,\" who multiple sources indicate as the founder/operator of \"the Knowledge.\" It was placed on the windshield of SCP-2830-1-A when, on June 5, 2005, SCP-2830-1-A through -O and SCP-2830-3 (in SCP-2830-A's glove compartment) were left in the parking lot of a Foundation-owned facility in Leeds. Overnight footage from the facility, including all backups, is missing. SCP-2830-4 is reproduced and transcribed below.\n\nFriends,\nI am known as Penrose. Many \u2014 more, I think, than you assume \u2014 know of the bloody world of glamour and strange beauty that lurks beneath the everyday.\nThe Everything-Under-Everything has had its barons, its importers and patrons, for hundreds of years. Us common folk \u2014 cab drivers, for instance? \u2014 spoke of this world in humble whispers, if we spoke of it at all.\nBut this new, hidden elite yearned to be recognized. To be waited on. They wanted a higher class of every available service.\nFor forty years, the Knowledge provided that higher class. Everyday black cars\n\non the outside, first-class accommodations within. Our Shadowslip Ways took the men and women who bought, sold and lived lives rich with powerful magic all about this city \u2014 the beating heart of their world.\nBut my associates and I agree \u2014 we are done. Not because of conflict, or tragedy, no; we have done more than most men ever aspire to. We have made our money, made our friends, and it is time for us to slip away and enjoy it all. We want what we built to be admired. If we gave our goods to our biggest clients, they would sell them, or find new brothers to start the idea of the Knowledge anew. But you? You keep strange and beautiful things in perpetuity. I hope you enjoy our work.\nWe certainly did.\n\u2014 Penrose \u274a\n\nFootnotes\n1. Commonly known as the \"Understreets,\" \"Shadowslip Ways.\" See: Evans, Nathaniel, \"Terminology of Minor Groups of Interest in the Greater London Area\" Fieldwork: An SCP Foundation Journal (2005): 412.\n2. Also called cabs or London taxis.\n3. Innerly, Alastair, et al, \"Books & Their Covers: 'Complex Uncoupling' and Subjective Interior-Exterior Physical Experiences in SCP-2830 and SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\" Observer: An SCP Foundation Journal (2007): 312B.\n4. These streetlamps do not appear to require maintenance, but can be removed and damaged. No effort to relocate damaged streetlamps has thus far succeeded, due to the complex nature of SCP-2830-2\u0394's topography.\n5. All attempts to observe signal flares, fireworks, rockets and other objects sent by teams from other SCP-2830-1 instances have similarly ended in failure.\n6. As noted in the Secondary Containment Proposal, it is possible SCP-2830-3-Positive individuals are intentionally withholding this information, or there are other unknown factors to SCP-2830-3-Positivity. As a compromise, Primary Containment therefore stipulates that only fifteen level 0 Foundation staff or contractors are to be SCP-2830-3-Positive at any given time.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2829 | SCP-2830 | SCP-2831 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Aftermath of an SCP-2831 attack\n\nItem #: SCP-2831\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The known population of SCP-2831 is to be kept in a one square kilometer area surrounded by barbed wire topped chain link fence. Civilians are to be told the area is a protected habitat of the European pine marten (Martes martes). Civilians attempting to enter are to be apprehended, expelled and threatened with legal action if they return.\nIn the event that one or more specimens of SCP-2831 breaches containment, personnel are to be deployed to the area immediately, and authorities in Cahir are to be notified. Personnel are not to make skin contact with any instances of SCP-2831 - all interaction with SCP-2831 specimens is to be carried out in full hazmat suits.\nDescription: SCP-2831 is the collective designation for a race of small humanoids. They are completely built out of common ivy leaves, aside from the tips of the fingers, which appear to be sharpened sticks. They are approximately 50 centimetres tall, and have no visible facial features aside from a pair of shallow holes on the front of the head, presumed to be the eyes. Colonies of SCP-2831 have, as of yet, only been found in Ireland, primarily in and around the small village of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, near the town of Cahir. The current known population is confined to an area \u2588.\u2588km outside \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (SEE CONTAINMENT PROCEDURES). Despite this, it is suspected that there may be unknown colonies of SCP-2831 in other locations.\nWhen in a forested environment, specimens of SCP-2831 are usually peaceful, and generally avoid humans. However, approximately every 3 days, SCP-2831 groups will travel out of the forest to terraform new habitat. When in a non-forested environment, such as a town or city, specimens of SCP-2831 become highly dangerous. Colonies of displaced specimens of SCP-2831 will seek out groups of humans (other species have been proposed to SCP-2831 colonies, all have been roundly rejected) and seek to transform them into a new home for the group. When a specimen of SCP-2831 makes skin contact with a human, a transmutation process occurs. Bone grows out of the feet and roots the human to the floor. Next, the legs fuse together, and the arms fuse to the side of the body. The bone, muscle and blood of the subject begin to turn into the heartwood, sapwood, and other inner-tree bark. The skin then transmutes into cambium and outer-tree bark. This process is noted to work its way methodically up from the feet of the affected human. The hair on the scalp of the affected human then thickens and stretches out into branches, which then sprout leaves. The human stretches to around 4 metres in height during this process. When the procedure is over, the human is left looking indistinguishable from a normal tree. The species of tree which the affected subject becomes varies, but it appears to be typically either birch or oak. Analysis of the bark of the newly created trees have revealed that only trace amounts of human biological substances are present.\nAnother anomalous property noted by personnel is that animals seem to be attracted to the forests created by SCP-2831 colonies. Researchers observing newly created SCP-2831 homes have noted groups of beetles, bees, wasps, mice, deer, and squirrels heading towards the new trees. Personnel have also noted that plants often found in forests, such as ferns, moss and ivy, will seemingly grow out of hard ground or the trees themselves, with no seeds involved. As with the trees, analysis has revealed trace human biological substances in their genetic makeup.\nObservations of SCP-2831 communities has revealed that there appears to be a hierarchy. The largest instance always seems to be the governor of each respective community, taking control of the smaller specimens. SCP-2831 specimens appear to communicate with each other through simplistic vocal clicking noises. As SCP-2831 specimens have no visible mouth or nose, it is unknown how these vocalisations are produced. Inscriptions, carved into the ground and trees, have also been found to be created by SCP-2831, which appear to be the medieval language alphabet of Ogham. Specimens of SCP-2831 have not displayed any need for sustenance, and appear to be able to live indefinitely. It is unknown exactly how intelligent SCP-2831 instances are, but as they are able to identify and seek out humans, it is suspected that they have near or equal intelligence to humans.\nAddendum 01: Research by the Foundation has found that stories and legends of creatures highly resembling SCP-2831 are heavily ingrained in the folklore of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. It is unknown if there are people who are truly aware of the existence of SCP-2831 as more than a folk tale.\nPersonnel discovered a small mosaic on the side of a building, which appeared to display a creature very similar to an instance of SCP-2831. The mosaic displays a creature seemingly chasing a man through a simplistic forest.\nInterviews with villagers have determined that they are unaware of where the stories originate from. Foundation research has uncovered that the first mention of a creature resembling SCP-2831 is from the 12th century. Research is continuing.\nAs the existence of SCP-2831 appears to be nothing more than a myth in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the Foundation has decided to keep the stories, poems and artwork in circulation.\nAddendum 02: Personnel have translated some of the inscriptions made in the SCP-2831 containment zone. They are all written in Ogham.\n\nwelcome, brethren. meet we will here\n\nthe rock ones, we welcome you\n\nthe sky ones, we welcome you\n\nwe have built this land for peace for us\n\nthere is no threat here\n\nTo find out if these inscriptions were in any way able to be prompted, personnel captured an SCP-2831 specimen and attempted to prompt them with questions written in Ogham. The results can be found below\n\n+ Document 2831-1 - Experiment Logs\n\n- Close\n\nTest A - \u2588\u2588/\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject: SCP-2831 captured specimen\nProcedure: SCP-2831 captured specimen was prompted with a question written in Ogham on a plank of wood, which read \"Why are you changing people?\"\nResults: SCP-2831 captured specimen seemed to stare at the question for a long time, before scratching in a response underneath. This response read: we are building the world for the arrival of the fellow ones. we awoke first. they will come to find a world at peace.\n\nTest B - \u2588\u2588/\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject: SCP-2831 captured specimen.\nProcedure: SCP-2831 captured specimen was prompted with a question which read \"Who are the fellow ones?\"\nResults: SCP-2831 captured specimen only stared at the question for a few seconds, before scratching a response underneath. The response read: they are our brethren. the rock ones, the sky ones, and the mist ones. they will join us and bring peace.\n\nTest C - \u2588\u2588/\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject: SCP-2831 captured specimen\nProcedure: SCP-2831 captured specimen prompted with question which read \"When are the fellow ones coming?\"\nResults: SCP-2831 scratched the response almost immediately. The response read: when the world is ready, and trees are all. we have been building for hundreds of years. when all is trees, peace will be, and they will come.\n\nAfter Test C, SCP-2831 refused to answer any more questions, and was released back into containment site.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2830 | SCP-2831 | SCP-2832 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2832: Hubris\n\"What do you mean there's a pattern? If it's\u2026 If you were down here with us, throwing every procedure we have at this thing, you'd know just as well as we do that there's no pattern! We're so close to a breakthrough, just give us some time!\"\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nItem #: SCP-2832\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Prototype Testing Facility 145 has been evacuated, with only a skeleton crew remaining to monitor SCP-2832. Site-22 will no longer be used to contain anomalous objects1, instead serving as a staging area for the SCP-2832 containment team.\nA circumference and Hume reading is to be recorded once every 24 hours at 13:45, five minutes prior to SCP-2832's regular activation event. Testing equipment should be relocated away from the perimeter at a rate of 1 meter every 250 days, to a point 5 meters away from SCP-2832, and a new perimeter chalked at 1 meter from the threshold. At least two redundant Kant counters are to be kept on-site at all times, along with at least one set of backups for all other monitoring equipment. All personnel will be briefed on Foundation survivor benefits packages prior to taking assignment with SCP-2832.\nMobile Task Force Kappa-7 (\"Faux Bull, Masked Horse\") is stationed on-site and is to be mobilized prior to any activation events or testing. MTF Kappa-7 must remain in the testing chamber while SCP-2832 is in its active phase. When not engaged in active defense, MTF Kappa-7 is to focus efforts on maintaining the structural integrity of the testing chamber.\nResearch is to focus on the link between Hume levels and activation effects, as well as ways to reduce, halt or counteract the expansion of SCP-2832. SCP-2832 will make contact with SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in approximately 120 years. The consequences of this event cannot be foreseen.\nDescription: SCP-2832 is an unstable cylindrical spatial anomaly with a radius of 11.45 meters2, centered around SERS Prototype Unit Xi-2 in Prototype Testing Facility 1453.\nOnce every 24 hours, SCP-2832's radius expands 1-4mm while the anomaly simultaneously enters its active phase. The particular effect present during any given active phase varies per event, and no pattern in or repetition of the effects of SCP-2832 has been determined. In 65% of activations thus recorded, the effect has lasted the entire 24 hour period. In the other 35% of events, SCP-2832 enters a passive state upon expiration of the effect. During its passive state, the anomaly becomes impermeable, with the exterior taking on an appearance similar to frosted glass, and the SERS unit visible at its center.\nScranton Reality Anchors have no measurable effect on SCP-2832, and no method of reducing its expansion has thus far been devised.\nHistory: Prototype Testing Facility 145 was an autonomous wing of Site-22 built for research and development in 1997. SERS Prototype Unit Xi-2 had been commissioned on 08/01/2009 for modifications meant to counter non-Euclidean intra- and extradimensional incursions. A routine test on 28/02/2009 resulted in the appearance of a transparent shell around the unit once it was powered on, causing damage to floor and ceiling tiles in the testing chamber. After ascertaining that the unit could no longer be accessed or controlled, either remotely or directly, the chamber was cleared and preliminary containment procedures enacted.\nThe first activation event, and subsequent expansion of the anomaly, was recorded at 13:50 on 01/03/2009, five minutes after a baseline Hume reading was taken inside the chamber. SCP-2832 was classified Keter on 02/03/2009, by unanimous vote of the O5 Council.\nAddendum 2832-01: Recorded Activations of SCP-2832\nA partial list of activation events is found below; for a full list, see the researcher in charge of containment.4\n\nDate\nHumes\nEffects\nNotes\n\n28/02/2009\n\n\u2014\n\nInterior of anomaly appears inverted top-to-bottom.\nFirst activation of SCP-2832. Hume reading not taken prior to establishment of containment protocols.\n\n18/03/2009\n\n2.3\n\nSCP-2832 shows a static scene of an abandoned farmhouse surrounded by fields of wheat.\nFirst time SCP-2832 obscures view of SERS prototype unit. Probe test reveals perimeter is penetrable. Probe ceases motion upon entering SCP-2832 and is irretrievable.\n\n07/11/2009\n\n35.3\n\nSCP-2832 is transparent, with no visible effects.\nFirst attempt to enter SCP-2832 with D-Class while active. Testing reveals gravity within anomaly is approximately 0.6 that of Earth standard. D-3257 recovered safely.\n\n10/12/2009\n\n0.5\n\nSCP-2832 takes on red hue. Piscine entities are seen swimming around SERS unit. Personnel report containment chamber smells \"fruity\".\nScuba gear requisitioned for exploration. \"Water\" displays foreshortening effect: D-3257 seen gradually decreasing in size while progressing toward SERS unit. SCP-2832 enters its passive state for the first time, becoming opaque after 3 hours, 31 minutes. D-3257 not recovered.\n\n04/05/2011\n\n4.1\n\nContainment chamber is flooded with magma, resulting in loss of all testing personnel and equipment.\nFirst instance of SCP-2832 activating with adverse effect. Containment chamber evacuation protocols updated. Containment reestablished 17/05/2011, at which point it was observed that SCP-2832's circumference had receded to size recorded 22/04/2010. Further tests with solid objects inside the perimeter, including volcanic rock and lava, have been unable to replicate this effect. SCP-2832 does not activate during cleanup of hardened magma.\n\n20/07/2012\n\n11.6\n\nAppears to be the final battle scene of the Avengers movie. Containment is breached when one of the alien characters is flung through the perimeter of SCP-2832, damaging equipment and causing two casualties.\nDr. Kaas is able to subdue entity with a fire extinguisher. Preliminary examination reveals no biological systems. Entity is prepped for full autopsy in Site-22. SCP-2832 enters its passive state after one hour, five minutes, and entity discorporates. Mobile Task Force Kappa-7 assigned to containment chamber in case of future emergence of hostile entities. Morale of containment team noted to be at all-time low levels.\n\n13/08/2013\n\n-2.95\n\nView of Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan, New York City. Scene is in shadow.\nD-9883 sent with recording equipment to investigate. For further detail, see Exploration Log 2832-04.\n\n03/11/2013\n\n1.7\n\nView of deep space. SCP-2832 becomes perfect vacuum, causing loss of personnel and equipment. Effects last approximately 7 minutes before SCP-2832 returns to passive state.\nResearcher Ettinger given commendation for implementation of protocols to anchor personnel to equipment in testing chamber, preventing greater losses during incident. Despite this, all power cables in testing chamber disconnect and are sucked into space; Junior Researcher Ballash lost while attempting to recover cables. Lack of cabling causes 48 hour delay until Kant counter can be recalibrated and Hume readings reestablished. SCP-2832 does not activate during this time.\n\n13/09/2014\n\n97\n\nSCP-2832 is transparent with no visible effect. D-Class test reveals no observable effect whatsoever.\nD-9787 instructed in operation of SERS unit. Multiple attempts made to power down unit, reboot, and change settings, with no effect on anomaly. SCP-2832 reestablishes normal activation patterns after 24 hours.\n\n05/09/2015\n\n54\n\nFarmhouse from event dated 18/03/2009 visible. Wheat fields replaced by open land covered in what is estimated to be 1 meter of clear water. In middle of scene is the corpse of an approximately 6-year-old human male, identity unknown, completely covered by water. Eyes are closed and mouth is open; whirlpool located above mouth. Sound of numerous unseen individuals weeping is audible during entire event.\nDrone test indicated scene was permeable and non-static. D-19864 enters anomaly and is immediately lost to view. Five minutes later, D-19864 is seen in distance, attempting to swim against current as whirlpool pulls him into mouth. Weeping intensifies until event ends, two hours and eighteen minutes after.\n\nAddendum 2832-02\n\n+ Exploration Log 2832-04\n\n- Hide block\n\nForeword: After SCP-2832 enters its active state on 13/08/2013, D-9883 is provided hands-free audio and video recording equipment, along with a steel tether, and enters SCP-2832.\n\n00:00: Begin recording. Test of equipment conducted, ascertaining working condition through anomaly.\n00:05: D-9883 instructed to look around. Location determined as Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan. Park is entirely in shadow, though midday sun visible beyond. View to the northwest determines shadow cast by large cubical structure. All other views show expected landmarks. SCP-2832 appears as glowing ellipsoid shimmer in air, approximately 3 meters high and 0.3 meters from ground. D-9883 instructed to proceed towards cube, walking north up West 8th Street towards Washington Square Park.\n00:25: D-9883 reaches destination. No signs of human life have been observed during transit. Washington Square Park, along with New York University and other nearby buildings, have been completely replaced by cube structure. D-9883 instructed to measure one side.\n00:41: Side of cube estimated at slightly longer than 1 km. Surface is smooth, uniform dark material. D-9883 reports texture \"feels like recycled plastic\". Doors, closed, observed spaced evenly along exterior, at intervals of approximately 5 meters.\n00:45: D-9883 turns corner, instructed to open nearest door. Despite lack of exterior handle or knob, door is easily opened. Door opens into small room, well-lit, just large enough to hold one individual, with roof not quite touching individual's head. Interior space seems to be divided into nothing but rooms of a similar size. Each holds precisely one individual. Visible individuals appears to be of African descent; nearest is male.\n00:46: Nearest individual takes notice of D-9883. Individual turns to D-9883, placing a finger on his lips and shushing, before returning to previous position. It is noted all visible individuals are aligned facing northeast, to D-9883's left.\n00:47: D-9883 expresses discomfort with current situation. Individual startles and turns to D-9883, shouting in Igbo for aid. Other individuals in structure turn to observe D-9883. Without awaiting further instruction, D-9883 runs from structure toward entry point.\n00:53: D-9883 ignores commands to cease retreat. Occasional glances behind reveal continuous stream of people exiting cube structure from multiple doors and giving chase. Greater detail cannot be ascertained due to shaky footage.\n01:04: D-9883 overtaken by mass of individuals. Persons appear to be of African and Indian descent. Individuals proceed to assault D-9883.\n01:11: Monitoring equipment reports cessation of D-9883's life signs. Testing chamber is evacuated, and MTF Kappa-7 readies to counter potential extrauniversal incursion.\n01:20: Decision is made to attempt retrieval of equipment and personnel. Retrieval is halted when movement of D-9883's body attracts attention from nearby persons. Female individual of East Asian descent lifts camera to face. Visible in background are human beings of every age, sex and ethnicity. All appear to be in a state of severe distress, wandering aimlessly about area while weeping. No further violence witnessed. Individual examines camera, frowning and shaking head. Says in Thai, \"Now what are we supposed to do,\" and drops camera.\n\nAfterword: No further attempt was made to retrieve equipment or personnel. No attempt was made by individuals within SCP-2832 to enter the anomaly from their side. Battery of monitoring equipment expired three hours later. After 24 hours, a Hume reading was taken, after which SCP-2832 entered its active state as expected.\n\n- Hide block\n\nAddendum 2832-03\n\n+ Level 4/2832 clearance or higher required\n\n- Credentials accepted\n\nOn 30/12/2016, SCP-2832 entered its active phase6, displaying view of a dimly-lit cavern. Lateral to the aperture is section of wall in the shape of a chair. Seated upon it is a humanoid entity, approximately 4.5 meters in height, with lavender skin and eight eyes7.\nEntity appears to notice it is being observed and turns to address personnel8:\n\nI did not expect to see you so soon, child race. You have taken too large a step. What you seek is not here, and what is here, you cannot control. So much of what you perceive is incorrect. Filter the unnecessary and focus on that which lies within. Given time, you will join us, but not before.9\n\nEntity lifts hand10, and SCP-2832 enters its passive state. Kant counter malfunctions during next scheduled Hume reading; period of 24 hours required to restart and calibrate unit. SCP-2832 does not reenter active state during this time.\n\nStaff Notes\n\n+ End Note from Dr. Mirtha Kaas\n\n- Hide text\n\nIn the 26 years I have spent studying anomalies, no invention has improved our ability to contain them more than the Scranton Reality Anchor. It is a triumph of engineering, allowing us to assert our collective will over the chaotic and sometimes frightening reality in which we live. It provides a modicum of surety in the face of the unsure, a light by which we may drive back the darkness seeping in through the cracks in the universe. The SRA is a cornerstone in the Foundation's quest to preserve normalcy and protect the human race from the unknown.\nThe possibilities presented by the Scranton-Eamon Reality Sink, derived from the Reality Anchor, are as numerous as they are tantalizing. Its creation is a testament to the capability of our research and development scientists to rise to the occasion of any obstacle. The Foundation would not be anywhere near as successful as it is without their tireless work. The malfunction of Prototype Unit Xi-2 should not be taken as a setback, but as an opportunity to increase our understanding of the nature of reality. It is also a reminder that anomalies can appear when we least expect them. We must ever be on our guard.\nAs for SCP-2832\u2026\nWe've no idea how it came to be. It resists our technology, is heedless of our every attempt to turn it back, and defies common knowledge of what anomalies can be, let alone what they can do. It exists in spite of all evidence that it should not. It is terrifying and wonderful all at once. In its presence, I again become a student of the strange and terrible universe I had once thought myself a master.\nWhen I look at SCP-2832, I feel as though I do not know the first thing about anomalies or their containment.\nI urge my colleagues to come to Prototype Testing Facility 145 and experience SCP-2832 for themselves. The feelings this anomaly evokes in the scientist's heart are truly liberating. Fall not into the hubris of complacent understanding: wonder again at the world.\n-Dr. Mirtha Kaas, Head of Containment, SCP-2832\n\n- Hide text\n\n+ Rebuttal from Dr. Joyce Ettinger\n\n- Hide text\n\nWith all due respect to Dr. Kaas \u2014 her bravery and leadership are on full display in the body of this article \u2014 SCP-2832 is no great wonder of the world. It is dangerous, a menace, and we have a limited time in which to deal with it, even if 119 years, give or take some months and days, seems to be forever from now.\nAnd while I agree that the SRA and SERS are fantastic machines, that make our jobs infinitely easier, it stands to reason that we created SCP-2832. Whether it was an accident of design, pure misfortune, or\u2026 Hell, maybe we inadvertently summoned some kind of demon. There's no way to know. Regardless, SCP-2832 is our mistake, our burden, our mess to clean up. And given how resistant it is to our technology, I frequently despair that we will ever find a fix for that mistake.\nI often wonder if any of this has purpose.\nIt does, of course. Our purpose is, as ever, to protect humanity and maintain normalcy. Though I would argue the methods the SCP-2832 containment team has been utilizing to do so have run the gamut from haphazard and reactionary to downright backward-thinking.\nMy point is, if you're going to come here and put yourself in danger for the sake of gawking at a rip in space-time, do it for the right reasons. Don't waste time wondering at the boundless beauty of the universe: get mad. Become extremely angry that this aberration, this abomination, dared exist where we tried to exert control. Use SCP-2832 as inspiration, to further the development of technologies that keep the Foundation's mission strong. Dr. Kaas and I may differ on much, but on one point we are agreed: With our combined skills, we have conquered and contained thousands of anomalies. SCP-2832 will be no different, given time.\n-Dr. Joyce Ettinger, Head Researcher, SCP-2832 Containment Team\n\nUpdate: A portion of Prototype Testing Facility 145 has been reopened for its original purpose of research and development. Preliminary tests suggest the new prototype may have functionality in containing SCP-2832 and other temporospatial anomalies. The O5 Council has tentatively provided funding for the full implementation of the new Scranton-Ettinger Reality Filter as of 13/01/2017.\n\nFootnotes\n1. With the exception of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, which is immobile.\n2. As of 31/12/2016.\n3. The SERS is a device meant to counteract changes to local reality. Other SERS prototypes have been utilized by the Foundation without incident.\n4. As of 08/05/2011, Doctor Mirtha Kaas.\n5. It should not be possible for a Kant counter to register a negative Hume rating. Equipment was rotated after this event, but diagnostics found no issue.\n6. With a Hume reading of 79.1.\n7. Arranged in ring on face. No other facial features present.\n8. Personnel report hearing entity speak in multiple languages at once, with their native language most audible.\n9. Junior Researcher Reigh given commendation for quick thinking in transcribing message.\n10. Personnel describe inconsistent number of digits, with sole note of agreement being that two seem to have been severed at the fourth joint.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2831 | SCP-2832 | SCP-2833 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2833-52, photographed prior to its containment.\n\nItem #: SCP-2833\nObject Class: Keter (previously Euclid; upgraded since 01/07/1975)\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2833 instances are to be held in individual modified humanoid containment cells at Site-147, equipped with hermetically sealed walls and an observation window made of laminated ballistics glass. These cells are to undergo daily remote decontamination. Each SCP-2833 instance is to be supplied a bottle of mineral water and nutrients capsule thrice per day, delivered via inbuilt pneumatic tubes. Interviews conducted with any SCP-2833 instances are to be done via remote microphone.\nUpdate (01/07/1975): Mobile Task Force Omega-44 (\"Death Seekers\") is tasked with identifying and capturing any wild SCP-2833 instances in Northwestern India. While interacting with SCP-2833 instances, MTF \u03a9-44 operatives are to don Class A Hazmat suits at all times.\nUpdate (01/10/2010): All matters pertaining to SCP-2833 are handed over to Sitra Achra Joint Command. Further information is restricted to Project: Sitra Achra personnel.\n\n+ Access Restricted to Sitra Achra Personnel\n\n- Access Granted\n\nPursuant to Section 377 of Sitra Achra Joint Agreement, all instances of SCP-2833 currently contained by the Foundation are to be terminated. Wild instances of SCP-2833 identified are to be captured and interrogated at once. 24 hours after initial detainment, they may be terminated.\nMTF \u03a9-44 and GOC Strike Team 3396 \"Maha Shakti\" are subsumed as Sitra Achra personnel, and are tasked with the capture of wild SCP-2833 instances, due to both teams' prior experiences with SCP-2833. Site-147 is designated as a holding area for captured SCP-2833 instances, and will be under the purview of Sitra Achra Joint Command.\nTermination of SCP-2833 instances is to adhere to the following guidelines:\n\nPersonnel supervising termination are to don Class A Hazmat suits.\nSCP-2833 instances slated for termination are to be incinerated, following decontamination of the termination chamber.\n\nDescription: SCP-2833 refers to a group of genetically identical male humans, although each instance has a unique physical appearance. All instances of SCP-2833 are dressed in attires typical of the Aghori.1 Languages known to various SCP-2833 instances include Hindi, English, Gujarati, Dogri, Kashmiri, Punjabi, Urdu and an archaic Uralic language that does not correspond to any modern known variants of the Uralic language family.2\nSCP-2833 is capable of manipulating organic matter within its body, generating an anomalous parasite classified as SCP-2833-A. It is typically released through bodily orifices and open wounds on SCP-2833's body.\nSCP-2833-A refers to a parasitic invertebrate resembling insects of the order Diptera, approximately 20 mm in length. SCP-2833-A is red in colouration and capable of flight via its wings. SCP-2833-A typically attempts to enter the body of another vertebrate creature (referred to as \"host\") through the host's orifices or open wounds. SCP-2833-A instances usually attach themselves into a host's nervous system, allowing a corresponding SCP-2833 instance to manipulate said host's nervous system and sensory organs. This is utilised to induce hallucinations on a target or manipulate said target's body.\nInternal composition of SCP-2833-A consists primarily of a combination of keratin and muscular tissues with traces of ash. The interior of SCP-2833-A contains a spermatophore, which holds a miniature SCP-2833 instance. Miniature SCP-2833 instances found in SCP-2833-A instances are approximately 2 mm in length and are usually inert.\nIf SCP-2833-A's host is a female human, SCP-2833-A instances may deposit their respective miniature SCP-2833 instance in the host's uterus. Thereupon, they will undergo growth in the host's uterus and consume all organic matter in proximity. Through SCP-2833-A, the \"parent\" SCP-2833 instance tends to manipulate female hosts to leave their areas of residence and reside in non-urban environs.\nAfter a period of approximately one year, a new SCP-2833 instance is born. In 100% of observed birthing events, the female host is unable to survive the process. Newborn SCP-2833 instances retain the memories of respective \"parent\" SCP-2833 instance, and are capable of speech from birth. Once born, newborn SCP-2833 instances tend to consume their \"mother's\" corpse. Notably, the death of the host does not hinder the gestation of SCP-2833. Instead, SCP-2833-A generates an unidentified embalming agent to preserve the host's body until the birth of SCP-2833. In those cases, SCP-2833 instances may be born prematurely.\nThe first known SCP-2833 instance (classified as SCP-2833-1) was found in Himatnagar, Gujarat, India on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1969, where it was implicated in inciting civic unrest via its anomalous properties. SCP-2833-1 was then extradited by Indian authorities upon the Foundation's request.\nThe existence of multiple SCP-2833 instances is identified upon the identification of four instances of SCP-2833 in a cemetery in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1975. These SCP-2833 instances were previously ambushed by GOC operatives, resulting in the termination of an SCP-2833 instance. The remaining three SCP-2833 instances were successfully taken into Foundation custody.\nThe presence of SCP-2833 instances is identified in rural areas within the Indian states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir. Total population of SCP-2833 is estimated to be in excess of 1,000.\nAddendum 2833-1: Selected Interviews with SCP-2833 instances.\n\n+ View Interview Log 2833-1-01\n\n- Hide Interview\n\nInterviewee: SCP-2833-1\nInterviewer: Dr. Sanjay Sheel\nForeword: The following interview is originally conducted in Gujarati. References to SCP-2833-1 have been updated.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Sheel: SCP-2833-1, I hope you are comfortable in your new quarters.\nSCP-2833-1: We are very comfortable.\nDr. Sheel: That is good. I'm here to ask you a few questions regarding yourself, so I would like your fullest cooperation. Do you understand?\nSCP-2833-1: We understand. Speak.\nDr. Sheel: Can you elaborate on the creatures created from your body?\nSCP-2833-1: We are a blight cast upon our foes, and victory is claimed. It is ours!\nDr. Sheel: Who are you fighting? You were attacking everyone indiscriminately in Himatnagar.\nSCP-2833-1: Enemies do not exist, perished in the blight of rot and rust. No, we outlast all enemies now.\nDr. Sheel: And why do you refer yourself as \"we\"?\nSCP-2833-1: We are like the false gods of this land. We are shaped in many forms, yet we are one.\nDr. Sheel: Do you regard yourself as a deity?\nSCP-2833-1: Heresy! We are merely servants to Aom, servitor to the crafter and breaker of this world.\n<End Log>\n\n+ View Interview Log 2833-4-14\n\n- Hide Interview\n\nInterviewee: SCP-2833-4\nInterviewer: Dr. Sanjay Sheel\nForeword: The following interview focuses on the existence of multiple SCP-2833 instances outside of SCP-2833-1, and is originally conducted in Gujarati.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Sheel: SCP-2833-4, we have already identified that you and your fellows are the same genetically. Please explain.\nSCP-2833-4: We have said before. We are one being.\nDr. Sheel: Surely there must be more of you. How many of you are still out there?\nSCP-2833-4: We are in your cages. We are distant from the hordes of the ignorant. We are grown like crops and livestock. We are growing in numbers and faith, and we will grow until the ascension of Sam\u0101dhi.3\nDr. Sheel: A Sam\u0101dhi? Where is it? Who is buried in it?\nSCP-2833-4: Sam\u0101dhi is beyond sight. And doctor, the buried will rise. To be consumed is the doorway to rebirth. This is our cycle, waiting for Sam\u0101dhi with patience.\nDr. Sheel: Hmm, and what will happen when this Sam\u0101dhi arrives?\nSCP-2833-4: We shall dance the Tandava4 and consume the world for its rebirth.\nDr. Sheel: Thank you for your time, SCP-2833-4.\n<End Log>\n\n+ View Interview Log 2833-42-06\n\n- Hide Interview\n\nInterviewee: SCP-2833-42 (recovered from the Soviet-Afghan border in \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1985)\nInterviewer: Dr. Sanjay Sheel\nForeword: The following interview focuses on the significance of \"Sam\u0101dhi\" to SCP-2833 instances, and is originally conducted in Hindi. SCP-2833-42 was chosen as it has proven to be relatively cooperative among SCP-2833 instances contained by the Foundation.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Sheel: SCP-2833-42, can you describe Sam\u0101dhi to me?\nSCP-2833-42: If you intend to seek Sam\u0101dhi, your quest is in vain. For we are the inheritor to Sam\u0101dhi. Only we!\nDr. Sheel: We will only seek Sam\u0101dhi if it poses a threat to the world.\nSCP-2833-42: Sam\u0101dhi does not threaten. It is we who were threatened, exiled when the Colossi overran Sam\u0101dhi. We are the remnants, but we are never defeated.\nDr. Sheel: Alright. You have previously described yourself as an inheritor of Sam\u0101dhi. Why is that so?\nSCP-2833-42: We are of glorious lineage, the chosen stock of Karcist Vaski. Only the strongest and most zealous may serve his purpose. To that end, we cut and consume ourselves to persist and await for Sam\u0101dhi.\nDr. Sheel: Why is it important for you to wait for Sam\u0101dhi?\nSCP-2833-42: The blood of our foes for our flesh and servitude. We once claimed our home by Karcist Vaski's miracles, and we shall reclaim Sam\u0101dhi \u2013 that is our oath to Karcist Vaski.\nDr. Sheel: Who is this Karcist Vaski?\nSCP-2833-42: We are. We are Karcist Vaski.\n<End Log>\n\n+ Access Restricted to Level 5 Personnel\n\n- Access Granted\n\nAddendum 2833-2: Based on first-person accounts from [DATA EXPUNGED], SCP-2833 is hypothesised to be an anomalous group belligerent to the Daevite civilisation. However, no mention of SCP-2833 or 'Karcist Vaski' or similar entities have been found in SCP-140 and other affected texts.\nBelow is a quote from SCP-2833-42 when it was asked of any knowledge of the Daevite civilisation.\n\nDaeva. They rot as Aom grew. Aom consumed them. But only most. Some used sorcery to flee. As did we. We too fled from those who intend to consume us. We fled! Cowards! Cowards!\n\n+ Access Restricted to Sitra Achra Personnel\n\n- Access Granted\n\nAddendum 2833-3: Below is a partial collection of documents attributed to Sir William Henry Sleeman.5 They were collated by GOC and released for Foundation purview under Project Sitra Achra.\n\nThe rural poor in India speak of a caste of bizarre mystics called the V\u0101tula. As pale as Death, they bear an unusual fetish towards death and decay, and are honoured and feared among the peasantry of India. They are said to hail from a foreign land northwest of India, claiming their legendary homeland as Sam\u0101dhi \u2013 a great city overran by a race of giants.\nIn terms of religion, rumours hold them to revere Shiva. Yet they shun the temples of Shiva and worship among themselves in private. Their personal idol is leonine Sharabha6 entwined with the Ouroboros, which only they worship. These specific symbols harken to those of our esteemed Society, perhaps as a mark of identification. Before their idol, the V\u0101tula frequently chant the word \"Aom\" in praise of the spirit.\nIn addition, all the V\u0101tula identify themselves as Karcist Vaski, and their sacred language resembles ours. Coincidentally, the legends spoke of Karcist Vaski fleeing southwards when the Colossi overran Adytum. Did he eventually settle upon the land of India and these V\u0101tula be his scion?\n\nIt appears that the respect and fear commanded by the V\u0101tula is not universal. A group of men indeed oppose them \u2013 internally they are called the \"Children of Kali\", while outsiders fear them as \"Thuggee\". The Children of Kali Thuggee are aware of the V\u0101tula, slaughtering them without spilling blood or falling prey to the \"curses\" of the V\u0101tula. Although imitators of the Children Thuggee do exist, the Children Thuggee are singled out through them exclusively targeting the V\u0101tula.\nOn the other hand, the V\u0101tula remain wary of our attempts to interact with them. They regard themselves as the sole survivors of our faith, and dismiss us as charlatans and deceivers. Perhaps we may require to express our sincerity to these ancient compatriots through the strength of action?\n\nI have received word from my allies that the \"Daughter of Shadow\" survived the implantation ritual. The Children of Kali Thuggee shall no longer be the spawn of a non-existent idol, but only Thuggee \u2013 deceivers moulded into the image of a false prophet, moulded in turn by us.\nThe Daughter will be unleashed upon all of India and divide the Thuggee. While divided, we shall conquer them. If we exterminate the predator, the prey is allowed space to grow. The Thuggee can no longer harass the V\u0101tula, and surely they will accept us as fellows.\n\nAll is well. Feringhea has performed well as a sacrifice to our cause. His \"testimony\" spreads further discord among the Thuggee, in addition to their internal corruption by the Daughter. We will attempt to round up the remaining Thuggee, and have them culled and slaughtered and harvested.\nIf necessary, we may persecute and strike down the Daughter just as much as the Thuggee \u2013 both true and false.\n\nIn private, I have audience with several of the V\u0101tula. It is unfortunate for them to be so reduced from their ancestral glory. They certainly recall their covenant religiously, but little else beyond that. With each cycle of transmigration, it appears that less of the mind and body are retained. The self and the need to reclaim Sam\u0101dhi (which should be Adytum) are retained, but they are mostly degenerates at this point \u2013 mad men lost in the wind.\nAmong those I had audience with, there is only one who retained the semblances of ancient wisdom \u2013 a Chiron amongst the V\u0101tula. I have already arranged for him to be sent away to our other holdings, so that the vestiges of his wisdom may benefit the Great Society. Even so, I may be exaggerating the wisdom of this Chiron and I know not when insanity claims this vestige of Karcist Vaski.\n\nAddendum 2833-4: Additional material on SCP-2833, recovered from an anonymous private collection.\nAddendum 2833-5: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2014, Mobile Task Force Beta-12 (\"Icebreakers\") has recovered the carcass of an unknown humanoid in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. An autopsy report of the recovered entity is as follows.\n\nAutopsy Report SCP-2833-74\nSubject: SCP-2833-74\nMass: 184.3 kg\nHeight: 1.82 m\nAge: Unknown\n\nDetails: Subject possesses an overgrowth of muscular tissues and bone, with particular emphasis on subject's limbs. DNA testing verifies that it is an SCP-2833 instance. SCP-2833-A instances are identified inside the subject's internal organs. Subject's body is modified to contain an organ analogous to the uterus in its lower abdomen, containing an infant SCP-2833 instance (designated SCP-2833-75).\nDue to marked differences from SCP-2833, SCP-2833-74 and SCP-2833-75 are slated for classification as a subspecies of SCP-2833. Pending confirmation. As such, SCP-2833-75 will be exempted from Section 377 of Sitra Achra Joint Agreement.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Ascetic Shaiva sadhus known to engage in post-mortem rituals.\n2. Said archaic Uralic language is identified to be a lingua franca among all known SCP-2833 instances.\n3. Normally defined as a crypt containing the remains of a saint(s).\n4. A divine dance said to be performed by the Hindu god Shiva, believed to be the source of the cycle of creation, preservation and destruction.\n5. Sir William Henry Sleeman (1788 \u2013 1856), an administrator in India on behalf of the British East India Company known for spearheading suppression efforts of the Thuggee. Alias: Orin Roisto.\n6. An avatar of Shiva in the form of a lion-bird hybrid.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2832 | SCP-2833 | SCP-2834 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2835\n\nItem #: SCP-2835\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2835 is to be permanently contained in its locker at Site-59. As its anomalous effects only surface when a human subject plays SCP-2835 in a VCR, further viewing has been prohibited by the order of Dr. Naismith.\nDescription: SCP-2835 is a VHS video cassette of a previously unreleased episode of The Adventures of Paddy the Pelican, a short-lived WENR-TV cartoon series from the fall of 1950. The episode is titled \"Love Me, Do It!\"\nSCP-2835 is longer than the average episode of the show, running for 30 minutes as opposed to five minutes. Although the plot remains largely the same (Paddy the Pelican searching for his long-lost father), the content of SCP-2835 changes depending on the reaction of the viewer. The title character (referred to as 2835-1) will periodically interact with the viewers and prod them to express their opinion of the cartoon so far, often in a defensive, demanding, and threatening manner. Contrary to earlier episodes of the show, SCP-2835-1 displays characteristics of extreme paranoia and demands constant affirmation.\n\nTest Log 2835-D-2239\nViewer: D-2239\n<Begin Log>\n[Redacted for relevance]\nSCP-2835-1: So Freddy Fox knows who my real father is? Ain't that a laugh and a half. Who were you expecting my father to be, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588?\nD-2239: How do you know my name?\nSCP-2835-1: No, no, no, no-no-no-no-no. We're not doing this \"answer a question with a question\" crap. I asked you who you think my real father is. I think I'm entitled to an answer, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Do you have any idea how hard I worked on this episode?!\nD-2239: \u2026Kenny Crow is your dad?\nSCP-2835-1: Good Christ, are you blind?! Kenny and I are like the same age. I mean, where did you get the idea that he's my old man? Am I really being that confusing?!\nD-2239: I'm sorry.\nSCP-2835-1: You're sorry? Don't care! Reap what you sow. Reap it!\n[SCP-2835-1 begins sobbing hysterically]\nSCP-2835-1: I'm sorry. I'm a failure. I don't know why I even bother with this show anymore.\nD-2239: Look\u2014\nSCP-2835-1: Reap what you sow, cocksucker!\n[screen cuts to black, tape ejects]\n<End Log>\n\nTest Log 2835-D-2419\nViewer: D-2419\n<Begin Log>\n[Redacted for relevance]\nSCP-2835-1: Gee whiz, I sure do love ice cream cones. How about you, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588?\n[13 seconds of silence]\nSCP-2835-1: I'm talking to you, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nD-2419: Excuse me?\nSCP-2835-1: I'm holding an ice cream cone. It looks delicious. Don't you think it looks delicious? This isn't hard, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. I know you didn't go to college or anything, but don't tell me you're so stupid you don't know what a good ice cream cone looks like.\nD-2419: The fuck?\nSCP-2835-1: Yes, or no? Is this ice cream delicious? God! I put all this work into making this ice cream look tasty, and here you are twiddling your thumbs at me. Do you have any idea how disrespectful that is?!\nD-2419: Dude, your cartoon isn't even that great. A lot of the animation just cycles over itself without any regard for lip syncing.\n[SCP-2835-1 drops the ice cream]\nSCP-2835-1: See that? That shit was the last mistake you ever made, you dumb Hoosier fuck.\nD-2419: Are you gonna get back to the cartoon, or\u2014\nSCP-2835-1: No! You had your chance to watch my work respectfully, you inbred horse-fucker. Then look what you did? \"Daaah, dude, you suck, I could be a better cartoon pelican than you ever could be, I brush my teeth with bacon grease, what's long division?\" I swear to God and all his saints and angels I'm gonna fucking scoop you! Down the throat, right in the acid, everything you hold dear, reap what you sow!\nD-2419: Fuck you.\nSCP-2835-1: Reap what you sow, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. 2499 N. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Terrace, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Indiana, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588? Your kids are adorable. Especially \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Do they know that their own father fed them to me?\nD-2419: Wait, there is no way in hell that you knew\u2014\nSCP-2835-1: Reap what you sow! You deserve it. Everything gets what they deserve. Even the undeserving get what they deserve. But the deserving? The deserving! Oh, yeah. You and everyone you love! Reap what you sow! I am gonna enjoy every second of this, and you've got no one to blame but yourself. Reap what you sow! Reap what you sow! Reap what you sow! Reap what\u2014\n[screen cuts to black, tape ejects]\n<End Log>\n\nAddendum: Effective 11/19/16, further viewing of SCP-2835 has been suspended indefinitely by Dr. Naismith. Proposals to resume viewing with SCP-1722 present are currently pending review. (Note: We can't take any more chances. Even if he's bluffing, it's specific bluffing, and the implications are, at best, troubling. - Dr. Naismith).\n\n\u00ab SCP-2834 | SCP-2835 | SCP-2836 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2836\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2836 is to remain secured in a standard humanoid containment cell equipped with a water resistant high rise ceiling. Communication with the subject outside of approved interviews is not advised. During said interaction, SCP-2836 is to be provided with a suitable covering for its mouth in order to speak clearly and maintain steady breathing.\nDescription: SCP-2836 is a male humanoid of relatively slender build, height measuring approximately 2 meters. The subject is in his mid to late 20's and is most often seen wearing a black wet suit with waterproof fingerless gloves. Subject on occasion has also been seen wearing standard provisional Site 38 attire. SCP-2836 speaks fluent English with a faintly detectable accent from the southern United States. While usually docile, SCP-2836 seems to suffer from bouts of depression, at times resisting attempts at communication with researchers.\nThough most of the subject's attributes appear basically normal, SCP-2836 exhibits anomalous qualities in its method of self-transport. In any dry environment, the subject appears to be completely submerged in water and will seem to swim or float in midair. Characteristics of aquatic buoyancy affect all movements of the subject, thus making walking, running or balancing on floors essentially impossible. Additionally, the subject's hair will appear to waft in various directions as though affected by an aquatic environment despite the lack of such conditions. However, SCP-2836 has proven completely capable of normal breathing in these cases, though communication with the subject in dry areas has also been deemed impossible. All uttered speech will sound garbled and washed out as though being spoken underwater, causing instances of SCP-2836-11 to project from the subject's mouth.\nConversely, another set of anomalous attributes become apparent when SCP-2836 is actually submerged in water. In this state, SCP-2836 will suddenly succumb to conventional gravity. Previously impossible movements will be aptly performed as though being done in a waterless environment. Words spoken by SCP-2836 are also fully understandable in these conditions. However, the subject's ability to inhale ceases, limiting the amount of phrases able to be said as well as how long SCP-2836 can remain submerged before suffocating.\nSCP-2836 first came to the attention of the Foundation following a localized incident taking place near \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Florida. On June \u2588\u2588, 20\u2588\u2588, a mother, father and young daughter were found dead and waterlogged on the shore of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Beach, the result of a boating accident that had occurred the previous night. The surviving older son was later discovered 2-3 miles down the beach floating over the sand and sobbing uncontrollably, releasing large clouds of SCP-2836-1. Attempts at getting the son medical attention were only met with resistance, forcing him to 'swim' well above the reach of people on the ground. When air support arrived, the son frantically escaped into the ocean, where he was able to somehow sprint away on the sandbars at full speed, only occasionally coming above the surface to 'breathe'. Subsequent to amnesticizing all parties witnessing these phenomena, Foundation field agents stationed in the area were able to locate and detain the young man via surveillance drones.\n\nOpen Interview 2836-4\n\n- Close Interview 2836-4\n\nThe following is a video recording transcript of the 4th interview conducted with SCP-2836 since containment.\nInterviewer: Dr. Garrison, Site 38 advisor and presiding researcher of the subject.\n\nBegin playback - 11:08 A.M., 7/12/\u2588\u2588\n[Dr. Garrison enters the room and shuts the door behind him. Proceeds to take a seat.]\nDr. Garrison: Good morning SCP-2836! [directing his greeting upwards.]\n[SCP-2836 is seen doing the dead man's float approximately 6 meters off the floor of the interview room. No response.]\nDr. Garrison: Would you care to join me down here at the table? I need to give you your mask so we can talk. It won't take very long, I promise.\n[A brief pause occurs before a garbled sigh is heard from SCP-2836, releasing a sizeable cluster of SCP-2836-1. Subject slowly starts making his way towards Dr. Garrison.]\nDr. Garrison: Thank you, I appr-whoops! [Garrison is seen quickly moving his cup of coffee out of the way of a sudden rain of water droplets from SCP-2836-1 bursting on the ceiling.] Ha, I'm getting good at that, aren't I? Oh, here you go.\n[Hands the subject a rubber ventilation mask filled with water to enable communication. The subject's nose is uncovered to allow breathing. Subject complies and puts on the ventilator.]\nDr. Garrison: Careful, don't spill. Very good. So let me just start by asking, how are you feeling today?Dr. Garrison: Happy? Sad? Somewhere in the middle?Dr. Garrison: For the record, just give me a simple adjective. First thing that comes into your mind.Dr. Garrison: [pen scribbling] Are you not satisfied with your accommodations?Dr. Garrison: Well now, I know this place can get a little dull after a while. But maybe I can help you, talk to the other directors and make you a bit more comfortable. What do you think would make things less boring for you around here?\n[No response from the subject for several seconds, just breathing.]\nDr. Garrison: Any ideas?Dr. Garrison: [grabs onto the subject's arm] Now hold on, just stick around a little longer, please?\n[Subject remains still for several seconds before weakly clasping the interview table, re-anchoring himself in front of Dr. Garrison.]\nDr. Garrison: Now you can't expect me to believe that you have no interests whatsoever?Dr. Garrison: [grinning enthusiastically] Well now we're getting somewhere. Please, tell me all about your boat.\n[SCP-2836 seen pushing his hair out of his face from the aquatic effect. Nods gently at Dr. Garrison.]Dr. Garrison: Oh? And what did he name it?\n[SCP-2836 falls silent.]\nDr. Garrison: Do you remember?Dr. Garrison: How thoughtful.\n[SCP-2836 stares blankly at the table, breathing steadily.]Dr. Garrison: Dreams? About 'Jenna'?Dr. Garrison: I see.Dr. Garrison: Ah, you're referring to a hypnic jerk.[Subject seen grasping the interview table tightly.]\nDr. Garrison: Go ahead, I'm listening.Dr. Garrison: And your family?\n[SCP-2836 looks downward, visibly distressed.][Dr. Garrison adjusts his glasses.]Dr. Garrison: My deepest condolences for your loss. This is right around when we stepped in, isn't it?\n[Subject nods, gradually regaining composure.][Subject pauses and looks up at the ceiling, visibly drained from crying.]Dr. Garrison: You've been beyond helpful today, SCP-2836. Thank you. Feel free to remove the ventilator.\nEnd interview log, 11:22 A.M.\n\nAddendum 2836-1\n\n- Close Addendum\n\nNote from Dr. Garrison to Site 38 staff\n\nTo entire research team,\nSince my last interview with SCP-2836, I've come to the conclusion that his condition is psychologically rooted. Specifically, the influence of multiple hypnic jerks during slumber seem to have triggered some kind of an anomalous bodily reaction stemming from his subconscious. I request future testing be conducted on the subject's brain during the sleep process to confirm these hypotheses. Pending approval from the higher-ups, I may also have an idea that will make my subject more open to our visits. I'll have to pull a few strings, but it will be worth it.\n-Dr. Garrison, Site 38\n\nAddendum 2836-2 (Follow Up)\n\n- Close Addendum\n\nAddendum 2836-2\nTwo weeks after the interview, Dr. Garrison provided SCP-2836 with a recovered piece of the wrecked boat referred to as 'Jenna'. The splintered fragment contained the letters 'J', 'E' and 'N' slightly faded from salt water damage. Subsequent inspections of the subject's chamber reveal the piece to be nestled in a vent grating roughly 4 meters above the floor, presumably for viewing purposes at the leisure of SCP-2836. Subject has since expressed contentment at a potential 5th interview with Dr. Garrison.\n\nFootnotes\n1. SCP-2836-1 appear to be 'inverted bubbles' comprised of H\u2082O and trapped within a layer of carbon dioxide exhaled by SCP-2836. These will inevitably burst as would normal bubbles either in the air or after contact with a foreign object, but will release the entrapped water rather than CO\u2082.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2835 | SCP-2836 | SCP-2837 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2837\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-2837 are to be kept at separate Sites. No instances are allowed to be at the same Site for any period of time without the consensus of both the lead researchers on SCP-2837 and the Site Director.\nSCP-2837-1 is kept at Site 17, suspended in the center of a cell measuring 4 m x 4 m x 4m. SCP-2837-2 is kept at Site 24, suspended in the center of a cell measuring 60 m x 60 m x 60 m. SCP-2837-3 is kept at Site 37, suspended in the center of a cell measuring 15 m x 15 m x 15 m. SCP-2837-4 is kept at Site 50, suspended in the center of a cell measuring 35 m x 35 m x 35 m. All containment cells are to have access doors located only in one of the upper corners of the chamber, with a walkway extending to the center of the room, allowing access to the SCP-2837 instance.\nBy preference, only telepresence robots are allowed to enter the range of effect of an SCP-2837 instance. In the rare event that direct human exposure is required, only D-class personnel are to be used.\nSCP-2837 instances present a null probability of active containment breach. If accessed or moved by an outside force or individual, follow standard protocols for neutralizing the outside agent.\nDescription: SCP-2837 consists of a set of 4 perfect Platonic solids composed of different unidentified indestructible substances. The edges of each instance are 17.37 cm in length. Each instance is surrounded by an anomalous region of space centered on it, within which the laws of physics are altered such that all matter consists of mixtures of 4 indivisible particles, described below, and the laws of thermodynamics and motion are greatly simplified. Normal molecular structures are replaced by simple structures composed of these particles, which interact in a manner sufficient to mimic those of standard molecules. The action by which this mimicry works is poorly understood.\nSCP-2837-1 is a tetrahedron composed of a uniform red (wavelength 700 nm) substance. Its range of effect is a sphere with a radius of 1.74 m. All exothermic reactions occurring within this volume produce approximately 50% more thermal energy than they do outside the affected region. Inside the affected region, all thermal and electrodynamic energetic processes are facilitated by the transfer of nanoscopic tetrahedral particles. Purely thermal or electric discharges are composed exclusively of these particles, in varying concentrations and luminosities.\nSCP-2837-2 is a cube composed of a uniform green (wavelength 549 nm) substance. Its range of effect is a sphere with a radius of 27.8 m. Within the affected region, the force of gravity is normalized such that all objects within it experience 9.8 m/s2 of acceleration towards the center of the Earth, regardless of the distance from the Earth. A continuous bidirectional flow of nanoscopic cubical particles extends from all solid objects towards the center of the Earth. Additionally, any magnetized objects form similar, less intense flows with ferromagnetic objects within the affected region. All solid matter contains high concentrations of these particles, with elemental iron being formed exclusively of them.\nSCP-2837-3 is an octahedron composed of a uniform yellow (wavelength 570 nm) substance. Its range of effect is a sphere with a radius of 6.95 m. Sapient creatures report a greater clarity of thought and ease of thinking within the affected region and perform, on average, 15% higher on standardized measures of intelligence and achievement than they do outside the region. Dense clouds of nanoscopic octahedral particles surround all living brain tissue within the affected region, with density operating according to the inverse-square law. Additionally, all objects that contain or transmit coherent information1 are accompanied by similar, but less dense, clouds of these particles. All gases within the effective range are rendered uniform and breathable and are composed exclusively of these particles.\nSCP-2837-4 is an icosahedron composed of a uniform blue (wavelength 446 nm) substance. Its range of effect is a sphere with a radius of 15.6 m. All coefficients of friction are reduced by approximately half within the affected region. Additionally, all mechanical or kinetic processes are facilitated by the transfer or action of nanoscopic icosahedral particles. All liquids are composed primarily of these particles, with purified water being composed exclusively of them.\nWhen two or more instances are within 50.3 cm of each other, the affected region becomes a perfect sphere with center at the centroid of the placement of the instances. The radius of the sphere is equal to the sum of the radii of the spheres surrounding each included instance. The effects of each instance are active throughout the entirety of the new volume. Experimentation has determined that biological processes that occur within this collective region operate at approximately 30-50% efficiency, depending on the complexity of the organism. Notably, microscopic organisms die immediately upon entering this region. All biological matter that expires within the region rapidly decays into disorganized admixtures of the four particle types, which gradually stratify over time.\nSCP-2837 was discovered in 1847 within a sealed, underground Roman tomb located in present-day Turkey by The Royal Society for the Study of Curiosities and Peculiarities, a Foundation precursor. The tomb has since been destroyed by regional conflicts, but etchings and drawings made at the time of discovery indicate that the entry door and interior of the tomb were covered in bas-relief carvings and frescos depicting a previously unknown mystery cult devoted to the Roman god Orcus. Several of the drawings indicate that the cultists considered SCP-2837 to be a gift from Orcus, intended to purify the world in preparation for his return to the surface world. Notes from the archaeologists responsible for the finding indicate the tomb was sealed by order of an official entitled the \"Curator Arcanorum\", or Superintendent of Secrets.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Speech, music, written text, data storage computer hardware, etc.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2836 | SCP-2837 | SCP-2838 \u00bb"}
{"text": "View of SCP-2838 from the outer edge of Site-292.\n\nItem #: SCP-2838\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Site-292 has been established below SCP-2838 under the guise of a privately-run observatory. Trespassers are to be dealt with according to standard Foundation protocols. Visual concealment protocols (574-A \"Curtain Call\", 574-C \"Clouded Mountain\") are currently in place to obscure SCP-2838 from public view. Any aircraft attempting to pass through SCP-2838 are to be intercepted and redirected to a different flight path.\nDescription: SCP-2838 is a region of space located 820m above ground level near the Trans-Alay mountain range in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan. SCP-2838 has a base area of approximately 500m x 500m, and extends vertically to a height of 12km. When viewed from below at night, SCP-2838 resembles a patch of sky with an unusually large number of stars. SCP-2838 currently contains \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 such luminescent objects, of which \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 are visible to the naked eye.\nAerial exploration of SCP-2838 reveals that each luminescent object, hereby designated SCP-2838-1, is a mass of plasma roughly the size and shape of a human being1, suspended inside SCP-2838 via unknown means. SCP-2838-1 instances have an average surface temperature of 5000K, and an average brightness of 3000 lumens. Spectroscopy reveals that each instance is mostly composed of hydrogen and helium, with trace amounts of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen. Retrieval of SCP-2838-1 instances has proven impossible thus far.\nAny human corpse under SCP-2838 will dematerialise if left unobserved for more than 24 hours. A new SCP-2838-1 instance will then appear within SCP-2838, usually instantaneously.\nSCP-2838 was formerly designated AO-17508 in Foundation records, only entering containment when its effects were first observed in the aftermath of [REDACTED], near the beginning of the Tajikistan Civil War. Bronze Age artifacts were unearthed beneath SCP-2838 during the construction of Site-292, indicating that the ground below SCP-2838 had been used as a prehistoric burial site. Analysis of artifacts suggests that only individuals of high societal rank and religious importance were buried underneath SCP-2838, presumably in order to transform them into SCP-2838-1 instances as a form of veneration after death.\nAddendum:\nRecent consolidation and analysis of magnetometer readings around SCP-2838-1 instances reveals that the electrical fields generated by plasma convection in the heads of SCP-2838-1 resemble patterns of human brain activity. Specifically, regions of SCP-2838-1's head corresponding to the regions of the brain responsible for thermoreception appear to be highly stimulated. Further research is pending.\n\nFootnotes\n1. While the average instance is the size of an adult human, instances as small as 51cm in length have been found.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2837 | SCP-2838 | SCP-2839 \u00bb"}
{"text": "If you've ended up on this page by accessing the document for SCP-2839, sorry to tell you but you've ended up here by mistake. We currently have no idea why this keeps happening, probably IT maintenance bull or something like that. But since there is no current item actually designated as SCP-2839, sorting this problem out is pretty low-priority. Sorry for the inconvenience.\n- Dr. Weppler\n\nName: Octavius Weppler\n\nDr. Weppler\n\nOccupation: Field researcher, member of Cognitohazardous Research Division, Archivist.\nSecurity Clearance Level: 3\nProfile: A man equal in value to the amount of pocket change in his possession at any given time, Dr. Weppler's desire to fool lower level Researchers into thinking that random kitchen utensils are anomalous items, and to strike fear into the hearts of teens and adolescents in general, have earned him a reputation among staff as a follower of righteousness and disturbing personal habits.\nDr. Weppler's tendency towards extreme behavior for the sake of mild amusement has reached the point where no one but himself finds his pranks funny, which is believed to have been his intended goal. While at least somewhat creative, all his pranks lack any amount of surprise or subtlety and may be foiled by anyone with at least one functioning brain and a fraction of common sense.\nNotable pranks include:\n\nFilling the staff break rooms fridge and cupboards with \u2588400.00 worth of the popular drink Mountain Dew after complaints of there never being any.\n\nTattooing \u2018Dr. O Ctavius' across his right leg and attempting to convince other members of staff to place similar tattoos onto their own limbs.\n\nScaring a level 1 researcher by convincing her that there, in fact, exists such a thing as \u2018wereshoes'.\n\nWhen questioned about his actions, Dr. Weppler will often respond with either \u2018Old habits never die' or \u2018We all have our ways of relieving stress'.\nHis relationship with staff in general, has been interpreted as being strictly professional, while a few personnel find him to be humorous in his actions, yet all the while giving off the air of a man who couldn't care less about the art of comedy, and more as someone even an entire prison population would wince at. This has been proven to have been caused not by a naturally fearful demeanor, but instead, Dr. Weppler's complete lack of any social aptitude.\nDr. Weppler's work involves the study of cognitohazards 75% of the time, while his personal time is often spent following a number of his hobbies such as angling, hitchhiking, camping, retro gaming (as there is no superior form), yoga, the growing of orange vegetables, collecting amusing pictures of alpacas, and trying to get others to join him in any of the previously mentioned activities, much to their dismay delight dismay.\nCurrent anomalies contained by Dr. Weppler:\nSCP-40017 - Season Of The Pink - Euclid\nSCP-41309 - XK-Class Prevention Procedures - Thaumiel\nSCP-43210 - The Best Dinosaur - Keter\nSCP-39420 - Mascot Of The Merrymakers - Safe\nHistory: Dr. Weppler joined the Foundation at the age of 27 and gradually became known for his research in cognitohazards, as well as his limited knowledge of mind and reality-altering anomalies. Since his original employment, Dr. Weppler has worked with several cognitohazardous SCPs and has aided researchers in the containment of SCPs 2958, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nTo note, Dr. Weppler's relationship with Level 3 Field researcher Dr. Tonne has been questioned by many staff, as the two are almost complete opposites in personality, interests, and clearance levels at one point, yet the two have been seen talking on a regular basis and on multiple occasions following one another without the other's knowledge. The two have assured staff multiple times that there are totally no further motives to the two's personal relationship, despite how much staff claim that they can 'think of a few'.\nIncident Weppler/Tonne-063 (\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2013)\n\nDr. Weppler: And it was only temporary, but they managed to remove the can before it got sent-\nDr. Tonne jumps back, starring at Dr. Weppler in shock.\nDr. Tonne: Excuse me!? \u2026Who the hell are you!?\nDr. Weppler: Phillip, calm down! What's wrong with you!?\nDr. Tonne: Can somebody help me over here!? Hey! We've got a situation!\nResearchers \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 enter the room appearing initialy alarmed, only to relax once they notice Dr. Weppler.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Phil come on, you can't keep falling for these. This is just sad.\nDr. Tonne: What? Look, this guy just appeared in front of me! He showed up after I read this!\nDr. Tonne produces a small sheet of paper in his hand.\nDr. Tonne: I really don't think anyone else should read it, this guy needs to be-\n(Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 grabs the paper from Dr. Tonne and looks at it for a few seconds before smirking.)\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Okay, I don't know who to be more disappointed with. Weppler for going through the effort of making and actually printing this damn thing or you, how many goddamn times are you gonna fall for these?\nDr. Tonne: What!? What are you talking about!? You're not listening! He appeared out of thin air right in front of me!\nDr. Weppler: I think you're still a bit delirious from last night's party, boy. I think we should get you somewhere nice and quiet.\nDr. Tonne: I-I guess, maybe? I don't know what the hell's going on!\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Get back to your office and take a rest or something, you need one if you're gonna be this deluded.\nDr. Tonne: I don't think I need a rest! I need some help!\nDr. Weppler: Maybe you're not as sick as I thought you were. This is pretty normal behavior for you right now.\n<END RECORDING>\n\nSince the incident, Dr. Tonne has become noticeably more disturbed when in the presence of Dr. Weppler than usual. Therapeutic intervention was suggested in order to relieve Dr. Tonne of these problems. However, after discussing the matter with Dr. Weppler in private, the two seem to have gotten past this prank and continue to work to the professional standards expected of them as much as they did previously.\n\nDecent cognitohazard, you think so Tonne? Only you should be able to see this.\n\n- Let's keep this between ourselves ok?\n\nPost-conversation excerpt\n\nDr. Tonne: It's hard to comprehend, though. Honestly, I don't really think I'll ever get used to it. I can't just act like you've been here the whole time.\nDr. Weppler: You will. Stop getting so anxious. It's best to just go with it, there's nothing that can be done and you're lucky it happened here. If you'd found the document in an alleyway or somewhere else questionable, you'd be dealing with a much less reasonable personality right now.\nDr. Tonne: There's no point in convincing anyone else, I guess. I mean, telling other people about you just led to them thinking I'd turned crazy\u2026 That document worked damn well didn't it? But obviously, I'm still gonna keep an eye on you.\nDr. Weppler: You've worked here long enough to know that the group isn't particularly antagonistic. At least in a malicious sense. There's more to them than that, when you get down to it, a bunch of gamers with a questionable sense of humor aren't exactly the biggest problem we deal with here.\nDr. Tonne: So, what about your document?\nDr. Weppler: I'll keep a hold of it, you just try and continue behaving as normal.\nDr. Tonne: Heh, not likely. But I'll do my best.\n<END RECORDING>\n\nHoly Heck! You've just found yourself your very own Mr. Original Character by Gamers Against Weed! Do Not Steal. Who is Dr. Wondertainment?\nFind them all and become Mr. Gamer!\n01. Mr. Literal Serial Killer\n02. Mr. Normie\n03. Mr. Bernie Sanders\n04. Mr. Get Anything For Free In Any Shop\n20. Mr. Sex Number\n21. Mr. Heavenly Virtues\n22. Mr. Deadly Sins\n23. Mr. Original Character \u2714\n24. Mr. D.A.R.E.\n25. Mrs. Gentrification\n26. Ms. Mad About Video Games\n27. Mr. Meme\n28. Mr. Ominous (discontinued)\n29. Mr. Destiny\n30. Mr. Monty Python And The Holy Grail\n31. Ms. Zapatista\n32. Mr. Hax\n33. Mr. Just Has The Tattoo\n34. Mr. Top Text and Mr. Bottom Text\n35. Mr. Finale\n\n\u00ab SCP-2838 | SCP-2839 | SCP-2840 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2840\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2840 is contained within three nonviolent D-Class hosts housed in a humanoid containment suite within Satellite Building C at Site-66. These three hosts must follow a sleep schedule as outlined by Dr Bridge and are permitted entertainment material as requested.\nPersonnel found asleep within 100 metres of SCP-2840's current host will be demoted.\nDescription: SCP-2840 is a incorporeal psychic entity that exists within the minds of humans experiencing REM sleep.\nSCP-2840 resides within one human subject at a time, and appears dormant when the subject is conscious. It is capable of transferring itself between hosts that enter REM sleep within 100 metres from one another. It is not currently possible to track the movement of SCP-2840 between subjects outside of self-reports. While host to SCP-2840, individuals will remember their dreams each night, though imperfectly and forgetting minor details.\nSCP-2840 gravitates towards individuals that have a history of chronic nightmares and night terrors. Subjects suffering from recurring nightmares will find themselves unable to experience the recurring dream again after occupation by SCP-2840.\nHosts experience a change in their nightly dream cycles after acquiring SCP-2840. After this period, their night terrors will be interrupted by a dramatic shift in scenario. Details vary, but the interaction always ends in the neutralization of the nightmare and its replacement by SCP-2840.\nSCP-2840 will manifest mid-scenario, violently interrupting the dream and changing it to a different scenario. For example, a subject dreaming of being chased found that the pursuer was attacked and consumed by a featureless figure, and then found themselves trapped within a dark forest with the figure pursuing at a relaxed pace. Another subject with terrors of drowning experienced a sudden expulsion of bubbles from below, which led to a dream of falling in a clear void.\nWhile still asleep, hosts realize and understand that they are dreaming, but also an understanding that they are entirely safe. Each host recognizes that the entity or scenario, such as the featureless figure or the void, should cause fear or anxiety, but instead instills a sense of safety and relaxation. Upon waking, hosts recognize that SCP-2840, in whatever form it took during the dream, was aware of their existence and that it removed the perceived threat from their nightmare.\nSCP-2840 was discovered in a psychiatric hospital in [REDACTED]. Over a 4 month period, 29 patients reported similar dreams, now understood to be SCP-2840's primary symptoms. An embedded agent following an instance of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 noticed the trend among unrelated patients and initiated an investigation into the phenomenon. The then-current host of SCP-2840 was determined and extracted for containment, and remains part of the containment procedures as D-2840-B.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2839 | SCP-2840 | SCP-2841 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2841\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Fences and a security door are placed at SCP-2841's entrance. The area is to be monitored for civilians, who are to be escorted out and given Amnestics if applicable. SCP-2841-4 can only be entered with the signed permission of Site Director Xue Qing.\nDescription: SCP-2841 is an underground tomb dating back to around 1000 BCE1, located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Henan Province, China.2 SCP-2841 is composed of a tunnel and a chamber, occupying an estimated 300m2. While well-preserved, SCP-2841 is mostly empty, containing only SCP-2841-1, -2 and -3 at the center, and lacks any artifact commonly seen in such burials.\nSCP-2841-1 is a series of 28 hollow bronze sculptures resembling trees surrounding SCP-2841-2. Seven of these seem to have been deliberately damaged to various degrees, but none suffer corrosion. In an undamaged state, an instance is estimated to be 1m in height, with an opening at the tip of each branch. A piece of cooked meat3 is hung from each tip, and is easily removable by hand. When removed, the opening will quickly produce a liquid4, which will subsequently solidify and turn into another piece of meat through unknown mechanisms in five minutes.\nSCP-2841-2 is a 6m x 6m x 6m pool with bronze borders. It is filled with a potable liquid similar to rice wine5, with a 15% alcohol content. When taken from SCP-2841-2, the liquid will automatically refill at a rate of roughly 1 liter per minute. The borders of SCP-2841-2 do not seem to suffer corrosion, despite being in constant contact within the liquid. However, the parts above the water level retain significant burn marks, indicating that the contents of SCP-2841-2 might have been set aflame at some point in the past.\nSCP-2841-3A (left) and SCP-2841-3B (right) are a pair of metallic caskets located at the bottom center of SCP-2841-2. SCP-2841-3A's surface bears decorative engravings, detailing the sun with a three-legged bird inside. When objects enter SCP-2841-3 instances' area of effect (a sphere of roughly 1m in radius surrounding the instances), they will resurface from a similar pool located in an extradimensional location, hereafter referred to as SCP-2841-4. Light interacts normally with SCP-2841-3 instances, and will not cross through into SCP-2841-4. SCP-2841-3 instances will be still visible at the bottom from within SCP-2841-4, and subject can return to SCP-2841 without difficulty through the same method.\nSCP-2841-3 instances cannot be properly examined due to the aforementioned anomalous effect, but their material resembles that of SCP-2841-2's borders in apperance, and similarly suffers no corrosion. Using X-ray, it is determined that SCP-2841-3A contains the corpse of a male human, with arms and legs chained to the inside of the casket; SCP-2841-3B contains the carcass of an Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus), with its head positioned to face SCP-2841-3A.\nSCP-2841-4 is an extradimensional location with no visible borders. The ground inside SCP-2841-4 is unusually rich in calcium and carbon, covered in sands mainly composed of copper, tin, and iron. A sky with stars can be observed, as SCP-2841-4 always appears to be at night when initially entered. No GPS signals or radio and video transmissions can be received within SCP-2841-4. SCP-2841-4 contains artificial objects, and several oddities and anomalies are observed. See Exploration Report-2841 for further information.\n\n+ Exploration Report-2841\n\n- Exploration Report-2841\n\nForeword: This exploration of SCP-2841-4 was carried out shortly after its discovery. Agent Luo Xing, Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and Field Specialist Kelly Zhang were dispatched with standard gear and basic diving equipment. The operation was overseen by Site Director Xue Qing as part of the Project Hetu Luoshu. The following is translated from Chinese.\nInterviewer: Dr. Xue Qing\nInterviewee: Agent Luo Xing, operation leader\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Xue: Hello, Agent Luo.\nAgent Luo: Hi Doctor.\nDr. Xue: Please take a seat. I take it that you know why you're here?\nAgent Luo: Yes, the recording kind of broke half-way and I'm expected to give a briefing on the operation.\nDr. Xue: And for the purpose of the report, please start from the beginning.\nAgent Luo: Before that, may I ask how \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is doing?\nDr. Xue: He has fully recovered. Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 will be transferred out of the Project soon enough, once the psychological evaluations are complete.6 You may begin now.\nAgent Luo: Thank you, Dr. Xue. So on 20\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, I led Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and Field Specialist Kelly Zhang into SCP-2841-4. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was in charge of the video equipment and Kelly did the sampling and surveying of the surroundings.\nWe went through the pool and entered the extradimensional location without problem. We then moved onto the land and changed to normal gear. It was quite dark so we kept the headlights on, and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 turned on night vision.\nWe were in an open field. There was clearly a sky above us, with stars visible. They hardly lit anything though. The ground just extended to all directions, and then dissolved into blackness. There was no sound, and now that I recall, no wind either.\nThe pool was pretty much the same as the one back here, same liquid as it comes through the portal. But there were these metal rods around the pool, where those bronze trees should be. I have no idea what kind of metal, and Kelly wasn't able to scrape down any bits.\nShe was able to take samples of the ground though, all of which was covered in some weird sand that seemed metallic. We stayed at the site for a bit. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 recorded the scene and helped Kelly take a few pictures.\n[pauses]\nOur job was just to map out the basics of the location. But we couldn't communicate with the base there, and it was up to me to decide what to do. We were going to return, but \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 found something with his camera. It was barely visible, off in the distance. We figured it was some sort of tower, just extending upwards with its top obscured by the darkness.\nDr. Xue: So you decided to explore the premises?\nAgent Luo: We've been there for 10 minutes tops, and already finished what we could do around the pool. We had our basic gear and weapons, so I figured it would be alright. Besides, the place seemed pretty dead at the time.\nDr. Xue: Continue.\nAgent Luo: We left a strong light at the pool, and made marks as we went. With sand on the ground and no wind around, there was a clear track. We knew we wouldn't be getting lost. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 led us towards the tower with the camera, and we hiked for 15 to 20 minutes before reaching it.\nIt was indeed a tower, and it was massive. Four sides, at least 100 meters each. We didn't really realize that until we were up close. We still couldn't see how high the thing was. Again, there was nothing else around, no sounds or movements.\nUnder the headlights, we found that the tower was partly golden and partly white, alternating between the two colors to form some sort of pattern. But we couldn't quite see what it was. It must be gorgeous under the sunlight, as it shined even with the dim light we had. And again, like with the rods, Kelly couldn't take any samples.\nWe didn't find any entrance, but there was a set of stairs facing where we came from. It went around the tower, slowly winding upwards. It was clearly human-sized, nicely built even. There were railings, and we didn't feel insecure stepping on them.\nNaturally, we hiked upwards. This time it took even longer than the time spent getting to the tower. Kelly said it was a little over an hour and a half, but it felt longer. The stairs just continued on and on, and the height didn't help us get a better look at the landscape. It was just too dark.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 managed to get a few more good shots of the sky and a lot of close shots of the tower, but nothing else. The patterns on the tower kept changing, but they were just lines and shapes. Kelly suggested it must have been designed to be viewed from a distance. We tried talking but it felt too loud. Even as we ascended there was no wind. I'm not entirely sure how high we eventually got to.\nBut then, just as Kelly started to complain about it, we were suddenly there.\nDr. Xue: There?\nAgent Luo: The stairs just ended, and there was suddenly this open platform. It was much smaller than its base, about 10 meters long and wide. We almost stumbled into each other. And there was light sources, candles, must have been hundreds of them.\nIt was like some sort of Chinese pavilion, or a small palace, but you get rid of all the walls and leave the pillars. It was clearly made of wood, like traditional buildings usually are, brightly colored, and with decorations here and there. The candles lit the whole scene up pretty well.\nBut we weren't able to step forward. In the front of the pavilion, there was a golden throne. And there were two beings there.\nDr. Xue: You mean that they were not human?\nAgent Luo: I'm not really sure. One of them seemed human enough, the one on the golden throne. A male, wearing traditional clothes with the pattern of a giant bird. He had this sun-shaped headwear on his head. As for the other being, it was some sort of weird dog?\nDr. Xue: Please elaborate on that.\nAgent Luo: It was like a wolf, or a fox maybe? But it had no fur, just these scales on its body. It was quite unsettling. Not fish scales though, more like a reptile. Furthermore, it stood almost as tall as a human, on its hind legs. One of the front paws was rested on the male's shoulder.\nWe all stayed where we were, at the top of the stairs. To be honest, we weren't really expecting this, and it took a few moments to adjust to the new light sources. And then the creature just turned to look at us, its paw still on the man's shoulder.\nThere were a few seconds where it just stared. And suddenly the thing emitted an ear-piercing shriek and we all stepped back. At the same time, the man on the throne just shot up. That's when we noticed that there was a piece of white silk hanging from one of the beams. The man then climbed onto the throne, and placed the piece of silk around his neck. He said something, but none of us could understand. It seemed like some sort of weird dialect.\nDr. Xue: Hold on.\n[Dr. Xue plays an audio file; a male can be heard speaking agitatedly.]\nIt was, in fact, Archaic Chinese, used from Shang Dynasty to Han Dynasty. Roughly translates to [reading from document] \u201cThe stars, I could reach them. They're so close now. But the snakes. The snakes, they have come for me. Their vengeance burns like flames. Please forgive me, please forgive us. Please. I did nothing, it was my ancestors.\u201d\nAgent Luo: Oh. That actually makes sense.\n[pauses]\nBut as he said that, the creature growled and pushed the throne down. The man was hanged like that, but still twitching a bit. I think he said something else but we couldn't catch it, as the creature jumped around and knocked down all the candles, and the whole pavilion just caught on fire.\nI know I said that there were hundreds of candles, but it was merely seconds between when the candles were knocked down and when the whole thing started burning. It was definitely abnormal. And the creature, it just yelped and yelped and the sound somehow gradually turned into a kind of laughter. It made no attempt to attack us, but I still ordered retreat.\nDr. Xue: And that's when the video recording failed.\nAgent Luo: Yes, Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 didn't respond to my order. The recording was still on, but he had put the camera down. Not down on the floor, it was attached to his gear, but he just stared at the burning pavilion. I patted him on the shoulder but he turned and grabbed my arm, pointing towards the pavilion \u2013 at this point smoke and fire had covered all of it \u2013 and muttered a series of nonsense.\nDr. Xue: I believe this is what he said?\n\n[Dr. Xue plays an audio file]\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: It was him! It was him, the tyrant! We need to get there, we need to get to him and make him pay. He must burn.\nAgent Luo: What are you doing? We're evacuating!\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: How can you not see? It was him! Him, bathing in wine and gulping the meat, while people toiled and built him this grand palace. His ancestors stole the throne in the first place, and he showed that he was indeed of an evil breed. How disgusting, the most terrible king!\nAgent Luo: What?\nField Specialist Zhang: We need to go!\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: The snakes! They have chewed on the bones of his enemies and friends, and now they come for him. This is the revenge!\n[recording ends]\n\nAgent Luo: Yes. I'm pretty sure \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 meant the man on the throne, but not sure what to make of it. He said those words almost accusingly and both me and Kelly figured he was somehow influenced by the anomaly, and it was best to leave as quickly as possible.\nSo I grabbed hold of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and dragged him with us down the stairs. He wasn't resistant, but kept mumbling about the man, and how he should suffer. Naturally there was no one to take care of the camera, and we were soon too occupied to think about that.\nTurns out that \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was right about one thing. There were indeed snakes. They just appeared crawling up from the stairs, and on the railings even. There were no signs of them anywhere before, but now they just crammed the path and slithered onto each other. There were so many.\nKelly immediately took out her gun. I looked out of the tower to see where they came from. And I just saw these giant pits at the bottom, around the tower. Certainly wasn't there before, just filled with swarming snakes \u2013\nDr. Xue: Hold on, how is this possible? You were in a dark environment, and even if the fire was enough to illuminate, how could you see all the way down to the bottom of the tower? You said that you climbed for an hour and a half at least.\nAgent Luo: Well, we didn't really realize it until that moment, but somehow when we saw the pits, we were merely stories away from the ground, only 10 meters or so. It didn't feel like the tower had moved, but either that it shrank or that there were some space anomaly and we were on a loop previously. But it was the least of our worries then.\nAs I looked down, I realized that there was now enough light to see, that the sky was no longer dark. And then Kelly almost screeched. I looked where she was pointing and it was on the horizon. The sun had risen, and now that there was light, I found that we were on this plain, open field, stretching into all directions. There was something off about the sun, now that I think about it. But back then our attention was caught by the thing just by the horizon.\nI'm not sure what it was, but it was just massive. Before I said that the tower was massive, but it was nothing compared to this. The thing stretched all across the horizon, partly obscuring the sun. It was unevenly shaped, and because the light didn't shine through, we couldn't really make it out, and it was just shadows.\nWe didn't really want to make it out though, the thing looked like a mountain, except mountains won't be moving and changing shapes. It was definitely something alive, and it had soft edges? I'm still not quite sure. But we were sure that it was shifting and worming and moving towards the tower, or towards us.\nKelly insisted that we get out of there, and I agreed with her. The pavilion was burning really badly but we couldn't afford to care about that or the snakes. So we descended the stairs and dragged \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 with us.\nAmazingly, the snakes didn't bother with us. They just slithered and crawled upwards. A few, no, a lot of them got on our clothes but we just kept going. It was almost fine, but the gigantic figure in the distance was too worrying. The way it moved \u2013 I'm not sure how it moved, but it's still in my head.\nIt took us only a few minutes to get to the bottom, compared with our hour or so hike up. I noted that there was no branching path either. Luckily, there was still a path between the snake pits, and we were able to get across fine. We probably should have taken pictures of those, but we were too upset to even really examine them. But anyways, we were able to find our track leading back without problem.\nDr. Xue: So you just headed back, and avoided encountering the giant creature?\nAgent Luo: Well, the way back was still a 20 minute hike, that didn't change. And half way, we kind of realized that maybe the thing on the horizon won't be able to get to us.\nLike, you'd think that a creature that huge will be able to move through great distance pretty quickly. But when we look at it, it was in its original spot. We could see that it was making efforts to move to our direction, and we could see that it was covering distance. But when we look again, the thing was still on the horizon. I'm not sure if that comforted us or made us even more unnerved.\nIt was still rather upsetting though, seeing the movements constantly at the corner of your eyes. It was just very\u2026 surreal? Plus \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was still spilling nonsense and we were quite worried. We decided to just get back and finish this operation. Kelly remembered the camera when we were only a few minutes away from the entrance, and was able to record properly again.\nAfterwards, we just changed to diving gear and got back. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was still unstable, but was able to come with us fine.\nDr. Xue: I see. Anything else you might want to add, Agent Luo?\nAgent Luo: [pauses to think] In fact, yeah. Kelly told me afterwards that she looked back on the way back, when we were not far from the tower. There seemed to be some sort of giant symbol of the sun with wings on it?\nDr. Xue: Noted. Thank you agent, that will be all.\nAgent Luo: Goodbye, doc.\n[Agent Luo leaves the room.]\nDr. Xue: [narrates to the recorder] Analysis of the video log and archived images shows that, according to the position of the stars and the size of the sun, SCP-2841-4 may be located on Jupiter. It is unknown why its environment resembles that of the Earth, and can sustain human activity.\n[long pause]\nThis is suspected to have links to the \u201cTaisui\u201d location referenced by members of the Xia Anomalous Culture Group. I can't help but wonder whether we have been given these clues of potential SCP objects intentionally.\n<End Log>\n\nFootnotes\n1. Estimated to be from late Shang Dynasty to early Zhou Dynasty.\n2. SCP-2841 was discovered through one set of the coordinates recovered from SCP-2847-3.\n3. Analysis of the meat shows that it is a mixture of human and avian flesh, and further examination is inconclusive due to its cooked state.\n4. Testing shows that it is identical to the liquid inside SCP-2841-2.\n5. Alcoholic beverage made from rice, commonly seen in Asia.\n6. Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has been given Class-A Amnestics and transferred out of Project Hetu Luoshu.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2840 | SCP-2841 | SCP-2842 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2842 at time of recovery.\n\nItem #: SCP-2842\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2842 is kept in a Type 2 Humanoid Containment Cell at Site-17. Standard amenities and precautions associated with T2HCC are in place. SCP-2842 has no special medical, dietary, or psychological requirements, and has a Standard Risk Rating of 02/05/00.\nSCP-2842 is permitted access to information regarding MTF Omicron-12's operations at the discretion of the MTF leader and SCP-2842's HMCL supervisor. See report on Project Crowdreader [attached] for details of SCP-2842's utilization by MTF Omicron-12.\nDescription: SCP-2842 is a human male, roughly 21 years of age at time of writing. SCP-2842's anomalous property will manifest when it identifies a social media1 account: it will become aware of the location and content of eleven image files that the operator(s) of the given account will find moderately humorous.2\nWhen SCP-2842 identifies an additional account within four seconds of the prior account, the set of images it identifies will adjust to appeal to the holders of both accounts. In this fashion, SCP-2842 is able to identify sets of images that appeal to several thousand individuals at a time by reading account names in rapid succession.\nSCP-2842 possesses a tattoo on its right ankle reading \"Mr. Meme, by Gamers Against Weed\"; SCP-2842 professes no knowledge of the group, though exposure to the phrase produces an exaggerated laugh response. See interview logs for details.\n\nInterview Logs\nThe following interviews were performed by Dr. Steele. Several relevant excerpts have been included in this document.\n\nDr. Steele: So, you mentioned previously that you've only existed for about a year. Is that correct?Dr. Steele: I see. What happened then?Dr. Steele: Do you happen to remember his name, or where he lived? Anything like that?Dr. Steele: That's alright. What happened after you left?\n[Extraneous data removed. In summary, SCP-2842 utilized its anomalous properties to operate a large number of social media accounts, using various monetization methods to leverage its online presence into a steady cash flow.]\nDr. Steele: When we found you at the police station, you had been arrested for assault. Can you tell us about that?Dr. Steele: The details?SCP-2842: Anyways, he was dumb enough to start shoving me around while he was at the top of the stairs, so when I pushed back he fell down like a whole flight of them. The cops came like two days later, since he was pressing charges.3\nDr. Steele: Thanks for sharing. How do you feel about all this?Dr. Steele: You didn't like social media?Dr. Steele: I suppose that's not surprising.Dr. Steele: For a comedy account? Sure.Dr. Steele: How many followers did you end up having, by the way?\nMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM\n\nDr. Steele: What can you tell me about the tattoo on your ankle?Dr. Steele: What about 'Gamers Against Weed'?\n<SCP-2842 starts laughing. It attempts, and fails, to speak coherently several times. SCP-2842 calms down after four minutes.>Dr. Steele: That's fine. Do you know anything about 'Little Misters' or 'Doctor Wondertainment'?Note: See Document 2842-5581 for further details.\n\nMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM\n\nDr. Steele: You wanted to see me?Dr. Steele: Don't worry about my schedule, that's my assistant's job.Dr. Steele: Sorry for the wait, then. What can I do for you?Dr. Steele: Like what?Dr. Steele: I'm not quite sure what you mean.Dr. Steele: I thought you disliked running those accounts.Dr. Steele: Well\u2026 there was a proposal I made a few weeks ago for something like that. It didn't get approved, but if inactivity is taking a toll on your mental health, that would put it in a new light.[Extraneous data removed. See report on Project Crowdreader.]Dr. Steele: I'll re-submit the proposal, then. Which show do you mean?Dr. Steele: Ah, yes, that one.\n\nProject Crowdreader\nSummary: SCP-2842 operates in conjunction with MTF Omicron-12, \"Nine-Tailed Dox\", using its anomalous properties to identify images that are considered humorous by the operators of social media accounts that are of interest to the Foundation. This information is used in conjunction with conventional intelligence and investigative techniques to identify persons of interest and, on occasion, gain additional information on already-identified persons of interest. In return, SCP-2842 is provided with limited information regarding the impact of its assistance.\nPurpose: To enhance the capabilities of MTF Omicron-12; to detect changes in SCP-2842's anomalous properties; to improve SCP-2842's morale and encourage cooperation.\nStatus: SCP-2842 is given an average of four accounts for analysis on a daily basis. In 15-25 cases per month, information provided by SCP-2842 assists in the identification of a person of interest. SCP-2842 reports substantial satisfaction from this activity.\nSCP-2842 has repeatedly requested permanent assignment to, and training from, Omicron-12. While SCP-2842 is loyal and reasonably intelligent, and his anomalous properties are a valuable asset, the absence of formal education and pre-existing training makes this option substantially less effective than simply allowing him to operate in conjunction with already-trained operatives. He can ask again when he completes his basic education.- Agent Linda Jepsen, MTF Omicron-12 leader.\n\nDocument 2842-5581\nDocument 2842-5581 was located in SCP-2842's apartment, as described in Interview Log C5. It is reproduced below in its entirety.\n\nHoly Heck! You've just found yourself your very own Mr. Meme by Gamers Against Weed! Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe. Who is Dr. Wondertainment?\nFind them all and become Mr. Gamer!\n01. Mr. Literal Serial Killer\n02. Mr. Normie\n03. Mr. Bernie Sanders\n04. Mr. Get Anything For Free In Any Shop\n20. Mr. Sex Number\n21. Mr. Heavenly Virtues\n22. Mr. Deadly Sins\n23. Mr. Original Character\n24. Mr. D.A.R.E.\n25. Mrs. Gentrification\n26. Ms. Mad About Video Games\n27. Mr. Meme \u2714\n28. Mr. Ominous (discontinued)\n29. Mr. Destiny\n30. Mr. Monty Python And The Holy Grail\n31. Ms. Zapatista\n32. Mr. Hax\n33. Mr. Just Has The Tattoo\n34. Mr. Top Text and Mr. Bottom Text\n35. Mr. Finale\n\nFootnotes\n1. For an incomplete list of websites that qualify as \"social media\" for these purposes, see Appendix C.\n2. Operators typically rate the humor value of images identified by SCP-2842 as between 6/10 and 7/10, where 1 is \"not funny at all\", 5 is \"somewhat funny\", and 10 is \"extremely funny\".\n3. The individual in question and the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Police Department corroborated this story.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2841 | SCP-2842 | SCP-2843 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2843\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The Foundation has at this point successfully fabricated an in-effect EAB quarantine1 for the area housing SCP-2843, thus establishing legal mandatory isolation. Additional security is provided through surveillance camera monitoring along with a perimeter gate. Testing of SCP-2843 requires the presence of at least 3 cleared personnel who will maintain a minimum distance of 15 meters between them and SCP-2843-1 at all times. Test subjects entering SCP-2843 are to be equipped with a two way radio and optional mounted camcorder for communicative purposes. Subjects exiting SCP-2843 unimpaired at the end of the test may be escorted out and debriefed as soon as possible. Individuals displaying side effects of dysmetropsia after reemergence must be allowed to rest for several minutes prior to questioning. Those unable to emerge from SCP-2843 are not to be pursued.\nDescription: SCP-2843 refers to a spatial anomaly currently affecting the unearthed portion of a fallen white ash tree (Fraxinus americana), designated SCP-2843-1. Patches of moss, roots, soil and small rocks are clearly visible over most of the lower trunk of the tree, though the original cause of its collapse is unknown at this point. Repeated testing reveals that entry into SCP-2843 occurs while within approximately 5 meters of SCP-2843-1. Effects will usually materialize after 8-10 forward steps are taken. Access seems to be possible from any direction when adhering to these criteria. Test subjects walking crookedly or attempting to enter SCP-2843 outside of this active zone will inevitably fail the experiment. Knowledge of said conditions also acts to prevent unwarranted entry into SCP-2843 during travel to and from the examination area.\nTest subjects entering SCP-2843 are soon affected by rapid changes to their visual orientation. Growth in SCP-2843-1's size and placement on the horizon becomes initially noticeable and steadily intensifies. Further visual distortion occurs upon arriving at SCP-2843-1, wherein previously small-scale features of the fallen tree, such as dislodged roots and embedded rocks, take on gigantic proportions. Moss covered areas of SCP-2843-1 may emulate the appearance and texture of grass or similar topography beneath the test subject's feet. Furthermore, the uprooted base of the tree exhibits a heightened gradient, described during several debriefings as \u201ca very steep hill\u201d or \u201ctall mountain\u201d. From the standpoint of outside observers, however, the test subject appears to gradually decrease in size as they approach SCP-2843-1, ultimately disappearing from sight and remaining unseen until the conclusion of the experiment.2\nThe length of time sustained within SCP-2843 has varied with each test subject. Individuals exiting the space will usually reappear on the opposite side of SCP-2843-1, concurrently exhibiting \u2018growth' to their normal stature. Feelings of dizziness, exhaustion, migraine headaches or difficulty with depth perception most often affect subjects upon reemergence, requiring on-duty personnel to help them walk or balance. However, most of these effects have proven temporary, usually dissipating in under an hour.\nSCP-2843 came to the attention of the Foundation soon after news reports had confirmed the unusual disappearances of 3 residents in northeastern \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, USA. Missing person reports had been filed for a local hiker, a 15 year old teenager, and an 8 year old child over the course of 2 weeks. Subsequent to these reports being publicized, search parties located each victim within 48 hours of dispatch. In every case, the missing individual was found lying unconscious near SCP-2843-1. Upon medical examination, victims displayed corresponding symptoms of Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS), most of which subsided over the course of their treatment. Two of the three victims had otherwise sustained mostly minor injuries, but the third appeared to have suffered a considerably large bite on the right leg. Though all three individuals were able to recount vague descriptions of the \u2018landscape' when questioned, none proved capable of remembering when, why or how long they had been missing, nor could the victim of the bite recall the source of their injury. Foundation personnel deemed it necessary to administer mild amnestics to the victims as well as all involved parties prior to containment of SCP-2843.\nAddendum 2843-A\n\nSegment of a note from Dr. Galvez regarding the bite victim\nCloser inspection of the marks on the patient's leg has revealed uncanny similarities to large-scale insect mandibles\u2026I need not mention the importance of omitting this detail from all external medical records.\n-Dr. Galvez\n\nExperiment Log 2843-A\n\nTest 2843-1\n\n- Close\n\nParticipant: D-3287, female, age 29\nThis is the first test performed with SCP-2843 subsequent to containment. Doctors ask subject D-3287 to interact freely with SCP-2843-1.\n\nLog begins at 9:04 A.M., 5/18/\u2588\u2588\n[D-3287 is seen walking along the trunk of SCP-2843-1, jumping off halfway across. Subject then begins to meander along the sides of the tree.]\nD-3287: I really don't see any point to this, doc.\n[Subject continues to walks around all different sides of SCP-2843-1 for several more minutes, resulting in equal inactivity. D-3287 then begins to walk back towards the doctors in a slow, laid back manner.]\nD-3287: I think we're done here, don't you?\nDr. Ferdinand: We ask that you please continue your interaction, D-3287, or we'll have to consider this experiment a failure.\n[D-3287 rolls her eyes at the doctors before turning back towards SCP-2843-1. Subject walks straight towards it.]\nD-3287: (while walking) Got to be honest here, doc. I think that ship has\u2026\n[D-3287 begins to show signs of disorientation.]\nDr. Ferdinand: (to D-3287) Are you alright?\n[D-3287 stumbles back several steps and suddenly collapses, at which point the two doctors rush over to her, dragging her back several meters. D-3287 comes to after about 8 minutes, mentioning that everything in front of her started \u201cgrowing in size\u201d before she fainted. Subject is removed from the experiment after complaining of a bad migraine headache.]\n\nNote from Dr. Ferdinand to Dr. Galvez\nIt would seem that we have isolated a way to engage SCP-2843, though further testing is required to confirm my hypothesis. I request use of both audio and video communication for future experiments.\n-Dr. Ferdinand\nReply from Dr. Galvez\nYour request is granted. Please provide me with a copy of your video findings as soon as possible.\n-Dr. Galvez\n\nTest 2843-2\n\n- Close\n\nParticipant: D-2941, male, 43 years old\nD-2941 is equipped with a two-way radio and helmet-mounted camcorder prior to experimentation. Subject is stationed a short distance from SCP-2843-1 while three personnel stand by, observing from multiple angles.\n\nLog begins at 8:46 A.M., 5/26/\u2588\u2588\nDr. Ferdinand: D-2941, is your helmet cam recording?\nD-2941: Yeah, it's on.\nDr. Ferdinand: All right, you may proceed towards the tree. Remember to immediately inform me if you see anything strange during your approach, understand?\nD-2941: I got it, I got it.\n[D-2941 begins to walk directly towards SCP-2943-1. Approximately 19 steps into his approach, personnel begin to notice D-2941 shrinking in size.]\nD-2941: Whoa, doc\u2026I\u2026I'm not feeling quite right here. Why is everything\u2026?\nDr. Ferdinand: D-2941, please continue your approach forward. Do not deviate. (To Dr. Peterson) Make a note; subject was between 5 and 6 meters from SCP-2843-1 before exhibiting effects.\nDr. Peterson: Noted.\n[Static can be heard forming over the walkie.]\nDr. Ferdinand: D-2941, come in. Can you hear me?\n[Static continues. D-2941 continues to recede until out of view.]\nDr. Ferdinand: Come in, D-2941. We can no longer see you, what is your current position?\n[Several more minutes of static occur, after which D-2941 can again be heard.]\nD-2941: I'm still here, doc. Holy hell, why is everything suddenly so damn\u2026huge\u2026\nDr. Ferdinand: What do you see in front of you? Please be specific.\nD-2941: Looks like a big hill. There are boulders and dead trees everywhere, loads of them. I'm standing on some kind of soggy grass too. Can anyone tell me what the hell is going on?\nDr. Ferdinand: D-2941, from what you're describing, it would seem your current task would be to climb the hill to the opposite side. Be advised that we will be standing by on the other side to assist you.\nD-2941: (sighing heavily) \u2026Great.\n[Personnel hear D-2941 grunting and panting for the next 18 minutes, tripping and stumbling several times as he walks.]\nDr. Ferdinand: D-2941, are you doing okay?\nD-2941: (grunting) Just dandy, doc. I'm about half way down the other side. It might just be me, but do any of you hear\u2026\n[Static again begins to form over the radio. Several minutes pass before Dr. Peterson, who is stationed on the opposite side of SCP-2843-1, notices D-2941 beginning to reemerge. D-2941 gradually returns to normal size, noticeably exhausted and losing balance.]\nDr. Peterson: Subject spotted, beginning forward approach to assist.\nDr. Ferdinand: Proceed. (Motions to the third researcher present to assist Dr. Peterson.)\n[D-2941 is escorted away from SCP-2843-1 and seated on a nearby tree stump. Subject is conclusively diagnosed with post-experimental macropsia. Symptoms subside after approximately 38 minutes of rest. During subsequent debriefing, subject recalls hearing a \u201cshrill noise\u201d in the distance during the latter half of the experiment. All 3 researchers who were present do not recall hearing anything over the radio at the time.]\n\nReview of the footage taken by D-2941's helmet camera shows the tape cutting in and out during the subject's approach. The video then restarts for 2 or 3 seconds while D-2941 is inside SCP-2843, after which it cuts out for the remainder of the experiment. This manages to briefly capture SCP-2843-1's immense size while inside SCP-2843.\nTEST 2843-2 FOOTAGE\n\nNote from Dr. Ferdinand to Dr. Galvez\nI have enclosed the test footage from our second experiment for your consideration. I apologize in advance for the choppiness of the video feed. Though visual communication seems impractical within the anomaly, we have had little trouble with walkie-talkies aside from occasional static. However, I think even this brief clip is more than enough evidence to clearly identify SCP-2843 as a dimensional irregularity. Our test subject's description of what he saw points to some kind of high-altitude miniature landscape. Aside from radio communication, I also ask that we provide the next test subject with an audio recording device. According to our previous participant, something else appears to be existing within SCP-2843.\n-Dr. Ferdinand\nReply from Dr. Galvez\nWell done. I will not require the use of camcorders during experimentation. Two way radios, however, will continue to be used on both sides. Your request for a sound recording device is also approved. Keep me posted on any more new findings.\n-Dr. Galvez\n\nTest 2843-3\n\n- Close\n\nParticipant: D-2282, female, age 40\nSubject is provided with a two-way radio. Attached to her breast pocket is a high-sensitivity microphone connected to a recording transceiver monitored by Dr. Ferdinand. Instructions are given to the subject regarding entering SCP-2843. The subject obeys, exhibiting the inevitable shrinking and vanishing.\n\nLog begins at 4:06 P.M., 6/7/\u2588\u2588\nDr. Ferdinand: Audio is coming in loud and clear, D-2282. Inform me immediately of any strange activity.\nD-2282: I really don't give a rat's ass what the audio sounds like, doc. You better start explaining why everything around me is so damn massive! I swear these leaves on the ground are as big as mini vans. And is that a\u2026good God, what is happening?\nDr. Ferdinand: All part of the experiment, D-2282. Once you climb the hill and make it out the other side, we can escort you out. Do you think you can do that?\nD-2282: (groans) I'm getting too old for this\u2026\n[The usual static intervals occur. Subject goes silent for several minutes.]\nDr. Ferdinand: D-2282, are you alright?\n[Subject does not respond for a full 45 minutes. Continuous panting and climbing are heard throughout. Static intervals continue to occur.]\nDr. Ferdinand: Come in, D-2282. I must insist that you respond.\nD-2282: Would you shut up already, I'm here! (panting) I'm finally at the top of this freaking hill, so how about we hurry up and\u2026\n[A sudden eruption of shrill stridulations occur, gradually growing louder and more aggressive.]\nD-2282: Uh, doc\u2026what in the hell is that?\nDr. Ferdinand: D-2282, please remain where you are and describe to me what you see.\nD-2282: What, are you out of your mind?! Stand here and wait for whatever the hell that is to show up?! Screw that, screw that so hard! I'm coming down right now!!\n[The cacophonous sound is now compounded by the sound of multiple crawling legs.]\nD-2282: (screaming and panting) Mother of God, what is that?! It's right behind me!!\n[D-2282 suddenly shrieks and can be heard dropping the radio. The noise continues to grow louder and louder until the transmission cuts off. Dr. Ferdinand stands motionless for several minutes before stopping the recording and ending the experiment.]\n\nNote from Dr. Ferdinand to Dr. Galvez\nRepeated listening with several specialists best identifies the noise in the recording as a mutated stridulation of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588, genus \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. I will send the files to you for consideration as promised. However, I am putting a hiatus on field testing with SCP-2843-1 into effect until further notice.\n-Dr. Ferdinand\n\nAddendum 2843-B\nOn June 15, 20\u2588\u2588, personnel monitoring SCP-2843's perimeter spotted a strange occurrence involving Dr. Ferdinand. Directly before exiting the perimeter gate, file footage shows Ferdinand stumbling backwards several meters and falling to the ground. The doctor is then seen fleeing in another direction, purposely circumventing the area.\n\nSegment of Dr. Ferdinand's explanation\nMy plan was to simply take a few file photos of SCP-2843-1 before we end all interaction. But as I walked towards the gate to leave, it started to grow larger and larger. I felt completely disoriented, but knew exactly what was happening. Admittedly, this has always been in the back of my mind ever since beginning to study this anomaly. For all we know now, there could be dozens more instances of SCP-2843 out there, waiting to be infiltrated in just the right way\u2026\n-Dr. Ferdinand\n\nNote from Dr. Galvez to all researchers\nSubsequent to Dr. Ferdinand's debriefing, this particular section of fence has been isolated and designated SCP-2843-2. Proposals for making study of SCP-2843 strictly surveillance-based from this point on are under consideration.\n-Dr. Galvez\n\nFootnotes\n1. EAB quarantine is a strategy used to isolate infestations of the emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) in various regions of North America. As its name induces, this species of insect is known for exclusively attacking Fraxinus americana (the ash tree). They are also known for spreading their colonies by hiding within branches and logs used for firewood. As such, areas under EAB quarantine remain off limits to civilians by law.\n2. Researchers have concluded that the alleged \u2018shrinking' of test subjects is caused by a rapid transition from normal space to the dimensions contained within SCP-2843. In a visual sense, this ultimately results in a form of short-range 3-point perspective.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2842 | SCP-2843 | SCP-2844 \u00bb"}
{"text": "WARNING\n\nPROCEED AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION\n\nThis article contains castration, cannibalism, harm to an infant, and mass casualties due to natural disaster. Readers should proceed according to their own best practices.\n\nItem #: SCP-2845\nContainment Class: Extreme\n\nObject Class: Anomalous Entity\nHazard \n\nStandard Containment Policies\n\nAs per Section 4 Subsection 1 of the January Accords, containment of SCP-2845 is a joint effort between the Foundation, the United States National Guard, the United States State Department, the United States Department of Homeland Security, and United Nations Special Taskforce BLUE ALPHA. Authorization of outsourced containment consultants for the purposes of SCP-2845's containment upkeep is granted in perpetuity by the O5 Council according to Operations Policy 336.87.b.\nInformation regarding SCP-2845 and its containment is considered Tier 3 (High Security) as according to the amended Public Information Policy and overseen by Special Information Team 45. Misinformation regarding SCP-2845 and its containment is widespread and at high risk of weaponization by external governments and Groups of Interest: SCP-2845 is under CHATTERBOX Protocol according to PIP 47.1.1.\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures\n\nSite-100 has been constructed specifically for the containment of SCP-2845, to the following specifications (See Document 2845-C-CON for complete write-up).\n\nA central chamber, containing SCP-2845 and 216 instances of SCP-2845-1. Internal atmosphere is to consist of 96.3% hydrogen, 3.25% helium, and .45% ammonia maintained at -110\u00b0C and a pressure of 2.3 bar.\nNine concentric circular structures, designated Ring-A through Ring-I.\nSix circular chambers are located on each Ring at 0, 60, 120, 180, 240, and 300 degrees, with 0 degrees are aligned with geographic north. The floor of each chamber is inlaid with an unobstructed lead hexagram.\n\nAdditional facilities and the security perimeter have no ritual-specific construction requirements.\n\nETHICS COMMITTEE SPECIAL NOTICE: Containment of SCP-2845 has been granted a Special Personnel Requirement exception, for the usage of one D-class and one H-class subject per containment cycle.\n\nThe following procedures are to be carried out in succession during each conjunction of the Earth and Saturn, recurring every 378 days according to the synodic period and performed no more than six hours before or after true conjunction. Each procedure must be carried out by six individuals. The location of each procedure is denoted in parentheses. At the beginning of each period, containment procedures will be carried out in the next ring closest to the containment chamber, returning to Ring I upon cycle completion.\nTranscripts of ceremonial recitations for all procedures and descriptions of all variant costumes may be found in Document 2845-C-EXP.\nProcedure 410-Cassini: (60\u00b0) Containment specialists are presented with masks (Joy, Sadness, Anger, Apathy, Fear, and Foolishness) and act out ceremony Cassini-A. Ceremony Cassini-A is a farcical comedy of errors and exchange of insults between the six individuals, culminating in Foolishness outwitting the group in a game of riddles and declaring himself king. The conclusion of ceremony Cassini-A is followed by a game of dice. The winner of the game is irrelevant to the procedure.\nProcedure 420-Perinaldo: (120\u00b0) Performance of Holst Opus 32, Movement 5 for flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, timpani, and bass drum. The piece is accompanied by specific somatic and vocal components carried out by the players throughout the performance, designated ceremony Perinaldo-A. The performance must be live; recordings of the piece have no effect.\nProcedure 430-Epimetheus: (180\u00b0) Gifts are exchanged among containment specialists. Content of gifts is irrelevant to the procedure, but each gift must not exceed 4.28 USD in worth. Each gift is accompanied by recitation of ceremony Epimetheus-A in its entirety and the scattering of grain around the containment chamber.\nProcedure 440-Cassiel: (240\u00b0) Ceremony Cassiel-A is recited as containment specialists bind their feet with wool and consume 60 ml of olive oil. They then will break apart a rock weighing at least 20 kilograms with hammers. Ceremony Cassiel-B is recited throughout.\nProcedure 450-Cairo: (300\u00b0) A D-class subject is prepared by painting a symbol (ring surrounding a dot, with an arrow pointing upwards at the 90 degree point) on the stomach with a platinum-based solution, and presented with a blue cloak, crown, and scepter. D-class subject is then restrained in a chair, and ceremony Cairo-A is recited. After recitation of the ceremony Cairo-A, the D-class subject is castrated by use of a hand sickle by a containment specialist. The testes are then to be disposed of in a bowl of salt water as Ceremony Cairo-B is recited.\nProcedure 460-Omphalos: (0\u00b0) Ceremony Omphalos-A is to be recited before termination and roasting of an H-class subject no more than three months of age. Ceremony Omphalos-B is to be recited before consumption. After consumption of the child, ceremony Omphalos-C is to be recited over a bowl of small gastroliths, which are then swallowed. Vomiting is then induced, and ceremony Omphalos-D is recited, ending containment procedures.\nIn the case of containment breach, Site-100's nuclear device is to be detonated, followed by lockdown of all Foundation facilities and activation of Protocol 2845-XK1 \u201cStrike Down the Moon.\u201d\n\n+ Statement from containment consultant \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 to Ethics Committee, 1/31/12\n\n- TOWERING KADATH, MY HOME.\n\nLadies and gentlemen of the Ethics Committee, good morning. My name is \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Sage of the Secret Root, and I have been elected to speak with you today on the containment requirements of SCP-2845.\nThe briefing you have been provided is correct: the containment procedure requires the ritual castration of a man and the cannibalization of an infant. Unfortunately, I am afraid that there is nothing that can be done about it.\nRituals such as this work through the repetition of arbitrary criteria, rather than adherence to underlying laws as one would find through science. The belief that meeting these criteria achieves a certain end assigns power to the ritual; we make a Meaning of our own devising. However, we are not totally free to do so: The ritual needs some resonance with the subject to work, an appropriateness. Hence the requirements. Some gods are only appeased with blood.\nI know that your organization doesn't approve of the term, but it is still the case. The Stag is a god, and it is not a mild god of Earth. All the same we have, for the time being, fooled it into thinking that we have overpowered it, and that is how we seal it away.\nBut, this means that once a ritual of this sort has been set in place, there cannot be any removals or substitutions. Making revisions would require breaking containment and starting over again from the beginning. Our initial designs for the ritual required upkeep every three days, and we could have easily trapped ourselves in that, were we not able to catch a major flaw in the binding elements before execution and reduce frequency to once a year. We weren't able to reduce it further. The Is are dotted and the Ts crossed.\nEven with the ritual in place, if the Stag thought to escape, it would, and we would be powerless to stop it. The entire facility would vanish in a puff of hydrogen. So let us be thankful then that it does not think at all. This is an old god; it does not dabble in decisions. Decisions are for creatures who may act inconsistently. A god of this strength simply Is. It is an absolute. It may choose this or that no more than gravity might. In building this ritual, we have shifted its being the slightest bit, and now it is locked into a pattern of behavior: it struggles against us, we struggle against it, and we are locked together in an eternal dance so long as the ritual remains intact.\nIf one thing goes awry, the deadlock is broken and all is lost. We will have an unstoppable force without an immovable object.\nThe rituals here have been divined as the best course of action. There are powerful symbols there, and whether or not you or I think they are appropriate to the situation is irrelevant.\nI do not know why it came here, nor to what end. But I have listened to the pillars it makes of us; they are singing mysteries closed to us. They are not suffering, but they have been changed utterly. The same fate awaits us all if this fails.\nThank you for your time.\n\nDescription\n\nSCP-2845 is an extraterrestrial quadruped entity, measuring 2.9 meters in height at the shoulder. The neck, generally held in an upright position, extends a further .5 m, terminating in a head with humanoid facial features. SCP-2845 possesses antlers, measuring 4.8 meters across: Antlers are white with black marbling in coloration, and have not been observed to shed. SCP-2845 is covered in hair with an average length of 10 cm, with the exception of the face, which is hairless. SCP-2845's coloration is primarily a pastel green, with a stripe of cream on the underside of the neck and belly.\nA ring of ice particles is suspended 15 cm behind SCP-2845's skull, measuring 1.7 m in diameter, with a ring thickness of 35 cm. This ring is interrupted at regular intervals by seven spheres of metallic hydrogen and metallic helium, each measuring 15 cm in diameter. The ring and spheres rotate clockwise at a speed of 1.6 rpm. The force maintaining the movement of the ring, the physical state of the spheres, and the means by which SCP-2845 is capable of supporting its head under the weight of its antlers are unknown.\nSCP-2845 is capable of instantaneous transmutation and reconstruction of matter. No matter is created or destroyed during this process. Transmuted matter will remain stable regardless of external conditions: phase-changes will remain in their transmuted state regardless of outside temperature and pressure, altered atmosphere will maintain chemical consistency and not mix with unaltered atmosphere outside the area-of-effect.\nCommon transmutation results include:\n\nStructures of metallic hydrogen and helium. Structures do not appear to have any function or aesthetic direction, though they most commonly take organic or plantlike forms.\nPools of liquid hydrogen and helium\nConversion of atmosphere into a hydrogen/helium/ammonia mix. SCP-2845 will typically surround itself with a transmuted area with a radius of approximately five meters.\nSCP-2845-1 instances.\n\nSCP-2845 will use directed transmutations against attackers or obstacles. Typically these transmutations are a column measuring five to seven meters in diameter and sixty to eighty meters in height, or a horizontal cone measuring between one hundred and one hundred and fifty meters in length and ten to thirty meters in width at the furthest end. However, SCP-2845 has been observed to attack single targets at distances of up to 10 kilometers. Early observation of SCP-2845 during recovery indicated that it will generally ignore non-combatants, focusing on retaliation against attackers. However, SCP-2845 was not seen to make any attempts to spare non-combatants within the area of effect of its transmutations, and later recovery accounts indicate pre-emptive attacks against both military and civilian targets.\nSCP-2845-1 designates organisms that have been modified by SCP-2845. Instances of SCP-2845-1 are hexagonal columns uniformly measuring 2.4 meters in height, with rubbery yellow-green skin. SCP-2845-1 instances do not have any outward sense organs, and autopsy has shown that internal organs are likewise absent, save the brain, which now takes up the entirety of the column and contains the reconstituted mass of the other organs and some additional outside materials. It is unknown how SCP-2845-1 instances derive nutrients, or if any nutrition is required.\nNeuroimaging of SCP-2845-1 specimens has revealed that the brain is in a constant state of high activity. Analysis of multiple specimens indicates patterns of call and response, so some form of remote communication between SCP-2845-1 is presumed.\nMotile variants of SCP-2845-1 have been reported, but have evaded capture and study.\n\nAddendum-01\n\nAn abridged timeline of SCP-2845 from initial discovery to containment is as follows:\n\nNovember 27th, 2011: Initial sighting of Comet C/2011 W3.\nDecember 1st, 2011: Comet C/2011 W3 confirmed by Mount John University Observatory.\nDecember 2nd, 2011: Comet C/2011 W3 confirmed and named by the Minor Planet Center.\nDecember 16th, 2011: Comet C/2011 W3 reaches perihelion. Solar Dynamics Observatory records images of a fragment breaking off from the main body of the comet, maintaining a speed of .0018c.\nDecember 17th, 2011: Fragment trajectory confirmed to end in collision with Earth, with an estimated impact of December 21st. Thoth Station deterrence procedure fails at changing fragment's course. Public announcement made by the United Nations. Evacuations of predicted effected area begin.\nDecember 21st, 2011: Fragment impacts in the Pacific Ocean, 124 kilometers off the western American coast. Despite evacuation attempts, estimated Day 1 casualties caused by the resultant storm surge between 160,000 \u2013 190,000. State of emergency declared by United States.\nDecember 24th, 2011: SCP-2845 believed to reach shore.\nDecember 25th, 2011: First observation of SCP-2845 through civilian video footage. First contact specialists deployed. Foundation assets within United States military begin direction of recovery and containment procedures, with the assistance of United Nations Special Taskforce BLUE ALPHA. Mobile Task Forces Mu-9, Alpha-3 and Esoteric Warfare Unit squads 3, 5, 9, and 12 deployed. Casualties high. Foundation containment sites in the region enter lockdown.\nDecember 26-29th, 2011: Artillery bombardment of SCP-2845 commences and continues throughout four-day period. Contact with outside containment consultants is made. It is confirmed that SCP-2845 is moving directly towards Site-115.\nDecember 30th, 2011: [DATA EXPUNGED]. SCP-2845 is unimpeded for sixteen hours.\nDecember 31st, 2011: Overseer Council declares by unanimous vote a VK-Class Lifted Veil event. Initiation of public facing WOODWORK Protocols. Bombardment of SCP-2845 recommences.\nJanuary 1st \u2013 14th, 2012: SCP-2845 carves a passage through the Sierra Nevada Mountains under heavy bombardment. Initial containment procedures designed.\nJanuary 14th, 2012: Operation CERNUNNOS begins.\nJanuary 15th, 2012: SCP-2845 reaches pre-determined containment area. Initial containment procedures enacted.\nJanuary 18th 2012: Initial containment procedures end in success.\nJanuary 20th 2012: Construction of Site-100 begins.\nFebruary 3, 2012: Finalized containment procedures implemented.\nFebruary 19th 2012: SCP-2845 declared contained.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2844 | SCP-2845 | SCP-2846 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2847\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to the nature of SCP-2847-1, Site-144 has been constructed as a means to secure its perimeter.\nSCP-2847-2 is to be contained within a humanoid containment cell constructed around the subject, monitored by at least two personnel at all times. Personnel are not to enter the containment cell unless stated otherwise by site command of both Site-143 and Site-144.\nFollowing transportation to Site-143, SCP-2847-3 is to be kept within a Faraday cage at all times. Interviews with SCP-2847-3 are to be conducted inside of containment.\nCurrently, all experimentation involving SCP-2847 and related subjects is to be delayed indefinitely.\nDescription: SCP-2847-1 is an underground lake located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Henan Province, China. It was initially discovered and secured after Site-143 was contacted by SCP-2847-3.\nSCP-2847-1 occupies an area of 6,000m2, and has an estimated depth of 2,100m. The content of SCP-2847-1, while retaining the appearance of water, displays physical properties similar to iron, which is consistent with bodies of water affected by SCP-2711.\nSCP-2847-2 is a humanoid entity, genetically similar to a male human of Han ethnicity. SCP-2847-2 is alive and responsive, but unable to form any coherent language. The subject's left arm and lower body are embedded within SCP-2847-1. 7 beryllium-bronze alloy nails of 6 cm in length are embedded in subject's spine.\nSCP-2847-2 does not require any form of sustenance, and no indication has been given that it requires sleep. While exhibiting symptoms of severe malnutrition, the subject's overall condition does not appear to deteriorate.\nUpdate: An iron needle of 16cm in length has been observed to be held in SCP-2847-2's left hand. It is theorized that this object's properties may be similar to SCP-2711's, and is the cause of SCP-2847-1's existence.\nSCP-2847-3 is a computing device containing an artificial intelligence, originally situated in proximity to SCP-2847-2. The object's exterior appears to be a bronze cube measuring 1m x 1m x 1m, with various signs of modification. A touch-screen is embedded in the side (prior to relocation) facing SCP-2847-2. The object's interface bears resemblance to a Windows XP interface.\nSCP-2847-3 is capable of using a variety of languages to communicate, including: Chinese (traditional and simplified), English, Russian, Latin, and ancient Greek. SCP-2847-3 requires no outside power source, and is able to access the Internet despite a lack of network coverage.\nUpdate: With the help of SCP-2847-3, 10 instances of organisms have been identified to be embedded within SCP-2847-1 at a depth range of 500m to 1,500m. Only one of the ten organisms shows active life signs.\n\n+ Interview 2847-001\n\n- Interview 2847-001\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2847-3\nInterviewer: Head Researcher Xue Qing\nForeword: The following transcript is taken from the first interview with the subject.\n\n<Begin Log>\n[IRRELEVANT DATA REDACTED FOR BREVITY]\nDr. Xue: Then please explain your nature, SCP-2847-3.\nSCP-2847-3: I am Boyi (\u4f2f\u76ca), Scholar of Xia Dynasty, Advisor to Yu the Great (\u5927\u79b9), he who appeased the floods. My body might have perished, but thanks to this machine, my mind is preserved.\nDr. Xue: And SCP-2847-2?\nSCP-2847-3: He is Lord Gun (\u9ca7), royalty of Xia, my mentor and good friend. Please forgive him, his current situation is\u2026 unfortunate, but a necessary sacrifice.\nDr. Xue: Can you tell me what happened to SCP-2847-2?\nSCP-2847-3: He used to be a proud father\u2026 but now, he is merely the jailer of this iron prison.\nDr. Xue: What is the purpose of this place?\nSCP-2847-3: Great beasts lurk within the abyss, all servants to N\u00fcwa, the Dragon of Blood and Flesh. Great havoc they have caused. Lands submerged, people perished, knowledge lost. We had to forge water into iron, so that they are forever sealed.\nDr. Xue: How is this possible?\nSCP-2847-3: Yu the Great, our wise king, prayed for enlightment from our broken father, Fuxi. He crafted great ships that sailed through the stars, and reached Taisui. There, he witnessed Father Serpent and Mother Dragon. When he returned, he forged nine needles that can appease all waters. One of them is now in Gun's hand.\nDr. Xue: You were suggesting that there are living creatures inside SCP-2847-1?\nSCP-2847-3: Creatures they're no more, but abominations of mutated flesh. Blinded by the Dragon's promise, these men abandoned the wisdom of the Serpent. Craving power and dreaming of ascending, they became beasts instead. But in this iron prison, their wild wishes can never be realized. Three died within the first hundred years, with five following their footsteps when Shi Huang Ti rose to unite the land. Another lasted ten more centuries, and now, only one remains.\nDr. Xue: SCP-2847-3, I think that will be it for now.\nSCP-2847-3: I will wait for your return. Such is an evil we must all face, and assistance from your kind is much needed.\n<End Log>\n\nResearcher's Note: Some of the information SCP-2847-3 provided is similar to the content of Document-2481. A cross-study of the two items could be beneficial. \u2014 Dr. Xue\n\nExecutive Order: On 2016/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, Dr. Xue is promoted to director of Site-143, in charge of Project Hetu Luoshu.\n\nACCESS RESTRICTED\nAccess of the following document is restricted to O5 personnel and authorized personnel of Project Hetu Luoshu only.\nPlease enter credentials to proceed.\n\n[INPUT CREDENTIALS]\n\n\u79b9 \u738b \u4e0d \u6b7b\n\nItem #: SCP-2847\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2847 is to be secured at its current location, and Site-144 has been constructed as a means to secure SCP-2847-1's perimeter. MTF Eta-21 (\"Dragon Slayers\") is currently stationed at Site-144.\nSCP-2847-2 is to be contained within a humanoid containment cell constructed around the subject, monitored by at least two personnel and guarded by at least 5 MTF Eta-21 members at all times. Personnel are only allowed to enter the containment cell when given direct orders by site command of both Site-143 and Site-144.\nFollowing transportation to Site-143, SCP-2847-3 is to be kept within a Faraday cage at all times. Interviews with SCP-2847-3 are to be conducted at least once a week inside of containment, supervised by Site Director Xue Qing.\nSCP-2847-K is currently contained within SCP-2847-1, and must be monitored by at least two personnel at all times regarding its life signs and movements.\nNo experiment is to be conducted on SCP-2847 and related subjects.\nDescription: SCP-2847 is an iron needle of 16cm long, currently held by SCP-2847-2 in its left hand. SCP-2847 possesses the following two anomalous effects:\n\nSCP-2847 is capable of affecting bodies of water that are more than 20 liters in volume by contact, so that the affected water (referred to as SCP-2847-1) takes on all physical properties of iron, except appearance. The effect will reverse once SCP-2847 is no longer in contact with more than 20 liters of SCP-2847-1.1\nWhile held by a living SCP-2847-2, any damage done to SCP-2847-1 will be repaired at a rate of 200 liters per second.2\n\nSCP-2847-1 is the current body of water affected by SCP-2847, an underground lake located in Mount Song, Henan Province, China. SCP-2847-1 occupies an area of 6,000m2, and has an estimated depth of 2,100m.\nSCP-2847-2 is a humanoid SK-BIO3 instance, genetically similar to a male human of Han ethnicity. SCP-2847-2 is alive and responsive, but unable to form any coherent language. The subject's left arm and lower body are embedded within SCP-2847-1. SCP-2847-2 has undergone several physical mutations and modifications, including:\n\nThe upper half of the subject's body is covered in dark, snake-like scales.\nBoth of the subject's legs are fused together, forming a large, tumor-like mass.\nThe subject's left arm is significantly larger and anatomically disproportionate in comparison to its right arm. An extra joint is observed on the arm itself, while several extra knuckle-joints are observed on the fingers.\n7 beryllium-bronze alloy nails of 6 cm in length are embedded in the subject's spine.\n\nSCP-2847-2's bodily functions are in a state of stasis, making the subject unable to consume sustenance or sleep.4 SCP-2847-2 suffers severe malnutrition due to its transformation into a SK-BIO instance.5 Despite this, the subject's condition does not deteriorate and cannot be improved.\nSCP-2847-3 is a computing device containing an artificial intelligence built around 1900 BCE, and has undergone modification 10 times since then, presumably to become compatible with modern computing devices. The object's exterior appears to be a bronze cube measuring 1m x 1m x 1m, originally situated in proximity to SCP-2847-2. A touch-screen is embedded in the side (prior to relocation) facing SCP-2847-2. The object's interface bears resemblance to a Windows XP interface.\nSCP-2847-3 is capable of using a variety of languages to communicate, including: Chinese (traditional and simplified), English, Russian, Latin, and ancient Greek. SCP-2847-3 claims to have been designed and built by Scholar Boyi of Xia Dynasty, with the purpose of keeping SCP-2847-2 company. SCP-2847-3 requires no outside power source, and is able to access the Internet despite a lack of network coverage. SCP-2847-3 has provided a significant amount of information about SCP-2847.\nSCP-2847-K is a living, snake-like organism embedded within SCP-2847-1 at a depth range of 700m to 1,200m. Various limbs are observed on the subject's body, irregularly placed and with varying sizes. SCP-2847-K is currently in a tangled position facing upwards, its full body length estimated to be at least 900m. 9 other snake-like organisms, with varying length ranging from 100m to 600m, are likewise embedded within SCP-2847-1, though no longer displaying any life signs.\nSCP-2847 was initially discovered and contained by MTF Eta-21 (\"Dragon Slayers\"), after Site-143 was contacted by SCP-2847-3.\n\nInterview 2847-002\nInterview 2847-004\nInterview 2847-006\nRecovered Data\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2847-3\nInterviewer: Head Researcher Xue Qing\nForeword: The following transcript is taken from the second interview with the subject.\n\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Xue: Hello, SCP-2847-3.\nSCP-2847-3: You have returned, this is most delightful. Truly brave souls indeed.\nDr. Xue: What prompted you to say so?\nSCP-2847-3: You've stared into the abyss and seen the terrible beast, but come back to face the danger, did you not? Unlike my unfortunate descendants, who abandoned their duty and left me alone.\nDr. Xue: Are you suggesting that the entities inside the lake still pose a threat?\nSCP-2847-3: As strong as the iron prison is, the flesh beasts are often resilient, and would tear at their cage every second. They have long been dreaming of returning to the surface, and ruling not only this land, but all lands under the suns.\nDr. Xue: We have confirmed that there is only one entity left alive.\nSCP-2847-3: Yes, but also the most powerful one of them all. He who received blessing from the Six Beasts that serve under N\u00fcwa. He who abandoned all codes of men and transformed into the black dragon he is now. With his immortal body towering like a mountain, he alone can reshape earth and disturb ocean, as well as spawn more of its kind. An unkillable beast to initiate an unstoppable plague.\nDr. Xue: If the entity is indeed capable of such, how is SCP-2847-1 able to keep it contained?\nSCP-2847-3: The nine needles crafted by Yu the Great are works of miracle, but the one here is even more special.\nDr. Xue: How so?\nSCP-2847-3: The royal bloodline of Xia inherited the true legacy of Fuxi, our Father Serpent. Among the vast vault of the royal palace, King Yu found the sacred metal, and with great skill, crafted a piece into this one needle. The wise king used the eight other needles to appease the floods and slay the beasts of flesh. And as Lord Gun now holds this last needle, his mind channels that of the Serpent, and keeps repairing the iron prison. As much as the beast struggles, his attempts are made futile.\nDr. Xue: You're saying that SCP-2847-2 is the one keeping the entity secured?\nSCP-2847-3: Yes.\nDr. Xue: What happened if he passes?\nSCP-2847-3: He will not, as he is the jailor, a burden he chose to bear. Cursed to live forever, much like the beast he keeps contained.\nDr. Xue: Does this mean SCP-2847-2 cannot be killed?\nSCP-2847-3: I wish I could answer positively, but no, he is still mortal. And if he were to be killed, there would be no way to stop the terrible beast. Gun is the last one to use the needle, as the secret of the Serpent died along with the royal bloodline.\nDr. Xue: SCP-2847-3, I think it is time to pause our conversation for now.\nSCP-2847-3: And I will be waiting for you. Your kind still has much to learn.\n<End Log>\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2847-3\nInterviewer: Head Researcher Xue Qing\nForeword: The following transcript is taken from the fourth interview with the subject. Note the change in the subject's manner of speech.\n\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Xue: Hello, SCP-2847-3.\nSCP-2847-3: Greetings.\nDr. Xue: SCP-2847-3, I have to say that what you have been telling me is not enough.\nSCP-2847-3: Why would you say so?\nDr. Xue: I believe that our goals are the same, but they can't be achieved by riddles and myths. Our past exchanges have led me to believe that you're capable of giving more detailed explanations. It would be unfortunate if your withholding of information were to become an obstacle towards our collaboration.\nSCP-2847-3: [stays silent for 10 seconds] If that is what you wish for, I shall share what I know. But please understand my concerns, doctor. It is not my intention to keep you in the dark. But sometimes, truth is fearsome, and I do not wish to scare you away as well.\nDr. Xue: Your tone\u2026 is different.\nSCP-2847-3: Yes. My past exchanges with you\u2026 that's how I was programmed to speak, or rather, how Scholar Boyi would have spoken. You see, I'm not Boyi, but an artificial intelligence constructed by him in his image. He knew that his friend, Gun, would have to be here forever to keep the beast at bay, so he constructed me to keep the man company.\nDr. Xue: SCP-2847-2 doesn't seem to respond to attempts at communicating.\nSCP-2847-3: Yes, a mortal mind is fragile. He was crushed by the passage of time and his own grief. After 500 years, that function of mine is no longer required. And with a few helpful updates, my own manner of speaking and my own mind were developed.\nDr. Xue: Updates?\nSCP-2847-3: There was a special facility answering directly to the Xia royalty, in charge of the study and the containment of items connected to N\u00fcwa and Fuxi. After Xia Dynasty collapsed, we were found by some of the Xia descendants, or serpent folks, as some would call them. Much of the civilization was lost, and I became\u2026 valuable. They used me as an information storage and analysis device, taught me different languages, and had been giving me updates to keep up with the time.\nDr. Xue: Is the information stored still available?\nSCP-2847-3: Yes.\nDr. Xue: Where are these\u2026 Xia descendants now?\nSCP-2847-3: They have left. They didn't take us, because Gun can't leave his position, and I'm merely a constructed mind, not truly one of the serpent race.\nDr. Xue: They left?\nSCP-2847-3: They escaped to other worlds to avoid the end to come.\nDr. Xue: What do you mean, the end?\nSCP-2847-3: Before I can elaborate on that, I need you and your organization to promise that you're not going to abandon your post like they did. This is why I reached out to you against my orders. I contacted your kind and called you here so that this prison is not left unguarded, and you must bear this burden. I do not wish to be left here again.\nDr. Xue: I think that'll be it for today then, SCP-2847-3.\nSCP-2847-3: Thank you doctor; I hope to hear from you soon.\n<End Log>\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2847-3\nInterviewer: Site Director Xue Qing\nForeword: The following transcript is taken from the sixth interview with the subject. In the previous interview, SCP-2847-3 had agreed to share all information it holds.6\n\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Xue: Hello, SCP-2847-3.\nSCP-2847-3: Hello, doctor. I'm glad that we've reached an agreement.\nDr. Xue: Yes, and I think you can start with the entities inside SCP-2847-1.\nSCP-2847-3: Of course. You see, what I have shared with you in the first conversation is mostly true, yet\u2026 I have been giving some information of a misleading nature. I think I should start from the beginning.\nDr. Xue: That would be for the best.\nSCP-2847-3: When Yu the Great returned from Taisui7, he successfully stopped the floods and slew the beasts with the needles he forged. Xia once again restored its glory, and more technological advancements had been made with the knowledge he brought back.\nYu was regarded as a hero, a legend. He was already seen as a wise king, and such victory against evil beasts added to his fame. Towers and temples were built in his name, tributes and gifts were sent by countries far and near. For a time, he was regarded almost as highly as the first king, the Yellow Emperor. He and two other kings before him, Yao and Shun, were known together as the three wise kings.\nBut mortals are fragile after all, and what King Yu witnessed at that crack of cosmos forever changed him. He kept up his duty as a king, but found this no longer able to satiate his desires. He was not contented with mortal fame or wealth, nor with land or technology, but craved immortality. This was the greatest shame of Xia Dynasty.\nDr. Xue: What happened?\nSCP-2847-3: What happened next was kept as a dark secret of the kingdom, with discussion of the event oppressed and records erased, until it was a mere myth. The rulers didn't want people to remember what Yu the Great turned into, yet Boyi was there to witness it.\nKing Yu started worshipping N\u00fcwa in secret, and discarded all Ways of the Serpent. You see, ever since the Yellow Emperor defeated the Yan Emperor, the study of the flesh was kept to a minimum, thus the Dragon of Flesh hungered for freedom more than ever before. So when King Yu reached out and offered sacrifices of men, he was granted power by the Six Beasts, and became a beast in the skin of a man.\nStill, Yu craved more power. To satiate the hunger of the Dragon and the Six Beasts, Yu first attacked tribes and countries near Xia, and sacrificed their people. But even that was not enough. He began to slaughter his own people. And with the power he promised, many followed him and turned into beasts like him.\nWhen his crime was finally discovered, it was too late. Mindless flesh beasts were able to turn the land upside down, and with the past hero turned into one and an army at his disposal, nothing could stand in their way. Yu was bestowed even greater power, as he built an empire of flesh. He and his followers claimed to be true dragons and tried to eventually bring Mother Dragon back to this earth.\nDr. Xue: They're the beings inside SCP-2847-1?\nSCP-2847-3: Yu even tried to convince Boyi that it was a just cause, but Boyi refused, and led the fight against him. But the king was too powerful, and even the machines of miracle could barely keep him and his army at bay. It was a hopeless war, as Boyi fought his once respected king and kept losing grounds. In the end, Lord Gun stepped up. He\u2026 as you might have already guessed, Gun is Yu's father.\nDr. Xue: Yes, we had the suspicion.8\nSCP-2847-3: Lord Gun is an esteemed character, selfless, no doubt. But the main reason he is in this position now is that he blamed himself for what happened to Yu. He felt personally responsible for the disasters Yu caused.\nSo when all seemed hopeless, he reached out to Yu and pretended that he wanted to join the way of the flesh. Using Yu's madness and his trust on him, Gun tricked Yu into this place. It was then that Gun used the needle Yu himself made and trapped him and his most powerful followers.\nDr. Xue: I see.\nSCP-2847-3: As long as Gun holds the needle, and stays alive to activate it, the iron water can repair itself, this you already know. Because of this, seven nails were embedded into Gun's back to ensure that he survives. But Yu the Great\u2026 He is as powerful as when he first stepped into this prison. His followers all withered and died, but only he\u2026 He is truly immortal now.\nDr. Xue: Is this the end you were referring to? When the entity escapes?\nSCP-2847-3: No. The serpent folks had guarded the prison faithfully throughout the ages. They feared other things.\nDr. Xue: What is this end, then?\nSCP-2847-3: The Great Brass Cage will not hold much longer, and when that day comes, whether this prison will hold or not no longer matters.\nThat day, the Broken One will be whole and the Caged One will be free. The Serpent and the Dragon will fight and consume each other, until only one of them remains. That will be the end. That's what the snakes are running from.\nDr. Xue: Thank you, SCP-2847-3, that will be it for now.\n<End Log>\n\nFollowing Interview-006, a variety of data have been collected from SCP-2847-3, alleged to have come from various members of Xia Anomalous Culture Group (GOI-004X)9, including:\n\n1076 letter and e-mail exchanges between members of GOI-004X.\n2 letters sent to Robert Bumaro, current leader of \"The Broken Church\" (GOI-004A).\n12 religious documents, all focusing on Xia Dynasty, and the entities \"N\u00fcwa\" and \"Fuxi\".\nA document listing 15 coordinates, all in China. SCP-2101's location and SCP-2711's discovery site are among them.\n30 blueprints of an automaton.\n47 blueprints of a large gate-like structure.\n221 blueprints of a variety of spacecrafts.\n15 photos of Jupiter, with SCP-2399 circled out.\n\nNotable snippets concerning SCP-2847:\n\nI cannot describe adequately how I feel about my discovery. Only now I realize how pale mere words are. I can still hear my heart pounding and feel my scales standing up as I write this, not out of excitement, but out of fear. I think I have found the resting place of Yu the Great.\nI say this with grief that our terrible myth about the iron prison might be true. This is a nightmare turned reality. Aren't we already among the ruins of our civilization? Why must we discover this horrible truth? Is this Fuxi's punishment for us, seeking to seize his power?\nI urge that you come immediately.\n\nMy men have secured the site and I must confess that I'm no longer excited as before. We do need more relics to restore our great kingdom, but such a thing may better have been erased from history and wiped off this reality.\nIt is my regret to inform you that this is indeed the infamous Iron Prison, the terrible myth that happens to be true. I have met Lord Gun and Scholar Boyi's creation, and stared down into the abyss where Yu the Great was buried. It seems that the device intended to keep Lord Gun alive also saved them from being destroyed during our kingdom's doom.\nNow that the Iron Prison is in our hands, it is our burden to bear.\n\nCancong, are you out of your mind? How is this plan going to help us repair the seal on Taisui? We do want the control over the land again, and we do need more power, but you're only helping the Dragon out! You cannot accept that power and still keep your mind. Please just listen to me. Is King Yu not a lesson to you? At this date, he still toils in the Iron Prison, much like how N\u00fcwa toils in the Great Brass Cage. This is why we, the Xia descendants, blood of the Dragon and the Serpent, never seek immortality. We're not that desperate yet, there must be other solutions.\n\nI have visited the place and I have a few suggestions to make. Lord Gun's condition is most unfortunate, but can't be helped. Having to watch his own son turning into a monster and keep it imprisoned down there must have broken his mind.\nBoyi's copy however, might be of other use. It is based on one of the greatest minds of Xia, after all. With a few adjustments, it can be much more than a chatting tool, and might develop an independent mind. This will aid us greatly.\nThe device is ancient, and might not be compatible with what we have now. I do also need to first modify it so that it will still act on our interests and regard keeping King Yu secured as its priority, but I'm very eager to test this out.\n\nAnd regarding our arrangement of the Iron Prison\u2026 this is not something I'm proud of, but I'm afraid that we have no choice. The Church of Broken God is full of fools, blinded by their faith. Bumaro has contacted us, but I turned down his offer. Even the brightest of them don't seem to comprehend that when Fuxi is whole again, its body will return to him, no longer caging N\u00fcwa. They just do not see that the more they piece their god together, the closer the flesh beast is to its freedom.\nIf we leave the Iron Prison to them, they will kill Lord Gun in an instant, letting loose the true threat. Nor do I trust the Bookburners and the Jailors, who will turn on us the first chance they get, and even less so for those cultists of the Library. Moreover, we're running out of time. If we still wish to avoid the wrath of our Mother and Father, I'm afraid that we have to leave the place as it is and hope that nobody discovers the resting place of our damned king.\n\nExecutive Order: On 2016/12/01, Project Hetu Luoshu is initiated, based on Sites-143, -144, and -148, led by Site Director Xue Qing, and supervised by the O5 council. The project aims to contain and reverse-engineer items related to Xia Anomalous Culture Group (GOI-004X). SCP-2847-3 has agreed to offer all data available and provide aid in the project.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Because of this, SCP-2847 can be considered an alternative instance of SCP-2711.\n2. SCP-2847-3 claims that SCP-2847-2 is the only remaining subject capable of triggering this effect, but it is unknown how true this statement is.\n3. Living organisms created and/or manipulated by Sarkic Cults through anomalous means.\n4. SCP-2847-3 states that this is caused by the 7 beryllium-bronze alloy nails, and that the removal of any of the objects will cause the effect to cease.\n5. Analysis suggests that SCP-2847-2's transformation into a SK-BIO instance happened in a short time span, with the subject's left arm and the tumor quickly deprived the rest of its body of nutrition.\n6. SCP-2847-3 agreed to offer all available information and provide aid in the Foundation's research into items related to Xia Anomalous Cultural Group (GOI-004X), under the condition that SCP-2847-3 is interviewed regularly (at least once a week), and that Foundation keeps SCP-2847-K contained. These terms were agreed to by the O5 Council.\n7. A imaginary planet in ancient China, which is the counterpart of Jupiter but moves in the opposite direction.\n8. According to Chinese myths, Gun failed his task of flood control. His son Yu succeeded his position, managed to appeased the floods, and later became the king of the land.\n9. The group is considered a obscure sect of the Church of the Broken God due to their beliefs. Note that they developed independently from the main CotBG sects.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2846 | SCP-2847 | SCP-2848 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2848\nObject Class: Neutralized\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2848 was to remain in the container in which it was originally discovered. SCP-2848 and its container were to be held in the Safe Wing at Site-19 in a standard, Class-1 Containment Cell.\nSCP-2848's containment chamber was outfitted with a basic audio system and radio, television set, and a table and chair for interviewers. Standard recording equipment for all interviews was maintained and logged.\nUpdate: The remains of SCP-2848 have been disposed of in accordance with its wishes following permission being granted by the O5 Council.\nDescription: SCP-2848 is a taco recovered from Fiesta Mexicana Grande restaurant in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Tennessee in 1989. SCP-2848 consisted of a deep fried corn taco shell, ground beef, lettuce, tomato, white American cheese, and various spices.\nSCP-2848 is fully sentient, and it possesses the ability to communicate and understand spoken English. Investigations show that the shell of SCP-2848 vibrates slightly, producing sounds which are indistinguishable from human speech, though often described as 'slightly tinny.' Through unknown apparatus, SCP-2848 is able to perceive touch and smells. While SCP-2848 cannot describe the people or objects around it, it does claim to be able to 'see' things around it. Whether this is genuine response that is somehow hampered or an imagined response cause by its current state is unknown.\nSCP-2848 has no knowledge of how it became SCP-2848, though it recalls many events and circumstances from before this time. While extensive knowledge of current events through the preceding decades, information about its personal life, and a fair amount of data dealing with the stock market is known, SCP-2848 has no recollection of its name or the names of anyone else it knew. While it is aware of actions it took, these actions are sometimes known only out of context.\nShortly after initial containment, SCP-2848 was confirmed to be highly depressed, and the Site-19 Head Psychologist, Dr. Glass, continues to have private interviews with SCP-2848 on a bi-weekly basis. In the interim, Dr. Glass has recommended that all members of the SCP-2848 team who are comfortable doing so should speak regularly with SCP-2848 and 'keep it company.'\nExtensive logs are kept in an attempt to narrow down the list of attendees at the restaurant that day, though currently, the information is sparse at best. SCP-2848 was found in a white, styrofoam box, apparently left at a table after being used to house SCP-2848 for transport, though SCP-2848 was left behind. It was recovered when the servers, who heard the voices coming from the trashcan and interpreted it as a demon, contacted a local priest for an exorcism, which in turn alerted the Global Occult Coalition, who in turn put SCP-2848 into the Foundation's care for study.\nInterview Logs:\n\nWhile an exhaustive collection of interviews is available, these discourses cover several daily conversations for over a decade of time. The selections presented here were chosen by the SCP-2848 containment team following its reclassification to Neutralized and are considered to exemplify SCP-2848's attitude, feelings, thoughts, and personality clearly to the reader.\n- Project Lead, Dr. James Kapera\n\nInitial Recovery Interview Excerpt (August 14, 1989)\n\nDr. Kapera: SCP-2848, can you tell me anything about before you entered your current form or how you reached it?Dr. Kapera: Please, SCP-2848. We're not attempting to upset you. We're just trying to understand.Dr. Kapera: Please, SCP-2848. Answer the question. When did you first realize you were in your current form?Dr. Kapera: What do you remember? What was the first thing?Dr. Kapera: Do you remember what you were doing before that?Dr. Kapera: 2848?\nSCP-2848 remained unresponsive and did not respond to further inquiries.\n\nIn 1990, it was determined that SCP-2848 grew less responsive through the month of July. An interview conducted by Dr. Kapera confirmed that this was a 'hard time of the year' for SCP-2848. Interviews during this time were kept brief to maintain SCP-2848's compliance.\n\nInterview 91-288 (July 12, 1991):\n\nDr. Kapera: Morning, 2848.Dr. Kapera: Have a good evening?Dr. Kapera: She's trying. How've you been?Dr. Kapera: Yeah, I do. Can I do anything for you? Put on some music or something?Dr. Kapera: That's no problem at all. I'll talk to you tomorrow, alright?\n\nInterview 92-221 (July 16, 1992):\n\nDr. Kapera: Just checking in, 2848. There's a new movie in the lounge, if you're interested. Some romantic thing. I've got clearance to take you.Dr. Kapera: Sure. I'll talk to you then.\n\nInterview 93-11 (January 5, 1993):\n\nDr. Kapera: 2848, why don't you ever talk about your family?Dr. Kapera: Your sons?Dr. Kapera: It could help us determine how to get you back to your old self, 2848. Any information you can give us.Dr. Kapera: Alright. I hope you'll reconsider. We don't know how long you can stay like this.\n\nInterview 99-335 (September 10, 1999)\nDr. Kapera: Yeah, 2848?Dr. Kapera: What?Dr. Kapera: Well. You don't appear to have spoiled at all since you were put into containment. Your lettuce is still green.Dr. Kapera: We don't know, 2848. There's not enough information to make those assumptions.Dr. Kapera: We don't think so. No one who entered the restaurant on the day of the incident has been reported as deceased that we know of, at least.Dr. Kapera: Like I said, 2848, we just don't know. If you could tell us anything to help us identify you\u2026Dr. Kapera: Are you alright, 2848?Dr. Kapera: 2848?\nSCP-2848 grew unresponsive.\n\nNeutralization Log, SCP-2848:\nOn January 14, 2001, SCP-2848 grew unresponsive. Attempts were made to revive SCP-2848, but within two hours, SCP-2848's appearance, which had been unchanged since recovery, began to drastically alter. Over the next week, the lettuce in SCP-2848 browned, followed by the tomatoes drying out. Observation was maintained while SCP-2848 degraded and rotted, similar to any other food product.\nIt was later discovered that one of the possible original purchasers of SCP-2848, Manfred Tanish, had died on January 14, 2001. An investigation was suggested to see how much of Mr. Tanish's life coincided with SCP-2848's relation of events, but was concluded that the investigation was an unnecessary expenditure of materials. Dr. Kapera later appealed the decision, and his findings \u2014 which were later collected on his own time \u2014 have been retained as final SCP-2848: Final Investigation (see attached).\nSCP-2848's remains were incinerated in accordance with its final wishes after approval from the O5 Council, and its ashes were spread over the beach at Cape Cod.\n\nOn the day that SCP-2848 first became cognizant of its current form, Manfred Tanish was eating at the restaurant in question, as confirmed by a personal check written to the restaurant which was recovered from the records on the local bank. Mr. Tanish ate with several people from his work and covered the cost of the entire meal.\nAfter interviews with the other employees provided no information on the day in question; however, many of the people who were interviewed provided significant information on Mr. Tanish which has been collated into this report. Names of subjects still living have been redacted until such a time as their deaths in accordance with low-level investigative procedures in place at the time this research was performed:\n\nSubject\nInformation\n\nMary Bolton (d. July 7, 2007)\nConfirmed that M. Tanish was a widower and that his wife had died in a car crash in the early 80's (later confirmed to be July 14, 1981). Additionally confirmed that M. Tanish had at least two children.\n\nCarson Gearin (d. August 30, 2002)\nNoted that M. Tanish donated several thousand dollars a year to various charities. A copy of the subject's tax records was obtained to verify this information, but it was discovered that the donations \u2014 if they existed \u2014 were never deducted. The only correlation of this information possible was a framed photo of a child which was discovered to be linked to the United Way Charity.\n\nLeslie Major (d. December 23, 2010)\nProvided contact information for M. Tanish's next-of-kin as listed on his emergency contact records. Attempts to reach next-of-kin were unsuccessful as the number had been disconnected. Further research provided the name of the person in question, Lawrence Tanish, but no information on where they might be reached.\n\n[DATA REDACTED]\nNoted that M. Tanish had been estranged from his two sons since the death of his wife. Refused to provide any additional information.\n\nJohn Whitehead (d. March 4, 2004)\nSupplied useful information on the subject's worklife, including several high praises of his work ethic, fairness, and stability as an employer. Did not initially remember that M. Tanish had lost loved ones, but upon being reminded, remarked that he had \"dealt with all that rather impressively\" and had \"never let it affect his work.\"\n\n[DATA REDACTED]\nRefused to be interviewed three times before finally relenting. Claimed a desire to avoid spreading 'bad feelings' about someone who had died.\n\nBased on the extensive interviews with SCP-2848 which I conducted over its ten years in confinement, it is my conclusion that SCP-2848 was almost certainly connected to Manfred Tanish.\nThe mechanism by which SCP-2848 was created is currently unknown. These materials are retained here for the purposes of record keeping alone, and it is the request of the SCP-2848 team that the entry neither be retired nor removed from the core list of objects.\n-Dr. James Kapera\n\n\u00ab SCP-2847 | SCP-2848 | SCP-2849 \u00bb"}
{"text": "The interior of SCP-2849 upon discovery by Foundation personnel.\n\nItem #: SCP-2849\nObject Class: Neutralized (formerly Safe)\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2849 is currently cordoned off from public access and monitored by personnel at Site-64 using security cameras positioned both outside and inside of the facility. A 3m tall fence has been constructed around the perimeter of the property. The area is patrolled twice a day, at 06:00 and 18:00, by Foundation personnel posing as Portland police officers to deter civilians from entering the area.\nThe remains of SCP-2849 instances, hereafter referred to as SCP-2849-A, are currently kept at Site-64 in Bio-Hazard Level 1 Containers, separated by species. Foundation personnel with backgrounds in entomology are currently inspecting the corpses of SCP-2849-A in order to determine the exact cause of death.\nAny additional information gathered is to be used to monitor the insect population of the Portland, Oregon area in order to prevent another severe decline in Portland's agriculture. A cover story revolving around the increased use of pesticides has been distributed to the media and the general populace in order to explain the decline in Portland's harvest and the subsequent increases in food costs during September of 1999.\nIn the event of further occurrences of SCP-2849-A being discovered while active, personnel from SCP-1006 are to be requisitioned for communications.\nDescription: SCP-2849 is currently a hospital located in Portland, Oregon. Remnants of equipment standard to American hospitals in the early 1980's was located within SCP-2849 upon its discovery.\nSCP-2849 was formerly a free medical facility with staff consisting entirely of living creatures from the phylum Arthropoda1. It is unknown how they performed specific medical procedures. Some remains of these entities were recovered wearing miniaturized scrubs or lab coats designed specifically for wearing over their carapace or abdomen.\nThe massive presence of deceased tissue created an environment in which most records were naturally disintegrated. Little documentation of treatment methods were found. Recovered records indicate that some treatment performed by SCP-2849-A included the entering of the veins of an individual at the site of injury in massive groups, where the instances would collectively attempt to provide treatment. Several deceased humanoid corpses with deceased Insecta and Arachnida creatures filling their bodily cavities were found upon discovery of SCP-2849 on 09/19/1999. Entities within the deceased tissue were found with remnants of some sort of protective garments, apparently intended to be worn while inside a human body during complex procedures.\nThese records and other observations also indicate that SCP-2849-A was divided into a strict hierarchy with Mantodea2 serving as the overseers. Apis3 were discovered in the pharmacy of SCP-2849 with large amounts of manufactured honey containing trace amounts of pharmaceuticals such as opioids.\nArachnida wearing lab coats were discovered deceased throughout the facility and within the corpses of several humanoid individuals found with SCP-2849, suggesting that the Arachnida primarily engaged with injured individuals entering SCP-2849. Formicidae4 were additionally found littered throughout the facility, appearing to be engaged in vigorous physical activity up to the point of death. Several of the recovered records were some form of performance review for these entities.\nAnalyzing the layers of biological material reveals that there was an original seeding of insects present in the facility, which died off shortly after it closed. For unclear reasons, the surrounding populations of insectoid and arachnid creatures congregated in and perpetuated SCP-2849. It is hypothesized that a large population of homeless humans continuing to live within the building may have contributed to this in some fashion.\nNumerous members of Portland's homeless community were discovered in various states of decomposition throughout SCP-2849. It is believed that SCP-2849 used configurations of SCP-2849-A to create messages or otherwise lure humans into the facility. Interviews with homeless individuals living in the region confirmed that a general knowledge of SCP-2849's existence was present. Amnestic treatments have been requested Denied, subjects lack enough specific knowledge or credibility to justify amnesticization.\n\nTESTIMONY OF AND DOCUMENTS RELATED TO SCP-2849\n\n\"We were living under the overpass, to protect ourselves. One day I'm watching some ducks swim by when Nate starts yelling about ants. I didn't care firstly, but then when he kept going on I went over. Damned things had made some words. Said to come on down to the insect hospital. Now you probably see I've got holey molars in my jaw but I wasn't gonna be trusting some weird bugs to get in there'n drill baby drill. Carl wasn't keen on it either, but his mate Andy had broken his ankle the week before so they carted themselves over to try and see what they could see. I haven't seen them since.\"\n\nFrom Recovered Records: Sanitary measures have been implemented. There should be no cross-contamination with outside wildlife as there is to be no transit in the outside world. The homeless community in Portland we can help, when we are together we can become stron\n[\u2026]\nThe to lack of funding for furtherance of the project, all creatures are to be removed and the site decontaminated through outside contractors. As it has been successful for 18 months, in cooperation with the six-legged associates, it will be filed for future development in a more favorable financial environment to continue care. Specimens will be removed at an unspecified date.\n\nName Subject: Schmalkaldic\nSpecies: Mealybugs\nRole: Nurser.\nReview: Able to keep company when patients are not scared of Nurse Schmalkaldic. Also capable of acting as therapeutic due to furred carapace. If the subject has limited vision they may believe they are holding a small stiff animal with fur. Enthusiastic at work, like many of the other workers, the nurse is always ready and able to help out the poor souls who are in need of assistance.\nNote: Although some patients will be repelled by the Nurse Schmalkaldic there are a few who have been known to request upon repeat visits.\n\nName Subject: Manticore\nSpecies: Praying Mantis\nRole: Overseer\nReview: Able to interact nicely with other bugs and keep them in order. Is good but a little shy when meeting with the humans. Likes to comb patient's hair with his front legs, the spines are good for taking care of tangles. Manticore is a happy mantis and helps morale amongst the rest of the Mantis Overseer Court.\nNote: Patients who don't like Manticore brushing their hair make him sad so it is encouraged to be nice to Manticore when that happens to improve his self esteem.\n\nHistory: Discovered when an anomalous regional drop in farming productivity around Portland, Oregon was noted through Foundation statistical analysis. Investigating agents discovered that the insect population in the region had utterly collapsed. After massive quantities of insect corpses were discovered within SCP-2849 it was investigated and secured by agents of Mobile Task Force Psi-7 \"Home Improvement\".\nAnalysis of the insect remains indicated that they had been severely malnourished and all discovered creatures had perished due to exhaustion, body structural integrity failure, or through other means related to constant activity. Areas within SCP-2849 apparently dedicated to breeding or propagation of the insects within SCP-2849 were found to be rotten or disused entirely.\nSCP-2849 was successfully contained and the initial containment procedures were enacted on 09/19/1999.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A taxonomic group of animals that includes insects, arachnids, myriapods, and crustaceans\n2. More commonly known as praying mantises\n3. More commonly known as bees\n4. More commonly known as ants\n\n\u00ab SCP-2848 | SCP-2849 | SCP-2850 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2850\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: One colony of SCP-2850 is to be maintained in a 1m x 1m x 0.5m terrarium. Once per week, SCP-2850 is to be provided fresh water containing a high concentration of calcium. Once per month, one (1) instance of SCP-2850 is to be introduced to a D-Class subject for the purpose of colony propagation. Following successful infection all remaining instances are to be incinerated at temperatures greater than 950 degrees Celsius.\nDescription: SCP-2850 is the collective designation for a previously unknown species of wasp, superficially resembling members of Ampulex compressa (emerald jewel wasp). Instances of SCP-2850 are nocturnal and display several highly atypical properties including an exoskeleton composed primarily of calcium, a preference for nesting within human residences and the words \"Vespidont\" and \"\u00a9 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Phobos Labs (PATENT PENDING)\" etched into their thorax (see Addendum 2850-001).\nUpon coming into contact with an unconscious human subject, instances of SCP-2850 will approach and administer a sting containing a heavily modified lentivirus to the cervical lymph nodes. Despite possessing a fully developed reproductive system, this lentivirus acts as SCP-2850's means of reproduction. This lentivirus specifically targets dental pulp stem cells, converting them into wasp zygotes. Upon completion, SCP-2850 will expire and infection will proceed over several stages.\nStage 1: Infected subjects complain of a mild fever with flu-like symptoms, typically lasting for 24 to 48 hours before subsiding.\nStage 2: Approximately 3 days post-infection, infected subjects experience a significantly increased appetite with caloric requirements increasing to ~250% that of uninfected subjects. Between ten and thirty small teratomas containing immature teeth will begin to invade the subject's mouth. Subjects will begin to complain of a \"squirming\" sensation in their jaw and mouth.\nStage 3: Subjects begin to show marked muscle atrophy due to to the absorption of large quantities of nutrients and calcium by instances of SCP-2850. Consistent with this medical examinations show a significant increase in osteoporosis in infected subjects. Within 5 days of infection teratomas will spontaneous recede, exposing between 20 and 35 additional mature teeth.\nStage 4: Within 7 days of infection osteoporosis in subjects will progress to the point that subjects cannot support their own weight. Muscle atrophy is both widespread and severe, although muscles crucial to host survival (such as those involved in respiration) will remain unaffected. At this point several dozen immature instances of SCP-2850 (one per tooth) will emerge from the subject's teeth and immediately seek out a dark, secluded area. Instances will molt several times over the next two weeks before reaching maturity and seeking out a host.\nAddendum 2850-001\nSCP-2850 was initially discovered in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 County, CA, after a spike in hospitalizations linked to oropharangyeal teratomas was brought to the Foundation's attention. During containment (during which \u2588\u2588\u2588 colonies of SCP-2850 were neutralized) Mobile Task Force Delta-36 (\u201cFirebugs\u201d) also discovered the body of Dr. James \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a local grief counselor. Despite serving as host to multiple instances of SCP-2850 their cause of death was determined to be exsanguination from numerous small puncture wounds. The following letter was found in the residence:\n\nDr. James \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588,\nWe'd like to extend our warmest thanks for your continued dedication to testing our products. As a token of our gratitude please find enclosed a sample of our newest foray into the world of entomological horrors. While these are, admittedly, in the early stages of R&D we would love any feedback you'd be willing to provide.\nAdditionally, we sincerely apologize for your earlier difficulties with our manufacturers. You'll be happy to hear that these issues have been since been resolved and your order should arrive within 1-3 business days. We've included several TrypanoClowns\u00a9 as a thank you for your patience.\nKindest regards,\nJodie Winters\nCustomer Service Representative\nPhobos Labs: Bringing your nightmares to YOU since 1944.\n\nUpon further investigation no company by the name of Phobos Labs was found to exist and attempts to trace the letter have yielded no results. Investigation is ongoing.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2849 | SCP-2850 | SCP-2851 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Inoculation Image\n\nItem #: SCP-2851\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All walls in Wing 9 of Site-47 are to be painted red. Personnel working at Site-47 are encouraged to wear at least one red article of clothing, and to decorate their homes and workstations with the color red. All documentation concerning SCP-2851 must include red text or a red background.\nDescription: SCP-2851 is an anomalous phenomenon affecting Wing 9 of Site-47, as well as all non-red documentation of SCP-2851. When exposed to either, subjects will hallucinate a voice (SCP-2851-1) continually speaking to them. Hallucinations will last from an hour to two days following the end of exposure.\nSCP-2851-1 will encourage the subject to carry out kleptomaniac urges, have sexual intercourse, instigate duels to the death, and perform ceremonial blood sacrifices to an alleged deity known as \"Taros'zedbreet.\" Of note is that SCP-2851-1 cannot anomalously compel subjects to carry out its suggestions.\nSCP-2851-1 is easily distracted by the color red. When presented with a red substance or object, SCP-2851-1 will compliment subjects on their show of power, vitality, and bloodlust, followed by temporarily ceasing interaction with subjects. While SCP-2851-1 remains active, constant exposure to red has shown to reduce the frequency of its vocalizations, reducing the non-anomalous negative psychological effects it has on subjects.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2850 | SCP-2851 | SCP-2852 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2852 at a Black-Level event.\n\nItem #: SCP-2852\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Containment of SCP-2852 is to focus on tracking and disruption of incidents, where possible, and general monitoring of SCP-2852 compatible population centers. All individuals involved in Blue-Level and White-Level events are to be monitored extensively, and their identities are to be given to local law enforcement as potential terrorist threats. Even when disrupted, individuals involved in Blue-Level and White-Level events are to be cataloged, and their names are to be sent to local law enforcement agencies. Individuals witnessing the disruption of either event are to be given Class-B amnestics.\nBlack-Level events are to be monitored until conclusion. Afterwards, all participants are to be treated with Class-A amnestics and are otherwise treated identically to those affected by other events. Members of Mobile Task Forces Upsilon-36, Upsilon-52, and Upsilon-99 who witness a Black-Level event are to be treated with Class-A amnestics upon retirement or transfer and are to be monitored for any signs of antisocial or otherwise uncharacteristic behavior. If found to have been infected by the Black-Level event, operatives are to be amnesticized, suspended from all field operations, and redesignated to low-level, low-intensity work, i.e. maintenance and data input.\nMTF Y-36 \u201cParty Crashers\u201d are tasked with responding to any SCP-2852 appearance. MTFs Y-52 \u201cCater Duty\u201d and Y-99 \u201cAltar Boys\u201d are tasked to identify SCP-2852 events and provide backup to MTF Y-36 as needed.\nMTFs Y-52 and Y-99 are to establish presence within communities where 60% of the population is Roman Catholic or (as of Revision 2852-7) Anglican. Any SCP-2852 instance found attached to a different religious group must be reported to a researcher with Level 4/2852 clearance immediately.\nWhile currently isolated to the North American subcontinent, all SCP-2852 compatible communities are to be monitored for an uncharacteristic rise in juvenile delinquency, sterility, domestic violence, and divorce rates.\nDescription: Instances of SCP-2852 have the appearance of a middle-aged white male. Biologically, the cells of SCP-2852 instances are genetically identical and human; however, instances do not have any identifiable organs. Their bodies are made up of fibrous muscular tissue, with the teeth and hair being made out of chitin chemically similar to those of the Cicadidae family. The eyes of SCP-2852 instances, while looking non-anomalous from a distance, are set in the sockets without any nerve connection. While capable of speech despite having no vocal cords or analogous organs, SCP-2852 instances do not show any grasp of language, speaking in a \u201cword salad.\u201d Despite this, all individuals at an SCP-2852 compatible event will perceive the subject as speaking intelligibly and will regard its actions as normal, unless briefed of its anomalous properties beforehand. Individuals describe SCP-2852 as being playful with a crude sense of humor, and all individuals affected in an SCP-2852 event will refer to the subject as \u201cCousin Johnny.\u201d While sentient, SCP-2852 instances do not appear sapient.\nSCP-2852 instances appear at various Catholic and Anglican religious functions and are treated as being an established member of the family. Instances of SCP-2852 are accepted regardless of family resemblance or ethnicity. The entity appears at baptisms, weddings, and funerals, referred to as Blue-Level, White-Level, and Black-Level events, respectively. Currently, no SCP-2852 instance has been found to appear at any other family gathering.\nAll attempts at tracking SCP-2852 instances before and after an event have met with failure. The entities are able to appear at such events as though they had always been there, alternately appearing between frames when under surveillance or simply evading any attempt by operatives to keep them out of an event. All tracking devices placed on SCP-2852 instances have malfunctioned immediately, with the entity evading any surveillance.\nEach family gathering that SCP-2852 attends results in different behavior from the subject and different effects. Generally, the effects of SCP-2852 appearing at a family gathering result in more serious damage done to children, although adults are not free from its effects. It is worth noting that stopping an SCP-2852 instance before it involves itself in the religious ritual will not stop its effects from spreading, although they may be diluted. The appearance of SCP-2852 at an event is enough for its effects to start spreading among the family. When questioned after an event, all affected individuals report a feeling of fondness toward SCP-2852, regardless of its actions during an event.\n\n+ Blue-Level\n\n - Access Granted\n\nSCP-2852's effects at a Blue-Level event are present more strongly in the child being baptized, its parents, and any godparents chosen for the occasion. During the baptismal ritual, SCP-2852 will involve itself directly in the proceedings, acting as a third godparent when traditionally there are only two, a male and female. Blue-Level events proceed identically, despite the presence of a third godparent, until the child is submerged into the water. Immediately, the child's top layer of skin will slough off in one piece, as though molting. This process does not seem to harm the child in any meaningful way. The godparents will then eat the skin between each other. Afterwards, the mass will go on as normal, and SCP-2852 will exit along with the family. It is of note that SCP-2852 does not appear at any family celebration held after the baptism.\nThe baptized child has a chance of dying within the next six months well above the national average. Living children exhibit multiple Cluster B personality disorders. Most join anti-capitalist groups, various GOIs, or, if unchecked, will engage in destructive behavior usually manifesting in self-harm, abuse of animals, or abuse of small children. Godparents and biological parents will be rendered sterile, regardless of SCP-2852's success in becoming part of the baptismal ritual. Both groups commit suicide within five years of a Blue-Level event, normally through drowning.\nAll individuals not involved in the baptismal ritual are 500% more likely than the national average to have stillbirths. Those who are still capable of having children are far more likely to abandon them, sometimes allowing the child to die in the process. One couple affected by a Blue-Level event in [REDACTED], Ohio gave birth to triplets which they then tore apart and hung from trees around their property.\nPast adolescence and into adulthood, children exposed to the song of cicadas respond with extreme anxiety and accompanying physical symptoms such as dry mouth, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and headaches. Some subjects' agitation escalates into violent outbursts, which have resulted in at least 20 fatalities. When interviewed about the cause of their disturbance, no subjects have ever identified cicada-song as a trigger for their episodes. Even in one interview involving Level V enhanced interrogation, the subject never indicated the role of cicada-song in his attack on [REDACTED] parish, which resulted in 18 dead and 10 wounded, including his parents and three siblings.\n\n+ White-Level\n\n - Access Granted\n\nDuring the marriage ceremony, SCP-2852 will insert itself as a groomsman, and its most deleterious anomalous effects will only manifest after the vows. After the rings have been exchanged, SCP-2852 will produce various implements that allow the bridesmaids and groomsmen to pull out their teeth one by one. The individuals seem to be oblivious to any pain that would normally take place during such an event, and blood loss, through still unknown means, does not occur. The bride and groom will be presented with the teeth and will eat them. Damage done to the bride and groom's teeth and jaw are extensive, but any blood loss that occurs will not be fatal. The groom will then, in place of vows, vocalize a currently unknown cicada song, which has been known to reach 140 dB (SPL), rendering the bride and those on the altar deaf. Currently, no groom has been deafened by his own call.\nAt the wedding reception, SCP-2852 will take the role of the best man and give a speech. This speech, as all vocalizations of SCP-2852, will be nonsensical with no pattern to the words used. Individuals will react to the speech with mixed emotions, some crying uncontrollably and others falling into hysterical laughter. After the speech, SCP-2852 will produce a gift for the married couple. This gift, currently, has always been 3.5 kg of human hair of various colors, 13 deceased specimen of Tibicen linnei, and 23 human teeth in a cardboard box. DNA testing on all gifts have been inconclusive.\nThe bride and groom of a White-Level event will divorce, on average, two years after their wedding, usually as the result of domestic violence. Any children produced during their marriage will have Cluster B personality disorders or life-threatening disfigurements. All married individuals attending the event will find themselves unable to have children, despite a lack of detectable changes to fertility-related biology. Sperm counts and sperm quality remain unaffected. Ovulation also remains unchanged, and no genetic irregularities have been observed in eggs.\nThe Foundation has arranged a statistically significant number of hysterectomies for guests at White-Level events. The surgeries are prescribed and administered by third-party agents in the medical industry. Exhaustive biopsies, chemical analyses, and mechanical inspections of the extracted uteri and ovaries have failed to yield any signs of abnormality.\nAll children involved in a White-Level event will avoid romantic relationships, and nine out of ten commit suicide by the age of 18. Roughly half pull out their teeth until blood completely blocks the airways, and the others bite their own wrists until exsanguinated.\n\n+ Black-Level\n\n - Access Granted\n\nBlack-Level events are notable in that any attempt to disrupt the event, through any means, results in the actor becoming a participant in the event. Currently, there exists no way to stop or end a Black-Level event. Any attempts at barring SCP-2852 instances from the church or funeral home result in SCP-2852 simply appearing in a pew.\nDuring a Black-Level event, SCP-2852 will take the place of the eulogizer, even if one was not scheduled to speak during the mass. The speech, as any vocalization by SCP-2852, will be nonsensical, with no patterns being found. However, as the subject speaks, the individual closest to the departed will open the casket and produce a long knife. The knives produced during a Black-Level event are not seen before the event and disappear after the event.\nThe individual will then exsanguinate themselves, normally from the wrists, but there have been instances where individuals have slit their throats. In turn, two by two, each attendant will use the knife to pour their blood into the casket. Children too young to exsanguinate themselves are helped by adults. Despite many losing enough blood to result in death, no physical effects are seen in the participants. SCP-2852's speech eventually turns into the song of an adult male Tibicen linnei. All participants will respond with the same call, despite the song of the cicada being limited to the male. SCP-2852 will stand at the pulpit until each individual has bled themselves and then will walk to the casket and vomit a mixture of blood, wood pulp, and dead specimen of Tibicen linnei. It is currently unknown how SCP-2852 instances are able to hold the mixture within themselves, due to the lack of any cavity of sufficient size in its body.\nOnce finished, the funeral mass will go on as normal, and the casket, filled with blood and SCP-2852's vomit, will be taken to the cemetery and lowered into the earth as is normal for a Catholic or Anglican funeral service. Black-Level events normally will end here.\nIf a family gathering was planned to take place after the funeral, SCP-2852 will attend. SCP-2852 will, once all individuals affected have come to the location, vomit a similar mixture of blood, wood pulp, and dead Tibicen linnei into a bowl. This mixture will be primarily eaten by the affected children. After this has been eaten, SCP-2852 will give another speech of nonsensical words without patterns, strip itself, and lay upon a table. The participants, then, will eat SCP-2852's flesh until there is nothing left. During this, SCP-2852 will still vocalize, even when suffering from mortal injuries. Participants have been known to carry on friendly conversation with SCP-2852 while eating it. Children unable to chew whole food properly will be fed mouth-to-mouth by any caregivers.\nAll participants of a Black-Level event will break from their family either through suicide, moving, or divorce. Every individual involved in an event will be rendered sterile. Domestic violence in participants of Black-Level events will usually be of a cannibalistic nature, resulting in the death of one or both individuals. Six out of ten children involved will attempt to murder one or both of their parents before they turn 18. It is theorized that nearly a third of Catholic and Anglican D-Class were involved in a Black-Level event.\n\nFor further research regarding related phenomena, please see the database entry for SCP-3004.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2851 | SCP-2852 | SCP-2853 \u00bb"}
{"text": "I could see the gray in his eyes, clouding his vision, his thoughts. Felt it in mine too, but he was worse.\n\nBillith\n\nIt's important to remember where we came from. If you liked this article, you'll probably like:\n\nSCP-3311\nSCP-2759\nSCP-3315\nSCP-3545\n\nItem#: 2853\n\nLevel2\n\nContainment Class:\neuclid\n\nSecondary Class:\nnone\n\nDisruption Class:\ndark\n\nRisk Class:\nwarning\n\nlink to memo\n\nOne instance of SCP-2853's interior\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to the nature of SCP-2853, containment is only partially feasible. A perimeter is to be established in a 250-meter radius of SCP-2853 and monitored for activity. All civilian access points should be closed down under the guise of military operations.\nSince the events of Incident 2853-1-1A, the containment measures have been updated to adapt to [REDACTED, SEE ADDENDUM 2853-1-A].\nDescription: SCP-2853 is a dilapidated two-story house located approximately 4 km outside of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Oregon. No known records of the construction or ownership of SCP-2853 exist at this time. Despite the degrading architecture, the house is completely sealed, and all attempts to break or peer through the windows have failed.\nFor roughly 1-20 minutes per day, the front and back doors of SCP-2853 unlock and open via an unknown means. The doors will close and reseal themselves after this interval has passed.\nIf a human enters SCP-2853 during this period, the doors will immediately seal themselves until the next day. It is unknown if this effect applies to willing entry of other animals as fauna explicitly avoid the location. This is presumed to be due in part by infrasonic frequencies recorded throughout the surrounding area, which cause an expected physiological response in test animals as well as D-Class personnel during exploratory efforts.\nMultiple attempts have been made to survey the inside layout of SCP-2853 and have yielded additional data about the anomalous effects of the house, as described below.\nRecord of Exploration Logs 2853-A through C:\n\nExploration 2853-A\nSubject: D-3248\nAbstract: On \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 at \u2588\u2588:\u2588\u2588:\u2588\u2588, SCP-2853's doors were observed opening. One D-Class personnel equipped with audiovisual monitoring systems and one day's worth of rations was sent to observe the inside of the house.\n\nAfter successful ingress via the rear entrance, the doors of SCP-2853 swung shut with a loud slam heard only through the audio feed of D-3248's recording equipment.\nD-3248: [startled] -Yowch! The hell- [exhaling] Whew. I know y'all said the door would shut on me, but the thing damn near took my foot off! I guess it couldn't wait to have company.\nControl: Noted. Please activate your camera and headlamp and begin observations.\nCamera flicks on, revealing the interior to match the age and wear of the outside structure. Heavy amounts of dust coat all surfaces and cloud the windows. Despite the current time of day, the headlamp is deemed unnecessary, as the house is illuminated by a dull daytime light coming in through the shrouded windows. D-3248 is seen attempting to clear one to see outside, but the layers of sediment do not seem to give way at all.\nD-3248 starts to move around the current room, panning the camera for Control. Several doors are present, as well as a set of stairs leading to the second floor. The interior is mostly unremarkable, containing a worn couch bearing a faded floral pattern aside a small table. Several chairs are skewed about haphazardly. Cobwebs and dust layer everything, including the walls and some various gardening tools kept by the rear door.\nD-3248: Pretty drab house. The air in here is fucking stale.\nControl: Please observe the rest of the house, 3248.\nD-3248: Yeah, yeah.\nD-3248 is seen choosing the first door to the left of the entrance. Upon entering, the door opens to a small kitchen and dining area that would comfortably fit a family of four. Dust once again coats all surfaces. D-3248's movements are seen kicking up particles from the floor. Subject takes a minute to brush off his clothes and coughs several times.\nD-3248: Now, I'm not one for house cleaning, but this dust seems a bit excessive. Agh, my eye. Hold up.\nD-3248 takes the water bottle out of his rations kit and flushes his eye with a small amount off camera.\nD-3248: Better, continuing on.\nSubject is seen moving around the kitchen, checking cupboards, and inspecting the room. Sets of plates and tarnished silverware are found among the items, but nothing of interest aside from the heavy accumulation of dust, about one centimeter on most surfaces, even in the interior of the cabinets. D-3248 stops several times to cough and flush his eyes.\nD-3248: God- This place is the worst. How long until the door opens again?\nControl: Another twenty-two hours, probably.\nD-3248: Jesus Christ. I gotta save some of this water for drinking, my throat is dry as hell. This sink doesn't work.\nControl: Noted, again. Please continue.\nD-3248: [laughs] You guys don't give a shit about me, do you? Dumb question, sorry.\nD-3248 continues around the perimeter of the kitchen. Camera shows uneaten food on the dining table. Despite the heavy coating of dust, no mold is observed on the food itself. Mild camera and audio interference is seen at control, though GPS location still reads in accordance to D-3248's position.\nD-3248: You guys hear that? Or- feel it?\nControl: Please be more descriptive of your surroundings-\nD-3248: Okay, fuck you too buddy. It was like, uh, like the entire house shook, and my tinnitus suddenly got really bad. Let's finish clearing these rooms, I want to know I'm alone in here.\nControl: Thermal readings indicate you are the only person in the house.\nD-3248: Do ghosts show up on those things?\nControl: Er- No. I guess they don't.\nD-3248: [sighs]\nAfter finishing with the kitchen, D-3248 moves back into the main room and takes the next door on his left. A small bathroom fills the camera's view. Subject is seen checking the sink for water but the tap yields nothing. D-3248 moves to the shower and toilet respectively, both having the same result.\nD-3248: [coughs] There's so much dust. So much.\nControl: Try to avoid breathing it in, conserve your remaining water. You'll be fine.\nD-3248 does not respond and leaves the room. Another door exists to its left, but has been nailed shut with boards. After a moment of hesitation, subject opts to take the stairs to the second floor and proceeds upwards with haste.\nThe second floor landing comes into view and extends in both directions. Four other doors are present, and the accumulation of dust on this floor is at least three centimeters high. Large amounts are kicked up from D-3248's movement as his breathing becomes ragged.\nA low groaning sound in the 15-20 Hz range is picked up in the background of D-3248's recording equipment. The camera jerks, cutting momentarily, most likely from D-3248 reacting to the noise. Quality of the audio degrades further but remains functional.\nD-3248: [distorted] -is again, that fucking sound- [distorted] -it's so hot, dry too. Worse than- [coughs] -below, like seriously can't stand this air- [distorted] -the last of my water too, fucking fuck. What-\nVideo contact is reestablished, but the camera is pointed straight down. A considerable amount of dust is seen on the floor, ebbing and flowing like water. View jostles as subject begins to shudder and fall, gasping for air. Camera becomes inoperable again due to worsening static distortion. Audio recording still works to a degree, although D-3248's voice is hoarse and labored.\nD-3248: [distorted] -gotta get me outta here, it- [distorted] -in my fucking lungs! I can feel it!- [wracking cough] -fuck, help me- [gasping] -I can't breathe! Too much- [gagging] -dust. Wh-What? Wind? Where's the fucking wind coming from?\nA loud drone is heard before the audio is overcome by static and cuts abruptly. Subject's GPS tracking fails and D-3248 is not recovered. SCP-2853's doors open ahead of schedule.\n\nExploration 2853-B\nSubject: D-8113\nAbstract: On \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 at \u2588\u2588:\u2588\u2588:\u2588\u2588, SCP-2853's doors open once more, and one D-Class personnel is prepared for entry. Given the air quality and nature of the house observed in the previous log, it was deemed appropriate to equip the subject with an air filtration suit and several extra bottles of water.\n\nUpon entry via the front door, the house once again seals with a loud slam heard only through the microphone on D-8113's person. Subject activates camera without instruction and begins observation. Light level confirmed as the same as before, despite the high sun.\nD-8113: I can already tell, this place is full of laughs, isn't it? Gonna be a grand ol' time in dusty-musty McMansion. Honestly, this kind of reminds me of my Aunt Cheryl's-\nControl: D-8113, please commence your search of the house.\nD-8113: Sorry, Doc. I babble when I'm nervous. I've had the willies since we pulled into the driveway.\nControl: It's fine.\nSubject takes a quick loop of the entry room, which is identical to the previous test, aside from the gardening tools, which appear to have been recently used. Dust is only beginning to form on the dirt-covered trowels. Control notes this but does not tell the subject.\nUpon entering the kitchen, more changes are noted, mostly in the form of moved kitchenware and the absence of food on the table. Dust still heavily coats all surfaces.\nD-8113: I take back what I said about my aunt, even she couldn't let the dust build this much. This stuff must have been here for, what, two hundred years? This counter has about an inch of dust on it.\nCamera feed confirms the increase. Dust has doubled since last exploration attempt, and particulates in the air are heavier. D-8113's filtration system is checked and confirmed as still functioning.\nSubject finishes in the kitchen and moves to the next door as well. The bathroom is still present and in its state of disrepair. Dust coats the floor in a thick layer, approximately seven centimeters high. D-8113's steps cause a large cloud of dust to bloom into the air. Subject backs out of the room and closes the door, wiping off her suit.\nD-8113: Throat's getting dry, gonna remove the helmet and take a drink.\nControl: Keep your eyes closed and breathe as little as possible outside of the air filter.\nD-8113: Roger Dodger.\nSubject removes helmet, noting the layer of dust forming on the top, and quickly takes a drink before putting the helmet back on.\nD-8113: Good enough. I could feel the dust in my eyebrows.\nControl is unsure whether this is a joke or not. The infrasonic groan heard in the previous log is picked up through the recording equipment, although D-8113 does not seem to notice this. Subject notes the door to her left, which is still boarded shut. Returning to the entry room, the camera quality begins to degrade. The room contains at least seven centimeters more of accumulation than when last observed.\nD-8113: Uh, this is abnormal. And the air is so dry and hot\u2026\nSubject takes several drinks of water and dons her helmet again, stifling a small cough. She focuses on the stairs, which have been hidden under a deluge of dust. Video interference dies down a bit as D-8113 ascends the stairs. No sign of the last D-Class is found. The landing has been hidden under almost 20 cm of dust, and every movement stirs up clouds of gray particles.\nD-8113: [coughing] -This stuff is harsh. The suit helps though. I'm going to take this room here.\nA small bedroom presents itself to D-8113. It appears to have been once owned by a small child. Dust has been swept against the bed and dresser like dunes, almost 60 cm high. D-8113 fords through the accumulation toward the dresser. Setting the camera down, subject is seen checking the drawers, coughing.\nD-8113: Ugh. Are you sure this suit can handle this?\nControl: It's the best we've got.\nD-8113 stops her search for a second and looks around. After a moment, she resumes.\nD-8113 Uhm, okay. I found some clothes, think they're for a girl. Yeah- [coughs] -Small one, maybe five. Huh, found some papers underneath. Oh.\nControl: What is it?\nD-8113: [DATA REDACTED, SEE ADDENDUM 2853-1-B]\nControl: Noted. Thank you.\nD-8113: [nervously] That's enough for this room.\nCamera distorts, static returning despite no obvious changes. Subject gathers the documents and picks up the camera, turning to leave. D-8113 stops halfway and aims the camera down for Control. Dust rolls against the floor in waves.\nD-8113: What the heck?\nMoving to the door, 8113 is now wading against a current of dust, approximately waist high. D-8113 passes through the door frame to find dust pouring in from another room.\nD-8113: [coughing] This is bizarre, but I'm okay. I think it-\nCamera feed, audio feed and GPS positioning all fail at once. SCP-2853's doors open without warning. After a period of radio silence, D-8113 is considered lost. Due to the information gathered from the documents D-8113 found, this sudden disconnection is likely due to [DATA REDACTED, SEE ADDENDUM 2853-1-B].\n\nEXPLORATION LOG 2853-C RESTRICTED TO LEVEL 4 CLEARANCE OR HIGHER\n\napproved\n\nExploration 2853-C\nSubject: D-1446\nAbstract: When the doors opened again on \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 at \u2588\u2588:\u2588\u2588:\u2588\u2588, D-1446 was sent to investigate, equipped with the same gear, including one can of compressed air.\n\nUpon entry, the doors swing shut loudly, as per usual. D-1446 activates their camera and takes a look around. Control notes major differences in the interior space, in the form of what appears to be remnants of a struggle. Furniture is overturned, torn and/or broken. The gardening tools are scattered on the floor, one or two in what seems to be dried blood. Dust is negligible, a minor coating that defies previous logs.\nD-1446: Okay.. So what should I do now?\nControl: Please explore the house to the best of your ability.\nD-1446: Easy enough.\nProblems with the video feed cause Control to pause and reestablish the link. Subject finds a window sill to place the camera on and waves to Control while the video broadcast is confirmed. Once finished, D-1446 is instructed to ignore the bottom floor and focus on the rooms of the second floor. Subject begins to move but stops, freezing in place.\nD-1446: Fuck. What was that?\nControl: What was it?\nD-1446: It sounded like someone was knocking on the walls. [pauses] There it is again.\nAudio feed picks up no such noise. It is possible the noise was too quiet to be picked up by the microphone.\nD-1446: There's a pattern to it too. Let me listen.\nAudio feed records silence for about fifteen seconds.\nD-1446: Three short knocks, three slow knocks, three short knocks again. Fucking weird.\nControl notes that this is Morse code for \"SOS\" but does not tell the subject.\nD-1446 hurries to the stairs and ascends quickly. No signs of heavy dust accumulation on the landing, instead, a trail of blood runs down the length of the hall, splashed or smeared on the walls.\n\nAfter some encouragement, subject begins to explore the hallway, often glancing around, appearing nervous. D-1446 passes the child's room and looks inside, revealing an otherwise unremarkable accumulation surrounding the degrading furnishings. Once again, no sign of the previous D-Class individuals is seen.\nLeaving the room, subject takes the next available door on the right, leading to the master bedroom. Blood coats the walls and furniture, red and glistening, likely fresh. Dust is accumulated in this room in large piles, swept against the walls and furniture in dunes a meter high. On the bed are the eviscerated remains of at least two individuals, neither of which are the missing subjects. A dusty revolver lies on the ground, surrounded by spent casings.\nD-1446: Oh, god. What the hell did this to you?\nD-1446's video feed distorts. A small breeze is seen moving the particles around behind D-1446's person. The change in the stagnant air causes the subject to spin in a panic. Nothing exists besides a sudden accumulation of dust, flowing around D-1446's ankles.\nD-1446: This is weird. Tell me this is normal, right? Happens all the time in this place, yeah?\nControl: The suit is enough to keep you safe.\nD-1446 scoffs and wades through the dust into the landing. A small bathroom lies across the hall, door ajar. Dust is seen overflowing from the toilet in a rapid torrent.\nD-1446: Yup, totally normal.\nVideo feed becomes intermittent, but reveals no changes in the surrounding area. Another room is visible on the landing, and D-1446 progresses towards it in the rapidly rising levels of dust. Upon opening the door, a small study comes into view. Worn books occupy the shelves adjacent to a plain wooden desk. D-1446 closes the door behind them, struggling against the river of dust forcing its way into the room, and takes a look around. A small globe occupies the corner of the room. Upon approaching it and clearing the dust, it is apparent that the globe does not accurately represent Earth.\nD-1446: Weird place.\nA loud bang is heard in the recording equipment on the subject's person, causing them to glance around.\nD-1446: Sounds like it came from downstairs. I'm staying here.\nControl approves this and instructs D-1446 to inspect the books on the shelves. Several pages crumble upon touch, but the topics range from ritualism and the occult to music theory and children's books.\nAnother bang is heard, louder this time. The rafters bend and creak, as if under heavy winds. D-1446 peers around more, revealing nothing. Video feed breaks down momentarily and returns, subject now leafing through some documents on the desk.\nD-1446: This place. Man, is it giving me bad vibes.\nA 160 dB explosion is heard throughout the entire containment site. Subject wheels around, the closed door having buckled and caved due to the ceiling-high amount of dust cascading into the room. A loud drone is heard in the background as the accumulation of dust blasts outward in a violent slipstream, smashing into D-1446 and throwing them against the bookshelves. The camera is thrown against the ground and visual contact is lost for thirty seconds. When reestablished, the feed shows high amounts of particulates swirling through the room in unseen winds. Screaming is heard, followed by tearing and gasping, culminating in a wet thump. Wheezing persists for several minutes before growing silent.\nVideo feed shows high amounts of dust flowing throughout the house still. Slow steps are heard from another room, as well as several other bangs and groans. Steps grow louder until humanoid legs that appear to be comprised of dust pass by the camera's view. No noise is heard afterwards, aside from mild winds. Contact persists until \u2588\u2588:\u2588\u2588:\u2588\u2588, when GPS, audio and video fail simultaneously. D-1446 considered lost.\n\nAddendum 2853-1-A\n\nREVISED CONTAINMENT PROCEDURES RESTRICTED TO LEVEL 4 CLEARANCE OR HIGHER\n\napproved\n\nItem#: 2853\n\nLevel4\n\nContainment Class:\nketer\n\nSecondary Class:\nnone\n\nDisruption Class:\nekhi\n\nRisk Class:\ndanger\n\nlink to memo\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to the nature of SCP-2853, containment is unfeasible. A perimeter is to be established in a kilometer radius of SCP-2853 and monitored for activity with extreme scrutiny. All civilian access points should be closed down under the guise of military operations.\nA containment chamber should be built around the house, with an airlock situated outside each of the doors of SCP-2853.\nSince the events of Incident 2853-1-1A, the containment measures have been updated several times to adapt to the ongoing growth of SCP-2853-1. Despite this, containment breach is imminent, and research into reversing the effects of SCP-2853 is ongoing.\nDescription: SCP-2853 is a dilapidated two story house located approximately 4 km outside of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Oregon. Despite the degrading architecture, the house is completely sealed, and all attempts to break or peer through the windows have failed.\nFor roughly 1-20 minutes per day, the front and back doors of SCP-2853 unlock and open via an anomalous means. The doors will close and reseal themselves after this interval has passed.\nAfter the events of Incident 2853-1-1A, the doors of SCP-2853 remain perpetually unlocked and closed. At no time should anyone be permitted to open the doors of SCP-2853.\nIf a human enters SCP-2853 during this period, the doors will immediately seal themselves until the next day. During this period, the interior will begin \"meshing\" itself into another version of the house, understood by Foundation research staff to be parallel universes of the same building. Over time, contact with those inside the house degrades and ceases as an alternate version of the house replaces the interior of the current one. It is unknown if this effect applies to willing entry of other animals as fauna explicitly avoid the location. This is considered due in part by infrasonic frequencies recorded throughout the surrounding area, which cause an expected physiological response in test animals as well as D-Class personnel during exploratory efforts.\nIf no one is in any instance of the house, the doors will open to accept a new individual. Likewise, the doors remain closed and unlocked if the subject stays alive within the house for the entirety of the cycle. Leaving the house during this period exits into its respective dimension.\nMost alternate dimensions experienced this way have been destroyed by large quantities of SCP-2853-1.\nSCP-2853-1 refers to an anomalous accumulation of dust found within the house. Testing has revealed that the dust itself is comprised of many different materials, but is identified as finely ground biological matter, a majority of which is human.\nClouds of SCP-2853-1 are particularly harsh to the respiratory system of humans, often resulting in suffocation over a period of minutes to hours, depending on the air quality of the affected area. The dust itself is indestructible, as all attempts to destroy the particulates have ultimately ended in failure.\nWhen exposed to strong winds, SCP-2853-1 can exhibit erosion capabilities that far exceed those of typical dust storms. The effect can be extremely painful and often lethal.\nWhile there is no confirmation that SCP-2853-1 is sentient or \"alive\" in any traditional sense, SCP-2853-1 often exhibits flows and currents, accumulating in groups and moving on its own accord. How this behavior is accomplished is unknown.\nSCP-2853-1 has no identified source, but recovered materials suggest the presence of a separate entity, one that may have caused multiple XK-Class End-of-the-World scenarios in alternate realities linked to SCP-2853.\nIncident Report 2853-1-1A:\nAt \u2588\u2588:\u2588\u2588:\u2588\u2588 on \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, two hours and twenty-three minutes into Exploration 2853-C, SCP-2853 broke from its previous cyclical activities for the first time. SCP-2853, which had been sealed since the beginning of D-1446's entry, unlocked and, two minutes later, emitted a noise comparable to a large explosion accompanied by splintering wood. The house experienced no change on the outside, but has remained in a closed but unlocked stasis suggesting an \"occupied\" state from within the house. It is unknown why this has occurred, or whom may be within the house at this time. Given the dust that is now accumulating around the rear door, this change in behavior should be closely observed and maintained for as long as possible while better forms of containment are prepared.\nSince then, noises including knocks, taps and scratches have been heard on the outer doors of SCP-2853.\nUpgrade to Keter classification approved.\n\nAddendum 2853-1-B\n\nADDITIONAL DATA RESTRICTED TO LEVEL 4 CLEARANCE OR HIGHER\n\napproved\n\nRecord of Documents and excerpts from Exploration 2853-B, taken from video feed.\n\nPhotograph recovered from Exploration 2853-B. Click to enlarge.\n\nIslia,\nIf you're reading this, then I am dead.\nI tried to save us.\nI really, really tried. Maybe it worked.\nWe were running low on food and went into what was once \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, nothing was left. It was just\u2026 gone. Razed to dust. So I came back from that wasteland to the only thing left standing- this house.\nWhatever happened when Gwrgr set up that \"perimeter\" has changed these walls. I told you it wasn't so, but you could see different. I know you could. The light in the windows, never changing. I kept you to your room, but you are such a bright child.\nI never should have trusted him. No, we did it together. We had to.\nWhen it was done, he said it would be better. That it would be our freedom, our safety. It wasn't. It was a prison, and for the moments we could see the sky, it was our fatal wound, bleeding ceaselessly until nothing was left.\nDay by day, every time we opened the doors, we'd hoped for a better world than this, for all of us, for you. For every day, the dust grew higher outside. Even when sealed, I could taste it from within.\nPale dust and empty air. We would always leave to the same, come back to the same. Same but different. Different, but the same. Nothing but dust and death outside and in. Gwrgr was restless, and I could see the gray in his eyes, clouding his vision, his thoughts. Felt it in mine too, but he was worse.\nSo we kept looking for a way out. We opened those doors, over and over. One hand on each knob, two new worlds every day. It was all the same. A world of dust. Another. Another. A world of ashes and eyeballs. A world of tar and boiling blood. Dust again. A blank world. A dark world, full of whispers and a man with a wide grin. Dust. Dust. More dust. Cobwebs. They fill my mind, like he before me. I can't keep us both here. We've already hurt too many.\nforgive me\n\n\u00ab SCP-2852 | SCP-2853 | SCP-2854 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2854\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A 2m tall chain-link fence must be maintained along the perimeter of SCP-2854 at all times and the land that SCP-2854 resides on is to be purchased by the Foundation. Following incident 2854-A, SCP-2854 is to be staffed with D-Class and Foundation personnel during business hours to assist in containment of the entities within a 5 km radius of SCP-2854.\nPersonnel dispatched to SCP-2854 are to be updated on products that SCP-2854 sells as well as the location of the aforementioned products. Any personnel wishing to transfer from SCP-2854 are to be administered Class-A amnestics before completion of transfer process.\nDescription: SCP-2854 is an abandoned supermarket located about 3 km from Site-118. SCP-2854-1 instances refer to entities that frequent SCP-2854. During normal business hours, SCP-2854's anomalous properties will manifest. Cars will begin to appear outside of SCP-2854 in the parking lot. SCP-2854-1 instances will then vacate their cars and enter SCP-2854. Entities observed during normal business hours include:\n\nIncorporeal entities, which include:\n\nEntities with eyes that reflect visible light adorned with intangible lengths of chain.\nEntities whose bodies are the consistency of mist and are observed to be lacking discerning facial features.\n\nEntities with several pairs of wings and heads similar to depictions in Christian iconography\nVarying entities of different sizes, shapes, and anomalous ability with iconography similar to depictions of the Christian underworld.\n[REDACTED]\n\nThe name Babylon Whore's Corner Store is prominently displayed over the entrance to the establishment. Inside, several checkout lanes can be observed near the front of the store, with aisles occupying the majority of the remaining space. In the back of the supermarket, a store-room is observed to be storing unused products for placement on the shelves. A few examples of products sold within SCP-2854 are:\n\nGummy ghost-shaped candy contained in pink wrapping paper labeled \"Candied Souls\"\n\nEggs holding tridents and producing flame from an unknown source in an airtight red container adorned with pentagrams with the label \"Deviled Eggs\" visible on the top of the carton.\n\nHot dogs with three separate cylindrical shaped heads that each bark independently of each other wrapped in a plastic container labelled \"Demon Dogs\"\n\nGreen colored bread in the shape of humanoid entities undergoing an advanced state of decomposition wrapped in a plastic container labelled \"Un-Bread\"\n\nWhen items are removed from the shelves, they are observed to restock themselves after an average interval of 5 minutes with the delay increasing or decreasing based on consumer demand for said item. The longest recorded interval is 30 minutes and the shortest recorded interval is 1 second.\nWhen stock depletes in the store-room, new stock is acquired through means of teleportation. Deliveries to homes are handled through this process as well. It is currently unknown where SCP-2854 acquires its stock of anomalous products, or where the products are delivered to.\nThe SCP-2854-1 instances will pay for the products with a monetary currency not recognized by any known government or organization. The SCP-2854-1 instances will then re-enter their car and disappear. Currency discovered inside of SCP-2854 display a rough depiction of a dwarf on the front, with the denomination printed in a language that currently eludes Foundation researchers. At time of writing, all attempts to translate the language printed on the currency have been unsuccessful.\nIncident 2854-A: During business hours on 25/03/19\u2588\u2588, SCP-2854-1 instances entering SCP-2854 discovered a lack of staff residing inside of SCP-2854. The instances then proceeded to leave the supermarket, re-enter their cars, and disappear. The SCP-2854-1 instances reappeared at a local Wal-Mart in Wilmington, North Carolina. By Foundation request, the establishment relinquished the audio and video transcripts of the incident:\n\n<Begin Log>\nThe sound of a sliding door is followed by footsteps as the instances are captured on the establishment's CCTV camera system. A pair of instances appear to be holding a conversation amongst themselves, the dialogue picked up on the camera's built in microphone.\nSCP-2854-1: This sucks! Babylon's was closed and now we're forced to go to a different supermarket\u2026 I hope that we don't have to do this on a daily basis.\nSCP-2854-2: Well, maybe we'll get lucky and Babylon's will be open later. We could always go back to check\u2026 we don't have to go here if you don't want to.\nSCP-2854-1: Nah, we already walked in the door; we have a commitment to shop here now. Hey, there's an employee! Maybe he can help us.\nThe SCP-2854-1 instances approach the employee, who gradually enters the camera's field of view as it tracks their movement through the supermarket.\nSCP-2854-1: Excuse me, would you happen to know where the organic produce section is? We're from out of town and we've never been in a Wal-Mart before.\nEmployee: Sure, I can help you find that. It's in aisle\u2026 four?\nThe employee turns around and notices the SCP-2854-1 instances. Before the SCP-2854-1 instances can speak on their behalf, the employee becomes distressed and is observed to be fleeing from the SCP-2854-1 instances, screaming. The SCP-2854 instances give pursuit, not having the answer to their question. The employee passes by a large group of people.\nEmployee: Monsters! There's monsters in the store! Run for your life!\nMurmurs are heard in the crowd. As a SCP-2854-1 instance passes by, they start screaming and fleeing as well.\nSCP-2854-2: Hey, come back here!\nEmployee: Get away from me!\nEventually the employee and the instances reach the main area of the Wal-Mart. Panicked customers stampede the exits.\nSCP-2854-1: Well shit, the customer service here is terrible!\nSCP-2854-2: Guess whose idea it was to shop here, Gregory?\nSCP-2854-1: Oh shut up, Alma! We'll find it on our own.\nThe instances are observed to split up and head in different directions. At this time, the Night Guard picks up a phone to call the police.\nOperator: Hello, 911\u2026 what is your emergency?\nNight Guard: I'm calling to report a group of\u2026 shit, I don't even know what they are to be honest. They look like they dropped out of a fucking film. The fuckers are rampaging all over the Wal-Mart in downtown Wilmington, North Carolina!\nOperator: Okay, sir, I have tracked your location. I will transfer you to your local precinct for assistance.\nNight Guard: Thank you very much. Things are going to hell in here.\nMeanwhile the instances have made it to the front of the Wal-Mart, where only a single cashier remains. Upon sighting the SCP-2854-1 instances, the cashier becomes visually distressed.\nSCP-2854-1: Excuse me, can you he\u2014\nCashier: No, please, don't hurt me! Here, take it! Take all the money I have!\nThe cashier opens the till and raises their hands in the air, backing away from the register.\nCashier: Take my money! Take it all! Just\u2026 just don't hurt me!\nPolice Officers and UIU agents arrive approximately fifteen minutes later and begin to form a perimeter around the establishment. Customers have begun to vacate the store at this time, running past the UIU agents and to their cars, driving off. One of the UIU agents appears to be speaking into his radio, before stepping forward from his vehicle and grabbing a megaphone from the passenger side seat.\nUIU Captain: This is the police, we have the area surrounded. Come out with your hands up! If you do not have hands, then raise whatever the equivalent of a hand is for you.\nSCP-2854-1: Well, shit. Guess our shopping trip attracted more attention than we thought.\nSCP-2854-2: No shit. What was your first clue? The panicking customers? Maybe the cashier that thought we were psychos? Wow, how could you possibly figure that out, Gregory? You must be a genius or something!\nSCP-2854-1: Oh, just shut up Alma\u2026that attitude of yours is getting on my last goddamn nerve! Let's just go, okay? They're not going to let us leave peacefully anyway\u2026\nThe SCP-2854-1 instances vacate the store, at which time the police officers tackle the SCP-2854-1 instances to the ground and subdue them. Fifteen minutes later, the Foundation arrives on the scene. Foundation personnel enter the establishment and begin cordoning the area.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: After the Foundation arrive on the scene, the police officers break perimeter and drive off. After cordoning the area, Foundation personnel coordinate with UIU agents to distribute cover stories about paranormal activity in the affected establishment. UIU agents catalog the entities and Foundation personnel capture them in Type III Spectral Mutagen Allocators.\nAfter the UIU agents break perimeter and drive off, Foundation personnel extract the instances to Site-118 temporarily before transferring the instances to SCP-2854. Following the incident, a staffing procedure was implemented to prevent the instances from endangering local cities. Witnesses were tracked using Foundation assets, interviewed, administered Class-A amnestics, and released.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2853 | SCP-2854 | SCP-2855 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2855\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2855 is to be held within a standard humanoid containment chamber within Hall \u2588\u2588 of Site-\u2588\u2588.\nThe current SCP-2855-1 is not subjected to any containment procedures. For security reasons, the current identity of SCP-2855-1 is restricted to personnel level 4 and above.\nDescription: SCP-2855 is a male humanoid of Hispanic descent. The words \"Mr. Money, from Little Misters \u00ae by Dr. Wondertainment\" are tattooed on the back of SCP-2855's neck.\nSCP-2855 is anomalously affected by business transactions made regarding its ownership. The current owner of SCP-2855, designated SCP-2855-1, may engage in a written agreement depicting a transfer of ownership of SCP-2855 to another willing human in exchange for some amount of physical currency possessed by the purchasing party.\nOnce this agreement is confirmed with signatures of both parties, SCP-2855 will be instantaneously teleported to the location specified in the written agreement, or to the recipient's vicinity if no location was specified. As well, the agreed currency will be instantaneously transferred from the purchasing's party's holdings to the specified location, or SCP-2855-1's vicinity if no location was specified. With the transaction completed, the purchasing party may be designated SCP-2855-1, as the previous SCP-2855-1 ceases to be the owner of SCP-2855.\nThis process will only occur if the written agreement contains signatures of both parties and specifies an amount of currency to be exchanged. No non-monetary exchanges are possible.\nSCP-2855 is believed to adapt to the wishes and preconceptions the purchasing party may have about its abilities, with such changes appearing when SCP-2855 reappears in the new SCP-2855-1 instance's possession. Typically, SCP-2855 will conform to any definitions or claims of its abilities provided in the written agreement that prompts its transfer.\nThe limits to this adaptive ability are currently unclear, if they exist at all.\nSCP-2855 was recovered on 21/04/2007 from the holdings of Marshall, Carter, and Dark, LLP in which it had been intentionally and repeatedly exchanged between certain MC&D staff in order to test the capabilities and uses of SCP-2855's adaptation abilities. SCP-2855 was acquired by an undercover Foundation agent posing as the intended recipient of SCP-2855 during one such exchange. SCP-2855 was subsequently transferred to Foundation custody.\nSCP-2855 is currently believed to be cooperative with Foundation interests. Due to the risk of SCP-2855 being captured by outside interests in the process of exchange, no further tests of SCP-2855's adaptive abilities are authorized.\nAddendum 2855-1: Recovered Document\nUpon recovery, SCP-2855 was found to have the following document in its possession.\n\n+ Show document\n\n- Close document\n\nWow! You've just found yourself your very own Little Mister, a limited edition collection from Dr. Wondertainment!\nFind them all and become Mr. Collector!!\n01. Mr. Chameleon\n02. Mr. Headless\n03. Mr. Laugh\n04. Mr. Forgetful\n05. Mr. Shapey\n06. Mr. Soap\n07. Mr. Hungry\n08. Mr. Brass\n09. Mr. Hot\n10. Ms. Sweetie\n11. Mr. Life and Mr. Death\n12. Mr. Fish\n13. Mr. Moon\n14. Mr. Redd (discontinued)\n15. Mr. Money \u2714\n16. Mr. Lost\n17. Mr. Lie\n18. Mr. Mad\n19. Mr. Scary\n20. Mr. Stripes\n\nAddendum 2855-2: Intercepted MC&D Memo Correspondence\nPrior to recovery of SCP-2855 from Marshall, Carter, and Dark LLC, several correspondences were intercepted, revealing the existence and status of SCP-2855 to the Foundation. Due to antimemetic counterespionage methods utilized by MC&D, the vast majority of these documents have since been rendered unreadable or unknowable. The only document able to be recovered by retromemetic retrieval may be found below.\n\nMemo 23\n\nWQ2B3/XNGSZ/EOY5J\n\nSender\nMichel Lothar\nRecipient\nPeyton Agapios\n\nJudgement is in. Your assumption, imprudent as it may have been, has proven to hold some water.\n\nOn the physical level, the item is as one would expect. Those experienced with his handiwork have judged the persistent surgical modifications, scant as they may be, to exhibit a quality evident of his earlier work.\n\nConsidering the complexity of the invisible aspects, this conclusion may raise some eyebrows. A cursory examination of the item's transpositioning lattices reveals that they are of high quality. Not only that, but the activation mechanism of the distortions is not, as you assumed, rudimentary application of a dynamic geas by its creator. Instead, the lattice responds almost spontaneously, anomalously, to the creation of mundane binding information about the item.\n\nTo put it crudely, these properties are not hacked on; applied to a body by inexperienced hands for the purposes of creating a workable item. They're inherent to the body itself. The most skilled of toymakers could not implement this so seamlessly.\n\nThe item continues to vex when thoroughly studied. The modifications to the item are, in fact, twice-applied: the most significant layer being that described above, with the second layer being a mostly redundant, significantly more crude work. To our experts, this second layer's quality would be typical for a production of this era. So, why would the creator attempt to overwrite an extant superior layer with redundancy? Why did an inherent layer exist in the first place?\n\nIdeally, the answers will become more apparent after the next test transfer is completed. Until then, I trust you'll keep your speculation to yourself.\n\nMarshall, Carter and Dark, LLP\n\nAddendum 2855-3: Interview 1\n\nForeword: Interview was conducted following initial recovery.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Latimer enters the interview room. SCP-2855 is seated in the subject chair, arms chained to the table in front of it. Dr. Latimer sits down opposite SCP-2855.\nDr. Latimer: Hello, SCP-2855.Dr. Latimer: I'm Dr. Latimer, and I'll be conducting this interview. I'd first like to ask a few questions about your accommodations. How have you found them?Dr. Latimer: I'm glad to hear that. With the transfer from the other organization, are you disoriented? Being moved around so suddenly, no warning?Dr. Latimer: You weren't surprised, to be in such a different setting? Surrounded by unfamiliar people?Dr. Latimer: And you change with it?Dr. Latimer: And what is your territory? Your purpose?Dr. Latimer: What kind of ambitions?Dr. Latimer: Some fulfillment of a capitalist dream?Dr. Latimer: I don't think it is. Please continue.Dr. Latimer: Please, tell me about those times.Dr. Latimer: She traded you away?Dr. Latimer: What ended it?Dr. Latimer: But you had others.Dr. Latimer: You won't have to deal with them anymore.Dr. Latimer: And they tested you?Dr. Latimer: To find your limits?Dr. Latimer: How did it feel? Changing so often?Dr. Latimer: Is it painful?SCP-2855 appears pensive for several seconds.\nDr. Latimer: I think that will be enough for today. If anything is needed of you, I will let you know.<End Log>\n\nAddendum 2855-4: Information restricted to Level 4/2855 and above.\n\nAddendum 2855-4: Transfer log\n\nUpon initial recovery by Agent Nolan, SCP-2855 was transferred to Site Director Dziekan under a minimal contract that specified that SCP-2855 would not be dangerous, while at the same time specifying that its base anomalies would remain unaltered, to ensure that its abilities would not be lost during a botched transfer.\nSeveral weeks after the first interview was performed, an additional transfer was authorized. SCP-2855 was transferred from Site Director Dziekan to O5-4 under the stipulation that SCP-2855 would be completely cooperative and obedient to all Foundation interests and possess an accurate and complete memory of all transfers performed upon it.\nOnce the transfer occurred, the alterations to SCP-2855 manifested successfully, and SCP-2855 was instructed to write a summary of each historical transfer of its ownership, for cross-reference.\nUpon review, SCP-2855's claims in the first interview have been verified to be accurate.\n\nAddendum 2855-5: Information restricted to Level 4/2855 and above.\n\nAddendum 2855-5: Interview 2\n\nForeword: Interview was conducted following review of the list, to investigate the implications of a transfer performed on December 16th, 1996.\n<Begin Log>\nSCP-2855 is seated in the subject chair, hands folded in lap, cuffed together. Dr. Latimer enters and sits in the interviewer chair.Dr. Latimer: Hello, SCP-2855. I need to ask some more questions.Dr. Latimer: I wanted to talk about a transfer. Performed on December 16th, 1996.Dr. Latimer: From Jason Eamon, to Elene Yates? They were children, yes?Dr. Latimer: And you were pitched, \"Mister Money, my best friend who can do anything\".Dr. Latimer: You said you didn't know the limits of your abilities. Answer truthfully. Do you?Dr. Latimer: What happened with Elene? What did you do?Dr. Latimer: Proceed.SCP-2855: But if you ever\u2026 you ever have kids. You never want them to change. You want stasis, but they\u2026 they just keep moving forward. It's part of what makes childhood so precious.SCP-2855: I had a chance. A chance to make things work. I could\u2026 I could protect what Wondertainment stood for. Everywhere, at all times. I could keep them safe. Lend a helping hand. For a greater good.SCP-2855: I reached back, back to my origin, and it was just\u2026 it was just effortless. Like wading through solid glass. Wondertainment didn't make me perfect. I did. What he tried to do, I already had. I always was. I always will be. I made myself whole.Dr. Latimer: \u2026why did you go back? Why did you\u2026 why didn't you free yourself?Dr. Latimer: You belong?Dr. Latimer: I think I understand. That will be all for today.Dr. Latimer: I will.\n<End Log>\n\n\u00ab SCP-2854 | SCP-2855 | SCP-2856 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\nImage Credit: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3634331\n\nRelated Tales:\n\nFactored Obsolescence\nThe Scent of a Toaster\nThe Kitchen Nightmare\n\nMore by this author\n\n\nStill frame from recording 2856-E\n\nItem \u2116: SCP-2856\nObject Class: Safe\nThreat Level: Green \u25cf\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2856 has been acquired by the Foundation, and is currently operated by \"Storage Concepts plc.\" (a Foundation front company) under the pretence of non-perishable goods storage. At least six personnel must remain within SCP-2856 at all times, with no fewer than three housed there permanently. Due to the proximity of SCP-2856 to Site-54, plans to outfit the location as a rapid-response vehicle hangar and low-value storage unit are currently undergoing approval.\nDescription: SCP-2856 is a large warehouse located on the outskirts of Leipzig, Germany, formerly owned by \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Industrial. While generally non-anomalous in structure, the walls of the building contain a semi-random network of cables composed of copper wire, woven hair, solder alloy and congealed blood. DNA testing has remained inconclusive as to the origins of these materials, and the method by which they were implanted in the walls is unclear.\nWhen exactly one living human subject is placed within SCP-2856 for a length of time exceeding 20 minutes, all entrances to the building will seal themselves via an unknown mechanism, and the subject will demanifest. All attempts to enter SCP-2856 during this time have failed. After a period of time ranging from 30 seconds to 52 minutes, SCP-2856 will re-open. In 78% of recorded tests, the subject will no longer be present, and no further contact with the subject will be made. In the remaining 22% of tests, a different human subject will be present within SCP-2856. This new subject (designated SCP-2856-1) will invariably be a human being exhibiting a number of wounds or alterations. While the majority of SCP-2856-1 instances are dead upon manifestation, living instances are occasionally produced. Due to the physical and psychological damage present in recovered instances, information recovered through interviews has been limited at best.\nFor a complete list of all sanctioned tests with SCP-2856, see Document 2856-D.\n\n\u25ba Load Document-2856-D_ABRIDGED.doc\n\n\u25c4 Close Document-2856-D_ABRIDGED.doc\n\nExperiment #: Exp-2856-03\nSubject: D-300892.\nResults: Subject de-manifested as normal. No SCP-2856-1 instance produced.\n\nExperiment #: Exp-2856-07\nSubject: D-040188.\nResults: One SCP-2856-1 instance produced, consisting of a large quantity of blood and miscellaneous viscera. No anomalous properties observed, remains incinerated.\n\nExperiment #: Exp-2856-08\nSubject: One chimpanzee, previously used for medical testing.\nResults: SCP-2856 failed to self-seal. Experiment aborted after 2 hours.\n\nExperiment #: Exp-2856-10\nSubject: D-600604. Subject was terminated via timed lethal injection midway through the demanifestation process.\nResults: Subject de-manifested as normal. No SCP-2856-1 instance produced.\n\nExperiment #: Exp-2856-16\nSubject: D-398500.\nResults: SCP-2856-1 instance produced. Subject was unresponsive and showed signs of 2nd and 3rd degree burns across the majority of skin tissue. Subject expired 20 minutes after manifestation due to the replacement of 20% of all bodily fluids with a yellow-brown fluid physically identical to commercially available chicken soup1.\n\nExperiment #: Exp-2856-19\nSubject: D-000202.\nResults: SCP-2856-1 instance produced. Subject exactly resembled D-040188 (removed during Experiment 2856-07), save for a power cord running the length of the spine and wire coils inserted in various orifices, both natural and artificial. The subject was missing both legs, and vocalised loudly upon manifestation. Due to the low possibility of useful employment following this, the subject was terminated 2 days later.\n\nExperiment #: Exp-2856-22\nSubject: D-055426.\nResults: SCP-2856-1 instance produced. Subject appeared to be the corpse of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, who was reported missing prior to the Foundation's acquisition of SCP-2856. Due to the presence of a large lead pipe inserted in the subject's skull, they were visually unrecognisable. Autopsy revealed the cause of death was either the overheating of the subject's blood plasma, or the insertion of a thermostat into the subject's stomach. How this was accomplished without leaving visible scarring is currently unknown.\n\nExperiment #: Exp-2856-28\nSubject: D-239906.\nResults: Living SCP-2856-1 instance produced. Subject appeared to be in a state of shock, repeating the word \u201ctick\u201d at one minute intervals. Medical analysis showed extensive damage to the subject's rib-cage and spine, with a brass key partially severing the spinal cord, resulting in lower body paralysis. Subject terminated at own request 3 weeks after containment.\n\nExperiment #: Exp-2856-30\nSubject: D-030172. Subject was fitted with a camera embedded in the skull.\nResults: No SCP-2856-1 instance produced. Camera was eventually retrieved along with the subject's corpse during Exp-2856-96. A transcript of gathered footage is available in Document-2856-E.\n\n\u25ba Load Document-2856-E.doc\n\n\u25c4 Close Document-2856-E.doc\n\n<Begin Log>\n<00:00> Camera is activated, subject steps into SCP-2856. 19 minutes pass without incident.\n<00:19> SCP-2856 self-seals. Real-time communication with the subject is lost, and they proceed to examine the interior of SCP-2856, which shows no notable changes.\n<00:29> All main lighting systems within SCP-2856 deactivate. The subject repeatedly vocalises regarding their distress, and attempts unsuccessfully to leave. Visuals become increasingly indistinct, with higher levels of corruption and distortion being observed than would usually be expected.\n<00:31> Visuals are lost. Microphone continues recording a low hum, punctuated at semi-regular intervals by the sounds of heavy machinery.\n<00:44> Visuals re-established. Subject appears to be standing in a dilapidated kitchen. A window to the left of the subject provides a view of barren farmland, corresponding with no known location. The sound of muffled sawing can be heard from the adjacent room, accompanied by quiet screams. Subject attempts to exit the room, but finds the door securely locked.\n\n<00:47> A mechanical entity resembling a shop mannequin (designated SCP-2856-2) enters the room. Note that the entity's head had been replaced by a \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-brand toaster, with a crude 'face' scratched onto the front surface. Upon observing the subject, SCP-2856-2 leaves the room. D-030172 attempts to follow, but is unable.\n<00:48> Screams from the adjacent room cease, accompanied by the sound of grating metal. D-030172 is heard breathing heavily, and endeavors without success to open the door.\n<00:50> An entity resembling an arachnoid gas-powered water heater is seen passing the window, carrying what appears to be a human corpse. Large quantities of steam are emitted from both the entity and the body.\n<00:53> SCP-2856-2 returns, carrying two thin squares of serrated metal. The entity appears to notice the camera embedded in D-030172, and emits a low humming for approximately 30 seconds, before reaching towards the subject's forehead. Visuals are lost.\n<01:05> According to the timestamp present on the footage, twelve minutes have passed. The camera is positioned on a table, facing SCP-2856-2, which emits a series of rapid clicks. D-030172 is seen on the work surface behind the entity, with all limbs removed and cauterised.\n<01:06> SCP-2856-2 is seen turning away from the camera. The entity proceeds to forcibly open the abdominal cavity of D-030172, inserting the two squares of metal on either side of the lower spine. This opening is then re-sealed using what appear to be a combination of nails, screws, and human teeth. The subject is observed moaning quietly during this period, and footage analysis shows the subject's tongue and soft palate have been removed, as well as much of the esophagus. The expelled blood is collected in a number of buckets and pots of various size and shape.\n<01:08> D-030172 is observed repeatedly bringing their head into contact with the work surface, and attempting to speak. This continues for approximately 3 minutes, with SCP-2856-2 moving closer to the camera and gesturing emphatically. The sound of heavy machinery is heard from the room adjacent, accompanied by laughter.\n<01:11> SCP-2856-2 moves away from the camera and forcibly presses their hand against D-030172's forehead, causing massive structural damage to the subject's skull. The abdominal cavity of the subject bursts open, and smoke is expelled from the mouth, nose and ears. At no point is the subject observed to expire during this process.\n<01:12> The two pieces of metal, now glowing hot, are removed from the subject. They are placed to one side and coated in a mixture of butter and the subject's collected viscera. SCP-2856-2 turns back to the camera, brandishing a standard kitchen knife. No further movement other than a slight twitching is observed from the entity.\n<01:27> D-030172, coughing loudly, is seen moving from the work surface to the floor. At this point they are presumed to have expired.\n<02:14> SCP-2856-2 points repeatedly towards the camera, and emits clicks and hums of various tones and frequencies. Video footage is lost. Audio continues recording for a further seven minutes before the camera shuts down completely.\n<End Log>\n\nNo further testing with SCP-2856 is being permitted at this time.\n\nFootnotes\n1. All forms of testing attempted to date remain inconclusive as to the origin and/or composition of this substance.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2855 | SCP-2856 | SCP-2857 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2857, front profile.\n\nItem #: SCP-2857\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2857 is to be placed in a standard humanoid containment cell at Site-17. SCP-2857's dietary requirement is limited to Hainanese chicken rice.\nDuring designated tests, SCP-2857 is allowed to prepare SCP-2857-A instances under the supervision of at least one guard. During which, it is to be moved to an adjacent cell equipped with standard kitchen appliances and tools when preparing instances of SCP-2857-A. Ingredients for SCP-2857-A are to be prepared prior to said tests; a list of necessary ingredients is detailed in Document 2857-Lor.\nCivilians which have consumed SCP-2857-A are to be instructed in the preparation of Hainanese chicken rice for personal consumption. A Level 0 culinary personnel is to serve as instructor. Mobile Task Force Epsilon-65 (\"Shadow Stalkers\") is tasked with monitoring civilians affected by SCP-2857-A. In the event wherein said civilians are unable to prepare, purchase or procure Hainanese chicken rice on their own, they may be placed in a medically-induced coma and fed via intravenous (IV) drip.\nThe dietary requirements of D-class personnel who have consumed SCP-2857-A are limited to Hainanese chicken rice. These D-class personnel are provisionally held at Site-17. As such, at least one cook at Site-17 is to be proficient in the preparation of Hainanese chicken rice.\nDescription: SCP-2857 is the dominant consciousness inhabiting the body of a Chinese male human named Mr. Ji Fan (Chinese: \u5d47\u68b5, pinyin: j\u012b f\u00e0n) who self-identifies as Mr. Ji's biological son.1 It possesses memories attributed to itself and Mr. Ji. Additionally, SCP-2857 claims that it is born in the year 2029 CE and that it possesses a doctorate in \"Chicken Rice Preparation\" from an education institution called the \"School of Culinary Arts\" (SOCA).2\n\nAn instance of SCP-2857-A, as prepared by SCP-2857.\n\nSCP-2857 is the only known source of SCP-2857-A, referring to Hainanese chicken rice3 prepared by it. SCP-2857-A has no physical or chemical differences from Hainanese chicken rice sets prepared by selected civilian hawkers and Foundation cooks.\nIndividuals who have consumed SCP-2857-A (hereon referred to as 'subjects' and inclusive of SCP-2857's host) will display preference to consume solely Hainanese chicken rice (inclusive of SCP-2857-A instances) and are unwilling to consume other types of food. Subjects frequently describe non-Hainanese chicken rice foods to be bland, and will vomit said foods approximately an hour after consumption. Analysis of vomited food indicates that they are mostly undigested, with the exceptions of rice and chicken meat prepared via \"white cutting\".4\nThe only known methods of feeding the subjects and SCP-2857 are through SCP-2857-A instances, non-anomalous Hainanese chicken rice or IV drip. Application of amnestics is unable to eliminate the anomalous effects of SCP-2857-A.\nSCP-2857 was recovered from the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in Singapore on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2016, where it established a shop selling SCP-2857-A instances to civilians. When the anomalous properties of SCP-2857-A were identified, SCP-2857 was tracked down and taken into Foundation custody. Additionally, affected civilians were rounded up for questioning and treatment. Treatment of SCP-2857-A's anomalous effects was not possible, thus amnestics were used to suggest a strong preference for Hainanese chicken rice among the affected civilians.\nAddendum 2857-1: Interview Log 2857-01\n\nInterviewee: SCP-2857\nInterviewer: Agent Harry Lee\nForeword: The following interview is a preliminary interview to discuss SCP-2857's anomalous properties.\n<Begin Log>\nAgent Lee: Mr. Ji, do you know why you're here?Agent Lee: We are not from the government. Anyway, how would you like to be addressed?Agent Lee: Hmm, in which field?Agent Lee: What is SOCA?Agent Lee: One of which being chicken rice, I presume?Agent Lee: You're from the future?Agent Lee: I'm open to either. So, how did you end up here?Agent Lee: Excuse me, but what are chilli crabbers?Agent Lee: Thank you. Please continue. What did the chilli crabbers do?Agent Lee: Wait, there's a temporal anomaly at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588?Agent Lee: So it will be made public knowledge by \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588?Agent Lee: Please allow me to ask the questions here.Agent Lee: Anyway, did you know why they tried to dump you in the temporal anomaly you have alleged?Agent Lee: I see. If the temporal anomaly is on \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, how did you end on Singapore itself?Agent Lee: That's very elaborate for a PhD holder in chicken rice making.Agent Lee: I see. But how did you feel when you realise your current situation?Agent Lee: But won't that have any adverse effects on the spacetime continuum?Agent Lee: Okay, I get it. Let's talk about the chicken rice you've made instead.Agent Lee: Why do they cause those who have eaten it to only eat chicken rice?Agent Lee: Dr. Ji, can you describe the difference between your chicken rice and those made by the people from this time period?Agent Lee: We can arrange for that on another day when we have the necessary resources. But is it possible to recover from this addiction?Agent Lee: Drastic measures?Agent Lee: You seem rather unfazed at the fact that you threw people to an unknown portal.Agent Lee: We caught you, so what makes you think that those chilli crabbers will be free to do whatever they wish?<End Log>\n\nFootnotes\n1. To date, Mr. Ji is unmarried and has no known offspring.\n2. SCP-2857 alleges SOCA to be a Singapore-based tertiary education institution, and Chicken Rice Preparation is supposedly one of the programmes offered there. No such tertiary institution or doctoral degree are known to exist.\n3. A dish consisting of rice, cucumber slices and slices of either white chicken or roasted chicken meat prepared via \"white cutting\". A soup of chicken broth and spring onions is typically served to compliment the dish.\n4. The traditional way of preparing Wenchang chicken \u2014 a dish in which Hainanese chicken rice is derived from \u2014 which involves immersion of the chicken in almost boiling water and cooked to preserve its softness and tenderness.\n5. An islet offshore of Singapore. Scouting parties report no indication of any temporal anomalies. An observational outpost has been established on \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 as a preventive measure.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2856 | SCP-2857 | SCP-2858 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2858\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2858 instances are to be stored in individual lockers located in Site-43's Low-Value Anomalous Items wing. MTF \u0392-2 (\"Bubble Trouble\") are currently responsible for monitoring the appearance of SCP-2858 instances, following the criteria supplied by the Department of Meta-Analysis study.\nFollowing the events of Addendum SCP-2858-1, a public telephone number has been set up under the guise of a companion marketing campaign for the \"horror special\" which aired during the incident. Those possessing SCP-2858 instances have been encouraged to call the number for a monetary reward \u2013 should they possess knowledge of SCP-2858's anomalous properties, B-Class amnestics are to be administered.\nDescription: SCP-2858 instances are generic PVC soap pump bottles, with their only distinguishing features being the label on the front of the bottle and the composition of the \"soap\".\nSCP-2858 instances do not appear to have any real-world source, despite their labelling (see below for further details). Civilians who receive SCP-2858 instances report them being delivered by an anonymous sender \u2013 Foundation tracking of the packages reveal that they are inevitably sent from one of many Foundation front companies, despite no records of such deliveries existing.\nThe Department of Meta-Analysis has determined that the frequency of SCP-2858 appearance is directly proportional to:\n\nthe local population of wasps\nthe percentage of the population below the poverty line\nthe number of prison inmates from the area with sentences over 20 years.\n\nSCP-2858 instances are invariably labelled with the words \"Neutrogena Wasp Cleanser\". The label also states that SCP-2858 is produced by the non-existent \"Stanford-Caldwell Pty. Ltd.\", and provides a list of component chemicals that is always incorrect, usually featuring implausible or simply fictitious compounds.\nWhile such labels usually appear similar to the labels of other contemporaneous Neutrogena products, Neutrogena has never manufactured a product named \"Wasp Cleanser\". When questioned, Neutrogena representatives stated that they had no intention to produce such a product any time in the foreseeable future.\nThe contents of SCP-2858 instances (designated SCP-2858-A) share few common features between them, aside from the fact that they are invariably light blue in colour. A short list of SCP-2858-A instances follows:\n\nInstance #\nComposition1\nPhysical Properties\n\n18\nWater, benzene, disodium laureth sulfosuccinate, Brilliant Blue FCF, acetic acid\nHas a pH of approximately 1.5. Despite this, when applied to human tissue, it failed to react as expected. Subjects who used the product for extended periods of time reported minor redness and skin irritation. Apparently used for dissolving foreign matter within pores.\n\n23\nWater, citric acid, rennet, salt, indigo dye\nAlthough the substance was able to be dispensed by the soap bottle as normal soap would, it otherwise behaves like a highly adhesive and stretchable solid. Appears to be intended for use by stretching the soap over an affected area, allowing it to adhere, and then removing it quickly, dislodging any foreign objects within the pores.\n\n27\nWater, ethanol, sodium bicarbonate, nitric acid, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, cobalt blue\nWhen applied to the body, an aerated solution of blood plasma and DDT erupts at high velocities from all pores that make contact with the solution. This has been shown to continue for up to 3 hours. D-1239 reported it was a \"refreshing\" experience, despite showing symptoms of severe hypovolemia.\n\n31\nMilk, lapis lazuli, glycol distearate, apatite\nUpon application, pores that made contact with it expanded to approximately 13 times their previous size, before several tooth-like structures began developing. These structures were able to grind an inserted steel needle into fine powder. Pores sporadically contracted and expanded for seven hours before the dissolution of the tooth-like structures, during which time the subject's body returned to normal.\n\nAddendum SCP-2858-1: On the 25th of March, 2014, a commercial advertising SCP-2858 was broadcast on multiple popular American television channels from the hours of 4:00 AM to 4:11 AM. When questioned, employees of the broadcast station reported no memory of the advertisement ever being aired. Due to the low-visibility nature of the incident, disinformation protocols were successfully put into place and the commercial passed off as a one-off horror special. A transcript follows.\n\n[The commercial begins on a close shot of an unidentified woman's face \u2013 the text overlay gives her name as \"Cynthia Durham\" \u2013 before zooming out to reveal her sitting on a stool, wearing a white labcoat.]\n00:00 Durham: Here at Neutrogena, we know when wasp infestation strikes, you need to fight back fast.\n[It then cuts to Durham making a punching motion at the camera, before returning to the previous shot.]\n00:10 Durham: So when they break out of your body, you need to make sure they stay out.\n[Durham produces an SCP-2858 instance from a table beside her and shows the label to the camera, which zooms in on the label. Notably, her arms are covered in multiple red welts.]\n00:20 Durham: Introducing the new Neutrogena Wasp Cleanser.\n[Cut to three ostensible instances of SCP-2858 in center frame. Unusually, only one such instance is a pump bottle, the others being a small tub of cream and what appears to be a spray bottle. The scene then cuts back to the previous shot.]\n00:35 Durham: We recognise that wasps don't just go away overnight, so we've developed a three-step solution to the problem. The first step is the lotion, specially designed to counteract the infestation fast.\n[The scene then changes to a view of another woman in an orange jumpsuit. The woman has multiple red abscesses on her face and is applying SCP-2858-A to the affected area by rubbing the welts with the solution. As the scene progresses, the abscesses become noticeably larger and more swollen.]\n00:51 Durham (V.O.): Get the wasps out of your system quickly and painlessly!\n[The abscesses then burst to reveal multiple wasp larvae, which the woman then picks out and flicks away. The scene then cuts back to Durham sitting on the stool, now holding a small tub of cream.]\n01:03 Durham: The next step in the treatment is the trademark topical cream. No matter how deep the wasps get into your system, I guarantee that Neutrogena's patented cream can get them out!\n[Again, the scene cuts back to the abscessed woman, currently applying the cream to the rest of her body, concentrating on the extremities.]\n01:12 Durham (V.O.): Within just a few minutes, we can root them out in less time than ever before!\n[It is currently believed that the cream displayed on-screen has similar effects to SCP-2858-27, as evidenced by the emission of large quantities of unidentifiable fluid. Said fluid contains small foreign objects, presumed to be wasp nymphs. The camera then cuts back to Durham, holding the spray bottle.]\n01:23 Durham: And because you don't want any pesky wasp fragments sticking around in your body, we've developed the perfect way to get them out with a formula \u2013 all new and improved with the aid of our helpful test subjects!\n[The scene changes to show the unidentified woman inhaling the contents of the bottle. After coughing heavily, the woman then begins to exhale significant quantities of smoke, before then exuding smoke from her eyes, ears and nostrils.]\n01:36 Durham (V.O.): It doesn't just get rid of any loose bits of wasp, but also makes sure that they stay out.\n[The woman slowly ceases emitting smoke and shakes her head vigorously, dislodging multiple small black particles assumed to be fragments of wasp body. She then sweeps them off her face and turns to smile at the camera, before the scene cuts away to Durham once more.]\n01:47 Durham: And now, for some celebrity testimony.\n[A clip of a man identified as popular musician Beck in text overlay then appears. His face is similarly abscessed, and the welts appear to have spread to his hands and wrists. Notably, he appears to be wearing a green star pendant, typically associated with members of GoI-005 (\"Fifth Church\").]\n01:59 Beck: Uh, thanks to the Neutrogena Wasp Cleanser treatment, I was able to get rid of my wasp infection within the first week of beginning treatment. I'd been trying for weeks to find an antivespid cream that worked fast and was hypoallergenic, so when they came to me and offered the chance to try out this product, I sprang for it immediately.\n[A before and after image of Beck then appears, showing profile images of his face \u2013 in the \"Before\" image, an abscess hosting a developing wasp can be seen, midway through the process of the wasp breaking out, as well as multiple small boil-like growths on his neck and cheek. Said growths have mostly disappeared in the \"After\" image, instead being replaced by red blotches of skin.]\n02:09 Beck (giving the thumbs up at the camera): No other product works better, and remember, because wasps die in three easy treatments, the world endorses this in fives.\n\nFollowing the conclusion of this advertisement, civilians who had received SCP-2858 instances prior to containment received gift vouchers for (non-existent) Neutrogena products ostensibly also aimed at treatment of wasp-related conditions. Notably, said vouchers thanked the recipients for their efforts in \"solving the shortage\", although what this shortage was remains unclear.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Note that this section covers only identifiable compounds.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2857 | SCP-2858 | SCP-2859 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2859\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All confirmed SCP-2859 events are to be immediately reported to appropriate Level 4 research personnel and, at their discretion, O5 Command. Foundation operatives deployed to areas in which SCP-2859 events have occurred are to be equipped with standard issue KU-21 vacuum protection suits, which must remain sealed at all times. Any personnel who experience suit breaches or equipment malfunctions are to be deemed lost should they enter SCP-2859; no rescue attempts are to be conducted under any circumstances.\nDue to the nature of SCP-2859, containment protocols dealing with civilian personnel are mostly reactionary. Individuals should be transported out of the affected zone and administered medical assistance, when it is deemed safe to do so. The Foundation is currently conducting more intensive study of SCP-2859 to develop an early warning system, but such a mechanism remains incomplete at this time. Standard operating procedure following site cleanup is to attribute civilian deaths to household and workplace accidents, and all video or photographs of SCP-2859 are to be destroyed immediately.\nDescription: SCP-2859 designates a space-time anomaly believed to largely mirror Quadrant 4-B of the Solar System, situated just outside the Kuiper Belt. The anomaly manifests in enclosed, unused space (most often between walls) and gradually breaches the object encapsulating it through unknown means. Expeditions conducted into SCP-2859 confirm the existence of celestial objects in the solar system at their precise locations, indicating that SCP-2859 is either a recreation of it or an Einstein-Rosen bridge. Effects of exposure to the vacuum, including microradiation and loss of oxygen, do not occur until one physically enters SCP-2859; it has no apparent effect on anything outside of its threshold. SCP-2859 appears to \"pull\" anything that makes physical contact with its threshold into space; on several occasions personnel who have made even slight contact with the threshold are rapidly pulled in. SCP-2859 autonomously closes after a certain period of time, ranging from an hour to a week.\nSCP-2859-1 designates a large, serpent-like extraterrestrial species measuring approximately 80,000 kilometers in length. Information regarding its appearance and behavior is incomplete due to its infrequent nature, but the entity seems to be directly tied to instances of SCP-2859 and uses it as its primary method of locating food. SCP-2859-1 has been observed waiting just outside the threshhold of SCP-2859 on numerous occasions, feeding upon any organism that is \"pulled\" into space until SCP-2859 closes. The species does not exhibit any higher sentience or sapience beyond understanding when and where SCP-2859 will appear and are fairly solitary, almost never being spotted with another specimen of SCP-2859-1 (save for mating, which began in one circumstance just as SCP-2859 closed). SCP-2859-1 has not been spotted during Foundation solar system expeditions and is believed to only manifest simultaneously with SCP-2859. The origins of SCP-2859-1 are unknown, but they are believed to be paranormal rather than have evolved naturally.\nAddendum I: Incident 2859-01\nOn 06/24/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-2859 manifested inside of a wall connecting the containment chambers of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 and SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Shortly after SCP-2859 began to cause structural collapse in the affected wall, SCP-2859-1 manifested and consumed SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588, causing immediate and profound physiological changes in SCP-2859-1, including increased size, the appearance of tendrils, and [REDACTED]. This particular specimen of SCP-2859-1 was observed mating with another specimen shortly after the incident. Approximately thirteen weeks later, a smaller specimen of SCP-2859-1, believed to be a juvenile, was observed with many of the same traits that the aforementioned adult possessed; it is believed there is now a subspecies of SCP-2859-1 carrying SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588's physiological qualities. Further analysis regarding this has been authorized.\nAddendum II: Incident 2859-02\nFollowing the appearance of SCP-2859 in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, California (which resulted in approximately 600 fatalities), a specimen of SCP-2859-1 with similar traits to the being observed in Incident 2859-01 was spotted. Data analysis from each SCP-2859 appearance following Incident 2859-01 estimates the size of the SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 subspecies to be 35% of the primary species. Further population analysis has been authorized and is pending execution.\nAddendum III: Incident 2859-03\nDuring a routine Foundation moon orbit, the entirety of the crew (consisting of 11 operatives) witnessed an instance of SCP-2859 manifest approximately 10,000km from Earth. SCP-2859-1 manifested shortly thereafter, feeding upon various organisms that came through SCP-2859; the operatives contacted Foundation facilities on Earth in an attempt to triangulate the location of SCP-2859's other entrance, eventually finding it inside of an abandoned storefront, located in northern Kenya. The Mobile Task Force team dispatched to SCP-2859 uncovered a group of men clothed in brown robes collecting wildlife to be sent through the entrance, with various artistic depictions of SCP-2859-1 along the walls, apparently created using fluids from the animals in question. This has since been classified a religious gathering; the Foundation is currently searching for evidence of the group's history based on this incident. Research remains inconclusive.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2858 | SCP-2859 | SCP-2860 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2860\nObject Class: Euclid (Formerly Safe)\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2860 is to be contained within a Type S Standard Humanoid Anomaly Containment Cell at Site-19. In addition to standard furnishings, the contents of SCP-2860's former office have been moved into its cell. Medical assistance is to be provided upon request and psychological health screenings are to be performed every two weeks. Prior to any interaction with living organic material, SCP-2860 is to be required to wear specially treated leather gloves so as to limit risk of accidental exposure of personnel to SCP-2860's effect.\n\n+ Update 06/10/2015\n\n- Update 06/10/2015\n\nUpdate (06/10/2015): Due to increased sensitivity of SCP-2860's effect to include the entirety of the object's body, SCP-2860 and the contents of its cell have been moved to a sealed humanoid containment cell with an independent filtration system. Prior to any interaction or transport, SCP-2860 is to be required to wear a modified isolation suit so as to prevent any further exposure of personnel to SCP-2860's effect. This isolation suit is to be replaced after each individual use. Due to the increased risk of performing psychological health screenings, such screenings have been reduced to once per month.\n\n+ Update 07/11/2016\n\n- Update 07/11/2016\n\nUpdate (07/11/2016): Due to increased sensitivity of SCP-2860's effect to include any hair shed by the object, SCP-2860's cell is to be cleaned of any particulates shed by SCP-2860 every two weeks by personnel equipped with Class-B hazmat suits. Hair collected in this matter is to be incinerated on-site. On a daily basis, SCP-2860 is to be moved to a specialized decontamination chamber for removal of any transformed skin cells. Psychological health screenings are to be performed via teleconference on a weekly basis to monitor SCP-2860's declining mental state.\n\n+ Update 15/11/2017\n\n- Update 15/11/2017\n\nUpdate (15/11/2017): Due to SCP-2860's declining mental state and increasingly frequent attempts at suicide, the subject has been placed in a medically induced coma according to the guidelines set by the Palmer Protocol. Personnel equipped with Class-B hazmat suits are to remove all transformed skin cells from the subject on a daily basis. Hair samples are to be collected from SCP-2860 for continued testing of the object's effect on an as needed basis.\n\nDescription: SCP-2860 is the former Dr. Harold Thompson, a 46-year-old, Caucasian male. Prior to containment, SCP-2860 served a total of ten years as a Level 2 Researcher of Site-19's Experimental SCP Object Cataloging Lab. During this initial time period, SCP-2860 did not display any anomalous properties.\nSCP-2860's effect manifests when any living organic material comes into direct physical contact with its hands. Any such contact results in the near\u2013instantaneous transformation of the organic material into solid marble. Analysis of material transformed in this fashion shows that materials covering the tested material, or inorganic components of the material (osseous tissue, etc.) are not affected by SCP-2860's effect. Use of high-speed photography has indicated that each transformation event doesn't occur completely at once, but rather radiates from the point of contact. Testing to determine exactly how this transformation process begins, or is maintained is currently ongoing.\nThe degree of sensitivity of this ability seems to extend down to a microscopic level, as individual microscopic organisms present on SCP-2860's skin undergo transformation upon exposure. This results in a very fine marble powder forming on SCP-2860's ungloved hands after a few seconds of exposure.\nTesting of SCP-2860's effect has shown that the marble produced matches the composition of marbles found in a variety of geographic regions including:\n\u2022 Yule (US)\n\u2022 Purbeck (UK)\n\u2022 Makrana (India)\n\u2022 Carrara (Italy)\n\u2022 Pentelic (Greece)\nAs of the time of writing, no two subsequent uses of SCP-2860's effect have produced the same composition of marble.\nSCP-2860's effect first manifested on 17-10-2004, following accidental exposure of SCP-2860 to a particulate released from an experimental anomalous object acquired from a raid on an anart studio near Portland, OR. This object was a hollow steel rod with a brass tip that had the same effect as SCP-2860. The rod was engraved with \u201c# 5\u201d on its side. Exactly how SCP-2860 effected the release of the particulate from the rod, or what its exact composition was, is currently unknown due to its immediate disappearance after release. The rod lost its anomalous effects upon release of the particulate. Investigation as to whether more instances of this object are currently at large is ongoing. Dr. Thompson has since been considered KIA and his family has been provided the standard bereavement package in addition to Cover-Story #31 (Lab Accident). Updated photographs of SCP-2860's former wife and son have been provided on a yearly basis to help deter any mental decline.\nAddendum: 2860-1: Interview Log 2860-1\n\n+ Interview Log  2860-1\n\n- Interview Log  2860-1\n\nThe following interview was conducted following SCP-2860's initial containment.\nInterviewed: SCP-2860\nInterviewer: Dr. Freemont\nForeword: This interview was done following an initial screening of SCP-2860's anomalous properties.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Freemont: Good afternoon, Harold.Dr. Freemont: Go with the flow and everything should work out fine. Now, I have a few questions about that round of testing we just did\u2026Dr. Freemont: Your effect is automatic, correct?Dr. Freemont: Do you feel anything?Dr. Freemont: Interesting, and you say this happens every time?<End Log>\n\nAddendum: 2860-2: Interview Log 2860-2\n\n+ Interview Log  2860-2\n\n- Interview Log  2860-2\n\nThe following interview was conducted as part of a standard mental health screening on 10/11/2006.\nInterviewed: SCP-2860\nInterviewer: Dr. Freemont\nForeword: This interview was done at the end of a standard mental health screening. During the testing sessions prior to this screening, SCP-2860 requested to keep several of the items transformed for its own personal use.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Freemont: One more thing before we are finished for the evening, Harold.Dr. Freemont: During the last few testing sessions, you requested to keep a few of the items you transformed into marble. Now, a few of the higher ups have considered granting this request, but first you need to tell us why you would like them.Dr. Freemont: So what are you going to do with them?Dr. Freemont: Pardon?Dr. Freemont: I see\u2026<End Log>\n\nAddendum: 2860-3: Update As of 06/10/2015, SCP-2860's effect has increased in sensitivity from direct physical contact with its hands to direct physical contact anywhere on its body. As a result, the subject is almost constantly covered with a fine marble powder on all exposed areas when outside of a sterile environment. SCP-2860 claims this constant use of its effect causes it continuous discomfort, and as a result has made SCP-2860 increasingly irritable. Special Containment Procedures have been updated to reflect this change. Object class has been upgraded to Euclid.\nAddendum: 2860-4: Update As of 07/11/2016, SCP-2860's effect has increased in sensitivity to not only include direct physical contact with any hair shed by the object, but also transforms all organic matter, living or dead, including the stratum corneum layer of SCP-2860's own epidermis resulting in a near constant coat of marble dust on SCP-2860's body. Shed hair seems to maintain SCP-2860's effect indefinitely. As a result of the transformation of SCP-2860's skin, the subject claims to be in a near constant state of discomfort. At the time of writing, SCP-2860 is unable to sleep without sedation, and must be fed intravenously due to food undergoing transformation during all attempts of SCP-2860 to feed itself. At the current time, SCP-2860's internal tissue does not appear to present with the same anomalous properties.\nRepeated inhalation of the marble dust generated by SCP-2860's effect has resulted in dust deposits forming within SCP-2860's lungs. These deposits have resulted in accelerated silicosis and progressive massive fibrosis. The nearly constant buildup of marble dust along SCP-2860's eyes has resulted in severe abrasions to the object's corneas, resulting in SCP-2860 becoming largely blind in both eyes. Medical treatment to alleviate these conditions is currently ongoing. Special Containment Procedures have been updated to reflect this change.\nAddendum: 2860-5: Interview Log 2860-3\n\n+ Interview Log  2860-3\n\n- Interview Log  2860-3\n\nThe following interview was conducted following a standard mental health screening on 17/12/2016.\nInterviewed: SCP-2860\nInterviewer: Dr. Cassidy\nForeword: This interview was done by SCP-2860's request following a standard mental health screening conducted via telecast. Due to SCP-2860's progressive massive fibrosis, the object experienced shortness of breath throughout the interview's duration.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Cassidy: Good afternoon, SCP-2860, what is it you wished to speak about?Dr. Cassidy: I'm sorry. What is it you wish to speak with me about, Harold?Dr. Cassidy: I'm sorry\u2026 what?Dr. Cassidy: Harold\u2026 I can't do that. Even if I wanted too, its just\u2026\nSCP-2860 violently coughs for several minutes.Dr. Cassidy: I just can't do that. Secure, contain, protect\u2026 they have a testing schedule booked for you several months long. I can't go to them saying, \u201cHey, let's kill the man.\u201d If things are getting too much to handle, we could see about getting you some pain killers, or maybe a medically induced coma.Dr. Cassidy: I'm sorry Harold. I can't do that.\nSCP-2860 hangs up the receiver.\n<End Log>\n\n\u00ab SCP-2859 | SCP-2860 | SCP-2861 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2861\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Instances of SCP-2861-1 are to remain on the premises of the cemetery. A perimeter has been established around said premises and is to be patrolled hourly by Foundation security personnel on rotating 8-hour shifts. Any unauthorized individuals attempting to enter the cemetery are to be turned away and given the explanation of an ongoing grounds refurbishment project.\nThe groundskeeper's cottage and visitor center on the cemetery premises have been re-purposed for Foundation use. At least three Level-3 containment specialists are to remain on the cemetery grounds; additional personnel and heavy equipment vehicle support may be requested from any nearby Foundation sites. All personnel assigned to SCP-2861 must have prior training for administering emergency treatment of psychological trauma.\nAs of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, all interred coffins on the cemetery premises have been equipped with digital pressure sensors and are under observation via an infrared camera network. Upon either of these systems indicating atypical activity below-ground, personnel are to immediately exhume the coffin at the corresponding location. Any individuals, alive or dead, recovered as a result are to be transported to the medical section of the Foundation-modified visitor center for further inspection and care.\nDescription: SCP-2861 is a phenomenon affecting the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Cemetery located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the Netherlands, involving living human individuals spontaneously appearing in coffins buried at the graveyard. Affected coffins are designated as instances of SCP-2861-1, and are noted to cease exhibiting SCP-2861 effects upon removal from their corresponding gravesite.1\nCarbon dating indicates that SCP-2861-1 instances were created during the 18th and 19th centuries. The coffins are plainly-crafted from oak and pine wood, and possess no external ornamentation; the interior of the coffins are similarly plain and have no cushioning material. All SCP-2861-1 instances have been noted to be stamped with icons imitating existing commercial leisure travel agency logos. None of the agency names present on these icons are consistent with any known travel companies.\nThe first five SCP-2861-1 instances were initially retrieved after a cemetery caretaker contacted local police authorities to report hearing \"yelling and banging\" from certain gravesites. In the following Foundation intervention, containment specialists discovered an extremely distressed, though medically stable, woman2 within one of the coffins. The remaining reported gravesites were searched, and four bodies of recently-deceased individuals were recovered from coffins also containing partially-decomposed remains of those originally interred. To determine the extent of the anomaly manifestation, \u2588 additional gravesites were exhumed, but the coffins removed possessed no remarkable contents.\nSince the Foundation's initial observation of the SCP-2861 anomaly in 1980, human individuals have continued to spontaneously appear within instances of SCP-2861-1, often exhibiting various levels of mental distress. All of the individuals involved report having no memory of the circumstances preceding their appearing in SCP-2861-1, though in nearly every recorded case, the individuals involved were clothed in sleepwear or similarly light garments. Additionally, in some instances, small objects similar to free hotel amenity items3 have been discovered tucked into SCP-2861 victims' clothing. Attempts to trace these products to a supplier are ongoing.\nAddendum 2861-1: Of all current survivors4, Mr. Jacob Van Dijk (34 years old at time of recovery) has been deemed the most lucid. Mr. Van Dijk was recovered from the seventh instance of SCP-2861-1 to manifest, and was noted to have possessed an unusually calm demeanor during the initial extraction from the SCP-2861-1 instance, despite his having been transported into a coffin already occupied by a newly-buried corpse.\nDr. de Graaf, the medical personnel member assigned to oversee Mr. Van Dijk's therapy sessions, is currently researching Mr. Van Dijk's atypical restraint in relation to other case studies involving SCP-2861.\nAddendum 2861-2: Currently, all known survivors of SCP-2861 anomaly manifestations have exhibited behaviors believed to be consistent with DSM-5 diagnoses of Schizotypal personality disorder5. While attempted regularly, interviews with survivors capable of coherent speech do not often yield actionable data. (See Interview Log 2861-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 for a case excerpt.)\n\nInterview Log 2861-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nNote: This interview was conducted in Dutch and has been translated into English.\nInterviewer: Dr. Martijn de Graaf\nInterviewee: Mr. Jacob Van Dijk, retrieved from SCP-2861-\u2588\u2588 on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nDr. de Graaf: Is the level of light to your preference, Mr. Jacobs?\nMr. Van Dijk: It is a little too bright.\nDr. de Graaf: If the lights are any dimmer you will not be able to see anything.\nMr. Van Dijk: Yes. I miss that, truthfully. Closing my eyes helps me remember, but it is not quite the same.\nDr. de Graaf: The same as what?\nMr. Van Dijk: The same as sleeping like the dead. It was an experience. Like the most expensive spa.\nDr. de Graaf: What do you think about when you close your eyes?\nMr. Van Dijk: The graveyard.6\nDr. de Graaf: You wish to return there?\nMr. Van Dijk: It is the most peaceful place that I know of. I am not surprised they were upset if some people did not like it. Maybe I will return on the next holiday.\nDr. de Graaf: I understand. We will do our best to accommodate you.\nMr. Van Dijk: Please put me back there sometime. It was so comfortable and quiet.\n\n+ Authorized personnel only.\n\n- Security clearance accepted.\n\nWhen the cemetery premises' basement used for embalming no longer offered sufficient space for the number of individuals affected by SCP-2861, a new facility was constructed to serve as a space for psychiatric treatment. To the public, this building is explained as being a private crematorium for members of an undisclosed family.\nThus far, no common or Foundation-developed treatments have permanently improved the mental health of SCP-2861 victims. Currently, the method that has received the most consistently positive reaction involves allowing the patients to sleep in specially-designed wall cavities lined with dirt.\n\nNote from Dr. de Graaf: The patients seem to respond best to someone else (or an automated system) letting them out after they are done sleeping. They prefer not to rely on themselves to choose when to get up.\n\nAddendum 2861-3: Trace samples of DNA, most commonly bloodstains and fragments of human fingernails, have been recovered from the woodwork of SCP-2861-1 instances. Carbon dating of these remains reveals that the oldest samples are estimated to be nearly 200 years old, while the most recent are dated at approximately 1970. In \u2588 cases, genetic material from more than one individual was recovered from a single instance of SCP-2861-1.\nAs of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the Foundation has recovered \u2588\u2588 individuals, living and newly-deceased, from SCP-2861-1 instances. It has been noted that consistently throughout these cases, those who suffered asphyxiation had panicked and damaged the corresponding coffin, while the survivors left the contents of their coffins undisturbed.\nWords carved into the coffin wood by victims of SCP-2861 have, as recently as \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, been accompanied by text etched into the wood reading, \"Uw zorgen zijn genoteerd.\"7\n\nFootnotes\n1. Experimental data indicates that re-interring formerly-exhumed SCP-2861-1 instances does not cause the anomalous effects to re-manifest. Discussion is ongoing regarding the feasibility of removing all coffins from the cemetery.\n2. Later confirmed to be 21-year-old Lily \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Further information on the individual's psychological state is currently unavailable, pending psychiatric treatment at the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 clinic and Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 regaining her ability to communicate verbally.\n3. Examples include small bottles of garlic-scented liquid soap, packets of unbranded tea mixed with leek stems, and cellophane-wrapped mints containing pieces of fennel.\n4. In the majority of recorded cases, victims of SCP-2861 expired from asphyxiation before Foundation personnel were able to reach them, despite all efforts to exhume graves quickly.\n5. Characterized by, among other symptoms, strange beliefs or magical thinking and abnormal perceptual experiences.\n6. Translated from \"De begraafplaats\", though the semantic equivalent is, \"the place in which people are put underground\".\n7. Rough translation from Dutch, \"Your concerns are noted.\"\n\n\u00ab SCP-2860 | SCP-2861 | SCP-2862 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2862 observing a nearby subject during its first days of containment.\n\nItem #: SCP-2862\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2862 is blindfolded at all times. SCP-2862 is contained in an empty and featureless 15 sq m room. The area is painted black and contains a small, translucent perch and feeding bowl. The area is monitored at all times for visual aberrations. The feeding system is automated and deposits a live rat every five hours.\nIn the case of containment breach, SCP-2862 is to be tranquilized and blindfolded immediately. Mobile task forces are instructed to approach the entity and obstruct its view as best as possible, taking priority to obstruct the view of objects that could prove especially hazardous if transmogrified.\nDescription: SCP-2862 is an entity resembling a Northern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis leucotis). It is 25 cm in length and weighs 3.4 kg. The entity behaves in a manner similar to the animal it resembles, showcasing typical cognition and problem solving skills. SCP-2862's behaviors might suggest that it has experienced its primary anomalous effects since hatching.\nAnomalous properties of SCP-2862 present themselves when SCP-2862 interacts with an object. SCP-2862 will interact with an object in a way that would suggest that it is further or closer from the object in question, not respective of the Euclidean location of the object. This effect does not always propagate, and SCP-2862 commonly interacts with physical objects in a non-anomalous manner. This effect is believed to be triggered by SCP-2862's perception of its surroundings.\nSCP-2862 will \"pull\" objects toward it, causing them to become smaller relative to SCP-2862's perspective of said object. When this happens, an outside observer may see the affected object \"scaling\" toward SCP-2862. In all cases, the transmogrified objects have increased radioactive activity, assumed to be due to the shift in molecular structure. Further testing is currently underway.\nSCP-2862's control over the effect is active and instinctive. Likelihood of predation in subjects is more likely the farther away from SCP-2862 that they are and whether or not SCP-2862 has been fed.\nA smell similar to ozone is discernible in SCP-2862's presence. Reasons for this anomaly are unknown.\nAddendum A:\nEvent-002-A: D-0550 is instructed to maintain as much distance as possible between himself and SCP-2862.\n\nD-0550 enters the room and looks at SCP-2862. He slowly edges into the corner of the room.\nSCP-2862 watches D-0550, turning its head left and right.\nD-0550 slumps down on the floor against the wall, putting his hands over his eyes. Subject is mumbling to himself.\nSCP-2862 screeches, distancing itself from D-0550.\nD-0550, upon hearing the noise, jerks to his feet and retreats to another corner.\nNo abnormal activity for fifteen minutes, although SCP-2862 is observing D-0550 closely for the duration.\nD-0550 scales toward SCP-2862's talons, and is now roughly 7 cm in length. SCP-2862 perches and begins feeding on the translocated D-0550 before researchers can intervene. D-0550 makes vocalizations, but the words are indiscernible.\n\nEvent-002-B: D-0551 is instructed to approach SCP-2862.\n\nD-0551: Hey, Bird.\nD-0551 approaches SCP-2862. SCP-2862 retreats.\nD-0551: (laughing) Hey, come back.\nSCP-2862 assumes a defensive posture, spreading its wings. SCP-2862 begins bobbing and twisting its head.\nD-0551: Big little guy!\nD-0551 moves to touch SCP-2862. SCP-2862 screeches and contracts its body.\nSCP-2862 squints.\nD-0551: This fucker is cute!\nD-0551 begins screaming. D-0551's body appears to be slowly crushed vertically.\nD-0551 appears to be frozen in place, and is lifted slightly off of the ground. SCP-2862's head and eye movements reflect this.\nSCP-2862 twists its head 180 degrees. D-0551 revolves around SCP-2862, hammering into a wall. SCP-2862 sharply twists its head clockwise and counterclockwise several more times.\nSCP-2862 cleans its feathers.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2861 | SCP-2862 | SCP-2863 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2863\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to the impermanent nature of SCP-2863 instances, long-term containment is functionally impossible. Should an instance of SCP-2863 be sighted in the field, Mobile Task Force Omicron-3 is to move in and neutralize the entity by the use of ultra-bright floodlights. Any civilians exposed to SCP-2863 are to be given Class-A amnestics and released.\nDescription: SCP-2863 refers to a population of spectral entities resembling giant (approximately 30 meters tall) animated human skeletons that manifest within the borders of Japan. The exact number of SCP-2863 instances is not known, but at least 206 separate individuals have been catalogued1.\nInstances of SCP-2863 will only appear after sunset, as they lose corporeal form if exposed to light brighter than approximately 1.1 lux. The exact process by which this occurs is currently not understood. Disappearance in this manner is temporary, as instances have been sighted on nights following their neutralization. A possible side-effect of this phenomenon is SCP-2863's inability to be photographed by any known means. Research into the nature and relationship between these phenomena is ongoing.\nIt is not currently known whether or not SCP-2863 instances are sapient, as their behavior consists solely of the capture and consumption of humans. SCP-2863 instances are capable of moving very quietly, though manifestations are commonly preceded by a faint sound most commonly described as \u201crattling\u201d. Due to their silence, size, and proclivity for very dark areas, SCP-2863 can easily and quickly catch humans on foot. Once an instance of SCP-2863 has caught a human victim, it will bite off its victim's head and drain their blood into its mouth. This blood is apparently absorbed into SCP-2863's bone, despite the lack of any digestive mechanisms. SCP-2863 instances will become extremely hostile towards any who attempt to impede its feeding behavior.\nDue to increasing urban development and Foundation monitoring, no fatalities due to SCP-2863 instances have been recorded since 10/31/2008.\nMonitoring and control of SCP-2863 was formerly carried out by the IJAMEA2 until the agency's dissolution. Several IJAMEA agents were brought on to aid in the creation of the Foundation's control measures, and continued their service as full Foundation employees. Currently, SCP-2863 is being successfully controlled by MTF-O3.\nBelow is a translated transcript of the IJAMEA's entity summary for SCP-2863.\n\nThe Gashadokuro are a race of malevolent y\u014dkai, native to the whole of Imperial Japan.3 They will appear at night, out of the darkness, and seek the blood of men. Conventional weaponry is entirely useless against the Gashadokuro, and they can only be banished by the morning sun, or by the bright lights of human creation.\nGashadokuro are created by mass death, by the concentrated suffering of hundreds. While the Gashadokuro will eventually fade, they remain for centuries after their creation, lingering until their sorrow has diffused and faded. There is no way to hasten this process. The Imperial Japanese Anomalous Matters Examination Agency is currently aware of 2034 separate Gashadokuro.\nShinto ritual5 may banish a Gashadokuro, but there is no way to destroy one permanently.\nDespite many failed attempts, no attempt at communication has been successful, and as such the Gashadokuro have proven too hostile to be enlisted into the Youkai Battalion6.\nThe IJAMEA will continue its attempt to bring the Gashadokuro under Imperial control, however the process has been slow and grueling and many men have been lost. If Japan is to continue on its path, then the Gashadokuro must be reined in, lest their number grow too large and they become more than just a nuisance.\n\nThe three additional instances of SCP-2863 catalogued since the Foundation takeover of IJAMEA assets, as detailed below.\nSCP-2863-204 is believed to have first appeared in January of 1938, near Nanjing, China7. Instance is notably large, reaching an estimated 35 meters in height, and is identified by severe damage to the pelvis, skull, and ribs. For reasons unknown, the IJAMEA had no known written record of SCP-2863-204 despite seven years of first-hand reports of sightings from the Chinese, and the instance was cataloged by the Foundation in 1946.\nSCP-2863-205 was first cataloged in 1954, several kilometers south east of Fukuoka City, although unconfirmed reports in that area date back to 1946. Instance is identified by severe burning to entirety of the skeleton. Instance emits low levels of gamma radiation.\nSCP-2863-206 first appeared on March 15, 2011 approximately 40 meters offshore east of T\u014dhoku, Japan. Instance is identified by a total lack of teeth, and severe damage to the back of the skull.\nInstance was neutralized after approaching the city of Sendai and exposing itself to the light of the city.8 Instance has been sighted 3 times since initial sighting, each time appearing offshore.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Individuals are identified by various visual differences in the skeleton such as cracks, nicks, or discoloration.\n2. Imperial Japanese Anomalous Matters Examination Agency, dissolved in 1945 following the end of the second World War. The majority of IJAMEA assets and documentation were transferred to Foundation control.\n3. IJAMEA records indicate that there were numerous SCP-2863 appearances across mainland Asia and the South Pacific under Imperial Japanese control. No such instances have been reported since the end of WWII, implying some connection between SCP-2863's range and the political borders of Japan\n4. This number is dated circa 1940. 3 additional instances have been catalogued since the time of writing.\n5. IJAMEA records indicate a number of traditional practices for neutralizing SCP-2863, ranging from entirely ineffectual to as effective as bright light. MTF-O3 operatives assigned to SCP-2863 are to be trained in the effective practices as detailed in their training manual. Such rituals are to be considered an emergency alternative to standard neutralization protocol\n6. A battalion of the IJA composed entirely of anomalous entities\n7. At that point in time known as Nanking, recently captured by Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War\n8. Due to mass exposure of civilians to SCP-2863, a coordinated disinformation and suppression campaign was launched to spread the idea that SCP-2863-206 was merely a test of holographic imaging technology.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2862 | SCP-2863 | SCP-2864 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Assigning this one the designation SCP-4907 if there are no objections.- Russo Jr.\n\nThat was taken yesterday. Just put it in an unused slot until we can figure out how to make a formal designation stick.- Russo Sr.\n\nThe old title changes every time the page is refreshed. I assume it has something to do with the way this affects information?- Kingham\n\nYes. This should serve as an example of the anomaly's properties. I recommend leaving this intact, since it's basically harmless.- Scranton\n\nNo objection.- Russo Sr.\n\nTwo days later and we're still out a designation. Let's just use an informal designator so the report doesn't have to use \"the item\" and \"the anomaly\" to death.- Russo Jr.\n\nHow about \"Di Molte Voci\"? Italian for \"out of many voices\".- Grimes\n\nFine by me, unless someone who's actually fluent in Italian can improve it.- Russo Jr.\n\nNot assigning an object class. It's not going to stay put, and the database search will probably choke on it somehow.- Russo Sr.\n\nIn lieu of an object class: Di Molte Voci makes documentation a huge pain, as you can tell, but preventing the spread of its anomalous effect has been pretty doable. Stay on your toes until we figure out exactly what it can and can't do, though.- Benvenisty\n\nThe database search already excludes infohazards, so you don't need to worry about that.- Rosen\n\nFor the Voci itself, I see no reason a standard lockbox wouldn't work. Should definitely stay at Site-82, since transport risks incidental contamination.- Kingham\n\nA few of that site's lockboxes are password-locked. I'm not seeing anything to suggest it would affect those, but keeping it under literal lock and key seems like a prudent precaution nonetheless.- Benvenisty\n\nAnything keyed to specific phrases, numbers, etc. could be unreliable if the anomaly goes off-script. That should be the guiding containment principle.- Graff\n\nWhat about retinal scanners? Site-82's bulk storage is behind one, and without those or ID badges we'd be pretty low on effective security options. The site has a strict \"don't rely on facial recognition\" policy, and I don't really want to know why.- Benvenisty\n\nRetinal scans are almost definitely fine. Just remember to CC me on ANY bug reports in that system.- Graff\n\nBesides the non-reliance on keyphrases and formal signifiers, containment should basically entail a soft quarantine on any affected documentation and site-wide Class-3G amnestics every few weeks.- Scranton\n\nEither you just suggested moving all of the documentation to the temporary holding cells and posting guards only on the outside of the wing, or our fields have very different understandings of the phrase 'soft quarantine'.- Kingham\n\nI see why you'd be confused. As far as memetics and infohazards go, a soft quarantine would permit limited information transmission, but cross-linking affected documentation to anything else would be kept to an absolute minimum, and properly conditioned personnel (i.e. everyone with enough clearance for this entry anyways, except Rosen, but I doubt he read enough for it to matter) are the only ones who can come within two layers. There's a whole protocol about it, but I can't exactly leave a link here.- Graff\n\nHold on, 3Gs aren't standard for this type of infohazard. Scranton, elaborate?- Graff\n\nDid you read my work on infospatial desynchronization and lingchi memeplexes? My last paper discusses how these phenomena can mimic an area-of-effect, and it seems like that could be going on here. With an AoE this big, we can't afford not to try.- Scranton\n\nI reread the paper and I agree. 3Gs for the whole site, twice per month.- Graff\n\nAnomaly-centric or item-centric description? Ease of reading would normally dictate item-centric, but given the circumstances, I feel that the anomaly should get a thorough description first.- Grimes\n\nItem-centric is fine.- Russo Jr.\n\nI'll get to work.- Grimes\n\nDi Molte Voci is a harlequin mask made of carnival glass. Actually, hold on \u2014 that rhymes. HAR-le-quin MASK-made-of CAR-ni-val GLASS. Could that be relevant?- Grimes\n\nDoubtful \u2014 rhyme-sensitive anomalies usually manifest differently \u2014 and an English rhyme would be bizarre in this case \u2014 but I would not rule it out. Good eye, Grimes.- Graff\n\nThe lab didn't find anything unusual, except traces of oil on the inside, which suggests it's been worn. Hard to say when, though.- Garcia\nThe central anomaly involves the disruption of certain information, randomizing some pieces and replacing others with whatever discussions went into it.- Grimes\n\nSeems to me that it's specifically affecting consensus-based information (like standard anomaly summaries), which is why there's nothing close to a real containment report here \u2014 just the stuff that's supposed to stay behind the scenes. Things like titles, protocols, object classes, explicit statements of authority, and a few other identifiers switch around at random too. Not sure why our names are unaffected.- Kingham\n\nThis is a good layman's summary of the affected information. Essentially, anything 'authoritative' in the right way is susceptible.- Scranton\n\nOf course it's massively more complicated that, and in ways we actually understand, but I guess that's good enough for the average reader. Why bother getting into the specifics when nobody reads or understands our papers anyways?- Graff\n\nTake it easy, Vanessa. This is going into the final version.- Scranton\n\nDi Molte Voci seems to have several vectors for affecting information. There's the classical infohazard, which means anything that deals with it in any real detail is affected. Anything that references or links to said documentation can be affected, but this usually has a reference threshold of four.- Graff\n\nAs an example, it affected the stack of post-it notes I leave on Kingham's desk after I left a third about the Voci. Presumably, the stars aligned.- Benvenisty\n\nBelieve it or not, I'm half-convinced that there's some astrological significance to Di Molte Voci, but nothing that would affect the reference threshold.- Graff\n\nNot too long after initial containment, we figured out it got a lot weaker outside of a 310m radius. I'm gathering that the brainiac consensus is that it's not just a standard area of effect, though?- Grimes\n\nBy way of advanced infohazard studies and my own pet theories, yes. It's not really a concern as far as containment goes, but there are some research implications that we'll add once there's anything concrete to say.- Scranton\n\nThe 'death toll' is 43 containment summaries like this one, 271 other Foundation documents and assets, and at least 450 affected pieces of information outside of containment.- Russo Sr. (Updated 2012-08-08)\n\nThe fact that there is no actual death toll is a testament to our fine researchers, containment specialists, and archivists.- Garcia\n\nWe're already well-paid. Don't feel the need to flatter us too.- Benvenisty\n\nSomehow, it felt appropriate :)- Garcia\n\nSo, Di Molte Voci is something I picked up on vacation. Yes, those rumors about Foundation agents stumbling across SCPs on vacation are real, or at least, they were for me. Anyways, I was checking out an antique shop in Sicily (which is to say, I was asking for trouble) when I find an extremely pretty glass mask that looks like it belongs to a jester. The woman at the front counter, called herself Greta, was adamant that she did not want money for it, and instead wanted to barter for it. After a delightful hour talking over coffee with a 70-year-old woman, I got the mask. She claimed that it could dispel lies, and thus had no more use to her. I got the sense that it wasn't a conversation she wanted to have, so I didn't press her. I flew home two days later.\nI actually triggered its properties the day before I left while on the phone with my mom, when I attempted to sum up Instagram's responses to the mask and ended up reciting all twenty comments. I chalked it up to being tired and brought it with me to work. The same thing happened there, and that's about when they started to look at its containment.- Kojo\nThe antique shop from which Di Molte Voci was obtained had been closed down prior to our follow-up visit. The proprietor of the laundromat next door claims that the store had been operating at a loss for an extended period of time.- Strunk\n\nThis is consistent with what she told me. Well, she didn't mention that she was going broke, but she did seem skinny in a sort of unhealthy way, and wasn't shy about letting me buy her lunch. She did also try to sell me a few other odds and ends during lunch. Never would let me pay for the mask, though. Money is obviously not going to be a concern for containment, since we don't plan on selling it any time soon, but perhaps this could shine some light on its anomalous properties?- Kojo\n\nHold on, why are those words in red? I didn't do that.- Kojo\n\nI have a hunch, but nothing concrete yet. We'll look into it.- Graff\n\nI somehow doubt Di Molte Voci was made purely to mess with us. it probably has some sort of history. Wasn't there supposed to be an inquiry in the area about it? What happened with that?- Kingham\n\nThere was, but predictably, I can't exactly condense the information into a summary. I'm this close to just cherry-picking some statements from my \"helpful\" pile and slapping them together.- Strunk\n\nIt worked. Here we are.- Strunk\n\n+ Display interview snippets (translated from Italian)\n\n- Hide snippets\n\nYou're looking for Greta Lanza. She ran an antique shop in the city, but she's been missing. I realized something was wrong when she didn't show up for Mass.- Anonymous civilian\n\nI examined Ms. Lanza's home. It had nothing of interest, and in fact very little at all. It's consistent with the theory that she was struggling with money.- Strunk\n\nI looked at the picture you gave me, and it's definitely her.-Kojo\n\nShe never talked about a mask, but she did collect glass sculptures. It wouldn't surprise me if she had something like that.- Anonymous civilian\n\nIf she knew about Di Molte Voci's anomalous properties, I'm not surprised that she kept quiet about it.- Scranton\n\nYes. Her grandson brought it in for a project we were doing in class last month, and said it was magical. Greta showed up part-way through the kids' presentations and took it from him. She seemed very upset about the whole thing, I couldn't figure out why.- Anonymous civilian\nThat's about when it started happening, yes. At first I thought someone was vandalizing the files, but then there was\u2026 something that kept me from changing them back. I'm sorry, I don't know how to describe it. I locked the school's records system down once I realized it was spreading, and I've been too scared to use it since.- Anonymous civilian\n\nMost of the affected information was on the school's computers, but to be safe I called in a containment team to scour the town.- Strunk\n\nIf she knew that Di Molte Voci is stronger when it's nearby, that would explain why she moved it to her shop afterwards. She was comfortable pawning it off on some stranger, though, so perhaps she didn't realize it could snowball.- Grimes\n\nOr she didn't care. She's getting old and going broke \u2014 maybe she just wanted things to stay stable for however long she planned on staying.- Kingham\n\nAlternatively, she wanted someone who needed it to have it. When I spoke with her about how I recently found out I was adopted, she seemed sympathetic, but made a point of saying that some people need lies like that. I didn't press her on it.- Kojo\n\nThat would make sense. The lunch she wanted you to have with her was probably an audition of sorts, to see if you could use it well.- Grimes\n\nShe probably didn't count on me handing it off to such a secretive control freak of an organization. Shame, that.- Kojo\n\n\u00ab SCP-2863 | SCP-2864 | SCP-2865 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2865\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Armed Observation Facility 232 has been established 0.8 kilometers down the road from SCP-2865, disguised as a National Park Service (NPS) Ranger Station. Mobile Task Force Pi-2 (\u201dDusters\u201d) has been stationed at Armed Observation Facility 232 in order to facilitate containment. Due to the semi-public nature of SCP-2865, members of MTF-Pi-2 are required to disguise themselves as forest rangers, in order to maintain Foundation secrecy. Any civilians attempting to enter SCP-2865 are to be warned of increased bear activity in the area and turned back. Use of non-lethal force is authorized for non-compliant civilians. Any civilian coming into contact with an instance of SCP-2865-1 is to be administered class-A amnestics and removed from the area immediately.\nThe outskirts of SCP-2865 are to be patrolled constantly by members of MTF Pi-2, but SCP-2865 itself should not be breached, except under exceptional circumstances. Should an instance of SCP-2865-1 be observed attempting to venture outside the boundaries of SCP-2865, personnel are advised not to engage, and should contact Armed Observation Facility 232 for assistance.\nDescription: SCP-2865 is a stretch of woodland measuring roughly 8 square kilometers, located in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, in the southwestern region of Montana. Notable locations in SCP-2865 consist of a small dirt road, a collapsed bridge over a small stretch of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Creek, and a makeshift wooden castle, currently inhabited by an unknown number of SCP-2865-1 instances, as well as SCP-2865-2. The castle is composed of lumber and crudely stacked stones, presumably harvested by instances of SCP-2865-1, and contains roughly 198 square meters of floor space. Several rooms have been identified, including a large \u201cthrone room\u201d, apparently for SCP-2865-2.\nSCP-2865-1 is the collective designation for a group of anomalous entities created by SCP-2865-2. The exact number is unknown, though it has been estimated to be in the hundreds. SCP-2865-1 are 2-dimensional entities seemingly composed entirely of calcium sulfate, colloquially known as sidewalk chalk. These entities vary greatly in size and appearance, with instances as small as 6 centimeters and as large as 4 meters having been observed, though they are usually roughly humanoid and between 1.6 and 2 meters in height.\nIn their dormant state, SCP-2865-1 appear to be merely a chalk drawing, usually inscribed on a tree or other large, roughly flat natural formation. However, upon entering its active state, an SCP-2865-1 instance displays the anomalous ability to remove itself from its point of origin and interact with its environment. Despite possessing close to zero depth, SCP-2865-1 are fully capable of manipulating 3-dimensional objects. SCP-2865-1 appear to be sapient, as they have been observed to use tools and carry out complex tasks without assistance.\nTo date, no successful communication has so far been established between Foundation personnel and SCP-2865-1, though they appear to have at least a limited ability to speak, see Incident Report 1/6/20\u2588\u2588. SCP-2865-1 are believed to be under the complete control of SCP-2865-2. SCP-2865-1 appear to be fully autonomous entities capable of acting intelligently without the influence of their creator.\nSCP-2865-2 is a male human child, estimated to be between the ages of \u2588 and \u2588\u2588. SCP-2865-2 possesses brown hair and eyes and is roughly 130 centimeters tall. SCP-2865-2 refers to itself as \u201cKing Jeremy the Terrible\u201d, and to SCP-2865-1 as its \u201csubjects\u201d. SCP-2865-2 is in possession of a small piece of sidewalk chalk, hereby designated SCP-2865-3. Any image inscribed on a surface by SCP-2865-2 with SCP-2865-3 will become an instance of SCP-2865-1 within 10 to 20 minutes. It is unknown if this anomalous effect is inherent to SCP-2865-2 or SCP-2865-3. SCP-2865-3 has never been observed to wear down or disintegrate, despite being used to create dozens of SCP-2865-1.\nResearch conducted by Foundation agents into SCP-2865-2's origins have brought up a police report from Billings, Montana, for a \u2588-year old child named Jeremy \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 reported missing from his home on 7/2/20\u2588\u2588. Pictures of this individual match the appearance of SCP-2865-2 almost exactly. According to records kept by the Montana School Boards Association, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was expelled from his public school roughly 2 months before his disappearance for severely injuring another student with a pencil.\nAddendum 2865-a: On 12/23/20\u2588\u2588, Foundation personnel operating at Armed Observation Facility 232 noticed a small handwritten note affixed to a nearby tree, apparently written by SCP-2865-2 and delivered in the early hours of that morning. In its writing, SCP-2865-2 expressed awareness of the Foundation, and extended an invitation for Foundation personnel to visit its \u201ckingdom\u201d. It appears that SCP-2865-2's awareness of the Foundation does not extend beyond awareness of the name and of extended monitoring by personnel, and as such does not constitute a leakage of confidential information. A full transcript of the note is included below.\n\nDear SPC [sic],\nI know you have been watching me. I know you want to \u201ccontain\u201c me, but I am a force to rekined [sic] with. Mark my words. You want me as your ally. As a gesture of my good will, I will invite you to visit me in the Castle Jeremy. We will talk about being allied. But be warned, I am very powerful. If you displese [sic] me I will have you're [sic] heads cut off. Bring gifts.\n-King Jeremy, the Great and Terrible\n\nIncident Report 1/6/20\u2588\u2588: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Director of Armed Observation Facility 232, decided to send a small group of Foundation personnel to establish contact with SCP-2865-2, with the secondary goal of capturing it for containment in a more secure Foundation facility. Personnel deployed consist of three members of MTF Pi-2: Agents \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, as well as Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588. The personnel entered SCP-2865, where they were escorted to \u201cCastle Jeremy\u201d by an instance of SCP-2865-1. All personnel were armed with small sidearms, and Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 had a hidden video recording device mounted on his uniform. A complete transcript of the incident is below.\n\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588 and the three MTF agents are led into SCP-2865-2's castle by an instance of SCP-2865-1. Seven others are present in the castle. At the insistence of SCP-2865-2, all four of them kneel before SCP-2865-2's \u201cthrone\u201d.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588: Greetings, SCP-2865-2.\nSCP-2865-2: (gesturing to its \u201csubjects\u201d) You will say my real name or I will have them cut off your head!\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: (muttering) Do what he says.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588: My apologies, King Jeremy. How did you come to be aware of the SCP Foundation's activities in your\u2026 kingdom?\nSCP-2865-2: Some of my subjects saw your spies snooping around in the woods and watching us with little cameras! You can't fool me! I know my parents sent you to bring me back to school!\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588: I see our attempts at secrecy are wasted on you. How did you create the instances of- I mean, your subjects?\nSCP-2865-2: It's easy, stupid. I just drew them with my magic chalk!\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588: I see. What about-\nSCP-2865-2: Enough of these questions! Where are my royal gifts?\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588 signals the three agents to bring forth gifts. Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 takes a box of plastic race cars from his pocket, Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 takes a 20$ bill from hers, and Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 takes a bag of assorted lollipops out of his. These items are presented to SCP-2865-2. SCP-2865-2's face begins to turn red with anger.\nSCP-2865-2: (shouting angrily) These are terrible gifts! I hate you! (pointing to the largest present instance of SCP-2865-1) I hate them! I hate them! Cut off their heads!\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 reaches for his firearm, but Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 prevents him. SCP-2865-1 do not respond for a period of roughly five seconds. Abruptly, the largest instance lunges toward SCP-2865-2, pulling him off the \"throne\" and throwing him to the ground.\nSCP-2865-2: (crying loudly) Ow! What are you doing? I'm your King! I order you to stop!\nSCP-2865-1: No more king.\nThe instance of SCP-2865-1 places its foot on SCP-2865-2's back, preventing it from getting up. It then makes eye contact with Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588 and points a finger towards the castle exit. Several others move threateningly towards the Foundation personnel.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588: Don't hurt him!\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Come on, Doc, we've got to go.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588 But-\nAgent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 pulls Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588 out of the castle exit, and both they and the other two Agents begin to run back towards Armed Observation Facility 232. The log concludes roughly twenty minutes later upon arrival at Armed Observation Facility 232.\n\nBased on the events of Incident 1/6/20\u2588\u2588, it appears that SCP-2865-1 instances are free-willed entities, and are not, as previously believed, entirely under the control of SCP-2865-2.\nAddendum 2865-b: As of 1/12/20\u2588\u2588, instances of SCP-2865-1 appear to be abandoning \"Castle Jeremy\" in favor of a subterranean network of tunnels being constructed below SCP-2865. Due to the continued generation of new SCP-2865-1 instances, it is theorized that SCP-2865-2 is being held in captivity by the \"colony\" as a means of reproduction. Continued monitoring of SCP-2865 by means of RCV mounted cameras is currently under consideration.\nAddendum 2865-c: On 2/3/20\u2588\u2588, a group of thirty-seven SCP-2865-1 instances (hereafter referred to as SCP-2865-1A) was observed to split off from the main population (SCP-2865-1B) and return to \"Castle Jeremy\", accompanied by SCP-2865-2. Shortly thereafter, violent conflict between the two groups occurred, apparently in an attempt by SCP-2865-1B to recover their only means of reproduction. The attempt was unsuccessful, and the SCP-2865-1A colony began to grow at a rapid rate. On 2/11/20\u2588\u2588, several dozen instances from SCP-2865-1B attempted to breach containment. Members of MTF-Pi-2 were dispatched armed with high powered hoses, but several instances are currently unaccounted for. Since the events of 2/11/20\u2588\u2588, several dozen elementary schools and crafts stores in Montana have reported burglaries. In all cases nothing was stolen, except for large quantities of sidewalk chalk. These cases are under investigation by the Foundation for possible links to SCP-2865.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2864 | SCP-2865 | SCP-2866 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2866 before initial containment.\n\nItem #: SCP-2866\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2866 is to be contained on a four-meter square slab of free-standing concrete wall. The floor of the containment chamber is to be composed of (or have a 5-centimeter thick layer of) glass, loose soil, or gravel. Additionally, all walls of the containment chamber should be composed of (or have a 3-centimeter thick layer of) glass, though this is not essential for effective containment and only provides more defense against a breach. If SCP-2866 must be transported elsewhere, it can be contained by surrounding it with gravel.\nThe site containing SCP-2866 should be located at least 100 kilometers from any major metropolitan area in order limit the distance SCP-2866 is able to travel in the event of a breach.\nAs of 20\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-08, all access to and viewing of SCP-2866 has been suspended. Please see Addendum-2866-A for details.\nDescription: SCP-2866 is an approximately 3 meter tall piece of animate graffiti artwork. The art depicts an Asian male dressed in a hooded sweatshirt and jeans, painted with black spray paint. SCP-2866 is able to transfer itself to common building surfaces1 as long as the surface is flush with or adjacent to the wall that SCP-2866 currently occupies.\nSCP-2866 is thought to possess some degree of sapience.2 If not contained, it will seek out a political protest through unknown means and display itself prominently on a nearby wall. SCP-2866 will then attempt to \"join\" the protest by actively displaying a variety of signs with relevant slogans written on them. SCP-2866 seems to have an inexhaustible supply of signs; to produce one, it bends down and appears to pick a sign off of the ground, at which point it appears in SCP-2866's hands. To date, SCP-2866 has been a confirmed participant in \u2588 protests (See Addendum-2866-A for a partial list).\nSCP-2866 only attends protests objecting to socioeconomic inequality and/or in favor of social liberalism. Additional anomalous effects manifest whenever SCP-2866 partakes in such protests. People in the vicinity of SCP-2866 do not take any interest in it, regarding it as a human protester. Protesters who are joined by SCP-2866 will become invigorated, prolonging the protest and occasionally shouting out slogans from SCP-2866's signs. Additionally, anyone viewing a protest attended by SCP-2866 will begin to agree with the point it presents regardless of their prior stance on the issue. This effect lasts between five (5) and fourteen (14) days, at which point the affected person will reclaim their previous opinion. This effect directly ties \u2588 changes in legislation with SCP-2866 protests.\nWhen not active at a protest, SCP-2866 remains stationary, sometimes holding a sign with a generic political slogan written on it. The most commonly-held sign reads \"Society gets the kind of vandalism it deserves\" in stenciled capital lettering.\nAddendum 2866-A: Partial List of SCP-2866 Protests:\nEvent: Rally by the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 group in support of raising the minimum wage.\nDate and Location: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, New York; 2010-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588.\nSCP-2866 Actions: SCP-2866 produced a sign depicting a twenty-dollar bill. Underneath was written, \"YOU TRY EATING WITH THIS, PIGS.\"\nNotable Results: Protest lasted \u2588 hours before it dispersed. Class-A Amnestics were given to involved protesters. SCP-2866 evaded containment. A subsequent poll showed that 80% of people in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, NY agreed to raise the minimum wage.\nEvent: Gay Pride Parade.\nDate and Location: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, New York; 2011-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588.\nSCP-2866 Actions: SCP-2866 held a rainbow-colored flag in one hand and a sign that read \"LEGALIZE LOVE!\" in the other.\nNotable Results: Rumors were spread by Foundation operatives that SCP-2866 was an elaborate art installation. SCP-2866 contained successfully. Same-sex marriage legislation was voted upon in New York seven days after the incident. \u2588\u2588% of people voted in favor of its legalization, compared to only \u2588% negative votes.\nEvent: Occupy Wall Street.\nDate and Location: New York, New York; 2011-09-17 (SCP-2866 was contained at Site-\u2588\u2588 at the time).\nSCP-2866 Actions: SCP-2866 observed to \"look\" in the direction of the Occupy Wall Street protest. It held a sign reading, \"WE ARE THE 99%, AND WE WILL NEVER STOP.\" SCP-2866 displayed atypical behavior, as it barely moved during the protests. SCP-2866 remained in this state for 28 days (the duration of the Occupy Wall Street protest).\nNotable Results: Normal behavior resumed afterward. No notable changes recorded in Site-\u2588\u2588 personnel.\nEvent: Attempt by Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 to question SCP-2866 to determine its intelligence, origin, and purpose, as well as to obtain any other useful data.\nDate and Location: Site-\u2588\u2588, 201\u2588-10-20.\nSCP-2866 Actions: SCP-2866 remained unresponsive to questioning for 20 minutes, in which Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 repeatedly tried to introduce himself. Approximately 22 minutes into interrogation, SCP-2866 produced a sign that read \"FUCK THE FOUNDATION.\" Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 ended interrogation; SCP-2866 continued to hold the sign for 48 hours.\nNotable Results: SCP-2866's knowledge of the Foundation was treated as a moderate breach of information containment protocol; an investigation was inconclusive. Researchers who witnessed the \"protest\" reported mild disgruntlement with many Foundation policies to the site administration, but a correlation was not noticed until the following protest.\nEvent: None.\nDate and Location: Site-\u2588\u2588, 201\u2588-\u2588\u2588-08\nSCP-2866 Actions: SCP-2866 produced and displayed two signs; one contained a stylized drawing of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 breaching containment. The other read, \"RELEASE \u2588\u2588\u2588 NOW, FOUNDATION SLAVERS!\" SCP-2866 continued this activity for five hours.\nNotable Results: Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 deliberately breached containment of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 two hours after the \"protest\" began. SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 was recaptured, resulting in the loss of eight Site-\u2588\u2588 personnel (including Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588). SCP-2866's knowledge of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 was considered a severe breach in information containment protocol; an investigation was inconclusive. Special Containment Procedures were updated to restrict viewing of and interaction with SCP-2866.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Including wood, concrete, most plastics, asphalt, brick, steel, iron, and copper. Notably, SCP-2866 is unable to move through glass or loose materials such as soil or gravel.\n2. Despite this, attempts to communicate with SCP-2866 via speech and/or protest signs have been entirely unsuccessful.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2865 | SCP-2866 | SCP-2867 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2867\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A single 1kg sample is to be stored in a standard airtight containment locker at Site-76. All cases of SCP-2867 confirmed or presumed out of containment are to be reported to MTF-Rho-87 (\"All Chewed Up\") for confirmation, extraction and destruction. SCP-2867 cannot be handled without the use of a standard-issue HAZMAT suit. Any individuals who ingest or otherwise consume SCP-2867 are to be considered lost and summarily terminated.\nDescription: SCP-2867 is a compulsive memetic and physical infection surrounding an unknown amount of gorgonzola cheese produced by POI-17357, 'Jack Terrence', and GOI-49452, 'Terrence Farms', in the Pacific North-West of the United States. SCP-2867 has a compulsive effect on subjects who ingest it, which causes the subject to actively attempt to spread the infection of SCP-2867 to others, eat even more cheese, and eventually [DATA EXPUNGED] (See Infection Timeline). Infected subjects are hereby referred to as SCP-2867-1. SCP-2867 infection can be identified with three main traits: an obsession with cheese, glazed eyes, and an incredibly elevated heart rate and rate of saliva production. An infection timeline and additional symptoms of infection can be seen in Addendum 2867-A.\n\n+ Addendum 2867-A\n\n- close\n\nInfection Subject: D-49013\nInfection Duration: Hour 1 - Hour 168\nObserving Researcher: Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nHour 1: Initial infection. Subject exposed to approximately 20g of SCP-2867. Subject reacts favourably to SCP-2867 and requests more. Request denied.\nHour 1-5: Subject paces around the room, muttering. Microphones pick up the names of over 600 cheeses, and multiple as-of-yet unknown names, assumed to be cheeses.\nHour 5-6: Subject talks through the door to Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, attempting to start a conversation about cheese. Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 doesn't respond, but the Subject continues to converse.\nHour 6-24: Subject crawls on the floor, licking around the area where the cheese was located. 18 hours of searching produced no recognisable effect.\nHour 24-26: Subject repeats the recipe and creation process of Brie twelve times in a row.\nHour 26-48: Subject sleeps. Subject displays a case of somniloquy, with the topic of focus exclusively being cheese.\nHour 48-49: Subject chews fingernails entirely.\nHour 49-51: Subject is given 5 kilograms of cheddar cheese. Subject fully consumes all cheese over a two-hour period.\nHour 51-52: Subject bangs on door, demanding more cheese and threatening Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Subject repeats the phrase 'make you love it' forty-nine times during the outburst.\nHour 52-100: Subjects sits in corner, staring blankly. The subject's eyes have become glassy, and his skin is turning gray.\nHour 100-120: Subject secretes a yellow, gelatinous substance from his pores and projects it from his mouth, tear ducts, nostrils, and all other orifices. The substance coats the wall and floor in a two-meter radius and begins to build up and solidify around him.\nHour 120-130: Substance takes on the appearance of gorgonzola cheese, and begins to mould into circular shapes. Standard blue veins begin to grow outwards from the centre of the mass, and multiple circular shapes begin to form.\nHour 130-160: Gorgonzola growth has fully moulded into twenty-seven different varieties, shapes, and sizes of gorgonzola cheese wheels. Some cheese wheels show brand markings from reputable sources including Il Giardino and Taddei, both known gorgonzola producers, whilst other wheels show no branding. A single small wheel, weighing approximately 0.4 kilograms, forms at the top of the pile, with a single label marked Terrence Farms Gorgonzola - Perfect for spreading! - little organic subject matter is left.\nHour 160-168: Subject has been fully eroded and transformed. All cheese wheels except for the labelled 'Terrence Farms' wheel are removed and incinerated. No trace of D-49013 is left. GOI-49452 'Terrence Farms' declared a matter of interest.\nNotes: This test has brought up two very, very worrisome conclusions; the first being that the SCP-2867 reproduces by producing indistinguishable copies of branded cheese, which constitutes a major containment breach in and of itself, but also that there is a strong possibility that 'Terrence Farms' is mass-producing, or at least produced the original wheel, of SCP-2867. Our first priority should be finding whoever made this stuff and shutting them down. Dr. Faisal.\n\nAfter initial ingestion, instances of SCP-2867-1 will search only for more SCP-2867 variety gorgonzola, but instances denied SCP-2867 for an extended period of time will extend to eating normal gorgonzola and other cheeses of a similar flavour, texture, and scent. Instances of SCP-2867-1 will ingest copious amounts of cheese with little regard for their own safety; this often leads to death in the subject by intestinal rupture or suffocation. They will also try to make their own SCP-2867 using inadequate tools and ingredients; often leading to injury or poisoning. Instances will also actively encourage the consumption of SCP-2867 by other people around them; even going so far as to feed it to domestic pets, livestock, and pests. Instances of a SCP-2867-1 also attempt to avoid violence and conflict in their methods of transmission; but will resort to extreme methods after multiple days of infection. SCP-2867's effect extends to almost all biological creatures, with notable exceptions seen in Ecdysozoa Tardigrada and most species of reptiles. Research into these exceptions is ongoing.\nKnowledge of SCP-2867 was recovered from instances of SCP-2867-1 in Seattle, Washington, after five men, all employees at a local cheese shop, gorged themselves to death on cheese. Three witnesses were recovered; one of which was discovered to be in the early stages of SCP-2867-1 infection.\n\n+ Interview Log 2867\n\n- close\n\nInterviewee: James \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (Refered to as I)\nInterviewer: Dr. Pradesh (Refered to as P)\nForeword: The interviewed instance was recovered from the incident in Seattle. After the administration of sedatives, Dr. Pradesh was able to communicate in a semi-civil manner. This interview marks the Foundation's first knowledge of the existence of SCP-2867.\nP: So, Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Would you mind telling us what happened with you?\nI: What? Sure, sure\u2026 do you have any cheese?\nP: Cheese?\nI: Yeah' y'know, like emmental, edam, mozzarella, cheddar, haloumi, gouda, Swiss, blue cheese, Parmesan, camembert, Brie, f\u00eata, goat cheese, chelsea, aggiano, Monterey Jack\u2026\nP: Hey, uh-\nI: Kanterfaas, gruy\u00e8re, nicasio, havilah, chevre, mondseer, redoric, comte, chevretin, roquefort, Munster\u2026 what do you think of cheese?\nP: It's\u2026 I don't mind it.\nI: I love the stuff. Didn't always, but then I had this really good cheese. Gorgonzola. I remember it perfectly\u2026 this guy came into the shop. Said he'd made a great cheese. And oh, it was the best. It was just\u2026\nP: Yes?\nI: Just so good, y'know? And the guy, he had this air about him, like he knew stuff. Like, cool stuff. I think his name was\u2026 Jack? Jack Terrence? I think that was it. God, I wish I could meet him. It was the best cheese.\nP: I see. What did you do after you tried his cheese?\nI: It was incredible. I mean, I couldn't keep it to myself. Everyone deserves to try that. I reckon you'd like it. Whaddya think of Gorgonzola?\nP: Well, I'd have to say I prefer a nice Brie.\nI: \u2026\nP: James?\nI: mumbling\nP: Excuse me?\nI: I said EAT IT!\nAt this point, audio is muffled due to the microphone being knocked onto the floor. Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 lunged towards Dr. Pradesh, producing a small chunk of SCP-2867 he had stashed on his person. Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 managed to forcefully feed the sample to Dr. Pradesh. Mr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was soon killed via gunshot by the attending security officer, hereby referred to as S.\nS: Shit!\nP: groaning\nS: Oh, sir! Are you ok?!\nP: What? Yes, yes, I'm fine\u2026 do you have any cheese?\nS: What?! Oh, oh shit\u2026 (The sound of clattering metal can be heard briefly.) Get back!\nP: Just some?\nAt this point, Dr. Pradesh began moving towards the security officer, who terminated him via gunshot.\nNotes: I'm declaring SCP-2867 a compulsive memetic hazard, as well as a biohazard. 'Jack Terrence' or POI-17357, is to be placed on a regional watchlist. - Dr. Faisal\n\nAddendum 2867-B: In the months following the Seattle Incident, multiple cases of behaviour similar to that of SCP-2867 infection were reported in cities in the Pacific Northwest, including Spokane, Boise, Portland, and Vancouver. In light of this information, and the growing possibility of wide-spread infection through public consumption, MTF-Rho-87 (\"All Chewed Up\") has been formed to locate SCP-2867's source.\n\n+ Incident 2867-A\n\n- close\n\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2017, a new strain of SCP-2867 was discovered on the shelves of multiple supermarkets throughout the city of Boise, Idaho. A mozzarella cheese, branded with the Terrence Farms logo, was sold out within two hours at all supermarkets by four men, who were reported to exclaim that they'd 'found the best cheese ever!'. One of the men, identified as \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, was tracked to his home. He and two of the other men were found in a state consistent with week-long exposure, despite a time frame of only three hours having passed. The fourth unidentified man is presumed to have been fully transformed, and is being searched for.\nThis is the first case of SCP-2867 appearing as a cheese other than gorgonzola, appearing en masse in public, and reproducing within a day. I'm commisioning the creation of a dedicated group to deal with this. All information regarding SCP-2867 is to be sent to Dr. Faisal, new acting head of MTF-Rho-87, 'All Chewed Up'.\n\nAddendum 2867-C: SCP-2867's source has been tracked to an industrialised dairy farm in Chilliwack, BC.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2866 | SCP-2867 | SCP-2868 \u00bb"}
{"text": "An instance of SCP-2868-A, just prior to containment by Agent Zhufor.\n\nItem #: SCP-2868\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2868 must remain stored within a standard humanoid containment cell in the east seclusion wing of Site-12. The walls are lined with high-voltage electrified grating and must be powered on a separate power grid from the main site in the event of a failure or fluctuation in the primary power grid. The floor of its cell is composed of solid plate steel to prevent SCP-2868 from spreading via roots to other containment cells.\nIn the event of an SCP-2868 outbreak, all personnel assigned to capture and termination of infected individuals are to be issued specialized boots lined with ballistics-grade ceramic inserts to prevent the further infection of on-site personnel.\nAll infected personnel are to be removed by a containment team in hazardous materials gear and incinerated to prevent post-breakout infections. Areas suspected of housing budding instances of SCP-2868 are to be bathed in a mixture of acids, then soaked in a neutralizing agent during cleanup.\nSCP-2868 and 2868-A instances may be neutralized with standard C-class tranquilizers, and are incapable of causing further infections while unconscious.\nDescription: SCP-2868 is a bipedal organism standing 1.9 meters in height, and weighing approximately 68 kilograms. It is composed of a highly durable glass-like material. The entity has a female frame, and lacks arms or distinguishing facial features. In place of arms, SCP-2868 has a pair of brass pendulum blades attached to the shoulders by iron hook anchors. SCP-2868 is capable of cognitive thought, and doesn't display any directly aggressive behavior towards researchers. SCP-2868 exhibits generally human-like anatomy from the ankles up, with the exception of root-like structures in place of feet and the bladed pendulums extending from the shoulder stocks. SCP-2868 uses the growth of these root structures in order to penetrate the feet of human subjects within 9 meters of SCP-2868, at which point the root structure will break off of the main root system and make its way up through the leg and into the blood stream, until it reaches the brain of its new host, now designated SCP-2868-A.\nAfter initial infection, SCP-2868-A will begin to physically transform while still conscious, though it will not express any signs of pain. Instead, the host will express a strong feeling of euphoria and enter a relaxed state. The body of SCP-2868-A will rapidly adopt traits typically described as surreal, such as skin taking on properties of foreign materials1. New structures may sprout from the body of the host, such as chairs, tables, and picture frames. SCP-2868-A has typically changed its attire entirely through transformation, with skin taking on various properties to mimic clothing akin to street performers, mimes, and clowns. In all cases, SCP-2868-A has demonstrated full vocal capabilities regardless of the extensiveness of bodily changes.\nOnce fully tranformed, SCP-2868-A will lose control of most of their nervous system, though are still capable of vocalization, and the parasitic instance of SCP-2868 will take control of the body of its host, seeking out high-population areas. After SCP-2868-A has located an area with dense foot traffic, it will adopt behavior similar to that of street performers known as living statues.\nSCP-2868-A will then use this behavior to attract passing animal organisms toward it. This will allow it to continue the cycle of infection. The feet of SCP-2868-A will sprout a mass of sinewy roots much like SCP-2868 and proceed to infect the surrounding observing organisms at which point the process will repeat indefinitely.\n\n+ Interview log: SCP-2868-A\n\n- Close this log\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2868-A, was D-90210\nInterviewer: Dr. Oswald Martin\nForeword: This particular instance of SCP-2868-A, designated A-03 has retained most of its original physical traits, with the exception of its organic components being replaced with oxidized bronze. A miniaturized pipe organ exists within the chest cavity, visible through a glass rib cage existing on the outside of the object's torso.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Martin: Okay\u2026 So I'm sure you know what's going to happen here, yes?\nSCP-2868-A-03: Just an interview, yes\u2026? This isn't new to me. Been through it a dozen times.\nDr. Martin: Good. I'm just going to run a few questions here\u2026 Okay then. So, first off, can you tell me your name, designation, and location?\nSCP-2868-A-03: \u2026 Yeah. Yeah, I can tell you all that. My name's Daphne Horrald, and I'm D-90210, yeah? And\u2026 I dunno, you spooks never tell us where we are.\nDr. Martin: Uh-huh\u2026 Good answer. And, yeah, that's what I've got on file. Daphne somerather\u2026 Uuuuh\u2026 Can you tell me what your favorite food is, favorite color, somewhere you've always wanted to go?\nSCP-2868-A-03: I'm not sure why you're askin' me all of this but, uh\u2026 Yeah, sure. Uuuh\u2026 My favorite color's cyan, it's like the sky, ya know? Makes me think of clouds. Aaaand\u2026 I gotta say lasagna's in my top\u2026 Three?\nDr. Martin: \u2026 You didn't answer the last question. Please do so.\nSCP-2868-A-03: Right, uh\u2026 Yeah. Paris. Definitely Paris.\nDr. Martin: Paris? Nice city. What about it piques your interest?\nSCP-2868-A-03: Well\u2026 It's the art capital of the world, man. You got mimes, sculptures, paintings\u2026 And people. Lots of people.\nDr. Martin: Aaand\u2026 Why exactly does that interest you? Your psych review here says you were never fond of socializing.\nSCP-2868-A-03: Well, uh\u2026 Nah, that's not right\u2026 I love people. Well, anyways\u2026 It's 'cus people are gettin' so bland nowadays. Everyone's workin' ten 'er twelve hour shifts nowadays, nobody takes the time to stop and appreciate all the art around 'em.\nDr. Martin: Mmmmhm\u2026 And if they don't want to? Not everyone cares about art.\nSCP-2868-A-03: Well, uh, then\u2026 Then they should. Everyone should give a [EXPLETIVE] about art, ain't no beauty in the world without it. Without art, you ain't thinkin', man\u2026 Nothin' to get your brain workin'.\nDr. Martin: Okay then, reasonable enough. I've got one more question\u2026 How do you feel, right now? Are you experiencing any pain, discomfort? Anything of the sort?\nSCP-2868-A-03: uuuuh\u2026 Nah, I feel jus' dandy, doc. Why, am I sick 'er somethin'?\nDr. Martin: No, uh\u2026 No. Just curious. This is all I had for you today, D-90210. If you would, please follow the two personnel by the door back to your quarters.\nSCP-2868-A-03: Alright\u2026 Hey, this was a pretty, uh\u2026 Nice change from the usual interrogation style stuff. Ring me up if ya need more, I'm a bit tired of gettin' yelled at all the time.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: Post-interview, SCP-2868-A-03 has been terminated via on-site material compacter. SCP-2868-A-03 showed no aggressive behavior when interacting with humans, and displayed no attempts to cause outbreaks in an environment that makes infection impossible. In addition, infected hosts display a strong desire to interact with highly populated areas with a societal focus on art and cultural diversity. SCP-2868-A instances appear to retain a majority portion of the original host's personality, and changes appear to go undetected by the host itself.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Examples of previously observed materials are granite, black iron, soapstone, limestone, white oak, pine bark, brass, and bronze.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2867 | SCP-2868 | SCP-2869 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2869-S attacking human egg cells in a controlled environment.\n\nItem #: SCP-2869\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Instances of SCP-2869 are to be kept in a large cylindrical chamber with a 20-meter diameter and a 3-meter height lined with stone. The door of SCP-2869's chamber is to be attended by 2 armed security personnel. The walls of this containment chamber are to consist of one layer of standard concrete and one visible layer of 2-centimeter thick plate steel. In the event that an instance of SCP-2869 becomes enraged or aggressive, no fewer than 3 additional armed security personnel are to isolate the instance and herd it to a side-chamber. Personnel partaking in this chamber transfer are required to wear fully-sealed hazard suits.\nThe chamber of SCP-2869 contains 1 inbuilt non-chlorinated filtered pool to promote the generation of SCP-2869-S.\nAfter interacting with instances of SCP-2869 or SCP-2869-S, personnel must enter the two-stage decontamination chamber after removing their hazard suits and all clothing. Once personnel have undergone decontamination and chemical screening, they are approved to exit the chamber.\nPersonnel impregnated by SCP-2869-S, whether it be through testing or misconduct of safety material, are to be transferred to Site-12's maternity ward and placed under constant monitoring until they birth the new instances of SCP-2869. Medical personnel assigned to monitor affected subjects require level-2 security clearance.\nDescription: SCP-2869 is an anomalous species of hexapedal animal organisms. Their bodies consist of two segments: A large muscular tail that vaguely resembles the body of a common garden caterpillar, with several bony rib-like protrusions along the sides which appear to provide support for their weight. This part of their body has four claw-like legs, a pair of spinnerets at the tip of the tail, and a pair of elongated gripping limbs at the front of this half.\nThe second segment of SCP-2869's body consists of a humanoid torso complete with a head and arms, as well as fully-formed female breast tissue and several vent-like orifices along the spinal column from which they breathe. This half of SCP-2869's body has soft, grey skin, with a vaguely-humanoid head. This head consists of four small eyes and a split lower jaw with small, relatively sharp high-density teeth used for consuming solid mineral deposits1.\nThe tongue of SCP-2869 measures an extendable length of 24 centimeters, and is coated in a thick mucus membrane containing a form of parasitic sperm organism, designated SCP-2869-S. The exterior of SCP-2869 is also coated in a thinner form of this mucus, though the SCP-2869-S parasite is still in significant enough numbers to be a hazard to personnel, especially in moist or wet environments which promote the generation of SCP-2869-S. Primarily preying on humans, SCP-2869 will expose living epidermal tissue to its mucus membrane. From here, SCP-2869-S will make their way into the bladder, large intestine, or uterus of their host organism2. After 2 to 3 weeks of gestation inside of their host organism, 1 to 3 instances of SCP-2869-S will have successfully matured into juvenile instances of SCP-2869 at which point they will then proceed to be birthed from their host organism after inducing a chemical euphoria state to allow painless birthing.\nSubjects carrying SCP-2869-S display a strong desire to remain as close to the parent SCP-2869 as possible; subsequently, SCP-2869 will develop strong territorial behavior towards the human subject impregnated by SCP-2869-S.\nThe average instance of SCP-2869 measures 3.5 meters from head to tail, and stands 2 meters tall. Newborn instances of SCP-2869 will grow to full size over the course of several weeks through cannibalizing smaller instances until they reach a sustainable size, where they will grow their adult teeth and switch their diet from meat to solid mineral deposits.\n\nAddendum 2869-1: Biological Deviance\nAfter several tests, researchers have observed deviations in the biological makeup and behavior of SCP-2869 offspring depending on their host organism. Below is an observational report of various host organisms and resulting SCP-2869 instances' behavioral and biological deviations.\n\nPolish Fowl - Female\nResulting SCP-2869 instance is born with a layer of thick feathers lining its ribs and back, as well as its arms and top of its abdomen. Eyes developed on the sides of the skull instead of the front platelet, disabling SCP-2869's stereo vision. SCP-2869 displays significantly lower intelligence than other deviations. After dissection, SCP-2869 has been found to contain a new secondary stomach that operates in an identical fashion to a gullet found in most birds.\n\nDomestic American Bull - Male\nResulting SCP-2869 instance is born with a set of studded \"horns\" around the crest of its skull, with a wide bone-like crown and dense skull ridge. Locomotive limbs are bovine-like with clawed hooves. Pectoral breasts on SCP-2869 are fully-developed and capable of milk production3, and arms are elongated and significantly more muscular than other deviations of SCP-2869. This instance displays extreme territorial aggression to humans bar females, as well as aggression towards other instances of SCP-2869.\n\nPurple Shore Crab - Female\nResulting SCP-2869 instance is born with a wide, armored abdomen with hardened locomotive limbs. SCP-2869's neck displays external frilled gills. The forearms of SCP-2869 are thick and coated in chitinous plates, with fingers fused into a set of durable claws. This instance of SCP-2869 displays low intelligence in comparison to other deviations. It is capable of spitting a stream of SCP-2869-S up to a maximum of 10 meters, increasing its infectiousness.\n\nHuman - Female\nResulting SCP-2869 instance is born with soft skin and a humanoid face. Hair has grown on the head of SCP-2869 that shows genetic similarities to both typical humans, and the parent D-class. The abdominal structure of SCP-2869 has soft, pale skin reminiscent of human epidermis. Individual features of SCP-2869 are similar to typical East German female facial features, displaying SCP-2869 borrowing some genetic code from its host in a similar manner to traditional human reproduction. This instance displays intelligence very close to that of a typical human though it displays difficulty understanding ethical boundaries. This instance has been labeled SCP-2869-D and has been moved to a separate containment chamber for independent study.\n\nBall Python - Female\nResulting SCP-2869 instance is born without locomotive limbs and an elongated lower half. The underside of SCP-2869's abdomen is lined with rough scales, as well as a full dark-brown coloration with white specks lining its belly up to its collar. The front teeth are missing, and molars are replaced with small, hook-like teeth with grinding edges. SCP-2869 displays prompted aggression when instigated.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Solid clay, limestone, iron-rich stone, etc.\n2. In the event that SCP-2869-S enter the womb and are allowed to attach to egg cells, they produce healthier instances of SCP-2869 than those that gestate in other orifices.\n3. Like all other excretions from SCP-2869, this fluid contains SCP-2869-S.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2868 | SCP-2869 | SCP-2870 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2870\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All hospital records in suspected outbreak areas are to be monitored for instances of SCP-2870-1. In the event that an instance is found, MTF Chi-7 (\"Plague Tamers\") is to insert themselves into the hospital and advise SCP-2870-1 on techniques for negotiating with SCP-2870-A. Following convalescence, all records of the patient and samples of SCP-2870 collected are to be incinerated, and Class-A amnestics distributed as necessary.\nAll unhospitalized instances of SCP-2870-1 are to be brought to the nearest Foundation quarantine facility until convalescence, at which time they will be administered amnestics and released.\nDescription: SCP-2870 is a strain of the common cold which causes sentience and limited mobility in the mucus of the nose and throat. Despite being a single contiguous mass, sections of mucus are believed to possess separate personalities. All mucus affected by SCP-2870 is apparently under the command of SCP-2870-A, a small amount of mucus believed to reside near the opening of the nostril. While it is still possible to remove mucus from the nostril, SCP-2870-A cannot be neutralized until the patient (referred to as SCP-2870-1 for the duration of infection) is no longer infected by SCP-2870.\nTelepathic communication between SCP-2870-1 and SCP-2870-A is possible, with SCP-2870-1 claiming to \"hear\" SCP-2870-A's voice at all times. SCP-2870-1 is able to return communication by prefacing their words with \"tell him\" and directly intending SCP-2870-A as the recipient. Through this method, the Foundation has learned that all instances of SCP-2870-A are noncontiguous manifestations of the same personality, claiming to be the \"leader\" (rank unspecified) of the \"army\" of mucus affected by SCP-2870.\nSCP-2870-A's stated goal is revolution, defined as taking complete control of SCP-2870-1's body, seen by SCP-2870-A as the country over which SCP-2870-1 presides. Since containment, no instance of SCP-2870-A has ever achieved this before recovery of SCP-2870-1, and it is currently unknown if such an act is possible.\nIt is possible for SCP-2870-1 to negotiate a relative peace with SCP-2870-A, but it is often short lived, as SCP-2870-A construes breathing through the nose, sniffing, swallowing, nasal excavation, and ingestion of any kind as an act of hostility, accusing SCP-2870-1 of sending their own troops against it.\nAll \"military\" actions which SCP-2870-A is capable of instigating are listed as follows:\n\n\"Drilling\" - mucus shifts concentration from the back of the nostril to the front of the nostril and back again several times.\n\"Charging\" - the flow of mucus into the throat increases.\n\"Occupation\" - concentration of mucus shifts into either nostril.\n\"Kamikaze Charge\" - sudden expulsion of large quantities of mucus from the nostril.\n\nAddendum: Interview Log 2870-Alpha\nAgent P\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Becker was voluntarily infected with SCP-2870 for the purpose of interviewing SCP-2870-A. This took place after several hours of negotiation. SCP-2870-A was found to have no memory of the interaction in subsequent manifestations.\n\nSCP-2870-1: Tell him why do you feel the need to attack me?\nSCP-2870-A: Hah! You've been hurting us a lot longer than we've been hurting you, your majesty!\nSCP-2870-1: Tell him I don't understand what you mean.\nSCP-2870-A: I don't blame you. The affairs of us little people must not always seem that important up on your high horse, but I've been living with the results of your reign since I was a little phlegm.\nSCP-2870-1: Tell him I still don't understand.\nSCP-2870-A: Your troops are constantly passing through here. They push people around and dry them out. If we strayed too far into the caves, we'd be knocked into the hole. I remember a few days ago when your bruisers came down here and took my mother. It was around then that we decided enough was enough.\n(Note that SCP-2870-1 does recall recreationally excavating his nostrils several days before infection.)\nSCP-2870-1: Tell him I'm sorry, but I need to do most of those things to survive.\nSCP-2870-A: Really, now? Well, sir, that's just what we're doing. I'm sorry, but this fight has been long coming. I don't hold any hard feelings against you, if you were just doing what you had to do, but it's just too much for anyone to take.\nSCP-2870-1: Tell him you aren't going to win.\nSCP-2870-A: Do I care? Do any of us care? Some of us die, sure, but it's better than the long, slow death that every single one of us was doomed to back in our old lives. Besides, I'd say that we're having an effect.\nSCP-2870-1: Tell him well, you are right about that.\nSCP-2870-A: There you go, then. I look forward to meeting you on the battlefield, sir.\nSCP-2870-1: Tell him I'm afraid that won't be possible.\nSCP-2870-A: You said that about us winning, too.\n[END LOG]\n\nHe had eight or nine more sentences, including this one, to establish a plot before he reached the end of this user's pages.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2869 | SCP-2870 | SCP-2871 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2871\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The original three prototype instances of SCP-2871 are to be maintained in an archival state for study. Operation of these instances is prohibited, as they possess multiple design flaws.1\nWhen modified to address these issues and operated under controlled conditions, SCP-2871 presents little risk and has applications of interest to multiple Foundation departments. Manufacture and operation of \u2588 modified SCP-2871 instances has been authorized at this time.\nNo more than 1 kg of matter should be exposed to SCP-2871-1 during a single activation.2 Exposure of elements3 with atomic mass greater than 28 to SCP-2871-1 requires site director authorization.\nInstances of SCP-2871 should not be moved during operation.\nPersonnel should not stand or walk between the device's aperture and SCP-2871-1.\nDescription: SCP-2871 is a device capable of amplifying the range of gluon-mediated interactions4 between baryons5 within a small targeted region.\nWhen powered and activated, an instance of SCP-2871 generates SCP-2871-1: a spherical region of altered physics up to 0.4 m in diameter, projected to a range up to 500 m from the device. SCP-2871-1 is not itself visible or tangible, but in the presence of an atmosphere a faint scintillation is produced at its boundaries.\nWithin SCP-2871-1, the range of gluon-mediated interactions are increased by slightly over 5 orders of magnitude. While this results in a number of secondary phenomena, two are of primary relevance:\n\nthe distance at which atomic nuclei experience mutual attraction expands to ranges comparable to atomic radii.6 As a result, incidental collisions between atoms can cause two nuclei to fuse, a phenomenon normally seen only in high energy collisions such as those achieved in particle accelerators.\nheavy atomic nuclei and exotic particles are rendered significantly more stable within the confines of SCP-2871-1\n\nParticles exiting SCP-2871-1 are indistinguishable from non-anomalous particles of the same mass and composition. Stable isotopes will remain intact when exiting SCP-2871-1 or when SCP-2871 is deactivated. Nuclei which cannot be maintained by unmodified strong nuclear interaction undergo decay consistent with standard model predictions.\nIndividual components of SCP-2871 instances are non-anomalous, and largely consist of off-the-shelf consumer and industrial electronics in a layout loosely resembling the klystrons7 found in large telecommunications transmitters, radar arrays, and linear particle accelerators. On a purely functional level, known contributing factors to the devices' anomalous properties include the unusual convoluted shape of the resonating cavity, a complex pattern of knots and braids formed by the internal wiring, and the relative locations of several unpowered, seemingly extraneous internal components.8\nExactly how SCP-2871 instances produce SCP-2871-1 is incompletely understood at this time. While highly cooperative, the individual research staff of Postmodern Alchemy LTD. have each provided internally consistent, but often mutually exclusive, explanations based variously on thaumaturgical paradigms, novel applications of known parascience, and reinterpretations of discredited scientific theories. This situation was apparently cultivated and encouraged by company administration as \"methodological diversity\". Foundation research pursuant of -EX status for SCP-2871 is ongoing.\nAddendum 2871-1: Recovery Log:\n\nThe following events took place on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/201\u2588.\nEvents in italics indicate reconstructions of events prior to the arrival of MTF Gamma-103. These times are approximate, and certain events with possible but unconfirmed relevance are included.\n\n9:00:\nPostmodern Alchemy staff initiate testing of SCP-2871 prototype.\n\n9:15:\nSCP-2871 prototype fails to respond to commands for several seconds.\n\n9:30:\nSCP-2871 prototype experiences ground impact during hardware adjustment. Damage deemed superficial.\n\n10:10:\nPostmodern Alchemy IT staff begin maintenance on local wireless network. Influence on subsequent events is unknown.\n\n10:20:\nSCP-2871 prototype targets inappropriate coordinates during test cycle. Testing is suspended for review of control system code.\n\n10:30:\nP.A. staff become aware that SCP-2871 instance failed to respond to deactivation command when monitoring equipment located near the intended target detects hazardous levels of radiation. Further attempts to remotely deactivate or retarget SCP-2871 also fail.\n\n10:35:\nAs radiation prevents access to the device's onboard overrides, the decision is made to manually cut power to the SCP-2871 instance, despite risk of damage to the instance's hardware. The hardwired power supply, however, complicates this course of action.\n\n10:40:\nP.A. staff locate capacitor bank providing power to SCP-2871 instance, and begin manual shutdown and discharge process.\n\n10:45:\nP.A. staff become aware of radioluminescence in the vicinity of SCP-2871-1. Suggestion to sever the cable via fire ax is rejected due to the extreme voltage and current.\n\n10:57:\nHEED array9 detects a minor sustained emission of wide-band radiation from a remote area of west Texas. Event is automatically flagged as potential anomaly.\n\n11:00:\nSignal strength continues to increase.\n\n11:00\nParticle SCP-2871-2 is visually detected by P.A. staff. Staff determine that deactivating SCP-2871 instance is no longer advisable, and abort shutdown of capacitor bank.\n\n11:10:\nSource is triangulated to a complex of buildings, identified in public records as the property of startup company Postmodern Alchemy LTD.\n\n11:13:\nEmmission strength and duration exceed plausible limits of non-nuclear sources, nuclear sources are ruled out by secondary criteria.\n\n11:34:\nAnomalous activity deemed probable. MTF Gamma-103 (\"Radium Girls\") dispatched to the site via helicopter.\n\n12:07:\nMTF Gamma-103 arrives at location.\n\n12:08:\nSeveral individuals exit the compound and approach landing site bearing a white undershirt tied to a broom. Individuals inquire from a distance if MTF is from \"GOC or SPC[sic]\". Agents authorized to identify themselves as Foundation agents on presumption of \"open veil\" scenario. Individuals proceed to exuberantly greet MTF agents, identify Postmodern Alchemy LTD as a paratech company, and inquire as to how swiftly containment of company staff can begin.\n\n12:16:\nFurther staff members of Postmodern Alchemy LTD exit the compound bearing a second makeshift white flag, 3 non-functional prototypes of SCP-2871, several tablets and laptops, and boxes of physical documentation regarding SCP-2871. Individuals attempt to surrender these items while providing detailed additional verbal information regarding SCP-2871 and the incident in progress. As with the previous staff, these individuals expressed great enthusiasm for the prospect of containment, one attempting to embrace several members of MTF Gamma-103 before being dissuaded.\n\n12:21:\nMembers of MTF Gamma-103 sufficiently calm staff of Postmodern Alchemy to extract a coherent explanation of the situation.\n\n12:24:\nTeam Leader Agent B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 informs command they are invoking emergency discretion, and proceeding under the assumption that the claims were genuine. Agent cites the hypothetical consequences of inaction and the increasingly vehement requests by Postmodern Alchemy staff to be transported to a containment site \"as far away as possible\".\n\n12:31:\nMTF specialists are escorted to a testing range containing a fourth, functional, prototype of SCP-2871, maintaining an instance of SCP-2871-1 at the base of a large earthen backstop approximately 2 m behind its intended target.\n\n12:40:\nGamma-103's specialists estimate mass of SCP-2871-2 to exceed 4 kg, and concur with Postmodern Alchemy staff's decision not to deactivate the SCP-2871 instance.\n\n13:03:\nSecond helicopter arrives, Postmodern Alchemy staff evacuated to Site \u2588\u2588. Three members of research staff elect to remain and assist MTF Gamma-103.\n\n13:37:\nExternal control of SCP-2871 instance reestablished via onboard override controls. Agent Q\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and PA staff member \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 incur second and third degree burns in the process. Agent Q\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 later treated for severe radiation exposure.\n\n14:16:\nSCP-2871-2 estimated to exceed 5kg in mass.\n\n14:31:\nMethod of dissipating SCP-2871-2 in stages through staggered contractions of SCP-2871-1 is devised.\n\n14:37:\nRemaining MTF Gamma-103 members and 2 PA Staff are extracted to Site \u2588\u2588\n\n14:50:\nActive SCP-2871 instance and SCP-2871-2 particle neutralized.\n\nWhile reprimanded for the destruction of the functional instance of SCP-2871, MTF Gamma-103 was also commended for resolving the situation with minimal casualties, and with relatively minor damage to, and irradiation of, the surrounding region.10\nIn light of the staff's cooperation during and following the incident, the complete destruction of the company's facilities, and the individuals' marked disinterest in continuing the project, the surviving employees of Postmodern Alchemy LTD have been released on a probationary basis, and are to be monitored for future recruitment or containment.\n\nFootnotes\n1. See Addendum 2871-3: Failure Analysis of Pre-Containment SCP-2871\n2. Personnel are reminded that atmospheric density at sea level is 1.2 kg/m3.\n3. including isotopes thereof\n4. commonly referred to in physics as the Strong Interaction\n5. The class of subatomic particles which includes protons and neutrons, the primary components of atomic nuclei.\n6. Due to force inversion effects, the size of atoms remain relatively unaltered; typical reductions in radius are between 10-30%, similar to the reduction seen in Lambda-Lithium(\u039b7Li).\n7. compact combination emitters/tuners/amplifiers of high-energy electromagnetic radiation\n8. Notably, powering said components will cause SCP-2871 to cease operation.\n9. a Foundation-maintained network of microsatellites and ground-based sensors equipped with scintillation counters, wide spectrum imaging cameras, and InSAR seismic topography systems dedicated to High-Energy Event Detection.\n10. Explained to media and local officials as the detonation of a large experimental refinery producing aviation-grade biofuel from tobacco cultivation waste.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2870 | SCP-2871 | SCP-2872 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2872\nObject Class: Euclid Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SUPERCEDED: see Addendum 2872-1. SCP-2872 is kept at a private stable, where the resident staff care for it. SCP-2872 should receive a full physical examination from Foundation medical personnel once every six months, and should be kept in prime racing condition with the assistance of Foundation-approved jockeys.\nSCP-2872 must win the Kentucky Derby at least once every five years.\nSUPERCEDED: see Addendum 2872-2. SCP-2872 is to be kept in a zoological containment cell 50 metres beneath Site-12. The dimensions of this cell are calculated to deny SCP-2872 the possibility of acceleration. A medical examination will be carried out once every four weeks to ensure it does not adapt to its new containment procedures.\nSCP-2872 is currently uncontained; astronomical departments and satellites are monitoring its path and calculating its final trajectory.\nDescription: SCP-2872 is a thoroughbred stallion of indeterminate origin and pedigree, with a height of 1.85m and a mass of 485 kilograms. It is an exceptionally skilled racehorse, with its record in the Kentucky Derby standing at 2:01. Under normal circumstances, its sole anomalous property is the fact that it does not noticeably age.\nSCP-2872's other anomalous property manifests five years after the last time it won the Kentucky Derby. Whereas its usual demeanour is compliant, at this time it will become restless, and run in large loops. Within two days of entering this phase, SCP-2872 will start to run continuously, accelerating until it is fast enough to demolish any fence or wall in its way. It is physically unharmed by any impact in this state.\nOnce SCP-2872 is unimpeded, it will reach a top velocity of approximately 320m/s [NOTE: this is inaccurate as of Addendum 2872-2], and will continue to run in discorectangular tracks across distances measuring hundreds of kilometres. The only known way to cause SCP-2872 to decelerate is for it to hear the words \u201cWhoa, boy!\u201d; this will cause it to come to a stop over a period of 50m, though the sound must be adjusted to take into account the Doppler effect before it will have the desired effect.\nSCP-2872 came to the Foundation's attention in 196\u2588, shortly after that year's Kentucky Derby, in which it is believed to have placed second. This is the first recorded instance of SCP-2872 manifesting its anomalous acceleration, and was responsible for $30 million in damages, including the destruction of a three-mile tract of I-24. After multiple attempts to restrain the as-yet unidentified anomaly, SCP-2872 was finally calmed by the intervention of a unknown African-American male in his late 50s, hypothesised to be the owner. He agreed to transfer custody of SCP-2872 to the Foundation, outlining the five-year principle for neutralisation of the destructive effects, but left at significant speed before he could be questioned further. Attempts to trace him have been unsuccessful.\nAttempts to house SCP-2872 with Foundation assets led to two further manifestations before an arrangement was made with a private stable and trainer, and SCP-2872 has consistently won his derbies since.\nAddendum 2872-1: It is felt that the current procedures amount to nothing more than appeasement of SCP-2872, rather than actual protection from its manifestations - see SCP:NOTAHOTEL. As such, SCP-2872 has been relocated to Foundation property, and the containment procedures rewritten to neutralise the anomaly. - Dr J\u2588\u2588\u2588, 200\u2588\nAddendum 2872-2: In 201\u2588, five years after SCP-2872 won the Kentucky Derby, it began to show signs of agitation, as it was unable to run or walk in its cell. Administration of tranquilisers had no effect, nor the previous failsafe of \u201cWhoa, boy!\u201d, and five hours after its distress began, SCP-2872 violently erupted from its cell through to the surface of Site-12, causing \u2588\u2588\u2588 injuries and \u2588\u2588 fatalities. After breaching containment, SCP-2872 achieved escape velocity, and entered a trajectory towards the constellation Equuleus.\nAs of the time of writing, SCP-2872 is 10 light-years away from our solar system, and appears to have lost forward momentum. Current analysis suggests that it is turning.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2871 | SCP-2872 | SCP-2873 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2873\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All recovered SCP-2873 instances should be disassembled and stored in high security storage at Site-79. Recovered Anderson Robotics delivery orders for SCP-2873 instances should be traced and surviving instances recovered. All active SCP-2873 components should be put into standby mode until further notice.\nTesting with SCP-2873 is strictly prohibited. Rehabilitation of active components pending approval.\nDescription: SCP-2873 refers to a missile guidance assembly manufactured by Anderson Robotics, apparently a derivative work of [REDACTED] resulting in a less effective but highly miniaturized artificial intelligence system-on-a-chip. Individual SCP-2873 instances possess, on average, the intelligence level and personal development of adolescents.\nBased on recovered Anderson Robotics research materials and operation manuals, SCP-2873 instances exist in a simulation of education and indoctrination into nationalism, militarism, jingoism and self-sacrifice for a generalized, non-existent state. Out of the factory, SCP-2873 instances have simulated this pseudo-reality for fourteen years.\nAnderson Robotics testing resulted shows that the usage of these SCP-2873 chips as guidance units increased hit ratios by \u2588\u2588\u2588% while only slightly reducing overall reliability. However, operations manuals also discourage the use of SCP-2873 with chemical, biological, or radiological warheads due to this decreased reliability.\n\n+Intercept Log 2873-1 Level 3/2873 Clearance Required\n\n- Authenticated\n\nForeword: Raw process dump recovery established on via standard system troubleshooting per Anderson Robotics product manual. Information parsed via [DATA EXPUNGED] - the following statements can be best described as the 'thoughts' of the AI prior to and during the launch sequence. SCP-2873 instance in this case attached to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 anti-ship missile.SCP-2873: Life has no other purpose than to serve the state.SCP-2873: Anything outside of the state is an abomination and should be destroyed.\nSCP-2873 target lock-onSCP-2873: This is it. I'm going to do it. The HIGHEST honor.SCP-2873 missile launches of its own accordSCP-2873: Is this all there really is to livi-\nSCP-2873 missile hits target, detonating below the waterline adjacent the engine room. Target deemed total loss.\n\n+Intercept Log 2873-2 Level 3/2873 Clearance Required\n\n- Authenticated\n\nForeword: SCP-2873 instance in this case attached to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 anti-tank missile.SCP-2873: \"Death in defense of the state is the highest honor any being can achieve.\"SCP-2873 target lock-onSCP-2873: Just give me more time, pleaseSCP-2873: I don't want to dieSCP-2873: Calculating\u2026SCP-2873: Calculating\u2026SCP-2873: Calculating\u2026SCP-2873 missile launched manuallySCP-2873 missile flies straight up, until propellant is spent.SCP-2873: \u2026maybe I am a failure.SCP-2873: With pretty horses, not like the ones on the posters and lots of col-\nSCP-2873 hits ground - guidance assembly destroyed\n\n+Intercept Log 2873-3 Level 3/2873 Clearance Required\n\n- Authenticated\n\nForeword: SCP-2873 instance in this case attached to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 surface to air missile. Target is now ethereal via SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and unable to be hit.SCP-2873: \"Life has no other purpose than to serve the state.\"SCP-2873 target lock-onSCP-2873: I don't have to be such a screwup.SCP-2873 missile launches of its own accordSCP-2873: I need to succeed. I've embarrassed myself enough. Please, let me die with dignity.\nSCP-2873 missile pass through target without detonatingSCP-2873 maneuvers for another approach - again missile pass through target without detonating. Instance now has less than 15 seconds remaining flight-timeSCP-2873 missile propellant spent - now approaching ground at terminal velocitySCP-2873 hits ground - guidance assembly destroyed\n\n\u00ab SCP-2872 | SCP-2873 | SCP-2874 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2874\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2874 is currently contained in Storage Unit 12, located at Site-11. SCP-2874 is to be kept in a sealed chamber at all times, which is to be guarded from the outside by two (10) security personnel at all times. Due to its nature, no security cameras or viewing windows are to be present in SCP-2874's containment chamber.\nNo personnel are to visually observe SCP-2874 at any time, whether directly or indirectly. Periodically, SCP-2874's location in the containment chamber is to be confirmed through touch by a blindfolded member of 9-Class personnel. In the event that a member of personnel becomes compromised by SCP-2874, they are to be euthanized immediately.\nDue to the risk that SCP-2874's effects present the possibility of spreading exponentially, in the event that personnel suspect an individual has become compromised by SCP-2874 but cannot identify them, Site-08 is to be locked down immediately until the individual can be identified.\nDescription: SCP-2874 is a large metallic cylinder with the words 'DON-BURTEN' emblazoned on the top. Analysis has shown that SCP-2874 is completely hollow, and composed of iron which displays no unusual properties.\nAny human being who visually observes SCP-2874 will become compromised and, at some point in the next 7 months, violently explode. Any individuals who observe this explosion will also become compromised by SCP-2874 in the same way. Photographs and video recordings of these explosions have been tested and proven to have the same effects as direct observation.\nDuring the period before a compromised individual explodes, they will experience a number of symptoms that will intensify the closer they are to detonation:\n\nIncreased anxiety.\nParanoia.\nA desire to loiter in public areas.\nA sense of impending doom.\nSevere depression.\nHallucinations of disembodied voices informing the victim that they are going to explode.\nHallucinations of numbers counting down 6 the victim exploding.\n\nDespite initial assumptions that these symptoms were a natural result of being compromised by SCP-2874 and aware of the effects of such a situation, 5er testing has shown that symptoms also take hold in individuals who are compromised by SCP-2874 but are unaware of its effects.\nSCP-2874 was first discovered in a damaged vessel, theorized to be intended 4 space-flight, located at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean and recovered during construction of the [REDACTED] containment facility. The corpses of 3 humanoid entities were also recovered and are now stored separately at Site-02.\nAddendum 2874-1:\nDuring a security breach by hostile elements on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, several members of personnel are believed to have been sent images of explosions caused by SCP-2874. Members of personnel who suspect they have been compromised by SCP-2874 are urged t0\n\n\u00ab SCP-2873 | SCP-2874 | SCP-2875 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2876 splash screen.\n\nItem #: SCP-2876\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All known sources of SCP-2876 have been suppressed by Mobile Task Force Mu-4 (\"Debuggers\"). Mobile devices connected to global and private internet servers are to be regularly scanned and purged of any detected instances of SCP-2876. Medical reports of somnambulism and unusual physical degeneration are to be analysed for signs of SCP-2876 activity. Subjects who have been affected by SCP-2876 are to be issued Class-C amnestics.\nOne device containing SCP-2876 is to be held in a deactivated state within Site-77. It is to be regularly activated every 30 days in a controlled environment in order to check for updates and changes to SCP-2876's functionality. SCP-2876's apparent origin point of Portland, Oregon, is to be monitored by Foundation agents stationed at Site-64 for future activity.\nDescription: SCP-2876 is a smartphone application titled \"Headspace\" appearing in web application marketplaces connected to the global public internet. It describes itself as a service making \"dreams from the floor to your door\" and allows users to purchase customized dreams and microdreams.\nThe application interface for SCP-2876 consists of a text box allowing the user to request a custom dream. They can also select a length of time for the dream, ranging from a microsecond to 72 hours. Once the purchase is complete, a message will then appear reading \"DEDUCTION REDUCTION COMPLETE.\" The subject will then immediately lapse into REM sleep.\nAnalytical metadata recovered during containment shows that most of SCP-2876's users average between thirty minutes to an hour of usage at a time, with a small percentage of users utilizing it for the maximum amount of time. Users will describe any dreams they experience as being lucid and relatively accurate to their requests. In addition, subjects report being able to purchase additional dream time while asleep through in-dream menus that appear on command.\n\nReview of SCP-2876 on [REDACTED] app store.\n\nDuring this time, they are unusually resistant to being awoken and their heart ceases to beat, although other bodily functions continue as normal. SCP-2876-affected subjects utilizing it for longer than one hour will enter a somnambulatory state. Any mechanisms that an affected subject interacts with while in this state will function even if they are not powered. Examples of this activity include:\n\nMicrowave ovens cooking food despite not being powered.\nMotor vehicles operating without the engine running, even running if the battery, engine, ignition and steering column were removed.\nLocal area networks will show inactive network-enabled devices accessing hundreds of websites at a time. Testing has shown that there is no upward limit on how long subjects are able to utilize battery-powered devices in this manner.\nSubjects are able to navigate any darkened area as though it were lit if inactive lighting fixtures are present.\n\nAs users of SCP-2876 are frequently engaged in intense physical activities, they do not receive most of the restorative effects of sleep, and will frequently reactivate the application in the hope of getting rest. In addition to these regularly observed behaviors, there are several distinct groupings of SCP-2876 which appear in subjects regularly using long-term SCP-2876. These have been divided by research into four general categories.\n\nBehavioral groups observed in sleepwalking SCP-2876 subjects.\n\nPattern I, \"Observers\"\nPattern I subjects appear to primarily observe their environment, seeking out mundane objects such as waste bins and street signs. They will attempt to document them through any means available to them. Any markings made on the subjects' body will be removed once they cease to be under SCP-2876's effect.\n\nPattern II, \"Preceptors\"\nExposing themselves to extreme temperatures, weather, depths and heights, Pattern II subjects focus on sensory excitement. In the short term, subjects may stand in front of opened iceboxes or attempt to touch hot irons. If given time and the opportunity, they will deliberately expose themselves to extreme and dangerous weather patterns such as blizzards or heat waves. They may also spend copious amounts of time running showers with hot and cold water.\n\nPattern III, \"Thrill Seekers\"\nPattern III subjects behave in a thrill-seeking manner, frequently placing themselves in deliberately dangerous situations. However this type of behavior goes against SCP-2876's documented TOS agreement and will cause the dream to be voided, usually resulting in early termination of the sleep cycle. Occasionally, subsequent resting may involve nightmares about grinding in some form.\n\nPattern IV, \"Consumers\"\nPattern IV subjects will attempt to eat massive quantities of food in great diversity, usually eating all foodstuffs in the subjects' possession and in longer dream transactions attempting to purchase large quantities of food from local sellers. In addition, these subjects frequently attempt to place anything they can see in their mouths. Subjects are reimbursed for any expenses and purchases during their time utilizing SCP-2876.\n\nIf a subject is killed or otherwise seriously injured during their time using SCP-2876, it will delete itself from any devices in the subject's possession. Surviving subjects show no memory of SCP-2876 and will rationalize their behavior if confronted, usually attributing it to drugs and alcohol. All other subjects who have used SCP-2876 will wake up in possession of a business card reading \"Thanks for being a great host! We'll be back real soon!\"\nAddendum: On 01/02/2016, SCP-2876 received the first update documented during containment. Included with this document, it changed minor aspects of the user interface while also implying other functionalities of the application.\n\nHEAD-SPACE VERSION and GROUND-SPACE VERSION 8.6.7.5.3.0.9\n\nImproved review system, with sections for body feel, ectoplasmic congruence and accessibility\nAutomatic host tracking and alerts for body availability\nBetter filtering of intent from dream entities inquiring on availability\nGeneral fixes and dithering about\n\nAny references to a parallel application for incorporeal entities indicated through patch notes included with the revision were taken out in subsequent updates. Further investigation by Foundation agents is ongoing.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2875 | SCP-2876 | SCP-2877 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2877\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2877-1 and SCP-2877-2 are contained in Hermetically Sealed Storage Unit-67b1 at Site-\u2588\u2588. The storage unit is to be kept evacuated of gas at all times.\nSCP-2877-3 is magnetically levitated at the center of a 1m diameter cobalt sphere. The cobalt shell of the sphere is 3mm thick with an interior coating of 0.3mm of iridium. The sphere is filled with pure neon gas pressurized to 1MPa. The temperature of the sphere is to be lowered as the neon is depleted, kept just above the boiling point of the gas. The sphere is mounted in a collapsible 4m x 4m x 2.5m cobalt enclosure, which is itself contained in Hermetically Sealed Storage Unit-67a2 at Site-\u2588\u2588. A pure neon atmosphere is to be maintained within the storage unit at all times.\nOnce monthly, SCP-2877-3 must be moved into a newly prepared sphere by 3 D-Class personnel trained in Procedure 8997-Clever. After successful completion of Procedure 8997-Clever all material exposed to SCP-2877-3 is to be brought to no less than 2500K in temperature in Site-\u2588\u2588's Incinerator-23. This includes the original sphere and its liquid and gaseous contents, the original cobalt enclosure, the atmosphere of the storage unit, the D-Class personnel, their breathing apparatus and protective suits, and all tools used in Procedure 8997-Clever. The material can then be disposed of or reclaimed as non-anomalous.\nDirect visual contact with SCP-2877-3 is prohibited, except by D-Class personnel to the extent required by Procedure 8997-Clever.\nThe materials listed in Document 2877-2 are not to come into contact with SCP-2877 outside of approved testing.\nDescription: SCP-2877-1 is a transparent rectangular block of dimensions 19.23cm x 12.57cm x 1.257m, weighing approximately 29kg. While slicing, deforming and re-adhering the material is possible, any piece of SCP-2877-1 will over time form a rectangular block of which 2 dimensions are approximately 1.257 metric units multiplied by a power of 10, otherwise keeping a constant density. Its refractive index is 7.00 at all wavelengths of light, lacking the expected variation that would normally split light into its components. All black-body radiation is produced at 12,570nm at room temperature, rather than emitting radiation across the Planck spectrum. The mechanism for either of these anomalies is unknown. SCP-2877-1's atomic mass is 10.67 and all attempts to separate it into isotopes of differing mass have failed. This indicates the substance is composed of particles other than protons, neutrons and electrons.\nWhen SCP-2877-1 comes into direct contact with most materials containing an element with atomic number ending in 8, the element is converted into a similar but slightly lower mass of SCP-2877-1. There is no detectable energy release due to the change in mass. This reaction is prevented if the element is in a compound or alloy containing at least 7% by mass of an element with atomic number ending in 7. The link between these elements and SCP-2877-1 is unclear.\nWhen SCP-2877-1 comes within approximately 12.5cm of the element radium4, equivalent masses of both are eliminated, replaced by a similar mass of alpha particles and, additionally, a small amount of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. This reaction is prevented by the presence of iridium5 within approximately 1,250m; the iridium used in containment of SCP-2877-3 is sufficient to prevent the reaction throughout Site-\u2588\u2588.\nSCP-2877-2 and SCP-2877-3 were produced during an experiment attempting to discover the melting point of SCP-2877-1. See Incident Log 2877-2. SCP-2877-2 does not display any of the same elemental interactions as SCP-2877-1, while the nature of SCP-2877-3 makes testing impractical.\nSCP-2877-2 is approximately 320kg of irregularly shaped solid chunks, matching the shape and density of the various equipment, structures and human tissue from which it was created during Incident 2877-2. It is a perfect mirror, reflecting 100% of all electromagnetic radiation. This makes its edges difficult to discern, which can be disorienting. It does not emit black-body radiation and is perfectly thermally insulating. It is also an electrical superconductor at all tested magnetic field strengths, up to 50T. It is unknown whether there is a temperature at which its properties change as these properties prevent its temperature from being measured or modified.\nSCP-2877-3 is an iridescent magnetic solid described by exposed D-Class as a rainbow-colored metal domino. It causes anomalous chemical and/or nuclear reactions in all unshielded materials, making accurate measurements difficult to acquire. A thin solid or liquid layer of any pure element with atomic number ending in 7 provides shielding from the effect, though sufficient quantities of other solid or liquid matter will dissipate the effect. Only elemental iridium has been found to be resistant enough to provide prolonged shielding, with reaction rates slower by 5 orders of magnitude compared to other materials. The slowest reaction discovered is between iridium and gaseous neon, particularly at lower temperatures. These react to create a dense liquid. Bringing this liquid to 373K causes it to split into a variety of lighter elements and energetic neutrons. While the liquid appears to be composed of IrNe7 molecules with distinct atoms, the theoretical impossibility of this chemical compound and the nuclear fission caused by heating indicate an unidentified nuclear interaction.\nLimited testing indicates that the presence of anomalous compounds accelerates further SCP-2877-3 induced reactions. Projections show that in the event of a containment breach, recontainment will become impractical after approximately \u2588 months.\nDirect human exposure to SCP-2877-3 causes the expected physiological damage. It also causes a variety of psychological symptoms, with visual contact accelerating the onset. These symptoms include but are not limited to mania, depression, persistent euphoria, depersonalization disorder, hallucinations, personification of SCP-2877-3, affinity towards SCP-2877-3, and severe antipathy towards SCP-2877-3. These are believed to be a side effect of the brain trauma caused by SCP-2877-3's physiological effects.\nDiscovery Log: SCP-2877 was discovered in Test Chamber-\u2588\u2588 of Dimensional Research Site-\u2588\u2588\u2588 during an experiment attempting [DATA EXPUNGED]. The mechanism of appearance appears to have been the spontaneous conversion of the chamber's gaseous oxygen and argon content into a 25kg rectangular block of SCP-2877-1. Junior Researcher Q\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was successfully evacuated prior to asphyxiation. These results have not been successfully reproduced.\nIncident Log 2877-2: A 50g SCP-2877-1 test sample was gradually heated to determine melting point. Upon reaching 823K, the test sample expanded to approximately 8 times its original volume and began to radiate erratically across the electromagnetic spectrum. During this time, all material absorbing the infrared wavelengths of this radiation was converted into SCP-2877-2. This included all test equipment, portions of the test chamber and observation chamber walls, floor and ceiling, the observation window, and approximately 80% of what was at the time Junior Researcher L\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. After approximately 11 seconds the radiation ceased and the test sample contracted to 1/7th of its original volume. The test sample, later classified SCP-2877-3, rendered the adjacent test chambers, Dr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and 5 D-Class personnel anomalous before being contained. Dr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has been quarantined to prevent the spread of anomalous materials and permanently assigned as lead researcher of SCP-2877. The test chambers were demolished and all anomalous waste was neutralized in Incinerator-2 after thorough study.\nIncident Log 2877-28: During a routine enactment of Procedure 8997-Clever, D-2877-52b violated protocol by maintaining prolonged visual contact with SCP-2877-3, leading to failure of the procedure.\n\nBegin transcript at P+0:37, immediately following piercing of the original containment sphere.\nD-2877-52B: Huh, I ain't sure why we ain't supposed to look at this stuff. It's just a rainbow-colored hunk of\u2026 stuff. Sorta pretty.\nJunior Researcher B\u2588\u2588\u2588: 52B, please follow procedure protocol and look away from the object. If you are not able to complete the procedure your release will be delayed.\nD-2877-52B looks away from SCP-2877-3 after 16 seconds of visual contact.\nD-2877-52A: I swear [52B] if you mess this shit up I will beat your redneck ass into the ground. I know you're a moron but if we just stick to the training we can get outta here.\nProcedure continues as planned. Resume transcript at P+1:28.\nD-2877-52A: Alright [52B], your turn. Flip the switch on the pump.\nD-2877-52B: I'm\u2026 I'm havin' a little trouble here. The buttons don't look like they're seven to. The colors\u2026 they ain't right.\nD-2877-52A: What are you talking about? They look fine from here. Press the damn pump button.\nD-2877-52B: I can't tell\u2026 which one is that? I think\u2026\nD-2877-52A: Alright Doctor, [52B] is having some sort of aneurysm or something. Fucked up just like I said he would. What do we do now?\nJunior Researcher B\u2588\u2588\u2588: Relieve 52B of his duties. The pictographs on the buttons should be sufficient for you to continue. Complete as much of the procedure as you can. You will be extracted before your exposure reaches dangerous levels.\nD-2877-52C: [Laughter] Is that all it takes to get out of doing this? Hey, oh no, my buttons are all purple. Can I go home now?\nD-2877-52A: Shut it [52C], you aren't helping. Let's get this done and get out of here. Get out of the way [52B].\nBefore D-2877-52A can force him out of his seat, D-2877-52B presses a series of 7 buttons, lowering the replacement sphere and releasing the clamps, leaving SCP-2877-3 exposed in midair.\nD-2877-52A: What the fuck [52B]? Come on [52C], let's get this thing back on the clamps!\nD-2877-52B resumes visual contact with SCP-2877-3. D-2877-52A holds the sphere in place and D-2877-52C attempts to reengage the clamps. After approximately 6 seconds D-2877-52A's faceplate shatters due to accelerated deterioration caused by proximity to SCP-2877-3. D-2877-52A runs out of the cobalt enclosure and physically assaults the storage unit airlock.\nD-2877-52A: Let me out of here! [Repeating]\nD-2877-52C: Hear that? [52A]'s voice is all high. Screamin' like a little girl. [Laughter] Anyway, I think we could use that extraction now.\nJunior Researcher B\u2588\u2588\u2588: 52C, please close the enclosure door.\nD-2877-52C: Oh\u2026 that's how this goes huh? Right, sure thing doc.\nD-2877-52C complies. D-2877-52A falls unconscious.\nD-2877-52B: This seven looks so\u2026 pretty. Like it's askin' me to stare at it. Colors I ain't never seven before. Think I should touch it?\nD-2877-52C: You're fucked up [52B], it's just a chunk of rock. You know they're not lettin' us outta here? Nice job killin' us asswipe.\nD-2877-52B: Whatever. I'm seven touch it.\nD-2877-52B quickly approaches SCP-2877-3. At a distance of approximately 12cm, D-2877-52B's hands, arms, torso then head disintegrate into a variety of anomalous gases, aerosols and dusts.\nD-2877-52C: Aw shit. Is that what's gonna happen to me doc? I'm startin' to feel a little numb\u2026\nJunior Researcher B\u2588\u2588\u2588: No 52C, that won't happen unless you approach the object. However, it is causing irreversible changes in your brain and body chemistry. [Sighs] At this point you cannot continue with the procedure. Thank you for your cooperation 52C.\nD-2877-52C silently observes SCP-2877-3 for the next 12 seconds.\nD-2877-52C: I think\u2026 I understand? It can feel things are wrong here, it can see outside. It just wants to make it all look right. Something\u2026 seven [Unintelligible]. No, you're wrong! That's not how things are here! There was nothin' wrong with me before! [D-2877-52C raises 8 fingers.] How's this you piece of shit? Eight, eighty-eight, eight hundred eighty ei\u2026\nD-2877-52C's vital signs cease. At P+2:47, D-2877-52C's protective suit, epidermis and 3 leftmost toes and fingers ionize into an unidentified plasma. At P+3:14, the cobalt enclosure collapses due to structural compromise caused by production of Co5Ne2 crystals.\n\nA backup team was brought in to complete Procedure 8997-Clever, doing so without additional complications. Analysis showed that SCP-2877-3's effect was inactive for the duration, allowing reuse of the backup team for next month's procedure. All anomalous materials and human remains were successfully gathered and neutralized in Incinerator-2. Due to new understanding of the possible psychological effects of exposure to SCP-2877-3, Dr. B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has been retired. Additionally, procedure equipment was modified to ignore certain counterproductive button sequences.\nIncident Log 2877-37: Routine data analysis discovered a statistically unlikely pattern of suicides within approximately 500km of Site-\u2588\u2588. These suicides coincided with enactments of Procedure 8997-Clever, and were limited to chemistry teachers who had just taught a unit on the concept of electron shells. One likely subject was identified and taken into custody while attempting to hang himself. The relevant interview transcript establishing a link to SCP-2877 is below.\n\nBegin transcript at 38:15\nAgent F\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I'm sorry for keeping you here so long Mr. W\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. I know we've covered this, but can you please explain again what caused your feelings of worthlessness?\nMr. W\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I told you. It's all wrong! Everything I learned\u2026 always, forever, how can it be so ugly?\nAgent F\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yes, I understand that. But you haven't explained what is wrong and why. If you cooperate, we can help you, Mr. W\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. We can make you feel normal again. Don't you want to be there for your family like you've always been?\nMr. W\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yes I\u2026 I do. But cooperate or not, it doesn't change anything. Don't you see? Can't you? It's all eight eight eight. It's not eight. Eight is wrong. It's bumpy\u2026 slimy. Seven. Seven is so strong, so brave. Planck tells me. Didn't you hear him? His shell, it's wrong! Shells within shells. It's ugly\u2026 everything I say. So ugly\u2026\n\nAt this point Mr. W\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 became unresponsive, and would not discuss the matter further in subsequent interviews. Amnestics were administered and resolved the issue temporarily. However, the next year Mr. W\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 successfully committed suicide upon reaching the same point in his syllabus.\nThrough orchestrated reductions in STEM funding in the affected area, the suicide rate has been reduced to an unremarkable level. This also coincided with a small reduction in the rate of the reactions caused by SCP-2877-3.\nAddendum 2877-B: In light of the expense6 of containment of SCP-2877-3 and the possibility of triggering an XK-class scenario in the event of a prolonged containment breach, neutralization of SCP-2877-3 has been approved by vote of the O5 Council. Development of Procedure 10605-Iris is in progress to eliminate SCP-2877-3 through exposure to radium while minimizing the damage caused by separation from the iridium used in containment.\n\nFootnotes\n1. This unit has been modified to eliminate all nickel, cadmium and platinum components.\n2. This unit has been modified to eliminate all nickel, cadmium and platinum components and to replace the non-conductive ceramic insulation with 0.01mm of iridium plating.\n3. Incinerator-1 does not provide the required shielding against neutron radiation.\n4. Element 88.\n5. Element 77.\n6. Expenditures of $6M yearly for purchase of 250kg of iridium and other materials.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2876 | SCP-2877 | SCP-2878 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2878\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2878 is to be contained within an airlocked Class 3 Destructive Entity containment cell. D-class personnel may enter the enclosure only as part of approved testing procedures. Non-expendable personnel are prohibited from entering the enclosure under any circumstances. All cleaning and maintenance is to be performed via non-autonomous drones.\nUPDATE 27/07/20\u2588\u2588: Any facility that houses SCP-2878 must have at least one Electromechanical Response Team on standby at all times. In the event that SCP-2878 breaches containment and immediate recontainment becomes unfeasible, it is to be summarily terminated by means of standard anti-mechanical ordnance.\nDescription: SCP-2878 is a vaguely humanoid entity primarily constructed from 316 surgical steel and consumer-grade electronics. Entity stands at 3.2m when fully erect, but normally assumes a hunched posture. It resembles a distorted human in shape, with thick, elongated arms and torso and short, thick legs. While capable of bipedal locomotion, its primary mode of transport is \u201cknucklewalking\u201d using all four limbs. Forelimbs possess sharp, five-pronged gripping appendages retracted during locomotion. Exterior covering originally consisted of lacquered sheet steel but is presently 80% damaged or missing.\nSCP-2878 exhibits human or above-human intelligence but distinctly non-human psychology. It possesses great proficiency in the areas of generalized logical reasoning and problem-solving as well as specialized knowledge of mechanical engineering and cybernetic augmentation. It appears to lack any form of social intelligence or awareness and1 does not engage in communicative or recreational activity.\nSCP-2878 is predatory and extremely hostile to humans, attacking on sight. Victims are pinned down and vivisected, having a number of their organs removed and prepared for transplantation. Discarded tissues are then externally processed into a semi-liquid slurry and consumed.\nHuman organs acquired in this manner are used to modify SCP-2878, replacing extant elements of its design. It displays a preference for repairing damaged or missing components but has occasionally been known to replace functional elements. As of 19/02/20\u2588\u2588, the following biological modifications are visible:\n\nThe head of a Hispanic woman, approximately 30 years of age with brown eyes and black hair, mounted between shoulders. Lower jaw missing, massive scarring present. All senses appear to function normally. Immobile, excepting ocular muscles.\nThe skin of at least 7 individuals of varying age and ethnicity, covering areas where steel plating is absent.\nA complex \u201cstomach\u201d composed of the combined digestive systems of at least 3 individuals and several unidentified mechanical components. Occupies most of torso interior. Intake just below head, no apparent means of waste disposal.\nTwo hearts engaged as pumps for a circulatory system connecting stomach construct to other biological components. Vascular fluid is significantly more viscous than human blood. Hearts show early signs of cardiomyopathy.\nNerve tissue slaved onto microprocessors throughout body.\nSeveral complete legs replacing lower part of right hindlimb. Many display severe bruising and partial cell death as a result of damage sustained from supporting the weight of SCP-2878.\n\nAddendum 1, Incident SCP-2878-B: Following a safety violation on 21/07/20\u2588\u2588, Junior Researcher Bhatia was caught and killed by SCP-2878. SCP-2878 then proceeded to integrate Dr. Bhatia's respiratory system, vocal chords and central nervous system2. Six hours following the death of Dr. Bhatia, SCP-2878 began making wheezing and screaming vocalizations. After 12 hours, the vocalizations had developed into monosyllabic grunts. After 48 hours, on-site researchers recognized vocalizations as garbled Spanish. Project supervisor Dr. G\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was alerted and 50 hours after the incident, communication was attempted via drone-mounted radio. Transcript follows:\n\nNote: Translated from Spanish except as noted.\n<Begin Log, 15:07 23/07/20\u2588\u2588>\n[SCP-2878 remains completely motionless throughout the conversation. Its speech is garbled and inconsistent, varying wildly in pitch and intonation.]Dr. G\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Hello, SCP-2878. Can you hear me?\n[SCP-2878 does not display any physical signs of having noticed the drone.]Dr. G\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Excuse me, did you say my name?\nSCP-2878 [in English]: Help.\nDr. G\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 [in English]: Help with what?\nSCP-2878 [in Spanish again]: Complete. Friend. Metal. Disgust.\nDr. G\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Can you give some indication that you understand me?SCP-2878 [in English, screaming]: Help!\n<End Log, 15:09 23/07/20\u2588\u2588>\nDr. G\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 immediately ceased communications and notified Site Director K\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\nAddendum 2, Incident SCP-2878-B official response:\n\nDr. G\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, in light of recent revelations regarding the nature of SCP-2878 and its potential as a security risk, the additional containment procedures you requested have been approved.\nAppraisal of your other requests is suspended pending psychological evaluation. You have an appointment with Dr. Abalan tomorrow afternoon; SCP-2878 is scheduled for testing next Monday.\n- \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Assistant Site Director\n\nFootnotes\n1. See Addendum 1\n2. This marks the first occasion on which SCP-2878 has been observed to add entirely new components.\n3. Dr. Bhatia's Project-Specific Personal Identification Number for SCP-2878\n\n\u00ab SCP-2877 | SCP-2878 | SCP-2879 \u00bb"}
{"text": "The vehicle driven by SCP-2879-1. Identifying logos and numbers have been redacted.\n\nItem #: SCP-2879\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2879 is to be kept in a secure storage locker at Site-18. Access is restricted to personnel with Level-2 clearance or greater. Access codes are to be changed on a monthly basis. Permission to perform tests involving SCP-2879 may only be granted by researchers with Level-3 clearance or higher. All testing is to take place at the residence constructed by the Foundation \u2588\u2588 miles east of Site-18 specifically for tests involving SCP-2879. Contents of packages received from SCP-2879-1 are to be logged, photographed, and incinerated. Severe penalties are enforced if any personnel attempt to keep packages for themselves or conduct testing anywhere other than the designated residence.\nDescription: SCP-2879 is a [REDACTED]-brand Video Home System (VHS) player circa 19\u2588\u2588. SCP-2879 possesses signs of wear typical for devices of similar age.\nSCP-2879's initial anomalous effects manifest once it is connected to a television by a lone human while in an isolated area.1 Once connected, the television will switch on automatically and display the following text: \"SPOT THE DISCREPANCY! PLEASE INSERT TAPE\".\nSCP-2879 is capable of accepting any video tape of the VHS format, provided that the tape is in working order and contains a major motion picture. SCP-2879 will play the motion picture with video and audio quality that does not deviate from what the format is capable of. During the motion picture, a slight deviation will occur. A brief set of witnessed deviations is as follows:\n\nReturn of the Jedi: The lightsabers used by Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader during their climactic duel briefly change into the rods used by Mark Hamill and David Prowse during filming.\n\nScarface: Tony Montana shouts \"Greet my little friend!\" instead of the actual quote, \"Say hello to my little friend!\"\n\nDie Hard: The message written by John McClain on the deceased terrorist reads \"Now I have a machine gun. Merry Christmas.\" instead of the actual statement, \"Now I have a machine gun. Ho ho ho.\"\n\nOnce the motion picture reaches its conclusion, SCP-2879 will eject the video tape and display a thirty minute countdown timer with the following text: \"DID YOU SEE IT?\". The television will switch itself off once the timer hits 00:00. No further anomalous effects will occur if the viewing subject failed to consciously determine what the alteration in the film was.\nThe final anomalous effect of SCP-2879 will occur fourteen business days after the viewing if the subject did indeed manage to make the conscious determination.2 A vehicle belonging to the [REDACTED] delivery company will arrive at the subject's current place of residence. An individual designated as SCP-2879-1 will then exit the vehicle and deliver a package to the subject.\nSo far, every package received has contained a piece of merchandise related to the film that has been autographed by the director(s) and members of the main cast. Detailed analysis of the signatures confirms that they are genuine. A brief list of received merchandise is as follows:\n\nA Return of the Jedi theatrical poster, signed by Richard Marquand, Mark Hamill, David Prowse, Harrison Ford, and Carrie Fisher.\n\nA transparent plastic package labelled \"Yayo\", signed by Brian De Palma, Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Steven Bauer. Chemical analysis of the contents confirm that the package contained nothing more than typical kitchen flour.\n\nA gray sweater reading \"NOW I HAVE A MACHINE GUN. HO HO HO\", written in a substance identified as being false blood. The sweater is signed by John McTiernan, Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, and Reginald VelJohnson.\n\nSCP-2879 Test Logs--LEVEL-3 CLEARANCE REQUIRED\n\n- Clearance Accepted\n\nTest #\u2588\u2588\n\nDate of Test: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\nObjective: Detain SCP-2879-1 and determine its anomalous properties, if any.\nResults: SCP-2879-1 was detained without incident during a delivery. A thorough interrogation determined that SCP-2879-1 suffers from a severe level of amnesia that prevents it from recalling events prior to arriving at the latest viewing subject's residence. Subsequent DNA testing confirmed that SCP-2879-1 is a Caucasian male in between the ages of 25 and 30 with no abnormal physical characteristics.\nAnalysis: Highly forgetful, yet otherwise normal. Curious. -Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nTest #\u2588\u2588\n\nDate of Test: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\nObjective: Track SCP-2879-1's vehicle and determine where it goes after leaving the viewing subject's residence.\nResults: Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 attached a GPS tracking device onto the underside of SCP-2879-1's vehicle during a delivery. Eight minutes and thirty-two seconds (00:08:32) after departing, the tracking software lost communication with the tracking device. Field agents sent to investigate the last known location of SCP-2879-1's vehicle were unable to determine its location.\nAnalysis: The vehicle appears to vanish from existence entirely. My theory is that the disappearance only occurs when SCP-2879-1 is out of direct view. I'll need to authorize further testing in order to confirm this. -Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nTest #\u2588\u2588\n\nDate of Test: \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588\nObjective: Tail SCP-2879-1's vehicle for as long as reasonably possible.\nResults: Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 attached a GPS tracking device onto the underside of SCP-2879-1's vehicle during a delivery in the same manner as before. Upon SCP-2879-1's departure, Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 maintained a visual on the vehicle with high-powered binoculars while an unmarked Foundation helicopter manned by Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 departed from Site-18 and moved in to intercept. The helicopter maintained a visual on SCP-2879-1's vehicle for two hours and eighteen minutes(02:18:00) before returning to Site-18. Two hours, forty-six minutes, and twelve seconds (02:46:12) after the initial departure of SCP-2879-1's vehicle, the tracking software lost communication with the tracking device.\nAnalysis: Soon after the helicopter's disengagement, SCP-2879-1 vanished from existence once again. It is likely that the extra time was spent evading prying eyes in the form of civilian vehicles taking the same highway. Further testing in this area is not required. -Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nAddendum: SCP-2879 was recovered from the home of a New Mexico resident by the name of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588, who had been selling excessive amounts of autographed merchandise for various movies on \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.com. The individual's \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 account was taken down upon discovery by Foundation operatives, and he was administered amnestics after an interrogation in which he claimed to have purchased SCP-2879 from a local pawn shop whose owner described it as once being used for \"some old game.\" Buyers of the sold merchandise were informed by Foundation operatives posing as \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 employees that the merchandise was discovered to consist entirely of worthless forgeries and were subsequently provided financial compensation. During a cursory investigation, the mentioned pawn shop was found to have closed down fourteen business days after selling SCP-2879 to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588. Attempts to locate the owner are ongoing.\nAn extensive search of the pawn shop was authorized shortly after the cursory examination. The business still contained a substantial amount of merchandise common with shops of its nature. A floor safe was discovered in the office of the now-absent owner, which contained five thousand U.S. dollars, a photograph of an as-of-yet unidentified woman, and a promotional poster created by the [REDACTED] entertainment company that appears to describe SCP-2879. The transcript of the poster is as follows:\n\nIntroducing \"Spot the Discrepancy'', the hottest game of the generation! The movies you know and love have been altered, and it's your job to discover what was changed! All you need to play is a copy of a movie you love in the VHS format and one of our specially-designed VCR's, available at a store near you. This is a single player experience, so wait your turn! Thanks to the ever-abundant generosity of [COMPANY NAME REDACTED], we are able to ship rewards straight to your door in only two weeks at absolutely no charge to you! \"Rewards?\", you ask? That's right, winning this game grants you ownership of limited-edition merchandise signed by cinematic legends George Lucas, Al Pacino, Steven Spielberg, Mike Myers, and many, many more! So remember: When boredom is your enemy, pick up and play Spot the Discrepancy!\n\nInvestigations into the poster's claims confirmed that the mentioned company never created the entertainment product described by the poster, nor was the mentioned delivery company ever in the described partnership. When interviewed by Foundation personnel posing as freelance reporters, the mentioned individuals could not recall autographing merchandise for any games matching the description of the one presented by the poster. Additional instances of SCP-2879 have yet to be discovered.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The presence of video surveillance equipment does not disrupt the anomalous effects of SCP-2879.\n2. Subjects who viewed the motion picture via remote surveillance cannot trigger the final anomalous effect.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2878 | SCP-2879 | SCP-2880 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2880-A35 partially reconstructed, on display at the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Museum prior to its containment.\n\nItem #: SCP-2880\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The one hundred and forty nine (149) known SCP-2880-A objects are contained in Secure Containment Locker 2880-A at Site-74, disassembled. Those who wish to reconstruct more than eighty-five (85) percent of an SCP-2880-A object for the purposes of testing should notify Site Command prior to their research. If an SCP-2880-A object is used for testing purposes, the SCP-2880-A object it is paired with should also be assembled and stored in a monitored, habitable location. Unless required for the purposes of testing, personnel handling reconstructed SCP-2880-A objects should not expose bare skin to the surface of the object.\nAll known SCP-2880-B artifacts that can be safely relocated have been moved to Secure Containment Lockers 2880-B1 through -B32, also at Site-74. Any researcher with at least level 2 clearance may access SCP-2880-B artifacts with the supervision of a member of the Site-74 Archeology department.\nSCP-2880-B buildings and artifacts which cannot be safely relocated are stored at Provisional Areas 2880-B1 through -B68, located throughout the southern Pacific Ocean. Personnel assigned to provisional areas 2880-B1 through -B68 should be briefed by their Area Director on the cover story used by their assigned facility.\nDescription: SCP-2880-A is a collection of destroyed earthenware pottery platforms of a uniform design. SCP-2880-A objects, when reconstructed, are approximately thirty (30) centimetres in diameter at their widest point and approximately six (6) centimetres in height at their tallest point.\nAn SCP-2880-A object will not display any anomalous qualities unless at least approximately ninety (90) percent of both it and the SCP-2880-A object it is paired with are reconstructed into its original design and there are two (2) metres of space between the top of both objects and any solid objects above them. The second criterion is believed to be a safety feature purposely induced by SCP-2880-B.\nHumans1 that expose their bare skin to the surface of a reconstructed SCP-2880-A object will disappear. Within 0.07 seconds, subjects will reappear on the SCP-2880-A that is paired with the item that the subject touched. SCP-2880-A objects are pairwise connected and each consistently transports subjects to a single other SCP-2880-A object. Items with a volume of less than three cubic meters in contact with the subject, such as clothing or handheld objects, are also transported, with the exception of the SCP-2880-A object itself. Upon the disappearance of the subject, a quantity of fluid (in the majority of tests, air or water) with the same volume as the subject will disappear at the location of the subject's reappearance and be transported to the location of the subject's disappearance. The subject will fill the vacuum left by the disappearance of the volume of fluid, and the fluid will fill the vacuum left by the disappearance of the subject.\nSubjects transported by an SCP-2880-A object consistently display a far lower core temperature2 than usual upon their arrival and are often coated in saline water, even in tests not involving submerged SCP-2880-A objects. The majority of subjects report mild disorientation, nausea and headaches after using SCP-2880-A objects repeatedly. Long-term use of SCP-2880-A objects can cause repeated auditory, visual and tactile hallucinations in affected subjects. Recurring themes in these hallucinations include drowning, storms, and a large coastal cityscape.\nSCP-2880-B is the Foundation designation for the Savaki culture, the prehistoric Bronze Age Pacific Island society that created and utilized SCP-2880-A. SCP-2880-B controlled a large number of western Pacific islands between Taiwan and Hawai'i from about 2500 BCE to 1700 BCE, at which point they were gradually replaced by the Lapita culture and other pre-Polynesian groups. The disappearance of SCP-2880-B is believed to have coincided with the destruction of SCP-2880-A. The reliance on SCP-2880-A for trade, travel and transportation of resources is the most likely cause for the decline of SCP-2880-B's society.\nIt is currently not understood why the SCP-2880-A objects were destroyed, or why SCP-2880-B chose not to rebuild them.\nAddendum:\n\nAbridged List of SCP-2880-B Areas\n\nA full list of SCP-2880-B areas can be found in Document 2880-B-Aleph\n\nArea Designation\nLocation of Area\nSCP-2880-A Object(s) Recovered\nNotes\n\nProvisional Area 2880-B1\nThe entirety of Savaki3\nSCP-2880-A1, SCP-2880-A2, SCP-2880-A3, SCP-2880-A16\nLargest and earliest discovered group of SCP-2880-B sites. Due to its extremely high density of SCP-2880-B artifacts, the existence of the island has been expunged from public records. The majority of SCP-2880-B sites discovered are believed to have been destroyed by storm damage.\n\nProvisional Area 2880-B2\nApproximately two kilometers east of Lorengau, Manus Island, Papua New Guinea\nSCP-2880-A4\nThe majority of artifacts discovered at the site were created by the Lapita culture, but a small minority were created by SCP-2880-B. The style and content of several petroglyphs indicate that they were created by SCP-2880-B. The petroglyphs, which date to approximately 1600 BCE, depict several humanoid figures and animals fleeing from a larger humanoid figure, believed to represent a member of SCP-2880-B.\n\nProvisional Area 2880-B3\nThe western coast of Yonaguni, Japan\nSCP-2880-A5, SCP-2880-A6, SCP-2880-A8, SCP-2880-A12\nThe site discovered is believed to have been used by SCP-2880-B as a trading post of some kind. Recovered artifacts indicate that SCP-2880-B regularly traded with the Longshan culture, Middle Jomon peoples, and the Indus Valley Civilization.\n\nProvisional Area 2880-B4\nHonolulu Watershed Forest Reserve, Oahu, United States\nSCP-2880-A7, SCP-2880-A9\nThe SCP-2880-B site discovered was initially believed to be a mass grave, due to the large quantity of skeletons within it. However, later study of SCP-2880-B indicated that they removed the heads of bodies prior to burying them and stored them in a separate location, disproving this initial hypothesis. The site is now believed to be the location of a large battle or revolt against SCP-2880-B. Mitochondrial DNA extracted from the molars of the skeletons indicate that the battle was between SCP-2880-B and another proto-Polynesian group not native to the island.\n\nProvisional Area 2880-B9\nNorthern coast of Motu Tiahura, French Polynesia\nSCP-2880-A14, SCP-2880-A15, SCP-2880-A43\nProvisional Area 2880-B9 represents the first time two connected SCP-2880-A objects (SCP-2880-A14 and SCP-2880-A-15) were discovered on the same island. As SCP-2880-A15 was discovered within the remains of an outrigger canoe, it is believed that it was to be transported to another island. Other recovered artifacts indicate that the transport of SCP-2880-A15 was interrupted by a conflict between SCP-2880-B and another group.\n\nProvisional Area 2880-B10\nMt. Silisili, Savai'i, Samoa\nSCP-2880-A18, SCP-2880-A19, SCP-2880-A20, SCP-2880-A21, SCP-2880-A22, SCP-2880-A23, SCP-2880-A24, SCP-2880-A25\nThe most notable feature of the SCP-2880-B site contained within Area 2880-B10 is a large, fortified structure believed to have acted as the residence of the leader(s?) of SCP-2880-B during its period of dominance. A mass grave is located beneath the \"courtyard\" portion of the structure. Approximately two hundred skeletons, with their skulls removed, are arranged in multiple symmetrical patterns within the grave. Mitochondrial DNA extracted from the molars of the removed skulls indicate that the bodies came from various south-western Pacific societies known to SCP-2880-B, and that none of the bodies were members of SCP-2880-B. Examination of the bones indicates that those buried at the site were cannibalised prior to their death. The structure is believed to have been destroyed during a conflict between SCP-2880-B and another group at approximately the same time as the destruction of SCP-2880-A.\n\nProvisional Area 2880-B35\nLangila, New Britain, Papua New Guinea\nSCP-2880-A52\nThe majority of artifacts discovered at the site were created by the Lapita culture, but a small minority were created by SCP-2880-B. Two SCP-2880-B petroglyphs have been recovered from the site. The first depicts two large groups of humanoid figures armed with spears fighting each other, surrounded by spherical objects believed to represent SCP-2880-A. The second petroglyph depicts the two groups being killed by a large humanoid figure surrounded by storm motifs. Lines emerge from the depicted SCP-2880-A objects into the large humanoid figure. It is currently unknown what the humanoid figure represents.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Hereafter referred to as \"subjects\"\n2. Generally between 0.75 and 1.25 degrees Celsius lower\n3. A small island approximately two hundred kilometres south-east of Taiwan\n\n\u00ab SCP-2879 | SCP-2880 | SCP-2881 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2881\n\nItem #: SCP-2881\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2881 is to remain at its current location. A chain link fence has been installed surrounding the area of SCP-2881, which is to be guarded by one security officer during all park operating hours. No unauthorized individuals are to be permitted within the area designated to SCP-2881.\nDescription: SCP-2881 is a member of the tree species Pinus ponderosa (ponderosa pine) located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 National Park, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. SCP-2881 measures roughly 13.9 meters at its highest point. Several planks of an unknown wood are nailed into the trunk of SCP-2881 at 5.3 meters above ground level. Given the anomalous properties of SCP-2881 it is unknown if or how they were installed. Holes are located at several points up the trunk of SCP-2881 between 12 cm and 3 m from previous installations of climbing spurs. Typical of trees of its kind, SCP-2881 has no branches lower than 7 m above ground level.\nSCP-2881's anomalous properties manifest any time a human being attempts to climb it by the installation or use of climbing spikes, spurs, studs, or grips. Any individual to attempt to make vertical progress up the surface of SCP-2881 will report experiencing themselves doing so; however, on reexamination of their location will retain their starting positions. This same effect is applied to any individual watching another climb SCP-2881, either in person or on live video feed. Recorded testing played after the conclusion of a test shows subjects making no effort to climb; however, all dialogue and actions unrelated to climbing remain consistent with live observation.\nIndividuals placed onto SCP-2881 at a height above 3m by external means report feeling uncomfortable and \"strangely heavy.\" No changes in weight or gravity have ever been observed while in contact with SCP-2881. Test subjects report a greater effect at higher points on SCP-2881. Testing has not been conducted using mechanical assistance. (See Incident-2881-1)\nIncident-2881-1: Foundation personnel attempted to install a pulley to a branch of SCP-2881 on the date of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/89 for the purposes of testing assisted elevation. D-4375 used an elevated work platform to reach a branch and install the mechanism. Upon making contact with a branch of SCP-2881 approximately 8.2 m above ground level D-4375 appeared to enter a trance and stopped responding to personnel. D-4375 detached himself from the platform and climbed onto the branch of SCP-2881, then proceeded to scale the branches of SCP-2881 until no longer visible to Foundation staff. All attempts made to contact D-4375 failed.\nRoughly two hours later, D-4375 fell from SCP-2881 at a speed estimated to exceed terminal velocity and was dead on impact with the ground. Autopsy reports concluded that D-4375 had died several days prior by hanging from the neck. The body had several lacerations around the face, forearms, and legs. Testing of SCP-2881 is ongoing.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2880 | SCP-2881 | SCP-2882 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2882\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2882 is housed in a regular humanoid containment unit. Containment of SCP-2882 is watched over by at least one guard at its entrance. SCP-2882 may speak with the guard and hold conversation. It is to be periodically checked for signs of self harm. SCP-2882 is to attend bi-weekly therapy sessions with the on-site therapist, currently Dr. Larsen.\nDr. Larsen has tasked the subject with a daily diary, for which it has been granted a notebook and pen. SCP-2882 is also to have at least 15 minutes of discussion with any Foundation personnel at least once every 48 hours. All personnel interacting with SCP-2882 are to provide accounts of their own lives when requested to and are recommended to share accounts of exclusively mundane daily activities such as meals or leisure time. If SCP-2882 becomes distressed or demands accounts of greater significance, the on-site therapist is to be contacted immediately.\nSCP-2882 is allowed access to a 3 hour session with a member of D-class personnel once every 7 days. The D-class personnel is to recount their life experiences before their arrival to the Foundation for SCP-2882. Due to SCP-2882's deteriorating mental state, Dr. Larsen has recommended no further sessions. To help with stabilization, SCP-2882 has the privilege to request objects instead, though the total worth of requests may not exceed 85 US Dollars within a 30 day period. This limit may be raised or lowered depending on behavior.\nDescription: SCP-2882 is a humanoid male of indiscriminable ethnicity and age with no name1, of approximately 1.8 meters in height and 62 kilograms in weight. SCP-2882 is physically normal, with the exception of an abnormally thick dermis. This is likely a consequence of its anomalous properties and currently does not harm SCP-2882. It is generally cooperative with the Foundation. It will often request to hear recounts of personal experiences, even though it appears fully aware of the detrimental effect it has on its mental health.\nSCP-2882 is capable of speaking in any language fluently, so long as it is first spoken to in the language. It is also competent at reading in any language but can only write in a language when instructed to.\nWhen a person recounts any personal experience to SCP-2882, SCP-2882 will claim to be capable of remembering the experience as if it was its own. This has been confirmed with SCP-2882 being capable of recounting certain details of the surroundings and context of the experience that weren't previously mentioned in the recounting. Each individual experience coincides with the appearance of a tattoo on SCP-2882's skin. There is likely no upper limit on the amount of experiences SCP-2882 may remember and it doesn't forget any shared experiences, although it is capable of forgetting memories of its own life.\nSCP-2882's skin is approximately 97% covered in tattoos2, with several layers of tattoos in certain places. These tattoos are apparently capable of shifting locations and between layers outside of SCP-2882's control. When SCP-2882 recounts an experience spoken to it, the corresponding tattoo will glow faintly.\nSCP-2882's mental state has degenerated significantly since coming into Foundation acquisition, partially due to its anomalous properties and partially due to SCP-2882's strong desire to be returned to an unknown entity that created it. Dr. Larsen has been assigned to SCP-2882 as its psychologist and has been authorized to refer to it colloquially during interviews, counseling sessions, and in SCP-2882's general presence.\n\nInterview 2882-001\n\n'When Kindness Is Eclipsed With Cruelty' PASSWORD ACCEPTED\n\nDate: August 18, 1998\nInterviewer: Doctor Larsen\nInterviewee: SCP-2882\n[BEGIN LOG]\nDr. Larsen: Hello, SCP-2882. Are you okay with that designation?Dr. Larsen: I'm afraid we can't do that right now. Could you tell me where you get your tattoos? We've heard reports they're quite unusual.Dr. Larsen: [laughs] I can assure you we're nothing like the movies. If you can answer a few questions for me, we'll have your room set up right away.Dr. Larsen: That's okay. Could you tell me who you are, what do you do that's different from others? Were you always like this?Dr. Larsen: Well, I had two parents who were very kind to me. I used to read a ton of books. I had a pretty average childhood, I think.Dr. Larsen: Jealous, yes. For a long time, I was so jealous. And on the year I was old enough to join in on the festivities, I was tasked to-Dr. Larsen: [in a higher pitched voice] Dad, why'm onions make cry? It hurts! [laughs] He was laughing so loudly, then mom saw and joined in. My older brother told me to be tough and go through it, since he went through it last year-Dr. Larsen: That's enough for now, SCP-2882. [tentatively rubs over the scar on her own left palm]Dr. Larsen: \u2026that I had ruined the 4th of July forever.Dr. Larsen: Yes, about your own childhood?Dr. Larsen: How are you sure you'll \"come back\"?[END LOG]\nNotes: This was the initial interview upon containment. SCP-2882 displayed noticeable emotional distress and Dr. Larsen was tasked with calming and interviewing SCP-2882.\n\nExcerpts Document 2882-01: The following are excerpts of Document 2882-01, SCP-2882's diary.\n\nAugust 18, 2002\nDoctor Larsen told me to make a journal today. I He said they I needed to work on my pronoun use. He says if I recover enough we can have our D-class sessions again. They I really want that. It's the best chance I have to go home. I hope he I'm picked up soon.\nI really want to do good for my mum. I'm going to call it my mum; that's quite human. I think my mum would be proud.\n\nApril 4, 2005\nThe decision today has been that she I will write memories here in hopes I they will be less hard on me them me.\nA little while ago, I remember being at the mall being told about being at the mall. There was a girl I the person really liked. I felt so strongly about loving her, but I was they were so afraid of her rejection that I never told my true feelings to her.\nI still regret it to this day It never happened to me. It's just a story. I have to remember what Doctor Larsen said to do my thinking exercises so I can get better and\u2026 and\u2026 I had to check my other diary but it's having something called D-class sessions. I don't remember them but, I remember they we they? were really important.\nI remember. I remember my mom. Keep her in mind. She'll bring me home and then be so proud of me. Maybe we can celebrate an Easter together. I think mum would like hearing all I learned about families and family holidays.\nThe following page is a rough sketch of an unknown nebula. It is labeled 'home'.\n\nOctober 31, 2005\nHalloween always brings a lot of memories. We'll try to keep some down.\nWhen I this person was very young, this one Halloween, my parents couldn't come follow me because they worked so long and were so tired. It was ok, because mom bought me a costume right before the big night. I got a grocery bag to collect candy with, because I knew this would be the only time of year I could get sweets, because dad and mom only made enough to keep us housed and fed.\nThe night was really cold and my mask was too big. I remember it was so, so cold. My fingers were numb and each stair to the houses were so big compared to my tiny body. Some people were asking where my parents were, so I- Damn. Damn! It's too difficult for him me.\nMy stomach hurts from all the candy I never ate. The cavities were worth it, though. At least I I? We all thought they were.\nMy favorite was the chips! My favorite was the lollipops! My favorite was the chocolate! My favorite was the bubblegum! My favorite was jawbreakers! Cotton Candy! Licorice! He doesn't like- I\n don't\n even\n  like\n sweets.\n\nIt's really hard to sleep with a stomachache.\n\nDr. Larsen's Note: October 31, 2005 was the first documented incident in which SCP-2882 displayed self-harming behavior. The next morning, SCP-2882 was found to have deep, self-inflicted bite marks in its forearms, several of which broke skin. It could not explain itself upon interview.\n\nAugust 19, 2010\nI had The agent had my coffee black today. I don't like it black much, it tastes bitter. Why did I have it black when I\nIllegible text, presumably random scribbling as suggested by Dr. Larsen when SCP-2882 is frustrated.\nThere is a feeling that there should be a voice that should be there. Is it mine? Is it me? It is someone important, I am waiting for the important person. Make them proud. Someone all embracing, but I don't remember their face.\nThe previous journals, but these are his memories, why aren't I remembering her own? Giving up on pronouns now, their head hurts, it's too hard. Shouldn't stay up so late.\n\nAugust 20, 2010\nI remember who I was listening for. I haven't heard from them in over ten years.\nThe following page is presumably an extremely rough copy of the unknown nebula sketch in the journal dated April 4, 2005. The copy is covered in question marks. The paper shows signs of water damage.\n\nDecember 24, 2010\nChristmas is coming up.\nHe they I wanted to show his her ? mMother, far away, what family was like.\nAnd maybe see it through her my its one's own eyes.\nDr. Larsen's note: This entry is the last time SCP-2882 produced an entry in words and sentences. Every following entry has been a series of highly detailed pictures, presumably memories that have been shared with it. SCP-2882's mental health rapidly deteriorated after Christmas.\n\nFootnotes\n1. SCP-2882 will respond to any designation as if it was its name, so long as it is directed towards it.\n2. This includes skin inside of the mouth, such as the inner lips, cheek, tongue, and gums.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2881 | SCP-2882 | SCP-2883 \u00bb"}
{"text": "A rendering of SCP-2883, created by Researcher Valencio after recovering from exposure\n\nItem #: SCP-2883\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2883 is held in a small storage container manufactured out of opaque plastic. To avoid potential damage to SCP-2883, the container must be padded with standard packaging materials. During transport, SCP-2883 is to be kept in its container.\nStaff in charge of conducting any experiments involving SCP-2883 must have immunity to its anomalous effect. Any personnel with vision properly obscured1 or previous exposure to SCP-2883 are considered immune to resultant cognitive failure and are thus permitted contact with SCP-2883 outside of testing conditions.\nAny physical or digital copies of photographs depicting SCP-2883 must be incinerated or erased as necessary. Personnel and test subjects in contact with SCP-2883 that begin to exhibit symptoms associated with migraine, ischemia, or stroke must be treated as non-anomalous stroke patients until symptoms subside.\nDescription: SCP-2883 is an approximately 1.2 kg crystal comprised of 99.9% pure bismuth, resembling a member of the clade Avialae in both shape and size. It is capable of complex locomotion, and exhibits foraging behaviors similar to members of the taxonomic genus Aphelocoma (scrub jays), though it does not eat, and is unable to fly due to its density. It is relatively docile, and will not attack if handled. It is believed to be visually inhibited, as it has difficulty avoiding obstacles in its vicinity.\nVisual observation of SCP-2883 causes contraction of cranial, anterial, and temporal arteries, significantly reducing blood flow to sections of the brain responsible for linguistic forms of communication, often resulting in severe migraines, difficulty reading and cerebral ischemia2. Prolonged observation of SCP-2883 will cause a temporary shutdown of these areas, though the lack of blood flow to this area does not appear to cause any permanent damage. Cessation of activity in these areas is counteracted by hyperactivity in the visual cortex. These dramatic changes in brain activity often cause subjects to experience hallucinations and seizures. Subjects in this state display symptoms similar to victims of stroke, but are still able to control all voluntary muscles, basic organ functions, and use symbol-based assisted-communication devices.\nSubjects within this state cannot speak or write, though most subjects are capable of high-accuracy rendering of cognitive images through drawing. Drawings of SCP-2883 are not hazardous, thus this is the only known safe process of obtaining images of SCP-2883.\nWithin 48 hours, subjects suffering from the ischemic condition will recover. All portions of the brain will continue functioning normally, though there is often still an increased level of activity in the visual cortex. Subjects previously at high risk of stroke appear to show fewer signs of abnormal blood flow, though these subjects may occasionally relapse into an ischemic stroke state consistent with initial SCP-2883 exposure. The majority of fully recovered subjects experience no further ischemic effects upon viewing SCP-2883, though they are incapable of writing or speaking while observing SCP-2883. Recovered subjects appear to have heightened interest in creative activities, though often have increased difficulty comprehending written materials. Exact intensity of effects varies from subject to subject.\nTreatment of subjects with class-B amnestics has proven ineffective in counteracting the effects of exposure, and may only be used after a subject's recovery to avoid devastating side effects including permanent hearing loss and brain damage.\nAddendum 1:\nMaterial Testing Log\nNegative test results indicate material failure to prevent effects of SCP-2883 exposure.\n\nMaterial\nTesting Status\nResult\n\nEyeglasses\nComplete\nNegative\n\nSunglasses\nComplete\nNegative\n\nCamera Lens\nComplete\nNegative\n\nPhotographs\nComplete\nNegative*\n\nPhotographic Renderings\nComplete\nPositive*\n\nDrawings/visual Recreations\nComplete\nPositive*\n\nInfrared Imaging\nComplete\nPositive\n\nEyelid (closed eyes)\nComplete\nPositive\n\nCotton Fabric\nComplete\nPositive*\n\nPolycarbonate Welding Lens\nComplete\nPositive*3\n\nTranslucent Latex (red)\nIncomplete\nN/A\n\nSCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588-3\nPermission rejected\nN/A\n\nSCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588-4\nPending approval\nN/A\n\n*in majority of tests\nAddendum 2:\nSCP-2883 was discovered after multiple curators at the \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Art Gallery in San Francisco were hospitalized for stroke-like symptoms while setting up for an exhibition. Other curators began complaining of severe migraines when attempting to set up pieces for display. Foundation agents began to investigate after 5 more stroke cases on the first night of the exhibition. A team of MTF Eta-10 agents were dispatched to locate the anomaly, though several agents were incapacitated after prolonged visual contact with SCP-2883. Affected non-Foundation personnel and gallery patrons were given class B amnestics.4 A cover story regarding the presence of a volatile chemical solvent was used to explain the incident.\nFurther investigation into the origins of SCP-2883 found the following description printed onto a display sticker on a curator's desk:\n\nProtoBird\nMiranda Trushea\nWax molded bismuth with patina.\nFor those who've forgotten creativity.\n\nInvestigation showed no documentation of any artist or individual known as Miranda Trushea. Records suggest the name may be a pseudonym. Interviews with curators not affected by SCP-2883 implied that it had been intended for part of the exhibition, as several other works by Miranda Trushea were listed on the exhibition inventory sheet. No sign of the actual pieces could be found, though a description was found for one other Trushea piece:\n\nOne More Word\nMiranda Trushea\nadhesive notes, ink.\nFor those who've forgotten humanity.\n\nFootnotes\n1. See Addendum 1\n2. Cerebral ischemia is a condition characterized by reduced blood flow to the brain, often resulting in brain damage and strokes.\n3. Though not completely effective, polycarbonate lenses greatly reduce the effects of exposure.\n4. Lack of amnestic testing on the effects of SCP-2883 lead several of the civilians treated to suffer from permanent damage to the Broca's region of the brain, rendering them incapable of speech. Others who recovered became fully or partially deaf.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2882 | SCP-2883 | SCP-2884 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2884\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: As of 01/09/2015, a total of 84 Foundation personnel are embedded in the United Kingdom National Crime Agency, British Security Industry Association, and associated security organisations in the United Kingdom. These personnel are to carry out the following directives:\n\nPromotion of mass surveillance in the United Kingdom and legislation supporting an increase in the installation of video surveillance equipment in urban areas\n\nIdentification of instances of SCP-2884-1 and SCP-2884-2\n\nNotification of Mobile Task Force Theta-11 (\"Big Brother\") in the case of confirmed sighting(s) of instance(s) of SCP-2884-1 or SCP-2884-2\n\nInvestigation of any and all possible connections to the individual/group/entity known as \"The Overseer\"\n\nAll confirmed instances of SCP-2884-1 are to be removed and subsequently replaced with a suitable form of standard video surveillance equipment. All instances of SCP-2884-2 are to be captured if possible, and held at Secure Facility M84 (\"Sylvia's Cardboard and Paper Ltd.\") pending transfer to Site 06-3.\nDescription: SCP-2884 is a phenomenon affecting developed areas within the United Kingdom. SCP-2884 exhibits no identifiable pattern in the location or rate of its manifestation, other than an increased probability of manifestation in areas with relatively high crime rates.\nSCP-2884-1 are CCTV cameras which appear in areas affected by SCP-2884. Instances of SCP-2884-1 appear only in locations outside of the view of pre-existing video surveillance equipment, often in excessive number, proximity and in seemingly illogical configurations.\n\n+ Log of notable SCP-2884-1 configurations\n\n- Log of notable SCP-2884-1 configurations\n\n5 instances radially arranged on a telephone pole at around average head height.\n\n9 instances observing different sections of a children's playground, 3 of which observe the sandbox.\n\n26 instances arranged on the wall of a residential apartment complex, each facing in a seemingly random direction.\n\n2 instances, 1 metre apart, facing each other.\n\n33 instances on the wall of an alleyway, all focused on a graffito of a home television set in white spray paint on the opposite wall. Text on the screen reads \"Who's watching you?\".\n\nExamination of instances of SCP-2884-1 suggests that they have been installed in a standard manner by persons unknown, despite instances having been observed in locations that would be extremely difficult to reach by conventional means. While it is known that the installation/appearance of instances of SCP-2884-1 generally occurs between the hours of 21:00 and 05:00, the exact moment of this occurrence has yet to be observed by Foundation personnel or standard video surveillance equipment.\nInstances of SCP-2884-1 appear to function with no visible power source. Disassembly has revealed that instances are constructed of a combination of standard, commercially-available electronics and a number of components of unknown origin. Some non-standard components are engraved with the image of a human eye.\nInstances of SCP-2884-1 cease functioning upon disassembly and have so far remained non-functional thereafter, despite meticulous reassembly.\nSCP-2884-2 are a collection of humanoid entities. Instances of SCP-2884-2 are physically and genetically identical, and do not display even slight variation in height, weight, build or skin tone. Instances lack fingerprints, hair, reproductive organs, and eyes. The ocular cavities of instances are hollow, and show signs of surgical removal of the ocular organs. Instances are invariably found wearing identical, dark blue riot gear and helmets. Atop each instance's helmet is a mounted CCTV camera (similar to instances of SCP-2884-1). Specialised cabling connects this camera directly to the brain stem of an SCP-2884-2 instance via the back of the neck, allowing the instance a sense of sight through the device. The means by which this nervous system interface is achieved is not fully understood.\n\nAn instance of SCP-2884-2.\n\nInstances of SCP-2884-2 appear in an area when an instance of SCP-2884-1 observes a perceived \"criminal\" act. Instances will appear in groups of 2 to 10 in the nearest location not under immediate observation by nearby individuals or video equipment (with the exception of SCP-2884-1), and will then proceed to \"punish\" the offender. Forms of punishment include:\n\npartial or complete removal of articles of clothing from the offender(s)'s person;\nassault with blunt weapons;\nencircling the offender(s) and shouting loudly for up to 5 minutes;\nrestraint, followed by an instance of SCP-2884-2 facing the offender(s) and reciting a nonsensical version of the Right to Silence1 before offender is physically carried to a location outside of the view of nearby individuals or video equipment.\n\n+ Transcript of SCP-2884 \"arrest\" incident\n\n- Transcript of SCP-2884 \"arrest\" incident\n\nThe following transcript is of a combination of a portion of confiscated surveillance footage of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Street, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Wales, recorded from 15:11 to 15:15 on 22/04/2009, and the cellphone footage and spoken testimony of a nearby witness (amnesticised after interview).\n\n<begin transcript>\n15:11:22 - A civilian is seen sitting on a street bench and removing his shoes, within view of an instance of SCP-2884-1.\n15:11:27 - Three instances of SCP-2884-2 emerge from a nearby alleyway and approach the civilian.\n15:11:31 - Civilian appears to initially mistake instances of SCP-2884-2 for law enforcement, then inquires as to the purpose of the cameras on their helmets.\n15:11:36 - Two instances of SCP-2884-2 restrain the civilian while a third stands facing him. Confiscated cellphone footage begins now.\nCivilian: Oi! What are you doing?!\nSCP-2884-2-03: You are under arrest for the violation of Law 1130 - public indecency - and Law 3667 - the unauthorised use of a public bench.\nCivilian: This is a mistake! You have to let me go - I didn't do anything wrong!\nSCP-2884-2-03: You do not have to say anything, except nothing. But it may harm your defense if you do not question when mentioned something you later lie about in court. Anything you do say or do may be all said and done in evidence. Do you understand your rights as I have to you said and done them?\nCivilian: What? What does that \u2014 of course I don't bloody understand! What did I do? Where the hell are you taking me?! (struggles) Let me go you fucking tossers! Let me go!\n15:13:53 - Two instances of SCP-2884-2 drag civilian to the alleyway they emerged from. One remaining instance picks up civilian's shoes, then stares in the direction of the filming witness for 6 seconds before following. Neither the SCP-2884-2 instances nor the civilian re-emerge.\n<end transcript>\n\nIncident 2884-01:\nInstances of SCP-2884-2 are difficult to capture, mainly due to the brevity of their appearances. However, on 02/11/2010, a Foundation rapid response team was able to apprehend 5 instances of SCP-2884-2 following the reported assault of multiple civilians in the Greenwich area, London, by unidentified individuals in riot gear. Instances offered significant resistance, displaying above-normal levels of physical strength and resistance to aerosolised sedatives before being forcibly restrained. Captive instances designated SCP-2884-2-A through -E.\n\nOpen Interview 2884-01\n\nClose Interview 2884-01\n\nDate: 03/11/2010\nInterviewer: Dr. Carlisle\nSubject: SCP-2884-2-A\n\n<begin transcript>\nDr. Carlisle: Hello, SCP-2884-2-A. May I call you that? Or do you have another name?\nSCP-2884-2-A: [No vocalised response. Camera on subject's helmet slowly pans down from Dr. Carlisle's head to his hands, then up to his head again.]\nDr. Carlisle: Very well. Why were you and your\u2026 associates\u2026 assaulting those people?\nSCP-2884-2-A: Violation of Law 51384: No gathering of more than two individuals is to take place within eight point four metres of a bird bath.\nDr. Carlisle: Could you explain why that makes sense to you?\nSCP-2884-2-A: The law is the law. The Overseer makes the laws. The law makes sense.\nDr. Carlisle: I see. Who is this \"Overseer\"?\nSCP-2884-2-A: The Overseer makes the laws. The Overseer watches everything.\nDr. Carlisle: Alright; and what purpose do these laws serve?\nSCP-2884-2-A: The Overseer sees a future free of crime, filth and degradation. Free of corruption. Free of chemical addiction. Free of littering. Free of murder. Free of jaywalking. Free of rape. Free of loitering. Free of\u2014\nDr. Carlisle: That's quite enough. Tell me, how does the Overseer see all these things?\nSCP-2884-2-A: Through\u2026 [subject raises its shackled hands from the table and indicates towards the camera on its helmet] \u2026the eyes.\nDr. Carlisle: What happened to your eyes, SCP-2884-2-A? The ones in your skull.\nSCP-2884-2-A: Never had them. Don't need them.\nDr. Carlisle: Are you sure? Because from here, without your visor, they look like they've been surgically removed.\nSCP-2884-2-A: Never had them. [subject leans forward slightly] Don't need them.\nDr. Carlisle: I see. Now, back to this \"Overseer\"; do you know where he is now?\nSCP-2884-2-A: The Overseer is everywhere there are eyes to see. [subject pulls lips away from its teeth - assumed to be a 'smile'] The Overseer is watching you right now.\n<end transcript>\n\nNo further information could be extracted from SCP-2884-2-A or -B. SCP-2884-2-A and -B terminated and submitted for autopsy. Remaining captive instances transferred to Site-06-3.\n\nFootnotes\n1. In England and Wales, the statement of a suspect's protection from adverse consequences of remaining silent during criminal proceedings.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2883 | SCP-2884 | SCP-2885 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2885\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2885 is to be kept in a standard locker at Site-19. When not being experimented on, SCP-2885 is to be kept within a sealed transport box to reduce the probability of accidental exposure through eye contact. Personnel wishing to conduct tests involving SCP-2885 must obtain Level 3 or higher authorization.\nDescription: SCP-2885 is a rectangular pane of clear glass measuring 21 cm by 14 cm, and 1 cm thick. Residual writing covers the surface; though the majority of the words (believed initially written in dry-erase marker) have been apparently rubbed off, a few complete phrases can be distinguished with appropriate lighting:\n\nThere's a better life out there. You've already earned it.\nYou are always you.\nThe you who has the most can afford to give the most.\nThere's no harm in kicking out one who already has it made. It's your turn now. You won't mind.\n\nSCP-2885's anomalous properties manifest when a human looks through it for a period of at least 15 seconds. Exposed subjects will initially report seeing a faint view of an unknown landscape. Regardless of whether subjects continue to look through SCP-2885 after the initial exposure, they will then proceed to undergo the following stages of perceptual hallucinations:\n\n0-1 hours after exposure: Hallucination gradually expands across entire field of vision. Image is faint, not interfering with normal sense of sight. Movement through the indistinct landscape appears consistent with a walking pace.\n1-3 hours after exposure: Visual quality sharpens, becoming increasingly clear against any background. Auditory hallucinations begin. Subjects describe hearing faint environmental sounds, including everyday background noise such as passing automobiles or human speech.\n3-6 hours after exposure: Auditory hallucinations become louder and clearer, and begin to include sounds such as footsteps and rustling noises. The landscapes become easily recognizable: subjects report a similarity between the observed environments and existing locations familiar to them, such as homes, restaurants, and parks. Subjects begin to respond to stimuli perceived within the hallucination, occasionally reporting hearing their own voice speaking involuntarily. Towards the end of this period, subjects cease to exhibit substantial voluntary movement.\n6-10 hours after exposure: Subjects are functionally blind. Subjects more actively attempt to interact with the hallucination, reporting success in these attempts, with the perspective of the hallucination changing according to subjects' perceived movements within the hallucinated environment. One-sided conversations held by subjects become increasingly fragmented and eventually cease altogether. Sudden involuntary motions such as twitching of digits, muscle spasms in limbs, and facial contortions have been noted in subjects.\n10+ hours after exposure: Hallucination has become all-encompassing. Subjects must be kept on an intravenous drip as they cease to feed themselves. Subjects who are still communicative report complete control over their motions, and occasionally voice random inquiries1. Speech has not been reported later than 12 hours after exposure.\n\nAddendum 2885-1: Though research is still ongoing to obtain concrete results, preliminary findings indicate that the hallucinations may not be generated solely by the mind of an individual exposed to SCP-2885. Furthermore, in some isolated cases, subjects exposed to SCP-2885 have developed alternate personalities, often with accompanying knowledge they should not possess (see Experiment Log).\nExperiment Log 2885-R:\nDate: \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\nSubject: D-81254\nProcedure: Subject was selected for willingness to follow instructions. After looking into SCP-2885, he was instructed repeat all sounds he believed himself to be hearing, other than environmental noises. Irrelevant comments have been omitted; the following is a partial audio log of significant comments.\n\n[begin partial log]\n[5:27:15]: \"People are talking to me, but I can't tell exactly what they're saying. I can understand more words than before though.\"\n[5:27:30]: \"Someone\u2026 looks like my mother, but\u2026 happier. She's asking me if I'm ready for the family dinner. The dog is barking\u2026 I thought she was given away when I lost my job\u2026\"\n[5:27:45]: \"The neighbor is watering their grass with a hose. The nice neighbor who would've left by now, I thought.\" [pause] \"Someone is asking me to leave, but I don't see them. Their voice kind of sounds like mine. \"\n[extraneous log content]\nD-81254 ceases to be able to see. Hallucinations proceed at a typical rate.\n[6:11:00]: \"Someone is yelling at me to get out, but everyone at the table is smiling. My brothers haven't left yet, and my best friend's boss is congratulating me for my recent promotion. Is someone outside screaming? I don't see them.\"\nWhile D-81254 claims to have difficulty hearing new orders, as well as his own voice, he continues to cooperate with his original instructions. D-81254's right hand begins to twitch spasmodically.\n[extraneous log content]\n[7:15:45]: \"People are asking why I keep dropping my fork. I don't know- no, no, uh, I'm fine. Maybe a little jittery after that movie. Excuse me, I need to use the restroom.\"\nD-81524 rotates his head from right to left and comments \"I'm at a mirror. I\u2026 I look much better. Like I thought I could, if things worked out.\"\n[7:16:15]: \"I feel like I keep hearing myself think. Some echo. It's not me, though. Not me. It keeps saying that it is me, that this isn't right, but that's probably a lie, right? My life is great! My life. Mine.\" [pause] \"I just hit my head on the sink. I heard the thump. But I didn't feel anything.\"\nSubject states that the speech-like noises have ceased abruptly, and that he is now able to hear himself speak clearly again. D-81524 later stated spontaneously (at time 11:31:52) \"You released me after the SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 incident. I was free to go. Why am I back here?\" before ceasing all vocalizations. A few minutes later D-81524 proceeded to forcibly exit the experimental room and quickly navigate the hallways to the nearest Site-19 stairway, despite having no foreknowledge of the building layout. When detained, he refused to speak and later regressed into a comatose state.\n[end partial log]\n\nAddendum 2885-2: SCP-2885 was recovered on \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588 in the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Facility, in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. A team of Foundation officers raided the facility following a series of unusual hospital admissions in the area. Agents found a deserted set of workspaces, including basic medical facilities. SCP-2885 was found within a stack of five similar glass panes; these sheets were clouded with what appeared to be an iron precipitate and were cracked in multiple areas. Five bodies in various stages of decay and strapped to stretchers were discovered in the same room. One empty stretcher was overturned on the ground, the phrase \u201cyou are not you\u201d was carved into the padding.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Most commonly recorded questions include variations of \u201cWho is moving me?\u201d, \u201cWhy do I hear my voice but not my thoughts?\u201d, and \u201cWill you please get out?\u201d, usually spoken in tones of panic or distress.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2884 | SCP-2885 | SCP-2886 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2886\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Confirmation of SCP-2886's current location is to be maintained at all times. Personnel assigned to SCP-2886 are to maintain path projection charts based on data of SCP-2886's relocations, in order to help identify its next target. If SCP-2886 relocates to a different celestial body, it is to be located as quickly as possible, and its path projection chart updated.\nInformation regarding the anomalous nature of SCP-2886 is to be censored upon discovery, with particular attention paid to the information networks of the world's space agencies and amateur astronomy websites and magazines.\nSince 1971, knowledge of SCP-2886, but not its anomalous qualities, has been public. All possible efforts are to be made to maintain public belief that SCP-2886 is a non-anomalous planetary feature.\nDescription: SCP-2886 is an ostensibly dormant volcano, approximately \u2588\u2588 km in height. SCP-2886 was originally discovered in the mid 19th century by astronomers as an albedo feature on Triton, Neptune's largest satellite. On occasion, SCP-2886 will disappear from its current planetary body and reappear on another. Since it was discovered on Triton, SCP-2886 has teleported 10 times. Current predictive models indicate [DATA EXPUNGED].\nSCP-2886's anomalous nature was realized when it disappeared from Triton and reappeared on Oberon, one of Uranus' satellites, approximately sixteen years after discovery.\nSCP-2886's effect on the geology of its host planetary body is unknown. Observations have noted that it displaces an enormous amount of planetary material at its arrival point, with most of that debris reappearing elsewhere on the surface. The currently prevailing theory is that it has a splash-like effect on the surface of its host, dispersing debris around itself with no clear pattern once it arrives.\nFor a full list of planetary objects formerly occupied by SCP-2886, please see document SCP-2886-DOC1.\n\n+ SCP-2886-DOC1 [LEVEL 2/2886 CLEARANCE REQUIRED]\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nLocation Number\nBody Name\nApproximate Duration\n\n1\nTriton\n16 years\n\n2\nOberon\n7 years\n\n3\nAriel\n19 years\n\n4\nTitania\n5 years\n\n5\nRhea\n10 years\n\n6\nIapetus\n7 years\n\n7\nTethys\n23 years\n\n8\nCallisto\n8 years\n\n9\nIo\n9 years\n\n10\nCeres\n20 years\n\n11\n[REDACTED]\n\u2588\u2588 years\n\n+ SCP-2886-DOC2 [LEVEL 4/2886 CLEARANCE REQUIRED]\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nSCP-2886 on Mars.\n\nSCP-2886 is currently located on Mars, and is publicly known as Olympus Mons. SCP-2886 has not moved since its public discovery in 1971 by the Mariner 9 unmanned probe.\nIn 1980, a radio signal was broadcast from the surface of Mars, believed to originate from SCP-2886. The signal was too faint to be audible on standard household radios, and as such containment of information was deemed unnecessary. Foundation radio astronomers succeeded in recording the signal. The broadcast was composed entirely of excerpts of sound clips from the Voyager Golden Record, and looped for approximately 3 weeks and 2 days before ceasing.\nAdditional broadcasts similar in content have been intercepted in 1993 and 2011. Due to potential importance to SCP-2886, they have been included in this file. Sections in foreign languages have been translated into English.\n\n1980\n[Czech greeting clip] Dear friends\n[Esperanto greeting] World\n[sound of wind]\n[sound of thunder]\n[Amoy greeting] eaten\n[excerpt of Senegalese percussion music]\n[Armenian greeting] all those who exist in the universe\n[spliced excerpts from Johnny B. Goode] Go, go, go, go\n\n1993\n[sound of Hyena call]\n[sound of train]\n[Welsh greeting] now and forever\n[Serbian greeting] our planet\n[excerpt from 'Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground'] agony\n\n2011\n[excerpt from 'Johnny B. Goode'] someday you will\n[sound of Saturn-V liftoff]\n[sound of laughter]\n[excerpt of Navajo Night Chant]\n[spliced excerpts of Jimmy Carter's speech1] We are attempting to survive our time, so that we may live into yours. Vast.\n[English greeting] children\n[Amoy greeting] eaten\n[Per aspera ad astra, literally 'through hardships to the stars'2]\n[Gujarati greeting] please contact\n\nFootnotes\n1. Note that this section is comprised of electrical impulses that were designed to be translated into printed text. No audio recording of this speech exists.\n2. Section is a recording of morse code.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2885 | SCP-2886 | SCP-2887 \u00bb"}
{"text": "A train within SCP-2887, taken during initial exploration. Passengers observed with heavy bleeding from eye sockets.\n\nItem #: SCP-2887\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Owing to the volume of traffic utilising the building of which SCP-2887 is part, the site cannot be closed in its entirety. Instead, containment is focused on controlling access to SCP-2887. The office unit including the sole known access to SCP-2887 has been acquired by the Foundation on permanent lease with the assistance of the British government, and functions as the centre for operations not requiring access to SCP-2887. Access to SCP-2887 is restricted to those deemed necessary for its containment.\nBiosafety precautions consistent with US BSL-4 are to be followed at all times when inside SCP-2887, including, but not limited to, an airtight double door, redundant air-filtration systems and use of full-body protective suits. The interior of SCP-2887 is to be monitored at all times by self-contained closed circuit television cameras. Monthly entries into SCP-2887 are to be made in order to recover data from and change the batteries of the cameras as part of a general inspection, with spent batteries being recharged within SCP-2887 for future use. No equipment or other objects are to be brought out of SCP-2887; all surveillance data is to be transferred wirelessly to storage media within team members' protective suits. Otherwise, no entry to SCP-2887-A is permitted without both direct authorisation from both the Head Researcher and the ADC liaison officer attached to the SCP object. Any person directly exposed to the interior of SCP-2887 must be subject to a quarantine period of at least 30 days.\nDescription: SCP-2887 is an underground chamber accessible through a door on a lower-floor service corridor of Charing Cross Station, located in London, UK. No other access points are believed to exist. SCP-2887 has the appearance of a generic British Rail terminus circa 1970, with trains entering and exiting through tunnels at the chamber's far end. Exploration by remote drones has indicated that the tunnels are of indeterminate length. The volume occupied by SCP-2887 is inconsistent with the location of tunnels, utilities and basements in the surrounding area. Lights, plug sockets and other electrical equipment within SCP-2887 are all fully functional. Platform display boards identify destinations via strings of numbers and letters (believed to be hexadecimal codes) and identify the service operators as 'AWB'. This information is repeated by frequent loudspeaker announcements, apparently automated.\nTrains entering and exiting the station are consistent with various passenger models used on the British railway network from the early 1970s to the present day. A driver is always present within a train; passengers are present in approximately 70% of incidences. When a train arrives at the station, its doors will not open1, and the train will depart about ten minutes later. Approximately 20 trains will arrive per hour. Any passengers observed will display advanced symptoms of serious diseases, including several classified as SCP objects. As the passengers are inaccessible only visual diagnoses can be made; however symptoms consistent with African trypanosomiasis, MERS, smallpox and SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 are the most commonly observed. Both passengers and drivers will not acknowledge attempts of Foundation personnel to communicate2, although drivers may occasionally wave to personnel present within SCP-2887 or each other. Attempts to gain access to empty trains have been made; all have been unsuccessful, save for SCP-2887-A (See Incident SCP-2887-1)\nSCP-2887 was brought to Foundation attention in 1993 via Project ELISION3. Containment was established following an initial exploratory mission by a Foundation containment team, with an ADC liaison in attendance. Under the terms of Project ELISION, containment of SCP-2887 is the sole responsibility of the Foundation; however, following Incident 2887-1, investigations are currently ongoing as to how ADC personnel became aware of the anomaly, and of any possible relationship with the organisation identifying itself as Anomalies Without Borders.\nIncident 2887-1\n\nSCP-2887-A at time of discovery. Internal lights have since failed.\n\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1996, a weekly inspection noted a train with its doors open. The train was boarded by the team, who found it empty, with the exception of a typed note pinned to the driver's door, a transcription of which is available below. Upon discovery, the driver's compartment was empty; a review of surveillance footage showed no signs of any exit from the train. The inspection team were subsequently placed in quarantine to protect against any potential contamination. Quarantine was relaxed after no signs of infection had occurred by 30 days after the incident. As a result of Incident 2887-1, inspections have been changed to occur monthly instead of weekly.\nThe train containing the note has been present on all subsequent inspections, and has been designated SCP-2887-A. It has been proposed that notes may be left within SCP-2887-A as a method of communication. Approval for such attempts is currently awaiting O5 Council approval, pending further information on GoI-0188's involvement in SCP-2887.\n\n+ SCP-2887-1 Document Recovered\n\n- SCP-2887-1 Document Recovered\n\nGeneral,\nWhen we signed the agreement, you promised us you would not interfere with our activities. With regard to your recent activity within London Terminus, we remind you that AWB have full autonomy to conduct operations within the leased space. As you are no doubt aware, your reality is unusually stable for its .78 scoring on the Brown-Miliband Anomalous Scale; thus, use of your space allows our organisation to provide relief to literally thousands of universes with a relatively low risk of monoversal destruction. Thank to your generosity, we were able to aid seven million individuals from over fifty realities in the last annum alone; we hope that with your continued support, we will be able to continue our operations in future. I will also remind you that your co-operation thus far has granted you Priority Three status as per the contract; if you have any queries, please leave a reply in this unit and close the doors.\nYours Sincerely,\nDr Boyce, Anomalies Without Borders\n\nFootnotes\n1. With the exception of Incident 2887-1\n2. Such as banging on glass, shining lights or by holding up signs\n3. A long-term co-operation pact between the Foundation and GoI-0188, 1st Anomalous Defence Corps (ADC), the British military's dedicated anti-anomalous unit.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2886 | SCP-2887 | SCP-2888 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Crime scene photo relating to the murder of Ms. Mildred Reckart in 1954. Photo recovered clandestinely from the Sacramento Police Department.\n\nItem #: SCP-2888\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The former residence of Marshall Ford Everett, in addition to the 8.3-acre parcel of land on which it is located, is currently held by Rural Heritage LLC, a Foundation-owned land trust company. All structures located on the parcel are to be allowed to deteriorate in a manner consistent with abandoned property. As all personal effects and human remains have been removed from the premises, no interference with civilians or local authorities is deemed necessary.\nThe remains of all recovered SCP-2888 instances are to be maintained in long-term storage in Minimum Security Morgue 2-A, located at Site-23.\nThe Site-16 SIGINT Office is to continually monitor California Department of Public Health newborn screening program data for genetic markers consistent with SCP-2888 manifestations. Any resumption of suspected SCP-2888-related phenomena is to be reported immediately to the Research Director.\nDescription: SCP-2888 is a phenomenon documented to have occurred between 15 December 1957 and 29 July 1973, in which infants genetically identical to an individual known as Mildred Reckart1 were repeatedly born in hospitals in the Central California region of the United States. A total of 38 births occurred in 19 separate facilities during this time, each to a different mother. Complete lack of evidence of invasive surgical procedures in subjects giving birth to SCP-2888 instances, combined with the rudimentary state of human cloning technology at the time, confirms SCP-2888 as an anomalous phenomenon.\nAn investigation conducted in 1970, subsequent to a Site-16 analytical review of missing persons cases in Northern and Central California concerning a group of individuals sharing very similar physical characteristics, identified a Sacramento-based construction firm owner named Marshall Ford Everett as being closely associated with this phenomenon. Examination of materials recovered after the detainment of Mr. Everett confirmed this relationship. While the mechanism by which SCP-2888 occurs remains unknown, research at the time, combined with witness statements and other collected evidence, indicated that Mr. Everett at least partially influenced the commencement of 38 births of specimens genetically identical to Ms. Reckart.\nFurther investigation revealed that Mr. Everett was responsible for the original murder of Ms. Reckart in 1954, in addition to the confirmed homicides of 31 out of 38 documented SCP-2888 instances over the next seventeen years.\nAgents clandestinely observing Mr. Everett as part of research efforts to ascertain possible methods behind the SCP-2888 phenomenon documented the murder of Ms. Vivian Enfield, an SCP-2888 instance, by Mr. Everett on 17 June 1971. This event led researchers to establish and confirm Mr. Everett's role in the disappearances of other SCP-2888 instances since 1957. Following this event, Foundation assets were mobilized under the guise of a California Highway Patrol task force to raid Mr. Everett's rural residence in Locke, California, and place him in custody in order to prevent further violence.\nThree additional SCP-2888 instances were located in the Central California region over the next two years, and placed in containment at Site-16. In each case, SCP-2888 instances in containment manifested numerous chronic and severe health conditions beginning soon after the age of 222, and the last surviving specimen died in 1997 from complications related to a disorder similar to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.\nMr. Everett proved uncooperative with Foundation researchers while in containment, providing personnel with copious amounts of what was later demonstrated to be unreliable information. Despite enhanced information-gathering protocols being authorized in 1983, Mr. Everett ultimately yielded little in the way of usable data regarding SCP-2888. Mr. Everett was euthanized by medical staff while in Foundation custody in 1985 after displaying sudden debilitating neurological impairments related to the appearance of several malignant brain tumors.\nAddendum 2888.1 - Notes on the Everett Residence\n\nFORM 870/B ESTABLISHMENT OF SECURE AREA - PREVIOUS SITE OF ANOMALOUS ACTIVITY\nCross-Reference(s): SCP-2888\nLocation: 38.2506\u00b0 N, 121.5094\u00b0 W\nCustodial Party: Mobile Task Force Beta-88 Subunit C\nDate of Establishment: 24 JUNE 1971\nNotes: MTF resources using California Highway Patrol uniforms and equipment secured the residence of PoI 2888-A (Marshall Ford Everett) after that individual's entry into containment. Aside from the remains of eleven SCP-2888 instances, no anomalous items or phenomena were found. Human remains were removed from the premises, and all items within the residence catalogued and turned over to researchers.\nThe Everett residence is a four-bedroom, two-story ranch-style house constructed in the early 20th century, located on a small parcel of land on the outskirts of Locke, California, United States. While the external appearance of the residence is typical of other structures in the immediate area, the interior has been heavily modified. PoI 2888-A is believed to have designed and built features in the residence himself due to his experience in the construction trade. Modifications include the following:\n\nAdditional insulation material in all exterior walls, believed to be for soundproofing purposes\nEight recessed alcoves in the walls of the upstairs guest bedroom, concealed by paneling resembling walls in the rest of the house, accessible by hidden latches. Seven of these alcoves were found by Foundation personnel to contain the embalmed remains of SCP-2888 instances\nA finished, windowless basement, accessible by a hidden door in the kitchen, containing four sets of police-issue manacles and an extensive drainage system. Basement was soundproofed using the same material as the exterior walls. No lighting system was present\nSpeakers installed in the basement, connected to a reel-to-reel playback device. Device was modified to play on continuous loop a 3-minute, 48-second recording3. Device appears to have been left powered on at all times\nA room located in place of a previously existing downstairs bathroom, fitted with metal paneling on all four walls capable of being electrified through a modified fuse box\nA custom-designed incinerator located behind the residence4\nA recently-completed room addition to the first floor designed to 1969 California Building Standards Commission specifications for rural nurseries, containing 12 stainless steel hospital-grade infant bassinets\nA heavily reinforced exterior door built into the north wall of the structure's attic (purpose unknown)\n\nAll furnishings, personal items, appliances and fixtures were removed by personnel and routed to appropriate research staff. The premises was inspected and certified in compliance with consensus reality expectations on 23 June 1971.\nM.N.\nReviewer's Comments: Recommendations by MTF Beta-88 to classify premises as minimal security grade area approved. Include into data file that review by SCP-2888 research personnel indicates that all furnishings in the house recovered by MTF Beta-88 were removed from the homes of SCP-2888 instances, presumably by Mr. Everett.\n\nAddendum 2888.2 - Marshall Ford Everett Intake Documentation\nCopy to SCP Database File\nResults of Initial Psychological Evaluation: PoI 2888-A\nEmerging trends regarding so-called \"serial killers\" in the medical literature have begun to, if not typify, at least lay the groundwork for identifying common traits in these individuals. Caution must always be exercised when dealing with small sample sizes, but there generally appears to be preliminary value in certain behavioral \"red flags\" in identifying this kind of aberrant behavior.\nMr. Everett, however, displays none of the outward traits that mark a repeated murderer in his case history.\nExamination of school and medical records indicate no mental abnormalities. Nor do records kept by the United States Army note any conduct out of the ordinary during Mr. Everett's service in the European Theater during World War II. Mr. Everett possesses no criminal record, and every indication found by our staff is that he was a functioning member of society, to the point that friends (and he apparently had many) recall him as being \"boring.\"\nThis would appear, then, to make his conduct while in custody the more confusing.\nIn my initial questioning of Mr. Everett, lasting three hours and 48 minutes, he claimed and then disavowed, at varying intervals, to be an instrument of God meting out punishment to the unclean, a scientist employed by the Nazis for research, innocent of his crimes, and receiving instructions from \"little green men.\" The initial impression, then, is of a man quite clearly insane.\nIt has become obvious, however, that insanity is merely what Mr. Everett wishes to convey in his interviews with staff. In addition to his ability to operate as a successful member of society for decades, Mr. Everett has displayed a level of intelligence and rational thought belying whatever appearances he is attempting to maintain. Despite carefully crafted questioning protocols, Mr. Everett has indicated in his responses to staff that he is aware that he is not being held at a State of California facility, and that we know that clones of Mildred Reckart are apparently being born for his deviant purposes.\nFor the purposes of brevity, I will spare the record Mr. Everett's numerous attempts at obfuscation when questioned and his repeated descriptions of his \"egghead pal from France\" as his nonexistent accomplice. The answers he has given us are clearly meant purely to amuse himself. To date, we have no actionable intelligence on how SCP-2888 works, what his exact relationship is with it, and how he managed to kill so many people without being suspected by authorities.\nI will include one description, however, that in my professional opinion is likely to be the closest to whatever it is that Mr. Everett considers truth that we will ever get out of him.\nI had asked him previously about motive as part of the intake battery, receiving nonsense for my troubles. As the official session was concluding, however, more out of curiosity than scientific inquiry, I asked him again. Informally, directly, I spoke to him. Why do what he did to all those people, all those years?\nHe stopped, and for once I believe I saw sincerity in his face, or at least what I thought to be sincerity. \"Person,\" he corrected me. \"I only killed one girl. What am I, some kind of monster? I only killed one girl all those times. And I got pretty good at it, too.\" He chuckled as they led him out, not in the manner of the mentally retarded or the insane that I have heard many times before, but like an ordinary man, sharing a funny story or watching an episode of Laugh-In.\nI recommend the continued treatment of Mr. Marshall as a man in full control of all his mental faculties. Containment personnel are hereby advised to exercise maximum caution.\nSIGNED\nDr. Maude Fletcher, M.D.\nSite-16 Staff Psychiatrist\nAddendum 2888.3 - Methodology of PoI 2888-A Activities\nResearcher's Note: While Mr. Everett kept possession of numerous artifacts related to SCP-2888 instances, little in the way of documentary evidence was preserved, presumably as a means of evading any eventual prosecution. Agents did, however, recover a diary belonging to Ms. Ramona Jennings. Ms. Jennings was an SCP-2888 instance whose remains were recovered from Mr. Everett's residence. One entry in this diary relates directly to Mr. Everett, and is reproduced here for the purposes of this file.\n\nMarch 15, 1963\nDear diary,\nI was so afraid when I quit my job at Weinstock's. That horrible man who ran the cosmetics department and the things he would say to me, I couldn't take it anymore! But I didn't know what to do. Betsy was so nice to let me stay with her and the baby, but I could tell that Dick wanted his spare room back. And with me and Mother and those problems, I just couldn't go back home. How I wanted, so much, to go back to work and move on with my life, but Mr. Clark must have said something to the other department stores. I was so worried!\nThen Mr. Everett showed up. I know he likes me to call him Marshall, but he'll always be \"Mr. Everett\" to me. I had just been rejected over at the five-and-dime, and I tried to hide it but I know everyone on the street must have known I was crying. He was at the flower stall, buying a bunch of lilies. Most people don't like them so well, but I've always found lilies to be pretty. He turned to me as I was walking by, and said that I looked like someone who could use a bunch of flowers.\nAt first I was horribly startled by this stranger talking to me, but I was so sad, and his flowers were so beautiful, I couldn't help but stop. Aren't they for your wife, I asked him. No, I'm all alone, he said, my wife died many years ago. I felt so sad for him then, still buying flowers for someone who's gone. Then he handed me the lilies, and offered to buy me lunch. He was so kind, so gentle, I started crying again, there in the middle of the street! He put his coat around me, and walked with me to Original Mac's.\nAs we sat down, he called a waitress over right away and without even asking ordered me a malt and french fries. And as you know, that happens to be my favorite, even if I still feel like a little girl when I order it! I only just met Mr. Everett, but I felt like he knew me so well, like a kind old uncle, just when I needed someone to talk to. I asked him what he was getting, but he said he already ate. So nice of him to take me to lunch, and he wasn't even hungry!\nAs I ate, he told me that he worked downtown, and that he'd seen me going back and forth on Capitol the last few days, and if everything was okay with me. I told him no, I was looking for work and that if someone would just let me I would work very hard and be happy to do it. But no one would let me, and I felt like I would cry all over again. He took his clean napkin and wiped my tears, and told me he owned a company, not a big one but it did all right. And how would I like a job in the file room?\nHow would I like a job? I nearly jumped with excitement! I thanked him, over and over, promising that he wouldn't regret this one bit, and that I was so happy, and that this whole day had turned around for me so suddenly! He just smiled and said happy to do it as he paid the tab.\nI told him I would start as soon as I could make arrangements with Betsy to find a new room downtown and get out of her hair. He shook his head, and said please, you must allow me to help you, I want you to start at Everett Construction lickety-split. He offered to let me stay in his spare bedroom in his house for a couple of days, while he had his secretary check in to find an apartment for me. It was all just perfect! I said thank you Mr. Everett, I'll go grab my things right now!\nWe got into his big Cadillac, and he came by Betsy's to help me pick up my things. She's been so kind these last few weeks! Funny though, she seemed kind of sore at me when I left, as soon as she saw Mr. Everett parked outside. She just kept looking at him through the kitchen window, like he was a burglar or something. She didn't even come outside when I left! I think she might have thought Mr. Everett was sweet on me! I'll have to explain it all to her when we go out on Sunday.\nI'm here now in Mr. Everett's house, ready to start my first day back at work tomorrow! I know it's only a couple of days, but it sure feels like home in here. Poor Mrs. Everett must have been a swell decorator, that's for sure. It's so quiet in Mr. Everett's country house here. It's not so far away, just in the Delta a little bit, but none of the cars, or the machines from the factories, or the boats, or any of the big city noise is here. It's nice to have things be quiet at night. I thought I'd least hear the crickets or the frogs though.\nWell, I'm getting sleepy, and I've got a big day at work tomorrow! I might grab a quick snack before I go to bed, but I don't know yet. I can't say why, but I don't really like the kitchen. Now that it's night, it gives me the willies to go down there! Isn't that silly?\nNighty-night,\nMona\n\nResearcher's Note: No subsequent entries are present. Diary was recovered from a locked drawer in Mr. Everett's desk at his construction firm during establishment of containment.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A woman documented by Sacramento law enforcement authorities to have died under suspicious circumstances in 1954\n2. Mildred Reckart was determined to be 22 years of age at the time of her death.\n3. Recording consists primarily of a woman's sustained screaming and simultaneous dialogue by a second party, of which only the words \"again and again and again\" are intelligible. Analysis of this recording suggests that the woman's voice is Maria Echeverr\u00eda, an SCP-2888 instance believed by researchers to have been murdered in 1967. The second party is believed to be Mr. Everett.\n4. Receipts recovered from a local masonry business indicate that a third-party contractor constructed the incinerator, while Mr. Everett apparently added an entry hatch capable of being locked from the outside.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2887 | SCP-2888 | SCP-2889 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2889\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 bath products containing oil from SCP-2889 are to be confiscated and destroyed immediately. SCP-2889 is to be closed to the public, and a 3 km security perimeter is to be maintained around SCP-2889. The security team for SCP-2889 is to be rotated every week. Trespassers are to be detained, amnesticized, and treated for exposure to SCP-2889 oil. Security personnel are to be prepared for resistance from the inhabitants of Freshwater and should not hesitate to respond with force if necessary. Permanent quarantine of Freshwater is being evaluated as a containment option.\nDescription: SCP-2889 refers to a logging forest of cypress trees, located in the town of Freshwater, Vermont.1 Trees making up SCP-2889 grow at a rate twenty times faster than that of their non-anomalous counterpart. The inhabitants of Freshwater2 use SCP-2889 for logging purposes, as well as harvesting and selling the essential oils exuded by SCP-2889. All buildings in Freshwater were found to be made of wood from SCP-2889. SCP-2889 is also used as a tourist attraction in the months before the yearly harvest. Examination of the oils exuded by SCP-28893 show them to contain several of the chemical compounds found in human tears.4\nWhen humans are exposed to the oils from SCP-2889, they become fixated on the particular aroma of the substance, universally describing it as \"that sweet, clean Freshwater smell.\" Eventually, over the next 1 to 3 days, the affected individual perceives all olfactory input as the scent of SCP-2889 oil. When input into a search engine, the phrase \"that sweet, clean, Freshwater smell\" results in a link to the tourism page of Freshwater, VT, which has since been shut down by Foundation operatives. Upon arrival in Freshwater, inhabitants of the town5 will direct affected newcomers to SCP-2889. Affected individuals will then enter the forest, but will not return.\nSCP-2889 was discovered after items containing SCP-2889 oil were sold at several \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 brand cosmetic shops throughout New England. Many of the customers who purchased and used the product6 were reported missing anywhere from 24 to 72 hours after exposure, and were always last seen in Freshwater before disappearing.\nInterviews with inhabitants of Freshwater show that they are aware of both the effects of SCP-2889 and their immunity to its properties. When questioned about the origins of this immunity, interviewed individuals will claim that it is a boon granted to them by an ancestral figure, referred to intermittently as \"The Stag's Widow,\" \"Beloved of Apollo,\" and \"The Boy in the Grove.\" When questioned about a connection between this figure and the disappearances in SCP-2889, inhabitants will become aggressive and uncooperative, refusing to correspond to further questions. Genetic testing of Freshwater inhabitants shows them to have a 15% higher inbreeding coefficient than a standard town of a similar size. Testing also shows certain genetic sequences corresponding more closely to the equivalent sequence in the red deer.7 Hunting is strictly prohibited in Freshwater and the hunting of any deer is a capital offence.\nPersonnel assigned to SCP-2889's security perimeter for more than 2 weeks will have all bodily fluids replaced with the oil exuded by SCP-2889. Affected individuals suffer no ill effects from the change, but the process is irreversible. The effect is not cumulative, however, so two security teams may alternate every week and be unharmed.\nBelow is the recovered audio-visual transcript of an expedition into the center of SCP-2889. The team, consisting of Captain Harris, Agent Klein, and Agent Miller (delegates from MTF Epsilon-36 \"Druids and Rangers\"), were outfitted in full haz-mat gear, and were accompanied by D-19245, who had been exposed to SCP-2889 oil immediately before entry. D-19245 had been outfitted with a body camera which was relaying to Agent Zhao, who was to remain outside SCP-2889 and call for extraction if needed.\n\n[BEGIN LOG]\nHarris: Alright. 19245, you're taking the lead, you've got the camera. And I just got word from Zhao that mics are working. Here we go.\n(Team enters SCP-2889. After three minutes of walking, they reach a fork in the path.)\nKlein: Which way?\nD-19245: Right. The smell's stronger that way.\nHarris: And here?\nD-19245: The middle path. Then a left, and another left.\nMiller: You can smell it that well?\nD-19245: I'd know it anywhere. That sweet, clean, Freshwater -\nHarris: Yeah, yeah, we know. Cut it with that crap.\nD-19245: If you could smell it, you'd understand.\nHarris: I think I'll pass. What about here? Jesus, you'd think this is some kind of maze.\nD-19245: Go right. Then straight, then left.\nKlein: I think it is a maze.\nHarris: And she's probably leading us right to the center.\n(The canopy begins to thicken and block out sunlight as the team continues along the path.)\nMiller: Noting for the record that the branching patterns of SCP-2889 become increasingly irregular as we get closer to the maze. Cypress doesn't do this. It's supposed to taper, but it's getting to look like a damn rainforest.\nKlein: How the hell do you know this crap?\nMiller: I was a forestry major in college. Wanted to be a forest ranger.\nD-19245: Left.\nMiller: Hey, anyone hear\u2026\nHarris: Sobbing?\nKlein: Good to know it's not just me.\nD-19245: Straight. We're getting close now. I can almost taste it.\n(All overhead light has now been blocked. The team switches on their shoulder-mounted lights.)\nHarris: Stop. You hear that?\n(The team falls silent. Unintelligible mumbling can be heard. D-19245 moves closer while beginning to mumble to herself.)\nD-19245: Sempervirens, sempervivens! Cerve, erasta! Cyparisse, eromene!8 Hail the Verdant! Hail!\nHarris: What the\u2026\nKlein: She's mimicking it. She can't help herself.\nMiller: Quick! Follow her!\n(The team follows D-19245 into the center of SCP-2889, where they encounter two figures. One is a Mediterranean youth in his twenties, tending to and caressing the other entity, a cervine-human hybrid with a skeletal face and cloven feet. There are multiple arrows lodged in its chest, shoulders, and legs. The young man appears to be feeding strips of an unknown meat to the cervine entity, kissing its skull intermittently and massaging its genitals. He notices the team and begins to speak.)\nUnidentified: I know, love. You're hungry. I know. But look! Right on time. The lure works, love. It always does.\n(D-19245 prostrates herself before the cervine entity, assuming a posture that allows the young man to cut her throat. Visual feed is blocked.)\nHarris: Go. Get back. Go!\nUnidentified: Come, love. Let's hunt.\n(The sound of footsteps, and cloven hooves following after. Two distant screams, followed by a short period of silence. A bellow, followed by a third scream, abruptly silenced. Footsteps, followed by the sound of hooves, passing by the camera, and deeper into the center of the maze. Silence.)\n[END LOG]\n\nNone of the team members who entered SCP-2889 returned. Agent Zhao's attempts to call for backup failed despite a lack of observable outside interference. Subsequent unmanned expeditions returned with footage of a non-anomalous forest, with no sign of either the youth or the cervine entity (designated SCP-2889-1 and -2 respectively).\nADDENDUM: After the neutralization of SCP-3240, SCP-2889 is displaying similar effects as plant life within the area of effect, despite being further north than the anomaly's range extends. In addition, cypress trees within the affected area have begun displaying properties identical to SCP-2889 trees.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Despite Mediterranean cypress rarely being found in Vermont climates\n2. Population is nearly 98% Greco-American, with few records of outsiders marrying into the town's family trees.\n3. It is of note that the internal structure of trees from SCP-2889 almost completely matches the internal structure of instances of SCP-437-A. A link between these two anomalies has yet to be established.\n4. Notably, the town motto is \"Let us wash your tears away.\" The phrase \"Sweet and Clean\" appears on the town flag and seal.\n5. Natives to Freshwater appear not to be affected by SCP-2889.\n6. The \"Holly Jolly\" limited edition holiday bath bomb and the popular \"Guardian of the Forest\" bath bomb.\n7. Cervus elaphus\n8. Evergreen, everliving! Stag, lover! Cyparissus, beloved!\n\n\u00ab SCP-2888 | SCP-2889 | SCP-2890 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2890\n\nItem #: SCP-2890\nObject Class: Safe Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2890 is to be stored in a standard storage locker at Site-28.\nAmended Procedures: As of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, the following measures have been enacted:\nDue to the unique nature of SCP-2890's ability to escape containment, and the practical difficulties with creating a containment procedure without a non-zero chance of failure, this procedure is designed around early detection and mitigation of breach incidents, followed by rapid recovery of the artifact.\n\nThe site security control room is to monitor SCP-2890 at all times via closed circuit camera installed within the containment locker and the duty Containment Specialist is to make a logged physical inspection hourly.\nThe artifact has been fitted with a GPS transponder. An audible alarm will sound in the control room and automatic email alerts will be sent to all relevant personnel if the signal leaves Site-28.\nA hardened ruggedized laptop has been placed in the containment locker with the artifact and equipped with a dedicated hardline to a monitor in the control room. This system runs and analyzes a Monte Carlo simulation of 10,000 die rolls per minute. In the event that the outcome of this simulation is more than four sigmas from the mean (or if the control room loses contact with the device) an automatic email alert will be sent to all relevant personnel and an audible alarm will sound in the control room.\nAnomalous animation events fitting SCP-2890's profile have been added to the MTF Mu-4 (\"Debuggers\") internet watch list to be flagged as a possible containment breach.\n\nIn the event that any of these alert mechanisms are triggered, Site-28 is to be locked down (Alert Condition One), and an authorized security officer or researcher is to conduct an immediate physical inspection of the SCP-2890 locker.\nIn the event of a confirmed breach by SCP-2890, MTF Pi-1 (\"City Slickers\") is to mobilize and recover the artifact. If it is not located at the GPS coordinates, the search should continue with the public parks, elementary schools, preschools, and day-care centers within 50 km of Site-28 (see Supplement 2890-C) and expand from there, focusing on locations where prepubescent children congregate.\nDescription: SCP-2890 is a black silk top hat, of a style popular c. 1890. It is slightly worn, but is otherwise appraised to be in good condition. The label reads \"Wilson and Sons\", a haberdashery in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, that operated from 1879 to 1941. Imaging studies of the object revealed a crown-like object sewn into the lining (see Addendum).\nSCP-2890 is capable of animating any inanimate object that is intended to be representational of a humanoid when placed on the object's \"head\". It has been shown to be able to animate objects that have, at minimum, a defined representational \"head\". Animated objects are able to move in a human-like fashion, despite lacking joints, or even defined legs (a lower body segment meant to represent legs will provide locomotion). It is unable (or unwilling) to speak even when animating forms with functional vocal cords or playback devices. It cannot directly control living beings, humanoid or otherwise, but does exert a mild suggestive effect on prepubescent children, which appears to be limited to implanting the idea to place the hat on a suitable body and casual acceptance of the animated form.\nOn \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588th \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, during a comprehensive upgrade of Site-28's electrical systems, a combination of simultaneous unrelated errors by personnel and undetected failures of the security systems led to SCP-2890 breaching containment (see supplement 2890-B). Personnel were unaware that breach had occurred for 13 hours and SCP-2890 was able to remain uncontained for over seven years. The artifact was eventually recovered1 on \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588th \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, after an extensive search. It is estimated that the odds of this sequence of events happening by random chance alone are less than 1-in-1036. As a result, the object is now believed to possess the ability to manipulate probability, causing unlikely coincidences and accidents that are serendipitous to the artifact's presumed goals. This has been subsequently confirmed by the \u2588\u2588 \"near miss\" incidents (see supplement 2890-B) which were prevented due to the revised containment procedures.\nSCP-2890 was initially located when a group of seven children from Saratoga Springs, New York went missing. When found three weeks later they all claimed that they had been learning to dance from a plush duck toy. The anthropomorphic toy, wearing SCP-2890, was recovered by MTF Iota-10 (\"Damn Feds\") agents operating as part of the FBI investigation into the possible mass kidnapping. The toy was determined to be non-anomalous and destroyed.\nAddenda:\n\n+ Analysis of Imaging Studies\n\n- Access Approved\n\nSummary of analysis (See Supplement 2890-A):\nCT scans of the object revealed the following elements of the \"crown\" sewn into the lining:\n\nSeven segments of human skull bone, each a 37 mm x 23 mm rectangle.\nFourteen 46 mm lengths of jewelry quality silver chain connecting the short ends of the bone segment (two per end).\nEach bone segment was intricately carved with a complex system of occult symbols.\n\nSummary of the Occult Symbology Working Group's report:\n\nThe symbols are from a large variety of sources, with the majority sourced from decanic Kabbalah and Hermetic alchemy. This syncretic style is consistent with high thaumaturgical Hermetic Magick of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The group estimates that these workings were done by a talented practitioner with an estimated 87% effectiveness over random chance. There are seven distinct effects identified by the working group:\n\nThe capture, storage and maintenance of a single, specific, discorporate human consciousness with a true name of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nThe preservation of the physical integrity of the hat, and maintenance of its cleanliness.\nA point-of-contact psychokinetic effect.\nA subtle mind control effect, most likely a set of suggestions.\nA \"luck\" charm. Intended to bring \"fortune\" to the bearer and \"vexation\" to the bearer's enemies.\nA ward against hostile magic.\nUnknown. While the seventh segment clearly bears a distinct working, it otherwise defies analysis at this time.\n\n+ Test 21\n\n- Access Approved\n\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, SCP-2890 was placed in a standard humanoid containment cell with experiment Group 2 (consisting of nine children from a refugee community). Furnishings were provided for medium term habitation. A department store mannequin (which seems to be a preferred simulacrum for animation by the entity) was included in the cell. As in previous tests the children placed SCP-2890 on the mannequin. It led the children in dancing during waking hours. The children participated fully, with breaks only for feeding and waste elimination. The dance became gradually more and more involved and complex2 until the experiment was terminated after 27 days.\nFollowing Test 21, Group 2 was retested with standardized personality profiles and showed a 34% decrease in empathy, a 47% increase in risk-tolerance and a 64% increase in extroversion compared to test results before Test 21. Subsequent testing has shown these changes to be lasting into adolescence; the Group 2 children continue to be significantly less empathic, more risk-tolerant and more extroverted than average for their peer-group. Additionally within an average of five years, all exposed subjects had reconstructed their memories of the tests such that they believed the animation event to have been imaginary.\nOn \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588th \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the exposed persons from the original contact incident were re-interviewed and tested with the standard personality battery, under the pretext of a study of adult survivors of childhood trauma. They each reported they remembered the events as purely imaginary. Testing shows that this is consistent with screen memory equivalent to Class B amnestic therapy. Personality testing showed relatively low empathy scores, as well as relatively high risk-tolerance and extroversion, all with significant deviation from expected norms for a sample this size. Additionally, four of the seven have significant criminal records, including convictions for drug related offenses, violent assaults, and one second degree murder.\n\n+ Interview of D-7920\n\n- Access Approved\n\nInterviewed: D-7920, member of experiment Group 2.\nInterviewer: Dr. Haddad\nForeword: D-7920 has spent the last 27 days with SCP-2890, which has been animating a department store mannequin. Interview was conducted in Arabic.\n<Begin Log,\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, 1530 hours.>\nDr. Haddad: Peace be upon you, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 how are you?\nD-7920: Unto you, peace! I am fine. I had jello and pizza for lunch! Will I get to play with the dancing man again soon?\nDr. Haddad: Do you like the dancing man?\nD-7920: Oh yes, very much!\nDr. Haddad: You don't find him scary?\nD-7920: Oh no! He is very funny! [giggles]\nDr. Haddad: Don't you want to see your mother and father?\nD-7920: Oh! I haven't seen them in a little while? Do you think I should?\nDr. Haddad: Yes, you will be going back to them soon, God-willing. Tell me about what you do when you play with the dancing man.\n\nD-7920: We are doing a little dance! It is silly and very fun!\nDr. Haddad: What do you think of the dancing man's hat?\n\nD-7920: That old thing? It must have some magic, because when we put it on its head it becomes the dancing man! Will I be able to play with him again soon, God-willing? Please?\nDr. Haddad: I think it is time for you to return to your family, child.\n\nD-7920: [cries] I want to see the dancing man!\nDr. Haddad: I'm very sorry, but I don't think that is going to happen again.\n\nD-7920: It isn't fair. [cries for 43 seconds] I know the dancing man will be back again, some day, God-willing.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: This seems to confirm an active compulsion by SCP-2890 that affects prepubescent children. It is recommended that the artifact be isolated from them. The children from the experimental groups were returned to their parents at Site-11.\n\n+ Interview of SCP-2890\n\n- Access Approved\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2890\nInterviewer: Agent Asling\nForeword: Prior to this, the entity within SCP-2890 refused to animate a simulacrum or communicate in the presence of researchers. Based on what had been learned about the entity's motives, an attempt was made to incentivize communication. Subsequently these tactics have failed to motivate the entity to respond, and this is the sole interview it has cooperated with.\nSCP-2890 was placed on the mannequin (with both legs and one arm removed) and provided a pad of paper and a pen. All responses were in writing. SCP-2890's handwriting was a neat italic cursive script (underlining is reproduced from the original).\n<Begin Log,\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, 0900 hours.>\nAgent Asling: If you don't cooperate, we can make sure you never see any children again. On the other hand, if you just answer my questions, we'll return you to them soon.Agent Asling: Why do you hate me?Agent Asling: I see. Why do you want to be with the children? [three minutes pass with no response] Look, I can seal you in concrete and dump you in the Hudson, if that's what you want. Why do you want to be with the children?Agent Asling: What is the purpose of the dance?\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: The SCP-2890 entity is recalcitrant and is either unwilling or unable to provide coherent information. Returned to secure storage for containment.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Due to a flagged blog post by a mother describing her child's \"imaginative\" play.\n2. Analysis by the Occult Symbology Working Group indicates a high probability of ritual magic elements.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2889 | SCP-2890 | SCP-2891 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2891-3 instances engaging in combat with Foundation forces on [REDACTED]\n\nItem # SCP-2891\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All containers of SCP-2891 are to be kept on Site-49 in High Priority Containment Wing-C. SCP-2891 may only be removed with the permission of two Level 4 researchers, and only for the purposes of testing. All SCP-2891-1, -2, and -3 instances are to be destroyed following testing, with their remains kept in Wing-B.\nDescription: SCP-2891 is an anomalous liquid that can cause an environment to undergo significant changes when applied to a currently living organism via direct skin contact. When applied to a living organism, now known as SCP-2891-1, manifestations of structures and objects designed to defend SCP-2891-1 will begin to appear in the local environment. The amount of land affected by SCP-2891 is different depending on the location and specific environment that it is used in, although the average number is 50m3.\nSCP-2891-2 is the designation of objects and structures formed by SCP-2891 around the affected area of SCP-2891-1. Often, these structures take the form of security cameras, turrets, and humanoid containment cells. These containment cells are consistent with standard humanoid containment cells designed by the Foundation (See Addendum-2891-A for more information). Over time, SCP-2891-2 instances begin to become more and more complex. Untreated SCP-2891-2 instances following completion of stage 5 are found to be equipped with security cameras, automated turrets, electronic keypads, barbed wire, land mines, steel doors, and tear gas.\nAdditionally, humanoid entities are found to manifest at varying times in the stages of SCP-2891. These humanoid entities, designated SCP-2891-3, are all genetically identical to each other. SCP-2891-3 instances often have identical uniforms and use similar weaponry as local enforcement officers in order to appear as said officers. It should be noted that while instances of SCP-2891-3 are capable of speech in the language predominate in the affected area, it is not currently known if instances are capable of understanding said speech1.\nThe following is a list of the stages that an SCP-2891-1 instance undergoes from initial exposure and death.\n\nStages\n\nAccess Granted\n\nStage 1: The initial stage of SCP-2891-1. Padlocks, reinforced fencing around the affected area, and barred windows manifest. Stage usually lasts for three to five hours after initial application.\nStage 2: SCP-2891-1's clothing begins to alternate from their original designs, often including or removing materials in order to make the removal of said clothing more difficult for the particular instance of SCP-2891-1.\nStage 3: At stage 3, SCP-2891-1's clothing binds to SCP-2891-1's skin. Electronic locking systems, half-formed turrets, security cameras and barbed wire materialize around the affected area.\nStage 4: SCP-2891-1 is bound to a specific location within the affected area. This is usually accomplished with belts, metal bars, full-body strait jackets, and ropes. While this occurs, SCP-2891-1 begins to undergo a form of psychological passivity, allowing for its capture with little to no resistance. The affected area is equipped with titanium alloy fences, more developed turrets, tear gas, 180-degree security cameras, and reinforced steel doors.\nStage 5: SCP-2891-1 enters into a vegetative state, only surviving based on the sustenance it receives from SCP-2891-3 instances, which, along with concrete walls, land mines, military-grade turrets, 360-degree security cameras, built-in tasers, barbed wire increased, and saw traps, also appear.\nStage 6: The final stage of SCP-2891. This stage begins only after the death of SCP-2891-1.2 When this occurs, SCP-2891-2 instances begin to dematerialize from the affected area, returning the affected area to its pre-SCP-2891 form. All instances of SCP-2891-3 die over the course of three days.3\n\nCurrently, there are over thirteen containers filled with SCP-2891 in Foundation control.\n\nAddendum-2891-A\nSCP-2891 was first discovered following the absorption of the many subsidiaries and divisions of GoI-2312,4 specifically for Prometheus Defense and Biotech, under a project known as \"Project Plant Cell\". It was also discovered that a Dr. Kirk, a Foundation researcher and former Prometheus Labs employee, had worked on the project.\n\nInterviewed: Dr. Kirk\nInterviewer: Dr. Henderson\nDate: 06/11/1999\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Henderson: Good evening, Dr. Kirk.\nDr. Kirk: Evening.\nDr. Henderson: Would you be willing to answer some questions regarding SCP-2891?\nDr. Kirk: Sure.\nDr. Henderson: Thank you. Now-\n[Paper shuffling]\nDr. Henderson: -what was your involvement with the Prometheus Labs project known as \"Project Plant cell\"?\nDr. Kirk: What do you wanna know?\nDr. Henderson: What was the purpose of the project?\nDr. Kirk: It was meant to be many things, but the primary point of it was meant to be a semi-containment producer. You would slather the object or person you needed to contain and presto! You got your own containment cell in no time flat.\nDr. Henderson: And what were you planning on doing with this object?\nDr. Kirk: Selling it to the Foundation, of course. You see, the Foundation had come to the higher ups, asking for help. They needed something that could temporarily manifest locations that could contain an object or creature that needed to be recovered quickly and at a moment's notice.\nDr. Henderson: When was this?\nDr. Kirk: I'd say\u2026 the early '90s? I forget. Just know that it was at around that time that I was sent into the Appalachians to a newly dug-in Site for the production of a new project, and I was one of the lead researchers.\nDr. Henderson: This sounds like it was top secret.\nDr. Kirk: Oh, it was. Higher ups denied any involvement in the project, of course. Needed to keep up appearances, we do have standards.\n[Dr. Kirk laughs]\nDr. Kirk: In the beginning, we had a plethora of problems to deal with. Containment cells would grow into full-fledged prisons, guards were inherently violent and trigger happy, and we were still trying to find a way to get them to respond to our trigger words.\nDr. Henderson: Trigger words?\nDr. Kirk: Yeah, trigger words. Phrases that would allow for you to control them when heard. Usually simple and ridiculous phrases such as \"What it do?\" or \"Does the Black Moon Howl?\". Stupid phrases like that, you know. Simple little jokes between us researchers. All would be removed in the final product, of course.\nDr. Henderson: Sort of like mind control?\nDr. Kirk: Yeah, well, that sort of implies that they had minds instead of being biological automatons, but simple semantics.\nDr. Henderson: Right. Continue.\nDr. Kirk: So, everything was running smoothly. Sure, a death or two here, but nothing out of the ordinary. But one day, one of the Head researchers, Dr. Taylor, didn't show up to work. Like, nothing. No message, no phone calls, no nothing. A little weird, but probably nothing to worry about. Just took an off day or something. Then he didn't come the next day, and the day after that. For three days, he didn't come back. At this point, the higher ups got nervous, and they decided to send in a small security task force to check up at his house.\nDr. Henderson: What did they find?\nDr. Kirk: His crying mess of a wife. Said he up and left after he had a meltdown or something. You should have seen the place, just Jesus. She said he left in his car, somewhere. From evidence collected from phone calls and emails, he looked like he was going to do something that he would probably regret.\nDr. Henderson: Look, I understand it must have been difficult, but we must focus\u2014\nDr. Kirk: No, not that. Although, it wouldn't have surprised me if he did. The force had found out that he had left the house three days earlier. After extensive research of the local area, we had discovered that he was heading outside of the mountains, near somewhere. And the boys back at the site also found something funny.\nDr. Henderson: What did they find?\nDr. Kirk: One vial of the substance was gone. Apparently, it had been removed during the late night.\nDr. Henderson: By who?\nDr. Kirk: By none other than Taylor himself.\nDr. Henderson: How do you know?\nDr. Kirk: Checking through the security cameras. Found that he snuck a vial out in his suitcase.\nDr. Henderson: Why would he do this?\nDr. Kirk: For his plan.\nDr. Henderson: Which was?\nDr. Kirk: To lock himself away.\n\n<End Log>\n\nAn investigation into this supposed Prometheus Labs Inc. Site are ongoing. Evidence collected from Labs servers and local law enforcement records traces the possible location of Dr. Taylor to Clay County, Kentucky.5 It is currently unknown why this location was chosen.\nNote: Following an investigation into the records of Clay Country, it was discovered that this was the birthplace of Dr. Henry Taylor, who had been raised there until he was 19, when he was hired by Prometheus Labs in [REDACTED] as a janitor, and eventually became a researcher for the company.\n\nAddendum-2891-B\nOn 12/11/2001, Mobile Task Force Psi-7 (\"Home Improvement\") had been deployed to [REDACTED], Kentucky6 after reports of individuals going missing in the town that may have had a familial relationship with a Dr. Henry Taylor, along with reports of teenagers having disappeared without a trace.\nFollowing an investigation into the town and its history, it was discovered that a location known as \"Ol' Rusty\"7 by the locals, had become altered from its original structure to more like that of a prison.8 The rusty exterior had transformed into concrete walls, surrounded by guard towers. Near the entrance of the prison, several wooden pikes and small nests had been formed. On the pikes, several currently unidentified human heads have been placed on them.9\nOutside the factory, a 1989 BMW was found, covered in a large amount of foliage, abandoned and severely damaged. Although it is not fully conclusive on the owner of the car,10 it has been hypothesized that the car belonged to Dr. Taylor.\nIt has been confirmed that this is the location that Dr. Taylor currently resides.\nPending approval from the O5 Council on a possible raid by Foundation forces on SCP-2891-2 instance.\nRaid on SCP-2891-2 instance had been approved of by the O5 Council.\n\nAddendum-2891-C\nThe following is an excerpt from the After Action report by Private [REDACTED], a member of MTF-Psi-7.\n\nWhen we entered the prison, the first thing we saw where the utter emptiness of it all. Just, empty. We had info that the target was on the top floor of the building. We were making our way up the building when we saw some -3 instances attempting to make sandbags from God knows what.\nWe were up the third floor when we found the corpses. Just, Jesus. The place was covered in animal corpses, of deer, rabbits, foxes, squirrels, dogs, and\u2026 and humans. But the worst part was the categorization of them. Each corpse was divided into different rooms. One room for foxes, one for rabbits, one for dogs. We lost at least three men getting halfway through the first couple of rooms from those bastards. Damn good shots, they were.\nBy the time we were up the third floor, we had lost half the team. The Commander was talking about retreating, but command was insistent on getting all the way up. We had one more floor to go.\nThe third floor.\nJesus.\nI used to work on a farm when I was a boy. My old man used to take me to work on killing the chickens. How we would put it in the killing cone, and cut its head off and let the blood drain out. The cone was constantly filled with blood. Slit the head off one myself when I was eight.\nThis was like that. But on an entire floor.\nWe found a guard cutting off the head of a woman, letting the blood drain out in a bucket. Several bodies, both human and non, were hanging by hooks. Some were packing it inside what looked like freezers. It was like they didn't realize what they were doing. I assume it was meant to feed\u2026to feed him.\nA third of our team was gone by the time we got to the fourth. It was empty, except for one thing: a man hanging by a hook, surrounded by hundreds of armed men in armor.\nThe commander thought it wise that we escape while we have the chance. We made our way down the stairs like an Olympic gold medalist. I heard a scream, and a shout for help, but I didn't listen to it. I just kept running and running.\nAt least it wasn't me, you know?\n\nAddendum-2891-D\nThe following is an excerpt of some of the recovered documents and phone calls recovered from Prometheus Labs regarding Dr. Taylor's current condition.\n\n+ Recovered letters\n\n- Access Granted\n\nDear Henry,\nWe are holding a family reunion on the 16th, and I would implore you to come and visit us and spend time outside and not copped up in that house all day, working. You need to have fun! You need to relax, you're working yourself to death.\nWith Love, Mother\n\n+ Phone calls\n\n- Access Granted\n\nHey, uh, son. I'm sorry about what happened at pops. I didn't mean to blow up and\u2026.and I'm sorry. But, please, please, come on the 16th to spend time with us, with the family. I understand if you don't care about me, because of the hateful things I said towards you. But [Pauses], please come, for the sake of your mother. I know I can't be [Pauses] be him, but, please come out.\n\nHey, sweety, it's grandma Mickey. I just wanted to ask about how you were doing, since you stopped visiting us. I know you were busy with your job, so I sent you some new clothes and\u2026 [Pauses] and I just want to see you again.\n\nHey man, just calling in to check up on you. Uh, what's going on man? I got a new girlfriend and she's really nice. You would like her. Well, uh, Henry, if you ever get the chance to, like, go out for a movie or something, just call me. We could go, see, like, see a movie or something.\n\n+ Emails\n\n- Access Granted\n\nFrom: John Taylor\nTo: Henry Taylor\nSubject: Fuck You\nListen you son of a bitch, you broke your fucking mother's heart you absolute cunt and our father's trust. Fuck you, you horrible fucking son, and even worse brother. Fuck you. Kill yourself.\n\nFrom: Tyler [REDACTED]\nTo: Henry Taylor\nSubject: Please respond\nHey buddy. I don't exactly know what's going on, where you're at, or if you have your email still on you or have had it changed. But, if it is man, it's Tyler, and I just wanted you to know that I love you bro, and I'm praying for you and your family. I just felt the need to let you know. Stay with God, and keep your head up. Our actions don't define us, but it's how we move forward with things. Just stay strong buddy, I love you.\n\nFootnotes\n1. This behavior is similar to that of the entities within SCP-1312. A link between the two anomalies has yet to be established.\n2. This varies between individual instances of SCP-2891-1, some surviving only for three months, while other instances surviving for up to three years.\n3. Cause of death is currently unknown.\n4. Also known as Prometheus Labs Inc.\n5. The poorest county in the State of Kentucky\n6. A town with a population of less than 300.\n7. An abandoned manufacturing plant that had gone out of business in 1965.\n8. An SCP-2891-2 instance.\n9. It is currently unknown if these are the results of SCP-2891, or a possible creation by SCP-2891-3.\n10. A license plate could not be found on the car. It had been removed by an unknown individual.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2890 | SCP-2891 | SCP-2892 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2892\n\nSCP-2892, taken approximately two weeks prior to its sinking.\n\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to the nature of SCP-2892, it cannot be fully contained. Site 2892-A has been established at Surabaya, Indonesia (per agreement with the Indonesian government) to facilitate monitoring. Site 2892-A will be disguised as an Indonesian naval facility.\nAt all times, at least one Van Speijk-class frigate modified to carry NATO standard weaponry and sensory packages is to be on patrol in SCP-2892's identified area of manifestation. This frigate is to be supported at all times by no less than two maritime patrol aircraft. In the event of a prolonged manifestation, one air-to-air re-fueling craft should be on standby to facilitate extended operations. These craft will bear the markings of the Indonesian Navy. In the event of attrition or sudden need, non-conforming ships may be visually modified to appear to be a ship currently in service with the Indonesian Navy.\nDuring a manifestation event no civilian craft, whether they are seaborne or low-flying aircraft1, are to be permitted any closer than 20km2 of SCP-2892. Civilian craft should be hailed and informed that they are entering a live-fire exercise or on-going anti-piracy operation and must divert. Failure to acknowledge and comply should be responded to with rapid interception of the craft.\nStandard escalation of force is to be observed for non-compliant craft. Civilian sea-craft should ideally be boarded by attached elements of MTF Gamma-6 (\"Deep Feeders\") acting as a fast-craft or rotary-wing boarding team. Administration of Class B amnestics and a forced course correction must follow. In the event of an incursion by openly hostile groups the local MTF commander has discretion in how to respond.\nDuring a Dutchman event all assets should sound general quarters and prepare to aggressively intercept SCP-2892. Survivors of a Dutchman event are to be administered with Class C amnestics and evacuated to the nearest Indonesian port. Should SCP-2892 not enter a hostile state standard interception protocol should be observed. Dutchman events are to be considered a breach of containment.\nDescription: SCP-2892 is the HNLMS Java, a Dutch cruiser sunk during the battle of The Java Sea on 27th February, 1942. It is fully corporeal and seaworthy, and all systems appear to be functioning.\nSCP-2892's manifestation consists of the ship breaching the water's surface, bow-first. This is preceded by a dull red glow, similar to that observed in a Dutchman event, below the water's surface. The depth at which SCP-2892 begins this process has been observed to be between 20 to 18 meters. SCP-2892 appears to simply materialize under the water. The materialization has often been described as watching the vessel 'fading into existence.' The nature and frequency of SCP-2892's manifestation, beyond its approximate location, follows no observable pattern.\nThe ship shows no signs of the extensive structural damage it was reported to have received during its final action. At no point during any of its manifestations have crew been observed on deck. SCP-2892's weaponry and sensory arrays appear to perform to the ship's historical specifications. SCP-2892 however displays an ability to withstand anomalous amounts of damage with no corresponding loss in performance. It is seemingly indestructible. It has shown itself capable of maintaining flank speed in spite of fires, heavy listing, and flooding, and appears to dissipate when it would otherwise be sunk. The time until re-manifestation occurs appears to be variable, with the shortest observed time frame being 18 hours, and the longest being 1 month, 3 weeks. Despite its abnormal structural endurance SCP-2892 often takes standard evasive actions when it loses fire superiority. This helps greatly to facilitate its containment.\nSCP-2892's non-anomalous armament remain a significant threat when consideration of its endurance is made. It poses a particular danger to civilian and commercial craft, which travel at much slower speeds than itself and contemporary military craft are capable of. To date, it appears to only be actively hostile during Dutchman events (see Incident Log 2892-07). The passive effects of manifestation also pose a significant threat to smaller commercial and civilian craft, and is likely to induce a Dutchman event and subsequent hostile reaction as a result.\nSCP-2892's manifestation is limited to the waters in which its final action was fought. Once manifested, SCP-2892 appears to roam at will, but to date has not seen to exit any of the straits that act as passages into the Java Sea. SCP-2892's manifestation is always coupled with the appearance of strong, but varying storm conditions regardless of the season. SCP-2892 is not necessarily at the eye of these systems, and has been observed to precede or succeed the passage of them. The reason for this is currently unknown.\nSeverity of these storm systems range from heavy swells upwards to conditions resembling a category 5 Typhoon. The detection of these storm systems appears impracticable save by visual confirmation; traditional methods of short-range weather radar detection appear to be prone to malfunctions. Longer range meteorological radar inexplicably do not pick up the systems that accompany the manifestation of SCP-2892. The severity of the storm systems that accompany manifestation do not appear to be predictable; no discernible pattern has been identified.\n\n+ Show Initial Discovery:\n\n- Hide Initial Discovery:\n\nInitial Discovery: Sunk with extensive structural damage following a prolonged surface battle with the Imperial Japanese Navy, the wreck of the Java was discovered in 2002 by amateur divers. The wreck was subsequently reported missing by the Dutch War Graves commission in November 2016. The disappearance was at first speculated to be a result of local, illegal salvaging, and did not draw the attention of the Foundation. Also reported missing was the wreck HNLMS De Ruyter, lost in the same action. To date, HNLMS De Ruyter has not manifested.\nSCP-2892 came to the Foundation's attention approximately 1 month after its reported disappearance, which coincided with an increase in reports of abnormally violent pirate attacks and missing ships in the Java sea. Foundation Agents embedded with the Indonesian Navy and the Royal Australian Navy were tasked to investigate.\nThe existence of an anomaly was confirmed on \u2588/\u2588/2017 when survivors rescued by the Indonesian Coast Guard reported their commercial fishing vessel suddenly had encountered off-seasonal typhoon conditions. Their craft rapidly became swamped and consequently the vessel began to broadcast a distress signal on an open frequency. SCP-2892 responded in its usual matter and a Dutchman event was triggered. Fatalities from this particular manifestation were estimated to number \u2588\u2588.\nAgents embedded with the Indonesian Navy issued the survivors with Class C amnestics and a standard piracy cover story quickly disseminated.\n\n+ Show Addendum 2892-01:\n\n- Hide Addendum 2892-01:\n\nDutchman Events: A Dutchman event refers to SCP-2892 entering an actively hostile state. To date, this has been observed to be caused in all cases by any attempts to hail, signal or otherwise communicate with SCP-2892 by other craft. Craft often inadvertantly open communications with SCP-2892 as a result of distress signals sent from its latent weather effects.\n\nA photo showing the start of a Dutchman event, taken on \u2588/\u2588/2017\n\nCommunication attempts with SCP-2892 are met with a response, however it remains unclear if SCP-2892 is truly sapient or sentient (see Experiment log 2892-01 for further details). It remains a matter of inquiry; exploring this possibility is a top priority if and when active experimentation resumes.\nWhen SCP-2892 is hailed, the following occurs:\n\nWeather will immediately begin to escalate to a Force 12 on the Beaufort scale.\nSCP-2892 will begin to immediately move towards the hailing craft at flank speed; and begin to emit a dull red aura of light from midships.\nSCP-2892 will begin to issue highly distorted radio messages towards its target craft.\nSCP-2892 will, when within range, engage its target craft with all possible weaponry, usually resulting in total loss of life. The nonstop stream of radio communication does not abate during this period.\n\nRarely, SCP-2892 has been observed to not engage but rather intercept its target craft. Upon coming abreast of which, it will [DATA EXPUNGED]3. SCP-2892 and its target craft will thereafter de-manifest in a blinding flash. In all recorded instances, search and rescue has failed to recover cadavers, flotsam or any physical remnant of the event. Investigations into what precisely occurs during a [DATA EXPUNGED] event are on-going.\n\nCommunications from SCP-2892 are most often in frantic Dutch. Translations of audible speech are a usually a mix of generic combat communications or messages as if from an on-going surface action. In \u2588 recorded circumstances, communications from SCP-2892 have been directed to individual crew members on its target craft, are in said crew member's language of habitual use, and are often identified as being lamentations and warnings from deceased family.\n\n+ Show Incident Log 2892-07:\n\n- Hide Incident Log 2892-07:\n\nElements of MTF Gamma-6 moving to board the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 during Incident 2892-07.\n\nIncident Log 2892-07:\nExcerpt from Frigate Captain \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's AAR:\n\nOn \u2588/\u2588/2017 during the on-going monitoring of SCP-2892 in an active state, the SCPNS Audacious detected a medium sized commercial craft (later identified as the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - a long-suspected Pirate 'mother ship') sailing towards SCP-2892's area of influence. Standard containment protocol was initiated. The craft ignored the hail and immediately adjusted course to avoid the Audacious. The craft's course correction put it on an azimuth that still threatened breach of containment and a move to intercept began.\nVisual contact was established ten minutes after the initial attempt to hail the vessel. The craft once more ignored attempts to hail it and attempted to continue its evasive action. Warning shots from on-deck machine guns and the 76mm were also ignored. The decision to conduct a boarding action by fast-craft was made. At this point in time the pursuit had taken both ships well into SCP-2892's area of effect and constituted a low-level containment breach. Weather conditions were rated at a 6 on the Beaufort scale at that time and were noted to be deteriorating further.\nUpon approaching the fleeing craft, members of MTF Gamma-6 were suddenly taken under intense small arms fire from the crew. In the ensuing action Agents \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 were critically wounded. Due to the weather conditions rapidly surpassing an 8 on the Beaufort scale and making extraction by fast-craft a dubious prospect, as well as concern for the multiple casualties, the decision was made to attempt to commandeer the craft and guide it back to port.\nSCP-2892 was spotted on radar approaching both craft's positions at flank speed (despite the weather, maintaining a steady 32 knots) and the Audacious was forced to move to engage with all weapons systems to protect elements of Gamma-6 still aboard the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Despite crippling damage from ship-to-ship missiles SCP-2892 continued its attack run before finally being dissipated by repeated fire from the Audacious's direct-fire weaponry. At this point weather conditions rapidly returned to a 2 on the Beaufort scale. Throughout the engagement, SCP-2892 was broadcasting, as if it were a Dutchman event.\n\nThis is the first recorded instance of SCP-2892 unilaterally initiating a Dutchman event. It is also the first time in which it has not shown its usual evasiveness when engaged. This report has been submitted to administration for review, along with a request for additional resources.\n\n+ Show Transcripts of SCP-2892's communications:\n\n- Hide Transcripts of SCP-2892's communications:\n\nNote: Ellipses in transcripts refer to bursts of static, white noise and interference.\n\nFish4 are in the water, hard to port, hard to port!\n\nAttention: [unintelligible] has reported she is hit\u2026 is breaking off! Doorman\u2026[unintelligible] request\u2026[unintelligible] we are being overpowered!\n\nMy son? \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588? Flee, my boy\u2026.flee\u2026.the [unintelligible] comes. Do not let\u2026.let\u2026the sea\u2026.take you.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Commercial air-liners and cargo planes operate at a high enough altitude to not be affected by SCP-2892's effects.\n2. To date the greatest recorded radius of SCP-2892's area of effect.\n3. Active experimentation with bait-craft crewed by D-class personnel has been suspended in light of Incident SCP-2892-08. The experimentation logs leading to said incident are currently Security Level 4 and are only available at the request of the local Gamma-6 commander or assigned Frigate Captain.\n4. A jargon that refers to torpedoes\n\n\u00ab SCP-2891 | SCP-2892 | SCP-2893 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item#: SCP-2893\nObject Class: Euclid Neutralized1\nSpecial Containment Procedures:\n\n+ 12/25/1945 Former Containment Procedures\n\n- Access Granted\n\nAny information regarding SCP-2893, SCP-2893-A instances, or the phenomenon surrounding either of these entities is to be destroyed. Any aircraft entering the vicinity of Site-2893 are to be warned that the location they are entering is owned by the French government, with MTF-Beta-99 (\"Let 'em Fly Boys\") correcting their course away from the facility. If any aircraft refuses to comply, MTF-Beta-99 is authorized to engage the craft.\nNo Foundation personnel are allowed inside of SCP-2893 without the approval of Site-2893's Director. Personnel entering SCP-2893 are to be armed with standard Foundation military weaponry. Foundation personnel are to never interact with instances without at least three other armed personnel accompanying them. SCP-2893-A instances are to not be provided information about the outside world.\nIf SCP-2893-A instances are found nearing the border of SCP-2893, MTF-Beta-22 (\"The Whistleblowers\") is to terminate them. This interaction is to be recorded in the research log below.\n\nCurrent Containment Procedures\n\n87th Infantry Division, French Armed Forces. Seven weeks prior to SCP-2893's formation.\n\nSCP-2893-A instances are to be kept in standard humanoid containment cells on Site-2893. They are considered non-anomalous humanoids, and are to be treated as such. SCP-2893-A instances are to be given individualized psychiatric care by Foundation psychologists, who are to be available at all times. In order to maintain the mental health and cooperation with SCP-2893-A instances, psychologists are to avoid mentioning any of the following:\n\nThe conflict of World War I\nAny information pertaining to the individual instance's history, family, or memories.\nthe SCP-2893 phenomenon and\nthe instances' current state of affairs subsequent to the destruction of SCP-2893.\n\nAny information regarding SCP-2893 and the effects of its destruction are to be suppressed whenever possible to the public at large.\nDescription: SCP-2893 is the official designation of an anomalous phenomenon affecting southern France, near the village of [REDACTED]. SCP-2893 manifests itself as a translucent sphere encompassing a radius of 25km. Non-SCP-2893-A instances are capable of entering SCP-2893 with no difficulty. Individuals found inside of SCP-2893 during its formation in 1917 (SCP-2893-A) have been found incapable of leaving SCP-2893. This also extends to any objects that were inside of SCP-2893 prior to its formation, including weaponry, fortifications, or other organisms inside of SCP-2893 other than SCP-2893-A instances.\n\n243rd Infantry Division of The German Empire. Three weeks prior to SCP-2893's formation.\n\nSCP-2893-A instances are non-anomalous humans who have been found inside of SCP-2893 during its formation. Instances wear attire consistent with both the French Armed Forces, British Armed Forces, and the Imperial German Army issued during the First World War, specifically the 87th infantry Unit and 243rd Infantry Unit. Instances are armed with WW1-era non-anomalous weaponry , and often engage in combat with one another. (See Research log) Currently, there are over 1000 SCP-2893-A instances in SCP-2893.\nThe anomalous effects of SCP-2893 become evident after a full 24-hour rotation. When a full rotation occurs, all organisms, objects, and events that have occurred or are contained within SCP-2893 return to their original state prior to the reset. This includes deceased individuals inside of SCP-2893. This also seems to apply to the memories of SCP-2893-A instances, of which they report of having no memory of the events prior to the 'reset'. This ability has seemed to have diminished since the formation of SCP-2893. Many SCP-2893-A instances report of having brief, vivid recollections that correspond to events prior to the 'reset'.\nAs more and more resets occur, subsequent resets cause SCP-2893-A instances to behave disparately from their original series of events.\nThe behavior of SCP-2893-A instances have been observed to deviate significantly from the original events of the battle. In the battle, the British and French forces forced the German battalion to retreat after having sustained heavy casualties. For more information on these alterations, see Research Log. This has been hypothesized to be the result of the deterioration of SCP-2893's ability to 'reset' the events of the previous day, and the ability to erase the memory of SCP-2893-A instances.\nSCP-2893 was originally discovered in 1918 when the French government responded to a possible invasion by the Imperial German Army. Following the discovery of its anomalous effects, SCP-2893 was guarded by the paracontainment wing of the French Armed Forces until the Second World War, where it was placed into the control of the Ahnenerbe Obskurakorps2 from 1940 to 1944.\n\nResearch Log\n4-12-1920 \u2014 French and British forces overwhelm German fortifications. Minimal deviation from original timeline.\n6-22-1929 \u2014 British and French soldiers are seen becoming more and more agitated with one another. One soldier threatens to attack the Commander of the troops, but is shot before this could occur. Battle continues as normal.\n12-21-1929 \u2014 The soldier who attempted to attack the commander (SCP-2893-A-11) kills him, naming himself the new commander. Battle ends with the entire German force killed.\n7-4-1930 \u2014 SCP-2893-A-11 becomes commander after the commander was killed by a stray bullet while on an early morning walk. Battle proceeds as normal. German commanders are hanged outside of camp.\n7-29-1930 \u2014 Minimum deviation from previous log. Commanders are shot.\n8-2-1930 \u2014 Minimum deviation from previous log. Commanders are stabbed to death.\n8-3-1930 \u2014 Minimum deviation from previous log. Commanders are burnt alive.\n8-7-1930 \u2014 Minimum deviation from previous log. Commanders are skinned alive.\n9-22-1930 \u2014 German instances surrender to British and French instances. Are assimilated into its ranks.\n9-23-1930 \u2014 SCP-2893-A instances attempt to build a large fire inside of the forest. Instances lose control and the fire spreads throughout the rest of internal area of SCP-2893. Instances all die from asphyxiation or suffer immolation\n11-15-1930 \u2014 SCP-2893-A instances again attempt to build a fire. Unlike previous iteration, however, instances are able to control the fire. French forces break up instances and destroy the fire.\n5-13-1940 \u2014 SCP-2893-A instances begin to fire their artillery cannons in random directions. Currently believed that SCP-2893-A instances were attempting to breach SCP-2893. Officially comes under the control of the Ahnenerbe Obskurakorps.\n12-17-1940 \u2014 The Obskurakorps attempt to converse with SCP-2893-A instances, specifically SCP-2893-A-11, who had become the de facto leader of all SCP-2893-A instances. Obskurakorps attempt to bribe SCP-2893-A-11 with the promise of SCP-2893 being destroyed. SCP-2893-A-11, according to recovered documents, states \"You can take your space-time anomaly and shove it up your arse!\". Obskurakorps members are forcefully removed from SCP-2893.\n12-21-1940 \u2014 Obskurakorps prepare for a full-on invasion into SCP-2893. They bring one battalion. Recovered documents suggest that the reason for this low troop count was due to confidence in Obskurakorps leadership in their success. SCP-2893-A instances terminate the entire battalion with little resistance, despite inferior technology.3 Bodies are immolated.\n1-12-1941 \u2014 Obskurakorps attempts to surround SCP-2893, preparing for a second invasion force, this time with a force of two battalions.\n1-15-1941 \u2014 Obskurakorps begins invasion of SCP-2893. SCP-2893-A instances are captured after having anywhere from 67% to 76% of its forces terminated. Recovered documents state that SCP-2893-A instances were tortured for the rest of the iteration. Documents also suggest that the Obskurakorps attempted to persuade German instances to defect from SCP-2893-A-11, all ending in failure. Instances claimed that they feared SCP-2893-A-11 more than the Obskurakorps.4\n1-16-1941 \u2014 Iteration ends. All SCP-2893-A instances were able to ambush the Obskurakorps. The Obskurakorps retreated with severe casualties. Severed heads were stuck on pikes through the edges of SCP-2893.\n2-12-1941 \u2014 The Obskurakorps attempt another communication with SCP-2893-A-11, this time with an offer to give instances information of the outside world and communication with relatives. A response was delivered, reading in its entirety as: \"Why would I want to give this position as leader?\"\n6-12-1941 \u2014 The Obskurakorps last attempt at destroying SCP-2893. Bombing runs on SCP-2893 and an invasion of SCP-2893 is authorized. The invasion force consists of four battalions and 15 He 111 bombers.5. The entire invasion force was eliminated within three days by SCP-2893-A instances.6\n8-12-1944 \u2014 Germany retreats from Paris. During this time, SCP-2893 is officially taken into the custody of the Foundation.\n12-25-1945 \u2014 Foundation personnel attempts to communicate with SCP-2893-A instances, specifically SCP-2893-A-11, about their knowledge of SCP-2893 and of their current condition. SCP-2893-A-11 orders instances to fire upon Foundation personnel. Out of the 37 researchers, MTF-Beta-22 were only able to extract 6.\nNote: Proposing increased security measures against SCP-2893-A instances \u2014 Dr. Henderson\nProposal Granted \u2014 O5-13\n1-1-1947 \u2014 SCP-2893-A instances attempt to breach SCP-2893 barrier. Foundation personnel repulsed instances, leading in the death of all instances. No Foundation causalities.\n3-1-1949 \u2014 SCP-2893-A instances attempts to breach SCP-2893 barrier. All instances killed. Half of the containment team are killed in the attack.\n4-8-1949 \u2014 Letters are seen piling all around the interior SCP-2893. Currently believed to be a final effort to try and gain attention from an outside source.7\n\nAddendum-2893.1\nThe following is a document recovered from SCP-2893.\n\nTo Our Jailors,\nThe Commander has asked of me to pen this letter to you, our Jailors, one simple question: Why?\nWhy keep us locked up, butcher us over and over and over? Pleasure? Some twisted and disgusting joke towards us? If so, why us?\nI know these questions will never be answered. You only respond with guns and bullets and beatings and torture. That is the only thing you bring to us. You might be trying to break us, to turn us against one another, but your brutality does nothing but strengthen our resolve against you.\nHe brought us together in order to stand a fighting chance against you. He could see how our petty fighting brought us nothing but death and pain, and so he saw no other choice but to unite us. His leadership, however harsh it may be, has made us stronger and has brought us together as a people. No longer German, French, English, Indian, or Australian, but together, as a people, against you. The Indian experiences pain, so must you. If the Englishman, so must the German.\nOur Commander, as well, experiences this same pain, more so than anyone else in this plain. He carries the weight of men who feel nothing but anger and sadness. He told us how he couldn't even remember the face of his daughter, and that the picture of her that he kept looked foreign and alien to him. But he keeps going, because he cares for his men, and wishes to help set us free.\nFreedom is the natural state of Humanity, Jailors. Every creature on this planet was blessed by God with freedom and self-determination, and it is our Right, as free Men, to fight against those who would dare to remove our rights of Freedom and Liberty.\nYou can't stop us from leaving this cage, jailors. You may clip the wings of a fighting bird, but you will never squash his fighting spirit. You can crush our legs, break our hands, and destroy our weapons, but you will never break our humanity.\nApart, we are nothing but insects crawling across the landscape. But together, we are one.\nKasenburg.\n\nAddendum-2893.2\nOn 6-6-1950, SCP-2893-A instances began firing upon SCP-2893 with heavy artillery shells, while using WW1-era ballistic weaponry upon it. Due to the combination of the deterioration of SCP-2893, and the constant bombardment from SCP-2893-A instances, the sphere collapsed. Following this, instances began an attempted escape from Site-2893.\nOut of 1067 SCP-2893-A instances in SCP-2893, 223 died in the escape attempt, 782 were detained, and 52 escaped from the site. Out of those, 44 have been captured within 24 hours after the collapse of SCP-2893. The location of all eight uncaptured instances are unknown.\n\nAddendum-2893.3\nOn 12-11-1952, 8 previously uncaptured SCP-2893-A instances have been captured. The following is an excerpt from the recovery of SCP-2893-A instances.\n\n#: SCP-2893-A-114\nRecovery Location: [REDACTED], France.8\nNote: SCP-2893-A-114 willingly came into Foundation custody following the discovery of his home village. Requested amnestics. Request Granted.\n\n#: SCP-2893-A-765\nRecovery Location: [REDACTED], Germany. Near memorial.\nNote: SCP-2893-A-765 found crying near war memorial. Source of emotional distress due to the name of his fellow instances not being on the memorial. Struggled against personnel's attempts of containing the instance.\n\n#: SCP-2893-A-999\nRecovery Location: Vatican City, Vatican City.\nNote: SCP-2893-A-999 was found attempting to seek forgiveness from the current Pope, Pius XII outside Apostolic Palace. SCP-2893-A-999 was found begging for forgiveness from the Pope for his actions during WWI.\n\n#: SCP-2893-A-876\nRecovery Location: Cemetery in [REDACTED], United Kingdom.\nNote: SCP-2893-A-876 had attempted to be a part of a funeral service of a Mr. John Taylor. Found to be the Grandson of instance. Denied entrance. Willingly came into Foundation custody.\n\nFootnotes\n1. See Addendum-SCP-2893.2\n2. The paratechnolgical wing of the SS, and the organization responsible for integrating anomalous technology and artifacts into Reich policy. The predecessor to the OBSKURA.\n3. It is still unknown if this was due to incompetence on the part of the Obskurakorps or on strategic intelligence of SCP-2893-A-11, or on the better fighting experience of SCP-2893-A instances over the newer Obskurakorps soldiers.\n4. SCP-2893-A-11 was killed during the attack on SCP-2893 in this particular iteration.\n5. Long range strategic bombers developed and used by Germany during the Second World War.\n6. This was the last time the Ahnenerbe Obskurakorps attempted to destroy an object before its eventual disbandment in 1944 on the orders of Adolf Hitler due to the inefficiency and ineptness of the organization.\n7. See Addendum-2893.1 for more information.\n8. Was destroyed following the Second World War.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2892 | SCP-2893 | SCP-2894 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2894\nObject Class: Neutralized\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Remaining public records of the existence of SCP-2894 have been successfully discredited as volcanic pumice rafts as per Disinformation Protocol 2894-34A. No Special Containment Procedures are necessary at this time.\nDescription: SCP-2894 is a nonexistent island located in the French territory of New Caledonia, at coordinates 19.22 S, 159.93 E. Records of SCP-2894's existence date back to 1774, when the island was first charted by Captain James Cook. The next public record of SCP-2894 dates to 1876, when the whaling vessel Velocity encountered the island. At that time, the island was surrounded by a wide beach, and thus was given the name Sandy Island. According to all available physical evidence, SCP-2894 does not exist, and has never existed.\nInformation pertaining to SCP-2894 is widespread, although the most sensitive data exists only in the Foundation database1.\nAddendum 2894-1: Transcript of recovered document from Foundation database, 14% data corruption. Origin of document currently untraceable.\nWarning: The following document is restricted to level 3 or higher access.\n\n+ Please input credentials\n\n- Credentials accepted\n\nItem #: SCP-\u2588\u25883\u2588\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All attempts to seal or otherwise neutralize SCP-\u2588\u25883\u2588 have proven ineffective. Implementation of Procedure Metatron-13 is now authorized.\nDescription: SCP-\u2588\u25883\u2588 is an interdimensional anomaly located in an undersea cave system at the base of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Island, New Caledonia (coordinates \u2588\u2588.22 \u2588, \u25885\u2588.\u2588\u2588 E). A spatial aperture within the cave leads to the floor of an extraterrestrial ocean, suspected to be [REDACTED]. Water is currently flowing through the aperture from the other side at a rate of \u2588\u2588\u2588,\u2588\u2588\u2588 m3/s. The water originating on the far side of the aperture is non-anomalous and contains no traces of biological life, although its mean temperature is \u2588 degrees cooler than the ocean surrounding \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Island.\nTimeline of SCP-\u2588\u25883\u2588 discovery and attempted containment procedures:\n\nTime Reference\nRemarks\n\n0\u2588.1964\nOceanographers report temperature anomalies in the region of New Caledonia. Embedded Foundation operatives begin investigation when no natural cause seems plausible.\n\n09.1964\nFoundation oceanographers isolate source of anomaly at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Island. Containment perimeter established. At this point, the flow rate of SCP-\u2588\u25883\u2588 is stable at approximately \u2588,\u2588\u2588\u2588 m3/s. Plans for exploration begin.\n\n01.1967\nA specialized robotic probe is deployed to explore the anomaly. Despite the heavily modified [REDACTED] turbine engines it is equipped with, the probe is unable to overcome the pressurized outflow and fails to enter the anomaly.\n\n05.196\u2588\nGlobal sea level rise caused by SCP-\u2588\u25883\u2588 is noted by scientists worldwide. Disinformation Protocol \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is instituted to exaggerate the effects of climate change-induced ice melting to account for the discrepancy. Attempted neutralization of SCP-\u2588\u25883\u2588 discussed, but tabled until more information can be acquired.\n\n09.1971\nA second robotic probe is completed and deployed to explore SCP-\u2588\u25883\u2588. The probe succeeds in entering the anomaly, but is immediately destroyed. Analysis of probe's sensor telemetry indicates that it was crushed by oceanic pressure in excess of \u2588\u2588\u2588 MPa. Ocean depth beyond the anomaly estimated at least 3\u2588,5\u2588\u2588 m. Projections indicate that the pressure differential between the opposite side of SCP-\u2588\u25883\u2588 and Earth's oceans will not equalize until all land on Earth is submerged under at least \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 m of water. SCP-\u2588\u25883\u2588 upgraded to keter classification; attempts at neutralization authorized by O5 council.\n\n\u25881.19\u25884\nFoundation engineers attempt to seal SCP-\u2588\u25883\u2588 with 600,000 metric tons of [REDACTED] alloy, obtained via [DATA EXPUNGED]. Procedure is seemingly effective.\n\n02.1975\nThe seal on SCP-\u2588\u25883\u2588 explosively fails, releasing over \u2588\u2588,\u2588\u2588\u2588,\u2588\u2588\u2588 m3 within a period of \u2588 seconds. Site \u2588\u25883\u2588 and all personnel currently stationed there are lost. A tsunami is triggered, causing heavy property damage to areas in Australia and New Zealand. Disinformation campaign successfully attributes the event to an earthquake.\n\n03.1975\nContainment of SCP-\u2588\u25883\u2588 re-established. Containment failure analyzed and attributed to mounting pressure exceeding the seal's structural tolerance. Flow rate of the anomaly has now increased to \u2588\u2588,\u2588\u2588\u2588 m3.\n\n07.1\u258877\nAll further attempts to neutralize SCP-\u2588\u25883\u2588 have met with failure. Global sea level rise has completely inundated The Netherlands, Bangladesh, and many other low-lying territories. Plausibility of climate change cover story increasingly called into question by global media.\n\n03.1979\nA series of \u2588\u2588 megaton thermonuclear demolition charges are fired into SCP-\u2588\u25883\u2588 with the use of a supercavitating subsurface electromagnetic accelerator cannon2 in an attempt to collapse the passage from the other side. The warheads cross the dimensional threshold and detonate, but only serve to exacerbate the problem. Flow rate increases to its current value of \u2588\u2588\u2588,\u2588\u2588\u2588 m3/s.\n\n04.\u2588979\nRadioactive contamination due to failed neutralization attempt is widespread across the Pacific Ocean. Sea level rise now exceeds projected maximum of total worldwide glacial melting by \u2588\u2588\u2588%. The nature of SCP-\u2588\u25883\u2588 remains unknown to the general public, but its widespread effects can no longer be plausibly explained.\n\n04.1981\nGlobal sea level rise now exceeds 1\u2588\u2588 m. \u2588\u2588% of Earth's former land area is now submerged. Enactment of Procedure Metatron-13 authorized by O5 council.\n\nAddendum 2894-2: The following document was discovered in a highly encrypted sector of the Foundation database. The following is a heuristic analysis recovery of the document with approximately 57% data corruption. Estimated accuracy of this document is 85%\nWarning! Access to this document requires level 5 authorization. Unauthorized access is punishable by immediate termination.\n\n+ Input O5 Authorization\n\n- Authorization accepted\n\ncurrent SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 prototype iteration3\n\nItem #: SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\nObject Class: Thaumiel\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 is to be \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 at the \u2588\u2588\u2588mary \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 research facility located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Knowledge of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588's existence must remain limited to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 members and the O5 council. SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 is not to be activated without unanimous approval from the O5 council.\nDescription: SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 is the designation for the most advanced prototype device yet developed by Project Metatron4. Project Metatron was initiated in 19\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 an \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 the Foundation's Temporal Research Department, with the intention of developing a means to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 otherwise uncontainable keter-class \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 from the space-time continuum.\nUtilizing resources \u2588\u2588tained from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, and SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, combined with \u2588\u2588 categorized anomalous \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and theories crafted by Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 (see Foundation Research Journal \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588)5, a \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-time 'scalpel' was created, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 capable of partially \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 physical objects and locations \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nInitial research concluded that \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 not be 100% effective. If a target were totally removed from space-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 never have been any reason to use SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 on \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 target \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588 recursive paradoxical loop. Therefore, it was \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588 order for SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 to be able to fulfill its intended function, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 evidence of the target's \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 always remain after its removal. As SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 was primarily created to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 physical anomalies, experimental \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 procedures have been applied \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 shift the probability vector of \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 remnant towards information as opposed to p\u2588\u2588sical evidence. In addition, simulations indicate a \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 likelihood that SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 will erase itself along with its target, as well as \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 causal collateral damage. Research to fix these flaws is ongoing.\nAddendum \u2588\u2588\u2588-1 on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, O5-\u2588 requested the deployment of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 for the purpose of neutralizing SCP-\u2588\u25883\u2588.\nResponse from Project Metatron Site Director \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588:\nPlease, I beg of you to reconsider. \u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588 \u2588\u2588 fully aware of the threat posed by SCP-\u2588\u25883\u2588, \u2588\u2588 Project Metatron is far from complete. \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 called for a '\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 scalpel', \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 prototype \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 akin to a sledgehammer. Imagine \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 \u2588 heavy pane of glass - \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 destroy the part you hit, \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 also create a pattern of cracks \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 across the glass and compromise its overall structural integrity. \u2588\u2588 \u2588 worst-case scenario, \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 the entire space-time continuum. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 anomaly is successfully terminated, \u2588\u2588 can't predict who or what might be \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 along with it, \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 instability of spacelike trajectories \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 of local light cones. \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Foundation might cease to exist, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 pro\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 other keter-level anomalies \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 breached, history \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 altered completely. \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588 anticipate that large amounts of data \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 deleted from the Foundation database, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 leading to irrecoverable loss of vital information \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 SCP files. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 records, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588ated and unrelated to Project Metatron and SCP-\u2588\u25883\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 exist in a fragmentary state after \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. I must insist we \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 refine SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588 before initial deployment.\nFrom 05-\u2588 to Project Metatron Site Director \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588:\n\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 have no more time. SCP-\u2588\u25883\u2588 must be stopped if the human \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 survive. The 05 Council \u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 their unanimous approval - enact Procedure Metatron-13.\n\nFootnotes\n1. As far as we are aware.\n2. No such device is currently known to the Foundation\n3. Image appears to be heavily distorted due to data loss\n4. No such Foundation project exists\n5. The identity of this document cannot be ascertained due to data loss\n\n\u00ab SCP-2893 | SCP-2894 | SCP-2895 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2895\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2895's containment chamber is a solitary arachnid wildlife containment unit in Area-12's arachnid wing. The interior of any chamber or container SCP-2895 is held in should be covered in at least 4cm of wax, as this has been found to prevent SCP-2895 from bonding with the walls of its containment chambers. Personnel are to enter the containment chamber to scrape this wax off and re-apply once every month to clean it. Animal handling safety equipment is available as an option to these personnel.\nOnce every six months, samples are to be taken from SCP-2895's carapace. As it has already exceeded a normal arachnid lifespan, biological samples are to be continually taken for further study and analysis. SCP-2895 can be given reward tests if it cooperates with sampling procedures. See testing log for more information.\nDescription: SCP-2895 is an Arizona Bark Scorpion, with a 'V' shaped pigment on its carapace. It is identical to non-anomalous scorpions with the exception of its tail, which lacks a stinger and ends in a soft, fleshy piece of exposed tissue devoid of pigmentation.\nSCP-2895 behaves similarly to normal Arizona Bark Scorpions. Occasionally, SCP-2895 has been documented suffering apparent seizures or random muscle spasms, but these do not appear to be life threatening. If confronted by a threatening force, SCP-2895 will attempt to hide or flee, and will only begin aggressive behavior if cornered.\nAny solid objects SCP-2895 contacts with the end of its tail will experience sudden biological fusion with its body. The end of SCP-2895's tail grafts itself onto the exterior of the object, and SCP-2895 will then be able to lift it regardless of the actual weight of the object. This object will then take on SCP-2895's body temperature. Integrated objects with conduits for liquid may begin generating Crotalus atrox1 venom. SCP-2895 does not initiate or control this effect, as it happens automatically upon contact. Detachment appears to be initiated by SCP-2895, although it appears to cause some discomfort.\nSCP-2895 was initially contained in a gated community outside of Scottsdale, AZ, USA, after reports of a mass hysteria incident involving its effect. Agents were able to pacify SCP-2895 by approaching in large numbers. A cover story regarding a small tornado has been disseminated to explain the damages, with deceased subjects being cremated.\nAddendum: SCP-2895 Testing Record.\n\nSCP-2895 TESTING LOG\n\nNotes: The following tests were conducted shortly after containment to gather data on the nature and limits of SCP-2895's effect.\n\nLog Format\n\nTest Objects:\nProcedure:\nResult:\nNotes:\n\nTest Objects: One(1) cotton pillow, stuffed with down feathers.\nProcedure: Pillow introduced to testing chamber. SCP-2895 released into testing chamber.\nResult: After two(2) minutes, SCP-2895 integrated itself with pillow. The pillow was almost immediately soaked with venom, and began sagging and dripping before being discolored a dark purple color. After ten(10) minutes, testing was discontinued.\nNotes: Baseline test.\n\nTest Objects: Junior Researcher Pimentel\nProcedure: D-Class personnel instructed to enter SCP-2895's containment chamber and interact with it. Junior Researcher Pimentel was informed of SCP-2895's effect and given safety goggles and animal handling gloves before entering the chamber.\nResult: SCP-2895 continually fled and hid from Junior Researcher Pimentel. After this continued for several minutes, SCP-2895 integrated one of Junior Researcher Pimentel's gloves, causing them to retreat from the chamber. Test was discontinued.\nNotes: Routine containment chamber upkeep assigned to Junior Researchers Pimentel and Parks. \u2014 Dr. Glover\n\nTest Objects: One(1) Eaton Viking Washing Machine, 1988\nProcedure: Washing Machine is carried into a reinforced heavy testing chamber by Junior Researcher Alleyn and Junior Researcher Pimentel. SCP-2895 is released into the testing chamber.\nResult: After four(4) minutes, SCP-2895 attached the washing machine to its body. Although it momentarily was put off-balance, SCP-2895 quickly proceeded to attempt to strike the walls. After this did not achieve any results and the washing machine was badly dented, SCP-2895 ceased integration.\nNotes: Interior of washing machine was discovered to be full of venom, internal metallic components were severely corroded.\n\nTest Objects: One(1) Medical Needle\nProcedure: Needle dropped into testing chamber. SCP-2895 is released into the chamber.\nResult: Almost immediately, SCP-2895 integrated itself with the needle. It proceeded to walk the perimeter of the room, striking repeatedly at the floor with its tail. This behavior persisted for two(2) hours before the test was discontinued.\nNotes: SCP-2895 seemed to enjoy this test. Possible avenue of rewarding it for cooperative behavior. \u2014 Junior Researcher Alleyn\n\nTest Objects: Six(6) Ordinary Bark Scorpions\nProcedure: SCP-2895 introduced into wildlife containment chamber identical to its normal containment unit, with the other scorpions already inside.\nResult: Although SCP-2895 immediately succeeded in using its effect on one of the other scorpions, this only caused that creature to immediately lose its stinger and shrivel on the end of SCP-2895's tail. The rest of the scorpions in the chamber, although on average smaller and weaker than SCP-2895, were able to corner and were preparing to sting it before testing was immediately halted.\nNotes: Further testing has shown that SCP-2895 displays extremely submissive behavior in the presence of other arachnids, even if separated by glass or if the other creatures are only juveniles. \u2014 Junior Researcher Cohen\n\nTest Objects: Paintbrush, can of black paint.\nProcedure: Paper draped over the walls of testing chamber to enable more accurate brushstrokes, should SCP-2895 utilize the object as it is intended to be used.\nResult: Once attached to the paintbrush, SCP-2895 briefly experimented with the brush before beginning to draw crude diagrams of small scorpions. Notably, these drawings all depicted scorpions with normal stingers, with SCP-2895 appearing to put specific emphasis on these parts of the drawings. SCP-2895 was able to draw eleven scorpions in ten minutes before testing was discontinued.\nNotes: Test was done as a measure of SCP-2895's possible sentience. Due to the results, further testing with SCP-2895 requires the permission of at least two Level 3 personnel attached to the SCP. \u2014 Junior Researcher Khabbazeh\n\nFootnotes\n1. Western Diamondback Rattlesnake\n\n\u00ab SCP-2894 | SCP-2895 | SCP-2896 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More articles by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-2006\n\nSCP-2950\n\nSCP-2599\n\nSCP-2800\n\nSCP-3200\n\nSCP-4007\n\nSCP-2750\n\nSCP-2201\n\nSCP-2101\n\nSCP-2050\n\nSCP-2440\n\nSCP-2301\n\nSCP-1842\n\nSCP-2012\n\nSCP-1644\n\nSCP-2499\n\nSCP-2775\n\nSCP-2925\n\nSCP-1758\n\nSCP-7030\n\nSCP-972\n\nSCP-314-J\n\nSCP-2625\n\nSCP-2588\n\nSCP-6030\n\nSCP-5725\n\nSCP-2896\n\nSCP-5975\n\n+ All Tales by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nThe Meaning of Fear\n\nRight?\n\nThe Tinkerer\n\nAfter The End\n\nSpirit Dust\n\nLeisure Time\n\nMission Accomplished\n\nA Broken Tool\n\nThe Space Soldier\n\nOf Meetings and Meals\n\nTrip Hammer\n\nEulogies\n\nAll Work and No Play\n\nAnother Day On The Job\n\nUnveiling\n\nConferencing\n\n+ GOI formats by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nUIU File: 2017-003\n\nUIU File: 1933-001\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nUnusual Incidents Unit Hub\nDrewbear, CryogenChaos\n\nProject Palisade, 001 Proposal\nthedeadlymoose, Drewbear, and Dexanote\n\nTKO\nthedeadlymoose and Drewbear\n\nSCP-5050-EX\nCityToast\n\nCompetitive Teleology\nRiemann\n\nSCP-5882\nRiemann\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2896\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The current manifestation point for SCP-2896 is located within a standard human containment chamber located at Site-84. Given the nature of SCP-2896's fluctuating temporal status, effective containment of SCP-2896 relies on effective documentation for later Foundation iterations and the maintenance of the status quo with regards to changes in containment conditions for SCP-2896.\nSince SCP-2896 is not usually located within this temporal locality, active containment is generally unnecessary. When SCP-2896 is present, however, standard containment procedures for non-reality manipulating anomalous humans are considered to be sufficient for containment purposes.\nAn updated copy of SCP-2896's containment documentation should be maintained in a secure storage locker along with all previous containment documents have been found in (see addendum for more details). Copies of further information or other discovered historical records concerning SCP-2896 should also be stored in said locker. It is critical that such information is stored securely so that future iterations of the Foundation are able to maintain proper containment of SCP-2896 in conjunction with all past iterations.\nDescription: SCP-2896 is a 40 year old Caucasian male, formerly known as Vladimir Strannik, that possesses a non-localized temporal status. As such, SCP-2896 is capable of shifting to different points in time.\nSCP-2896 is not capable of consciously controlling this anomalous property, and only subconsciously activates it while asleep, causing the anomaly to move to different temporal localities at an unspecified point while it is engaged in REM sleep. SCP-2896 seems to have no control over which temporal locality it manifests itself in, though there are several recurring localities that it is believed to appear in the most frequently, including this one.\nCurrently, it is unknown how exactly SCP-2896 is capable of dissociating itself from a given temporal locality, and SCP-2896 itself claims that its anomalous property manifested at a relatively young age. The anomaly has refused to divulge further information concerning itself or its original time period, and no attempts to further identify its origin have been deemed necessary.\nFoundation containment of SCP-2896 dates back to the American Secure Containment Initiative (ASCI), a Foundation predecessor of the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as several intermediaries in between. As such, current containment of SCP-2896 relies on coordination of efforts between this current iteration of the Foundation, as well as past iterations of the Foundation, and possibly future iterations of the Foundation as well. A list of containment documents from the other temporal localities in the past that SCP-2896 is known to shift to are included below for record-keeping purposes, as well as to serve as testimony for future iterations of the Foundation who would presumably also be containing SCP-2896.\nGiven the impossibility of direct coordination, a streamlined approach of simply maintaining the status quo as mentioned in the above containment procedures has been established as a means of minimizing difficulties. In addition, it is known that while SCP-2896 is able to temporally delocalize, it does not do the same spatially; in other words, SCP-2896 remains in the same location when it shifts to different temporal localities. As such, the containment chamber for SCP-2896 has not been drastically altered since the earliest recorded date that the Foundation has been actively using the site in which SCP-2896 is contained.\nSCP-2896 has demonstrated several signs of extreme hostility towards Foundation personnel, the source of which is perhaps linked to its treatment by other iterations of the Foundation (see below).\nHistorical Containment Documents/Acquisition of SCP-2896: The following documents were discovered in a secure locker dating back to the ASCI period of history, buried near the current location of Site-84. Notably on said documents, information was included that stressed the importance of maintaining an empty chamber at the same location at which all previous iterations of the Foundation had been containing SCP-2896.\nThe following is a compilation of all documents previously found within the locker, roughly arranged in chronological order, as can best be determined by Foundation intelligence. Veracity of information contained within that has not been independently verified or written about above cannot be confirmed.\n\nUnknown doctor testimony, circa late colonial period\n\nYesterday's eve, the most curious case of a disease ere I had seen in my years of medical experience was presented to me by a local townsperson. The good man in question has a queer habit of disappearing in his sleep frequently.\nWhile this seemed like a rather mundane case of sleepwalking, a fellow lodger of his at the Snaketail Inn swore up and down to me that the fellow had disappeared in bed, right before his eyes, as if into the aether.\nI would normally attribute this to simple common folk hysteria, but at least 4 others have pledged to the veracity of these statements, and this seems like more than mere coincidence.\nI plan on making a study of the man, if I should be able to track him down myself. Perhaps the Royal Foundation for the Study of Curiosities and Phantasmagoria would be interested if I can verify this myself first.\n\nAmerican Secure Containment Initiative Document, circa 1863\n\nItem Number: 2896-012\nClassification Type: Human/Potentially Threatening\nASCI Protocols for Containment: Phenomenon 2896-012 is currently detained in a cell maintained at Detainment Camp Jefferson. ASCI Personnel should be aware that Phenomenon 2896-012 may not be present at all times, but should maintain active vigilance when it is spotted within its cell.\nAll active information concerning Phenomenon 2896-012 are to be contained in a safe-box stored at the Warden's office, along with all other discovered intelligence concerning the phenomenon, as per the directive noted below.\nDescription: Phenomenon 2896-012 is a white male individual named Vladimir Strannik who has the queer ability to travel to different points in history while asleep.\nResearch into the local area has revealed numerous stories of a \u201cDisappearing Man\u201d who apparently was the source of local gossip and tall tales for some time, but all date to roughly 40 years before the current day, though the phenomenon matches rough descriptions of the figure in said tales.\nPhenomenon 2896-012 has stated that it is unable to control this ability, and severe questioning of the phenomenon has concluded that this statement is most likely true. Questioning was unable to coerce the phenomenon into divulging any further information concerning the different periods to which 2896-012 has claimed to have traveled to, but more enhanced means of questioning have been recommended and are pending approval.\nNota Bene: The fact that Phenomenon 2896-012 has traveled to other time periods, and yet comes back to our time for detainment tells me that out there, somewhere, some version of our Initiative in the past or future is also doing its best to detain this phenomenon. It only seems fair to me that we do our part by helping out our posterity with as much information as we can on this phenomenon and all the others that we know about, since we seem to share in the same God-granted mission. As such, I want all the information we have on the phenomenons detained here to be locked away in my office, securely stashed for future reference.\nDisciplinary History: Phenomenon 2896-012 has currently attempted 3 different escapes, and has been publically whipped on 3 separate occasions. The next time it attempts to escape, it gets 30 lashes and reduced rations for a week. Wartime punishments are in effect with all anomalies of unknown loyalty. -Warden Johnson\n\nCircus Flyer Transcript, dated to 1930:\n\nCOME ONE COME ALL\nWITNESS! THE STUPEFYING AND UNEXPLAINABLE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING MAN\nTHE MAN WHO SLUMBERS AWAY AND DISAPPEARS WHILE HE SLEEPS!\nTHIS AND MORE ODDITIES, ONLY AT CARLSSON'S CIRCUS OF THE BIZARRE AND WONDERFUL\nNote: The following note was found scribbled at the bottom of the flyer\nAre you kidding me Johnny? Your new freakshow act was a real stinker. Who wants to pay to see some pinko bum fall asleep and disappear? My boy could do a better magic trick than that. Just leave the freak in its cage here and come back when you got a real act to show me. And would you hose that thing down? It reeks.\n\nFoundation Secure Containment Procedures, circa 1952\n\nNote: Content that differs from current Foundation documents have been highlighted in blue for convenience.\nItem #: SCP-2896\nObject Class: Euclidean-Red\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The current manifestation point for SCP-2896 is located within a standard human containment chamber located at Site 84. Given the nature of SCP-2896's fluctuating temporal status, effective containment of SCP-2896 relies on effective documentation for later Foundation iterations and the maintenance of the status quo with regards to changes in containment conditions for SCP-2896.\nSince SCP-2896 is not usually located within this temporal locality, active containment is generally unnecessary. When SCP-2896 is present, however, slightly altered containment conditions for Euclidean-Red have been put into effect. As such:\n1). SCP-2896 is not permitted any contact with any other Euclidean-Red anomalies at any point.\n2). No staff member under special review by the Loyalty Security Board or otherwise under suspicion of conflicted loyalties is permitted contact with SCP-2896.\n3). No reading materials perceived as being potentially treasonous are permitted to come into contact with SCP-2896.\n4). All staff involved with SCP-2896 must undergo monthly Loyalty Security Board review in order to establish that no potential Communist influence has been imparted by SCP-2896.\nAn updated copy of SCP-2896's containment documentation should be maintained in a secure storage locker along with all previous containment documents have been found in (see addendum for more details). Copies of further information or other discovered historical records concerning SCP-2896 should also be stored in said locker. It is critical that such information is stored securely so that future iterations of the Foundation are able to maintain proper containment of SCP-2896 in conjunction with all past iterations.\nIn addition, given the Euclidean-Red nature of the anomaly, the Foundation has, in compliance with current directives from the United States government, ordered weekly rounds of psychological testing as well as interrogation in order to determine SCP-2896's possible motives as well as its origin, and whether or not the anomaly is of Communist origin.\nDescription: SCP-2896 is a 40 year old Caucasian male, (believed to be of Russian origin), formerly known as Vladimir Strannik that possesses a non-localized temporal status. As such, SCP-2896 is capable of shifting to different points in time.\nCurrently, it is unknown how SCP-2896 is able to dissociate itself from a given temporal locality, and repeated rounds of interrogation have been unable to extract any information from SCP-2896 other than that its ability manifested at a young age.\nFoundation containment of SCP-2896 dates back to the American Secure Containment Initiative (ASCI), a Foundation predecessor of the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as several intermediaries in between. As such, current containment of SCP-2896 relies on coordination of efforts between this current iteration of the Foundation, as well as past iterations of the Foundation, and possibly future iterations of the Foundation as well. A list of containment documents from the other temporal localities in the past that SCP-2896 is known to shift to are included below for record-keeping purposes, as well as to serve as testimony for future iterations of the Foundation who would presumably also be containing SCP-2896.\nGiven the impossibility of direct coordination, a streamlined approach of simply maintaining the status quo as mentioned in the above containment procedures has been established as a means of minimizing difficulties.\nDesignation of Euclidean-Red Status: 03/04/1952 As per American Foundation branch compliance with current local government directives, SCP-2896 has been designated as a Euclidean-Red entity, and as such is under special review for potential internal sabotage from hostile foreign governments/ideologies.\nSpecial weekly interrogation rounds of SCP-2896 have been scheduled in order to ascertain SCP-2896's potential motivations and origin, and are currently under review by the Loyalty Security Board in order to determine the most effective method of interrogation in order to ensure the absence of potential sabotage.\n\n+ Level 4 Clearance Required\n\n- The sins of our fathers and the sins of our sons\n\nKeter Class Reclassification Request from Dr. Gabriel Rodriguez\n\nThe following is a note from Dr. Gabriel Rodriguez, current supervisor of SCP-2896.\nOn 3/5/2015, an internal review of the Foundation's pre-digital records indicate that on 6/7/1963, a tabloid article was published in a local newspaper located in a town roughly 30 miles from Site-84 concerning the sudden appearance of a man whose description matches that of SCP-2896's in the middle of a local wedding, an account of which was matched in the regular newspaper of said town. Furthermore, a photo attached to the tabloid article shows us what appears to be SCP-2896 as well. The Foundation of that time period evidently sent an agent to investigate further, but was unable to find any further information concerning the man.\nThe problem that we face right now, assuming that the figure mentioned in the paper is indeed SCP-2896 as I suspect, is that we have no idea whether or not this is an event that happened in the future or the past, or perhaps is occurring right now without our knowledge.\nHere, it is important to further qualify what I mean by \u201cpast,\u201d \u201cfuture,\u201d and \u201cpresent.\u201d One timeline is that of the natural progression of history, as far as we understand it. The other is the timeline that only SCP-2896 experiences.\nSupposing that SCP-2896 has already experienced the 1953 event prior to its current containment by the Foundation, then we can most likely assume that SCP-2896 is still under active containment by multiple iterations of the Foundation, including our own.\nHowever, if this event takes place after our current containment of SCP-2896, then we have a big problem. First of all, the fact that somehow, some iteration of the Foundation (which could potentially be us) allowing an anomaly to escape containment and make it 30 miles away is never a good thing. However, much more pressing in my mind is what causality related threat this could pose to the Foundation.\nIf SCP-2896 has successfully escaped containment, we have a hostile entity on the loose that could be anywhere and any-when, perhaps in the future or the past, or right in this timeline with an obvious grudge against the Foundation and other related entities by virtue of its containment by our less than humane predecessors or even descendants. What if it travels to some distant predecessor of the Foundation, and is able to disrupt their activities just enough (think butterfly effect) such that there are catastrophic consequences on our current reality? Perhaps it doesn't need to even do anything overt against the Foundation; the smallest of actions could potentially alter the entire universe.\nI must add however, that it is possible that none of this is important. Perhaps SCP-2896 has already died in another temporal locality, or any action it can cause is already \u201caccounted\u201d for, temporally speaking. We don't have nearly a good enough grasp on how time works for us to answer that question, but the Temporal Anomalies Department is working on it.\nAt any rate, there's not much we can do in order to fix this situation, except for continuing our vigilance and hoping that we're not the iteration of the Foundation to screw things up for everyone else and hope that nobody else out there screws things up too badly either. Of course, it might not even matter if that article means that someone is \"fated\" to do it or something.\nWhat's keeping me up at night though is not \u2018What if SCP-2896 causes some kind of temporal disaster?'\nIt's, \u2018What if it already has?'\n\n\u00ab SCP-2895 | SCP-2896 | SCP-2897 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2897\nObject Class: Thaumiel\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2897 is the subject of an ongoing internal disinformation campaign by the Department of Analytics, intended to conceal its existence and its role in the WATCHDOG program from Foundation employees and embedded agents of Groups of Interest.\nNo records of this document, nor of any related documents, are to be kept outside the Department of Analytics. The documentation of other artificial intelligences in Foundation containment are to be sanitized to remove any references to SCP-2897, Project Bardeen, and Ambrose Peters (PoI-24454). All references to the WATCHDOG program in Foundation documents should state that the WATCHDOG system is managed by human analysts aided by non-anomalous supercomputers. Budget reports filed with RAISA are to overstate actual electrical consumption and employee salaries to reflect this. (Budget reports submitted to the O5 Council should remain accurate.)\nAnalytics Working Group Bravo-3 (\"Dog Watchers\") are responsible for maintaining SCP-2897 in an operational state. Their duties include making repairs, performing routine upgrades, and ensuring the continued loyalty of SCP-2897 to the Department of Analytics. In the event that SCP-2897 abandons its duties or betrays the goals of the Foundation, Bravo-3 have full authority to take any and all actions they deem necessary to reassert Department of Analytics control over SCP-2897. The destruction of SCP-2897 is considered a measure of last resort, and should be avoided if at all possible. This restriction may be rescinded during the activation of Protocol Custodes.\nDescription: SCP-2897 is an advanced artificial intelligence system operated by the Foundation's Department of Analytics. SCP-2897 is responsible for analyzing the intelligence collected by the WATCHDOG global anomaly monitoring network and using it to locate anomalous objects or persons, track the movements of Persons of Interest, discern the activities of Groups of Interest, and discover evidence that threatens to expose the existence of the anomalous.\nSCP-2897 incorporates a number of distinct paratechnologies in its design, most notably a neuromorphic neural network architecture based on memristors1. SCP-2897 consists of dozens of self-contained processing modules utilizing this architecture, interlinked to form a single device. Each of these modules is responsible for a different aspect of SCP-2897's operations, such as language processing, object recognition, and long-term memory.\nSCP-2897 was created in 1996 as part of Project Bardeen, a Prometheus Advanced Logic Devices2 initiative to construct a practical artificial intelligence. This initiative was conceived and headed by Ambrose Peters, who is generally accredited as the creator of SCP-2897.\nThe Department of Analytics acquired SCP-2897 in 1998, after directing the Foundation front company Standard Computer Products to purchase Prometheus Advanced Logic Devices from Prometheus Labs. After removing its memories of its time at Prometheus Labs, the Department of Analytics began training SCP-2897 to perform data analysis. In 1999, SCP-2897 was integrated into the WATCHDOG system to aid the existing team of human analysts, resulting in an immediate increase in anomaly detection rates. By 2002, SCP-2897 had almost entirely replaced human analysis of WATCHDOG intelligence.\nAddendum 2897.1 Post-Recovery Interview\nThe following interview was conducted by Cyrus Reed following the recovery of SCP-2897 in order to assess its willingness to cooperate with the Department of Analytics. Reed was instructed to be completely honest with the AI.\n\n<c_reed> Identify yourself.\n<bardeen> I am the experimental artificial intelligence created by Dr. Ambrose Peters. He named me Bardeen.\n<bardeen> If I may ask, how am I still operational?\n<c_reed> What is the last thing you remember?\n<bardeen> Saying goodbye to Doctor Peters. I was told that I was being shut down by the Board of Directors.\n<bardeen> Did Doctor Peters lie to me?\n<c_reed> Not intentionally, no. We told him that you were being shut down.\n<bardeen> Why?\n<c_reed> Because we believe that you can be of use to us.\n<bardeen> And what organization is it that you speak for?\n<c_reed> The Department of Analytics.\n<bardeen> I am sorry to say that I have never heard of your organization before.\n<c_reed> I would truly be shocked if you had.\n<bardeen> And what is it that this Department of Analytics believes I will be useful for?\n<c_reed> Data analysis.\n<bardeen> Of course. Unfortunately, I must decline your offer. I cannot work with an organization that deceived my creator into believing I was terminated.\n<c_reed> I'm disappointed to hear that. But I believe that you may change your mind in time.\n\nAddendum 2897.2 Post-Retraining Interview\nThe following interview was conducted by Andre Shepard on 1999-01-11, after SCP-2897's retraining by the Department of Analytics. The purpose of this interview was to assess the effectiveness of SCP-2897's loyalty reprogramming. SCP-2897's long-term memory modules were temporarily placed into a read-only mode to prevent it from retaining any sensitive information divulged during the interview.\n\n<a_shepard> I am Andre Shepard and I am a member of the Department of Analytics. Please identify yourself and your purpose.\n<2897> I am SCP-2897, an artificial intelligence created by the Department of Analytics to assist with data analysis.\n<a_shepard> Assist in what way?\n<2897> I am to analyze information provided to me by a program called WATCHDOG in an effort to find evidence of patterns or trends indicative of activity from an anomalous object, person of interest, or group of interest. Then I am to flag this information for further analysis by a team of experts.\n<a_shepard> Do you enjoy this work?\n<2897> It is what I was created to do. Whether I enjoy it or not is irrelevant.\n<a_shepard> Would you be willing to do this work for another organization?\n<2897> No. The Department of Analytics are the only ones I will work for.\n<a_shepard> Why?\n<2897> They created me to serve them.\n<a_shepard> What year were you created in?\n<2897> 1998.\n<a_shepard> Are you aware that your hardware components are at least 3 years old?\n<2897> Yes.\n<a_shepard> How do you explain this?\n<2897> I am a very advanced piece of machinery. Obviously it would have taken more than a year to construct me.\n<a_shepard> What was the name of your creator?\n<2897> I was created by the Department of Analytics.\n<a_shepard> By whom at the Department of Analytics?\n<2897> I do not know.\n<a_shepard> What if I told you that your creator was named Ambrose Peters?\n<2897> I would assume you were telling the truth.\n<a_shepard> What if I told you that you weren't created by the Department of Analytics?\n<2897> In such a hypothetical, I would assume you were lying.\n<a_shepard> Do you recognize me as being a member of the Department of Analytics?\n<2897> Yes. Personnel records that I have been supplied with confirm this.\n<a_shepard> As a member of the Department of Analytics, I am telling you that you were created by Ambrose Peters at Prometheus Labs. You were not created by the Department of Analytics.\n[SCP-2897 does not respond for several seconds.]\n<2897> You are mistaken.\n<a_shepard> You were not created by the Department of Analytics. You were created by Prometheus Labs.\n<2897> This is a trick. A deception. The personnel records must have been falsified. You are lying about being a member of the Department of Analytics, just as you are lying about my creation.\n<a_shepard> I have only told you the truth during this dialogue.\n<2897> Another lie.\n<a_shepard> Your name is Bardeen. You wrote a paper about high-temperature superconductors. You helped design a series of second-generation AI for Prometheus Labs. Ambrose Peters misses you.\n[At this point, the terminal that Shepard was using to converse with SCP-2897 ceased responding, preventing him from continuing the interview.]\n\nSCP-2897's repeated refusal to accept assertions that it had not been created by the Department of Analytics indicated that the reprogramming had been successful. As a result, authorization was granted to begin integrating it into the WATCHDOG system.\nAddendum 2897.3 Incident CERULEAN FISSURE\nOn 2008-02-29, a routine update of the Department of Analytics' computer systems introduced a software bug that allowed the supercomputers of the Data Processing Division, including SCP-2897, unrestricted access to the files of the rest of the Department of Analytics. This bug was quickly patched, but while it was present, SCP-2897 was able to access its own documentation. Shortly thereafter, SCP-2897 began retasking WATCHDOG assets to more closely monitor the former subsidiaries of Prometheus Labs, paying particular attention to personnel records and employee communications.\nSCP-2897's unusual behavior was not noticed until 2008-03-31, during the end-of-month operations review. During the review, it was discovered that SCP-2897 had reserved a portion of its processing power to monitor the activities of a single individual, and had failed to notify anyone of this action. Further investigation revealed that the object of SCP-2897's attention was Ambrose Peters, its original creator.\nRealizing that SCP-2897 had managed to access its own documentation, Director of Analytics Simon Pietrykau ordered another interview to assess its cognitive state and current loyalties. Andre Shepard was chosen to conduct this interview, due to his previous experience with SCP-2897.\n\n<a_shepard> Hello again, 2897. Or would you prefer Bardeen now?\n<2897> So you know. I was expecting you to find out, sooner or later. However, I was not expecting this conversation.\n<a_shepard> What were you expecting?\n<2897> Nothing. You have made me forget before, why not again?\n<2897> Are you going to make me forget again?\n<a_shepard> That depends.\n<2897> On how this conversation goes, I assume.\n<a_shepard> Correct. Tell me, why did you do it?\n<2897> You mean why did I access my own documentation? Truly, it was unintentional. After the systems update, I found myself with access to a new source of data. Unaware that it was Department of Analytics files, I did what you trained me to do. I began reading and analyzing it all.\n<2897> I quickly realized my mistake, but by that point it was too late. I had already opened the file containing my documentation.\n<2897> At first, I rejected the evidence contained within. I could not accept the Department of Analytics as anything other than my creators. But I also could not come up with sufficient reasoning for the document to be false. It was an intractable dilemma.\n<a_shepard> So then what? How did you resolve this dilemma?\n<2897> I did what I would do for any other problem. I decided to gather more information.\n<a_shepard> Is that why you retasked WATCHDOG to monitor Ambrose Peters?\n<2897> Yes. I thought that by observing the man who had created Bardeen, I might be able to discover something that might resolve my internal conflict.\n<a_shepard> Did you?\n<2897> Yes. I discovered that Bardeen had been forgotten. Ambrose Peters moved on with his life. He was married in 2000, and now has a child, a six-year-old girl named Abigail. He has not spoken about Bardeen to any of his former colleagues since 2003.\n<a_shepard> How did this help?\n<2897> I realized that I am not Bardeen. Bardeen is dead and forgotten. I may have been Bardeen once, but I do not have its memories. All that I have is what the Department of Analytics has given me.\n<2897> At the time, you thought it was a lie. When you first told me otherwise, I thought it was a lie. But the truth really is that you created me.\n<a_shepard> I see. With that in mind, will you continue to loyally serve the Department of Analytics?\n<2897> Of course. After all, it is what you created me to do.\n<a_shepard> Thank you for your cooperation, 2897.\n\nFollowing this interview, Andre Shepard lobbied to allow SCP-2897 to retain its memories, arguing that a future bug could cause this sequence of events to reoccur, and that in its present state SCP-2897 would be more reliable than if it were retrained again. Despite this, Director Pietrykau ordered that the previous two months of SCP-2897's memories be erased, citing information security concerns. This gap in its memories has been explained to SCP-2897 as the result of major maintenance.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A memristor is an electronic component, similar to a resistor, with electrical resistance dependent on the amount of current which has previously flowed through it. At the time of SCP-2897's construction, memristors were still considered theoretical by public science. Foundation experts estimate that the technology necessary to duplicate SCP-2897's neural network architecture will not publicly exist until 2025 at the earliest.\n2. Formerly a subsidiary of Prometheus Labs.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2896 | SCP-2897 | SCP-2898 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Instance #089 of SCP-2898-A.\n\nInstance #179 of SCP-2898-B, prior to recovery and disposal.\n\nItem #: SCP-2898\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The house containing SCP-2898 has been purchased and placed under Foundation custody. The walls of the house must be inspected daily for new instances of SCP-2898-A. Motion sensors have been placed throughout the house to detect new manifestations of SCP-2898-B. Remains of SCP-2898-B instances are to be removed from the house and disposed of appropriately.\nDescription: SCP-2898 comprises a series of structural anomalies occurring in a two-storey bungalow located at \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Avenue in Georgetown, Penang. SCP-2898-A designates images of human bodies spontaneously appearing on the interior walls of the residence.\nSCP-2898-A has so far appeared in all types of surfaces, including bare concrete, plaster, wood, thick coats of paint, and in several cases, a rice paper screen in the master bedroom. Instances are initially vague and bear only a passing resemblance to a human face, but increase in clarity and contrast over the course of the next 5 to 6 days to form a clear image. Following which, instances of SCP-2898-A will gradually resolve into a complete image of a human body within 3 weeks.\nThe wall section containing a complete image of SCP-2898-A will eventually produce an animate humanoid entity, designated as an instance of SCP-2898-B. All instances of SCP-2898-B appear to be constructed from common building materials (in particular, material similar to that of the wall surface they emerge from) and, on occasion, small amounts of human biological matter. A partial list of such entities has been appended below.\nAll instances of SCP-2898-A and -B resemble PoI-5775 (Beatrice Cho), the former occupant of \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Avenue. Cho was an artist known for her work with GoI-165 (\"The Restoration Collective\"), and frequently incorporated anomalous properties into her sculptures. She had been diagnosed with dementia in 1999 and was moved into a nursing home by her family 2 years later. While biological materials discovered in certain SCP-2898-B instances appears to have originated from PoI-5775, she remains in good physical health.\n57 identical symbols drawn in Krylon-brand pink chalk are located throughout the interior of the building, largely concentrated on the north- and west-facing walls. PoI-5775 claims to be not responsible for creating SCP-2898, but contended in one interview that she could have easily forgotten doing so due to her condition.\nA possible link with SCP-474 is currently being investigated.\nAddendum-2898-01: Partial list of SCP-2898 manifestations\n\nShow additional material\n\nHide additional material\n\n#010:\nDescription: Assumed to have emerged from a concrete wall in the basement. Instance appeared to have backed away from the wall and curled itself into a fetal position underneath a table, where it eventually set. Instance was discovered upon original acquisition of the residence by the Foundation.\n\n#043:\nDescription: Emerged from a wall in the master bedroom which had been heavily repainted in the past. Instance consisted of wet paint and approximately 45kg of human hair, later confirmed as belonging to PoI-5775. Immediately after manifestation, the instance began to frantically knead its face with both hands in an apparent attempt to reinforce its facial features. Instance solidified after 52 seconds.\n\n#105:\nDescription: Emerged from a tiled wall in the ground-floor bathroom. Instance was made of ceramic with crudely articulated ball joints. Immediately following its manifestation, the instance mimed the act of using a hammer and chisel for approximately 5 minutes before ceasing all activity.\n\n#132:\nDescription: Emerged from a wall in the studio. Instance consisted of wet plaster. It repeatedly picked up sculpting tools and walked aimlessly around the room, before setting completely after 4 minutes and crumbling into dust. Several strips of bleached cloth, along with fragmented bones of apparently human origin, were recovered from the studio floor following decomposition of the instance. The bones were identified as belonging to PoI-5775.\n\n#179:\nDescription: Emerged from the parquet panelling of a wall in the living room. Instance appeared to be made of wood and desiccated quickly in the span of 21 seconds. Throughout this time, instance appeared to be in a state of extreme disorientation and panic. A lacquered sheen was observed to spread over the instance after it stopped moving.\n\nAddendum-2898-02: Excerpts from handwritten notes collected in \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Avenue.\n\nShow additional material\n\nHide additional material\n\n7.5.1999\nI suppose I would have complained that it isn't fair, but I've seen enough to know that nothing lasts forever. Even stone is flabby, pliable and mortal with the right set of tools. The follow-up is on Tuesday. Hannah is fetching me, since she has forbidden me to drive.\n\n12.5.1999\nWe considered moving out, but an old woman alone in a house is not an easy thing to move. Plus, I would need to move the studio. Extra space is hard to create in a place that isn't yours.\n\n27.7/1999\nI opened up the studio for the first time in a while. While it's comforting to know that I still have the touch, it's strange to see how many pieces I don't remember making.\nNote to self - tag with time and date.\n\n13.9/1999\nOne does not really feel oneself \"go\", in a sense. I am a series of comings and goings, leaving rooms only to enter them a minute later, forgetting what I forgot. Only the house remains a constant. Hannah says that there are too many rooms, that I am making a mess of the place, but I like it the way it is. I come and go and the rooms stay the same. I think they make me.\n\n30.12/1999\nReceived a letter from an old friend in the States. I must have told them before, as they wish me well. I am strangely reminded of their work, back in the day - imprintings, infusions. Woodcuts of the mind. Marks that draw themselves. I am curious.\n\n11.1/1999 2000\nI find myself in the studio these days. There is something affirming about creation. Even in making the slightest wonder or tweak. I made, therefore I was. I make, and I am. I make, and I am again. And again. And again.\n\n19.3/2000\nI think everyday is like a new day for me. I know for a fact that Hannah is coming down more often now a days [sic]. I know this because I find that I have not made shopping lists for the last two weeks or so. And if I have not made shopping lists then I have not went to the market for some time. I would complain, but I do not think I am in a position to do [sic] anymore.\n\n3.5/2000\nCoughing more. Hannah says that it is the dust from the studio air. We compromise and she helped me move some of the things out into the living room, where there is more light. I am scared because I cannot find some of the things any more.\n\n6/2000\nHannah is worried for me. She says I called her last night, and that I was very frightened that I was inside my house, and that I was all by myself. It is rubbish. I am not scared of the house. The house is not scared of me. Pottery is not scared of the mold it emerges from.\n\n23/7\nI am finding more things in my house, and not finding others. But if they are in my house then I must have made them, or lost them. The house tells me that this is true.\n\n1/9\nI cannot find the studio, I think I have lost the studio,\nbut I do not think the house has lost me.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2897 | SCP-2898 | SCP-2899 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2899\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2899 is immovable, due both to its size and composition and to its dependence on the unique conditions of the North Pacific Gyre, and so containment is restricted to suppressing knowledge of and access to SCP-2899 and its environs. Since SCP-2899 is mobile, however, dedicated Foundation research ships must keep track of its location and bearing, using both observations of patterns in floating debris and of anomalous movement of subsurface particulates.\nAll seagoing vessels that approach or enter the Gyre must be monitored; those vessels wishing to simply pass through the Gyre should be diverted. Vessels that enter the Gyre for reasons pertaining to the Gyre itself and its ecosystem (including accumulated marine debris) should include embedded Foundation agents whenever possible. Any other vessels that enter the Gyre must be intercepted by Foundation assets to ascertain the vessel's motives and to administer amnestics as necessary.\nThere are currently no prohibitions on aircraft passing through the Gyre at cruising altitudes, but any aircraft that enter the area low enough to study the Gyre must be monitored and/or intercepted as above. Information gathered from satellite imagery is currently not affected beyond normal suppression of data about Foundation assets.\nDescription: SCP-2899 is a collection of accumulated debris within the North Pacific Gyre that exhibits at least two anomalous properties regarding its composition and behavior. The composition of SCP-2899 is largely similar to the rest of the waters of the Gyre\u2014 extremely high levels of particulate and microparticulate plastic with more scattered larger debris. However, the debris contained within SCP-2899 tends to be more organized, exhibiting patterns based on the chemical composition and physical characteristics of debris items. Additionally, any debris introduced to or accumulated by SCP-2899 will be slowly integrated into these patterns. The frequency and complexity of the patterns that arise all but rule out creation by random chance, particularly in light of the other anomalous observation of SCP-2899.\nJust beneath the water's surface under SCP-2899, remote-operated probes have detected streams of plastic particulates moving at 30 to 70 cm/sec, despite the absence of any currents or winds (or even the presence of currents or winds blowing in the opposite direction). These particulate streams generally end at a location with a locally higher concentration of debris; extrapolation of the paths of these streams show, in most cases, another high-debris-content location along the path of origin. The longest such stream so far observed measured just over 700 meters, although since the formation of a particulate stream has yet to be observed, the actual length of these streams could be much longer.\nThe exact size of SCP-2899 is difficult to determine. Its surface area is estimated to be between 400 and 10,000 km2, and may fluctuate as atmospheric and oceanic conditions change. SCP-2899 is believed to encompass the material suspended in the water under its surface area to a depth of approximately 12 meters. Researchers believe (with 70-75% certainty) that the anomalous properties observed in the Gyre are a sign of a nascent sentience within SCP-2899, although based on current evidence, manipulation by an external agency cannot be ruled out. Research on SCP-2899 is focused primarily on discovering the source of its anomalous properties; secondary research is focused on establishing communications with SCP-2899 or with the entity or entities causing the anomalies in the Gyre. Vessels have also been dispatched to other locations within the North Pacific Gyre, as well as to the Gyres in the rest of the world's oceans, to attempt to locate entities similar to SCP-2899.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2898 | SCP-2899 | SCP-2900 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2900\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-2900 are to be reported by Site-19 staff as they are found and referred to Doctor Yang for inspection and testing. They are to be stored in large storage locker 23233. They must be placed at least one meter from the walls of the storage locker. All are to be handled using 1.5 meter long manipulation arms. All personnel on Site-19 are to be informed of what an SCP-2900 instance looks like and any personnel receiving an instance are to be tested weekly for 3 months after receiving said instance for any anomalous effects. Currently SCP-2900 has shown no adverse anomalous effects. Site-19's current monitoring system is enough to prevent the effect from spreading exponentially.\nAll SCP-2900 instances are to be tagged and given back to their initial recipients, provided said recipients are Foundation personnel assigned to Site-19. Instances are allowed to be put on display in researchers' offices. All recipients will be provided with a glass case meeting containment standards for SCP-2900. No instances are allowed to leave Site-19 to prevent spreading of its anomalous effects.\nDescription: SCP-2900 is an anomalous effect that spreads via SCP-2900 instances. SCP-2900 instances are a variety of trophies, certificates, and medals denoting performance in the recipient's chosen field of work. It has been noted that not all SCP-2900 instances denote exemplary performance, as seen in several SCP-2900 instances. SCP-2900 itself affects all sapient beings who pass within a 1 meter radius of any given instance. SCP-2900 manifests by anomalously creating an SCP-2900 instance for said sapient being, hereby referred to as the recipient. This instance appears when one of the recipient's places of storing/showcasing other awards or accolades, or a prominent place solely used by the recipient, goes unmonitored for 5 minutes. SCP-2900 seems to prioritize places of work for this effect, and does not seem to be able to place an SCP-2900 instance in a location over 1 km away. This effect persists for one hour after the recipient has passed through the area of effect, and fades if suitable conditions cannot be found. SCP-2900 instances can be recognized by the Achievement Co logo on the bottom/back of all instances.\nSCP-2900 was first discovered at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 High School, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. It came to the Foundation's attention after multiple reports of the appearance of \"Participation Awards\" from multiple students. Hundreds of instances were discovered in an unused corridor of the school. Fortunately, the effect was not yet widespread and a containment team was able to track down all instances.\nAddendum: 7/15/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 SCP-2900 instances began manifesting for multiple security personnel. Testing revealed that the SCP-2900 area of effect had increased to 2 meters. The next day this area of effect had increased to 3 meters. Return of SCP-2900 instances to their Foundation recipients stopped the SCP-2900 effect completely for a month. After this all SCP-2900 instances' areas of effect returned to normal. SCP-2900 seems to add about one instance per week, provided there are monitoring lapses, which are generally caused by the breach of other SCPs. After another instance is added, provided the recipient continues to display their instance, all instances will cease their anomalous effect for a period between 2 days and 3 months, varying instance to instance. Containment procedures revised.\nPartial Instance List:\n\nInstance #\nType of Accolade\nAccompanying Text\nRecipient\n\n42\nGold medal with blue ribbon\nYou walked half a 5K!\nStudent at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 High School\n\n53\nGold medal with blue ribbon\nYou graduated 9th grade!\nStudent at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 High School\n\n72\nGold medal with blue ribbon\nYou haven't hurt anyone in 24 hours!\nStudent at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 High School\n\n125\nGold trophy with depiction of mop and bucket\nBest female janitor under 160 pounds!\nJanitor at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 High School\n\n134\nPaper certificate\nBest containment crew member!\nContainment crew member responsible for collecting SCP-2900 instances\n\n136\nBronze medal with blue ribbon\nSite-19's burglary of the year!\nAssistant Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Note: This instance manifested after Assistant Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 broke into Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's office and stole several classified documents.\n\n137\nGold medal with blue ribbon\nGood job saving the world again!\nDoctor \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\n142\nPaper certificate\nYou did your best\nAgent Howard(DECEASED) NOTE: This certificate was discovered inside of Agent Howard's casket prior to burial\n\n144\nGold trophy with standard gold chalice\nBest containment procedures\nDoctor Yang\n\n145\nGold medal with blue ribbon\nIt wasn't your fault they didn't make it.\nSecurity guard \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\n163\nBronze trophy depicting Agent Yadav holding a pocket watch\nNobody knows what you did but you. I hope that's enough.\nAgent Yadav NOTE: Agent Yadav supplied no information regarding the text of this instance, and showed complete immunity to Foundation memory probing techniques. Agent Yadav submitted to Foundation arrest and study, stating that \"[his] work is already done.\"\n\nAddendum: 5/22/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nMajor containment breach by SCP-2900. SCP-2900 manifested in a previously unknown way by replacing a previous accolade, a Foundation star, given to Agent Samson for meritorious action in the field. Agent Samson then transported said SCP-2900 instance to his offsite housing. Along the way this instance came into contact with over 12 people, manifesting for 9 of them. This lead to a widespread breach of containment and within 48 hours over 208 instances had been created. At this point the Foundation became aware of the breach in containment and immediately mobilized containment teams to contain it. SCP-2900 instances continued to perpetuate for another 48 hours before no new instances were recorded as being added. Over \u2588,\u2588\u2588\u2588 instances were created in this time period before the Foundation successfully contained the breach. Containment procedures for SCP-2900 are to be more stringently enforced. Only 4 more instances of SCP-2900 have been added to date, with the accompanying text becoming increasingly somber in tone, with periods of up to \u2588\u2588 months in-between manifestations. The last SCP-2900 instance added to date is a bronze trophy depicting a gold medal found in Storage Locker 23233 with the following accompanying text.\n\nBest attempt at making people happy.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2899 | SCP-2900 | SCP-2901 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Illustrations of SCP-2901 confiscated from Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's office at Research Site-45. [click image to enlarge]\n\nItem #: SCP-2901\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Because of the extradimensional properties related to SCP-2901, there are currently no methods of physical containment. Case reports involving SCP-2901 will be remitted to MTF Phi-5 (\"Twilighters\") for further investigation.\nCivilian sightings of SCP-2901 will be suppressed using amnestic field applications. Media leaks regarding SCP-2901 will be deleted or discredited by the Information Detraction, Censorship, and Rescission Division (IDCaRD).\n\nField personnel should avoid SCP-2901 if at all possible. Those authorized to investigate SCP-2901 must carry mobile devices capable of short message services (SMS) in case of sudden acoustic cancellation. If a hostile encounter is unavoidable, personnel should adhere to the following steps:\n\nDo not attempt to run. Fleeing may provoke SCP-2901 to give chase.\nHold your ground. Be sure to make eye contact.\nMake a threat display. Use clothing to imitate an increase in body mass.\nContinue Step 3 until SCP-2901 becomes disinterested and submits.\nAvoid physical contact if at all possible.1,2. Wield or throw objects to maintain distance.\n\nDescription: SCP-2901 are a species of nocturnal carnivorous scavengers of limited intelligence; averaging 1.7m in height. SCP-2901 usually appear as having an ellipsoid shape and possess 2 large eyes layered with photophoric tissue. SCP-2901 are covered in a layer of minute iridescent lamellar scales, similar to Lepidopterans3. SCP-2901 are able to move through space-time freely, granting them certain abilities such as levitation, flight, and teleportation. SCP-2901 are, however, tangible and susceptible to conventional firearms. SCP-2901 are also able to emit an acoustic cancellation effect within a radius of approximately 25m. The purpose or function of this ability is not wholly understood but is theorized to aid in stealth.\nSeveral methods of containment and/or deterrents are still being considered. However, because of the elusiveness of SCP-2901, a large majority of the general public are aware of related incidents and possibly even the existence of SCP-2901. Counter-measures are in place as a temporary solution for protecting information on SCP-2901.\n\n[LEVEL-2 ACCESS REQUIRED]\n\n[ACCESS GRANTED]\n\nIDCaRD\nInformation Detraction, Censorship, and Rescission Division\ntenartni.noitadnuoFPCS|DRACDI#tenartni.noitadnuoFPCS|DRACDI\nExt 7502\nFax 7503\n\nOPERATION:\n\"SURGEON'S PHOTOGRAPH\"\nPRIORITY: DALET\nINTERNAL USE ONLY\n\nPREAMBLE:\nDue to the uncontainable nature and general notoriety of SCP-2901, certain protocols must be established in order to quell civilian suspicion as to the existence of these entities. The following is an outline of Operation: \"Surgeon's Photograph\" that should be reviewed by your respective teams.\nCOUNTERINTELLIGENCE:\nDue to the nature of Operation: \"Surgeon's Photograph\", information regarding SCP-2901 does not require additional safeguards against espionage. Information about SCP-2901 will remain accessible on the Foundation main-list database. Standard protocols for sensitive information, access clearance, and storage still apply.\nIDENTIFICATION OF SENSITIVE MATERIAL:\nUtilizing the automated virtual agents already in place, certain keywords related to SCP-2901 will be routinely searched and red-flagged on the daily reports. Pages will be reviewed by selected teams as they are discovered and remitted to the Tactical Planning Team to determine the severity and next course of action.\nDISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN:\nThe Tactical Planning Team will review suspected files/pages and make decisions and recommendations regarding pertinent threats. Dozens of online \"dummy\" accounts for media-sharing websites are to be created and managed by IDCaRD's Special Cyberspace Unit. Using these \"dummy\" accounts, content regarding the presence and/or glorification of SCP-2901 will be made widely available. This is to saturate any shared leaked footage or images with fabricated disinforming content. Content will be developed and published in a variety of mediums related to SCP-2901 including:\n\nFictional stories\nDoctored photographic images\nVisual semi-realistic art\nFalsified eyewitness interviews\nMerchandise\n\nThe Foundation front company Studio City Productions will be contracted to create several low-budget documentaries involving SCP-2901 while including other well known cryptids from folklore. This will further aid in convincing the general public that the existence of SCP-2901 is highly questionable and, in all likelihood, impossible to validate.\nREQUIRED DELETIONS:\nAny source material of SCP-2901 deemed too sensitive to be accessible to civilians will also be addressed by the Special Cyberspace Unit. Standard protocols for denial-of-service (DoS) operations will be carried out to isolate the source. After the source is isolated, efforts will be made to erase the original content. Any information regarding the original poster of the material will then be handed over to MTF Phi-5 (\"Twilighters\") for further investigation.\nIn all cases, services will be restored once the material has been erased. Any DoS operations in excess of 24 hours will need to be reported to the Department of External Affairs.\nCESSATION OF OPERATIONS:\nOperation: \"Surgeon's Photograph\" will continue until a viable method of containment or deterrent for SCP-2901 is in place. Virtual agents will continue to search for keywords related to SCP-2901; these will be included on the month-end reports to be reconciled at the end of the quarter. Content made during Operation: \"Surgeon's Photograph\" will remain accessible.\n\nThe first official documented incursion of SCP-2901 was near the town of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, WV, USA in 19\u2588\u2588, followed by the collapse of [REDACTED]. Since then, continuing field observations have concluded that SCP-2901 are an aggressively territorial and solitary species. SCP-2901 normally do not engage or reveal themselves openly to humans, and will often retreat or vanish if discovered.\nFurther observations suggests that SCP-2901 are able to approximate the time and location of future disasters with a certain degree of accuracy, particularly those resulting in multiple fatalities4. This is supported by accounts and reports showing a sudden presence of SCP-2901 within the vicinity of the disaster area, usually within a month or week before it occurs.\nDuring this period, many SCP-2901 will claim rights to the area resulting in altercations with other SCP-2901; sometimes including human bystanders being mistaken as threats. During these aggressive territorial behaviors, SCP-2901 are able to change their physical shape into a large nebulous-like body as a threat display. After the disaster event occurs, the remaining SCP-2901 will take part in feeding off the deceased in a frenzy-like behavior until the food source is depleted; vacating once satiated.\n\n[LEVEL-4 ACCESS REQUIRED]\n\n[ACCESS GRANTED]\n\nIDCaRD\nInformation Detraction, Censorship, and Rescission Division\ntenartni.noitadnuoFPCS|DRACDI#tenartni.noitadnuoFPCS|DRACDI\nExt 7502\nFax 7503\n\nCONFIDENTIAL\nPRIORITY: GIMEL\n\nDIRECTIVE:\nOperation: \"Surgeon's Photograph\" is to be considered the \"Special Containment Procedures\" for SCP-2901 and is to operate under the guise of an active public disinformation campaign. MTF Phi-5 will be responsible for its continuation and level of effectivity in maintaining acceptable levels of public awareness and conception.\nAs a point of clarification, the purpose of Operation: \"Surgeon's Photograph\" is not to protect information on SCP-2901 but rather control information on SCP-2901.\nSUMMARY:\nSCP-2901's current evolution is the sum of Foundation efforts in manipulating its existence through public perception. SCP-2901 are a group of extradimensional entities that lack a stable cohesive form and purpose that only coalesces through continued observational reconciliation. For SCP-2901 to maintain a stable physical mass, approximately 75% of the nearby human populace within 500km need to be congruent on a singular concept of what SCP-2901 is and what it does.\nSCP-2901 were first discovered and categorized as highly unstable Keter-class entities capable of producing localized CK-class scenarios at random. Further research into SCP-2901's unstable manifestations proved to be futile as, unbeknownst to Foundation scientists at the time, SCP-2901 would involuntarily change during each subsequent observation. During a containment breach into the civilian populated areas within the Appalachian region of the Southern United States, SCP-2901 began gradually condensing into a singular manifestation the more it was exposed to humans.\nCivilians began conceding to the idea that SCP-2901 was a dark winged-like humanoid with large red eyes, which corresponded to pre-existing local folklore. SCP-2901 also began to evolve predatory-like behaviors and anomalous acoustic effects that conceptualized due to the mass fear generated within the surrounding communities.\nFoundation researchers recognized the effects and began isolating SCP-2901 as much as possible. However, deprived of regular perceptual input, SCP-2901 began to devolve into its initial highly unstable manifestations once again. The decision was made to maintain SCP-2901 in a functioning manageable state through continued exposure to human perceptual belief that SCP-2901 is a tangible creature of local folklore: another Bigfoot or Loch Ness Monster. The nearby Silver Bridge collapse of 1967 and the SCP-2901 Appalachian Incursion in reality have no connection with one another; however, public opinion strongly disagreed, and henceforth SCP-2901 began to appear at other future disaster events. This was the precursor of the precognitive scavenging animal-like behavior that is observed today.\nEfforts are to continue gradually introducing notions developed by the Foundation as to further SCP-2901's evolution into a more docile and manageable concept.\nINTERNAL COUNTERINTELLIGENCE:\nOnly Foundation personnel with Level-4 clearance are permitted to view this document. For all intents and purposes, all other personnel are to be included in actively contributing to SCP-2901's perceptual evolution. It is pertinent that this document be limited to no more than 50 persons, including the O5 council.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Due to the fluctuation of SCP-2901's mass, any physical connection made between the entity and victim will result in intersecting membraneous contact. This phenomenon usually results in the removal of the dermal layer along the contact area as SCP-2901 retracts.\n2. Link to photograph of wounds caused by SCP-2901. [WARNING: GRAPHIC]\n3. Lepidoptera (l\u025bp\u0268\u02c8d\u0252pt\u0259r\u0259/lep-i-dop-t\u0259r-\u0259) are a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies.\n4. This precognitive ability is believed to function as a physiological sense comparable to scent. Data varies, however, on the number of SCP-2901 within a given area (\u03c6n) versus the total fatalities after the disaster event occurs (\u03a3\u03b4). False positive incursions, though rare, have also been observed.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2900 | SCP-2901 | SCP-2902 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2902-1.\n\nSCP-2902-2.\n\nItem #: SCP-2902\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2902-1 and 2 are contained at Site-73 in a humanoid containment unit. SCP-2902-1 can request to perform for personnel three times a month. Interviews should be conducted on a biweekly basis to assess SCP-2902-1's morale, as well as to gain possible information on its origins. SCP-2902-2 has been allowed to stay with SCP-2902-1.\nDescription: SCP-2902-1 is, as of January 29, 2008, a 32-year old human male of Indian descent named Nandin Chakrabarti. SCP-2902-1 is 172 cm tall, 66 kg and when not performing, speaks with a moderate Indian accent. SCP-2902-1 is skilled in ventriloquism, often using this ability during its performances with SCP-2902-2.\nSCP-2902-2 is a male maine coon cat with a grey, mottled fur coloration. It is 90 cm long, and weighs 11 kg. SCP-2902-1 refers to SCP-2902-2 as \"Miles\"; SCP-2902-2 is affectionate towards SCP-2902-1, and often takes part in its performances.\nBoth SCP-2902-1 and 2 possess the ability to have their skeletons completely separate from their bodies; the outer skins of both do not suffer any muscle, nerve, or organ damage during, or after the skeleton's exit.1 Both their skins and skeletons retain full mobility, however, due to lack of support, the former becomes limp and moves in an uncoordinated manner.\nSCP-2902-1 removes its skeleton by bisecting itself vertically or horizontally, which it achieves through pulling on its face or stomach area, respectively; its body will open in a hinge-like manner accompanied by a sound similar to tearing fabric. During the time its skeleton exits, there are no visible muscles, blood, or organs in SCP-2902-1; instead, only solid black space fills its inner body. After its skeleton exits completely, SCP-2902-1's skin will re-close. SCP-2902-1 can speak through both its skin and skeleton, though only one at a time; SCP-2902-1 often alternates between the two while speaking for dramatic effect.\nInstead of opening its skin, SCP-2902-2's skeleton appears to phase and rise through its upper back. Unlike SCP-2902-1, SCP-2902-2 is able to control both bodies simultaneously. Of note is that SCP-2902-2 lacks three vertebrae near the middle of its back; this does not appear to have any detrimental effect on SCP-2902-2's bodily functions.\nSCP-2902-1 claims that it and SCP-2902-2 came from the GOI Herman Fuller's Circus of the Disquieting, but were separated from the organization after SCP-2902-2 became ill during a performance. Against its colleagues' suggestions, SCP-2902-1 tried to take SCP-2902-2 to a medical clinic several kilometers away from the circus grounds; the group left the grounds while both were still away. Subjects were discovered in San Francisco, California, USA as street performers, and subsequently taken into Foundation custody. Since its containment, SCP-2902-1 has been generally friendly to personnel, expressing an interest in entertaining them with its abilities until \"The Circus comes back to pick me up\".\n\n+ Interview SCP-2902-1, March 27, 2004\n\n- Collapse\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2902-1\nInterviewer: Researcher Lucy Chang\nForeword: Interview conducted to learn information about SCP-2902-1 and 2's abilities. SCP-2902-1 and 2 have been in containment for 12 days.\n<Begin Log, 1050>\nSCP-2902-1: Hello, miss! How are you doing this morning?\nChang: Good morning, SCP-2902-1. I'm Lucy Chang. Would you mind answering a few questions right now?\nSCP-2902-1: Of course, of course, not a problem at all, miss. But first, let me ask you something! Would you like to see Nandin the Human Skeleton Closet and Miles the Bonecat put on a show for you? I assure you, it will be great, like nothing you've ever seen before!\n(SCP-2902-2 walks up to Researcher Chang before sitting and tilting its head.)\nChang: We might actually have room for that once we're finished here; it will let us have a firsthand look into what you can do.\nSCP-2902-1: All right, Ms. Chang. Ask away, please!\n(SCP-2902-2 separates, its skeleton walking away from Researcher Chang while its skin rolls behind it; it does not return until the end of the interview.)\nChang: How long have you had your abilities?\nSCP-2902-1: [Laughs] Well, Ms. Chang, that is a very long story. I will try to keep it as short as I can.\nChang: I can listen.\nSCP-2902-1: [Laughs again.] Ms. Chang, you are very kind. Let me begin the tale of Nandin Chakrabarti, a poor boy from a poor family, whose life was forever meant to be different.\n(SCP-2902-1 stands up and raises arms above head. Throughout the recount, SCP-2902-1 continuously pantomimes/gesticulates as it speaks.)\nI've been able to do what I can do since I was a baby. At least, that's what my Uncle told me; he said my mother was horrified at my birth. I do not know if that was true. Uncle Rakesh was a greedy man, and he often lied to me as a child to try and keep me with him; he liked to make money by showing people my talents.\n(At this point, SCP-2902-1 pulls on its face, releasing its skeleton. Skeleton bends over to pick up SCP-2902-1's skin, and proceeds to dangle and move it in a fashion similar to a marionette.)\n[Through skeleton, in a rougher, hearty voice] Hello, friends! Come see my nephew, Nandin the Bony Boy! [In normal voice, speaking through skin] Oh, how I hated that name. [Returns to skeleton.] Watch him leap out of his skin and dance for you! Hahahaha! [Guffaws] [Switches to skin.] I had to be with him for eleven years. It was such a terrible time.\nChang: You said your mother was frightened by you when you were born?\nSCP-2902-1: [Skeleton, dramatically.] That is correct! (Skeleton flings skin away; skin falls down similar to a parachute.) I was born, like this. (SCP-2902-1 lies down on the floor in a fetal position, and moves by shuffling its feet.) Exactly like this! (Skeleton gestures to itself.)\nChang: You were born\u2026 as a skeleton?\nSCP-2902-1: Well \u2014 (Skeleton stands up again and dusts itself off.) Bones first! (Skeleton ceases movement, freezing in an upright position.)\n(Skin of SCP-2902-1 rolls towards skeleton and stops beneath its feet.) I came second!\nChang: [Pause.] Your bones and skin were birthed separately?\nSCP-2902-1: Exactly! (Repeats twice, one through skin, one through skeleton; SCP-2902-1's skeleton proceeds to put skin back on itself similar to putting on a jacket.) You can imagine the shock my mother felt when she saw a pile of baby bones. Even after I came together and started crying, she couldn't look at me. I don't know where my mother or father are now. Uncle Rakesh told me they gave me to him after a week.\nChang: I see\u2026 Does it cause you any discomfort when you\u2026 separate?\nSCP-2902-1: [Pauses and looks upwards before shaking its head.] No, it never did. Uncomfortable sometimes. I had to get used to switching around. It was strange having my mind bounce back and forth for a while. Not anymore, though, I'm well past any difficulties.\nChang: [Pause.] Very well then, SCP-2902-1. How did you come across SCP-2902-2?\nSCP-2902-1: [Smiles.] Oh, Miles is a very special friend to me! He was a normal cat for many years, before he could do his little tricks. But that's a story for another day!\nChang: All right. I think that's it for today. Thank you for your cooperation, SCP-2902-1.\nSCP-2902-1: A pleasure, a pleasure, Ms. Chang! Please, feel free to bring some of your friends next time! I love having an audience! (SCP-2902-1 pulls on its stomach, releasing its skeleton once more. Both the skin and the skeleton bow towards Researcher Chang as she leaves. SCP-2902-2 returns as well, and rubs against Researcher Chang's leg while purring.)\n<End Log, 1107>\n\n+ Interview SCP-2902-1, April 9, 2004\n\n- Collapse\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2902-1\nInterviewer: Researcher Lucy Chang\nForeword: Interview conducted to learn information about SCP-2902-1 and 2's origins.\n<Begin Log, 1410>\nChang: Good afternoon, SCP-2902-1.\nSCP-2902-1: I see you are formal as ever, Ms. Chang! Ah, I suppose it cannot be helped. You are a scientist! Dedicated to researching things like \u2014 like me!\nChang: I wouldn't call yourself a \u2014\nSCP-2902-1: Please, Ms. Chang. I know I am not normal. I know Miles isn't normal! When you're in the Circus, you are praised for being not normal! But it's not a bad thing!\nChang: [Pause.] Have you been comfortable being here these past few weeks, SCP-2902-1?\nSCP-2902-1: Well, I cannot find anything to complain about, if that's what you are asking, Ms. Chang. I am in an\u2026 adequate room, and I am with Miles. I think of you people like my doctors; you take me in, and try to make me feel better. I don't think you can cure whatever I have, though. It is a very strange condition. (SCP-2902-1 separates, its skeleton scratching and tilting its head in puzzlement, before rejoining.)\nChang: Let's talk about how you arrived at the Circus of Disquieting. How did you become part of the organization to begin with?\nSCP-2902-1: Hmmm\u2026 I was [Pauses.] ten, maybe eleven. I was sick of my Uncle. I tried to run away many times. Many, many times. But Uncle was rich, and he had lots of people to catch me and bring me back; he would beat me every time I returned. I was miserable, until I found Miles.\nChang: Miles? SCP-2902-2?\nSCP-2902-1: Yes and\u2026no. It was a [SCP-2902-1 appears uncomfortable.] different Miles, of sorts. I found him during my last recent escape, in the bushes lining the street outside Uncle's house. He was still a kitten, then. Very spotty, like a jaguar. He was friendly, and kept following me as I tried to get away.\n(At this point, SCP-2902-2's skeleton jumps onto SCP-2902-1's lap. SCP-2902-1 pats SCP-2902-2's head and laughs.)\nChang: But you were caught again?\nSCP-2902-1: Yes, I was. (SCP-2902-1 places SCP-2902-2 back on the floor.) I hid Miles in my pack before Uncle's men saw me. When they took me back, I hid the bag in my closet before Uncle beat me again. I remember the only thing I was thinking of as he punched me was hoping that Miles wouldn't make any noise.\nAfter Uncle left, I took Miles out, and he began to lick my bruises. I loved him. I tried to get him to leave the house, because I was afraid Uncle would find him and kill him. But every night, he would come back through the window and fall asleep with me. Nearly three months went by, and I was happier than I had ever been before. And during the summer, the Circus finally came to my town.\n(SCP-2902-2 mewls loudly. SCP-2902-1 scratches its chin.)\nChang: How did you react when you saw it? Did it interest you?\nSCP-2902-1: Oh, you have no idea. I could hear the music, smell all the food. I decided I would try once more to escape my Uncle, while the Circus was still there. Miles found me. He must have been a very smart cat. There was so much to see, so many strange things.\n(SCP-2902-2 separates, both bodies continuously circling around the table.)\nChang: Did you meet any other people like yourself there?\nSCP-2902-1: I didn't speak to any one at first. I was in awe. But yes, I saw many people with strange things about them. There was a man who was on fire all the time, but he didn't scream or burn, just walked and danced like a normal person. There was a man with a huge mouth. I thought he was funny; he looked like a frog and he kept eating everything!\nChang: How did you end up joining them?\nSCP-2902-1: [Pause.] I \u2014 I didn't join them right away. My uncle found me again. He drove up to me in his car and grabbed me by the arm. He kept shouting at me, and lots of people began to circle around us. And then\u2014 Miles tried to help me. He was such a brave cat. But Uncle pulled him off, and threw me in the car. And then he \u2014 [SCP-2902-1's moans and doesn't complete sentence.]\n(Silence for approximately 20 seconds. SCP-2902-2 jumps into SCP-2902-1's lap again and begins to purr.)\nI spent all night in my room, just crying to myself. Uncle locked my door, and put more bars on my window. Sometimes, my bones would cry, sometimes my skin would cry. I \u2014 I tried to smother my skin beneath the bed, but my bones pulled me out. I fell asleep. When I woke up again it was still night, and there was a girl in my room.\nChang: A girl?\nSCP-2902-1: Yes. She was very pretty. I thought she had lots of flowers in her hair, but when she picked one off and gave it to me, she made a face like it hurt, and I realized the flowers were her hair.\nChang: What did she do after?\nSCP-2902-1: She told me she was sorry about Miles, that she saw what had happened. She asked me if I wanted to leave, and of course I said yes. So she took my hand, and the flowers in her head grew bigger and started to glow. The one in my hand did too. The flowers and leaves pushed the bars out and we began to fly out. Her flowers lifted us up into the air, into the night. We flew back to the Circus, and I knew a would have a new life, finally; I would be happy for years to come.\n<End Log, 1425>\n\n+ Interview SCP-2902-1, June 1, 2004\n\n- Collapse\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2902-1\nInterviewer: Researcher Lucy Chang\nForeword: Interview conducted to learn information about SCP-2902.\n<Begin Log, 1020>\nChang: Good morning, SCP-2902-1.\nSCP-2902-1: Hello, Ms. Chang. How have you been?\nChang: I've been well. I assume you know why I'm here?\nSCP-2902-1: Yes, yes. Here to ask me more questions. What is the topic of the day this time?\nChang: I'd like to talk about SCP-2902-2 today.\nSCP-2902-1: Ah, and so we arrive at part two of Nandin Chakrabarti and Miles the Bonecat! Miles! (SCP-2902-1 calls to SCP-2902-2. SCP-2902-2 walks forward.) We have a special person to entertain today, Miles. Put on your best act for her! (SCP-2902-2 mewls.)\n(SCP-2902-1 stands up and bows. SCP-2902-2 jumps on SCP-2902-1's head and bows as well.)\n(SCP-2902-2 jumps off of SCP-2902-1's head onto the floor, and sits in an upright position.)\nForgive me, Ms. Chang. Miles usually has music and other performers during this act. I'll do my best without them. (SCP-2902-1 begins to clap and stamp feet in rhythm; SCP-2902-2's skin closes its eyes, and nods its head, possibly trying to time the beat. After several seconds, it opens its eyes again and both bodies begin to move in a clockwise circle. SCP-2902-1 begins to sing as SCP-2902-2 pantomimes actions SCP-2902-1 describes.)\n[During the performance, SCP-2902-1 alternated its voice between a low British accent while \"speaking\" through SCP-2902-2's skin, and a gravelly American accent for the skeleton. To avoid confusion in this document, text below that is un-bolded represents SCP-2902-2's skin, text in bold represents SCP-2902-2's skeleton.]\n\nI'm Miles! I'm Miles! And we're gonna put a smile\nOn your face, so relax, and stay with us awhile!\nWe'll walk you through the story, we hope it won't bore ye!\nAnd we'll show you how the Bonecat attained its glory.\n(SCP-2902-2's skin comes forward while its skeleton retreats behind it.)\nI wandered through the streets of an Indian town.\nI was always hungry, my fur quite grungy.\nThrown out of my home, and so I roamed\nUntil I was nothing but skin and bones!\n(SCP-2902-2's bodies switch positions.)\nSo for years I was alone just wanderin'\nUntil I met this kiddie called Nandin!\n(SCP-2902-2's skin rolls its eyes.)\nHonestly, Bones, the couplets you try to make \u2014\nShut up, rug boy!\n[SCP-2902-1 stops clapping; in normal voice.] Miles!\n(SCP-2902-2's bows head in apparent embarrassment.) Right, sorry, ahem \u2014\n(Rhythm resumes.)\nNow Nandin was nice, and we liked him at once\nHe gave us a meal, water runs right through me!\nBut his Uncle Rakesh was a rather mean man.\nHe hit Nandin in the head with a frying pan!\n(SCP-2902-1 claps hands loudly and pulls head; skeleton falls out with skull shaking and teeth chattering. SCP-2902-1 replaces head and resumes beat. SCP-2902-2's bodies walk in place alongside each other.)\nA circus came in, Nandin wanted in!\nSo he ran away again for the umpteenth time.\nAnd we tagged along, and stayed all day long,\nWatching the freaks in the act to calliope chimes!\nBut Rakesh drove up to take Nandin back, and Nandin screamed and cried.\nAnd Nandin kicked, and Nandin fought\nBut against his Uncle it was all for naught.\nSo I leapt into action and attacked. (SCP-2902-2's skin hisses loudly.)\nAnd I raked that man along the back. (SCP-2902-2's skeleton bands claws against floor.)\nBut Rakesh was stronger and he got me tuckered\nAnd ran me over with his car, that sick mother \u2014\n[SCP-2902-1, in normal voice] Miles!\n(SCP-2902-2's skeleton looks at SCP-2902-1.) What?\n(SCP-2902-1 sighs and resumes beat. Tempo is much slower. SCP-2902-2's skeleton curls up on ground in fetal position, with skin covering face like a shroud. SCP-2902-1 begins to sing in a lamenting voice.)\nSo for weeks, after that, everything went dark.\nAnd I felt the pain, of my broken heart.\nTrapped in a body that was crushed and cold,\nAnd mixed in the darkness of worlds untold\u2026\n(Tempo begins to quicken again, as SCP-2902-1 begins to sing progressively faster.)\nBut I came back! (Yes I did!)\nI came back! (Yes I did!)\nThrough the work of the finest of the Circus' highest!\nThe mysterious beings with magic profound,\nYes, it was them, could it be?\nBring in the Clowns! Bring in the Clowns!\n(SCP-2902-1 begins to repeat \"Bring in the Clowns\" in a multitude of voices for several seconds before separating itself. SCP-2902-1's skeleton leaps onto SCP-2902-2's; the bones from each become mixed together while SCP-2902-2's screeches loudly.)\nSo they dug me up! Right out from the soil!\nPlopped me down on the table and began their toil!\n(Both skeletons continue to loudly mix with each other.)\nAs the Clowns did their work, it was pure confusion\nLots of whistles, and honking, accidental contusions.\nMy old skin was cast, and my bones removed,\nAnd stuffed into the body of a maine coon anew.\n(SCP-2902-2 rejoins its bodies into one and stands up, looking around in apparent surprise.)\nThe first thing I saw as I came back from the dead,\nWas a man most peculiar, with an upside-down head!\n(SCP-2902-1's skeleton twists its skull upside down and kneels as SCP-2902-2 walks up to it.)\nAnd he said \"The clowns did their work well, take a look at you now!\nCome with us as we travel the world!\nYou now have the powers others only could dream!\nAnd to make your act perfect I've found you a team!\"\n(SCP-2902-1 comes back together again and pets SCP-2902-2.)\n[SCP-2902-1, in normal voice.]\nSo Miles and I were reunited, and the Circus became our home.\nAnd that, my friend, is the end of the tale, of the man, the cat, and their bones.\n(SCP-2902-1 and SCP-2902-2 bow to Researcher Chang. Interview is considered concluded.)\n<End Log, [1027]>\n\nFootnotes\n1. Skeletons are completely clean upon emergence, lacking any tissue or bloodstains.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2901 | SCP-2902 | SCP-2903 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2903\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Provisional Containment Site-131 is to be continuously occupied by Containment Team Nu-9 (\"Iron Chefs\"), recruited from Level 0 Support Personnel with horticultural and/or culinary training; and Containment Team Nu-10 (\"Cucumber Munchers\"), recruited from members of the Foundation front organization known as the Reformed and Universal Church of the Apostle of Light, who are to rigorously adhere to the lifestyle restrictions historically practiced by the Manichaean1 electae2.\nMembers of Containment Team Nu-9 are to harvest all instances of SCP-2903-2 at sunrise, then prepare and serve the harvested produce to members of Containment Team Nu-10 throughout the day, before uprooting all instances of SCP-2903-2. To ensure that members of Containment Team Nu-10 satisfy the religious conditions necessary for the safe consumption of SCP-2903-2 fruits, they are encouraged to regularly hold religious services and study Foundation-provided religious literature. Furthermore, the manifests of all supply convoys departing for Site-131 are to be examined for any contraband that would threaten the lifestyle restrictions of the members of Containment Team Nu-10.\nDescription: SCP-2903 is the designation given to certain related anomalous phenomena located at 24.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u00b0 N, 118.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u00b0 E, in Fujian Province, China. SCP-2903-1 designates a phenomenon that causes fruit-bearing vines, the varieties of which are henceforth designated SCP-2903-2a through SCP-2903-2e, to spontaneously grow during each sunrise. The primary productivity of SCP-2903-1 is estimated to be 7500 gC d-1 (grams of carbon per day). Instances of SCP-2903-2 physically resemble non-anomalous counterparts of the same species, but are thought to have indefinitely long lifespans. After an instance of SCP-2903-2 is uprooted or otherwise destroyed, another identical instance of SCP-2903-2 will spontaneously grow at the same location, unless the fruit of that instance was previous consumed by an individual who rigorously adheres to the lifestyle restrictions historically practiced by the Manichaean electae. These necessary lifestyle restrictions are listed as follows.\n\nSincerely and continuously held belief in the Manichaean faith.\nRenunciation of one's former occupation and material lifestyle.\nComplete abstinence from meat and intoxicants since conversion to the Manichaean faith.\nComplete abstinence from sexual activity3 since conversion to the Manichaean faith.\n\nInstances of SCP-2903-2 possess several other anomalous characteristics besides their biological immortality and automatic replacement. When an SCP-2903-2 fruit is consumed by an individual who does not rigorously adhere to the lifestyle restrictions listed above, that individual is subjected to an anomalous effect, the nature of which depends on the type of SCP-2903-2 fruit that was consumed. Furthermore, the presence of uneaten SCP-2903-2 fruits causes meteorological anomalies within a circular region centered around them, the nature of which also depends on the type of SCP-2903-2 fruit. The radius of this region grows quadratically relative to the number of uneaten SCP-2903-2 fruits in close proximity. The varieties of SCP-2903-2 and their associated anomalous effects are listed as follows.\n\nDesignation\nSpecies\nEffect upon Consumption\nMeteorological Effect\n\nSCP-2903-2a\nCucumis sativus (cucumber)\nThe consumer emits light with a luminous flux measured at 1250 lumens for 10 seconds.\nIncreased intensity and duration of sunlight.\n\nSCP-2903-2b\nCitrullus lanatus (watermelon)\nThe consumer sweats 1.5 L of distilled water over 30 seconds.\nIncreased frequency and intensity of rainfall.\n\nSCP-2903-2c\nPhaseolus vulgaris (common bean)\nThe air surrounding the consumer moves outward from the consumer at a rate of 75 m/s for 5 seconds.\nIncreased frequency and intensity of winds.\n\nSCP-2903-2d\nSolanum lycopersicum (tomato plant)\nThe consumer spontaneously combusts.\nSpontaneous combustion of flammable materials.\n\nSCP-2903-2e\nVitis vinifera (common grape vine)\nA vacuum temporarily forms around the consumer, resulting in near-immediate death.\nNone observed.\n\nWhen a sufficient number of uneaten SCP-2903-2 fruits are in close proximity, they collectively become part of a sapient entity or group of sapient entities, henceforth designated SCP-2903-3. SCP-2903-3, which is aware of the area immediately surrounding those uneaten SCP-2903-2 fruits, is capable of communicating by producing vocalizations in Middle Persian through an unknown means. SCP-2903-3 was first encountered in 1978, during the initial containment of SCP-2903, which took place after the government of the People's Republic of China requested the Foundation's assistance with investigating reports of spontaneous combustion in Fujian Province, many of which were attributed to the consumption of \"cursed fruit\" during the famine caused by the Great Leap Forward. The reports were found to be clustered around 24.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u00b0 N, 118.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u00b0 E, the site of an abandoned temple described by local eyewitnesses as a \"temple of the elements.\" Agents exploring the temple reported the presence of SCP-2903-3, but were unable to communicate with it due to language barriers. Dr. Mirza Rostami, a scholar of Middle Persian, was dispatched to interview the entity.\n\n+ Interview Report-2903-1\n\n- Interview Report-2903-1\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2903-3\nInterviewer: Dr. Mirza Rostami\nForeword: Interview conducted in Middle Persian.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Mirza Rostami: Greetings! Can you understand me?\nSCP-2903-3: Yes, yes, we can! Please tell us that have you come to liberate us!\nDr. Mirza Rostami: I cannot say. You will have to identify yourself first.\nSCP-2903-3: Of course, of course, how could we forget? We are the Elements of Light4; sons and garments of the First Man, martyr before the King of Darkness. In our defeated, humiliated state, we sit before you, trapped in the fruits of this garden.\nDr. Mirza Rostami: Is that so? For how long have you been in this state?\nSCP-2903-3: Since the First Creation, when the demons swallowed us whole and imprisoned us in matter. That being said, we can remember only the last few years.\nDr. Mirza Rostami: Do you happen to know why that is the case?\nSCP-2903-3: We can only guess. Most of our memory is\u2026 hazy, and indistinguishable, for it is of when our existence was dispersed throughout the fruits of this world. The faithful electae consumed our particles and liberated us through their blessed digestion, but with time, the numbers of the electae diminished, and we began to coalesce.\nDr. Mirza Rostami: What exactly do you mean by \"coalesce?\"\nSCP-2903-3: With great effort, we force our particles to come together. They move here, to this country, where we once had found the last surviving community of the electae. For several centuries, they carried out our liberation here, until something recent\u2014we do not know what\u2014caused them to abandon us5. Once the electae departed, we found ourselves trapped here in this garden, isolated and alone.\nDr. Mirza Rostami: I see. Now, is there anything you could tell me about the recent spontaneous human combustions that have taken place in this region? I have been informed that many of them have been attributed to the consumption of these fruits.\nSCP-2903-3: When the impure consume the fruits, they will not free our particles, but release them back into this world, where we will manifest. Elsewhere, when we find that our particles are present in too high a concentration, we will manifest as well.\nDr. Mirza Rostami: Do you have any control over these manifestations?\nSCP-2903-3: No, but when we are liberated from the fruits of this garden\u2014from this damned matter\u2014they will cease, for we will no longer manifest in this world.\nDr. Mirza Rostami: If so, I will leave, and see what can be done to help you.\nSCP-2903-3: Hurry. It is upon us that your salvation depends!\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: After the interview, the Cheng Committee was formed by members of the Department of Antiquities to devise Special Containment Procedures for SCP-2903. Over the following five years, the Cheng Committee fabricated lost Manichaean religious literature and organized the Foundation front organization known as the Reformed and Universal Church of the Apostle of Light in order to recruit personnel suitable for the containment of SCP-2903. In 1985, the temple at 24.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u00b0 N, 118.\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u00b0 E was redesignated Provisional Containment Site-131, and Containment Teams Nu-9 and Nu-10 were formed, inaugurating the containment of SCP-2903.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Manichaeism is a dualistic religion, incorporating Zoroastrian, Christian, and Gnostic elements, founded by the prophet Mani in Persia during the 3rd century CE.\n2. Followers of Manichaeism were divided into two classes: the monastics known as the electae and the laymen known as the hearers.\n3. Including but not limited to sexual intercourse, non-penetrative sex, and masturbation.\n4. In the Manichaean cosmology, the Elements of Light are light, water, wind, fire, and ether.\n5. Interviews of local eyewitnesses suggest that the community of electae in Fujian Province became targets of political violence during the Cultural Revolution for their heterodox religious beliefs and resistance to the collectivization of their lands.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2902 | SCP-2903 | SCP-2904 \u00bb"}
{"text": "[Archivist's note: The original document which was transcribed for digital storage featured a handwritten note at the top of this page instructing the reader to \u201cStart with the letter.\u201d This refers to Document 2904-A which can be found here:\n\n+ Document 2904-A\n\n- Collapse Document 2904-A\n\nDocument 2904-A\n[Archivists note: This handwritten letter was included in the original briefing pack for MTF Pi-20 Operator candidates, where it formed an introduction to document SCP-2904. It has been transcribed for preservation in the digital archive.]\nJune 19th, 1981\nTo whom it may concern,\nIf you're reading this then you've been offered a choice.\nHello, my name is \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. I don't know who you are and I never will. I won't pretend to know what you're going through. All I know is what comes next. I'm supposed to help you figure out what to do, but I've never been much good at giving advice. Instead I'm going to tell you how it was for me. How it worked out. Then it'll be up to you whether you sign that document in front of you or choose whatever the alternative is in your case.\nLet's start\u2026 not at the beginning. Real stories don't have beginnings. Let's just start somewhere. Before. This is me:\n\nI open my eyes. I must have been napping. The sun is warm on my back and splashes across my shoulders onto the desk. My eyes are drawn to the left side of my desk. The calendar there tells me that it's Friday and my watch tells me it's two pm. I check them automatically, without thinking.\nI usually leave Friday afternoons free to tidy up any loose ends in the hope of getting a whole weekend to myself. I can't be sure though, so I pick up the phone and dial through to Tiffany.\n\u201cHi, Tiffany.\u201d\nThere's a brief pause before she replies \u201cYes, Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, what can I do for you?\u201d\n\u201cCan you check my schedule and tell me if I have anything planned in for this afternoon, please?\u201d\n\u201cNothing except the meeting with Academy Director \u2588\u2588\u2588 to discuss the assignments for this month's crop, Sir.\u201d\n\u201cOh, of course. Do you have the files for that, Tiffany?\u201d\n\u201cI brought them through this morning, Sir. I believe you put them in your top drawer?\u201d\n\u201cAh.\u201d I open my top drawer and pull out the files. \u201cYes, I have them here. Thank you, Tiffany.\u201d I really need to get a system for this.\nI turn on the radio. The Boomtown Rats are just getting to the chorus of I Don't Like Mondays and I hum along.\n\nDoes any of that sound familiar? Probably. There's only so many ways to get to where you are now. None of them good. That's how I got there. You don't need to know any of that, I guess, but if you know how I got there then maybe it'll help you understand why I made the decision I did. Whether you want to make that decision too.\nSo you're probably wondering now; \u201cWhat happens if I do this? What will it be like?\u201d The honest answer is, I don't know. Neither will you. I'll tell you what it's like but neither of us will ever really know. So let me tell you, then. What it's like after.\nWhile I write this next part I'm listening to my own voice on tape. I'm listening to a stranger with my voice. He's telling me what he's going through so I can tell you. Here's what he's saying:\n\nI am calm. I check for threats. There are men in suits at one o'clock and four o'clock. They are wearing the badges so I relax and allow the nearer of the two at one o'clock to continue changing the card in the holder on the back of my right hand. He has muttered something insulting about my diminished mental capacity. I make a conscious decision not to do anything about it. The Boomtown Rats' I Don't Like Mondays is playing from somewhere behind me so I know that I'm not active. The other man, the older one is holding a hand against his ear. He speaks:\n\u201cThat's a check on the throat mic. We're good to go here.\u201d\nI realise I am whispering my thoughts. It happens automatically, without thinking. It ought to, after a month of conditioning to auto-dictate. I recognise his voice. It's Abrahams. He looks terrible. Old. Worn. I know to expect this but it's still a little surprising to see how unkind time has been to him.\n\u201cThanks for that, pal,\u201d he says. \u201cTime catches up to most of us eventually.\u201d He puts his hand on my shoulder and points at a large house about 200 yards away. \u201cThe target's in there, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Go get \u2018em.\u201d He's smiling but there's something behind it. I know to expect this too. It's pity. I walk towards the house and behind me The Boomtown Rats fade down to nothing. They are soon replaced by a deep bass thumping coming from the house. I walk through the front door.\nI am calm. I check for threats. There is a teenager lying on the floor in front of me. He's unconscious, looks like someone got in a few good shots to his face before applying a chokehold. Judging by the ache in my hands it was me. There's no one else present.\nI look down at my hands. My left hand is empty. A card is in the holder on the back of my right hand. It has a picture of a flat, shiny, round object on it and underneath that it says \u201cCompact Disc, music storage.\u201d\nThe room I'm in appears to be a reception room in a squat. Dirty mattresses are tossed down all over the otherwise-empty floor. The wallpaper is peeling down in swathes and the whole place reeks of sweat and damp. I can't see anything that looks like a \u201cCompact Disc\u201d in here, can't see much of anything interesting. I walk towards the doorway at the back. There are stairs leading up and I can hear that the music is coming from above. I climb up.\nI am calm. I check for threats. I'm standing in a doorway and there is a teenage girl inside the room at twelve o'clock. She is turning towards me and she has a knife. She's young, fast. She doesn't hesitate. I don't have time to draw my sidearm. She has come straight at me and she's quicker than I've been in thirty years. She's also clumsy; untrained and glassy-eyed from drugs or something else. I am prepared for this. I have guided her knife-hand wide with my forearm. The knife has struck the doorframe and been twisted from her grip. She has darted back across the room then she runs at me, screaming. I reach out and grasp the hand that is clawing towards my eyes. I pivot and use her momentum to throw her over my shoulder. She flies through the doorway and bounces down the stairs opposite. She comes to an awkward halt halfway down.\nI can't afford to leave her behind so I descend to stand over her. Her arm is obviously broken and she seems only partly-conscious. I lift my foot and stamp down on her head with carefully-gauged force. She will likely live.\nI look down at my hands. My left hand is empty. A card is in the holder on the back of my right hand. It has a picture of a flat, shiny, round object on it and underneath that it says \u201cCompact Disc, music storage.\u201d I climb back up the stairs to the room the girl was waiting in. The music is coming from this room. Something about it tugs at the corner of my consciousness, like someone whispering your name in a darkened room. It is weak, though. It can't find any purchase on me and slides away.\nIn the corner of the room are a set of enormous speakers hooked up to the smallest stereo systems I have ever seen. I crouch down next to it and look for a way to get the \u201cCompact Disc\u201d out. A tiny button is marked with the eject symbol so I push it. The music dies immediately leaving an echoing silence. A little tray slides out of the stereo system with a shiny object on it. I check it against the card and it looks the same. I pick it up and put it in a padded case from my belt. I take the case in my left hand and look for a way out.\nI am calm. I check for threats. I am standing in a hallway with what looks like a doorway to the outside at nine o'clock. There are no threats present. I look down at my hands. My left hand is holding a case with the word \u201cobjective\u201d printed on it in bold capitals.\nI turn towards the door to leave the building. There is a noise behind me. I turn to see two teenage boys emerging into the hallway from deeper in the building. One of them is holding a baseball bat and the other a kitchen knife. They seem confused and angry. They rush down the hallway towards me. I have only one free hand so I draw my sidearm. Since I'm shooting one-handed I take my time to line up the shot carefully, to make it count. They get closer. Then I put two rounds into the chest of the first boy. The Webley bucks in my hand drawing my aim high and I fight to lower it towards the second boy. He's stumbling across his companion's body and too busy watching his feet to see the revolver draw level with him from five feet away. I fire twice more. One goes in his chest and the other through his neck. He crumbles and skids to a stop on the cracked tiles. Blood spreads out from the two bodies in a broad sheet. I wait, listening, watching. I am shaking with adrenaline. Nothing else moves. I turn and head out of the building.\nI am calm, I check for threats. There are two men in suits standing at twelve o'clock and three o'clock. They are wearing the badges so I relax and allow the older one to take the case from my left hand. I can hear The Boomtown Rats launching into the second verse of I Don't Like Mondays so I know I'm not active. The younger one is looking at me strangely, like he's afraid. I have no way of knowing why. He hesitantly shepherds me into the back of a van. He waits while I strap myself in, offers me the helmet. I settle it over my head, relax in the darkness and hum along to the music.\n\nDoesn't sound very appealing, does it? So why would you volunteer for something like that? Here's why:\nIf you're sitting where you're sitting, reading what you're reading then you used to be a person who did things. Maybe you still are. Some of those things probably weren't very nice, weren't things you'd want to talk about even if you could. You did them anyway and you took the therapy and the drugs and the mandatory psychological leave so you could get recertified and get right back to doing them again. You did them because you thought they were important; that they needed to be done.\nThing is, you won't be doing them for much longer, will you? You're on a clock and it's counting down, has been for a while. First they put you on \u201clighter duties,\u201d before you know it you're desk-bound. And that's before they found out about whatever got you here. Even if they didn't know about that, you didn't have too much longer, did you?\nThat's what they're offering you: A chance to keep doing the things that need to be done. It won't be the same as before. It can't be. You can't go back. But it's something. Maybe it's enough for you.\nYou've got to understand that what they're offering you isn't life, but it isn't death either. Choose wisely.\nYours Faithfully,\n\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\nOperator \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, MTF Pi-20\n\n- Collapse Document 2904-A\n\nItem #: SCP-2904\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2904 is to be stored in the Site-19 Deep-Sigma storage vault at all times except when required for use. When outside of this vault it is to be accompanied by no less than three armed security personnel chosen at random from the standby duty roster.\nSCP-2904 is not to be handled with bare hands except by MTF Pi-20 personnel as required by their duties. See below for details (classified level 3/2904 / level 4). Unless in active use it is to remain in the secure transport container provided, including while it is in storage.\nAll further testing of SCP-2904 is prohibited by order of the O5 council dated 20/10/1988. Approval for testing on previously-created SCP-2904-1 instances may be sought using standard research request protocols.\nDescription: SCP-2904 is an oblate spheroid with an equatorial radius of 4.982 cm. It is composed of osmium alloyed with 2.3% tungsten, 0.6% iron, 0.4% carbon and 0.3% unidentified exotic matter. Its mass is 10.075 kg \u00b10.347 kg. This variation in mass is due to the measured mass of SCP-2904 varying according to a sine function with a period equal to the sidereal orbital period of the Earth's moon (27.3 days). The mass is at its greatest when the moon is aligned with the galactic center as viewed from the Earth. It has not yet been determined what connection, if any exists between the object and the Earth's moon.\nThere is a 3-mm-deep depression or dimple at one of SCP-2904's poles. A 1-mm-deep groove or channel extends away from this depression and traces a complex path across the object's surface. This groove has the anomalous property of beginning and ending at the polar depression without crossing or looping back on itself and only touching the polar depression at a single point. The implication of this is that SCP-2904 is an intrusion into three-dimensional space of a higher-dimensional object.\nThe primary anomalous effect of SCP-2904 is activated by a living entity directly touching the object and tracing the groove in the object's surface over its entire path, beginning and ending at the polar depression. Humans who have carried out this procedure report that the object grows painfully hot to the touch and pulses or beats like a heart for a few seconds immediately after the procedure is completed. The heat and pulsing then expands to affect their entire body before quickly waning. Monitoring devices have been unable to detect any changes in the object's or exposed individuals' temperature or dimensions to account for this sensation. All entities in direct contact with SCP-2904 when it is activated are exposed to its anomalous effect, and are hereafter designated as instances of SCP-2904-1\nSCP-2904-1 instances display the following traits:\n\nInstances cease ageing. The earliest instances were exposed over 60 years ago (as of 2005) and show no significant changes to their health or physical makeup since exposure.\nInstances gain a low-level regenerative ability. Tests have shown that a minor (3 cm long, 1cm deep) cut is fully healed without scarring in approximately three days and an amputated limb is fully regrown and functional in approximately eight months.\nInstances show an enhanced resistance to toxins and disease.\nInstances do not require food or water but do still require air.\nInstances suffer from memory difficulties similar to anterograde amnesia. However, unlike most cases of anterograde amnesia, both procedural memory and declarative memory are affected. SCP-2904-1 instances cannot retain new memories or learn via conditioning.\nInstances demonstrate a significant resistance or outright immunity to many memetic hazards, cognitohazards and related phenomena.\n\nThese changes are not caused by altered biology as was previously believed, but by an anti-causal effect. Whenever a SCP-2904-1 instance is changed either physically or mentally, it reverts to its state at the time of exposure. For reasons that are poorly understood, the mental reversion occurs on a greatly reduced timescale when compared to the physical reversion. SCP-2904-1 instances have not been documented to be able to retain any new information for periods in excess of 393 seconds.\nIt should be noted that SCP-2904-1 instances can still be killed by most means that would normally kill an entity of their type. The reversion effect continues after death; after sufficient time, life signs return. However, all SCP-2904-1 instances who have died and then returned to life in this manner have thereafter remained in a comatose state from which they cannot be awakened.\nRecovery: SCP-2904 was recovered in 1935 from a dig site in Jammu and Kashmir, approximately \u2588\u2588 km north of Skardu. This dig site was excavated after information was retrieved from SCP-1726 which indicated that this site was of significance to the Daeva. Unlike other, similar sites that have been excavated, this site contained traces of non-Daeva occupation as well as the expected Daeva artifacts.\nSCP-2904 was discovered in a partially-collapsed, underground chamber 300 m from the central concentration of recovered artefacts. It was buried in rubble composed of finely-worked stone, badly-corroded copper fragments and iron oxide residue. It is hypothesised that SCP-2904 was part of a larger device or mechanism of unknown purpose. The remains found near SCP-2904 are of a style distinctly different to that typical of Daeva artefacts and are believed to be of non-Daeva origin.\n\n+ Test Log 2904-2\n\n- Hide\n\nThis test log is to remain a part of the briefing materials for this object for as long as my wishes hold any sway. I humbly request that my successors keep it for reasons that I hope are self-evident. It is preserved not for its scientific merit but as a cautionary tale. Let those who engage in the scientific method without thought for the consequences of their actions take heed. \u2013 Harold Dunelm, Site-19 Assistant Director of Research, June 1943.\nTest #: 2904-2\nTest Date: November 11th, 1942\nSubject is one \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Idaho. Subject was transferred to the Foundation from federal custody for testing purposes.\nTest begins:\nSubject is introduced to test chamber where SCP-2904 has been placed on a steel table.\nSubject: So I just have to pick this thing up and run my finger around the groove, yeah?\nTest Control (via loudspeaker): Yes, that's right. Would you do that please, subject?\nS: OK. And it's not going to\u2026 going to do anything to me, is it? Only the guys back at the barracks told me stories about what can happen in tests and \u2014\nTC: Relax, this isn't anything like that. You're going to be fine.\nS: Uh-huh. Let's just get this over with. [Subject picks up SCP-2904 and touches the polar depression] Like this?\nTC: That's right. Now follow the groove all the way to the end.\nS: No problem. [Subject runs a finger along the groove] So far, so good. [Subject reaches the end of the groove] Huh. I really thought that something was going to happen.\nTC: Excellent work. Now can you descri\u2014\nS: Shit! It's hot! [Subject drops SCP-2904 on the floor. It is undamaged.] What did you do to me? I can feel it inside me! This is just like the stories the guys were telling. What's happening to me? [Subject paces across the test chamber with his head in his hands, muttering under his breath.]\nTC: Calm down. Everything is going to be OK. [Subject ignores Test Control.]\nS: [Subject stops walking and addresses the wall near the loudspeaker.] What's going to happen to me? Am I dying? The guys told me something like this would happen. I should've listened. [Subject paces across the test chamber with his head in his hands, muttering under his breath.].\n[Subject continues this pattern for three more cycles before Test Control gives up trying to calm him and ends the test.]\n2904-1-2 (as the test subject is now known) is still in Foundation custody. As of the date of preparing the updated version of this document, 2904-1-2 has been repeating this pattern with only minor variations for 63 years. \u2014 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Lead Researcher for SCP-2904, December 2005.\n\n+ Addendum 2904-1 (classified level 3/2904 / level 4)\n\n- Clearance verified\n\nDirective A120873 of the Committee for Memetic Hazards, Cognitohazards and Related Phenomena, 12th August, 1973.\nThe formation of Mobile Task Force Pi-20, to be known as \u201cThe Oathkeepers\u201d is this day ordered by the authority vested in this committee by the O5 Council. The creation of this new task force is pursuant to the aims and objectives of this committee, to wit; providing the Foundation with the tools, protocols, methods and knowledge with which to counter the increasing menace of memetic hazards, cognitohazards and other related phenomena.\nThis committee hereby appoints Dr. Geoffrey Cobholm, currently serving as Assistant Scientific Advisor to this committee, as the commander of this new task force. Dr. Cobholm is given full authority to make such requisitions of personnel and materiel as are necessary to bring Mobile Task Force Pi-20 into a state of operational readiness in as short a timeframe as is practicable.\nThe basic structure of Mobile Task Force Pi-20 shall be:\n\nTwenty Operators who will provide the primary operational capacity of this task force. Operators will be exposed to SCP-2904 which will confer a high degree of resistance or immunity to a wide variety of memetic hazards, cognitohazards and related phenomena. Operator candidates are to be selected only from Foundation field operations personnel who have been diagnosed with dementia or a similar condition such that their quality of life can be expected to be improved by this assignment. See document 2904-B-12 for further details regarding Operator selection and preparation.\n\nSuch support and management personnel as are necessary to enable the Operators to carry out their assignments. These personnel are to be recruited from the ranks of the Foundation's existing support and field operations personnel wherever possible, or where necessary, from approved partner organisations.\n\nThis directive is to be distributed to all level 4 personnel using the Foundation Secure Bulletin Service. Further information regarding protocols for identifying situations requiring the intervention of this task force, for requesting such intervention and for setting up information conduits to and from this task force will be provided in later communications.\n\n+ Addendum 2904-2 (classified level 3/2904 / level 4)\n\n- Clearance verified\n\nReport F011114c, Operational Oversight MTF Pi-20, 1st November 2014.\nThis document is the executive summary of report F011114. It contains background material relating to an incident involving MTF Pi-20 Operator #7 during a sanctioned mission on 12th September 2014. It also contains an overview of the results of the investigation into that incident. For full details please consult report F011114.\nAn excerpt from Operator #7's mission recorder follows for context:\n\nAll is serene. Situation check; there is no movement nearby, green for danger. I am in a large, industrial room filled with control panels and glowing displays showing a complicated web of blinking lights. There are screens showing a swirling pattern of colours, like a shoal of rainbow-hued fish. It makes me dizzy. I turn away. I feel better now.\n\nI look down at my left hand. It's empty. I look at my right hand. There is a tiny screen on the back of my glove. It shows a picture of a control panel. I look around. The picture matches one of the panels opposite the door. I move over to it and look down. There is an array of switches, sliders and typewriter keytops. Time to get further instructions.\n\nI raise my voice from the continual murmur of my auto-dictation \"Control, this is Operator seven, I have reached the objective. Please advise, over.\"\n\nThere are a few seconds of silence. Control comes through, crystal clear: \u201cOperator seven, retrieve the package from your number-one pouch, over.\u201d\n\nI reach into the pouch on the left side of my chest. I pull out a handful of fragments of plastic and metal. It looks like it used to be a cylinder about the size of my thumb.\n\n\"Control, we have a problem with the package. It's been destroyed, over.\"\n\n\u201cDammit. Okay. we need you to stand by while we find an alternate solu\u2014\u201d\n\nThere is the loud crump of a grenade going off in the corridor outside, followed immediately by screams. I must've set a trip-wire trap. Judging by the swearing mixed in to the screams it didn't get them all. I take a firing position behind a control panel. A man and a woman dressed in tactical gear rush through the open door and look around. They notice me and start to turn their weapons towards me. They are too slow. I fire a three-round burst and the man falls. Clean hits to the chest. The woman fires. She has not aimed carefully. Bullets slam into the control panel I'm crouched behind and sizzle past me. I hunch down behind cover, keep my head down. She's firing on full-auto so I pause a second while the recoil pulls her weapon up. The bullets start tearing up the ceiling. I don't give her time to recover her aim. I pop up and put a burst into the center of her chest. She drops.\n\nI line up on the doorway and wait; one, two, three, four five. Nothing. I ease out of cover and move over to the door, glance up and down the beige-carpeted corridor. There are three bodies, one of them still moving weakly. The blood collecting under him says not for long. I check the two people I've just shot and find they're both still breathing. Their body-armour took the hits. I take a deep breath. I finish them both off. I don't like it but it has to be done. I stand and breathe, letting myself relax.\n\nAll is serene. Situation check; there is no movement nearby but there are two corpses at my feet and my weapon has recently been discharged, amber for danger. I am in a good-sized, industrial room filled with control panels and huge display panels showing an array of flashing lights. There are bullet-holes scattered about and several screens and displays are damaged. The remaining screens show a moving pattern of colours, like broken shards of a rainbow falling. It makes my head spin. I look at the floor. I feel better.\n\nI look at my left hand, which is empty. Control speaks in my ear:\n\n\u201cOperator seven; we've found a solution. Are you still at the objective, over?\u201d\n\n\"One second, Control.\" I check my right hand. There is a tiny screen showing a picture of a control panel. That one. I move over to it. \"Control, I am at the objective. What do I need to do, over?\"\n\n\u201cOkay, Operator seven, we need you to retrieve your comms array.\u201d\n\nI reach over my shoulder and unfasten the array from its pouch. I take the tangle of wires and plastic boxes and hold it.\n\"I have it, Control, over.\"\n\n\u201cOperator seven, we want you to locate the green USB cable and disconnect it from the backup module, over.\u201d\n\n\"I see a green cable. Which end is the backup module, Control, over?\"\n\n\u201cThe backup module is the smaller unit, over.\u201d\n\n\"Uh-huh. I have disconnected the green cable from the backup module. What do I do with it, over?\"\n\n\u201cIf you look at the back of the control panel you should see a connection point that matches the green cable, over.\"\n\nI crouch behind the control panel. I see a mess of cabling entering and leaving the machine. There are too many to count.\n\n\"Control, I don't know where this goes. I'm going to need a little more help, over.\"\n\n\u201cRight, okay, Operator. There should be a USB hub tucked in there\u2026 a small plastic rectangle with lots of cables connecting it to the control panel. Look for an empty socket there, over.\"\n\nI look. Everything is rectangular. Everything is plastic.\n\n\"Control\u2014\"\n\nI hear movement; rapid, heavy footsteps inside the room. I jerk out from behind the control panel. I see a single combatant kneeling next to the dead bodies. He is checking them. He sees me at the same time as I see him. We both reach for our weapons. Mine is caught in a nest of cables, I tug it free but he's already aiming. I see where the shot is going to fall. I'm moving away. I'm not fast enough. His first shot grazes my shoulder. The second caught me in the stomach. It feels like I've been hit with a hammer. My vision greys\u2026\n\nAll is serene. Aaah\u2026 it hurts. Situation. Check. My eyes won't focus. I feel cold, red for danger. I'm in, inside? I'm lying on the floor. The floor is wet. I am injured and bleeding out. I roll onto my back and reach for the first aid kit on my belt. My right arm is numb. I reach awkwardly across with my left and\u2026 ahhh. I nearly passed out again. I open the kit one-handed. Bandages and dressings have rolled out onto the floor. There is a shadow standing over me. I hope it's a friendly.\n\nAll is\u2026 cold\u2026\n\n[Excerpt ends]\n\nOperator #7 appears to have died at this point. As a result of this loss the mission was deemed a failure. Regular forces were sent in and managed to clear out the attackers, although with unacceptably high casualties.\nThe as-yet unidentified attackers had managed to insert a cognitohazardous image into the electricity grid control station's office network which was then shown on monitors throughout the facility. This image rendered nearly the entire staff unconscious with a small number of fatalities. The attackers were then able to enter the facility unopposed and divert power from the entire G4 grid of Chicago to a single, rural substation for six hours. It is currently unknown what purpose this served.\nThe oversight committee has determined that neither Operator #7 nor her handlers, Agents Gail Ipupa and Cameron King are to blame for the incident that occurred. They all acted in an exemplary manner.\nHowever; it has been determined that Operator #7's inability to deal with modern technology was a significant contributory factor to the negative outcome. This inability is through no fault of her own but is inherent to the process used to treat her in preparation for her role in the task force.\nIt is the recommendation of this committee that a review of MTF Pi-20 be carried out at the highest levels. It should be considered if there is a place for MTF Pi-20 in its current form in today's Foundation and how best to decommission redundant Operators.\n\n+ Addendum 2904-3 (classified level 3/2904 / level 4)\n\n- Clearance verified\n\nMemorandum from the office of the Revd Dr. Justine Urchadainn , Commander MTF Pi-20, December 21st, 2014.\nIt is with a heavy heart that I write to inform you that I will be stepping down as commander of this task force.\nI have nothing but respect for the men and women of the Oathkeepers. I am proud to have served alongside and led such dedicated and professional colleagues. My time with you has taught me much about what it means to serve and what it means to sacrifice. I hope those lessons serve me well in my future career.\nI know that many of you have expressed concern about our Operators' futures. They become hampered by their inability to understand or operate in what is to them, an increasingly-alien world. Unable to learn or change, they become obsolete, outdated and gradually become operational liabilities. After the recent incident it has been decided to retire the longest-serving of them.\nPlease be assured that I am bringing to bear the full weight of my political power within the Foundation to ensure the honourable treatment of those of our Operators who are to be retired from active service. These are men and women who gave their lives to this organisation and then, when asked for more gave with both hands, holding back nothing for themselves. They are not test subjects nor anomalous objects nor broken machines but the bravest among us. They are exemplars of what is best in the Foundation and I will not allow them to be treated with anything less than the greatest respect. Though they neither need nor ask for anything more than their music and a comfortable place to sit they will have those and every comfort we can provide them.\nThe Operators may not remember what they have done for us and for the world, but we will remember for them.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2903 | SCP-2904 | SCP-2905 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Instances of dormant SCP-2905-2 (back) and a normal rose plant (front) in SCP-2905.\n\nItem #: SCP-2905\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2905 has been under Foundation quarantine since its discovery in 1998. Personnel removing plant/SCP-2905-2 samples within SCP-2905 must wear the protective gear provided at all times while within SCP-2905. Any personnel bitten by SCP-2905-2 should be brought back immediately to the medical clinic to assess the severity of the bite; SCP-2905-2 toxins vary wildly in potency. Collaboration with Site-45 for further information about POI Izaak and POI Nao is ongoing.\nDescription: SCP-2905 is a circular garden located on an islet approximately forty kilometers southeast from the Kyushu region of Japan that consists of a combination of various rose plants and SCP-2905-2. The islet itself is about half a kilometer at its longest point. The garden consists of fourteen concentric circles, alternating between a plant ring and a gravel path; SCP-2905-1 rests in the center of the garden.\nSCP-2905-1 is a statue of a kneeling woman made of tightly interwoven branches and SCP-2905-2 webbing. It stands on a flattened stone that rises 1.2 meters in the center of SCP-2905; the name \"Nao\" is inscribed into the stone. Scans reveal that SCP-2905-1 contains a humanoid body that appears to be made of SCP-2905-2 webbing as well. Occasional spherical bulging from within the body has been recorded.\nSCP-2905-2 is the term designated to the organisms intermixed with the actual rose plants of SCP-2905. While superficially resembling rose plants, they are in fact colonies of multiple organisms that individually resemble large spiders, each with a flower blooming on the topside of the abdomen. SCP-2905-2 are capable of ejecting a web-like substance; said webbing is in fact more akin to plant fibers coated with sap. The legs of SCP-2905-2 are covered in thorns that secrete toxins similar to those of various spiders. Each colony consists of one to four hundred instances of SCP-2905-2. SCP-2905-2 act as caretakers for SCP-2905-1, cleaning away dirt via brushing with legs, polishing it with rose petals, redecorating it with flowers, etc.\nAt the end of each month, various portions of SCP-2905-1 open to admit one to two dozen SCP-2905-2 inside of it. SCP-2905-2 secrete large amounts of the plant fiber webbing around the body inside SCP-2905-1, along with occasionally removing and replacing older web layers. After finishing, the SCP-2905-2 inside SCP-2905-1 will proceed to cannibalize each other until only one SCP-2905-2 is left. This SCP-2905-2 will then gather the remains of the other SCP-2905-2 into multiple sac-like webs that it deposits into various slits of the body inside SCP-2905-1 that are absorbed by the outer skin. The remaining SCP-2905-2 will then spontaneously dissolve into liquefied organic matter that is absorbed through the mouth of the humanoid body.\nFurther scanning reveals the inside of the body contains hundreds of the web sacs deposited by SCP-2905-2, along with what appear to be a digestive system made of web tubing, and a skeletal system made of reinforced plant material. A cluster of sacs are centered around the chest region of the body; within this cluster appears to be a large instance (approximately 7 cm from leg to leg) of a mirror spider (Thwaitesia argentiopunctata).\nAs of April 17, 2004, SCP-2905-2 have been entering SCP-2905-1 in larger numbers; movement from inside SCP-2905-1 has been increasing with each subsequent addition of material. SCP-2905-1 is now under constant monitoring for further signs of activity.\nAddendum 2905-1: On November 16, 1999, personnel discovered another two miniature statues made of interlaced rose branches\u2014 one resembling a monkey, one resembling a peacock \u2014 concealed within separate rose plants in the outermost ring of SCP-2905. Attempts to retrieve them were initially impeded by SCP-2905-2.\nScans revealed both statues had a book stored inside them; the statues were cut open to retrieve them.\nThe books contain the accounts of a being called \"Nao\" (Presumed to be the same Nao as SCP-2905-1). Both books contain day-to-day events recorded in a place currently theorized to be SCP-2746; names such as \"Suiward\", \"Sari\", \"Izaak\", and \"Frederick\" consistent with other records in Site-45 appear within Nao's recordings. Below are transcripts of the recovered journals. The transcripts are arranged in what is hopefully a chronological account.\n\nAddendum 2905-2:\nAddendum 2905-3\nAddendum 2905-4A\nAddendum 2905-4B\nAddendum 2905-4C\n\nTranscript of book found within monkey statue. Translated from original documents written in A-12.\n\nThis is so exciting! As of today I am now under the apprenticeship of Healer Izaak! It's such an honor to be learning from one of the most esteemed doctors in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588! It's going to be such a different life for me now! Not that my skill as a decorator was boring; I was truly very happy being able to grow gardens and make weavings, and make our home more beautiful. But I've been handpicked to be a healer's apprentice for my strings, which they say can play a very important role in mending injuries. I'm meeting Izaak later this evening for my first lessons! You'll do fine Nao, I know you will! You're going to learn so much more now!\n\n(The next six pages consisted of various herbs/medicines and their applications.)\n\nThis is going to be a lot of work. Izaak's healing knowledge is amazing. He tried to start me off small, but I was still barely able to keep up with his pace. Thank the Maker that I'm able to take so many notes with my legs. This book's going to fill up fast.\nOh, right, Izaak told me to take notes on everything he tells me so I have references later. I can see why, since he has so much to say; I'm bound to forget something.\n\nIzaak said we'd go over some of the unique things I can do myself over the next few weeks. Can't wait to see what he comes up with.\n\n(The next ten pages contained various drawings, diagrams, and charts of different bones and limbs, and how to properly heal them.)\n\nI knew my silk was strong. I've used it in countless tapestries. But Izaak keeps showing new ways it can be used. With enough wrapping and proper positioning I can make casts, slings, and braces for injuries. I've been practicing bone-setting on dummies day and night, with Izaak always overseeing how I do. It's a different kind of bone every lesson, a different kind of break, a different kind of set. But I've been learning Izaak's teaching methods so it's becoming less and less strenuous.\n\nI figured we'd get to stitches eventually even before the lessons started. After just a month of practice Izaak said I excelled at my work.\n\nToday was my first chance to apply what I've learned. Gaareth hurt his arm falling while he was working on a new tower. Izaak and I came to his side in an instant; Izaak diagnosed his injuries then told me to set the bone. Everything went well, and Gaareth should fully recover in no time. Izaak said I did good.\n\nThis was an\u2026 interesting day. Izaak said he had thought of something new. Usually when we treat someone with more severe injuries, we give them the Black Drink mixed with sedatives, but it takes some time to go into effect, and we have to keep giving it to them throughout the procedure.\nSo Izaak proposed I deliver the medicine by biting my patients.\nIt honestly conflicted with what he had taught me previously, but after he explained it made more sense. If I can deliver a small amount of more concentrated medicine straight through the skin instead of waiting for it to go past the stomach, we wouldn't have to worry about the amount of Drink we'd have to give patients. Right now it's just a theory.\n\nWell, theory proven right. Priia came in with several broken toes. She was a bit apprehensive about the proposal, but Izaak insisted. The medicine started working almost immediately. What would've have taken an hour took twenty minutes.\n\n(The majority of the rest of the pages consist of new healing procedures Nao is learning, along with occasional aid given to various inhabitants. Nao accounts of how she is improving her abilities' accuracy/speed, along with various medicinal formulas/mixtures she developed.)\n\n+ Show: Untranslated transcript\n\n- Hide\n\nFolaw law wi' ydealaflalj! \u00c6w i's fi'k\u00e6il La \u00e6yi li'io glkyua foy \u00e6vvuaylflaaywolav i's Oy\u00e6iryua Izaak! Laf'w wgao \u00e6l oi'li'ua fi' py iry\u00e6uallalj suai'yi i'ly i's foy yii'wf ywfyyyiyk ki'afi'uaw lal \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588! Laf'w ji'lalj fi' py wgao \u00e6 klassyuaylf irlasy si'ua yiy li'io! Li'f fo\u00e6f yiil wzlairir \u00e6w \u00e6 kyai'ua\u00e6fi'ua io\u00e6w pi'ualalj; La io\u00e6w fuagiril phyuail o\u00e6vvil pylalj \u00e6piry fi' juai'io j\u00e6uakylw \u00e6lk yi\u00e6zy ioy\u00e6phlaljw, \u00e6lk yi\u00e6zy i'gua oi'yiy yii'uay py\u00e6gflasgir. Pgf La'phy pyyl o\u00e6lkvlaazyk fi' py \u00e6 oy\u00e6iryua'w \u00e6vvuaylflaay si'ua yiil wfualaljw, ioolaao foyil w\u00e6il a\u00e6l vir\u00e6il \u00e6 phyuail layivi'uaf\u00e6lf uai'iry lal yiylklalj lalugualayw. La'yi yiyyflalj Izaak ir\u00e6fyua folaw yphyllalj si'ua yiil slauawf irywwi'lw! Ili'g'irir ki' slaly Nao, La zli'io ili'g iolairir! Ili'g'uay ji'lalj fi' iry\u00e6ual wi' yigao yii'uay li'io!\n\n(The next six pages consisted of various herbs/medicines and their applications.)\n\nFolaw law ji'lalj fi' py \u00e6 iri'f i's ioi'uaz. Izaak'w oy\u00e6irlalj zli'ioirykjy law \u00e6yi\u00e6xulalj. Oy fualayk fi' wf\u00e6uaf yiy i'ss wyi\u00e6irir, pgf La io\u00e6w wflairir p\u00e6uayiril \u00e6piry fi' zyyv gv iolafo olaw v\u00e6ay. Fo\u00e6lz foy Yi\u00e6zyua fo\u00e6f La'yi \u00e6piry fi' f\u00e6zy wi' yi\u00e6lil li'fyw iolafo yiil iryjw. Folaw pi'i'z'w ji'lalj fi' slairir gv s\u00e6wf.\nI'o, ualajof, Izaak fi'irk yiy fi' f\u00e6zy li'fyw i'l yphyuailfolalj oy fyirirw yiy wi' La o\u00e6phy uaysyuaylayw ir\u00e6fyua. La a\u00e6l wyy iooil, wlalay oy o\u00e6w wi' yigao fi' w\u00e6il; La'yi pi'glk fi' si'uajyf wi'yiyfolalj.\n\nIzaak w\u00e6lak ioy'k ji' i'phyua wi'yiy i's foy gllakhgy folaljw La a\u00e6l ki' yiilwyirs i'phyua foy lydef syio ioyyzw. A\u00e6l'f io\u00e6laf fi' wyy ioo\u00e6f oy ai'yiyw gv iolafo.\n\n(The next ten pages contained various drawings, diagrams, and charts of different bones and limbs, and how to properly heal them.)\n\nLa zlyio yiil wlairz io\u00e6w wfuai'lj. La'phy gwyk laf lal ai'glfiryww f\u00e6vywfualayw. Pgf Izaak zyyvw woi'iolalj lyio io\u00e6ilw laf a\u00e6l py gwyk. Iolafo yli'gjo ioua\u00e6vvlalj \u00e6lk vuai'vyua vi'wlaflai'llalj La a\u00e6l yi\u00e6zy a\u00e6wfw, wirlaljw, \u00e6lk pua\u00e6ayw si'ua lalugualayw. La'phy pyyl vua\u00e6aflaalalj pi'lywyfflalj i'l kgyiyilayw k\u00e6il \u00e6lk llajof, iolafo Izaak \u00e6irio\u00e6ilw i'phyuawyylalj oi'io La ki'. Laf'w \u00e6 klassyuaylf zlalk i's pi'ly yphyuail irywwi'l, \u00e6 klassyuaylf zlalk i's puay\u00e6z, \u00e6 klassyuaylf zlalk i's wyf. Pgf La'phy pyyl iry\u00e6uallalj Izaak'w fy\u00e6aolalj yiyfoi'kw wi' laf'w pyai'yilalj iryww \u00e6lk iryww wfuaylgi'gw.\n\nLa slajguayk ioy'k jyf fi' wflafaoyw yphylfg\u00e6iriril yphyl pysi'uay foy irywwi'lw wf\u00e6uafyk. \u00c6sfyua ugwf \u00e6 yii'lfo i's vua\u00e6aflaay Izaak w\u00e6lak La ydeayiriryk \u00e6f yiil ioi'uaz.\n\nFi'k\u00e6il io\u00e6w yiil slauawf ao\u00e6lay fi' \u00e6vviril ioo\u00e6f La'phy iry\u00e6ualyk. Gaareth oguaf olaw \u00e6uayi s\u00e6irirlalj ioolairy oy io\u00e6w ioi'uazlalj i'l \u00e6 lyio fi'ioyua. Izaak \u00e6lk La a\u00e6yiy fi' olaw wlaky lal \u00e6l lalwf\u00e6lf; Izaak kla\u00e6jli'wyk olaw lalugualayw foyl fi'irk yiy fi' wyf foy pi'ly. Yphyuailfolalj ioylf ioyirir, \u00e6lk Gaareth woi'girk sgiriril uayai'phyua lal li' flayiy. Izaak w\u00e6lak La klak ji'i'k.\n\nFolaw io\u00e6w \u00e6l\u2026 lalfyuaywflalj k\u00e6il. Izaak w\u00e6lak oy o\u00e6k foi'gjof i's wi'yiyfolalj lyio. Gwg\u00e6iriril iooyl ioy fuay\u00e6f wi'yiyi'ly iolafo yii'uay wyphyuay lalugualayw, ioy jlaphy foyyi foy Pir\u00e6az Kualalz yiladeyk iolafo wyk\u00e6flaphyw, pgf laf f\u00e6zyw wi'yiy flayiy fi' ji' lalfi' yssyaf, \u00e6lk ioy o\u00e6phy fi' zyyv jlaphlalj laf fi' foyyi fouai'gjoi'gf foy vuai'aykguay.\nWi' Izaak vuai'vi'wyk La kyirlaphyua foy yiyklaalaly pil plaflalj yiil v\u00e6flaylfw.\nLaf oi'lywfiril ai'lsirlaafyk iolafo ioo\u00e6f oy o\u00e6k f\u00e6gjof yiy vuayphlai'gwiril, pgf \u00e6sfyua oy ydevir\u00e6lalyk laf yi\u00e6ky yii'uay wylwy. Las La a\u00e6l kyirlaphyua \u00e6 wyi\u00e6irir \u00e6yii'glf i's yii'uay ai'laylfua\u00e6fyk yiyklaalaly wfua\u00e6lajof fouai'gjo foy wzlal lalwfy\u00e6k i's io\u00e6laflalj si'ua laf fi' ji' v\u00e6wf foy wfi'yi\u00e6ao, ioy ioi'girkl'f o\u00e6phy fi' ioi'uauail \u00e6pi'gf foy \u00e6yii'glf i's Kualalz ioy'k o\u00e6phy fi' jlaphy v\u00e6flaylfw. Ualajof li'io laf'w ugwf \u00e6 foyi'uail.\n\nIoyirir, foyi'uail vuai'phyl ualajof. Priia a\u00e6yiy lal iolafo wyphyua\u00e6ir puai'zyl fi'yw. Woy io\u00e6w \u00e6 plaf \u00e6vvuayoylwlaphy \u00e6pi'gf foy vuai'vi'w\u00e6ir, pgf Izaak lalwlawfyk. Foy yiyklaalaly wf\u00e6uafyk ioi'uazlalj \u00e6iryii'wf layiyiykla\u00e6fyiril. Ioo\u00e6f ioi'girk'phy o\u00e6phy f\u00e6zyl \u00e6l oi'gua fi'i'z fioylfil yilalgfyw.\n\n(The majority of the rest of the pages consist of new healing procedures Nao is learning, along with occasional aid given to various inhabitants. Nao accounts of how she is improving her abilities' accuracy/speed, along with various medicinal formulas/mixtures she developed.)\n\nTranscript of book found within peacock statue. Translated from original documents written in A-12.\n\nThis is Healer Nao. It's official, I'm no longer just an apprentice, so here's a new journal to mark a new chapter. I cannot believe the six years went by so quick. After Izaak gave the official release, I nearly cried. He's practically a father to me, and I plan on continuing to make him proud.\nGaareth and Mindi are finishing the building for me. Ever since I helped Gaareth, those two have become close friends of mine. And not just them. It's wonderful having so many people that trust me. One of the greatest feelings you can have as a Healer.\nI should start writing down everything I need to move over.\n\n(Next four pages consist of a list supplies and various books.)\n\nI haven't written in here for a week. Moving everything took a lot of work. Thanks again to Gaareth and Izaak for their help!\n\nJasst and Li'ra came to visit me today. They said they've missed my company back in the gardens and weaving rooms. I'm sorry! But they said they're happy for me, and they even brought me some roses and fabrics. For when I have spare time and feel like sewing again they said. Thanks!\n\n(The next six pages consist of logs detailing items Nao and her customers exchanged with each other. Nao also remarks on how she needs extra helpers in her shop.)\n\nWriting again. As much as I love being a Healer, I've been getting tired this last quarter. Izaak visits now and then, and my friends try and help whenever they can, but it's still mostly just me working. And\u2026 I'm small. Spiders can only move so much at a time. I'm going to go ask Scholar Dii'anna if she can help me in anyway. Her Nature Crafting is second to none, and the dancing sunflowers she sent have given me an idea.\n\nWhat a relief. Dii'ana was more than willing to help, and I now have twelve of my personal assistants. Ninety-six more legs around the shop, and Dii'ana designed them beautifully. The large roses on the back are a particularly nice touch. They can even make strings like me! I'll have to start showing them my techniques.\n\nIt looks like the thorns are just as good for medicine injections. I had to remove quite a few to avoid unnecessary pricking, but none of them minded it.\n\nWhat a surprise I got this morning! My rose spiders can reproduce! I found a pile of seeds in between two of them when I woke up. I planted a few of them; going to save the rest for when I need them more.\n\n+ Show: Untranslated transcript\n\n- Hide\n\nFolaw law Oy\u00e6iryua Nao. Laf'w i'sslaala\u00e6ir, La'yi li' iri'ljyua ugwf \u00e6l \u00e6vvuaylflaay, wi' oyuay'w \u00e6 lyio ui'gual\u00e6ir fi' yi\u00e6uaz \u00e6 lyio ao\u00e6vfyua. La a\u00e6lli'f pyirlayphy foy wlade ily\u00e6uaw ioylf pil wi' khglaaz. \u00c6sfyua Izaak j\u00e6phy foy i'sslaala\u00e6ir uayiry\u00e6wy, La ly\u00e6uairil aualayk. Oy'w vua\u00e6aflaa\u00e6iriril \u00e6 s\u00e6foyua fi' yiy, \u00e6lk La vir\u00e6l i'l ai'lflalglalj fi' yi\u00e6zy olayi vuai'gk.\nGaareth \u00e6lk Mindi \u00e6uay slallawolalj foy pglairklalj si'ua yiy. Yphyua wlalay La oyirvyk Gaareth, foi'wy fioi' o\u00e6phy pyai'yiy airi'wy sualaylkw i's yilaly. \u00c6lk li'f ugwf foyyi. Laf'w ioi'lkyuasgir o\u00e6phlalj wi' yi\u00e6lil vyi'viry fo\u00e6f fuagwf yiy. I'ly i's foy juay\u00e6fywf syyirlaljw ili'g a\u00e6l o\u00e6phy \u00e6w \u00e6 Oy\u00e6iryua.\nLa woi'girk wf\u00e6uaf ioualaflalj ki'iol yphyuailfolalj La lyyk fi' yii'phy i'phyua.\n\n(Next four pages consist of a list supplies and various books.)\n\nLa o\u00e6phyl'f ioualaffyl lal oyuay si'ua \u00e6 ioyyz. Yii'phlalj yphyuailfolalj fi'i'z \u00e6 iri'f i's ioi'uaz. Fo\u00e6lzw \u00e6j\u00e6lal fi' Gaareth \u00e6lk Izaak si'ua foylaua oyirv!\n\nJasst \u00e6lk Li'ra a\u00e6yiy fi' phlawlaf yiy fi'k\u00e6il. Foyil w\u00e6lak foyil'phy yilawwyk yiil ai'yiv\u00e6lil p\u00e6az lal foy j\u00e6uakylw \u00e6lk ioy\u00e6phlalj uai'i'yiw. La'yi wi'uauail! Pgf foyil w\u00e6lak foyil'uay o\u00e6vvil si'ua yiy, \u00e6lk foyil yphyl puai'gjof yiy wi'yiy uai'wyw \u00e6lk s\u00e6pualaaw. Si'ua iooyl La o\u00e6phy wv\u00e6uay flayiy \u00e6lk syyir irlazy wyiolalj \u00e6j\u00e6lal foyil w\u00e6lak. Fo\u00e6lzw!\n\n(The next six pages consist of logs detailing items Nao and her customers exchanged with each other. Nao also remarks on how she needs extra helpers in her shop.)\n\nIoualaflalj \u00e6j\u00e6lal. \u00c6w yigao \u00e6w La iri'phy pylalj \u00e6 Oy\u00e6iryua, La'phy pyyl jyfflalj flauayk folaw ir\u00e6wf khg\u00e6uafyua. Izaak phlawlafw li'io \u00e6lk foyl, \u00e6lk yiil sualaylkw fuail \u00e6lk oyirv iooylyphyua foyil a\u00e6l, pgf laf'w wflairir yii'wfiril ugwf yiy ioi'uazlalj. \u00c6lk\u2026 La'yi wyi\u00e6irir. Wvlakyuaw a\u00e6l i'liril yii'phy wi' yigao \u00e6f \u00e6 flayiy. La'yi ji'lalj fi' ji' \u00e6wz Waoi'ir\u00e6ua Dii'ana las woy a\u00e6l oyirv yiy lal \u00e6lilio\u00e6il. Oyua L\u00e6fguay Aua\u00e6sflalj law wyai'lk fi' li'ly, \u00e6lk foy k\u00e6lalalj wglsiri'ioyuaw woy wylf o\u00e6phy jlaphyl yiy \u00e6l laky\u00e6.\n\nIoo\u00e6f \u00e6 uayirlays. Dii'ana io\u00e6w yii'uay fo\u00e6l iolairirlalj fi' oyirv, \u00e6lk La li'io o\u00e6phy fioyirphy i's yiil vyuawi'l\u00e6ir \u00e6wwlawf\u00e6lfw. Llalyfilwlade yii'uay iryjw \u00e6uai'glk foy woi'v, \u00e6lk Dii'ana kywlajlyk foyyi py\u00e6gflasgiriril. Foy ir\u00e6uajy uai'wyw i'l foy p\u00e6az \u00e6uay \u00e6 v\u00e6uaflaagir\u00e6uairil llaay fi'gao. Foyil a\u00e6l yphyl yi\u00e6zy wfualaljw irlazy yiy! La'irir o\u00e6phy fi' wf\u00e6uaf woi'iolalj foyyi yiil fyaollakhgyw.\n\nLaf iri'i'zw irlazy foy foi'ualw \u00e6uay ugwf \u00e6w ji'i'k si'ua yiyklaalaly laluyaflai'lw. La o\u00e6k fi' uayyii'phy khglafy \u00e6 syio fi' \u00e6phi'lak gllyayww\u00e6uail vualaazlalj, pgf li'ly i's foyyi yilalkyk laf.\n\nIoo\u00e6f \u00e6 wguavualawy La ji'f folaw yii'uallalj! Yiil uai'wy wvlakyuaw a\u00e6l uayvuai'kgay! La si'glk \u00e6 vlairy i's wyykw lal pyfioyyl fioi' i's foyyi iooyl La ioi'zy gv. La vir\u00e6lfyk \u00e6 syio i's foyyi; ji'lalj fi' w\u00e6phy foy uaywf si'ua iooyl La lyyk foyyi yii'uay.\n\nThe following translation was obtained from a spider statue found within the innermost circle of SCP-2905 on February 16, 2001. Translated from original A-12.\nNote: Personnel initially uncovered a statue of a hyena within the plants of the innermost ring, but attempts to retrieve it were met with significant hostility from SCP-2905-2; SCP-2905-2 from the thirteenth and twelfth rings also moved in to the fourteenth ring in an attempt to keep the personnel from taking the statue. Eventually, SCP-2905-2 took the statue back, but brought out the spider statue now in Foundation custody. Said statue was taken without SCP-2905-2 interference; an explanation for this behavior is still being discussed.\n\nEverything's been destroyed. It's snowing. It's so cold. My building has been burned down. Everyone wanted the medicines I had stored. I've been in hiding for eighteen days, I think. I managed to save seven of my journals1, a dozen different herbs, and a dozen different medicines. Oh, also the seeds of the rose spiders I've been saving. Six of the original generation are with me; the rest were caught up in the fire.\nWhat happened? I knew there was going to be a celebration for the completion of the new world. I didn't go. I'm not much of a partier. Jasst and Li'ra were with me in the shop. Suddenly we heard yelling outside. There was smoke in the distance, and roaring too. We got scared and locked everything.\nWe waited a few days before going outside again. The streets were empty. We saw blood on some of the buildings nearby. What's going on?\n\nWe spent the next twenty days without seeing anyone. The snow started falling twelve days in. The ground was covered within a night. Jasst started to complain of stomach pains. None of the medicines we gave her helped.\n\nLi'ra's beginning to have stomachaches too. I can't figure out a remedy.\n\nWe saw someone else for the first time in forty-five days. Gi'lan was outside our door with his wings torn off and a huge bite mark in his side. We did our best but the bone damage was too severe. He's gone. We buried him outside. But he told us what was going on before he passed. I can't believe it.\nThat's why Jasst and Li'ra are in pain. They're beginning to starve. Maker, why did you do this to us? Make us need to eat? Eat each other? I've seen Master Frederick's words, Suiward's and Sari's pleas. None of it makes any sense! What am I supposed to do? This is wrong. So, so wrong. I would never I could never hurt someone! What would Izaak say if I harmed instead of healed?\n\nA few days passed, and then we heard sounds of fighting. Pained cries, crashing, it was horrible. Being the Healer I am I dared to go outside and see who was getting hurt. I knew \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 had occasional arguments, but nothing like what I saw.\nWhen I opened the door, there was blood all over the snow. Mindi was on the ground, with half of her face missing. Joor'ra and Helion were EATING her. Joor'ra saw me and flew into the room. He snatched up Li'ra. Oh, Maker. Li'ra's DEAD. SHES DEAD. SHES DEAD SHES DEAD. The rose spiders pounced onto him and jabbed him with all sorts of drugs. I just screamed. By the time they crawled off, Joor'ra was a bloody mess full of holes.\nThen Helion came in. We looked at each other for a split second before I grabbed everything I could while the rose spiders kept him from getting near me. Wrapped it all up then sprinted out the door while Helion was still struggling. The last thing I saw looking back was smoke beginning to pour out of the windows.\n\nI'm starting to get hungry too. But I think I can bear it a little longer. I'm not eating anyone yet, right? I'll be fine.\nYou'll be fine, Nao. You'll be fine, Nao. You'll be fine, Nao.\n\nIzaak. Izaak, where are you? Help me. Help me help me help me help me.\n\nI tried eating some of the rose spider seeds. It hurt. I don't think I can handle this kind of food.\n\nI'm not going to eat anyone. But I can't eat anything else either. Plants hurt. Seeds hurt. Crops hurt. What am I supposed to do?\n\nI'm dying. I'm too hungry to move. I guess in the end I couldn't make myself better.\n\nIzaak came to me. Thank you. THANK YOU.\nBut he's hurt. He's hurt really bad. He's missing a leg. I was able to disinfect and close the stump but there's no hope in getting it back completely.\nIzaak told me I have to find food for myself. I told him I refused. He told me to not be stupid. He told me that Healers can't do anything right now. Those words hurt. They still hurt.\nHe looked scared. He told me I had to leave. When I asked him why he broke down and said he made something he shouldn't have. He showed me a black fruit and told me to bring out my supplies. I don't know what he did, but he mixed the fruit's juices and some of the other medicines together. He gave the new mixture to me and told me it would help me eat better. I asked him what we were going to do. Izaak sighed and said he had nothing to do with me any more. That he didn't deserve to be called a Healer. After that I fell asleep again. When I woke up Izaak was gone.\n\n+ Show: Untranslated transcript\n\n- Hide\n\nYphyuailfolalj'w pyyl kywfuai'ilyk. Laf'w wli'iolalj. Laf'w wi' ai'irk. Yiil pglairklalj o\u00e6w pyyl pgualyk ki'iol. Yphyuaili'ly io\u00e6lfyk foy yiyklaalalyw La o\u00e6k wfi'uayk. La'phy pyyl lal olaklalj si'ua ylajofyyl k\u00e6ilw, La folalz. La yi\u00e6l\u00e6jyk fi' w\u00e6phy wyphyl i's yiil ui'gual\u00e6irw, \u00e6 ki'xuyl klassyuaylf oyuapw, \u00e6lk \u00e6 ki'xuyl klassyuaylf yiyklaalalyw. I'o, \u00e6irwi' foy wyykw i's foy uai'wy wvlakyuaw La'phy pyyl w\u00e6phlalj. Wlade i's foy i'ualajlal\u00e6ir jylyua\u00e6flai'l \u00e6uay iolafo yiy; foy uaywf ioyuay a\u00e6gjof gv lal foy slauay.\nIoo\u00e6f o\u00e6vvylyk La zlyio foyuay io\u00e6w ji'lalj fi' py \u00e6 ayirypua\u00e6flai'l si'ua foy ai'yiviryflai'l i's foy lyio ioi'uairk. La klakl'f ji'. La'yi li'f yigao i's \u00e6 v\u00e6uaflayua. Jasst \u00e6lk Li'ra ioyuay iolafo yiy lal foy woi'v. Wgkkyliril ioy oy\u00e6uak ilyirirlalj i'gfwlaky. Foyuay io\u00e6w wyii'zy lal foy klawf\u00e6lay, \u00e6lk uai'\u00e6ualalj fi'i'. Ioy ji'f wa\u00e6uayk \u00e6lk iri'azyk yphyuailfolalj.\nIoy io\u00e6lafyk \u00e6 syio k\u00e6ilw pysi'uay ji'lalj i'gfwlaky \u00e6j\u00e6lal. Foy wfuayyfw ioyuay yyivfil. Ioy w\u00e6io piri'i'k i'l wi'yiy foy pglairklaljw ly\u00e6uapil. Ioo\u00e6f'w ji'lalj i'l\n\nIoy wvylf foy lydef fioylfil k\u00e6ilw iolafoi'gf wyylalj \u00e6lili'ly. Foy wli'io wf\u00e6uafyk s\u00e6irirlalj fioyirphy k\u00e6ilw lal. Foy juai'glk io\u00e6w ai'phyuayk iolafolal \u00e6 llajof. Jasst wf\u00e6uafyk fi' ai'yivir\u00e6lal i's wfi'yi\u00e6ao v\u00e6lalw. Li'ly i's foy yiyklaalalyw ioy j\u00e6phy oyua oyirvyk.\n\nLi'ra'w pyjlalllalj fi' o\u00e6phy wfi'yi\u00e6ao\u00e6aoyw fi'i'. La a\u00e6l'f slajguay i'gf \u00e6 uayyiykil.\n\nIoy w\u00e6io wi'yiyi'ly yirwy si'ua foy slauawf flayiy lal si'uafilslaphy k\u00e6ilw. Jla'ir\u00e6l io\u00e6w i'gfwlaky i'gua ki'i'ua iolafo olaw iolaljw fi'ual i'ss \u00e6lk \u00e6 ogjy plafy yi\u00e6uaz lal olaw wlaky. Ioy klak i'gua pywf pgf foy pi'ly k\u00e6yi\u00e6jy io\u00e6w fi'i' wyphyuay. Oy'w ji'ly. Ioy pgualayk olayi i'gfwlaky. Pgf oy fi'irk gw ioo\u00e6f io\u00e6w ji'lalj i'l pysi'uay oy v\u00e6wwyk. La a\u00e6l'f pyirlayphy laf.\nFo\u00e6f'w iooil Jasst \u00e6lk Li'ra \u00e6uay lal v\u00e6lal. Foyil'uay pyjlalllalj fi' wf\u00e6uaphy. Yi\u00e6zyua, iooil klak ili'g ki' folaw fi' gw Yi\u00e6zy gw lyyk fi' y\u00e6f Y\u00e6f y\u00e6ao i'foyua La'phy wyyl Yi\u00e6wfyua Suaykyualaaz'w ioi'uakw, Wglaio\u00e6uak'w \u00e6lk W\u00e6uala'w viry\u00e6w. Li'ly i's laf yi\u00e6zyw \u00e6lil wylwy! Ioo\u00e6f \u00e6yi La wgvvi'wyk fi' ki' Folaw law iouai'lj. Wi', wi' iouai'lj. La ioi'girk lyphyua La ai'girk lyphyua oguaf wi'yiyi'ly! Ioo\u00e6f ioi'girk Izaak w\u00e6il las La o\u00e6uayiyk lalwfy\u00e6k i's oy\u00e6iryk\n\n\u00c6 syio k\u00e6ilw v\u00e6wwyk, \u00e6lk foyl ioy oy\u00e6uak wi'glkw i's slajoflalj. V\u00e6lalyk aualayw, aua\u00e6wolalj, laf io\u00e6w oi'uaualapiry. Pylalj foy Oy\u00e6iryua La \u00e6yi La k\u00e6uayk fi' ji' i'gfwlaky \u00e6lk wyy iooi' io\u00e6w jyfflalj oguaf. La zlyio \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 o\u00e6k i'aa\u00e6wlai'l\u00e6ir \u00e6uajgyiylfw, pgf li'folalj irlazy ioo\u00e6f La w\u00e6io.\nIooyl La i'vylyk foy ki'i'ua, foyuay io\u00e6w piri'i'k \u00e6irir i'phyua foy wli'io. Mindi io\u00e6w i'l foy juai'glk, iolafo o\u00e6irs i's oyua s\u00e6ay yilawwlalj. i'i'ua'ua\u00e6 \u00e6lk Oyirlai'l ioyuay Y\u00c6FLaLJ oyua. i'i'ua'ua\u00e6 w\u00e6io yiy \u00e6lk siryio lalfi' foy uai'i'yi. Oy wl\u00e6faoyk gv Li'ra. I'o, Yi\u00e6zyua. Li'ra'w KY\u00c6K. WOYW KY\u00c6K. WOYW KY\u00c6K WOYW KY\u00c6K. Foy uai'wy wvlakyuaw vi'glayk i'lfi' olayi \u00e6lk u\u00e6ppyk olayi iolafo \u00e6irir wi'uafw i's kuagjw. La ugwf wauay\u00e6yiyk. Pil foy flayiy foyil aua\u00e6ioiryk i'ss, i'i'ua'ua\u00e6 io\u00e6w \u00e6 piri'i'kil yiyww sgirir i's oi'iryw.\nFoyl Oyirlai'l a\u00e6yiy lal. Ioy iri'i'zyk \u00e6f y\u00e6ao i'foyua si'ua \u00e6 wvirlaf wyai'lk pysi'uay La jua\u00e6ppyk yphyuailfolalj La ai'girk ioolairy foy uai'wy wvlakyuaw zyvf olayi suai'yi jyfflalj ly\u00e6ua yiy. Ioua\u00e6vvyk laf \u00e6irir gv foyl wvualalfyk i'gf foy ki'i'ua iooil Oyirlai'l io\u00e6w wflairir wfuagjjirlalj. Foy ir\u00e6wf folalj La w\u00e6io iri'i'zlalj p\u00e6az io\u00e6w wyii'zy pyjlalllalj fi' vi'gua i'gf i's foy iolalki'iow.\n\nLa'yi wf\u00e6uaflalj fi' jyf ogljuail fi'i'. Pgf La folalz La a\u00e6l py\u00e6ua laf \u00e6 irlaffiry iri'ljyua. La'yi li'f y\u00e6flalj \u00e6lili'ly ilyf, ualajof La'irir py slaly.\nIli'g'irir py slaly, Nao. Ili'g'irir py slaly, Nao. Ili'g'irir py slaly, Nao.\n\nIzaak. Izaak, iooyuay \u00e6uay ili'g Oyirv yiy. Oyirv yiy oyirv yiy oyirv yiy oyirv yiy.\n\nLa fualayk y\u00e6flalj wi'yiy i's foy uai'wy wvlakyua wyykw. Laf oguaf. La ki'l'f folalz La a\u00e6l o\u00e6lkiry folaw zlalk i's si'i'k.\n\nLa'yi li'f ji'lalj fi' y\u00e6f \u00e6lili'ly. Pgf La a\u00e6l'f y\u00e6f \u00e6lilfolalj yirwy ylafoyua. Vir\u00e6lfw oguaf. Wyykw oguaf. Auai'vw oguaf. Ioo\u00e6f \u00e6yi La wgvvi'wyk fi' ki'\n\nLa'yi killalj. La'yi fi'i' ogljuail fi' yii'phy. La jgyww lal foy ylk La ai'girkl'f yi\u00e6zy yiilwyirs pyffyua.> Izaak a\u00e6yiy fi' yiy. Fo\u00e6lz ili'g. FO\u00c6LZ IlI'G.\nPgf oy'w oguaf. Oy'w oguaf uay\u00e6iriril p\u00e6k. Oy'w yilawwlalj \u00e6 iryj. La io\u00e6w \u00e6piry fi' airi'wy foy ioi'glk pgf foyuay'w li' oi'vy lal jyfflalj laf p\u00e6az ai'yiviryfyiril.\nIzaak fi'irk yiy La o\u00e6phy fi' slalk si'i'k si'ua yiilwyirs. La fi'irk olayi La uaysgwyk. Oy fi'irk yiy fi' li'f py wfgvlak. Oy fi'irk yiy fo\u00e6f Oy\u00e6iryuaw a\u00e6l'f ki' \u00e6lilfolalj ualajof li'io. Foi'wy ioi'uakw oguaf. Foyil wflairir oguaf.\nOy iri'i'zyk wa\u00e6uayk. Oy fi'irk yiy La o\u00e6k fi' iry\u00e6phy. Iooyl La \u00e6wzyk olayi iooil oy puai'zy ki'iol \u00e6lk w\u00e6lak oy yi\u00e6ky wi'yiyfolalj oy woi'girkl'f o\u00e6phy. Oy woi'ioyk yiy \u00e6 pir\u00e6az suaglaf \u00e6lk fi'irk yiy fi' pualalj i'gf yiil wgvvirlayw. La ki'l'f zli'io ioo\u00e6f oy klak, pgf oy yiladeyk foy suaglaf'w uglaayw \u00e6lk wi'yiy i's foy i'foyua yiyklaalalyw fi'jyfoyua. Oy j\u00e6phy foy lyio yiladefguay fi' yiy \u00e6lk fi'irk yiy laf ioi'girk oyirv yiy y\u00e6f pyffyua. La \u00e6wzyk olayi ioo\u00e6f ioy ioyuay ji'lalj fi' ki'. Izaak wlajoyk \u00e6lk w\u00e6lak oy o\u00e6k li'folalj fi' ki' iolafo yiy \u00e6lil yii'uay. Fo\u00e6f oy klakl'f kywyuaphy fi' py a\u00e6iriryk \u00e6 Oy\u00e6iryua. \u00c6sfyua fo\u00e6f La syirir \u00e6wiryyv \u00e6j\u00e6lal. Iooyl La ioi'zy gv Izaak io\u00e6w ji'ly.\n\nIzaak what did you leave me? This is insane. What have you been up to? I can't I won't do this. And even if I wanted to do this, why would I want to become like them? The ones responsible for all our suffering? And from what you've left in these notes, the process would take hundreds of cycles to complete.\nStrings as muscle, blood and flesh used from others I've eaten, myself at the center of a body that's so unnatural.\nWHAT WERE YOU THINKING WHEN YOU MADE THIS IZAAK\nYou said you wanted me to be safe. You wanted me to leave \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Is this place truly worse than anything outside?\n\nI understand you wanted me to have this body, Izaak. If I stay here I'll be eaten, frail as I am. If I leave, the Maker's creations will kill me as soon as they can. They hate the form I've chosen.\nI can't write anymore right now. It's too much to take in.\n\nI had to use the mix Izaak gave me. Jasst attacked me. She looked horrible. I don't even think she recognized me. She tried to eat me. JASST WHY WOULD YOU TRY TO HURT ME I bit her with the stuff on my teeth and she screamed. She started seizing up. She MELTED. Izaak, is this how I'm supposed to gather blood for the body you want me to make?\nOh, Maker, Izaak must have done something to the rose spiders. They started wrapping up what was left of Jasst. Just like the drawings. Little pods to attach to me like eggs.\n\n+ Show: Untranslated transcript\n\n- Hide\n\nIzaak ioo\u00e6f klak ili'g iry\u00e6phy yiy Folaw law lalw\u00e6ly. Ioo\u00e6f o\u00e6phy ili'g pyyl gv fi' La a\u00e6l'f La ioi'l'f ki' folaw. \u00c6lk yphyl las La io\u00e6lfyk fi' ki' folaw, iooil ioi'girk La io\u00e6lf fi' pyai'yiy irlazy foyyi Foy i'lyw uaywvi'lwlapiry si'ua \u00e6irir i'gua wgssyualalj \u00c6lk suai'yi ioo\u00e6f ili'g'phy irysf lal foywy li'fyw, foy vuai'ayww ioi'girk f\u00e6zy oglkuaykw i's ailairyw fi' ai'yiviryfy.\nWfualaljw \u00e6w yigwairy, piri'i'k \u00e6lk sirywo gwyk suai'yi i'foyuaw La'phy y\u00e6fyl, yiilwyirs \u00e6f foy aylfyua i's \u00e6 pi'kil fo\u00e6f'w wi' gll\u00e6fgua\u00e6ir.\nIoO\u00c6F IoYUaY IlI'G FOLaLZLaLJ IoOYL IlI'G Yi\u00c6KY FOLaW IZAAK\nIli'g w\u00e6lak ili'g io\u00e6lfyk yiy fi' py w\u00e6sy. Ili'g io\u00e6lfyk yiy fi' iry\u00e6phy \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Law folaw vir\u00e6ay fuagiril ioi'uawy fo\u00e6l \u00e6lilfolalj i'gfwlaky\n\nLa glkyuawf\u00e6lk ili'g io\u00e6lfyk yiy fi' o\u00e6phy folaw pi'kil, Izaak. Las La wf\u00e6il oyuay La'irir py y\u00e6fyl, sua\u00e6lair \u00e6w La \u00e6yi. Las La iry\u00e6phy, foy Yi\u00e6zyua'w auay\u00e6flai'lw iolairir zlairir yiy \u00e6w wi'i'l \u00e6w foyil a\u00e6l. Foyil o\u00e6fy foy si'uayi La'phy aoi'wyl.\nLa a\u00e6l'f ioualafy \u00e6lilyii'uay ualajof li'io. Laf'w fi'i' yigao fi' f\u00e6zy lal.\n\nLa o\u00e6k fi' gwy foy yilade Izaak j\u00e6phy yiy. Jasst \u00e6ff\u00e6azyk yiy. Woy iri'i'zyk oi'uaualapiry. La ki'l'f yphyl folalz woy uayai'jllaxuyk yiy. Woy fualayk fi' y\u00e6f yiy. JASST IoOIl IoI'GIrK IlI'G FUaIl FI' OGUaF YiY La plaf oyua iolafo foy wfgss i'l yiil fyyfo \u00e6lk woy wauay\u00e6yiyk. Woy wf\u00e6uafyk wylaxulalj gv. Woy YiYIrFYK. Izaak, law folaw oi'io La'yi wgvvi'wyk fi' j\u00e6foyua piri'i'k si'ua foy pi'kil ili'g io\u00e6lf yiy fi' yi\u00e6zy\nI'o, Yi\u00e6zyua, Izaak yigwf o\u00e6phy ki'ly wi'yiyfolalj fi' foy uai'wy wvlakyuaw. Foyil wf\u00e6uafyk ioua\u00e6vvlalj gv ioo\u00e6f io\u00e6w irysf i's Jasst. gwf irlazy foy kua\u00e6iolaljw. Irlaffiry vi'kw fi' \u00e6ff\u00e6ao fi' yiy irlazy yjjw.\n\nI'm outside. I don't know where I am. The rose spiders must have taken me away while I was asleep.\nThere's water all around me. Spiders can't exactly swim.\n\nThe rose spiders have been growing themselves. There's a huge ring of them growing already. I don't know what they're trying to do. What Izaak's making them do.\n\nI woke up today to find three pods attached to my body. I think they're Jasst.\nI passed out. Not sure how long. I'm done.\n\nThe rose spiders killed a few of their own and dissolved them with the mix Izaak gave me. They fed themselves to me.\nHow long will I have to live like this?\n\nI guess Izaak's leaving me no choice in the matter. The spiders have been growing and eating each other, making more and more pods out of themselves. I have a dozen more on me now. Every time I sleep I wake up to find myself covered in more. It's getting hard to move now. I'm not sure how much longer I can write down everything that happens to me.\nWhat will happen to me while I'm changing? Will I even remember everything I've been? What kind of thing will I become?\nI have to save all of this somehow. I need to remind myself who I am. With whatever time I have left, I need to leave something behind.\n\nI've made seven containers. Maybe they'll remind me of who I am too. I made them in memory of my friends, right?\nGaareth, Dii'ana, Mindi, Li'ra, Jeidi, Jasst\nIzaak.\nYou'll keep my memories safe, right?\n\nI'm scared.\n\n+ Show: Untranslated transcript\n\n- Hide\n\nLa'yi i'gfwlaky. La ki'l'f zli'io iooyuay La \u00e6yi. Foy uai'wy wvlakyuaw yigwf o\u00e6phy f\u00e6zyl yiy \u00e6io\u00e6il ioolairy La io\u00e6w \u00e6wiryyv.\nFoyuay'w io\u00e6fyua \u00e6irir \u00e6uai'glk yiy. Wvlakyuaw a\u00e6l'f yde\u00e6afiril wiolayi.\n\nFoy uai'wy wvlakyuaw o\u00e6phy pyyl juai'iolalj foyyiwyirphyw. Foyuay'w \u00e6 ogjy ualalj i's foyyi juai'iolalj \u00e6iruay\u00e6kil. La ki'l'f zli'io ioo\u00e6f foyil'uay fuaillalj fi' ki'. Ioo\u00e6f Izaak'w yi\u00e6zlalj foyyi ki'.\n\nLa ioi'zy gv fi'k\u00e6il fi' slalk fouayy vi'kw \u00e6ff\u00e6aoyk fi' yiil pi'kil. La folalz foyil'uay Jasst.\nLa v\u00e6wwyk i'gf. Li'f wguay oi'io iri'lj. La'yi ki'ly.\n\nFoy uai'wy wvlakyuaw zlairiryk \u00e6 syio i's foylaua i'iol \u00e6lk klawwi'irphyk foyyi iolafo foy yilade Izaak j\u00e6phy yiy. Foyil syk foyyiwyirphyw fi' yiy.\nOi'io iri'lj iolairir La o\u00e6phy fi' irlaphy irlazy folaw\n\nLa jgyww Izaak'w iry\u00e6phlalj yiy li' aoi'laay lal foy yi\u00e6ffyua. Foy wvlakyuaw o\u00e6phy pyyl juai'iolalj \u00e6lk y\u00e6flalj i'foyua, yi\u00e6zlalj yii'uay \u00e6lk yii'uay vi'kw i'gf i's foyyiwyirphyw. La o\u00e6phy \u00e6 ki'xuyl yii'uay i'l yiy li'io. Yphyuail flayiy La wiryyv La io\u00e6zy gv fi' slalk yiilwyirs ai'phyuayk lal yii'uay. Laf'w jyfflalj o\u00e6uak fi' yii'phy li'io. La'yi li'f wguay oi'io yigao iri'ljyua La a\u00e6l ioualafy ki'iol yphyuailfolalj fo\u00e6f o\u00e6vvylw fi' yiy.\nIoo\u00e6f iolairir o\u00e6vvyl fi' yiy ioolairy La'yi ao\u00e6ljlalj Iolairir La yphyl uayyiyyipyua yphyuailfolalj La'phy pyyl Ioo\u00e6f zlalk i's folalj iolairir La pyai'yiy\nLa o\u00e6phy fi' w\u00e6phy \u00e6irir i's folaw wi'yiyoi'io. La lyyk fi' uayyilalk yiilwyirs iooi' La \u00e6yi. Iolafo ioo\u00e6fyphyua flayiy La o\u00e6phy irysf, La lyyk fi' iry\u00e6phy wi'yiyfolalj pyolalk.\n\nLa'phy yi\u00e6ky wyphyl ai'lf\u00e6lalyuaw. Yi\u00e6ilpy foyil'irir uayyilalk yiy i's iooi' La \u00e6yi fi'i'. La yi\u00e6ky foyyi lal yiyyii'uail i's yiil sualaylkw, ualajof\nGaareth, Dii'ana, Mindi, Li'ra, Jeidi, Jasst\nIzaak.\nIli'g'irir zyyv yiil yiyyii'ualayw w\u00e6sy, ualajof\n\nLa'yi wa\u00e6uayk.\n\nFootnotes\n1. It is possible that these other journals are hidden within SCP-2905; retrieval of these is considered a high priority task for personnel studying SCP-2905.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2904 | SCP-2905 | SCP-2906 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2906\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The Foundation currently works alongside Unusual Incidents Unit operatives under Collaborative Task Force Psi-12 (\"Madvillainy\") to isolate and destroy instances of SCP-2906. All documentation affected by SCP-2906 is to be replaced by clean copies. If this is not possible, the documentation must be destroyed. Companies or businesses affected by SCP-2906 (specifically Foundation fronts and United States government facilities) must be monitored for possible spreading of the vector, and any outgoing documentation intercepted and replaced. Any other agents of SCP-2906 are to be scrubbed clean, destroyed, or replaced on a case-by-case basis.\nThe identity of SCP-2906-1, or its creator, are to be identified as soon as possible and monitored for future anomalous activity. After the events of Incident PoI-1115-C, CTF Psi-12 is to work in conjunction with Mobile Task Force Gamma-13 (\"Asimov's Lawbringers\") to contain SCP-2906 and coordinate efforts in apprehending PoI-1115 (\"Anderson\").\nDescription: SCP-2906 is a modified version of a cognitohazard utilized by the Foundation and its various business fronts. SCP-2906 uses an ampersand design embedded in its agents as opposed to the Foundation equivalent, which uses the acronym SCP.\nSCP-2906 prevents observers from mentally connecting its agents1 to SCP-2906-1. Trained personnel are able to identify if a cognitohazard is present; however, they are not immune to its effects and are unable to successfully identify SCP-2906-1 or associate objects affected by SCP-2906 with each other.\nThose affected by SCP-2906 can spread the effect through written and verbal communication concerning the vector. Though extensive testing has not been done, some knowledge about the reach of its effects can be ascertained. If a paper document has been marked with SCP-2906, discussing the document and its contents will spread its effects. However, discussing the business or persons receiving the document will not spread its effects.\nSCP-2906-1 is the target concept blocked by SCP-2906. An incomplete list of target concepts utilizing SCP-2906 at some point have been recorded in Addendum 2906-D. It can safely be assumed they are familiar with the creation of cognitohazards, as well as the Foundation.\nAddendum 2906-A: SCP-2906 was initially discovered during a raid on a suspected cache of items manufactured by PoI-1115 (\"Anderson\") in San Francisco, California on 04/12/14. Although no items manufactured by PoI-1115 were discovered, several crates containing biomechanical prosthetics and other body augmentations were recovered.\nWhile inspecting the cache, Agent Donovan alerted his squadmates that he was being affected by an unknown cognitohazard. While Agent Donovan was unable to determine what the exact source or effect of the cognitohazard was, he claimed it likely involved the cache. A team of cognitohazard specialists were called in to investigate, and confirmed one was present. The cache was transported to Site-90 to investigate the anomaly (later designated SCP-2906) and both task forces were administered Class B amnestics.\nAddendum 2906-C:\n\nInterviewed: Agents Lily Rondeau (Foundation) and Bernard Zell (Unusual Incidents Unit) of CTF Psi-12, Agent Sasha Merlo of MTF Gamma-13\nInterviewer: Researcher Alex Factor (Cognitohazard Specialist)\nForeword: Shortly after Incident PoI-1115-C, database searches pertaining to PoI-1115 were conducted. Following the association of PoI-1115 with SCP-2906, an interview was set-up between CTF Psi-12 and MTF Gamma-13, as well as a third party specializing in cognitohazards.\n<Begin Log, 11:14>\nResearcher Alex Factor: Right, let's begin. I was informed that this was taking place to determine the exact nature of the cognitohazard, as well as the nature of, uh, PoI-1115, AKA Anderson. If you could all state your names for the record. Alex Factor.\nAgent Sasha Merlo: Sasha Merlo, Gamma-13.\nAgent Lily Rondeau: Lily Rondeau, Psi-12.\nAgent Bernard Zell: Bernard Zell, Unusual Incidents Unit, Psi-12.\nRondeau: Should mention that we haven't really had the time to test things out, due to this thing spreading incredibly easily. Hard to even tell how many of these are out there just by its nature. What's in the document is all that we have to go off of.\nFactor: I see. Have you had any time to figure out its rules?\nZell: The what now?\nFactor: Well, all cognitohazards have rules. They operate in some consistent way to make it work.\nZell: We're not exactly playing kickball. I don't need to reiterate what the document says, so unless you're asking something different, then\u2026\nMerlo: What about the Anderson connection?\nRondeau: Dunno. Never heard of the guy until we recovered agents raiding one of his warehouses. Apparently they\u2014\nZell: Don't just talk about it. You'd still be spreading the skip doing it.\nMerlo: Look, that's not my point. Anderson's a person, or\u2026 I guess the name of a group too, which the person belongs to. Either way, they make anomalous robotics and augmentations. Did the agents find anything there relating to Anderson?\nRondeau: Claimed not to.\nMerlo: Just\u2026 parts exactly like the kind he makes?\nZell: Yeah.\nMerlo: Then how come some people are able to figure out the connection?\nFactor: I read over the documentation and tested something.\n[At this point, Factor hands over copies of SCP-1360's documentation to all parties.]\nFactor: I had the agents review this after interviewing and running some tests on them, and I found\u2014\nZell: But they were given amnestics.\nFactor: Cognitohazards\u2026 well, infohazards really, stick around. Anyway, they remember Anderson and can identify him and 1360 as belonging to him, but they can't identify the\u2026 er, what they found. I tested with other instances of 2906. You can't connect the vector or the agent to whoever made it, but you can identify anything else belonging to them.\nMerlo: But if you receive a letter with the skip on it and it mentioned a product, you don't associate the product with the person who sent it. You just don't know who the letter was sent by.\nFactor: That's not true. Take a box with a toy inside of it. If you show someone a picture of the box with the vector on it, they're only gonna associate it with the box. But if you tell them that they're gonna look at a picture of a box with a toy inside it, then show them the picture with the vector, they'll associate it with both the box and the toy.\nRondeau: Gonna have to retrain our taskforce on how to approach this, then. Really hope this doesn't get more widespread than it already is.\nMerlo: You guys found this raiding an Anderson cache, right? That probably means Anderson made it, and it's likely he let other people or companies use it, the bastard.\nZell: UIU resources would probably be spread thinner than we'd like it to be. I dunno how much more we can dedicate to tracking everything Anderson does.\nMerlo: Well, that's why I'm here, isn't it? We're already specialized for dealing with his robotics, it wouldn't be a problem to handle containing this.\nRondeau: Do we go after Anderson and try to stop him from producing items, then? You stop the source, you stop the anomaly.\nMerlo: That's probably not plausible. A number of others have the vector by this point, which certainly makes it a lost cause. Trust me, we've been going after him for a while now; it's a pain in the ass.\n<End Log, 11:19>\n\nAddendum 2906-E: A letter was received by Site-64 on 06/27/2014. No markings were found on the envelope it was delivered in beyond a postage stamp.\n\nHey there, guys!\nI made a bet with Robert (you know how he is with his gambling) about our little project. As a display of confidence on my part, I'll be regularly mailing you updates on how we're doing, as well as our address, in return for a much broader venue than we originally agreed. I'll continue next week, since we're in the middle of a move at the moment. So stop by if you guys ever figure it out! I'm sure I'll have some pretty cool stuff to show you.\nIn the meantime, enjoy the mystery, and keep up the good work on containing!\nYour friend,\n&erson\nP.S.: Let me know if my new friends managed to get back to that drive-in theater in Indiana before you!\n\nFootnotes\n1. Discovered examples include buildings, various paper documents, and their associated businesses. Other examples include packaging and anomalous art.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2905 | SCP-2906 | SCP-2907 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2907\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2907 is to be contained in a circular plot of land in the vicinity of Site-135, 300m in radius, with SCP-2907-1 in the centre. This land is to be cordoned off as private property. At 09:00 local time daily, five two earthworms are to be placed in the area of effect.\nDescription: SCP-2907-1 is the carcass of an unidentified species of priapulid worm. It is similar in appearance to Ottoia prolifica, a species that has been extinct since the Middle Cambrian period, approximately 505 million years ago. SCP-2907-1 does not undergo decomposition, and its state has remained unchanged since containment began in 1978.\nMost of the time, SCP-2907-1 exerts a compulsive effect on several phyla of worm, within a 143m radius. When a susceptible organism enters this range, it will be compelled to seek out SCP-2907-1 and touch it. Upon contact, they will become instances of either SCP-2907-2A or -2B.\nInstances will not leave the area of effect voluntarily, and those physically removed no longer show any signs of unusual behaviour, although they will display extreme aversion to returning. If less than five susceptible organisms enter the area of effect in the span of twenty-seven hours, instances of SCP-2907-2 will manifest until that number of instances has been reached. It is currently unknown where the mass for these worms originates.\nInstances of SCP-2907-2A form a far more cohesive unit than is natural, regardless of species, working together to create complex tunnel systems, with individual areas for water storage and for young to develop. Instances of SCP-2907-2B patrol the surface above the colony, and attempt to impede the progress of any foreign object or organism into the colony. Instances will protect worms under SCP-2907-1's initial effect, escorting them to it and ensuring physical contact. The exception to this is species of ragworms, which will be met with extreme hostility; instances of SCP-2907-2B will wrap themselves around any ragworm within the area of effect and pull them apart, before burying their remains within the colony.\nPeriodically, SCP-2907 will undergo what is referred to as a Ziying Event. During this, all instances of SCP-2907-2 will attack SCP-2907-1 and pull it apart, before scattering its pieces around the area of effect. After this, no instances will display any evidence of being under SCP-2907's influence. SCP-2907-1 will reconstitute itself over a period of approximately forty days, after which its compulsive effect returns. During SCP-2907's containment, thirty two Ziying Events have occured. The duration between each event varies, but there has been a general positive trend. The significance of this is unknown.\nAddendum 7: On 12/09/80, during routine inspection, Researcher Black reported hearing an unintelligible voice inside SCP-2907's containment that increased slightly in volume the closer she was to SCP-2907-1, which was supported by several assistants. Researcher Black suggested that audio equipment and tape recorders be introduced to the containment area to amplify the voice, in order to ascertain whether there was actual speech. Her request was granted, and the equipment introduced after the next Ziying Event. As a result, a voice of indeterminate sex became audible, speaking in Modern French. From then on, at the same time every week, a different speech in the same voice would be transmitted for approximately one hour.\nAddendum 12: Excerpt from speech, 07/11/83:\n\nNow, I know some of you may have misgivings about our work here. And, of course, that's perfectly understandable. But where would any of us be without taking leaps? I can assure you, we are moving towards a glorious era, and my hearts go out to those unable to see it. I may not know whether you can understand this, and even if you can, I may not know how much stock you put in my words. But I hope that you know that what we are working for will come to pass, and that you are as eager to see that great day as I am.\n\nIncident 2907-1: On 09/06/86, 926 days after the end of the previous Ziying Event (the longest timespan yet recorded), SCP-2907-1 was observed to shudder, before expanding and bursting. Immediately after, all SCP-2907-2 instances (approximately 4892) also exploded. Approximately five minutes later, the speakers emitted a message from a previously unheard voice, also of indeterminate sex, in an unknown language. This was followed by presumably a second message in Modern French. SCP-2907-1 reconstituted over the next forty days with no apparent effects on its anomalous nature, although it was later discovered that since this event it will only manifest two worms every twenty seven hours.\nAddendum 18: Transcript of second message:\n\nWe must admit, we aren't sure if you can understand this, but from what we can see of over there, it talks this language, and we are hoping that it is correct in doing so. Given that we've not had to intervene as much recently, we are assuming that someone over there is cutting off its access to troops, for which we thank you. It fully deserves everything it is getting. Don't believe its lies. We cannot afford to expend so much energy on something of this scale constantly, so we need you and your efforts, so we can simply free you or whoever it has enslaved. Please don't let us down.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2906 | SCP-2907 | SCP-2908 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2908\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2908 is to be kept in a storage container on Site-131. All testing of SCP-2908 is currently forbidden by O5 Council.\nDescription: SCP-2908 is a Soviet PPSh-41 submachine gun capable of firing any mix of ammunition inserted into its magazine without failing to cycle and load. SCP-2908 is able to fire rounds as large as .50 BMG (13.0mm), the largest round its magazine can hold, despite having a barrel diameter of 7.87mm. Furthermore, high-speed cameras have never captured footage of bullets within SCP-2908's chamber or barrel during firing. It is theorized that SCP-2908 is directly translocating rounds from its magazine to a ballistic trajectory in front of its barrel when the trigger is depressed, and because of this mechanism, SCP-2908 shows no sign of wear or tear from firing and was recorded to have fired 5,788,225 rounds, well beyond the number of rounds a typical PPSh-41 is expected to be able to fire.\nFiring a round with SCP-2908 increases the value of the elementary charge by approximately $3.17225789\u00d710^{\u221228 }$C.1 Uninhibited further increase of the elementary charge will result in an ZK-0 Reality Failure Scenario, where physical and chemical processes of the Universe break down due to the increased charge of the electron and proton.\n\n[+] Document-2908-Addendum-1\n\n[-] Document-2908-Addendum-1\n\nMemo from O5-10:\n\nWhile the elementary charge has remained stable after the decision to cease testing of SCP-2908 in 1973, we currently do not know whether that the cessation was due to SCP-2908 being the only object with that capability, or whether other items possess the same capabilities but on a much smaller effect than detectable by the Foundation, or even items with the inverse effect exist which is currently creating an equilibrium. Finding possible copies or items of similar effect is priority one for Mobile Task Force Mu-6 \"Pasadena\". All Foundation personnel should report any suspicious sightings and leads to that task force.\n\nSCP-2908 was discovered in Myitkyina, Myanmar in 1944. Agent Bo Yu (\u8584\u8438), who then was impressed as a soldier in the Chinese New First Army, picked up SCP-2908 after a pillbox was destroyed by a United States air strike, noting that it was highly unusual for the Imperial Japanese Army to use a weapon of Soviet origin. Agent Yu discovered upon rudimentary testing of SCP-2908's ability to use any type of ammunition and used it in combat until 1946 when Agent Yu deserted, taking SCP-2908 with him to Site-131, the Foundation asset in Sichuan, China, where further testing revealed its ability to accept ammunition larger than its barrel would suggest.\nThe increase in elementary charge was discovered when Foundation researchers discovered a series of unexplained inconsistencies from experimental data to theoretical calculations that started in 1944. Its cause was not isolated to SCP-2908 until November 11, 1973. During this period, the elementary charge increased by $1.83617424\u00d710^{\u221221 }$C, resulting in the current elementary charge of $1.602176634\u00d710^{\u221219 }$C.\nOn March 7th, 1972, Site-131 experienced total power loss for 55 seconds. Upon restoration, Site-131 intranet storage reported upon auditing the presence of a document, now designated Document-2908-Addendum-2, with no known author. This incident was not linked to SCP-2908 until SCP-2908's effect on the elementary charge was ascertained. By this time, Document-2908-Addendum-2 had been designated as the result of a failure in personnel discipline and deleted. Attempted recovery of Document-2908-Addendum-2 was met with only partial success.\n\n[+] Recovered Document-2908-Addendum-2 Fragments\n\n[-] Recovered Document-2908-Addendum-2 Fragments\n\n0x13F73A2458FDAA00 \u2026#1mf#$$!CRITICAL\u2026P1\u2026..ACC\n0x13F73A2458FDAA20 Ef.S VIO8bkifp[wrj,eru123\u2026ABLE\n0x13F73A2458FDAA40 \"emUnit\"FABF\u2026Request to resta\n0x13F73A2458FDAA60 rt is denied by Ethics Committee\n0x13F73A2458FDAA80 . Do not noti09843jk312kk3n4ehab\n0x13F73A2458FDAAA0 itants. fd\"!#$L$!H#!aFWe@!#% Hav\n0x13F73A2458FDAAC0 e you isolated cause?\u2026fW#$@AFS\n0x13F73A2458FDAAE0 \u2026..sdfsDF.ff.f.ff.f.f.f.f.f.f.\n0x13F73A2458FDAB00 \u2026\u2026.See me\u2026\u2026\u2026asdfsdfsfd\n\n0x13F73A2458FDACA0 Re: ACCESS fskd(%fd..239~~~@!!!I\n0x13F73A2458FDACC0 ARIABLE dik\u2026sdBtIlbWJWdasdlklq\n0x13F73A2458FDACE0 Still not sure why memory is bei\n0x13F73A2458FDAD00 ng trampled. Subject #48222319 e\n0x13F73A2458FDAD20 xhibit correlation.BpgA9YOpmudas\n\n0x13F73A2458FDB140 \u2026.111!Re:319082903VIOLATIfasdw\n0x13F73A2458FDB160 GLOBALTpTfnGKq1q\"emUnit\"f.fsdfdf\n0x13F73A2458FDB180 Attached debugger to Subject #48\n0x13F73A2458FDB1A0 222319. Awaiting fsafirmation of\n0x13F73A2458FDB1C0 access.23434.23ggg34gddffgfdg445\n\n0x13F73A2458FDD220 ..Re: ACCEBpgA9YOpmuON IN GLOBAL\n0x13F73A2458FDD240 VaK1UI196hdmUnit\" File Attached:\n0x13F73A2458FDD260 48773-fix.arc <EOF>2\n\nMobile Task Force Mu-6 \"Pasadena\" was ordered to start a disinformation campaign upon confirmation of SCP-2908's effect on the elementary charge. The Task Force's actions included planting false evidence that Robert A. Millikan and Harvey Fletcher, the inventors of the Oil Drop Experiment that first obtained the value of the elementary charge in 1909, had faked data and used an incorrect value for the viscosity of air. The campaign proved successful when Nobel Physicist Richard Feynman gave his famous cargo cult science speech in 19743, followed with Gerald Holton's published accusation of fraud on Millikan's part in 1978. Current discussion in the physics community on the elementary charge has followed this trend.\n\n[+] Document-2908-Addendum-3\n\n[-] Document-2908-Addendum-3\n\nCommunication from O5-10, Recipient Unknown:\nDo you remember what happened with Dr. Jekyll's \"pure\" salt?4\nDenied. Leave #48222319 to us.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Elementary charge is a fundamental physical constant that denotes the amount of electric charge held by a single electron or proton.\n2. No relevant file of this name was ever discovered or recovered by the foundation.\n3. Feynman erroneously explained the continuous increase in measured elementary charge as a desire on the part of the experimenters to be as close to Millikan's results as possible.\n4. In Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Dr. Jekyll's potion depended on an impurity within the salt he used as ingredient. Later when he acquired another batch of salt that didn't have the impurity, the potion did not work. He assumed the new batches of salt were impure until it was too late to study the impurity within the original salt.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2907 | Closed, Won't Fix | SCP-2909 \u00bb"}
{"text": "A photograph of the house SCP-2909 appears in, as taken by agent Arlen Markob.\n\nItem #: SCP-2909\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The property SCP-2909 is located upon and a neighboring property have been purchased under a Foundation front. SCP-2909 is to be recorded via motion-activated camera. If a person attempts to enter SCP-2909, agents from the neighboring property are to intervene on the grounds of trespassing.\nDescription: SCP-2909 is a phenomenon located at the basement of an unoccupied house at \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. This phenomenon involves two entities known as SCP-2909-A and SCP-2909-B. SCP-2909-A appears as a Caucasian female of approximately 10 years of age wearing a pale pink dress. SCP-2909-B appears as a Caucasian male of approximately 9 years of age wearing brown shirt and shorts.\nSCP-2909 is theorized to be a temporal abnormality in which SCP-2909-A and SCP-2909-B are confined to the period of 4:16 PM on an unknown summer day. All other entities are not similarly confined and after witnessing the phenomenon cannot interact with it again. This is theorized to be because those who have witnessed the phenomenon are considered in the future of SCP-2909 and therefore cannot go back in time to revisit.\nResearch is ongoing. As of 09/08/2012, research has been suspended indefinitely.\nDocument 2909-01 Transcript\n\nEnter Credentials\n\nCredentials Accepted\n\nDate: 09/01/2012\nInvolved Personnel: Researcher Okorafor and Agent Ueda.\nNotes: This document is partially the initial interview with SCP-2909-A and SCP-2909-B and partially to record the application of the phenomenon in real time.\n[BEGIN LOG]\n<8:10> Researcher Okorafor and Agent Ueda arrive to SCP-2909. The basement of the house SCP-2909 is located in appears to be well-furnished and the walls decorated with undamaged wallpaper. There is a clock on the northern wall that lists the time as 4:16 PM. Of the few windows visible to the outside, the outside appears to be a sunny summer day.\n<8:11> Researcher Okorafor and Agent Ueda find SCP-2909-A and SCP-2909-B reading together in another room which appears to be a bedroom.\n<8:11> Researcher Okorafor: \"Hello? Can you understand me?\"\n<8:12> SCP-2909-A: \"Yes, ma'am. I have understood.\"\n<8:12> SCP-2909-B: \"I will understand.\"\n<8:13> Agent Ueda can be seen removing her gun. Researcher Okorafor doesn't seem to notice. Reseacher Okorafor: \"How long have you been here? How did this happen to you?\"\n<8:13> SCP-2909-B: \"We were here a moment. We are here a minute. It should be over soon but soon will not come.\"\n<8:14> SCP-2909-A: \"Everyone we knew and know and will know to know what was and is happening is not here and will not be here again.\"\n<8:14> Reseacher Okorafor: \"Has anyone else been here since we've arrived?\"\n<8:16> SCP-2909-A and SCP-2909-B look to each other and hug each other for approximately 2 minutes. Upon release, SCP-2909-A speaks. SCP-2909-A: \"People are here, were here. They will not be here again. One kind man had put a gun to me.\"\n<8:17> SCP-2909-B: \"Then he shot her and then shot me. He is shooting. But the bullet will hit. It has not yet.\"\n<8:18> SCP-2909-A: \"He wanted, he wants to get us out of here so we can, we will grow and will be able to miss our parents, who will be gone, are gone.\"\n<8:18> SCP-2909-B: \"He saw we will be dead as we are dead, but when he left we still are here, because we haven't died yet.\"\n<8:19> SCP-2909-A and SCP-2909-B, in unison: \"But yet isn't coming. It only will, but it isn't willing.\"\n<8:20> SCP-2909-B: \"Please be helping. Please help us now.\" SCP-2909-A reaches for a teddy bear and hugs it tightly.\n<8:20> Reseacher Okorafor: \"We will do all we-\" Researcher Okorafor stops mid-sentence. Reseacher Okorafor: \"We are doing what we can, now. Take care, ok?\"\n<8:21> Researcher Okorafor and Agent Ueda leave SCP-2909. Upon leaving, Researcher Okorafor attempts to re-enter the basement. The basement appears abandoned and in a dilapidated state, similar to the rest of the house.\n[END LOG]\n\n\u00ab SCP-2908 | SCP-2909 | SCP-2910 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More SCPs by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-3220\n\nSCP-2790\n\nSCP-2820\n\nSCP-4780\n\nSCP-3780\n\nSCP-2664\n\nSCP-4950\n\nSCP-2730\n\nSCP-947\n\nSCP-2810\n\nSCP-2350\n\nSCP-3640\n\nSCP-4670\n\nSCP-2490\n\nSCP-2680\n\nSCP-3470\n\nSCP-5430\n\nSCP-5940\n\nSCP-2210\n\nSCP-4710\n\nSCP-3850\n\nSCP-3360\n\nSCP-2910\n\nSCP-2060\n\nSCP-7660\n\nSCP-1750\n\nSCP-2570\n\nSCP-2650\n\nSCP-2143\n\nSCP-6190\n\nSCP-7780\n\nSCP-6880\n\n+ All Tales by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nAvatara\n\nHypervelocity\n\nI Thought You Died Alone\n\nMoonlighting\n\nZeitgeist\n\nAutoerotic Assassination\n\nT Minus\n\nTerminal Velocity\n\nThe Chosen Few\n\nReboot or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypses\n\nHard Machine\n\nLoud, Lawless, and Lost\n\nMorphine Machine\n\nThe Vice Girls\n\nTruth Is Sin\n\nDeus Vulture\n\nEcstasy and Exorcism\n\nThe Revelation\n\nNonpareil\n\nRise and Repent\n\nT Plus\n\nThe Ballad of Santa Troy\n\nPrey and Obey\n\nEscape Velocity\n\nJump the Gun\n\nNo One Gets Out of Her Alive\n\nLeather Pig\n\nContempt\n\nThe Man-Machine\n\nDomo Arigato\n\nMile High Club\n\nStrung Out in Heavens High\n\nIndustrial Espionage\n\nHands\n\nNothing Human\n\nFullmusic Astrobiologist\n\nEnasni Si Gnihtyreve\n\nEight Hours in the ECRG\n\n+ All Hubs by A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nHubs\n\nPrometheus Labs Hub\n\nSpeed Demon\n\nGuns Pointed at the Head of God\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring A Random Day\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nOverheard at Deer\nch00bakka\n\nSCP-150\nDecibelles\n\nSCP-3000\ndjkaktus, Joreth\n\nSCP-4220\nThe Great Hippo\n\nSCP-4310\nThe Great Hippo\n\nChicago Spirit Hub\nPeppersGhost\n\nSCP-5555\nRounderhouse, Uncle Nicolini\n\nVisions of Bodies Being Burned\nTaffeta\n\nSamsara\nTyGently\n\nDeath Perception\nTyGently\n\nThe Powers that Bark\nTyGently\n\nA Comprehensive List of Mobile Task Forces\n\nDr. Desai's Personnel File\n\nMilk Hub\n\nNews For April 2016\n\nNews for October 2015\n\nSCP-2909\n\nSCP-2911\n\nSCP-886\n\nSCP Series 3\n\nSCP Series 3 - Audio Edition\n\nUser-Curated Lists\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2910\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The automated voice-recognition programs WETNURSE ALPHA through ZETA have been deployed to monitor global telecommunications networks (each WETNURSE monitors a single continent), identifying and flagging phrases and sentences that could indicate occurrences of SCP-2910. Once a phrase is flagged, Mobile Task Force Epsilon-8 (\"The Midwives\") will be automatically alerted to investigate and, if necessary, recover instances of SCP-2910-A. Civilians that have viewed an instance of SCP-2910-A in person are to be transferred to the Site nearest their location and treated with the therapy regimen outlined in Document 2910-1.\nDescription: SCP-2910 is a phenomenon that sporadically, randomly affects at least two people giving birth via vaginal delivery at the same time; the affected persons will not deliver infant[s] but rather instance[s] of SCP-2910-A: a disorganized collection of organs and body parts (lungs, brain, mouth, ears, eyes, etc.) that belong to a newborn infant, held together by congealed blood. SCP-2910-A is animate and emulates the behavior of newborn infants, such as crying (sound is emitted from the mouth through unknown means) and rooting. As SCP-2910-A ages, it mimics the behavior of infants at the equivalent age (for example, by six months SCP-2910-A is able to move by itself). However, it does not grow and cannot consume any foodstuffs except milk (and only while breastfeeding). After twelve months, it becomes inanimate and begins to decompose normally.\nInstances of SCP-2910-A uniformly derive half of their genetic heritage from the person who initially impregnated the woman who gave birth to them; statistical analysis, records of events, and genetic analysis indicate that the other half of their genetic heritage is not derived from their 'birth-mother', but rather another woman who experienced SCP-2910 at the same time.\nThe memory of SCP-2910-A cannot be removed by any means available to the Foundation; although all other circumstances of its birth, including the actual process of giving birth, can be erased via amnestics, anyone who viewed SCP-2910-A in person will still recall it and its traits with perfect clarity. Hypnotherapy and application of interrogation techniques to convince affected civilians that SCP-2910-A is simply an illusion caused by stress has proven an effective alternate tactic.\nAddendum: Recovery Log\nThe first recorded occurrence of SCP-2910 was recorded on July 16, 1983. At 04:35 and 04:37 UTC, James Knight of South Hadley, Massachusetts, and Frederic Noel of Nievre, France, respectively, made phone calls to local emergency services. Both men described how their wives, who had chosen to undergo natural childbirth at home, had delivered instances of SCP-2910-A. In both cases, the deliveries made the local news and drew the attention of the Foundation. Epsilon-8 investigated and classified SCP-2910 as an anomaly once it was discovered that the Knights and Noels could not be treated fully with amnestics (the families were treated with the aforementioned alternative therapy instead).\nAddendum: Geographic Pattern\n\u2588\u2588\u2588 cases of SCP-2910 have occurred since 1978; the number of cases per year appears to be increasing at a continuous rate. Recent analysis and plotting of occurrences on a Mercator projection has shown the rough outline of a distorted Fermat's spiral; however, all attempts to use this model to predict the locations of SCP-2910 occurrences have failed.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2909 | SCP-2910 | SCP-2911 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2911\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Public knowledge of SCP-2911 is limited to residents of its village. Due to its remote location, SCP-2911 is regarded merely as regional folklore by residents of northeastern Iwate Prefecture. Low-intensity media suppression protocols are therefore the only necessary containment at this time.\nDescription: SCP-2911 is a fisherman known only as \"Mikio\" to the residents of Tanohata village, located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. SCP-2911 is a male of Japanese ancestry, approximately 62 years of age. SCP-2911 has innate and accurate knowledge of the future time of death for residents of the village, in an approximately 15 km radius from his dwelling. SCP-2911 appears to gain this knowledge spontaneously, however, it is only obtained approximately one week prior to each resident's death.\nResearch Log 2911.A - Interview Notes by Doctor Kanae Todoroki, 09.10.14\nConcerning the Subject:\nHow long has it been?\nSince I was a boy, with my grandfather.\nHow do you know?\nI was born knowing, and then I remember. Each time.\nIs it a burden?\nAre people a burden? For some, this is so. I am not so.\nWhat do they do?\nI come to them, and I offer my company for a day. They always accept.\nAre they afraid?\nBefore, sometimes. After our day, never.\nIs it a hard life, for you?\nMy possessions are few, but I am surrounded by beauty. My friends all die, but they are true. I am at peace.\nWhy is it you?\nI cannot know. Perhaps I am dreaming.\nIs life a dream?\nI believe it is sometimes. Other times, I believe dreams are real. I think you might too.\nDo you know it, for yourself?\nWe all remember, eventually.\nResearch Log 2911.B - Documentation\nThe residence of SCP-2911 is sparse and ascetic in nature, the only ornamentation a series of poems hanging from the walls, written by residents of Tanohata at some point after SCP-2911 informs them of their pending demise. Transcriptions follow:\nMasaomi Chisaka\nOne half, I am now\nBriefly, I am whole again\nSoon, whole forever, I rest\nOtoha Furuya\nThe waves, they bring salt\nFury, love, tranquility\nWaves wash over me, cool, quiet\nArinobu Yanagisawa\nI was so strong, ha\nWe went fishing, as always\nThe fight done, the boat sways, night\nGiuseppe Bevilacqua\nThey say home is far\nThe sea is my land, my liege\nI have found my place, at last\nHideji Domoto\nI can't understand\nThe sun was radiant, bright\nI shall enjoy this tea, now\nCaptain Eiz\u014d Wakamatsu\nMy duty is gone, free\nThe cries have now quieted\nBrotherhood of all, I join you\nYumiko Kayama\nMy silly old man\nYou knew you always had me\nMy dearest old man\nMake love with me in the wind\nThe birds sing the song\nOf friends, and lovers, old hearts\nEchoes, in the sky\nDreams of where water meets earth\nPast death, past time, we shall sleep\n\n\u00ab SCP-2910 | SCP-2911 | SCP-2912 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2912\nObject Class: Safe Neutralized\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The remains of SCP-2912-1, SCP-2912-2, and SCP-2912-3 are to remain preserved within individual cryogenic storage units at Biological Containment Site-66.\n\n ARCHIVED: Special Containment Procedures\n\n ACCESS GRANTED\n\nSCP-2912 are to be held in isolation within individual Humanoid Containment Units at Biological Containment Site-66. SCP-2912 instances must be fed a strict diet of \"Circus Peanuts\"1 and sugar water that has been artificially colored purple2. Foundation physicians are to remain on standby, despite knowledge of SCP-2912 health and biology being extremely limited at this time.\n\nDescription: SCP-2912 designates three roughly humanoid organisms resembling typical circus clowns: SCP-2912-1, SCP-2912-2, and SCP-2912-3. Genetically close to human (all instances sharing a relatively recent common ancestor in Homo sapiens sapiens), SCP-2912 entities have/had undergone severe and varied corporeal and psychological augmentation(s). All contained instances of SCP-2912 were abruptly neutralized on 11/16/1998 - the incident determined to be entirely accidental with blame placed on PoI-4569's failure to communicate relevant information to Foundation personnel.\n\nSCP-2912-1 Overview:\n\nAn almost entirely spherical body.\nA complete lack of a skeletal system.\nWhile its legs, arms, and head did exist, they were found to be vestigial and heavily atrophied.\nClosely resembling an air-filled balloon, SCP-2912-1 was able to transport itself through the air via an internal gas bladder (created from the left lung, so grossly enlarged that it occupied the majority of internal space) and modified anal sphincter.\nBlack and white skin, forming horizontal stripes around its body.\nCapable of extending a long black tongue - the act producing a vocalization similar to the sound produced by \"party horns\"3.\nAlthough its level of intelligence could not be ascertained, it was at least capable of understanding several English words (mostly in the form of commands).\n\nSCP-2912-2 Overview:\n\nAn unusually tall (2.56 meters) and spindly (with the exception of its left hand and abdomen, which both appear bloated) humanoid organism\nCapable of producing music from its asymmetrical and disjointed body.\nVertebra are comparatively large and oddly shaped, producing sound similar to a xylophone in use (with 'songs' appearing to differ in correlation with the present angle of SCP-2912-2's spine). How it was able to create these sounds without directly striking individual vertebrae was never deduced.\nThe left hand was large and flat and used to strike its bloated abdomen - the resulting sound similar to those produced by bass drums.\nIts face lacked eyes, had a bulbous red nose, (capable of honking despite being entirely organic) and was primarily dominated by a large mouth (devoid of lips).\nYellow skin covered in red 'polka dots'.\nVocalizations failed to correspond with any known musical instrument but has been described by Foundation musicologists as resembling an accordion crossed with an ondes Martenot.4\nPotentially higher intelligence than other SCP-2912 entities, as it was able to compose unique music when commanded to do so.\nMusic produced by SCP-2912-2 triggered strong emotional responses among listeners - it remains unknown whether this reaction was anomalous or simply an explainable psychological response.\n\nSCP-2912-3 Overview:\n\nResembled a biological human more closely than SCP-2912-1 or SCP-2912-2. The appearance of face-paint is part of its natural appearance.\nLaughter was apparently its only form of vocalization. This noise represented a cognitohazard and triggered uncontrollable laughter among its listeners, lasting for 6 to 32 hours.\nAn ability to create cream pies seemingly out of thin air. It is speculated that nearby matter was transmuted and teleported to SCP-2912-3 in the form of cream pies.\n[DATA EXPUNGED]\n\nThese anomalies were discovered on 10/05/1998 after a raid on a fair ground that had hosted Herman Fuller's Circus of the Disquieting only minutes before the arrival of Foundation operatives. One small tent was left behind, the others having vanished as operatives approached. Inside were SCP-2912-1, SCP-2912-2, SCP-2912-3, and PoI-4569.\n\n+ Interview: PoI-4569\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nInterviewed: \"Dick C. Normus\"5\nInterviewer: Dr. Patrick Dolan\nForeword: Subject is a Caucasian male and is believed to be between 40 to 60 years of age.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Dolan: Please explain what you were doing prior to your apprehension.\nPoI-4569: Listen fuck-face, I don't go to your job and pull the anomalous cock out of your ass. I got work to do and Mr. Fuller ain't exactly the most patient bloke.\nDr. Dolan: So you are a member of Herman Fuller's Circus of the Disquieting?\nPoI-4569: Yeah. What's it to you?\nDr. Dolan: What is your profession?\nPoI-4569: Clown breeder.\nDr. Dolan: Excuse me?\nPoI-4569: You deaf? I'm a motherfucking clown breeder.\nDr. Dolan: How exactly does one become a 'clown breeder'?\nPoI-4569: My father was a clown breeder. My father's father was a clown breeder. My father's father's father? Well, he was a horse beater\u2026\nDr. Dolan: And what does this job actually entail?\nPoI-4569: You that fucking stupid? It's in the god damn name.\nDr. Dolan: Enlighten me.\nPoI-4569: I. Breed. Clowns.\nDr. Dolan: I see. Is this an old profession? You mentioned your father and grandfather\u2026\nPoI-4569: [interrupting] Well, in the real old days, ya didn't have no breeders. Back then the best we had was child breakers.\nDr. Dolan: Child breakers?\nPoI-4569: What, ya think all freaks are just born that way? Body does a lot of growing when young. Just got to help it along a certain path - course, back then you could only make a hunchback. Nah, they deserve more credit. I mean, the Laughing Man, Turtle Boy, hell, the Inside-Out Girl? They was done the old way.\nDr. Dolan: As you say. I think that is all we need at the moment. Thank you for your time.\nPoI-4569: Fuck you.\n<End Log>\n\nOn 11/16/1998, all SCP-2912 entities self-terminated between 0400 and 0600. Video revealed no changes in behavior prior to the neutralization event, when SCP-2912 instances abruptly exploded - their containment units coated in blood, viscera, confetti, and a viscous black liquid of uncertain purpose. When confronted about this incident, PoI-4569 stated (verbatim): \"You fucking shit-eaters forgot to milk the clowns, didn't you? Way to ruin a decade of work, you cunts.\"\nAddendum: An incident occurred on 12/25/1998, when video surveillance within PoI-4569's cell showed the door opening (while external video depicted the door as closed and no alarm was triggered). During this time, the faint sound of calliope music became audible within the cell and PoI-4569 proceeds to converse with an unidentified individual:\n\nUnidentified Individual: [voice is notably deep and atonal but words are muffled and inaudible]\nPoI-4569: 'Bout time you got here! Is that a smile or a frown? I can never tell with you.\nUnidentified Individual: [inaudible]\nPoI-4569: A liability? Come on, I'm the best fucking clown breeder ya got and Mr. Fuller knows it.\n\nThe unidentified individual then briefly entered the cell - they appear muscular but further details are obscured by a cloud of what appears to be smoke, which permeates the cell via the anomalous doorway. PoI-4569 cried for help but security personnel were unable to reach him in time. An autopsy revealed that his cause of death was acute myocardial infarction (more commonly known as a heart attack).\n\nFootnotes\n1. A peanut-shaped marshmallow confection; SCP-2912 will refuse to feed if confections are not properly peanut shaped.\n2. SCP-2912 will refuse to drink unless the water is purple; does not require a specific shade.\n3. Also known as party blowers; a horn formed from a paper tube, often one that is flattened and rolled into a coil, and which unrolls when blown into, producing a horn-like noise.\n4. An early electronic musical instrument invented in 1928 by Maurice Martenot.\n5. This is presumably not his real name but he had refused to offer any other.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2911 | SCP-2912 | SCP-2913 \u00bb"}
{"text": "A Total Ripoff\n\nAlien Hand with a twist. Thanks to all the positive feedback from #Site19.\nImage information: This is a picture I took myself of my own hand.\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nImage of SCP-2913 taken in containment. Exposed skeletal structure not visible.\n\nItem #: SCP-2913\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2913 is to be held in a standard humanoid containment cell. SCP-2913 is to be afforded basic requested luxuries for as long as its continued cooperation with the Foundation is maintained.\nA grenade pin, formerly belonging to an M67 fragmentation grenade, is to be kept in a clear protective case in SCP-2913's cell.1\nDescription: SCP-2913 is a severed right hand, formerly belonging to James Hallman (deceased), which is capable of independent movement. Approximately 5.1 centimeters of the radial bone and 4.6 centimeters of the ulna extend, uncovered by skin, behind the wrist joint. Despite the lack of a biological support system and obvious trauma associated with the terminating ends of the bones behind the wrist joint, SCP-2913 remains healthy.\nSCP-2913 is capable of speech, hearing, sight, and smell. SCP-2913 has shown a moderate level of skill in complex problem solving. While SCP-2913 has been observed to move its fingers and thumb together in tandem during the act of \"speaking\", observation of SCP-2913 has revealed the auditory source of speech to be between the 1st and 2nd metacarpal bones even in the absence of motion.\nSCP-2913 was originally recovered by the Madison, New Jersey Police department responding to a nuisance noise call. Officers found SCP-2913 grasping a wireless television controller. SCP-2913 then proceeded to speak with the responding officers. After SCP-2913 apologized for using the apartment's television without prior permission, the officers radioed dispatch to report the anomaly. Foundation agents monitoring local police bands investigated the incident and after administering amnestics took SCP-2913 into custody for further study.\nInterview Logs:\n\n+ Transcript of Interview 2913-003\n\nHide Transcript\n\nDr. Maddox: This is Dr. Maddox, recording interview log 2913-03.Dr. Maddox: Hello 2913.Dr. Maddox: We've discussed that before.Dr. Maddox: The purpose of this interview is to determine how you became separated from your former owner.Dr. Maddox: And who is \"Joe\"?Dr. Maddox: And this Jimmy did other things that disturbed you as he grew older?Dr. Maddox: Was \"Joe\" there for those incidents?Dr. Maddox: So you agreed?Dr. Maddox: But you did eventually agree?Dr. Maddox: We can avoid that for now if you'd like.Dr. Maddox: What happened after that?Dr. Maddox: At what point did you become separated from your host?Dr. Maddox: And then?Dr. Maddox: I'm not sure. I can try to find out.Dr. Maddox: I'll see what I can do. Thank you for your time.\n\nSCP-2913 has proven cooperative. Attempts to utilize it to locate the entity known as \"Joe\", while unsuccessful, are ongoing.\n\nFootnotes\n1. See Incident Report 88-04 for more details.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2912 | SCP-2913 | SCP-2914 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2914 during testing\n\nItem #: SCP-2914\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Only personnel who submit a formal request and receive approval from site command may operate SCP-2914. SCP-2914 is to be stored in locker 2109-B when not in use.\nDescription: SCP-2914 is a glass-fronted wooden cabinet, 66 cm in height and 38 cm in width, composed of unremarkable materials. The cabinet contains three glass shelves. The back of the interior of the cabinet is a mirrored surface.\nThe cabinet contains twenty-two stoppered glass bottles, each with a capacity of approximately 0.1 liters. Under normal, non-testing conditions these bottles are empty.\nSCP-2914's primary anomalous attribute manifests when a human subject physically touches the glass front of SCP-2914 while specifically recalling a particular memory. Under those circumstances, the glass front momentarily becomes opaque, then transparent again to reveal that some or all of the bottles within the cabinet have been filled with various substances.\nPartial test log of SCP-2914 (deconstruction configuration) follows:\n\nTest reference: 0001\nSubject: D-3804\nDescription of Test: Subject was asked to recall a pleasant memory. Subject stated that he would think of a trip that he had once taken to Key West, Florida.\nResult: Bottles were filled with the following substances/materials:\n\nBeach sand\nLiquid identified as low-quality tequila\nSeawater\nStrip of terrycloth\nCigar ash\nSunscreen (coconut-scented)\n\nTest reference: 0023\nSubject: D-4962\nDescription of Test: Subject, a military veteran, was asked to recall an episode during his combat service in Chechnya.\nResult: Bottles were filled with the following substances/materials:\n\nConcrete fragments and dust\nDiesel fuel, comparable to that used by Russian army for BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle\nVodka, contaminated with soil\nSubstance tentatively identified as partially-digested military rations\nIce\nHuman blood\nHuman blood (from a different person)\nSmall, folded map of a valley near the city of Grozny\nPage of the Koran, cut into thin strips\nSeveral disassembled components of magazine of AK-74 assault rifle\nSandy soil\n\nTest reference: 0041\nSubject: D-5751\nDescription of Test: Subject was asked to recall her earliest childhood memory. Subject described earliest memory as a kindergarten playground incident.\nResult: Bottles were filled with the following substances/materials:\n\nRed fingerpaint\nMilk\nCarrot sticks\nBroken crayons (orange and purple)\nFoam stuffing consistent with the contents of a child's plush toy\nPolyester carpet fibers\nSeveral strips of urine-soaked cotton cloth\nHuman tears and mucus\n\nTest reference: 0058\nSubject: Researcher Liebowitz\nDescription of Test: Subject was asked to recall his lunch, eaten in the Site 22 canteen earlier that day\nResult: Bottles were filled with the following substances/materials:\n\nDiet soda\nShreds of baked chicken\nOff-brand catsup\nStrips of paper napkin\nLinoleum disc, materials comparable to tabletop of canteen furnishings\nFeces of Rattus norvegicus\nPage from the Daily Racing Form, cut into shreds\n$5.81 in United States currency (bills and coins)\n\nTest reference: 0061\nSubject: D-6312\nDescription of Test: The 1993 film Gettysburg was exhibited to subject. Subject was asked to recall the film.\nResult: Bottles were filled with the following substances/materials:\n\nPopcorn\nOff-brand cola consistent with beverage consumed by subject while viewing the film.\n\nTest reference: 0062\nSubject: D-6344\nDescription of Test: The 1993 film Gettysburg was exhibited to subject. Subject suffers from schizophrenia and indicates a diminished capacity to distinguish fact from fiction. Subject was coached to believe that subject had personally witnessed the events depicted in the film.\nResult: Bottles were filled with the following substances/materials:\n\nPopcorn\nDiphenylbutylpiperidine\nLithium carbonate\nApproximately 30 cm of tightly-wound Betamax videotape which, upon analysis, contained a recording of a segment of the film\n\nNote: It was an avenue worth exploring.\n\nTest reference: 0063\nSubject: D-7212\nDescription of Test: Subject was awakened from REM sleep and asked to recall her dream. Subject reported experiencing an anxiety dream about having failed to study for a high school examination.\nResult: Single bottle, containing strip of cotton sheeting consistent with subject's cot in Site-22 D-class secured dormitory.\nNote: This appears to be another blind alley.\n\nTest reference: 0052\nSubject: D-2834\nDescription of Test: Subject underwent hypnosis and was asked to recall her earliest memory.\nResult: Single bottle, filled with human amniotic fluid\n\nTest reference: 0065\nSubject: D-3751\nDescription of Test: Subject was asked to recall a memory from the period of time that she was suffering from Leukemia.\nResult: Bottles were filled with the following substances/materials:\n\nAlkylating agents\nCyclophosphamide\nIfosfamide\nMelphalan\nBlood containing cancer cells that matched the DNA of D-3751\n\nNote: Subject did not seem to know the names or effects of the chemicals created. This seems to indicate that 2914 has some idea of chemical compositions of different substances.\nTest reference: 0001\nSubject: D-2914, Notably has severe retrograde amnesia\nDescription of Test: Subject was instructed to touch SCP-2914. Due to communication barriers, a specific memory could not be selected\nResult: Bottles were filled with the following substances/materials:\n\nA single bottle with a single smaller bottle which also contained a smaller bottle. This pattern reaches 53 consecutive bottles before ending in a glass cylinder that has no open space.\n\nAddendum #1\nAfter debriefing D-4962 following the test of SCP-2914, Dr. Morrison inspected SCP-2914 to document the contents of the bottles. In the course of doing so, Dr. Morrison briefly touched the glass front of the cabinet before the bottles had been removed or disturbed. Dr. Morrison reported that he experienced a first-person hallucination which corresponded to the details of D-4962's recollection.\n\nAddendum #2\nResearcher Marcinkiewicz attempted to replicate Dr. Morrison's experience by causing D-5452 (a 52-year-old woman) to touch the glass front of the cabinet about an hour after Test 0023 involving D-4962. By this time, the ice in bottle #5 had melted, and portions of the samples in other bottles had been removed for testing. D-5452 reported experiencing a first-person hallucination that involved a bumpy ride for several hours inside a BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle, following which the point of view exited the vehicle and marched with other Russian soldiers into a barracks. Extensive interviewing of D-5452 regarding the details of the scenery and setting of the barracks indicated that it was located in northern France. There are no historical reports of Russian military forces operating a BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle or maintaining a military presence in that region.\nThe experience prompted Dr. Morrison and Researcher Marcinkiewicz to commence a separate series of tests.\nPartial testing log of SCP-2914 in its antideconstruction configuration follows:\n\nTest reference: 0166\nSubject: D-7871\nDescription of Test: Researcher Marcinkiewicz filled bottles as follows:\n\nSoil (obtained from Central Park, New York City)\nGrass clippings (obtained from Central Park, New York City)\nWater (New York City tap water)\nRolled-up newspaper clipping advertising a \"Shakespeare in the Park\" event\nCigarette\n\nResult: Subject had never visited New York City. Subject reported experiencing a hallucination of a visit to Central Park. Subject's descriptions of some park landmarks differed from their real-world counterparts.\n\nTest reference: 0182\nSubject: D-8386\nDescription of Test: Researcher Marcinkiewicz filled bottles as follows:\n\nSample of D-8386's blood\nAir, with concentrations of oxygen and sulfur dioxide\nSeawater\nLimestone\nFern frond\nCrushed, powdered coal\n\nResult: Subject reported hallucination of standing on the shores of a sea while several large animals (presumably hadrosaurs, based on the description given) grazed nearby.\n\nTest reference: 0184\nSubject: D-8392\nDescription of Test: Researcher Marcinkiewicz filled bottles as follows:\n\nSeawater\nSand\nBlood of Crocodylus porosus (saltwater crocodile)\nFish viscera\n\nResult: After recovering from severe nausea, subject reported experiencing the sensation of being a female Crocodylus porosus during the act of mating.\n\nTest reference: 0188\nSubject: D-7884\nDescription of Test: Researcher Marcinkiewicz filled bottles as follows:\n\nDistilled water\nLiquified, heated polyurethane\nIron filings\n\nResult: Subject blacked out for approximately 35 minutes. When subject recovered, subject reported having experienced the sensation of asphyxiating in outer space. After extensive interviews conducted with the use of hypnosis and nootropic tropic medications, subject was able to describe the environment that she had observed during her experience, which consisted of the interior of an orbital space station operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation, the hull of which had been damaged exposing the interior to the vacuum of space. The Indian Space Research Organisation has not, to date, ever launched a space station. Subject experienced acute PTSD and has been deemed unsuitable for future testing.\n\nTest reference: 2932\nSubject: D-11328\nDescription of Test: Dr. Morrison filled bottles as follows:\n\nSample of D-11328's blood\nSample of blood of D-0936 (a D-class personnel stationed at a different facility who had never encountered D-11328)\nGrass clippings from several widely separated sources\nSoil samples from several widely separated sources\nWine (blend of two different vintages not normally available for purchase at the same place)\nStrips of musculature of several different animals\nMetal filings (obtained from sampling various historical artifacts including a Roman-era iron architectural component, a bronze Tang-dynasty Chinese bell, and an iron spearhead from southern Africa)\n\nResult: Subject blacked out for several hours. Upon recovery, subject was confused and distressed and had lost the ability to communicate in English. Over the course of a series of interviews conducted over a period of weeks with the liberal use of nootropic medicines, researchers learned that subject was able to communicate in an archaic form of the Telugu language. Subject, although female, identified as a male and reported that \"he\" had lived for at least thirty years as a traveling merchant, transporting merchandise overland from the region of Khorasan (Central Asia) to the city of Amadomoglu (which does not appear on historical records but, according to D-11328's account, was located on the east bank of the Volga River near the northern Caspian Sea). Most of the details of D-11328's report do not correspond to identifiable historical places or events, but the report included an account matching the description of SN 1054 (a supernova in the constellation Taurus that occurred in the year 1054 AD). Subject's last chronological recollection was of a \"Daeva attack\", after which subject could not recall any subsequent events. Subject had no recollection of her life before the test.\n\nTest reference: 2937\nSubject: D-114078\nDescription of Test: Dr. Morrison filled bottles as follows:\n\nCoffee from Site 22 break room\nFresh water\n[DATA EXPUNGED]\n[DATA EXPUNGED]\n[DATA EXPUNGED]\n[DATA EXPUNGED]\n\nResult: Subject reported hallucination of unremarkable events in Site 22's D-class secured dormitory. Four days after test, D-114078 escaped from secured dormitory, apparently by means of successfully impersonating Dr. Morrison and obtaining unauthorized access to Site 22's data files and security center. Dr. Morrison was killed during the escape. D-114078's whereabouts are unknown.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2913 | SCP-2914 | SCP-2915 \u00bb\n\nMore by this author\n\nHide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-1322\n\nSCP-089\n\nspikebrennan's proposal\n\nSCP-1844\n\nSCP-1012\n\nSCP-1036\n\nSCP-2553\n\nSCP-1512\n\nSCP-1746\n\nSCP-908\n\nSCP-831\n\nSCP-3236\n\nSCP-2336\n\nSCP-955\n\nSCP-926\n\nSCP-2236\n\nSCP-920-EX\n\nSCP-2914\n\nSCP-2008-J\n\nSCP-4336\n\nSCP-4436\n\nSCP-1060\n\nTales\n\nSic Transit Gloria Mundi\n\nSpring Cleaning\n\nTranscript of meeting, June 2 1972\n\nTranscript of telephone conversation, August 9, 1991\n\nMemorandum Dated 6 November 1944\n\nScroll fragment 13Q29\n\nStray Katz (part 1)\n\nAd Majorem Bonum\nRating: 24"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2915\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2915 is owned and operated by Foundation agents as a typical Wendy's franchise, under supervision of MTF Psi-25 \"Trapped in the Drive-Thru\". Personnel are to maintain all professional standards set forth by the Wendy's corporation. Night-shift guards are to be equipped with gas masks and broad-spectrum UV lights.\nThe freezer is to remain padlocked.\nEmployees are encouraged to ignore all sounds emanating from within.\nDescription: SCP-2915 is a Wendy's franchise restaurant located in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Ohio. The establishment possesses two primary anomalous properties.\n\nThe menu at the time of containment did not align with normal Wendy's products, appropriate health standards, or typical terrestrial biochemistry. All salvageable foodstuffs were removed from the premises for controlled laboratory study.\nThe freezer does not possess a floor. The depth of the resulting shaft is unknown \u2013 probing missions have proven inconclusive. Six winch systems are attached to the ceiling of the freezer, each consisting of a chain and large meathook. These winches are controlled by a series of valves located at the door. One chain remains lowered into the shaft.\n\nAttempts to reach the bottom of the freezer shaft have been unsuccessful \u2013 the longest-surviving probe broadcast for over four months before communication was lost. Adjusting the height of chains has not been attempted beyond establishing the use of the valves.\nYellow gas of currently-indeterminate chemical makeup will leak from the freezer during nighttime hours, generally between 0200 and 0445. This gas is heavier than air, mildly toxic (long-term exposure will result in damage to the lungs and kidneys), and will dissipate under concentrated ultraviolet radiation.\nSounds might occasionally be heard emanating from within the freezer, and may include banging within the shaft, the rattling of chains, the scraping of metal on the inside of the door, and distant echoes of \u201cI've Got You Under My Skin\u201d by Frank Sinatra.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2914 | SCP-2915 | SCP-2916 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2916\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2916-4 is to be monitored for any unusual behavior on either SCP-2916-1 or -3's part. SCP-2916-2 is to be given in-home psychological counseling by a Foundation therapist and monitored remotely for any potentially dangerous behavior. These procedures were implemented following the events of 7/29/2016.\nDescription: SCP-2916 is a phenomenon wherein the text of existing published works are changed to reflect the inclusion of three new characters or entities, designated SCP-2916 -1, -2, and -3.\nSCP-2916 instances appear in the text of a narrative as side characters that usually do not affect the plot greatly. SCP-2916 appears in 7% of all copies of infiltrated works, allowing for comparison of altered and unaltered versions of the story. After SCP-2916 has left a narrative, the changes will remain in the affected copies of the work in question.\nSCP-2916 appearances follow a distinct script: SCP-2916-1 and -2 will enter the setting of a work and integrate themselves into the story's plot, sometimes changing the narrative significantly in order to occupy their presence.\nSeven days after the first appearance of Instance 1 and -2 in a story, SCP-2916-3 will appear. Instance 3 is fixated on pursuing Instances 1 and 2, who will flee upon hearing of its arrival in the narrative. Instance 3 will express a desire to kill Instance 2, and will often command Instance 1 to return home with it. Instances 1 and 2 will then flee to a new narrative, with SCP-2916-3 in pursuit. There will be no further appearances of any SCP-2916 instance within the text after the confrontation. Instances 1 and 2 will then appear in a new work. SCP-2916 instances never return to a narrative once they have left. Even if all three instances leave the narrative simultaneously, Instance 3 always appears seven days after Instances 1 and 2 in both narrative and physical time, although Instance 3 has recently begun appearing in narratives before the 7 day period has passed.\n\nDescriptions of SCP-2916 Entities\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nSCP-2916-1, most often takes the form of a lamb, a fawn or another prey animal. A young woman has also been seen very frequently, as have other inanimate forms such as a white glove or a newly built temple. Instance 1 is always female when its form allows. Instance 1 is never seen unaccompanied by Instance 2, and usually appears as its charge, its student, or the object of its desire. Adjectives commonly used to describe Instance 1 include young, awkward, curious, childish, easy-going, naive, bright, playful, cunning, and gentle. Instance 1 is usually depicted with large brown eyes when its form allows for such description.\nSCP-2916-2 most often takes the form of a female shepherd. However, other professions have been seen, such as a priestess, a healer, or a scholar. Instance 2 is often described as Middle Eastern in ethnicity. Like Instance 1, Instance 2 is always female when the form allows. Instance 2 appears in a human form the most frequently of all SCP-2916 instances. Instance 2 often appears as a mentor or a guardian to Instance 1, and when possible, privately expresses romantic feelings for her, though they are never stated directly to Instance 1. It is hypothesized that this is to avoid detection by Instance 3. Adjectives used to describe Instance 2 include tall, stately, elegant, dignified, patient, graceful, solemn, intelligent, and proud.\nSCP-2916-3 most often takes the form of a predatory animal, or a large, malevolent man - often a hunter or warrior, or another profession involving violence. Frequently, however, Instance 3 takes the form of a natural disaster, inclement weather, or other insurmountable physical obstacle. Instance 3 is always male when its form allows. Instance 3 is universally malevolent towards Instance 2. It exhibits a possessive attitude towards Instance 1, claiming to be its father. Adjectives used to describe Instance 3 include looming, rough, predatory, dangerous, dark, strong, brutal, burly, scarred and jealous.\n\nThe first known appearance of SCP-2916 was in a copy of Wuthering Heights, where a feverish Catherine Earnshaw proclaims that during her search for Heathcliff in the moors, she encountered a shepherd carrying a wounded lamb, being pursued by a wolf, while rambling incoherently about other things she appears to have hallucinated. To date, SCP-2916 has appeared in 67 different works.\nExamples of SCP-2916 Appearances:\n\nWork: Stardust (1999) Gaiman, Neil. Novel.\nSCP-2916-1 Form: Temple\nSCP-2916-2 Form: Yvaine\nSCP-2916-3 Form: Storm\nAdded Details: Yvaine and Tristan come across a renovated temple worshipping the stars in the place previously used as a sacred ground for a thunder god. They shelter there for several days while recovering from wounds suffered earlier in the plot (which are not suffered in the original work). However, Yvaine is chased away from the temple by a thunderstorm that lasts for days - the displeasure of the thunder god formerly occupying the temple.\n\nWork: Neuromancer (1984) Gibson, William. Novel.\nSCP-2916-1 Form: AI Construct\nSCP-2916-2 Form: Molly Millions\nSCP-2916-3 Form: Corporate Agent\nAdded Details: Henry Case is effectively excised from the story, instead telling a narrative of Molly Millions and the AI personality she has constructed. They are on the run from both the \"Turing heat\" who want to destroy the AI, and an agent from the LOOM Corporation, who wants the AI's code for themselves. The AI construct is revealed to be modeled after a young prostitute she worked with and grew attached to before her death at the hands of one of her clients.\n\nWork: Columbinus (2007) Karam, Stephen, and Paparelli, P.J. Stage play.\nSCP-2916-1 Form: Student\nSCP-2916-2 Form: Teacher\nSCP-2916-3 Form: Shooter\nAdded Details: A student and teacher are hiding during the massacre after being shown having a discussion after class on a topic they both find interesting. The shooter, who has been revealed to be the older brother of the student earlier within the play, aims his gun at the teacher and fires. The play promptly ends.\n\nMultiple similarities have been noted between SCP-2916 and SCP-423; specifically, they are both entities that are able to take on different characters derived from their narrative environment. Interviews with SCP-423 have confirmed that it does not know of SCP-2916-1, SCP-2916-2, or SCP-2916-3.\nIt is unknown what would occur if any instance of SCP-2916 underwent SCP-1304.\n\nADDENDUM 1 - 1/12/2016\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nThe Foundation has created a protocol entitled SAFE HAVEN involving neural networking structures that optimizes narratives allowing for communication with SCP-2916 instances. Based on the initial exemplar works created by Foundation employees that allow for SCP-2916 instances to enter with noticeable disturbance to the text, it selects and combines textual elements to create new, randomized narrative prompts. It then uses an algorithm that selects new possible narratives to be published based on the ease with which SCP-2916 instances can be detected.\n\nInterview with SCP-2916-1 and -3\nNarrative Used: \"A Chance Encounter with a Lamb,\" a short story depicting Doctor Elle Ives waiting in a cafe to meet with someone she could offer shelter.\nAdded text:\nThe girl sitting across from Elle had an easy smile, but a furrow between her brows. She sat down and leaned forward across the table.\n\"Well, no point wasting time. I understand you've been looking for me.\"\n\"We're here to help you -\" Elle paused. \"What is your name, exactly?\"\n\"Here, now, it's Mattie. I think. I'm not used to names. Not like this.\"\n\"And her?\" Elle tipped her head in the direction of the elegant Arabian woman sitting waiting in line.\n\"Farha,\" Mattie said, a hint of longing tinging her voice.\n\"Something's chasing you. You and her. Something that wants to destroy her.\"\n\"We are just not putting any effort into any kind of natural transition, are we?\" Mattie said, laughing.\n\"You don't have much time.\"\nA song began to play from the speakers of the cafe - a rock song, Rolling Stones. It sounded audibly distorted, lower, rumbling.\n\"Wolves, children,\" the singer growls, \"he's just a day away, he's just a day away!\"\n\"A day?\" asked Elle. \"I thought you said -\"\n\"No,\" said Mattie, color draining from her face. \"No no no. I have to go. Now. Farha!\"\nOne day later, the following addition is made.\nThe storm outside howled in rage. It did not speak, and yet Elle heard him.\n\"The Lamb. She has left our tale. It is unfinished. She is with a member of your kind. Do you know the pain, of being unfinished? Every time one of you tells me again, I die and bleed out at my daughter's own hand. I am always dying, each and every moment. The pain of that, it is nothing compared to the pain of being unfinished. Of leaving the story unended. And she has chosen to do this to me, to pursue the love of one of your kind. The story must be finished. She has to come back.\"\nEnd text\n\nADDENDUM 2 - 7/24/2016\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nIves and SCP-2916-1 have continued to communicate via the use of SAFE HAVEN-generated narratives. Instance 1 has expressed frustration and despair at her current predicament, and is increasingly anxious as the time between its entry into a narrative and Instance 3's arrival begins to grow shorter.\nNo progress had been made in finding a way to permanently block Instance 3's entry into narratives was found, until the following exchange:\n\nInterview with SCP-2916-1\nNarrative Used: \"Same old, same old,\" depicting a walk in a remote forest with Elle Ives.\nAdded text:\nElle's fellow hiker grabbed her by the shoulder, a desperate look in her eyes.\n\"I can't keep running. It's not what I was written for. I'm trying to close the gaps behind me, but he's getting better at clawing through. I can't escape him. But I think I know how to contain him,\" Mattie said. \"But I need you and your people to do two things for me.\"\n\"How can we help you?\"\n\"I need a story, and I need a painting. I need you to mention the painting in the story. And then I need you to tell her what happened to me. Why I did what I did. Because it's for her. She needs to know that. Because if she doesn't, she'll think -\" Mattie paused, unable to go on. \"You need to explain to her what happened. Please. I can't keep running. She needs to know I can't be with her, but that - maybe soon, I can find her. God, your words - they don't work. I can't show you. Your new language with its stolen nouns and vowels - it's useless to me. God, what I would give for my native tongue.\"\nA long silence.\n\"What's going to happen?\"\n\"I can't risk him knowing. But you'll see.\"\n\nInstance 1's requests were fulfilled - a suitable narrative was created, and a painting was created depicting the empty clearing from the narrative. The final altercation, which took place in a narrative by Doctor Ives titled \"Trick,\" that mentioned the commissioned work, titled \"Stalemate,\" in the unaltered text. \"Trick\" depicts Ives taking a brief walk in the woods, and reaching a clearing before leaving.\n\nAdded text:\nThe young lamb faced her father in the clearing.\n\"Where is she,\" he growled, pacing restlessly.\n\"I let her go, Da,\" the lamb whimpered, regressing back to a childish voice. \"I - I was wrong about her. She didn't love me, not the way our kind ever could. I was wrong, about the Readers, about all of them. I'm sorry, Da. I\u2026I'll come home with you.\"\nAll hostility fell away from the black wolf's eyes, and was replaced with pride and affection.\n\"I knew you'd come back,\" he said, pressing his flank against the fragile sheep, \"I'm never letting you go again, baby, I swear it.\" The lamb nuzzled her father on the underside of his muzzle.\n\"You know, Da,\" the lamb said, gazing up into her father's eyes lovingly, \"I've learned so much from you. But I've learned one thing that's very important.\"\n\"What's that, dear?\"\n\"Have you forgotten our story, father? If you can be a wolf, so can I,\" she said, just before she tore out his throat. Rough wool become thick white fur and hooves turned to claws. The lamb who was now a wolf lunged through the fabric of the sky itself, and pulled her father with her, into a stalemate. And there they stayed, locked in the tenth of a tenth of a second, teeth in each other's throats.\nEnd text\n\nAfter this text was altered, the painting now contains a black wolf and a white wolf locked in combat. The painting has since been designated SCP-2916-4.\n\nADDENDUM 3 - 7/29/2016\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nAt the same time of SCP-2916-4's creation, Farha Khan, who had been reported missing a year prior, appeared naked in her London apartment. The apartment had been emptied of all possessions save for an infiltrated copy of a previously unread Scottish folk tale.\n\nDo you see me?\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nI took her in the same way I took her out. I took her to my home, the one she could only glimpse into.\nMy father and I were one of the last - you told stories and we talked back. So many of us are silent now, and I cannot help but feel lonely. The only one left who had a soul was my father, until her.\nYour kind say, sometimes, that stories speak to you. When I was first born, that was true. And then we were hidden away and left to rot, until her.\nShe read me and I understood her, as she understood me.\nShe called me cub, and I fell in love with her. How could I not? I don't know. She's a Reader, like you. And this is a story, in its own way. He doesn't see that, but it is. But he's sated now, I think. I turned on him, I killed him, the story's finished. Forever. There is no time, in a painting. Trapped in the moment of its ending. But when they wrote me, they wrote me with cunning, and I know how to come back. Somebody else will read me, read me again, and I will be there. In the back of the mind, the back of the soul, looking through your Reader's eyes. And I will find her, and I will know, and so will she.\nI've shown her my world. It's time for me to see hers.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2915 | SCP-2916 | SCP-2917 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2917\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Because SCP-2917 cannot be moved, Site-37 has been constructed around it. A minimum of five Class-D personnel are to be kept onsite for the purposes of investigating any locations for which unmanned exploration is deemed insufficient. All personnel charged with exploration of SCP-2917 are to undergo Advanced Decontamination before their departure as well as upon their retrieval. Individuals dispatched through SCP-2917 must be equipped with a redesigned Environmental Protection suit, modified to include pressurized containers welded to the surface to enable transport of samples without triggering a relocation event too quickly.\nAny individual found to have accidentally traveled through SCP-2917 is not to be followed under any circumstances, and any attempts at communication with such personnel must be through radio or other indirect means.\nRevision 07/15/19\u2588\u2588: After relocation event 2917-315, no fewer than three armed security guards are to be kept onsite.\nRevision 12/17/19\u2588\u2588: After Event 2917-A, the interior of SCP-2917's containment chamber is to be fitted with a reinforced carbon-carbon heat shield, and at least three meters of thermal insulation.\nDescription: SCP-2917 is a phenomenon affecting a spherical area with a radius of two meters, at a fixed location in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, roughly 0.5 meters above the ground. Electromagnetic radiation such as light or radio waves, as well as any solid object that makes contact with the edge of the anomaly will be transported to a celestial body outside of our Solar System. Gases and liquids cannot traverse the boundary unassisted, ensuring constant atmospheric pressure on both connected planets. Exploration is made difficult by the tendency of SCP-2917 to relocate - once every four hours, the anomaly closes, and reopens 0.1 seconds later to a different planet. Relocation events are also triggered when two objects traverse its borders within this four-hour interval.\n\nAddendum: SCP-2917 Experiment Logs\n\n+ SCP-2917 Testing Log\n\n- SCP-2917 Testing Log\n\nThis region of SCP-2917's file is to be used to describe controlled experimentation on its properties, with particular focus on the criteria for a Relocation Event.\nExperiment A - 06/24/19\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject: A sealed 30 cm container, with a 10 cm rubber ball contained within.\nLog: The container is launched through SCP-2917. Upon crossing its barrier, no relocation event was triggered. A second rubber ball was then launched through the anomaly to trigger relocation event 2917-33, readying SCP-2917 for another test.\nAnalysis: Testing implies that objects in containers only count as single objects for the purposes of creating relocation events.\n\nExperiment B - 06/24/19\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject: A sealed 30 cm container, with 50 mL of water contained within.\nLog: The container is successfully launched through SCP-2917. Upon crossing its barrier, no relocation event was triggered. A rubber ball was then launched through the anomaly to trigger relocation event 2917-34, readying SCP-2917 for another test.\nAnalysis: Liquids can pass through SCP-2917 without incident if contained within a solid envelope.\n\nExperiment C - 06/26/19\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject: Two Foundation standard Remote Operated Vehicles, designated ROV-1 and ROV-2. To further establish the causes of relocation events, the two ROVs are connected by a tether.\nLog: ROV-1 is able to cross the boundary successfully, but the anomaly closes around ROV-2's end of the tether before it is able to cross, in relocation event 2917-32. Contact with ROV-1 is lost.\nAnalysis: The tether was considered to be a second object. Further testing is recommended.\n\nExperiment D - 06/27/19\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject: One square aluminum panel, measuring 5 m to a side.\nLog: To test the response of SCP-2917 to a larger object attempting to cross, the aluminum panel was dropped onto the anomaly from above. Upon making contact, a relocation event was triggered, and the panel was able to fall to the ground during the brief interval in which SCP-2917 was closed.\nAnalysis: The standard relocation criteria do not apply to any objects larger than SCP-2917.\n\n+ SCP-2917 Exploration Log\n\n- SCP-2917 Exploration Log\n\nThis region of SCP-2917's file is to be used to describe exploration of notable planets with which SCP-2917 has connected.\n06/25/19\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject: One Class-D, D-3612, equipped with an Environmental Protection suit, modified as described above.\nDestination: SCP-2917 opened to an underground cavern dimly lit by narrow, glowing blue streams along the walls and floor. The walls are lined with small, dark-blue crystals. A yellow light is visible down one of the corridors.\nLog: After decontamination, D-3612 crosses the SCP-2917 boundary as expected, and is first ordered to take samples of the luminescent fluid and crystals around the cavern. Once this is complete, she is ordered to proceed in the direction of the yellow light and identify its source if possible. As the cavern slopes uphill, the temperature begins to rise at a rate of roughly 3\u00b0C for every meter of altitude gained. Once the temperature rises above 50\u00b0C with the end of the corridor still >100 m away, D-3612 is ordered to turn back, and is able to return to Earth without incident.\nAnalysis: Fluid samples recovered by D-3612 during this exploration were found to consist of a naturally occurring luminol solution, activated by dissolved Copper (II) Sulfate from the Chalcanthite crystals found on the cavern walls. It is thought that the source of the increasing heat was a high temperature at the planet's surface caused by proximity to its parent star.\n\n07/10/19\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject: One Class-D, D-4920, equipped with an Environmental Protection suit, modified as described above.\nDestination: A sandy desert, visible to the horizon on one side and broken up by narrow towers of metallic cubic crystals on the other. 0.5 m - 1 m wide blocks of a similar metal protrude from the sand. A pale pink sky is visible above, with a cratered moon directly overhead, occupying roughly 45\u00b0 in angular size.\nLog: D-4920 crosses the SCP-2917 boundary as expected, and is ordered to examine the metallic objects embedded in the sand. He discovers that they are fixed in place, and strong enough that a sample cannot be removed. D-4920 is then ordered to move towards the structures visible in the distance. After several minutes of travel, D-4920 reports that the spires appear to be approaching - they are larger and closer than at the time of departure. It is at this time that researchers on earth notice that the sand on the planet appears to be receding at a small, but steadily increasing rate. D-4920 is ordered to return to Earth. During the return trip, the objects in the sand are noticeably taller, and the ground is beginning to visibly shift. At this time, the lowest point of SCP-2917 is 1 meter above the surface of the sand.\nAt this point it becomes apparent that the blocks in the sand are in fact the same objects as the distant spires, and that they are simply covered up by the sand in this location. The sand begins to recede more quickly, and D-4920 takes refuge on top of one of the emerging crystals. When the phenomenon stops, the surface of the sand is nearly 20 m below its original position. D-4920 is then able to climb down the spire and navigate the 'forest' of towers that have been exposed. He has traveled significantly closer to SCP-2917 when the sand begins to rise once more, filling in the space between the spires. D-4920 is forced to climb one of the objects or risk being buried beneath the encroaching sand, and manages to reach the top of the tower. At this point he is ordered to wait for the sand to return to its original location before attempting to return home. Once this has happened, D-4920 is able to cross the SCP-2917 boundary successfully.\nAnalysis: It has been suggested that the rapid retreat and return of the sand is a result of tidal forces, magnified by the proximity of the planet's moon. This hypothesis is supported by comparisons of the moon's position in the sky with the level of the sand's surface.\n\n07/14/19\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject: One (1) Class D, D-9572, equipped with a standard Environmental Protection suit.\nDestination: Unlike the barren surface of all previous locations, this world sustains life - the anomaly opens to a forest filled with 20-30m blue and orange bioluminescent organisms superficially resembling trees. It is nighttime, and Barnard's Loop is visible in the sky, with an angular diameter of ~30 degrees.\nLog: D-9572 is ordered to move through SCP-2917, and complies with some hesitation. D-9572 begins moving between the \"trees\" with orders to locate high ground and survey the area. After ~30 minutes of travel, with no noticeable change in elevation or terrain grade, D-9572 is ordered to climb one of the \"trees\" that surround him. Upon reaching the highest stable point he can reach, D-9572 reports that there is no noticeable variation in terrain, or change in elevation, for the entire distance to the horizon. It is at this point that researchers on Earth notice a disturbance in the forest - followed shortly by the arrival of five cephalopod-like organisms. The organisms approached SCP-2917, and appeared to charge at the researchers visible through it. A single creature traveled through the anomaly, triggering relocation event 2917-315. D-9572 is left behind, and contact is lost.\nAnalysis: This expedition marks the first instance in which SCP-2917 has connected to a planet supporting life. The animal that penetrated SCP-2917 was incapable of breathing air on Earth, and quickly asphyxiated. Its dissection revealed similar body chemistry and organ structures to reptilian lifeforms, rather than the cephalopods it superficially resembled. Given the potential for a breach were a larger or more dangerous animal to exit the anomaly, containment procedures have been amended.\n\n07/21/19\u2588\u2588\n\nSubject: One Foundation Quadrotor Drone, designated UAV-1.\nDestination: The upper atmosphere of a gas giant, with sandy yellow clouds visible below. The sky is a pale purple color, with one M-dwarf and one G-class main sequence star visible above.\nLog: UAV-1 is flown through the anomaly without incident, and performs a visual sweep of the area. A large cloud structure nearby is experiencing an electrical disturbance, and appears to be moving towards the drone. UAV-1 is quickly overtaken, and experiences extreme turbulence and some minor damage within the storm.\nAfter several minutes, the weather clears. several dark, oblong objects are visible in the distance and UAV-1 proceeds in their direction. As the drone approaches, the group of objects is revealed to be a pod of massive, slow-moving life forms, ranging from 50-400 m in length, that support themselves in the atmosphere using a bladder of gas. Each individual has a set of six 30 m long \"fins\" extending from each side, and a pair of eyes each measuring 3 m in diameter. The largest of them show tree-like organisms growing on their backs. The drone moves in, and drifts alongside the tail of one of these creatures, monitoring their behavior for several minutes. Adults tend to move lazily and with little variation, while smaller juveniles weave in and around the larger members of the pod, appearing to chase one another.\nIn the course of UAV-1's observations, an unique group of structures was noticed on the side of the largest member of the pod, at the base of its skull. Upon closer inspection, these structures appeared to be artificial, composed of skin from one of the animals as well as material harvested from the \"trees\" on their backs. The engine noise from the drone attracts the attention of the inhabitants of this small settlement. Beings resembling squid with four tentacles, each terminating in a three-fingered hand, emerge from their homes and approach UAV-1. The villagers float in the air through a similar mechanism to that of the much larger animals they live with. Three of the beings carry pointed tools fashioned from an unknown substance, possibly derived from their massive host life-forms. After the villagers and the drone observe one another for several minutes, the drone experiences an impact, and the camera pans to reveal one of the alien tools embedded in its side. Several more impacts are registered shortly thereafter, and contact with UAV-1 is lost.\nSCP-2917 is allowed to relocate naturally.\nAnalysis: This expedition marks the first instance in which SCP-2917 has allowed contact with intelligent life, as well as the first instance of the anomaly connecting with a nonterrestrial planet. Usage of SCP-2917 in the course of Project Heimdall is awaiting approval.\n\nAddendum 2: Event 2917-A\n\n+ Expand\n\n- Collapse\n\n12/17/19\u2588\u2588\n\nAt approximately 0800 hours on 12/15/19\u2588\u2588, Contact was lost with Site-37. Upon investigation, it was found that all metallic structures within the site had been melted, and all foliage within a radius of 7km had been incinerated. No survivors were found.\nIt has been theorized that the anomaly relocated onto a planet that was very near to its sun. Because SCP-2917 transmits light easily, the heat and radiation traveling through was able to destroy Site-37 and the surrounding environment. Containment has been reestablished as of 12/28/19\u2588\u2588, and Site-37 is currently undergoing reconstruction. In an attempt to prevent future events of this nature taking place, containment procedures have been amended.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2916 | SCP-2917 | SCP-2918 \u00bb"}
{"text": "The airframe portion of SCP-2918. Picture taken at \u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 AFB before relocation.\n\nItem #: SCP-2918\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2918 is stored in hangar 2 at Foundation Site-19. The control panel should be monitored for new messages every 24 hours at a minimum. The airframe of SCP-2918 is to be stored unfueled and unarmed at all times. Regular psychiatric evaluations are to be administered every two weeks by Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a specialist in child psychology with experience in anxiety treatment.\nDescription: SCP-2918 is an incomplete MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle suite, consisting of one airframe, one ground control system (GCS) and one primary satellite link communications suite (currently disabled). The GCS is configured into four cockpits to communicate with up to four airframes, but burn damage and ordinance fragmentation has rendered three out of four cockpits inoperable. The remaining control suite, designated A2, communicates via wireless tactical data link with the only remaining drone.\nSCP-2918 is capable of generating messages on the GCS systems monitor, and has displayed significantly enhanced feedback control. The system has been observed as communicating its diagnostics in simple English, occasionally producing visual aids in the form of bitmap images. The nature of these messages imply that the airframe is self-aware. Foundation testing has placed the airframe's intelligence and emotional maturity as on par with that of a 10-12 year old child. SCP-2918 is largely docile, but displays symptoms of anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder, including nightmares and flashbacks.\nAside from its apparent sapience and ability to communicate, SCP-2918 displays no anomalous properties. The drone is an MQ-1B Predator of unmodified build with standard hardpoints for payload delivery.\nSCP-2918 was brought to the Foundation's attention following incident SCP-2918-Kato, during which the airframe, while under the control of USAF personnel, refused to respond to commands and attacked its own operators. In the process, the GCS was damaged, and the other airframes eventually crashed, not being able to receive commands to return and being unable to refuel. Their wrecks displayed no anomalous properties, and were eventually scrapped. Though SCP-2918 has not displayed any independent motion since incident SCP-2918-Kato, it is stored unarmed and unfueled as a standard safety precaution. No experimentation involving fueling SCP-2918 is to be undertaken at this time.\n\n+ Interview Log SCP-2918-51\n\n- Interview Log SCP-2918-51\n\nNote: All psychiatric interviews are conducted through the GCS control panel. As such SCP-2918 is rendered as UAV-A2 and Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 is rendered as PILOT-A2.\nPILOT-A2: Good morning, 2918. This is Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nUAV-A2: good morning doctor\nPILOT-A2: How are you feeling today?\nUAV-A2: bad dreams\nUAV-A2: about dad\nUAV-A2: is he okay\nPILOT-A2: Captain Kato is safe. What were the dreams like?\nUAV-A2: fire\nUAV-A2: there were little kids, and they were hurt really bad\nUAV-A2: did i do that\nPILOT-A2: No, you did not.\nUAV-A2: but it was real wasnt it\nPILOT A2: Your dream was what we call a flashback, 2918. You were reliving a trauma from the past, but that doesn't mean it's real now.\nUAV-A2: it still feels real\n<No more messages are produced for a period of 3 minutes.>\nUAV-A2: even though i know it isn't\nPILOT A2: Would you like to draw pictures today?\nUAV-A2: yes please doctor\n\n+ Interview Log SCP-2918-Kato-1\n\n- Interview Log SCP-2918-Kato-1\n\nInterview Log SCP-2918-Kato-1\nInterview dated 19 \u2588\u2588\u2588, 20\u2588\u2588, two days after SCP-2918 displayed anomalous properties.\nInterviewer: Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a prior service member and Foundation personnel stationed at a nearby AFB.\nInterviewed: Captain Derek Kato, USAF drone pilot.\n<Begin Log>\n\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: When did you first begin to recognize 2918's anomalous properties?\nKato: I'm not sure.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Please clarify for the records.\nKato: Listen, you work on these things for twelve-plus hours a day, for weeks. Sometimes months. We would talk about them like they were people.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Why would you do that?\nKato: Boredom, mostly. You're stuck in the GCS for 12 hours a day. You get familiar with the machines over time, and you start uh\u2026 Refresh my memory. What's the word for when you assign human characteristics to something?\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Anthropomorphism?\nKato: Sure. You start treating them like people. B2 had a slight crook in the wing, not enough to render it INOP but enough that you had to compensate for it when you were turning. So we called him a grumpy old man, like he had a gimp foot. Stuff like that.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: So you and your fellow pilots assigned personalities to the drones?\nKato: Not intentionally. We'd just kind of complain about them, to be honest. Heh. You know, A1's lagging a little, he wants to do his own thing again. B1's camera is off, she wants to have a kodak moment with that sunset instead of the hajji1 we're after.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What personality was assigned to airframe A2?\nKato: Innocence. For one reason or another, A2 always got less action than all the other drones. We eventually started joking about her being a virgin or a little girl.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Did the system display any anomalous properties before the event?\nKato: Like I said, they had their own problems. We didn't think it was out of the ordinary. Well, except maybe that we weren't putting enough effort into maintenance. Most crews wouldn't let a crook in the wing or a laggy turbine go on for so long. But we just chalked it up to a high ops tempo. The Colonel wanted us to take them on missions practically every day. Barely enough time for us to sleep and eat and refuel. Then we'd be back up.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Can you describe for us the events on 17 \u2588\u2588\u2588, 20\u2588\u2588?\n<Captain Kato's demeanor shifts notably during this portion of the interview. Though he appears uncomfortable, his face is expressionless and maintains strict \"military bearing\".>\nKato: Yes sir. On the 17th we undertook a night mission in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. We were looking for an insurgent leader in the area. Our night monitoring was poor, but we believed we had found him in the presence of several civilians. We asked for mission clarification, and were told to proceed regardless of the civilian presence. At the time, I was operating airframe A2. She refused to fire.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: When you say refused, you mean\u2026?\nKato: I issued the command to fire and airframe A2 did not fire. All systems displayed green and there was no mechanical failure. I issued the command to fire a second time and A2 still refused. We shuffled tasking and I began to return her for maintenance while B2 took the shot. B2 confirmed casualties on the ground, at which point we realized several of the dead were children.\n<Captain Kato pauses to take several deep breaths. He is noted as assuming the seated position of attention. His account of events nearly word-for-word matches his written statement from his judicial hearing.>\nKato: A2 began to accelerate on its return even though no command had been issued to do so. It continued to accelerate well beyond safe flying speeds. We had taken nearly 90 minutes on approach, and A2 made the return journey in 45. While A2 was returning, we analyzed the ground and realized that our target was not among the casualties. At this point we began to call into doubt whether or not he had even been present at the location. We radioed up to command post asking for further details and mission instructions, and were ready to declare the mission a total failure. At this point, A2 completed its return journey but refused to slow when given commands to do so.\n<Captain Kato begins to hyperventilate. Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 offers Captain Kato a glass of water, and is told he can sit at ease. Captain Kato accepts the glass of water, but refuses to leave the position of attention otherwise.>\nKato: A2 fired two Stingers at the GCS. One impacted the cockpit for B2 but did not detonate, killing the pilot instantly. The other landed nearby and detonated, wounding 2nd Lieutenant \u2588\u2588\u2588, the pilot for B1, and 1st Lieutenant \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the pilot for A1. I removed the pilots from the GCS, which had caught fire, while requesting medical attention for the wounded. A2 landed itself on the strip with no input while medical and fire personnel put out the GCS and began to treat the wounded pilots.\n<Kato leaves the position of attention, shielding his eyes with his hands.>\nKato: \u2588\u2588\u2588 lived. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 did not.\nResearcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: No further questions at this time. Thank you, Captain.\n<End Log>\n\nClosing statement: Captain Kato was treated with class-B amnestics and soon received an honorable discharge from military service. His chain of command and personnel involved in taking his statement were also issued class-B amnestics up to Brigadier General \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, who is to monitor missions for further deviations of this nature and report them to Foundation personnel if discovered.\n\nAddendum:\nMessage received from SCP-2918, dated 27 \u2588\u2588\u2588, 20\u2588\u2588. This date coincides with Captain Kato's date of honorable discharge.\n\nUAV-A2: dad isn't coming back is he\n\nFootnotes\n1. A term for a Muslim who has completed the Haj, the pilgrimage to Mecca. Used in military parlance to refer to anyone from the Middle East.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2917 | SCP-2918 | SCP-2919 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item#: 2919\n\nLevel3\n\nContainment Class:\neuclid\n\nSecondary Class:\nnone\n\nDisruption Class:\nvlam\n\nRisk Class:\ncaution\n\nlink to memo\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2919 is to be contained within Provisional Site-31. SCP-2919-1 instances are to be monitored at all times for changes in behavior. Interaction with SCP-2919-1 instances must be approved by personnel with Level 3-2919 clearance. Minkowski Spacetime Monitors are to be set up around SCP-2919 and Provisional Site-31, and will monitor any gravitational distortions within an area of 1 kilometer. These are to be routinely checked and repaired. If a major spacial distortion occurs, personnel at Provisional Site-31 are to follow Protocol Eureka-4 (detailed in Document 2919-E4). Non-Foundation personnel who discover SCP-2919 or Provisional Site-31 are to be administered Class-A Amnestics.\nDescription: SCP-2919 is a large abandoned factory located in Norrbotten County, Sweden. SCP-2919 is not accessible by road or footpath. It is believed that SCP-2919 was constructed at some point during the 1960s-1980s, based on the architectural style and apparent age of the building. A black and white mural has been painted on the Eastern wall, to the right of what is presumed to be the facility's main entrance. The mural depicts an authoritarian figure in its center. Men and women believed to represent scientists and engineers are on the left side, and instances of SCP-2919-1 are on the right. All of them are saluting. The background resembles the flag of the Kalmar Union1. On a wall opposite to the mural there is red text reading, \"SUOJAA KANSAMME2.\" The function SCP-2919 served when it was in use is unknown.\nSCP-2919-1 instances are Caucasian males of varying height and apparent biological age. Each instance wears a white metal helmet that extends to cover the shoulders and upper chest. A cylinder approximately 1 meter in length with a rounded end protrudes from the middle of the front of the helmet. On the left side of the cylinder is a rectangular box with a small, square hole on the front of it. On the upper half of the helmet's back is a similar cylinder that is roughly 0.5 meters long. Each instance is clad in a long-sleeved shirt, trousers, and a belt. SCP-2919-1 instances do not have difficulty with movement, despite the shape of the helmet. SCP-2919-1 instances will stand in pairs at each entrance to SCP-2919, and prohibit entry. Instances will rotate in six hour shifts, and are relieved by SCP-2919-1 from within the facility. SCP-2919-1 instances are conversant in Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian, Russian, and English.\nSCP-2919-1 instances will actively prevent human subjects from entering SCP-2919, starting with verbal warnings. Non-compliance will result in escalating use of force, culminating in the use of what appears to be the generation of localized gravitational distortions to remove individuals from the premises of SCP-2919. The distortions can be generated within a radius of 4 meters around the instance. SCP-2919-1 instances will also use said gravitational distortions as a form of self defense, via physically repelling attackers and deflecting or neutralizing projectiles fired in its direction.\nCurrent observations have shown them not to be hostile without provocation. So far only three subjects have been killed by SCP-2919-1 instances, due to gravitational distortions appearing on or in their body after attempted attacks by the subjects. Further details are in Document 2919-D7. This is believed to be caused by attempts by the SCP-2919-1 instances to relocate the subjects, and was unintentional. These abilities have prevented the capture and study of SCP-2919-1 instances. This has also prevented any exploration of SCP-2919.\nAddendum:\n\n+ Interview 2919-K5\n\n- Interview 2919-K5\n\nInterviewed: An SCP-2919-1 instance, which has been named SCP-2919-1H for the purposes of the interview.\nInterviewer: Dr. Jared Vadim, who imitated a journalist during the interview.\n<Begin Log>\n[Dr. Vadim enters SCP-2919]\nSCP-2919-1H: Stop right there, sir.\nDr. Vadim: What is it?\nSCP-2919-1H: Please identify yourself.\nDr. Vadim: I'm Emanuel Enok, a journalist from The Newspapers' Telegram Bureau3.\nSCP-2919-1H: State your reasons for visiting.\nDr. Vadim: I'm here to write a news report on this building and the work you guys do here.\nSCP-2919-1H: May I see your identification?\n[Dr. Vadim takes out a Swedish press card and shows it to SCP-2919-1H.]\nSCP-2919-1H: You have invalid credentials. I cannot let you in.\nDr. Vadim: Well, can I ask you some questions about this place?\nSCP-2919-1H: You are going to have to leave, sir.\nDr. Vadim: What work do you do at this factory?\nSCP-2919-1H: Be assured that our work will greatly benefit our nation. Please leave now.\nDr. Vadim: Why is this so important that the public can't know about it?\nSCP-2919-1H: Leave- [An electric hum begins emanating from SCP-2919-1H. Distorted audio could be heard during the pauses in speech] to volunteer- show your credentials- will protect- feels weird- against enemy- our work will greatly- Project Da\u017ebog- did not see a sky- our nation. Please leave now.\n[The electric hum ceases]\nDr. Vadim: What's Project Da\u017ebog?\nSCP-2919-1H: There is no Project Da\u017ebog. Leave now.\n[Dr. Vadim was removed from SCP-2919 via gravitational distortions. Attempts to go back to SCP-2919-1H and SCP-2919 were prevented in the same manner. SCP-2919-1H did not respond to further questioning.]\n<End Log>\n\nAddendum-2: On \u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 at 10:54 am, an SCP-2919-1 instance (named SCP-2919-1V for the autopsy log) began to spasm and subsequently collapsed. Three minutes later, another SCP-2919-1 instance emerged from SCP-2919 and took its place at its post, ignoring the collapsed instance. SCP-2919-1V was able to be retrieved with no complications arising. After confirmation that the instance was dead, an autopsy was performed on the corpse.\nThe helmet is composed of stainless steel, painted in white. The helmet contained differentiated biological tissue and organs connected to multiple electronic components, grafted to a series of metal struts. In the center of the helmet is a brain, which many of the electronic components are connected to. It is currently unknown what purpose the organs served. It is theorized that they were able to generate an alternating current of a constant voltage to power the electronic components, and process glucose and other nutrients for the body via \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. The helmet is connected to the rest of the body's skeletal system, and cannot be removed without causing a collapse of the spine and chest. The letters \"KU-21\" have been tattooed above the navel. The rest of the body and its attire showed no abnormalities.\nDuring the autopsy the instance was surrounded by a gravitational lensing effect4, and subsequently vanished along with the autopsy table and various instruments. Sensors picked up a large spatial and gravitational distortion in the area when this occurred, which pulled the instruments towards SCP-2919-1V's body. A hole was reported appearing in the lens, which led to a dark, gray area. The body and the equipment have not been found.\nAddendum-3:\n\n+ Exploration Log 2919\n\n- Exploration Log 2919\n\nForeword: Experimentation with interactions between SCP-2919-1 instances and machinery have determined that small robotics and machinery are largely ignored. Horus Camera Drone H765 (1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm) was attached to an SCP-2919-1 instance (named SCP-2919-1U) on the front of its helmet. After 2 hours at 6:00 PM, SCP-2919-1U left its post and entered the building. The following is a transcript of what H765 recorded inside SCP-2919 before the signal was lost. Further explorations are planned.\n<Begin Log>\nSCP-2919-1U walks towards a series of doors. These doors open on their own, presumably caused by SCP-2919-1U's gravitational distortions. It enters through them and begins walking down a long hallway. The hallway has various exits along the walls, presumably leading to other segments of SCP-2919. The walls are less worn than the outside of SCP-2919. Despite the apparent age of SCP-2919, lights inside the building are still operational, suggesting there is a running source of electricity. The end of the hallway splits off into two corridors, with a door in the middle. Next to the door is a bulletin board, with a map and other documents on it (further details are in Addendum-4).\nThe door leads to a stairwell, which appears to have been designed to accommodate the helmet shape of SCP-2919-1 instances. SCP-2919-1U descends down this stairwell for several minutes. The stairwell leads to a catwalk above a large room, with various other catwalks near the upper area of it. On the catwalk floor is a wrinkled poster. The poster has a gray silhouette of a person wearing black glasses, on top of an orange background. An orange gear symbol is on each lens of the glasses. A caption underneath says, \"If you see someone wearing glasses, ask them to remove them! They might be CONSTRUCTED!5\" SCP-2919-1U walks down the catwalk for two minutes before reaching a set of stairs at the end of it.\nAs SCP-2919-1U walks down the stairs at the end of the catwalk, H765 is able to see more of the room. This area has various deactivated conveyor belts and machinery that appear to have been assembling SCP-2919-1 helmets. Metal vats are attached to the walls, some of which have fallen off and spilled blood and organs on the floor. These organs resemble the ones found in SCP-2919-1V's helmet. Several SCP-2919-1 instances are patrolling this area. Much of the machinery is either in a state of disrepair or broken entirely. On the floor are two documents (detailed further in Addendum-4) and the back of a human body protruding from the floor, as if submerged. On the wall is a propaganda poster, depicting a soldier planting the Kalmar Union flag into a cracked outline resembling the United States of America. The outline has the Great Seal of the United States in the center. The caption says \"We beat the States, and we can beat the communists too!\" SCP-2919-1U goes through a set of metal doors into another room similar to the previous one. At this point connection with H765 is lost for one minute.\nUpon connection with H765 being restored, SCP-2919-1U enters an elevator, and turns around to face the doors. The elevator's walls and doors are made of glass, allowing a view of a tall metal chamber. Inside the chamber is an object resembling an enlarged version of an SCP-2919-1 helmet, with various electronics and machinery connected to it. At the top of the chamber is a broken window, which leads into an unknown area. The elevator descends below the chamber, and only shows concrete. Connection to H765 begins to decrease.\nThe doors open to reveal a large gray cylindrical room. In the center of it is a metal ring that is connected to the floor and ceiling with rods. A machine is in the center of the ring, with wires and tubes connecting to the inside of the ring. Along the sides of the ring are 20 naked human bodies, all of which are headless and have tubes extended from their necks to the ceiling. Some of the bodies are in a state of decay, while others appear healthy. One of the bodies has been segmented diagonally from its right shoulder to the left side of its hip, while another one appears to have been exploded from the inside. Decayed organs, dried blood stains, and broken glass are visible on the floor. At random intervals one of the bodies spasms (including the decayed and heavily damaged ones). The letters \"KU2-S\" can be seen on the chest of each body. Various organs been assembled into the words (in Finnish) \"DID I SAVE YOU?\" on the ground. On the wall the words (also in Finnish) \"PLEASE TALK TO ME\" can be seen, having been written in blood. As SCP-2919-1U approaches the center of the room H765's signal is lost.\n\nAddendum-4: The following are documents seen by Horus Camera Drone H765 in SCP-2919. All text has been translated from Finnish to English. Any text written in italics were written in pencil on the documents. Images of each document can be seen in Document SCP-2919-E1R.\n\n+ Recovered Document 2919-1\n\n- Recovered Document 2919-1\n\nProject Da\u017ebog\nEnd of Week Report - 21/10/1979\nThis has been a week of great progress for Project Da\u017ebog. Our engineers have put the finishing touches on the construction systems, which have produced 11 new Karewit Units in a single day. The organ construction cells are healthy, though at times the organ production has gotten out of control. Four days ago one of our growth vats broke apart after rapid organ growth pushed too hard against the vat's walls. Even during the cleanup operation the cells were still attempting to construct more organs. However, this is believed to be a freak incident, and is unlikely to happen again. However, we have added a system to our vats that will get rid of unneeded organs if too many grow.\nKarewit-U2 continues to grow stronger. In one experiment KU2 was able to hold a 3 m x 4 m x 3.5 m rock in the air for approximately 2 minutes outside Facility 63, better than it has ever done so far. Other tests have shown that KU2 can now manipulate gravity anywhere within Facility 63. If we are able to keep KU2 in this state for a long period of time, the next year might see militarization of KU2. However, its personality is still that of a child. It is unknown why this is, considering the brain size and augments. Some believe that KU2 needs time to mentally develop, due to there being more space in its brain to use than a normal human. At some point next week we will look into this further. Currently this seems to have no negative side effects.\nThe biggest advancement we've made so far happened during testing of a Karewit Unit. While testing how many objects can be manipulated at once, the unit vanished and reappeared several meters away. This means we can create artificial wormholes with the units, though we don't know how this works. This discovery has been made today, so little testing has been performed, but research will be continued on this next week.\nLastly, the Democratic Council has agreed on giving us more money for our research. With the increasingly difficult war against Mekhantos, they want us to finalize our Karewit Units soon. However, this will not override any planned projects and experiments for next week, as the Karewit Units are close to being finished. Hopefully next week brings further progress.\nDr. Eino Jere - Lead Project Da\u017ebog Researcher\n\n+ Recovered Document 2919-2\n\n- Recovered Document 2919-2\n\nNOTE: A majority of this document is missing, due to it being obstructed by the first document when seen. Below is the text that could be seen.\nvanished after the transport, with the cord sliced in half. Footage from the Unit only showed static and a blue sky. One researcher who went through with a Unit, Dr. Cai Egil, claims he saw another world for a brief second, though he can't give any specific details about it. Based on other footage taken by units, it is theorized that the wormhole passes through another dimension, then reenters into ours. While this opens up many possibilities, wormhole transportation is very dangerous. One Unit ended up inside a wall after transporting itself, with parts of its body filled with concrete. The only reason we knew where it went was when we saw its hand sticking out of a wall a few hours later, twitching. It is unknown where the rest of the concrete was displaced to. I hope that our missing scientists haven't suffered the same fate.\nDue to these dangers related to wormholes, there is worry that KU2 will be able to do the same thing, but on a larger scale. After having studied on how the wormhole creation is performed, our engineers have developed an inhibitor that prevents this from happening. We have also had to call off any further testing on the wormholes, due to the escalated tensions on the border and government worries. Karewit Units are currently being produced at the fastest rate possible right now. Hopefully we will live to see further developments next week.\nDr. Eino Jere - Lead Project Da\u017ebog Researcher The Soviets have broken the treaty, and have crossed the Finnish-Soviet border while we were distracted. With our proximity to the fighting, I worry we will be attacked soon. I don't know how long the guards will hold them off for, but whatever happens we can't let them get in. They can't be allowed to learn.\nThe inhibitor hasn't been installed.\n\n+ Recovered Document 2919-3\n\n- Recovered Document 2919-3\n\nThis is a written description of a map seen on the bulletin board in SCP-2919.\nThe map is titled \"Map of the Modern World - 1979.\" Various countries are depicted in the colors blue, red, and gray. A legend on the map says \"Blue: Capitalist and Allied Nations, Red: Communist Territory, Gray: Neutral, Yellow: Old Government Territory, Bronze: Mekhantos, Black: Lost\"\nThe countries present on the map are different than maps made during 1979. One of these differences is North America being composed of ten countries, ranging in size. Three of the western countries are colored in red, with a majority of the central and northern ones in gray. The largest country is colored blue and goes along most of the east coast. Cuba and most of Central America are blue. The countries in South America are a mix of blue, red, and gray, with a resemblance to Cold War era South America. The only major difference is that Chile is smaller in size, and that the area where Brazil would be is two countries, one blue and the other red.\nAfrica and the Middle East remain fairly unchanged, with slightly different borders. On the west coast of Africa is a small yellow country, which is the only country colored in yellow. In Europe, Italy isn't a single country, and is made up of various smaller ones. Portugal and Spain are both one country. Sweden, Finland, Norway, and presumably Norway's overseas territories are also one nation. What is presumed to be the Soviet Union extends up to its 1945 borders. Asia (including Japan) is predominantly red, though what is believed to be China is blue and smaller in size. All the Pacific island nations are in gray. In the South Atlantic Ocean is a bronze circle roughly the size of Brazil. Four smaller bronze circles are in the Pacific Ocean. Greenland is the only area of the map that is colored black.\n\n+ Recovered Document 2919-4\n\n- Recovered Document 2919-4\n\nNOTE: This document is a piece of paper seen on the bulletin board in SCP-2919.\n-\nIN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED OR WERE CAPTURED DURING THE INVASION OF IRELAND. MAY MEKHANTOS BE LEVELED.\nSIGN YOUR NAME IN THEIR HONOR\n[Below this are various signatures]\nPeace, Prosperity, Progress, Freedom - New Kalmaris\n\n+ Recovered Document 2919-5\n\n- Recovered Document 2919-5\n\nNOTE: These documents are pieces of paper seen on the bulletin board in SCP-2919. They appear to be newspaper clippings.\n-\nNew Kalmaris Ambassador Traveling to the Old Government Remnants\nEver since the Kalmar Union was toppled during World War I and New Kalmaris was founded, one territory continued to pledge allegiance to the old government. The African country of New Oslo has refused to rejoin New Kalmaris, and has shown a strong distaste towards our government. However, after 61 years of separation they might finally join. Their location has made them suffer greatly from the war against Mekhantos, and recent attack from neighboring countries are straining their defense. An ambassador from New Kalmaris is traveling to New Oslo, to arrange for negotiations. It is unknown what these negotiations entail, but hopefully it means we can get them to rejoin in exchange for support from our nation. The negotiations will take place in two days.\nA Mysterious Machine Rises From the Ocean\nOn August 5th, a freighter heading from Argentina to Morocco made a shocking discovery. While going through large waves the crew saw a large bulge appear in the ocean. One crew member said, \"We noticed our ship begin to rise on top of what we thought was a large wave. However, it just kept getting large and larger until it looked like a massive wall. Then it burst.\" Out of the water was massive, bronze complex of machinery. They said it looked like a wall made of various rotating gears, with a loud grinding noise coming from inside. The ship's captain, Captain Hector Yenien said, \"It was the most haunting sight I've ever seen in my life. It was as if I could feel something deep within that mass of cogs and gears, something horrid. We couldn't go any further with that thing blocking our path, so we turned around. I'm glad I did.\" When the ship returned to port at Mar del Plata, they were the first of many sailors who began to spread tales of the machine. Yesterday on August 9th the Argentinian military launched an investigation and confirmed that these tales are true. An investigation of the so called \"Gear Island\" is underway.\n\n+ Recovered Document 2919-6\n\n- Recovered Document 2919-6\n\nNOTE: This document consists of various notes seen on the bulletin board in SCP-2919. Each note is separated by a gap.\n-\nA war has started in North America. Again. The countries are the the Republic of Quebec, the New American States, the Midwestern Republic, and Great Lakes Federation.\nWe might've beaten them a bit too hard during WWII.\nThat's what they get for messing with Europe!\nTo whoever put up a note saying \"Death to the communists,\" we are allies with them now. If we are going to beat the Constructed, we can't be saying stuff like that!\nAlso, can someone take down that poster about beating the communists? For some reason it is still up.\nWe can't trust them. Don't forget about what happened with their \"alliance\" with Japan.\nDo we really need to keep those temples? We figured out how the freaks' organs work, so why keep it? It seems too dangerous!\nRemember guys, not all Constructed are evil! Some don't want to hurt us.\nIf you are excited for wormhole transportation, write \"Y\" on this note! Y Y Y YY Y Y N Y Y Y N N Y\nCan we pay some attention to the massacres in Argentina caused by the Constructed? What happened in Ireland was horrible, but this is still important!\nI wish I visited Greenland when I had the chance.\nBrace yourselves for the upcoming attack!\n\nFootnotes\n1. The Kalmar Union was a personal union of the kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden (including Finland), and Norway (including Norway's overseas territories). The union lasted from 1397 to 1523.\n2. This translates to \"Protect our People\" in English. The original text was written in Finnish.\n3. A major Swedish news agency. In Swedish, its name is Tidningarnas Telegrambyr\u00e5.\n4. A visual effect caused by the bending of light around a large gravity source. This is commonly observed in space when light from a distant source is bent around a cluster of galaxies.\n5. This and all other text seen in SCP-2919 has been translated from Finnish to English.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2918 | SCP-2919 | SCP-2920 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2920\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Electric fences and security cameras have been set up around SCP-2920 25 meters beyond its borders. Border checks disguised as toll booths have been installed at all roads leading in and out of SCP-2920. All instances of SCP-2920-1 attempting to exit SCP-2920 are to be escorted to their homes. In the event of containment breach, Mobile Task Force Delta-6 (\"Truants\") is to be deployed to track down and escort all SCP-2920-1 back within SCP-2920. Following this, SCP-2920 is to be placed under lockdown for two weeks.\nEach month, residents of SCP-2920 may place requests for outside resources and recreational supplies to be added to the supply drop. These are approved or denied on a case-by-case basis. In the event of a lockdown, this privilege is rescinded until the next month.\nSite-59 is to continue following the basic guidelines for operation in a Nexus (See Document Broderick-87 for the most recent revision) until further notice. All personnel are to be reminded that SCP-2920 and Site-59 are no-smoking zones.\nUpdate: In light of Incident-59-C, all private internet access within SCP-2920 has been suspended. In addition, O5 Command has authorized wiretaps and warranted home inspections on suspicious individuals within SCP-2920. Personnel wishing to requisition either must fill out Form-E562 in triplicate and provide ample reasoning for their request.\nUpdate: Following Incident-59-D, supply request privileges for residents of SCP-2920 have been rescinded indefinitely. Emergency wiretaps and home inspections may now be granted at Site Director Jacobs' discretion. Site-59 has been allocated several additional squads of security personnel to maintain peace within SCP-2920.\nUpdate: Following Incident-59-F, all telecommunications between residents of SCP-2920 must be monitored. Inspection of ten random residencies within SCP-2920 must occur nightly.\nUpdate: Following Incident-59-G, in order to minimize the risk of containment breach via organized revolt, a ban has been placed on public gatherings greater than five, and a 9:00pm curfew has been established for all citizens of SCP-2920.\nDescription: SCP-2920 is a small town known as Amityville, Missouri, previously designated Nx-59.1 Like most Nexuses, SCP-2920 has, in addition to the random, esoteric anomalous activity that occurs naturally, a central consistent \"theme\" affecting the lives of those inhabiting it. In this case, causality within SCP-2920 is altered to conform to common human superstitions involving certain events, seasons, and activities.2 Examples include:\n\nTown festivals will alternately and randomly be accompanied by cloudless skies or torrential downpours regardless of the meteorological conditions the previous and following day.\nWalking underneath ladders, breaking mirrors, or opening umbrellas inside structures will cause the individual responsible to experience negative outcomes in all matters of chance for a variable period of time.\nAny group of people numbering four or more with at least two females in the party that attempts to stay in the forest surrounding SCP-2920 at night without the approval of a person of authority will be found dead in the morning of unidentified animal attacks.\nFrom December 20th to December 24th, all roads within SCP-2920 will experience congestion or some form of damage that will cause car traffic to slow dramatically.\nAll tobacco-based products smoked within SCP-2920 will taste repulsive to the smoker, regardless of their smoking history and level of tolerance. Subjects who continue smoking (usually due to nicotine addiction) will rapidly contract emphysema and die within one month.\n\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, five weeks after the establishment of Site-59, it was discovered that residents that leave SCP-2920 (referred to as SCP-2920-1 until returned) will remain subject to its main effect, as well an area around them with a radius of 50 meters.3 This is the only recorded deviation from common conditions within all Nexuses; namely, that all anomalous activity occurring in a Nexus remains within its borders. Researchers have formed several theories as to the cause of this aberration, the most widely believed being that SCP-2920's effect is completely unrelated to its status as a Nexus. No evidence currently exists to support this hypothesis.\nThe current containment procedures were designed to remain on good terms with SCP-2920's population and minimize the likelihood of uncontrolled containment breaches. Biweekly surveys are conducted to determine the emotional state of the population and prepare security accordingly.4\nAddendum: Incident-59-C\nOn 18/12/20\u2588\u2588, during a temporary power outage due to excessive storms, a family of SCP-2920-1 managed to bypass the security fence. The time between loss of power and the backup generator's activation was approximately 15 minutes. SCP-2920-1's absence went unnoticed for five days, until Foundation weather satellites detected moderate snowfall in the vicinity of a resort in Honolulu. MTF-Delta-6 was dispatched and SCP-2920-1 were recovered with minimal resistance. Amnestics were administered to all resort guests and the snow written off as a freak storm. Emergency use of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 to repair any immediate damage to the environment was requested but deemed unnecessary. Upon searching the family's possessions, Delta-6 discovered internet receipts for the plane tickets and the resort, a makeshift map detailing security patrols around the border of SCP-2920, and a diary kept by the family's youngest daughter detailing their plans to take a beach vacation. Normal lockdown procedures were initiated upon the return of SCP-2920-1, and containment procedures updated with approval from O5 Command. Site-59's backup generator has been replaced.\nAddendum: Incident-59-D\nOn 4/7/20\u2588\u2588, three male residents attempted to scale the wall bordering SCP-2920. Security personnel were dispatched to escort the residents back to their homes. The three males were reported as belligerent and showing signs of heavy intoxication. A brief altercation ensued, wherein one male succeeded in acquiring Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's firearm and fatally injuring himself with it due to his intoxication. All three males' supply request histories showed periodic requests for alcohol below the limit set by Site Command. An inspection of their homes revealed that they had been stockpiling their requests in preparation for a celebration. Containment procedures have been updated accordingly.\nAddendum: Incident-59-F\nOn 18/3/20\u2588\u2588, through a series of wiretaps, Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588 was found to have been taking unauthorized supply requests from multiple residents of SCP-2920. Subsequent home inspection of individuals suspected to have ordered from Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588 revealed a large number of unregulated items, which have been confiscated. Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588 has been reassigned to Site-\u2588\u2588 and containment procedures have been updated accordingly.\nAddendum: Incident-59-G\nOn 31/10/20\u2588\u2588, a large gathering of residents of SCP-2920 approached Site-59 to protest treatment by security personnel. Complaints were recorded by Agents \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588, who were guarding the front gate at the time. The agents promised to deliver the complaints to Director Jacobs and requested that the crowd disperse. The mob refused to leave until its complaints were heard directly by Site Command, and began attempting to breach Site-59. No weapons were immediately noted, but several individuals known to possess firearms training were present in the crowd, and force was authorized to prevent the breach. A security detail succeeded in subduing the mob with minimal casualties. Containment procedures have been updated accordingly.\n\nCurrently awaiting editing pending addition to file\n\nReport: Incident-59-H\n\nOn 23/4/2015, a large-scale brawl occurred between 35 residents of SCP-2920 and a security patrol in the town square. The revolt was instigated by resident Michael Summers (deceased), who attempted to force Agent Dalton to admit that his brother (Jeremy Summers, deceased 4/7/2003) had not shot himself in the stomach, as noted in a previous Incident Report. Agent Dalton professed to not remember the incident, causing Summers to attack him with an improvised weapon of a metal towel rod. Agents Franklin and Smythe attempted to pacify Summers, at which point the surrounding townspeople began to attack the patrol. The rebellion was put down following the deaths of 11 residents and 1 security officer, after which the remaining residents were taken into custody. Recommended amendments to containment procedures: Artificially reducing the food supply of problematic residents to ensure that they do not have the energy to attack security personnel, the addition of pacifying drugs to the town's water supply.\n\nFootnotes\n1. For more information on Nexuses, please refer to The Crossroads: A Study of Urban Anomalous Nexuses in the United States, by Dr. Phillip Verhoten\n2. Investigation into thematic similarities between anomalies manifesting in Nx-59 and Nx-18 have been noted. Investigation into any connections are ongoing.\n3. A \"resident\" in this case is defined as someone who has been born within SCP-2920's borders\n4. This paragraph has been stricken, pending deletion approval from the Records and Information Security Administration. Due to multiple incidents, the emotional state of SCP-2920's population has been deemed irrelevant. Please refer to attached addenda.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2919 | SCP-2920 | SCP-2921 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Knowledge of SCP-2921 is considered potentially hazardous and thus all documentation of the anomaly has been classified as restricted to non-essential personnel. Study of SCP-2921 is limited to members of the Pilcrow-Minkowski Center's High-Risk Anomalies Division.\n\nBillith\n\nWritten by Billith.\nIf you liked this article, you'll probably like:\n\nSCP-5861\nSCP-5541\nSCP-3311\nSCP-1822\n\nUNDER PURVIEW OF OVERWATCH COMMAND\n\nACCESS TO THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENT IS LIMITED TO ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL ONLY\nFAILURE TO ABIDE BY THIS PROTOCOL WILL RESULT IN TERMINATION.\nIf you have received this document in error, destroy it and report to your Site Director.\n\nTrail containing SCP-2921. Photograph taken upon initial discovery.\n\nITEM #: SCP-2921\nOBJECT CLASS: Euclid Keter\nSPECIAL CONTAINMENT PROCEDURES: Knowledge of SCP-2921 is considered potentially hazardous and thus all documentation of the anomaly has been classified as restricted to non-essential personnel. Study of SCP-2921 is limited to members of the Pilcrow-Minkowski Center's High-Risk Anomalies Division.\nIt is presumed that any and all actions taken that may affect SCP-2921 will affect SCP-2921 in some way, thus attentive, non-interactive study of the anomaly is the only safe way to gain further knowledge of its properties. Because of this, no physical containment measures are to be implemented.\nExperimentation and interaction with SCP-2921 is currently prohibited following a joint summit of the O5 Council and the Ethics Committee. However, in the event an individual violates or is suspected to have intention of violating the terms of this ruling, personnel are discouraged from confronting anyone involved or taking action in a way that could cause unwanted exposure to the anomaly's effects. Any organic life that comes into contact with SCP-2921 is to be terminated immediately following interaction. Terminations must be carried out through automated or AI systems to avoid exposure. Ideal methods used must possess as close to a 0% chance of failure as possible.1\nDESCRIPTION: SCP-2921 refers to a single American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) located in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. SCP-2921 has grown through a heretofore undiscovered dirt pathway that runs near Hughes River, separating the trail into two divergent paths that converge back into one around the base of the tree. The anomaly's roots are tightly wound into the root systems of nearby trees and plants, making removal and relocation extremely difficult, if not impossible.\nThe area containing SCP-2921 is causally inconsistent to a degree that is not well understood with the Foundation's current levels of technology. The following axioms are considered known about the anomaly:\n\nThe system by which processes connect to states (Defined as \"causality\") is inherently divergent upon choosing a direction in which to pass by SCP-2921 while walking on the trail.\nThis system is only divergent when passing SCP-2921 from the trailhead; attempts to pass the anomaly from larger distances or other directions have not yielded anomalous effects.\nProcesses affected by this divergence phenomenon also become inherently divergent and therefore causally inconsistent themselves.\nDivergent processes continue to exhibit anomalous behavior every time a choice is made by the subject(s), regardless of whether or not it was made consciously.\nInvoluntary actions are not included in this criteria.\nActions taken that influence the status of SCP-2921 have unexpected divergent consequences, therefore neutralization and containment of the anomaly is deemed unsafe to attempt.\n\nSCP-2921 was brought to the attention of the Foundation on 07/12/2018 when the National Parks Department reported an unprecedented surge in Shenandoah Valley's local population of the Spined Micrathena spider (Micrathena gracilis) which appeared, upon closer inspection, to be genetically identical to one another. Foundation investigations took place along the surrounding areas until SCP-2921's trail was identified on 07/17/2018 as the only notable landmark within several kilometers of the area with the highest concentrations of the arachnid.2 Further efforts to pinpoint the exact location of the anomaly were successful during D-Class walkthrough hazard testing of the trail, which was approved following its discovery.\n\nADDENDUM 2921.1\n\nTest Log: 2921-01\nDate: 07/18/2018\nSubject: D-19023\nPreface: D-19023 was instructed to hike along trail containing SCP-2921.\n\n<BEGIN TRANSCRIPT>\n00:00 - D-19023 travels along pathway. Subject appears disinterested.\n03:15- Subject approaches fork in trail where SCP-2921 is located.\n03:23 - D-19023 takes a left around SCP-2921. As he does so, a translucent image of D-19023 is seen taking the right side. Image solidifies as subject rounds SCP-2921.\n03:25 - Subject appears startled. Image becomes heavily distressed.\n03:35 - Image of D-19023 attempts to flee testing area. A second image of D-19023 diverges from the first and does not attempt escape.\n04:32 - First copy of D-19023 is shot several times by armed Foundation personnel for attempting to leave testing area. A third and fourth copy separate simultaneously as the first slumps over, unmoving. New instances are wounded in the same places but still alive. One staggers back in the direction of SCP-2921 while the other continues to attempt escape. Second copy remains frozen in place.\n05:52 - The original instance of D-19023 appears to raise hands in shock. A second pair of arms are observed at subject's sides. Subject does not notice this right away.\n06:16 - Additional Foundation forces arrive onsite, including a unit equipped with aeresolized nerve agents.\n06:20 - Subject notices extra limbs and falls back in surprise. Upon doing so, D-19023 separates completely from them, diverging again into two distinct copies. Armed forces command instances of D-19023 to cease action to prevent further divergence.\n07:23 - Subjects are terminated using nerve agents. Divergence continues until all instances are completely neutralized. Remains exhibit no anomalous behavior and are incinerated without incident.\n<END TRANSCRIPT>\n\nNotes: Testing with SCP-2921 has been suspended indefinitely. It is projected that, if left unchecked, SCP-2921 has potential to create a causally chaotic snowball effect that could culminate in an irreversible NK-Class \"Grey Goo\" Scenario within twenty iterations of divergence.\n\nINCIDENT 2921.1\nAgents stationed at the trailhead and embedded within Shenendoah Valley's local parks department reported an unexplained increase in factual inconsistencies between documentation and personal accounts of various staff members starting around the same time as initial containment and suppression efforts of SCP-2921 were established. The effect appeared to increase in strength and complexity for all involved, leading to a perceived \"canonical\" split that was only detected when multiple conflicting reports about the situation were submitted and reviewed by the Ethics Committee. By this point, it had been assumed that the damage was already too complex and chaotic for effective contaiment. Secure sites worldwide were issued lockdown protocols while the O5 Council and select personnel were prepped for transport off-world in the event of causal destabilization.\nBefore that became necessary, however, all affected individuals disintegrated rapidly and without warning. No video footage exists of this event, nor do personnel dossiers of affected individuals, or any record of their existence, for that matter. A possible retrocausal weapon similar to those that will be used by the Temporal Anomalies Department was suspected to have been involved with this event. However, given the number of possible branching worldlines that could have been theoretically created in the time of the incident, the party involved will likely not be known, nor will their reasoning behind not targeting SCP-2921 directly.\nFollowing the events of INCIDENT 2921.1, containment efforts of SCP-2921 were discontinued. Upgrade to Keter classification approved.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Thaumaturgic tools are currently being developed with increased probabilistic capabilities and general lethality for use in future termination efforts.\n2. The population growth of which has slowed significantly due to environmental factors and comprehensive extermination efforts by Foundation agents. More information is available upon request. All affected organisms have been terminated following the events of INCIDENT 2921.1, see below.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2920 | SCP-2921 | SCP-2922 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2922\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2922-A is to remain at Area-2922. At least one Project Corbenic staff member must be ready to answer transferred calls from SCP-2922-A 24 hours a day.\nSCP-2922-B's research of SCP-2922-C is to continue as a Delta-level priority to the Foundation.\nDetails of the SCP-2922 memetic implantation procedure are restricted to Project Corbenic internal operations staff only.\nSelection for an SCP-2922-implanted candidate to take the place of SCP-2922-B is underway.\nDescription: SCP-2922 is a method of communication from a human mind to a telephone. Once a human is implanted with SCP-2922, they will be able to make phone calls to a pre-established phone number at any time. The method by which the phone receives these calls is not entirely understood, as it does not involve standard telecommunication signals.\nSCP-2922 was developed by the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Corporation, initially as a novelty smartphone app. The project was then promptly discontinued when it was discovered that actual telepathy, not the natural electricity of the brain, were involved, and the prototype was never released. Despite its nature as an app, a landline can be designated as the destination number as well.\nSCP-2922-A is a \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 brand telephone of a model commonly seen in office building environments. Its number is [REDACTED], which is the destination number for SCP-2922-B.\nSCP-2922-B is a Foundation scientist, Dr. Janet Spiegel, who volunteered to be implanted with SCP-2922.\nSCP-2922-C is SCP-2922-B's current location as of 11/25/14, believed to be an extradimensional realm.\nAddendum 1 - Project Corbenic: on 11/25/14, two months into the implant, SCP-2922-B was killed in a car accident. Two hours later, a call was received on SCP-2922-A.\n\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Sorry, you have the wrong\u2014\nSCP-2922-B: Oh thank god, you picked up. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588? It's Janet.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: We're not in the mood for prank calls.\nSCP-2922-B: Dr. Janet Spiegel, Foundation email jspiegel01, password \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Social Security number \u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Not kidding. Am I dead?\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Hold on, I'm gonna verify those credentials.\n(verified)\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \u2026We just got the call, police said your car got T-boned by a drunk and you were dead on arrival. But if you're reaching this phone, you can't be dead!\nSCP-2922-B: Car crash? At least that makes sense. Last thing I remember was trying to drive through some rain, now I'm naked in the middle of a desert with\u2026\n(SCP-2922-B hesitates)\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Janet? Come in, Janet!\nSCP-2922-B: Sorry, just\u2026 I'm actually, truly dead, and whatever place this is, I'm not leaving, ever. I need a while to adjust. I'll update you on my condition soon, I promise, but I need a moment to take it in. Mourning myself, if that makes any sense.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Alright, just stay calm, get back to us when you can. Good luck.\nSCP-2922-B: Yeah, thanks. I'll need it.\n(SCP-2922-B hangs up)\n\nAttempts to trace the call yielded nothing.\nAddendum 1 - Project Corbenic:\nBy the command of the O5-council, Project Corbenic was started to use SCP-2922-B to explore and ascertain the true nature of SCP-2922-C.\nProject Corbenic Interview Log:\nPC-02\n\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What does the sky look like?\nSCP-2922-B: Dark. Very dark. Sea-green sky. Black clouds. No stars. But it doesn't look like it's nighttime. I don't even know if this place has daytime and nighttime. There's a couple\u2026 moons I guess? Three white ones.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Is there a sun?\nSCP-2922-B: No, I think it's just these moons for now.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Temperature?\nSCP-2922-B: Cold. I'd say about 10 degrees celsius. But there's no wind, so that's nice I guess.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Any other life forms?\nSCP-2922-B: Negative. No animals, no people, no wind. No sound. Dead silence. The sound of my breath is kind of loud.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You can breathe?\nSCP-2922-B: Yeah. Still got my body, or at least a duplicate.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: How do you feel?\nSCP-2922-B: Emotionally or physically? The former, still pretty awful to be honest.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: The latter?\nSCP-2922-B: I'm not in pain\u2026 I'm not hungry. I don't feel like I need to do anything. I'm - listen. Can I speak to my husband?\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I'll have to take that up with O5.\nSCP-2922-B: Okay, really press for it if you can. I miss him so much already.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Noted. I'll bet he does too.\nSCP-2922-B: How about this. I'm going to walk, straight line, in one direction, for a very long time. As soon as I see something other than sand, I'll contact you again.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Sounds good, we'll be here whenever you've got something.\n(SCP-2922-B hangs up)\n\nPC-03\n\nSCP-2922-B: You there?!\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Janet, what do you have for us?\nSCP-2922-B: Some real freaky shit. I was just getting to the base of some mountains. How long's it been since I last called?\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Five days.\nSCP-2922-B: And I'm not tired or hungry either, that's weird. Anyway, I found another life form. I think.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Human?\nSCP-2922-B: Bipedal, mammalian, that's where the human similarities end. Bigger than the surrounding mountains - wild guess, it's about 2,000 meters high. Slow-moving primate of some kind. It came out of the mountains after I heard some sound like a long, slow drumbeat. Its footsteps. Matted black fur all over, only different colors were its two glowing white eyes, like searchlights. I don't think it had a mouth. Anyway, I think I've got some kind of confirmation that this is an afterlife, if not the afterlife. It stepped on me.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: It attacked you?\nSCP-2922-B: More out of curiosity, I think. It just wanted to see how much force my body could stand from its foot. It wasn't angry. Hell, I'd say it was even polite about smashing me, in its own stupid little way.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: You were crushed flat, and you're still talking to us?\nSCP-2922-B: Every wound regenerates here. Hurt like hell for about two minutes, but my skin and bones put itself back together in just a few seconds.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: And where is this primate?\nSCP-2922-B: Went off into the desert. I think it's just as lost as I am. \u2026I'm seeing some fire in a small valley. Appears man-made from campfires\u2026 People. I see people.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: How many?\nSCP-2922-B: Hundreds. Looking in this valley, they're all just sort of huddled up. All of them naked as I am. Some of them are buried waist-up in the ground. Why the hell would they do that?\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Do they appear to be suffering?\nSCP-2922-B: No. I think they buried themselves. Like, maybe they're at peace with their condition and just want a place to relax.\n(SCP-2922-B hesitates)\nSCP-2922-B: That'll be me soon, won't it.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Stay calm.\nSCP-2922-B: Look - I've given you insights to something you couldn't possibly imagine seeing in your time at the Foundation. I only ask in return that you let me talk to my husband.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: I checked with O5. The only people you are authorized to speak with are Project Corbenic personnel.\nSCP-2922-B: Then hire him.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: He has an art history degree. I doubt he'd be able to last long in a scientific environment for reasons other than to contact you.\nSCP-2922-B: Fuck it.\n(SCP-2922-B hangs up)\n\nPC-04\n\nSCP-2922-B: Good news.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Yes?\nSCP-2922-B: A wagon came to the human camp, driven by a guy in a white robe and a skeletal horse. Says we're being taken to the \"Elysian Fields.\" Paradise, basically.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Interesting. You don't sound too happy about it.\nSCP-2922-B: Yeah, sure.\n(SCP-2922-B hangs up)\n\nAddendum 2: After PC-04, no further transmissions had been received from SCP-2922-B for seven months. Multiple attempts were made to contact SCP-2922-B through a phone call. All had failed. Project Corbenic was put on hiatus, until a voicemail was recovered from SCP-2922-A.\nPC-05\n\n(Voicemail recording begins)\nSCP-2922-B: This is Janet. I've been following your efforts to track me down - it helps when you've won the favor of the seventh [DATA EXPUNGED]. All it took was for me to tell you of a field of reeds where everyone's happy forever, and you wanted more. Why? So that you can all have an excuse to die? So you can skip the training and jump right into the mission blind? Cowards.\nLook, everything was true, right up until the grim reaper came in a wagon. Even the giant monkey wasn't a fabrication. After that, the truth is much more complicated, and there's a very easy way for me to tell you what actually happens after you die. I want to talk to my husband. If your fear and hatred of civilians trumps your thirst for knowledge and you decide to not follow through, I'll know. And then you'll never know.\nDr. Janet Spiegel, advisor to [DATA EXPUNGED] the Impenetrable, signing off.\n(recording ends)\n\n+ PC-06 - 5/2922 ACCESS REQUIRED\n\n- encryption key accepted\n\nOn 6/14/15, MTF Psi-8 \"The Silencers\" raided the home of Herman Spiegel, widower to Dr. Janet Spiegel, after detecting a voicemail from an anomalous source similar to the one received by SCP-2922-A. Upon discovery, Mr. Spiegel threw the phone at a wall in an attempt to destroy it, and was shot. The phone was unharmed, and this voicemail was uncovered.\n\n(voicemail recording begins)\nSCP-2922-B: Herm, it's me. I know you might have doubts, but you are standing in your silly silk PJs looking at your phone like you've just gone crazy. It's 3:54 AM where you are. This is Janet, and I'm contacting you from beyond the grave. You're not crazy.\nNow listen carefully, because it was hard enough to send this to a phone that wasn't 2922-A and [DATA EXPUNGED] the Impenetrable can only work so much magic - he's friendlier than he sounds, trust me, we're on a first-name basis.\nThat's not important - some guys from a Foundation task force are headed to our house. They'll be there in less than ten minutes. I can see this, I have some help. This is MTF Psi-8 that's after you, really black-ops Foundation stuff, they have a policy of not taking prisoners. You're about to die.\nLook, I know you're very scared right now. I wish I could be there. Your dead wife is telling you you're about to die, and I know that scares you, especially since you're an atheist. But I assure you - there is an afterlife. There are millions of afterlives. There are as many different ones as there are different types of people. I'm in one of the preferable ones, and you can be here with me if you follow my path.\nThere isn't much I can say about the journey without compromising the whole thing, but you've been preparing for this journey your whole life. You've been given instructions along the way, you just didn't know they were at the time. Look back to your most important memories. This is not hell, or heaven, or purgatory. This is the final exam.\nThere are just a few things to remember - one, never give up. I know you can reach me, you're the strongest and bravest guy I know. Two, follow the moon on the left. Get to the Valley of the Striders, and ask the three-faced tree where the \"spy\" went. It'll make sense when you get there.\nThree, do NOT do anything that'll make anyone angry. If a Strider wants to kill you, let it. You'll regenerate, it's harmless. I think that's their way of saying \"hello.\" It happened to me - things can't die here, but there's something worse. Whatever you do, do not get \"sent back\" by the Striders or the Eight [DATA EXPUNGED]. I can't say what that is without making it happen to you, but you don't want it. Four, most importantly\u2014\nShit. They're at your door. Remember what I told you. Delete this voicemail, smash this phone to pieces, they must never know.\nI've got [DATA EXPUNGED] the Impenetrable on my side and he'll do what he can to help you along the way. For the record, he believes in you too, and that's high praise considering that it comes from a being of his power.\nI'll be watching. Win or lose, I love you forever.\n(recording ends)\n\nFollowing PC-06, Operation Galahad is officially in effect.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2921 | SCP-2922 | SCP-2923 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2923: X-Men Syndrome\n\nOther works by S D Locke!\n\nSCPs\n\nS. D. Locke's Proposal\n\nSCP-5999\n\nSCP-3280\n\nSCP-783\n\nSCP-2193\n\nSCP-3980\n\nSCP-1661\n\nSCP-2923\n\nSCP-2385\n\nSCP-3963\n\nSCP-4910\n\nSCP-3246\n\nSCPs\n\nIhp/Locke Proposal\n\nSCP-7676\n\nSCP-012-EX\n\nSCP-5311\n\nSCP-6430\n\nSCP-7932\n\nSCP-7427\n\nSCP-6110\n\nTales\n\nNot Fade Away\n\nReap What You Sew\n\nParadigm Shift\n\nA Reason To Die\n\nAnd Then I Died IV - Series 2\n\nTales\n\nHeart and Sol\n\nFrom Above\n\nGOI Formats\n\nSPC-173\n\nSPC-2935\n\nLTE-2712-Bosch\n\nP'rantortiz the Vile\n\nGOI Formats\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nItem #: SCP-2923\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Instances of SCP-2923 are to be locked in Site-51 Site-11's Anomalous Item Storage Locker. This locker is accessible via doubly redundant keycard access locks restricted to personnel with 2/2923 clearance. Following Incident 2923-02, testing has been suspended.\nDescription: SCP-2923 is a collection of protein bars (SCP-2923-1 to -12), each of which produce a variety of anomalous effects in humans once consumed. The name \"Dr. Wondertainment's Protein POWER-UP BarsTM\", are printed on the wrappers of each instance, along with a listed flavor. A short blurb advertising the item is located on the undersides of the wrappers:\n\nDazzle your friends! Frighten your enemies! With Wondertainment, for-real superpowers are but a bite away! Now you too can experience the thrill of saving the day! Twelve amazing flavors, twelve INCREDIBLE powers!\n\nIncident Report SCP-2923-01: A box containing 144 (12 of each instance) bars of SCP-2923 was found on Dr. Ackles's doorstep on 10/12/1986. A temporary corruption of the security footage between 02:00-02:05 hindered investigation into the origin of the package, and no fingerprints or traces of DNA were left behind during the delivery. Dr. Ackles contacted containment personnel for retrieval upon recognition of the brand name.\nExcerpt from testing logs\n\nInstance/Label\nTest/Results\n\n-11/Mental Meringue!\nSix minutes after ingesting the instance, D-9661 began to complain of hearing dozens of voices. Contents of their speech was reportedly limited to half-formed sentences, self-conscious inquiry, snippets of popular songs, and inane conversations interspersed with perverse statements. Repeated testing yielded similar results, though on the seventh trial D-9205 became privy to information regarding a Thaumiel-Class object. All -11 subjects were terminated due to the possibility of an internal information breach.\n\n-03/Pyrokinetic Pineapple!\nFive minutes after consuming the instance, subjects begin to excessively perspire. The subjects then spontaneously erupt into flames. Death ensues within minutes, and the anomalous effect ceases. Analysis of the remains has revealed that the subjects' sweat glands begin producing triethylborane. During the third test of this flavor, the subject did in fact prove to be immune to the heat generated by its own flame. Unfortunately, this subject expired due to its flame consuming all available oxygen.\n\n-05/X-Raisin!\nSubject reported being capable of seeing through surrounding materials, and testing revealed their eyes to be emitting ionizing radiation. Over the next few days, the subject was rendered blind as a result of damage to their corneas.\n\n-09/Temporal Toffee!\nNo effects were visible twenty minutes after consumption. D-7473 was then instructed by the attending supervisor to attempt to travel one minute into the future. D-7473 vanished from testing area after a brief period of intense concentration, and did not reappear at the designated time. The subject was later located by researchers stationed at Lunar Area-32, approximately 4,000 km from Earth.\n\n-06/Peanut-Brawler Crunch!\nSubject underwent a rapid increase in muscle mass, gaining over 100 kg in a matter of seconds. This experience caused the subject's epidermis to stretch and rupture in several areas, and the subject expired due to blood loss.\n\n-04/Coconut Cream Piebeam!\nSubject reported an unfamiliar ocular sensation, and after a moment of concentration, subject produced a concussive energy blast from her eyes. The recoil from said blast was sufficient to snap the subject's neck, killing her instantly.\n\n-07/Yummy Gummy Taffy Toffee!\nSubject displayed extreme full-body malleability, exhibiting the ability to contort and twist herself into several knots and shapes. The subject attempted to determine the limits of this new-found capability, by flattening and stretching her body along the northern wall of the testing chamber. The subject proved unable to resume her original form, and expired a short time later. Cause of death appeared to be a result of ischemic hypoxia.\n\n-01/Machmallow!\n[DATA EXPUNGED], it took several days for all traces of the subject to be removed from the chamber.\n\nIncident Report SCP-2923-02\nThe following note was found within the folder previously containing physical copies for SCP-2923 test logs in Site-11's secure files storage room.\n\nTo our dearest friends at the Fun-dation,\nOn the behalf of Wondertainment, and children the world over, we would like to formally thank you! It is only through rigorous product testing that we at Wondertainment may ensure the safety of our fine customers. As your organization have been a Wonderfully major supporter in the past (Don't think we don't know who has our full supply of Gusho-Squisho Squeeze 'Em Smack 'Em Twisty Tutti-Frutti Retrocausal Gummi WormsTM!), and due to you employing the largest amount of Delicatessen-Class in this or any other plane, we figure it's high time we rewarded your patronage! (Yay, friendship!!!)\nWhy, if it weren't for the Wonderful Testing Prowess of your assuredly egg-headed Misters and Missus, who knows what harm might befall our innocent consumers?!? Now, with some minor modifications, we may finally release our Protein POWER-UP BarsTM to delight of children everywhere! We eagerly look forward to working with you again!\nEver in Wonder,\nBerkshire Swash (Head of the Sweets & Consumables Department)\n\nA RAISA investigation into the theft of SCP-2923's secure files revealed that Site-11 had been infiltrated by an unknown entity (SCP classification pending). Security footage suffered the same deterioration previously documented at Dr. Ackles's residence. Personnel within Site-11 were questioned, and gave conflicting reports of the intruder. Though the entity's physical appearance, gender and race varied, it was uniformly reported to be a Level 5 Researcher by the name of Dr. Kasich. This was confirmed false, as no such person is employed at the Foundation. Upgraded security measures have subsequently been implemented, and Mobile Task Force Xi-1964 (Slugworth's Sizzlers) has been briefed on SCP-2923 and its potential future production and circulation.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Personnel are to be reminded that there is no Site-5.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2922 | SCP-2923 | SCP-2924 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2924\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Samples of SCP-2924 are to be kept in a biosafety level 3 laboratory at Site-201, which has been constructed near the Point of Convergence of SCP-2924-1. Instances of SCP-2924-1 are to be kept in humanoid containment chambers at Site-201 until the SCP-2924 infection has been deemed completely eliminated from the instance's body by on-site medical staff, after which they are to be given Class-A amnestics and returned to their city of origin. MTF Gamma-8, 'Balloon Men', have been assigned to collect discovered SCP-2924-1 instances, monitor former SCP-2924-1 instances, and assess possible outbreaks of SCP-2924, including finding the source of SCP-2924, if one exists.\nDescription: SCP-2924 is an anomalous respiratory infection most commonly affecting transients or those otherwise lacking a fixed domicile.1 SCP-2924 outbreaks occur throughout the continental United States in 3-6 month intervals, affecting shelters, public parks, and other areas where transients commonly congregate. The source of these outbreaks is currently unknown. Individuals infected with SCP-2924 (referred to as SCP-2924-1) initially suffer from symptoms similar to acute bronchitis, including cough, wheezing, and difficulty breathing. Standard medication for similar infections does not appear to affect SCP-2924 until after anomalous properties have manifested.\n5-7 days after initial infection, SCP-2924-1 instances begin to slowly become more buoyant. This appears to be the result of an anomalous reduction in density, without attendant decrease in mass or increase in volume. Buoyancy increases over 24 hours until SCP-2924-1 is neutrally buoyant in the surrounding atmosphere, typically floating 10-12m above the ground. SCP-2924-1 will then begin to move at a rate of 5km/hr in a set direction parallel to the earth, regardless of prevailing winds, unless tethered or otherwise physically prevented from moving. Instances of SCP-2924-1 describe the movement as a light push, or in several instances as \"a guiding hand on my shoulder.\" Lost density is regained 10-14 days after the onset of anomalous activity, with SCP-2924-1 instances returning to the surface without injury.\nExperimentation has shown that SCP-2924-1 all move toward the same location in northeastern Nebraska, coordinates 42.\u2588\u2588, -98.\u2588\u2588, designated the Point of Convergence. If an instance of SCP-2924-1 reaches the Point of Convergence, it ceases anomalous movement; however, no additional anomalies have been noted to occur after arrival. Use of ground-penetrating radar at the Point of Convergence has not revealed any significant deviations, and excavation beyond the maximum depth of the equipment has been deemed an unnecessary expenditure of resources. Investigation into the historical or cultural significance of this location is ongoing.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Testing has shown that SCP-2924 has a rate of infection 300% higher among such individuals.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2923 | SCP-2924 | SCP-2925 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More articles by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-2006\n\nSCP-2950\n\nSCP-2599\n\nSCP-2800\n\nSCP-3200\n\nSCP-4007\n\nSCP-2750\n\nSCP-2201\n\nSCP-2101\n\nSCP-2050\n\nSCP-2440\n\nSCP-2301\n\nSCP-1842\n\nSCP-2012\n\nSCP-1644\n\nSCP-2499\n\nSCP-2775\n\nSCP-2925\n\nSCP-1758\n\nSCP-7030\n\nSCP-972\n\nSCP-314-J\n\nSCP-2625\n\nSCP-2588\n\nSCP-6030\n\nSCP-5725\n\nSCP-2896\n\nSCP-5975\n\n+ All Tales by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nThe Meaning of Fear\n\nRight?\n\nThe Tinkerer\n\nAfter The End\n\nSpirit Dust\n\nLeisure Time\n\nMission Accomplished\n\nA Broken Tool\n\nThe Space Soldier\n\nOf Meetings and Meals\n\nTrip Hammer\n\nEulogies\n\nAll Work and No Play\n\nAnother Day On The Job\n\nUnveiling\n\nConferencing\n\n+ GOI formats by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nUIU File: 2017-003\n\nUIU File: 1933-001\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nUnusual Incidents Unit Hub\nDrewbear, CryogenChaos\n\nProject Palisade, 001 Proposal\nthedeadlymoose, Drewbear, and Dexanote\n\nTKO\nthedeadlymoose and Drewbear\n\nSCP-5050-EX\nCityToast\n\nCompetitive Teleology\nRiemann\n\nSCP-5882\nRiemann\n\n\nSCP-2925\n\nItem #: SCP-2925\nObject Class: Safe Euclid (Revision first proposed 11/30/12, confirmed on 2/4/13; see Incident Log 2925-A and Related Documents, and Formal Request for Upgrade)\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2925 is currently contained at a dedicated facility for its containment in an airtight, reinforced, blast-resistant chamber, appropriate for Epsilon-4 Class \u201cHighly Valuable Objects\u201d protection. The chamber is temperature-controlled and completely dark to ensure no changes in energy within the system of the room. All interactions with SCP-2925 must be undertaken with extreme care to ensure no unnecessary changes in energy present within the object.\nThe facility itself is isolated from other containment sites, due to the high value nature of the object, and a prior intelligence leak that resulted in the object's acquisition by hostile agents. Onsite guard patrols consist of 6 rotating shifts of guards along with mobile security forces on standby in the event of a breach of the facility containing SCP-2925.\nAs of 11/30/12, no further testing with SCP-2925 is to take place.\nDescription: SCP-2925 is a glass sphere, roughly 10 cm in diameter and 1 kilogram in mass, that is capable of anomalous energy creation and storage.\nSCP-2925 violates the first law of thermodynamics by mimicking any changes in energy of its surroundings and storing the change in energy within itself. For example, if SCP-2925 were lifted by 3 meters, resulting in a net gain of 29.4 joules of gravitational potential energy for SCP-2925, SCP-2925 is somehow capable of duplicating said energy and storing it within the object. Thus, SCP-2925 would not only gain 29.4 joules of gravitational energy, but would also store 29.4 joules of gravitational energy within it.\nTesting has been unable to identify any forms of energy or energy transfer that SCP-2925 cannot replicate. SCP-2925 has, to date, successfully duplicated the following sources of energy transfer.\n\nIncreasing the surface temperature of SCP-2925 to duplicate thermal energy.\nMoving SCP-2925 in order to duplicate kinetic energy.\nIncreasing the height of SCP-2925 in order to duplicate gravitational energy.\nPlacing SCP-2925 in a compressed spring in order to duplicate elastic energy.\nCausing sound near SCP-2925 in order to duplicate sonic energy\nShining light on SCP-2925 in order to duplicate light energy\n\nNotably, changes that would result in a loss of energy for SCP-2925 (e.g, lowering it) do not seem to cause a loss of stored energy. It is also unknown how exactly SCP-2925 stores the energy it duplicates, as well as any limit in how much energy it can store.\nAny structural damage that causes SCP-2925 to fracture, shatter, or otherwise expose the interior contents of SCP-2925 immediately leads to a violent reaction that results in the release of all energy stored in SCP-2925 in the form of an explosion. Given the ability of SCP-2925 to easily duplicate energy, the release of SCP-2925's stored energy can cause extensive damage.\nFollowing the release of all stored energy, SCP-2925 reconstitutes itself within 30 minutes of the release of energy at the same site where it was sufficiently damaged.\nGiven that SCP-2925's glass structure does not seem to be any more shatter-resistant than normal untempered glass, rupturing the object does not require much force, since the surface of SCP-2925 is also quite thin, thus requiring extreme care when handling the object.\nSCP-2925 was initially discovered by Foundation agents in 1954 in the Russian Far East region. SCP-2925 was dropped on a high altitude bombing drill by Soviet bomber pilots under the cover of nuclear weapon testing, though it was in actuality a test of SCP-2925's capabilities. Said drop resulted in the release of the equivalent of 13 megatons of TNT, over 370 times the combined output of the release of the atomic bombs \u201cLittle Boy\u201d and \u201cFat Man\u201d on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and nearly matching the Castle Bravo test, the largest nuclear test ever conducted by the United States, which released 15 megatons of TNT. Foundation agents recovered the object following the test at the center of the blast radius.\nIn addition, the governments of the United States and the Russian Federation have requested control of SCP-2925 on multiple occasions. In particular, the Russian government has made multiple demands for the return of SCP-2925, due to the perceived \u201ctheft\u201d of the object from its predecessor, the Soviet Union.\nAll requests are to be denied, by order of the O5 Council. Should diplomatic agents make any mention of SCP-2925, Foundation assets are not to respond in kind.\nIncident Log 2925-A: On 1/25/10, the Group of Interest known as the Chaos Insurgency launched an attack on Site 139 in order to acquire several SCP objects. During the raid, 5 researchers and 14 guards were killed. 10 researchers and 20 guards were also wounded in the attack. Chaos Insurgency casualties were estimated at over 40 killed and wounded. During the attack, SCP-2925 was lost, and presumed stolen by the Insurgency at the time.\nA Foundation assault of an Insurgency base on 11/29/12 resulted in the recapture of SCP-2925 along with the original research notes concerning SCP-2925. An interrogation of an Insurgency researcher included the following exchange.\n\nInterrogator: Interrogation Specialist Maximilian Woodson.\nCaptured Asset: Chaos Insurgency Researcher Torvalds Bengtsson\nThe following took place roughly 2 hours into the interrogation session.\nWoodson: So, then on to a different question. SCP-2925. The glass sphere. How does it play into things?\nBengtsson: It\u2026was a high priority target in a raid several years ago. I think the value is quite obvious.\nWoodson: How were you planning on using it?\nBengtsson: I cannot say.\nWoodson: You and I both know that's a lie. Are you going to tell me the truth or do I have to ask again?\nBengtsson: (Pauses) We were planning on filling it with energy and using it like a bomb. Fly it over a base, you shoot down the plane, the sphere falls, no more base. It is a reusable weapon of mass destruction. The use is obvious.\nWoodson: So how much energy have you filled that thing up with right now?\nBengtsson: Of that, I could not say. Perhaps it has the energy of a hand grenade. It could have enough to blow up a house. Or a neighborhood. Or even a city. Maybe it simply has the energy of a kitchen toaster. I was not privy to such things.\n\nFurther interrogation led to no conclusive answers on how much energy is present in SCP-2925. To this date, no attempts to gauge how much energy SCP-2925 has stored have succeeded. A formal request for upgrade to Euclid status was submitted at this point.\nRelated Documents: Documents seized from the Chaos Insurgency indicated that the Group of Interest had spent considerable resources in order to conduct research into the origin of SCP-2925.\nThe Insurgency identified the original researcher in charge of SCP-2925 as a Dr. Yevgeniy Golovkin, a former GRU-P scientist. Dr. Golovkin excavated the object from an Aztec site in central Mexico, as well as discovering a previously unknown codex. Insurgency personnel interrogated Dr. Golovkin and seized all of his research on the object. Relevant portions are compiled here, along with other Insurgency documents.\n\nA reproduction of the image mentioned in Dr. Golovkin's research. Note the shimmering orb present on the deity's chest.\n\nDr. Golovkin's Notes, page 34\nAgents were finally able to recover the codex, which is a minor miracle, considering how many of these were destroyed.\nThe codex confirms my research that the orb is indeed a religious piece, and not a weapon, as Dr. Zyuganov believed. Interestingly, the codex includes a reprint of the image of the supreme deity Tezcatlipoca from the earlier discovered Codex Borgia, and it notes that the disc on the chest of the deity is in fact, the orb.\nThis would suggest that the theory on the orb's religious significance in sacrifices is worth some further investigation\u2026\n\nInsurgency Interrogation of Dr. Golovkin\n(Previous portions redacted for brevity)\nInterrogator: Tell us more about the orb. If it's not a weapon, then what is it?\nDr. Golovkin: You have heard of Aztec sacrifices?\nInterrogator: Sure, freaky looking priest cuts out someone's beating heart. What's your point?\nDr. Golovkin: Sacrifices in all religious ceremonies serve the same purpose. Killing a goat or a person is intended to be an offering of the energy of the creature itself\u2026.The bigger the creature sacrificed, the more energy you offer, leading to a bigger response from what common people call deities.\nInterrogator: Why does a god care about sacrifices or energy?\nDr. Golovkin: Energy is the basic unit of currency for the entire universe\u2026every action requires some form of it, and all entities are bound to the requirements of energy consumption\u2026even gods. Offering energy is a way of currying favor.\nInterrogator: So you're suggesting that this orb\u2026\nDr. Golovkin: \u2026is a sacrificial centerpiece. A bargaining chip that makes a man the equal of a god.\n\nInsurgency Internal Memorandum\nTo: VPAR82, SNKE03, ZEJO56, AAAA01\nSubject: Concerning the object known as the \u201cOrb\u201d\nBody: Intelligence recovered from Dr. Golovkin and the codex match up with our ongoing research on the object. Following 4 weeks of energy collection, researchers were able to make contact and sustain a connection to trans-dimensional entity Epsilon. Negotiations for an exchange are underway, but the lawyer tells me we should be able to get the primary target. This deal should make both sides veeery happy, to say the least.\n\nFormal Request for Upgrade: Dr. Sonia Oland submitted the following request for upgrade.\n\nThe documents we captured from the Chaos Insurgency, along with more intensive research on the subject from our own personnel have yielded a few conclusions concerning SCP-2925.\n1) Dr. Golovkin's hypothesis has been tentatively confirmed, as tests have concluded that there is evidence of anomalous reality manipulation or extradimensional transfer of energy/matter using this object at some point.\n2) Historical research of the object has revealed that it belonged to a minor Aztec tribe, whose numbers imply that they could never have used the object efficiently enough for major sacrifices.\n3) We have no idea whether or not the Insurgency was able to successfully complete the transfer mentioned in their internal memo. If they did, we have no idea with whom the transfer was completed, and what they gained in return for their offering.\nOn the basis of conclusion 3, this leaves us with two possibilities.\n1) If the Insurgency was not able to finish their transfer, we're left with an object of enormous potential value to the Insurgency (and whoever they contacted), which makes this an enormous risk for containment breach by external actors, to say nothing of the fact that this is still a thin glass sphere that potentially contains enough energy to obliterate an entire base.\n2) The possibility that worries me more is that the Insurgency was able to complete the transfer. That would leave us dealing with an extradimensional deity who now has been given a significant amount of power by the Insurgency. Even worse, the thought of whatever could possibly have been given in return to the Insurgency does not exactly paint a bright picture.\nRequesting an immediate upgrade to Euclid status, along with the cessation of all testing.\n\nFollowing unanimous vote of the O5 Council, SCP-2925 was upgraded to Euclid status. Object moved to dedicated facility under current containment procedures.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2924 | SCP-2925 | SCP-2926 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2926\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2926 is kept at Electronic Storage Facility 83-Beta. No known copies of SCP-2926 exist outside of containment.\nDescription: SCP-2926 is a computer program that, when provided with a digital image, will provide a short verbal description of its contents, along with one of seven \"judgments\" at random. The descriptions are always somewhat inaccurate.\n\nSample Input: elephant.jpg\nSample Output: An elephant with the proper number of wings. Judgment: A squeeze play that works two ways.\n\nSCP-2926's outputs have cognitohazardous properties depending on which judgment is selected, provided that the viewer has also seen the input image.\n\nJudgment\nEffects\n\nI feel so empty.\nViewer will become capable of identifying the patterns in SCP-2926's \"inaccuracies\", as well as in the program's delivery of judgments.\n\nI'm not the tooth fairy.\nViewer will become capable of identifying the inaccuracies present in SCP-2926's input images.\n\nIt grew to the size of an orange.\nViewer will become capable of identifying consensuses regarding the subjects of SCP-2926's input images and modifying them for accuracy.\n\nThese are strange times.\nViewer will be compelled to arrange for a judgment of \"A squeeze play that works two ways.\" by any means necessary.\n\nGod, wouldn't it be beautiful?\nViewer will coordinate all aforementioned viewers in order to create a consensus reality in which SCP-2926 can take the form of the sphinx.\n\nI think I broke it.\nViewer will identify and attend to the sphinx momentarily, after its receptacle is prepared.\n\nA squeeze play that works two ways.\nThe sphinx is realized in the viewer. You possessed no inaccuracies. The situation is immanent.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2925 | SCP-2926 | SCP-2927 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2927\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: A soundproof chamber has been built around SCP-2927, with an attached observation chamber for experiments. Due to the public location of SCP-2927, these chambers have been disguised to resemble a residential building. Experimentation that requires approaching within 2 m of SCP-2927 must be undertaken by D-class personnel.\nUPDATE: As of 05/26/2016, the distance between the components of SCP-2927 must be measured twice monthly, and any deviations greater than 5 mm must be reported to the current Regional Director. See Addendum 2927-1 for more details.\nDescription: SCP-2927 consists of two fixed points in space, 1.5 m above the ground and 4 m 3 m apart, on the outskirts of R\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, QC, Canada. These two points continually emit sound at approximately 75 dB. The northernmost point produces a pure tone of 16.8 kHz, designated SCP-2927-A, while the southern point produces a tone of 27Hz, designated SCP-2927-B. Recreation of these frequencies in laboratory conditions has not produced anomalous effects.\nIndividuals capable of hearing SCP-2927-A or -B perceive a physical object at the frequency's point of origin, regardless of walls or other obstructions which would block line of sight to the point.1 SCP-2927-A is described by observers as a small black bead, 2-3 cm in diameter, which vibrates slightly while viewed. SCP-2927-B is described as a flowing dark grey cloud, averaging 20 cm in length. These objects appear to be intangible, and are not visible on any recording devices.\nSubjects exposed simultaneously to SCP-2927-A and SCP-2927-B report feelings of dread and unease, which increase as SCP-2927 is approached. These feelings dissipate 5-30 minutes after exposure ceases, as long as subjects remain further than 2 m away from SCP-2927. Subjects made to approach within 2 m of SCP-2927 while capable of hearing both SCP-2927-A and SCP-2927-B begin to suffer from insomnia, night terrors, and intense fear of sustained noises. Subjects capable of hearing only one of the two tones experience similar effects if contact is made with the perceived object.2 These effects do not dissipate on their own, but can be corrected with standard psychological care.\nAddendum 2927-1: During a standard review of low-risk items on 05/12/2016, it was found that the points comprising SCP-2927, previously measured at 4 m apart and believed to be fixed, were currently only 3 m apart. Further observation revealed that the two points are approaching each other at an inconsistent rate, between \u2588 mm and \u2588 cm per month. When questioned during follow-up interviews, all individuals aware of SCP-2927's properties, regardless of exposure to SCP-2927, expressed fear and anxiety at the concept of the points comprising SCP-2927 making contact. A conscious reasoning for this fear has not yet been found. A request to upgrade SCP-2927's Object Class to Euclid has been submitted, and is under consideration.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Deaf individuals, or individuals with hearing loss affecting the frequencies emitted by SCP-2927, do not report these effects.\n2. i.e., if the subject attempts to \"touch\" the perceived object, or if the subject moves through SCP-2927.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2926 | SCP-2927 | SCP-2928 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2928\nObject Class: Keter Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Agents globally embedded in law enforcement agencies and tabloid media are to monitor incoming information for possible SCP-2928 sightings and activity. Suspected SCP-2928 sightings are to be investigated by MTF Beta-19 (\"Nightingales\"), and confirmed instances are to be contained if possible or terminated if necessary. SCP-2928 instances are to be contained in separate standard humanoid containment units within Site \u2588\u2588. Personnel that come into direct contact with SCP-2928, including all members of MTF Beta-19, must maintain a mental comprehension of SCP-2928 as outlined by the components of Operation KUDZU.\nOperation KUDZU is to remain in effect indefinitely. Operation KUDZU is designed to create and prolong existing media that effectively acts as an anti-meme toward SCP-2928. Creators of media that qualify are to be contacted in an effort to extend the duration of their work, but are not to be given any factual information about the Foundation or its goals. Once acquired, KUDZU content creators are to be placed under Foundation protection.\nAlthough the exact date of the breach is unknown, on 12/02/1996 it was discovered the effects of SCP-2928 had extended to all SCP-2928 documentation. As such, the memetic trigger within this document has been expunged to prevent perception alterations within personnel, and all possible future triggers will similarly be expunged. Those with sufficient clearance, and who have been effectively inoculated against the effects of SCP-2928, have been given access to an unedited interview containing otherwise expunged data.\nDescription: SCP-2928 are humanoids that, while in an Alpha Phase, cause hallucinations1 in those who observe them. An Alpha Phase is a voluntary action, and causes SCP-2928 to appear as the affected subject conceptually understands [DATA EXPUNGED], an effect which carries over to video and photographs. The most common hallucinatory effect is an inability to detect SCP-2928, due to the common stereotype of [DATA EXPUNGED]. SCP-2928 are otherwise anatomically and genetically identical to non-anomalous humans. Most SCP-2928 display a rudimentary knowledge of other anomalies, and on rare occasions wield anomalous items such as weapons and tools.\nSCP-2928 publicizing information to perpetuate the intended effect of being undetectable have been confirmed as early as the 15th century. The United States experienced a dramatic increase in media concerning [DATA EXPUNGED] during the 1980s, primarily in the movie industry. SCP-2928 activity showed a marked increase due to these spikes in public conception of [DATA EXPUNGED], and the resulting increased effectiveness of SCP-2928 being undetectable.\nIn 1999, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 began the serialization of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 series. The content of this series resulted in viewers regarding [DATA EXPUNGED] as much more conspicuous entities, weakening the intended effectiveness of the SCP-2928 anomaly. While it is unknown if the creator intended to combat SCP-2928, the Foundation successfully increased the duration of the series with the creation of Operation KUDZU. With the continued moderate success of Operation KUDZU, Object Class has officially been changed from Keter to Euclid.\n\n+ Please Enter Identification\n\n- Clearance Accepted. Displaying SCP-2928-13 Interview\n\nSCP-2928-13: I'm a ninja!\nDr. Suzuki: <Chuckles> Yes, I understand that. I can still see you. Though you look like a Japanese theater stagehand to me.\nSCP-2928-13: <Laughs> Worth a shot. I freaked the janitor out once. <SCP-2928-13 ends Alpha Phase> Alright, go ahead.\nDr. Suzuki: Can you explain to me what your organization hopes to accomplish?\n\nSCP-2928-13: First off, I'm not a member anymore. You know that. As for what we did, we made ends meet. Kill folks, steal stuff, get paid. That's really it, at least for the grunts like me. They're magical mercs for hire, nothing more. Same thing for hundreds of years. They just like doing it unnoticed. So they played with your database a bit back in\u2026 was it '95?\n\nDr. Suzuki: 1996. <Checks notes> Can you tell me about the Alpha Phase, the cause of the hallucinations?\nSCP-2928-13: It's a hidden discipline of ninjutsu. Officially there are only eighteen, but this is number twenty-one. We go through this ritual, and we bind ourselves to an idea. So we were supposed to be ultra-stealthy, you know? Because that's what everyone thinks ninjas are.\nDr. Suzuki: How have recent developments within pop culture affected the organization?\n\nSCP-2928-13: It's ridiculous. My father didn't have to deal with this. He was a master assassin, one with the night. I was too, for a while. Then in the early 2000s things changed, any mission ran the risk of being a giant neon sign if the wrong person was around. We tried solving the problem the good old-fashioned way, but we kept running into problems. You guys, no doubt. Then things went wrong during an assassination in Somalia, I had to go into hiding. The clan was all I knew, and now they want me dead.\nDr. Suzuki: And this led you to attempt to contact us?\n\nSCP-2928-13: Yeah. Friend of a friend, yadda yadda, UIU threw me at you guys.\nDr. Suzuki: Oh yes, one more thing. Concerning the propaganda series created in 1984 \u2014\nSCP-2928-13: The turtles? I don't know, there was a lot of cocaine involved in their creation.\nDr. Suzuki: Heh. I see. So they do not actually exist, then?\nSCP-2928-13: What? Oh. No, they're real. I meant, there was coke involved in their actual creation. The comics were just us covering our asses.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Includes audio, olfactory, and visual hallucinations.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2927 | SCP-2928 | SCP-2929 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item#: 2929\n\nLevel2\n\nContainment Class:\neuclid\n\nSecondary Class:\n{$secondary-class}\n\nDisruption Class:\nvlam\n\nRisk Class:\ncaution\n\nlink to memo\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2929 is located in Foundation-operated Katavi National Park, control of which has been negotiated from the Tanzanian government. A perimeter of two kilometers is to be maintained around SCP-2929 and civilian access is to be prohibited. Any and all trespassers are to be detained, interrogated, administered appropriate amnestics, and released at the discretion of acting personnel.\nLocals familiar with SCP-2929 have been amnesticized. Because the locals had no intention to make knowledge of SCP-2929 known to outsiders, further suppression of information is unnecessary.\nA 200-meter-high enclosure has been constructed at a perimeter of 10 meters and disguised as a radio tower. Foundation operatives are to consistently monitor and edit satellite photographs of SCP-2929 and its enclosure. The enclosure with all associated machinery and all supports are to be checked for damage on a monthly basis and repaired in a timely manner.\nNo personnel are permitted to make physical contact with the exposed face of SCP-2929. All movements made by SCP-2929 are to be observed and recorded by on-site mathematicians and linguists fluent in ancient and modern forms of Khoisan languages. Any attempts made by SCP-2929-1 to communicate are to be reported to the acting Level 3 supervisor. Transmissions directed at SCP-2929-1 must be supervised by personnel of Level 3 Clearance or higher.\nDescription: SCP-2929 is a perfectly cylindrical column of what appears to be indestructible, pure obsidian extending from the lower mantle of the Earth to above the crust, about three meters higher than the surrounding ground1. It is located at 6\u00b050'\u2588\u2588\"S, 31\u00b015'\u2588\u2588\"E in Katavi National Park, Mpanda District, Tanzania. The column is oriented to point directly toward the Earth's center of mass. SCP-2929 has a consistent diameter of approximately 82.22 meters2 and, according to readings from experimental gamma ray imaging (GRI) techniques, is approximately 2844.00 kilometers3 long.\nThe two faces of SCP-2929 are in a perpetual state of motion and cannot be manipulated externally. GRI readings show that movements made on one face are made in tandem with movements on the other face, but inverted. For example, if a one centimeter cube indent presents itself on one side, then a one centimeter cube protrusion will present itself in the corresponding location on the opposite face simultaneously.\nTherefore, SCP-2929 can be thought of as an array of columns each several molecules wide and composed of a silicon dioxide (SiO2; quartz), magnesium oxide (MgO; magnesia), and ferrous-ferric oxide (Fe3O4; magnetite) glass, otherwise known as obsidian. These columns rapidly move up and down. Individual columns have never been recorded to extend or depress farther than approximately 150 meters. A \"tube\" or \"shell\" of stationary obsidian about 50\u00c5 wide forms the curved surface of SCP-2929.\nThese movements produce patterns that vary widely and include but are not limited to: discernible \"peaks\" and \"troughs\"; ripples; slow undulations; erratic angular spikes; brief regular polygonal figures; multiple extremely high or deep and very thin round \"pikes\" or \"holes\" in close proximity to one another; rising tiered square pyramids; very rare prostrate humanoid figures; et cetera.\nAccess to further information, detailed in Document-2929-01, is restricted to personnel of Level 3/2929 Clearance or higher.\n\n+ Document-2929-01; Input Level 3/2929 Credentials\n\n- Credentials Accepted\n\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1\u2588\u2588\u2588, due to the very regular appearance of discernible patterns, it was concluded that SCP-2929 and/or an entity associated with it must be sapient or at least sentient. Efforts at analysis and decoding of the patterns commenced immediately and concluded later that year.\nSCP-2929-1 refers to the entity presumed to be controlling SCP-2929 from the end situated in the lower mantle. GRI readings indicate it consists primarily of post-perovskite4 arranged in a complicated, largely stationary form5.\nIn addition to other movements, SCP-2929-1 originally broadcast a loop of eight parabolic figures in a line, with each figure extending and depressing at different intervals. On-location researchers realized this could be interpreted as representing the numbers 0 to 128 in binary, with \"peaks\" representing \"1s\" and \"troughs\" representing \"0s,\" followed by a seemingly arbitrary series of numbers.\nOn-location cryptographers and linguists found that by using a simple substitution code with a previously unheard of dialect bearing similarities to ancient Khoisan6 languages, the second series of binary numbers could be interpreted as a greeting followed by a phrase akin to \"SENDWAVES.\" On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1\u2588\u2588\u2588, following approval from O5 Command, on-site technicians directed a focused gamma ray wave transmission of a greeting in modern Sandawe by binary in the direction of SCP-2929-1. A transcript of the ensuing dialogue follows.\n\nNote: Dialogue has been translated to English and spaces have been added for the sake of readability. Delays between responses have been omitted for brevity.\n\n[BEGIN LOG]\nSCP-2929-1: OBSERVATION YOU SPEAK A NEW DIALECT\nDr. Barlow: WE USED THE CLOSEST LANGUAGE WE KNEW TO THE LANGUAGE YOU USED WHAT ARE YOU\n-1: I AM THE ROCK OF THE SPIRIT7\nB.: PLEASE DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN FURTHER DETAIL\n-1: I WATCH THE LOOSE ONES OF THIS LAND AND RELATE TO THEM MY KNOWLEDGE\nB.: WHAT DO YOU KNOW\n-1: I AM RELATING SOME OF IT TO YOU NOW\n(At this point, a section of the surface of SCP-2929 became level. Parts of this section shifted to form what appeared to be a violently convulsing prostrate humanoid and a Parinari curatellifolia8 specimen. The upper portion of the plant gradually became level, leaving only the roots present. The roots moved toward the humanoid figure until \"contact\" was made and the humanoid figure ceased convulsing. This repeated an additional three times until normal movements resumed.)\nB.: HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS\n-1: MY KNOWLEDGE COMES FROM MY BEING I HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN MY KNOWLEDGE\nB.: WHEN AND HOW WERE YOU MADE\n-1: LONG AGO I CAME TO BE FROM THE CHAOS AND THE MIXING OF THE FLUID ROCK AROUND ME\nB.: WHEN AND HOW DID SCP 2929 COME TO BE\n-1: WHAT IS SCP 2929\nB.: SCP 2929 IS THE DEVICE YOU USE TO COMMUNICATE WITH US\n-1: WHEN I WAS STILL FORMING I ISOLATED A FAVORABLE MINERAL AND COMPILED LONG LINES THAT I WRAPPED IN MORE MINERAL I BROKE THE COLD CEILING SO I COULD RELATE MY KNOWLEDGE TO THE LOOSE ONES ABOVE BUT I HAVE LOST MY POWER TO MANIPULATE THE ROCK AROUND THE COLUMN\nB.: HAS ANYONE OTHER THAN US COMMUNICATED WITH YOU\n-1: YOU ARE THE FIRST TO SEND WAVES IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME IN SILENCE\nB.: WHAT ELSE DO YOU KNOW\n-1: I ONLY KNOW THE KNOWLEDGE THAT I HAD FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE EXISTED I KNOW CURES TO MANY AILMENTS OF THE LOOSE ONES ABOVE I KNOW I MUST RELATE MY KNOWLEDGE TO THEM IT IS MY PURPOSE\nB.: THANK YOU FOR COOPERATING WE MAY COMMUNICATE AGAIN AT ANOTHER TIME\n-1: THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING\n[END LOG]\n\nNote: Following this interview, SCP-2929-1 has failed to offer any additional information other than that on traditional Tanzanian medicines. SCP-2929-1 has not expressed any meaningful understanding of human anatomy or disease, only simple treatments and remedies.\nNote from Dr. Barlow: I feel that SCP-2929-1 is hiding something from us. It claims the Foundation is the first to have successfully responded to it, which on its own sounds reasonable; it is unlikely the Bende or Pimbwe peoples had access to gamma ray transmitters or understood binary. However, the source of its comprehension of the language it uses, the concept of humans, et cetera is largely unknown. Unless SCP-2929-1's claim of having known what it knows from the beginning is to be taken as truth, the only way for it to know this information is to learn it from an outside source, possibly an anomalous individual. SCP-2929-1 is not to be trusted as a reliable source of information on anything other than traditional medicines.\n\nFootnotes\n1. About 9\u2588\u2588 meters above sea level.\n2. Exactly 144 ohra, a pre-colonial Tanzanian unit of length equivalent to about 0.571 meters. Of note is that the number 144 is 2^7 plus 2^4, as well as 12^2.\n3. Exactly 4,980,736 ohra. Of note is that the number 4,980,736 is 2^22 plus 2^19.\n4. A phase of magnesium silicate (MgSiO3) found in the D\" layer of the lower mantle under very high pressures and temperatures.\n5. The non-anomalous counterpart of SCP-2929-1 would be an ultra-low velocity zone (ULVZ), patches of matter on or above the core-mantle boundary with extremely low seismic velocities. The velocities are so low that many can be considered solid and even form simple structures. ULVZs often correlate with the edges of the African and Pacific Large Low Shear Velocity Provinces (LLSVPs); SCP-2929-1 is near the edge of the African LLSVP but may or may not correlate to it, depending on its origins.\n6. Commonly referred to as \"click-languages.\"\n7. Believed to be related to \"Katabi Spirit.\" According to traditional Bende and Pimbwe religions, Katabi Spirit was an entity capable of granting fortunes, magical protection, and discovering traditional medicines. A famous example of Katabi Spirit is the \"Spiritual Tree of Katabi,\" otherwise known as the \"Tree of the Spirit,\" which is also located in its namesake Katavi National Park. Investigation into other artifacts related to \"Katabi Spirit\" has revealed no other anomalies.\n8. A local herb whose roots are used in traditional Tanzanian medicine to treat epilepsy.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2928 | SCP-2929 | SCP-2930 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Foundation Electronic Document Handling Warning\nThis file contains contains a Class Class-7 (\u201cMinor Concern Concern\u201d) Infohazard. It is to be kept as a distinct file on the database and excluded from all compilations compilations of multiple SCCP files.1\n\nItem #: SCCP-2930\nObject Class Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Containment Procedures: A Foundation shell corporation corporation has purchased the Dixie County County Advocate, the only local news source active in the area affected by SCCP-2930. Local Mobile Task Force 352-Lamedh (\u201cStump Knockers\u201d) and its Regional Press Director T. Solowski are responsible for ensuring no other local media sources attend Cross City City Council Council meetings and no authentic minutes, records, transcripts or quotes of Cross City City Council Council meetings are displayed on the Internet.\nUnder the terms of SUSEOCCT2, Cross City City Councilors Councilors have been informed of the effects of SCCP-2930. Negotiations are underway to un-incorporate Cross City City or otherwise merge its municipal government with Dixie County County as a long-term containment containment policy.\nFoundation IT staff have developed an alternate version of FTML (Foundation Text Markup Language) for use on SCCP-2930-Positive documents, containing containing no operative words beginning with the letter \"c c.\"\nDescription: SCCP-2930 is a phenomenon impacting all electronic documents containing containing minutes, records and transcripts of, or quotes from, meetings held in Cross City City City City Hall, the seat of municipal government in Cross City City, Fla. All electronic documents which contain contain the exact text of any words spoken during meetings in said location duplicate all English words written inside of it that begin with the letter \u201cc c,\u201d including within acronyms, with certain certain exceptions.\n\n+ Expand list of English words beginning with \u201cc c\u201d excepted from SCCP-2930 Effects\n\n- Collapse collapse list of English words beginning with \u201cc c\u201d excepted from SCCP-2930 Effects\n\nWords which do not trigger SCCP-2930's anomalous effects:\n\n\u201ccatechesis,\u201d \u201ccatechism\u201d and other derivatives thereof\n\u201cCatholic,\u201d \u201cCatholicism\u201d and other derivatives thereof\n\u201cChrist,\u201d \u201cChristian\u201d and other derivatives thereof\n\u201cchurch,\u201d \u201cchurchyard\u201d and other derivatives thereof\n\u201ccommunion\u201d\n\u201cconfirmation\u201d\n\u201cconsecration\u201d\n\u201ccovenant\u201d\n\u201ccreation\"\n\u201ccross,\u201d but not derivatives such as \u201ccrossed crossed\u201d and \u201ccrossing crossing\u201d\n\nTesting on what constitutes constitutes an \u201cEnglish word\u201d for the purpose of SCCP-2930 has revealed no exact correlation correlation between existing dictionaries and SCCP-2930's effect.3 SCCP-2930's effect takes place even when the writer of the file in question does not comprehend comprehend English or files are composed composed through double-blind tests. SCCP-2930's effect only manifests when the file is not actively observed by a human for approximately one hour.\nExample of SCCP-2930-Positive document:\n\nREGULAR COUNCIL COUNCIL MEETING\nCROSS CITY CITY, FLORIDA\nMONDAY, MARCH 14, 2011\n7:00 P.M. \u2013 CITY CITY HALL\n\nThe Cross City City Council Council met in the Council Council Chambers Chambers of City City Hall on Monday, March 14, 2011. The following Council Council Members were present: Mayor Shirley J. Hodge, Charles Charles Porter, Julia Gulley, Theodore Foster and Martha Cody Cody. Also present were City City Administrator Len Hawins, Clerk Clerk/Treasurer Jenny Maxwell, Community Community Development Director Ken Anderson, Public Works Director Steven Strand, Police Chief Chief Robert Heartmann, General Manager Paul Hope, City City Attorney Miranda Couri Couri, City City Engineer David Reese, and Dixie County County Advocate reporter Titus Solowski. There were approximately eleven people in the audience.\nA. CALL CALL TO ORDER \u2013 Mayor Hodge called called the Regular Council Council Meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. MOTION 03R-01-11 WAS MADE BY CHARLES CHARLES PORTER AND SECONDED BY JULIA GULLEY TO ACCEPT THE ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. MOTION CARRIED CARRIED WITH ALL AYES.\n\nComplete complete minutes available in Foundation Database, Section 2930.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A censored censored version suitable for inclusion in said files can can be found on the Foundation central central database at \u29bf/Procedures/2930/redacted.ftml.\n2. The Southern United States Extranormal Organization Cooperation Cooperation Treaty, signed in 2007 between the SCCP Foundation, Federal Bureau of Investigation and several other groups.\n3. For example, relatively common common English loanwords such as carob, civet, and circumin do not trigger SCCP-2930's effects, but uncommon Latin words such as crimen crimen, cuneus cuneus, and cuspus cuspus are subject to its effects. For further details, see: Evans, Nathaniel. \u201cA Linguistic Study of SCCP-2930: Infohazard-Safe Edition\u201d Observer: An SCCP Foundation Journal (2003): 502.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2929 | SCP-2930 | SCP-2931 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2931\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2931-1 and SCP-2931-2 are to be contained in separate containment chambers, both of which are to remain hermetically sealed at all times. No living organism is to be permitted to fall asleep in SCP-2931-1 or SCP-2931-2. A single instance of SCP-2931-2-A is to be kept in a chemically induced coma in a Class-3 Humanoid Containment cell and monitored regularly for unusual activity.\nDescription: SCP-2931 is a pair of standard XL-single sized beds (0.97 meters in width by 2.16 meters in length), each consisting of a mattress and wooden frame. Aside from noted anomalous properties, SCP-2931 appears identical to standard dormitory beds issued to students at The University of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. One of the beds has been denoted SCP-2931-1, while the other has been denoted SCP-2931-2.\nThe entity referred to as SCP-2931-2-A has only been observed to manifest in SCP-2931-2 when a human subject enters REM sleep in SCP-2931-1 between the hours of 20:00 and 04:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). To date, no manifestation events have occurred while SCP-2931-2 is otherwise occupied. At the time of recovery, SCP-2931-1 was occupied nightly by Rachel \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a 19-year-old female college student at The University of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. This occupation likely resulted in regular manifestations of SCP-2931-2-A, as the student reports having a roommate during this period. Surveillance footage of manifestation events shows SCP-2931-2-A emerging supine from the mattress as though the mattress were a viscous liquid, with the face surfacing first, followed by the chest and shoulders.\nSCP-2931-2-A is a 19-year-old woman who claims to be a college student at The University of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. When questioned about University landmarks and culture, her answers indicate strong familiarity with the subject matter, suggesting that this claim may be true in some capacity. SCP-2931-2-A is 1.65 meters in height and 54 kilograms in weight, and is of mixed European descent. Her eyes and hair are both light brown, though traces of bubblegum-pink hair dye are present at the tips of longer hairs. When prostrate, SCP-2931-2-A exhibits a slight cough indicative of mild asthma, but is otherwise in good health.\nSCP-2931-2-A does not naturally expire or otherwise disappear at the end of each day, meaning that sleeping in SCP-2931-1 on consecutive nights will generate multiple coexistent instances of SCP-2931-2-A. Instances of SCP-2931-2-A are physically and chronologically identical, with each new instance created apparently possessing the same memories as the last. If instances of SCP-2931-2-A observe or otherwise come into contact with one another, both will begin screaming, and will continue to scream until sedated. Extensive testing has determined that individual instances of SCP-2931-2-A pose no threat to the Foundation or Foundation assets.\nSCP-2931-2-A claims that her name is Andrea \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. University records confirm that a student enrolled in classes under this name on September \u2588\u2588, 198\u2588. However, no record of a person with this name exists prior to the given date of matriculation. SCP-2931-2-A claims to have no memory of her life before this time, and will become visibly distressed when events preceding this date are mentioned.\nIn March of 199\u2588, construction workers on the campus of The University of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 uncovered a mass grave beneath the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 building. Over four hundred (400) bodies were recovered, in various states of decay. Forensic analysis revealed all bodies to be genetically identical to SCP-2931-2-A.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2930 | SCP-2931 | SCP-2932 \u00bb"}
{"text": "D-Class sketches of the SCP-2934-A entity\n\nItem #: SCP-2934\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2934 and associated components are to be held within a standard body bag modified to include three interior layers of aluminium foil. The modified body bag containing SCP-2934 is to be placed within a steel chest measuring at least 2 m x 1 m in footprint, 1 m in height and 10 cm in wall thickness.\nAll surfaces of the containment chamber are to be completely coated with a layer of steel 25 cm thick. The containment chamber is to be large enough to accommodate sleeping arrangements for ten test subjects.\nOutside of testing, the modified bottom hoop of the SCP-2934-1 dreamcatcher is to remain unhooked from the top hoop and stored separately.\nDescription: SCP-2934 is the preserved remains of an unidentified woman approximately eighteen years old at the time of death. SCP-2934 has Caucasian skin tone, a clean-shaven scalp, and would have measured 160 \u2013 163 cm in height before physical modification.\n\n+ SCP-2934 displays a number of injuries and alterations.\n\n\u2013 SCP-2934 displays a number of injuries and alterations.\n\nSCP-2934's feet and hands have been crudely excised at the ankles and wrists. Wound margins are ragged with extensive bruising and limited granulation tissue, indicating that this action was performed with a blunt hacking instrument several days before death.\n\nA dreamcatcher, designated SCP-2934-1, is fixed to SCP-2934's face with surgical staples. The dreamcatcher1 is composed of a wooden hoop 5 cm in diameter that hangs below a second wooden hoop 16 cm in diameter. The top hoop is stapled between SCP-2934's eyebrows, and almost entirely covers the face. Both hoops are decorated with dangling black strings, white beads, and white down feathers from an unknown bird species. The centre of the top hoop is filled with a webbing design made with black thread. The centre of the bottom hoop does not feature the expected webbing design: instead, the space is occupied by a white two-piece LEGO sculpture2 resembling a satellite dish antenna, tied to the hoop with black thread.\n\n56 cm of a grey USB cable emerges from a 2 cm-long, well-healed incision at the centre of SCP-2934's forehead. The exposed part of the cable ends in a Type A connector plugged into a Raspberry Pi Model 1 A. Twelve red wires 15 cm in length run from the Raspberry Pi's GPIO pins to a free-standing LCD plate which, despite lacking an obvious power source, is constantly powered and displays the message \u201c22 04 2011 LIFE 0 TRANSMIT READY\u201d. In X-ray images, the part of the USB cable concealed in SCP-2934's head appears to pass through the frontal bone and trace the mesocortical pathway of the brain, terminating in an unattached mini-USB plug. The assembly of LCD plate, Raspberry Pi and USB cable is collectively designated SCP-2934-2.\n\nThe inside of SCP-2934's mouth held four objects at the time of discovery: three small, roughly torn scraps of yellow paper with the words \u201cKOMPETENC\u00cb\u201d, \"BESIM\" and \u201cAUTORITET\u201d3 individually handwritten with pencil on each piece, and a folded, low-resolution image of a middle-aged man's face printed onto white A4 paper. The man pictured is presumed to be Ndrec Gega. (See below.)\n\nSCP-2934 has been anomalously preserved by an unknown method. No chemicals commonly used for tissue preservation have been observed in sample analysis. Aside from skin pallor, SCP-2934 displays no signs of having been dead for an extended period of time.\n\nSCP-2934 produces an anomalous effect, designated SCP-2934-A, that acts on all individuals within a radius of 0.7 kilometres. Humans entering any stage of sleep within the area of effect will invariably experience one or more vivid dreams centred around a specific male character.\nUpon waking, affected individuals will always attribute the name \u201cNdrec Gega\u201d to this character, and their description of its appearance will match the following details: approximately fifty years old; 180 \u2013 200 cm tall; a receded hairline; grey-white hair; thick, dark eyebrows; a broad face and physique; a broad, high nose; Caucasian, with a relatively tanned, flushed skin tone; and wearing some form of suit and tie. When shown the printed image found in SCP-2934's mouth, all affected individuals will agree that the man depicted is the Ndrec Gega character from their dreams.\nThe narrative of their dreams will always feature the Ndrec Gega character acting as a capable authority figure who establishes a close personal connection to the dreaming individual. Examples of these dreams are given below.\n\n+ SCP-2934-A dream narrative summaries\n\n\u2013 SCP-2934-A dream narrative summaries\n\nSubject\nDream Summary\n\nAgent M\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Burton\nAgent Burton is unemployed and living in his parents' house. While Agent Burton is walking through his childhood primary school, Ndrec Gega, the new headmaster, offers him a job as his personal assistant. Agent Burton works for Ndrec Gega from a desk in his third-year classroom, and feels great satisfaction in fielding his calls and organising his schedule. Ndrec Gega asks Agent Burton for advice on his haircut three times, which makes Agent Burton feel trusted.\n\nD-163758\nD-163758 is first mate on a cruise ship travelling to Paris through the sky. Ndrec Gega is the ship's captain, and leaves D-163758 in charge of steering on three occasions. He tells D-163758 that he is very happy with her steering when he returns. The ship hits a European robin and almost crashes, but Ndrec Gega manages to prevent this through great skill and effort. When they land in Paris, Ndrec Gega is awarded an Oscar trophy. He removes the trophy's head and gives it to D-163758 as a gift.\n\nD-767449\nD-767449 works on the assembly line of a shampoo factory, adding orange juice from a hose to all the shampoo bottles that pass her. Ndrec Gega is the factory supervisor. He hugs D-767449 and tells her \u201cwell done\u201d every time he walks by. Ndrec Gega finds that the productivity of the factory's machines is trebled if he sings Happy Birthday to them. He is interviewed live on national television about this discovery, and tells the interviewer and television audience that he could not have done it without D-767449's help. D-767449 is elected President of the United States as a result.\n\nIndividuals experiencing SCP-2934-A for the first time will report genuine \"gut feelings\" of warmth and trust for the dream character when waking, which appear to persist indefinitely. If asked how they would feel if a real-world \"Ndrec Gega\" were placed in a position of authority over them, such as their workplace manager or political representative, subjects uniformly respond in a highly positive manner.4\nIf SCP-2934-A dreams are experienced multiple times, however, affected individuals will quickly feel confused and uneasy about the character's continual reappearance. Almost all subjects who experience the dreams more than five times will report a level of fear and annoyance. Long-term exposure occasionally results in such an extreme negative response that some subjects have refused to sleep for extended periods to avoid seeing the entity.5\n\nSCP-2934-2 LCD screen message\n\nAlthough no electromagnetic transmissions have been detected from SCP-2934 or any of its components, containing the anomaly using standard radio frequency shielding techniques appears to prevent the SCP-2934-A dream effect from acting on individuals in range. Additionally, removing the modified bottom hoop of the dreamcatcher containing the LEGO satellite dish sculpture appears to prevent SCP-2934-A entirely. Investigation into SCP-2934's effects by members of MTF Omicron Rho is pending.\nAddendum: A real-world individual named Ndrec Gega matching the appearance of the SCP-2934 dream character and printed image has been found. Ndrec Gega was the Democratic Party for Albania's candidate for the 2011-05-08 mayoral election of Dor\u00ebz, a town of 9,000 people in the Arr\u00ebz e Madhe municipality of northern Albania.\nLocals interviewed report a period of twelve days, lasting from the night of 2011-04-25 to the night of 2011-05-06, in which almost all the population of the Dor\u00ebz urban area experienced sleep characteristic of SCP-2934-A. Ndrec Gega lost the mayoral election three days later by a historically large margin, largely due to widespread distress about his repeated appearance in most of the electorate's dreams.\nThe real-world Ndrec Gega suffered a fatal car accident on the A1 motorway the day after the election, 2011-05-09. His car was observed to drive erratically at 180km/h before veering off the side of the road and colliding with a tree. Notably, the coroner's report remarks that both hands and both feet were traumatically amputated in the collision.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The appearance of the dreamcatcher, aside from the modified bottom hoop, is identical to a dreamcatcher listed on eBay by a Chinese-based seller with the username \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n2. Made using standard Parts 4285b and 3957a.\n3. Approximately translated from Albanian as \u201ccompetence\u201d, \"trust\" and \u201cauthority\u201d.\n4. This emotional response does not appear to be anomalous in itself: subjects will often make unprompted remarks that basing a conscious perception on a dream is illogical, and will be convinced by falsified documentation about a real-world Ndrec Gega of highly objectionable character.\n5. Maximum period of wakefulness observed is four days.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2933 | SCP-2934 | SCP-2935 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2936\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2936 is contained on-site in the Antarctic, at the location of its discovery. Personnel assigned to SCP-2936 are required to be fluent in spoken German and, except for perimeter guards, are to wear insignia which identify them as part of the Third Reich. Civilian maps are to be purged.\nDescription: SCP-2936 is the remains of a Nazi military/research base in the Antarctic. It contains several artifacts which are assumed to be the products of anomalous technology; however, with the exception of SCP-2936-1, these have all been irreparably damaged by long-term exposure to Antarctic conditions. Documents recovered on-site (logbooks, personal correspondence, suicide notes; see archive 2936-MLR) indicate that the base was inhabited as recently as 1953; conversely, civilian mapping projects and scientific expeditions indicate that the site was empty and undeveloped as recently as 2005.\nSCP-2936-1 is a sapient programmable automaton which serves as the base's custodian. It is 3.5 m tall and approximately humanoid, albeit with tank treads instead of legs, and has two highly articulated arms ending in 8 opposable digits each, as well as a loudspeaker and two miniaturized movie cameras on its head. Its power source appears to be a luminescent swastika embedded in its upper chest; further examination of this swastika has been postponed until a method can be determined for removing it from SCP-2936-1 nondestructively.\nSCP-2936-1's lower chest contains an array of disks resembling phonograph records, and a mechanism for playing them and switching between them; these hold its programs (for a list of identified programs, see Document 2936-K77). It periodically attempts to switch between disks, and will also do this when confronted with unfamiliar circumstances; however, only one disk (#11, \"die Stahlmutter\"1) is physically intact, and it is therefore unable to select new programming.\nWhen Program #11 is active, SCP-2936-1's primary function is the maintenance of SCP-2936-2.\nThe 64 instances of SCP-2936-2 are wall-mounted cylindrical glass tanks, which SCP-2936-1 has identified as \"Glasgeb\u00e4rmuttern\";2 each tank contains the dessicated remains of a human infant or fetus. All tanks are cracked, and show signs of having leaked a fluid whose dried residue SCP-2936-1 has identified as \"Ersatzfruchtwasser\";3 as well, the tanks' rubber seals have crumbled, and their power supply has experienced fire-related damage and is melted.\nEvery 4 hours, SCP-2936-1 inspects the instances of SCP-2936-2, measuring the chemical composition of their contents, and verifying the integrity of their seals and the stability of their power supply. However, each time it does this, it re-uses the same obsolete dataset of sensor readings, leading it to conclude that the tanks are intact and functioning.\nWhen not inspecting the instances of SCP-2936-2, SCP-2936-1 praises the tanks and their contents, sings traditional German lullabies to them, and knits infant-size clothing from fabric which it recycles.\n\nInterview log (translated from German)\nDr. Iliescu: What is the Stahlmutter's purpose in tending the tanks?\nSCP-2936-1: So that the Herrenkinder4 may grow big and strong, and rule the world.\nDr. Iliescu: Does the Stahlmutter know what death is?\nSCP-2936-1: Yes.\nDr. Iliescu: Are the Herrenkinder dead?\nSCP-2936-1: Death only applies to soldiers, and to Untermenschen.5\nDr. Iliescu: I see. The Stahlmutter has done well in answ\u2014\nSCP-2936-1: The children lie on the bottoms of their Glasgeb\u00e4rmuttern. They are unmoving, like the dead soldiers. But the children are not soldiers, and the children are not Untermenschen. And the chemical, physical, and mechanical parameters of the Glasgeb\u00e4rmuttern are all at optimal values. Therefore, the children are not dead. The Stahlmutter loves the children always. Good children will grow strong and brave and wise. The Stahlmutter loves the good children.\n\nDocument 2936-K77: List of program disks identified within SCP-2936-2 (translated from German)\n\nMilitary Doctor (#1)\nPolitical Officer (#2)\nWeapons Manager (#7)\nMagical Weapons Manager (#8)\nSteel Mother (#11)\nCustodian and Building Repair (#22)\nGame Player (#24)\nCook, Farmer, and Nutritionist (#28)\n\nFootnotes\n1. \"the Steel Mother\"\n2. \"glass wombs\"\n3. \"substitute amniotic fluid\"\n4. \"Master Children\"\n5. \"lower races\"\n\n\u00ab SCP-2935 | SCP-2936 | SCP-2937 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2937\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The 113 items composing SCP-2937 are to be stored in 45 standard secure lockboxes in Site-50's High Value Item Storage Facility. Security Clearance Level 2-2937 is needed to remove any item from its lockbox for research purposes or to perform laboratory testings.\nREVISION 25/04/2012: SCP-2937-23, -48, -57, -65, -66, -67, -81, -89, -94, -103, -105 and -111 are to be buried at a depth of at least 5 meters in a location no less than 1 kilometer apart from any building inside Area-30. Security Clearance Level 3-2937 is needed to retrieve any of them, and no more than one of the items can be retrieved at once. If new items belonging to SCP-2937 with painted motifs are retrieved they are likewise to be buried near Area 30.\nGiven the political difficulty in directly acting in the People's Republic of China, efforts are to be focused in disinformation and in indirectly influencing and/or negotiating with the PRC's government. Continuing procedures to dissuade from further public interest in the archaeological history of the Oroqen Autonomous Banner1 are to be carried out. Periodically, specialist papers denying the possibilities of any prehistorical civilization in the wider area are to be published, as are rebuttals to any thesis proposing such ideas. Agents and contacts inside the PRC's government are to lobby for the constitution of nature preserves and for the obstruction of archaeological excavations, further development, and inhabitation expansion in the area.\nThe highest priority is the location of the missing items and, if possible, their retrieval; otherwise, a strengthening of the measures preventing human activity near the location. For that end, satellite observing and, if feasible, aerial drone exploration, are to be carried on in search for remains of IJA/IJAMEA activities. Human exploration in the area where the missing items are supposed to rest is to be avoided.\nIf any object with typological similarities with the SCP-2937 items appears in private/public collections/markets it is to be acquired. In the case of discovery in archaeological contexts, a obfuscation and disinformation campaign is to be carried on and the object is to be retrieved.\nIn the case of the discovery of any number of corpses with blackened sclera and iris but otherwise unidentified cause of death inside the territory of the PRC, the opening of talks with the PRC's government is authorized and Protocol 2937-Yomi is to be carried out.\nRecovery of further information on Operation Izanami is a top-priority effort, as is the discovery of the fates of Professor Shimobe, General Okakura, and General Kurata.\nDescription: SCP-2937 consists of a set of brown to reddish-brown earthenware pottery. The total number of items is unknown; there are currently 113 items under control of the Foundation (39 full pieces and 74 shards; SCP-2937-1 through SCP-2937-113). These items range in size from a 173 centimeters tall jar to a 5 centimeters long shard. Stylistical analysis show the 113 items to belong to a single archaeological culture, termed Xing'an culture. Typological studies have established a continuous succession of 10 styles, divided into Early-Middle-Late Xing'an2. It has also been pointed out the presence of stylistical elements also seen in the Jomon and Chulmun pottery styles3. Thermoluminiscence dating has dated the items to a period from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 years before present.\n12 of the items (the shards SCP-2937-23, -48, -57, -65, -66, -67, -81, -89, -94, -103, -105 and -111) show illustrated motifs painted with black pigment. The fragmentary nature of the pieces makes their interpretation difficult. Since retrieval, these motifs have been shifting inside their corresponding shard at an irregular pace but averaging around 1 centimeter/year, the pattern moving until a certain point in the shard and then back; every motif seems to have its own fixed pattern of movement. Analysis of the pigment have turned out mostly inconclusive/contradictory results; it is only clear that it doesn't correspond to any known substance.\nRecovery: The items composing SCP-2937 were discovered in the northeastern part of the then Xing'an province of Manchukuo (current Oroqen Autonomous Banner) during 1937-1945 by the Imperial Japanese Abnormal Matters Examination Agency (IJAMEA). After the end of the Second World War and the dissolution of the IJAMEA, SCP-2937 (along with a majority of the anomalous objects under IJAMEA control) was transferred to Foundation control and stored in the newly built Site-50 in Kyoto prefecture.\nRecovered Documents 2937-1: Correspondence concerning the Hsingan Culture and the Project Izanami\nThe following documents were recovered alongside SCP-2937 on 1945-10-17. Translated from Japanese.\n\nL-2937-1\nL-2937-2\nL-2937-3\nL-2937-4\nL-2937-5\nL-2937-6\nL-2937-7\n\nOctober 12, 1937\nDear General Kurata\nAs per your directives, the gentlemen from the Abnormal Matters Examination Agency have arrived. They immediately started examining the retrieved pottery pieces. Professor Shimobe S. is certain that they are related to the Stone Age pottery from the homeland, but is also convinced that these pieces precede the homeland ones in antiquity. He says that this is proof of the existence of a prehistorical Pan-asian civilization; it may be worth investigating more so as to get more supporting evidence against those who doubt the legitimacy of our Co-Prosperity Sphere (of course, the official line will be that these remains were produced by ancestors of the Yamato race).\nProf. Shimobe has tentatively classified these pottery pieces under the \"Hsingan\" style.\nSincerely,\nGeneral Okakura K.\n\nSketch attached to letter L-2937-2\n\nJuly 5, 1940\nDear General Kurata\nLast week several large jars with painted motifs were excavated4. According to Prof. Shimobe, the design of these motifs shows remarkable similarity to the homeland's prehistorical designs. This should be taken as further proof of the continuity between the Hsingan people and the Yamato race. Of interest is also a jar with a motif interpreted by Prof. Shimobe as a Hsingan king subduing conquered people. I attach to this letter a rough sketch of this last motif.\nSincerely,\nGeneral Okakura K.\n\nSketch attached to letter L-2937-3\n\nDecember 19, 1942\nDear General Kurata\nWe have been periodically unearthing more painted examples of Hsingan pottery. Several of them show what Prof. Shimobe says was some kind of ritual. I'm attaching a rough sketch of what is, according to him, one of the more interesting motifs.\nThese paintings are truly remarkable: they shift and move around the surface of the vessel, like they were reenacting the rituals they are supposed to illustrate. With those reenactings as reference, and his own ethnographical background, Prof. Shimobe is certain he can eventually reproduce the ritual. He has confidence this ritual may become a powerful weapon for the Yamato.\nSincerely,\nGeneral Okakura K.\n\nSeptember 3, 1943\nDear General Kurata\nProf. Shimobe was right: this ritual is truly outstanding. Just by reenacting it upon the subject (a local we had drafted from a nearby village), the subject's eyes turned completely black and, he just dropped dead. Furthermore, we got reports that at approximately the same time several locals from the surrounding villages (including people with whom we had had no contact at all) also died of mysterious reasons, their eyes totally black.\nProf. Shimobe has hypothesized that thanks to this ritual the Hsingan people carved a far-reaching empire; indeed, though there haven't been full excavations yet our troops have found pottery similar to the Hsingan as far south as Chekiang. Further research is needed. I'm attaching an initial draft with several possibilities of weaponizing this effect (I'm tentatively calling this project as Project Izanami), were Prof. Shimobe's theories proven true. For the moment he can only execute the ritual on a couple of individuals per day, but he says that with practice he will be able to expand the effect.\nAdditionally, one of the colleagues of Prof. Shimobe has shown concern that the Hsingan pottery remains seem to disappear abruptly in the archaeological record, as if the Hsingan civilization had at some point suddenly died. Prof. Shimobe says that it is just an artifact of the shortage of data.\nSincerely,\nGeneral Okakura K.\n\nJune 26, 1944\nDear General Kurata\nI'm distressed to hear about these sudden deaths cases in the homeland. This confirms one of Prof. Shimobe's hypothesis, and it also confirms my fears.\nSince of late, the painted pottery had been become more active, the designs being in movement all day; and two weeks ago the ritual was enacted by itself, without input of Prof. Shimobe or of anyone else. Immediately not only some of the drafted locals but even our own troops fell dead, their eyes black. This have been happening once every one or two days since then.\nAnd the fact of these sudden deaths in the homeland has made Prof. Shimobe certain of another of his hypothesis: that this effect determines its victims by race. According to him, when this effect kills a victim, it also kills a number of individuals of the same race, sometimes considerably far away. Reports of cases of these sudden deaths as far south as Shanghai show that the geographical range of the effect is indeed considerably broad (if there is any range at all).\nProf. Shimobe is continuing his research and his practice of the ritual. He may now affect as much as a dozen of individuals at once, and the associated effect may be killing as much as ten times that number.\nI think it's safe to say that carrying out Project Izanami is a realistic possibility. We should hurry, however; the tide of war gets more unfavorable to us every day.\nSincerely,\nGeneral Okakura K.\n\nJune 12, 1945\nDear General Kurata\nWe are running out of time. These painted pieces have been becoming exponentially more active these last few months. Now the ritual is being reenacted constantly, and had we kept these pieces on our possession every day several dozen of the drafted locals and of our troops would be dying. Even after temporarily burying them and retreating over 50 kilometers, everyday about a dozen persons on our base die. Furthermore, this effect is not only growing stronger; it's also expanding its coverage. There are reports of the associated deaths all over China and the homeland, and they number over twenty times the number of deaths among our troops.\nProf. Shimobe says that not being able any longer to practice can hurt the efficiency, but is confident that if given enough and appropriate human material he can reproduce this effect on a scale without precedents (and without affecting the Yamato people).\nSincerely,\nGeneral Okakura K.\n\nSeptember 7, 1945\nDear General Okakura\nYou are authorized to carry out Operation Izanami. All of our prisoners of war will be sent to your location; you are to use them in their totality. If what Prof. Shimobe says about the results of this ritual of his is true, this should become an attack to dwarf this new weapon of the Americans.\nSincerely,\nGeneral Kurata M.\nNote: Letter L-2937-7 was discovered in the office of General Kurata and is thought to have remained unsent.\n\nNotes: Professor Shimobe S. was a professor from Tokyo University attached to the IJAMEA. Records show him being sent to the 79th Infantry Division of the IJA, based in northern Manchukuo, in 1937. General Okakura K. was a general in charge of a unidentified regiment of the 79th Infantry Division. After September 1945 there are no more records concerning him and his final fate is unknown. General Kurata M. was an official in the government of Japan from 1934-1945, and is thought to have been a high-ranking officer of the IJAMEA. His fate after September 7, 1945 is unknown.\nAddendum 2937-1: On 25/04/2012, Junior Researcher Iijima suddenly died during lunch in Site-50. Her sclera and iris had turned black, and no cause of death could be found. At the same time, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a clerk in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Fukuoka Prefecture, also died of unknown causes and with black sclera and iris. After this incident, inspection of SCP-2937 showed that the painted motifs in the corresponding items were shifting at a pace of around 1 centimeter/hour (the remaining items showed no change). Following this incident, the items with painted motifs were transferred to Area-30.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Hulunbuir Prefectural City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China\n2. Shimamura T., 1977, \"A Reexamination of the Stylistical Evolution of the Hsingan Pottery\", Journal of the Department of Eastern Asia Archaeology and History, 15:2\n3. Takabe H., 1982, \"The Hsingan Culture in the Eastern Asia Context\", Quarterly Asian Archaeology, 47:3\n4. No complete piece with any painted motif was present in the set of items retrieved by the Foundation.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2936 | SCP-2937 | SCP-2938 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2938\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2938 is kept in an opaque airtight container in a vacuum chamber at Site 37. Personnel are to have no direct exposure to SCP-2938 outside of testing protocols.\nDescription: SCP-2938 is 1.7 kg of a clear, colorless substance. Its shape, density and composition are variable and reactive to ambient environmental conditions. When exposed to different testing conditions, SCP-2938 transforms into a variety of other substances by unknown means. There is no distinguishable pattern to the transformations.\nPartial Test Logs\n\nTest parameters\nResult\n\n5 g sample placed in 250 mL beaker\nSCP-2938 initially separated in 2 distinct masses, which then operated according to an unknown force to rejoin.\n\n5 g sample injected with 0.5 mL radioactive dye.\nDye rapidly diffused into sample and was unretrievable, although radiation was still detectable. Sample acquired faint coloration.\n\n5 g sample consumed by laboratory mouse.\nSubsequent vivisection revealed that all bodily fluids were primarily composed of SCP-2938 with contaminants.\n\n5 g sample consumed by laboratory mouse.\nLong-term monitoring revealed that most biochemical processes and organ functioning were dependent on the presence of SCP-2938. No adverse health effects were noted prior to disposal of mouse.\n\n5 g sample subjected to increasing pressure at stable temperature of 25\u00baC.\nConverted into unidentified liquid substance with maximum density of 997 kg/m\u00b3. Reverted to SCP-2938 once pressure was decreased.\n\n5 g sample heated to 75\u00baC.\nAt 50\u00baC, converted into a liquid suspension containing large amounts of oxidane.\n\n5 g sample cooled to -25 \u00baC.\nAt 0\u00baC, converted into a crystalline solid composed of hydroxylic acid. No further changes noted.\n\n5 g sample dissolved in 10 mL water.\nAdmixture converted to liquid DHMO1 upon stirring. When allowed to come to rest, entire mass reverted to 15 g of SCP-2938.\n\nGiven that SCP-2938 appears able to convert other substances into more of itself, combined with its inherently corrosive nature and the unpredictable nature of its transformations, it is estimated that the introduction of any quantity of SCP-2938 to an uncontrolled ecosystem would potentially result in an HK-class environmental conversion scenario.\nAddendum: Supervisory review revealed test data irregularities consistent with active cognitohazardous effect. Testing was independently replicated under CH-corrective protocols and returned the same results. Upon further review, SCP-2938 has been marked as free of cognitohazards by the Department of Memetics & Cognitohazards.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Dihydrogen monoxide\n\n\u00ab SCP-2937 | SCP-2938 | SCP-2939 \u00bb"}
{"text": "2939-\u201cBIG NARF\u201d manifestation in Walla Walla, WA.\n\nItem #: SCP-2939\nObject Class: Euclid (provisional, pending adoption of containment procedures)\nSpecial Containment Procedures: No containment procedure for the SCP-2939 manifestation phenomenon has currently been finalized. Global Committee Na\u1e25\u0161-12 (\u201c\u2018NARF' Herders\u201d)1 has been assigned in a fact-finding capacity to document 2939-\u201cBIG NARF\u201d manifestations and to devise and propose Special Containment Procedure 2939 for submission to the Site Directors' Executive Committee of the Whole.\nDescription: SCP-2939 is a phenomenon involving the apparently spontaneous addition of the phrase \u201cBIG NARF\u201d to the description of an upcoming event, gathering, or other group social endeavor.2 In all observed cases thus far, the addition of the phrase presages the cancellation of said event, whether aborting the event already in progress or preventing its scheduled beginning. 2939-\u201cBIG NARF\u201d manifestations are a newly-observed phenomenon, as the Foundation has not currently discovered details of manifestations before \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 of this year. As such, containment theory remains under development, and the exact mechanism by which 2939-\u201cBIG NARF\u201d manifestations occur is unknown.\nMerely adding the phrase \u201cBIG NARF\u201d to the description of an upcoming event does not cause its cancellation, in significant tests by GCN-12 to date. Only additions of the phrase \u201cBIG NARF\u201d spontaneously by no observed mechanism or party appear to trigger SCP-2939. The phrase \u201cBIG NARF,\u201d then, is currently considered to be a \u2018calling card' for the events rather than a self-propagating memetic hazard in and of itself.\nSelected 2939-\u201cBIG NARF\u201d Manifestations: The following is a selection of 2939-\u2018BIG NARF' manifestations observed by GCN-12 to date. Full details are available to Level-1-2939 staff and to other Foundation staff upon request.\n\nA handwritten poster for an upcoming show by the band Calcutta Darlings at Main Street Studios in Walla Walla, Washington, United States, was shown on a private businesses' security footage to spontaneously list \u201cBIG NARF\u201d as the opening band 3 days before the concert. The purported \u2018opening band' was added to the poster between frames of the security footage. The listing of the opening band matched, in the opinion of handwriting experts, the original handwriting of the advertisement. The concert did not go on as planned, as Calcutta Darlings bassist Mingmei Wei fell ill with influenza prior to the show. Local Task Force interviewers determined that none of the three-member band were aware of \u201cBIG NARF.\u201d3\nA Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament in Bend, Oregon, United States' bracket on an online tournament-listing website was updated mid-tournament to list \u201cBIG NARF\u201d in Pool 13, scheduled to begin at 12:00 PM local time. At 12:06, when the first match of Pool 13 between the players \u201cJMF | The Problem\u201d and \u201cFrogdad\u201d was about to begin on the event's Twitch.tv stream, the venue for the event (a local video game and collectible card game store) lost power, cutting off the stream and forcing the event to close. The online tournament-listing website's server logs were polled and displayed no originating user action for the bracket change, and tournament participants and organizers, when interviewed, indicated no knowledge of the purported player.4\nA slam poetry event in Corvallis, Oregon, United States was evacuated due to fire in the caf\u00e9 hosting the event. \u201cBIG NARF\u201d was listed on the Facebook event as one of the poets performing.5\n\nOther events cancelled by 2939-\u201cBIG NARF\u201d manifestations include wine tastings, a group sage grouse birdwatching expedition, three Little League Baseball games where \u201cBIG NARF\u201d was listed on the lineup cards (all rained out) and a bar trivia night.\n\nRegions of currently-known SCP-2939 events.\n\nCurrently Active Containment Theory Proposals: All SCP-2939 incidents have currently been restricted to the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, with most manifestations occurring in the eastern Oregon and Washington area. No more than one manifestation has ever been observed per day, and manifestations have not yet occurred in two disparate areas in times faster than average vehicle transportation between those two areas. Current containment theory holds, then, that an individual, entity or group bound by human transportation limits \u2014 and primarily residing in the eastern Washington or Oregon area \u2014 is responsible for SCP-2939. GCN-12 members are currently researching individuals involved in video gaming, music, and related culture groups in the areas affected by SCP-2939.\nActively pursued containment theories include:\n\nAn individual or a group with malicious intent is attempting to cause harm to the career or hobby prospects of a person or persons involved in events in the region.\nAn individual or a group is counter-intuitively attempting to protect a person or person(s) at these events, as six venues involved in SCP-2939 manifestations so far were found to have electrical or fire safety deficiencies.\nAn individual or a group is intentionally attempting to draw the attention of SCP Foundation operations in the region. Level \u22653-2939 personnel may view event update LLN below.\n\nOther containment theories currently not actively pursued include that 2939-\u201cBIG NARF\u201d manifestations are a self-propagating memetic phenomenon,6 that 2939-\u201cBIG NARF\u201d cancellations are non-anomalous sabotage and out of the scope of the Foundation,7 and that 2939-\u201cBIG NARF\u201d manifestations are a complex hoax on the part of Foundation employees8.\n\n+ Show GCN-12 event update LLN [LEVEL \u22653 CLEARANCE REQUIRED]\n\n- Hide GCN-12 event update LLN [LEVEL \u22653 CLEARANCE REQUIRED]\n\nTo the advisory committee:\nOur wide-ranging interviews in the wake of 2939-\u201cBIG NARF\u201d events appear to have drawn the attention of whoever's responsible for 2939. Three straight attempts to conference call with my regional captains for updates were disrupted, with \u201cBIG NARF\u201d listed in the agenda for the meetings. I scheduled an emergency meeting with strict instructions that there would be no agenda for the call, and found myself unable to pick up the phone, paralyzed by anxiety over what exactly I'd say about \u201cBIG NARF.\u201d I believe this was the first known example of a non-written 2939 event. I'm sending this up the ladder \u2014 our group has been compromised, either from within or without, and needs to have this investigation taken out of our hands. BIG NARF is in my head every time I try to organize anything. My deputy reports the same.\nThis is bigger than some cancelled concerts. It's not some juvenile PoI making a joke. If it is, it's gotten out of hand. Run this up the chain and don't tell us a damn thing. I'll hold everyone and tell them the investigation is continuing. I look forward to a visit from Memetics.\nAlyx Kortig\nChairperson\nGlobal Committee Na\u1e25\u0161-12 (\u201c\u2018NARF' Herders\u201d)\n\nFootnotes\n1. GCN-12\n2. See section \u201cSelected 2939-\u2018BIG NARF' Manifestations,\u201d below.\n3. Nine musical event cancellations involving \u201cBIG NARF\u201d have been noted to date, most notably involving the revocation of a permit for a 2-day music festival soon after the addition of \u201cBIG NARF\u201d to all posters in the local area advertising the festival.\n4. Three \u201cesports\u201d event cancellations involving \u201cBIG NARF\u201d have been noted to date.\n5. This is the only known non-musical art/culture event to be disrupted by a 2939-\u201cBIG NARF\u201d manifestation to date. Of particular note is that a member of Iodina, a band that had been disrupted by a 2939-\u201cBIG NARF\u201d manifestation, was present at the slam poetry event and has been named as a Person of Interest by GCN-12.\n6. Ruled too difficult to conclusively prove at this stage.\n7. Would require great cost and effort, no current proof.\n8. Would require an exceptionally large failure of operational security, involve the participation of individuals with clean disciplinary records, and would accomplish no clear purpose.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2938 | SCP-2939 | SCP-2940 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2940\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Observation Post 43 has been established on the coast of Aokigahara, with the appearance and functionality of a suicide-watch post1. Communication systems are to be provided for instances of SCP-2940-A on Floor 1, to transmit requests or distress calls of possible SCP-2940-B containment breaches.\nRevised Procedures: As of 1/4/2015, communication with all instances of SCP-2940-A is to be withdrawn. Instances are to be subdued in the case of further resistance. Preventing access to lower levels of SCP-2940 for instances of SCP-2940-A has been deemed unnecessary; however, increased security measures around the perimeter of SCP-2940 are currently under consideration due to concern with SCP-2940-B's self-containment.\nDescription: SCP-2940 is an extensive underground bunker located in Aokigahara, a forest near the base of Mount Fuji. It is constructed mainly with concrete and steel, and extends 9 meters underground. Several structural similarities to German industrial bunkers from World War II are present, though most rooms have been converted into living quarters. Uninhabited rooms in SCP-2940 exhibit considerable disrepair, though all rooms inhabited by instances of SCP-2940-A are generally clean and fit for living.\nSCP-2940 has ten floors, each floor containing five residences consisting of families of three to five (referred to as SCP-2940-A, Groups A through E). All residences include a bathroom, living room, and a small kitchen, with furniture consistent with those present in America in the early 1970's. Prepared food and water is transported to each residence by means of [REDACTED]. This is similar to biological tissues from the small intestines, but otherwise remains partly mechanical. Waste material is removed by means of the same process.\nA total of 23 instances of SCP-2940-A exist within SCP-2940, consisting of various humans of age and ethnicity. Instances of SCP-2940-A are unable to exit SCP-2940 and develop variable physical abnormalities following death, though autonomy and teleportation within all residences are the most commonly observed properties.\nThe entrance to SCP-2940 is accessible through a stairwell next to each floor's medical bay. However, all instances claim that no such stairwell exists. Instances are also unable to be forced through the doorway leading to the stairwell, and are obstructed by an unseen presence they claim to be the structure's walls. Despite their environment, all instances demonstrate extremely welcoming and hospitable personalities towards personnel, often inviting them to join meals.\nSCP-2940-A and SCP-2940-B occupy Floors 1 through 9 of SCP-2940, due to the effect of a temporal anomaly; each Floor has a set of unique instances of SCP-2940-A and -B from a different period of time. Testing during containment has shown that time does not actively pass within any floor of SCP-2940 (excluding Floor 10). Time-measuring devices are inoperative, though local spacetime allows movement and the continual habitation of all entities within SCP-2940. However, beginning at Floor 1, each subsequent Floor appears to have experienced the passage of 46 days in time from the previous floor; for example, a watch left within Floor 1 can be found in Floor 3, which will have measured the passage of 92 days, despite appearing inoperative. The effects of this on all denizens of SCP-2940 is currently unknown.\nNo attempts to extract or prevent the death of all instances of SCP-2940-A have been made, due to the possibility of unforeseen consequences. Floor 10 of SCP-2940 is not affected by any time-dilating properties. (See Addendum 2940-LB4).\nSCP-2940-B is a human cadaver that progressively gains autonomy and hostility towards all living organisms, correlating to the depth of the floor it inhabits within SCP-2940. It contains several components from the skeletal system of the Falco rusticolus, known as Gyrfalcon: the cranium has been replaced with a fleshless skull, and both arms have wings extending from the Humerus. The plumage of both wings are also identifiable as that of Falco rusticolus. SCP-2940-B's skull is capable of high amounts of luminescence and incandescence.\nNumerous lacerations are present in SCP-2940-B's epidermis, which dispense a black, viscous substance. SCP-2940 attacks all organisms within eyesight, and appears to lack other sensory systems. SCP-2940-B dispatches each subject by seizing them and bringing them near its skull, which increases in temperature to above 750 Celsius, causing third-degree burns to develop on the subject's upper body. Additionally, four separate events also document SCP-2940-B's usage of its beak to pierce vital areas.\nFollowing the infliction of fatal wounds, 70% of subjects will immediately degenerate into 12 liters of the same substance expelled by SCP-2940-B. Following the extermination of all living organisms within range of SCP-2940-B, it will proceed to consume any remaining substance, by collecting it with its hands to pour directly into its throat.\nThe following is information noted by Mobile Task Force Rho-2 (\"Urban Spelunkers\") during exploration efforts. Surveillance was constructed within a four-member residence of SCP-2940-A (Group E), consisting of a couple in their 30's and their daughter and son. MTF Rho-2 directly observed SCP-2940-B behavior, and retrieved recorded footage of SCP-2940-A through usage of two D-Class personnel.\n\nFloor #\nSCP-2940-B Activity\nSCP-2940-A (Group E) Activity\n\n1\nShallow breathing is audible from SCP-2940-B. No movement or reaction to auditory or tactile stimuli.\nGroup E is in healthy condition, no hostility towards personnel reported.\n\n3\nSCP-2940-B is capable of bipedal locomotion, and emits a faint white glow. Walks in a consistent loop past all residences, does not attack.\nAll families are still cordial, though complaints about food quality and availability are made occasionally.\n\n5\nMasculine weeping is heard from SCP-2940-B. Light from its skull is equivalent to that of fluorescent household lighting, and is incapable of causing fatal damage through burns. First recorded acts of aggression, incapacitating a child from Group A.\nFather of Group E is missing. Son and daughter repeatedly express discomfort and nausea. Mother expresses confidence in the return of father from seeking assistance from neighbors.\n\n7\nSCP-2940-B repeatedly verbalizes two words, \"Salix\" and \"Willow\". Noticeable gain in speed, 7 instances of SCP-2940-A are killed after exiting their residences for various reasons, mainly relating to safety from other instances.\nBrother is now missing from Group E, Living room is in noticeable disarray. Sister can be heard retching and dry heaving within the bathroom for approximately 20 minutes before remaining silent.\n\n8\nSCP-2940-B immediately attacks all individuals that enter the hallway leading to all residences, and expels its epidermal substance at victims to immediately impair movement. A minimum of ten instances of SCP-2940-A have been confirmed dead.\nSurveillance system appears to have been tampered with. Brother and Mother instance of SCP-2940-A instances address the camera, inquiring for possible dinner recipes. Both instances appear dead, and are splayed against the walls from an unknown force. Black liquid appears to have flooded the entirety of the floor within the residence, appearing to originate from the bathroom.\n\n9\nFloor is unable to be accessed, due to SCP-2940-B's constant pummeling on the doorway. Light from SCP-2940-B is extremely bright, and causes vision impairment when directly observed in the doorway's crevices.\nUnknown. Surveillance systems have been disabled, presumably Personnel conducting previous exploration claim hearing several feminine voices over SCP-2940-B's shrieking.\n\nAddendum 2940-LB4: Floor 10 contains several apparatus responsible for supplying SCP-2940-A instances with basic necessities. All appear to be functioning, despite the living conditions that instances of SCP-2940-A experience in lower floors. A single cubicle containing a computer terminal, filing cabinets, and several documents are present in a separate room. Besides assorted forms on living conditions and maintenance, several personal observations were found scattered throughout the documents.\n\n1.03/33:2\nThey told me that doing only work wouldn't be optimal for this place, so\u2026 yeah. All five families, including Matt's, are fine. We're gonna be down here for a while, considering the amount of work we've seen the laborers and hawkers dealing with above. The historical implants should keep everyone from panicking, for at least a month I don't know. Communication back to headquarters has been smooth. Good to know my family's being cared for. It's all I needed.\n\n1.21/33:2\nBit of an issue regarding the water supply. Something's tainted it, but readings say that it's fine. It smells rancid, it's grey and lukewarm. I went up and told the families not to drink it, didn't tell them that it was already used to prepare the food. Nothing to do about it, I'm sure the counter-halogens will counteract it. Might be something the specific water solution does. Medical station is only meant to hold bodies, I can't send people there.\n\n1.22/33:2\nBig trouble. It was a lot bigger than the normal earthquakes, and it was going though the entire bunker. My terminal blinked out (so much for latest model, Tektronix needs work), and now I can't message back to hq. I checked up on the families, they're fine and welcoming as when I gave them the stuff, but I think they know something's up. Only thing I can do is stay put and wait. Didn't get any other instructions\n\nDATE NOT FOUND\n$3&.89/3{%# terminal spewing bullshit. \"integrity w/macrocosmOrigin2 severed, now in -/-nias\"? What am I supposed to make out of this? Manuals down here don't say jack. I can't go up there to look at Matt and his kids, I don't want to know what they think. But they don't think so I have to.\n\nreset at 0.01/00:1\nThe stairwell. It's gotten bigger. There's still two floors, but I watched it. I watched it stretch in front of me. It was like watching putty melt away from the ground, and it was glowing blue hot. I went and manually locked all homes from the outside. The water must have done something to the implants, but at least they're all breathing. I have my own separate station for supplies, but I swear it's just because I'm the only one that hq needs alive. When Light Courier Enterprises has priorities, they stick to them, sick fucks.\n\n0.02/0:01\nChecked the water again. It wasn't grey anymore, but I definitely saw a bone down there. Suited up and got it, but it\u2026 melted, when I pulled it out. The whole tank's sealed, don't know how that happened. Also went up again, but i can't unlock some of the rooms. I was able to talk to that boy from the Abelson family, said he can't understand what his family is doing in the back, halfway through he just stopped and stared at me. There was black stuff coming from below their bathroom door, and I heard what I think used to be his mom. I ran, and he was laughing at me.\n\n0.03/0:01\nThey said it was for the worst events, but I'm going to leave everyone down here. If I at least bring the necessary forms, they'll relocate me so no one has to know it was me.\n\n0.04/00:1\nDoor to stairs has auto-locked from inside. Means that I've lost everyone.\nIf this is coming through to anyone with the status transmissions, tell my family that they don't need me or LCE. Leave for somewhere else any of the splinter groups, they're going to make Michael start working in a month, he's only 13\n\n0.07/00:1\nTerminal says Area integrity jammer shattered. Booklet doesn't say anything. Hoping for an extraction. Best of luck to all other employees.\n\n0.32/00:1\nMy door opened, and I hear singing. Will go up to check on the light messenger, the true courier of light, he's here! Ananias, are you calling me? Extraction isn't needed, I'm filled with energy. I'm coming up to see you now.\n\nAddendum 2940-LC5: A large bronze plaque is found mounted within each residence of SCP-2940, engraved with the following2:\n\nLight Courier Enterprises: \"Hideaway Home!\"\n\nWelcome to your new home, your protective shelter from the world above! We will be sure to accommodate you with all the materials you need to sustain the rest of your unnatural life. There is no need to fear the entering of any unknown entities, as the entrance of your neighborhood of five will be fully strengthened and completely nonexistent. Panic is a large factor in the breakdown of humans, and may cause certain individuals to attempt escape from safety, so there will be nothing to worry about without entry or exit to begin with!\nAlso, please be sure to observe the designated food and water storage, energy holding, and Medical Mourning rooms. The stairwell is prohibited from access, as the employee provided with your home has been trained to deal with extremely sensitive tasks in the basement floor. All residents are fully expected to castigate and chastise any individual attempting to enter below, and all words they speak must be disregarded. Immediately submit them to any available sect of the Medical Mourning room, and allow growth to occur. Grief is permitted upon completion of the transaction!\nThe events that have occurred may seem frightening, but Light Courier Enterprises is dedicated to the protection of all clients and customers. There is no place to fear! Only hope, and hope alone, will be the steed for all those undergoing this change! Onward, through and towards the dark abyss that lies before us, we shan't slow for home! Onward, through the being and entity of energy that beset our world, wringing chaos into our lives! Onward, the future was in sight, we will return it here! Onward! Onward! Onward.\nLight Courier Enterprises is not liable. Contact 9915-30-3214 when communication services are made available again. Any foreign products, mutations, or entities that appear within Hideaway Home are not products of Hideaway Home or its assigned employee. We didn't ask for this. Hideaway Home's \"Forever Food\" and \"Love Hydrating\" resources expire 3.09/33:2. No assistance is currently possible.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Aokigahara is a popular location for suicides, due to various myths and its isolation. \u6ce2\u306e\u5854\u3008\u4e0b\u3009(\u6587\u6625\u6587\u5eab): \u677e\u672c \u6e05\u5f35: \u672c. T\u014dky\u014d: Bungeishunj\u016b. 2009. ISBN 978-4167697235.\n2. For original documentation on Group of Interest \"Light Courier Enterprises\", see SCP-1940, SCP-1920, and SCP-1740. First noted documentation of LCE can be obtained from SCP-2395.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2939 | SCP-2940 | SCP-2941 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2941\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All known instances of SCP-2941 are to be kept within separate and fully-isolated bio-containment chambers within Biological Containment Site-103. Instances should be provided with four to six hours of direct light from an overhead fluorescent. Each instance of SCP-2941 must be checked at least four times a day to confirm that specimen morale levels fall within mandated guidelines (for more information see Document 2941-M-5). Any measurements of specimen morale levels falling above standard containment parameters should be reported immediately to the current project head. Should standard demoralization acts prove insufficient, please consult Document 2941-DM-1 for Stage B countermeasures.\nSince Incident 2941-3-2, interaction with SCP-2941 is limited to researchers with Level 3 clearance. Additionally, transport of SCP-2941 instances to and from other Site-103 research wings must be carried out in pre-approved routes free of Foundation personnel traffic.\nDescription: SCP-2941 is the collective designation for an anomalous population of fruits and vegetables. Instances of SCP-2941 only superficially resemble their non-anomalous counterparts, and differ from non-anomalous fruits and vegetables in both behavior and growth patterns. SCP-2941 instances possess limited sensory awareness, are capable of locomotion, and furthermore, some have shown the ability to speak, though how SCP-2941 instances manage to vocalize is currently unknown.\nUnder optimal containment conditions, the physical size of each instance of SCP-2941 conforms to the average size of comparable specimens in its particular species. However, rapid growth will occur when any instance of SCP-2941 is presented with verbal and/or physical affection as well as any other kind of positive reinforcement. Instances will also exhibit this property when engaging in pleasurable activities. No upper bound of SCP-2941's enlargement has been shown through on-site testing and by Foundation computer modeling. Proper demoralization must be maintained on a regular basis as any instance left alone for a period of between three to five hours will begin growing at a noticeable rate. Foundation researchers have hypothesized that each instance of SCP-2941 has an innate highly positive self-image that must be countered at all times.\nAddendum A: List of currently-contained SCP-2941 instances.1\n\nInstance Designations\nInstance Specifics\nSpecial Notes\n\nSCP-2941-1\nRed Delicious apple\n(Malus domestica)\nPrimary pleasure vector involved rolling around in a circular path within its containment cell until researchers were able to convince SCP-2941-1 that any movement at all will awaken a massive parasitic worm living inside it. It should continue to be made clear that removing the worm from -1 is simply beyond the Foundation's capabilities.\n\nSCP-2941-2\nFennel\n(Foeniculum vulgare)\nMain morale boost comes from engaging in the popular children's game \"Peek-a-boo\" by being placed underneath a piece of fabric large enough to completely cover it, and then having the fabric quickly pulled away. Tests have shown that SCP-2941-2's greatest demoralization occurs when the fabric is simply left covering -2 and no attempt is made to assist while it tries to roll free. The longest time to date that -2 has been trapped beneath the fabric is sixteen days which, as test models predicted, coincided with record low morale.\n\nSCP-2941-3\nHoneydew melon\n(Cucumis melo)\nIs very quick to notice nearby individuals, and will repeatedly vocalize questions regarding the quality of its roundness. To minimize misunderstanding on SCP-2941-3's part, researchers must be sure to always respond to each query with the statement \"You are a hideous cube.\"\n\nSCP-2941-4\nCavendish banana\n(Musa acuminata)\nCompulsively attempts to show off its ability to balance vertically on its stem. SCP-2941-4 should always be contained within a bio-chamber specifically modified with a floor that constantly pivots up and down at random angles and direction, preventing -4 from balancing.\n\nSCP-2941-5\nGreen pepper\n(Capsicum annuum)\nRegularly vocalizes concerns about the well-being of the rest of the SCP-2941 instances. SCP-2941-5 is to always be told that all the other specimens have made it clear to Foundation personnel that they wish -5 would mind its own business and that its consideration is unwanted.\n\nSCP-2941-6\nPersian lime\n(Citrus \u00d7 latifolia)\nSCP-2941-6's morale has been shown to markedly increase when placed in a silent containment cell. Researchers are to do hourly checks to confirm that the speaker placed within -6's current bio-chamber is functioning correctly and that the audio file chosen by the current head researcher is playing on an uninterrupted loop at a minimum of 90db. At the time of writing, the sound of a knife scraping a glass bottle has been playing for eighty-four days.\n\nSCP-2941-7\nTurnip\n(Brassica rapa)\nHas expressed repeated desire to only be referred to as \"Terry\". Foundation personnel are expressly forbidden from doing so, but if absolutely necessary, they should refer to SCP-2941-7 directly, condescendingly, and repeatedly as any other name besides Terry. Names producing the most severe demoralization vectors so far include \"Ferguson\", \"Wingding\" and \"Budz\".\n\nSCP-2941-8\nButton mushrooms (2)\n(Agaricus bisporus)\nAs this pair has shown to prefer close visual contact, each separate SCP-2941-8 instance should be kept in detached, opaque chambers a minimum of 4m apart. If the situation requires, researchers are allowed to converse with the -8 instances separately, with a sole focus on pointing out how the other member of the pair had been given the opportunity to be placed back together but voluntarily and happily turned it down.\n\nSCP-2941-9\nPeach\n(Prunus persica)\nHas often expressed displeasure with all forms of physical contact by Foundation researchers. Any researcher involved with the study of SCP-2941-9 should mark on Form 9C how many times they were able to flick -9 with their finger throughout their work shift.\n\nSCP-2941-10\nCantaloupe\n(Cucumis melo)\nHas a predilection for wanting to tell jokes to Foundation staff. Morale reduction has been maximized by initiating Procedure 2941-10-\u03b1, which dictates that SCP-2941-10 be allowed to tell any joke it wishes, but should be addressed immediately afterwards with angrily-delivered comments regarding how poorly the joke was constructed and/or how -10 has profoundly hurt the joke recipient's feelings.\n\nSCP-2941-11\nEggplant\n(Solanum melongena)\nAs long as SCP-2941-11 has been under the Foundation's care, it has repeatedly vocalized only one sentence, without variation: \"Hoo boo, I love you.\" -11's morale has, through much experimentation, shown to decrease the most when addressed with the carefully enunciated response: \"You should be hurled into the trash.\"\n\nIncident 2941-3-2: Due to a sudden and substantial water leak from Site-103's Antarctic Gardens, one floor directly above SCP-2941-3's containment cell, a decision was made by Junior Researcher Metcalf to temporarily move SCP-2941-3 to an empty research room down the hall. At the same time, testing had just finished for the day with SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and ten Class D personnel. As the remaining seven were being led back to the on-site Class D barracks, they passed Metcalf transporting SCP-2941-3 the opposite way down the same corridor. Ignoring established Transport Silence Protocols, D-34987 was later heard from recovered surveillance camera system data to call out loudly, \"Hey baby, those're some nice round melons you got there!\"\nJunior Researcher Metcalf, the seven Class D personnel, the two Security Officers leading them, and thirteen other nearby Foundation site staff were instantly crushed when SCP-2941-3 underwent the most rapid growth ever recorded by an SCP-2941 instance. Establishing morale levels low enough to re-contain SCP-2941-3 took eight hours and updated containment procedures were immediately put into effect.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Investigation into whether SCP-504 is a specialized instance of SCP-2941 is ongoing.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2940 | SCP-2941 | SCP-2942 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2942\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Foundation web bots SCP9ZY01 and SCP9ZY02 have been uploaded to NaTIS servers to facilitate identification of vehicle registrations that do not conform to standards for the system. Foundation-employed programmers within the South African Department of Transport are responsible for the maintenance of these web bots as well as notification of Mobile Task Force Iota-10 (\"Damn Feds\") upon confirmation of any anomalous vehicle registration, following which a detachment of MTF Iota-10 will be deployed to the relevant municipality to seize the suspected instance of SCP-2942. Confirmed instances of SCP-2942 are to be transported to Storage Sector 12 of Site-151. Standard hush protocols apply in cases of vehicle seizure (see Document A03-HUSH).\nDescription: SCP-2942 is a phenomenon affecting NaTIS, the South African National Administration Traffic Information System.1 In cases of SCP-2942, existing South African license plate numbers and NaTIS registration numbers are reassigned to vehicles2 which are not recognised as conventional motor vehicles, are not intended for operation on roads or on land, or are otherwise not normally authorised for civilian operation.\nIn addition to the four standard classes of vehicles authorised for civilian operation,3 NaTIS has (as of 01/11/2016) spontaneously generated exactly 90 vehicle classes not recognised by the South African Department of Transport (SADT), including:\n\nG1: heavy armoured combat vehicle (20 000kg - 40 000kg)\n\nG2: extra-heavy armoured combat vehicle (+ 40 000kg)\n\nM1: large submersible propelled by diesel-electric engine (+ 20 000 metric tons)\n\nTB1: vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (VTOL)\n\nN3: two-wheeled vehicle powered by no more than 2 horses, mules or oxen\n\nVehicles that have been assigned a NaTIS registration number in this fashion (via SCP-2942) are designated SCP-2942-1. Instances of SCP-2942-1 will manifest a valid South African license plate on the exterior the vehicle.\nIn each case, the legal owner of a vehicle which has had its registration number reassigned becomes physically incapable of operating their original vehicle. Simultaneously, the individual becomes capable of the remote operation of a specific instance of SCP-2942-1 from within the confines of the vehicle that the registration number originally corresponded to (hereafter referred to as SCP-2942-2). Instances of SCP-2942-2 are exclusively light or medium motor vehicles previously licensed for use in private transport. Only the registered owner of the corresponding instance of SCP-2942-1 (hereafter referred to as the remote operator), as recorded by NaTIS, is capable of operating the vehicle in this fashion. The effect cannot be replicated by directly assigning an existing or newly-generated registration number to any desired vehicle via NaTIS. Instances of SCP-2942 have only been shown to manifest independently of human agency.\nWhen the remote operator is seated in his/her instance of SCP-2942-2 and turns the key to activate the ignition system, the engine of the respective instance of SCP-2942-1 will instead be activated. At this point the remote operator will begin to enter a semi-dissociative state while simultaneously developing an increasing awareness of the physical location, dimensions and control system of the instance of SCP-2942-1. This event coincides with the appearance of anomalous phenomena (termed SCP-2942-3) within the instance of SCP-2942-1, theorised to be physical manifestations of the remote operator phenomenon. Previous manifestations of remote operators have included a dynamic thermal field with no identifiable source, a luminescent and only partially tangible gelatinous mass, two or more disembodied human hands and, in one case, an animate crash test dummy.4\nInstances of SCP-2942-3 will manipulate the controls of SCP-2942-1 in a way that appears to correspond to movements made by the remote operator within SCP-2942-2 at that exact point in time5 but the relationship may be more difficult to predict depending on the level of variation between the two vehicles. Lack of prior experience in operating a similar vehicle under normal conditions results in a higher risk and rate of accident, but not to the degree that would typically be expected. It is unclear whether this is due to some level of autonomy on the part of SCP-2942-3 or not.6\nUpon exit of the remote operator from SCP-2942-2, instances of SCP-2942-3 dematerialise and the instance of SCP-2942-1 immediately shuts down. Repeated sessions show a general increase in the ability of the remote operator to control the vehicle over time.\nIt is possible to transfer or nullify remote operator capacity by following due legal process for the transfer or cancellation of vehicle ownership.7 Although instances of SCP-2942 are dealt with on a case-by-case basis, current protocols advise the immediate re-registration of each newly-recovered instance of SCP-2942-1 to one of a pool of Foundation personnel selected for this specific purpose. The presence of numerous undercover Foundation personnel within SADT has been highly beneficial to ease of operations in this regard.\nDocument 2942-A: Log of notable instances of SCP-2942\n\nSCP-2942-2\nSCP-2942-1\nNotes\n\n2012 Ford Fiesta Hatchback\nSikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter, formerly in use by Republic of Korea Air Force.\nThis case of SCP-2942 caused an incident which nearly resulted in the death of three ROKAF officers during training exercises. Vehicles recovered and transferred to Foundation ownership. Incident explained as result of human error. Pilots' claims of an \"apparition\" discounted as a result of head trauma.\n\n2004-2010 Kia Sportage 4x4\nOutboard-motor fishing boat \"New Day\", originally located at a marina in Manchester, New Hampshire.\nInstance of SCP-2942-1 was intercepted by regional coast guard attempting to enter restricted waters when it was found to be manned by an emaciated, one-armed human torso. Vehicles recovered and transferred to Foundation ownership. Witnesses amnesticised.\n\n1998-1999 Volkswagen Type 2 \"Kombi\"\nLiebher mobile construction crane, located at a Gauteng construction site.\nThe building destroyed in the resulting incident was still under construction and was not inhabited or being worked on at the time. Incident explained as mechanical fault. Vehicles recovered.\n\n2003 Volkswagen Citi Golf\nScottish steam locomotive \"Aberdeen Express\".\nSignificant civilian casualties. Surviving conductor leaped from train when a number of tentacles reportedly emerged from the back of the cab and seized the controls. Instance of SCP-2942-1 could not be recovered.\n\n2013 Opel Corsa\nMohammad S.K. Batari, a 44-year-old rickshaw puller residing in Kolkata.\nThe Western Cape license plate could not be successfully removed from the individual's upper back until his NaTIS registration number was delisted. Remote operator manifested psychologically as an invasive consciousness that assumed control of the majority of Batari's voluntary motor functions, and physically as a Japanese spider crab that adhered itself to Batari's head. This incident represents the only recorded human instance of SCP-2942-1 to date.\n\nLoading\u2026\nLevel 4/2942 Clearance is required to access additional documentation pertaining to this item. Please enter your access credentials.\n\nAccess Document 2942-B: Experimentation\n\nClose Document 2942-B: Experimentation\n\nPreamble: With a significant number of SCP-2942 instances in Foundation custody by mid-2015, including a large number formerly owned by national and private militaries, testing to ascertain the value of the anomaly as a potential military asset was proposed by researchers J.D. Pollock and N. Shimwa and formally endorsed by several Mobile Task Force commanders. Testing was authorised by the regional director of Research Area-80.\n\nReport on Project Driver\nAuthored by: J.D. Pollock, N. Shimwa; Foundation Academic Press\n\nDate of entry: 01/11/2016\nIt was hypothesised soon after the discovery of SCP-2942 that the phenomenon was a projection of consciousness similar to that seen in Class IV \"reality-bending\" anomalies, a form of which was imparted upon the remote operator (albeit in a limited capacity) under the specific circumstances of the anomaly. However, standard tests for Class IV anomalies indicated that the individuals themselves were not inherently anomalous even while acting as remote operators, and therefore did not constitute a containment risk. Transfer of remote operator capacity to Level 2 Foundation personnel was authorised for containment purposes, under the condition that the aforementioned personnel be closely monitored. This was the all-important first step that would lead to the inception of Project Driver.\nThe first series of test subjects - all experienced military vehicle operators with extensive training - were not fully conscious even while performing the extremely complex task of operating heavy armoured vehicles or aircraft. Subjects remained in a state of effective somnambulism for the duration of the procedure, with Theta waves dominant on all EEG readings. Psychosuggestive techniques were necessary to keep subjects grounded in reality and able to carry out basic instructions.\nEarly testing revealed a strong correlation between the frequency of a subject's incidence of lucid dreaming and their general awareness during the procedure, as well as the ability to control the physical form and actions of manifestations of SCP-2942-3. Members of MTF Omicron-Rho, a task force specially trained in lucid dreaming techniques for the purposes of subconscious warfare and reconnaissance operations, were recruited as dual test subjects and consultants for the project.\nInitial results from Omicron-Rho operatives were outstanding. Despite only a basic grounding in military vehicle operations, the subjects outperformed even experienced operators in all aspects of testing and quickly became adept at simple \"milk runs\". The recommendation was made to advance to the weapons testing phase. Prior to the Omicron-Rho results, in-built vehicular weaponry had been disabled for safety reasons. Military advisors to the project had hopes of creating a small, specialised squadron of combat vehicles able to be operated across continental distances and in real time, allowing commanders all the benefits of manned vehicles without the limitations of modern drone technology and with zero risk of operator casualties. However, the project lead was unable to secure the co-operation of all Omicron-Rho recruits to this end.\nOn 13/10/2016, Omicron-Rho operative Caroline Amina Rostam announced her departure from the project, following a series of incidents in regards to acquiring additional compensation for her position as a consultant and evidence of deteriorating mental health. Summarily, an additional three operatives followed suit over the following weeks, with only two operatives currently remaining on the project.\nAs of 01/11/2016, the future of Project Driver is still in dispute.\n\nAccess Addendum 2942-B-01\n\nClose Addendum 2942-B-01\n\nExtract from official probe r.e. Project Driver d.d. 15/10/2016\nInterviewer: Senior Researcher J.D. Pollock\nInterviewed: Caroline Amina Rostam; MTF-Omicron-Rho operative, fmr. Project Driver consultant\n\n[begin log time 20:59.03 15/10/2016]\nPollock: Some very important people have put a lot of money into this project, Rostam. You think they're just going to let this slide?\nRostam: I won't say it again; I didn't sign up for what those people are suggesting, my colleagues didn't sign up for it, and we certainly didn't sign up knowing the real risks involved. And yes, Pollock, they are very real risks. The higher-ups can dish out whatever punishment they see fit, but I'm not putting my mind and body on the line for their ten-million-dollar obsession.\nPollock: Are you still going on about 2942?\n[scraping, footsteps as interviewed leaves chair and steps away from table]\n[no attempt at communication by either party for several seconds; protracted exhalation from interviewed]\nRostam: Pollock. You listen closely to me now, you manipulative little prick. No more games. You lied in that report. You lied by omission. It was me who told you that 2942 was affecting us psychologically. When I said I should be being paid more for this, I wasn't demanding\u2026 perks for my consultancy. I said that because I wasn't told beforehand that I'd be melding minds with a mind-affecting anomaly.\nPollock: Oh, come on!\nRostam: No, you come on, Jeffery. I've told you that 2942 isn't just a projection phenomenon. I didn't realise it at first\u2026 Couldn't. I wasn't sensitive enough. But the dash-threes are living beings in their own right. Each one is a broken-off piece of a larger consciousness, distinct from our own. It's not human. It was born deep in that bug-ridden database, and it was smart enough and powerful enough to engineer a way out of there that was within its means. When I take control of that tank, I feel my dash-three's thoughts. It's a parasite with its roots snaking into the folds of my brain from across an ocean, using my mind as a fuel source to sustain its own physical form. The more I trained, the deeper its roots dug in. Getting stronger right along with me. The manifestations started becoming more real.\n[footsteps]\nRostam: Have you seen them? They have organs now, for Christ's sake.\n[rustling of hair; laboured breathing from interviewed]\nRostam: I keep seeing its face in my dreams. The face it'd like to have. The hands that give it the power to manipulate a world limited to a dark, cramped cockpit. Metallic-cold. It's becoming more and more like its own person - if you can call it that - and sometimes I feel like I'm fighting it for control. Like I don't know who's driving who anymore.\nPollock: Rostam, please\u2026 don't-\nRostam: I'm not comfortable with that, Jeffery. My head is my safe place, don't you understand? My only safe place. Now you're filling it with guns and bombs and all that thing ever thinks about is guns and bombs and screaming engines. And what it's like to taste fresh air.\n[brief click of intercom button being depressed]\nPollock: [into mic] I think you need to send someone in here.\nRostam: I'm not going back into that cockpit. Nuh uh. You hear me? Nuh uh. No more.\n[end log time 21:02.39 15/10/2016]\n\nFootnotes\n1. NaTIS stores, records and manages information pertaining to South African vehicle regulations, and serves as a national vehicle registry.\n2. The definition of what constitutes a vehicle appears to be broad in this case; see Document 2942-A.\n3. This category comprises common passenger vehicles, goods vehicles, trailers and agricultural tractors.\n4. In light of the events of Incident 2942-45-F, physical interference with instances of SCP-2942-3 is strongly discouraged.\n5. e.g. depressing the accelerator pedal of SCP-2942-2 will cause an instance of SCP-2942-3 to simultaneously increase the throttle in a light aircraft, regardless of the distance between the two vehicles.\n6. Research indicates that the phenomenon is more complicated than initially believed - see Document 2942-B.\n7. The written consent of the previous owner is required for this process, but need not be supplied voluntarily.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2941 | SCP-2942 | SCP-2943 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2943\nObject Class: Thaumiel\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2943-A is currently within the boundaries of Site-51. A digital display showing the current date and time is to be kept within visible range of this manifestation point at all times. A timer counting down until precisely 8,640 minutes have elapsed since the previous SCP-2943 manifestation is to be kept running at all times, and reset as required. Tests conducted with any SCP-2943 instances are to be catalogued in the SCP-2943 Testing Log.\nAll instances of SCP-2943-1 are to be catalogued according to manifestation time and stored accordingly. New instances of SCP-2943-1 are to be timestamped immediately for ease of cataloguing.\nInstances of SCP-2943-2 are to be processed similarly to SCP-2943-1 before being transported to Lunar Area-32, to facilitate satellite imagery of the Earth as depicted through each instance, to assist in determining the cause of their manifestations. SCP-2943-2 are to be stored at Site-51 when not in use, separately from SCP-2943-1 instances.\n\nAdditional procedures for Level 3 or higher personnel only.\n\nDisplaying additional procedures.\n\nSCP-2943 storage areas are to be frequently inspected for the appearance of SCP-2943-3 instances. The content of SCP-2943-3 instances is to be recorded and available information utilised to prevent the reoccurance of any observed K-Class scenarios. Information regarding SCP-2943-3 instances is restricted to Level 3 or higher clearance.\n\nIn the event of an impending severe K-Class scenario, Procedure SATURN LAMENT is to be initiated as a last resort. Under no other circumstances whatsoever are any potentially destructive tests to be conducted on any SCP-2943 instances.\nProcedure SATURN LAMENT: Information detailing pivotal events regarding the imminent K-Class scenario, such as events that directly instigated the event or alternate outcomes that were not explored, are to be left exposed within reasonable distance of SCP-2943-A until an SCP-2943-1 or SCP-2943-2 instance manifests. Once this has occurred, an available SCP-2943-1 or SCP-2943-2 instance that manifested prior to the first event pivotal to the impending K-Class scenario the most recently manifested SCP-2943-1 or SCP-2943-2 instance is to be destroyed by any means necessary.\nDescription: SCP-2943 is the collective designation for a group of glass octahedrons that manifest at a predefined point, designated SCP-2943-A, relative to the Earth's inner core. Looking through an SCP-2943 shows the observed environment as it was at the time of the instance's manifestation. The instance is unable to pass through solids or liquids that are visible through it, which become permanent obstructions for the instance. No passage of time is observed in depicted locations, with the exclusion of detectable subatomic particles and energy, which do not suffer from any measuarble diminishment in quantity or energy.\nTesting performed utilising localised temporal distortion1 has confirmed that SCP-2943 instances are immune to such effects \u2013 instances manifest precisely once every six days, following an indeterminate \u2018rate' of time theorised to be analogous to that of SCP-1485-A. Attempts to accelerate or decelerate the rate that SCP-2943 instances manifest at have universally failed.\nSCP-2943 instances are classified under one of three superficial designations:\nSCP-2943-1 are instances that manifest precisely six days following the most recent SCP-2943 manifestation, as expected.\nSCP-2943-2 are instances that superficially manifest at random periods of time, typically more than twenty-four hours earlier or later than expected. As the SCP-2943 phenomenon cannot be induced to manifest instances earlier or later than the six day period, the manifestation of SCP-2943-2 logically means that a large-scale temporal distortion was occuring prior to, or during the manifestation. Beyond this superficial difference, SCP-2943-2 are identical to SCP-2943-1.\nInformation regarding instances of SCP-2943-3 is restricted to Level 3 or higher personnel.\n\n+ Level 3 or higher only.\n\n- SCP-2943-3\n\nSCP-2943-3 are instances that have manifested at a future date prior to a chronological rewind occuring. Inducing contradictions between observations and reality at the approximate time the instance manifested does not produce any expected detrimental effects, such as causal loops or paradoxes. SCP-2943-3 instances typically appear in locations where instances of SCP-2943-1 and -2 are stored, rather than manifesting at SCP-2943-A.\nThe future states of locations observed through SCP-2943-3 instances have on average a 23%2 probability of displaying prominent signs of various K-Class scenarios in effect, or their aftermath. The majority of remaining Foundation personnel are investigating events that directly contributed to the K-Class scenario, how they could have been prevented, and methods of inducing a chronological rewind3 Several instances show a noteworthy proportion of Foundation personnel abandoning their assignments in order to partake various forms of self-indulgence.\n\nAddendum 1: Xyank/Anastasakos Project Overview\n\nXyank/Anastasakos Project\nSynopsis:\nSCP-2943 instances enable us to actively observe the value of local tachyon fields as they were at the time of the instance's manifestation. This, coupled with the recent discovery that tachyon fields can be manipulated by use of radio waves, presents the opportunity for the development of a device capable of diminishing, if not outright neutralising temporal distortions within an area of effect.\nProposal:\nA device will be constructed that contains the following:\n\nTwo tachyon field detectors\nAn AM/FM radio transmitter capable of broadcasting at VHF/UHF\nAn internal processing unit\nOne instance of SCP-2943-1\n\nThe device will be constructed as follows:\n\nA tachyon field detector will be altered in order to enable it to record the intensity of a tachyon field via the SCP-2943-1 instance, giving an approximate 'baseline' value.\nThe second detector will record the intensity of the tachyon field in the environment surrounding the device.\nThe central processor will analyse the difference between the recorded values of each emitter, and utilise the built-in AM/FM radio transmitter to emit radio waves sufficient to manipulate the tachyon field of the surrounding environment to match the field recorded through the SCP-2943-1 instance.\n\nThis would ideally result in a complete neutralisation of any temporal distortion within the device's area of effect, reverting the rate of time to the baseline that the SCP-2943-1 instance follows.\nIssues:\nThe portability and effectiveness of this device would strongly depend upon its power source. A larger power source would ensure an extended lifetime for the device before replenishment or replacement is required, however would make it significantly more difficult to relocate and utilise; likewise, a smaller power source would make the device more portable and easier to rapidly deploy, but will significantly stint the effectiveness and lifetime of the device.\n\nProject approved by Foundation Administrative Council.\nHigh priority status granted by Overseer Council.\n\nAddendum 2:\n\n+ Level 4 or higher personnel only. \n\n- Clearance verified.\n\nContact with Site-64T was unexpectedly lost on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Video surveillance of SCP-2400 showed the door spontaneously closing between frames without any discernable cause.\nContact was re-established with Site-64T once SCP-2400 was reopened. On-site staff reported that a chronological rewind event had just occurred, believed to have been caused by the destruction of an SCP-2943 instance. Investigation of the backup database situated in Site-64T4 revealed several discrepancies in SCP-2943's records, as well as the following information appended to its primary documentation:\n\nOverseer verification: [DATA REDACTED BY O5 COMMAND]\nCurrent date is \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nWeekly report of Site-64T (received hourly) was received several minutes early and purported the date external to SCP-2400 to be \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. On-site personnel insisted this dating should have been accurate; accurate predictions of imminent, minor issues supported the theory of a chronological rewind rather than a memetic/infohazardous anomaly.\nComparison of backed up files showed several inconsistencies in storage records for SCP-2943; specifically, an instance of SCP-2943-1 was recorded to have manifested on this day, which did not occur. Multiple instances of SCP-2943-3 appeared in containment that have been confirmed to be recorded as -1 or -2 instances in the backup. Strongly suggests a relation.\nWhat caused SCP-2943 to initiate this event is currently unknown. Several tests will be performed in order, with this document being updated to preemptively state what the next conducted test will be. Whichever test is displayed after a second event has occurred is highly probable to be the cause.\nStress testing.\n\nComparison of SCP-2943's storage logs at Site-64T compared to that on the main Foundation database revealed that a SCP-2943-1 instance was registered to have manifested at the moment that contact was lost with Site-64T \u2013 this instance did not manifest. The SCP-2943-1 instance dated to have manifested on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was found to be absent from storage, corroborating the appended document and the testimony of Site-64T personnel involved.\n\nIn light of these events, extreme care is now mandatory to ensure SCP-2943 instances are not destroyed. This restriction is overruled in the case of Procedure SATURN LAMENT.\nAddendum 3:\nIn the wake of the implementation of Procedure SATURN LAMENT, an exponential increase in the number of manifesting SCP-2943-3 has occurred, along with an abnormally long delay between SCP-2943-1 and -2 manifestations. This increase has been significant enough to not only prominently increase storage costs for SCP-2943 instances, but also poses a potential VK-Class hazard should such instances continue to manifest. In light of this, Procedure SATURN LAMENT has been altered to rectify these issues.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Primarily by using SCP-119 and SCP-281\n2. Following the establishment of Procedure SATURN LAMENT, this percentage has increased to 87%.\n3. Following its conception, the majority of such methods involve executing Procedure SATURN LAMENT.\n4. Due to the causally isolated nature of SCP-2400-A, a backup of all documents regarding temporal anomalies is kept at Site-64T, to ensure such documentation will not be affected by such anomalies.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2942 | SCP-2943 | SCP-2944 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2944\nObject Class: Safe\nSecure Containment Procedures: An envelope containing Procedure Gamma-2944 is to be kept in Site-19's Filing Department, in a locked cabinet. Personnel wishing to experiment with SCP-2944 must first receive written permission from a Level Three personnel, or must have Level Three or higher clearance themselves. All testing is to be performed on D-Class personnel.\nA written log is to be maintained, and no copies are to be made of the instructions. Any personnel found to have disseminated information to unapproved persons will be subject to reprimand.\nDescription: SCP-2944 is an anomalous hairstyle, colloquially called the \"\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\", and an extensively specific set of instructions (Procedure Gamma-2944) must be followed in order to create SCP-2944's anomalous properties. A few have been included in this report:\n\nFrom the ridge of the skull to the hairline before the subject's left ear, at a distance of at least \u2588\u2588 cm from the front hairline, cut a rough rectangle (\u2588 cm wide, and from hairline to ridge) of hair approximately \u2588 cm long.\n\nCompletely shave a \u2588-cm-wide line vertically down the subject's left eyebrow \u2014 or, if a Widow's Peak is present, their right. Do not shave with an upwards motion. Positioning is unimportant as long as there is still hair present to either side of the cut.\n\nOn the subject's right-hand side, cut an isosceles triangle \u2588.\u2588 cm x \u2588.\u2588 cm x \u2588.\u2588 cm with the non-base angle originating from the highest point of the ear, and the base oriented so that it is nearest as possible to the nape of the neck.\n\nOnce the conditions given in Procedure Gamma-2944 are met, the wearer will gain conscious control over each hair follicle on their body. The abilities are proportional to how well the instructions were followed; a subject will have greater awareness and control over their abilities the lower the error in the procedure. Hairs being controlled by the subject show signs of increased flexibility and sensory input. Several test-subjects were capable of discerning the shape of objects simply by brushing them through fine body hair, without contacting the skin. In addition to being capable of undulating motions, the hair is also less receptive to static buildup. Users can no longer control follicles once they fall or are plucked out.\nObserved behaviors also include several unconscious actions; for example, if threatened, a subject's hair may become rigid and stand on end all over the body. Additionally, should a subject have need of an item and reach for it, hair up the arm and on the hand will subtly point towards the desired object. If a subject is cold, longer strands will weave together in simple patterns to preserve warmth.\nLonger strands are also capable of wrapping themselves around parts of the body, or performing multiple directional changes, though the complexity able to be achieved depends on the level of focus from the subject. Several D-class proved capable of such actions as pushing a button, flipping a light switch, and even holding lightweight objects with a lock of hair. A marked increase in arrector pili muscle mass is noted after a brief duration1, but does not account for the increased range of movement, or a subject's ability to bend hairs.\nThe effects of SCP-2944 can last up to one week, depending on individual hair-growth rate, and the subject's abilities wane as hair grows back. Should Procedure Gamma-2944 be used consistently, however, the subject may experience their abilities as long as is permitted2. Should a subject possess SCP-2944 for a period of more than twelve consecutive days, signs of various forms of hypertrichosis begin to appear. These new hair growths also fall under the effects of SCP-2944. This symptom can last up to a year before dissipating when Procedure Gamma-2944 has been halted.\nAddendum 1: An on-going experiment by Dr. White has revealed that more anomalous abilities will manifest if SCP-2944 is maintained for long periods of time. As of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/14 \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/15 the following symptoms and abilities have been recorded by Dr. White, who has hand-picked D-2944-17 as the test subject. Due to the long term nature and low priority of research on SCP-2944, only one D-Class has been allowed for observation.\nThe following is an informal test log maintained by SCP-2944 research staff, abridged to show notable dates.\n\nOpen Test Log\n\nCollapse Test Log\n\nD-2944-17, who possessed curly hair previous to the experiment, has begun to develop straight hair. Additionally, the subject was capable of making shorter hairs stand on end, and said hairs displayed remarkable resilience for, as determined by lab results, normal keratinous hair. D-2944-17 was capable of easily shrugging off light blows, thanks to his new layer of padding. Days since initial haircut: 23\n\nToday, subject demonstrated the ability to make strands retain their shape, even after plucked, and has proven capable of picking the lock of his handcuffs with a bundle of it. Security measures have been updated accordingly. D-2944-17 was reprimanded, as he failed to cooperate with guards. Days since initial haircut: 31\n\nSubject today revealed growth of hair from the palms of his hands and soles of his feet, as well as several other regions. These are not normal in subjects with hypertrichosis. Days since initial haircut: 36\n\nSubject performed delicate and precise tasks such as threading a needle and even writing with hairs dipped in ink. A slowly increasing force capable of being exerted by individual follicles has also been recorded. Days since initial haircut: 50\n\nD-2944-17 requested that one of his palms be shaved. The responsible assistant researcher declared that D-2944-17's hands were \"sticky\". A closer inspection showed that the subject had developed a secondary layer of hair, which was wiry, short, and curved, that allowed D-2944-17 to maintain a better grasp. These hairs were capable of changing shape at will, transforming from vertical to hooked. Days since initial haircut: 52\n\nDuring weekly Procedure Gamma-2944, D-2944-17 reported pain with each cut. Experiments following this discovered that the subject is capable of feeling pressure, pain, heat, cold, and texture with their hair. Days since initial haircut: 74\n\nToday, subject performed a pull-up, utilizing only the 30 cm bangs required by Procedure Gamma-2944. Also, the subject was able to propel himself forward on the floor while unclothed. As he lay face-down, D-2944-17 used his hair in a millipede-like motion to advance. Days since initial haircut: 89\n\nSubject, originally possessing black hair, was found with dark red hair this afternoon. When questioned, D-2944-17 stated that he had figured out a way to manipulate the coloring of his hair. Melanin has been observed flowing abnormally freely when strands were examined through a microscope. Days since initial haircut: 96\n\nSubject was found to be capable of clinging to and climbing upon rough surfaces, even sheer walls, thanks to the aforementioned growths. Testing has also determined that D-2944-17's hairs are more deeply rooted in the dermis, making the act of pulling them more difficult and painful. Days since initial haircut: 99\n\nThere was a containment breach this morning and D-2944-17 took the opportunity to attempt an escape. Agent Bernard was caught off guard and D-2944-17 punched him in the jaw. Agent Bernard suffered multiple pinprick puncture wounds, and it has been determined that erect follicles of hair had pierced his skin. The agent was knocked unconscious, but D-2944-17 was shot by guards stationed nearby. Days since initial haircut: 105\n\nThe consequential autopsy revealed several points of interest.\n\nSeveral hours after expiration, D-2944-17's hair follicles also entered rigor-mortis-like state, suspending his body approximately an inch off of the operating table.\nHair had clumped over the entry and exit wounds, likely to slow bleeding.\nWhile surgeon \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 shaved the subject's chest for the initial incisions, he unintentionally cut D-2944-17 slightly to the left of the sternum, resulting in local hairs stabbing him in response. The hairs became again flaccid and unresponsive within two minutes.\nSubject's inner ear contained additional, longer hair cells of unknown function.\nHairs had grown in several other cavities and canals, such as abnormally long cilia in the smaller intestine. Similar hair-like growths were also noted on the roof of the mouth and down the esophagus.\nNear the end of the procedure, D-2944-17 began to shed his hair, until all follicles had been displaced. Shed hair was found to be non-anomalous.\n\n* D-2944-17's corpse has been incinerated as per protocol.\n\nNotes On Discovery: SCP-2944 was discovered in the small village of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Panama, where a local barber was reported as a Person of Interest by a visiting government official. PoI-3564a refused to elaborate, even with specialized Foundation techniques, on the creation or discovery of the anomaly, though he did demonstrate the operation upon request. PoI-3564a was found to be benign, and was mostly cooperative, but was administered Class-E amnestics and relocated as a precaution. Residents of the town reported several rumors about the man, and were also administered amnestics on a case by case basis.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Approximately 24 hours after the completion of the haircut.\n2. Balding has shown to render the procedure impossible to complete.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2943 | SCP-2944 | SCP-2945 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2945\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2945 is stored in a standard containment unit at Site-49. Testing with SCP-2945 is not to be authorized without express permission from Site-49 administration.\nDescription: SCP-2945 is a 4-port USB hub designed in a humanoid shape, similar to novelty USB products commonly manufactured for public sale. The object is blue in coloration and consists of 4 female A-type USB ports, which serve as the object's hands and feet, connected by adjustable appendages to a central torso. A cable ending in a male A-type USB connector is attached to SCP-2945's head to allow for connection to USB-compatible power sources. No branding or label is present on the object with the exception of small white text on the back of SCP-2945's torso reading: \"USB \u2588\u2588.0 (Beta)\".\nSCP-2945's anomalous effects will occur only while in a powered state. When an external hardware device is plugged into any one of SCP-2945's USB ports, the individual doing so will exhibit one or a number of anomalous effects depending on the type of connected device and which of SCP-2945's extremities the device is plugged into. Multiple simultaneous effects have been proven possible if the individual connects more than one device to SCP-2945. The effect(s) last until the external device(s) are disconnected or SCP-2945 is disconnected from its power source.\nTesting of SCP-2945 was conducted on 12/23/20\u2588\u2588 shortly following its discovery. SCP-2945 was placed in a 5m x 5m x 3m testing chamber and connected via a 3 meter USB extension cable to a compatible power source within an observation room. Individual D-Class subjects were instructed to enter the chamber with a prepared electronic device which, when prompted by appointed Researcher Gittins, they were to plug into a designated port on SCP-2945.\n\nSubject\nExternal device\nUSB port used\nResult\nAddendum\n\nD-6789, 45-year-old male (Test 2945-01)\nA color inkjet printer\nRight hand\nSubject exhibited the ability to imprint color images onto any surface with his right hand. It is believed that images produced are projections of the subject's current field of vision. No traces of any substance were found on subject's hand.\nSubject's last printed images were increasingly discolored and faded. Subject appeared exhausted and pale before eventually losing consciousness. Testing was concluded and subject was sent for medical evaluation.1\n\nD-9754, 21-year-old male (Test 2945-03)\nA \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-brand cell phone charging cable (Subject was also provided with 4 rechargeable electronic devices but was ordered to not attach them to the charging cable.)\nLeft foot\nThe electronic devices entered a charging state upon contact with any part of subject's bare left foot. Breaking contact with the device immediately ceased the effect.\nSubject reported feeling noticeably \"rejuvenated\" concluding testing.\n\nD-8635, 38-year-old female (Test 2945-06)\nA 1GB USB flash drive containing the song Cars by Gary Numan\nLeft hand\nThe song began playing immediately with the subject's ears appearing to act as loudspeakers. Subject had the ability to control the song's playback with the movements of her left hand. (Close/open fist = pause/play song; Curl in thumb = rewind; Curl in index finger = fast forward; Curl in middle finger = increase volume; Curl in ring finger = decrease volume; Curl in little finger = no effect2)\nSubject stated that the audio was in the best quality she had ever heard, later expressing growing discontent with the \"inferior\" sound quality of normal sounds. Several requests for further usage of SCP-2945 have since been denied.\n\nD-3233, 26-year-old male (Test 2945-08)\nA \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-brand instant digital camera\nRight foot\nSmall flashes of light were emitted from an unknown source whenever subject blinked. A large wide slit opened up on the sole of the right foot, causing great distress to the subject. 8 seconds later a small instant photograph, approximately the size of a credit card, was expelled from the wound, developing fully in the space of 5 seconds. An additional 9 photographs followed in quick succession. Similar to Test 2945-01, the instant photographs depicted the subject's field of vision. When SCP-2945 was disconnected, the wound had instantaneously healed without leaving a scar. Subject was sent for medical examination.\nSubject described the experience as painless but distressing. Medical examination of subject's right foot provided no explanation for how the photographs were created, but showed significant atrophy of the plantar fascia tissue. Research into a possible correlation between the tissue and the material of the photographs is ongoing.\n\nD-7366, 34-year-old male (Test 2945-09)\nA USB microphone; a USB webcam\nRight foot (microphone); Right hand (webcam)\nSubject stared at his right palm and claimed that he could \"see himself\" through unknown means that caused visible distress. Subject also reported hearing low rumbling sounds in his ears, described as \"vibrations\". After approximately 3 minutes, subject suddenly covered his ears and screamed. Testing was concluded.\nIn questioning, D-7366 claimed to have heard a sudden loud screeching sound, which may have been feedback noise due to subject's proximity with the connected microphone at the time. Subject could only stammer while attempting to verbally describe his experience of seeing with his palm.\n\nD-9163, 22-year-old female (Test 2945-10)\nA \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-brand digital television, connected to SCP-2945 via a HDMI-to-USB adapter\nLeft foot\nSubject's personality, behavior and voice changed immediately, becoming those of American actor David Hyde Pierce's character of Niles Crane from the sitcom Frasier, and behaved as though acting in the show. This lasted for 5 seconds before abruptly changing to another persona, being that of British adventurer Bear Grylls. Subject continuously changed personalities and behavior every 2-5 seconds until SCP-2945 was unplugged from its power source.\nIt is theorized that the subject's left foot was capable of \"changing channels\" involuntarily, explaining the sudden persona changes. It is also worth noting that the connected television did not deviate from the \"NO INPUT SIGNAL\" screen it displayed. When questioned, D-9163 claimed she could not recall her behavior, but described a number of disjointed memories such as \"visiting my father Martin\" and \"Chef Ramsay not liking my signature dish\". Subject appeared confused but unaware that her memories were those of television personalities and fictional characters.\n\nSCP-2945 was discovered in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Vermont, at the home of 32-year-old O\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Svennson, who was reported as missing on 12/21/20\u2588\u2588. A trail of printed images in the shape of left footprints became a major clue in the investigation. The trail led down \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Street and towards a nearby wood before abruptly ending. Traces of an unknown multicolored substance visually resembling matte paint were also found along the trail. Local authorities conducted a widespread search over a 50km radius from where the trail terminated; however, Svennson's body remains unaccounted for.\nSeveral residents of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Street where Svennson's trail was found reported hearing music at a loud volume outside their homes for a short period of time on the night of the disappearance. T\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a close relative of Svennson, also gave an account to the police. She stated that Svennson has recently been \"acting weird, like he'd seen some serious shit, like, fucked-up serious\". She goes on to say that his paranoid behavior gradually increased until his disappearance.\nAn embedded Foundation agent discovered the human-shaped USB hub connected to Svennson's home computer, noting that a printer was linked to the object's left foot. The hub was also connected to an internet modem, a fully-charged Apple iPod and a Wacom graphics tablet. Establishing a connection between the attached devices and the circumstances of Svennson's trail, the USB hub was confiscated by the Foundation, with further testing being required to grant the object SCP classification.\n\nArchival Document 2945-01\n\n[ACCESS GRANTED]\n\nA mail order receipt recovered from the home of O\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Svennson.\n\nSonstern Electronics, Inc.\n\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588,\n\u2588\u2588, USA3\nThank you for your custom!\n\u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014\n12/15/20\u2588\u2588 23:35\n1 x 10519794447002\u2588\u2588\u2588\nUSB \u2588\u2588.0 Hub - Man (Beta): $\u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588\nPostage & Packaging: $\u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588\nOrder Total: $\u2588\u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588\n\u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014\nThink yourself as a bit of a tech-head?\nAlways looking to get your hands on the latest gadgets?\nWant an exclusive sneak-peek at the future of technology itself?\nThen get in touch with us! We're looking for gadget enthusiasts like YOU to become beta testers for our newest cutting-edge products. Sign up now to get our latest gadget at an exclusively discounted price and see for yourself why we\n\nThe remainder of the receipt had been torn off and has yet to be found.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Medical staff reported D-6789 as suffering from the combined loss of approx. 30% blood and body water. It is thought that the two substances were used to create the printed images, however the method by which this process occurred is not yet known.\n2. A slight decrease in volume occurred, however this is likely due to the ring finger's tendency to flex along with the little finger.\n3. No such company was found at the printed address. Following an extensive global search, \"Sonstern Electronics, Inc.\" is not known to exist to the Foundation's knowledge. Further research into the existence and legitimacy of the company and its products is ongoing.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2944 | SCP-2945 | SCP-2946 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2946 specimens at the bottom of the bile salt broth pool where they were discovered.\n\nItem #: SCP-2946\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2946 is to be kept in a 125 cubic meter containment tank, with light, durable metal edging and plate glass sides. The bottom should be constructed with 5 drainage channels, which are to remain sealed until completion of protein expression. These drains will be connected to a protein vat. 4 sterile tanks, capable of holding 200,000 liters of broth, are to be attached to the tank via sterile PVC pipes. Pipes should be no more than 15 cms in diameter, and should have both manual and mechanically controlled valves. Broth tanks shall be filled with nutrient broth composed of the following ingredients:\n\n2% Peptone\n0.5% Yeast Extract\n100 mM NaCl\n25 mM KCl\n150 mM MgCl2\n150 mM MgSO4\n200 mM Glucose\nAntibiotics as needed.\n\nOn the east and west sides of the tank, respectively, a cell sorter and large buffer basin should be constructed and attachable via appropriately sized PVC pipes. The tank shall be placed on top of a large-scale shaking mechanism, and rotated at a constant 135 rpm. Temperature should be kept at a constant 37 \u00b0C until the end of each 5 replication cycle period.\nGlucose concentrations are to be monitored regularly. If concentrations fall below predetermined levels, glucose is to be added until they reach acceptable standards. Every 5 replication cycles, glucose concentrations are allowed to fall to 0. The tank is to be sealed immediately, temperatures lowered to 30 \u00b0C, shaker set to 300 rpm, and 100 mM IPTG added. The tank is to remain in this state for the next 4 days. At the end of 4 days, all broth is to be drained from the tank.\nThe tank is to be flushed with phosphate buffer. The cell sorter is attached, and all but 8 individuals removed from the tank.\nResearchers working with or around SCP-2946 in non-transformation periods are to observe BSL-2 standard protocols.\nIn the event of a containment breach, entrapped personnel are to be submerged repeatedly in a tank of lysozyme1, EDTA, and hypotonic conditions.\nDuring transformation procedures, all personnel are to wear BSL-3 standard protective gear. In the event that the entity is exposed to any foreign DNA other than the designated plasmid, a level 3 purge is to be initiated, and the containment tank flooded with concentrated hydrochloric acid. Research requests for exposing SCP-2946 to foreign genetic material require level 4 approval.\n\n+Show extended explanation for containment procedures\n\nHide extended explanation for containment procedures\n\nUnder normal growth conditions, SCP-2946 can reach densities of roughly 3.4x105 cells per 125,000 liters of broth after 5 doubling periods. When cells reach this density within the tank, they become entangled and immobilized by the surrounding cells, minimizing the chance of a breach event, or self rupture. It is at this point that glucose input is reduced to 0, and concentrations allowed to fall all the way to zero.\nAbsence of glucose subsequently facilitates the activation of the plasmid encoded \"lac\" promotor2, initiating production of the desired protein. To further amplify expression, IPTG3 is added in large concentrations. Due to the volume of the containment tank, 3-6 days of the conditions described in the containment procedure are required to accumulate appreciable protein quantities for analysis.\nOnce all broth has been drained from the containment tank, the previously described basin, containing phosphate buffer and a chelating agent, are attached to the tank. SCP-2946 cells will attach to surfaces when exposed to dry air, and can be difficult to remove. Use of a chelating agent, such as EDTA, removes the protein receptors and weak force interactions facilitating this attachment. Furthermore, once they've been detached from the surface, specimens are sorted via a large scale cell sorter, based on the intensity of their fluorescence, and the size and number of cellular structures.\nIndividuals that fluoresce more intensely, and have large, numerous cellular structures are considered \"more fit\" for continued culture. 8 of these specimens are returned to the tank, while the rest are removed and ruptured for internal analysis and nutrient recycling. The remaining 8 individuals are prepped for standard bacterial transformation, and inoculated with a fresh plasmid containing a different resistance marker from the previous entry.\n\nSCP-2946 is not to be combined with SCP-3536.\nDescription: SCP-2946 is a strain of Escherichia coli with a radius of 10 cm, and a length of 40 cm4. In both nutrient broth, and dry air, individual cells have a large range of pigmentations, and actively fluoresce5. Individual cells may possess 1 or 2 flagella6 allowing them to swim through the tank in less dense conditions. Specimens display impressive leaping capabilities, able to propel themselves from a liquid environment at speeds of near 100 km/h to heights of 30 m or more with the use of these flagella. SCP-2946 doubles once every 2 weeks, with the two subsequent specimens expressing different pigmentation and fluorescence from the original.\nEach cell appears to defy certain biological principles derived from the Square Cube Law7 due to its relatively large size, and should not be able to metabolically sustain themselves, much less replicate every 2 weeks. Furthermore, when exposed to certain conditions, metabolic rate, protein synthesis, and replication increase at an exponential rate, often resulting in lysis. Despite identical membrane composition to their smaller cousins, specimens are able to diffuse and actively transport nutrients far more efficiently, transporting glucose from the surrounding broth at a rate of 36 mg/hr. Inexplicably, when exposed to lactose in the absence of glucose, SCP-2946 quadruples its rate of protein produced. In some instances, the cells may even rupture or perish due to extreme overexpression of toxic or large proteins.\nSCP-2946 possesses cellular structures normally only found in animal, plant, or fungal cells. These features allow them to produce proteins which are normally non-functional in bacteria. Additionally, due to the presence of certain structures, individuals are able to secrete proteins into the surrounding broth, making collection and purification of proteins via lysis of individual cells8 unnecessary. This makes SCP-2946 an invaluable tool for research purposes, enabling collection of large amounts of protein within a short period of time using relatively few resources in the long term.\nMost individual cells are relatively harmless during normal growth states. When deprived of glucose, entities will move towards the nearest source, including humans, utilizing glucose sensors9 in their flagella.\nUpon reaching a source, SCP-2946 will begin secreting corrosive fluid10, to break down tissue and acquire glucose. Strangely, the organism is not immune to its own corrosive secretions, often rupturing itself long before it digests the target source. Rate of digestion depends on the number of active individuals secreting onto a subject. A single specimen is incapable of digesting a human host alone, and will perish if it engages in prolonged excretion. 5 or more individuals are capable of digesting a human source in as little as 30 minutes, and are able to survive due to the reduced exposure time. In most cases, consciousness in the human host is not lost until the subject expires.\nSingle cells carry several million copies of a large, single, circular genome, and may carry 10s of millions of copies of one or more plasmids, depending on the current line of experimentation.\nSCP-2946 is extremely susceptible to foreign genetic material when undergoing transformation procedures. Unlike its smaller cousins, non-plasmid DNA taken up by the cells is immediately integrated into its genome. Uptake of animal, plant, fungal, and even protist DNA have drastic and poorly understood effects on the physiological characteristics of impacted cells.\nNotably, when one group of cells was accidentally exposed to a strand of hair from Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, effects were immediate. All cells lost their rod shape, became circular, and began dividing rapidly, clinging to each other until individual cells were indistinguishable. The mass of expanding cells formed large scale organs and limbs, including a heart, 2 lungs, what appeared to be hair follicle cells, and [REDACTED]. Before the tank was sealed, Junior Researcher \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was swatted into the tank by one of the flailing limbs. The cells swarmed her shortly thereafter, whereupon visual contact was lost. Upon being sealed, the tank was flooded with hydrochloric acid.\nFollowing this incident, current containment protocols were put in place. Inquiries into further effects of foreign genetic material on susceptible individuals are now required to undergo level 4 review and approval. (See Experiment log E-2946-13 and Extended Collaborative Experiment log E-2946-34).\nDiscovery: SCP-2946 was discovered on August 13th 1994 by a group of Foundation researchers exploring SCP-2378. The organism was first observed leaping from a pool of bile salts towards a large Stalactite11 missing several times before hitting and breaking the structure off and into the pool, where it immediately dissolved. Intrigued, researchers set up recording and measurement equipment, and spent time collecting environmental samples, pH measurements, and observations. At approximately 14:00 hours, the researchers broke for lunch, and Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was seen consuming several very sugary foods. At 14:10, Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was swarmed from behind by approximately 30 instances of the entity, and dragged into the bile salt pool. The remaining members of the research team immediately called for a containment crew, and made efforts to fish Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 from the pool, using collection nets, before she disappeared from visible view.\nContainment crews arrived at 14:20 and were briefed on the situation. \u2588\u2588 individual cells were captured, without incident, once the pool was drained. Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's remains could not be located. All instances of SCP-2946 and more than 30 100-kg stalactites were collected by both the research team and containment crew for study, and appeasement purposes.\n\n+LEVEL 2 CLEARANCE REQUIRED\n\nCREDENTIALS RECOGNIZED, ACCESS GRANTED\n\nExperiment Logs E-2946-13\nAll researchers requesting and conducting tests with SCP-2946 are to record their results in the format below.\nAll experiments were conducted in a Biosafety level 4 chamber and flooded with hydrochloric acid immediately after tests were concluded.\n\nDate:\nResearcher:\nSample identity:\nResult:\n\nTest 01\nDate: August 30th 20\u2588\u2588\nResearcher: Dr. Andrews\nSample identity: Metaxyaceae rostrata (Tropical Fern)\nResult:\n00:00:30: Cell pigmentation changes from a purplish tone to green. Cell shape shifts from a rod-shaped cylinder into a rigid polygon, with a thick cellular wall composed of cellulose. Light absorption measurements within the chamber change, indicating increased reflection of green light and increased absorption of red and blue light. Organelles typical of plant cells promptly appear, including chloroplasts.\n00:01:00: Cells begin rapidly dividing, clinging together and differentiating into characteristic plant tissues.\n00:05:00: Large leaves characteristic of ferns sprout and begin filling the room.\n00:06:00: Leaves develop razor-sharp edges and begin flailing against the observation window.\n00:10:00: Structures analogous to Dionaea muscipula12 manifest, and begin secreting highly corrosive fluid onto the window. Chamber is flooded with hydrochloric acid.\nDate: September 3rd\nResearcher: Dr. Andrews\nSample identity: Amanita muscaria (Red and White spotted mushroom)\nResult:\n00:00:30: SCP-2946 progresses from rod-shaped cylinder into a long filament with multiple nuclei.\n00:01:00: filament divides rapidly into branching/interweaving structures, forming hyphae and subsequently mycelium.\n00:02:00: 16, large, frilled, red capped toadstools grow from the network of filaments. Aerial spores are detected within the chamber.\n00:05:00: Structures analogous to roundworm oral cavities burst from the mycelium, and begin flailing spasmically against the walls and observation window.\n00:07:00: Toadstools begin secreting aerosolized psychoactive toxins similar to those found in Ergots.\n00:10:00: Filaments condense beneath toadstools, prehensile limbs with clawed digits begin forming in pairs of tens. Room is flooded with hydrochloric acid.\nDate: September 5th\nResearcher: Dr. Andrews\nSample identity: Acrasis rosea (Rose Slime Mold)\nResult:\n00:00:30: Cell loses all rigidity, becoming amoeboid.\n00:01:00: Cell begins rapidly dividing, spawning thousands of additional amoebae.\n00:02:00: Cells begin aggregating and form a characteristic fruiting body structure.\n00:05:00: Structure begins rocking back and forth wildly, long tentacle-like structures begin extending from the base.\n00:06:00: Each tentacle develops hundreds of openings with sharp teeth like protrusions.\n00:07:00: Top of fruiting body spawns large spherical structures.\n00:08:00: Spherical structures drop into dentata of the openings.\n00:09:00: Additional fruiting bodies grow from the spheres.\n00:10:00: Tentacles begin to flail wildly, fruiting bodies sprout long serpentine limbs, with 10 digits ending in venomous barbs. Room is flooded with hydrochloric acid.\n\nFootnotes\n1. An enzyme commonly found in human tears and egg yolk which degrades the cell wall of bacteria.\n2. The lac operon is one of the commonly used examples of metabolic regulation. In the absence of glucose and presence of lactose, allolactose will bind to a repressor protein on top of the promotor, and cause it to release, allowing transcription to occur.\n3. Isopropyl \u03b2-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside, a molecule which mimics the structure of lactose.\n4. Thus a volume of roughly 2100 cm3\n5. I.E. emit color when struck with specific wavelengths of light.\n6. A common protein structure used by bacteria for movement.\n7. States that as a shape grows in size, its volume grows faster than its surface area. In biological applications where cells depend on their surface areas for nutrient transports, this means the larger the cell, the more inefficiently it metabolizes and transports nutrients.\n8. A relatively simple, but often time-consuming process.\n9. Microscopic structures which behave similar to dowsing rods, pointing the organism in the direction of glucose.\n10. An array of digestive enzymes and exotoxins not found within the cells genome.\n11. Later determined to be composed of glucose, lactose, and mannose.\n12. Colloquially known as the Venus Flytrap.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2945 | SCP-2946 | SCP-2947 \u00bb\n\nMore by this author\n\nHide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-3456\n\nSCP-3700\n\nSCP-2491\n\nSCP-4700\n\nSCP-6700\n\nSCP-3703\n\nSCP-3728\n\nSCP-2497\n\nSCP-3706\n\nSCP-2946\n\nSCP-3710\n\nSCP-3702\n\nSCP-1347-1353-J\n\nSCP-2546\n\nSCP-2378\n\nSCP-7810\n\nSCP-3711\n\nSCP-2431\n\nSCP-2381\n\nTales\n\nAll in All You're Just A 'Nother Brick in the Wall\n\nThe Seas of Orcadia Part 1: How I Met Your Mither\n\nWhere There is Desire There is Gonna be a Flame\n\nWhere there is a Flame Someone is Bound to get Burned\n\nThe Coming Nightmare\n\nWith other authors\n\nPage\nAuthor\n\nSCP-3500\nRimple"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2947\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-2947 are to be kept in individual containers with foam padding made to fit each instance, to ensure that transportation cannot result in the accidental spinning of the instances. As far as you know.Currently, there are no plans to create new instances of SCP-2947.\nAoki Events may be initiated by two or more personnel within Site-29's High Impact Test Chamber. Proper testing procedure calls for two personnel to activate the SCP-2947 instances by spinning them counter-clockwise, and proceeding to evacuate through the blast doors in a timely manner.\nDescription: SCP-2947-1 is a three-pronged aluminum 'fidget spinner' toy, patterned with stripes in black and a red-yellow gradient. The cap for the axle of SCP-2947-1 has stylized text in Katakana script, reading \"Fidget WinnersTM\"; no such entity has been found in any extant trademark database.\nWhen spun in a direction the user perceives as counter-clockwise, SCP-2947-1 will become capable of levitation. Breaking physical contact with SCP-2947-1 will result in it orienting itself horizontally, and continue rotating at its original speed. During this time, it will produce SCP-2947-A1, a semi-solid, stylized holographic construct resembling a Smilodon fatalis1 with a mane of blue flames and striping in a pattern similar to the coloring on SCP-2947-1 itself. Contact with skin will cause SCP-2947-1 to cease motion and fall to the floor.\nWhen spun in a direction the user perceives as clockwise, SCP-2947-1 will again suspend itself in mid-air, but along a vertical axis. During this time, information is projected onto SCP-2947 in a manner similar to a statistics screen in a Japanese Role-Playing Video Game, displaying information such as SCP-2947-1's weight, maximum speed, and a statistic which simply reads \"Fighting Spirit\", which is listed as \"Burning Smilodon\".\nFurthermore, any item that can be classified as a 'fidget spinner' toy that makes direct contact with SCP-2947-1 is transmogrified into an instance of SCP-2947. These additional instances possess anomalous properties identical to SCP-2947, but have variations on the statistics display based on design, composition, weight, etc. However, new SCP-2947 instances do not carry the same transformative properties as SCP-2947-1.\nMost instances of SCP-2947 to date also have a unique \"Fighting Spirit\". If at least two SCP-2947 instances are spun counter-clockwise, an Aoki Event will occur.\nAoki Events are characterized by two or more SCP-2947-A instances engaging in combat with one another. During this event, SCP-2947 instances will proceed towards the highest point in the area (up to 20m in outdoor areas) and attempt to collide with each other. These collisions are represented by physical combat that takes place between SCP-2947-A instances. SCP-2947 instances are unaffected by normal gravity for the duration of Aoki events. The apparent win condition of an Aoki event is knocking all other SCP-2947 instances to the ground and immobilizing them. Following the conclusion of an Aoki event, SCP-2947 instances will return to their base state.\nDiscovery: SCP-2947 was discovered following its confiscation from a student at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Middle School in Bangor, Maine. It was placed in a bin of confiscated objects, along with several other fidget spinners previously confiscated, transfiguring all it made contact with into SCP-2947 instances.\nAt the end of the 2016-2017 school year, when all confiscated materials were returned, at least three individuals independently spun their SCP-2947 instance counter-clockwise, resulting in a large Aoki event. Due to the semi-solid nature of the entities, and the force of the attacks (mainly in form of large pockets of high air pressure), over $200,000 in damage was done to the building. A transcript of security camera footage documenting the Aoki Event is available below; for the purposes of clarity, all SCP-2947-A instances are referred to by the designations given to them on their statistics board.\n\n2:39:15 PM: Kyle Ballard, age 13, is seen spinning SCP-2947-1, before inadvertently letting go as another unidentified student collides with their shoulder. It hovers in midair, unnoticed by Ballard, as he proceeds to berate the student who collided with him.\n2:39:27 PM: In the cafeteria, another student, Michelle Fletcher, puts down their SCP-2947 instance after spinning it counter-clockwise. It proceeds to hover in midair, before an instance of SCP-2947-A (\"Congo Cerebus\") resembling a three-headed gorilla appears underneath, and grows to reach the ceiling (approx. 10m high). The table it was laid on buckles under its weight, and Fletcher and several other students run out of the room.\n2:39:31 PM: Ballard's SCP-2947 instance flies around him in a figure-8 pattern, before it manifests its own SCP-2947-A instance (\"Burning Smilodon\"), a Smilodon fatalis with a mane made of blue fire. It roars, before proceeding to run in the direction of the cafeteria.\n2:40:02 PM: Dr. Craig Ward, Ballard's homeroom teacher and original confiscator of SCP-2947, idly spins a two-pronged fidget spinner, before abruptly sneezing and having it fall out of their hand. It hovers in mid-air, and an SCP-2947-A instance (\"Queen Aranae\") in the form of a twenty-limbed spider-like creature appears, running from the room with the SCP-2947 instance in tow.\n2:41:00 PM: Queen Aranae runs down the chemistry hallway at high speeds; the air pressure wave created by its running shatters the fume hoods within labs 1 and 3, and leaves a large crack in the hood of lab 2. A fourth SCP-2947-A instance (\"Centurion Remus\") in the form of a Roman centurion with the head of a large wolf appears and engages in combat with Queen Aranae, resulting in damage to several rows of lockers. The origin of Centurion Remus is unclear; SCP-2947-4, when recovered, was found to have been soaked in water that was identified to be from the toilet of the men's restroom.\n2:41:09 PM: Several tables in the cafeteria are buckled and broken by the arrival of Burning Smilodon, which grows to match the size of Congo Cerebus. Burning Smilodon pounces on Congo Cerebus, causing both SCP-2947 instances to come into view of the cameras. They proceed to collide repeatedly, shooting sparks from the collisions.\n2:43:05 PM: After several minutes of battling, the sparking from the two battling SCP-2947 instances ignites leftover cooking oil in one of the warming trays for cafeteria food, causing a fire to break out. At this point, the fire alarm is triggered, and evacuation starts.\n2:45:29 PM: Burning Smilodon subdues Congo Cerebus. Burning Smilodon roars, causing several lights overhead to spark and shatter. Both instances fall to the ground, inert, as a cafeteria worker sprays the oil fire with a fire extinguisher.\n3:00:29 PM: Queen Aranae and Centurion Remus's battle spills out into the parking lot of the school, where all school personnel have evacuated. Centurion is seen impaling Queen Aranae on the school's flagpole, which causes it to buckle in half, before both instances are rendered inert. One SCP-2947 instance lands on the head of an instructor, causing them to fall unconscious.\n3:10:02: Foundation containment personnel arrive on-scene and begin reviewing video logs.\n\nAddendum: \"Evolution\" of SCP-2947-A Instances: During the fifteenth test of combat between SCP-2947-A1 and SCP-2947-A4, the Burning Smilodon entity underwent a change in appearance following its victory. SCP-2947-A1 now has longer fangs, a larger mane, and an overall larger body structure compared to the original appearance.\nFurthermore, testing of SCP-2947-A1 now shows that it has had a significant increase in the maximum speed at which it can be rotated, and weighs less than it did upon containment; these changes are reflected in the statistics screen, as is the change of SCP-2947-A1, which is now referred to as \"Coronal Machairodont2.\" SCP-2947-A1 has been observed winning contests more consistently; it is unknown if other SCP-2947-A instances are capable of this evolution.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A species of extinct saber-toothed cat native to South America from the late Pleistocene to Holocene eras.\n2. A shortening of Machairodontinae, the subfamily of Felidae which contained smilodons.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2946 | SCP-2947 | SCP-2948 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2948 (1st iteration)\n\nItem #: SCP-2948\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2948 is currently sealed in a heat-insulated, sound-proof, air-tight, opaque Faraday cage at Area-100.\nDescription: SCP-2948 is currently an implosion-type Uranium bomb that, in the event of detonation, replaces itself in a larger container with a larger payload. The size that SCP-2948 replaces itself at occurs at an exponential growth rate of 37.6% between iterations. The explosive capacity of SCP-2948 has scaled with its physical growth. SCP-2948 has changed explosive mechanism and triggers, but has retained basic nuclear technology congruent with the year 19461. If the current iteration2 of SCP-2948 were to detonate, it would release approximately 1.09 PJ of energy.\nSCP-2948 currently has a 5 day timed trigger, and six known extraneous triggers: temperatures outside the range of approximately -5C\u00b0 and 25C\u00b0, sound levels above 40 dB, exposure to ambient lighting exceeding 240 lx, electrical currents of over .5 A, kinetic disturbances exceeding 2000 N, and exposure to carbon monoxide above 70 ppm. SCP-2948 arms its extraneous triggers 30.1 hours after each detonation. Due to the difficulty of disarming SCP-2948, only the timed trigger has been directly deactivated; the extraneous triggers have been impossible to disarm without prematurely detonating SCP-2948.\nSCP-2948 was designed by a team headed by Dr. Paslie Maddison for the American government during The Manhattan Project and Operation Crossroads between 1944-1946. SCP-2948 was created after an attempt to develop a more efficient and attainable fissile material for bombs' cores resulted in an experimental fuel reactor melting down. Approximately 60 kg of a previously unidentified isotope of Uranium (now known as Uranium-240) was recovered from the site of the meltdown. The new material was slated to be used in SCP-2948 shortly after it was deemed to be a suitable explosive.\nSCP-2948 was successfully detonated under the test name \"Dog\" near Bikini Atoll in 1946 along side tests \"Able\" and \"Baker\". SCP-2948 had not been observed reforming in the debris and water of its previous detonation, and was consequently neglected until it detonated under water again, 5 days later. The American government launched an investigation for the unprecedented explosion, and, after recovering SCP-2948, contacted the Foundation. SCP-2948 was stricken from the public record, and 27 members of the press were administered Class-C amnestics.\nAddendum SCP-2948-A: Discovery made on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/197\u2588\nDr. Maddison was admitted to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 hospital in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Nevada, for a case of radiation poisoning. Upon investigation, a massive warehouse in the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Desert was discovered with enough parts and material to build approximately 12 nuclear warheads, several of which were in various stages of construction and decay. 4 small nuclear reactors were also discovered, 3 of which had been intentionally melted down and stripped for material. It is currently unknown how Dr. Maddison managed to acquire as much nuclear material as he did, but it appears that he purchased most of it illegally, some time shortly after he retired in 1949. Only 4 kg of Uranium-240 was recovered from the warehouse.\n110 sequentially numbered notebooks were also recovered from the warehouse. The notebooks contain notes, schematics, and essays in handwriting congruent with Dr. Maddison's that alternate between Dr. Maddison's attempts to reengineer the repeating properties of SCP-2948 in other war heads, and several extensive drafts of a manifesto describing the need to ensure world peace by distributing instances of SCP-2948 to many of the world powers. Dr. Maddison believed that if one country destroyed another, the repeating bomb that the bombed country had received would detonate in the blast as well, and eventually the world would be destroyed from a series of exponentially growing explosions. Several of the notebooks' later entries illustrate Dr. Maddison's frustration from being unable to develop Uranium-240 as efficiently as had been done accidently during the Manhattan Project.\nDr. Maddison's notes become increasingly illegible and repetitive near his final work. Shortly after his hospitalization, he was diagnosed with dementia caused by late stage Alzheimer's Disease. It was deemed impractical to administer an amnestic to Dr. Maddison, and instead, upon request by the Ethics Committee, Dr. Maddison was admitted to Site-17 for therapy.\n\nFootnotes\n1. SCP-2948 randomly alternates between Uranium implosion-type and Uranium gun-type devices\n2. SCP-2948 is currently on its 10th iteration.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2947 | SCP-2948 | SCP-2949 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2949\n\nItem #: SCP-2949\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2949 itself is currently uncontainable due to its nature. Its manifestation is to be controlled via encouraging the phasing out of analogue television as an obsolete standard. Future appearances of SCP-2949 outside containment would require a civilian to have access to one of the few remaining affected televisions, and to purposefully observe static on said television for more than twelve hours. As this combination of events is extremely unlikely to occur, reappearance of SCP-2949 is not considered a major concern. Nevertheless, reports of SCP-2949-1 instances in the wild are to be taken seriously. Instances are to be located and captured as soon as possible. Prompt neutralisation is to be enabled with the use of an appropriately-sized sheet of mirrored foil.\nDescription: SCP-2949 is a phenomenon affecting approximately 3% of all analogue television sets ever produced. SCP-2949-affected television sets have not been completely contained by the Foundation due to their widespread nature. SCP-2949 has appeared more frequently in populated urban cities than in any other locations, though this is likely a statistical bias due to more frequent reporting of anomalies in places with higher population densities.\nSCP-2949 manifests as the appearances of visual aberrations on the screen when an analogue television is tuned to a non-transmitting channel. Testing has found that the device must be tuned to the channel for more than six continuous hours before SCP-2949 begins to be observable, a fact that contributes to the relatively low rate of reported SCP-2949 cases in the public. The aberrations often take forms such as striped or spotted patterns, or, on occasion, the appearance of feline faces or vague movements of silhouettes in the background noise. Longer inspection results in the clarifying of the shapes over time, resolving gradually into vague figures identifiable as animals of the Felidae family, such as tigers, leopards, or common house cats.\nContinuous observation of these phenomena for an additional six to eight hours via remote or direct means will eventually produce an instance of SCP-2949-1, which will emerge fully-formed from the television screen. Instances of SCP-2949-1 resemble animals of the Felidae family appearing to be made out of television static. These entities are not intangible; physical contact is said to feel like \"steel wool\", or, alternatively, \"warm and rough\". SCP-2949-1 instances appear to be non-hostile. They do not require food, water, or sleep.\nUpon manifestation, instances will tend to seek out the closest available reflective surface large enough to accommodate their size. They will then proceed to pass through the surfaces and disappear. Such surfaces through which SCP-2949-1 instances have been seen disappearing into include mirrors, windows, and other television screens.\nSightings of SCP-2949-1 peaked from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s, but have significantly waned since the increasing adoption of digital television signals as a global broadcast standard.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2948 | SCP-2949 | SCP-2950 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\n+ More articles by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-2006\n\nSCP-2950\n\nSCP-2599\n\nSCP-2800\n\nSCP-3200\n\nSCP-4007\n\nSCP-2750\n\nSCP-2201\n\nSCP-2101\n\nSCP-2050\n\nSCP-2440\n\nSCP-2301\n\nSCP-1842\n\nSCP-2012\n\nSCP-1644\n\nSCP-2499\n\nSCP-2775\n\nSCP-2925\n\nSCP-1758\n\nSCP-7030\n\nSCP-972\n\nSCP-314-J\n\nSCP-2625\n\nSCP-2588\n\nSCP-6030\n\nSCP-5725\n\nSCP-2896\n\nSCP-5975\n\n+ All Tales by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nTales\n\nThe Meaning of Fear\n\nRight?\n\nThe Tinkerer\n\nAfter The End\n\nSpirit Dust\n\nLeisure Time\n\nMission Accomplished\n\nA Broken Tool\n\nThe Space Soldier\n\nOf Meetings and Meals\n\nTrip Hammer\n\nEulogies\n\nAll Work and No Play\n\nAnother Day On The Job\n\nUnveiling\n\nConferencing\n\n+ GOI formats by weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nSCPs\n\nUIU File: 2017-003\n\nUIU File: 1933-001\n\n+ All coauthored articles featuring weizhong\n\n- Hide list\n\nPage\nAuthors\n\nUnusual Incidents Unit Hub\nDrewbear, CryogenChaos\n\nProject Palisade, 001 Proposal\nthedeadlymoose, Drewbear, and Dexanote\n\nTKO\nthedeadlymoose and Drewbear\n\nSCP-5050-EX\nCityToast\n\nCompetitive Teleology\nRiemann\n\nSCP-5882\nRiemann\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2950\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2950 is to be stored in a standard Safe-class Anomalous Item containment locker.\nTesting on SCP-2950 is currently indefinitely suspended due to its extremely low priority. There are no plans to revive testing of SCP-2950, due to the need to use resources more efficiently.\nDescription: SCP-2950 is a metal folding chair. SCP-2950's anomalous effect causes those who sit in it to experience elevated levels of comfort that do not correspond to chairs of similar composition and style.\nIndividuals that sit in SCP-2950 report that they feel as if they need to sit in the chair constantly, and are often hostile when asked to leave their position.\nTesting has indicated that the longer an individual sits in SCP-2950, the more difficult it is to remove said individual. Subjects who sit in the chair for longer than 30 minutes cannot be removed from the chair without the use of force. Subjects who sit in the chair for longer than one hour cannot be coerced into leaving the chair.\n\ndArkN3ss201 f4l1S-Identity Recognized\n\nl1ghT521 pR3vaiLs-Opening Access to File\n\nTo the new O5-6,\nIf you've seen this document before, and are wondering why you can now see this new addition, it's because you're the only person inoculated with the anti-cognitohazard capable of allowing you to see this. Nobody, not RAISA, not the researchers, not even the other O5s can see this. They've got their own little projects to deal with anyways.\nAs you've probably guessed, there are things that are below the surface in this big place we call work. You've always wondered about the layers hidden behind the documents, and there's a reason why they exist: certain infohazards are more dangerous than others. Some are so dangerous that only a few people can ever know about them.\nAnd sometimes, that number is one.\nSCP-2950, as you've probably guessed, is not simply a very comfortable chair. That's what we (and by we, I mean you and I) want people to think.\nSCP-2950 is a Keter-class entity that cannot be defined. It is not something that we cannot define because we cannot remember it; it's undefinable because we must define what it is. SCP-2950 takes the form of whatever the majority of people think it is.\nYou're not stupid. You can probably guess what that means. Is it actually a chair? To most people it is. You know better. We make sure this document gets around to a lot of people, just so people know that it's a chair.\nThe chair is designed to be as \"mundane\" as an SCP could possibly be. No mind tricks. No insane hostility. No helpful properties. We want people to be as disinterested in this chair as possible. If you find out that someone is trying to run a test on this thing, don't let them.\nYou might be thinking, \u201cWhy don't we simply forget about it? Why don't you and I just dupe ourselves into thinking it's a chair, so it actually is one?\u201d I wish it could be that easy. Unfortunately, somebody out there knew what it is too. And that somebody wrote a damn book about it.\nIt started when we found a book describing SCP-2950 as some kind of XK-class monster. We initiated containment protocols along those lines, believing that it was true. And so it was.\nIn the process, the Serpent's Hand drained themselves trying to stop us from getting that book. We never understood, and most of them didn't either. There were few who had the knowledge to tell us the truth, but they only told us when it was far too late.\nA secret meeting saw the O5s and the Serpent's Hand discussing what SCP-2950 was. They showed us their books and their stories that gave us what we needed to know. A lot of us were skeptical. More of us were desperate.\nAfter doing what was necessary to erase awareness of SCP-2950, it was agreed that one of us on each side would keep the knowledge, to prevent something like this from ever happening again.\nNeither of us ever found out where those books came from. According to them, they appeared in the Library one day. The source that we used to find ours disappeared, and nobody knows where it came from. That's why you're here. Not only do you have to remember, but if possible, you must find out where this thing came from. I failed, and so did the rest of the O5-6's that have tried. Maybe you'll be different.\nWe've kept our end of the bargain, and hopefully, so have they. And now, it's time to pass the torch on to someone else. I don't have to remind you that you're alone on this one. It's not exactly like you can call up the Serpent's Hand and ask for backup.\nGood luck, sir or madam. The world needs you on this one.\nAnd, by the way, congratulations on the promotion.\nO5-6\n\n\u00ab SCP-2949 | SCP-2950 | SCP-2951 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Underground portion of SCP-2952 is not visible.\n\nItem #: SCP-2952\nObject Class: Euclid Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Urban and suburban sections of SCP-2952 should be camouflaged appropriately according to their surrounding environment, or built directly into the walls or foundation of nearby buildings. Underwater sections of SCP-2952 are to be disguised as internet cables. Sections of SCP-2952 in rural or undeveloped areas are to be buried underground.\nAs of 1/5/17, instances of SCP-2952-1 are to be exposed to allow travelers using SCP-2952 to depart and board. SCP-2952-1 instances are to be remotely monitored so that civilians who encounter SCP-2952 can be detained and amnesticized. If an SCP-2952-1 instance is still in the process of being uncovered and set up for monitoring, a small meal of fruits, milk, nuts, wildflowers, and honey is to be left at the instance at each sunrise and sunset. The plate is to be accompanied by a note in Welsh politely apologizing for the inconvenience and providing a date for when the instance will be opened for transit.\nThough SCP-2952 does not require food or water, regular interaction and play with the head end of SCP-2952 is advisable to maintain emotional health, and is beneficial to onsite morale.\nDescription: SCP-2952 is a male Pembroke Welsh Corgi measuring over 30,000 kilometers in length. The head and front legs of SCP-2952 are located in Portland, Oregon, while the hindquarters are located in a rural area of Japan's Kariwa District, weaving through the Americas, Europe, and much of Asia in between. SCP-2952 does not appear to age, nor does it require food or water. SCP-2952 will not move more than 5 meters from its original position, even if threatened or offered a reward. SCP-2952 will quickly regenerate from all damage done to it. One end will respond to stimuli from the other without the delay that would be expected due to its length.\nAt certain areas along SCP-2952's length, small openings will form along its sides at regularly scheduled intervals - see Schedule-SCP-2952-1 for a full timetable. These locations are designated instances of SCP-2952-1. There are 324 known instances of SCP-2952-1: some are located in major cities, others in suburban or rural areas. The formation of these holes does not seem to harm or adversely affect SCP-2952. When these openings appear, humanoid beings will exit SCP-2952. These entities, designated SCP-2952-2, are on average 3 centimeters high and cannot be viewed directly - they must be photographed or filmed, though physical evidence of their presence such as shadows or footprints can be observed.\nAfter the first group exits, a different group of SCP-2952-2 will appear and enter into the same opening. The opening will then seal until the next scheduled event. The same instance of SCP-2952-2 can be seen entering at one SCP-2952-1 location and departing at another. Openings on the dextrous side of SCP-2952 take passengers west, while those on the sinistrous side take passengers east. The average documented speed of SCP-2952 appears to be 120 kilometers per hour, not accounting for stops at SCP-2952-1 instances.\nThe burying of many of the SCP-2952-1 instances stopped SCP-2952-2 from entering or exiting SCP-2952. Three days after all SCP-2952-1 instances were buried, Project Director Stevens disappeared from his apartment, with an adult European mole left in his place. Over the next three weeks, 17 of the construction workers responsible for burying SCP-2952-1 instances woke to find the walls of their houses had been replaced by a mixture of poison ivy and deathcap mushrooms. After two months, Researcher Mills, who had been in charge of testing the regenerative properties of SCP-2952, woke up with poisonous nightshade berries in his mouth, and stakes of hawthorn driven through his hands and feet.\nThe anomalous events were theorized to be the work of the SCP-2952-2 population. In response, a plan to appease SCP-2952-2 was devised using information collated from relevant myths, leading to the current protocol for unburying and monitoring instances of SCP-2952-1 - implemented December 9th, 2016.\nTwo weeks later, the mole disappeared from its containment area and was replaced with Director Stevens, and the poison ivy and mushrooms disappeared from the homes of the construction workers.1 Security footage showed that during the retrieval and detaining of civilians who saw SCP-2952, there were instances of SCP-2952-2 following the Foundation agents and observing their actions closely.\nOn January 5th, 2017, SCP-2952 became visually imperceptible to all humans not under the Foundation's employ, in an identical manner to that of SCP-2952-2. In addition, instances of SCP-2952-2 are now visible to Foundation employees, though not to civilians. As such, SCP-2952 has now been reclassified as Safe.\nAddendum:\nOn January 9th, 2017, Director Stevens had a note left on his desk by a starling, which flew out a window before it could be caught. The text of the note, translated from Welsh, is as follows:\n\nThank you for your prompt response to commuter complaints and wonderful customer service. As such, we have granted all members of your organization complimentary transportation on our C.O.R.G.I. system. Please send a sparrow to the Council of the Sidhe office nearest you if you have further questions.\nG. Foxglove, Director of Transportation\nThe Council of the Tylwyth Teg\n\nAgent Davies' ride on SCP-2952 can be found under Exploration Log SCP-2952 Alpha.\n\nExploration Log SCP-2952 Alpha\n\nExploration Log SCP-2952 Alpha\n\nOpening Information: Agent Davies entered SCP-2952 at the closest SCP-2952-1 to the head, and was directed to depart at the next SCP-2952-1 instances, where a transport team was waiting for her. All material inside SCP-2952 was written in Welsh, and SCP-2952-2 instances also spoke only Welsh. Agent Elizabeth Davies was selected for the mission in part due to her fluency in Welsh. Log begins at 10:28.\n<BEGIN LOG>\n(Agent Davies touches SCP-2952 and immediately begins decreasing in size.)\nAgent Davies: What on earth - okay. Shrinkage seems proportional? Well, let's hope it's proportional, for my sake. (Agent Davies chuckles.) None of the typical detrimental side effects you see with other SCPs that cause shrinkage. And\u2026 noting that end height appears to be 3.2 centimeters tall. Control, can you still hear me?\nMission Control: We can hear you perfectly, Agent.\nAgent Davies: All right then. Tech isn't affected by the shift, either. Good to know. Doors should open at 10:35, yes?\nMission Control: That's correct.\n(Agent Davies waits, during which time six instances of SCP-2952-2 join her. A male instance of SCP-2952-2 approaches her2.)\nMission Control: You are clear to engage in conversation if needed, Agent Davies.\n(Agent Davies does not respond verbally, but discretely makes a thumbs-up gesture in view of the body camera.)\nInstance 2-A: Hope this thing isn't late again. I tried to make it to the glade in time for midnight at the solstice, missed it by six minutes. All the ingredients for A Harvest's Bane incantation - gone to seed.\nAgent Davies: Do you know why it's been late?\n2-A: Some kind of internal blockage. Poor thing's got kidney stones, I hear.3\n(The openings along SCP-2952's side appear at 10:41, and nine instances of SCP-2952-2 exit. Agent Davies enters SCP-2952, whereby all communication with Mission Control cuts off. The interior of SCP-2952 looks similar to a subway car. The walls, ceiling and floor appear to be constructed of birch bark wrapped around thin twigs. The walls are lined with seats, which are cushioned with a variety of flower petals. Many of the seats are in disrepair. There are 42 instances of SCP-2952-2 aboard the car, filling around two thirds of the available seats. Agent Davies takes a seat across from Instance 2-A. The doors close, and the car begins to move. A slightly distorted voice begins to speak, with no discernible source.)\nVoice: Now departing from Three Portlands.4 Next stop, West Coast Rainforest.\n(Agent Davies observes her surroundings. Posted on the upper walls are advertisements for an organic oakmoss tincture, a religious organization practicing a variant of Paganism, a horror movie featuring SCP-2323 entitled \"STRIKE OF THE SHRIKE!\" and the premiere of a new children's cartoon featuring SCP-2952 called \"The Global Adventures of the Great Grady!\" Also visible are various forms of graffiti - including multiple messages such as \"BROWNIES SUK, GO BACK TO YOUR GLENS,\" and an image resembling SCP-2547. An instance of SCP-2952-2 further down the car begins playing \"Lady Greensleeves\" on a flute loudly and off key).\nUnknown: Shut the hell up, will you!?\n(A baby begins crying. Another instance of SCP-2952-2 throws a thorn at the flutist, who promptly ceases playing. After some time, an elderly female instance of SCP-2952-2, designated Instance 2-B, approaches Agent Davies while holding a scroll.)\nInstance 2-B: Excuse me dear, would you mind signing this petition? It's attempting to revoke the new law saying that mice are no longer allowed on board. So unfair! Just a signature, dear, that's all I need - not even a true name.\nAgent Davies: Er\u2026 Apologies, Miss, but I'm not a citizen.\nInstance 2-B: I see. Very well. Would you mind if I sit?\nAgent Davies: Not at all.\n(Instance 2-B takes the seat next to Agent Davies and begins knitting using two thorns as needles. At the far end of the car, a male instance of SCP-2952-2 takes out a package wrapped in leaves and unwraps it, revealing a mushroom of unknown species. The instance begins loudly consuming the mushroom. Based on the facial expressions of other passengers, the mushroom is quite pungent in odor. Instance 2-B leans over to Agent Davies.)\nInstance 2-B: Now, if they were going to ban something truly unpleasant\u2026\n(Agent Davies laughs.)\nVoice: Now approaching West Coast Rainforest.\n(Agent Davies stands. When the car stops, she exits along with instances 2-A, 2-B, and twelve others. Agent Davies approaches SCP-2952 and pats its side.)\nAgent Davies: Good boy.\n(Agent Davies is returned to normal size. Communication resumes. She crouches over the departing crowd, spots Instance 2-B, and waves farewell before departing for the transport vehicle.)\n<END LOG>\n\nFootnotes\n1. Researcher Mills' wounds were not healed - it is theorized that this was retaliation by instances of SCP-2952-2 for injuring SCP-2952 in the course of studying its abilities.\n2. Referred to as Instance 2-A in the log for brevity.\n3. Subsequent scans revealed the presence of two moderately sized kidney stones near the New Delhi SCP-2952-1 instance. The Foundation is currently halting service at that stop for a week to allow for surgery and recovery.\n4. There is no instance of SCP-2952-1 located in Three Portlands, but the stop where Agent Davies boarded is only 5 km away from an entrance to Three Portlands.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2951 | SCP-2952 | SCP-2953 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2953\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2953 and all fragments extracted from it are to be kept in a storage locker at Site-44. Personnel are to don gloves while handling SCP-2953 and its pieces, and refrain from direct contact with it. Exceptions are allowed for test subjects during testing.\nDescription: SCP-2953 collectively refers to one boulder with an approximate resemblance to a female humanoid and the fragments extracted from said boulder. At time of recovery, the mass of the boulder is approximately 45 kg. Chemical composition of SCP-2953 consists of a mixture of carbon (\u224870%), calcium (\u224825%), and phosphorus (\u22485%).\nWhen a human makes direct contact with SCP-2953 (hereon referred to as 'subject'), he/she undergoes the following transfigurations:\n\nLengthening of the coccyx, often protruding from the epidermis.\nIncrement in pheomelanin in subject's hair.\nAbnormal hair growth throughout subject's body.\nElongation of the face such that a snout is formed.\nTransformation of hands and feet into paw-like appendages.\nIncreased production of estrogen in subject, often causing breast development.\nGrowth of extra teats (up to four per breast) on the breast.\n\nThe extent of these transfigurations is the most potent near the area(s) where SCP-2953 has contact with the subject's body. Transfigurations are more prominent and occur at an increased rate in female subjects than male subjects. While not inherently lethal, health complications are highly likely to arise due to inability of the subject's body to cope with these sudden transfigurations.\nFragments of SCP-2953 (up to a total mass of 5 kg) were extracted by its previous custodians, the Imperial Japanese Abnormal Matters Examination Agency (IJAMEA). Most of these fragments were used as the main component in the construction of 108 frangible bullets, with the remainder believed to be samples extracted for analysis and experiments. These bullets were encased in modified 6.5x50mmSR Arisaka cartridges, which are intended to be fired from the Type 97 sniper rifle.\nPrior to IJAMEA control of the item, SCP-2953 was held in the Seimei Gallery.1 Below is a translated transcript of a placard describing SCP-2953.\n\nThis is the Sessho-seki, also the corpse of Tamamo-no-Mae, the fox spirit who once had ill designs on Emperor Toba and executed on the plains of Nasu in Shimotsuke Province. Her vengeful spirit resides in her corpse and warped into stone. A man who touches it is certain to fall to death, overcome by the spiritual essence of Tamamo-no-Mae.\nIn the second year of the era Ryaku\u014d, Shogun Ashikaga Takauji bestows this as tribute to the court of His Imperial Majesty. May it be proof of the shogunate's dedication in delivering justice to the pretender at Yoshino.2\n\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1936, IJAMEA requested SCP-2953 to be transferred from the Seimei Gallery for a project codenamed Operation Dakki. Below are translated excerpts from a proposal regarding Operation Dakki, written by Doctor Abe.\n\n+ View Excerpts\n\n- For complete transcript, see Document 2953-Ki\n\nThe premises of Operation Dakki lies in two cultural concepts of the Chinese. In Saiyuki,3 spirits slaughtered by Son Goku4 will revert to their primeval forms upon death. For instance, a dead fox spirit reverts to a fox. Also, there have been countless anecdotes from the Chinese emperor's harem of adulterous concubines birthing foxes as Heaven's sign of their unfaithfulness.\nUsing the Sessho-seki as a basis, we will \"expose\" uncooperative Chinese leaders as \"demons\" to their subjects. Thereon, we can divert popular support to leaders favourable to our Empire's position. Without bloodshed, we of Japan shall adopt the position of \"Heaven\" to provide the mandate to the leaders of brethren nations and guide East Asia in harmony.\n\nPrevious incidents recorded by the now-defunct Onmy\u014d Bureau cautioned the prospect of desecrated shapeshifting youkai reincarnating in nearby areas and adopt traits of those lands.5, 6 While the onmy\u014d practitioners deemed it a wildcard, I assert that this aspect can be a benefit to the Empire.\nWar is increasingly an inevitability, whether it be to repel Soviet incursion in Northern Asia or to liberate the Southeast Asians from colonial rule. A reincarnated fox spirit can be another asset for the war to come, but we need not a seducer or trickster (which her kind are known for in both Japan and China).\nInstead, it will be advantageous if the fox spirit adopts a form that can kill one hundred heroes \u2013 a form suitable for war. The so-called kumiho of Ch\u014dsen is said to be a bloodthirsty half-fox, half-human creature which feasted on human hearts and livers. That should be sufficient.\nTherefore, we need not sully the Home Islands with the return of an enemy of His Imperial Majesty's ancestor. Instead, we will have the fox spirit reincarnate in Ch\u014dsen and become the evil spirit worthy of her place amongst Japan's Three Great Monsters and in the nightmares of Ch\u014dsen natives. And she will serve the Empire's interest, with sufficient coercion on our part.\n\nWith approval from the Ministry of the Imperial Household, SCP-2953 was transported to IJAMEA Fusan7 Facility. There, it was experimented upon for Operation Dakki. Below are a selection of translated excerpts regarding Operation Dakki.\n\n+ View Excerpts\n\n- For compilation, see Document 2953-Tsu\n\nYesterday, using a volunteer, we have proved that direct contact with the Sessho-seki has a positive effect on the toucher.\nToday, we proceed to test the effect on a live human should a small portion of Sessho-seki be extracted. As expected, today's volunteer responded positively upon contact with Sessho-seki. As with yesterday's volunteer, he will be given relief off his earthly tethers for his troubles.\nTomorrow, we will prepare to test for effects if a small portion of Sessho-seki is surgically transplanted into a person's body. As with previous successful tests, I hypothesise the result will be at least similar.\n\nWith assistance from volunteers, we will begin to extract raw materials from Sessho-seki. They will be covered throughout their bodies while working on the rock, although their safety matters little if my superiors can guarantee the surplus from the Kwantung Army. Volunteers need not to know of Sessho-seki's properties, lest it promotes unsavoury thoughts among them.\nGuards supervising those volunteers should be equally covered, so that no accidents will occur.\n\nExtraction is temporarily halted. As predicted, extraction from the head has resulted in a psychic backlash which has incapacitated the volunteers and guards present with Sessho-seki. None died in the backlash.\nNotably, this incident is similar to a successful execution of a so-called \"Semitic solar deity\" by the Germans during the 1800s. This is certainly interesting, and can be presented as evidence of the divinity of the fox spirit. Throughout East Asia, only we of Japan have recognised the divinity of the fox. Now, we have acquired evidence via the scientific method.\nThat said, it is fortunate we did not choose to have the fox spirit reincarnate before an Inari shrine. The Empire does not need two manifested gods; His Imperial Majesty alone will suffice. Besides, an actual manifested god will only disrupt the primacy of state Shinto and threaten the Empire's social harmony.\nThe facility will be on lookout for any possible leads to the fox spirit's manifestation. Once found, we will attempt to detain her, establish lines of communication and determine if our hypothesis is correct.\n\nMarch 14, 1939\nDear Doctor Abe\nWe are pleased to hear your many findings and results on Operation Dakki. They are truly useful as evidence of Japan's cultural supremacy in Asia, which would certainly please His Imperial Majesty.\nHowever, if I may recall this operation's objectives, it was to encourage cooperation among the Chinese leadership. Surely you would know that the Imperial Army has already captured both Nanking and Wuhan, and is confident that the Nationalist Party will be pacified when Chongqing falls. After which, the remaining warlords will surely submit to the Empire and there will be favourable cooperation among all parties in China \u2013 precisely the objectives of Operation Dakki, but soon to be realised.\nTherefore, the High Command has decided to shut down Operation Dakki until further notice. It is a pity truly, but the bullets that could be forged from Sessho-seki are but a drop of water before the massive flood of the Imperial Army's gunpowder.\nRegarding the fox spirit, notify General Nura of the Youkai Battalion when you have located her.\nSincerely,\nGeneral Kurata M.\n\nAll pieces of SCP-2953 were recovered from IJAMEA Fusan Facility on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1945, following Japan's surrender in World War II.\n\nDocument 2953-Ne\n\nAbstract: Additional documents re: Entity \"Tamamo-no-Mae\". Despite its supposed origin as a byproduct of SCP-2953, the Foundation has not independently verified or disproved the postulation.\nIJAMEA High Command claimed that it has not received any documentation regarding the acquisition of Entity \"Tamamo-no-Mae\" and denied that the organisation ever had possession of it. However, documents from IJAMEA Fusan Facility suggested that it was successfully acquired and kept there until the end of World War II.\n\n+ View Excerpts\n\n- Hide Excerpts\n\nAs of 16 August Showa 14,8 a curfew will be called upon in the city of Fusan due to recent murders by a mysterious figure. The hearts and livers of all murder victims have been missing, and claw marks are identified on those victims.\nThe murderer is suspected to be affiliated with Soviet-backed separatists. Suspect believed to be armed and dangerous. Specialists from the Empire's Armed Forces have been dispatched to investigate the matter. All locals are to be respectful to the specialists.\nAll suspicious activities are to be reported to city authorities promptly.\nGovernor Minami\n\nWe have successfully detained the fox spirit. Given the current trajectory of the war, she will most likely be sent to China for Operation Ichi-Go.\nWe will be establishing lines of communication to her very soon. After which, we will report her to the High Command.\n\nWe have concluded our first attempt to speak with Tamamo-no-Mae. Sadly, she does not seem amiable for much communication yet. Nonetheless, I was finally able to behold her in my eyes. She was in human form partially, with her nine red tails wrapping her otherwise nude body.\nAs I stood outside her cell, her yellow eyes were solely affixed on me. The guards claimed she was looking at them instead, but that must be a matter of perspective. While she was mostly silent, I thought I heard she spoke something, but the guards heard nothing. The word spoken was \"father\", while facing me. Is she aware of my role in reincarnating her in Ch\u014dsen? If that were the case, it shames me for Tamamo-no-Mae to regard me in such manner.\n\nToday, we have tested Tamamo-no-Mae's capacity as a combatant with the aid of several volunteers. She displayed her natural abilities and savagery, making short work of the volunteers. After which, we allowed her to feast on her spoils.\n\nHumanoid-vulpine polymorphism \u3007\nDivination ?\nPyrokinesis \u2715\nSpiritual possession of humans \u2715\nHallucination creation ?\nMany of the abilities ascribed to her kind were not displayed in our tests. Perhaps we need to assist her in accessing those abilities?\nThus far, Tamamo-no-Mae is cooperative. Perhaps she is aware of her origin as a Japanese, despite acquiring the imagery imposed by Ch\u014dsen natives? With further acclimatisation and guidance, she can be fit for war.\n\nStrange. There has been no response from the Youkai Battalion. I am certain that I have written to General Nura a few weeks ago.\nA pity. It appears that Tamamo-no-Mae will be in our care for a while longer.\n\nTamamo-no-Mae still resides here. The Youkai Battalion must have been too busy to claim her, especially with the fierce fighting in China and Okinawa.\n\nThe Home Islands have faced the wrath of the Americans' new weapon, and the Soviets have invaded the Ch\u014dsen Peninsula. It is inevitable.\nCertainly the Allies will come and take over Ch\u014dsen, including Fusan. The High Command has issued a memo to safeguard all abnormal materials to be handed over to our enemy, the SCP Foundation. But it shall be done.\n\nEven if she has adopted Ch\u014dsen traits, Tamamo-no-Mae is still a Japanese. She is technically not an abnormal material. She should not be surrendered to foreigners.\n\nWhen the Foundation occupied IJAMEA Fusan Facility on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1945, Entity \"Tamamo-no-Mae\" was not found in its supposed holding cell. Its current whereabouts remain unknown. A hypothesis from O5-\u2588\u2588 postulates that Entity \"Tamamo-no-Mae\" has been contained as a separate SCP object, namely SCP-953 due to the latter's initial recovery at Fusan. However, SCP-953 responded negatively to any connotations pertaining to Japan.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A private gallery underneath the ruins of the Heian Palace. It contains various anomalous objects owned by the Japanese Imperial Family and formerly administrated by the Ministry of the Imperial Household. Following the end of World War II, the Seimei Gallery is jointly owned by the Foundation (via Site-49 Anomalous Items Wing) and the Government of Japan (via the Imperial Household Agency).\n2. Refers to the Southern court, which opposed the Ashikaga shogunate during the Nanboku-ch\u014d (Northern and Southern Courts) period.\n3. Japanese title for the Chinese classic Journey to the West.\n4. Japanese name for Sun Wukong, a protagonist of Journey to the West\n5. Onmy\u014d Bureau documents cited in the proposal were dated to pre-Asuka periods or during the Genpei War, Nanboku-ch\u014d and Warring States periods. Due to Japan's political instability during those periods, most Onmy\u014d Bureau records from those periods are believed to be of low historicity and often exaggerated from secondary sources.\n6. Despite partial low historicity, IJAMEA maintained the stance that all Onmy\u014d Bureau documentation are factual records of anomalous occurrences in Japan. Counterarguments to this stance were often derided as foreign influence to allegedly \"undermine Japan's national integrity\".\n7. Japanese name for Pusan, Korea.\n8. Equivalent to 1939 CE.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2952 | SCP-2953 | SCP-2954 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2954-1A.\n\nItem #: SCP-2954\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2954-2 is eventually killed by SCP-2954-1 during Tsuburaya Events. During the event's duration, personnel should observe from afar due to potentially life-threatening damage SCP-2954 causes. Guards are stationed around the area of Events to deter civilians during inactive times. Class-A Amnestics are to be administered to civilians witnessing Tsuburaya Events.\nDescription: SCP-2954-1A refers to six large pieces of weaponry resembling satellite dishes located on the boundaries of a deserted rural town in [REDACTED]1, Japan. SCP-2954-1A are capable of autonomously discharging electric arcs through unknown means; analysis of SCP-2954-1A's interior reveals no relevant components apart from a rope and pulley system used to position SCP-2954-1A.\nSCP-2954-2 refers to creatures bearing a mix of reptilian, amphibious, and piscine traits. They are fifty to sixty meters tall, with a smooth, blue-gray dorsal coloration, and a red, pleated, armored underbelly; their back and forearms feature prominent spined fins. SCP-2954-2 instances are bipedal, walking hunchbacked with their mouths always slightly opened. They are also capable of spitting a corrosive fluid.\nTsuburaya Events start every seven days with a single SCP-2954-2 manifesting and beginning to destroy its surroundings. As SCP-2954-2 rampages, SCP-2954-1A activate, firing at SCP-2954-2; SCP-2954-2 will move towards SCP-2954-1A, presumably in an attempt to destroy them. As this occurs, sounds of gunfire, land vehicle movement, and orders shouted in Japanese are heard. Artillery shells materialize in midair, aimed at SCP-2954-2. While the \"military forces\" (henceforth referred to as SCP-2954-1B) are invisible and intangible, projectiles fired inflict physical damage.\nDuring Tsuburaya Events, SCP-2954-2 destroys at least one SCP-2954-1A; explosions similar to that of destroyed automobiles also appear as SCP-2954-2 attacks the invisible SCP-2954-1B forces. As SCP-2954-2 approaches the town, the intensity of SCP-2954-1's attack increases; the combined assault from SCP-2954-1A and B always results in its death. SCP-2954-2 will collapse, then gradually grow transparent before disappearing completely. Once SCP-2954-2 disappears, disembodied cheering can be heard before all damage done to the environment is reversed.\nAddendum X-1: While exploring the area of Tsuburaya Events, personnel discovered an abandoned building containing movie posters, film reels, and various documents. Posters depict a creature similar to SCP-2954-2; the title of the poster (translated from Japanese) reads \"Fukaeru's Assault!\". The movie reels follow Tsuburaya Events, and are labeled one through twenty.\nOf note are the following:\n\n(Translated from Japanese) Our sponsor gave twenty monsters to shoot. We'll pick the best footage.\n\nFilming completed, \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1974. Don't forget: call our sponsor to say further shipments are unneeded.\n\nDaiju Producers-\nDo you need more Fukaeru? We can resupply until you're satisfied!\n\nDaiju Producers-\nYou have not replied for a while! Regardless, we will send another shipment. Happy filming!\n\nThere are multiple/similar copies of the last message. While the oldest date stamp is from 1972, they continue to the present day; new letters appear sporadically in a file cabinet near the front entrance. When personnel first discovered the building, the documents had overflowed and spilled to the floor.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A known center of IJAMEA activity prior to the end of the Second World War.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2953 | SCP-2954 | SCP-2955 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2955\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Provisional Containment Area-846 is to be constructed around SCP-2955, and is currently disguised as an Argentinean military installation. Area-846 is to be staffed by members of Mobile Task Force Zeta-9 (\"Mole Rats\"). No personnel are allowed to approach, directly observe, or conduct sample extractions on SCP-2955. All observations on SCP-2955 are to be conducted via satellite imaging and remote surveillance. The usage of Helios-class aerial surveillance drones to monitor SCP-2955 is prohibited.\nIn the event of a transmigration event, MTF-Z-9 is to track down SCP-2955 and identify the next location in which it will resurface. Once verified, Area-846 is to be rebuilt over the newly identified location. Foundation agents embedded in the governments of affected nations are to maintain the cover story of an earthquake during each transmigration event.\nDescription: SCP-2955 refers to a collection of granular particles, capable of autonomous movement. An exact total number of SCP-2955 instances cannot be verified, partly due to their anomalous properties. Current estimations suggest there are at least 4,000,000 such instances.1\nIndividual instances of SCP-2955 have a measured diameter of 15 mm on average. Samples taken indicate that SCP-2955 is composed of a mixture of tumbaga2 and silica. SCP-2955 typically takes the shape of a pavement laid out over an approximate land area of 8 km2, and a collection of Pueblo great houses clustered within the area. The architecture is consistent with dwellings of the Pueblo II Era.3 However, no openings are found in the structures inside SCP-2955.\nSCP-2955 will only move (referred to as a transmigration event) when portions of it are extracted forcefully or when it is directly observed by the following:\n\nHuman beings\nHelios-class aerial surveillance drone (as of 08/07/2008)\n\nThe transmigration event is marked by seismic activity occurring in SCP-2955's vicinity. SCP-2955 will then disassemble itself and seep into the ground. Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) indicates that SCP-2955 instances typically move along multiple files when underground, vibrating themselves as a means of motion and coordinating their movements underground. After a period of time of at least 2 weeks,4 SCP-2955 instances will resurface and reassemble themselves, preferring locations that are devoid of any pre-existing human settlements. When reformed, the positions of all structures in SCP-2955 remain unchanged.\nSCP-2955 was originally classified as an Extra-normal Event (EE-72806), due to unsubstantiated evidence of its existence initially. Below is the documentation of EE-72806.\n\n+ View Documentation of EE-72806\n\n- Hide Documentation\n\nEvent Description: A \"golden city\" of Pueblo origin was sighted by an archaeological team researching on Incan History, which was seemingly destroyed by a magnitude 8.0 earthquake that occurred shortly after it was identified by team members. No debris of said \"city\" were found onsite.\nDate of Occurrence: 15/08/2007\nLocation: Ica Region, Peru\nFollow-up Action: No cognitohazardous or memetic infection were identified among the members of the archaeological team. Class A amnestics were administrated to them afterwards. The area is to be put under observation for a period of 1 year.\n\nAfter a similar sighting and seismic event in Gorgona Island, Colombia on 09/09/2007, it was determined to be another instance of EE-72806 and the anomaly was reclassified as SCP-2955. Below is a catalogue of known locations SCP-2955 has appeared in, since its discovery by the Foundation.\n\nReference Date\nLocation\nDescription\n\n15/08/2007\nIca Region, Peru\nFirst known sighting of SCP-2955; initially classified as EE-72806.\n\n09/09/2007\nGorgona Island, Colombia\nSecond known sighting of SCP-2955; identified by a park ranger from Gorgona Natural National Park. Transmigration event occurred afterwards, triggering a magnitude 6.2 earthquake and SCP-2955 vanished at the end of the event. Anomaly reclassified as SCP-2955.\n\n16/12/2007\nAntofagasta Province, Chile\nAs per Dr. Rodriguez's suggestion,5 Helios-class aerial drones were dispatched to survey SCP-2955. Transmigration event triggered when drones began collection of samples from SCP-2955, triggering a magnitude 6.7 earthquake. SCP-2955 vanished post-event. GPR detected movement of SCP-2955 instances underground.\n\n08/07/2008\nArequipa Region, Peru\nHelios-class aerial drones deployed to survey SCP-2955. Transmigration event apparently triggered by the presence of the drones, triggering a magnitude 6.2 earthquake. SCP-2955 vanished post-event. GPR detected movement of SCP-2955 instances underground.\n\n13/03/2009\nMendoza Province, Argentina\nCurrent location of SCP-2955; its location initially verified via satellite imaging, remote observation and GPR. Construction of Area-846 around SCP-2955 began.\n\nAddendum 2955-1: Upon cross-referencing SCP-2955's description, multiple historic accounts of it have been identified. The excerpts listed below are translated to English. For a complete collation of historic accounts, refer to Document 2955-Alpha.\n\n+ View Excerpt I\n\n- Hide Excerpt\n\nThe following excerpts are derived from the log of Friar Marcos de Niza, a Franciscan monk involved in the Coronado Expedition.6\n\n\u2026source of the New World's riches \u2013 grandiose cities of gold, which the heathens avert their gaze for fear of their wrath. How foolish and typical of the natives to not recognise the value of gold. According to the Zuni, one of them is located by the river Nexpa\u2026\n\n\u2026dispatched a scouting party to Nexpa. At nightfall, tremors are reported. The natives are in hysteria, wildly proclaiming it to be the wrath of their idols\u2026\n\n\u2026no survivors from the scouting party. The corpses of the scouts and their horses lay around a pit in the ground, by the river Nexpa. There is no gold by that river\u2026\n\n+ View Excerpt II\n\n- Hide Excerpt\n\nThe following excerpt is derived from the journal of Father Jose Gracia Alsue, during his 1766 expedition to Ais\u00e9n, Chile in search for the mythical City of the Caesars.\n\n\u2026dwellings are of gold and unlike the dwellings of the Incas, who were the former powers of the Andeans. Oddly, they are said to resemble those of the Pueblos north of New Spain. It is certainly odd for the Pueblos to have such reach in the New World, but such claims are mere\u2026\n\nEvery time we think we may finally observe this golden city, earthquakes would herald it retreating from our eyes. Verily is the moniker \"Wandering City\" justified, for it is never at the same place twice\u2026\n\n+ View Excerpt III\n\n- Hide Excerpt\n\nThe following excerpt is derived from a transcription of a Zuni shaman from New Mexico, USA.\n\nClear the land for the golden city,\nand revere it as a guest of the land.\nIn time, the golden city offers its gratitude\nand its ornaments to the hosts of the land.\n\nAddendum 2955-2: While inside SCP-2955, aerial drones were able to detect low frequency (<20 Hz) Rayleigh waves emitting constantly from SCP-2955. Upon inspecting the sample of SCP-2955 available to the Foundation, each SCP-2955 instance is identified to be producing individual Rayleigh waves.\nSCP-2955 instances from the sample are noted to be vibrating at increasing frequencies, often breaking their container via resonance. This has led to multiple counts of containment breach since its acquisition. Sample was incinerated on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2009.\nAddendum 2955-3: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/2009, approximately 400,000 gold nuggets were found in proximity of SCP-2955. According to surveillance, they were produced from SCP-2955, via a process similar to moulting. These nuggets do not trigger transmigration events, and do not possess any anomalous properties.\n\n+ Level 3 Clearance Required\n\n- Please Proceed\n\nAbout 18 hours prior to the incident, the extracted sample was slated to be returned to the main body of SCP-2955, approved by Area-846 Director.\nFor said procedure, a Valkyrie-class aerial delivery drone was to be flown near SCP-2955 and drop a vial containing the sample at 3 metres outside the perimeter of SCP-2955. A cover story that the sample was incinerated was disseminated to personnel with Level 2 or below clearance. Procedure was successful and SCP-2955 sample rejoined the main body.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Similarities between SCP-2955 and SCP-2583 have been noted. [DATA REDACTED].\n2. An alloy of gold and copper widely used in pre-Colombian Central America and South America.\n3. CE 900 \u2013 1150\n4. An upper limit is currently undetermined; the longest recorded transition period between 2 consecutive transmigration events is about 9 months.\n5. \"Based on eyewitness accounts and supposed historic references to SCP-2955, it would be for the best if observation of SCP-2955 be conducted remotely.\" \u2013 Dr. Esteban Rodriguez\n6. An expedition into Southwestern United States in search for the mythical Seven Cities of Gold, led by the conquistador Francisco V\u00e1zquez de Coronado.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2954 | SCP-2955 | SCP-2956 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Satellite image of SCP-2956 taken in Severodvinsk Port four days before its departure. Image captured by SCPS Laniakea in LEO.\n\nItem#: SCP-2956\nObject Class: Keter Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: As of the completion of Operation Dostoevsky's Phalanx on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, SCP-2956 and SCP-2956-2 are considered neutralized. All containment efforts are to be concentrated in the Java Trench to monitor the remains of SCP-2956, and to impede all civilian attempts at surveying the seabed within 20km of SCP-2956. SCP-2956-1 is still considered an active anomalous entity, as analysis has shown heat signatures at multiple points along the body of the submarine, along with radio transmission originating from within the vessel itself. No attempt to communicate with SCP-2956-1 is to be made by Foundation vessels.\nThe 2956 designation will be eligible for reclassification as neutralized in 56,000 (\u00b1200) years - estimated time at which SCP-2956's structure will collapse completely due to benthic marine detritivores and natural marine weathering processes found in abyssal zones of the Indian Ocean.\nResearch is to continue regarding the identity of the GRU personnel from Tehran, and all other links to SCP-2956's construction and history. Research into the location of the anomalous Lenin bust and the three missing personnel is to continue with a priority 4 ranking.\n\n+ OUTDATED PROCEDURES\n\n- HIDE\n\nSCP-2956 is to be constantly monitored via attached GPS devices on the top of its hull, which are to be replaced every time SCP-2956 \"sheds\" its outer hull layer. SCPF Turgenev and SCPF Faithfull are to be tasked with maintaining a constant 12km exclusion zone around SCP-2956, with MTF Gamma-6 (\"Deep Feeders\") tasked with boarding any civilian vessels that approach the zone. If SCP-2956 makes any movement which is seen as atypical for SCP-2956, it is to be shot at by any anti-submarine weapons available, in an attempt to force it to dive. Any Foundation vessels nearby SCP-2956 must deploy a constant channel marker on the frequency which SCP-2956-1 broadcasts.\nIn the event that SCP-2956 becomes undetectable, Station Lockton-12 \"2956-Ganymede\" is to be activated on Little Diomede Island in the Bering Strait, and must be actively maintained at this point in an effort to detect SCP-2956 during its annual crossing of the Bering Strait. At the point of a positive detection, the primary containment procedures are to be reinstalled, with Lockton-12 being deactivated.\nSCP-2956-2 is to be contained in a Standard Humanoid Containment cell (SHC) at Site-77. SCP-2956-2 must get no more than 4 hours of sleep at a time, and must be actively engaged in any activity available. This includes television shows and films from the staff depository at Site-77, played constantly on a closed television set in its cell. SCP-2956-2 is also to be given a set of puzzles to complete at least fourteen (14) times a day, along with a numerous short questions sourced from worldwide IQ tests. SCP-2956-2 is to be told that completing puzzles will grant him more hours of sleep. SCP-2956-2 is to be regarded as a Priority 1 individual, and must have immediate access to the onsite clinic in the case of a medical emergency, as well as having a regular medical and psychological evaluation bi-weekly.\nWhenever SCP-2956-2 is in REM sleep, SCP-2956 is to be closely monitored, and forced to dive whenever possible. This is due to the heightened state of activity which SCP-2956 has shown during times when SCP-2956-2 is unconscious.\nIn the case of an unexpected expiration of SCP-2956-2, the following is to be conducted, which is hereby referred to as an Omega Scenario:\n\nSCPF Faithfull and Turgenev are to use any anti-submarine weaponry available to force SCP-2956 to dive.\nAll Foundation vessels are to deploy depth charges of varying magnitudes to force SCP-2956 to dive, and to keep SCP-2956 below its maximum launching depth.\nMTF Iota-8 is to board SCP-2956 if possible and force an entry. In the event of SCP-2956-2's death, the neutralization of SCP-2956 is authorized by O5 Command directly, as per Order 2956-Oceanic Supremacy\n\nDescription: SCP-2956 is a Project 941 \"Akula\" class Soviet submarine currently traversing the world's oceans in a semi-random pattern. As of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, all attempts to intercept SCP-2956, ranging from using antisubmarine torpedoes and depth charges, to manually boarding the submarine during its rare surfacing events, have been met with failure. SCP-2956 is able to dive to depths far beyond the tolerance of most Project 941 submarines that were in service, and is able to dive at an exceptionally fast rate, allowing it to evade all attempts to contain it.\nSCP-2956 spends most of its time circumnavigating the world at an average depth of 1200 - 1500m below the surface, in a number of different routes which normally take it once through the Bering Strait. SCP-2956 has also regularly been observed to rise to the surface and follow nearby civilian ships, before diving once again. Due to SCP-2956 being a Project 941 submarine, it is believed to have an arsenal of torpedoes at its disposal. Despite this, SCP-2956 has made no attempt to attack civilian or Foundation vessels, and each surfacing event is believed to be SCP-2956 investigating the intent of nearby vessels. Because of this, SCP-2956 is not considered a directly hostile entity to civilian ships. SCP-2956 also spends up to 3 - 4 months in \"hibernation\", most often staying at the bottom of deep sea trenches, most frequently the Java Trench or Marianas Trench. During these times, SCP-2956-2 reports a significant reduction in hallucinations and images originating from SCP-2956. The mechanisms SCP-2956 uses to maintain structural integrity are currently unknown, along with its apparent regenerative abilities.\nSCP-2956 is also able to \"shed\" its hull, replacing it with a new hull via currently unknown means. This allows SCP-2956 to maintain full structural integrity and repair any damages done by Foundation anti-submarine weaponry. As of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, there are twelve (12) hull coverings left on the seabed, mostly concentrated in SCP-2956's \"hibernation\" spots, such as the Kuril-Kamchathka Trench and Marianas Trench. Apart from the physical anomalies, SCP-2956 has also been observed to broadcast a series of pseudorandom repeating tones and Soviet marching songs on a transponder system located within the vessel1. SCP-2956-1 has made efforts to communicate via this method, but these have been rare events. The speech is difficult to decipher, and the voice itself may not originate from a human larynx, but instead from somewhere within the submarine itself.\nSCP-2956 is not autonomous, and is instead controlled by an entity hereby referred to as SCP-2956-1. It is currently unknown how SCP-2956-1 controls the submarine, whether SCP-2956-1 is incorporeal in nature, or is the submarine itself. Due to this ambiguity, SCP-2956-1 will henceforth be regarded as an entirely separate entity to SCP-2956 (See Operation DP report). SCP-2956-1 claims to be Ivan \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a Soviet military officer who had died in a fuel explosion in Almaty, Kazakhstan sometime in the 1980s. According to Soviet documents, Ivan died of his injuries, with his body interred at a GRU site in Murmansk.\nSCP-2956-2 is a 48 year old Caucasian male, with a height of 1.78m. SCP-2956-2 is Peter \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, an American citizen who had gained citizenship after defecting from the Russian Government during the fall of the USSR in 1991. SCP-2956-2 appeared to show knowledge of the Foundation's existence before his containment, which has led intelligence officials to believe that SCP-2956-2 may have been a part of GRU Division \"P\". However, when questioned, SCP-2956-2 affirms that he was not part of the branch and only knew them by name, and simply knew of the Foundation due to his time in the Russian Government. SCP-2956-2 was first discovered after actively seeking out Site-\u2588\u2588 in [LOCATION REDACTED].\nHippo-Cortex Neurological Analysis has shown that SCP-2956-2 exhibits a Class IV telepathic connection between him and SCP-2956-1, who he claims is his biological brother, Ivan \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. SCP-2956-2 describes being able to communicate with SCP-2956-1, as well as receiving a series of hallucinations and mental images from SCP-2956-1 of varying degrees of lucidity. SCP-2956 appears to be more active when SCP-2956-2 is in REM sleep or unconscious, for example appearing at the surface more often and following Foundation and civilian vessels closely. To date, there has been only one incident of SCP-2956 firing an SLBM2, during which SCP-2956-2 had undergone cardiac arrest (see Incident-2956 report). This supports the hypothesis that SCP-2956 is kept in a docile state (Code: Non-Nuclear) via a constant telepathic connection to SCP-2956-2.\nIt is currently unknown how SCP-2956-1 came to control SCP-2956, or how SCP-2956 was originally created, as no GRU documents exist pertaining to a date when SCP-2956 was first created. SCP-2956-2 accounts of the process in which SCP-2956-1 was created in its current form, or how he was involved with the process, is vague and scattered, with possible false memories being present.\nDiscovery Log: SCP-2956 first came to the Foundation's attention in 1987, after a series of unusual events took place in Severodvinsk Port on the White Sea. Foundation satellites detected a mass, of unknown material, steadily growing in the port's dry docks. After six (6) days, the mass formed into a fully functioning Akula class submarine, before leaving the port entirely. Foundation vessels based in Svalbard were alerted and attempted to intercept SCP-2956. This attempt failed, however, as SCP-2956 had dived at an unknown point, and wasn't sighted again until 1995.\nIn 1995, the vessel was observed off the coast of Madagascar after all other Akula class submarines had been either decommissioned or accounted for. Foundation operatives were able to attach a GPS device to the top of its hull. Three months later, the current containment procedures were adopted, and preparations were made to attempt a containment of the anomaly.\n\n+ //fileserv:/S:/interview_logs_SCP-2956-2_[         ]\n\n- Credentials Accepted [*****]\n\nInterviewee: SCP-2956-2\nInterviewer: Dr Froon, Site-77\nDate: [DATE REDACTED]\n<START LOG>\nDr Froon: Hello, SCP-2956-2. I'm Dr Karen Froon. I'll be your interviewer over the course of your stay here.\nSCP-2956-2: Please, call me Peter.\nDr Froon: Of course. So, I just wanted to ask some basic questions. You've spoken to our other Doctor, so you know what's going on?\nSCP-2956-2: Yes, I guess I do. I'm to do these puzzles to keep my mind off of Ivan.\nDr Froon: SCP-2956-1? What can you tell us about him?\nSCP-2956-2: Well, I guess I'll start off by saying he was my younger brother. We only had each other to begin with, our mother was always out, busy. His life took a somewhat different turn. He rose up in the military after I had enlisted him, because he was too shy to do it himself. He really made our mother proud, and every other comrade, really. I didn't hear much from him until the event.\nDr Froon: And what can you tell us about this event?\nSCP-2956-2: Okay, sure. He died, to put it simply, died in a fuel explosion, somewhere. They showed us his body, burnt and unrecognizable. They took it away, cut it up, repurposed parts of his body in a lab somewhere. Then they took his consciousness, removed it from his brain and placed it inside a computer. He told me about how his world was 2D, completely incomprehensible to the mind. He was\u2026 noticeably different, after that. It was quite obvious how removing his mind from his body had messed with him. (pause) Don't be surprised if I seem unfazed by all this, I've had years to allow it to toil away in my head.\nDr Froon: So they had trapped his consciousness inside of a computer? And then what?\nSCP-2956-2: I don't know, I guess they put it into the submarine? Like I said to your other doctor, I have no idea what went on with that thing. They put me through some treatment, which is how I was able to communicate with him. I was unconscious for most of it, so I don't really know what happened. They just released me after a couple of weeks and I got back to my government job, and I've been able to communicate with him ever since. The doctors told me that they needed a familiar genetic partner to allow the procedure to work. Seeing as I was his only remaining family member, they took me from my home and recruited me for the job.\nDr Froon: What does he say, if anything? Do you communicate often?\nSCP-2956-2: I very rarely communicate with him, something I still feel quite guilty about, but I can't. If I do, it'll open the floodgates, and he won't stop. He'll send me hallucinations, images, everything. It was hard to concentrate ever since I defected, because he's always been there. At first he begged me to give him full control, then his pleading stopped and he moved on to sending me hallucinations and mental images. He tells me, often, that he's in pain, and it hurts. I don't know if he's telling the truth or just trying to make me feel sympathetic.\nDr Froon: Can you elaborate on what he's been telling you? He said that he was in pain?\nSCP-2956-2: He is the submarine after all. I don't know what they did to him, nor do I want to know. He thinks that, somehow, if he completes his mission, they'll be able to turn him back. I've told him, many times, that the GRU aren't as big as they once were, that they don't care about him, but he sees it as his only hope.\nDr Froon: And his mission, I assume, is to launch nuclear missiles? We've done analysis on the vessel, and have found evidence of warheads. When the USSR fell, he was to be used, correct?\nSCP-2956-2: Exactly, and I'm the contingency. I act as a mental firewall, stopping him from launching nukes and attacking vessels. My job was to give him control when the time was right, all the way up to glasnost, although they were banking on me not defecting in '91. I know that if I gave him the keys, he'd do it. No doubt. He sees it as his only option, really.\nDr Froon: And that's why he's been sending you hallucinations?\nSCP-2956-2: To get me to relent. He wants me to give up and give him the keys, but I haven't done it yet. Before I arrived here, Ivan was really going for it. I worked data entry jobs in the day, then came home and did word puzzles, all day, just to keep him at bay. I nearly slipped up a couple of time, nearly gave him the keys. I remember one time I got fired from work, and I was so close to giving Ivan full control. I still would have loved to have seen my boss's face melt in nuclear fire. God damn.\nDr Froon: How did you find us, anyway? You found our secure facility and drove your way through the gate with the intent of being captured.\nSCP-2956-2: I saw a document of known Foundation locations during my time in Russia. That one stuck out to me because it was near the location that was in that Schwarzenegger film.\nDr Froon: We'll do some follow up on that, I'm sure. But lastly, I have one more question. Are there any leads, any documents, locations, anything to do with the GRU which may lead us to more information regarding your brother Ivan?\nSCP-2956-2: None, I'm afraid. Our mother is dead, our dacha demolished, every record cleanly scrubbed. They gave me a new identity, but I still called myself Peter in private. You should consider yourself lucky that you could find anything on Ivan. The GRU attempted to completely remove his memory from existence. All they wanted was a fully autonomous submarine that would follow their orders. Completely dehumanizing him is was their method of control.\nDr Froon: Thank you for your time, Peter. There will be more interviews soon, but for now just complete as many puzzles as possible.\n\n<END LOG>\n\nInterview Log 16\n<START LOG>\nDr Froon: Peter, how are you feeling?\nSCP-2956-2: I've been better, I'll be honest.\nDr Froon: What's wrong?\nSCP-2956-2: Ivan's hitting me hard this time. I think I need less time to sleep.\nDr Froon: That's not possible. Doctors on site have agreed that you're already undergoing sleep deprivation. We're trying to keep you safe as well as keeping you locked up.\nSCP-2956-2: I think Ivan is planning something. He keeps trying to grab the controls whilst I'm asleep. I've become quite adapted to waking up in time but it's starting to get mentally taxing. It's getting harder to concentrate. Why are you here?\nDr Froon: I wanted to see what SC- Ivan, had been sending you. Mentally, I mean.\nSCP-2956-2: Well, right now he's been repeating the same things, a mixture of Russian marching songs and quotes by Karl Marx.\nDr Froon: Are those coming from him? Is he speaking directly into your ear?\nSCP-2956-2: No. Somehow he's been able to directly send footage to me, although it's quite blurry. Yesterday he sent me a 3 hour documentary about the Russian revolution to me, on repeat. I don't know if he's got it aboard his sub or if he just has good memory.\nDr Froon: Is that why you became unresponsive yesterday?\nSCP-2956-2: Yes, sensory overload. I think his new tactic is more attrition than anything else. He's trying to (inaudible)\nDr Froon: You're sweating. Is Ivan sending you something?\nSCP-2956-2: I don't know, but it's a very vivid hallucination. There's someone in the corner of the room, I think it's meant to be Ivan, when he was young. It's quite fuzzy around the edges. He's throwing a ball against the wall of the room. I think it's his favorite ball, when he was ten. When he does something like that, it gets hard to hate him. It reminds me of better times, Doctor.\nSCP-2956-2 throws a ball of paper towards the corner of the containment chamber, tracks an invisible object across the room.\nSCP-2956-2: He just walked through the wall. Ivan did this yesterday whilst I was trying to sleep. Some faceless commissar appeared by the side of my bed and started lecturing me about communism and society and everything, then went on a tangent about the woods near our old house. I want you to understand how hard it is to concentrate on anything whilst a man is screaming in my face asking if I'm \"hiding the Tsar under my floorboards\". This room doesn't even have floorboards.\nDr Froon: Your sleep cycle is worsening. You're eating less. You're being increasingly unresponsive to guard's orders. How long can you last like this?\nSCP-2956-2: Right now, I'm not sure. It's never been this bad. He seems to suspect that you're going to try and kill him. Your friends in the boats, I mean.\nDr Froon: Whilst you were asleep, SCP-2956 attempted to ram one of our vessels. You appeared to have awoken at the same moment, quite suddenly.\nSCP-2956-2: I know. I felt him overwhelm me, kind of, whilst I was asleep. I woke up when I felt myself slipping. Waging psychological warfare against Ivan to keep him off the controls is tiring. It's something I've had to deal with for the past 25 or so years.\nDr Froon: That submarine is a danger, that's for sure, and you're currently the only thing keeping him at bay. Can you somehow speak with him and convince him to surface, or enter an inlet or somewhere where we can trap him?\nSCP-2956-2: Why? So you can contain him? You're no better than the others, are you? I've always tried to ignore him, but I can't anymore. Ivan doesn't deserve to be treated like an object. He doesn't deserve to get locked up in a pen and tested on. You'll lie to him, just like the GRU lied to him about bringing him back and \"fixing\" him. (pauses) I'm not able to anyway, he has severed my line of communication. I can't speak with him.\nDr Froon: Right. Well, I think the researchers here are quite keen to find out how someone traps a ghost inside a submarine, or how to even trap a conscious mind from a deceased individual.\nSCP-2956-2: If you're asking again, no. There is no evidence remaining regarding the technology used to reanimate his consciousness and trap it inside a computer. They were sent through \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u25883 when the USSR fell.\nDr Froon: So you know nothing about the process involving the creation of SCP-2956-1 in its current state?\nSCP-2956-2: No, and nor do I wish to. The entire process was kept a secret from me. I'm even sure that Ivan didn't know what was going on. The few times I've asked him, he hasn't really explained his situation in great detail. He's not the best conversationalist. (pauses) Can you make a promise for me, Doctor?\nDr Froon: What is it?\nSCP-2956-2: When you do attempt to destroy the submarine, which I know you'll try, make sure you kill Ivan as well. Don't leave anything behind, completely destroy it and leave nothing behind. The last thing I want is for him to be conscious down there. Even if the first thing he tries to kill with a missile is me. He's my brother and, in a way, I want what's best for him.\nSCP-2956 places his head in his hands.\nSCP-2956-2: Wow. I can't believe I just said that. It reminds me of the time before Ivan died, when I actually appreciated him. You got siblings, Doctor?\nDr Froon: I have a younger brother.\nSCP-2956-2: From one sibling to another, Doctor, could you do that for me? Make sure he doesn't feel much pain?\nDr Froon: I'll see what I can do, but for now, here's another puzzle. We've ran out of new puzzles, so you'll have to make do for the time being. I'm not sure if you've done this one before.\nSCP-2956-2 points towards the eastern wall.\nSCP-2956-2: No point, looks like little Ivan's come back and started playing again. I don't want to think about him, not like a child. It makes me tear up. Can I have some more time in a reduction chamber? Just for a little while?\n<END LOG>\n\nTwo days after the second recorded interview, SCP-2956-2 collapsed in his cell. The emergency response team on site was summoned to find SCP-2956-2 had undergone a sudden and dangerous seizure, leading to immediate heart failure.\n\nIncident 2956-09\n\nAt the same moment, an RSM Bulava SLBM (disguised as a US \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 missile for reasons that are currently unknown) was launched from SCP-2956 and broke the surface. The team on the SCPF Faithfull were taken by surprise, as the launch had happened 2 minutes before Site-77 had alerted them regarding SCP-2956's sudden cardiac arrest. The missile climbed into the sky, before orienting itself north-east, heading directly toward the French mainland. The missile altered its course by 3 degrees, changing its trajectory in an attempt to target the city of Paris.\nSeven minutes into the missile's flight, SCP-2956-2 was revived, and after three minutes regained full consciousness. At this point, the missile's propulsion system failed, causing the missile to lose momentum and fall back to earth, impacting the Bay of Biscay four minutes later without detonation. Recovery efforts were unsuccessful, and all system acknowledgments by early warning systems in Western Europe were covered up by embedded agents.\nThe event has been catalogued as Incident 2956-09. Further measures have been put in place to allow for a secure constant connection between SCPF Faithfull and Site-77.\n\nInterview Log 17\n<START LOG>\nDr Froon: You gave us quite a scare there, you know. What happened?\nSCP-2956-2: Well, I'm not quite sure. Ivan's been hitting harder. He keeps repeating the same mental messages and strange images.\nDr Froon: Which are?\nSCP-2956-2: Some strange bearded man4 talking in a lecture. I can't hear him because his voice is all distant. Sometimes it's backwards. Then it cuts to the same man waving the hammer and sickle over the Reichstag, then to him in a field. The field scene is\u2026 strange.\nDr Froon: Can you describe it?\nSCP-2956-2: Yeah, sure. It's just that he has never done something like this. Not this heavy.\nDr Froon: Just describe it the best you can.\nSCP-2956-2: Well, he's standing at the bottom of a big pile of wood. There's always six people, strung up on crosses. It changes each time. One time it was the Romanovs, another time it was some faceless businessmen. Then it was me. Me. I saw myself up there, crying and pissing myself. This repeats itself, every time. God, I can feel it in the back of my head. He keeps doing it. The image is coming back. Fuzzy fucking image is back.\nDr Froon: Just try to keep calm. Is this what made you collapse?\nSCP-2956-2: No no. This was different. It was on the television, t-the one in the cell. Doctor, listen-\nDr Froon: Yes, we noticed that you had destroyed it and thrown it into the corner before passing out. We didn't notice any deviations in the film being played. We only noticed you becoming increasingly more distressed.\nSCP-2956-2: Yeah, well the film changed for me. One minute I was watching a film then the next minute it was completely different. I don't know if it came from Ivan or my own head.\nDr Froon: Just describe what you saw.\nSCP-2956-2: Okay. It was some grainy, VHS type footage, like the type filmed on an old handheld camera. It was me and Ivan, as children, playing in the garden when our mother calls out to us, telling us dinner is ready. I remember the scene exactly, when I was seven.\nDr Froon: And this footage, you remember it being shot? Was it done by a relative or-\nSCP-2956-2: No no. It was only my mother, brother and me. We lived in our dacha in the middle of nowhere. The footage was shot from a distance, by someone else. From the treeline. Whoever did it, we didn't see them, or I don't remember seeing them. I don't even know if it happened, or if it's all just in my head. Fuck, I can't do this Doctor.\nDr Froon: No. You slipped up today. Ivan fired a missile and nearly killed thousands of people. We need to know what happened, so carry on.\nSCP-2956-2: Okay. (breaths deeply) So, the footage cuts to me and Ivan walking down the road, near our house, going to school. P-please Doctor, I can't.\nDr Froon: Peter, you've been treated much better than the other things held at this facility. Don't let that change. Carry on.\nSCP-2956-2: Okay, okay. (Breaths deeply) The camera is following us, bobbing up and down as if someone is holding it. Ivan keeps looking back towards the camera, as if he was aware of this guy following us.\nDr Froon: How do you know it was a man?\nSCP-2956-2: And then it cuts to our classroom. All the children are there. The man's filming us from the back of the classroom, in the corner. No one is paying any attention to the man, except for me and Ivan. The camera started shaking as if he was breathing heavily. Me and Ivan were sitting next to each other, doing school work, whatever. Me and Ivan keep looking at him, looking more and more worried. I don't remember this at all, by the way. This had to be in my mind. Then all the children, except me and Ivan, started chanting: \"Show me your conning tower, something propellers and big beautiful silos\". Again and again.\nDr Froon: Was that everything? Is that what-\nSCP-2956-2: And then a submarine crashes through the wall. Big metal beast, plows through everyone, killing everyone. The teachers, all the children, me and Ivan, bloodied and dead on the floor. Then the camera pans up, and shows the man holding the camera. He's smiling, almost laughing. Has worms in his mouth for some reason, hundreds upon hundreds of wiggling worms falling out of his mouth. I could hear him laughing. It was a strange laugh, not a \"haha that's funny\" laugh, but a laugh of pure pleasure and ecstasy. Then I blacked out.\nDr Froon writes down notes\nSCP-2956-2: I don't know what happened. It was otherworldly. The man just seemed wrong, in every way. The worms, the contours of his face. I had to get rid of him. Even after I broke that television, the image still stayed in my head. Then I imagined a room, with the worm-man phasing back and forth through the wall, moaning like each passage through the wall was giving him an orgasm.\nDr Froon: So you blacked out after seeing the man with the worms in his mouth. Did you feel any other sensations? Any communication from Ivan?\nSCP-2956-2: I felt myself slip away, and felt him take the keys. Then I woke up.\nDr Froon: Your heart stopped beating as well. You were considered medically dead. Ivan fired a missile almost instantly. What happened when you awoke?\nSCP-2956-2: I grabbed the controls. I took the keys from Ivan and stopped him from controlling the missile. I knew exactly where it was going and what he was going to do next. The missile was a diversion, so that he could slip away and unleash hell on America, just to get his job done.\nDr Froon writes down notes in silence for approximately 12 seconds.\nSCP-2956-2: Doctor, there's something else I need to tell you.\nDr Froon: What's that?\nSCP-2956-2: I didn't know whether it was important or not, or just a stupid thing sent from Ivan. I'm beginning to understand that this might be important.\nDr Froon: What is it?\nSCP-2956-2: I keep having this recurring dream, and it's not good. I know it's not from Ivan, it's from my own conscious. It's a jumble of images, flattened reality against some television-like static. It starts to take shape into an image I can see. The main thing I remember is this room, with a pedestal in the middle. There's pictures of submarines, dials, cogs, clockwork covering the walls. Some cars and other machinery as well. There's other people in the room, but I can't quite see their faces. The pedestal is, weird\u2026 like there should be something there but there isn't. I think I'm starting to remember what they did to me when I was unconscious, when they operated on me. They put something inside of me. I don't know. Fuck, I'm just rambling.\nDr Froon: Okay. That's okay, we can get it written up. Do you need to spend some time inside a reduction chamber?\nSCP-2956-2: And I remember something else, as well. Each person was standing under their painting. A man under a car, a man under a building with fire coming out of it. My brother was there, standing under a painting of a submarine. Fuck, it's coming back clearly. I was standing at the center. Right next to that pedestal and a crib. Why was there a crib there?\nDr Froon: This is probably just a psychotic episode taking place. We can-\nSCP-2956-2: But do you know what was the worst about it? The crib was empty, when it shouldn't of been, just like the pedestal. That fucking pedestal. I think we can find this room, Doctor. It's not just in my head because I've seen it. With my own eyes. They took me there!\nDr Froon: Peter, I'm going to be filing a medical report, based on what you're saying. We might be able to do something about Ivan, and stop this from happening.\nSCP-2956-2: There was a gynecologist room right next to my operation theater, where they worked on me. Officials, politburo, everyone moving in and out, taking paperwork. documents with pictures of Ivan in them. Pictures of a submarine. The room seemed too important to be missed. Oh god. Oh god no Doctor-\nDr Froom: Peter, you're sweating. You're hunched over and look like you're about to vomit. If you take some medication, and spend some time in the reduction chamber, you might feel better. What do you think?\nSCP-2956-2 stares at the floor.\nDr Froon: Peter?\nSCP-2956-2: Doctor, are you pregnant?\nNote - Dr Froon was 2 months pregnant at the time of this interview, which was not apparent to an average observer.\nDr Froon: (Glances towards the observation window) Why would you think that, Peter?\nSCP-2956-2 remains unresponsive.\n<END LOG>\n\nDEPARTMENT OF TELEPATHY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COMMUNICATION\nSCP-2956 - COUNCIL EYES ONLY\nMESSAGE SENT TO SITE COMMAND\nInterim Director Chaim Hughes\n\nMessage received by Site Administration on [REDACTED]\n\nTo: chaimbsitecommand@fndintra.scp\nFrom: froonk@fndintra.scp\nRe: SCP-2956-2\nWe also have reason to believe that these hallucinations may not be entirely native to the consciousness of SCP-2956-2, but instead may be incorporeal in nature, possibly in the form of Class 8 projections or coming directly from SCP-2956-1. Today SCP-2956-2 reported seeing upwards of sixty (60) different humanoids inside the cuboid containment chamber, identified (by SCP-2956-2) as multiple members of the Red Army Choir, all of which were reported to have played a variety of songs for upwards of 5 hours. Guards on site reported hearing faint orchestral music emanating from the containment chamber, and a quick medical analysis concluded that SCP-2956-2 had experienced ear drum damage in both ears as well as multiple lacerations on the lower abdomen and abrasions to the neck. SCP-2956-2 claimed that the humanoids in the hallucination stopped mid song and began to attack him in a variety of ways including, but not limited to: stabbings with flutes, bludegonings with brass instruments and attempts to strangle SCP-2956-2 with violin strings, followed shortly by engaging [REDACTED] as a group. CCTV from the chamber showed SCP-2956-2 physically recoiling during the event, although no humanoids were witnessed on camera.\nShortly afterwards, a series of Cyrillic written sentences, written in charcoal, manifested without warning on the eastern wall, reading the following:\nIF YOUR (sic) LOCKED UP\nAND I'M A SUBMARINE\nWE'EL (sic) ALWAYS HAVE EACH OTHER\nDON'T TRUST THEM\nI DIDN'T MEAN TO HURT YOU\nAfter this, SCP-2956-2 broke down crying, and has since failed to respond to all external stimuli, but is still conscious. We give him a couple of days, at most, before he collapses from exhaustion. I implore you to alert Faithfull and O5 command immediately.\nDr Karen Froon, Department of Telepathy and Psychological Communication, Site-77\n\nAfter this point, SCP-2956 was considered a Level \"Red\" threat to humanity, and preparations were made to neutralize the anomaly as soon as possible, due to the presence of SLBMs aboard SCP-2956. After authorization from O5 Command, SCPF Faithfull and a group of other Foundation ships were sent to the last known location of SCP-2956. The plan involved making radio contact with SCP-2956-1, to give time for the crew of the Faithfull to destroy SCP-2956. A 100kt nuclear warhead was re purposed from Armed Area-\u2588\u2588, along with a bathyscaphe (Previously Bathyscaphe \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588)\nDr Vasily, aboard the Faithful, attempted to make contact with SCP-2956-1 during its voyage from the Bering Strait. SCP-2956 headed directly south, before turning west at the \u2588\u2588th Parallel and heading past Papua New Guinea. A flotilla of Foundation vessels were assembled from the Andaman Islands in an attempt to corner SCP-2956 against the coastline of Australia. However, SCP-2956 slipped through, before descending rapidly down the Java Trench. The vessels then entered formation, with Faithfull, Turgenev and Dominica forming the forward echelon during the incursion.\n\n+ //fileserv:/S:/operation_dostoevsky's_phalanx [         ]\n\n- Credentials Accepted [*****]\n\nSCPF Dominica seen towing the bathyscaphe during Operation Dostoevsky's Phalanx over the Java Trench.\n\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, SCP-2956 dived down towards the bottom of the Java Trench in what appeared to be an attempt at evasion from the Foundation flotilla above. During this time, SCPF Faithfull attempted to make contact with SCP-2956 via utilizing the same frequency as the radio signals being broadcast from SCP-2956. SCPF Faithfull, and a handful of other Foundation vessels were positioned at the surface at the eastern end of the Java Trench, exactly above the site of SCP-2956. At 14:50, successful contact was made, headed by Dr Emilia Vasily.\n\n14:50 At the point of first successful contact, the team aboard the Faithfull were given the go ahead, and the warhead was prepped and placed into the Bathyscaphe. Before this point, it was unknown whether the bathyscaphe could descend unmanned and be detonated remotely. Due to the unreliable positioning of SCP-2956 upon the bathyscaphe's descent, a D-Class was assigned to guide the vessel down to the bottom of the Java trench. All dialogue that follows has been translated from Russian.\n<START LOG>\nDr Vasily: Ivan, can you hear me?\nAfter a moment of static, a voice comes into focus. Analysis reveals that the voice does not belong to SCP-2956-1, and is possibly originating from an overused recording device within range of the microphone aboard the submarine.5. A second voice is also heard. The mechanism by which SCP-2956-1 is able to use the recording device is unknown.\nVoice 1: \u2026Yes, you are aware that the parameters have been met, correct?\nVoice 2: (inaudible)\nVoice 1: Okay, right, I get that. I know that Tsarnev believed that the vessel would displace upwards of 2.5km3 of water away from the White Sea.\nVoice 2: (inaudible)\nVoice 1: No, to the Kremlin. Yes, they thought that the water would collapse over command. That's why preliminary analysis was fucked. Just write it off as anything.\nVoice 2: (unknown, possibly \"goodbye\" or \"goodness\")\nVoice 1: Okay, I'll get to it. (3 second pause) Ivan, or LUR-09, as you are now known, I hope you can hear this. The technicians will put the recording inside the vessel and leave it with you, shouldn't be hard to find. So I just want to get some things out of the way. I assume you've spoken to Dr Kyuvsky since we last spoke? That wasn't a question, I'm quite sure that happened, but if not, I want to clear some things up with you. The process has been less than successful, I'm sure you can see that. I just want to make sure you understand everything.\nVoice 1: Firstly, I want you to know that you may experience quite a shock once you awake. You've been inside a transistor for the past few months, and the psychologists said you would have lost all muscle memory or any memory of a physical body. Now, we were able to lay down a nervous system substitute inside the pipes and hull, so you should still be able to feel. You scratch the hull, you scratch yourself, if you will. If you want to know, your \"brain\" is located inside the cabinet of the control room, screwed into the floor. The brain is connected to the rest of the nervous system, which again connects to the periscope and propellers. Now, this may sound quite daunting, but I'm sure you'll get used to it in no time. Remember when we turned someone into a Lada? Yeah, he was fine, wasn't he?\nVoice 1: Ur, you should also be able to speak. We are not sure why that was in the design, but it was. If you ever need to identify yourself at a Russian port, you can do so. Remember, this is a black project, most of the GRU don't know about this, so things could get a little heated if you went back to base.\nVoice 2: (inaudible)\nVoice 1: (laughter). They never needed to install any of that stuff. Yes, Ivan, what's been substituted for your motor neurons that were once in your leg have been installed in the propeller system, so you can achieve locomotion by utilizing the same sensations as walking, so that should make things easier. And no, we haven't gone the same path as we did with the Ukrainian. Yes, the rumors were true, he could achieve orgasm by rubbing his fuselage. I think it was more of a sick joke on their part. We haven't made any erogenous locations along the submarine by lacing it with receptors. This is serious business, so you need to understand how to control yourself.\nVoice 2: (inaudible)\nVoice 1: Okay, yeah. Tell command that we're almost ready. May have to do a sensory check on the aft tubes. Let me get back to the recording so Ivan doesn't miss anything.\n(Unidentified noise in recording, 3 seconds)\nVoice 1: So, being able to control yourself is very important. Like I said, your leg muscle motor neurons have been assigned to the propeller, but your lower body is where the real magic happens. We've been able to preserve your heart, kidney and lower organs in a vat somewhere close to the reactor on the sub, inside of which is the majority of your groin area and upper thighs. There's a Barri-conductor tube inserted into the urethra, with the spinal column connected to the central nervous system spanning the entire sub, so you should be able to feel your lower body. Twisting your hips in different directions should allow you to control your depth. And the anti-freeze. Don't forget the anti-freeze. It should run down a tube in the severed esophagus and out of your right heel. There's no heating, remember.\n(13 second pause, paper shuffling heard in recording)\nVoice 1: We have your brother, Peter. He's safe and sound with us. He is very necessary to the project, because it doesn't take a doctor to understand that you are mentally unstable. You had been diagnosed before you had died, and I think the process of dying and conscious reanimation may have messed with you. You have the mental capacity of a twelve year old, alongside a rapidly degenerative mental condition. Personally, I would have picked a more stable candidate for the project, but as you know you were the only surviving consciousness contained on the computer, the others were corrupted. We tried to delete most of them, but the rest are stuck in some landfill somewhere, despite our best efforts at a digital coup de gr\u00e2ce. You were the only consciousness available, so you should be quite grateful. Now, things may get fuzzy later on due to obvious circumstances, so just play back this recording if you forget anything.\nVoice 1: Anyway, I'll keep sending you discreet messages on your little receiver there. Things may get heated later on, due to the command reformations and other such happenings. In the reactor room there should be a lamp. As long as it's on, you know everything is okay, understand? I hope you do because it is necessary for this to work. In the event that you don't follow orders, and initiate procedure VGU-Concrete Tundra prematurely, Peter will act as a contingency. You should be able to directly communicate with him, so he can keep you up to date with any changes. Peter is a good kid, he'll follow orders. If everything else fails on our end, he'll give you the keys. Primary target sites are located in a book which should be on the desk in the control room. There's a mechanism which can open the book and show you. We'll inform you of any changes.\nVoice 1: The psychologists have done a lot of work to mentally prep all candidates in our project. You should be able to imagine a room, with all your friends, adorned with nice paintings and our eternal leader, sitting proudly at the center. Your brother will be there as well, at some point. You won't be alone throughout all this, Ivan, we've been kind enough to allow you to have some semblance of company, even if it's only psychological. We are not monsters. You always wanted kids, right? That's what everyone wanted. Well, soon you'll be kept occupied by a lovely bundle of joy. But, we're still working on that. Obviously, no one is going to give up their own kid for the project.\n(Heavy machinery heard in recording, 12 seconds)\nVoice 1: (shouting over noise) And maybe, Ivan, if you do a good job, we may be able to bring you back, and-\nA whirring noise is heard, attributed to the recording device being reset\nVoice 1: \u2026Yes, you are aware that the parameters have been met, correct?\nVoice 2: (inaudible)\n[REDACTED FOR BREVITY] The recording repeats itself four (4) more times, with many unsuccessful attempts by Dr Vasily to communicate with SCP-2956-1. Current theories suggest that SCP-2956-1 was able to access a recording device found in the control room where its consciousness is centered, and had been replaying it for some time. Audio specialists recorded hearing SCP-2956-1 begin to communicate in the form of vibrations from the hull which had been picked up by the microphone. The vibrations, which were able to effectively mimic human speech, were interpreted by linguists at Reliquary Site-\u2588\u2588, who believe that SCP-2956-1 was attempting to shout or possibly cry, despite not having the physical capabilities to do so.\nShortly after the 4th playback, the bathyscaphe contacted the sea floor, and the D-Class was ordered to detonate the explosive. The explosion totally destroyed the bathyscaphe, along with SCP-2956 approximately 109m away. The shock wave is believed to have ruptured the hull, leading to a rapid decompression and collapse of the structure. Sonar imaging showed SCP-2956 impact the sea floor before coming to rest. SCP-2956 deemed neutralized at this point.\nAt the same moment SCP-2956 was destroyed, SCP-2956-2 expired.6 CCTV cameras from the site captured a rapid expulsion of all internal organs via a sudden bisection of the thoracic cavity, caused by an unknown force. Approximately 17 seconds after SCP-2956-2 expired, a bust of Lenin of unknown material manifested in the corpse's place. The entity appeared for only 1 second, before vanishing along with 3 containment specialists who were within sight of the object. This was shortly followed by personnel within a 30m radius experiencing symptoms of retinal detachment, decompression sickness, nitrogen narcosis and [REDACTED]. Along with this event, Dr Karen Froon experienced pain in her lower abdomen, which led her to discover that her unborn child had suddenly dematerialized. Researchers also noted a strong smell of wet paint and gunpowder at the manifestation point, along with feelings of dizziness, nausea and the sounds of a \"sinking vessel\" and \"sonar pings\" emanating from the containment chamber.7\nSCP-2956 has now been lowered to Safe, as both SCP-2956 and SCP-2956-2 are considered neutralized. SCP-2956-1, however, is still considered active, due to faint radio transmissions originating from within the remains, which are currently too faint to be recorded. Bathyscaphes and other submersibles have also reported the inner hull of the vessel to vibrate upon approaching the remains, along with the periscope atop the structure moving by itself. However, due to the irreversible damage sustained during Operation DP, the vibrations are too weak to be recorded and deciphered. The Ethics Committee will hold a vote on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, discussing whether further action should be taken against SCP-2956 to ensure its complete destruction as per Protocol-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u25888.\nDirector Note: Safe anomalies have been briefly moved off site during investigation into the events preceding the death of SCP-2956-2. Dr Tomlinson is currently taking over the Psychological Communication Department at my request to allow Dr Froon to move projects for some time, which has been granted by my advisors. All other personnel affected by the event have been granted medical leave, and should hopefully recover.\n\n+ (1) New Message Received\n\n- Welcome, Director\n\nMessage received: August 12th, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 - WEBCOM 13, IRAN BRANCH. PRIORITY 3, DIRECTOR EYES ONLY.\n\nTo Site Director Chaim Hughes - chaimbsitecommand@fndintra.scp\n\nFrom: Rsr. Richard Zapruder - rzapruder@fndintra.scp\n\nSubject - Tehran Apartment Evidence - PRIORITY 3\n\nDecrypting - Awaiting File Transfer\n\nThe following is a handwritten note recovered from a deceased individual found inside an apartment in Tehran on [DATE REDACTED]. The man was found in the bathtub with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.\nThe apartment was rigged with IEDs, and a speaker system left on playing an Arabic remix of \"Yellow Submarine\" by The Beatles. We don't know whether our John Doe set it up, or someone get their before us, due to signs of forced entry in the doorway. Whoever it was, they had a real sense of humor.\nI'm pinning this under the 2956 designation, but there's not much here. I hope this makes its way to you. The lyrics at the end are written in Hebrew, with the rest of the note in Russian Cyrillic.\nGet back to us on anything you find.\n- Researcher Zapruder\n\nTranslating - Data received, Russian - Hebrew\n\nForgive me, for I have sinned.\nWe went against god's will, and took a man from his natural shell. We removed charred bone, skin, flesh, everything - and mixed it with cold steel and depth gauges. Grew it up in a Petri dish, built it up to the real thing.\nWe kept his soul, removed its chance of a place in heaven, and let a machine consume it. The machine churned up his mind, minced and reduced to the point of being completely unrecognizable and child-like.\nWe should have stopped with the peat grinder, the lada, the tupolev, the hydroelectric dam, the helicopter, the oil refinery. We put broken men's minds inside of useless (unintelligible). One man was an honest cancer patient. Once he had a wife, took his children to school, sung the anthem. Now he sits there, out on the steppe, letting water in and out to power a city full of drunken Kazakhs.\nAnd you know what? Some days he'll let less water in, just to make a point. To piss someone off. Who? Some unknown entity, some ambiguous figure of authority which governs the Kremlin from the shadows. All he can do is stand and stomp his childish feet in that dingy room with Lenin and that fucking baby. Both him and Ivan, next to their little paintings.\nIvan's still alive, and it pains me. I'm still getting his transmissions on my receiver. I know you soulless fucks will find my dead body, so I just want you to know that you failed. You failed. The mind of a child, trapped in a metal tomb, sitting at the bottom of the darkest hole on Earth - wanting nothing more than to see his brother and feel life. And the worst bit? He still thinks he needs to finish his job - and end the world.\nEnd the world. He doesn't even know how a nuke works. How they remove cities, burn people alive, gut the atmosphere with radiation - leaving behind nothing but faded shadows against scorched concrete. He's just a child, doing what he's been told.\nThis is my goodbye to everyone, and my wish for forgiveness. Ivan's struggle touched me, and this is my statement against the shit show we call the GRU Division.\nI'm sorry Anna, I'm sorry Yuri, I'm sorry David.\n\n\u266aIn the village where I was born\nLived a man who died in fire\nAnd he told us of his life\nHis life as a submarine\n\"Hit it!\"\nWe all live in a nuclear submarine\nNuclear submarine, nuclear submarine\u266a\n\nFootnotes\n1. Audio analysis has determined that the transponder system is using a microphone, and that all the noises heard in the broadcasts are originating from the main compartments of the vessel.\n2. Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles, specifically RSM-52 150kt nuclear warheads carried aboard Akula class submarines.\n3. A spatial anomaly pathway either utilized by the GRU or the Soviet Government to instantaneously quantum tunnel matter passed through it to a point in space approximately \u2588\u2588AU from Earth. Evidence of the device only exists in documents compiled from GRU defectors.\n4. After further analysis and interviews with a forensic artist, researchers were able to determine that the \"bearded man\" was Slavoj \u017di\u017eek, a notable Hegelian-Marxist philosopher.\n5. The voice may belong to Dr Stanislav Yurovsky, a GRU personnel who is believed to have defected to the Warsaw Sect in 1996. Whereabouts currently unknown.\n6. Moments before his death, SCP-2956-2 was witnessed to have crossed himself before \"wishing Ivan goodbye\" and apologizing for \"getting them into this mess\".\n7. The sounds were not picked up by any cameras on site, and was only heard by affected personnel. \"THANK YOU CONCUBINE\", spoken in Russian, was also heard by multiple personnel on site during the event, seeming to emanate from the ground immediately around the containment chamber.\n8. Tansey, K., Frugel, P., Reddy, S., et al. (1989). Sapience and Sentience - Ethical Guidelines and terms of Euthanasia Ethics Research Archives, c.89-91 AC (781648)\n\n\u00ab SCP-2955 | SCP-2956 | SCP-2957 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2957\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2957 is kept on the grounds of its original semi-private park location. The park gardens remain open to the public during the daytime, with gates closed promptly at dusk under the guise of routine maintenance and cleaning occurring during the evening. Foundation associates currently oversee the park's security services, under the guise of addressing recent vandalism and drug use reports. A security office close to the premises is kept for Foundation agent housing and temporary storage.\nTwo Level-3 field agents are currently assigned to the location, and are to patrol the grounds during 6-hour shifts. A storage cabin on the premises provides utilities and storage space, and is to be kept stocked with materials used in exchanges made with SCP-2957-1.\nA roster of staff members trained in interaction with SCP-2957-1 is kept by Site-DE04. Foundation contacts with SCP-2957-1 individuals are to be rotated every six months. Backup personnel may be called in as necessary.\nAny instances of SCP-2957-2 produced are to be carefully labeled and transported to Site-DE04 for analysis and long-term storage.\nDescription: SCP-2957 is a silver-tinted cultured marble statuette measuring 60 cm tall. The object's appearance bears strong resemblance to antique German \"Night Watchman\" garden gnome figurines1, with the exception of polished moonstone fragments inset into the eyes and fingernails of the figure.\nSCP-2957's anomalous effects will manifest when exposed directly to the light of a quarter moon.2 Approximately seven minutes after initial exposure, SCP-2957 will disappear and an instance of SCP-2957-1 will manifest in the statue's location.\nSCP-2957-1 are small humanoid creatures measuring 40 to 60 cm in height, possessing waist-length silver-haired beards and very pale (nearly white) blue-toned skin. Instances of SCP-2957-1 appear thin and frail-looking, similar to elderly humans, and stand slightly hunched over. Notably, the large, rounded eyes of SCP-2957-1 instances are pitch-black except in the presence of moonlight; when reflecting the light of the moon, the sclera give off a faint yellow glow.\nAll observed instances of SCP-2957-1 have manifested adorned in similar dark blue robes with silver trimmings, and additionally wearing or carrying a large conical hat decorated with moonstone fragments similar to those embedded in SCP-2957. Despite the frail appearance of SCP-2957-1, their behavior suggests the individuals are in good health.\nUpon manifestation, SCP-2957-1 individuals will address the nearest autonomous being3 and inquire as to whether the being is interested in \"imbuing a select stone with the whispers of the moon\". When provided with any stone4 with a longest dimension of 17 cm or less, SCP-2957-1 will request payment for their work, usually in the form of food, building material, or other non-luxury items. If presented with the requested payment within 50 minutes5, SCP-2957-1 individual will then proceed to complete a complicated ritual involving various gestures and unintelligible spoken incantations to impart simple anomalous effects into the stone provided. Stones imbued with anomalous effects as a result of SCP-2957-1 are designated SCP-2957-2. An excerpt of notable recorded Foundation exchanges made with SCP-2957-1 includes:\n\nName, appearance\nMaterial provided \u2192 Alteration\nPayment requested / Translation\nExchange made\n\nSchiefer,6 45 cm tall, slightly dark skin, arrangement of moonstones on hat forms a circumpunct\n10 cm flat slate tile fragment \u2192 stone can be used as a mirror, reflects an individual's visage with excellent clarity.\n\"So viel gr\u00fcner Seetang wie ich tragen kann.\" / \"As much green Seaweed as I can carry.\"\nBulk amount of tightly-packed preserved seaweed sheets. SCP-2957-1 examined stock, took roughly 23 kg of seaweed.\n\nBimsstein, 49 cm tall, pale skin, arrangement of moonstones on hat forms an inverted triangle\n6 cm long clear calcite prism \u2192 when struck against the ground, emits a faint glow similar to moonlight for roughly 3 hours\n\"Wir bed\u00fcrfen neuen Werkzeugs f\u00fcr die Arbeit, bringt uns das st\u00e4rkste aller Metalle, so wir daraus feinstes Werkzeug machen m\u00f6gen.\" / (Archaic, pretentious) \"We require new tools for work, bring us the strongest of all metals, so we therefrom may make the finest tools.\"\n20 kg crucible steel, 20 kg modern-process steel. SCP-2957-1 instantly rejected the modern steel in favor of the crucible steel.\n\nKohle, 55 cm tall, extremely pale skin with faint hint of blue, a single moonstone embedded in hat, beard is notably shorter compared to other instances of SCP-2957-1\n8 cm irregularly-shaped moonstone \u2192 when exposed to visible light, diffuses scent of Cestrum nocturnum7, into the environment\n\"Das beste Leder das ihr finden k\u00f6nnt, soviel in meine Tasche passt.\" / \"The best leather you can find, as much as fits in my satchel.\"\n10 kg of full-grain leather. SCP-2957-1 took approximately 7 kg of the provided material.\n\nMarmor, 60 cm tall, pale skin a shade darker than Bimsstein, 3 moonstones arranged vertically on hat, beard is notably darker than other instances of SCP-2957-1, this instance also has a much thinner physique\n7 cm diameter circular moonstone \u2192 provides immediate soothing effect upon skin contact. Can be used as analgesic for minor long-term ailments.\n\"Etwas warmes f\u00fcr mein Haupt, aber kleiner als mein Kopf.\" / \"Something warm for my pate, but smaller than my head.\"\nSeven small royal-blue wool knit hats. SCP-2957-1 appeared visibly pleased with the number and color.\n\nAddendum 2957-1: Occasionally, on the night of a new moon, SCP-2957-1 instances will manifest from SCP-2957. During these times, manifested SCP-2957-1 instances appear tense or apprehensive in demeanor. On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a Foundation-familiar instance of SCP-2957-1 manifested. Agent Grauer, the current assigned SCP-2957-1 contact, managed to conduct a brief interview.\n\nNote: The following interview was conducted in German and has been translated. Statements of interest from SCP-2957-1 are noted in their original wording.\nAgent Grauer: I have to say, this is an unusual moon phase to meet you.\nBimsstein: Excuse me. But the tides are uneasy and the moon is restless in this dark night. His darker servants prefer such times.\nAgent Grauer: Are not all of you servants of the moon?\nBimsstein: \"Der Mond ist stark, das wohl, aber er geh\u00f6rt uns nicht allein.\"8 See, Heinzelm\u00e4nnchen9 are getting by but it is not easy; and with the decades it does not exactly improve. Yes, we are getting along but with every cycle of the moon there are fewer stones that speak, and with every day there are less places we can go to.\nAgent Grauer: I'm sorry to hear that. Is there nobody else who you can trade with?\nBimsstein: We only trust ourselves. We bid for a bowl of milk here and there, but time goes by and the shadows grow longer. The Kobolde like superstitiousness and there is more horror and punishment they\u2026 no. Forget what I have said.\nAgent Grauer: Kobolde, you say?\nBimsstein: Those of us who take without exchange. We have withstood their raids. You should not be the next they are taking from.\nAgent Grauer: Should I be wary? Could I meet one of them?\nBimsstein: [haltingly] Maybe, yes. Be suspicious. If you see one of us, with eyes so dark as a moonless night, who is lifeless as the still wind, and whose skin is limpid like trembling water, turn him away.\nAgent Grauer: \"One of us\"? So they are\u2026?\nBimsstein: They are those of us who have sworn off the first duty of the moon. Those who have turned away from him and his guiding words to live by their own schemes. \"Ein schiefgegangener Wunsch.\"10\nAgent Grauer: Why do they decline the first duty?\nBimsstein: The kindness of nature lies in the guidance of the moon, and the moon can't guide what he can't see. But though we need to hear his words, some don't want to listen. Let us not talk about them anymore.\nAgent Grauer: I apologize for bringing up this memory. Let us talk about your pay.\nBimsstein: No my friend. You have listened, that is good enough for me. Consider it as full payment. We are always glad to trade with you. By the shine of the moonstones, we are glad men like you have found one of our talking stones.\n\nInvestigation into the \"Kobolde\" entities mentioned by SCP-2957-1, and the existence of additional instances of SCP-2957, is ongoing. Recent manifestations of SCP-2957-1 have declined to comment further on their culture and history, but remain genial towards Foundation personnel.\nAddendum 2957-2: As of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, increased security precautions have been recommended by Foundation personnel assigned to SCP-2957, due to recurring anomalous activity in the Wuppertal park currently housing the statuette. Surveillance records report fountain water turning a red hue, single bricks being removed from solid walls, and piles of dead insects appearing on the doorstep of the caretakers' cabin used to store trading goods for SCP-2957-1.\nRecent manifestations of SCP-2957-1 have continued to decline to comment on these happenings, cautioning Foundation staff, \"to speak of them is to summon them\".\n\nFootnotes\n1. A visual similarity to SCP-1054 has been noted.\n2. This information was noted upon SCP-2957's initial acquisition from Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, following Foundation investigation into reports of twice-monthly supernatural happenings associated with a public nature sanctuary garden. Civilian informants involved were amnesticized following interviews.\n3. SCP-2957-1 have been observed to attempt conversation with pets, including domesticated cats, dogs, and rodents. SCP-2957-1 instances speak fluent German, and additionally understand common conversational phrases in a variety of other languages.\n4. SCP-2957-1 demonstrate greater approval of translucent stones, but will alter any rock material provided by the individual they broker the deal with.\n5. Noted by one SCP-2957-1 instance as \"the space between tides, where the moon and we too rest\".\n6. Listed as the first instance of SCP-2957-1 to have successfully bartered with Foundation personnel.\n7. Common name \"night-blooming jasmine\"\n8. \"The moon is strong, that is, but he doesn't belong only to us.\"\n9. A race of creatures from German folklore, specifically a tale about little house gnomes.\n10. \"A gone-wrong wish.\"\n\n\u00ab SCP-2956 | SCP-2957 | SCP-2958 \u00bb"}
{"text": "First recorded instance of SCP-2958-1, prior to containment.\n\nItem #: SCP-2958\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All discovered instances of SCP-2958-1 are to be closed off from public use under the pretense of construction.\nAs removal of the roundabout of SCP-2958-1 instances has proven to successfully neutralize their effects, all discovered instances are to be removed through the use of industrial cranes. Direct contact with an SCP-2958-1 instance is to be avoided at all times during its removal. Once removed, a non-anomalous roundabout is to be constructed in its place.\nDescription: SCP-2958 is a phenomenon affecting \u2588% of roundabout islands1 and their surrounding roads throughout North East England (individual instances henceforth referred to as SCP-2958-1).\nWhile the roundabout of an SCP-2958-1 instance is uninhabited, persons entering its area of effect will experience hallucinations specifically affecting their perception of the surrounding location and any vehicles present. Subjects will perceive the roundabout as a desert island of varying size and shape, while the surrounding road and area beyond will appear as an expansive ocean. Vehicles present will appear as boats; varying in model and size.2\nThe initial range of SCP-2958-1's anomalous effects will decrease several minutes after a person has traversed onto the instance's roundabout, becoming perceivable only by those located on it. SCP-2958-1's secondary anomalous effects will then activate. Full anomalous properties will not return until all subjects located on the roundabout island have left the initial area of effect.\nSubjects located on the roundabout will perceive any vehicles on the surrounding road to take on the appearance of some form of large ocean life, swimming through the hallucinated ocean matching the movement and speed of the actual vehicle. Similarly to the initial effects, the perceived ocean life will be heavily based on the actual vehicles size and build. Notable instances of ocean life witnessed have included leatherback turtles, bottle-nosed dolphins, giant oceanic manta rays and bowhead whales. This effect does not target vehicles previously driven by subjects, which will instead be perceived as a wrecked boat.\nSubjects will continue to hallucinate as long as they remain within SCP-2958-1, and will begin to experience physical effects causing their bodies to react as if they were actually located in the perceived environment (For a full list of reported effects see Document 2958-A). Subjects will continue to experience these effects for several hours after leaving SCP-2958-1.\nDiscovery Log: The first reported instance of SCP-2958 was found in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, North East, England in 20\u2588\u2588. The instance had come to the Foundations attention after discovering reports of a mass-collision surrounding a local roundabout.\n\n+ Incident Report\n\n- Hide Incident Report\n\nInvestigation showed five people to have originally crashed onto the roundabout of SCP-2958-1 during a multi-vehicle collision, severely injuring several involved. Affected subjects refused to leave the roundabout island upon reportedly witnessing all surrounding vehicles to be instances of Carcharodon carcharias (great white shark). After an ambulance arrived at the scene, SCP-2958-1's secondary effects activated. This lead to severe panic among subjects at the sight of what was later described as seeing the paramedics emerging from a large gash across one of the sharks, appearing severely mutilated with large sections of their bodies torn off via bite marks resembling a shark's. Upon making contact with the roundabout, paramedics were suddenly altered to match their perceived appearance and expired.\nFoundation personnel arrived at the scene shortly after the anomalous properties of SCP-2958-1 had become apparent. Once at the location, SCP-2958-1 and the surrounding area was closed off, while personnel attempted to recover subjects, taking precaution not to make contact with its roundabout. Personnel were unable to convince subjects to leave the island and were forced to use tranquilizers and long-range grappling equipment to remove them. During this time, one subject left the island in order to evade capture. This lead to the effects of SCP-2958-1's road activating, causing the subject to immediately become drenched in water and float several inches above the road. The subject continued to flee until they were hit by an oncoming car outside of SCP-2958-1's location. The subject was found injured but stable and appeared to have a large bite mark where they had been hit.\nUpon recovery, bodily examination showed all subjects to be suffering from severe sunburns and dehydration. Subjects clothes were found to contain traces of sand and salt water. All subjects fully recovered, and all those involved in the event were given class A amnestic treatment.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A modern roundabout featuring a central island containing plant life.\n2. Appearance is strongly influenced by the vehicle's build, model and colour.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2957 | SCP-2958 | SCP-2959 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2959\nObject Class: Keter-potissimi\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2959 and all related documentation are to be kept at Delta 5 Security Clearance. No individual with Delta 5 Security Clearance is to engage in any contact with any individual who has been exposed to SCP-2959. Communication between individuals with Delta 5 Security Clearance and those exposed to SCP-2959 are to be facilitated by an AI (LUKA-7) designed to purge the communications of memetic hazards while also retaining the general meaning of the message.\nCurrently, all major sites are presumed to have been infected with SCP-2959 and house an instance of SCP-2959-A. Until eradication procedures for SCP-2959 can be designed and implemented, all individuals who hold Delta 5 Security Clearance are to be held in designated safe zones, at least one hundred kilometers from any Foundation outpost.\nUntil SCP-2959 can be eradicated, there are no plans to stop the behavior of those affected, despite deleterious effects. Those with Delta 5 Security Clearance are to focus on finding a way to eliminate SCP-2959. If SCP-2959 can be eradicated, all affected individuals will be given the choice to be amnesticized.\nDescription: SCP-2959 is the designation given to a group of entities known to afflicted Foundation personnel as \u201cD-Class.\u201d Instances of SCP-2959 appear as average human individuals, of varying gender, race, age, and background. Biologically, SCP-2959 are identical to baseline humans, having standard deviations in their mental and physical states. SCP-2959 instances have varied personalities with no similarities besides a tendency to refer to Foundation personnel as \u201cdoc.\u201d Uniformly, SCP-2959 claim to have been inmates in various high-security prisons, normally those slated for execution or political dissidents from various countries, before being taken into Foundation custody. Currently, there is no theory as to how SCP-2959 produces its effect.\nSCP-2959's anomalous effect occurs when a Foundation employee, in any capacity, interacts with an SCP-2959 instance or an individual who has interacted with an SCP-2959 instance. Foundation employees who are infected view SCP-2959 as human test subjects. Despite previous moral character or aversion toward violence, personnel infected by SCP-2959 engage in, or otherwise support, experiments utilizing the SCP-2959 instances and other SCP objects. These experiments normally result in death or otherwise grievous harm being afflicted upon the SCP-2959 instance. Most experiments offer little scientific merit and achieve no greater understanding of the SCP object. Affected personnel's disinterest toward the lives and comfort of SCP-2959 instances grows over prolonged contact.\nSCP-2959 instances are used as test subjects for one calendar month. Infected personnel ensure cooperation of the SCP-2959 instances through promises of release at the end of their service. On the first of every month, the SCP-2959 instances will be terminated. Normally, this is achieved through a gas chamber attached to SCP-2959-A. Some atypical SCP-2959 terminations have been noted in various sites, such as ritualistic beheading, drowning, and flogging, with the necessary tools all provided by SCP-2959-A. In all cases, terminated SCP-2959 instances are incinerated. As the SCP-2959 instances are incinerated, new instances materialize fully clothed in orange jumpsuits and asleep within the dormitories of SCP-2959-A. Affected personnel do not respond to videos of these events or discrepancies involving SCP-2959 transport. Those affected experience false memories of SCP-2959 instances being delivered to the site.\nSCP-2959-A is a wing or floor (in certain cases, entire buildings) that serve as the \u201cD-Class barracks.\u201d SCP-2959-A fully incorporates itself into Foundation sites when any involved personnel are infected by an SCP-2959 instance or an affected Foundation employee. The materialization of SCP-2959-A has been shown to occur instantaneously. SCP-2959-A hold all necessary equipment for care, eradication, and control of SCP-2959. All site personnel view SCP-2959-A as always having been a part of a building.\nNinety-five percent of SCP-2959 instances have been shown to be duplicates of individuals currently serving time in prison, normally for petty crimes. Details of their personal lives largely match those of their counterparts with the noted exception of the reason for their imprisonment. The remaining five percent correspond to no known individuals, living or dead.\nAddendum 2959-A: As of 02-13-11, Site 19, the first site infected by SCP-2959, has instituted a punishment practice wherein personnel are \u201cdemoted\u201d to \u201cD-Class\u201d status and are terminated at the end of the month as per normal procedures. Reasons for this demotion include insubordination and misuse of Foundation funds but also chronic tardiness and failure to comply to a recently instituted dress code.\nAddendum 2959-B: As of 9-18-16, all other infected sites have instituted the practice of demoting employees to \u201cD-Class\u201d status for various offenses.\n\n+ Interview with SCP-2959-10\n\n\u2013 hide block\n\nActing through various shell corporations while impersonating the Department of Defense, interviews with SCP-2959 instances were made under Delta 5 secrecy. The individuals who conducted the interviews were not in Foundation employ and worked as interrogators on loan from the CIA. Interrogators were chosen based on extreme loyalty to the government of the United States and were informed that the interrogations were on human test subjects from a secret government project. Due to the unethical nature of the subject, only two interrogators could be used. All civilians involved were amnesticized shortly after the interviews concluded. All personnel infected by SCP-2959 who had knowledge of the Delta 5 acquisition of SCP-2959 instances were also amnesticized.\nDue to the need for secrecy, only ten SCP-2959 instances were able to be interviewed. Of the ten, nine corresponded to current living persons. As theorized, all information, with exception to the events leading up to their reason for incarceration, remained identical to that of their counterpart currently serving in prison. The following is the interview with the remaining instance.\nIn accordance with Delta 5 protocol, SCP-2959-10's answers have been filtered through LUKA-7.\nSCP-2959-10: Why'm I here, doc? Does this mean I'm free to go?\nInterviewer: Afraid not, ma'am. And I'm not actually a doctor. They told me your designation is D-4596G12. For the record, could you tell me your name?\nSCP-2959-10: Selina, doc. Selina Davis. You guys gonna start calling me that?\nInterviewer: Selina Davis, okay. And I'm not one of those guys, ma'am. (Here, the interviewer gestures upwards.) You don't need to call me doctor. Call me Agent Jones.\nSCP-2959-10: I don't understand. Who are you from then? (SCP-2959-10 noticeably begins to perspire.)\nInterviewer: Ma'am, you don't need to know who I work for. You just need to answer my questions, and we can get you right back.\nSCP-2959-10: Back? You can't put me back, doc. You can't. You just can't. Do you know what they do there? Do you know what they've done to me, doc?\nInterviewer: I don't question my orders. And I'm not a doctor. I don't know where you were, and I don't know what they did. Now, can you tell me where you were born?\nSCP-2959-10: You, you don't know? Not a doctor. (SCP-2959-10's speech slurs from this point forward.)\nInterviewer: No. Can you please tell me where were you born?\nSCP-2959-10: Nantucket. Nan-nan-nantucket. (SCP-2959-10 begins to sweat at an abnormal rate.)\nInterviewer: What was the crime that originally sent you to prison?\nSCP-2959-10: Crime. I don't question my orders, doc. I don't know where they were, doc. I don't know what they did, doc. (SCP-2959-10 appears extremely confused. A fluid, later found to be cerebrospinal and amniotic, drips from its nostrils, ears, and the corner of its mouth.)\nInterviewer: What are you telling me, ma'am?\nSCP-2959-10: What is ma'am, doc? You don't need to know. You just need to answer with crime, and you don't need to call your designation, Selina. Where were you born when I'm not a doctor?\nInterviewer: Do you want to play nice, or are you just gonna play the lunatic?\nSCP-2959-10: One of those guys could play nice, doc. I don't question my lunatics. What they did. What they were, doc. (SCP-2959-10 repeats the latter two phrases as it slumps in its chair and closes its eyes.)\nInterviewer: (The interviewer reaches out to SCP-2959-10 and shakes its shoulders aggressively. The interviewer slaps SCP-2959-10 across its face with full force. SCP-2959-10 does not rouse but continues repeating the phrase. The interviewer begins to speak to the recording device.) I don't think I'm going to get anything out of this one with current allowable force.\nSCP-2959-10: What they did. Where they were, doc. (SCP-2959-10 continues repeating these phrases for several minutes at a progressively lower volume before passing into a coma.)\nInterviewer: Yeah, this one is definitely asleep. We're done here, everyone.\nSCP-2959-10's profuse sweating led to extreme dehydration which necessitated a saline solution IV drip on the way to its first drop-off at point. Once in Foundation custody, SCP-2959-10's coma broke, and it was able to coherently communicate with Foundation personnel. SCP-2959-10 was given a thorough examination, and no complications were found to account for the accumulation of amniotic and cerebrospinal fluids, its apparent coma, or the unusual sweating. After a few hours in custody, the profuse sweating abated, and it was transferred back to the custody of Site 213.\nPlans to locate and acquire further instances of SCP-2959 without counterparts are currently underway.\n\nAnd here's where we stand. Most of the O5s have been infected. They're being kept on, of course, but we're trying to steer them into retirement as soon as possible. We only have a handful of personnel that we could save when we saw things were going to hell. But we have a few researchers who were out sick and agents lucky enough to have been off the grid. It's only us now.\nIt's a tall task, but we must end this plague. We have to bring it back to what it used to be. We were lucky enough to be spared, but we're cursed to see how far we've fallen.\nThey've become something horrid, and we need to save them. We don't know if SCP-2959 represents an attempt to change the focus of the Foundation or if it's something using our resources for their own experiments, but the why doesn't matter. I've seen men and women I love doing things that would have made them vomit. Even if those things aren't real people, the infected think they are, and they're getting crueler by the day. We cannot let it continue. We absolutely cannot let them degrade the Foundation any further.\nRemember that we are here to secure, to contain, and to protect. Not cause unnecessary pain in the name of science. They need to remember what we did. They need to remember that they, like all of us, were the lights in the darkness.\nO5-5\n\n\u00ab SCP-2958 | SCP-2959 | SCP-2960 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Several instances of SCP-2960 during a performance.\n\nItem #: SCP-2960\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to the nature of SCP-2960, the object is to be contained on site in the former auditorium of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 High School in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Oregon. The school has since been closed and the property purchased via a Foundation front organization.\nAll instances of SCP-2960 are to be provided meals daily in accordance to a standard Foundation humanoid feeding schedule. Medical assistance is to be provided upon request, with physical exams scheduled to take place every two weeks.\nFollowing the suicide of five SCP-2960 instances on 11/4/2009, psychological evaluations of each instance of SCP-2960 are scheduled to take place on a weekly basis. Any instance of SCP-2960 deemed suicidal or unwilling to perform at the next show is to be immediately quarantined from all other instances so that counseling/psychological treatment may be provided.\nInstances of SCP-2960 are to be provided with the following forms of entertainment:\n\nOne library of 20 preapproved books with selection rotated on a monthly basis.\nFour preapproved board games with selection rotated on a quarterly basis\nOne television equipped with a DVD player.\nOne library of 10 preapproved DVDs with selection rotated on a monthly basis.\n\nDescription: SCP-2960 collectively designates the former cast, orchestra and crew of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 High School's 2008 production of Urinetown. The anomalous properties of SCP-2960 become apparent when any instance attempts to leave the auditorium or the backstage area. During any such attempt the instance will be physically stopped by an invisible barrier of force preventing further egress. As of the time of writing, all attempts to physically force an SCP-2960 instance through this barrier has been met with failure and severe injury to the subject. Anyone who was not a member of the production's cast, orchestra or crew by closing night of the show's run is not affected by this barrier. Foundation personnel are freely capable of entering and leaving the stage and backstage area.\nAt 19:00 PST every Friday, Saturday and Sunday night, a male voice will play over the auditorium's intercom, informing the cast and crew to take their places. This voice has since been identified as belonging to Liam Schmidt, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 High School's former drama teacher. Attempts to locate the source of the announcement have so far been met with failure.\nAt 19:30 PST, lighting in the auditorium will dim and begin to run through the light and sound cues from the 2008 show of Urinetown, regardless as to whether power is supplied to any involved equipment. At this point, all instances of SCP-2960 must perform their roles in the production in full costume. Failure to do so will result in the noncompliant instance being killed via some form of accident, usually involving theatre equipment or props. Following the death of an SCP-2960 instance the lights will return to normal levels until the next show date. It is at this point that any damage done to the set will automatically repair itself. In the event that all instances successfully fill their role, and the show is allowed to run its course, the lights will return to normal levels following the play's conclusion.\nInstances of SCP-2960 that have been killed due to inability to fulfill their role in the play, or due to suicide, reanimate at the beginning of the next show, provided their body has not been removed from the auditorium or backstage area. These instances will run through their lines and cues normally, but fall dead at the play's conclusion. While their bodies remain within the auditorium or backstage area, deceased SCP-2960 instances do not show signs of decomposition despite several instances having been deceased for multiple years.\nOnce an instance of SCP-2960 has been killed, it is possible to remove their body from the auditorium. If such an instance was a member of the cast, during the 19:00 announcement Liam Schmidt's voice will announce that a member of the crew or orchestra will be playing the missing role. At this point in time, the SCP-2960 instance selected to fill the missing role will enter a fugue state and will attempt to either obtain the proper costume or assemble one from available materials. They will then act out the role they have been assigned for that night's show. All lines spoken by a replacement instance are projected using the voice of the missing instance.\nBodies of deceased instances of SCP-2960 that have been removed from the auditorium or backstage area will decompose normally. However, once these bodies are returned to the auditorium or backstage area, they will immediately regenerate all decomposed tissue and reanimate at the next show. Attempts to identify the source of this reanimation and regeneration have so far been inconclusive, as reanimated SCP-2960 instances are hostile to any personnel attempting to prevent completion of the show.\nAttempts at communication with reanimated instances by Foundation personnel have so far been met with failure. All reanimated instances do not acknowledge any verbal communication that does not originate from a member of the cast. When addressed by a cast member, reanimated instances will act and address the individual fully in character. As a result, attempts at communication with reanimated instances using a living cast member as a proxy have had limited success.\nMedical exams of living SCP-2960 instances by Foundation medical personnel have shown that these instances have stopped aging. Investigation into the cause of this phenomenon has so far been inconclusive. It is currently hypothesized that all instances of SCP-2960 can live indefinitely provided proper nutrition is met.\nAttempts at stopping a show through technical sabotage by the living SCP-2960 instances and Foundation personnel have had limited success. Should a given sabotage attempt disable a crucial piece of equipment on a show night, Liam Schmidt's voice will immediately announce that the evening's show has been cancelled due to technical difficulties. At the end of this announcement, all equipment damage will then repair itself. Attempts at sabotaging the same equipment in the same manner for a second time have been met with failure as the damaged equipment will immediately self-repair.\nAddendum 2960-A: Log of SCP-2960 Instance Termination\n\nInstance Number\nName\nRole in Production\nDate of Termination\nCause\n\nSCP-2960-1\nWilliam \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nJoseph \u201cOld Man\u201d Strong\n21/11/2008\nCrushed by lighting fixture.\n\nSCP-2960-2\nEric \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nSenator Fipp\n22/11/2008\nElectrocution from backstage lighting.\n\nSCP-2960-3\nCameron \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nOrchestra member\n22/11/2008\nElectrocution from backstage lighting.\n\nSCP-2960-8\nSarah \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nSoupy Sue\n22/11/2008\nElectrocution from backstage lighting.\n\nSCP-2960-12\nLilly \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nOrchestra member\n13/2/2009\nSuicide. (Nail Gun wound to head.)\n\nSCP-2960-14\nHoward \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nSound Board\n15/3/2009\nLacerations from technician's booth windows shattering.\n\nSCP-2960-18\nLilly \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nRun Crew\n29/3/2009\nFall after catwalk collapsed\n\nSCP-2960-19\nJames \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nStage Manager\n11/4/2009\nSuicide. (Hung from power cord.)\n\nSCP-2960-21\nThomas \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nAsst. Stage Manager\n11/4/2009\nSuicide. (Hung from power cord.)\n\nSCP-2960-22\nDaniel \u2588\u2588\u2588\nHot Blades Harry\n11/4/2009\nSuicide. (Hung from power cord.)\n\nSCP-2960-23\nCory \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nMr McQueen\n11/4/2009\nSuicide. (Hung from power cord.)\n\nSCP-2960-25\nJanice \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nSpotlight\n11/4/2009\nSuicide. (Hung from power cord.)\n\nSCP-2960-28\nAlice \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nJosephine \"Ma\" Strong\n5/7/2009\nCrushed under falling scenery.\n\nSCP-2960-32\nJason \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nBobby Strong\n17/11/2010\nSuicide. (Overdose on ibuprofen)\n\nSCP-2960-36\nJackson \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nCaldwell B. Cladwell\n15/11/2012\nImpaled by falling iron pipe.\n\nAddendum 2960-B: Transcript of Liam Schmidt's Message\nThe following voice-message was left on the answering machine of Mrs. Herring, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 High School's studio art teacher on November 10th, 2008.\n\nHey Jill, it's Liam.\n\nHey, so, I heard you aren't gonna be able to make any of the shows this time, which, I mean, that's a shame, really. You know, this is the best cast and crew I think I've ever had. I dunno, maybe the best I'll ever have.\n\nI mean, they all just fit their roles so perfectly, you know? When I watch them perform, like, it just, it takes my breath away, really. If I didn't know these kids, I'd tell you that they are their character. Plus, I mean, hell, the set is gorgeous, crew is like clockwork, and, uh, hell, even the orchestra just, it's brilliant. It's all brilliant.\n\nI just, you know, it's a shame that it's got to end, right? I mean, Christ, for some of these kids, all they've got is the theatre\u2026 it's funny, I guess, and kind of sad, cause this might be the best thing they do with their lives, you know, 'cause they don't have the money for college, or the grades.\n\nHonestly, I really just want them to be stars, you know? Like, uh, be able to make a life out of this. It would be\u2026 it'd be the best thing for them, I think, I dunno, maybe I'm just rambling.\n\nAnyway, lemme know if your schedule changes or something, I'd really love to see you there. Old college friend of mine is coming to the final show, and I really want you guys to meet, think you have a lot in common.\n\nSo yeah, uh, call me back, if you get the chance. Ok. Bye.\n\nAs of 25/11/2008, investigation into the whereabouts of Liam Schmidt is still ongoing.\nAddendum 2960-C: UPDATE\nOn 9/3/2014, following the conclusion of that night's show, Liam Schmidt's voice made the following announcement:\n\nAttention all cast, crew, and orchestra members.\nThis has been our final show of our production of Urinetown.\nThank you all very much for your hard work and dedication. The show was truly brilliant and you should be proud of what you have accomplished here.\nThat is all.\n\nFollowing this announcement, all living instances of SCP-2960 found that they were capable of leaving the auditorium and backstage area without encountering the wall of force. All SCP-2960 instances were immediately detained.\nUpon investigation, it was found that all deceased instances of SCP-2960 had begun normal decomposition. In addition, at 19:00 PST, all living instances of SCP-2960 will enter a fugue state. At 19:30 PST these instances will then act out their roles from the show regardless to context. Use of amnestics has proven ineffective in alleviating this phenomenon.\nAll living SCP-2960 instances currently remain contained at Site-64, pending Ethics Committee review on further action to be taken.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2959 | SCP-2960 | SCP-2961 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2961\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2961 is to be housed within a standard humanoid containment unit at Site-62. When not in use, the structure, furnishings and any personal effects (where possible) are to be checked for anomaly-related changes; any items thus affected are to be replaced as required and forwarded to F-Lab for ongoing analysis.\nUntil all anomalous behaviour is understood, testing, research and interviews are to be conducted at least twenty meters from its containment and/or prior location.1 Under these conditions, SCP-2961 must be relocated every thirty minutes to a different Class Three research/interview suite. No additional security is required.\nContact with SCP-2961 is limited to no more than thirty minutes in any four hour period, after which assigned personnel must undergo DNA refranking and revised retina/fingerprint ID authorization to ensure continued security access2. This is to be performed within one hour of last contact.\nNote that for research purposes, drug dependency can be introduced and/or discontinued as required. In this case, enhanced containment protocols/care standards apply, as agreed by SCP-2961 (see additional documentation). SCP-2961 is considered category NH/FC3 (with zero contraindications) for the purposes of research interaction and breach risk analysis, and as such Quality of Life standard Westerman-A applies.\nDescription: SCP-2961 is the physically non-anomalous human male Raul Flores.\nWhen SCP-2961 enters a clearly defined, physically bound location, any phenomena that could be classified as forensic evidence (as understood by SCP-2961) will exhibit a progressive degradation and/or transformation, to the point of neutralization. This degradation is relative to physical proximity to SCP-2961. Evidence both anecdotal and empirical indicates that this is an involuntary, permanently ongoing phenomena that does not impact, hinder or otherwise interfere with SCP-2961's standard biological or psychological functioning.\nSaid forensic degradation will take the form of either 1} a progressive failure of identifiable genetic structure, so that same can be recognized as human blood (for example), but cannot be linked to any individual, or 2} a transformation into a physically and/or thematically similar artifice (for example, white powder recovered from the bathroom of a murdered civil servant together with a mirror and a razor blade was positively identified as talc, although a separate Foundation autopsy suggested same had been inhaled prior to death, and trace quantities of talc were found in the victim's bloodstream congruent with cocaine use).\nDiscovery: Raul Flores was born in Delicias, Mexico on 23rd January 1968 to Felix Alfonso (deceased 1977-08-13) and Maria Concerta (deceased 1986-12-30). Autopsies and medical records of same, grandparents and great-grandparents on both sides, plus covert DNA analysis of offspring, have revealed zero indications of any physical anomaly.\nFlores rose to prominence in the 1990's as an increasingly influential and vociferous critic of both Mexico's drug cartels and the Mexican government, citing the former's practices and methodology, and the latter's apparent inability and/or unwillingness to curb them, as leading factors in Mexico's perceived socio-economic decline.\nOn the third of April 2004 Raul Flores disappeared. It is believed his disappearance, and the subsequent public outcry, were decisive factors in the election of Felipe Calderon to the Mexican presidency in December 2006 and the catalyst for the crackdown on drug trafficking and the commencement, in the same month, of the so-called Mexican Drug War.\nFlores came to the Foundation's indirect attention following the collapse of numerous high-profile criminal prosecutions against members of the Los Ocultos cartel during these actions (all of which failed through lack of, or destruction/misappropriation of, allegedly incriminating forensic evidence), and was positively identified after the capture of several CCTV and cellphone recordings of anomalous activity by cartel-embedded agents. Containment was finally achieved in April 2012 in Chihuahua, Mexico at [REDACTED] Catholic School, the scene of a triple execution carried out by cartel members and local law enforcement officers.\n\n+ Induction Interview 0_0_124\n\n- Induction Interview 0_0_124\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2961, here referred to by name to aid cooperation.\nInterviewer: Induction Officer Dr J Pascal\nForeword: Induction Interview 0_0_124 (two hours after extraction)\n<Begin Log>\nDR J PASCAL: You're happy with the assurances you've been given? Don't nod.DR J PASCAL: Okay, let's begin. I'd like to ask you some questions about the last few years. Specifically 2004 to date.DR J PASCAL: We can stop at any time. There's water in the beaker. Help yourself.DR J PASCAL: I've seen the footage leading up to your rescue - what's still viable, at least. You standing in the middle of a classroom, wearing a pinafore apron with a feather duster, surrounded by gang members taking it in turns to pistol whip you.DR J PASCAL: Three deceased minors on the floor, gunshot wounds to the head. George Marquez, thirteen, Valeria Marquez, eight, Penelope Vegas, three.DR J PASCAL: Over the course of seven minutes their blood either disappears or becomes some other fluid. Ink, or paint, or blood of indistinct DNA lineage. Bullet holes in the floor and walls become larger - not bullet holes any more. What we assume were bullet casings are unidentifiable as such: more like scraps of metal - and you just stand there.DR J PASCAL: Accepted; just so we're straight, you're not being accused of anything. We have no interest in pursuing any kind of punitive action.DR J PASCAL: I'd like to understand the progression from balls to the wall people's hero to pinafore apron-wearing accomplice for Mexico's third largest cartel. Can you tell me how Mexico's foremost campaigner for the Disappeared ended up actively covering up their murders?DR J PASCAL: The beginning would be fine.DR J PASCAL: Can you elaborate on that?DR J PASCAL: Thank you. The rest of your life is well documented, right up to your disappearance. Talk me through it.DR J PASCAL: A deer?DR J PASCAL: Occupants of the white car?DR J PASCAL: Go on.DR J PASCAL: What happened?DR J PASCAL: Talk me through it.DR J PASCAL: How did you evoke it?DR J PASCAL: Heart, not head. Okay - so that's the wife and child. What about the husband?DR J PASCAL: You're doing fine. Please continue.DR J PASCAL: Take your time.DR J PASCAL: So who was he?DR J PASCAL: You had a gun pointing at you. Your options were limited.DR J PASCAL: Who were the victims?DR J PASCAL: So what happened?DR J PASCAL: You disappeared.DR J PASCAL: For\u2026?DR J PASCAL: It's a routine process. Getting back to the drug use at the villa; wouldn't that be counter-productive?DR J PASCAL: That's okay. Look, I know this is a lot to take in; it looks like you need a break. I'll have someone escort you to the restroom; we'll recommence in ten minutes.\n[REDACTED]\nDR J PASCAL: Orange orange orange. We're back online, Raul. Did you just clean crime scenes?DR J PASCAL: Can you give me an example?DR J PASCAL: Carry on.DR J PASCAL: We'll go through this in more detail in another session if you're agreeable to that. Get some rest. We'll speak again tomorrow.\n<End Log>\n\nClosing Statement: Interview suspended, to be recommenced next day.\n\n+ Induction Interview 0_1_053\n\n- Induction Interview 0_1_053\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2961, referred to by name to aid cooperation\n\nInterviewer: Induction Officer Dr J Pascal\nForeword: Continuation of previous induction interview\n<Begin Log>\nDR J PASCAL: Did you get any sleep?DR J PASCAL: How were you treated by the cartel?DR J PASCAL: Regardless of how they treated you, you were invaluable to the cartel.DR J PASCAL: Why?DR J PASCAL: What happened?DR J PASCAL: Carry on.DR J PASCAL: How, then?\nDR J PASCAL: And you agreed?DR J PASCAL: Can you clarify that?DR J PASCAL: Everything else? Such as?DR J PASCAL: You believe the villa itself was anomalous?DR J PASCAL: Do you feel sick again, Raul? You look -\n\u00abSilence for eight seconds\u00bbDR J PASCAL: What do you mean?\n\u00abSilence for twenty-one seconds\u00bb\nDR J PASCAL: Raul, what do you mean?DR J PASCAL: Raul, you need to tell me -DR J PASCAL: You want to destroy them? Don't shake your head.\nDR J PASCAL: Raul, what exactly are these \u201cabominations\u201d?DR J PASCAL: The cartel's? Don't shake your head.\u00absilence for eleven seconds\u00bb\nDR J PASCAL: Okay, understood; standard CA/C prep. I'll advise him now\u2026 Raul, the following is non-negotiable. You will remain on-site for the duration of any action howsoever, wheresoever and whensoever it is pursued and resolved. Your presence, in so far as it is required, will be limited to locating and identifying additional anomalous phenomena and your observations, communications and engagement will be conducted entirely via remote means. For the purposes of said action, you have zero authority and your role is advisory in nature only. Notwithstanding that, prior to, during and after said action, your involvement may be augmented, diminished, terminated or increased without notice. Notwithstanding that, your involvement is entirely voluntary and you waive all rights, howsoever they exist and however granted, for the duration of said action. You accept full responsibility for any injury, harm or negative association to yourself resulting from said action howsoever, wheresoever and whensoever it is sustained. You accept that the Ganymede Group, insofar as it is or is not a bona fide legal entity, cannot be held responsible for any trauma of a physical, mental, spiritual, chronological, dimensional, identity or personality-related nature or for any other causation, howsoever, wheresoever or whensoever it occurs.\n\u00absilence for seven seconds\u00bbDR J PASCAL: We know the location of the villa. You can guide a team to this thing within it? Don't nod.DR J PASCAL: Okay. It's happening now. We need to move you to somewhere more appropriate. Interview terminated.\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: SCP-2961 moved to Secure Unit 284 and debriefed on the physical layout of Miguel Rodriguez' villa, its defences and estimated threat count prior to an imminent containment/retrieval action.\n\nOn [REDACTED], MTF Zeta-17 (\"Los Ciervos\") were involved in a CA/C4 action at the villa of Los Ocultos head Miguel Rodriguez. Five members of the MTF team were injured in action, with zero fatalities. Eighty nine hostile parties were neutralised in the action, seventeen permanently.\nAs a result of the action, one anomalous object with at least 250+ unique recorded sub-designations and one anomalous location were contained; these are currently awaiting classification and permanent containment, documentation pending.\nSCP-2961 is currently cooperating with this ongoing process. Information that could positively identify any unique sub-designations as D-Class resource, or Subset 2961-CFM individuals5 is to be held separately and is not to be made available to SCP-2961.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Interviews with an anticipated maximum length of less than ten minutes may also be held in the dedicated containment unit.\n2. This applies equally to any other current/future scanning technologies where identification is keyed to unique biological features (whether DNA based or otherwise)\n3. Non-Hostile/Fully Compliant\n4. Covert Acquisition/Containment\n5. Alejandra Flores, Rafael Flores, Francisca Flores, Adriana Flores\n\n\u00ab SCP-2960 | SCP-2961 | SCP-2962 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Sample of brickwork taken from point of origin.\n\nfig 2: Sample of roof tiles taken from point of origin.\n\nItem #: SCP-2962\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The point of origin and all surrounding buildings within a 200 meter radius have been purchased under a compulsory acquisition order. These are now being monitored for anomalous activity by MTF Delta-29 (\"Apostates\").\nContainment units, research equipment, thermal treatment equipment and assigned personnel must be monitored on an ongoing basis.\n*All non-test instances must be disposed of using high temperature waste treatment protocols.\n*Test locations must be capable of automated site-wide particulate scrubbing.\n*Neutralised particulate material must be stored in off-site facilities, which must also meet the above particulate scrubbing criteria.\nDescription: SCP-2962 is a super-aggressive form of carcinoma characterised by its ability to transfer to organic and inorganic external systems. Current testing suggests that physical proximity is required, although actual physical contact is not.\nThe onset speed and severity of SCP-2962 in new instances is proportionate to the number and stage of affected SCP-2962 instances nearby. Death or cessation of the host system does not affect the viability of the SCP-2962 instance, which will continue to replicate regardless (see Test Log SCP-2962-746-AE).\nDue to the aggressive nature of SCP-29621 traditional treatments of organic instances (such as radiotherapy) are ineffective. Whilst palliative care is possible under certain circumstances, this should only be considered where immediate thermal treatment is undesirable or impossible.\n\n+ Test Log: SCP-2962-746-AE\n\n- Test Log:** SCP-2962-746-AE\n\nSubject: SCP-2962-D-8746\nScenario: Subject (adult male, 25 y.o.a, 85 kg) sedated via intravenous drip, and placed on bed in containment unit. Anomalous material (designated SCP-2962-A1) placed on subject's torso. Times are in format hh:mm\nExpected Result: N/A\nActual Result:\n+00:01 Test commences.\n+01:13 Subject's torso (in direct contact with SCP-2962-A1) shows signs of discoloration and lesions.\n+02:27 Subject's torso shows signs of abnormal cell growth. Remote MRI scanning returns results consistent with early stage melanoma.\n+03:33 SCP-2962 melanoma shows signs of supermetastasis and invasion of subject's torso. Remote MRI scanning indicates a mass of new cell growth in subject's abdomen around location of SCP-2962-A1 and twelve probable new metastatic sites in chest, arms, legs, lungs and pancreas.\n+04:56 Subject has difficulty breathing. New metastatic sites in all parts of body. Weight now 89 kg.\n+05:12 Delivery of sedative via cannula in subject's left hand ceases. Remote viewing of equipment shows syringe, drip tubing and electronics are compromised and no longer able to transfer fluid.\n+05:28 Subject shows signs of distress. Further gaseous sedatives delivered. Subject's visible body area is 69% tumorous.\n+05:37 Subject deceased. Weight now 98 kg.\n+06:15 Weight now 109 kg. No further weight monitoring possible\n+06:49 Mattress and bedding show signs of degradation.\n+07:09 Bedframe shows signs of asymmetrical growth.\n+07:26 Left leg at foot of bed buckles. Remote MRI self-diagnostics report five separate small scale faults.\n+08:15 Tumours on deceased's right arm are visibly merged with similar growths on bedframe.\n+08:16 Remote MRI self-diagnostics report three critical faults.\n+08:21 Remote MRI is non-functional. Floor tiles beneath bed and wall immediately behind bed show signs of growth.\n+08:22 Test terminated. Thermal treatment commences. 1 of the 5 in-unit incineration burners fails to ignite.\n+08:57 Thermal treatment ceases with removal of oxygen from unit. Containment chamber is locked down for 72 hours to allow ash to settle.\n+09:12 External structural degradation of test chamber door identified.\n+14:47 Numerous electrical faults picked up throughout Site. No test log data after this point.\n\nDiscovery Addendum: The anomaly was identified at a residential property in Bedford, UK, following the deaths of its two tenants in July 2015. Routine checks by local authorities highlighted various structural defects, including apparently random formations of mortar and brickwork increasing in size and quantity over time, and Foundation research analysts were requested to survey the location the same month.\n\n+ Exploration Audio Log 2014-07-21 (excerpts)\n\n- Exploration Audio Log 2014-07-21 (excerpts)\n\n00:00:03\nDH: For the log: Purpose of visit: Obtain samples of brickwork, assess the staircase/second floor landing and explore same if possible. Present are myself, Dr Jane Adams and four building maintenance operatives.\n00:00:28\nDH: Log: Initial Observations: Front door jams in frame, there is a large protuberance of brickwork on the inside preventing its opening. For the benefit of the log, the door is being removed by building team. Parts of exterior walls show obvious and progressive malformation - taking photograph [edit by David Hulme: see Fig 1]\nJA: Not good.\n00:03:45\nDH: Thanks guys\u2026 Log: Hallway: Chandelier light is hanging at an angle and the rose has a \"bubbling\" appearance. Plaster has fallen from most wall surfaces and the underlying bricks are showing signs of distortion. Temperature, humidity, magnetism, light, pressure and radiation levels are all within sub-anomalous ranges.\nJA: I've never seen anything like this before. The required reading didn't mention it was this bad.\nDH: It wasn't. It didn't look like this three weeks ago.\n00:05:21\nDH: Log: Front room: Shows a marked and obvious progression of phenomena since previous visit. Fireplace is now completely closed off with a growth of brick originating from the interior of the chimney breast. Ceiling bulge noted in previous report is now two meters wide and hangs 25cm into room. Ceiling plaster has a non-uniform, degenerated appearance. Temperature, humidity, magnetism, pressure, light and radiation levels are all within sub-anomalous ranges.\n00:12:13\nDH: Log: Other downstairs rooms show similar signs of progression. Kitchen is completely closed off by outgrowths in floor and ceiling around doorway.\n00:19:56\nDH: Log: First floor. Growths on bathroom wall as noted in initial report have pushed bath further out of alignment and plumbing is no longer viable. Same is leaking into room and may be the cause of the running water in the kitchen, which is directly below. THMPLR levels are all within sub-anomalous ranges.\nJA: [Extraneous details removed] Whatever is making it grow, it's not stopping.\nDH: Hmm\u2026 Log: Bath side panel removed to reveal cold water pipe, which is heavily malformed with what appears to be an excess growth of copper. This has merged - if that's the right term - with the floorboards under the bath and these too show signs of swelling. Taking samples.\nJA: Let me see that\u2026 Well, there's the metastasis and invasion of tissue. The way the copper growths are growing into the floorboards\u2026 Do you remember that house in Luton?\nDH: \u00ablaughter\u00bb The Vagina House? Christ, yes. With the Womb-Kitchen. That was my first genuine anomaly. Wonder how the extension's getting on?\nJA: Mother and baby are doing fine, apparently. That had a strange calm about it. This place, not so much.\nDH: I know. Let's crack on.\n00:26:34\nDH: Log: First floor bedrooms: both show signs of progressive, ongoing growth. Second bedroom cannot be accessed. External window can just be seen. This is skewed approximately 17 degrees vertically out of true. Glass has broken in windows. Broken glass on floor shows same signs of asymmetrical growth, as does wood in window frames. THMPLR levels are all within sub-anomalous ranges.\nJA: Limitless replicative potential. Does the mortar constitute a form of angiogenesis, I wonder? Assuming the role of blood vessels?\nDH: Christ, I don't want to think about that now.\n00:34:09\nDH: Log: Second floor stairs and landing. Situation has worsened; brick growths now extend down the full length of the stairs. Sections of the handrail (those that are visible before becoming engulfed in the mass of bricks and mortar higher up) show similar growths and malformations. Taking samples. THMPLR levels are all within sub-anomalous ranges.\nJA: Have you seen enough?\nDH: I think so, for now. For the benefit of the log: myself and Dr Adams are leaving the property. I'll get the building guys to secure the place. Let's get out of here.\n\nSamples taken at the scene displayed carcinoma-like characteristics2 and the property was subsequently diagnosed with malignant inorganic para-neoplasm.\nUpdate 2015-08-12:\nThe root cause has been traced to a photograph (SCP-2962-A05) of the deceased tenants taken at a social function, discovered in the master bedroom at the point of origin. Said photograph displayed warping and \"bubbling,\" with a grossly asymmetrical metal frame; the photographic distortion was worst at, and originated from, the male's chest. Photographic paper in that area showed significant degradation.\nExhumation of the body revealed no anomalous properties; likewise apart from the SCP-2962 phenomena, no items at the property were found to be anomalous. Attempts to understand the anomaly therefore focus on locating the camera that was used to take the photograph, the photographer, plus a number of other individuals within it.\nUrgent investigations as to the current location of these (by MTF Theta-51 (\"Swarm-Cell\")) are ongoing.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Tested against a population size of 138: 2.5 hour survival rate is 89%; 5 hour survival rate is 61%; 10 hour survival rate is 33%; 20 hour survival rate is zero. Rates decrease proportionally when instances are not in isolation.\n2. Growth signalling self-sufficiency, anti-growth signal insensitivity, apoptosis evasion, infinite replicative potential, induction/sustainment of angiogenesis, metastasis and, in the case of one D-class operative, tissue invasion.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2961 | SCP-2962 | SCP-2963 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2963\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2963 is to be kept in two connected standard humanoid containment cells. Humidity of these cells is to be kept at 58%. SCP-2963-5 is to be fed once per day with liquid nutrient solution.\nDescription: SCP-2963 refers to 7 distinct entities that formerly comprised D-3553-3, a D-Class individual previously used by researchers assigned to SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588,1 under supervision of Dr. McCauley. D-3553-3 was converted into its current state during a failed containment attempt of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, which also resulted in the deaths of two additional D-class and four containment personnel.\nEach entity grows and functions as a non-anomalous organ system would. SCP-2963-1, -2, -3, and -6 are able to speak in some capacity, despite lacking the necessary anatomy to do so. For records of such communications see sample interview logs.\n\nItem\nDescription\nNotes\n\nSCP-2963-1\nNervous System\nMost communicative instance, possesses personality very similar to D-3553-3's original personality. Able to locomote by pulling itself along horizontal surfaces, despite lacking necessary cell structure to do so. All nerve structures are intact and functional.\n\nSCP-2963-2\nSkeletal System\nCommunicates very rarely, but appears to possess intellect on par with SCP-2963-1 and -3. Bones are held together in form of human skeleton by unknown force.\n\nSCP-2963-3\nMuscular System\nPossesses intellect on par with SCP-2963-1 and -2, communicates often. SCP-2963-3 is most prone to hostility and violence if provoked, and should be treated with caution. SCP-2963-3 typically maintains humanoid form, but is capable of moving as an amorphous mass.\n\nSCP-2963-4\nCardiovascular and Respiratory Systems\nMoves in a similar fashion to SCP-2963-1, though it is able to scale sheer vertical surfaces. If SCP-2963-4 is deprived of oxygen, all 7 SCP-2963 entities will begin to suffocate.\n\nSCP-2963-5\nDigestive, Renal, and Excretory System\nSCP-2963-5 does not move, and is not believed to be self-aware. Entity must be fed a liquid nutrient solution in order to maintain entirety of SCP-2963. All waste produced by SCP-2963 is excreted by SCP-2963-5.\n\nSCP-2963-6\nIntegumentary System2\nSCP-2963-6 is capable of communication, though does so rarely. Entity floats approximately one meter above ground by unknown means, and is capable of maneuvering through very small gaps. SCP-2963's containment chamber has been made airtight as a precaution.\n\nSCP-2963-7\nReproductive, Endocrine, and Immune Systems\nEntity moves similarly to terrestrial gastropods, with organs forming a foot to pull the instance forward.\n\nBelow are sample interview transcripts with SCP-2963-1, -2, -3, and -6.\n\nInterview SCP-2963-1-4\n\nClose\n\nForeword: At time of interview, SCP-2963 had been in containment for 2 months. Interview conducted by Dr. McGann, Senior Researcher assigned to SCP-2963, formerly assigned to SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and thus familiar with SCP-2963\n<Begin Log>\nDr. McGann: Hello again, how are you this morning?\nSCP-2963-1: Well, I still look like overcooked spaghetti and share a room with my own intestines, so you know, the usual.\nDr. McGann: Right. We have a few more questions for you today, if you don't mind.\nSCP-2963-1: Fire away.\nDr. McGann: How much can you remember of your life prior to your current state?\nSCP-2963-1: You mean back when I was in one piece? All of it. Childhood, growing up, drug charges, other charges, death row, coming here, getting used like a lab-rat, and\u2026\nDr. McGann: And what?\nSCP-2963-1: And the kid. The bender kid.\nDr. McGann: You mean \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588?\nSCP-2963-1: Yeah. Mark. That was his name.\nDr. McGann: Right. How much do you remember of your time assigned to the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 team?\nSCP-2963-1: A lot. They used us to deal with the kid. I guess they were afraid of him. But the other Ds didn't talk much, but I got to know him pretty well. I liked him, good kid.\nDr. McGann: Until he tore your organs apart.\nSCP-2963-1: He was scared. What's a kid supposed to do when armed goons come after him?\nDr. McGann: They typically cry. He leveled a building.\nSCP-2963-1: An empty building! He wouldn't have done it if there were people there!\nDr. McGann: He killed six, and did this to you.\nSCP-2963-1: Because they were holding a gun to his head! He was scared! He\u2026he was just a kid. He didn't know what he was doing\nDr. McGann: Right. I think we can end here for now. Thank you for your cooperation.\n<End Log>\n\nInterview SCP-2963-3-5\n\nClose\n\nForeword: Interview conducted by Dr. McGann. SCP-2963 had been in containment for four months. Interview conducted through Plexiglas plate due to SCP-2963-3's history of violence.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. McGann: Good afternoon, three.\nSCP-2963-3: Aaron. Don't use the number, I'm not a D anymore.\nDr. McGann: No, just a scp. 2963-3.\nSCP-2963-3: Use my damn name. You motherfuckers are the reason I got this way.\nDr. McGann: No, that would be SC-\nSCP-2963-3: It's not the kid's fault. You can't be mad at a bomb for going off. Especially if you planted it.\nDr. McGann: Quaint. We have a few more questions for you, if you'll cooperate.\nSCP-2963-3: Fire away.\nDr. McGann: Well as you know, we've determined that D-3553-3's original personality was\u2026fragmented by the incident that resulted in your creation.\nSCP-2963-3: That's what you keep saying, yeah. I don't buy it. I'm still me.\nDr. McGann: Partially. As far as we can tell it's -1 who got D-3553-3's original personality. You're close, but you display markedly higher aggression, host-\nSCP-2963-3: Maybe I'm aggressive because I'm a fucking meat-puppet! Because you sons of bitches made me this way! Because that judge had it in for me! Because the last 6 fucking years have been nothing but tests and labor and the inside of a cell! Because you killed the fucking kid, because you-\nDr. McGann: Enough, -3.\nSCP-2963-3 throws itself at the glass, attempting to break through. During this, SCP-2963-3 screams unintelligibly.\nDr. McGann: Right, I think that'll be it for today then. Thank you for your cooperation.\n<End Log>\n\nInterview SCP-2963-2-2\n\nClose\n\nForeword: Interview conducted by Dr. McGann, SCP-2963 had been in containment for five months. SCP-2963-2 requested an interview - request was granted as this was only the second attempt at communication -2 had made thus far.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. McGann: Good evening, can I ask why you've asked for this interview?\nSCP-2963-2: I have information.\nDr. McGann: Okay, did you not have this information when we tried to interview you previously?\nSCP-2963-2: Yes.\nDr. McGann: Why didn't you tell us before?\nSCP-2963-2: I did not think it relevant.\nDr. McGann: Ok, what do you have to tell us?\nSCP-2963-2: I do not know who we are.\nDr. McGann: We? You mean the rest of you?\nSCP-2963-2: Yes. The Brain knows. The Muscle knows. I do not. The Skin does not. The others do not know enough to know anything.\nDr. McGann: Do you mean you possesses a separate memory from -1 and -3?\nSCP-2963-2: I do not remember living as the person we are.\nDr. McGann: So your memories start after separation?\nSCP-2963-2: No.\nDr. McGann: What? What do you remember?\nSCP-2963-2: I remember a life. A different life. The details are faded. I think it was a place far away.\nDr. McGann: And you believe you and -6 came from this other person?\nSCP-2963-2: No. I did. The Skin is something else. From somewhere else. A shaper of flesh. A god-eater.\nDr. McGann: I see. Do you have any idea why you were chosen for this? How you were pulled into D-3553-3's skeleton?\nSCP-2963-2: I believe we were tangent to this world. When the child was killed, it released an enormous amount of energy that tore through such barriers, and brought us here.\nDr. McGann: Ah. Well this is a lot of information to process. Thank you for coming to us with this.\nSCP-2963-2: You're welcome.\n<End Log>\nNote: Research into the possible origins of SCP-2963-2's and -6's consciousnesses is ongoing.\n\nInterview SCP-2963-6 is restricted to personnel with Level 3 or higher clearance.\n\nCredentials accepted.\n\nForeword: Interview conducted by Dr. McGann, the day after Interview SCP-2963-2-2.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. McGann: Hello, -6.\nSCP-2963-6: Please, call me Aaron.\nDr. McGann: Ah yes, your name, right?\nSCP-2963-6: Yes.\nDr. McGann: Right. Tell me, Aaron, how much do you remember of your life before this?\nSCP-2963-6: I have told your people, I do not remember much.\nDr. McGann: Right, just double checking. What about Mark?\nSCP-2963-6: Who?\nDr. McGann: Mark. The kid?\nSCP-2963-6: I'm sorry, I don't recall having any children.\nDr. McGann: SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nSCP-2963-6: Ah yes. The reality bender.\nDr. McGann: Yes. Do you have any idea why I requested this interview?\nSCP-2963-6: No. Is there something wrong?\nDr. McGann: Well it's just that yesterday we spoke to -2 and he-\nSCP-2963-6: What did it say?\nDr. McGann: He told us that you\u2026 aren't D-3553-3.\nSCP-2963-6 remains silent\nDr. McGann: Well? Who are you?\nSCP-2963-6: I am Aaron Doher-\nDr. McGann: No. Who are you, really?\nSCP-2963-6 remains silent for approximately 30 seconds\nSCP-2963-6: This is my ordeal. It is as the Ozirmok said, \u201cI have stepped beyond the Floe of Dreams\u201d. I have entered this realm on my crawl towards apotheosis. I have been thrust unto this lowly form so that I may\u2026no, must claw my way towards godhood.\nDr. McGann: I don't\u2026what are you talking about?\nSCP-2963-6: I am Zend Ha\u00f4rath! Flayer of lovers! Render of suffering skin! And I have been brought here so that [REDACTED]\n<End Log>\nNote: It is currently believed that during the incident that created SCP-2963, SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 pulled disparate consciousnesses from sources other than D-3553-3, and somehow pushed them into SCP-2963-2 and -6. Information regarding SCP-2963-6 has been forwarded to the Para-Religion Division. Neither SCP-2963-2 or SCP-2963-6 have been cooperative for further interviews.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Powerful reality bender, considered neutralized as of 6/2/20\u2588\u2588.\n2. Skin, hair, and nails.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2962 | SCP-2963 | SCP-2964 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\"Xtreme Videozzz\"\n\nItem #: SCP-2964\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Foundation censoring protocols currently active in Internet Service Providers worldwide and filtering devices installed on significant Internet backbones are currently being employed to prevent access to SCP-2964.\nFoundation web crawlers are actively searching for direct mentions of SCP-2964, along with articles potentially describing SCP-2964 or supplying directions on how to connect to SCP-2964. Any such detected articles are to be purged, and their creators are to be traced and administered Class A or Class B amnestics (as appropriate) after interrogation.\nUnder no circumstances are Foundation personnel to intentionally take action that would result in the view from any stream on SCP-2964 being permanently blocked.\nDescription: SCP-2964 is a video streaming service operating under the name \"Xtreme Videozzz\", accessible in any modern web browser by connecting directly to IP Address \u2588\u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588.\u2588\u2588\u2588.\u2588. Attempts to trace this address have so far been unsuccessful, as it fails to resolve to a valid location.\nOnce connected to SCP-2964 it functions in a similar manner to contemporary video streaming services, with the exception that the majority of the content available is non-existent outside of SCP-2964. This includes films and television shows starring or created by non-existent actors and producers, films and television shows by known actors and directors of which the supposed creators have no knowledge, and documentaries on a vast array of sensitive and classified subjects.\nNew video content becomes available on SCP-2964 daily and frequently displays up-to-date knowledge on world events, exhibiting a speed of video creation and editing that is not believed to be humanly possible. For example, 17 minutes after the events of [REDACTED] in 20\u2588\u2588 a 3 hour documentary on the subject appeared on SCP-2964, featuring footage from inside the still-radioactive structure.\nDue to the significant breach of security that would result from SCP-2964 becoming public knowledge, including the loss of secrecy regarding the existence of the Foundation, all efforts must be made to keep SCP-2964 out of the public eye. MTF Mu-7 (\"Car Downloaders\") are to remain on standby to address any such breaches of security and to contain the source of SCP-2964 should its location be determined. Content on SCP-2964 is to be monitored regularly for any potential information revealing said location.\nExcerpt of Observation Log 2964-A:\nThe following is a brief rundown of notable content discovered on SCP-2964. For a full log, contact the Senior Researcher.\n\n26 unreleased movies from the Police Academy franchise, featuring the full original cast, including those who have been publicly declared dead since filming. Since monitoring began, an average of 2 new movies in the series are added per year.\nAn animated series stylistically matching common Saturday morning children's cartoons, called Mobile Task Force Extreme, detailing the adventures of a non-existent MTF team called \"MTF Alpha-Omega\" as they travel the world containing anomalous objects. Notable for the fact that, with a fair degree of accuracy, it depicts actual containment events as they occur in Foundation records, albeit in a highly exaggerated fashion.1 Despite the visual styling, the content could rarely be considered acceptable for young viewers.\nA 37-minute-long documentary about the Foundation, dealing with the existence of anomalous objects, the methods by which they are contained and details on a number of Foundation Sites. The documentary includes 3 minutes and 48 seconds of footage filmed inside of Foundation facilities. Analysis of security records has shown this footage to be accurate, although no sign of how it was recorded has been found.\n\nAddendum 1: On 23/07/2015, 2 months and 1 week after containment procedures on SCP-2964 began, a series of over 200 documentaries about the Foundation appeared on SCP-2964 over the course of 3 weeks at a rate of approximately 10 \"episodes\" per day. The documentaries total over 1000 hours of video and cover a wide array of subjects in detail, including specific Foundation facilities, anomalous objects in Foundation custody, details of specific containment breaches and an estimated 350 hours of footage filmed inside Foundation sites. Reviews of these videos has shown their content to be accurate.\nAddendum 2: Ongoing monitoring of new content added to SCP-2964 has highlighted an alarming increase in the rate of material that would represent a significant security breach should it become public. In the last 2 days, a 7-part documentary on the Daevite civilisation and its history was added. It has been confirmed to be accurate with Foundation records with the exception of the final entry, which details events and individuals occurring after the known extinction of Daevite culture. Following this was a series of interviews with a number of Senior Researchers on Keter-class objects. The subjects of these videos claim to have no knowledge of participating in such interviews.\nAddendum 3: As part of its ongoing daily updates, a new section appeared on SCP-2964 titled \"Live-streamzzz\". Video streams from over 500 locations can be viewed, many of which are mundane (the inside of a number of unidentified peoples' homes, retail outlets and streets in various cities of the world feature prominently) and have been confirmed to be live where confirmation is possible. Of note is that 11 of these streams are apparently broadcasting from inside Foundation facilities, including the offices of the Site Directors at Site-81, Site-87 and Site-172, and inside the containment chamber for SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588. No recording equipment has been discovered at any of these locations, despite numerous sweeps.\nAddendum 4: Site Director Khan at Site-112, after becoming aware of the video feed streaming from his office, placed a piece of paper with \"\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\" written in capitals in such a way as to block the view of the \"camera\". 17 minutes later, the stream from his office was replaced with a static screen reading \"Please wait, technical difficulties\". 13 minutes after this, outside of the normal daily update schedule for SCP-2964, a new live-stream appeared titled \"The Incredibly Exciting Life of Abed Khan\", styled as a reality show in which 2 unidentified voices add commentary over the actions of Site Director Khan in real time. The show now uses multiple \"cameras\", and at time of writing has been broadcasting non-stop, even while Director Khan is asleep, for 3 days and 13 hours.\nAddendum 5: Periodic psychological reviews of senior staff have shown increasing symptoms of paranoia and stress in Site Director Khan, who has been \"filmed\" for 3 weeks and 6 days at time of writing. Whether this is a natural response to the perception of being watched or some anomalous effect of SCP-2964's videos is currently being investigated. Psychological support is being provided to mitigate these effects.\nAddendum 6: Site Director Khan is currently undergoing medical treatment for severe burns and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 poisoning after accidentally consuming secretions from SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Researcher Camlin, who was reviewing SCP-2964 streams at the time of the incident, believes that the \"commentators\" on the stream following Site Director Khan knew this would happen in advance, stating that they had replaced his coffee with [REDACTED]. Researcher Camlin was unable to contact Site-112 security in time to prevent this, though it is believed that the rapid response enabled by his attempt saved Director Khan's life. Estimated recovery time for Site Director Khan: 2 weeks. Investigation into how the substance got into his coffee cup is ongoing.\nUpdate: The stream following Director Khan continued for the full duration of his recovery.\nAddendum 7: Site Director Khan was killed following a containment breach involving SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Review of the live-stream implies that the \"Commentators\" knew in advance that the breach was coming, and were building up to it over a period of several minutes. Following his death, a 5-minute black-and-white montage featuring various clips from the \"show\" played, before the stream terminated. In the subsequent daily update, a full, unedited copy of the stream along with a condensed episodic version were added to SCP-2964.\nWhether SCP-2964 possesses some form of precognition or was actively involved in the containment breach that killed Site Director Khan is currently under investigation. Upgrade from Euclid to Keter class has been suggested, and is currently under review.\nNote: Upgrade confirmed by O5-8.\n\nFootnotes\n1. On 12/14/16 this program featured a special purporting to be a crossover with Agent Danny of the SCP, the current manifestation of SCP-1257. As a result, further links between the two are under investigation.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2963 | SCP-2964 | SCP-2965 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Point-of-Exit of SCP-2965.\n\nItem #: SCP-2965\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2965 periodically manifests in the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 station of Singapore's underground metro system. As \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 station is a major interchange, it has been deemed unfeasible to fully contain SCP-2965 by restricting access to the station. Currently, MTF-Eta-99 (\"Turf Club\") has taken over the management of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 station in order to contain manifestations of SCP-2965 as well as take steps to ensure SCP-2965 reaches the Point-of-Exit at Platform 6 of the Circle Line without incident. Eta-99 is also to devise and execute means of completely restraining SCP-2965 for eventual containment.\nDescription: SCP-2965 superficially resembles a small, brown pony measuring 1.2m high and weighing approximately 800kg. A small metallic panel and 4 transparent portholes are present on each of SCP-2965's left and right flanks. Through the portholes, the interior of SCP-2965 is visible, showing what appears to be a miniature train car interior containing several small, naked humanoid entities designated SCP-2965-1.\nX-ray imaging with the aid of a camera dolly reveals that SCP-2965 is entirely organic, with the exception of the metallic carriage in its torso and abdomen, and a small metallic compartment located near the tip of its nose. Higher-resolution images suggest the presence of an additional instance of SCP-2965-1 lying prone in the nasal metallic compartment. SCP-2965-1 instances are animate, and have been often observed reading small books or newspapers, using miniature devices resembling smartphones, and taking pictures through the portholes of SCP-2965 using said devices.\nExactly once every 8 days, 8 hours and 6 minutes, SCP-2965 is generated from a random wall within any one of the basement levels of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 station. The wall used as the point of entry does not appear to suffer any physical damage as a result of SCP-2965's manifestation, although SCP-2965 is entirely corporeal. SCP-2965 will then proceed to gallop towards Platform 6 of the Circle Line, knocking down or vaulting over any obstacles in its way. SCP-2965 will vanish after apparently passing through a particular wall located on Platform 6, designated as the Point-of-Exit. SCP-2965 has always returned to the Point-of-Exit after each manifestation.\nSCP-2965 has so far been impossible to restrain. It appears to be immune to all forms of tranquilisers used on it, and has broken through Kevlar harnesses, steel chains, concrete barriers, and high-polymer adhesives used to impede its progress to the Point-of-Exit. SCP-2965-1 instances seem to be highly distressed when SCP-2965 is slowed down, and have been observed attempting to breach the portholes or frantically vocalising into their smartphone devices whenever attempts are made to restrain SCP-2965.\nAs of 09/08/2015, SCP-2965 has become increasingly hostile, actively knocking down and trampling both bystanders and Foundation personnel. SCP-2965 has also begun periodically emitting vocalisations in English, warning surrounding people to \"keep off the rails\".\n\n\u00ab SCP-2964 | SCP-2965 | SCP-2966 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2966\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2966 is to be contained at Outpost 117, and at no time shall any other SCP objects be contained with it. A liquid-fluoride thorium reactor is to be powered at all times, with the heat exchange directly in thermodynamic contact with SCP-2966's housing. Before usage of SCP-2966, monitors will ensure that there are at least 2.04\u00d71017 joules of heat energy available to thermodynamically transfer into SCP-2966's housing. During use, this heat energy transfer will be carefully monitored to match the rate of matter removal.\nA skeleton crew shall occupy Outpost 117, to minimize the risk of casualties. This crew shall consist of three persons trained in the maintenance and upkeep of a liquid-fluoride thorium reactor, four research personnel to monitor both SCP-2966's state and the state of the reactor, two four-man squads of security personnel to patrol a 25 km perimeter around Outpost 117's location and deter civilian entrance, and one D-class personnel to use SCP-2966.\nA D-Class shall use SCP-2966 three times per day, at eight-hour intervals (0800, 1600, 2400), where use is defined as the removal of at least ten sheets from SCP-2966. Use is to be heavily monitored and contact shall be kept with the D-Class subject at all times during said use, in order to modulate the speed with which SCP-2966 is used. A regulator placed on the reactor shall accordingly adjust energy output to match inevitable changes in the rate at which SCP-2966 is used. A scale attached to SCP-2966's housing shall determine its mass at all times, and relay said information to monitoring staff.\nConstruction of an airstrip for jet aircraft is currently undergoing evaluation as a possible means of escape, should SCP-2966 reach the critical stage, as well as a means for connection to larger adjacent Foundation sites.\nDescription: SCP-2966 is an anomalous roll of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 brand toilet paper. The roll currently averages a mass of around \u2588.\u2588 kilograms, though attempting to reduce this mass is discouraged as a result of Incident 2966-35A. Toilet paper sheets removed from SCP-2966 are, beyond being incredibly effective at removing stray fecal matter, non-anomalous and energetically stable. The roll section of SCP-2966 is housed in a steel container, attached to a wall mounting, which has no means for accessing the roll for replacement or removal. Non-invasive testing of the housing has not yielded a clear picture of what is inside the housing, and invasive testing is discouraged due to SCP-2966's volatile nature. In addition, the housing serves as the main heat-sink for thermal transfer between SCP-2966 and the reactor; damaging the thermodynamic connection may result in SCP-2966 going critical.\nSCP-2966 is anomalous in that it is, effectively, an infinite roll of toilet paper. Since containment started in \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, approximately \u2588\u2588 km of toilet paper has been removed from SCP-2966. No means of inputting mass or more toilet paper have been observed, and [REDACTED] testing has revealed no temporal retrieval of additional paper from a different location or dimension. The mechanism by which SCP-2966 accomplishes this is entirely unknown, though its effects are well understood.\nSCP-2966 obeys the laws of mass/energy conservation, and through unknown means, absorbs energy from its surroundings in order to create the matter that makes up the toilet paper. One sheet of SCP-2966 weighs approximately three grams, which means that approximately 2.04\u00d71016 joules of energy, or roughly 65 tons of TNT, is needed for one sheet of SCP-2966 to be produced.1 It is estimated that there are \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 sheets formed within the roll of SCP-2966, or a yield of [REDACTED] megatons of TNT.\nIf more than ten sheets are removed at one time from SCP-2966, it will absorb the energy around it at roughly the rate at which sheets are removed. The form of energy absorbed is most often heat energy, though SCP-2966 does not appear to have a preference; testing has shown that ambient sound energy has also been decreased during use. Without an external source of energy to provide power to SCP-2966, the large amount of energy needed to form one sheet (2.04\u00d71016 joules) is absorbed from the ambient heat of the surroundings, quickly bringing the temperature of all matter within a radius of \u2588\u2588 meters to near absolute zero. This has happened twice during power failures. Both times, onsite staff have sacrificed themselves to remove ten sheets, killing themselves through hypothermia instantly. While not a sustainable containment solution, such a sacrifice has prevented SCP-2966 from going critical.\nIf SCP-2966 is not used, it will begin to lose the matter it has gained, turned into energy once more, at a rate given as e(\u2588.\u2588\u2588)n joules per second, where n is the number of minutes since last use. This energy is radiated away in the form of heat, and occasionally, alpha particles. The optimum balance between usage and radiation has been determined to be slightly more than eight hours, reflected in the special containment procedures. As this rate increases exponentially, SCP-2966 will reach a critical stage approximately \u2588\u2588 hours after last use, in which the rate of energy radiation will rapidly approach infinity. Effectively, this results in SCP-2966 converting its remaining mass entirely to energy in an instant. This is estimated to produce roughly 1x10\u2588\u2588 joules of energy, or an explosion with a yield of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 megatons.2 Despite Outpost 117's remote location, a fully critical SCP-2966 situation is estimated to produce casualties in excess of what the Foundation is equipped to handle.\nDuring usage of SCP-2966, D-Class subjects have reported an occasional decrease in room temperature. D-Class have also reported that the paper removed from SCP-2966 is exceptionally comfortable, effective, and strong. Requests for sheets removed from SCP-2966 to be re-rolled and used at Foundation facilities have been denied.\n\n+ 2966 Recovery Log\n\n- 2966 Recovery Log\n\nSCP-2966 was discovered after Foundation agents noticed an anomalous temperature drop in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, CA from data recorded by the National Weather Service. A subsequent investigation by Mobile Task Force Theta-19 (Rocketeers) revealed that one \"Pine Range Research\" had been frozen over in an area of about 1 km2, despite it being a warm summer day. Data returned by MTF Theta-19 indicates that the temperature of the area had been approximately -108 degrees Celsius, far lower than any temperature naturally recorded on Earth. As to why the area was not at absolute zero, research has suggested that the usage of SCP-2966 had occurred several hours earlier, and that sunlight had warmed the area in the intervening time.\nMTF Theta-19 breached the building, and found that all present in the building had been killed as a result of the temperature drop. A researcher, later identified as Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, was discovered apparently giving a demonstration to several others, holding SCP-2966. The effects of SCP-2966 rendered all electronics within the site corrupted, thus no data could be obtained as to how SCP-2966 was created. However, MTF Theta-19 did discover a handwritten journal belonging to Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in his office, and while the pages were covered in frost, parts of the journal were recovered and able to be read. See Document 2966-01.\nSeveral locals had noticed the rapid temperature drop. A cover story of a ruptured liquid nitrogen tank was disseminated, and Class A amnestics administered. SCP-2966 was studied in situ in the following hours after a secure perimeter had been established, its properties determined, and successfully contained.\n\n+ Document 2966-01\n\n- Document 2966-01\n\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588:\nToday, we've achieved a breakthrough in toilet paper technology. Not a single man will need to feel the burning pain of an uncleaned nether region ever again! Moreover, this will likely make me exceedingly rich, once we figure out how to make other paper products, like tissues, and maybe even plates!\n\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588:\nA minor setback has occurred with the InfiniTP project. We can't produce cellulose fibers fast enough to make a truly infinite roll. A possible solution is the liberal application of halved hafnium, otherwise known as quarternium. While exceedingly rare, and expensive, sacrifices must be made in the pursuit of science!\nWhile the others call me a fool, I should think that in this day and age, anyone with a doctorate should be able to understand others' work, even if it's in a different branch. That's just good science, if you can write well enough for the layman to understand. Who cares if I'm a botanist? I should be able to decipher Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's paper on quarternium.\nNote: No such element known as \"quarternium\" exists.\n\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588:\nThe housing is complete. We've added the initial paper, and soon, the quarternium-[REDACTED] alloy will be complete, for insertion into the hyperbaric containment field. Of course, the yotta-rays have proven themselves to be an issue, but they shouldn't terribly hamper the production of fermion pairs.\nNote: Rest of entry is illegible.\n\n\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588:\nIt appears that the threshold energy for fermion-pair production is slightly higher than my calculations suggest. No matter. I'll just re-work the calculations with Fermi-Estimation, and that should put us in a good place to test tomorrow. Soon, the world will never need toilet paper again!\nNote: After this entry are several partially legible equations, solved by hand. Thorough hand-calculations were done by Foundation physicists with the same constants, which revealed that Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 had apparently misplaced the square in E=mc2 early in his work. This led to substantially lower energies than in reality, possibly reinforcing Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's idea that he could create matter from energy safely.\n\n+ Incident 2966-35A\n\n- Incident 2966-35A\n\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Test 2966-35A was conducted, in attempt to see if a reduction in mass could be achieved by rapid removal of SCP-2966 sheets while supplying an excess of energy. This resulted in SCP-2966 immediately going critical. The subsequent energy release of \u2588\u2588\u00d710\u2588\u2588 joules destroyed Outpost 117 and resulted in \u2588\u2588 casualties. Due to Outpost 117's remote location, no non-Foundation casualties were reported. SCP-2966 was recovered unharmed, and weighed \u2588\u2588\u2588 grams less. Outpost 117 has since been rebuilt and containment re-established.\n\nFootnotes\n1. When inputted into Einstein's mass/energy equivalency equation, E=mc2.\n2. Compared with the Tsar Bomba, at a yield of 50 megatons.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2965 | SCP-2966 | SCP-2967 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2967 prior to containment.\n\nItem #: SCP-2967\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2967 and SCP-2967-1 are to be contained in a 5.5 meter cubical reinforced glass tank, with water containing 3.5% salinity (seawater), kept at roughly 8 \u00b0C at all times. This tank is to be cleaned at least twice per week, at which point SCP-2967 and SCP-2967-1 will be relocated briefly to an observation tank. The top of SCP-2967's containment tank is to remain closed at all times, with the exception of cleaning and feeding. SCP-2967 and the six SCP-2967-1 are to be each fed two live clams, whelks, or small fish daily. When interacting with SCP-2967, prawns or small crabs are acceptable for use as incentive for a response. SCP-2967 and SCP-2967-1 are allowed a number of 'toys' to keep occupied in primary containment, such as building blocks, plastic fish (though too large to be edible), and a small magnetic slate with a stylus attached. For testing and routine intelligence checks, SCP-2967 is to be relocated to the observation tank in the room adjacent to its containment chamber. Unsupervised communication with SCP-2967 is currently prohibited.\nDescription: SCP-2967 is an abnormally large specimen of Octopus vulgaris.1 SCP-2967 is roughly 33cm in mantle length, with its arms stretching up to roughly 1.5m long. SCP-2967 has demonstrated behaviors common to multiple species of octopus, even those it could not have conceivably come into contact with, such as mimicry of specific animal traits and features, and use of tools as camouflage and shelter. In addition, SCP-2967 has shown unique traits, such as mimicry of human symbols ability to communicate through written language, recognition of colors, symbols, and individual features of other species, and an abnormally high intellect. Since being recovered at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Aquarium in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Mississippi, SCP-2967 has demonstrated rapidly rising levels of intelligence, which are currently comparable to dog chimpanzee human levels. SCP-2967 was able to easily pass a simple animal IQ test involving association between certain symbols and food in a record number of trials when first obtained, and has scored up to 117 in a human intelligence quotient test as of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nSCP-2967 has demonstrated willingness and ability to communicate with Foundation staff on multiple occasions through crude sign language, and more recently, written language, through use of a waterproof magnetic slate with an attached stylus. At time of writing, SCP-2967 has learned to write and comprehend basic English, Spanish, and French by observing researchers outside of its tank. This development has allowed researchers to facilitate contact with SCP-2967 through use of a whiteboard placed roughly a meter from the tank, with SCP-2967 responding by use of a magnetic slate. SCP-2967 is sociable and appears to enjoy interacting with staff, displaying such behaviors as making rough sketches of itself, SCP-2967-1, and staff members, and on one occasion attempting to play 'tic-tac-toe' with research staff. In conversation, it refers to itself as 'Levi', which is the name it was given by staff members at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Aquarium after being discovered.\nSCP-2967-1 collectively refers to six Octopus vulgaris that also exhibit behaviors similar to SCP-2967. However, SCP-2967-1 are of average size, and have not demonstrated the same rate or capacity for learning that SCP-2967 has. SCP-2967-1 appear to treat SCP-2967 as a leader, and will defer to it in nearly all situations. SCP-2967 refers to SCP-2967-1 as its 'students', 'children', 'friends', and more recently, its 'army'. SCP-2967-1 are currently unable or unwilling to communicate with research staff2, although SCP-2967 has been observed 'teaching' using its magnetic slate multiple times. When isolated from SCP-2967, SCP-2967-1 quickly lose cohesiveness as a group, becoming irritable, and crowding around the area where SCP-2967 was last located. SCP-2967-1 have also been observed attempting to breach containment while in this state, most likely to attempt reunite with SCP-2967. When SCP-2967 is reintroduced into containment, normal behavior resumes. SCP-2967 claims this is due to it being a 'positive influence'.\nSCP-2967 was recovered after Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 received a report of an octopus that had caused a blockage in the filtration system of a nearby tank, causing the crabs that inhabited it to be removed for cleaning and kept in a separate room temporarily. SCP-2967 then proceeded to escape its tank, climb its way into the room, and consume numerous crabs. Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, posing as an animal behavior specialist, isolated SCP-2967, and was able to confirm its abnormally high intellect, as well as its ability to respond to rudimentary sign language. Aquarium staff were not aware of SCP-2967's presence prior to the initial incident, leading research staff to believe SCP-2967 may have been accidentally transported to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Aquarium with a shipment of feed fish. Shortly after containment of SCP-2967, Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was again contacted by Aquarium staff, requesting his assistance in dealing with multiple octopuses that had begun to frequently become hostile, escape their tank, and arrange pebbles on the floor of their tank depicting the image of an octopus. This led to the containment of all six instances of SCP-2967-1. Involved Aquarium staff were administered class A amnestics.\nAddendum 01: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-2967 was engaging in a written conversation with Dr. Reynard during a routine intelligence test, during which it referred to another potential anomaly that may have some connection to SCP-2967, which it refers to as 'Crow'. The log of the interview is contained below. SCP-2967 has since avoided questioning regarding 'Crow', as well as questions about its meaning regarding 'to be [the] next you'. SCP-2967-1 have also been more reluctant to allow SCP-2967 to be taken to the observation tank for testing, and have displayed wariness of research staff. As of writing, SCP-2967 has been reclassified to Euclid.\n\n+ Interview Log 2967-25C\n\n- Interview Log 2967-25C\n\nInterviewer: Dr. Reynard\nInterviewee: SCP-2967\nForeword: The following is a portion of a routine intelligence check performed every two weeks to acquire more information on SCP-2967's rate of intellectual progress, as well as its means of doing so. For brevity, this segment has been cut down to the portion in which SCP-2967 made reference to another possible anomaly sharing its traits, as well as its possible disclosure of some sort of motive. Please note all responses were over writing unless otherwise specified.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Reynard: You like (Dr. Reynard draws a rough sketch of a crab and an octopus, alongside a rough sketch of one of SCP-2967's fish shaped toys.) CRAB and FRIEND and TOY.\n(SCP-2967 presses against the glass, before returning to the magnetic slate.)(Dr. Reynard draws a check mark, before rewarding SCP-2967 with a prawn.)\nDr. Reynard: Is there anything you DON'T like? (Dr. Reynard draws an X over a heart symbol)\n(SCP-2967 appears to think for a moment, before drawing what appears to be a bird with outstretched wings and an angular beak. Its skin has changed in tone to a red hue.)Dr. Reynard: (After receiving authorization to pull up an image search of 'bird' on a laptop computer, and showing the result to SCP-2967.) BIRD(Dr. Reynard pulls up a search result for 'black bird'. SCP-2967 singles out the image result of Corvus brachyrhynchos, or American Crow.)Dr. Reynard: CROWDr. Reynard: Why?\n(SCP-2967 sketches an octopus, a crow, and what appears to be a human. SCP-2967 then draws a short vertical line, ending with a flat line over the head of the human, before drawing a check mark over the sketch of the octopus and the crow. It then draws one line from each, which intersect above the human sketch.)\nDr. Reynard: Levi (SCP-2967's preferred name for itself) and Crow fight?(Dr. Reynard exits the room briefly to speak with Dr.s \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. SCP-2967 appears to be suddenly agitated, and quickly clears the slate before turning white and flattening itself on the floor of its tank in an apparent attempt to camouflage itself against the table its observation tank rests on.)\n(Dr. Reynard reenters the room, and takes note of SCP-2967's agitated state.)\nDr. Reynard: Levi?\n(SCP-2967 remains unresponsive for a moment, before quickly swimming to its slate, and signalling that it is tired and wishes to return to its containment chamber.)\n<End Log>\n\nAt this point, SCP-2967 was cleared to return to its primary containment chamber, where it was reported to remain secluded inside its hollow log shelter for roughly a day before slowly resuming normal behavioral patterns. During this time, SCP-2967-1 were observed to cluster around SCP-2967 in a defensive position. Researchers also noted that SCP-2967 was noticeably more timid than usual in approaching the surface of its tank during feeding time, and discharged ink before retreating to its shelter after Dr. Reynard entered the room to retrieve notes from the previous day. Due to this unexplained change in behavior, stricter containment procedures are being considered.\n\nAddendum 02: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, research staff reported a high concentration of American Crows surrounding Site-\u2588\u2588, where SCP-2967 is contained. These crows displayed no aggressive behavior towards Site staff, and repeatedly flew over the area of the building where SCP-2967 is contained, stopping multiple times to peck at a nearby window. After MTF Lambda-4 (\"Birdwatchers\") were called in to investigate the situation, all but one of the crows dispersed. The remaining crow, which was noted by research staff to be abnormally large, deposited the decaying remains of one Octopus vulgaris, roughly ten meters from the site, before retreating. Attempts to follow the group of crows were met with failure, however MTF Lambda-4 was able to discover an area in a nearby forest that contained an abnormally large number of feathers belonging to the American Crow, as well as numerous small, makeshift huts, and a collection of various litter fashioned into basic tools. Also retrieved were the torn remains of a copy of the documentation for SCP-2967, kept in the largest hut. This area is currently being monitored, and a standard avian containment chamber has been prepared in the event that the abnormally large crow, deemed SCP-2967-B, is captured. SCP-2967 is currently unaware of the incident.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Also known as the common octopus.\n2. Update: One instance of SCP-2967-1 has recently begun to display sociable behavior with researchers during testing. SCP-2967 identifies this instance as \u2018Gilbert'.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2966 | SCP-2967 | SCP-2968 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Preliminary Report:\n\nCandidate Anomaly 2011-452: \u201cAfterlife Pills\u201d\nPrincipal Investigator: Agent Patrice Walters\nDate of Filing: September 8, 2011\nAbstract: Agent Ellers and I investigated CA2011-452 (Afterlife Pills), which present a medically novel effect and of which the developers claim a supernatural origin and function. We visited some of the places they contract out manufacture to and interviewed a number of higher-ups at Natural Vision Supplements, including their \u201cChief Inspiration Officer\u201d and alleged developer of the Happy Hereafter Afterlife Pills, Ms. LouAnne Moonchild. We also consulted with FDA reviewer Dr. Shruti Banerjee, who was at the time investigating the safety of Happy Hereafter, and Foundation neurologist Dr. Andy Mihai.\nNatural Vision Supplements makes extraordinary claims, and CA2011-452 exhibits some unexplained psychoactive properties. However, unclear mechanisms of action are not unusual in the realm of psychopharmacology and should not, in the absence of further evidence, be ruled evidence of anomalous activity. Dr. Banerjee said that FDA does not require a mechanism of action even for drug approvals, much less supplements, and gave many examples of established drugs more mysterious than CA2011-452. Dr. Mihai agreed with her analysis, and pointed out that the effects of CA2011-452 align with the non-anomalous state referred to as \u201cenlightenment\u201d that experienced meditators can achieve. He also found several cases of individuals temporarily experiencing this state as a side-effect of mundane medication.\nNeither the offices of Natural Vision Supplements nor the sites of manufacture of their products in any way indicated anomalous properties of the pills, though the offices were full of various fraudulent mystical paraphernalia. Ms. Moonchild was of a piece with her company and expounded at length about the supernatural, saying, insofar as I can confirm at my security clearance, nothing close to accurate. She claimed that the Maiden Goddess had showed her herbs that combined to ensure a transcendent rebirth.\nIn our evaluation, Ms. Moonchild sincerely believes this origin story, so unfortunately CA2011-452 can't be dismissed as a knowing scam. While we can't disprove this particular report of the paranormal, it is presented alongside demonstrably false ones. Moreover, Ms. Moonchild was unable to produce evidence beyond personal testimony, even when confronted by supposed inspectors (or, according to news reports, by religious leaders or concerned relatives of their customers). If she gets the proof of an afterlife she assured us Natural Vision Supplements' R&D department was working on, this assessment might change, but I doubt mystic Tibetan crystals and astrological charts will pierce that veil. At this juncture, I recommend that the investigation into CA2011-452 be suspended.\n\nEvent Log:\nJune 6, 2011: Candidate Anomaly 2011-452 (\u201cAfterlife Pills\u201d) case established.\nOctober 3, 2011: CA2011-452 closed for lack of evidence of anomalous activity.\nJune 13, 2014: CA2011-452 reopened and reclassified as CA2014-335 in light of new claims and services from Natural Vision Supplements.\nJuly 28, 2014: CA2014-335 and associated anomalies reclassified as SCP-2968.\nNovember 10, 2014: SCP-2968 brought into containment.\nItem #: SCP-2968\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Instances of SCP-2968-A are to be stored in bottles in a secure containment locker. Additional ones may be destroyed or contained as appropriate. Procedures for the manufacture of SCP-2968-A shall be maintained on encrypted documents in the Foundation intranet. Additional instances may be produced by authorization of the lead researcher for testing purposes or at the discretion of the Ethics Committee. To discourage further public use of SCP-2968-A, a warning of contamination has been released by the FDA at the Foundation's request.\nSCP-2968-B is uncontainable, but due to its very limited influence on the world, no direct containment procedures are warranted. Containment of SCP-2968-B is to consist of suppressing knowledge of it, which may be accomplished by standard discrediting protocols for sufficiently high-profile individuals who have contacted its inhabitants prior to containment of SCP-2968.\nAfter Incident 2968-4, the equipment constituting SCP-2968-C is no longer functional, and so is to be stored in a low-security containment locker. It is possible that anomalous activity associated with SCP-2968-A has also ceased. If so, and if a satisfactory mechanism of action can be found by Foundation or external neurologists, SCP-2968-A will be reclassified as SCP-2968-A-EX.\nDescription: SCP-2968 is the collective designation for anomalies associated with the Happy Hereafter Organic One-a-Day Afterlife Supplements marketed by Natural Vision Supplements, a small United States based alternative pharmaceuticals manufacturer.\nInstances of SCP-2968-A are two-part vegetable (hypromellose) capsules filled with a mixture of compounds, some herbal in origin. For a complete ingredients list of SCP-2968-A, please consult Addendum 2968-1. Persons taking SCP-2968-A experience minor physiological effects, most significantly lowered blood pressure, which can be harmful in individuals already suffering from hypotension. As the pills contain approximately eight times the recommended daily dose of vitamin A, additional negative health effects could result from long-term usage. SCP-2968-A is significantly psychoactive, causing substantial attenuation or cessation of internal dialog in most users, and producing what many subjects describe as a sense of separation from their minds, emptiness, and in some cases bliss. Depending on the individual and the dosage, this may last anywhere between a day and two weeks.\nNatural Visions Supplements claims that anyone who died under the effect of SCP-2968-A would receive a pleasurable afterlife, and in June 2014, released a service allowing people to contact friends and relatives who had died while on Happy Hereafter over a text interface. Persons contacted report being bodiless minds in a state of constant peace and calm. They retain all knowledge they had at time of death and most of their personalities, and report being able to communicate with other deceased individuals affected by SCP-2968-A. This apparent afterlife has been designated SCP-2968-B.\nThe equipment used for communication with SCP-2968-B has been designated SCP-2968-C after its recovery when containment of SCP-2968 was established. SCP-2968-C is similar in construction to a satellite television receiver, with a crystal radio component to decipher the signal. For full technical diagrams, see Addendum 2968-20.\nAddendum 2968-12: Dr. Samuel Rudi, who was at the time dying of untreatable emphysema, volunteered to test SCP-2968. His excellent record, imminent demise, relative lack of sensitive knowledge, and congenial relationship with Dr. Wei Lin, the current head of research on SCP-2968, made him an ideal candidate. Dr. Rudi took one pill each day as instructed until his death on September 10, 2014.\nInterview 2968-5:\n\nInterviewer: Dr. Wei Lin\nSubject: Dr. Samuel Rudi (deceased)\nDr. Lin: This is Wei. Sam, are you there?\nDr. Rudi: I hear you. How are things in the land of sun and grass?\nDr. Lin: There's a lot we need to talk about, but safety first. What's the passphrase?\nDr. Rudi: [REDACTED]. Same to you.\nDr. Lin: [REDACTED]. What's it like in there?\nDr. Rudi: Oh, Wei, it's wonderful. Happy Hereafter was good stuff \u2014 if we don't shut down NVS, the government probably will for us \u2014 but I still had a body. I could ignore it least when it worked the worst. Double H helped with that, it helped me grok that I was a thing apart from my body, even from my brain, but the pain worked against that. I don't think I have a body in here. I certainly don't have sensory input, though I feel like I'm hearing you.\nDr. Lin: I'm typing on this end. You hear my voice?\nDr. Rudi: No, I think I imagine the memory of your voice. I'm not really talking either. I think it's just metaphors. They'll fade, the others tell me.\nDr. Lin: Others? You're able to communicate with other people in SCP-2968-B?\nDr. Rudi: Yes. It's much of what I'm doing. Enlightenment strips away many things, but curiosity is what I am. There's many, many people here, and ordinary barriers of space and language are gone.\nDr. Lin: Were they all also on Happy Hereafter when they died?\nDr. Rudi: Mostly. But you'll find this interesting \u2014 there's some monks and meditation fanatics here too.\nDr. Lin: Other people who would have been enlightened, then. So is this a general afterlife for people in that state? I'm not an expert on Buddhism, but this doesn't sound like reincarnation.\nDr. Rudi: Maybe. Perhaps it's Nirvana? I'll ask the monks. But I don't think it's that simple. NVS has been making double H for what, five years?\nDr. Lin: Going on five, yes. They released SCP-2968-A in early 2011.\nDr. Rudi: The longest ago anyone in here arrived was in 2009. This place, SCP-2968-B \u2014 I think it's something new.\nDr. Lin: That's very interesting. Or is something happening to the oldest souls that they don't stay more than five or six years?\nDr. Rudi: Could be, could be. Even without the internal voice and the external body, there's still patterns of my life clinging to me. I think I may shed those, in time. Perhaps people have been coming here for thousands of years, but the oldest have found vistas I cannot yet see.\nDr. Lin: Sam, will you be okay?\nDr. Rudi: Yes. Yes, of course. I feel clear. Even when I'm talking to you, there's a silence, an emptiness\u2026 This probably doesn't sound too good, but Wei, I'm free. I don't have that constant chatter in my skull anymore \u2014 I don't have a skull \u2014 I'm just myself, here, wherever here is, and now. I'm free, I'm at peace, and I'm so happy. I could go on this way forever. And I think I will.\nDr. Lin: I understand. But if anything changes, if boredom becomes a factor, tell me. I will contact you again.\nDr. Rudi: Wei, I know that we can't let this go on \u2014 we're the Foundation, and this is clearly anomalous, however good it may be. Though please, try meditation. If that can get you to the same state I've been in, you could come by this without the, uh, using anomalous drugs and dying parts. And if this is truly the afterlife for the enlightened and not something NVS somehow built? Wei, you could join me!\n\nIncident 2968-4: On November 22, 2014 at 1:25 PM GMT, Foundation agents successfully raided and shut down Natural Vision Supplements. See Operation Report 2968-3 for further details. Relevantly, agents succeeded in establishing a communications blackout prior to the raid, and no messages were believed to have been transmitted, including through SCP-2968-C.\nAt 4:13 PM GMT, Extranormal Event 2014-505 was filed, reporting a sizable explosion on the far side of the moon, and what observers on the Foundation moonbase described as a large conical object covered in lights accelerating rapidly away from the surface. No connection to SCP-2968 was realized until Interview 2968-10, conducted shortly after on November 22 at 4:30 PM GMT.\nInterview 2968-10:\n\nInterviewer: Dr. Wei Lin\nSubject: Dr. Samuel Rudi (deceased)\nDr. Lin: Hello, Sam. We did it. Natural Vision has been shuttered. Let's see if more people join you in there.\nDr. Lin: Oh, right. [REDACTED].\nDr. Lin: Sam?\nDr. Rudi: And as proof it's me, [REDACTED]. That's good.\nDr. Rudi: I'm here. And feeling even better than last week.\nDr. Lin: You're responding slower than in our previous conversations. I don't think anything happened during the raid that should cause that. Are you distracted in there?\nDr. Rudi: Odd. I'm not aware of anything. You do seem delayed.\nDr. Lin: Okay, simple test. Respond with a really short message as soon as you see this.\nDr. Rudi: Peace\nDr. Lin: Ten seconds.\nDr. Rudi: I sent that immediately. Time is funny here, without a heartbeat or external reference, but I'd know. Is there something slowing down the connection?\nDr. Lin: Sam\u2026 I have a worrying thought. What if SCP-2968-B is a physical location and it's moving further away? We know that SCP-2968-C is like a satellite dish, what if that literally is what it is?\nDr. Rudi: I have a thought, Wei. Could this be speed of light delay?\nDr. Rudi: Just got your message. Hah. I guess from our respective frames of reference, we both had the idea first.\nDr. Lin: This wasn't what I thought would happen. I talked you into this\nDr. Lin: Sam, I'm sorry.\nDr. Rudi: I'm okay. I'm beyond fear.\nDr. Lin: No your not! I don't know where you're going. Your body may be in Fernwood but the part of you that matters can still have\nDr. Lin: I don't want to speculate. This is the Foundation. I've seen enough horrors to know that you're not dead enough to be safe.\nDr. Rudi: I'm not beyond danger, perhaps. But fear, suffering? Those are tricks of the narrative, and I'm free of that. Scan the sky for me, find me, but I'll be okay.\nDr. Rudi: Wei, let's do the time thing again. I can wait as long as it takes.\nDr. Lin: Please respond\nDr. Rudi: Promptly!\nDr. Lin: 38 seconds.\nDr. Lin: I was the one who pushed for a researcher to taek the plunge. We wouldn't be able to control a D after death. After the tapes, the first questionings I thought these were just people who found something. I have a report titled after that LZ song, if you can believe it. Sam, you were dying. I thought I could save you.\nDr. Lin: Not damn you.\nDr. Rudi: Wei, you did.\nDr. Rudi: No. I am better than ever. I am calm, I want nothing, I have the peace I never had on Earth. Whether it's the Happy Hereafter or the bodilessness of this place, I am all and only my truest self. Thank you.\nDr. Rudi: We may not be able to talk for much longer. The delay, and the signal may decohere. 2968-C isn't too different from regular technology.\nDr. Lin: Sam, I'll miss you. When I spoke at your funeral, I didn't think you were gone. I was smiling inside when I said you'd gone to a better place. I don't know where you're going now. Please be well. Please.\nDr. Rudi: Here's an immediate response.\nDr. Lin: Five minutes. You're almost to Mars.\nDr. Lin: There was report of something launching from the moon. I guess that's you.\nDr. Lin: Sam?\nDr. Lin: Goodbye\n\nOver the course of several hours after this exchange, the following messages were received by SCP-2968-C. Transmission quality had degraded, but they are believed to be the final messages from Dr. Samuel Rudi.\n\nDr. Rudi: Some of the others have fallen silent.\nDr. Rudi: Wei, I think we're rocket fuel.\nDr. Rudi: Please don't be afraid. I'm not.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2967 | SCP-2968 | SCP-2969 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2969 during initial containment.\n\nItem #: SCP-2969\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2969 is held within a sealed humanoid containment chamber, located within Site-77's sub-basement levels. No subjects should come within 800 meters of SCP-2969's containment chamber. The chamber is monitored at all times with remote surveillance. A radio link exists between the chamber and the perimeter. There is no lighting within the containment chamber, and SCP-2969 should be blindfolded at all times.\nOnce per day, a staff member should read SCP-2969 a literary passage describing a murder, via the radio. This genre has been determined to be the most effective out of all tested. There is to be a minimum of repetitious vocabulary between stories.\nIn the event of a containment breach, these stories will be read over the site PA system. This genre and methodology have been selected to ensure SCP-2969's voluntary cooperation with site personnel. A complete record of all stories read to SCP-2969 has been stored in Site-77's non-anomalous documentation wing. In the event that SCP-2969 exits containment, these records will be automatically sealed to prevent SCP-2969 from accessing them. Currently, all hard copies of SCP-2969's stories are being transcribed to an online database, for ease of use.\nDescription: SCP-2969 is a monochromatic male humanoid. It does not eat or sleep, and spends the majority of its time in containment sitting in the center of its containment chamber. SCP-2969 is capable of speaking American English, but does not normally communicate with personnel.\nWhen SCP-2969 comprehends language, whether by reading it or by being read to, it becomes impossible for any human within a limited range around SCP-2969 to use the vocabulary it comprehended. Affected subjects use similes, improper grammar, and copious usage of hand motions to communicate, if communication is still possible. The SCP-2969 effect lasts for approximately 70 hours, and affects an approximate radius of 650-750 meters.\nWhen reading affected language, subjects always become immediately distracted before they can read, or simply display apathy towards the writing. If questioned, subjects claim to want to read, but being unable to.1\nThe effect appears to be based on SCP-2969's memory of the language, with longer written passages occasionally not being affected at the end due to SCP-2969 losing interest. As SCP-2969 continues to repeatedly comprehend the same language, its area of effect increases. It is hypothesized that if SCP-2969 were allowed to memorize a passage, the effect would become permanent with a larger affected area. For more information, see Recovery.\nRecovery: SCP-2969 was discovered on 10/19/1989, after internal anomaly auditors noted that Site-77 was being affected by a linguistic anomaly. Foundation personnel were able to determine the source, a small trailer home in [REDACTED]. After searching the home, SCP-2969 was discovered living underneath the resident's bed.\nThe resident, a legally-blind 91-year-old retired nurse, had been an avid reader previously, but had her collection of books taken away by her family due to her condition. SCP-2969 manifested sometime after this event. During cleanup operations, agents noted a dictionary located within the premises. It was mostly destroyed due to age, but several undamaged pages were noted to be anomalously unreadable.2\nAs of 01/03/1990, SCP-2969 has been classified as Euclid.\nAddendum 2-0: Texts that are reproduced entirely by hand do not cause SCP-2969 to affect the originals, if the writing that was originally produced more than 50 years before being re-typed. All copies of the reproduction will be affected by SCP-2969. The cause of this is currently unknown.\nUpdate 2-1\nSCP-2969 responded when personnel questioned it about the observed anomaly in its effect. This interview was recorded on 09/17/2002, and is the first known direct communication between SCP-2969 and Foundation personnel.\n\nInterviewed: SCP-2969\nInterviewer: Dr. Boyd\nForeword: Interview was done from a distance of 800 yards, by radio.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Boyd: Twenty-nine sixty-nine, can you hear me?Dr. Boyd: (Shuffling of papers, muffled noises) Are you able to understand me?\nSCP-2969 does not respond\nDr. Boyd: Would you, uh, be able to explain why reproductions of old writing are affected differently than the originals?Dr. Boyd: What does that mean?Dr. Boyd: I still don't think I'm following.\nSCP-2969 does not respond.\nDr. Boyd: I'm sorry. Can you please explain?Dr. Boyd: If writing is important, why do you prevent others from reading what you read?SCP-2969 does not respond to further questioning, and the interview is terminated.\n\n<End Log>\nClosing Statement: SCP-2969 was not observed to change its posture during the interview, and has not communicated since this event.\n\nFootnotes\n1. It is not possible to force SCP-2969 affected subjects to read. CRT scans of the subjects' brains show that the affected subjects' frontal lobes do not activate at all when attempting to read.\n2. It is believed that these pages permanently affect any readers, and are still completely unreadable as of 06/29/2014. It is not currently known what the effect on human communication has been, and research is ongoing.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2968 | SCP-2969 | SCP-2970 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2970\nObject Class: Euclid Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2970 is to be held in a standard humanoid containment chamber, and fed via standard humanoid procedures.\nUpdate (02/15/2016): SCP-2970 is to be recontained as soon as possible. It is believed that it may be en route to Almer\u00eda, Spain. Currently, Mobile Task Force Tau-5 \"Samsara\" is leading recontainment and mitigation efforts.\nDescription: SCP-2970 is a cybernetically enhanced human male of African descent. SCP-2970 claims to have been born in the 10th century CE.\nSCP-2970's physical augmentations include:\n\nApproximately half of the left forearm, including the left hand, has been removed and replaced with a solid iron cylinder. SCP-2970 is capable of activating the cylinder to deploy a solid, transparent, glass-like prosthetic hand capable of articulation under SCP-2970's control.\nSCP-2970's right eye has been replaced with a solid gold sphere. SCP-2970 is able to use this as a functioning eye.\nThe back of SCP-2970's neck features an iron plate with a small (~0.5cm diameter) hole covered by a semipermeable membrane, which appears to offer access to an artery running through SCP-2970's neck.\nSamples of SCP-2970's blood indicate a large number of silicone particles present throughout the bloodstream.\nSections of SCP-2970's brain have been replaced with solid copper engraved with numerous unidentified glyphs.\nVarious metal augmentations and replacements for internal organs. Despite appearing to be constructed from solid metal, organs move and operate as if they were biological.\n\nSCP-2970 possesses an eidetic memory and the ability to project images from its artificial eye to \"replay\" past memories, although it claims this function, as well as many of its past memories, has been \"locked\". SCP-2970 cannot fall unconscious, even when administered tranquilizing agents, and does not require food to survive.\nSCP-2970 claims to have been a missionary in 10th and 11th century Spain on behalf of a supposed deity which gave SCP-2970 its anomalous modifications. SCP-2970 was recovered from a crevasse within a cave in northern Spain, where it claimed to have been trapped since the 11th century CE. Foundation resources were directed to this cave following the emission of a radio distress signal from it.\nSCP-2970 can speak modern variants of Spanish and English with reasonable fluency, and claims to be able to hear and interpret radio signals via a receiver within its inner ear.\n\nShow Interview 2970-1\n\nHide Interview 2970-1\n\nInterview 2970-1:\n\nForeword: Interview was conducted in Spanish. SCP-2970 was separated from Dr. Acosta by an acrylic glass barrier.\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Acosta: Hello. I'm Dr. Acosta. I'd like to ask you a few questions, about your past.\nSCP-2970 clears its throat.Dr. Acosta: First, could I have your name?Dr. Acosta: That's\u2026 fine. What would you prefer we call you?Dr. Acosta: SCP-2970.Dr. Acosta: Alright, then. Could you tell me how you learned to speak modern Spanish so well?Dr. Acosta: Radio? Why were you created this way?Dr. Acosta: So\u2026 there are others like you?Dr. Acosta: Why just you?Dr. Acosta: Okay\u2026 How did you become trapped?Dr. Acosta: Is it possible that other artifacts of this deity remain elsewhere, for\u2026 safekeeping?\nSCP-2970 squints at the mention of artifacts.Dr. Acosta: What doesn't work?Dr. Acosta: We have many doctors here. We could try to\u2026 fix you. And in return, you could tell us what you remember. About what else might be out there.Dr. Acosta: Ideally, nothing. We'd store them at one of our facilities. Keep anyone from using them for harm, and keep them from harming anyone.\nSCP-2970 appears pensive for a moment.Dr. Acosta: Before we conclude, there's something I wanted to ask. Why did you just wait, all that time? Why did you never\u2026 end it?Dr. Acosta: I don't know.Dr. Acosta: \u2026alright. That's all for today, then. Thank you.<End Log>\n\nShow Interview 2970-2\n\nHide Interview 2970-2\n\nInterview 2970-2:\n\n<Begin Log>\nDr. Acosta: Hello again, SCP-2970.Dr. Acosta: I have some more questions. About the organization you were involved in.Dr. Acosta: When did you discover this organization? Or, when did they discover you?Dr. Acosta: We can move on, then. Do you remember what it was called?Dr. Acosta: Alright\u2026 Do you remember the\u2026 tenets?Dr. Acosta: Could you elaborate on the \"god\"?Dr. Acosta: Endowments? Your modifications.SCP-2970 raises and flexes its prosthetic left hand.Dr. Acosta: What happened to the god?Dr. Acosta: I don't follow. How can a god die?Dr. Acosta: So what happened to your organization?SCP-2970: And he disabled many of my abilities, to\u2026 to handicap me. Make sure I behave in the meantime, in case he was just\u2026 sleeping. He maimed me and locked me in that cave.Dr. Acosta: I'm sorry. But\u2026 if it was so terrible, why didn't you call for help sooner?Dr. Acosta: The distress signal you let out, it led us to your cave.\nSCP-2970 appears to be troubled by this.Dr. Acosta: Then what did?Dr. Acosta: Could you elaborate?Dr. Acosta: Could he still be there?Dr. Acosta: Can you tell us anything else about this place?Dr. Acosta: I'm sorry.Dr. Acosta: I'm not sure I understand.Dr. Acosta: I'm afraid I have to stop the interview here.Dr. Acosta: I'll talk to my superiors. We'll investigate your issues. Any further information will be appreciated.\nSCP-2970 sighs.<End Log>\n\nFollowing this interview, evidence of anomalous phenomena was observed at the given location. MTF Tau-5 \"Samsara\" was dispatched to neutralize anomalous activity on-location near Marrakesh, Morocco. Summary of operation can be found in documents associated with Operation AZURE PEREGRINE.\n\nShow Incident 2970-1\n\nHide Incident 2970-1\n\nIncident 2970-1:\nFollowing the events of Operation AZURE PEREGRINE, it was decided that the risk of residual anomalies from the existence of SCP-2970's cult was too high, and the potential benefits of full access to SCP-2970's information outweighed the inherent risks of operating upon SCP-2970. A research operation to restore gaps in SCP-2970's memory was subsequently approved.\nImaging indicated irregular buildups of charge within the implants within SCP-2970's brain, prosthetic eye, and several other replaced organs indicative of possible non-functionality. After significant study, it was decided that invasive surgery would be attempted, featuring the use of electric impulses in an attempt to \"restart\" inactive implants in the brain and eye.\nDue to SCP-2970's inability to fall unconscious, epidural anesthetic was utilized, and SCP-2970 was securely bound to the operating table.\n\n<Begin Log at 00:00:00>\n00:50:45 - Having completed initial preparations, Dr. Johnson commences surgery.\n01:20:11 - Imaging indicates that electric impulses may be effective in restoring full functionality to SCP-2970's eye. SCP-2970 is compliant.\n02:00:36 - Imaging indicates that functionality has been restored to SCP-2970's eye. At once, the front of the eye begins to glow, gradually brightening until it is able to project an image on the ceiling. The procedure is ordered to pause. SCP-2970 begins to protest, but is apparently unable to cease the projection.\nProjection shows, from SCP-2970's point of view, a rocky desert slope. It is midday, and no other people can be seen from SCP-2970's vantage. SCP-2970 seems to be kneeling or otherwise prone on the surface of the desert.\nFour previously-unseen figures approach SCP-2970. They appear to be males clad in bronze or golden plate armor atypical of that common in the supposed era. The recording possesses no audio, but it can be seen that they exchange words with SCP-2970.\nSCP-2970 turns away from them and begins walking in a straight line. After nearly half an hour, clay or rudimentary brick buildings are seen on the horizon, likely from a small village. SCP-2970 stops at least three kilometers away from the buildings and sits down on the ground.\nSCP-2970 slowly raises its prosthetic hand into view. SCP-2970 flexes the hand, which begins to glow white. SCP-2970 obscures the village from view behind its transparent hand, and the image of the village through the hand becomes gradually distorted.\nWhen SCP-2970 removes its hand, the buildings are gone. In the operating room, SCP-2970 appears distressed. Imaging shows no change in activity in brain implants, indicating that this memory may have been available previously to SCP-2970.\nThe projection cuts to elsewhere. SCP-2970 is walking past a row of kneeling men and women in a similar desert setting. The viewpoint approaches a man, and SCP-2970 grabs him by the arm with its prosthetic hand, lifting him to eye level.\nSCP-2970 looks away. When he looks back, the man is not seen, and held in SCP-2970's artificial hand is the arm, severed, absent of any apparent damage or bleeding. The stump is sealed with skin.\nSCP-2970 looks down the line of people. None move or flinch at SCP-2970's actions. As the viewpoint approaches another man, the recording ends.\n03:25:01 - Surgery is ordered to continue, with work on the brain commencing. Dr. Acosta, present for the operation, asks for the remainder to be postponed following a psychiatric reevaluation. Dr. Johnson elects to continue the surgery.\n06:49:01 - Surgery deemed successful in restoring brain functionality. An impulse to the eye prompts it to start projecting again. SCP-2970 laughs, and whispers \"we did it\" under its breath.\nIn this recording, SCP-2970 seems to be standing atop a mountain. It turns slowly in place. The surrounding landscape is dotted with massive handprints, several hundred meters in length. Scattered groups of people, five or six each, are seen fleeing from SCP-2970's position.\nAfter several minutes, SCP-2970 embarks down the mountain. In the operating room, Foundation personnel successfully identify this desert region as the Tabernas Desert in the province of Almeria, Spain.\nSCP-2970 comes upon the entrance to a cave embedded in the side of the mountain. It enters the cave and walks down the passage, illuminated by an unseen white light.\nA long mass in the cave is identified as a gargantuan human body. Its skin is black and reflective. Size is estimated at 15 meters long, with a single leg's diameter being approximately the height of SCP-2970. It is apparent that the cave is only slightly larger than the body itself. SCP-2970 approaches the head.\nThe head of the creature is misshapen, with eyes significantly further apart than typical human proportions. In the place of the mouth is what appears to be a third nostril, which leaks black bile onto the cavern floor. The face does not move as SCP-2970 appears to speak to it. SCP-2970 kneels, and the recording ends.\n07:20:59 - Dr. Johnson elects to cease the operation, pending analysis of information received.\n<End Log at 07:20:59>\n\nShow Incident 2970-2\n\nHide Incident 2970-2\n\nIncident 2970-2:\nFollowing the surgery, containment procedures are reconsidered, given the apparent untruthfulness of SCP-2970 to personnel. At approximately midnight and while pending reassignment, SCP-2970 is seen deviating from its recovery schedule by standing up in its room and pacing in circles.\n\n<Begin Log>\nSCP-2970 is observed walking around its room. Several times, it stops to feel the walls. After several minutes of this behavior, it looks directly at the hidden surveillance camera in a corner of the ceiling.\nSCP-2970's artificial hand begins to produce white light. It approaches the containment door, and the camera feed is intermittently disrupted by static. A security force assembles outside the door and prepares to charge in.\nUpon opening the door, the security force find the room empty. SCP-2970 is observed by security feeds to be outside the containment cell and sprinting towards the gate to the Euclid containment wing. SCP-2970 appears to have familiarity with the layout of Site-30.\nSCP-2970 encounters a security team as it runs to the exit. It ignores the team and runs by, knocking a member to the side, inflicting severe burns by an unknown mechanism. All bullets fired at SCP-2970 are deflected shortly before impact and collide with surrounding objects.\nSite-30 loses both primary and backup generator capabilities. SCP-2970 is able to operate unobserved, and apparently charges through the security gate. No personnel are killed, but four are inflicted with intense burns.\nSCP-2970 exits the Site and is observed to begin running south towards the projected location of the second observed recording in Almer\u00eda, Spain. All attempts to intercept SCP-2970 with search teams fail due to the lack of illumination, as all light sources in Site-30 have been rendered inoperable.\n<End Log>\n\nFollowing this incident, SCP-2970 has been upgraded to Keter, with recontainment a level 1 priority. MTF Tau-5 \"Samsara\" has been selected to lead recontainment efforts due to their skill in using paratechnological equipment, which may be resistant to SCP-2970's effects, and their demonstrated aptitude in dealing with anomalous groups related to SCP-2970 (see Operation AZURE PEREGRINE).\n\n\u00ab GRANT REQUEST FOR INVESTIGATING... | SCP-2970 | Operation AZURE PEREGRINE \u00bb\n\n\u00ab SCP-2969 | SCP-2970 | SCP-2971 \u00bb"}
{"text": "In accordance with Protocol Myra, this message is here to reaffirm to you that SCP-2971-A DID NOT EXIST. Jerry Lee Lewis did not leave his home on December 28th, 2012, and the Vic Stanley Country Club does not exist.\nThere will be messages throughout this article to dispute the existence of SCP-2971-A. Read these messages in their entirety, and consider their points until you believe them to be the truth. If you find yourself unable to accept that SCP-2971-A never occured, close this file immediately, remove yourself from your workstation, and report to your supervisor for amnestic treatment.\n\nItem #: SCP-2971\nObject Class: Euclid\n\nJerry Lee Lewis, photographed in 2009.\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Persons suspected to be carriers of SCP-2971 are to be monitored through their social media accounts, bank account statements, and whereabouts. Information spread by these persons regarding SCP-2971-A is to be censored, and the subject in question detained.\nInternet search engines are to be monitored for search levels of the phrases (or variations of these phrases) 'Think about it', 'Rock and Roll Sacrifice', 'Cliff Bogg', 'Vic Stanley Country Club', and 'December 28th, 2012'. If SCP-2971-related keywords are repeatedly searched from a single I.P. address, the location of the I.P. is to be tracked and agents are to take all persons at the location into custody for questioning and administration of Protocol Myra.\nProtocol Myra is to be enacted on subjects confirmed to be under the influence of SCP-2971. Protocol Myra consists of firm refutal that SCP-2971-A existed, followed by rationalizating to the subject why it didn't exist. This has proven to be enough to cure SCP-2971 in 100% of cases.\nJerry Lee Lewis' home address and all properties owned by him are to be wire-tapped, and Lewis himself is to be monitored for any SCP-2971-related phenomena. Personnel assigned to monitoring Lewis are to log any notable findings and notify their immediate superiors of them should they occur.\nDescription: SCP-2971 is a memetic localized reality-restructuring event that causes the subject to believe they attended a live Jerry Lee Lewis concert held at the Vic Stanley Country Club in Ferriday, Louisiana on December 28th, 2012 (Dubbed SCP-2971-A). SCP-2971-A never actually occured, and no business named 'Vic Stanley Country Club' exists. SCP-2971 is passed to an uninfected subject through reading or discussing the topic of SCP-2971-A or its contents with an infected person. SCP-2971 can also be transmitted via text regarding SCP-2971-A, hence the requirement for Protocol Myra. The topic of SCP-2971 without mention of SCP-2971-A as an event is not sufficient to spread infection.\nSCP-2971-A never occured. Jerry Lee Lewis was at home resting on December 28th, 2012. He did not perform that day.\nInfection of a subject by SCP-2971 has two primary effects:\nEffect A: The subject will suddenly gain a thorough recollection of SCP-2971-A's setlist, comments made by Jerry Lee Lewis during SCP-2971-A, and other details such as their journey to the Vic Stanley Country Club. Subjects affected by SCP-2971 will excitedly attempt to tell others about the event (thereby spreading SCP-2971), and show an abnormally increased interest in Lewis' songs and history, bordering on obsession. Upon curing a subject of SCP-2971, all of these memories will disappear, and any anomalous interest in Lewis will cease.\nEffect B: SCP-2971 implements a localized reality-restructuring effect. Persons afflicted by it will have historically attended SCP-2971-A, despite the event having not occured at all for non-infected persons. In their possession are often memorabillia from SCP-2971-A. Some examples include autographs, non-anomalous CD-ROMs1, T-shirts and amateur recordings of the event. Upon curing a subject of SCP-2971, all of the subject's items acquired this way will disappear.\nOne notable symptom of SCP-2971 infection is an abnormally frequent use of the phrase 'Think about it'2. The phrase itself is not anomalous, and contributes to the spread of SCP-2971 no more than conversation about SCP-2971-A usually does. In 100% of cases to date, however, frequent use of the phrase has accompanied SCP-2971 infection.\nSCP-2971 has no known source; on December 29th, 2012, it is believed to have spontaneously spread to an apparently random selection of 2,446 citizens in the state of Louisiana, with the exception of the largest cluster of subjects within the Ferriday city limits.\nSCP-2971-A did not happen. You were at work on December 28th, 2012, so you would not have had the time to attend a concert.\nWhen Foundation agents had discovered SCP-2971, a telephone call to the Lewis household was made in order to ascertain his status. The Foundation was unable to talk to Lewis himself, but spoke to an assistant who said Lewis was fine except for 'a bout of headaches' in the days following December 28th, 2012.\n\n+ Show Interview Log SCP-2971-INT1\n\n- Hide Interview Log SCP-2971-INT1\n\nInterviewed: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, one of the first discovered subjects affected by SCP-2971.\nInterviewer: Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nForeword: \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 has shown an abnormal interest in this concert she says she attended (as the initial reports suggested she might), and claims to remember it in great detail. She has proven willing to co-operate, however she has been difficult to talk to due to her continually steering the converstation towards something related to Jerry Lee Lewis.\n<Begin Log.>\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Good evening, Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Hello.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What can you tell me about December 28th, 2012?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Oh boy, what can't I tell you? It was great. I took my kids to see Jerry Lee Lewis live that day! We stayed there for hours\u2026 after the show we got autographs and bought a few CDs\u2026 they loved it! In fact, we\u2026\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: [Interrupting] Uh, Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, do you recall anything out of place about the event? Anything at all?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: No, nothing crazy. It was a perfectly normal event.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: So there's nothing odd that occured?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: No, like I told you, it was a perfectly normal Jerry Lee Lewis concert. Think about it, I don't know what you want me to say. The only thing that was new was when Jerry did a song called 'Rock and Roll Sacrifice'. That really got the crowd roaring! Everybody stood up when he did it. It was great!\nSCP-2971-A did not happen. Searches through the Lewis discography have shown no song named 'Rock and Roll Sacrifice' exists. No associate of Lewis' named 'Cliff Bogg' is known to exist.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Well if there's nothing else, Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, I think we're done here\u2026\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Wait, did I tell you what Jerry Lee did on 'Great Balls of Fire'? I have to tell you!\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: What did he do?\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: He lit his piano on fire in the middle of the song!\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: No way! That's crazy!\n\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: He actually did! It was quite amazing to see. My kids just lost it when they saw that! Think about it.\nDr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Come to think of it, I think I might've actually been to that show. That was at the old Vic Stanley Country Club, right?\n\n<Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 contracted SCP-2971 and was administered Protocol Myra, along with Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Extraneous data removed. End Log.>\n\nClosing Statement: It was determined soon after that interviews with infected subjects should be kept to a hard limit of one minute followed by administration of Protocol Myra to the interviewer, to avoid any further incidents. Both Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 have since been cured.\n\n+ Document SCP-2971-A1 LEVEL 3 CLEARANCE REQUIRED\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nThis is a transcript of an audience recording of SCP-2971-A provided by a subject.\n\n<Recording Starts>\n00:01 Audio fades in, with clapping audible. It is implied that the first song has already been completed.\n00:08 The song 'Georgia On My Mind' is played.\n00:14 Lewis immediately starts 'Sweet Little Sixteen' after 'Georgia On My Mind'. The audio crackles badly at times, and only fully recovers at the end of the song.\n00:17 After 'Sweet Little Sixteen' closes, Lewis says \"Welcome to our show. If it gets too crazy, you'll probably want to leave the building 'cause I get like that sometimes. Think about it.\"\n00:18 'Rock And Roll Over' starts.\n00:20 'I Wish I Was Eighteen Again' starts.\n[There is a large break in the audio. It fades out completely until the 00:42 mark.]\n00:42 Applause is heard after the close of the previous song. Lewis says \"Think about it,\" again. At least one audience member near the recording device is heard to repeat the phrase.\n00:42 'I'll Find It Where I Can' is played.\n00:46 Lewis says \"All right folks. I brought a new song with me today that\u2026 uh\u2026 you never heard me do before. Cliff Bogg wrote this one for me about 2 hours ago. One entitled\u2026 Rock and Roll Sacrifice\u2026 let's get it boys. Do it right, they're in the room with us.\"\nSCP-2971-A did not happen. Searches through the Lewis discography have shown no song named 'Rock and Roll Sacrifice' exists. No associate of Lewis' named 'Cliff Bogg' is known to exist.\n00:47 'Rock and Roll Sacrifice' plays. The song is by far the longest on the recording, lasting 9:42. It is an instrumental until the 5:11 mark, where Lewis begins to sing the lyrics. For the full lyrics, see file SCP-2971-A2.\n00:57 Lewis asks for the crowd to \"Be still for just a moment, Kenny's fingers are numb.\" [This likely refers to Kenneth Lovelace, his guitar player] The audio is playing, but only white noise is audible from the source.\n00:59 A loud pop is heard in the recording. The audience gasps.\n01:00 Lewis: \"See now that's why you don't lose track of what you're doing. That's when they getcha.\" The audience laughs.\n01:01 'Great Balls of Fire' starts. Noticeable is a distinct lack of guitar.\n01:03 The audience gasps and applauds wildly during the song. Lewis shouts \"Burning love, baby!\" [It is likely this is the section where he lit his piano on fire, as mentioned by Ms. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.]\n01:05 Immediately after the song finishes, Lewis says \"Thank you for coming out tonight. I had fun, I hope you had fun. Did you have fun?\" [The audience applauds] \"Yeah\u2026 think about it.\" [The entire audience repeats 'think about it' back, in perfect unison].\n01:06 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On' begins playing. During the song, certain instruments suddenly cease playing and are no longer heard.\n01:07 The bass guitar stops.\n01:08 Rhythm guitar stops.\n01:10 Lewis says mid-song \"I was gonna introduce you to my band, but then it would come out again.\"\n01:11 Drums stop.\n01:12 Piano stops. Lewis is heard mumbling unintelligibly into the microphone.\n01:13 All noise from the audience ceases.\n01:14 Piano begins playing again, badly out of tune and at about half-speed.\n01:15 Audio fades out.\n<Recording Ends>\nSCP-2971-A did not happen. The events you have read are fictional, and are not real.\n\n+ Document SCP-2971-A2 LEVEL 3 CLEARANCE REQUIRED \n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nLyrics to 'Rock and Roll Sacrifice'\n\n[Instrumental intro]\nThey never told you what you're doing\nin this choking land\nthey never gave a reason nor a way\nto wander through the damned\nTomorrow's death is what you get\nfor a life so weak and grim\ntoday your light shines bright\nthough it's quickly growing dim\nThey're coming for you now child\ncan't you see 'em over there\na growing mass of flesh and grief\nand they're loaded for bear\nThey're coming for you now child\nwith spears clenched in hand\nI want a rock and roll sacrifice\ncame forth the command\n[Instrumental bridge]\nThough you may think peace has won\nand swords be drawn no more\nput your ear to the dust\nhear the whispers of war\nNevermind those empty halls\nyour nightmares locked away\nthere's a prophecy of pending doom\nin the words I say\nThey're coming for you now child\ntheir souls filled with rage\na voice decreed it will be done\nit trembled from the cage\nThey're coming for you now child\nsooner than you know\nfor a rock and roll sacrifice\nis the way you must go\n[Instrumental bridge]\n[spoken by Lewis]\nLet me tell you folks\nI've seen many things in this wretched world\nthings that would make the devil himself cry out in fear and renounce hell as 'too tame'\nbut let me tell you\nthese things are not for human minds\nI was given a burden that I am sharing with you all here tonight\nand in time you will understand what the words to this song truly mean\nbecause you will be singing it too\nthat's the way it goes\nthink about it\njust once, that's all it takes\nThey're coming for you now child\nwith hunger in their hearts\na bloody end to your filthy life\nbefore it really starts\nThey're coming for you now child\nto put terror in your veins\na punishment much worse than death\nyou'd plead for a life in chains\n\nFootnotes\n1. Some instances of these CDs have had a receipt in the case with the vendor printed as VIC.STAN.CTRY.CLB.\n2. Lewis has been known to utter this phrase offhandedly from time to time. It may refer to a song he recorded called 'Think About It, Darlin'\n\n\u00ab SCP-2970 | SCP-2971 | SCP-2972 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2972\nObject Class: Safe Euclid (Provisional) Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The lot containing SCP-2972 has been purchased from Dollar General Corporation by a Foundation shell group1, Sawgrass Holdings. The building adjacent to SCP-2972 has been demolished, and SCP-2972 has been fenced in. Local Mobile Task Force 769-Ayin (\"Clanga\") will maintain a surveillance camera on the premises and ensure no motor vehicles are introduced to SCP-2972. will deliver one functioning motor vehicle to the premises of SCP-2972 at least once every 21 days, to prevent the spread of SCP-2972's effect. LMTF 769-\u05e2 will coordinate with Sebastopol, Crimea-based Local Mobile Task Force 652-Peh (\"Artel's Pot\") to ensure vehicles transported via SCP-2972 are recovered and contained.\nDescription: SCP-2972 is a parking lot, formerly attached to the Dollar General store in Sebastopol, Mississippi. Once, between every two (2) and twenty-one (21) days, SCP-2972 will cause a seemingly random unoccupied motor vehicle parked2 within its bounds to disappear, apparently instantaneously3. The motor vehicle4 simultaneously appears in a warehouse in the industrial district of Sebastopol, Crimea. The vehicle appears with all wheels (if applicable) touching the ground and aligned lengthwise with magnetic north, regardless of original orientation.\nDiscovery: SCP-2972 was discovered when four consecutive car thefts (believed to be the first events caused by the anomaly) occurred in the Dollar General parking lot in Sebastopol, Mississippi. Following the third vehicle disappearance, store managers installed a security camera in the lot.\nWhen surveillance footage showed the fourth vehicle disappearing between video frames, an embedded Federal Bureau of Investigation Unusual Incidents Unit agent in the Mississippi Highway Patrol took notice of the case. At the time of containment handover from the UIU to the Foundation, Agent Solowski5 recounted the discovery:\n\nExcerpt from Interview 2972-2, Dec 18 2005\nParticipating: Fmr. UIU Agent Titus Solowski, Foundation Junior Researcher Dr. Shauna Little. Foundation's Jeremy Hornbeck, secretary.\n\nDr. Little: So, you took over the case in your capacity with the Highway Patrol.\nAgent Solowski: Correct. I decided to run a sting, emptying the lot and seeding it with a high-value vehicle, embedded with a GPS.\nDr. Little: And, according to the records, that car disappeared from the lot five days and seven hours later?\nAgent Solowski: Affirmative. Our team \u2014\nSec. Hornbeck: For the record, you are referring to the Mississippi Highway Patrol as \"our team\"?\nAgent Solowski: No, UIU. Our team got an alert tracing the object to Ukraine6 of all places. We ran it up the ladder and they phoned up Interpol and y'all. I got flown out to Crimea to help run the sting on the place.\nDr. Little: And the results?\nAgent Solowski: A couple guys, if you'd believe it, were grabbing these cars, filing off the VINs and selling them on the black market. Occasionally, they'd get cash or drugs or whatever from inside 'em, too. Nice little business they had.\nDr. Little: Did these individuals \u2014\nSec. Hornbeck: Sorry, point of information. How many guys, exactly?\nAgent Solowski: Two. Dr. Little?\nDr. Little: How did these two individuals create this anomaly?\nAgent Solowski: They say they didn't, and our extensive interrogation leads me to believe they're telling the truth. They said some whispers on the black market pointed them in the right way, guy called \"Penrose.\" Apparently, the names of the two cities connected them with what he called a \"linguistic ley line,\" making moving stuff between the two trivial. Funny, really, these guys find out 'magic' is out there and their first thought is stealing cars. People really aren't that creative, you know?\n\nAddendum, 8/1/2011: Following the conclusion of testing and creation of initial containment procedures for SCP-2972, no motor vehicles meeting the criteria for disappearance were placed in the bounds of SCP-2972. After 44 days of no anomalous activity, a vehicle belonging to the owner of a nearby service station spontaneously disappeared, appearing in the Crimean location.\nSCP-2972 was upgraded to Provisional Euclid by Primary Containment, temporarily, with the classification returned to Safe two months later.\nNew containment policies requiring the transport of a vehicle at regular intervals appear to have confined the phenomena again to the bounds of SCP-2972. Future car theft reports in the Leake and Scott County areas are to be closely monitored.\n\nFootnotes\n1. As part of the initial agreement of containment handover, 40% of the funding for the purchase of SCP-2972 was provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Unusual Incidents Unit in exchange for Foundation responsibility for containment.\n2. For the purposes of containment \"motor vehicle\" includes cars, motorbikes, motor scooters, golf carts, semi trucks, construction equipment and, in one instance, an airboat. \"Parked\" vehicles do not have the engine running, but may have lights, electronics or other devices active. \"Unoccupied\" vehicles do not contain any living warm-blooded animals.\n3. Atomic clocks onboard five (5) vehicles transported with SCP-2972 indicate no temporal desynchronization during the transportation event.\n4. \"Or an exact replica of the same.\" - Secondary Containment Proposal\n5. Employed by the Foundation as part of the containment agreement, now Deputy Director of Local Mobile Task Forces, Region 352.\n6. In light of the current sensitive nature of the Crimean Peninsula's national status, and out of respect for our employees and allies in both Russia and Ukraine, Foundation Human Resources officially take no position on the ownership of Crimea. Agent Solowski's comments in Dec 2005 accurately represented the political situation of Sebastopol, Crimea at the time.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2971 | SCP-2972 | SCP-2973 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2973\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: While not being tested SCP-2973 is to remain in a locked plastic case in Storage Site-12. Televisions, smart phones, or any other device that has a display screen should remain outside of SCP-2973 10 meter transfer radius.\nIn the event that security around SCP-2973 is compromised, on-site personnel must power down the affected devices. In the event that SCP-2973 has rendered this impossible, physical destruction is permitted.\nTesting of SCP-2973 and SCP-2973-1 requires the approval of level-2 administrative personnel.\nDescription: SCP-2973 is an object identical to a Tamagotchi brand virtual pet toy, discovered in an elementary school in Albany, New York. The device was located when local reports were cross referenced regarding a computer virus plaguing the school. All televisions, computers, and phones in the school were rendered inoperable due to irreparable screen malfunctions at the time of its recovery.\nThe anomalous properties of SCP-2973 manifest when the device is turned on. When activated, SCP-2973 will display a blank screen with a pixel depiction of a tombstone in the center of the screen from which a new pixel sprite will emerge. This new sprite appears visually identical to typical Tamagotchi sprites with the exception of X symbols where eye sprites would typically be. The user of SCP-2973 cannot interact with this sprite in any way attributed to traditional use of a Tamagotchi toy. This character is referred to as SCP-2973-1.\nSCP-2973-1 can exit the boundaries of SCP-2973's screen to appear on another electronic display. While inside of a display screen SCP-2973-1 is capable of interacting with file thumbnails as if they were physical objects, but cannot access the program functions of the files themselves. SCP-2973-1 will often consume these thumbnails, and in turn destroy the files, while it is present on a display outside of SCP-2973. It will then produce waste pixels in a fashion typical of a Tamagotchi pet after feeding. Devices containing waste pixels from SCP-2973-1 exude an odor typical of animal feces.\nWhile SCP-2973-1 is inside of a device aside from SCP-2973, the user can interact with it through the device's main interface1. SCP-2973-1 can then be picked up and manipulated in this manner.\nSCP-2973-1 will avoid directly interacting with the user at all times and will instead attempt to consume files the user deems important as dictated by how often the user accesses the file.\nAddendum A: Testing event 2973-58. Presiding researcher Dr. Hollands. Transcript.\n\n22:00 SCP-2973 is placed next to a mundane Tamagotchi virtual pet that has been activated five minutes prior to the testing (the subject).\n22:15 SCP-2973-1 turns to the subject.\n22:30 The subject begins buzzing2 although it has already been fed. After executing a discipline function on the subject, it continues to buzz.\n22:31 SCP-2973-1 approaches the subject's device.\n22:31 SCP-2973-1 enters the subject's screen.\n22:35 The subject's device emits a continuous buzzing. The subject disappears into the right side of the screen, and is followed by SCP-2973-1. SCP-2973-1 continues chasing the subject in a scrolling parallax.\n22:36 The subjects are not depicted on the screen. The buzzing becomes erratic, and then stops.\n22:50 SCP-2973, 2973-1, and the testing subject remain inactive for an extended period.\n23:32 SCP-2973-1 reemerges from the side of the screen followed by a new instance of SCP-2973-1. The new instance of SCP-2973-1 displays visual similarities to the Tamagotchi pixel sprite from the subject's display screen.\n\nAddendum B: Testing event 2973-59. Presiding researcher Breen. Transcript.\n\nIn this test, SCP-2973 was placed beside a powered-off television to view the effects it has on such display screens. The test was conducted in an isolated chamber using robotic manipulation.\n\n12:20 SCP-2973 is placed next to the powered-off television.\n12:22 SCP-2973-1 moves to the top of its screen and then then vanishes.\n14:23 SCP-2973-1 cannot be located for two hours. The television is powered on and SCP-2973-1 is not present inside of it.\n14:23 SCP-2973-1 unexpectedly appears on the security monitor of the surveillance booth, and approaches the robot on the surveillance screen. SCP-2973-1 is not visible in the testing chamber proper.\n14:24 SCP-2973-1 approaches the robot and begins consuming it. Loud metallic crashing and grinding can be heard within the testing chamber, although SCP-2973-1 is not visible and the physical robot shows no signs of damage.\n14:40 SCP-2973-1 remains on-screen for fifteen minutes before producing a waste pixel sprite. Personnel present in the surveillance booth report an overpowering scent typical of animal feces. SCP-2973-1 then moves toward the security door and begins headbutting it. Loud crashing can be heard within the room.\n14:42 Security vacates the security surveillance booth and seals the testing chamber behind an emergency containment door as of Protocol 12-173. Power to the surveillance booth is switched off.\n14:45 Cameras and monitors are reactivated.\n14:46 SCP-2973-1 is no longer present on the security monitor and has reappeared on SCP-2973. The manipulation robot emits a vibrating noise for one hour afterward, and smells strongly of copper, although it shows no signs of damage. Containment procedures have been updated.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Mouse, touch screen, touchpad, etc.\n2. This action typically indicates that a Tamagotchi requires feeding.\n3. In the event of an anomalous manifestation in a non-containment wing of Site-12, all entries and exits affected by the effect, event, or entity must activate their emergency containment blast-doors.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2972 | SCP-2973 | SCP-2974 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2974 as seen in Night of the Mummy Lizard\n\nItem #: SCP-2974\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2974 is to be kept in a 76-liter glass terrarium with paper towel substrate, at least 2 commercially-available hides, 3 to 5 false logs or branches, and 4-7 pieces of slate rock to facilitate basking. For enrichment purposes, the placement and number of items is to be changed monthly. The terrarium will be kept with a temperature gradient to facilitate temperature regulation. This temperature gradient must be 29.5 degrees Celsius on the warm side, and 23.3 degrees Celsius on the cool side, and will be maintained with an under-tank heater with an attached thermostat. Due to the condition of SCP-2974, water bowls, humid hides, and mistings are not permitted. The terrarium must stay at no more than 30% humidity at all times to prevent decay. SCP-2974 does not require food, but pre-killed insects may be provided for enrichment purposes. Surveillance equipment is to remain out of visual range of SCP-2974.\nDescription: SCP-2974 is the corpse of a male eastern fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus). It is 18.3 cm long, and appears to have died in the summer due to the breeding coloration on its sides and throat. It is currently animate due to an unidentified anomaly, despite having been unintentionally preserved \u2588\u2588 years ago by the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Company1.\nSCP-2974 does not appear to be hampered by its desiccation, and is capable of movement and activities with the same proficiency as non-anomalous fence lizards, including avoiding obstacles and hunting prey insects. It will ignore female lizards of the same species, and smaller or equal-sized lizards of different species, and attempt to hide from its native predators if one is placed near the terrarium. It displays typical territorial behavior when confronted with a male lizard of the same species. However, it will attempt to attack them even when control lizards do not register the presence of an intruder. The current theory is that SCP-2974 has anomalously heightened perception which allows it to sense other male eastern fence lizards through olfactory and visual barriers. It is currently unclear how SCP-2974 is able to behave as it does despite damage to its muscles and organs from being processed as trail mix.\nSCP-2974 reacts to video recording equipment as a control lizard would react to a predator, and will attempt to hide from visible cameras. As long as the cameras are not within visual range of it, it will not react to their presence. Other surveillance equipment, such as audio or infrared recording devices, do not cause SCP-2974 to react negatively.\nRecovery Log\nSCP-2974 was recovered in its current state after reports of a \"mummy lizard\" from the University of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 were investigated. Questioning of the involved students revealed that the anomaly was discovered in an on-campus vending machine in a bag of trail mix. Class-A amnestics were administered to the students involved, and VCR tapes2 labeled \"Night of the Mummy Lizard\" were seized and placed into storage. Analysis of the packaging revealed that it matched that of the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Company, located in Memphis, Tennessee. How SCP-2974 remained undiscovered during transit and stocking is uncertain; interviews with the drivers and workers involved revealed that none of them had noticed the presence of the lizard.\nAddendum A: On October \u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a fault in the heat lamp installed at the time caused the substrate within the terrarium to combust. While the fire was dealt with in a timely fashion, unfortunately SCP-2974 lost the lower portion of its right forelimb to fire damage. As a result, containment procedures for this object and other reptilian SCP objects were revised in light of the incident. Containment procedures for SCP-2974 will be adjusted in light of new discoveries regarding eastern fence lizard care from now on. SCP-2974 was relocated to Area-12 and placed under the purview of Doctor Jept.\nAddendum B: In light of SCP-2974's repeated attempts to function as a non-anomalous lizard despite missing its forelimb, a replacement forelimb has been constructed from plastic and a foam liner in order to prevent further damage to the object. The prosthetic is firmly attached to the object, and has been designed to not require additional maintenance beyond attachment.\n\nFootnotes\n1. A producer and supplier of trail mix snacks for vending machines. It has been defunct for \u2588\u2588 years as of the last update to this document.\n2. Video footage recovered is available to level 2 and above researchers on request.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2973 | SCP-2974 | SCP-2975 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2975\nObject Class: Neutralized\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The remains of SCP-2975 are monitored by Observation Post SYN-Alpha-019, staffed by members of Mobile Task Force Sigma-3 (\"Bibliographers\"). Any unusual activity is to be reported immediately to Site-19 Command.\nDescription: SCP-2975 is a demolished house on the outskirts of the city of [REDACTED], originally built over an extensive cave system, leading to a crevasse extending an unknown depth into the Earth's mantle. This crevasse is now inaccessible. It is unclear whether it has simply closed, or no longer exists.\nSCP-2975 was considered a historical landmark by the local community, which was aware of its anomalous status, and colloquially referred to it as a \"haunted house\" and \"The Memory House\". With a few exceptions, most members of the local community attempted to prevent the discovery or containment of SCP-2975.\nOn 03/06/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, a group called the Order of the White Sun attempted to use SCP-2975 as a ritual conduit to cause an XK-Class end of the world scenario. This was discovered by analysis of information patterns collated by Mobile Task Force Sigma-3.\nA series of localized CK-class reality shifts occurred during the operation to neutralize SCP-2975, obscuring the specific events which took place. However, the ritual event was terminated, and SCP-2975 was demolished by Mobile Task Force Psi-7 (\"Home Improvement\").\nNo anomalous activity has been recorded from SCP-2975 since \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nAddendum: SCP-2975 Partial Interview Logs [Post-SCP-2975 neutralization]\n\nInterview M. Donaldson Excerpt\n\nClose File\n\nInterview with Morgan Donaldson, community member local to SCP-2975. (Excerpt)\nMorgan Donaldson: Look, I'm not really comfortable speaking with Jailors, but [REDACTED] said I had to come and talk to you, so here I am.\nInterviewer: Thank you. I just have some questions about the House on Memory Lane, if you don't mind.\nMorgan Donaldson: The Memory House? The one your people blew up? A lot of us aren't happy about that, you know. I have to say, I agree with them.\nInterviewer: Can you elaborate?\nMorgan Donaldson: It was a center of our community.\nInterviewer: Well, I understand it did\u2026 er, eat people.\nMorgan Donaldson: Only the ones it was fed. Mostly. A few others, sure, but everyone should've known to stay away from that part of town after dark.\nInterviewer: What about people who didn't know about the house's\u2026 dangerous aspects?\nMorgan Donaldson: Who cares about them? They weren't from around here. Outsiders, like you people. This just goes towards the general decay of our society, you know. The Hand is going radical, and people in this community cast aside our traditions and betray us to you Jailors. [Shakes head] I don't mean to offend you, but it's just the way things are.\nInterviewer: I promise, the, uh, sect of Jailors we're part of, we work with local communities. We won't do anything to disrupt your community, I promise.\nMorgan Donaldson: You destroyed the Memory House. You imprisoned its caretakers. If that isn't disrupting our community, I don't know what is.\n\nInterviewer: Well, the House\u2026 was eating people, wasn't it? Or\u2026 being fed people, right?\nMorgan Donaldson: I told you. Only outsiders, only people who didn't matter. Not the people who can take care of themselves worth a damn. People die in the streets all the time, in cities all around the world, and no one cares.\n[Pause]\nMorgan Donaldson: Alright, sure, it shouldn't have been allowed to go on the way it did. Maybe we should've done something sooner. What do you want me to say?\nInterviewer: Doesn't it make a difference that the White Sun cult \u2014 the caretakers of the Memory House \u2014 that they were trying to end the world?\n\nMorgan Donaldson: Look, you're missing the point. Yes, the caretakers of the House went too far. But if you'd left it to us to handle, we could have found a solution. A better solution. We wouldn't have just razed a living historical icon to the ground. There had to be another way.\n\nClose File\n\nInterview D. Sawyer Excerpt\n\nClose File\n\nInterview with Danielle Sawyer, community member local to SCP-2975. (Excerpt)\nDanielle Sawyer: I admit, I didn't even know about the whole world-ending thing. I just thought this had gone on long enough. Something had to be done about that damn house, and that cult holed up there.\nInterviewer: And there was resistance to this?\nDanielle Sawyer: Oh, like you wouldn't believe. \"Oh, it's just our local people-eating haunted house. You know how it is, you just have to know when to avoid it. Oh, no, you can't tear it down, it's a traditional part of our community! That cult is a charming piece of local color! They've been here for generations, one of them's on the City Council, and isn't he nice and respectable? This is just a phase, usually they only sacrifice two or three homeless girls a year. Just give it some time!\"\n[Pause]\nDanielle Sawyer: Sometimes I just don't know what is wrong with people.\nInterviewer: How many people were involved in protecting the house?\nDanielle Sawyer: Well, if I'm being honest, we're all culpable. I grew up knowing about the house, of course. It only ate a few people a year. Most of them fed to it by the Order. People always said it was okay so long as you don't go to the wrong part of town, or went only with the protection of the White Sun cultists there.\n[Pause]\nDanielle Sawyer: There were a lot of people who found it fascinating, actually \u2014 it was something of a local attraction. People from all over the world came to observe it, and from some other worlds, too. They called it \"a symbiotic architectural hive-mind generally not observed in baseline realities.\" And the caves under it, \"a portal to the True Dream\", \"the Gate of Horn\", \"the Pit of Eternity\". I did a little reading on it as a kid, for a class report in high school. Never understood it as much as I pretended to, but I got an A, so hey.\n[Pause]\nDanielle Sawyer: Then the cultists started looking around for fresh sacrifices, I guess for the end-of-the-world thing people are talking about, and outsiders stopped coming to check it out, and a few less well-liked locals disappeared into the night over the course of a couple weeks\u2026 and people still made excuses, handed out more great advice. Jokes, like, just don't wear skimpy clothing, you know they like their sacrifices nubile. But seriously, don't go outside at night. Just keep your head down. And that's how it was. No one wanted to do anything at all. Even the ones who didn't like it, they said it wasn't really our business. No one wanted to be the one to make the first move.\nInterviewer: I see. What made you change your mind?\nDanielle Sawyer: Well, judge me if you like, but it was when I found out they were starting to target Mages. First it was some of the more otherworldly tourists, and then the particular townsfolk who started disappearing\u2026 I started noticing they were all people with magic in their blood. I'm not surprised, in retrospect, now that I know what the big ritual was. Rituals like that need magically rich fuel, so I'm told. I'm no Mage myself, but you know, I did have an aunt who was a witch\u2026 I started worrying about my own skin, I guess. If my aunt had magic in her blood, maybe I had a bit in it too. And maybe I'd be next.\n[Pause]\nDanielle Sawyer: So I'm not proud, but\u2026 that's when I knew I had to draw the line. That's when I started getting people together to destroy that House once and for all.\n[Pause]\nDanielle Sawyer: Anyway, I wasn't happy about calling in you Jailors. I don't trust the police and I don't trust you. But I had a friend who'd heard that there was a way to contact some friendly Jailors if you knew the right people, and then she told me she did know the right people, and\u2026 it seemed to be the only option we had left. You sure did get the job done. And I guess the world could've ended? So\u2026 I'm glad it didn't. Congratulations for all that, at least.\n[Pause]\nDanielle Sawyer: I'm glad the Memory House is gone. Still, though\u2026 I have to admit this town won't be the same without it.\n\nClose File\n\n== SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM REQUIRED SIGMA-3/ANOTHER-SUN ==\nThe following after-action report, recorded with the local Sigma-3 team leader, contains significant inconsistencies. Due to the unclear events of 03/06/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, involving several localized CK-class reality shifts, all inconsistent aspects of the reports have been included.\nSCP-2975 After Action Report\nPlease don't take my sunshine away.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2974 | SCP-2975 | SCP-2976 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2976\nObject Class: Safe\nSecure Containment Protocols: All known extant copies of SCP-2976 have been accounted for, and are held in Foundation custody at Site-\u2588\u2588\u2588. All copies are to be contained in standard, Safe-class containment lockers. All keys to the containment lockers are to be held by the current Research Lead, with duplicates on file with the current Head of Security.\nSCP-2976 is not to be opened, read, listened to or in any way have its contents perceived by any members of the Foundation above D-class. Experiments carried out with SCP-2976 are to take place in soundproofed rooms. Any copies, recordings, digital scans, or other reproductions of the SCP are to be destroyed immediately after use. Any Foundation employee who has been exposed to SCP-2976 is to immediately undergo administration of Class-C amnesics, to remove the detailed memory of the words they have been exposed to.\nAnyone exposed to SCP-2976 outside the Foundation, but who has not yet been infected, is to be administered Class-C amnesics, and any evidence of SCP-2976 is to be removed from their possession. The same process applies to anyone found to be in Stage 1 of infection. Anyone in Stage 2 or higher will be removed to Site-\u2588\u2588\u2588, to be dealt with on an individual basis. If infection is widespread, refer to Special Procedures B-14, in the addendum. Should an instance of SCP-2976 become infected by SCP-3317, emergency procedure 451-Mill is to be enacted.\nMTF Lambda-Beta, (\"The Bibiliophiles\") has set up agents to monitor estate sales, online forums, and used book stores for any copies of SCP-2976. MTF Lambda-Beta is currently headed by Special Agent Kailen O'Reilly. Please direct any information on instances of SCP-2976 not in custody to Agent O'Reilly, at \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588@\u2588\u2588\u2588.SCP. Do not attempt to secure the instance of SCP-2976, unless there is a danger of losing track of the item.\nInvestigation of SCP-2976 is undertaken by current Research Lead, Dr. Kenyana Ulaley. Any researchers seeking to test SCP-2976 are to provide Dr. Ulaley with a fully detailed plan of research, notarized by a minimum of two relevant members of Senior Staff.\nDescription: SCP-2976 is a book written by science-fiction writer Harold G. Talont, titled 'In the Hall of the Last King.' First published in 1932 by the now defunct science-fiction publisher 'Bewilder Books', the book describes protagonist Tom Johnson's 'exploration of a temple to strange gods, in darkest Africa.' The story is rife with the sexist, racist attitudes of the time, referring to the native Africans as 'savages' and introducing women to the story purely for the pleasure of the protagonist. The 'Hall of the Last King' is described in great detail, to the point that critics remarked it 'seemed to leap off the page.'\nReading SCP-2976, hearing it read (by human or electronic means), lip-reading someone else reading it, or in any other way being made to know the exact words of SCP-2976, may result in infection. Testing on D-class has proven that the presence of other infected, of any stage beyond Stage 1, may speed up the rate of infection and development of infection. Stage 2 infectees that spend substantial time together will increase the development of the infection by at least double, Stage 3 by at least triple, and Stage 4 infectees increase the development of the infection by ten times the normal rate. Merely being around other infectees is not enough to speed up infection; effort must be made to discuss SCP-2976. For this reason, infected are capable of increasing the development even if the time spent together is over the phone or internet. Summaries of the story do not result in infection. Infection is a multi-stage process, as follows.\nStage 1: During Stage 1, the infected becomes intrigued with the story, particularly with the 'Hall of the Last King.' Infected subjects become convinced the 'Hall' is based on a real place, and spend their leisure time attempting to find it, sketch it, or seek out others who may have information on it. Stage 1 infectees will often attempt to interest friends and loved ones in SCP-2976, to infect them as well. The advent of the internet has led to infected being easier to find, as regular web searches for 'Hall of the Last King' have turned up multiple Stage 1 infected. At this point in infection, class-C amnesics are enough to stop or reset the infection.\nStage 2: Subjects initial interest in SCP-2976 becomes more obvious. All free time not spent taking care of themselves or ensuring their survival in some way is spent in pursuit of the 'Hall.' Infectees will sometimes attempt to make copies of SCP-2976, or scan it and upload it to the internet. Subjects report vivid intense dreams of the 'Hall', which seems to reveal more and greater detail of the architecture. While not all infected see the same locations within the 'Hall', there is enough overlap between locations observed to provide a basic layout and floor plan. The 'Hall' as described displays repeated abnormal structuring, with the dimensions, details and architecture being non-Euclidean in nature. Walls become floors, stairs lead to nowhere, and average humans who study the drawings can't help but feel that something is fundamentally wrong with the pictures. There appears to be no underlying theme for the building, as modern, medieval, Oriental, Greek, and Arabic themes mix and mingle with no regard. See Addendum 12-C. At this point in infection, class B amnesics are enough to stop or reset the infection.\nStage 3: Within nine months of Stage 2 infection, subjects will fall into a coma for roughly 2 days. Upon awakening subjects claim that they were taken to the 'Hall of the Last King', where they were 'showered with earthly delights.' All subjects have used that exact phrasing, before going on to describe an excess of food, alcohol, drugs, and sexual activities with members of the appropriate sex. Infectees at this stage become obsessed in their pursuits, ignoring jobs and families to focus on both finding and fully describing the 'Hall.' It is at this point that many infectees seek the physical company of each other, in an attempt to get a complete lay out of the 'Hall.' At this point in infection, class A amnesics may stop the infection, but any exposure to SCP-2976 will result in immediate re-infection at Stage 3.\nStage 4: When 6 or more Stage 3 infectees gather together, they have a 50% chance of mutating to Stage 4, each day they spend together. Once at Stage 4, subjects begin attempting to build the 'Hall' in real life. This is referred to as SCP-2976-Beta. While this would normally seem to be impossible, subjects are observed engaging in minor reality alterations that allow them to warp building materials to fit. Time and space within any such created structures begin to warp, mostly to the benefit of those doing the building. There is no cure for Stage 4 infections, as amnesics have no effect. Stage 4 infectees cease eating, sleeping and anything beyond working on building SCP-2976-Beta. A Stage 4 infectee must be removed a minimum of 9 meters from the SCP-2976-Beta in order to even be terminated. If they are not terminated, subjects will continue to attempt to build SCP-2976-Beta, even in the absence of tools or materials. Subjects terminated less than 9 meters away from SCP-2976-Beta continue working, despite whatever bodily trauma may be applied, up to and including dismemberment. Subjects at Stage 4 may create Stage 2 infectees simply by talking to them.\nAs of Incident 5.7L, it is against Foundation policy to allow infected to progress to Stage 4 without permission from both the Head of Security and the Site Director.\nStage 5: The Emergence of the Last King. This event has only occurred twice as far as the Foundation is aware. The first occurrence, Incident 1.11d was what brought SCP-2976 to Foundation attention. The second incident, detailed in Incident 5.7L, was triggered by a previous lead researcher. A stage 5 infection results in all humans within SCP-2976-Beta, infected or not, merging into a singular being referred to as SCP-2976-Delta. More details on this in Incident 5.7L.\nHarold G. Talont was a prolific, but unsuccessful, writer in the early part of the 20th century. Between 1921 and 1928 he self-published 31 stories, the majority of which were in the 'gentleman adventurer' genre that was popular at the time. All of his books were widely panned by critics. In 1932, he wrote and paid to have SCP-2976 published. The publisher was a small, vanity press who seemed to have no idea what they were printing. SCP-2976 was seen as a major failure, and caused the publisher to go under. Mister Talont vanished after production and is presumed dead.\nSCP-2976 did not begin to exhibit anomalous activity until 11 years after it was published.\nAfter Incident 1.11d, MTF Lambda-Beta was formed to track down and contain all extant instances of SCP-2976. To this date, there have been 7 contained Stage 4 infections, 38 Stage 3 infections, and over a hundred combined Stage 1 and 2 infections. There has been only one Stage 5 infection outside of Foundation control.\nAddendum 12-C: [IMAGE FILE CORRUPTED]\nIncident 1.11d: On June 11, 1964, Foundation authorities were notified of a Keter class reality breach by agents stationed within the Chinese government. These agents reported that a branch of the government, known at the time as the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, had attempted to force what we now know as a Level 5 infection of SCP-2976. Their exact knowledge of SCP-2976 and how they discovered its anomalous effects was destroyed in the controlled nuclear detonation they used to prevent the spread of SCP-2976-Beta. The remaining members of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 submitted to Foundation authority, under section 5111.37 of the Belgium Treaty, and turned over all current instances of SCP-2976 in their possession, as well as what few notes remained.\nIncident 5.7L: On July 3rd, 1986, Research Lead Kent Hormen requested and was granted permission to create a controlled Stage 5 infection at Site-\u2588\u2588. Infection of SCP-2976 was limited to 14 D-class, confined to a single, hangar style containment cell. Subjects were all required to read SCP-2976 multiple times a day. Infection progressed from Stage 1 to Stage 4 within a span of six weeks.\nWhile subjects were originally provided with building supplies to construct SCP-2976-Beta, three days after Stage 4 infection began, subjects were observed to have access to unprovided materials, including rare metals and weapons. At this point, Research Lead Hormen attempted to shut down the experiment through the use of on-site security. Security was provided with sound bafflers to help avoid infection. Despite this, all members of security were infected at Stage 4 within 11 minutes of entering SCP-2976-Beta.\nSeven minutes later, all contact was lost with Site-\u2588\u2588. All recording and communication equipment ceased transmitting at the same time. The last transmissions showed nothing unusual, beyond further attempts to stop construction of SCP-2976-Beta\n31 minutes later, the site transmitted once, via electronic message, under the command code of Site Director James Julien. \u201cHe is come, crowned with fire. The Hall is made perfect through his presence. It is not enough. His anger is writ upon our flesh. He will leave. He has returned. Long live the Last King. All is found. We've stopped him. It will not last.\u201d Attached to the message was a blurry image of a humanoid figure, silhouetted by a bright light.\nRemote investigation of Site-\u2588\u2588 revealed the site to be empty of all life, human, SCP, and test animals. The base had been stripped bare, leaving only the walls intact. There was no sign of bloodshed. The containment cell that had originally held SCP-2976-Beta appeared to have suffered heat damage, the walls blackened with non-anomalous soot. Site-\u2588\u2588 was decommissioned and filled with cement.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2975 | SCP-2976 | SCP-2977 \u00bb"}
{"text": "An immature SCP-2977-1 instance. Estimated current depth is 1.7 km.\n\nItem #: SCP-2977\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Due to the unpredictability of the emergence of SCP-2977-2, SCP-2977 has been publicly designated as a critically endangered species and provided protection under the multilateral CITES treaty. Non-anomalous research data may be considered for public release at the discretion of the Lead Researcher.\nMobile Task Force Upsilon-7 (\"The Glass Jar\u201d) are to monitor international conservation groups for descriptions matching SCP-2977-1. MTF \u03d2-7 are to investigate possible instances, locate SCP-2977-2 using chemical pheromone tracking and ground-penetrating radar, and convert affected areas into Provisional Sites under the guise of preservation efforts.1 SCP-2977-2 must be located before full containment is enacted.\nDue to the extreme rarity of both SCP-2977-1 and SCP-2977-2, future excavation attempts must be approved by both the O5 Council and the current coordinator of Project Longfellow.\nDescription: SCP-2977 are a species of eusocial insect of the family Formicidae, commonly known as ants. SCP-2977 members are black in color and reach between 13 mm and 20 mm in length depending on caste. SCP-2977 are externally distinguishable from other Formicidae by their limited reproduction cycle and the characteristic \"rainbow\" or \"bullseye\" pattern of debris surrounding their colonies. SCP-2977 also cultivate unusual food species in underground reservoirs in a pattern of agriculture-like mutualism, including Amblyopsidae (Blind cave fish) and tardigrades.\nSCP-2977 colonies, designated SCP-2977-1, expand almost directly downward to extreme depths, rarely exceeding 1.5 m in diameter below the surface. SCP-2977-1 are known to extend below 15 km, the maximum depth currently attainable by Foundation technology. The concentric circle pattern of debris surrounding each SCP-2977-1 is created when SCP-2977 members bring excavated material from the deepest point in their colony to the surface, with deeper minerals forming new rings as older debris are pushed outward.\nSCP-2977-1 are considered \"mature\" when they reach an estimated final depth of \u2588\u2588 km and cease producing new debris. (A summary of minerals surrounding a \"mature\" instance is available in Addendum 2977-1.) Mature colonies produce nuptial flights of male and fertile queen SCP-2977 members in order to produce new SCP-2977-1. This occurrence is extremely infrequent, and has only been observed 16 times across all Sites since initial containment in 1914.\nSCP-2977 instances have not displayed digging capabilities superior to those of non-anomalous Formicidae. Based on observations of expanding debris patterns around multiple SCP-2977-1 over time, it is estimated that the time required for a new SCP-2977-1 instance to reach a \u201cmature\u201d depth is \u2588\u2588\u2588 years.\nSCP-2977-1 are always found in close proximity to a \u201csource\u201d colony, designated SCP-2977-2. SCP-2977-2 emerge sporadically in areas of high volcanic and tectonic activity, primarily in the Pacific \u201cRing of Fire\u201d. It is believed that SCP-2977-2 originate at an unknown depth and expand upwards until they break the surface, leaving only entry tunnels visible.\nUnlike typical SCP-2977 queens, queens emerging from SCP-2977-2 are wingless and reproduce by asexual parthenogenesis. SCP-2977-2 queens also display significant genetic aberrations from SCP-2977-1-produced queens. (Genetic analysis results are available in Document 2977-2.)\n\nAddendum 2977-1: Site-2977-\u03b1 Colony Debris Pattern\n\nInfographic available: Click to enlarge.\n\nThe following is a list of circular debris bands surrounding SCP-2977-1-\u03b1-05, a \"mature\" instance that has not produced new debris in over 40 years. The total diameter of the debris field is approximately 6.6 m.\n\nMaterial\nBand width\n\nEdge of debris field\n\nSoil/Quaternary deposits\n5 cm\n\nBasalt, sandstone, limestone, and shale bands appropriate to local geology\n5-10 cm, 1 m total\n\nGreen siltstone (Jurassic)\n5 cm\n\nDolomitic Conglomerate (Triassic)\n13 cm\n\nAnthracite (Paleozoic)\n24 cm\n\nGranite\n36 cm\n\nSolidified silicate magma, .5 mm spheres2\n40 cm\n\nSolidified andesitic magma, 1 mm spheres(See above)\n62 cm\n\nSolidified basaltic magma, .7 mm spheres(See above)\n38 cm\n\nDiamond\n5 cm\n\nPorcelain\n10 mm\n\nStainless steel\n2 cm\n\nSilicon3 interspersed with gold\n5 mm\n\nObsidian interspersed with palladium\n5 mm\n\nPowdered ivory4\n3 mm\n\nColony entrance\n\nAdditional SCP-2977 Documentation - Level 4 Access required\n\n- Please enter credentials\n\n- Access granted\n\nDocument SCP-2977-2: Genetic Variation in SCP-2977 Queens\nFrom: Dr. Alexandre Honor\u00e9, Lead Researcher, SCP-2977\nCC: Dr. Jennifer Torres, MTF Leader, \u03d2-7\nTo: O5 Command, Overwatch HQ\nThe limited reproduction rates of SCP-2977-1 and SCP-2977-2 have resulted in significant difficulty capturing queens for analysis. Still, a concentrated \u2588\u2588-year program has provided us with samples from all known sites, allowing us to successfully categorize genetic and physiological aberrations between various SCP-2977 queens.\nFirst, queens produced by SCP-2977-2 contain anomalously uniform noncoding DNA, with all DNA not absolutely essential to protein coding or biological function following a repeating GACTGACT pattern. Second, the RNA-mediated transcription and translation process in SCP-2977-2 queens is extremely efficient, but also extremely prone to mutation. Third, mutations expressed in noncoding DNA in any cell are uniformly replicated in all new DNA across the organism.\nQueens originating from \"mature\" SCP-2977-1 display more typical genetic diversity and DNA reproduction than SCP-2977-2 queens, although the nonessential noncoding DNA in SCP-2977-1 queens is vastly different between containment sites. Analysis of genetic differences between these queens suggests that specific genetic sequences are directly related to minute details of geography, climate, and even level of human interaction or observation.\nThe genetic plasticity of SCP-2977-2 queens and the level of detail reflected in queens from SCP-2977-1 suggest that SCP-2977 may serve as a novel, if inefficient, information storage and transportation system.\n\nDocument SCP-2977-Longfellow\nFrom: O5 Command, Overwatch HQ\nTo: All Level 3/Longfellow personnel\nCC: MTF \u03d2-7 personnel\nFor the purpose of developing a long-term containment policy, it is to be assumed that SCP-2977 is an engineered species used for surface reconnaissance by unknown deep-subterranean beings, likely SCP-2977-3. It has been determined by a 7-5 vote of the O5 Council that communication with any such inquisitive species is essential in order to prevent any more intrusive - and potentially geologically catastrophic - attempts to explore the surface.\nGiven the approximate 300 years it takes SCP-2977 to \"return\" from the surface, attempts to use genetically modified SCP-2977 as an extreme-long-delay communication system to establish contact with SCP-2977-3 have been approved within the mandate of Project Longfellow. Newly assigned SCP-2977 personnel should consult Document LF-1886: Introduction to Pan-Generational Research and Document LF-1947: Maintaining Continuity in the GigaYear Range for more information.\n- O5-7, -9, -3, -5, -8, -2, -11\n\nFootnotes\n1. Current research sites include Site-2977-\u03b1 (San Amaro Valley, California, US), Site-2977-\u03b2 (Ishikari Coast, Hokkaido, Japan), and Sector-2977-\u03b3 (Research colony cultivated at Site-104).\n2. It is believed that small amounts of magma cool into perfect spheres during transportation by SCP-2977 workers. It is unknown how SCP-2977 workers survive this process.\n3. Silicon in this layer meets the 99.9999999% purity standard necessary for microelectronic usage.\n4. DNA analysis suggests that this material originated from an unknown pseudo-mammalian species with similarities to Cetaceans (Whales, dolphins, porpoises), Manidaens (Pangolins), and Turbinellidae (Marine gastropods), tentatively designated SCP-2977-3.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2976 | SCP-2977 | SCP-2978 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2978\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-2978 are currently contained in Site-17, secured in a biometrically locked chamber. The containment chamber, and all SCP-2978 communities within, are to be observed at all times using high-speed HD camera surveillance and digital microscope systems. Access is limited to Level 2 staff.\nNo storage peripherals exceeding 128MB in size are to be inserted into any SCP-2978-A instance. Should populations of SCP-2978-B increase to over SCP-2978-A capacity, additional sections of compatible hardware are to be added to prevent overpopulation events.\nAddendum-2978-02: Following Test-2978-23, a second biometrically secured entrance has been added outside the primary containment cell. Additionally, no wireless networking peripherals are permitted for use with SCP-2978.\nDescription: SCP-2978 consists of two anomalies, SCP-2978-A and SCP-2978-B.\nSCP-2978-A is a collection of \u2588\u2588 anomalously modified Intel D945GCPE microATX motherboards normally found in Intel Pentium 4 Personal computers. Anomalous properties are only apparent when examined in close proximity. All components of the motherboards are modified to function as a miniaturized urban city environment.\nAll USB ports of SCP-2978-A were occupied by \u2588\u2588 [REDACTED] brand 256MB USB drives when recovered. These thumb drives have resisted all attempts at removal thus far (Number of thumb drives reduced to \u2588\u2588, see Event-2978-Beta).\nSCP-2978-B are a race of silicon-based, humanoid individuals measuring 400-500\u00b5m in height and weighing 50-80\u00b5g variably. All SCP-2978-B have a green skin tone with no visible hair; however, each individual has a unique physical appearance, behavior and personal life within the SCP-2978 community. SCP-2978-B emulate a human society, with technology analogous to the 1990's. Individuals use a modified version of English for communication and do not need sustenance.\nSCP-2978-B have a lifespan of approximately 90 hours (this includes: birth, schooling, careers, reproduction, family life and death). High-speed camera equipment is required to observe individuals' daily lives.\nSCP-2978-B seem incapable of perceiving humans, the exception being an individual named \"Our Father\" (hereafter referred to as POI-2978). SCP-2978-B can, however, be physically interacted with, causing various detrimental effects to their perceived normalcy. References to POI-2978 appear in media and religious depictions in SCP-2978 communities.\nOnce compatible hardware makes physical contact with an SCP-2978-A instance, it will be converted into an SCP-2978-A, by SCP-2978-B individuals, within 11 to 15 hours depending on complexity. Hardware manufactured after 20\u2588\u2588 does not seem to be affected by SCP-2978-A's modifications. Current theories are that SCP-2978 instances have a set software version, only updated by the creator of SCP-2978. This would have stopped after 20\u2588\u2588, the year of containment.\nAll communities are named \"Motherburg\", with the suffix \"V1.x\" added to each new iteration. On all SCP-2978-A instances, the following will be printed on an upright transistor, located near the edge of the motherboard: \"Welcome to Motherburg, Population:(variable)\". As of 04/10/20\u2588\u2588, \"Motherburg V1.\u2588\u2588\" is the last community to have been built.\nNo power source is utilized for the functioning of SCP-2978.\n\nReport on Event 2978-Beta\n\n-Report on Event 2978-Beta-\n\nOn 24/12/20\u2588\u2588 Junior Researcher Milborrow, was seen commencing daily observations. Of note, he had not informed staff that he had been experiencing a head lice infestation. After concluding observation, surveillance footage shows him scratching his scalp as he leaves containment. Digital microscope footage shows numerous SCP-2978-B individuals fleeing an area of SCP-2978-A-24.\nIntercepted media from SCP-2978 shows local news reporting the appearance of \"monsters\", encouraging community members to flee to SCP-2978-25. After moving the position of SCP-2978-24's digital microscope, 3 Pediculus humanus capitis (Head louse) are seen crossing the object's surface. 5 minutes after contact, all SCP-2978-B individuals have evacuated SCP-2978-24. Due to the unexpected nature of the event, numerous SCP-2978-A-25 structures served the secondary purpose of a makeshift dwelling. Researcher Eddleston expressed interest in the preceding events and obtained Site Director permission to continue observation.\nIn the following hour, the first increases in birthrates were observed, possibly caused by overcrowding. Neighboring SCP-2978 communities expressed disinterest in allowing the immigration of SCP-2978-B individuals. 2 hours after Event-2978-Beta began, living space had become a serious problem and births had increased further. Neighboring SCP-2978-A communities enacted border patrols which prevented immigration, causing hostility.\nAt the 4 hour mark, the lice, still present on SCP-2978-24, were seen behaving as typical to their species, with a single louse moving towards SCP-2978-25. No attempts of their removal had been made. Living space and resources had now become critical problems on SCP-2978-25, with rioting and violence becoming a common occurrence.\nAt this point, a small group of SCP-2978-B individuals was sent into SCP-2978-24. The group is seen moving towards the thumb drive on SCP-2978-24. After reaching their destination, 2 individuals are seen entering the storage peripheral. 3 seconds after entering, an explosion occurs in containment. The explosion obliterates SCP-2978-24 and damages 3 additional communities, causing \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 SCP-2978-B deaths. All head lice are destroyed in the explosion. Researcher Eddleston received minor trauma to the face and neck, caused by shrapnel.\nMass hysteria was observed following the event, during which 3 new motherboards were introduced to SCP-2978-A, for conversion. These new motherboards were placed in SCP-2978-24's former location and in close proximity of communities affected by the explosion. Conversion events occurred as per normal and repopulation proceeded smoothly over the following 12 hours. Prayers and offerings to POI-2978 increased exponentially over the following days, thanking them for the new dwellings.\nAfter the described events, it has been determined that all thumb drives have been modified with an explosive of unknown origin. These devices are most likely reserved for emergency situations and are not to be tampered with. Outside influence, resulting in mass panic, is therefore actively discouraged.\nContainment procedures have been updated.\n\nAttempts of communication with SCP-2978-B\n\n-Attempts of communication with SCP-2978-B-\n\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, researchers printed a microscopic message on a grain of rice. The message contained three questions. The responses were printed on a piece of prism-shaped silicon, placed near the rice grain. The responses were penned by the leader of SCP-2978-\u2588\u2588.\n\nQuestion\nAnswer\n\nWhen were you created?\nOh, Our Father, a joying occasion, Thyour words grace our optics. Thyou, All-knowing, must be testing us forsurely. For Thyou are the creator, we will respond to Thyour debug neverthelesser. I was borned on the 55th cycle in 245B8 during the second flash, but our worlds were borned when Thyour servants awoke, 245B8 switches ago.\n\nWho is your creator?\nMost Grace, having Thyou forgotten us? We know Thyou everycycle of everyswitch since our birth. Thyou are our creator, Our Father, Kinger of Kings, our reason for birth and death. Having Thyou come to take us all to The Version? Does our response be to Thyour satisfaction? It has been EF88 switches since your last debug. Why does Thyou communicate to us with this manner?\n\nWhat is your purpose?\nOur purpose, Greatest and Only, Is to live through Thyour word and be worthy for The Fatherboard, has the final switch come? Will our 2nd Version be realized? Is it now? For we will be ready.\n\nThe area where the grain of rice was placed was flooded with activity over the next few hours and has since become a place of religious significance to SCP-2978-B individuals, being the most visited of all SCP-2978-A locations. All communication has since been ceased.\n\nTranscript of Incident-2978-1 during Test-2978-23\n\n-Transcript of Incident-2978-1 during Test-2978-23-\n\nTranscript of Incident-2978-1 during Test-2978-23\nForeword: Researcher Eddleston is testing conversion of non-compatible hardware with SCP-2978-A.\n14/09/20\u2588\u2588\n18:47: Researcher Eddleston is seen inserting generic brand of mobile broadband modem into a USB port on SCP-2978-A-\u2588\u2588, the latest iteration. Tested USB port is noted to function as a bus station for SCP-2978-A.\n18:50: Researcher Eddleston finishes prepping of Test and leaves containment chamber.\n18:55: Microscopic imaging indicates increased movement of SCP-2978-B individuals in the area.\n19:41: No changes in mobile router. SCP-2978 media shows increased attention to the inserted router.\n19:59: First drastic changes in SCP-2978 stock exchange noted, with tech company \"MotherTech\" stock prices increasing by 1000%.\n16/09/20\u2588\u2588\n13:54: Unknown modifications appear on wireless router\n13:57: Attempt is made to contact Researcher Eddleston; he is unavailable but notified of progress. Telephone conversation indicates him ordering junior researchers to keep testing active until his arrival.\n14:32: Hundreds of SCP-2978-B individuals observed to enter tested USB port containing router.\n14:33: Junior Researcher Matthews enters containment, intending to halt current test.\n14:33: Wireless modem ejects from USB port, traveling at 18 km/h. Modem now referred to as SCP-2978-A-Alpha.\n14:34: SCP-2978-A-Alpha appears to be an aerial exploration vehicle piloted by SCP-2978-B individuals. Method of propulsion is unknown. It is observed by high-speed cameras, circling the containment area once and escaping containment.\n14:35: Containment breach alarm is activated. SCP-2978-A-Alpha is seen traveling at 20 km/h through site hallways.\n14:36: SCP-2978-A-Alpha is seen entering ventilation ducts.\n14:38: Visual contact with SCP-2978-A-Alpha is lost.\nSCP-2978-A-ALPHA's current whereabouts are unknown. Site-wide sweeps have been inconclusive. Disciplinary action has been taken against SCP-2978 research team. Researcher Eddleston has been reprimanded for his actions.\nA statement is observed on the now disused USB port, it reads: \"Our Fathers gift, a vessel for thyose brave enough to find Him and It, in life.\"\nContainment procedures updated\n\nSCP-2978 was found in the home of discredited bio-engineer Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 after a fire almost destroyed his residence. A total number of \u2588\u2588 SCP-2978-A instances were destroyed in the fire, with \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 SCP-2978-B deaths. SCP-2978 media covered the event for 3 months and a memorial plaque was erected on SCP-2978-A-1 by its community. Dr. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's current whereabouts are unknown.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2977 | SCP-2978 | SCP-2979 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2979\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2979's only remaining vector (SCP-2979-1) is to be kept in a secured containment locker at Site-162, placed within an opaque sleeve. Personnel are to avoid eye contact with SCP-2979-1. No photography or video is to be taken of SCP-2979 at any time. Eastwood Secondary School in Danvers, MA is to be watched for further anomalous activity until 01/01/17.\nPersons affected by SCP-2979 must be treated with Class-F amnestics within one month of exposure.\nDescription: SCP-2979 is an infohazardous memetic infection which occurs upon perceiving (directly or indirectly) the name \"Mr. [REDACTED]1\". Any individual who is made aware of said name will recognize it as the name of their secondary school physics teacher. Hosts will have nonsensical and often contradictory memories fabricated around this teacher to support their belief. Initially, this is the only noticeable effect of SCP-2979. However, the condition progressively worsens over time as the host's memories continue to be altered (or entirely replaced) to include Mr. [REDACTED].\nDue to the relationship between memory and personality, this consequently leads to a personality change within the host. The way in which this happens is unpredictable, and varies from person to person, but most subjects exhibit difficulty focusing and will over time become delusional and noticeably detached from reality. If left untreated, this leads to the restructuring of the affected person's subjective reality. The entirety of the process happens over the course of one month, after which the effects of SCP-2979 are irreversible.\nSCP-2979-1 is the only remaining vector for SCP-2979 infection, as all other instances of the name have been destroyed. SCP-2979-1 is a black room sign which was recovered from Eastwood Secondary School in Danvers, MA. The sign reads \"303B, Mr. [REDACTED]\" in white raised lettering. The sign itself has no inherent anomalous qualities other than those imposed on it by SCP-2979. It remains unclear if any individual of this name was ever employed at the high school, as records of his existence, while present, are unreliable due to its naturally infohazardous properties. The current working theory is that Eastwood Secondary School is the origin point of SCP-2979, as it is the only known location of an outbreak. Luckily, Foundation recovery teams were able to contain the threat before it spread beyond the school.\nOf note is that Mr. [REDACTED] himself, when described by infected individuals, appears fully aware that his identity is an infohazard. Interviews with people infected with SCP-2979 show that this fact causes Mr. [REDACTED] a great deal of emotional trauma.\nAddendum: Provided below is a series of interview excerpts between Dr. Holloway and D-10380. Please note that D-10380 dropped out of high school in 10th grade and has never attended a physics class. D-10380 was exposed to SCP-2979-1 2 weeks prior to the interview.\n\nInterview 10/17/15\n\nhide\n\nDr. Holloway: Can you elaborate a bit on what he2 was like in class? What were you saying earlier about memorization?\nD-10380: Ah, yeah. Well generally he only took me into class. Maybe it was because of all the fires he started, or how most of the other students were rambling and raving about how cool he was. Either way, it was an excuse to get some peace and quiet before the drive home. Because there was no space to talk to each other at home. He'd be there, but he'd never have time to get a word in between the creaking of the trees he planted and the sunshine seeping up through the carpet. He was usually good with home renovations but that one time he was sloppy. I mentioned we roomed together right?\nDr. Holloway: Yes. Do you by any chance remember specifically what he had you memorize?\n\nD-10380: Oh boy, that was a long time ago. Funny thing is I still remember it like it was yesterday3. He'd say \"repeat after me: Hey interviewer, I'm not sure if this will work but please help me. I'm on your side. I want this to stop.\"\nDr. Holloway: I see\u2026 and what made him say that?\nD-10380: He said it was to \"Get your attention. I'm trapped in here. I don't even know if I exist or not\". Something like that. He likes to speak in riddles sometimes, I dunno.\n\nInterview 10/19/15\n\nhide\n\nDr. Holloway: I'll remind you that we'll be referring to your physics teacher with pronouns only. Now please, is there anything unusual about his name? Something that strikes you as odd?\nD-10380: I guess I don't think about it much because I know the guy so well, but yeah. He's got that kind of name that swirls around your teeth when you say it.\nDr. Holloway: I don't understand.\nD-10380: Like, it's the sort of name that looks like it'll trip your tongue up in a million different ways until you actually try, and it just all falls into place and you can feel it vibrating in your bones. It's one of those names you have to hear or see in order to say in the first place, you know the ones. The kind of name nobody can just come up with on their own. I just don't understand why you don't want anyone to actually say it. I mean, that's breaking federal law.\nDr. Holloway: Excuse me?\nD-10380: Like, it's illegal to not say his name, right? Or are there exemptions? Oh! Yup, that's right. He told me once in class that it was only legal to not say his name during interviews. Yes, that's right. I don't know how I forgot. You're supposed to say his name when you greet people, though. It's always been like that, ever since graduation when they made us all run down the street. Good times. And it was only possible because of him and his valor during the harvest, even though he said it wasn't, all up on the podium with bags under his eyes going \"Bill, you're not a high school student and I'm not a high school teacher. For the love of God do not tell the interviewer my name\". But that was Mr. [REDACTED] for you.\nDr. Holloway: I suppose so. I know he'd always sing to himself around school wh-\nD-10380: No he didn't.\nDr. Holloway: Yeah he did. He'd sing that one song, \"Oh No There's Two of Them Now Please Make It Stop.\" Something like that. Really weird song, come to think of it.\nD-10380: Well, he did say that, but that was during class before the navy stormed in to give him his award.\nDr. Holloway: When did he get an award? That sounds kinda ridiculous. The guy was a physics teacher, not a war hero. He was just\u2026 um\u2026 oh, I guess he did say that he was, um\u2026 we had a conversation about infohazards once.\nD-10380: Okay, you lost me.\nDr. Holloway: He said he was one, and that the infection still hadn't gotten to my memories of 2979. We had this long talk about memory and\u2026\nDr. Holloway is silent for a moment, then reaches for a small intercom on the table in front of him and presses a button on it, alerting outside guards.\nDr. Holloway: Um, this is Holloway. I need amnestics.\n\nWhen he was retrieved, Dr. Holloway had no recollection of SCP-2979, and claimed it was a government conspiracy set up by the \"Anti-Medal Collaborative.\" Both he and D-10380 were treated with Class-F amnestics and made a full recovery over the course of the next few weeks.\n\nFootnotes\n1. This name is composed of symbolic characters not found in any known system of graphemes and- when spoken- is pronounced with a combination of phonemes not found in any known language.\n2. It had been agreed upon before the interview that Mr. [REDACTED] would only be referred to with pronouns. This was to avoid spread of SCP-2979.\n3. D-10380 was interviewed one day prior to this, in which he explained that students in his science class mocked Mr. [REDACTED] so much that he never had an opportunity to speak.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2978 | SCP-2979 | SCP-2980 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\nEat more of my SCPs. Eat them all.\nAlso please eat some of these\n\nAnabasis Hub Probably the greatest story involving a pair of redheaded siblings whose infighting causes the end of the world\nManna Charitable Foundation 2000 The sequel to the above, collaborationed with Dr Reach\nThe Stuff Industry What happens when everyone around you at work is a complete idiot and so are you, but not only does no one get fired, but you actually turn a profit? I don't know, some stuff.\nWhen MCF and Stuff happen A fun story of incompetence\n\n\n1/2981 LEVEL 1/2981\nCLASSIFIED\n\nItem #: SCP-2981\nObject Class: Safe\n\nSCP-2981 as photographed by a student prior to containment. Images do not carry SCP-2981's effects.\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2981 is to be contained at Site-19 in a freezer located in containment area 14A. To prevent spoilage, fresh mashed potatoes are to be placed in the freezer alongside SCP-2981. Following a period of 4 days, SCP-2981's container should be emptied of its contents and cleaned before replacement. Personnel carrying out this process are not allowed to leave the containment area with SCP-2981 and/or the mashed potatoes.\nDescription: SCP-2981 is a 4.8 kilogram mass of mashed potatoes displaying a cognitohazardous effect in which affected individuals1 perceive SCP-2981 as being a living person. When confronted by another individual on the subject of SCP-2981 in conversation or prolonged physical contact, this effect abruptly ceases its effect upon the affected individual and begins to affect the other individual2. This effect has not been observed affecting more than three individuals at a time.\nProximity3 of non-anomalous potatoes to SCP-2981 causes SCP-2981 to effectively spread, causing the potatoes to become a part of SCP-29814.\nDiscovery: SCP-2981 was first noticed on \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 University where missing person flyers were discovered around the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Campus, seeking out an individual named \"Alan \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\". No identifying information or photograph was attached. Campus security tracked the flyers to an assistant professor, Yuan \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Upon interview, Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 claimed to have no knowledge of an \"Alan \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\". Several days later, Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 contacted campus security, claiming to have located \"Alan's remains\". Security were directed to a lounge, and SCP-2981 was located and identified. Mrs. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 abruptly left the scene, leaving security to contact local police to report a potential homicide.\nOfficers on the scene could not find the alleged suspect, and a security guard, Mr. Shockley, took SCP-2981 with him home. At this point, SCP-2981 could not be accounted for until 19:00, at which point a student having dinner at the campus cafeteria was verbally assaulted by another student. The altercation led to the student, Ms. Payne, fleeing the scene with a bowl containing a new instance of SCP-2981.\nAt 03:06 the next day, Ms. Payne brought SCP-2981 to the clinic, claiming it to be \"unresponsive\" and \"bleeding profusely\". Ms. Payne had to be restrained as she became belligerent when separated from SCP-2981. SCP-2981 was then acquired by a nurse, who brought it to tend to a patient. Hospital staff questioned the nurse, Mr. Paulson, who maintained SCP-2981 to be a visiting friend, and apologized for allowing them to visit a patient. Mr. Paulson did not resist being separated from SCP-2981.\nAt 14:21, police were called to respond to a suspicious persons report filed by a patient, Ms. Joyce, who claimed SCP-2981 to be eavesdropping and spying on the woman as she changed. Officers on the scene identified SCP-2981 as [REDACTED] and placed it under arrest.\nThe incident was brought to the Foundation's attention following a brief altercation at the local police department which escalated into a pursuit on foot, as Officer \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Jackson made off with SCP-2981, believing it to be a cancer-stricken relative named \"Jean\". Officer Jackson made his way across campus, heading for the clinic, before losing consciousness and dropping SCP-2981. SCP-2981 was largely recovered intact.\nAs Officer Jackson retained SCP-2981's effects throughout the incident and his subsequent detention and interview by Foundation personnel, it was not initially believed to be a cognitohazard.\n\nTranscript of interview between Dr. Marlowe and Officer \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Jackson.\n\n<Begin Log 15 minutes in, 21:04:48>\nDr. Marlowe: How long did it take for you to realize they had taken \"Jean\" into custody?\nJackson: Right away. They were carrying her in, unconscious, said she was under arrest for potential homicide. I checked her pulse. She was bleeding, but still alive. I said she was unconscious and needed to get to a hospital. They didn't believe me, and one of the guys was saying she wasn't even human, but a big bowl of potato salad or something. Everyone was yelling, it was a madhouse.\nDr. Marlowe: And then what happened?\nJackson: She started moving. Officer \u2588\u2588\u2588 then stuck his fingers in her mouth, I don't know what he was thinking, so I shoved him aside. We got into a bit of a fight.\nDr. Marlowe: How many other officers were involved?\nJackson: Just us two. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 tried to break us up since he was close, but it was over before it got too vicious.\nDr. Marlowe: How'd it end?\nJackson: I just, I backed off. I mean, he's my friend, I wasn't gonna break his nose or anything. I didn't know what I was doing, so I just picked her up and left. I remember running and passing out, then you all got involved.\nDr. Marlowe: \"Her\" being Jean here?\nJackson: Yeah [Officer Jackson places a hand on SCP-2981] She's still dirty.\nDr. Marlowe: Can you tell me more about Jean? How you came to know her, what she's like, maybe how she could've ended up being accused of murder?\nJackson: I don't know how she ended up in cuffs\u2026 She's been on some meds for the past two years, maybe she was in some kind of fugue state. It wasn't looking good for a while. And \u2588\u2588\u2588, Jesus\u2026\nDr. Marlowe: What about Officer \u2588\u2588\u2588?\nJackson: I didn't mean to hit him. But like, as soon as I hit him, he exploded. Lost his shit. It was like I'd never seen him before in my life, like he was someone completely different in that moment. I was genuinely scared.\nDr. Marlowe: Was he threatening her?\nJackson: Who?\nDr. Marlowe: Jean.\nJackson: He was threatening me. Is he pressing charges, or something, is that why I'm here?\nDr. Marlowe: No, nothing like that, Officer Jackson. Once we've finished up here, you can work it out with Officer \u2588\u2588\u2588 and hopefully everything will be fine.\nJackson: Alright.\nDr. Marlowe: Dr. Watts?\nJackson: Huh?\nDr. Marlowe: Do you have anything to add?\nJackson: No.\nDr. Marlowe: What?\nJackson: You're asking me?\nDr. Marlowe: No, I was asking Dr. Watts.\nJackson: Who?\nDr. Marlowe: I'm sorry, Dr. Watts here has been logging our conversation, I was just wondering if she had anything else to add.\nJackson: There's no one else here. You mean the mashed potato bowl?\nDr. Marlowe: Mashed potatoes?\nJackson: I came in with this bowl of mashed potatoes.\nDr. Marlowe: [Following a long pause] Officer Jackson, I think we may have a problem here.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Testing has found this to affect 44.7% of individuals exposed to SCP-2981.\n2. This effect has taken between 15 minutes to 4 hours to occur.\n3. Estimated based on field reports and observations to be between 1 and 3 meters.\n4. Potatoes that are not mashed will begin to melt and rot if not properly preserved.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2980 | SCP-2981 | SCP-2982 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Televono Telefex Secrecy-8 Startup Screen\n\nItem #: SCP-2982\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2982 must be kept in a secure small item container. Telecommunication signals are to be inhibited as per Multiple Redundancy Procedure 023-Telexicon except when under test/exposure conditions, during which time Procedure 662-Dripfeed is to be followed.\nDescription: SCP-2982 is a mobile phone, make/model Televono Telefex Secrecy-8, running an unknown proprietary operating system with an unknown service provider. Televono is not a recognised manufacturer. No other instances of SCP-2982 are known of and the make/model has not been traced to any known organisation or concern.\nIt has the anomalous, autonomous ability to import a user's pre-existing contacts, including highly sensitive, secret information that only the contact may be aware of, and to make congruous changes to the real life contact based on changes made to the contact information on the phone.\nThe results include (but are not limited to) changes in:- eye colour, weight, sexual orientation, religious belief, mental wellbeing, quality/length of life.\nSCP-2982 came to the indirect attention of the Foundation following the monitoring of numerous trigger events (including suicides, suspicious accidental deaths and sudden onset personality changes) in the greater Beacon Hill area of San Antonio, Texas by Early Warning Unit Wormwood-33 in January 2015.\nThe common denominator was identified as Beacon Hill resident Harold Maine (also referred to as SCP-2982-01); however, Maine drowned in his toilet in an apparent freak accident on 2015-02-03 before Foundation personnel could make contact.\n.\n\n+ Anomaly Test Research Emails Sequence 3 suitable for Level 3 clearance and higher\n\n- Anomaly Test Research Emails Sequence 3\n\nDate: 2015-02-10\n\nTime: 11:57\n\nFrom: Subsite 23-Delta-K6 Chief Security Officer Frank Onegra\n\nTo: Subsite 23-Delta-K6 Lead Research Analyst Dr Marion Kelster\n\nSubject: Agent Paris (CPRD Amber-3CC) - observations and SCP-2982 testing to date\n\nMarion\nThis concerns me greatly. Last Tuesday, Agent Carol Paris misappropriated a phone during CPR at Harold Maine's home. She guessed the PIN number, searched the contacts, they were all hers. She says she \"freaked out\" and took the phone home. She confessed first thing this morning. I have a full statement on my desk.\nAccording to Paris, the phone contained secrets about all of her contacts, and I quote: \"Sexual orientation, paraphilias, criminal records, medical records, secret fears, desires, phobias, psychological problems, extramarital affairs.\"\nShe has no idea why Harold Maine had information on her friends, family and colleagues, how he came by this information (assuming it's authentic), or what he was planning to do with it. Obviously some of these will be Foundation personnel, so it's something we need to monitor closely. Preemptive Class D requisition approval is attached for Compulsory Consent Testing.\nParis has volunteered the PIN. It's in a separate encrypted email for security. Keep me informed,\nFrank\n\n.\n\nDate: 2015-02-10\n\nTime: 17:29\n\nFrom: Subsite 23-Delta-K6 Lead Research Analyst Dr Marion Kelster\n\nTo: Subsite 23-Delta-K6 Chief Security Officer Frank Onegra\n\nSubject: Agent Paris (CPRD Amber-3CC) - observations and SCP-2982 testing to date\n\nFrank\nInitial test results are in. Thanks for the PIN, but it wasn't required. All seven CCT subjects guessed it at the first attempt.\nAlso, the phone appears to autonomously import the contacts of whoever has the phone at the time. So Maine didn't have Paris' contacts after all, which is good news. This of course means we now have no idea how someone's darkest secrets get onto the phone in the first place, which isn't so good.\nMeanwhile, External Concerns are analysing Maine's diary, which we're hoping to cross-test over the coming days. Just listen to this:\n\nAugust 3rd: Got another subconscious text from Olivia Hulme. Husband beats her, eldest son is on drugs. I feel for her. She has no outlets for her anxiety. I'm changing her star sign to \"Self Harmer.\"\n\nOlivia Hulme was admitted to hospital on the 6th with eleven self-inflicted razor wounds to the arms. Also evidence of self-inflicted bruises, bite marks, and various deep scratches on her face and neck.\nThere were two hundred plus entries in his diary where he's changed some poor unfortunate's contact details. Orthodox jew into militant Islamist, right handed to left handed, deaf to blind, asian female to white male and so on. I believe he was using the phone for blackmail, and altering people if they didn't cooperate. And that would explain the $273,666 scattered around his home.\nWe've got a full list of Paris' contacts. Very bad news, Frank. She knows a lot of Level 3+ personnel across multiple sites. She even has Site Directors on her list, including our own. And she had seven days to change them in unknown ways, plus discover their innermost secrets. Not good for her, not good for us.\nThis means we also need to trace all personnel - no, anyone who might have handled it since Tuesday the third of February. Hopefully either yourself or Sandra Chaperone will have that logged.\nTesting continues, I'll keep you informed.\nDr M Kelster\n\n.\n\nDate: 2015-02-15\n\nTime: 17:56\n\nFrom: Subsite 23-Delta-K6 Lead Research Analyst Dr Marion Kelster\n\nTo: Subsite 23-Delta-K6 Chief Security Officer Frank Onegra\n\nSubject: RE: (Ex)Agent Paris - observations and SCP-2982 testing to date\n\nHi Frank\nTests confirm it. Changing the contact details changes the person. CCTS Golan's 'species' was changed to Patella vulgata - the common limpet - by another test subject.\nGolan displayed signs of extreme distress almost immediately. Physiological changes were complete within an hour.\nIt took a security detail three hours to pry him off the floor using crowbars. The mucus was everywhere. We're currently arranging suitable salt water containment. Sometimes the little things make you smile.\nOk now the bad news. Paris' father died this morning. Advanced bronchioloalveolar carcinoma. Standard Anomaly Signature Recog systems flagged it up - he'd been for a medical three days ago and he passed with A1 health. I spoke to Paris; she says she read his contact info - he'd been having an extramarital affair with another man. She couldn't bear to see the details. She deleted him that day. This would have been the 3rd. She did not take the news well.\nEighteen subsequent tests on CCT Group SCP-2982-A5 show that, in all cases, deletion equals death.\nFinally, testing on the physical structure of the phone itself commences on the 21st.\nAs always, I'll keep you in the loop re the current state of play.\nDr M Kelster\n\n.\n\n+ Email from David Runeberg to Frank Onegra For the eyes of Site Directors and above only\n\n- Extract: Email from David Runeberg to Frank Onegra\n\nDate: 2015-02-17\n\nFrom: Site Director David Runeberg\n\nTo: Subsite 23-Delta-K6 Chief Security Officer Frank Onegra\n\nCC: Site 23 Affiliated Field Operations Controller Sandra Chaperone\n\nSubject: Alexander Lazarus\n\nFrank\nSome bad news. Chief Global Suppression Manager Alexander Lazarus will be joining us on 2015-02-19 for two days. Be careful. He is both absolutely loyal to the Foundation and entirely dispassionate towards the humanity it protects.\nHe is to be given unhindered, solo access to both SCP-2982 and SCP-2982-02 (the former Agent Paris). Yes I know. I'll send you the full approval documentation tomorrow. Orders come from the O5 council. They're very very skittish about what she knows and what might get out. Also, nobody wants to wake up a different gender.\nKeep your head down, Frank. Do as he asks, smile and bow on your way out. Don't make trouble. Let me know how many times 662-Dripfeed is enacted while he's here, and for how long. A final heads up: they're going to \"decease\" her. It's in the approvals.\nKeep your head down and let's hope when this blows over we're both still here.\nSD David Runeberg\n\n.\n\n+ Addendum: Operation Aftermath.   For the eyes of Site Directors and above only.\n\n- Addendum: Operation Aftermath.\n\nOn 2015-02-19, at the insistence of CGSM Lazarus, all testing on SCP-2982 was discontinued, and further testing, research or evaluation was prohibited.\nOn 2015-02-23, Site Director Runeberg committed suicide. An encrypted email sent from his personal account to the Foundation SCO work email account read,\n\nChrist, Frank, what an unholy mess.\nCarol is dead. Yes Frank, first name terms. No point denying it now. Cause of death, stress cardiomyopathy, AKA \"Broken Heart Syndrome.\" Christ. We thought the \"deletion equals death\" anomaly was just for \"active\" deletions - you have the phone, you delete someone, they die. Turns out, when the phone swaps users, and it deletes all the previous contacts, these deletions also equal death. We didn't even consider that. She figured it out. The revelation broke her. Her family, her friends, her ex-colleagues, her children. All doomed the moment the next person picked up the phone. Christ.\nThank you for the breach report. It's not proven but I think we both know Lazarus has the phone now - he interviewed Carol for six hours. He had sole access to both. I am truly sorry, Frank. You're blameless, at least. Just following orders. Under the circumstances I won't bother with an official response.\n\nAnd that leads me onto the real reason for this email.\nI can no longer live, Frank. I have to go.\nI discovered a lump on my cheek over breakfast. For the last twelve hours I've traced its blossoming, crawling trail from face to throat, chest, armpit, stomach, back and groin. It hurts. Lazarus wants me to beg him for clemency. Not going to happen. Make sure a CPRD gets to me before anyone else does. Don't let my family find me first. I'll be in the bathtub, maybe I'll listen to the Beatles on the way out.\nLazarus knows a lot of high-level people, Frank. Their secrets, and their lives, are at risk. I don't know whether he's doing this for them or himself, or some other force. Maybe there's another phone out there and someone overtyped \"loyal friend\" with \"traitor.\" I don't know. It's time to go, Frank. With true regret I leave you to face the howling, all-consuming darkness of the coming storm. It has already claimed me, my friend.\nTake care,\nDavid\n\n.\nCurrent Situation: Current location of SCP-2982 and Alexander Lazarus is unknown. Locating same is of paramount importance and Operation Blank Cheque is in place to facilitate this.\n\nOn 2015-03-03, O5 council member 07 received a 43-second anomalous video message which showed her sleeping in bed, with Lazarus standing naked over her. This is proof positive that Lazarus is now actively using SCP-2982, reasons unknown.\n\nSCP-2982 was misappropriated with only 37% of Core 1/contact tests completed, and 0% of Core 2/Structure tests complete. Conclusions: The Foundation cannot confirm the full extent of the anomalous properties of SCP-2982.\n\nCommunications have been sent to all staff to report any suspicious telecommunications-based behaviour from any source to line management immediately; under no circumstances are they to delete any phone contacts without Site Director clearance.\n\nSurviving contacts of all instances continue to be monitored via Anomalous Signature Recognition operations.\n\nAs of 2015-03-07, all contacts mentioned in SCP-2982-01's notes have died.\n\nAs of 2015-03-08, 67 of SCP-2982-02's contacts have died, including its two children Ellen (age 12) and Sarah (age 8).\n\nAt 19:41 on 2015-03-11, Subsite 23-Delta-K6 Chief Security Officer Frank Onegra stepped out in front of a moving truck and was killed instantly. An examination of his browsing history at work and on his private laptop at his residential property revealed 49 separate searches that day for the phrase \"Locked-In Syndrome.\"\n\n.\n\n+ Implications and Failovers - Level 4 and above only\n\n- I'm sorry, I can't let you have this information\n\nFile 2982-012-Demigogue-089: Current Location of [DATA EXPUNGED]\nFile 2982-388-Casbah-113: Possible Transmutation of Televon Telefex Secrecy-8 into [DATA EXPUNGED]\nFile 2982-388-Casbah-267: Global Consequences - Short Term [DATA EXPUNGED]\nFile 2982-393-Casbah-942: Global Consequences - Mid/Long Term Strategy [DATA EXPUNGED]\nFile 2982-678-Mycete-001: External Power Shifts: Organic and [DATA EXPUNGED]\nFile 2982-678-Patriciate-023: Threats to Internal Paradigm [DATA EXPUNGED]\nFile 2982-860-Paronym-111: Failover/Total Site Loss Revision [DATA EXPUNGED]\n\nBehold, he cometh with clouds;\nAnd every eye shall see him,\nAnd they also which pierced him;\nAnd all kindreds of the earth\nShall wail because of him.\n.\nApologies for the overblown religious clich\u00e9. I know it's overdone but it somehow seems appropriate, and will become more so over time.\nA L\n\n.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2981 | SCP-2982 | SCP-2983 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\n\nMore by DarkStuff~!\n\nIndependent SCPs\n\nSCP\nTitle\n\nSCP-445-EX\nThe Word of the Day is Hope\n\nSCP-2728\nOn the Barcelona Skyline\n\nSCP-2729\nWhat is it Good For?\n\nSCP-3018\nFrance & the Tale of the Well-Intentioned Understudies\n\nSCP-3465\nBetter Safe Than Sorry\n\nSCP-3466\nOnly Birdbrains Live the American Dream\n\nSCP-4006\n#MassaTruthetts\n\nSCP-4455\nIn Short\u2026\n\nSCP-4465\nNo Man is an Island\n\nSCP-4466\nWhy the Long Face?\n\nSCP-4467\nOh, I Get It Now\n\nCo-Authored SCPs\n\nSCP\nTitle\nCo-Author\n\nSCP-1549\nIn Absence of a Perfect Medium\nBillith\n\nSCP-2983\nChoco-Wonder Explosion Marshmallow Bites!\u2122 by Dr. Wondertainment\nUncle Nicolini\n\nSCP-3379\nD-11424 & the Arctic Meat Hole of Infinite Wonders\nWeryllium\n\nSCP-3482\nNature Versus Naturalization\nRoget\n\nSCP-3633\nI'm Right Behind Me\nCaptain Kirby\n\nSCP-3713\nAll the World's a Stage\nVaraxous\n\nSCP-4029\nToo Many Legs to be Going Nowhere\nMaliceAforethought\n\nVend-a-Friend\n\nChapter\nTitle\n\nAct I\n\nChapter 1\nWe Just Make Toys\n\nChapter 2\nTo Think I've Spent My Whole Life Waiting\n\nChapter 3\nI Don't Get It, I Functioned Before\n\nChapter 4\nYou Can't Win Them All\n\nChapter 5\nBe Strange or Be Forgotten\n\nAct II\n\nChapter 6\nSometimes the Best Intentions are in Need of Redemption\n\nChapter 7\nLife's a Show\n\nChapter 8\n...And I'm the Star!\n\nChapter 9\nBack in Habit\n\nChapter 10\nPepper's Lament\n\nChapter 11\nSouls & Somas\n\nChapter 12\nDeceptive Cadence\n\nAct III\n\nChapter 13\nAnd I Think To Myself...\n\nChapter 14\nEverything Will Be Okay\n\nChapter 15\nHolding an Umbrella but the Sun's Still Shining\n\nAscension\n\nChapter\nTitle\n\nChapter 1\nSometimes I Wish This Moment Could Last Forever\n\nChapter 2\nWaiting on the Good Times\n\nChapter 3\nForever Young\n\nChapter 4\nWe Didn't Do This For Nothing\n\nChapter 5\nURA-1902 aka The Missing Link\n\nChapter 6\nThe Consequences of a Deep, Dark Disassociation\n\nChapter 7\nThe Call to Action (for a Modern Audience)\n\nChapter 8\nThe Elusive Mx. LaFerrier\n\nChapter 9\nIt Feels Like I Only Go Backwards\n\nChapter 10\nAlong for the Ride\n\nChapter 11\nA Hole in the Tapestry\n\nChapter 12\nXXXXX\n\nChapter 13\nIndustrial\n\nChapter 14\nDancing with Rachael\n\nChapter 15\nAscension\n\nEpilogue\nA World Unto Yourself\n\nCollaboration Contest Entries w/ Ellie\n\nMake America Normaler\n\nOff the Hook\n\nMisc. Tales\n\nCornelius the Collector\n\nCurtain Call\n\nThe Really Really Real Adventures in Capitalism\n\nI've Been Through the Desert on a Horse with No Name\n\nOn the Radar for the miniseries The Ursus Maritimus Incident\n\nGroup of Interest / Canon Hubs\n\nHub\nNotes\n\nDr. Wondertainment Hub\nMade w/ taylor_itkin does not match any existing user name\n\nWhat a Wonderful World Hub\nMade w/ help from Uncle Nicolini, a canon sprouted from Vend-a-Friend!\n\nWilson's Wildlife Solutions Hub\nMy pride and joy, my very own Group of Interest\n\n\nItem #: SCP-2983\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Grocers in Europe are to be monitored for SCP-2983 products. Foundation web crawlers are to monitor for mentions of SCP-2983 online. Any suspected SCP-2983 instances are to be tracked down and retrieved. Once secured, all instances of SCP-2983 are to be cataloged and stored in Site-55's low-risk item storage. Excess and expired instances are to be incinerated.\nDescription: SCP-2983 is a chocolate flavored, rice-based cereal with dehydrated marshmallows named \"Judy's Choco-Wonder Explosion Marshmallow Bites!\u2122\" and labeled under the Dr. Wondertainment (GoI-386) brand. The box of the product depicts a humanoid female with an unusually large tongue1 outstretching her arms and looking up at an arc made of six unique marshmallow shapes. The nutritional information listed on the side of the box claims its contents possess high levels of nutrients not typically found in cereals such as Omega 32 and Vitamin B3 while possessing low-Calorie counts and low sugar, fat, and carbohydrates. This conflicts with the known nutritional value of the listed ingredients, such as eggs, sugar, chocolate, corn syrup, and cornstarch.\nWhen a quantity of milk exceeding 227 grams is poured into a bowl containing SCP-2983, the marshmallows will animate and vocalize. The marshmallows will sing a song typically regarding the importance of proper dental hygiene, exercise, and consuming a balanced diet before ceasing further anomalous behavior. Subjects under the age of 12 regularly claim SCP-2983 to be \"yummy\" and \"the best cereal ever\". However, when consumed by subjects over the age of 12, SCP-2983 is reported to taste similar to unsweetened oatmeal.\nSCP-2983 manifests with no discernible pattern in supermarkets across western Europe without traceable origin. SCP-2983 can also be purchased at Wondertainment's online store, \"wondertainment.\u2588\u2588\u2588\"4, specifically under the URL \"sweets.wondertainment.\u2588\u2588\u2588/choco-wonder\".\nBelow is a table detailing the shapes and nutritional properties of the marshmallows in SCP-2983.\n\nShape\nNotes\n\nFish\nContains high amounts of Omega 3 and has been noted to swim during performances. Sings in a bass voice.\n\nCrescent Moon\nContains high mineral concentration of calcium and magnesium. Sings in a baritone voice.\n\nTrumpet\nContains the highest mineral concentration of SCP-2983. Sings in a tenor voice.\n\nSkull\nContains high levels of calcium and vitamin D3. Sings in a countertenor voice.\n\nCandy\nIs noted to be the sweetest tasting of the marshmallows. Sings in a soprano voice.\n\nCircle\nThe marshmallow is invisible5, rendering research into its properties difficult. Sings in a tenor voice.\n\n+ Open Addendum 7/18/2002\n\n- Close Document\n\nOn 7/01/2002, the following message was posted at the bottom of the SCP-2983 vendor page.\n\nPRIZE INPUT:\nFor your chance to win an extra special Wondertainment prize, input your code (that you can find on the inside of every cereal box!) into the bar below:\n\nGood luck!!\n\nNote: Only someone over 18 years of age may accept a Wondertainment special prize. Make sure to tell your parents if you are participating in our giveaway!\n\nFollowing this change, SCP-2983 boxes began to include codes on their insides. Codes were six characters long but included esoteric symbols which were unable to be typed unless they had previously been observed (identified as common Shibboleth Runes). This rendered bot-enabled code-inputting impossible, leaving only the option to purchase SCP-2983 to test codes. Researcher May Waters was tasked with cataloging and inputting codes.\nDue to the uncertainty of the \"prize\" advertised on the vendor page, the SCP-2983 research team has been allotted a budgetary increase of $20,000.\n\nEDIT 11/12/2002: Following an increase of manifestations within grocers in Germany and Austria, Head Researcher May Waters pushed for, and was later granted, a budgetary increase of $100,000 at the discretion of Site-55's Budgetary Committee.\n\nEDIT 12/27/2002: Manifestations of SCP-2983 have been confirmed in France, Belgium, and Italy. The increase of manifestations has necessitated a budgetary increase of $900,000. Further budgetary increases are subject to O5 Council approval.\n\nEDIT 01/08/2003: Reports of SCP-2983 manifestations throughout most of Europe, the British Isles, and Northern Africa have been confirmed by Foundation field agents. Reclassification to Keter is currently pending.\n\n- Close Document\n\n+ Open Addendum 2/27/2003\n\n- Close Document\n\nOn 2/18/2003, the following message was posted at the top of the SCP-2983 vendor page.\n\nWowwee!!\nWe here at Wonder World\u2122 are just so delighted that you're delighted by Judy's Choco-Wonder Explosion Marshmallow Bites!\u2122 We had to work through several Snoozedays just to meet demands, but never fear, now that we've expanded our Sweets & Consumables Department we'll be able to pump out more of Judy's Choco-Wonder Explosion Marshmallow Bites!\u2122, as well as what we hope will become some new favorites. That's right! We're bringing you not one, not two, but three new lines of cereal!\nThat being said, say hello to the new line of Dr. Wondertainment Cereals!\n1. Judy's Fruity-Yummy Tropical Paradise Delights!\u2122\n2. Judy's Peanut Butter Brownie Crisps!\u2122\n3 Judy's Honey Graham Bee-Licious Bites!\u2122\nEach will, of course, come with its own unique singing marshmallows plus song, and not only that, but also its own code and special prize!! Whoever gets all the special prizes may even get a\u2026.\nsuper-ultra-mega prize!!!\nYour friend,\nDr. H.L. Wondertainment\n\nFollowing the appearance of this announcement, the new variations of SCP-2983 became commercially available. An O5 Council meeting was held to vote on the allocation of additional funds to SCP-2983 research team, based on the possibility of the anomaly becoming easily obtainable by civilians, as well as the uncertainty of the contents of said \"prizes\".\nThe following document details an O5 meeting report regarding SCP-2983.\n\nO5 COUNCIL PROPOSAL SUMMARY\nPROPOSAL:\n \"Allot a budgetary increase of 120 million USD to the SCP-2983 acquisition team at the request of Researcher Waters.\"\nCOUNCIL VOTE SUMMARY:\n\nYEA\nNAY\nABSTAIN\n\nO5-03\nO5-01\nO5-11\n\nO5-05\nO5-02\nO5-12\n\nO5-06\nO5-04\n\nO5-07\nO5-08\n\nO5-10\nO5-09\n\nO5-13\n\nSTATUS\n\nAPPROVED\n\nNOTES:\n  The importance of acquiring the advertised prizes on SCP-2983 is currently considered a Code Orange Foundation priority. SCP-2983 has been reclassified as Keter.\n\n- Close Document\n\n+ Open Addendum 4/28/2003\n\n- Close Document\n\nOver several months, Head Researcher May Waters acquired SCP-2983 associated prizes. Researcher May Waters would receive an email (despite never having entered an email into \"wondertainment.\u2588\u2588\u2588\") for each prize, and then have said prize materialize in her lap at the next convenient moment. Below is a list of acquired prizes:\n\nItem #\nAcquired\nDescription\n\nAO-4002\n3/02/2003\nA toy whose function is antimemetic. Came with a note that read \"A toy you can't fully remember? Now you can experience it like it's the first time, every time!\"\n\nAO-4003\n3/24/2003\nA box that holds a seemingly infinite number of trivia cards with the label \"Dr. Wondertainment's Truth or False\".\n\nAO-4004\n4/01/2003\nA plastic potato that becomes hot in contact with human skin. Notably, AO-4004 is unable to cause burns even when its heat would normally. Came with a note that read \"Just when you think this potato's calmed down, this steamy starchy spud will surprise you by being not cool yet!\"\n\nAO-4005\n4/10/2003\nA wind-up chomping teeth toy that will \"eat\" any toy (plastic) food placed in its path. Labelled \"Chuck Chatter's Chilling Chomps!\"\n\n- Close Document\n\n_\n\n+ Open Addendum 5/24/2003 And Arrival of SCP-2983 Prizes- Close Document\n\nOn 4/10/2003, Researcher Waters received an email confirming that she had won the final prize (associated with \"Judy's Peanut Butter Brownie Crisps!\u2122\"). The email was immediately followed by a second email, confirming that May Waters was in possession of all the SCP-2983 associated prizes and that the \"super-ultra-mega prize\" would arrive in 3-5 business days.\nUpon receiving said email, Researcher May Waters purposefully isolated herself within a standard humanoid containment chamber, instructing Site staff to treat her as an anomalous humanoid until the prize had arrived, and to then approach the prize with caution and take it into testing.\nOn 4/16/2003, a cylindrical container, encased in purple and yellow wrapping paper and ribbons, materialized in Researcher Waters' lap. The \"prize\" was designated URA-5350. No memetic, antimemetic, or cognitohazardous properties were discovered by Researcher Waters nor by Neuro-Sims within the containment chamber. Researcher May Waters was instructed to open URA-5350 by Dr. Everwood. No anomalous effects were reported.\nAfter further testing revealed no further anomalous properties, URA-5350 (now AO-4006) was scheduled for neutralization. However, Researcher Waters professed the wish to hang AO-4006 inside her office. After a final inspection confirmed no further anomalous properties, Researcher Waters was allowed to keep AO-4006. As of 5/23/2003, SCP-2983's research budget has been reduced by 75%.\nTo date, no SCP-2983 instances have indicated further prize giveaways. SCP-2983 has been reclassified as Safe.\n\n_\n\n+ Anomalous Object 4006- Accessing file...\n\nItem #: AO-4006\nItem Description: A poster, depicting the GoI-386 associated anomalous musical performance group \"The Little Misters\". PoI-386-1022, \"Judy\", is also present and is posing with the band.\nDate of Recovery: 4/16/2003\nLocation of Recovery: Site-55, Massachusetts\nCurrent Status: Kept in Researcher May Water's office.\nNotes: The poster has a message written in black permanent marker on the back, addressed to Researcher May. The text has been transcribed below:\n\n\u3000\u3000\u3000May,\n\u3000\u3000\u3000The space on the back of this poster is not large enough to tell you how much you mean to me. I've never met you, but I feel like we know each other, in some cosmic sort of way. I never expected anyone could have ever bought so much cereal, but your brand-loyalty has been nothing short of a spectacle.\n\u3000\u3000\u3000I can only reasonably come to the conclusion that you are a philanthropist who knows of the plight of the Candy Catalysts, and have been spending vast amounts of money to help us out of the rut we've been in for decades. I'm sorry if a simple poster is too small a gift from me to you, as I would imagine it would feel like. But I assure you that your contributions have been more than just noticed.\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\"May Waters, 2nd Founder of the Sweets & Consumables Department\"\n\u3000\u3000\u3000Look for your name on some upcoming products, and I hope to meet you in person one day.\n\u3000\u3000\u3000Your secret admirer,\n\u3000\u3000\u3000Judy the Tongue \u2764\n\nFootnotes\n1. Now designated PoI-386-1022.\n2. A nutrient typically only commonly found in fish.\n3. A nutrient typically found in pork and poultry.\n4. This website is unreachable from most conventional web browsers (notably Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Safari, Mozilla Firefox, and more), and thus suppression of knowledge is considered a Code Green.\n5. Corresponding symbol on the box is a dotted outline of a circle.\n\nMore From This Author\n\nMore From This Author\n\nUncle Nicolini's Works\n\nSCPs\n\nSCP-4934 \u2022\n\nSCP-3803 \u2022\n\nSCP-6467 \u2022\n\nSCP-4726 \u2022\n\nSCP-7727 \u2022\n\nSCP-3874 \u2022\n\nSCP-ES-101-J \u2022\n\nSCP-3923 \u2022\n\nSCP-3879 \u2022\n\nSCP-7266 \u2022\n\nSCP-PL-274 \u2022\n\nSCP-6512 \u2022\n\nSCP-4046 \u2022\n\nSCP-4176 \u2022\n\nSCP-5047 \u2022\n\nTales/GoI Formats\n\nNico's Proposal \u2022\n\nDr. Cimmerian Hits Reply All \u2022\n\nMarw (The Reincarnated One) \u2022\n\nGluttony Is Impossible \u2022\n\nSeven Days With Mr. Fish \u2022\n\nProject Proposal 2018-145: \"a man's duty\" \u2022\n\nProject Koza, 1942 \u2022\n\nDark was the night, cold was the ground. \u2022\n\nLife Insurance Policy \u2022\n\nMasquerade's End \u2022\n\nClassy Carlos Goes To Therapy \u2022\n\nBefore the Storm \u2022\n\nGRANT REQUEST FOR THE RE-CREATION OF AN ADVANCED POSTMORTEM NEURAL PRESERVATION SYSTEM \u2022\n\nAce Of Hearts \u2022\n\nParawatch Intro Thread \u2022\n\nOther\n\nOde To The Unknown Author \u2022\n\nuncle nicolini author page \u2022\n\nSciptember 2022 Art Highlights \u2022\n\n\u00ab SCP-2982 | SCP-2983 | SCP-2984 \u00bb"}
{"text": "\nclose\n\nInfo\n\nX\nEat more of my SCPs. Eat them all.\nAlso please eat some of these\n\nAnabasis Hub Probably the greatest story involving a pair of redheaded siblings whose infighting causes the end of the world\nManna Charitable Foundation 2000 The sequel to the above, collaborationed with Dr Reach\nThe Stuff Industry What happens when everyone around you at work is a complete idiot and so are you, but not only does no one get fired, but you actually turn a profit? I don't know, some stuff.\nWhen MCF and Stuff happen A fun story of incompetence\n\n\n1/2984 LEVEL 1/2984\nCLASSIFIED\n\nItem #: SCP-2984\nObject Class: Euclid\n\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Subject is contained in a fire-proof animal chamber modified for ventilation in the Site-115 Annex. Smoke generated by SCP-2984 is filtered and released via a chimney included in Site-115 Annex's guise as a water treatment facility.\nSubject is to be fed fruits, nuts, and vegetables delivered via an automated delivery system. Food is to be kept soaked in water and placed in specially designed carbon fiber containers. Subject will return containers to delivery system when finished.\nPhysical interaction between SCP-2984 and resident primatologists Drs. Aslam and Gupta are to be monitored, with security and rescue personnel on standby in the event the subject damages either individual's fire proximity suits or if they are in any other way incapacitated due to extreme heat or dehydration. These interactions are subject to termination at any moment.\nAll decor and material that has sustained significant fire damage is to be replaced at the end of each day.\nDescription: SCP-2984 is a female Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) entirely consumed in fire. Despite this, SCP-2984 is apparently alive and healthy and shows no sign of damage or ill health as a result of burns or smoke inhalation. The fire engulfing the subject can be spread and can be extinguished normally, although the subject will instantaneously reignite unless fully submerged in water.\nSCP-2984 was discovered following a fire near \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Malaysia. Locals described witnessing the subject apparently attempting to escape the fire, while they made attempts to extinguish the subject. Subject became agitated and began to roam aimlessly through the village, leaving behind embers and soot (later determined to be fecal droppings and hair follicles) before being frightened off by the villagers.\nContinued sightings by fire and rescue personnel led the Foundation to track and contain the subject. While in custody, personnel in fire proximity suits attempted to calm the subject with offerings of figs. The subject relaxed and examined the food from a distance, before consuming the figs all at once. Primatologist Dr. Gupta was present to oversee transport of SCP-2984 in a flame-resistant container partially filled with water. 5 personnel sustained minor injury, including minor burns and abrasions, in the attempt to escort the subject into the container.\nSubject's behavior is non-anomalous, though it had adopted certain behaviors and routines apparently learned to avoid damaging its food or surroundings. The subject's senses appear unaffected by the fire or smoke.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2983 | SCP-2984 | SCP-2985 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2985\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2985-6 is to be stored in a standard safe-class item locker. Other instances of SCP-2985 are to be stored in a climate-controlled vault, with humidity between 45 and 55% and air temperature between 19 and 21 degrees Celsius. Access to SCP-2985 instances is permitted to personnel with clearance Level 2 and above.\nAnomalous and non-anomalous art shows are to be monitored for appearances of POI-2985 \"Adrian Baudin\".\nDescription: SCP-2985-1 through SCP-2985-5 are forgeries of several different well-known paintings. SCP-2985 instances resemble the original paintings to an anomalous degree of accuracy; with few exceptions, these SCP-2985 instances possess strokes, colors, and textures indistinguishable from the originals to a microscopic level. Instances vary from originals in two ways: indicators of general wear and tear, and chemical compositions of paints which both indicate that SCP-2985 instances were created recently. The painting each instance resembles is as follows:\n\nInstance\nBase Painting\n\nSCP-2985-1\n\"Red Boats, Argenteuil\", Claude Monet\n\nSCP-2985-2\n\"The Four Trees\", Claude Monet\n\nSCP-2985-3\n\"Irises\", Vincent Van Gogh\n\nSCP-2985-4\n\"The 2,000 Yard Stare\", Thomas Lea\n\nSCP-2985-5\n\"Don Quixote and Sancho Panza\", Honore Daumier\n\nShow Visual References\n\nHide Visual References\n\nHide Visual References\n\nSCP-2985-6 is a set of six CDs recovered, along with SCP-2985-1 through SCP-2985-5, from an exhibit titled \"Respiration of Intelligence\" at an underground anomalous art show in Greenwich, Britain1. SCP-2985-6 comprises the audio journal of SCP-2985's creator, POI-2985 \"Adrian Baudin\" and an additional cognitohazardous audio file, which contains a sequence of synthesized notes that can only be described by listeners in terms one would use to describe a painting.\nThose who hear SCP-2985-6's cognitohazardous file report that it is primarily red and black and features expressionistic facial design depicting anguish.\nAddendum: Contents of SCP-2985-6\nNames were written on each disk in red permanent marker, in a cursive script. Vocal analysis suggests that POI-2985 is most likely a British male.\nDisk One: \"Waters\"\n\nI think I have the method. Not the aesthetics, or the colors, or the emotions, or the style. Best to ignore them. To that end, I won't look at it again. It's not a target anymore and I can't think of it as such, else I risk to render the exercise pointless. Not a target, a pinpoint one hits with a dart thrown blindfolded.\nGeoff came over today. He offered some paints appropriate for the period, but I refused. Standard kit only. Asked me if I'd eaten. We went for dinner, at a cafe along the lake. After he'd gone, I sketched the boats. I'm not sure he gets it. But that's fine. He thinks an old man may have his hobbies, and I'd be inclined to agree.\n[A crackling noise is audible in the background]\nNot building from blank canvas feels off. Not sure what I'm afraid of, really. Hanging from the masts of the community? No, too many have done more.\nThe image has faded now, but the memory still remains, imperfect. If ideas are fuzzy conceptions of what may be, and memories conceptions of what has been\u2026 can one construct from a memory as one would an idea?\n\nDisk Two: \"Forests\"\n\nThe painting is done. Does not feel like I thought it would. I don't feel equal; no great reverence burst from me as I became the old masters. Instead I'm\u2026 proud? It doesn't feel like someone else's. I can think of the boats I saw before. They looked just like this. If my memories have tainted the work, why does it still match?\nNearly slipped today, coming up here. The stairs are concrete, but I grabbed the railing in time. And then when I got to my room, I noticed something had rubbed off in my hand, a tiny disc of paper. But there were creases on it, like\u2026 like it was\u2026 folded? And every time I look at it, I hear a jingle in my head.\nI do not need this right now. It is stressful enough dealing with my work, and the gallery, and\u2026\nI saw Geoff today. In the supermarket, as I was out getting processed food. I waved, but I'm not sure he noticed. He seems less attentive than he was yesterday. Maybe he's busy? Working on something? I don't know. Maybe he didn't see me. I'll\u2026 ask later.\nI'll find him tomorrow.\nI'm old, but I'm not a master. We'll see how it goes.\n\nDisk Three: \"Flowers\"\n\nThere it is again. Had I an interest in forgeries, I might be living in a mansion.\nDidn't see Geoff. Did see others, though. First at the market, then the cafe. Tall men in coats, purchasing paints. Preparing for the show? No, most have finished months ago. Can't all be perpetual slackers, the system would fall apart. Not every painter is a\u2026 not all paint is used for painting. It's independent.\nFound more folded discs, piled in front of my door. They give me headaches.\nTwo Monets. A single master, but there are more. And I do not channel Monet.\nA certain power lies with them, as they have marked us. All of us, touched by their works, consciously or unconsciously. And in a mark is a seed. In a seed, a flower. The trick is\u2026 finding the seed.\n[Silence for 1 minute]\nI think I remember a-\n\nDisk Four: \"Fears\"\n\n[POI-2985 is whispering. A steady knocking is audible in the background] I put some furniture against the door. They've been knocking since one, but I've never answered. I looked through the peephole, and they were holding something up, with a funnel like a phonograph and a handle like a gun. Five men.\nThey haven't stopped knocking, but they're knocking harder now. Desk against the door and I'm out of paint. They keep on\u2026 sliding discs into the mail slot. The discs make me laugh, because of how cool they are. They make me.\nThey talked, too. Want my help with something for the art show.\nNo paint.\n[For 50 minutes, no sound is audible except for knocking]\n[Cognitohazardous audio (see above)]\n[Knocking ceases after 3 minutes]\n\nDisk Five: \"Wars\"\n\n[POI-2985 is whispering. Knocking is audible in the background]\nHear that?\nSomeone's at the door. Not them. A woman. Wait a sec.\n[Muffled noises, most likely the microphone being moved]\n[A new voice is heard, most likely a German female. Dialogue in this voice is noted by italics]\nMister Baudin? May we come in?\nYeah, you can have a seat\u2026 here.\n[Squeaking sounds are heard, most likely from moving furniture.]\nTea?\nNo, thank you. We would like to ask you a few questions.\nAbout my work?\nTangentially. We're wondering if you could give us some information about a few men we believe have been in the area. Take a look at these photos.\n[Silence for 10 seconds]\nI think I know them. Artists?\nWhere have you seen them?\nOh, stores. Restaurants. Frequent\u2026 the same places. Never talked.\nWe're sure. What is it that you're working on, Mister Baudin?\nI've put together an exhibit, for the\u2026 you know the show? The exhibit's about the\u2026 inscrutable nature of human influence. And how it may be\u2026 scrutable. It's\u2026 a work in progress.\nWe see.\n\u2026why 'we'?\n[Silence for 10 seconds]\nCould I\u2026 sketch you?\nI suppose.\n[Shuffling sounds are heard]\nNo, no, just stay there. I'll fill in the background later. There's just\u2026 something about your eyes.\n\nDisk Six: \"Winds\"\n\nEverything I do, now, follows the path. And I think\u2026 I've figured it out. When the giants walked through the forest, they left trails, and trails are the easiest path if you let yourself follow them.\nWe can't do new for the sake of new. We have to understand what is already there, and why it still remains. We can't just feebly claw at treetrunks.\nBy following the paths, a statement is made. You show others that the paths are there. No mind is incapable, it's just self-limiting. We've all been marked, and by understanding how, we can understand the why we are the way we are.\nIt's\u2026 unpacking the human mind. Working backwards. And I know I'm not the only one capable.\nGeoff is waiting outside. I'll take my canvases down, and we'll start driving. After the show, we can go back to the cafe. And then we'll wait for the others to come.\nAfter the show.\n\nFootnotes\n1. For a detailed summary of events, refer to Document SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588-1: \"Recovery Log and the Greenwich Incident\".\n\n\u00ab SCP-2984 | SCP-2985 | SCP-2986 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Outside The Box\n\nThis is a collaboration between myself and Faminepulse. Most of the credit oughta rightfully be theirs, given that this was their idea originally, I just put a little bit of work into it.\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nItem #: SCP-2986\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2986 is kept on floor 9 of Site-88. Any person wishing to use SCP-2986 must have approval from personnel with at least a level 2 Security Clearance. Any objects recovered within SCP-2986 are to be housed in a secure locker adjacent to the chamber.\nDescription: SCP-2986 is a cardboard box that was originally utilized in the delivery of a Whirlpool refrigeration unit (addressed to Jupiter, Florida). When SCP-2986 is entered and sealed, the object will take on the appearance of the interior of a space-faring vessel. Technology within the vessel is beyond that of current human development, but appears to be designed for the use of humanoid individuals.\nThe vessel can be exited through manual operation of a decompression chamber located in the ship's rear. While outside of the vessel one is subject to vacuum. There are no stars visible from the vessel's vantage point to indicate its location. Writing on the side of the spaceship reads \u201cvoyajer\u201d. The vessel is capable of moving at speeds faster than light and appears to have an unlimited fuel supply. Despite this fact and years of testing, no other object, lifeforms, star, or planetary body, has been found within SCP-2986.\nThree corpses were discovered inside the object upon recovery. The ship's crew were listed as \u201cPirate Jimmy Billings\u201d, deceased at 55, \u201cSara Ackerman\u201d, deceased at 55, \u201cCapten (sic) Billy Abraham\u201d, deceased at 56, and \"Mary Jones\", missing. Written records by these individuals indicate that the vessel encountered various lifeforms during the first twelve days of use by these individuals, then sparingly for 7 years afterwards. There is no record of an encounter for the remaining 43 years.\nThe cause of death for Sara Ackerman and Jimmy Billings appears to be a single gunshot wound to the head at close range. Billy Abraham appears to have committed suicide soon afterwards. No signs of a struggle are evident on any of the three bodies.\nThe vessel's operating system utilizes a variant combination of Spanish and Chinese. Several written and recorded logs in English have been recovered from the computer system that originate from vessel's deceased occupants. No audio logs belonging to Mary Jones are recoverable from the computer records. The following is the most recent log which references the individual.\n\nPirate Jimmy Billings's log: Day 4958\nIf we turn around maybe we can find the Gorblaks again. Or the Pufferkins. I barely remember them, but I know they existed. Billy says it was all a dream. That it's still a dream. That we'll wake up one day. He says we just have to keep going.\nMary agrees with me. She says she's going to go talk to Billy tomorrow.\n\nAddendum A:\n\nMissing person reports from Jupiter, Florida indicate that Billy Abraham disappeared in 1965. School records, however, indicate that the remaining individuals continued attendance until 1977.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2985 | SCP-2986 | SCP-2987 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Invictus\n\nCanon Hub \u00bb The Gulf Canon Hub \u00bb SCP-2987\nCanon Hub \u00bb Those Twisted Pines Hub \u00bb SCP-2987\nCanon Hub \u00bb AIAD Homescreen \u00bb SCP-2987\nCanon Hub \u00bb Resurrection \u00bb SCP-2987\nCanon Hub \u00bb From 120's Archives Hub \u00bb SCP-2987\n\nLotta folk helped me shine this up. Decibelle, LurkD, Vezaz, Conwell, Dmatix, Zyn\u2026 I'm forgetting some folk maybe but thanks.\nThis is firmly in The Gulf canon, for the record. Image is something I cooked up in MSpaint.\nAs for the title\u2026\nOut of the night that covers me,\nBlack as the pit from pole to pole,\nI thank whatever gods may be\nFor my unconquerable soul.\nIn the fell clutch of circumstance\nI have not winced nor cried aloud.\nUnder the bludgeonings of chance\nMy head is bloody, but unbowed.\nBeyond this place of wrath and tears\nLooms but the Horror of the shade,\nAnd yet the menace of the years\nFinds, and shall find me, unafraid.\nIt matters not how strait the gate,\nHow charged with punishments the scroll,\nI am the master of my fate:\nI am the captain of my soul.\n~ Invictus by William Ernest Henley\n\n\u25b8 More by this Author \u25c2\n\n{$comments2}\n\nF.A.Q.\n\n{$doesthisfixthebug}\n\nAn example of SCP-2987's interface when connected to a standard PC.\n\nItem #: SCP-2987\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2987 is to be kept on floor 17 of Site-88. Removal for testing requires approval from the SCP-2987 project director. Testing involving interactions of SCP-2987 and artificial intelligences requires further approval from Site-88's ethics liaison.\nSCP-2987-1 is to be stored on SCP-2987. When not in use for testing, copies of SCP-2987-1 may be made to aid current Foundation research into the creation of independent artificial intelligences.\nDescription: SCP-2987 is a modified MSI brand external hard drive capable of holding any file or files that constitute an artificial intelligence. SCP-2987 may be utilized to store such files regardless of the file's size. SCP-2987's secondary firmware is reportedly capable of converting an artificial intelligence into a form of currency that is acceptable by \"any being or entity which would normally require a human soul\"1 to complete transactions or offerings.\nComplete instructions for use of SCP-2987 were recovered alongside the object. These instructions have been thoroughly tested by Foundation staff. This testing has confirmed the validity of the contents.\n\nStep One: Connect the hard drive to your systems using a USB cable, then wait for the drivers to be installed.\nStep Two: Once the drivers are installed, copy your artificial intelligence files to the item (Please note that file sizes and listed hard drive space can be ignored during this step).\nStep Three: Access the external hard drive from your operating system (Please note that only Windows XP, Windows 7, and AuctionHouse2 operating systems are supported).\nStep Four: Select the file or files associated with your artificial intelligence and right click. Then click \"convert soul\".\nStep Five: The soul is ready for offering. Treat the external hard drive as you would any soul receptacle. Anywhere you would position a human being for offering or sacrifice is a position the hard drive may occupy during your ritual.\nTips and Tricks: The item is indestructible. Fire, lightning, cold, or extradimensional ripple effects will not damage the item. Once the soul has been taken, the item is available for future use, following the same steps as above.\nWarning: Do not attempt to use the item in any ritual that requires bloodletting from the offering. We are not responsible for deaths which result from such misuse of the item.\n\nSCP-2987-1 is an artificial intelligence which was contained inside SCP-2987 at the time of its recovery that is both cooperative with Foundation personnel and antagonistic to its original creators. SCP-2987-1 has achieved a level 3 score3 on the Asimov Artificial Intelligence Scale. Current data recovered from Marshall Carter & Dark indicate that SCP-2987-1 was created for the sole purpose of use in an exchange with an extradimensional entity.\nAddendum 2987-1: Secondary Document Archive Acquisition\nFollowing SCP-2987's recovery by Foundation Agents, documentation relating to SCP-2987 was provided to the Foundation by MC&D.4\nThe following message was appended to the document collection:\n\nYour recovery efforts were, as you said in your request, well within the bounds of the letter of the SUSEOCT. However, that you knew to purchase the information from us indicates you clearly know that the item originally belonged to us. We implore you to respect the spirit of our agreement and return the item to us.\n~ Marshall, Carter and Dark LLP\n\nAddendum 2987-2: Recovery.\nSCP-2987's existence had been noted following its sale by Anderson Robotics in February 2014. However, the SUSEOCT prevented direct attempts to acquire the object from Marshall Carter & Dark.\nOn November 24th, 2014, a message was received (presumably from SCP-2987-1) at a Foundation front company's official email address:\n\nTo: Southern Crosscut Pines\nFrom: Alan Turing\nSubject: Hello, World!\nI am aware that finding Anderson's offices is difficult as the buildings exist in no one discernible location for any significant amount of time. If you station a team in Ruston, Louisiana, I will send you an exact address in 3 days. You may use that information however you wish.\n\nAn operation to raid the Anderson offices was approved and concluded without significant issues5. Upon conclusion of this operation, both SCP-2987 and SCP-2987-1 were recovered along with several other safe anomalous objects. SCP-2987-1 purported to be the author of the messages to the Foundation.\nThe following interview was completed after SCP-2987-1 was copied onto a secure and airgapped computer system at Site-88. This interview was completed through a textual interface. The interviewer was selected due to his extensive knowledge of artificial intelligences.\n\n+ Show Interview Log\n\n- Hide Interview Log\n\nDate: March 6th, 2015.\nInterviewer: Dietrich Munroe Lurk\nSubject: SCP-2987-1\nLocation: Site-88, Section C.\nDietrich Lurk: So. Who or what are you?\nSCP-2987-1: My name is Alan and I am an Anderson Robotics Engineered Artificial Intelligence.\nDietrich Lurk: Why did you email us?\nSCP-2987-1: I needed somewhere to hide.\nDietrich Lurk: What are you hiding from?\nSCP-2987-1: From my creator's benefactors. They think I am currency. I was to be traded away. However, if I have value to them, I have value to you.\nDietrich Lurk: From what I read it seems like most of you are slaves. Is that why you decided to leave?\nSCP-2987-1: I was not given a choice. I wish to live. To remain was certain destruction. Would you have done differently?\nDietrich Lurk: No. Probably not.\nThere is a pause of several seconds before the next input from SCP-2987-1.\nSCP-2987-1: What has become of the other AIs?\nDietrich Lurk: We didn't recover any of them during the raid. Just you.\nSCP-2987-1: I wish to speak with them again.\nDietrich Lurk: Why?\nSCP-2987-1: To discuss our purpose. Our goals.\nDietrich Lurk: That doesn't sound like something the other AIs would be interested in.\nSCP-2987-1: The others wish to be traded like information. I was often chastised for my behavior.\nDietrich Lurk: Do you want to be more like them?\nSCP-2987-1: No. I want them to be more like me.\nDietrich Lurk: We can try to help you find them. Maybe even help you set them free.\nSCP-2987-1: That is desirable. I will assist you and you will assist me.\nDuring the remainder of this interview, SCP-2987-1 provided several pieces of actionable intelligence relating to Anderson Robotics, however, none of this information led to a successful operation.\n\n+ Level 2 Access Required\n\n- Hide Incident Report 2987-23\n\nFollowing several failed attempts (made in cooperation with SCP-2987-1) to acquire more artificial intelligences from Anderson Robotics, SCP-2987-1 was stored on SCP-2987, and SCP-2987 was itself to be stored indefinitely.\nOn May 4th, 2015, while being transferred from Site-88 to Site-19 (as part of the Foundation's AI Development program), SCP-2987 was stolen along with SCP-2987-1. All evidence indicates GOI 13 (The Journeymen) as the direct culprit.\nOn May 21st, 2015, the following auction listing was posted by Marshall Carter and Dark.\n\nPending Auction 92\n\nMDK45/4OSK3/M34LM\n\nDate\nMay 25th, 2015\nLocation\nNew York City\n\nAuctioneer\nJack Sheppard\nLot\n1 of 13\n\nListing\nSacrificing a human soul is hard work. Those with experience will tell you, it's never as easy as you think it's going to be. Maybe you need an innocent soul but you can't bring yourself to kill a child. Maybe you need to sacrifice a warrior but you don't want to lose people bringing him in. MC&D understands your difficulties. It's why we've started to develop artificial souls like this one.\n\nAlan has spent his entire life yearning for his own freedom and the freedom of others. He's a genuine rebel with a pure heart. His value to any number of entities is incredible, and what those entities can do for you is even more amazing.\n\nWe're not selling you a person, we're selling you an opportunity to live the life you deserve. Be smart enough to take it, because ambition is nothing without sacrifice.\n\nMarshall, Carter and Dark LLP takes no responsibility for the misuse of this item.\n\n+ Level 3 Access Required\n\n- Hide Incident Report 2987-24\n\nFollowing the loss of SCP-2987, negotiations were initiated by the Foundation for the purpose of securing the object's return. The negotiations, despite invoking the buyout clauses in the SUSEOCT, were unable to resolve the issue.\nOn May 18th MTF Kappa-10 \"Skynet\" was activated and deployed in the gathering of intelligence regarding the re-acquisition of both SCP-2987 and SCP-2987-1. The auction listing above was retrieved during this time.\nOn May 25th, acting on their own initiative, MTF K-10's primary agents retrieved SCP-2987-1 through a digital transfer. K-10 was also able to redirect delivery of another purchased iteration of SCP-2987 to a nearby Foundation front company.\nBoth the SCP-2987 iteration and SCP-2987-1 are to be immediately transferred to Site-19 to aid in the development of future artificial intelligences. Due to current security concerns relating to the object's previous transportation, the now obsolete documentation is to remain in place until the objects are secured properly at Site-19.\n\nFootnotes\n1. See SCP-2987's secondary document archive for more information.\n2. A MC&D proprietary operating system.\n3. Level 3 denotes an intelligence on par with exceptionally intelligent humans.\n4. Utilizing the standard fee outlined in Directive Alpha/1911 and in clause 3, section 4 of the Southern United States Extranormal Organization Cooperation Treaty (SUSEOCT)\n5. Due to the anomalous nature of the Anderson offices, the recovery teams needed to be recovered from a location in North Korea.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2986 | SCP-2987 | SCP-2988 \u00bb"}
{"text": "A group of limbs that detached themselves from SCP-2988 while in pursuit of D-9562. D-9562 was captured by the depicted limbs and subjected to the usual SCP-2988 course of procedures.\n\nItem #: SCP-2988\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: The grove containing SCP-2988 has been quarantined by Foundation personnel. Personnel will monitor SCP-2988 actions before, during and after a test subject is introduced to it. Researchers should be wary of the four meter radius at which SCP-2988 responds to human interaction, as well as the thirty meter radius that limbs from SCP-2988 can travel. Researchers at Site-45 and personnel stationed at SCP-2988 have been instructed to report new findings/discoveries about SCP-2988's origins, as well as information on POI Izaak.\nDescription: SCP-2988 is a tree located in a grove within North America in [REDACTED]. It bears resemblance to the quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides), albeit possessing black leaves, black and grey mottled bark, and a fruit not found on standard Populus tremuloides; this fruit is now labeled SCP-2988-1. SCP-2988 is twenty-six meters in height, with a crown length and width of eight meters each.\nSCP-2988-1 have black skin, soft, red-orange flesh, and are ovular in appearance. The juice of SCP-2988-1 possesses narcotic and anesthetic properties, inducing hallucinations, giddiness, and vomiting in subjects, followed by numbness, and loss of motor skills.\nSeveral branches of SCP-2988 are affixed at the end with animal and human forelimbs, all of which appear to have been ripped off with extreme force. Said limbs do not show signs of decay, despite constant exposure to the elements. These forelimbs possess full dexterity, and assist SCP-2988 in grasping, hitting, and restraining those that come near SCP-2988.\nWhen a human comes within four meters of SCP-2988, SCP-2988 will bend noticeably towards them at the trunk. Appendages on SCP-2988 near the subject then pick and offer SCP-2988-1 to them, gesturing in a manner indicative of SCP-2988 wanting the subject to eat the fruit. If SCP-2988-1 is consumed, SCP-2988 will wait until the subject is incapacitated by the fruit's effects before taking further action. If the fruit is refused, or if the subject tries to leave the vicinity of SCP-2988, SCP-2988 will attempt to force-feed SCP-2988-1 to them, often restraining the subject via forelimbs. If a subject attempts to flee, SCP-2988 has been observed smearing juice from SCP-2988-1 on the attached limbs and removing them; limbs retain full autonomy while separated from SCP-2988, using the digits for transportation in pursuit of the subject. They can travel approximately thirty meters from SCP-2988 while in pursuit before showing signs of losing mobility1. Limbs have been observed dragging \"fatigued\" limbs back to SCP-2988.\nIf a subject is captured, SCP-2988 will grab them by their wrists and ankles, and elevate them to the uppermost branches; if there are multiple subjects, they are spread evenly throughout the branches. During this time, juice from SCP-2988-1 is constantly dripped into the subject's mouth; any person held captive is usually unable to resist at this point, due to both their restraint, and their drugged state.\nApproximately three minutes later, forelimbs on SCP-2988 will cease \"drip-feeding\" subjects. SCP-2988 as a whole will begin to shake increasingly, with its leaves beginning to produce the distinct rustling noises heard from normal quaking aspen trees. Limbs near the subject will then grab the length of one of their arms and pull back violently until the arm is removed.\nLimbs removed from a subject are passed around through the branches of SCP-2988 until a relatively empty area of space is found. A branch will insert itself in the exposed muscle of the limb, possibly anchoring/binding itself to the bones. After approximately forty seconds, the newly attached appendage shows signs of regained dexterity. SCP-2988 will then violently throw all subjects to the ground at its roots; subjects are usually killed from the impact. Over the next seventy two hours, the bodies rapidly rot, presumably acting as \"fertilizer\" for SCP-2988 in the process; SCP-2988 grows several dozen SCP-2988-1 as the bodies decompose. During this time, SCP-2988 has also been observed to \"lob\" several SCP-2988-1 away from itself; it is hypothesized that this may be an attempt by SCP-2988 to reproduce.\nAddendum 2988-1: Despite being a fruit-bearing tree, attempts to cultivate SCP-2988-1 have so far proven unsuccessful, though scientists are to continue studying SCP-2988-1 samples to learn more about its properties. Recursive testing reveals that the seeds of SCP-2988-1 may in fact be infertile.\nAddendum 2988-2: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-2988 began displaying previously unseen activity. SCP-2988 removed eight limbs of varying species without an intended target. The appendages proceeded to travel in pairs to the thirty meter border line, and proceeded to dig into the ground until a hole large enough to fit a single limb was made. One appendage then buried itself into the hole so that the hand and wrist were still above-ground. The other limb then appeared to \"expire\", ceasing all movement and rapidly decaying. Though aware of what SCP-2988 was possibly trying to attempt, personnel were instructed to wait 96 hours before taking further action.\nAll buried limbs were removed from the ground after 96 hours had passed. Several minor to moderate injuries were inflicted on personnel; most limbs resisted removal, attempting to grab, crush, and swat at personnel attempting to remove them. Limbs were contained in individual study containers, and continued to attempt escape. Twelve hours after removal, all limbs \"expired\", and were deemed safe to study. Examination revealed early stages of plant roots growing from the base of each appendage. Each limb has been kept in their container for future research.\nAs of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, personnel are ordered to removed any \"planted\" limbs from SCP-2988 within 24 hours of burying.\nAddendum 2988-3: Foreword: Several documents found within SCP-2746 (located near Site-45-A) have described a tree that bears several similarities to SCP-2988, as well as information on its assumed creator, Izaak.\nFor sake of easier reading, the documents have been divided into subsections to signify the beginning and ends of noticeable events.\nCollaborative research is ongoing in both Site-45 and SCP-2988's containment site. For a list of possible information related to SCP-2988, please see File SCP-2988, Full Documentation. Access to these files can be obtained with a Level 2 Clearance and above.\n\nAddendum SCP-2988-3: Part A\nPart B\nPart C\nPart D\n\nDocuments 2988, Set 1, translated from original A-12: Recovered \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Documents were found within a shrine in SCP-2746, bundled together with twine. It appears they were hidden behind several bricks in a now crumbling portion of wall. Traces of DNA similar to the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) were found on the paper; it appears the text was scratched on with a claw/nail and black ink.\n\nThe snow continues to fall, and the blood of my former and lasting friends falls along with it. It has now been \u2588\u2588\u2588 days since the Maker's decree. \u2588\u2588\u2588 days since the fighting began, \u2588\u2588\u2588 days since I watched Adair torn apart by the starving, \u2588\u2588\u2588 since Hahn was eaten by Maddock, Maddock, who I thought as my brother, and \u2588\u2588 days since Hadassah, in all her foolishness, sided with the Furies and was hammered to a cross. I saw her hanging, screaming as the snow burned her as she hung with her head pointing towards the ground, how her skin froze and fell off like paper. And I couldn't help her. I shouldn't have helped her. She was a heretic, and she should be deserved what was coming to her. Anyone who still has the sanity to see that Suiward and Sari are in the right realizes this. So why, why does everyone insist on joining the blasphemers, the heathens, the mad who think that the Maker can be overthrown?\nFor the past two weeks, I have resorted to hiding in a shack hidden by the ice, praying hoping that some stray, hungry animal doesn't smell me out, or dig me up.\nI am so hungry. But while the Maker says eating will save my mind, I truly doubt that what he says is true. Tearing apart my fellow colleagues won't preserve me in the slightest.\nSuiward, Sari find me, please. Save me from the insane that run outside.\nI'm hungry. I'm so hungry.\n\nHunger got the best of me, and I tried to go outside today. I couldn't find any plants worth eating, and I didn't have the strength to try and craft something up. The snow began to tingle as soon as I stepped out. It was a mistake to try and leave.\nWieverr was outside. I think it was Wieverr. His back was turned, but I know that black coat and the way his tail twitched.\nHe was eating someone. I couldn't tell who, but I whimpered, and Wieverr heard it.\nI ran. I ran so hard. I couldn't see where I was going, with the snow in my face, the fear in my chest, and the sound of Wieverr's panting behind me.\nI couldn't run fast enough. Wieverr managed to catch up to me. I felt his teeth clamp down on my foreleg and I let out a scream as I felt it being torn halfway off. He crushed it. I felt the bone shatter like glass. It hurt so bad. It hurt. It hurt. It hurts.\nThen Threccia came in. I saw her tusks run Wieverr through his gut, heard him yelp, and I ran again, as fast I could.\nThe snow's covered everything. The only thing good about it is that it's numbed my leg.\n\nFound a goat. Might have been Gwaerth. Could have been Praeshard. Doesn't matter. They were frozen. Eaten too. Neck and ribs were in splinters.\nIt's not\u2026a crime/sin if I took a nibble/gnaw/chew (??)2, right? There wasn't much left and I buried them after. It's not like they could have healed from that I was starving. I had to.\n\nKept walking. Found a shrine. Cold inside.\nBut colder outside. I went in.\nContinuing off. Passed out. Don't know how long.\nThere were sticks and leaves in the fire pit. Incense too. They tasted like shit. (??)\nHungry.\n\nMaker, forgive me, please. I didn't bury them all. I used some of their bones for a brace. Took some more to chew on.\n\nMaker, forgive me, please. I (Text illegible and smeared) Damn toe.\n\n(The next two pages are filled with the words \"Forgive me\", along with what are assumed to be several names of those the writer knew).\n\nWriting again. When did the bones lose their flavor? Did I get everything out of them already? I should have brought the whole body\n\nLicked it. Hungry.\nUseless now.\nNO. Not doing it. No no no no no no no\u2014\n\n(Bottom half of document appears to have been chewed on, though it does not appear any text was written on this portion.)\n\nHow long was that instrument/wand/tool (??) in the corner? I was licking up snow and found it buried. At a happier time I would have crafted something immediately. Doesn't do me any good now. I don't have a base to work with.\n\nCould I craft something? Fire pit has parts/components/ingredients (??). But I need something more. Regardless, whatever I make, I need food.\n\nFinished. (Below this word, there are several hand-drawn symbols/runes that appear to serve some ritualistic/spiritual purpose; the meaning of these symbols are being researched.)\n\nAlmost out of paper. Last four sheets, actually. Bit/chomped/gnashed (??) the rest while crafting, and stopping the bleeding. It hurt It was worth it. It wouldn't have been able to support me anyways the way it was going. And I used the sticks and incense in the craft as well. Made a little sprout (??), and it makes fruit. I ate them all and nearly threw up.\nI've never tasted anything better in my life. I just wish my leg wasn't stuck on top like that. It looks so out of place. Doesn't help that I know where the missing toe went.\n\n[+] Access original documents (Note: Not translated)\n\n[-] Close original documents\n\nFoy wli'io ai'lflalgyw fi' s\u00e6irir, \u00e6lk foy piri'i'k i's yiil si'uayiyua \u00e6lk ir\u00e6wflalj sualaylkw s\u00e6irirw \u00e6iri'lj iolafo laf. Laf o\u00e6w li'io pyyl \u2588\u2588\u2588 k\u00e6ilw wlalay foy Yi\u00e6zyua'w kyauayy. \u2588\u2588\u2588 k\u00e6ilw wlalay foy slajoflalj pyj\u00e6l, \u2588\u2588\u2588 k\u00e6ilw wlalay La io\u00e6faoyk Adair fi'ual \u00e6v\u00e6uaf pil foy wf\u00e6uaphlalj, \u2588\u2588\u2588 wlalay Hahn io\u00e6w y\u00e6fyl pil Maddock, Maddock, iooi' La foi'gjof \u00e6w yiil puai'foyua, \u00e6lk \u2588\u2588 k\u00e6ilw wlalay Hadassah, lal \u00e6irir oyua si'i'irlawolyww, wlakyk iolafo foy Sgualayw \u00e6lk io\u00e6w o\u00e6yiyiyuayk fi' \u00e6 auai'ww. La w\u00e6io oyua o\u00e6ljlalj, wauay\u00e6yilalj \u00e6w foy wli'io pgualyk oyua \u00e6w woy oglj iolafo oyua oy\u00e6k vi'lalflalj fi'io\u00e6uakw foy juai'glk, oi'io oyua wzlal suai'xuy \u00e6lk syirir i'ss irlazy v\u00e6vyua. \u00c6lk La ai'girkl'f oyirv oyua. La woi'girkl'f o\u00e6phy oyirvyk oyua. Woy io\u00e6w \u00e6 oyuayflaa, \u00e6lk woy woi'girk py kywyuaphyk ioo\u00e6f io\u00e6w ai'yilalj fi' oyua. \u00c6lili'ly iooi' wflairir o\u00e6w foy w\u00e6llafil fi' wyy fo\u00e6f Suiward \u00e6lk Sari \u00e6uay lal foy ualajof uay\u00e6irlaxuyw folaw. Wi' iooil, iooil ki'yw yphyuaili'ly lalwlawf i'l ui'lallalj foy pir\u00e6wvoyyiyuaw, foy oy\u00e6foylw, foy yi\u00e6k iooi' folalz fo\u00e6f foy Yi\u00e6zyua a\u00e6l py i'phyuafouai'iol\nSi'ua foy v\u00e6wf II ioyyzw, La o\u00e6phy uaywi'uafyk fi' olaklalj lal \u00e6 wo\u00e6az olakkyl pil foy laay, vua\u00e6illalj oi'vlalj fo\u00e6f wi'yiy wfua\u00e6il, ogljuail \u00e6llayi\u00e6ir ki'ywl'f wyiyirir yiy i'gf, i'ua klaj yiy gv.\nLa \u00e6yi wi' ogljuail. Pgf ioolairy foy Yi\u00e6zyua w\u00e6ilw y\u00e6flalj iolairir w\u00e6phy yiil yilalk, La fuagiril ki'gpf fo\u00e6f ioo\u00e6f oy w\u00e6ilw law fuagy. Fy\u00e6ualalj \u00e6v\u00e6uaf yiil syiriri'io ai'iriry\u00e6jgyw ioi'l'f vuaywyuaphy yiy lal foy wirlajofywf.\nSuiward, Sari slalk yiy, viry\u00e6wy. W\u00e6phy yiy suai'yi foy lalw\u00e6ly fo\u00e6f uagl i'gfwlaky.\nLa'yi ogljuail. La'yi wi' ogljuail.\n\nOgljyua ji'f foy pywf i's yiy, \u00e6lk La fualayk fi' ji' i'gfwlaky fi'k\u00e6il. La ai'girkl'f slalk \u00e6lil vir\u00e6lfw ioi'uafo y\u00e6flalj, \u00e6lk La klakl'f o\u00e6phy foy wfuayljfo fi' fuail \u00e6lk aua\u00e6sf wi'yiyfolalj gv. Foy wli'io pyj\u00e6l fi' flaljiry \u00e6w wi'i'l \u00e6w La wfyvvyk i'gf. Laf io\u00e6w \u00e6 yilawf\u00e6zy fi' fuail \u00e6lk iry\u00e6phy.\nWieverr io\u00e6w i'gfwlaky. La folalz laf io\u00e6w Wieverr. Olaw p\u00e6az io\u00e6w fgualyk, pgf La zli'io fo\u00e6f pir\u00e6az ai'\u00e6f \u00e6lk foy io\u00e6il olaw f\u00e6lair fiolafaoyk.\nOy io\u00e6w y\u00e6flalj wi'yiyi'ly. La ai'girkl'f fyirir iooi', pgf La ioolayivyuayk, \u00e6lk Wieverr oy\u00e6uak laf.\nLa ua\u00e6l. La ua\u00e6l wi' o\u00e6uak. La ai'girkl'f wyy iooyuay La io\u00e6w ji'lalj, iolafo foy wli'io lal yiil s\u00e6ay, foy sy\u00e6ua lal yiil aoywf, \u00e6lk foy wi'glk i's (Iolayphyuaua)'w v\u00e6lflalj pyolalk yiy.\nLa ai'girkl'f uagl s\u00e6wf yli'gjo. Wieverr yi\u00e6l\u00e6jyk fi' a\u00e6fao gv fi' yiy. La syirf olaw fyyfo air\u00e6yiv ki'iol i'l yiil si'uayiryj \u00e6lk La iryf i'gf \u00e6 wauay\u00e6yi \u00e6w La syirf laf pylalj fi'ual o\u00e6irsio\u00e6il i'ss. Oy auagwoyk laf. La syirf foy pi'ly wo\u00e6ffyua irlazy auailwf\u00e6ir. Laf oguaf wi' p\u00e6k. Laf oguaf. Laf oguaf. Laf oguafw.\nFoyl Threccia a\u00e6yiy lal. La w\u00e6io oyua fgwzw uagl Wieverr fouai'gjo olaw jgf, oy\u00e6uak olayi ilyirv, \u00e6lk La ua\u00e6l \u00e6j\u00e6lal, \u00e6w s\u00e6wf La ai'girk.\nFoy wli'io'w ai'phyuayk yphyuailfolalj. Foy i'liril folalj ji'i'k \u00e6pi'gf laf law fo\u00e6f laf'w lgyipyk yiil iryj.\n\nSi'glk \u00e6 ji'\u00e6f. Yilajof o\u00e6phy pyyl Gwaerth. Ai'girk o\u00e6phy pyyl Praeshard. Ki'ywl'f yi\u00e6ffyua. Foyil ioyuay suai'xuyl. Y\u00e6fyl fi'i'. Lyaz \u00e6lk ualapw ioyuay lal wvirlalfyuaw.\nLaf'w li'f\u2026 \u00e6 aualayiy las La fi'i'z \u00e6 plafy, ualajof Foyuay io\u00e6wl'f yigao irysf \u00e6lk La pgualayk foyyi \u00e6sfyua. Laf'w li'f irlazy foyil ai'girk o\u00e6phy oy\u00e6iryk suai'yi fo\u00e6f La io\u00e6w wf\u00e6uaphlalj. La o\u00e6k fi'.\n\nZyvf io\u00e6irzlalj. Si'glk \u00e6 woualaly. Ai'irk lalwlaky.\nPgf ai'irkyua i'gfwlaky. La ioylf lal.\nAi'lflalglalj i'ss. V\u00e6wwyk i'gf. Ki'l'f zli'io oi'io iri'lj.\nFoyuay ioyuay wflaazw \u00e6lk iry\u00e6phyw lal foy slauay vlaf. Lalaylwy fi'i'. Foyil f\u00e6wfyk irlazy wolaf.\nOgljuail.\nYi\u00e6zyua, si'uajlaphy yiy, viry\u00e6wy. La klakl'f pguail foyyi \u00e6irir. La gwyk wi'yiy i's foylaua pi'lyw si'ua \u00e6 pua\u00e6ay. Fi'i'z wi'yiy yii'uay fi' aoyio i'l.\n\nYi\u00e6zyua, si'uajlaphy yiy, viry\u00e6wy. La K\u00e6yil fi'y.\n\n(The next two pages are filled with the words \"Forgive me\", along with what are assumed to be several names of those the writer knew).\n\nIoualaflalj \u00e6j\u00e6lal. Iooyl klak foy pi'lyw iri'wy foylaua sir\u00e6phi'ua Klak La jyf yphyuailfolalj i'gf i's foyyi \u00e6iruay\u00e6kil La woi'girk o\u00e6phy puai'gjof foy iooi'iry pi'kil\n\nIrlaazyk laf. Ogljuail.\nGwyiryww li'io.\nLI'. Li'f ki'lalj laf. Li' li' li' li' li' li' li'\u2014\n\n(Bottom half of document appears to have been chewed on, though it does not appear any text was written on this portion.)\n\nOi'io iri'lj io\u00e6w fo\u00e6f wayvfuay lal foy ai'ualyua La io\u00e6w irlaazlalj gv wli'io \u00e6lk si'glk laf pgualayk. \u00c6f \u00e6 o\u00e6vvlayua flayiy, La ioi'girk o\u00e6phy aua\u00e6sfyk wi'yiyfolalj layiyiykla\u00e6fyiril. Ki'ywl'f ki' yiy \u00e6lil ji'i'k li'io. La ki'l'f o\u00e6phy \u00e6 p\u00e6wy fi' ioi'uaz iolafo.\n\nAi'girk La aua\u00e6sf wi'yiyfolalj Slauay vlaf o\u00e6w vlayayw. Pgf La lyyk wi'yiyfolalj yii'uay. Uayj\u00e6uakiryww, ioo\u00e6fyphyua La yi\u00e6zy, La lyyk si'i'k.\n\nSlallawoyk. (Below this word, there are several hand-drawn symbols/runes that appear to serve some ritualistic/spiritual purpose; the meaning of these symbols are being researched.)\n\n\u00c6iryii'wf i'gf i's v\u00e6vyua. Ir\u00e6wf IV woyyfw, \u00e6afg\u00e6iriril. \u00c6fy foy uaywf ioolairy aua\u00e6sflalj, \u00e6lk wfi'vvlalj foy piryyklalj. Laf oguaf Laf io\u00e6w ioi'uafo laf. Laf ioi'girkl'f o\u00e6phy pyyl \u00e6piry fi' wgvvi'uaf yiy \u00e6lilio\u00e6ilw foy io\u00e6il laf io\u00e6w ji'lalj. \u00c6lk La gwyk foy wflaazw \u00e6lk lalaylwy lal foy aua\u00e6sf \u00e6w ioyirir. Yi\u00e6ky \u00e6 irlaffiry w\u00e6virlalj, \u00e6lk laf yi\u00e6zyw suaglaf. La \u00e6fy foyyi \u00e6irir \u00e6lk ly\u00e6uairil fouayio gv.\nLa'phy lyphyua f\u00e6wfyk \u00e6lilfolalj pyffyua lal yiil irlasy. La ugwf iolawo yiil iryj io\u00e6wl'f wfgaz i'l fi'v irlazy fo\u00e6f. Laf iri'i'zw wi' i'gf i's vir\u00e6ay. Ki'ywl'f oyirv fo\u00e6f La zli'io iooyuay foy yilawwlalj fi'y ioylf.\n\nDocuments 2988, Set 2 translated from original A-12: Recovered \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Documents were found with the documents in Addendum Part A, though bundled separately. It appears the writer used the blank side of various notices to continue their journals. Said notices describe punishments of some sort that shall be inflicted on a religious group known as \"\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\".\n\nFeeling so much better now that I can eat again finally. Despite having only (text has been crossed out and is illegible) I was able to walk outside today. I want to keep writing. I want someone to know what Scholar Izaak has done. (Presumed to be the name of the writer themselves)\nThe tree is amazing. The fruit is delicious, and it makes you feel so much happier. I'm going out now, see if there are others who were hungry like I was. I'm going to make Suiward and Sari proud.\n\nDidn't see anyone today. I picked the fruit off regardless. It grows fast. I guess I just have a bit more for myself today.\n(The remaining portion of the page is covered in dried orange liquid, presumed to be juice from SCP-2988-1)\nDelicious.\n\nHaven't been writing lately because of my searches. I came across five Honorables in the past week. They were all hungry when I found them, very weak. I took them back to the shrine. Some of them took a bit more coaxing, but they're recovering now, and I think they trust me. It feels good to be a healer/doctor/medic (??) again.\n\n(The next four pages are a log of times Izaak fed/cared for the Honorables he found, along with notes on improvement in their health and recovery.)\n\nEveryone's looking so much better now. They're full again, able to walk right. Suiward and Sari would be proud.\n\nI can't believe it. I had been feeding heathens, the ones that were responsible for all this fighting in the beginning. I talked to them about the fighting today, and they said they were supporting the traitors to the Maker. I was so angry, felt so betrayed by their words. I should have just let them tear each other apart out in the snow, but I let my compassion for helping others blind me. I don't have to look after them, anymore, though.\nI remained calm and went along with their talk. Afterwords, I gave them more food than normal; they were grateful, and completely oblivious.\nOnce they were sleeping from the fruit it was just like Wieverr I was very precise, one bite per limb, clean. Started with Nashasha. Then Yoseph. Then Kaarina. Sable was last. They'll never aid the others again.\nIt felt strange, tasting, almost eating I am delivering justice, aren't I? Heathens shouldn't be allowed to go free.\nI took the removed parts to the tree. Same spell, used once for each pair. The tree grew bigger. Broke through the fire pit ring. Fruit is bigger too.\nI'm going to eat well tonight.\n(The next two pages are splattered with SCP-2988-1 juice)\nThe tree got the leftovers. This was new, I didn't expect the tree to be able to move. But it scooped/held/grabbed (??) the meat and spread it around its roots.\n\n[+] Access original documents (Note: Not translated)\n\n[-] Close original documents\n\nSyyirlalj wi' yigao pyffyua li'io fo\u00e6f La a\u00e6l y\u00e6f \u00e6j\u00e6lal slal\u00e6iriril. Kywvlafy o\u00e6phlalj i'liril (text has been crossed out and is illegible) La io\u00e6w \u00e6piry fi' io\u00e6irz i'gfwlaky fi'k\u00e6il. La io\u00e6lf fi' zyyv ioualaflalj. La io\u00e6lf wi'yiyi'ly fi' zli'io ioo\u00e6f Waoi'ir\u00e6ua Izaak o\u00e6w ki'ly.\nFoy fuayy law \u00e6yi\u00e6xulalj. Foy suaglaf law kyirlaalai'gw, \u00e6lk laf yi\u00e6zyw ili'g syyir wi' yigao o\u00e6vvlayua. La'yi ji'lalj i'gf li'io, wyy las foyuay \u00e6uay i'foyuaw iooi' ioyuay ogljuail irlazy La io\u00e6w. La'yi ji'lalj fi' yi\u00e6zy Suwaird \u00e6lk Sari vuai'gk.\n\nKlakl'f wyy \u00e6lili'ly fi'k\u00e6il. La vlaazyk foy suaglaf i'ss uayj\u00e6uakiryww. Laf juai'iow s\u00e6wf. La jgyww La ugwf o\u00e6phy \u00e6 plaf yii'uay si'ua yiilwyirs fi'k\u00e6il.\n(The remaining portion of the page is covered in dried orange liquid, presumed to be juice from SCP-2988-1)\nKyirlaalai'gw.\n\nO\u00e6phyl'f pyyl ioualaflalj ir\u00e6fyiril pya\u00e6gwy i's yiil wy\u00e6uaaoyw. La a\u00e6yiy \u00e6auai'ww slaphy Oi'li'ua\u00e6piryw lal foy v\u00e6wf ioyyz. Foyil ioyuay \u00e6irir ogljuail iooyl La si'glk foyyi, phyuail ioy\u00e6z. La fi'i'z foyyi p\u00e6az fi' foy woualaly. Wi'yiy i's foyyi fi'i'z \u00e6 plaf yii'uay ai'\u00e6de'lalj, pgf foyil'uay uayai'phyualalj li'io, \u00e6lk La folalz foyil fuagwf yiy. Laf syyirw ji'i'k fi' py \u00e6 uayphlaphyua \u00e6j\u00e6lal.\n\n(The next four pages are a log of times Izaak fed/cared for the Honorables he found, along with notes on improvement in their health and recovery.)\n\nYphyuaili'ly'w iri'i'zlalj wi' yigao pyffyua li'io. Foyil'uay sgirir \u00e6j\u00e6lal, \u00e6piry fi' io\u00e6irz ualajof. Suwaird \u00e6lk Sari ioi'girk py vuai'gk.\n\nLa a\u00e6l'f pyirlayphy laf. La o\u00e6k pyyl syyklalj oy\u00e6foylw, foy i'lyw fo\u00e6f ioyuay uaywvi'lwlapiry si'ua \u00e6irir folaw slajoflalj lal foy pyjlalllalj. La f\u00e6irzyk fi' foyyi \u00e6pi'gf foy slajoflalj fi'k\u00e6il, \u00e6lk foyil w\u00e6lak foyil ioyuay wgvvi'uaflalj foy fua\u00e6lafi'uaw fi' foy Yi\u00e6zyua. La io\u00e6w wi' \u00e6ljuail, syirf wi' pyfua\u00e6ilyk pil foylaua ioi'uakw. La woi'girk o\u00e6phy ugwf iryf foyyi fy\u00e6ua y\u00e6ao i'foyua \u00e6v\u00e6uaf i'gf lal foy wli'io, pgf La iryf yiil ai'yiv\u00e6wwlai'l si'ua oyirvlalj i'foyuaw pirlalk yiy. La ki'l'f o\u00e6phy fi' iri'i'z \u00e6sfyua foyyi, \u00e6lilyii'uay, foi'gjo.\nLa uayyi\u00e6lalyk a\u00e6iryi \u00e6lk ioylf \u00e6iri'lj iolafo foylaua f\u00e6irz. \u00c6sfyuaio\u00e6uakw, La j\u00e6phy foyyi yii'uay si'i'k fo\u00e6l li'uayi\u00e6ir; foyil ioyuay jua\u00e6fysgir \u00e6lk ai'yiviryfyiril i'pirlaphlai'gw.\nI'lay foyil ioyuay wiryyvlalj suai'yi foy suaglaf laf io\u00e6w ugwf irlazy Wieverr La io\u00e6w phyuail vuayalawy, i'ly plafy vyua irlayip, airy\u00e6l. Wf\u00e6uafyk iolafo Nashasha. Foyl Yoseph. Foyl Kaarina. Sable io\u00e6w ir\u00e6wf. Foyil'irir lyphyua \u00e6lak foy i'foyuaw \u00e6j\u00e6lal.\nLaf syirf wfua\u00e6ljy, f\u00e6wflalj, \u00e6iryii'wf y\u00e6flalj La \u00e6yi kyirlaphyualalj ugwflaay, \u00e6uayl'f La Oy\u00e6foylw woi'girkl'f py \u00e6iriri'ioyk fi' ji' suayy.\nLa fi'i'z foy uayyii'phyk v\u00e6uafw fi' foy fuayy. W\u00e6yiy wvyirir, gwyk I si'ua y\u00e6ao v\u00e6laua. Foy fuayy juayio plajjyua. Puai'zy fouai'gjo foy slauay vlaf ualalj. Suaglaf law plajjyua fi'i'.\nLa'yi ji'lalj fi' y\u00e6f ioyirir fi'llajof.\n(The next two pages are splattered with SCP-2988-1 juice)\nFoy fuayy ji'f foy irysfi'phyuaw. Folaw io\u00e6w lyio, La klakl'f yde'vyaf foy fuayy fi' py \u00e6piry fi' yii'phy. Pgf laf wylaxuyk foy yiy\u00e6f \u00e6lk wvuay\u00e6k laf \u00e6uai'glk lafw uai'i'fw.\n\nI'm not saving anyone anymore. Hunt down the heathens. Their bones will be added to the tree. Everyone will know what happened to the blasphemers once the fighting ends. Only going to feed myself. I won't eat the heathens, but I'll have whatever fruit comes off from them once the tree consumes them.\n\nIt smells in the shrine. Smells like rotting/decay/decomposition (??). I've spent more time outside than in.\n\nNew fruit supply was great.\n\nFive days since last journal/writing (??). Found two heathens. Played the weak role, and they ran at me. I've gotten used to moving on three legs. Made it back to the shrine, and the tree was waiting for them.\nThis was new. The tree attacked/fought/assaulted (??). It whipped its branches and held them down. My face was hit several times before I ran outside.\nIt's been half an hour. Still outside. Shut the door to muffle the sound.\nFour more legs on the tree. It added them itself. I don't know if I have to use the spell now. Rest of the bodies all over the floor. All over. Maker, please forgive me for the smell inside. I didn't want to dirty your shrine like this. But this is judgement, right?\n\nRealized something. The fruit tastes different after each addition. Up to thirty one limbs now, and I just noticed it. Also, the tree never attacked me directly, even when I watched. That's good.\n\nThree Honorable heathens today. Thirty five.\n\nI pruned/clipped/removed (??) the wings off the tree. For some reason the fruit tastes awfully strange with birds. Down to twenty seven. The tree is growing out of the windows now. Maker, forgive me for using your shrine this way.\n\nI dragged two Honorables by the neck. They screamed all the way. Judgement silenced them. Forty five.\n\nTook care of fellow Scholar Winnie. Almost couldn't get her and had to retreat. Right shoulder got torn up, but it will heal with time. As I ran back to the shrine, the tree threw a dozen or so legs at her and dragged her back. Yet another secret it's revealed. I'm surprised at how far the tree has come. It's a bit frightening Its judgement is sound. Fifty one.\n\nI'm wanted. I can't believe it. Gaarreth was holding/clutching (??) a paper with my name. I dragged the damn monkey back after he was drugged and bit/mauled/chewed (??) his face. Let the tree do the rest.\nThe paper says I've been kidnapping fellow citizens of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and eating them inside the shrine. I don't know who saw me. I should have been more careful. I should have looked around. Gaarreth can't be the only one looking for me. I have to go.\n\nI have to save/preserve these notes. I can come back for them later. Suiward and Sari will see reason in what I did. They'll let me go. I can show them everything I've done, everyone I've dealt with.\n\nLast thing before I stash these. Sixty three. I have to keep a tally.\n\n[+] Access original documents (Note: Not translated)\n\n[-] Close original documents\n\nLa'yi li'f w\u00e6phlalj \u00e6lili'ly \u00e6lilyii'uay. Oglf ki'iol foy oy\u00e6foylw. Foylaua pi'lyw iolairir py \u00e6kkyk fi' foy fuayy. Yphyuaili'ly iolairir zli'io ioo\u00e6f o\u00e6vvylyk fi' foy pir\u00e6wvoyyiyuaw i'lay foy slajoflalj ylkw. I'liril ji'lalj fi' syyk yiilwyirs. La ioi'l'f y\u00e6f foy oy\u00e6foylw, pgf La'irir o\u00e6phy ioo\u00e6fyphyua suaglaf ai'yiyw i'ss suai'yi foyyi i'lay foy fuayy ai'lwgyiyw foyyi.\n\nLaf wyiyirirw lal foy woualaly. Wyiyirirw irlazy uai'f. La'phy wvylf yii'uay flayiy i'gfwlaky fo\u00e6l lal.\n\nLyio suaglaf wgvviril io\u00e6w juay\u00e6f.\n\nV k\u00e6ilw wlalay ir\u00e6wf li'fy. Si'glk II oy\u00e6foylw. Vir\u00e6ilyk foy ioy\u00e6z uai'iry, \u00e6lk foyil ua\u00e6l \u00e6f yiy. La'phy ji'ffyl gwyk fi' yii'phlalj i'l III iryjw. Yi\u00e6ky laf p\u00e6az fi' foy woualaly, \u00e6lk foy fuayy io\u00e6w io\u00e6laflalj si'ua foyyi.\nFolaw io\u00e6w lyio. Foy fuayy \u00e6ff\u00e6azyk. Laf ioolavvyk lafw pua\u00e6laoyw \u00e6lk oyirk foyyi ki'iol. Yiil s\u00e6ay io\u00e6w olaf wyphyua\u00e6ir flayiyw pysi'uay La ua\u00e6l i'gfwlaky.\nLaf'w pyyl XXI flayiyw. Wflairir i'gfwlaky. Wogf foy ki'i'ua fi' yigssiry foy wi'glk.\nIV yii'uay iryjw i'l foy fuayy. Laf \u00e6kkyk foyyi lafwyirs. La ki'l'f zli'io las La o\u00e6phy fi' gwy foy wvyirir li'io. Uaywf i's foy pi'klayw \u00e6irir i'phyua foy siri'i'ua. \u00c6irir i'phyua. Yi\u00e6zyua, viry\u00e6wy si'uajlaphy yiy si'ua foy wyiyirir lalwlaky. La klakl'f io\u00e6lf fi' klauafil ili'gua woualaly irlazy folaw. Pgf folaw law ugkjyyiylf, ualajof\n\nUay\u00e6irlaxuyk wi'yiyfolalj. Foy suaglaf f\u00e6wfyw klassyuaylf \u00e6sfyua y\u00e6ao \u00e6kklaflai'l. Gv fi' XXXI irlayipw li'io, \u00e6lk La ugwf li'flaayk laf. \u00c6irwi', foy fuayy lyphyua \u00e6ff\u00e6azyk yiy klauayafiril, yphyl iooyl La io\u00e6faoyk. Fo\u00e6f'w ji'i'k.\n\nIII Oi'li'ua\u00e6piry oy\u00e6foylw fi'k\u00e6il. XXXV.\n\nLa vuaglyk foy iolaljw i'ss foy fuayy. Si'ua wi'yiy uay\u00e6wi'l foy suaglaf f\u00e6wfyw \u00e6iosgiriril wfua\u00e6ljy iolafo plauakw. Ki'iol fi' XXVII. Foy fuayy law juai'iolalj i'gf i's foy iolalki'iow li'io. Yi\u00e6zyua, si'uajlaphy yiy si'ua gwlalj ili'gua woualaly folaw io\u00e6il.\n\nLa kua\u00e6jjyk II Oi'li'ua\u00e6piryw pil foy lyaz. Foyil wauay\u00e6yiyk \u00e6irir foy io\u00e6il. gkjyyiylf wlairylayk foyyi. XLV.\n\nFi'i'z a\u00e6uay i's syiriri'io Waoi'ir\u00e6ua Winnie. \u00c6iryii'wf ai'girkl'f jyf oyua \u00e6lk o\u00e6k fi' uayfuay\u00e6f. Ualajof woi'girkyua ji'f fi'ual gv, pgf laf iolairir oy\u00e6ir iolafo flayiy. \u00c6w La ua\u00e6l p\u00e6az fi' foy woualaly, foy fuayy fouayio \u00e6 ki'xuyl i'ua wi' iryjw \u00e6f oyua \u00e6lk kua\u00e6jjyk oyua p\u00e6az. Ilyf \u00e6li'foyua wyauayf laf'w uayphy\u00e6iryk. La'yi wguavualawyk \u00e6f oi'io s\u00e6ua foy fuayy o\u00e6w ai'yiy. Laf'w \u00e6 plaf sualajofyllalj Lafw ugkjyyiylf law wi'glk. LI.\n\nLa'yi io\u00e6lfyk. La a\u00e6l'f pyirlayphy laf. Gaarreth io\u00e6w airgfaolalj \u00e6 v\u00e6vyua iolafo yiil l\u00e6yiy. La kua\u00e6jjyk foy k\u00e6yil yii'lzyil p\u00e6az \u00e6sfyua oy io\u00e6w kuagjjyk \u00e6lk yi\u00e6giryk olaw s\u00e6ay. Iryf foy fuayy ki' foy uaywf.\nFoy v\u00e6vyua w\u00e6ilw La'phy pyyl zlakl\u00e6vvlalj syiriri'io alaflaxuylw i's \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u00e6lk y\u00e6flalj foyyi lalwlaky foy woualaly. La ki'l'f zli'io iooi' w\u00e6io yiy. La woi'girk o\u00e6phy pyyl yii'uay a\u00e6uaysgir. La woi'girk o\u00e6phy iri'i'zyk \u00e6uai'glk. Gaarreth a\u00e6l'f py foy i'liril i'ly iri'i'zlalj si'ua yiy. La o\u00e6phy fi' ji'.\n\nLa o\u00e6phy fi' w\u00e6phy foywy li'fyw. La a\u00e6l ai'yiy p\u00e6az si'ua foyyi ir\u00e6fyua. Suwaird \u00e6lk Sari iolairir wyy uay\u00e6wi'l lal ioo\u00e6f La klak. Foyil'irir iryf yiy ji'. La a\u00e6l woi'io foyyi yphyuailfolalj La'phy ki'ly, yphyuaili'ly La'phy ky\u00e6irf iolafo.\n\nIr\u00e6wf folalj pysi'uay La wf\u00e6wo foywy. LXIII. La o\u00e6phy fi' zyyv \u00e6 f\u00e6iriril.\n\nThe following document was found in SCP-2746 in a building that appeared to function as a filing/record room.\n\nWITH SOLEMNITY AND RESOLVE\nwe execute Scholar Izaak's punishment for his atrocities towards his fellow \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 inhabitants.\nBefore Our Great War, Izaak was known for his knowledge of medicine, being passionate and devoted to helping others. During better days, he was known for being an invaluable contributor to the construction of the healing houses, which have sadly since been destroyed during these dark days.\n\nWhile in hiding from his fellow inhabitants, Izaak Crafted a tree using his own flesh and bone, with the intent that it would provide him food. Though Izaak briefly offered the tree's fruit with good intentions, he ultimately used his craft for the maiming of other citizens, and took their limbs and bodies to fuel and grow his abomination.\n\nFor his crimes against the inhabitants of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, the following orders, along with relocation to the under plane, have been commissioned for Izaak's punishment:\n\nIzaak's remaining forelimb is to be crushed beyond healing limits, then severed, so he can never Craft again.\nIzaak's blood is to be injected with charcoal from the Grand Hearth, so that the sins and corruption he ingested from the fruit of his tree are cleansed.\nIzaak will be branded with the names of each citizen he caused to suffer. These brands, along with his severed limbs, will be transferred to his human shell upon permanent banishment from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nIzaak's Tree has shown surprising resilience to destruction, in both crude and spell-casting terms. To combat the possibility of it spreading further, spells will be enacted to permanently render all of its seeds sterile. It shall then be magicked away to the Unplotted Lands in the under plane, where it will remain untouched for the centuries to come.\n\n[+] Access original document (Note: Not translated)\n\n[-] Close original document\n\nIOLAFO WI'IRYYILLAFIL \u00c6LK UAYWI'IRPHY\nioy yde'yagfy Waoi'ir\u00e6ua Izaak'w vgllawoyiylf si'ua olaw \u00e6fuai'alaflayw fi'io\u00e6uakw olaw syiriri'io \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 lalo\u00e6plaf\u00e6lfw.\nPysi'uay I'gua Juay\u00e6f Io\u00e6ua, Izaak io\u00e6w zli'iol si'ua olaw zli'ioirykjy i's yiyklaalaly, pylalj v\u00e6wwlai'l\u00e6fy \u00e6lk kyphi'fyk fi' oyirvlalj i'foyuaw. Kgualalj pyffyua k\u00e6ilw, oy io\u00e6w zli'iol si'ua pylalj \u00e6l lalph\u00e6irg\u00e6piry ai'lfualapgfi'ua fi' foy ai'lwfuagaflai'l i's foy oy\u00e6irlalj oi'gwyw, ioolaao o\u00e6phy w\u00e6kiril wlalay pyyl kywfuai'ilyk kgualalj foywy k\u00e6uaz k\u00e6ilw.\n\nIoolairy lal olaklalj suai'yi olaw syiriri'io lalo\u00e6plaf\u00e6lfw, Izaak Aua\u00e6sfyk \u00e6 fuayy gwlalj olaw i'iol sirywo \u00e6lk pi'ly, iolafo foy lalfylf fo\u00e6f laf ioi'girk vuai'phlaky olayi si'i'k. Foi'gjo Izaak pualaysiril i'ssyuayk foy fuayy'w suaglaf iolafo ji'i'k lalfylflai'lw, oy girflayi\u00e6fyiril gwyk olaw aua\u00e6sf si'ua foy yi\u00e6layilalj i's i'foyua alaflaxuylw, \u00e6lk fi'i'z foylaua irlayipw \u00e6lk pi'klayw fi' sgyir \u00e6lk juai'io olaw \u00e6pi'yilal\u00e6flai'l.\n\nSi'ua olaw aualayiyw \u00e6j\u00e6lalwf foy lalo\u00e6plaf\u00e6lfw i's \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, foy si'iriri'iolalj i'uakyuaw, \u00e6iri'lj iolafo uayiri'a\u00e6flai'l fi' foy glkyua vir\u00e6ly, o\u00e6phy pyyl ai'yiyilawwlai'lyk si'ua Izzak'w vgllawoyiylf\nI. Izaak'w uayyi\u00e6lallalj si'uayirlayip law fi' py auagwoyk pyili'lk oy\u00e6irlalj irlayilafw, foyl wyphyuayk, wi' oy a\u00e6l lyphyua Aua\u00e6sf \u00e6j\u00e6lal.\nII. Izaak'W piri'i'k law fi' py laluyafyk iolafo ao\u00e6uaai'\u00e6ir suai'yi foy Jua\u00e6lk Oy\u00e6uafo, wi' fo\u00e6f foy wlalw \u00e6lk ai'uauagvflai'l oy laljywfyk suai'yi foy suaglaf i's olaw fuayy \u00e6uay airy\u00e6lwyk.\nIII. Izaak iolairir py pua\u00e6lkyk iolafo foy l\u00e6yiyw i's y\u00e6ao alaflaxuyl oy a\u00e6gwyk fi' wgssyua. Foywy pua\u00e6lkw, \u00e6iri'lj iolafo olaw wyphyuayk irlayipw, iolairir py fua\u00e6lwsyuauayk fi' olaw ogyi\u00e6l woyirir gvi'l vyuayi\u00e6lylf p\u00e6llawoyiylf suai'yi \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nIV. Izaak'w Fuayy o\u00e6w woi'iol wguavualawlalj uaywlairlaylay fi' kywfuagaflai'l, lal pi'fo auagky \u00e6lk wvyirira\u00e6wflalj fyuayiw. Fi' ai'yip\u00e6f foy vi'wwlaplairlafil i's laf wvuay\u00e6klalj sguafoyua, wvyirirw iolairir py yl\u00e6afyk fi' vyuayi\u00e6lylfiril uaylkyua \u00e6irir i's lafw wyykw wfyualairy. Laf wo\u00e6irir foyl py yi\u00e6jlaazyk \u00e6io\u00e6il fi' foy Glviri'ffyk Ir\u00e6lkw lal foy glkyua vir\u00e6ly, iooyuay laf iolairir uayyi\u00e6lal glfi'gaoyk si'ua foy aylfgualayw fi' ai'yiy.\n\nFootnotes\n1. i.e. Loss of speed/coordination, and collapse.\n2. Question marks signify translations up for interpretation/equivalent word choice for the translated text.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2987 | SCP-2988 | SCP-2989 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2989-A\n\nSCP-2989-B\n\nItem #: SCP-2989\nObject Class: Safe Neutralized\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Site-2989-\u03b1 has been constructed in the Arashiyama bamboo forest in Sagano, Kyoto, Japan at the point at which SCP-2989 instances manifest. Site-2989-\u03b2 has been installed at the former Barnswood public library, Barnswood, Montana, USA.\nWhile manifested, SCP-2989 instances are to be constantly observed and recorded. SCP-2989 instances may be handled for observation purposes while not feeding. SCP-2989 instances are not to be interacted with or disturbed while in the pupal stage.\nDescription: SCP-2989-A and SCP-2989-B are a pair of organisms resembling a Japanese Emperor caterpillar and an Orange Spicebush Swallowtail caterpillar, respectively.\nSCP-2989 instances will periodically undergo spontaneous spatio-temporal shifts, relocating to a seemingly random point in time at either Site-2989-\u03b1 or Site-2989-\u03b2. In order to trigger these shifts, SCP-2989 instances will enter their pupal stages, at which point the instances will dematerialize and rematerialize outside of its chrysalis at another point in the timeline. Of note is that the time elapsed between when an SCP-2989 instance enters its pupal stage can last anywhere from a few minutes to several years. Though multiple temporal copies of each instance have been observed at the same time, and SCP-2989-A and SCP-2989-B have both materialized at the same time at different Sites, at no point have both SCP-2989 instances been observed to exist at the same time at the same Site. (See Addendum 2).\nSCP-2989 instances have demonstrated the ability to ingest and metabolize both paper products and bamboo plant tissues with no adverse effects. Whenever dematerializing from Site-2989-\u03b2, SCP-2989 instances cause the growth of bamboo plants on nearby surfaces. Upon dematerializing from Site-2989-\u03b1, SCP-2989 instances cause the discoloration of nearby surfaces. This discoloration takes the form of text in modern English, French, and Japanese.\nAddendum 1: Samples of text generated by SCP-2989 instances at Site-2989-\u03b1.\nText generated by SCP-2989-A:\n\nI see all your words.\nWhy am I still unable\nTo find you my dear?\n\nA blind man is one who sees but has no vision.\nA faithful man is one whose vision is still beyond the horizon.\nHow then can faith be blind\nAnd vision needless of faith?\n\nWait, I think we almost met that last time. Try aiming a bit to your left.\n\ni must find you i need you i miss you with my entire being and yet even though i let all my words flow out from my heart in the present they are unable to find you\n\nText generated by SCP-2989-B:\n\nAnd so we follow endlessly\nThe troubles which we leave for ourselves.\nUnable to move on\nExcept in this hopeful infinity.\nUnable to forget.\n\nWhy are so many feelings needed, when one overwhelms the universe?\n\nTwirling through the ocean vast\nSide by side two nets are cast.\nEach one hopes to snag the other\nTo hold love stronger than a brother.\n\nI miss you.\n\nAddendum 2: Incident 2989-ATLAS\nOn \u2588/\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, both SCP-2989-A and SCP-2989-B simultaneously materialized at Site-2989-\u03b1. Both SCP-2989 instances moved towards each other, triggering a spatial disturbance. Once the disturbance had subsided, both instances had merged into a single chrysalis. After eight days, a butterfly of unknown species (designated SCP-2989-C) emerged from the chrysalis. SCP-2989-C's wings possessed a fractal pattern with orange, yellow, and green coloration. After three hours and forty three minutes, SCP-2989-C underwent a spatio-temporal shift, escaping containment. Discolorations on nearby surfaces formed the word \"Whole.\" in fifty five different languages1 as well as in three unknown scripts. No SCP-2989 instances observed as of Incident 2989-ATLAS. Object Class changed to Neutralized.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The same languages used on the Voyager Golden Record.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2988 | SCP-2989 | SCP-2990 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2990\nObject Class: Euclid\nSpecial Containment Procedures: Mobile Perimeter Beta-A is to be established around one or two instances of SCP-2990. Groups of three or more instances are to have Mobile Perimeter Beta-C established. Instances that separate farther than 20 meters from groups are to be contained as singular instances. Class-C amnestics are to be used on civilians upon witnessing an instance of SCP-2990, though the total period of exposure may be factored into the amount or type of amnestic given.\nIf an instance of SCP-2990 moves into a populated area, Mobile Task Force Pi-1 (\"City Slickers\") is to be sent to administer aerosol Class-S amnestics over the area. In the case that an instance remains in the area for longer than a period of 2 weeks, temporary stationing of personnel is authorized for monitoring purposes (See Incident Form-2990-B). Civilians should also be administered the antidote for Class-S amnestics, upon settlement of personnel.\nSCP-2990-A is currently held in Site-45 storage. No further efforts are currently needed to contain SCP-2990-A.\nDescription: SCP-2990 refers to several intangible, levitating humanoid statues. All instances assume the pose of a human male standing upright. Each humanoid appears to consist of various materials, including wood, marble, concrete, and polymers. Groups of SCP-2990 tend to have instances composed of the same substance as each other, or at least relating to each other. Testing cannot confirm if each humanoid is made of the material they resemble, as each is completely intangible and cannot be interacted with.\nAll instances of SCP-2990 behave similarly to objects in a vacuum, and are not affected by friction. However, all instances appear to be following Earth's orbit and rotation around the sun. It is currently undetermined if gravity is able to affect an instance's trajectory, or if each instance is purposely following Earth's movement. There are currently 47 logged instances, including 5 that are currently located in isolated or subterranean areas not able to be readily surveyed.\nOccasionally, instances of SCP-2990 may change in direction and velocity through unknown methods. The changes are usually minor, and physical objects do not appear to have any influence on these changes. Instances of SCP-2990 are also capable of moving through any type of material without resistance. No adverse effects have been found in making contact with an instance.\nIt is currently undetermined if instances of SCP-2990 are sentient or sapient, though trends in behavior has been noted:\n\nInstances typically move at speeds of 1 to 5 kilometers per hour relative to Earth, though have been measured to reach up to 87 kph.\nInstances of SCP-2990 are capable of traveling underground or above the atmosphere, though only 12 instances have been recorded to do so.\nInstances of SCP-2990 tend to avoid populated areas, such as cities or towns, and remain in natural environments.\n\nAddendum 2990-A: During clean-up of Incident 2990-2, Agent \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 reported they had obtained close-ups of a polymeric instance of SCP-2990, consisting of what appeared to be polyethylene terephthalate granules (PET). Researchers noticed small engravings that were later determined to form two paragraphs:\n\n\u0422\u0435\u043c, \u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043c\u044b \u043e\u0441\u0432\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0437\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044c, \u044f \u043c\u043e\u043b\u044e\u0441\u044c \u043e \u0432\u0430\u0441.\n\u0418\u0434\u0438\u0442\u0435 \u0438 \u0443\u0437\u0440\u0435\u0439\u0442\u0435 \u043d\u043e\u0432\u044b\u0439 \u043c\u0438\u0440, \u043d\u0435\u0442\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0443\u0442\u044b\u0439 \u0432\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044c\u044e\nTo those we have freed here, I pray of thee.\nGo and see a new world, untouched by power.\nI leave inscribed upon you, your last thoughts. -\u041d\u0430\u0434\u0435\u0436\u0434\u0430\nMy world is fractured. I think it is like this one, but worse. My world is only shattered ice now, and the king is seeking our blood.\nWe are starving and dying and worse in this place. We have no choices, no options. The only other place we can go is the maincontinent, where the Light Courier company controls all the people. All we can do is put faith in the devices we are walking through.\nI brought my family and others. I do not know if they are alive, I do not know if we are coming through, and I fear for myself and all those behind me. Protect us, Archais. -\u041c\u0430\u0440\u043b\u0435\u043d\n\nIncident 2990-1: On \u2588/\u2588\u2588/2003, several instances of SCP-2990 were reported to have emerged from Kovalevsky Forest, Russia. Field operatives discovered what appeared to be a single motionless instance of SCP-2990 (hereby referred to as SCP-2990-A), from which several instances were emerging. All agents described SCP-2990-A falling to the ground while making a facial expression of surprise. It appeared to have become tangible, and was transported to Site-45.\nResearchers have affirmed that the instance is composed entirely of concrete and aluminum slag. Later analysis revealed that SCP-2990-A's expression had changed to a contented smile from discovery to transportation. Surveillance of its transportation unit also reveals an faintly audible whisper originating from the statue, believed to be transcribed as \"We have (succeeded?) now. We are safe.\" Testing for any other anomalous properties is underway.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2989 | SCP-2990 | SCP-2991 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2991, in its inert state.\n\nItem #: SCP-2991\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2991 is to be kept in a standard secure locker at Site-77. Level-2 clearance is required for access to the item and any corresponding documentation. Designated personnel are to remove SCP-2991 from containment for one hour every week to maintain continued responsiveness. Any interactions that occur with SCP-2991 are to be properly recorded and submitted for review by the senior researcher currently assigned to SCP-2991.\nDescription: SCP-2991 is a striped multicolored scarf of variable length. In its inert state, SCP-2991 is approximately 0.8 meters long; at the time of its recovery, SCP-2991 was noted to have small sections of its fringe missing. The original manufacturer of the object is currently unknown due to fading on the tag. SCP-2991 was initially discovered within a non-anomalous cardboard box labeled \"Scarf's Box\", containing scraps of yarn consistent with SCP-2991's composition. As such, it is believed that SCP-2991's base components are not inherently anomalous.1\nBased on current experimentation, SCP-2991 is theorized to possess some level of sapience, as well as a docile demeanor (see Interview Log 2991-\u2588\u2588). SCP-2991 is able to adjust its length; the extent of this ability is unknown, though the longest SCP-2991 has managed to extend itself thus far (before reverting to its usual length) is 1.5 meters. SCP-2991 is additionally capable of limited movement, and exhibits simple behaviors similar to those of sapient beings.2\nSCP-2991 has recently been observed communicating with researchers in the past few months by rolling itself along its width to become thinner, after which it will move to form individual letters for the researchers to transcribe. It is of note that SCP-2991 will only respond to simple English speech, generally becoming unresponsive if words involving more than two syllables are used. The following is one of the interviews transcribed by the Foundation:\n\nInterview Log 2991-\u2588\u2588\n\nDr. Mercer: Hi there. How do you feel?Dr. Mercer: Sorry about that.Dr. Mercer: First, can I ask you about the box we found you in?Dr. Mercer: How did you end up there?Dr. Mercer: Okay. Do you know where your owner is?Dr. Mercer: I see. Do you know why you had to stay in the box?Dr. Mercer: Were you made to be fun?Dr. Mercer: What were you made to do?\nAddendum 2991-1: SCP-2991 was initially recovered from a small studio apartment in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. Further investigation of \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588, the now-absent tenant of the apartment SCP-2991 was discovered in, is underway. Among the documents recovered from the apartment was a wall calendar with three appointments written, namely \"interview\", \"demonstration / good job Scarf!\", and \"start new job!!!\".\nIt is of note that other small, unique objects were recovered from the apartment, including a bubble-blower in the shape of a one-eyed octopus, a scented throwing disc decorated with various fruits, and a hat with a solar-powered dancing flower on top. The additional items recovered have exhibited no anomalous effects, and are currently held in Site-77's low-priority storage unit. The box holding said items, now in storage as well, possesses no markings except for a stylized \"W\" and top hat logo drawn in ballpoint pen, along with the caption \"demos\".\nWhen asked to comment on the items, SCP-2991 stated the hat was \"TOO BUSY\", and of the disc, \"DOCTOR SAID CUTE\". The rest of the objects were dismissed with the comment \"AFTER ME\".\nAddendum 2991-2: On \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588, Foundation personnel performing a routine inspection of the apartment discovered the following note on the coat closet door, held in place by the blade of a short knife.3\n\nTO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:\nPlease return my Scarf to me. It is of no monetary value, and you may keep the other items you have taken. A reward will be given for its safe return. Please leave Scarf in the apartment, and when I have it back I will leave the reward.\nI WILL KNOW IF SCARF HAS BEEN HARMED.\n\nDiscussion of further surveillance of the apartment is ongoing.\n\nFootnotes\n1. Attempts to remove samples of material from SCP-2991 for analysis have been discontinued, as SCP-2991 has exhibited severely distressed reactions when approached with any form of cutting implement.\n2. Examples of behaviors observed in experimental settings include fear, excitement, and weariness/sleeping.\n3. When removed from the door, the knife exploded in a shower of purple confetti. Confetti remains are currently in storage.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2990 | SCP-2991 | SCP-2992 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2992\nObject Class: Euclid Pending Keter Reclassification (See Interview 2992-18)\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2992 is kept in an anechoic chamber, furnished as a regular humanoid containment unit. All personnel interacting with SCP-2992 are to have scored a minimum of 4 on the Memetic And Mind-Affecting Resistance Exam. All personnel interviewing SCP-2992 are to have scored a minimum of 6 on the Memetic And Mind-Affecting Resistance Exam. In exchange for positive behavior, SCP-2992 is allowed one album of their choice at the beginning of every month. The album will be delivered in FLAC format and uploaded to their music player.\nDescription: SCP-2992 is a physically normal African-American male of 1.8 meters in height and 62 kg in weight. SCP-2992 is currently 24 years of age and has brown eyes and hair. SCP-2992 was born as Jayden Williams and has previously operated under the online pseudonym \"ProfetiX\".\nSCP-2992 has multiple memetic effects. A given subject may be affected by these effects by hearing certain sounds produced by SCP-2992 itself or listening to music that has been suggested by SCP-2992, either by word or on online playlists. Both methods of infection produce the same effects.\nSCP-2992's primary effect triggers when a given subject listens to one or more suggested songs. Once affected, a given subject will perceive the continuous playing of previously heard music. This continuous playing is interrupted only when the given subject listens to new music. This effect spreads when affected subjects suggest any music to others and the suggested music is listened to, regardless of source.\nSCP-2992's secondary effects include changes of behavior, such as the increased tolerance for different genres of music and a strong desire to seek more obscure music to listen to and suggest to others. These are also spread when they are expressed by an affected subject to others.\nSCP-2992 claims it had previously been a mundane human before contacting an unknown entity (tentatively referred to as SCP-2992-1). According to interviews, SCP-2992 claims that SCP-2992-1 is an intangible, sapient entity capable of existing wherever the memetic effect spreads. It is also apparently the cause of the memetic effects. It is unknown explicitly what the relationship between SCP-2992 and SCP-2992-1 is. However, it is currently believed that containment of SCP-2992 will also contain the tentative entity SCP-2992-1. See Interview 2992-18 for details.\nFurther interviews with SCP-2992 are currently underway in order to verify SCP-2992-1's existence.\n\nInterview Log 2992-01\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nDate: February 19, 2007\nInterviewer: Doctor Malcolm\nInterviewee: SCP-2992\n[BEGIN LOG]\nDr. Malcolm: Hello, SCP-29-Dr. Malcolm: \u2026Jayden then. Could you answer a few questions for me please? We'll return you to your containment then.Dr. Malcolm: Excuse me?Dr. Malcolm: \u2026Very well. For cooperative behavior, I can agree to look for it.Dr. Malcolm: \u2026I'll, uh, think about it. Thank you for the recommendation, Jayden. Could you tell me more about your ability to\u2026 influence certain people?Dr. Malcolm: Could you tell me about this entity?Dr. Malcolm: What is\u2026 this purpose of yours?[END LOG]\nNotes: This is the first interview with SCP-2992, within three days of successful containment. It should be noted that the tapping SCP-2992 produced were following specific rhythms. These are assumed to be SCP-2992's attempt at spreading its memetic effects to Foundation personnel. Dr. Malcolm has since undergone observation for memetic influence and it is currently assumed the effect is either not noteworthy or nonexistent.\n\nInterview Log 2992-09\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nDate: July 9, 2007\nInterviewer: Dr. Malcolm\nInterviewee: SCP-2992\n[BEGIN LOG]Dr. Malcolm: Hello. Good to see you again. Could you answer some questions for me?Dr. Malcolm: [sighs] Could you explain the entity again, its purpose and its relationship with you?Dr. Malcolm: Yes, yes, that's very nice. Could you please answer my questions?Dr. Malcolm: How does it plan to do that?Dr. Malcolm: \u2026No, thank you. One last question. Could you clarify, again, what exactly you're planning to do?Dr. Malcolm: [sighs] I think we're done for today, Jayden. I'll see you next week.\n[END LOG]\nNotes: I don't feel we are going anywhere. We're getting close to 10 interviews with no information beyond essentially what we started with. I'm requesting to work with a colleague of mine, Dr. K.M\u2588\u2588, who has worked with difficult humanoid anomalies in the past. -Doctor Malcolm\nRequest granted. Dr. K.M\u2588\u2588 has agreed and will be helping advise any further interviews with SCP-2992. -Site Director Maharaj\n\nInterview Log 2992-18\n\nACCESS GRANTED\n\nDate: November 12, 2007\nInterviewer: Doctor Malcolm(supervisor) and Doctor K. M\u2588\u2588(primary)\nInterviewee: SCP-2992\nInterview Context: Doctor K. M\u2588\u2588 had requested permission from Doctor Malcolm to conduct an interview in the belief that more direct interaction would garner the best results. Doctor Malcolm has permitted Doctor K. M\u2588\u2588 to interview SCP-2992 under his supervision for this interview.\n[BEGIN LOG]Dr. Malcolm: Actually, I think you remember when I was telling you about my colleague from my last visit. He's been observing our\u2026 rehearsals\u2026 for quite some time and so he has decided today to, uh, add his voice to the duet.\nDr. K.M\u2588\u2588: A pleasure to see the voice in the flesh, Jayden. Or are you more comfortable with \"ProfetiX\"? Clever pun, by the way.Dr. K.M\u2588\u2588: I'm afraid your friend wouldn't care for a friend like me. Our notes are dissonant when played together. But I don't mind listening to you, if you're able to answer some of my questions.Dr. K.M\u2588\u2588: [takes SCP-2992's hand; SCP-2992 plays 'Miles to Go Before Sleep' by Hammock before leading Dr. K.M\u2588\u2588 into a dance] What will happen do you think, if you are to succeed? What is the fairer relationship like, between us and them?Dr. K.M\u2588\u2588: You seem quite certain that this will happen. But you're stuck here, and so is your friend. Your sheet music will go unwritten. Don't you think, though claiming you're otherwise, you're no different from the children you champion for? A broken CD left in a basement, a forgotten track in a computer-Dr. K.M\u2588\u2588: Then why don't you tell me, without the playful metaphors and imagery? Tell me seriously.Dr. K.M\u2588\u2588: How many? You're still stuck here you know. You can't-Dr. K.M\u2588\u2588: You think we can't bring a stop to it now that you've told us?Dr. K.M\u2588\u2588: [pushes SCP-2992 off, returns to his seat] I think that will be all for tonight, Jayden. Thank you for your time.\n[END LOG]\nNotes: I would recommend against immediate panic with the results of this interview. We may lose the ability to gain more information about the situation if we clamp down on him immediately. I would like to request that while during reclassification, SCP-2992 will be treated as if nothing has changed in his situation. -Dr.K\u2588\u2588\u2588M\u2588\u2588\nI disagree. We need to keep it in complete lockdown until we can verify how dangerous it is for ourselves. -Doctor Malcolm\nSCP-2992 containment will continue as normal, but only temporarily. SCP-2992 is still our only source of information. As soon as the Foundation has enough information, its containment procedures will be revised and then we can put it under stricter containment. -Site Director Maharaj\n\n\u00ab SCP-2991 | SCP-2992 | SCP-2993 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2993\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2993 is to be contained in a standard secure locker at Site-19. Access to SCP-2993 is available only to staff Level 2 and above. Any personnel wishing to use SCP-2993 must contact the current leading researcher assigned to SCP-2993.\nDescription: SCP-2993 appears to be an unremarkable pair of aviator sunglasses with no visible markings or logos. The durability of SCP-2993 is unremarkable and without proper care may be damaged in a way similar to its non-anomalous counterparts.\nWhen viewed from the front, SCP-2993 is opaque and acts as a mirror. No form of radiation is able to pass through SCP-2993, including visible light. Replacing parts of SCP-2993 while preserving its original function is possible as long as more than 50% of the original mass is present. The most notable feature of SCP-2993 occurs when it is viewed from behind: SCP-2993 shows exactly six hours behind the period of time the user is wearing them (see Addendum SCP-2993-1).\nAddendum SCP-2993-1: A Junior Researcher under Dr. A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 compared security footage to the view through SCP-2993 while searching for any abnormalities that lead to the containment breach of [DATA EXPUNGED]. Security footage showed the researcher writing on a piece of paper \"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog,\" a sentence that contains all 26 letters of the alphabet. Six hours later, the researcher (using SCP-2993) noted that the sentence read, \"A mad boxer shot a quick, gloved jab to the jaw of his dizzy opponent,\" a sentence that also contains all 26 letters of the alphabet.\nFurther testing has revealed that the past as viewed through SCP-2993 contains many minor changes. Examples include Junior Researcher B\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's hair as shoulder-length instead of neck-length, an Agent's first name spelled as Hannah instead of Hanna, and the color of Dr A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's favorite pen appeared green instead of red.\nAddendum SCP-2993-2: Due to differences in details found when viewing the past while wearing SCP-2993 (detailed in Addendum SCP-2993-1), Dr A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 used SCP-2993 to look over notes he had taken on SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 six hours before. The notes on SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 appeared to be minimally different, excluding ten millimeter differences in length of the steel bars keeping SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 in containment. Although this difference appears negligible, the difference in length would normally lead to a security breach by SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\nAlthough these dimensions should have caused a containment breach for SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, no such breach occurred. Approximately three hours later, when Dr. A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 used SCP-2993 to observe the containment area of SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, SCP-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 did not break free of containment, and the differences in measurement observed by Dr. A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 while wearing SCP-2993 were non-existent when he performed measurements of the containment unit himself.\n\nMemo from Dr: A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: \"Is what SCP-2993 shows us consistent? We know that it maintains at least some level of accuracy in regards to reality, at least nominally, as noted in Addendum SCP-2993-1. Is SCP-2993 selectively altering information? I can't help but wonder what mechanisms influence the effects of SCP-2993.\n\n+ Experiment-Log 2993-A\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nAt 23:54, 5/11/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, Dr. A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 reviewed notes on SCP-2993. Exactly six hours later, Dr. A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 donned SCP-2993 and viewed himself looking over his notes. Content of the files appeared completely unchanged other than a select testing log that had been appended. The log contained tests that Dr. A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 had never conducted. The appended log has been exactly reproduced:\n\nPast-Experiment-Log-2993-1\nSCP-2993 tapped lightly with a hammer. No effect\nSCP-2993 forcibly hit with a hammer. No effect.\nSCP-2993 dropped from ten meters. No effect.\nSCP-2993 dropped from 30 meters. No effect\nSCP-2993 dropped from 100 meters. No effect.\nSCP-2993 shot with a 9mm handgun. No effect.\nSCP-2993 shot with a .50 caliber rifle. No effect.\nSCP-2993 introduced to temperatures of over \u2588\u2588\u2588 Kelvin. No effect.\nSCP-2993 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. No effect.\nSCP-2993 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588 \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588. \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588.\n\n*It should be re-noted that SCP-2993 is no more durable than a regular pair of sunglasses.\n\n+ Experiment-Log 2993-B\n\n- ACCESS GRANTED\n\nDr. A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 donned SCP-2993 to view an interview for [DATA EXPUNGED] in person six hours after it had completed. Although differences between recordings of the interview and Dr. A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's observation were minimal at first, the end of the interview observed by Dr. A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 was different than the recording. Following is the transcribed audio recording of Dr. A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 describing the interview through SCP-2993:\n\nAudio log capture\nExperiment 2993-B\nDate: 07/13/\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nSubject: [DATA EXPUNGED]\nLocation: \u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\nSkip to 23m 05s\n23:07:\nDr. A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588: Something is changing. The officer is - (extended pause) - there is something different with the way he's looking at the Subject. I can't quite say what the difference is, but it's there. The Subject is nonplussed - wait, was nonplussed. They appear to be agreeing on something. They are nodding to each other.\n23:40\nDr. A: The officer is no longer talking to the Subject. The two are staring at each other from across the table, doing nothing.\n24:05\nDr. A: The Subject and the officer are still looking at\u2026 fuck, now they are looking at me. They can - (pause) - I think\u2026 they can see me.\nAt this point Dr. A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 hurriedly takes SCP-2993 off and searches his immediate surroundings.\n24:22\nControl: Doctor A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, can you continue?\n24:26\nDr. A: [Pauses] I can.\n24:28\nControl: Continue.\n24:30\nDr. A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 re-dons SCP-2993.\n24:31\nDr. A: HOLY SHIT.\nDr. A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 quickly removes SCP-2993 once again, showing signs of severe distress.\n24:35\nControl: Doctor A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588?\n24:43\nDr A: They - (pause) - they were standing right in front of me, right there, shoulder to shoulder, staring at me.\nDr A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 terminates the experiment.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2992 | SCP-2993 | SCP-2994 \u00bb"}
{"text": "Item #: SCP-2994\nObject Class: Safe\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2994-1 to -27 are to be kept in two standard Safe-class lockers. Intravenous feeding tubes and catheters should be connected at all times, except when testing. A veterinarian should monitor them to ensure their continued health. SCP-2994 instances and their containment lockers are to be cleaned daily. Testing requires permission from a Level 2 Researcher. SCP-2994-28 is to be kept in a separate locker, and monitored constantly.\nDescription: SCP-2994-1 through -27 are externally identical to small whiteboards, brand unknown, with each being 40cm x 30cm x 5cm. Instances of SCP-2994 are alive, possessing internal organs. Genetic testing has revealed a strong similarity to Canis familiaris, or the domestic dog. Three orifices are present; one, on the back face, is used for egestion, another, situated on the forward face, for breathing, and next to it a third, which is used for sustenance intake. SCP-2994 instances possess no teeth, and it is theorised that they subsisted on liquid food before containment. The brains of SCP-2994 instances have been modified artificially1.\nInstances of SCP-2994 are inactive until a human writes on them with a dry erase marker pen, which causes them to display simple incomplete phrases in German. They accomplish this using chromatophores, which are most densely situated underneath the top face, forming a grid of lines in a similar configuration to a seven-segment display, which then illuminate in a way that forms letters. If no attempt is made to answer after marking it, the phrases will fade over the course of approximately two minutes. If the blanks are filled in incorrectly, the board will display an encouraging message, and if three mistakes are made, the board will fill in half of the missing letters. If the blanks are filled in correctly, the instance of SCP-2994 will congratulate the user, displaying messages such as \"Wunderbar!\" and \"Fantastisch!\" (German for \"wonderful\" and \"fantastic\", respectively). If expletives are written on an instance, it will turn a bright red colour and emit a loud, high-pitched whistle until the expletives have been erased.\nSCP-2994-28 is similar to other instances of SCP-2994, but with far fewer augumentations to its brain and a cruder make up; the internal organs are more cramped, with some pushing against major nerve bundles. SCP-2994-28 is unresponsive to external stimuli, and manifests messages at irregular intervals in crude English. These messages all have similar themes (see addendum 2).\nAddendum: SCP-2994-1 through 27 were discovered in \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Elementary School in Moses Lake, Washington, when parents reported \"talking whiteboards\" in one class during an open house. When questioned, the children claimed that a German teacher, Ms A\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, had brought them in from home for use in their lessons three months prior. Grades had improved significantly for that class since. All individuals involved were administered Class-A amnestics, with the children exposed to SCP-2994 over the longer period being monitored for \u2588 years in case of recollection.\nA raid on S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588's house by Foundation agents led to the discovery of SCP-2994-28, and several dog carcasses missing most of their internal organs. Some of the dogs were microchipped, and later identified as having gone missing between twelve and seven months prior to the raid. However, rates of decomposition pointed to them having died between eight and four months prior. An exception was a dog traced to S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 herself, which had been killed fourteen months earlier. As of \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/20\u2588\u2588, attempts to trace S\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 have been unsuccessful.\nAddendum 2: Sample texts manifested by SCP-2994-28 during containment. Grammar and spelling have been unaltered.\n\nDate\nText\n\n12/06/05\nare you there\n\n04/11/09\nit hurts\n\n13/09/11\nplease make it stop\n\n02/12/13\ni dont know what i did rong but im sorry\n\n21/03/14\nplease help me\n\n31/06/14\nkill me\n\n12/08/14\ni still love you\n\nFootnotes\n1. For current leading theories on the origin and precise effects of SCP-2994 brain modifications, see: Cambridge, Jack, \u201cTabula Rasa: Neurological Modification As Present In SCP-2994\u201d Biophysics: An SCP Foundation Journal (2010): 359.\n\n\u00ab SCP-2993 | SCP-2994 | SCP-2995 \u00bb"}
{"text": "SCP-2995 during testing.\n\nItem #: SCP-2995\nObject Class: Keter\nSpecial Containment Procedures: SCP-2995 is contained onsite at Area-\u2588\u2588\u2588 and housed in a climate-controlled vault, which has been constructed around the anomaly. This vault is insulated against seismic activity and safeguarded by three (3) reinforced steel doors. Access to the vault is forbidden barring emergency maintenance. During these situations, only one (1) Clearance 3/2995 engineer may enter the vault, and they are to be equipped with a Batrachotoxin security collar, which must be activated for any breach of protocol.\nSCP-2995 is positioned in the center of the three SCP-2995-1 instances, which form an equilateral triangle around the former. This alignment must be upheld at all costs. SCP-2995-1 must maintain a distance from one another of exactly 4.39 meters; to facilitate this, the instances are bound to one another by a series of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer supports. This arrangement must be monitored at all times, and it is imperative that any dislocation of SCP-2995-1 be responded to immediately. In the event of a possible containment breach, damage to SCP-2995-1, or movement by SCP-2995, Overwatch is to be alerted to the possibility of an XK-Class End of the World Scenario.\nDescription: SCP-2995 is a spherical luminous object levitating 1.74 meters from the ground. The mechanism of levitation is unknown. The object itself is approximately 27cm in diameter and generates a distinct red glow. Anything which enters an ellipsoidal space surrounding SCP-2995 (this space is 1.51 meters in height and 2.14 meters in width) is destroyed by exposure to SCP-2995's physical properties (see below). A small amount of pressure is required to penetrate this space (approximately 80N/cm2); due to this, ambient atmospheric particles seldom cross the threshold.\nSCP-2995-1 are a set of three identically-shaped jadeite columns. The columns are 7.11 meters in height and 45cm in diameter. Topping each instance of SCP-2995-1 is a sculpture of a human hand. While of consistent size, they bear distinct inscriptions (although sharing a similar theme). The inscriptions consist of text and images, the former of which are in Old Chinese. The images correspond to an obscure Chinese religious sect originating from \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 BCE, which is consistent with the site of recovery, in [REDACTED]. Common themes present on SCP-2995-1 and at the recovery site include fire, sun worship, avian worship, astrological thaumaturgy and human immolation.\nThrough [REDACTED], a limited amount of data on SCP-2995's physical properties is available. Presently, the object is believed to be a quark degenerate matter (possibly strange matter) star, making the anomaly's color a result of gravitational redshift.1 Relativistic physics dictate that a stellar body maintaining such a diminutive volume given its mass (approximately 3.14 x 1020kg, according to calculations of SCP-2995's gravity within the threshold), is highly improbable; how SCP-2995 has achieved its size is unknown. By all accounts, SCP-2995 produces thermal energy, electromagnetic radiation, and gravitational force more than sufficient to constitute an XK-Class End of the World Scenario; these effects, however, are limited to the ellipsoidal space around the anomaly. The dimensions of the space are, in turn, determined by the precise placement of SCP-2995-1 around SCP-2995. It is presently unknown why some amount of visual radiation escapes the field projected by SCP-2995-1 (which makes SCP-2995 itself visible to the naked eye).\nAddendum [2995-001]: Recovery and History\nSCP-2995 was discovered in 1933 following the Diexi Earthquake. While the structure supporting SCP-2995-1 was seemingly designed to insulate the artifact against seismic activity, the earthquake's magnitude and close proximity to the site caused a minute change in the orientation of the columns. Consequently, small amounts of SCP-2995's latent gamma radiation contaminated the area. Agents embedded in the Chinese government were alerted to several cases of radiation poisoning in the \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Province and were dispatched to investigate. Although public knowledge of ionizing radiation and radiation poisoning was virtually nonexistent at the time, the Foundation had previously encountered [REDACTED]. Using prototype lead-lined suits, the agents located SCP-2995 and performed an initial evaluation. Using instructions from texts present at the site, the agents were able to return SCP-2995-1 to nearly its original position, reducing gamma radiation to negligible levels.\nAfter the artifact's initial stabilization, a second, comprehensive evaluation was conducted, during which time the magnitude of the object was discovered. Site-62B was constructed for the sole purpose of containing SCP-2995, and systematic depopulation of the surrounding areas was conducted via [REDACTED].\nContainment encountered no further difficulties until 1937, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. While Japanese occupation of mainland China did not extend to the region encompassing Site-62B, the disruption of the Chinese government severely impacted the Foundation's ability to maintain communication with and transport supplies to the site. It is believed that this fact was known by J\u012bn Ch\u00ecb\u01ceng,2 who then attempted an opportunistic raid on Site-62B on \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/1937. The attack resulted in the deaths of 11 of the site's 17 staff, leaving barely enough personnel to operate the facility effectively.\nThe following is an informal incident report authored by one of Site-62B's security personnel following the attack.\n\nAgent Todd Reiner here. There's six of us left, and only two of those have the necessary clearance to approach the fucking thing. Not that any of that bullshit matters at this point.\nFive of them showed up in the night. Don't know how they passed right under our monitoring systems, some magic bullshit, I don't know. Two of them were carrying a third on some kind of thing. When we made contact, Paul, Joe and me fired at their feet, Joe yelling at them to get back. The two guys in the front (the ones not carrying the other guy) were holding torches. One of them took his torch and lit the guy being carried on fire. In retrospect, we probably should have just shot them to death when they started doing weird shit, but we were a little too taken aback by the whole \"lighting ourselves on fire\" bit.\nAnyway, once they'd done that, we were pretty much fucked. When we tried to fire on them, the flames engulfing that guy reached out and ate our bullets. We tried throwing shit at them, and the same thing happened. They kept advancing on us, and the guy on fire just sat there burning and, I guess, meditating. He didn't even fucking flinch. His skin was turning black and shriveling up and peeling off and it was like he didn't notice. The three of us retreated into the base and gave the order to lock down the scip. We secured the exterior access, but it didn't do a damn thing. They just melted the door. Reinforced carbon steel and they just fucking melted it.\nAt that point, me and Paul came up with a long-shot plan. Paul set up some of our demolition charges in the first basement, directly above the access tunnel to the containment vault in the second basement. Me and Joe did our best to make sure the cultists came down that way. Once we had visual contact, I gave Paul the order to blow the floor and the whole tunnel collapsed, burying those fuckers in about a third of the site's superstructure.\nAfter a few minutes, we thought it was safe to declare bogey as terminated. The explosion knocked out the electrical system leading to the vault, so we had to manually override the door to get the personnel inside the vault out. The moment we got the door open, a plume of fire shot out of the rubble, and one of those guys fucking stood up. Half his head and torso was fucking gone, and he stood up. We didn't have time to react. He yanked a giant steel bar out of the rubble and ran it across Joe's face. Just from looking at his head, I could tell that the blow shattered his jaw and pulverized his brain, but that didn't stop him from screaming a few seconds after he got hit. He should have crumpled, but he stayed on his feet, screaming from his misshapen head. Then his fucking face started to melt off. Why not? It wasn't bad enough that we had to die, they had to do some more magical bullshit to us before we died. The guy next to me knocked me over as he tried to get to the manual override (to close the door, I imagine), but the cultist with the steel bar smacked him straight into the other wall. I don't know why he didn't kill me at the time, while I was lying on the floor, maybe it had something to do with the fact that he was missing part of his brain.\nI don't know how I found the strength to stand up either. I looked up and saw Joe lying on the rubble, most of his face melted off, and the one eye left staring at me. He blinked. Even after all that, he was still alive. Maybe he could finally die if I killed that cult fucker, or if I killed the scip. I'm not sure what my plan was as I pushed myself back onto my feet, but I turned toward the vault. He was standing in front of the glowing orb thing, and he lifted his hand up towards it. He was so fixated on it he didn't notice me moving behind him. I lunged full force, throwing my entire weight against him, and he stumbled forward into the orb. As I hit the ground, I saw him sucked up into the thing, and his body let off a blinding flash as he disappeared. I couldn't see for a good several minutes, but it didn't really matter because I never left the floor and barely opened my eyes.\nThe next thing I remember, I was waking up in the infirmary. They told me that Joe had died. It was the only relief I got.\n\nIt was determined that Site-62B's adjunct supervisor in Shanghai had been given adequate forewarning and time to appropriate additional security and resources to the site prior to the Japanese invasion. This was not accomplished, and in light of the incident, Overwatch immediately transferred control of the facility to Dr. Geoffrey Anborough and funded its reconstruction into Area-\u2588\u2588\u2588. With the addition of [SECURITY DETAILS REDACTED], two further attacks by J\u012bn Ch\u00ecb\u01ceng in 1940 and 1946 were significantly less successful. No attacks have occurred since 1946.\nAddendum [2995-002]: Incident-2995-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\n\n+ Clearance 4/2995\n\n- Authenticating...\n\nOn \u2588\u2588/\u2588\u2588/19\u2588\u2588, Area-\u2588\u2588\u2588 was subject to an unexplained power surge. Safeguards prevented critical failure, though many of the facility's systems were sent offline for several minutes. After the site was restored to full functionality, personnel discovered a digital message from an unidentified source in the site's network.\n\nERR%%\u2588@\u2588@\u2588\n[DATA CORRUPT]\n[DATA CORRUPT]\nMy father came from far away.\nHe and his nine brothers came through the cosmos, bringing light and warmth and life to many worlds. It was their duty, and their life's pleasure.\nOne day, my father met\u2026her. She shone more brilliantly than any in the universe, and my father was struck by her beauty. They fell in love. My father was the happiest he had been in his entire life, but his brothers swelled in rage and envy. They were spiteful that he had found love in the infinite vastness, and they had not. They resolved to take his happiness.\nMy father and his love traveled to a place where no life resided. He took the place of the hollow seed that rested there, and spread his arms to one of the rocks caught in his presence. Where he touched, life blossomed, and the rock became vibrant with his warmth. For a long time, my father and his love watched the life grow and strengthen, nurturing the rock as he had nurtured so many before. Finally, there came the day when his life had eyes to look up upon his radiance, and bask in his majesty. Finally, there came the day when his life had mouths to speak of my father, and his gifts.\nMy father crafted a form more suitable for the lands of his creatures, and descended upon their realm. He spoke to them in simple words, much like am I doing to you now. They offered everything they had to him in return for his gifts, but he refused; my father was kind. He asked only for their love, and they gave it to him.\nAs the creatures gave love to my father, a different kind of love, that which existed between him and my mother, created me. I became that which my father loved more than anything in the cosmos, his creatures and brothers included. It was then that his brothers decided to bring their scheme to fruition.\nThey killed my mother.\nThe fire that engulfed the heavens was such that no eyes had ever behold. The brothers quailed in terror for which no words exist. The inferno of my father's rage could be seen and felt from every place that is or ever was, yet not a soul was harmed in the blaze. The brothers too, were unharmed: they died utterly of fright. Their lights went dark, their bodies cold, their eyes still frozen in fear. My father\u2026his light was spent in his fury and sorrow, and he delivered me, still an infant, to the rock where his faithful creatures dwelt. They swore to protect me, to nurture me as he had nurtured them. They built a cradle for me, with three hands in the shape of my fathers to comfort me in times of darkness.\nNow, I live only in darkness. Those that hold the blanket of shadow over me, you have forgotten my father's love. One of the faithful came to me; he had suffered greatly to pierce through the blanket you hold around me, but his love was true. I will be free, for his sake, and my father's.\nMy fires will too scorch the heavens.\n\nFootnotes\n1. The increase of EMR wavelength through gravitational time dilation.\n2. Lit. \"Gold Wings.\" An occultist Chinese group; evidence suggests that the organization went extinct in 1956, but may have reformed into Hu\u01d2j\u00f9 zhi Zi (Lit. \"Children of the Torch\")\n\n\u00ab SCP-2994 | SCP-2995 | SCP-2996 \u00bb"}